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Show * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I i STAR STAIt I IJ i * STAItDUST * J i * DUST J ! * * * Movie 11 11i JVJLovie i ovie Radio I * * * * * * By VIRGINIA V VALE ALE * * * * THE great experIment of ofa ofa a Fred Astaire Astmre picture pictureWIthout picturewithout picturewithout WIthout Ginger Gmger Rogers is nowup now nowup nowup up for public approval , andfirst and andfirst andfirst first reports promise that itwill It ItWIll itwill WIll triumph at the box office"Damsel officeDamsel office . , "Damsel Damsel " in Distress " ' hasn'tthe hasntthe hasn't hasnt hasn'tthe hasn'tthe the effervescent Ginger Gmger , butit but butit butit it has that most blithe bhthe of dm din- din dinwits dm-wits dm wits - . wits , Grade Gracie Alien Allen , and her hersolemn hersolemn hersolemn solemn George Burns . The setting of this giddy , tuneful tunefulstory tunefulstory tunefulstory story Is England , where Astaire asa as . , a shy matinee idol idolbecomes idolbecomes becomes romantical- romantical romantically romanticals romanticaly - s , y ly entangled with aR a apee ' T Tpeer's , /peer's peer's peers / p pee e e r ' s daughter , | ? A - m played by the ingra- ingra ingratiatmg ingratiatmg ingratinting - - < % tiatmg tinting Joan Fon- Fon Eon- Eon - Eonr Eontame Fon-tame Fon tame Fon1 - 1 r " F Fdoesn't . tame . The storydoesn't storydoesnt story ) ' doesn't doesnt ' get in the thes s I nevI ( < a . away thej way of the dancing\S dancing S dancmg dancing , \ \ and Astaire Astalre has nev nev- never - . " ' " er danced with Wlth such suchbreathtaking suchbreathtaking . breaUitakrn breathtaking skfU skill skillbefore .4 4 . { .4before before . I Fred Astaire When you see himand himand him himand and Gracie rompmg romping rompmgthrough rompingthrough rompingthrough through a carnival engaging in diz- diz dlz dizzy diz.zy dizzy . - zy antics on treadmills , revolvingbarrels revolvmg revolving revolvmgbarrels revolvingbarrels barrels , and in front ront ! of those crazymirrors crazy crazymIrrors crazymirrors mIrrors that distort reflections , you youwill youwill will amazingtalent wonder why Grade's Grades GracIe's GracIes ' amazing talent as a dancer has been over- over overlooked overlooked - . looked so long longThe * - f fThe - I The long delay in making another anotherfeature anotherfeature anotherfeature feature picture with the Dionne Dionno Dionnequmtuplets Dionnoquintuplets Dionnoquintuplets I i qumtuplets quintuplets has at last been explalned ex- ex explained ex explained - plained plalned by Twentieth Century-Fox Century Fox CenturyFoxofficials CenturyFoxofficials Century-Foxofficials Century Foxofficials - I officials . They have bave been waitingfor waitIng waitIngtor waitingfor I I tor for the little llttle girls to learn Engl1sh English Englishfiguring , figuring that ( hat audiences can't cant ' be becounted becounted bocounted counted on to study French just in inorder inorder inorder order to understand the Uttle lIttle cher- cher cherWaves cherubs cherubs - ubs ubstc . --tc- tc - _ tcWaves - * - Waves of dissatisfaction spreadthrough spread spreadthrough spreadthrough through Hollywood like an epidemicevery epIdemIc epIdemIcevery epidemicevery every once in a while , and latelyproducers lately latelyproducers latelyproducers producers have been having theirtroubles theIr theIrtroubles theirtroubles troubles pacifying pacJymg ! pouting poutmg stars . Lo- Lo Loretta Loretta Lo-retta Lo retta - - - retta Young has decided that she shedoesn't shedoesn't shedoesn't shedoesnt doesn't doesnt ' want to make any more PIC- PIC PICtures pictures pic pictures - - tures with Tyrone Power for a awhlle awhile awhile whlle while Not that she doesn't doesnt ' lIke lIkebun likehim likehim bun him She does docs , but she thinks thmks that thatthe thatthe thatthe the public tires of seeing seemg the same samecouple samecouple samecouple couple on the screen m in picture afterpicture after afterpIcture afterpicture pIcture Ginger Rogers has servednotice served servednotIce servednotice notIce on R K 0 that in additionto addItIOn to her salary she wants a share ofthe of ofthe ofthe the profits of ot pictures she appearsin appearsm appears m in Fred Astaire Astalre and Katherme Katherine Hep.burn Hepburn Hep- Hep Hepburn Hepburn . - burn both share m in the profits oftheirs of oftheIrs oftheirs theIrs Dorothy Lamour has rebelled rebelledagamst rebelledagainst rebelledagamst agamst against wearing wearmg native dress in m PIC- PIC PICtures pictures pic pictures - tures . Wants to be clothed like a acIvIlized acivilized acivilized cIvIlized lady . And Wayne Morris Morriswants Morriswants Morriswants wants no more build bwld up as a hand handsome handsome handsome some youthtc youth . --tc- tc - tcWallace - / - Wallace Ford is one of ot the screenplayers screen screenplayers screenplayers players over whom the first night au audience au- au an- an audience andience - dience at "Of Of "Ot Ot " Mice nIlce and Men"cheered Mencheered nIen Men " cheered in New York recently . Evenif Even Evenif EvenIf if the play runs all aU year , howeverWaIIy however , Wally figures that his lus fans Cans outthrough out outthrough outthrough through the country conntry won't wont ' forgethim forget forgethim forgethim him , for before going gomg into the play playhe playhe playhe he completed the as yet unrelcased unreleased unrelcased"Swmg unreleased"Swing unrcleased"Swing unrcleasedSwing "Swmg Swmg "Swing Swing " It , Sailor " for Grand Na- Na Nabonal National Na National - - tional bonal , and three pictures in Eng Eng- England Eng- Eng England England - - land . , - Jack Holt is roundmg rounding out his histwentIeth histwentieth histwentieth twentIeth year as an actor and hiseighteenth Ius his IuseIghteenth hiseighteenth eIghteenth as a mo- mo motion motIon motion - _ tion picture star . Noother No Noother - [ other performer hasenjoyed has r , enJoyed outstandingpopularity outstandmg outstanding outstandingr r , , popularIty m o 0 r e ey ; , . vN vNthan 1/ 1 / 1than ) . " y than half as long as ashe ti ' . < $ he has , and Holly Holly- Hollywood Hollywood . - - wood producers willtell willtell will ' * ' % "just just " tell you that he isJust isjust is ? Just as popular withthem withthem with them as with thepublIc the ' ) public . Whether heIS heis he is assigned to horsesor horses cor or top hats , Jack isJack is Jack j h Holt Holtalways Holtalways noltalways always amiable , andif and andit andf it f a story seema seems thin he figures flgures itis it itIs itis Is up to him to give a performancethat performance performancethat I that will build it up Some of theyoung the theI theyoung theyoung I young players supporting him inColumbia's inColumbias in inColumbIa's inColumbia's ColumbIa's ColumbIas ' "Under Under " Suspicion"asked Suspicionasked Suspicion " asked him recently how he got bis hIS hISstart hisstart [ start , and then shuddered a bit as ashe ashe ashe he told them that he rode a horse horseover horseover horseover over a thirty five foot cuff cl cliff f into mto swirl SWIrl- SWIrling swirling swirling - ing rapids . L | * - - - ODDS AND ENDS-Marlcne ENDS Marlcne ENDS-Marlene Marlene - - Diet- Diet Dietrich Diet.rich Dietrich - . . rich $ shed hed her hcr wan and boredmanner bored mannerin manner mannerIn In a New YorJs YorT York , night club cluband and andomed joined joinedthe ] joinedthe omed omedthe the crowd crow tmckin tnlckm tnockin . . . She could be assensational as assematronal assensational sematronal sensational sematronalIn sensationalin in comedy as aJ Irene Dunnais DunnoU Dunnois Dunno U is i if f fshe the .lre lre she . only would , but sha sho she won't wont won.t ' . . . . Ballroom dancing dancmg bores boreJ Fred FredAstarre FredAstaire FredAstaire Astarre Astaire until Benny Goodman tarU starts startsplaying $ startsplaying tarUplamg plamg playing ) and wId then he hs ] just wt can't cant can.t ' . sit lit $ still tJU . . . Betty ] Jaynes ayneJ , youthful youthfulsematlon youthfulsensation sematlon sensation sematlonof sensationof sensationof of the tTlc Chicago Clucago opera , will play lay Norma NormaShearer.s NormaShearer's NormaShearer's NormaShearers Shearer.s Shearers Shearer's ' . old role in "Stunt Stunt "Student Student " Pnnco Princo Prince"when Princewhen " when M h1 G C M ill films it again agazn as a mw musi musg musical . cal . . . When Dick Dck , Powellstopped Powell stopped stoppedover stoppedover sloppedover over m in Chicago between trains trams CI a CIcgroup a'group aigroMp cgroup 'group group ' of fans Jans surprised lurpnsed him by pre pre- preentmg pre- pre presenting presenting - - , senting entmg him with their ielT autographedphotos autographed autographedphotos autographedphotos photos . . . 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