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Show it STAR I DUST ! J Movie Radio J By VIRGINIA VALE JAMES MELTON, one of radio's sweetest singers, has finished his latest radio assignment assign-ment and arrived in Hollywood Holly-wood to work in "Cain and Mabel." Before leaving New York he made inquiries as to his own importance in the picture wanted to know what sort of breaks he'd get on publicity, etc. He knew that Marion Davies, being be-ing the star, would come first In the hearts of the publicity men for the company. A casual Inquiry revealed re-vealed the fact that he'd come second, sec-ond, which was all right with him. But for the moment neither he nor his informant recalled that Mary Bo-land Bo-land was also cast for that picture and Miss Boland is pretty important, impor-tant, being an excellent actress and a favorite of movie fans as welL Also Mr. Melton is, first of all, a singer. The script calls for a prizefighter prize-fighter as a hero. The question at the moment is if you take his singing sing-ing away from Mr. Melton, will you have a prize-fighter? Now it's Harold Lloyd who wants to make pictures in color. He has h a a n mfllcinp' P1C- periments oh his own hook for the last two years, but is not yet quite sure whether or not color would add to the type of comedies come-dies that he makes. Furthermore, he's through with making mak-ing just one pic- ture a year; from ' now he'll make two Harold Lloyd a year, he thinks, or at least, two every three years. And with his latest one, "The Milky Way," as an example, that comes under the heading of good news. Those radio programs of Bing Crosby's are rapidly becoming one of the best of the broadcasts; he is getting really big names, (or rather, rath-er, his sponsor is getting them for him), and he makes a delightful master of ceremonies. When you see "The Great Zieg-feld" Zieg-feld" (and of course you'll see it!) you'll hear "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" beautifully sung. Allan Jones sang it, while Stanley Morner was photographed as if he were singing it. Jones did not get screen credit, and Morner, who has a good singing voice, got credit but didn't sing. The youngsters In Hal Roach's "Our Gang" started on a personal appearance tour a while ago, which has proved so successful that they will go on and on right through the summer. Not only children, but grown people as well, arrive for the first show and then stay right on till closing time. As If there hadn't been enough trouble over Mae West's latest, "Klondike Annie," the Chinese government gov-ernment Is objecting to It now, so Mae won't be a welcome visitor in the Orient. Another picture that you'll want to see Is "I Married a Doctor" Which vnn'll 1 vs. ( S l JsoiWsiiisa, J n I z e as Sinclair Lewis' great book, "Main Street" Josephine Jo-sephine Hutchinson and Pat O'Brien have the leads, and do exceedingly well by them. However, here's a word of warning to young, unmarried doctors; oon't take the girl Pat O'Brien you hope to marry to see this one, for It may make them feel that doctors doc-tors don't make very good husbands. Staging a come-back in pictures was rather a hard thing for Dolores Cos telle. Barrymore to do; she was f vlctim of the early days of talkies, talk-ies, when she was given such Inane In-ane speeches that audiences laughed at her which cost her au opportunity opportu-nity she really deserved But she took voice lessons, and diction lessons, and did so well in Wtcle Lord Fanntlerov" that Vir-amount Vir-amount has signed her' up. P e m Ncw yorh l she was going , fly ,,ck , ; u'ood she saul, "No; , si n, K?, jy?---A,1"h"" ""''' c ., . e , ,,,, , 1 to be ma,lc way J,md . . . , "!' t0r sce "! ,.,. back . (T, "";'"r"-",""'"." '".''"' tract calls for n,mMhiK ,,,,,, f (J , company ;, ,,,., . . , WUo.lom.N, ,. , |