Show A STAR k DUST movie e radio ally lk ily VIRGINIA VALI VALE phe prisoner of zonda 1 threatens to become everybody 3 favorite picture girls lovo love it because it is ton derly beriy romantic boys are crazy about it because it is a thrilling ad adventure advento ventu re story and the old folks like the pomp and circumstance of the court scenes of course the mere fact of ronald colmans presence ence is enough to bring crowds to the box offices he plays a dual role and the only complaint is that madeline carroll does not play two par parts ts too she is probably the most utterly charming heroine of the year any year c hollywood had a lot of surprises recently that sent lill all tho the girls scurrying out to buy presents miriam 1 hopkins up and 1 11 f X N 1 eloped with anatol L j 1 nf latyak the director and alice faye and tony martin rushed j off to yuma ariz and got married religious differences had caused the breaking of their engagement ga several miriam times she being hopkins catholic he jewish to make matters more complicated both had antl anti mar marriage ringe clauses jn an their contracts with twentieth Century Fox the tha studio has forgiven them but parents are arc said to be still pouting mr letvak miss hopkins new groom has just finished directing claudette colbert colbart in To nights our night at warner brothers no one over there will ever forget him in a scene that took place in a market he insisted on having real goose geese turkeys and chickens the hot sun got in its deadly work and players had great di difficulty going through their scenes without holding their noses finally the studio had to replace the poultry every few hours but attempts to use usa papier mache ones failed mr L litvak it detected the imitations at once and refused to work until real ones onea were provided claudette Co lberts good humor made a host of friends for her on tho warner lot and everyone Is sorry that she was loaned to them for only one picture one afternoon almost nerves were shattered by the many repetitions of a scene while she was talking to charles boyer bayer a dog 1209 was supposed to come in carrying a shoe in it mouth over and over the scene was played but the he dog never came in at just the right moment finally miss aliss colbert Colb crt serene and fresh as a an april morning suggested that the director let the dog play tho the scene with boyer and she would conic come in on all fours carrying a shoo in her ever since james cagney walked out of the warner studio and went to work for or grand national where he Is as happy as con can be there have been battles between the stu dlo dio and their players now joan blondell is on strike she thinks she has been working too hard and refuses to start on the new picture scheduled for her kay pr francis ancia is trying to break her contract says that sho she signed it only because they promised to give her the leading rolo role in nights To our night and after all they gave the role to claudette colbert Colb crt ding Cros bys absence from his radio program still leaves a big gnp gap in thursday nights entertainment but at last there is et a new picture of his to be seen and heard while wo we wait for his return to the air waves double or nothing I 1 Is s pleasant and casual vind and amiable e lust just like all ak crosby pictures three of the songs are real alts its ding bing crosby the natural thing to do its on its off and th moon got into my eyes martna marina raye aye Is there with her frenzied buffoonery fo onery and mary carlisle me os the prettiest heroine I le ie e ever had K h ODDS AND ENDS ever since nelson 1 eddy joined ida lupina and charlie mccarthy in that gooly goofy spy travesty ors on the die sunday evening coffee hour radio radii und and picture I 1 auns funs ni have beers been beg gi efing ng hirn him to play in in a motion picture iedy phillipi lord is ii sending out Chris christmas linus presents now noto because he ha he will be too toa busy in december with wida his gang dusters and we if icle it he sent mark alark curnow 0 of the tie ai ais parade a watch will most complicated innards lards four times a day the hg borks chizz gui gaining taing hours it ruine eaith a gitar guarantee anlee that thas it would id giever tell the correct tittle C western newspaper paper union |