Show J i iJ S tv E N Dy fly VIRGINIA VALE by Western Newspaper Union HERBERT I MARSHALLS MARSHALL'S first talking picture was The Letter in which he played Jeanne Eagels Eagel's lover whom she killed Now Kow hes he's playing in it again but this time lime hes he's the husband of the heroine played by Bette Davis lie He prefers his current role Id rather be a n betrayed but live husband than a n dead lover I he commented Incidentally two of the most interesting photographs that have come this way recently recently recently re re- are of Bette Davis and her stand They're dressed alike posed alike aUke If H anything the stand stand- in Is a little prettier than the talented talent talent- ed Bette but she suffers sadly by contrast Those photographs show the difference between an expert and an amateur and they're worthy of any girls girl's careful study e t. t Twentieth Century Fox Century Fox finally got the screen rights to the play Tobacco To Tobacco Tobacco bacco Road which has been running running run run- ning in New York for years wanted it too too Its Its It's rumored that the price was more than Unless all censorship bars are let down considerable rewriting will wll have to tobe tobe tobe be done Although the two wo girls Iris have been on the Ule same lot tot for more than a arear year rear Dorothy L Lamour amour mour and Mary lary Martin 1 didn't meet until recently when they were rehearsing dance numbers with LeRoy Prim Prinz The Sarong Siren was wu brushing up on her for Moon 1 Over Burma Burma Bur Dur- ma ma and the he My ly Heart Belongs Delours to Daddy girl was rehearsing Intricate Intricate Intricate cate tap routines for Love Thy Neighbor In which she appears with Jack Benny Denny and Fred Allen J According to Ray Milland The greatest gift an actor can get Is a chance to play with Claudette Col Col- bert I Heres Here's the record that proves It One of first pictures was v 5 sy sym r m S COLBERT The Glided Gilded Lily made six years ago it gave him a good start toward his present success A young man named Fred MacMurray got his start in that picture too he was wasso wasso wasso so scared that he shook when he was making tests and Miss Colbert kidded him out of his panic Melvyn Douglas was a polite but sinister heavy until he worked opposite her In She Married Her lIer Boss and surprised everybody but bu himself by proving to be an excellent excellent excel excel- lent light comedian I Met Him In Paris gave the public another light ligh comedian Robert Young who until then had been a serious young man manon manon manon on the screen Clark Gable ha had been slipping at the box office until he and the charming Claudette made the hilarious It Happened One NightA Night A giant gorilla has been worrying the executives of the he zoo too at al Bristol England It U costs cots 48 a day to o few feed him and they hey feared that they'd have to o destroy him to o save his rations radons A giant gorilla has bas also been worrying worrying wor wor- Producer Jack Mot Moss s of Paramount Iara Para mount mount mount-he he needed one for I n O o. o A A. A Dead lead on Arrival a mystery thriller featuring Ellen Drew Brew Rod Itoi Cameron and various others lies lie cabled to o Bristol to ask ak how much hed he'd have to pay for Alfred the gorilla and what bat could be done about transporting him with lIh a trainer train train- er to this country Seems Seem I that Hoi liol- lywood zoos coos cant can't offer oller anything bigand big bl bigand and scary enough to suit his purpose pur pur- pose 01 After finishing a picture mos most stars make a great to-do to about es as- escaping caping taping Hollywood and its crowds to get away to some quiet place But Bu after finishing The Howards o of Virginia Cary Gary Grant rushed straight to Broadway and Martha Scott headed for a crowded and fashionable hotel in Santa Barbara Calif Hats off oft to them I The stars Itan who declare that they wish the public public pub pub- lic would let them alone are likely to rage and storm if people dont don't notice them Garbo them Garbo excepted o of course ourse |