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Show tar Psist "Ar Screen Cinderella k Athlete Gets Lead To Have Not to Hold By Virginia Vale WANT a Cinderella story? It concerns Kathryn Adams, who didn't win a "Gateway to Hollywood" contest. con-test. She did get first place in the eliminations for her part of the country (Minnesota), (Minne-sota), however, and got to Hollywood. But he lost out there, and was all set to go home. The story goes that Gregory La Cava, the ace producer-director, saw her walking across the RKO-Radio lot, and asked her to take a screen test. She did, so sure that nothing would come of it that she even told him that she didn't like the script provided for her, and he let her write her own. And she was given the second lead in "Fifth Avenue GirL" the latest Ginger Rogers release, and may go farther than the girl who won out in that contest in which she was an also-ran. Major Bowes and his staff looked forward to a let-up in the number of amateurs they'd be auditioning during the summer months, but instead in-stead of diminishing the number of applicants increased. They lay it - r X MAJOR BOWES to the New York World's fair it seemed as if most of the people who went to New York for the fair didn't care so much about seeing it as they Aid about trying to land on the "Original Amateur Hour." The arrival of cooler weather hasn't lessened the number of applicants ap-plicants and auditions continue, at the rate of 600 per week. Gary Cooper has been enjoying himself at Southampton, Long Island, Is-land, among the debutantes and the sand dunes, visiting his wife's family, fam-ily, and resting up from the exertions exer-tions of "The Real Glory" which, incidentally, has the conquest of the Philippines for its background. David Da-vid Niven worked in that picture too. It's Clayton Moore who's to have the lead in "South of Pago Pago," after all. He's a newcomer to the screen, but has the athletic background back-ground which seems to be the main requirement for the role. Moore hails from Chicago, where he was inter-city swimmer, pole vaulter, basketball player, boxer, and practically prac-tically everything but a ping pong champion, apparently. Paul Laval, the orchestra leader, collects batons used by celebrated conductors. He has 71, formerly the property of such famous leaders as Toscanini, Bruno Walter and Mascagni. But they're to have, not to hold when he's conducting an orchestra he doesn't bother with a baton, just uses his hands. There seems to be something about being on the radio that makes a man want to drive the oldest car he can get his hands on. Jerry Mason, who is "Sr. Blodg-ett" Blodg-ett" in "The Life and Love of Dr. Susan," has one that first saw the light of day in 1930. He arrived at rehearsal the other day all out of breath his car had broken down and had to be towed to a garage, the first time that had happened, and he'd driven it 85,000 miles. "I knew it wouldn't last," he remarked sadly. And James Melton drives around Connecticut where he lives in summer, sum-mer, in a red, four-cylinder car dated dat-ed 1910. He wears a cap, goggles ' and a duster. ODDS AND ENDS Joan Crawford is said to be considering a return to the stage as a night club dancer in a play called "Gods of the Night" it all depends on whether she can get a vacation vaca-tion jrom picture-making . . . John Trent, former transport pilot, isn't allowed al-lowed to fly uhile he's at icork on one of his "Tailspin Tommy" pictures . . . Richard Barlhelmess will play John Garfield's brother in "Underground" . . . Barlhelmess was one of First Na-tionaTs Na-tionaTs leading stars now First La-tionnl La-tionnl has been merged for years with Warner Brothers, and Barlhelmess hasn't been on the lot for fire years . . . Barbara Stanuyck may find herself back on the stage this fall, and in a musical show at that. Released by Western Neu-spaper Union.) |