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Show tar last k Film Folks on Stage "A" Ann Waited and Won k Kenny Signs Up to Talk By Virginia Vale ' HOLLYWOOD is planning for next summer, and you ought to do the same, if you're interested in seeing your favorite stars of the screen on the stage. It's all because of Charles Coburn, who has been an actor for the last thirty or forty years, and for the last two has been in Hollywood. During the last year he has appeared in "IdiotVDelight," "Made for Each Other," "Alexander Graham Bell," and the recently released "Bachelor Mother." And before long you will be able to see him with Carole Lombard and Cary Grant in "The Kind Men Marry." But the project to give film stars stage experience is largely due to his experience as the guiding genius of the Mohawk Dramatic festival, which takes place each summer at Union college, Schenectady. There, experienced stars perform in well-known well-known plays. After his first year in Hollywood Charles Coburn discussed various faults of the motion picture industry with some of the directors and producers. pro-ducers. He was asked to do something some-thing to remedy those faults to start something like the Mohawk Drama festival, in fact. But he saw trouble ahead, with each big company demanding de-manding the leading roles in his theatrical productions for its stars. He felt that the best way out was for him to line up plays if some college would take over the festival. The University of California came forward, and now it seems to be all set. Stars, featured players, bit players and extras will have a chance to get theatrical experience. Ann Sothern deserves congratulations congratula-tions for knowing what she wanted and going after it, although sometimes some-times the going was hard. It's more ANN SOTHERN than a year since she refused to play any more of those ga-ga heroines hero-ines and declared that she'd do nothing but character roles. She had a long wait and in Hollywood it's scary to wait too long between pictures, because the public forgets you so soon. Then came her chance in "Trade Winds," just what she wanted. Another An-other wait, and. she was signed up for "Maisie." She was so good in that one that Metro wanted her to sign a contract, but ,she'd have none of it unless she could be assured of getting the kind of parts that she wanted. She'd rather be off the screen altogether than be on it with no chance to do anything but look beautiful. So Metro gave her the contract that she wanted, and her first picture pic-ture under the new deal will be "Busman's Holiday," made in England Eng-land with Robert Montgomery. New York had its picture taken from the air the other day, more extensively than ever before. A complete crew of cameramen and sound technicians spent several days shooting the harbor, the skyline, sky-line, the World's fair, and everything every-thing else that they thought might be of interest to you when you see the forthcoming Walter Wanger production, pro-duction, "Eternally Yours." Mr. Wanger is doing everything possible for that picture; look at the names in the cast Loretta Young and David Niven. Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, Dr. Aubrey Smith, Zasu Pitts. If you pass this one up it won't be his fault. Kenny Baker has a nice contract for next year, and Jack Benny will have to find a new singer to replace him. One of the big oil companies has lured Baker away, giving him a handsome salary, and a contract that will permit him to talk as well as sing, which Benny's sponsors didn't want him to do. ODDS AND ENDS Paramount is in ior of making Martha Rave a blonde lor her next picture, and she doesn't like the idea . . . Maybe Salty lulrrs uas no lady nhen she dumped her ire cream soda into the lap oj tlie a it man uho insisted on taking the. seat a'l uas reseriine jor a friend bill '.',(- it as do:na u lml thousands of lailies I. n. e tatnd to do ... I! hen l)ornth I it::irur u r nt to II auk"L'an for the r'i m.'i; of "'J'ii Mioul loan" i ( a to the hnli-l Mule uhere v.'n d liken she clufied uilh . . . i . . V. tb'.ti:. Ni '.;;..pcr Union. I |