Show I 1 STAR I 1 DUST I 1 movie M ovie radio aby by VIRGINIA VALE THE HE great experiment of a fred astaire picture re without ginger rogers is now up for public approval and first reports pr promise amise that it will triumph at the box office damsel in distress the effervescent ginger but it has that most blithe of din wits gracie allen alien and her solemn george burns the setting of this giddy tuneful tune story is england where astaire as a shy matinee idol becomes romantically entangled with a p peers e e r s daughter played by the ingratiating joan fontaine 1 the story get in in the way ol of the dancing and astaire has never danced with such buch breathtaking skill before fred astaire when you see him and gracie romping through a carnival engaging in dizzy antics on treadmills tread mills revolving barrels and in front of those crazy mirrors that distort reflections you will wonder why Gra grades cies amazing talent as a dancer has been overlooked so long the long iong delay in making another feature picture with the dionne quintuplets quintuple ts has at last been explained by twentieth century fox officials they have been waiting for the little girls to learn english figuring that audiences cant be counted counte d on to study french just in order to understand the little cherubs waves of dissatisfaction his dissatisfaction satisfaction spread through hollywood ilke an epidemic every once in a while and lately producers have been having their troubles pacifying pouting stars loretta young has decided that she want to make any more pictures with tyrone power for a while not that she like him she does but she thinks that the public tires of seeing the same couple on the screen in picture after picture ginger rogers has served notice on R K 0 that in addition to her salary she wants a share of the profits of pictures she appears in fred astaire and katherine kalherine hepburn both share in the profits of theirs dorothy lamour has rebelled against wearing native dress in pictures wants to be clothed like a civilized lady and wayne morris wants no more buildup build up as a handsome youth f wallace ford is one of the screen players over whom the first night audience at of mice alice and men cheered in new york recently even if the play runs all year however wally figures that his fans out through h the th country wont forget him for before going into the play he completed the as abet yet unreleased I 1 swing it sailor for grand national and three pictures in england jack holt is rounding out his twentieth year as an actor and his eighteenth as a mo tion picture star no other performer has enjoyed outstanding popularity m more 0 r e than half as long as he has and hollywood producers ww will tell you that he is just as popular with them as with the public whether he is assion assigned ed to horses or top hats jack is jack holt always amiable and if a story seems thin he figures it is up to him to give a performance that will build it up some of the young players supporting him in columbian Colum bias under suspicion asked him recently how he got his start and then shuddered a bit as he told them that he rode a horse over a thirty five foot cuff cliff into swirling rapids ODDS ANDS ENDS Alar harkne tene dietrich shed her wan and bored manner in a new york 1 ork tight night club and joined the croud she could be as sen ladonal in comedy us irene dunne is if she only would but bug she won t ballroom dancing bores fred altaire until benny goodman starts hurls playing and then lie he just can t si til still hetty belly ju jaynee youthful senia tion of the chicago cai opera will ivill play norma Sh ewers old rule in student prince frince ithen A AJ G V hints it is again as a musical when if hen dick powell stopped over aver in chicago betheen bet trains a group of fans surprised pd him by presenting him with their autographed hed photos spencer trucy tracy will senj send out his christmas cards from ireland fathers fil liff of twins giving are am the only eligi blei for holt most exclusive club hem icem bers barship hipo so fur far consists of bing croy crosby laurenc lw irence tibbett Tib bell charles starrett and richard ichard ll dix di x girls gird don dnn t t want to be cast in the next albauch twins picture because their balor fai orits 10 nets Is nowadays are buhite hii ts mice thit the voica gi 0 ce 0 of I 1 experience 1 will be broadcast coast to coast beginning december 27 0 western union |