Show I 1 STAR I 1 J DUST J t movie radio by VIRGINIA VALE HE president of the united estates THE TS states tates no less is the new diction coach at the international studios in hollywood whenever president roosevelt makes an address over the radio david Selz ruck has it recorded and these records are used daily in training actors for voice tests players memorize his spee speeches chec then play the records over and over following follow mg his every intonation until they have mastered the art of perfect phrasing considering the great charm of the first ladys lady s recent broadcasts studios might do well to get records of her talks in recent weeks carole lombard has been the bukiet t young woman in hollywood be cause her para mount contract al aal I 1 lows her to make one picture for an other company each year and all the companies h have a v e been sending scripts over to her house for her approval there were such s u c h grand stories in the lot that carole carole wants to make at lombard least three of them her first flight away from the home studio will be at Sei international where she will play in nothing sacred opposite fredric march all of us who could not get to london for the coronation can comfort ourselves by watching the long ago coronation scenes in the prince and the pauper 11 this is a most likable and refreshing picture and very exciting too the mauch twins are a grand addition to the ranks of young players fc some weeks ago you may recall gloria swanson s return to the screen was all set she was going to make I 1 mazie kenyon for M G M and then when gloria arrived at the studio all ready to go to work the director looked at her horror stricken she wouldn t do at all she looked too young dashing over to london to coronation festivities to forget her disappointment gloria had about decided that her future lay in radio work when columbia pictures got her on the transatlantic phone and told her to hurry home they had found the perfect story for her it sounds like a wonderful break for gloria K in spite of her outstanding success in I 1 valiant Is the word for carrie I 1 and the forthcoming they gave him a gun which is said to be even better gladys george looks on herself as just a novice at screen a acting so intent is she on becoming as skilled a player on the screen as she was on the stage that she spends all of her spare time studying movies the players she admires most are garbo spen tracy and merle oberon social life and cafe hopping were at low ebb during the weeks when there was talk in the air of a strike of the screen actors guild which counts all the great in its ranks but the homes of robert montgomery I 1 jim C a g n e y fredric march and a few other leaders were continual mob scenes these men james cagney won the undying gratitude of extras and bit players for they were battling to improve their pay and working conditions not their own fv elyone is relieved that no strike was necessary these leaders rallied the support of their fellow players so quickly and thoroughly that the producers gave in to their demands without a struggle ODDS AND ENDS hollywood will throw a grand party soon in honor of weber and fields and the fiffi fiftieth eth anniversary of their stage debut as a team imitations of their act will be put on by jack lack benny and george burns eddie cantor and george jessel and two motion picture producers loan joan crawford is teaching mrs airs gary cooper to crochet and gary is threatening to buy them old fashioned rocking chairs belle bette davis never gets the least bit nervous in front of a camera or a microphone but waiting between scenes gives her the jitters litters she calms down domn by sipping tomato juice between scenes joe E brown jr is the envy of all his pals because he takes dixie dunbar the cutest little trick in 2011 century fox pictures to his fra ira eternity dances james dunn has bought an airplane so that he can fly around the country to big sports events whenever he has a few days between pictures when eier eter the R K 0 studio wants to reach ginger rogers on a day when she is not working they call the hospital where james fames stewart is undergoing treatment for arthritis paul muni has rebelled against beards and weird makeup a western newspaper un on |