Show I 1 STAR I 1 I 1 DUST J I 1 movie radio J by VIRGINIA VALE CONJA HENIE is the most S 1 honored young woman in motion pictures these days recently she went to washington to receive the cross of knighthood of the order of st olav conferred by the norwegian government through their minister to washington A few days later her ice ballet the same one you will see in m her film happy landing played a benefit at madison square garden in new york city sponsored by an impressive array of carnegles Carne gies As tors and rockefellers beneficiary of the occasion was the children s village which lends a helping hand to new york s sonja heme lem children and thanks to sonja a staggering number of thousands of dollars was raised sonja son a expresses her gratitude for all these honors in neat little phrases but she doesn doean t get the least bit cocky about it she seems as completely unspoiled as completely oblivious to her unique post tion in the entertainment world as shirley temple does t grade alien allen long radios queen of nonsense is at last to get the recognition tion she deserves from paramount pictures they are having the author of philo vance murder mysteries write the gracie alien allen murder mystery 11 she will be the star and no less a celebrity than john barrymore will portray philo vance c when men jack benny denny first started talking about that rattletrap old car on his radio program it was just the figment of a script writer s imagination by the time radio au dienges developed a hilarious at tach ment for his wheezy old motor jack began to wish that he really had one so he and mary living stone made the rounds of used car lots and found just the car of their dreams it is a 1921 model and cost thirty five dollars t that long promised return of gloria swanson to the screen is postponed indefinitely again columbia pictures which had planned to have her play the lead in ilola day have decided instead to give the leading role to katherine Kat henne ailep burn joan bennett and gary cary grant will be featured with her so it prom aises to be one of those knockout pictures that columbia turns out with unfailing regularity whenever they borrow ranking stars from other studios radio stars are much more thrifty than the early motion picture stars most of them invest their earnings in businesses that are not so dependent on youth and enter tain ment whims of the public jack fulton tenor of poetic melodies has bought a half interest in a fifth avenue haberdashery ethel owen of edgar guest s it can be done program owns a dog and cat hos pital in milwaukee and is dent of a dog biscuit company tru man bradley commentator on the sunday evening hour is president of a cosmetic firm three young men whose youthful ambitions were strictly serious have become radio s great comic trio lanny ross and charles butterworth studied law and walter 0 keefe started out as a newspaper man it was walter s adaptation and revival of the man on the flying trapeze that flung him into night club entertaining and from there to radio K ODDS AND ENDS on his return from a concert tour of 39 30 cities igor conn gorin will get his final american citizenship papers of all his triumphs ken murray is most proud of being asked to be master of ceremonies at the president presidents s birthday ball in washington warners have changed their minds again about who is to be the new torchy blane now it is lola lane aho will play the role of all the start stars in n hollywood hotel it is benny good nian man aho beti the most riotous response from the audience alice brady is headed for more big dramatic roles since in old chicago but first she will do an ther comedy good bye broadway for universal tommy riggs of the vallee hioram wll will appear in a supporting role a western newspaper union |