Show j STAR I 1 J DUST J movie radio it by VIRGINIA VALE LAUDETTE COLBERT who C rushed off to europe for a long vacation the day she finished blue beards eighth wife revealed some pet economies of her star friends aust before she left she is extravagant about clothes but her french thrift makes her cling to her old shoes gary cooper rolls his own cigarettes fredric march always buys two packs of cigarettes at a time because they re L claudette colbert a penny cheaper that way fred macmurray saves razor blades to be re sharpened martha raye wears sturdy service weight stockings except on gala occasions most thrifty of all Is mariene marlene dietrich she is a string saver her maid is always wrapping up packages for her to take to the stu dio and the string comes in handy al pearce celebrated the begin ning lung of his lag second year with his present radio sponsor and his eleventh year on the air in his own peculiar fashion he ile gave his orches tra leader a rubber baton so there would be no stiffness a n his rhythms and presented himself with the most enormous news camera you ever saw when fred astaire returned from vacation to the R K 0 studio re bently to start work on his next pic ture with ginger rogers he found the amusement park set of dam sel in distress still standing kind ly guy that he is he arranged to buy all the slides and games and sent them to an orphans home errol flynn did not even stop to hear congratulations on his grand performance in I 1 robin hood 11 the minute the preview was over and he lie was told that no retakes were necessary he hopped bopped a plane to boston where he bought a seventy five foot boat a ketch it if you yo will be technical about it in which he sailed on off to the bahamas for some fishing JK hollywood players are trying to figure out some unusual hobby or secret ambition because the current radio craze is to present a film star doing something quite different from their work on the screen cecil de mille started it by having jack jack olivia de benny haviland Ila viland benny burns and alien allen and bob burns play serious dramatic roles on the air paul whiteman fol lowed that up by presenting helen vinson as a concert pianist bing crosby lets fay wray blow tunes on a sweet potato and olivia de haviland plays chopsticks ODDS AND ENDS kate smith has received an autographed copy of eleanor roosevelt Roosevel ts s newest book from the prese dents wife herself louise fazenda rounds out her twentieth year of motion picture making with swing your lady and just for fun she is dashing around the country slipping into theaters from new york yo rk to texas and listening to audience aud tence comments the cook book which radios mystery chef sends to lis beners has been requested by the bives of ol 21 united states senators the widows of two presidents and stewards of the royal household in england edward G robinson is so pleased over his sue suc c cess e ss 0 on n the rad 0 that he is much more thrilled when fans ions call hint him steve wl wit son than he is when they ha I 1 him as little caesar or any of his other gang ster roles the picture robert taylor made in england was aas previewed pren ewed in a little california town and people aho vere there report that it will mae make him the outstanding favorite of the stage 0 western newspaper un on |