Show star dust ties that dont bind AT gene charms royalty listed for a beating by virginia vale OSEPH BENTON NORTH J f has performed fifty two marriage ceremonies and not one of them had any lasting effect he can recite the marriage rituals of forty seven varieties of religion ranging from the ceremony to that of the church of england but he uses a mixed ritual which he made up himself As youve you ve probably suspected by now he is a minister without portfolio one who officiates only in the movies of the many screen players whom he has married north reveals that claudette golbert colbert exhibited the most nervousness he thinks that was be cause she is the most religious the calmest person he says was rochelle hudson she took two of his ceremonies in her stride and t A CLAUDETTE COLBERT apparently thought they were amus ing laura laplante cried and marlene dietrich kept arranging her hair and dress his most recent appearance on the screen as a marrying man was for Wu withering mg heights merle oberon and david nien ninen were the bride and groom and he used the ritual dictated by the period the princesses elizabeth and mar garet of england s royal family were asked recently to name their favorite motion picture star agnor ing norma shearer janet gaynor clark gable and the other top botchers not chers including shirley temple they replied I 1 gene autrey 1 when billie burke broke her ankle she was considerate enough to pick a perfect time in which to do it she tripped as she was leaving ng the maiden voyage set and snap went the ankle being a seasoned trouper her first thought was of the picture and the delay that might be caused by her accident but it happened that all of her walking shots had been made she was due just to sit in the rest of the picture anyway flow how d you like to look ahead to taking a beating 9 that is what walter pidgeon has been doing for six thousand enemies I 1 is slated as his next picture and the script calls for him lum to be soundly beaten by one of the six thousand with a husky pug pugilist dist selected by the cast ing department for the role pid geon has been using his spare time between scenes of I 1 penthouse to practice up a bit but he is none too optimistic about his own skill even though the script does put a limit on the amount of damage that is to be done to him fred alien allen is one of the few radio stars who does not own a farm he ile chasn t a car either he prefers to live in a hotel and ride in taxis most of the big time radio stars feel that they can t get along without a country home frank black paul whiteman and benny goodman have farms in pennsylvania lanny ross and lowell thomas each own acreage in new york state tommy dorsey s place is in new jersey and morton downey s in connecticut and if you don t believe that they really turn into farmers whenever they get a chance you ought to hear them talk I 1 k those radio introductions are like ly to go haywire as did one in which pat 0 brien was involved the other day he went to the midget auto races in hollywood with norris goff who is abner of radio radios s famous I 1 lum and abner I 1 team barney oldfield the former auto racing champion introduced them as fol lows I 1 norris goff better known as abner on the radio and pat 0 brien who plays lum P PO ODDS AND ENDS the reason that movie studios aren went t more lavish with their screen tests is ts that the average test costs 10 the death of ernie hare deprives radio of one of its as most beloved old timers looks as if 0 the castle walk would oust the lambeth walk as the most popular dance when releases the story of ol vernon and irene castle mith rogers and Astaire 9 western newspaper un on |