Show star dust ties that dont bind A gene charms royalty royally A listed for a beating by virginia vale JOSEPH JOSEPH BENTON NORTH aj has performed fifty two marriage ceremonies and not one of them had an 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 probably suspected by now he is a m minister inister without portfolio one who officiates only in the movies of the many screen players whom he has married north reveals that claudette colbert exhibited the most nervousness he be thinks that was because she is the most religious the calmest person he says was rochelle hudson she took two of his ceremonies in her stride and P ak X A CLAUDETTE COLBERT apparently thought they were amusing 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 withering Wu heights merle oberon and david niven en were the bride and groom and he used the ritual dictated by the period the princesses elizabeth and margaret of En glands royal family were asked recently to name their favorite motion picture star ignoring norma shearer janet gaynor dark clark gable and the other top botchers not chers including shirley temple they replied gene autrey 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 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 w walking shots had been made she was due just to sit in the rest of the picture anyway howd you like to look ahead to taking a beating 9 that is what walter pidgeon aws has been doing for six thousand enemies is slated as his next picture and the script calls for him to be soundly beaten by one of the six thousand with a husky pugilist selected by the casting department for the role pidgeon has been using his spare time between scenes of 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 al 1 fred allen alien is one of the few radio stars who does not own a farm he a car either he prefers to live in a hotel and ride in taxis most of the big time radio stars feel that they cant 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 dorseys place is in new jersey and morton domneys Dow in connecticut and if you dont believe that they really turn into farmers whenever they get a chance you ought to hear them talk those radio introductions are likely to go haywire as did one in which pat obrien was involved the other day lie went to the midget auto races in hollywood with norris goff who is abner of radios famous lum ilum and abner team barney oldfield the former auto racing champion introduced them hem as follows enorris i norris goff better known as abner on the radio and pat obrien who plays lum 1 P |