Show S can r D n s t k siren again as escape k picture valentines Vale ntinos life A on the screen map alap cy by virginia vale FOR OR the first time in a lifetime during which she has shown deep interest in motion pictures the dowager queen mary of great britain recently visited a motion picture studio she was shown around his studios by alexander korda and watched a group recording war songs for the picture four feathers she also saw two reels of the picture some years ago myrna loy rebelled against playing siren roles she showed what she could do in the part of a delightful wife in the thin man and since then ashes been playing delightful wives until ashes sick unto death of them too so now shell turn siren again as lady esketh in the rains came the picture version of that bill W MYRNA LOY very good book that everybody was reading a year or so ago after that shell play another young woman who is something less than perfect when she is co starred with spencer tracy in sea of grass in a role that will have to be considerably sider ably rewritten it if the censors are to approve of it 1 A picture based on the life of rudolph va valentine lentino is to reach the screen at last it is one of the fiver five productions to be released through united artists in 1939 40 by edward small productions inc and vari ous old newspaper men are waiting for it with considerable interest wondering how certain parts of that biography will be fixed up so that they are fit for the screen two texas cities fort worth and san antonio took particular interest when two recent R K 0 pictures were released one was douglas cornigans Cor rigans the flying irishman because it was in san antonio that corrigan worked as a newsboy to support his mother after his father deserted the family fort worth wanted to see the story of vernon castle with ginger rogers ro gers and fred astaire because it was at benbrook field fort worth that castle crashed his plane to avoid colliding in midair mid air with another incidentally mrs airs castle who acted as technical director for the picture is very much pleased with portrayal of her famous husband she so well satisfied with the a aile agile ile gingers dingers Gin gers performance for mance as his wife because as she said she imagine herself as a blonde casting henry fonda in a leading role in the story of alexander graham bell was known as a natural fonda himself was delighted for when he was in high school he decided that his career in life would have something to do with the telephone business if he had anything to say about it during his last two years in high school he worked as a I 1 trouble shooter and when he got his degree from the university of minnesota his thesis was on communication systems especially the telephone and telegraph it was just by accident that he worked with a little theater group and finally landed in the movies the first radio program to arrange for an exhibit at the new york worlds fair is dave aelmans hobby lobby A special building is being erected and thousands of specimens of hobbies bobbies will be on display in addition elman has arranged for hobbyists who have been on his programs to appear at the exhibit and explain their bobbies |