Show star blast ar unimpressed Home Horne folks k do swell job in england k girls bob preston by virginia vale val returned fron from R RECENTLY sweden a man who has been conn connected acted with the motion picture business for some twenty five years made a firsthand report to this colu column mn on the subject of greta garbo in her homeland her countrymen he said arent tremendously impressed by her success they like her pictures go in droves to see them but they feel that of course she ought to 0 be e a su success just a case of home town girl making good they are inclined to resent her alo aloofness they feel that she ought to realize that they dream of intruding on her privacy and that she have to treat them as she does the movie fans of other countries he had several photographs of her taken in the days when she was a hat model they were swe sweet et rather sim pery giving no hint of what she was to become apparently the best way to make really good motion pictures is to send an american picture making malling unit to england to do the work goodbye mr bir chips is the latest example of what can be accomplished in that way and its one of 3 V GREER GREEK GARSON the best pictures that has been released in a ion long time metro sent its unit over robert donat and greer garson turned in beautiful performances sam wood did a swell job of directing and there you are incidentally goodbye mr chips presents us with a new glamour girl greer garson has flaming red hair and green eyes men think ashes gorgeous women arent sure whether she is really beautiful or not this is her first picture she came to hollywood from england where she had appeared on the stage and done some work in delevis television ion expecting to go to work at once she spent a year in waiting to go to work she was seriously ill with sp spinal inal trouble she was sent back to england to do her first picture and will probably be sent back again to do her second the doctors dilemma paramount thinks it has star material in a young man named bob preston and the m ovies movies sadly need y young oung men who are stellar material right now what with three heart getting married practically in va a bunch the trio gable rower power and taylor will still be tremendously popular of course but many a girl who has liked their pictures is going to look about for an unmarried star to fill the niche in in her affections left vacant by the marriage marr aage of one of them so paramount may offer such girls bob preston hes made four pictures so far notably union pacific pacific but hes had stage s tage experience fience in the stock company launched by tyrone powers mother in los angeles if youre a kate smith fan have to save a different hour for her broadcasts beginning in october when she returns from her summer vacation shell move into the nine eastern standard time spot on friday nights which has been filled this year by orson welles and his mercury theater for four years she has been on at eight on thursdays and as she rates fifth among all shows in national popularity surveys she have to fear the other al A l 1 shows that take the air on thursday nights |