| Show tr STAR r it if DUST movies movie radio r 5 by VIRGINIA VALE I 1 IF F YOU thought deanna durbin a remarkably talented youngster last year when you saw her in three smart girls you will think she is nothing short of a baby genius when you see one hundred men and a girl her voice always good has developed A so amazingly that she ranks with the best of Deanna Durbin screen prima doncas even more startling is the development of this quiet fourteen year old as an actress she plays comedy farce or tragedy with the deft assurance of a veteran supported by that most brilliant brillian t of conductors no nervous qualms weaken her voice and in scenes with alice brady adolph and mischa auer those persistent scene stealers steamers ste alers she more than holds her own 41 has already finished the screen version 0 of stage door with katherine Ki therine hepburn and ginger rogers in the leads the dalalo dialogue e everyone says simply sparkles and although hepburn and rogers are at their very best in it andrea leeds and lucille ball who play small roles draw a big share of the enthusiastic comment ir k bill powell paused in new york briefly on his way to the scandinavian countries for a much needed vacation ile he has been near collapse ever s since ince the death of jean harlow to whom he was engaged to be married when he comes 40 back he and myrna loy will make another sequel to the thin man far from being tired of myrna loy the roles that brought them their biggest success he says that they enjoy them more than audiences do 4 k very few actors enjoy success in hollywood for more than five years but producers never find a newcomer who can handle alan hale bale roles lie ile has just signed to play little john in the new version of robin hood with errol flynn it is the same role he played 15 years ago when doug douglas las fairbanks made the picture 16 it looks as if all hollywood will be trying to congregate on the bing crosby set soon for bee lillie the elegant lady peel no less is going to play opposite him if you missed bee on a recent vallee hour you should shed one tear at least she gave the sketch that she has done innumerable times two dozen double damask dinner napkins please and it was even funnier funn der than before 41 c maybe eddie cantor is awfully smart to switch his radio program from sunday nights to wednesday because tile the sunday night competition is going to be even le more fierce than usual this winter there will be jack benny of course phil baker and joe penner but in addition there will be two big screen fa korites with new eddie cantor programs rosalind ro russell and tyrone power robert taylor had better hurry back from england if he want tyrone to displace him as matinee idol number one of the younger set i humphrey bogart is getting to be so EO popular on the screen that producers are toying with the idea of ma making king a hero of him but every time they bring up the subject humphrey takes to his heels and runs away he played a smirking hero once back in 1930 and neither audiences nor directors wanted to see him again it until he played the murderous duke mantee 1 in n petrified forest that they forgave ga ve him since then he has specialized finalized Fiali ciali zed in the deepest dyed villainy in in black legion and bul bullets I 1 ets or ballots in dead end he is so magnificently villainous that hero and heroine joel mccrea and sylvia sidney have a hard time te t e distracting attention from him f ODDS AND ENDS constance co fance dennell is gning to make another goofy comedy tike 1 I opper as soon as a she and countess di li ira ro wo lurince their cos cosmetic metie com pay hrin 0 rien moore aho plays niina ana in the lite life of 01 emits emile zola is bring boomed by thousands of 01 admirers ad fir ir the much azich disputed rote role of 01 i in one with the land Q western newspaper union |
