Show STAR S TA rt DUST I 1 movie e radio ady by VIRGINIA VALE HE millions who have read THE tand and loved the adventures of tom sawyer will rejoice that it has been brought to the screen almost intact A few memorable scenes of the classic of boyhood had to be skipped but the important ones are all there the whitewashing of the fence muff potter under suspicion of murder toms startling appearance at his own funeral filmed in technicolor the tones are subdued and pleasant making the town and all its innab ants of some sixty years ago look entirely natural there was a great todo to do a year or so ago ado over david Selz nicks countrywide country w wide ide search for just the right boy to play tom finally tommy kelly son of a worker was found in new york everyone who sees the picture will surely be glad that passed up the precocious actors of hollywood and waited until he found tommy for tommy kelly fits perfectly the character of tom sawyer K all hollywood is talking about the great change in katharine hepburn the roustabout comedy that she indulges in for her new picture bringing up baby has affected her manner in private life no longer is she aloof and haughty no longer does she scurry away as it if frightened or very bored when coworkers approach tc lawrence tibbett will come back to the screen if warner brothers have anything to say about it they want him for the desert song and he will have time to make a 1 n lawrence tibbett picture soon for grace moore is going to replace him on his radio hour c joan crawford Craw tord was quite startled recently when she heard an early morning news broadcast announcing that she had left her husband franchot tone and would soon institute divorce proceedings she glanced across the breakfast table able and there was franchot as usual never mind honey he coun selled they have been trying to separate us for three years and I 1 dont believe they can do it ever K hollywood casting directors deserve a voted vote of thanks they have put back to work three popular actresses who have been playing hookey from the screen too long zasu pitts was dragged out of her kitchen where she has been busily writing a cookbook to play opposite victor moore in strictly accidental for R K 0 joan bennett zasu pitts just returned from a stage tour and very happy to be settling down in her new house in beverly hills was persuaded to go to texas to film the texan with randolph scott and several hundred long iong horned cattle in support and claire ciaire trevor so well liked in her radio serial with edward G robinson was cast opposite him in a warner brothers picture ODDS AND ENDS bad man alan ol of brim stone sorte revived if wallace atlace bieryt career abich has been under a 0 cloud of soso so so pictures lately ile he will follow that up with a sequel bud bad man alon from dr arizona izona peter van steeden receded congratulatory telegrams irom from several new york university professors on the fourteenth adint anniversary of his radio debut it seems that in 1924 they excused him irom from his classes one lay day so lie he could audition for or a radio pro program grata lie ile ims been on the air ever since martha tilton who sinus sings mili kill benny Good goodmark mart s tuesday night suing school did the sons song numbers that joyce Conil campion nort appeared to oe be singing in lip film the adful truth IT fl hen you ire er the Gol dwitis follies you vu may think thal andrea leeds is singing but your old I 1 I 1 md irginia errill 1 of ohp radio realty really roid d thine theme umbers numbers petern 0 NeWS DLf r union |