Show I 1 STAR J DUST movie radio by VIRGINIA VALE THE HE great experiment of a fred astaire picture without ginger rogers is now up for public approval and first reports promise that it will triumph at the box office damsel in distress the effervescent ginger but it has that most blithe of din wits gracie aren alien and her solemn george burns the setting of this giddy tuneful story is england where astaire as a shy matinee idol becomes romantically 7 entangled with a p peers e e r I 1 s daughter played by the ingratiating joan fontaine the story get in the way of the dan dancing C ing and astaire has never danced with such breathtaking skill before fred astaire when you see him and gracie romping through a carnival engaging in dizzy antics on treadmills tread mills revolving barrels and in front of those crazy mirrors that distort reflections you win will wonder why grabies Gra cies amazing talent as a dancer has been overlooked so long the long delay in making another feature picture with the he dionne quintuplets quintuple ts his has at last been explained by twentieth century fox officials they have been baitin waiting for the little girls to learn english figuring that audiences cant be counted on to study french just in order to understand the little cherubs waves of dissatisfaction spread through hollywood like an epidemic every once in in a while and lately producers have been having their troubles pacifying pouting stars loretta young has decided that she want to make any more pictures with tyrone power for a while not that she like him she does but she thinks that the public tires of seeing the same couple on the screen in picture after picture ginger rogers has served notice on R K 0 that in in addition to her salary she wants a share of the profits of pictures she appears in fred astaire and katherine hepburn both share in the profits of theirs dorothy lamour has rebelled against wearing native dress in pictures wants to be clothed like a civilized lady and wayne morris wants no more buildup build up as a handsome youth wallace ford is one of the screen players over whom the first night a audience at of mice and mens men cheered in new york recently even it if the play runs all year however wally figures that his tans fans out through the country wont forget him for before going into the play he completed the as yet unreleased swing it sailor for grand national and three pictures in england jack holt Is rounding out his twentieth year as an actor and his eighteenth as a mo tion picture star no other performer has enjoyed outstanding popularity m more 0 r e than half as long as he has and hollywood I 1 producers will tell you that he is just as popular with them as with the public whether he is assigned to horses or top hats jack is jack holt always amiable and if a story seems thin he figures it is up to him to give a performance that will build it up some of the young players supporting him in columbian Colum bias under suspicion asked him recently how he got his start and then shuddered a bit as he told them that he rode a horse over a thirty five foot cliff into swirling rapids k ODDS ANDS ENDS martens dietrich shed her uan and bored manner in a new york night ni nil club and joined the croud she sh could be b as u sensational sat ional nul in comedy as irene D bunne ii it she only bould uld but she wont ba bait room dancing bores fred astaire until benny goodman star starts playing an and then h lie he just cant sit still s ill B betty y laynes youthful sensation of the h chicago h c g IF opera r will play norms norma sharer old d arx role i in student prince frince khen MCM M C M 41 f films dins it il again as 01 a musical when dick powell stopped slopped over in chicago between trains a group ol of funs auns surprised hint him 6 presenting him with t their heir autographed photos photo i spencer tracy wilt will send out his christmas cards from ireland fathers of twins are the only elii bles lot fo 1141 woods s most exclusive club mem blem hershin so fur far consists ol of bing crosby Im urence 7 ibbett charles starrett and richard dix dit girls dont don t want to br be cast in the next munch twins win s picture b because became e illein their favorite fai lat pets nowadays a are r e agite mice mice the th voice of experience will be broadcast cdail lo coo beginning december 17 27 a 0 western newspaper Nw union |