Show star ant t tr ties that hint dont bind A gene royalty A listed for a beating by virginia vale JOSEPH OSEPH BENTON NORTH has performed fifty two marriage ceremonies and not one of them had any lasting effect he can recite the marriage rituals of forty seven varieties of religion ranging from the ceremony to that of the church of england but he uses a mixed d ritual which he made up himself As youve probably suspected by now he Is a minister without portfolio one who officiates clates only in the movies of the many screen players whom h he e has married north reveals that claudette colbert exhibited the most nervousness he thinks that was because cau 5 e she is the most religious the ca calmest ime t P person erson he says say a was rochelle Bo chelle hudson she took two of his ceremonies in her stride and S x A 1 7 I 1 E V CLAUDETTE COLBERT apparently thought they were amus ing laura laplante cried and marlene dietrich kept arranging her hair and dress his most recent appearance on the screen as a marrying man was cpr withering Wu heights merle oberon and david niven were the bride and groom and he used the ritual dictated by the period the princesses elizabeth and margaret of En glands royal family were asked recently to name their favorite ai motion picture star ignoring norma shearer Shear cr janet gaynor dark clark gable and the other top botchers not chers including shirley temple they replied gene autrey aurey 1 I t r when billie burke broke her ankle she was considerate bons enough to pick a perfect time in which to do it she tripped as she was leaving the maiden voyage set and snap went the ankle being a seasoned trouper her first thought was of the picture and the delay that might be caused by her accident but it happened that all of her walking shots had been made she was due just to sit in the rest of the picture anyway howd you like to look ahead to taking a beating that is what walter valter pidgeon has been dolne doing for six thousand enemies Is slated as his next picture and the script calls for or him to be soundly beaten by one of the six thousand n with ith a husky pugilist selected by the casting department for or the role pidgeon has been using his spare time between scenes of 0 penthouse to practice up a bit but he is none too optimistic about his own skill even though the script does put a limit or on the mount amount a of damage that is to tie be done to him fred allen alien is one of the few radio tars stars who does not own a farm he a car either he prefers to live in a hotel and ride in taxis most of the big time radio stars feel that they cant get along without a country home frank black paul whiteman and benny goodman have farms in pennsylvania la lanny rin y ross and lowell thomas each own acreage in new york state tommy dorseys place is in new jersey and morton domneys Dow in connecticut and it if you dont believe that they really turn into farmers whenever they get a chance you ought to hear them balki those radio introductions are like ly to go 50 haywire as did one in which rat pat obrien was involved the other day he went vent to the midget auto races in hollywood with norris goff who Is abner of radios famous lum anti and abner team barney oldfield the former auto aulo racing champion introduced them as follows norris goff better known as abner on the radio and pat obrien who plays lum 1 ODDS AND ENDS the reason that mat movie studios arent more lavish with their screen tests is that the average test costs the death ol of ernie lure hare deprives radio ol of one ol of its most beloved old timers looks as if the castle walk would owl oust the lambeth walk as the most popular dance releases the story of al vernon and irene castlewitz Cast Cass lewith rogers ind astaire Q western newspaper New paper union |