Show star dust neav irish contingent k olivier reaches top A pseudo scraps on air by virginia vale HERE seems to be a new THERE cycle starting in the movies one involving young actresses who hail from ireland if they have red hair and green eyes so much the better let me refer you to greer garson as a starter she was launched in this country in goodby mr chips you know and is a red haired green eyed beauty geraldine fitzgerald is another product of the irish theaters maureen ohara who arrived in this country with her mother recently also with charles laughton is the latest example he felt that she should play esmeralda when he does the hunchback of notre dame for she was born and brought up in dublin studied at the abbey theaters t ers school and did a few bits in british pictures before she appeared in his jamaica inn As she was just 18 everyone was prepared to give her aalthe all the encouragement coura gement they could since shed be in the company of expert I 1 MAUREEN OHARA encee players but after the first few days they discovered that she need it in fact they had to be on their toes to keep her from walking off with the picture perhaps ambitious youngsters youngster s who want to land in pictures would do well to rush to ireland ac achieve bieve red hair and start in with the abbey players tt if this cycle is to continue the only difficulty would seem to be acquiring green eyes and exceptional ability to act it you read that delightful novel rebecca which until recently led so many bestseller best seller lists be interested to know that laurence olivier has been signed to play the role of the hero although he is young olivier has had bad years of experience on the stage and in the movies but until this year he never reached the heights now it seems as if everyone wants him for a new production he is appearing on the new york stage in no time for comedy with kath hath e rine cornell and you can see him giving ng an even better performance in withering Wu heights opposite merle oberon than he gives in the play hell be perfect for the par part of max mat de winter in rebecca K if a brand new squabble breaks out between two radio stats stars dont be surprised and dont take it seriously there a really good feud raging on the air now and radio stars discovered long ago that feuds whip up interest in their programs the best one of all took pla place ce years ago between rudy vallee and will osborne but that one was rather serious walter winchell 11 and ben bernie started theirs on purpose and kept it going for years A certain press agent has been trying to start one of those serialized battles between sammy kaye and kay kyser with the question of which one originated the idea of singing song titles as the bone of contention but be it said to the everlasting credit of kyser and kaye that too proud to fight pat friday the 17 year old coed co ed from the university of california who is singing on bing Cros bys program this surn summer mere will probably be a top in movies and radio in a few years crosby heard her sing at an amateur night at a beverly hills restaurant and recently she made her coast to coast debut on en the air under his direction the telephone switchboard at the hollywood NBC studios was promptly jammed with inquiries arouther about her and the following morning two movie companies offered her contracts which she turned down |