Show star dust the bat bae again earlc has preference k to the bitter end J by virginia vale phe presidents son plans I 1 1 to give us a mystery picture made from one of the best mystery plays ever ever written as the first release of his globe productions its the bat by mary roberts rinehart and avery hopwood and has everything that a thriller should have it was filmed by mary Pick fords company in 1928 1026 and done again as the bat whispers in 1931 norman foster will direct the new version hard on the heels of her scrap p la with warner brothers over her refusal e to appear in married pretty and poor jane bryan showed the studio that she preferred to be married pretty and rich she announced her engagement to justin W dart who is general manager of a drug firm mickey rooney may rank first at the box offices of motion picture theaters in this country but in great britain and ireland he comes second with deanna durbin pushing him out of first place she was not among the first ten in this country 1 kil it I 1 you are devoted to the story the light that failed like the picture version which sticks to the original even to the unhappy ending it if its ronald colman rather than the story chos res response I 1 1 RONALD HONALD ble for your interest in the pl picture fletre etre enjoy it hugely for he gives an excellent performance so do walter Ift ston dudley digges and ida lupino miss bliss lupino has had a hard time of it in hollywood she was put into parts and kept there now that at last she had been given a chance to show what she could do with a real role she abe had made the most of it hers is rather like the one in of I human bondage that established bette davis as a dramatic actress miss lupinos lupino s performance is good enough to do as much for her no longer can she be thought of as just one of those pretty blondes who are so numerous in in the picture mak ing metropolis it if youre interested interested in the present activities of former radio favorites heres news ot of some of them jimmy melton is now known as james melton and is a concert singer morton downey wound up his summer M er engagement at the worlds fair and followed it with an equally successful one in a hollywood night club sam is making money by making recordings jessica Drag onnette makes occasional appearances on the air and when you see Gul livers travels hear her voice vera van lean leah ray and annette henshaw have retired gene autry the he singing screen star who mho Is public cowboy no 1 heads a new western series from the double BI al ranch over the columbia network ork each sunday in ci dentally did you know that gene was discovered by the beloved will rogers rogers stopped at a small town in oklahoma to forward his syndicated column gene the telegraph operator was singing a western ballad rogers advised him to capitalize on his bis talents and a little more than a year later gene autry was a popular radio and recording artist del courtney who features candid camera music over NBC has borrowed an idea from the movies in his presentation of previews of his bis forthcoming programs before concluding his bis broadcasts he plays play a few bars ot of some of the new tunes tune to be featured on the next program its a novel idea and will probably be widely copied by bandleaders band leaders who dont hesitate to imitate their more successful su brethren |