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Show : STAR ! ! DUST i Movie Radio l!y VIRGINIA VALI! W 1111,1' all the important motion-picture producers produc-ers were trying to interest Ronald Colman in bitf, serious seri-ous dramas, he slipped over to the Hal Roach studio and agreed to star in a f'.oofy comedy called "Fancy Free." No one else even suspected that Ronnie wanted to join the parade of serious players who have scored in lirdil offerings. of-ferings. His best friend, Mill Powell, Is suiipeeted of selling liim Hie lde:i. Hill lias such fun making comedies, mid bo do Myrna I.oy and Carole Lombard, mid the newest recruit, Constance Hennett. I would not be nt all surprised if Constance were to play the lead opposite Colman. Now that Bill Powell is wandering around Kurope, Myrna I.oy Is going to stray over to the Twentieth Century- Pox studio to make '; a picture with War- j, ner Baxter, her sec- f ond - best leading I man. The story is ; "Career In C Major," Ma-jor," and is all about a woman with a not-so-good voice . who is absolutely determined to get into grand opera. Her husband views Warner Iiaxtcr the whole project with distaste, until he finds that his barber-shop chord barytone is just what the opera op-era scouts have been looking for. 4r Just as soon as a radio performer makes an outstanding hit, the motion mo-tion picture hoouts grab him, ko now it Is I'rofessor Quiz who Is going go-ing to step before the camera. He and James Wellington, the ever-popular ever-popular announcer, arc going to be in Columbia Pictures' "Freshman lollies." The tremendous popularity of "The Prisoner of Zcnda" has revived interest in-terest in swashbuckling mythical kingdom romances, so Sam Gold-wyn Gold-wyn has decided it is high time to film "Graustark" again. It has been made twice before, but not in the gorgeous way that Sam will make it. He plans to have Merle Oberon play the beautiful princess and Gary Cooper the American newspaper man who rescues and marries her. i Since he subbed for Don Ameche ! on the Charlie-McCarthy-Nclson Ed-i Ed-i dy program, Herbert Marshall is I the most-sought-after actor in Holly- wood for radio programs. If any sponsor could persuade him and Claudelte Colbert to appear regularly regular-ly together, the program's popular ity rating would be sure to stan near the top. But Just wait until you hear Brian Aherne's voice in the Warner Brother's picture, "The Great Garrick." He is going to give Mr. Marshall some competition. Phil Spitalny is being ribbed by his friends, and all because he ran into difficulties while filming a Paramount Para-mount short film featuring his Hour of Charm All-Girl orchestra. They all worked hard, finished the film on schedule and went home satisfied that they had done their best. But the studio called up next day to protest that a man's voice could be heard in the midst of the all-feminine chorus. Spitalny went to hear the sound-track played, pretty indignant in-dignant that their work had been spoiled. Only to find that it was his own voice on the film. -K Motion-picture fans who have been lamenting because so many of their .:' IV. f 'I1 I f;- ' : I ( 3 Hollywood iavomes have abandoned the screen for a fling on the stage can just stop worrying. So far the plays have not been good enough to hold the players for long. Sylvia Sidney, Henry Hen-ry Fonda, and Elis-sa Elis-sa Landi will probably prob-ably be back at Hollywood Hol-lywood at work in pictures before very Sylvia Sidney long. But Frederic March, undismayed undis-mayed by their so-so success, is headed for New York with his wife to do a stage play. |