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Show Star EDsast A" i Western Well Done! k Ascending Stars Irresistible Invitation L Ily Virginia Vale ' THE people who insisted that all Marlene Dietrich needed to restore her to favor fa-vor was one good picture have been proved right. "Des-try "Des-try Rides' Again" has done it. Paramount, after letting her go, has engaged her again, this time to appear in Cecil B. DeMille's "North West Mounted Police" She will have a role for which Dorothy Lamour was slated before "Destr y" and Marlene rode again; the fact that the character charac-ter is named "Loupett e" suggests that provision has been made for the foreign for-eign accent. As for the picture, "D e s t r y Rides Again" you might iu L ; : call it a super- marlene Dietrich Western and not be far wrong. There's nothing super about the plot; it's one of the good old standbys. But Producer Joe Pasternak, who is largely responsible responsi-ble for Deanna Durbin's success, defied precedent when it came to casting, and gave the leading roles to two people to whom they wouldn't seem to belong. James Stewart, fresh from the ' laurels won as the Mr. Smith who went to Washington, and Miss Dietrich, Diet-rich, who was over-given to posing, have turned in beautiful performances. perform-ances. And don't forget that a very able man named George Marshall directed direct-ed it; no matter how good the actors ac-tors were, a less capable director could have made a mess of things. An inside picture of the New York Stock exchange is to be presented over Columbia's network Saturday, December 30. The on-the-scene broadcast, coming dramatically at the end of the year's trading, was said by stock exchange officials to be the first radio program to originate origi-nate on the floor of the world's greatest organized stock market for securities. The broadcast will trace the steps from the time a customer puts in his order to the time he receives his receipt Allan Jones is sitting pretty; his contract with Paramount has been renewed for three more pictures. "The Great Victor Herbert" Her-bert" gave him the right opportunity to show what he could do, and also added add-ed a rung to those that Mary Martin has successfully success-fully climbed since she Mary Martin sang "M y Heart Belongs Be-longs to Daddy" In a theatrical production pro-duction and made a hit overnight. Hollywood didn't want her at first; couldn't see that she had any possibilities. pos-sibilities. Now she's being pushed along as fast as she can go. Her next picture will be "Miami"; after that she'll star in "Kiss the Boys Goodby." Toss bouquets at Greta Garbo, not merely for her performance in "Ninotchka," but for being so quiet about bringing her family to this country; they flew from New York to California, and she's bought a home out in the country for them. t- It doesn't seem possible, but Jane .Withers has started her sixth year on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot. She's being co-starred with Gene Autrey in "Shootin' High." A piece of wedding cake reached this desk the other day, in a little box bearing the name of one of New York's smartest caterers. The enclosed card read "Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis," and in one corner, "At Home, CBS 12:15 P. M., EST" "When a Girl Marries." Who could resist a radio program that has so attractive an announcement? The perils show that from 10 to 12 million people in the United States tune in on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour each week;-others in Canada are tuned to American stations sta-tions to catch it, and recently seven stations in Mexico were linked to the broadcast network. ODDS AND ENDS When Dorothy Lamour sings over the air she has a violinist playini so near to her that his bow grazes her ear . . . Ilona Mas-sey, Mas-sey, who co-starred with Nelson Eddy in "liulaluijia," is following his exumple and going on a concert tour: she starts the first of the year . . . "The Housekeeper's House-keeper's Daughter" isn't half so bail as Joan Dennett's protests would make it appear. U-teleused by Western Newspaper Union.) |