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Show Star Must Lone Girl; No Complaint Bob Takes It on Chin it Picturing the Ancients By Virginia Yale ' """"UNGA DIN" is one of VJ those pictures that you simply mustn't miss. It's spectacular, thrilling, beautifully beauti-fully done. Maybe it isn't really a woman's picture; Joan Fontaine is the only girl in the cast, and she hasn't a really important role. But with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cary Grant and Victor McLaglen in the line-up, where is the woman who is going to complain because she doesn't see lots of lovely girls in stunning clothes, or be entertained by a thrilling love story? Sam Jaffee, whom you should re- member from "Lost Horizon," has JOAN FONTAINE the title role, and gives one of the best performances ever seen on a motion picture screen. Remember you'll regret it if you don't see "Gunga Din"l Metro is going to make a he-man out of Robert Taylor if it kills him. He takes a lot of punishment at the hands of Wallace Beery in "Stand Up and Fight" and does it so well that even the men picture-goers who have complained in the past that he was "just a pretty boy" ought to be satisfied. Another of those elaborate historical histor-ical background is being constructed construct-ed in Hollywood. This time it is for "The Man in the Iron Mask," and John DuCasse Schulze, art director direc-tor for Edward Small Productions, is drawing the plans. He has put in months of research, until he feels more at home in the period of which Alexander Dumas wrote than in the present. There will be accurate reproductions of the Palaces of St. Germain-en-Laye and Versailles, of the Bastille, the streets of historic Paris and several villages. Louis Hayward will have dual roles those of King Louis XIV and his twin brother. Warren William will play "D'Artagnan," Joseph Schildkraut will be "Colbert" (not related to Claudette of modern times). James Whale will direct, and, if you don't mind a pun, it will be a whale of a picture. Deanna Durbin is at last considered consid-ered old enough to appear in her first romantic picture. It will be "First Love," and Charles Boyer will be her co-star. At present she is finishing "Three Smart Girls Grow Up." Fred Allen has committed himself to appearing on "Town Hall Tonight" To-night" until June, 1941, with his usual usu-al three-months vacations. He signed the new contract on Portland Port-land Hoffa's (Mrs. Allen's) birthday. birth-day. His radio career began in October, Oc-tober, 1932, and he began with his present sponsors in 1934. Geraldine Farrar, driving into New York from her country home, turned on her radio one day and heard a tenor voice that she liked. She urged influential friends in radio ra-dio to look him up and Felix Knight was discovered. Felix turned on his radio recently, and heard a tenor voice that he liked. He found that it belonged to Vaughn Comfort, who had been engaged en-gaged for one performance on "For Men Only," and was pinging at a New York night club. Felix looked him op, found that he wanted to have a career in radio, and is now doing all he can to help him. Unusual, Un-usual, to say the least. one tenor helping another! ODDS AND ENDS David Snlznich has announced that he will produce "Suanre lliver" linked on the lije of Stephen Foster, who composed so many of America's favorite johijj . . . HKO has signed Joe I'enner on a new contract con-tract . . . Snn'rn llenie, Don Ameche and Rudv I'ullee uill make "When U inter Comes" for 20th Century-Fox . . Metro uill make, two successive, feature pictures based on the. life of Thomas Edison . . . "The Old Maid' is to reach the screen at last, uith lietlc Davis and Miriam Hopkins in the leading roles . . . Cinser Hoecrs u ill go dramatic nsain in "Little Mother.' i. Western Newspaper Union. |