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Show ! STAR f I DUST I I Movie Radio $ By VIRGINIA VALE JAMES CAGNEY has patched up his quarrel i with Wanner Brothers and Margaret Sullavan has made peace with the Universal company, which is good news to all the admirers who have missed them. Cagneywillbe rewarded with the very best story Warners own, the great New York stage hit "Boy Meets Girl." It is a rollicking story' about two loony Hollywood scenario writers. and If all of Cag-ney's Cag-ney's requests are granted, he will have Pat O'Brien playing his partner In foolish antics. Miss Sullavan will play In "The Eoad to Reno." That leaves Jean Arthur the only major attraction at-traction who is still feuding with her Margaret company. Columbia, Sullavan and oS fe screen in revolt. However, Ann Sothern has parted company with R K O and Barbara Stanwyck Is suspended from the pay roll because they refused to play in a picture called "Distant Fields." Felix Knight, who sang recently on the Metropolitan auditions, Is being be-ing hailed as the greatest discovery of the year, but Hollywood claims that they discovered him some two years ago. He sang the Juvenile lead in "Babes hi Toyland," the Hal Roach film, and has sung in opera in the Hollywood Bowl. Motion Mo-tion picture fans will be Interested to know that this thrilling young tenor ten-or was recently married to the daughter of Alice Joyce. "It's All Yours," the new Columbia Colum-bia film starring Madeleine Carroll and Francis Lederer, turns out to be all Mischa Auer's. Beauty and romantic interest just cannot compete com-pete with the utter nonsense that this tragic-faced Russian puts over so hilariously. Off screen Mischa Auer is entertaining too, but what most impresses one on meeting him is his deep gratitude to the United States of which he is now a naturalized natural-ized citizen. Any one of a dozen voices that you hear on "Grand Central," "The Goldbergs" or "True Story" or innumerable other radio hours Is apt to be a youth named Lawson Zerbe who comes from the University Univer-sity of California. He is known af- I fectionatcly as radio's one - man stock company. Recently when he was scheduled to play six roles on one dramatic hour, he was delayed at another studio and when he finally final-ly arrived just in the nick of time, the frantic director had sent out for six well - known actors to replace him. John Earrymore had great fun on his vacation in New York. Knowing Know-ing that he was going to portray an elderly and somewhat acid society reporter in his next Paramount picture, pic-ture, "Cafe Society," he did the fashionable night clubs and watched the jewelled set at play. Joe Penner is the radio favorite of 22,416 boys and girls between the a?os of six and six- teen. Every year a survey is conducted by the Boys Athletic league among children chil-dren in playgrounds, vacation camps, and work agencies to learn their preferences prefer-ences in sports, books, movies, radio ra-dio programs, foods onrl hnhhipa which Is used as a guide for Joe Tenner educators in planning plan-ning their diversions. Eddie Cantor, Can-tor, The Lone Ranger, and Jack Benny were runners - up In the youngsters' election of radio favorites. favor-ites. Buck Jones proved to be the boys' favorite motion picture star, while Shirley Temple led In the girls' division. OUDS AND ENDS-Chrk Cable will portray a nnur-d camr.ramart in "Too Hot to Hundlo" . . . Fibbnr Mc Gee and Molly have br.rn engaged for onollwr I'aramounl picture . . . nnr.t Gaynor in "The Star Wagon" will play the role that Lillian Ghh i playing on the tinge. Lillian wat Janet' favorite motion-picture iar when the wat a youngilcr . . . Arlcne Whclan, who wat a manicurist beore a 2)lh Century' Fox talent trout found her, will play the lead in "Ki Inapped." A long period of training at the ttudio came between the two careen . . . A practical Joker put a tiifn on Kay t'runcit lawn that read "Open for Inspection l'ublia Welcome." Kay claim that thi drew her biggest audience to dale Gin-ger Gin-ger Kogcrt award prize at her partie for the best concoction turned out at the oda fountain recently Installed in her home . . . Joe I'.. Ilrown wnt the first Hollywood film tar to put in a oda fountain at home, but Joe ha (loth of children in hi family to play oda jeilter imcry day, he doesn't huv to invite guetl. Welrn Newnuiiuor Union. |
