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Show I STAR 1 I DUST ! JVlovie Radio J By VIRGINIA VALE SONJA HENIE is the most honored young woman in motion pictures these days. Recently she went to Washington Wash-ington to receive the cross of Knighthood of the Order of St. Olav, conferred by the Norwegian government through their minister to Washington. A few days later her Ice ballet, the same one you will see In her film "Happy Landing," played a benefit at Madison Square Garden in New York City sponsored by an impressive array o Carnegies, As-tors, As-tors, and Rockefellers. Beneficiary of the occasion was the Children's Village which lends a helping hand to New York's prob- - , ' . ' - ' V - v j r v S V 4 I W...v..v.v.v.v.....v.v.v......-..VVV Sonja Bcnie lem children, and thanks to Sonja a staggering number of thousands of dollars was raised. Sonja expresses her gratitude for all these honors In neat little phrases, but she doesn't get the least bit cocky about it. She seems as completely unspoiled, as completely com-pletely oblivious to her unique position posi-tion in the entertainment world as Shirley Temple does. Grade Allen, long radio's queen of nonsense, is at last to get the recognition rec-ognition she deserves from Paramount Para-mount pictures. They are having the author of Philo Vance murder mysteries write "The Gracie Allen Murder Mystery." She will be the star, and no less a celebrity than John Barrymore will portray Philo Vance. K When Jack Benny first started talking about that rattletrap old car on his radio program, it was just the figment of a script writer's imagination. By the time radio audiences au-diences developed a hilarious attachment at-tachment for his wheezy old motor, Jack began to wish that he really had one, so he and Mary Livingstone Living-stone made the rounds of used-car lots and found just the car of their dreams. It is a 1921 model and cost thirty-five doDars. That long-promised return of Gloria Swanson to the screen is postponed indefinitely again. Columbia Colum-bia pictures, which had planned to have her play the lead in "Holiday," "Holi-day," have decided instead to give the leading role to Catherine Hepburn. Hep-burn. Joan Bennett and Cary Grant will be featured with her, so it promises prom-ises to be one of those knockout pictures that Columbia turns out with unfailing regularity whenever they borrow ranking stars from other studios. Radio stars are much more thrifty than the early motion-picture stars. Most of them invest their earnings in businesses that are not so dependent on youth and entertainment enter-tainment whims of the public. Jack Fulton, tenor of "Poetic Melodies," has bought a half-interest in a Fifth avenue haberdashery. Ethel Owen of Edgar Guest's "It Can Be Done" program, owns a dog and cat hospital hos-pital in Milwaukee and is president presi-dent of a dog biscuit company. Truman Tru-man Bradley, commentator on the Sunday evening hour, is president of a cosmetic firm. it Three young men whose youthful ambitions were strictly serious have become radio's great comic trio. Lanny Ross and Charles Butter-worth Butter-worth studied law, and Walter O'-Keefe O'-Keefe started out as a newspaper man. It was Walter's adaptation and revival of "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" that flung him into night club entertaining and from there to radio. ODDS AND ENDS On his return from a concert tour of thirty cities, Igor Gorin will get his final American citizenship papers ... 0 all his triumphs tri-umphs Ken Murray is most proud of being asked to be master of ceremonies cere-monies at the President's birthday ball in Washington . . . Warners have changed their minds again about who is to be the new Torchy Blane. Now it is Lola Lane who will play the role ... 0 all the stars in "Hollywood HoteV it is Benny Goodman who gets the most riotous response from the audience . . . Alice Brady is headed for more big dramatic roles since 7n Old Chicago," but first she will do another comedy "Good Bye Broaduay" for Universal. Uni-versal. Tommy Riggs of the bailee program will appear in a supporting role. Western Newspaper Union. |