Show A 7 STAR S T A R x 5 1 5 r DUST 11 t movie radio by VIRGINIA VALE of the annual election artion RESULTS of radio favorites with two hundred and fifty two ra dio column editors casting the votes brought joy to the hearts of hollywood studios for film favorites proved to be the outstanding radio favorites too paramount is leading the cheering for their jack benny for the fourth consecutive year won the vote for best comedian and best program on the air bing crosby was elected best singer of popular songs bob burns ran third among comedians ns and that was no small achievement benny and fred allen alien had the first two places and there were no less than ten or twelve famous stage comedians competing for third M G Ms nelson eddy was ranked first among classical singers and universals deanna durbin best of all the newcomers to radio twentieth Cent tony martin made a good showing getting third place among singers of popular songs and lily pons took second place among singers of classical music interview etiquette is next in in importance lm to romance manners in hollywood whenever asked their opinion on the greatest actor on the screen players are supposed to mention someone under contract to their own studio pat obrien just wont play according to that rule he thinks spencer tracy is by all odds the best actor on pat obrien the screen and insists on saying so that delights M G M but it is not so pleasant for warner varner brothers to whom pat is under contract when M ar G M 51 cast robert taylor in camille it was with the hope that the incomparable garbo would make him forget all others but when the last scene was shot young taylor was still calling her miss aliss I 1 garbo next he be was cast opposite jean harlow and studio folks slyly intimated that the huge boxes ot of flowers she received on the set every morning probably came from him m A M ghi M 11 even sent taylor to washinton washington ton D C to attend the preside presidents rits birthday ball with jean and all to no avail he still thinks barbara is the grandest girl in the world hal roach content with keeping audiences giggling at his two reel comedies he has sent for constance bennett dragging her back from her long vacation in new york and started production on an a big feature picture it is to be a drawing room comedy very smart swift and swanky it must be that he heard constance in that broadcast of private lives that convinced everyone she had a real flair for high comedy margot grahame is proudly displaying a new ring to her friends these days it is is made up of linked hearts of sapphires sapp hires k and diamonds and was once the property of sarah bernhardt bernhardt 4 gave it to ellen terry as a tribute to that great ladys artistry on the stage ellen terry left it to her daughter margot in law julia grahame neilson who gave it to an english actress mary glynne mary glynne passed it on to her who is margot grahame K ODDS AND ENDS charles chades coyer boyer is the most et led man an in hollywood for far in rapid succession in his next neat tour four pictures he will play opposite garbo carbo then sylvia sidney ginger rogers and clau clair dette colbert between show boat broadcasts lanny ross is giving concerts of classical songs eddie robinson is asking for more plea pleasant alit roles on the adreen reent because liis his three year old son is trendy already a moviegoer movie goer and lie he want to antagonize hin him helen jepson did riot not sign that contract with grand national after all site she signed to make mahe pictures with sara sam goldwyn instead latest word from london is that it the british people like pitis best of all the american stars who have gone there to so male pictures Q western newspaper union |