Show J 4 TAIL STAR S J adust dusi j movie bajio J by VIRGINIA VALE ADIO amateurs played a RADIO abig big part in the preparation ol of the dramatization of peary s dash to the pole presented recently if they had not come to the rescue of the authors henry lanier and alan bunce it might have been a year or more before this program could have been heard in dramatizing historical events it is necessary to get permission of all living participants to impersonate them on t the he radio and of peary s north pole expedition matt henson the negro who was the only one to accompany him on the final dash capt bob bartlett and mcmillen still survive it was easy enough to locate matt henson he was right in new york but bartlett and mcmillen were off somewhere in the polar seas lanier lanier and bunce appealed to various clubs of radio amateurs and for days the short wave channels were filled with calls to the two polar exploration ships finally communication muni cation was established with the bartlett and mcmillen ships and permission to go ahead with the program obtained t the best picture of the week is dead end the most breathtaking ly dramatic of all stories of new york the setting is an east river street where a millionaire apartment house is surrounded by squalid sinister tenement houses back to this n neighborhood comes baby face martin a hunted gangster who had sylvia sidney left ten years before and things begin to happen sylvia sidney and joel mccrea play what are supposed to be the leading roles of the picture but humphrey bogart as baby face martin and claire trevor as the sweetheart he deserted just take possession of the picture and romp away with the honors 1 i fred waring is getting to be an industrial magnate of such proportions that he has had to take a whole floor of an office building in new york to house his music arrangers secretaries contract signers and scrap books no sooner had he and his versatile boys worked their way east from hollywood where they made varsity show for warners than he up and signed a contract to play at the drake hotel in chicago when you see metro goldwyn mayers madame X 11 you will see a scene made under most unusual circumstances john beal making voice and makeup make up tests when they were getting ready to produce the picture ran through the biggest dramatic scene largely to see it if he had his lines all memorized after the picture was shot some of the staff were a little disappointed in the way he played the courtroom scene where he defends his mother then they remembered the test shots dug those out of the film vaults and substituted them K carole lombard is going to have such fun in her next paramount jarair picture true confessions fes she plays the part of a confirmed liar such a habitual liar that she even confesses to a murder that she did not commit john J 0 h n barrymore will support her playing an eccentric eccentric amateur detective who falls for every false clue and fred carole MaclAu macmurray rray will be lombard the patient long suffering hero who is the victim of her weird false as hoods of ODDS AND ENDS greta garb carbo has become a deanna durbin fan an gloria blondell Ut ondell sister of her screen debut in accidents will happen for a long time warners would not give her a job because she looks hoks so much like joan they thought it might be confusing but they finally gave in lest less some other company take her rudy vallee will film howdy stranger for warners this fall fait he wanted a part pars that would permit him to wear a stunning uniform hut but warners convinced him that a cowboy suit would be just as becoming front frank parker who wha is a big radio favorite himself played the role on the broadway stage 0 western newspaper union |