Show star du dinst 9 4 ties that dont bind ar gene charms royalty if listed for a beating by virginia vale I 1 BENTON NORTH J has performed fifty two marriage ceremonies and not one of them had any lasting eff effect act he can recite the marriage rituals of forty seven varieties of religion ranging from the ceremony to that of the church ot of england but he uses a mixed ritual which he made up himself As youve probably suspected by now lie he is a minister without portfolio one who officiates only in the movies of 01 the many screen players whom tie he has married north reveals that claudette colbert exhibited the most nervousness he thinks that was because she is the most religious the calmest person lie he says was rochelle hudson she took two ol of his ceremonies in her stride and Z W M Z CLAUDETTE COLBERT apparently thought they were amusing laura laplante LaP Iante cried and marlene dietrich kept arranging her hair and dress W the princesses elizabeth and margraret margaret of En glands royal family were asked recently to name their favorite motion picture star ignoring norma shearer janet gaynor dark clark gable and the other top botchers not chers including shirley temple they replied gene autrey when billie burke broke her ankle she was considerate enough to pick a perfect time in which to do it she tripped as she was leaving the maiden voyage set and snap went the ankle being a seasoned trouper her arst thought was of the picture and the delay that might be caused by her accident but it happened that all of her walking shots had been made she was due just to sit in the rest of the picture anyway you like to took look ahead to taking a beating that is what walter pidgeon has been doing for six thousand enemies is slated as his bis next picture and the script calls for him to be soundly beaten by one of the six thousand with a husky pugilist selected by the casting department for the role pidgeon has been using his spare time between scenes of penthouse to practice up a bit but he be Is none too optimistic about his own skill even though the script does put a limit on the amount of damage that is to be done to him ODDS AND ENDS the reason that thas movie studios arent more ta lavish vish with their screen tests is that the average test costs f the death ol of ernie hare deprives radio of 01 one of its most beloved old timers looks as althe if the castle walk would oust ouss the lambeth walk as the most popular dance when releases the story of vernon and irene castlewitz Cast castle lewith with rogers and astaire 4 a S wei western stern newspaper union i |