| Show S REEK A 10 cy by VIRGINIA VALE released by western newspaper unions LLEN DREW ELLEN much good as a waitress when she worked at browns confectionery in hollaw hollywood but ashes worth her weight in gold to the place now as an advertisement for it for instance practically everyone who comes in wants a cinderella special a note on the menu announces that its named for her if you sit in booth 5 see a sign saying at this booth a customer offered ellen drew the screen test that has taken her to stardom shed been working in a dime store gme 1755 4 ELLEN DREW in englewood ill when she won a beauty contest conducted by the american legion and went to hollywood she expected a film contract to follow but it in two months she learned not to expect ever to get one but she made the test and a contract followed she is starred in three paramount pictures awaiting release D 0 A A date with destiny and texas rangers ride again and also in christmas in july now being shown charles grapewin who was grandpa joad in the screen version of the grapes of wrath has been named to play jeeter lester in century foxs coxs production of tobacco road henry ford will direct and johnson who did the script for the grapes of wrath will have the task of fixing up tobacco road so that it will pass the censors keep your eye on philip dorn a young actor from holland who plays dr ditten in escape his next appearance will be as hedy la marrs husband in girl bette davis has shown once again that ashes not afraid of competition ashes glad to have mary astor play the ine second feminine lead in far horizon though she says herself that the role is equal in importance to her own incidentally warner brothers have taken up an option on a ion long a term contract for miss astor A radio has one married couple with a record for anyone to shoot at the uncle ezra and cecilia of the air mr and mrs pat barrett in private life and they met when she was nora cuneen touring the west with a musical comedy one night the companas comp anys comedian show up and pat barrett stepped into the role and into her life as well always worked as a team before maki making ng the their ar radio debut 10 years ago they toured in vau vaudeville deville even then they were doing character parts similar to their roles on the uncle ezra program |