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on the coast and he has loads brothers, three of them, are don't believe that there will be of dough. Or how about some- married. So are Jack Haley, Jack any reaction whatsoever. The thing in writers or directors- Benny, , Frank studio bosses are of the opinion , Rouben Ma· McHugh, Al Jolson, Bert Wheel· that a performer who is married moulian, Bob Risklnd, Carl er, , Fred Allen, Frank happily is better liked by the Laemmle Jr., Eddie Sutherland, Morgan, George Jessel. Their public and gains solid prestige. Austin Fairman? Uh-huh, you marriage rating is high. want Gable or Robert Taylor- Perhaps we shouldn't indulge • • • you will have to take that up in any such broad generality. There are one hundred argu- with Miss Lombard or Miss W. C. Fields, , Mil· ments in support of this idea. Stanwyck, ma'am. Can I Inter- ton Berle, and Edward Everett Gable was tremendous at the est you in a nice, swingy band Horton are comics who are root- box office while he was married. leader? Guy Lombardo, Abe loose and fancy-free. So, too, is So was W1lliam Powell. Bing Lyman, Skinnay Ennis. Hal Ken Murray. Charlie Butter- Crosby as a married man and Kemp? No, a lady came and worth is getting a divorce, or a father has gained in popular- got him just the other day. losing one, and Babe Hardy is ity. RUdolph V~entlno never With , Wayne separated from his wife at the sacrificed his fan following by Morris, and out of moment. becoming a Benedick. Errol circulation, and with Gable and M-G-Mis frank to admit that Flynn had the same experience. Taylor all set for 1939hitchings, the marriage of Nelson Eddy , , Rob· the NO.1 movie catch will be and its box office reaction w1ll ert Montgomery, , youthful . The be studied carefully, because no Kenny Baker, , and young Cincinnati star, for all of star out here has a more solid Joel McCrea are all arguments his immaturity, has pursued his femme following. If his next in favor of this theory. amours with rare discretion, be- pictures show a .dip at the box It is my personal opinion that lieving in the old adage that office (all things being. equal to movie fans, male or female, are there's safety in numbers. At his last pictures) it w1ll be con- interested only in one thing and the moment he has a crush on sidered proof that marriage cuts that their preferences are fash· Annabella, the Frenchie, but into a matinee idol's following. ioned only by one thing-what before her he was reported woo- Privately the Metro officials . they see on the screen. Annabella, Tyrone Power'. cru.h of the mom.nl. Tyrone Power, named CD Hollywood'. No. 1 CCltCh. Ing , Arleen Whe- lan, , and others too numerous to mention, so By £.4.PT. ~.4.XWELL ~. there is no indication that the Bachelor Ranks Thinning, present attachment wlll be any £ORPEfllIIlfllIIG more serious. but March Bravely On e • • Quite as circumspect is Jimmy Diego Cavanaugh By ED SUWVAN Stewart, the M·G-M youngster, (Argentina) Hollywood. , and to his right or Richard Greene, the dimpled Tommy Hitchcock Britisher. You see their names TH 1939 ONLY five is Randolph Scott. No, you can't (America) weeks old, the Holly- have the one in this showcase. quite often in the gossip columns Wwoo d bachelor ranks He is Gilbert Roland, ma'am, and as escorts of this or that glamor already have been depleted by we are holding him for Connie girl, but they always dodge the the loss of Ronald Colman, Bennett, who is a very good eus- issue when it is presented point Wayne Morris, and Nelson Eddy. tomer. However, if you like 'em blank. Cesar Romero Is a favor- Before the year has run its ite dancing partner, but he sits course , Robert Tay- It out when they go into Men- lor, , and Herbert delssohn. Marshall will have become mar- This hesitation on the part of ried men. the younger male stars i8 purely . It is high time that we cheesed economic. There is a well de- . up on the bachelors left out fined fear among the youngsters here, so that you girls will know that marriage ruins them at the what the cinema has to offer In box office,and they sidestep mar- attractive husbands. Well, con- / riage as cautiously as a man trary to opinions, we have quite Guy LombGrdo B. MGmouliCln walking on eggs. Often this a stock of them. If you'd like a fear is emphasized by their stu- yoUng mtlltonalre who has pres- swarthy I can let you have Bruce dios, so these younger matinee tige and a yacht to recommend Cabot, dark and handsome. No, idols deliberately avoid mar- him, I can offer you Howard he isn't tall. G e 0 r g e Raft, riage. Hughes. If you don't like a mil- ma'am? No, he is on consign- The marrying men of the col- lionaire. that tall, how about ment to Miss Peine. What about ony are the comedians. For Rudy Vallee, who has a wave in Edgar Bergen, W. C. Fields, Mil· some reason or other the funny • his as well as money in the ton Berle, or Frank Parker? If men always take themselves a bank? In the imported division you like the collegian type, how wife. Some of them, like Stan POLO While m 0 s t polo run. While polo is supposedly carry anywhere from 150to 250 soundness, good manners and there are , Brian about Princetonian Jimmy Stew- Laurel, are so in love with mar- PONIES ponies used in high- a gentleman's game, as all ath- pounds at top speed for7JAimln- good mouth are essential in a Aherne, Richard Greene, and art? riage that they take three or goal or good polo letic contests should be, it is utes filled with the great strain pony. Speed loses its value If . Something in movie exeeu- four wives. Survey the ranks competition are thoroughbreds, said that so much cheating was of frequent sudden s tar t s, the player is unable to keep his You'd like to examine some- tives? Well, how about the of comedians and you will be there is no so-called approved found in measuring the height stops, and turns. The action pony on the field. Likewise a thing else, miss? Step right over wealthiest of the m all, Joe impressed by their mating In- type in this horse class. So of a pony that the 14.2 rule picture taken during a recent good mallet man is useless to here. On your right is Dougias Schenck? He's a bit faded, stinct. The Marx brothers, five much is demanded of a polo was abandoned. international contest gives an his team If his opponents ala Fairbanks Jr., next to him is ma'am, but he's the best host of them, are married. The Ritz pony that no definition of Be that as it may, the game illustration of what horses are ways beat him to the ball. Is physical requirements is ap- today is wide open so far as required to do. The ones that it any wonder that it is dlf· plicable. A polo pony is like horsefiesh is concerned. In can run faster and handle bet- ficult to condense the innumer- a man on the job-the one that order to appreciate what is de- ter are the valuable animals. able qualities of a good polo can produce gets the call. In manded in a polo pony one Different authorities place pony into a type classification? Color Camera's Three Stars the old days a rule was in needs only to think how much different values on the part It is conceded, however, by all etrect that a pony must be 14.2 difference a few pounds makes ponies play in winning a game with knowledge of the game • Full-color photograpba 01 the Warner Brothers scout offered or .under and described as hav- in a race horse's track speed of polo. Without doubt it is that most ponies possessing was born In Tokio, Japan, July three moYie .tGrl .ketched her. him a contract to go to Holly- ing speed, great intelligence, or in the burden of a horse in the neighbodhood of 75 per best qualities for good polo 1, 1916. She Is of English de- Gre reproduced todCIY on pClljJeone wood. He's married to L1l1Da- endurance, stamina, and an pulling a wagon along a cent. A poorly mounted team are thoroughbreds. scent. When she was 3 years 01 the Picture Section. mita. He's 6 feet 2 inches tall aptitude for dodging, swerving, muddy road. Then ponder the simply doesn't win. In addl- old her family brought her to and weighs 180 pounds. and wheeling around on a dead fact that a polo pony must tion to speed, handiness, and Ne~ SundCIY--DrGlt HOB.~ Saratoga, CaL, where she was was with the legitimate theater educated. She attended Sara- only a short time when she was toga Grammar school, Notre given a screen test and appeared Letters published in this 'department should be written on one side of the paper. Dame convent, and Los Gatos in a number of pictures. In 1934 ~.ice .1 tLe ~ •• ie Fe. If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self·addressed envelope. Union High school. She won a she came to America. Her first r scholarship to Mills college in movie here was ••The World Dear Miss T1n~e: I have just seen Dear Miss T1n~: The other night I Her lolks were in vaudeville, a"d when 1988. She's5 teet .• inches tall, weighs 11. Berkeley and planned to teach Moves On," in which she played II Garden of the Moon," in which John saw my favorite actor, Jame. Stewart, in Judy was 6 years old she teamed up with pouncl8, and has blue eyes and brown dramatic art, but read about .opposite . Miss Payne did a II You Can't Take It with You." I am sure her si8ters and sang. The act broke up hair. Her real name is Edna Mae Durbin. Max Reinhardt's production of Carroll was born in West Brom- very good bit of It was the best show I have ever seen. when one 01 her sisters married-and a Educated Manchester Avenue school and Could you please tell me a llttle about ••A Midsummer Night's Dream •• wich, , Feb. 26, 1905. acting. W 0 u 1d short Ume later little Mi8s Garland went the Bret Hart« school in . you print a pie- him?' Yours truly, to Hollywood and broke into the movie •. in and went She's 5 feet 4 inches tall and ture of him? GRACE JORGENSEN. Her first part was in a two-reel a short." right down to Hollywood. She weighs 116 pounds. She's mar- ried to Capt. Ph1l1p Astley. Also would you Editor's note: Here's a little somethin' won the job of understudy for tell me some- about : He was born i" Dear Mae T1n~e: I have recently seen Dear Miss T1n~~: Recently I read a the rOle of Hermia. Luck was • e • thing about him? Indiana, Pa., Mall SO,1911. Be's 6 teet 'f, Deanna Durbin's latest olcture. II That statement published In the Voice of the with her, for Gloria Stuart, who I w 0 u Id think inches tall and has brown hair and gray C e r t a In Age." Movie Fan with which I thoroughly dis- was to play the rOle, was called ERROL FLYNN was born in that Mr. Payne eyes. Educated Mercersburg academy in She is my tavor- agree. It was contributed by Joanne to the studio for some film work. the north of Ireland on June 20, should be starred Mercersburg, Pa., and Princeton u"iver- Ite actress of the M1l1er. Notice, Joanne! According to you, II The Olivia's performance brought a 1909. He was educated at the In more pictures, rity. Hi8 hobby i8 model airplanes. Be- younger set. bigger pictures, Would you please pictures would be very dull If there wasn't film contract wit h Warners. Lyc~e Louls-le-Grand In lore ente'''ng motion pictures he appeared and better parts. on the stage. tell me some- any Sonja Henle born In Norway, and Since then she's played the rem- and at St. Paul's school in Lon- Although I think thing about her? Errol Flynn," etc, I feel that even if the inine leads in many screen pro- don. While in school he devoted he did a ftne job Also would you foreigners do offer variety In movies, I'll

ductions. She's 5 feet 4 inches all of his time to the usual col- i n II Garden 0 f Dear Miss Tin~e: The movie II Love tell me where I lliht for Americans throuih and through! in height and weighs 107 pounds. lege sports. When he finished the Moon." Finds Andy Hardy" is just the kind of could get a ple- We really could do without the foreign he went to Tahiti for the pearl PIDLIP entertainment the public goes for. Mickey ture of her? start if we had to, but what would we • • • fishing. While there an English ROBERTSON. Rooney Is swell. But it'. I Sincerely, accomplish without Nelson Eddy, Tyrone. , ac- film company arrived to shoot Editor's not e : took out my pen for. Her voice, talent, A READER Power, Robert Taylor, James Stewart. Mr. Payne made many Iriencl8 through M. and naturalness are what I admire her AND FAN. Clark Gable. , , cording to those who know her scenes for" Mutiny on the Boun- for. I would appreciate it very much If , Jeanette MacDonald, Joan work in (t Garden 01 the Moon!' Here'. Editor'. not e: well, possesses not only beauty ty." They offered Errol the you would give me a briet bit about her. Crawford. , Bette Davi8, and but brains as well. A graduate leading rOle, that of Fletcher hi8 plcture and a thumlmaU .ketch 01 the Glad to lumi81~ hancl80me gen'man. He was bom in LORRAINE BLAHNIK. the inlormation. Deanna Durbin to heighten the movie of Birmingham university in Christian (a rOle played later in Roanoke, Va., the .on 01 Mr•. Payne, lor- Editor's note: All the world .eems to For a quarter Industry? Do you see my point? Thank you, Miss T1n~e. England, she taught French for the American version by Clark mer "nger. He has green eye. and be loving the Hardy lamUy! Yes, Mickey Universal studio, DEANNA DUlIlN a year just to please her par- Gable). Flynn played on the Universal a it y, With newest pet, for an DOROTHY KEMPKA. brown hair. Educated Mercersburg acad- and Judy did good work-and here are a ardent fan. ents. Then, with the $100 she English stage in ••A Man's emy, ; Roanoke college, and few lacts about little Judy: She'. 15 aal., will, I am Editor'. note: Now, you and Joanll8 had saved, she went to London House," ••," ••Another Univer.ity 01 Virginia. He'. married to years old, has brown hair and eye., and sure, lu,,,,i8h you with her plcture. Dean- had better ;ust .hake hancl8 across the and joined a road company. She Language," and 0 the r s. A Anne Shirlell, motion plcture actress. i8 5 teet 1 inch tall and weigh. 106 pou"cl8. na was born in , aanada, Dec•.•, column and be Iriencl8.