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PART FIVE—AMUSEMENT SECTION Theaters—Radio—Music P)t te Junior Star—Art—Books F EIGHT PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 20, 1939. Maybe They Empire State Want to Be Contributed Cared For Its Share Some Random Notes Statistics Expert Anent the Mates Finds 74 Stars Of the Stars From New York By Sheilah Graham. By Harold Heffernon. HOLLYWOOD. HOLLYWOOD. Is there, or is there not, something Numerically, New York is the significant in the fact that a large Union’s foremost contributor to Hol- proportion of male stars marry lywood’s acting personnel. mates older than themselves, and The Nation’s most populous State that women stars, next to marrying is also distinguished as the birth- actors—which one expects, owing to place of an overwhelming number propinquity—prefer to marry agents, of celluloid menaces. doctors, producers or businessmen? Texas supplies the most beautiful Can it be that the screen darlings girls and the heaviest crop of he- want to be taken care of? An older man Western stars. woman will probably mother her Wisconsin, Nebraska and Ohio run younger husband. Agents, doctors, a photo-finish race as the source producers and businessmen are ex- of the screen’s most handsome and pert at looking out for the interests popular leading men. of others (while looking out for the Greta Garbo pauses, serious for a moment, between scenes The industry’s home State of Cali- interests of themselves). of "Ninotchka,” the comedy on which she is now working in fornia has a decided corner on the Male actors whose wives can give Hollywood. juvenile star market and supplies the them several years include: Tyrone largest percentage of chorus Power—his Annabella is at least and stock players. These five years his senior; Nelson Eddy, and other none-too-vital with a bride of 40-odd summers; statistics concerning the origin of Gene Is No Fun the nearly 500 motion actors Raymond, junior by five years Being Funny picture to Jeanette MacDonald: Barbara and actresses currently under con- tract to the and Stanwyck saw the light of day a Too Much Is major independent Expected of studios of were few years before Robert Taylor; Him, Hollywood brought to in a George Raft is younger than Bob Wails light survey completed last his long-estranged wife; Kay Benchley week. other was Francis is older than Fiance Baron By the Associated Press. Among things, it dis- closed that 449 Barnekow; ditto Constance Bennett, HOLLYWOOD. exactly players—30 cent less than the number two three years the senior of Fiance A funny man's life isn’t all fun. per years ago—were drawing regular Gilbert Roland. And, of course, Listen a moment to the plaint of weekly checks from the film there is Clark Gable, whose two Bob Benchley. pay makers on August 15. Bette Davis adds her characterization in ‘‘The preceding plunges into matrimony “I have,” says Benchley, simply, Old Maid” to To this figure must be added 38 an screen were with ladies blessed—or cursed— “trouble being funny.” impressive gallery of portraits. The picture is the important free-lance stars and sup- current attraction at Warner’s Earle with more years than Clark. A strange statement for the maker Theater. porting artists who work steadily I--- The current attentions of Agent of some of the funniest short sub- on picture-to-picture commitments Maureen O'Hara is Ireland's newest gift to Hollywood and Vic Orsatti to Sonja Henie will—if jects (remember "How to Sleep?") —bringing the grand total in this the cinema. She appears opposite Charles Laughton in “Jamaica they fade irto matrimony—put the in film history. Inn" and in two 10 unique birthplace roundup to 487. more pictures thereafter. percenter Hollywood husbands But he goes on to explain: That Was Nearly every one of these United I Glory Broadway ahead of the field—with the excep- "Everyone I talk to,” and his voice States can lay claim to at least tion of the actor mates. has a note of sadness, "expects me a representative or two on the 1939 Girls who have said "I do” to be sidesplitting. If I'm not, they already contract calendar. Only four States— One io nesn now either look Studio’s Scheme Puts peuuier.s—juiic l^ang, downright disappointed Delaware, Maine, Maryland and divorced from Vic Orsatti; Jean or give me a bored glance which South Dakota—fall to come Up with Arthur, whose husband, Frank Ross, says: what pver made me Humph, a single candidate. North Dakota, As the Years Pass think he was Director in was an agent when she married him. funny?”' with Valley City’s Ann Sothem: By meth- Solely Charge He is now an associate producer, but Benchley's picture-making Arkansas, with Van Buren’s leading ods are He writes his ma- continues to handle Jean's business unique. citizen. Bob Bums, and West Vir- 'And It Will Not Return Until Some terial at home. One short re- and private problems. may ginia. with Fairmont’s Fuzzy Knight, Of Sullavan snatched Ace a few days, another weeks. Film-Making Job Margaret quire only barely escape that unglamorous Are Made, s Leland from the Then he to the studio. Work- Changes Say Agent Haywood goes classification by a single entry each. seemingly longing-to-wed Katharine ing at top speed, he completes two Columbia Plan Gives Him California, long chided for al- A Man Who Should Know the Budget Hepburn. Both ladies continue to “quickies' in four days. Then he's leged failure to develop screen tal- pay their 10 per cent to Mr. Hay- through for another three months. What's the matter with. Broadway? Plenty, says little And Lets Him Do the Rest on ent within its own borders, throws Billy ward s efficient organization. Under a contract for eight shorts Rose, the mad a who was back the lie with birthplace figures portion of Broadway giant, born within Songstress Florence George recent- a year, he thus spends 16 days on smell of the street and made his way along it as Make-or-Break Basis placing it only a notch below New champion typist, with Everett Crosby, who, one of Metro's sound sets. The other champion song writer, club owner and ly eloped ROBERT BESCHLEY. York State in total number of con- champion night champion in addition to working *s brother 349 are his own. His writing, aside showman. He is out the words Ira tract players. New York has given batting following for Wolfert, By Jay Carmody is also her agent. from his own script, consists of a around and meet now on a vacation. Bing's manager, get people who birth to 74 of the current movie It is a truism that the screen a was to lead a critical theater column in a New don’t think he's That bothers is director's medium. The 80.000.000 Shirley Ross hoping funny. pets, while California marks up 47 existence when she York weekly magazine. him. He thinks he should weekly customers of the movies mav not spend many of their spare quiet domestic maybe j to take second place. Next in or- By Billy Rose. Which leaves him lots of time to work more. moments cogitating that solemn truth, but it in the married 10-percenter Ken Dolan. der of numerical are figures constantly .. I importance NEW YORK. But part of the latter's business is Texas (23), Massachusetts (22) and meditations of Hollywood. Whether so-and-so can act, or such-and-such The legend of Broadway. New York's Broadway, is coming apart at perforce enacted in restaurants and Missouri and Illinois, tied at 21 can write, are subjects for contemplation in such spare intervals as are the seams. Once the national synonym for the theater, for gayety, glam- night clubs, and Shirley, who likes Have a Word for It Command each. j rot filled with how fine it is that Woody Van Dyke II is back in his stride, Royal our, adventure, excitement and high jinks, today Broadway is tarnished to see something of Ken, goes Back in 1933 What chance would an | Robert Taylor made Members of the Judge Hard?' under- from ill or what's happened to the Lubitsch touch. On the lots, if not on the mar- Ditto fof' Bari, who. use. frowsy from neglect. It crawls with barkers and hawkers and along. Lynn a test in a toga for “Roman Scan- Family. Micfcey Rooney. Lewi# world film have without its George quees. the director is the tig name associated with the production of a after a lot of finally- shills like a cheaper Coney Island. For 20 years heralded as the most mind-changing, dals.” He didn't get the role, but Stone. Fay Holden and Cecilia Park- Raft, Jimmy Cagney, Humphrey screen drama. He is the who gets or the said to Walter Kane, one of romantic thoroughfare in the Nation, it now has the of a chap tfie gate praise. “yes” he thought he'd lived down this er. with Judy Garland, will appear Bogart. John Carradine or Cesar guise gin-soaked the the and better Also drab home from an Carrying assumption of the director's importance to the seemingly bigger agents. first test. Evidently he hasn't. The before their royal majesties. King Romero? All are registered as New crawling all-night carouse. Constance Moore (agent-husband so In most logical extreme these days is Columbia Studio. Others may con- other day, looking at a home with George and Queen Elizabeth, at York born.