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Frances and they're all very happy thank you Hard Worker 1 Paulette Goddard is another who started as a Ziegfeld girl Paulette was in "Rio Rita" She married Charlie Chaplin appeared as his leading lady and prospered evell more after she left his board and pictures Paulette is currently under contrac to Paramount at $5000 weekly has a large fan following and is married to actor Burgess Meredith 1 Billy Dove had a long and fortunate picture career following her "Follies" days which lasted right up through the' early talkies Now even more beautiful Billy has retired and is married to wealthy Bob Kenaston From Tears to Cheers Fannie Brice was never a beauty but she soared to fame as a comedy star and introduced such unforgettable 'songs as "Rose of Washington Square" "My Man" and "Second-Hand Rose' Gorgeous Olive Thomas was in several shows for Flo and later starred in silent pictures for 101vis Selznick David's father Olive married Jack Pickford Mary's kid brother and died tragically of an overdose cf sleeping powders in a Paris hospital Pretty dainty Marilyn Miller starred in "Sally" and on the stage before she repeated those successes for the cameras Mari- lyn too married Jack Pickford and the ceremony caused a breach with Flo The marriage didn't last long ended in divorce Marilyn was still a star when she died but her death came years too soon Never a Dull Moment Ina Claire As best known as a stage star of drawing room comedy but Ina was a Ziegfeld lass 'way back in "Follies of 1916" Now Ina is happily wed to a San Francisco lawyer Eva-Tanguay goes- back to the "Follies of 1909" The "I Don't Care" girl made one picture called "The Wild and starred in vaudeville for years Now for a long time Eva has been bedridden with arthritis -Billie Burke Nvho was not only Flo's wife but the star of one of his musicals (strangely a flop) Dear" still plays dizzy matrons in films also on the air The vehement Lupe Yelez was married to Johnny Weismuller and divorced after a tempestuous period of marital strife Lupe doesn't do many pictures any more She hasn't remarried but is well fixed financially Rubye De Remer1 a glamorous Ziegfeld blonde did "The Auction Block" on the screen many years ago Now she has retired Sunday Morning Section December 3 1944 '1-gi'61': MOth Burns Wings on and Music 0l J4I)s cimv N)- 'tV4vfikt4 Ais-- eii Iv 4-- i44 '8 1 1 1 News'' Analysts and Music Sunday Morning Section December 3 1944 I In AA Wings gs on Flame 9 am I a Lovely I In i Moth I 1 1 1 1 A List These in the Passing Para By Ifedtla Hopper 4-- 1 producer of musicals in Hollywood is trying to equal Flo Ziegfeld's record i for no one person ever discovered more beautiful girls than Flo Flo picked 'em for his Broadway shows but sooner or was usually studios signed '-'ss's- I ned 'em on contracts and made tem screen stars -7 4 Strangely too many of those luscious blond brunet and Titian stunners ended their careers 4 tragically Seems the candle of life burned too brightly for them as most of the lovely moths finally burned their wings on the flame of fame 1 1 '---t: Irene Dunne evaded the "Ziegfeld curse" of heartbreak She's one of the successful girl who start- ed with Flo Irene incidentally is as lucky in private life as she is prpfessionally She married Francis Griffin in 1927 they have One adopted daughter Mary Frances and they're all ry happy thank you Hard Worker 1 Paulette Goddard is another who started as a Ziegfeld girl Paulette was in "Rio Rita" She I i married Charlie Chaplin appeared as his leading lady and prospered evell more after she left his board and I s- 1 pictures Paulette is currently under contrac to Paramount at $5000 weekly has a large fan i following and is married to actor Burgess Meredith i 4 Billy Dove had a long and fortunate picture career following her "Follies' days which lasted through right up rough the" early talkies Now even more beautiful Billy married as retired and iie to 1 wealthy Bob Kenaston i' 4 I From Tears to Cheers 1 7 Fannie BHce was never a beauty but she soared to fame as a comedy star and introduced such unforgettable songs as "Rose of Washington Square" "My Man" and "Second -Hand Rose" Gorgeous Olive Thomas was in several shows for Flo and later starred in silent pictures' for I IdCwis Selznick David's father Olive married Jack Pickford Mary's kid brother and di ed tragi- 1 1 li ar cally of an overdose of sleeping powders in a'aris hospital 4 I Pretty dainty Niarilyn Miller starred in Sally'' and on 7 I 1 the stage before she repeated those successes for the cameras Mari- lyn too married Jack Pickford and the ceremony a breach with Flo The marriage didn't last long ended in divorce i 1 was 1 still a star when she died but her death came years too soon Never a Dull Moment Ina Claire As best known as a stage star of drawing room corn- i edy but Ina was a Ziegfeld lass 'way back in "Follies of Now 1 4 I Ina is happily wed to a San Francisco lawyer Eva-Tanguay goes Girl" ti back to the "Follies of The I Don't 4 Care" girl made one picture called "The Wild Girl" and starred in vaudeville for yeais Now for sa long time Eva has been bedridden i with arthritis 1 -Billie Burke Who was not only Flo's wife but the star of one of I I his musicals (strangely a flop) called- 'Annie Dear" still plays dizzy matrons in films also on the air The vehement Lupe 17elez was married to Johnny Weismul divorced after a tempestuous period of marital strife Lupe doesn't do 4 4 1 I many pictures any more She hasn't remarried but is well fixed finan cially I I Rubye De Remer1 a glamorous Ziegfeld blonde did dThe Auction Block on the screen many years ago ow as re Now htired 1 1 Jt 1 i 1: 1 1 1 ir I i i I I 4 to 1 1 gir1 )4 News' Analysts 1 and Music Sunday Morning Section December 3 1944 11 1 11 Film AA Wings on Flame of Fame I 1 4 List These in the Passing Parade i By Every producer of musicals in Hollywood is trying to equal Flo Ziegfeld's' record I r- i -2' 1 I 1 i for no one person ever discovered more beautiful girls than Flo Flo icked 'em for his Broadway shows bu sooner or was usually studios 3' 3' signed 'em up on contracts and made tem screen stars 1 a 7 -'''''4 I ''f i 4 i 3 A A 4 i A A I A -5 A i 3- i i 5 4 I A' A I 0 AV 4 i- '1 -1 1 1 i I 1 It Costs a Farm to Feed His Broadway 'Chickens' By Jack O'Brian NEW Larsen owns one night club 6000 chickens 400 ducks 186 pigs 10 cows 14 calves and three horses The night club is "Iceland" on Broadway The livestock is in Preston Conn 85 miles away Mike commutes both ways to his farm the livestock make only a one-way trip and that only when they are all dressed and ready for serving Larsen says he bought the farm a few years ago because he wantee to 10PiP some weight and get back to his normal displacement of 260 pounds Anyway his urge for exercise has paid off handsomely Mike who is 37 came alone to America from Denmark when he was 13 WRA a sailor for a couple of years At 15 he was big enough to convince an employer he was 21 whereby he became a street car conductor From there he went into the restaurant business and in 1929 he owned five restaurants all in Brooklyn In 1930 he lost all five was so broke that he borrowed a half dollar one morning to get to Greenpoint for an $8-a-week dishwashing job in a cafeteria Mike being a patiently placid fellow saved his money again borrowed more and returned to the restaurant business a few years later opening the Queen Mary restaurant on the east side Several years ago he took over Iceland now is one of the most active members of the Broadway Cafe Owners shop His wife and two young daughters live in Connecticut and as soon as he can feel reasonably sure he won't have to worry about the future of his children he will quit Broadway and stay permanently on the farm 1 "And no one will ever get me back to Times square either" he insists a to osts way 14 -arm Feed His Broadway di Chickens 1 By Jack O'Brian kens NENV Larsen owns one night club 6000 chicke 400 ducks 186 pigs 10 cows 14 calves and three horses Ttennnig8h5t miles is a away "Iceland" ocommutes Br Broadway ahyot both livestock ohc his ifsa 1 farm rtehsle livestock make only a one-way trip and that only when they are a -1 ton dressed and ready for serving Larsen says he bought the farm a few years ago because he wantec to lose some weight and get back to his normal displacement of 260 pounds Anyway his urge for exercise ham paid off handsomely Mike who is 37 tame alone to America from Denmark when he vvas 1: con conduc 19'29 In one ml a cple' li borrov later years of the ters II he wol Broad insists leading role oil houses Joyce leading role of Joyce Reynolds screens' laughable lovable teen-age jitterbug is busy on her next assignment in the "Janie Meets the Marines" It's a sequel to "Janie" the comedy hit that recently brought down film 5 feet 3112 neither smokes nor drinks but boyohboy she loves chocolate cake! Joyce Reynolds screens' laughable lovable teen-age 1 jitterbug is busy on her next assigitillent in the Janie (Joyce Reynolds) Brock Pemberton is spending most of his time discouraging movie companies from attempting to buy his latest smash hit "Harvey" for any of their stars Among dozens already mentioned for the lead roje played so superbly on Broadway by Frank Faye are Danny Kaye Cary Grant Bing Crosby Bob Hope Ronald Gary Cooper Pemberton insists he has no intention of turning "Harvey" into a movie for at least five years He feels sure it will run that long on the'stage cornpa for an A supert Bing PI movie the'st Ito i 1 1 i I 1 1 Goingto Meet the illanliest! i 1 her just the girl he wantedto and maternal grandmother in play a brief but 'attention- an apartment house not fax attracting role in the current from the Acampus AS production "Yankee Doodle for boy friends Joyce is wear Dandy" Curtiz incidentally ing the wings of Lieut' Rob-L directed Miss Reynolds in ert Lewis a marine fightie "Janie" and took especial pilot who's a I JaP4 pride in guiding his "discov- somewhere in the Pacific arta cry" to stardom in a plane named Joyce II After "Yankee Doodle Dan- Joyce smoke and dy" Joyce played a strong she doesn't drink She work role as Joan Fontain's young- hard and studies earnestly' er sister in "The Constant Her recreation is derived Nymph" Parts in "George from dancing horseback rid Washington 1 Here" ing skating and swimming "Thank Your Lucky Stars" Also from indulging inchoco and "The Adventures of Mark late cake to which delicacy' Twain" followed Then came Joyce will succumb at arIX "Janie" and a star was born time anywhere and for any Joyce is 5 feet 312 inches reason! I tall weighs 110 pounds Her She will have the leading eyes and hair are brown role in "Janie Meets the Ma She lives with her mother rines" sequel to "Janie" 1 i 1 1 i "Janie" and a star was born time anywhere and for any Joyce is 5 feet 312 inches reason! 1 tall weighs 110 pounds Her She will have the leading eyes and hair are brown role in "Janie Meets the Ma7 She lives with her mother rines" sequel to "Janie" i 1 1 Joyce Reynolds is 19 fun-loving an a bit of a tomboy Joyce's full name is Helen Joyce Reynolds but she discarded the first name while still a high school youngster Her tomboy antics may have stemmed from the fact that her father liked to join in the games of his daughter and he soon had her playing baseball and other contests traditionally- reserved to boys Though the Reynolds family is all-American for a long way back Dad Reynolds was of English ancestry 'while Mom Reynolds boasts an Irish background Their family trees have been traced as far as Revolutionary times During her girlhood in Mom Reynolds boasts an Irish background i family trees have been traced as far as Revolutionary times During her i I in Houston Tex Joyce left high school to study speech with private tutors One result of this specialized training is hcr pleasant low-pitched voice These lessons also aided Joyce when as a freshman in the University of California at Los Angeles she majored in course that touched off the long chain of circum7 stances which led to her present place as one of Hollywood's most promising screen stars Joyce was born in San Antonio on Oct 7 1924 and was reared in Galveston She made up her mind she wanted to become an actress about the time 'she won a declamation tonio on Oct 7 1924 and was reared in Galveston She made up her mind she wanted to become an actress about the time she WOI a declamation contest in junior high school After the death of her father a wealthy oil operator and automobile dealer Joyce and her mother moved to Beverly Hills Cal Joyce completed her high school course atBeverly Hills high then enrolled at11 CL A She still meant to become an actress but was in no hurry to try for a professional career 7 The college Play that put her into pictures was "Alice in Wonderland" Joyce played the title role and soon found herself in the real-life wonderland of a big studio A few days after she had signed her Warner Bros contract Michael Curtiz saw her on the lot and recognized in tigh school her father erator and Joyce and to Beverly completed irse at Bev- IPII enrolled ill meant to but was in ar a profes- Ly that put was "Alice oyce played soon found al-life won- studio Ler she had Bros con- tiz saw her in derland of a big studio A few days after she had signed her Warner Bros con- tract Michael Curtiz saw her On the lot and recognized in The latest novelty Mt song to start radio listeners rushing for ear plugs is "The Trolley Song" and any hoped-for respite from its popularity rapidly is disappearing Eight recordings are available and five more are set to be waxed in the next 10 days The tune is featured in the new Judy Garland film "Meet Me in St Louis" which hasnot been released nationally to date Broadway to Tin Pan Alley's underground the first number played by an American band in occupied Germany was Count Basie's "One o'Clock Jump" The 16-piece army band was concluded by Sgt Russell Wood of Lansing Mich while artillery fire beat out a distant obbligato to the drum solo by Walter Bird of Indianapolis Ind Sammy Cahn the song writer was pressed into service in Philadelphia when Eddie Davis star of the new Dave Wolper mtnical "Glad to See You" suffered a broken collarbone result of a taxicab accident Hotel Pierre is planning a new glass-inclosed room on its roof 44 stories up Paul Whiteman is writing his autobiography sammy uann the song writer was pressed into service in Phila delphia when Eddie Davis star of the new Dave Wolper mtsical "Glad to See You" suffered a broken collarbone result of a taxicab acci- dent Hotel Pierre is planning a new glass-inclosed room on its roof 41 stories up Paul Whiteman is writing his autobiography carp! 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