Evening star., 1937-12-26
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Hefernan Chooses
Bests and Worsts
In Hollywood.
By Harold Hefernan.
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HOLLYWOOD.

~ TX days more before the sum-
marizing season gets out Of
hand, so there's still time to
~ sneak under the wire with q
few controversial paragraphs on the
good. bad and Indifferent high lights
Of the 1897 movie season.
Just for the sake of discussion
and perhaps argument-we offer here
our own reactions to the parade now
rounding the corner for fresh start:
Ten best pictures Of the year
Good Earth" '"The Awful Truth"
stage Door," "A Star Is Born" The
Prisoner Of Zenda." Captains Cou-
rageous," Make Way for Tomorrow" "
THE Plainsman," Stella Dallas" and
Easy Living"
Ten best individual performances
Spencer Tracy in Captains Cou-
rageous." Paul Mum in The Life Of
Emile Zola," Irene Dunno in The
Awful Truth" Luise Rainer in THE
Good Earth" Jean Arthur in Easy
Living" Victor Moore in Make Way
for Tomorrow" Bette Davis in
Marked Woman" Ronald Colman in
THE Prisoner Of Zenda," Anne Shir-
ley in Stella Dallas" and Reginald
Owen in Personal Property"
Most popular feminine star-Shir-
ley Temple.
Most popular male star-Clark
Gable
Find Of the year (feminine)-An-
drea Leeds. looming to instantaneous
recognition and subsequent leading
role through outstanding bit In "Stage
Door,"
Find Of the year (male)-John Hall.
handsome bit player, elevated to star
role in "The Hurricane through one
Of Samuel Goldwyn's sudden lunches.
pest dressed feminine player-Lo-
retta Young (previews Of her
new wearables are offered in FASH
ion magazines even before Loretta
gets chance to wear them).
Busiest star-Tex Ritter, Western
hero, who made 10 features In 1897
and still found time to spend four
months on the road making personal
appearances.
Best discovery from Charlie
Mccarthy, whose sensational rise
made many stars wish they were
dummies.
Best box office Saratoga" {"
the last Jean Harlow film, which
cleaned up all its play dates in the
record time Of 80 days and then went
out Of circulation.
Most unusual picture-Hal Roach's
production Of Topper" with Con-
stance Bennett, Cary Grant and
Roland Y9ung-pcpularizing a hither-
to banned subject. the ghost story.
Most publicized star favorably)-
Cary Grant, because Of two successive
smash hits and an avoidance of scan
dal gossip.
GREATEST progress of the year
Ritz Brothers, who came up from
nowhere to usurp Marx Brothers spot
as craziest and most popular zanies
In Aims.
Greatest comeback of the year
John Barrymore's fine performance
in True Confession" and In several
Bulldog Drummond pictures, after .
years listless acting.
Best direction of the year-The
swift tempo and all-around dramatic
results attained by John Cromwell in
''The Prisoner Of Zenda."
Costliest picture-"Conquest." Elab-
crate sets and expensive retakes ran
this films total charge to $500, ,0O0-
q figure unapproached since the de-
bacle Of "Ben-Hur."
Best musical picture-Deanna Dur
bins 100 Men and a Girl" treated
to the finest recording Of any picture
to date.
Great picture song hit-"M Moonlight
and Shadows" by Frederick Hollander
and Leo Robin, written for Jungle
Princess starring Dorothy Lamour.
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