Evening star., 1939-12-03

while it lasted. But it didn't last
very long. The team has broken up,
and it's now more or less a question
of every Dead End" kid for him
self.
AS recently as the beginning Of
this year, I wrote-"l9-year-old
Virginia Grey is regarded by Metro
as a number one investment" I
was told she would be starred in a
remake of Dancing Daughters,
which made star of Joan Craw-
ford. The biggest picture given to
Virginia this year was Thunder
Afloat." a good picture, but it would
have created very little ripple on
the box Office sea except for its
coincidence with today's submarine
warfare.
Lynne Carver-you might we'll ask,
what has happened to her? Thought
she did fine in "Maytime" as the
second lead to jeanette Macdonald
and Nelson Eddy. And, like you.
I waited for some good follow-up
pictures. But they haven't appeared
yet.
And poor Marie Wilson. She
worked so hard to get firm foot
hold on the slippery Hollywood fame
ladder. She thought she had it as
the waitress in boy Meets Girl"
But she is now touring the country
in a vaudeville act.
Marjorie Weaver. June Lang,
Arleen Whelan. Ellen Drew, Olympic
Bradna, Anne Shirley. Patric
Knowles. Marsha Hunt, Dixie Dun
bar, Jeanne Madden, Doris Weston
are only a few who we're built up
to terrific letdown
That is why I somehow cannot get
excited in looking over the nomina-
tions from the different studios of
players who have shown the most
promise this year and have "the best
chance of stardom."
The current metro. list includes:
Laraine Day. Helen Gilbert, Iona
Massey, June Preisser and Dalies
Frantz. Miss Day comes from Salt
Lake City, was spotted in the Little
Theater at Long Beach, has played
small parts in Sergeant Madden" :"
"The Secret of Doctor Kildare" and
is now in Northwest Passage" Lots
of luck, Laraine-you'll need it.
Helen Gilbert jumped from
Twanging a cello to Andy Hardy
Gets Spring Fever" and now is in
"Florian." She is said to be girl
with a future. I'll believe it when
she has a past in pictures. {.
Ilona Massey was hailed as q dis
covery in "Rosalie." But that's as
far as it went. She is now being
hailed as a discovery in "Balalaika. :"
wonder how far June Preisser
will go after the ballyhoo of her
swell performance in Babes In
Arms" subsidies. AS for Dalies
Frantz, he is very good looking, in
addition to performing superbly on
the piano. but -?
Linda Darnwell, Brenda Joyce, Mary
Healy, Doris Bowden and Katherine
Aldridge. I wonder how many of
them will be on the Hollywood scene
two years from now.
Paramount is boasting of Mary
Martin, William Holden, Betty
Field, Susan Hayward, Muriel An
gelus, Jean Cagney and Janice Lo-
gan. Don't hold your breath waiting
for the wish to turn into fulfillment.
Warmers is being modest this year.
They have only three candidates for
stardom-Eddie Albert. Geraldine
Fitzgerald and Brenda Marshall
RKO-Radio nominates Helene
Whitney. Linda Hayes, Dorothy
Lovett, Virginia Vale and Maureen
O'Hara. I would say the last
named has the best chance for
movie fame.
My conclusion? Don't believe all
you read-and this applies to you
or all you hear-and this applies to
this years crop of discoveries"
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