Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-13
LARAMIE Day First
In Exhibitors Poll
Second Best Bet
for Stardon Is
Rita Hayworth
Nv LoUELLA O. PARSONS


HOLLYWOOD Aug 13 Once
. wear thc Motion Picture Herald
selects the 10 top box office stars
from an exhibitors poll. After
canvsS>inc the exhibitors they an
nounccd the 10 host star bets 10
come IN The following order.
First. LARAMIE Day; second, Rita
Na,worih third. Ruth Hu>>e>
fourth. Robert Preston; fifth. Ron
aid Reagan; sixth, John Payne;
seventh. Jeffrey Lynn; eighth.
Ann Rutherford: ninth, Dennis
Morgan. and tenth, Jackie Cooper.
wonder why they list Jackie
Cooper. who is already established
q Young star and has been for
2 long time. or Rita Hayworth. or
Ruth HuSScy. Ronnie Regain, JEFF
frey Lynn LARAMIE Day IN
fact. all these young people are
already established. Perhaps The
Herald means the potential Bette
DaNiSeS. Claudette ColbertS TN
Powers. Clark Gables and Enrol
FlynnS OF tomorrow
In my own list Of the ~ most
promising stars. given IN a speech
~ a recent exhibitors convention,
J did not mention any established
PLAYERS. only newcomers. But II 5
Interesting 10 see how the theater
owners vote. especially in view
that with the consent decree they
will select their own movies.
TURNS DRAMATIC
The graceful, attractive Zorina.
whose chief claim 10 fame has
been as dancer and a musical
comedy entertainer. is 10 go dra-
matte in the movie version OF
Somerset Maugham'S unpublished
novel. Buddy De sylvia and Ed
ward Griffith. who will direct IT..
have chosen her for the lead, an
Austrian girl married 10 an Eng
lishman. Vaughan sold his novel
for S65 900 10 Paramount and he
promised 10 give ii name this
week. So far, 1t is untitled.
BUY NOVEL
All the time Polan Banks was
writing his novel, There Goes
Iona Henry" he had Ginger
Rogers in mind. SO he must be
delighted that R-k-O has bought
it. fromsthe galley proofs and will
make IT.. ] assume. with Ginger
The book. a sort OF combination Of
kitty FoyIe" and Dark Victory, "
Will be published IN October.
After Bette Davis reads the 400
pages she thought we'll enough of
il 10 ask Jack Warner 10 buy il,
but il was too late, IT was already
sold. Bette played in The Great
Lie" based on January Heights. -
a Polan Banks novel. and she saw
in this dramatic story with
movie potentialitieS.
FALSE ALARM
The aStonlShment 81 ROSallnd
Russell and Freddie BrisSon when
they read in Sundays paper that
they had eloped what. agalnn
was beyond words. They had
planned 10 60 yachting with Char
lotie and Barton MaClane, but
Barton had 10 work so Charlotte
drove with them up 10 Victorvillc
and Bart was 10 join them Sun
day.
When Roz was stopped by a
policeman he assumed they were
clipping and al once told the news
papers and my weekend was GER
talnly ruined with telephone calls
asking me 10 get the story Fred
die said today that he doesn't oven
remember Roz telling tho officer
they were driving IN Las Vegas
He says that she took he ticket
and when the traffic cop said she
could pay it in two weeks she
thanked him Knowing RoZ. I'll
bet she did come back with some
flip remark and ! hope she won't
do II again on account Of l don't
like 10 work all weekend.
Hear Louella Parsons in Holly
wood Premiere. ~ on WJR, $50 to
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