The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-20

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. .20-There's food for thought in the results of the l945 popularity poll conducted by Box Office Magazine.
 The twelve leading femmes, in or der of their popularity, are Greer Carson, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Claudette Colbert, Judy Gar land, Irene Dunne, Margaret O. Brien (the first child actress to make the top bracket since Shirley Temples heyday), Jennifer Jones, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner. Joan Fontaine and Rosalind Russell. The twelve male winners are Bing Cros- by, Van Johnson. Humphrey Bogart. Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy. Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Joseph Gotten, Alan Ladd, Walter Pidgeon and Lionel Barrymore.
 Please note that of the A players named, only two-Lana Turner and Van Johnson-are bobby-sox raves. Only one-Bing Crosby-is a singing star. The others are specialists in fine acting.
 If Box Office Magazines poll is a true reflection of audience opin- ion-and l think it is to a far great CT degree than most polls-two con- clusions are obvious: CD The bob by-soxers make darned sight more noise than their importance justi- fies. @ MT and Mrs. America have become keenly appreciative of good acting.
 In the latter, they are far ahead of the men who produce pictures. Hollywood, despite all the portents, is still prone to be so fascinated by shapely pair of legs that it forgets to ask whether their owner is cap- able of turning in a top-notch per- formance.
 Speaking of Lana Turner, I was amused by these lines in Holly wood column: I'm sorry for poor Lana Turner. It seems she cant even dance with a man without having her name linked with his" Why should anyone feel sorry for Lana on that particular score? In the first place, the fact that most IllCll NIlO CNEll MlIll AANl 2 promptly start showering her with attentions, testifies to her charm, sex appeal. personal magnetism or whatever-you-w want-to to-call it. Tn the second place, Miss Turner's TO- mantle record makes it inevitable that she should be suspected of new romances. For a Hollywood gossip to forecast new interest" when Lana dances with a man is just as natural as it would be for a detec- tive to predict bank robbery when he sees an incorrigible bandit en- tering the First National with tommy gun under his arm.
 
 Warner Brothers' The Biz Sleep still unreleased in the United States, has already been shown overseas, and seryicemen are hailing Martha Vickers. who plays the second fem mine lead, as Heavens gift to beau- ty-loYing males. The brothers War ner say she's going to be a top flight star. If they're right, I fear for the mental peace of Charles Koerner czar of RKO. That studio had Miss Vickers (then known as Martha McVickers) safely under contract at $l00 a week Came op- ton time, and her contract specified a $25-a-week raise Koerner let her go rather than give her the pay boost!
 COIumnist Ed Durling is respon- sible for the debatable observation that red-headed women contrary 10 all common belief are not hot-tem- pered. Rating brunettes as the most choleric and broWnettes as the run ners-up he concludes: An angry blonde or red-head is seldom dan gerous-its the dark compleXioned ladies who become violent Aca- demically, Durling's observations may be interesting but I fail to see where they are of practical value to a poor male living in Hollywood As one who has studied local fam