"FILM FANS"
LIKES AND DISLIKES
POPULAR GEORGE ARLISS
'i'lic most popular male film star in this country is George Arliss and the most popular woman Norma Shearer, stales the London Daily Telegraph. diese art! amongst the interesting facts revealed by the ]IM,S.'!7 replies lo ihe questionnaire issued by Mr. ( Sydncy !,. Bernstein to the patrons oi! his cliaiii ol ! cinemas in Loudon and the provinces. The voting placed the stars in the following order of popularity:—
Men. Women. 1. George Arliss Norma Shearer L'. Clark Gable Marie Dressier 8. Wallace Beery Greta Garbo 4. Olive Brook Kay Francis 5. ltobt Montgomery Marlene Dietrich 6. Ronald Colman Katharine Hepburn 7. Jack Hulbert Grade Fields S. Lionel Barryiuore Janet Gaylor !). Charles Laughton Joan Crawford 10. Tom Walls Claivudette Colbert 11 Warner Baxter Jean Harlow 12. Fre.dric March Cicely Comirtneidge 13. Conrad A'eidt Diana Mynyard 14. Herbert Marshall Jessie Matthews 15. Leslie Howard Joan Blondel IC, -lack Hoit Madeleine Carroll 17 Jack Buchanan Mae West 18. Kddie Canto:- Ann Harding 10. Maurice Chevalier Lorelta Young •JO. George Raft Madge Kvans
The figures show the mutability of fame, Chevalier, fifth in 1932, is'now nineteenth; John Boles, who was sixth, is twenty-third; Colman,, once the leader, is sixth. Of the women favorites in 1928, Dolores del Rio, Hetty Balfour, Clara Bow, Esther Halston, Vilma Hanky, Florence Vidor and Mary Pickford, do not appear in the first 50. THE "DISLIKES." The order of dislikes is as follows: Men. Women. 1. James Cagney Mae West 2. Lee Traccy Greta Garbo :f. Adolphe Menjou Jean Harlow 4 George Haft Joan Crawford 5. Ralph Lynn Constance Bennett G. Joe E. Brown Marlene Dietricn 7 Owen Nares Jessie A.atthews 8. Maurice Chevalier Katharine Hepburn 9. Wallace Beery Clara Bow 10. Clark Gable Zasu Jitts 11. Ivor Novello Lilian Harvey 1" Jack Oakie Janet Gaynor 13." Slim Summerville Gloria Swanson 14. Ramon Novarro Tallulah Bankhcad 15 Stan Laurel Myrna Loy 10. Doug. Fairbanks Ruth Chatterton 17. Sydney Howard Grade Fields 18. Oliver' Hardy Lupe Velea 19. Leslie Puller Bette Davis 20. Jimmy Durante Carole Lombard
That a high position in the list of "hates" is not inconsistent, with great popularity is shown by the cases Of Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery and Clark Gable.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18596, 5 January 1935, Page 12
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