Cinema: Top Draws

To a theater owner, the top stars in cinema are the ones who bring in the most customers. Last week, after polling the nation's exhibitors, Motion Picture Her ald announced its annual list of the top box-office draws for 1952: 1) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (after only three years of moviemaking; they hit second place in 1951) 2) Gary Cooper (among the top ten for 13 years) 3) John Wayne (No. i in 1950 and 1951) 4) Bing Crosby (No. 5 last year; like Cooper, among the first ten for 13 years)

5) Bob Hope

6) James Stewart

7) Doris Day

8) Gregory Peck

9)...

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