The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-04-11

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James Cagney and Pat O'Brien,
stopping to watch him, noticed that
there were two chalk marks on the
wall, less than six inches apart, and
that the knife went whistling neatly
between them.
"What do those marks mean?"
asked O'Brien.
Those" answered Clement0,
represent your head and Mr.. Gag
ney's. They'll be that close togeth-
er when I throw knife between
them for the picture"
Bette Davis owns her own home
at last. She's been in Hollywood
for nine years, and lived in diff
ferent home each year-she's never
owned house, ranch or even a
vacant lot. But before beginning
"An This and Heaven Too" she
bought what the salesman called
"An American farm house.; she
says it reminds her of her childhood
home in New England. It's just
five minutes from the studio. It's
also just little too near the Los
Angeles river, which overfiowed its
banks few years ago, washing
away several homes in the vicinity.
Martha Scott and william Holden,
two of the stars in Sol Lesser's
"Our Town." consumed 90 straw
berry ice cream sOdas during the
making of the love scenes for the
picture, and at the moment wouldn't
care if they never saw another one.
But Frank Craven, who finished 10
cans of tobacco in his pipe during
his scenes, just went out and bought
more for his personal use.
There's an entire Hollywood novel
in a press announcement that was
sent out a while ago, before Linda
Darnell started east. miss Darne1
will be accompanied to New York
by her mother, Mrs. Margaret OAR
nell" it stated, 'but her father, who
is a clerk in the Dallas post office,
will remain on the job back In
Texas" Apparently even the fame
of his very beautiful daughter
doesn't dazzle Mr.. Darnell.
Priscilla and Rosemary Lane re
ceived a substantial offer to become
platinum blondes-and turned it
down. A representative of more
than 5000 hairdressers made it; he
said that a scheme is being pro-
NOTED to revive the platinum blonde
craze introduced by the late Jean
Harlow, and that several other stars
are being approached with the
same offer. It includes royalty
in addition to the fat advance sum.
Recently the students OF Blue
Ridge college, New Windsor, Md,
selected Albert Decker as the "Per-
feet Profile of 1940." Decker won
narrow victory over Nelson Eddy;
the girls selected him because his
was the profile that impressed them
most when they inspected the photo
graphs of the contestants, which
included every male star In holly
wood. What they didn't know was
the man they chose as appears In
his current picture, "Dr. Cyclops,"
with his head shaved and his nose
obscured by pair of glasses.
ODDS AND ENDS Ben Crauev.
srho announces more programs than you
cum shake microphone at, started out as
movie actor; Uhen a mere child he
played the role Of native" boy in ID. ".
Cififhs "The Idol Dancer" -. Geraldine
Fitzgerald scanfs her talented sister, Pam
Ella, to tackle the movies in Hollywood;
she's been giving brilliant performances
at the Gate Theafer in Dublin >. On
April 9th Oracle Allen scill be nominated
a. presidential candidate at the 10th quad
renniol mock convention Of Jefferson Col
Iege, in Washington, Pa. Gracie is the
Surprise Parfy's" candidate.