The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-09-05

was crocheting. She seemed to
be so expert that one of the extras, a
local girl, asked if she'd teach her.
The pretty crocheter was most af-
fable about it; when the director,
Edward H. Griffith, called the play
ers together at last the pupil thanked
her. "By the way" she said,
whats your manner" The crocheter
replied "Call me Madeleine-Made-
leine Carroll"
Maybe this is bribery-but Direc-
tor Mitchell Lessen has told Ray Mil
land and Claudette Colbert, co-stars
of his picture, "Arise My Love-"
that if they complete their roles
ahead of schedule he will buy each
Of them tailored suit. Director Sam
Wood also became clothes-eonsci0us
and sent little Betty Brewer two
sweaters and plaid skirt for being
such a good girl when Claudette's
husband, DR.. Joel ]. FRESHMAN, took
her tonsils out. Not to be outdone
by all this generosity, Claudette is
working between scenes on blanket
which will be gift for the Ray
MiIland heir, little David Daniel.
Paulette Goddard danced three
numbers with Fred Astaire for
scenes in Paramount's Second
Chorus" and set record that prob
ably won't be broken in Hollywood
for many years to come. Though
she has never danced for films be-
fore, she did it so well that every
dance photographed perfectly in one
take, thanks to working like a dog
at rehearSalS.
Frank Capra seeks realism in his
pictures. When Gary Cooper had to
protest decision to baseball UNI
pire in "Meet John Doe" Capra
asked Pat Flaherty, former major
league pitcher, what players usually
say in such case.
you've never seen 1t printed,
have you?" asked Flaherty. Capra
shook his head. "Then you wouldn't
want to use it in the picture, would
you?"
So the protest will just sound like
an angry speech by Donald Duck.
''The one, the only, the original
Professor Quiz" who recently cele-
brated his 20Oth consecutive week on
the air, has been broadcasting for
four years-during that time he's
received almost 1000, 900 letters, con-
tanning more than 100000 ques-
tions-and has paid out more than
$25, 1000 in prize money. He's not
superstitious, but he refuses to go
on the air without the battered old
felt hat from which the questions
are selected at the broadcast-it was
borrowed years ago from a station
manager in Charlotte, N. c., and is
looked upon as the good luck charm
of the show.
Donna Woods fine soprano voice
was going to waste in a mediocre
girl trio, and the "Collegians" were
a male trio that wasn't getting the
breaks, not so long ago. But when
they joined talents and became the
"Smarties" things began to happen
they auditiOned successfully on a
Boston station, won several shows,
then Horace Heidi heard them, hired
them-and now they're known as
Gonna and Her Don Juans," and
featured with the Musical Knights
ON the Pot o. Gold and Treasure
Chest programs.
ODDS AND ENDS Warner Broth.
ers get under the pire first with film
about conscription-"You're in the Army
Now" At that same studio, World.
Car hero Sergeant AlUin C. York is acting
as technical adviser on "The Amazing
Story of Sergeant York" Rochester,
Jack Benny's screen palet, has Ualef Of
his oson on the set Of "Love Thy Neigh.
bor"-calls him Saturday" With the
recent discovery OF n0o more missing
heirs, radios Court of Missing Heirs pro.
gram has found claimants to quarter OF
million dollars in ihirfy-t,oo weeks
Florence Rice recently travelled z20 mile,
to speak a dozen lines OF dialogue in
Cherokee Strip" in Which she appears