The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

In Little Miss Marker'-Errol Flynn
in Captain Blood'-May Robson in
Lady for Day
Another name has been added to
the Look" hst-it's that of Ida
Lupino, who did a nice job in ''The
Light That Failed and has won her
spurs as a result of her mad"
scenes in Warner Brothers "They
Drive BY Night" She'll co-star
with John Garfield in East of the
River"
We may have another Rogers
Astaire picture, if RKO can find the
right story for it. Fred Astaire is
free-lancing at present, and Ginger
is booked for three pictures, one of
them being a perturbation of the
very popular novel, kitty Foyle." "
But some time next year they may
be dancing together again.
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Herbert MouIt0n has a new idea
for screen entertainment, and he
hopes you're going to like it. After
six months of hard work he has
finished an abridged version of
Love Me Tonight" starring Maur-
ice Chevalier, jeanette Macdonald
and Myrna 10y, and originally re-
leased In 1892. 1t will run Just As
minutes.
Other old-time successes being
considered for streamlining are
Design for Living - ''The Lives of
Bengal Lancer" might After
Night" and lone Hour With You"
Betty Field left the stage for Hol-
lywood a year ago; in that time
she's played four big parts, so diff
ferent from each other that she's
the envy of all the other young ac-
tresses. In "What Life!" she was
the nice high school girl who was
Jackie Cooper's sweetheart; In "Of
Mice and Men, she was the sultry,
amorous young woman who attract
ed Lon Clancy Jr. In Seventeen"
she was a giddy young siren, and
in Victory" her latest picture,
she's warm, tender, understanding.
Three years ago Ralph Edwards
hitch-hiked from his home In Oak
land, Calf, to New York for a Job.
A couple of weeks ago he returned
to his home in plane. These days
he's so busy that, when he decided
to take a six-week vacation, five
other announcers had to be called
In to sub for him.
Six months ago be turned UP as
creator, director and master of cere-
monies of his own program, the hi
larious Truth or Consequences"
It was tried out on four eastern sta
tons, and soon will be launched on
WEAF in New York
ODDS AND ENDS >. Geraldine Fitz-
gerald returns to the screen to co-star
wifh George Raft in South OF Suez"
Looks as If Charlie Chapiin's "The Die.
tator" would be released about the middle
of September Susanna Foster has a
gold potgder boz schich, t0hen opened,
plays Fight on for U. S. C."-siuen her
by the boys of the University of Southern
California's band, who worked ,Uifh her
in There's Magic in Music =. Tyrone
Po,cer ,giu do a series of pictures based
on tales about Zorro, the California
bndit-his current one, THE Cali
fornian," is a re-make of the old Douglas
Fairbanks ~The Mark of Zorro"
Glen Ford, one of the screens new
faces, has decided that he'll have to
take boxing lessons. He's appeared
IN six pictures since he broke IN II
months ago; IN each picture he's
been scheduled for fight, to lose.
He's given up hope of ever getting
a part IN which he doesn't fight, or
of ever being the guy who wins. But
when he saw that he was booked, as
usual for a fight In 'sThe Lady IN
Question" he decided to learn to
box. Wants to learn to lose well
enough so that there won't have to
be any retakes.