Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-05

sky's Rite Of Spring" delightful
centaurs and 'centaurettes" in Bee
thoven's Pastoral Symphony"
Disney selected the music care
fully, to appeal to all tastes. He
hoped to aid in popularizing classic
al music, an undertaking so ably
begun by radio. Special RCA re-
production equipment is necessary
to handle the innovations in record
ing.
The experiment is magnificent
one, into which Disney has poured
more than two million dollars. Its
success should be rs great as the
courage of its producer.
~
Fred Astaire has the longest mo-
ton picture feature devoted exclu-
sively to dancing in the world, and
it's getting longer all the time. The
picture, right now, is being length
ened by two dance numbers which
Astaire created for himself and
Paulette Goddard in his latest Holly
wood production, Second Chorus"
The addition Of these two numbers
makes Astaire's own picture run
more than four hours, and probably
the world viii never see it; a stickler
for originality, he has accumulated
1t from the thirteen screen produc-
tons in which he has appeared.
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Mary Anderson IL Hollywood's
newest Cinderella. One Of the girls
who was tested for the role Of SCAR
lett O'Hara" and didn't get II, she
did play ''Maybelle Merriweather"
In the famous Southern war picture,
and then stayed ON In Hollywood
and worked for Warner Brothers.
Now she has . difficult role In Rich
ard Rowland's Cheers for Miss
Bishop" Only eighteen, she has .
good start on what promises to be
. highly successful career.
y
About q year ago lovely Joan
Blaine, featured in the NBC serial,
valiant Lady" was walking down
Broadway when she slipped on the
icy street and fell. A quiet young
man picked her up, brushed her off,
and disappeared in the throng.
"Just my LUCK" she told some OF.
her friends later. II didn't ask his
name, and I'll probably never see
him again"
Recently Rikel Kent, director OF
''Valiant Lady," told her she was
acquiring new man on the show.
''EIis name is Lawson Zerbe," Kent
told her. "You don't know him."
Then Zerbe appeared for rehearsal,
and-you've guessed It. Out Of all
the actors In New York, he was the
quiet young man who'd come to her
rescue nearly year before.
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Gary Cooper is dead set against
anything that is unnatural; he in
sists on letting nature take its
course before the cameras, which
is why you never see him curl his
lips and show his teeth when he's
angry-watch him In North West
Mounted Police" and you'll see him
as he is in real life. He's one Of the
few actors in Hollywood who de-
ponds on a mirror only when he's
shaving. making up for work or
combing his hair.
ODDS AND ENDS-James Melton
and Irene Beasiey used to sing for
nothing on small station in Memphis,
Tenn, years Gg0-dfteT lapse OF ten
years they encountered each other in
NerO York night club, and discov.
cred that they tOere booked TO sing on
Raymond PGige's Musical Americana"
on the same nigHf :. John wayne and
Ward Bond made gallon OF autIten.
tic m0onshine the other day for a
scene in shepherd Of the Hills" u.s.
ing real sill, and iohen the scene
had been shot the federal agent whO
represented lao and order poured aie
corn on the ground, sOhiIe Uarious
members Of The cast Iamented.