The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-10-09

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last four films. She thought she
could just be herself for Sweater
Girl" but June Preisser and Betty
Jane Rhodes have the other top
roles, and they're both blondes.
Back to the hairdresser's for Miss
Phillips!
Samuel Go1dwyn has acquired
rights to the famous ''off to work
we go" song of the little men in
''Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" It will be used as theme
music for the seven dron professors
in Ball of Fire" starring Barbara
Stanwyck and Gary Cooper.
Twentieth Century-Fox sort of
faced a problem recently; Ginger
Rogers was to make one picture for
the company, and there just wasn't
a good story for her. And Ginger's
valuable property nowadays. So
she's going to appear in re-make
of Chicago" which probably will
be called Roxy Hart" She's also
slated to start in "Self-Made Gin
derella," Lubitsch's first one for
Fox.
Too bad the off-stage dialogue of
Myrna 10y and William Powell
can't be used in ''The Shadow of
the Thin Man" The other day they
made a scene in which Asia, the
famous dog, had to sit on PowelPs
chest. Asia seemed to feel sort of
silly. Powell retired to his dress
ing room for a few minutes, and
when he returned they tried it
again, and Asia adored sitting on
his chest.
ST changed my necktie for a few
strips of bacon" Powell explained,
exhibiting neat bow.
''Do you suppose Asia was inter-
ested in the bacon" asked Miss
10y, ''or in the ham,"
The fourth picture dealing with
the Burma road will be Metros
"China Caravan" Columbia plans
Burma Road" Fox plans cover
the Burma Road" Universal has
Burma Convoy" all done. Evident
ly everybody decided at the same
moment that the Burma road was
news.
To make factual, uncolored news
available to the people of Central
and South America, one of the big
radio makers is sponsoring a daily
program of press association news
over local radio stations throughout
Latin America; it's the first special
news program for general distri-
button there to be sponsored by a
United States company.
There are more ways than one
to make an excellent living and a
solid reputation in radio. Alice
Youngman is doing it via the DRAM
affixed commercial route; she has
assignments on care You a Miss
ing Heir?", "Helen's Home" and
the Lanny Ross programs.
ODDS AND ENDS = Radios Dinah
Shore, singing star of the Eddie Cantor
shorU, has neto college degree-Doctor
of Blues, presented to her BY Harvard
freshmen Monographs going to bring
Black Beauty" back to the screen
And Metro iciH do the same for the play,
"Her Cardboard Lover" rchich uas made
icay back in 1882 under the title of ~The
Passionate Plumber" :. Sonia Henie has
signed a netC Ieng-ferm contract i0tih For;
starts work again January first Olivia
de HariIand escapes from hoop skirts and
buSfles for her role as the young iCife of
college professor Henry Fonda in THE
Male Animal"
Studio whisperers at quiz pro-
grams who audibly whisper the an
swers have always been a plague
to the quizmasters. Ralph Edwards.
who conducts Truth or Conse-
quences," finally hit on a routine
that squelches them. At the first
sign that there's an answer-whisper-
er in the audience, Mel Allen, the
announcer, and Jack Farneu.
Ralph's assistant, rush into the audi
ence and pelt the whisperer with
popcorn and soap flakes. After that
they have no trouble at all-tiIl
next time