The Ely miner., 1941-03-27

Heights" they rushed out and de-
manded more pictures as good as
that one, but ''The Cowboy and the
Lady" sent them weeping to their
corners because it was so bad.
Anyway, Miss Oberon jumped at
the chance to play a modern, witty
young wife in ''That Uncertain Feel
ing" opposite Melvyn Douglas, be-
cause she felt that it had something
very special for her-a chance to be
just herself. It's a Lubitsch picture.
Martha Scott won a horse in a
rattle the other day-it cost her all
of a dollar, and it's called Red En-
Der. Then the producer of 'They
Dare Not Love-" In which she is
co-starred with George Brent, saw
the horse and announced that it was
exactly what he needed for William
Holden to ride in ''Texas," which
he is also producing. So Red En-
ber was signed up, and viii earn
SIS a day when he works.
If, when you see Margaret Hayes
face on the screen, it looks familiar,
it will be because you've seen It
before. She was a model for New
York artists and photographers, and
a well known one, before she went
to Hollywood, and her name In those
days was Dana Dale. She has the
second leading feminine role IN
1.-THE Night of January 10TH" sup
porting Ellen Drew and Robert
Preston, and look for her In SKY
lark" with Claudette Colbert.
Rio Rita has had quite a career
during the last two years as a band
leader, singer and dancer; she's ap-
peared on Broadway and at theaters
throughout the United States. Para
mount signed her up to appear as
the tropical rival of Dorothy La
mour in "AlOma of the South Seas"
and promptly changed her name
to Rita Shaw! 1t was a case of
necessity, though. Metros just
bought the screen rights to the
musical, "Rio Rita" from RK0 and
will give us a new version of it.
IT'S simple enough to make a for
tune these days. First, you write
a play that's a success on Broadway;
second, you sell it to the movies.
Recently Paramount paid S2S5, 900
for Lady in the Dark" In which
Gertrude Lawrence gives superb
performance-Irene Dunno is prob
ably the only motion picture actress
who could handle it. Columbia liked
'My Sister Eileen" an amusing
play, well enough to buy it for
$225 900.
william Holden's dispute with
Paramount was settled very salts
factorily; he got new, seven-year
optional contract, at double his
former salary You'll see him be-
fore long starring in Columbia's
Texas"
ODDS And ENDS-Ceorge Tobias
sets a nes0 record BY playing in four
Warner Bros films at The sane time
Abbott and Costello hare signed up 10
make four more comedies for Universal
Mero's acquired quite a Henagerie
200 deer and IL beas-for The
YearIing" Basil RGfhbone, star Of
The Mad Doctor" is collecting discard
ed surgical instruments from doctors and
surgical supply houses-sends them to
England, uhere there's shortage
Somebody's started runsor thar Metro
tUiH co-star Crefa Carbo and Mickey
Rooney, sUhich seems too fantastic epen
for Hollywood, where practically anything
can happen.
Richard Cromwell is going to sat-
isfy a lifelong ambition this sum-
mer because he was lucky enough
to have John Estes as his stand-in
In pictures. Cromwell, who's play
ing Exit" in the CHS serial, Those
We Love-" has always wanted to
try his hand at gold mining; Estes
and his wife-she once worked as a
stand-in for Merle Oberon, inciden-
tally-have a gold mine near Down.
ieviIle, Calf. And that's where
young Mr.. Cromwell win be this
summer, unless motion picture en-
gagements interfere.