The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22

NANCY GATES
she's been singing and dancing ever
since. So it's not surprising that
now, at II, she's landed an impor-
tant role in "This Land Is Nine"
Americas new hollow-blade air.
plane propeller will come to the
screen under the arm of Joel Nc
Crea, in Merry Go-Round" he car
ries a half-scale model of it in his
opening scene, when, as an aero
nautical engineer, he goes to Wash
ington to get patent, and meets
Jean Arthur. The propeller is so
new that none is available; the stu
dio had to make its own sample.
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Two years after their marriage
William r. Anderson saw his wife,
jeff Donnell, in wedding gown
Jeff wears it in "City Without Men,"
and it was such contrast to the
daytime frock in which she was
really married that her husband,
who's dialogue director at Column
bia, persuaded her to be photo
graphed with him.
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If you think some of the amazing
incidents in "The Aldrich Family
scripts are implausible, you should
know the three Goldsmith boys, sons
of the man who writes the show.
When the family recently visited
New York the boys decided to do
their own laundry; they washed
quite a batch of shirts and shorts,
and hung them from window to
dry-in the swankiest section of
Fifth Avenue!
Marguerite Chapman and Mona
Barrie were inspecting the amazing
ly bushy eyebrows of Fred Kelsey,
Hollywood's perennial detective, on
the set of Zone Dangerous Night"
"What do they remind you OFF,"
asked Mona. ga Victory Garden"
said Marguerite.
The war department has okayed
Ginny Simms as "The Sweetheart
of Americas Armed Forces"
That's quite a stunt of hers on
Johnny Presents"-brmging one
soldier, one sailor and one marine
to the mike each Tuesday night and
letting them have a free phone call
to anybody they select in the U.S.A.
Ginny's first lead in pictures is in
RKO's "Grand Canyon"
"Don Winslow of the Navy" must
be one of the best known charac-
tiers in the country; he's the hero
of a motion picture serial, comic
strip and radio serial; about 3d.
100000 people hear, see or read
about him every week. Raymond
Edward Johnson, hero of the radio
program, was born in Kenosha,
Wis, birthplace of Frederic March,
Don Ameche and Orson Welles.
ODDS AND ENDS-Benny Coodman's
iUritten the story Of his life, ,oith the idea
| of selling himself, his band and the story
to Hollywood ;. Butch Dude, S, son of
Doris and grandson OF Bide DudIy. drama
tic critic, is acting in "The Human Com
edy', neo Mickey Rooney picture !.
The premiere OF "The Navy Comes
Through" iciH be held in the Navy Thea.
ter, San Francisco +. Enrol Flynn's nei0
contract ,Uith Warner Bros. calls for four
pictures a year, one of which he will pro.
duce; he is not0 ,0orking in Edge of
Darkness" after more than 10 years
in radio, Announcer Bill Goodwin says
he still gets mike fright!
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A young defense worker, who gets
time off from the machine shop
where he helps to turn out surgical
instruments for the army and navy,
is the new male lead on the airs
"Abie's Irish Rose" He's Richard
Coogan, and heard as "Abie Levy"
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Contributions to the drive for
scrap metal from Weatherford, Tex
as, included a bust of Mary Martin.
The bust, made of iron, had been
exhibited in the park of her home
town-but when she was consulted
Mary was for turning it into scrap