The Ely miner., 1942-12-10

MARCO
"This Is America" series. AS re-
suit of her charm, she was chosen
queen of the Army Air Corps in At
lantic City. And because she want
ed to so much, MeXican-born Margo
recently became an American citi-
zen.
Mrs. Albert Wassell, S-year-old
mother of war hero, Lieut.. Com.
Corydon M. Wassell, was invited to
come to Hollywood as ParamOunt's
guest, since Cecil B. DeMille is film
ing her sons life. Mrs. Wassen re-
fused. "There was only one star I
ever cared to go that far to see,"
she wrote her son. "That was Ru-
dolph Valentino and he's dead" She
doesn't go to movies often, but
thinks Jimmy Stewart is the star
most like her son as a young man.
But it's hardly likely that he can
take time off from the army for the
role.
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Seven years ago in November
Fred MacMurray made his first pic
ture on the Paramount lot, playing
opposite Claudette Colbert in ''The
Gilded Lily" Remember? He does
there he was in an important role,
and nervous doesn't half describe
the way he felt. Today they're CO.
starring in gay comedy called mo
Time for Love-; she's lady and
he's a sandhog.
Ed "Archie'') Gardner has turned
down Metros overtures to make a
celluloid version of the airs "Duf-
fy's." He's working hard to bring
his new radio program up to the top
of the list before signing up with
Hollywood execs for whom he last
worked as a radio director.
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Joseph Calleia, of "For Whom the
Bell Tolls" is head of the Malta
War Relief organization in this coun-
try; his parents, who are English and
Spanish, live in Malta, and recently
he heard that the house in which he
was born has been blasted to bits.
Norman Tokar and Jacie Kelk,
who play "Henry" and Homer"
respectively in radios ''The Aldrich
Family" never feel absolutely sure
that they're going to hold their jobs
that's because practically every
page boy at NBC covets those roles.
Dick Powell was working in Hap
DIV Go Lucky" and his wife, Joan
Blondell, was touring the land with
the Hollywood Victory Caravan. So,
for the first time within anybody'S s
memory, an extra telephone was or
dered installed on a movie lot, be-
cause the Powells are so devoted
to each other that they kept calling
each other on long distance, making
the one phone on the set unavailable
for business calls.
ODDS AND ENDS California head.
quarters for soldiers from ClarksUille.
Tenn, is the home of Helen Wood, radio
and screen actress heard on "Those We
Lore" Nadine Conner feto to NetU
York to start rehearsals for her second
season at the Metropolitan opera house
she'H hare her o,on radio shoto from, Neto
York Edgar Deering has played more
motorcycle cops than any other actor
Harpisf Ed Vito is fairly busy man these
days; he plays tUith Joe Rines' orchestra
on the airs "Abie's Irish Rose" and on
Sundays plays first harp .oith Tos Tosca.
minis orchestra oper NBC-nObody can
say he's not versatile!
When Bob Burns talks about farm.
ing on his CHS Arkansas Traveller
show he isn't joking. Recently he
J finished the harvesting of ITO tons Of
lima beans on his San Fernando Val
ley farm, and he'd already market
ed 1900 tons of sugar beets.
Alan Reed of Fred Aliens "Stal
Theater" programs, has turned t.
piracy-he plays Lynn Fontanne'.
husband in the unt-Fontanne play
"The Pirate" So he has two stand
ins, one in the play and one fol
radio rehearsals.