The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-05-28

Smith''-for one dollar as total COM
pensation. All profits over that sum
60 to the USO.
Five years ago Tim Whelan, of
RKO Radio, saw a Spanish picture
in Seville, and began looking for a
dark-eyed young actress who ap-
peared in it. He finally found her;
she's Mapy Cortes, of Puerto Rico,
and will appear in an important role
in his new musical.
Marguerite Chapman was men,
Der of the Navy Blues Sextette be-
fore Columbia upped her into the big
time last January. Now another
member of it, Lorraine Gettman,
steps out. Re christened Leslie
Brooks, she's been given a long
term contract by the company, as
the result of her outstanding work in
supporting role in 'Talk of the
Town." co-starring Jean Arthur,
Cary Grant and Ronald COlman.
The route that led Jack Trent into
the movies is curious one. For
merly a Montana schoolteacher, he
became Shirley Temples body
guard, and wound up as an actor;
you'll see him in "Silver Queen"
the 1870 drama starring Priscilla
Lane and George Brent.
No one has viewed c. B. De-
Miles REAP the Wild Wind with
more interest than did Rear Adj
miral William D. Leahy, U. S. am
bassador to France. The Techni-
color sea saga, starring Ray Mil
land, John Wayne and Paulette God
dard, deals with Americas fight to
wipe out a nest of pirate wreckers
in the Florida keys years ago. Lea
ny wrote DeMille that he "got the
last of those wreckers" back in the
year 1905.
Ransom Sherman finally has dis
covered the haunt where Dix Davis,
13-year-old who plays Stanley" the
bellhop, spends the half hour before
broadcast time. It's the Shirley
Temple studio, across the haIl-he
just stands there and worships from
afar.
Ann Miller's been saying that she
was 18 ever since she was IL. Tall
for her age, she did it then to keep
the priZe-two weeks work as a
stage attraction-at the Orpheum
theater. At ii she danced-and
fibbed-her way into a night club
engagement in San Francisco. That
year RKO signed her up, then Co.
lumbia borrowed her; at 16, and
still saying she was 18-she landed
on Broadway. RKO again, Colun.
bia again - then Paramount, fol-
"True to the Army" On April Il
of this year she celebrated her 18th
birthday, on the ''Priorities of 1872
set.
Now that the care You Missing
Heir" radio program has restored
it's millionth dollar to rightful lega
tees, you'd think the program exec
utives would sit back and relax, but
there are still " million I'm
claimed dollars buried in probate
court records as goal for the pro
gram to shoot at.
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ODDS AND ENDS-The goofy sound
man uho used to heckle Jack Benny OF
the Sunday night broadcaSts has Joined TIL,
army air corps i. Ed MurroO and vii
liam L. Shirer, neUs commentators, frs
met at a Paris cafe NOto that Ronalt
Colman has finished "The Talk Of tn
To,Un' he can share, for the first time il
months RosaIind RussePs been signet
to make "Stand By to Die" for RKO-
!. story OF ponan fier working for tn
government in Japanese-held islands of tn
Pacific Madeleine Carroll reserved l.
front roO seats for her army and navy bo
escorts at her latest broadcast in Ne,
York.
The starting date of the forthcom
ing "Great Gildersleeve" motion
picture series for RKO has been Sc
back to August, to allow Hal Peary
star of the series, to take a fea
tured role in the Fibber MCGEE pic
ture, also RKO, set for June.
Enrol Flynn, Ida Lupino and Hum
!. phrey Bogart have been picked b.
! Warner Brothers to appear with Ed
die Cantor in the screen version Q
"Banjo Eyes," his latest stage sue
cess, and Cantor has chosen JAG
Benny to do a guest stunt in June