The Ely miner., 1943-05-20

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HARRIET HILLIARD
Nearly two years ago she dismissed
their nurse, and now David, 61a, and
Eric, 212, are brought up by Mama.
ST think well-raised children are
the most important things in the
world" says she.
Tommy Dix, who makes his
screen debut in Metros "Best Foot
Forward" has been signed to a long
term contract. He's the lad who
wrote the March of Dimes song for
President Roosevelt's birthday party.
You'll see the most famous night
spots of the past and present to
COlumbia'S "COver Girl" which
stars Rita Hayworth and features
the Is outstanding magazine cover
girls of the country. For the Gay
Nineties scenes, Director Lionel
Banks has completed models of Rec
tors, Tony Pastors Music Hall and
the old Madison Square Roof Gar
den. For present-day sequences, an
exact replica of New YOrk's Stork
Club is being built. The cover girls
are all successful New York models.
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They're learning their ABC's the
hard way, those 27 Hollywood young
sters, aged from four to seven, who
appear in Russia" with Robert
Taylor. They have to recite the al
phabet, not in English, but in Rus
sian! AS some of them don't know
it in English yet, that makes things
bit difficult, especially as there
are six more letters in the Russian
one than in the English.
When Gerard Darrow appears for
the "Quiz Kids" broadcasts there's
suspense till the cast learns what
livestock he's brought with him.
Recently he showed up with a
hamster, sent him by a Philadelphia
fan. A hamster is of the mouse
family, but lives like a gopher. 81
should have called him Hitler, ]
guess" said Gerard, "as long as
he's a European rodent"
A dream will come true for Dinah
Shore this summer when she sings
in the famous Hollywood Bowl dur.
ing its summer concert series. She
has been successful in other fields
of musical endeavor, but she won't
be happy until she sings in the Bowl.
Barry Wood, radios singing star,
lives on a Connecticut farm where
1,500 chickens are being raised. But
not content with that, he recently
bought an old distillery in the neigh
borhood, and is converting it into
home for 5000 Barred Rocks and
Plymouth Rocks. With this promis-
ing start, Wood expects before long
to be one of the major chicken rails
ers of southern New England.
Amazonian Hope Emerson got
lucky break when Jimmy Durante
gave her a nickname the first time
they appeared together on the pro-
gram he does with Garry Moore
Thursdays on NBC. He nicknamed
her "Miss Bongshook" k"-and the next
day the phone calls began pouring
in, offering her engagements on 9TH
er shows. She says she used to be
a blacksmith, but she doesn't look it.
ODDS AND ENDS - Eddie - "Roches.
ter"-Anderson has business interest out.
side OF movies and radio; the company he
heads makes parachutes They hand.
cufed George Sanders the other day for
scene in "Appointment in Berlin"-and
then spent ttoo hours trying to get the
handouts of -. Its the iordrobe ,oon,an
who ioatches Ann Miller dance most anxi.
ously in "Whafs Buzzin' Cousin?"; AIMS
Uearing precious opera-length nyIons
Robert SterIing's been elected Cadet Ma.
jor OF his flying class at Thunderbird
Field, Phoenix, Ariz. :. Shirley Booth OF
radios "Dufys" s0iH appear in the nlopie
version OF the shoto.
Squadron Leader x" the British
made picture featuring Ann Dvorak
and Eric Portman, discloses the
methods used by the Germans in
manufacturing and publicizing syn
thetic flying aces-also the opera.
tions of British Intelligence service.
Nadine Connor, featured on
sSalute to YOUTH" would have been
dancer if a doctor hadn't urged
that she take up singing to strength
en- abdominal musclesl So she sang
her way straight to radio and the
Metropolitan Opera.