The Ely miner., 1943-06-24

recently, at one of his Sunday after
noon broadcaSts, when he saw six
new girl members of the orchestra.
Penny ("Blondie''1 Singleton is a
very proud young woman. She now
answers to the name of Mrs. Major
Sparks-her husband was recently
promoted, after performing distin-
guished service as a captain. Pen
ny's more elated than he IS!
If it's announced that Capt. Clark
Gable will appear at your local
movie house IN a new picture,
Wings Up" don't expect to see
great deal of him in it. The films
an Office of War Information short
subject, and it's certainly worth see
ing, but Gable isn't on the screen
much of the time. He acts as mar
rator, and makes an appearance
only in the concluding scenes.
Now you'll have to add another
Ameche to your list. He's Jim Jr.,
son of Jim Sr. of the Sunday Here's
to Romance" broadcasts, nephew of
Don. The fve-year-old appears on
CHS in the big Sister" serial.
To make the cloud effects for the
Heaven scenes in ga Guy Named
Joe," starring Spencer Tracy and
Irene Dunno, the air must be un-
disturbed and the temperature even.
So an air lock system is being used
on the heavy double studio doors,
and a watchman's been installed to
see that the outer ones closed be-
fore the inner ones opened. OF
course the cast has nicknamed him
Gabriel.
Among the congratulatory wires
Bill Stern received when he switched
to Friday night spot on NBC was
one signed by George Raft, Betty
Cradle and Tommy Dorsey. He's
slated to make a movie with them
some time next fall.
They put Marie Mcdonald into
wig, for the first time In her life,
for scenes in Tornado" since her
own blonde hair was too short. So
when she lighted a gas heater in
her dressing room, gas which had
escaped during the night exploded
in burst of flame, which caught
the long ends of the wig. The wig
was ruined; Marie would have been
badly burned if she hadn't thought
fast and snatched it off.
Signe HasSO, of Assignment in
Brittany" has been signed to con-
tract by Metro, and around the stu
dio they are predicting that she will
be one of the biggest stars In Holly
wood after two or three roles in top
pictures.
Anne Shirley, the romantic inter-
est of ''Bombardier,' has the Iarg-
est collection of service mems flying
wings of any Hollywood star-42.
But Donna Reed has a set of flying
reports taken from Jap fiier shot
down at Guadalcanal, bomb frag-
ment from London, and walrus tusk
sewing needles from Iceland, all
sent her by soldier admirers.
Susan Peters and her fiance,
Richard Quine, had a bad spill the
other day. They were showing off
before some friends with a bit of
trick double riding, on Susan's new
motor bike-it went down and so
did they, but hurt nothing but their
pride.
ODDS And ENDS-Humphrey Bogart
and Robert Young hare made more free
appearances for the Screen Guild Players
than anybody else = sepen broadcasts
apiece for the charity "A Date With
Judy" another serial about an American
family, tCiH replace Eddie CGntor's @Tinle
TO Smile program for the summer
The day after Phillips Lord blasted tire
steaiers on Gang Busters" he started for
Maine-md somebody stole the tires of his
roadster -. George LOtCther, tCriter-nar-
rator-producer OF -Superman," says he's
Heuer had mike fright because he spent
three years as cheer leader at Ne.o Haren
high school, nlegaphone IN hand.
William L. Shirer, who recently
was In London gathering back
ground material for his broadcasts.
will change his regular Sunday news
programs on Chs from 5:45 to 10: 80
p. m, Eastern War Time, when he
returns to the air beginning July 4.
The mail is heavy these DAYS with
announcements of summer replace
ments on the air. Noah Webster
Says" quiz show in which the
participants viii be asked to define
words, takes over for Duffy s." be-
ginning July 6.