The Ely miner., 1943-04-08

The night Ann Ayars, Metro star
let, sang for the boys at Fort Mac
Arthur, Calf, she got a rousing
reception, but could have. dispensed
with part of it. Arriving in a pour
ing rain, she was escorted to the
hall by a new recruit who led her
smack into a deep puddle at the stage
door. Ann fell in to her hips. She
says that most of what the soldiers
saw of her was mud!
Any Hollywood parsonage who dis
covers Lupe Velez watching him in
tently is likely to be uneasy; expert
ence shows that Lupe's just gather
ing material for a devastatingly fun
ny impersonation of him. Her imi-
tations seldom reach the screen, but
in "Redhead from Manhattan" she
does several limitations of fellow
stars. She plays identical cousins,
both of whom are revue stars.
Lionel Barrymore was in a dam
gerous spot a while back, and it
wasn't one of those things that are
part of a scenario, when the actor
knows he'll be rescued. Driving
home, he miscalculated the depth of
flood water near his ranch, and
found himself sitting in his stalled
car in water up to his neck. The
swift current started moving the car
toward deeper water. But neigh
boring farmers came along with
chains and hauled the car back onto
the highway. The car was ruined,
but the famous Barrymore wasn't
damaged.
When Robert Ryan joined the
army he knew that he'd have job
when he came back; he has con-
tract with RKO that assures his re-
turn to the screen at the wars end,
at salary exceeding the one he
was getting when he left. His work
in 'Bombardier" and ''The Sky's the
Limit" was responsible for the
scrapping of the old contract and the
writing of the more favorable new
one.
Bob Hopes set for another of those
crOss-country tours of army, navy
and marine posts and bases, which
is good news for the men who'll
benefit; he gives them a swell show.
In fact, he probably works harder
at entertaining servicemen than at
anything else.
Jack Miller, orchestra director for
Kate Smith and "The Aldrich Fam
ily," can drop off to sleep any time.
He dozed off in the studio before a
recent "Aldrich Family broadcast,
so the cast slipped out and sent a
page in to wake him and explain
that the program was over and all
visitors must leave. He spent a
frenzied five minutes before he
caught up with the truth.
ODDS AND ENDS
The Uoice sUhich Willy Maher uses for
-WIbur on the Tommy Riggs broadcasts
is going into the naopies for the second
time, as the lead in the Metro cartoon.
The ScreiCy Squirrel after three
years preparation, King Vidor is nearly
ready to begin production of America"
starring Brian DonIery :. Helmut Dan.
tine, the Nazi apiafor of MRS. Mmiper."
has leading role ia Warner Bros ITO the
Last Man. starring Erroi Flynn =. Neso
Orleans famous French market, exactly a,
Il sOas back In 1885, has been erected as a
setting for Saratoga Trunk" $25O,0OO has
been appropriated for advertising and ex.
pLoitation OF Mission to MoscosC."
Patricia Dunlap, who's been one
of the Bachelors Children" since
the serial started eight years ago.
has had one experience that she'll
never forget. She's very forgetful-
and once found herself in an Easter
parade wearing her furry bedroom
slippersI
Dale Evans, songstress on Edgar
Bergen's radio show, has been given
the feminine lead in Roy Rogers.
new picture, Song of Texas" for
Republic Studios. Her last picture
was Swing Your Partner"