The Ely miner., 1943-08-12

violin IN earnest!
Charles Coburn, who long ago es-
tablished himself as one of the bet
ter actors of the legitimate stage,
arrived in New York recently to
find different kind of fame await
ing him; three of his pictures were
running at, Once-"The More the
Merrier," ''The Constant Nymph"
and Heaven Can Wait"
While directing ""This Is the
Army Mike Curtiz also invented
new military commands. During a
location trip to Fort Macarthur
some of the Forts soldiers were
within his camera range for shot.
He grabbed the microphone and
yelled, 'You men back there by the
house! Attention! Take a powder!"
When John Warburton decided to
return to pictures after an absence
of six years, the studios just weren't
interested. Then he was tested and
signed for the featured role of Gary
Cooper's rival in Saratoga Trunk"
and Immediately offers began to
pour IN; two studios wanted him
fright away"
Warren William, back at work in
Passage to Suez,' after months of
illness, has the farm labor shortage
to thank for his present excellent
physical condition. When he was re-
leased from the hospital doctors pre-
scribed exercise. Warren had half a
dozen acres of unpicked oranges
and could not get help. So he pitched
in, with the result that he now has
his health back, and also had one
hundred crates of oranges to send
to market.
Pretty soon those Ameehe BROTH
ers won't know which career is
whose. Don was established on the
screen when his younger brother,
Jim, tackled radio, using an as
sumed name till he'd made good,
then switching back to his own. Now
he's master of ceremonies of Here's
to Romance" and Don's to begin
an air-series In the fall-also as
master of ceremonies. Meanwhile
there's a prospect that Jim may
turn actor, if he can find a suitable
play.
Samuel Goldwyn, who's famous
for-among other things-turning
beautiful girls into screen stars, is
trying something different with Con-
stance Bowling; he's going to let
the public discover her. You'll see
her in up in Arms" with Dinah
Shore and Danny Kaye.
That's an amusing new program,
Arlene Francis Blind Date; six
boys in uniform, one by one, talk
ing themselves into the good graces
of three girls, whom they can't see;
curtains on the stage separate them,
but the audience sees all. Three
lads win their girls and an evening
at famous night club.
ODDS AND ENDS-As no doubt you're
heard BY notC, james StetDart ftIe nlories'
JinnieJ has been promoted, and is notU a
captain Arthur Allen, pho plays
"Danf Dickey" in MICS @Snotg Village"
has collection OF l45 fatHon holders;
he uses the irons themselves for bookends
-. Joan Cror0fords checked in at Warner
Bros to start preparations for might
Shift =. Announcer Ben Grauer has a
Central American Indian belt sOouen in
coIors that make you blink-tchqt,s more,
he toears it Cinny Sinlms' definition of
the MasoH-Dinon line fat least, her friends
credit it to her), THAT'S the division be.
hOeen you-aH and youse-guysi"
Lyn Murray, the 'sHit Parade"
choir director, has an interesting
theory to account for the absence of
hit war song like ''Over There"
for the present conflict. He points
out that, In contrast to World War
an infantry and artillery war, this is
a war of specialization, with the
paratroops, PIT boats crews, tank
corps, Rangers and other units tend
ing to develop their own songs.
CHS announcer Ted Steele turned
over 905 of the litter of his 1000
rabbits for government use.