The Ely miner., 1943-10-28

tell Nom I'm fine, the boys would
say, and Jack is doing it, as fast
as he can.
Virtually every nationality in the
world is represented in RKO's
"Gangway for Tomorrow; it has
136 speaking parts. But none of the
cast portray their native country
men. A Russian is played by a
Pole, a Czech by an Austrian,
Pole by a German, a Frenchman by
Russian. Richard Ryan, an Irish
man, plays a German officer. Margo,
born in Mexico, plays French girl.
Just Hollywood!
An embarrassing moment came to
Carleton Young, Goth Century-Fox
contract player, at the "Silver Thea
ter" dress rehearsal, after the an
nouncer had read an elaborate build
up which was given him. The entire
cast, including Loretta Young,
salaamed.
Before Florance Halop made her
fortunate appearance, talent scouts
for the new "Duffy's" series were so
hard pressed to find a new Miss
Duffy to replace Shirley Booth that
they resorted to ads in the Holly
wood papers.
Sound effects proved better than
the real article when Parks john
son and Warren Hull visited the oil
refinery workers at the eastern
terminus of the Big Inch pipeline.
They wanted to introduce the show
with the gurgling of gasoline flowing
from filling station pump, and had
real one set up on the stage. But
they finally used an ordinary egg
beater and hand bell.
Don't be surprised If Charlie Me-
Carthy's "rather elderly, old-maid
relative" Ophelia, becomes a regu-
lar member of that airshow gang.
Maybe you heard her when she made
her coast-to-coast radio debut re-
Gently on the new RCA "What's
New" program. Listeners loved her,
and Edgar Bergen thinks she might
make a good permanent companion
for Charlie and Mortimer Snerd.
Frances and Richard Lockridge,
authors of "Mr. and Mrs. North"
are probably unique among novel;
lists whose works have been adapted
for radio. Usually authors insist
on editing all scripts, often to the
dismay of script writer's, producers
and actors. The Lockridges have
been inside the studio just once since
the series started on NBC. They lis
ten to the program at home.
After eight years as a CHS staff
conductor, Lyn Murray quit to free
lance. His orchestra and chorus are
doing new series on CHS, he's con-
Quoting the orchestra on the new
Gertrude Lawrence show, and, is
choral director on both s'Hit
Parades" doing all rightl
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ODDS AND ENDS-NBCs baritone
crooner, Tommy Taylor, tUas about 20 gipe
up his career schen NBC took him off a
milk truck :. a nesU Snafra fan club ,tuith
headquarters in Pitts, Pa. calls Itself sThe
Society OF Souls Suffering From Snatri-
lis" Oddesf bond soIes combination in
the recent drire-John D. Rockefeller and
Dick Haynes, star of the airs Here's to
Romance" 1. Joe YuIe, Mickey Rooneys
father. has been cast in s.Kisn1ef." his 5Ouh
part at Metro j.. Joan Davis, tChose click
on her ne,0 radio program has all Holly
sOood bidding for her services, has signed
to play the lead part in "ShotV Busi-
ness"
Barbara Hale, who marries Frank
Sinatra in Higher and Higher" had
been in movies only six months,
playing bit parts, when Tim Whelan,
the producer, gave her the second
feminine lead In the Michele Nor
gan-Jack Haley picture.
Jimmy Cash, tenor of the Burns
and Allen show, was working as a
grocery clerk three years ago when
he received a call telling him he'd
been selected as the singer on that
programme was so fiustered he re-
piled THANK you-can againI"