The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-22

JUDY CANOtA
pensive production, Louisiana Hay
ride; at present she has the honor
of replacing Al Jolson on the air,
Tuesday nights.
Mrs. Robert Donat saw her hus-
band for the first time in two years
at recent Hollywood preview, but
only on the screen. Robert insisted
on her going to America when the
war clouds gathered, but he re-
manned in England. The picture was
MONS 'Tartu," in which he plays
a swashbuckling secret agent-it'n
be ready for the rest of us to see.
That very good mystery, The
Fallen Sparrow" will be filmed by
RKO Radio with a cast so good that
it's got to be fine. Maureen O'Hara,
who co-starred with Charles Laugh
ton in ''This Land Is Nine" heads
it.
Those publicity questionnaires
which Hollywood stars fill out for
their studios are frequently a source
of amusement. George Sanders, for
example, who co-stars with Mar
guerite Chapman in Columbia's
Appointment in Berlin" came
across the question, ''What did your
parents want you to become?"
Whereupon Sanders promptly wrote
"Self-supporting!"
Eddie Cantor made his first trip
East in year to launch new Lib
erty ship, look for talent for his
new picture, "Show Business" and
to raise money to admit 1000 young
sters from Nazi Europe into Pal
estine; the British government had
agreed to admit them if they could
be provided for. Cantor gave the
arrangements good start by adopt
ing 500 children himself Incident
ally, said he, he could always use
a new name for his radio show.
If you liked Helen Hayes radio
drama, "Bid for Happiness" look
forward to seeing it in pictures.
Samuel GOldwyn has announced that
when Teresa Wright returns to the
movie this autumn she will be fea-
tured in a film based on the air
show.
Peggy A1lenby, of MICS David
Harum," has learned to make her
motto, "Never expect much" Once
radio director phoned her that
she was perfect for certain part
on his show. She rushed to the stu
dio-and found the part consisted of
one piercing shrek! But as a mat
ter of fact, it was one of the highest
paid screams ever screamed over a
radio network.
Records for Our Fighting Men,
Inc.-Bob Hope, president-has al
ready sent more than 800, 900 new
and popular discs to the services for
distribution. This years drive lasts
all through July; look up your old,
scratched or even broken records
and turn 'em in. They're sold as
scrap to record manufacturers, and
the net proceeds go for new records
for the men In the armed forces.
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Harry Sherman ought to receive
a medal from Western picture fans.
With almost 100 of his Western films
still currently playing to audiences
all over the Allied world, he is pre-
pairing 16 more Americana stories
for release in the near future. 1.-THE
Daddy of Hopalong Cassidy SERIES
is given credit for bringing Zane
Grey's books to the screen as well.
ODDS AND ENDS-A FOLSOM wiu
play himself in the Jesse Lasky-W amer
picture, Rhapsody in Blue" And
Oscar Lerant ,oiH play himself in the
same film i. Anne Baxter gets the role
Janet Caynor played in the silent version,
iUhen State Fail" is re-nade, BY 10th
Century-For Il. TalluLah B1khead re-
turns in the Alfred Hitchcock picture,
@Liteboaf," sChich promises to be one of
the years most dramatic pictures :. james
Cagney bought THE Stray Lamb" by
the late Thorne Smith, from the estate
OF John BUrymore-it's another OF those
iUacky comedies, and film folks wondered
if he planned to appear in it himself.
Looks as If maybe Universal has
another Mickey Rooney in Donald
O'Connor. Though he's not yet 18
he's had plenty of experience-he's
been touring in vaudeville with his
family practically all his life-and
he seems to be set to duplicate the
Rooney's success.
Michael OShea, newest of Holly
woods masculine stars, has been
given the title role in the forthcom-
ing screen version of Jack London's
life. O'Shea made his screen debut
in Lady of Burlesque."