The Ely miner., 1943-10-21

ED PAWLEY
season the series will be concerned
with the American press unceasing
battle against subversive influences
and fifth column activities.
Nancy Kelly sang and danced as
child performer in vaudeville, but
only in her latest picture does she
get chance to do it for the cam
eras. She's the feminine charmer
of "Tarzan's Desert Mystery
plays a chorus girl stranded in the
Sahara. Looks as if there'd been
some drastic changes made in the
Tarzan background, but Johnny
Weismuller still has the leading role.
There's lot of sentiment attached
to the fact that Amos n Andy are
again appearing on the National
Broadcasting company after two
year absence from its air waves.
1t was on NBC that they first ap-
peared, and rose to radio fame.
James Jordan, 19-year-old son of
Fibber MCGEE and Molly, makes
his screen debut as one of the sons
of Maj. Frank Cavanaugh in RKO's
''The Iron Major" which stars Pat
O'Brien. The fact that young JOr-
dan was honorably discharged
from the Air Force, in which he had
enlisted, gave him the chance to
play Phil Cavanaugh-who in real
life is a lieutenant in the United
States army.
United Artists, topping the bids of
two other major studios, acquired
distribution rights to 'Voice in the
Wind" which U. A. executives think
is Sleeper other words, one
of those pictures that are made with
out hullabaloo and coin a mint. It
was made on rented stages by Ar
thur Ripley and Rudolph Monter-
with no guarantee of release, they
gambled on their ability to turn out
a box office attraction. It's "the
story of two gentle people, a man
and a woman, whose love beats
against the grim events of world
at war;"
Gloria Holden says compliment
Spencer Tracy paid her has inf1u-
enced her acting career more than
any other one thing. Appearing in
''Test Pilot" with Tracy and Clark
Gable, she played the widow of a
pilot killed on the eve of their honey
moon. She finished the scene in
which Gable gave her the prize mon
ey that was to have paid for the
honeymoon; Victor Fleming, the di-
rector, had made her cry steadily
for Is minutes before she went into
it. Honey" said Tracy, "You don't
have to ask anybody for anything
when you can act like that!"
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One sure-fire way to make an Aus
tralian mad is to let him hear an
American actor use a cOckney ac-
cent when playing an Australian.
Alan Carney, one of the best dialect
actors in radio, perfected his "Aus-
sic" accent by talking to Australian
newsmen at their News Service head
quarters in New York. After the
broadcast they phoned him their
congratulations.
Kate Smith has begun her 14th
year on the air with Ted Collins act
ing as producer-director; he discov-
cred her and guided her to the top.
One of the best talent scouts of ra-
dio, he discovered and introduced
Rudy Vallee, Abbot and Costello,
Tommy Riggs and Henny Young
man, among others. He insisted that
Kate introduce "God Bless Ameri-
ca"-thinks the new "Old Acquaint-
ance" will be hit.
ODDS AND ENDS-Blue Nenoork's
@Keepsakes" pays fUe dollars for each of
those sentimental mementoes that it uses
Mickey Mouse is grotCing up; he's
fifteen noto +. Joe BoIqnd, toho played
the policeman ,oho helped "Abie's Irish
Roses" "Abie" and "Rose" get married,
is notU the moving man iUho's trying to
get them moved to neio home Julia
Sanderson does not feel that she can re-
turn to radio, not0 that her husband and
partner, Frank Cruniif, is gone; Julia of
the lovely laugh and charming singing
uoice piu deDote her talents to entertain
ing seruicemen-buf the radio public
hopes that eventually she'll return to
them.
The latest reliable report on Fred
Allen is that his doctor says that he
can return to radio along about JAN
uary. Meanwhile he is going over
a movie script that interests him
he'd play an advertising agency ex-
ecutive.
Those brilliant, pale-blue eyes of
Ella Raines would have been dead
loss to her as film actress in 1928;
the movies used to use super-speed
film which was not color corrected
and she'd have looked as if she
had no pupils.