Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-05-04

ing ana QeugnLIul tnlngS TO De seen
in any of New York's many broad
casting studios.
Fernando Alvarado was veteran
actor when he was young Jim's age.
He's. ten, and has been in pictures
nine years and four months, has
had speaking roles in so feature pic
lures. His newest one is THE Fall
con in Mexico"
Wild Bill Elliott tried for IL years
to convince Hollywood casting direc-
tors that he really was Q cowboy.
A series Of pictures In which he
played Wild Bill Hickock gave him
his screen nickname, and at last
he's been recognized as one Of the
best hOrsemen the screen has ever
had, . cowboys horseman. He's
creating the role Of RED Ryder" In
Republics new series based on Fred
Harman's cartoons.
When Anne Shirley showed UP on
the set Of Here Comes the Bride"
with an infamed eye, Producer-Di-
rector John Auer didn't send her
home; he had Anne and Phil Terry
play the pictures five kissing scenes.
You will please shut your eyes
when you kiss him, Anne" said
Auer. I'VE will make it come true
that love is blind" And the camera
never picked up a glimpse of her in
famed eye.
Helen Holmes was a star Of silent
films. Now she's on Hollywood movie
sets again. One of the actors in
RKO's 'The Falcon in Mexico"
which stars Tom Conway, is Black
lie. Helen Holmes directs him.
Blackie is a cat.
Lives Of great men all remind
us"-of Warner Bros. Following
"The Adventures Of Mark Twain,"
the studio has eight other famous
lives lined up for us. Rhapsody in
Blue" film story Of George Gersh-
win, Is completed; on the way are
the life stories of VIII Rogers, Aud
ubon, Marilyn Miller, Cole Porter,
Vincent Youmans, Broadway's Slime
Silverman, and Marine Sergeant AL
Schmid.
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Carlo Ross is thanking his stars
for fan letters. Six weeks ago this
young war worker was engaged by
J. L. Grimes, originator and pro-
Queer Of Musical Steelmakers, to
sing just eight bars of the programs
theme song each week. Those eight
bars Of song every Sunday impressed
l.4l8 listeners so much that they
wrote to Carlo, in Wheeling-and
now he's featured vocalist on each
'Steelmakers" broadcast.
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When visitors to Hildegarde's
BEAT the Band" program hail her
as Charlie" she's delighted. It was
her fathers name. and when she
was child in New Holstein, Wis,
it was the custom for the children
to call each other by their fathers
given names. Hildy was born in Mil
waukee and acquired her famous
continental manners in Europe.
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Beatrice Kay, singer-comedienne
Of the airs Gay Nineties," will
make her picture debut in the very
near future. BILLY Roses Diamond
Horseshoe" in which she has a fea-
tsred role, is going into production
much sooner than expected.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Irene Dunn
.UiH play her original role in penny
Serenade" s0hen It's done on the air
May 8 E. Ingrid Bergman, soon TO
be seen in Metros "CasIighf," .Uas
chosen as the Pin-up girl Of "Y0nk,"
army weekly, for one issue !. Al JoL.
son ,Ciu make his debut as producer
BY handling Columbia's re-make Of
"BurIesque," Uifh Rita HaysCorth in
the role done originally BY Barbara
StaHsCyck After a nco-mOnths' Uaca.
ton, Enrol Flynn has checked in at
Warner Bros. to begin his next starring
role, in objective Burma" IN
Road to Utopia" Bob Hope uDears