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Show The Deseret Mews, Salt Lake City, Fage 13 Wally Beery Rumored In. First Ten Stars; 'Deanna Durbin Isnt Listed By LOUELLA 0. PARSONS HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20. (INS) Gossip along the grapevine 4s that Wallace Beery, surprising as It may sound, rates one of the first ten In the Motion Picture Herald poll. Metro gets five out of the ten and they rank like this: Mickey Rooney is again first. Clark Gable second, Spencer Tracy third, Judy, Garland seventh and Beery eighth. Some- - . -- conversations everyone always said what a swell actor he is but he Just didnt seem to get a chance. Then along came Arise, just what the doctor My Love ordered. The able Mr. Abel had all the critics talking about him and the fans too. Well, the news about Walter this morning the is that Para is reuniting three stars of 'Arise M Love in Skylark which means that Claudette will be the wife, Ray Milland the husband and Abel bethe other man. paramount lieves in these repeat- - easts for teaming Brian theyre also Akim Tamiroff (of levy and Great McGinty fame) in Me That Town. "Buy where in there are Tyrone Power, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Bob Hope. 'Tis said Gene Autry will also figure. What happens to Deanna Durbin whose "Spring ParaSe" was doing great business- - in every city where we played and whose Its a Date was one of the top pictures of the early year? What happens" to James Stewart and Cary Grant who have had. three or four smash hits? 'What about Rogers? Ginger , an-oth- Chico Marks will never go to see another one of his pictures and I will tell you why. Saturday Go he thought he would see West starring the Marx Freres at the Chinese Theater. He was sitting in a very bad seat and suddenly the man next to him made a dive for a better seat He tripped and fell and Chico ran la pick, him, up,The usher see-- , lng the commotion, came and asked Chico for his name, which he gave. Today the Chinese Theater and Chico were both sued for $10,000 by the stranger who claims he was hurt theres Well, always an argument but I still say Deanna should be in the , first ten., , ' - a surprises Bette Davis, no less, steps into the Olivia De Havllland role in .The " Bride Came C. O. D." What a ;time Bette had getting permis- Heres -- t Whenever Walter Abels name used to creep into dinner table sion from Jack Warner and Hat Wallis to play In what is really v James Cagney picture. Jack felt that she and Cagney should have their individual starring pictures but. Bette What do I care? Bette him. said to' me, "if Jimmy has the role, lust so the picture is "good. . I like the story and I want to play in a comedy. So she reports for work Jan. 3. If more stars were as sensible as Bette they would last longer. a - - Chatter In Hollywood: While I was on tour I received many questions asking me to give the name of Mickey Rooney's best girl. I always said, Oh, Mickey's playing the field." Well, for the Lock Up My ; first time Monsieur Rooney has really fallen and fallen hard and the girl is Linda .Darnell. She Just got back from - New York and tonight he, took- her to see Comrade X Linda, by the way, will be an aunt any minute. Her sister had gone to the hospital to await the arrival of the stork, jfriday, December 20, 1940 Stars Join In Move Hollywoods Stars, Recall Some Earlier Yule Seasons To Assure More Ducks Not All Filled With Happiness Bergen McCarthy Pretty Blonde To Dedicate Wishing BY CARLETON LORENA (Central Press Correspondent) You know HOLLYWOOD those nightmares and tha a companyinp feeling of helplessness that we have too much turkey and plumpud-dln- g? e Sure you do! Pa, A line or two: W. C. Fields, about the town without all the whose pictures have been see-sanecessary articles of clothing? affairs at Universal, is doing anWell, Tyrone Power actually did other for them The Great Man It. Without shoes, I hasten to with Gloria Jean and Dutch and say,' an episode- - noy disgraceful, His picture with Mae Buddy. but darned uncoiportable, conWest didnt do much business but The Bank Dick did very well.. sidering it happened on a frigid Christmas morning. . , . , Lionel Barrymore has writSix years ag Tyrone waa not ten a beautiful symphony and it screen our was played by the WPA orches. Jack tra a few weeks ago. luminary; ho' was more like the Oakie is letting it be known to spluttering flame of one of the anyone who is interested that he matc.ies held in the hand of our story-boo)Girl. Little Match wants to do a play in New York None too flush, striving for stage before he makes another picture, Now is the time after The Great recognition in New York, he was Dictator and Tin Pan Alley for fortunate enough to receive an invitation to a most elaborate Jack to take a bow on broadway. Christmas Eve party. Away he Ann Jamison, who used to taxied top hat, white tie and be on the Hollywood Hotel protails. Park Avenue. Outwardly. gram with me and who left the And such fun! Until, according air to keep a date with the stork, Js returning to National Broad- , to plot, cahie the cab fare." Heres an amusing OFF WITH EM casting, bit. - For years Dennis Morgajl would Now, many persons as Stanley Momer was under cp or have passed a tambourine but they never Wave moved tract to in for a short visit, used him in a picture. Nowthey three or. four chummy say are trying to borrow him from weeks. But not Power. Pride Warners and for a lead, forced him to begin the Joseph Schenck, who is working stroll toward home, which night and day on the infantile even on lengthwise streets in paralysis drive, will preside at Manhattan is no mere sprint. the luncheon given Jan. 3 and Worse still, his shoes had been Bob Hope will be mster of cerefashioned with someones titmonies a break to r everybody. tle brother in mind and were as tight as those belonging to an Chinese, lady. So he1 yanked them from blistered feet and trudged along the icy pavement The police took over then ones, who yelled, Hey, Where dyou think youre you! going? "Are you drunk? "Are you crazy?" and all such messages of cheer to make him wish he had taken another street only a policeman-- would have been there, too. Eventually Tyrone reached his boarding House, exbut not without frequent that planations, explanations instantly changed the officers ire to condolences. After all, their change of heart Is easily understood, for into what more sympathetic ears could' Ty have walled than those of pavement pounding cops who have been known. to have foot trouble of their own. With Santa Claus ringing a kettle bell on every street corner and parked in every department store, receiving orders for electric trains and sable coats, most any type Santa Claus pleases tall, dumpy, fat, thin, even those who dont put their whiskers and stomachs on straight. But how about a Filipino Santa Claus! Brenda Marshall remembers one from a Christmas spent' in the Philippine Islands. Ordinarily her father portrayed- Saint Nicholas, but Manuel was such a faithful employe on the sugar plantation, and just itching to be Santa, so the honor was bestowed upon him. ' BY ROBERT MYERS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. (AP) Charlie ' McCarthy r was speechless today when he learned about "Ducks Unlimited." . Edgar Bergen was struck spellbound, too, when he that no officer of Ducks Unlimited received any salary or expens- well-to-d- well-know- 1 es. Messrs. Bergen and McCarthy, .along with Rudy Vallee, Preston Foster) a Hollywood blonde very pretty, by, the way and a host of others heard the story of Ducks Unlimited and prompt- o ly Joined. This is an organization composed of duck hunters, throughout the nation. The national sub- c far-flun- es. Organized in 1938 and backed by an array of influential sportsmen, the organization has raised . Frank turned and nudged Cams arm. If you want to see what he looks like, turn 'around. Mark Cheneys lnthe first row hack of ns, two boxes to the right" Camilla Denton of Chicago 111., ob Swell," Franks Voice floated they soon were ordering tains a temporary position as traveling companion to elderly Mrs. North, who to going to Dos Angeles, Calif. Frank Kirkinform Cawood, a newapapeman, milla that on the same train with them Joe Raymond, in custody of the police, to being taken to Dos Angeles. The train stops abruptly, Raymond slugs ''and chloroforms bis guard' and escapee past Camilla to an automobile that has tor several miles. , followed the train Mrs. Horth tells Camilla that she wa i' out of bed by the sudden stop, knocked ' but Cam notices that, the covers of Mrs. bed hadnt even been turned Keith's down. The police question Cam and Mrs. North regarding Raymond's escape, bat learn nothing! While Frank and Cant are talking about tbs escape. Cam thinks sho hears a door click shut. Helping Mrs. North pack her toilet case, Cam notices a bottVo to hiissing. The older woman " explains it Contained witch hasel which -- oho used on her bruise alter, the train. topped suddeoly. They 'arrive in Los , Angeles, Cam's fob is completed and after saying goodbye to Mrs. North, the girl goes to the station restaurant to have, a cap of coffee with Frank. AH-- , erwgrds be takee her to her hotel and the gives him permission to cell her. An hriir later Lucia Fleming, Mrs, North's secretary-companiodelivers to CaA an envelope with a $100 ' bonus"' check e- -' closed. Aram Cam saspecte Mrs. North something about Joe Reynolds t knows escape. CHAPTER FIVE Youll see a lot of movie 'stars,-Fran- k said, temptingly. Tve got seats in the Turf Club among the elite. What do you say? Id be glad to," Cam answered, after a moments consideration. After all, why shouldnt she? She had nothing else to do. Shed enjoy the outing and she was forced - to confess the prospect of seeing several movie stars close up had . Us appeal, too. WaCEUESTSXDNimCIJ Ns extra charge for twe psreewe ccupyin ths asms room THE MAYFLOWER LOS ANGELES NEWEST Directly acroao from th. Blltmor. 8)n1ntn bcoiittful Llbrmnr Par rates ooabantho 7 ten C IM 2.50 . as fUmsHie tOOWi r OmM, , ,w (, 50 -- 4 Im 4m I fcwt terg mu Rooms. Ail equipped or wttk tub. shower combination bath AH Outside MONTEREY COCKTAIL -- Tit m ! ' Jt)o l, droi ROOM turt mi tut" MAYFLOWER HOTEL- US SOUTH StANO ATI. 35 CFRfcixrwaxufstif over the wire. Ill pick you up about 12:30 and we can have lunch at the club. ItS less than half an hour from your hotel. lie was as good as his word and appeared promptly, swinging his roadster up to the curb in front of the hotel. Cam was waiting and stepped in beside him, "Sorry I didnt get a chance to call you last night, Frank said steering his car skillfully Into the Wllshire Boulevard traffic. The boss had me combing the town for some trace of Joe Ray- no mond. They havent found Tilde-hair of him yet, you know. So I noticed by this morning's papers. I though the police were so confident of arresting him within a few hours? That's what they always say, and the newspapers quote 'em on it. Even when we know they're stalling, we use the same ol(j formula. People expect the cops to be doing something. We 11 probably say In - the morning that theyre closing in on Joe's hideout and that his arrest is a mere matter of a' few hours. Either that, or therell be a lot of wild reports from various parts of the state that Joe Raymond has been seen but eluded capture. I see." Cam laughed. She Ilk-eFrank for his breeziness and slightly irresponsible attitude. Shed never met anyone quite like him. He was refreshing, she -decided., Then Joe Raymond actually has got away? Hes holed up somewhere, probably in town. He ran with a pretty slick crowd here and theyll keep him under cover all d right" Then, you think They!! never catch him?. I didnt say that. Sooner or later hell have to leave wherever he is, or somebody will spot him and tip off the cops, and theyll grab him Our criminals aren't the master minds Jheyer cracked up to be. They always pull some stupid stunt sooner or later, and -- walk right- into 'some officers hands. . Cam had never visited a racetrack befote. and was astonished by the magnificence of Hollywood Park. Frank led her to a padded silk lined elevator, and in a moment they were stepping out in the Turf, Club. Their seats were excellent, in a box rigtit on the finish line and v- - lunch- eon. Frank, as a matter of fact, did, the ordering, and when Cam protested at his lavishness, he shushed her down and the waiter had departed with their order. Frank pointed out numerous celebrities as they arrived and Cam stared so much she could scarcely eat her luncheon. When they had finished, It was almost time - for the first race and the girl glanced' idly over the program in front of her,' charmed the romantic by names of some of the horses and amused by others. Suddenly she stopped, and stared at a name that seemed to fairly leap from the page at her. She turned to Frank. could this be Mrs. Frank, Norths name? she demanded. Huh? he struggled out of his trance and looked at the name over her finger. "North-Chenestables. Yeah, thats your girl friend. "But who is Cheney? Heir nephew, Mark Cheney. Excuse me a minute. Cam. He left and the girl mused on he coincidence of finding' Mrs. Norths name on the program.1 By. the time Kirkwood returned, shed scanned the entire program carefully and found the name listed as owners of horses in three races. Frank, tell me - more about this Mark Cheney, - she asked. "Who is he? What does he do bey North-Chene- y sides being ew?" Mrs. Norths Neph- - hes an artist. Pretty well knownr too. Specializes on horses. Understand some of his work is hung in the biggest galleries in the country. Thats how he got Interested in the nags and got "Oh, Into racing. He and Mrs. North own quite a string good horses, too, most of em. Win a lot of races. He glanced at Cam. What are you so interested In him for, anyway? "Im not Interested,' Just curious because hes Mrs.- - Norths , - Frank looked about the' Turf -nephew." Club, scanning the various boxes, and finally turned and nudged .the girls arm. If you want to see what he looks like, turn , around. Mark Cheney's iii the first row- - back of us, two boxes to the Tight.' Several other guys there with him, but I dont see Mrs. North." Cam turned, and looked but in the box Frank had Indicated, binoculars to three m?n had Brenda now realizes it was the rise and shine" moment of Manuels life. Then, however, she was only nine years old and it calamity to see a grlmming, Santa Claus. She cried bitterly not only because Santa was so sunburned, but also because he had inherited the combined curiosity , of all those cats killed by curiosity and had cocoa-colore- d their eyes and were looking far across the track to where the horses In the first race were just entering the starting gate at the six furlong pole. The fourth man was round faced and bald. "You mean that man? Cam said to Frank. But he, too, was staring as though hypnotized at the horseg across the track. "What? he demanded, a trl-fi- e annoyed at the interruption. Just then the shout went up In the stands, 'Theyre off! and Frank leaped to his feet and started yelling, along with several thousand others. He paid no further attention to Cam until the horses had come thundering down the stretch and flashed under the wire In front of them. Then he turned to her with a broad grin on his face, excused htm3elf and dashed out of the box. Alone Cam turned around and looked again at the box he had said was Mark Chen- eys. A moment later she was lookof a man ing right Into the eyes seen some she was sure she had place before. There was a flicker of recognition in his eyes, too, she thought, before he turned away. He was rather a handsome man about 30 she guessed. His face and tanned, as was lean in though he spent much time the open. Then it dawned on her whom he resembled. But for his a small, neatly trimmed brown line on his upper lip, he could almost pass for Joe Kay mond! (To Be Continued.) (The Register and Tribune Syndicate.) mus-tach- Brenda Marshall Tyrone Power to open all the' gifts himself before distributing them to the proper persons. Errol Etynn once had quite a foreign Christmas also In Port After Guinea. Moresley, New months of a Daniel Boone existence, gold prospecting along a backwoods river. Flynn and his four or t five companions were into the village for glad After celebration. a holiday awhile, a fight broke out. - "A d fight, Errol described it, "just for the joy of battle. The local police came loping. Flynn, who, as we know, is a type and simply gouged fulL of fighting vitamins, made the fatal mistake of not keeping the affair among friends; a cop, who he whammed to enjoy promptly lay down sweet music. ; e good-nature- v HONCMntp GUEST Flynn was rushed to court and a given a choice of paying several fine or spending days In jail; no money and plenty of, time decided the issue. However sihee the jail offered no fit he was placed accommodations, in custody of the chief constable, who proceeded to take him to his home, where Flynn sat down, five-pou- Company Forms For Promoting Sewer At Magna The Magna Civic Improvement had been officially Company created today, with filing of articles in incorporation, for the purpose of contracting a new sewer system project for the town of' Magna. A WPA project for the construction has already been approved. Officers of the corporation are Clair Huffaker, chairman; Verl E. J. A. Haws, Gardner, treasurer, and Roy F. Tygeson, secretary. Property owners will be entitled to hiy one share of stock for each residential gewer connection made at a price of $100 per share the next 30 days, $125 for the 30 days following and $150 per. share thereafter. . an honored guest, at a Christmas feast of roast pig and accessor- ies. But before you question- your Crime Does Not Pay primer, be warned that such tales of Er.rol Flynns are accompanied by a Christmas tinsel gleam in the eyes, to say nothing of mockery In the one eyebrow he can roll up without disturbing the one until the listener doesnt know if the story is true or merely a test of endurance and credulity. Bette Davis is an expert selfdeny deflator, but few people will all she can be plenty glamor-face- , smooth cheeked and the eyelid bangs curled back over those gigantic eyes. Youd never dream her face onee resembled a shriveled baked apple. For her first dramatic endeav- or, Bette played a school girl Santa Claus, back in the danger days of lighted candles on trees. The cotton whiskers blazed and so Hour did Bettes face. upon hour, her mother worked with compresses, trying not to believe the doctors' gloomy predictions of scars. Fortunately, we know her prayers were answered. The may have a dynamic Davis freckle, but no scars. op-pos- Yule Carols Sung By Those Hard Of Hearing and spent $350,000 in its work. The benefits have been enjoyed not only by its own members but by every other duck shooter in the nation. - Most of the money was spent in claiming, developing and maintaining duck breeding grounds in Canada. But the main benefit is enjoyed by American sportsmen, because they get the fun of shooting the ducks after they hatch and fly to the warmer south. In 1937 the duck population Last was estimated - 32,000,000. fall It was 72,000,000. McCarthy, Bergen, Vallee and the pretty blonde got mixed up in this account purely on purpose. They helped dedicate a "wishing well in Beverly Hills which was donated to the duck organization. These "wishing wells reportedly have been doing very well with coins around here, and Ducks Unlimited plans to Install a whole chain of them from Hollyand then wood to New' York, wish they bring In revenue for the work. led by Mrs. Edna Crowther Rlrie. were served Refreshments and gifts exchanged between members of the organization. From Broadway's Musical Hit "TOO MANY GIRLS" CO-HI- "POP ALWAYS PAYS" with Marlene Seven iinnera.' Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker Angela and Broderick Orawfordr kle with Douglas Pair Over Broadway, bank Jr., Rita Hayworth and Thomas Mitchell. UTAH The Devil Bat with Bel Lugosi; also, The Old Dark Horae, with Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laugh ton. Bona Karloil and Raymond Massey. STUDIO The Letter, with Bette Davis Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort and Gals Sondsrgsard Submarine House) (Sugar with George Brent, Pat OBnen, Olivia Errol also Flynn, Moms; Wayne De Havilland. Rosalind Russell in Fours a Crowd. MARLO D'l. with LucUle Too Many Girls, Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller and Pop Always Eddie Bracken; also. Dennis with Leon Errol Pays, Walter Catnnd Pearce Adels O'Keefe, lett. MURRAY (Murray) "Scatter Brain with Judy Canova; also Rivers End, with Dennis Morgan and Georgs Tobias GEM Tomorrows Recital On Tabernacle Organ DF. Frank W. Asper will give these numbers at, the organ recital In the Tabernacle tomorrow noon: Prelude and Fugue In A Minor Bach r Cavalleria Intermezzo from Mascagni Rusticana Rogers Scherzo Bach In dulci jubilo Hymn Favorite Mormon Though Deepning Trials Arr, by Organist An Old Melody. .Arr. by Organist Marche Religieuse .. Guilmant Inspector Named Warren Stone of Salt Lake has been appointed an inspector of the Salt Lake Board of Health, effective, Jan. 1. Mr. Stone recently obtained his masters degree at the Utah State be Agricultural College. He will ice' assigned to the milk and cream inspection department, it was said. SCRIP 1 BUY tSA VS! nm SAT. LAST DAY AU NSW TOMORROW! "SEVEN SINNERS and "ANGELS OVER BROAD WAY THE OCEAN DEPTHS! WMiTOl) Christmas carols were sung last night by many who cannot hear at the annual party of the Utah Society for the Hard of Hearing at the Civic Center, 644 South Main Street. Joseph Jacobs, with the aid of the clubs new group hearing entertained the group device, on with an illustrated lecture Palestine and Syria. Singing was E2 with A lie Tin Pan Alley, CENTRE Faye. Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Hal and Esther Jenkins Alien Payne? ton; also "You, tha People. -- VICTORY scription totals around 25,000, every membership Is strictly volg untary and Its alms are both and simple. The movement, says a sportsman from San Francis-so- , John B. Coleman, natlohal president, is. merely to - raise enough money- - each year from wildfowl devotees to see that the duck population of North America increases rather than decreas- .... 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