Boy's Cinema (1939-40)

(hey. too, fell victims to the remorse'.esa Intlirn?. At lea ■ half an hour passed; then they saw the h<' l.>jt> stirring, and there v:m no wind. The '.T gripped Mulford's giui- hand a> stocky nvn figures in hticPcHkiii stepped raiitiou. fiom the bushes and looked slowly around, t' ii; heads like those of snakes, with tlu'ii- head ' 'ack eyes. Then Mulford <t:''c a muttered exclamation as a man clad in a different fashion stepped out. a sneering .smile on his face. He vva.s tall and slim, in black clothes. His face was long and narrow, framed by long, lank, black hair. Apache Jack, the murderer! They watched him walk across to the graves of their comrades. Slowly he counted them. Then he picked up (he handkerchief from the grave of Loijcz and raised it to his lips. That action snap[>ed the last shreil of self- control in the two watchers. Simultaneously they fired-and kept on firing. Their bullets tore into Apache Jack's wiry body. He dropped without a cry, riddled with lead. Panic-stricken, the Indians tried to return the fire of the grim pair in the rocks. But Ciunmings ;uid Mvilfoid kept up a hail of shots. Acrid smoke drifted around them as Apaches f( 11 one af(er the other. The sur- vivors scuttled for the shelter of ■ the bushes, bullets snipping leaves off all round them. As suddenly as it had begun, the firing stopped. Cumming'S and Mulfoi<l lowered (heir guiis. 'heir eyes meeting grimly. The ground icrd the pool was littticd with BOY'S CINEMA bodies. In sopie measure, they had avenged their comrades. A deep silence fell, (hen Cnmmings, glanc- ing upwards, saw smoke signals. They heard the pattering of feet, and then, from the direction of the desert, (he thrilling call of a bugle. The sheriff and Mulford looked at each other in wonderment. Cautiously (hey stepjjed out of their shelter and walked down to the pool. No shot greeted them. "They vamoosed, all of 'em," growled t!io sheriff. "Yeah," Mulford nodded. They looked down at Apache Jack. " Well, he counted up to eight, all right," the sheriff grunted, and, directly following his words, a single shot rang out. Mulford groaned and dropped. Cuminings swung round in a Hash; one of the Indians had only liecn wounded; he had reached for a rifle and taken a last desperate shot. Before he could fire again, ('ununings' barking Colt pumped bullets into him, and he rolled over, dead. Bu( it was too late. The sheriflF, looking down dazedly, found that Mulford, (he last of his )X)Sse. was dead, too. For a moment Cummings stood looking down at him ; then he leaped into a fighting cixiuch, gun ready, his face convul.ied with anger, and roared : "Come on, you yellow-livered swine! Come on and get me!" He was still slanding there, still shouting Every Tuesday in a frenzy of rage and grief to the sileiit hills when two men rode up to the pool. They were in blue cavalry uniforms—a (ieii- teiiant and a sergeant. "Hallo. Bill!" the sergeant greeted him. Cummings looked at him dully. "Well, speak up, man—what happened?" the lieutenant snapped, "Where's your ixjsse?" The sheriff, like a man in a dream, pointed to the rough crosses. "Tliere—and there—and tli(-re." His voice broke. "And millions of dollars of silver " The cavalrymen stared in horror and amaze- ment as tears rolled down the lined cheeks of Sheriff Bill Ciunmings. The Bad Lands had once again taken their toll. Adapted from incidents in the RKO Radio picture, " Bad Lands," which has the fol- lowing cast: Robert Barrat as Sheriff Bill Cummings Noah Beery, Jun. as Chick Lyman Guinn WiUiams as -Billy Sweet Andy Clyde as Cluff Paul Hurst as Curly Tom Rol)ert Coote as Eaton Addison Richards as Rayburn Douglas Walton as Mulford Francis Ford as Garth Francis McDonald as Manuel Lo.nez WILLIAM BOYD'S BLACK CLOVE Becausi- V.'illiain Boyd has always worn a black glove on liis left hand in his Hopalong Cassidy pit-dues, [)roduced for Paramount by Harry Shevn^an, many jieople have suggest'vl that thcr<''s .something the matter with that hand. Tliey will have an opportunity to change their minds when (hey .'■ee him in "Four Aces." his latest Hoiialoug, because, in a card game in which ho outwits the villain, he removes (lie glove in order to leave both hands free to handle the cards. While making the picture Boyd explained why he wears the glove. '■ A perfectly etpiipped cowboy is never without a glove on the hand witli which he guides his horse," declared (he actor. "The otlici- hand is left bare for the efficient handling of his gun. It's all a matler of correct delail." EDMUND GWENN WANTS TO JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY Edunnid Gwenn is in Hollywood because the British Army doesn't need him—yet.. The noted Engli^'h character actor w;as in New York when ihc war started, and immediately applied for enlistmenl. He was fold that only younger men would be taken into the Service, and so accepied a leading featured role in Mctro-Goldwyn-IMayer's "The Rarl of Chicago," siarring Robert Montgomery. Enlisting as a private in the last World War, Cw(Mui rose from the ranks to become a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps. Times have changed since then, and the, horse transport division in which Gwenn s<-rved has become mechanised. What peeved the doughty Gwenn, however, was to be told that he was "too old." "I don'( feel old," lu; said, "and I still think I could show the lads a thing or two." (Jwenn is brushing up on his Army studies, just in case he's called. TUG-BOAT ANNIE AND PHILO VANCE ARE COMING BACK "Tugboat Annie," the character made famous by the late Marie Dressier, will sail again. Warnei' Bros, have actjuired the rights (o the scries from Norman Reilly Haine, • who is now a wriier ori Warners' Hollywood stafl. So far no actress has i)e<»n chosen for the name-part, but Alan Halo will probably have the role Wallace Beery used to fill. January 27th, 1940 Philo Vance, another popular figure in screen mysteries, is al.so coming back in a new series for Warners. This time he will be impersonated by the English actor. James Stephenson, who thus becomes (he fourth Philo Vance. His predecessors were William Powell, Warren William and Basil Rathbone. RESULTS ! A discovery which, at first, threatened to be a major menace to tlie filming of Paramount's "The Biscuit Eater," has proved instead to be a blessing in disguise. The picture is built around the hunting dogs of the south. Director Stuart Heislor was filming a scene in an open field when Billy Lee, one of the two boys in the film, foimd an old Cheiokee ariowhead. Promptly Billy and Cordell Hickman, his Negro pal in the picture, wanted to stop working and hunt for arrowheads. It was really a crisis. Richard Lane, who plays Billy's father in the i)icture, solved it. As a new boy, Jimmy \'aletitinc—- known to the imderworld and the police as Dick the Penman, and a Forger of considerable skill—comes to Greyfriars to make good. But the Underworld won't part with limmy. Wherever he goes, sharp-eyed gangsters follow, determined to take him back to the life he lias thrown aside. You'll find thrills in plenty in "A DUPE OF THE UNDERWORLD" by FRANK RICHARDS SCHOOLBOYS' OWN LIBRARY No. 394 // your vew^at^enf ha': not a copy in s'-och a^k fum to order aue for you ! 4^' He sliowed Billy how to take a willow slioot and make an arrow with the arrowhead. Whereupon Director Stuart Heislcr made a deal. If Billy'.s school lessons were good and he made a good .scene, he and Lane and Cordell could hunt airowheads and make arrows between scenes. Tlio improvement in Billy's school work and screen work was immediate and amazing. DARTMOUTH BOXING CHAMP SIGNED FOR "GOLDEN GLOVES LEAD Six-feet-two and built like a streamlined locomotive, Robert Ryan, former lieavyweight bo.\;ing champion of Dartmouth College, was signed by Paramount studio to a long-term contract, and set for the leading role in- "Golden Gloves," forthcoming film story of the amateur ring. Made to order for the boxing role. Ryan has been leading man in four plays at the Max Reinhardt dramatic school. He was dis- covered for films by Associate Producer Stuart Walker in tlie recent Reinhardt production, "At Your Service." In "Golden Gloves " the young actor will be teamed with Jean Cagney, beautiful young sister of screen star Jimmy Cagney. William Thomas will iiroduce (he picture and Kurt Neumann will diiect. The story is bv Max- well Shane. A native of Chicago. Ryan graduated from Dartmouth in 1932, in which year lie won the annual first prize of a hundred dollars in a playwriting contest sponsored by the Dart- luoudi Little Theatre. After receiving his degree he lived a colourful Jack-of-all-trades' life, travelling to South America, working as a tunnel minor, prospecting for gold in British Columbia, serving as superintend(>nt of supplies for the Chicago Board of Education. He directeil plays for the Stickney School on Cliicago'.s exclusive North Shore, worked on a Montana ranch, sawed timber in a Wisconsin lumber camp, and, in his spare time, studied stage technique. Ijast year he went west, registered as one of the first students in Max Reinhardl's new school, and played leads in every one of (he famed producer's amateur presentations. He was signed by Paramount on the eve of a long Eastern stage tour with the Rein- hardt players and therefore will have (o be replaced in (he troupe. Oo your film-fan friends read BOY'S CINEMA every week 7 Oet them to order their copy from their paper shop