Boy's Cinema (1935-39)

28 paniment-s for the group on the piano. Then there are Maureen O'Sullivan aud husband, John Villiers Farrow, who never fail to baffle guests with ;i clever mind-reading .stunt, and Judy Garland, who oan got a hard-boiled egg down through tlie neck of a milk hot tie in some amazing way that no one so far has found out. , As far as Frank Morgan is concerned, weft, give Morgan a pack of cards and he can keep any number of guests amused for hours. His selection of tricks runs into the hundreds. Thus, the entertainment problem in Hollywood solves itself. The custom for informal " get-togethers, ** bus developed talents in the stars that even they, themselves, didn't know they possessed. " Wild Bill Hickok's " Quns Bark Again 'Die guns which Gary Cooper carried a- Wild Bill Hickok 'in "The Plains- man " will bark again in " Union Pacific." Owned by Cecil 11. DeMille, they uere recently taken down from the peg in his office where thej have hung lor two years, and buckled on Joel McCrea. Brilliantly nickel plated, with horn handles and mounted in slim black bolsters, they are supposed to he exact copies of Wild Bill Hickok 8 own guns. McCrea uses them in the role of a 'trouble-shooter" assigned to keep peace along the right of way as the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental railway, is being laid across the Slate,. He Learned About riuscles From Vic Standing among the many Arab extras working- in '.'Chasing Danger" al 20th Century-Fox, is one fellow who doesn't have to depend on movies \\ itli a desert background for his bread and butter. He is known simply as Abdullah, and his story is worth noting. During- the war, when Victor McLaglen was Provost-Marshal of Baghdad, Abdullah was a ten-year-old youngster—member of a band of Arabs who roamed that sector. AicLaglen ran across him one day on the desert arid brought him to Baghdad, making a home for the young fellow. During the next few years Abdullah learned about boxing and the English language under Victor's tutelage. He finally went to BOY'S CINEMA America with McLaglen eighteen yean ago. Since then Abdullah has fought professionally in America and other countries. During this period he made a careful study of the human body's nerves and muscles, and to-day he is recognised as one of Hollywood's lead- ing masseurs. Among those he helps keep fit are Culbert 01 sen, the Governor of Cali- fornia; such stars us McLaglen, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Walter Connolly, the Ritz Brothers, the Marx Brothers and Warner .Baxter, and many lawn tennis stars, including Ellsworth Vines, Fred Berry and Donald Budge. Abdullah, who maintains his offices at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, is at present conditioning Director Rioardo Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Huber and Joan Woodbury production of "Chasing Cortez, Wally Harold during Danger Do You Know ? Hollywood duplicates Jack Frost's sparkling touch on windows with stale beer and Epsom salts. His Adventures on the Radio Thrill You . . . Are you listening each Thursday to the grip- ping new radio-serial, " Enter Sexton Blake " ? It's the thrillof the week! Get to know Sexton Blake—and Tinker— better. Read any of the marvellous yarns about Sexton E lake listed below. Then you'll enjoy the broadcasts even more! BOOK-LENGTH YARNS FOR 4d. No. 6S7 : THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN BOTTLE No. 6SS : THE RIDDLE OF " UGLY FACE " No.6S9:THEPHANTOM OF THE MILL No. 660 : THE CASE OF THEMISS1NGMUS1CIAN SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY Now 'ale al all Newsae each Every Tuesday iiimimniiiBiimi^ ii = | "HIDDEN TREASURE (Continued from page 22) ■ Tiaiiia naiiiwiHiiHiimiiwimiiwimiil tunnels, but it did not issue from those .subterranean realms below Treasure Island's surface. It came from the direction of the volcano known as Ghost Mountain, and it was followed by a second, a third and a fourth report. At the same time, the windows of Toni Mori ell's room were illuminated 1>\ lurid gleams of preternatural lire, and. wheeling towards those windows, sin- and Larry gained an impression of the volcanic peak that dominated the island —a peak that was capped now by a welter of flame amidst which showers of debris were seen to be hurtling on high. Whether the explosion in the tunnel.. had affected the volcano, or whether the activity of the crater was clue to causes which were in no way connected with the attempt to destroy Collins' ho Larry and Toni did not know. But it was plain that Ghost Mountain was threatening ail eruption Such as Treasure Island had probably nevei ex perienced since the outbreak that had scattered iis buccaneer inhabitants two centuries before. As Toni Morrell and Larry Kent gazed through the windows another thunderous blast resounded over the island, and, awe-stricken, they beheld a fresh cloud of debris fly aloft from the mountain peak. Almost simultaneously a tremor seemed to run through the sinister home of Carter Collins, alia.s the Shark, and the walls, floor arid ceiling of Toni's room quivered violently. "Larry!" the girl cried out in horror. "Carry, we're caught in an earthquake! Larry, the house is shaking! It's going to collapse! It's going to collapse?" (Is Captain Cuttle the long-lost father of Toni Morrell? Will she discover the secret of her identity, and the where- abouts of the pirate hoard that lies buried on Treasure Island? What will happen to Toni Morrell and Larry Kent, hemmed in as they are by stark perils? Don't miss next week's sensational episode of this gripping serial, pub- lished by kind permission of Columbia Pictures Corporation, Ltd., starring Don Terry and Gwen Gaze.) —made by MARS Everybody's BAR gain ROYAL NAVY No previous experience required. 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