Hollywood (1942)

MOVIE CROiiWORD ACROSS 1. Baby Dumpling, who often gets parents in a stew. 5. There's something funny going on when this occurs. 9. This goes over with a bang in war films. 10. She calls her husband "Georgie-Porgie" and he Burns. 12. Small part in a skeleton sequence. 14. What Miss Shirley got from Green Cables. 16. What you would be in hill-billy films. 17. Walter Pidgeon gets puffed up over this. 18. This displays more teeth than a movie star's smile. 20. Actors often wrestle with themselves over this. 21. Kind of shots not made by cameraman. 23. Star of recent film. 24. How the show must go. 25. This means a journey when it comes after "t." 27. What wedding belles make movie mothers do. 2S. Actress has these at her fingertips. 29. Prima donnas, who often get a C-note for each aria. 30. It often has an all-star cast. 32. Haughtiest screen star will unbend a little for this. 34. You and me both. 35. Middle man in Tom, Dick and Harry. 37. He was sweet on Rise Stevens in The Choco late Soldier (init.). 38. Songstress still carries torch for him. 39. Time: the present. 41. Turpin crossed them up a little. 43. "Is" when it's a "has been." 45. They didn't do right by her in old-fashioned melodrama. 47. Hero has to be on toes when gangster is wellheeled with this (slang). 48. Claudette Colbert first played here as a child. 50. This message gives one a sinking feeling in nautical films. 51. If you're a movie fan, follow him and you'll see stars. 52. First name of screen's most famous Butler. DOWN 1. What McCrea reached for in certain film and got a shiner. 2. Hero often turns the tables in these. 3. Live mummy. 4. Descriptive of Little Foxes. 5. Metro puts on Ayres when he appears on screen. 6. Article slated for use in film title, rather indefinite. 7. What Popcye gets by eating spinach. 8. Extras yell "Hooray!" after a couple of these (sing.). 9. Hollywood's Swedeheart. 11. Once-over from villain — but twice. 13. Rochester's reel boss. 15. Certain stars over-do this and ruin their lines. 17. Musician's do-re-mi* 19. He's a howling success as hone Wolf. 20. Screen Spitfire is one (on and off). 22. Places where cowboys count sheep after they finish counting cattle. 24. One who portrayed a certain citizen for cinema, 26. He "wanted wings" so they gave him Skylark. 27. Locale of Two in a. Taxi. 30. Kind of man who went from comic strip to screen. 31. Man who came to dinner (the one given by Academy of M. P. Arts and Sciences). 33. After much drilling they gave us FlovAng Cold. 35. When this precedes the "take," scene must be done over. 36. He was known to millions as the man with a thousand faces. 38. If you kept up with the Joneses he was Pa (poss.). 40. Place "where men are men" and girls are "gals" (in movies). 42. According to Columbia, one who'll "never get rich." 43. Hitler is villain in this tragedy. 44. Southerner's "sub." 46. Movie studio and its adjoining territory. 45. Initials of Miss Ellis. 49. What Little Tough Guy means when he says: "Pipe down!" occasional concert dates. Next came an offer to join the St. Louis Opera Company. Finishing this engagement, I went to Central City, Colorado, where I sang in thirty six performances of The Gondolier in the annual play festival. During the winter of 1936, I sang with the Chicago Opera Company and after that went on tour with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra." While in Hollywood, he knew that after he'd made one picture he'd better get back to the legitimate stage for more acting experience. "I certainly hammed that first film up," sums up his opinion of his first film venture. Back in New York, he appeared in Knickerbocker Holiday with Walter Huston, in George White's Scandals, and in American Jubilee. While he was at it, he also gained invaluable radio experience, appearing on various commercial programs. Later he was starred in the Honest Abe serial which ran for thirtysix weeks in New York. His next radio chore was introducing Rogers and Hart's All Points West on the air. Republic Studios, on the hunt for new acting talent, saw his film test, wasted no time in signing him for a role in Gangs of Chicago. The studio bigwigs, unanimously approving his work in this picture, placed him under a long-term contract and with the budding actor safely in the fold they spotted him with an important role in Lady From New Orleans, with Ona Munson and John Wayne. His next picture, after having recently starred in Mercy Island, is Lady for a Night with Joan Blondell in the feminine lead. As he goes along, Ray is being put into better pictures, with better support in the cast to lend encouragement to his efforts to become an actor. Joan Blondell, who loves to lend a helping hand to beginners in the acting business, will teach him plenty. All he has to do is to absorb it. And, being a smart guy, he undoubtedly will. | (Solution on Page 17) This youngster grew up to be more than a famous movie star. He recently caused a national stir when his selective service number was one of the first to be called. Turn to page 49 and see how handsome he looks in Uncle Sam's uniform 10