The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-10
In .Mezg York
nx PAuL HARRIsON

Naw York.---Notes from Tin Pan Alley: There's an acute. shortage or accordion players about town be- cause all the beer places are trying to book bellows-squeezers And there's great dearth or comedy songs, too. to brighten the ray spots. Will Donaldson, the arranger. was wailing the other dav that there hasn't been silly American hit since "Ycs, We Have No Bananas" and .'Where'a v Worka, John?" Irving Berlin hasi attempted a comedy number In te years. and two of the best receI tones, 'How're Va, Duchess?' ant s'The Kings Horses originated. or all places, in England ... The origin of "Where'a You Worka, John?'' is still legend in the har-
 mony belt. It was written by an insurance man named Mortimer Weinberg to win $25 bet that he could get a piece of music publish ed. It also won him small for tune, but he never has tried to write another .
 As a result of the success of the movie musical, "Forty-second street." dozens of song-writers are Hollywood bound, having had word that other such films are forthcoming .. One composer just returned is discouragtng the westward movement with tale of how he sat in an office for nine weeks without a suggestion, or even an inkweli, to work with. Finally, he says. he stormed into | an executives office and exclaim- ed: You think it's bad in Ger many, where Nazis are killing Jews? Why. here in Hollywood,
 Jews are killing Jews"
 Footlight Brevities
 The passing show: Six more closings dim the rialto, and there's many a broken heart for every un- | lighted theater on Broadway -. But there still seem to be new angels ready to back almost any play. Like John Paffrath, the restaurateur who spent $7,500 for two-hour glimpse of "Marilyn's Affairs.' There was $16 in the box office and not critic in his
 seat when the curtain came down.
 and stayed down, on the last act | of the premiere
 Fred Heating, the magician who went into bankruptcy with listed
 assets of $1 canary and $1,000 trick bird cage, refuses even to do parlor tricks now that he is suc-
 cessfully launched az legitimate lactor Ad in the Saturday, Re view of Literature: Young attrac- tive secretary of mentally deceas- ed playwright desires position, Detest idea hoarding. Box 133" .. Firearms of any kind, even old Nf tra tnA fy before they may be discharged in
 the theater. And there are no sawed-off shotguns in any gang ster drama because mere possess
 sion of them is forbidden any | where in the state ... George M. Cohan guesses that there'll be | more plays on tour next season than there have been in ten years .. John Henry Hammond, Jr, a descendant of the fortune found ing Commodore Vanderbilt. is the
 producer of successful play. And
 at 22. he's the youngest producer | on Broadway Six evenings and two matinees week, for eight
 years, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-
 tame have been wooing and hat ing, kissing and slapping each
 other in various plays. They've been married all that time, too, in contradiction of the adage that no
 leading man and woman can even
 be friends
 Noel Coward says before he leaves the country this month he
 wants to meet Babe Ruth. Which recalls the story of the time an-
 other foreign celebrity, General Foch. expressed the same desire.
 Ruth was appearing in vaudeville
 and the general went backstage.
 The Bambino was fustered, and couldn't think of anything to say. Finally, though he managed to blurt out question. He asked 1 the Frenchman if he ever had been in the army.