The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-12
In New York
BY PAUL HARRIsON

New York.-The first rule for success along Broadway is: "Go it alone". The theater is full of tenn perament and jealousies, and the Gay Lane itself is full of prejudice and vacillating royalties. Partner ships, in the vast majority of cases, just don't work.
 For example, of the 35 or more shows along the rialto just now, not one is the presentation of any partnership of long standing. Will liam A. Brady, Jr, and Dwight Deere Wiman have separated, the latter to become highly success ful as an independent producer sam II. Harris and George NJ. Cohan once constituted famous team; now Harris has three hit shows of his own, and Cohan is acting for the Theater Guild.
 Lee and Jake Shubert in 30 years, were responsible for the production of more than 400 plays. Yet after the firm flound- cred into debt it was Lee alone year ago the strongest triumvirate to regain his old prestige.
 All of such broken alliances would make a long list. But there is one other that lends point to the story: Until little more than a year ago the strongest trhiumvirae in Tin Pan Alley included Lew Brown, Ray Henderson and Bud dy DeSylva. They seemed to be the sole exceptions to Broadway's mo- partnership rule for success. Also they were closely associated with George White, who depended on them for most of the tunes for his "Scandals'. The music men boasted that they'd never contrib uted songs to show that wasn't a success.
 On the opening night of the last Broadway "Scandals,' however, Mir Brown and Mir White traded socks that were heard around the theatrical world. And the part nership went smash. Brown and Henderson stayed together long enough to produce Strike Me Pink" last season, and then drift cd apart.
 Some movie moguls came along looking for production and musi- cal talent. BrowH, Henderson, De Sylva and White were all hired, separately, to work for Fox Films in Hollywood. And so, whether they liked it or not, they found themselves together again.
 Their Hollywood interlude
 over, Brown and Henderson
 now are planning a New
 York show together, and 1t is
 rumored that DeSylva will
 join them later. Broadway is
 wondering whether it's true.
 and if so, how long it will
 last.
 Changeable Mir Harris
 A few years ago Jed Harris re- tired = at the age of 30. He had produced a dozen hits, includ- ing ''The Royal Family" and "The Front Page" at one time had sev- en shows running simultaneously and enjoyed an income of about $4O,OO0 a week. ~Shot with luck, that youngster. He got out of the game just before the plague of To- custs hit the land, and went abroad with his books and unfin- ished manuscripts. Said he'd never return.
 Harris is a changeable fellow, though. Once he'd gone to Yale. where he tired of his classes and took to reading omnivorously by himself. After two years he de- cided he didn't like Yale. He be- came a hobo and bummed his way to Denver. In Denver he changed his mind about hoboing and talk ed himself into new suit of clothes and job as editor of q news and arts magazine. Four months of that and he was bound blind baggage, for New York. He shoveled coal on a round-trip pas- sage to Europe. He became an actor and when he had nickel in his pocket he thought nothing of walking out of s60-a-week jobs because the plays weren't being produced to suit him. Finally he announced himself as a producer. and strangely enough his person. ality and principles had made such an impression hereabout that fi- nanciai backing was given him. His shows paid from the start Some of them made fortunes.
 changeable fellow, and is back on Broadway. IIo figured this would be a good season, and he's helping to make it SO. His first venture, "The Green Bay Tree" is q hit. He brought Katharine Hepburn from Hollywood for "rhe Lake" And he has e third play coming up. MT Harris is very lucky Like q fox.
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