The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-07
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.-Notes backstage: A weird series of coincidences has be- fallen the performers in the race track comedy-hit, Three Men ,,n a Horse" Fortuitous coincidences, however--up to now.
 The play revolves around 3 mousey little man who has an un. canny genius for picking winners The first winner mentioned on the stage is a nag called Brass Mon- key" A real horse named "Brass Monkey" has been cantering, with indifferent success, around the southern tracks. And so several members of the cast decided to bet on him, just for fun. He won and paid eight to one. The good word was spread, and next time Brass Monkey, ran he carried considerable sums wagered by everybody in the tho- ater from star to stage hands. An- other victory, seven to one. After a third cleanup, at six to one, the cast began to wonder whether 1t might be wasting its time on the stage. Cast Eye On This
 A horse named Marpal is men toned in the play. So when Joyce Arling and Fleming Wari found that name in the Santa Ami ta program, they squandered $10. Marpal skittered home Q 29-1 win- ner. Shirley Booth, one of the |company's leading players, posted $50 on the nose of one Shirley B., @s~k -< Tyol won, paying $10.S0. By this time the Broadway bookmakers were going around muttering to them selves, and were being very un- gracious about accepting bets Horse" , s..
 one final coincidence: The play has a. climatic scene in which qualified. Nobody at the theater bet on the real Equipoise-and he actually was disqualified.
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 That stubble- bearded man who goes along Broadway peering enviously at respectable-io looking people Is Humphrey Bogart. He's the gangster in Broadways No melodrama, "The -Petrified For est" and hasn't been permitted to shave in months .. More chorus-girl names that amuse me are Louene Ambrosius, Holly and Dolly Falla, and Anya Taranda Speaking of whiskers-twos of the 25 flop-house buns you'll see in Ben Hecht and Charles MacAr- thurs new picture, Miracle iii 49th Street." will be Messrs. Hecht and MacArthur.
 A forthcoming play, Called
 Panic" and based on the bank crash, has hired an "audience di- rector" The production is so "modern'' or abstract or impress sionistic, or something = that curtain-speake has to tell the customers what it's all about ~. The social-minded Theater Union needed somebody to play the part of 8 capitalist in its new play about coal miners. None of the Group would accept the role, so they finally had to so up to Broad- way and hire an outsider. He's treated pretty cooliy, too.
 Funniest act of the year was when the operatic Misses Lily Pons, Gladys Swarthout and Helen Jepson sang Minnie the Mooch- err at an actors benefit the other evening. Maybe I'll live long enough to hear Rosa Ponselle warbling You're a Builder-UP-' perl. (. Most expensive under wear in town is worn, not by some giamorous collector of mink coats and penthouses, but by Charles Winninger. It's an all-over suit of rubber especially made for him because he has to fall Into pond each night.
 Dog Show
 More about animal actors: In addition to Katharine Cornell's spaniel, Flush, seven dogs now are appearing on Broadway. MT Dooley, in Ely Away Home," is suburban Scottie who has to commute every day and is getting prety tired of 1t. Tootsie is a poodle owned by the wardrobe mistress of the Group Theater, and won her big chance In the current production by escaping from the costume room and xrtsls- ing out on the stage. Three poo. dies, a spitz and dachshund have walk-on roles in "The Great Waltz" The latter, whose name ! Is Tite,. carries the most asstir- afice; he has won q lot of blue ribbons, used to be in the movies, and once belonged to Paul White