The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-06-07
ny PAUL HARRISON

BY PAUL HARRISON
4 London, June 7.--Broadway be-
gins m the Bronx, swings through
Manhattan island to the Battery.
dives into the Atlantic ocean and
psps ur again in the gay heart Of
London.
This town has no single coun-
terpai.t of Broadway, but = theater
district instead that corresponds 20
New York's own riaite. And Pic
cadiliy Circus Is London's Times
Square. A 60 odmany of the fash
/. & advertising signs look familiar.
Names and titles known to every
American movie and theater fan
are in lights ON the marques.
And London has q Brown Derby,
Cocoanut Grove, q Trocadero and 2
Hollywood Restaurant.
In fact, It all seemed 30 natural
that yonr correspondent glanced
briefly to his left before starting
to cross Shaftesbury Avenue.
There were shrieking brakes and
r..outs as buses and ,taxis bore
dom on me from the right. re-
treated, too shaken even to retort
to unkind remarks about stupid
Ammedicans. It would have been
easy enough to remind them that
their own Winston Churchill
glanced only to his right when
starting to cross Fifth Avenue,
and was Knocked for a three-bag-
ger by one of our cruising cabs.
YANKEE DOODLE
There are Americans aplenty
helping to boom the London sea-
son. Walking with Milton BrOn-
ner, I encountered an old newspa-
per friend on Fleet street, At Q
the ter, the Bronners and ! found
ourselves next to some New York
acquaintances. At cocktail parties
/ unexpectedly ind Dick Reagan.
Mary Kelley. Lucille Thomas,
Thornton Deiahanty, Miles Vaughn,
John Thompson and Laird Colds.
borough, editor OF Time"
Laddie Sanford Is here. one OF
only two socialites I've recognized
30 far. Popped into Grosvenor
House with some veddy. veddy
Briddish pals. The other blue..
blood was Mrs. Manville Gould.
who's cutting quite q swathe In
upper circles. throws Pig par.les
at the Ritz. ana incldentaly mas
mowers sent over eacn Jay iroHi
Brussels.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Another at Grosvenor was KAY
Fr1nc,s. ali in a black something
topped by yards of ermine. Moro
than ever does London seem to be
idolizinf Hollywood people--to the
delight, you may imagine, OF the
Hollyw oodsmen themselves. Myrna
Low declined to 70 to any of the
cav spots after her arrival the
other evening. Iestead, she motor.
ed on M the SUSSEX to stay with
the guy Bottoms (he's a play.
wrirhtl. Flocks OF adolescent auto.
graph hounds have been cycling all
the way nm there. in the rain, TO
get her signature.
TR ANSTENTS
Jeanne Auper VINO psaonEs
more 70 6roaqWay tnah 70 a.s
cropped INTO tne rloriuA VIII
Cnariss Cocnran. nsiaHus
misntiest snowman. " .ne wss
TN ms career as sio-s.wssk
act0r "a me united Stssss x 1lH
wen ple.cner aAe 1s'en Snanct'
the newlyweGs, are somewnvtc
ABOUT =. W. Dousia
pine ueslgner. Gineu a. 'nS ~"
cnes.sr ~ .a Es 80 $500
snsre cn uo ~ a ~ $500
sor M onnsv are abos,t 10 cnen
at the Barclay. Mary Ellis Is
starring in local musical extrava-
g. "a. Wynn Gibson. Owen Davis,
Jr.. Claire Luce. frances Day, Bar.
bara Newberry, Guthrie McClintic,
Auriol Lee, Hassard Short. Jean
Dalrymple and ever SO many other
theatrical people are around. Inv
Guiding some OF the New York
drama critics, with others on the
way.
There's no use trying to meme