The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-12
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS


 London, April 12-A New Yorker's- eye view of London: The Buy Brit ish" movement has had only 8 luke warm reception in the English amusement world. Right now, for instance, London's movie favorites are Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, Paul Muni, Burgess Meredith and Francine Larrimore.
 At the Palladium and Victoria Palace, they still remember the record breaking performances by Sophie Tucker and feature Ameri- can variety stars over native talent. Cookie Bowers, the Three Little Words, Patricia Bowman, Ilomay Bailey and Sims and Fred Sanborn are leading the two-a-day shows.
 In the cabaret whirligig, there are nine Americans to every ten Eng lishmen or Englishwomen. They tell me, moreover, that if British iln- presarios could get by, the. strict labor laws, American chorus girls would take the place of every Eng fish chlorine in London.
 The motion picture studios have steadily confessed that they. rely al- most entirely upon Hollywood for actors and actresses and Dave Burns, 8 young Broadway player who has had 8 long run in London, was saying the other evening that he gets twice as many studio offers as he can accept from motion pie ture companies in this city by the Thames.
 London has its own funny men Stanley Lupino, Leslie Henson. Bob- boy Howes-but the greatest come dian is considered hereabouts to be w. 0. Fields, while Charlie Chaplin runs 8 close second.
 The DeMarcos, two of Manhat- tan's highest paid ballroom dancers are coming over for the Coronation trade at twice the figure they've been getting in America. And Lon- don wants to see that roller-skating comedian, Paul Gerritts, who had his start in Earl Carrolrs Murder in the Vanities." So London is pay ing him accordingly.
 
 In ''The Village"
 Soho still is the tourist mecca Kettner's, Rivoli's and Florence's Restaurants attract most of them in London,s Greenwich Village and any new cinema in this Anglo-Saxon Bohemian quarter can draw g quenue that will stretch hallway around the block. But a queue in London tires more easily than 8 waiting line at the New York Para mount. When the legs of standees give out, they can hire chair for three pence and be serenaded by a rowing baritone. They pay for this exterior entertainment, too.
 On Times Square, Sardts is the moontime mecca for stage notables In London, celebrated theater folk pass through the Ivy in the Strand Abel, genial maitre d'hotel, lets in some prominent people. Noel Cor ward, he tells you, is one of his oldest friends and grew, up with the place. At least Abel knew the rich est playwright in the world when he was down and out. Speciality of the house: Beef and kidney pie Gas 1t is almost everywhere elSe). The other day at lllnch- time, Abel pointed out Lillian Braithwaite, Sidney Carroll Isabel Jeans, Lord Douglas, Jeanne de Casalis, Val Gielgud (brother to the John Gielgud of Hamlet" fauael Basil Dean, Nicholas Hannen and Violet Lorraine. 4g4 q
 And what the Forty Fifth Street Ralph's Is to aspiring, young actors in New York, the Cafe AnglaiS is tc the youthful stagefolk of Piccadilly Their club is upstairs and closed tc anybody else. They introduce the place to strangers as the Stage Golflng Club. For tourists, the most popular restaurants in town are the Cheshire Cheese that Ben JonSon and Dick ems wrote about :. and Simpsons worlds shrine for Roast Beef. The most colorful free shows are to be found during the morning at the Changing of the Guard ir Priory Court, at the Buckingham Palace gates when the Lord Mayor of London's gold and purple coacf is being let in, at Temple Court where periwigged lawyers and judg' es remind the visitors of scenes fl Gilbert & Sullivan. & Ss --------------..----------
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