The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-05
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A
 CUB REPORTER


 girls inside are getting dressed" <. w. B. Courtney in Golfers: By the simple act of walking from indoors to outdoors Gin Berlin) tonight. you step back four centuries" . John Anderson in the Journal-American reviewing a talk-:alk character in Mornings at SevenD: She's a halmy bessie who seems to have been dropped on a piece of dialogue in her infancy" Jack Moffitt in The Hollywood Reporter: Para mount scripts are usually as spot less as Flora Finch's date book" . From the same gazette's re- view of The Night of Nights" film: "The writer, in an obvious attempt to give 1t new twist, bent 1t en- tirely outo shape" From Time: Broadway is a gold mine for George s. Kaufman, but he never rests on his ores."
 The advance word on Buddy De- Sylvas musical show, "DuBarry Was a Lady," is Sugary It opens tomorrow night with Ethel Norman and Bert Lahr in the top rcleS !, The other night in Philly, when the cast walked into their dressing rooms they discovered all their chairs gone Whats happened to our chairs they de- manded We're gettin' $330 for 'em out front!" was the explanation Last night Broadwayite re- marked: T saw the DuBary show in Philly-and there's only one thing wrong with 1t" And what's that?" we asked T haven't got piece of it!" was the retort.
 Vic Oliver who married Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah, after transatlantic chase, is the star of Black Velvet, hit in London :. Vic is now making more money than Winston Tommy Farr, who Is in the Royal Air Force, has been given special leave to engage in fights and wants to meet Louis again! The and 10 pickets who met Barbara Hutton when she returned recently explain: Our picket line was more in the nature of friendly reception; we look to her as the only person directly af- liliated with the company, who may exert her influence in behalf of our workers" Miss Hutton, as Ne indicated last week. owns about 400 shares of that stock-and wishes she didn't The real reason, they say, why one of the biggest names in tennis remains abroad IS an in- come tax jam over here Biggest news for dog-lovers is the Bide- A-Wee Home Assn. Ines discovery: Ross printing A positive means. like fmuer-printing, for Identification! -Four years ago, when Gene Fowl CT was broke, he was hired to write White Fang" at goth Century-Fox Gene has always been senti- mental about that flicker, contend- ing that 1t saved his life But the picture was a terrific flop. and he's been ribbed plenty about 1t {. Last week Daryl zanuck sent Fowler a script to read and. as a rib, slipped a script of White Fang" into the huge envelope with 1t Now Fowler Is more sentimental than ever about White Fang" and he's reverently proclaiming that 1t saved his life twice Because the night he was in that auto crack up with Leo McCarey. he was hold ing the White Fang" script zanuck sent him As the accident hap pened. Gene held 1t in front of him awarding off the flying shattered glass.
 There are mutters that Fritz Kuhn's conviction was Dewey showcase, White House buildup etc. !, It'll help . But why shouldn't 1t? Kuhn was up for thieving, and the prosecutor won It weakened the Bund, but that doesn't make 1t political , The crime wasn't Nazissm, and neither was the conviction Fritz had the coin to engage the best counsel who got him a fair shake
 The liveliest anti-Bund feeling in the court was carried in by Kuhns lawyer who said he loathed every thing Fritzs mob stood for .. We're no soap-boxer for Dewey. but we applaud him for slowing Kuhn with the rest of the crooks We like anybody who makes 1t tough for the government-hating forces like the Bund If Dewey came right out and said he'd devote the four years in office eff electedD to wiping the floor with more Kuhns, we'd say he had a swell platform.
 Dear Winchcll." writes Howard Lindsay, the male star and co-par- ent of the hit, Life With Father" something you may not have known till now; why show is called a turkey. Years ago, actors who were out of work around the holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas) would hastily get up in some old play, pick q theater in a nearby town, usually one that could be reached by trolley and play for one night, using horse scenery and props It would of course be a terrible show. but even if the gross was only $75 or $i00, the division of the spells would give them enough for turkey money Catch on?"
 L. IT. Robbins notes the 200th An niversary of Joe Miller's Joke Book. in o Times mag essay .. He quotes radio writers in defense of their rad on Joe's ancient stinkers That's all the dial muggs savvy, the filters claim But that talk is gold bricking" .. Untalented joke smiths, both in the movies and ra- dio. always blame the public-in- sisting Ntrash is the public's choice But the topliners. Allen, o. Keefe, Benny and Hope-dont need 1t They've murdered the tough est stage audiences with stuff siiri- lar to that they use on the air , They don't find wit and originality