The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-17

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
Faces About Town: Nancy Kelly,
making you wonder why any Irish
man would want to waste kiss on
the Blarncy Stone Dick Merrill
viewing Gypsy Rose Lees act at the
Worlds Fair--the king Of the take
off watches the queen -. Georgia
Carroll, the Powers pippin, in the
rain wrapped In cellophane slicker.
Prettiest package of celolphane yet
.. Julie Hayden, the actress, with
critic George Jean Nathan. shes
Got Plenty O'Nathanl" Brenda
Joyce causing tork at the Stork :. !.
Edmund Taylor, vet Chicago scribe
and CHS correspondent in the war
zones-just back from Bordeaux :. :.
Lyle Talbot nibbling Boston caviar
(baked beans) at Leon g. Eddie's.
Ty Power and Annabella-Mr.
and Mrs. Romance Ina Claire
at the Ross Fenton Farms In low
heels and floppy straw hat-Beebe
would have tainted =. Jeffrey
Lynn, the actor from Warner's-tilt-
ing the profile In 81.
Sallies In Our Alley: Sammy Re-
nick, the jockey, met Prince Mike
Romanoff at the Riviera and said:
"Why, Mikei What are you doing In
New York? thought you were go
ing big in Hollywood" "Oh,"
pouted Mike, "the trouble is that
Hollywood Is filled with too many
other phonies" A British ac-
tor, with five finger marks on his
hip, was complaining to Somerset
Vaughan that he had written plays
for every actor in England except
him You're wrahng," coun-
tered the playwright, "I've written
many pants for you, but Gleddis
Coopeh always plays them"
Midtown vignette: He was on
5th Avenue bus-uptown- bound
A girl got on and sat alongside him
She gazed dreamily at the
buildings and idly twisted wedding
ring on her finger-round and round
Finally, she sighed long and
deep-and began thinking out loud
"I'm lucky" she said, oblivious
to the stranger next to her. I'm
sure lucky. A boy like that, ring
and living in New York" y. The
stranger heard her words and used
them as the base for an original
story ). The dividend on that dime
investment for a bus ride was $500,
which Metro paid him when they
t,o,,obt tha ctnrv You'll coo H.
on the screen under the title: Third
Finger-Left Hand"-with Myra 10y
playing the girl on the bus The
author: Lionel Hauser.
MemOs Of a Midnighter: Attn
CDL: That D. H. is phony. Never
met him. Be careful-watch your
hat and coat Nick Long, Jr., of
Purchase" and Amy Gentry, Of the
Diamond Horseshoe, may be sealed
Is the FBI investigating the
music industry? +. Mendel Silver
berg. the Hollywood attorney. Is
Willkie rooter. His campaign slogan:
"Mendel for Wendell!" Jock
Whitneys Girl Friday, Mary Norris
sey, Is now honeymooning with l..
Case, comptroller of the Whitney
jitneys The poll on the "Ameri-
can Way" film (Do you want to see
itf) Is returning 100 per cent
"yeahs!" The Queen Eliz leaves
for Boston in few tags. Drydock-
ing, two new drive-shafts and two
new four-bladed propellers. Then for
a dash to England to evacuate chill
dren and bring them here
France saved Paris-and surren-
dered the kind of life Paris stood
for! In short: The common peope
fought for France and the aristo-
Gratis quit for profit :. Constance
Geneva, Des Moines beauty, whose
dad is an exc Of the Register Tri-
bune there, and Denis Murray,
TWAS ringer for Tyrone Power, are
rehearsing that famous two-word
line visitors in Bermuda last
week were listening to German news
when the announcer stated that the
Illustrious, British airplane carrier,
had just been sunk. They looked out
the window just to make sure
The Illustrious was calmly at anchor
in Hamilton Harbor, a few hundred
yards away.
New Yorchids: Romo Vincent's m.
C. magic and song wordage. At the
Hurricane Random Houses:
Haywood Broun, AS He Seemed to
U.s." symposium of tender pieces
by newspaper pals /. Yola Calls
ditties at the Wainbow Woom-a
a newcomer Jeritza The Ray
mond Paige-Frankie Hyers-Albert
Spalding Battle of Music" on CHS
:. Cugat's class on the Waldorf
Roof "Stars On the Sea" by F.
van Wyck Mason (the founding of
the Navy Bea Wain,s Victor
disc OF "Im Nobody's Baby"
Zanuck's Brigham Young" flicker.
:. Madriguera's melodies at the
Lido Beach Club.
New York Novelette,: He loved