The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-22
Man bout

By George tucker

about the break between Jack
Leonard and Tommy Dorsey. Dor
sey had Just the right touch to
make Leonard click. And Leonard
had a low, catchy way Of singing
ballads that was strictly his own.
They tell me Dorsey used to
take him to one side and make
him sing into a trombone for hours.
In that way his style was per.
fected.
Dorsey worked with him for
months like that. Tommy would
play and Leonard would sing into
the trombone. If you eve noticed,
he sang Just the way Dorsey play
ed. They were a great combina-
ton, and both, I fear, will lose by
the break.
What the trouble was is a mat
ter that concerns only them, but
to those who liked Leonard's visit
full, confiding songs against the
Dorsey background well, it's too
bad.
Oscar Levant's book, "a Smat.
tering of Ignorance" isn't as fun
ny as Oscar Levant in person. .
They say he drinks SO cups of
coffee a day. If that is true, Oscar
is an extremist. Twenty-foul cups
are enough for any man. A
post card from Kay Kyser says
Everybody SO good" in Florida.
Line describing a heart-broken
girl in a radio drama: Her face Is
like a white sheet with holes burnt
in it for eyes," . Have you heard
John Chapman's story about the
four Firms who were playing bridge
by candlelight in a trench UP above
the Arctic circle? They heard a
noise, and one of them looked out.
Its another regiment Of Rus.
SLAMS" he said. One of the other
men got up and said, "Ill go, I'm
dummy"
In a recent interview Doris bud.
ley said this about John Barry.
more: HE often says women
marry him but he never marries
them"
John has been wed four times,
and has had many reconciliations.
This makes me think Of another
frequently-wed actor Of the films
who, undaunted, started in search
of his seventh bride. But the young
woman demurred.
"'You've been married so often"
she said. IT hear so many strange
stories about you"
my DEAR" interrupted the ac'
tor, you mustn't believe those old
wives tales"
There are three men who have
done more to popularize Hawaiian
music in New York than any 9TH
ers-Andy Iona, Ray Kinney, and
LAM Mcintyre. Andy is part Chi
nese, Ray is part Irish, and LAM
is half Scotch.
Recently Mcintyre succeeded Kin
ney at the Hotel Lexington. AS
an innovation, he sings hula songs
in French. LAM says he would
rathe Rive in Tahiti than any
place in the world.
Odd, isn't it, how places affect
different people. LAM wants to live
in Tahiti, and yet Fredric March
once tod ne he liked Tahiti less
than any place he had ever been.
Jimmy Fiddler makes an aston
ishing remark. He says that action
portrayed by films is stronger than
action described by words. In 9TH
er words, the camera is mightier
than the pen. My first inclination
was to argue with him. But then
why try to argue with a guy who
is nuts about the movies?
In September, 1888, Estelle and
Leroy, who are my favorite dane
ers, were chased back from Eu'
rope by the Munich crisis. Then,
last September, the war caught
them in Italy and knocked their
$35, 900 contracts into the Mediter-
ranean. This year they are saying
to hell with it and have bought a
new home out on Long Island. Aft
err this they'll stick to the U. S.
and South America.