The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-04

Uor0tny MCGuiro or "Claudia" (she is grand in it) got offers from nearly every flicker company, but Fox is Q bit miffed with her Because of the things she de- manded before signing. Dorothy got the right to approve al lscripts, pick her own leading men, six months off year for theater jobs and all the other things good ao- tors and actresses rate. Clap hands for her, huh? A case of per- feet timing is the big piece in the May issue of Screen Guide on the forthcoming marriage between Gary Grant and Barbara Hutton (. Remember when Gary asked us to retract 1t when we were the first to mention itp And remember how we didn't2
 BrOadway's newest romance, and 1t appears to be un-press- -agenty, IS that of Gloria Blake, the lovely chanteuse, and Bob Davis, the prin- ter of best-sellers He had his whole family see her perform the other night at George Whites, and from the looks of things they all went for Gloria hook, line and singer .. General Motors (Frigi- daire division) Sales Division Corp. of Dayton, Ohio, deserves Q big patty-cake for its give-away book let called: "Your America" I'm sending one for the children |. Abel Green of Variety isn't wear ing Hitler mustache, at all. It's a cold rash . .. What other shows do you wanna see? MT. and Mrs. North" Claudia" and Meet the People" are right up your type writer.
 What was that supposed verbal quarrel between Carmmen Amaya's pappy and Orson Welles? Under- stand he spurned @ $500 offer for Amaya to be m Welles' Mexican picture because of his political opinions .. Babette New, who was once described as the best Arr lists Model in America, Is now studying painting. She married a wealthy man and she.ved modelling The Maison Louis has this boast: "Our Scotch and Soda Is Sodalicious -. The advance talk is very sugary for Better Davis in "The Great Lie," but would that be Q scoop? When Better isn't big-time in anything that would be svs, indeed ... The Nazzy propaganda machine reports all has become calm and serene in occupied France. It gets 50 quiet there you can hear the standard of living drop.
 CBS engineers and execs may dis- charge Q newscaster there whose sensayuma Monday midnight caused q bit of an earthquake. He breath- lessly phoned: Clear the airl We just got Q flash. The King of England has been assassinatedl" .. Five minutes later he sent Up note saying: "Iia, ha. April Fool" I think you ought to tell the White House that one of It's night club habitutes talks too much in them about defense plans There arc mushrooms growing on Fifth Avenue between 8lst and Sand Streets .. You'll like J. Dorsey's Decca- a-reccad of "Aimapola".
 Vincent Sheean leaves via bomber on the 18th for London, from where he will send weekly piece to the hitherto appeasment-Iniflded Sat- evepost. His fee will be $2,600 per piece Conk. Sweeney's friends are saying that he expects Q re- versal against Pearson and Allen Che lost every case) in the Ohio courtj --"where his best pal Is MT. Big"
 .... These delightful items are right off the last boat that came from there: Mussolini no longer lives in his great Rome home. He eats and sleeps in the armored car gifted by Hitler. How 10 Sou like that7 The leader of the Invincible Legions now hides in 0 furnished room with Hitler as his Landlady! And his newest blazing roc manse is with Isa Miranda, who flopped in Hollywood.
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