Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-25
Walter
Innocent Bystander's
Broadway Notes
BY WALTER wINCHELL

ny WALA Ehs 'VA.'
THE MAGIC LANTERNS:
j. Mr.. Runyon's- st igh I
Shoes" a hilarious look-see at
Manhattan's slightly solled
citizens, is easily the topper OF
the newcomers. It's dialogue
is colorful and sparky. Brod-
erick~ Crawford, whose shoes
pinch. and Binnie Barnes,
whose morals don't, are bril-
liant.
The best of the mellers is
Man Hunt" which, neverthe-
less, packs the biggest disap-
pointment in years: How Wal
ter Pidgeon got a true bead
on Hitler and had an empty
gun. The rest is no disap-
pointment "Out of the
Fog" which deals with the
punk cXtortionists of the
Brooklyn waterfront, is better
in actors than in yarn. John
Garfield, Thomas Mitchell, Ida
Lupino and Eddie Albert make
il strong where il wasn't.
They take outlawry out OF
the cities into the wide open
spaces in BILLY the Kid" with
Robert Taylor pretty good at
being very bad. The flicker
takes its pace from the gall
looping dogies and doesn't
slacken till Donlevy shoots
Taylor down dead, as per
Hays office wishes.
"She Knew All the An
sWers shows you FranchOt
Tone warning Joan Bennett
that hanging around the night
spots will get her nothing but
attention from playboys, which
sounds like treason. coming
from Tone. the weil-known
ringsider.
Broadway Limited" Is one
of the best aids 10 sleep since
the invention of the mattress.
THE WIRELESS: Senators
l. who have called radio I'M
fair. showed the way they
would run things by having
commentators they don I
agree WITH barred from the
air. A typical Hitler maneuver
talk about freedom. but
don't give any one else the
freedom TO talk.
Mary Small has grown up
into a pleasing entertainer,
and the choruses who work On
her show are among the best
at that task.
Two other Summer time
musical pleasantries that are
well worth a twist of the dial
are Juan Arvizu. who sings
INTO a Latin lather. and Ro-
mona, the piano patter lass.
who used 10 hit a boogle-
woogie beat for Whiteman.
THE STORY TELLERS
L ChaS. Lindbergh ST.. a.
profiled by his one-time Law
partner, Walter Eli Quigley
who calls the piece "Likl
Father, Like Son"
Read the senior Lindbergh's
speeches in the book. You
Country at War" and you'll
see how like" they are. The
arguments the father made
against invasion in 1917 (sen-
sible then, maybe) show up IN
the sons soapboXing in 1941
Jack Oakie has a good
phrase for those sentimental
memories of hard times. "AI
that" he says, reads ,bette
man it lived"
MEMOS of a Midnightei
A'A Owen Davis Jr. and Ruth
irakoYska lwho -WaS-juSt-
tested by Metro) are causing
Sardi table-talk Noel
Meadow blasts the Authors
League in the July Writers
Journal. Such langwidge!
Walter B. Pitkin is taking
leave from Columbia 10 joti
down a book on Life Begin
ming at so . The Billy Roses
have taken a house at Deal.
RIGTOWN Smalltalk: The
~ 29th Division is grateful
TO Louis Prima for bringing
his entire band TO Fort Meade.
And for free! A 5th Ave-
nue. church refused TO marry
stripteaser Noel Carter and
Gray Gordon. thus the switch
10 Long Island.
1T was advertised in Win
chell's column" they were
told. and we dislike crowds,
so no wedding, soddy."