The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
Walter WinchelI
On Broadu'ay i.

stFaoe Mara Regisersds Copyrtght.
ADVICE
may be wrong, but yet at times
I feel
That we will patch this twisted
quarrel of ours;
That some night I will have the
heart to steal
To your gay lair with fresh and
fragrant flowers
II that night comes I only hope
that you
Have lost the vision Of a way
ward lad
That happiness and faith will
spring anew
AS you recall the golden days
we had.
For, after all, what use Is it for
To stamp defiance at your GER
tain charms?
When all the magic play Of men,
DRY
Brings back your warmth with
In my eager arms,
Please, then, when you hear foot
steps on your stair
Smile at the past and run to meet
me there!
The Bard of Broadway
Carole Lombard, one of the stars
the AZ stars will always be proud
Of, died in active service selling
defense bonds. Actors and actress
es, directors, producers, camera
men, electricians and members
from all the allied theatrical pro-
LESSONS, have enlisted in some
branch of the service. Giving their
energy, time and money to playing
benefits, buying tickets for them
and entertaining Soldiers, Sailors
marines and the Coast Guard, etc.
And 1t was only a few months
ago when some Senators tried tC
stain the movie industry by alleg-
ing 1t was un-Amercan!
One thing we are sure Of. There
must have been wreath sent by
The Army to Carole-inscribed with
The highest compliment the Army
can give a woman. To wit: "She
was a Gentleman"
VIM. Boehnel reports that some
of the glamor stars are springing
surprises by learning how to act
1t might be harmful. AS Oscar
Wilde said of George Moore: He
wrote brilliant English until he
discovered grammar"
Critic John Anderson, citing Eve
Ign Wyckoff's triumph in the flop
1.-THE Lady Comes Across" made
this way with his typewriter: "Sht
carried off her part of the show
superbly, and then noticed, prob
ably with some chagrin, that the
tearnsters were carrying off the
rest of it,"
There's a Hollywood couple who
want to get a divorce, but they
can't agree on who gets custody Of
the spare tire.
So many Broadway shows ant
night clubs have folded CID II
the last two weeks that Tony De-
Marco says Broadway now ha!
more Lighthouses than the BoWery.
Herbert Hoover, reports TIM
mag, authored the most untimely
book of all time last week-Whicf
is as dated as a hoop-skirt.
Hoover, it appears, still seems
to be as green as the grass hi
said would grow in the streets !.
FDR were elected.
AT Cafe Bagatelle some Broad.
way vets remembered this advice
by George M. Cohan to a perform
err who was considering a wild pub
icity stunt years ago.
Don't do it," counselled Conan
''you've gotta draw the line some
place if you're going to keep draw
ing a line at the. box-office."
The spOrtswriters are gettins
much amusement from The New
Workers. boner in declaring in it
last profile that Dan Arnstein
who is so and weighs 1875 pounds
can do 100 yards in ten seconds.
An honest ten seconds Is fas
enough to win almost any biz
track meet, experts argue.
Bandleader Herb Sherry tell
the story about the hard-up play
boy who pleaded with a tycoon
for his dotter's hand in marriage.
II may be poor" the playbo.
begged, "but I'm honest, sober ant
come from a very fine family.
know can make your daughte
happy"
every we'll" answered the ty
coon. "You seem like nice lad
But tell me, which of my daughter
do you Want?"
"Oh," was the airy reply, "Il
leave that entirely up to YOU
Dorothy Lam0ur was barred from
an airplane plant, the bosses fig
uring the toilers would waste 100
hours giving the film lass thos
looks.
A peek at Dotty is sabototty.
The dancing teachers society ha
put out a timely bulletin that tn
"samba is not the rhumba and tn
rhumba not the Samba."
If the bomba start to comeb
who's going to give damba abou
the hambas who samba?
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