The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-10
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 Before the week-end's great news, it was quite game to figure out the experts interpretations of the election. The returns affected some of them like reefers. They were writ ing pipe-dreamS in double talk. The vote, they expected, meant the pulp lie was disappointed that no second front had been established, and also that the voters feared Communist influence over the New Deal. Nobody wanted the second front more than the Commies but if their influ- ence over the Administration couldn't get it, what was there to fear from them? You think that's an exaggeration. Come on in and see the clippings. It's prob ably the first election on record which had some of the experts read- ing tea leaves instead of figures.
 Hollywood is panicked by thc wage ceiling, limiting the yearly pay check | to 25 Gs net. The biggies csn col lect $67,0e0, which is the legal 25 plus tax, but everything over stays fin the boss hip pocket =. It calls for adroit handling. If an actor keeps on working, he is toiling for free. If he lays off he runs the risk of being. forgotten by the fans Biggest fear of all is it may wreck the star system. If the stu dios get into the habit of paying actors that keep them within the legal limit, they might get to like it and keep it up after the limit is off .. Agents are scared stiff. They get 10 per cent of clients earn ings. AS one of them put it, Ten percent of zero is zero," but there are those who think that's fair wage for agents.
 The OWI can't be seeing many B" movies, judging from it's advice to pulp fictionists to make their williams Japs .. Every week the cinema offers Nipponese Nazi for Slugging purposes. That makes him l O pu0lIOfCI AlCdFy 1L . 41O SQ4 - prise to anybody (and no drama at alb when Basil Beautiful clips the Japs in the teeth and tells him that squares Bataan. It leaves you want ing a lot The place to make the Japs the heavies is in the news reels, especially if it also shows the heroes getting even. We don't want to just pretend we're hurting them It's much better if it's the Mccoy Oh, ever and ever SO much.
 A Frenchman, who lived in Eng land for years, turned on it with written attacks after France was licked When Winston Churchill heard about it, he said we thought we had a friend-we only had g client"
 One of those who will miss George M. Conan most is George JeSsel .. They were devoted pals, and before his illness Conan and Jessel coulc usually be found in the Oak Room at the Plaza in the late afternoon reminiscing When Norma Tal. madge got secret divorce in Mexico Jessel didn't know about it until two newspapermen Con assignment, found him with Cohan there
 Have you anything to say" the. asked, about your wife's divorce il Mexico?" After the shock melted Jessel looked up and said: Gentle men, I can't say anything"
 To which Cohan-who never sui fered from stage fright-interrupted Boys, I'll answer for him. Holly wood couldn't have hurt sweetel guy"
 Then there was the time at the Lambs Club when ham groaned to Conan: "There's a fellow around here knocking me. He says he'd give S100 if I was thrown out of this club. What do you think I should do?" Hold out for a thousand,' replied Conan.
 He was one of the best loved men in show business . He mellowed lot in his last years, but some of the saltiness of his scrappy youth crept out now and then |. Once he was being bored by self-im- portant film star. She told him of a dream, how she got to Heaven and strolled through the Pearly Gates And" she lamented, T didn't get hand" .. Drawled Co., han: There are no claques up there. That's what makes it Heaven" ."
 Susan Miller gave us all a good laugh last night A group was discussing Rommels route, and Su- san said it reminded her of the Negro rookie who asked to be trans ferred from the cavalry ... When that bugle plays Retreat" he ex- plained, T don't want to be held back by any horse!"