The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

Vne PoWerS models backStage at Loew's and kibltging introductions by asking for their autographs |. Lillian Harvey at the Met Opera in Slacks.
 Sallles In Our Alley: During the filming of 0ershwins career, a sen~ timentaliSt songwriter composed an elegy in 0ershwin's memory, He insisted on playing 1t for Q reluctant Oscar Levant What do you think of itg" he asked Oscar , T think" was the retort, it would have been better if you had died and Oershwtn had written itl" When "Janie" moved to the Play house someone asked the producer how the acoustics were "The actors" he said, "can hear every cough" Tn the Cotillion Room Peggy Joyce told Stanley Melba she planned confesging all on the radio "FEmmm," leased Melba, "a play boy to playboy accountp"
 Midtown vlgnette: Tn the new musical delight, oklahoma" the lovely feminine lead is Joan Rob- erts, probably the first Broadway actress whose stage door John" is a holy man He iS Dr. P. M. OReilly, an army chaplain He is her uncle and has guided her throughout her career sitting through every rehearsal and wait- ing for her at every stage entrance since she was @ tot at Irish So- ciety benefits Calls for her at the St, Thomas theater stage door every night.
 MemOs Of . Mldnlghtcr: Pals of the estranged Don Meades are mak- ing some headway in the reconcilia- tion attempt Joe E. Brown, visiting Guadalcanal, was gifted with e Japanase ear by an admirlng Ma rine United Artists my inherit the Lest book on The Life of Billy Mitc.aell." It is by I. Don Levine. La Kilgallen's piece, The Magic Monicker," in Golfers is a lesson in success. Concerns Choo- Cho0 Johnson, Candy Jones and Dusty Anderson, the Conover mod els Coasters hear Frances Lang ford and Jon Hall are apart !. Fred Allen is dickering to do a film for Hitchcock The new excite ment at the Havana-Madrid is Amelia Vargas, a siZgler from Cuba Mrs. Howard Dietz, (he's the Metro exec) Is puenuomnia victim In Boston Betty Walker, newest of the Powers models, has had three offers for shows. She is a gift from swamp East, Missouri The Pennsy has started using women conductors, and at least five Broad way songwriterS are toying with Q song entitled Casey Joan".
 Behind the Scenes: Sunday after noon at 3:30 the Mutual Network carried a program called "The Amusement Industry's Dedication to @ Cause" It was a dramatic event based on a piece written by Joe Schoenfeld, of Variety Many stars were on it. They included Jane Cowl, Alec Templeton, Rich- ard Crooks, Morton Downey :. The only important station which refused to broadcast it was WGN (Chicago). owned by the Chicago Tribune Instead WGN used 90 minutes of Hawaiian music |. The V1rnOPar nf co1arse waS what the show biz is doing to help morale.
 The Big-Ttime: He's a Right Guy" from something for the Boys" The best book about Nor way, Theodore Broch,s "The Moun- tains Wait" Broch was the liberal mayor of Narvik Try. Caesars Safety show via Mutual Sundays at l:l5 Mission to Moscow" a convincer that truth is more exciting than fiction Vince Curran'S sallieS at Club IS Peter Donald's raconteuring on the Gan You Top This?" air show By all means, Next of Kin" a British-made film showing how careless talk kills more soldierst han bullets The film, Desert Vic- tory," actual battle scenes of the British 8th Army chasing Rommel.
 Bigt0wn AIeIOdFama: He is a lead- ing criminal lawyer in love with a new star on the screen After sine clicked in her first Broadway