The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-03

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Burke, who was nice to time and
time returned the compliment /. :.
Oscar Levant and Monty Woolley
who turned insults into income :.
Tallulah Bankhead-the living def
milton Of zing and energy :. !.
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne,
who are married TO each other and
to the theater 4. =. Puul Mum, who
draws Rembrandts with grease paint
Marian Murray, exsdarling OF
the Broadway ensernbes--in our
feverish midst for the first holiday
in five years from the HollywoodA
-. ]. Fields Bon Of Lew Fields,
one Of the theater greats, whose
hilarious hit, "Doughgirls" at the
Lyceum is playing to Standing
(whose midnight hair is only an
inch OF her beauty, having to wear
a reddish wig In Something for the
Boys" Myrna 10y and her groom
in Reuben's consolidng the husband
Of Tamara, who persisted In the
crash near Lisbon.
Sallies In Our Alley: At an after.
theater party Charlie Chaplin Stayed
the guests with limitations Of peos
pie they knew. Finally he broke
out with some italian opera and
sang 1t very well why, Char
lie,T they chorused, I'VE didn't know
you could sing" i "Oh, can't
sing at ALL" said Chaplin, II was
merely initiating Caruso" Ar
thur Brown was In o cab waiting
for the lights, when o panhandler
said, "You gotta buck?" "Nol"
growled Arthur How d'ya like
that9" shouted the fellow to the
driver. Here's q bum riding in q
cab who amt even gotta buckl" :. i.
Lew Lehr asked Peter LORE how
he liked radio speaking over,
yes" said LORE, listening to, no."
Big Town Vlgnette: Several years
ago Ed Gardner was producing o
radio show for MGM One night
Norma Shearer was the star, and
the nightmare Of all radio produce
erS camel rue Norma ran over
time BY several minutes and was
cut off the air In the middle Of a
sentence The next day Gardner
was looking for Job :. He
bounced around Che can still show
you the bumps having small sue.
cess for years, until Duffy's Tavern
clicked Recently H'wood Of
fered q pretty purse for 1t T.. +.
And who do you think may buy itP
MGM, OF course INCEST
revenge anybody could ask for.
Yntermlssion In the Lobby: Critic
Brooks Atkinson goes to war to get
away from the theater, and his first
stop Is Chungking, and his first re-
port to the Times Is about a Chin
ese play Many drama critics
quit their Jobs to fight In the war,
confusing the actors, who thought
critics were at war with them
A New York detective has submitted
o book called Mission Within" to
Simon and Schuster. Remember
ziegfeld girl Anastasia Reilly? She's
author Of q column called "Grosse
Exaggerations" for q Crosse Point,
Mich, paper Iona Massey may
wed rgain soon. Won't tell her Naval
Lieut. enant's name. A Southerner.
.. The reports about Ben Bernie's
condition are depressing. Under the
oxygUn tent. C'mon, and git up
Outta there and fight-you old sissy,
you'll Jimmy Hines may be
paroled in June. II he is-he must
shelve politics For the record:
James L. Everett Is Alma Constants
constant Jane Froman's injuries
won't mean leg amputation, as
feared.
The Show Shoppers: "Old Man
River" by r. A. Hereford, which
out-of-town book critics praised
highly Jean Tennyson's canary
ing via Obs" "Great Moments IN
Music" Saroyan's hit, THE HUI
man Comedy" at the Aston
Carol Bruce at the Roxy joey
Adams and Tony Canzoneri at Leon
and Eddie,s Ann Miller's foot
work in "Reveille with Beverly"
The Havana Madrid's Pillar and Lu-
clio, dance duo Sophie Tucker
at the Copacabana Matthew
Heads new mystery, "The Smell OF
Money" (Simon g. Schuster.
New York Melodrama: In the
underworldese squealer Is Can
ary" During the Murder, Inc,
trials In Brooklyn, the late Abe
Relies (the ringleader) was hidden
in q Coney Island hotel by the pros
ecutor and Abe was singing" plenty
The D. A. was getting convic-
tions because Of Relies vocalizing +.
Bored with his incarceration, the
mob chief tried to escape He
fell six stories to his death with a
sheet-rope ripped in half :. The
district attorney was asked to COM
ment "It appears" he said,
that n canary may know how I'd
sing. but this one didn't know how
to tly."
Cartoons About Town: American
bluetackets teaching French tars the
Yankee Doodle game OF spotted
cubes near the 42nd Street subway
entrance Sign In an uptown
butcher shop: I'VE give you the best
Bird in the Bronx" Dimmed-out
Penn Station In the wee hours
looking more like the stage setting
for a mystery play The excited
citizen who phoned the FBI about
an office across from his--featurlng
a MAJ flag on the wall. Agents dis
covered IL In q Life and Time edl'
tors office - a trophy sent by O