Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-07
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BY Louis SObOI
Dozen Memory Lane!

THIS is HOW it was ten
II years ago Barney
Gallant, veteran Village Mite
club operator, said he would
definitely quit the business and
return 10 newspaper work Cbut
he didn'tD Mervyn Leroy
and Doris Warner said they
would marry right after Christ
mas The new Cotton Club
show had a number which the
enthusiasts insisted would rival
stormy Weather" 1t was
Twas on a Steamer Coming
Over - and died an early
death Chick Endor and
Charlie Farrell had just re-
turned from a successful en-
gsgement in England - and
were TO remain back in the
u. s. until Endor's death a few
years later
WE REPORTED wandering
into Ga'lagher's and saw Rudy
Vallee and Alice Faye in an in
innate huddle Thunder on
the Left" opened at the Max
inc Elliott but the dramatiza-
ton of Morley's book found
little favor with the critics. =.
Later that week, l inspected a
brand new offering. 1T Pays to
Sin" and found it the worst
piece OF tripe in a decade -.
Ethel Barrymore's daughter,
Ethel Colt. opened in some
thing called Under Glass" and
most OF us regretted that she
didn't quite measure up to her
distinguished nom as a per-
former . Two Norwegian boys,
Paal and Lief Rocky, were ex-
citing cafe society with their
routines. ..
PRINCE" Mike Romanoff
was master OF ceremonies at a
saloon known as Fl Garron.
but appeared somewhat dis
traught because his support
was a dozen young chorus girls
with very little clothes on.
Mike discoursed eloquently on
Moliere, Napoleon and Baude-
laire TO the ouzzlement Of the
ringSiders 1t was a short and
unhappy engagement. Texas
Guinan passed away .F1orello
LaGuardia was elected mayor
II reported that the widow
OF Author Frank Harris was
starving In Aice Quivery-
Tipped Helen Morgan was at
the gay Simplon and q cigar
had been named after George
JeSsel. Among those at Texas
Guinan's funeral we observed
Paul Whiteman. Earl Carroll.
Station Master Bill Egan.
Haywood Broun. Walter VIM
chell and Mark Hellinger. =.
At the Ha-Ha Club, Mr.. Rudy
Vallee tstill with Miss Alice
Faye Informed me he was
planning to leave New York TO
do a picture in Hollywood
The kept his word and Miss
Faye went. too. for a small
part in that picture. from
Which she emerged as the talk
OF Hollywood and went on to
stardom) 80.
NONE OF the towns COL
umnists was on speaking terms
with each other and we printed
a gag which caught Broad
ways fancy. Two paragraph
ers halted each other in front
OF Lindy's and after Kissing
each other, one snapped: The
trouble with you Is you can't
do a thing that's original. You
ape everything. Just remem-
Der, If you build a better mouse
trap, the world will beat a
path to your door,. Said the
second: Il know you will, you
rat. :. Reading it over now,
/ wonder why it seemed so
funny at the time-so stupid
now. Peter Arno and Biddle
Steele had it out with fists. :.
1t was our opinion that VIII
liam G. Bullitt was the most
likely choice for Ambassador
TO Russia in the event OF recog-
nition--with only one barrier
looming. We thought-his Nor
gan connections. i. The follow
ing day. Bullitt got the Job. :.
CONTRARY TO REPORT.
our dept insisted Clare Boothe
BrokaX- WAS not-ept OF the
Condo Mast publications, but
merely on a 3-moS. recupera-
tive vacation on an island off
Georgia. Felix Ferry was in