The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-02
K u Listening?
with CHARLES MANN,

James Monks, the handsome Wade
Douglas of MICS popular drama
tizatiOn "A Woman of America
has been signed for the important
role of Cassie in "Athello' in the
fall with Paul Robson in the lead
ing role.
This is Jimmie's second appear
ance in a Theater Guild production.
Two seasons ago he played a WEIGH
policeman in yesterdays Magic"
which starred Paul MUM. Lost sea-
son, Monks was the southern dough-
boy in "The Eve of st. Mark
playing that part as we'll as his role
in "A Woman of America"
:. little warning to you, Mr.. Monks
1 saw you in the play. THE EVE
OF ST. MARK, and liked you in
your role very much. You were
convincing as the Southern intel
lectual pOet-soldier. However, now
and again. during that particular
performance, you allowed your care
free and dandy-like manner to carry
you away-to the extent that your
Interpretation appeared little af-
fectatious. Please remember that il
is easier to let oneself become car
ried away by the poetry of Shake
speare-which may effect a femin-
inc interpreatiOn-be careful. You're
good-darn good. Greatness is just
around the corner for you! Good
luck to you! Cassie should take
you a long way! Even though a
small role.
An actor, visiting Lionel Barry
more at his Mayor Of the Town
broadcast, reminisced with the vet
eran, and admiringly declared thai
Barrymore is just as effective as
character actor as he ever was as
virile leading man.
Character actor" replied Barry
more, why, sir, since the draft has
taken so many pomising juveniles
my sponsors like to think of me as
a mature Mickey Rooney
Ogden Nash, who spends cOnsid
cradle time travelling between Bal
timore and New York will air hi!
idea of the pest he detests' aboart
trains when he appears on Gu.
Lombardo's "Three-R Ring Time
program tonight at 1880 o'clocl
over the Columbia network.
The pest Is generally a charA'
ter like this, according to Nashr
The pest is generally character
like this, according to Nash:
q. The train fills up; you muttel
hoOmph-
If you must have a seat-mate, yout
like one with oOmph.
Who's that just steppincg into the
car?
Is it Claudette Colbert, or He'd,
You move over quickly, with pulse
unsteady;
You're set for Claudette, you're
ready for Hedy;
She starts to inquire, you dom
mind, do you?"
And some duck billed platypus beats
her TO you.
Instead of Colbert, instead Of La
MARI,
You get the guy with the deat
cigar
talking Joan Davis had bet
ter look to her triple-tongue CAB
bling laurels, for one of the "guets'
on the Joan Davis-Jack Haley
show on August S will be-a par
rot! Who knows . If he or she)
can out-talk Joan, the bird may
give her ditto.
Hedy Lamar and her husband
John Loder, have chosen thu
screen Guild Players" for the
scene of their co-starring debut
when both will appear In the "a
do adaptation of "COme Live Will
Me-" tonight at 10 p. m. over Sta
ton CHS. Loder and Miss Lamar
have interrupted their honeymoon
in order To appear for the GUILD
In the vehicle which starred Mss
Lamar In the MGM production
Come Live With Me-, Is the story
Of the refugee who marries a pen
niless author in order to escape de-
portation by federal authorities.
Victor Borge's silly about the mu-
sician who Topped as an Army bug
Ter. The Colonel ordered him to
play Taps but he made a Mess out
of 1t.