The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-26
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with CHARLES MANN

with CHAR
As soon as it was revealed that
one Of the many unproduced plays
by William Saroyan, called GET
AWAY OLD MAN was about Louis
b. Mayor, to whom SarOyan had
sold THE HUMAN COMEDY, three
Broadway producers became inter-
ested in 1t. They ask only that the
author do a minor rewriting job, but
Saroyan refuses to put his pen to
it--because he's in the Army, and is
giving his full measure to the SER
vice. .... Despite the fact that the
rewriting would only require about
one hour, Saroyan refuses on the
grounds that 'When a man becomes
a soldier, there's no spare time for
private business"
Jimmy Durante will arrive in Hol-
lyWood next week from New York.
He will report Immediately to Met
ro- GoldWyn-Mayor, where he has
signed contract to appear in the
Arthur Freed production of ziegfeld
F'ollies. There is also the possibility
he may have a role in Tale OF Two
Sisters which will star Katherine
Grayson
Joe Louis, the heavyweight champ,
had to appear at Camp Upton on an
Army matter. He arrived there
promptly and learned that he had
to sign several official papers. Louis
seated himself at the table and af-
fixed his signature to pile of pa
pers placed before him. He signed
approximately 20 of them. >. "These
papers are all alike" the puzzled
champ said. to which the SER
geant replied That's right. They are
all alike" '"Then why do 1 have
to sign 'em all?" asked Joe. ."WelI,
original and duplicate are for the
Army files" said the sergeant, hand
ing out the papers to the soldiers,
'The rest are autographs"
We're informed that Anna May
Wong wears a unique hairdress
whenever she appears on the stage.
It's copy of the hairdress used
by the chinese women in the Tang
Dynasty. :. There is only one male
hairdresser who can dress her hair
in this manner and Miss Wong is
now in dilemma because said male
has joined the U. S. Navy. :. Well,
Miss Wong, when you're in Amer
lea you should do as the Americans
do TSK! - TSK!.
do! TISK--TISK--
One of the incest dreams that
dreamers dream is world without
work. This is the happy thought Cd
dos "Three Ring Time" program,
tonight, at 1890 p. m. over the Col
umbia network.
Dreams Nash:
"People could live all their lives
in nonchalance and insouciance
Were it not for the problem of
making living, which is rather a
nouciance,
Because in the set-up of this
unkind world there is one nasty
quirk,
Which is that if you don't like
to work you have to go to work in
order to earn enough money SO
that you won't have to work."
Dinah Shore, sultry singing star
of Chase g. Sanborns Sunday air.
show, Paul Whiteman Present."
is going places in Hollywood's NOV
les, Samuel Goldwyn, producer of
Dinah's current film, up In Arms"
is so enthusiastic about her in the
picture that he is already talking
with her about another starring
role
A hidden treasu re.prOtected by
the ghosts of the cliffs, develops in
to a mystery for Nick Carter when
1.-THE Haunted Glen" is heard over
WATR tonight at $3.50. The master
sleuth, portrayed by Lon Clark, Is
called upon to solve the mystery
which brings death to all who seek
the treasure.
Contract Oddities: Paul and Grace
Hartman signed their RKO con-
tracts with the stipulation that they
don't have to wear makeup in their
films Ginny Simms' signature on
her radio contract promises she
won't change her tresses without
sponsors permission. Meyer Davis
has a gentleman's agreement with
his 8O-odd bandleaders that they
shall not use the same type of baton
he does q. Johnny MERGERS air COM
mitment states he is not responsible
for picking the songs on his shows,
He could never keep all of his song
writing pals happy Victor Borge
insists on a comfortable bed in his
dressing room. He does his best
sleeping between shows. Jack Car
son gets censorship privileges on his
gags. Figures that any off-color quips
would kill his wholesome all-Ameri-
can-boy character Mary Margaret
Mcbride submits no written material
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