The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-19
Walter Wirlchell
In NezV York

lockers are "office boys" Bob
(WarnerS Sender's thumbnail
critique of Rep. Clare Luce: kiss
the Poise Goodbye!"
Beverly Hills Novelette,: He is we'll
known among the Texas millionaires
After a long struggle to &C
cumulate his great wealth he de-
cided to settle down and marry
Where does an aging man with
nearly all the money in the world"
he once said, find a woman who
will marry him - because she cares
about him - and not his dough?"
He finally met lovely gal - con-
sdderably younger If you marry
me-" he proposed, I'll build you the
most beautiful home in California
among all the movie stars-and we
will give wonderful parties there
and meet them all" But that's
not what I want" she said. Il want
someone who loves me. A beautiful
mansion and all the money there
couldn't make me live in it. If you
want to try your luck, I'll marry
you" And so they were married
.. The mansion is now his tomb
A week after it was finished
she ran away with the interior dec
orator.
Hollywood Street Scenery: The
eye-filling view of the Los An
geles lights (even in the dimolt)
from the Mocambo Terrace q.
The Joan Bennett home in Bel-Air
in ruins - after the fire Fort
Roach in Culver City where tai
ented soldiers are contributing hand
somely to the war-effort-unsung
The sign-boards that read:
Save gas. There is an Utter-Mc-
Kinley mortuary in your neighbour
hood" (The Chamber of Com
merce has now banned them) i.
The huge signs on some Wiltshire
Blvd, drive-ins which mar Clam
our Gulch: Horse meat burgers!"
Western Unions main office,
from which more news of actors is
sent than from all the battlefields
There are more neWspapermen
in H'wood than there are covering
the war.
Studio Small Talk: They hear
Myrna 10y will return to pictures
with VIM. Powell in THE Thin Man
Comes Home" And then one film
a year for MGM Enrol Flynn
Ida Lupino and Ann Sheridan are
dickering to finance films in Mex
leo Robert Donat, the star is
in Algeria broadcasting news for
BIC. He was first to air the Sicily
invasion Capt. w. E. Cox of
Beverly Hills will wed General Joe
Stilwelrs daughter, Winifred +.
Muriel Morris has the inside track
as the next Mrs. Red Shelton i.
Gene Krupa, doing time on that
marjuana rap, has hired a press
agent The Victory Through
Airpower' film has reconciled Gen.
Arnold and Major Seversky :.
Atty. 1. R. kaufman in her melting
action Insiders hear that it
may be sizzler D.. Edith Gwynns
sum-up Of a certain celeb: shes
my best false friend"
The Big Time: Warmers flick
err, THE Constant Nymph." The
denouement is so sad it makes you
choke -. Bennett Cerf's tribute
to Gershwin in the Sat. Review of
Literature Phil Ohman's crew
and the Latin Ensemble at the Mo-
cambo The torchant titled
Take 1t from There" Lippin-
incotts Inside the FBI,' by John ].
Floherty, due on the 21st {.
Ray Bourbon's Risgayities at La
Boheme. A la Jean Malin and
very funny Don't miss Under
Cover (due today, the expose MI.
Dies promised to do but didn't.
Brown Derby Tickertape: Add
local fads: Mrs. Daryl zanuck
wears her husbands campaign rib
bons Stop the-press-item: OPA
has abandoned price control over
book-ends, artificial fruit and read
ing racks Jerry Bergen, the
pint sized mimic, Weds Ayline Ellis,
in Collinsville, Illinois, this week.
Chums suspect 1t. Tom Brown
and starlet Lynn Merrick are Sc
cretly sealed Mickey RooneyS
real pulse hopper is Helen Muller,
one of The "cover girls Mickey
is on every studies wolf list :.
Nick the Greek is in the tall money
again via the Las Vegas dice tables
Elinor Troy sold 1000 dollar tickets
here to rattle a $4,000 white fox cape
gift from Tommy Manville. To pay
her debts and fare back East E.
Locals just returned from the Reno
scene wonder if the lady at Car
SON Valley ranch is Anne Lind
beroh's double-or Anne?