The Omaha guide., 1943-07-17

Hollywood, Calf. (CNS) BUILD
A CRUISER RALLY--....If you
! were one of the fortunate people
who crowded into Hollywood Bowl
last Wednesday evening when film
and radio stars launched the bond
drive to build the $40, 600 900 cruis-
! err Los Angeles, you heard Hazel
Scott play the Chopin Minute
Waltz. You also heard Bing ChoS-
by in his inimitable and effortless
style sing "Old Glory" from the
Paramount picture Star S~pangied
Rhythm. Dinah Shore, Betty
Hutton, George Burns and Oracle
Allen, Kathryn Grayson, Edward
G. Robinson and Cecil B. DeMille
contributed in a large way to the
evenings entertainment. Guest of
honor was secretary of the Navy
Knox. Incidentally, the number
Miss Scott played at the bond rally
is the same number she is using
for her night club scene in Broad
way Rhythm" which stars Ginny
Sims.
WEDDING BELLS: Last week
Eta Mcdaniel, featured player,
married Joe Spaulding, local con-
tractor. Although the two princip-
ais have been engaged for some
time, very few people knew of their
intentions to wed. Eta is the sis
ter of Academy Award Winner,
Hattie McDaniels and Sam McDan-
iels. The couple will live on the
west side of Los Angeles.
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BOJANGLES TOSSES A BOU-
| QUIET: When Harold Nicholas es-
! corted his wife Dorothy and her
| sister Vivian cambridge to see
Born Happy" the old maestro,
| Bill Robinson, made Harold stand
| up and take a bow. Introducing
| him to the Capacity house, Bill
: smiled and said IT'S like to intro
/ duce to you a young boy whom /
| taught a few dance steps. lie
| could teach me a few now. Stand
UP Hraold and take a bow" Har-
old is back after his first trip solo.
Fayard is at Camp Van Dorm, Miss
issippi.
TED LIE BERTHON: In every
section of the country there is at
least white writer who Consist
enty writes about the finer things
we are trying to do. In the east
it is Pearl Buck, Pulitzer prize
winner, in the west it is Ted Lee
Berthon Of the DallyNews. --latest
subject for LeBerthon's column is ,
Herbert Flemminh, soloist and
trombonist with the Noble Sissie
Orchestra. Others who have furn-
ished copy for Mr. LeBerthon are |
Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Count
Basic, Herb Jeffries, Alex Lovejcy,
Art Tatum, Clarence Muse, Billy
Rowe, Floyd Covington, Urban
Secretary, Laura Elizabeth Adams, |
young writer of Dark Symphony"
and Judge Edwin Jefferson.
*****
FA NMAIL: Have you written a
fan letter to a Negro player you
saw in a picture, sent it to the
studio that made the picture then
had the letter returned? It has
been reported to me that letters ad-
dressed to Dooley Wilson at Warn
er Bros. Studio praising his work |
in C~asablanca have been returned
to the senders. Also letters address |
ed to Leigh Whipper in mission
to Moscow" at the same studio |
were returned to the senders. Have |
you had any such experience? If
SO, the writer would appreciate |
Knowing about it. Please keep
writing, for fan mail is the only
measure of a players popularity |
the studios can have. Most stud
los make a sincere effort to deliver
mail to their players.
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SYMPHONY UNDER T III E
STARS: Anne Brown and Dorothy
Maynor will appear on separate
program at the Hollywood Bowl !
this season. We are hoping that
next seasons programs at the