The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-29
Walter Wi1lclleII
 COlSt-tO-CO1St

YOUR HOLLYWOOD AND MINE
 Faces About GlamOurville: Lana Turner and Peter Lawford doing a rhumba that would hardly pass the Hays high-noses Louise All- britton, Q wichita Falls (Tex) pretty who made the H'wood grade via the Pasadena Playhouse route !. .. JacQueline Dalya, the New York girl who learned Spanish in no time to inherit the leading role in a pair of Mexican made flickers Vera Shea, former decoration in the Man hattan floor shows, who prob'ly will become Mrs. Alan Gordon. He's a cinema publicist Hoagy Car michael, the star dust man, being waved at by nearly everyone in the damned Mocambo Roberta Lee of Dayton (O.) whose special
 lies are "bluesy" ballads and tive
 ,ongs. While waiting for Meet the
 People" to resume in Sept, Roberta Rill be screen-tested tomorrow at the Zanuck factory. She has an addition at NEG the next day. She may be among the guests on Johnny Mercers program (which replaced the Waring crew), and she starts thrushing at the Troc next Wedz- dee night And you think you got troubles.
 Sallies In Our Alley: Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, Al Jol- son and Edgar Bergen were coming out of the NEG studios after par ticipating in a bond rally. Lionel Barrymore encountered them and semi- i-sarcasm'd: If lighting struck here right now, what would take the place of radio?" .. June Flem- ing, 6 newcomer to the Warner lot, was nervous before making a screen test i've been model she told Jean Negulesco, her boss, and I don't know anything about act- tng!" Retorted Negulesco: If you're a woman - you're an &C., tress."
 MemOs of 2 Midnighter Strange Fruit" the click novel, is now eX- pected to sell 750,000 copies .. Tommy Dorsey paid 75 Gs for the Casino Gardens, huge danc espot in Santa Monica A New York restaurateur (burned up at pam ming by Wilella Waldorf who knocked shows he angell with big coin) now features a w. Waldorf salad. It is made of scallions, gar- lie and other nose-filling items .. Joan Crawford and her husband, P. Terry, do their own housework and baby clothes laundering, so difficult is help to locate Jane Withers and End Lieut.. A. c. Lyles, Jr, are glipping glops Col, Miller, the denoted general itemed here Tues day, is being feted by New Workers as though he were hero Dorothy Day, the starlet, now signs letters: D-Day.
 Tmne Pan Alley Novelette,: The moral of this could be: You're AS Good As Your Last Show, Picture, Performance, Column or Song even If you happen to be dead Three years ago songwriter Irving KanAl died after lingering illness whiah left him practically penniless His widow, Alice, with family to raise, tried desperately to pro- mote some coin--by gathering up all the unpublished songs she could find in his old valises, trunks and desks She visited publishers along Broadway hoping she could get enough money for the bunch of them Everybody turned her down cold Then out of the heavens came break One ot the songs her husband wrote six years ago suddenly swept the nation to become the number one pet-"1ll Be Seeing You" AS result, the same publishers (who turned her down when she needed them) came with their hats in hand She placed all her husbands old songs at high fees .. Lady Luck, in short, called a Dead Mans number.
 The Big Time: Chuy Reyes ex- citing version of 'Tabu' at the Troc The way Jorge Negrete sings Granada .. "Women With out Men," an interesting article on man-lack in the new miniature mag. "She" Hedy Lamar in Warmers soon-due flicker: The Conspirators" The ditty Jack Elliott and Spike Jones are CO., authing. The Corpse Came c. O. D." Every moment of the film, 1.-TWO Girls and Sailor"-flawless direction.
 MovietOwn Shawt-shawt: A studio had a writer on the payroll at $500 per week .. He offered an original to the boss, who turned it down with the comment 1t was one of