The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19

Faces IN the Night: F. Sinatra,
who win get S275y 900 for two films
at the MGM studios starting June
lsk Jimmy Durante breaking
no the pianner at Havana MADRID
with his II Love Broadway" rou-
tine Agnes DeMille viewing
her eQkIahoma" ballets with ma
ternal pride from the rear wall
Arieen Whelan of ''DoughgirlS" who
win resume in Hollywood in the
sunmer-"weary after a run Of q
year-and-a-halfr Sgt. Marion
Hargrove, the book writer, and his
charming wife j. Edgar HooV-
er and Clyde Tolson (the man not
the horse) entering the Waldorf to
make q speech for the d. A. r.
Nelson Eddy, who always dwells at
the Park Central, because he got
his first big contract there.
SalIies in Our Alley: Choo Choo
Johnson met Lucius Beebe at Cafe
du Bots you're one man"
she said, 81 would never marry.
"Why not?" asked LuciuS j
what was her retort, land be
known as Choo Choo Beebe?" :.
Dunninger asked Jerry Valid:
what are you in the Draft?" :.
ct dunno" said Jerry. Il haven't
seen q paper for three hours!" j
Overheard at the Little Palm Club:
Filters birthday makes him unique
in one respect. He is now the old
est living rat!'
Nice Guy Of the Week Dept:
Driver ORourke Of 5th Avenue Bus
number 1888 For his kindly
counsel to the near-sighted old man
for his way Of telling those chill
dren to watch their step - for his
patience with confused women
shoppers and his all-around pleas
ant manner and courtesy Please
clip and mail to the President Of
the 5th Ave. Bus Co.
MemOs Of a Midnighter: Hank
Ford's grandsonS are still sulking
because he nix'd the deal to sponsor
Tommy Dorsey. They're hepcats.
!. A society divorce coming up
this week will convulse Cafe
Zoociety. The socialite will learn she
tied up his entire income ;. Mary
Kirk Browns mother is desperately
i'll -. Bernice Parks, now hit at
the Chez Paree in Chi. has four
dressmakerS on her weekly payroll.
She designs them. The dress
makers even live with her :.
MIR. WfliSkers has his telescopes on
a big butcher (servicing many mid
town spots) because he allegedly
bills you for 100 lbs. of meat and
sends you 30. If you squawk-no
meat next time ~. A famed night
spot lin the 95 per cent tax bracket)
went off $4,000 in the two weeks
which introduced the new 30 per
cent tax In short, the gov
eminent didn't even get its former
tax Of 5 per cent! What kind of
arithmetic is that? The check
room at another popular priced
night club had 900 coats week ago
Sunday i. The same night, week
later, it had 200.
Midtown Vignette: Several sea-
. SOM ago an orchestra leader COM
posed a bundle of good tunes :.
Naturally, he put his name on them
!. Which his rivals pigeon-holed
when song-pluggers brought them
around When the composer fin
ally sensed the reason, he resolved
to use a nom de handle After
a long Interval he wrote Take It
Easy" now being thrushed by the
Crosbys, the Sinatras, the Shores
and many leading orchestras :.
Take It Easy" is registered by Al
bert de Bru" Albert is the first
name Of the composers father
The surname is that of his mother
=. Senior Cugat!!
Manhattan MuraIs: The Arthur
Murray studio drawings in the
windows Of his Fifth Avenue studio
hilarious. Don't for Dancers"
The Madison Avenue decorator who
displays photo of his friend-in-
termed for the duration Door
men uniformed like Boobies out
side London Terrace on 23d st. Civ
ing the place an air of any Hitch
cock film The circus-inspired
sign in Ruby Foo's Den: Greatest
Chow on Earth!" The swish
who wears girls nylons!
The Big Time: Count Basie's
version Of Rusty Dusty Blues" a
Columbia platter Louis Prima
and his torrid trumpeting at the
Park Central Roof 20th's Buff
falo Bill" at the Roxy Marcia
Dale's thrushing on Wedzdee nights
via the networks Jose Cortez
and his Cortezons (what am I say
ing?) q swelegant rhumband at
Jack DempSey'S Frankie Carries
rhythn1agic at the Capitol i
Lucky Millinder's crew at Harlem's
Savoy Ballroom "Knickerbock-
er Holiday" with Chas. Coburn, at
the Victoria :. ~. E. P. buttons new
est book, THE Trial of Adolf Hit
ler."
New York Novelette,: She's Gig
gle gal at the Zanzibar Her am
bish (ever since hitting the Big
TOWN. was to get her photo in the
papers - the nice way, of course |
Many wolves offered to help
her But there always was some |
String attached" - SO she kept
peddling ciggies and hoping \
The other day Fate Turned to Her
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