The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-28

eaters" have already been set un in France, outside the cities; at least $50 shows are grinding every night, some all night. Inc muddy and weary ofs crowd the tents and stables and barns when word flashes that there is a show on. They whistle and shout and ape plaud: every pretty girl is greeted with wolf.howls as she flashes on =. In one of these emergency theatres, the picture was Andy Hardyg Blonde Troubles" As Bonita Granville hit the screen, a private from Brooklyn leaped up and shoulted: ''Oy-by ME should be such troublesi'
 a blOoaless bFawi ln the heart Of the rum and rumba sector, at the door of one of the class clubs, involved some interesting names: lois De Fee. the Eiffel eyeful: Comdr. Antonovic. of the Yugo- Blavian Merchant Marine; It. Louis Vargas. flight surgeon in the air forces of Brazil and son of its Presi- ANde A1oAo AaAA 0SCn 8eCI GtCANAAt with Vargas. But she was coming out of the bistro with the Yugoslav when they ran into the Brazilian who was with a beautiful show girl. The gesticulating was sorne- thing monumental--but Lois, who could probably lick both warriors. put her 6-foot-3 between them and averted an incident which, who knows might have been referred to Dumbarton Oaks.
 Marjorie Hasset who, has a hard- uitting first-baseman in her own family. nurses a secret crush on Capt. Hank Greenberg-secret wen from Hank, who's in China Grandpa will get a twinge when Ne reads that Anna Held's grand- saughher enters college next aonth Joan Edwards and Luba Nalina have worked up a routine for amp and canteen shows. a take
 I on the Cherry Sisters-and they'll apply their own fruit and vege- -ables Musicians Union En- Seror Caesar Petrillo has issued arl- 'ther decree-the handleaders must vall of their convention. or elsel To "holiday" on mailing liquor to ny seryicemen. in or out Of the
 ountry, for Christmas . Vaughn -donroe, on the Paramount stage. -sill play opposition to himself when lis first film. Meet the People. soes into Loew's State. across the street Bea Abbott, who sings a Henry Jerome's band. and Pfc. Danny Welks, who blew blue in She sobbing sax for Herbie Fields are whew WOO!
 Tn this, our next-to-last l944 column. we will close up the series on would-be song writers. We have had thousands of letters, and the preponderant sentiment is that the field is barred to newcomers and that the American Society Of Con- posers Authors and Publishers AScAP) is a closed trust which Riddle should riddle.
 To a certain degree. that is true To a slighter extent the same con- dition confronts amateurs who seek to break in on writing plays. movies, books ard radio scripts. But there is one unique difierence-there are no agents for composers or lyric writers, whereas all the other fields haye them in super-abundance.
 Producers and book publishers are as leaFy Of unknowns--fear that thsy may put out something and find it was cribbed. But they have confidence in established agents for whom they open sideado0rs. Who no such middleInen ever cropped up fin the song industry is used to ex- plain. Prom observation. would say that for every person itching t0 write a book, a play or a film. there are e thousand confident they can create songs.
 Your columnist has had numerous songs published, two of them highly successful. But he has mingled for years with the insiders, knows most of the publishers by their first names and talks the lirgo Of the trade.
 My advice to all who are am- bilious to write songs is that they start an oFganizationi through ip- expensive ads in national media they could quickly find each other. Then they could suhsidize an agent for the time it would take him to begin to make sales. TheTe's no such animal, but they could make one. de, In time, could crash those locked ioors. They could also get in on or aart a sustaining radio program on ghleh only unpublished songs would be heard; the publishers would listen in. and If they snelled merit in a number they would come after it h0tt0ot.
 That Is the only suggestion ] can offer an un0rganized body Of men and women with artistic labor pains who, l have found, are legion.
 GaFs HsTlSsOD'S wife. Cleo, has written Q book, "The Thinking shadow" apparently an aut0bioR' raphy, Briss0n would like her 10 dramaiize t and play the star made part Larry Douglas. Clss singer,