The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-13
Walter Wi1AcIaeII
In Ne1C York
NEW YoRK HRARTnEAT

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
The big Parade: Brian Aherne
and Joan Fontaine looking so happy
at the No. bar, you'd never think
they were married Russell
Grouse, the playwright, and John
Erskine's lovely daughter, Anne
Peter Donald, the wit, whose
la Is now 1-Zero j. j. Shu-
bert, the producer, and M. Todd
(the ditto), Broadway's latest star
bout Naval Officer Buddy Rog-
ers on leave for few hours to ta-
to his bride, Mary Pickford, who
win do IS one-night stands for the
FDR Birthday March of Dimes
event. She's been In town confer
ring with O'Brien, Driscon and
Raftery about breaking the c. Chap
lin clutch on United Artists
Carlo using the freight elevator
at the st. Morit2 Rita Hay
worth, who says she's playing hockey
from her studio because some sup
porting players in her films get
more coin than she does. She
doesn't want a raise. Just fewer
Jobs.
SaIlies In Our Alley: At the Hur-
ricane Ted Lewis was in stitches
over the one about the drunk who
for ten minutes kept pushing HIM
self against a wall. Finally, in ex-
ASPIRATION he yelled: ''Fergoodnes-
sakes, somebody! Get me outta this
revolving door," A patron mar
veled at Ted's 40 years in show
business and asked the star: How
did you manage to do it?" .
Just one day, at tirle, brother"
was the reply. At Ruban Bleu,
Peggy Joyce explained alimony:
The mistake of two which one
must keep paying for"
Midtown Vignette: John Christie,
once one of the top cafe hosts the
co-owner of famed Pavilion Royal
on Merrick Rd) bought q saloon
on Lexington in the SOS recently 49,.
The first day he ran around town
half crazy trying to dig up some
laughing-Soup e. Scotch was diff
ficult to buy and so was almost
everything else. What to do? .
One competitor asked him why he
didn't see his own landlor to help
him out The landlord owns
most of the Scotch in America to-
day. x-Ambassador J. Kennedy.
MemOs Of a Midnighter: Rumors
persist that screen actress Gail Pat
rick has had a marriage proposal
from that midwest publisher .
Sudden Thawt: Argentina recog-
nized Bolovia's new regime. Oh,
well, 1t takes one to know one.
Despite the Screen Guilds ban on
Warmers "H'wood Canteen," that
studio keeps cooperating with the
Guild in its fund broadcastS q.
Samuel Clemens, as you prob'ly
know, changed his name to Mark
Twain. His daughter (who is doing
research on the film about HIM
calls herself Mrs. G. GabrilowitSch
Those who remember H. Nemo's
tune of many years ago, "Ay, Now"
are amazed at the resemblance to
''Shoo Shoe Baby" Mary Alice
Collins, starlet (she clicked in Lon
don in Man Who Came to DIM
ner'C, married 1t. j. Geo. HOPPE
Barton of the Cold Stream Guards.
The Orchid Garden: M. Downey
making you choke with: You Are
My First Love" Paul Hagen's
next book: Germany After Hitler
-. Bankhead in "Lifeboat," ALI
Hitchcock's new thrill-film &.
'Just Plain Bill" on the air--just
plain good Karen Coopers
Swellodies at the Copa Paul
Lavalle's Basin st. tunes Lyn
Murray'S CBSinging Camargo,
ment Ed Weiner's amusing
contrib to Variety's amy issue on
what a B'way press agent suffers
Funnier, tho, is the boner on
p. 1911.
New York Novelette,: This is one
OF those stories that sweep the town
now and then, and everybody al
ways knows the woman 1t is sup
posed to have happened to. But
when you ask them to name names
they say they mustn't. Because
they cannot Anyhow, a woman
was talking to a friend on the
phone, explaining she couldn't meet
her because of a cold, etc. A
strange third voice broke in and
said: Madam, am doctor.
suggest you try this prescription for
your throat" Whereupon he Of
fered it :. She asked the name &.
He replied: you will never know
that!" And got off the line g.
CO O four niChtc 1otar Of a Y,artxy