The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-21

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Solson spellblnding q squad Of y. 8.
Marines at the Beverly. Hills Hotel
n6ol Bette Davis and Sec'y Nor
Neflthhu thrilling the uniformed
men nt the Hollywood Canteen
nlnah Shore thrushing nine ditties
Tar them Bonita Granville show
ire IT. Joe Wade the cinemagicians.
H6'g all mended from that New
Guinea crackup Ella Logan's
real as she micropiloned THAT
old Feeling" to the China Burma
India sector via the Mail Call pro-
gram, which isn't heard by the pub
ia here Veronica Lake, tiny as
doll, floating tot he rhythns OF
Emil Coleman's and Phil Ohman's
crews at the Mocarnbo Lovely
Marianne O'Brien Of the Warmers
factory surrounded by Marines IN
the Glover Club Miriam Hop
kins at La Rue with her constant
companion, who never was tened
as her favorite male. He's a Greek
bicycle Bob Hope and his Johnny
Weissmuller hair-do. mo cracks,
he warns with a threatening finger,
I'm doing pirate picture"
Sailies In Our Alley: Bob Dunn's
once boy requested the afternoon
off Ton the day Of double-header)
saying: "Boss-lny grandmother"
Dunn cut him short: "Oh. come
now, son. You're not going to pull
that chestnut about your grand
mother being dead?" mo, sir, "
was the reply. "She's home on fur
loughl" At La Conga some vel
knockers were Cabling about a
gal whose beauty was In dispute
"She looks" said an admirer
s'like something from Vogue!"
sTie means" heckled another, "a
rejection slip"
Hollywood Vignette: Their mar
riage lasted longer than most -.
When the papers revealed that they
would be divided his intimatse COM
forted him with the familiar rou-
tine And he sat with his chin
in both hands brooding . But 1t
was all q good piece Of acting i.
The best performance he has given
-. He Is happier than ever
The girl he fell in love with twenty
years ago, and who Tilted him to
wed q millionaire, never discon-
tinued their affair" which was kept
alive for two decades via the mails
She has a mint Of her own
now-and she will divorce her hus-
band to marry Our Hero, who has
never saved a penny.
MemOs Of q Midnighter: Freddie
Bartholomew new romance Is Ann
Howard, former child actress. She's
q Countess member OF the Haps-
burgs After no marriages on
the warner lot for nearly a year
Irene Manning was riveted to Keith
Kolhoff yesterday /. Alexis Smith
(of WarnersD and Craig Stevens
started honeymooning Sunday
In the revival Of "Gunga Din" the
audience groans when Cary Grant
says: "What we need now Is little
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lens (who Is palsy with Swastink-
er) has hired a press agent to voc
a favorable press. A femme mag
was first to help Insiders hear
II. Egoover's convention speech II
packed with dynamite :. Peggy
Mccarthy, of the George White
Scandals shows, Is now Mrs. J. Nc.
Cormick. He's Sgt, with Winged
Victory" They are trying tc
check talk that June Allyson (oi
Best Foot Forward'O became Mrs
Van johnson at Las Vegas June 10
The Orchid Garden: Ken Murray's
def showmanship In hts "Blackouts
Of 1914" now in its 3rd season at
the 81 Captain Theater Capacit;
houses always Betty Hutton.
bObby-socko performance in Para.
mounts "And the Angels Sing"
Roberta Lees torchanting. Instead
Of being used to dub her thrushing
for leading ladies in musicals-she
should be on network Mark
Hellinger's film. "Doughgirls," which
advance spectators report Is funniei
than the Broadway hit Jerome
Odlum's book, THE Morgue Is Al
ways Open" (Scribner's) Dorothy
Rice Sims How to Live on q
Hunch" vanguard.
AEosietown Murals: At the City
Hall, q sailor taking q mate as his
lawful-wedded Wave l.. B
Mayer, the MGMagnate, dancing
necessarily (sometimes for 2 hours
at the Players Club. owned by Pres
ton Sturges, the talented producer
director writer La Cienega Blvd.
where most Of the popular eating
spots are located la the midtown
New York chow joynts The
stock girls In their swim suits pos
ing for studio still pix at swanky
hotel pools Western Unions
main once from where newspaper
copy ID filed by more correspondents
than are covering all the battle
fronts. Nearly 400.
hollywood N0velette: Another nice
thing about this girl is her honesty
She fell for a rich man, al
ready married Her aInbiSh was
70 get into the movies So his
pals arranged a screen test, which
she passed with high marks (. Ex-
cept that she had to get caps put
on two protruding teeth Hell
rich friend paid $500 for the den
lists art, and she was all set to