The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-02
PORTRAIT OF A COLYUMIST
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 Gertrude Lawrence overlooked this amusing incident when writing her book: "A Star Danced" {. When she starred in Lady in the Dark" there was minor clash of temperament, they say, over Danny Kaye's warm notices About that time, the British had taken their first prisoners in France and shipped them to England Stage manager Bernie Hart (brother of the shows author, Moss Hart) was aghat;t at news stories that the Bri- tish were giving the Nazis ciggies and candy.
 What sort of people are you Bri- tish, anyhow" he complained to the star, 'pampering the worst bar barians of all? You coddle people who boast that they will extermin- ate you. How can you people do renee Stiffened to her full height and replied bitterly: DO you think that is any worse than your broth CT, Moss, talking to that Danny Kaye?"
 This is how many Broadway movie theaters welcomed the fleet on Navy Day: They raised prices! The Spring in Brazil" producers will keep the Milton Berle show away from Broadway until it is as good as he is when he steps away from the "book'' and murders the people . Coasters aliege that the shots fired at Union boss H. Sorrell (after the 33-week Hollywood strike) were fired by some of his own men!
 The cop handing out summonses on West 59th Street (to illegal and double-parkers) has done fine job, already Now how about the U- turner's there? One of them was so careless he knocked horse-drawn cabman off his perch Bravo and clap hands to the soldier who flattened Columbus Circle Front CT" in the midst of one of those typical Fritz Kuhn-shouting ha- rangues the other ten D. m. |. Sights that make you turn away: Walters carrying out famously known old lady-boiled to the wrinkles The Al Jolsons are bound for Miami Beach. His bride is darling Frances Farmer the former screen actress now out of the sanitarium, has a big army of well-wishers roofing hard for her She won't be known by that name in her new try for break-not in show business.
 Gene Tierney's perfect double is show girl June Harris. who gave Up her 20th Century-FoX stock contract to return to Broadway. They told her she didn't stand much chance looking like star" . :. Things that grate: The Chicago theater manager trying to stunt a wedding on his stage of a Cong. Medal of Honor hero and his bride to-be. The American Legion of Chicago is sizzling and rightly so. ... Billy Rose will be lionized by Lon- don belles. He is taking with him oodles of lipstick - difficult ot get in England Broadway y-scarred showmen and the rest of us are thrilled over the spunk of Fred Stones daughter Paula, who braved sophisticated" New York with Vic- tor Herbert's "The Red Mill". They told her mo chance. It's pack ing them in at the Ziegfeld Max Baer's mimicry of H. Rich man and Phil Harris is a show stopper.
 Christmas tree ornaments marked Made in Japan" are back on some shop counters His pals say Bings visit East shortly will be mainly to buy Boston baseball team The reason one news ser vice hushed up the story of the Air Bubble" murder in London Gan American corporal and a Bri- tish girD is not printable An alarm clock that plays" a few notes of reveille is due soon There is big behind-the-sceneS squabble going on in Washington now to obtain the United Nations permanent headquarters for Hono- lulu. Fourteen big U. s. cities are lobbying for it furiously Prop. Billingsley of the Stork Club once had his doormen clock the folks who entered. Now they merely clock those turned away Over heard: "The reason l don't go to the opening nights much anymore is that so many shows try to LOOK like Oklahoma"
 Bing Crosby and Jack Kapp, boss at Decca (the record-maker), Will 20 to court to seek help in stopping all those Bing recordings on vari- ous stations. Fred Waring once fought and won suit like that. Quite a racket Music Corp. of America has signed six-year old boy named Prank Robinson. He IS an expert boogie- -woogie pianist and bluesinger. MGM has signed nm for a film, and & nationally cir culated photo mag will soon give him a big spread {. Pola Negris autobiography is reported to con tain ten chapters on her famed love affair with Rudolph Valentino There are two Persian Princes In room 339 of & Times Square hotel: They are incognito to keep out oi any episode such as the one that in- yolyed an Arabian potentate ana a Detroit gal =. The lady being followed by about POO admirers on 43rd Street was Mrs. R.
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