The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-19
ALONG THE GRANDEST
 CANYON

ALONG THE GRANDEST
 CANYON
 The BrOadwayside: Spencer Tracy
 (of the moom-pitchiz) telling news
 papermen that his soon-due stage
 premiere has him scared stiff. That
 shows you're good actor" he was
 told. Hams are always so cock
 surep John Carridine (before
 going back to the Hollywoods) |,
 standing side-saddle in the center
 of 9th Avenue--as the stampede of
 hlisses slaves him like this ) !( ..
 Frances Dee (MrS. Joel McCrea)
 studying her new script, "The Se-
 cret Room" in which she'll bow on
 Broadway Jane Pickens giving
 Her All for Skinny Wainwright when
 he ringsided at the Waldorfs Star
 light Roof Rosalind Russell,
 Margaret Sullavan. Jimmy Stewart,
 Sophie Tucker, Mary Martin, Men
 Cken, Nathan, Wilson, Gunther and
 so forth--all in the Stork cub-room.
 It reminded us of Dorothy Parker's
 crack: Wont someone open a win
 dow? The room simply REEKS
 with fame!"
 Sallies in Our Alley: Some of us
 were discussing Tallulah Bankhead
 and her current leading man, John
 Emery, her former husband. An
 intimate of both recalled Talus chomming retort when she was asked
 why she married him ., Be
 cause" she becaused. "he was the
 only man who ever asked mel"
 Dolores Moran is on a diet and suf-
 fering awf1y. Eyeing bowl of
 nuts Con a counter), she asked:
 Are nuts fattening?" Mo- was the reply, "only if you eat them"
 q. ., Joe E. Lewis submits a pome,
 to wit: T like her in blue, like
 her in red. But best of all like her in blue"
 x MemOs of a Midnighter: Kay Ky ser will resume on the air this week at his sponsors insistence. His agent says he can't be sued for re- tiring, as reported, and that Kyser will retire in the near future :. Vincent Flaherty. eX-Washington | sports historian, is now colyuming tor the l.. A. Exam Senator Bilbo | (Mississippi's zero) will be sent two | aisle seats for the Oct. 10th per- formance of Deep Are the Roots" If he spurns them, they will be oc- 0upied by two Colored War vets q. Capt. Charles Grayson and Day El- 1iott are in Huff Major Tom | Lamphier, Jr., (the hero who shot down Yamamoto), is the son of the i owner of N. Y.'s one time Flanagan Nay brewery on 10th Ave. Pat al Cicco and Evelyn Mcbride, cover gal, are Togethering Bruce Cabot long distances Doris Lilly from the coast like maaaaad!
 Vignette: Lady Luck, who had been smiling at her, suddenly laughed unsympathetically in her 1ace two years ago |. She was the victim of gun shot which wrecked her film career = just after she CO., starred with Robert Taylor and other cinemadonises f. The acci- dent caused partial paralysis of her body and she retired Medi- cos said she'd never act again But the spotlight she so richly de- served remained lit in her heart ' The other night she returned to acting (via the air) in "Theater of Romance"-performing from a wheel chair Since then she has been bombarded with letters and wires mainly from returned war vets --all telling her how she boosted their morale! Susan Peters. . Broadway Confetti: Audrey Young has changed from George White to Stanley Edwards .. His radio corn ings have made Bob Burns one of the richest real estate operators in the nation Margot Morgan is Rudy Vallees arm decoration The Bill Bapsts (Bonnie Edwards are imaging Faith Dorn and Jack March in step Joan Da- wis new radio and flicker contracts will get her $l,560,000 year '. Sylvia Sidney's big interest is Capt. a. Atkinson t. A mag editor, just out of Sing Sing, will demand a probe of New York State prisons . Billy Rose says he has new joke which he plans producing in London ,. The Jack Weiners, he's } prosperous coast agent, will be 25 { years wed on the 18th |. . M Reid, Inc Diamond Horseshoe leader, and ] Mickey Seiden will be sealed at City l Hall on the 21st The planes are flying too low again! At about D. m. the other night one heading f Tor LaGuardia Airport skirted the ops of the hotel skyscrapers on 5th ( Avenuel 1 Manhattan Murals: "Ol Dan Boone" the frustrated mathema- { ;ician. Garbed in fur hat and coon- q kin cloak, he makes fancy chalk Y ngs in arithmetic on Broadway cor- 2 aers in the gutters. The coin con 2 iributions he gets from pedestrians, hey say, net him twice what any :. ,ollege math. prof, gets! .. The 7 hailing a cabbie on < and offering $l5 to take i nem to Rockaway "Nothin' loin'," was the retort, T got latel" Noel Toys strip-tease A pecialty Cat the Latin Quarter) vhen she renders: "Is It True What { hey Say About American Women?" ! nd the howl from the Broadway when somebody leckles "Is 1t true what they say bout -4ee Mortimer" Scrambled Eggs: Ralph Forbes, II he actor, isn't acting in those love . cenes with pretty Lynn Carter {. s