Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-14

Killed Dy any COMEDY sequence any
time, anywhere
The Mayor is a serious reader Of
comic strips, a fellow who takes
more responsibility than a second
rate ham actor suddenly told that
he can play Hamlet" He brings to
his job a face as flexible as a plate
of jell-o and voice that reaches
valiantly for High-C when the 60
ing gets rough for the heroine of
the particular strip he is reading.
We would have you know that the
mayor gives" as actors say, to a
point where it would be intolerable
to any one required to take it--un-
less that one is equipped with the
gift of laughter.
We thought it was a gag when
Loew's Hank Shields insisted we see
the newsreel clip screened the other
afternoon.
why should we get excited over
La Guardia reading the funny pa
pers?" we wanted to know.
See for yourself" he said.
We did. And we warn you not to
miss it. The comics never nit such
high in comedy.
There ought to be special Acad-
envy awards, we think, one for the
Mayor for his performance; another,
twice as large, for the newSreel
editors who talked him into it.
A former Washington face which
popped into the movies few years
ago and then popped right out again
when its owner went into the United
States Navy will show up again
face in question is that of Gig Young.
Young, who was coming along hand
somely under the guidance of
Warner Bros directors when he
entered the service, has just been
discharged for disability.
He will resume at Warmers under
a six-year contract.
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Frank Sinatra's grippe against the
USO and Army Special Services for
their handling of shows is thus dis
posed of by Stars and Stripes COM
as quoted in Variety:
1T is possible" the S. and S.
writer disposes, that frankie was
distraught and tired when he made
his statement. He had finished seven
weeks overseas, during
which he sang several times every
day, and addition he had granted an
audience to the Pope and wised up
his holiness on the grooming racket,
and that taxes one"
Prior to his grippe at the manage
ment of his tour, Sinatra, however,
seems to have made quite hit with
the servicemen before whom he
worked.
Warner Bros research depart
ment which busieS itself with many
things comes up with the notion
that the talent shortage in Holly
wood is inspiring that deluge of pic
lures in which players perform
twin" roles.
1t cites four such in support of its
point. They are the duplicate sis
tiers which Bette Davis plays in "A
Stolen Life; Danny Hayes same
thing in Wonder Man; and the
twin parts played by Betty Hutton
in Here Come the Waves" and by
Fred MacMurray in Pardon My
Past"
Our conclusion is that it is just
more dramatic that way and has
nothing to do with the
talent shortage.
That Elwood P. Dowd, the hero
of Harvey" is a dipsomaniac isl
disputed in the days mails by Pro-
Queer Brock Pemberton, who intro
duces the expert testimony of Mary
Chase, the author, as follows:
'Elwood P. Dowd is neither a.
dipSo nor a maniac. He drinks but
he is never drunk. He frequents bars
because he loves people and it is in
bars that people reveal themselves
and speak the truth to one another.
He invites his friends to go with
him and have drink because such
invitations are the camaraderie of
these times.
The clue to Elwood's character
is in the first line he says as he
answers the phone: You have the
wrong number, but how are you
1t is a pretty good case, at that,
and we wish the telephone company
could teach other subscribers to an
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