The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-13
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VI, 0l6ha, the drAma.Dlillneer, has given only one good notice this season. rt was Co Front Page, D which departed after six weeks Russell patteraon tthe illustrator) and Doug Hefts are looking for Q beautiful Negro girl to "enter In Che ipa9 Miss America beauty con- test" .,,. The other night specs on abth St. were trying Co unload surplus theater tickets they couldn't turn back to box offices " A phllly newspaper, incidentally, took a street poll. ft learned that three out of four queried passersby were on some sort Of buyers strike . The autograph hounds will go crazy on the eve Of the 10th. Both "iSag- or's Rdge" and "Joan of Lorraine" premiere then. A plane load Of flicker favorites is coming in for the events q, Imitation item: Lange ie making a gold lame negllgee for f1iba MallnA Cshes in The Tenn porary Mrs, Smlth") that will cost her $500 More than her first weeks wagel
 Bnriesque will celebrate it's 50th amy by having poll Go deter mine the ten best comics in bur- lesk. The winner win be honored with . gold putty.nosc With nearly oil branches of show biz falling off, the classical" kind go on even stronger. Stripeeler Qeor- gia Sothern broke all records at Che burlesk theaters in Cleveland and Detroit lazy Rappaport (the gent involved in the Nickel embez- bling matter) has Broadway show producing connections" Helps promote suckers for money to back Hops. (Just as some of us suspect- ed.) That's a neat racket, too. You simply dig up some chumps, "'in- vest" their money, the show Hops, and you make living" A Hollywood radio stars agents here tossed Q cocktail poddy for him at the waldorf. He was so plastered he couldn't meet late-arrival members of the press.
 CarsOonlst Al Capp and Rodgers ~ AAUtAlAACkHtNAA hAE a musical based on the misadventures of Li'l Abner A limousine (licensed 5e parked in front of an E. 4oth St. spot in violation of the midtown No Parking edict. A mo- . torcop putt-putted up to it. took a quick glance. and went on . The night after the elections ii new pages of dialog went into "State of Che Union" bringing 1t up to date Gall Turano, lovely Bronx girl. is being interviewed bv the Conover model agency. She's ie Charles Farrell (now co-owner of the popular Park Ave. spot in Mi- ami Beach) is packing them in. Wingy Grover being the ''brain trust dept" there =. A rising vcung star recently on a national mag cover) has been warned by her medico she cannot live longer than q years hitting all that hooch.
 Frank Sinatra can get more than ei5.OO0 weekly (which M. weinger is paying Berle at the Copa in Miami Beach), if he also wants some sun- tan, instead of sun-lamp Of- fers have been made to rage the Belesco Theater to make room for a new office edifice. More un-em- ployed actors They tell you Marie Bryant is the doll to watch in "Beggar's Holiday" Her solo song spot is a show stopper Amos n Andy call the depression the good old days when there was only a shortage of money {. Music Hail audiences break into heavy applause after Jolson renders ''Mammy" and other of his hits ... Al Bernie, the new click. is Lew Prices boy. Pop being the booking agent that survived when vaudeville died Philip Dorn. the movie star. read stage scripts for l7 months before deciding to come East for The Big Two"
 Albert Dekker, the actor, will run for Mayor of Los Angeles. He served his apprenticeship in the Coast Senate "Amok," the new French movie, is being held up by censors because of Its s-x angle Civil Liberties Union is fighting for it Joan Davis knows a hab- erdasher who gave up the business because he didn't want to become President !. Sherry Britton threat ems to write her memoirs. If she does, half the plays in town will disappear Movie scouts are ogling blonde Iowa-bred Helen Barnhart. the Barbizon model. She has that Bergman look Sarah Churchill, unhappy in H'wood. may return to the London footlights . '. Famed vaude act, Long Tack sam, is reported safe in Shanghai.
 6. GOldwyn's man here, Lynne Farnol seeks a press agent to sup ply columns with stuff and nom sense, on . free-lance basis We recently said We didden know why Kate Cornell's home at Mar tha's Vinyidd is called "Chip-Chop. Comes this memo from Dee Sco- vile of the News-Journal at Day tona Beach: Because it is on west