The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-02-09
Walter Wincheu
In Nelu York
BROADWAY SONNET

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BROADWAY SONNET
He writes Of Love as if it were his child.
He seems to know each variance and mood,
| The summer calm. the winter raw and wild,
The autumn beauty Of its solitude =.
| He rhymes the rue Of many luckleSS lad,
| The fevered guest-the interlude Of bliss,
| When all the goals were waiting to be had
| And life was but whisper Of kiss;
He dips his pen in disillusion's ink,
His torches have brief, unearthly flare,
| And in between the devil and the drink
| He wends his way to boredom and despair;
He writes OF love so none will know his plight
| That He and Love - are Strangers in the
Night!-Don VAIN
| Faces About Town: Elmer Rice, her hus-
band (and author of Dream Grip in which
Betty Field stars, incoming at her portrait
in front of the Coronet Theatre. Champion
Joe Louis in the RKO Gateway, quietly down.
ing huge beaker of milk Roy Chapman
Andrews, the famous antropologist. wide-eyed
at Broadway's strange specimens near 48th
Street. Star L. Calhern reporting that Arthur
| Hipkins' new hit "The Magnificent Yankee"
crossed over $22, 900 in its first week, with
not much help from the fussy Terrific bust
| ness. .Chandra Kaly, the talented dancer,
and his sari-garbed mother. She descends
from one Of French 1ndo-Chinas royal fami
lies. The delighted first jury enjoying Gar
son Kanin's new hit, Born Yesterday" in
which Judy Holiday, Paul Douglas. Gary
Merrill and Otto Hulett romped into the big
| time division.
Sal11es in Our Alley: In the Latin Quarter
a group were Cabling about the many strikes.
Il WONDER wondered one of them, eff the
walters will strike, too .'If they do" said
Ted Straeter, ''nobody'n know the difference'"
mo matter how cold 1t gets in New York"
says 1zzy Elinson, there in California, in mid
winter, you can put on your bathing suit
Jump into your swimming pool and 60 ice
skating!". .'Oh, WELL" observes R. S. Evans
Here Today, Cert Tomorrow
Midtown Meolodrama: It happened the other
night at dinner party which attracted we'll
known. During the evening a man, who
climbed to the highest rungs as singer (dur-
Ing the last ten years., began berating FDR
i hope" he said among other ugly things,
he fries In Hell!''. Later, when he Gained
down. ne said: Maybe Roosevelt was great
guy. but don't think 500. A guest calmly
said: 'Tm glad you said that He was my
father. Difficult to savvy but the anita
gonist didn't know Elliott was present!
Menos Of a Midnighter: Bookies who heard
rumors Of relaxing period (startng
Febree 1sD are due for a shock Mayor
O'Dwyer called in his squads and told them
to keep after the gamblers, etc. One OF the
midtown swank spots may collapse any night
A blg-time actor is going around trying to
borrow $4,000 to pay his taxes or 60 to the
clink .Macoco has forgotten his ex, KAY
Williams via Joan Valerie. Billy Kenny of
| the 1nkspots will be Renotarized soon. Black
| Market fee for delivery on a new car is $500
under the counter. Don't miss Report from
Tokyo 1946'' at the Embassy and Trans-Lux
newsreeis starting tomorrow Comdr Freddy
Spencer, exzanuck ace, directed it an ex-
citing two-ree1er. The strikes have knocked
| show biz dead in tn silk.
For the Broadway Record Dorothy Kilgal-
len complained the other edition about Sophie
fuckers statements here on actors appearing
gratis at so-called celebrity nights Miss
Tucker never mentioned the subject She
complained about the 200 benefits in ten weeks
she was requested to do, besides her own
chores. In the same paragraph we recorded
fact-that the Miami Beach branch Of the
AGVA (actors' union) banned celebrity"
nights there. Jean Arthur, 1t appears, re-
signed from the cast OF Born Yesterday be-
cause OF illness. She also owned Is per cent
interest III the new hit, which we understand
she will relinquish. The big ads explaining
her withdrawal are reported part of the deal.
Miss Arthur Is among our favorite actresses
vdw that they are the people that you halrh
but after seing Judy Holiday toy with the
role it was our impression that the movie
star couldn't have been better. Miss Holidays
portrayal, take it from an authority on the
subject, is the perfect composite Of all the
| Broadway Babes.
The Rig-Time: Franklyn Hughes decora-
tons for the new Singapore. F. Carries "Oh
| What It seemed to Be- recording for Column
bia. Joan McCrac ken's toe-magic in "Billon
Dollar Baby. .'Clare de Lune'' or ''War-
saw Concerto Lucky Millinders version
of "Shorty's Got to Co. funny wordage, too.
! The New ballad: "And Then looked at Your.
1.-The Harvey Girls at the Capitol.
Sounds in the Night: At Armando's: ''In
Hollywood some gals get nowhere and others
get yeswhere''. . AT the Village Barn:
There's no such thing as happiness. You got
ia learn to be happy without it, AT the
Havana-Madrid: 'He says he's playing the
market because it's going up. But the tallest
trees in the world stopped sometime! AT
Leone's: 'Whatta guy, always dame-dream-
ing''. AT Theodores: 'She's his suite-heart."
| Manhattan Mura1s: The barkeep at the Blue
| Angel who, when invited to have drink,
drinks milk The sign in the w. 51th Street
thrift SHOP which features prices IN the
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