The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-01-31
JIMMIE FIDLER
In Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD, Jan si-DRAR
STAFF Knowing your extreme un-
willingness 10 undertake any extra
effort, I dread posting this order.
but the fact IL that you klddies ere
pursuing q line Of party reporting
that's passe, In the light OF cur
rent Hollywood happenings, o. the
giant pterodactyl or the perman-
ence Of marriage VOWS.
I send YOU out TO cover our best
society brawls, and what happens9
Why you come back and tap out
gentle little stories about the motif
Of the decorations and romantic
hand-holdings In the cornersl That
kind Of slush may have been Of IN
terest IN our Victorian 'thirties'
but today the public wants some-
thing more virile. Who kayoed
which starr Did Lawrence Tierney
lead with his right,( or with his
left9 Was the fighting don by
Marquis Of Quensbury rules, or was
Il catch-as-catch can, Rouge-and-
kick, code-of-the-hills stylep Those
are the hiehlights that must be
covered II you're 10 be satisfactory
Hollywood society reportersl To hell
with the fact that the hostess wore
blue; tell me the color Of the VIC
tins bruisesl
To make a long story short, I've
arranged for you to attend a class
in sports reporting. I want you to
learn the vernacular OF the prize
ring, and develop, II possible, q
real enthusiasm for the manly art
Of offense as practiced by the
night-clubbing Hollywood Four
Hundred. To be sure, 1t may involve
a little extra study and work an
your part-even a moiety of ply
steal peril--but you1l find the re-
wards fully worth the pains. You'll
enjoy Filmville parties far more II,
when the inevitable battle starts,
you can appraise each blow struck
from q proper critical viewpoint.
JIMMIE FIDDLER
sss
DEAR BOSS: After reading the
above, We finally organized our long
contemplated union. We are now
going through a cooling-of period.
Also, our statistical department is
investigating the increase in the
cost of adhesive tape, arnica and
raw beefsteaks. without commit
ting ourselves further, at this mo-
ment. We suspect you Of being un-
fair TO union labor.
For the sake OF gossip, We beg
to report that:
Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore
are being teamed by Columbia
Records for a series Of platters and
at least one album. frankie, by the
way, was paid high honors the
other evening at a big Jewish Wei
fare dinner, for making that toll
erance film, The House I Live
In" Blue-pencil reports that
Ann Dvorak and Leslie Fenton dis
cuSsed reconciliation when they met
in Florida. She tells US their con-
versation was limited strictly to
business. " Anne Baxter, sent
home the other day because Of flu
bugs, is a lot sicker than first re-
ports indicated. She's had O fever
OF l03 or more for q week.
There's an amusing reason for
Carole lands extreme willingness
anxiety might be a better word
to pose for news photogs when bad
weather interrupted her plane trip
to Hollywood and forced her to stay
overnight in Oklahoma City. Seems
an enterprising calneraman Snuk
into her hotel bedroom and took q
snapshot Of her in bed. He agreed
not to print it IL she would be extra
nice and pose for the boys as often
as they requested Financial re-
port: black market nylons, sold at
$6i5 a pair during the holidays,
are now being offered for $500
around the studios.
Stage star Judith Andersen, who