The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-22
Along Broadway
Bv WALTER WINCHELL

WlncneIeOr1L1eS FTGu ASIdllG, SpOt.CQ dI
the 'Annie Get Your Gun" matinee Cat the
intervaD when the audience got up and ap-
plauded Fred Joan Crawford and Greg
Bautzer Nhe attorney acting Cupidiotlc. When
she witnessed that ''shock treatment of a
patient for which she is being sued) Joan
was attired in nurses outfit Mseer
Sharlee Boyer gaping at two cabbles slugglng
it out at Sind St. and 9th Maria Manton
and her glamamma, Marlene Dietrich ueg-
ging it along With Avenue), one looking as
young as the other Nine. Wellington Koo
and Nine. Andrea Gromyko being guided on
a misunderstanding tour by ex-Ambassador
j. Davies Mrs. Dean Murphy, the
talented impersonator, clicking at the Para
mount Ruth Gordon and Carson Kanin,
the only Mr.. and Mrs. team with simultaneous
hits on Broadway. His is Born Yesterday;
hers, years Ago'-or Tempus Fugiting.
Sallies in Our Alley: Eduardo Walwa Zone of
Damon's buddies, got into a minor jam at a
ringside recently for ~allegedly making a
wager on the main bout. His trial comes up
soon. A pal inquired: us it serious, Eddie?"
could be- he said, struggling. IF I'm
convicted, it means I can't run FOR Prczzi-
dent!" Jackie Elinson says the accepted
custom is to ask a girls father for her hand
in marriage, but in Hollywood you gotta ask
her husband!" Dorothy Stone calls them
Guy Deceivers."
Midtown vignette: Robert D. %Matz, j., told
Sherman Billingsley he sold his East 9th
St. manse to Nelson Rockefeller for $780,
600 . WAS that in the paper YETI" asked
Our Stork Club Correspondent Eyes, it
was" said MI. Matz . "Oh," WINGED o. S..
C. c., you should have told it to me; l could
have told Winchell, and it would have run in
hundreds Of papers instead OF one!" E.
Really" said Matz. Then I'll buy back
the housed"
Memos Of a Midnighter: L yez don't think
this COLIN had the first tip (via a blind item
weeks ago on the pro-football scandaD. then
look up the files; we're too sunburned j..
You may deduct contributions to the .Runyon
Memorial from your taxes Leland Hay
ward udergoes surgery Friday. He's Mar
garet Sullivan's groom Dorothy Appleby,
former B'way click, wants to resume. She is
happily sealed to Paul Drake, a pleasant
voiced thrush Ops! The Encyc. Britain
MICA does mention Christmas and St. Nick in
the as edition Emily Kimbrough (she
co-auth'd Our Hearts Were Young and Gay'o
has water-on-the-jaw. No foolin' . Top
swing bandsmen are catching frankie earle
at the CAPITOL. To learn why they have to
break up their crews, while his breaks theatre
records The new Hooperatings are led
by Edgar Bergen with 1917; Fibber MCGEE &
Molly, 27.8; Fred Allen, 27.6; Jack Benny.
27.4; Bob Hope, 26.5; Red Shelton, 1915; and
w. w. 1873. Up from 22.7.
New York Novelette,: When Russell Cruso
double-checked the Washington data for the
hit show. State of the Union" he phoned his
friend, Tom Stokes, whose Jews coverage OF
the Capital is Big-Timey :. When the show
was ready Grouse offered Stokes a l percent
interest in it's chances-to show his apprecia-
ton . Mr.. Stokes said thanks, no Mrs.
Stokes, however, asked Grouse if she could
Well, state OF the Union never has an empty
pew-and cinema rights sold a mere $3.50,
600.
Broadway santapplause: The J. Mooney 4
rendering Have Another One? Not Mel
at Dixon's . . . The Cedric Wallace 3 at LIE
Ruban Bleu . Jean Negulesco's direction
of Warmers "Humoresque" Eddy How
ards Majestic platter of "Bless You
Buddy Walker at the Famous Door, Miami,
Beach . Rise Stevens canarying OF the
Family Hour (CBSabbaths Frank STAN
ley's crew at the Little Palm Ming &
Ling at the China Doll Ethel Waters at
Zanzibar And Bill Mauldin's great Look
Alike cartoon: Bilbo and any ape.
Times So, Ticketr: Police Comm. Valen-
tine and Laurette Taylor were writing their
autobiogs when they died Aston Hotel
Bob Christenberry (who resigned from Ameri'
can Action, Inc.) is bound for Vienna to Join
Gen. Mark Clark for the holidays. Die
several members of the Chicago Bears bel
heavily on themselves to win that game? By
laying 9 points? A ventriloquist named
AL Robinson has a novelty lush
With gag-writers he could be sensational
Spivy's ROOF has a new trend in supper clubs
Sabbath night platter sessions Billy Ken
ny's Gypsy" recording (via Ink Spots) wor
the jukebox 1916 award for money-maker .
The Hartmans anxious for a Broadway hit
show turned down Park Avenue" Duchess
Misbehaves' and Sweet Bye apd Bye
They'll appear in a play by Paul Hartman
Artie Shaw's ex Java Gardner) and
Woody Herman are a new coo-et. Love that
clarinet! Who hit Mole Hayden, the
locker, with a Wooshtesheer bottle at the
Glass Hat? Mole wept: How barbaric! 1r
my country a hottie is never put on a tablet
Sounds in the Night: At Reuben's: "After
all, if it weren't for our parents most OF us
wouldn't be here!" At the Embassy:
Look at him sitting there all by his loath.
some" At Leon & Eddie's: "What irony!
We give the Germans a soft peace while their
Nazis over here are still at war with demo
cracy'' At the Sheraton Lounge: ooh,
stop doodling with my heart At Al
tredo's: They're a typical HOLLYWOOD mar
riage; never seen together except on a screen
At the Boulevard: He's not doing any
more books; musta lost his PASTE Al
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