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Buhd"Sy 1tOdO " OtOpld udS Ding
and Bob performing their whackro-
battles. "Sunbonnet Sue" packs
the nostalgia charm of family al
bum-playing a heartful Of Gus Ed
wards ilts. "Open City" (Which
was produced in Italy) is slam
bang-up tribute to the intrepid Ital-
Ian Undergrounders. :. "The Sailor
Takes a Wife" is a fluffy little ro-
mantle fable with Robert Walker
and June Allyson whipping up the
froth. "Six Gun Man" is a
stenciled plot, repetitious as hiccups.
:. Advance reports say that Jour
ney Together" an importation from
Britain by Terrence Ratigan, will
be big click. phantom Ex-
press" co-stars yawn and snore.
The Radio: The newest man-wife
combo on the air Is Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Wilson of Akron, Ohio, and
these parts. Via Station WLIB once
weekly. Billy Halop's emoting
on CBS' Aftermath" is welcome
addition. He recently returned from
the wars. "Duffy's Tavern" is
cooked up by only II gag-writers.
-. dead End" was loaded with
earthly lingo. But the toughest word
In the Theatre Guilds version on
the networks was Jerk"
Bigtown Newsreel: Honorable
John Coffee of the House of Repre-
sentatives week-ending from the
Capitol at the Pierre. Anita
Colby, the models model. Ann
Sothern, the star, paying an unex-
pected visit to the SIND street joynts
and delighting the proprietors Of
same. &. Don DeFore (the orches-
ira leader in the film, "Stork Club")
in town to rehearse with Judy
O'Connor," which opens in Apr. ..
Claudette Colbert, whose husband is
q specialist on hay-fever and aller-
gies, but she suffers and suffers and
suffers all year round. Martha
Raye carrying her beautiful baby
from the st. Moritz to a waiting
cab and the choo-choo to Chi.
Sallies in Our Alley: Jackie
Green, the Embassy Club clown,
was In a Broadway restaurant and
asked waiter the price of dinner.
1--WE have two dinners-one for 81
and another for S." was the reply.
=. "What do I get extra on the
$5 dinner?" asked Green. >. "Pres-
tige," was the snapper. Har-
vey Stone says Sinatra has muscles
now - from carrying all that
money to all those banks. Latin
Quarter boss Lou Walters asked an
actor if he knew what an atheist
was. "Sure," was the retort,
someone who don't believe in
Looey B. Mayerl"
Novelette,: When Harry Tugend
(who wrote the film "Wake Up and
Live") was an unknown writer, he
courted Jean Barlow. At the
time she was Billy Roses Girl Fri
day. "Why do you 60 around
with nobody?" Rose asked her.
Hook up with success or some
guy likely to be one!" Jean dis
regarded the counsel and married
Tugend. . . They've been living
(happily ever after) in Movietown,
where Tugend is now Paramount
Studios executive producer. :. He
will soon produce Paramount's
film, 'The Life of Billy Rose"
Three months ago the U. S. Army
in Germany discovered the lists Of
Nazi sympathizers in the U. S. A.
Army officials promised the lists
would be made public. The State
Dept promised the lists would be
made public. A Cong. Committee
promised the lists would be made
public. And what happened?
Absolutely nothing! After all those
promises - the lists are still a Sc
cret. And even the reason the lists
are being hushed up-is a secret.
Quotation Workmanship: K.
Roos: Shall we split kiss?
Anon: Rudeness is the reply we can
not think of. ]. M. Barrie: I
am not young enough to know every
thing. . Virginia Faulkner: The
ueSOI dllOll "dS IlOl SO IIluCn peTlOQ
as exclamation point. Stefan
Zweig: The lark whirred upward
like skyrocket of delight. Chris
Morley: The extraordinary insect
obligato of Summer nights.
H. V. Morton: Conversation as for
NAL as a minuet C. E. Coe:
AS naked as a peeled banana.
o. W. Holmes: Sin has many tools,
but lie is handle which fits them
all. Sax Rohmer: A smile 30
years her junior. Haywood
Broun: The ability to make love
frivolously is the chief characters
tic which distinguishes the human
beings from the beasts. Gelett
Burgess: A secret as fascinating as
a loose tooth.
Times Square Ticker: Observers
report Sec'y of State Byrnes wait
ed (unrecognized) in the Waldorf
barber shop until Frank Costello
wiSed up the manager and got him