The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
Servicemen Stud Cast Show
"CaII Me Mister" Certain Rlt for
 MeIVyn Douglas

New York, April 19-(UP)-Serv- icemen have been finding their single ways back into the theater for two seasons now, but last night 27 of them greeted the stage in a body as the major part of the cast of Gall Me Mister" This musical with It's human reconversion theme is the first of several all-veterans shows which have. been discussed to reach its Broadway goal.
 The show is a certain hit for Melvyn Douglas, the stage and screen star who himself is vet Sran, and his associate producer, Herman Levin, an attorney. Doug- las does not appear in the revue.
 There are l9 girls in the show and they are either former mem- bers of one of the services or per- formers who spent much time dur ing the war years entertaining troops at home and abroad. The music and lyrics are by Harold Rome, ex-Army, and the sketches are by Arnold Auerbach, pre-war writer for Fred Aliens radio show who wrote Army shows while in uniform.
 Future Stars
 The only person to receive feature billing Is the singing comedienne Betty Garrett, but there are some surefire future stars in the lineup, notably Jules Munshin, who used to do some comic singing with George Olsons orchestra, Munshin did almost everything but raise the curtain and did every job extremely well.
 When Munshin got out of the Army and decided to make stab at show business, he thought he'd change his name to Munson He entered the cast as Munson, adver- Using three-sheets were posted bearing .-this name and the show opened in Philadelphia. Then ar- rived a new cast member, Allen Manson. To avoid confusion Jules went back tos Munshin and that's the tag he'll carry to stardom.
 One sketch is burlesque of three southern Congressmen, discussing means of making themselves more popular. Two of them do most of the talking, while the third just sits and stares, occasionally interrupting to say, T wonder what really hap pened at Pearl Harbor." Finally it is decided to corral the veterans vote and a typical ex-GI is brought in. The single-minded legislator suddenly turns to him and asks where he was at the time of Pearl Harbor. The soldier is played by Chandler Cowles, who actually was a lieutenant on Admiral Kimmels staff and had the battleship Cali fornia sunk under him in the Pearl Harbor attack.
 Daughter of Millionaire
 Kate Friedrich, one of the dancers, is a niece of playwright George S.. Kaufman and the wife of Richard Witkin, a radio news writer for the United Press and a war veteran. Virginia Davis is the daughter of the millionaire orchestra owner and stage producer. Meyer Davis. Steve Allison. assistant stage manager, served under Douglas in Burma.
 Rome. who won the ASCAP prize far the best song of the year almost a decade ago with Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones'" has another trib- ute to the late President in The Face on the Dime" An outstand- ing numuer of his score is spirit uaj-iike piece called "doin' Home Train" And there are several light CT numbers that will become popu- lar.
 For Miss Garrett, who only a few seasons ago was understudy to Ethel Norman, it was her big night. She stopped the show cold and from now on it wlll jusb be a question ef picking the right contracts.