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The Stage Door: Craig Reynolds,
first actor to enlist (and the first to
get hit with a Purple Heart), gets
30 few roles these days he has to
take odd jobs to balance the budget.
:. Salaries are rolling back. The
$500 a week comediocrities again
are being offered 5000, instead of the
wartime bride paychecks-and &C.
cepting them. Profit on "The
Jolson Story" now is figured "in ex-
cess Of five million bux." The
dog in Lovely Me" has been Or
dered to move from his boarding
house because he comes in too late
(after curtain time) and wakes up
the other dogs. The role Of the
fencing champ Che appears only in
the first act) of "Cyrano" is so
strenuous he has to alternate with
another. {. And you have troubles?
Two days after Helen Walkers pro-
Queer announced she would dance
flor the first time" in her next role,
she was badly fractured in a crash.
Midtown Vignette: Norman
. Gordon is the Ga basso Of the
Met. He is also the top male
singer in the revived "Street
Scene." Norman believes in
direct action. He was dining
In a midtown spot when Chunk
at the next table slandered FDR
and boosted Hitler. Gordon
went over, grabbed the nuisance
In his arms, carried him to the
street and dumped him into the
gutter, saying: you're spelling
my dinner, Adolf"
The Press Box: Georgia offered
striking illustration of the meth
DDS used by Fascists to take advan-
tage Of confusion and strong-arm
their way to power-completely dis
regarding the laws. Governor Ar
nall deserves support for refusing
to be pushed around by the Tai
madge hoodlums. The actions Of
those muscle-men gave America a
chilling example of fascism in ac-
ton. :. A Bawstin gazette observed
so many generals and admirals are
getting top jobs, Washington is no
place for felt hat. After CIV
ing the news from Dixie the once
over, you'd never think the Eman-
cipation Proclamation was signed "a
years ago. The Jersey Journal
solved the mystery of the ~. S."
on the new FDR dimes after check
ing with the government. They do
not stand for. Joe Stain. They are
the initials of John Sinnock, chief Of
the PhiHy mint.
Character Study: He under
pays his help but overtips the
waiter. He takes cabs to
avoid subway crowds but
wrestles through choked theater
lobbies for few puffs on a Gig
gle. He greets every corny
line in a show with a CORNER
comment but thinks a guy Is
celebrity when he has more
wives than children.
The Late Watch: Those strato-
sphere salaries paid H'wood stars
are coming down fast. Drop in box
office receipts, curtailed production,
etc., have studios pruning costly
player rosters. Many stars, how
ever, are willing to take a shave.
Supply and demand, you know. .
Sonora will market 20 million new
black label platters at 80 cents re-
tail. That's 20 to 40 pc. under cur
rent market and is the first price
break in this field since Dec. 7, 1941.
-. Tropical Park track reports at
tendance was up $4,000 but the
"take" is down 10 per cent. The
police have notified all night clubs
they must be closed and empty at
a. m. This is very funny consid-
ering most joynts are empty much
earlier.
New York Novelette,: Justin
Mccarthy, the young lone-wolf
stick-up fool (who was collared
recently, is well known to
neutrality-suspicious. He
sold several of them plenty of
"shares" in an electronic and
helicopter firm which Topped.
-. Most of his suckers are no
little miffed with Justin because
che didn't at least apologize"
with some Of the loot he got
away with-sticking up night
club patrons in their cars-as
they waited for lights to change.
-. He almost talked a famed
radio star into starting a manu-
featuring company with him.
One Of his stock victims
was ready to tell the gendarmes
about him six months ago
(which would have ended his ca
reer Of crime before it started),
but Justin talked him out Of