The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-09
Along Broad way
be anytime soon
By WALTER WNCHELL
THE BROADWAY LIGHTS

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Downey getting plumper.. . Mrs. Bert Lahr,
looking gayer, younger and so ahVe-slnce
her groom CATER a long intervaD landed IN a
Broadway hit C.Burlesque'O. .Bunty Pendie-
ton, the hot jazzinger, a click On the East
Side. Abbott & Costello in the st. Morltz
foyer. They were offered SIS, 900 (per wk, to
open at the Colonial Inn, but were in no
mood to accept it last night. . June Havoc,
the attractress, embellishing Reuben's. +. .
General D.. Sarnoff, one of the radio indus
try's top ads, discussing world affairs with
Broadway's popular Leo Indy. Ellis Ar
nall, who makes Herman look like a Tai
midget.
Sallies in Our Alley: They say it happened
the other bedtime over at an actress apart
ment. She was relating to her six-year-old
the story Of the Bees and the Flowers.
The tot listened patiently until Mother go to
the dull punchline-and then disdainfully criti-
qued: "Oh, Mother, the way you tell it-you
sure kill all the fun!". AT Cafe Madison
a movie actress was complaining about New
Workers sleeping late. .sIn Hollywood" she
fused, 1--WE all get up with the sum-. &.
'And, heckled a local, 'sneak home"
Memos of a Midnighter: Nine. Madeleine
de Markoff (once lady-in-waiting to the En-
press Marie Of RUSSIA now works for an
ex-six-day-bike rider. He is D'Amico of Fifth
Ave, hair stylist. Lutte Song" Ga B'way
casualty is making coin in Chi. Dorothy
Mcclure cancelled her planned reception for
the Long-Legged Bird and soon resumes in
Movietown. National Heart Week starts on
the 9th. 1t will be dedicated to reminding
Americans: 'f You Don't Worry About Your
Heart, Your Heart Won't Worry About YOU
-. VIM. Powell, Jr. (son of the actor, will
marry radio actress Irene Booth. st. Valen
tines Day is when the DR.. Frank Nolans ex-
pect to be three. He once was wed to Mary
Aston. Paul Small. >ex-groon of ex-champ
Jack Dempsey's ex-wife, Estelle Taylor, will
be, married (this Sabbath) to Lillian Schary.
They met when she decorated his sWanky
midtown booking Offices. The editors of This
Week, learning that an author sold them a
theme used by D. Runyon, are sending the
Runyon Fund a check in the same sum paid
the litter.
Midtown Vignette: The scene is Hanson's
drug store at 7th and 51st. The time:
Premiere night at the new Vanity Fair.
The group in Hanson's were discussing it.
81 hear" said one, ''that Gertie Niesen, the
star there, is getting 7,500 per week.. .
A man slipping his hot java at the counter
inquired: when does the show %start?".
IN about 20 minutes" he was told. 81
think I'll catch it." said the fellow, rs he
departed. Later, he returned to Hanson's.
How was it?" someone inquired. That
Niesen girl is swell. Just as good as when
I paid her SIS a week at the original Vanity
T air on 0lSl StTeet between on ana tn.
said Ben Clinton, who once owned night clubs
and is now driving a newspaper truck.
The Small-Time: Oracle Filds' alleged gag
about the Jew who meets a Mother Superior
and later tells friends: 81 met the Mother
Shapiro!". Now, that's what this COLIN
means-no matter how So editorialists distoct
the issue. That vulgar dialect joke holds up
the Jew as an ignoramus and gets a cheap
laugh by ridiculing Catholic nuns. .Maury
Am cfarHa ny ( offor four rynnl-cN no1 ho.n~ rn
femme) on the Vaughn Monroe program last
Saturday night. We didn't get her name
which is her good break. Awful simply awful
Sounds in the Night: At the Stork: Nov
that we've seen your sables and Jewels, may
we see your manners?'. AT Lindv's: BE
it ever so humdrum, there's no rut like your
own. AT Ruby's: cts so noisy in hero
you can't hear yourself braggin'!'. In Al
fredo's: What this country needs is a po.
litical party that loves the American people
more than the American, dollar. AT the
No. l Bar: Chow does that guy do his stuff
Why. on a swipewriter, you dope!''. "A
the Iceland Bar: ""Believe it or not, but that
LOOMS jerk was just standing there in his
bare feet waiting for a trollop!"
Broadway Confetti: Marilyn Maxwell has
finally gotten around to FREDDY Decordova.
Winnie Gardiner and Randy Hearst stayed up
Until almost half past nine last NIGHT LAUGHING
themselves. hoarse at the sme11ebrities.
One of the richest men in aviation is having
income tax difficulties. oh. NaW Looka
Here. Dept.:A show gel at the Vanity Fair
calls herself June July. Anything to get into
a column. A toy maker will manufa cture
Martha Raye doll-banks. When the mouth
opens to receive the coin. a squeaky voice re-
plies: "Thank YOU very Target. After 6
months VIM. Schiller president Of the Polka
Dot Guild picked Gink Todd "a Ceda~ Ranids
Girl-Friday> to inherit the crown of Chill Will
liams. his former trademark" Eyewitnesses
saw La Todd does more for polka dots than
polka dots did for Chill WINS.
Memos for a Co1umnist Ito check if they
are as good as their press agents alleoe,:
Patricia Brioht's lannon's at the No. / Bar.
Carol Lvnne's balletricks AT the Iridium
Room. .Djnah Shores version Of the "Anni.
versary Song. .Artie Sims Apollo record.
ing of Call the Police. Eddy Towards
Majestic record. 1T Want to Thank Your
Folks. The new film. "Smash-Up". .
Harrington & Hyers at G'wich Village Inn.
Pace Ryees' Spanish heel-a-d-toe nseic at
Havana-Madrid Dorothy Claire, the new
thrush, at the Strand.
The Late Watch: The Billboard lists "a
radio programs which cost sponsors a total
# So. DOL lin free gifts to contestants> in
1916. Only one Of the "a shows is in Prof.
Hooper's Inner Circle of First Fifteen.
Arlene Evans (heiress to glue millions) is
stuck on Tom Elwell, whose kid sister Just
merged with Hunt Stromberg, Jr.. the p~o-
Queer. .shep Fields reopens Glen Island
Casino on May IS. .Cugat's next role with
out his ORCHESTRAL will be in Main Voyage"
He will play the ships purser. All the
moom-pitcher critics Except one) were dopes.
They all praised or criticized the "~sinsing Of
Ida Lupino'' in THE Man I Love- flicker,
but only A. Cook knew it wasn't 1da's voice,
but Peg LaCentra's, which was dubbed in.
This picture. by the way, presents most o.
the songs Helen Morgan made popular bur
isn't her life saga. No celluloid could handle
it. Faith Baldwin, top circulation puller for
Hearst mags, greeted George S. Kaufman last
night in the Cub. 'Now what are you doins