The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-12
roadway
By T.

from yWOOO says AlA1SAI, II IAN
story?'' l assume that concerns Mondays
opening line about them breaking one soon
from Honolulu. Remember source? SO we
can ask him what-the-ell? 49,. Wouldjez kind
ly ask your helpers to remember that you
take the boos as we'll as the boWs-and to be
a little more careful or get on your ID list?
Thenx-veddy-mitch . Kay and I get oofly
bored with some of your friends, bleeve us,
kiddo, if you will pod'n the expression
Your shimage is in the skies. She took the l
ayem Latest Runyon list of donors most
impressive yet. Sent list to Journa-American
and accountants, banks, etc. I didn't include
this mornings, but total has reached 1O0Gs.
What happens to Winchellines, did you say?
Well, in Thrill of Brazil' two column quips
show up in the otherwise dull film. They are:
II want to get out of this rut and into a
groove" and: I'm going in to see that char
acter who hasn't any!" ~. In a Sabbath
paper Wnder births) an engagement an
nouncement was listed. Hah!
I just looked at the drive1 you returned. Why
don't you just chuck it on the floor or into any
waste basket? -. Kay and ! agree you gave
Colby and Mervyn would wed. He said she
was quitting the Selznick firm in April 'to
hook up with Mervyn Leroy You read it
too fast. Oh, balderdash! . Marriage brok-
ers have raised their fees 40 per cent, but
that shouldn't worry clients. 1t amt the initial
cost-its the yellimony Add to the
vomics' list the uninhibitod script writer COR
jirq) who introduced the character, Peter
Mole" on the Parky karkus program.
Please don't ever stop fighting these mis-
fits out of show business. One said to me: IF
omit all my dirty gags on people, I have no
act, and what'H 1 do?" Take poison!"
told him. land make it a little easier for the
rest of us" Another asked. me: Does
he mean we shouldn't tell any dialect gags?"
said, "Of course not, you dope. Just don't
use any that make people appear repulsive,
connlvlng, INSCRIPTIONS o. rotten-unless you
make the character German or jap We
have had many complaints about q wag'sl
lP. D. gags about Irish and Jews on Aliens
Alley and Top This.
We also have several squawk's about W. H..
who gives anti-Semites the ammunition thew
need. A repulslve caricature Of a Communist
tailor. 1t used to be funny but not now with
all the hatred in the world . Lou Holtz in a
radio interview (the other night said he
would not resort to any dialect gags that may
anyone could complain about.
So maybe the campaign is doing some good.
No2s get this from Variety's editor in nv
next paragraph. Variety will knock them all
dead and should.
Dear Walter: Want to dash off this note
'pefore going to H'wood with Lou and EarD
70 compliment you in your vomics campaign.
SNOW you'll have Groucho Marx and a lot of
cheering. Groucho said long ago
clalect comedy was okay comedy in pre-Hitler
tlmes, but 1t starts wars these days. While
to Kitzel on the Jack Benny show
OF that anew. That goes (and I'm
here quoting the coast crowd also for Mrs.
Nussbaum. They feel strongly about the Can
You Top lhls cast. That also applies to max
ing Rochester a gin-guzzling, razor-totin', crap
type of Negro. Eddie Green Con
the other hand is used intelligently on Ed
Gardners program -. OF course, all of them
tied IN with our attitude on 'Abie's Irish Rose
is laying omelets all over the map
A devastating expose on Emil Jannings and
other prominent Nazis appears in the January
issue of a mag. The author is Thomas Mann's
son, Klaus. 1t reveals how these movie stars
(who waxed powerful and wealthy under
Hitler hypocritically screamed their hatred
of him after he lost In the new show.
Temper the Wind,' an American Colonel
drinks a toast ito the optimists of the Nor
mandy INVASION" This play should be shown
to the occupation troops in Germany. Gener-
al Clay and Mr.. Murphy should be made to
see it 116 times Add ridiculous rumors:
That the FDR dimes will be recalled because
the tiny specks, preceding the date q. S. in
microscopic ~initials) the jirx insist-stand for
Joe Stain.
Street Scene that Initiated These Tired Old
Orbs: The tall beaut ankling Madison, her
prominently decorated by the
insignia of New York's seth Regiment
For the delicate there's now a perfumed light
er fluid. Light mine with orchid, daahleeng!
. One suburban spot featuring a 81 piece
band played to 3 couples in two nights. The
band remains because of air time . Dacita's
Cat the Colonial Inn) is now a 49,
man outfit. She's aiming her guns at Movie.
town. Dacita would be a swell bet for the
Mocambo, Ciro's or Troc Oh, yes. put a
mickey in the COLIN also for that unfunnv
dialectician on the Mel Blanc program. Mucho
steenko.
We have a copy of A.. C. Hicks book, Blood
in the Streets" Creative Age Press, which
chops Trujillo into confetti. The chapter
"Jamon Pescado'' is entirely about Ham Fish.
If it isn't true what the author dares say about
Fish, why doesn't Ham sue? Post Office
says the Dec. 23rd item about an Inspector
being fired for being a bookie's stooge was
not 100 per cent right. He wasn't an Inspector.
He was a clerk I am getting a copy of the
survey taken at the orders of a man who rates
columnists irresponsible" To. his great ex.
pense (and irritation) this '%confidential, poll
(the influence of columnists On public opinion
and other such hoop-dee-doodle) revealed that
Guess Who is Leader. That he has twice the
influence of any chronicler-''and 80 per cent
more than all columnists put together"