Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-06-07 | Page 9 | William Bendix Had Tough Time All during Depression, but Hollywood Gave Him a Break; Now He's in Demand

1 r I William Bendix J Had Tough T Time ime All During Depression But Hollywood Gave Him a Break B reak Now Hes He's in Demand By John Todd HOLLYWOOD INS This would be a sadder story If ir the fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low telling it weren't so funny He is William Bendix and it concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns his new home out in the Los Feliz district Bendix now in a starring role Guadalcanal Diary at Twentieth Fox Century has had a a. tough time economically all his life until very recently He was a a. poor boy and andas andas as a man with a family had a horrible time during the depression depres depres- sion slon years For a while Bill and I I his wife and daughter lived In a a. I tenement basement so dank that mushrooms grew out of the floor And he asserted earnestly Ill put my right hand on the Bible and repeat that I 1 used to think sometimes about people owning a house he continued continued con con- but I 1 never really thought It could happen to me Up to three years ago I owned only one suit Well anyway I come out here and get a a. break I sign with a business manager and I save dough and after awhile I can buy buya a house I got the cash see see all all of or it So I go to my business manager to get the dough and what dya think He says dont don't buy it outright Buy in m etal- etal ments That's the w way y businessmen business business- men do it he says I argue bu buI but butI I dont don't get the dough Only a down payment Its It's Just like paying rent he says Holy smokes I dont don't want to pay rent I been payin rent all my life So instead of or bein beina a a. land owner Im I'm payin rent Just like In a high class tenement How dya like that 1 Cesar Romero firmly believes Fred Astaire Is missing a great bet in Sonja Henle Heni as a a. dancing partner Cesar who is the favorite dancing dancing ing escort of or Hollywood girls on and ot off the screen ought to know For hes he's Sonja's Sofias partner in the famed ice skating stars star's first exhibition ballroom dance for the screen in Winter Time a marvelous dancer learns a routine faster and does it more gracefully than any girl gitl I know of Romero said Just the same I was amazed and doubly so SQ when 1 L I saw the rushes of our dance in the projection projection pro pro- room We did a very tricky routine a routine a combination of samba fox trot and adagio that would have thrown a lesser dancer