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Show The Broadway Express: Memos of Midnighter: Neighbors Neigh-bors say J. L. Lewis doesn't have i his Virginia house painted because union painters ask too much money! . . . Fritz Kuhn, who was booted out of here, now is running a shoe store in Germany. . . . Senator Sena-tor Mead is leading prospect for the likker czar post. . . . Your Slip Is Showing Dept.: Editor & Publisher found this headline in a San Antonio An-tonio paper: "Dirty White House Widows Shock First Sightseers." . . . Hotel managers reveal that the fist thing a suicide (In a hotel) does is shave, bathe, put on clean under-linen, under-linen, etc. Women fix their nails and apply lip rouge. . , Beginning Begin-ning of the End Dept.: When a woman wom-an looks more at the glass on the bar than the one on the wall. Manhattan Murals: The ker-rickter ker-rickter who (every morning) goes into the 49th and 6th cafeteria cafe-teria and shaves himself at the table while his coffee cools. . . . The movie marquee on 8th, which advertises this appropriate appropri-ate double-feature: "Down Missouri Mis-souri Way" and "Flying Nowhere." No-where." . . . The elderly dandy In the 57th street automat. He sits near the window and watches the crowds go by-while by-while his chauffeur outside in his limousine watches him. . . . The big card game in the balcony bal-cony of a 42nd street movie joynt. . . . The car on Fiftl avenue (with Georgia license C 27767) with this painted all over It: "Peace Is Love, Justice and Brotherhood Put Into Practice!" Prac-tice!" (Oh, go practice it in Ga.) Sallies In Our Alley: Encyclopaedia Encyclo-paedia Britannica makes no mention men-tion at all of Santa Claus or of St. Nicholas the cynics. . . . Stop wasting wast-ing your time kidding soap operas. The Hooper survey reveals that 9 out of 10 are the "most popular daytime" programs. . . . Vince Cur-ran Cur-ran claims the way Leo Durocher's going Leo the Wolf is becoming just as famous out in H'wood as Leo the Lion. . . . When songstress Patti Clayton (a rabid Dodger fan) heard about Durocher's new inspiration inspir-ation (Laraine Day), Patti asked only one question: "Can she pitch?" . . . Is that loud argument backstage back-stage between Fred March and Ruth Gordon over billing? You mean even when they've been in the lights for decades they still take billing that seriously? . . . The League of N. Y. Theaters has asked a major mag's critic to come to openings sober. New York Story: In 1941 Broadway welcomed a new "sucker." ... A Texas oilman. oil-man. ... He was 65 years young full of wim, wigor, witality and woo-woo. ... In a year and a half he squandered over $400,000 backing flops that had more turkey In them than you often find in some costly Broadway sandwiches. . . . Anyhow, Any-how, he was enjoying himself having the time of his life. . . . He was very different from most "angels" who back shows. . . . The money was his. ... He didn't promote it with big talk. ... He was not a tout or bookie who invaded Broadway to "take" chumps by staging one flop after the other. . . . This man was Big Time. . . . Not a nickel belonged to anyone but B. S. Which are his initials. . . . He just loved being around show folks to help them get along. . . . Well, here conies the punch line. . . . One of the show gals he befriended got serious and married him. . . . And they stay home most of the time counting his rich and wise investments, in-vestments, instead of empty champagne bottles. Add Inflation Items: Silk shirts at Leighton's are advertised at only $28.50! . . . Peter Lind Hayes reports re-ports the cost of living in Movie-town Movie-town has gone up $3 a quart. . . . Plenty of mink coats are showing up for sale in those thrift shops Wassamatta, lady, ain't Daaadddy got enough loot left? . . . It's amazing amaz-ing but the ballet (long in the red) is making money while dance bands and dance halls are limping and dying. . . . Some of New York's night spots are so close to closing that employees phone in first and Inquire: "Are we open tonight?" , . . People wouldn't miss most of these joints anyhow. ... A. Jolson said to have dropped over $600,000 on recent stock market toboggans. . . . Legit matinees were the worst in five years, according to ticket specs. i Wuichellebrities: Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh (the walking walk-ing mint) dining in style with her pair of diamond-studded chopstix. . . . Estelita, the Embassy Clubeaut, featuring earrings one gold-lettered "Yes" the other "Nope." . . . Jose Ferrer actor-director-prc-ducer. Best known for his decency to hopeful young newcomers. . . . Wrong Way Doug Corrigan is with Royal Air service and will fiy cargo planes. . . Ray Bolger (slimmer than Thinatra) fighting the wind near his B'way hit I |