Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 11 | 'Miss Liberty' Big Musical News

WALTER WINCHELL xMis Liberty' Big Musical News 11m Broadway Lights: Tha Irving Irv-ing Berlin-Robert E. Sherwood-Moss Sherwood-Moss Hart musical, "Miss Liberty," Lib-erty," is tha biggest news in the allied arts. The PhiUy critics agreed that It was born with a silver spoon that needed only a little polishing . . . Sudden Thawt: When such experts as Berlin. Sherwood Sher-wood and Hart need a play-doctor, who do they call In f , . . Mary Martin, star of "South Pacific," has a son. He arrived with two chums from Texas and wanted to witness his mother's performance Movie Memos: Bollywood Is like this: Ava Gardner la advertised aa the star of a soon-due flicker. Her "supporting" players (in much smaller print) are two of the theater's the-ater's greats: Ethel Barrymora and Walter Huston . . , Things are so rugged that two of Broadways first run temples have switched to revivals . . . "Joan of Arc" with Bergman must gross nine million bus just to break even , . . This la how Important a song hit can get: In the newspaper adverts of "Neptune's "Nep-tune's Daughter" the song "Baby, It'a Cold Outside!" gets tha top billing . . . Variety reports that Hollywood magnates have a standing stand-ing rule against usage of the word "dame" in movie titlea. They agreed to Warner's using "The Bright Dame," however, when convinced con-vinced that la this film it refers to a ship! The Alrlstocrats: Perhaps tweaking tweak-ing Hollywood's boss isn't the sport it waa. The teevee version of "Boy Meets Girl" (the renowned movletown spoof) waa hardly chuckle-worthy . . . N B Cs corpse-ana corpse-ana abbsi'a araaaae sailed 'Dtaaj net" are a welcome relief from cliche-ridden programs. The dia- ln the sell-out No ducats available. avail-able. Next morning they were first in line to purchase standing room at (2.40 . . . "Along Fifth Avenue," which put on Its shroud last night, cost Its backers S275.0O0 . . , The summer stock theaters (more than 150) will put more players to work than were employed along Broadway Broad-way all year . . Spike Jones and crew get $12,500 for a one-night stand in Texas. Happy income tax, kid . , . Don't bother trying to get seats to "Pacific (at the box office) of-fice) If you're In a hurry. The October Oc-tober tickets aren't printed yet. The flnemagtdaaa: The Walk-I Walk-I Ing Hills" is a hard-as-nails cinema I which occasionally hits like Jake LaMotta, the new champ . . . "Saraband" is a gaudy technicolor splash set in the 17th century, albeit al-beit the plot seems several centuries cen-turies older . . . M O M's forthcoming forthcom-ing "Battleground" la heralded by advance previ ewers aa another click . . . The Criterion theater thinks fast. It booked two Rita Hayworth delights for a double feature to cash in on the headlines: "Cover Girt" and "You Were Never Lovelier" . . . "Challenge otf- the Range" holds your eyes long enough for one dirty look. logue Is that exciting . . . Ruth Hussey's high - voltage troupini put the electricity In tha radio version ver-sion of "Craig's wife" . . . Comlci who appear on several televised variety shows with the same act are begging for a passport to oblivion ob-livion . . . The radio headllnera who sign off for the summer with their "Don't Weep, I'll Be Back In the Fall" routines offer the most bra-sen bra-sen example of hero worship . . . Here's one to cluck your tongue about: Toscanlnl Isn't sponsored, but his summer replacement is.