Show r Sallies In Our In-Our Our Alley Benny Goodman Goodman Goodman Good Good- man and a chap who just signed a Hollywood contract were discussing Movie Town Hows the weather er out there now asked the Broad Broad- Ill be leaving for Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood shortly What clothing should I You take take along might along said Benny a proof knife-proof vest Clare Luce at a party was seated between between be- be tween playwright Frederick Lonsdale and md producer Gilbert Miller Lonsdale asked her If you had a choice kissing me or Miller whom would you choose Clare hesitated hesitated hesi hesi- Ill never said Lonsdale Lonsdale Lonsdale Lons Lons- dale forgive you for that pause Somerset Maugham's laugham's first book was Liza of Lambeth England's England's Eng- Eng lands land's great book critic Edmund Gosse whose opinions made or broke a writer wrote an ecstatic notice lotice about it The next day Maugham was on the road to fame Once he had six plays running in n London at the same time time all all walloping walloping walloping wal wal- loping hits He followed through with Of Human Bondage and many other sellers best-sellers And critic Gosse constantly met Maugham at dinners and parties for twenty years and always said Mr Maugham that wonderful book of yours How wise you are never to write another line A legend in Cuba the home of the famed Bacardi rum is this The Therum Therum Therum rum was originally owned by ten brothers Only two survive Every time one of the Bacardi brothers passed on he was buried with a case of the rum rum knowing knowing the brothers in Heaven were waiting for some some the Round Shoulders Margie Margie Margie Mar Mar- gie Holliday tells of the chap who took out a lovely looker who was unbelievably dumb When he delivered delivered delivered ered her home after an endless he sighed Youre very beautiful but so stupid If you think Im I'm stupid she ga- ga gad you should see my mother She's all aU bent over Yes Indeed In the newsreels from the war fronts our brave commanders commanders commanders com com- manders are usually leading leading leading lead lead- ing their men to the attack We saw a like that last night The General facing the camera A woman in front audibly remarked Hes certainly brave but how about the unknown photographer who has his back to the enemy The Magic lagle Lanterns The Lodger Lodge v er a classic among blood based on the sinful Jack the Ripper Ripper Ripper Rip Rip- per loses none of its shudders in its transfer to the screen Higher High er and Higher is a pleasant song- song dance and-dance film It brings Prof Sinatra Sinatra Sinatra Si Si- into focus Hell He'll never gel get as many girlish squeals for acting as ashe ashe ashe he gets for paper dolling but he gets by okay J. J Haley Michele Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan and the Hartmans help considerably considerably considerably consid consid- The Miracle of Morgan's Morgans Morgans Morgan's Morgans Morgan's Mor Mor- gans gan's Cr ek is wild a di direct direct direct di- di slap at Pop Dionne Eduardo Bracken is a parent and Betty Hutton jumps out of her skin from time to time Where Are Your Children deals with juvenile delinquency It skips the preacher angles and assumes its audience i imore it i- I I more than eleven I Willie Collier is dead There was wasa a comic He had wit and showmanship showmanship showmanship showman showman- ship and a style of offhand clowning clowning clowning clown clown- ing that you hardly ever find in the days of the stun-the-peasants technique You remember him best from one of the first Music Box Revues teamed up with the late Sam Ber Ber- nard That was where Willie popularized popularized popularized the word nifty A couple of seasons later he produced a show for himself and Bernard called It died but nothing of Colliers Collier's deserved to Another time Collier was a last minute replacement for for Lew Fields it seems On his first entrance he turned to the audience and exhibited his shaking hands hands and and won the house Later making an exit he was asked by the heavy where he was going Back to the dressing room retorted retorted retorted re re- re- re Willie and study my tines Sallies in Our Alley Over at The Gamecock a movie actor said that Hollywood is wonderful to everyone everyone everyone every every- one except people with smallpox To which a cynic queried You mean to tell me that a guy with a flat fiat wallet would be welcome there No was the retort in Hollywood a flat fiat wallet is the first sign of smallpox D D. D Lowes Lowe's nifty When the Yanks take Cassino they'll have to play with 51 cards as the Duce is missing Quotation Marksmanship Barbara Barbara Bar Bar- bara Nix The minutes crawled by like wounded men Msgr Fulton Fulton Fulton Ful Ful- ton J J. J Sheen Peace without justice justice justice jus jus- tice is like painting rouge on the international cheek J. J M M. Barrie Bar Dar rie Fie In making love-making as in the other arts those doit best who cannot tell tel how it is done Paschal Boland Pride is a one-man one parade Somerset Maugham They simply lived in one another's anthers pockets Joan Eden She swallowed her tears Anon It Its It's not the creed its it's the deed a |