Broadway Gossip Roundup From Walter Winchell Style
On Broadway with Walter Winchell notes Jane Withers with a tiny red heart nail art and a series of social snaps. Rome Vincents 285 pound shock on a drug store scale draws laughs. Stokowski in bold colors and a St Louis Blues request at a Wedgewood gathering. Linda Darnell in mink at Armando's and Mae West at Versailles. Martha Lipton seen near the opera house. Jimmy Durante at Leon and Eddie's mocks Eddie Davis nose-bob. Jessyca Russell previews a new gruesome smellodrama with a chilling act.
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Jane Withers
Madison Avenue
Rome Vincent
Stokowski
Erin
Wedgewood Room
Prof
Reisman
St. Louis Blues
Linda Darnell
Armando’s
Mae West
Versailles
Ellsworth
Fairchild
Martha Lipton
Met
Opera House
Leon
Eddie
Jimmy Durante
Eddie Davis
Jessyca Russel
Winner column on international situation never published
The Gazette reports that Walter Wineneil announced a Sunday night broadcast on the international situation this week but the New York Daily Mirror deemed it reckless and unsuitable for his hire. The syndicate distributing the Winchell column confirms the inquiry findings.
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Walter Wineneil
New York Daily Mirror
Gazette
Winchell
Allays in Our Alley and Show Biz Snippets
Moss Hart relays Alex Woollcott’s rebuff to a bore during a chat while Frank Case notes a witty quip about a question. The item covers songs, royalties for Jean Blan, Hildegarde’s Paris discovery, Dusty Anderson at Columbia, Lana Turner links, and other backstage vignettes including Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Kay Williams, and a humor piece on unemployment among stars.
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Moss Hart
Alex Woollcott
Alex
Woollcott
Frank Case
Hildegarde
Paris
Jean Blan
Jude
Garland
Ain
Miss de
Kay Williams
Bob Cobb
J. Durante
Lana Turner
Magic in the Moonlight Platter at the Glass Hat
A lighthearted column recalls Andy Russell selling a platter of Magic in the Moonlight at the Glass Hat. It notes a 1940s photo gag by Sgt. John Vita, who mimicked Mussolini for a crowd, with a dud negative but a later iconic snapshot making Vita notable.
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Andy Russell
Ankee
John Vita
Mussolini
Army Pictoral Service
Vita
Benito
Sgt
Nightclub quips and stage cues echo in a dawn of old New York
In fragments from historic venues around Harmon and nearby streets, snippets joke about gin fizzes, Sinatra, and big rockets as dawn lights the statue and captions mock politicians, actors, and producers. The notes capture nightlife slang and punchlines at Mocambo, Copacabana, Zanzibar, and Club 18.
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Congress
Zanzibar
Sinatra
Serutan
Mocambo
Copacabana
Lunatics Housed Months in Filthy Cellar in Holland
British forces uncover the Black Hole of Waansum basement in Holland where 172 naked lunatics were kept for two months by monks and civilians. The inmates were moved after shelling. 97 were bedridden. British civil affairs unit provides blankets and aid as German troops allegedly refused to move them.
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Holland
Waansum
Gallup poll mystery puzzles probing committee
A House committee questions why Gallup did not follow its sampling and predicted Dewey would win New York while Roosevelt carried the state. Chairman Anderson says a detailed Gallup explanation is needed before year’s end.
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Washington
Gallup
New York State
Anderson
D-N.m
House
George W. Gallup
Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
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Santa Claus
Santy
Don Wahn
E Orchid Gerden
Chas. Wolcott
Enlloro
Carmen Cavalarro
Jimmy Newill
Sadie Thompson
NBC
Roz Russell
Warner
Hollywood
Wild Bill Ames
Leventhal
Ateneo
Cagpearrindae
Santa Clothes
Columbus Avenue
Justice of the
Harmon
N.Y
Metropole
N. Y
Re Ees
t.Joseph
Killian Company
Teen Department
Patricia Petite
Patricia Petite Coats
California
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