Detroit evening times., April 01, 1945, FINAL, Image 102

About Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958

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Broadway a Ghost Town at 3 A. M.
but a Few Live Wires Burn 12 M. Oil
BROADWAY is a ghost town at 3 o’clock in the morning. A
few stray servicemen, perched on stools in the few all
night counter lunchrooms that are open . . . half a dozen folks
at orange juice and milk stands ... a solitary cop here and
there .. . one fat man in front of the Astor. Lights are dim.
Only a few office buildings show' a speck of illumination, indi
cation that a scrubwoman is busy. It's creepy to a fellow
accustomed to seeing a 3 o’clock-in-the-morning Broadway
alive and alert with convivial souls some drunk, some half
drunk. all gay—and still wide awake.
Seen and Heard Here and There
InVO LOVELY-LOOKING WOMEN, as alike as two shiny silver
dollars—Celeste Holm and Mrs. Walter Young—seated only a
table away from each other .. . Peter Lorre, the best-dread man of
the year, in a case huddle with Fred Allen . . Both notorious dead
pans converse briskly and the furrows of fret deejien on each fore
head . . . “What vfras it all about?” I inquire of Lorre when th«y
break up . . . “Allen just told me a funny story. It was hilarious!”
. . . Genial Bill Corum. snug iighis brand-new, tailor-made war cor
i, s|M>ndent’s uniform, drinks a few farewell drinks w ith his well
w isher* before taking off on his European assignment . . . "I should
h ive done this two years ago -and I wanted to.” says Maj. Bill . . .
Sixth avenue stroller, Bert Lahr . . . lie runs into Jesse Block . . .
“You look worried,” suggests Block . . . “income tax ? Naw . 1
tried a new barber—and look at the haircut he gave me like Boa
Lillie!”
2 Don't Speaks' Meet and Speak
BF.N IIECHT bearing his harassed look with him on a stroll up
Fifth avenue.. . . “In trouble?” . . . I'm up to my neck in my
hook. ‘Child of the Century’ ... I break off every so often to write
f.>r Hollywood-you know why? For bread and butter. My wife
and child have to cat. Me. too.” ... At Edna Ferber s Mike Todd
comes face to face with another guest Billy Rose ... An embar
rassing moment, for neither has spoken to the other in several years
. . But now they do—and presumably the evening passes pleasantly
for !»oth, 1 hojie, I hope.
Two Friends Envied During Week
fT'WO friends I envy during the week -Steve Ilannagan, with the
■I gorgeous Ann Sheridan hanging on to his escort arm -Leo
I Hu ocher with the beauteous Kay Williams at his side . . . I rettiest
mamma and daughter combination of the week - Gertrude Lawrence,
ami her daughter, Pamela . . . Miss Lawrence s autobiography,
already in galley proofs, is tugging heavy bids from Hollywood . . .
I. l tile comedienne Dorothy Shay has an idea for a book about trie
Roosevelt* —her title, “Forever Ramble” . . .Irving ( aesar and
Damon Runyon at a comer table, argue the pros-and-eons or the
curfew situation—with Caesar tossing in a few potent comments
on ASCAP ratings and war songs.
Gerty Niesen Doing All Right
I RUN INTO Mark Hanna, the literary agent and now producer
... He looks gloomy . . . ‘Toothache?" . . . “No, just back from
Phiily. The show opened (Luther Davis’ “Kiss Them for Me,’
which Hanna and John Moses are producing! . . “O, I wouldn t
worry about those out-of-town reviews.” . . . 'Worry? I m not
worrying. The reviews were rave. I hale to say it—but I think
we have a hit on our hands.” . . . Hanna slumps away, moodily . . .
Gertrude Niesen, the comely real estate queen, who is closely related
t<> the exciting singer of the same name, both having the same
mother and father—and in fact, are the sam* person . . . The
Shrewd Niesen. in addition to buildings in Angeles, also owns
(*•>•1 acres in the Mojave Desert, a home in New’ York and is now
negotiating for the purchase of a midtown apartment house . . .
And this is the little girl who once wept on my shoulder because
she thought there was no future for her in singing.
Confusion From Confucius Land
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ, writing from China, confesses a bit of
confusion with the customs and habits . . . Says he saw an
obviously dying man not more than 50 yards from a hospital
entrance, but no one went to his aid . . . When he inquired why,
he learned that any one assisting a dying man in China, thereby
saving his life, must support him for as l*>ng as he lives ... He con
tinues. "A doctor here removed cataracts from the eyes of a beggar
brought back his sight. The family complained that now that he
could see, his earning capacity was gone so the doctor hired him
a guard of the compound.” . . . William Carlos Williams, one of
oui better American poets, complains that fmbbshers are refusing
|i > more recent efforts chiefly because they “haven't the |>apcr to
cl-vole to books of poetry.” ... A practising physician upstate,
Williams is puzzled Because there's liecn no cessation in the reams
c*l patent medicine circulars he still receives brochures,
graphed pamphlets, etc. . . . for that matter, this desk is cluttered
up daily with broadsides and some very expensive printing jobs,
t<mi, from motion picture publicity offices
Confusion Curfew Notes
(H'RFEW NOTES: Jerry Mann says there’s thing to do
now after midnight, he and his gang are gourg over to Jimmy
Byrnes’ home, wake him up and yell. “We've got no place to go,
entertain us.” . . . Private house forties are booming the guests
right after theater hour . But the speakeasies, which
w i*re going to pop up all over town haven't A few. yes but not
the hundreds that were predicted* . . Little one-armed lunch rooms
in ihe village are jammed until 2 in the morning -especially by
servicemen with no place to go . . . But. many shows have born
hurt—where folks would make an evening of it—first the show,
then the nightspot—now it's one or the other.
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