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“even though he was dying then, he was great.

to Casaway’s Cafe where Willie was opening with Harold

ite a

- THERE WAS talk about Wal lace’s third party. Willie said he

mired him"

away."

- Nothing New . HE TOLD me a familiar gag

once. A German. army Sion He said it didn’t matter who was told a sentry. “The

"Hitler! .. won't let you

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Willie ie “Admired For His ‘Timing’

Howard Wasn't a Gag Comedian, Wilson Says

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Jan. 15—I must have been one of 'the|

last newspaper guys to see Willie Howard do his act—and

It was last June 17, in Philadelphia. I was there for the Republican Convention, and went

Gary rg sat down for a few ind utes, then he went on.

Earl's Pearls .

smmy Durante made a bad cou mistake. He 1 met an old exconvict who was celebrating his Jw

was for the third .party: “Win, place and show,” He said that Gary, a double talk expert, was on the Republican platform committee. Actors ad- i for his “timing.” He was not a gag comedian, al-

reports his new apartment has

Mr. Durante plenty of elbow room —- just room for his elbow.

®ltions, wars, circuses. Nothing

L [new ever happens.” = 8 nN » WILLIE GOT pleasure out of

doing a double.

“1 went hunt- the horses. ing in Africa,” When doubletalker Al Kelly he'd say, “and I was in his act, Willie told him he

wad surprised he lost at the races. “J beat them today,” Willie would brag. bagged him he should Please 8°] “I beat them in the first race, . "en did a columnist skit, in which (race and if I'd had any money he'd fire a shot out the window jot I'd have beaten fhem in the and then shout: “I got Skol- eighth race, too.” , " » nu WILLIE, WITH his French lessons, and his “Revolt!” speech, was one of the funniest men of our time. His brother Gene left the act several years ago be- » cause he felt too ill to continue.

tell him, “I saw you when I was a kid,” he oftem answered, “I Wag & 1d, Sus

the second race, the third race, ’ a the fourth race, the fifth race,| In “The Scandals,” in "31, he the sixth race, and the seventh

Willie took $ver alone, Now Gene|

has survived Willie. Willie used to joke about that.

18! runnier; nt mattered who was ‘Reichstag’ Don't . let anybodyismarter. “Who gets the vacaPass gre unless he says ‘Reich- tions?” Willie sald. o ” + So the next person who came OUR TOWN: * Hope Hampton wa greeted by the sentry thisinas started taking singing lesw sons again. She'd like to do a Halt in the name of Adolf|B'way show. . .. Gere Tierney's Say ‘Reichstag’ or Iinext picture may be “Everybody Does It.” 8 Nunnally - Johnson script,” with Paul Do The Hartmans will do a "statue act about the Bond sign waterfall Why lin the Tony Farrell show, “All for Love.” . George Jessel is arriving today en route to the inaugural. He'll be about the only show business personality -at the Truman-Barkley Club dinner, which he’ll address.

+ w . HENRY YOUNGMAN, a hit at Miami's Copa City, where he feels safer wearing an asbestos tuxedo, says he lives a stone's throw from the beach. “I know because people on the beach are always throwing stones at my house.” __ That's Earl, brother

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"Whiplash," the dramatic story. of a painfer who bre rs E love ind shikes coming a ghter, opens Wednesday at the Theater. Mite rresle {Dane Clark) is a EG eam Finbar. in sunny Monterey until he has a whirlwind one-day romance with Laurie Rogers (Alexis Smith). Laurie Joburm to New York. Mike hastily decides to Ww,

some

Before the big fight, Mike meets Laurie's

brother, Dr. Vincent (Jeffrey Lyne). at Durant's night club. Vincent is drunk and determined to kill Durant in revenge for his sister's unhappiness. Mike disarms him. Laurie tells Mike of her unhappy marriage to Durant and how it was her brother's bungling after an accident that made Durant a cripple. She stays with Durant only to protect her brother.

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Movie Preview: Painter Fights For Love OF Singer In "Whiplash'_

a singer. Mike follows her backstage, insists on seeing her. Two toughs overpower Mike, When he comes to, he is in Laurie's dressing room with A series of ring

Unable fo find Laurie in New York, Mike stays on and continues painting. While with Mike a ISincatnation of

friends at a night club Mike sees Laurie,

wlion Yo he bitten

Son and her husband, Rex Durant (Zachary leary placed i in Mike,

‘Mike makes Durant a proposition—"Free Laurie and I'l win , the championship; refuse me and I'll throw the fight!" Durant ’ accophs, then has one of his pugs throw Mike down a stairway. The fall gives Mike a skull fracture, revealed in X-rays taken by Dr. Vincent. Before Dr, Vincent can intervene to keep Mike out of the ring, he himself is kidnaped and held prisoner by Durant's thugs. Durant now feels sure Mike will “be killed in the fight.

Durant, a hopeless cripple

singer

the ring. He is prepared for

victories has

arena exposing

surgery, Mike

first met.

the tutelage

and now

Durant's bodyguard kill each other in the en. suing battle. Durant, his wheel-chair running free. “down am incline, is crushed by a car. Through

teunited on the beach at Monterey avhere thoy

&

justifi

rushes to the Durant's plot. Dr. Vincent and

is saved. Laurie and Mike are

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Film Fans Want

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wants,” Pine

out, the studi had to hire a dozen mail-room helpers to sort Duryea’s fan mail from masochistic women. Yvonne de Carlo; Lizabeth Scott and Shelley Winters later joined the ranks. “It’s not easy to walk up and hit girls like Dottie,” Duryea said.

After a terrific beating, Mike wins the |“She’s so beautiful, and she’s one

fight. Dr. Vincent escapes and

of the most wonderful persons I've ever known, I feel awful afterward.” “Maybe,” said Miss Lamour skeptically, “but not half so awful as I feel.”

Players fo Meet

The Kirshbaum Players will

“THE STRANGE MRS. CRANE“

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Mother Theodora Circle No. 56,

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The - Daughters of Isabella, p. m, in Cathedral auditorium.

The Indianapolis Philharmonic orchestra, Ernst Hoffman con(ducting, and the Columbians of the Knights of Columbus, under the direction of Edward F.

CIvIO KEITH'S “All My Som,” drama, at 8:30. wiih Baba And and the ¥ Fort fo Hate as will sponsor a joint concert to aid CIRCLE 12:48, 35% 7:11 nd 10:35, the building fund of St. Eliza-| Sammy Kaze snd. his Orchestra, Nel humans pesler and Doth Home next Sunday at 8:30i a“ 100 28, 7:40 and 9:30, Claude Rains, st 2:35, 5:39 and 8:53, . s Rb 4 Mag >in Court,” With LOEW'S 1 oe ule - enie ano, a », “The Man From Colors 4:08, 6:20, 8:35 and 10:48. Glenn Ford, William Holden ESQUIRE an Dre at 1, 3:87, 6:54

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Krieger, will participate in the program. Personnel for the event will be: Mary Theresa Lenihan, chairman;

day at 8 p. m. at the Kirshbaum Community Center to plan casting and rehearsal dates for their second production. All members and friends intgrested in the

Mrs. Robert Fessler, co-chairman, and Mrs. Josephine Leach, regent.

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