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HOLLYWOOD ON BROADWAY
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Ben Gage puts a loving arm around Esther Williams, soon to be a mother again, as they enter theatre to see "Young Bess."
Eddie Fisher, Vic Damone and Johnnie Ray were a merry trio at the same table the night singer Rusty Draper made his Gotham debut at La Vie En Rose. Draper, a West Coast favorite from San Francisco, gave vocal impressions of his three friends sitting at ringside and the uncanny take-off rocked the audience, particularly the Messrs. Fisher, Damone and Ray . . .
Before leaving for Hollywood, Ethel Merman tossed an elegant luncheon party in honor of Betty Grable at the Stork Club. Guests included Jan Sterling, Arlene Dahl, Gwen Verdon, Tony Martin, Cyd Charisse and John Lund. Ever since Betty and The Merm appeared in the same Broadway musical, "DuBarry Was A Lady," they've remained close personal friends. Now with Ethel Merman signed to star on Betty's Hollywood home lot, 20th Cen
Mona Freeman and new escort, Greg Bautzer, in deep huddle with their table companions during supper party at Mocambo.
At Mocambo after premiere of "Young Bess," Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons and Spencer Tracy hash over the film.
Paulette Goddard's daily visits to her bank where she was met by battery of lawyers, was big town's biggest mystery.
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tury-Fox, in future Technicolor filmusicals, they're trying to cook up a scheme whereby they might appear in the same movie together. The Stork Club get-together looked like the beginning of that very same plot . . .
Richard Greene and his "Dial M For Murder" leading lady, Faith Brooks, were inseparable during his first New York vacation in years. "Dickie," as he is called by friends, by-passed many former pals because his romantic doings around town with Miss Brooks were supervised by her. She arranged everything — the places they dined, the friends they met, his tailoring appointments and the on-time scheduled visits to his hotel barber shop . . .
Wendell Corey almost slugged a noisy patron at the Blue Angel during a performance of Alice Pearce, comedienne and long-time friend of Corey and his wife. The inebriated customer was willing to pick a fight until the screen star stood up. That stopped (CONTINUED ON PACE 72)