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Brooklyn and Broadway By AL SALERNO There's something of a mystery in the meanderinRs of Herb Jeffries, singing favorite of some years standing. Booked to ppear at a London night club this week. Herb failed to show-tip. Nor did he leave any word. The proprietor was rightfully Incensed, and demanded to Kftft 4tok ic 'tSm xsS i tV.

aMrMWP8 1 mt-, ftZSr'y: jAIH "At vis. know why. But no one rouldj tell him. Jeffries couldn't be located. Someone said he left Paris for N.

Y. at start of the month. But no confirmation, 'Could be had. They-tried his booking agency, which hadn't heard from Jeffries, and far 8-; they knew he hadn't returned to the 1'. S.

Nor could his recording company throw ny light on his- New Chesterfield Club In the Boro Hall area has Teacho and his music nightly except Monday Miguelito Valdes, the orchestra, and his own revue are the whole show at El Mombo, relatively new spot in Franklin Square Marusia Sava, the Continental contralto, returns to Little Gypsy Cafe Wednesday Same night a musical re-vuette opens at Versailles Big event of the week (this or last) Is Sophie Tucker's opening tonight at the Latin Quarter with new material in which she invested some of the her wonderful old routines hrouglit in. rW V7 FKv L. Kli WAV Mi Singing's Just a sideline now. Bing Crosby' latest enterprise is an outfit called Blng's Things, which will merchandise about 20 different items Young Lindsay 1s the third Crosby to sign with Decca. He's recording now La Vie Kn Rose (the one that survived of the two clubs Monte Proser opened JANET LEIGH tells off some of the customers in the boll park who don't believe that little Donna Corcoran, center, actually saw "Angels in the Outfield." The picture is coming to the Capitol this week.

l. I Reverse play: Two youthful actresses put aside their grea-e-: paint and scripts in favor of RED SKELTON and Esther Williams are setting off on a wagon race in this scene from the Technicolor "Texas Carnival," now at Loew's State Theater. last year) ends its Summer Oct. 28, hen the late spot reopens with Pearl Bailey, the higher education, enrolled as freshmen at Barnard College. Betty Buehler Jumped From TV to Hollywood BRODERICK CRAWFORD is manning the gun with one hand and protecting Betty Buehler with the other in this scene from "The Mob," which opens Wednesday at the N.

Y. Paramount. singer Peewee Russell, Joyce Ros-who licked the man with the tion in "I Hi. came to atten-Remember Mama." newcomer woidd have to be'satins and jewels, and forgets snmethinff nrettv extra-special' what the Girl looks like. After Television, which has been known to raid the Hollywood to vie with the established stars people see The I hope studios for talent, has now, in the ca.e of Betty Buehler, reg who are absolutely tops in the they'll remember my face, i-tered a switch I glamour field.

So 1 think it's Goodness knows, they wont ncytbe, starts his comeback tomorrow in Denver, where he debuts a six-man Dixieland band. He's got a flock of rooters. i while Patricia Rice. 17. toured the country with 'Porev and Tony and Sally De-I Marco return to N.

opening jat the Cotillion Room on Tues- wiser to concentrate on pave any particular reason Betty was developed as a performer by TV. and Columbia's talent scout Max Arnow first being myself. 1 think of jivmember my clothing. mvself as the average American! Betty Buehler, t.ennan norn, saw her on a Hi inch screen. 1 1- pounds, had long blonde gil.

Xyie. iwas brought to this country by NOW PLAYING (day, when there will be only DiMaggio stopped being one show that night. 0:30. Then gloomy. Broadwijyites, after they go out on another road he met Yolande Betbeze (Miss tour.

America), who curved him even1 hair. She wore elaborate eve- Deciding that Betty was just Bet iv cut her hair and let it her parents wnen sne was oni go back to its natural brown, 'three. She took her B. A. in Hollywood fyl-ie eyelashes the sort of girl "ENGROSSING MELODRAMA and me glamour maKcup was wants, he arranged ivhieh fine with lieiMirama anu ii vuuou- goes toct i.h th fw Rmtv applied with a lavish hand.

MGM's University, and matte ner brown eyes. 1 For her role of a young nurse signed a long-term contract' Kor her Hollywood debut. r.a,,,M.. fr however, little Miss Buehler 'professional stage debut as a ilady-in-waiting in "Hamlet" She who is engaged to police officer in. i has chanced all that with the Washington Square 1 1 1 1 ooo worrf Mir im-.

i. i tln-iwrli 'mediitelv nut to work nlavin" ner eyeiasnes in put, to woik pia.Mn in nor a Players. the romantic nterest Hlt tBt i 1 iBroderick Crawford in the most of her other glamour; vicious ate fron lackey STAKRINC better than Koslo Lana Tur-: Her and Cubby Broccolis have; kleen quietly dating A rather, unperturbed Joyce Mathews (or her double) occupied a ring-! side table at Sugar Hill the! other night after news of Billy i Rome's new difficulties had got-! ten around town Remember; Mario Cabl bullfighter thrown by Ava Gardner in Spain when; Frankie was chasing her half! way around the world? He put! a ring on Yvonne de Carlo's finger in Hollywood and is flying to her in N. Y. now.

Despite denial of romance, Robert Preston and Peggy Lee see a lot of each other, and are so lovey-dovey Former Britisher Xurnian Francis, now managing the gift shop at Hollywood's Brown Derby, says he is collecting signatures of the famous patrons which he will make into a parchment lampshade to be sent to Princess Margaret. VTho will do what with it? (Tn Lou Walters: Note received. Tlnfjr both rale It.) ETHEL MAURICE -The Mob" which fl. maneup. Iiieisen mvoneu in mc a ft 'r fracas.

Betly wears only Victor Mature set something1 ms, lmg -eatl tci n-k Average' shu tmaker dresses, in of a kissing record in HKO Ra- to the N. Pat amount Thea- Hollywood." said this t0 nurse's uni-ldio's "The Las Vegas Story." BARRYMOREEVANS i iii dim iniisvo ouii (tciit'ss luriii, aim i nidi oi uitr iiuu tn ne ru-suus ilo jtoit Id Oils i i In. ii i i irn On video, Betty, who Angela LANSBURY Keenan WYNN recently has rather more that nurse coum a'ioni io wear. nusseu ann iiicein. i-uce.

nc five feet, three-and-a-half inciter "1 think a lavish wardrobe scored (i lull-length misses ne- -hare of glamour girls. A and weighs a neatly distributed its Miss Russell and Col- is a mistake for a new tween Th story of the she said. "The audience con-ileen Miller in one afternoon of centrates on the furs, silks, shooting. dancer and the drummer I A T-akr" ii MGM Opens TUESDAY ivi. Qti.

6lh TfieG innv Ant Arml im crtM mmA I art ALL.STAR VARIETY SHOW Mickey ROONEY Sally FORREST James Mason Enthusiastic About His Role as Rommel According to James Mason, opportunity truly knocked at his door the day he asked to play the role of Field Marshal Rommel in 20th Century-Fox's much heralded production of "The Desert Fox," due Wednesday at the Globe Theater. "For years," he claims, "I was always cast as either the cruel himself as an ambulating steam I 1 A 1 NEW SHOW Louis ARMSTRONGS TODAY RAY M-C M'J TECHNICOVOR MUSICAL COMtDYl MILLAND monarp nr thp s.i.-.vp lntharin balfl a ne lugged around 1 1 MtllV OWl VI IWUIIIIVI MIV Jfc I KTHtl WILLIAMS DEI SKELTON HOWARD KEEL Frttinncn in Sho 30t It ill Itmtl STATE I WAY 45rh ST. LLOYD pounds of clothing on his back who threw aside feminine the of El Alamein wa's lions in the most casual man-. recreated under the guidance of ner. How many roles like that director Hathaway.

His gear in-ran you play before vou become f'uded the woolen uniform of a unbelievable even to vourselT? Marshal, complete with high leather boots, woolen "When director Henry Hath-isock nat am otnpr regulation BRIDGES 10EW I fTv hi i.ALBEEUAMES STEWART-MARLEN DIETRICH alia SABU Cail oi 'hoii)Ad way and producer 46th STRUT A I I BRf VOORT I 1mS? WED. RANDrsULUDt 46th5t. W.itWmimt 71' Johnson asked me to play the famous Rommel, the command- ing general of the Afrika Korps, I felt that here was my opportunity to do something totally different. Carried Mementoes The actor felt some degree of authenticity in the role when Rommel's widow, now living in Wurtemberg, Germany, loaned BROADWAY CON IS. GATES A 0 i r.

1 I DRAMA!" ITnOfMlllI muba zy 0th Century-Fox some of her II THE LONS OARK HW.I pa nmsm I 1 mi mill "Very few actors ever have! '7hj PJL'tTD UKl I PITKIN late husband's valuable memen- I IVJ. HA II kHMtiHIMMI nffctrrf the chance to portray a rontem UQ1U IWM uuKUini bun Roiitur siuumak PREMIER As the cameras followed 1 norary human being, much lpssitos him. Mason carried with him 1 OMTtOMD A. one that was an enemv in so SPENCER HATiUSH It S- 1 mm. ANI i TRACY AT NIVINt 93SO IB'wov 44th sr.

I i BAY RIDGE BEDf ORD WARWICK recent a war. To play a char- lne a(ula' jewei-encriisieu goin peter that led so important a.baton- fleki passes, goggles and life, so dramatic in content and, military maps that the Field heroic in achievement ii what, Marshal used in North Africa In fiREER GARSON-'THE IAW AND THE tADY' (ttunts THAT'S MY BOV i'A A R1V MILLAND CIRCLE Of DANCER boro park 19-13. 4 'THREE STEPS NORTH -110TD IOOfV GREGORY PECK ICAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER lxwith VIRGINIA MAYO lHAIN ofCIRCUMSTANCT E.1. VODVIt mmtniHMl ALL DAY T00AY At MEtIA every actor dreams of, am no exception." Mason regarded his role as a challenge and before the film- Mason's success as Rommel has led to a seven-year contract with 20th Century-Fox in which HERE COMES IS4 W0HZRFtL LiNiV Turner tuff hetran hp fonnri nut a miwhine win turtner ins new tound 1 1 ho mold tho I career. His first film under the I -5 j04US I WEEK of ft I agreement will lie Hive agreement of the man he would nortrav.

i Fingers. a story of Kuropean Filmed on An a Desert I intrigue to he directed by Acad- "True. Rommel was a Award winner Joseph 1,. Coi. TECHNICOLOR $un flu 1 (its I U- tnr also 1 1 OGUE nTowN-i XV I I 57 ,7 ST- 1 u.

mil ne was a great soldier Mankiewicz whom his enemies admirwJ and1' feared." he said. "He was a de-," JU06 UlHU AVE OUT MoTiOM PiCTOPt Stmts -WEDNESDAY 10 A.M. CAPITOL i 3QC1 ONLY li voted lamily man who loved his wife and son, and gladly gave his life so they might escape the wrath of Der Fuehrer when the II Partem ft Jm Lf JA 3-9720 JAMAICA RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Showpiece of the Nation Rockefellor Conlor "A dream come news "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS" AIltrm 1 ON THE STAGE I plot to assassinate Hitler failed. SHOW BUSINESS' Therefore, I inject somei ACavakedt el T09 Broadway Start I HI' Hod.d by BOB HOWARD 3 SlAOf SAT. SUM.

on lml stRtens tijIWIKMI tl Scrtm: RAY MILLAND Ciicli II Omiii 4 (Lb understanding ifr the part, to bring Rommel to life again to tell his story in the way he a ould have told it." For his role in "The Desert To ihe Music of GEORGE GERSHWIN .1 GENE KELLY LESLIE CARON Color by TECHNICOLOR An C-M Pktur. OK THE GREAT STAGE "AUTUMN AtBUM" Goto now revu. producod by Ruisell Morlort letting! by James Siowart Morcorn Ihe Corps do Ballot, Chorol Eniemble. Rockettes and Symphony Orchestra directed by Raymond Paigo. Oocys Open Today II 30 A.

M. ot 12 00. 50, 5 41. II 28 Stooe Show ot, 1 55. 4 4A.

7 411, 10 Dw. Ooen Modov 10 00 A. M. GO TO A MOVIE BAY RIDGE AND SI'NSET PARK Center, dtk Avi. and 56IH St Slrmini Cltyi lo ritr Acro the River 5 PliCHWll WfV TODAYI iouiiu iiiiiisen on location in the broiling Anza Desert near the Mexican border In California.

With tempera- Hanoi coot llrrlra. 7ith St. and 3rd Ava Slate Fair; al'o Kenturky 1 Stanley, Sth Avt. and 7Sth 8t Franclt Goet ta the Races; Com, a' Round th Mountain RKDFORD National, 720 Waihlnaton Avt Happy Co Lovely; alto Bent of Ihe Badnien Uoaern, 333 Roaort Avt. PR.

4-2230 Happy Oo Lovely, also Bett of the Badmen BORO PARK Normandy, 43rd St. A Now Utrecht Ave. Captain From CaslUe; alio Lost Volcano i BOROIT.H HALL AND DOWNTOWN Oufflold and Fulton fits That'a My Boy: also Paasafe West tares trequently reaching the movietimc IVlATrAlK l.lj-degree mark, he envisioned' I A 'SHOW BOAT' nnH 'DAINTrn MIL I and 'PAINTED HILLS and Coney Island Avenue Kinfi Highway ti AVAL0N Kinis Hlohoay ST. GEORGE Force of Arms; also Two of a Kind Terminal. Fourth Avo.

and Doan Meet Me After the Show, 1 Was an Amerlran Spy Kints Hightroy end RAY one nr ti Eait fftth Slrtet Flllbutvh Avenu in nAYSI Tivoll, Bore Hall. R. Win uasoia; also suobh ana kumbmo m.ci m- nirVTlT BRKiHTON BEACH IViAKUlL mm fM.IMtliW. Kintji Hihwy LOUIS PRIMA nd his Orckttlr "KEEir SMITH The Vanderbilt Boy: fjrfro TONY BENNETT ft i jf Oreana. Brithlon Bsath Ave.

-Holt 8t Barhelor and Ihe Boooy soxer; also uai nai BI'SHWK'K PA I 10 Flitbuih Avnu aixl Mittitond Street IN PERSON I on xumi rolnnial. Broauay and cnauncoy bl mala nio rassasr nesi llirtllf AAli Empire. Ralnh Avt. A B'vay. GL.

5-7M0 Pumy Island; Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard JVjIUVVUUU Av nut and Eait 1 3th Street fr MILI.AND vinvkL ui WMnubn Gr "THREE STEPS NORT.V fToLDN "FORCE OF ARMS" and "TWO OF A KIND" L.zabeth Scott 'PEOPLE vs. O'HflRA' "THAT'S MY BOY" and "PASSAt.k t- ITECMNICOlONl "IKIOIILI and "PYGMY ISLAND" Me After the show'; Was An American Spy' moMacMURRAY ttuwR PARKER In FLATBISH Aslor. 927 Flalliush Ave Kon-Tiki; also No Plare fur Jennifer Churrh and Nostrand Native Son; also D.U'.v Crockett. Indian Stout BROOK. Flatlandi nri Flaltiuth Ave AIWI-AIR, Avenu -Coney lilnnd Ave.

HMIf MUAtf 'Kent. Coney llland Ave. A Avtnue Hitter Rirei also Roadblock ELM. Avenue at East 17th Street H.M Avenue Eat 1 7th Street Hrrf Com th Al Flitb ih Av -Allie mie Rd. Leader.

Coney Island A Newkirk Look lor the Silver Lining PA SlltMIU.IIfclill',1 Ktngi Hwy. Nostrand Ave. Coney Island Avenue raS' Kon-Tiki; also No Place for Jennifer 1,1 II HO' VOGUE Avenue K. MA NoslranO and ParksiOe Avrs. I EAST H.ATBfSII FAHR.Itil'T.

Flatbush Av Rd. Spocr'ol ustuiMiriuiicois SZONY I 1 X. 'DAVY CRtM'KETT, RIALT0 Flatouih Avsnut and Cortelyou Road "NATIVE SON" ft 8 Wit 1 INDIAN St Oi PAT HENKINfi CC I VPV flatbush Avenue and SILVAN A IDITTtli nlftCI --and JUU' avtnue Mil i lll IllWk 'ROADBLOCK Avenue 1). Avenut A East 43rd 8t Moonliiht Bay; Tomorrow It Another Day Rusby, Utita A Church Aves. Dl.

6-780? Iron Man; also Mark of the Reneiade i fiEKRITTSt.V REACH 1 New Graham, Oerrittstn A Whitney Avt. Meet Me Alter the Show, I Hat an American Apr I KINGS HIGHWAY Jewel. Klnet Hy A Ocean Pkwy Quartet; Pasaport to Pamliro 1 Trlanfle, Kinis Hy-E. 12 St. ES.

9 071 Meet Me After the bbow; I Wat an American Spy PARK SLOPE CARLTON L'lir Showboat: also Painted Hills STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SEE ITI'W PTERBOROi CIRCUIT, 0os(ey Crowlhtr UfdlattaUaPtB Flatbuth Ava. and Park Plots Frantlt Goet to the Reels; Comln' Round tht Mountain Alios Prospect Park Wttt 1 Hill. a Streetcar ALWAYS THE BEST aVM. SANDERS NIHDT and 14th Street Jliuwuuai, aiu i aiiiicu stiiia iFta rw''9- ENTERTAINMENT Z2f3) a efflk unsiYvv MILT nvei i AVENt r. SECTION Avenue Avenue and Eatt loth Thal't My Boy; alto Pataact We.t IF tki lie i I I'ANARSIH, Avenut and 93rd Street.

(t I OKIE (IE ARMS" and "TWO OF A Named Desire ni ninmrtr RIDGEYYOOD MARTIN II 1 "tL" THAT'S MY BOY' A 1.1 UH Rldeessood. Myrtle Ave That My Boy; also Pateaae Wevt PARK, 44th Street and Fifth Avtnue Kivoli, Myrtle and Wilton Aval Mask of the Avencer; Al Jennings of Oklahoma KISMET. DrKalh Ave. nr. Tompkint Ave.

SIIFEPSIIFAD BAY I BERKSHIRE. 0th SI. and nth Avo -Jour-. and JOHN PATNE HIST" IC0L0RI SHELLEVV4NMS; GEORGE STOP S' Sbrepthead. Sheepshtad Rd.

A Voorhlts Show Boat; alto Painted HHIa JlWKSM CHARLES TTiCMAfl niflGLMARIOIIBIlDO ltd -tr a (apitol ftv Pcjeoiel BETTY (iRARLF. MarDONALD CAREY 'MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW, i i iiele (OI ISHM. lh Avt and S2nd St FORTH AY St. Ft. Hamilton koay SI NER, Humnar Ava.

St STATE. and Frankhe Avtt HARBOR, tint St. end 4tk Ave RJTZ( Blh Avtnue and 46th Strtet LINCOLN, Btdlerd Lincoln Pla.t. SOI TH BROOKLYN AVON That's My Boy; also Passage West iSandere Globe, 19th St. and 8th That'a Mr Boy; afco Teiaa Raneera I VALLEY STREAM, I.

I. 'Drlvavla, lunrita Hihway Vei sir, Tha.t'a My Baby; alto Judte ntetsa Out HUNTIH Km. MAtOCN HNNESSU tvTLHAMS ELIA KZN (JTS) Ann Dvorak BROOKLYN LAGLE, SUN OCT, 1 1051 31 IT'S HOYICIIMI 0.S.HI OflNSII Mu till Mirwir.Hi iiiu Prtltj (Cttlw) 'FiiMIni CtM f.oir' 'nUh, ViH.n 4.

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