Present were the following, among others: J. The traffic of admirers (in slang it’s wolves) was so heavy around the purty and well-built Roc that all we could find out from her was that it was her first trip over here, that she liked it very well, that she can ride horses, and was looking for¬ ward to tackling, well riding, anyway, a real western bronco. STARS ACROSS THE SEA DEPT.: Patricia Roc, British film star and first foreign actress to visit the United States in the new post-war era of talent exchange, was the guest of honor at a cocktail party tendered her last week at the Hampshire House by Universal. Kennedy, Ariel Vargas, Jack Whipple, Captain Richard Goldstone, Walter Breden, A1 O. Omstein, Dave Palfreyman, Glen Allvine, Earl Allvine, John B. “Ted’ O’Shea, Eddie Aarons, Arthur Lax, Herb Morgan, Max Weinberg, Bill X. It was Wong who made the most famous shot of the war, that of a lone baby sitting in the bombed ruins of the South China railroad station, for which the Japs put a price of $50,000 on his head, and which, by the way, he saw for the first time last week.Īmong those in attendance were: Si Seadler, E. Hired originally as an interpreter, Wong rose to the top as a newsreel camera¬ man during the war, becoming the United States newsreel pool correspondent accred¬ ited to General Stilwell’s headquarters. ‘News¬ reel’ Wong, who will fly back to the Orient soon after a hasty first visit to the United States. Guest of honor was the newsreel’s famous Chinese correspondent, H. Hatrick, played host to the press, company executives, and representatives of the MPPDA in the newsreel’s newly remodeled quarters. company’s News Of the Day’s general manager, Edgar B. PARTY DEPT.: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer threw a party last week, a housewarming, when that. Who will show what there is still in the whispering stage. Want some more rumors? Well, there’s one that exhibitor Harry Brandt has every¬ thing set for the erection of two houses on Sixth Avenue, one a 600 seater and the other an 800 seater in the middle ’50’s. Meanwhile, mightn’t it be true that Russian films will find another outlet for their films through a nice little house situated on 42nd Street? The entire venture is supposed to have the unofficial backing of the Russian Government, and at least one of the two houses will be a Russian showcase for first run films when the project is completed. Anyway, we’ve heard that the building between 45th Street and 46th Street, which at present houses the Astor and Victoria, will be ripped down and a 41 story building is to be erected with two theatres therein.
We can just picture international agents dogging our footsteps to try to get us to reveal our contacts. THEY’RE GONNA HATE US DEPT.: These are strictly rumors with some founda¬ tion, but even so we will probably be put on a list for investigation after we reveal them.
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