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...lives in a Hollywood bungalow, tailors lyrics to fit the suavely hocketing voice of his friend Bing Crosby, rolls up between $50,000 and $85,000 a year in cinema lyric contracts and ASCAP royalties. A one-finger pianist, he does his composing with the help of Tunesmith Harold Arlen. After a two-hour stretch with Tunesmith Arlen, he usually knocks off for an afternoon of golf. Says Johnny: "If I get a good title and the first couple of lines within two hours, that's a damn good day. . . . Most of my titles and lyrics I make...
...blues, Blues in the Night promises to take its place beside St. Louis Blues as a classic. Unlike the Handy songs, it did not spring from Mississippi Valley soil, but was machined to order for a Warner Brothers movie by two Tin Pan Alley veterans. Curly-haired Harold Arlen, composer of the unforgettable Stormy Weather, did the music; 32-year-old Johnny Mercer, the words. After hearing the song, the Warners promptly changed the film's title from New Orleans Blues to Blues in the Night. Since November, 14 recordings of Blues in the Night have sold a million...
Rise And Shine (20th Century-Fox). Jack Oakie is back in the lineup. His cleats haven't scuffed a gridiron since he won his last P at Paramount a decade ago. Those were the days of the great Paramount teams, starring such rugged individuals as Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian. Now a tubby 38, Oakie turns out to be the back-of-the-year at his new alma mater...
...your issue of last week. It is not every middle-aged man who can say that he has been called a "glossy darling." I have been called shorter names, and liked them less. But let me correct you in an inaccuracy. You refer to me as Dikran Kouyoumdjian (Michael Arlen). It should read Michael Arlen (Dikran Kouyoumdjian). Over 20 years ago I became legally, technically, officially Michael Arlen. I paid ?5 in legal expenses, and have been working ever since to get my money back. Perhaps your calling me a "glossy darling" will help...
...MICHAEL ARLEN...