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HOLLYWOOD -- Fannie Brice, Broadway's "Lady Pagliacci" who won her stage spurs singing the torchiest of all torch songs--"My Man"-- today for the third time in her life lost her man in a divorce court when she was granted a divorce from Billy Rose, pint-sized shown and impresario. The charge was desertion...
Seeking Divorce. Fannie Brice (real name: Fannie Borach), 46-year-old comedienne; from Billy Rose (real name: William Rosenberg), 37. diminutive producer of puffed-up shows; in Los Angeles. Charges: mental cruelty and desertion...
...Some of his former customers: Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice, Burns & Allen, Jack Benny...
...Arthur L. Jarrett. 30, jazz-band leader and crooner; in Los Angeles. Charges: he had been caused "great mental anguish and embarrassment" by her public announcement that she and Billy Rose, tiny producer of vast shows, would be married as soon as Jarrett and Rose's wife, Fanny Brice, secured divorces. Funnywoman Brice has not yet sued...
...Fanny Brice, able funnywoman, gave a lesson last week in how to win a lawsuit. Theatrical Agent Edgar Allen was suing her for $34,000 in commissions. Morning the case was scheduled to start Miss Brice sent word she was very tired, would like to sleep. The Judge granted a postponement until matinée time. When Miss Brice showed up, she sat next to her estranged husband Billy Rose, gaily chatted with him. On the stand, she was vague, noncommittal. Asked about her first conversation with Plaintiff Allen, she observed: "I think it started as a touch." Asked whether...