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Ethel Barrymore, 67, first lady of the U.S. theater, sped from Hollywood to Manhattan-but not to Broadway. What sent her packing was grandmotherhood, her first (see MILESTONES). She was not homesick for the theater; she liked Hollywood fine-the weather, the sunsets, the Pacific, the moon. As for cinemacting: "It's so much easier than the stage," said she, "it's a shame to take their money...
Bright-eyed Tunesmith Grever never expected her Spanish-style Ti-Pi-Tin to rival the Spanish-style waltz Ramona in popularity. She had long been known as a composer of some 450 Spanish ditties and more or less serious concert songs, had reached grandmotherhood without seeing any of them create a furor. But last week, as Ti-Pi-Tin reached its fourth consecutive week as Tin Pan Alley's top seller, Grandmother Grever began to challenge Tunesmith Wayne's record...
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