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...Curvaceous Gertrude ("Gorgeous Gussie") Moran, 25, the most eye-filling thing in women's tennis since Britain's Kay Stammers Menzies retired. Since the memorable lace-pantie experiment at Wimbledon (TIME, July 4), Gussie has switched back to shorts, promises to bear down on her tennis, which she thinks has suffered from too much publicity...
...give the old comedy a rest in favor of Present Laughter. Some of the other country hands: Helen Hayes (in a tryout of William McCleery's Good Housekeeping), Paul Lukas, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Eva Le Gallienne, Basil Rathbone, Mady Christians, Ann Harding, Elisabeth Bergner, Joan Blondell, Bert Lahr, Kay Francis...
Hoarse Talk. The withering-away of Stanley Banks began the moment his daughter Kay told him that she was engaged. " 'Well, to begin with,' he gasped a little hysterically, 'who the hell is this Buckley anyway, and where the hell does he come from-and who does he think is going to support him? If it's me he's got another guess coming. And who in God's name...
...that . . . later, Mr. Banks came out from town on the three-fifty-seven, composing an informal and, he hoped, dryly humorous little speech. It was to be about Kay as a little girl, Kay growing up and finally, in a big surprise climax, Kay announcing her engagement." But at Kay's engagement party, Mr. Banks never got to make his speech: he spent most of the party in the pantry, slopping together old-fashioneds at break-glass speed...
...floor at 3:30 a.m. and played until 6 to two customers, a janitor and some sleepy waiters. Recently, when Gypsy Rose Lee walked out on a club date at the last minute, Berle stepped in and put on a two-hour show. Last year, when a mishap forced Kay Thompson out of her act at Le Directoire, a frantic owner was assured: "Don't worry. Berle's in the house." Milton put on the show...