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...years, Entertainer Rudy Vallee has been fond of a Paris street sign that says "Rue de Vallée." When Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty suggested to Vallee that the street to his Hollywood Hills home be rechristened to match the sign, the entertainer proceeded with the rechristening-helped along by a Yorty appointment to the city traffic commission. Two of Rudy's neighbors were not amused, protesting so angrily that the embarrassed public works committee tabled the idea. Determined to carry the matter to the city council, Rudy says: "It will enhance the value of the property along...
...racial clichés. Veteran Comedienne Molly Picon clucks and coos authentically, but Bubi, her baby, is, of all people, hulking Negro Comic Godfrey Cambridge (brought in, he says, because "there aren't too many Negro theater parties"). Some things in the book did strike home; yet Seymour Vall's two-character revue is nothing but the schlock of recognition...
...Veteran Comedienne Molly Picon clucks and coos authentically, but Bubi, her baby, is, of all people, hulking Negro Comic Godfrey Cambridge wearing little-boy clothes (brought in, he says, because "there aren't too many Negro theater parties"). Some things in the book did strike home, yet Seymour Vall's two-character revue is nothing but the schlock of recognition...
...RUDY VALLÉE New York City...
While to date, Vall's dire prognoses have been almost invariably correct for the two lower echelons, his thoroughbreds -notably Saratoga and Pink Jungle-have all too often turned turkey. Group III, with about 60% profit makers, has actually outperformed Group IV by about 10%-which is why Vail regards a Broadway opening as "the greatest suspense story ever told," and why his handicapping is less than final...