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...Cole Porter; produced by John Shubert). Originally boomed for a spring opening on Broadway. You Never Know has elected to cash in on road business till summer, not go to Manhattan till fall. With Cole Porter music, a P. G. Wodehouse plot, Clifton Webb's versatility, Lupe Velez' high spirits, Libby Holman's low register, You Never Know has sex & sophistication, somewhat less breath & bounce. Riding high are Velez and Webb as a manservant and lady's maid who doll up in their employers' togs. Libby Holman, featured in the billing, is slighted...
...slicked up enough by fall to run it a close second on Broadway. Best songs at present: From Alpha to Omega, a catalogue of compliments in the style of You're the Top; You Never Know, in the usual sultry, husky Holmanner. Best revue bit: Actress Velez skipping brightly about as Katharine Hepburn, Gloria Swanson, Simone Simon, Shirley Temple in turn...
...each town where You Never Know has so far played Actress Velez, conducting a "happiness campaign," has presented $50 to charity. Presentation is uniformly in front of a camera. In Washington last fortnight, actress and cameraman were ready, but the matron of Friendship House, the charity organization selected, balked. Said she: "Publicity? We couldn't have that!" Said Donor Velez before stalking off irately: "Me geeve my good money in a clothes closet? Nuts...
...Miss Velez, known as "Scoop" and an advocate of four love affairs before marriage, said of her own husband, who crashed the movies as Tarzan, "Although he doesn't do any tree-swinging around the house, he wears the pants in the family, and I'm proud of it. He's my favorite leading...
Brought up in a Texas convent, Miss Velez disapproves of the institution of co-education. "It's much more fun when there are strict rules to break and you have to sneak out to got romance. When boys and girls are together all the time it spoils things...