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Si i FE ac ca He Saas OU SRT AAG te nde ite TE NASR The American Mercy ry porated edulph }] York's ousiy oy, Collier C¥ Wes scen al New FI Moroeg spendin an evening with a public repyescnting the tina companies. Shoith afterwards, Senator : cd up to de the prolovuc cwank Shuver fora one Mir. Halley's law firm gotaarw cheat. a distillery, winch by chance, was also represented | the roving ambassador from iolly. wood, in the subse ‘quent comunittee hearings, the cinema capital” was COUSPLC HOLS by ats absence, It wos. ina way, a ply the com- milter cid) not dis tito show burst ness. \ few hancsame profiles and well en fieures would not have hurt the” A fow real belly ba ahs might have supplied a welcome respite “trom the bleak humer of the dessicated deacon fram New Tiarapsnec. EH the quizzers had dug into the history of SAESte adlations on Broadway, TV audiences might have enjoyed: the classic about Strife Afe Pink, a muss cal winch was (nanced by under: world angels and ow hich) starred Fummw Durante and Lape Veles. A dozen or more of the boys, nichedins Waser Gordon, kittied the hank- voll, Phat pave then the privile af pUlCiis their me! Is in the cast and As one girl went chroagh her paces, one of tlie pull teatis foudly Inaued: “Isat wour bin, Joo?” oN caine the answer, ae . att Whose bun Ge? s Wott. lyre casts sitting toon rehecrsals, he eee ane ie committee Becp bales gC t ete pas, Ne RAE, *Nabody “Den whadduhell is she doin’ in our shows" TT ANTEAGE can, whose salary is y. nota ken care of by TANGS Cre berdens, docs hot patrorsy: AML he Knows about them a what he sees m Ure movies, which represent them with ther custerary verisinnituade Tn pictures. all nuehe clubs are bigger than Radio City aad CVvely table is upied be a wealthy yl lav boy and his girl, bah mney cab clad in evening clathes, of the establishment is usually pictured as aosinister but suave character who does his niusterminding tn an elabo- ritely furnished hidden ottice reached through a series of magically con- trolled each guarded by a hefty cut-throw. his proprictor usually turns out to be a wungster with powertul connectlons, Except for the hast mentioned item, the Hollywood representation m the stat) that dreams are made of. These baroque hippodromes have ne present-day counterparts, Most mght clubs are small places with postage siainp) dance floors, The greatest number of them are sleazy, poorly patronized dives. Our of the irty thousand ar more such es taublishments licensed Uiroughout the nation, there are scarce ly a hand- ful thar even pay expenses, Lt seems difficult to boheve thar c under work which now opeidtes with such The ow ne claers, CSS ar ba TE te nt SOAS SS pee tp ante,