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...What Rita Hayworth was to the American G.I., a lissome lass named Jane was to the British Tommy-and more. Jane was the comely blonde heroine of a comic strip in Britain's giant Daily Mirror (circ. 4,593,263). She somehow managed to lose her clothing at least once a week, and she was so popular that the morale of the R.A.F. was said to rise and fall with her skirts. Minor victories from the Mediterranean to Malaya were attributed to the fact that Jane was unblushingly bare on a particular morning. After the war Jane continued...
...angry citizens when he returns with his aging Hollywood mistress to the town where he once "ruined" an innocent young girl (Williams condensed and somewhat defeathered his Sweet Bird for Latin American audiences). After a generally tepid reception in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the group (which was headed by Rita Gam, Ben Piazza, Viveca Lindfors and Betty Field-all competent performers) moved on up to Rio and discovered to a fare-thee-well that there is no good will in bad Williams...
Alongside Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth, Mauldin's stoic, unshaven pair took their pinup places in foxholes, tents and barracks all over Europe. The G.I. could richly appreciate the saw-toothed irony of Mauldin's cartoons. In one, a dog-tired and shambling Joe guards the three equally exhausted Germans he has flushed from some bloody pocket of the war. Mauldin's caption, inspired by a news dispatch: "Fresh, spirited American troops, flushed with victory, are bringing in thousands of hungry, ragged, battle-weary prisoners." A cavalryman sadly administers the coup...
Westport, Conn., Westport Country Playhouse: a double bill-Viveca Lindfors, Betty Field and Rita Gam in Strindberg's Miss Julie, coupled with Edward Albee's off-Broadway hit, The Zoo Story...
...RITA LYNCH ROAKE Sheridan...