Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan (84 page)

3
“ ‘You can’t do …’ ”: The
Daily News
, August 2, 1932.

4
“nationally-known comic …”: The
Daily News
, date unknown, 1932.

5
“his refusal …”: The
Daily News
, date unkown, 1932.

6
“Overhead the L trains rattled …”: The
Daily News.
December 1, 1934.

7
“He seldom …”: As quoted by Nick Tosches,
Vanity Fair
, July, 1997, p. 126.

8
“Take, for instance …”: The
Daily News
, March 10, 1933.

9
“Phil Baker …”: The
Daily News
, July 23, 1923.

10
“Maurice Chevalier …”:
Ibid.

11
“Romances fizzle …”:
Ibid.

12
“Funny, the reactions …”:
Ibid.

13
“By far the smartest …”: The
Daily News
, January 26, 1933.

14
“Jack Benny …”: The
Daily News
, July 23, 1932.

15
“secretly registered”: The
Daily News
, July 28, 1932.

16
“On the way …”:
Ibid.

17
“Months before Wild Bill …”: The
Daily News
, October 12, 1932.

18
Walker would be cleared: Ed wrote “After Walker is cleared …”: on July 12, 1932.

19
“The information I got …”: The
Daily News
, October 12, 1932.

20
“Hugest individual hit …”: The
Daily News
, April 17, 1933.

21
“I left them at 5
A.M
…”: The
Daily News
, January 26, 1933.

22
“My parents never ate at home …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

23
“When I was about two years old …”:
Ibid.

24
“wasn’t in his nature,”: Ibid

25
“didn’t like it all …”: Bowles, p. 94.

26
“There is nothing …”:
The New York Times
, September 14, 1933.

27
“As entertainment, it fails to measure up …”:
Variety
, September 26, 1933.

28
“I can’t give Cantor …”: The
Daily News
, January 24, 1933.

29
1:04
A.M
.—“Hello …”: The
Daily News
, January 25, 1933.

30
“I suggest Cantor …”:
Ibid.

31
“How about establishing …”: The
Daily News
, December 13, 1934.

32
“We think the time …”:
The New Yorker
, as quoted by Winchell, p. 102.

33
“We endorse …”: The New York
Daily Mirror
, December 18, 1934.

34
“There’s one letter …”: The
Daily News
, December 19, 1934.

35
“Your Monday column …”: Sullivan to Winchell, July 20, 1931, from Sullivan file, Walter Winchell personal papers, Gabler, p. 132.

36
“fit to be with decent people”: Grady, Billy.
The Irish Peacock.
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1972, Gabler, p. 142.

37
“If you let me know …”: Sullivan to Winchell, February 1, 1932.
Ibid.
, Gabler, p. 143.

38
“you are the only …”: Sullivan to Winchell, December 16, 1932,
Ibid.
, Gabler, p. 161.

39
“The other night …”: The
Daily News
, October 12, 1932.

40
“Picking the first …”: The
Daily News
, November 1, 1932.

41
“You must be crazy.”: Harris, p. 85.

42
“No longer does …”: The
New York Evening Graphic
, July 6, 1932.

43
“knows when to strike …”:
The New York Times
, November 27, 1933.

44
“Though at war …”:
Time
, October 17, 1955. The
Time
article does not verify the date of the show.

45
“During a single evening twenty …”:
Radio Guide
, May 12, 1934.

46
“has been renewed …”:
Radio Guide
, April 7, 1934.

47
“Ed Sullivan, who writes a mean column …”:
Radio Guide
, May 5, 1934.

48
“sat in complete silence …”: The
Daily News
, October 22, 1937.

49
“a variety of singers”: The New York
Herald-Tribune
, July 7, 1934.

50
“In customary fashion …”: The
New York Journal-American
, August 27, 1937.

51
“in the true Harlem manner”: The
New York Journal-American
, November 2, 1935.

52
“in the accepted …”: Bowles, p. 95.

80
“a one-legged Negro tap …”:
Ibid.

54
“swift, funny …”: The
New York Journal-American
, October 31, 1936.

55
“Some weeks ago …”: The
New York Evening Journal
, 1936, exact date unknown.

56
“Ed Sullivan’s
Dawn Patrol
revue …”: The
New York Journal-American
, September 1, 1937.

57
“In his third appearance …”: Bowles, p. 95.

58
“Harry Rose with …”:
Variety
, exact date unknown.

59
“In Person—Ed Sullivan …”:
Brooklyn Citizen
, April 26, 1935, advertisement.

60
“Booking agents …”: The
Daily News
, Harvest Moon promotional article, July 16, 1937.

61
“Oh, just like …”: Harris, p. 87.

62
“Notice how …”: The
Daily News
, July 12, 1932.

63
“This is the new …”: The
Daily News
, June 11, 1936.

64
“When Gary Cooper …”: The
Daily News
, July 13, 1936.

65
“When I arrived …”: The
Daily News
, May 30, 1936.

66
“I pleaded with …”: Frank Hause personal letter to Walter Winchell, Rose Bigman collection of private papers, quoted by Gabler, p. 252.

67
“Broadway columns …”:
Variety
, September 15, 1937.

68
“the Cole Porters …”: The
Daily News
, July 16, 1937.

69
“Then a boy …”:
Ibid.

70
“You get a funny …”: The
Daily News
, September 9, 1937.

71
“There is a letter …”:
Ibid.

72
“Patronize the standard clubs …”: The
Daily News
, September 9, 1937.

Chapter Six

1
“As I devoured them …”: The
Daily News
, September 13, 1937.

2
“curly-haired youngster”: The
Daily News
, September 15, 1937.

3
“ ‘I am not envious …”: The
Daily News
, November 8, 1938.

4
“Fred Astaire and your correspondent …”: The
Daily News
, February 19, 1939.

5
“One wonders how Joan …”: Bowles, p. 93.

6
“cheap, tawdry …”:
Ibid.

7
“ ‘The night we had …”: The
Daily News
, September 15, 1937.

8
“Are you sure she didn’t say columnist …”: Skolsky, Sidney.
Don’t Get Me Wrong, I Love Hollywood.
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1975, p. 43.

9
“Dr. Harry Martin …”: The
Daily News
, November 7, 1938.

10
“I know of no performer …”: The
Daily News
, October 25, 1937.

11
“There are certain things …”: The
Daily News
, November 5, 1938.

12
“Midnight—the guests have departed …”: The
Daily News
, November 7, 1938.

13
“I wish you could …”: The
Daily News
, November 6, 1938.

91
“Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.…”: The
Daily News
, August 15, 1938.

15
“Don’t be startled …”: The
Daily News
, February 19, 1939.

16
“Greta Garbo …”: The
Daily News
, October 24, 1937.

17
“Howard Hughes …”: The
Daily News
, November 7, 1938.

18
“Tyrone Power …”: The
Daily News
, October 24, 1937.

19
“The Ross girl …”:
Ibid.

20
“A Filipino …”: The
Daily News
, October 9, 1937.

21
“Hollywood dance director …”: The
Daily News
, November 7, 1938.

22
“I asked Joan Crawford …”: The
Daily News
, August 14, 1938.

23
“Business perked up …”: The
Daily News
, August 15, 1938.

24
“[Jack] Haley …”: The
Daily News
, November 17, 1938.

25
“four midgets …”: The
Daily News
November 19, 1938.

26
“I spoke with blonde …”: The
Daily News
, September 15, 1937.

27
“Carole Lombard …”: The
Daily News
, December 12, 1938.

28
“1,000 to 1”: The
Daily News
, January 9, 1939.

29
“Dear Ed …”: The
Daily News
, January 10, 1939.

30
“Answer this question …”: The
Daily News
, September 13, 1938.

31
“hammy.”:: The
Daily News
, June 4, 1938.

32
“hardly qualified …”: The
Daily News
, January 11, 1939.