Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan (85 page)

33
“Edward G. Robinson’s …”:
Ibid.

34
“Reel for reel …”: The
Daily News
, June 5, 1938.

35
“When this reporter …”: The
Daily News
, August 15, 1938.

36
“Listen Ed …”: The
Daily News
, September 11, 1938.

37
“the house comes down”: The
Daily News
, September 15, 1938.

38
“Alice Faye …”: The
Daily News
, January 11, 1939.

39
“a hilarious and dexterous …”: The
Daily News
, October 14, 1938.

40
“virtually a play-by-play …”:
The New York Times
, October 16, 1938.

41
“Now watch all the film writers …”: The
New York Journal-American
, February 13, 1939.

42
“Story has many weak moments …”:
Variety
, April 26, 1939.

43
“A bustling little melodrama …”:
The New York Times
, May 4, 1939.

44
“We went down Wilshire …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

45
“spoiled brat,”: The
Daily News
, October 20, 1937.

46
“Let this be entered …”:
Ibid.

47
“We ate out on the porch …”: The
Daily News
, October 18, 1938.

48
“Mr. Fields would prefer …”: Peter Prichard, interview with author.

49
“After the Louis Massacre …”: The
Daily News
, 1938, exact date unknown.

50
“An Indianapolis poison-penner …” and other critics’ comments: The
Daily News
, September 18, 1939.

51
“This is the season for fashion shows …”:
The New York Times
, April 26, 1940.

52
“picture that’s deficient …”:
Variety
, May 1, 1940.

53
“swims upstream”: The
Daily News
, November 17, 1938.

54
“Having come to Hollywood …”: The
Daily News
, February 28, 1940.

55
“I pointed out …”: Frank Hause letter to Walter Winchell, May 5, 1953, Gabler, p. 253.

56
“I acted hastilly [
sic
]…”: Frank Hause letter to Walter Winchell, May 5, 1953, Gabler, p. 253.

57
“I was heartbroken …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

Chapter Seven

1
“When I asked the boss …”: The
Daily News
, July 22, 1940.

2
“Instead of sitting …”: The
Daily News
, August 18, 1940.

3
“It was a terrible place …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

4
“If you can better yourself …”: Harris, p. 68.

5
“because of his high regard …”:
Editor and Publisher
, December, 1940.

6
“We are taking the constructive …”:
The New York Times
, January 19, 1941.

7
“By day a columnist surveys …”: The
Daily News
, March 9, 1941.

8
“At any continental dinner party …”: The
Daily News
, February 27, 1940.

9
“Chinese, Italians, Germans …”:
The New York Times
, June 21, 1941.

10
“Nightclubs did a terrific business …”: The
Daily News
, January 12, 1942.

11
“
Harlem Cavalcade
…”:
The New York Times
, May 2, 1942.

12
“Triumphantly at the end …”:
The New York Times
, July 29, 1942.

13
“Then I noticed the tears …”: Sullivan, p. 17.

14
“Editorialists throughout the land …”: The
Daily News
, September 14, 1942.

15
“Erasers on pencils …”: The
Daily News
, December 14, 1942.

16
“The wolves no longer …”: The
Daily News
, September 17, 1942.

17
“The Lieut. Douglas Fairbanks …”: The
Daily News
, September, 14, 1942.

18
“Dear Ed: From us fellows …”: The
Daily News
, September 12, 1943.

19
“Dear Ed: Over here in England …”:
Ibid.

20
“ ‘Would you like to meet Jack Benny?…”: The
Daily News
, September 1, 1943.

21
“Your CBS radio program …”: The
Daily News
, September 11, 1943.

22
“Although Sullivan’s voice …”:
Variety
, exact date unknown.

23
“a bright quarter hour …”:
Variety
, quoted in Bowles, p. 107.

113
“
Wheeler
: Well, Frank, it seems to me …”: Radio script from
Ed Sullivan Entertains
, November 8, 1943.

25
“didn’t think it was appropriate …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

26
“I couldn’t believe …”:
Ibid.

27
“overdoing it,”: Harris, p. 76.

28
“an intimate stranger.”: Rob Precht, interview with author.

29
“I go swimming with Harry …”:
The New York Times
, March 3, 1946.

30
“The town is chuckling at Winchell’s …”: The
Daily News
, September 17, 1942.

31
“Tip to Washington, D.C.…”: The
Daily News
, September 14, 1942.

32
“the most cynical grafting …”:
The New York Times
, June 4, 1946.

33
“When 666 came up on Friday …”: The
Daily News
, February 1, 1943.

34
“pleaded with the Mayor …”:
The New York Times
, June 4, 1946.

35
“I always respect …”:
Ibid.

36
“Dogs have the capacity for grief …”: The
Daily News
, May 1946; quoted here from a reprint in
Cosmopolitan
, February, 1950.

37
“I couldn’t refrain from writing …”: J. Edgar Hoover letter to Sullivan, dated May 23, 1946, from Sullivan personal papers.

38
“It does warm one’s heart …”: J. Edgar Hoover letter to Sullivan, dated January 7, 1947, from Sullivan personal papers.

39
“New York—Vindication has finally come …”: From script for
Ed Sullivan’s Pipeline
, April, 16, 1946.

40
“He was very attractive to women …”: Jane Kean, interview with author.

41
“an acrobatic dancer with a great body …”: Jack Carter, interview with author.

42
“egocentric—very much so”: Mike Dann, a CBS programming executive. From interview with author.

Chapter Eight

1
“as far back on the shelf …”: The
Saturday Evening Post
, February 21, 1942.

2
“When somebody got a TV set …”: Paul Winchell, interview with author.

3
“If I had dreamed …”: Harris, p. 97.

4
“likeable and relaxed”:
Ibid.

5
“Ed Sullivan was hired as a temporary master …”: Paley, William S.
As It Happened: A Memoir by William S. Paley.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1979, pp. 238–239.

6
“Screw ’em!…”: Lewis, Marlo, with Mina Bess Lewis.
Prime Time.
Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1979, p. 66.

7
“could come in …”: Lewis, p. 70.

8
“I’m sorry that I’ve been moody …”: Betty Sullivan Precht, interview with author.

9
“This is the most fascinating thing …”: The
Daily News
, June 17, 1948.

Chapter Nine

1
“Marlo, you’re going …”: Lewis, p. 79.

2
“a roof garden with the Manhattan skyline …”: Harris, p. 99.

3
“I’ve done plenty of benefits …”: Lewis, p. 82.

4
“blockbuster of a show.”: Lewis, p. 83.

5
“It’s nothing …”: Lewis, p. 84.

6
“
Ladies and gentlemen, the Columbia Broadcast System
…”: Lewis, p. 84.

7
“When somebody asked …”: Mike Dann, interview with author.

8
“brought to his emcee role …”:
Variety
, June 16, 1948.

9
“With a top talent array …”:
Variety
, June 23, 1948.

10
“I panicked …”: Paul Winchell, interview with author.

11
“Register Mr. B.…”:
The New York Times
, July 4, 1948.

12
“Your review of my …”:
The New York Times
, July 11, 1948.

13
“paid a flat fee to Mr. Sullivan …”:
Ibid.

14
“Apparently we’re being made …”:
The New York Times
, July 23, 1948.

15
“no pressure, direct, indirect …”:
Ibid.

16
“a later date”:
The New York Times
, July 28, 1948.

17
“Ventriloquist Paul Winchell …”: The
Daily News
, July 12, 1948.

18
“kept the event moving smoothly …”:
Variety
, July 1948.

19
“neo-modern jazz vocalistics,”:
Ibid.

20
“One of the small but vexing questions …”: The New York
Herald-Tribune
, December 31, 1948.

21
“Public opinion, I’m certain …”: Harris, pp. 102–103.

22
“I’d like to meet this fella …”: From Sullivan personal papers.

23
“Come on, Solomon …”: Bowles, p. 71.

24
“He got where he is not by …”: New York
World Telegram & Sun
, exact date unknown.