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the first draft. From this Berlin works
on the final version. Often after a song
has been published he changes it.
His bill for Rowers for the Mrs. is
$1,000 a month.
Of all the songs he has written, a figure
exceeding four hundred, his favorite is
“The Song Is Ended But the Melody
Lingers On.”
Is very restless. Can’t sit or stand
still. Always paces the floor. He walks
miles in any room he is in. It is the
only exercise he gets.
As far as playwrights go, his taste
begins and ends with George S. Kauf
man. As for music, he’ll whistle any
thing by Jerome Kern. For lyrics he
hands first prize to B. G. De Sylva.
And if asked to name the swellest guy in
the theatrical game, he’d shout Sam
Harris.
He has had to change his entire work
ing schedule since he became a father.
He has never worn a diamond. The
only jewelry he wears is, occasionally,
a pearl tie pin.
After finishing a song he sings it to
the first person he meets. A bell boy at
Palm Beach was the first to hear “Lazy.”
A Broadway taxi driver was the first to
hear “All Alone.” A bewildered strang
er, occupation unknown, was the first to
hear “Say It With Music.”
He never writes anything in longhand
hut his signature on a check. Everything
else he prints.
The one thing in life he is looking for
ward to is walking into a restaurant
with his daughter, Mary Ellen.
Fannie Brice
She was horn at the stroke of mid
night on October 29, 1892. Her square
monicker is Fannie Borarh.
She enjoys a good cry.
Hasn't a long list of friends. But
those she has she can tap for anything.
She took the tag of Brice from John
Brice, a next-door neighbor. He is
now a watchman on the Ninth Avenue
elevated. She told him that some day
he'd see his name in lights.
Is a good judge of diamonds, furs and
the value of real estate.
There is one thing in this world she
can't stand. That is cream in her cof
fee. It makes her sick.
She is the proud mother of two chil
dren. A girl of nine and a hoy of seven.
Has one brother, Lew, in the theatrical
business. Also has one sister, Caroline,
who believes that she would be a great
actress if she didn’t suffer from asthma.
Her hobby is taking photographs of
bedrooms. She has a picture of every
bedroom she ever lived in.
Made her stage debut at Keeney’s
Theater in Brooklyn on amateur night.
She won first prize singing, “When You’re
Not Forgotten By the Girl You Can’t
Forget.”
The only instrument she can play is
the piano. That is, if hunting for notes
with two fingers can be called playing.
Her father owned a string of saloons.
He was known as “French Charlie.” Her
mother really ran the saloons, for
“French Charlie” was always playing
pinocle.
When traveling she takes an electric
stove with her. She’ll cook for anybody
who wants to eat.
She once worked in a movie house on
Eighty-Third Street and Third Avenue.
Here she sang songs, sold tickets and
painted signs. Her salary was $8 a week.
Is one of the best dressed women in the
theater. Has her dresses designed es
pecially for her. While in Hollywood
she made dresses for Dolores Costello
and Norma Talmadge.
The moon makes her serious.
When watching Fannie perform her
mother always says to the people sitting
about her: “That’s my daughter. She’s
good, isn’t she?”
She dislikes people who are perfect
and have everything. Believes that such
people miss something in life.
After she sang “My Man” for the first
time her salary was raised from $1,000
to $3,000 weekly.
Her present husband is Billy Rose,
who also writes her songs for her. Her
nickname for him is “Putsy.”
She'd walk ten miles if she could win
dow shop on the way. Otherwise she
wouldn’t walk two blocks.
Her first comedy song was “Sadie
Salome.” She sang it merely to help
Irving Berlin, then a newcomer, along.
It started her on the road to fame and
fortune.
She is a card shark.
When it is her turn to name the great
est actor in the world she cheers long
and loud for Muni Wrisenfreund. (Paul
Muni).
Is never nervous on an opening night.
Ten minutes before the opening curtain of
Fioretta she was busy selling hats to
chorus girls.
When signing checks she spells it
“Fanny.” In the bright lights of Broad
way she insists that it be “Fannie.”
She was once a soubrette in a Hurtig
and Seamon Burlesque show.
Whenever she visits her mother she
hears these two things: “Oh, did I cook
a good soup yesterday. It was like Gold.”
And—“Fannie save your money.”
Likes to play the horses. Once was
given a false tip and bet $400 on a
horse that had never won a race.
Through a fluke the horse managed to
totter over the line a winner. That
night the bookmaker not only delivered
the money to her but also the horse.
As far as a favorite disk goes she is
torn between an acquired taste for fried
pork chops and a natural love for kip
pered herring.
No matter how hard she may try, she
can’t say cinema, panorama and alumi
num.
She summed up the Hollywood situa
tion better than anyone else when she
said: “I was out there eight months.
I worked five weeks and got three years’
pay.”
At her wedding to Billy Rose she had
a man, Jay Brennan, serve as brides
maid.
Claims she never feels better than
when she is expecting a baby.
Eddie Cantor
His name isn’t Eddie and it isn’t Can
tor. It’s Izzy Iskowitch.
He never saw his mother or father.
Although a bundle of nerves and
energy on the stage, he is very quiet at
home. Likes to sit around in pajamas
and rest.
His theatrical career started as a sing
ing usher in a movie house. Also was
in Gus Edward’s “Kid Kabaret” act.
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