He just kept raving about your looksand that was sweet music for my ears, because I know when you look beautiful you are feeling welland to know that you are feeling well is good for my spirits. Nothin new here. I am working hours a day. Monday night till . with Ira, last night till with Eddie, tonight and tomorrow with both of them. We wrote a little Arietta for Cellini where he tells his exagerated version of the Maffio murder. Very good. Last night, in working with Eddie, I got an idea for the Duchess song in the sedan chair scene. It is a line in the play The Firebrand: “Great men make poor lovers.” Jack die Ripper Wildberg just called to tell me that Mary was back in the show last night and will probably be out again because there is no ice in the theatre. I have a letters ? Copyrighted material slight suspicion that she is sabotaging the show. Strangely enough business was better last week with Jane Joan? Davis playing the part than the week before with Mary. But if Mary continues behaving like a superGertrude Lawrence she can easily ruin the show for good. And that wouldnt be so good for her either. I hear that sweet little Dick Halliday is going to produce a showmaybe that will help. I had a letter from him about Peter Pan. Well, sweety honey sugar pie, thats all I can tell you. No social activities this week, thank God. The war looks wonderful, doesnt it? Those week, feeble minded democracies are doing alright by Mr. Hitler. Good bye, my love. Kurt . Canadianborn Beatrice Lillie , became a popular comedienne in London before establishing herself as a comic character actress on Broadway in the late twenties. Bert lahr , the Cowardly Lion in the film The Wizard of Oz , began his career on Broadway in and appeared opposite Ethel Merman in Dubarry Was a Lady . . The actress Joan Davis had a long career in vaudeville, radio, and films. She was known for physical comedy and raucous delivery. None of the programs for One Touch of Venus in the WeillLenya Research Center mentions a Jane or Joan Davis. . On July, General Omar Bradley t American forces had broken through the German front at SaintLo, and a few days later General Pat ton J Third Army cleared the way to Brittany.