The Theatre: Show Business: Feb. 27, 1939

A song hit of Leave It to Me! is My Heart Belongs to Daddy. In a new Persian skit added to Noel Coward's Set to Music, Beatrice Lillie blacks out with: "My heart belongs to Bagdaddy."

During the past fortnight Broadway's box office slumped badly. As usual, managers blamed inclement and unseasonable weather. But they also thought up a new wrinkle: Manhattan is light on transients, out-of-towners saving their breath to cool their World's Fair porridge.

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