The Theater: By Georgie

For 36 of his 45 years George Jessel has entertained in vaudeville, legit, radio, cinema, banquet halls, brothels. He has swung high & low, never quite ranking with the Cantors, Durantes, Wynns. One reason: he is more wisecracker than zany. Another may be: with his marital mishaps, he has had too much publicity in the wrong section of the papers. But for two things he is famed: as the Jazz Singer and as Momma Jessel's son Georgie.

Last week appeared Georgie's autobiography (So Help Me—Random House; $2.50)—or what William Saroyan, in a rather sniffy...