The Hollywood Reporter (Jan-Jun 1933)

Page Two ■UM li^ilP©ltTilR Jan. 13. 1933 ji W. R. WILKERSON Editor and Publisher FRANK POPE Managing Editor Published and copyrighted by THE WILKERSON DAILY CORP.. Ltd. Executive-Editorial Offices and Office of Publication. 6717 Sunset Boulevard. Hollywood. (Los Angelesl , California Telephone HOllywood 3957 New York Off ce: Abraham Bernstein, Mgr.; 229 W. 42nd St. Wisconsin 7-7193; Chicago. 6 N. Michigan Ave.; London, 41 A Carlisle Mansions: Paris. 122 Blvd. Murat; Berlin. 83-84 Mauerstrasse; Buenos Aires, San Martin 501; Sydney. 198 Pitt St. Published every day with the exception of Sundays and Holidays. Subscription rates, including postage, per year in the United States and Canada, $20. Foreign. $25. Single copies, 10c, Entered as second class matter June 4. 1932. at the Post Office at Los Angeles, under the act of March 3. 1879. Whatever change of heart a certain actress, new to the screen, may have, her affections seem to remain within the movie profession. Although the lady is married, her ties weigh lightly upon her, for only recently her name was linked (and for very good reasons) with that of a well-known director, also wed. Evidently that's all over now, for the actress is obviously much smitten with the young man who holds the destiny of her close-ups in his hands. He isn't "just a cameraman" either, for we are told that he possesses a very large income, and looks through lenses just for fun. Besides, he's very attractive . . . and he must be, because the girl just can't keep from showing her affection — even on the set. The plight of a he-man star, who once rode high and mighty, is far more pathetic from a personal standpoint than a professional one these days. Even though he is no longer one of the biggest bets in pictures, he hasn't exactly any cause for worry so far as jobs are concerned. But from casual observation, we judge that his home life must be about as pleasant as a berth in Hades. The man's stupid ego does not make him any too popular, but whatever chances he might have for friends and companionship are completely ruined by his wife, whose jealousy (without cause) borders upon insanity, and whose bad manners know no bounds. She considers every woman (whether young and beautiful or as ugly as herself) a menace to her home, and while she may have had reasons for this in the dim past, believe you us, the actor is plenty safe (and plenty miserable) . The room in which Gus Arnheim is holding forth at the Beverly Wilshire reminded all the first-nighters of the main salon of an ocean liner — even the people who had never seen one. The band, a little smaller, is as good •BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN" Columbia prod.; director, Frank Capra; writers, Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore. RKO Music Hall American: A film of splendor — superb visually and emotionally. Sun: As a first adventure in present day cinematics production, it is a credit to the up-and-coming Columbia studios. News: Capacity audiences expressed thorough approval of "Bitter Tea." Mirror: A good movie. It filled the 6000-seat Music Hall and kept encouraging hordes of customers waiting on the sidewalks. Brooklyn Times-Union: An engrossing picture, done in Capra's best style. "DECEPTION" Columbia prod.; director, Lew Seiler; writers, Harold Tarshis, Nat Pendleton. Globe Theatre Herald-Tribune: Aside from the purely wrestling angle, the piece, which seems to have been manufactured overnight, is heavily laden with moral purpose, showing how the sport of wrestling has suffered because of unscrupulous promoters. American: It isn't art — but it's a lot of fun, at that. Mirror: It is brisk, melodramatic, right in the present movie mode. Little boys will find it fresher than the Westerns and get some great tips on how to maim each other. Times: The crooked promoter, the unprincipled blonde, the honest trainer and the virtuous heroine all resume their well-remembered antics in "Deception," with the unfortunate addition of a child actor for an extra dose of sentiment. Newfs: For those movie patrons who get a kick out of a smothering headlock, a killing scissors hold or a wrecking wrestler's bridge, the picture holds a few thrills. 'Cavalcade' Opens At The Chinese With all the ligtnts. cameras, microphones and other usual appurtenances, the Fox production of "Cavalcade" opened at the Chinese Theatre last night. Everyone who is anyone in pictures was there, the Fox delegation being headed by President Sidney R. Kent and Mrs. Kent. The New York reviews had led Hollywood to expect something decidedly out of the ordinary and, judging from the comments heard, no one was disappointed. The concensus of opinion was that the new offering is one of the finest pictures since sound came in. Dennis King Set For Laurel-Hardy Musical The William Morris office yesterday closed a deal with Hal Roach whereby Dennis King returns to pictures to take a featured role in the Laurel and Hardy operetta. 'Fra Diavolo." King will arrive here in a week. Jeanie MacPherson is writing the screen play for Jimmy Parrott's direction. Two MCM Producers Planning Vacations Bernie Fineman and Albert Lewin are leaving the MCM plant when their present assignments have been completed, vacation bent. Fineman goes to New York for a month and Lewin takes a sea trip for the same time. A! Woods Will Try Shows At $1.50 Top New York. — With B. S. Moss as backer, A. H. Woods is taking over Moss' Broadway Theatre for the production of legitimate shows at $1.50 top. The theatre has been closed by foreclosure by the Prudence Company. If Woods can put shows over at this price, it will mean that the price of admission to legitimate plays will go back to where it was fifteen years ago. Eugene Stark To Manage *Henry's of Hollywood* Eugene Stark, former owner of Stark's Cafe on Wilshire, with the Hillcrest Golf Club for 1 Vi years, and for a year and a half managing director of the Roosevelt Hotel, has assumed the management of "Henry's of Hollywood." as ever — which means swell, and among those who dined and danced Wednesday night were the John Gilberts, the Cedric Gibbonses (Dolores Del Rio), the Al Scotts (Colleen Moore), the Bernie Hymans, the Larry Weingartens, the Barney Clazers, the Edgar Selwyns. Jean Negulesco, the William Powells (Carole Lombard), Buster Keaton and family, Sally Blane, Jimmy Durante, Bert Wheeler, the Jimmy Starrs, the Harrison Carrolls, David Selznick and Herman Mankiewicz, and that well-known roue, Lou Schreiber. Opening In Holl/wood AT SUNDAY NIGHT THE PLAYHOUSE FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY FRANK FAY FELIX YOUNG'S W TATTLE TALES // JANET READE GUY ROBERTSON FRANKLYN ARDELL PAUL and LEIF ROCKY CHARLES KALEY MILLER & MACK POCGI BETTY GRABLE THREE BLUE BLAZES NICK COPELAND 20 lUBlLEE SINGERS CHORUS OF 32 NIGHTS Orchestra $1.50 Balcony $1.00 75c 50c MATINEES (Wed. and Sat.) Orchestra $1.00 Balcony 75c 50c