Variety (Mar 1931)

NOW iSc PRICE eporters and Social Deb-Snoopers Going Oh Magazines' New Staffs Rather 'Hof Entertainment for ^^^^^ .ThouHUiids' ot: manuscripts arc ioatlnB around, Btill some of the Mdlng inaga.zlheB are finding; com- litltlon so keen and the reading ibllo BO particular that for the tai time they are going newspaper, etabllBhlng! staffs of reporters.. "Vanity Fair"; and "The f^ew rprkers" are tiie most conspicuous 1 the reportorial move.. Former is bliig after newspapermen In a big uj', oflterihg contracts to some, urton.Davis la the first to go the ralr's" way. lie Is on a salary rtll June/ Then, if the outcome Is iccesstul, lie will be given a term Jcument and Increase. "The Yorjier" . is specializing In lbs with writing inclinations. These loop around In an old "Town Top-, B" manner for smaller Items, of ' (Continued,on page .71). In the Sticks SHOW BOAT ON HUDSON U|i-State Steek- Mgr. to Put. Craft In Service May .to Nov. . , • Poughkeepsie, March,3. : . Tom McEihany, part owner p£ the, Piaiyhouse. stage etock, has a. plan to. run a showboat on the Hudson. "The Thespla" has been purchased, and It Is McElhany's intention to put It lA service in May. IRlver towns will be played uiitll Novem-. bcr. , .■ ■ Boat, will seat 1,200. ■ 3:)cnvcr, March. 3. John lllcheletti, killed in an auto tcldent, owned Uie Comet, nelgli- •rhood house here. His widow, panccs, sold the. theatre to Mrs. tra Moldel for »6,000, $4,000 cash Id a note for the balance. Mrs. iloldel Is now suing for tlic incellation of the note: and for 1,000 additional, claiming the gross IS exaggerated. Says It was represented as $450 week, but. has been nearer $250 hce she took it over. Claims isscs were used freely during tlic me she was Investigating it with! aying Intentions. eyerly Off Apple Peddlers Beverly HUlB, March 3. Beverly Hills , is tho home of irocn st<irs and not of screen or pier unemployedi No room for tern, "v . ■• First application tor an appld ''nd there was turned down, with lason given: We have merchants here "already mine apples," uddy Rogers Tries Star Comeback with Bass Voice ITolIyWood, March 3. _«'itli , P.araniount taking Budtiy «8H!; (lawn from star to featured siting m billing for "Lawyer's «"«t," the. ..actor Is trying to '"'•Iv, to uiii)thpi' type. ^0 ..is cliaiigiiig his personality J pliaractcr a.',- much as. possible, " aff.cctliit,' a, ba.S3 voice In hopes fc^;aining^slal•,rating. OLD WORLD MEN HOLD*™ OVERSALE , Hollywood, MarcK^ 3. Former New York "World" men In pictures here, W'lth Wlnfield Sheehan. Ijeadihg the list, have' sot a. wake Tliiireday night (5) at the Roosevelt hotel. Purpose is to mourn sale of the 'World'V papevs to Scrlpps-IIow'ard. Dudley Nichols, Courtoriay Terrett and Oliver Garrett are in cliargC' of arrangements. Group also, includes Joseph Johnson, Fox. exec.', Ralph Block, Ha,i'lan Thbmp.son, Luther Reed, directors; Quinn Martin, Arn- old Price, Wells. Root, Joe Jackson, Sam Small, Louis Weitzeiikorn, Will Johnstone, Tom Gcraghty, Jack Francis, Joe Shea, Joe O'Neill and Harvey Thew,. mostly writers. Burlesque with Its Reputa- tioii and General Disfavor Locally Anywhere May Be Given Notice by Re- mainid^r of Show Bii, INVITES BLUE-NOSES Producer Pole-Bound With Only Eskimo Juve Los Ang<;le.<;. Mardi S.. Woi'l<Vs only lOskinio jiiyonik- I'-ail i(or so tiicy s.iy) ictt with Kwi.nt; Scott last week for Point Barrow, one of the; nbrthei nmoKt location.s in Alaska. From there thby will fly near the North Pole to shoot tlio lu-.st Arctic all-tallccr dratna: It\Van iMd/Jiionilr-nt pirttl>ir'li''n, to be! kiiown as Soott-.Vrctic ■l'r..iils.. with, the rest of the oast to .be rt'- cruitod ill Notrii^ niul Juririiii, Roy Clas.-;l<i; c.Tni.Pt;an>au ; a.n'l .'iound rcop'rdist, accompanied Scott and Wise Into the Arctic' zone.- Scott iias a rep as anOiplorer. Lightly, regarded by the other branches as just the harmlets black sheep of the "chow business family for the- part few years, burlesque now takes on .a darker signifieance. The other members of the theatre elan have eommenced to regard it 99'a : menace.; ' ' . As a result, an organized warning to etoek burlesque operators all over the country to effect that eonr titiuance of their present nq-ljmlt •trip that dirt ahows may not only kill b.urles'que but also do. irrepa- rablis damage to the rest of show business, is imminent. Possibly disastrous blue-npscd local mcddlirig and. censorship are feared: With its coming the show business in all branches Would be up against tlie toughest morality battle It has yet to face. ; Executives of two major vaudC;- (Continued oil page-41) FUNERAL SERVICES ON FILM FOR GOV'S. FAMILY CENSOR AS MANAGER Suburban L^dy Will Mitt Her So- ■ eiety Friends. Clilcago, March 3.. Down in the, history books goes the first instance of a picture cenr sor being appointed to an olTlclal position with a picture house clr- ;cuit.'- [..- "■ . New managerial directress 61 tlie Essaness /Theatres' Lamar in ^ Oak Park, Chicago rltz suburbi .is . Mrs. • -.(Contlniied on- Jiage-TO) WITH CHUMP Cheyerino, March 3. Quarantined in their, homci tho family of Gov. Frank C. Emprsoii- were unable, to attend his fiinoral. Pictures wore tukon ,oC the rites aiul ,>jiiown to tho family: Tlie state of W'yornlng liaid. for the (liming. Sorry Legit . A." anotlx.'r ihdirrttnr oC loo ■m.-iny legit tlioatro.s. on P.roailr wa.v; tliroufrli. the many dark oiip.a >iM houses all season.' comos- the' possibility of : a iloek of .■:tnoU burlf.sque shows on. 424 street, in legit .liou.<ts.; .'Two ore now set, at the Ilo- ipublie'a.nd lOUinBe: .'Other.s re- ported as .stock. l.;url(.-.s>r'jfc' pro-spccta are the Lilioriy utid ■I,yi-ic.' ■,■," ■ : f-ilot-it ■ l)Ui-l',v-'ii'e f ojierutTd :.iti.st iio-.v ill this <-oi|nii'y is til'! iowe.st' fornii of stage 9i1t.L-r1.air.- . ment;' Chicago:, March 8. Arnerlean piiblic. witli a pectiUar p.sychology ' aiiparently ' tinexplalii- ahle, l.s. goirig stronger and stronger tor freak endurance coHtcsts. ; Just What It all means, ever> to the champions of tiie various ideas; no one seems to know except pio- motcr.s. ■ Throughout the land they are . using any and . every soueme, alorig these, lines, to draw crowds and money. Some of the; more glaring con- te.'t.i include: ■ Kolling pin throwing contest, won a fchort.While ii^fo by; Mary Pioiitecki <■.£ Greenfield,. Miiss., who tos.sed tlie dough roller 225 feet and, came within a foot of hitting the bull's- eye.- ; ■ ' ■ .Ice .sitting contest^ Lucas C. (Continued on page 70) Jimmy Walker's Coast I Visit in Chaplin Home ' ' Ilolly.vopd, M.irch 3. ■ j ,.; Jilayor jiminy Wulker. is expectc.d. I here- 10 si»ehd his. forthcoming va- ratioii, The Walker local home, will I bo the Charlie . - Chaplin m-an.slon.; i Chaplin . tendered it .to the ni.ayor - riefor© leiivlni-; : New Vork fur his I Riiropea-n. trip.. •!• The trip Av'est. .s|;oMl.J. sitwr.t fpi'nr- j .Hchcdiilb by Mat ch 10. Aeocinrpi/ny- ' Ing tiie. rnnynr on a si)i;eiar.( .ir vvil! i be Mr. and. illrt. .v; C. Iiliinii')iitiiiil. . ■Washington, March 8. President Hoover and his 'Wiilte House correspondents are viewing each other .askance these days— because of a dinner given by, the scribes, when a lot of 16ose. enter- tainment was set forth, in front of the Chief Executive. : It win be many a-day before, ail. the storle.s of this particular dinner; are told. It has become'the basis of Bob Heitil'a radio business letter, a piece of correspondence that goes to some o|. the best known Journals in this country. .in that letter Mr. lleinl has this to say: • ."A feminine singer; which Cplumr bla .offered,, doubtless woiil.d have- gone big In a New York night club, but this entertainer, wriggling her hips In 'a suggestive, manner, .'was decidedly out of place at a dinner (Cbntlnued.on. page 7.1) ■; FATHER'S LES:)ON IN ECONOMY TOR SON strangest blrthdoy gift, nianufac- turcd through a. freak and presented by a father fllni executive, drawing $50,060 a year, to his sori as a lesson in economics arid- to emphasize de- pressive times, was delivered .Sat- urday under iiuspicipus circum- stances. \ \yhile a; cameraman from 'W'ar- ners recorded tho affair for the pri- vate prbjectibn of" the youth's family and friends the father' an linportanl diplomat In film clrples, drawing only a pereehtago of . his pay from the .WarncrSi'unwrapped' the str.'inge.;4lft'. , A two-year-old pray felt hat, pur- chased, and worn by Dad until it almost fell apart, a\ as the trophy rceeivea by tlie s.on, . The hat received by the lad, how- ever, fitted his tiny head pfifoCtly, and, were; tlie s'c-.crel not rovo;iled by a dry eiean'T, it would hav« passed for new. ' . J)ad had.ordereij the lid clean(d and fixed up fur liiniselC. . Whert it. came back it wa.v in V'erfeet ord'-r, r-Jut tho size hiid shrunk froin adult to juvenile. So why. !iri?u"il P'ld, .should ,\ farhi'-r s.jiend lf> iroh .nVeh for a ll'I for fi. kid'wlion a rli-aner can do .such a fiood Job? . BROOKS POfSTCMES ajOtW Ha.,A.r<t> ON'IF-ORIMIS I A1/;ii'WAV NX TEljSSBO PENN. al:.o .:^...>a:cojTUMes to ai>iT=sa