Variety (Oct 1931)

l^esdayt October 27, 1931 TIMES SHWAitg VAJtlETY 4S Qeydaiid ^ By Qlenn C. Pullen iBbaw Jowt noiranlnar Golden Pheasant. Top eXOL bats l>eins seen more (ilieBe days. Carl M. Friedel. appointed director of Theatre. "Workshop. Charley Wlnstoa reslcnae *a UKP'B city manager. Kohler, Jr., planning new dance spot of Ws own. Marshall Tleld, band leader, at kome with broken letr. Sdiia Mae Catberwood, at EUpp, leaving for California. Tal Henry's band loUowlng pal gamp into New China. Marjorle Moyer of WTAlil to be- onma »,mother shortly. Russell ColUns will remember fihiroDe foe the bumps. pSr House, leading little theatre heri blkes prices to $1.B0. . Tom Donahue's band moves from UtUe Village to Monaco's. Hvei speaks are now letting cus- toinerB put it on the cuff. Julian Webster arranging over- tures for Maurice Spitalny. Max Elsenstate from Play House blossoming out as a. lecturer. Harry Hewlett, WHK commercial -uuiager, is California-bound. j|[fFreedman, ex-Loew exe*. go- fKg to Cal. for another rest. Floor shows dropped by New China. Hal Kemp's ban4 in. Agnes Ollroy, local dancer, to be •ealed to Bob Cary, non-pro.' Anna Charles Jbins' New York Hungarian light opera troupe. Monty Blfmahat, Plaza Club, baptizes his latest one .Renee. Bill Keefe, Uptown manager, pro- moted to ad post by Warners. Job Jjewls, fight promoter, wedded to Florence Huff, Clevelander. Chuck Carroll, nephew of Tommy CarrolV is Kay Kyser's new p. a. ■ June Carr; whose hair wap raven black last season, is now a blonde. Freddy' Large re'opens College Inn, rechrlstened Claremont Tent. Allan 'Moritz promoted to Colum- bia branch manager in Cincinnati, Wanda Lyon here to see John Lyon, her brother, radio announcer. Keet My Sister,' slated tor Hanna, yanked for another, 'Strange Intei-' lude.^. DoC Blllbtt drops pro football ac tlvltlea, due to full-time duties at Hipp. George Williams' band opens Otto Wllle's new nltery,'formerly Coconut Grove. Al Morgan, new Ohio manager, affects white pearl-buttoned waist- coats,' .George Paderewskl, accordionist at Monaco's,' is nephew of famous pianist Fifty members of Sam Manheim's disbanded burlesque troupe looking for lobs. Mrs, Flske played her own role In 'Against the "Wind* here for one per formance. Polly Moran's ex-hubby. Bill Kryda, blew in from Detroit to talk ever old times. Madeline M. Blrene, ex-WTAM dnger, married to Nicholas Capossi •f Sundusky, O. Alice Challfoux, harpist from Blr mingham, Joins. Cleveland sym phony orchestra. 'Slgmund Romberg unrecognized when he . stood in lobby watching eperetta crowds. Sam' Bradley, head of local acting •wool, directing film for Cincinnati picture company. Al. Morgan, succeeding William Grey at Ohio, nertz about white pearl buttoned vests. Jack McBrlde, ass't manager Cir tie, nursing head. Stick-up muggs ■Ii^ed him and got fBOO. Editha Fleischer, Met opera sing' •r, makes bow as first soloist in Cleveland orchestrtf's season, . Chicago Civic Shakespeare troupe no draw at llanna despite critics' Wtotic editorials for support.)^ .Harry Ijangdon roomed under 2** name here to esca^ wife; "^J.'o^be is suing for divorce. . Night football promoted at Sta- dlum by Hugh Mack of New York, "fg fates except for third game. McLaughlin Is checking.up •n stock grosses 'round the country J«We opening bis new Detroit 'Si"*.^Potter, Plaza Club singer, •ngoged to marry Herman Perdl "*na, local club manager, in De cember, „£''*wnee Club's plea for Injunc- r?" ^salnst police padlock, due to BMiDiing charges, turned down by w courts. WQAR manager, can't 7^ hat since making euc- «wMol debut as pianist over his 0111 station. Addison, Ix>ew city man- ■^r. gets his exercise chasing gate- "«shers posing as New York th6a "9 ttanagers, ■i>B««**."'*^'" "W^oollcott broke his Swi premiere of 'Brief Moment' "a hod to have telegrams of con- KW'ts read to him. nr*5S? ® Adams and Otis Skinner to Ohin xf* 'Merchant of Venice' at did If u^- ^' although Fritz Leiber iri'two weeks ago. Plnovf Clevelander who 'S'to. Charlotte Lansing In g^„'„wlnd' in Pittsburgh, didn't K?v iS"*^* *° It 'or home folks. Hi I, Kyser thought he had got 01 his southern drawl. But when he called up a radio station, phone, girl mistook. him for Phil Spitalny. Piccadilly Playhouse, Marie Uka Diehl's little theatre, ordered by city commissioner to close. Liocatlon on fourth' floor, against ordinance. Looking for new site. .Frank Drew, MOM branch man- ager, re-elected president of Cleve- land Film Board of Trade tor eighth term. Other re-elections: X J. Schmertz, vice-president; H. R. Skirboll, treasurer; Georgia D. Mot- lett, secretary. ATT 1 San Francisco By Harold Bocic Nita MitcheU now NBC. Bert Carlson oh KYA staff. Arthur Oberfelder ahead of 'Apple Cart'. Babe Ruth' here for extaiblsh game. Richard Dlx marries Winifred Coe^ local girl. Freddie Heathcote: lis a news sleutb at heart Mort Singer, RKO labor interme- diary, off to Detroit, ' Round tables and allryou-can- eaterles going floppo. ' Edgar Walte. returning, to 'Frisco after p. a.'lng at the Roxy. Betty Covey, sister of Edna, pro- ducing floor shows at Udo cafe. Alda Polo, F. and M. girl, married to John Hopper, Idaho millionaire. John'del VflJle helping Fred John- son review shows for Call-BuUe- Un. Joei Weber, A.F.M. president, and Bill Canavan, L A. T. S. E. chief here. Paul Pltmaii, KPO's big brother^ back on air after three months' ill' ness. Jack Dean always looks for nick' els in pay phone slots. Hasn't found one yet. Grace Moord to sing at Tlvoll Oct 31. New hubby, Valentine Pa' rtra. along. Allen Warshauer has given up the; struggle—he Just wears sus penders now. L. E. Claypobl, AP, talking on history and origination of Journal Ism over KYA, Mao (Harry McClIntock) . of KFRC cut his own '60 Years From Now* for Victor. Coiipla newsies on street corner engrossed in ' perpetual game of chess between - sales. Eddie Mitchell, Consolidated Amusements p. a. in Honolulu, back to the Islands with hie frau. Muriel Johnson (Muriel and Bob) now that t^am is broken lip by Bob's death, back here visiting her family. Dave Olson, muslciani charges coppers beat him when they stopped him from quarreling with his girl friend. . Alfred Wilkes, cashier of dis- solved Thomas Wilkes Theatres, given three years to pay the govt 13,000 in war tax. Hearst's p. m. 'Call-Bulletin' plug- Ing John Bruce as potential 'Odd Mclntyre. First col,, 'Skylines, started this week and good. Lawrence Tlbbett did a return re- cital at Tlvoll. Papers linked him in romance with Mrs. John Clark Burgard, local society woman. Roland Woodruff, Fi-ed Scott Audrey Parncroft Arthur Cunning- ham, Joseph Swlckard, Margaret Clark in cast of 'Maytime,* opening at Geary Nov. 2. Widow of the' late Joel 0>hen, head of Consolidated Amusement Co. of Honolulu, granted $500 monthly allowance and letters of administration to the $160,000 eS' Ute. ''WB's polo team up Sunday for a bout with the Olympic Club, Darryl.- Zanuck and: Ray Grifflth playing. Joaii Blondell, Constance Bennett Dorothy Mackaill, Loretto Young, Winnie LIghtner, James Cagney, Charlie Butterworth, Doug Fafarbanks, Jr„ Bill Powell, Dick Barthelmess and Ed G. Robinson among frenzied spectators. Scenes were taken for a forthcoming War- ner polo picture. Toledo By Dick Mo<3«or0* Granada holdlhs up. Billiard season opens. Hlnda 'Wassau-tn town. New screen at the Pantheon. . Banks beginning to perk up. . Palace may go over to legits. : Seth Parker drew, fair crow'd here. Bee Keller can out-HlndaWassau. Chevron players have opened sea-, son. Blum Whipple gave two to one on Mich. Press club parties continuing to be successful. . : Martha Morton added to tbe Gra- nada players. Alyce Orcutt,- member of the WSPD staff, UL : So Ed Gooding's been to Denver and back already? Several midget golf cotirsea turned into filling stationa' Bob Brown was one of the high- 1,'^el bridge openers, De Wolf Hopper here next month under local auspices. '.'Mad Parade' lasted but three days iX the Princess. - ESmplre closing after five-week run. Burlesk doesn't go. . Dick Richards, 'Blade' d.. e, has his chest puffed out ' GirL Paramount-Publix house at Fre- mont iibout ready to open. . . Jack O'Connell may take over several out-of-town houses. . Lcahor Morrison doing jgood Job of hostessing at the Rivoll; Irving Solomon has gone to Fre- mont to open new PubUX' theatre. Thurston cam» close to equaling house record of Tom Mix at Par. 'Open the Banks by Christmas' is the password of the depositors' as- sociation. Lyman Ford says city hall'report- ers (Phil Gibbs and Mike Desmond) are 'squirts.' Bernle Lusttg dividing his time as p. a. between the Empire and the Valentine. Paramount theatre - sponsoring dances In . the .lobby on Saturday nltes after the show. Ohio Bluenoses cut .the title of Helen Hayes* l^illaby' and changed It to 'Sin of Madelon Claudet.' Jack Greenbaum has closed' his drug store, long the hangout of theatre people and newspaper men, Leaner .Morrison, secretary to T, H. Stevens at the RKO Rivoll, has been, named hostess to take care of parties. Forest Freeland has left the Rivoll publicity department and is sue ceeded by Dick Wright formerly ass't mgr. Harry Baker of the "Blade* copy desk, critical in Flower hospital. Five transfusions, and pals in the edit room volunteers. Fred Wlllianub . theatre manager at Marlon, kidnaped from porch of home, taken tor a ride; lost 1300, and then was kicked out ot car. Dick Richards. 'Blade' d. e., be- came a father, and Mitch Woodbury, 'Times* d. e., celebrated a wedding anniversary in the same week. Those same guys who cried over Vonderbllt's win enjoyed State's victory at expense of Michigan. They're looking tor a Big 'cham- pionship. Ralph Phelps, Bob Brown, Wllbert Bach, White Pants Willie Mylander, Charley Corbln, Dick Richards and Millard Foreman moped about after the Ohio State beating taken from Vandy, for National Geographic, here to do an epic on Ontario, Courtney RUey Cooper also on deck seeking 'Post' story on Northern gold fields. Fred CuIIey Is out as dance band maestro at the' Royal York. Don Romanelll succeeds himi Roly Young puts out a new movie page for 'Star Weekly.' L«ss than 60% scalped from 'Variety.' Picture house unit road shows out until (Radian dollar ellmbs bock to par. Home talent cheers. Lillian Helworth wrote a hovel. Not so good' but offered $4,000 for the title. Calls it 'Promiscuous,' Reno University' homecoming celebra' tlon Jams town with old grads. Shrine delegation from California with five bands on hand for annual beremonla].' . Governor Balzar and Jack Demp: sey hunting moose in . Jackson Hole country, Wyomlhg. ' Barbara Jo Allen, San Francisco actress in Duffy theatres, weds Charles H. Crosby,. clubman. Fly here for ceremony and. spend one hour. Double mur4er in which husband kills wife and - Other man when he finds them in .'darkened bedrodni at 1 a.m. makes three ..murder trials now oh. . ' Mark Requa, Republican national committeeman from California, stops off on way, home from Wash- ington to slip Hoover supporters info and encouragement; Three university football players and ian assistant coach fired for staging lively party In hotel, room following game at Stockton, Pauline Lord, actress, was made defendant in a divorce suit 'filed here by Owen B, Winter,' advertis- ing executive. Married in Mary- land April 27, 1929. Cruelty charge. Bronx Back on Fordham road, at the Valentine' Is Chris Egan. The Adolph Goldberg profile Is much in evidence at the Windsor, Ed Stewart, won't part with that strip of Grandeur Film tor any amount. • - „ ,,, HI Gainsborough belleveg he will be.able to get along without Kenny Suchman, ^ Monty Salmon likes to be referred to as formerly of the Fox BrookT lyn theatre, . ^ ; . Every RKO vaude celeb playing up here gets, a free lunch at Ilarry Federman's expense. The next time W. O, James en- tertains a party of youngsters at his theatre he'll assign a cop to each. Toronto . Bob Hayes needs a Job. Greg Clark 'Writing again. Jack Arthur back on the baton at the Imperial.. Nutsy. Gafah getting big name as football prophet Bob Reade is a bridge expert now. -Business is better. Andy Passmore out as sports an- nouncer land sad about It Alex Glbb has a new picture at the masthead of her coKimn. Jim Curran, the wolf king, is around, . More wolves than ever. Nate Nathanson thought he was out of the film business but got a summons in that combine suit any- how. 'Strange Interlude* a seU-out and played extra matinee. The home towners treated it as a comedy this time, ~ The news boys have been crash- ing New ITork so often the due bills are all used up and some are spend- ing cash. - . J Concert biz booms. Town gets John McCormack, Xilly Pons, Galll Cure! and Lawrence Tlbbett all In fortnight. Weather so warm they had to trot out the Ice cold signs again. Im- perial says 'Talullah Bankhead in 'My Sin' cooled by refrigeration.' Lily Pons, prima donna, refused Canadian dough, but stood. 'em up anyhow,' Musiciaha union loses law suit against Famous Players and sub- sidiaries, Fred SJmpicli, staff globe glrdler By Hal Cohen Negotiations between musicians and theatres hanging fire. Mike Cuilen sitting at his desk at the Penn again after stiff siege of flu. The pretty blonde in the Nixon b, o. won't let anybody pay for her lunches. 'Moe Glanz, booker, back in town after his semi-anntiail visit to the Big City. Karl Krug, the crick, has a son of 11 who's about as high and broad as hla pop. Hal Kemp around after launch ing first vaude bill at the Capitol in Wheeling. All ot the 'WB oiDBce force save Christy Wllbert have 'gone slightly daffy over ping-pong. Bob Alton and Jerry Mayhall working on 'WB units scheduled for W. Va. and Pa. towns. WB has tied up with the 'Sun Tele' on a Kiddles club and Helen Donnelly is handling it Havey Boyle, Tost-Gazetto's'ports editor, has been reappointed to state boxing commission. Brian McDonald home for a few days before returning east next week to show for lMew*B, Roy Rowe, who manages the Warner here, has two theatres of his own in North Carolina. Hollywood and Model, two 'WB nabe sites closed for some time, to reopen nltes'and Saturdays only. Lasso, big -German police dog, gift from Horace Heldt to Johnny Harris, making three of 'em- tor J. H. Anna Jane Phillips has vacated the woman's editor post on the 'Post-Gazette' to go on the same rag's city staff. Metro gave Penn a br«Ut by shooting in shots of '. Pitt-Notre Dame game at South Bend Monday after the clash. : Mrs. Bert Stern, wife of the local UA exchange chief, threw a big birthday party at Joe Hiller's Show Boat the other nite. Jane Thurston Harris has visited the Alvin regularly for years, but saw her first show there from out front the other night ' The 'Post-Gazette' has bought new comic strip. Two of its staff members, MulhoUand and (3eorge, landed with a syndicate. John Montague, who used to be Al Wood's right-hand man, in town In advance of Schumann- Helnk and 'The Mikado,' Although she goes to' her seats on crick passes, Florence Fisher Parry always applauds 'cause she used to be an actress herself. Horace Heldt superstitious so when his dog, l,asso, bit 13 men In the band, he sent It to Johnny Har- ris, according to Brian McDonald, Havey Boyle, Prank Biitier, Joe Shuman and Vours truly among the newshounds to take in the Pltt- Notre Dame bender at South Bend, Ted 'Weems bates puns. Whlteman's new apt. swell, Leonard Hicks sez It with orchids. Harry Jolson in town for a week. Mike Barnes should be bock from Texas any day now. ' A. Mllo Bennett still takes time to bat out a bit of poetry. Renee Howard spends afternoons watching'wrong ponies win. Sam Horwltz blew in froni Bro^r way to see a couple of shows. Johnny . Joseph preparing to open the hew RKO house. In Davenport Mrs. N. J. Blumberg came west to visit her mother, who is 111. Paul Cohen going. Into the band agenting business as a sideline. Hazel' Flynn got herself in a spot by mentioning the Stevens-Borden ' tiff. Prank Delmatne needs a suitcase to carry his stack of identlfloatlon '' cards. Willie Horowitz has a new fancy benzine bus, a gift from Boss Jack Bobbins. Tom Maloy, Ralph O'Hara cuid ' Frank Clifford plan to boll out at Hot Springs. Joe Abramsoh - connecting with ' Fubllx on their operating staff around town. Benny Rubin and Benny . Fields have turned fo klabiash for want of anything else to do.' Facade of the new Triangle res- taurant on Randolph street is .Im- posingly modernistic. 'Cowl-like' said' A^litpn Stevens of Margaret Rawllngs, but the typo- grapher made it 'cow-llke.* Al Capo'ne' had to call off a feast planned for some ahow folk, on th9 eve of his court sentence: Hazel Flynn accomplished a near miracle when she dragged Benny Fields out on the radio at 10 a. m.. Bd l/evin, formerly of the Good- man, got back from'Europe lii time to 'work .rustling press copy for B, & K. Leo Spitalny thought Pepiper Mar- tin was Jack. Pepper and wanted to know since when the latter changed his name. Special invites to the Castle's midnight preview tor the 'Hallelu- jah' revival had Hazel Flynn listed as the hostess. ' Henry Herbel's scion got stepped on by flivver, and happy because ot the excuse to forget school - for a couple of days. . With the ' Johnny Jones office. smoking, the vaude a£ents once more, finding their way into the Woods building. Bill. Young bought a pair of cheat- ers because they looked great in the window, and how thinks he'll have to have his schnozzle revamped to make It fit. > ' ' Col, Roche goes the biggest aro lights in town for the unfolding of 'Once in a Lifetime.' Said it was the first Hollywood opening be'a ever attended.. Grace Doro burned because she: can't play the accordion on the same bill with the Donatella boys. Lew Goldberg planning to be- Comie a' local picture exhibitor. Ruth Betz, WBBM p. .a., is the town's only colyumnlst who doesn't ha.ve to worry about the copy-reader.. Space, given to her dally stint on the Times radio page is paid for by the-station, and everything,she writes goes. Chester Miller, mgr. of the. Judson . Radio Program Corp. oiSce here, .when It folded, has gone with the Erwin, Wasoy agency in New York. Nlles Trammel went calling on the Oeneral Motors mob in Detroit and' took Paul 'Whiteman along. By Len LIbbey ' South Station theatre' opening Nov. 1. . . ; Town billed like a circus tor rodeo at Garden Nov. 6. Lew Leslie signed Jack Thompson for his next 'Blackbirds.* - : May Yohe, of Hope diamond fahae^ ill at her Dorchester home, More unemployment benefits than legitimate stage attraction's. Copley Players meeting the audi* ^.ce after the Tuesday matinee. E. B. 'Cllve, formerly of the Cop- ley, writing dialog out in Hollywood. Arch 'Private Lives' Belwyn re- duced his prices for Boston engage- ment to. $2;60 top. ' Jean Malin, 'Queen' of Boston night cluba, playing private dates for the town's 400. Deputy Supt McDeivltt had a dress-suit squad looking over Bos- ton's night club talent. All O. K. Boston had its first championship fight In 20 years when Broulllard and Thompson met for welterweight title. ' City Council votes to have Mayor Curley a.sl< theatre owners to do- nate one cent on every ticket for poor relief, Quecnie Smith's show, 'Little nackctcer,' opening delayed three days. Grace Hayes' Jumped in on 24 hours' notice for a show stopper. Headquarters liquor squad abol- Inlicd; liquor violations watched by division captains. Braqs rail polish In demand. Looks like a wide-open town.