Variety (Nov 1931)

TIMES SIIVAR TiiegJay, November 10, J93i One-Eye Comidly Can Crash Any Studio Gate, but to Crash a Job-! Hollywood, Nov. 9. Bewildered and hurt, - One-Elye Connelly la drifting about Holly- wood, faced with the realization that one of the world's champ.. gate ci-oshers is Just another beef stew eater in the city , of stars. Connelly has returned from a tour oX his United States, taklngr In the Schihellnff-StrlbilnK fight In Cleve land, 10 days of bass fishing in Cau' ado, the Walker t Sharkey fight in New York, National Air Ra.ces in Cleveland, . American Legion con.- ' ventlon In Detroit, World's Series in St. Liouls atid Philadelphia, and the Dallas State fair. He slept in some of the best hotels and took baths, was greeted in most places with the acclaim due his'reputation, but he had to come back to Holly- wood whire 9ven last year's picture executives don't rate; 'I can't get this town/ says One- Eye. In my 69 trIps west I played a part in only one pitcher, with Mil- ton Sills in 'The Barker.' I was T-Bone in that pitcher and I could use one now. 'Jimmy Cruze used me last year ' la 'The Big Fight,' but only 3s a walk-through. They paid me. 12 irons a day for two days, and an 9gent had to cop his 10%. .' .On the Lot . 'This pass system the studios got (or you newspaper guys is a laugh,' ' snorts One-Eye. fl can get into any studio in Hollywood, but what (or? Vm inside and. Tm walking around and I meets a pal, and I says, 'Helfo,. pal.' And the pal says, tynniat do you want?' I says I wants a job, and the pal says, lilsteii, Tm hanging around here by the skln.o' my teeth. If I can get a Job for anyr one ru.put my wife to work.' ■ 'Anyt>ody with my gift can crash a studio, but nobody can crash pitchers. All I want IB a chance to star in a short, but I can't even get a Job sweeping out.' One-Eye sighed. The ol' system . don't work in this burg,' he says, 'JJlkp on this trip I Just made I de- ..cided 'Td taJce a bus trip from St. liOuls to Tezarkana. I walks Into the Uissouri-Paclflo .Bus Unes of- fice and says to the guy behind the. (Continued on page 47) HOPPER HELD AFTER ETTINGER'S CUT UP Harry Ettlnger, writer, 96 Main street, Hetnpstead, 3L L, is expected out of Bellevue Hospital this week to tell of the battle between him and Tom J. Hopper, said to be a bookmaker, living at the West 44 th street Hotel. Hopper is charged With felonious assault Ettinger's throat was cut by Hopper with a safety blade. The fight occurred in Hopper's room. The l&tter's wife came in during tl\o course of the fracas. Her cries brought guests from the lobby. An ambulance surgeon placed six stitches In Ettinger's throat. Little light could be shed on the fight. Hopper stated he was attacked by Ettlnger. Hopper's face was badly beaten. He Is 42 years old and well known on Broadway, said the sleuths. STEtN GETS 25 YEARS Ac<|uitted on Murder Charge—Quilty of Robbery He Had Forgotten Harry Stein, described- by the police as an associate of the crim- inal element that Infests O'oadway night . life, was sentenced to 26 years in Sing Sing Thursday , (6) by Judge Joseph E. Corrlgan in (Gen- eral Sessions. He had been con- victed by a Jury of robbery • and assault upon a woman. Stein, last June, was acquitted by a Jury of the murder of Vivian Gordon, found strangled in the Bronx. The complalna'ht against Stein in the case for which he was sentenced was Mrs. Lola B. Baker, dress- maker, who said the gigolo with the roughneck tactics beat her up In her apartment . at 28 West 66th street on April 12,-1930, robbing her of Jewelry ■ worth $2,000. A year later, Mrs. OBaHer recognized his picture in a tabloid In connection with the Gordon case. He was then arrested, The alibi put in by Stein's mother and two sisters who are show grlrls, that he was home at the time of the crime, failed him In the present case, although it succeeded in free- ing him of the Gordon murder 'charge.' In the probation report to Judge Corrlgan, Stein was described also as a bootlegger, drug vender, thief and possibly a murderer. The police still believe he was responsible for the Gordon woman's death. Rath Jayne Not Indicted; Senator Stack to Jersey New York County Grand Jury Friday dismissed the bharge of as- sault against' Ruth Jayne Cranmer, blonde, accused of having shot former State Senator Roy T. Tatos, ^ New Jersey, during d drunken brawl In the woman's apartment at 201 West 89th street last August. Tates recovered from his wound.s and returned to Jersey before he could be brought before the Grand Jury to testify. ■ The only Witness heard was a de- tective. Hammerstein Home Arthur Hammerstein in resting at his home in Great Neck, L. L A false report had htm back in the hospital for another, operation. He attended a, premiere two weeks ago, overtaxing hjs strength and he- was placed abed. Amateor Showman's Cafe Theatre b Receivership Syracuse, N. T., Nov. 9. The Dewltt theatre and the Cafe Dewltt Syracuse's new $260,000 night club, as well as other enter- prises o( the Dewltt Development Corp,, controlled by Julian S, Brown, are In the hands of three receivers in equity as the result of an action brought In Federal. Court by Billy Purl, Chicago. tab Impre- sario and actor. Purl, whose tab troupe made a sudden appearance on the local Rlalto several weeks ago, moving Into the Dewltt on 24 hours' notice, after it-, had been announced the theatre would close, claims that he. has $3,206 due him from the cor- poration for past services. Purl's action Is regarded on the Rlalto as entirely a friendly one, and Is believed to have been suggested, If not by Brown himself,- then by his advisors. Receivers named for the corpora- tion under $26,000 bond are Wllliant J. Bourke, local banker; A. Clymer Austin and Edwin D,, Dlnkworth. Application for an equity recelv erehlp for Brown personally was filed at the same time, but Federal Judge Frederick H. Bryant of Ma- lone withheld decision. Properties of the corporation ore valued at $3,000,000. The. petition terms-the corporation solvent and says that the receivership Is neces- sary to conserve assets for benefit of creditors. Big Alimony - The Federal Court-dctloh climaxes a series of suits In the state courts, several of them matrimonial in na- ture, which have Brown's name In the news for weeks. Brown's per- sonal fortune was nicked recently tor the heaviest alimony payments and counsel fees ever assessed In Oswogo County, Justice William P. Bowling In Supreme Court award- ing the millionaire's wife, Mrs. Mar- garet Hanna Brown, $1,000 montlily alimony and $20,000 counsel fees. Judge Bryant's failure to appoint a receiver for Brown personally leaves his second wife, in a position to press her claim for these awards. An application for a stay to prevent payment until the Appellate Divl slon at Rochester pos'ses upon Brown's appeal Is In prospect. Brown acquired a five-year lease on the Etnplre about a'year ago and' renamed It the Dewltt, The Cafe Dewltt, erected at a cost of $-250,000, opened Sept' 6. . Brown is the son of the late Alex- ander T. Brown, Syracuse Inventor, and capitalist, who died In 1929, leaving nn estate valued at approxi- mately $7,000,000. PSYCHICS PINCHED 2 Women "and Man Taken by Women Oopa In Hotel Victoria Much mystery surrounds the' ar- rest of two women and one man in tho "Victoria Hotel, on the charge of pretending to tell fortunes. The defendants gave their names as Edgar Cayce, 64, psychic; Ger- trude Cayce, 61, and Gladys Davis, 26, secretary. Mrs. Cayce gave her occupation as conductor. - . . The arresta were" made on war- rants issued by: Chief 'Magistrate. James B. 'McDonald. Policewomen McConnell and jtcNamara, of Capt Mary Sullivan's s'taft, made the arrest The trio were taken. from the hotel to the West 47th Street sta- tion wliere they quickly got bail. Miss Davis la a good looking blonde. Tl)e other two 'wear spectacles,' ifhe police blotter ehtry reads that Cayce entered a: 'trance' while his wife conducted his -messages'. Miss Davis recorded them. All Informa- tion waa declined by the women cops. Magistrate Charles Brandt, Jr,, ordered tha seizure of a plate of a photo taken by a tabloid camera- man.. Tlie court directed the chief clerk to seal the papers so that they -wera not accessible to the press. The case -was. adjourned un- til.this week. The caineraman was ordered out of court by the magls.- trata. RUTH CARLTON DRINKS LYSOL-M HOSPITAL Ruth Carlton, dancer, 23, living at the Van. Cortlandt Hotel, at- tempted suicide In her apartment by - taking lysol - poison.! Following th« attempt, Mlsis Carlton phoned for a bellbosr. - When he arrived in the elevator, . Miss Carlton was standing outside of the shaft Just OS the bellboy alighted, she col- lapd'ed and waa carried Into her apartment Dr. Headon of Bellevue was called. Patrolman Walter Wirth of West 47th street station tried to give Miss Carlton an emetic. She re- fused. Dr. Headon also tried and met with the same result The dancer was hurried to Bellevue. Her condition Is said to be serious. The hotel ofllclals stated Miss Carlton has lived at the hotel for some tima. She is a blonde. Little Is known of her. She was prompt in her' room rent and had an ex- cellent wardrobe. Higgins and Bailey Held Without Bail for Murder Vannle HIgglns, the Brooklyn beer racketeer, 'Who like Dutch Schultz, Jack Diamond and Vincent Coll, all of the same Ilk, has been accused of every crime up to mUrder, walked into the District Attorney's office Friday (6) along with his lieuten- ant William Bailey, and announced he understood the police had been looking for him. Assistant District Attorney Saul Price told HIgglns he and Bnlley were wanted In connection with the murder of Robert Benson, small- time bootlegger, shot In front of nn Italian restaurant and cabaret In Broome street, on Oct. 26. Bailey was Benson's brother-in-law. HIgglns had an attorney with him. The latter advised both men to re- ruse to answer questions. . They were arraigned in the Tombs Court Saturday on a homicide charge and held without bail for a - further hearing. MARRIAGES Peggy Franklin, actress, to Newell Tullls, non-pro, Oct. 31,-In Reno. Klcanor Merry to Tom Moovc, Tt Juano, Mexico, Oct. 27. Both in^' films. Dorothy V. Norlne, dancer, to Ed- win Clark Ltllcy, stage director, a't New Hav.en, Nov. 1. Dorothy Mackalll, to Nlel Albert Miller, at Yuma, Ariz,, Nov, 3. Groom Is active In radio. Prank Corbott, in the Plshcr offlcC; was 'married on his return from Cdlltornla. Corbett and Viola Sa- voy,, actress, were sealed In New Tork Npv. 2, Evelyn Erwln, non-pro, to Charles Hunter, in Los Angeles, Oct 1. Groom Is of the Arizona 'W'ranglers at KNX. iving Away Gags By Joe Laurie, Jr. Hello, Gharllat The week la Oakland waa al- right These towna sura do grow fast Tha theatra la nlca and the audience fine; Pat Shanley, who used to bo SO- 60 with Fiimess in the' Continental Hotels In Frisco and IjOs Angeles, is now manager of tha big hotel in Oakland. I asked him how come they weren't In business any more and ha says^ - 'Nothing happened, only our money ran out' >A lot of giiys hang around Oak- land. Andy Stewart tha' stage man- ager, and Adolph Domey* tha prop- erty man, -of the old Orpheum in Frisco, cams around to see me and gava me a load of old programs and pictures of guys wa used to play with in Frisco years ago, and, believe me, I grot-a klok seeing the faces of old timers who were in be-, fore this business was a racket The girl 'in my act took sick and an old friend of mine, Tom Mc- Namarra, who used to do an act years ago with hta Hrs. under the name of licNamarra and /Betty, happened to be In: my dressing room, niby are now living in Oak- land and he told ma his kid would fit right In my act that she was young and beautiful and has been taking voice, muslo and talking lessons, and. that she's got a mil- lion dollars' worth .of talent He said ha had lota of offers tor- her, but 'ha' didn't 'want her to go in anything but a Broadway -show, but seeing that he knows me so long ha feels shetd be in .good hands and well taken cars. of. There was only one thing to say. and I said it Pd Ilka to see tha kid and what she can do. So ha Invited me to their room. And I met the kid, I sure was sur- prised to see how the kid grew up cause I remember her when she -was a baby wheii her folks played around the middle west with me and I used to mind her while they went on. Terrible Well CharUe, the kid did her stuff for me and she was terrible. She's all right for a parlor. Got bad gams and one of them little voices and speaks like one of them dramatic bctors with a cold. She's pretty well educated, been to a convent and -she tells me she's written a play and sent in a lot of stuff to the picture people^. The old man hod some home brew and the old lady, made some chill, they got a little electrlo stove in the room and dishes, neverytblng. They treated me BO nice that I couldn't say I couldn't use the kid. I was in a spot I Just stalled and said I'd have to 'wait to see if the girl in my a«t woifld be too sick to go on, and I would let 'em know. Just my luck my girl got jokay the next day and so that let me oiit I don't want any. of them smartles In my act. Those kinda 'dames get sore at you if you. don't stand up when they come into the room, and If you meet her a hundred times a day you gotta tip your hat Vm too old for that stuff now. Well Charile it's a case of four- -a-day now every place we play. It aint bad but the first show you're too sleepy, th-» second show you're hungry, the third show you're too full and the fourth show you feel, too tired. But everybody treats you nice so It's okay. Qags Sorry you didn't make the grade with your new act. Here's a couple of gags that you can put In the weak spots. The wife sez to you, "All married poopl-> ain't unhappy." And you crack back, "No, only the men." That ought to get a snicker. Then she can say, "Oh, you're a pain In the neck." And you come back with, "Well, you ain't no as- perin tablet," which should bo good for a giggle. And here's one IE you got a situation for it. She sez, "1 -gotta run In my stdicklngs." And you kinda smile-and say, "You have nothing to worry about as long as you don't have to walk." i thIriU you'll have to wait a little while for them to get It, ' I got the pup from Bergman at last, and I'm sorry now that I didn't let him Iceep him for a few more weeks. I had to get up a dozen times a night to keep him from cryln cause I had some crank in the room next to mine that kept complaining about him. It cost me a sawbuck for a mg and the pm also tore up a good shirt .and chewed up a sweU red Ue of miaa which shows that he ain't a nan« dog, which is something these dua The girl in the last act Is gontS take care of hUn for a few weeks until he gets some sense. Best to you add the Mrs. SEz, Tour pal, ■- . ■ - ':■ ' ■"■ . -Boi,:- MANICURE, 19; JOBLESS. TAKES lODM IN PARK Louise Harrington, 19, Jobless manicurist 84 West 88th' sfreeti drank a quantity of Iodine in River- side Drive park and 7Sth street Miss Ilarrlngton, pretty and thinly clad, told. Patrolman Bart Druery she sought to end her life as sUa has been unable to get a Job. Driiery noticed Miss Harrington seated on a bench In .the park. She was' sobbing. Dreury passed the rhanlcurlst Soon school chlldrea playing near the manicurist saw her d.raln a .bottle containing the Iodine, The bluecodt got some eggs and milk. He forced this down Miss Harrington's throat She begged Druery to permit her to die. Til end my life If I recover. It la no'use prolonging my misery,' cried- Miss Harrington. She Was takea to Knickerbocker Hospital in a seri- ous condition. Puzzled Judge Sends Repodiated Sis to Trial Rosalia Rodriguez, 20-year old briinet dancer, of 324 West 47t]i street, pleaded not guilty In Special Sessions. She was released undw $500 bail for trial Nov. ie. The story .told to the police by Mary which resulted in the arrMt of Rosalie, Is the latter called at b«r apartment on Oct 6, when a free- for-all fight over a man resulted. Rosalie, apparently,-got the best of It In West Side Court when the de- fendant -was flrst arraigned, bath claimed the other was the aggres- sor, and Rosalie also added that Mary was her sister. Mary told the Judge if this relationship -was so she did not know it The Judge ctfuldn't decide an'4 held Rosalie for the higher court Acrobat Charges Usher And 2 Others Robbed Him Louis Garcln, acrobat -In Ben Hassln's.act told In great detail In "West Side Court to Magistrate Charles Brandt, Jr., how he was held up, bound, gagged and robbed In his apartment, 428 West 64th street by three men who made their getaway. Garcln stated that the- holdup and robbery took place In his flat oh the evening of Oct 16. George Hale, 19, ah acquaintance, theatre usher out of work and home- less, was arrested by Garcln at Broadway and 47th street as Hale was leaving a theatre. Hale -was Charged with robbery. Asst. D. A. Jamca Fltzslmmons asked that heavy ball be set on Hale. MaglB- trate Brandt fixed no ball. 'I was alone In my aportment when Hale entered. Soon two othert rapped on the door and Hale let them In. The bigger of the trio covered mo with what I believed to be a gun. He kept It In his Jacket pocket. 'I fought but my crtorts were futile. The trio beat me olmost uncon- sclou.?. They then tied mo up after they had gagged mo. They went through my clothes closet and tooK four sultsi some money and trlnK-^ ots. Later I freed myself, I notified detectives John Kennedy and Maney of the West 47th street aia- "While I struggled wUh the thugs I gave one a boot on the chin tna stunned him. It was then they gav» me my lumps,' wound up Garcln. Garcln wa? able to give nn cellent description of tlio " the sleuths. Hale denied the charge. He said that he had worked as » theatre usher in Hornbeat Tenn. t