Variety (Aug 1932)

38 VARIETY TIMES SOMA RE Tuesday* ^uj^ust 2, 1935' East , Rudy Vallee la now an enrolled Btudent In the SufColk (Mass.) Law- School. Albert Coates replaces Van Hooe straten at N. Y. Stadium concerts, George Jean Nathan back from Europe, where he has been lining up writers for his now monthly newspaper. Holdup men got $19,500 from Newark pool rooitis last Monday (26) and about 1,000 bettors, who habltua-lly sought the Newark rooms, were turned back at the. Holland tunnel tty watchers because police put the rooms teinpprarlly out of business. Phil Baker still insists that he is going to do 'L^ugh It Off,' but hot for the summer. Illness and disap- pointments have delayed the start, he says. George S. Kauffman to help stage .'Flying Colors/ new Max .Gordon show. Talk that Eddie Cantor will be under George White next season. ;Nothlng deflnite yet. Harriet Hoctor back from an eight month's dahclng tour of Eu- ■ rope.' Namsterdam Realty Corp.. owners of the New Amsterdam theatre, have appl'ed to the surrogate for permis- sion to bring dispossess proceedings against C. B. Dillingham, Florenz Ziegfeld and Saul J. Baron, as trus- tees of the Eriang'er estate. The trio, as the NeWam Corp., are $214,- 166. in default on rental. Viola Dobos, .Hungarian dancer, brought over , here by Xew Xieslle, and who has been doing cabaret work lately, faces deportation. Her permit has expired. Deems Taylor Is' plahning to work on a new opera while abroad. To be completed in 1934. ' . Prestoii Stiirges back from abroad with a new play, 'Unfaithfully Tours.' No plans for It yet. libne Beach, N. T., undergoing , annual summer cleaning. About 20 <■ places'raided for gambling, but no arrests made, police merely shut- ting VP the shopd. : Most of the places merely, offering slot, ina- ■ chines. Glulo Harnlsch, who has been first .Violin under Damrosch and Tosca- nlnl, suing his wife, Ruth, naming his landlord's son as the cause. Madge Kennedy is looking for a T6d KOehler and Harold Arlen will do the songs for the new 'Van- ities.' . Mrs. Eleanor Lauderdale Burke, former acfress, suing her husband, 'Donald P. Burke, for divorce, charg- ing cruelty. Iti Philadelphia court Albertina Rasch going to London late this month to stage dances for the new Drury Lane spectacle Haa- sard Short is putting oh. N. T. State Ailed Printing Trades Council, in session at. Olens Falls, denounces radio as one pt the causes of newspaper unemployment, but can't think of anything to do about it, Saiil J. Baron deiilea he will quit as temporary administrator of the Erlanger estate. Surrogate tells the newspapers his decision lA the Charlotte Fixel application for permission to sue the Erlanger estate will be handed down shortly. ■ ', Roger Wolfe Kahn has withdrawn from the contemplated production of 'fiallyhoo.' Forget'High Noon.' It's going to be called 'There Was I.' It's the Morgan-Cavett play with Hope Wil- liams. • Dorothy Brittain, chorus .girl, named co-respondent in the divorce fiction brought by Mrs. Clifford R. Parllman in the N. Y. Supreme Court. Mrs. Pariiman is the former Gladys Walton of musical comedy. Crowds watching the departure of the 'Bremen' last Wednesday night (27) • were plunged into darkness when the transformer blew out. Picture' company, - 'making pier scenes, threw .a .sunray on the crowd, which was gotten off the pier without a panic. .'Lilly Turner' is the Jatest moni- ker of tLe Dunning-Abbott play for- merly known as 'Exit' and 'One And Only.' Macgowan & Reed Is not to* be dissolved. Reed announces that during Macgowan's stay at Radio studios on coast he is working alone, but no. dissolution contem- plated. Reva Reyes, Who was replaced by Lupe Velez In 'Hot Cha,' given an arbitration award by Equity fpr an amount not revealed. Arthur -Block, of the National Winter Garden, has bought the rights to 'I Want a Child,' seen on the Jewish stagd last season. May present an English version on Broadway. • Civic Repertory theatre opens In November, doing 'Lillom,' with Eva Le Galllenne and Joseph Schild kraut. 'Dear Jane,' 'Alice in Won derland,' 'Gruach,' and one other new play will supplement a number of revivals. U. S. Department of Agriculture announces release of. a. three-reel story of the sweet potato weevil done in dramatic form. It can bt borrowed by proper ; organizations for transportation charges. In both standard and 16-mm.. film widths Silent. Aaron Fox, brother of the film magnate, surrendered to the polic Wednesday (27) to. answer the charge • of deserting his children, brought by-Mrs. Fox; Mrs. Fox also l.ias a duit against William Fox chtirging him with having placed '\ ouij.r.n.ki r in:) Lt-Jj jjuj u u-hi-Li-LLO-' LJjtJXJXf i.I 1 .1 '.J I.I . I I I I 1 LI I 1 1 1 1.1 I I J.U) Vl I LJ I.I I I 11 I H I 1 i l.J.I-1 News the Dailies f hli deparlment contatm rewrltlen theairical news items as published during Uie^ week in the daily papers of Nel» York, Chicago, San Franciscp, Holl^tfood and London. Variel)) takes no credit for these neivs items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. .Ill >ji 11 i-iU'i-rij>iiH>n i:n i'i 11 ki i m/ii mnrn in 11 i:m f-fvi■ 11 ri 11 1111111111111 im'II.i 1111 in n i.i:ri.i i i u i i.li i u o i.i i i i m i i rtv her husband, Aaron, In. a sani- tarium. Louis Mouquin back from abroad, where he purchased 1,000,000 gallons of wine In anticipation of repeal If the lid is lifted he will reopen his New York restaurant Mile. Vallee, suing Maurice Chie valler for divorce, puts a snapper in the situation by announcing they may . live together . after divorce, Contends that .the tie that binds chafes too much. Thelma White, showgirl, explains that Max Hoffman, Jr., is getting a divorce from her at her request Won't state the reason.. N. T. 'News' reporter, Grace Rob- inson, is making the trip to Sweden on the same boat, with Qreta' Garbo and sending bock daily stories by radio. States that Garbo did not lose a dime in the closure: of the Beverly Hills bank; Crosby Oalge says 'Angel' will be his first show next session. AlsO has The. Ni£ht Remembers,' 'Police C^ommlssioner' and 'Wake Up America,' but no dates yet. Madelln Boyd plains a subscrip- tion theatre in Englewood, N. J., in which plays, ltkey to be banned for Broadway, may bo given private performance. .■ J. M. McOowan, Oswego brewer, in town with a scheme to start chain stores for selling beer if and when real beer is legalezd. William It Mays, who broke his neck in a 60-foot fall- while per- forming at an Elkei carhlyal in Mineola. L^ I., died in the Nassau hospital July 28. Harry Bannister denies that hei is either married or engaged to Nancy Lyon. Report from Hollywood had him secretly married. Lawrence Hazzard, who sold 'The Man's Castle' to Al Woods and then also sold L. Lawrence Weber 'Man- hattan ; Medley,' is looking around for someonie to purchase 'The Sure Thing.' Jane White, professionally known as June Martin, burlesque chOriis girl out of work, is held by the po- lice in connection with the stran- gling of her chum, Florence Miller, with whom she shared a room at the Hotel Richmond. Miss Miller also was unemployed. V Police were called to quiet a row between the two girls, following an asserted drinking bout. Six hours later Miss Miller was found with ' a towel knotted about her neck, Miss White was picked up In a rooming house where she was found with three other girls. The latter '\vere locked up as niaterlal witnesses. Police declare the White girl confessed. ■, Coiiey Island will select a Modern Venuis'nexl Tuesday (9) at Steeple- chase. Stage girls barred as too trong a competition; Sunday ads for 'Grand Hotel' were un open letter to Greta Garbo inviting her to see the show. She sailed the day before. Chicago Title & Trust Co. enters suit for $1>000,000 against William Fox personally, alleging breach of contract. According to the papers. Fox, for the Fox Film C&., agreed to purchase from Herbert A. Lubin securities to the amount of $3,056, 899, including a controlling Interest in the Rcxy theatre ^nd the lease hold on the property at Lexington avenue and 58th street. These Dvere to have been purchased in Install riients 07er a period of seven yeaia Lu')iu transferred the. contract to his wife apd Arthur H. Sawyer, who in turn transferred to the Chicago company which now clalmii default. Irving Berlin , reported to be working on a production dye late in the season. Presumably under the Sani Harris aegis. 'Dangerous Corner' will be dc laycd imtll November on account of Equity regulations. Colin Keith- Johnston, having worked in 'War- rior's Husband,* is. hot eligible for another American engagement until then. Rumor current that Charles Cochran, English jproducer, may be asked to assume management of a series of productions in .connection •vvith the Chicago Century of Prog- ress exposition. W. A. Brady has dropped Ivor Novello's 'Partsr* from his produc- tion plans. Metro has the film rights 'With no restrictions. May make.an early production. Pilots'. Ass.'n warns that It will refuse to take off any persons car- ried away by the liners. . Too many attending the midnight sailings have forgotten to get oft in time and the station boat has been taxed for accoihmodatlons. Hereafter It will be a round trip to Europe and back or a turnover to the French authorities as stowaways. Survey shows that auto licenses have Increased 16,000,000 in the last ten years. Average fee has risen from $11.71 to $13.34. DprOthy Britton, showgirl; named In the divorce suit of Mrs. Qladys Walton Perllmia,n, is suing the lat- ter for $20,000 for defamation. , Vera Marsh now spells- It Marshe. Randall O'Neill's Mousetrap play- ers, are to bei tried out in-the Stan- ley-Warner theatre, Bridgeton, N. J., in a.cut down version of 'Mary Jane.' They have , been, playing Jersey towns. killed his stepfather, Alvln B. Choate, who allegedly had. mistreat- ed members of the fanilly. .Slugged and robbed by bandits, Charles Ewln'g, dancer, treated at Los Angeles Receiving hospital: Wilson MIzner recovering from bronchial ppeumonia in Los An- geles.' • Bebe Daniels offering sword from the Rudolph Valentino collection as prize for winner of woman's fencing competltlot In the Olympics. Baroness Elsie von Koc^aln of Austria, known On European screen as Elsie Fuller, In' Hollywood to stab at scenarist career. Dispossess proceedings brpught in Los Angeles ■ Municipal court by Bank of America against William Desmond, seeking possession of his home in Hollywood, Sold under foreclosure order last' August' and which he still 'occ -pies. Doris M. Waite, stage actress, suing Dr. Fred W. Bliss in Los An- geles for ♦100,300' damages^ follow- ing an auto accident, which she al- leges left her permanently injured. Second poison-tongue telephone call In Los Angeles In a week came when mysterious caller phoned po- lice reporters that John McCormick, fornier film executive, had "been killed in a plane crash. Telephone company investigratihg. Municipal court suit filed In Los Angeles by. Sylvia HahlO; agent against Helen. Vlnsoh for $360 com- mlss'Iqn, said to be due for obtain- ing a Warner contract Gilbert, Tapeau, writer, reported theft of cosh and clothing valued at $1,162 from his Hollywood homie. : Thomas Lil>ps started foreclosure proceedings In Riverside, Calif., Su- perior court to obtain $69,717 notes secured by moretgage on Hotel Del Tah^ultz at Palm Springs. Defend- ants aire Frltzi RIdgeway. and her husband, Constantino Bakaleinlkoff, who built and operated the hostelry. Ruth Madonna. AntonelU, dancer under name of Fontaine La Rue, filed divorce suit in Los. Angeles against Albert Antonelli, cosmetic dealer, charging cruelty. Zacchinl Is: announced to return to Luna Park today CTuesday) -with his cannon stunt Garbo finally got off to Sweden last gattu-day (30) on a Swedish liner. Steamship departures during the last few days have drawn extra crowds hoping for a look at the star. Inez Wilson loses her plea for ali- mony and counsel fees from her husband, W. H. Hirst attorney. She iked for a separation and allow- ance on .'grounds of. coldness^ but the court held these allegations not to have been proven and refused the appeal. Hirst married the singer after becoming involved in a ro- mance with her which led his -first wife to sue for divorce^ . . Monte Blue, headlining a Fanchon: & Marco unit in Seattle, rushed out' of the wings to iextlnguISh burning costume worn, by Wanda Stewart, chorister., which caught fire when footlights ^hort circuited. • RKO sued, in Los Angeles Munic- ipal court by P. L. Iverson and Bess Bordeaux who claim circuit failed to withhold salary of G. B.. (What- a-Man)- Hudson after a.ttachmehts had been levied against it Sneak thieves stole $7,000 in Jew-, elry from the car of John Consi- dine, Jr., and his wife,. the former Carmen Pantages, -while. it was parked in front of the Brown Derby, Hollywood. Theatrical Protective Union No. 1 submit to the Theatre League a counter-proposal In. reply to Dr. Moskowltz's plea for -a one-third cut There will be another meeting today (2). Earl Carroll' dlckerlnjgr with the owners of the Casino for his return there. Matter rests with Grafton Mlnot, pres. of. the 766 Seventh Ave. Corp., who is abroad. Coast Kurt Neumann/ Universal direc- tor, announces intention to wed Irma Ely of Hollywood, Natalie 'Talmadge Keaton filed suit In Los AnBTeles Superior court for divorce from Buster Keaton, charging extreme mental cruelty. Property settlement made out. of court, whereby Keaton was to pay $300 a month starting in November. Custody of the two children (boys) go^s to the mother. jean Guglielml, 18, nephew Of the late Rudolph Valentino, In Holly- wood from Italy to Join. h|s father, Metro technical director. Surrendering 4.0 police of Hcmet Cdl„ Kenneth Kent, 20, orchestra leader, admitted that he shot and Ruth . Noble back in the U. S. from Toklo where she made an un- successl^ul attempt to see her son, now in custody of the father, Sessue Hayakawa. Preliminary hearing on complaint against Eddie Brandstatter, restau- rant man, set for Aug. 8. Charge brought by C. E. Tobermah, Holly- wood theatre owner, that Brand- statter moved out $6,000 worth of fixtures and equipment from the Montmartre after Toberinan had bought them. Queen French Simmons, pianist, awarded $14,000 daihages In L. A. Superior court for injuries suffered when struck by automobile of Ralph Bohne and Harlan Dalley. , Gfeorge Hyde, 36, reporter and for- mer p. a. for Almee McPherson, committed suicide by poison in San Francisco. ' Los Angeles police hunting Harold Duncan, brother of the Duncan sis- ters, on warrant charging issuing check -without sufficient funds In the bank to pay an auto repair bill of $83. Capt. Albert Conti, film player, announced In Hollywood that he will marry Baroness Elsie von Koc- zian, scenarist, In a ceremony at sea within a month. . Lina Basquette rushed to Los An- geles Receiving hospital where sur- geons treated her. for poisoning, sftid to havel been sclf-admlnlstered. Later friends discounted the Suicide theory, saying her Illness was dui to overdose of onion soup. NntlT f6«nd In hie* lapartment, addresse* to 'Dear Jack^' and professing lov^ led to bringing of Jack Dempsov-a name In the case. He denied aiiv engagement. Shortly before the" attempt. Miss Basquette announced her re-engagement to Teddy Havea Dempsey's former trainer. It was her second attempted suicide.. • Jewelry valued at $100. lifted from Hollywood -apartment of Frances Lee, actress, • • Coroner's Jury in Beverly Hills re.^ ported .that death of Lory Bothert Stanford student, 'was due to neg, llgence. of Gordon-. Smith,' musical comedy dancer, who drove the car in which Rdthert 'was " riding, ckr overturned 'When it a ' depression In the street. • , • For ' injuries received ' allegedly when hit by an automobile drtveii by Dr. Fred W. Bliss, damages of $6,600 awarded- to Doris M. Waite, actress: iho:;. A. Superior court ■ . Jury- in L. A. Superior Court- awarded damages Of: $14,000 to-Mrs. Lora Simmons, pianist, profession- ally '(^ueen French Simmons,' in ac- tlpn against Ralph- Bohhe and Har- old DaileyV 9ald she suffered spinal Injuries in an'-auto crash which halted her musical career. Mid-West Trudy Davidson's husband, Ste* pheh Corbin Ferguson, was In court '. over alimony owed .to wife No. l.' He wais supposed to make a cash seittlement of $76,000 oh a five-year- old son, after which alihiony would be. reduced from $260 to $100 month' ly; Miss Davidson is a Chicago ntte club entertainer. Edith Rockefeller McCormick^ Chicago's best known millionairess, has written a love song cycle In six parts. 'At least she wrote the words; Eleahor Freer t>roVided-music; - It was ire'cently sung. In toto, for-a group of - society dames - over the teacups; " Henry J, Schlreson, once an M. D., was denied the right to again hang oiit a doctor's, shingle. Judge .Toseph Fitch of Superior court nixed the doc's plea for legal, sanction to prac'- tlce his arts In Illinois. At one time Schlreson hEid offices in the State- Lake building., and did a. thriving theatrical trade in . plastic [furgerx* He lost .his ..license when a bpyi^« legged lady lost them altogether. It was horses, Frahk Bering re* vealed, that brought him. together with Joan Winters, the actress, who is now. Mrs. Bering. The, general manager of the Hotel Sherman was a lifelong, cynic on matrimony, but finding a. common bond In horses he finally gave In to the equ'esb'^- enne-actress. HOneymobners 'were in Daytoii. bhlo,' to visit Mrs. Ber^ ing's par'ehts. ' ' Polka Brothers drew more, bombs. Their, circuit, of. suburban Chlcagoi theatres is nonrunlon. >Tick Basil, actor, spent a morn* ing oh th.i bench with Judge Sbar- baro in Chicago's Felony court as he passed through to Hollywood« His ma lives in Chi. Messenger bearing $12,000 from the Dells, roadhouse, reported to po- lice the theft of the money near an Evanston bank. Two bandits did the Job. S Drop RKO Vaude (Continued from page 30) fines the RKO route to Denver as the farthest western point and leaves the circuit -without a coast- to-coast vatideyille trip for the first time in many years. That. Co^st route was always the principal va- riety circuit's booking advantage over other circuits, since it per- mitted more extensive routing and better cohsecutlvd bookings. Another new set-up of bOpks and bookers in the RK(]) office prpbabliy will result, because the loss of the Coast weeks practically dissolves the road show route running from Minneapolis to the dpast ia,nd back. Shows ahd acts booked for that territory beyond Aug. 13 -will have to be re-routed or paid off with- out playing, which further burdens the little remaining eastern 'time and increases the booking office's already large list of obligations. Horace Heidt and band, 'with a contract for three months In San Francisco, will remain at the' Gol- den Gate, with the stage acts re- quired to .support them being booked from L. A. by Bern Ber- nard. Los Angeles, Aug, 1.: RKO's coast sector is reported to have been averaging a weekly red of around $18,000.