Variety (Aug 1932)

I.ONpoir, Templo -"■•vv. ',• ;• lionddh, July \iS|?,, A biatch off-racehorseS »»onl-the late Kderar Wallace's stables sold recently for about $1,200.. ' 'Foster's New Play, New military pjay groins IritQ ithe Shaftesbury, urtder. the management, of Basil Foster is 'Ordfers' A'^e; Orders,' by Tan 'Hay .an<J • Ahthohy Aimstrongr. Foster will appear in the piece, arid hag Adele Bixon and Olive Blakeney to support him. Jos!©'Fearon to Berlin Josie Fearon, -who sang opposite Richard Tauber 'in /The Land' ,ot smiles' reyiyal at the Domlniort re- cently, hag, • through ills interest, been engaged for a month at .a variety house ih'Berllri. . ■ V ■ ' ' Giles ^lay^aiir's ShoW . A grbu^ of Oxford'st.udetiiti9;Vun der thie leaderahip' oi Giles Pliyfalr/, dcing a Pi-irro,t.'shov .ait. s.evertil- coast feiSbrts,: the'ihafn idea, being to'adyer'tise -the budding talent of. [ tjhe 'soiis ,and !iyi:ic.: writers- Ini the conipany^^'Gil^i U Spn/6i.Slr'l|Jlgel Pl'9,y^i^ir "iapd; l§,,al|i;io'gt .a ...^ .,„ ,i,rcjiie' ;-dfi;';Be«ir'S|' j^tt'^njpt/-^.p; i're- .vlvft tfip CoTpptimMt?i-Hn<*W'-,^W'»©'''' ,f nanjerrfiPitYpy. J?oaiiea>-jls .pQnjjpetjlrig •. ,\ii^th .lbe..>-'J7^th,ejn and .g)ene>:a|, jdei ..pr^ss)on.< ajatlnetsq hayp jjeejistbanS: ■ dbnedi, a 26^% cuit;.in,."galai\tes... .ly.', f • ' ..'' '„'•.' Objeipt ,lLeiB,bn'. .,..' ■■ ; i.Too. humUfating for ■tt.ugh/.'jtV'ajke- ^ del4 tQ be relegated to second..spot; pn . th%> 'f^alladlum' .'bill/ on ..Tuesday, ; he wU-.qri iyednesday. ■ I^e,vahcfuld ' have , done so,, siiter the. flii^t: how Iiiohday, 'Not' biis .fault, m^rfily a , yery'poor V^Wcle^ ' ■ ; .'Had It li'appened' to.. an/American irtist there would ha[ye'i^one yp-^a hue: and '.cry' about 'prejttdiqe,\ lt's abdiit time, iTnporte'd. pertprniers 'realise th$y are' not brquglijt over •to be deliberately sloyghe^*,. -''' ^ : . Sir Nigel'A Debut . :' Sir .Nigel Playfalr, ..BritiBh- actor< manager, will make his .film debut iii ''Glotia Swahsoh'a fltst EngUshrm^de' picture, 'PerfecC,',: 'Urtderistjiridlng,' ,,wh^ch. Eitar.ts at.Elallng St.udfos fend "of niiinth; ■' ^^- ■ ■' Albiert' vasco. i9 . ,np .'Hbnget; mari'^, ager for the Li6h4oh Pavilion,' ^c^' > <ceedi9«l by Charles ^McOi'all, fdrin^rly j/hls. asBlstant.1' Donald'M^psted, sbn- I of.x>ne of:,the>directorS^ bjecbm«id jad'- 'alstantiTOktiaKer,'r-iv " •-.r !.••'::; ; Van Pruten's Ideii Jpliiii v44 I^ciiteit, tl;iiB''proiUfIp Kng-^ ''Ush' writeiV fonnerly a' soUcItbk'yrho jUoiiirepl; Inti^ 'iCftme' t(Hth 'hla^ 'Ybung • Wtioaiey," '^htts = giyen ' ■ up writing pla?r<E' t<ir j9.t itfast Biz mbhths; pn the advice of his friends,'wUd^ te1il'' iilni ;.he^ h^s.•tiJjfejady,.,TTrltt0ri ; top much '',andj& clieape^ngihis works. i.^.,;.Jus,t, to; keep.jhlEi ".hangd In, X)r,uten ,WiU..T!irrlte .a .coup]le of books .duifiiig that "period. ' '. Druteh has definitely made Up; his mliid none' of his currenf or futurp writings shall bb adapted-' for' the screen, and openly expresses- his . loathing, of the^talkers; - > • • SEVERAL fiERMAK Ads' SETroREMPD^fAiaS ' • \B'erlIri, AUgV . ., General' Manager Cerf i-ofr ^Nathaw has slg'hed / - here : a conMd6rable number pf star ^ittrapljion^ froniithe ' ficiJ^la, for .^iie i^pjplrp in ,Pd^is.,v ■ 'Vera Schwarz, Edith liorand and her -Jafcz Orchestra^ Erik..Jan 'ila- nusschV clairvoyant. Con ColleanP ,and Ijxe. ne^i Matray ba]IJ|etvaije|. to '> perforiin^lii Paris this season. ' ■ Fibn-Legit/SKowcase' idea Interests Paris Paris, July 23r ive^lt theatrp' managers arb wait- ing for ■ results ' bi Eew Cantor's ;inteiH'd(?d'^slt6wfcas(9'' -irv -Hollyiybod. iEteasoii is- that • if it Clicks they may get the support of some local pic- ture inte.rests to put through a scheme which . they haye been hatching for some time. ' Idea i^ to have . many plays staged Just price by a special company,, so that they can themselves jud^e IxSttier than by reading a script of it is worth pro- ducing Pn their own stages. This is equivalent to a legit trade show. '• Though script costs, are inferior here to the American scale, picture mPney would help all branches of thV shcfw business-if ienticed to join legit' ^n the Scheme;'• ' GRWI^VAUD^ Ftrbt Tim* in Pari»—At Plaza. Natan's . London,- Aug/ 1. .' W^}i^ starting viujy ^26 'Bayr' .less Itbaii ji^i theatr;^S.'^pppi[irin .the West' End of- London, making nearly. 20 ,ds|rk. .-.^fijls is, pn9 pl|>|the'worst low Ibvels i' ju' Veara. V'i |wii'. ^ .vvlAmtfne thb! fe*»!; p(<^es femainlh!g drawing money are 'The' Dubarry'- wh(Glv,,)ias a .h^eayy. stalls foliptring at' His' Ma3^tJ;'s;..';'''W^altzes " Vieii^,';\*:lilPh is due. ib° fizzle .but- In a week or two, 'Casanova,* at the Coliseum, npw building up .to. TThite.Holrse. Inn'- dimensions,; ai^d 'Musical Chairs,' -non-musical at the: Criterion. •: •- ' Chea^ British Ilecordiiigv System's Sudden peni^iid London,. July :2'3. ' Visatpne, Indie . British ; sbiii.nd system, is making a sudden play for the a-pcordlng market here, ! British International recently an- nounced it would install it as soon • as its RCA contract ran but,' Twickenham, another RCA strong- hold, now Intends following the b! I. lead. ■Visatone has already been in- stalled at the Stoll Studios, Crlckle- wobd, and the Nettlefbld plahtj at Walt.on-on-Thsimeg. ' Advantage of the English sypteni Is its cheapness. Paris Nite Life Lulii; Paris, Aug. l! Beaucoup night clubs going dark until October, especially in the Montmartre sector, but Montpar- Basse is. also affected. ■Result of the moneyed set leaving town for'v'a'catlofli '' , (Continued frpm .page 13) 85c.. each on Spanish 'talker'; discs, i^urther^pre,' gbyerhment has under co'n^ideration prpppsl'tfoii for -bbpst-; jlng" by. aibPUt 60_%' Imp^brt rates on cii^eniai io ,apparaius. arid gambling •PftraplkeriwilJ^.^.. y . v . Threatened ^yirtual comiplete shut .dpwri pJC; all movie .houses' ln. Mex-. Jco, -because.,of. radical; tariff law last,year^'was:averted as result of Prpsldent Pascual lOrtlz RUbiP heed^ Ing -a '.petition' frdm representatives' bf picture''Industry and pPstponlng bxbcutlon' cHt in'easurb' Until April ' 22 last, to' .allpw'.'time ibt furthei*- con- iildeta,tlph bt. thd' mea.^urb. Law ir.bnt;lntp„'efCebt,^ although, cbnsldpr-. ,ably' mpdided. One. .provision .was^ that li;0p6%- import-duty, fate wbuld^ apply only to' those importers who brought In jnore. film, than theli;; quotas allowed; .All importers.were required'to register Bald'qubta,8 'with Miriistfy . pf Finance. Importers were put . Into two groups, one which liripprted lap to 120,000 meterjB a year and,the.other bi-lngliig In frbm that ;ainount-to. 2p0,00p nieters annualliy: Law also cut levy on non-Spanlshi' dlsps .i^om ,the . original ,60 pesos per 1^110 .(^.2046: Ibs;), to 20 pesos for :that. amount, or 'around (1.16 per .dlflc... . .': • ' ' Press;'Piiblle' lndignaht' Local newspapers assert that practlpally,.a)l. picture houses Jn Mexico -will-'clpse 'Aug. 20 because of the elevated disc import impost.^ Prints fix this date for the closures, aasertlhg; that dlsttibutbrg;. Urider cla,use of supply contracts, have given exhtbitora . So' dairs' notice of canceliailon 'Pf ag:yeements. Dlsi' tributors, ho\yever,- say that sjuch ribtlces .hayeri't been . given 'as such aictibh must be ^flrst .okayed by theli* headquarters; in the States. Never theless, ihbre Is ."much, excitement; and a deal of anxiety] on the paf t of the public and press. : Government is criticised for back ing up tiie hatlpnallstic campaign \yhlch obviously inspired boosted motion picture Import levies. An editorial in the important local dally 'El Universal,*" observes, in part: 'Once again the Mexican public seems to be in imminent danger of being deprived of the movies, the entertainment it prefers because of its- quality—ahd^ -4-easonable prices. It- appears that starting Aug. 20 dis tributors wlU cancel contracts they have with exhibitors throughout the country. The reason -why they have set that <late for cancellations Is contract clause providing 30 days' notice of such action. The distri- butors base their decision upon the Impossibility- in which they find themselves to operate under °condl tions created by. the new Import duty.' ,. , - > Paris, Aug. t, iMClddar ' to mianlght ' Poritlhudus -Vaude -will be iritlr^u'cbd In Paris next season. - This -will be In the Plaza, a ' small bputbvard : house o-wned by Nataju^^ Up to date; It has' been 'used' for. yaude, flims and latterly, legit .' ■-■..' This will. be the .first, attempt at continuous vaudis here but size- of the house prbcludes .ambitious bill ings. ' ;'■'. -.;.'.'-■;: -. am in Aug. 1. -The Parenna, olHolal employment' agency- for vaudeville ...artlstSi has given' notice- tb tts' entire (personnel. .Die^irtUtibn of thW-lristltuUori is to 't^.ks .place In; thb; yelrjr^iiipar' ifuture jand. .will, be,; brbu^l^t.;' abbiit 'by. an emergenpy dbpree^. .The old. s'ystein' of independent .;em^lpyment '>ageii<^ dPs for the above- grouim will • then be restored.again. . -' •> ; i i • ' Patenna l^':iiaving {irreat ties, with the i.^lsinl^^ed^persprinPl, agents, pifflce.e^nploy^$i etp.; -All Of them.have brought in a suit;against Parenna'at. the E<niployment Cpurt'. Some agents claim up-to ^10,000. ' French Quota (Continued from page 13) done their dub'-lng hef^ for some' time. .•\>'.'-'"''; '^'i •■- ,. New law. as published i'n 'the Journal Qfficlel,' .contains .nine articles. Only, sections 4 and 7 are diffet^ent irom preytpus law.' ' Sec- tion 7 requires that ail dubbing be done .In France; th^t dubbed film's: be: clearly,designated as'sucli -when exhibited;. ;that > they .specify.- the oduiitry of origin; - 'the :aotors seen and the actors heatdi: Section '4 allpws: for ^the free .enti^ and: exhibition of • foreign' language films with,' superlmpo.sed titles pro- vided these are'shpwn -in not more than five theatres in tbei, Paris; area and. five: theatres -..elsewhere;. in: E^lice.'- - ,. . Amounts to,.the sum .total.-th^t \J.. '9.. companies.'.must .'dub for France,' and dui> in,vFrancp. Metro's Complications Metro wlU 'be aUhoyed by this, despite they've been expecting even wotse. - Metro ' had ' considerable money tied-up' In diibbinig;■ plants, actors--arid '^titers In Hollywood. Also it Is likely that-Metro's FrPnch- dubbed films ■ {MIV beirig ttianiifac- turpd in • Hollywood) -wlll havP to be 'shel'ved; Locally the credit'for P^tenUatlng the French quPta threat arid making iCias soft 'a -blbw as lt:is;'ld divided between the Hays office' and the tJ. S. Go-vernment's -Department of Commerce (Payette '. "W. AUpprt, Paris representative),'- who have been co>-operating,'in plecullng with French offlclals. ;-. > '■ ■ (Gontjinupdifrom page 13) •. 'thPlr. Wpbrients'. fiftve been .rja'plclrig' UP' the" ante only ;to discover now that provision for;:a qupta. is. not In the British cards. ■ Barklnfl: >at; -phoat ; Canadian distributors now realize they've been' but-smarted; and ttikt all their protests at a' film quoti ivere shots at 4 mythical target'arid a, waste of ariimunltlori." * ■ ' what |. Canada's -''pririie nilriistir' and Oiitatlo's' pre'riiier ftiay' dp,'-' in' view of their persdrial' leiariings toward British-made pictuVes, re- mains to be iseen. ; Both h&ye e'x-. pressed their, iritentlion of favoring British films and tliey may impose* a coriipulsory quota but, uccpromlr to Kearney, British. produciers pre- fer that their;'fllriig. stfiiid or fall on merit. ■.' .; ■,','. ..' , '.; 'Equality of .bppppturiity Is an accurate three-Typr.d summary of the desires, of British ,'fllm - producers - iUi .,thp'~-Cari^fl|?;,n,; moilon ] picture mai;ket,'>.'??i?iTftfiy. -tolfi' TV'arjp^y.^ "No British fljni producer desirestpii; exi-'! .jpects, .>ti)a^ ,,his.; i.pl$;tur9.i;,.;.^t\buid' be .^hiblted, tt\irpu^b|\ji,^^i,, t%p|' ^feijaplre nii^^i^y.. bepftUBe,,,th|fy, ar^;,p,ijitlsh-,- Kearnejr„-,ftdtl(ad b,«. vf><^ed n^jy.er tp be.j,^lUy ■o?.;,s.^li)g that all Bi;iusiir,ma4jE^..,l.,fi,ifns...:ha,d si^pprb,. but »,35fi\ther .Tverejihe, pro.f-' ducprs of any;..bt{ij^i:i ri^tibnV^ble: ,tp. ay old bcpasip'rial, .sub.-standafds, ■ No .Fai<e^Barviers: >. t', , "British producets, 'he-rioted, would: like 'wider dlstrlbutiori -of their* product thrbughout; the 'Empire; on a' practical - commercial ba'sTs. They woiild like to' secure a 'lair -share Oft> Ca'nadiaA- ' sci'eens. ' 'Artificial methods of securing dlatrlbutlpri pf British* fllriis,' he frariicly did nPt favori ' He did intimate, howbver, that If artificial barriers preybntei British pictures. from obtaining an opportunity of showing In Canada, it -was .not unreasonable to expect that; sbriip ^£^uitable action be taken to t)reak a vicious circle that could; exclude British entertainment .iln various units of the Emplrp. DUTCH UGIT SLACK BiJt READYINGIOR .r.;|Com,Un^ 13) encev but';fl^j'3i^'4o^" »^^^^ issue become, really live. 1,1'.* Replying to the resolution of pro, test filed by Oscar Hanson, on -be-« half, of Allied Exhibitors of Ontario MajorO; S.iBoylen, chairman, of the Ontario Bpard>-.of. MptiOri Picture .Censors, • claims • there is no interi., tlon to .imppse. unfair-coiidltlons to ensure- the exhibiting pf . British films. .'The exhibitors represented by. ]yjr.. Harisph iihould nbt lose sight of .the fact that the best elements I of .the .Canadian public, are; calling for British-made films,' ho said; 'It has, been; a matter of pleasurable qui;prlse to learn pf: thib treriiendous striding .ipad«^ duping "the pasttwo yews ln_ quallty;'and 'prbduPtjiori of British P^tu^§s.■ If, as has been hinted,. jthe • exhibitors in . question are appi^el|ensl.-vp about.' distribution, ^iric^, ther!^. Is' i|ip . British organiza- tion-)iOTe;.to dlsfrlbute British films, these Indepe'nderit.' exhijjitors' might- be well advised''to' be frank bri the hiattfer.':- = Thfelr'attitude lis liable to c&u'se-. thelt"' pokrtlon a's Canadian^ tp"lJe'-'lri{s'«)!ri(refsW6d.'"^ ' ''rjFil.n^i'^rb'be ■h'bm'inde'p Between these lines Is, .tli!^ veiled insinuatljji),.that J^jidpflenderit exhib- itors have litile fe'asori in objecting to'fc' qiiPta^'iaw In' "^le-w/of the reve- laitlprii •"at- the^ ¥ecerit alle'eed"' film Coriibihe' yWbb- '-'Independent'- ex- hlbltofs' tetatPd'lri't'helr evlderi'de at tifiat tifriier tfaat the block-bbbklng system,. eififprced by riio6t"of' the major'dIsti:lb'utbrs,-compPll0d''ihem to; take "pbot:'pictures In order to get good ones. . It is riot to be ex- pected that United States distribu- ting'! agencies - are going ■ to push a British Him ;as'much as they Would their American' products; - . It was' announced- that a selection committee In London, representing British - producers, had shipped four features and seven shorts for the British film show in Ottawa.' Cana- dian offlclald are likely to' boll these down to'two features and a'.-6ouple o^ shorts for obvious reasons. ^ Fea- tures atw--'Mr.-Bill'the CbnquPror,' -♦Fallthful Heart,' 'No. 17,'- and 'Love on WhPels.v • Two >of theSe. are .from British International and - two from Gainsborough; " Invitations-: have beeit Issued, for • the peMormance which IW411 be: atage'd Under rthe di- .|rect..ftuspic^..pjC-the:Canadian Gov« ,erninent.i,:•'■■>;.-..;'' ... ,: •..<.:.:'-,• • ■■ - .;; .The,.Haguft .J,uly 2$. ' With . .summer i legit very :Sl^ctc here, which; the. heat-wavei- of jtlie. last .three -weeka, did .-not -help;'to,j stlriiulate, open-ajlr shows are now becoming popular.- and' ..seventl: p.f, thede haye-. been arranged for the near future , at "Valkenburg, , Olsf, terwylcj: Amsterdam arid ,Bergen.= ,. In the meantime some of jthe compa^nleq fjcfi .getting reaity for .the. winter season.. The S^lbprn ,coni- pa,riy has obtained the rights- for Holland 0t..th,e German play, ..'Per. blaue Engel,* by .... Ebermayer,. founded on. Thomas Marin's i novel, 'Professor Unrath,' in which Jari- nlngs and • Marlene Dietrich .starred In the,. filrii-verslon.., (The t Blue Angel), They are - also, staging the Dutch version of 'Disraeli' by Klein and Rundt in. which. Arllss tpojk the -title-role in the'; fllm-iof ^eame title.,. .'...;. .. . ..- v.- Neux Arg. Fitml M RUSHES VERSIONS TOBEAtl«m^#^ Culver City, Aug. 1. ' Deciding last week to cut Its pro^ ductlbri of French and German syncs to one unit Instead of two, Metro rescinded the order on the French films. Intention is to get as many of this language -as possible into Frarice before the curtailing legislation is'effective. Two picturesi'in this .tongue are. now under \ way, 'Reducing' and' 'Grand Hotel,' with plan to continue the two-at-a-time method. (3erman. and Italian versions are coritlnuing on the single unit plan, with several more employes engaged in German filming dropped during the week. Most important of the outs is-Jerome Lacheribrush, who had been supervising production in (hat language. IN PARIS Paris July 23. Maurice Chevalier, Irene RordonI, Charles Bbyer, Clayton - Sheehan, Joe Seidelman, Peggy Joyce. (dontihried from page 13). nance it. > President-1 of ; .tho cpm- pariy Is . Dr. Budolfo Doblas, viceri^ presidents .are De. A. Gabaret arid -E. .,De Dpnatis; gerieral, manager, Andres Miscdvicl. De Donatls. was previously.. ge.neral manager of the -Argentine l^ational iBank. Intention, according to Kosarin, Is to produce films in the Argentine patois for that section of the world, film custoriie.rs there having shown that they object to Spanish as used In Anierlcan br other films because of the . accehts employed. Govern- ment is interested from several standpoints,, not only wishing tj build up -what is hoped will be a profitable industry but also feeling that it would result in Iriiport'ant propagaindlc results for the repub- lic. •; About half of the shorts to; be made, Kosarin says, will beof travelog nature, illustrating Ar- gentine's industries, cities, and natural color. Features will be taken from local literature largely, first being 'Martin Flerrb," a'local favorite. Kosarin expects to spend about a month in "New York making his contacts. ' ,'. i (jipritihued from pak^e_i3y' '; probably .be .fucnlshedi or -at least a large part ofi Iti- : • It'iB computed that film .firms hold here :some : 13,000,000 Argj - in . the banks, unatble- to remit, -nrhlch is close tb,|^60,06(t.y.. S. So far,, two months have gone hy without a dol- lar going put* for. iilm, and spme of th,e niajbr,concerns are ttireatening to ,9tpp, shipment.. -This Is dei^med an unwise step just now, in. view' of the way the forelgns, French and German, are getting a foothold, now playing''hlgh-rclass spots- where be- foi;p\they -wj-ere never seen. . 'Cpngressional. news , Is tp ..tjie ef- fect ,,iihat ; ,ari: iriter-Parllamentary ^ariipi: .'doir^mltiee haB bepn fbtined tp''deal 'witri cp'riiplairits pf excess taixatiori ori'foreign imports,, film Included, and its findings,'rumored from a well-founded source to be favorable toward rebates, -will be out neitt .month. " - ".Mbari,whlle film firms, cinema pwriers: and.:theatre owners are sol- idly-,.together for the ilrst.tlnie in the history of sh.pw business in Ar- geritina", in thehj; 'effprts tb Obtain a reductlbh. pf takes .which , are tlu-ottllrig 'the trade. . . . Curreni;- now- are 'Scat-face,'- 'Tar- zau,'''lifata Haifi.'.'.The Guardsriian,' .'Passionate Plumber,' 'One Hour with Tou,; 'Shanghai Express.'. 'Confessions of a Co-Ed,' 'Stepping Sisters,' 'Dance Team,' 'Sob Sister,' 'Behind the Mask,' 'Shopworn,' 'Rich Are Always With Us,' 'So Big,' 'Paris-Mediterranean* and several French and German, latter two do- ing well. 17-Yr. Old ^uicide^ The Hague, July 23. A tragic suicide at sea, not, far from The Hague, -was a locally promising young actress, Ciska ICremer, aged only 17. She rose overnight to fame In a play, 'Youth,' written by the Dutch socialist au- thor, ITeryntJe. Gyzeri. Her corstar was . Nap .de la Mar, who died two years ago, . . • Miss Krcmcr's suicide o.ccurred la a state oi: mental depressfonJ.