Variety (Aug 1932)

26 VASIETY V >c u » f uesday, August 9, 1932 NBC Becomes Subservient to RKO Agents m New Code; NBC Ordered To Open Its Doors for Auditions RKO agents association and the NBC Artists Service have gotten together on a working agreement similar to that existing between the agents and. the vaude circuit. Understanding, drawn up at a meeting last week, guarantees the network flrst ether call on all acts represented by nienibers of the as- sociation. NBC In return agrees to protect the $igents iii the collection of their .commissions from their acts playing engagements on the net- Private Phones Out All RKO execs and other em- ployees will hereafter do their . phoning through the/circuit's switchboard. > Private phones are out fronr. now on. work or on any of the NBC c6n»- trolled outlets. Under the cofle agreed to, the (Continued on page 46) Authorized RKO Artists' Representatives and Officially Frahcfiised Agents and Associates Fox Milwaukee Week SplHs Acts' B&K Dates Chicago. Aug. 8. 'Rhapsody in Black* plays the Up- town and Tlvbll for B&K, with the Wisconsin, Milwaukee, for Fox In- tervening week of Aug. 12, Another B&K headllner breaking his Chicago time with a week at this Milwaukee house Is Ted Lewis. After two weeks, Aug. B-19, at the Oriental, Lewis will play the Wis- consin, then returns here for one week each at the Tlyoll and Up- town. Acts' Near-Stranding m Minnpk Thru Sudden MO Coast Shutdown Over Gags Used es SAMUEL BAERWm 151 West 46th St., New York Tel. Bryant 9-4614-5 HENRY BELLIT 'Come in and Have a Talk' Salt* 406, 1563 B'way, N«w Ytrk BR. 9-5134 H. S. BENTHAM l'*alaee Theatre Building, New York HARRY LANG, FRANK MUFSON PAUL DURAND, DENNIS DuFOR BLONDELL & MACK 1560 Broadway NEW YORK GEORGE CHOOS and HARRY KALCHEIM 1619 Broadway NEW YORK JACK CHAS. h; CURTIS St ALLEN 1664 nroadway, Mew York UBjrant ••3648 BEBNABD DVBKE, Gen. M^r. Aset.'am^S IXCAI.I.f, JOgN HICKEY GUS EDWARDS PRODUCER (Star Maker) . Suite 140-42 ASTOR HOTEL, NEW YORK HARRY FTTZGERALD Palace Theatre Bldg., New York • Assoote^, DAMNY COLLINS LEO FITZGERALD and .WILLIAM McCaffrey . JBnfranchlaed BKO Agents HanoTeie.Batik BIdr.. LA 4-9710^0766 Marty FORKINS and • Chas. BIERBAUER 1564 Broadway, NeW York Snlte lOOS-4.. BByant 0-0760-7 JACK HART Xow AfflUatsd with BILLY JACKSON BBrant 0-1793 1S60 Broadway, Mew York JENIE JACOBS 1674 Broadway NEW YORK EDWARD S. KELLER Palace Theatre. BIdff.. New York CHARLES S. WILSHIN AfAliated Uemtier, Bert 'Wlshnew, Associate Tel. BByant 0-4648 CHARLES MORRISON Snlte 1014 Bond Bldr- 1560 Broadway, New York . XABBY PVOK, Associate PHIL MORRIS Artists' Reprpsisntative 1564 BROADWAY NEW YORK Cn% ROGER E. MURREL AssocUte: HARRY BEAHON Stndlo 3, The Playhonse 137 West 48th St., New York BRyant 0-8944 HARRY NORWOOD ~Suite 403, PaPace Theatre Bldg. BRyant 9-3619 a Li oz Artists' Representative : Suite 703, Palace Theatre Bldg. . NEW. YORK CITY JAMES E. PLUNKErr MAX TISHMAN, General Manager THOMAS CURRAN, Associate . Snlte'906. 1664 Broadway. New York ' . • Phone BRyont 9-6671 RICHARDS &LENETSKA Snlte 1611 1560 Broadway, New York Chicago, Aug. 8. A miniature tempest haa been stirred up locally* by Uoyd I/ewis, dramatic critic ot the 'Dally News,', by piibilcly slamming. Balabaii. & Kiitz for dirt material in stage prea- entatlons. Attack was directed par- ticularly agalnat the recent George Je'eaeL-Sophle Tucker show, at the Oriehtal and the Bert Wheeler-Iill- llaii Roth bin a week later at the Chicago theatre: Lewis once worked for B&K. Of Bert Wheeler the critic wrote: 'he insists upon assuming that he. is at a stag banquet. Jessel iand So- phie Tucker were also taxgeta. but the point raised was not so much the blue material of the comedians but whether B&K waa departing from Its traditional, policy of cater- ingf to 'family audiences.' ILiewis has been sent many 'atta- boy' letters from citizens, clubwom- en, and the clergy. Circuit's Side At' Balaban & Katz an executive declared that, 'If we ran our or- ganization by what professional critics write In their column,. we'd have to change pur policy every <Zay.' .However, by Implication, the exec admitted that the shows In question were possibly 'too sophis- ticated and Broadwaylsh' for this metropolis. Inference was that they had been more or less experimental to see if the public would respond. Indlcatlonfl locally are that hence- forth .material will be more rigidly supervised. . B&K feels tha,t too much has been miade of the matter and that Jessel, Wheeler, and Tucker were not as offensive to the general public as to those individual purists. There was plenty of laughter and no patrons slopped on the way out to complain or ask their money back. Minneapolis, Aug. 8, Sudden dlscbritlnuation of vaude- ville by the seven Coast lUCO houses lis working a severe hard- ship on acts that have been arriv- ing^ in Minneapolis the past several weeks to start a tour of the circuit only to find, after their single week engagement here, they are without more playing timo and haven't ony place to go. Several of the acts are virtually stranded here, lacking funds to re- turn east. They have been burning up the wires to carry them back to Broadway, Two recent acts. Slier and Wells HARRYA.ROMM LEONARD ROMM Palace Theatre Bid*., New York Cable: Haromnt ' -B^ynBt 0-8684-6 A Partnership MAURICE H. ROSE and HUGO MORRIS Palace Theatre Bldff., 1664 Brway. N. Y. BRyant 9-B161 PADDY SCHWARTZ, WM. O'DAY, Assos LEE P. STEWART and EDWARD RILEY VandeTllle—Radio—Plotnres 004 Palaee Theatre Bid*., New York BRyant 9-0561 JOE SULLIVAN 1600 Broadway,' Suite 906 WAYNE CRISTY lEWEDBLMAN—GEORGE POLI PHIL TYRRELL Associate: PAVI. DEMPSEY 1660 Broadway, New York Suite 406 BByant 0-8689-5134 Harry Weber-Simon Agency Suite 502 ' PaTaoo Theatre Bide:., New York and Eqnltabie - Bid;., Hollywood, Calif. MILTON LEWIS AHsoclated with MAX GORDON C. B. MADDOCK NICK AGNETA 187 WEST 48TH .STItKET New York •fXlie PInyiiouse" BByiint 0-1531 GEO. O. JOHN A. WEEDEN & SCHDLTZ Ansoclate, WlWiXVL C. WEEDEN Palaee Theatre BIdgr., New York JACK WEINER Palace Theatre Bldg. NEW YORK Passenger Lists Off, But Boats Are Using Load of Acts Altiiough the passenger' lists' oh liners making yeekly short cruises are running under expectations, the shows' carried are using as many specialty acts as originally planned. There w^re 60 performers on two boats which went out Friday and Saturday (5-6). Saturday sailing was the 'Belgen- land' on Its six day, two point cruise; The. show which goes on three times, with changed routines, consists 6t Gypsy Ensemble, Eric Titus, Wellington and Fay,'Gloria Lee, Sherr Brothers, Mabel ;Doo- llttle. Grace Perry, LiuclUe Vaii Siller, Marge Conway, Grace' Pau- vlni. Serge Abagoft,- Mischa Markoff, Angela Venez, Edith Rogers, Nina. Susofr,' 'White Way Revelers' (band). SusofE and Venez remain in Bermuda for a. two weeks date.. On the 'Aqiiltanla' were the Steele Sisters, Caroline Nolte, Zara Lee, Kare, Noyes and LeBarron, Bev- erly Adams, Dell Faust, Bobby Ber- nard, Alex Rptholf, Alfred Chlgl; Waneyo. Floor show revue was dropped on this boat , which gives two performances and a Sunday concert on' the trlpl . F&M TOPSY-EVA'TAB WITH ROSEHA DUNCAN Fanchon ^ Marco and. Rosetta Duncan are talking! over a revival of 'Topsy and Eva' as, a picture house tab with Miss Duncan in the lead. ' Proposition involves another girl for the 'Eva' role in place of Vivian Duncan, who played It In the orlef inal. Vivian, no^ Mrs. Nils Asther, isn't available. Iowa Town's Vaude Mason City, la., Aug. 8; Gecii is to feature stage attrac tlohs this season; Tom Arthur, manager. Is book ing through Nan Elliot, of William Mbrris ^agency In Chicago. nroiE'S VAUDE, MiA^YBE San Francisco, Aug. 8. With RKO vaude out of the Qak land Orpheum Aug. 12, leaving house on straight pix policy, the Premier, Oakland, may take advan- tage of the Orph's change by put ting In acts, booked locally. TASHMAJT-HinUlAT-F&M Hollywood, Aug. 8. Lilyan Tashman and Ken Mur- ray have been booked by Fanchon & M!arqo. ,-" ' They open at the Fox, San Fran Cisco, for one week, beginning on Aug. 12; P-WC'a New Vaude Spot Los Angeles, Aug. 8< Fox-West Coast Dome, Ocean Park, straight pictures tor past two years, will , play Ave acts of vaude last bali; of week starting Aug. 12 Despite F. & M. afflllations with the circuit, Melklejohn offTce, an itidic, will book the house. and Bellet and LiEimb, got away be- fore notice was received here of the west coast closings. They traveled all the way across the continent to Seattle only to And that there ' wasn't a,ny work for them on the ooa:st. ■ They had to travel back etist' at their own expense. One of the acts on last week's bllT was willing to jump here from MU-. waiikee, their home, for the singl* week's work. Alice Joy, after her lo> cal engagement, returned to Cleve<' land, where she has a 13 weeks' ra^ dio contract, FREDI^ MACK Fox, B^klyn Indellaltely PRINCESS WAHLETKA Headlining RKO Gfcnit Just Finished Enga||«ment V ■ Qipheum Theatre, Los Angeles 8TH ANNUAL International N u m be r Out End of August AN OPENING OF THE SEASON OPk)RTUNrrY To Tell AH the Show Business About Yourself USE international Number as a Pre-1932-33 Advance Agent Advertising Copy to Any 'Variety' Office NEW YORK CHICAGO HOLLYWOOD LONDON PARIS