Variety (Aug 1932)

46 VARIETY Tuesday, August 9,- 1932 HOLLYWOOD and Los Angeles "Variety's" Office, 6282^ Hollywood Blvd., at Vins St. (Taft Blda*) Phono Hollywood 6141 Dotlia CarJson, hairdresser, com- plained to state labor commiasioh that she Is still waiting fOr week's wagfea of $50,vdue last February, from Evelyn Brent aind husband, Harry Edwards. Theatre and MusIq Guild, which failed to open 'Rose of Flanders' at the Mason, target of a $71 wage complaint brought by two seam- stresses. Municipal Court awarded South- ern California Telephone Co. $65 in suit against William Desmond that was won by default. James" Fldler, preiss agent, trying to collect $230 he says due him at. $150 a month from Arthur Lake fot- keeping his name In. public prints. Filed Municipal Court suit. Seeking to recover electric re- frigerator sold on time, George Bel- sey Co. brought a Municipal Court suit against Tudor Williams, singer. H. G. Coulter trying to. collect a $170 note, originally made for two weeks in 1929, from Warren Millais, occasional legit producer, by Mu- hlclpal Court route. ■ Through ah assignee, L. A. Scenic Co. su)ng Rlsslo: Opera Co., which produced grand opera,-,'Rlssio,' at Shrine aud. several months ago for $2'40 unpaid rental. . Hoot Gibson sued in Municipal Court on a $96 bill owed to Hepner, Iric.^ wig "maker. ■ Irvln W. Wlllat brought; suit against'Title Guaranty & Trust Co^ to force it to buy $1,350 worth of trust deeds he holds oh property TG&T purchased. :. Broadway's first store show In inahy months opened to miake a cash-in ..try for Olytnplc visitors. It's a marine museum, so-called, with around 200 deep sea exhibits. and sfeveral lecturers. No gate, but a donation is requested on leaving. /State labor commission is prepar- ing to bring action against Tanseiy Brothers and Congress Pictures on behalf of Barbara Bedford, who claims $300 in unpaid salary,- Dwaln Esper has Settled his Ave suits against Sunset Pictures, Foy Productions, Bryan Foy, Lou cold- er. Lew Seller^ Ben Stoloft and Ar- thur Silber out of court. Had asked for $10,000 damages on charge he was frozen out of Sunset. Gene :Dabriey, sax player, filed $61,000 damage suit in Superior court against Ward H. Graht fol- lowing an auto accident in Hermosa a month ago. ' For his share in promoting a 13- y/efek Spanish program over KFAC, Francisco Ollvares, .Jr., advertising mahager of 'La Opinion,' Spanish daily, has filed a wage claim ^gainst Fred Miller, former! operator of the California. Ollvares wants $195 at the rate of $16 weekly. Seeking foreclosure on a Ross- more Blvd. apartment house, Call- torhla Mutual Building and Loan Association brought suit in Superior Court against Mr. and Mrs. Edward Small and: Mr. and. Mrs. E, M. Asher to satisfy notes totaling $46,- 000 against the property. Also seeking deficiency Judgment iagalnst the defendants in case sale of property falls to . net , amount sought. Charging that she and three minor children are destitute in New York, Mrs: Martin Freed, wife of Al Jolson's pianist,, started legal pro- ceedings here through Edward Brand, attorney, to be made receiver for her husband in California. She hais. been appointed to a similar position in New York in order to collect from Freed. pRPHEUM, DENVER ^^jyEojtlnued from page 29) . opiiosite, .' make comedy entrance—^ but youngster 5s quickly pulled from cart. Man starts doing rumba, but baby persuades him to do a classic. Has hard timie, due to long legs, find gets back to rumba.. Mother «5hahges to Jieat yellow, shirt and blue pajama outfit and . does fast novelty number including roUa- ro'unds and spins. Baby, with Olym- pic' stadium background and hurdles a .few inches high, does a novelty dance to kill time. Long legged male taps back of head, with foot iZ6 times in nlpid succession, and for;a close the three put on a spirited''competition' to see which will get star dressing room. - Looked like a tie. Carlton and Ballew use a piand In their act, but not much. Mostly chatter. He of a Frankenstein type and she makes a good foil. A goofy, act. . ■ . - . Willie West and. McGlnty, as- sisted by two others, offer their familiar eccentric a6t in front of unfinished Empire State building, pictured on backdrop. The four never say a 'word—don't need to— actions speak loudest; Over big. Mitzi Green headlined, and with- out half .trying. Her impersona- tions panicked everyone, .and Tiras principal reason f6r large gross of week. Closes by saying she prays every night she ' miay grow up spreading laughter and sunshine to everyone. Two local jglrls from the Di Gaetano dancing school, Maxine 'Wingo and Rita Harris, m. c. the vaude bill. Introduced next act with a bit of song , or vecse or & wisecrack,' and did a few^ dance tuirns of their own. Made the audi- ence look with anticipation for the act, instead of thinking 'oh, well, this is just another that may be not BO hot.' : With 'The First Year' on the screen,'bill was a natural. DOROTHEA ANTEL ni6 W. 72d St., New York City The Sunshine Shoppe New ABfiortinrnt pt GREETING CARDS For All. Occasiona RKO STATE LAKE CHICAGO 7 All Star Acts OeVITQ-DENNY & STEVENS, OWEN McGIVENEY; WM & JOE MANDEL, and Others On the Screen "BY WHOSE HAND" ORPHEUM, L. A. . Los Angeles, Aug.. 6; Final vaude blU -at this house lacks a', punch headline act and. fails to carry a wallop. It is fair enter-, talnment, however, and gets by this week because of the feature, 'Bring Em Back Alive' (Radio), which Is held over. ' Opener, Clement Belling, is novel, sporting- an aggregation of unusu- ally well trained dogs. Mixed with. bit of juggling, fake magic and two dancing girls, act does as well as any oh this program. Al Abbott's cycle of small-town imitationis pleased, with the nance songwriter bit the best of the lot. Joe Herbert and Co. followed. The company consisted of three super- stooges, a boy who chews a har- monica adroitly, dumb dame polling for Herbert and a hoofer. Salty humor was different enough to gather in an average amount of laughs. Harrison and Emo, blackface team, opened ivlth the usual drawl routine and ascended to the best laughs of the bill with their dice shooting game. Seplar-tinted blonde filled in with pleasing song and dance. The Be<s and Ray Goman revue closed, depending; on ' its speedy tempo and flashy costumes. Miss Goman does well with her clowning, but the. sole Tna.\& member bt the company delivers a weak Ted Lewis imitation that is more of a liability than an ass;et. , ■ ■ Show runs 70 minutes." House packed'downstairs opening matinee. GOLDEN GATE, S F. San Francisco, Aug. 6. Current week marks the beglnr ning of eight weeks, jpossibly longer, for Horace Heidt's band of hoine town boys who've made! good. Also Jt marks \vhat may be construed as a gradual ousting of vaudeville and inception of picture house enter tainfnent. . Nut on show Is. plenty heavy, so business has to be good. . Heidt's 14 men also take care of the pit assignment, doing duty In the trench for the five acts which priecede them. Three local men build up the band to 16, with one of Heidt's ■ assistants wielding the baton until band takes to the stage and tbre'e locals drop out Heldt bunch is essentially a stage band. Opening matinee ran dangerously near the twb«hour mark,. with .all acts running full time, a reception for Heldt by Capt Dobbsie ahd his gang of radio entertainers who i>ut on a big 'welcome'home' act for the former University of California boy. Heidt's stagfe Interlude was limited to four hunjibers, all healthily re- ceived, ■ Vaude . headlined , by Peter Hlg- glns, who tei^ored four. tunes with Frank Slxon accompanying. Hig- glns' sweet voice nearly forced him to an encore,. but he begged off, plead<ng lack of time. Milt Douglas, with an unbilled stooge and a girl, copped beaucoup laughs. White and Manning with Long: Brothei^s, drew more laughs with excellent comic dancing. Large and ' Morgner opened show with monopedic acrobatic work; Sibylla Bowan Imitated Garbo, Dietrich, Linie and Helen Wills in deuce spot. Col'a 'War Correspondent' on screen. Business usual house aver- age. Bocfc. News of the Daifies (Continued from page 32) dreh, one a married inan with six children and no job. June Martin and Babe Raymond were both In burlesque. Glenn Dlllard Gunn, music critic of the Chicago Herald-Examiner,' in I dull week reported the'cultural advantages of the Children's Civic theatre "on Navy pier. This pro r vides an outlet for 'the show-off trehdis In th^ juvenile nature. University of Chicago will treat and feed 300 hay fever isiifferers gratis. But candidates must be major sneezers. Theatres' cooling plants are popular with bay fever- Itos. Sophie Tucker's $6,000 unpaid note to Moe Rosenberg, potent Chi- cago Democrat, got into court and print together. Two weeks ago Soph refused to discuss the case when quizzed by 'Variety.' Dallies heard :about, it when Balaban ^ Katz, garnished, answered "No funds.' Cleveland being a tough town In which to . sell paintings indigent artists there -hield a sidewalk show. Curb, market, like its namesake in Manhattan, was lethargic. Sales lagged. Herrln, 111.,, famed. Ku Klux town with a blopdy past, now has no film parlor. Not only was the only one closed for lack of patronage, but the neighboring town ot Murphys- boro is also almost a blank on the cinematic map. Herbert Souther, 21, a crippled orchestra drummer, murdered Mil- dred C!har, 17, ahd. committed sui- cide July 24. Jealousy. ■ Peter Welssmuller, brother of swimmer-actor, Johnny, was di- vorced in Chicago, Wife wanted to accept $15 weekly alimony but the judge, hearing Pete was in Holly- wood to become an .actor, said she should reserve decision on the $16 as Pete might become .famous; and wealthy, too. There's a three-year-old daughter. I N 9 T I T V T I O N INTERNATIONAL* eJte for the S^^g^ ^nd Smet SaO.f F(&JLK»S. 5_HpBSHOP-15S2 BROADWAY Society of Authors and Composers rescued the n te Tommy Malie, arm- less songwriter, from Potter's Field. Malie died In the Cook County hos- pital last week. Second annual Cook County Fair opened at Its new lot at North Ave nue and River road, Chicago. This was started last year by Democrats who demanded to know why the farmers'could have a fair and city folks couldn't. . Opening day a big tent, fell down and temporarily smothered a few patrons but no damage done. Fair win run 10 days. English League opera is holding auditions and expects to launch season at the Majestic theatre. Otherwise Chicago will struggle through the winter sans arias. Samimy Insull's scram to Europe kl boshed the Civic venture among other things. Credit Bureau (Continued from page 46) changed every three of four months, so. as to put not too much of a bur-: den' upon:' any individual members. Members of the combine are still figuring on launching the central shipping unit sometime in August, with the selection of branch offices' in Chicago .and Los Angeles- al- ready under way. Among other matters slated, to come up at the next meeting is tho appointment of a general manager and branch managers for the project.. Cut Overheads : Idea of the organizing of the co-; operative:combine was founded on. .the desire to eliminate from the in- dustry all uhnecejssary overheads, to find, ia, way tT economize on the non-competitive angles and lay lines for the eventual freezing out of the middle man.. (the jobber),' from the handling of popular. and standard numbers. -Leaders of the industry have long ago taken the viewpoint that the jobbers have long outlived their usefulness' and have irt most cases prey' upon the business. . Venture is starting out with the plan of adding only one cent' to thci pubilshers price to cover the cost of shipping and general mainte- nance. If it Is later found thalt this markup can. be further reduced the benefit wlil be passed along to the combine's members. Elimination of tiie middle man and servicing the dealer direct at prices formerly quoted the jobbers. It is hoped, will stimulate the retailer's interest in the music sheet business. Middlemen's Uncertainties In coming to an agreement to enter the central shipping idea, the publishers took full cognizance ot the fact that the; jobbers who were jobbers .in. the full sense .of the word were being . gradually . wiped but. Practically all of those •re- maining . \(rere in dire financial straits and were constantly asking; their publisher credits for bill set- tlements at 20c to 40c on the dol- lar. . ■'■ , , Again, virtually all the survivors were not In .a position. to extend substantial credit to their dealer customers, ahd because of the poor service rendered, tiiem from various angles by the jobbers, dealers by the hundreds throughout the coun- try had. become disgusted and quit the sheet business. Publishers now hope to reopen these closed outlets and to recreate the old interest. Operation of thei Music Dealers Service will eliminate such jobbers as Lyon & Healy, Sherman-Clay and J. W. Jenkins who were also publishers themselves and carried on the lobbing as a sideline. As for the Plaza, Music CO. and the Rlchihan Music Supply these tpo are in the publishing business and make active use of the servicing of dealers with the more popular pieces to plug their own numbers, usual reprints of non-copyrights. Harms Stand . . Of the companies now joined In the combine, Harms has never recognized the jobbers as worthy of a specIaK rate and has always charged the middleman the same price charged the retailer. Under the MDS plan the indie dealer will be billed the same figure as the syndicate . stores, with . a single statement covering the tab due all the publishers represented lii the central unit. Latter will maintain its own sales department' but: this will In no way affect the continu- ance of indlviiial sales organiza- tions by the 13 member-publishers. Service will not be refused the Jobbers but the price to them will not difCer a mill from that asked from the dealers.' AH business and credit with the MDS, however, will depend on the particular jobber's p.revlous debit standing on the books of the member-publishers, Enrolled in the combine are Shapiro-B^ernsteln, Irving Berlin, Donaldson, Doiiglas & Gumble, Leo Feist; Inc., DeSylva, Brown & Hen derson, Harms, . Remick, Witmark, Santley Bros., Ager, Yellen & Bpm- steln. Famous, Mills Music and Joe Morris. Bobbins refused to come in a full-fledged member but agreed to distribution of its music by the central unit on a 90-day trial. John Boylan, 24, , filed suit iii Municipal Court, Chicago, against Lillian Rdth for $300 for publicity services. Miss Roth thought Johnny was just chumming around with her. They 'went swimming fre- quently but it was all duty and work, according to John. Maybe the suit was part of the publicity. services. The dallies fell for it Carthay Circle, L. A . (Continued from page 30) finale was an all-nation, tableau witii a whirling globe, Acts hampered by having work in a stage within a sluge, set up high behiiid the or- chestra. Lighting good and pro- duction not a heavy item In thtf budget. • Picture is 'Back Street' (Univer- sal). House sold out several days in advance for $5.60 openlnig. Usual mob out front was largest this house has seen for several years, with Olympic visitors predominating. EL GAPITAN, S. F 'Sa!n Francisco, Aug. 4. ■ Jay Brower is back at the baton after, twp weeks' vacation, m. c.'ln» Peggy O'Neill's stage show. Plenty of laughs in this well-produced frolic, most coming : from Brower and band, and Masters and Grayce latter with their hoke golf act. ' With a gag Version of his vaca- tion, Brower, assisted .by the 10 mu- slckers, continued pulling laughs as aasily as he has during his mara- thon run of more. than two and a, half years here. He also handed out a, taste of: other music by di- recting 'William Tell,? surprisingly well received in this, naborhood dis- trict, where white shirts are saved for Sundays. Macka,y Bros., colored youngsters, got over with three numbers, Tal- mack and Harris roughrhoused and Moni White sang. Line ot 16 girls okay in same numbers as staged by Miss O'Neill at the downtown War- field last week. Mel Hertz's community sing, pre- ceding the stage show,...got usual health ty response. Picture, Joe Brown in 'Tenderfoot' (WB); Bock. NBC Subservient Wilbur , Sweatman's orchiestra aboard, the Hudson River Night Line's largest boat, the Berkshire, for moonlight and Sunday cruises. Sweatman's unit is the only ace newspaper-advertised. Solly Violinsky is responsible for the lyrics of 'What a Lucky Break,' which has been accepted by Mario Music Co. Benhy Ryah put the notes to it. (Continued from page 26) agents are called upon to flie a list of the artists they represent with Chester Stratton of the network's booking office the flrst of each month. RKO Agents Rule A.greement states that the NBC Artists Service will abid^ by any decision of the RKO board of ax- bltration in the event ot any dis- putes between agents, in: the same manner as now prevails with the RKO circuit. It further provides that fn every , instance where an act~ hsis been listed with . NBC . by an RKO agent the artists service will protect that agent in all negotia- tions for the act by an NBC client ahd see that he' gets the commis- sions coming to him. Another point in the understand- ing has NBC consenting. to make available auditions for any acts the> agents may consider suitable for radio. Meeting had Maurice H. Rose, Arthur Blondell and' Harry Romm as spokesmen for the agents asso- ciation, while George Engels, Wil- liam Murray, Chester Stratton and Ernest Cutting sat in for the NBC Artists Service. Century, Buffalo, Drops Vaude; Into Hipp in Fall? Buffalo, Aug. 8. Shea's Century (Publlx) has sus- pended RKO vaudeville for the sum- nier and will show straight pictures until after Labor Day. Reported locally that vaudevIHo may go back Into Shea's Hipp this fall. LETTERS Wlien Scndlns tor Hsll to . VARIETY AddreM UaU .Clwk. POSTCARDS, ADTSHTI8INO ev CIRCULAR LETTERS WILI, NOT DE ADVERTISED LETTERS ADVERTISED IN . ONE ISSUE ONLY- Bennett Cbarlea Chambers Rutb DroulUard Jack Duval Mrs M Eaton Olive Garrison John Howltt Katherlne Marloii Ht Oleary Miss Buddr ThomEiaaen. Tomtn/ Wood! Joseph B Tht LMdIni tmt LariMt . ACCORDION FACTORV W til* Ualtctf StitM Tbe ool) I^ctorr tbit msket (ny Mt o( Becdf mad« b> biDd. Giierrini & Co. triW Ccliinbut Av«. San Franelwo, Oil. 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