Variety (June 1933)

R A DIO SCREEN STAGE nramatic Critics' Box Score of '32-'33 (Endi|ig May 31, 1033) k«y to abbreviations: 6R (showa reviewed)* R. (right), W. (wrong), O. (ho opl ion expreaaed). Pet. .(percontage). .-^ . . SR. -^ABSlEt. ('American') ................ Iti 6ljOW^fl X'Poatf^ «•".•.•'«-«,?.••***••**•'• <^ ■ ANDERSON ('Journal') w«. 99 - ATKINSON (Tlmea') ................ 79 WINCHELL ('Mirror') 73 HAMMOND (CHerald TrllMiae') ...... 91. jJ-OCKRIOGE CStin') « 101 MANTLE ('New^ .~ .-.TTrr.T ....... 97- CiARI-ANDCWorld'Telegram') ....... 82 R. S9 76 82 66* 69 69 It -es- se w. u io u 8 12 17 1« 29 O. 1 4 a e 2 7 19 '~o'~# ' 6 ^VARIETV (Combined) «'■ f •••«•' • V* 4 9 a a 117 30$ 12 Pet. .964 .844 .828 .821 .808 .742 .712 .691— ;68t .897 (This acora based on 117 ^naw ahowa) Not enough foma.nce on the air, iUi ia^encjr Impreaarfok, are saying;, tind. they predict that next season iwill 9ee this idealistic phase sup- plied for radio with a vengeance, .ilbt only do they anticipate a flood heavy love themes in both serial 0ketchea and elaborate musical productions, but a grciat deal bc It ..will be. Just otd-fastiipned senti-. itnlint .'ol' D(u>i>nWand^ ac- jfeojdii^g. to their forecasts.- . Cycle' of blood and thunder haa ■iafefbut ^ run . its coMrse. aver the ■t^eney, men, and they deem the iogical. successor to be the roman- Itlc drama. Unlike stage and screen, iradi6 has yet to produce its great jioVer. it is pointeil out. . titeretofore no particular, atten- tion hats been given to the possi- 'bllities of development in this di- rection on the air. But out of the ^Ater of romantic programs which they fbresee tinyeillng under com- inerclai sponsorship will come, the ad men feel, at least one great un- iieen Romeo. EAGAN Wm TEACH SOVIETS HOW TO BOX r* Too many wrestlers and not a boxer is a Russian lament and re- appjisible for ^ an American amateur bhamp now being bound for Koscow. Eddie Eagan is the first bbicer ever flirectiy signed by the Soviet govr jeripmeht. The Soviet finally figured it was about time to show the boys hQW to; fight, according to friends of Bagan.' The American's Job will be to train Russiana as boxing In- structors. These in turn will pro- mote bouts in rye fields. LEGIt IN ROADHOUSE SPUT ON COUVERTS iPittsburgh. June S. As a hoped for business-jBretter. the WiUowfl, roiadhoiiSti; and the Stage Guild; semi-profeaalonal group, will present a series of playa on the Willows dance floor, starting June 19 with 'Another Language.^ Plasns will-be staged Monday and Thurs-' day nights. Play nights will be aubscrlpUoii .atfairs.. with, the combination plan- ning to sell the series of siir shows for |6 and |10. Both the Willows and_. Guild, will split on the sub-, scriptlons and coyer charge. lAtt^ will b^ $1.50. Other pieces listed ana 'There's Always Juliet.' 'The Party's Over,' 'Here Today,* 'Three- Cornered Moon' and 'Biography.' Willows hopes that the production, will popularizei the spot with the letitb who patronize the Guild. Guild hopes tP convert the' roadhouse patrons to the better things the theatre and build up Its following for next winter's season. 135-a-Week AmMwiicer Oyerboard On Tdi^ tack Chicago. June 6. Vincent Pelletier. rated one of the best announcers at NBC, is the vic- tim of an unusual seauence of tough breaks. Fired by NBC because he fainted bejFore the microphone dur- ing the Armour program (26) under circumstances which friends declare were more pitiable than ceusurable.^ Friends state he wilted from malnu- trition. He was receiving (35 a week from NBC. and his wife WUt shortly become a mother. ^""Thenv^obtalhlng^an-announcing job with an Evanston roadhouse. Pelletier was on his .way there a day or two after losing his NBC Job when he was struck by an auto- mobile. He is now in St. Francis Hoiapital, Evanston. sulfering from a fracture of the skull. Story .was Widely told around radio and agency circles here last , week, and probable that a benefit will be staged. pelletier lias enjoyed an excellent record, T;>oth personally and profes- sionally. 'Americaia'' Reviewer Tops List fbr4th Sfeason—:'tril»* Writer Out in Front for First time—Staffo Offer- ings Cut Neairly in Half in QnantitT and Way Off in Qualit9'--Only 9 HiU in 117 Tries^^ilm Short- -—age Affects^udgment . NO CHICAGO CHANGES End of the seaapn of '32-'33 on stage and sereen fimls Gilbert Ga briel ('American') leading the drama division for the fourth full year in Fariett's annual oonipiiation and Richard Watts, Jr. ('Herald^Tri- bune*) topping the .picture review contingent for the first time in this annual Tlist in that field.' Both aro on New York dailies. Gabriel batteoi .8i54. calling the turn on 89 attractions" out of 103 he attended,, the busiest as well as the Tightest among his confreres. Season covered by the new figures was one of the worst on record. In the quantity and quality of the stage-'shows offered.. ~Out- of 117 new plays there were a . scant 9 hits, Ij^odeiate suc cesses a nd the rest, 91, Cafliires. Number of plays la contrasted with an estimated aver- age for the five seaisons preceding c£ liO to 290. A notable feature of the 1933 re- turns is the conspicuous reduction in the' 'no opinion* views of news- paper critics, . equlvoqatiohs drop- ping from 77. for the .year before to only 39. this season.- W&tts, who stood fourth in the list of picture reviewers a yeiar ago, went to the front last winter and holds that position for the cbniplete season, while William Boehnel ('World-Telegram')', .a consistent re- peater at the top in other years, slips back to No, 3. The Chicago group of picture re- viewers repeated its relative posi- tions practicaLlly unchanged, with Doris Arden ('Tiniies') again liead- ing that field. ilm Critics' Data on Page 3 Drama Critics* Data' ph Page 51 A Nev ft« Newest oddity, and supposed to bS Iwllding almost-atHhe^same^rate' as the Jig-saw puzzle. Is comic masks, with 10.000,000 thrown on the market last week throughout the United States. Not in the East yet,, but said to be pretty Strong among the kids .in the middle and far West. Started with characters from newspaper comic strips and now spreading to faces of film stars, lat- ter being signed on a one-cent a mask royalty basis. None of the- screcn faces have been released yet Film Critics'Boi (June 1-4(4ay lOy Key to Abbreviations: PC, (pictures caught), R. (rigl^t), W. (wrong), O. (no opinion), PcL (percantage). NEW YORK PC, Richard Watts,, Jr. CH Trib') .... Reglne Crewe ('American') William Boehnel ('W-Tele') John S. Coh^ Jr. ('SUn') . Bland Johaneson ('Mirror') Thornton ]>elahanty ('Post') Irene-Thlrer ('NewS^)-(Slee Note). MArgaret Tazelaar ('H Trib')' , Rose Pelswick ('Journal') .. k • • ... i . • « • #...*.«.•*». I ........... • ..••'•'.■•.•« I. rir,-*-.-*- 190 283 256 222 288 231 240 83 270 Mordaunt HaU ('TlmesC) I e • • • « • 226 R. 13b 186 167 143 1^1 146 146- 60 1S3 101 W, 46 91 86 75 94 76 _96 29 O. 9 7 8' 4 8 io 4 76 41 66 Pet. .711 .664 j662 .644 .640 .634 .604 .602 .666 .449 64 .789 Vaaavrr (Combined) 303 239 : (This score based on 303 pictures) NOTEI—Zreae Thlrer. on fnrloosh airaitliv a domestlo arrirai, co.verAd onir 'even pictures in the flaal auarter pt the year. Her pareeiitase Inelndee only these additions, tiewif reirlevfl «rere done-br Kate Cameron vho had 3S rlshta, 18 wnmce end ho no oplaloite for a score 6C ,4U for the lact Up or the. season, CHIdAGO Doris Arden*CTImeS*) .;.>..^...^..«^i 199 Clark Rodeiibach ('News') ..........., 160 Mae Tlneet CTrib') .., 186 Carol Frink ('Her-Exam') ............. 179 Rob Reelt ('American') 124 127 101 112 97 66 .633 .631 .60^ .642 .624 * Ellen Keene. t Frances .Kurner. t Hazel Flynn. TURKS CUISE flOllSES OVER RAD HOr SPHl Istaabul, May 20. Ttirkish exhibitors have found, a way to b^at the summer depresh. By muttial-agrbenient no new picr tures will bb shown here until Sept. Business has alwa;ys been poor In the summer and the exhlbs simply flgpiire they have nothing much to lose. Distributors agreed to play with them on the hunch. RWs Sidevralk Cafe Neariy m fle Sifcwalk Broadway's first sidewalk cafe will be Gertner's eatery in the heart of Times Square with the entire front window removed, giving it that Cafe de la Pais atmosphere. Building line restrictions and r^lty vaIues'^^"'liive""pi^l6tHlly the Paris sidewalk cafe Idea, always regarded as surefire for heavy trade and popular appeal from Americans. Gertner's is setting up its tables Just within the building line to con- form with realty restrictions. On the east side ther^ are a num- ber of backyards and courts in apartment houses Which have been dressed for that Paris boulevard effect but Gertner's will be the first on the show business campus. SI1I6Y ART FOR 2Sc WITH A Chicago,' June S. " What Xlltle Egypt was to the Co- lumbian Expositfbn' of 1893, The Streets -Of' Paris' promises to be to the Century of Progress Exposition of 1938. liiitle £gypt, wiio probably never saw the Nile, electrified the hay- seeds of 40 'years ago wltli her cele- brated ant'lcal Farniers got slightly cerise around' the gills as Egypt vi- brated. 'Streets of Paris' is a^lsp going to bring the shock troops from Keokuk tripping over one another when word gets that far. And the word is traveling . fast. ^^JStreetBi^ of Jgarls' deflnit^y dis- pc.ea of .the. idea iaiat""the aaroii^ . ork". Fair Is ; 'ng to 1 all llllies and uplift.. --This Concession, or rather collection -of concessions. Is the oificial heaidquarters at the Fair for sly " --ills and .sexy s')iivenirs. licadlng pulse - throb is an art 'class* with-a model in the nude. Studio has a capacity of 20 and the liicdel is startlingly close. Te be sure, there is a little bit of gauze, very sheer and Ineffective, but when (Continued on page 42)