Variety (June 1933)

PICTURES Tuesday, .Jiine ' 6, 1933 lyan Lebesdi^ft, Holly wood ^actoy, filed suit ibt f20t),o6o in^lpcal't'ed- eral court vs. Boston ' Aotbt alleges .was libeled by article )n 'Suiiday GIbije,' Nov.' which stated, he alleges, that he was real^ ly Irving Beebe, Yale grad, an^a had changed ■ name, to tebe^eiK gone Into films. LebedefE says story was 'ma- \\ci .and . .ide|Ea,Thatpry,' jpia^ntif iuttlieic states, h^ Is a member p£ fliie ^Russian nobllVty,' sdrf~ of • Basfi L teb^deffi i?iiivy...cbiincito^/L^in^ J^^^ Russian ; enipire;.- was. educated a;t St. Petersbvirg Uniyersity>: jpinied Bussifti} ar.my ^n;w.oi^^ tone to rdnk o£, majbr-general, fouglii the S|i>istieyflcs in and was Cbtniftaiidei:" of; force; itlikt captured Odessa frdiii lieds. "^ays he becaime ilctatdt' ■ bt piessa, * ^ escaped td''Fralttce atid!* o^bne to' Ainerica:; iii id26: ..■ .■■ .■■'. ^'yery ne*t'ddy' i£tiei' filing;of suit 'Globe* printed full" three column, artidle/ Wl'tR'tt"^^ .oiVi^^bedefT'" iahd father) and one fijli 'lenfeth brife cbluii/ih" of Lebedett; -S^Gb!.-hWdiw^J;£hliLaiJ^ Mr: glnAiiig . article: '" 'fibllywopd-7:; ~iiaiiy wtidd is arcity--of Ipseuidiq-rbV- «lty., It took "tlje' city/.o^'ihilte'-be- llisvfe: fifdirte little time to. ic«?Ut^e that li sheltered giehuin^ 7i(9^I.eman; Ivax iSebedeir;: ' . ' tift V^ftwed^, Uozx<|d ■ credei>tlial& .were ^jscen-r-icre- deQt1al& dating; back to the bril-; liaht regime -, of his father,* etc., ^pllywdOd claimed the credit lor ^discoyering* its nipst .distingylshed * toreign. Victor.* (6eo. Arlisis. atten- ^ibn!>v.. •■■ .'/iEIls naine graced, .the swankeat .ihvij^ti^n J|8te.. .T^ con-. \ .'^pigent adbreS 'The'exqoriitfi^'iB^ iters ,:pf tlie °handsbT)fie. Continental -^tlie,*fitst th^y Imd .seen 611 -the BQrefehj-' The J, "became -tlie draw^ngr.room fiyprite,' " 'GiotK^' ,siriicle ■ 'ieiplains.' its. .errer ty . saying;; jit ohcie listened *, to V .a ^efcy whp Biild siitt kyifjv^ JLebed'eft c^jili^'^iiot I'.be, .real 'former..; Russian if^lri^ral, .^iie itabuglit' W yrfia .ybuiig Amerfcan .actor, yclept Irving B^e- Ije,. ..and .. icjibe'.. in , foOd ^ faith prinie)J ,Wr 'discbyb^^^^^ /,'--Mr.;.'. tkiiit&kif wai? always: Mr. tpbedeit,' the;;:^,Hbiiywpbd^^ •<3!pije* continues. 'And Mr. Beebe of Vale 'and ijeW IJaven.' wiLs still iir. Jf^e^be. lof .^roaA^ay. and' UTeW ^^ojcK; , Wr^W*nS /liis^ 0^ .fl^ld . .of t6e,.a]^5)keh istfge/V ; ' ■ " '.Then 'Globe'. r.epHntp,.c,olitt.un and. a haif fr6?a :pjd. article several year's ago ° (probably May me p.t)<>ij "Peake'p, as 'Gl6be carf Ties he.r stuffj .giving. true iafi^er-i^bf^lieb'edlefic^— — — r—^— .. . So What Hoilywbbi, June'5. illhoards on 'Seventh Com- mandment/ sex picture, read: 'A lessbn "fbr .'the younger generation. For adults only.' Chasing Big Rabbits Brings Clara Bow Iteu'Fite ^eq[bt :''-^Hollywbod,-June^.5. _ •Working like a ring ch^idp to con- dtttbh herself, Clara Bow" is riding,: shbbtittg 'arid hikinjg the" dia^e flats] of Nevada.'to take" off the'ladt few pounds which wili bHng lifer itb con-: traictual screen weight. Sam itork, her film boss, has given put the -jvprd that sllei's tridlmed dioewn to 128; - that ■within tie hext three weeks she will hav,e reduced tb il8/ and she wlU .then, come to HbllyWobd ready tp make anotlier pic. Miss Bow has i>een > living the ssimiple j^astoral life «ince '.T^ey Call -Her-Sa/vager* -a;t'-tl»e-^ast->«^^ -hiusbandr Res Bell, near Las "Vegas, ■Nev. ~ Imadditlon to tiie^xlaily :wbrk>' put, she has a session With a mas-! seiiseV ~ ;.HigHlliht of the day usually is a longi -Fidethrough the-' sage.- and guiming for jackrai>bits w^h a.rlflPr Report Is . she ct^t^ tumble a Jack on .tlie riiii witii oniy^' occasibnal miss.'''' No screen story lias yet .been se- lected for her, siiice the plan to. film :/Maii$ Galante' .was drQppe;d.. P^r^rPlan to Get Raflr^- . Paramount is figuring bn doing ia pictiire jedroiind the life bf'fSlt'auricei ihk.daWc^]^, arid at' the . ssLmb time #tet'; G^brige Raft * put oi gangster .spbti.'". Cbihpaiiy is mullihj^ 'pver* a stpry- 011,11110 late Mauribe, by.'. Ruth Ride'nbui:'. ' ' ■The late Maurice, wajs/marlt'ied to Eleanor - A'hibi^bse,' who: "^idtl^ Ibecame Mrs^. Sani.^tz.. ' "' WILL MAHONEY Tills Weet, Imperial, Toronto Tiie Xios Angeles Herald 'Express' said: "This Will Mahbhey 'In Sid Gi'aiifflaM'a prbrogue,- is abSblutely marvelous/ He panicked the super- critical gathering laist'night at the 'Graiid Hotel* opening." .Direction-- RALlPH G. FARNUM 1660 Broadway GNuue; Ask Holiywpbd, JUite'-S.' r-With her cbntrabt'at Radio ez- pirijng next Monday. (12) Constarice Bennett has been shoppiijg for a new deal. The .studio has offered her .a flat picture arAngement but likelihood is that Miss Bennett may "Bljgir-with" ■the~Schenck^^2anuckTor- ganl^^on .00 a perqentage and "sal- ary basis. Meantime, . jBtar will make 'Aggie Appleby' ^f or,-.Radio. - as studio ob- tained, an ^ extensipn, until -complev tipn pf tliiis picture/ on hea- contract, Radid is also trying to work, oui^ a new '.deal' with Ann Harding and Richard Diz, each liftvlng .one plc^ ture to go.' Offer for .latter;, two. is reppi^ted about 25% less , than their j>i:e§ent contracts.. Flm Critb'r32-'33 Score Finai< returns- on .thiei .entire, sea- ladvances. one number from No.. 6 . Hfihi;} .kisser ., Ivan. li^be^fC Is kno'Wn In Hol- ly WOo.d as the han.dTkiSser^ aiid al- ways while moriocled., While iiCbe didn't^ create hand- kissLng off, , stage . or> Bcree.ri, Lebe. irtade .l.t the iriosV; cbnstant habit and how ,the'gals went for it... INDEX I f « V • • * t 48 30 49 19 13 64 49 49 -2L 42 47 Bills. ... Galendav Chatter Editorial !Exploita.tibn ilm House .Reviews..... FilmReviews...... . i.14-15: Foreign Film News..\..> 17 Fpreigii Show News Inside—Lieglt Inside^Music Insider-Pictures - Inside—Radio Inside—^Vaude tegltlnfal^^vJrT; Lietter Xiist 62 lilterati 55 Music ....56-57 New Acts............'..... 46 News from the Dailies... 58 Nitc Clubs..:......... 66 Obituary 62 Outdoor ..62-63 Pictures 2-35; . Radio .......;>.••••••••«.. .36-42. Riadib Reports 42 Tiinoa Squfire 69 Vaudeville .......... i. , .43-47 ■yau^c ,lIo\if;c BovieWs..... 46 son of 1932-33 in Varibtt's annual cdmpiiatibn ' cpverihg. peirfpiraances ointlie"ieadin"g^im~jivlevi^ Unds- Richard Watts, Jr.. ('lieraid Trib- une') leading the New Yerk gvpup, and Dpris Arden ('Tribune') at the head of t^e .Chicago class. Miss Ar- den (Elien ikeene) retains the spot she has had for several years. Watts is a fiewbomer ° this sea3bn. at the. .tbp pf the'eastertt ilet. Bpth in ''New Ypfk and Chicago the ratings of last winter carry through for the fuli season, June, to June, with the - conspicuous ex- ception of Regiria Crewe .(New TPrk 'American')> who in the three mpntbs frbm the last quarterly fig-■ ures in 'Marchi; advance's frbin fifth to second place. This is . the first break in a twelve niontji in' the pre- vailing tendency of womenx writers to ;lose grpiind to the men .writers*^^ first-rioted in the annual count up in June, 1932. Miss Crewe is the first -Woman to break Intb the lead- irig quartet in. a year. Throughout the season half a dozen writers have been bunched behind the leader. Difference be- tween No. 2 and No. 5 . in the March siiriiriiary was only ".024, thbse' re- spective positlpns being held by T-l^rntbn_jDel^^ ('Post') and Biand^^Johariesbri X'1^^^^6r^yt^An^li^P" provement in Miss Crewe's average from .631 to .654 was enough to carry her across the Intervening two contenders to second place. A Similarly minor decrease in aver- ages carried Dcleha-nty from No. 2 to No. .6... Elsewhere in the list the cTiangqs \yerQ trifling. The American re- viewers' march toward the top s^ts William Boehnel. ('World-Tele- gram'), who led the procession for several years and was only dls- .plaood from the .bp last winter, l)aclt^..rtQ thU'd, Bla'pdrt-Jphaneson to No. 5,. consequent - njpon . Dela- hanty's setback. John S. Cohen, Jr., -remains, fourth.- Four place- ments' ^n the ^bW;6f brackef-remalri" unchanged f rorii the March ratings, repeating substantially the same re- lation tb the field they occupied at the conclusion of . the 1931-1932 sea- son coriaplete. Chicago .list repeats itself ' exactly. Situation for Xrits situatipri which has faced newspaper appraisers of plctui'bs ail this season became acute dtiririg the final qua,rter. As early as last fall a' decline both of quantity and quality in prpductipn has existed. During .the twp pr three meriths just passed , that cbndltipn grew into airi actuaV film shortage, with the' re- sult'that film, bookers were com.r pelled to, grab .what .fresh prpduct was available fer .the metrppblitan de luxerst - Pictures that two years ago .wouldn't..have fbund a first.run mid-towri thieatrp ayaliable ' were played in princii)ai sta.nds and any reviewer, inclined to optimism found himself erring on the side of too generous 'ari eistimate. Condition probably accounts for a good riaany 'no pplnibns,' applying to instances where- the -reporter tempered a Just estimate of an Indifferent subject With an incIina;tlon to be kind to inTr^lndustry^hiat---found-the--going^^ difficult at the moment. A newcomer to the list and one who did well by herself is Kate Cameron) formerly assistant to Irene Thirer ('News'). Miss Thirer (Mrs. Zach Freedman) was away on furlough, awaitirig a family event, for practically the eritire pe- riod of the last quarter. Miss Cam- eron stepped- into the reviewer's chair and came through with the- second'highest percentage of the list. Rating in this regular list is omitted, howwer," because of the .brevi;ty of the writor^s Itto^mbency. The Roosevdts mte Gene Dem ; 1« Da Her Stuff at the Wiu^ Economicsl Hollywpbfl, Jftine. 6* There w:a8 . an ^ agerits' code meetliijg the other riight before the Acadeiriy« 'Orovbr Jones. mid he knew an actor in Hollywood who had tp work nights In order to pay ,'the,110%' commlipsiori for, picture work he pays several' 10 percieriters. Batting Gads^^^C^^ And Sirens An III Metro's Golf Tourney ^ Holly wpp'd, Jyri.p 5. Metrb staged the n^bst cpjorful .gblf tburnament. in the history^ of the picture, industry yes.ter^ay (Sunday) fer .Itself at. Ilanciio, ppif Club. Harry Bjipf ^up'er^fiped the stagirig and. had a (jterniap l7)e^.rid,i high yallejr batiiing gals,'' g:pats,; sirens, flrebelis,, a;li.d '.numerpus tricky devices , to rajzzr ,th<^'; 95.0 cpn^e^tiantsj at'the first 1;^e, 9iid .to welceme themj hbriie. on the 18th green. I ■ "Mbre~tlKin-60(^ picture TjCopi^frWit-j nessedJthe tournament., which was locked to the pftiblic. . " • ' Fred Gordon^ In the Mj-G - struotlori departmettti shot Idw gi'osa at 73 with Bob Leonard, director, copping, lowi .net- «f 63 with a 24. handlcdp.^ jack. Conway, took second net with 3, 64 (24 handicap) and Pete Smith was third with a 67 net (20 handicap). Louis Mayer was up among the low handica,p boys with a 71. on a; 24 ha,ndicap. Biggest kick on course was-the Eddie Mannix and Bob Hopkins loUraome. .bAinE_6.scprted arou nd-the coursel- by- four colbred ^lathirig beauties carrying umbrellas.. . to shield the contestants f rom the sun- FOX GOING FOR FDU OF STARS Oi FilM Holiy wood>' jfiirievS. When Fox'touts 'Tale dt T*ei6 Cities' into prbdriction In September, it will eridcavor fo make' thW-a name picture, to follow 'Cavalcade* with a heavy British splurge.- It will Use' liri all-name ckst on th<b 'Grand Hotel' typ* bf • Exploitation, possibly bofro\&lng-'from other lots ^o' prepare'an Imposing'rpster bf talent. Only name so far Is Warner Baxter for the leadirig dual role. Prank iLlbyd, wAo directed 'Cav- alcade' will' have the meg assign- ment on this one. COLMAN OFPN GOLOWYN, Turns Metro on Offer-^-Sam's let Call in Way Hpllywppd'. r.june 5.; . Ronald Cblman, new. in England, has refused a Metro bffer pf a twb- picture. cpritract, the first te be a CP-starrer with Greta' Garbo In 'Christine.' Colman Is reputed to be unwilling to return to America in view of his agreement, with Sam Goldwyn fbr first call on his services. Metro is seeking a waiver from Goldwyri* and should It get . the desired cancel- lation will again proposition Col- man. , Star's aversion Is not tp America but ,tp, Wprklpg .under, thb Gbldwyn directien. Von Stemberg-Metro Can't Get Together Hpllywbod, June 5. Josef von Sternberg could net get together with Metro on the story treatment of 'Prize Fighter and the Ladyi*^ to 'star Joan -Grawford.—so settled his' contract- and left the studio. He will now prepare for the first Dietrich picture on her returri to Paramount. Cannes Forsaking Lens Hollywood, June 6; Latest cameraman to be given a crack at directing is Lee Garmes, who is combing the ' available stories at Fox for a yarn to megl He's been a clnematographer foif/15 years. Washington,, , Qen<) T^Denrils, l^Cs clairvpyant,^ dp^lri^^ ' eVenlrijir dress arid orchid arid bn the arm of Hardie, Meakin, Ipcai RKO representiative, took her act into the Bast . Room of the White House Saturday (i) at the Irivltatibn of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The pccaslpn was tlie flfrst whole, sale and. exclusive party for thV prpss given, by an ^administration In yeaips. .Tlie c'reme"de;' la creme bi' ibiirhiillsni was the'rie.: en.' riiass'e- frpm the Capitol' Press'.Galleries to'i thb. White Hpuse Coirrespondentj9«, with, a [few . . cabinet ^ members, thrown ^in for good riieasurc or luck;- ■ . ' ' ' :' Gene' turned affair into .presip agent's dream. Sven the President,, seated..at t^be he.ad. of the> 'rpom with Mrs. Robseyeit bn the' lat'm bf his bhalr, shot, a! query , at !her as srie'hel.d forth- in the cieriter ■of the crpwd. '. * • I i...'J>iiss . i)ennis,'.;; Mt. , Roosevelt asked, 'Will i have .a. good trip ph .m]^l. cbming ypyage?' . . 'ies,' Mr-~Pr.edidP.ntrT>^ ;gpbd t ;a'n4 a Ipng pne. , Aiid that, gpe's .fpr ithe next .three 'yea,^s 'and many 'ipprb,'Gene smiled. ._The por- TBj'sppndentr appl^Tided {pirpved .-. she has' tact-,/as-.-well as j talent. V . . . . Show Sl;ea,ler ! .The press boys,/.adroittied after ltjb/e,,shpw tliat G.eri9'liad.stblen th^ eyentng:. The .repprt. that she -was bppked to appear had been c|,uietly circulated' and had *em all Waiting for Jier... ■ ...Biggest, questlcn 'was. where Gas- .ton. Means had burled his dpugh. .'In. .ck tin. can,' Gene tpld 'em. 'And ii!a..on .a . lot- near a welU .iBut- if you .want to find.it'- and a whole .lot 'TRore;—you'd—better—rthtnk—more- about a.womian in-the case.'* .. Some' of .the -less skeptical, press lads and lassies took - but their pent^ ^Is as .they hid; behind, the palms^ Stunt^was engiueered by Hardie Meakini "local RKO° houiBp manager. Gene wound up twb . weeks at local Kelth'B'/ and-' is ' booke'd. to return next Fridb,y. 'Made hop- over-after, show in BaUlmbre' vSatUrday night. '~ Stunt marks second- time -Meakin hels tl^d iri a' iriind teaddr at White House. Last tlriie was Xorany ;wlio. gbt-'phbto takeh With "Hb^jVer; two y^ars ago. M$s'm(H)OP IHsconraged WB, So Bridslier Moves ' ' HbllyWopd, June 5. ' Warners not rushihg to again engage' Georjge Arliss bn the Eng^ iishi actor's latest quotation for his services ' In films, $100,000 a pic- ture, Is said tp have brought abpiat the' pt-pbabie business association pf Arliss-^Ith the, Scherick'-ZanuciK riew cpmpany! a!t United Artlstis, * ^ It, is repprted at . Warners that Ariiss bbuid have remained bn ip, ppjrceiQtage' basis, but ithat was. Pnly briefly hirited at. l)urlng his talkejr making, ever here Arliss has ac^ enniuiated a perspnal follpwing th,at guarantees 'his pictiires .a cer-? tain . sum and his; nanie' is rec,-* pgnlzed fer prestige; but the Arr llssr"Warner pictures have net been unifprriily prpfltabl^,. This, has .re- sulted. thrpugh: varying >and subject matter. SAILINGS July 20 (ISTew Terk tb Mbnte Cari lo) Jieari Sargent, Bosweil Sisters (lie de France); June 16 (Moritreal te Lpndon) Howard NeumiUer ..(Duchess of Richmohd>i°^ - * - r^^^^^r.=J=.^^^ June - 10 (New York tb Buenott Aires) - Hugo -Marianl (American Leglbn). ' June 3 (New York to Londbri) Mrs. E. F. Astalre, George Brett, Jr. (Britannic). June 3 (New Ybrk to Berlin) Cass Canfled, Rayinond McCaw (Breriiien). June 2 (New. York to London). J. B. Bickersteth, O. S.. Schalrer, Irv* ing Mills;' Diike Ellington band (Olympic). June 1 (New York, to Horlin) Joachim Meyer (Brcsdeir^