Variety (Aug 1933)

S9 VARIETY TIMES S II ■ A R E Tuesdajr* August 1, 1933 East John Golden readies Wa batting order ,fop new season. It's 'The Divine Drudge/ 'Nobody but Tou,' Tourists Accommodated,' 'Man with Sliver,' 'Octagon/ 'The Wooden Slipper* and a play by Rachel Crothers which has not been named G. B. Shaw 77 last Wed. and sore because people talk about It. Says 'It Isn't decent to remind one of his age after he passes'70.* Eten Tranqulz, yaude actor, given flv© days for reckless driving by Justice Renaud. Helen Kane's lawyer tells she re celved no salary, for her seven weeks' work In 'Shady i.ady.' She .stuck to give the musicians and chorus gals a stake. Back from Europe, Jeanette Mac Donald tells ship reporters she has wanted to get married for the past three years, but the Hollywood un- hitches have scared her off. Dancing masters In convention In N. T. last week. Plugging for re- turn of polka and quadrille. Scene painters' union refused, last week to permit the building of the sets for Earl Carroll's 'Murder at the Vanities' until last 'Vanities' production is paid for. About $6,000 involved. Matter squared later. Herbert Stothart, songwriter, sued for $11,674 by Sidney PhUlips, who claims a managerial cohtract.LvSays the cfomposer got $116,749 from Metro and wants his.' bit. liUjah Fonnesbeck to angel her own 'Not a .Cure.' In September. Jurors in trial of Mrs. Frances E. King, for alleged attempt to black- mail Bruce Barton, had a tough time In Supreme. court. last week. They had to listen to the reading of her novel on which the charges are baised.. She cQllAp'sed. Mrs. Lucy Thomas, etc., Magraw )^had her. third husband, Chas. Hann, Jr., In Supreme Court Tuesday (25) to chat about $40^000 worth of jewels, which she alleges he' holds ...out on her. He claimed he never v> had them and shows photostat of a quitclaim in consideration of $10. MalnatreSters giggle when nar- rowness'of New York's B'way pre- vented the Post Plane from taking' part In the celebration. Equity adds Its official volc,e to th6 protest against the Nazi barring of jews from German stages. Rudolph Flsh'er, Negro author of many books and short stories, agnrees by cable to do the book for the revue which John Henry Ham- mon, jr., will present in the fall. -Hammond is In Europe dickering with Duke Ellington for the mu- sical score. Board of Education Is showing •Punch and Judy*-at school play- groinuls. Few modern children ac- quainted with tho once universal 'P>ippet'shqw. Jos. Galentl and his wife, Betty, ■arrested in Brooklyn last week and .16 pfates for making counterfeit money were seized. Mrs. Galentl told the police she had been In Earl Carroll's 'Vanities' for several weeks In 1931. IJ I n I I i.na.i 11 r I in 1 11 i i mi i i i ii i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i j i i i n i i m i i i i i i i i ' i i n i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ii m i i i i i i i i , News From the Dailies This department contains rewritten theatrical nem items as published during the week in the dailjf papers of Nei» Yorkt Chicago, San Francisco, Hollywood and London, Variei}) take^ no credit for these ner»s itevs; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. 1/111 M I.I 1.1111 u 11I I i.iji ri rj I'M (,rm'» i Fi'f^ ri ii n ri iin,™ sanitarium, and alimony plea weak ened when shown she had offered to go back to her husband if he would settle $600,000 gn her. Musicians' Local 802 again an- nounces that idle men will not be permitted to play at pop concerts for less than what the union deems a fair wage. Says most such con certs are more profitable to the pro motets than the musicians; RKO and Irving Trust appeal to Board of Tax Appeals to recon- sider deniand for $30,692 for 1929 taxes; Urges that government failed to allow for depreciation of theatre buildings and equipment. Vincent Knight Manley, who has a summer thefitre at Litchfield, Conn., will seek to crash Broadway In tho fall with two produetlons. Has not yet selected them from the tryouts. Coney island Mardl Gras dates set. Sept. 11-16. Arriving in Baltimore Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton is pained when she finds no papers servred on her In Dave Hutton's divorce peti- tion. Says his love grew cold when the depression hit her bankroll. Adds she'll cut him out of her will. Mona 'Bobbie' Walker," onetime B'way show girl, and; Art Parrar, Pittsburgh- nite club band, leader, won't get married. Says ^he has a quaint preference for a 'man' who work§ daytimes and stays home nights. Radio City ads ruiis that Wiley Post 'has graciously consented' to do four a day'at the Music Hall. They have graciously consented to slip him $5,000. Anthony Ji Wettach, Jersey, polo- 1st, testified In his uncontested di- vorce .suit against Wllda' Bennett, musical comedy, that she bent one of^his prize cups over his head the second week of their ma^rriage. Morton Downey and the Missus ETlve Jacques Renard a party and slip'him a baton which fits into an Irish shillalah they picked up in Dublin. After all the talk, it will be 'Hold Tour Horses' and not "Hunky Dory' for the Joe Cook show. George Hall, orch leader at the Hotel Taft, celebrated his second year Thursday (27). Isabel Georgl, 1 E. 47th' street^ had busy times last week chucking re- porters after Kathryn Carver said she was the girl who had stolen the affections of Adolphe Menjou. Clayton Hamilton, chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Committee on the • Drama, told Columbia summer stu- dents that the theatre slump is due to a scarcity of good plays. Bobby Connelley In his shirt sleeves and hard at work on the new Ziegfeld 'Follies/ John Ringllng brings suit in Sar- asota for divorce from his second wife, the. former Mrs. Emily Ilaag Buck, alleging extreme cruelty. Mrs. Ringllng was recently sued by her brother-in-law, who alleged she had alienated his wife by -her gifts, and displays of wealth. Will of the late Joseph. Urban filed in White Plains, Entire estate devised to his widow. One clause provided that if she died before he did a $4,000 trust fund was . to be , established to care for .such of his dogs as were more than.three years old. Surrogate In New Tork approved last week an accounting of . the as- sets of' the late Chas; K. Harris. Net was $31,623. Widow, sole bene- ficiary, will^recelve $2S,186. Bill Brady back at his desk fol- lowing foot trouble,. Replying to the suit for $100,000 brought by Henry Haars, pianist* against his mother-in-law, Mrs. R. M. Clephane, charging she turned his wife against him, Mrs. Clephane replies the split , was caused by the pianist's' failure, to .contribute to the support of his wife. Al Jolson In N. T and still talk- ing about the Big Fight. Tony Shayne was denied an in junction restraining Ramon and Roa'ita from operating BJ Patio at Valley Stream, L. I., in* conjunction with. the Charles Catering Co. Shayne alleged he held a prior con- tract with the catering co., but the court refused the application on the grounds Shayne had breached his contract by not paying salaries. promise to make her a star. Reynolds denied any promises. Six women and three men taken In a raid on a stag last Friday (28), charged with taking part in an in- decent performance. Cops also gar- nered 81 of the spectators. Pageant of the history of the Jewish race to be , given at Polo Grounds Sept. 14 for benefit of Nazi victims. WHN, WPAP, WQAO and WRNT to be consolidated and operated as a unit by Major Bowes of the Capitol theatre. Probably will change call to WMQM, since it's a Metro outfit. Robert Edgar Long quits 'Rlvoll publicity to go to Russell Janney in the same capacity. Pathe News has taken additional space for the expansion of its film library vaults. Now occupies the better part of three flqors in the Leavitt building. New Jersey after beer barrels ^hich hold 13% gallons, two shy of the legal contents. Brewers~explaln it's because the old barrels used have shrunk. Short of cooperage. Manor theatre, Pelham Manor, which has been' running without stage hands, visited. by union offi- cials who demand that three deck- hands be set. Refusals brought oiit pickets and pickets arrested.-Mark- ing time waiting a decision as to action. Actors still shift scenes. Mark Hellinger cracks his knee at New Rochelle Saturday (29). Out yachting with Gladys Glad and George Gershwin and falls while getting ashore. N> Y. State fairs tipped that state may withhold support ,next year, from those which sell beer on the grounds this fall. George Johnson circus -blew out of Port Chester, N. Y., Irf the cool of the: evening Friday- (28), leaving Chas. Fretz burled alive six feet .underground. He ■ was. .one . of. the acts with the show. Local reports had them beating service of legal paibers, and they left without both- ering to dig Fretz up, leaving that to the Legion, which sponsored the show locally. Walter Reade, theatre manager, arrested In Deal, N. J., for 'Inde-' cent and offensive language' ad- dressed to the mayor of that beach resort, ducked trial by making pub- lic apology. Row started over the white bathing trunks Reade was wearing and which his honor criti- cized. •. Robert Garland, of thO World- Tele and Norman Clark, drama critic of the Baltimore 'News/ have collaborated on a play which will be produced in Balto by the Vaga- bond theatre. Equity notifies the drama produ- cers that the basic agreement Is in the past tense. Opening of 'Going Gay* at the Morosco shifted from last (Monday) night to tomorrow. Russell Janney engages Willie Melville, English musical star, for the musical he will do this fall. It has no title at present, but It- used to be 'The O'FIynn.' Mrs. Grace Hall Lewis, former show girl, who asked $60,000 a j^ear alimony from Arthur H. Lewis, head of 16 steamboat lines, loses her suit. Charge of non-support fell when it .was pointed out he has been paying for her, treatments at a ^ Rehearsals on Billy Rose's 'Crazy Quilt' set for Aug. 19. Anita Page In lead. Mrs. Pat Campbell In town to re- hearse for Brady-NIrdllnger 'Party.' Joseph Weber, of Fed. of Musi- cians, offers Gen. Johnson free mu- sic for rallies, etc. Mrs. Alfred. Shiff, of White Plains, •who was May FoSC of the 'Music Box Revue/ sloughs her broker husband. Said she caught him In a N. Y. hotel and he did not defend suit. Richard J. Reynolds examined before trial at Winston-Salem last .week by order of N. Y. Supreme court. Suit Is that brought by Jo- hanna Rlschke, dancer, who com- plains ho did not make good his -Eileen Christie Porter,, actress, has asked the court, for counsel fees In the divorce case brought by Verne Porter, formerly of Univer- sal. She Is getting $60 weekly ali- mony pending suit. Also filing counter suit. Spokesman for Wee & Leventhal says, code clause against cut rating is not aimed at thern^ and will be ignored if adopted. Devor.e, actress, filed suit for di- vorce In L. A. Superior court against A. Wylie Mather, Latter filed an answer ..denying charges and asks that his wife's suit be dis- missed. Nancy Carroll, actress, left Los Angeles (23) aboard the S.S, Ma- lolo for a vacash In Honolulu. George C. Barton, director, and his wife, shot, at by. a fleeing bur- glar whom they-surprised as he was leaving their home. Warner Baxter, actor, granted a residence permit for his $40,000 home to be erected in West jLoa Angeles. Louis D. Llghton, Paramount as- sociate producer, launched con- struction on his $40,000 market building, being erected in Beverly Hills, Cal. Settlement out of court closed the $60,000. damage suit filed in A. Superior court by Marlon Shelton, actress, against Edna Schinnerer for alleged injuries received in ah auto accident. Charging,. her husband, Alfred McDonald, director;: abused her, Carol Scott McDonald was granted a divorce In L. A. Superior court. Leslie B. Henry, broker, sen- tenced to San Quentln for two to 24 years in connection with' alleged defalcation of. money belonging to Mrs. Charlotte Shelby,' mother of Mary Miles Mlnter. Maxlne Rlos Johnson, L. A. dancer, is seeking a Las Vegas, Nov., divorce .from Madra Raymond Johnson; charges cruelty. Mara Tchouklava, actress, Injured when she resisted.'efforts of a purse snatcher In Holly wobdl ' Taking his first vacation since the Inception of hlaJParamount contract two years ago, George Barbier left Monday (31) for New York. Mrs. Barbier accompanied. Divorce suit flled in Los Angeles by Odeta Marlon. Newberg, actress, charges her husband, Philip R. Newberg, blamed her for biz losses and even the depresh. Steven Gaal, sculptor, has been sued for divorce in the Los Angeles Superior court by . Mrs. Agnes Gaal, who charges cruelty and non-sup- port. Five prospective tango operators ihave filed suit in the Los Angeles Superior court seeking to force the police comntilsslon to iSsue permits to run bean spots. Following an auto crash Ethel Sykes, actress, and Frank C. Grif- fin, writer, were arrested on alleged liquor charges in Hollywood. Mary Plckford announced in Hol- lywood that reports she had been in Nevada to establish divorce resi- dence from Douglas Fairbanks were false. Charging beer gardens operators had violated their licenses, Los Angeles county officers raided two f spots in West Hollywood and ar- ; rested six employes. At one place several of the film mob scurried when the cops came. Jimmy Mattern back home Sun- day and film and radio backers in a jam over rights as he lands. Mad. Sq. Garden income dropped 84% last season'.' Annual report shows net of only $18,371.66. Met. Op. will give 14 Tuesday performances In Phlla between Dec. 19-Mar. 27, B6ats N. T. to the opening. N.. J, Allied theatre owners send a long wire to President Roosevelt giving him the lowdown on code. Marc Coijnelly, playwright, told Soviet Russia barred his entry thinking he was a chemist of the same name. Told to come on In, but he declines. Coast Chaplin, Plckford and Fairbanks lead the film celebs in taxable wealth in L. A. county, according to the assessor In an appraisal of prop- erties for taxable purposes during the fiscal year. Propertles^f Chap- lin are appraised at $2,961,660, Miss Plckford at $1,653,630 and Fairbanks at $1,056,970. Alleging that her husband asso- ciated with other women, Dorothy Jimmy Durante, Napa police al- leged, violated .motor driving regu- lations and wa's cited to appear in court. Metro studio heads trying to find Durante who, they said, had been missing several days. Dayld L. Hutton, actor-hubby of Aimee Semple MacPherson Hutton, and his father, are charged in a. Los Angeles Superior court suit with throwing Noland Tucker, ex- baton swinger for the Angelus Tem- ple band, out of the .edifice a year ago/ Tucker seeks $9,000 damages; A 'marital vacation' in the hope of avoiding a divorce has been de- cided upon by Fred Datig, Par- amount caster, and his wife. C. G. Lewis, Los Angeles studio director, arrested in Newport Beach, Calif., as a result of his allegedly posing as a policeman to force a meeting with a girl. Conflicting careers is the reason given for Gloria Stuart. Universal actress, and her husband, Blair Gordon Newell, trying a trial sep- aration in an effort to save their marriage. A nlotion picture .studio projecr tion booth served as a courtroom for a Los Angeles judge when he looked and listened to evidence in a $1.- 000,000 plagiarism suit of Ina Kuhn, writer, against Metro. Plaintiff m leges studio's •'Mask of Death' wa« based on her 'God, Man, or Devil.' AUeged to have been puffing on a. clg In a Hollywood section closed to smoking because of fire hazards Margaret Sullajran, U actress, wm arrested and hailed Into court. Story told In I'oklo that plotters once sought to kill Charles Spehcer Chaplin, comedian, to force Japan into war with the U. s. has beeS termed fantastic by the actor. „^ 16-yearTOld youth arrested In Miami. Qkla;, for alleged connection with the $5,000 burglary at the Hol- lywood home of Gouverneur Mor- ris, novelist. Injuries received In an auto acci- dent, at Alha^hra, Cal., proved fatal to Mrs. James G. Doyle,. 66, wife of the former editor of the Seattle Wash., 'Post-Intelligencer.' ' Warren Hymer, actor, has been made, a defendant in a L. A. Supe- rior court suit flled by Marian B Schultz, nurse, who seeks $76,100 iii alleged damages. The suit asserted Hymer beat up the plaintiff. Community property valued at $600,000 sought by Kathryn Carver In a Los AngeleS' divorce suit filed against Adolphe Menjou, actor. Complaint alleges extreme cruelty. Bing Crosby, crooner, hired a bodyguard to protect his wife and new baby In their Hollywood home. Mary Miles Minter, former film star but now a landscape gardener, refused to prosecute her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, after a Los Angeles judge had suggested as much because of the manner in which Mrs. Shelby is alleged to have handled Miss Mlnter's money. ——... \ . Admitting a shipboard-vacation, engagement upon their. return to Los Angeles are Miriam Dewitt and Allan H. Simpson, actor's agent. Through efforts of the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences, 300 old-time troupers, many of them, in dire need, are to be given.prefer- ence on extra lists. Judgment agiainst Nina Wilcox Putnam, writer, for $220, balance due- on 12,000 francs which she as- sertedly borrowed from him in Monte Carlo, has been awarded Frank C. Keaney of New York, by a -Los Angeles Municipal Judge. Ethel Alverta Wilkin, known as Betty Vaughn on the radio,- seeks $26,000 heart balm damages in a Los Angeles Superior Court suit flled against Mrs. Dora Williams. Alleging she learned after she had lived with. Harold G. Huff for eight months that he had not ob- tained a flnal divorce decree from his wife, June Huff, actress, has flled suit in Los Angeles Superior Court for annulment of her mar- riage.' With the California senate about ready to confirm the appointment of Daniel O'Brien as a member of the state racing commission. Gov. Rolph said he was forced to. withdraw O'Brien's name as a candidate. An Increase In taxes from 62c to $1 on barrel beer, and from 26c°to $1 a gallon on brandy and 'vvhisky has been provided. In a bill passed by the California state senate at Sacramento. Estate of F. G. Bonfils, late Den- ver publisher, has been valued at more than $12,000,000 in an inherit- ance statement flled in Denver. Caroline Newell, actress, received an annulment of her marriage to Samuel Sokbl, of Chicago^ at San Francisco. Tango games in West Hollywood are out, L, A. sheriff says. Being too tied up in the strike, employees of the Fox studios had to postpone their annual picnic. . To spike divorce rumors, Nell Hamilton and his wiiCe deny reports they are to split. Pari-.mutuel betting on horse races has been assured by the Cal*-, fornia legislature with confirmation of the appointment of a throe-mem- ber racing commish. Ernie Triplett, auto racer, la-'d with serious injuries followirtg his third brush with death at the Ascoi speedway. Trial of Jean Gersten, 20, show- girl, charged with looting fl-""" from apartment of Dolores Key, ac- tress; ended abruptly V^hen the gi" pleaded • guilty and asked for pro bation. Hearing Aug. 14. Seeking a fllm contract. Addle McPhall. widow of the late Roscob Arbuckle. is in Hollywood. Current accounting of Mary Plcjt^ ford, fllm star, a? trustee for a J-s^'- (Continued on page o/;