Variety (Aug 1933)

Broadway Liouid Cline has gone public rela-' tions counfsel; Florende Ross has finished a play, •Tip; Tac^ Toe/ Arthur ITngar bf Variett's iflbliy- wopd office vlaltlng Niew York, Tominy Manyllle's first-night at- tendance percdntage holds to l.OQO, On cottimerfcial blUboardsl nowa- days about half the signs tLrt) bf beer. Best lobklngv.girl to hit the bill- boards in some time Is Palmolive's new Images ^ . Al drottlieb back from vacation and handling the Arthur Murray account again. Iggest weekday crowds on record at beaches, last week; the. hot weather break. Tropic temperatures made Brciad- way virtual steam room. Result manV clearer eyes. -t, Mrs. Edith Debus Jbnes, formerly In vaude; seriously ill at the Bound Brook (N, J.) hospital; rank Hale, former stage dancer, then government agent, ill. Dropped 60' pounds and in -better shape. Jeane Cohen ba<ik at the Colum- bia story editor desk in New; York, after three weieks off th«> Coast. The John .Hundleys don't care whether it sings baritone or; so- prano, but it'll be here in Septem^ ber. Jessie Reed's .daughter; .Ann Des- brow, is angling for a,spbt in, the Shubert Veirsloh of Zieggy Tol;- Salutation pf the town last week, as the boys r staggered into each other from the heiit, was /Can. you . ^take it?'; ... Russell Patterson' takes .over stu- dio of late Joseph Urban. Will re- tain: present staff and executevcur- rent, orders.' ' .' . Joe. Toal, who condiKited a. cafe ,:6n .38th street hear Sixth avehue patronized by Professionals^ dead of heart failure.^ J'acic QSterman claims it's the talk of the' town since VAWiEtY left his last . week's column :Winding up. on th^; cutting rbbm fioprV , Sam Harris returns Grant' to Its author, Arthur Goodrich, feeling it. Will be Inippssible to. get Paul :',Muril aWiEiy from pictures. Guido di Napoli has written a tone poem about Wiley Post's trip around .the world, entitled 'Afbuhd the World in Seven Days.' Roger Wolfe Kahn and his bride ..oft to the Riviera on a delayed hbneymooi}. Will covet grbiind by ; plane over there. Back to band In " falL ■ 'Moss Hart, Irving Berlin'^ fav^ orlte librettist, carried the aissocia tion further by- occupying the for mer Berlin iaipartment on West .46th street Not generally known that Sol Rosenblatt. ex-Nathan Burkan staff -attorney^ is related by marriage tb *Geh. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA admin- istrator Rosenblatt,. .cbdiJjL<ige_fbr. the entire amusement business, has. . a sister whb is a ccmpbser. Under the name of Aiin ^Ronhel ishe has written 'Rain : on. the Roof and •Baby's Birthday Party.' Bernie and Baker . milk farm at Harrison, N. Y.> is operated by sis- ters of Ben Bernie and Phil Baker,, ■reuniting-a fbrnler standard yaiide act billing. Lou (Roseland ballroom) Brecker's bid to take over the H. Hicks. 6th avehue soda fountainery fell through ^because of ■ "the rpcftivftra ha.ving. other ideas bn ternis. Irving Mills liked Paris so much that he missed the Majestic Aug. 3 and follows on the He de France al- though his Duke Ellington orchestra returned to U. S. pet schedule. Max Mintzhelmer, cloUilng man- ufacturer whom the widow bf Mar- cus Ijoew riecently wed; Is the fa ther- -ot La^JSelle. -31.?inche,--mlinlp.. She was in vaUde pfC Urtd; oh until recently; Buddy Rogers commutes by plane from Chi to NeW York for the shootirig of 'Take: a Chance' in As- toria, returning the .middle of the Week for his College Inn, Chi, en gagement with' his band.. Charlie Morrison: flew baclc. from Chicago in 4% hours , oh a Cbm- niercial plane and played bridge all the way. Which iisn't half as re- markable as Morrison'£f ■ bridge. Thby-call,. him;^.WithautrZEheTTopa Charlie;, _X-he—^^^iank-.—^dullys-:v-(3fAtu5rp£_ London C. M/Woolf tb recuperate at Mar eatei^ (ilarol Goodher on a caravan va cation..^ teoh M. Lion after lease ol: Ald-^ wy.ch theatre. Charlotte Greehwood and Martih iBrbones off to VenicCi Reilly and Comfort lining up re turn dates to Scotland. Bernard Shaw says new plav will be titled 'On the Rocks.' E. E. Ijyons' out of hospital and recuperating at Brighton. Margaret . Kenhedy writing heW play for EJlizabeth Bergner, Fred Terry left around $100,006 De Grbbt, viblinist, $160,000. Bert Firman and band oft tb Juan Le pins fbr summer seaspn. Sobby Ho^es squawking about his losises as hotel proprietor. Gordoh Selfridge. threw a party, July 26 for the Ely Culbertsbns. Romney Brent back in town with finished script of 'Nymph Errant.' - 'Mrs. Bluebeard' closed four weeks' run at the Gatrlok July 22. Carol Goodner just made satis jactbry film test-fb r Paul Lir- S.teln Ursula Jeah3 replacing Joan Barry in 'Proscehlum' .owlhgr to tonsil op eration. London has 23 theatres open agaih^t seven ih* New Ybrk and 13 m Paris.. Louis Gbldstelh, who took' over the Gasahpva restaurant a year ago, jahkrupt.' Gloria Gilbert held over at the Savoy hotels minus_ the eight Holly- wood girls. ; ' ". '■■ ' 'Ethelittd Terry doing a slimming act, with view of part of new Drury Lane show. English and visiting royal fam ilies flocking to see ;The Late Chris topher Bean.' ■ Arthur Wimperis now under ex- clusive. contract With, the London Film CbrpPratiPn.". . . WilliaSi Molllson" walking Jtrpund with tola Wife XJoan Glarkson) as if they are newly weds. . Robert Milton busiest producer around. 'Will do five new plays In the West-End in fall. .. " v ^ Henry Sherek off vaudeville for good', and now bhly talks about, plcr tUres iahd legit shows, , ' . . Those who saw both say BUd Flanagan's appendicitis cut la big- ger than his salary cut. Phil Howley, English producer, Is latest to have discpvered profitable sy stem to ..beat thd tabids. British International i ictures .thrbwing..JEaEeffiMl_JEMl!L^|2r.J??^ Daniels and friend husbandTT Yvonne Arnaud and Rpnald Squirb to team up again in new continental farce due arPiind fall Jane Baxter off to the Tyrol tor shots of Austrian background in filming Pf 'The Constant Nymph.' Earl of Lonsdale elected president of thir-Eccentric - Club,- replacing. Lord Burnham, who died recently. Oliver Baldwin, son of the ex- Premier, to be film critic of the British Broadcasting Co. in Septem- -berr- - C H AT T E Baker, American brgahlst, for his new supbr cinema at Edmonton, a London suburb. . : Louis iPrager and band chosen by R6y Fox to replace him-at Klt-Cat during bis two months' tour In Sbuth ot France. Gecil Leitch, . famous , ^oman golfer, now director of Cinema House, Ltd., which controla clr6ult of picture houses. Gertie Lawrence patiently wait- ing at Sbuthampton for the arrlv^ of the •Berengarla,' to prefet Doug- las Fairbanks, Jr." Nice,' Flbrlb and Lubow back from Siouth of France so tanned that Harry S'qater • sugeeslbd they go in .the colored show. Wilson, KeppeV and.Betty out : of Wallace Parnell §ow revue* due to Charles Cochran not releasing team frohn Trocadero ioiibaret. i>roVlhclaI patttohiilme producer wants Nina Maie McKlnney to play Man Friday In Ghrlstmas panto? mime^ •Robinson Crusoe.*; 'When Ladi^ Meet' closes three months' run at the iiyrio, July 29, when Marie Tempest and Owen Nares Will take, it on tour. ' Victor McLagrien "saying nerts to the suggestion made by John Staf- ford that he play here another cou- ple-weeks without extra dough. Adrian Brunei, film producer, -claims kinship to the: .Brunei,. -diesign6r-ot:thei:-Tham6s-tuhn6l-rand- sonie of London's famous bridges. ; Vaudeville • theatre" management give liheii jacket 'to 'customers in the Stalls which' they can substitute for evening, dresa in thpse hot tlmQS. Ji.'Harold Murray trying to con- vince Oscar Hammersteitt that 'East Wind'- would be a e^ood bet for Lon^ dbn, with'himself In ihlnd for thfe 16ad. Bradbury Pratt Injunctlng.- Daye Burnaby' Sind 'Henri Leonl from using the name 'Kasbek' for their new club, which now changed to the 'Cbssack.' ' Bierim By F. M« MahMM Gitta Alpar is to appear at the Empire TheatrS, Paris: in •Victoria and Her Hussar.' The L G, Farben rftwrt an In creased home sale of-raw. film in the second tiuarter of this year as against. Id20. Export market was about the same as Isust year. D. L. S. Film- will produce a new film drama, 'The Black Whale/ jfipunded upon the story of Pagnol's •Fanny' With Emll Janhings and Paula Wessely in the Star roles. Max Relnhardt is to stage 'The Wast6r"^ at his Josefstadter Theatre the winter. Gustav Paris By Betilah Livinaitoh* Gaby Morlay off to Nice-for a rest Julia - Marlowe' iti town at the Crlllon, -f Lily Dafhita spending seVei^l weeks at the Hotel Royal In Deau- ville. French Wbmen all wejarlhg the new mesh-wb^^k fabric or perforated kid gloves. ' ; ^ . UFA film, "The Fugitives," is be Ihg adapted for its French version jy Henri Chomette. • £far)e Talbot and Beth Berrl are both touring Belgflum and the Ri^ viera In dance recitals. Exhibitors' from France, Switzer- land and Belgium gathered here for 1 he For Films salds.cpnyention. irvln Miarks, baclc f rom Le Tou- quet, overheard talking, show- bl» with,A. Blumenthal at the George .V; Several German refugees of the stage world have started ia robye ment to launch a German thieatre In Paris, ■ , ' ■ Marlene, Dietrich has . taken to wearing ehbrmbus black wings of birds of paradise as her la,test head- dress. {, Mller Lylie Vlllars:haa.rfi!tumeA to. fhbcaBTof^Ttottdlse-^st'"^^ Athenee, which is keeping open all siimhidr; •Ten Minute Alibi,' Anthony Arm strong's London success npw b.eins presented , in Bi^ris by thb Edward Sterling English Players. •Yvett* and Her Children,'^ the play by Magdeline de Zpirhebi ,wiU reopen: at " the Studio des. Champs Elysees early in. Septeh*bfer. . James t>ale, author of the tbndon succt>ss» •Wild justice,* hire to asf slst the English Players' production of hla " crime story at the. Albert _I.. • PrisclUa' and Lacey Kasther thbwing a i)arty for the new Paris chief of United Artists, jack Koer- pel, and the Arthur Kellysi here from N.IY. C. Ida—Rubensteln. _.wilL create _ the title role of the new melodrama- spectacle, ,'Semlramis,' by Paul Va- lery, to be presented at the Opera next November. The Apollo Is going ahead rapidly since adopting the policy of showing regularly the two fuU-len^th Amer- ibah films in original versions with French subtitles. - Baron Balentlne Mahdelstam. French adviser to several Hollywood studios, recovering f rom an bpera- tibn and will nbt return to, the coast until October, jpatil Swan, erstwhile solo dancer Bncharest dut edition of 'American Trag- edy* published at 10 cents. Dlda Solbmon revelling in geniii le Roumanian grills iat Jancu's llarle Voronca preparing new vdfci ume of poems under title •MaiS Contracts pending for Roumanian language production of 'Outwatft Bound.' " Minister Tilea off to Sibiu for th^ unveiling of Poet George CoShbuc^ monument. ' Vi&tor Eftlnilu completed a farci 6alled - ' 'Nepomtlk' with genultaS American setting. National, theatre planning 'Thf SbuiiOf^ J^lcholas Snyders' with Buh finsky playlhff lead. Tony- Bulandra back from Budei«. pest after starring in Roumaniaii talker version of .'Ghbst Train.' Madame Bulahdra regards Fred« erlck Lohjsdale's 'Never Come Bactf as wlttl'est>^Qpmedy for a decade. ' ■ Soarlat .-Fjroda. saw 9 shows dur< Ing'lO days'Stay in London. Agre^^ ably surprised by the standard <^ productions. ' ■' ion Mtirin Sado'Veanu fbllowliic UP"-his.lectures with a new series, oh Eugene O'Neill, Seon O'Casetf and, maybe, Lord DUnsany. " By E. P. Jabobi - Saiarlea.in State theatres reduced by'. ah average of 30%. - JFovftrtSSll QErette T heatr e to re* -ppen-in" August ajs a variety stage;; Camp picture theatre, seating 4,000 to be built ■ at GpdoUp for 'Wbrld Scout - Jamboree. -Legit' and' picture theatre, seaso.n fcur weeks longer, than other years* oh account of cool" weather. V. W. Geil,-Fox's central European mahiager, here to discuss policy witii Charles Matzner, local executive. Transport expenses for Hungar* Ian films within the. country reduced by 50%, in order tb propagate their exhibition; Instead of 14 'first-week' de luxe theatres, We lire tb have only eight in 'the coming. season. Remaining six will take pictures bn second run only, Munibipality making things easier for picture theatreja during the sum- -mer-^eason by reducing- amusement - tajt to 3% for sound and 1,4% for silent pictures from May. to Sep- tember. 'Back Street,' running for sixth week at Radius, is probably the first picture seen, here Which is. en* thuisiastically commended by high- brows and the press and yet has enormoiiiB popular appeal* Erzsi Pechy, musical comedy prima donna, gravely ill in hpspital since almost a year.: Can't afford it^ so the elite of the theatrical prp« fpssion arranged select and expend sive garden party fpr her benefit* with excellent results. at. Viennia in mo . .jf^ui owaxv oi.sn.YTf*"" JgaldauJa-tO-Play yalentliL_.AtJheJ^tngned naint er and sculpt or, Is hpld^ | • - — . .-yy . .. . . . , . .^^ »»w... xta.\^r>i>. _rrhtin{» win -^hl¥itIon 6t his ct«yam>br-= =^ig ht -liew n lght-.clubST:W|th-V,a— Sfits? kmdn^ which, ae several o.^«^t«a erettinc ready for. studies of RaqUel Meller; Nice), Including Alice and Skippy, .are coming in on the 'tlex;' leaving the Riviera and their Villa "Variety Aug.. 10. They'll domicile at J. P. McEvoy's hienage at Woodstock, N. Y.i while oii the NeW ifork o. o. First Broadway flag pole tb fly the NBA blue eagle flag was the Playhouse's. Permission was ac- corded William A. Brady, who pio- neered the formation of the. quickly ^-framed-leglt=showiGbde.==:.Qnly=thQSfi. whP have sighed the code have gov- ernment sanction tp ! exhibit the emblem. . , j,. Louis Fischer, son-in-law of the original John Beisenweber, is un- usual in that he took iip gblf at 60 and how, aged 63, he can consist- ently break 100. Fischer incident- ally plans to revive a ReisenWeber s near Broadway, with repeal; and install John (P^yiUpn Royal) Stein- berg In'bharge, Lily Damlta looking for picture hook-up in London, With British International iPictures likely con- cern.""" „ Max Laemmle over from Franc.e for a couple days, tb confer' with Frank Ditcham,' English Universal chief. ^ ,^ t Cohtrary to reports, Geraldo, not leaving Savoy hotel. - Just changing his gauchb band into, a dance band proper.- - ■—— Chariot's 'How; D'You Db^ revue at the Cbmedy, how in second edl- tiph, considered improvement on original. British Broadcasting Corpora tion exjperimehtlng with, woman an- nouncer, Mrs, BQrrett, .and she is a Tawny NfiUsbn, of Deeca Record- ing Company, getting all the avails ablej^merlgan talent to disfi^fprjier, cbmpahy."" ~ \, , ^ Will Fyffe looking fo r potential heavywefpirboxer in ScbtilShTrilfK^ lands, prepared to f.nahpe him till proficient, same theatre, Helene -TH'mlg W4ll star in Jean Cbcteau's play, 'The Voice;' A new Mbnt lane film is In prep aratibn by the Cine Allianz. Dr. Arnold Fanckj. the director of •White Hell Of Pltz Palu,' 'Storm Oyer Mont Bianc' and 'S. O. S. Bis berg'-has engaged- Selp Rlst for the principal'part. Berlin's principal long run' The JLtrCr the Capitol, to open on Aug 3, with tiie new Eurbpa Film 'Whal _Now-^Llttle Man,' from the Fallada novel. The book is by Herbert Sel- pin and Dr. Fritz Wendhausen, the latter .also directing the film. Mexico Gty Cops after the beggars .againj chasing tjieni.bff the Htftin Stems. National Aiitl-Chinese Lea gue has ordered sbciararid "business "b'byc^tt' agaihst all - Mexicans who marry Chinese. Rainy seasbn'ij started with a deluge. Every evening fblk are.re 1 inded bf the old name of Mexiicp, i). F^_thi9 Venice bf America. ■Federal government being urged to make catering to American tour- ists feature of the six-year plan of constructionL-andpother, action- djit- ing next presidential term, 1934-40 Press and 'public clamoring for "restoration Of tWiaeath TJehalty-for murder. National attorney-general Bannister Howard reviving 'Belle of New York' for one mPnth at the Garrlck on 60-W'basis with A. E Abrahams. Jerltza,„ opera singer, due here soon tb appear in an English ver- sion of a filming , of 'Grand Duchess .Alexandra.' : Adrian_Brunel to xiirect 'Laughter of Fools? fllmizaflon bfTrrFTMaTf^ by's stage play, for George Smith's productions. ^ . This year's Royal Tournament at Olympla yielded around $70,000 in profits—considerably less than the previous'year. Jack Curtis escorting Mrs. Harry Cohn around London while hubby busy supervising first Columbia pic- ture over here. Sydney Bernstein importing Don reports 78 homicides in the Federal District alone in the past three and a half years; since imprispnment was substituted fpr capital punish- ment Week's best neWs story: Mexican playboy, of Mexican-Irish parent- age, blew in a fortune here, became a cab gigolo^ took tj dope^ spent two years in the governmeh';'s nar- mt6^adiclsrasylumr^H6ra;=tt6^W found by lawyers seeking .heirs. to estate of his mother, who died four years ago in New York City. Dope fiend would have receivetl a couple of million had he not cheated him- self out bf that by being a rowdy boy, violating clause that if he mis- behaved bulk of estate must go to charity. However, he gets around ,"6 grand a year from returns bn part of estate's investments. Paree's most beautiful and^datlHg dancer in the alltogether, Colette Ahdrls, has recently published a novel entitled 'Unp Pansuse . Nue, wlrohjs already cn .the bes-.-seller list. ~~ Paris taxi girls receive 90 cen times out of the franc and a half charged for- each -dancer- which. means-they earn an average of less than $2 an evening for 30 to 40 dances from -9 to 12:30. In summer revue, •Whoppee Whoopee,' now being rehearsed by Marshall.Hall, -with a S'rench_.and American cast, Oskamon, erstwhile Indiah actor of •Greenwich Village Folies' and 'Hitchy Koo,' plays the leading part. The Mittistre de I'jflr h^s abcbrd ed his oflicial patronage to the Henri Lecoin-Pierre -Marechal. :productlPn of 'L'Avion Blanc,' fbr .p.. E. G. Films; in which 50 pilbts and their planes from the Bourget escadrlUe will take part. J. B. Wittereld, p. a. .for the Am b»s£iadeurs restaurant'-cabarst, had tlae bright idea of puttihg In a trout stream, on the new terrasse. First guest tb catch a ilnh.. during the cpektaii hour each day is awarded, a free dinner check. M. Lassie z, pres. of the .French Cinemas UirrbnT^and-^llled'- iTidusr- tries; fost no time rushing off lo Vichy tP discuss plans with' Premier Deladler for a protest against the heW French restrictions on impor- tation and release of foreign films While Ceclle Sorel goes from the Comedie-Francalse to the Casino de Paris next fall, Bscande, who shares with the star's husband the billlrig of leading man, ia reversing the or- :der^ofJ-thing3=by^being^enga ged-for, the Comedie-Francalse in 1934 after his music hall appearances. Pola Negri has been taking Ital- ian lessons, so as to speak French with the proper accent in her role Of - Rossirte Savelll, historical Italian street singer, in 'Fanatisme.' Film Starts production Aug; 1 at Join- ville. The Negri role was originally created on the speaking stage , by Rejane. riety programs getting ready for: fall campaign. 'Casanova? 'Pompa- dour,' 'Thieves' Bar,' reconstruction of former 'Pele Mele,' 'Alpine Vil- lage,* 'Serail,' 'Alhambra'* and 'La Bbheme' are the promising names under which they are to be run. Three will be financed by girls wh» haTe~"made~mbney^y-danclng-in similar clubs abroad* List of Hungarian film repatriates from Hitler^s Berlin Francy-Gaal,. Szoke S?akall, Erno Szenes, Erit© Verebes, actors; Istvan Szekeiy, di- rector; Geze Czffrav J'^^^'^^X' Charles Noti, scenarist; Paul Abro^ ham, Miklos Brodszky, Joe Hajoa, composers; Miklos W"?**"* Bigner. Tiber Halmay also cam^ away out of sympathy for his col- leagues, although Hitler has notttr ing against him. IndianapoGs By Bill Kiley Charlie Olsen in town, and out Ken Collins crashing the socieiy '''j?Sr'-Doliy up from Loulsvllie about the Apollo. .. ^ aI'- Frank Sharp, WFBM program cii rector, at Lyric screening. "Henry- BUYtoh" only non-worrying manager in show business. -l - .paramount ,Ca.ub-aM Trees gg ting all the nightie buslnessway from the older oases. r.haoiL • Sweito, Louisville, and Llbsoiw Cincy, looking over empty Keim- but hot saying anythlhg. ^ ' Draught beer is bke "/o^^® it, but don't try to haul it or mj? state police will get you. ^ Broad Ripple park setting w« best publicity for many summer-. Mitchell is the boy's .nanio-. .m =^.BrowmGounty. Rey.eler3,^wIth n^^^^ billy, music; tripled gross^ sales w. a health drink over WFBM, ^ Sigh m garage: Car tightened au over $3. Just where needed, Maybe you can Aeeer itj^ut. ^ Tearing up the sidewalk arou Block's department store m heart of the theatrical levee. ^ Policeman gives cigar j;0 j Nicholas, peerless press ^'^^^^J' the Lyric, thereby making news.