Variety (Oct 1933)

S8 VASIETY TIMES SQVARE Tuesday, October S, 1933 East Ethel Barrymore Colt fliied a aawbuck In White Plaln$ court Thursday, 28. Only going 60 miles an hour, but the limit's 36. , Topping the bull fiddle loser, Al- biert Kelly, of Brooklyn, not only mislaid his automobile but his best girl. Reported his loss to the cOps ■who gathered in the car and the girl. Unable to drive* she had waited more than two hours in the parked boat; Wreckers spoil the Monroe, pic- ture theatrej 1456 First Ave., Wednesday night ; (27). Bound the night watchman, then destroyed screen apparatus and sieats. Paral- leling the Brooklyn Windsor inci- dent of: last week- in which the watchman was killed. Damaged to the e;stent of 1^4,000. Labor troubles, over, projectionists. Eugene O'Neill announces he's working on a play, on the. early California gold rush days. It will be several years before it's done, for it's to run .serially for. four .nights. ' Vivian, Hart, asking $25,000 from. Othine Labs. Alleges their freckle remover scarred her neck and shoulders. Once awarded $100,000 on the same charge; but verdict Was Set a^ide by . higher court.' , . ' Fannie Brice gets the .con- ;tract for the newt 'Follies.' • Wedding of Themara Swirskaya,: dancer, to Frederick .G. Fischer, halted When his family ! obtain.'his commitment on lUnacy charges'and puts him In Bloomingdale. He was .'taken there. Tuesday <27), and-his friends charge the commitment papers were not issued until the following day. . Tamara Geva out of dance direc- tion of 'GoWns by Roberta* to .re-- hearse, for 'The Divine Drudge,' in .which ishe'll have a dramatic part. Surrogate grants letters of, ad- -ministration to Herman: Llvepight, son of ■ deceased publisher, who died intestate,. No real- property and personal assets of less than. $600. i-.i I I i.):in;iiri ti i-n-J^i.w.] n n n.gt nn u:m i i i i i i i u i > > n j i, i i j 11.; i n i i n i n n i 11111 I I I I n I I M I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I r News From This departtnent contdim ietointith iheQirical ne1»a Hems as published during the Week in the dail}f pnpen 0/ Neiof York, Chicago, San Franci&cOi Hvllyfr^ood and London, Variety takes no credit for these neitfs item; each has been rewritten from d daila paper. I i tTnHMti'bf>i-i t.uin^tjra?r*>™Ti'»"M-w^w^ on the air. It Is called 'Bud and Bob*. Bernice Altstock finally left Phoe- nix and Is free-lancing in southern California studios—film and radio, Mid-West Sheffield Clark, of Nashville. Ifhe.iof the partnership. Alleges Paley is not convicted, he'll be ireturned claimed the full commission and de- to New Jersey to stand trial for the nianded thait the firm be dissolved, murder of Lawrence N. Shead, Pat- . Francine La^ pit the boat ei-son theatre manager. prKJay- Tells ship reporters she ^ tT..*p-,„ A-nv^r/i Von several good plays abroad. George Hoffman ^"d, Arr»old Van Blane and Leslie Banks Oh the eer testified last week in the di- ^ construction company. Accusing officials ahd Seymour of conspiracy, Millard also charges he was slugged iy Raynor and Seymour, ■ Beatrice Blinn Wilbur^ legit ac- tress, last :wei9k garnlsheed- salary lications Leer vorce suit, of Mrs. Jack Hess against the press agent. She was. ill, so they said they went arid got an eye- ful of a girr in: his room in black lace teddies.: Decision, reserved. I same ship. Eleanor Fitzgerald to be g.m. for productions at Little theatre this season.:. belmah '& .Rocke , productions fussing over a 'Revels'. Maybe George Buchanan F'ife, old 'World' Gilda Gray and OliVe Borden, Ben man: and latterly a free-lance, tells court he owes $1,600, but added hopefully he, has $2 with which to help pay it. Fox Films engages Suzanne Kaaren^ who was athletic champ While at Hunter college not so long ago. Since then she's been with the Hedgerow theatrei Adelaide Hall, Negro revue star, causes the arrest of Lawrence P. Mingeyi charging she gave him $2^- OQO with which to buy a parcel of real estate in Larchmont. Alleges . , , she never received a deed or-return 1 sibljr fatal injuries, of the cash. ^ Ted Heailey's former wife, Betty, in a Bridgeport "court about a $5,- 000 note she didn't pay. Secured by some property at Darlen so the Government, which holds a tax lien for $1,203 over the property named co-defehdantv Sinclair Lewis is not writing a play. He's, 'trying his hand at dra matufgy Oakland and Jimmie Dyrenforth working on the hook. One press announcement says 'tTndeslrable Woman' is. postponed to Oct. 9 because the theatre is not ready. -Another had It that it's the Play that needs conditioning., i?atricia Bowmaia to quit Radio Center Music Hall for the 'Follies'. Sylvia Sidney, has a, second.throat operation on her return home. Ex- pects to go to coast shortly.- Young. Stribling loses his left, foot in a crash near Macon, . Ga; Pos- bther husbah^. Crane Wilbur, who Isappearing in 'Dlnnei" at Eight' in 'the loop. Petition set forth Mrs. Wilbur had a Judgment for $1(7.40 against Wilbur in Nov., 1932, under separation agreement.. Connie Beaver and Marguerite Hitzinan, pianists, are the two oldr- est regular features over WOWO, Fort Wayne. Maurle Neumann, formerly of WOWO, Fort Wayhe;^now gaining large fan mail over WLW, Cincin- nati/ Sally Rand and Sam Balkin, op- erator of the Paramount cafe, I dropped complfiints. agaiiist each other and case was. dismissed. Suit Prince. Serge Mdlyani cites In L:.A. court in answer to wife, Mary McC.brmic, that she met . Samuel Insull, secretly, .several times In . _ 1931-32. She's seeklnisr separate It's' about the civil war. I maintenance. Theresa Helburn to direct 'Mary of. Scotland^-ior-tha Guild. Musicians' Emergency Aid ask- ing for help. Gut of funds. David B. Finestone, of the Shu- Sidney Franklin, bullfighter from berts arid various other theatre ac Brooklyn; in a Barcelona hospital tivities at his home iri Bogota, N. J. for ah old gore wound received General collapse, three, years ago. Not serious. Stanley Sykes, chauffeur, suing J. A. C. Blumenthal hopes to have. j. Shubert for $5,000 on assault tBight Bells' into the Hudson charge. Says Jake socked him and around^ Oct. 23. English hit. chucked hins out of the car when . Mpnlcar gets a degriee. Now It's ^e refused to obey the command to •Doctor Monica/ Two-thirds of cast engaged, Nazimova and Bea trice: de Neergaard. One to fill. • Forget 'For God and Country.' It's 'Virtue on Horseback' now. step on the gas. Stage Relief Fund down to Its last $600. Must quit unless aided Mrs. CuU'en- Landls, actor's- wife, freed in-£[oll3^ood court- on - charge of reckless giving. Hoot Gibson told a L. A. Superior court judge that he had 96c., but owed about $8;000. AS a result of ah. auto accident, Mildred Lehrman, 16^ actress; is pro- hibited from driving, a car for five years by Juvenile Judge Pratt's ruling In L. A. Mrs. Richard Diz gets custody of her 10-months-old daughter after Mexican' divorce from the actoir. Rita La Roy hais separated In N. T. store trying , to revive the L. A. .from her husband, Ben Hersh- ntJ^"I.^^Z.^'L'l''i^*\'''^^^r I IB puzzle, which was a craze 40 I field, artist's agent Dlvorce_case of Helen Vogel Stern I yej^g ^go. Dolled up to sell for a| Valerie Burr, former Hollywood against Alllison L. S. Stern enlivened by the showing of 16 mic. motion pictures showing how peaceful Mrs. Stern's life was before Mrs. Ruth Erlanger Nathan pulled out Allison's shirt tail, on. a dance floor. This, Mrs. Sterns claims was the start of the triangle. Max Steuer's Idea. . Robert Elliott Burns, escaped Georgia convict, who was taken back after Warners' produced his Ami a Fugitive From a Chain Gang,' asking for a pardon, which was refused dollar, but still the old ten-center, actress, has received $10,000 Iri Reversion to Standard time about damages from Herbert Pagel, as a doubled the calls for the telephone result of Injuries received In an auto time signal accident. Greenwich (ConnO Playhouse re- Superior Judge Roth has ruled opened for an eight weeks' sub- Alan Dlnehart* actor, must answer scription season. ^^e $260,000. breach of promise suit Clayton McMltchon's Georgia of Betty Kaege, actress. Wildcats, a new hilly-billy troupe Carmel In Santa Monica damaged on WGT's roster, playing theatre by fire to extent of $15,000. Owned dates on the side. by WCrHoUywood Co. Charles Weisbecker, 2nd, strips Divorce papers against Max Baer the flat of his wife, who is about to havie beien filed In Mexico by Dorothy tj,«»j„ i ^ , ^ divorce him. Leaves only part of Dunbar, actress. « uroaaway theatre, dark for some Uhe furnishings of one room. She Delinquent May 1 coupons on time, leased to Stanley W; Lawton, jg the former Elsie Hamilton, ShoW-r Alexander Pantages and Lois Pan- Who is operating the Co^an on a giri. tageis flrst mortgage 6% bonds are —cheap grind policy. WilLifollow the Booming the Chrysler tower with being paid, brokers announce, same scheme at the second spot. Up offer of prizes for best photos Richard L. Woods, 1«, son of using double bills. made from that building. Harry Woods, actor, burned'when •Tuesday (26) Earl CiarroU caused prime' Carriera, sailing gaturday he tossed a match Into gas eoaked the arrest of Walter Perciyal, prez, (30), boarded the Conte dl SavOia trash. and Frederick Marshall, business in midstream to evade process serV-1 John Huston, son of Walter Hus agent Of the United Scenic Artists ers waiting on the dock. ton, absolved of blame In connection on a charge of conspiracy growing Globe theatre, B'way housie play- with death of Tosca Roullen, 23, In out of the recent controversy over ing revivals, stench bombed Satur- a Hollywood traffic accident, the scenery for'Murder at the Van- day night. Management started to Mrs. Mary Ford, wife of John ities,' Case will come up Oct. 10. return coin to some. 200 patrons, but Ford, director, injured when she. fell Eugene Gooissens, of, Cincinnati.[police needed to hold mob in line. | from her hubby's car In Hollywood orch. back; home with the Score of [ House denies labor trouble, but this a new op under his arm. Arriold | is the second demonstration. ,1 ^-, Exhibitors at the radio show re- l.hirSlirA port about $1,500,000 worth of husi- | vmvogy ness done. Mostly , low priced, sets. lir?^^''^^^ - ^-'^^ A. Cavallo. president of the Akron Beacon Journal Is.creatlrig much Interest With its newest radio tie-up with WADC here titled Voice Behind the News.' Ben Ludy, most recent addition to the staff of WIBW, the Capper Pub- station, TOpeka, comea from Des Moines, la., where he was, associated with the Coolldge Adveiv tising Co. Prior' to .that. time, he was merchandising ^director at .an Omaha radio, statioii,- W. F. Copeland, .for. two years manager station WHBCr Canton, Ohio, is now identified with station WICC, Bridgeport, Conn, Stein Quartette Tls due tb rate a, commercial soon bviep WADC, Akron. Program is about, set. Ftiley Miner now doing ' flashers, for WHBO, Canton, former Canton and Marion, riewspaper man. Denny Thom^Pson's band, due hack started two weeks ago oyer mutual hit the Mayflower hotel, Akron, soonj socks on a salary disagreement. Kyiii have a regular spot again on Roslta .Carmen, fan dancer in Chi, -vv"ADC Akron, received a postponement of her'case uanriinp- tho miiior until Oct. 13. Charged with Inde- l^O" :<^?r<iray Is h^^ cent exposure. ^. announcing assignments , at WHBC, Harold Rand, bi-other of Sally Canton. ^ ko,.i, of wovv Rand, and her colored maid. Mattle I, I^e Goldsmith l>ack^^^^ Wheeler, charged with resisting an Covington, Ky., In c^^^^ officer, resulting from their attempt ideas and ^^'^^^^.^'J.Pl^^'^^^tZ to block the arrest of the dancer at Pfrtment; ^inget now sup^^ the Chicago theatre,'drew a post- vising effects for studio programs ponement of their case until Oct. 18. at^this station; Directors of the Streets of Paris Crosley^mo Corp. glncy, wh^^^^ concesslori at the World's Fair filed operates WLW ^^^^.^^^^^^^^^ a protest last, week after the Reh- ' ™«n,.fantures receivine sets, has dezvous club in the concession was raided arid a slot machine confis- cated. manufactures receiving sets, irioreased help and/ output In latter department by 60%; 2.100 on pay- roll arid, dally, output of 3,000 sets, with production 12 days behind orders. ^ . WFBE, Clncy,' airing home foot- ball games of U. of C, with Harry Hartman, station's sports an- nouncer, arid Joe Linneman, ex-grid star of school; at mike; these go ta the five biggest companies J broadcasts^ . J*^^**^ ,,ffnS^ with trinle interests Thev are I Xavier, only other college in Cln- wlth tripw interests. They are 1,^ does not etherize its pig- Paramount, Warners, RKO, Metro, contests. and Fox. j^gjj Davis: series' sponsored by The reriiainder of the Hays mem- I Beech-Nut Packing Co. on regular Producers ' Idea (Continued, from page 4> ber companies should be virtually | NBC;WJZ_net^ classed with Independents will bo itatively reported from the Haysian | su'ppianted by a 'fiesh- cast from meetings ■ It was this same group of five which split .with such, other' Hays c'onipanies as Columbia^ United Artists, Universal, Goldwyn and Twentieth Century last .vreek over what was described, on Monday, by several of the company conferees. Crosely talent. ™.^.t, Don Hoge. formerly with WCAH, Columbus. O., is now announcing for WSAI, Ciricy. , ^ - , Dr. Glenn Adams has started his Sixth consecutive year of dog talks on WLW, Clncy; he's a physician and not a veterinarian. Walter Vogt is added to the com- as 'too much of a mess' to attempt I blned 'staff of^ IfOIL-ICFAB. Vogt comes from Abilene, Kansas, and was before that in Lincoln KFAB studio. D. Dirks will represent KOIL- KFAB-KiFOR at .N.A.B. conven- tion at White Sulphur Springs. Harry Burke will fill John Glllln'a shoies while Glllln lis departed to White Sulphur Springs. . Ed - Burdlck and his Morning Health club comes from KOIL to to describe.' In a nutshietll, one of the major reasons for the break was, that regardless of. star raiding and all its accoutrements, those who have the - stars want to keep them sewed up until the end and those who haven't want; them as soon as they can be made available, In the event tha"t the triple ad libretto. The Bennett wrote the story Of 'Don Juan.' Louis K. Neu, Georgia crooner, taken from Patersori. N. J. last week to New Orleans, where he will answer to the charge of killing \\New Yoric Theatres ¥:%>Vi_ RKO Wtd, to FrI., Ott. 4-6 t 81'» .ST. «> ^y**v.|" 86**^ ST* Mux.«yi.. "WHAT PRICE IN NOCEN CE?" Alao at 86th St. "I Have Lived" LOCIVS On Screen "marLENE DIETRICH In THE SONG OF SONGS' ON SCREEN "STAGE MOTHER" iCnVAV with Alice Brady 1» IN PERSON B08WELL SISTERS Gasollnrtknk exploded at the Commercial Bro^^ Service Trenton state fair Saturday (30) 1"! Sa^inSw^ai^ti, ?*^^^^^^ iiifinn- 98 in/<iiininp 1R firemen and POMce last week after a woman had Jive^e'mS^S'''^^^^^ and fatally Injured by amusement ride. No fatalities, but P"^ *"'^*>' jnany badly burne d by the spraying . Le onard . ,Leon was last . wieek fluid. ^ - - . rcTearea~or^harges of" disorderly Frances Creel. daughter of . conduct and carrying a concealed Blanche Bates Creel, hopped to San weapbri, but still riiust go to trial for Francisco, where her dad's NBA ad- assault on Rusty Nixon, flower girl mlnlstirator. She'll'be back when at a World's Failr Cabaret 'Jezebel* goes into rehearsal. cella Perlman Is suing her pic-. Tallulah Bankhcad's Sister, Eu- ture operator husband, Milton Perl- genla, changes her mind about that mari, for separate maintenance In seventh marriage and tears up the I Chicago. Married In 1928. Pro- London mairrlage license. tested over sriiall allowance iCbr her- Philllp Merivale hops from Holly- self and her two Children. ii°<s^^t*?«'^Hi^f^r%h?r^^^^^^^^ .Emmett Qulnn, steward of the ^'^T&il^ Jif^ Operators' Union In Chicago, was wJit^lfinn^ I n«?7et^^&^^ Jast week of charges of as- Wine Institute to offset French and gauit n^ninst oivflft nqte^hAP? #m German efforts. Spent $700 for tele- !™/^**"^' Ciy*l© Osterberg, op phone directories for addresses. „ « . . ^ ^ Washington takes action on com-1 Mary McCormlc wired her at plaint of Indiana state police re- Forneys on the coast to be ready to gardlng a CBS broadcast from "'e a cross-bill as soon as WIND, Gary, regarding a fictitious Serge Mdivani's bill for divorce IS fight between police. and escaped 0^ t^e Los Angeles court record, convicts. CBS claims broadcast William Hogan,.unemployed stage- was ^substantially correct,' but fires harid, list week shot Fi'ank Olsen, -"the"^bTDadca^tei^:for^g.olner=ofe--halt =secretary=of-=the*=ehlcago=Theatr cocked. _ .. Protective Union, and then shot Operators of Linden (N. j.) dog himself, Hogari; declared he shot track held bn charges- of alleged Qlsen because he wanted to see a gariiWlng:, disnilssed by Judge, who new man in the secretary's place, finds charges not. proven. • Both, will probably recover. Jam over commission on radio S. S. Millard, former ow'rie'r of engagement of Geo. M. Cohari the Old Mexico concession at the breaks up the law firm of Paley & I World's %.ir, has filed suit to gain Htfb wiHUmt Edwin C. Hill Martin, his counsel. Guy Martin filed suit in tho Supreme court. Fri- day (29) to restrain Herman Paley from disposing of any of the assets possession again, naming :as de fendants the. Fair, Abe Raynor, present operator Of the .show, and Charles Seymour, president of the South mlnlstrative network,: especially thQ broadcast his dally, dozen twice grievance department, doesn't get | every morning, WOW, Omaha, far in Washington, HaySiteis are Willing that double features, forc- ing shorts with features arid even score charges be'omitted from men- tion in any code. They concede that such omission will enable them to continue the practises but point out that if any is carried to excess it riiay be subject to investigation by amelioratiori committees,. On the matter of standardizing high salaries, that's fairly certain to remain dead. JSadia-CliatteLi (Continued from page 41) Following his. appointment by Co- lumbia News Service. Neal Barrett of Oklahoma City's KOMA, started fiashes on the Urchel trial. Besides supplying CBS, Barrett also Informs Edwin C. Hill. George Hogan, two years an-, nouncer for the Phillips 66 program and until recently KOMA^ Oklahoma City, mike man, has chucked the biz for a spot with. his brother In the John Hogan Adv. Co., Kansas City:- -—- ----- Recent ruling Ig Six Football against broadcasting of games knocked Juicy, contract for KOMA, The two-Charlies are .also fishing I Oklahoma. City. . Tiriie was to have partriersi been sponsored by a big public util Bob Redd of KGW, Portland, got Ity. This spot will how be filled a well deserved' break.. Now with with Columbia game broadcasts, the dramatic dept. of NBC at S, F. takirig^ air play and subsequent pub Bob was oniQ of the burjg's boys who llclty away frorii local contests. . made good on the ether. Bob Graham, Oklahoma Leglsla Carey Jennings, alias 'Bill,' won ture big-wig arid author Of state's the coriiblnisttlon sales maniagerShip beer, bill. Secured , by. KOMA to dpi of KGW-KEX, Portland. Bill Is a nightly rehash of the Urschel kid Just back from a biz getting trip to I nap trial proceedings Seattle, where: his units, have a, tie- up with ICOMO. Montag Fireside Hour signed up again after a flve-ryear contract ended with KGW, Portlarid. New Statlorts taking the Chandu discs are KXA. Seattle;. KWJJ, Portland; KOBE, Eugene, Ore.; and, KMED; Medford, Ore. ^Tom—Denton^^ow^^ad-vertlsIng" manager for a laundry concern. Was formerly with advertising de- partment of KTAR, Phoenix. Eugenia Wills, who was appear- ing, in sweetheart program over KTAR, Phoenix, not doing anything how. Richard Heath, advertising man- ager for KTAR, Phoenix, was one of the Organizers Of the NRA Vic- tory parade; Bud Rule has finally placed a skit E. C. Sutton, until this week an advertising writer, replaces Paul Kennedy as continuity and pub-r llclty head at WKY, Oklahoma City NBC relayer. Kennedy after two years iri studio- goes back to. re- porter's desk with the Oklahoman. LeGrande Everett, WBT program director and former football star at the^UTiiverslty^Of"=North=ear^llnai=^ doing football program Monday, Wednesday arid Friday nights at 10:45. Letters last week from Gronland,. Molung, Sweden and from ..Temuka, South Asland; New Zealand, saying WBT, Charlotte, heard there. First such reports from these countries. Thomas Boone, Jr., of Burlington, N. C, has received amateur .license from FRC and call letters W4COC for the ntxt three years.