Variety (Dec 1933)

Tuesday, Deceinlier 26, 1933 TIMES SQUARE VARIETY 53 Broadway Abe Coheii ahead of Joe Cook's ^old . YQ\ir Horses/ . Roxyettes. sendingr putiXmas cards as a group. . Joe Brandt down tor a few days Witli a cold. Janet and Jeane Ptt on yacatlon .together. . Zez CoTiffey has signed on an ex- elijslve with the Robblns Corp. Mrs. Eddy Goldberg, ^l^ow of the late. Joe Goldberg, to the coast to rejoin her famliyv Frank , braattl, coast agent, to liondbn a bTisiness iqiulckle sailing .Jan. '3; Fanny , Holtzman, the attorney» back iUi New TorH after five months, of Europe.. Gen.. Smedley D. Butler Inducted into the Saints & Sinners club at the last session. . .- Harry Ebbetts, the fighter, has a liquor store in I*reep0rt. But .re-, turns to . the ring.' Lawrence Music Co, releasing six from the Mack .Gordon . and Harry . Bevel partnership. '. Lindsay Parrott, feature scribe, of the New York Ti*ib going to Rassla shortly for his paper.; Attendance at the regular . W:eckly Cheese Club luncheons, recently re- vived, growing to capacity. So far Larry Wie^ier is one .and a baif insults .up on Jules Ziegler. in that dally Sardl luncheon scrap. -Mabel ■ (Bird) Farber, mother of ihe Parber Sisters, is. conducting .a. dinliig placfe at 80 E. 60th street; Noel. • coward, who appeaLrs' Just as mystieriously afl he disappear^. Is In New Tork with a new script; John Campbell artd Dayton. Stod- dart In Philadelphia at the. same time press-agenting different shows. Joe (Poster) Hairls and Margaret Hussey, who's • Just received the ring, take the big leap in the spring. John Anderson haS; bought, him- self a house, in' Connecticut; S.upr; PQsed to' be. 160 years old and quite Joint. ■ •Another Kentucky Colonel in the show, ranks is. Mort. Blumenstock, advertising -directbr for Warner theatres.' Lyiin .Famol wrotie his" first. fan .fltory the other day, one oh Anha Sten, . after another writer -had dopped on It. Latest • is ' -dollis * diesigned ..and dressed to look- like stars in but-^ standing, - flint roles. First Is: •Little Women'. Earl (iulick of General Outdoor Advertising -recuperating from double pneumonia. Planning to finish it in the south. ~Happy Feitoh's unit now at the . Ambassador hotel. New York, Mau- rice and .Cordoba; ballroom whirl- ers; heading the Show. Though Paul Whlteman doesn't eome in until Jan. 6, Don Bestor decided to call it quits at the Bilt- nore hotel Tuesday <28). Jerry Freeman will likely fill in at the Paradise restaurant between Paul Whitenian's exit (1) and Buddy Rogers^ entry .(26), Lou. Davis who has been .bringing his own likker to house parties— and has insulted more hosts, as a result—is still doing It, from habit. •. Casino de Paris, open two weeks, has had five, press agents already —Alex Yokel, Charlie Washburn, Dick Maney, Harry Stephenson, Ted lyiltchell. Busiest - press agent. in town is Emmanuel Eisenberg,^ working on ,'the Garbo opening and handling •Men in White,'^ legit show, at the same time. Enric Madriguera has been signed by Fellv Ferry for a stay this com- ing suinmer at the Casino in Monte Carlo. Madrlkxiera leaVes the Wal- dorf-Astoria Jan. 1.. Yugi Ito, hat designer at one of the New York film palaces, has his name on the inside of the door in- stead of outside as a-result of some- one turning it abound on different hinges.. Marioa Bent (Mrs; Pat.Rooney) ceiebrated-hep-64tb-bjr-M>da}^ atii r- :day (23). She missed, Christmas, by two days, but P*at, who is also 54 on his next, hit the Fourth, of July Tight on the npse. C H A T T E on Panama cauarct, llncredible Land", by •'Basil WoOn, is plenty hot; but far froni the absolute truth. Panama has a fan dancer at. Kelleys Rita.- Patrbnis are so startled, when at the firiish she lipoids both fans over her head and Stands , perfectly-nude, they forget to applaud.,; Eleanor Vittn, who has bieen. niak- ing a' ;iame for herself-in. the ,Paua-. ma National Opera/left for a vaca^- tion In. N. . Y. Saba Shepherd an- other show, girl, is doing ■splendid work in. the opera. She :had the lead. in 'Madam Butterfly'^ Patricia Farrell,. .entertainer in the Atlantic was robbied' of $1,900, $500.00 cash, the rest in dlamondM. She is the second cabaret, a.rtlst to be robbed within a few weeks. .Hazel Romalne went for a swim and . when she returned her room was in disorder and; jewelry valtled at $1,41$ gone,. Miss Romalne re- cently married Staff ; Sergeant Samuel Coach of...-Fr.ance Field, Canal Zone. Barcelona By . Ai' Fernsworth . ..ilia directed the orchestra at th^ .oi>enlng of his heiv revue at the Comico. Orphea Plltti co.ntractIng..again for its ' next picturei ' Ricardo Nunez, now filming 'A Prisoner Escaped,' hias been signed for the lead, and Antonita Coldme will be staited op positei . • Penelia's' hew show. The Wolf Brother,* has cllckedi Strike does not seem to . have jaifected. returns so far. His last show,,'Jaz'?. Singer,' ran bnly..flve weeks last spring be- cause of another street car strike. Street car strike which tied up transportation in Barcelona for two weeks affected show business. Vic • foria theatre, playing musical com edy and with i?Ix Weeks more to iruh, closed. UrqUinaona, .■ Paxamount picture house; featuring free bus service at night ad part of the reg. uiar bill. Juan Mestres, impresario, of the Llceo theatre, Barcelona's Very high hat opera house, has filed a blaim in the local courts. against Laura de Saiitelmo., Miss de San- telmo is tinder contract to the Liceo for three appearances this season for 16,000 pesetas, but on Dec. 3, the night of her debiit she refused to go, on until Mestres gave her. 6,000 pesetas. Performance was a gala one in. honor Of the compositor, Manuel de Falia, and Mestres gave in; Pittsburgh By Hal Cohen Hollywood Panama By.'Boa Drew Mary Lee Kelley sUll in Hot Springs for her health. John Dowse be the pianist 1th the assistance of.E. P. Houard. A Male Chorus of 24 voices is be- ■ng formed by Otto Moore of Chi- eago.. ' ■ ,. Jose Corco, one of Panama's best kiiown hotel owners, died In Gorgas hospital. , Madalyn Lopez, dancer, Is study- ing, stenograpliy. Dancing being what it is. ■ The, old Washington hotel, for . years a land rnark In^ Coloni^wlirbe ""ocwioiisifea;"""" t—,-= r^-'; Cuban-Pirate orchestra from the Sotel. Plaza and the Sans Souci; Havana, playing here. Sydney Lowell, treasurer of Fox, "With Mrs. Lowell paid Pana.ma a Visit, Also Mrs. Frank Lloyd, wife of the, director. , Iris Anderson threatened to do things to Erha Cazarera, enter- tainer at the Richmond. The Judge said, Oh, yeahr Another book giving the low down Frances Paye's sister, MItzi, triavellng with isis this season. - Jerry Goff ,looking more and more like Hardie Albright every day. Several of the town's leading nite spots are still without their liquor The best line In James Cagney^s 'Lady Killer' was eliminated by the censors, Lou Gittleson showing Judge Frank Waldmayer of Atlantic City the town, • Johnny Harris and Harold Lund to St, Louis for. installation of a Variety Club chapter there. It's a girl at the Herman Mid- diemans. He's the pianist. Mother is a sister of Jackie Heller. Frank Damis, after a year of bachelorhood, has moved the wife and kiddie here from Jersfey. Nick' SShgleTiart, publicity dlreetoi . jr~T WA ill tills dls trtetr'h-as-^beeB- a benedict since Thanksgiving. ilenry Wadsworth, Carnegie 'Pech, drama grad and former stock juv here, how on coast for Metro. Charley Danver, Post - Gazette columnist, back at his desk after 11 weeks abed with busted ankle. Joe Cappo staying on indef as m.c. at Plaza cafe, and the Mrs,, Frances Knight, sticks with , him, Romo Vincent, who,, used to, m.c, here at the Show Boat, now. park- ing his rotund form In Houston, "Tex, Teddy Joyce says he left town with a Packard-and 30 suits and came back in a FOi-d and one pair of pants. : r Vilma and Buddy Ebsen out of last three performances of- 'Follies' here, when. Buddy went down With ptomaine. • . ^ , i Fred Sanders, who rft-n defunct Sanders Inn, now operating a new nlte spot, Club Gaiety, on Sawmill LRun==blYd Wllliani Shirley hibernating. Andy Callahan up ,and around. Stuart taton retiiming to Eng-- land. . . Abram Rbbert. Sijrnoh has larynr. sitia. '• , •; \. Lee Tracy drinking, Ice water at pt^rties.- ■ ' , ' '■ Xnuis Lewyn to Mexico City for holidays;' ■'^ ' Rabul Walsh Christmasing at , the Heai'st ranch. Cotton TVarburton studying- to. be a cameraman. Mary Inlowes ahd ,Hariet France in agenting biz. Terry Turner ■ remaining until after the holidays. Lamar . Trottl In Atlanta, Ga., visiting the family. , J erome Safro^, back. after wa,hder - ing thru Denver, etc. ■ Al . Jolson wants to do a remake on 'The Jazz- Singer.' James R. Grainger his s^'ank tehftporary ofnee.. Harry Akst handling the rehears-- als of 'Sca,ndais': at. Pox. Frank Davis lobiiing the Colum- bia team oVer. at Tiiscon; Pat Casey acting as teacher of code to studio managers. . H. K. Batchelder celebrated his 18th wedding anniversary, Al Axt has .organized a 14-plece oi-chestra among U employ ees. Cliff McDouga:ii vaicatloning^'Tn Cedar Rapidis with his father. Reeves Espy laid up with a'cold for a.eouple of days last week. Henry Ginsberg, lElbach m., floored for a week with the flu. Larry Adler eonciertihg, with his harmonica at the BevrW.ilshire. Neal Agnew, Par asst., sales man ager, at the studio from the h. o.. Michael P. Tatb of El Mundo, Buenos. Aires, in town for pic. dope. , Bob Vogel, Columbia ^ad, flying to Tuscon to ride In with the team. Frank Joyce spending Chrlstmjis at St, Moritz instead of Hollywood. Proceeds from her fan dancing bought sally Rand an orange igrpye. Dave. Dreye'rs threw a buffet sup- per for the tunesmiths and. otiiers. Mbrt Downey In from Interstate circuit to visit family for holidays. Lew Stbne threw shindig on his new boat when it arrived .from New York. John Meehan had two of his nags in the Callente Christmas Day races. - Frank Borzage carted his pfllce furniture out of Columbia-to Uni- versal. Ben Piazza, Metro's, caster,, spent Christmas with his mother In New Orleans. Fred Rahnah. magician, has prQr duiced' a • two-^feeler of himself . do- ing tricks. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Dlnehart (Mo- zelle Brittonne), spent holidays In X^d^] ld>s Tgs* Colleen Moore* Eddie Eckels, Landy and Hunt, among the Yule housewarmers. George O'Brien left Saturday night (23) for New York to spend New Year's east. Mildred Holliis, N. Y. contest win- ner, back east to sing at Hotel BOs.- sert, in Brooklyn^ Clara Lippman, widow of Louis Mann, who wrote several plays, alone in town ogling pix. Marjorie Gateson, after doing 22 pix In two years on the coast, Is en route to New York for a holiday. Roddy Cushman,. who has been visiting Alfredo Codona on the coast,, has gone to Saginaw, Mich., to join his wife ahd children. Sol Wurtzel and John Stone tossed a stag party for Geor"ge O'Brien- at Levy's." O'Brien, leaves -geat-after b6ine-Mhdep.-cont ract .. f or 10 years. ,. Jack R. Young, cameraman, awalrded $70 In his $700 suit against Fred C.. Dorris, in wliich he chaurged the latter with responsibility for loss of two shorts. universal is demanding an ac- counting, for $11,800 from Chester Bennett, as ah aftermath of an aJgreemeht by the director to make a pic in the Malayan states, with expenses advanced by studio, ,back to the stage under her maiden and, star name, Dida SolOmbni,' Pla, Igy, , Ruman ia n coloraturist, shifting from Opera House in Ger heva to-the State Opera Ht Bern. Local schoolboy, L^on Mircea, aged eight, tiin.s to singing in irrench and gets offer froni the A1-: cazar de Paris. After Richard Strauss, Maurice Ravel, Igor: StraNvinSky-and Pietro Mascdgni, latest newcomer to thl^ city as conductor" of inteit^ational repilte is Gregbs Fltfelberg, director of the. PhiHiarmbnic Society in War- saw/ ■ Bob Stern Lily Damita back from London. Nina Mtie MiacKinney.out. of Chez Florence. . Barbn 'Collier here on way ' to Baden-Baden. .Irvin Marks leaving soon lor United States. Charles Granville resigning from Comedle Franiiaise. ' - . Ed Perkins of HOllj'wood due here soon from Moscow by way , of Buda pest. ' Ckty rant and Virginia Ghorrlll hopping over , frpm London for' a few days; Noel M. Noel, Percy Noel's son, leaving In January for Tbklo ^ to .study Japanese. - Meg Lenionnier Cast for feminine lead In operetta starring Pills and Tabet, booked for Bbuftes Parlsl enhes; Prefect bif Police Chiappe shut ting down on new nite club licenses for Champs Elysees. Says there are enough in district already. Ted Trevor: threatening to knock iBert Firmin, orchestra leader, clean out Of the Rue Blanche, with Jim Witterled acting as peacemaker. All the lawyers in town going-to Ambassadeur's "theatre for opening of 'Pranzini,' play written by a Couple of lawyers, and based on'fa mous trial. Jacqueline Francelle, currently starring in 'Florestan' at the Varie- ties, suddenly ill two days after opening, resulting In general ahlft- ing of cast. Jane Marnac, -who t\VIsted her ankle at dress rehearsal of 'Passage des Princes,' GUitry presentation at the Madelein, nevertheless playing in ehow, slightly lame. Valerie Boothby, German picture actress, who six months ago did a fortnight In hospital after. Veronal overdose; cheerful now, being en- gaged to Richard Strongman-- of Woolwdrth's. Mexico City By D. L« Grahame The Joe Feldmans drove to New York over wet-k end to attend mar- riage of Joe's sister, Hilda, to a Gotham attorney. * * .i,- Local sportsman who wont to tii<; coast to open a gainhUhg spot with an actor,' is back attain, the deal having fallen through, • ,^ v . ' George Seibel and Florence TTwhei Parry, cricks, rospectivcly for -Sun- Telegraph and Prosfl, to Broadway »o look ov»^r some of the new .slio\v,« Bucharest D. N. Pora writing novel, 55aharia StanciU translating D; H Lawrence, llaria Voronca turning out one volume after another. Victor ■'Eitimlu finished new drama, "The Itain of Gold.' P. 1<3. N. Club gave banquet in honor of Ion Marin Sandovoanu. '^"'R{tfiYpI^~"qu6TIng^err6==-W&bCT contfimpt Of the prfsent-day theatre. Dauglitcr of playwriKht Mlhall SorUuI married to Lieutenant G. L. I'lvujanu. T^ufia ,St.urza Eulandra ad«ptlhg 'Dinner at Eight' for ,th.e- Ilegina Maria theatre. JOx-Allnister • Trancu Ja-ssi lecturr ing on the life ancl work of Beetho- v*jn and r.'liopln. Pn'ric'^.^s Kalimaokiy making come- London Cinema employees have formfed'a national uhlon. . . Twenty public holidays next year, besides Sundays. Lull in bookings for legit houses. Teatro Iris a flght arena pro tem. Big nabes have installed weighing machines In lobbies. with passes for those who guess their weight. Musicians'. union urging national legislature to permit its Jobless members to play in military bands. After 30 years building. National tiieatre will be completed Ne-w Year's Eve and inauguriated; In March. Go-vernment's tourist bureau re- ports 935 Americans, mostly from California and Arizona, canrte here in November, spent some $186,000 for sight seeing, accommodations, etc., and predicts that '2,000 more will - come here as tourists ^urlng Detember. Lawrence Grossmith ill. •rim Whelan off to Egypt to get wairm. The to the West [ndies. Betty Balfour returning to the screen after four years. Big phangeg itt hotel name bands expected, early in 1934. Parnell & -Zeltlln acquiring tour- ing rights to 'Music in the Alr.V Evelyn Laye recuperating; at Brigliton following studio mishap^... Greta Nisseh. In car smash , Elstree escaped With, bad. slialtlng. King and. Queen ot Denmark see- ing 'Nyinph Errant', and 'Ladies;. Night.' Olive " Blakeney meeting her jnbther on her first Visit from the States, Another son born to Mr. and Mrs, Patrick Aherne (Renee Houston) Dec. 11. . Erie Barker, giving. Go^s Bar the air, claiming. Gordon Gog is not ai man about tOwh. ' Gillie Potter thi-eatenis to go in for politics and will make a - stand at the next election. Gwen Farrar trying out new act at the Cafe de Paris with her latest partner, Ann Denys. Renee Gadd off for New York to appear In 'Women Kind/ and .th.en heads for Hollywood. ' Cary Grant underwent operation for internal abscess , la London nursing home Dec. 14. . Theodore Komisarjevsky 6ft to nls native Italy, now that 'Escape Me Never* lis off his mind. De Morhey, formerly In charge of entertainment at the Savoy hotel, moving to Cafe Anglais. Ann TOdd defied Superstition with green bridesniaids at her St.^ .Mar- garet's, Westminster wedding. Jack Harris and his band: flying over to Paris to play at Lord Tyr- rell's ball at the British Embassy.: . 'Silver Cord' got a razzing at the Troxy, Phil Hyanis' latest super In the East Side, and was taken olC tfce next day. ■ ^ The Glrl from Crawley's,' by -M. C. Underwood, due at the Fortune theatre Jan. 15, haig been banned by the censor. •Night Club Qiieen', the flop play by Anthony KImmlns, to be filmed by Sound City Studios as a Metro, quota picture. Jennie Dolly, stiU undergoing fa- cial treatment following auto smash, looking around London for a house, to settle here. Stanley Scott, Just. back from America, has goM to Paris, in search of attractions for a proposed international revue. Jimmy Phillips; for many years with Lawrenci Wright Muslo com- pany, has been app.olnted general manager of Peter Maurice Music, Glenn Ellyn off to Prague to play four weeks with option at Grand hotel Stelner; no dlflUculty about taking money out of the, country. Deputation of stage folk headed by Sir Gerald du Maurler made des- perate plea at Hous.e of Commons for abolition of entertalnntent tax. Len Harvey, British heavyweight champ, signed up with his wife to appear in Lawrence Wright's re- vue, 'On With the Show;* at Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dent presented to the Prince of Wales during the charity performance of 'Red Wag- on', at the: Regal, Peter Mazzina, formerly manag- ing director of the Ambassador Club, now In same capacity at Bris- tol Grill. A. syndicate, which he promoted, has bought this night spot from Bradbury Pratt. Montreal Ilfs Majesty's Players folded, Wflf Carter thru on. wa'y to N. Y. -/ l^ontreal symphony, appealing for funds, ! Sid T.omack m. Chez Maurice. . Chris. Ellis doing free-lance an-. nouncing. Art Dupont to Ottawa tO talk in- junctions With CRlJC. Gene . Tunney here artd 'takes It' from Jim:MG,Donagh. Hotels and cabarets booked, ca- par.ity New Yeair's Eve.. . Cards most popular form, of Xmas present in theatre circles. Hockey attendances here showing iieavy slump from last year. . Carl Bfrglthon .now publicity man ■for .Montreal, stock t*xf!hange, Ritz-Carlton only hotel with cou- vert charge left in Montreal. -=Jim^=^dam3-^xperimenting==be>^ tween revues and .straight yaude at LOGW'S, Unilod AmuBcmfnt ('orp., Operat- ing 13 .nabfts herf', rf-sumfjs dividend payrncnts. Manager N. C. Klap, Dohiinion theatrb, north-end niilM hou.se, held up ativi. $302 taken; Colbf)urne-Barry tour starts Mon- day (1) in 'Women Kind,' with To- ronto and New York ahead; Baltimpre Ibert ..S.cjharper Phiia orch sell-out at Lyric, Army-Navy gridder In. '34 loom- ing for BaltO. Archie Cameron New musiv. ,1 comedy, ICremona'. Art Price throwing up flashy new marquee on his Aurora. ; Century, Stanley and Hipp flmg- Ing Yule party for ophans. Tommy Tucker ork •- on oncrniters. Jimmy Freeze buyVrig first Iron hat, . Bob Lansinger's son to be or- dained priest in June.. Congress Hotel converting grill Into ' itery, opening New Year's Eve, Perrih Somers down from N- Y. to stage show for Community Vlayers. Lvirlf foncert hall defeats, move to zone gas stations into same block. Chum McLaughlin boasts burg's best collection qf phonograph platters. liaddio. Sanford and missus (Mary =Du nRaTi:)-==in—f brf=Harf ord-=iIou nds Hunt. Alfred Knopf back to N. Y, after visiting with the 'II. L. M*'ni.-ken.s. Kdith TaliafiTi'o gUcst-sl trring in 'What Every Woman Kny.vrf' at stock Auditorium. . JOlrner (Jreensfelder off to Man- hattan to sit in on rehearsals of his 'I!rofini.'--tIck8 Amen'. All til ft drama crlx over to "Waah" (Continued on page 64)