Variety (Mar 1934)

VARIETY PICT Pix and Legit Enlisting AFL in Their War on Free RadiQ Tlieatres Urns and the legitimate are . WpeCul of enrolling the Atiaetlban '"p^dera.tlon of lAbor as an ally In tiieir fight against free radio audi- ences.. In the meantime show busi- ness;. Is fortifying Its charges against air shows plunging Into an ex- tended Investigation as to the num- ber of theatres and auditoriums ' which are, being converted Into • brokdcastlng show places. Object of this additional research Is, not so much to prove to the Gov- ernhient that the box office Is suf- fering as It Is to be able to present the contention that theatres, in the hands of radio reduces employment. As. iELh instance the two fields have alrea^dy secured detailed statlstlcsi On employment on some theatMss, alteady operating under radio con- trol. They are citing the paytbll at.th&Budsoh during 1933 As repre- senting $66,000 for/the 2iB -Vfeeke it was occupied '■ by theatrical com- panies. The contention pf film men is that regardless of th^ rent now being paid, • the COluinbIa Broad- casting System cannot put the same ntlnibi&r Of people to wiiOk as a. "regf- ular producer^ The (iufting =doWh on stag^ hiaiids. is expecteed to play ail: IttiiJortaiit pjart In arousing the .symipathies of '■■■ laitior. ■;'' ' ■■" . ;. tefefore the '4ild of the week some (Solution to the problem is lipdlcatefl since radio: will haVe started Its, sessions with me'mbei's' df 'the legit anid fllni code; authorities In "WiSLSh- Ingtbn by then. ■ RatofiTs Yarn Sold by Radio to Chas. Rogers Hollywood, March ,6. Although Gregory Ratpflf sold his 'I Xioved aii Actress' to Radio on condition he would play In It, studio has In turn sold the yarn to Charles R. Rogiers for Paramount produc- tion. Tarn Is based, on the life of Eugenie Leontovich, Ratoflt's wife: Plain of Rogers is to have Adolphe Menjou play Ratoflt'a p4rt in the picture wilth Miriam .Hopkins- Ralph Murphy will direct, with adaptation by Humphrey I»ear.sbn.. Art Rothafel's WiU West Stuff; Itar' at |2 •».T!jr f- \^ - r-'-.• Hollywood, March B. WArners .-will- -premieare r 'Wohdeii- bar* at th^ .WB .•Hollywood,: March 14, with a .|2 cipener. Picture then goes; into * nsual price rijn at both the-Hollywood :ftA]d ,the .liawntQwni; .: Agnes Anderson Loaned i'aliuiSy's:^!^ " l^oliywSod, March IfietrO lias - foaried'AgnW Aiider-^ . stock pla,yer, tb Henry Dufly for feiri lead' In" ratter's' siafee "pro diictlon of *jll!feri in Wh.lte.» ^ , Show opens ' At the tSt Capitan here!, and th6n " moves'to thfe 'Alctfzar, San Frapclsco. ' STICKS fOB 'IISH' IIollywQod', March 5. James K- McGuintiess has, reached the end of . hlr?. .coAtract tepn. at Metro, but will stick until he has completed his work on 'Tish.' When completing this treatment, he expects to head for- England. Metro's 'Manners' •Hpllywood, March 6. . Mietro will ihake 'Manners Make the Man,' by. John Monk Saunders. JRp b e r t Montgomery .^11 be starred. i;l :Pas^O, March 6i' , Wearlhg:a liqge pistol- and a car!:, trldge belt, Arthur RothSifei; 25, w^ib said .j»!e is a son Of |loxy, was ar- rested In Pecos and fined $10 for careless display of a dangerous weapon. . Ap^rently yo^ng...|lotha|el had pr^krefi himself for a Vli^-5yestern trip tliroiigh Texas, "He said liie was hitchrhlklne ovejr the cpiintry to get ina,teriai for a b0pk. HILL-AWAITS idan't. Si^oot, on ..^Good ,.garth'.,,, ill Qhiiie«(!i OovVQttays 8cri Hollywood, .March' 6. • • Metro,is awaiting the rewrite of sequence, oji 'Good Earth' to coh- fomi to suggestions- of .the Clilnese gpyerpiJPStejpt Jt>9f0?:©* Directpr Georg:e. S.\V^ slitoptb I - backgrpund aqene^ . In^ ;HIJl • andk'his. produotipTiiifcrem left; for China .seyieiul we^ks.agp, carry Jbtg a^lbnfir wrlpt of; the yarri» ; V .;wiienrhe!i. arrived. th«re,^ gbvei'ri-. ^nt offtciaW refused permission lio ;tumi4i •oamera:vp(Bttdlinera,pp*bviA of .the. sculpt.:: So, - while tawalting ac- .tionviiKUl* ahot:seyer^l-thousand >fe^t fit : backgrounds Iwhijchitwill J)©- :|iSed in Gajrbo.'s n^xt plcturto, 'The.Kalnt^ Veil/ ^J.-^. [ $ Tuesday, March 6, 1934 Tarzan Not $o Hot with WeismuDer; A Swimmer Who Would like to Duck WiLl mahoney This week, March 2, Metropolif Radio Queries Critics On^ieh Gorii* Tittle Hollywood, March 6.! Radio questioning plcttire critics throughout thp country for reaction to retehtlon pf the.orlg- tnar title on 'Allen Corn/ Execu- tives, want to change the titlei but desire outside opinion. Edward H. Grifflth, wlio will di- rect, IS fightlrig for the original tttlp.. With neither, side willing tf) give in, publicity decision will be left to the newspapermen. **Thf ** Phlitidelphia Daily News CoaSt LabOF POW-WOW said: ;"With WIU Mahoney delight- | vwwwi. MMnyy » vti iw ing all beholders with his xylophPne dance 'and hilarious . clowning,- thje ,Fox has-assembled.a ,worthy bUl. i All Convpitihicatlops . Direct to | WiLU. MAHONEY ) . 4$0 8Qth Street. , Brooklyn,, (Slew .York Par Win Aimb imc e id Problems widi Elliott Lbs Angelas, MarPh 6. < William Elliott, lATSE prezi, is on th6 tboast 'confabbing with studios on probleniB. eirlsing out of the film .tiode arid last sum- iher's techhipi£Ms' strike/ Elliott also is coriferrlng wilth Pat Casey, iproducer la,bor con^cf, an^. Qther parties to the Basic Agreemierit ^ith Intentlorl oi; strtli^htenlnjg out . tii^ lA 'situation If :')E>08siblp. ' A'gfreeirient cbnieW Ufi 'fioir renewa.1; March 14 with KIdtt I9piiiehck> Casey and Al .Berres for the' prpducersi Hollywood, IlM-ch 6. .'Following, the Waippa*'ideciMbh lY"---;^^ I-I;^^a"'v ,^ , Abe Mulr, International v.p. of the to coirtpletely .Ignore the ^^Wl^^^^^j^XeTBv Jiybcfr^^ studios in pfcking ItB l»1*y .'rtars h^atlonal y.p. bt; the efectrleal work- 'fdrvld84V"'l'airamPun*t is and Joe .N,. W^^berj' musjlplans W'pian bf thrpe yeare ^b in aW- President, all on the Coast. Trans- . . * L.T„;.i^*„ +«. Portatlon union also will be repre npuncing six of Its own starlpts to ^^^^^^ ,^ ^ coming huddl«." be . known as •Paira.mount Proteges'.'' ' ^ Wiinpa^. press agent otgalnlza- .\ion; .^^fter'V three w^K^.';att<einpt tft gtsi producer ;Co-ppfei?4iort. voted 4o;chQoa6-' Its baby • etard frprti'. the frcielance list.- Announced this was 'ioiie'' bn the theory' that ; glrlp. al- ready, undejp studibt cpntirftcts, ^re M SlWANSORpS.j^ -WEEKS?. •G Mull^.^.Glynf]^ StoryT-rGable,- -Beery Uirtod'.fof'iQapt Hollywood, March B. pay^ Bdsed m life oi^ l^ firoliywobcl, laiarch .5. j- rEieiW DTay* I9 Monbgrairn's cbrj ,x«.u, . Metro IB ■ conteiripl^ilrig . doing Virtually .oa.^thei?:. ;W toi^.^tar^ipYn jlElitibr Glyn's Thr<^|W:9el);ip,' madle andthereifbrehaveunot the unknown ] ' g^jg^g^j. j^ j924^;'' _ loijla Siwaiison ^^'"'"iwm co9»e .bai,k: to ;the-screen in "^SSS& S^^^Sra^oil wasC^ih-. this .productloT. if definitely decided £gj SSSliSihS^^ ia i^ntatively set for €&*Y^"S®t;J??i^TTS bJbad? the ploturci,. with., Wallace Beery, Vbufe not 1» put.on a, radio »>"a^ le3,.j,*'3band'of . Mis* Swanson. also ^^a^amownt'e Troteges' w-ill toml'lAi^ted for the cast, prifi©-. ida -Xwino^ ;'Evelyn I Wen^bl^, ot^^jD^i ^^d' '.Frances , i Drake. *Hai?uro^ Gliaracter^Asks They were picked frpm a Ilf^t'of.-Ii5 tributioh-^ the ifet of b the rballot|- yarhs (iurfently, under way at y^i-^Atrttr At Ai^MMa .iianaftniAnf-basiiila tious stiidros. Story is based on the Uffe pf the late I'od Sloan, cfeleliriECted jockey. Yarii is by Tristram li^uppey, who ■IS scHptlrig It f dr . early "prodiuctioh. .jjig of .directors,, .department -head's and ..bfllclals. INDEX Bills BurlescLue Chatter.•• • t • • ^ • •'• • •«• .68-69 Editorial !.••••« 61 ■ Exploitation, Film Reviewrs...,.;... • •»•; .14 'Foreign Films News,.,*. -13 Foreign Show -News..... 64 House Reviews...«'....28-2d 'Inside—Legfit ......>....... 61 inside—Music 66 fnsIde^Plctures ........^v 61 Inside—^Vaude 69 Legitimate i. .62-65 Letter List ««.-«•; i. "71 Lilterati . 1 .•.«•*«.•.*:• ci*:. «• •. 66 Music ..•••«.••(••.**».■...65-56 • New Actg. ♦.' i.....,-. 58 NeTCS-ffom^the. Dallies.. . 70 Oijituary . • i*. •'. .♦ • • Outdoprs . 71 ■ .Pictures' ,,.,^»:»t,f 2-39 I^a'^ib. ...i..••••• • .40-54 ' RaLciib.'l^epprtsi. • • 42 Talklrii^ Shorts........f 14 Tiilit^ Kevifewsi Vauat>vSijB|: y ^^T'^^ \ Wohiei!"-.'' $100, Setleis for $16 Syracuse^, ll^arch 6. Ike. Finn, of Cort^aiid, sole, sur- viving counterpart pf the characters wbven Into Edwards Noyes WeSt- cott'B' central 'Nfew' York 'bajvid TSarUm,* thought $100 an appeara'rice .Hollywood, March 6, .Tbu hiave Johnny WelssmuIIer^s personal. word for 11. He doesn't like belnp that super-man, Tarzati; In fact, he's pretty tired of^pljcture- making. The fllip business Isn't ness. Not at all. It I^ay be Lupe's, but it'is not his. fojrte. He used tp be able to swim a: 100 riietre' daish. &.nd come up fresh and smlllnig' for. tlie newsreels. Bj^t when a swim- ming* champ turns actor, -has.-to swing frpni branchfes iall day Ipng under the klelg sunshine and then tramp around to -prizeflthts and hitiersjpots, well, it-kind of takes the wind put of a f ellpwy While Lupe Vele?, in white slacks, blue beret and sailor coat, was still capiable of entering IntO' a hectic debate with a producer arid- a. cou- ple of actors, Johnny, her tired'Ta;r- vza^n, sat in downcast mood . at t|ie table pf a pop niter'siJot. Plainly, -Johnny was fagged. He admitted. it. And o_n. top of it all, the.VwEilter brought him $2 less change than was coming ' to. hiin. -But-Johnny knewv! Arid he won a rbcount; -. Thati- on top of, a hard dayi at the studio, disgusted him icompiet'ely.. ' 'Gtebj* -confided Johnny,! 'when- t signed up^ for. pictures J.^flgur^d .1 Was going .to geti rich—riiakp, money in a- big&er way? than, a professional jchamplon- swlriiriier .could. -. But now X know .howi. w.rpng.; .I was. Sure, 1 'taake? more;, but i-. spend jpapre, tPPi..:.- f 1, .■ 'This ;isn't my .business. It may be^LiUpe's. .J'm. a:'«wlriimer, not an actor,' His Hero Worship for. the ,herQ-worship' from small.^boyst Johnny ^thinks he got just; as much;;iri .hlft, -pre-.Ta^^n days. And he suM>p.ses .he'^a-kind,,of modest, about, .ai^ythlng- like,,that, •anyhow,. iphe adult male coritiiwfent. doei^a't-think .he's BO Interesting a celebrity :now as. it. pjr^ce .dj^d-rr-when he; wa9:Wlnnlng.£Q ..major Bwlinii^ine battlejs ,in a row,. H©,, a. poor CW- 1 cagpi.'ypungster,? whb just . happe^ied tP get ja chapcfi. under ,the, .a«glB of the-.iiili^bis Athietlc.^ci.ubk ~^ .Over at the bar, Lupe wa? dro^n- lng( down the yolces pt the,jneile trio with ^.heu Inslptf>nfifi. that Max JBaer cpuld. bea;t.rtile..n^lin-eye^tey pf^tt^^^ evenlng'ji. fight, at ..Ilpiilywppd .atitd- ium. .^ She'd bet on Jttax,, aiiy time. . , ' ,■ .'f .'We're. going to get r ftway. from All:, tWs,'r7rJohi)ny'0 .bmwiiy .avm swept„the Bpace in , fr.bntj of hiin* 'We're going to Tahiti to niakei * picture; .Lupe and 1 co-sianrlng. Just as soon as J fl^sh 'Tarzan and His Mate.' Maybe I'll even get a chance^ do some. swl»nnxln& oyeif therp. If 1 cari still .swln?.' Deltiy 'Thin Man' .HoUsrwoo.d, •M^.iich 6. Production of 'Thin Man,' Dashleil ^jg* about right when Gus W. , Hammett mystery yarn, postpone^d La^pe aipproached hiria relative to nfiriAF ^HRE^N PATERNITY at MPtro in brd6r td-m W. S. Van an engagement at Schlne's Eckel 1"""'*'*^ rHi tnwi i ^yke direct'■^*Manhattah ' '>ieiody'There, , where the picture ie showing- ahead of it. I., Finn, ,the Dick. tArrkbefe of the Friday (Z) appomteq a nnance com-I -Melodrama,* formerly Arthur I novel, finally compromised on $10 mlttiee to .dig up dough, for nine Gaesar'ja >^Thred ' Men,' has <Clark-for a one-night engagement of two projects. Committee Iridudes: Sam I Gable, William Powell and .Mirrna ,shows.' And then discovered that Brlskln, Carl Dreher arid Nathat | Lpy in cast; ' " |*hls character had''b«en eliminated from the scrfeen story. Dough Diggers Hpllywobd, March 5 Abademy researchers at a meeting •Friday (2) aplpointed a finance com U HAvino Tough Time Filli For 'Human Side' Levlrisbn. Also apppinted Gordbn Mitchell manager of the Acad's technical bu- reau Pedaliiig Screenward .-.. Hollywood,; March ,6. Working daya Ii? .'Sadie McKee' HolIywoPd; March • '6; 3ld dilvera will nbt write comedy] |sec|uences for'^^lerry Andrew* 'and^ ■^111 Rpgers at Fox. Caliente Re-electipn Hollywood, Itfarch 5.. Joseph M^ Sctiencic was rectlected v,\\""'"^i''x"''/ "r* J. ,' I vice-president arid chalr,man oif the „ ^l^^^V^^^^'' ^ it ^"^1 board of the: Agua. Callpnte Corp., working daya 11? ssadie MCiwee 1 Buddy DeBylva- within the "extt^^ ^he Annual meeting last wp^v (M-G) arid, nights at ..the Clover rweek ^ prepw^^^^ the nod agafn as C;ub, .Gene Austin hfts bought; hlrfi- | «icW «>r production. [prei? and .?>W Ari«er was reelected .'^eif a' bicycle. Singer will pet^l. iri the mornings tp fake oinc about 16, pounds. If hfe loses the ;we|ght, Metro promises to | usfe. him ■ In a pictured I^AUJNGS Marcli. 7 (New Tork . to Londoh) RPy: Sltnniprids (Bererigaria), March 3 (New York to Los An- geles)' Jules Levy (VIrgirila). March 3" (New Tork to Gbhba,) SIdin6y Howard (Rex). March 8 (NeW York to London) 'pre^ and .Lew Ariger was -reelected seccetary anid. treasurer. Company Is slated.to arinounce an annual dividend a:t a meeting , today (Monday). SCORING.'CIVniZED^ Edward „.B,. Raschbaum (Baach baum Productions) Is in N. Y. from ^^^..^..m » xa-.^., »w the Coast, accompanied by Edwin Karl Blckel, Richard Addlnsell, Mrs. Care we, his director. ^ They brought Joseph Baird (Bte^en). with them the print of their 'Are We I March" 3 ^Ne^W' "toifk to Paris) Ciylifzed?' which ill given a Hugo Bryk, Bbn Blue (Chariiplain). musical backgrpundlQg before beiinff Ma^rch 3 (New YbHt to Bertriuda),, ^jij^n th e tr a _J HpWiftrd S. CtajmUn^ ^ ■ ' ' ''"Bbririuda^r r " March 2 (New York to London) Hedda Hopper Solos Hollywood, March 6. Hedda Hopper will not join the John Zanft agency. She is going tb try 10 percenting on her PWn. Miss Hopper Will also continue acting when studios want her. Xeo^Morrison's^acash. > .. Hollywpod, . March 6, Story parenthood pf . four, children fop 'Tte Hpman Side', has had most of thii^ .available rank plaVpra sidestepping bids for tlila Universal plctui-e and has given the studio a casting headache. 1 Film was slated to go into work last Week under Eddjbe Buzzell's dfrectlbii aifd' Eph' ASher's produc- tion wing, but not a single name has -been'signatured, either for tops or in ' su^^Prt. -Leadirig wpnien have, B\ti(i6 off the mother role becaaise of the 'aige implication, .-and. iaittp .male dandid^iteSi. Metro Finds That Fox^ Has 'Cppperfiel^ (!;^ Hollywood; March "6. With Dayld Selzrilck deciding to. Use a majority of EngUsh players in 'Daivid Copperfiield,' Metro Is ex- Ipected tb make a wholesale * loan [deal'^lrltifi Pox to bbtaifi riecessttry Fpx has a number of British Im- I p orta on , .it8._ contract. jUg^^^^ HERSfiOLT l^REiXANCING I s. l. Rbtfaaiel. Frederle p. Culbert Hollywood, March B. (Olympic), Jean Hei'Sholt, under, contract tP Feb. 2d (London to New York) Metro 'the past iodr y6ars, slid oiff PhU Aeisman (Bereiigarla)* the payroll Saturday <3) and re- Feb. 28 (New- Yo^k= to London) tnmB to f^'ee landrig. - , Sergei-RachUhahiuofl, Elisabeth Al- ^ ■ . ^. Now^hegotiating. ^Ith Unlverskl len,...Ja*ne8 Henie, tynri• Parnor kin will look *lter the o^^^^ for one picture. [(Manhattan). |Wn returns to N. Y. ApWl 1. Hollywood, March Leo Morrison hops for a, three- week vacash In Honolulu Wednes- day (7). Also on the boat^wlU be Mrs. Eddie X Mainnlx and her hiece, Plorlne lifannlx. While ^Morrison is away JPe RIv-' M-G Options Gable Hollywood, March B. Metro has taken up option on con-? tract of Clark Gable for' another terhi. 'Player is currentyy tn the mieCking perSbrial appearances.