Variety (Aug 1934)

SCREEN S T A G E ' 5 i ■ ■IP 60PA6B8 "NEW BLOOD'IN LEGIT GIVES mPETUS * , \' fj^ijil tul«nt aij[entii m'c a big dra- .. rtnAi^ic '-''ueiikon: this fall regardl<^wi /<>r Unjr i«f|»x tt^efit from t^^^ fllms citiipaiKn. It Is flKuroi that ... - later un thiti nuvy be o( further help, ' :'r:0(!Wul.%li|lt' '.MMOn ■ jufit ;.|MUlt,^ „;,:• ..;/ evMi more so briak\ ^W|!tiy^|S|!ft((; "ill, -J {, ^rophi'Mlt'd f<»r 1934-5. i ' V ' I" ; ;'3^' V Inllui of he«r Mdotf into^^^ ' ■ .*v v^l^^ favorably rogardod. Ullman <t;St^^ Haltfht. Alfred "^^■v^-4l^':tAasre, Jr., add jKiiihe otheiP new 'sl' I'l'l'f'f* -'irft favorably regarded. Jloil«<>rs and JIart, Dietz and • 1 S<-bwart?!, the Gershwins and others Will be reprea^sMt«)| : wHll .O^^^ , • ^ First':nain)eil: :%«WI*".1t^ .:ft li ifi l » & *4 ,:With OwiMi Davis and Otto Harb|^h/i« • inufiiial for Max Ciordon. Iloywird Dletz-Arthur Schwartz's J,;*?' ;'*rhlW'Coriifeired Hat' roay precede • tiheli?', -TO:U«M!il5 jiop* •'whicif': -Howarl . w rote the book and Which : !; liWight Deere Winrian. Jr., was to : d«>l Jack Haley i« wanted for that, hilt h«i'ii held on th? Coast by Para,- mount ptotur^s; ~;--':^''*ran klln..-.«tt4 iMt^fH 'i^l^^n- Hmft-^. Blue iiaws are serious in this Carolina town. A go\t course whose property lies half within the town.<ihip and half within the county can only operate 6©% on Sundays, Wlilcli fi # >etter break than lli« get. '']::.:■: Nine holes on the county side are legal through a 'lib- eral' interpretation p£ the statutes,..v V HOUSE 'jinxed; Cmr SOFTENS ON ■Moon' 's$250^ (]«1oon Featwe; . .» .^■':» ■ \ , - Hollywood, Auk. 6. . ■ Vfi^ UUney is going ahej^d with feature based on 'Snow 'White,' but .admit!) that the picture, if finally , niade, cannot be ready for release i'^MMin of liM«>r early If 86. Advance estimates place th*; post of the cartoon feature at ov<!lr fJi&O,- .000^ and picture wbuld^ trtke at least Ma-year to- iwOke becau.se of necessity :}:pty ttit^iUfi^: jniearly 200,000 separate <lr«#W't<i' ftor animation besides In- numer-iide scene background.*! and HynchroniZiHK. of the musical score with th<t tn^l^^wal .:1^^ the filca. ■ •■^' Luke and Vince Barnett • In Si^me Cast—^It's Murder I v ^ , : liollywood^ AuK- 6. , rtti^tt^^^ It tough tor cajtt 'vAlid Ifthocent bysianderi* on the **';^>ink; fjolng, 0one' »?'t m ipdtica- liifiik^ Barnftt fathW c»if Vince. is diq^lng: hi.s nr.-<t i>lcttire r>»rt In the .^fanirt.in which yojinwei: ifarnetjt and Y., Aug. For perhaps the first time on re<-urd. a municipality has formally, taicen cognisance jlTlX. In rating the Eaipire, former K. and e;. outtet. «t li«jK!Mi«^^ olT the total the Gwrney Building, Deputy As- sessor Francis W. Kinney testified tor th)» c^ty at an assessment reduc That's w«r Tik^r^ 1^ —Sacrooanct Inner Sanc- tum Film Industry Ana- lysis Shows Relative Pop- ularity According to Num- ber of Play Datos What does th* iMMkr Filmdom lias been asking Itself that question virttufilly since Us in- cieptloik.''. tliim.'0^i^^ But every one ha^'0^y^jM»W<(Hr.(or the picture industry. \ ' V f- And the answers, M^iiticiiaUy those i^^r^^^tewi, the ouutde ''wh&jut^ ,9mm:;Ut»y tnsainea* j^^y^^ difltei-. Until now picture leaders have been satisfied to accept it all as an intangible awniitfiSiIng^ that will hit or miss, but defj^elni a commercial perspectlyoi' would serve as a |>riketie^jg^ Hollywood. ' ( .; Buffeted by church find t^^mi&r Airiiig Cupijd in Code ^^^^^^ Aug. 9. , 9 w«eti<t |ier!» of a radio star '-wh»'':'br6adtaat«''' dn6e "a;''w«o& from New York let slip secret of liow they beat long-distance phone tolls. Star and sweetla liave a code Which iMr w«a«il^itoiib his broilA«fuit fdjr liiilc^ to MAGISTRATES AIR-KAPPED tihWI %rbteedlng that was given to the fact that the tlieatre has always be«n more or 1*sivii#-a%*^t.V.' -..-Vv-r';.''v v 'a- Empire, during its 10-year legit regime, enjoyed prosperity, but tliereafter found the going rough despite ,a variety of managements .irid policies. At present, hotise Is a grind flimcr, with siiVilM|tlt^tS playing at 10-15 cents. . Philadelphia. Aug. Neat prie«e oiC shiQvw«)dBtl)ip 1^ be v ling done by Alan S^btt, 'Wi&AU nouncer. who supplanted Boake Carter in the 11 p.m. news spot. Spieler's idea is to clamp down upon the Kew Jersey fin^ racke<|i^,for speiedlngi occastphed^ *ft«r. iw<^ 6t the station's execs.WSf^ CaitgHt itt'n- (ler the hammer. . Phillyltss, |ttki^ iouro«y to the shore over th4 i!|r«ekMlds have been shelling out plenty'to suspiciously 'unofficiar justices, and Scott's nightly talks in tl>9 expose fashion aMs drawing tTMlNiilidiEMf - 1%«pons«. cohsiaeraftoirH***^"*^**^"*''****^* sm«unt- ^»f^ s pace |M a i lr-which Is piltnn: In heavily, con- ever concentrated in the country's newspapers over any other two months in its history, and faced with' another accounting of Its steward.shlp to the public in the fall, filmdom is taking advantage of the national recess on a clean screen to do some thinga.it ^as never done before. It is delylfig iiiriously into major company archives for-facts (Continued on page 51) tains such a wealth of information Scott is warning the fake magis- trates and real ones alike that the plundeflnir tocof <)r;o^(^^^ or el.se. Dailies have taken up the hue and cry. worliini; along with Scott's air column, and it is expected that spiiK^ oflflclal invesi^faMofi irili ?>• aOiiAir of the fin.. raclM^-':iilv*''ri»^^ broadcasts. . ''■'■]■■ '. CWA UNITS TO UTILIZE til More titan 800 vaude performers and chorus girls will be pat to work In CWA unttSi which wm plky the dCC camps, as soon as the states oC New York, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania can get the necessary dr^ ganlzational machinery working. For several months the American^ Federation of Actors has been agi-^ tating for aid for the itnempifCQfOd'; performers 111 the vau^ flitld; terday (Monday) Col. Earl Booth, of the Public Welfare Department of N. y., and also an official of the CW4,» calMNfl AFA headquarters to ' ^Sajr. ;iliiiit'ft'-was :'6kay' for' •#,': units'. AFA is now registering'tl|#,, unemployed in the profesh* i;:^'i^: tliSf units''tl;>''lM»\pra^ :^ii''tii»v east are of the same lOi^er as the free shows being set In Illinois, there will i>e vehicles for all types of yaude performers, including,; sketches; as'.wetl 'as: revu4^:'iw'::ft|ir^.' nish employment for; th« chorlhes. Chorus Equity has also tleen askCKl; toi i^eglster the uneiiiploy^ in. tlnsi^^ FIUHS LO. $1,000,000 NATIONAL BALLY IDEA: NO NEED FOR IT IF PIX KEPT CLEAN Badl-Ues Sock L A., }|">llywi>i>i|, AiJi; Amusement spots in Southern California drastically feU the ad- verse rcacition Qp tourist in;niis ^f the wtdsiy hrv^<fi infantH* p^j^rty"^ sis scare here. Alvbough no estimate of losS; In th?i ■ entertilnment neld has lieen compiled, the loss to th** entire st.nff^ through publlfitv of the sn-f illeil • ■piileinlr, is set at not Icfj.s than fu.OOO.aOO <fi 8Ubtrc^ct<;d , ;t<»urist rtivi^i '■' :a«^rord ih g •'' t«^'.'^»iwnt-^ *«»^ mary Ti.v the .Stat" f*hamber Com- merce, of report.H froni hotel,,travel, Fullowing a nes-sion pf lh« Hay- si a.i|;:d»ir<w|'oiP»i^ . in<l'ustr'y' leaders sighiQed their belief that /llmdom has passed through the main crisis in its relatlonji wJtii chu^TchiNi by abapd^htng Ihe con - teniplaititvl $ 1 .OrtO.OOO. K](i!r«»0^.tk^iii rbuhd-rfQbin atlvej^tisii^ The frtflowlrtg faet»-■ w.<re ' also .stress'"] Th It lire newly .strt'Mi?Ui"nf:d Hol- lywood purgitig mill,; a direcfc >;rowth of t ho p leah - up Cattipali^n, i.-t hiiit adding to milor productjoh costs, but on till' (•• itilr.iry, i.s prov- ing a , medium of bu.d,^»;t .paving create*'•;tK»f|- -'i«J*fcl|#.::#lf^^ ^ ,ln th..^;-jtia«!t,v;/,-;\, •• :^,'.!-f. •> ':.■: •S iraloga, Aug. <5i r.rririy h'-irts in the .nwank Orand r'tij HI hotel hCT'! is ^ nrf«t-timer for t^jfe'-HWIi' ' ;' ■,"'' ■;■ :!■ '-i ;'r'-.'J ;,' ■ Pla.yfng the Coney Island game in this ra<vlng re.sort for the August ;sea/w>n, which is g'.'nerally asso- ciAteri W'ith ■•' glorified and glided spori.^man.H}M'pv is something' Wh^^h has all thei viH tratJk followers |:ub bi,n«,:their■■eyeji.; •■^ -'^ -O----, ■'■;; , the .si ll t;ft hot. h >W- .'jyfir, tbft p"'>ny hetrts gamn ijp^ to No Cask io the Ti^^^^^^^^^ A. C Theatre's b^z Atlantic City. Attg. «. Finding audiences far and few tween, the Actors' Group, opcupying the Yojr th#atr« (a WftiWMi«Hi» on tfi* banks of the town's back bay). In- augurated the barter system of ad- mission. There Were ,several admissions o|| beer and wln&. Wine was tiw^d to advantage In the play, 'The Drunk- ard,' which tlie group presented on tlieir little .stago last weck.:;^ went into the icebox. : ^'^ - Meat prdired « huge sticcess', Ndit only did the novelty draw people, but they brought clothes, cigarots, canned soup.Y, beans, fruit, coffee, drugs, .candy* and even one evening goWti.. ^tbckM up with a suppiy for a while, the ffroup expect to re- turn to a cash ba.sis.for admission. • '''■ ■'■ iTollywood. Aug ^. .SifK .- the il' fiili i.f .Man - I )r viz- ier, Mftro h is iii-on .svv,inipt.'d with lettfrs an<l t*'l<grani,<i froiii ati*^*.V t«ur« Who admit, thej* ar* hattMAii v; tor fill the .iih^es the star. ' *' - H-alt the coinmiinic.ltion.s ire Mti'inyhvoijs. One telegram came frurn th(' l!ii:iiiii>;l)'iin (Ala:) (jlhaOl* ,»i<i^of C<>ini«H i<-.e, plugging an i ■*flSr ■. ui''ti>Wt; city* ■' 'y- ■-.