Variety (Aug 1934)

YAitmr L I T E■ATI '^>;./':. Book Bii Booiiilwi ..J- fitook publtahm about X» fv tato the new secMon with their most aue- «MMifttl year eUie* the general de- ;:iifiiiiiUm:^i<i|tVilif:'; bU to MVlMpi evelii % Sdnrtr liirel than gilMKil Ihiluiiithr. With itraetl«a11r ifgery publisher reporting: a vast Increase In business over the pre- vious year, coming: ChrlHtinas pe- rlb« t» exiMKst^, to bflHf tho book Wi|hri,;d#vbver. ^uMtriess report by every piiblish- Ing hoiist) is ohoerful. Typical la SinUh ^t Haas, whose sales for the ^ flrit slvllnohths OC this year repre- •ent an; lne««aiM 0% pver thit iftf the saiffMi V^irtdd fl# #l^vl- oufl annum. lilffloult to point to anything In liarticular fis responsible for the up- tttm m the book bis, J>ut the «reat hdpe '-held''out' fat wen- 'irr«at«r';ial«i»: this fall, and winter la' prompted by the clean-fllms crusade* With pictures undergoing a whitewashing,' book p€;ople ar«i c<»i9dent that ' pl« lirui tarn''!«('.!.i(Aii\,,iior»' ttmm 'evtrWl^^.' BWif Tlfedpli POtot~wit "^ ftur from boinrr threatened by the sam« sort of censorship enveloping the Alms, books are freer of eurlallment titattvevcr b«(ofie. "Tha 1t«to'of tbnetlnesi'ati^ then ' rractifally everything pub- lished hns gone unchecked and books fi-rmorly banned have been permitted tp. come intO: th« 0P9nr ^ TrehiJ IH flctlbh foi* the nei^r sea- son, is unmistakably, historical romance, or the costume, story. 'Anthony Advariie^ responsible for this. No>v iftyery. pltiiblisher !• look - Ing tor cOBttitne storlfi tor th* tall, and publishers* fall a,nnouncements are illuatratcd with pictures of capes and gwixi^ itamm/t-.-PKAvL" Popularity of 'mystery stMlas con- tinues unnbated and they will be numerous in the fall. Those scrib- blers combining the costume story with mystery have the b^t chances : o^;;|i^ttMt^ ''^'iWMtenis,' .wkNii«o«>k (Ml som« Of theiiir oidrtlme favor, falling off agalfi. Poetry scoring a nice conn-back and may bo a big thing this winter. An important algtt bf thfs is that the New Tork TliMs; fiook impplfmant t%T^ Its tfcrit pag* tfVisr t» a i^aw o< jii»»t«>r JMfek for tfia'ttrst TiiefdUf, AugusV 7* 1934 Best Sellfri isal •sll««« fs^ Ml* WMfc enit^ AutufI i 'I^rfunb in His Bosom' (|2.W> MUIer 'Anthony Adverse' (13.00) ..By Hervey Allen 'So Red tha Hose* (13.50) v.i...V.v«i;ti*i^»........By Stark Young 'Years Are 60 libng* ($2.50) ..,...;, . Hy Josephlne LAwrence *And Quiet Flows ths Doj*' (llOO) ,»..,. .By MlkhaU; fllrtgklM?^; ^t■:Oia■udius•■;■<ll(H>)^■.v..'i^'iVsV^^ •While Rome Burns' ($2.76) ^^^^•'Ai»Wi^ 'St.ars Fell on Alabama' ($3.00) i....... .By Carl Carmer 'New Careers for Youth* ($1.50) By Walter D. Pitkin '100,000,000 Guinea Pigs' (ItOO) By Arthur Kallet and P. Schllnk 't4fe Be»tnii *t Ifbrtjr' ,v..KiiV»** .B|r Waltwf; » PItklw Bscaw **om the Bovleta? ft5.W)i *,, • .Bf Tatlann Tdliamattana Lucky Oppenhetm FJ. Phillips Oppenhelm, veteran writer of society adventure tales, makas plenty with his Action but moni at roulette these days. For a whole week at Juan-tos-pias. French Riviera resort, he matfa tkf eyes pop out of the crowd. In an hour he picked up 200,000 franos (HAiOOO) at one tabla, lie tlum ,^afii^ ^t«!M^^ M Ha M«k continued wltluiiitr # IlKiME mtii closing time. - ^ ■ . OppcTihoim Is now considered the luckiest roulette player on the ' !Rivl<rtt|,''4illi|'.^'i)0sl^^^ for- tunat* irtiilieinit'i^ want ib^ learn his systeiit. Ha ■tarted at tha be- ginning of the week merely playing 5 and 10 franc flakes. These produced such large pr^llj^ -||m||[^ decided to so the Umli, ■ ,> <?aatai(»^^. Inn '' The a4vtrt|Wnp,l^^^ .they- flglir*^; - ■' ', 1 , 1 1,r, I . .:: Hitler Bars ■': Both American newspapers in Paris have been barred from CJer- matoy teittpiMrdrtly. Chi Trib Eu- ropean edition is on ths Nasi black- list because of a story by 6iifHd $chultz, its Berlin correspondent, to the effect that Hitler tells Hin- denburg only as much of what is going pn in the Belch as he thinks th<B old inatt- ought t« ItWfWf.: iTbi» appeared July 18, b^ip^'f^ German prez's death. ' Joke is that Miss Bchultz's stuff rarely gets tafa tha European edi- tion, as she usually flled for Chicago direct or through London, her cables not touching Paris. Story which earned ban was an exception. Most of the Parts Trib'a German news has biMh rewii^iMI'iiv tha offl Havas agency, and was really tougher than the stuff )^ Miss SchultK, Who lsvaa^tlM«''t»^\4i»^^ stay, in Berlin.- 'Trtb'V^t lougk about t^^^^ In a front page editorial July 24, signed by Ralph J. Frants, managing editor, it told Goebbels no pre.«»sure could Stop it and thl^ the ban w<>lild da thore harni to O^naany than to the Trib. As a matter of fact the boys on the Trib long felt slighted that their paper was not banned, when all Uia respec>^ble Bngliiih ^ :«liaet^»~HMMic^ ' spectable biiiast too---hav# Iwaii iroing on the Nazi blacklist from time to time for months. Frantz pointed out in his editorial that the (?«niijj|iaiui have long been trying ta inHuane* tha-Trib policy by thraatening to wil^k«i4 t^rt and travel advertising; iOM -^^ lha papOr largely lives. Herald, la also banned, but doesn't know; wily. Mm how par |or how long^ tniilttaia maiia«er M Herald npont entire day to get enllghtsA- ment on what was what. ' Ansae Anti Crime Msgs fredal^l-:fe0» 'i i ^ In Sydner is expected to move against the Ameri- can pulp mags now flooding the Australian market. ' Move comes about beoauae of sot erU jMKieht Dililiiiwr-ttlia holdups oommltted in Sydnay, and follows a strong outcry by the preis against the murder mags. PoUca OfBcials have been in con fttit&tloiiv,iirlth FMaral authorities outlining a plan whereby tha flood of unwholesome literature ban fluickly be stopped. For a year or so now the pulp " fnMl(i,'iia« ;.foiiim "«'',raa4y^'>M«>kat in tha many chain stores scattered around Sydney. The mags, mostly back dated, retail at a very low flg- arfi and. are snapped up. Rapiorted tkit savorai jcTltniniils eapitvca^ oantly by police have had on their person copies of the orinie kind IMefeba Afiat If the plans of Elliott F. Simpson, former mac publisher, materlallae, K. r. t« to «at a new daily tab to All tha >la<6a vaaated by tha Chraphic. Understood that tha flnanolng is practically arranged for, with a suitable plant under advisement. Unless a hitch develops. Simpson Will begin publishing in tha fall. PropbX(Pd 8iiiiD«6tt dally arilf am- pha.size amusements and sports, though coyarinf feneral news. ViMfif Pvlif the Unusual Uhustiai iriKuation tai book eirelas arrived last week when Viking Press sent out a note to literary editors asking them not to review a book. Item Is 'Not Ir But the Wind,' by'-p.- "ii;- -t Amm iii ^ -%^<aw, Frieda, lJ«irif«»«a,'' It's a s^ory of the' tiawrences' Hfe together, giving a lot of Inside glimpses of literati all over the world. Mrs. Lawrence wrote it and had it privately printed ia Taos, New Mexi«ai:::'>f!Maiiia''teV« taken it over and are publisliliii|r it in a regular trade edition In October, in \*hlch will be included some photo- graphs and other items not in the privately printed book. ; Vlkingf wi'Ota editors that Ixias- thueii at ' tha regular tra<ie book would bo out soon, they would ap- preciate ;it if no reviews are given the private aditiott fof th# ^imf be- Crick Gets Hot New Brunswick (N. J.) was the teapot for a lively tampest lately all over tht Rutgart aitiamar aghoqi thaw.. Winter shows are dona br Jane Inge, but Prof. Richard C. Reager stages one in the summer .session as lalNirftory #oirk Stage Production rtailW.v S : ; Home News crick delana Fellar, recent graduate, Is an Inge devotee, and apparently can see no good in othw* prodtiitlttb^ib Hha gave 'Take My Advice* a Very •ptit notice. 'Con- stant Reader.' 'Old dtibscrtber' and a lot of others wrote ta the editor. With the result that lltMi Feller had ta nai l|tN«it » aalumn at the pro tests 'm^^i Hemingway's Pals E)rn«st Hemnilngway spending his days on his yacht Ashing off Havana. He had as gue*t Octavus Roy Cdhen aha Mher irrlterii Sydney Franklin, the Brooklyn toreador, arrived last week to be his guest iiiia.^^^-J^^ was recolvo.i by the cbiintnish tryinig to ,flgbu ,i«;gaiis|Kl''tn„cuba.''''' \ir"^: Ceofiemy 'in ■ Pari*;,: ':''"-^^' Ronewed ructions have burst out In Paris - Amerieaa newspaper circles as tha result oC 4 >l«lt of a New York business of Ace big shot to the Paris Herald with the re- ported mission of cutting expenses regardless. Ogden Rfid alsy is ex- peote#^'any'''dai^,''iairii'','-|liit'^ wondering what ltV«mii i» aM»n to their Jobs.' They got a shock Mondays (tS), When the. Herald eaaaa ovt in ^Ix pages; instead of its ustiat eight— the first time it had dropped so low since the War, and one of the very few occasions on which It has printed a smallervpi||»er ttMMft its rival, the Paris 'tm^ilill'M'tiMir Chi- cago Tribune. Herald's big modern of Ace build- ing on the iUia 4|a started during the bflKim ind a white ele- phant ever since. Is now reported' to be on the market. Independent of the newspaper property. This is chief element ot the paper's losses, mortgage Interest; taxes and up- keep cutting lieaytiy Into general revenue. It is also reported that negotiations for purchase of paper by Colonel R. R. McCormick, of the Trib, have been reiftPfbu|^. that is iust one Of thMii ' " " ^ " '^:^l!f^,CK/i-^^ Oigest^i M« Itami^^^^^ What may be the costliest adver- tising campaign ever undertaken by any mag is underway by Literary Digest, whlcli is preparing a series of fttU-paga newspaper si^ads in tha principal cities of the eountry. Funk A Wagnalls. Digest publish- ers, hope by this means to recover some of the ground lost to Time. News-WM^vVii-^IMlMr' aC,K# a»m- petitors. Lit Digest has been spending huge sums for some time to achieve supremaey in tiNi newa-mag field. An eiUiimplaVTtiril?^ mlum of a t4-T0lume encyclopedia set. The latest advertlainc campaign will go after both snMerlptioBa and advertisUig. Mexico Attrseting Literati Seems to bs a policy of the literati tb ikirtoit a dl*fe«*nt country or comihunlty eash year. Mny be; Ma Jorea ana imtjimieir,- iuid Cuba "ttie next. This summer It's Mexico What focused attention on Mexico was Diego Rivera's exploits when here. Kaws folldwed him when he returned to his native land, and the scribblers, who are notorious travel ers, became impressed by the home of the tamale. Menleo has been visited by meira < AsMriean type- wrlter-ctlekm tfria year than ever before, and still more going. wiy,..pir.oH'^ "^ean a i<^t of books on '"' " Publish Davis* Poems PhU Dfc»is* oo ll ea t ion of to poems was accepted hT ilm}.'BI»i^'M9^ Press..':Of Chicago* New Liberal Weekly New weekly ot liberal opinion in the making, to be called Public Opinion. Sponsors, who plan the thing as a eo-operative venture, have banded together aa the Public Opinion Associates. Only thing holding up actual pub- lication is the mek of an editor. Th«^ are seekin* a #ldety-kno#n liberal scribbler, offering the post on a proAt-sharing arrangement Trst»be's Movie Novel Shepard Traube, theatrical pro- ', ^'Chatter', 5-;pnni';JWiilrta-^ grad. ■'^v^.::--*:; y I Bavenih;e4iti(Mi'e^ •Kapcot.' Leonard Llebltng back from a ' Fahhte Hu'rst/.andi" 'h«r^«piriUR4'. have gone'abroad^ '■'' ■]' Vj ■' FloyJ Dell has Anlshed' novt>l, Tho CJoldon Spike.' Thayer Hubson. the William Mor* ;ruir; MM^^lMpi^riit^ hkt: 4eslt.;,';':;,;:; 9itnit\r''t^-(Km summerinr At Woodaitbck on an abandoned barn. Paul Horgan in from New Mexico to deliver .a new novel to Harper. Joseph .Connolly, head of King Features.'; h«eli.-'.Aftef. »'PMf|IM|irtal o.b. , ■ ',/,'.: ;■•.;*;■,','>'^'■■■•;,'•;! Ka t hcriKia I. Tresa 4(>lniK a blog of the late'^sc!ribmf^■':A^ Cooke. ,,:'■ :,':-v ,,''',■■■-; ■-;,■■.•,:•:'';''? '•>■■.■ I Hays Haitnmond will ta. ^ Gloucester to Anlsh hie nic^MNil^ Farrar & ^tineharU ; Aben'v kan^l^^«>Mr--no^ for Conquest,* jiue In Septeni^r, postponed to January. ; " Norman White, Jr., has 4Uit the Century Play v ,€0. fnd is again agenting on lils^airn.'- Isa Cilenn has completed the working outline of her new novel, •O, Rose. Thou Art Sick.' W. Beran Wolf* deilveraa, :iiew book toi his jpubltsher aifid iiane# tbr Mexico the very next day. TifTany Thayer easily cops the rtjcord for the greatest number of publishers issuing his books. Appleton-Century will piibllsh 'Or- ganised Labor tn Industry,^ by Mat* thew Woll. v-p of the A.F. 'of t./ Grace Flandrau back from MexU'o and will spend the rest of tbe sum- mer at her place in Connecticut. Kd^rard flale Birstadit Ihmi handed D6tibleday<I>oran the manuscript ht his new book, 'Enter Murderers.' Ann Watklns no longer agenting Sinclair Lewis after many months lAtter^to da hts awn representation >'''^*ts»it(yit'>l^vewr T««otiiting #111 Julius Klein of Universal to puiblish at least one book of his an- nually The Andre Gide autpbiof« which Random House %iti iiiinifciaft <be^ i^ a limited ^4mm^-mi^ «^.< signed by aide..' ' ■ •■ '-'l-^'-:. ■ That 'Dogs - of War,' just com- pleted by Yeats Brown, supposed to be an answer 't«M.||^e|i|^ 'Cry Hayoc,'-,, ';■■ "- I:«w1s Browne #111 mt^m lecture at the University of Southern Call fomla, one of his subjects being the art of writing. M. L. Werner has done a 'Privileged Churaaterib* " will publish. It tskea WsMhtngton over the hurdles. Myra Furst, playbroker, Is still in business by herself on the Broadway beat. she>as five pta^r#iel.«#il«|i timtrstdn Hughes' short stories 'The Ways of White Folk.s,* will be pu blished in England by {Jeorge Allen and Unwin, Ltd. ., Bennett CerC reportinc t9 £ugene Imif^^tt^'lM pilUliicfions of O'Neill's plays, sevi^rll; :w^^ Cerf witnessed recently, Katherlne Brush's next, 'Don't I<rver Leave Me.' will be serialised in CosmopdlltM and iMs^^lslie^ rar & RInehart In Spring, 1935. S. S. Van Dine has written an Introduction for the 50-year-old mystery tale. The Leavenworth Case,' when.'; ■■»',.'appjpinre- ^U^'m "new edition., ''■ ■■' "'■■'■" ,■'' Hdhdrick* de Leeiirw back from tho.se sinful places In Europe, Africa and South America. His new manuscript on the Stthle^. prjj^eded him hbme. ■','.";' ']■■■:'''■'■'::" 'Laughing ifourney.* inovel by Tom Lennon, news editor of the RKOr Radio publicity staff on the Coast, is dated for publication Aug. tS, John Day publishing. : Randoni House hM tsicen Charles Ooughty's Travels in Arabia DetMrts' for: republication In a cheaper edition. Cheaper ; mekns only seven dollars per copy. Isaac Don Levine's ^5-yoar-old Metropolitan Mag (how defunct) seri4i. '9atfali«^n ot l>eath,* Sttviet story, suddenly In demand on Coast for lli' kers in the new vodka Aim cycle. J9«ck jCobroy's. 'ri'he Disinherited,' hiM iifdvia. iatik^^ # edition- .=ilmultTneous with Its publioatton in England by Wishart Russian and ITkr;)(ntan -lO^Kfit^^ ■./■r'.v'llWwon's Sh^rtiee Damon Runyon's sudden rise ta Import as a writer is one of thoso things that makes the theatre and literary worlds wiiat they are. liuVK yoi^ h^ been wriUn« .Wn sHbrt stories for same years; viit mMion picture folks and the general read- ing public didn't wake up to him until very rerantiy-^biit ilWiefi they did! ■;:„■',.'■■ }'::■:/■■■ ' ■•Oi^:>.- : '9i«ia^^ift-''«l»«<»iiir''^(ii^ik^ is Runyon's latest collection of yarns. Thirteen stories In all and as good a baker's dozen as could be asked for. Included are 'Little Miss Marker,' 'Jisdy tor a bay* and *0|d poura Hoiiee.' all ^ which have ai> reaidy been filmed! Last named was called 'Midnight Alibi' as a picture. AH of Runyon's stories are of the: same mould, h shrewd mixture of. sehtini^lit^^^^ btahWr. 'tmim; 'jiti^ylfm-mt^' %nnii'ty-^th*,y're''e*j^r - '""'■ ' hpyei, *aionr Road,* which wilt be published by Macaulay's. IJook depicts in story form the growth of the film industry througli the development,-'-,.©* '•,.4#<|.' >|iliiti(M^. who Ht-art with tpl':'|iM|pilM^:,j^^ grow up with Uu ■ Divoree-LSvv Pan' *A, p. Herbert is a Briti.sh writer ,; ■ who has force and personality plu« " a sense of humor. His 'Water An- Ifeto'/ brtmfht him a lot of renews >. an d 'a ' 1b t - ^i>t attention:' His hew book, 'Holy IV.ndlock' (Doiihletlay- ; Doran; 12J>0), although not as good \ a book, ought to continue his repii- '- tatlon and earning rapacity. .. It . bught-^<»,'^^eeii.;, ■■■,-,''■>:" Herbert is coneerned In ,'iri^.y Deadlock' with tho evil.s of the dir vorce laws, lirillsh divon-e laws, U .. seems, are atoii^ the same linei^ af i^^; New-Tbrkv4iYi6rb«.-'lNRnim-^'' HerW?rt'^';' tikM^^^theiie iawsfor a ride, showing libw terribly uhfiki^ and uncivilized they ar^. His story is, for ii feyr ' : pages, long-winaed. but there are a : lot of good laughs, aonte perfectly gini,.nd. .; 6hara«terisationsr^ 1^^^ tha : Sitnitinn hits where it: >i«risr-in Biigiani and:In..ifew-'t^ifci-r ' 8«rewy ,'R«manee -- Tho Mediterranean sector being d wild and cockeyed corner o£ the world, books abotit it are likely to take on the eaoie tinge. Such i* certainty the m 'Mediterrati- ean BHies* (Vanguard; $2), by Yvonne Cloud, as wild and cock- eyed a yarn as could bo asked fo-. Josephins^lll a vacillating Drltish lass who, net ta^iwlng Whethm she " loves Mothy or James most, nhare.i her charms between both. And eventually, when Colonel CJrey, with more coin than either, comes alonff he's the boy: It's fas^ H*|i sciSewy; but it's funny and easy reading^ It deserves |(o S011 bjBtter thOA it pr0iH>^^ ably will.-': '^rbO' .ad'.tiit; Ittr.'.flkn'- -mff^i' poses.. :.■ ' llaverting to Type After her fling at the llunganatw Elinor Glyn goes back to her fa.^.V miliar pattern for 'Sooner or L«tei^5 (Macauley, |2). She tPimils a'bsk|4 en tra9k in this history of the benu« tifutl^aawir thing who. though lowly born, raises herself to the peerage, or near It. The heroine is Hm daughter of a chauffeur and a la^fcM? maid who gets an apprenticeship in a dress ihbi*, swltclies to a curib dealer who peddle« dope on the side. Is befrlend«;d by a loo.se-moraled. but high-minded American womaiti*.- and marnies a relation of her ear-: Her .tidli''pntrbn^S. Shop girls and stenographers will put themselves in the place of Mari- lyn. To others it Will :ba flat Antt' uninteresting. pared. iljUCer atfdi diraetdr, haa epthplelad 8^ ^ H, :L. Mencken wMiU to knotr what changes the Chinese language underwent in the Chinese colonies of tho tl. 3. during the past few years. A^ks anyone who knows to teli hlfn. CleVereHt bouU title ol lIi.- hiontli 10 isiiutfoue Quuj|ioghaui'f> 'yiiitiieir- nometry; a Gallary of Gunflghlers' Carl Carmor will go to New Hatnpshire to write that new book about JiV'Y*.-■ Although Isiclor Schneider won a Guggenheim award a couple of months ago, he's continuing to press agent at Macaulay's until he An- ishes a hovel that's been uhdef ^ay. for a eooi^e of years^ Spurred by the success ot heir 'Treeless FMen,* which went Into a .second edition, J^rancine Flndley has turned out s^ At record .speWi---;' Tlie^-new-.^ona.'-tavlNl called 'Bright Star> j|#i«l King nr^ publish. 'l^ulfh' Liznbuch not returning to (Cleveland—at IcMist, not Just yet Landed ih§ post o( art. <^itor of the ' New. liasseb; ''ir^t»h(f .iiNk^ 'just tA^ he wtis looking for some flivvM*- tourlst headed westward with a .spare rumble seat. Former srt I'aul Daily N«ws movie crick, Gerald A. Smith, lidw tending bar at St. Francis tap r6om; .St. P., and FYed H. Strong, News olty ed for the past several veirs, is doubling at lils rag Job iiy doing fika Mii;utlVe secretarial dull's for the St. Pa.il On.9i^^|^||^^i|||i^