Variety (Aug 1934)

Dealara Turn P>ill»U«h«rg SiiK-c a niiinbor of publlKheirs are |)Ook8ollcrK also, notably Jiouble- ^nyj Woron & l^utton. a group uf 1»QokiRett#Tei^^>^ 4«ctded they can ;i« jp)U.I>}iHH«'r8, also, ijurithbut injuring 'irViiptn ftmatour Btftnding. Aecdrd-' itm'ly,'tho K'""I' ba.s fi)i n>o<l n pjiiT)- liKliinK I'oiu'orn tuillt'Ul TUe Book iTabio. to iHsuo vartau* »tt^l0eit« fni: iln>H«'<l odiiiims, ' tJiiblinK iH'.-id of Tlu' Hook Tal.lo Ih KriK'st J{. (J<o, tlie iiiid-lown IttMVls ^ The iJook Table >,v I'lan is to tnako tlu> Hook Table voliinios fainy ami oxiu-nslvo af- fairs, aiin«'(l f<»r tlH> <:ollot:lor ratln i- i^ii %h9 isftf>©r»l )1>«H>K pubiiHlior. ^otttiw^iert ' iiitere^^ the' vtiii- tiiif claim thoy t'ltri't .loi?^/"Since tli«y havo tlH'ir outlets .RHiBUi^.d. -^^ Young Mag Successor ; rhil I'aiiitt'i-, who wi iU from P.ii- ;iljtillfri»ai4i to Nt w York to assuino dhvi-tlon o| the C. M. XounB I'ub- ll^Kitijir Co.. h^^ tloni A (Ivan CO. alon^ with him. The ^|>ilbrii:ati»*n, which has boon a ;jftftliiMy;^' WggM.l.y. ^tiul a daily nows- -^Pfip9ri^l« ttow^:^A (igain as a Iterieml fact and 'flctinh ima|r. It's aimed as a sucorssor to tho one- time YouiiK's MaKazino, ami canicB M i M ) iiu -a K Ubt i U e to Adywo i Ule Click AjUt^ be ii Bligbt ittlx-^^up in tbelAtCt ;i^|tWl*'« «1«<) ^^•aM•il>s^ a»; • W .^Ir^UnK's Mu,|e;aisinc.^ ''' .iPalii ^edilort4i;''ii*r«iM4»: niPi^if:' 'the^^^^^ l^^ company, of 'Wfllch ft. O. Y<»unK is the president, '^^liere are two additional maKs In itie Chain, Dfu)| Htories, und Yellow A'hbth«r^'o«»4'''A¥''^ti<M^ ifM^irawaya in the ni.aklnK, this ono^tffil known as I'osniopolitah Topics; Publisher Is Shepxi.-ird ilenkle, who, instead of tj^e usual handoutfl, wiU.V<f9 c»riiKtii4^ '^niaiteirlnli'-., " ,-v^>v-, .' Piiblicalloji olllte will be In Iti'ouklyn, whero another of the .'newer thrownways, the New T^rk TiMiittre Kevlpw; is also published. N<t connection between the t-Ho, -However. Bernarr M.ufaibUn will )>ublish a political nun-nortisan weekly pa- . per in^Hew; i#ie|rr^^|rtf|^ ; ofllces lit Newark. Howard .Swayne, formerly m.c. of the N. Y. Craphlo (dofuntt), has the uame post with , the new sheet, to be called MocFad- ■Mn^ "^9*!^^ is editor. New flve-center aims for tax re- duction and elimination of graft in public offlc<ps. It w.iU bie restricted S-l-Bkfcki'* - Chi. Amer. Stint ^■'r'Wi^- ll^ockr went back to the Chicapo American amusement page, going in to Pinch-hit while Charlie I»wn. niterle revtewiyi for a vacation. , Blocki was formerly drama head ]pf thb American and lately ,has been tn cluirfre pf pttbljidty- fw ^^ones, ::Linick'':iik^' Scihiiefetp;'''""'■ Rt»m»' months aeq Arthur t^humway, tlie 8«rlbbler« '^oni" il^Wfcfd futHdel itil Fildvlda ""TStlSe, afTTiTs frlendF eXtfWIned, h* couldn't place any of his , Stuff and laccd starvation. ■ (C.itrrent is)?ue of llsquire varr rljwi a (StlWii! Shumway^ and ;«5ll(Bl 'i^^^ has , been a«j«epif# % ij)^VC«ntr Press : ;,-v,;-: iCut*-'^Cid»' /■' ■ ■ ^^<ie lads' Vhb i^^^ with SfiaiiiMhdtS of their babies, hrinjsrinf? th'cni out for. tin- examination by ".any iinsuspeetinK Kent who hajipens alonK, are ainat.curS 'n<>yfi-i'.Thii:-t:ji}' vipi>prti0d nartib; iiguried but a bett^ir 6m tliaif- fhat. Firm published 'Your Child l.<? Normal,' by Cr.ace Adams, and three of the men iiij the oHU-o i)lant« d their own kids* faces on the jacket. Four pictures on the jacket. One is Pascal C'oviil, Jr., who papa i.s the firm's pre«; Other boy is John itowe, son of life i||iT«i^a *i!t direct Two girls are Nancy and Siie Joel, offiipring of the bompahy's publicity Formal Debuts ,Sept. 15 That 'cMiphisficated a«id Jntelll- •. "iPSllt* mag: for collopiates. Formal, ' iet to bow In on Sept. 25. Initial Issue will be around 30,000 copies. , Fublication will be monthly; ::|iiMrl«rt; W«aver,^■ *dnii«4y"'bf< the Keitr Yorker, edits, with Charles Van Gott as managing editor. Pub- ,'.r-^;-lley» -Mag' oh. Storjr' Pftitarn' jin attempt to emulate Story, the : .IpiM^ next month with ^fm'lHitiw %rilMl|(«l to be ciaileit Prose. Prihie trtbVer in the undertaking Is Edw.'ird Hiley Huphes. New niaj? won't use .anytliini; extremely arty, but the stuff will have tabe^igniil- • ■.,. caiit...; ' ^isrocMl: 'indifC^. ' I r, , - ' Ist Diljinger Bioa : >irst of a Jlood or biogfraphical matter on the Jnte John Dilllnger Is a little book hailiiiK from Ml. Morris, IH. \Vrit- ten and published by 11. C. Reming- ton, It's entltlciUIbe Life and 15x- ipk>ints of JTohn iJlHlhger.'^ • lleJis fAr a qiiftrter! • ' ; H^^ With Atlantic " Laiiirehce (pett ) Howe has left Baker & Taylor and Is b.aok with :Atlantic Monthly on book and mag iidV/^islnip .^'.flti'win also resume publication of liW hinpazlne, 'Book Business,' In ^^etober. it will be, again, a month* devoted tfi the book tr^de. : .^HmN' Book Centumption ^Biggest book buyers in the U. S. 9jblW are probably th^ Comil)uni8t party and allied book iiowv^^ cdrding to a;vailable figures. Ahd it's not communist Kterattire alone that the party members buy^ li|it\l^^ of au ciassMcatipns. RCNiUidil^^la t^^ oi^ the party are avid readers, and almost All branches throughout the United Statei^ have book store or book de- ixirtments attached. Thus the party members, by buying from their^'^own .are helping their own, but capital- istic book publishers figure the sales Mii good they sell the groups books at percehtftges eveh heiqw \he Hsual wholesalib. jpirlees. Chatter Helen Weenook In China. i Talbot moMi^ ■■ : «MiM«i|i« lii Florida.. '[ ^. :'/ MahrR^bWt*^ JUiMfifluirt b*«k fr6m ' Hussla. ' ~" - Kathisrimi Woods m^nds aaost of h^-4ti»i>.:la.^#HW«» Cene Markey .ibM/'l^^aiisd.. '•.i.-nimll' with covici.. Ffk»«^^-:-:^'y\ :■ postponed to January. £dward Jf King back to Gurope •Double Life,' the Siamese t<win autoblog, Is oft 'tU Nov. 6. , Newest Ifod^ tlfw^ is 'The Pit,* by Frank Norrls. Valentino William's cihiUera have beaii w^^mmmi to' 14 ^lHlfiiiiiii;-^' ; I^eo Dcnnen flnishing page proofs on his 'Where the Ghetto Ends.' Alfred H,khlV back after a three- week vacation in the Adirondack^. Eva Gould, Symon'a missus, as- sembling data for a biog «f 8t<(Vhen Foster, the songwriter. Publication dikte r7«f^ Tapdeir Cheeks,' \iit:^0m-m0m^ Sept. 26. :;;i,-.V',-' )■■■'■':}■<' Philip'' dibli* '^09&t ^«9ii«| :Of' Illness an d ha» >>iiiii|^ peioih travels. ' A little, book just published is Workers' Library Expanding Workens' T., i b r ii r y Publishers, which, in the six years of its cxifitence, has been issuing pam phlets a;nd tffliitir' lieations, Is branching out into the full-size book field. Although its new books will be of roKUlation Icnj^tb or over, price will be low. as tlM^ ftSca ^tMr l^uMlca^cMi^ gotten but3>y: lliisi c«^^ instil be aimed for tlte :w<p*fe«r; ' • • " First of the Workers' Ltbrar v. fujil al$i^ bobka «|:lil be 'Veterans on tli MiiroK.' With' U4 pages, it will sell for 11.25.■,>i^;-|1^4|,^pa|-.|p editorial dlrect^.v, ■'. '■■■ r"-'/'" ^ ' Smith:^;:liliiit';ftkp Smith A Hass. who r«p)orte4 * bigger increase in business'the Ai'st six months of the year than any other book publishing house~125% ---«r« Invesitoii^'t^^ eamlni^ in expansion. The pair, Harrison Smith and Robert K. liaas. together with liar riette McLiain. also a member <>f Jtbe fli^, hiiVe brtfantted a subsidiary called New Rooks. Policy of New Rooks not set, but understood that It will serve as the Imprint .)ti?*r a n^w publishing entcirprife. , ^liHat«'.'.ft«eer4t':'er 'Matr^ral;. '. With the publiciition of a photo- praphio record of the metropolis, called 'This Is New York,' David Kemp returns . to the publishiDtg business; ; lias moved, iw to the Rockefeller Center. 'This Is New York' is a collection of 100 photographs of N.Y.C. by the town's leading shutter-'inappers, edited by Gilbert Seldes, wHo did ttl« Capt'jkHlS"..and an int'l^Oi(^llid«^;.;;; ..■':^•^fA■ Best Sellerf .f »r the week, ending August 25^ a« reported by the •'' 'Fiction •So Red the Rose' ($2.&0) . . ..................... .By Stark Young 'I.iamb in His Hosuni' (I'J.fiO) .;,i^^«iAVW ramliju Miller 'Goodbye Mr. .Cliips' iUlM): i.y.iRy Janus liilton 'dsWRlisb Jourhify' -c|8;0<l)''.iV>;»^t-.*i i^T^^ ;.»V*4'^.^si;i^fly B.v:Priestley; 'I eiftudiu»s' ($3.00) .......;....ij^..;.i....,,.,..:.By Robert GrayeM lioly Defirtlpck' (|2.50>. , v.i.*^ ^..,V** v*>r*'-A- ■ ■ '% 'X-Y ;'''^'.V;'''''Niiiw^Fietion ■ v''' [y^':- ^ ''>- .; ^'v':; '^^ 'Coniiiit: American Boom' »|1,50) ,,, .,«.. . .Ry Major I.,. I.. R. AnRAs 'Start? Fell on Alabam.a' ($3.00) .v;,*..;, .;...,Ry Carl Carmer •While Rome Burns* ($2.75) ............;vBf! #oollcott 'lOO.POO.OOO (iuinea Pigs' ti2.00) liy Arthur Kfillet^ gehUnk •Life Begins at F«i ty' (lii-SiXj; . , *.......... *..Ryi;Waltier B; Pitkin •New .c4eM«^ '1^.-Ti^f^ ^|4JH»;i#4>^.i'w.;..By-'WaJter B.' Pit^tln-; 0>m ■ -■■-'•'■^^Sodwfn' Obes Musliy- William f;»)d\viti, book puldisher, extendinj; his activities. lias ^jr. ^cintsed a booic sitbsidlayy ca^^^^^ Ar« ccidia House, .under w imprlht will be puhllshed ftehtlmeiTltal ro- mances only. Bellamy Pajtrtdgc willx pick ^e At^^adia Ifouro ,' III; ,cqh»I4«^ Ing Six mant^elpfSr iiflf; tha Jnijtiifil o>itpiiti;;;.j.,:-;^;;V^;^^ Argentina Accord Recfprocal copyright reluiiun.<) be- tween' .thertr^^^.;.'jK^'>'r««!|litllfle .«ferc established last "week by a prpcla-t matlon Issued by ]^resid enjt?'B oose- velt ThtiHsdftjr (^}- -'^'l^' A{tre<i»ment ; ei^tends Copyright beneliits of U. 6. laws to citlEens of Argentina, which givea iP>initl«r ifOi; tection. to Americans. , i ii j i^ i iii %V .ii i i i . r «ii (/ i .f . i V ( I T. n i' ij. . , „'|; i | , . ' ,, > y. ^.:.;J. -^i,' i i^\ 4-\ called: to Raiaa M4i i*nui9Viice ilotrt--:i«^WMfc•o-^:-■ ^ ■ ^ John F. Hossenlopp has* been added to the Claude Kendall staff as assistant editor. Edwin Saavar la at Ida home in Ahnlsqaaad^ Haaa, Mwtltto* his new novel, 'The Larceners.' Beatrice Blacknuure, who writes stories with her husband, Bruce Gould» t9 Boropa for » lopk-aea. DmnraV' 'v Bi iiKfc" ^ wW''', oo^wirote 'One Night of liOver (Col), is writ- ing a novel for Houghton, Mifflin. Bernard de Veto an expert pistol shot, but the only thing h«'s <sver aimed at a. .itablirtier it 4 aaiv h«ok. vClauda kliiidaB w^ a 'friend^l^l^lfvr^^ yet. ' ■■' '■' ■ y \ Harry Bamisra Hurd personally pubUwkliMr « MW hooiL of hla pMois, -West iar JBiat^* at ana dollar the copy. Scrlbncr will issue a first printing of 75,000 copies of ex-President Hoover's bo<d^ .Tip. vf^twUeBca to Liberty.*' , ■ Ogden Nosh, who works for PBro vur & Rinehart.' wU) again hji^ a new boak ■ ''tmi^tm ■^m^'^ 8cliuat#/.:;-''-^'^. ■■^'■■v • llirlataii Ctopnian. author of 'Eagle Cliff,' is the pseudonym of the writing team of Ifory and Stan- ley Chapmaa. Francis Brsktoa Ooailm;^ ifa- porter, lit Madlaott ATanva, |f. ia voluntary haifciwgitiMyn HiMai debts, no . assets. Advance brders for Samuel BCNK-* ers* Atlant<o MplltlllF UOJM Wil» novel, liuslt^ i^^ tka Qitif9^* n^mv bered nearly 16,000. Gene Cchen <QU Swan), former NEA Broadway colomnlst, has been hibemaUnB irtlh • ■«?«! alt sum- mer and pImm'16 aiNit* wMh it thils fall. Simon A Schuster going In for young writers litermlly. Virginia FaulkM^ la haraly Sl« and Josephine John8«fe;<'':#;ll.'<iN^aalMit^dlM0^ Is 24. Vanguard soon 'to Issue a second Story anthology, to be called 'Story in America, IIM-IV Whit Burnett and Martha Mlitr^ Ikt Iplmry adUors, assembled it. Viking planning a campaign to send the sales of Alexander Wooll- cott's book, 'While Rome Burns,' 9ver the lOO,0ij|iMMi;miat sale to date is 40,000. J>arker Morell, Who did that biog of Diamond Jim Brady, which Simon & Schuster are to publish in tiM :^t^ Is Of 4 family pt ivrntieiri. Bedvuite all his friends; adviised him to write his story Idea. 'The Westward • Star,' In prose, Frank Ernest IIIII did It In verse. It's to be published as mimtiilC^ Paula Gould, p.a., lias sold her flrst iiovel. it is to come btjt under the aegis of the Author's Publir a- tioaa, titled liovo Is a Idadness.' publication date aroun<i January.., \ A new iMMk Aitblisbiiiik <£pacerh iias been Iim«m<I ti)r-: lohn Ooldeh, not the play producer, and D.avid 1-. r^ven under the name of the Nevell Publishing Co. Pkin is to publish tecjomie*! binolia OA llipited subjects, Miei/"t!il^'W^wteii and Capt Billy Faweett (now divorced) an- nounced tho marriage of Jdarion Ciair<» J^awcett to Warren James Ba«g, will bt at homa flapt. 1, in ■tulsf; Oktat' (C$#rMwiKr w«i par- foras^^aljmweati'i t-(ibernian Comedy There have been, many hooks on Ireiai)d diidv the Irish, 1^ f^sW' haV^P been asi witty jand genei^lly amus- ing as Is 'The Laughing joUriiey' Uohn D.iy: $2). l?ook is tbe first novel of Thomas Lenon. scenario chief for Badlq Pictures on the coast. a.i^d eStaliUslMs, I>1>!'^ wltj^oiit f iue B tioH as a wrltiir , id he JiftaTd from. It's a ligbt tale of love and tlKlit- Ing. There's a lot of action, but not too miuch |>lot- manipulation* For a b^Mik wtiten hf-^ a i^oHy Woodite it's refreshingly clear of plot timber. So much so In fact, th.at It prob.ably will never be filmed.. Which oupht not to hurt it in the slightest, as a noveli.'".', '■'■ [■'■■'■: '■'.■■. . M itiit's jProbtems John C(.1U<^r Is:still another Bi itv iBjh humorist, but pi>>hably has more Solidity and import, from a literary 'islandpoint, than any of his numer- ous contem'porarii s. He writes with viKor and a surprising amount of saltiness. Ills newest book, 'Defy the Foul Fiend' (Knopf; $2.50), de- jserviPB a nlrhf np every book_siieif^ Serious Cngtlsh Humor There's something wrong about 'Business Hours' (Coward-McCann; $2). The publishers Indicate that It's a humorous book and the blurbs quoting British critics indicate th.at in England the book is considered funny. In fact, one of the critics compares Ruish P. McGraw, the au- thor, to P. G. Wodehouse. Which Is all very strange, because the book Isn't humor; it's realLsm. And, in- cidentally, a mighty swell exponent of It. Maybe the British critics . Just don't want to recdigniise the cha:rac- tcrs McGraw draws as Rritish .and realistic, so they call it good take- off. Actually, it's probably closer to photpgraph;^. It's t^ story of life of modern young men ih k British factory ofllcc. All the people are .strangely akin to American office workers; they talk slang to excess; they drink to ezcessi they indulge thcmseives to; sudeess. ItV a irood story, well written, and well told. A lot of it is very funny, but it's pathos, if anything; it's not per- siflage. And pathos, of course, if o^ wa^t* to Mretch the point. Is vaguely cbnne)^^ with humor, tktubtful as fllm materiaL Collier tolls the story of a misfit. Born 'the wrong side of the sheets.' the lad Is brought up in an uiiusual way and then th^wn Intd contact with society for the first time when he's almost fully grown to man's es- tate. Naturally, he can't take it. The resuling escapades he gets into trying to steer ft course for hlmseU, make'the-booiiii ' ■ ■'^^ There's a Candida-ish strain through the book which doesn't help it any, and an occasional Rabelai- sian twist which might have been expandcid. Also the book veers «fl( towards the end. But as a whole, it's: at worthwhile hit of writing. Moat fseftiiiiniy not for filming. Ceglt In India Thertt iwre 4hose, eVen in show business, irho dbii't realise the ramifications of their own profes- sion. To the.se It will come as • surpri.se that an entire (and lengthy-isb). book has just jMea published ai>ovt the draiha sttiiiit* ion on the Ganges. Book is 'The Indian Thca(rief* (t>utton; $3), by R. ine. -^y-^'l' Mr. Tajnik has #one to consider- able trpuble to study his theatre. Its history and its machinery. Much of the detail has technical Import alone, but a lot of It is general. Explanations, for instance, of how Shakespeare Is changed for general usage In iiidltt Is hltflily ent«rtaln^ Ing b^ond belnir revealing. Buninfa Shorts lyaA Buniioi was practically as uhkiitbti^ll inmost world spots until he wdn the Noble prize for litera- ture last year. .Since then quite a bit of his stuff has been reprinted and dUff vp. Newest collect ion of Btinlil mattirial Is a book of short stories, Grammar of l;bVe^ (Smith 4 Haas; $2), which will get a good deal of attention. Ten stories in the book, 1^ jVNArtMlit bvt idl oelof^ fui. '''y-:■y,^,y:■:k■Uxx Several of -the ^ist^H^- 'MlVa. ileen printed in American mags during the past few months, but most of them were previously unknown here, John C|oumos did a very good ioi^ of trahslatidn. • ; Breened Up Possibly Faith Baldwin had a tlp4>tt on the hew Hollywood dta^ pensatidn. Perhaps It was just in- I tuition. Whichever it was, 'Honor Bound' (Farrar & Rinehart, $2) will cause no furrows in Joe Breen's brow when they conie td uAMia it iniq M picture. It was Jidt Jidways so with MiSg Baldwin's stories. It's good picture material, though it's a trifle involved, using as it does a quintet, Instead of the usual triajigle. Require* niore «ii!i>Iaha«p ti^n, hut the cfdmpMcations are eas* ily followed and the author steers cleiar of the trap of having two women's parts of almo.'^t equal value. As a book it makes lt>tere«tw iniv:light:'rea4toi^.' Bogtow SVfrltefTes Cttaracters Otto Soplow, the cartoonist wl»o Is best known for his miniature king, goes In for wider fields of cartoonih^ In his new feookrv'Wash't the;]>epres Terrlbite'P ■ (ffcoVici- FriedeV |2). • The kinp appears In only one of the cartoons, general eli.iraeter.i b<-inK in tho others. It's a very funny book, with spme Of tljc ^ cartoons gems ^ of "wit iii^d cojrnnW'ntary: on- the; tlipi.es. 0 to seU as well t he' .Sfiglow^' j/^artooft^.-'hti^ks:- .uau^liy do. /v-'-'I'^r^- ' '-'g In Granite HilTs,';.'.::',, There is a Mary E. Wllkinfj flavor to M.artnierite Mooerf Mar.'-li.'ilrs 'None Rut the liravc:' (Doublediiy- i>oran.'-$2x.- ,iU!0%^WM:rimi York j£radc papt* ina«i 1^tliD!i']l«iw fcis Job tiirou^rh a 'n\^rp!ht'yiih'i' jpfttisf li.'ifik t(i New llarn|isliir«, to wr<.'-t ii living from the ianiil via an auto camff; fi^ok d'ggl t W ith iht^ <t r u gr glas; toylret .fthe'":;n|i'oiiey. ..jahd''::hbt t he tiAinft itw^If. O«)od c«^k»r and * j^tm'" siblo picture,' ^h«iltii'rilh«''-t?rir^^^ not liftfly., : '-^-y-'y:^'^:- (C<mtikitted frmn raw film hou^e in .a swell car, tellih|t them he had left his check .|Hwcd|v home, and; «|iirtintf away >iriO!^ reels tq !nMke t}i4 picture. V Otfter' cash was needed. So Vin- cent sold the world rights to an un- named party for an unnamed sum, with 13,300 down. "Th^ tM-:f!eiKi-^: foreign riffhts to someone else f*r iMOi^ easlt. 'Then he siDid the ^lar* seilleMglits; and the Rordr-aiix rights to someone else, but wasn't in good fonn that day and only fe^ot a < «jn- traet, no cas^i, Then he ^(jid the rights tQ alt Fr«n<^ itnd J^^Igitim tor $3,500 down. ' This iccpt the studio goin^*. He didn't even ne<(l to turn if all in. <)n<j day, however, one ,ot thp. b uyer« of tights jn<f% another, and • V f;ht*!^aign^ ■ leiEu»ii$a • ttmt * som<>body was; klddiiijr him. lie sfropped pt-ip- diK ti'rn'and b.-(d V'ini f'nt j.iil<d. I ilm is irl work a^'ain nou ; in the hand); of the I'>>rr *■ r- l^u <Mt Cbm- pahy* a real oujiliti Also, tht t»ap< r boyti \rii)ir''thfy^ f ight .when', they,■■■•Sni'l f-nriv'ii.juf.: waa .wi,oHiJ;'^ltJi',tiiO' b^lsi^^e>!^ h^ev*,;