Variety (Oct 1934)

if Tough Journalitm ■ \ ' it In the iH'ck uln'n fhf» rr<'«'nf rclif1ii«>n , In Mn4i'^ wttK opi>r«»nfhiuiLj ilt* on<l. Cloi'^rnn^iW. an aUe»K:pflly ♦'Xa»;j.'onU««l Moil^yj |W by B Loiulon i)a pelf nil n fNirtiiKui'BO elicit, i<lr(! to p.iiliiliit all intcr- iiatHMial t«'U'|>l»«>n»<' ami t» l< KraphU' ; The cable baLn «rRS lilt^ liitl^i ; 1^ '<'»K Imiiuh Hrnl Uttlo iWp foi' the IKwi^iMijieis iMtyt*. 8«v- f rn) Kot (rtU the Itn*! of lli*:: 'T*»* * stv'Mal tinifs In Ihf lit iti^ rn-iir ilif . Ciin;.;r«'ss Luildinr- ' Kcvi-i'ftJ jQurUfUiKtfei \vfr<« iirr«'&tod, fftj? itiii ChtM^o NVwK. wh6 was hold ;;.|<r;i>,.Ho«''8 when pullco thought they 4lMiat«l a KnIptT on ilif v<>i>t of liJs ' ai|arti|ient house. Another victim i^aat RdWfircl Hunter, It^arst man, who, wail'^^^h^ in lit Itikn Sebasfian Jafl for a> few h<iU*B' wheii thft pov - <'ininent ilulnif^d he had f\U(l yarns nut iiv uo'ordanee with tlio tucte. Hunter nev«r Kot beyond t^.in Se- .t>^i»M*^< rftttrniMl.: t% Poisis. pBStiia Writer* A«k ffMl. v i With the election of ni^iir oi^e^ N. Y, brany*h of the Wrrtern' tfnion will hejrin n rampRipn for r.<loral relief for needy Bcribblern. UrKftni- w^l}«i#et:- Weelity,Vofi'';piN4ay Mffiitii. at th<^ tierby street branch : ©f the N. Y. Public Librnrj-, at which pl.'inH for the r<>lirf project Will be discussi'd aind act«d^ u^)on- ■ , in^ orj^'knixntion of scrihMors. New president Is Herbert F. Sweeney, tieM'Kpnpierman. L«>w Nov, Village . i»eri»>e< ' ,Ir ylce-prcHidetit. . Qther ■jblliceriB' are-'Mlnit'».'- 'l^oi»*(,' nw^eiftii^, Bn<l l!eriiar<l Moriircnthau. trcasurori Mor(.'('nlhaii is a public reiationn counsel and w*!!! pinbll^iirlftlp^ ■■ f6r--relief ;nid»';' ■ i -UV ■■■-■■=:•■■:'■'';.:>■:•■• U. of C/« Pub Tieups , : X'niver^iry o£ eiiicaf?*) I'ress Ik ''c>iait|[^inf; to publisli several Worlis Jointiy wltii t-onimercial piiidishers. l-'irnt joint airantienient of tliis sort wa6 a reprint edition of 'Nature of the World and Man/. ^twHt in co- operation with ftie ^ ^itirdeii city Publiehinir Co. Jacob.son's 'You ItfUftt Relax*. Smith's 'Beyond Con- •elence', Merriam's 'Composition Incidenea of political F'ower' mud'- Lawaeir* «Waf^ an# Ine^curity' will come out via Whittlesey House v PrevlouHly erroneously stated that tvik}ti)eaey wquM get aH the it. of c. ' hooke. Which aeem to iM^ more commercial poaislhllttles than the •unlveralty pres«s could pive them. In- stead, however. U. of C. will keep Its eyes o^>en for aijy pwbiiHhittg alliance it deems bef^t 1^ leiaipfe ti^^ l^lare for thu %iye*k ending Oct. 27, a« reported by the ■Lust f«)r ILlfe* (i L- r, ri i ... •(B'J Ited the Rose' ($...-io) :<Maiy T'cterH' (|-.'.50) ^ >tship':,,(t2.5(»-)-;....-*;.:,.v....;.v.-.:^. ^-^-c..... .■v...i',-i..-.'..-. ^F^y-two Years in the White House' (f.T.riO) ..By . By Irvinp .*?t< no ,IJy Stark youiiK V.By 15Jleh.!ji^^ iijr ^rchli^: Binns. ;. VV:,.;,,. ;''Jari!iie* vWiit ort ,/,.;Byv i>brti''tiesiie 'While itomt- Hums' (S2.7ri> ... loo.ooO.OOO Guinea Piks' ili.w) • s t a I S ■ Feli ink: :A)a.b«ma*'"'. V|t.-«ft :flWl(»;^BeKifl8:;at;-|>^il»^.t|t.Bi>) ,.. Irwin H, lIi.ov«M- Hy Altxandor Wonlicott .i:y A, Kiillet and I^. ^vjilink v. V,.,,V. By^'' ■Cari,^'Cartiwer■ . . .... ^ . . . . .By .1. B. I'l icstl. V .By Walter B. Pitkin Dramatists' Election pramntists (juild will meet today (TueMlajr) at tite Atithora 'iLi^k^ lieafAqtifuarte elect new otiieers. NdliliirteeBtft be elected for three- year terms to the coiim il :u<- Kachol Crothers, I'bilip .JJu^iniiiff, John ri:mer«on, otto HA^jMiftliii: Etit^^^ ONeill. Arthur Rlchmah, iilfhard RodRcrs, Edwin JulfltoQ RoyleV Uobert .Bv-v:«mii*#i«fti^ _Thoma»,;'-:v 'c'^'''i^'^ry!. Bfeiijt^ td the coiiricll of ; Authors LoaRuo at last mrctlng were Sherwood Anderson, <Tertrude Atherton, Ilex Beach, Silas Bent, George Creel, B. I* Buffua, Uw^y F. Prikirie. tgrman ■t^\t9r-0Uriifit.-SoHn w. Vandercbofc and Bte'virari siAWard White. ''-^^^ Joseph H. Pryor Dead Joseph H. 'JudKc' I'ryor. tJ3, part- owner of tho I'asadtna .^tar News and .Poft, known as the dean of t^iilbDwnla io«ii9ialliMa> died at his hopne in Pasadena Oct. 20 and wa» burled Oct. 22, He was a long-time Justice of the Peace in Marin coun- ty, Calif., nearly 50 years ago. He founded tin- Red Bluff People's Cause in 1974» then the .doiy iitelljr io^ Chicd. Me servea Ofi the Old^^ Call, ai.so on pa'pe«i|.|||;jpi|iM^;^J.(^^^ otlier spots. ' '■ Pryor tpiitiMie^ In )908 and was active, until about a year ago. Survive*^ kiy * a^ Percy Church I'ryar, aiao a sister and brother in 'Friaco, Mrs, a. W. Taylor'lilid/Ai, A', fijri^ Unionizing Literati Unioni;:A.tipn of the Iitei;ary trade*!, prdceedinr apit^ce, Maiority riif tiife nii ml»ens of the oHlce statf of tho Modern l..ll>rary joint'<l the IJtt rary Tr.alis t-' i tion of the Office Wot Union, following similar action by the entire staff of Story; the titatt^. ' Literary Trades Section of thf Oflflce Workers I'nion was the organization which unionized the Macaulay otnce and acted pn behalf of the employecti in the recent labor dlsaf,'reements there. Attempt.s licin.ir ma>ie to enroll all workers in the 'Hie^fi^.;trad«a...iin' :siiiit-T^tk.Vy New L. A. Wkly Tafc V : Los Angel^^^ gets a h*w -w^iiejdy ' lab ;-inn, ihe Suiioa\ Tribune, Nov. J. Coiuniiis will l>o jrivin over to general news covi'rage, sports and ;iiJm fiQj^dec a;)d aitoed; Itt tJj£i,wprk- ; I intt cktisk Eli :<()Hbbon(f^ . editor, claims the sheet hau no po- litical or racial affili.ition.s and car- . jfles the libvral-i»ro(^rcKsive label, Harold, I^yona ia bis manager; W. Wi Diig-fiiiii, ai^ru ed; TAmar ,', I^ane. drani.-i and plx ed; Sifrmund : Itus^ell, adv, boss. Sbe^t will be :' ' ■' ':mi t i ft ^:,^ - y - lo^ ^ a^^■^ie i^^ a;'t^^ t» ^^^ ')j}r Mict ■ Tak' PultH9h4i^ • i Ftaaler N, James, f«>rmer editor and publisher of The Syracuse Rounder, weekly tabloid, was in- dicted by thf .October grand Jup^ in Syr^cttsa «^:», charire of t>rintlhg ian '6l)|»c«ne, kiiird. lascivious, filthy, Irtdetoeht and disgusting' newspaper. Indictnient resulted from the .JuiME! 2» iaaua of tbe tatbloid, larjiich v-Ma'iiiMa''iiv«in vip 'tka'-glioit' James furnished $1,500 Mili ^as rel'-ased pending trial. .., Aia^u Greaaat Dead ;: • AIesl^n<!e^^^ president of Orossvt 6c Dunlap, publl'^lif-rK of P< piil.-xr priced reprints, died at Rlv- eiside, Conn., Oct. IT, ait kfaart : di^aae, ■ He.,w«a..M..'^.'^ / pop- ular novels and also e^Utlona of HlK.kespcare, a dictionary and Ro- ^:<.'t V 'Theharus' at |1. Present out- put >f the Arm rana about iit,QOO,ooa ;«<^l«« a t«ft^/fi|^ ilbMiNlMa ,.;ln ■novell«ktl«i'' di'.iiii>«i)i|(lt./'«ik^<ll» ^, picture*.;; ':*:'■;--■^■■■■■■■■/^/■■■■■v\.v,V- :'Ha*» -Wadio'lili:;: ■ ' Anothar radio mag la in prepara- tion, to bear the title of On the Air. Publishers ore H. g. Gibbons and William ij Riebold* and Will ran it Ok ,tfci|ir.:.f«p v,;,;,. Reviving Sapa- .K"-:' '' Sagki';tW ■Vadv-cntuBk^ ktwg y'' mag' which had a brief existence under the editorship of Lowell Thomas, is to be revived st.irting with a Febru- ary number. Again; to be edited by Tltonsaa, kttt wIMk' a MW jyukUaher. New aponsor la Famous Editors, Inc., headed by Oelbert Whitten and Albert Buranelll. Formerly a pulp, ^oga will reappear as a slick mag iaiid wtb a geiielhahy higher tone. D, E. Wheeler, one-time editor of Liberty, will be managing editor. ^Wf«uM>^ via .iP|i|ii(kiti«m'::dir^^ Four' i|kHMa Boosting Lehman Fotir New York newspai?^ are ajnong the a^vaii chkirnien of the independent Citiaens' Commit- tee's stage, screen and radio divi- sion working for the re-election of Governor Herbert liehfflan« They are Jack Lait, Emile Gauvreau, Lee Mortimer ahd Nick Kenney, the others being Etldie Dow^ling, Nils T. Grandlund and Bpbby Feldnutn. t!«Mnmiit#d Will k^^^^ cepUon at tha Cllanlii Httli^ tonight (SO). /a London Paper Rafornia Sunday Referee of London, #h1ch ceatied to be a member of the News- paper Proprietors Association ia 19SS. owing to ita >9pn«0tloni iHtk ConttbiDtal broadciisia, iiaa ai^lied for M^admlaalbh to nhemberahiii; It has offered to Withdraw from all radio advartialiv and not to dia- trlbute oopiea On Satl^filiitir nichta. The Refere«Ja.iL^i]^!gaU£^^h publication. Cods Confab Set Newspaper Publishing Code and the Newspaper Guild have agreed to hold a public hearing at which conaidenttibn aa to hours and wagaa for paraonp employed lA tka i^ rooms Wili iMi thfeahed knal. Dofloite date for hearing has not been aet, but the >IIiA Intimated "'jpow^wow wui' 'pii»^I.]r';'ki':kM^ aarlir:Paoemlb«fi:-^;';.^^''^^^ ';'.k|Mli.rbottgkMly'ai Ja^v7''^^ Kathryn Dougherty, editor Of Photoplay for several years, remaths in the same post under the new Macfadden ownerahip. No changes in'either the casta«»^#::f•■l#rttIMitt. iinftk :LeiivM : l*.#.|''Fray':' !**■ - Allan Smith is out as book e,lit*>r of the I'nited I'ress. He wrote a daily if'viow of books for the 1-'.P.. plus weekly summaries^ " ■■ «i^^(^^16^1^ey haa r^lMaced him, 'Chatter Ivor Brown visting in the U. S, • Vi''Ku''4 Parrott back from Chiiia. Patii Horgan iMck td.Kaiir ManiiOP; M;irvin Lowentktid;Jipi>iitl|^;^<^^ Mary HeatoB VoW* dplflg her I'vmlnisceQces. : ■•■ if^'^ 'l^mliiiBon-'iMitia^'A;new country house. Edward J. O'Brien partied by Ronald Kirkbride. Marie Dressler's autobiog publi- cation dated-fcr.Nov. 26. 8cribn»i; igs^ing a f ull edition ofE(}g««tt^'''#Neill'8 playa,'' • v'':':- James Truslow Adams at work bh a bioK of Thomas Jefferson. VaUntine Williams back in Jf. T.; after a summer in England, v^^ -*^ 'Winds of Chahce' ehangad to 'Winds of Fortune' for Britalii. Swedi.sh rights of 'One More SprinK' sold to Albert Bonnior. KIcanor Merccin Kelly, back from abroad, proceeding on to Kentticky. ; J..,:BK.r,^Mtley.Will -.abiiiia;,r«v.er again-af'buhd the flrst Of th* year; Kilison Mar.xhall K^'inp all tho way to Tibet to gather data for a nrw novel. i'eifrl. Buck has delivered, a. new novel 'ta^^ Titled *A ttouae Divided.' Mary Plckford has written a book on religion, knd KlnW^'l^ publication. ' Ghi^sta Winslbe, the 'Mae^chen in unifortn' author. b»iMc iMlfkiii with a new novel.' ' ■ Bennett Cerf and Donald Kloepfor partying Gertrude Stein at Random House, Oct. il. King bjriiuDH« mit a new edition of Jaihei itlttbn*a *iPWge lii Heaven,' originally published In 1932. Milton Mackaye, former N. Y. Post reporter, has finished 'Tin Box Parade,' a lowrdown on graft In New tork. 'MeB^a'a fraibiifhiiiir. T, Smith/ fit'ofesabr-philoe- ophcr of the University of Chicago, la the author of three books pub- lished by difTerent hou.«!es this fall. All Mack Sfhnetters loadihf dowh Gene Fowler With jadded gaga about •Father Goose' for the next aditioh. Jim Xully's next, 'Ladies in the Parlor', *brings a bag-slinger to Hol- \YW>6i #rh«ra 'Jai^etft«*i|ii^ Mr Into a picture atar. Dick Simon hotieymodiiifig Honolulu to Hollywood du l^sandes^ in three weeks. ' i.''':#<''''li<sBvi^.*lp^ ''W'v^lttte'Cik: sabbatical ifrbm picturaii, .1^1 yaa.i^ to write the O. A. N. Stanley R(»fie's book shop next to levy's (^atcry in Hollywood sold out ChoekkVvV:: Vanity .Fair has 'I*ed Parumore burnifiK f> f rcprlntini; that classic parody 9f hli? on Robert W, «4er- Vloe^'; .''.*Daii ■ McQ«<«i#'' „ for a ' fourth time and n'>t paying for each re- print. Ciriv'inal pi<'Cf brought Para- aore. fifty bucks. Tiffftny TiMtye^ llka opened an anifque. siibp .'iia$t^litt -Ittili''Book-. store in :HblIyw(>od. .y^^^'' 'y^ George tiokulsiiSjr v i^iint; asKi l to: nollyfti^; Fowler'i Film Hictory V Wh!PH. ilich'l'^t! SiuM'.tt uMiiiU SehneUll-'^ii^ifl^V ■ ^bo^ieriyutKinft tn lu.ortie a sint'cr In the choir of ,t..hn I>. llorkci'c lU I's clturch bib diun't know that be Wi ul.l, many yi^ars later, act as^an ej;v"so for thO'.;?inotip».':'fiii!^^i#' .butiin^ss...'' Fow - calir ;hr*» ?WGiff*!r 'Father Obt>se' ( Covicl-Frii dc: J3 >. .ui'l it'.s osf cnsi- 1 ly nn tc!y a bi<«ij of the comedy producer. Biit Fmyler is one of ihi ye wrIti't'ij wha iJevef sticks to ■Ms jiVaifl :i>f>lntc*l^'iaf^(<l?fi ,wirttipa*ii3ll': around his subject, For -Which, in^ cid»'ntall.\-, his fcad<ir« ;.re fre*iuent- ly HTatorii]. There are so many intcrest inf; and .'o.o: fill incidents in the' book that it; hf di^ipttU to |Hdnt all of thetit :out. iA' ;■ ■ U s iteMStk!. S«'anctf>-. life, but it's ;il.^.> the lif* of motion pii iuics. It's tlic life of M:il'« l N'nrt.iand and F'at- t,y :Ar»*uckle and Charles Chaplin, ft ttife C^ifl* Sw«»n«on got her start in piciures.; It mentions eaa- nally that Sltnl S*ummervllle was iiiu> of tiic lirst Kty.vtiinc cops. It explains that ihey didn't tlirow cus- tarid "pies;, blackherl'y idiotosraphed t>etteK # It tells h«^w Thomas H. Ince borrowed a diamond ring' to impress his prtiduoer.s with an<l got his lirst big job at $150 a wet-k. There are a gi eat m.tny more things explained, and a great many thlmjrs glbswd but all elf th[elir; 1^ written amuaingiy and go to inake up the Ori^ dbii^a to eai'tb, baay to read- hiatory..of;:.>tiwf Jw^aigBiy Mrs. D. H. Lawrence's Side Frieda lAWr<tn9e,, tt|e Wi4«^ -D. XL Lawrence; tells soihe atijirtling things startllnsiy well In 'Not 1, But the Wind' (Viking:: .?2.7.*>). It's not very plea.sant, it s< ( ins, boing the wife of a genlue. but Mrs. Lnwrt ncc didn't miiv^--^«f»o«t of the time. And what with I^trtvhce^^ of a dlf- fcront world, sofiall'-. and frefjuent- ly and sciiou.'^ly ill, it w.is even tougher than it might have been. Frieda catnc from German, aris- tocracy^ ''i^Wf^n6<B'W«M/tl9^^ poor miner. She was big and healthy, he was lean and sickly. He was a genius, admired by many, and many of his greatest admirals 1^hkly';;:.an4^':^ibit#k^^ scoffed tj^Hai'. Tlurotigh l^oet of which alia^r%«ttt along in her calm, pleasaht,' almost hausfraii fashion. Now she writes about it and she's over-sentiment.il, but it's a book that will be read for years to coma as. a reveaUni^ iniiight i n t o the ll fe bf a great miiTl aiKl l>i» wife. Book .also c«)ntains a Ibt of letters and poems by l^iwrence. which pr<>b«i^y .'.miM(^'.ii'-a :;colleO>; tor's item... . ■"■^ HcMihger Between Covert M:;i;; I Iclliu.uci'.-* .s> iitli» a ii d col*;:;, uiun lias won him many laiihi'iil readcfs*; .l,t i« nuj( a, BroaAlvvay epl-V' • unih ;■-iiii-^|h«' ;iWriat:- .abiSNS*?':^0^^^ word. i>ut nearest to a colunvn thai Was once wi'ltten by Beri Ilecht for ' the Chicjvgb Dally News I leclit eyentuaily collected, a lot of Ivlf, S^arhs Into a book eaUed 'lOttltV Nighls\ Ilelllnger haa collected 1^ pieces Into bck^k called 'TH* ^eini'' Million' (Farrar & Hindiart: %2.:>(^). There is nuich that is line in this !v>oafci, Freciucntly and frankly sentl- mentaf, y?t llelllnger 'ilka a down to earth, human <i«ttllw that la seldom reached by newsiviper col- umnists. It's what newspapers call hinmaili' l|iterest stories In the nth deg^iee.; Ilut it'a more than that. Ji'm i9. /• Y;ti<''^iha^''ai>«akaaair ■ Kach of the stories on Its own, per- haps, is no more than a newspaper yarn, albeit a gooc' one. In toto the book is A strong, though unpleasant, iiidlf«t»ieht of tha V ^ " Rough Hero Must be Etoj^ething to a cad t^at woniifa lim-^^ y^^ iter Kent Wilhlirn for another spin, and featiires the fact directly below the title in her Women .Are Dilli- culf (Doubleday, Do^an, 12), Story had been serialized a# 'tiiii) .Wii^lied Into I^ia Parlor.' Men probably Won't care so miueh for the former auto rarer who spe- cializes in insulting women, but ap- parently the women prefer the sharp-tongued aultora. Story ia brialdy told, and Vill ihterest. C V - Ortmi'us of Crime I»h|lo \fxnce ia looke igaln. solving impMalt^ criniaa to an impossibla niafwei* ■ and making them Itood rcadiui? novrrtheless. Ills newest exploit is (Casino Murder Case' (ScribniM-'s; $2), and is on a par with all his past books, a. S. Van Dine». ':no^'mt|«li^':-'«i4l*t' 9At» hi aaltir about him, 18 a good atory-teltor. He knows characters and ha catt, wind trails and red herrings around in a most dexterous fashion. The one who done it this ..tiiua obySw^i, : .l^ttt- :hOW ?■ :■■•]■-. -iv; •■ AiioYHe^ ««r fatorlta thai eon* tinues writing good chillers through the years Is Agatha Christie. Her newest is 'Murder in Three Acts' (Dodd-Mead; $2), and in Its Hercule Poirot doea his keen analyzing again. As Usual with Miss Christie's yarns, this one Is laid in Europe and there is a lot of good local color. The denouement is even more surprising than in most. Both booka okay Cor sound. The purple shirt movement. Vary much like the colored shirt fascist movements in o'her countries, is in- volved in a battle to dominate Eng- land. That'a the thesia for 'Death Wears a Pnrpile Shirt' (Crime C|ub; 12) by n. C. Woodthorpe. To gain their ends the violent young men:. even kidnap the Home Secretary-, and there Is at least one killing. It'a - good; .■6iaMfn§--'t^imriim-':'^^ make a film. Guy Morton writes a fair detec- tive story in 'The Perrin Murder Case' (Grecnberg; $2), There's a new .Ciec^' jdfiective who speaka a.p4 ':::acla;;;^i«iiiar)(ab)y.'^ ^h/On .Viance.''hut' M -flgut*!!''Oift'^riiiji!*^^^ zler elements comfortably apKt;''*' quickly. It might be filmed. ' 'Creep. Shadow' (Crime Club, f2) is not the uauai detective yarn.. It'a a.'' ' U^ti^i0i^-: tMA^ ;'.;'g«bae'-p|mpi«ir i concocted by A?, Jteiritt, Who haa done other sub-zero chillers. Filled with the supernatural, done with a''.: vividness that overshadows the tri-" fling fact that four (ikan hkye been killed. W^l planned. With eonalat^ ehtly btilMliig tntei^kt, It's trehsurt trove fur those readers who want them different. Might make a good picture if the vampire's morals could be soaped, but it would take a grea^ deal .'«f .:aeirtibblng..'' Ill', i i i 'pi i I "il II i III ' tf fitmaaitfs^^ ■■ ^^an you anAi0e% ^HY did ha copy soaaa star* froai O. Haaity aati ai«a I "Mary Picklotd"?... What lid be get when ha asked ';|i|inny Giay who |4oli*M was? V> >^Wky did ha tuipi kway with hi* antira company »Hi$t a oall from the Los Angeles district attosaay ? ,.. Who tauf bt Jpia \ tli'raWiaf'ki; ;iti<|:;«cqp^4l^^ : ttt'a'beek nvm^^-iirvik'ut* •cdotes, Gene Fowler, author oi TIMBER LINE, tails tka Whole story of Mack SaattlM.: It'a >a ciot of fun... and a roa> lair at liKlormsUon about tha movies' most fantastiq gattioa and kia mairy aaaoeiataa, lllua* ■ .|3,at.'t-;?'->';of#i#;" Just publiL^c J ' FATHEB CiOOSE THE 9T0RY OF MACK SEHmW 6ENE FOWLER COVICl • FRIEOC, PublUhm.