Variety (Oct 1934)

VARIETY * ■ w t s § Q p 4 East l.iiiu r. rliari;< «l v itli luunli-r, acrjiiU- tt>il l:i.st \M'i'k but two mall'nunpnn- .toils licaili'ii for ilic cliair. Mrs. Kmily liini^liiiK. wiff of the <Mrt iis man. in nmrt asking; rolii'f. \\ :1111s Ikt rcli'aso of duwiT riles rt'si iiul<'(l aiitl payim-nt inado on a $.'>0,Olio, promissory noto. Claims slu> was uniluly inHuenocd )>y lur hus- band 8 boasts, of his pow cr over the iPioiriai courts. Action In tiNf K. Y. Nev? ;p,ark: tdyeril cuts l.t« »Ii»'> *&Irii. Quincy HiiHUi; Max Uubinoff phbpi ilils HWi^ dromo sclrtHtules.' Pbr«imrf 01,:WfpK 1« p(>t>r so the rariariei ■^vlU «h|p|> only from Thursdays: t'Oi 8«i]f|^ay|(i,; jWlth a Satunlay matlne*. ,~ : Ahl>ov 1'layers seek tO firtjoln PuWOild tilnis from advertising 'Norah D'.Xeill," as made l>y them. Assert east eontaiiis no players froni tliat troupo. DuWoiid explains tliat's What the producers t<>ld them. Katharini' Cornell .shifts her road dateKi due to the inalulity of Kdlih Evans to Ket hero for the intended Cleveland openiuK. Itoute is now Petroit, Dec, 3-5; Cleveland. 10-12; PittSbUirRh. 13-15. Then New York. • Frtia/l^rtable theatres dosed for ietiiiwn Saturday (27). Troupes go IWiflo^*, ^me- yiddlsh plays being ; ABrlns On <J1%V Kfttt^^ RysWh #atlre^ c|o?W4 ior'si^lrs^'' • ■ll^-'tr^ Vlvienh* Seftal li«ek to Twk for radio and 0«©r<^ :|M|*^vMM*l>u beach home for Sale. ' ' t '''"- ' Frank Murdoch and Rita" Maq- Kenzie, here with the rodeo, 'tfrent to City Hall Wednesday (24) to get the Mayor to marry them. Com- promised on acting Mayor, who is not (|uite certain his hitch is legal. Federal Judge Knox reserved de- eision in the action brought by Mar- gajCet A. Taylor against Metro and S£ll Jklarden's Riviera for Infringe- iWiht irf copyriB ■■i:ma0aiiA' Oreehberg and his wife iiMteitntgi^ Ws^ tor services rend- •HMl tn attendiiiff upon the comedtr *n*i wife. Groenberg Is Wynn's .iiticle. He chahtei i^ynn persuaded Mm. Greei»ber« itve With Mrs. Wyhn who. h(e as$erts» was addicted to stimulants. Asks |l«0,OrtO for that service ait^ I1S,000 for hospltiU t«es and other expenses. Wynn pieAds no contract. Dr. Kurt En«leman, husband of Violette de Stiu/.zi, opera singer, fotmd guilty of practising medicine without a license. He was a noted plastic surgeon in Berlin, coming here after the Nazi outbreak. Started to practise before his license <Hras granted. Jo.seph Schenck's marriage to ; Iferle Oberoh off. She put* her iCftl^i^ before domesticity. :. lll|IRta <tlamo and Rosita). an- Hou^eea' «heMI take legal proceed- ing!^ If RkAibncaU* his new partner n^JWR Coast In ' ^pmB* Cidininlffliioner tells mid- tdlrt. ' ajiicK^iKiiwtt that not In 19 years has cbmm*reWil VtP* »o rampant around ^ittiii|i^8jl|«aire. Says police will take tf^NMtie acftioh to check. '■ '"■ .' o'•■ 'Dawn Clory* U th* OfKir: .of •^atii of Glory.' ■ ■■■ - ■/ y. Tlieatrt Ui|lo«l decides to keep inii oil Thh departmmt ewUtim teturiiten tHialf 'tcM he»s ilwAa oi |»a^fisA«4^ i^^^ ie^ pqpcn of H^^^^^ San Francisco. HoUyl»dod antl:' 'UndiiU--' JTi^^ Daily News >'ornin ShfarjT, T"il^rlo Mnrrh, riittrli><i T.itiiRtiton "llarri-t«<i of \Vlni{»»>lf Strt-pf StiBf! The Foy Family— i X Si^tert HfeLIN HAYer la The m-ti-M Mctate From Mr /siaes M. DsnrlM's Pliir mVW "WHAT eVERY * WOMKN KNOWS" k Wi lot On Stage! Doimld NotIs and Others! Another AfMIl, Triumph I MAVRICK : JKAMKrat CMCVAUER • MaoOOMLD inMt LUairtCN minNM MERRY WIDOW" ACTHD Dally—l:Se-«:5e; t TImm Salt., AOlUn SMRt. 4 HtlUayt—2:SI>—5:90—S:SO {ROADWAY _ aala^Mlfalflit SNw Saturjw . f)|ii.ir. .tm,. .(Is. i^i-f I,,,f^-M 'SieveUoiV at tlnj Civic Ut:i». in»ti«td of sending It on tour. Will ItO^W It until late November. 3kinrriage of the Walter Sth>varta annulled Tuesday (22) Miien it was proven that the former Kleanor .McCratli, chorus fjirl, had refused to keep lier promise to l)ecume the mother of a family. Same judge in- White I'lains had refused the i)re- vious \\ eeU'to ><rant the action. Ad- ditional te.'jtimony cliant;ed his mind. : Resta.urateurii start a drive on un- iicensed Bpc^viMiies, , TMrn , . the piiices iip to tili lU unfiir e<>m^ petition,-? Artiiur .TudsOn qliits i\h manager of the IMiiladcIphla orch. after li- ycars. In a jam with Stokowski over the U' way Kranted the latter. NVA finds a new liume at 7S2,8th Ave. iias taken un entire floor on a live year lease. ? , - llita Chase out and llei^n (^ard|ier into 'Small .Miracle*' 'Jayhawker' nolK j»t for N0v, 5, cohiihg, livtp tJi^ CiMlk ..#ta^ in phit&deiphia mean9^im«, : It'heresa Ifelburn of Th^air^ Oulld will dovote eight months : of her time to Columbia ptcs commencing Jan. 1. Other four months to Guild. Calling on Marie I'revost. former Sennett player, Dr. Samuel New- man, theatrical dentist, died in l»er Hat of a heart attack Oct. 22. "~ Over in I.,ondon Delle IJaker slapped a man who kissed her. Then he explained he was her maternal uncle, whom she had not seen for years- Alex McKaig looking for a thc- atra for 'Dark Victory.' Report it was spotted for the Maxine Elliott proves to be unfounded. When Paul Engel drove to Town Hall last weakHor bia <ioncieirt /he left >hia intiaie in the taxi. CtmOert half ah liour latf #liiie niusic irheets wero boriinhrwl;- tlia NBC library. ': ; fiquity to get today (Tuesday) Prex Prank Gilmore's report ot his Hollywood conference (>0fi*en Actors' Guild. liquify returns to Marc Connelly his check for $00.50, sent when he stepped in to pinch hit for Herb Williams. Latter went back into the cast, so unni'C^mmt-i^lC9h' nelly to join out. ' WNYt\ New York municipal sta- tion, to go on its new a.<<signmont. Will be able to reach a 100-milo ra- dius instead of the present 50 miles. Cleveland orch to bfihg Sho^»ito- yltch'a 'JLady Mti'Ch:9ltM ttom Mtseimk^a B«ir|a|t <»l^ (» IM Met - ropoutan, a«i#; ttnSa la mi. Will be sung ■111 .<||^iilai»..:-:''--- V ' Lambs' bliib repdrtdd ti^ !)« Inter- ested in the purcttase Qt ' Denman Thtiyni|MK>a'a .old h in West i$#an«>3^r Hi Now owned by the Pjrthlaii order. Catholic Actors' Guild partled Bert Lytell at the 46th Street the- atre. Members got half-price cou- pons. Kdith Evans coming from London to do the nurse in 'Itomeo and Ju<> lief with Katharine Cornell. Park cop raised a point of law when he pinched Bernard Sindel- man for having an unmuzzled leopard on leash in Central Park. Slndelman contends the muzzling law applies only to dogs and a leopard's a cat. So what? Latest gag suggested to keep liquor bottles out of the hands of bootleggers is to blow quarters into the glass. Buyer must sniash the bottle to get hill mottey back. Referee hearing on the application of Allied (»ti^«i)hi for ait inilinc- tlon agalhai dCiVMtlfpcd the fact'tlial:';|<NMi^ •. A.:c;ir^i|i>erson, who tormad, 'VMk AiH«« and the Gmpire tinloni wai lilso cdunsel for the independaht theatre owners. In- ferehce ia that both Allied and the earlier Km pire wei'e for mod by the indies as a company union. Wil- liam Brandt also .idmitted that his brother was secretary of Allied. Gattl-Casazza, in from Europe, announces that the response to the opera appeal may result in a 16- week season. Eed men raided in Newark and picked up 2,000,000 lottery tickets. Mostly horse race and football pools. Professional models Irked at so- cialite competition, threaten re- prisal. They'll try tflr'.<«iW^ l^^ hfiy friends. Justice Rosenman, in Supreme Court last week, reserved decision in tlie suit of Louis Ortiehbierg against Mrs. Alma iMorgenthau Wielner. Cbmposer of *Bnap«ror Jones,' 0fi|Mbarg ekiplalnii he turned ovlM^ WMi^ Weinar aU righta to the OpW^ 't09 49% Ct th9 t^ of the Coa Col» Piwik^ year •ha tuiTRad It b*«k w^^ tlMi under- stanl^ Iha waa to aelt it for|>Lcture rights and glva har a amiii^ViM He Is asking for 149,605. ■ Bight men, found guilty of pick eting the Globe theatre, draw sus- pended sentenccB. Dramatist's (Juild meeting today (TuC-sday) for election of officers. City passes up tlije lottery idea Apt to in Ma>nr's final decision, arouse too nau'h opposition. .Marilyn Miller takes triplex apart inent' ftMr:''l i af a a .it :»aMi'',aa# »u.s - l>and. Willo productions to offer 'Slight- ly Delirious' early in Nov, It's a comcily. William Fox gaiha a |M»in| in the ituit of tlie Chicago Titla and Trtist Co,' t0 0omiNitl^tlm to inaka good his jtiiamntMiiM tha por6baac> priee on the Boxy,; lt> ITv .Gets p<i^ to examine VWllitam K. Atkihton. prek of Fo)t Theatres, as to whether the thentjre tiompany and C!hase bank were in a conspiracy to leave liim holding the bag. Ituhe (.oldberg. cartoonist, leases twt) of his houses which will he onverted into small apartments. Kuth Weston gets the femme lead in "Valley Forge.' Code con»mitt<"e on ticket saK'.s to meet this afternoon (Tuesday) for an open hearing. At a meeting last week Lee'#tml>ert-Was ohosen president. Nev,si)apcr Guild to start a daily on Sta,ten Island a^ a Conlebaci^ at the' Advance, Wlit]|'i(«l^ been scr.apping. 'Ucvengo With Music' will warm up in Philadelplila instead of Boston. Dorothy Lee, of the Paradise res- taurant, rM«hed to ZiOnox Hill hos- pitiM ioH-'M hurry^ulp appendectomy fbllowiiiir l>er collapse at tt|a<#i|{^ -f performance Friday night.': Dr. Jamea M, Doran. supervisor of Distillers' t!ode Authority, pre- dicts that the quality of cheap liq- uor will be much better by the end of the year. Distillers have built up stocks to the point where they tan sell one-year aged-ln-tho-wood hooch for what they charged for month-old stuff a year ago. On strength of experts' reports, Mayor La Guardia decides to con- tinue WNYC, the municipal radio :;lation. Would cost too much to turn it into a commercial station. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas see their New Books, Inc., slapped down by the code. Plan was to give 16 boolM for 114.25. AutborMxJiDids ti^'l^hain^' oitta; pf^^iilli^^ion ^*S^>SS^'-aii4':'iEMiih^ talking ovair tlia .lattor'a Intimate revue, 'Fobla Jtt^ tn/ for tba Play- house. ■ Report in Stockholm that IMgene O-NelU will receive th0'liNVNMriVrise In literature for 1934. Clark and McCullough to head IMdie Dowling's revue, 'Thumbs I'p.' First show foe-theaik in aeouple of years. New radio .set contains a cellar- ette, dice, cards and chips. Michael Saks gets the dramatic rights to Sholom Aleichem'a short story, 'Motel«V~jriMKertl.l|adloh .la dra- matizing. Before going west Ginger Rogers announced her suit against Sylvia of Hollywood had been settled out of court. Arose from the unauthor- ized use of her name in a broadcast. Sam Harris Planning a Sunday pentormahOa of 'Merrily We Roll AlOiig,' With t)»« par^ pl»yed by the extraa and ttia atafp Aff sttpaa. ing Oii. introduettoB of itaird teievlMvlL la: Oermanrt Waata aU tha'f<^'to'i|aa .hioiL^:': - Joaapli Gitiiildkrautfa AttdriiMra ahnounoe he has paid In fail tha claim ior $8,750 alimony for which Mrs. Schildkraut (filsie Bartlett> obtained a Judgment some time ago: Actor opened in a play and wanted to be In the clear. Thirteenth chapter In the Vallee- Webb saga will be written today (Tuesday) when she will seek to set aside the N. Y. Supreme Court's in- junction against suing the crooner for divorce in\Anf'^«^ii!r;]ib|^ New York. Rodeo at the Garden played to L'J 1,366 per.sons in 27 performances. Gertrude Stein limits audiences at her lectures. Contanda- more than that WOuM'''M^Milf!i|''!dlit' at curiosity.' ■ ■ . ■j-y, -;. Jean Harlow on jl|l#,defense end in an interior decorator'ii action for $1,009, allegedly due for furnishing the mansion in which Paul Bern died. Mrs. Virginia Corbin announces that her daughter, Virginia Lee Cor- QlUi« Burka'a CM^ waa ettpiitii liir a ll09 ttir l#p Toba^ Milton Cohan; attoi^ey for iHa wife; airaonnded Virginia CharHU will ftla for atindarihg trtm X^at OnMitk^' Bddia Bttsseli'i 47-dar wedded life with Sara Clark, L. A. socialite, wound up in Long B|eacl)» Monday (22), with the wife giMl|l|li.:ij|,:i|M#9 lien against him. Body of Russ Columbo, acclden tally slain ^ept. I, placed la a par* maneut crypt at Forest Lawn Mem- orial park. ' District Attorney ahrugged off threat eharg^e against 'Big Boy' Wtlliama iiiaidi^ hy hia notrto-lM fatti^r-ln -law toHowihg eracl^up of wiiiiama' eii«aganrM»at to : BaiiiiA Weeks.- Heing a new mother, Mrs. Violet Kobey was unable to appear as ac- l U.ser against Alton Tully, son of .Jim Tuliy. on attempted attack charges and' «a«» waa.i'poalporiad- to Nov. IG. Charges of cruel and inhuman treatment offered as grounds for divorce by wife oi Art Orier, 8a.\ |)layer and brotlicr oC Jiihm". She wants .|200 monthly alimony. i;:ieian6r Hunt, called copa^^t^^^ her hon&e t21> and A<e>xt day .attnbunced she Woidd aetbk aaven^^ tirom Dr. l<'raiUc Nolan on' K»iMliKi<iC <bruta^^^ ity.^■ MarJoHe Beld, tOk l^eal college eb-ed, did a Loretta Vounff this week, . being spied on the 'Radio lot: by a director who tied her to a contract before stie flnislied visiting iier sister Virginia, UadlO contractee. Betty Mac.Mahan, 21, of the tllms. told her troubles to Superior Judge Warne. . Asked annulment from Franklin C. Stevens, Jr., broker, who, she says, wed her to stjuare a bleach of promise suit, then left her on Christmas ICve. Judge told her to bring in confirming witnesses. Julie Klngdon is New rorK bound to produce her play, '40 Weeks,' with the. Provinoetown Players. Monroe bwsley and Al Later fig- ured in A cai: sniaaii 'fMi ^Wttallire Blvd.. Owsley blamint I^tar; '"1*1- ter auitered ■ cuts, : Metropolitan bpara n^niea. head- ed by Elisabeth Rethberg and M^rio Chamiea. opening classical Jeason here, at Shrine Auditorium Nov. 3. Mary BfiEickford, 19. Bevhills so- ciety girl, finished a part In 'I.,ove Time' a week ago, and three d.'iys later was seriously tiwrt la aft auto accident. K.iy Francis issuing daily denials slie'll wed, with a different nuy in the same spot on each refutation. Yalo-!uade 'Habies in Action' fllj|n beink' routined to mollii^'iia$p-iiriem^ in local dept. st»)res. Daughter of Senator McAdoo and his recently divorced wife almost married Rafael Lopez deOnate, 38, Spanish Alfa Acto?^ S|ia* Mu..,p^ family ..ste'pped',' M" .wh#ifi';'lie«4«b-tf|- layed,. ■ ' ■ r Rai^ tTohniaon^ presides of Monogram, turned la^baa b<^ pub- licity barrels o» arWtai'IWW*. nouncthi^^ budget and .protfa<!tlOft:in^ creases fdr Moiib, alto bl4atti^ lit code authority asscssmentii; . , Natalie Kaimas back at T<>chhi- color laboratories after Bt^r^lftean and eastern studies. '. Jinrikshas have at I'alm Springs. Rosalind Jaffee, secretary to Ralph Murphy, Par director, played hookey from her typewriter to pound a piano and clown a bit. Boss wit- nessed it. fired her as office help and hired her as a performer. Doug Fairbanks, Jr., through his agent, M. C. Levee, asks the entire press to deny tluit; .laii^ to London. Ted Flo Rito (picked rehearsals one day this week and Yumaed with Mai.. '' e LaSalle of Chicago (ex- wife of polo ipiayer Steve Ham- mond), for knot tying. Velm& dreshmah^ legally known as Velma. Inc» film career keeker, filled with aifopii** tAl>iet& Xi«^«d A JsulcldA^iiirtetMi^^ - CSeorga Rim Aa a fowr- imer word. edtiH having authoriiMd htm to i^hAngO troitt Aa , Hal noaoh plottinf a tiry at llo^ eoie Tifriper'a L.A.<<N;Y. flyi|l||: |«e- .ordi -^'--'V-C^>-/>'"'''''''.Vv Schenck-obardii aawoK MiiMrbar^ ated hara tov;o«rilwiii<^ type; ■■• ;■ + ,, ■^ . .„;. Guy Empey split from Mris^ Em- pey by Superior court because he treated her 'Ilka A Aii« ine a.dumbbefl.''. r>v ■'^"■■"■'''''• ,' ■ Poia Negri fieW down from Frisco ..and into A rumor of com Ing nu pt ials J Withloytf 'gigait. i i ^iis c u: atUat ahd diplomatist. Morpan Galloway, actor, sued by Sally, his actress wife, who alleges the only thinp: he bought her since wedding in 11*33 was a wrist watch which he retrieved. Genevieve Tobln is buying an es- tate at swanky Mnhtt<if|0. QMtlHlp .Santa Barbara. : . ■ Mrs. liORoy Prins sepajAtiaai Ipalil dance director husband. Adcla Rogers St. John asking freedom from Dick Hyland as come- back for his calling her tta^iaea And telling her to 'shut up.' Four months In the cooler dealt out to Siro Vlasich. 21. for drunk driving while conveying Carla Lacmmle, niece of Carl Laemmle, and her mother. Bob O'Brien, broker and brother of George, honeymooning with Woodie Lou Symington after Las Vegas wedding. Hyry the fiylng bar and crashed to tha orpheum stage, landing in hospital witli two brolcen toes. Loha;' Androi ■ '■W:iiKiiikpitk:'--JM^- star, auaa Howard Weber for Itfl^ ' uoo over IhlufiiBa in auto crash. Douglas M. 0omjyo, Hungarlaa producer and d|Btrlp, lOOlipp ^var , studios. / Ada Wiiiiama Ince, ex-wife of Bill Incc.'son of Thomas H.. married to . Ray Dodge. 1924 Olympic taail ■ sprinter, now an L.A. jeweler, ■-•■'■"^■v Municipal Judge Scheinman held Blchard Grows Vaughn on charges of fraud in oohnection of small sumi Xroni lihemployed men on promise Of iotliair Oioai Jolia ta a musical.' ■ ' Claude Alexander Conlin, forniiHiir ' Alexander the Great' In vaude; lUii^. vorced In L.A. and ordepl^ tO^^OV' $100 monthly alimony. Will of Edwin H. Lemare, comw . poser ('Moonlight and Ro.ses'), leaves estate, about $100 yearly royalties from song, to his widow. Charlie Farrell back from Eng- lish picture making and welcomed by wife. Virginia, Vain denying rtt^ ; mora of divorce. : \ . ;• Lucille tAyerne'::;hottie; 'after';.'.gp|%' oration. j. ' ■■ \ '-••.>,;! Mrs. A'ince ''Barfl4Mit,;\:li«N|^^ op. subject. Par studio picnic drew 1,500 frolickers to H(»llywood Kivier.t club at Hedondo. Doris Kenyon operatic debut set for Nov. (^lub Madrid and r>0-50 (Mub iii Hollywood raided on .same nif;)iK-,". Waiters and musicians take rap on ordinance violation charges. A T. H. Burden, Sydney, Au.Htrali% film labbar, loohing o'ver loaal^ plants. Court denied damages to Nanby firay. but ordered John and ('harleA' \ariilla, cafe owners, to pay heif mother $750 in $50,300 damage suit resulting from alleged manhandling' given girl for refusing to hustle drinks in addition to dancing. (Jeorge Blake, referee ahd fight., manager, arrested after his car! banged Into four others. Gladys Axelson, ex-actress, now operating a Hollywood bridge club, charges in divorce plea her manu- facturer hubby, Jules, cavorted tike \ an ape. Screen Writers Guild blasted everybody' who's running for gov^ ernor on tha old fiarty. ticket si iBetif^Meni, announcetncinL from toriirt«4:ipMS*a^v.-''^v . Marat' ^.ladjMlm^ Metropolitaa tenort Aya M top busy^ restlpifli mi for..his4«i«hi;aefp<i^ be'lniQr<^<^^ in jpActptc ■ ■ " Song 'n' Dancers Pack ^ Dubuque, la., Oct. 29. No trick to pack halls now for political rallies tiercabouts and. in fact, the SRC Is liiiniatHr^ i^^^ loAg before, tiie ballyhoo starts. . A Very good reason, and that ta the entertainment and dancing, a part and parcel of all political gab- fests that are being pulled in an- ticipation of the final wlndup at the pollA Novi T. Now open M»m ai^sfTiM m^m^ Tic Toe Club Presenting A pmgrsai of Coniintaifti enler* idnaMat r(rf«etm tks^ of MI8CHA Coaliauout Music aod Excetlleol .Special DeLuxe Dinner Served from 6:30 P.M. to 10 P.M., $2.00. Aho m la caille ,D«U|bllal Supper ■■4]' ' '""^^" " ■imi \7k* :6:!t 8f. «: 7th A»t.,> rifii.ti! ri'.,ir\<" H'Xir tul.lo CRlllHK Circle 7-80(10. Ask for 11 AT,-