Variety (Mar 1935)

l^e4neBday; Mfirch 6, 1935 VARIETY 61 Broadway Julian Schleslnger here from Jo- haniieeburg. Irene Dunn coming by boat from Xo3 Angeles. . • Ed Bbsenbaum ti-ylrig bis hand r«1r-songwrUliig.r - ; Johniiy Green goes to Liondon May 16 for' GaiimontfBrltlah. , With 'Point Valalhe' closing, Brod Crawford is on loose again. IjOU Smith going/on a southern •wing, to exploit Pa,i; pictures. jA^rtbur Ungar hopping back to Coast; by plane; Thursday (7). : :; Helen Oallagher Solomon ~ and husband on mray back from Italy. .: Vrank Phelps, Warner theatre man,' out of the saddle with grippe. AValterl yjncent due back this woslc from two-week spUthern cruise. ■ i>pc Ti'eliiua and: Mocki Leo Michel's man, reported starting a laundry. ■ ■■''■ . Charles Gblllhs; ' lir London. for 'Stop Press', taking a test for Alex Torder"Kbrdar" .Toe Cook..entertained a,t National Prosis Club dinner to: the president . Saturday (2). : ; Those . pin-game Joints right alongside: theatres . hot idolng. the b:.0v8 any gflipd^ : .■ . ; :i:^j_ Onyx Club oh Und-. street gutted In daytime Are, 7*ut _mpst j^ot^ithe ^bohzs was sayed. . " - " Anaiole and ' Rollie Frledlahd -ampng^therraddltlons^^-theT-Mlajnl- theatrlcai colony. , Spencer Behtley. Wllniisr Vin- cent maftagef/ In -New York for ai frp.sh try on radio. : ■ : T.- P.- tioach, Pathe igeeretary, rushing to reprg confab of his com^ pany Monday (11). SeldeL-jilghts at -the :New York A. C. Saturdays are opposition \tb Lambs', get:Ttogethera, _ ; . .: ■ ■ ■ .To>in Boettlger joining; Wiestches- tcn Blltmoro. Country club. . Bill Raynar in town, v ^ The Silver Slipper on W. 48th st., -Is now one of those dance' places wUh '150 beautiful girls'; ,; .lack 'Dempsey's restaurant being : €inlaii'ged; An orchestiu will be In- .stiilled: In the chop house. : C. :C. PettlJohn back after a tour .>-Wliichr.lncluded •buslnes8-ln--Alba;nyi Golumbus* D., and New OrleanB. , Hugh O'Conhell, : who returns tci ISew York between pictures, started back to Universal lot Friday (1). On Tuesday (5) Renee Carroll celebrated her birthday and also her eighth year .alt Sardlls. .She claims 20.-: . Artlets'baU Friday night (8) at Webster Hall, Clebh Thrbckmortbn and Cynthia In charge of fidmls- jslons. " : ■■ '.~ ■ ■■: ■:.■ ..■ •/■; V "T'fb Tibt bridge" those special tra,ins going and com- ing tb MPTOA convention in New prleians. Just lukewarm. Mike Todd in from. Chi for open- ing bf Muriel Page, the original, flame dancer^ . .at .the . .Casino de Paree. . Sub^flamer out after three" weeks. Hichard Collet, g. m. of the.D'Oyly Cnrte sr-Js—due-l h fr o m L ohdon-on- way to Chicago, where 60th. anni- iersary performance will be played Mniich 14. - Ocorgle Wood, Lew Irwin and Jack Bel-t ell, after doing all right for themselves InvTaiamr bobiflhlf ta 1 e h t in to most; of theijrilte.:i£liibs, ■1"at--fbr?T>Iew .York; ~' V - ■ Roslta Royce, bubble diancer with the -ISarl Carroll show at^ the Pilm Xsland. Club, stepped out when asked to take a cut. Opehd at the Con- gress, New York, next week. Irving Caesar is a.house,guest at tlio Damon Runybri'estate oh Hibis- cus Island, Fla, Irving and Damon tlnaily getting doWh to some real collablng on their , raclftg drama, 'Saratoga ChlpsV'y , : ^ _ . 'l.'lic Atlantic lias Don and Doresse, Aim Grille and Blllie -Vlhcerit. Georges ' SImehon, French writer. Is a visitor here with his wife, ; ;Earl . Carroll's 'Vanities' .coming to Panama, . Expected to arrive in , Aprih . :,/.■ ., ''ATeiTy: Wldbw' (MG) held- over for three days. In Ballboa. Very un- :^,uRnai, ■ .-■ ■ y ; . ;'■ v V; ; Charlie/HiritriiLint^ old ■ enter- tainer here, is working at the In- ternational-/ Thomas Brady bought the Hotel International.^^hls glvefi him four ;establishmeh£s Jh Panahia. Beverly and Carol Rubff . have re- turned after a year's study at the Sa:mmy Burns dance atudlb in N. Y. Crews of the. Canadian destroy- :,«rs-.:Skeeria .and--^-Vancouver- gave a vaudevllie .show at the: Balboa nlm. theatre.-.-: /■ President's ball was held oh both •Ides of the Isthmus. Every cab- f.i*et sent entertainers and local art- ; Ists dtd/thelr bit; _i. JIarJorle-.- Quinn^-has— opened—a •chopl of dancing. She is an ex- Albertina ftasch : dancer. ^ Sobby Vacquea of the Vari Jac. studio is teaching in Colon. / -^Mary Lee Kelley got that divorce asked for from Johnle StofTell. ^ Miss- AInia - Barnes, arrived here for a short visit. She was the Lon- don lead in 'Roffe Marie*. I^es Swope lost his mbther. / ' :it's, a boy at the Mike Lallys. . ■ Flu flopi:e.d Horace Jackson. Harry Rapf Is all well again. Jean Acker on the Warner lot. ; Phil Gbldstone licked the ; flii,: • Medico laws Gjlry Giant; for, $500." Harry Rapf in and out of .libspital. Mary Robisoh recovering, from the flu; ./■ ■■' - ..:; Dudley Digges back, from Broad-' way..- Claude Binyoh glad the i*ace^ are over^ ./>■■-." .;; ./ ■. / ■-'.'.-'-," Florence / Eldridgta facing op for filnus.:.' - - -.-: ■ Al Green resting up ^ -at / the raneho.-■--/;■-■.-:■■- <5hlmp -bite^sent^DPrbthy^hort^b- the,hosp. ■;-/-.■■ ■■ ';--■.■/.-;-- .; Katherine Mauk is now Katherlne Morrow. :' Wallace MacDonald story, editor at Mascot. ' : Robert Lie« departed the Warners scrlb stafF. ' ■ V ■;— : Nick Diamos, Ariz., exhlb, going to- Greece.—■ -- .~ ~.- - • - - - Bernie Hyman .finally gave In to Jthfi-grlppa. Len Boyd has left Par's publicity department. Tummy ache sent Gilbert Roland to the hosp. ' ; '-; It's back to; Jolly, old England for Bus Keaton. Edmund ' Loew limping on a bashed hoof. Trem Carr bfcdc after two months in New" York. .;/" ■/■ Appendix trouble - keeping -Mary- Aator at bbme. Frank Butler can't do a thing with his Leico. . Lyda RobertI .mending front her appendicitis op. . Hazel Hayes, 1934 Wampas babe, in Coast Opera. Bruce Cabot tore a few ligaments playing handball. Leo Carrillo guested at Death Valley by 'Scotty/ , Frances Drake visiting the old folks at Toronto. ■; / . : Olympic using service tickets for weekly flght cards. -'Red' Smith back at Loew's State, but pins still. weak. Metro testing Mary'Servess, legit player, for Garbo pic. / ■. • Helen.. .Tw^Ivetrees dropped by Fox,' will free-lance. Gaston Wyler '■ now boss of the gadgets at. UniversaL. -_::._ : Nicholas Snowdon sniffed at 16g's for 'Memblrs of a Spy.' Vera Briice Codona parted com pany with her appendix. Theodore Kent, U fllm ed, being divorced by the missus. Fall from car laid up Mel Mur- phy with tiainftil bruises. : Bikers dunking their pedals into the.saucer at the Olympic. - —Barry-Bernard-broadenlng-hls-a^ for thait Ehgllsh; invasion. • Mrs. Arhur Sheekman (Gloria Stuart) on storkfs itinerary. Alexander Carr went to the hosp to have _h l3 molars yanked. ^ Ann Cbdee gets first picture break €HATTE on I'eturn from belated honeymoon ■ffiir wTSirir.:" ' - Timi Whelan returiied after three years in England, claims;Hollywood hasn't changed.. < Jp Swerllng back in Columbia's writing department after a three months' trip east. Pinky Tomlln pulled out of liere in a/new 12-cyUnder Packard on his p.a, tour In -the east. Eddie Cronjager draws the cam? era on Radio's 'Nit Wits', after tak- ing bows on 'Roberta.' : . Marlon Talley lost little time get- ting back. to her Kansas farm after Inking Metro contract. ; ^ Courtland Fitzslmmons and J. R. McNaught have finished "their writ- ing stints at-tParamouht. Mary Astor iihder care bf medico- husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe, after appendicitis attack. -• Ramon .Novarro branchlfig out as a^producer-,—testing . a t Talisman studios for Spanish dialoguer. Metro has new excluaive parking lot at the Istudlo for names and execs—limited to 86 machines. Hans Stelnke at Paramount put- ting " on comedy. bone twisting sequence with Charles , Ruggles. Howard Green and Jack- La RuiB still spendliig their winnings-^ on Chlcasha, which paid 86 to 1 at Santa Anita .. ' ■■" . . -. ■ - ~^^iniam Harrlgan acrammlng to New York this week to check in for Initial pic role in Warners' .'The Farrell Case.' Jn .'Tha,Gaucho-JLover* at-Fox. Th6y fitted Ben Piazza for a new chair at Paramount last week. . Harry Akst back in town; look- ing for pals in the night spots. Al Friedlander in town for week's confab with First Division execs. Sam Woods newest protege in plx Is Gordon Johes. UCLA grldder. Freddie Bartholomew back . at Metro, to go in '.^nna Karenlna.' ..S. K.. Lauren: stays on at Co- lumbia under a new writing deal.. D. Ross Ledermah used per- suasion on a couple of . flu gei*ms. Minnie Kbpple back at grievance board desk after death of her father. Al Santell ran afoul an arc light and has a hand bandaged as a re- sult. / /•;'.-- Charlie Judels has authored 'Man Who Knew Tob Mucli,' ". his first play. --, Lupton Wilkinson here to take over the p; a. job in the local H4ys office. - - ;■ ■.,-- Joe E. Brbwh ' claimed Strait Jacket, horse,, at Santa, Anita for 12,000. Sam newest tuplets. Fox studio club planning a shin- dig similar to • the Warner Club blowout. Alice, daughter of Sarah and Billy Lament, is being teamed in iharrlagcr - • :_ '.,.:: Hal Roach hais new kid In . the Gang, Carl Swltzer, a six-year-old hill billy. Jean - Pai^rker '-made- personal ap- pearances with 'Sequoia' in Salt Lake City. . Bob Cobb, Vine street Derby boni- face, winning his five-week battle with the flu. , . / / Louis Paul, winner of O. Henry short—story—award,— -joined Metro writing staff. Francisco Murature, Argentina fllm producer, picking up pointers at Paramount. Seven-week hospital flleg6'ended for N. A. McKay, gen'l mgr. for Mary Plckford. Hal Mohr . and Evelyn Venable "Till pt"k. up a nnvr plane In Detroit -Dorothy ■ Gulman adding ayolirdu -- pels. ■_/.; ■■. ■.. .:;.^-;,:; :"/'",-'' Jack HtifC zoomed to Florida for a spell. /Mike Fritzel oft for sbmei winter sunshine. , - , Lou Abramson won a battle with la. grlppo. . . Aaron Jones, Jr., back from southern waters. / Freddy Martin bccupylhg quarters in the Ben Judell office. Morris Silver the herald of spring with a new dove-gray outfit. Billy Dianiond moving into hew ■quarters in the Woods bldg. Mrs. MtuK Greenspan handled ben- efit for the Save-a-Llfe club. . Boys are starting the trek to Hot Springs for the racing season. Al Quodback In New York on some new angles for a local nltery. Grace" Denton" Is; .tnlhgihg: the 'Opera ; Comique' Into the Audi torlum. • Fred Rosenthal -won the prl2e blanket in the Medinah raffle among- the agents. ;;'', CAPA tossed a fturewell shindig for Sam Clark, who beads for New York quarters. ; Astor/. theatre ..lawault ...kept.; a -flgglt .bf Chlcagp_exefls from- the- MPTOA convention. / Sam Roberts back from New Tbrk, where fae helped his parents celebrate their BOtb wedding, an- niversary. rr-u. —Jt- (Sport)- Hermann—applied' the first pick: in the^wrfckihg .of his Cbrt~Tneatre, which Is .oblnlhg dbwii after 26 years, and then hopped a rattler for another . sejourn in Tahiti. . -.- London Keith Clark ott to Australia. Buckie Taylor on ; vacation . in Spain. . Melchlor Lengyel scripting for Korda. . ■ . : Leo Lack translating.' 'Evensong' for Paris. Lothar Mendes homesick for Hollywood. Henry Hall to launch new tango by Leo Ascher Heila kurty. almbst fatally poisoned by acpldent. , Professor Eugene Robert sulter- Ing severe kidney attack. ;'/.'. Harry Roy now the biggest band attraction in British vaudeville. Talk of baseball refIval here for the summer-ijy lPcal Americans. " Basil Dean Interested to film 'Cat Across the Path* by Ruth Pelner. / Covent Grarden Opera season be- gins April 29, running to June 16. Leon .M. .Lion read Melchlor Lengyel's 'Invention' and liked it. j Harry Clifton eendihg fat check to Brian JHurst_as a. birthday, iglft. " Divorce decree agaihst""~Ronald" Cblman made final in London, Feb. 18, Paris By Bob Stern Berowitz has labeU'ed his releases the Mascot Quln- By Les ;Rees Annual Auto Show scheduled for Auditorium March 9 to !«.- - Evelyn Chandler featured In big ice skating show at Arena. Ray Nlles; Fubllz city manager at Rochester, Minn., a visitor. Ray Wylle, one of UA's super- salesmen, sporting new autp. Harry Brown,-20 years on speak* ing . stage, now a grocer here. Municipal court judge ruled' 'pin ball' games gambling devices. ■■ W. X Kupper, Fox western sales manager, -stopped over en route to Coast.; ., -., : Jerry Anderson, RKO poster clerk, spending dough, won In sales' compelttion. /. Bill Watmough, M(3 booker, host to -Harry Levlnsbh—assfstaht-RKO booker, at birthday party. Grand jury in. report scored vice conditions,. calling attention ;. to gambling and prbstltution. Selby Carr, Paramount advertis- ing manager, to Omaha to attend his brother-in-law's wedding. Bill .Tilden tennis troupe booked- for University. of Minnesota field house. ; - ..- ■ University' of Minnesota Play- house offering, world premiere of new Martin Flavin play, 'Sunday', tills week. • . Max-Stahl,: who - resigned as- V-A^ exchange manager here to start his own biz,, back with his old love as Cincinnati branch head.: W; A. Steffes, president of North- west Allied States, and Beiinie Berger, ez-presldent, back from Al- lied' States' Columbus meetlhg and planning a session of local organl- znfiori. -. ■-. / ;>■• ' .-- ; ;/ Three Sailors booked for the next Clift Whitley Dorchester hotel, re- vue.. .'■:.- ■:^:/'-;:- •.:■■-- . Daro and Costa fortnighting at Piccadilly hotel ■■ after playing the Savoy. ■ • Peter Maurice to present 'Busi- ness with Royalty' by . Anthony Armstrong. '.,-".'■■ .•.'■.;,".'-/ :: Margaret Suilavan springing sur- ■prise here by refusing to meet the press bpys.. . Arthur Ferrler doin^ a caricature of Harry Bradbury. Pratt on . his 50th birthday; . .. John Murray Anderson off to New York after a looksee at shows in Londbh and Paris. June out of Dirui-y Lane panto- mime due to gastric flu, with Doris Bransgrove replaced. 'Summer's Lease' moves into the Vaude-ville, Feb. 25,' follPwIng. a try- out a.t. the E<mbassy. Edward Stirling and company siailing April 23 for Ave months' tour of South America. ' Hannen Swafter apologizing to Belle Baker in print; a thing Swaft has never dpne before. - Joe Jackson: playing a couple of weeks at the Savoy, following all his imitators in London, : RICO : Interested in' fllm -rights of 'AValanche' by Beverly : Nichols, recently staged in Vienna.. . Universal. using billboard adver- tising nearly . half of Wardbur street, to exploit Its product. Bernice Betkere getting front page in lobar paper., with special plug,:fbr Eddie Conne, husband. Tom Walls considering 'Night- ingales' by Jack Celestln as a vc- -hicle-fpr-hinreelf-Hird~RalplrXyini;— Dancing Daughters, Britis h Broadcasting Corporatlpn's ether hpbfefs,; cease", their clatter.; after April 6. Flea clrcus.l .and .girafCe»necked women being ballyhooed. at Hay- market - Fun Falr,r-Af ter -season- at Olympla. Tex McLeod off the air for four years, and when landing' date' at last-found- is barred by General Theatres. Henry Molllson to do a film for Warner Brothers (London), star- ring Laura La Plante. Then to Hollywood. C. B. Cochran negotiating with Oscar Homolka to star as Mesmer in Beverly Nichols new play, 'A Man and His Shiadbw.' Bertram Mills withdrawing Par- liamentary candidature for East Fulham, saying he feels unable to 'nurse' constituency. . John -Hendrlck repudiating his contract with Edward Laurillard, but off to Hollywood, shortly under MacCSehhett's direction. Stephens Schnabel, son of the German composer. Is graduating here as actor and getting his ex- perience at the 'Old Vic/ Ethel Helliwell, Francis Maii- gan's assistant, to be married In June. Groom is Richard Whittaker, son Of the Mayor of Blackpool. Sir Oswald Stpll contemplating big rhusical production of 'Her: Boyal__Highness.'T-book ..by Ralph Neale .arid .score, by Albert Arlen. Lee Ephraihi postponing fToi C'est Moi' V. rehearsals for three weeks. Trouble in getting West- End theatrb responsible for delay.- ■ Sir Os.wald Stoll's flr.st vaudeville house, the Ardwick Empire, Man- chester, on hectic policy lately, re- sumes, vaudeville from "April 72. Prince of Wales theatre manage- ment running midnight dance on the stage, with customers allowecl" to rnIngle with .performers at J2.50 per head. Royal. Court theatre. Sir Barry "Jaclrson'a~istartlng place, reope'nlhg' after two; years. Hbwieson Culff, Irv Marks back from Vienna. Peggy Worth to Berlin ;sbon. Georgius singing at Boeuf sur 1* Tolt. ;: , .. : ' ;jl.ttf 'TJbhbhue: getting X'e&fon '"or Honor. •• BIscot, on tour, laid up with grippe. ■ . Jeanne Boltel and troupe back from Egj'Pt. : , . Porte Saint Martin reviving 'Song of Love* operetta. Sttidehts putting on medieval plays at Sorbonne- • . Alfred Gragnon's .'Mysterious Lady' revived at Capuclnes. English colony turning out to see 'Iron Duke' (GB) at Agrlculteurs. Charles Martlnelll, president bf Artists' Union, local Equlyt, ill. Suzanne-Henry replacing Blanche Mbntel in •Do"~Mr-S"or tip' at Mlci" rodlere. - - .. Llliahe Gauthier. elected 'Miss Cinema' by Club CIneniatographlque de France. ■■• - Late Louis -Barthou' bequeathed 84,000 ahhually-tor-lVehch—Academy, for literary' prizes. Joan Warnel: getting more pub- licity oh second hearing by Judge ih nude dancing case. ;John-S. Tapembux, Importer of French films to _U; S.^ here signing up flock of pictures. . Lucienne Boyer, oh arrival from America Mareh 20 "to tou"r~Prajioe and then play A. B. C. —Illness- of-Mlchel-Slhion-causIng- postponement > of opening of 'Joys of Capitol' at Madeleine. :. Charles Boyer reported signed to play Napoleon in film of that title to be megged by Julien Duvivier. / Anniversary of death of King Albert of Belgians celebrated at Theatre Albert I, named after.him. : Ceclle Sorel saying he's waiting tp see script of fllm on Sarah Bern- hardt, before accepting that Holly- wood offer. ; Alan Byre of Metro and Ernest Koenig of Warners back from Brussels, where' they fought new dubbing decree. No decision. Josephine Baker and Rene Charles of 'Creole' cast, broadcasUng with National Orchestra for England and America from. Paris PTT. Mlstinguett to make first film on Jacques Deval scenario. Also has of- fer to play in operetta which would travel to London and maybe New York. • . Ricardo Cortez ■ and the Missus getting a tan and how. -The Wesley Ruggles trying to teach Junior desert lore. Mrs. L. B. Mayer here under the care of pr., Henry Reid. Adolph Zukor made reservations for a rest, didn't show up. . Bert Wheeler doing bis sandwich eating bit on the sidewalk. Charles Chaplin down to kill a cold. Paulette Goddard along. ' Pete Smith. Bchhoz and all, going native but can't flnd a blanket. Gehe. Raymond and Conrad Nagel out for the Skeet Club shoot trophy. . Mrs. Carl Brlsson. here with hubby to recuperate before her sea -voyage.— ■ ■ ■■■■ '^ Mrs. Nellie Coffman too -with the'tir?U8-to"'wi'ite^ 1)0^^^^ Al Wertheimer. Sir Guy Standing' looked over thb resort, snorted and returned, to his Mallbu-chateau. ~ " *: • - Duffle bags are, the'newest fash- ion with the' femmes. They carry a production in them. Ralph Farnum flnally. got here, claims the towh has become too citlfled and talks of Death Valley. Robert Porter, Klhner exec, here trying to sell picture people new planes. George Brent Went for one. Bert Clark, of the N. Y. Trust Co., one of the judges of the circus parade. Hearst Metrotone has the exclusive on the society circus. ydung actor, operating it as .a try out spot, prior to- the Wost-^loml.- GUbcrt Miller, prcschting KcitTv Winter's new play, iRIngmaster' ut the . .Shaftesbury. - first iweek -liv March, necessitating tra:psferli-i)i'p of 'The Dominant Sex,' which goos Into, the. AJd«-.j''oh.-. ' '/• •,- By E. P. JacobI .■ ■ .//■■;■'■■: Hannah Honthy down with flu. Freda Gombaszbfl off- to the Canary Islands. Legit season better than it has been for years. Pbllharmonlo orchestra's costume ball to be smartest of the season. ...Marica.Gervay off to Holly wood- to fulfill a forty-flve month contract with M'-G-M. Four plays momentarily current in which leading lady appears in riding breeches. - • - .; Marian Anderson, colored singer, a big success here. Engaged: orig- inally for one recital, she is giving hfer third in one fortnight. ' -, 'Another Lan/,'uage'- to be called 'Pest Wife' in the. Hungarian ver- sion. 'Pest' i» the modern section of the twin towns of .Buda and. J'tist.. , 'Local./ producers remonstrating because Hun nla Studies 'are oc- .cupTe.a "for nfonths by compahlesV producing • fo.rftifin-language ' pic- tures .and .tlio/Uallves don't get a ;chance:.""': ' — Klma Biilla'.s father, saw; his • dauKlncr fm- th*> rtr.st tl.nie on the ;.staft-e' Iti 'Confession.';. ;Hef .succiess rn.ade.lirm parfloh her for poing on ■ tht BtaBc/ fact about wliich he has '."■fn fm-'inuH toy nine years. ■