Variety (Sep 1935)

Wednesday/Sepfemltei^ II, 1935 TIM E S S 0 U A R E VARIETY 59 East Prank Buck back to N. T, last week after nine months In'the east. He and the Mrs. trained in; aboiit 600 animals and 5,000 birds coming l)y cargo steamer. - - -Bnglevvo-od ~ • • whidr- ■doucd- theatres, churches and other places pt assembly to check infantile paralysis; changed. After a day to bar only those und^r 16. National Broadcasting Co. offers Inal chamber music ,by American composers. Contest will close Feb. 29,'36. Leader of. Pine Brook ( . J.) nudist camp held for a grocery bill '6f tSO; J-IC'«^WiL''t- have e»^f>t>l3.»yl?*^»•■ him dress and put up $500. bail.. Thomas Woodward, beach and pool manager at Playland, .Rye, paroled in custody of his lawyer to answer Sept. 20 to a charge of vio- lating the N;. Y, equal rights bill. Alleged he refused admission to two Negroes. Neiw Tork radio, experts caught the photoradlo signals of Sir Mal- colm Campbell's auto runs, sent from San Francisco. Split the im- pulses and sent half to London, where pictures were' also made. London got its picture only, a frac- tion of a second later than N. Y. , Monte Carlo Ballet Russe to Open at the Met., Oct. 9, lor a 12-day en- gagement. Preface' to a six months' tour. Jimmy Jordan, Dodgers second baseman, married Lady. Dorothy Eaves, American widow of a British noblenian, Wednesday (4). After her vacation abroad, Mar- garet Wycherly picks up her role In 'Tobacco Road.' Sally Rand, in town on her way from Skowhegan and 'Rain,' tells the reporters her bubbles are for coin and her dramatics' for her own satisfaction. Clift Hall in Supreme Court, Wed- nesday (4) to tell the Judge why he Is in arrears to his former wife, June Rogers Hall. She says she has had nothing from him since May 29, though he's supposed to kick in $80 a week. Judge reserved de- cision. Lawrence Schwab has taken. the Adelphi for 'Venus in Silk.' Newsreels lost a good shot when police barred women strikers from disrobing a strike-breaker for the cameras. Drew too much of a crowd, so everyone had to. move on. Burlesque actors went on strike Thursday (5) when managers failed to renew their contract with the group. Claim employers seek to up hours of work. 'Moon Over Mulberry Street' gave a Sunday perforniance (8). First to Joe Bblognla, one of six men al- leged to be implicated in the murder of a subway collector, made a con- fession before a newsreel camera Thursday (6). Reel will be intro- duced . In evidence, iat his trial. Camera, and the promlsel the pic- ture would be shown In theiatres, drew his confession when every- thing else had failed. Blue eagle called In by govern- ment. Emblem must be removed from all displays. Brooklyn Elks clubhouse raided Thursday and eight pinched for al Hrf.^-jj-n.ir4;Hrt;i L+4;),-t-tjHd~ni^AtTti!t-i.iiii 111i mTCW M-H ^^'^■l«^-^-^ ^'^^|^*1^-|■■<^l-^ i ri i i;i n11 i-ni 111rn i m i. i ri i-i 11 t-rj t i rm; News From the Dailies This departmeht contains rewrlUen. iheatrlcal news llems as published during the tioeek In the dally papers of New York, Chicago, Sari Francisco, Hollywood and London, Variety takes no credit Jot jhm^^ !jt?_^o_K.tfcilteo.irfiro_fl. daHu-fiaP^r^—.. ^■liHglHkiEHIIJiUlt!llllliiail lM ll l llM llll ipi g | iB t a i lliB B I I! U iriWre llll8 II Hl»Hlimilill«ill^^ leged bookmaking. Police .say six of the men are members. Sir Thomas Beecham to be. guest $1,000, ,$600.:and $250 for . hea.t orlg-ixoodoctor-cif .the.,PhUba«nQnic. flMnt- phpny at 11 concerts comniencing Jan. 2. Stress to be given British, compositions. His third visit. He was over in '28 and '32. Zona Gale dramatizing her 'Afraid ip^-Marry' ..for BsofilL. JBcraherton. Her 'Miss Lulu Bett.', under the same manager, won a Pulitzer award In '21. 'Dodsworth' to open its road tour in Cleveland Oct. 10. Walter Huston and Nan- Sunderland in cast, but Juliette Crosby will replace Fay Balnter. Katharine Cornell Will shove off the same date, but picks Ba,ltimore for the launching. Morris G.est may bring over tady Precious Stream;' Jap play which has been doing well in London'in a quiet way. Theatre Union looking for mate- rial for a revUe later in the season. Hotel men so active, ships a.re cutting out the farewell drinking at their bars. Do not hold city licenses. . Milton Berle settled out of court last week a suit brought by Ruth Eddya, adagio dancer. Latter com- plained that ■ the comic's mother started a clem in a run-lt-yourself elevator. Cited Berle because he Is his mother's employer. Howard Hughes to marry Ruth Moffett. 15-year-iold daughter of the Standard Oil v. p. . Engagement an- nounced last week at the L- !• sum- mer home of her parents. D. A. Dorah out to the Coast to look for some actors. Loew's Ziegfeld goes first run on. same basis as the State. Bruce Barton buys .117 E. 65th street from Harvard <;sllege, Will make his home there. ^ Joseph F; McMahon enters suit in Yorkville court against Colunnbia broadcasting for alleged infringe- ment of. his copyright on 'Junora,' which he. asserts was ip.laglarlzed when CBS put on 'Sabina Lane' Aug. 20. Alleged Infringement is that both plays are based on the love of a guardian for his ward. Broadcasters asked for Federal suit, but. Judge held state laws could cover It. Trial Oct. 5. Fire department seeks to ban red paint on private .autos. Says It confuses. Both trucks and pleasure cars. Trying moral suasion first. N. Y. free theatres will add three plays to the list: 'What Ann JEtought.. JHome..'. Tqol'.s.. ..epldl .and •Twelfth NIghfc' Sam Nirdllnger pinched In Phlla. for failure to pay federal govern- ment some $3,000 in taxes. Feds to follow up on other delinquents In that district Hearing- Sept, 20. Crawford Burton loses his suit against Crowell Co. for printing that allegedly libelous cigarette ad In which he figured. 'Remember the Day* will have three dress rehearsals starting Sept. 21. Charities will benefit. — Marlon Fairbsink.s, dancer,: who obtained an Intei-locutory decree of i 11 New York Theatres "-A 11 EE If iKiiitiHtmiiiiiiiili luuiiuiiiiiiiiiitiimiHiii iiiiiiiuuiu RKO THEATRES 86"" ST. «T UXINCIM Sept. 11-13 JOHN BOLKS In "ORCHIDS TO VOU" ."OI.I> MAN RHSTHM" I 81" ST. «f MnUMT Sept. .11-13 "DEATH FROM A DISTANCE'' and •'01.D MAN RHYTHM" BeK. TONITB 7 P.M. KAY FRANCIS "THE GOOBE AND THE GANDER" with Georire Brent Uit D«y—Mirlon bavlei In "Page Mlu Glory" W% •TMCT. MMMWAT On the Screen! Clark Jcsin Wallace Gable-Harlow-Beery in M- G-M '3 "China Seas" Slage—MMton Berle & Mitii Mayfai r Starls Fridny "ANMAPOUIS FAREWEI.1." CAPITOL jMtfcrr,] Held Over:—2(1 Weckl 25e to I P.M. GUUXA KREDBIC GARBO • MARCH •♦ANNA KARENINA" Freddie Burtlioloniew All .\I-ti-M Kllni BING CROSBY JOAN BENNETT "Two for Tonight" Extra I—MAJOR BOWES' 'AMATEUR THEATRE OF THE AIR' JM Av.t Mth 8t. ROXY 25".. 2 35' to; THIRD WEEK ''Diamond Jim •k Plus Big Stage Show -k BOORS OPEN 1« A. M. TODAY , RADIO CIT\ «o*'Sfe'R''" MUSIC HALL IJf.'^iru^e"" Fred Astatre - Ginger Rogers in "TOP HAT" With Music nnd T.yrlcii by IRVING BKKMN ON THE STAGE. "CURTAIN CAtL," a re- vue In eeven Menei, produced by Leonldofl. Symphony Orcheitra. let Men. Seats Reierved. CO. 6-6535 NBC L.A. Plant Nov. 15 Hollywood, Sept. 10. Opening^ of the new NBC studios In HoUyw^ood Is set for Nov. 15. Chain IS tossing $500,000 into re- vamp of old film laborktory build- ing. Opening' will be gala net)Vt>rk event. dlyorco from. McCdrmack Steelci declcles she doesn't waint it. Three days before the end of the .90-day peHod they wer^^^ Shuberits refused an offer.of $25,^ 000 to tear un Eleanor Powell's con- tract with .them. She's in'At Home Abroad* and Metro wants her for a picture. 'Sketch Book' to . move to thie l^estic.Bo that the "Winter figf den can pe"" read ied Tor 'Ab road/^' Harrison, N. J7,"'agaln upset over" nn effort to lower the prohibitive $10,000 a .year mptlon picture the- atre license. Town has 80 saloons but no. picture.: Business men objexit to the amusement money going to nearby towns. Drop to $1.50 top for 'Tobacco Road,' announced as a summer cut, to be continued through the winter. David Warfield tells a reporter that 'The Music Master! , is a steal from a French one-acter, and that De Mine .got the idea for 'The Re- turn of Peter Grimm* from a story In a magazine of 1875. , N. y. police Interested in the statement made by the husband of Jayne Manners that she had said she knew plenty about the disap- pearance" of Judge Crater.. Wired Frisco police to question both the actress and her husb.ind. Husbaind, Maurice L. Kusell, Incorpoi-ated his allegation In hia amended divorce papeirs. She denies any Inside ■knowledge. Edith Ward, former actress, In the toils again. Two years ago she was fined .$500 for soliciting, funds for the Actors' Memorial Foundation. This time,, on the same charge of solicitation without a permit, it is al- leged she was collecting for needy actors and actresses. .Held In Jef- ferson Market for hearing Sept. 12. . Mrs. Sayde Rublnbff, wife of Philip, brother and manager, .of thie flddler, in court Friday to ask $760 a month alimony and $6,000 counsel fees. Asserts he draws $16,000 a year as salary and has $50,000 salted down. Dr. M. Sayle Taylor, 'the Voice of Experience,' haled into court by Harry Lievey, who arranged with him to form the VOE (Voice of Ex- perience) Film Co* Presently the corporation books disappeared aiid the Rex Films signed ,a contract VOE had'planned to make with Co- lumbia. Rex Films, Taylor, Benja- min K. Blake and Columbia pictures named as defendant.?, but inclusion of Columbia is purely technical. . ..Coa.st jruaj:dsmeijL.Pl£U. JJD..ft. Bxltj. ish shit) with a $200,000 rum cargo off the Jersey coast. Largest haul since repeal. Evelyn Gosnell, former actress, of Westport, Conn., In jail there charged, «rlth driving while inoxi- cafed. Arresting officer reported she tned. to- bite his neck when he stopped her. She played In 'Up in Mabel's Room' and 'Ladies Night.' 'Sketch Book, will drop to $3 top when It moves to the Majestic. •Crack-up,' of the straw hats, changed to *Blind Alley' for the Booth (24), James Ullman feared it would be mistaken for an avia- tion play, which it isn't. Musicians'. Emergency Fund, headed by Walter Damrosch, reports aid extended to about .4,500 during the past few years. Some 2,000 have since become self-supporting again, but fund will be continued for bene- fit of the rest. Final divorce decree awarded Monday (S) to Aileen Sanella, wife of Andy Sanella, radio bandmaster; B. P. Schiiiberg and Marion Ger- Irig will offer Elissa Landl in 'Tap- estry in Gray' by' Martin Flavin. Oct. 27. tentatively set for; opening. New relief projects in Washington will Include 10,000 musicians, 6,500 writers, 9,000 actors and 2,000 ttage technicUns, it is announced, 'Anna Kareninai' awarded the Mussolini cup a.t the Venicie exhibit. King Vidor ^ot a pat for his di'ac- tion in 'Wedding Night' and 'Booky Sharp,' declared the best oolor film. Walt Disney's 'Band Concert' ac- claimed the best cartoon, while Paramount praised for the .'oe.st photography. Columbia's 'No Great- er Glory,' tagged 'The Boys of Paul ■ Street,', won the Faclst prize.. Madeline GaiUo, opera sln«>,er suing Aurello Gallp, formerly of rhe San Carlo. Opera Co;, for divorce, charging he mafrled Huth Krausftr without having obtained «. divorce from her. Action in Westchester County court. He's a nephew of For- tune Gallo, San Carlo head. Oliver DIone, father of the qnlns, trying to break a manst-pcment con- tract with Leo Kcrvin, Callander boat builder. Group Theatre, sendlns 'Awake and Sing' and 'Waiting f jr Lcffy' on tour, will rehearKe the oompa'iy In a hew production. Ha.« hot yet. picked the .show. Alfred Salmaggl, out ot the Hip- podrome, will' move his ooev.a to Brooklyn to the Academy o£ Music. Hurricane caused a Jhortajt^ of crab.s. More than 100 000. in fl< .at boxes in Che.onpeake bnv rolo.ased by thfi jail end of the big blow. Ruth Chatterton in town and lid- ing.. Aiheficoih institSlRi' TSt .ArctillecvS mits more than a passing' Interest in an offer to go Into George S. Kaufman's 'First Lady.' Henry Yoda, 17, fatally injurea by TBeing'"ejected ffdm 'tVie Fenway theatre, Bronx, l}y Robert Abralms. Management insists that Abrams is not an emplloyee. Boy wa^ trying to get Into the theatre without pay- Balto Track Raided Baltimore, Sept. 10. State police swooped down on the dog track at Riviera Beacli, 10 miles south 'of here, Saturday night and arrested the .operators, -who^ will be brduieht lip" for " triaf tomiorrdw (Wednesday) on charge of violating the: Maryland gambling laws rela* tlye to racing. Court hearing will be held In Round Bay, Md., with Magistriate H. M,. Sandrock _^ on bench. The 'ftiagrstfate''de^^^^ after the raid that he had requested the aid of the State cops for .the slap-dowh. Unwelcome Repeat The track for- Ave yeairs has been operating tVirough suiiffiiers, and biz on rec ord-as- favurl n f^ a iCT -Tin- .lir.l- +hatna,t)DTTt~gpTn'oxlTT ml.<id an all-tim e boards. Argues It aould make for peak this season, safer traffic. Gerald Doland to the Adirondacks to write new tunes for 'Smile at Me.* Equity quarterly meeting at Astor hotel Monday. No fireworks. Basic contract discussed. Some 1^200 Italians protest 'Moon Over Mulberry Street' as offensive. Ask the mayor to stop It. Greta Ljungberg, ex-Met., to guest star San Carlos dates. Theatre Guild adds Alfred Lunt to its board of directors. After Oct. 1 autoists who use their horns between li p. m. and 7 a. m. will get ia. ticket. t/lSiyoT also prom- ises to hush noisy cabarets. Edmund Breese back on B'way stage for first tinie In nine years. Coast Three-day attendance oyer Labor Day at: San Diego exposittoh esti- mated at 170,000, running up total around 3,000,000 to date. Beverly Hills judge ela'pped $60 fine on Erskine Gwynhe, of the Vanderbllt family, on a guilty plea of being drunk on a public highway. Also put him on probation for 90 days. Glenovai Burke Winn, one time vaude actress, divorced In L. A. Robiirt Kapperer, writer, held by L. A. police at request of N. Y. authorities- on larceny charge. Matilla Feller fell 60 feet off roller coaster into ocean at L. A. beach resort and suffered three broken ribs and. bruises. Attendants said she stood up at a turn, L. A, cops,, decked out in tails, raid two clubs for assertedly selling hard liquor after 2 a. m. Joyce Petiers, former chorus' girl, held by. L. A. police on. charge of stealing auto in Point jPomeroy, Wash., and driving off'with 16- year-old cousin of her husband, a Uxxmi, ' . Bai}dlt who invaded hohie of Norma Talmadge fled when former film star yelled for help. L. A. court set aside divorce de- cree of Maurice Kusell, dance di- rector, on grouad that couple lived together subisequent to filing of action. ' Entering guilty plea to speeding for the fourth time within a year, Tommy Lee, head of the Don Lee radio chain, forfeited his drivers' .license for 60 days. Lee also operr ates the Cadillac agency in Los An- geles. Mary O'Brien, former vaude per- former, who last year divorced Benny Rubin, filed notice of inten- tion to wed Ned Blanc, Hollywood dress, shop owner. Bryant Washburn, Jr., booked by L, A. police on suspicion of man- slaughter following fatality in traffic accident. Reported in. Holly wood that Syl- via Sidney will soon become bride of Bennett Cerf, N. T. publisher. Joan Blondell Won L. A. divorce in 10 minutes from X3eorgc Barnes, cameraman. Also given custody of. year-old son. Lucille Stedman, film actress, freed oh ball after assertedly rip- ping cushions from car of former mate, wrecking Jail cell, awakening other inmates with hei- s.creams and slamming police typeXvrlter to the floor. James Vandiveer, news broad- caster,, filed notice in L. A. to marry Burda Lee NeiJson, artl.st. L. A. court will decide whether Tom Satterfleld, composer, can af- ford to pay his estranged wife noth- ing, as he contends, or $350 a month, as she contends, pending trial of Sattersfieid's suit for annullmeht at their marriage on the groUnd that he wasn't divorced from his first wife when he remarried. Frank S^eitlin, London aircnt, filed $20,000 attachment against salary of Colin Cllvc, as.sertlng he holds writ- ten agreement that gives.him a per- nentage of all money earned by the actor In theatrical pursuits. Nancy Carrol iflled suit for divnreo from Bolton Mallory in Car.son City, Nev., de.splte that Mallory obtained a Mexican.decree and remarried. Paul Chottoau, attempMng to swim 38-mlle Clatallna channel, taken from water exhausted -when., within' three miles of his gonl. He had been In the water for"21 hour.*). Claims he'll try again. Hob'»rl 'Pn.ylor and l<*ene ITervey. film'players, announced tlicy would elope 'any time-now.' Dudlev Miirjihy. pi'-tin'e (llreetor. nnd Polly Penbody, stapre an.treps, will be niarrled soon, they ad ittod. Labor Day motoring is hard luck, for the Harry Sobols and Velma Forrest; showgirl, both of whom hfid tough accidents two years sigo and repeated again the past holiday. With her brother Paiil Forrest driv- ing the car, carrying the couple a,nd Paul Yawltz, former columnist, a truck hit the Sobol motor en route to Narragansett, R. I., smashing the car. The five occupants, however, escaped this time with little worse than a bad scare: Sobol, Broadway Is brother of Louis Sobol, N.. ve Journal columnist. Money in Seattk Sisattle, Sept. 10. Longacres race; track wound Up Labor day with record crowd of year and near-record handle on i>ari mutuel betting, reported cIoa« to $92,000. One day only surpasses this handler That was about, a grand<^ more at the. mutuels -when the $10,000 special mile race was run, copped bjr Coldwater from the fav. Biff, who finished 2nd. Total betting handle for the meet likely around. $2,000,000. BIRTHS Mr, and Mrs. Joseph SanUey, Hon, (third Caesarian child), 9ept. 4, Ih Hollywood. Father Is film director. Mother is former Ivy Sawyer, stage dancer. ■ -W ah'd-Tff?!*^'Mai-Sn«k-^^^^^ ter, Sept. 6, in Los Ant^eles. Father Is co-operator of the Empire and Alvarado, Indie theatres in L. ..A. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rosen, eon, Aug. 30, in New Tork. Fither Is with the Fabian circuit. Mother was the former Ellnore Fabian of the theatrical family, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Riskin, son. Lying-in hospital. New Tork, Sept. 6. Father Is musical arranger on several network commercials. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boleslawskl, son, Sept. 9, in Hollywood. Father Is Metro director. MARRIAGES I. C. (Doc) MIshler, theatre man- ager In Johnstown,' Altoona, and Lancaster, now retired, to Mrs. Alice J. Sweeney, Johnstown, Aug. 20. Harriet Fodbstein, daughter of Leo F. Forbstein, music chief at Warner Bros, studies, to Melvin Dollar, non-pro, Sept. 7, in Los An- geles, Katherlne Williams, film actress, to Daniel Vandraegan, English .pro- fessor at University of Washington, Sept. 4, in Everett, Wash. Bride was Wampas baby star last year. Jimmle Barr, technical staff of KTAT, Fort Worth, Tex,, to Maxine Tubbs. Mary O'Brien Rubin, actress, Ned Blanc, non-pro, In Los Ahgeles, Sept. 8, ride Is the former wife of Benny Rubin. Leoria 'Wllhel picture director,, malia, Calif, NEW Studio and Garden Aparfments 315 West 57th Sfreef near KIlKlitli Avenue Charming modern apartments, built around a garden; 1%, 2, 2% and 3 roorriH. lOIectric refrigeration, elevators, incinerator.", ttc, Some- studio apai't- mtnts available with.skylights. 3-room .'i.partmtntH featurft 19xH2 living rooms, ullractlve cliiimbcrs, . ]arg« Kitchens. Hxceptlonally arccmlhle. Priced at- rartlvoly. ' See apent on premises.