Variety (Oct 1935)

60 VARIETY TIMES SQUARE WecbeBdaj, October 2, 1933 Broadway Perry Charles ailing. Bev Kelley p.a. for 'On Stage.' Douglas Shearer In from Coast Sam Levitt back from Toronto. Matty Rosen planed to the Coast, Anne Ayres, 111 abed for . month, better. Paul Small in the agentlna: biz on his own. Jack Dillon sails for the Coast this week. John Wenger exhibing at bn- trosa Gallery Sept. 30-Oct. 12. Bob" Carter, of lioring-'Red' Nich- ols band, testing for Paramount, , Juliet Lowell goes, rustic »fey..puT:-. -Ch.aslngJ. home_ln, OJcford j;^d., Scars- dale. Paul Bensoh now advance man for John .Hickey's 'South Sea Cruise' unit. Ed Hurley sailed Saturday (28) for Cairo on assignment for the United Press, Nat Karson doing thie-decor on the new Rlalto for Arthur Mayer, slated for Nov. opening. Bob . Weltmans are at the Park Central until their new Brooklyn apartment Is ready. Hijppodrome on . Sixth avenue be- ing washed down preparatory to opening of 'Jumbo.' Vincent Lopez planning one of those press sessions right before he opens at the Ambassador Oct. 16. Eddie Craven withdrawn from western, 'Three Men ,6n a Horse,' with Edward Colebrook replacing. Johnny Martyn, from the United Press, joined Warner Bros, pub de- partment at N. T.'home office Mon- day. All the boys arc pointing for that sesqui-centennial fair in Queens, flgurlhg how to get In on the ground floor. * Herman Bernstein resigned as company manager of 'Othello,' go- ing back with Katharine Cornell's •Juliet.' Gladys Crane, of Crane Sisters, had appendix removed at Hospital for ■ Joint Diseases by Dr, Nbrman Taube. Mrs. Jack Bobbins In town for a month to close up their . N. Y. apt. They're now permanently Beverly Hillsites. ' Charles Mantla, of Equity's head- quarters staff, wed to Pauline Frances Maggla, non-pro, In New- ark Saturday (28). So many nitery premieres that the music pubs, nlte life reporters and others who must take in the new jqinta are dizzy.- Bobr Broder closed a deal for Air len Rivkin, writer on 20th-Fox payroll, on Coast for a Vermont farm Rivkin will occupy • summers. Ted Hammer of WB h.6. playdate department, leaves for Memphis to assume duties as assistant booker In that territory under Bryon Adams. George Daws, resigned editor of Mickey Mouse magazlhie,/published by Hal Horne, has Joined Warner Bros, to do special publicity and promotlort. The Broadway post-mortems on the Baer-Louls fight plx are iihanl moiis, from the Broadway bunch, that It must have been 'The Street' that kayded Max, more than any- thing else. . ' (.- "The Roscoe Karrises In town on their first N. T. trip and they're showing |up the natives by taking round-Mahha'tan excursion i boat trips and otherwise seeing the town like no New Yorker .knows it. Edward Seay and Kenneth An- drews are splitting the Rainbow Room and Rockefeller Center pub- licity duties (under Merle Crowell), with Murray Martin having shifted to the pub and ad bertK at the. Cen- ter theatre. Bland Johanesson gave luncheon party to Dorothy Christie, former schoolmate, with guests Including ferome film critics of town, Kate Kamferon, Wanda Hale, Eileen Creelman, Ireiie Thirer and Mar- guerite Tazelaar. George Raft was one of the 'Jury- men' at 'Night of Jan, 16' at the Ambassador, and forget himself by taking curtain calls with the regu- lar cast. Incidentally that Jury was. one of the few Avhich voted the femme defendant guilty; she's usually acquitted. Max Baer was rather Idolized up^ state, where he pitched his training camp. So much. Baer money was around that in Albany odds wore cut to six to five, oh Lou|s. In New York it was eiglit-and nine to Ave. Lee Tracy was a Louis better and copped four G's. CHAT T t distribute Tobis-Clnema and Clne- Allianz pics, Julius Kastnor, Warner local ex- ecutive, charged with getting ad- ministration of firm's new branch offices in Vienna and Athens into working order. Piroska Vaszary has an Important part";in her brother Gabriel Vas- zary's play, 'Monpti,' to be produced shortly at tjie Kamara tjieatre; Ma- ritza Gervay to play the lead. Tricolor is the name of a new distribution venture^'^iJrerehllrig -London—FUms~and-UnUed-Artlats in this country. Eugene Wolf and Antal Guttler are chief execs. New government o ce, ihlstry of Industrial Affairs, Just estab- lished, is to handle picture interests. Ervin, Novak, who dealt with same in Ministry of Commerce, Is to keep charge. Archduchess Augusta has written a. play which is to be performed pri- vately. She Is following In the wake of her son, Archduke Joseph Francis, who is now working on his second historical drama. International Contest for Amateur Narro\y: Films, held in Budapest, brought prizes to Richard Gros- chopp (Germany), Albert Muller (Hungary), T.: Okamato (Japan), H. Ishido (Japan), S. Oglda (Japan), and D. De Caralt (Spain). Zsigmond Moricz . won his suit against 'Star' picture producing company. Star, which has ceased production, clalmefl that Moricz had no right to sell sound rights of his play, 'I Can't Live Without Mu- sic' because they had bought silent rights ieight years ago. Paris Samuel Dushkln here. Will Rogers films locally In de- mand, 'Foliea Bergere' (UA) a holdover at tho Rex. fearbara"" La May 'leaving' ' .a German tour, Berlin By Clare Trask Hans Albers back to the Ufa fold. ~ Picture on city 'Berlin' synchron- ized in six languages. Educational being made on air- mail liner to South America. Congress Hall of German Museum gets newfangled talker outfit! Deutsches theatre producing Shakespeare, Shaw and Sherwln. 'Owls to Athens' accepted for production at Miivich,Playhouse. First German-Dutch combine film, ^Robber,' to be made In Sumatra. Lenl iefenstahl again directing shots at the Nuremberg Nazi meet. Serge Rachmaninoff's 'Paganlnl Variations' to be performed In Hani- burg. Gferman open-air puppet erected outside Gelsenkir- Budapest By E. P. Jacob! Prince of Wales here again. ' Grace Moore signed to give a re- cital .in Budapest in Nov. QIzI BaJor gone Tyrolese during her summer vacation . at Achensee. Hans Bartsch established a. branch of his driimatlc agency in Budapest. Lily Murati to-guest perform at Vlehiia's Deutsche^ Volk^thater In Dec. Several Budapest book publishers top'^heavy with picture producing plans. Bloscop Is a new firm of distribu- tors, directed by Martin Sehr, for- merly Uciiversars local rep. Will First theatre Chen. Mike performers must cram for exams to obtain newly decreed per-, niits. Richard Eichberg and technical staff off via plane to Bulgaria foi* exteriors: Sixty. orphans left asylum walls and wiere let loose in film studio to play hoodlumsi Elebnor ; Behm-Techbw designing costumes fbr, Nferthus picture, 'Au- gust the Strong.' 'Run Into Liick,' last season's Metropol revue, taken up by 87 theatres in Reich. Film exposition scheduled for Oct. in Duesseldorf to have feature of studio in action. Reich's Radio Union founded with obligatory membership for ail In ether entertalnjnent. Colbert-Gable fll . 'It Happened One Night' (Col) passed censor here without abbreviations. Harald Bratt calls his latest play, •Gustav Kilian Textiles, Wholesale and Retail, Founded In 1820.' Reich's Broadcasting, Berlin, gave three first prizes to winners of broadcasting reporting contest. .Dante, American magician, in from. Sydney after a- prolonged tour through Australia iand New Zealand. )• London Repetory Stage giving I" two representations of 'Richard of Bordeaux' at Saarland theatre here, Fifteen-year-rold radio Industry already has a museum of its own annexed to the Reloiispost museiim Georg Fraser's Tlrolean drama, 'The Last Signal.' put into South African. Boer setting for English consumption. Paul Klrkland In from New York for Sept. Scala bill after which he goes to the Paris Alhambra, with England to- follow. Two Rhinlsh municipal houses, Dulsburg and Essen, will give mu- tual exchange of legit for opera a .season's.* chance. State Playhouse subscription tic- kets all sold out, though as yet ho ^late fixed for the opening; In no case before Nov., house being under reconstruction. ' , Polish film market, until recently not so hot for German'pr64uctIons, now showing signs of improvement; 21 films have passed censor. ' Official cbmpilatlon gives = num- ber of German actors as 6,723, act- resses, 4,641; vaudeville performers, 8,301; singer , .9,499;^ danders, 6,129, and musicians, 84,362.- Tatzelwurm, new nitery, opened in Scala house; same premises, where Werner Flnck's cabaret was raided by secret police some months ago and the whole bill put Into con- centration camp. 1 r Gerhialne Aussey dickering for T^I^'u.^i^^'S^^!!'.:!^!?* -London-st-udlo-Job.- Gorolla Volodarskl's gypsy band a holdover at the Rex. Madeleln Rehaud oft to Italy to make a French veraloin. Radio Parte to broadcast 'Nlobe,' tragedy by Emile Rlpert, Neil Hamilton off . to London, after Idcking about French coffee, 'The Informer' (Radio) opened at the Avenue to rave reviews. ' Marianne Oswald to sing at Deux Ahes at opening of new season Maurice Rostand to recite his own poems at the Alhambra yaude house. Phil Reisman and Harry Leaaim huddling over the French situation. Josepihlne Biaker sailing for New York m Oct. for her ^Zlegfeld Fol lies', date. Abel Ganbe finishing shooting of Georges Milton film, 'Jerome Per- reau.' Jelly Staffel, Viennese actress, booked for the new Folies Bergere show. Charles Boyer and Pat Paterson going to Fox's Paris opening of 'In - ferno.' Lugne Poe rumored returning to managership at the Champs Elysees theatre. Yvette Gullb^rt and Pills and Tabet on same A.B.C; bill, beginning Sept. 20.; Georges Peclet : organizing a flying club for stage folk at the Toussus air field Dany Flore In farewell appearance at the Moncey Music Hall before an American trip, 'Norah Williams signed In London by Jim Wltterled for Paris debut at Cnez Florence. Two-version "Vie Parlslenne' film musiker finished,- except for a few shots on . location. Opera Comlque troupe to give three perfbrnisinces of 'Pelleas and Meliaande' in Rome Pierre Monteux returning from Hollywood, to conduct the. Paris Symphony Orchestra, Vaude actors all turning out for the ahnual Caf Cone* charity fete at the Buffalo stadium. Albert Lambert'a 50th year with Comedle Francaiae feted with a per- formance of 'Miaanthrope.' Roger Galllard to play opposite Madeleine. Soria In 'Dame Aux Ca- melia,' at the Sarah Bernhardt, Evelyn Hoey suicide creating a sensation locally h^use yictlm once worked in a Paris nitery. . Gustave Quinson saying he'll put oh a poetic piece by Maurice Ros- tand at the Pigalle, If he gets the house. Olga Tschechowa coming from Vienna for premiere of her picture at the Studio de I'Etoile, then going to Berlin. Edwin Miles Fadman's 'Eat 'Em Alive' film closing successive run of 644 performances on the Grands Boulevards. Ivan Noe, newspaperman and playwright, starting as film producer with 'Mademoiselle Mozart's at Neuilly studios. Milo Films signing Pierre Blan char for a part In 'Volga Boatman.' New Studio in rue Francois Pre- mier being remodeled. Madeleine Soria to play Sarah Bernhatdt's title role In the revival of Rostand's 'L'Alglon' at the The- atre Sarah Bernhardt. Mistingiiett operetta at Porte St. Martin, previously titled 'Blue Rib- bon' and 'Zizl,' now finally monlck- ered 'Bonne Aubaine' ('Lucky Break'). • CInda Glenn, In first operetta part, rehearsing at the Bouffes Pa- risien with Albert Prejean, who is debuting in legit after years of film stardom. Rehe Rocher setting 'Elizabeth, the_Manless Woman,' costume piece oh Queen Elizabeth by Andre Josset, for the Vieux Colombler after re- vival of 'Firedamp.' Vienna •End- Station' is the first Paul Hoerblger film under his own pro- duction aegis. Josef Jarno-NIeso appointed bankruptcy Administrator of The- ater an der WIen. Melchior Lengyel's 'The Inventor' reportedly slated for Oct. at The Ambassador, London. 'Birthday* • by Ladlslaus Bus-Fe-. ketes, has reached the 70 mark at Deutsches Volkstheater. Emanuel List is being described by Vienna newspapers as the structlon In piano, harmony, con tr'a-punkt' and instrunientation. Half-century anniversary per formances of Strauss' 'Gypsy Baron' are In order at Theatre an der WleA Negroid, bhe oit three ballets scheduled for Covent Garden's win ter season, is by a Viennese, Maria Bach. Radio Vienna arranged for. highly comprehensive Beethoven bycle to; be broadcast during the winter. Music' has been replaced at the Rai- jmnratTreaTCi^'by-LTiawig-vonWohrB 'Tropical Delight.' Hedy Pfiindmayr, solo dancer of the Vienna Opera, has opened a stu- dio for artistic dancing and rhyth mic body training. Major Fritz Lahr, Vienna's vice mayor, has begun a campaign for tt-ade-marklhg Austrian fllnis eispe-r clally when exported Theatre for 49, one of Vienna's many novel little cafe-theatre caba reta, now featuring Strindberg's oneracter, 'Frauleln Julie.' Rosy Barosny will divide the season between Vienna and London, First Vienna appearance will be in Szllagy's and Elsenman's 'I and My Little Brother. Paula Wessely's film, 'Episode,' Is hailed as epoch-making in Austrian film history. But refused to invite foreign newspapermen to its first showing, so no one Is likely to hear of it Theater des Volkes. offering a prize for best isoclal drama dealing with, situation of worker under Austria's present state cierlco-fas- cist dictatorship regime. Tragedies will not be considered Magyar nobleman, Andrew de Puenkbestl, has prepared new setup for Goldoni's 'Liar' at thei Berg-The- ater. Hermann Thimig will have the title rble, Novel musical ac- companiment by Ranky Gyoergy, Mexico City By D. L. Graliame Teatros Llrico and Fabregas, revue'houses,- dark. Vilma VIdal, Spanish actress, here to play in Mexican pics. Enrique Herrera, Cuban: playing In stage shows here. . Main topi of the Macedo circus destroyed during a show when hit by a skyrocket; no casualties. Radio station XEW, celebrated fifth anniversary with a national network songfest and concert. Two killed. 20 hurt when crammed grandstand of a bull ring at San. Rafael collapsed during a rodeo. Eva Beltri, star Mexican daixcer, signed as feature of a new show Fu Manchu, the magician. Is to show here. Esperanza Iris, veteran Mexican comedienne, who has. a name house here, out of retirement to play a short season. High comedy Mexican Co. playing the Palace of Fine Arts (National Theatre) had record gross of |5,600 for eight shows. Andrea Palma, Mexican actress whose work in native pics gained her a Hollywood Jbb, playing with arty dramatic company at Teatrb Arbeu. Joy among staff of Teatro Ideal, comedy house: everybody, from manager to assistant grips belonged to pool that copped ?3,000 prize In the National Lottery. Riviera By George Axelsson 'world's greatest basso.' Eribh Zelse has resumed his In- ond week, "rare onT the ~RlvIera! Studio 34 in Nice rerunning 'Scar- face' (UA). Forurii is the only refrigerated qlnerna in Nice. Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Ashley off to Paris. Bill Longstreth and the missus have left Juan les Pins. Cannes summei* season closied when. Prince of Wales left. Hollywood, in Juan les Pins, clos- ing this week after good season. New idea hereabouts Is fishing at night with phosphorescent hooks. New York Bar reopened after summer closing; ditto La Parlsl- enne, Felix Ferry and gals left Monte Carlo, heading for- the Dorchester in London. Paul Gordeaux off to cover the Geneva confab on the" Italo-Abys- sinian quarrel. Monte Carlo is going to run a sweepstake bn Its ahnual automo- bile race In April. Dog owners squawking because the supersnooty hostelrles chargf> $7 a week for dog board. Monte Carlo Casino ran off a card of prize fights on the terrace. Scrap- pers were paid oft In chips. Paris-Palace holding over Carl Btlpaon's 'Sa Majeste s'amuse* ('All the King's Houses') (Par) for sec- London Alfred Gouldlng around seeing shows. . Arthur Dent snatching a short vai^ cation^ C. J. Donada to the continent tot holiday. Paul Stein signed to do: a mualcal for Warners here. Irwlh Dash ofC to North of Eng.< land on business tour. Mrs. Bobby Howes gettlhar over serious mosquito bites. Edward Laurlllard testing Nancy Brown for Hollywood. 'As Bad as I Am' closed the Amt b^ssadors after niiie days. Margaret Hewes here, looking connect with a local film outfit, Lnian Harvey involved In legal -actlon-over-rentin&-a.hou8d-.here,- Richard Cromwell slipped quietly Into town for an unobtrusive look- around. Qwen Farrar has Joined cast of the Jack Hylton film, 'She Shall Have Music' Ralph Lynn moving Ihto a new country residence adjolhlng the Ep- som race track. Vic Oliver intending to go to Vi- enna to see his-folks, -whon^ he has not seen In 10 years. Arthur- iPhllllps, Shakespeareain actor, has lea:sed the Lyric, Ham- mersmith, for one year. Sir James Barrie's play, -written for Elisabeth Bergner, opens In Edinburgh late In Jan: .Gaumont-Brltish looking for a story for Jessie. Matthews before she departs to Hollywood. Gertrude Lawrence's arrangement with Noel Coward calls for-25% of the profits. She gets ho salary. Jacques Dufler here looking for talent for his Chez Florence nitery In Paris. With him Is Jim Wltterled. Bob Robinson and Virginia Mar- tin returning ,to Berkeley hotel, doubling from the Hippodrome show. Dodie Smith's new play, 'Call It a Day,' opens in Glasgow Oct. 14, starring Fay Comptbn, Owen Nares, Marie Lbhr. 'The Immortal Garden,' H. C. G. Stevehs' play of the afteir-llfe, being revived at the Playhouse. ,Sho-w was a'flop last year. 'South American Joe,' flve-year- old number of Cliff Friend and Irv- ing Caesar, has suddenly blossomed out into a. hit'here. Funeral cortege of Violet Melnotte passed through portals of Duke of York's (her own theatre), according to an expressed wish. "The Second Key,' new play by Mrs. Belloc Lowiides, being pro- duced at the Arts Theatre Club, star- dlhg Rosallnde Fuller. Bud Flanagan meeting the War- wick Castle on arrival from South Africa with, his brother, whom he has not seen foi- 20 years. Judge dispiissed -action by Gau- mont-British to restrain Frances Day from working elsewhere while under film contract to It.(G-B). Beverley Baxter, director of publlo relatlbps from Gaumont-Brltlsh. making a trip to Canada^ his native heath, for first tirtfe in 10 years. Mat; McKeiSue commissioned by jord Rothermere to arrange the pro- gram for the Dforchester hotel re- eptlon to Sir Malcolm Campbell. C. B. Cochran is preparing a spec- tacular revue for the Christmas season at the Opera House, Man- chester, and comes to the Adel'phl, London, In Feb. (Jailgary Brothers getting $'r50 per at the Dorchester hotel. Their last date was at the London Pavilion two years ago under John Southern man- agement at $500. .Tack ■ Davles again negotiating with Laurel and Hardy to star In next Drury Lane pantomime. Stars wer-j approached last year, but couldn't make It. Wallace Beery promised some im- portant English film men he will re- turn here to make pictures, bringing his own unit from Hollywood. But did not say -when. , Sydney Carroll staging 'The Sol- dier's Fortune' (an old Restoration comedy) at the Ambassadors Oct. 1, starring Athene Seyler, Lesley Ware- Ing, Balibl Hblloway and Huntley- Wright, Hlbbert and Bird,. local, dance team, in unique position ot. pldying two places with different partners.. Play cabaret with Ready.: and Torn Arnold revue with Esca Le Rue, Team will eventually be-Hlbbert, Bird and Le Rue. '■ The Hague W. Etty-Leal Netherlands Grand Legit Co. went bust. Fritz. Hirsch Brussels. Amsterdiam has a hew cabaret show, called Blockbox, . , Shirley Tehipie film 'Bright Eye.ls" (Pox) at Rotterdam big sock. > Yvette Guilbert touring Holland, followed up by Maurice Rostand. William Mengelberg signed for a Belgium concert tour this winter. At City Cinema, the .Hague, Dutch premiere of 'Casta Diva;' produced at Rome. Monopolized broadcasting com- pany; NOZEMA, under control of government, started to operate. Roman Catholics here trying to get more Infiucnce in film biz "and have founded a society to obtain It