Variety (Mar 1936)

L T T i (Continued from page 68) he plans to add 'to his Our Gang troupe. During 15 years of Our Gang . pictures,, cast .has always included all white children'excepting .one colored ! youngster. Leslie Howard buying' acreage', Nick Foran building, on his lots in San Fernando "Valley. Tom Reed's skiff nosed put Bill Stewart's in Informal race from Catallna to'mainland.' Bob Montgomery and Elliott Nu- gent gave- Eddie Nugent enough olive trees to start a grove.. . , • Herbert Maas's, attorney for Ir- ving Thalberg, to New York after putting in month on Coast. Mary Ellis slipped 'Fatal Lady' production • crew. members, gold cig lighters, when .pic * wound up. Ken Whltmore and. Mftrjorie Decker, from Par, join ; B1U Thomas/ publicity staff at Columbia, Sol, Lesser hosted 60 film leaders at dinner to discuss plans of Uni- versity,Religious conference. Fred Keating, Lina . Basquette, Myron Siezhtck and ;i3arry Fitzger- ald all doing nicely at hospitals: Barney Balaban, back from Ha- waii vacash, will stick around for week .before returning to Chicago. Dick> Pritcbard copped hundred smackers for giving General Foods an idea for Maxwell House coffee. Hooked Vy 'umbrella handle more than 20 times, in scene, in 'Dancing Pirate,' Jack LaRue nursing sore, neck'.. . , Charles Skouras,> George . Tupper and Charlie Buckley returned from looksee , of -F-WC -. properties in Frisco. . - .. ;. : A,lan"Freedman returned e.astafter. conferring with 20th-Fbx officials and members of Adademy research council.: ''.■.-•" - ; ' . Frank Factor pulling, out. March .fop- Europe,seventh of Factor" Ptganization to go abroad in recent months.' Eddie Manhix and Edgar Selwyn planed -out- .for ^ast trip to. N. Y 1 -., •former, to help father celebrate '85th- birthday. William Tummell, former as,-. . sistant director at Paramount, re- turning to lot as production business manager,''/ Beulah /IJyingstone. shooed. east after'five weeks' on Cbast working- on exploitation for, world, preem of 'Sutter^ Gold,' '. -./ , ; ' After years handling real, estate, Harry Depp,' one-time actor, '"again, dons grease' paint -for 'spot' in Joe" $J. Brown pld . ••! . ;' Veda Ann Borg;.: Boston, ^model.: here .under contract to Paramount .with ho -assignment yetj but nam?, chang^t certain. 1 "' .; ; !..''' '.- " ' Sam W. 'Bl . Conn 1 '., stepped- Vlpwh. as Hal' Boaeli ' publicity ■purveyof',, witb-Fred^Purrier frbm, Santa .'Anita wplaclnsv;, ^'.. <'■'.<>■■••«.«!; ; V Returning.; from ■ . Panama, .cruise," Sam Kat^/. jack McGdwan and -'Sid; Silvers Sttve:' §tbry' : . * idea ° ready" to -wtiirvSnt6Vfl^p:e;;'^; ' •-..-•■' Richard Carroll' In .from _Y'-1 * where-he xjbnciuded arrangementsto , produce> SFs?-'new.' -Vpl'j^V'^MadeIn ;America>' earl;y^h.ext.aeasqh.*'' ;'"•"'•* •' ; . Replica, of fft«t^ Jtaiee*>liarid. and •-.rnouth<impressiohfi of .fljtti celeb^: ip Chinese, theatre foretbUrli.. wilt- be exhibitlrf : to Atlantic- City : yokels, this summer. " . •. . .' v-Jack-Oafciehas. It-figured >but; {hat Ba^.?^brf .lastfoiVihei old Pa?a- mbwntv^ua^^'.will get-one. of :the dressing:. ''roo f ms ; vacated -by: Mae" West and Marlene Dietrich. ' Quebec Adolph Hlrsch back to Newj ' Clarence Robson'in from Toronto. C! Weber iff town from Winni- peg.' ' ...... , Pat Stephens managing the Re- gent. • L, • from New York. Duke Norman m.c.'ing at Kraus- mann's. '• H. T. Coleman here from c'ouver. A. -.W. Perry back in' town from Quebec, • . . < Maurice Davis new manager of the Belmont. . Campbell Carroll tar from Can. Press. •'"'. -- Allan Irwin going nautical again, oh Lake. St. Louis. Chez Maurice cabaret introducing Canada's first gigolos. Harold Bishop" screening British pix. for Trade Commissioner here. ' •Montreal orchestra -ends, season with midnight cbncert at the Capi- tol. Helen Huffman, social register- Ite, working as extra in local-made pic. * B. M. Garfield, manager of the Rlaltb, president, for .fifth year of North End Business Men's Asso. Associated Screen News,' •. Mont- real, finished one pic and' undertak- ing- Seven others - for British-Cana- dian-quota.- , United Amusements Corp., op- erating 22 film house's in the pro- vince,, .suing Imperialfor $2,000 damages for second run of 'Mutiny on Bounty-.' [ Under children's law barring minors from cinemas,- 18 .Montreal houses Were ihaled " into 'court and fined $50 ea,ch. Police Director Dufresne states he will call for can- cellation of licenses e'f at least four. By'Hal Cohen Buzzy' KbuntZv dickering, for Sky club this summer. ' ■ "' Max Shulgold deserted bachelor rank's over'weekend. Ai Splhk.. around "behalf, of. 'Three Men on a Horse,' ..- Joe Feldmans h)aking nual spring.';"hbuse^hurtti ! Dave RUbinbff' home for a r couple, of days to Visit his" parents." Buck Crouse made a-'flylng tiflp; hel-e to grab some 'Idiofs Delight' stills. n Princess Wliitewlng (Mrs. Jerry Salisbury) out'of-hosp, but still in a cast. The Harry Kalmlnes expect an. other visit from the stork next month. Tom Gorman in .town for- G-B and the Walter' Huston flicker, 'Rhodes.' Jimmy Balmef jback. on the j.ob. after a txvb-week' session with ptomaine. Business forcing George Jaffe to forego his annual spring trek to Hot Springs. Al Barnetts skipped: off to home town. Buffalo, to celebrate 21st wedding anniversary;, > "' Aileen Demiison. celebrating first ; anniversary':' as. Italian ..Gardens' mistress of ceremonies. ; Wade Wittmer here from Clever land breaking into assistant man; agershin for Loew's at Penn. • Ned Holmes visltilig. dranva 'desks, getting -sentiment on pbssibllity of Gilbert a:id Sullivan Season here. By Les. Bees Journal running tap .dance les- sons. . ~ • :■ Father of U booker, died. . Many. fllhv salesmen. : ^ on- Iron Range by ghowstbrms'. . . J.'.F; Stern, pf . Ibpal/J^ajestic .ex-' change, proud * daddy of- a- 'girl—his third.',. " ' ' •': . Eddie, Peabbdy; ^ew" bere ; from. Indfenapolls s to join ?C6coanut Grove Revels.' " " ' ■ .,' -. . PubUx theatres.; sUil;.bii{ .of Shop-; pinjg -News. Latter cbrisist'ently pan nihg 'their pix: % J , N ,' ; ■ ; . •' ,r » Professional'hockey'back in-Min- neapolis with- transfer' Off Oklahoma •City'franchise, here.--': ; ' ' Ozzle Nelson -and band expected • : tb;l'a^rfeh%Nicolle'lb^hotei -run bf hdnie; vbaiids'.ln mid-April.-'.. \" .; : : '! , State- liquor revenue-, for first two months" this .year-was' $.61,567 mbre i;than hi'<;brrespondirig. period.' ■ -One- of most productive-.oil well's iinj'Texas history; tias 'be.eh>s'unk on- ranch 1 : of Eddie : Ruben's-. tath>r.-in;-' 'law. .' • ? '*-;V '.'.->. ? : j •*•]•• V Robert Blbtcky^son.pf :Ben, Para- imount, district manager,; .ace runner bn ; University ..bf Minnesota- track' team..■ k ■.'.■University of Minnesota singers, augjuented: by.' "s&veral= 'New"•' Yoiflc principals, to present £omberg!s 'New -Moon.; - - - v ,' ■ ■ ■■■ -v.; • ■ ' , W H. Workman, ,MG - exchange, and Variety clyb. prealderit, spehd- ing spare moments reheai'sing Tbrer adbr'rQie : ^or : 'Cai^nen/ V-.. Practically all' df.'. . independent neighborhood e xhlbjto.r s : . have yanked their advertising, from. Star as. resultj of that sheet's .25 .per cent rate boost." , ' Heat is. on and, .tpwn . Is being closed .up tightei*, than a ; drum, re- sorts and rambling. : establishments being, shuttered and night clubs toe-" ing-.ithe mark. • ' ' ' . ' , \ Plng-porig match' be tween Jascha Heifetz and-Eugene-Ormondy, Min- neapolis Symphony brc^esti'a con- ductor;, ^attracted-: ..plenty of news- paper ..attention. • ' r ' ! Baltimore By Albert Scharper, National Fjower Show current at Armory.. ' , , . .. Mark Silver bff to Richmond to p.a. 'Fauntleroy.' Norman Goldstein still roggy from the grippe. - Larry Murphy, ex-newspaperman, has joined WRAL. pales. . Bert Lyon and Bebe Daniels inked into Hipp for week of Apri| 10, Eleanor Klein tossed a party last week for Lou and Shirley Brown, Meyer Davis stopped oyer couple days last week; sought to spot some of his bands for summer. Charley McCleary back at mana- gerial duties at Loew's Parkway af- ter three-month sick siege. Bill in the hopper down in Annap- olis at. current session of legislature calls for 10% tax on all amusement admishes. Up for passage in state legislature are bills legalizing bPokmaking and 'numbers' betting. Bobkmaking up in '33, but, voted down.. ■ Fred " Arnold- Kummer, novelist, has new play,.'Fatal Lady/ Which first faces the footlights tonight (18) at Play-Arts (little) theatre, B. & O.-r.r, will run special 'opera trains'- from. Washington when Met troupe appears at Lyric ;here April 2-4. Opera does not play Capital, Jean Harlow played one bf leads in play-v presented by studes at Western Maryland College last week; not the pic player, but dotter of Dick Har- low,-head grid coach at Harvard. ' •Life., is just a round, of sickrooms' for Eddie ' Sherman; son Confined with scarlet fever and dotter threat- ened -with it, sister given three blood transfusions and father ill in hosp:. New Haven By Harold M, Bone Valencia Cabaret took financial bath.- ' Sportsmen's Show at Arena this week. Harry Shaws feted friends On 12th anni. 'Larger ' into Shubert 19-21. ' " ;• ; . '■' F ' Monte Carlo Ballet Russe due at Shubert (28). WPA p.a. Charles Mahoney now at Park. Bridgeport, Beri . Parker-, readying annual 'Town Topics'reyue. Charles Kullman mulling concert date at Woblse'y Hall (24). Officials okay Bank Nlte, serye decision on SCreeno.. ;■" Ben- Cohen got. himself elected a publicity committee .chairman. " Belle Baker and Mary Small set for Jewish Home benefit (23); • ; Harrjr- • Berman 'fcbnducted : tmrd Children's -Concert H;t; WbbIsey;Hall. l. Dayfd:, Stanley Smith: batpnned •;N, H. Syniph's: seasonal swan 7 sphg ■d'6). ' , , . ' Harry ' Lavietes,. prez newly or- ganized Independent . M.'P.T.O. , pf Conn. : : /•" ."'. ' Reffls'tratlbns "closed, for annual Drania . ToWrney at Yale theatre April 20-23. ; '-•: . - .. rbm BUZZ BAIN BRIDGE A. . 'Buzz' Bainbridge, 50, vet- eran Minneapolis showman, former mayor and prominent Shriner> died from heart disease in the U. S. Veterans* hospital, Minneapolis, March 14. Hip first theatrical job was at.-'the age of 17 as a billposter with' the Sells-Fprepaugh Bros, circus. Dur- ing his first three years with the circus he served .as. one of the ad- vance agents and at the age of 20 he became a press agent and ad- vance man for the Barnum & Bailey circus, a post he held for six years. Mr. Bainbridge . served as general manager bf the E. J. carpenter the- atrical, enterprises in Chicago dur- ing the winter of those six years. He left Bar^un> .& Bailey to help organize the Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild !West iShow with which he served in almost every executive capacity. In 190? Mr. Bainbridge organized his first dramatic stock' company in Minneapolis in association with the late Willard, Mack. Then he joined the Shuberts and helped to promote the construction of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Shubert theatres. -He was an adyarice agfent and company manager for several Shubert attrac- tions. When the World War broke but he quit, the 'show business to serve overseas for two'. years. He spent eight months in France, as' a, field artillery first lieutenant. When he returned he managed , the Shubert' as a leading legitimate roadshow theatre for the Shuberts. Later he organized' his dramatic stock com- pany and operated this and musical, stock companies in the Twin Cities and Duluth for more than 20. years. For a short time he also managed the State theatre lor F. & R. when it was the city's leading movie -house. v • He was elected mayor of Minne- apolis in 1933 and served one two- year/ term. He is • survived, by his wldowi the former Marie Gale, long the. leading, lady of his dramatic-" stock company here, and two sons.' .Al Stool managing the M. M. Cole music office. Milton Berle guest comic at the- Cliiselers,'Club) . •' .- -V John Balabaii ' preparing for a visit to New Orleans. Arch Herzoff- took his family over ■to; Sioux City, for, a-: week; •' .•'• 1 ; Lou Cowain moving, his publicity .offices, to fancier quarters^ • Ada Leonard • once. Again topping the l ;rip • i*outines at the Rialto. •' ' W. H. Steiri in' the loop'after a long, session on the Coast for MCA 1 . Phil Fein' of 'the : Chicago Civic •Opei-a directing 'The Mikado' for Michaol Todd. . •■• Joe Rogers and-Lew Dufour plan- ning.' bn-tlYree' shows-and'a.. I'estau-^ rant fofc'the Dallas:Fair. • Balaban - Ivatz. give Milton Ber'.e a- wrist watch, inscribed with •the-firm's thanks to- Berle-. for halv- ing- .sa-ve<l- shows in emergencies at the Chicago and Apollo. - Al Leary on-a. dlet.- /Will Durant Jn town Harry • Bedllngton Bermuda. Don Epmanelli. and. band info the >Walsingham. - - I Dlek : Tarshls now assistant booker foi* Regal-. • Bert Niosi :and his band into .'Hot Spot' revue.'- Johnny OampbelTs orch into the Blpor St. - Blue Room. . Trumpeter Eddie Smeall now manufacturing batons. Tenor Bill : McClintock has switched his tag to Billy Mack. 1 . Gordbn Sinclair finished 'Khyber Caravan', for Farrar & Rinehart. Billy Bell cancelled warbling en- gagement at. the ' Imperial; becaus.'e. of larynx trouble. G. G. Garrette doing, the ear-muff route with the survivors of the 'Dumbbells Revue.' . Chet Smith' being slated .as new film censor chief, following Joe" Hardwicke's resignation: Bobby Cornfield slipped on the ice.; while leaving a . cab; three broken bones in his ankle. Merle. Johnston., up .frpm -New fork and taking the sax- at- the Old Mill, with .Gilbert-Mason's brch.- THOMAS WILKES Thomas .Wilkes, 58, 'veteran legit .produce^ died Suddenly of ""heart attack in. Los Angeles March.io. Wilkes at ohe' time was but^tand-' ing legit manager of.the. west,hay- ing a-'string of stock houses in San Francisco,- Los Angeles, . Seattle, Denver,' Salt Lake and Spokane. ■ ; .He was first' io present Duncan Sisters in their Topsy and Eva characterizations, knd, .through.' af- flliatlbn with, -Sam; : ,Har;ris . in New ■Yoric,. had •; first 'call on- Broadway plays ;f.or . the. Cpagt. * Wilice's'is iaurvived by the widoWj 'a son," Alfred^ ah'd ^a'^daughtei', Mary. Cremation ' followed funeral services. ' : Windsor French. again Idolng^iol i-', lyWood.chatter-for.''Press.:.'' ' •' . No, plays for Harins until 'Tlwee Men on Horse* arrives, in April. ' ■William F. McDer^nptt: getting. ■ready fpr another 'fbund-the-world :cruise: - l^omators angling'fbt' c'ancessibhs d-irlng Cleveland^ IftO-day Great -Lakes Exposition. Bay .Henderson,-, singer, with. .Bpbby GeltmanJs. ork, -divorced">• by' wife-oh grounds of non-support John Lovejoy Herrtnan, ^Vho'was official cameraman • on Byrd'B' last Antarctic expedition, made head* bf ^Paramount Newa.staff, in - this- see* Lion.. * ■> MARVIN E. SINGLETON Marvin • E; Single'tbh, who had been identified' With nearly every leading theatre 'In Greater Kansas City at some time during his life,- died March 10, ii't Research hospital, Kansas City, Mo., of pneumonia. At- the- time of his death he was stage manager of the Elecric thea- tre, in Kansas City, Kansas. For several years, before the clos- ing pf the Shubert theatre, he was advertising agent for the house; and in previous, .years ' had; been 'with' the Empress, Uptown, Gayety; Royal, and Orpheum. His wife' survives. M. BERT RIDpELL M. Bert Riddell, 66, theatre oper- ator of Luzerne,' was ohe of three men killed March 10, when their sedan collided with a 14-ton truck pn a fog-bound road near East Creenbush. The trio, with two qPjjh^anlons (one of whom died later tof^hjurles). had left., .their homes •jeatiy. that,morning, for .Springfield) . ]\fass., to .attend,an auction of trot- ting .horses., fhe group staged ^rotting- races on .the. ice at Luzerne, 'tfc'is. winter-and also entered horses in• county, fair competition. JENNIE QUIGLEY . Jennie Quigley,. 84, dubbed by rBafnurn the 'Scottish .....(iueen' oi midgets, d'ied in.Chicago March 11. Brought to.this country by Bar- num. when but 13- years of age, she was toured -for 60 years, retiring in 1-917,' but emerging from her retire- ment to . go. Into Midget Village- at' the Century of Progress in.193/3. She •was 41 inches tall. ... In compliance with her wish, her remains were cremated and the ashes strewn in the rose garden of Jackson Park. LOUIS NET HER SOLE ^ Lbnls Nethersple, who had be^' presB agent and- manager for the! American tours of his sister, Qlga,; died In London March 14, of bronchitis. He , spent several seasons iq, America, and it was. here that hjj! met and married Sadie Mar'tlnot,, He has spent most of his time re* cently doing press work, for yarloui, London shows. In his earlier year^ he was an actor but not an 'out-, stand'e'r. ' . ' ' '" ' MRS. HARRIET N. ATTERBUftV Mrs.' Harriet! N. Atterbury, '6$,* president of Detroit. Civic Opera J Co., died of a Stroke March 12 Hi Detroit. "., A musician herself anl widely known in music and social; circles, , she was. born Jn Battlo Creek,. MicXi. A daughter, Mrs. Witter. J. * body, survives,. . Burial in Detroit,' CHARLES.FALLON ' Chartes Fallon (von Der Beiin), 51,. died MarcH II in Hollywood o£ a . heart attack., He was a native' of Belgium; and had been, an acfpif':' for many years,. 40 years having, been spent in America. He was for long time Identified with' the French Theatre in-Saut Francisco. His widow • survlvesi ROYAL MACK Royal' Mack, '62, general matl| of Sari Bernafdlno (Cai.) Ot Show for past .16'years, died tl March 11, after long illness. He was Chamber of Commerce* officer there and active In many' civic, enterprises. His widow sUn vlves. FRANCIS TURNER ; . ^ • Captain»Francis- Turner; 88, 'Of* Soldier Fiddler' in patriotic taud* turn popular- before the World -Wait,' died in Rochester, N. Y., -March 1, '• He retired 15 years ago and lived in Roohester -with, a dayghter w)w, survives him., • ''V- MRS. GERTR4JDE OWSLEYv .Mrs. Gertrudei Owsley, 63, former light op^ra and concert, singer, dlejl.. March .13 ,in. Hbliywobd. . She an-* peared , with . DeWolf Hopper la. 'The aiikadp! and other 6perettf|i- Survived' by spn,. tiipntoi'. Owelej^ stage and screen actor.. ' .IRVING FEHLBEBG . i s Irving . Felilberg^ 36, ■ass'i3Unt. manager of Midwest , theatre, Clit«' cago, was' shot ; and killed by- mbron being ejected from the how?- for annoying^ a' yo\tn^,girl. SiirylveA by widow and daughter. Burial will be In Chicago. , JA^MES RYAN 4 . James -Ryan, ibn'g" a vice presl* deint of the Wurlltzer Music Co., died in New York March 14. Interment. in Gates of H^aVea. Cemetery, Westchester,. N.. Y, V,' , DAVID WHITE David White. .69. property n)an^. ager at W r arner studio the past tfett; years, died in Burbank March .12. " ,■ Widow and two daughters. Mf? vlve; " ' J. W. GHATTAWAY J. W. Chattaway, weir known -W^ the trade-as a-music arranger, died. in, his home at Milford, CoWhk \ March 13. Father of Louis Lipstone, booking manager .of. -Balaban &■ Katz, died l^ Chicago, oh March 12. ' -.• News From Dailies (Continued from page 69) second degree murder growing put of autb crash, iaBuefl statement to L. A. press that iw had been threatened with removal by. friends of dance direbtor if iw didn't give him best of retrial, anq that immediately thereafter he V** ordered transferred to civil aivi*- tiion. i- L. A. cpurt approved contract w Lynn. Roberts, 16-year-old actress with Republic: * .. n First" wife of George Bancrow granted'divorce from actor in' Plan to open L. A. Coliseum to pro-football or pageants V^JTn.' down' by Coliseum Commissi"; which held that' although V r0 ff!-' sional ptbgrams wbuld pay for bi» dium, -colleges Would be driven lw build their own, !