Variety (May 1936)

Hollywood Bl^ ^tevfips now lias a jiag to '«^>yl Kellys planed to New Yoj^k ^^Jyn LeRoy a sucker for gift ^%ieln quit promotibn Job at ^^^Sanlels recovering from toh- »^an ^east on yacash and new **^ija^(lraliam planed to New :^gy?i;oney berthed at 20th. ^^'^ISh^^o produce 'The '?g";^^^sbri'iulllng out for iii-nftflWay this week. ■^EnTst Dryden designing costumes fnt» two pics **nce. ; Irdnal/Crisi) and Fred Klngsbuisf %flVB gold mining bug; "iWini'ShaW opens pefsonals tour in Pittsburgh-May 15. ' . * . '"^ly.Zehner in charge vof -studio ceiiBOtBhlP At Univerlsal. ' ^IjOuIs Sobol returned east after gevflral inOhthff on Coast, ^j&ihes' Cagney a:nd Fred Keating ttalrtfed' out for Broadway, 0 B. PeMille scouting: locations jn wo'nilne ^rom the air. - tfarl Laemmle • and Junior joined the tallbirdJs at the Derby." Helen 'V4tlson staying over in London for anotlver picture, . Eugeine Pallette eyeing Bondoii mtid t^o llickers for Korda. ^ SUseph ROsen swung over to .BaiSwtianft-Herzbrun agency. . J-Jjftiijr eirabbe tossed from .bucking broiic;. aha painfully bruised. / tt^atlei'^^ Rbthacker' hosted pifnce iP'erdrhand . of Germany. ■ Uavid Miller planed east td shoot • msterlal for three Pete Smith shorts. lielen Hernandez left Par secre- tarial ii^rps for studio Avritlng job. ftarry Joe ferown due' back at Warners June 1 from his European : tee Pong Foo brought from New totk by Par for 'General Died at Dawn.' Urtiv«r^al casaba tossing champs feted at Cocoanut Grove, by Charles Bogera; , Harry Archenal in from New Tork for confabs on S&muel Gold- \ wyn biz; ,• Jose■ Fernandez drcAV dance dir .•,r0idtor ticket from Sol.Wurtzel for •*JRaiiiona.' Bill Fields ducked out of town for a. test before his next picture at Pdi'ani<5unt. : Ethel Shutta doubling " between • CObOtthut Grove- and 'Sweet Aloes' . it'Wavnei's. ■ Gifegory La Cava-resumed tlivec- ton of U's 'My Man Godfrey' aftcr brlef iUiiess. ' Ken Qioldsmith took his 'Mohi- can^', troupe north for two weeks of -shooting, - ■ "Balph Berger cjuit as art director tt ltfniVersal for-spot with Richard A. B^tiVlarid. ■ VRlaihe ■^^'heeler, English actress, Chahged her name to Dennis for a pic.contract,, BftWa^id V; Lee trained ' to New yqrif-'tp; attend 'One Rainy After- hoflj^^ preehi. Will Hays speeding his return eaat so.he, can talk to Princeton student body May 8. Aiargaret Ettinger moved her p.ubJlcity .gang into Carole Lom- bard's former residence. f^red §tone'ready to become a na- tl.ve- now that he's settled his per- ..wnal affairs in the east. $3eprec <A. Hickey and Clayton T. Lynch leaving for annual Metro- •Bales pow-wow in New York. Dave, Splznick has a strong over- head light in his limousine and thus rearl's scripts to and from studio. new MG branch manager, being convoyed around the territory by .Sheriff G eorge ilickej'. Charles Sedgwick, nephew of El- lery Sedgwick. Atlantic Monthly ed, in - 'Charge of Light' Brigade' at 'Warner' \ . Rhymba motif and Spanish cos- tuipe thieme prevailed at W. K- Heftrat's 73 rd birthday party at beacl^;home of Marion Davies. So- that .hone of the 750 entries .JvHl have to finish out their round uvthe dark, Metro has skedded its annual golf tourney for June 25, longest day of .the year, • C H A T T E to; launch a film producing outfit here. Raiiuel Rodrigo doing the femme commentary for Movietone here; Gonzialez Marin farewell recital- Ing. before South Amei'ican, tour, Alejandro Casbna, author of •Nuestra Natacha' being banqueted. Continued disorders and unsettled situation cramping show and niitery biz. Lorieto Prado-Enrique . Chicote troupei touring the sticks until Sept.. Domingo Ortega making h#s peace With Madrid bullring ahd" Ediiardo Pages. Irene Lopez Heredia-Mariano As- querino Stock Co. off on a provin- cial tour. Pros dining Paulina Singerman before she pulls out for her Portu- guese tour.. Mapy Cortes, Blanquita Suarez and Gonchlta Paez heading femme draws in Pavon's new musical reyue. Several American publishing houses seeking authorization to publish some of Premier Azana's works. Anita Adamuz stock company taking over the E.spanol theatre for the spring. Benito Cibrian due in the summer. Enriqiie Suar<v?.,,de Deza touching up his 'El Angel .Negro' ('The Black Angel') for Horteri^Ia Gelabert and her company. •Carlos Arniohea- collaborating with Gurldi and Garay on a zar- zuela for the. Luis Calvo . stock at the Fontalb.a. Antonio Quintero and Pascual Guillen, have written 'La Bela de Plata' .('Silver Ball') for the Come- dla theatre stock co. Poor landline between Madrid ahd Lisbon crabbed EAQ's retrans- mission of Albert Stoessen chamber music program from Lisbon to New- York for NBC. Ma-ria Isabel stock c6. poli-shlng up 'Zape,' comedy by Munoz Seca and Perez Fernandez for early pre- miere. , 'Dos Corazohes coh Freno y Marcha Atras' by Gregorlo Mar- tinez Sierra and Jardiel Poncela to follow, but title probably will be changed. Ricardb Soriano, Marquis of Ivan- rey, pic producer and distrib, in and out of Jail when police held him for questioning on escape of three Fascist assassins- to France in his plane.. Turned out that fugitives S;Wipea the craft and Sorian,o ■y\'as in the dark about it,. Bombay By E. Marston Roslta Di.az divorcing. .GeofCi-cy Parsons off to Paris. Wanda Laiulowska recltuling., ^eck Morgan glimmlng t)ie Kight.«. «ettina Bedwell o.o.'ing'the town. Chicote ^^^^ banqueting Pedro Ing^ven "^^^ bcirtery, dr w- look^see"^'^ "P fi-om Malaga for a Sn'S'f.?^?''-^^^®'«an elected to the '^Panl.nh -.cademy. lltl^l sandering the por "Pal situation here. outAtV^ Jarquo heading a vavide EiVf*'';,^ provincial tour Eaon vr* '^'^^ovincial tour, . Ru^l^^'^^'^" summer. uiLii Bilbao Ciipita:i;,sU 'Milky Way* (Par) still drawing crowds at the Pa the. Eddie CahtOr in 'Strike IVie PJnk' (UA) doing well at the Regal; 'Dhoop Chhaon,' local made, is in, its thirteenth week at the Minerya. After three weeks of heavy drarna in 'Tale of Two Cities' (MG> the new Central turning-to 'Rose-Marie' •(MG), 'All Quiet on the Maratha Front' i.s completely Indian except the title. Produced by the Maharashtra Film Co, Royal Opera House, one of the latest theatres to devote itself to talkers, doing very big biz with 'Midsummer Nights' Dream' (WB). 'Madame Fashion,' a new HiL-lu play; is directed by Jaddanbal a.nd promises to be popular. Baby Rani, Indian Shirley Temple, has a lead- ing part. Wheeler Dryden, half brother of Charlie Chaplin, stopped in Bombay oi-i his world tour filming' 'All the ^Vorld's a Stage.' He revi.sited In- dia first time .since 1918 when he was touring with the Phillips stock company. The Hague .By M. W. Etty-Leal A new cabaret her 'ing Bird. Dante, :\Iagi-ion, at the Scale the- atre, Hagui?. Lo\iis dc Vrles appeared for 1,500th time in the role oC Pancras Duif in 'Chains.' Fritz Hirsch- opereLLa company invited to come over to Bru.s.se;s for the Internatiorial- Festival there. Dutch exports .li radio sets dropped in value from March. 193"). $1,160,000 to $650,0.00 in March of this year.. Cei-nKUi Strassbur.qcr circus try- ing to obtain a licen.se for louriii.s? Holland, hut very doubtful whether government will grant it. Dutch distributor of Ufa film •Savoy Hotel 217' took fiper-ial trouble to get simultaneous pre- miere in Holland and Germany. Koetjitja dancin.iT troupe, con.sist- Ing of native dancers and musicians from Xethcrland India, pave a trst performance at th<> Pulclirl to so<- whether the public had. any int(>i;cst in suc'lv things; t'jicoina.i^ed by a warm refcption, troupe is going Dn a tour of Europe. Quebec Ed Devapey visiting here. Gordon Dahn in Ne\Y York. George Gianetakos to Toronto. A. Mowbray in from. New York. Harry Dahn back at Fenelbn Palls. Barrett Kiesling passing through. Paul Cardinal married. Joe Lightstone back from New York, Haskell Masters in from. New York. Cene. regress Club. W, Bplstad In from Toronto. O. R. Hanson in town. New cabai:et, jBeaver Grill, opens with Jack Fogarty orch, Mervin Moore passes thru from Vancouver en route to Europe, . Nan Blakstone back at Chez Maurice,': with John. Hale m.c.'ing, Richard Hay ward here peddling 'Luck of the Irish,' made-in-Irelartd pic, Ted Cloghesy, ialto Gardens manaiger,. back from ten days in Bermuda. Don Bestor quitting the Mount Royal and succeeded by Lloyd Hunter orch. Theafremen-dined on the Duch- ess of Bedford,, feting first entry of year into tbe port. ' Half-hour broadcasts on Moose River Mine burials hit grosses all along Main street. Howard TVyness doubling from drummer of Loew's orch to leading his own orch at a Maples Lake Shore resort. Navy League (Sea Cadets) pre- senting George Rotsky ^vlth a desk blotter in f ecognition of loan of the- atre to cause at different times. Moscow Milly Bennett Alfred Coi'tot, French pianist, gave a series of six concerts at the Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatory- Jacques Thibault, French viol in- ist, with Tasso Yanopulo, Greek a;ccompia.nist, gave three Moscow concerts. Emil Hiiels and Jacob\ Flier, 19 and 22-year-old- Soviet pianists, have, been chosen to represent the Soviet Ui:ibn at the InterniEitiohal contest, for-singers and pianists, in Vienna June 2-13, Ivkn Steischepko, bass, who lived in the U,. S. several years, where he sang with the Chicago. and the Philadelphiia Opera Cos., gave a per formahce ,here at the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory,, ' Vishnevsky, Soviet dramatist, and Zigan. film director, collaborators oh 'We of Kronsfadt,' left'Moscow for Prague. They will tour Czecho- slovakia, France arid England, studying film productio.i there. Serge Radamsky, tenor, and Marie Said, soprano (Mrs, Radamski), after a year's concert touring in the So- viet Union, are packing fpr other ports. Radamski for the hometown. New York, and his wife for Scot land. Budapest By E. P. Jacobi Bela. Gjaal. in Paris under contract to direct two films. Josephstadter theatre co. to play Le.«sihg'.s cla.ssic. 'Nathan the Wise.' Budapest Opera Hou.se Company invited for guest performances In Holland. . Color Films may make a picture ■out of Eugene Heltaln's play 'Tun^ derlaki Girls.' Franz Lehar to conduct AOOth per forma;hce Of his 'Land of^ Smtlwi" .at the Oper^ House. ■Bernard Shaw expected here to take a look at his '.Saint Joan' as in terpreted by Elroa Bulla. 'Gallant. John,' folk epic which was the biggest hit. ever seen on local stage, to be screened. 'Ghost Goes West' (UA) a great success with Arty mob, who. how ever, object to inadequate titles. Fir."<t operatic road show, to tour the country to start out .shortly un- der management of Alexander Telr eki. Anton Robbeling, Vienna Surg- theati'p's manager, coming to view Heltal's 'Mute Knight' at Magyar theatre, Tclkb Klwa. .Japanese soprano, and Erna Sack, next gue.st perform- er.s on. ,*!chedule at the Municipal Opera iiousp. Joseph Wild, ex-politician, has a llcen.se for buildinj? a new icture theatre in a fa.st-developing re.sl- deiitial section. Actors of Bfclvaro.sl iher.tre ro du(.'ing arty play.s for niatinee.s on tlif'lr own. KIr.st to be .lean GIrau dfinx'.s 'Amohytrldn 38.' Kyra Nijin.ska, daughter of the Ru.^sian ballH, dancer, making hr-r .BuOape.si d<'t;ul,, Shf^ is ba.If nu-tlvd, h'jr m"ih"r being Ilnngariai). After-figuring In a .I.-'.u<]ape,st radio 4jri..gi-ii)n, Vilinos Giegor vva.s en- gaged by the Broadcasting* Co', of Cairo for a Hungarian song recital. Arthur ' Bardos to direct screen; version of Rose . Meller's 'Cbnfesr ' sioh.' Elma Bulla to act the part in which she had her initial stage suc- cess. Julius Somogyl, gentleman farmer and dramatic author, is lessee of the Bethlenter theatre for the next sea- son. Lajos Baliht to act as man- Etger.; Bus Fekete's new play, 'Cape of Good- Hope,' jpii'obably will have its first; performance in. Vienna. • Title' refers to the famous rare postage stamp. Criminal charges have been filed against two theatrical producers who disappejared froni town, leaving their companies in the lurch: Teddy Ehrenthal and Arthur Spltz. No perfoi-marice held at the^M-il- hicipal theatre Of Kecskemet one day when the box offlce receipts, ten. minutes before ringing up the curtain; proved to be less than $1. Lauri' Volpl,, Italian tenor, hurt the feelings of an enthusiastic audi- ence at the Municipal theatre be- cause ,he refused to give the usual encore when, singing 'II Trovatore.' Heltai'is novel, 'Last Bohemian,* to be put on the screen With Esther Kiss, from French films, in the femme lead.. Miss Kiss Is the Wife of Stephen .Pallos, business exec of London Films. St Louis By Sam X. Hurst Forest Park . Highlands, only amuisemeht park in city, began* 40th consecutive season Sunday (3).. Harriet Foote, member of Little -Theatre cast, has joined Thoinas Wood Stevens Shakespearean or- ganization at San Deigo,, Cal. 'Here Comes "The Mail,' a film of Uncle Sam's postal dept. was shown in Federal Bldg. last week. Perform- ers are eniployes of St; Paul,. Minn., p6st'-offlce. Former -members of 'Ambassa- dorables/ dancing chorus of Am- bassador theatre which has dlscon-^ tinned stage shows, are appearing at Irish Village, hitery. Police Board ordered Relief Ak- soclatibn to. return all money- re- ceived from bookies, pin ball, g^'me opierators, etc,,, for ads in progran;! /or. annua,! police circus noyv .cur- rent. ■ . . ' Board of directors of Little Thea- tre are planning greiater acti-vlties for body a;hd awarded $250 to Whit- ney Crozier foi' three-act fantasy, 'Celestial Holiday,' which will be produced in New -Yprk next season. Kdp Monahans an«i a;<„j aSmong the May 1 house-n^^SS"-* i Jack Glhoii back on the .jo^j again after a long hospital siege, ' Father of George Cuiry,^ Stanley^ musician,, died of stroke over week- end. Georgia Somerfl has Joined up With PhU'Jacks' orchestra booking bureau. Freda Borg, Al Jolsori's cousin, trying to crash radio Job at local station. Bob Sehft at Buckeye Lake; near Columbus, O., inanaeing a dance pavilion. Barrett Kiesling In for a coupl« of days of iectures ia,nd. newspAper contaicts. Bebe Clyde felled by a horse and suffered some severe biinips on the cranium. Father Thomas M. Jones named director of Du<iuesne U. - Red Masquers. Walter Thlesen, Veteran - Post- Gazette. pbotog, often mistaken for Irvin S; Cobb. Imer Kenyon In hosp servation and may havfe to pendix clipped. Joe Corin Joins -Jan. Garber's ban'l after his graduation ih June from Carnegie Tech. Paula Bauersmlth, featured In. 'Bury- the Dead,* drama igrad of Carriegle Tech.' Bill Robson; ,, signed by RKO to -write screen play for 'We Who Are About to Die.' Harry Walters has given up his assistant maihagership at. Kenyoii to become a city cop. Dick Masons expect a visit from stork any minute; and Milton Leftons In few months/ . George Seibel, Sun-Tel^ drama crick, into New England for a fort-' night on a lecture, todn Eddie Ppwell going into 70th •w'ee'k at Plaza cafe: for all-time nitery record around here. Harry Kalmihe. George and John Malohey heading Harris"' committees fcr Will drive. Freeman Hammond playing title' role in Playhouse's ■ closing produc-, tion of season, 'Springtime for Henry,' Anna jane Phillips, back from' round-world trip with Margaret Sanger, isn't returning to Post-Ga- zette staff. New Haven By Harold M. Lester Deming home agaln^ Wm, F, Clark, ex-newspaperman, died here April 24. Lincoln WPA doing 'March Hares' as Litest production, Billy Elder a full-fledged mgr. after all these year.s, Sam Yaffe set for ivory-poiind- ing recital all his. own. Local revue work landed a film Job for Trudy Cpstle. Sam Horwarth will soon go Into camphor for the summer. They change p.a.'s .^t the Lincoln almost as often as the bilLs. Frank Henry soloing with- WPA mu.sic unit under Henry Busse. Alex Dean's play a, prize winner In recent annual drama tourney^ Johnny Miller relaxing , after a week of stage action at .College, John Mason Brown lectured,, on drama criticism at Yale School , of Fine Arts (1). Yale drama dept.'s next will be an original comedy, 'Crab Apple/ by Theodore Packard, May i3rl4,. Chicago Lou Abramson on the hunt for about 20 more pounds. J. C. and W. H, Stein conversing on the trans-Atlantic phone. Hazel Flynn visiting old pals while In on .some Radio City work, Mrs. Fred Spooner dropped down from Milwaukee to catch a few .shows. They held the Hiawatha train for Mary McC'ormic, who was jumping to make show In Minneapolis; Ralph Helperin'fl little theatre Kroup reviving 'H. M, S, Pinafore' at the Womt>n's Club Theatre, Phil Dunas pudlng over the fir.^'t prize that the local excham/y won in the c:oUimbia national shorts .sales conttHt. Andrew Kennedy, formerly with Warner's press department here, has joined Irving Mack's organization 'AH adv<;i tlfilng manager of the Fil- mack Trailer office^ Westport^ Conn. By Humphrey Doujehs -Pauline Starke Is here. Longshore Club opening May 30. Grace- Anthony has bought a placo here. Wood Cowan fetes the. Westbrook Peglers. Noel Coward expected at Falrfleid late in August, John Cecil Holms due home from, ■London June 1, Frazier Hunt off for the west, then Cleveland. The Phil Dunnings celebrate 18th wedding anniversary.: LlJy Pons is the countryside', mcr^'t tireless walker. - Lawrence Langncr here lining up things for his Country playhouse. F, Chase Taylor (Colonel. Stoop- nagle) will summer at South Nor- walk. Thomas Edison's- daughter, Mar- ion Edison Oser, disposing of her cottage. Richard Hajiremann here rehears- *' ing his 'Caponsacchi' with' Mario Chamlee, Atexander Clark, Jr., galled to appear In London production of 'Kind Lady.' ; Maury H, B. Paul (Cholly Knick- crbocker) buildliig'.art addition to his 150-year-bM farmhouse. Des Moines By R.. W. Moorbead FiancCH Herrlott, home from N, Y. for a Visit, V • ' .Joy Hodges - ftnally arrived horn-; for that long delayed visit,- ■WHO'S Ipwa Barn Dance closed its Sat. night stage shows al' the Shrine for the summer. Mr.s, Myron Black convalescing from serious illness,at the home of her parents In Kansas-City. Bob McGre^w's orchestra back at its old stamping grounds, the Tropi- cal Room, Fort Des Moines hotel. Sally Bates, in private life Mrs, pare Lorentz, stopped ofC her* to visit her fllstei', Mrs, John Cdwjes, enroutc to New York; Stanley Mayer, elected president**: of the Variety club to fill the va- cancy caused by the transfer of Walter E. Bariford to St. Louis. . Prof. Ira SchrOeder, who plays the carillon at Iowa state college, be- ing ribbed since it was discovered the intense heat In the summer compels the Prof, to play the caril- lon in the nude. Twentieth-Fox gets an alr-con- dllion<r;d building by Sept. 1, Air- conditioning also .set for 'Central . States' and Trl-States o ces, andvjr- Trl States' renovation glve.-j lit that • 'radio city' touch.