Variety (May 1936)

Vcdnead»y» May 6, 1936 TIMES SUVA VARtBTV 6^ Hollywood BlU Stevens now bajs a jiag to ^*paul Kellys planed to New York '^jklervyn LeBoy. a sucker tor gift ^Sof^DQlBln quit promotion Job at Waruers^ Dorothy *^ ^l^^e^^aniels recovering from ton- ^"^^j^ cast on vacash and new ntrle Iooks6e. Sbcila Graham planed to New Vork for vacasli. .- •Vince Malioney berthed, at ^Oth^ Fbjt pohlicity d*p't. • B M. Asher to 'The Dionhe Family^ at U. ... , Hi N. Swartson pulling out for Eroaaway this week. : Ernst Dryden designing costiimea for two pics at once. Donald Crisp and Fred Kingsbury have gold mining ^ug. TVlnl' Sha-^ir opens pei'sonais tour In Pittsburgh'May 15. ' 4 Harry yZehner in Oharge :of studio cehborshlp-At Universal, • liouls Sotaol returned east after several iho^thsf on Coast. • Jiiihes' Cagney and Fred' Keating trained out for Broadway. C. B. 'I>e!Mine scouting locations in Wyi^ming from the air. Carl Laemmle and Junior joined ihe railbirdfe at'the. Derby.' Helen 'Virisbn staying. in London for anoti^er picture. . Eugene .Pallette eyeing London *nd two flickers for Korda. Joseph ROseri swung over to Baohihann-Heribruh agency. JLaiTy Crabb'e tossed from: bucking bronc, and pairifujly bruised. "VVattersoh BothaOkef", hosted Prince Ferdinand of Germany. ■' iisiviA Miller planed east to shoot nifttorial fbr three Pete Smith shorts. Helen Hernandez left Par secre- iavial corps for studio writing job. fiai'ry Joe ferown due' . back. at "Warhers June 1 from his European jaurit. Lee Poiig Fob bx-ought from New York" by Par for 'General Died at Dawn.' tjniyersal casaba tossing champs feted at, COcoanut Grove, by Charles Bosersj. ^, Harry Archenal in from New York, for confarbs on S{imuel GpldT I Wyh bJ«. Jos© • Fernandez drew dance di- rector ticket from Sol Wurtzel for •Baihona.' Bill Fields ducked but of town for a. rest tiefore his next picture at paramount. ■Sthcl Shuttai, doubling between Cofclbfthut GroVe and 'Sweet Aloes', at Warners.' Gregory La Cava resumed direc- fon of U's 'My Man Godfrey' after brief illness. S:*n Goldsmith took his 'Mohi- .dans' troupe north for two weelfs of shooting. Ralph Berger auit as art director At l/hlyersal for spot with Richard .A. Bowlflridi laalhe Wheeler, English actress, chihged her name to Dennis for a pic . contract.. Il<H*ljliid v. Lee trained to New Yqrlp'ljo attend 'One Rainy AfLer- nopn' iisiieem. will Hays speeding his return caist so. he can talk to Princeton st'u^ent body May 8. Margaret Ettinger moved her puWicIty .igang into Carole Lom- iMirfl'^ former residence. ' fi-ed Stone'ready to become a na- tive now that he's settled his per- sons) affairs in the east. Seorgs A. Hickey and Clayton T. Lynch leaving for annual Metro- eJlles pow-wow in New York. Dave Splzhick has a strong over- head liglit in his liniousin.e and thus rearla scripts to and from studio. Clay.t Lynch, new MG branch •manager, being convoyed around tlie territory by .Sheriff George Hickey. Charles Sedgwick, nepliew of Kl- lery. Se.dgwick, Atlantic Monthly ed, in . 'Charge of Light rlgade' at Warner's, Bbumba motif and Spanish cos- tume theme .pi'evailed at W.. R. He5vi<st?s 73rd birthday- party at beach home .of Marion Davies. So. that none of the 750 entries .xvlll have to finish out their round in the dark, Metro has skedclcd its annual golf tourney for June 2], 'tingest day of'thie. year.' C H A T T E to launch a film producing outfit here. Raquel Rodrigo doing the femme commentaiT for Movietone here. Gonzalez Marin farewell recital- ing before South American tour. Alejandro Casona, author of 'Nuestra Natacha' being, banqueted. Continued disorders and unsettled situation cramping show and Hitery biz. Loreto Pr< icote troupe touri until Sept. Domingo Ortega making h^s peace with Madrid bullring and Eduardd 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.. Mkpy Cortes, Blanquita Siiarez and Conchlta Paez heading. femme draws in Pavori's new musical x-evue. Several American publishing houses seeking authorization to publish some of Premier Azana's Works. Anita Adamuz stock company taking over the Espanol theatre for the spring. Benito Cibrian. due in the summer.:. Enrifivte Suarez de Deza touching up his 'El Angel Negro' ('The Black Angel') for Hortensia Gelabert and her company. Carlos Arniches collaborating with Guridi and Garay on a zar- zuela for the Luis "Calvo stock at the Fontalba. Antonio Quintero and Pasciial Guillen have written 'Li Bela de Plata' ('Silver Ball') for the Come- dia theatre stoOk co. Poor landline between Madrid and Lisbon crabbed EAQ's retriansr hiission of . Albert Stoessen chamber music program from Lisbon tO New- York for NBC. Maria Isabel stock co. polishing up 'Zape,' convedy by Munoz Seca and Perez Fernandez for early pre miere. 'Dos Corazones' con Freno y Marcha Atras' by Gregorlo Mar- tlne^z Sierra and Jardiel Pbncela to follow, but title probably, will be changed. Rlcardo Soriano, Marquis of Ivan- rey, pic producer'and dlstrib, in and out of jail when police held him for questioning oh escape of three Fascist assassins tO .F.riQ.nc6 in his plo,ne; Turned out that fugitives swiped the craft and Soriano was in the Oark about it. Quebec Ed Dcyaney visiting here. Gordon Dahn in New York. George Ganetakos to Toronto. A. Mowbray in from New York; Harry Dahh ba,ck at Fenelon Falls. Bari-ett Kiesliftg passing through. Paul Cardinal married. Joe Lightstone back from: New York. Haskell Masters in from New York, Gene Curtis addressing Progress Club. W. Bolstad in from Toronto. 6. R; Hanson in town; New cabaret, Beaver Grill, opens with Jack Fbgarty orch. Mervin MObre passes thru from Vancouver en route to Europe. Nan-* Blakstone back at —Qhez Maurice,'with. John Hale m.c.'ing. Richard Hay ward here peddling 'Luck of the Irish,* made-ih-Ireland pic. •• Ted Cloghesyi ialto Gardens •manager, back from ten days in Biermuda.' 'Don .Bestor Mount Royal atid Lloyd Hunter orch. .^Theatremen .dined on the 'Duch- ess of Bedford, feting first entry Of year into the port. ' Half-hour broadcasts on Moose Rivei' Mine burlalis' hit grosses all along Main street. Howard Wyness doubling from druminier of Loew's orch to leading his own orch at a Maples Iiake Shore resort. Navy Leagqe (Sea C^d^ts) pre- ■senting George Rotsky \tith a desk blotter in Tecognition of loan of this- atre to cause at different times. gaged by the Broadcasting" Co. of Cairo for a Hungarian song recital. Arthur ' Bardos to direct screen .version of Rose Meiler's 'Confes-' sion;' Elma Bulla to act the part in which she had her initial stage suc- cess. Julius Soiiiogyl, gentleman farmer, and dramatic a.uthor, is lessee of the Biethlenter theatre for the next sea- sbh. Lajos Baiint to act as man- ager, Bus Fekete's new play, 'Cape of Good Hope,' probably will have its first perfornriance in Vienna. Title refers to the famous rare postage stamp. Criminal charges have been filed aigainst two theatrical producers! who disappeared from towii, leaving their companies in the lurch: Teddy Ehrenthal and Arthur Spitz. . No .performance held at the MU-. hicipal theatre of Kecskemet orie day when the box oflice receipts, ten mintites before ringing up the curtain, proved to be less than $1. Laiiiri Volpl, Italian tehor, hurt the feelings of an enthusiastic audi- ence at the Municipal theatre be- cause he refused to give-the "Usual encore When singing .'11 Trovatore.' Heltai's novel, 'Last Bohemian,' to be put" on the screen with Esther Kiss, from .French films, In the femme lead. Miss Kiss is the wife 6if Stephen Pallos, business exec of London Films. By E. Marston. Madrid Roslta Diaz divorcing, . Geoffrey Parsons olT to Paris. Wanda Landowska recitaling. ^eck Morgan glimmlng the si«?ht.«. Bettina Bedwell o.o.'ing the town. CMcote ^^^^^ banqueting ' Pedro ^Paul'.s, new swank bcarfery, dr w- 'ng well. look^see^^^" up from Mala'ga for a <*iS?^J^^*^'j^ Poman elected to tlie «>lia.niBh .-.cademy. llti;J^^''^.f'^'^^"' ganderlng the po- etical situation hi^ro. outn?%*^*^ '^^^''l"^ heading a vaude ^Li^r^ provincial tour. San ^ boite foi l?,,r!'a'5tian this summ*^r. vbiect"TM ^^-^J- German ARG In "JCct wiLh Bilbao cnpiUili.sls 'Milky -Way' (Par) still drawing crowds at the Pathe. Eddie Cantor in 'Strike Me Pink' (UA) doing well at the Regal., 'Dhoop. Chhaon,' local made, is in its thirteenth week at the Minei'\'a. After three weeks of heavy drama in 'Tale of Two Cities' (MG) the new Central turning to 'Rose-Marie* (MG). 'AH Quiet on the Maratha Front' is 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 hew Hii..^u play, , is directed by Jaddanbai and promises to be populai*. Baby Rani. Indian Shirley TempICj has a lead- ing part. Wheeler ryden,, half brother of Charlie Chaplin, stopped in Bombay on ilia world tour filming 'All tliie "VVorld's a Stage.' He revi.sited In- dia first lime since 1918 when he was touring with the Phillips stock company. The Hague By M. W. Etty-Lcal A new .cabaret here, the Mocking Bird. . , , , Dante, :MagI'-ion, at the Scale the- atre, Hague. Louis de Vrles appeared for 1,500th time in the role of Panoras Duif in 'Chains.' Fritz Hirsch opereLLa company Invited to come over to Briissel.s for the International Festival there. Dutch exjjorts of radio sets dropDOd in value from March. 1955. $1,160,000 to $650,000 in March of this year. Orman Rtraaaburger circus try- ing to obtain a licen.se for touring Holland, but very doubtful whciber government will grant it. Dutch distributor of Lfa nlni 'Snvoy Hotel 217' took special trouble to got slmultaiicou.s pre- miere In Holland and Germany; Koetjltja dancing troupe, con.si.st- ing of native dancers and musicians from Xetherland India, pave a le.st performance at the Pulchrl to whether the public bad any interc'^t in .«<ii('h things; encDura.tced by a warm roeeption. t,j;;oupG is go-ng on a toui' of Eurdp , Moscow By Milly Bennett Alfred Cortot, French piani.st, gave a series of six concerts at the Big Hall pf the Moscow Conservatory. Jacques Thibault, French vioUn ist, with. Tasso Yanopulo, Greek accompanist, gave thi-ee Moscow coricGrtSa Eniil Hilels and Jadobx Flier, 19 and 22-year-old- Soviet pianists, have been .chosen to represent the Soviet Union at the international contest for singers- and pianists, in Vienna June 2^13. lyian Steschenko, bass, who lived in the U. S. .several years, where he sang with the Chicago. and the Philadelphia Opera Cos., gave a per formance here at the Small HaU of the Moscow Conservatory., ■ Vishnevsky, Soviet dramatist, and Zigan, film director, collaborators on '"We of Jtronstadt,' left Moscow for Prague. They Wflll tour Czecho Slovakia,. Prance and .England studying film productloa there. ■ Serge Radamsky, tenor, and Marie Salcl, sopriano (MrS. Radamski), after a year's concert touring in the So- viet Union, are packing for other ports. Radamski for the hometown New York, and his wife for Scot land. Budapest By E. P. Jacob! Bela. Gaal in Paris under contract to direct two films. Josephstadter theatre cd. to play Lessing's cla.'jsic, 'Nathan the "Wi.se.' Budapest Opera House Company invited tor gUest performances in Holland. , Color Films ^nay make, a picture out' of Eugene Heltain's play 'Tun- derlaki Girls.' Fran'z.Lehar to conduct AOOth per formance of his 'Land of Smi1*«i' at the Opera House. -Bernard Shaw experted here to take a look at his 'Saint Joan' as in- terpreted by Elma Bulla. 'Gallant John,' folk epic which was the: biggest hit. ever seen on local stiage, to be screened. 'Ghost Goes West' '(UA) a groat success with Arty mob, who, how- ever, object to Inadequate titles. First operatic road show to tour the country to start out shortly un- der management of Alexander Tel- ekl, Anton Robbellng, Vienna Burg- theatre's manager, c-oming .to view Helral's 'Mute Knight' at Magyar theatre. Teiko Kiwa. Japanese soprano, and Erna Sack, next guest perform- ers on schedule at the Municipal Opera lIon.*<e, JoKeph Wild, ex-politlt-lan, has a licen.se for building a new picture theatre in a fa.st-developing resi- dential .section. Actors of Bfelvarosl thoftre pro duf'ing arty play.s for matinees on their own. Kir.st to be .lean Girau- doux'.s ■J•^nlI)hytrion 38.' Kyra Nljlnska, daughter of tbv Russian ball'-t dancer, making hi'V Budape.-^t del/uf. She i.*; half nallvii; her olli'-r being Ilnng.'i.ri.'in. After figurinK Jn u Hudape.st radio iji Ingrain, VlJnios Gi'egor was en- Sl Louis By 9am: X.. Forest Park . Highlands, only aimiserrient park in. city, began 40tb consecutive season Sunday (3),, Harriet Poote, member of Little ■Theatre cast, has joined Thomas Wood Stevens Shakespearean or ganization at Sah DeigO,. Cal. 'Here Comes The Mail,' a film of Uncle Sam's postal dept. was shown in Federal Bldg. last week, Perform ers are employes of St. Paul, Minn., post-office. Former retember& of 'Ambassa dorables,' dancing chorus of Am- bassador theatre which has discon tinued stage shows, are appearing at Irish Village, hitery. . * Police Board ordered Relief As- sociation to. retur^i all money re-, celved from, hookies, pin ball. gatne operator's, etc., for ads In. prograi^i /oi; . annual police circus now cuj:- rent, ' , • Board of-directors of Little Tliea- trc: are planning greater actlvLtles' for body and awarded $250 to Whit- ney Crozier for threeract fantasy, 'Celestial Holiday,' which will .be produced in New "Tprk next sieason. Kal> Mohahans ana IS'eldmabs abiong^ the May 1 house^nxoverB,. Jack Gihon back on the" ^o\» again aftier ia, long hospital siege; . Father of George Curry,, {Stanley ^ musician,, died, of stroke over week- end. Georgia Somera haa joined up with Phil' Jacks' orchestra booking bureau. Freda Borg, Al Joisori's cousin, trying to crash radio job at local station. Bob Senft at Buckeye Lake. Columbus, O., managing a payllloh.- ' Barrett. Klesling In for a couple, of days of lectures and newspaper contacts. Bebe Clyde |eUed hiy a hoirse and isuflfered, some severe bumps on the craniuni. Father Thomas M. Jones named director of Dw^uesne U. Red Masquers. Waltjer Thiesen, veteran - Post- "Gazette photog; often mistaken for: Irvin S. Cobb. Elmer Kenyon In hosp for servatlon and may have to get pendlx clipped. .' Joe Corin joins Jan Garber's band after his graduation in June front Carnegie Tech. Paula Bauersmlth,: featured in 'Bury- the Dead/ dirama grad of Carnegie Tech. Bin Robsoji, Jr., signed by RKO to write screen play for 'We Who ArO About to Die.' Harry Walters has given up his assistant managership at- Kenyort to become a city cop. • Dick Masons expect a visit from stork ' any minute, and Milton Leftohs in few months. George Selbel, Sun-Tele drama crick, Into New England for a fort- night on a lecture tour, Eddie pQwell going into 70 th week at piaza cafe foi- ; all-time nltery record around here. Harry Kalihlne, tSeorge Tyson and John Maloney heading Johnny Harris' committees for Will Rogers drive. Freeman Hammond playing, title' role In Playhouse's closing produc- tion of season, 'Spx'lngtime for Henry.' Anna Jane Phillips, back frorrt > round-world trip with Margaret Sanger, Isn't returning, to Post-Ga- zette stalY, *' New Haven By Harold M. Bone Lester Deming hOme again. ^'m. F. Clark, ex-newspaperman, died here April 24. - Lincoln WPA doing 'March HareS' as latest production. Billy Elder a full-fledged mgr. after all these years. Sam Yaffe set for ivory-pound- ing recital all his own. Local revue work landed a film job .for-.Trudy Cp.stle. Sam Horwarth will soon go into camphor for the summer. > They change p.a.'s .?it the Lincoln almost as often as the bllLs. Frank Henry soloing wlth^ WPA music unit Under Henry Busse. , Alex Dean's play a. prize winner In recent annual drama tourney. Johnny Millar relaxing . after, a week Of stage action at College. John Mason Brown lectured., on drama crltloiam at Yale School ot Fine Arts (1). Yale drama dept.'s next ,wlll. be an original comedy, 'Crab Apple^' by Theodore Packard, May 13-14. Chicagf Lou Abramson on the hunt for about 20 more pounds. J, C. and W. H. Sleln.conversing on the trans-Atlantic phone. Hazel Flynn vl.sltlng 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 Mc(Jormlc, who was jumping, to make show in Minneapolis. Ralph Hclpcrln's little theatre group, reviving 'H, M, S. Pinafore' at the Women's Club Theatre. Phil Duna.st puffing over tho fir^'t prize that the local exf;ha,ng(; wo.n In the Columbia national shorts i >i'd\f'ii contest, Andrew Kennedy, formerly with y^'arner's pre.«iH.department hf.'re, has joined Irving Mack's organization as advertl.ilng manager of the Fil- mack Trailer office. Westpdrt^ Conn. By Humphrey Doulient Pauline Starke Is here. Longshore Club opening May 30. Gface. Anthony has bought a place here, "Wood Cowan fetes the WestbrobK Peglers. Noel Coward expected, at Fairfield late In August. John Cecil Holms, due home from. London June l. Frazler Hunt off for (he west, then Cleveland: . The Phil Dunnings celebrate I8ih wedding anniversary. LUy Pons Is the countryslde'.-i mo'it tireless walker. Lawrence Langner here lining up things for his Country playhouse. . F. Chase Taylor (Colonel Stopp- nagle) \Vill summer at South Nor« walk. - Thoriias Bdtson's- daughter, Mar- lon Edison Oser, disposing of her cottage. Rldhaird Hagemann here rehears- ing his 'Caponsacchi' with Mario Chamlee, Alexander Clark, Jr., sailed to appear In London production of %lnd Lady.' I Maury H, B, Paul (Cholly Knlck- ej*bocker) bulld1ng''.ari addition to his 150-year-oid farmhouse. Des Moines By R.. W. Moorhead Frances Herrlott, home from N. Y. for a vlBlt, JOy Hodges finally arrived hOrti- for that long delayed visit. WHO'S lowd, Barn Dance Frol'- closed its Sat. night stage shOws .'it the iShrlne for the sumihcr. Mrs, Myi'on Black convalescing from 8<;rlous Illness -at the home of her parents' In Kansas City. Bob McGrew's orchestra back at Its old stamping groimds, the Tropi- cal Room, Fort Des Moines hotel.^ ' Sally Bates, In private life Mrs. Pare Lorentz, stopped off here to visit her sister, Mrs, John Cowles, enroUtc to New York. Stapley Mayer, elected presldent^j of the "Variety club to fill the va- cancy caused by the transfer of Walter E. Banford 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 aIr.-con» dltioned building by Sept. 1, Air- cohdillohlng also set for Central States and Tri^States offices,- and'' TrN.wtatfis' renovation gives It that 'radio city' touch.