Variety (Oct 1936)

2 VASIETV PICTIIES Wednesday, October 7, 1936 .state To Widow; Bequests to Relatives Los Angeles, Oct 8. Irving ThalbergVjfortuhe, estimat- ed variously at' from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000, Is, left in trust to his ■widow, ETormia Shearer* Under terms of his wiU filed last-Saturday (3) for probate,. ... Residue of:'the'estate Is. ordered divided mto'several funds, f© be ad- ministered by the trustees, who are also designated co-executors. They include Miss Shearer, Edwin J. Loeb of Los Angeles and the Bank of America National Trust <& Savings Association. Thalberg will was made June 12, 1933, drawn by Loeb, Walker & Loeb, attorneys,, and designates- that co- executors and trustees serve without bond* It reads in part as follows: 'It is my Inteniion to dispose of the whole of my property and estate, Including in such disposition 'not only my separate estate and one-half of, any-" community 1 property > over which I have the/power of testa- mentary disposition^ but' as well the other half Of such c'ornmunity prop- : erty over which I have no-absolute right of testamentary'disposition;; and my wife shall and must elect whether 'she will take ahd'feceivo the "benefits which are' provided for her under thus. 'Will, or the rights, and property interests with which the law invests herein and'to our -community' prop- erty/'; ' -• ; ■;; The Thalberg. residence in,Santa Monica is bequeathed to fhe' widow, together with all' fuxmture, furnish- ings, auto'mbhttesj' jewelry, boats and othe'f'personal enacts;. 1 !. Bequests to. • relative afe: ' , . ■ ?10,v00 Each: to Sin i Haltie Heck, a icousta; Abe Hey- manri, uncle; Dora Heyrnanri, aunt, and Morris Heymani^ another uncje, aU-'Of'New York, and Jetchen Maier* an aunt residing in Germany, $10,000 eachY '\ -' .. '.''"" ' ' Document recites that a trust fund had previously been: created for the benefit.;, of Thalberg's . father : . and i mother, William and Henrietta Thal- . berg, with the will- setting aside a sufficient amount to nave this, trust reach' value Jof $150 4 Q00;'inaddi- tion, to this specific becjuesfc' Thalberg had previously provided life endow- ments for his- parents in the form of an' additional "trust -fund, - insurance annuities and investment securities. Residue of the estate, will directs, is to be divided into funds* as fol- lows:—.' ' ' •• ■/'"••' Fund One, consisting of property of a fair market value of-$100,000, all net income from 1 which Is to be paid monthly -to his v sister,- Sylvia Thal- berg Weingarten, as long as she lives. Fund Two, consisting of property of a fair market value equal to one-, third of all the. balance of She trust after the establishment of Fund One. All net income from this, fund shall be paid to Miss Shearer as long as shelves. ,. Fund' Three v shall - be allocated to. each child living at '-fee time, of the distribution'of the residue of the es- tate, and one fund<to lite descendants;, of any child dead; but survived by descendants. The ne^ income de- rived from' each' fund is to be paid monthly or ^quarterlyv Come Into Fond at 35 As each child reaches the age of 35 there shall be conveyed to him the.' whole of such. .chijd's. fund, then re- maining. WiU specifies, that this" trust. shall finally terminate upon the •occurrence of any; of the following' contingencies^ ' . . Whenever the widow; and sister are both dead and no child then surviv- ing is under 35. Upon-,thf death of ^ the last sur- vivor |£>f the wife, Ulster and all of •their, children.■ •', '• . No estimate of the size of the es- tate is mentioned iftihe will. s Attor- neys .Farrand. & iSlossom represent Miss Shearer, f '. '.■•'' '■. '' Raft-Tamirotf Teamed Hollyjrood, -Qct. v 6. . George Raft seems certain to do his stuff in 'Caviar- for His Excel- lency,', Charles. G. Booth story at Paramount. AMm Tamiroff will be co-featured.' ' Preston • Sturges will do the- screen , play, William iLe Baron producing, personally.. Faithful Detail Hollywood, Oct. 6. An alleged ex-safe cracker, ' plajring 4 part in 'Penrod'arid Sam/ ' at Warners studio be- came disgusted when an actor started putting the juice to a ' strongbox, ■ ' ; He kicked, .to the! producer arid consequently was given* the job as technical advisor on the picture. STATEMENT OF' TtUB OWNERSHIP. TtfANAOBMENT. CI.HCTJLATION. ETC.. REQUIRED BY THB ACT OF CONGRESS, OF MARCH 3. 1033. . Of'V»dfty» tmMIahea weakly^t New -Turk, N. T..W ©ettfber 1. W46. *<•• i . 8tatt ;# New Tor*, «Cdira,ttf' of New. ... T«tji,-•'■' ';'''•• v ' Before'ine, a Nbis^ labile In Add for the .'State utd County, aforesaid, person- 1 mljjr Appeared Harold Brtche, who, hav- ing; been daly sworn,' according to (aw. deposesiand says that.be -1b the business Wkdaser of Variety, and that the fol- lowing. Is, to the lest'of hi* fcnoirlejlEje and 'belief, a true statement of the ".ownership, management, etc, of the aforesaid publication tor. the date shown - In the above caption, required by the Act of March 9.: 1033. embodied in Section 037, Postal Taws and Regulations, printed on 'the reverse of this form, to wit:. ■ 1. That the names and-addresses. of ' the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager,-'are' ,<. Publisher—Variety, ihfe; 164 West 46th street. New Torlt city. Editor—Sldrte Silverman, 154 West 40th street. New York city.- V Managing; Editor—None. * Business' Manager—Harold Erlchs, 164 W. 46th street, New York city. .2. That the owners are: Variety, Inc., .164 West 4Gth street. New Torlt city. Sldne Silverman, 164 West 46th street, New York City. Estate of Slm'e '.Silver- man', 1-54 West 46th street, New' Torlt city. 3. ' That, the known bondholders, mort- gagees and other security holders own- fog or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities, are: None. 4. . That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders and security holders. If any.. . contain not only the Hat of stockhold- ers and .security holders as. they appear Upon the books of ' the company, but also, In- cases where the 'stockholder or 'security-holder appears upon the books of the company an trustee or Ir any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person-'or corporation for whom such trustee Is acting, is given. a,lso that the ■aid two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's ful* knowledge and belief -.as to the circumstances and con- ditions - under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustee! hour stopk .and securities in a capacity other than that'of a bona fide owner: and. this afflant has no reason to be- lieve that any Other person, association or corporation has any interest, direct .or Indirect,. in the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so stated by him. C. That the Average.number of copies- of each'Issue'of this 'publication sold or distributed, through th* mails or other-' -wise, to paid -subscriber* during the months preceding -the date shown above is (This Information |s required from dally publications only.) , , ..' Harold Erlchs, Business Manager, fiwprri' tb And subscribed before -nw this S9th day of September, 1836. ' Nathan .Newman, Notary Public. CMy commlseloa expires March J», 1931.) HERSHX1EII>3 STINT Harry .Heirshfield "hag been set by Warners on'a Igeneral writing con- tract'fdf 13 weeks,' starting - Oct 19. Cartoonist^will leave 1 New York for the Coast on Sunday' (13). He will conttoue bis King Features syn- dication from there. 1 ' Edward L. Alperson, • Joseph Bentonelli. Sidney BiddeTl, John Boles.: Eddie Buz?elt. Buddy Cantor." Jean Chatburn, . John D: Cla'rk, Harry Cohn. Carit. Billy, FaWcett Tay <Jarnett Harry Hershfield. Aben KandeL Judith KandeL Paul Lewis. Edward J. iMcNamara Frank Orsatti. Harold Rodiler. .Joseph Schrahk: . ' Paul Schwegler. • L. A. to N. Harold Adamson. Ann Beresford. Irvin S. Cobb. . R. H. Cochrane. Richard Dix. Melvyn Douglas. Peggy Doyle. Irene Dunne. Florence Eldridge. Helen Flint. Fred Fralick. Bert Kalmar, Jerome Kern. ' Charles La Torre, Anita Louise. Fredric" March. Michael Markham. - Jimmy McHugh, James Melton. John Mlljan. Henry Mollison. Abe Montague. . Karen Morley.' Raymond Rubicam^ * Rosalind RusselL:" '•'' " ' Jerome- Safron. * William' Thalberg. -i; Johnny Weissmuller. William Wyler. Doll House M Is $218,000 So Far Salt Lake City, Oct 6. Colleen Moore has shown her doll house in 28 cities in the-last year and a half, and it has earned $218,000 for crippled children, the former film flapper disclosed While here. After the doll house has been placed on exhibition in every prin- cipal American city she plans to take it abroad. She visualizes a gross' up to $1,000,000 trom the fees charged to ogle the miniatures of famous paint- ings, sculpture,- furniture, decora- tions and jewelry, costing Miss: Moore nearly $500,000, Which went into construction of the fairyland. -A press agent, usually three weeks to a month ahead of the attraction, lines up. crippled children's hospitals and sirmlar institutions in cities where stops' are made. In Salt Lake City three hospitals received approxi- mately $2,500 for their co-sponsor- ship. Newspapers devoted reams' of copy, art and features about house. Women's and men's service^ civic and educational clubs are tied in. EXTRAS' FIECO DAYS Par and 20th Use. Flock of Help Last ;. Week—750-1,000 DMiy . , ' Hollywood, Oct. %. Picture extras had several, field days, last week. Frank Lloyd,, pro ducer-director on 'Maid ol .Sjalem.' at Paramount, used 750.. to l„O0Q daily. Twentieth-Fox. also,;set ifp .a. sea ; son record by hiring 1^00 oh vari- ous productions. 'Lloyds of London,' absorbed 500; .'Reunion,'. .300, and 'Stowaway,' the Shirley Temple film, 150,. with remainder, scattered on three other pix. Hash and Rehash ARRIVALS \ N. Y. to L.' Ak..' '^Sergei BarsUkoiff, Constance Hope, '1 !L-|-€Korgid. Polacco, Dr. anct Mrs. Artur Rodzinski, Adama Didur, Ryszard. Ordynski, . feiifg e'ii e Bpdo, ' Sofia Nakoneczna,' Robert E. " Sherwood, Aben and Judith' i^dejC Ptiii'Reis- man, Frederick Lonsdale,. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woolsey. jpthel Merman, Mr. and Mrs. Francis "Martin, Cortr land Smith, Mis.'. Harry Cohn, Sam E. Morris, Tay Garnett, Carl Laemmle, Jr., Carl Laemmle, Mrs. G. E. Calthrop, Lotte Lehmann, Otto Krause, Kurt Jooss, Jooss Bal- let, Helen .Kane, Gertrude Wetter-, gren, Noel Coward,, Jphn C. Wilson, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Dezso Szenes, _ Jack L.. Warner, Miriam Hopkins, Sanford Greenburgher, Jack Ross, Clare" Luce. - . SAILINGS Oct. 17 {London to New York) Gilbert Miller (Europa). Oct. 7 (London to New York) Ruth Etting, Col. Moe Snyder, Paul Soskin, Nat Nazarro, Jack Cohn, William Morris, Jr., Harry Foster.. Val Parnell (Nqrmandie). Oct! 7 (London to New York) Gertrude Lawrence '(Aquitania). Oct. 7 (Cherburg to Havana) Bal- let Espagnol, Juan Martinez, Sole- dad, Juanito, Carmelita,. Antomta, Isabella, Rosarita, Castillana, Amaya, Morales, Bobadilla, Cortijo, Sarasina, Mar quit a, Castanagro, SeyiUana, Vizcaino; Zanouba (Orinoco). Oct. 5 (New York to/London) Johnny Weismuller, Babs\La Val (Queen Mary). Oct 3 (New York to -London) Ray Perkins (Georgic). *^Oct. 1 (New York' London) HeienJerome (Berengar ' SepC-3Q (New York to L6hdbn> Otto- Klenitlfirerj Mrs. Edward'' G, Robinson- 5 CNor mandie ). Oct 5 (Franfcfprt- to Nej^ ' York) Jimmy Campbell' OHindenburg). By JOE BIGEtOW Lo, the Poor Indian 'The 250 Indians in Hollywood who make a living working in pictures have, complained to the U. S. Attorney's office over""aiIeg"ed disenmina- tion. They declare palefaces are getting jobs that should %o tor McCoy injuns, and they want the phoney redskins haled beforWthevbax- of justice for impersonating theni,'— Variety news item. • yS* My/*:-* Lo, the Poor Indian, has a squawk: He's not being treated fairly. They're shunning him and. his tomahawk— ~~ For Lo they're not casting squarely. ' : <' ' .. • ... 1J»1- ' IV Redman'still grabs off heap-much jobs, wwi . : : But the thing that irritates Lo • «-.4 •(••.*:'.•.'• • Is. that redmen appearing in Hollywood' inibbs '■ : < Are not named. Lo, but Moe. It's a Lie Callander, Ont— There's no trUth in the story that the J3ionne quin- tuplets are sore at 20th Century-Fox over the casting of their latest pic- ture. Report, later' proved false, was that the gu>ls^'jal|toUgh; admiring Jean Hersholt as an artist, wanted '20th to hire Robert: Taylor to play |he doctor this time. ' ■ •.-■■». *• -. .'V<.' ■ ■' - . How to Be an Artists', Representative. ^ <- . (Lesson No. 1) ; ,. '-; ,.>■ ■- -. • • • The first thing to determine is-whether you are- equipped with the'right temperament for being an agent. Try a little 'experiment, sUch as kicking a few old ladies around. If, after thaf you 'have satisfied yoUrself. that you are suited to the business, /then proceed with your homework.' The first thing you must learn about"is cornmission.' Wot : 'the Boxing Commission, the Transit Commission or the Federal 'Commuhicatidhs' Com- mission—just plain, good, old-fashioned commission. To get the proper per- spective, start out in a small way, s>y, by charging your little son.or daugh- ter 10%. for an introduction to Santa Claus at Macy's. Next step on your way to a diploma involves the sending off telegrams. When you go to the telegraph- office to send a wire, the clerk will inquire: 'Is this to go prepaid?' You reptyr*I I: 'sir, am an agent' • . ' . .;"L*' % . The,.clerk will respond with, J An agent? . Then I ..gues| it f gi^s'oOlIect.' Remember to send all wires collect One slip-up means a demerit,- and you may have to start your lessons all over again. . .. Never tell an actor that you can't do anything for him. Actors, as a rule, are inclined to have weak hearts. Always try utp-.ikeep .up their spirits^ and remember- that it's your duty to guard them, against sudden grief. You can always recognize sudden grief in abactor* for the first symptom comes when he asks for a release. This can be.>prevented by- your continually repeating the magic words, i.e, *Tnti working on it I'll leave you know when it's set'. • ; -v But above all, don't be careiess with the morning mecil. - Before being tdssed into the "wastebasket all letters-and- envelopes, should be thoroughly shaken. You never can tell when a.money order will fall-out. . That ought to hold you'until next week. Lesson NO. 2 will be entitled: 'Sheriff, Stay Away From My Boor/ ' • . •> ^ . . Missed . ' , . Jollopy, Mo.—'Australian Wood Peckers, whip and knife 'throwing act, after-being a. hit all week here, missed the final performance at -the Opera House here,- due to injury. Just before the last show 'the'head knife- thrower had an accident in his dressing room. ~ He cut : himself while shaving. Start a File Be a gag man! Write radio scripts! Start now! The following Is a list, of punch lines, more or less, of w.k. (also a,k.) jokes. We' supply the' answers; you .supply the questions: 'It's me, Wd I'm riot foolin.7 'Don't mind : him» officer—he's drunk.' -•" "Then kiss the Ford and let's get out of here.' 'Whadya mea'n, I swore at him? All I said was, 'I see you're sunk in the ditch'.' '—— r —and the. horse lost 48/ 'Can I help it if he worries?' ' , 'The doctor told me to watch my stomach/ 'Give me six good reasons why you dott't want any soup.' 'How did I know he was after, my pocketbook?' • • 'Goodbye, Sam/ For Lazy Pickets ' '.' '' .' New York—Ali Opp, magician, who is among the adto^'^lcketirig .Br'oadr. way picture theatres for return of stage shoWs, has MAughit' up £ brand ; new fllusion. When tired, the picket says a few niagical vV6,i'ds , ; 'th 1 e' sign then gets down and carries the picket. Diary of an Agent (Uncensored) Oct; 1—Well, diary, I'm still tryin' to crash this radio^r^^^is.mtorriin' a guy from the Button, Dutton, Fadeout & Moskowftz affilreStisIn^ agency called up about my new singer Enrique Madaginsburg. Said the sponsor hasn't made up his mind yet, but how much do I want for my singer. I said $1,500. . The agency guy started to beef, so I'compromised'foi' i $175. What's the diff, the real gravy comes from personal appearances anyways. Then the agency guy says, 'You understand that a .15%' agency service lee is customary/ I says .okay by me (what else could I say?) because the cus- tomary's always" right Then- he says, 'And as the booking must pass through a member of the agency to make it official, that will be an addi- tional 10%/ I told him to go ahead and close the deal so long as we wind up with a box of soda crackers. Say, I always thought the indie vaude- ville boys knew how to chisel. Compared to them these radio guys are Michael Angelos. Oct 2r— Agency called. Said the sponsor is changing his product Instead of soda crackers that don't crackle, which didn't sell, he's gonna make soda crackers that crackle twice as loud as any others on the market. The Crackers That Speak for Themselves' is the new slogan. And seem* as how the sponsor is startin' all over from scratch, says the advertisin' agency guy, it's only cricket that my boy Ginzy should do likewise and give another audition. Oct 3—My-boy Ginzy gave , another audition. This time the sponsor left his fresh kid home but brought along his uncle. Unk is an idea man. Said he's got a great idea for a jungle series an' wanted to know if Ginzy could make a noise like Tarzan calling to his mate. Said they'd leave me know. Oct 5—No word from the agency. Looks like the silent treatment to beat the price down, .... . ' ' ' (To be continued) Karen Morley's Next . ., . . Hollywood, Oct 6. . Following a three-day vacation in. New York'.with her husband Charles Vidpr,.. Karen Mqrley returns here to start, work in 'Happiness Pre- ferred^ fpjrJWajor, Pictures." ', . . She signed term contract with out- fit last week. . Cukor Abroad ,,. Hollywood, Oct. 6. When George.Clukqr winds up pro- duction of' 'Camilie'' at Metro, he will go abroad on an, extended vacation before taking,,another_.directorfal, as- signment \V V ,.. . . ,'. •'Camilie' will be finished in three weeks.