Variety (Nov 1936)

14 •TAItllSTV'8' I.ONn«N orKM'R; INTERN/iTiONAl. NEWS CiiW* AMrcMY VAAIRY. KOMDON saMuotam M1iat(hiotarAsls^^^ Sydney, Ask any of the film m6b about the film quota and they hack with 'What quota?' And that just about Slims, up Government, is ki itself thiat d quota is in opieratidn; the ekhibs are kidding themseiyes.i idirig by the supposed; law; vpducers are iddihg, thenjiselves into dreaming, of : a second Hollywood. But the: Apnierr ican distributors are Wdding nobody, Since the ^^uota came iiito being there have b^eh, produced, and rcr; leased piily Ihriee pix: 'Thbrough- bred/ Tlie Fiyiiig ijoctdr' ai»d "Un- 'civilized,' Twb; 'Orphaii of the Wilderness* and 'White Death' have been ibrnpleted^ but not released, ^ngle River' ill be cornpleted t)iis weeki imd 'M^si^ry Island' is due to igo jiitd thi cuttihg rodin. There arc one or two smaller' uni v making, quota pix, but these haVc not been completied. Only Tbree PIsc At thb preiieht tiitie there are: only three; ix-rei^Iy for quotaV:ahd two of th«m are stUl playing' in .this , city, An|d. yet the goyernmeht .thinks its ^upta law. is working. Accprdihg^ .t6 ihti la.w^ an exhi l-> tor can feject a fpteij^ pic to play a jocal.j So far toone^^ had to yorrjr "^linutli" lE)e<^!ise' 'blvthe /few locals" iii; cirtiulationi Maybe next year .will tell a iffereiit stb^; Maybe. Soriie producers kidded theiiis'^lyes into. -dreaming of 'a. second Holly-, .^wood oyer here.. Unfortunately for .ilLUstraUa .and.' thems^^^ thbir hopes to date liaVe not'been realized; Why? ^Because in the majpiiib' ot cases the. public failed to re^nd by .i>uying shares. There .isre ten .milts . here, vfaiting tp liiake ■pix,- but the oniyi pne. to; keep In^ -ptb^ is Cinesoiind, wh(ch,v since the'^upti^ has: made; Thbrotighbred' and 'Or- phan vof the Wild^iHess' and has iain- other j^ibt It Isn't Qpne' onMthe'4Qor. Kati(^l 'in«kde 'TlM pbetPr,^ hut i iKTith; high pverheQd it is doubt-i fui whether b.Py take will be enough to repay the cost N« Geyernfliiciii Aid Aii|d,. desjplte/.what ^, local {>rp^ duc'ers have tried to dP, the govefti- inent has dope absoliLi^^^ nottiing to ; asisbt' thi^ni^. : Inspiar- .tbreign dis? tribs are 'boifperii^v Ihey ViU jiot - iinake pix in Australia tot'quota tin- ^ less the gpveniinent' forces tibfeni to^ Only, one company/ (Columbia) has jnade a pic in-AustiaUf^ nutjjprityv^^ istribs, pfeferripig.:.to .>w^^ and see, whiit H^ie ^Pvjernniteni yiritt jdp., . p^i pared to buy*^' apd' distribiiite tjhW Ipcalslvas requiijed hy -^lawi . but th^y dp not: intend;! tP,vPl^pduce. When ParUanient''.m^ets a^ain {Questions ;will:b^ .ask<^ coyering |be quota- isituatiPn. '- ,Qne impbrti^nt. sec- to^^«f the cbmmun^ wiH seek;a deflhite riding of %e ^ord .'ab4\jire,' as Veh|Ubned in ^ihe 'Q^ Apt cov- ering foreign distribs.'' It has bectn stated that the\ word ^.meaiiis that, if there are ihsuilicieni pix' made . to fulfill quota regulations, distribs miist produce to.ntake jUp ;the num ber required. However, this is 'I question for Parliament to decide.' - •Ini Victoria, the qubta situation is everi .wPrse than^jNTew South ^aies, Government has done nbthing tjhieite .to assist prpduceris! in-any shape pr ' form. In this ,state, there is;neyer .fi mention of a quota being i . Ppera^ tioB;. in fact,'-nobody knows any- thing about its -workings., At pres- ent, tiiere .!is. not even a studio open ih.Victbrij^i . New South Wales has foiir stages* Cinesoiind' (2), Natiphal (1), and Mastercraft (1). Today in^soiinc is the> only .one .with a; pic -pn 'the: floor. LOCALS LEAD IN SYDNEY 'Zierfeid' Starts Slow; IVIary,' 'Show- bbatV Biff Sydney, TWO locally .-made , 'Flying Doctor' (National) ■Uncivilized' (Chauvel) still staeki ig, coi .(M-G) iled to get capacity on ppehihg Nveek, but has built wonderfully, with pic garded 'Ex-Mrs. radfprd' (RKO) is hot seosatibnal, and fisiitter's Goid'' (U) goes into the ilPp ! class; 'Mary of Scbtia^nd* (RKO) openedi okay ahd , miay develop very big, Show Boat' (U) has- becPme an: In- stitutiPn- ..and., keeps rpllin' 'along. •Ypurs fpr the ' Asking' (Par) and Toll of thb Road' (Par) shoiild cop an average two weeks each. 'Small Town iGiri' (M-G) goes into its third week arid, will stay, longen . Weekly trade has '36 Hours to Kill' (Fox)„'M'liss' (RKO), and 'Re- yenjge. Rider' (Cpl), Melbpurhe, pctl 14. iz is okay!:this .week, -,with ^Fol- pw the iieet' (RKO), 'Lpuis Pias- ieiir' (WB), ^San Friancisco' (M-G), 'Mpon's Our Homte' (Par), 'jUibur- nuni 'Grbve* - (AT^ 'Prisoner t of Sharlc island^ (Pbx)» 'Witn(ess Chair' (RKO) iwid 'Flying Dbctor^ (Nar tional); New niome House B ti t d ti s I n 'Rhythm'Folds,'Blackbird? Follows at London Adelphi London, Nov, 3. ^Transatlantic Rhythm* closed Sat- urday ,(31), house goiiig dark;. This was the big liiusipal produced by Felix Feirry, which got into a' Ipt of newspaper headliniBs when Jinimy Doiiohue, angel, decided that $HO;p()0 was enough to spend prior to ppen- ing arid closed the purse-stri ;v Adelphi, where the shPw was housed, gets the second edition of Lew Leslie's •Blackbirds,': operiiiig Monday (9). .It will play, there pri a twice-nightly basis, same as the original, 'Blackbirds' presentation" at. the Coliseum in 1934. er N. . -Rome, Oct. 23. Arts' .theatrie^ constructed by the Confederation of Artists and rb- fesslphals, will bp rbady. for use be- fpfe the ehd bf the year* Will be the rinost modern house; in design ; and techiiiciai eqqipment, in the city. . Ai^tph Giulio Bragaglia will direct the theatre, which will favor works hy young authors,, without, however^ ;gpiiig In for top expeiriihental stuff. Casts will be niade up. partly of .regularly- engaged stock actors and partly of actors engaged temporarily tO\tit ilie dfeniandtt of the varjpgs pl^0 ;/Hpliy wpbd, NoY^ 3. Reseryatibn^: are -pourings jntb the United British Services Club for the ArinisUce night •ball to ;be-held -at >the Ainbassadpr JioteL ^ Among the film' Cotpii;^ites who have signified their intentions of attending—are Charles Clhapiin, Madeleine Carroll, C. .Aubirey Smith!; Eddie, Goiilding, Herbert Muiidiiii; David Niven (who expects 4a be hack ih " town by that time) E. ri:. Cliye,. Alah iKpwbrayt Reggie OWen,' HalUweU . Hobbeis, Montagu Lpve, Winifired Shpttert Elsa Buihinan, Hem^y:' Stephenson, Maj. Claude . Khijg, C!!plih .Tapley,^ Clive' Halliday and Bok^is Karlofl.. ; Walter :Pldgibn,; ph .k yacaiiph trip in -the' Oregon wobds, ^biuntiee.red to heip .flghti the fprest fire' but. was ^turned down., Rialph ;Forbes» Heather Angel and Pat ' ^atiersbhattending t e n in i s' matCheV ai.^Westside-Tehnis ClUb^' ^- ; Eric • Blpres dining with' MarjPrie Gate'sbn.^'. Ar^hiiri Treacher playihg'igPlf with Bill Seiteir' during time off between |»ipc.--_ J. u,v . ' vrrgiuia Fields getting sijf .weeks leave from-20th-Tpx to return to England for liblidays. ' Mddefciine.'Carrbll at .preview of 'GardPii of Allah,'"'as a member of Jpck Whitney's pikr^. Benita Hvime making arrangements to return'to £hgltfi:id for. the'Gorohar tipn.; ■ , ■ ■ 'i^ . Alan Mowbray hanging a huge oil paiinting bf Jt&g ^tklwar'd ^lll iii hupting cbstuipe in .his new/billiard iroom, ;-^. ' "' . ' :'. Ida Lupinp dancing-at:the Am - s^dbr iwith Louis Hay ward. ■Wendy-Barrie-'showing;- film Cplony sights to: Max Aitken, son of 'Lord. Beayerbropk. James Whale isicouting the Cpast universities foif a college yputh to play the lead, ip 'The Road jEjack/ , Binnie .Barnies, returning from' her first visit -to the Grand Canybn, Major Sam Harris spending his free time in Santa Barbara. . CJharles Irwirii Charlie AUsti , Billy Bevins, G. . Huntley, Jr.; Ian Hunter and Frieda Inescourt oh loca- tion at Vumia with 'Another Dawn' .company.;. Kathleen and. Gene Lockhart held a housewarini Ian Hunter testing for thb role pf Mileis Handan in 'The Prihcp and the Pauper.' <Wb). Sydniey; Oct; 14. Sir- Ben Fuller arrived .back from New Zealand .fbUbwing failure to clinch a deal bptween FuUer-Hay- ward and C. Williamson Picture Corp. for ia. merger pf. the two cir- cuits.-. Deal was so clbs6: to. being on that Sir Ben took, his own attorney (Linr ton WilliamsV oyier with hirn, and trayelled bjh the same boat as John Tait. $ir>.Ben. says, it anticiiAted that a. .dea(l. wriU .be jpade.^^^^^ the nbar:future, however." 'Neither side could se.^ eye-toi-eye on one or two points, but neither side.- has; clpsed. its ,dPprs to each bther,' says Sir Beiu Beaumont. Smithvand J. C. William- soh, have been io some huddles with Fuller-Hayward and it is.iihticiipated that k deal .will actually eventuate. Sir Beii made a rush trip to New Zealand.^ .to, close with .WiUlamsbni, and tfaeh fushed bacK'to AiliKr^ , On the day. Sir Ben returned from New Zealand,.', .annbuhceiiipnit WaS' nuide »that Fbx-Hoyts V had biOUght into the Moodabe^- Brottiers^ New Zealand circuit.; Annbuhcemerit was made by Walter Hutchiiisbn tp the effPct that Stanley Crick, Fox, and Charles Munrb rliad acquired, ah in terest in the chain, and that control of ' the ■;brgantzatioh --Wpvld.- Yennaih with Mbpdab^s.. . . - Fidler-Hayward-WiUiamson link'is. desired to give some opposition to the Fox-Hby^-Moodabe' dibrge,;' - pecialiy ''ihe question' of pijc supplies. "Moodab'es will continue, with Fox prbi^uct as 'usUaC ' and Fuller-Hayward this week, set ,the, Metro pix.*^ : J»v C. ?WilUaiW and Fuller-Hayward have- also > bought the entire Output pf -'United. Artistis, y^lith .this deal going.^through Beau- nioiit Smith." " ' ' Frisco Okay in S. Afr. CjjpPtbwh, Oct. 12. Metre's 'San. Francisco' is doing this town's, best business^ iim Was put over for two weeks at the Plaaa. Doing mat and evening . show- daily, picture is attracting ibxcellent attendance; BERLIN JCL PROGRAiyi' blverise Items On Jewish League ^ List In BerUDL Berlin, Oct. 2!>. Verdi's *Bal M'asqUe,* staged by Dr.' Ktirt; inger urider.the musical di- rection of H. W. Steinberg is ci^ji:brit at the Theatrb Kommahdahten Sir< and a big hitr Oilier iteihs Jewish Cul-; tiire Lbague's prpgram, ihbliide: Isa; ICremei*, known in the States, singing , internatibnai chansphs at the Bach Saai. Cabar<ei perfprmahce under Max EhrlicK-Willy Rpsen has shifted frpin the Cafe Leon tb the Schumann Saai. New pffering is a reyuer'Vorhahg Auf' ,('Rai$e the (iurtain'), given twice Weekly^ Alexander kipnis ' iareweU concert - befbre tiildng ^up ' his .new Opera, his repertoire ihcluding^W:prks: from Bach, Brahms, Greig," Fuchs, Rb^ki' , and Mpritz^- in. addition^ to Yiddish and . Ituissian foik^^^^s^^^ Translation of Nathan ;iBistri^^^ 'Schabbathai Zwi' is ih rehearsal and to bp given in November. This play Was- recently preiniered in Hebrew at the Ohel in Tel-Aviy. Another, preriiiere set tor Noyeni- ber is Stravinski's ^^'Geschichte^ vom Soldat^ii' CStonr of a Soldier'). STEIN'S AMERICAN Bai TOR aOSVildR HOUSE London,'Nov.- Jules - Stein has. - booked an alU. .American., cabaret. shbW into the Grpsvehor Hbiise, -bpiening' in toe- ceniber for fqw 'week?. Show .comprises' Lou. Hoitz, Jackie Heller, Marip and Flora and IPahsy. Latter,> prop horse, hias ■ rie- named Felix for' the LPridph shPW-': ihg; ":y^: • ;■ .;■ . .J. " Stei . also haS: set the*: De. Marpbs,; for , ^ rosvenoir : for. eight .We^ tee^i,.. JjT(g: Jhe.,end.. ..p^^^^^ being a Cbro'natibn hbokihg.' Race on Title Lbnjlop,; Qci 25: rivate war is pri. between British LiPri .and Joe Rpck, both; ui\its- being in productiori .with features titled 'Cailing; Ail Stars,' in which radio, screen and vaudeville favorites will appear. , British ' Lipn i official stateinerii claiming aigreemeht had been reachied; "wxih; themselves fetai ing, t'he Rock^ however, dPriies this, ; Both are racing pi-odiiction tb get there; fii^st, with odds at presbrit on Britisii. Lion. Zane Grey Pic Eeady ' Sydney, Oct. 6. 'White Death,' , Zane Grey's film made here, cpme$ into the M(ayfair at the conclusion of 'Small Town Girl' (M-G) for Snider-Dean. Pic was slated to ojpen last week, but the produciers, did not hdve it quite ready. ' ' 5TH PALESTINE LEGIT W> MOSTLY EXn^ Jerusalem, Oct. 14. Another. theatre grioup, Paiestine's fifthf wUpped into M^. pantel who is jiSstrjiii from Paris, ^sented '^<>P*te* 'W . halfrfiill house ui .Haljfa. •Outfit jn^udes sev eral fpriner stars thirpwh. out of Ger- many. . Daifiiel says that he has . slated Raphael Elias's' 'The Last' Stallion,' a mPderri^ opiis witH a Zibnist mes- siage; Martin Rbst^s.. 'Npah> ArV ijydtrjEktriipderh fantasy bjtiiied on the .biblical; story, and Avlgdbr.Hairiieri's World War driama "tbA Big Craic;'. Rehears^lis . tor - Sheridan's 'School for r Scandal' V to comtrieri'ce; shortly;. . Anvil staff Includes, ;K. Cbnstan- ti , , formierly Pf Stuttgaiirt and^ Kagen.' As toDdon Prbdiicer OK Paris, Lui i Fr^ddi, charged by li under the. Ministiry: of Propaganda, tp iriate the efforts Italian film industry, slipped through I»iari^ earlier tliis;week on his way to London, stopping ohiy tong. enougli to. contact the persons he hopes, tp negotiate Vith on hii return. 'I'm here for a very he said .when tound,^'but. I'm coming;, back .to 'Paris; on my way to Rome, I arn takin vthis trip tb study actual state of French arid; English productibn and develop: ari exbhange of fllihs betweeri these two countries ahd.. my own. 'Btoriey " ;.' -in our. country, as ybu knpw, and cannpt cross bur fronti $0 I airi going to prppbsp to the fii^ iihiat have TMbipte^ it^ly to Use these funds to produce fllriis iri bur studios. Orice' the rfilms are finished, the firms may isppse': bf the neigative they wish—exploit ii thrpughput thb world. ♦Accord' : 'An .ac<»rd • has already , bieen rea:ched albng ihe$e .liries with Walr ter Wangeri who Will make a filni with SylVia Sidney, dthers .will Ibl- Ipw, 'withput dpiiibt.* Ski far 'SO good;' biil^^ Freddl nothing to say abbut the Ajrierican firms who do not want to producb i Italy. iNot a single; Ariiericaii concern is sending JUms. into Italy and Won't unless a different arrange- ment .than the existing one can be obtained, they claim. Freddl waved''asidP poirited quesr ttons along these lines, stating the Aflvericans -would 'cbarige theirs minds.' -:r- .. .-Lbridon, .ITov.--^ Marc Connelly bdwed in as a .legit producer in Eniglaiiid Tuesday ight (27)' by presenting ;'Till the Cows Come Hoipe,'light coriiedy by Geof- frey Kerr at St. .Martins. Witty, with a gppdly share'of laughs, but weak in plot. First-riighters gave it a hearty. receptiPn. " Leslie Banks and Adtienrie' Allen head a strong cast.';-, -.'All in Marriage* opened at the rCpmedy, ^Wednesday ,(28). _ It; is -a pleasing -but anaemic -tomedy i by, Aurania. ;Rouyerol aind l^mile ;L^tI.eii'. Urili to ' fair. ■u. Her Naiii^ in Hi$ l^ay .- '■■> . ";.'Paris,,. Oct.- • ' Maurice. Rpsiand, ; French^ drarna-. tist, "is 'beirig sued in a: Paris court for J $10;0()0 by ,the, (Jo'ihtess? de War^squiel biecau^e , of a nameHe' used in his play ^archands de Can- nons' ('Merchants pf Guns').: - When the play was first; produced in 1933 an urisympatheiic chariaicter was called Comte de Warbsquiel. Soon after the first night a protest was lodged ' arid the .haine was changed to yillequiel. Cpmtesse Was not satiisfied, ^ and;is clairii- ing damagesi ^ ' Ben Miggins in U, S. Benjanii Miggi , manager tor 20th Gentiify-Fox- in continental Europe,' is here , on A 3-weeks' stay on company business. On his return journey he will meet Walter Hutch- inson, foreign.sales chief of th^ com- pany, in'Cairo.- -Hiitcihii^^^^ /'a .world tour tor the cp'mpahy; Lp^dbrii, Oct. 25^. Cy Laridry off. to ^arls to play ABC theatre; Vic. Olivbr due to arrive Jan. ' . Vermilllori; with four girl :truriipete.rs and pianist booked' for Australia,' ppeniri^;Apr. 26. Jules Stein pfl-to Paris 8^ Buda- 'pest- ■ . : Sophib Tucker is. godmother . tb Dave Magriall's sonV : Former is cap- tain of ^theMiUwall Fpotball Club. .. , ' Charlie Tucker . set Hal Menken fpr a new .Tom Arnold rbad show, with 12 weeks 'guarariieed.r Jules Bledsoe to do four broadcastis for EIritish Broadcasting Corp. Framieis iDiay Mmflere^^^ shock when her car came; in'collision; with another eh routes to Southampton« Ben Goetz itere Onice iriore. GERMAN DRIVE FOR OLD-AGE HOME COIN ho'mes ■ effort to provide actorsi somewhat .^imilar tp' nieth'Pds usbd '' liri the States/b:r.^the'N._;y. .A.\.^, fachschaft Artisti . decreed hence.toi:th on Oct. 27 eyery the entire gross receipt*! Of all hpuses; ° circus -and. c^^ must gp to; . vbay pit the^.German Vau yilliari*; fund. V Estimated that on Oct. 27 about; 8,000 acts over the "Reich will forego their sajary,' Five hbrpes ' will. ~e built, the first i .Berlin, eachihoThe to hold 150 aged actors witb ; their farii'ilies,, arid each ' to include; 10 guest rooms, for;;needy actors goi thrpugh the town or ■''n yacatibn. Also, proposed to build reheaisal gymniasiums irid. educatiorial hpxnes for actors' children. Mex Censor Board Mexico Ciity, Nov; . Mexico's .first national, fiim censor-; ship board is now in iactibri.: All pics, imported and domestic, must- viewed by it. , Board comprises three men pit by the Mi istry of the Iriteri