Variety (Jan 1937)

VARIETY P I C t II R E S Wedhesdilyv January €, 19CT UtEIffiAR OF CURRENT RELEJISES Mix. (Continued irbm page 61,) Meo of the Plains (Coiotiy). Western.- £15 rnins. Rev, Sept; 36. Prison Shadows (Purltatn). prize rlrig story, Bpb HUl. 67 inliis, Riev. Sept, 2. Riding Avenger (Division)/ ' Wes^ Frfiiser> .60.. ins; Rev; July 15.- Song of Ciijnav li'jKe ^MbLesin)^ Yaii. ..>60: inins. JRev; Nov. , Traitor;^-l^hi^-. (Puritan).. -Modern day western, Tim' McCoy, JJiri SV^'Netlfeld... (^^^ mins, . Rftl, Aug, 29. Rev. Nov, 4. TraU.s~. of-the. Wild (Syndicate), .K^rmit Mayhar'd western.. Dir. 53 lAiu^. -BeVy :pec.'liSvk,--' .Foreigiii Laniguage Films (Moist of these aroiiabIc itiith Eng(ish .titles) Abyssihia .;(Rus$) (Antkino). War record. 63'miris. Dec. •. Alia en RancHo'Grande (Sp). Mexican musical. Tito Giilzar. de'f'uentes: 90 iiiinsi: .JRel. Nov. 15. Bev. Dec, 2, A mo Te-Spla: (It). (Nuoyq.M6hdo), LoVe Under haindicdp. hi . Harry L6 Mlng^ Rev. Dec.' 16. Dir; Fernando Mario Mat- rtc Uing: . Georg Korscti-' iSO inina. 99.. mins; 89 (Germanla). Cinderella a^iain, with Eggerth, Dir. Qeza yon Bolvary. 98 tiotl. 7S mins. ,Bel. Jjily 15. B6v, July 22. Amour-de Tonlr' .Les ' (^r) (Metropolis);. Heavy $0 . miiis: Bel. Nov, 1, Rev..N6v. is. Anna' (Bus^) (Amkino). . Love, and: intri 90 •.midS,;.. RpL j;uly, 4. \ft Anna'tindi Ellsabe'tfi (Ger) (Casino). Heavy' drama. Hertha Thlele, Dorothea' Wiecke.' Dir. Frank Wysbar. 70 minis. Rel. Jiine I. ' Bev. July l. Asl Es'Ed iivtnjer (Sp), rpthy .romance.- Dir.-Jose Bbhr. 70 n^iUS. Bel; Oct, Is! Az UJ iFopid^selr (Hung); " Seml-Jiislorical Dir. Bela GaalV mihs, Bel;, Sept..-IS,.,: V " . ; Baratsiigois AribQt'.Kejrieilc (Hung) (Danubia).Bomaiattc farce. S2loke Szakail. 70 : ^inmsVr:Bel.r Oct, a, , '., '.i ' Barbl^ir jle .^SevWeVi Le (Fr) (Franco) Bbsstni's' opera, Andre' Bauge. tr. 'j(^n BarcairOie '(Wfe).(Qeir); . .Offenbach's bpeira. roehlich. NfelMS^,; 83" mins^. ,. Be'fehl'^lsfc bibi^ebl.XGer) .'(Casino).: Army farce, : Weiss Ferdl, ' ■■..7()i;-;iti^,,..Bel..,,l|Ipvv,.15; Ilet(«rsta4eBlt,i^D«r (Gejr^(Ufa)Millocker's opera. Marikka Bokk, .. .J^copy^"^'?^ troblajlaii.'(BiiuS)' (Airiklno)^. Life..In. Soviet's;Jewish .coloby. v:S9bllii*,;||4;'rtins.^ ;;Rer. ^ O Bolek jwd.£dlffk :(PoI)yX%^ Dir. J. Boseh. 87 mihs. rBW^Jjffl^ . ' CaIandf&°ji:^'i^(Sl^^^ .Bdman^. oi a singer.. ; Fernando de FuerteS; Calv4ilolile:t^i|k;:£9pds«, i^^^ Mexican sentimental drama. IMr. Juan di-bl. ,;70;vrrtilM;i: Bfel JSepV-15^^^^^^^^^^ Campii'Oijf Ji^ Story- by Mussolini about Napoleon. Dlif. CapeUoVli^4rrft^^^^ Farce. Dir. lOarlo Camerlhl.. to Clboideifcti^; (Fiy';(i^raiii5islJ). ^ Pi^^^ Claude iUta. 60 mlus. BeL Sept. 19. Cleca'dl .Soirew^^ ' (It) ' (NUovb Molido). , FrOm MastrlabVs classic. -Ntmi^of.^ala^m^^ Bel. Aug. 1. Bev. Aug. 5. CleUtQ .|JjlBdorj[Sp)i,;M^ romance.' 6'Quigley. 80 niins. Bel. ,?:NoiyV;lv-.>v--.:' .v^v. ■ ■ i«i6^i^.-iHv^e) ■ (Danubla). . |Bel*.3Jee^,;i^-Bey.0Dec; 16,; ■■ " .- , , . Eln Atilo;*ii(«>^ (Germanla). Musical fatce .niji*^;^*^^ I. BeV: Aug. 12. . l)l^<|;;^lBf%IC|i)^ M«edeL;(Ger) iinausie5:&f<$M8i«v.'^ Martha :.3nndns^ ^el; Dec?. 1» Bev. Dee. 16; Eliie Ffajiin^e;^^^ (G^r) (Ciistno). Frbm Oscar Straiiiss'operetta. 1J^.y>!ip^^ mins. BeL July lS.' Bev. July.22. Ember;M'lpC Ajbtt Laszlo Va^da, 75 :hiln^y-'^t.tl?pyi_..l5^^^^ V. ■■ ' Fahrt'J)r|.,d^fr.i.Ui^ .^(Gelrji (Casino). Farce comedy; Carl Boese; 80 ■ -1^^ <y9itmt^9iit»«t^c(ft)^(j^^^ Angelo Musco. it. /.Aioaeto P^l^tthf.':^^^^^^^ Bey, July 15. ririesemlte^^ CG<ir). .iNazi prbifaganda; * Dit. Werner Kortwich. mins. Bel. • vpetj: i5;-_.Bev;:Oct.v28:* ■■ ■ ■ CaiiTfe: Welt rDcebt pichriim^ Ltebe^; ie (Ger). Mystery-romaihci^. Charlotte ';S.USa. 80 ttUns. ;Bel, Novi 15.; GesoziEavUa'Sposa^GAribaldlna (It): Italian Joan biC Arc, Dir; lassettl. 75 ' n^ins/.. Bel.rOct: IS. , fi^ :GlaeckspUze..(Gef)' (C9Slnd).- Drama of adoles<%nce. ► ao.iAins*' BeU Oct.151. Grenzfeuti)r .![Ger)-(Z1ViCker)< Intrigue in tlie Alps. ir.'Hans Beck-Gaden. 85 .ihins^ BeI, ;D^Civl5. .BeV. Deic.,30;-v ' . ■ Gypsies (Buss)V(AmkiiiO). Saga of cbliective farms., Dir. Evgenl Schneider. M. ;;6W(^blatt: v a9 it^ins. BieL July 15. Bev. Aug. 5: Haro)nk.Sjii^katay^:(Hutig) (Danubla). Bomance of colleglates. Dir. Laszlo Vajda, ' i^Cl.inlnsi'Bel. Dec. 15. Bev. Dec. 30. V : elssw: .Bllifr;:;(^ MarlWca Boekk. Georg . Ja^^iby. Wjnias. .JSel, Sept. 15. t ; ., Ich'Sen^e MtCh Nach.Dlr ^tGet-) (Casino). Backstage bpeiratics. Louis Graveurie. • iGamilla Honi.v. 90 mins. Dir. Johannes Biemann. Bel. Sept. 1. Rev. ■i'^imt^^. 'A^^:..'.., ■ . . ■ ■ ■ < lrma/ :X*. Mal4 (S 80 mins, Rel. M$tln.jMTahlii Nlbht':^^ (Ger). . Domestic, comic complicatiotxs. \G^rg:'jacOby. .7$.nvihs.. BeL.Dec. 1. Bev. Dec. 9J Junge?Gittfff 'Der (tTfa)v Light comedy with music. Anny Ondra. Karl ^ Lafttac: ',^ mins.;: Bel.; Dec. 1. Bev. Dec. 16. Kak64;'0r0ihos> Q ;(Gr)> Heavy drama. 77 mins. Rel. Oct. 15. Bev. Oct. 28. KampfJfDer (Buss) (Amkihb). German-language story of Hitler cruelties, Dir, vGustav Wangenheira, 86 -mins, Bel. Sept, 1. Rev. Sept. 16. Keitliesae Beroi4de>>.I4. (F«V. (T^ Cbmeidy spec. Dir. Jacdues Feyder, .99 . .. ■iiMhs,.:Bel/5ept,>15..>-^e^^^^ .,• ^f'esSS^nemew:^n iGeryy (tJf&hj^^^^ Herljert Maisch. 80 . ^ '-miiis. Bel; Oct; 15.1 Bev. Nov. 11, Lacrlmme e SOrrlst (It) (DuWorld). Martial mixups; ir. Baffaellb Matarazzo. V 57 jjiiiiis; Bel, DecV IS.-Bev. Dec.. 30. . ; La t'AlomA'(Ger) (Casino):Musical.. Chas. Kullman. Leo Slezak. fCarl H^insr Mairtln.. 85 mins.' 'Bel. Oct. 15.' BeV. Oct. 28. ■■■ Legy. Jo'Mindhalallg (HUng) (Danubla). Life Jh a children's school. ir. Istvan \S4eke)y; .75 mins. Bel. Oct. 15,; Bev...Oct. 28. Lefcete Bos<r (Ger) (Casino), Operetta based -oh 'Martha/ Anton. ■ SO .ihlns.; . Bel. G<rt.- .L Bev, O . , LlebesUlkte' (Ger) (Tobis), Drania of . modem life. Renate Mueller,- 6ustav ■ Froehlicli.'.-Dir; Eric Waschheck. 95 mihs, Bel. Oct. ■ 1; Bev. Oct. 7. Llebe.srohiah'lin' Raiise Hapsburg. (Ger) (Casino). Historical itemi Dir. Willi . Wolif; ...Si m Lied Gelit am Die Wflt (Ger) (Tobis), Mu^ibali Joseph Schmidt. .; ard'; Oswald.. ;60 mln», Bel Sept, 15 Bev, Sept; 30. LaeljStontmersf (It) jNugvo Mohdb); BafQes lives again. Dir. illar. ' 72 mins. ' Bel. ; June . 15, Bev; July 1.. Madrea del Muhdo (S^p): 'Bbmancti, .made in Mexicbi Rlnaldo Aguilar: ' 80 "mins'. H^\. Augf K: Manewry.:MUb$ne (Polish). Operetta . •NowlnafPrzybylski, . iUs.: :vNov. l;-Bfev.-NoV;-:18.T '-^"'■;. - Mat^rNostra (Sp) (Mexican drama). Din; Gabriel Sora. 70 .mins; Bel;. Sept. 1. Mein Llebster ist Ebi: Jaeee'Aianh (Ger) (Casino). <01d^fashioned farce. : Leo Sletsak. Dlri Walter Kolm. 8& mins. Bel. Sept. 1; Bev. Sept. 18. * ' MeseantO (Hung) (Damibia).' Cinderella in Budapest.; Bela Gaal. 90 rnins. •BeL-Nbv.-l,' Bev. Nov. 18. v.. •■ ' ■ MiserabUs,. Les (Fr) (Franco-American). Hugo's classic; Harry ,Baur. . - Baymbnd Bernard.. .162 mins. Bel. Oct. 15. BeV. Nov. 4;' Miieder ThfeodOr: Der-(Ger)'. Backstage farce,. Weiss Ferdl; Dir.. .Hart • lahi r* mihs.. Bel. Oct.' 15^ Bev. Oct. 28, Mujer' del Puerto, La ($p),I^e In Mexico. Dir. Arcady .Aug. 15.' Matiger SieiptahreiV Der. (Ger) (CastooV. tahat;' : mhte/Bifel, ^r6v.'15. Bev Nov. 25. Mysterie9.^9( NQtr^. Dame ;(Fr) (DuWorld). Probably ■ traveloguaiv..65l mins." Bel. Oct, 15.' Bev. Nby. 4. .., Ne SIri JEdes^nyaiir (Hung) : (Danubla); Faith-healing at the Dirl ^Bela BaiQgh. 60 mins. Biel. Nov. 15. Bev. Nbv, 25^ NlghiUaf ale (Bus^^ First Moscow color-film. Dir. miDS, . Bel/.Nov^I. Bev. Nov, 11, Pa'8iMLildan (Sw>'(Scandinavian). Bomance, Lars: Hanson.. . laxider.^ Aug.'IS Bev. Sept. 16. Pa^M]Mrik6 lto$So <It) (Nfew. World), It's^a: hard life. Miranda. Brighone. 90 riiins. Bel, Aug, .15. Bev. Sept; 9.1 70 mi Hans ' Depp^.;. .90 described as a ■^95, Gustaf Mo- Guide PotteUi* de Paitt, La (Fr) (Lenauer). Vl^eepy mellier. /Dlr, • BieJ. Jujy I. Rev» July 8. Prlhce f eaiit Le (Fr) (20th). Boyal intrigue.. Natalie Paley; Jean de Mav- 8lue4Qt. 90 mins. Bel. Dee. 1. Bev. Dec. 16. PriTai3ekir0ta«rln. Helratet (Ger) (Zwicker); Bomance- in farce time. Dolly Hia», «* inlns. Bel. IJec. 1. Bey. pec. 9. ,■ Rakoczl Maifch (Hung) (Danubla). Military drama. 82 .mlil^;.BeL Oct, 15. Bev.'Oct. 28. ^ .. . Bevoluttoilliita (Buss) (Amkino). History of early cbinmunist reglrrie. Dir. Vera Stroyeva. Bel. cc, 15. Bev. Dec. 3(>. 1. Carl Dir. Dir. Schlussakkord (G^r) (Ufa). rama. LU DagoVer. 100 miiu. Bev; Sept. 16, Schuesterne Casanova, Der (Ger) (Casino). Bomautlb comedy; Lamac. 60 mins, Bel, Aug. 15, , . Serpente a SonagU (It) (Nuovo Mondo). Murder in a girl's schooL Dlr.Bafaelo Matarazzo. 85 mins, Bel. Aiig. 15; Bev. Aug.: 19.. SherDevil Island (Sp) (FD). ;Mexicah-made drama. Dir. Baphael Sevllla. 6S mins, Bel. Aug. 15. BeV. Aug. 16. ■ . Slalqm (AUBt) (DuWorld), Life;and love , Arnold Fanck, 67 mihs. Bel, Dec, 15. Bev. Dec. 23. . , ■ Sodefkakar (Sw> (ScandinaViah). Musical; Edyirard Person. Ir. Weyler Hilde-^ . . brand, 80 mins. BeL Dec. 15. Bev. Dec; 23, Soldaten Karemadet^ (Ger) (Zwicker). Teutonic propaganda. ir. Turn Hup- pertz: : 90: hiins,. Bel.. Oct. I. Bev. Oct. 7. ■ v . Song of China. (Chinese) (MacLeah). Drama in the Orient," if. Lo Ming-Yau. 60 hiihs. Bel. NOV. 1. Bev. Nov. 11. Son of Mpngolla (Buss) (Amkino). Propaganda of the. Mbngollan sector. ,1, .Tfauberg. lOS mlns. Bel. N0v, -I5.. Bev. Nov. 25. Stut^en der Geaellsctaaft (Ger). (Ufa). Ibsen's oldie in a new version. Detlef Slerck. . 80 mins. Bel.. Nov. 1. Bev, Nov. 18, Trauntiiliis (Ger) (Tobls). Heavy drama. Emil Jahuings.. 105 mihs. Bel; Sept. 15. Bev. Sept. . 23. , Ungdoni Av I Dag (Sw) (Par). Domeslic comedy. Anne-Marie Bruhiiis; . , P A. Brahneri; 83 mins. Bel. June 15.; Bev. Jiily 1, i;.S.S;R; Newsreel (Buss) (Amklnb). Late news events spiced Into feature; 87 mihs Bel. June 15.' Bev. July 8. .Varan pojke ; (Sw) (Scandinavian), Romance. . Edvard Person.. Arne Bornebusch. .93. mins. Rel. Oct. 1. Rev.. Oct. 21. , Verlorehe Tal, Das (Ger) (Casino). Love in the mountains; . Edmuhd Heu' berger; IDO mins. Bel. May 15. . Rev. July 1. Wackere Schastiermeister (Ge^) (Germanla), ~ Farce., mihs; Bel. July 1;. Bev. July 15. Waldwinter (Ger) (Ufa). Love in the; niihs; - Bel. Nov. 1. Bev. Nov. 18. Walzer fuer Dlcft;- ELh (Ger) (Casino); MuslcaV fantasy. Louis .Graveure, . miUa Hbrn> DW Georg Zbch; 90 mins. Bel. Sept; 15. Rev.. Oct.. 7. Welberrcgiment (Ger) (Ufa) Military comedy. Dh^ Karl Bitter; 90 mins. : .; Bel. Sept; 15, Bev, Sept, 16 Wehn Def Habh. Kraeht .(Ger) (Casino); ^PtoeK- Hch, 60 niins. Bel, Nov. ,15, . : . Yellow Crnlse (FT) (Tapembux); Travelogue;; partly in English. Dir. Leon ' . Polrler, 90 mins. Bel: Nov. 15. Rev, Nbv. ;25. . elnz Wol 90 rit2~ BUch. .90 REMEMBERING WHEN fiy Sid Silveri OHolly^bod, ; 'T remember, when*, ; > these thtee' \V6rds' are miisic; Whist's more .pleas- ure ' than- reminiscing, ' especially: Tyi^eti you're . bam actor and your jfisiyorite subjiect'' is; yourself? Why. you qan't.use jjp on thtis. preseht... , 'I remember .when* . . .. how:,how. fair .back/:~ should J ;go?> i' don't re- meniber 'when .they icailled me - for' work this-morning, . IVe beeh sitting in tny dressing room ..for. fqiir hours and haven't; ma.de a shot; and. they call me ah ftctor! But to go back a-little farther: I remember 192i when a Paul Jorues iurned me from a soprano into a rival for Pppey^ tHie.. Sailor Man^ I ; 'Was 'ai song. 'plugger; working . tor Jack Robbihs. ^*rurhed,- up 'att the Fifty Club at the Ast6r me SatuTr day' night (1: w6rei>.my iuiUal checked suit,;; thipugh .everyphef , else was in dinner ; clothes) and - asked to plug 'Old Fashioned Girl,'; Buddy de Sylya . and .Lou Silvers* hit of . thc year; Sure, they^ said, I could sing thie :hext nunijber; What they, didn't tell . hie; was; that the next number Was . a Paul Jones; I'll bet thai orr chestra. played the chprtis of ,,'Qld Fashioned Girl' 500 times. They play loud ih the Paul. JPnes.' Thtls, I. went in'a tenor and/came .put a bass; :. I was still a. bass in-1922 when, j got a job with Phii Baker, Phil didn't hire me, but the guy . Who sang the fade-out song -in his: act came down with' laryngitis at the last .mipufe, and. I 'was. the . only singer he could find ;in time; to go on £ot the first show. The Ayay, Baker worked his act, ;he play6d accbrdlori solos and gabbed pn .the stage. For the last/, humber he announced, that the ypuhg man who had written a song and dedicated it to him 'was sitting , in the box. He would- like hini to sing if. All this was sup- posed to be impromptu; When the spotlight went on the box, the singer was supposed to ~Stdind tip. embar- rassed, and sing to Baker's accordion accompaniment. I was: embarrassed; all right—but not half so much ds when Baker: started to play. In th^ excitementr he-had forgotten to ask me what kind of a voice I had; The singferv ith laryngitis. had been a tenbt', and Baker staHed out . in his key. I tried to-make it, biit Only a squeaW came oiit. 'What's the matter?' iSaker groaned; from the stage. 'Too ;hlgh,^ I He tried agai , lot lOweir. is timje ; I croaked. 'Too Ibw;' I told himi: / 'Just where dp ypu Baker w^s burned up." Chajnce .Gag Changes: belween,^ '-!. said, kissing the job goodbye." Well, the audiehce was i isles. We finally got through ;the: song, but npbody listened.; Eve;ry- body .'was stiU laughing at- the; dis-. comflture of 'the: .man iri. the box/: By. the time I- got backstage Baker had. decided to change his act. to . a comedy and he kept me on as stoo.ge... ' . 1 was the original stopgc, 'but^; wasn't th6 .only one., ■ .1 remember' 1923 'wh^h; President Harding became , a stooge, , We were playing Washington^ .and the 'Presi-; dent and Mrs. Harding had the box right in back of the one I used tp wbirk the act.. He was a swell audi- ence. .Laughed out loud all through the showi I guess Phil ^vas ehcour-: aged by that.; Anyway, he shouted at me. 'Who is that mah; sitting back of you?' ■ ... I lopked ar6Uhd and with the nerve of a new-borh ham,' I said:- . .'I duniio, but his face is.familiar.' "This got a ;laugh, so I-went Pn. ;'My. name is ' Silvers, what's. yours?' -I haid met ./Harding ' through' Al Jolson dut'uig the presidential:' campaign;; He was Pne of the .straightest shoot- ers , I had . ever jtiet. .. He*'playecl straight that night,* all right. 'My name; is Harding.'; And then came one of the biggest laughs. in: history; 'I'm gliad to know you, Mr.: Hard- itig,'I said; 'What's ypur racket?* . . It Avas th^ next year We •went to' Palm Beach to ' entertain at a party Jimrny Walker .gsiye . at;. the" Alba hotel. . Jimmy -had the Duke of Alba suite,.- a whole fioPir, :.with' balconies. A lot of important political problems, were solved -that flight, and "evety- body Was viery happy. Paiil Block was so happy he gave me-a pair of diamond'cuff links. . The next day Irving Caesar and I becsime collectors; We collected Coronas. ' ' Fall of. the Coronas It was .at a party given in celAra- tion of Old Man Stotesbury's 72d birthday. Caessir 'was .there .to, enter- tai so were Baker, . '.stoogeJ Caesar and I were .waitihg around in a side room, (they topk one ; look :at. me and told the entertainers tP go ahead and get drunk, but not to mihgie with the guests) and hapr pened to stuthble onto a Closet piled .;to. the ceiling .y/ith boxes of; rai'e old Coronas. I. was glad then that my checked siiit had pleats. ,1 could have carried Phil Baker's two aC- cordiohs inside it. It took, me just 24 trips to get those Coronas into the car. When 1 camie.back from the last one, Caesar had foiind where they kept the, champagne. But I' balked at that,; 'After all, I'm a man ,.of hpnpr,' I told Irving. 'You've gotta stop some place.' ' . It wa^. at that party, for Stotes- bury that we' made Irving Berlin ' ia. herpf He had just married /EUin Mackay,;-and w;.as : there as a guest- but standing -arpund on the. outside just the sahie. . It Was as if they had : dared him to come^ahd Berlin with more, talent i is 'little;flnger than the lot'of .them ..could pile, up! To- day, they'd likie to get into HIS circle. < Baker and I took Piie look' :at, Eferlin's gloomy face, and round- ed, up Caesar and Ha^ry RPsehthal. and.: his :.Prchestra, and staged. a ined- ley of .Irving Beirlin's spnigs. Right then, Berlin became the belle of the ball. I remember : in 1929 when Phil Baker Ipst $4,000 i tWo Tplls one nlight at CPkeley's. Al Boasberg and I were; with hirni. After watching: :that bloody, sight, we Walked iaCross the room; just in time to Nick the Greek shoot 1250,000. tP'Afnpld .Rothstein and lose, get . bis hat and clear out Without a flicker of ei-, pression, I remember WhCn .I tppk.'pne.lppk at the bptihcer in:: the iEtoosevelt HPtCl in . Holly wopd and becanie a writer. After I left Baker's act I came to .Holly \yood to be a sensation- in pictures. A lot of people had told me i was fiinny when I had a job, but now that I was broke no- body wanted a comic.' I'd had hig Ideas. Rented a suite at the Roose- velti The morning that I saw thai t bouncer's face, my. hptel bill over 100 bucks, and I had ;4$c in ihy pocket. The first person t ran into oh the boulevard was BUI: Perlberg.,: He's a.; producer at Cplumbia how, but then he Was iii the William Morris agency and I had belied him lahd the job. I hailed him> but he didri't have a minute to talk. Was on his way to; Paramount, he said; . The /studio heeded a sketch for Chevaliei-, and Al kaufmah Was yelUng his head Pit. As soph as Perlberg went Pn, I hopped pn a phpine and spent 5c of my remaining ;48c call Al kaufmah; '/This is Perlberg, in the William Morris oflice,' I said. 'Thii>k I have just Writer for thiil; Chevalier skit; ' N^ is ilvei-.s. One' , .of: the; best., /musical-; Cpmedy minds in-.America,*-., ..(I. had' written a ;ih my life.) Necessity ':the.;Moi]ier;of--^ ikaufthan^ Wprics. Silvers Was - out here : on a vaciation, .1 explained, .and might refuse to go; to Wprk for any doughs But be. wiis the man tbey Wanted. BiU Perib^r nearly dropped; dead wh^h Kaufman' told him to' ,that ;man. Silvers, at any. price. But I got: job; The sketch I Wroter-I had to Write; ohei, didn't I, Mrith that bovini:er hang- ing around—was.''The/Birth- of the Akpiiche pfUtice,' ^nd, it Was.pne of thfe- hits of .'Parahiouni on Parade/ I ;remember. iii 1929, When iihe old- est gag in. the wprld -Worked agai ; Puambuni. assighied me to .write a seCbnd -picture for JBd Wyhn after 'Paramount hh Parade' rang the bell. That . Was just; swell,: except that Ed Wyhn/ didn't, make a siecpnd picture. So: Silvers, screen Writer, Was put of a job in New Yprjc. I didh't have -much nipre thiah .'the original wheh l Went to ask Waited Wangeir for.... ; job in, Para'mount's! Astoria studios. But''t -Spent.;the wad on. limousine and :|cha.uffehr ta drive me tb the plaice. I paid oft the driver -when we arrived, but asked him to wait untU I.-called out to him. .. 'Going to keep me IPng, Walter?' I asked 'Wanger, as. sooh. as. I 'was ushered, into his .Pitiee..';., ■About haU .an hpur,* said. I. leaned ._, ; of ; the windpW yelled tb ' the; driver^ 'You can/gp home noW» Jiimes,*, I bellbWed! 'I'll call you Wheiii I heed •you//- ;/-.••...:'■"■ ■:V --./ :n- Wahger was so impressed thait he gave mie .the joW My, .first assignment; to write a iscript for Geotge Burns ahd Crraci Allen, Now; Gebrge.and GraCie had the stuiff kll writteh; sp all I did . was draw.my check and, say. it was very good, ;Guys' get $3,000;.;;^ week for doing that -but here,; you; knbW, but I diidh't know 1 was worth that ki of money in those .iSays. . it. was along- abbut :1932 that I be- came a ham.; Aher the Astoria sti I .joined Buddy de Sylv^ in writing a/musical'^how. It was a pretty fair script, but We Were in a- panic when ■;-T-four days before the operiuiig—we didn't have a rnan to play the lead- ing comedy, role. Buddy? is. a brave man. 'I'm gPing to take, a chance. .You're going to/ play the part.' ' A Ham for. Life That was . ./shoW, 'Take a ;Chahce»' and- it made me. a. ham for life. I'll :never ■ forget the opening night i Wilrhington. Buddy buoyed me Up with all of-the usual stimu- lants, and stiU-had to pitsh me ou t on. the stage. I/was in a'panic. Fortuhatelyj I didn't have anything to; say When i first got. on^—just had to stand there With my head down,, yhile, tbugh guy gave me a ter- rific bawling' out;. ■ 'Ypu—YOU-^told could be trusted.' 'YOU!! . i YCJU;!' he wound up. ,'Why,' ;ahother actPv' broke bbt . she's a virgin,*: 'Theri ciime 'iny first. lihe. •There ,* I id. 'Always belittling.' Tit 'GOOD EARTH' FOLLOWS lJ«'jNTOA$MR "Good Earth' is slated for: tor, N. Y., befbre the fehd of January but Mbtro watihg for 20th-Fpx to determine just how much longer it will keep 'Lloyds of .London' at the hpusie. Twentieth, which sublet the theatre, is now on 'Si .Week-to- week basis^ With negotiations :iheanr time tb spot 'iilPyds'into Radio City Music Hall, N, y., oh its ilrSt run. Picture would be the second to be taken from 20tb by the Hall this; sea- son in absence Pf the usual selective deal it has had in the past with this distributPr.