Variety (Feb 1938)

VARIETY , .: The • S.Qh.la: Henic ice reyViei ,in six sliows? at the; Jyladispn; Sqiiare Gar- ; deii. encling jyith :'a iriatiheeySaturday; (29)," \vhicb had. not ;b^en : origiria'lly seheduled. .' grossed a ■ ■ reported $156;Opoi; highest Gardtsn; has„ever li^ !on ^ix: jshb\vs of ahy - attractibn-. in'. : its>iiiSt<^T^/: 'About;; ip2,6od saw the Henie ' ;spVctac,le, .which; :k pacity, iind.: mariy paid mbrie : than . the: bpx; b/Tiice; jpric^ .through ;,l)uying; ■'Irpiici'speculators.'■■}•':'■■•.. '";,■■-■■';'■.; ?Sho\v opened Monday niight ■'; (24), three'iiaj's after Miss 'Heriie's.ohew^st piGtiire,. .'Happy; Landing,' ha;d; _gpne /,iht6- ..the .Jlpxy. ■ ...Although: sh^ ' was. appearing in person at :the Giardeni the flfst week of JLahdiing' went be-: ybnd:: original: iexpectatlohs. .to get $^8,000.. This meahs. that the/. 'pUll of the iHtie Norse skating Star, be- . 4\veen. her Garden. engagement an^^^ her picture ait the • Eoxy, totaled, to abaut $214,000. Mor^e. ermine, mint tails were aLracted ta the .Garden, by .th.e IJente 4Ge-*evu'e-thanlby-, apiy. tipn. Mi S. G/ ha^ had; not excluding the h6r«e show.' which M iput the swells. Also, the terrific pull : pi Miss Henie and: her; skating, creiy ' trought heavy business to Jadk bsrnpsey's. an.d all other jiearby ;r6s-' taiti^ts. garagesi parking spaos etc; ; Never "beforey did the; Garden- have as many:;:telephone . inquiries-' about ,vtiickets, .sho.ws, . etc. -CiaHs .,rah to as: hii^ ak 3,700 in one day, creating iireubie for .the; Columbus . exchaitgb wh^h finally: refiised to Handle aii ■.exsesis :of'-v calls'; ■■' Miss Henie took but : about $iBP,pOQ: .hei:.;bit bri thc N/ Y. engaigement. Fijiired on her tpiir of six cities ishe ■will get^aboiit $300,000; S«iUa's Hub Sellout :; .■■■'.'•">■;■;■■' . Boston, Feb. .1. ; Tibketis :for •:Spn3a :Hini(B;.arid; he;r ikoilywood Ice Reyue went ;on . sale, at the Boston Garden- Monday (24); 'anct. Wednesday ^(27) , all :generai Vlrnish tix: .at 75 cents. artd aU. $1,10 and '$il;65 seats,' excepting for a .feWr choice Ibcatioris, were sold'out/ for ,Fe!D>2-6.• Gpiiliictihg wOrd of mOuth, hews-' ■ p^^'sr ads and; press releases brOiight doubt tp; the publit. ^ Word pf mouth is. spi-eading all spld put, whiW; hews-^ pa.ljer'ads ask the,i)ubiic.tb di rumors to that ereebt, for there are, /g.bbd seats avaiiible?^^ ; Press re- Irases say practically i^^^^ out. .' Tbsitiyely No' signs. and papers lisve been conspicuously pbsted; with —n»4«^5agfW.-thatr:no-lMe±ti3^ rcssrvatiOns: w be givien ■or: ac^ knp wlc Molier^ and Hollywood ;; ^ ^Pans,:/Jan:: 25.; ./ Heirs to Rbbert .de. F^ cis de. Crbi^set, .;late. ;coinbinc of; Parisian ■ playwrights;v • have: fijially- sttaightened out Ibgal difficulties on 'Life arid Lpves/pfMoiiew' scenarib ivirritten: by/ 'dramatists Spme ;. time ago. Bids are being made here; but r>b' decisipi> will be ^madb MOtil -sbpy sent to Hollywppd has' Brought back reaction of: Uv $, prpducers . to, idea' •of -.filni. ■■[ the great Fi-ench s^^ tIrist.-',V ' ■ ' 'rV':. Lasso Lessons! : Holly wood; Feb.;! r Will . Hays is taking; a;!sagev . brush course from .ho "less ; an authority, thari- Wiil -jahies, cbw- bby, author and artist.' Sessions Were.laimched: at -Ha afiter James, regarded as an au-'v thodty on the. subject, ;com-' •plained: that - there; has been lit^ tie ialccuracy in-.Westetri: pictures '.isince'^the retirement of : William i;!5.vHart; ;-:':;■••'■.;•.• :' .y;:. ::' : . Because of boOhi ^ in :;.screen. giddyajppers;; Hays has- hecbme.v interested iii; what the author-- :'.artist hais ;tb•-sa^y.■^•■ l.y'■;. / : > ■; Hpllywo;Pd, Feb;;!/ : Apjifbachea ■' ::by.^^1^ . hahdling- Hollywood end oh ■ 'Moliere,' Bob Flprey, French director at Pan; .said he 'bouldii't/give him: ahy idea" whom tb:;submit :it-; tp.;:' Says the s<^^ won't, hiave ■ chance unless he changes thb writer's name: .; Flprey believes nobody in ;Hplly wood eyer hieard- bt^MoUere; . .;'.:,■ ; Ajsrency's Wholesale leers. ; Blli Burton, ipf RpckWell-6'Keefe,. - . lia ii b eeh-"desighated^eoileetop-6f-ice- Bl:aters. for the.. N. Y. and Hellywppd^ iaSvncy, which is garnering .chilled. ;cr"iere"s on ;whole£are scale. • V Gttice now has 15 bladers' and: Is ee'arching fOir. .nibre since;' internaf^ .tioha.l.;publicity has premiumed the c::Uing._ ':: ■;■.;• :;■;•■■■■:•-•;': ;,.:.•;•..-"■-■•• ..Roc'kwell ;bffice ,. plans invading cai niyals^ fair.s, e.tc;j this coming isckr .: with its ice. cre\y.: GfQwth' .o'f use in films .is artpthe^ Book- ers alio; have a regular.; ice carnival show at New.-Yorker hotel,; 'whibh ■S." ■■ . '••:■■'. '. ' .:■:;.■■■" •■: ' " ■y' Hbllywood, Feb. i, •: MerVyn: /LeRpy,: : currently,- yaca- tioniitig' in .: Arizona, . Will • make One other MetrO'. pic; bh his - .retai:h to town, ■ before . preparihg. for ;his first: Fernaiid Qraiyet wietrb film, rej^^ bii ^ which , haye been ; Very . contra- ; dictory. RumOrs have Had Gravet linked with jeanette^' M^^ or Luise. Rainer -or : Laria.}.Turner,. for first Metrb pici with any, nurnber; of subjects' hieing; tail^ LeROy had intended originally tb make' G^'ayet's^first. Metro p ffoiti Wailter Reisch'^ . original, titled 'La! Fayette.' ;- Idea Had. . been; Gravet's own, 'and Jacqiies Theryi and. :Julien; Puviviesr; were': aksignbd. to. deyelop. script. With last named slatbd to direictj; . GraveV .iall his.;films;to be directed- by L^^ piersonally, but 'dlie tb his heavy .load in getting .his ^etro unit started,; Gravet accepted an outside director, specifically. Duviyie ..Metro;:;: how- ever, decided ;'I^ Fayette' w^^^ be too close' tp ;*Ma'rie 'Antbinette/, as bostutne' pic .or same peripd...; So idea had to ■be;;postponed.' ' ;^^/^^ ;, Three.■ sub jectsvnbw.i^ .Grayet^at^Metro-^iricJude- -V^^ Wplfsph-s'^'Excursi ,- 'Maiden.iVpy- age*! and . *Lacighihg Woniaii,* latter Appearing: tb /. hayb, inner track.. 'Laughing ; Wbrnan'- is based bn, life and Ipves. bf Henri Gaudier'-Brzeska; Ei:ancorEoJ.U5h.ljs.ciapi,(yi if LeRoy decides on it ■ wbuld put; Gravet int first serious .American .rple, after twb musibais, .'King arid the Chorus; Girl' ahC''Fobls/E\jr : £|cahdai/. :.'■ ;■: ■ Gravet . returns; from France .!ri April, LeRby: returns from; Arizona next week. • Holly\vood, Feb/^^^1^^^ Three filni; village groups are ^..c^^ TentlyTTTiullingrida^ here :.of., as .niiahy : homes for needy actors Similar to the Percy G, Wil- liam home for stage .thesps oh Long Islz^hd; Liubilie' Gleiasoh,; spokesman for the newest ;pi'pjeci,. teyealed^ Thursday (27): that bommittee '.com-; po^bd'bf; herself,. Jeian HershpU,; Ivan Sinpipson, Morgan .Wallaice and Joan; Crawforid would ; ^tart. inyestigation o£ prospective: site's;; immed fol- iowing' the. Jwturh Of Miss. Graw^brd ■frpm:.u):e east^-;. i^^' ■ :■■ ': .. Meanwhile,: the Troupers , .hav0 beiin engaged in a fcmd-raising cam- paign tor; a NatiOniEil Troupers Aome for several nionths^ while; blueprints for ah actors' center .and home, being fbster.ed . fcy;.; group ■ headed, by Matt- Brooks ^ndEdd^^ scriptei-s, are ialready; bctfpire . the .ti. A. City: Cbuhcii wiith a,petition fpt:. the TezOhihg ;of;;a. site: ih Westwobd.' Atlanta, Feb. 1. : "Ted Teddyi IldllyWppd indie prp-; diicer here to mike twb-reiel fieaf: furette::med tGbnc With; the "Wind ObuntryVahd.temporarUy :st ihj unction/granted/ Selzhlck-Interha.- tional Pictiires, is occupyinig his time? by. making: a one-reeler depicting life: and career of Heni^: WobdfiH Grjady, beloved Dixie journalist/and; author^ —•ArrarigiemehtS;^hay4-i3een distribute short throughout Dixie; not; pnly.,io .theatreis but: t cblleges, : churches /and institutions which do ript have stanidard si'.ie pro-, jectipn ;equipage./.;. ■ ■ ■■ / --riearirig:. bn.,SelznickLiC^^ permanent injunction .against Tod- dy's usb of -Gone With thie vWind GoUntry' ias title of : his /featurette will be,.held ?e^ Fulton su- perior fcourt.: ;. " Mil floniestea^^ Bought iiriiiim, Pa^ Feb;, .1. / The bDj'hppd : home of Tom/Mix/ llliii artd tirciis> stai'. Was ..sbld. at a • s.lierifT's ssle // / . / .bid /Of ;$450,, ' • .Crhieron- 'Goiinly/:'iS.h.eriff;/Cash E. ^I'^nry; an:nbimced.-here;;:. ; • /.{:- 'i:he. original dweiling oh the small f?.: where Mix lived was. destroyed -by. ;fu'ej .The .pi-es'eri.t dNveiling will 1)3 . rempdeicd .into;; a - hunting:.lodge, ac:>ordihg'to Michael Primes whp'bid ■■ .;it j:i :at;'the vbceIit.saie../^;/. ■ •■ : V7:hcn'iViix . was hine^ years eld: the : ^i; X farnily '.ihoyea ./.irbm the: iarni pear-hei-etb Dubbi's,; :P.a. . . Wbl'll lit B« for Kay? HQliywpbd,/Feb>;l. •ITai ;;.Walli!?,' / Warners. .Associate execijttve; i n charge, of prod.uistibn, is scahning three ya'rns in his search of :: script, for. Kay, Francis'/ he starrer/;deisp|te ; fact >lhat/- 'Loyejy Laldy*. was /.sfhedui.cd' foir .hier..moire: tha:n...a' month ago.' Ampng trio under* CGrisideration; . Myron / Brinlg's hbyel.' 'The/'Sisleris;V/ ': ■:./ :/.'i.' /.: ;. William '.kcighley /hos beien ./set;to direct rfcgairdless- of .final choice .'of yarn..■.■'^■; ■•'.,■■ •;•' ■■' I)ineKairt^s Personals^ Alan piriehart/. ■ ;;h6ihg bffered . eastern Vaude. . hoi.|.^e:s . in .,ai . tNy'o-abt y>l' h hi $ wife, Brittone..-Cur- tis "i Allen aigeney' handling. , V, : /.ctoiv wili/db/ a skit, - 'The ;Mean- : est/ Man/; in: the /Wpic"ld,'. ^yh^ch he ir'-cd to db inv vbutie LVyebrs/ago: /b nelvart iiumpbd from .thiat to legit and'thenee to' filrtis. :' ■ .' ' '..: Holly Wood//Feb. l./. :; Juire ClnyWorthv /M player, iiirid :Sid / Rogel],/ :nKQ :/slU<Vib;; m will; be; marrieci;Feb. 6.. in: the parerir. lai hbirie. of the bridertb-b° in Wilkes-: ■Barrie;,Pa; ; •■ ;■.//:/ . j^ i'''.'• '/ ■/Cpuple uWill . hbrieyraObii . New York before returning •:to. the Cpa.st; Lk)uise Br<M)ks*/Divorce T'iiiial Pebv R^imarry / / Wichita, Kas., Feb. 1. ■• Divbrce ; pf Louise Brppks, ; film actress, from. Deierihg Davis; Chii, cago socialite, wilt; become final ^Feb. 9 which will be expiritibn of 60-day ijnut from:timfe;a.cti.bh was filed,/ac^-. cording: to J:udge Robert Ij/ N^^ who heiaird evidence in cise here last iweek.;., ■■ ■■ ..•'■/:•;:■/.■/./• /■•.; :-.v.v'.;.-' ■/Actress, .who had maiden name bf Brooks restore,, left.;immedi:ately for: Holly w.bbd ; tO :ma Hathaway for 'Spawn of 'the Noirth.' Miss: Brpbks, .who: charged gro.ss negiect,^ 'was ' , represented . by.- htr . father, .L.-.P. Brooks,. .She has an- nounced 'that .;s.he wiill l:emarry biit Wiil not i'evcai who'her .husbaiVd will be :Uhtii the divorce bbcbines' final: Gaynpr's N.^^^^^^ / Juliet Gaynpir, IS. in :New Yprlc fpr a; glimpse . itt the. legit 'prbductibn'i •TheV, Star 'Wagon > which David O. .Selznick i will film /as/ her hext. pie- ■tiurip. ■■ ■'■:■■.'■ / ■ ''. ^■■y-'':^' ■ Actress came -here from /Wa.shing- .'ton;;.:;; ■: '■:•'■ ' ../ ■■■ ■■:.:■;../ :.■■'": ers :•■■■,..... ./;,-.\.'^'':- H«lly\ybod., Feb.' 1. : 'Snug Harbor/ has; .bccn^^; h'andecl Zip ri. .'Meyers ' as h is/, fi.i'.st:' ais I .gh m en I un'dtir his heW/Metrp .producing con-; tract.,,: - /':\/. ;'/ . f' . •'V;:..' '^;-''^..'-.;. i/ ' ; Picture . .Will feature: Ray . Bpljyer, with Eddiei.BUzzeirdirecting.' / Frank Buck Jbins Ch.GU5 / ■''■■■■■•■ .Hollywood, Feb. IV : Frank Buck;lieft ever the" week/end to/; jbih ■ ihe / .Ringling / / .; in Florida./;;- . . '.■■ /■.../ Tours with canvas trick; ■■/■.v.'- ^By KADIE' HARRIS.'/-'; Ben Hecht,;l.opking: spmewhat'like' a Gpidwyn 'foily' himself, in a^ W^^ mpire dressing' iBo:wn, sat jri ihg rbpm pf his three-rppm suite at; ' thei. Hptel . Algonqu in, 'N, Y., and. cprt-; fided. that he had jUst finiished his dai iy dozen fbr the; year by elevating hi$ 'right thum*'tb his .hpise and way^ irig; ^!ll other four digits exube;rantly ih ; the . directibn' of Hollywppd!, /It :seemsv that Mr. Hecht. aihdi/hiis.; latest, emplbyerj ; Sam Goidwyhi . have had a ;tiff, and; now/they-re; fartheip. apart thian Cebll Beatbh and ;Cbhde Nast;/ \--/ //.•..;,;/■■;■■/ ':..--. -■/ '■/•/■;;.;/ ' ; /'I left ih:; a/ childish huff;';Hecht iexjplained, . 'because /Sam/; woUldri't allow: .me ..to - prrng ; feW;; of / my .friends : into; the, prbjectibh room ..to look at: sorhe .Of: the .rushes., bh the, ■■FoliieiSiV:;: t a^ked; ;Sam whether; it :was in a desperate, bffbrt to saye it/ frpm:. the . public;.; but I'm /afraid the significance was lo.st Oh^ him. .1 didn^t : really Wjaht tp wriJte another 'Follies,' anyway; .."the current bnev.^as ' rer -veaiedi^p-hfiefiinTa^.r^^^ know 'Jtow- .unreliable. ;d so; ;i packed my :luggage, c.rossed .off a cbupl^ o.f zerOs on/my.' nex;t -yieaip's i ncb)ihe ta.xj /iahd here. 1; .am ;'1oack-: in .New. ...ybrk,/; •to; ■■.';wri.te:,a.,/ hbybl ■' for; . eovici-Fried.e,: my . first since 'A jew in.' LOve.'I'in./abput a /third;^^ through, now, hiit. it wpn't:;;be fin- ished for anbther: .year!;; Ilm callinig it; 'El6ok/of Miracles'—and' it liasfn'o; pictuf ev ppSMbilities.';-; ( the, major; miracles; it .will rnpst like- ly .be/sold frpm -the galley prebfs!) ' As a mater ot fact,/Wecht. has a- great admiratibh fbr Goldwyri,>When the latter called him in to Ibpk.at the rushes of : !The Hurricane,' after the picture/had been prpductiprt -for sieyeral wi^ieksj he. asked; Hecht -his opinibn;:Of'-it; '/'•/". ■•;// •• •'I think it stinks/ ahs\yered Hecht, telliing the truth with .sledge ham-r mer,:/' . -■■-:/ ■';.'.' '■ ;: 'Sp db J,' iwas .Goldwyn's comeback. "^i;.-\yaht ypU to rewrite it.' ••' / ; And . while: Hecht recuperate the shock -of lT»6etihg/a Hollywood producer, who -eoUld, stand { hbnwt : criticism,/ Goldwyn tOok .a- terrific loss and started f rOrn vscratchv ; : / .'Gold wyn; is a geniusT-iaftisr a ' pic- ture is' finished,' Hecht. .declaiires. . *He smoothes; and. ppiishes; untiil it is like a: .carnepr^perfect in eyeryr. dbtail. jHe can tell within 20% of/what the grpiss' will' be; . i He has. a /projectioh mind;: He can ippk at tests-endless- i-y.'>- - ■'•flye; ■■';■;//. seyeh.'daiyis—who': tpuh ts?." He h as a gpod stpmach foir; ■picEures.i.;.;. - . . .. . - ■. , .Seitnicji^s^ sibry- .Mind';', ;.:-:... ./■ 'On., the: other Band, /Selizni.ck,. .fbr Whom I. worked pn 'Nbithihg Sacred,* hasn't dpldwyn's showmanship, but he's V Jterrific_ g uy- o h stories. / . He carries" a '"^antbm typewfiteF"'With";^ him wherever; he ;gpes;' However, what Hebht- thinks piC thie burrerit method ./ of Holly wpbd pro-- ductiph, the curreht film 'public and the .current /crop: ;pf./ exhibitbrs, wpuldri't pass the NBC .censor bibaicd ^minus-Mae "West in her 'Gardieh of Eden.' Expurgating' iit./for, readihg. purppses, it gpes something like'this: 'Catering to .the imbecillic type :Of mprpn ;who clutters .around first/ nights and hotel lobb|bs, pleadihg for autographs/ in/the .deiuSion: that this piiblic . must be /served,;'; is just So much; pap. / iiaif;; bf,. these Whacky kids never go into al picture hotise, because if/ they did :they iriight niips '.Dolly. Delove.ly' .at/a theatre;./ ■ feW blpcks/away. 'The bhly way '.tp: der^ feat this ./public, ; who, unfprtuhately; syrnbplizes':. the. /'Great;; :i Arhericah 'Mpyie - Publi 6'. of/today; :'ig to- siibstiV; lute/':'t,heriTi; with ■ a .new;: pUblic-T^ahd; the ,only way tp ;do. that: is tp ..havb :;HolIywood :gb into: the .state of cbl- lapse it, is .inevitably heading for; arid: •start'ahew. \v.ith-~a Srtne .prbiductibri- hydget; •;' /'^ ■ •"■ ;■''■■''. ■;/•/■-r; '/ ■A .picture that ishpiild; cpst 200; grand has. tp. gross two niillioh doiia^5.Hp;break^'even,/and in. prder. to: meet: this profit ;jt hais .tp; cater ' /Ip;. / • / vast. .\indi.s.crinijriatihg }iudienc.e.//G.ut ddwn- b.n thes^^ tic :: prpductiph/; co.»its, which only^: serye/to feed a/prpducer^!s ego—make a; 'picture, ,a /good;: picture, . for less- than ;/a million, and; to ailch:. \yith .catering to /.a'udiehccs,; exhibitors; actors, winters, directors, etc., etc.' : . .'Here's ;aiy illustration tp. prove 'my ; . ppii'it-./..$e'vbral years'^gb/I wrote a- story ;called. 'Scarfacit.' /Paul Muni, .who. had been/kjckbd around like^ i gpiig at the . pi d'; Fox./ stiidib,' ;bame over .to .ir;A. playing the/title /rble for a cpuple; of -'huhdred "dollars ii week., We signed a/young Valentiho- ish- looking wbp for the second malfe lead, \ and gave him $75^his hame^ .was Gepi-ge: Raft/:>*rhe girl who played; the hferbine had bee h art ex tra at MGM—we gave her $.•).().■ Shc'si done all; right fbr/ herifelf; tob--her / name is Anh. Ijvorak/ The pietuVe grossed . $3,000,000; ■ -Rembmbcr an- / other pictuFe called ''tlnderworUr"? George Bancroft 9hd Eveiy^^^ Brent thought ' they were pretty lucky to/ be in it, .eVeri, though . the Govern- rijent didn't take away half, of their ■ saljary.; It grtesed f4,000,OOb: , ; v //; -;...N«:iM>dy'.'q#ercd-:il'lin 'I^ ' ': 'Lombard &nd /March cleahed Up, more than a ijuarter of a; rrtillibh be.-;; tweeri . them on 'IJbthing Sacred;^ / ?nd there. :Was •npthing sacred' about my Weekly :stijpendK either;, it Was positively,, indecent! . I wpuld -have : taken less, but hblrody a^^ As for :March ;;arid •Lombard; ; they both turnied out pretty sweH-pictures in 'Laughter* (Par) and '.20th Cen- tury' (Cpl), minus that giargantuan sal ary. 'r he ppiht I'm trying; to provp /isTfia5/1~tdina:^ha^^^ Ssicred' ori ;a '"ore. bonsieryatiye i^ budget than;Selznick'. i(exclusi.'b of 'fe:e . technicolor;' of . cpU and. it sitill would have -bberi/a;, good; ptcr tutje!'/;; ;•;../:,•■'/.'//'.;;■./• ;■./-.//;//,■/-■. . At this point,;the iri'sistent ringing ,; of .the phone diverted. 'Hecht.. frbrn - his. anailogy. It wasi .hi.y^e^^ ;pr6ducer, and / playmate,; i Chaiflie .MacArthurv/;.^ //- /■:';v''.'';..v.;"/^r. :'''^: " It wias the perfect cue tb ask whien the' Messrs.: Hecht arid MacArthuc, were to ■ resume their zariy pariner- ship againr^or. had they. .fPresWprn pictures for all time? •But Certainly murrcBdiVi *i'd. rjkther do a mpvie any- ; time than a; stage play-^it's/far more . fun; We Wiere: cpnsidereii ■twb scr^^^^^ ..balls when we W^ at, ; Astoria,. . because,/ we pl'ayeid back- • 'igammpn ion ;the set arid/didn't hpld '; confererices in our piWce every lunch / hour. The ' reason we/didh"t hold conferohces was because/we .'couldn't get into bur office-7-i.t: >yas/ aiWays; ipacked .with the ^strangest; Ibbkirig people, aihd -the reason we., played . backgammon oh the set Was because it gave us an/added interest in- our , .work!',-': - •:. -.;./-■"...:■:;';-, ■. N.e Ballybooey: / ISeriOiisly though; we didn't; waste SO jgiucks ph^ extraneous matter-^like trayelihg: across the country/with «'.;^ print of the picture -and the entire . cast in towr^or throwingv icbcktail; shindigs for the /press^pf staging;; :Hblly wpbd/premiereis/si niu It^ inr 24'^citiesr'sO ^that—w.e -bpuldi^qU'Qte:_li. Mrs. Ipsvvich telling the; ■yi/prld, ,'that: •it would ,be: a .crime , tb niiss '.Crime Without; PassiPh'—or niaking.; pfii)2- tests of unkhbwns, and .then Using, a;. player Under : bontra^^^ : -thr.eb_Weeksifehjj^ cause; for those three weeks .;w^ Were . 'on! Ibcatiph'; in the cohference room.*/ No, long before 'The Seven Dw-arfs,' : :OUr slpgaih Was 'Whistle Wh ile; Y pu' Work'-r'pnly the next time we iiio it, we'd. like: to' have the help Oif a kid ■: named Bill Fields. . / \ r . .;■ / \'A few vyears ago; Gene Fo.Wlier I wrote: a; story for :MGM; which, was isupppsbd/tp-suit the talents, of .Marie . tiresslbr.' We grabbed the; oppbrrr tunity; of writing in /part fpr/Bill. When :w(e//finished- the yarfi we Weteh't . siUrprised when, it, waiv re- . jectied—the stp;ry turnied • put tp be ..; a stiirrei: for Bill. Fields, With': M .Dressier^ playing ;;h is stppge!' ;/ : ;• It t en , ' ;i ;;/./. . HpiiyWpodv'Feb.-1 Recent slashing of- RKO /studi player personnel for'; ecpriomic rea- sons Is not reflected in/the casting' pf .?It Coiilidh't: Hajopen ;Agaiin;'/\v Went beforie the .camerjis lasl/ivcek with contractees; filling/ijB. pf ihe^JV. name spot?:! Victor MoPre ha.s lop. billing.' •■;// - -iv , ';'■'.'/■'' vCli:if :; Reid: . ..;;./ prPducing, ' :;Wi.1h Christy/Cabarine di.reciihg/: i Air (j^w . ;a- .i; : HbI.lyWopd, - Ft.b. Jp Stafford; radio; .singer; aiid/s members ; of; - the i' Aristbcvats/: bccri/jniced/by .20.th-Fox; for cialty number: in:/'Alexah time' Band,'. Whic'h/ is. before ciambras;';'■ -■ / .vv/i'-'-/' '. :;Si7-igiiig l)iind/:was . pliu;k.e<l the,Jack bisikie ;:Carricl airer. ii\e\i have .tpe- Ritg- -ilie fiom