Variety (Feb 1938)

4« VARIETY MUSIC Wpditcadajr, February 2i i 938 butiiilllf;; Gohcer.t grosses in Ne^^ ..are . Ixot holditig ,iip as indicated early,in the seas'ohl Business is good, but. iioit as lusty as last: fall, vvhen.attiendancie promisedhealtlTy, box6£fice • through 4he . season.;:;.ManageTS ejfplain, this declina is; probably tP !the sahie stock -market ahd . general , business ■^^"l amp—thatr^haye—kayoedH film grosses. ^ Dravv- last; week was generally off fI'oiTii. tlie. preyious . \veek. Satur.day, .(•^9.^ plcjied'' up. soni the -vPcirm and clear Sunday (30). sljapped cbhcart. :attendance, with itpo marty . cqncart-goersscramming' ^6r. put-; floors ..instead.. Metropolitan Opera: was; slightl.v linden.the. previous.week' ahd- the Ph ilharmoriic-Symph went back, to the regular. fdur-concert schedule!. Yehudi Menuhin and; his sist-2i:V/Hepzhibah, were the. b.oxoffice vijw.s this- .week. Were:.figured >sure tni pull: a $12,00.0/ gross last, night (Tuesday) - at, the Me,t Opera House. . ..Eitimates lor'Lasi--'W:*,ek.:-■, - Metrbpolilaii Opera C<>. Met Opera Hjuse - (3,580; $7-$4) , ■ (9th week), seven perfprniances, plus .Sunday ^ night- 'opera concert- at $2 top.. iGrbss .slid bff.'.slightly: last week frptri the pra\fi6us. stariia's fi^;ur^- of ;$(>i.d00; estimated .about - '$57id0(), okay: sock draws were ; 'Ldhienj»rin,' 'Rosen- , val iefi' 'Luci i! d i ; Lammerihoor,'. *Tristan . and.■ Isolde/ .! all\ dri the stren^tli of Kirsteh Flagstad, Ijautitz, Melchibr, Lawrence Tibbett, Lptte i.ehmann.; Lily P6ns. Richard Bpn6i- li aril Ezib Pinzaj indic?itions for thi<- week, .are for a- boost., with the bill offering 'Gianni Schicchi'-'Elektra.'. *Aida,' 'Tannhaieuser,' *Le Coo d'Or'>. *CavaMefi Rusticana,' 'Sal o ift e,.' *0'b3llp' .{^id 'Rpsenka\^alier,'. : .PhtHutrnidnic - - Sy mph,;«. Carnefjie- HnM. (;?;76(); $3w$2,S1.75) (15th week); Thurstlay eVe., Friday aft, Saturday: *^ve.i. Sund''V aft. <27,-30). conductor. C? aor,"^?: , Enescp;' soloists. Yehudi - Menuhin.:,violinist; Beal libber., sbv pranb.,/Menui]iih ,merely underlined,- .the; custbrhary Thiirsday-Friday biz. .■with Saturday- apprpachitis capacity. ; ilhd Sunday somewhat off; estimated STkIOO. a hefty, firjure.- for the series. Third concert .fpi". yoiirig uebple, -Sat-, .iirday. (29) mbrn.. (conductor, Ru^ a-^lnh Gainz), subicrlptipn. iEstiihated ?3.onoi.'.^,;'";--.:-.;-:;-:-, lilhpodfome Oper» Go.. ■ Hipp l*? 501); 99c.), 'Saturday (29) eVe. F^'rly li.>?ht .a'*^in; estimated Ji3;000. Lily Pons, Tb\vrt Hall (1,498; $3), Wednesday. ' (26) eye!. ■ :.(&ndpwme(it sevies). About as' expected, $,3,100; ■ ' ■; Nathan . Mllsteiii, ■, Carnegie Hall :(2.76'0; $2.75),: Saturday: :,:a9.);- aft: Violinist pulled ah okay hbiise;..esti- mated :arbUnd; $4,V00. ;. - IPetcr Paur 'LoyaiiichV Town Hall (1,498;: S2). Saturday . :(;:29)= aft. N.' Y.' ^debiit bf ■lhe'TOvyeai\-o;id:^ipiani^t;'wasr a wallop .from the boxbffice 'and ■critical angles; youngster had an en--. thusiastiC':ho'lise a,nd had - to :pray' se.vv eral. ehcares; estimated, gross of.abbiil 52,300;; management is''-bririgln.g ;the ypungster alpng/slowly; bnly 18 con- •cert date's this iseasoi). Slsrld biiegin, town Hall (1,498; $2.20), Suiiday (30) aft; .Contralto knocked off .about;. $1;500. Pretty gbbd, Cbhsidbring the weatherV. ' . Yehiidi.: and. Hephzlbah Menubin, Met .Opera House; (3,580; $3,85), last night (tuesda.y), ; viplih .'and piarib recital. This 2 tiyearrbrd fiddler and his sifter are- the biggest .bpxoffice pair- in; the bpncef't biz., ,This , date has been an assured sell-put fof months, for an estimated' gross of abbut $12,000, includes pbssibly: 1,000 stage seats. ... - -- yirphsky and Babin^ Carnegie Hall (2,7,60; $1.50)- Friday, (^B), eve.. Dub' piainb teath pulled - a; juicy gate;' of, $2i2()p; nice at' the scalie. r Kleniper Vs. Rwii^r^^^^^^^^^^^^ l^itt^ Syiriplr Pittsburgh, Feb. 1. - , Choice fbr .permanent conductor of newly-organized Pittsburgh Symph next season: is said ib rest -between Otto Klemperer arid Fritz Reiner. Kleriiperer; began..year. here, 'con- diicting three . concerts and made fjfvbrable impression, but may have trouble getting out of his coihmit- ments with Los Angeles Philhar- monic. ■:-.'■-;■-:;, ■ \'y'--." Reiner has been : guest conductor here for the past month and press and publiq haye hailed hirn, with re- sult that he's running neck-and-heck now with Klemperer in popular la- vor. Pittsburgh Syinph, reorganized this year following successful drive for. $300,000 etidbwmerit,; has no reg- ular conductor, 20-week season being in the hands of guest directors. ' St. Louis Nixies Plea For Symph Rent €ut St; Louis. Feb. L :'-..- City officials last week nixed pleas of execs of 'thie St.' Louis Symph so- ciety for a slicing of the $15,000 an- nual rental of the Municipal Audi- , tprium. James E. Darst, manager, of the $5,000,000 auditoriurn* said; the use. of the building by the "society cbsts the ,^ity $ipj()pp ovei: and aboye the; rent ■ collected. Officers of .'the society threatened to Arid another Ibcationi- if the city did not slash the rent bill. .-X- ' . .;- FROM T N r TOP ru B iIS N E R OFFERS ■•V Songs h.coRm>i oud .mviiL ■ SWEET as A SONG GOT MY MIND ON MUSIC HALF MOON ON THE HUDSON i GOULD USE ADREAM -.: ■ . : - 77, Un of BUDDY DP. SYLVA'S N.-o> Viic^ •: '■ : , i,crsof Vilmusichl ^ "mUlU: /\ S\V/i/r/7//:.l/iT ' YOU'RE A SWIXTIIEAlft ■ Dv McIlUGH and. ADAMSON . . , - Universal Production "M.iO' AnOUi. MUSIC"': il SERENllllE TO THE SIMS ,^:; •• -:.; MillVGH ami ADA^iSON \::'V\-^.: i--' ;-:■'; m\'/.vc suinvAS's Onyx c/..i.//,< IT'S WONDERFUL •■;-; By srmT smu ond mcum. PAufsii 1?38'» FIRST BIG NOVELTY SMASH LOUIS PRiWiA'S ;/THEM AIN^T^^m (SO vyHAti) . ; RMBINiS MUSflC GO 799 Seventh Avenue , NeW York, N. Y. „ ;.-■-'■ MURRAY baker; G*n. Prof. Mgr. Revised ballot for the election of new members: oh;, the publishers* availability committee,: which was sent out last week by the American^ Society of Composers, Authors and Pubiish'ers,'. has / Jack Bregman; ais sole rep for, the. Metro-contrbiled publishing group. - Jack Rpbbi ;; who heads the Robbins Music: Corp. and Miller Music, Inc., consented to the. designation. Bregman is: the, op- erating chief of Leo Feist, Inc. : Polls close Feb. 11. .; Ballot: as reprinted contains - the names of all member publishers and pierniits the latter, regardless of own classiflcation, to vote for both, pppur lar (4) aiid standard (SKcandidates; Other ballot bad these classes on separate lists and restricted the in- dividual publisher, to pick, from only one; of the lists.' Value of each vote jvill be based on the classification ciredit-s held by the voting oubUsher on Dec.' 31, 1935; Indicated members of the;; new availability conimittee . are Max Dreyfus, Jack Bregman. Saul Bprn- steiri, Walter Dbuglas, Walter Fisch^ ei*, Louis Bernstein and , Gustave Schirmer. {Week eliding jdii-'29i 1939) Bei Mir Bist du Schpen There's a Gold Mine in the Sky ^.. I Double Dare You.......'.-... • •, • "Trtje Confession ;.. .•...„..'.'.. .v...,; :.-y.:i^'. '■♦;Y.Pu*re.''a:- Sweetheart .........,... .v'.-.-.;,. Dipsy Doodle . . i....,...... ./.y.-. i,.... V ■ 'Teh.Pretty;:'Girls';. .-.'.. .;.;.> ♦Sweet Someone .....-...;%.. . ; -VWli,ejV. the; C)rgan Played O: Prbmise Me."^ •Thanks for the Memory • •:> i r.,.... Sail Along, SilVery Moon: ..i.;..;.;.. v.. ♦Whistle.While You:^yprk .....;. Once in a-While ... . ..:'.-'• . '. . One Rose .., ..;.. . . Harms . : ... . . . Berlin :;; ... • ..(ihappell / .y.';. .Shapiro' . .Famous-, ..... i Rbbbins ^ .... . ..Lincoln ».:...;.'.Cravy;foi:'d'; ... i.... Feist ....:.. Morris^ _ „:. -;. ..,;, i Paii'amPunF .Select . .......Berliii ■ .......Miiier : .'Shapiro indiciatcs iiUnusicjail song].. f Indicates stage production song. ; the others are pops. \ I • t • • ^' I Music Notes Paul Whiteman gave • Johnny Mercer and Berhie Hanighen lift by airing fbr the first time their newest cpllaborative effort, *As Long As You Live, Ybu'U Be Dead When You Die.' :- , Mack Gordon and Harry -Revel turned in 'May 1 Drop :a Petal in Your- Wine Glass,' 'Where in the World,' 'Do You Mind' and 'In Any Language It's LoVe' for Simone Si- mon's warbling in 20th-Fox*s 'Jo- sette.'.: ; ■^-.y^:'~Jr'■r: ■■ ■'\') " - -W- Detroit Symph Signs Up Ghione for Three Years Detroit, Feb. 1. •• .; Franco Ghione, who was brought here last ispring from La Scala, Mi- lan, on year's• contract to succed late Ossip Grabrilowitsch as director of Detroit Symph, has been signed to three-year contract . Victpr Kolar, •. who's. been • withi local symph; for 19 years, will stick as Ghione associate. . Stokdwsld Uncertain Philadelphia, Feb;. 1. - ; TJncertainty of when Universal will want him Is delaying .inking of Leopold - .Stpfcdwski's termer with Philly Orchestra for next season. ; - Maestro skedded- • to. work with Hope Hampton in technicolor single, 'She Must Have Music,' He's also promised to take the podium fbr 20 concerts with the .Village Band here, same'as in past, season. Possible conflict in dates holding up finarar- rangements for the. concerts, how- ever.. ■ • •■ ■ ■ ^'.:•.:.. Professional Men's Show Mose Gumble is back from Hol- jywbbd'; lining ;:up' ithings for: the fourth annual -, benefit pf. the jPrO- fessional Muisic Men', Inc. ,: Current year's shpw; will probably be at the Majestic ther thir;d: .Week in April, ";\:-^-'.' lOTTE GOSIAB STRICKEN ■J y'.' i::-: St. Louis,; Feb. 1. . . An. appendicitis.' operation ', la.st week ! halted . the . midwest tour" of Lotte, Goslar, German interpretative dancer. ' ; ;:- ' She ;w;as stricken while perfprming at the Hotel Jefferspn here.:: . Carl Kritner to .New York , Carl Kritner has been brought on frohi the west coast division of IKe Music Publishers . Holdin|j Corp., Warner Bros., subsid, -tb haiKJIe the sales-of that, outfit's .standard depart' ment in New York. , , , • ;-; - ■■■■ Harold Sheath 'has': , taken', .Ovc-r Krltner's: spot in Lo.s An«clc.<. ■ - 1st Non-Pie Tune in 6 Yr%. Harry Warren Jahd Al Dubin have just completed their fii-st non-plc- (Ure tune' in...p;ver {ii)!:;: yb^rs;.' ,;il'rj 'You're an Education,' ' RfMnick will publish.- ' ; Lew Pollack and Sidney Mitchell finished cleffing stint on, 'Kentucky Moonshine,' at 20th-Fox,' cbntribiut- ing 'Moonshine. Over :Kentucky,* 'Sing Song of Harvest,' 'You'rie Gorgeous', and 'Reuben, Reuben, I've: Been Swinging.' Eddie Cherkose and Charles RbsoiT sold three songs, 'Ride, Amigos, Ride/ 'What Care I?' and 'Song of the .Rpse,' to' Monogram for use in 'Rose of the Rio Grande.' Mills Music and Canadian i^usic Sales has accepted 'Sndwtime,' by Ken Sisson and L. S. B. Shapiiro, pf the New Ybrk .Times, for publica- tion.' \, --; Harry Owen, whose Royal. HaV waiian brch has a featured spot in Paramount's *Tropic: Holiday,' is also composing tunes and score for the picture.• : :- :.• Peter Tinturin and Jack Law- renc , Republic tuneteam,: are clfefT- ing two i»iimbers, 'This Is the Night* and 'Along Fraternity Row,' for the next Alison Skipworth-Polly Mofah picture, 'Stormy Weather.' -' Walter Bullock and Harold Spina completed 'How Can I Thank You,' 'Be Optimistic/ 'Swing Me An Old Fashioned Song,' 'If All the World Wei:e Paper' and 'Tbscanini, Stp- kOwskl and Me' for the new 20th- Fox Shirley Tern pie picture, 'Little Miss Broadway.': -- Lindsay McPhall. and Ed East have tossed off another in" their sbries of musical collaborations, 'Twilight in Granada.' Amscp Music Sales the publisher. ; Ralph Freed and Frederick turned in 'Parking In l^ariiSi' which Bihg: Crosby will sing iii his next Para- mpunt picture, 'Paris Honeymoon.' . ;Jesse StbPl, formerly N. .Y. pro- ■ fessiohal mgr. for Dpnaldspn, DPug- las & Gumble, .h'asi /gpM : pirpi Bernstein & Co;■ - ' Wugo Riesenfeld signed by'Prin- cipal Productions to write arid dji reet score for. 'Hawaii Calls,' Bobby Breen feature.; -,. :.- Clyde Lucas splits Paramount the- atre, Hartford, and Paramount the- atre, Bridgeport, Conn., week of Feb. 16. ■'• :; ;-;;:.-.' -.. V:-;; ,. '■ , Mike Riley's sequel io. 'Music- Goes Round' is fOoopoorOh' Boiom!' which Santly-Joy is;publishing. Louis Berhstein ; left last Friday (28) for a three-week stay in Miami, accompanied by Mrs. Bernstein. . Jimmy McHiigh and Harold Adam- son are clefting the tunes for Unl- versal's "Trocaderb.* " Phil. Charl/r has turned In theme song for Hal Roach's 'Merrily We Live.* '.:■ .--:■;■.:■/ -.'-'v--^- - Edffar Hayes off tb Norway Feb. 19 to open at Oslo, March 1 fbr Harold Robbiiis Music publishes the sbofce of the MGM Dwight Deere Wiman musical, *I Married An Angel.* Max Sleiner .assigned tb score, fbr Warners 'Jezebel.' RADIO CITY RHEU^^^^m^ GOOprNIGHT ANGEL THERE'S A N^W MOON OVER THE OLD MILL TAiCE A TIP FROM THE TULIP SWINCIN' IN THE CORN SPEAK YQuitTiEART A Fhrk o* iiUn from r" . *'SmW WHITE ON^ SONG ; -v''-^■ ;.v HEIGH-HO !; (The Dwarf's Marchjng^ Whistle WHILE^^^Y^ With A SMILE and a song 30ME DAY MY PRINCE WILL eOME THE DWARF'S YODEL SONG The ''Homo on the Range" of this Generation pERrS A C ; H A R R Y LI NK, don. Prof. Mor. ;.. IRVINC7 BERLIN. Inc., 799 Seventh Ave, N. Y.