Variety (Feb 1938)

Br CHATTER VARIETY 61 • Nick Holde to Hayanar ; . V 'Hari'y Florida, , Songwriters G ui Id planning first tenfiAt.^,. '->■'■■■:■ . y; Frank Freem'?** ^^"V^!?'^"!^^ from. •laryngitis.,;:V-; - ■■ Margaret; Perry vt,,ck frqiri;; Ber- iriuda shprt vatashv : Joan Brooks back today (Wedhes- : day).frpm:iU6; wUise, .^^ ^ Buddy i)e Syiva vih^^ ^vatterid-funei:al;o£'ia.then^ . BiirCorum and QMcA^in Beyhblds • ti); the: Coast- orl: assigntiientis.;: ; ■ Eddie Davisv on winter .vacation,' :^in visit Giiants at iipt/Spririgsv- , Reorgariisieii ;Paradise, nitery. now on a hp cuv .or: no liiirilmUm basis. Jimmie Woods, fiddler: witli flbface • Heidt's band, .will; be a father in .iJ^Sj\ei'■ .;■ 'r'::.''i ,y,, • Johh iaoy, nead man Pf the Rain- bow Rooni/ back frphi a • Bermuda '■viicash, r \::\ ■■'y<y'\.y:::'■: Harry Rubih, Par amount prbjiec- : tion; executive, laid up .with rheu- •inatisiini- y'. ): . ' ' ■ Irwin- Dash,'; London mu§ic. .pAib, tcturhing here aroitnd Marcih. 15; ph' ■\-'nevtf ■'sbhg'/iiuht. : Ed Saulpaugh, >£ormeriy with Maix :: Gordon; now with Jam Handy coni- '.mercial filiners.' ■■y. ./• ; Periey Boone, World's Fair adyer- . tisihg-publicily ; chief, off; ^l!n;:three- .'^week•yacation. .. ..-^V ; , Morris 6est quoted ajs.saying vdude nut comic Charley;^ K^^ ideal Kinii Lear. . . '■ ^ ■ iiobert Greferibiatt; eliected secre- tary of Cavalcade Pictures, fprmerly : with Educational.; ; ' liarold R6n<e , and .GKarlesr Fried-: inah to Florida tp; writ* • hew niu ':viical^-fpr■■':Mi(x "Gprdp^^^ , ■-<■:■ Lee Morse plahes in. fi-om Detroit; : this week ^ to.' rtcor.d for Decca. >Re- vturns 'saine; day,^ samle; way, . Frank LaWtbii and Evelyn Laye, ^eh around togeihei- of late, refute^ : reports of any matrimonial split. James Macfarlandj formerly with Rivoli and United Artists, ribwv.dor jng ejcploitatidn fpv World; PiG.twre$. ,. Frances White, yesteryeai: musical comedy star,, best . knpwri for;, hejr . J'Mississippi,' .opens at Bill's. Gay 90's •• next^week. . ■ Maury-;,GreehWald was separated . ^from- hi.s appehdiSi: "Saturday : Ci9) at iPhysicians Hpspital, Jackson Heights; Doing okay. ' ■; . Albert S; Nathan, fprmeiiy in press; book departnient\at'.Uhivei's^ :;----dbihg-^pee4»l;^^^pl9i tja tion. :Cu rreritly at Criterion. ■ ^ ---^ '/>':■ Hamilton- Kehnedy. .British com - . poser , of cowboy and .'hillbilly tunes, : returning to London March/1. Been ; ■here fpi'.a yea,r.': Mel Merkley (Mrs. Liike . Ergo .. preks agent /.for : Fred. .Waring;- has . pieeh given, leave of .abisenGe.: She : expects baby in Jime.; ' . / .. Miltpn Bren, "Hal Roach' v.p., back ■ to the Coast tomorrow/ (Thurs^ after showing. ^Merrily We; Live' to the Metro hpme-office. bunch! ' Almpst all the Broadwiay, - p.ia.'s in .:. the nitery bieit npAv; ogling Hollywood - 'is a scene for gireener pastures, since Lynn and - Nell :Farhol go .on- a iMediterrahean cruise March 2,; ac- companied by Stephen 'Etnier sine .. letter's Wife, EUzabrth, the hbveliit. .;. Frank Cambi^ia^; former; Public . .;«tagi6r, happy in his ■ rietirement, Apart from his private business :irt- ^ terests, he's doing littl'e.in show biz: Success, of ■ Irish films at Sqiiirie theatre has John Diinne, former ad- vance' man; talking . a permanen; Irish cinema house for midtbwn N. Y. y:jy-J-: Betty Balfour (Mrs.; Jimmy' Carilp . ..bell) got in; Monday on 'thie Qvieeri Mary iand (Britrained prohtb. tP- the V, Coast to meet her music p;ublisher husband.' '.; Jim Geller, William /Morris • - agency's story editor from the/Coast, back to; Hollywood the end of this ;week .a£ter la New York b.o/ William Morris, ;Jr,j ma^. gb but shor'tly, • . . . . . Tinb Rbssi . and his pers6nat;:man^ ; age'rj Felix: Maroiiani. v also.- 'Mirellb: ;Balin,' ex-Metro ih^poirteie and Rossi's ; fiancee,' .sailing,; back this .week/ tP V. r^Paris., -Rossi got a brief- NBG buildup while hert. ■.■;.;;/....• '' Chelle JaniSv^piiblicityradvertising.- head; for Trans-Lux, was house guests of Dr. and Mrs. Royal S,, Copeland in'Washington over.,weekbhd. ' Went to: capital city on. bi^./cbnnected;with •-..•T'L/hpuse. there;-.'/■:,■'■'■::, ';--v-;. /. —Press Phbtpgraphers' /ball drew ; .Louis Sobol in a br.ow-n Suit;; Libb'y . Holman. in green eye glasses. Henry /. Armetta in-a group o£imidget.sv "Toby'. ; Wing/and IJick Merrill in an argu- . .mentative mood. / TThe . N, Y. Post's city .bd fell in Ipve.-with, the; new pop, 'Thanks for , the . Memoryv' . he' CQmmisibried .-.•Michael- Mok;: his■ Broadway, i-e- ■.-Piorterrib^ge t - up -jT^ull' feature o'ii who wrote it., why. hbw, etc. / ; ■ / Belle Baker, ip Miami. Beach curr ..reiitly, \ telling friends /that; because; Ell Sugar-man, Billboar.d./cditor,/whb /. js husband of a /few njoriths,' .wants .ner' to retire professionally, they may . have to. come tb a parting of the .■;/./ways.'.■,;.■;■;'-.. '- .■;■;: .'•.•.;■. : As :a. sequel to 'Be i Mir Bist Dii Schoen' Sholbm. Secunda and Max and Nat Lief have turned out 'Stop That Tune!' It's a switch on the 'I'd Like tP Catch the Guy ;iip :Wrpte- Po.or.. Butterlly,' Inbi-. dentally:,' rhumba bands around town . are now, playing/'Bei Mir' in Latin:- tempo. : Those mammoth Broadway niteries are discPyering that they-re/a cinch [pr 'sullish, dinner bi^,; but can't get; any worthwhile supper trade,. After a show or a film, the customers just don't ;want .tbi .sfee jahcther extended revile. That./gpes f jr>;the Gasa Manana and. the Interriational . Ca- sino in' particular., .; /. By Mabel. Tbomijis Lew Br ice; back for another visit, Howard Dietz' and wife enjoyed two weeks here.- ■, Adblph Ramish's Palace theatre gbing up rapidly. / Johnny Noble staged production for Royal anniversary. . Shirland Quinn home after spend- hg year abroad in- production work. Sam; Gbldwyh while/here' consid- ered Hawaiian productibn/next year. Ray Kinney home gathering local aieht for his N Y; show; Leaves in May;/ \ ■ Lai : Siu Shah, Chinese actPr, and Sui Fei Fei in stock for/ one. year lere. // .'-' '/ /'.■:'' June. Travis .With her dad, Jlarry Grabine'r.. bt White Sox.: and. her ma lere.: '■. [.■ ";:■ ■../..•.':....'' ■::'.■ Bill Keighky never left the beach once •. during his stay / only to go lome. . / Jessica Dragonette; gave one con- cert to packed hPusfe. Thrilled lis Jim * Wahl ahd ^ Mary Adams Worked splendidly in Community's Silver Cord.' ■ Pabn Springs M'rS;. Harry Houdini here • garner- ing sunshine. ' '■".>/ Walter ahd;, Mrs. O.'Keefe at v the Colohial-Hbuse;';/■;-;.■■:;.■■■/:;• Lili Damita/and Errbl Flyhn here for a Week of tehhis.. \. Charles Butterworth giving .;Whit neyiBourne swimming lessons. . Townsehd Netcher.; has taken i bungalow at the B-Bar-H. ranch. ; ,: Mrs. Arch Selwyn living at the El Mirador since fire diamaged her des- ert bungalow.- . Capt. A.: H. Hardy . givibg Sandra <;'ale and Mrs^ Elsa Voss pointers; ph trick rifle and Ipistbi shbbtingi Mrs. Charles Correll threw a. shin dig in honor of her mate, Andy, of Anios and Andy, on his birthday. : Ben Bard brought a cast frpm his Hollywood house - tP present 'Ghost Writer,' Martin Mponey's play, at the Plaza thbatre. r "- •:•.-'••■ Al Wertheimier's V Dunes club closed for first time, in years, by pas- sager bf ^iyersidb; County anti-gam- blirig ordinance. Joseph Schenck's house parties be- coming weekly affairs, the 20th-Fox boss usually pulling crbWd of filmites on Fridaiy afternoons. Bill Hollander tP Coast. Louise Fitch's ma here fdr: a .Visit Bill Howard in to ;*.o. talfent ^oif RKo. /v.-// -;;- , ■'.,/,-.• Vaude agents readying bownng league.. " ., /-,;-'"-./.''/v--'' '■•'--■'■ .;;v" Ai; Waller here' after long sojourn in England. Tommy; Burchill recuping from, pneumonia. ' ; Mickey Bond joining the parade of playwrights. : Quin Ryan on Florida island for tanning and sailfishing. . J. G. Stein , nixed some old-time English prints, aS not being authen- tic. ' • •; ■ - ./ Katie Cuff back to Syracuse for a mpnth's convalescing^ from, double pneumonia. '■'. . ' -■':./ Lou Goldberg, Major BoWes' unit chieftairi,/ here last week as a stop- bvbr on his tour of key sppts. to book: a. couple of hew units. Gontihoied oh to Coast.. ' '-'//■;',- ■ ' : -■■'■■:.:■: By Herb Golden - ; 3kip Weshner in Flprida^-.^v;/; ;: J i . Connie - McGIynn in hp.spitiii; : Oscar NeuJteld;: in hospital ;tGr ; resit and repairs. /'-..: . Max Miller now/ p. a.ihg for ;BilJ Ooldnian chain. / / "/;.. -' '/ ' ■y'-- ■. El Brendel. Jr.; back in toSvn after visit to .father'on Cbast/ ..:'■:..•. Charley Segall and Jay Emanuel back from Southern-trips, : - " ; ..^Shbwmieh's ■ Club :now /. rulining dances and entertaiWmcnt .evoi>y Fri-.- day.;; ■ ■. •; ''://,:" ///.^ ■ ■■; / Joe McArdle dined by: fi i.ends on taking/ pyer -Hotel Walton :nia.riag<cr merit.. -. y'y ■■" ■■y - ■ i''/ ; Ben ; Bibehr •" brPthei- ; y<itn; Harry:' 'Bibien. blus.sed to sales .or.« dl Na- tional Theatre- Supply. . , / : Harry Bodkin, :of UA,- and WiHi.'in'j Mansell. WB, head Will Rogers.^-Me- morial Drive in ;this tierritpry, ■ > ■ Elwbbd Carey-on fii*.sl.Vacaj;h frpm Anchbrage :managcmeht • ;' . .- five years. . Pluggihg ,quail; :Spiith Carolina. ■:-.''''/ v- ;-':../;J- ■/.'/ Judge Arthur James, GOP guber- natorial candidate fprmeiiy i.ri film biz, rtpw, connected with ainu.sement CO. in Plymouth, Pa'...,-..:; Henry .rCottbn/ teaching- Noel Cow- ard golf, . / •/ - The Dolinoffs applying Jor/British'. citizenship. -•://:''■■ ;■•/■ ■' • Bo.b-Ritchie in a.nursing hpnie for njinor' bperatibn.:: . ; . '..- ; Gebrgi Harris; doing r. two more broadcasts for. the ;BBC. '; - ;; kendali/Capps^ Jr,^ studying medi- cine , at !5t;':LQUis uniyiersity. Phil Rich sails .fpr.r Hollywood to play a Chic Sales role for RKO. In Old Chicago' goes into the Tiv- oli March 8,'with Arthur' Jarrat. Charles CoChraii has resigned, as. managing director of Albert Hali; / Bud'dy Rogers writing long epistles to/Arthur; Dent, asking hih-i tp come ovfiir.''v; .■• ':/ .;■/ :'■..• •''•,-, ■'."'■^. ; .:-•' ;.-' Harry; Ham, h^ad .of Myron Solzr nick Londbri office, back from Holly- wbbd.V /-;;/ /.:.■..■■-. Tarhara ;' Geva giving . helping haind tb Raymond Massey in direct- ing 'Idiot's Delight;' /. Carrol Levis .. and Argyle : Films cPhferring about a picture to star the Canadian Major Bowes. The Dolinoffs and Ray a , Sisters pbstponihg their American trip frbrn • hiext month to next -fall; • Thornton Freeland has. signed con- tract With: Alexandei: Kbrda for one yearV'starting^hext mohthi.:^ .. / Sid. Phillips, Jack Hylton. arranger, back from the States where he went at the instigatibh of Irving Mills. . Charles Cochran's next Trocadero restaurant floor show opens April 8, and will be; titled 'Going to Town.' Martihus Poiilsen vdickering With the Yacht .Club Boys to make an- othier return, to the. Cafe de Paris iri Juhb;' ...-:'■'- -V•-'/,-/.; •■ -■■>/■/ ,/■: ■ Arthur, ('Pennies from Heaven') Johnston doing thei: sbng numbers in; Mayflower - Pictures' 'St. Martin's Lane.' ■; • '. -:'-■. ;-/"; .;:/ /■:• '■'• -'.■ r. . Nat Ayer; former American com- poser, now naturalized, here, in bank- ruptcy proceedings. Liabilities, $7,000. .. - :. .-; /"••-;■ Rheinhardt and- Crappely, origi- nally: of Paris niteries, wanted by Metro and Warners .for Holly wood; picture, ■ ■ ■/.' ' '. '-' Greta Kellier only continental .. ar- tiste i-ecording fPr Parlophphe' in three languages* English, French'and. German; ;' ■•.;:. -.-.■'- ' Will Fyffe to play the Owen Nares' role in the film-adaptation of '.They Came by .flight,' .; Barre /Lyndon's stage play.-; '..'. < , Jimmie Hutcheson, head of pub- licity of Associated British PiCtures.- hPW, in: similar Capacity^ with May/ flower Pictures. :'•.- . ; ■ ■ ', ' Metro' will -Show first English-pro-: duced picture, 'Yank at 'Oxford,' in charity :perfb;rmance . sometime in April, at Empire. ' / ; June Knight will not be . the' new Firth Shejjherd musical,' 'Wild Oats.' Wants $1,500 per, with Shep- herd offering $1,000..- . : - .' ■/.; - Will Mahbhey tb dP another pic- ture here, but only on. condition Wil- liam Beaudine, who did his last one, is .brought b^ck again. ■ V;. .. Mat McKeigue hahdlin^l -Disap- pearing Hay,- Viennese hoyelty, which Arthur, Jarratt has bboked in Gaumoht-British hbuses. ■. Mills Bros, off to Scandinavia on flying concert tour. Will do three weeks bf ont-night stands in Nor-, way, Sweden and Denmark., Repiort here from Australia that Wallace Parnell, bver there pro- ducing vaudeville units for Frank Neil, is down With kidney trouble. Emile Boreo off to Paris to buy world rights of Chauve SoUris, which he can secure for $2,500. Likely to bpen in London with company of 28, headed by himself. As a. reprisal to the threatened banning pf actors playing in legit and doubling in films, film Companies are talking of countering with a: ban. on stage work while filming. : Patricia Wallace, daughter of Edr gai? Wallace, is writing a melodrama ' based on some of the plots ' , her father's hovels. If it ■ turns out. Drury Lane .-will;iproduCe it Harry Green has the English rights to a series of American books never published here, and they are- to be issued; at ; the rate pf one a week, commehcihg in April, at; 12c.. each.. Phyllis Stanley to play her first film role' fbr Pathe Picturest. subr ■sidiary ..of .Associated; /British-^ Pic- tures; Will feature ih 'Night Alone,' a filririirig of a fprmer West End play. : ■ - Mitty GbldeiV"' Rb«^ & Gold- en ) dickering virith:Laurel 'arid Hardy tP play , a.: season . at : the. Mogadoi;,' Paris.; Orily holdup is agency; want? cxclu^jive European booking on the stars;.'--.-/ .■■:•:.;. -: '-' '.'- ■'" : -/ ' ;/ Major Gel 1, director of Gaiimont- Br'itish, , and :partner.' with Hyarris •Bros.; has Riven up the trca.sure.ship of. the Cincimatograph. Exhibitors; aSr ;soc;iat.iPn..' Reasprif Ijc.'s a dirccLor. of .iScrecn Pools. ; ' , : / ■- ■-' . C1 n em a tPgr.a p h; Ex h i bi tpr s . n ssr?c'i - alion h hd, K in erhatagraph Ren te rs' a,<!- .socialibni in. 'squabble/ .Disa.£?recnrier-(l dii'e--tpv. KRS-^fabulaiioh-^^^ pictures :'shbu.Id IgCt -pCrcciiarid which..go ;bn iflat;.r,ental,./i/. /%Vndcrstood- deal, between General Thbatre's. Corp. aixd; Charles .Wpolf -aneht Lbicester Square: theatre; ?oihg over to . vaudeville; ' With .George Black: in charge, fell through because Woolf wanted more- than 50% of;, the profits;' although he complied : with- $2,000 rental.ar.rahgemCht; Frances Day. ■ former American showgirl,/has filed suit for divorce against Beaumont Alexander, also Tormerly ah. American, after years of separation, Alexander ; was manag- ing director- of; Prihcess/ re!?"taurarit and cabaret when he met Miss Day, but: is.- hbw ;Gut of shbw .-business, M'iss.D.ay. stari^d: in several, .musicals here. ;/ ' ■■■.-';■ .- -'"-'.--^":..^-/.. -'-; ^'■':"•■■/ '■ Hollywood Walter ; ;iGie.<;.eking, cpncerfing . in Paris/.; :,y .;;.-;. ;.-•..- ;\/-';../-. ■.;' '■ ;■ Cqsta Milon'a.: Greek-'tenor, jsinging at the Peoples' opera. ^ ' ;■.:• '[■. ■.:/■' . Bernardino .Mpiinari batPnfrig ithe Berlin PhilharnibnicV here; .:'; - / 'Saratoga' (Metro) replaces -After the Thin Man' at, the Marmprhaus; - ■■'' ':Myrtl'e/Leonard- \jf/New; York.- giv- ing a. song recital at the; Bechsteinr ::aal.. ' :-:'.?: -■" • • '■.■. r • Heinz/Bbtten-Baockcr,s, pioneer in German . -film.s;died unexpeGtedly at 66. : ■ '/.:-.'■;;: ;.--."-/'.: .,■ He'ihrich OberlatindiBrr; author of "The Big and Little Ldye.'/vacashing in Switzerland, •; - . - ■ .; : A new prbductibh; of : 't'ideljip|' ;at the. State bpry under , the baton pf Hermann Abendroth. Hilde Hildebrand . signed for brie of the leads in the TPbi.'} film; The Day After' the.Divorce.':.. ;: Sasha Guitry'.s/ 'Story of a SWin- dlerV;such 'a- success here/tha*. a Ger: ^ man. dubbings .under.;:Way.^ Karin Hardt -in the title' role of Bari-y Connor's .'Patsy' is playing guest engagements / iri.VDre.sdeh and Leipzig.; > , ' Hermiahh .tloth,. teacher •: at the :fa-. mous. Berlin CoriseTvatory' of Music, died .ibllbWing an'attack ;of tPiiSilitis. He was 56. -'/- ■.; ;••- ;-/;.„' •/ Curt Gbetz, back ffrom London, has started -rbbearsals for his play,. 'Ingeborg,' to preem soon at the Kur- fUr.stehdr.m; theatre; - '/Karl May's' famous stbries; ;of; the American Redskins to be ^performed this sUmmer at the. Open-; air theatre at Ratheh, near Dresden. . .. /' •Hamlet', to haver, its first open air performance in/Germany- thi^ .sUrn- mer at the - historic; -Roemer-sbefg square; Frahkfort-bhrMaih;: • By Jphn Quiiii) Weather finally, pot' around to be- ing 'real, Wirtter. with-:zerb;,and snow. ; Local IATSE.taking business office duarteTS ph.; south i side- of • film row. (Tarl .KrUmrei directing remodeling. Film and ; theatre row igot; happy at; Variety /Club's annual Valentine party, first under -new prexy, Walt. Green. •," .. .' Johnny ''Harms/new booker- at . Mono exchange replacing. Matt: Rpz-/ gay,; now carrying pbrtfblio; oh road-; for outfit : : Mort Singer, Brahdcis owner, in •town last week for visit with, brbther ; Will; . Reported, biz up over same period of 1937. :' ■< \. W.; W. Troxell and Bill' Miller orig- inated contest plan to replace draw- ings and. giveaways - recently out- lawed in state. --: ; Warneirs exchange installed in tem- porary quarters block east of perr manent building Which is undergoing remodellihg and' airrconditiphing. Sub-zero weather delaying bpen- ing of) construction work oh A; A. Brown's hew theatre at 36th and Farham. Set for March l;hpW. Two other sites;:ijndei::. consideration." for coriistructiph by other partiei?;; John .Qujnlan, Brahdeis assistant man ager, t rea ted h i nfiSblf to five -mile walk:, at 5 . - mV bne .riiorning last week in - Miriheiapojis, Where he; Was visiting- hbme folks.'/Taxi and trol- ley; strike had jiJ.st got under Way. . Olaude Rains bedded by flu. Lois January oiit.bf h.bspi;lal/ : Miriam ,HppkI.ns--ih/fi'onv .N /-;. Lorva Stephenson/ih frorb;I/M:k1.pri;.. .- BUd.:Lollier studying la^^v at ■irigKt. . / , .Ai- Lichtman. here.. for /JVictr,b hoilri'/-- dle,s..- - .:',,':-■/ '•• >^.;;'' ' '/'J./■;■.-■ Robert Paige dischai"ged from Hos- : P.ital. /■■-■'■.■.■,■.:"■ .^v;--./-/-u-.-; V Pick Forari i bbb'-sledding: iit Y6i;c- .; mite, •• ■;;;: ;;:. v-;. .'-'-;.-. Jambs Stewart /will vacaliion in . - Mexico. ■ , . - '■'-''-'' Eddie Mannix celebrated another birthday. • ■:/ '■'),' '■ John Balabah; /Chicago, here • for two weeks, -../■.'■..'■-/• .--.;'- .'. JPhn Bartymore heiddcd by cold On his 'birthday, ./ ..;-"'-; ■• .y- 'y -■. Bernard Seigel; recupcratihg • after- ." :heatt attack."^:./; .;-;.//•/;/;./-■.-' ' /:.'. — ■ Oliver ; Hih'sdell lecturing at/U. 'of ; Washington.: ',.:' }■'' - •/- v-'/;.- /- Constance, Worth hospitalized/ lor - bbservation.: ■■ Gene Fowler . m.c'd parly for Harry Brand; ;--. . Reginald Denny; gbihg foi- an .alN - ■ white manse.-;-.. /■''.--/ . Victor Fleming'moved into a hew/: Bel-Air home. /,->/■ ■ ;' ■-:--;?- v/.Burt McMuVtie; of Music Corp/: -down-with.■:sin'u5;;-'- //-■; -■--:- ' / 'SpehceiTL Tracy.entered hPspital for- ■;maiPr.bperatibn/..' ;-- ;-.■•■■;/■■ :^ ■■■'■'/-/ ;Anthony Averill has . gone/ for a. : Santa Monica tpanse. . -. Adrian, Metro's designer) hosting; . Tpby, Manhattan stylist / Clark Gable, oiling shooting irons for Mexican hunting trip. ■ Jack .Carsoh./installing .rifie rang*. ; bn his Big Bear acreage. - / Eleahor.;, Powell preparing /.for ;;- Metro's ;'Hats in, the-Air.' / Harold Shumate; and the rriissus at : Palm Springs,, for four, weeks. . v: Mrs. Donald Ogdeh Stewart open- ing an ; interior.' ;decorating shop. ■' Carlos NiebIa,/Me.bro's Mexico City manager-, giving the studio the. once- over. /■■/. ■/-:':-,--'-^; -■ ■:' Biarhey. Harris, prexy of PcjmI 'Films, Ltd., of Canada, scanning the . Metro Jot •. . - ' ■ ■ :; Max. Reichmanh, /European direct tor, in' from Nl Y. and anchors here permanently;/, • Isabel DaWn /arid Bbyce DeGaw again at Metro. ;writiiig. desks/ after N. Y./vacatioh. - Victor Fleming planning European . trip after.'.he finishes directihg Test'" Pilot'for Metro. / .-.-....-;:.- Maury Leona'rd, Chicago, •;b & ; K-. legal advisor^homeward bound after month oh Coast :.-■- ;■' . Ward Nyhus resigned post with Pat Casey at Hays office to join' Small Co.. agency. . -' ... George Brent planes- to :N. Y./ as soon ; as . he, Completes his -rbre .in Warner's . .'Lovely Lady.' / ^ . Ed Hatrick, .Cbsmopolitaii ;Pr6d,uc-; tions head, in from N. Y. for cbn^ ferences with W. R. Hearst...... Peter Tihturin and Jack Lawrence. Republic/ tunesmiths, have leased ranchos in the Sah Fernando Valley. . Mary Astpr and Manuel del Campo celebrated .first anniversary of mar- riage With second ; honeymoon at/ Palm Springs..-.'. Madeline Carroll suffered sevei'e bruises when caught by falling tim- bers during filming of a scene for Waltei: Wahger's -The River I.s Blue.' ; Bryan Foy named by Texas gov- ernor :as. commodore in nori-existeh't Texas navy, in recognition of his ef- forts in behalf of .Texas Pan-Annierj- can-expo.-.-.-■ One Wtvood Buy ./(CpntihUed from page; .57) . approach the .mphey sP .expended las.V-s<sa.«!on';0r other ; '. ...in re- ccnt years. ■ - ■;;;-"/- :,;;;/.■ ■' //;■;"• ;■ ■■./•/ ■ There is still.. ' ■ eyidence; of , a tLend ;again."3t ;buyin tp Broad- way shoWs; .Reason ascribed is/that ^ most ot the- season's plays. have dPubtfureiemertts sP far a^ picturiza- ; tipn;/ ;/cprieernedi'. ;/Hpllywood still /objects to the ■ cohtract between . the ■;D'ram.qti;st.s Guild'-ahd which has been operative for- the .seeprid scasph/ Argued, that If ;Ho' -- .Wood i.s laying, p.ff buys ih tctpiiation^ that /Would /miore logicnlly 'have';,ap- ■ pl.ied tb la .si sea.spri.. - -..;-..'-;' ';■;:: -;./ ' - 'While Ihere ,nre -Sprne deals ijc.--1-' ■ing.. for.. ;itrren;t .standoiits, thci-e::,i.s. dpifbt' :.expro;p!?Gd- --.^Ov'or.,. - ino.onling; ■.•:b'o'ws;■ soript.s. of -.which.'-hiiye -kioen • more .■ ''/ Ipsv'; scruti;iized ■ by - stuc!ip■ /-i'cp.rc.'>eni.'nGve.<;..; :; ■ ,- ' / r-\. r ;; / ;;/Dejuair ■l;jr^ifil-M'-'C .rights/,wilr;.d0ul4.l^t!!<s.bo/-k(^^ -nlphg Enjad^yai^/. .ly^'ducer^^^^ ii.-ii,'i)iy ccHinV '(in picUa-e i;ihI i-Ui .rric);i:o (han coui.vtci. - ba hi n cc . 1 o.^.so.s . or - ad (I. ; Ui-. . p'rpfit.s'.. • Adthbr.s-, I'oo,. -hav(;. . Ipuk(!fl - to A\iG '. Cba.st .•■as;/'a ''l.ife-.5ayor-;W;honv blays. fail .'to':ciick a.i.Kl■ :fivai j^ugar fpi: .succo.cn . . ./■ Under/thc /aothbrs' .cbnli act -.ti-icy .'rcgeive -/fSO'V pf: uch money', 'with the mahagcr.« /on the .short cod of the share. Bight how Yankee .pictures have the top place in ali acer.s/.. .Shirley Ann Richards on per.sorials for British Empire Films. Tremendous crowds in Sydney for th? 150th Anniversary Celebrations. British pic, 'Wings of the Morn- ing,' and one Yankee, 'Thin Ice,' are. gro.ssing tremendously in alt, spbts played. - ' - -. : Expected that Hoyts will have .<;Pme more nabe theatres in operation be- fore very ; long in New South Wales and Victoria. - ; Sir Ben Fuller has decided ot per- spnally; view flesh beforc limpbrtihg for playing in this territory. Floppo; of the Montague unit brought 'this •deCisibh..- '■■'■■.■■. ■■/■'■';.- ..-■,-:■ -.■^■.■ V .- Republic films -hitliiig; the screc'ris here again after/ah absence of sbme ;;mpn.th.t..:;-;. ■^■'Marihattam-.:/;.-Merr'^^^^ :Round! pla.vcd Greater;XJrii6h's Capi- tol and.pulled nice biz.;;' ;: 'Balalaika' ;is; repeatihg -Melbourne success- here, for /;William..son-Tail.- Show win go out bri, the road later for same man.Tgementl ; Robert Hal - ■'Ii.day:/;;;an.d -.. Margaret .'. Adam/s .' ' starred; ■ .' ■ ';•■':';; '■ ■ ■ ■;./-. ■.,, :'■ Next': Wi,htei''/shoUld-\sc.e~/a-/;f.uVthc^^^^ .bbom' in; wrestling., gruntors bcinrg imported from America, . ;La,st; ,<:ra- ..^-»n proycd; a-Ver.i.table.igPld mi the prorhoter.s';!n. .Sydney-Melboiu-ne .and Brisbane/' //■■■, \':./ ■^ / .■./-' - ■".-. .'V .G/:cafw^^^^ heavy. space - i/i n6.W«p;ip.er.s/t<).- .bp;().st '.•ttlrac.lion.s. Even sccpiid ..arid-- third-■ i.'iin /■' ■Hpiis'.K • ;.are;/;..copping:.-.' spjrcc.;- apl/';niy,. Ei-ici; t.ahe; .iicWiy. app'n|n.l«:d ;,exploj.ieer, be)ieyes; in ..thc ,;^lrisii ."it liit,, ^ Arrival- of, iArthiir Loew 'here/ in;: April, being.-eagerly a.waited .in trfido circlc'si .. Exiyectod /that LbeW wi.'l; look over .the Held regarding the tDO.s.sibility of q obUi - production f rVr Metro. .Al'^o'cxpected that Locw will give hi.«t okay bn further theatre cx- I pan.siori during his .stay;, : . /•