Variety (Jul 1938)

52 VARIETY UGlTMAtE^UTERATI Wediicsdttjr, July ??, 1938 LET'S NEVER CHANGE SI:o\vlicaai), Mu.. Jii'>' ri.:iiiiii 111 ihri'O .iii l:<. \Uiar HI •<>. .I'>^ O'ViMi l>iUt:«. ?;i;(irt.Ailltiir lI.M'iiiu sia;;".! ,i<> Wilvillf Dililii'. .V- l-ai i-xi llii-.iin:. Sk.i iLv;;!". J"lf" '-'•■>; '3^- < i|il. liiilcili rfi-H "ll / Artlrlr llyriin K'llpli i:ili :.iM liiM"!.;.? M;ii iv.i l> Jiiiiijiy Kiii-.iC iiAi'ii I hi Ms. .11-. iV.-.l S.-iv:(ll ;. <1r:iiu MllN ^■Ilnt Allien.. .■.■.Iijiiii l)ievv'. iJi-^oii'iiux liiilJI tl;i.ili:il ............ lioK.-i ll:il,iin y.nn vvii'i.il.i ........ i:--."iiinliii;.Ni'iMiiiniiii J...'/ Sll.'';iil KiLl Arlia Si'vi':ill K:'nllr>n i;lv:uv. Mi-s. n,-i'i\j-ti:i- . .■ ■. Lhii-M.iii. F.'M'niiril A:iit>;;i Hi-iU-» >....,V.'.., I;iiye \yinier X':itl\ J.iiiu ~ Ji'itd'iMl New Owen bayis plqy was a smaih ! Willi Ihe suiiimer mob at the ^recm j Ji2ie toiiight (Monday I and iii. the most promising. Broaclway pryspcct ■ seen so far this season bn Ihs iiorth-' ern New England strawhat circuit. It's down-torearlh. folksy and qlevoid of strenuous action. Yet it is bol-' stered by a veteran playwi-ight's name and has much of the serene flavor ot some of last season's.Broad-" way hits. • Story concerns'8. woman ;livih.? with her grandfather, a retired sea captain, in a Maiiie village. .Tb hide her daughter's . illegitinVucy. they maintain the legend that , she was married '18 years before- in Boston and soon after • widowed.' .Drama comes to a hsad. when the real father returns with a ricR wife. .'Howevei',: when the da'ushter and her fiance learn she is illegitimate, thsy dismiss thi matter as 'horsefeathor.' Arthur Byron: is the b:'c!:borie of th3 piece, handing out philosophy , in salty', profane, terms. . His expert trouping. helps es<ablish the play's importance. . Although the present cast gives 'Change-': a commendable performance, Broadway, would re- quire -a . stronger.: combination on staw and' .so"it)e . tightening , of the script. Sets.are.e::cellent;. ' .Fox-. I CAN'T HELP IT Lbeilst Valley, I«r. Y., July 21. r»>mc'y In throe. a"i» l>y. Ariliuf-Cuoil- rkli. Ulreclea b.v l''ii;.t JLnnvoir:. 8e;lliix l»y f.nWrciu-t» <.;ol(l\vasHUi*. ' l*i'c.^onvi*il It.v ilrtnlKiHiipry Konl lU neil JSarn llicuti- ' Lor cuJt v.nllcy. N. v.. July M. I>rs.':aiii.... ,■ '.. h'l-irrnx Amijs Dr. I'oaborty Wiillani IWv'ul buHrin. ..'.........Vlrsli.VlH Catniiliell 1.1*01111 MatiidileiUI ^..,.....l.,uul!ie' Chnfre9 VIrgi.i'ii .'. ■'.. .M.ni-tliii t(of):;e Drnlce lluxloy........i .'.UavliJ (.trr'uik Kogcr Scoii ■ Vi,.'J'u.vliir. HulineK l'o»iy .Ionian.. KJUle NUccn', T>wl«llt ElilrlilKi'. ........... .^Ahn .McUtivcriV' llclou Putnam Cai-i.w.i-iglu.................. MtiTjiirie t^l-oayhrid jDlin Sinclair.... Il|phat:il rijirk lA^Ti/. -I .. .Mailelliie linlintiH Kkiiuril Urove .Derek .l-'ulruiau the title bt 'VikiiiS Loye.'.vvllh a Hiil- lywood clindvas an ciidin.d. Even though Aloxaiidl-a Z'arijf. the Danish qctress, and Max Siraeliler. her director, resent the dlstorlion of the Ibsen plot, the piclure" is a .smash. When Zans does clinch with her l:ading man, Gerald Fletcher, sliC re- veajs hcrscli in love'with him. Be- wildered, and disillu.-:.'i)nsil. the for- eign-director realizes that he can cope with neither the younger nor the .tiaril-shelled rcali.sm iiC Holly-' wood. Ho rasign.s h.is directorship and relinquishes all p-i'.«ana1 claims to .ZariS, whom he ,s3,vs he has 'lost 13 America.' Hj sjil.s :foi- Derimarl?, ■ !c;;vin'» a do7.cd Zai. ., who, cicspllc. a fabulous salary contrart. withdraws Into a shell of. sccUisioii from: the Htillywood mob. Introdui'tloii of- a . labbr-mirided lumberjack, adds nothing, aiid the character of a diction-teacher who blabs gossip to •the. pres.s is untbrlu^, natel,v distorteil iii its playing and ccriptinff. Sam Cowan, crude, -but nhancially j?ucnessful Hollywood nirbdurer,. is .well typed.- biit over-:' ulav.d bv:Ha'.Ty Irvin.e, Miss McGornlick tacljles, the lead- ■'n her' own play. . Not yet master of this ■ difficult rble, she: does succeed, i.i givin,? a conviiicin", fullrevening's Impersonp.tion . of Garbo. William Christopher, as the .mild-mahncr-ed forcigri dlractor". and'.John Bernhardt .""s.-the nhilosobhicfil; realistic, intel- ligcn'; flssoeiate director who suc- ceeds Strnehlcr; <lo the outstanding, work in this production. \Fox. FRANZl Rye Bieach; N. ,H.; Jiily i21. Cumf-d'y >vHh'-ninar''' .In Oii-^e -nclfl K.iiir srone.-i). adajilcil by lijvvin (Jilliirl rrom Uie Hu'.isarion o( l.nclW.VJ Hn* Ke'.i-l". Sl;ii-!i Helen Pord. Musli: b.v Alee l-'oi.-irCy; lyrlPH b.v. I'Mwln Gilbert.. Divectcd .by Do'i-oih.i'- M. Crane. , >ie'.».i.ity Jiibn Siillerii. M.inili-.al a?"comim"nlmcnt' by ' .Me;* F.i^arlv. Al l*'.ij- rnsur -Playhou&e, ll^e .Ueacb. l>-i July •-■li., '88.- l-;Hy......'..,.,.Miriam nnltiata ■Uo-'o.-. ^;.,. I ..... ..lyHeiililiie I.eniian Kliily Kk*e ................ . .UAbinO I'lbsus Jloili.-..OiiH - Ctpeliiw , ,.. ., J. ..lf*an Giillil Beg Pardon! Highrtohed vvordage . addicts; have coined a new one for scuU, ■'Iciy iViaids. As evidenced in a A\^nt-nd In last. Sunday's (2-1) N, y. • TimiJS, they're henceforHi tb be known a.s 'kitchenecr!?.' . Follows .the trend-that tui^ned press agents into publicity representatives or public reja^ tibns counsellors. and imdcr-' . takers iiito morticians,' L iter all live a.life bC spihsterhood to Satisfy his whims and petty demands. ;' She has. been meeting a man clan- destinely, but her father determines to break up the romance. But she is determined'to :.pit Ijer granite .will against, her father's until she has inherited their home and whatever other posessions he may leiave. '. They conspire to; ; murder her father,, but in the dark cellar kill her uncle instead.' However, they- nri^n- age to throw the blame on her father. who . ii convicted . and sentenced to hang for a crime, he didn't commit.. Now-, at last, she has her house, he'r uncle's estate and thie insurance money of both her uncle and father, but she 'refuses to run away, from town with her adm-irevi who, . is cracking iip lindcr thfe strain of the approaching execution.'Realizing the woman's cailotisness, he walks out'of- hci* life.: The final curtain falls iipon her. .a. selfish lovefless woman of stone. Jeanette Chinfey is.powi»rfully inr tense as the spinster and Bo'yd Crawford (in frorii Hollywood for the. .-.role) . is convincing ' as her cohspiratoi*, Helen Shields as the rival girl, Herbert Yost as the uncle, and Lbiiis Hectbr as the father are standouts iii an excellent, supDorting cast.'; . ; • :Oicfc, , Connolljr New Hearst G-M. , Joseph y. Connolly, head/of King Featiircs, has; been .appoii{ted gen- eral manager fof the HeaVst news- paper enterprises. He succeeds H,^ Li, Bilner, who will continue as a rnem- ber of the executive committee- and a director of Aiiierican Newspapers,! Inc...-. ■ ■; ,j In.-atldition to Gonnblly's new] dutie.<;, he will continue to.- manage King Features. F. ,fiiresnahan becomes chainnaa of' the Times-Star board, Knautii thi publisher, ■ * Since 1931 Knauth has been vicei president and director of the Select Printing Co, Of N?w York. He U also president of the Round Table Press ■ arid a • director, of boiVh the :Scieiitiric -Jiopk Club and' tlie -Re- liglOus Bopk (::iub. , x> 1 iiii-.^i \t i..-iiiii'i. iiuii;,! - J- wi u- (.;ullGntaff. AnOiiiny . Andron' Vi-lls*. I..-..- .- .... Alec Miirrlaba (\irnellrt- l.liiantyer.. .■....-. urb:ir:i AVliliney (:ovnrncs3. Mnr^ilr.o Sniidi Bobby,-. I>iinfil<l M.' ^Inonuln.v. I'lll.'..... .Kiank II. ,'rri-f(!ilier. Jr. Rhronesa. •. - :.,.,. Ilcrllhi. ICi'rr (•|ai*.'»........... ., I'llounnr . JfibniMin Anna. .Mlnil. I'*i-.-\n(*ln Dr. I;obcri Uicltli li Waller Coy Taylor Hblmes . proves. himself to bo a master of light comedy iii 'I' Cin't Help It,' with Eddie Nugent and Martha Hodge heading an excel- lent supporting cast. - As a widowei* harassed by, three man-troubled daughters and a tweed manufacturing business that faces oblivion unleiss he,can create a new; commercial, color, quickly, Holmes'- tlming is perfect arid he efxtracts all of the laughs-written into his part. His youngest daughter loves a pompbus welfare worker, the next is stagestruck ' and engaged to a phon.v English actor, the eldest, is leaving her explorer husband be- cause -he has brought honie a back- yai-dful of multiplying, llamas.: Into this madhouse enters, a . sexy- looker who makes a", brief and .un- successful play-for Holmes, the bu.sy man's practical -young secretary with a yen for one of his daughtet*s, and a long-suftering , butler who finally goes on strike. That comprises the principal ingredients of this merry, melange.; For light-hearted humor which ■wsiids its Way to, a happy ending 'I Can't Help If Is recoinrnended; Rich- ard Clark as John Stnclaii*^ head of an advice sirvlce-for mothers; and all of the others were well spotted in their roles. With a few minor : dialog adjust- ments, this one is ready for Brood- way. It could be an hilarious film, with good adaptation. ' Dick, Work for the Giants Wo.<t(brd, Mass!, July 19! Dnina In Diri'i. ai>lH ri-iiiii- m-enr'M). by I-:ii/.;ilii..ih .\r'.-l.'i-|i Miii'l:,- ■ pri'.-iei:l"i; .b.i- l>im-- ftM \\-|'liii<iri' M N*lllll:-.4rti<t1 Sniiilii..r lftu*;i. ii». Wi'.'.n.iril. .Ma-s., .iiii, in. '.is. .Mr;:i-Iil|.i-. 1' iilll l^iM-liiiil.. I-'ii'.lorli- f...ilM-t S;iln (*in\ .ni. ............ Sliiri-blli*l,l A li'xandi Ti '/-iij* Ci-ralll l-Nf.lclli-r. .. <;ny Cordon . t'ora P.a'iiitii^il sii-iniik> Murlllii l.orlii'i?.. Vivien... i WiriMiii C'lii-islonher ... .Uulty AV:il'M-ii|:in, ......;;.l':llll l'.i*riiai'<l ...... r. .-Itiiri-.v liviii;; ...:.rr<iliii lli't'ilhai-'ll ':ii7.:iIll-Ill .\ii-r.iniilrl;' l'*i-il,y. Iiellr . .. I.Viin Mi-rrJil ..M.-ii;jai-c'I .Si-liniiniii ... l-:i iii>>-tlnij I'diiliiii \blii.il Syllnev OiunI OUI In r-!ai,-i|uih)...-....lj...n,Ai,.i,.i.,„„ ^'(irlsllan ib'lil'lKUiin^en.,..... Uivljih Kbcilcy Althbugh;''Giants' is . of no com- mercial import: it serves; to uncovnr a promising, though immaturis -play- wright, in Miss McCorniIck, who- at- terhpts to 'expose' with- collegiate grimness the ■;n.ard-boilcd commer- cialirm of Hollywood and theistifling of art iii the, U., S. cinema. .Frame*; work for this preachment is: the story of -a tamed: Danish nitn actress who come.s to America 'witli, her director- irentor.' becomes a: star- overnight: when-she- does 'Hedda Gabler' under -.Ina, 'riitisi, Ki-uii'.'.l WlcBiii'i: .... Hon C^lcnii .; ..Hcli;n'-i''ord. Althbugh -there is much tb be de- sired in the. press;ntatio'n of a mu- sical on a tiny stage, with a sin.gle' piano as accompaniment:, after a.sin- gle week's, rehearsal by a strawhat cbmpahy, still 'Frah*zi' emerges from- dll this as a fairly good; skeleton for' a bi^-time operetta, production. The book is' too. flimsy, as is; but the music is quite turiefur in spots and the lyrics are generally okay. , Helen Ford, iakirig many a line in the second night's perforrhance, troupes gaily through the piece iwith an enthusiastic, zest that gives', the present production a helpful lift; She Is cast a-i a passe operetta star/. ,who is simultaneously a grandmother, a mother of a son by a husbaiid she. has deserted, and mother of an 11- legitiriiate 18-year-old daughter by the roue-tenor with w'hom'ishe is liv- ln,g as the curtain rises. -Everything is oretty well straight- ened out b.v the final curtain, and. there's nothing leff to do but try to, hum some of the best tunes: "This Is the End.' 'Sentimental Guy Who Invented Love' arid 'Honeymoon at Home.' The small audltoriiirii and stage nccerituated tendencies Ot Roland Hogue, and- Miriahi Battista to over- olay, and the same can, be said of Miss Ford's exuberance and flitty business. However, a ..sizable sum- mer audience, dampeneid by two days* slend.v rain, ate It iip. Shuberts are interested in 'Franzi.' ' Fox. Death Is My Lover Locust Valley, N. Yv. July 25. , , Molnilranni In . irii-i*.* ■ lu-i .^inllb. i>'-'>*f' J^'J'ni*!''*- I no>al Ci-aivfiii-il linil lli'loii )iy (Idorjje Couliii'riji.. s"ll!' I I.ilU'.'.'i.-'Mei:. - j'rr.*.|.fili'il Ii'oi-i at ■ neil IJai'n .Uiralri N.. v.. .tuly i.-i. 'as. . Miii'}:ari't Subiiitl ■ (jii:niby. 'Ili'i'beri ViinWli-k ■I'liniMiin liiililyii - l^Ally llri'uoty ..lar.'il (:eor-.:e Ui.*iiMli-y Qnlnibv,.' Me!.lie Tilllii* ■ll.'nni*."! Illlb.v ^ ■ I'*ll-i*t Ppllf^niiin -.. .'*'ei-iinil ■ l;olii"'ni:Mi Iteiiortcr i.' by .1/1.* rtiile-a :lilnb'.i'.- fo:i^yri>M Slliel.l^f. ."l.-isierl "V b»- l.-wn-lK-i'. by i>|iinV«niner,v- Lot-u.-it N'alley. .leiini>(io '"iiinl''y ...lli-riivri: Vii^l ..1ll*li>n Sblelilx .Km.I i.*l'liW.'ni-J . . .l.lblls Ib'l-liir .., .r,.i li.> Wuiri- ..|]i,ini>H Kf'ai-ni'.v '.. .lolin .\l:i)-iMll*.v 'Ui-b-ii-l l.lii ,l,*ii-y .. 111.-b.-ii-il I'Inrh Equity Managers American Press N. T. LOciil American ,Press ' Society ■ ha.s form eel; a New 'York local, Ihe sec-J ond in the society. First was firmed ; in Pittsburgh In May. Rex Lardner, | bf the, N-; Y;: Times, has. been Selected | president . Be is' a' brother of thei late Ring Lardner. - Qllier' officers elected were John C; ,Oestl*eicher, director ,bf foreign service, Intiirnational News ;Service, first vice-president;:, Harry Statori, editpl^-manager, .Herald Tribune Syndicate," . sedOhd-" vice-pre.sident; "Williarri McFee. of. the. N. Y. Sun, third vice-president; Eli Ives Col- lins', Jersey City Journal, 'executive- secretary; and Bruce Buttles;; of the. Christian Science Monitor, treas-- urer. red A. Austin, Of the N. Y. Times, is chairman of the membership com-! mittee; .George -Sbkolsky, chairnian of thct entertalrimerit cbmmitteej. and Bruce Buttles, , ' chairman of the firiance committee.; ■Liocal board of gijverhors includes' C. S. Partridge, Lowell LimpUs, ; Jay ' A. Cassino and'Esther A.'Coster. $»»,««« Suit vs. Shop Thayer Hbbsoin and liis book pijb-~ llshirig concern,: William Morrow «t Co., Inc!, have, filed suit for. $50,000 in iff. y. ;suprem'e, court agaInst Hill, i riian-Curl, Inc.,'also publishei Si Henri Weiner ^Paiil Haggard), niilhor, Alex Hllliiiari and ; Sani Curl, , alleging Slander in Weiner's book, ''ijeath "Talks Shop,' . Pjaintifls ,aver one ot the chapters represents a character, which Hbbspri dairiis is a reflection . on himself, who is dishphest, avoids payment to authors for their; works ' by keeping false books, iminoral, in*, competent, and associates -vvilh crinii. nals and iother: disreputable char> - acters.' ' ' .. Judge; Leary last-, week refused to dismiss the suit for lack of evidence, holding that it was up lO'the plaintia to prove on trial the. passages com-r plained Of iri the book -were intended toVmean Hobson arid his firm. '(Continued from page 49);, riianagers. aim to, force them, out of | biisinesS,, which seems to be a- front, for-they ffgtire ph getting, hit tickets in one way or another. It's held to be a situation coinparable; to booi'T -legging during prohibition.' B u t managers want; to see agency allot- ments, concentirated,, so -that, there, would be, better distribution.-, "The real goal of the .code is to make';- it easier for • theatregoers. Too often patrons'find;it difficult to. see hits, unless willing to'pay excess prices. Theatres would keep at least 25% of the tickets on sale at the bpx- pfficeS, that regulation having been included in ,the code last -week. 'A similar provision was made during; the NRA and was believed tb be one of the code's most, beneficial: results. Buys ^have; since been resorted; to and' fe.W 'tickets for hits have re- mained on sale at the theatres. Buys will be out under the new code; Equity's dwn'Rules' i ' I|quity is expected tb ;have its own ruies, which wpuld operate for shows produced by managers who are not- rhembers of the League. Shpuld there be violations, the shpws -would not;, be closed because that -Would penalize the players ' and might,- tob, foment troutile in the Assr* Present idea is to impose a heavy fine on the manager, in line with the League's prppbsal on yiolations. -Among the code provisions Is the establishmerit of an pft'lce where in- Tormatibri anenf theati*es, shows, time of performance, price of tickets and other, data will be available by tele- phone.';- Agreed that an earlier cur- tain Will be-tried, idea being that al least one performance weekly sholi^d ring up around 7 -p.m. as alt ac- commodation for comniutars. ; Ex-Mrs.: Billy Nabbed : A.rralgncd befoVe IJ,. . ,Cpmmis- sibner Howard S.. Abbott,,Mris/ An- tbiiiette Fawcett,, Captain. Billy's-ex; was last week held lor the; fall- term pf lAihrieapblis, Federal court On charges, of mailing and ^hipping, Ob- sccne 'matter, Publisher of Calgary; Eye •Opener and assorted bawdy special editions, Mirs. Fawcett - was arraigned on charges fl.led; by postal, authorities, following seizure of her ;publication5. Several G men had ordered 'copies Sent to their homes, and upon re- ceipt,- swore out coirnplalriU. Mrs; Fawcett waived preliminary exam- ination and fur'nisfied $1,000; bond! Cbydefendants -wit]! the-' ,henna- haired piiblisher are employes- Phil Rolfson, Charles -F.; Zirin and^ Rose Ejeldp. -Rolfson waived exaniiriatioh and furnished $1,000 bbnd. Same, dis- position, is; expected In the qases of Zinn and Miss Fjelde.; \ : Acquit -Three Gulldsnten Three Newspaper Guild;ineinbers were acquitted of- charges of illegal distribMtion of haridbills last week id the trial of the first! of a'series ot cases growing out of' the 'Guild's strike against the Hollywood (Cal.) Citizen-News.; Acquitted were Philip- IvI. Coririell!y, Morgan ilull aud Roger johnspn. 7 ; - ' Charges' still; pending against these: and other .Cuildsnnien incUiile cbn^ tempt citations for yiolatipn ";0f'a :blanket ;injurictipn against secondary' pickctin ! Of : Citizen-News ,adver- .tisers. Book .0B',Ge«r|;e Gershwin Longmans Green \yill piibl'ish .a book on the- late George Gersliwin ill October, edited by -Merle; Ai- mitage. Will contain more than 30 articles written by his friends. -In addition there will be 18.repro- ductions of Gershwin's, own ;;i3aiiit-, itigs and caricatures by, Peggy Bacoa and Miguel Covarrubias. Wllmlnrion (N. C.) SlarrNews Sold A, H. Chapman of Columbus,- Ga., pre'z of R. W. Pajte Corp., last week announced sale of Wilrriington, N. C,; Star-News by company he heads, to Rinaido B, Page, t>rez of,Star-News, Inc. ; Transfer of - paper was effected in settlement of estate of late Mr. and Mrs, R. W.- Page.' Star-News wiir be published inr, dependently ot - Pag« Corp., which ! operates Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, I and paper!!, in Wilmington, rf. C, ! arid Bradenton, Fla, This.one is too sombre for much hope of a Broadway run and Whether it could be adapted ^or pialalnbic filni fare is doubtful,. Bul wilhall 'Death Is'My Lo.ver' i.s an Intense bit of 1876 inelbdi;ama and, as Rivcii here, holds a : cosmopolitan. fu-pi-'niKht audience spellbound Jrom (ir.sl curtain to! iaiit-, -Slory is uboul a i*cpi*essiid.30-yoai*- pld ,woman and her father, who, be^ heath, the commoiv courtesies 'detest each Other- lustily. He, because' her birth resulted In the invalidism of his now dead wire: she, because her- father brbu.tjht hu'i-lots into the hoinc while her mother lay dying and be- cause his Iron will has forced her to' Washington. July 26. Formal regulations carrying out the tax-cxcmptlon claus,e for cut-1 rafe theatres, . promulgated by the ; Tj*easui*y Department last weak, iii-1 dicate ^agencies will not be allowed | to take advantage of the change, in : the 1926 Revenue Act. designed to lighten the load on leyit-. [ Regubting the slalute pus.sed at the -, last se.s.sibn of Conyrcss. the Trea.s- ! ury stipulated that the new provi-| slpn.s, limitiiii; the lax to the actual ; sale' price rather than the printed ,; cost, apply onl.v to ducats sold at ihe i ticket olTiee of theatres. Further in- terpretations will be iiecc.wary ' brokers arc to claim the law covers I them, which meaiis a wranide that • tan be submitted to the government ■ lawyers for a concrete ruling. Boyes Troupe to Tour Lincoln, July 26. ; Chick Bbycs tent'dramatip troupe.- on. location , here ,In Wen' Liiicbiii; I leaves on a tour of fairs and picnics-' in. Ncbra.ska arid KaiiSas Fi-idiiy (29), I Headed by 'Bob/Bay:',*.'/, Uadih.'; ■ inan here for, two .seai-)ivi., Bi'yos' is ; ■briligiiig in a new: ibnipany. l RememberlDg 'Valentino Beulah Livingstone, formerly Ru- dolph Valentino's press agent and inOre, recently with Universal, has turned out an 85-page,pulp pamphlet titled .'Remember 'Valentino.''It will be sold for 25c. in Whelan drug .stores and is published by Strand Publishing Co. , P.a. has been active for the past four months handling Valentino re- vivals. Winchell's Guest Missinc N. 'Y. Daily Mirror is riot using: Walter Winchell's guest columns dur^ Ing his vacation..They are belng-riiri by King Feature subscribers in other parts Of the country, however. A Minor exec states that this is, only tccaui'c ihe 'standard; of the gucsl-s is, not up to those of previolis years.' View expressed in the,Guild Re- porlei*. newspaper guild publicatiori! i.s that Jiininy Fidler Is being boosted by the Mirror and that! efforts are bsing made to subordinate Winclicll. Planned to run Fidici* between 'Wiri- eheirand Damon Runyon .wiien •'Whir chcli returns. Fidler was spotted In this pd.si lion last week. yicter Knauth's Dally j , ictor W. Knauth! has purcliaseid, about 00% of the common stock and j a large blopk of preferred stock of ■ llle fii idgeport (Conn.) Times-Star | ti'om H. S. Talmadge. It is one of liie cily's' (wo afternoon clailles.'John ■ UTERATI OBITS THIS WEEK Owen Wlstei^, 78, Tin Virginian' and mainy ;:work% ; died July 21 ,of a cerebral hem-, - orrhage, at his Rhode Islarid slim« me'r home. He is survived by flva ehildreh and four grandchildren. , ; 'The Virginian' was produced as-a , play and filmed twice. "The iiovel sold 1,500.000 cbpies. Wister's riialerhal grandmother was Fanny Kcnible, tli« ;^ actress. - ,Mis. ;nfarir Theodora Locke Hott- ■ ensmitb, 30, forriier spci'ety editor of Pittsburgh'Post-Gazette, died in that ,city July 15 of leukemia after four days' illness. Mrs. ' Hockensinith joined' !P-G in 1938; resigning upon ' lici* marriage three years later. In addition to her husband she leaves five-year-old daughter and' a son, , four months. John J. ppnoyan,-fOr 12 years; Boston Post correspondent in Salem, Mass., died at Salem July 16. Cpl. Anderson A. Webb,, 71, .pi- oneer Oklahoma publisher, died at lii.s home in Oklahoma City July IS* Webb entered Indian Territory i" 1839 and after editing papers in Woodward, Guthrie, Muskogee. Clin- ton arid Ada, he joined the federal lieaith department in the publieily Held. Charles T. Hall, 71, for 2') years editor and, proprietor ofi the Everett UMass.V Herald, died Jul.y 22 at his ,Maldcn. Mass., home alter several montiis' ill' hcaltlv. Was past presi- dent of , the Mas.sachusetb; Pre--^, A.siiii. Survived by his, wife; Mi's* Amelia Shcppard iffall; and one saiv VValier S. Hall, head of the liistovy ,clOparlniicnt of the Ex ercit ' Hi?" School. t'linrles P.. Howard, 58., pi'e.*ii'Jc''' of the Iiitcrnatiohal 'Typorirapl!'**'! Union for H years, died Jul.v' 21 *''' a heart, attack aV Colorado Spi'iO?'** lie: h.id rtceritly been; dorcaU'd fof reelection to the pre.sldern.*y, of thi printers' union. Wa.s secreliiry: Pf the Committee for Iiidusti-i='I tii'-J"'"; zalipn. , ; " | Louis Orlando, staff wril jr .if >W' I ern Movie Magazine; was d''''>^^'."^ | ..Tuly 10 while- swiiiiniiivi a* Nc*" j Dorp. jStateh Island. In'ISSS., .seudoriym' of :Jcri'y . Mj-fn'- . reached semi-llnaU of li-^h'^^'-^,"-:.-'.' ;(Conllniied on ; a;;*