Variety (Feb 1940)

VOL. 1ST. NO. t NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, 7. PRICE 25 CENTS SIDELINES CLIP MAESTROS FINLAND BALLY BARRED BY WEBS Relief Tun* mm MK«C hula. TW aet- M toot the eh- twli ii until mm, • pre- 1. Cua&u Rene Is Nixed! If CivcrHMt Tor on la. Feb • Duect tiliahiai cm! (raw Ottawa •TD K thetloa. under se cre tary at ataU lac teeotga aatelrt. Ioralyet at Oat Haft house minutes curtain went up an Um *WaU a( Om Way lo Put It 'He's giving 'am Uta twa i reutlnea In tha bualneaa—toe •wait and tha ilaiaiMt* PA. PUBLISHERS PEEVED AT PIX Philadelphia, Fate. t Irayal al Estate. They <»f rcp-trtcri at industry At tha i n —I meeting at tha sylvaaia Newapeper Pubtiahers Aa- »< trial ton at Harruburg a ONE REASON THEY NEED LAWYERS Great for A.T.AT. Mrvore »■■!. Pah. A Jack Yalta*. Mat boot far Al Jotean-Ruby Buaineea, or aa Nit.ry Operator a. Col. Toll — Soom, Ml Big for Yoon, M..t NON-STOP BANKROLLS mt music publishing houses ta playing bonifaca hi eatss and enter- I spots, las a men, particu- larly, petal eat that music piiblltalag York, aad thajr Mt out any aags ar beta Reapers aad GAY WHITE WAY* TO HIGHLIGHT N.Y. FAIR With tha Gay White War, tag picked for tha audaray, ah eadj tak- ing shape although epeatag at tha •till la N T. JACK BENNY IN NEW $18,500 DEAL Reynolds, who a simile tear, hi charge. Oaa at tha with sacoaajtut wtah at tha Chicago Uao at Mat Peansj Koala Hi a ■ajar Ftto- I at putting ana ahoc s Association ara inc ensed by that playing angot tor such a tha u prated p rsdu c tisa ana exhitM- j aaora risky than Nasi bond*. Uao at llau by tha leading atetiea I Tha straage yen at tancoman to go picture producers portraying nrwa- slaauning raaaiarrlally strikes many rvers in tha imu< aaora raaa mt tha at M. T. realty « Jack Benny's now oaa) with Can- lu n cheon at too tear laat oral Feeds will aaaat likaty ha cteesd ; will Include Ma dtoptayv this Frtoay ct). Brvorel angtoa ara waM gay too hteatrhto Ticket atill apaa for arttlanat. but too to- leuage. aat tar a i—lially ef_these will | lair butkttog botwoan tha main eahtbrt area. yoara. at a ana thr PNPA •aanhe. too dlphnaat declared that "•a wouM Uka vary much that too part ha aaaMlaal' was haaaj an a pi old la thr piodureis aurh scandalous muro p ra a ontottoaa aa have bom noticed aa reread It waa faportoal tha publishers war* aapacially peeved at en page Ml Mai direct employer at every - ono on Hat ahow. Bonay'e praaont c atara ct aaplros at tha ana at Juno It la i thai Oaaaral Foods is ajn "'iaa^rOagaat HMJar had boon played up M aublicrty ana Arat-night audi mm la d |yy Hi ©mi curtain explanation •wwaar. that Maaaolinl M ~R had tta -HOT PROD. 20% BEHIND LAST YR. of IM-M it running dis- that of M-M In pro- Up ta • program The food trtot ta ad tola laat but Ban ay objected, aat bacauaa ha waa toary ahead getting bebtad eaaaethmg By Air RiW Tfcetl mt mm Oaaaral Foods' Oct II MM. Mis naw' u s haaap will bo too Urgaet ever tar a hair-hour variaty ahow. Young A _ i' Buhacaaa la tha agency Ra- waa ■sag Crosby is being guated as in- dicating that ha haa had enough of Paramount and will BM ^- mare was no *** QrpartoMwt *•» Attars sbartoi ■KO. with tha provision oaa picture annually on the outside Ha has taws this with Paramount and currently is making his outside singleton (or Universal. If I Had My Way.' Last season ha made 'East Side of Heaven' far U. Crosby will arrived by 1 aaeae data Mat year. That . was slightly ahead at tha pre lie aa half-seasaa total, which waa M at- tractions. Unless there is a spring spurt, indications are that tha cur- will RUTH DRAPER'S GIFT ' land far American can't induce Hollywood They pUr- eci to rraas tha acoaa M wartiaao. Only American star curreatly mt i work M Losktaa la Vancouver. B C. Pah. « Draper turned aver her $l« - letro. Hay MiUaod la going soon to make a pair Mr Para- Tiaalaa. Pah. t Oil at H. J. and four at affiliates haw lo thr TELEVISE OOP COIVEJTSH In the event tha Ki puhltraa Na- tional Convention is haM eatoer to Haw York ar Philadelphia, aa now la * k porta I ion i that there aaora shows presented ttoaagh tha Indus at Hollywood coin. Although the gentleman°> agreement betmeen Iradint Aim Irmi Mt to finance legit is conceded to be obsolete, toe revised Dramatists Guild taMract wM "la aul in It active in that direction heretofore The ethers turned thumb* d two on the conditions in- serted by the ae th e r s* organisation, which, they say. waa done without tl» Governor at British Columbia, waa c h eered by g standing-room-only crowd araa c ture.' tM-ietraos-heeteos M attortos, hM _ completed a beak which si e calls CATAJXADE her 'aaaatottoary.' Details bar aa> Hollywood. Feb. d . periences raaa jag classy apaaks M Concluding Oat •Cava lca de at Ra- New York's east sate and later to I by one of the