Variety (Dec 1940)

Broadway Errol i'Jynri due east ,thi$ week; > Edttiund Gwehn^^^b^^ l^Oiri the Coast. r. ' ' V, ■ V / Dorothy Kay back at the Beach- comber. • ^. ..'.' / , Fred: Astaire Is; taking it easy, :at Alkeh, S. C. ' ."/V^ [ Fred Spbo'ner bought eO-apre larm - jn iviaissachusetts, , ; , . - : Monte Prbser put Of Medical Arts bosp after a checkup. Harry Essex company ntanager of Twelfth Night' (St, James). Y ^ ; Max Hart out of hospital, but jnust re-enter for second step, bpera- *!^Myer Zerttner; manager of St. jamW ahed, ;but ailment not .;diag- "^Eari Larimore iMustratlng volume of • Irish stories by Charles O'Brien Kennedy. . ..■ ^ ' ' Barhey Balabah, hostmg party pf ■ eight; attended the Army-Navy, foot- ■ ball tussle;; . • •. M .. - ■ • Dorothy Peterson, in from Holly- wood, negotiating for a: role in fprth- ■.Cdming.riegiter.: : -v.- Eljrfjorate sighs outside new Bond clothes shop, which was. the Iriterr national Gasino. ; • j Santos-Artigas winter circus op- ened , last week in HaVania, Mvith Fred Bradna in. charge.. Harry s Goldstein of Bfandt Bros, h.o. returned ' to his desk- Monday (2> from his hpneymoon; Dorothy Kilgalleh has sold a novel- ■ ette to Cbsmopolitah about a fictitious N^w York nitery operator, V Muhro Brown, legit player, leaves for Coast tpmerrbw (.Thursday) on iiegbtiatiohs fbi" screen pact.' . Laurence Olivier reported return- ing to Englahd for war duty,' after several errohebus predictions; . . . Harry NelmeS; Arthur Wrfght, Richard. Moon and Clarence Jacbb- sbn are in the Slst St boxolficie. C. L. Oswald due back the nniddle of the month after a lengthy tour ' of Paramount theatre territory.; . ,. Willie. Harris switched from: Eni tiire boxoffice to be- treasurer of the National (The Corn. Is Green'). ,;Marvin Schenck trained to: the Coast Friday (29) for a week of confabbing with Metro studio'- execs Albert Deane, Paramount fbreiign , ad-publicity ; chief,. renamed secre^. tary "of the .Australian Society of .N.-Y.\.- ■ ■ ■ Harriett Flagg, exec secretary, to ; David O. Selznick, has resighied.. De- sire to remain in . Ni^Y. : caused her • to quit, Riv, Bisland, ;who was treaisurer for Mike .Jacobs boxing shows, . in charge' of boxoffice" at Sroadwiay ('Fantasia'). : • : Jack Weiner, of the Hollywood . William Morris Agency^ returned to the. Coast Friday (29) after several weeks in town. . Tracy Barhaih, Ghio-Kentucky operator of the Patarhount theatres. Is remarryinig, the huptijilis scheduled before Christmas. Carmen d'Antonio starts doubling from Tanama Hattie' intosthe Cafe Pierre, and later, the rhuitibaist goes .into .the Beachcomber. ■ Lou Hymah, Lesser-Lubitsch. sales aide, due in New York at end <Jf January with, print: of Lubitsch's ^That Uhcertaih Feeling,* . Maurice Kallis, arti.st With Bvir chanan agency, is among those who have paintings on this week's exhibit at the Montross Gallery. Frank Bradeh, Ririglihg p.a., will traviel for next two months In ad- vance of Walt Disney's 'Fantasia' jpribr to rejoining the circus. ' Stanton Griffis :made isbme. cute wisecracks at one of the educational sessions at the Par h.o., mentioning other big execs of the" company. Rosai-io and Antonio (Los Cha- valillos Sevillanbs) Spanish gypsy dancers at the Waldorf-Astoria due , to^o into Metro's 'Ziegfeld Girl.* ^ Phyllis Colt, who replaced Joan Edwards in 'It Happens on Ice,' is a pupil of the former viaude performer, Aiieen Stanley, now a vocal coach; ^At the Fair for two lyears'in charge of^the stage for :'Railroadis on Pa- rade, Dave Berk-has returhed ib his old post at the Paramount, Brooklyn; ■^Stan Willis; former. -Broadway agent, :now :arrangihg tinie in South America^ has Edith Rogers Dabl set py^him for tour of Central Ainerica. ;George White's Gay White Way nitery show; into rehearsal for Xmas ; preem of his hew theatre- restaurant; site of the. former (5ottbri Club..: ■■ . ;• ■ ^.Autbbiog of Hallie Flanagan, di- rectpr for fouir years of the Federal Theatre,; to be miblished by Duell, ^5J[J^*c Peawe i)ec. 12. itX tagged ^J:^ J*ofts back from Chicago operavengagement and road cbhcert :J^f*«5 tb ?tart-tehearsals for the re- J^i^®^* P^^^^**r of the. Regimehf at the Met..-. ■ .. Charles .O'Reilly, who was heid of the mption picture division of the pempcrats in 4he presidential cam- «-Jl"'uX^^**^<'hihg it Pinehurst, N. C; With his wife. eastern rep fpr rW- seU.Birdwell, lost 11 pounds after a inree-hour septum operation on ^^^^ last Wednesday (27)^ but is recuplng pkay. , {r.i"?'^*',*,*^® ^^"^ P^i"*»n« of 'Think- 1^8 on Your Feet,' Louis Nizer, at- lorney who authored the bopkj has ,t>een swamped by demands to go on 'Pf^king tours ft address various gatherings. Visit of Jameis R6oseyelt*8 prpducr tioii head, flenry Henigsonrto New York last Week wais a matter of a couple: hours after a storm forced his plane down and delayed hini about a day. Miary McCall, ,Jr., Metro writer, and her husbartd; Dwight, Franklin, of the Metro research staff, left for the. Gbast last week after a shbrt visit. ■ east; . Frjfnklin u nderstopd negotiating for a post with a N, Y museum. . ..Angna Enters' annual, exhibition of paintings opens; Monday. (9) at Newhouse : galleries. This year's shbw features scenes froil) the Ring^ lihgrBarnum-Bailey c i r i:;,U,s,. with which she ' traveled for afcbuple of weeks last season. ^ . A fire in: the sUTb-biasemeht of the Parianiouht . hotel, - vearly Sundiay moirhing. (1) destroyed:. . number of instrumentsi and costumes of Billy Rose's Diambhdj ■Hbrseshb^ : nitery quartered'in the hostelry, .Firemen quickly -put out the blaze.: Agnes Mehpel, purchasing execu tiv.e for Paramount : at . its home office.. has a'broken flhge^ as a re suit , of a taxi accidentj her second within, the. rnorithy Previously .she and Aldyth Reichenbackv: secretary tb, Barney Balaban. were bbth- in- jured in a..taxi crash. Besidt^ his. - band ; • irianag^ Joe Glaser is . an. ardent breeder and ex- hibitor of prize shpw dpgsy -He owns .some '25 Boston.- biill teirriers • iand Pekingese contenders; among them a rare pair of white Pekesi One of his toy Bostpris took three first prizes in a week's periodi: late last month, getting best, of breed, designa.tibn^ at shbws atv HarrlsbuTg, Pa.-;. Philadel^ phiia and Cahidenv N,' Ji V ..iy Sam.''ic. Hurst' : Dick' Barrie" and baiid 'opened stand' in Club Cbntinerital, Hotel Jefferson, Friday (29); Romb .Vinfeent is being featured with Gebrge Harnilton's: band at the {Chase Club,: west end nitery. . Hari:y G. . Arnold, bperator of Arnbld's Beach, ainiisement resort in St, Louis county, died at Point Lbma,: Cal. He was 72, Rudolph Gahz, pianist; cpnijposer and formierV conductor of the /St. Louis symph, wil}^ ffbriduct classes, at Webster College in St Louis County. ::' 'Memberis of the Zoblogical Board bf Control nixed an : offer; of the Ringling circtis to hire the chimpr pony-dog act for six weeks next /Spring:, ; Sbrija iienie and her 1941 •Hblly- w.obd Ide 'RieVue'. skedded for a five- night-stand at; the Arena starting Tuesday (10). It will b^ third visit tb this burg. The. New York Theatre <iuild w»H produce - 'Battle of; Angeles,' \Vr itteh; ;byThbmas Lanier Williams,- localite. Williams writes. Under the name of Tennessee Willianfis. ..- : /.^Spyrog P. Skpiiras addressed: 150 persons of. (Jreek descent here in .connection with his nationwide tour to i-aise $10,000,000 to aid Greece. Thfe St. Louis quota is $436,000. ; . • Lucius .Beebe, New York Herald- Trib. cplUmnist and r'ailrpad. enthusi- ast;; participated .'in the . dedication cerembnies of the $350,000 control tower in the Union; Statioh yards; ' William Berberich, o^Vne^ of the Meadowbrook Club, summer .nitery in St. Louis county, will-..build a $650,000 hotel In; Jeffersbn City, Mo. .it will be Ibe third in. his chain in Missouri. Bill. CorUm, sports cplumnist for Hearst, will be the principal orator at a joint football dinner of Kemper Military: School and the Boonville, Mo., High Schbo], Thursday; (5). Corum is a former Boonville resi- dent.' Elliot Nugent, Julie Stevens, Nait Briggs, .Leon Anies, Elizabeth Love and Ivan Simpson of 'The Malb; Ani- mal', cast : were guests bf honor at a luncheon tossed by, the Playgoers of St. Xouisy: Inc. . Miss Stevens and Briggs-are localitesi : IIS ■■;;^ 'By Harry. Martin : ;Dbris Bbwdon. building a home here, for her irhothier. .- Allan Jones and Irene Hervey here, briefly ;'tWe.en planes. Bob. Millard brch :set'to trail Eddy Rbgers at Claridge Friday (6). V Talbbt Pearsbn flew back from Na- tional Theatre Conference in New. York;. ^:".^''^:-V: /.'.;■.; .y / ^^.:'--;'-: ■ '-■'^-^ :^^owa^d^Waugh and, spouse ;tb New Ybirk fbr Warner zone manager cbn- ferende.'.; .^■'".y' '•■'.,■: ISI.' A. t/ightman in ' from' para- mount partner huddles at studib. in. Hpllywood.' : Mischa AUer; In fbr visit :with Bandleader Henry Kiiig at Peabody hotel. 'Here five day& .. Black Hills Passion JPlay doing nicely ■ for week- under ^sponsorship of The Commercial: Appeal.: Civic Theatre doing 'Cradle Song' next week. Little Thbatrie follows week after .With 'What a Life,' ' ;Boris Morros amazed to find Bobby Crump wearing shirt loud as his own at luncheon in producer's honor, : Oscar;: .Nordstrom and Virgil- Quadri of Chicago here fpr precming of hew Balinese Rpbm at Clsridge hotel. Nordstrom designed, Quadri muraled* : »- .. (Via jVfadTidJ By Jdseph D. Havotip . Louvre Museum again open tb art lovers. . Famed French cyclist Roger La- pebie'retired, Newspaper'Mot d'Ordre suspended for eight days. ;; ,Thiftyi;sev.en new subway stations .opened, in Paris, ^ Ration cards '; . ;reqtiired . in Paris .restaurants; .':,•,■ • : French newsreels; being shown for first time . since June 10. •. • : . Actor Arirtre Brulie married to Madeleine. Lely 'at Corenb,' ..\ Steeplechase . .racihg ',,at Autelul track bringing .back forid membries. :. Book, . 'German in .40 Lessons,' being sold - like hgtcakes " Paris shops.' ,-■:■■ ;.';'•-,■ : ■; ■;■ iRene Batbri, cbriductbr of famed concert Pasdeloup .Orchestra,' Is deaid;'-'-. ■■;■'.,;'•/ir -: .:... :':- ,, v^WriterVvJean :d'Xvray, . 79,: member bf. this Legion of; Honor, died' re- cently. ■'. ': --^\'--':\':-.. ' Jules La'dbum.egue, bnce 'LSOO-i- (heter champ, ;back:; churning the cinders. ;-. ' ;/ ; Paintei' Richard Muguet killed in' action during war;- it's-;just been learned. ■ •■,'; ■'. :'< r j. Five-franc stamps :and pieces with Marshial Petaih's effi;gy tb: make early appearahee..-■.;' ' . Hunting; again bpen :in-:ribn-oGcu-i piied -France.,': Foreigners',; however,, don't fate a;.license. • Germans, outlawed picture-taking: in bccUpiied territory/except by Ger- man ;spldiefs and officials.-.. : Fjench pfficial newspaper : Le Temps: now being; published in Lybhs^ going from Clermbnt-Fer- •rand. -;',. ■. '■; .■.'.'•'■'■' ;.^'V Morning piapers L^ .Pfetit Pafisieh and Oeuvre back in Pariis. after ijev- eral - months' . publication . at Cler-. mont-Ferrand. ■ . Exactly 204 Paris restaurants fined for; violating f9od- restrictions. Six well-known food , emporiums shut- teired for 24 .hbUrsV i Frerich papers predict that France Will again become a hatibn of beard- ed (neii as ai result of sbap. and shav- ing'cream shbrtage, . ' .. Henri Lavedan, writer, dramatist and scenairist,' famed as a boulevar- dier and himself isbn of actor Leon Lavedan, died'at,81» , Mme. de Gottens, actreiss of an- othei': a;ge under . name bf Jeahne Ivon, and :Wlfe of writer and drama- tist de.Cbttens, is dead. ■; AnieHcan hospital; at Neuilly- cited in prider tb: Army : by General Hnht- zinger for services rendered duririg war to French woUhded, . Mbrie' than 100 sehtences; pieted out in pastvmbhth in Paris for high; prices. Sonie 35 shops; shuttered for three months On same; charge. ^ French Boxing: Federation., dis-; solved, so as. tb bermit new Physical Education Commisssuiiat: to reorgan- ize French boxing fSphi tbp to bot- tbm.:' ■■ ■ •■.:l.' ■ .-■•.'1 ■..-'■ Pai"is. kibsks loaded, dbwn w ith Gei'man ahd Italian nev/spapers and peribdicals in pla je of the familiiir British and American pliblications of yor#. v ; Letter writing between two zones again: permitted in form of. uniform postcard called. 'Cartes Familial^s.' Other" cards or letters thrown in garbage, cam ■ Actress Maud '. libty robbed of dresses and jewelry worth nibre than 100,000 francs (about $2,500) by two women to whom she had givieh shel- ter in her Paris home. New French radio programs ; ar- ranged With' object of itiaking; all Frenchmen love all that:rCbhstitutes the artistic; literary, historical arid political patrimony of thieir country, French newspaper Le JoUr Writes thaljj.-the. Riviera. has again become Fi-ench, commenting that it iis Fi-ench 'from (iartnes - Without Eng: lish to :Saint Trbpez without half- breeds.'■•:;■;'. \ Fr.e''n c h " writers' , Whereabbuts: Royalist; leader Leon Daudet hear; Limbges; Paul Glaudiel at Brangues;' Pierre M^cQrlan at Gargilesse; Jean Giraudoux at Cusset;.- Paul Morahd at .Villefranche;: megger Marcel Achard - at Lyons: Armand iSalacrpu, (says he wants to;, give up yriting. and return to soil) at Aptibes; Paul Rebbux at Aritibes; Reyhaldb' Hahh; at Toulon; Henry Bidbu at Vichy;. Georges • Inmanh. at Brives; Rosny . :J"eune in Brittany; . Roland ,Dor.(jeles at Marseilles; Francis Caircp at Nice; Tristan Bernard at Cannes, and Hen-; riette Pascar planriing to go to. New York;.; . ' ■" ■;; sked to exhibs. Were gueists of local boss, Lpuis Gbldsteinj _ Director Frartciso Mujica an- no unees he's to make 'El Mejor Papa del Mundp'; .('The Best. Father in the World'),:based on an original by Sixto Iloudal ;Rios and Carlos Oli- •veri.,- , ; June' Marlowe, only vtl. S^-bbrn actress to reach'top rank in Argen- tine films, infanticipating. . Her hus- band, Tito. Davison, ehilean-borri. is a local diriector; ;: She's with Lumitbn Studios. ,_r- ■ •/Top ; iocai . cast i.eaded -by. Tito Lusiairdo, : Palitbs,. Amelia' Bence, -PaqUita Vehil and .Felisa Maty- an,' nounced for. ri^w.;-;high-biid'geV fea-. •ture,.;;'NoviQS ;Para Los. Muchachas.' •(•Fiances for the Boys'),. ;.: ,. ■ ■■ -iyiutual Aid.'S.oc Of - the ftlifrt in-' dustry (Assoqiatibn Mutual .Cine- :matograftca) readying hew collective irisurance ; scheme,.; .qpenihg a new spbi'ts sectipn and appbihti ng'a press committee to run bfficial mag;. . - Argentine .Association bf . .Cbm- pqsiers celebrated silver anniversary with - spiicial ; concert, ; Gohsfaritirio Gaito, president of the brganizatibh, announced total of 194 events bririg- ihg many leading foreign; artists here.' ■;,,.•■ -■;..■.-. • Argeniiria Film'plahs 'Pajatbs Sin Nido': (^Birds Without.Nests!) to,be distributed under "new'setup ; With La; Sudamericaho.; jiive Roberto Escalada , and ; tahgb canary; Elena Lucema,; head caist, .which; includes Nini .Gaubier; " Ledl by ilbcal: press, actors,- di- rectors and technical men—plus a goodly, number of.exhibs—ah asado criolla (Argehtirie' bairbeque) was tossed for. Olegario F, Fibrrando, di- rectbr-prbp.rietor of Pampa . ;Films, one- of the Big Five producers here. Held in studios at -suburbian Marti-; nez.--..' / Hollywood '11 By Hal Coheh ; ':;■:/.'.>•.;; '/By;.Ray.:Jaseplis:. Ta-Ba-Ris, No. i ,nitery, opened hew.' girotto,, El;. Alcaza r, don e in Spanish style. . • Warners' : sti.it . for return .of irt^ come tax ^ejected by federal courtj but case appealed. ' Mecha Ortii's first 1941. feature for Pampa Film will be . 'Stella,' based on. novel by Cesar Dtiayen; ; Wesley Ruggles; leaving fpr Rib after . t\vo /weeks': stay, praised local studios' technical :proficiency; ; Film extras, organized in: the Teatro del Extra Ciniematografico, stage set of plays as, showcaise for talents. Directed by Juan Sblucio. , Joseph McConville; Jack. Segal and Charles Roberts. .of Columbia; left after announcing next. seaspn'i^ Maynard Dearie cpuldh't stand- the. kiddihgi fio his hew mustache is no more..;: .■;.-.:'■ .■■';■.■■.■.;;,;••;■..■■ Tony ConfortI one of the first In the field, at the stirt bf ;fdeer-huritirig season; .^^ ;■"' :.; ^ ■■'.; it's a. gal at the Ellwbod Kapphans. Mother's fbrmer Thelm'a .'Pylej cori- ■cert'-singer. • '::■:::}. ■■. 'V ■■ Patty Dixon^ Billy Hinds' hew vocalist, wif6 of Dbc Dixon, .bf KDKA staff. ' ; . ■ };. 'New Pins and; Needles'; will .re-: light Nixon Monday <9) after three^ ■week'shutdowri. ; ' .The John Harrises Went to . New York and l?rought the Joe E, Browns back: with.-thejn,,;;;^^^v\ Joe Belford. hriianager bf Roseland Ballroom in; New York, ;ih town for a cbuplie of days./ • • . El Chicb : had; ; a big . cake- fPr George Negrette. m.e. arid singer, bh his birthday (28th). ; ' Miice Tbdd ind Biil Doll. .'Todd's p.a... were in and put of t^wh in ;a big hurry last week. . . ; Leighton :Noble . taking .sbriie maraca instructipn frbm congarhum- bamaster Don Armando. .Carnegie Tech dramats all excited about okay notices alUmna "Thelma Schnee gbt in 'Cbrn Is Green.' Irenie CoWari, ; of WGAE staff, .slated: for Tallulah Bankhead rble in' 'Reflected Glory' at Playhouse. Herb Magldsbh and Ben Oakland here foi*; Thanksgiving (GOP ver- sion), bri their way back to Holly- ..wobd^;.--." -: .-■ About half a: hundred showmen fi-bm here iwent Up to Clevelahd Sat- urday (3d) for Dave Miller testU monial." : ' . /■. ( Bill Davis, guest-directpr of 'Hei^e Today' at Playhbusie, ;walked out during .final riehearsals ;after differ- ences with- permanent director Fred Burleigh", just back;frohi .sick leave. .By H. Hanson average iShow. business \ abbvie abound; the cbuhtryi V ; ; Building started ^ >bri hew .1,000- .seaiter cineriia in 'Wynberg,;.. Cape Tcwn district. ? African •-.Gbrisolidated Theatres having 'Search fbr Beauty 'contest at: their pirinoipal cinemas. ; ..:...;>:: 'Mr.; Smith' Goes tp Washirigtori'^ (Cbl) : pulled big businei=!s at .ColbS-' seum; (A;C;T; ), Gap6 Town^ . .- African- Consolidaited.'.s lunch-hbur newsreel proceeds: go tb;the Natioriiil, South African Gifts iarid Comforts Fund-fbr Sbldiers. ; -; New : Odean, Sea jPoint. a Capb TbWh suburb, open<ed..; Manager" Is J. L. Cathro.- Showing mostly; UA and 20th-Fbx pix; V ^ ^ ; -Capt : j, ;H, .- 5todel, , Cape . Town Jj.rdnch manager for Africiaii. Thea-' tres, doing double ' duty-4the arhiy; and show business. '■: Cape Town and ■ Port Elizabeth- Town councils bahried MVagher being; played by riiUriicipal orchestras due tO'Hitler's tiaste for his music.; : : Horace Thbmas Green, 50,: Cape Tbwn supervisor fbr African Con- solidated Theatres, died-receijtly in Gape Town. Widow: survives.; J. . A. Macrae; 59,' is .: director of Afticiari Cohsblidated since its in- ception; by I, W: Schle-slnger^ also died recently: in Jpharihesburg. ^^w^rd Finney; back frbrii Broad- Elaine .;Barne divorced: ' johri Barrynipre. ; ; ; v^^hm ttisirlr^cnjble^ Monty; Banks at Palm Sp: ngs to cure lumbago.. ;• :; v f - ^ Smiley . Burhette -'laid up after a horse accident;- ;. .. : • vf^- \ ^"^^"8 :is:; prolbrifeirig;her HonQluJu. trjp. Andy . Devine; to Mexico 'City for •lOrday vacation. ■ . ' . Bill-Walsh .bedded with :fiu arid stomach, trouble. ' . : joari .Crawfo'd ;])ack,frbhi a long vacation. in the .east. ' ' • " ■■; CSraeie, Fields tburirig the western states for war charity. . .. Barbara, Lynn sustained facial ih- Junes in an auto crash. ■.. ' • Irene Hervey and Allan Jbhes to Palm SpririFs tp foil flu;V , •Jiilie Gibson, . singer, .divorced JimmieGrier..bandleader.; ' Joseph M,;Schenck tossed a studio luncheon for Jack Diempsey; , . ' ' ~ AhdV Smith in town for 10 days on RKO distributibn huddles, vThe Trbuper$ awarded Lee Parvin a gold life mertiber.ship card. ^Edward Churchill joining Terry DeLapp in freelance publicity. Simeon Aller,; distributor of DU- ppnt film, broke a leg skating.; V . ^ William MeiklejOhh; returned^ to his ParamPunt desk after illness; : • ollelen; Kenworthy and Maureen Oliver: opened an author's iagency. Nate Blumberg in 'roni Manhat- tan for three weeks of studio hud-- dles..;-. -^ ■ ■■■ ■; ; ■ ; ■■::... ;: ;; ■■':' , ; Nornia Shearer returned from tw(9 weeks of drama gandering in New York.' -. .• '.;■ . .. ■. V/. '.; ■• ■ ■■ . Sbott R; DUnlap riiPved his piroduc- tion offices from Talisman to Mono- gram. . George Schaefer returned tb his RKO desk after two wieeks in Mah- hattan^ •; ;'■. ;/ .■:■■■■;■■•:.. Athble Hawks,: r^brma Shearei^'s sister, suing Howard Hawks fbr divorce, Felix Young taking another filer into the nitery gamcf, opening the old :'VeirsailleSi;-■, Mark T; Kirkehdall. veteran circus man, suffiered a; fractured skull in a mptbr accident ;;'.- :; v Lebnard. Vannersbn ;ahd. Barney Mc.Devitt broke lipi their; partner- ship as nitery flacks. ^ Deahna Durbiri IriVited to the President's Bhrthdav Ball at the White Hpu.se, JaHi 30; Roland West ; made a property'set- tlement of $50,000 ph Jewell Carhien We.st pending divbrce action;.; Mbi-ey Marcus' .Metro's general ; ttianager in Japan.; in .town to dis- cuss changing conditions^ In the Far East.-:-, ■ George Brown moved off the Warnars publicity staff to direct public relations for Screen Directors Guild,;'-;':.-. :- . .'; ;-:. .'-.:■;-. ^v Fred Etcheverry, special effects techniipian, seribusly hurried by a . premature exblosioh' Of gunpowder ph ; Tobacco Road' set . Myron Fagah in tPwh hunting ia male lead for his hew Broadway play, with Edward Arnold and Walter Huston the leading candi- dates.' " :•. ■' - •. - . -. Anslralia :;By; Eric'Gorrlck,;:.;!^, Carl Brissoh coming over for. VTil- liamson-Tait. : : Cinesound may .return" to feature, production next year. ; Victor Jurgin of March bf Tiriie in; Melbpurrie ' fpr local coverage; .Wee Georgie Wood has cancelled Melbourne tour for ;the Tiyoli loop. ; Bids are still being rriade to have Gracie Fields, visit here early next; year;;-'..' :' .-■."'■ -:' Bob Lyon,; U. S. band leaderi clicked at tony Embas.sy Club, Mel-; bourne. ' ■■.;.;^ : Night club bii. appears: io be in -a healthy state in Sydney and :Mel- bburrie..' .' .':''-..-;;-'";--.^■■■ Tivoli Ipop Js still, dickering with Laurel arid Har.dy for: iin .Aussie\trip early next year. ' ;;';'■ ■ /- U; S. acts playing Tivpll Ibbp help to '.ehtertain Aussie troops with. iS.ab- bath shows \ around . the military; caiTips;-.--;' •- ■;• ■■■:"';:.:. ....; ^" v.'':';^ ...'■.' •■■ New York pic :mbguls are being blamed; by local. iexhibs fbrvan ; atr tehipt to increase rentals throughoiit Australia: ■ next: year.. Some city managemerits Would like; a longer ;protecti;on -clause in conr tracts to prevent distribs shobting pix; put irito the nabes too quickly. .lifel Nibholls^.i series pf., shorts *pr local consumption, in- cluding-a cbuple of propiaganda clips fbr the Department of InfprAiation,/ Despite; W.airtime wbirries, . three pantos Will be staged here tluririg Yuletide-NeW .Year by . William?bn- Tait; Sit- Ben Fuller and che Tivoll loop. • • ■ -..-■;." Petrol rationing is .hurting city trade nights; in Sydney and Mel- bourne. Rationing is a wartime mea- sure iritrbduced by the Fcdeiral gov- ernment Jack Lait is getting some yarns published in a local Sabbath riews- naper; Wolfe Kaufman is doing a weekly Hollywood cayerage. fbr thie? same newspaper. ^ ; There's: a marked' absericfi of any :• (Continued on; page 62)