Variety (Mar 1941)

MISGEI4E.ANY Wednesday, March 5, 1941 iyfeek ending March J; J941) • • • • f • 4 I Hear a ^Rhap'sociyi.. y6u;\Va1ke<l By. . . ... it A^^.:Colncs^-Ba~ck to Me Now.:; Frefrtesi ■ , , - . . .•.>.. High-oh a Windy HillC. ,;.. ; , ■ There'll. Be Some Changes Made Tonight . (Perfidla) .;...,.. , . : Let's Dream This Qn^ 'Out. ;..: May I Never Love Again. • * • Amapola . , .■. ..... • . ;y. vi i'- Number. 10 Luliabye Lane.. . ,■;>•; GpdBless America, i, America I Love You., S'aiii ArttoniONRose. 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Columbia film theatres,, as the ': result: of an', auto accident hear. ;Cdlurnt>ia. . v V Barre.tt, slightly injured :ln : the crash, Was • charged • with: ireckless driving..'..' / ]:::■;- ■ Coasters Deny Rucki ; ASCAPTitle^ Iu)ir Greieks He Emcees in The Metropolitan Opera Cd;. of N. Y., moving along rapidly to . a garrison finish, ■ broke , even, oh its 13th ;Wieek of the:seasQn Monday'^ (3 ), grbssing approximately' $l05;b00 on. nine perforrhancles; Again , the Sat-^ urday afternoon and' evening per- formances showed the Way .with a take-of $25300:. . Monday : (24); : 'L'Ambre' Dei Tre Rei,*- with Grace Moore, d^ewr .$9,500, •■'$2,500 loss,-V-T'' : • "Tujesday (24) the Met had no! per- formance but of town or in N... Yv; "Wednesday afternoon.' (26), '.(3ot- tefdaemmerung,* with .Flagstad. the drawi grossed . ipl4,(ro^^^ .a. $2,0()0 'profit.- ■'•■ ..-'; Wednesday: evening (26) 'Butter- fly' took a' tumble to $7,500 for" a $4,500 loss. Lack of a name draw In the . title role hurts this opera, (Cdntiiiued on. page 63) Belles-Lettres to Ye Ed By ALBERT S'nLLMAN (ASCAPoloffteO U. Bans Strip After Fanner^s Discourse On mite Space In Ads' ' Minneapolis,. March 4. Because' of heat engendered as thf result of a campus talk by Sally Rand before a student group a few weeks ago, U. of 'Minnesota aiithbrl- ties have turned thumbs down bn all stage performers more famed as dis- players- of the undraped body beiaiu-. tifiil than 'educators.* Edict hits'Ann Cbrio, whose press' ■gent tried to arrange for a lecture by her on The Evolutijpn.- of Phil-' osbphy* before the university's cortr temporary, affairs' class during her . Alvin theatre engagement here. ; - Mis$ Band, spoke before the Min- nesota journalism class on 'The Use of White Space in Advertising/ Karlolf s Clown Scarer Following *Ars!enic' Boris Karloff, currently in the smash Broadway leglter, 'Araieriic and Old Lalce,' win taike a hiatus frorn the show in June to return to the' Columbia studios for one pic tiire. It will, be *The Boogie Man Will Get You,' comedy-horror yarn by Robert And.rew8. Peter Lorre wjll be copstarred .and. Jack-Fier is assigned productibn reliis. . Metro back in 1034 had a variation of ^Bbogie Man' calied 'Lon- Chaney Will Get You,', but it was :i never m.ade.. Ball-Aniaz With Pic :How've you been?: ■ Your magazine; . . .. Comes-.to me iveiai' Wed,v :r .■Which'I,absorb . ■ ; '•.;■ ■'■.•■ .\.'.'v^' ..With'eag'er brbi.'..''••'■ While .breakfasting in bed, Belieye you -me,. Variety . It pleases me to know , That M. G. M.. :. Are'making them- V - , \ Selves'such a lot of dough; That B. M. I. ' Is fjding high;:. :: And N. B. C. is oke; And C. B. s:. While making less, - ' Is'far irom going broke; That R. K, O. : Intends to show . . : A balance In the black; And Paramount , Which took the count Last year, is coming back; "That the Miislc Hall Is topping all , In moppiiig up the cash— ('PhiL story* stayed .. Six weeks and made ; ;■> Considerable splaish'); That ballet clicks 'In urbs and sticks, . . Especially Ballet Rusae; : And the Center -banks . . ■ Big. money, thanks To Eyssell" and Y&ti Schmus; . .And nice It Is : To know that biz In theatres oh Bway, Is on .the Hse. .And .lo.tis of guys Are getting what ain't hay. ; Yes siir, your mag Reveals: ho lag In the amusement, game-:^ . Both. high and low > Are in the dough,: Hope you are in the same. I'll stop the salve— .Dear brother, have' ; Vou gqt a dime to spare?. For life is hard on a lytic bard. When ASGAP's off the air! .'.■ LOs Angeies, March 4. ' Although' he brbssed .the country to Jhelp whip into shape arid enicee a benefit show for Gireek V^ar Relief, Gene Buck had to take en Intro, dictated by; Satnuel Goldwyn,' strip- ped of his ASCAP title.: In the ab- sence of aii. official .explanation^ un- derstood that Goldwyn, whose per- manent charities committee took all the credit fbi; the shbW, prefer;:ed that'ASCAP'-; remafn. in the - backr ground ..even though Buck and. |. Wolfe. Gilbert rbijnded up itipst of the talent arid laid .out the show. . .'Buck's :iritroi ha-idled by Eldward XContihued; bn page 42); '■ CROSBY AND BORNS m UY OFF AT SAME TIME KELLY, fmm LOANED RKO FOR DAnALION' Hollywood/ March 4 Nancy Kelly, from iOth-Fox, and Robert ^Pteston, from Paramourrt, move into ..RKO for top spots in the Howard Benedict production, 'Para chute Battalibiii.? ■ . Les; Goodwins Is directing; with the cooperation of U. S. Airmy, Eddie Sherman, vaude' booker, is back in New York itqjri .the Coast, where he set -a deal with RKO ^ that will bring Luciile Ball jind; hubby Dezi Arnaz to the HiPF, Baltimore, for day-arid-rdsite vaude . ajpjpearance .with' Miss Ball's latest picture, 'Gob, Girl and a: Guy.' . ' ■peal for the, players is at their• studio salaried. (x^ddc;s in Hosp Norniah BerGeddesV designei- and prodikcer,: is ;in ■ .the New/ York ' hb.s-' pital,: ifecovei'ing f^om :a . minor op- eration oh hl^ back, ■ HO.wever, he "is hot expected in his office un til late April. ' ■..•'■ .Geddes' outstanding job on Broad* Way was 'Dead .End.' He designed . .'Futurama' for General "Motbrs ^t tlie Worid's. Fair, which won' him crtuiili^'vTwide, attention. Rial's Son Jn Ann; . : Dodd .Fieidt Tekas, March 4, Arthur I. .Rothaffei arrived here Monday fronii. tfew York, |ri with 11,500V, inductees from the Secoiic • Corps Area Army posts, Fort Dix arid 1 Gamp , Upton. He, Is the son. of the U.te S. L. (Rojcy) ROthafel. Vblurt leered for service, after his draft humber was called. ,; ; Young Rothate! was active: in ra dio script writing and also did some picture 'scripts. His best known ra- dio ^ Work was. 'or 'G^ranid Central Station^ ; ••;■'■ Also.has worked in the London , and Paris bureau of the Assbciated Press, For the first time siiice ; it brought Bing Crosby and Bob Burns together on : its Thursday night' Music; Hall, Kraft this-summer plani to giye both a vacation at. the same time. It will fill the "hour with ja .substitute, show for 13 weeks. . In The past 'Crosby and Burns al- ternated their vagationk from: the NBC stanza. . Crosby laid off for 13 weeks and when he returned Burns would vamOose, .' '-^ .* .' Naa Fix Wert IVt Of Auhagen's Propaganda Washington, March 4.. S.howing of G^.rman-made motibn pictuires wias one of . the activities of. Friedrich , Ernst A uhagen, indicted Monday (3) by a special: grand jury liere on charges, of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. Three counts were preferred against the alleged Nazi publicity agent, who never informed the,State Department, according to the Justice Department,, aboiit his Connection with the German government; In disseminating German propa- ganda in this country, Auhagen was said to have delivered lectures, con- ducted meetings, written articles, and screened his films, working through the 'American; Fellowship Forum,' with headquarters in New York. N Y. to L A. Sam Briskin. Harry Carey. Trem: Carr. ■; NancyCloleman, Jimmy Durante,' Ralph' Edvt^ardSk .'Jack Famell. Max Gordon.' , Laurence Harnmi)nd.. John Hoysrad;. AJe^cander Korda. . Abe Lastfbgei.. . • 'johh McMillin. . Herbert Moss. Harry .Rose;'•, J. RobeH Rubin. . Carl A,. SChrbeder. ■. Charlotte SeitUn.- . . . Charles Speer. •, . - - Jock. Whitney< ; ; r;. Claire. Wjljsdn. '.y . ; . Collier Ybuhjg!, .: ■ ^ i; THE BERLE iNG POINT I ByMUtbriBerlc 1 11 t <l » » ♦ ♦ f ...f. » 9 4 t . » ' » ♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦ ' ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ; ' Miami Beach, March 4. The ia^t night oit. my roost, enjoyable engajgemeht at the . Royal Palm- even though. Art Childers refused to steam-heat nvy dressing room..' Leav.e for Hbllywood; tomorrow to work with Sorija Hehie in 'Siiri VaiUey' lor 20th C*rttury-Fox. Moni says 'Siin. Valley' a siirprise to liet-rshe didn't even know Rudy wai? married,; . . Now i -know it's/ really been . raining-i^ Traffic cops . in. Holiywopd now have to tkk^ • Next week;'9.handicap race at Santa Ariita will 'liave Johnny Weisniuller svirintming ~:agalnst Seablscuit^^ ' " ^'ioe, Frisco, has ambitions to be. a ielegraph pperatpi-, so he' :hbw stutteiiV in Morse code. • ' .:'■ ' ■ '•■' ■ ■' • One oiE. the eiephanls" at' Rihgling Circ.us'-winter quarters, in Sara.<ipta is; reported to have gotten; drunk-^and aU night Ipng^ fi^ Romb iVinCents, ;;■■'.'', ■•,■; ■' ■'...,^''.. ''':;■'..' r \ y-' , F'lorida; where .wbmen dress like men; and ihen dress like men: ' What-, ever happened to all the girls? ■ ' ■ . ■ V'. Broadway Dept.-' . A. certain HoliywoOd. luminary .isv.s^^ people. will recognize her v^hile-^he's vacatipnihg ^.: NeW^ goes tb all. the riight clubs'.insribbnitpi ■.■•- ; ■.,•;'...", -.-.■.';.■■ :'''' ''"•.'%■; .; ""^ . Got a .new .name for Broadway flopSrr'Ny 'no fun.*. • Butch- "Tower asfted .iat-.'Lihdy's, the other altiri., 'yfhy don't they star, that cowpbPy. .Genie Aiitry, iri. .*Rodeo i^nd ; J'tiiiet'? (Some pun,; eh» kid? ) • GSpbdnwin. and Jahe Ace (^Ebsy Aces') >are taklrig a(three-v(^eek vacatipri; Goody's bookmakers followed-hirn in a speciaUy chartered .train which he'll pay fpr at Tropical Parkv There's a .false rumor going around- town that a Broadway cblumnist was attually/seen writing his Broadway: obluinn in -New. York. .: Ed Sullivan- js^nbvir.-,in. Miami fbr; the Wiarni;;s^^ .He's 'Crazy for: Some-Heat,*'• ." : I ■ •'! ;;.>IollyWo<»dlan».;.,. . . ;^'.. ^ ■'.■.;■ Bing Crosby is said. to be so disgusted .with' the \yay. his horses run' that he-s willing tp trade his. stable fbrva half.-intertst in a gbod ice -route, : Ginger .Bpgers arid James Stewart won the Academy Awards; "The only 'Oscar*'! Can/win is Levtuii':.; A prominent Hollywood playboy:married a rather old gal fof-.her money. He took her Jp^ his awful wedded wife. . A liteirary-miiided Hollywood, actress says she Was very much dis^p-; pointed with Hemingway's 'For'Whom thie Bell Tolls.'.. She says, it wasn't at all about a; Good Humbr. man.:-^ V '. My uncle—the successiul Hollywood lawyer who has his.own ambulance; -T-now has gone one. step. further; - He has his own jury. Having a couple bf new suits rushed through foir riiy new picture. My tailor is working so hai:d he has sewing circles undeir his eyes. What VARIETY Would Have Said Abou*r- nie 6reat Flood—NOAHliS ARK S. R. O. king John Beheaded—JOHN GONE. Nero Fiddles While RPme Buirns—NERO ZERO HERO. CaeSar' Leaves Egypt^ALPURNIA, HERE I COME, e&therin© the Great Marries—GREAT KATE MATES. ^'.^ Radio Dept. . Bob Hope; is very thbughtful. He has his writers brought to his house every day by two. G.reyhoUnd busses. . Tbhy Martin wires me that after Miami's cold weather,. It was good to get back under the damp California sunshine.. : . .With: radio: personalities: making giiest appearances, pn one another's prPgranis; hpW come Clifton Fadihiah. is scared to'invite one of the Quiz Kids to appear on Information Please? . : ■Itodi* Dept.. ■ : Do you think BMl songs will .bring back the backyard, singers? . To show you hbw music influences people, Georgia chain gangs are now called.Cpnga Lines;. ' . Jack Scnny .has his icebox labelled ASCAP so that Phil Harris will keep but of itv. Hangnail Descriptions. John Barrympre: Rummy-o and Juliet. Broddwaj/ Rose: A godmother to a hervbus breakdown. Hcdv Lotnatr: A welcomed fever. Fred. Allen: More ribs than a Texas barbecue. Oscar Lcwant: Webster's unabridged memory; man.^' Peggy Hopkins Joyce: Every Man for Myself. pbser.T.ation Dept. Hollywood tailors, have decireed 'a new :style--^trpusers .without cuffs- That's to keep the rain froin Wighing-^own your pants. •The new theme song of California is 'Wait Til the''Sun Shines, Nearly.' Solly Violihsky says the wolf has been at his ^opr so long that he's putting the wolf's name on the VioiiriSky letterbox. EavesdrPppe'd at The Carrpusel: 'Her sense of humor-bothefs. my sense of smell.' . , .' . .. Eavesdropped at Wit's End: 'When her husband's away she paces the floor every night-^at a different night/6lub.' Eavesdropped at Reuben's: 'He drinks'to other pepple's health "so often, that he's ruined his .own.' , " , My nephew, is a big shot in a new policy game. The Army has him wbrking in Harlem picking up Draft niunbers. : Whatever Became or——77^^ Odiva and Her Seals / 3ara & Nellie Kount Fetry, the Frog Man Sully & Houghton Clifton & De. Rex Hubert Kinney & Co. Alter piece . Radio cornedians have pnly II more days in which to flit their income .criacks. ■ ' '■.■'■ v..'.-v.,',-. .■ Gobgan D'rafted'c' •■' '•." • Holly Wbod.,March-4;., Jackie Cbbgan,. now 261 has been , j called in (he draft and ^oes to Camp j ' this month. ' > :'rherbn Bambergeri ;Gene:>Buck.' ^-y ^ Chairjes Coburn. Norman Cbrwirt. Glafence ErickSeni , David Hemp.stead; Harry Leedy. ■ Fred; LeUschner, Tom Lewis, . Phil .Mygatt. :.' . Irving Rapper, Carl: Stantbh; :^ . Forrest'fucker,, , Edwsrd Van Eyery^ .. \' rioretta Young. --. For FJ)JR. Pairidysii Fund Lps Angeles;'March 4. Check for $64i52!S Was turned over by Charles P. Skouras to Josejph M. Schehck as a result of collections taken for the national infantile pa- ralysis ■fund. In-; the. Fox-West Coast theatres. ;.■■-;:''.>.'.;.';•'' Other California theatres contrib- uted about j^42jb00; tpr a tbtal of .ap- proximately ■ .$106;00.0.. |:-WC Cbllec-^ Ub.ns rejpresented an advance of more than $5,000 over: last year- Mexico ^^ity, March 4, -Girls bf .'the >ultry port of Vera Cruz flockied to ,the.wharf .in such numbers to'meet the boat from the \j. S. arid .Havana; upon wliich they :had heaird film, star-Robert Taylor Was cortirig tb Mexico*, that police reserves had. to ;eep therii steady. The .femmes nearly rioted- when It tu;'riefj out that the Rpb^ert Taylor aboard, was a student whb in no way csemblcs the .actor;. . ! ' . JEANNE POU GETS SPONSOHAFTERiYRS. ':Bddgepbrt,...llarch ;:4.; :..^ After more, than flvt yeata of get-, ting up at B $i.m. for 7 o'clock: re- corded 'Commutfers' Club' on WICC, Jeanne Poli'ii nabbed a sponsor at; last, p. M.. Read d^artment : store Is und(siTyriting flni4 .quarter : of: ;60- riilnuter. fp? daily shoppers* shot. ; •Irit^rvIewB with store .exces: and. buyers ais: well as usual run bf an-.; nivetsary and birthday arinbunce- ments,. lashibn tips, eitc, will riniake up program. : Miss Poll. is 'granddauighter of late theatre opetatbr S. Z. Poll. :Fbiitahq;^8 Comeback, i George (Moss arid) Fontana be- comes Mae Murray's dancing part- ner in the 'Merry Widow', . reprise at Billy Rose's new Diamond Horse- shoe opening March 18. . , , Nita Naldi and Carlyle Black\yell co-starred. ' '.'.;"