Variety (Mar 1941)

^>.(lne8(]a7, Miarch ;20, 1941 CHATTER 5S Gu? Eyssell's bad xolcl. : Hal Da.nson back irpm'Florida. Hume Cronyn off on a Caribbean .■«ruise.': ■■ : ■" \r Boris Morros in.'town, for story inatetial.:;;. ■ .' Ci'Ci MoskoWltz 'has deferlred: his ■trip to';FJoridai' /'/i, ; ■*.'..;.. ■;■-• ' CharUe Burton to Bahiaimaff ^n tw^ Weeks for a yacatioii, . . • Bill Dariziger* of ^tro'e h-oi, lieft Friday .(2n fpr .Hayana... . ' Harry Lbk' CFeis^^^^^^ • buiiding .a" north shore .Long; Island home. i)r, Ralph Benatzky, Viennese .composer, to the Coast Aiiril 15. • \ C. L. Oswald leaves this wetk" bn a six weeks' trip vfpr Paramount; The newly wed ;A1 .Brackiiians ■ (Rbbbihs) to Nassau on hopeymbbn, .\yilliam : A. Scully,. Universal's Bales chief, back in N.'Y. from Florr .-■Ida. V . . , ■ .. Betty Kean doubling from 'Crazy With the Heat; into thi Hotel Bilti more.'" -■. . ■ TheDick Powells' (Joan Blondell) .and Burns, and Allen back to .the, '■Coast . ■- Charlie Burke, on the-, road for Fortune Gallo,- has returned. to town. •' Henry Lewis, of William Moi-ris, legit, dept.; leaves for the Coast office ■■April^4.--■■■■.'. ■ Mary Martin in from .the. Coast ac- companied by her husband, Richard HalUday. . ■ :Ezra Stone tbp^ Greek relief show Saturday , night (29) at Loew-Ppli, •■■Bridgeport.-■ ■ . Ji. Noble Braden, American Arbi- ■ tratibn executive, bieick from a croWs- tountry tourv V-. •. . ' ..■ Jerry Blanchard; Club 18- song- stress in voluntary bankruptcy, owes i|3,078; no assets. •. ■ : C^rl Brandt and Wife, Carol Hill, left last '.Thursday (20) for South American yacatipn; S Robert Schless, Warner Bros: for- eign chief, due . back from South, :A|merica next month. ! ' Wanda Hawley, silent film star, is . how Mrs. Charles Fulcher, 'Wife of it. Cainden, N. Y.i farmeif,. ' ■: Wife.pf Bill Fadinian, MiBtro story .ed, in from..Colorado over the week^ end for short vigit with hini. 'Terry Turiter back from. Coast jefter assighihg several new.meh.to exploitation in the: far west. . Charles Mantea, of Equity's staff, •celebrated birthday, -last Week but held out on the real number. Jack Dempsey held benefit for British-Amierican ambulance corps at his restaurant Tuesday night. Marc Lachman's liervous collaipse on the Cloast a shock tp Broadway,, where the publicist was well known. . Elsie McKeOgh, . of McKeogh & Boyd agency, to Coast Friday (21.) for huddles, with H; N. Swanson. her Hollywood rep,. .' Mrs. Larry Schneider. (Columbia) Pictures foreign publicity chief) . s,u'f- fered a broken ankle, at Old Forge, N. Y,,. ski jump. Major Charles H. "Tebay, United Artists manager in Trinidad, arrived Monday (24) in. New York for con- fabs with h.o. execs. . Abbott and Costello cbcktailed by :Universal at .21 Club Monday . (24). Now eh roiite to the Coast fo rhake 'We're in the Navy Now.' Roy Del Riithj director,- here to gander : plays for film possibilities, also o.o.'mg talent. Robert Bucfcner, screen scrivener., dittoing. ' . Samuel Wechsler has resigned as president and treasurer of Playmar- ket. Inc., author agency with offices , in New York and Hollywood, Sen. J. Henry Walters, head of RKO's liegal department, back after vacation trip to Hawaii, which in- cluded busmess stoipover at- tHe Coast. ■. -■■■ Army plane in Times Square, xised in recruiting drive, hot hurting pubr lie iiiterieit in 'I Wanted Wings,' opening today (Wednesday). at the • AstpT.i-. . . • •■" , ." ■ R. D. Mockler has resigned as jjub.- licity director of the' HPtel New Yorker tb open his Pwh publicity of- flcies,. Counsel, Inc., in Rockefeller •Center..,;. ;. Max-Wilk, son of Jake Wilk. War- ner Bros, story exec, authored 'Step Over Here- Sister,*; Yale University drama aired Monday '(24) on WICG -'•and-MBs: V Rodney Biish to Miami for. a. two- y^eek vacation. He's 20th-Fox pub- hcity chief In the east. E. W. Win- gart back at 20th after a siege with shiijgles and two bad anklesi \ . Jack Segal, Columbia's manager of foreign exchange operations, recehtr: ly injured in an-auto accident, much improved and may leave the hospital In the next 10 days, . Eddie . Schnitzer, eastern district sales mahagei* for Warners, and the. missus are in Hollywood ■whete their son. Gerald, a-writier for Univiersal,. was hitchied Sunday (23). Spl . Shapirp, William • Morris agency, rep now in Rio,' just sent' up a roster .of likely-talent for UiS. mat,-: ket which . Lou : Wolfsori and Bill Morris, Jr. are now going over. ^ First all-English dialog picture to be made: in Thailand,: Under:the pa- tronage of the Siaoiese ' Government, entitled 'King of the White Ele- phant,' opens at tht -Belmpnt April . Mort Nathalnson added to United, Artists, local publicity staff to handle radio and natibrial mag contacts* tak- ing over duties of Burt ChampiPn, nPw with 'Lynn Farhpl's . hew pub- licity setup. Chin Lee, 1604" Broadway, and Chin'Sk 1506 firpadway,, twin ,chow- meinery, operations, in pietitions for iarrahgemeht, offering 25-% settle- ments. Liabilities ,$42,000 'and $52,r 000 respectively. Featuring many exhibits from last, year's World's- Fair, the Iref urbished Luna Park Starts the 'new season Easter'Suh'day (April J3), Now uri- ^ei" hew management, the xUstbmary, gate tap has been abolished, : ; King Vidbr aiid John P. Marquand. accompanied by their , wives, . spent the weekend in Boston; going over Ibcales of 'Marduand's novel, *H.^M. Pulham, Esq;': Vidbr, will ;direct fllmr izatibn of'Pulha'm' for Metro. : II, Y; Nitery Biz jContlnucd from page the class east sidie' ]pints[ don^t nee;4 any liire; that the customers make, their ;bwn, fun; :ihit ; .'attractibn' )ybuid..attract the .'wrong' pai^^ 'etci '• • '.' ■■ ■■/• -' '.■ ■; * ■■:■.' f ■'■■'i/ .Felix Ferry, at: .1,he 'IVlpnte CatlP, did fairly welt for a spell, with Ethel Waters and just brought in Dwight Fiske, who.; isn't the wow he was when .at . the Sayby-Plaza, The. Mo- rpCcp similarly' is going ih . for more. 'acts,* alttibugh that's nothing new;; A somewhat diesjperation hypp, last season saw John .Perpna inducting the DeMarcos; into the spot,.'.: Ernie: Hoist, long a flxture here as ihaestfP, is .again back [ for . his nth return .■ -: gajgement,' although successively two ex-rHolst' .'men, heading . th^irb\yn cbmbbs aiid With virtually the sahie style of dansapatiph,' tried .it out but did only passably welC V ... ^ The .'Stork; Stay» Aloof' . Sherniah Billihgsley. alohe at his Stbrk. dpesp't go; for the 'attraction' idea, he being committed to the pblr icy that he wants the patronajge; only of ia repireSentative cross-section, rather than any rnass attendance. , Oi) personality .- draw,. hone dis-' putes the; b.o; lure of Danny. Kaye, Hildegarde and .Amaya. .^Latter is the wonder draw of them all, in that Proser w^s about tp brush off his Beachcomber (in the Winter Gardeii theatre building), whicli had dipped, to a |2,50o gross. When he heard that Amaya was 'the ' world's greatest flamenco dancer' from Abe Last- fogbl (William Morris agency) and Sol; Hurok, the 'cpiicert inipresarib, he bookWd her; in'on the solb pre- mise; that anybPdy who is..'the world's greatest'-^yen if he's only the best pretzel-bender Or off-to- Biiffalo champ—s worth ,taking a chance on. it. 'Was a hazard at $1,000 a week, plus percentage, but it sp worked out that; from under' $3,006, the Beachcoinbcr has been clocking over $10,000: grPiss; a week in a lim- ited capacity room. So much so th;it the. former norcoyer, no minimum policy warranted a $2 minimum check (first time here); and from a loss :the place has been $3,000 to |5,- 000 on the profit side. ; Ry and large, .the New York cafe scene sees the couyert or m,inim^!m joints suffering, unless the attrac- tion is there;. Hildegarde, Amaya and Kaye are in $2 to $3.50 minimum spots (latter on Saturdays). Ferry dropped the couvert-minimum idea at the Mbnte Carlo, iand both , the Stork and Morocco have an elastic couyert, depending oh who^ you'are and whether* you buy wine or a 75c (drink—ahd'. chances , are if you're' a wine-buyer but: hot a known br;regu- lar-: customer you'll get the .couvert faster- than the. familiar who comes in for a 'coujpie of highballs; Versailles' current Lou .Haltz. is pnly^a fair draw, whereas the j.Ust- ciosed John 'Bpies. gave the.isppt a better, lake " than in : sbme mbhths- Paul Draper-Shbiia Barrett follow April 3 and then JfPC;E. Lewis :<:orn)$.s in.'^'\ :■■■■. ■';■■.'■'•■;/;■■■,■. ' ' Draft Takes Playboys, Dents N.Y. Nitery B O. ^ "The. class niteries, seeking a new ;dllbi for: bff-business, pbint tp the drafting of : the , young-mien -aboiit-: town: aS; a logl|cai reason. The fol- lowing are; a few whb; not only -^ere nitery roundersv but frequeiitly headed up large.cafe 'society pattiies, but now^are otit of ciifciilatioh under U.?. army pr navy directipnV / 1 Billy Livingston,, Donald Liyihgs- tbn, Dbnhld Andrews, Nicholas Anl- keeff, Bobby La, Branche, B i 11 Plankihtbn, ,Jeff Kennedy, • Bob Kiddii,' James McGuirie, John Bond Rodgers,.,.Wihthrbp Rockefeller, F. D. Rbpseveltj jr., James Roosevelt. Elliott Roosevelt, "W^ooster Richard. Jimmy Stewart, Gene Tunney, Angler Biddle.-Duke, Sidney Klhg.«i- ■liey, et'at./;:; Vichy government; to produce anti- alcOhol film, ; New tenor Darbne debuted at Paris Opera in 'Barber -pf: Seville.^ Anna Pavlova's memory; homaged at the Russian Church, Tu^. ,paru. ; Max Portmahn is. new. head of In- fbrhiatipn, isucceeding Tixier Vignian- cpurt. ■'. '', >■}■■■■' .: 'Saltimbarique's* back at the Mogar dbr^with Andre Badge, tenor, 'head- ing cast. '. Well-known Avenue Henri, Martin in. Auteuil . renamed Avenue : Jean Chiappe. . ■ ; \ ' ■' Studio .iZJB, home of 'eccentric'; films, unshuttered with old French !pi<!.t. 'Vig'nes du ..'Seigneur." • Reports' that . Bernai-d^ Sliaw's 'St. Jpan' may be filmed in. Fraincf; with Jany Holt cast as Joan. . ; Edmond Rostand's 'L'Aiglon' may be given at the Marignan,. Pairis^ in- Stead of the Comedie: Francaise; :..: ;, Spanish :producer Alphonse Girn- enp plans tP dp a French-Spanish, pic in Marseilles entitled 'Don Diego.' ; Stage actfess. Jacqueline Pbrel, who'is been on Broadway stage, mar- ried to picture actor Francois Perier. Fire brbke out in Duke d'Aumale's racing stables at Chantilly, .but fire- men intervened in time. Damages slight. . ' V '■■■•' ■.■■ v_. Steve Passeur has Written vnew play, 'Le Matche Noir' ('The Black Market').. Jany Armand Salacrou writing liew play/ . '' Forbign ; press . in Paris dinnered at Champs. Elysees Restaurant; with Jean Luchaire, father of pic actress Corinne, presiding.. ' . ,- * Leo Lagrange, ex-minister of Spbrts and. Public. Health, Was'killed at the front bn June 9, at the agb of 39, it was announced recently.; Tierrie Sabatiei:: new hiead of French radio services, replacing Jean MassPn; resigned, Jean . Nphain is in charge of radio entertainment; Reported that Raimu has" given- up all ;thoughts of'.working for Frart- co-German producers in occupied zbne. . Ferhandjel,- contfarily, • de- cided he will; Germans how advertising in Paris papers for French workets willing tb go tP Germany; with preference tp steel workers • and farmers between the ages, of 18 and 45. : 'Ces Dames aux ■ Chapeaux 'Verts' ('Those. Wpmeh " with the Green Hats') scprihg big. success at. Odeon, Marseilles, With Marguerite IVIorerib, Line Noro, Jeanne Lion, Berthomieu and' .TaccjUes Mbncier... . Rumored that French will send a semi-official mission to Sbuth Amerr iCa to study means of exploiting French films in the .southern:contin- ent and perhap.s arrange tb stiihulate -Franco-South American film produc- tion. New - association; o)f Directors of Parisian.s Theatres just formed, with Robert Trebor, .. .president; Gaston Baty, vice-president; Andre Ville- metz, secretary; Pierre Renoir, treas- urer, and Council formed by Victor Boucher. Pierre Fresnay and Maur- ice Lehmann. • ■. -V weeks now ahd combo finally came up: last Thursday (20).. Joso Iliirbi CcinGelled Svria MosqUe conceit la.st Tuesday US) at last minute and Josef, and. Rosina I,ihevii>ne : .subbed for him- to ;Coixtinued frc^.in. ""page -3^ Gloria; Swlarisoh arrived from New : York. ■ ■ ; Frank Graven scored a hole-in-on* j at Lakeside. . •■:'/■ Edward (jhurchill opened :his owii- pviblicity office. . . Jean Cabin baking but. a . case of ■|-flu. :3l Palm- Springs. .■ '•■ your eyes after an; average gam 500 ; Bbrr.s;Karloff bought 280: acres, of. leet-away.- ' 'v-f.bre.<!t land in Oregon. '• wL'» T ,^«o'„ ;c" ■,■^^;^n^'-i;..^:i^■'>'- Efiie^t Truex. back from'NeW:York ,. \yhat I mean..js--what about, radio? iq ,check in at Republic ^ ■ Of all the;, various fields,, radio is l Giri'.ter 'Rogers get her final di— closest to: .the . movies..., ' .Like,; tlie.V vorce .from. Lew Ayres; hiovies, it: mlist aim at, the masses, | .Clborge, Barh'''r-..c<;lebrated hi.VSOth' Like the movies, it must provide.en- j anniversfiry -as^ an adtor, ■ ,..^: tertainment rath«i'' than ediicatibn Frederic ..r Ullman; . Jr... nesvsreel' - tertainment ramer than education, executive, wa.-^ divorced in Reno.' ' Like the movies, it;must.avoid'reahly.f • ,Rosemary: Lanb starting on an- like the plague. Like the movies,, it. other, stage .tour, of the midwest Pittsbnrgh 1^ Hal Cphen KDKA hoKte.ss Betty Luce quitting her job to becomb Mrs. Harold Sager. ■ ■ :'.;• ■ Mrs. .John Walsh called; tb Provi- dence, R.I., by seribus illness. of her father. ^ • The .Tony Confortjs back from Florida: vacation and ditto. Ike Bror warsky^ . ' '■: . Nitery singer Kay Marie Baird has joined Al Kavelin's band as featured vocalist.'. ; ■ : Irtarie McSwigan won't p^a. ,Kenny- wobd Park, this season for first time in years. must provide escape literature . iEven the techniquei;are simila^^^ Only the. stage can give, a . closer.jap- projcimation,; bf stbt-y-in-dialog; 'and certainly radio is niiich closer to the movies ih ,ease of movement and in scope...,.: :,'.,./ ..'■■;;'::: ■;''''■ ■ Michel Kraike. resigned as 'asso- ciate story editor at;Golumbia studio. Frances Farmer back -from Broad- way on One-picture deal at Para- mount. : ■■ ■. . ■ ' Ann Ronell. composer, undergoing. physical checkup in Santa Barbara hospital. Capt. J.imes Roosevelt checked Besides, the Stage can afford to .be, out of the hospital following a minor pperatiprt, ■■:■.-" ■:■ ;■".'.•' .■ - '., ,. ; Bobby Connolly, returned from Broadway to resume dance direct- ing at Metro. and ofteri^ is, , controversial; and thoUght-provbkirig—darn pPor box- office for radio and movies, . Of course, before.any of radio's de- fenders, rise to holler 'Pap for the masses, huh? What abPut 'Columbia Workshop'?, .. .What about 'Listen- er's Playhouse'?;.;. i What about The Free Cprtpany' and all the rest'?.;. .let:riib get this, in fast: I'm speaking ;pf the general, not the specific—of commercial programs, of radio for profit. . : .::• •- There ' are any number [ of radio' men~:Whp cPuld toss off. movie scripts like the rnorning cup. of cbffee.v And dO' a .Stii^geS on. theni, tOb. - But Only a few ever see a cubbyhole' in Holly- wood 7—and disregarding common sense,; the few who are called are :the Pnes who've written, sustaining shows, who haven't proved them- selves on Ihe commercial, mass ap- peal.. _ ...■: . Sure this is a beef. ; .it's a beef .for radio writers in general, for guys who know how to turn out stuff that sells, guys who have technique and disciplined im- agination in the craft of writing. ' ■ Not once in that article did the film industry mention radio' as a field to explore for writers. Not once! And yet it claims to be farsighted in this search for writers. / The film industry is farsighted all rightr^faut in the literal, ocular sense brily. It needs glasses to give nor- mal vision of all there is to see and seek. . Radio is the baby of them all. It cam^ after the movies.... Like most baby brothers, it gets ignored by the older brother, Take^a look at the baby brother, you guys in the film industry. He's bigger than ybu thought. I'm still simmering. Signature [ Withheld . P.S.—(I'd like to see this printed .....But if you do, plea.se leave off. my name.., .My Gawd, that I should ever become a guy who writes 'let- ters to th' Times'!) Patric Knbwl6s back :in town on a. month's furlough from the Ciana- dian air force. 1 .... ■■ ■ : David Hempstead and Ben Hbcht' trained iri from New York to discuss a new picture..; ' .; Stbvbn Vahdefveer 'arrived from New. York for: huddles :on George. Pal Productions. .;;;: ;', Suzanne Carhiahan; contract player at Warners, changed her film name to Susan Peters. :■' . Myra Brattpn, fllni acfre.ss^ filed for divPrce fi-om> Truman Bradley, radio announcer. : . ; . . ■ . First Daily Vawett mugg to join Uncle,Sam's arrhy-is Al Kuska; who reports March 31. Ethel BUtterworth checked out of the Russell Birdwell office to join A. and S. Lyons, Inc. Samuel BrPidy arrived from New York to huddle with W. Ray Jphnsbn on Monogram product. • Tom Kennedy goes east . with a vaude unit, when he finishes his cur- rent film chore .at Columbia; : ' Eddie Dunh sprained ankle and re- placed by Clin Howland in Para- mount's 'BUy Me That Town.' ' Charlies W. Koernor, RKO district theatre manager, was appointed to the Los Angeles Fire Commission. H; Bruce HumberstPne back from Sim Valley with winter backgrounda for his next Sonja Henie picture at 20th-FPx. . Jeanbtte MacDonald was invited to be guest of honor at the annual din- ner of the Women's Press Club in Washington; Ken Adams. left the Metro pub- licity staff tb take over editorship of his, father's weekly, the Lompoc (Cal.) Record. Walter Wangfer hopped off to Den- ver to deliver an address to th* Rocky. Mountain Screen Ctub at its . .25th anniversary March 28.> Leon Belascd, film comic, filed .suit foi-v$500' against Eddie Cherkbse and Jacques Press, songwriter.s, demand- ing an accounting of the song, 'Chick- ee-Chee;,' as co-author. Guitry's 'Aryanism' leader,, will be next month NixOrt .will brave'. Holy 'Week r^j^j, ^,{5.. fApril ,7); this year With revival of Ij^jg^^jj "*$turiderit Prince.'-•: ■ '. ■ ..■..•.-■ .r. - .• Vincent Sheean booked, for May Bccgle's arinual • .Town Hall lecture sieries next ..'season., v.' • . •'' "Theiatre': Pwner; Ben ;-Am'dur;Calsp; By Les Reca Howard Gould new United Artists' salesman; ■ : ; George Crane, Cambridge, Minn., ' exhibitor, in the airmy now. Sol. Yeager, here' from C>maha to bcome Universal head booker. Joe Podoloff, ; 20th-Fox branch managei-, back from Florida. Eddie Gallaher and Bob Carnpbell, WCCO announcers, expect draft': calls .shortly; , . Harold Fields, Independent circuit owner, back, on job after extended vacation'in the south. Norman Pyle, M-G cxploiteer, has. broken wrist sustained when he slip- ped on icy pavement. Annual. Northwest. ;SRorUimen's Guitry .gave a list ..of his ancestors Show -scheduled for -AuditpriUm tiine i-ecently and wrote that..he had ''^riS] of 'Hy Chap.: : manager ;Contlniicd from page .3; many Gallic admirers becau.'te of. his close, friendly relations with the German: authorities. . It is hilling nearer the truth to say that,the ma- jority who think ^about Guitry. at; all. objbct 'to him on patribtic, and .n Waller Stanley, the Ibcal brch racial., grounds and charge him with a. pappy some time ..hiding .his Jewish , antecedents b.er {.cau.se it. might'get him in .trouble ! ...uu u;>. 'newly found German 'given the authoritie.s of occupation all t.iie absblute proofs^ of. his Aryan managing brother's' jewelry, biz dur-{ origins.': ,.His:;proofs go as far back ins latlor'.s illness. as 1772. He said thi •foni Spltzer back to Disney Pffice in N..Y; an^J Joe l^cCSeehart ^now p;a'. for ,-Fantasia'' here; ; Dave .Broydy's lad;. Leonard, l)as taken'-a jbb with a: Newport. News,' Va., d^^aCtment store.'- . ' .Lilyan Gbldbcrg, dotter- of Beaver Halls exhibV has announced her en- gaement'to Fred ,01ikcr. , Fredric March in 'Hope for Har that he; has shown proof that his .mpther'was not a Rus- sian , : Jewess, : wbich ,^' 'defainiers' charged. ■, ■: ■. • ■ ■ '-' -.' -'■.'-.' .■' ■'::■. ;;■ Gultryabiie Ih V. S/ . Fran.cpphiles in America look up'qn Sacha /Guitry, Liliah Harvey and LbUis;. Jpuvet's .linfnineht :.departures ve^r^ ^S^^m^ri^l ^^ lieynote that .series ''at Nixon; April ,28;; ' . ) all;"Pt well in . France, even for ;Shriner.<« have bought-Playhou.se's thbsie artists sup prbductioii of ^'Mornings at.7.' for .bnc [sona grata: with either the Berlin o>- performance, at 4,000-."!eat 'Syria Mos- j yichy governments. ' que man, . Columbia /branch wedded to Byron Shapiro. Bill Evidon, CPl.umbia office man- ager, .escaped: injury, but his new car was smashed up: in-accident. •• M-G first among exchanges, In Filrii; BPwling ' league,- Which ha? ended season and distributed. prizeii: at- banquet; ' :, >: . Cress Smith, RKO western "divl-. sion sales manager, here with Leo t)evaney, Ned Depinet drive leader, .for-.siales.me'etirig. : ■ Builders' Show at Auditorium had LaSalle Tfiq, Billings and. Betty, Bea and, Bros.,, plus others 'and bathing beauty chorus . fqr: itage entertain- n3eh(t,..<:, -• ' j , ■•■: ■:-. - :' - •■;■:■ >--'Sid Gillman, son of Dave and brbther of Irving^ local exhibitors^ and former member Of Ohio Stat* Vichy govi I^'e: Reeves Cochran's- original plky.! witf S'SiliS^^^^ ' -.m x.wnc,. ...c.„u,.. ... v.uu o..., , 'Reg Winged Blackbird' being done .and German with equal facility, and ; grid coaching staff, named Dennison ' at Jane Ellen Bairs Studio, Pf Thea.r'; Guitry, vyho was, ,som*thing pf a ' college. Ohio, head coach; ' : tre. . ;'■■' ■• •'. sacred cow (0 the Franco-German I'.. .'Buzz'Bainbridgc,;son of Ute A;.G;, I Martha Raye told newspapermen ;'artistic directors' in bccupiied France,' veteran local showman and one-time I here she would mari^y NeaJ; Lang, 1 3,.^ ^^e in. the U s Miss Harvey is Marie Gale, long drama- j Miami hotel (Raleigh), manager, in ' jeborted in Lisbon now a'w'aitin/de- leading lady; :is making ■May - '"-.^^^^^^ I Yacht Club crew has been play- Pa.r>"re. Jouvet goes ,- to South Theatre ;,job while attending U. of J ing Jackie Heller's draft number for I America first.en route to the U, S. [Minnesota. .'• '