Variety (Apr 1941)

Wednesday; April 23, 1941 55 'No Fairbanks feud' iContliined'from page 2s oVi Monday t21) after 'shopping and seeing" shows,' Ex-Lady Aphley en^ iLged uppn her 'It's up.; it's: down' laVement by saying sh^ didn't know w the ■ felid rumors started and thit although, she had jnQ appoint- ments S»^ith any lawyers 'as yet/ it seeired that "some Kgal complica- tions always cr6i> up in cpnntptiori /wjth.estates/'./;;;. ■ yiifsiad'a Kii^len Flagstad, Wa^nejfian ^so- nrano of the Met;, wais eastbound Saturday (19) oh the Pah-Americani A irways' . Dixie Clipper for fcisbon; enipitte to her hpiiie at OSlO, capital city^ Of Nazi-occupi*d . Norway, for a visit with her lumber, merchant- husband. Henry Johanseii, Relu6- lant to discuss aiiy phase? Of her voy- age;.Madame Flagstad fiatly declined lo rfeveal just how she would mn UP the mileage between Lisbon arid Norway!., She appeared confldeht, however, that sh6 jwould ehcbuhter ; little diHicUlty in, crossing the mad- dcig area but added that 'whether plans go through is in the lap of the gods.' The bpryhouse star returned frpitj . Norway. ; which she calls 'home,' on, Oct. 7, 1939. when it was pbssible to travel,from Oslo to Eng- land and thence to Yankeeland, pr tP D.^nmarJt, the LOw Countries and France on the: way. to these demo- cratic, acres-.Without giving ah inr .surahce cpmpahy ;the horrors. ; Also put of t>ixie's- frontyard on thii Dixie went Mirs. Errtlyh :Will- iams, wife, of. the British author of the play ?The Corn IS Green,*, to join her husband in London Where he is'giving his all to the Ministry of Information. She; left their two , sons, Alan,, five, and- Brook, three, parked on a, farm,; near Brewster, N. Y^y owned by Robert Montgomery. • of the Holly wood MontgPmerys. Anothier ticket-holder r on the flying .boat was .Richard de Rochemoht, managing editor of 'The March of Time,' who was bound for. Vichy! to niarchVsome time. "The film sniper wasn't too talkativfe about it, ali, ap- parently hot wanting to make-para-: -graphs tliat. would land on the^ Ger-: man COnsulrGenerjai's bulletin board. . ■ McClellaniJ Barclay , toiok . his jpia- lette to Greensboro, .N, C, on a iFfi- day (18> Eastern Airliner and the saiije set of hours saw Philip Meri- vale -off to Lpi Angeles .on one of United Airline'.s metallic flying car- pets. Adrienne- Ames, \yas; Bean- town-bound on an American Airline plane, and ^Valter O'Keefe used the •same sort of horse-and-four to get to Providence. Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett ; Thurs- dayed; (17) to Cleveland and Istbel Jewell to.ok American to Detroit. , ' , Sbeean's. Trip'' .Wednesday's iooker-pn-ers saiw the Yankee CTipper .ca.r.ry off .Vincent Sheean, on his .way; to Mr. Church- ili's embattled, island to do a piece for the:Saturday Evening Post oh the . war • sjtuation.r and "Mrs/ Sheeah who drives a typeAyriter iunder the tag of Diane ForbeV-Roberboh; Mrs. Sheeah will,: while awaiy the hours that Vince spends ^ettih^ factual data by penning a book on family life in G.B. as affected : by, thie drama 61 ■ warpianes, the thunder of artillery and the lightles? nights. :Michael Terry's wife, Ursula, .wr . also aboard; bound, to visit kinfoik- in London while her freelance writer-husban.d continued to bat out tales in ,Sydney. :..AiistrElia,-■ ' - ; Wednesday 116); also saw trim.: neat :and terrific Vera Z^a Eastern Aiirlinfe in from Miami,'. :'; :., Yvonne Valliee, ex-frau of Mau- '.Cheyalier, came into the . air:, port south prthe Brpniic, b^^ Di " . Clipper,: frorn heir.; ^home. .-in:,France.' She-\declmed. to teir a>out. Parisian', gpingsroii . since the ai-briia' of saur-- kraiit got into the air^. but' revealed that she- was westbound to chat witti ;Mary Pickford. . . :; . Other _airlirie; • movements of ithe, week; broii.sht the info thit P^tiy Kelly had TWAed in, from St. Lou-,: ' Gene : Autry ,used the ; same rai>id trah.5it line to: get . to ,Harrisburg, Pa., ,and 'Fats* Waller and Jjis band (of . musichiakers . came' ■ v ■ •the Super, Sky . Ehief .from Chicslgp. Autry ralmb.^t missed his ship be-r cause of £. bunch of sPhooIkids who gangied him;,up foi*:'just..one niore ; aulpgraph, please.' and Waller had an, interestinj?; sentence/tp tell of the nioverhents, of hi.s i group of noise, prdinance violatoi's. , It seems they Were playing in Blatt's. TPalm ; Garp: deh in Milwaukee until the small nours of the morning- when . they • Pushed by autompbiie down to Chi- cj|go and bought .spnie ;TWA tickets .N. Y. 'whore 'Hpy iarf'ved••in Urrip for lunch and. before their instru- ments had cooled off. ; ; Giro Alegria. citiieo Of Peru. 'resi- defkt. of Chile, transient of Ecuador, flew in from the land of Good Neigh- .bors to attend the banquet ,pf Farrar & ; Rinehart, book turnerrputers. at which he was handed $2,500 for win- ning No. 1 prize in a;'c6htest sipbn- spred; by the publishing house and Re.d Book mag. His woirdagie was eh^ titled 'Btpad and;Alien Is the World': and Red. ,Bibok ;,threw in :an . extra grand for the first serial rights. ; . Giro no, kick around the. English, but aiiy* one .who cbuid put a bridle on his Spanish;, got' the idea :ithat he was either, 'glad, to; be here because- he liked the U. S," or glad to be here ber, caiise it gave him a chance to go back .u>:s: a::':':- '-y^ :v: ■■.■:,■■.;■..:":. HEAD OVER HEELS ss=P<>ntlnued from 'pake. 3sss^ be divided i.^to areas, each to be known as an operating district. Fig- ured that it will be more feasible, to send ;showis from pne camp' to • ain-. other within the " areas to- be ■ detei:'- m ined. than to attempt tourihg from _coiast-;tp coast. ■ ■ ■ 2 Shows Nightly Probatlle ;i Aithoijgh : Equity nixed a prbposal made by Alex Yokel, On behalf of: reputed representatives oif industrial- ists said tb be ready to •backlegiters, the general idea of; two perfprniknces; nightly Will probably be adopted.: It is -figured tlfiat One le^it perform,- ance ;wduld not supply the audience demand and it is. likely; that two shows, with, the, tunning tiine clipped to one hour and SO .minutes, would he more practical than; the" average performance,: which runs two hours or ,slightly; more. • Tliis wiU mean condensed iscripts, if necessary; or brief intermissions. ; in riejecting the application for a two-performance' nightly concession. Equity,explained th^t ithad ihe^right tb say under ,what working condir tions its members shall operate. It was also intimated .thait commercial presentations are :. to be frowned upon and in that Gatcgpry the Yokel proposal was, placed, There "seems to be a difference bf bpinion whether two shoyvings,: nightly would be a hardshipi .oh the actors,' some Equity people insisting that it wbtild be tbo tough an assignment for ttie leads,, Others pointed but,that acts in yaude go on four: and five times, daily with- out cornplaint. However, those who quesitibn the plan, of two . perform- ances say that in vaude the turns, Which vary from 10 to 25 minute?, have an bppoVtunity ;tp rest between appea'fahce.^i while legit actors' pres^ ence on stage or nearby is almbst always required. . .. , ; As there are differences in work- ing regulations ■ between Equity and the'Other.talent iinions, it is believed that special rules, wlli be arrived at .for the purpose of uniformity. That , more ,or. less so: ai the World's Fair;last, summei:. . , . (Continued frbm P^ge 52^'■ . 9hd a' good 'girl' dancing chorus. Not exactly as good perhaps as it is funny inasmuch as it's been. years since any . college shbw ;ever, man- aged to corral: such a cbllection. of bow-legs, ;knock-knees, and pigepn toes. ■; Book by George H., Hyde, , who graduated last year, is typically Cap and Gpwnish, which means it's laden With i)uhs. Dialog is -pretty .dreary and direction of libretto arhateurish, with more entrances; and exits than there are in the -men's rPom of Grand Centiral, Station :durihg the tush hour., /'•, ' ' 'Head Over, Heels' deals with a ballet .troupe ;that is oh the rocks when somebody, .tionceives the idea of giying-it. a hypo of swing; iScoreS a big hit, puts its impoverished owner in the.- coin, and permits him to marry the ballerinaj who is the daughter of the newspaper, publisher who flrecl the ^ guy before he ; in^ herited the ballet. Standouts in the '.score, are 'Rest^ ihg on" Love,' by Eugene Feldman, 'What's Wrong : with. Me?' by Roy Baldwin-,:and 'I Second.the Embtiph,' by Roy B'aldwih. ; Doubtful,, how- ever,: if any.: of them . Will be veiry commercial; but for a campus frolic; thejr're excellent. In each case, mu- sic is better than lyrics, and new sets of words may he the answer.; Even talent isn't sb hot, although ; Allen: Golild- is: pretty good as the bearded Gregory Ratoff who directs the bal-: let; William Rial is a .satisfactory femme lead and Robert Soles, as a miale lovelorn , columnist, is .nearest thing .to a pro ln the cast. .Sets are attractive :: and orchestratidns and music direction bv'Max Adkihs are llrst-rate. But," 'Head Over Heels* won't dp for; other than cl.assmatesi girl-friends, alumni ahd relatiycs. • ••■•^ Gbhen.' ■ Bills Next Week sGontinued from page 4f; .f{).hn Gonte; .,': Job . Cftnaolo , \ ".: ■ 'Otrliurd ■-:.■'.",•;■ 3!,pimy an.mi>le. 0,rc Jay .Lorlh*' Chiick. atlller. .Art ^Pnrrnr Oris • Tony RoJi.ince.-. Rb,v Englert..: Redd'H Ciife,:: Curly Stewart 'Ore Edcll* .Mxtb;; Gpiry ,P<irlCB • Billy Vliler, . ' • .UVaclitciiib A IT hie. T;i r.^hl s: Or i;: .Belle Baker-. Jeri->' nerpeti .TachJe UeJltr Jbe & Betty I.ee \ Shlriey Holler . . ;:;; ■ ; Skif-V»« ; ..Nflckey Ropa Ore Sky ■Pilot*,;:'. : ' tpton Arlll. Art Taifello -.: ' •^'rai'Vi- .Naitals : Mike Sandretto -villa Mntlfid. . Etzl 'Coyalb Orb ' Mark- I^ane' :> ' 8ahy Rnsn Marl* a-Smart:Gin .iri-aiicls. * Gtay ijprlon'B .Birds ■ ;i Ji-rks' BOSTON ■; , Ilv-Hchcomber ■ Hotel i;ftr«lner RCA Theatre Visio ^CohtlBUed Irom pagie- 2; meht" will be, dismantled, and taken back: to the factory. fot: further re- .fincinent fend, polishing.; : : The", screen at-, the. New ''yorker. will .be 15 by 20 feet and thc dbmpn' stration ,^will include " a, news' broad- cast, a dramatic playlet anci a.rpund-. table ' parley, among radio and, iilm; personalities, : The ■ televisiph -, im^ aged,; after being picked; iip from the . Garden by /mobile: unit.- will be .short-waved : to i^BC's Radio Clity- plant and then transmitted by ,a j'pecial-balanced telephone wire to, the .New ;Yorker theatre.v;'The. steel- bai^rcled projector will be pbinted pve'r the;theatre'§ balcony, about 60 ■fieet away from; the: scteen.' -The power unit, .win be' a conyehtional, high-vbltage- rectifier f a:ted .,at,'70,00(3 volt?. ;.',. ., .■' ;,.■': . RCA bfticiai^ have nb exact idea of: vvliat -the installations -will, cost, .'but the estimate ' .put: between .$25,000 and $30,000.- Nye' May.hew Oro ,. on. PheUn ■ ", ' • Dave, Korman .. " Paulenii Kleanor'Tleman .• norores, del.,Carmen R'ainoii Talavera D ItlHiMrab'a kari RciKde Or'o Boyd Healhen •4 'i iolta.s Ruth.anli^' * M'lcolm . Cu'iin Miinuha Loir Carter ,Oro : David Uallentlne' •.fohhny M<:-Atleer ; '! iob .Nelson ' . Patsy \lHTT ea.<>a. Klaniina:Glj' . . CInb,May fair Rnnnj, Weelis .ttrc ■Jientio Ben'nelt O Dennis' Sis (iiilp. « '•: ..In-hie Robbin.' - riiilt Vauilj; Fiilr t\a> Srira Ore. .Siella Ray I.a\irii l.(-e .re.«f« MlHor ,Mflr|ani).e.:Uoi(ld , : '.(.'Oconnut <frove . Mit-key. AlDTt' Oro ;l)ori Kii-e ;()rc . .Geo.rce. Rand Rev. Hernlf I''nr.loll , . illlly , I'.ilne; . X.ancy 'XSii.y . .M.iirlli.i Huiko J'liyl.'Is. . Tovvne' & Knott .l,(ihn . 'rip Starnea ' * :;A.nav«.n '(.Melmly .l.4inne^e) Rita. OoiiKililln' : Ke;v,-eir x""Sie);(fr ;Crn:wYor(l ilou;<ie' Ra.v: 'Cf>i)ln» \>rc. Sj<li\' /Ceil.li' , . ' Allrt ■J il'Oi.ii*'.. .Ainelli'. (iilniore ■ •. I<*iw Vorl< AV^q .Wll.iie .Di.-e ■ t't\i X:, lUiliiiil* Bilrt Sh'BAT ••'. B.valyn Harvey . Hat<>l IJiri».Tei(e.. Nrtblemen ■; Jt-rry. .Salisbury '. . '. liotel l.riio;^ .: . .(Bitn .Tniii»> .Tohnny ^friffld d.rc', Deo'ne 'Parrlsli .... Hotel' Soniemct (JMIIncDc l{<Mtm)\ Harry MarBhard 6 .lohnny Tumbull. :.•. Hitlel: Sfatler . . (Terru.ce''1Cooni); . Vauirbii Monro* O-' Mai'llyn Duhe. - Jillftfy Talent , ■.to». ('arney ' Bobby Nlcboi«; . (Cafe- I(uiiBe) ' Sniyy Cavlcohlo Ore -Hotel "WexlmlnMter (Klu« Kooih) , .Tlmiriy McMnl^ Ore Trou'l: SDrenudeTN O .lfarry;Drjil<e Uev .luditli ./^ttWton . De.'jyivaii ..■ , Eslelle^ .siicvllri ; • ■ Blliy M:a<:U .Ore .. JCUi^a Howard . - .)ohn : }, <*urll,» , ' ' .MhX • Arnold . - Edljh (ijOvOn: ' i^itin.fQMiirilvr . ■ Tony lirunii :(Jr<; '. Don :Dii'iiey Orp..',,... Ilwrry :<p«ar;:-' .Mnore. lleVel . ..'). Cbol-ds .:' • '', .'A'idrey •Palnie'r' -• I.^Hln- JliilItt : Kaillii- .>rfciU I;. ' :'.Steub.r»'R-.. (Vlt-mtH. RtMin')"' j.'t'W :t.'(irirjid Ore ;: ,Doriii. Abboil" ■■ Arllnl -ronsueli • I AH ■■«? (); r; ■ • i ToJ;ii, Co ■ 1 S'lcit: it -V Collins. I .Do'cof hy ■ ■ J )eiT,i ifiB a Thriller ;Contl>ii|ed from pace ij The ^irillon ,t;eorB<t"-Ore " Ralph Porra.i .Ore'' Martin L.weli, KYW Philadelphia slalf accompanist, arid coiiriposer, has: signed with Southern ;Miisicv BMl att'iliate. to publish four of his cpmV; positions. . Those "due fbr publication are '50,000 on" the Red,' coinposed: in celebration of KVW's jump in ippwer to 50.000 watts; 'Trahscpntinehtal,' 'Ga.ypttc for pebutante^ .and I'Satan; in Satin,' i • .;; ' .f.'i-lt-Kf.«h'pr'- ; Taniara Jioriva ' I,I>oHh Abbott ] .1 ft'f.-fI MP 11 lie U u r ii- y..'' , IIo'h HrilM - ;,. • .Miirlfj 'fc -O.loria '" HI Pelo-TKM-iiiaii liU'irilJu .(Jre.v; ,;, ., l''raii!v I',i.M ty Ifojel HrniKord . ' (Circus, ,K<iuni) .*fur!el Welch ■ KunkJe. it' I.am)>rrl llotel Brun^wli-li' , (UrrmiiiU : Terlra*^) Donoyans' DIcU .Stabile , .■■ 1 »,?:BU<-hl Hfl(*.|-^^opley„l?^„i«.^>"^*'."'^''^ .:.'(Slil>rHtiin NtHtm) . i Stuart Fr.-'.-ili.'r : Ore ■ .■ Motel K)isejt\':; ..! Hrhe.st ^rur^a.v:' BlilX K«IJv . . .Tac;?^Jjinnlng ; Al LoiVlB : . Victor \>iifi» lo AdMe f'ovov Rita H*nd*r8on Jj>; Tlny!> ■ ilsl-n WftVl TIr T«»« Krnle Ore Uen -XoVd jlev. f i>unny' i jooffinan''' Di.\i<!- riiy* ; : ' '.'rreiiumi Plum ' ' • . 'i'ffy. Ore. .,, VlrrMiilleti;.' vBobty iiafik.pt .f)rc !. Kay .Do.vie ■ ' . ~. ■'.I.tilinny .A nflt-^H-.i . lip^ ll<•^^ ■ '; : ; Paul' Diilt*. , I I,»\v Saxon ; ' f 'or.nJe -r.ovi! ■ i Ted' -jX/fhlr fore next Sabbath, SO that it may be viewed under the best pbssible cirr cvimstances. Ward produced- the St. Louis ,PaBbaht, starring 'Tptn Mix, lor ihe .Morris ■bffice' ,last ;summer. < Ile^ had ;ipreyiouf!ly a.chieyed favorable notice, for. hi.e .WPA prpducticinis , of 'The Living ,Ne^yspape!^,': 'Marching Sbng. arid '.. ;;. Qne-third .of a NatiPn,' War's Hypo; • Number pf show:men beside Morris are hot for . .: flyihg show', of • spihe ;kind,. feeling that the' var,. with its; constant eiriphasis on planes, has rnade the public .ripe to unpbcket; .coin fbir.;an,aerial,thriller/ pifficulty ;for shows, oif t.hj|s type-^which was t|uickly discovered; when : the ;fl.rst ones started put in whfjt .were ac- cepted for. aiifplanes.25 years ago—'is that it's, too temptirig for. the crowd tb gather .on rpads . and in nearby cprnfieldi arid watch from there, in-, stead of payirig adriiish.: You can't fence; off the: sky.-: . ;; ^ , Hbward:-putton; 26-i^^ -chief stiint-mari .and bwrier pf, the show, and Henry Rogers, its manager;; have overcome the see-it-frpmioutside as- pect in some respects. They have invented as many acts as possible for the groiind or near the ground inside the stadiurii.' Low. admish \of 30c for adults and 15c fpi: kids also help.s to bring;!em in.-'; ; .. ' '; ; Mprrjs has sbitie other .ideas; oh this. ;For one thing, tinless Rosie should decide to adopt .thb/flying cir- cus, .all Pf its dates; .will; be in cbnv junction \yith Aniericari Legion Pbsts and the like, who-.wiH haridlfe the ticket; sales in advance.. In other wordk, it's h.6ped:to have^ a pro;fltabIe number of' ducats -soid before- the.' yokels le^n that they, "can see a lot for nothing. 'fhere's.:aiso ;an idea foi' tin .bxhiibit of antiqtie;.planes to'help - drag 'em in, and promotibnal gags like model airplane contests for kids and local glider, club meets , immedir ately preceding the main bput. :. .. ;.-::. .Sundry Hurdles', .\ :v Aside from the seerit-for^free: an- gle, there are othet- difficulties. For Orie, in stadiums like that at the .Fair Grounds here, which is tpofed 'over, the spectators at.the rear cahnot see all Pf the '" . ih addition to that, it is necessary to get. tremendous crowds to make, it paiy oft.the way the IVIprris office, experts; figure it. That mieans most of £l mpb,-except in unusual. locations, must steind... And the Civil Aeronautics Authority's; in-' spebtors limit, the places the, crowd can be, according to the direction pf the wind. ; TTiait means a tremendous police force; is needed to hold .'erri back in the; interests of safety. . ; Show: stained biit last summer and barnstormed through New Englan.d and Florida on;a 'catch-as-catch-can basis. Total vi^eekly.;nut--figuring a performance a. week—^for. the isquad pf . six men . (including a mechanic; and announcer) and the operation of the four planes .used waS $,700. Should it cpme underf the Rose aegis it'll probably run nearer 100 times that. , It - was in:: strictly unhewn style that Sundays audition . was given; Result is a^thriU show but . hot a big-time spec. ; Helmetless : and gogglcless pilots in, ordinary busi- ness suits tugging their own pilanes around, the field, after their turns and generally acting as their Own production cre\ys/ do riot . comprise shbwmarishlp.; 'That'.s Ward's job to alter. Also the corny commentary by . the annPUncer, Walter Hicken, who attenipts tp .build up the stunts by play-by-play description of how tough they are. . . Air'Never , Empty ' ..With three pllbts ' to .; tear their stomachs out for the edi fleatipn bt thie spectators, Circiis' by-word is, "The air is never eimpty.' Fliers, are putton, Lloyd ;Fisk-' airid Lt. Donald .Fyfe;:the latter /two; serving .as; iny structpri! . . the-.CiVit -;Aeronautic Authbrity's ^student training ;pro- gram when> 'nPt:.;speridirig their..time doing everything ;they teach the fledgelings .ribi to. r; 1 . :, - In additlori, there's a femme, Florence Rogers, who's still;learning the stiirit garne; ;a. jjarachutist,' Law- renbe Baird; ;; and a *bat man,' Thomas Boyd,jPaird's uriibrellaing-: tp-earth work .includes a delayed juriip—he drpps from th(? plane al. Oibdo feet and plummets down tp 1 ,.500- feet before: M nleashing hr.s •chute-..; -.:'v 'S]:'- - ';' " .Boyd, . with canvas .stretched; be- tween legs antl frpnri his isides to his outstretched arms, leaye.^ the plapc at• .'7,000 feet and' soar.s' like a: ;giant bat -thrbugh the air.. ; Wheri he ap- proaches the ground he: lets put a parachute fpr the landing:; ~; ; ;pianes,...'a;: -JPiper :-Cub,, a. Wfieo spbciail stunter, a Laird with a wing spread of only 'liS "feet and a Boeing Navy bomber--fcirca-1932) are not the expected oId-,orang(El crntes tied. lpg£.tber--.with t-,*^,"© 'f ."it*"," Eaoh ; is a smaill, but . sturdy; tbpnotcher, as evidenced by the, fact - that there have been no. accidents, in mohths of touring. ■: They represent a $l2,OflO investment 'at their pres- .ent-age. ' . ". . ■- • To say that niost-bf the stunts are heart - sinkingly spectacuiar. would / be like -saying Joe Louis can fight. Wide?eyed silbnce that falls, over. little Joey :arid tTncle.; JPhriney alike. when Duttpri sweejis. over .the 'field .upsidie (down lo cut with his.wheeis> a: ribbon .just 20' feet froiM the ground is .all the evidence that ' needed of .hpW ,the audience laps it up...-:": '■■ v .;-; :;:.' . pat-Tb'rilli the Stukas ,:'Anbther faVe,' with all: the recent, piiblibity about • diye-bomberv, is , diving . the . Navy boinber alrhost Straight; down to; earth ; from .i,b;000 feet -at a speed . that makes the struts whine Uke a saxaphone: , This mu^ has; se:en ■ Nazi propaganda films.: in,: Manhattan's Yorkville siiowing; Ger- man dive.' • bombi;ngs^arid. Dutton appears to .come down straiighter. and faster. Yet another topper, is the stalling of , the hiotpr pf the Piper . Ciib on puilRose in mid-air., ; • Then, lias; the plane hpvers, Baird, cliriifas out bn' the. "side of the erigirie (it's, a highr wing miPhoplane, so there's not even ;a, wing tp stand on) arid.spins the propeller' until he, gets' the mptbir started;; Tridc Woirkeci" pnce on Sun-; day^ biit the engine refused to start thb second lime. "That provided an, extra ad^ed thrill,' because, ,/with; virtually ho altitiide, the pilot was linable to .bring the plane' back to ihe^ field and had tp lan.d;'dead stick*: In a/firo^ :adjQlhing cow ;i»a;sture..:; ■ ;More-Sb'owirfansiiip'.."'. . ' : Planeis Jn. the circus are; virtually- never landpid: in the approved: thtei- poiht fashion, but alwaiys With vari-i alipns. It's always. pn one wheel,. In a series of 20Tfoot "bnounceis; into^ the air after, toucbibt; the. ground or some such nedc-breakeir.. If an w or. hedge gets in the way: :of the landing, the pilots; jump: oyer Jt like a greyhound. . Other tricks .include standard ones such as: Irhnielniaiis, slow rolls, fall- ing leaf: lahdinjgs and the breaking . in the : ,ali", by diving at' them, of -balloons . and" streamers. ; of. toilet tissue ;~dropped from the plane. . Orte of button' spiecialties is the square loop, which involves, in forming; one side Of .the stjuare,. pointing the, nose of the plane straight ;up until the rnachlne falls over on>itS back.. ; ■; Virtually every lakoff, many of them at; amazingly .sharp tilts, is a thrill at the field .here, which is ac- tually the infield of the race track. U;is l,2fio; feet lonT,- whil.e t*'.-> m.=-ir mum CAA repuirements ! for the .■smallest scale ordinary: landing place is l,50p; feet. .Imporlaiit commercial fields have, almost, mile-lpng ruifi- ways, ,; ■ ' Pressed in an. adequate production: with preferably a lot. more: planes, for atmosphere and ensertib^e work, ah air ' Circus properly worked; out at. this , time: to get maximum b.o. returns, should be sock for Rose or any other shpWman who's willing to • believe the sky's the limit. R. B. i fi. CIRCIS NEAR CAPACITY EASTER WEEK Ringling-BarriUm :&:.:;Bailey eircus- ! at Medisph: Square /Garden, "N. Y., Vplayed .;to seven turnaway.:mfiltine€s i last week;: schp'oi holidays, account^ : ing . for the allendahce.; Thl-piigii Easter -week. "Th* nights also were I. cipse .tb capacity and ihe ;ehgage- .ment,. which has another week to. go,; is expected to be among the-::rno3t' '.successful; Garden,.date.s.Top; prices for the seaspn apply in. N.. Y..,;:night •. ceiling 'being $3.85;:' .' . Art. ConcellP is, passing up h iis se- riai fiple spmcrsault this season.^but is: more active .than ever around the j show.' He is; 'interesteci or. Pwhs .seven acts-in the outfit . . . Mile,. Eriea-is ripw^ in .IKe: ..show; with • anyequestrian novelty, ; five- team hitch in - the. center; ring,-- she i-iding Rbmari.taridcm. Pat Valdo is sporting a .white-suit ; which has been; tP: the•■ cleari!^r?3 , .tliree times. alrcadyTT-but . it's bn the. '■ The jumps ace back, with the shpw now running less than, three hours. :: A new liberty . hbrje turn,' with; nrpp Vider.s stra pped .i'** l« attract- ' -■»'<» rtfpnt! .