Variety (June 1942)

84 Wednesday, June 17, 1942 OBITUARIES STANLEY LUPINO Stanley Lupino, 48, vet British ahowman, comedian and father of Ida Lupino,. Hollywood film star, died in London June 10. Making his initial stage appearance at the age of six in a pantomime show, Lupino ■was a member of a family associated with the KngUsh stage over 300 years. Besides appearing in musi- cals for which he wrote the books, Lupino also wrote the lyrics, many of the shows enjoying huge sue- In 1910, after a tour of South Africa, Lupino appeared for the first time in London's West End, playing In 'Dick Whittington' at the Lyceum. Four years later, substituting for his brother, Barry Lupino, the manager of the Drury Lane theatre saw his performance and engaged him for 'Sleeping Beauty.' In the next eight years, from 1915 to 1923, he ap- peared in many other shows. Lupino made his first appearance In the U. S. in 1926 as Theophile Michu in 'Naughty Riquette.' He also played in The Nightingale' in this country, returning to England to appear in 'So This Is Love,' The Love Race,* 'Ixive Lies' and numer- ous other stage productions. . Survived by widow, known on the London stage as Connie Emerald. She presently is in Hollywood with Ida and another daughter. A cou- sin, Lupino Lane, is also In show business, having appeared In a num- ber of U. S. film shorts some years ago. ^ chAbles dalton Charles Dalton, 77, actor, whose career-extended from 1883 to 1940, died. in Stamford, Conn., June 11. He had last appeared in Maurice Evans' revival Of 'Richard U' In 1940. He had . also appeared with Evans in 'Henry IV and 'Romeo and Juliet' Dalton, bom in England, changed from a singing career to acting upon seeing Edwin Booth perform. He flebuted in 1883 In the British p):ov- inces and -made his London debut three years later. He first appeared In N. Y. In 1893 in The Prodigal Daughter' and then returned to London to appear with Sir Guy Forbes Robertson In "For tbe "Crown* and in 'Carmen' as Jose opposite plga Nethersole.' He - returned to America in 1898 where he played in The Sign of the Cross' for five years. He was. also seen In 'Resurrection' and 'When Knighthood Was in Flower* .during tliis period. In 1904 Dalton was Nance O'Neil'? leading nan In "Macbeth' and In 1907 he joined James O'Neill's company. Among the plays he subsequently appeared in were 'Mid-Channel,' Trelawny of the Wrfls,* The Case of Becky,' 'Kismet,' 'Drifted Apart, Trilby,' 'Henry Vm,* The Better •Ole,' "Three Live Ghosts,' 'A Hun- ■t.~ed Years Old' and 'Children of Darlatess.' In these plays he ap' peared with such stars as Frances Starr, Ethel Barrymore, Phyllis Nellson-Terry and Sir Herbert Beer- bohm Tree. He played with Helen Hayes in *Mary of Scotland' in 1933 and with Katharine ComeU in •Romeo anfl Juliet* and 'Saint Joan' In 1935 and 1938. Laurette Taylor Fay Ba^nter, Maxine EUlott and . Blanche-Walsh were others with whom he was featured. A inember of the Lambs, he is survived by three sons and three' grandchildren, BVnOLF BESIEB Rudolf Besler. 83, Javs-bom British dramatist, died June 18 at his home in Surrey, England. His most noted play was The Barretts of Wimpole Streot' which dealt with EUzabeth and Robert Browning. It was first produces in 1930 at the Malvern Festival, England, by Sir Bany Jackson, after rejection by two othftr London managers. The play was also rejected by 27 N. Y producers before Katharine ComeU opened with it In Cleveland In Janu- ary, 1931, and brought it to the Empire theatre, N. Y., in February of that year. Miss ComeU has played over 700 performances in most of the leading cities of the U. S. in the play, which has now been given in Canada, Australia and throughout Europe. It was also filmed by Metro with Norma Shearer, Charles Laughton and Fredric March. Besier's first play was 'The Virgin Goddess,* written in the U. S. in 1908. He also was the author of •OUve Latimer's Husband," 'Don,* ^ady Patricia/ 'Kips' (with H. G. WellB as co-author), icings and Queens,* 'Buxell,' •Rabin's,.,Father*, (with Hugh Walpole), The Prude's Fall,' 'The Ninth Earl,' 'A Lesson in Love' (with May Edglnton), and some translations from the French. PHIL BABB Phil Barr, 53, proprietor of the 500 Club, Atlantic City, for the past 24 years, died Monday (15) at the At- lantic City Hospital following a heart attack. Barr was one of the best known characters in the resort's night life and was a close friend of many showfolk. To his club he brought such names as Harry Richman, Sophie Tucker, Bill Robinson, Ray Bolger and Rudy Vallee. He was known for his charities and as a liberal touch by down-and- outers at the shore. One of hiis litUe- known charities was the establish- ment of a charge account for the penniless at the midtown Atlantic City restaurant Barr started out as a trolley con- ductor in Philadelphia. He later was associated with Herman Taylor in promoting boxing shows. . Barr's wife, the former SaUy Brooks, died in 1928. He Is survived by a daughter. ^ GEORGE B. GUT George R. Guy, 86, last of the six Guy Bros, minstrel company, died June 11 in Springfield, Mass. He had retired 10 years ago and would have celebrated his '60th wedding anniversary this week. Guy out- lived five brothers who entertained throughout the United States, Can- ada,- and British Isles. Born in partford. Conn., son of GeorgeiGuy, Sr., himself a minstrel, and Mrs. Guy, a noted pianist, ac- companist and founder of the first music conservatory In Harfford, Guy saw 75 years on the stage. At two, he was carried on the stage at the old Nlblo's Garden in New York by Edwin Forrest He joined his father's company In 1878 and toured with It for 52 years. Guy, Jr., 'waiting* during the past 10 years for a "revival* of minstrel days, had been doorman at the Springfield lodge, of the. EUcs, of which his father was a founder. Widow and two daughters survive. the CrawfordsviUe hotel since 1900, in recent years with his aon. Marsh Jones. MBS. KATE FOX Mrs. Kate Fox, in her late SO's, died in Los Angeles, June 11, fol- lowing an illness of several weeks. She was the mother of Matthew J. Fox, assistant to the president of Universal at the New York home- office for several years and . now a Government coordinator in Wash- ington war worlc. ^ Other survivors are Mrs. Nate J. Blumberg, daughter, wife of the president of U; another daughter, Mrs. James Feiner, whose husband also is in the picture biz; Mrs. Ben Ehrllch, daughter, and another son, Sol Fox. LINN BOBDEN Linn Borden, 32, radio actor, died June 10 at Maplewood Sanatorium, Palisades Park, N. J., after an lU- ness of several months. Borden had been appearing in "Pvt Linn "Borden Reports' and Uncle Walter's Dog House,* NBT shows broadcast from Chicago ' up until his illness. He was under con- tract to the Russel M. Seeds Adver- tising Agency, CWcago. Previously a freelancer In New York, Borden had been a guest art- ist with Rudy Vallee and the Vaude- viUe Theatre of the Air, among other radio programs. . Widow survives. BICHABD CABLTLE ^Richard Carlyle, 68, stage and screen actor, died June 12 at San Fernando, Cal. He had been Inac- tive the last decade due to Illness. Among the plays in which he had appeared were "Under Cover,' 'Sev- enth Heaven,' 'It Pays to Advertise* and 'Alibi BiU.' He had been gen- eral manager and director of the 'White-Myers Chautauqua and Ly- ceum Circuit from 1920-27. One of his most Important film roles had been in The Copperhead', with Lionel Barrymofe. Widow, Mirza Marston, actress, whom' he married in 1909, survives. MABGABET TCBNBTTILL Margaret TumbuU, scenario writer, novelist and playwright, died Jime 12 in Yarmouthport Mass. She had been a sister of the late Hector Turn- bull, film executive, scenarist and once drama critic of the N. Y. Herald Tribune. Bom in Scotland, Miss TumbuU came to the U. S. at two. She was the author of a dozen novels be- tween 1913 and 1934, and her first play, 'Genesee of the Hills,* was pro- duced In 1905, the same year an- other play, 'A Society Policeman,* was shown In Atlantic City. Her most successful play was 'Class- mates,* written in 1907 with William C. DeMIUe. She also authored The Deadlock,* which, like 'Classmates,' was produced In N. Y., and 'The Mitre,' put on in cniicago in 1914. In- 1916 and for some years there- after she. wrote scenarios for silent films in N. Y., Hollywood and Lon- don. Three sisters survive. HCGO BLUBCENBEBO Hugo Blumenberg, B4, circus and vaude acrobpt died June 8 at Kel lersvIUe, near Stroudsburg, Pa. A native of Bohemia, he came to this country 37 years ago. He' was a member of a weU-khown troupe of gymnasts composed of members of his family which toured Europe and also played blg-tlme vaudeville dur Ing the winter and the RIngling Cir. cua in the summer. He was Injured 15 years ago and since that time had made his home with his brother's family at Saylorsburg, Pa., where his brother. WlUiam, now deceased, had conducted Ye Saylor*s Inne. Body creipated in WlUtes-Barre foUowlng services In Stroudsburg. AMMON B. JONES Ammon B. Jones; 19, Crawfords viUe, Ind„ hotel operator, whose hobby for halt, a century had been serving without pay as a clown with major circuses on their summer tours throughout the country, died June 12, In Lafayette, Ind„ while awaiting the arrival of his wife on a Clilcago train. Widely known among circus men Jones had traveled with many prominent shows, Including Ring- ling Brothers, Hagenback-Wallace and Cole Birqth^r^, He. JwA operated WALLACE BAUEBLEIN Wallace Bauerleln, 49, died In New Orleans, Saturday (13), of smoke asphyxiation. Whlje not directly ac- tive In - show business, he was weU linown to showmen in New Orleans, where he had an advertising agency. Air -condition plant several floors above his apartment caught fire and it was believed he was roused along with other tenants, but later he was found dead. Body brought to New York for cremation. His wife, Edith, was visiting in Gotham at the time of death. Burial Monday (15) was at FernclIHe, Westchester Coimty, N.Y. FBANK L. MOHB Frank L. Mohr, 63, builder and operator of "The Pippin," for years a favorite'thrUl ride at the Mid- South Fairgrounds In Memphis, died Saturday, (6) at Baptist hospital, Memphis. Mohr also had amusements con- cessions in Milford, Conn. In Mem- phis he operated a number of the Fairgrounds concessions in addition to "The Pippin" and Uved in a smaU house on the grounds. Widow and son survive. Burial In MUford. GEOBGE E. QUIGLET George E Quigley, former v.p, and general manager of Vitaphone Corp. and associated In the early develop- ment of taUdng pictures, died June 15, in N. Y. He liad also represent- ed Warners In Europe during the late 1920's. He retired in 1036 as v.p. and general manager of Vita- phone, but remained v.p. of Vita- phone Distributing Corp. when he died. Widow, two sons by a former mar- riage, his father and two brothers survive. at the old Odeon theatre. He alio was on the stail of the Municipal- Theatre Assn. but Illness prevented him. from starting his 24th year with that organization. Widow, sister and brother survive. M. HENkT POTTEB M. Henry Potter; 49, president of the recently suspended Jewish World and WPEN (PhUadelphla); news commentator for years, died Friday (12) in Mt Sinai Hospital, Phllar delphla, after d ihort.Ulne^ ' Potter, a veteran newspaperman, started his ca..-eer on the old PhUa- delphla Press and late' was with the North American. He was associated witl- the Jewish World for 26 years. Survived by vidow, two sons and a daughter. SADIE DUFF, Sadie Duff, 72, character actress, died in N. Y., June 10. Ill show business almost all her life, she had been a chorus girl in the 1890's and had played over most of North America and England. Among shqws with which she was identified were "Blood and Thunder,* "Yes My Dear* and 'Bringing Up Father.* ADELAIDE BELL Adelaide BeU, acrobatic dancer of vaudevlUe and musicals, died June 9 at her home In Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss BeU had toured the country with Harry Lauder shows for sev- eral seasons and had been featured iu various Zlegfeld revues, appear- ing with such stars as the late WIU Rogers, Fannie Brice, W. C. Fields, Ray Dooley and Vivienne SegaL In 1917, she played The Century Girl* and 'Zlegfeld FoUies' during their simultaneous run on Broadway. GEOBGE D. LLOTD George D. Lloyd, 57, boxofiflce manager of the St Louis Symphony Orch, died last week at the Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, foUowIng an operation for stomach trouble. With the %ymph for 40 years Lloyd began his wprk y/itb tbe^ a ;ch as an usher JAMES FAWCETT James Fawcett 37, film stunt man, died June 9 when his motorcycle, collided with an automobile in San Fernando Valley while he was rid- ing toward the RKO studio to report for work. Only two months ago he recovered from a spinal fracture sustained whUe stunting for 20th- Fox. Before he entered pictures, Faw- cett was a vaudeviUe acrobat. JOHNNY MELBOSE Johnny Melrose, 74, of the Three Melrose Brothers, vaude acrobatic act of the early 19005, died June 9 at his home in Brldg^ort, Conn, Melrose had toured the country with Barnum & Bailey shows for several years and had also per- formed In most of the weU known European variety houses. ABTHUB ('MONK') YOUNG Arthur ('Monk') Young, 50, opera- tor for years-of the 365 night club in San Francisco, died June 11 in his hotel room In that city from a heart attack. Since he retired from the night club field several years ago he had been operating a Frisco drinkery. MBS. LENA BEBD SMITH Mrs. Lena Reed Smith, 74, widow of Harry Bache Smith, librettist of the last century, with whom she had collaborated In the writing of plays and stories, died at Lebanon Springs, N. Y., June 11, CHABLES MUBPHT Charles B. Murphy, 58, western actor, died June 11 In Bakersfleld, (^1., as si result of injuries sustained during the filming of Pafamount's 'Lost Canyon' on location. He was crushed tmder an overturned wagon. BUSSELL BALL Russell Hall, 48, studio photog- rapher for 25 years, died'June 12 In Hollywood after a heart attack. In recent years he free-lanced. Sur- viving are his widow, son -and two daughters, HABOLD A. DILLON Harold A. DiUon, 55, composer, music publisher, and radio enter- tainer, died In CHeveland, June 15, following a short illness. . Further details In ttie music sec- tion. EDWABD SCHUOENS Edward Schugens, 81, musician and for years manager of the Min- neapolis Symphony Orch, died June 11 in Los Angeles. MBS. JOSEPHINE SIDNET Mrs. Josephine Foy Sidney, 66, re- tired stage actress, died in Los An- geles, June 12. Albert Bltchle, 93, sax and clari- net player, died June 10 In Spring- field, Mass. Most recently In Bert Green's Court Square theatre or- chestra, Springfield, he had played with Pfiul Specht working at the Hoover inaugural ball. Widow and tliree chUdren sur- vive. Father of Howard Adelsberger, manager of The Gardens, Pittsburg sports arena, and former theatre manager for WB and Harris circuit died tmexpectedly at his home in Pittsburgh last week. Mrs. Leu B. Smith, 72, widow of Harry D. Smith, musical comedy writer, died at her home In Lebanon Springs, N. Y, June 11, foUowlnf an illness of two weeks. - Her hus- band died two years ago.' BUeluwI A. (BUke) .frantene, 42, for years .leader of and...featured banjoist with dance orchestras In the Albany area, died at bis home In Albany Jidie 11. Morrtf SellgaiaB, - father of Paula SeUgman of the Paramoimt Artists Booking Bureau, died June 10 in New Yorlc W. O. .GeIiTlnr> father of William (Sehring, 20th-Fox central division sales manager, died In Buffalo June 11. Mother, 62, of Eleanor Tennis, bal- lerina, died unexpectedly June 3 in New York. ■ Mrs. B. B. Joss, 90, mother of "Doe' Joss, assistant director at Universal, died June 10 in Los Angeles. MARRIAGES Margaret Lenhart -to Ray Erlen- bom, in Hollywood, June 11. Both are in radio. PhyUIs Burrows to Ross MacRae, in Regina, Saskatchewan, June 6. He's announcer with CKCK, Regina. Mrs. Beckie Lavlne to Alec Adel- man, in New York,- June IQ. Groom is v.p^ of Consolidated Theatres, Ltd., Montreal. Margaret Hayes to Leif Erikson, June 13, in Mlnden, Nev. - Marriage was performed a few hours after the groom was divorced from Frances Fanner, legit and film actress; bride is film player. Isabella Greigg to Glen Eldredge, May'29, in Seattle. Bride is chief of staff of Orpheum theatre (Hamrlck- Evergreen), Seattle; he's manager of Florence theatre (Sterling), Seattle. Jane HoUing to Lt William Holmes, June 6, in New York. Bride was In the program department of the Blue network. Frances Ik Relnhart to'Joseph M. Davis, Jr., June 11, In New York. Bride is former legit actress and sister of Bob Reinhart ex-'Variety.' -Sadye Touchstone to Harry Kuh, In Los Angeles, June 16. He's pub- licity director for 'Icecapades.' Flower Hujer to Riciiard Dwenger, June 15, in New York, Bride is in cast of 'By Jupiter,' Broadway musi- cal; he's playwright, now In the navy. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrq;- Ken Newton, twin sons,' in Pittsburgh, Jime 9. Father Is with Slim Bryant's Wildcats on KDKA, Pitt Mf-, and Mrs. Sam MadeU, son. In New York, June 10. Mother is vice- president of Artkino Pictures, Inc.', Russian film distributors. Mr, and Mrs. Marty Ingram, daugh- ter. May 31, in Newark, N. J. Moth.er is former Peggy Harvey, showgirl; father Is Warners theatre manager in New Jersey and former vaude performer. Their sixth daughter; no sons. Mr. and Mrs.-Bill Shapard, son, Jime 13, in New York. Father Is announcer at 'WHN, New Yorlc Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sloane, son, June 16, In New York. Father Is a' radio actor and writer. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Snyder, daughter, June 14, In New York. Father is vibraphonlst and drummer at WNEW, New York. Soldier Show ^sCootlnned from pace Isss deals with the military vicissitudes of a buck private, a piU-eating hypocondrlac with a Little. Lord Fauntleroy complex and what hap- pens to him and the army when he joins up. The new songs for the piece have been written In collabo- ration by Sergt Clayton Mitchell, former San Francisco maestro and music arranger for Hollywood film studios. Some of the ditties have been tagged 'We're The Future Generals of The Army,* 'Mamie from Martinique,' 'I Walk In Freedom,' 'FaU In, America,' 'I Was an Unex- pected Baby,* 'I Love a Dame Wot Can Oook,' 'We're Going to Make a Man of Him,' 'In the Garden of the Gods.' Heading the cast of one time civUlan stage and radio performers is Sergt Don Gallagher, Chicago, who plays the title role. Sergt Mes- klll also wUI have a role. The St Louis Variety Club is sponsoring the show. The house is scaled from $1.10 to $1.65. . ..