Variety (Dec 1942)

Wednesday, Dccemjier 9,. 1942 55 Uncle Sam's Roll Call Contlnaed from pafc 4 vears manager of tht Circle and pre- '\iously with Paramount-Publix, re- ported for duty at Camp Brecken- ridge, Ky., Dee. 1 as a first lieuten- ant in the special service corps. He expects to be stationed at Camp Perry, O., to mange post theatres. George ShuU, Indianapjolis Star Icalm-e writer, formerly photo edi- tor with Associated Press in New ■"ork, on overseas assignment with OWI. Daniel Penrod, tepublic salesman. Army, Fort Benning, Ga. Tom McKean. fonnerly with Vita- ;iruph here and son of Claude Mc- Kean, Vitagraph branch manager, promoted to first lieutenant at Camp Adair, Ore. Bob Flnkel to OTS Pittsburgh, Dec. 8. Rjbert Finkel, an assistant di- rcc'.or at Republic at time of hLs induction several iqonths ago, ap- pointed to officer's candidate school at Fort Monmouth, N. J. A graduate of the Carnegie Tech drama sc^ol, Finkel is the son of Bill Finkel, Soiithside exhibitor here. Before Ifoing with Rep, he was a writer, teaming with John Vlahos on sev- eral Mesquiteer scripts at Mono- gram. I Harold (Buddy) Broudy, son of Dave Broudy, Stanley theatre mu- sician and for a long time conductor of the- house orchestra there, pro- moted from lieutenant to captain at Fort Monroe, Va. He's with coast artillery. chain numbered 784, while the home 'office has given up 142 and the ex- changes 127. Number from the Bur- bank studio is 442. Provideiioe Pair In Navy Providence, Dec. 8. John Kane, assistant manager and treasurer of RKO All>ee here, into the Navy, yeoman, second class. William Morton, publicity director of the RKO-Albee for the past four years, is now chief petty officer in ihe Coast Guard, Mrs. Morton has taken over the Albee publicity post. Ozzle Boss In Seattle, Dec. 8. Ozzle Ross, most recently emcee at Capital, Portland, and before that at Oasis roadhouse, north of here. Army, at Fort Lewis. Hambleton on Active Duty T. Edward Hambleton, producer of The First Crocus" on Broadway, is reported 'somewhere in the Pacific' as a lieutenant, j. g., with the Naval Air Combat Intelligence. Commissioned into the Navy last Jimp, Lieut. Hambleton staged a re- vue at the Quonset, R I., base during his training peripd. Denver's Newest Denver, Dec. 8. Metro exchange losing two to the ain-.od forces. Claude Newell, check- inj; supervisor, air c- det. Frank llalc, ii.ssistant booker, taking Navy rxams, but if he does not make the grade, will join the Army. J.imes O'Brien, manager the Chief, Ciiloiado Springs, Aimy. Kichard Dekker, recently manager Viclory here. Navy and gone to San DicKo for training. Pitt's Newest Pittsburgh, Dec. 8. Ellis Gusky, sax player with Maurice Spltalny orch. Army. Eddie Weitz, bandleader. Army. Miles McKelvev, operator at Etna, Ainiy. James Weyraucn, son of Anthony Weyrauch, of WP. exchange. Navy. Gabe Rubin, owner of Art Cinema, Army and transferred from Atlantic City to Lowrie Field, Colo. Tom Ray, of 20th-Fox exchange, Army. Elmer Guy Oglietti, Jr., son of Leechburg exhib, promoted to first lieutenant in Air Corps at Barksdale Field, La. Max Silverman, manager pf WB's Squirrel Hill theatre. Army. He's a btother-in-law of Joe Hiller, agent A. V. Wasson, of Playhouse board, commissioned a captain In Army's Chemical Warfare serrice. Coast Becralts Hollywood, Dec. 6. Henry Brill, assistant film director. Coast Guard. Frank Pratt, sound technician. Army Signal Corps. William Wright, screen actor. Army. Freddie . Bartholomew, screen ac- tor. Army Air Force, Fred J. Feldkamp, Hollywood edi- tor of Fawcett's Spot mag, into U. S. Marines. Herbert R Gelbspan, with Hal Roach studios in N. Y. prior to l}is induction into the Anny last Febru- ary, has been commissioned a 2d. lieut. Curtis Mick, studio unit manager. Army. Irving Lippman, still photographer. Army. Leonard Murphy, casting director. Coast Guard. Armin Schaffer, cartoon animator, Army. Gene Moore, cameraman. Army Signal Corps. A. C. Lyles, studio press agent, Army Air Force. Cecil Love, cameraman, Navy. Al Frederickson, studio technician. Navy. John Tribby, sound engineer, 1 .avy. Broderick Crawford, screen actor. Army. Guinn Williams, screen actor. Army. Pcrc W^stmor*, studio makeup. Army. Ed Thompson, theatre operator. Army Signal Corps. Erin La Bissoniere, screen ac- tress, MACS. Danny Cahn, film editor, Army Air Force. Irwin Nathan, film editor, Army Air Force. Edmond O'Brien, screen actor, army. Lucille W.WES. Herman nician. Navy. Bob Perkins, exchange manager. Army Air Force. Angel Jiminez, cartoon anima- tor. Army. Merle Chamberlain, studio projec- tionl.«t, Army. Leo Taub, legit theatre manager, I Army. I Sergei PetschnikofT, studio tech- nical adviser, Army. William B. Thomas, screen actor. Army. Sidney Salkow, film director, Marines. Bill Thompson, Aim cutter. Army Sif;nal Corps. Francis Langton, studio story chief. Army. Bob Scheutz, manager NBC re- cording division in Hollywood, in j Navy. Gale Gordon, radio actor. Coast i Guard. Page Oilman of 'One Man's Fam- ily,' Army. George Groves, sound engineer. Army Air Force. Ben Gutlerman, assistant film pro- ducer. Army. Kyne Meade, studio cameraman. Army Signal Corps. Earle McClintock, sound engineer, Army Air Force. Francis Scheid, sound engineer. Army Air Force. Miscast Washington, L.v - What's wrong with f, ' • ture? Treasury Dept. post4" ' ' displayed In motionVJ-" '' • 'theatre lobbies this mon*^•. furtherance of the War !' ■ ' sales show a child with legend, 'Give us little g ;v. chance!' Beneath is the line, 'Make sure he grows i j • free man.' What's wrong? The ■little j. .y' is a girl, one Linda Peter.son.-, Capra s Trelude to War' 114 Prints Will Make Sure Every Man in the Service Sees It SUNBROCK SUB ON ST. LOUIS RODEO Censorship S Continued from pace 49 : carry it out.' Then he indicated that I other shows on Broadway mijjhl receive attention of city ofTiei.ils. iind that he was working on a p'nn to avoid obscenity and Tilth In \hc . legitimate theatre' - Show circles are asking why Hcrk. the company manager and sta(.c ' manager, were singled out by Mo.<;s. 1 who made the complaint, and why ' the house management was made I exempt from .lie squawk. Lee Shu- j bert is reputed to have had a onc- I third interest in 'Wine,' along with '■ Herk and Max Liebman. Latter wasn't mentioned either in the com- Faslc.-it job of motion picture dis- tribution was handed to Army Motion Picture Service Inst week. There were 114 prints made of Lt.-Col. Frank Capra's llr.st |)iet.irc tor the Army, 'Prelude to War.' and the service has 42 days in which to make certain lli.nt every man in training sees the film. r:-int.s in 16 mm. form Kvcrc sent to all units overseas. 'PreUidt to War' has a commentary recited by Walter Huston, though he never appears. It covers the terri- tory of the OWI feature. "The World at War." but Col. Capra used march- ing feet as a .symphony. Have Ihe reelajte other Capra touches, which make it dramatic and powerful. Covers the reasons why America is in Rlobal war, and actually is IC. Icc- Bash, film Inspector, Robinson, studio tech- St. Louis, Dec. ; , Larry Sunbrock last week i1le<^ a -Hi' I,. <h> r>i.....» n^.,^ - i.'\«t ' shortly after 'Wine' became involved .ui. in the local Circuit Court^Kai.^^t the courts. J. J. Shubert ob- Thomas N. Packs, wrestling and i jected 'Wine,' a burlesque-type per- boxing promoter here, , and Fi>'e ' formance, after he read the panning Chief Joseph W. Morgan, asking fr an accounting of funds in conncrrO'" with the recent Thrill Show s/id Rodeo' which netted the firemen's pension fund approximately SCO.0^0. Sunbrock, who failed to ol ^ hand in the promotion uni j tion of (■'<» show because r'acl- whom Sunbrock proni'.itrd similar sixindigs in the East la. t sur - mer, nixed efforts Sunbrock irr. e to get in on the local show. The Fire Chief scotched Hui:- plaint. It s sUted that Shubert guar- | ,urcs prepared by college profesiors anteed the actors' salaries with the : ^rncd into a moving scenario. Sol- American Guild of Variety Artists, ^iers went to sleep <m the lecture.s. but he withdrew that guarantee hence they were made visual. Army considers Lt.-Col. Capra did a magnificent job in a one-hour feat- ure that soldiers will see on duty hours. What Congress will think notices. I about it is another question. One of When the case was first called i the committees on Capitol Hill is Klein & Weinberger, the Shubert [jeiving into the amount of money lawyers, acted for the defendants j spent by the Army on motion pic- but withdrew. At the same time the : n„.es. and Capra's appropriation is Shuberts sought to get into the i among the things that will be clea, Ing the . Lca;;u. support was u,.^ Todd Warned Michael Todd has queried nding rent for the scanned. Congress has complaints s Ifeft hold- I made by independent producers that ■" 'f^f the military are spending money • , l-1,-sly on pictures and that an . ■ ■ -••ill show both Army ' valuable film. Mass brock's claims by assertini;. 'I I about his 'Star and Garter,' at the Music Box, which has stripper Gyp sy Rose Lee as a leading player. La Guardia has said that Moss told ! Todd 'that his show is dirty. That means he'll have to u.se some soap or dismfectant if he wants to stay in business. And I'm not fooling. He asked for it and now he knows it.' 'Garter' Is a $4.40-top revue, but before it opened the show was re- ferred to as burlesque. When i 'Wine' was first proposed. Equity I exhibited interest because it threat- at Georgetown University, died Dec. ened to compete with'Garter,*which wouldn't know Larry Sunbrock if 1 saw him. I didn't kniw what a^i v ments he had with Packs, but I 'lu know his name isn't on a single ri": tract we have with Packs or v ;m any of the acts that appeared at ire rodeo.' c Film Oavaicade Contlnaed from pace 4 Literati Continued from page S2 2 in Washington Andrew M. Lawrence, 77, retired editor and publisher, died Nov. 28 in San Francisco. After leaving the San Francisco Examiner as man- aging editor, he subsequently' pub- lished for William R. Hearst the Chicago American. Chicago Examiner and San Francisco Journal. Count Baeal de Roossy de Sales, 46, w.k. French crrrespondent in the United States and autho • of the re- cent best seller, 'The Making of To- rr.orrow,' died Dec. 3 in New York. He was anti-Vichy. M. E. Sanders, 84. dean of work- ing newspapermen in Pennsylvania at his retirement a year ago, died in a Scranton (Pa.) hospital Dec 4 as the result of injuries suffered in a fall at his home a month ago. San- ders was retired on pension after 38 years with Scranton Times. Charles S. Zack, 51, news editor of the Springfield Dally News until he retired last year, died in Spring- field, Mass., Dec. 4. is recognized as legit, by playing twice daily at $1.65 top for evenings. It was decided that AGVA had juris- diction over 'Wine,' yet the stage- hands and musicians unions ruled it a legiter because it was booked into a legit house. Klein and Weinberger before newsreels here, pictures taken on the Kokoda Imttlefront in New Guinea. It is without question the mo.st realistic footage yet lensed to show the hardships of jungle war- fare. The constant tropical rains, supplies being brought up labori- ously by natives on foot, wounded being carried back on litters for days at a time it's all there. BriUsh Excellent Totally diflcrent, but excellent overseas propaganda is the British Ministry of Information's 'Listen to Britain.' With-no dialog, it presents the various sounds of wartime Brit- ain, from the rustle of grain In the wind to a dime-and-dance hoofery walking out are quoted classifying j to a lunchtime concert in the BritUh other shows on Broadway which | Museum. It stands out as a piece could be subject to complaint. Wcin bcrger is counsel for the Managerial League of N. Y. Theatres, from which Todd promptly resigned with caustic comments. He objected to the mention of his show, along with others, by the counsel for the League whose members, Todd said, should be protected. When asked to explain how come he represented Hcrk; Weinberger said he had the right to be retained by outside cli- ents, but it was apparent that his of true artistry from every stand- p>oint. John Grierson's National Film Board of Canada made two of the best documentaries and one of the worst Former are 'Inside Fighting China' and 'Our Russian Ally' (t>oth re- leased through United Artists in this country) and the latter 'Quebec— Path of Conquest.' The Chinese and Russian pictures effectively portray Ihe role of these two great nations m the present anti-Axis struggle. firm came into the case on behalf, .Q^^^bec' endeavor.s to take on viUI- Into Polish Army DetroU, Dec. 8. '. Stephan Maciurzynski, of Sta- tion WJBK here, into the Polish Army as a lieutenant. He came to this country originally in a goodwill exchange of students before Poland ^vas blitzed and for several years has worked on foreign language broadcasts at the station. He joined the Polish unit in Windsor, Ont. Canadian Resorts Hit By Ban on Ski Trains Ottawa, Dec. 8. Although most of the Laurentian mountain resorts have decided to re- main open this season, government ban on ski trains is expected to spike business seriously. Laurentian resorts have prospered Jn recent years with special trains, planes and buses heading from all eastern Canadian cities, and even from Bos- ton and New York. Curb in bus trips beyond SO miles also hurting. CHATTER Reported that one prominent N. Y. daily column may be sacrificed. Kay Campbell named fashion edi- tor of American Home,, one of the Crowell mags. Spot. Fawcett monthly picture magazine, becomes Photo Story with the January issue. Los Angeles Times is dropping its local Sunday magazine as result of of the Shuberts. I Complaint by Moss quickly fol- lowed remarks by Archbishop Spt^Il- I man, who told an assemblage of cops that certain shows were ob- I jectionable, those mentioned being ; 'Wine.' 'Garter,' 'Strip For Action,' I 'By Jupiter' and 'Native Son.' Man- I agements of the shows named do not I believe their attractions are sub- ject to censorship. Show Closed Pronto Immediately after the conviction ' Judge Owen W. Bohan demanded that the shpw close immediately. It did after last Thursday's (3) mati- nee, as a condition for continuing r.css by showing how the Nazis covet Canada, but quickly turns into a dull travelog and a buttering of the French-Canadian population. 'The Diary of a Polish Airman' and 'The Fighting French Navy,' both made by the British Ministry of In- formation, are technically crude but interesting. The first is the story of Polish airmen in the RAF as re- constructed from the diary of a Polish pilot killed in action. 'Fight- ing French Navy,' somewhat dated by events al Toulon, shows how French sailors escape in small boats to join the Fighting French units of Over 1,5M WBI'tes in Service Warner employees enlisting or In- ducted into the service went over f-p I'.iOO ipack during the past week, 'suflerinc skull, arm and leg fractures Those from the company's theatre and internal injuries. Circus Aerialist Hurt Chicago, Dec. 8. Viola Rooks, 35, circus aerialist, was severely injured Sunday (29) when part of her rigging broke dur- in,; a matinee performance at an in- door circus in the Hammond Civic Centre, Hammond, Ind. She fell 25 feet. More than 2.S0iD spectators wit- nessed the accident. Miss Rooks is shortage of zinc for engraving. .„.., _„ „ ._. „ Jack Malloy. managing editor of, bail for Herk, Samuel Funt, the |'"*f '^^vy. the Chicago Herald-American, in ' company manager, and Herman j »V]f' promised from the program Los Angeles for Hearst conferences. I Shapiro, stage manager. They are '° ""ost interesting film of William Dwight. managing editor 1 subject to imprisonment of from 'j2|f completed in time, of the Holyokc (Mass.) Transcript- one to three years, or $500 fine, or i""'''^ ^^'^s 'Vltava,' a film interpreta- Telcgram. is on leave from the both. Sentence will be handed down ■» ^yuphonic poem by Fried- paper to act as a.ssistant to the ad- ' Dec. 17. """^^ Smetana, played by the Czecho- Equity has for years advocated ; ■"^'"^a'^'a Philharmonic in Prague be- placing shows that are questioned | '"■'e the war. It Is a history of on grounds of morality up to a : Czechoslovakia told by means of a panel named by the American Ar- symphony, with the visual film fitted bitration Society. La Guardia talked '° it over xvith Bert Lytcll, Equity head, and said that such a plan would probably be formulated shortly. Dcfen.se attorney has said no de- cision had been made as to whether mini.slrator of War Shipping. William R. Hearst paused in Los Angeles for a session with his gen- eral editorial council before mov- ing to Mexico City fjr his winter siesta. Harry Crocker preceded the entourage to the Mexican capital to make arrangements for welcome and housing. Jim Kilgallen's guest column, pitch-hitting for Walter Winchell, Goodman Doubliog ^ ., — Benny Goodman doesn't leave the was one of" the best" to date, apart I to appeal the 'Wine' conviction and j New Yorker hotel, N. Y., until .Ian. from N. Y. Mirror editor Jack Lait's. 'explained that will probably depend I 2, being replaced by Sonny Dunham un the sentences. Along Broadway «>n the 4th. there is a feeling that while fines' Goodman will double from the may be meted out, possible jail , Paramount theatre, N. Y., where he terms may be suspended, illnos of opens Dec. 30 to the hotel, for the Hcrk bciii" one factor. , four d.nyc incliiding Sew Year's eve. Latter has done several, but is in- viting guestcrs to fill in while WW is on USN duties. Jim interviewed daughter Dorothy Kilgallcn on how to do a B'way col. »