Variety (Aug 1945)

Wrdnrsday^ Aagiist 29, 194S GBATXEM 51 Duke Ellington to give Carnegie biill concert in early January. Sgt Harvey Stone out of Army and fiTicecing at the Swing Club. Loui.s Lobcr. head of over.sea.s pix division (it OWt, back I'rom Europe. Rubccca Brownstcin an Equity at- loi iipy, back on job alter six weeli.s' ■iUllCSS..' ■. ■ : Cf'Orgc Bi»nyai, Everett N. Cro.sby 'fth^ociatp, leave-s tor Europe to eslab- .•]jsh contacts... - Henrv iHanlc) Senber, who "Rrad- 'iiiilccl" I'lom tlie Suabees, ahead ot "FiKilish Notion." ■ Matt Shelvey, AGVA'.s head man, due back from a medicoordered vacation later this week. Jan ;Murray doing his stint at La Mai-liiiique despite bad cold and hmh temperature. Bon Kalmen,son, general sales man- ayi r tor Warner!!, is in Toronto on .company sales matters. Hal Home; director of publicity and advertising for 20th-Fox, back fi om two-week vacation. C^iuidid camera guys and girl.s dotting main stem now that film is . attain -available.' Charles Stewart representing Viola Rubber, who will produce a drama failed •-La.st House on the I<e{t." ■Anna Lucasta" presented -a cap- sule version of "3 Is a Family" at St. AI ban.'! Naval hosp|tal yesterday allornoon. Raymond and Selma Spector are now . ;>rHndpa and grandma, daugh- ter having a boy in Denver yester- day (28). Eugenic Leontovich and Sidney Blackmer will top the cast of "Caviar to tlie General," Thcron Bamberger ■■ ConcUictor Max Meth concert*; with his symphonette Sept.'30 at ;Town Hnll. a.^isisted by Rossi Canario, dra- nintii* soprano. • Clarence .lacobson will be back with the Chicago "Anna liUca-sta," Mc'l Hammett again becommg man- ager of the New York (Mansfield) .•company. ■ ■. . . : Veteran actor-producer Maurice Schwartz opening clas.ses m dra- matics, masic and dancing, gratis, for promising talent, at his Yiddish Alt tlieatre.oii 2d avenue. , Gertrude Lawrence takes time out froni sunbathin.e to appear in a cafe show at the Wianno Club, Wianno. Cape Cod. for benefit of American Theatie Wing tomorrow (30). Betty Hulton, who left for the C\jast yesterday (Tuej!.), announced l)iior to tiepaiture that in three ■ Avt eks she will become tlie bride of Ciuc;iyoaii Ted Bri.ikiii in HoUy- /'W'Ooti.' ■■■^v',, ■■■''"■'■'■'v Leonard Bernstein, compoaer-eon- diiclor. named iiui.sic director of the s.vmplionv concerts oC the New York Cnv Cenler ot Music and Drama for the l!)45-46 seasons, commencing on Oct. 8. Nate Blumberg. Univer.sal prexy. is due e.i.st from the Coast in about two weeks. Mnurice.Bergman, ea.'-'t- ei n ad-publ icily director, got back last Monday from. Hollywood, where he hiid been for about two weeks. Notables from all phases of .show- bii; have teamed for the Sept. 27 din- ner at the Waldorf for Jack Cohn. CoUiiiibia Picts veepce. Affair will help pa<-e the Anti- Defamation League-Aineriean Jewish Committee annual fund campaign. A l Fincslone, for lour years trade- .piipcr contact tor the Paramount pnlilieity department at the honuv olTice. left Sunday (2) for Holly- wood to lake up a new assignment tilUlrr Geortje Brown, publicily-iKt-r VI rtisinii head ot the .studio. Public relations officers from all nine .service commands will meet in a t\\'0-dav; scs.sion opening today (291. to coordinate the War Dept. .«.lirfie ot the publicity for "The True Gloi doenmcntary telling the erimplete story ot the invasion ot Euiope. Gohinibia Pictures is dis- tribuling ioi the OWl throU!^h the War Activities Committee and mo- tion picture indu.stiy. 13 .years, and broadcasting their songs and patter again over WWSW. O'DonnclI and Blair, Jack, and Sally Taylor and Christine Forsythe with Bob Strong's orch at Vogue Terrace. ; . Brian McDonald, with '■Icecapades" laying ofl', to Syracuse to see his daughter Fosemary, a sergeant in the Marines. . , Milt Kaulmanii, manager of Or- pheum in St. fiOuis, here to, relieve vaealioning Penn manager, Iluny Giceilnian. . •. ; Timmy Weston, ''Miss Penn.syl- vania of 1945," making,nitery debut, prior to Atlantic City- pageant, at Blue Ridge Inn, Panama Cleveland By Glenn C. riilirn Kay Ballad, singingmiiTiiC, to West Coa.st for Spike Jones tvyout. Hariy Richman came into Mounds Club Monday 127) for fortnight. Georj;e Sterney's band back at Bronze Room for second season. Variety Club planning to move from HoDenden hotel to new quar- ters. Hollenden Vogue Room inking Slieila Barrett for two-week run Sept. 3. Lakewood civic, theatre building new workshop and rehearsal hall in .spring. Mardi and Curtiss White opened new recording studio in dclunct Orchid Sue iiiteiy. Frederic McGonnell opening Play House's 30th .sea.son Sept. 17 with "Tomorrow the World." Sam Finger breaking up .swing unit at Singapore Lounge to rejoin Henry George'.$ Cabin Club butfit. a$ sax-man., ,■. Sophie Tucker, here for nitery date, autographed her book tagged "Some of The.se Day.s" at Halle's book.shop. Rodney Sutton, theatrical agency man who became public relations Officer 111 Admiral- NimiiZ's fleet, promoted to iieutenant-commander. Pf€ B. 0. Continiiefl from page I unproved equipment and laoor-sav- ing devices won't become aclxial for some lime. Slortunately for the picture indu.s- ti.y savings in ,star .salaries and new e<iuipment are expected to mate- iialize about the tinie 'any threat-? eiied boxofTice dip begins. The return of former director.s, actors; etc.. from service is likely- to make the supply of talent more pleiitilul in the next fe\v month.s: iUUimateJy it should make no player; iiid ispensi ble. Instead of stars de- iiianding $150,000 per feature, there I .-liould be plenty of name players lo I fio Hiouiid. resulting in coii.siderable I saving for producers; ■ By Stan Willis Nadine, Paige seeking: plane reser- vation to U. S. to book shows. The Kikaros,, two lads, Latin lads, are tavorites in thea^tret. here. Johnny Steoltell planed in from San Jose, Costa Rica, where he has thcMiramar: Mary Lee Kelley. after getting her Panama Rilz lined up, planed out for New Orleans. Senor Canosa is miporting Mexi- can smger.s and dancers for his all- Cuban show at Club Happyland. Jat!k Woods, new Balboa Gardens manager, plotting importation ol American name bands and- acts. Scarcity of USO units has troops in this area hungrytor show.s. and ..jainmini; clubs, when they. hit-town;. DeVoll dancers are waiting for .iras.'-rpoj't okay i.n,.\Miami,' feeing dlje ill-Panarwa City for a thi'ee.-inohth, •date... ■ ■ Club Florida in Colon, snared Rhoda Chase after: her closing at Club Casanova. She did bott' box- office. • Ann Sullivan, now Mrs. Gene Pitt, back, in town, while her husband does Army " stint. She will run hiis Palmterracedub, until he return.s. Bill ■ Liebow, Hotel International owner, planed in from his Miami .spot. He expects to have a name band from Hje U. S. for his Marine Grill. V-J Day caught the town in mid- week, right after pay-day and with tran-sit troops scattered all over the place. The, town went literally ber.scrk. Marcel MarinO; former bistro owner here, Ls now in Buenos Aires, operating a night spot that seats 2.500. Marcel sold his Rialto to a group from Spain, which put the spot "off-limit-s" for the military. They soon .sold out to Panama op- erators, taking loss. Lyceum here this week with "10 Lit- tle Indians^" V , A"Ki.ss and Tell" on view at Old I Log tlieatre, strawhatter. Danny O'Neill booked for repeat at Hotel Radisson Flame Room. Ringling,- Bamum & Bailey Circu.s drew capacity crowds at .six per- |gency appendectomy, formances here. Capt. D. E. Iszard recovering from M. A. Levy. 20th.Fox district miin- ' ''''i^''t"'VL^''''^'''j\r, v ^ ager, off to Dcs Moines for 'iStatc ..D" 'f^ rZT'Z Reno F.-^;" world premieres. I "''l!eT &'"r^"i"gSid Bing Cro.sby accepted cnan m.ui- WiU am Morris agency, ship ol Sister Renney Iiitantile Mrs. Norman Z. McLeod recover- Paraly.sis Treatment fund drvie. , !„„ trora major .surgery. Orpheum g;;ve "Wonder Man" terr ; Lciter Cowan returned from four rifie advance campai.iJn, spending . months of ea.stern toui'ing. • - - plenty oi dou^h on newspaper, bill-] Bill Smith and Tony Owen have board and radio advertising., | checked out ot Famous Artist.s, - Carl Bri-son, held over at Hotel Howard Strickling to Metro after Radi.sson Flame Room, introducing busmo'-s in Bastoh and New York, new ■ .song ot own composition, I Ofo Meyer succeeded Sherman Boy Coming Home Cliff Gcissman bought a home in Lei mert Park. Gregory Peck vacationing at Ran- cho Santa Fe. Donna Lee recovering trom .emer- from the; "There's a Boy Coming Home to Sta.y." Minneapolis peeved because Billy Rose's "Carmen Jones'' passed it up for St. Paul, but John Sherman, Star Journal critic, in his review advised Minneapolitans (o go there to .see it, RKO .says Twin City independents Harris as chief cutter at Columbia Polly Ellis, new "Miss Calilornia," inked for a film chore by King Bros, Max Parker, art director, cele-' braled his .30th year in film busines.s. Claire DuBrey. vamp of silent pic- tiiies, resuming film work at Repub- lic. Ford Bcebei Universal director. vvill be non-exempt trom percentage | i-csiing on his'ranch under doctor's demands for three pictures—"Won- i orders. der Man," "Spanish Main" and ".Bells of St. Mary"-Hlcspile organization's insistence on flat deals. BnenQS Aires iLntyersal Plans ;5~?;«fnfHre*-fr«m-.p»ge 7 s "Gasr- -scripted the screenplays, for light" and "Ninolchka." Program has the important addi- tion of Mark Hel linger Productions. Hellinger, who made "Thank Your Lucky Stars" and "Doughgirls," will bring several, story propei-ties of his ' tor''20tli"Fox; Harry Grey back at his-Republic producer dAik after three weelts in New York. Joseph M. Schcnck retHrned to his desk alter three weeks out with pneumonia. Russell Holman in from New York for huddl&s with Henry Ginsberg at Paramount.^ ; -■ , , Ernest Truex starting his 31st year on the screen in "Life With Blondie" at Columbia. _ Russ Kaplan, woiiiulea at Guadal- canal, is working as stand-in for John Wayne. . George Jessel to Des Moines to emcee the opening of "State Fair" own with- him to U, with initial pic- ture to be announced soon. Tone, Susanna Poster and Louise Allbritton will star in "That Night With You,'' a, modern comedy, with Maria will be produced by Jane Murfin. Charles Coburrt, Robert Paige and Giiiny Sirams already have fini.shed "Shady Lady" tor the new sea.son's lineup. Four "exploitation specials" will tee o/r with "House-Qt'Dracula;'' witli Boris Karloff. Jack Oakie and Peggy Ryan are ! to star in "Hero Wanted.'' Three'j House Reviews S Canliniicd from piiee 2* si 'II By Hal Cohen Burlesque season reopens at Casino Saturday (1). ■ . Bill Armslrong, : ex-.serviceman, jc'nid siks s.aff of KQV. William Penn hote l wo n't reopen Terrner'room until Oct. 1. Cpl. Homer Wickline, local miisi- c.an. now pc-^t organist at Camp Xitiition, .N. .H.'; Chailie DorCic. ex-WB .salesman, into Wills hospital in Philadelphia lor eye treatment. Mis. Eva Gottlieb, mother of M-G Maiiiisier Saal Gottlieb, here from Kcw.York -for a visit. llin-ii.s Amusement .Co. has re- rL > ed Bob Prince's morning news b.naclcn.sts over KQV. Ocoi-Kc McCalmon, of Western Re- •Sf-yo U. named to (acuity of Car- ticie Tech drama school: Billy Hinds and Buzz Aston, both KDKAers. together in a special serv- >ct' unit at Fort Dix, N. J. i, .Joe O'Brien, asst. mgr. Rooscvcll .hoU'l, named manager of the Castle- toi! hotel. New Castle, Pa. S. Sylvan Simon, M-G director, on.' here for visit with his mother he finishes "Bad Bascomb." Dick and Ray back iii town after " ' Moniaiia. IKmtim ■ slot. Gal. plea.ses with nitty rope- spinning on unicycle and other cow- girl stunts for nice palm-whacking: Three Melodettes, fenime Irm comprising , two sopranos and alto, .score with "Carnegie Hall." "Blue .Skie.s" ,ind "Three Little Si.sters." Th rcesorne medleys representative service songs in the latter. Encore with, clap-hand . rhytliiii and har- nniny vev.sion of "Are You HappyT' .],K;y thmi iiiti-odu(s.\s Coslello. Spaciallv pointed for Ihe kids, he tius lo (iuhl his way off: He gets 'em trom teeolt with "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man." to uke accoinp. Follows wiin "It Had to Be You" and "I'll Get B.V." For encore he takes over on clruiiis in the pit ,,aiia sknirbeats '"Bve-B\e Blues" for hefty response. Ha_s to beg otT. Joy and Bonnie, femme partner, maintain pace in clo.ser. Open with doubre soft-slioe tap. Then. J<)y taps out eccentric, swi.^ih version of ■'Dance ot the- Wooden . Soldler.s." Couple wind up -with drunk dance tlijf.s a wow. Register .solid tut. Midi. Mexican warbler Ortiz Tirado bankrolled by Vivired lipstick on I William Seller directing; Rades chain. ■ Carlos Maria Guichandut^ Argen- tine Colon opera baritone, olf to Rio Janeiro for season at Carioca Opera. Arthur L Pratchett of Paramount International in B. A. for confab w ith Latin - American distribution managers. Don Carlos' GhM;ksmann. of Con- dor Films and Radiolux. planing bach to Buenos i Aires after "^Or S. busineiis tour. Alicia-Barrie in from Hollywood to take lead in Comedy Show with Enrique Serrano at Astral theatre and for Argentine pie. Rudolph Firkiisny. C/.cch.slovak p'auist, here for Colon theatre eon- cert serie.s and Mundo network, .sponsored by York pei tume.s; "Voice «I the Turtle" (Spani.sh v ersion), with Esteban Serrador and | OOO 000 Aida Luz in, the leads, has paK.scd 209 ' perrormances at Empire theatre. Nini'Marshall, top Argentine co- medienne, signed with Argentina Sono Film at $'25,000 (U. S.) per pic, highest .salary ever paid film star,in Argentina.'. Tom Fanning, Grant Advertising executive: .leaving here to lake over agency's Chicago office. Jo.se Ca.stro ." rLenoi'e UlriC returning td . pic- , lures, after eight years, in "Time for Two'' at .Metro. ■ : Herbert J. Yates celCbKated his: tjirthday: with the help of .llie whole Republic .studio. , , „ , , Judy Garland and VIncente Min- Momez -will do her first modern elH checked in at Metro after an .screen role in —Tangier," a George i eastern honeymoon. Wagner production. "Time Out of ' Clark Gable made a three-minute Mind," from the Rachel Field novel, I short at Metro in behalf of the War Wounded Fund Drive. Ring Lardner, Jr., and his brother, JohUj war correspondents,, in town to resume film writing. Br.yan Foy doubling as director on his 20th-Fox production, "Doll Face," •while- Lewisr Seller is 111. ,Ma.ior David A. Bramson. returned , from Rome and is awaiting his re- lease at Fort 'MacArthur. ' Hume Cronyn playing the father Sherlock Holmes pictures and < ,i uiro^n':^:'^^'^n:;;;nk Joan Davi-s comedy are included on program. , $3,000,000 Kxpansinn Univer.sa] will soon start on a .$2 - studio expansion program The Green Years" at Metro. Ken Parker, recently relea.scd from the Army, is now a director at the Youtheatre at Santa Barbara. Nicky Goldhammer, general .sales, manager for Film CUissics, in trom New York for company huddles. . Capt. Marshall Grant completed production of four post-war training that will include 10 stages, an ad- ministration building and bungalow.s. Bill Scully, U sales chief, announced I-shorts for the Army at Warner.s, today at the first .session of the two- Agnes Moorehead filed suit for day N. Y; sales meetiiig, , i separate maintenapce against Jack The $2,000,000 figure does not rep- l^^r'^''' ''"'^^^ dollar, pfer; resent the full cost of the studio ex- teR# BtilWan, George Beatty aKeML-y.s ^mcaKu uu.c«. .u.-^.: , P""'"^'"" Prog'-a"™ ^'"t w»' care for Don Hankey bought the Pirate's Volpe. of Muiido's production stalT; ! 'mmediate ..stepped-up production Den and will reopen under a new joins Grants El iseo Grenet; Cuban compo.ser of "Mama Ines" best-sellcr. here for Belgrano network^ with Toddy Prodr nets bankrolling. Composer: may also make p.a. tour. and the initial'pha.se of postwar de- velopment on the Coast. Chicago Jack Rose, head of Manla-Ro.«e circuit, appointed chairman ot the Community Fund Drive. "Ecstcsy" reopened at "the Studio theatre Saturday , ci.'i) alter a tussle \Mlh the Chi Censor Board. Beltv Stair has resigned from the B^laban & Kal^ publicity depart- ment to enter the University of Chi- cago. A. J. Baliiban and Mr.s. Balaban in town for tew daviJ. Mrs. Balaban namer •Vei non Downing resuming his film work after discharge from ' the V's Chicaeo Sales Confab American Field Service in Italy and .. , 'France..' Chicnijo, Aug. 28. | Victor Adams to San Diego on an William, Scull.y, Univer.sal sales I inspection tour as co<H-dinator tor chief, and A, J.--0'Keefe. western |'he film industry's War Aclivitics ^alcs manager, pre.sided over a com- | Committee. pany vogjonal sales meeting at the ! ^tcve Brooks cheeked out of Para- Blackslone hotel last week attended by the .sales .staffs of eight niiciwest bi-.mches. Sales pobcy ; for 194,'>-4(; was c;isc-u.s.sed with future advertis- ing plans revealed by Maurice Berg- man, Eastern, ad-publicity manager mount to become publicity director ^ for the Preston Sturges unit at j Uni ted ArtLsts. I Michael Owen, former film actor, ^ held for trial on a charge of slugging i John Wexley,' .screen writer,: on the I ni.t;ht ot; the Jap surrender. Selvin Levinson, Warners publi- city, awarded the Bronze Star Medal for 'Service last year as captain in the Army Air force iir China. Ricai-do Santander and Julio Villa- i lobos, Chilean government' officials. C'»|»i<Al^ Waiih. Washington, Any. 'l'^. 'V^re(/e^D()rtta_fc: Scuiiiiell, Peoyij. Tuydur Tino, WulhtrH Pitppcla, Sum ' ,/((C/r : K((»fm(iij'.s- Hxmae Orvh. Mi I Slo • Ont of This U'or/d' iPari. !',.'• .', -",'.■ "■,'.■■.. I Sam Jack Kaitlmaii's overture this w eek IS "Poet and Peasant," lo which 1 he applies .some boogie-woogie Mill Slci^ser al the organ get.s some fun ; oiil ol antique slides, and has the j .audience.:.singing,, ; , ■, ..■ / I Wallace's Puppets open with a good colltxtion of .song numbers: iviiiding tip with nnpresh of Sally Rand and her fans. Then Yvette and her .song evele. consisting ol "Is You J*i.""If 1 Loved You'' and "1 Wanna Get Married." For an encore "I'll Be .Seeing You" gets .solid re- turnsi Blonde looker socks' all the wav. ,■ - . Dorita & Scanncll .swap cro.ssfire and go into their burlesque dance. Peggy Taylor Trio , features adat'ioi the girl of the trio being tossed around by ma(e partneii;. A nifty, act and good closer, Arfce. War Pictures Continued froin page 3 I the Bion/.e Star Medal for meritori- ous --erv ice in Germany. At, the three^day corifabi; besides j ,the 'home oft'ice -exec.Si:'W^^ distrtct j maiiageivs M. M, Gottliieb and Joe Gairi.son; b ran c h managers Kd plans on vviiling secfuel to 'Continu- I I'cibcr, Chicago;. Many Hynes, St. | oLis Performance" biog of A: J. i f.oui.s; Jack Langan. Kansas City: i gandering film studios as guests of Pie.ss aftonUs are happy again with i Lou Lew, Dcs Moines; L, J Miller, i the Motion Picture Society for the: the re.-,umption of Kupcinef.s Dale I ivi|„„rapolis; W. L. Parker. Milwau- ' "-'^■''•^ Hiirison's and Nate Gross' columns ^. j HcUoit. and H. B. ! {"I'^f- f^"\ ^- B/own, formerly ,11 er all being on vacatioiLs at the ; n„,™i,., :« .,^i^;i: i '"'In the Academy ot Motion Picture same time John.son Omaha, in addition to .sales- ; ^,.,nj .Scicnep.s, decorated with Albeit Weiss. Jr. manager of the , ""itl bookers from each ofiice Olympia theati e. IWiami; Fla.. stopp*^ ' off to vLsit friends on film row on : ivay-io—his I'olks'—lioHie—in- Racine, - Wi.s . tor a \ acatioit. C.ipt. Klliott Kalcheim. theatrical ,illoi 'ney belore entering the .service i has retunied to. this country : alter j thiee \cais in the Pacific lor treat- , , , , inent ,it the Tliayer General Hospital, n\e completed books on sub warfare; Nasin ille. Tenii. m which picture producers are rc- Fourth \\pek options of Charlie , poited interested. .Spiv;:k iiiid his orchestra and Buddy .; ... ; Le.-ler have been Uken up bv Bala- I fowan Skeds. Kiirope Trip ban & Kat/. and they II wind up a | ,...«. I lull month at the Chicago theatie: - HoUj wood, Aui<. 28. ' with "Incendiary Blonde" ' Le-tei Couan. inrhe pioiiuccr. an submarine warfare: There arc about Minneapolis ivouhcert a forthconilhg :lrip to-, Eti-. . rope to arrange for continental diS'- I irvbu'tion 'W two. pictuj.-e.s,"The Story j Bv Les Bees }<if G, K Joe" and ''Tomorrow the ' Cul ly's holding over Benny MerolT. i World." He aims to make territorial , Hazel .Scott .scheduled for concert 'rights deals in various countries and ' It Autidoriiim Over 21" given "sneak prevue'^ , at Radio City theatre. I Univeisitv of Minnesota theatre ; oircrine "Blithe Spirit." ^, , i, , : I Legit road.show season opens at , cvtn though the lighting is ovei. ."ceks to keep both films segregated from any group distribution. Cowan believes there's still a prof- table field for war films in Europe, By Si Shalts Eddie White headlines show for Piihinibo's reopening Sept. 8. .Mrs A. G. Shivin resigned as sec- loi.ijy of War Activities Committee I (- .lov, KYW general manager, DiK'k Iroin vacation at his Chester :SprinHa'(Pa.,) farm. : ■ Kathaiino Clark, WCAU femme giibber. expected back shortly from lour of France and Germany. Claude Morris, Sam Goldwyn east- ern ad exec, in town for opening of "Wonder Man" at Erlanger, Se|>t. 19., Members of 1619 Club, coasistinf of employees ot Weslinghou.se sta- tioiLS, throwing Victory picnic at, Forrest Park, Bucks county, Sept. 8. William C'ronin^ former executive assistanf' to Postmaster-General, has i-p-igned to become aide to Frank C. Walker, head ot the Compifovd cir- cuit.