Variety (Feb 1946)

8 USrmety WyJweBtlay, February 6, ]9t6 Radio City Assessf d at $94,575, Valuation on Music Hall Up 1 R ulio Ciu sioiip offitialh*- Inbeled l.isl week as, the most \aUi »ble aggiegijtion ot buildings in New Yoik—whttli foi .ill piactical pui poseti, piobably medns the woild City Tjx Commission pegged it a\ jp'tne Aiiliy owes Ropublic 21 $94 57')000 a till of $1000000 o\ ci nuepicluu iiMCi<i .i iiiluit b> Hit Autry Stiil Tied to Rep Issl RCA bldg leniained iiii cli liitl (omt (t tppeils ,)(1imiin« ch)nt,cd at fiO 000000 but vilualioii- , i u ti t dtcision bv Mip.iioi couit ucie iippea $100 000 on the IMusU I ^ boy slai conleidfd IhAt his Hd'l $500 000 on the Inteuiatioiial i'i^eais in the Aiiin Ind aiilo- Biiilding and $200000 each on But- JiuiUtalh tamm^fed Hit conliact ish and French Buildings, Empue State building up $1000 000 tiom last seal forged ahead of the RCA builduiK \^"th which it was tied as most vaUuble duunij Hie p ist iBsciil pectdd! Theatres gciierally xi- ':nraiiie.d at present IX'vcls, al'tev a;f!pn- eral' rise last year. The Wtiiter Gaj-dea w'as': cut $15,000'to ,$2,210,000^ tht \nibassadoi $20 000 to $4iO00O and the 48th St. theatre was upped $10 000 to $i80 000 Madi.son Square Garden valued at $3d0O000, Polo Giounds at $1025 000 and Ebbets S'leld at $1 275 - 000 Among hotels, the Wdldoif- Astoiia with an unchanged assess ment of $22 500 000 led the list tol- lowed bv the eommodore at $13,800,-, 000 A.Hsessnient values afe not always indicative of actual values, as indi- cated by the Mai tm Beck theatre s status- When the late Martin Beck built the house it was authoiita- thely stated it tost $1000 000 Pies ent assessment httuie is $475 000 be cau.se of protests over city taxes duriiis lean theatre ycar.5. The Ziegfeld iS' assessed at $945,000, but C St will be tamed to the statt '.iprcnie court. ; ■' ,• Hub's Mayor Curley To Crack Down on All Burley, Nitery Blueness Boston Feb,,5.., ' Mavor James M. Curley s goini? to clean up the Hub s burlesque hou.sos , as. vvoll. as the. niteries and ■ variety theatres. . Called a contereivce re- cently of all produceis m his office and laid down the law on an . ''or else basis, cracking down on lemale impersonators in particular. Cuilev said hed received 'com^ plaints Irom many quarters, but ap- peared to have been spurred mostly: by , press,; editariais commentin,!;; acidly on the fact that adult legit attractions have been mercilessly conned by censors here while bin* lev houses have operated, with a sky- line limit tor .years; Edict will al.s-o be extended to hotel floor sho.w.s, it was added, by Mary E. Driscoll. chairman of the licensing board: Site I90ih WEEK! KEN MURRAY'S "BLACKOUTS OF 1946" El Capitan Theatre,, Hollywood, Cal. \ t s It s (1 ne -wli i-i Ihi \ s n alttiiil K< 11 Mnn \\ —ht s lops ' ROBERT YOUNG it was bought last year for $630,000 said. o\Vhcrs w'Ould. be called in and by Billy Rose. Lowest figure amonii I given clear instructions as to how tht lt.,ittis IS the Vandeibilt t " ihej tould go . $280,000. house being used for radio, t . v'-." ' ' -'.0 ,:.' , tuJ^^uL^^p^S ^SSis:^^ being listed at $6,575,000; but th«t means the 44lh to 45th Broadway block including Woolwoith and Bond clothes stores latter flim own- ing the property. The Roxy is as- sessed at $4,350,000. Astor is down foi $1 175 000 while the Vittoiia Fpft JOAST TITO - Los Ailgcle.s. ,Peb.''5. ,,;Niterie,s in Qalifornla Wi-iil keep on ob.serving: .thC; 'midnight drinking; Ciiirfew tbr; 18 months and pOssrbly „ ... , two years, according to a spokesman (ex^Gaiety). on the same Wock, 45th (j^g tavern: Owrierif.iAssn. - Gov; to„ 46tli .streets- on .Broadway^ :<ac- ::,^^jj^i.g,j has declined- a rttiuost to qUHed by the City Investing Co ) is | ^ ^g^^ ,i ^cisuie on the lc.,isl i listed at $2150000 inclusive o£ the .jj^g s^gLndi loi the cuntnt msmo, eiaiice :::tiiiildiiijg. Loew's State-is -which means'that it will not oVen be , down foL $3 800 000, which mcludes ^e considtica foi at least ont >( u thft office bui ld:iffg:. , ; :■: after W'Wjch it ;will face: a' tight by ! - •■ '7 -.'C'^---v:...-: ■ ; ,: dt\y-niiM-de.d-.'solori.s. . ' ' i f'.AMfiijp'i'''n|\ Jii^^ be late 1947 or early 1948 | LvrtUCal nUAU aEftSvPI. ■ ^eSme ■Bightclubbers may; irrigate FOR MET IN SPRING '^'■^-" l'^^ The MetrotJolitan Opera Go. -hajf ! lined up a pb.'^t-.season tour for the spring that will be the mo.st impos- ing in its history. Toui', to start April 1 and run eight weeks, will be,three weeks longer than last season's^ and be extended to the south to towns ihc South Pacific wheie a fleet of Warships wiU be destroyed to tesf atomic energy in sea warfare. . Plans wei'e laid before a group of film execs, writers and technicians by; a Naval, committee consi.sting of ' Commanders William . Parks. Fred erick Spencer and W. W.'fimt'r.son. CENTER THEATRE IN N.Y. SOUGHT FOR UNO SESH The United Nation s Oi gani/ation has the Centei tliqatic N Y, in mind t«>r: meetinK.s of next Septem-. b 1 s session ot its Cicncial A'-sem bl\ The bid tamo tiom UNO le- port.s that the city of N. Y. or . the Rod efellei inttusts madt tht oflti are incorrect. UNO reps have v;).sit- cd the theatre, which scats 3,000. and icpoittdly found it idtal Tn thru nced.s. Hitch of toui^e tomes in the ht alit s tontiattual obliijations with Hits on to Ice ' latest \eisiori ot lorigTriuv. h.it .sitiltfJ: show.s, showing no sun tlosiiif, Itt stiow 1 \ off in the .spring to give its skater.s a: rest, house .usually being taken over for interim period by the Saii-.Carlo Opera Co. Tlie September: period, however, is bad. and may stymie the UNO dtal Rockefeller Center execs ■ arc discussing: the UNO bid. with matter goi u, out of the hands of tht thea- tre's ,manage,h1eijt.' ; : ;.^:''-. :;',: . ;7; : Hou^ng Siortage Would Take Priority, Curb Theatre-Nitery Bli^. Via D.C. Plan Dreiser's Estate Over lOG Las Angeles Feb 5 Theodore Dreiser.s will left th* bulk of his estate, valued at "more than $10 000,' to his widow Helen, wliom he maiiied in 1942 when he was 70-years old. Will niJitructs Mi'Si Drei.ser, on her death to bequeath all the piopeit\ I to a woithy Ncgio oiphanage" H'wood Asked to Film Atom Bomb Experiment ■ Hollywood. ,Peb. ». Fjim. industry has been, asked to help the Navy photograph next sum- mer s atomic bomb experiment in Cdr. Doug Fairbanks Placed on Inactive List , ■ 'HOltywoiid. Febi^'S.. ■ Commander -Douglas. Fai-rba,nks, ,Tr., was placed'.oir the iriactive list Willi the 0.:S..fja-vj; oh Monday <4) aftei; .-four :years5' : :spryice,; ^dtiring \vhiclr time-ht!' served "W4ih;com,n.ta do groups and , aoquii'ctf 12 batik} .stars. Fairbanks' [irst filnt job -is ■■Siobad the: Sailor" at RKO,: ; Fairbanks llas; been decorated with flic Silver Star, British E>i.siinRUished Sevvice Cross. French Tjej.^ion of I Honor and Legion of Merit.' lie plans to go into indie pr.Odilc.Hon ittti \ k at RKO Betty Warner Sperling, WHh Nearly 50G, Tops Show Biz Tax Refunds ; Washington. Feb: 5j T.i\ iikind ot almo t $50 000 to Bttt> Wiiiiei Speilint, lot tht hstal \eai ending la t June tO topped si ms ittuined to show bu n imes in New Volk and Hollywood MaiUne De tilth and hti husband Rudoipli Siebev, >\'Hh .$Ui,5IO handed ,;bacl> to cacH; of them, were Coast :ruii:ners- .up, while Marcia Davenport, author ol VilUj ot JJetiMon tooptd the task 111 ittuin wmneis with 'fZilbJ: OtlKi itUinds amouiiliiii, to sev- eial million dollars announttd ies- liioav I Monday ■) among people and I 1 lis 111 \ iiious branthts of now in^si,!ic^s, incliiiclie; ;;'',■ Hollywood Washington >,b -, Acute housing shoitagt lhio„i,h. out the country may lead ,o eiinwefltal oideis chamnUing ,n building mateiials into eietn, „ ,i homes and cessation ol tlie tie j,,,! nightclub construction- Possibility al&o CMsIs 111 t ,1 1^-41, which placed a pi^ioiiiy <vv: tem. upon- all construction nuitei-i-.is maj bt icstoicd in oidu ti i < ihe housing .shortEge: r ;,, . Wilson Wyatf fedei il m ^ .ehiefj outlined; a program to .]>ii>»ii> :d.C.ht .trun.ijin: .last Week , iii; whi.ch tlie.sC:. :clianges were Suggcslt-.f!';.; :.Sd fai no atlion has bttn I ikt ii on W^ alt s pioposals GEO BRENT CALLED AS WrrNESS IN RUM FRAUD Chitaf,o 11 b T Film slai Geoige Bient w is , 11 ii£ 30 persons , named in ; .sublinWiid} issued last week for appearaine m Chi tib 19 to ttstity ak iinst H de- feiulants . who'll go oil trial; in .Fudi ei il Couit on chaigcs ot obt niiii; $400 000 thiough tiaudulent ui <C the mails.: LiQiioi dt ilei Mai'k Aid m and H H Coakley, his hi id siks- man aic at the head of the list of co-defendants charged with delrnild* mg , about 200' victims, niclurtint.' Brent., by advertising for exchanse ot whiskey warehouse loceipt.s diirs ing the liquor.shortage.ot 194:1. Hiine profits were promised, accordiia' toi iVssistaljt;; p. S. attorneys Bei nanlj bokol and Lawieiue T 'VlilU bull nothing was letutned B tiil thrjl said lost libOOO in the d( il ' A 33 Blue New York not vi.s'ited:in 40 year.s, prat.all..; . . For the pa.sl eight years, accord- ing to gen, mgr. Edward Johnson, the Met has : been flooded with re- quests from various areas to brhig them opera, with Johnson promising to attenipt trips as..soon a.s wartime; restrictions were lifted-. HVood Hotel Runaround .,.■- ■■;'.■;: - Hollywood, Feb. .1. : Visitors from- the east, regardless , o,f - their, importance in show "bu.sl.- ness Tie getting a meiry lunaround in' Hollywood ancV- Beverly Hills hoteJ.s. , Billy Ro.se. was moved aiound tbiee times in two days and finally k ft tor Alexico City with his wile Eleanoi Holm Abel Gleen editoi of Variliv and hl^> wife weie Newsreel Meet on . Bomb Test Plans tor newsreel coverage of the atomic bomb test on warsliips:.' are still in the talking stage between, the Niivy Dept. and the .prbdiicers.; One ineeting ha.s' been held..and another is to be scheduled shortly. Final details, such, as availability of. pla.nes and: determinatibn btthfi;number of cameras, which"; W iU... be permittfei ■ to accoriip.arty the expedition,- are teing awaited. ■ NCW'srcel men believe that, the Navy- w--ill not impose a, tiooling; :ar- rahgement upon the proclucei'.s. Be- cauiie .-Cif:rfbe..vast area. in wh ich ■ 'the Sonja, Frances Faye Ask Chi Divorces Chicago, Feb; 5. Sonta Heme and Frances Faye last week hied lor divorce in Chi courts. Mkss Heme is .seeking her freedom from Dan Topping.- part owner of the N, Y. football Yanke&s. - Miss Ii:aye. nitery. singer; is suing San Faikds tootball plavci . shifted four times in two'W$ek9-i^^ took refuge in Palm-SprihgS:as,hoi^^ guests ot Eddie Cantor. .- ; : rrnt^camJ^pas'ir ihdicaled. wifli. coirt . ,, A.rmand pciitsch,; in from New ] bihation covei'age .b5t.:the ;;'Yprk, ran into a hotel tratTie,iam .and | fits. ■ ■ : .-. ' ■ .' Woiind up as Frank'Loesser's gtiest. Louis Sobol i-It II t columnifat m(!n aged to. get a rodiT) at the Beverly Hills hotel but doesnt know how long ho will keep it PBC SIGNS JOHN RAITT . . Hnilywcod. Feb. .'i. .Reeves Espy. PRC prexy. inked John Raitt,.'.:-'& "Carou.sel," for the top male role in Cite 3 Showbiz Femmes }[;^ ta^U^commg lunthlm, Down by Femmes -of tiic Washinijtoi- n - Picture, to be filmed in Cinecoior. :.. tprpii; w-ni give - .,an .:acliievempiyt \i slaved-foi; ifniiasummer ::start. . dinner Feb. 9, with President Ti'u- •man, and Mrs. Truman as honor ,guest.s. (o present citations to 10 women oulstanding in the arts, pro* fejssions, business and Government. Those to receive citations from showousmess arc Agnes Ue MiUt Margaret Webster and ■ Margaret Cutbbcit Xow You See; Him. .Now— Hollywood Ftb "i Jack Lait. editor of the Xew York Mirror, hopped into Hollywood on TWA Constellation and hopped right back again before the gang at Hollywood and Vine coald: say hello or good by*. MY KINGDOM FOR A HOUSE Hollywood. Feb. 5. ,Not. only home hunters but ottice hunters are pained in the neck by tht shoi tafec ot building spite in thi.s, sectbr,,' where age-nt.s., radio. ,6f.-' ftciais ..and i-ecording e.xCos are mov- ing 'their. desk.s.:'intb' old, dwelling hou'.se,s. , Station KCFJ ha.s jast hnoved inlo a revamped bungalow, on Sunset blvd., and Exclusive :I?ecord.s is'remodeling its Ironie .site iiearby. ., Others are- doubling into ofliqe ,-piK'e;with .iawXei'S .ft'id re/illors, and still olJiei:s are; lusinjl rented rooins in private -homes. ■,' : .My favorite show. .bi.isiiu\ss yarn coBcei'ns itself: with the Fort;Wnith Cenlenniiil ELxposition, a; Wild West SiiOw and John Murray .. Aiid,i:rs.uh, Wliile lighti'hg this shbSv,. the i(i|lo.wi' lii'g; occurred: :' .-..;';•'' I had w I itten the soii^ lUet Memoiiis of Buffalo Bill nd h c .so. 'arrangeti .IV ibat, a-, lici d of 31 biiflalo would come ■ chargiiig ■ down thp artilieial hills that we lfa,d .bi.iii|t f('ir stage. ■ M.ui'ray Andcr.soii liair iiskeci foi" a 29 blue (different .sl"ia(itf.4 of bhl(» are produced by 'great slieel.^ of gelatin Which are numbered pro- gressively from 29 up to ;^71. As t wa.s saying: bofpre I so ..rudely intcv- rupted; myself, as the bullaio cani^ charging down our toy liill.s at Mimf* 60 miles art hour,, the \'ery' n.leticU'j. lous and slightly w'oarv Mr. AiHifl<. son raised his hands as if hc vvei'tf acldressing a set of Shubei't. chun: bovs and said Hold it h t s tiy i 33 blue —Billv Rest Esquire IlldH. r,i|-(,., »li.-,l; Ji'iiX iJiiiK. 1 1 < I 'IM, I V W K < I SI 'iiJ ) !• ) lull HI 4^ II I It V 1,1 I I .i;('iii>ii.it /^irniiii! piini.citiirp., $iiiii'.!i,-is,'simi,; lli.'l. l liilihvj 11,; lii,:,, - %«i.n\ Ikim- (liii in: .«M.-.; .Ml,111 1,1.' W. .l.l)-i'iMiil>.'VI. $71,SiM.ililii-f llitiiij,- i iili. ..||i!„ IM'l;. ) ISi'ili-.: ,i;)iiiimii;il|ir„).,i;,' ,. IfMili; Kiinl.-., Il(>!ilj-, JTdU; H(>i|ij.t l"rii-|i. (.«,|i,-,.i.sMi,i Ml .'XiiU'tiiiii-n ■N'cw'.'<rii'i|ii'r«,' I'in'.'i';' .if'-.:ii'(i; viiiifiiznips; ,iivc,..,$iSvi(iii; .i,iiai i!",-ii Back Talk, iti Spades ' - .'Ol',iginal\sluht piiHcd b,y;,Biirry prty on fii;i''WC3R-'(N;' Y.f/.airer Fi"i., 11)' liight , Hacl 6roa(lW'a.y Ic- : gil-ers ' griniiing! ,::P.riticipals ', of . "Are Ypu . With it?"--- current Broadw'ay musical .succe,s,s, were ; oii. program with Gray. Gray panned' the show, but pra the ca:s;t. .Then ire: asked the, _ to say wlial they wii^hed in re buttal and latter went to town on him though a^'ieeing in part Legit cutits sometimes print a h ttei ftom an actoi or pio- diicer* taking t.ssue .with :a re- view but this IS belitved Hist time a group of ittors wholesale answered back, and on the air. >d a.st 1, .lii.7'i:i.;',;i'i I'-'iV !li:i7ll;' I.* ■ .W,S7; ItiiH 1, I 'kii'Iii SI ■■riii''i(ii- ',K„,t- II I >l I 0 f,. inc.. .'-ili.raKi, lilf- ■Hii,,iiii- *I,III7; , -toil'H; .t:'i.-l!is,,' f;; ll»ih<it-i rl IVli lloliii, .1il.7'i:i-;',:i'm)(ii' iiiii 11: ;T-;imih.,v., ;ljl.-,;i.-;; 1 ('.- ■- KiiViiii. ijiiio.'i- ."iM; Ki'Uli illiio .f'MM,, $,|,,S4L'; l.ciiii ii},i,-iii. .;i7;: i,>iii(!iii,viiii.,m-): Linjiis:i-'Uiu- .'-ii 'HI., *lil!l ,:u,'liiiilo'yiu(,nt)i l.oi-w'.n. 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Ji-J(i.i I If VI A\ mioi |»J(|I ) 1 I \ UK lis MiikWiijion ts ,«« 1,1 \\ „, 114.,1(1(1' \4\t\\i\\\--Ami :i'^((!.. ,/,,i .;...-. «>.(.^iiH. ; Cuntiniied from |>iiK<' I an official smacks of an ldeolnif lI"' ei.gn to our sy.stefn. _ "The basic yalues implicit i'l ttl retfiiiicments Of the ""'^^' ^ served only by uncehsored distnbj tion Of literature. . -Fronvtlie m.ul? tude (Vf oompetin-g pffierllig)!,'h-C.pw li( will puk and thoose Fsquiie controyeisy boiUd do! to whtther the mng was „(((! "bad," . . coui't ':'. :sald. .WitlKlrawi: lit a i I iiig pri'vilege "tOClay because „ coiMont. secmed .'lo. one otticial-fli good I'or the public .wbiild ."aiiClN' withdrawal tomorrow frtitii:, aii.olnf , j pdioditil whose social or (n 3 .S'iews- seemed harmful to anpvii,], ofli<^ial,"'', ■ , ■ ' [''t '- . FihiT cenisorphip. has' been, iiril spotlight; rescHtlyi. :as ..theV i'csMlt bins in \aiious locales of U 1 m'* ■"Scarict ;Street": . .an<1' W Hughes' "Outlaw," while s . cj 'down by: i-ornier :N. .Y. riit'cn.sc t«l mi.s.sioher' Paul' MoSi5, w'hicit:. :Oii tlie .I'egi.ttr .'"Trio": to close taSt.f^ son laisfd a storm of ti no^, in New-York. Such action woiil" impossible tivil llbCiti maintaiTii, ■ 11 the film iil.diisli:y whole,,for insfiance, backed th** prodUcei- who- ran into.' cefls'"'"^ trouble .On 'a: film, in a te?''; r ,fbughi 'in the Supreme ^-''."v'J dividual, producers ha\ie becB. j.- lant about making SUcH -a t"-!"" Jj,,' t u se ot financial and other (anglemelJts entailed in hoklins a film while the fight f^ocs "" J uiifavouible reaction pictty '^'^y^ follow tiom a nairow but imP" snvrmillt, nF nilhlin nOiniOll.: a- ft£ Po Of the 182!