Variety (May 1946)

w^lnewlay, May 15,. 1946 1HATTER 71 by Sheepsliead Bay Post No. 2261 for outstanding service in exposing subversive activities on the home front during the war, Jack . Hellman. radio editor of Daily Vakikty back to the Coast end of this/week with the missus, follow- ing it fortnight's holiday. Radio bunch's whirl has him dizzy. First time east in many years. Arnold Hbrwitt, lyricist for "Are You' With It?", reenters civilian life today iWed.). While in the Army, Sgt. Horwill collaborated with Ar- nold Auerbach on "Okay, U.S.A.", vehicle for Pvt. Mickey Rooney. Horwill co-authored with Auerbach. soiiie scenes in "Call .Me Mister." Leonard H.. Goldenson. v.p. over Par theatre operations; George Smith, western division sales man- ager, and Curtis Mitchell, director of advertising-publicity for Par,, at- tended the annual convention in Des Moines last week of Tri-Stales Thea- tres, a Par-A; H. Blank partnership. Broadway joe Cook, Jr.. out of uniform. Tommv Nip back in. action after PTT'BalaCn k commuting lo New City for the -summer. ■ice Parade"' title of next skating J o rtm- Kt lh.! Center next month. ■ c-nil McComas coming put of re- tirement to join the American Rep- ertory. Kelccv Allen"* wife. Anna, re- cuperating after . extended hospital- jr-lion. . t : Rosila Montenegro Egyptian-born Spanish dancer, at N. Y: Times. Hall tonight "■■>'• ■'••.'■; 01 , Lucius Beebe editing a ■■Stork Club Bar Book'.' for .lull publication bv Rincharl. " ■ '■ ; " Vicente Gomez at the.Wiekc.isham hospital 'is 'result of . a -taxi accident Saturday 1 1' '• '' ' • . FrankGoodman agentmg ' Around Ihe World." dated to open at the Adclohi May 31. V- Hugh Price Fellows to direct Thcalre-in-lhe-Dalc, New Milford, Conn., this season. ■ ■ - ■. Joe Laurie. 'Jr. s hep article. 'That's N<> C*m. That's a Switch," in -1 lie Sunday Times. "'■ - Robert Caldwell, just out of Army, sl;i"c mgr. at Bucks County Play- house. Ni-w Hope, Fa .. • . = • • ' Phil Cowan added by United Art- ists pub-ad department to work on .special sales promotions. ■ Julia Dorn, UA radio manager, re- signed lo marry Martin H. Heftin,- . brother of Van Heflin, M-G star. Louise 'Mrs. Bugs) Baer out. "n" about after tough siege; but Arthura. 18. and now Bugsie, 12, got the measles. ' . . Joseph Cherniavsky on his way to | opt . n iM lhe Ntw Horizon Chicago to become ^musical director , . 1Iolel Continental May 23. of Mike Todd's legtter. "Up in Cen- tral Park." Ben Washer has secured release from his pact with Sain Goldwyn and left the producer's flackcry last Friday 110). ' The 25th annual outing of. the Paramount Pep Club will he held June 26 at the Longshore country club. Wcstport.. Conn. Helen Parrish. Charles Lang arid Howard Wendell on permanent act- ing staff of Casino. Newport. R. I.. strawhat. this summer. Eric Larse'n appointed Frances Elizabeth Kaye p a. of Iceland! She Was formerly associated with USO- Camp. Shows publicity. Scripter Ann Edison throwing a Dixie cocklailery <.Southern- Com- fort, mint" juleps, etc.. only) for . Kenny Dclmar (Claghorne). Bennett Cert vacationing in Miami j Beach while Random . House moves :. from east 57lh street to. its new I Madison avenue headquarters. - I Sam Eckman. Jr.. Metro's manag-i Ing director in England, en route I to the Coast for a short visit before I reluming to London in June. Joseph Schulman. chain - store-' merchandiser, is co-author with Wil Joseph B;.Kennedy in to look over his Merchandise Mart. Chi inugg Tnmihy Grifs oh* lo join lhe N. Y. staff of Varikty. : Harvey Stone makes his Chi debut til the Rio Cabana June 21. '.- Paul Robeson inked (o .sing al one. of next season's Temple Sholom con- certs; Dorothy Kirslen in town for a few weeks resting al the home of a friend. • GAC's Chi act dept. now being run ' jointly by Buddy Howe and Howard Roscne: ».- Joe Vera, and his seven-piece orch of the London i Estelle Sloan, at the Latin Quar- ter, booked [Or N. Y.'s Latin Quar- ter with Ted Lewis in July. Jeanne-Crain and Paul Brinkniah cheeked into the Blackslone on the first .lap of their belated honeymoon. Film Row birthdays were cele- brated at M-G-M exchange hist week for Sid Eckman aiid Walter DorrT. both bookers. Don McGregor folded his pub- licity office here and* joined RKO exchange in Portland, Ore.,, to do its flackery. Booker -Tommy Smith, of Music Corp. »f America, handling. Mayfair Room publicity w'-hile Jerry Fresh- man: does N. Y.- ' ... r _ Ossie Davis and Kenneth. Free- man' in with John Wildberg to. re- hearse for roles in the Chi company of "Anna Lucasta." Meni-sha Skulnik brings the Yid- dish musical, v My Wedding Night." lo the Opera House for three per- formances May 24-28. Oriental found out thar's gold in llicm (liar hills: Jane. Russell, eight weeks. And "The Outlaw'" did George Archibald recuperating after nasal, operation. Second daughter arrived 'Easter for John Mills and authoress wife, Hayley Bell. . Tessie O'Shea - out of. Palladium show "High Time;" due lo being stepped on by elephant In.show. Winifred Shbtter, who co-starred in the. Ralph Lynn-Tom Walls com- edies, now television announcer for the BBC. Egypt. India and Iceland, have several bands and acts booked Horn England, being held up by transpor- tation snarU. ' . Ambrose and band is IIrst English outfit booked at .the Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, for'--, summer season, opening in July. Frank ■ Shaw, formerly in charge of publicity for - the late- George Black, now Jack Hylton's publicity chief, replacing Rose Hepner. Jed Harris dickering with H. M. Tenne.nt. Ltd.. for Broadway, rights 'to. "The Guinea Pig," the: Criterion theatre hit by Chctharri Strode. ... . Tommy Trindcr left on his world' tour May 7. Jaunt, which will take him 18 months, will include Amer- ica. Africa. Australia and Canada. Despite Douglass Montgomery having broken his ankle; he has lead in- "The Wind, Is Ninety."which opened at the Apollo May 6. for series of matinees. '■>.'■' Leslie Boosey. chairman of British Performing Rights Society., bas been made prexy of the International Confederation of Authors' and Com-/ posers' Societies, .Paris. , Joan Dowl.ing; who scored big hit in Joan Temple's "No Room at the Din." current at the .Winter Garden, ■sighed pact for five years with As? speialed British Pictures \Corp. . ■ Anthony Hawtrey. resident 'pro- ducer ;at • the Embassy theatre, has formed, a new ballet, with Mary Honer. to be staged there on Mon- days., when house was formerly dark. . First: film Sidney Bernstein's, new company will, make is "The Life.-of Keir Hardie." founder of the Brit- ish Labour Party. Alfred Hitchcock, associated, with Bernstein in new setup, will direct. Millie Jackson's troupe of 13. Eng- lish-gals, .will be-first..to .'go over lo Italy, since war to appear at new Teatro del Colle. Appio. Rome, in new revu* titled ''Grand Spellacnle 57." opening June 15. his song program on WKPA, to go into summer opera troupe, Sportscaster Joe Tucker picked 'cm one and two in the. Kentucky Derby and cashed in himself. Horace McMahon around visiting friends after his USO appearance at Veterans hospital in Aspinwall. Mayor David Lawrence will ac- company the local delegation to Variety Club convention in N. Y. "Y" Playhouse closing season lale in month with "Three Men On a Horse".and nine vets in the cast. ' Chester Phillips. Gardens ■ p.a., okay again after being laid up for three months after a heart .attack. Bill Eythe expected home. for a visit before going to England to' make "Meet Me At Dawn" for 20th. Sam Nixon, former manager, of Nixon, named g.m. for new ftulh Cha'ttcrt'on show/ "Second Best Bed." Dave . Broudys' son, Jjt. Milton Broudy. home : on terminal leave alter six months in Coast Army, hos- pital. ■ "Your Sunday Symphony.'- -with commentary by Donald Steinllrsl. Posl-Ga;:Clte music critic, off KQV for the summer. i- „ , . . .... -. $4(10.000 in seven weeks. ham H. Liebcrson or .play. "Dress of . . ., _ . . .. the Month." Tor fall production. ; Ally, Phil. Davis working up. an Senior class of NYU. at a formal ! »« f '"' Elinor Ross: Chi gal who ball at the Biltmore Roof. Mav 10. | mpped. a lot of newspaper space by named Barrv. Gray. WOR all-niter. ! predicting the atomic bomb. "The best disk-jockey of 1946." ! Danny Thomas' Chez Parce en- Erratic flight schedules of TWA's ' gagemen) chopped from .eight weeks Conslellxlions are giving local flacks ■ to five be'einise of. a call . from goosepimples while waiting for the I M-G-M. who waul him for a forth- arrival of lhe star-loaded planes. ' coming Margarct-.O'Brien pic: . • Fox" scripter Frank Gabrielson's Archie'- Herzoff. ex-V.Mtn:rV mugg play, "The Days of Our Youth." am | flack for Balaban tt Katz ror will be ; produced by American ! n, e past IS frcars. lakes off for the 1N,e «™'Theatre. Harlem, in June. : Coast June 13. and set (o start hi RKO director Anatole Lilvak. now : the ad dept. of Columbia pix hi New York, o.o.ing Barbara Bel ! June 24. oeddes r Dccp Are the Rools' i ; Hnosier Hut Shots Hez/.ie and Ken whom the studio inked recently. | Trietseli and Gabe Ward getting sel Spyros Skouras organizing motion u> deseil their homes in suburban picture industry committee, over ■ which he will be chairman for the Gieaicr New York Fund campaign.: • un.iversars Joe Scidelman and | i^crcy Hdskins (Jack Hylton's nian- San Francisco By Ted Friend Sonja Henie in town. , ■•Wild" Bill Elliott here for Kezar Stadium rodeo. La Fiesla ;;)id Shanghai Terrace niteries folding. Larry Stevens guesting on ' Break- fast on Nob Hill." : D. W.. Low. owner of Cliib Shang- li'ai.,back-from vacation.; - Mischa Auer due at Golden Gate. June 12; Ink'Spots, June 26. . KPO's Jack Grcgson to emcee "I Am An American Day." May. 19, for. . Lcsr Mallpy. KVA disk jockey, to act as judge for Look amateur band contest. St! Clair McKelway and bride, former Martha Kemp,' honeymoon- ing • here. ■ ,Toni Foster of Shopping News to Hollywood lo interview celebs for his sheet. . . Nelson Eddy to broadcast "Elec- tric Hour" from Treasure Island, Sunday H9). J. J. Shuberl and Jim Timbney in for "Roberta" opening. Ditto Homer Ciirran and Stewart Cheney. Anne HdldcivKGO radio veteran, stricken with heart attack and rushed lo. St. Francis hospital. U. S: Steel making big plans for May 19 broadcast of '■Theatre Guild of the Air" from the Opera House. Fox West Coast inaugurated Satur- day morning "swoon shows at Fox. with shorts of Sinatra, Dorsey. etc. Town beginning to »go for jam sessions.. Society (locking to Dawn More than 2.000 attended a jazz i ("lub in rear of Palace hotel fo hear St Louis By Sam X. Ilors* Irwin Corey, comedian, into-Crys- tal Terrace. Park Plaza hotel. : Lincolnwood. 111., having bought : homes in the San Fernando Valley ■■ near Encino. Dorolhv Moss Berg, secretary 1o Nate Plait, of Balaban & Katz fur ager) came in on- the Queen Mary ' the pi.sl eight vears. oir to California with 1 200 CI brides and 900 babies. 1 with her husband. concert staged by Norman Granz. Jimmy Dorsey in. al the -Chase Club for two weeks starting Fri- day 117). Cops are investigating theft of 264 pairs of nylons from the Club 1121 operated by Mike Russo. "Leaven." first ^production of the. St. Louis Go-op Theatre, being di- rected by Lorance Barlowe. Vincent J. Helling, formerly with the Frisina Amus: Co.. now manager of Henry- Holloway's three St. Louis Covihty houses. Marlin C. Burnett, city manager for Loew's. has moved to lhe New York offices and has been succeeded by Oriville Crouch. Customers in St. Louis and St. Louis County fllm -theatres c'on- Iribuled $27,891.83 to the annual March, of Dimes campaign. A tolal or $73,489.85 was'raised in the East- ern. Missouri District. Harry C. Arthur. Jr.. was in charge of the theatre campaign. Pittsburgh and replaced «tt, ( By Hal Cohen Burlesque season at Casino winds Lou. Wallers Lawrence Ticrney. Walter Slezak aiid director Lynn Shores due at St. Francis for shooting of "Deadlier Than, the Male." Jim Schiller hosting Monogram party al Mark for Belita and Barry Sullivan, here for personal appears ance with 'Suspense." Barbara Lee back to KPO from trip on carrier "Shangri-La" for pre- view of atom-bomb test operations. Only woman news representative aboard, Toni Di Maggio spoiling 'new re- vue. "Sweetheart* Time." at the Di Maggio Yacht Club, while brothers Joe. Vince. and Dbnv lake care of the baseball .front.' Hollywood Westport By Humphrey Doulrns Eva LeGallicnne here. Stanley Joseloft will summer here: Fnincis C. Coppicus bought a .home hero. The John Cecil Holms soon off lo James A. FitzPatrick laid up with . bronchitis. Ben Bo^eaus bought a home in Holmby Hills. Henry King to Wichita. Kas., id get a new plane. Vera Hruba Ralston - became an American citizen. • . Mel Sehauer recuperating ' from an appendectomy. Samuel Berhstone, British exhib, gandering film.lots, Gustaf Scheutz. Swedish exhib, gi hdering Warners. Ethel Barryniorc in from New- York for film work. Sain Jafl'c returned from a vara- ' lion in Palm Springs. ■Mitchell Lcisen taking a seagoing vacation on his yacht. Walter Baldwin, celebrated -. his'-'..' 30lh year, as an actor. Joan Bennett back on the job after a week of illness. John Abbott back, in town after whirl in Broadway legit. Laraine Day checked out of town ror a two-week vacation. Wayne Morris recovering from . emergency appendectomy. Vc'ronicj Lake. posing for an oil ; paint ing by George Van Saake!. Barry Sullivan, to San Francisco for a scries of stage appearances. Tito Rcnaldo to Mexico City to play in a picture at Clasa itudios.. Kcye Luke to San Francisco to open, a scries of stage appearances. Bob Rhodes, of the newspapers, joined the Enterprise publicity staff.- Sam Israel shifted from 20th-Fox to Pathe-Eaglc-Lion as publicity chief. Nicholas Schenck in from New- York for production huddles '. at . Metro. Ray Millaiid bought a hoasc. New- port 'Cal. not R. I.), for weekend/ Itsliing. ■ '.Paul..Ltikas checked in from Palm Springs - for his role in "Bella Donna." ' Sunset Carson, Republic galloper, recovering from, emergency appen- dectomy. Guy Rcnnic in town after four years w ith USO-Camp Shows, chiefly in Europe. John Charles Thomas .'entertained, guests at the Motion Picture Coun- try\ House. Dbre Schary lectured, the Holly- wo»id Wiimen'i: Press club on film production. Bryan Foy appointed David Stephenson story editor at Palhe-. Eagle-Lion. Spike Wallace recuperating in the desert arier a siege of oronchial pneumonia. Uclma ' Brookov. eastern talent scout for Warners, in town for studio consultations. New lag for "Hello My Baby" at 20th-Fox is 'I Wonder Who's Kiss- ing Her Now." Arnold Pressburger in from New York- after release huddles with ' United Artists: -. Hub Kcavey, Associated Press bu- ! rcati manager bought a ranch in San Fernando Valley. James .R, Grainger, sales'eliief for. Republic, in town for cori'abs wnlh Herbert J. Yates. Biljy Selwyn hobbling on a wounded knee, the result of a yacht- ing accident at Balboa. Emmelt Lavery . awarded the . Treasury Department's Silver Medal fo - service in wartime. Tom Howard, of Metro's L-,n;lnn technical sUilf. in town to get an eye- ful of Hollywood technique. Mike Steinore lecturing on motion picture sound technique at the Uni- versity or Southern California. RKO Studio Club will r.-sunie ils annual golf tournament June 23. for ihe first lime since Pearl Harbor. Gayle Oitlerman. recently out of Cape Cod. the Army. Checked into Melio as Helen Olhcinr to be soloist with assistant to George Haight. oroniin-r. Ed-Judge Walter C. B. Schlcsing-iB&K bv June .Hughes, who came np Saturday night .18). ; • er.s daughter. Kathryn Elenita. mar- „v^r horn the -act dept. at William Velvelenes _into Tropical. Bar of .USN. ; June 1. in N. Y. Attorney is! Lineup ror the Herald-American's n : ii' n c,'° w blil - i "I Am Aii .American Day " Sunday Bill Slater, with the RKO theatre : 119 i now includes Rov Rogers. Piibiici y department two-and-a-half I Cai olc Landis. Fi ances Langford. jeais. has resigned.effective the end | Wavne Munis Martha Rve. Danny of this month, with future plans lo be announced later. ^ Georgle Wood, former F.iiglish monologist. who arrived in this coun- uy Monday i6V in behalf of the narold Fielding agency of London, "lew back on Friday .10). i linporliint pix producer reported p «o have offered Paul A. Porter, for- , mer FCC chairman, a $75,000 retain- ! _ er to represent him when Porter' Australia sleps down riom lhe. OPA. Asbury Parks famed Berkeley, Carteret hotel'back to. civilian use I «"er being iirst a British Navv re-, ceiving station, later U. S. Navv. I'l 01 , and nna "y Navy'--hospital. " I Al Margolies. of George J. Schae- ier Associates, in from the Coast for Little Jackie Heller inlo the ! Mounds CUib. Cleveland. I Jimmy Balmer home after six [ months with "Icecapadcs." I George Barenb'rcfige out of the Thomas. Gil Lamb. Mailreeii Can- non. Hilda. Simnis and Jackie Green. South Africa By Joe Hanson Lyric theatre., at Mussel Bay., de slroved bv fire. Oi(o> Bolle. head nf 20lh-Fox • service and to sales staff of KQV Etzi Covato's arm in a sling, from : bone bruises suffered on- his right .hand. I Current show at Playhouse. "The • Front Page.'' will close the '.sc'axt.n .there. ; . I Sgt. Bob Aiello. ex-Baron. Elliott 'hand, home from ETO after two in l years. ' . I Maurice Spilalny appointed con- violinist. I tractor for orch for summer opera :season New Canaan Symphony (23) Juliia Hoyt. daughter of "Mort" Hoyl. pioneer Noi'walk theatre op- eialor. now with NBC script de- partment, v - LI. Bill Herz. just out of . Air Corps, will be associated with G'us Schirmer and Sherman \ Ewings in Greenwich summer stock. Dave Fromer. theatre and sports columnist or So. . Norwalk Sentinel and Shirlcv Lobell will be married at Waldorf Astoria. N.'■'¥., next Sun- dav .19). Claiborne Foster and Kathleen Comegys have returned from Shrevroorl. L,a.. where the of their iTiolher, Elinor Comcio's. w as held. riincral • Foster Dr. Bronislav Fiybiirg IO 'Gotn^'Mv 1 Wa C v" did Uiin-away | Herman Beicrsdorf. 20thi manager, bi/ ti-.roimhoiit connlrv. ( and wife off to Atlantic City for a New season of Grand-Opera doing | vacation, well in Johannesburg and opening Dick Fortune has gone to. the shortlv in Cape Town. ] C oasl .lo in-cpare 1947 press-beok for . . , - ^ ,' Oer'rv Taylor, new g.m. of United j "leecapadcs. I''*! of Daje Belmont's suit against Arlisls Corp.. in this terrilo. v. |- Major John Mori.i back from Usler Cowan. He planes back to ' During war-held post in Film Divi- \ ^ erseas and lo Fort Leavenworth the Coast - tomorrow .Thursday).' '" ' "* *'"' Carson Kanin joined -'.Theatre Washington D. C. ■J-napter.ot American Veterans" Com- miUee. Group holds meeting Friday . al USO Workshop to discuss Jll "«' ri'llv for. all theatre workers. RKO studio's special eastern pubr 'icily rep. Jack,iJackson) Goldstein, throwing ; , rarewell ciicktailery ror ward Morehouse this weekend, prior '<) the Sun's columnist teeing off on croy-coiinlrv survey . ,,*llfi' Winchcli 'awarde/l the Vl ™ Ahicricau Citizenship . medal ju.-t mama j 'During war.held post in Film Divi- < <^ erseas and 10 ton Leavenw l.sion of British Ministry of Iiirornui- for a discharge. lion in Cairo r Lorraine Vernon, ta.l jugftler. Swiss lihii "Last Chance" shortlyfinished al Nixon Cafe, in Pa. to be released through M-G: has link with So. Africa as star. John Hoy. was born in Johannesburg aiid. faniilv verv 'well known here. ' A. P. Penlev appointed .'jeneral nianav.er of African C"on.--..licl:>l«'«l Theatres. . W;,s .previously her.d of Schlesineer Co. in London 'and re- . place-: S H. LaiiH.bart. appointwl | Ei.-fl Kroner at WCAE: in the !io ? ••cnrral inaiinger or Filmlol.* 1 -S.A. >. : I•!<•'. 1 lor a Tiri.^ opera; Lid. . I fleo-'.'e MeC:.ffony -.:s eiven' il| By Florence S. Lowe theatres reached a new high with contribution 'of.'$48,375 lo cancer driye. Fred Kogod and, Carter Barron ap. pointed temporary directors of ATA. which local MPTO Will probably join. Usual array of film and broadway scouts attended- Catholic.-.U's new for some engagements. | musical. "That's Where My Money Pines will resume weekend -dam- i t5«M*s..- . in-r for first lime since if'-2.' with ..Oscar Davis flddlerrcolumnist BVU LcRov's orch featured. ."Oir the Cu»r ). signed by Max Jack Yoime; a junior officer in I Lowe to open Shore.ham Imtel. Ter- merchaht marine, ncmrd m:.n;:.ger ! rnec June 1 with a 15:unit band. io' Tri:m;'lr■ Records here. I Florence R. Kahr. Of BaU'.tnore's j ; . ; -i-ie Dodge. sec:elarv lo Leon- I RKO exchange, honored hen: by ■ American-. Pen - Women with, drama award for an unpublished three act p'fiy. • i . i i i ■■ i i • i Fernando Edward Lee, 'Brazilian chKinber of commerce exec, gander- iiig the production of "Rio" at Co- lumbia. Jorge Castro. Brazilian theatre chain operator, aired back to Rio dc Janeiro after three weeks of studio huddles. Bessie Lsisky. Jesse L.'s wife.: pul- ling on an exhibition of her own' paintings at the James Vigeveno Galleries. . William Mciklejohn awarded the Treasury .Department's Silver Medal : for his work in the War Finance. campaign. ■ ■ Barrie O'Dariiels cited by the War Department for producing . Army shows in the European Theatre of Operations. • Aniia Q. Nilsson. star of silent screen plays, returns after a long absence for a role* in "Katie for Cun- gi-ess" at RKO. . Waller Waneer to Rosarita Beach, where his wife.'- Joan Bennett, is playing in "The Short'Happy Lire of Francis Macomber." . -.'• Bernard McEvecty cheeked in as production manager on the forth- coming Charles Chaplin picture. "Comedy of. Murders."-.- Harry Sherman, who orodueed -.11 those .westerns..'-actually riding a hoss in the annual carter or the Riineherns 'Visitadores. ■ Almost ' everv paper, . including Tinte, called J>mmy MeHu'.-h. Jr.. "the songwriter" in reporl or F.dna Canioi 's divorce-' sii't --!"iAinst him. Ai'C.il now heads MCA's.London of- fice. His- lather, of course, is Ihe w-.k. .-on.'Mri.'lh. Vatiilic. Cmlor M. tzi'H- i.l-'i s.-in- rnr dlvo-ce