Variety (Jul 1946)

Wednesday, July 17, 19445 CHATTER SS Broadway Marcus Heiman planed to the Coast. Ole Olsen hopped to the Coast jast week. Moss And Bernie Hart back from the Coast Walter Gould, UA foreign man- ager, to the Coast. Mrs. Arthur i Maggie) Kober ail- ing in Medical Center. Henry Ginsberg flew here in John Hertz, Sr 's private plane. Romols Robb has replaced Tdni Favor as the nurse In "Harvey." Ozzie Gaines and Hanns H. Kol- mar teamed up in new publicity outfit. Norman Probstein assisting Sammy Rauch in booking of Roxy>.theatre, nv-y. ; Paul Dullzell had all remaining upper teeth extracted without anes- thetic. . Charles Washburn agenting Long Beach summer stock and "Holiday on Ice." : David Gould. UA manager iii Porto Rico; back to his territory after six weeks at the h.o. Joe Flynn says he is making one- night stands Jn N. Y. hotels, by room clerks' insistance. Paul Douglas, on vacation this week, Barry Kelly subbing for him in "Born Yesterday." Marvin Schenck, Metro-veepee and eastern talent chief, slated to fly to the Coast Sunday (21).: Mel Rydell of RKO home office recuperating at Parkchester hospital following appendectomy. Charles Burke has joined staff of Consolidated Radio Artists, handling contracts for legit and concert. .. Jean-Pierre Aumont, Metro star now appearing in eastern. summer - stock, back to the Coast on July 28. Margaret Perry who planed in from her Idaho ranch for her moth- er's funeral will remain, in the east. Joe Shea, ahead of "Harvey" (Joe E. Brown), was married to Janise Wilson last month but kept it secret Kay Buckley, ingenue lead of the Green Bush Players. Blauvelt. N. Y„ bows out the end of this week, hay- ine other offers; Spyros Skouras and family back' In New York today (Tuesday) after a week in Mexico. Charles. Skouras returning shortly. To make a "silver book" refers to the cheap bookmakers who take S-lO-25-SOc bets. "Silver book" is Joe Laurie. Jr.'s creation. The Bill Fields have applied to the Cradle, Chicago, for their second child from that adoption institution. First, a girl, is now four. Lawrence Langncr, Theatre Guild co-head, recovering from hurt shoulder ip fall, down stairs of his Wilton, Conn., home last-week. Morric Seamon and Jimmy Mur- phy wil attend IATSE convention in Chicago next week representing Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union. Leonard and. Sylvia Lyons clip- pering to London today (Wed.) for five weeks, which will take them to France, Germany, Austria and the Balkans. Jack Torrester, former film pro- ducer, now head of'Amfra Trading Corp., French-American import-ex- port syndicate, clippered back to Paris on business. Walter Winchell offered daughter Ton! Eden a quick plane flight to Europe this week, which his 18-year-: bid actress-daughter nixed. Win- chell, incidentally, has never been abroad. .-, Music Corp. of America toppers sent a memo to the staff instructing them to be nice to reporters. That's one of the consequences of the Dave Wittels forthcoming MCA article in the Satevepost. •• . Tom McKnight. Universal writer- director, east with his bride, Mar- jprie Davies, former Metro contrac- ted en.route to a Cape Cod vacation, had to detour to visit McTCnight's mother who recently fractured a leg In Washington. ' Marc Connelly says he thought they were hollering bravo, bravo for him In Jed Harris' London produc- tion of "Our Town," but now con- cludes they might have been holler- ing "Bovril" instead. (That's an English bouillon broth); Miami Beach By Larry Solloway Paddock club shut down and re- opened, all in one week. Colonial Inn's Mert Wertheimcr reported planning to step out next season, Ben Gaines planning to rebuild his Blackamoor room to include dancing next, season. Charlie Block, Park Ave. club partner; planed to Coast Wed. (10) to look over talent. Tommy Dix interrupted honey- moon to return to Kitty Davis' for limited engagement. Jennie Grossinger consulting archi- tects anent new terrace-ocean bar- patio in her Pancoast hotel. WQAM, owned by Miami Herald, ■nd south. Florida outlet for CBS, granted FM license by FCC. Chez Paces, which operated last ««ason on .cite of. old Casanova in mid-Miami Beach, up for sale. Beachcomber shuttered for sum- mer, with op Ned Schuyler plan- ning trip to. Europe to sign acts. Tom Ferris associates setting up publicity and promotion office for new indie radio station in Holly- wood, Fla. Beachcomber bidding for Sophie Tucker and Rilz Bros., (hough they're supposedly committed to Copacabaria.. Ben Slutsky planed back to N.: Y. after looking over situation here with Copacabana partner Murray Weinger,-and will keep club closed for summer. Five O'Clock Club, which re- opened as a bar two weeks ago, in- stalling dance music weekends to hypo biz. Entertainment features pianist Mel Henke.. Nina Wilcox- Putnam back in town after N. Y. trip to see pub- lishers on new book. Will spend all her time here and is looking for apt! or house to .settle in.; Several swank spots building In Broward county near Hollywood beach.. Rooms plan on using one or two "names'! and society type orch, to buttress chance-room's! Chinese eatery being planned for early construction by four ex- Chinese GIs oh site next to Five 0'Clodk club. Building' permits granted by city.'-Saturday (13). Local gendarmerie cracking down on hotels which operate dance patios and rooms beyond midnight, in viola- tion of city ordinance, after heavy beefs- by Florida Supper Club assn. Bill Jordan, currently involved in dispute with AFM-local, will shutter his Bar. of Music at end of month, although closing was planned before argument arose. Will reopen in October. Jewel Box. newest-nil cry in area (opened in March and. shuttered last month after license troubles), on block for $100,000. with no bidders in sight. Ops in trouble with,Treas- ury dept. officials on debts incurred iii'Tampa operation Sale price in- cludes what is nwe"d. i ' Fletcher Henderson at the Club DeLisa. . Bill Thompson and Don Quinn visiting here. . Dennis Day in town after a Mil- waukee concert. Arthur Lee $impkins into the Latin Quarter Aug. 16. Ed Wynn chinning in. the Pump Room with Frank Bering. Harry James inked for one-nighter at Aragon ballroom Aug. T. - Roy Rogers. brings his rodeo to' the Chi Stadium iii October. Gracie Alien and Maggie Ettinger left Friday. (12) for the Coast. Frank Sinatra here for some speedboating on Lake Michigan. ' Maestro Ted Straeter out of Em- pire Room show with strep throat. Katharine Hepburn at the Ambas- sador, stopping over enioute to N. Y. Native Chicagoan Bill Tabbert. just out- qf "Billion Dollar Baby," here for a visit. Virginia Marsh was headline chirp in'the all-Gershwin concert in Grant Park Sunday (14). Carl Brisson had to cancel his Minneapolis dale iHotel Raddispn) due to N. Y. radio commitments. Max Baer and Slapsie Maxie Rosenbldom cocktailed at the Mor-. risori prior lo their Colosimo's open- ing. Theatre Guild put the "Okla- homa!" return engagement- back from Sept. 9 to 16. It's set for 12 more weeks here.. Sylvia Field will replace Dorothy GiSh opposite Louis Calhern in "The Magnificent Yankee" when it makes its Chi bow next February. Neil Hamilton, in "State of the Union.". playing host to his daugh- ter, Patricia, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Estelle Taylor making the rounds with' Willard : Rulzen of the Mor- rison, and due in Frisco soon to start- in the lcgiter, "Legend of Lou." DcMarlos. at the May fair Room, go to Hollywood soon Ip do a dance sequence in "Honeymoon." ■ starring Shirley-Temple and Franchol Tone. ■ Conrad Thibaull Will be guest star- of the first Rock River Valley music festival, to be held Aug. 2 in Sterling High School stadium. Rock Falls, 111. "Audax II," sloop part-owned by Jim:''Merrick. Santa Fe flack/ beat two other classes of lighter and faster boats in'the Coast Guard:Re- gatta. Esther Williams. Marie McDonald. Laurilz Mclch'ior. Sharon McMarius, and-Joe Pasternak enrouU' to Macki- nac Island for .mining- of - "This-Time for Keeps." ■ Joe Louis. Paul Robeson. W- C. Handy, Frankie-"Sugar Chile" Rob- inson and Eddie Smith appeared at the American' Music Festival in White Sox Park. Ole Olsen off to California lo bring his family back to Chi for a two weeks' visit and to huddle .with Ar- thur Wirtz of the Stadium on prp^ duclhg a "Laugh'-a-Cade." Irv Kupcinet gave a parly at B&K's Apollo theatre: in a lie-in with Columbia exchange on'"Rene- gades," with customers binding habits admitted free. by>the column- ist London The Tom Arnolds to Switzerland July 15 for fortnieht. Gilbert Miller off to Paris, whence Jack Hylton has just returned. Ballet • Negres booked oh entire Howard and Wyndhams circuit. Harry Lowe, local agent, engaged to Jean Caplan of Liverpool; weds Aug. 25. J. Arthur Rank promised to at- tend British Film Festival in Prague, this autumn. ... Ada Reeve carrying on in her role in "The Shop at Sly Corner".despite a fractured wrist- Joe Loss first to inaugurate band policv. at Villa Marina. Isle of. Man; is in for Iti weeks. -James Sidney. Jones, composer of "The Geisha," "San Toy" arid other musicals, left $59,000. Mrs. Muriel E. A. Rankine (Muriel Pratt, actress and British Broadcast- ing Corp producer J left $44,000. .'■■ After seven years Theatre Royal, Dublin, resuming booking of acts policy, with Fosters agency lo hanr die bookings. Sam Eckman. orexy of Film Ren- ters' ; Table Tennis League, an-, iioun'ces that club resumes activities after six years. After eight months at Odeon, Marble Arch. "Caesar and Cleopat- ra" starts second West End run at Tatler theatre. Aug. 4. Leslie Macdonncll (Fosters' agen- cy) off to Scandinavia July 17»to set Duke Ellington. Joe Loss, Ted Heath, Edmundo Ros and Anglo-Polish. Ballet, for tour. - Alec Clunes, director of the Arts Theatre Club Group of Actors; to tour Scandinavia with •"Othello,'' "Hamlet" and-"Candida." Fay Coriip- ton. will be. his co-star. Al. Jennings and his all-colored West : Indies orchestra open Palm Beach Casino. Cannes. July 27 for season till Oct. 5. after which they go to Italy for eight weeks. -- "White Cargo." ■ touring England since acquired by Ida Molesworth in 1924 reputed to have cleaned up $400,000 profit to actress and hus- band Captain Templer-Powell.- Gabriel Pascal in huddle with Ber- nard Shaw to decide whether to screen "The' Applecart." "Arms and the Man," or "The Doctor's Dilem- ma" before the scheduled "St. Joan." "Whai's On.", popular amusement guide weekly, is to publish its first annual at end of vear. titled The Londoner Year Book. Will comprise articles, short stories, cartoons and pictures. "Huis-Clos," Jean-Paul Sartre Pan's hit; banned ■ for English pro- duction, by the Lord Chamberlain, will be produced at Private Arts Theatre Club under English title.of "Vicious Circle."' '. Olive March, who carried on her tiny Actors Theatre, all through blitzes, has a collection of playlets in her latest "production.. One "of them. "Brother." by Maureen Blatchlev. has be/n acquired by the BBC. Atlantic City By Joe Walker Boyd Heath and Proud family Hamids vaudeville headliners. Buddy Rich and. orchestra in Orsaltis at Somers Point, replacing Bob Chester. Jayne Manners opened new show al 500 Club Friday (12). Featured with her is Jerry Lewis. Alex Bartha solos it in Hamids Pier ball room this week; Glen Gray out- Saturday (13) after a week's engagement. Eddy Walpert, Bob Walters, Nel- son Roberts and their "Meet Your Neighbor Show," into El Capitan Saturday (13). Steel Pier vaude currently featur- ing Maxellos, George Prentice George Kaye. Ronnie and Myra Sawyer, and Joe, Lou and Marilyn Caites. Paradise opened new show Friday (12), featuring Billy Daniels. Son and Sonny. Pete Nugent. Connie Harris, Evelyn White, Canflcld and Lewis, Grace Allen and Claudia Oliver. Harry James into Ihe Steel Pier' ballroom Sunday (14). Tony Pastor going out Ginme Powell. Buddy Di Vilo, Corky Corcoran, Willie Smith Juan Tizol, Jimmy Campbell. Arnold Ross and Lou Fromm in the array. James to play through July 20. Washington of Metropolitan; one of company's two main stem houses. Mrs. Richard Eaton, wife of radio commentator, off to France to. visit her mother and join husband, cur- rently on ;a Eurpocan-junket. Jean (Mrs. Waller) Kerr's drama- tization of "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay." prcemed at Catholic U. this week, to be published by Dra- matic Pub.-Co. in the fall. Lanny- Ross guest at' Waierj»ale July 26 for final concert in the Na- tional Symphony's outdoor series, at which-Hans Kindler, back from Latin America , tour, will wield ba- ton. Howard theatre, showcase of town's Negro chain, held a midnight benefit for Children's Hospital, fea- turing Vaude with . top Negro per-, formers, including Louis Jordan, Hot Lips' Page, "and Dusty Fletcher. . Eugene Lemer, one of the origi- nal "Dead End" kids, who stepped out of character when he Won a scholarship to George Washington U, has joined Merchant Marine. Lemer recently had a fling at play- writing. Security Panel of Task Force 1', composed of too-ranking Army and Navy personnel, were guests of WRC-NBC arid Claude Collins, vi- deo coordinator for the Bikini tests, at special telecast of the net's atom bomb programs, piped ip frojn N. Y. via coaxial cable; . - Hollywood Bucks County, Pa. . By Sol Jacobson 'Judy. Abbott guest of Theron Bam- "bergers. Jimmy Stroocks weekend guests of Monte' Proser. Moss and. Bernie Hart back home from Hollywood junket. Life covered Helen Hayes and daughter. Mary MacArthur's prcem Tues. (16). . Ralph Alswang. currently design- ing "Barnaby," and spouse regular weekenders. Farmer Ezra Stone harvesting wheat on 240-acre Washington Crossing/homestead. Sidney Blackmer celebrated birth- day Sat.. (13) by breaking season's Playhouse b.o. record. ■ Bert Freed, last seen in. "Day Be- fore Spring," addition to Yardley theatre-acting company. ■ Sneak thief rifled Playhouse dress- ing rooms Sat. eve (13). Margaret Mullens and Sara Secgcr chief vic- tims. Gertrude Aoplebaum, Lindsay & Crouse production asst., weekending with Margaret Linlcy at Raven Rock. Bernard Hariighcn in Fri. (12). for confab with Josh Logan and Dick' Skinner on possible-musical for next season. Wendell Corey subbed for Bill Lee in bit at Yardley theatre Thurs. mat (11),in "Of. Mice and Men;" Lcc had radio shot in town. Nancy Carroll down to gander daughter Pat Kirkland in "Chicken Every Sunday." Ditto Edward Gross, who originally produced comedy. Mary MacArlhiir. Donald Murphy. Pat Kirkland leaving Playhouse troupe to make circuit with -Helen Hayes in "Alice Sit-Bv-The-Fire." Westport, Conn. By Humphrey Doulens . Fanny Ward here. Richard Mealand due in from the Coast. ■ Jean Dixon visiting the Juddie Creens. Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanelz due here Saturday (20). Tom.Wenning vacationing from his drama chores on "Newsweek. Charlie "Eagle" Siegel to Chicago to play for Don Richards in the Blackstone's Mayfair Room. Edith Bchrens now handling pre?s for. masterworks div. of Columbia Records out of N. Y. office. Don Cook and Anne Burr signed for leads in Theatre Guild tvyqut of Reginald Lawrence's "Dream of Fair Womeri" at Country Playhouse in August. Bv Florence S. Lowe I Station WWDC throwing fancy I oai lv August 2 lo weed out D. C \ entrants in "Miss America Contest"' i Bert Tinker. Soph's buy. resigned ; as manager of Club Duel after j month's tenure, with illwss giyen as ; reason. ; 1 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower celc- ■' Ibrated 30th wedding arini with Mrs. , Eisenhower and' frien.ds at "Voice of I the Turtle." j Raymond Gram Swine testified i Friday (12) before the Stale dept. I on compulsory jurisdiction of the j World Court I George Fishman. of Warner Bros' Philadelphia' office, in lo. huddle with Frank La Falcc on plans for 20lh anni of sound. ■ Jack Smith UDDcd from asst mgr. of Kennedy. WB nabe. to asst.' mgr. Dublin- By Maxwell Sweeney . Equity Players opened eight-week straw hat season at Bangor, County Down. July 8. Barry Fitzgerald guest of honour at Abby Theatre directors' dinner,: Shelbourne • Hotel, Sunday (14). Shclah Richards.. directing dialog for Rank production of "Hungry Hill." back for thrco-week rest frorri Denha m. Isobel Cogcn. talent scouting for RKO European office, talking biz with Irish players and hunting sl'rios for scripting. Constant Lambert, musical di- rector of Sadler's Wells Ballet, here from London, hosted by Michael Eowlcs, musical director,. Radio Eirnuin. Lilian and Dorothy Gish planed in from. New York, N. Y., caught two plays, Abbey's "Professor Tim" and "Red Roses for Me.", arid Jcfl for London July 11. After a Jook around Ireland for tourist article material for Reader's Digest, J! P. McAvoy and his wife. Peggy, planed to Paris last week to start their extended European lour. Don't plan to return to N. Y. until fall. Walter Davison in from N. Y. Harry Poppe laid up with flu. . . Lcland Hayward in from N. Y. William Dover to Canada on vaca- tion. Brian Aherne left to his ranch at Iridic . George Pal to San Francisco on business. John Loder returned frorri Salt Lake.City. . Frank Vincent on siesta at Lake j Arrowhead. ' , • Joseph Kane to Wyoming on a lo- cation hunt. Harry Rapf recovering, from, a heart attack. Al Jarvis to San Francisco on mu- sic business. "„ James Wilkinson to Mexico City on RKO, biz. Jane Ashwbrth to wed Bob Gillen this weekend. Bob Graham to Wisconsin for summer stock. Samuel J. Briskin returned from N. Y. huddles. Dolores Moran iri town after a month in N. Y. George Bagnall vacationing in Bvi:. Co'umbia. Robert Stillman out of Army and into Eagle-Lion. Kay Johnson filed suit to divorce John Cromwell. Milton DeLugg joins Slapsy Maxie show this week. Six Goldwyn Girls back from 16.000 mile tour. Arthur LUbin back from New. Mexico vacation.' Ann Richards planing back to her Australian home. . ■ John Sutherland returned' from N. Y. biz confabs. Bob Goodfrled to Kansas City on ad chore for-PRC. Whitey Schafer in town after gandering Broadway. Arthur S. Lyons taking rest cure tinder doctor's orders. • George Burns returned frorn swing around the east; Joseph H. Blowite, Pittsburgh exhib, visiting Warners. . Gloria De Haven under penicillin treatment for skin rash. ' ■ Paul Parry to Chicago oh business for J. Walter Thompson. Kolma Flake checked into pub- licity dept. at Enterprise. Fritz Lang vacationing on Martin Gang's ranch at Palomar. ' Bernie Kamins relected prexy of Hollywood Harvard Club. Marcia . Drake recuperating at' home after hospital session. Edward Arnold to San Francisco fOr Bohemian Club blowout. Lpretta Young bedded with flu for second time in two weeks. Louis Lighton back after three months on his Arizona ranch. N. Peter Rathvori plane.-* in from N. Y. after RKO sales huddles. Dr. Eugene Cziikdr . recovering from emergency appendectomy. Leon Errol to San Francisco for opening of "Mary Had a Little." Ann Miller and spouse, Reese: Milner to Mexico City on vacation.' Ron Tonkins in from New Zealand on biz for British Empire Films. Sig Neufeld moved into offices at Sutherland studio for the summer. : Louis de Rochemont -in from Bos- ton for production huddles at 20lh- Fox. Dorothy Lamour checked In at Paramount for first time in over a year. F. Hugh Herbert moved to Bel-Air after 20 years in one house in Holly- wood. Ole Olsen in Santa Monica for summer vacation, his first in 10 years. » Francis Gifford checked in at Metro for her role in "The Arnello Affair." Saul Elkiris to Akron, St. Paul and Minneapolis to film shorts for Warners. Herbert Mendelson, out of Army, joined Charles R. Rogers as asst. director. Mikhail Chekhov, of the Moscow Art Theatre, lectured at Univ. of California. Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison footpnnted in cement at Grauman's Chinese theatre. Bob Hope checked in at Para- mount for first time since his out- door .vaude tour,. . Betty MacDonald, author of "The Egg and I." addressed the Hollywood ! Women's Press Club, j Lieut. Michael Burke, technical adviser on "Cloak and Dagger" ! awarded Navy Cross. I John Miehle, with David O. Selz- nick 16 years, appointed chief of still photography staff. Louis B. -Mayer in San Francisco visiting Lawrence Weingarten who recently had an eye operation. Jack Wrather in from Dallas to : regime work on his forthcoming film production about Texas oil wells. ' Grc-sfi Toland is first Hollywood cameraman admitted to Mexiro's .' Union of Motion Picture Workincn. I Dr. Sam Herzikoff named tceh- nical advisor on Samuel Goldwyri's i "The Secret Life of Walter, Milly." | Elizabeth Moritgomery, costume I designer for Old Vic troupe, in town j to clothe "Little Women" for David O. Sclznick: | Claire Windsor won reduction of i taxes on her real estate after tilt with the L.' A. County Board • of I Supervisor's.