Variety (Dec 1948)

^^J nftaJav. Pccember 22, 1948 S5 OBITUARIES head of his own ddnce school in 1 New York. • | ELIZABE'lH DUNCAN Eluabuth Duncan oldei sister of Isadora Duncan, dancer, died in Tuebmgen, Germanv, Nov 8, ac- Bumper Crop of New Faces Coiitiliiied from page 1 C. At'BREY SMITH «„. Chailes Aubrey Smith, 85, veteran Anglo-Amencan stage and Ineen actor, died m his home in Beverly Hills »ec 20 Horn double pneumonia after a , " - - In this she evinced a Uue under- Men" Tlieie is> too 'leiij Aloorc, circuit in the home office in Kan-' \<) wora recoivea lela- landing ot what public wants, and I who got her chance (iist in "Kctuin s&s City. He retired in 1945 Suivived by wife and a biother ' v!nr„\"ho.", I'<??n?' ^''''^ ^<;o'-ed once again on loanout to ShT hid boon head of her own 20th-Fox in "C.y ot the C.ty - CHARLES R. HAMMERSLOUGH , oi death •iv Hills Dec 20 tioni aouoie ^T'?Lini« after a biief illness He [ q^^^..^^^ Hammerslough, 53, dance school in Stuttgait at lime | vvas best known lor his character- ihealucal producer, died iri Sons of British aiistocraU a^^^ Yoik, Dec 14 In recent rolonial ollicers ".""Pf™"^ yeai b he had been veepee and gen-■ leader and one-time organist for Pre\ioiisK Hollywood films m whic^ he ap-, • j sentinel Fabiics WTAM. collapsed while directing ir^-^'ows'^ neared since the start of his film ^^^^^^ ^^^^ y^^^ . h„ ^and at Hotel Cleveland in that 1915 , . , . I Born in New Yoik he at one city, Dec 14, and died while be- ' career in i"*-", ,,.:,,„Ari fnr tht. i noiii lu i>«w ):oi-B.i hk ai unc -v > ' v', vr.; Aie-^ident Hollywood foi the i associated with Klaw & mg taken to hospital past 20 yeais, bmith WJ^ f. 1 Hilangei in the pioduction of the Tthe Bntish colony m Aim [ ,„„,.,«1, 'Velvet Lady" and later of October. Patiii JJbugiaV. - fi'6i>i New' Yoi'li; ■ ; ■ McNally Nuw Heavy j.east ot !'BWn' t^^tef Stephen McNally ;s a bright light an ;actM*,(if pattis,:;y^^ , among the nevN faces of the year As oonsideied m any lineup of new ,.,^y'^^'l^?'^J- "^"^'^il^.^^l 'K-Mvv Ot Ls Rogues' Ilegiment' .players on the screen. Douglas Walter 1 Bergenei, 4b, band- he almost outdid heio Dick Powell. ' Rives sock peilormance "i 20th- ho vas the heavy who "A Letter to Ihiee Wnxs,;r,> attacked ,Iane Wvman m Warneis' I and is s ated to be. one ot topst^ ".lolihny Belinda." He now has a : P' the .film future, top role with Barbaras^tiariWyck-^^^i • ■ 'llie Gambling Lady" at Li. ?} .! : ■ Patricia ' Neal , likewise^ :.^^ actor forth, haying;: made a ihai'jc for her^ I capital He was knighted in la^^ 1^^^ pioduced "Midnight" Dale Lauicnce Fink, 25 by Kmg George vi ior cemem^^ known piofessionally as Steve self since aiuving from Bioadway vpnowKibhon Aieosx AWrican-British iielations^ through , ,. p,„duction, "Gran- Drake died in Bui bank Ca Dec legit although she hasn't yet been ' ^^^'"^^hnson an OUalu^ma co. boy Lisiaineu: m auto'.seen bv Public Her screen bow is r'-, Vi' a-\ sew "J' »M wi Muvv js, i^j^ip jj^jgj^gg appear- In his work m and out ot ums X.. ,,, ^^^^^^ ^^^^ his long t'l'x'o'^'' h^rf hlL hr^n d thealio N Y in 1936. S"b" UnL'dilierennim^^^^ Su.v.vcd b^ .He and son. John Agar is well on his wa\ to prominence now, after his initial appealance in "Fort Apache ' tol- lowing this with "Baltimoio Esca- pade," at RKO and 'She Woie a Yellow Ribbon ' Aigos\ also has 19 ot injuries eollision. sus CHARLES M. IIUN'ILCY ChailC5 Ileniv Huntley 70, who I three ; *^"smith had just completed his role m I^ittle Women" at Mctio ^ and was piepaiing for a patt in the studios upcommg "The Forsyte -^^own" Saea" when he was stricken last Friday HV) Among recent films in which he was featured are "For- ever Youi!,," "Clun.v Brown" and "High Conquest" His last stage ^ appearance in New Yoik was with I ji,„„p ,,eiies, Giace Geoige in "Spiing Again at number ol holiday the Henry Miller theatre m 1941 gums, including ''The Three Un He made his stage debut in iHiJ^ , ^vise Men!' and ' Christmas Tiees vith the Tapping & Caitwright Co ■ qiqw Kveiywhere " ol England, a stock company which ^ Survived by a wife, son, daugh- touied the piovinces During the ^gr, biothei and sister. next decades he appeared with Ellen Terry, Sir John Hare Sir >iks. RObE GERSHWIN iTc^^IA'e^l^nrklao Mis Rose Geishwm, 71, mother by publi , ithe lead m Warnei\s' . John Loves I in "Air.. lAchiv v',v.,,-.« nt weslein lilms i„ same company s Ihe 1 ountain- i j^.^bon," and will go to Atiiea in head, opposite Gaiy Coopei She s spiing lor "Great Adventuie" England ior her studio as - ..v , : „ i. co-star, of "The Hasty Heart." All OTTO HEI\ ,..„„, Otto Hem, foundoi of Wiener ' a scries ol ' .Vour Home Boheme. Verlag. proininent music , , . . piogiams presented by pubUshing tompan>, died in Vienna ilni'^e as jet uniclcasco Dec; 10: alter a heart attacks He ] Warners also has Dons Day. who: published the. songs ot Robeit Stolz, ; debuted.-in .''iftoniah.eR jhe High General Electric Company ovei WGY. Schenectady, and who ap- peared in them as "Mr Old Citi- zen," died Dec 15 at his home in that citj In addition to Voui he. wrote a se'agoili Pld- ■Hermann Leopold! and others. ROBERT C. McKEAN Robcit Clavton MtKean, 58, president ot Caravel. Films, Inc., producers ot educational and in- dustrial motion pictures, died at his home in ISew York Dec 15 Survived by wife and two sons. Seas " She displayed such a facile charm in this musical that studio immediately cast hei foi lead in Warners Septet. Warners' lineup is nicely calcu- lated to bung forth a rosv future. Joan Chandler impressed w ith, her- vvork as the dead man s fiancee in "Rope;" Harry Lewis impressed likewise as young killer in "Key ' My Dream Is Yours" and then 1 ^fVi"'" *'"^ Mitchell, star m Two Guys and a Gal" Michael °^ .^Pfdoon on Bioadwaj. went Gurtiz now plans to star her in a l.musical i Jane. I:; rendition of "Calamity fii?St " -intp. "Thie JHonse Across ( the. '. Street." Phyllis Coates also.', was in this film., James Hold(;n rang ■ Eagle-Lion may be a smaller lot' »'ell in "Fighter .Sciuadron." : wif,. or lohn Roberts buvver "^t it has promiMng talent, ■iiiclud-- - ^^ , Wile 01 JQnn Kpoeits, Duyytr j, *„^, > ^^^^ .f,,h„ r.om<. on studio s hope Ust, for his work for the Comerford circuit, died mg Scott Brady, who first came ; bI/ Punch" then in in SfviintoYi Pii Dpc 17 into prominence in top spot in if i!; !' ,, „ \ 111 bcijinipn, t-a., utt. ii.. ■ ■•n^nZt fitv <;tiirim liifpri tiiiTi «n ' Soniewhere 10.the City..". Barbara A son survives. uanon wty. btudio UKed inirj so. Tj„>p(, ;fi,i . !_ hA- wiv> > nnrHmi- i well they cast him in 'He Walked ?i''-'- particu- . . . , . u.cu.,..v Mothcl^ 74, ol Hank Baib.iio, By Night,' and has ambitious plans f"^.,"^^^^ His first American tour "n i '^"-"5 e";\„7o^,„de, the $1 000 piopiietoi ot the The Boweiy tor him when studm reopens Rich- ^'y"" J^"" "^^an 1896 vv;hen he appeared with Sir fjpl,„^ ^1,^,, ,„ Loui, , ard Basehart, another EL f,nd.', ^''f^^e ^"H"'^'''V^"^ Tohn Haie m "The Notoiious Mis ,„ung Ameruan tomposeis, aw^^ Italy, Dec 18 Ln.r„H h„.,ni,', t„ i,ff» -c ct J brought Beatiice Poaison fiom Patnck .^arapoeii, "-""^^^^^ „l Ihe late Geoige Gershwin com- A son Maude Adams, ^'i^" , f, posei and lia GeishWin Ivritist 1 Ethel Bariymore. among othcis | ^ , , „^ ^^^^ ^oik Dec ! Mother Arthur a r'Q^'.'n "W«mlH*''''"The''nt.h'} ' annually in memoiv of her son the U S m Hamtct, tne Lignt „. , , f , artivp m othei That Failed," "The Moials of Mai- ^he had also been active in othei ^ cus," "The Constant Wife," and P"ih^ vJ^Pil; P'"-',k„,^ •'Tlip Rjfhelor Wile " She leaves anothei son rn he wns siPned fo. his 1 Geishwm, also a composei fu ? film lole in^Buildc of daughtci. Mis Leopold Godowsky Budges" foi Uie \"rohman^Amus ■ J' • wife of the son ol the pianist, Coip, whose studios weie on lOth I ano a sisiei avenue m New \ork; .: After doing I several more films in England to^ i gether with his legit woik, he went I Clilloid Jones 41, ladio actor. scored heavily in latter pic's star "'""^ ocai..Lu icaisoa imu. ' irtlp ' .' •.! < ' " . 1 Broadway to appear opposite John I Gaitield in ' Foice ot Evil," and Edwaid KiiiscDa, 'je husband ot | rkO too, has Ruth Roman, ai ,,, , talented begmner, who made first'companv, with Mane Wind ■ ■ ' soy ; under pact,, loaned her to Helen Hoerle, w.k agent, died in N Y a long illness legit press- Dec. 15 after CLHTORD JONES I AVife of Homer Van Pelt, Colum- i bia; cameraman, died Dec. 15 m I Hollywood. appearance m "The Window," after | ^"h'; "'^T^" J, a small role in Leo McCaiey's , fa's"** ^,'s<-hott lor Geoige Rafts l^gjilleading lady in Outpost in Father, 79, of Jack Fife, asso^ to Hollywood in 1930 to appear m wntei and pioducci d"eTaf\Vi" a I ciate jn Agency "The Bachelor Father" and ipade , heait attack at Butlalo N Y , Dec died in Holly wood D ec 18 his home there ever since I iS lie had been an announcer MvrtiP t inp^o films in'at WGfl there and later appealed j Je""*"* Mvrtle LinBO Among the long list ol mm-, m av .,v.,»i ^.ly-LK. cm.. „^i,^„.v.v.| insnpctor at 1 which he plaved the chaiactei 17a- in his own radio production on the , i'' Vj-,iix tions lor which he is best known ' same station "oiiywooa ^ Were roles in "The White Chfls ot | Until recently he conducted a IJover.' ''Adventures of .Mark 1 quiz progiani tor station WHAMj Twain ' 'Madame Cuiie," "A Bill Uochostei .md at time ot death for Divoi cement," "The Prisoner ol j had been picpaiing a new radio Zenda," "Lives ot a Bengal Lancer," seiies Survived bv vvile. 67. former Aletio, died Dec "Waterloo Budge,' "The Ciusades, "The Humeane " "Lloyds of Lon don," "Sixtv Glolious Yeais,' "Four Featheis," "Kidnapped, and "Rebecca " He IS survived by wife; the for ' Good Sam." Studio loaned then to- Edward . Alperson for temme lead in "Belle Starr's Daughter." Paramount's . entry in newer ranks is Wanda Hendrix, who gets her big break in "Miss Tatlock's Millions." She acquitted herself so Morocco;' Laura Elliott is a fresh newcomer; ticketed by Paramount, • who was temme lead; in Pinef : Thomas' "Special Agent," and who's going placesi Two freelancers who are also on their way are Arthur Franz, from befittingly m this that 20th-Fox 1 ^.^.^^^^^^ t^^'*'* "Command De- bonowed her for femme lead op-f~k sX^^'^^Junill'p^U" Robert Polfus, 36. theatie man- ager, died in Chicago Dec 14 MARRIAGES Gladys Glad to Arthur F. Gotl- lieb, Dec. 14; Ottiiwa. . Bride i.s widow of • f0rinet' .coluniitist and film producer Mark Hellinger; he's a theatre owner. . . . . . . Mi:s. Margaret Puni phrey to Vic- 01- McLaglen, Reno, Dec. 19. He's the film actor. ' ' Ijuii'y Hillary to Gordon B. Cole, [ Jr., St;. Mary's "City, Md,, recently.. Bride is a.lpgit and radio actress, hshnigZiniger'and edit^oi-Im'The t-.vc POst under^v.ce-presid^^ , Ho"'vwooV"Dec Biide"1s"\. JOSEPH J DOUGHNEY Joseph J. DuoRhncv, 54. an exec- i iitivc in the budgets and statistical | department ot Paramount Pictures . I , ,V , • , " ' ( dppaitment ot Paiamount Pictuies, ■ iiKi Ibabe Maiy Wood, whom he. ^i.^^d gn^r a heait attack at his , maiued o2 jeais ago home in New Yoik Dec 17 A\U.I lAM ARMS FISHER William Arms Fisher. 87 com povci authoi and loi 40 yeais pub Born in New York and graduated 1 fiom New Yoik Univeisity, Dough-] nev lomed Par in 1920 He had successively climbed to the exetu-, Olivei Ditson Co, Boston music pubhsheis died in Biookline, Af.iss Dec 19 Boin in San fiancisco he was associated with the Dillon Co liom 1897 to 1937 seiving as vice picsidcnt as well as manager and editor. His compositions included 7'i pait songs and anthems, 60 Irish Ra I bourn at the time of his death. I Suivived bv wile two sons, two daughteis and two sisleis screen acti'oss. Molly May Webci to Fred S Mcjei Hollywood Dec 16 He's dnretoi ol peisonnel and indus- tiial lelations at iOlh-Tox Gloiia Hams to Sidney Mills in New Yoik Dec 18 He is son ot Ja(k Mills music publishei and himselt exoe ol the fiim : ■:: l.KON FRIEDMAN,:. , .:, Leon Friedinan,. 68. newspiipcr- iiian and pre.ss, agent, died in Fort -Worihv Tex;.;;Dec.: \15v^. ^ V': Priedinari h;id been associated 1 with the late Florenz Ziegield tor songs and. a volume of Negro over 20 years, during which he spiiituaK He also made .umcious publici/cd successive editions of BIRTHS auangemonts including "Going '/itgield Follies" and Anna Held Home' and edited the Musicians stands He later Iclt Ziegfeld to 1 l^'i' »"« ^'i'' Libiaiy the Music Students Li- become business manager loi '^on San I lanei'-eo bjaij, the Music Students Piano Gooige White tor lattei's "Sean- Couise and a couise ol study in d<ils and olhci productions, muvsic understanding posite Tyrone Power in . "The Prince of Foxes, made m Italy. First appearances. were rung up by whole flock of new faces, many of them slated for better lireaks as result of .their ■ introductory work. Colleen Townsend teed off what many believe will be a big career j in 20th-Fox's "The Walls of Jeii- cho. On same lot,, there was Vir-! ginia McDowall, sister ot Roddy. \ in 'The Fan," Helen Ford, ins "Apaitment lor Peggy," Kathleen I Hughes, Los Angeles high school j girl, in "Mother Is a Freshman;" I Bettv Lvnn. from Broadway stage. 1 in same picture, and who made her i screen bow as baby-sitter in "Sit-1 ting Pretty.' Debra Paget is an-1 other, bowing in ' Cry ot the City,' I and Bill Callahan-^back on Broad- j way in Mike Todd s musical—got his chance m Chicken Every Sun*^ I dav ' ' Ij's New Fcmmcs j At tjnivorsal. Helena Cai'Icr was i selected bv Douglas Fan banks Ji , lor his femme • lead m "The 1 and Nancy Olson, set by Nat Holt for temme Jead m "Canadian Pacific." Other standout newcomers in* elude Lois Butler in Eagle-Lion's "Mickey," Alfonso Bedoja, Mexi- can actor bowing m Warners' "Treasui e oi the Sierra iMadre" and bi ought to Hollywood by Republic foi 'Angel On the Ama/on"; Pedro Armendanz, Argosv s "The Fugitive, ' -Fort Apache," "She ^ Wore a Yellow Ribbon;" Lex Baiker Sol Lessei's 'Taizan and the Fountain of Youth.' and set loi the entile Taizan seiies. Still otheis aie Olive Deering, Paramount s ' Samson ; and De-. lilah," Bcveilj. Wills daughter of Joan Davi.s, m Eagle - Lion's Mitkej Patiieia Medina, Us 'The OFIvnn " On moppet side, little Gigi Per- leau made hci fiist seieen ap- pearance in Samuel Goldwyn's Enchantment, and laid revfiew- ois low with the deep poignancy ot liei acting Shi s cineh to be the "Family ,10HN ANSEIX John Ansell 74. (omposer and Fisher was the author of "Notes on Music m Old Boston," "Ye Old XL t1w''^'=''l'" 'i:"n<^sC''^''P, (onductoi died m London, Dec ' OnTHimrirnH '^""i'n^^^^ , l-* composed a numbei ol op- Csfc XtlKh.na'' ^'^ <-^"^^ltas ineluding ' \ lolette ' and Ss'- .mV^ iv"/ United I manv oichestial woiks and songs tht> tJnitccl Sutc'l"'^'''' Ansell had also been musical di- T,"f 'eaves his wife, the forraei Emma Roderick Fedderson, Dec. 14. Father IS gcncial manage! ol KLAC Ml and Mis Sid Tepper daugh- Iri Brooklyn Dec 12 Fathei is a sonSwriler.'..■' . • V;. Ml ..nd Mis Roger Ray son I O rivnn " and companv also has 1 oGtstVindmTtlnld aetresL 'of"l949: Luba Malina bi ought from Ncvv | she also scenes in U's Yoik stage foi Mexican Hayridc 1 Honeymoon " Meg Randall wa.s m ' Criss Cross." ; so was James Curtis. Marta .Toren I followed her debut in ' Gnsbah',' with top lenime spot in ' Rogues' , Regiment" Julie London distinguished her- Bookings 15% Off Continued from p.age I cozr/n i; AOLiAutr ROY C. JONES m,^J^' "'"""^^ 62, letiied tbealie managei and film bookei Jvansas City, Dec 6 a Washington, Mo , lones had imn a span of .50 vears of .■i.c.v. Miow hw pailicipation ineluding neaiiv eveiy blanch He joined a u nt show at the age of seven Lalci ' a spieler at the St Louis Woilds Fair and there met Tod wV"'"^,""^ joined him in a, tour iiK show When the unit euhtd the Coast Jones became a i-aniciaman ioi Pathe rlf^'^^' '^"^ managed theatres foi commonwealth in Missouii He anH'\S a heart attack m 1942, ""0 auer that was piaced in charge He was the «.«...<., . w short subject booking lor the Nip, also a pci loi mei, but now Chicago Dee 11 Fathei is a niteiy sell lor vivid pciformance in Tap I ever, bonifaeies are confidoiit that comic iRoots, and John Diew Colt, Non i by the - afterhobh. of Dec: :3l,^^^^a Mr and Mis Willie John»on of hthel Banymoiei and Joe Cook, spriciS'-wHl I'haverbeen ■spolseh--'ifot;-' daufihtei Los Angeles. Dec 17 Ji appealed in You Gotta Stav ' andniten-ie.s vvill again beibr(^^^ Fathei is a member ol the Jubal- Happv Lot also has Whitfield close: their: doors ^ibrt^ altet , , .I, .I aires vocal group. ... ... . Connor, in Tap Roots." and Carol I openine that nieht ^r^l::[J^h!^^r^\JX:Z'.^^^'^ X,^::,r ^^^T. l^^.^.J^^'^'^' '^^"^ Un-l''^,ov?vei ,ndlat.ons point to '^llZ^X:::}::^^^^''''''' i,£ k^^^^ll^'Z.^^^^^^^- -^-"^ made.^„^^.rt''%''oV'I.X'^.fe'^thr^c^n^e': (01 Bl.tish B.o,Kicasiing lo ^„ Wilson, Republic studio i^^, g^^^en bow couple of yeais ago run of mimmums lowei than last Ml inrl Atis lewis Fisher son m "Abie s Irish Rose," got her real | year, but it's lelt that more eUs- the stafi ol the Persian Room of Pla/a hotel N Y and a sistoi who IS wile oi Phil Coseia bookei with the Edwaid She i man agcncv VULMVM McCOOI AVilliam McCool f)l vaude peiloiinei died Voik Dec 15 1 01 manv had appeared in the a known as Nip \. I'uc k ■ brother of '(omiii.v ■ foi-nier ■ill '..New.' ve.iis he aide act P.iiis iceenth Mother is film adic-^ I cicska 1 ones tathei is a novelist and seieen wiitei Ml and Mis Michael Koimi- chak son FittOmigh, Dec 9 Fat lifer's' with WPIT:; . : v , . Mr. aiid : Mrs.;. Philip Sleburg,,; daughtcus ■ Plifslnargll- Dc'C. .; . .15-. Falhei s with Pillsbuigh ,Svm- ■phonv Orch.' ; • ,'■ ' Mr. arid .'Mi'S. Lcn. . O'GonnOr.' King's Men ' it's now axiomatic among bonitaces At latter studio, John Baragrey that the late of eail.v leseivations made fine impression as bullfighter indicates the sue of the checks, in ' Loves ot Carmen," and Arnold , When space is sold out long in ad- Moss likewise scoied for his inter- vance it's a sign that piosptctive liietation ot the colonel Santana's customets aliead> have the whcre- disfoveiv IS Susan Peiiv who ap-I withal—and aie aflxious to blow pcaied opposite Hiimphiey Bogait tne loll Slow count ol leseived in 'Knoelv On Anv Dooi ' sp.ite uidieales that eustomcis are John Dei ek. IS still anothci at C6- still m.iking up their mind and if lumbia appealing in "Door" and thr> do wind up in a cafe they'll fs'ne'wUaste^i''ar^VM.AQ'^^^^^^^ going lioirt that into "All the Kings watch the size ol the check.