Variety (August 1949)

62 CHATTER Wedneeday, August 24 , I949 Broadway 25th anniversary dinner-dance at the Hotel Plaza Nov. 12 of the London j ^ j Junior Matrons Assn., which main- Clifford C. Fischer due nacK, 1 .ou/ic R0/*r(katinnal from Paris late this month. Oswald Mitchell, film director, left over $13,000. will be only net not represented here. One reasoif: no more outlets. KHAM also dickering with Hotel Flamingo for space for studio headquarters. Riviera tains the Ted Lewis Recreational T' "skating ^ Sophie Tucker Playgorund EddiV Darling, sunning himself and their Long Branch. N. J., sum-; in Brighton, is expecting to sail Follies being dickered as a , camp for underprivileged chil- back to New York sometime in A.* I ScDtdnbcr Arthur L. Gardner, Parade magazine | The Cass Daleys to Paris for a Latm-America chief, on his \^ y j humorist and WOR-Mutual col- few days prior to returning to Mexico. Onpra columnist-commentator, resurrect- America, with Chaz Chase acting Cam Francis Robinson. Met o^^ “change as their guide. i The Richard Greenes at Cap to^r coordin^a^tor.^off next w , address” cards to herald his Irving Tis^hman awaiting arrival, d’Antibes. By Margaret Gardner Constance Bennett at Hotel du a month’s vacation Sidney Lanfield. Paramount pro- ducer, back to the Coast after a short visit to Gotham Collier’s current piece on Jerry Wald. “Movie Maker in a Hurry,” written by Dwight Whitney. Hollywood Meg Randall laid up with strpn throat. Paul Jones to Santa Barbara nn vacation. “ Samuel Goldwyns vacationing at Lake Tahoe. ® *■ Em Westmofe recovering from a heart attack. Bob Hope returned to his theso- ing at Paramount. Ann Blyth became honorary mayor of Toluco Lake. shift from the Hotel Astor to 9 W. of his wife Charlotte and then they { ^ julien Duvivier has left Monte 57 , authough he still handles that' are off to south of France for three ^ Carlo for Venice, hotel plus some 26 other Times weeks’ vacation. | Winston Churchill guest of Lord Square hostelries. W. Douglas Home’s “Master of Beaverbrook at his Cap d’Ail villa. Sylvia (Mrs. Ed) Sullivan and Arts” replaces revival of his ear- > Eddie Robinson passing through Rose (Mrs. Walter) Shirley sup-' lier play, "The Chiltern Hundreds,”' on his way to San Remo to make plied the trousseau for the Bugs* at Strand, Sept. 1. film. The Billy Jacksons s tbe vet Baers’ daughter, Arthura (Artra),; Jessie Matthews replaces Zoe Maurice Chevalier off to Belgium vaude agent) celebrated their 30tn jyg^oe Ferdi- Gail in Cecil Landeau’s revue for a rest after finishing radio wedding anni Monday (22). 1 nand Pecora (Mayor William i "Sauce Tartare” at Cambridge the- series and film. , Yvonne De Carlo, Universal thes- O’Dwyer couldn’t officiate, as atre, end of August. ! Raymond R. Morgan In from New anniversary in show business. Der planing to Europe today scheduled) to Martin Kalmanoff,; With over 1,466 performances. York and Paris for the windup of 1 Sam and Claire Wood celebrated ’ ■ * ’ ■ ' ■■ - . . - J - View” p a s s e s i fbe current series of "This Is ^ their 41st wedding anniversary. Clara Bow called off her return Bing Crosby and sons on siesta at Hayden Lake. Wash. * Lester Cowan returned from a two-month stay in N.Y. Broderick Crawford to Guaymas Mex., for deep sea fishing. ’ William Perlberg back after several weeks in Germany. Lewis Stone celebrated his 49th planing to Europe today scheduled) to Martin Kalmanoff,; With over (Wed.) following a short stay in' songsmith. Coupled Air-Franced “Worm’s Eye _ _ _ Gotham. _ on a London and Paris honey-; "Charley’s Aunt” record and looks | Paris.” Humphrey Doulens to Coast moon. Fridav <26) for three weeks, to set radio* dates for Columbia Artists; Bucks County, Pa. Mgt. talent. Sidney Buchman. Columbia Pic- j tures writer-producer, staying east I By Sol Jacobson for a couple of months to work on Jack Kirkland back at Spring- some scripts. I town farm. Harald Bowden, director of Aus- Leni Englehart, Irma Selz, Eliza- sie’s J. C. Williamson Theatres. | beth Mears in for weekend, off to (]k)asl for a week, prior to 1 Theron Bambergers tossed shin- planing home. dig for Playhouse technical staff. Salmaggi Opera Co. will open 1 Herman Shumlins down for _ Its 1949-50 season at Brooklyn vveekend as guest of Dr. Martin . the London Palladium, where he is Academy of Music Sept. 17, with vorhaus. in for two weeks, Val Parnell 1 Verdi’s "La Traviata.” i Paul Reed back at Music Circus handed him a flock of further dates Blanche Merrill summering in rehearsing after Hollywood junket. ; covering most of the Moss Empire I Atlantic City, working on radio , Played ii^ first two bUU. i houses, and video ideas, including a TV ^ *" to go on indefinitely at Whitehall Sam Pierce and family. Bill Rob- | to show business because of illness theatre. ' son and family leaving Cannes for j Audrey Totter to Little Rock for Renee Asherson is latest English , Paris on first lap of return voyage the Arkansas Theatre Owners Fes- star added to the cast of Laurence , to America. tival. Oliviers "Streetcar Named Desire” Errol Flynn allegedly told to Lauritz Melchoir to Chicago for in which Vivien Leigh and Bonar leave Palm Beach Casino after an an outdoor appearance at Soldiers Colleano will be starred. 1 alleged racial slur. Flynn has left | Field. Marie Ney and Frank Lawton to I ©n yacht for six-week cruise. | Lee Roberts, western thesp, costar in revival of H. Granville The English colony here strength-; broke an ankle in a fall from a mo^ Barker’s adaptation of Spanish ened by arrival of Sir Ralph Rich- play, “The Romantic Young Lady,” ; ardson and Merle Oberon. Already at Arts Theatre Club, Aug. 30. ! here are Jean Simmons and Stew- Day after Ben Blue opened at art Granger. Australia show for Sid Caesar. Lillian Thompson, head of Uni- versal’s still department, resting Teddy Hart suffering from in- “f. ^ testlnaT trouble at Hope tMs after emergency surgery. week but playing nightly. Off to Warner Club’s annual golf tour- coast Mon. (22). nament at Westchester Country : Edwin Gilbert, author of “Da- Club Sept. 16. Major Albert War- mion’s Daughter,” show biz novel. By Eric Gorrick Lewis Gensler down to see niece I Latest London theatre up for Minerva will Anne Britten thesping at New sale is the Phoenix, currently pack- King’s comedy, *see now iney Hope in ‘Three Men On A Horse” ing them in with Broadway hit, , Run.” Aug. 29 in ^ , last week. “Death of a Salesman.” Tom Arn- "Secrets of Life ( Moni & old, who wns theatre, is asking Dad”) wound up a record 19 weeks $1,000,000. , run at the Savoy. Sydney. Melvin Block, prexy of Ammi-; “Rusty Bugles swings into its dent. CBS sponsor of Burns & fifth month at tl^ Allen, was in for team’s opening at, bourne, for Fuller-Carroll. London Palladium, and this was' Webb Tilton back to N. Y., after ner Trophy to the low. scorer. has taken flat in New Hope while ; first time he had seen the act. Abe three years with Annie Get Your Stanley F. Schneider, son of < jQoking for farm. i Aronsohn, co-owner of 400 Club, Gun” for J. C. Williamson. Abraham Schneider, Columbia Pic tures’ veepee and treasurer, en- gaged to Margery May Strauss. Katharine Hepburn arriving from the Coast at the end of the month to start rehearsals on the five-day celebration of 100th year 'Theatre Guild’s “As You Like It.” ; of incorporation with “then and Carrie and A. J. Balaban are ; now” fashion parade today (24). Brooks Atkinson, Prof. Albert Sigmund Romberg due in this , and his wife hosted the Blocks. , “Present Laughter is in its IHb week at Lambertville to help stage The Blocks sailed for New York on week at Palace, Sydney, for Fuller- “Up In Central Park.” opening at , the Queen Mary, Aug. 20. , Carroll, with Peter Gray starred. Music Circus Aug. 30. Lambertville Centennial tees off torcycle. Peggy Dow returned to work at Universal after a siege of pencillin poisoning. Jerry Hoffman succeeded Don Reeve as trustee of the Screen Publicists Guild. . Milton Berle’s mother returned to the Beverly Wilshire after a week in the hospital. Admiral Sir Frederick Dal- ryinple-Hamilton gandered film technique at Warners. Y. Frank Freeman returned to his Paramount studio desk after a stay at the home office. Barclay Allen in serious condi- tion with spinal injuries after a motor accident in Nevada. Ethel Barrymore’s birthday gift from RKO was an oil painting of herself by Paul Clemens. Ginger Rogers will represent the film industry at the California Con- stitutional Centennial Convention Washington Elisabeth Schwarzopf, Viennese soprano, here for concert tour for celebration Australian Broadcasting Commis-j Caren Marsh demanding $106,- sion. ! 500 damages from Standard Air- . a 1 Y V 1 f¥lla VaClliaciMV. o Aav/aaa By Florence S. Lowe June Clyde and Hal Thomson injuries in an air crash pouring ” tomorrow (Thursday) at ' Brooks Atkinson, Prof. Albert i Harry Fleishman, of the Gilbert playing in “Separate Rooms at July 12. the Roxy on the occasion of the j McClerry of Fordham, Adelaide Miller office and Milton Shubert in Comedy, Melbourne, for J. C. Wil-; Variety Club, Tent 25, of South- 21st birthday of their son. Bruce. ^ Hawley, Stanley Woolf. Viola , to give Olney theatre’s hit, liamson. ' ern California tossed a dinner to Eddie Cantor dipping in and , Roache in to gander Lambertville “Charm,” the 0 . 0 . Local edition of Fox Movietone ^ ^ ^ ^ Echkart’s 50th Al Sherman (Sherman Plan, Inc.) celebrates its 20 years of operation, i show biz ked to do a series of one-minute Maj. Harry Guiness is in charge of ; ^ pppji q DoM out of town on fair dates in be- Music Circus. tween taping his first four shows Phil Bourneuf, whose spouse, inked to do a series of one-minute Maj. Harry Uuiness is in cnarge 01 ; ^ Cepii 3 DeMille in town after for “Take It or Leave It” out of Frances Reid, is featured at Play- tv spots to publicize local Variety the local setup. 1 wpeks of trouDinc with the N. Y. I ; house in “The Swan” this stanza, tent’s welfare activities. 1 Freddie Bamberger, B**^tish j,. Show which he will im- Paramount actress Nancy Olson commuting to his chores in “Miss Harry Stem, head of special fea- comedian, is scoring heavily over ‘sn rptinloid headed west Monday (22) after a Liberty” from Tyson Nimicks Syca- tures division of Aztec Films, in to the Kerrige loop in New Zealand week’s stinting to fanfare Par’s; more Farm. Bourneufs were'in tub thump for "Don Quixote,” via deal with David N. Martin. “Sunset Boulevard,” in which she resident troupe last season at New Spanish language pic at the Du-' Dorothy Rae arrives to present stars. I Hope. pont. ' “Edward, My Son.” with Robert Alfred Hitchcock returning to; j John Tassos, ex 20th’s Bogota, Morley for J. C. Williamson. Show the U. S. from London early next j Colombia, office, named flack for' debuts in Sydney early September, month to attend world preem of i • I Paramount’s Washington-Baltimore- Tokyo ‘Under Capricorn” at the Music i LhlCdCFO Norfolk exchange area, with head- Hall, N. Y. I quarters in Washington. Sizeable turnout of film industry- i Tom Drake and Haila Stoddard, S, E. (Steve) Cochran, former. « „ Ites feteing Oscar Morgan, Para- in for appearance in “The Card- manager of National Theatre and "V Russell Splane mount’s shorts subject sales man- board Lover,” at Chevy Chase sum- founder of the National 'Theatre Ealing’s “Hue and Cry road- ager. Sept. 1 at Sardi’s on.his 35th mer theatre. Players, back in town after a year’s showing at Tokyo’s Piccadilly the- anniversary with the company. | Willie Shore will emcee at hospitalization in California for in- atre and doing okay biz. Wichita law firm of Aley & Variety Club’s golf tourney at juries received in a street car acci- Onoe Kikugoro, 65, famed Martz seeking the whereabouts of Sportman’s course, Aug. 26, with dent. “kabuki” (classical drama) actor, Juanita Peterson, actress, who has, proceeds going to LaRabida sani- Variety Club will dedicate a Va- j died. Popular star was awarded been bequeathed the estate of her tarium. riety Cabin at the Merrick Boys’ Japanese government’s culture late father. Ralph B. Peterson Eve Arden arrives from the Coast tomorrow (Thurs.) for a 12- day stay in New York. She’ll be accompanied by her agent. George Ward, and three-year old daughter Westport, Conn. By Humphrey Doulens I Gladys Swarthout vacationing at I her farm. Raymond Masseys back from Cape Cod. Carl Ravazza Wilton place. Rose Bampton entertaining Law- rence and Peggy Evans. Marvin McDonald. Atlanta im- presario, guest of the Marks Levines, Sophie Tucker, no country gal ordinarily, visiting William resting at his and 5 4 Jerry Lester, comic, new i Iror” Gotham for Buddy Ebsen fTnof*? Opening at Chevy Chase last week. (Tues. after huddling Ezio Pinza comic and Ebsen are working the cafe circuit with an act they on the script for “Deburau” in which Pinza stars with Mario Lanza. Louise (Mrs. Martin) Beck in from two months in England. France and Ireland. She did a sw’itch; stayed mostly with French natives instead of mixing with the transplanted Sardi mob. George Jessel closes his per- sonals with “You’re Mv Every- thing” in Chi today (Wed.), arid heads hack to Hollywood on new’ production business; not detouring to Gotham as hoped. Olin H, Clark. Metro’s eastern fitory head, lectured yesterday (Tues.) before John Farrar’s ^’ic- tion Writers’ Conferences at Marl- boro. Vt.. on “Fiction in Relation to the Motion Picture.” Niles Trammell back from a Ca- nadian fishing trip discovered that the Lauventians were the best sponsor for no sleeping tablets; you just did what comes naturally without benefit of nostrums. Ethel Shuta (Mrs. CJeorge Kirk- sey). now retired in Houston, up from Texas seeing the shows with the younger of her two sons Geroge Olsen. Jr., and Charles Olsen, both U of Mich gridders. Gloria Stroock, legit actress, arrived in the U. S. from Italy cu this week after visiting her sister. French Marilyn Maxwell will pinchhit Camp Nanjemoy, Md., next Sun- medal posthumously. for Celeste Holm in exploitation ® plsQue in A two-act melodrama extolling Madeline Gaxton. appearance for “Come to the rii^)Tiory of the 15te John J. Payette, the virtues of prompt payment of , William Eythe, here to see Cor- Stable” at the Chicago theatre, chief barker of the Washing- taxes is now touring rural Japan patricia Knight m Aug. 26 Warner topper in this and packing em in. Play is spon- “Western World ” 1 area until his death last year. I sored by Jap Finance Mini.stry, j Faith Baldwin to N Y. to sub ' Japan’s famous Bunraku puppet Mgry Margaret McBride on her troupe, whose theatrical tradition network show this week, goes back for centuries, split inf o I Margaret Webster may rehearse two warring factions on issue of'^er touring companies of “Taming Sugar Chile Robin.son followed .mining Japan Film and Theatrical Shrew” and “Julius Ceasar Ted Lewis into La.st Frontier and Workers Union. j^ppp month doing nice biz. Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost' . Theresa Helburn and Armina Las Vegas Press Club lining up island, will see its first operatic ^jgpj,j^gl| y^gpi^ Cape Cod Gridiron dinner and show to lam- performance in September when ^vere thev oo’d Helen Hayes in poon local notables in nice way. Miho Opera troupe visits island for Top ho.stelries mostly sold out tw'o weelcs to perform “Madama Las Vegas whipped together a few’ months ago. Al Jolson planed in Friday (19) fpr appearances preceding mid- west preem of “Jolson Sings Again” at Woods theatre. Aug. 23. Jolie joined George Jessel. who’s currently at other F,ssaness house. Oriental, on stage Sat. eve and brought the rafters down. all week instead of only w’eekends Butterfly” and “The Mikado.” as in former years. Dr\*, cool weather helping. | Ilf • w 1 Comeihan Harvey Stojie. facing Paris By Maxime de Beix (33 Bird. Montparnasse) Joe Hummel in Munich Harry Novak in Germany. Mrs. Artie Burns holding court in Juan les Pins. Ellen Dosia due for Roxy per- sonals this season, Borrah Minevitch may buy a mill as a country place. The Wladimir Lissims at Swiss Glion, near Montreux. such stiff competish as Ted Lewis and Spike Jones at other hotels well received at El Rancho Vegas. Michael Kirby, ice-skater now playing opposite Sonja Henie in By Lary Solloway Alfred McCosker, former MBS prexy. building a home here. Veterans of Foreign Wars con- “Good Housekeeping. . Lemonade Opera Co. moved out from town to present Felix M®"* delssohn’s “T h e Stranger at Imcille Lortel’s White Barn Thea- tre Sunday night <21'. . Fredric March. Florence EKP redge. Ward French. Kim IL.nter, Christie MacDonald. Henry vaine, Eleanor French here sing “The Philadelphia Story ai Manila the films, here with his wife for vention here this week hypoing ‘ publicity pictures for Photoplay nitery biz. ^ Countiy playhouse. B. S. Pully now’ a cocktail lounge Jimmie Lederer, Universal news- host-operator at his Pump room reel photog, who won national in the Bancroft hotel. , , plaudits for his coverage of the Club 22 shuttered by croditoW, ! Hal Houghton. Par exec, who W Texas City. Tex., oil fire, in town with Treasury department owed on tour of the Far East, given some $14,000 in back taxes. i luncheon bv Manila theatreown- Mabel Todd, night club song.ster Little Jack Little and his trio ers. ‘ , and onetime wife of^ Morey Am- doing heavy biz at the Neptune Harold Linker, director of * ' sterdam, in ‘escrow for second Room of the Robert Richter hotel, ternational Films, and travelog time. Figure.s to make some public “Uncle Don” Carney, now a producer, here for a week, enrou Myrna Loy and husband Gene 0PP‘‘0''‘')nces here to pa.ss time dur- resident here, into the Rendale to Japan. , ^ ’’ Markev writing from Bad Gastein the necessary six weeks ot res- Hotel Lounge with “songology for Manila-theatre owners have • istria. ‘ . .. adults.” newed their battle against the ci y RKO “While Tnunr” rnmmnv »• ^ enthusiastic Tecep- .‘Man Gale shuttering his Celeb- government’s projected 5 - rrentlv in Ch-imonix in ^the Spike Jones at Hamingo. rity Club for enlarging. Will rq- reimpose its .5c surcharge on P ench Savoie -MiU f'nmninv in’ sliows. beats main closed for four weeks, preem- admission tickets. . o . , ' J*n- anything town has ever expert- ing the new’ sotun in October Amateur actors of the loff Geraldine Brooks who’s starnng^i^^ enced. There’s been a queue for Kitty Davis’closes for refurbish- Spanish community William Dieterles of* iVvinc Xlle^ ani MarS wIL’ LlP’r I- though Dannv Davis staged Sanchez Bort’s comedy- tion of “Volcano with Anna plus trying Allen and Mary Wea- hit here. nlans nnieW rennoni«« -i « v 5 ..Hac Megres” <“The Happy St Tomas U. s audi- tion Of -volcano witn J";” ‘'vj,'"* plans quick reopening to compete "Las Viudas Alcgrcs Magnani. ,. 41 . ^er . wivts of Allen and Hoinolka Station KRAM starts taking Mu- with new’ Five O’clock which Widows”) in Mrs. Ted Lewis sparking the are there loo. tual programs in September. NBC reopens Sept 15. ’ ‘ toriim ’