Variety (September 1949)

Wednesday, September 7, 1949 Broadway London Emile Littler on five day trip to Deauville. The Tom Arnolds to Juan Les Pins for three weeks’ vacation. Cecil Lyle off to South Africa, mother, Mrs. B. E. Steinhoff. Girl once appeared with Royal Ameri- „ . _ can Shows and may be working The Brian Anernes off to Europe with another carnival. Her mother last week on the Caronia. ! can be reached through Capt. Elsie Lillion (Mrs. Jack) Pulaski Van Pelt, Salvation Army, N. Y. motoring out to the Coast. j Qigi Perreau, eight - year - old Bandleader Ruby Zwerling a moppet actress, and her brother, opening in Johannesburg, and ex grandfather for the third time. Peter Miles, left for Boston last pecting to stay in Africa for 10 Patsv Ruth Miller former film week to attend the New England weeks, actress turned writer, working on preem of RKO's "Roseanna Me- Gene Marvey. here some months I new Dial Coy*’ in which both appear Pair ag0 for a one concert booking, will M v arm an nrP 7 of Favorite -Arrived in New York Thursday <1 one G f ^e American stars in rnrn hJck P from i dx-week on the Quee * n E1 l* abeth th ^ Blacks-Chester revue which Films. Corp., back from a six week their parents after a two-month ol ^ ns at Lorfdon Palladium-Oct. European tour Warner Club’s annual golf tour- nament Sept. 16 at the Westchester Biltmore C. C. Carleton Carpenter off to the Coast and a Metro contract, agent- ed by Paul Small. Kirk Douglas in from the Coast vacation in France. Las Vegas >per 10 . The John Wildbergs to France for a couple weeks, after which they return to London. They have _ , rented an apartment at Arlington Jackie Miles’ draw overflowing , House where they are staying till El Rancho Vegas’ Roundup Room. December. . Sam Israel,•publicity-director for Bernard Delfont has closed deal for location shooting in Greenwich £ a gi e Lion studios, here for rest with John Wildberg to tour ‘‘Anna Village on Warners’ “Young Man flt Thunderbird. Lucasta” in England, with show With the Horn.” | Tnan oianrier w k Hollvwood likely to return to the West End. Dl a K ne r, l „ an f?om e Euro F p" ng thi s <iU ^ee t k -ode." pUyTng* hookey from mm- After English run Delfont will where they've been on a combined land chores at Hotel Flamingo. “sydney and Lesley riddington. business-vacation trip. Benny Goftstein, assistant to thousht-rcadinf! act are likely to Mark Larkin now in public rela- president at Flamingo, back fiom ^ top a ttraction at the London tions in the Newsweek Bldg , pub- two-week vacation at Sun Valley, palladium for two weeks, open- licizing ad agencies and their cli- Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis j n g Sept. 26, which will end vaude- ents, indie motion pictures, etc. • subbing for Tony Martin, original- ville season at this house for the Eve Arden trains out today i y skedded for this week at Fla- yea r. (Wed. > to Hollywood where she s mingo. . H. Granville Barker’s adaptation scheduled to resume her radio j an Bart < s CO mic rendition of of the Spanish comedy, “The Ro- show, Our Miss Brooks, Sept. 11. .- Nature B oy” making friends for mantic Young Lady,” by Martinez Hotel Last Frontier where the Sierra, revived at Arts Theatre galore renewal of efforts to start an Indian Motion Picture Academy, M. Vasan of Gemini Studios, Madras, has finalized arrangements 1 for English version of his highly successful Tamil picture, “Chan- dralekha.” Picture was dubbed into Hindi to capture all-India market. I Russian Films, “Festival of Youth,” “Stone Flower” and “New Education,” dubbed into Hindi, are being given key city releases for regular shows. One Russian film, “She Defends Her Country,” how- j ever, was banned by the Bombay I Censors. British film, “Blue Lagoon,” is being dubbed into Tamil in London for initial exploitation in Ceylon Island and Far East afterwards, especially in Malaya Peninsula. Tamil voice is supplied by Mrs. Sivapathasunderam, Tamil broad- caster at BBC. Hollywood Baron Nahum, Britain’s Royal photographer p^ned here from t ^V heads c^rent show. Club, Aug. 30, after 30 years. Bill Moore, manager Last Fron- Marie Ney and Frank Lawton head cast, directed by Roy Rich. Paris By Maxime de Beix (33 Blvd. Montparnasse) Nene Fleury in from Germany. Oscar Straus in a Passy apart- London Sunday (4). Baron, inci- dents, is Nahum’s given name, not , , a Htle. tier. Max Kelch. owner radio sta- Frederick Lonsdale, British play- bon KENO; Jake Kattleman, an j wright, in for about a month and El Rancho Vegas boss, all back on may do a film script for Sir Alex- J°b after vacations, ander Korda upon his return to All hotels and floorshows bulg- England. ing witv> patrons during record ; Composer Aaron Copland com- Labor Day weekend. Visitors un- j missioned to write a salutation to fortunate enough not to make ad- the United Nations for a concert vance room reservations either Sept. 17, in honor of UN’s general went home or slept, in parks. j ment. assembly. Steve Hannagan in town discuss- John B. Nathan expected back Dick Newman, assistant city edi- mg renewal of publicity contract from Riviera, tor of London (Ontario) Free f or another year with Chamber of The Irving Tishmans commuting Press, and also Variety mugg Commerce. Latter favorably in- between Paris and London, there, prowling N. Y. on his first clined to continue but no final de- Larry Adler getting the warmest trip here. cision made yet. Union Pacific' of receptions at Gaumont Palace. Joseph H. Moskowitz, 20th vee- Railroad, which footed part of pub- George Agiman branching out pee and eastern studio representa- J licit y bill during past year, will from picture financing to angel legiters. Sam Siritzky wasting no time in planting seeds of a new picture empire here. The Irving Allens back from London; he’s planning three pro- ductions here. Jean Rapoport, Paris show biz j lawyer, to N. Y. and Hollywood corre- on p i x copyright biz. Maurice Lehman and tive. returned to the homeoffice not carry on past Dec. 31. over the weekend after a six-week tour of Europe. Hy Kraft’s “Broadway Cyrano,” in the ’48 Anniversary Edition of Variety, has struck Jimmy Du- rante’s eye for a Metro filmusical. j William Morris is agenting it Cleveland • By Glenn C. Pullen Victor Borge reopened Borsel- lino’s Club. Stan Wood, »onetime MCA of- fice manager here, now biz rep for Milt Herth Trio. I. Milt Krantz raising Hanna’s le- git curtain on “Oklahoma!” his fourth local visit. Sept. 12. K. Elmo Lowe to direct “Ed- ward, My Son,” Cleveland Play House's first fall production. Ted Miclau took over Chin’s Golden Dragon for reported $38,- 000, and remodeling nitery. George Sterney to drop his touring band after current Bronze Room run, will organize smaller outfit for local dates. Tuneless for six years, Ed Pen- tecost’s Southern Tavern finally placed Hal Binkley’s crew on band- I stand for new policy. Large cavalcade of Hollywood- , ites, including James Stewart and his bride, flew into town over weekend for annual Air Races. Dr. Ben O. Frank of Karamu Lyric Theatre, collabing with Cleveland 500 as stage director of Carmen Jones,” set for November. Israel By Franz Goldstein ^ v i Leib Glantz, Los Angeles cantor, involuntary bankruptcy petition * n ^ srae I f° r short stay, against M. Rosenthal & Son. Times Heidy Meyer, Mutual Square landmark jewelers, filed by ‘'oondent, here on a visit. Maurice Lehman and wife in- three creditors. One of the sons Charles T. Woodsworth, editor jured in motor crash near Burgos, Sam Rosey, is a songwriter. | of the Ottawa Citizen, on a short Spain, and flown back to Paris visit. hospital the next day. William S. Gailmor, U. S. radio There’s a $3,000,000 project on commentator, in Israel for several the Riviera to turn the golf course months’ visit. at Cagnes, half-way between Nice Ruth Gruber, author of “Destina- and Cannes, into a racetrack to re- tion Palestine.” in Tel Aviv on an P lace the tracks destroyed by war assignment for the N. Y. Herald ln bolh Nice and Cannes. Film actor John Lund in for a week of publicity and radio ap- pearances to fanfare Paramount’s “My Friend Irma” also fora “Thea- tre Guild on the Air” guester. Ben Washer, former Paramount and Goldwyn publicity chief, due back in New York about Sept. 15 j THhnnA* from Mexico City, where he has been vacationing for the past month. Marcella Burke, ex-Hollywood fan mag editor, now' married to Peppy Morrow-, Greenwich b«si- Marcel Marceau and Pierre Son-! H nier are a smash hit with panto- Knvilg mime performances in all big Israeli spots. By Helen McGill Tubbs Maurice Samuel to lecture to Julien Duvivier at the Lido, ness* "man. have signposts to Their the Weizmann Institute staff in Re- Venice Connecticut manse captioned “To hovot on “Peretz—the Tragedy of Thirty Italian pictures in produc- Morrow.” the Ghetto.” . tion at this time. Steve Yates, son of Charlie Yates A technical course for teachers Massimo Girotti is in Sardinia of the Associated Booking Corp., in schools with film projectors will m akmg an Italian film, learning the talent agency from be held shortly by the film section Marla Montez and Pierre Aumont the bottom. He started last week of the Israel Ministry of the In- a * * be Excelsior, Rome, in the stock room of General Art- terior. ' Many Roman film houses closed ists Corp Henrietta Michaelson, pianist of *° S ^ m isj lei m 9^ tb ?- Leonard Spigelgass detoured N. Y.’s Juilliard School for Music Eichard and wife in Rome from the Chi public relations pow- joined the teacher’s staff of the aft r er a „ C0 ^ ple u We * eks ln Ven,ce - wow he and Allen Rivkin were Israel Conservatoire of Music in u Lu ^ llle Marsh, American actress, the Screen Writers Guild’s repre- Jerusaleum 1 has been s ‘g ned for a role in an sentatives—to New York just to Mrs. Esther Berg, audio-visual Ita J ian ,. yet unnamed, see “South Pacific.” consultant of the N Y. City Board , „ " al ^ all,s unl ^ ot “Septem- Jack F. Dailey, operations man- of Education, here to confer with ber ’ shooting exteriors in Italy, ager of Radio City Music Hall, and the government on the use of films bas returned to Rome for shots. Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserve, for educational purposes. _, Mischa Auer to appear in an assigned by the War Dept, to the Touring “Town Meeting of the M a,ia " nlm, “Biancaneve E 17 Lad- N. Y. headquarters of the selec- Air” group presented a scroll to n . ‘‘‘white Snow and 17 Thieves”), tive service system. Tel Aviv Mayor M. I. Rokach re- with Pepino De Filippo. Sonny Tufts, who’s been touring cently. at the meeting in the Habi- the strawhat circuit with Sheila niah. One of the speakers was Bromley.in “Petticoat Fever.” to Kenneth Bibly, N. Y. Herald Tri- be one of the judges in the “Mrs. bune correspondent. * Australia By Eric Gorrick Ralph Doyle has completed a 4,000 miles territory looksee for RKO. Ice-skating is due to wind up a sock season in Sydney and Mel- bourne. Arthur Askey, British comic, is set for an Aussie tour via the Dave Martin vaude loop. Still solid trade in Sydney for Noel Coward’s “Present Laughter” for the Fuller-Carroll combo in 15th week. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Viennese singer, doing very well on concert tour for the Australian Broadcast- ing Commission. A. Ben Fuller, son of Sir Ben Fuller, may not return until next February. He’s on a talent buy for the Fuller-Carroll combo in London and the Continent and may go to N. Y. for additional looksee. Pittsburgh , By Hal Cohen Johnny Fritz, singing baas play er. now an auto salesman here. ,, - . „ ... . ----- — Jackie Green and Roseanna on b r ? T n a c , Q will act as co-producer new bill at Carousel with Jackie T a cn„i, Francoise Rosay, French actress, is in Rome to play a role in "Donne Sensa Nome” (“Women Without Names’’) at Cine-Citta. Lee Kressel, assistant to Orson Welles Productions, is back from Morocco, the “Othello” location. He will leave for the States soon. Louis Hayward left Rome for Paris to negotiate with a French company to make a film there in Maria Tasnadi, actress wife of director Ge/.a Radvanyi, had a ba- by girl last week. Radvanyi is now directing the Goelet production, “Women of the Shadows.” America” contest to be held in As bury Park this week. Flock of show biz names, headed by Eddie Cantor, helped Grossin- ger’s. upstate resort, hold another gala, celebrating its 35th anni over the weekend. Metro producer Clarence Brown and seripter-producer Robert Pi- rosh planed out of New York to- Heller. day «Wed.) for Syracuse to film Shirley Eckl. local ballerina, had background scenes for the Clark knee operation and is out of “Kiss Gable vehicle, “To Please a Lady.” Me. Kate” for month Newlyweds Angela Lansbury Lois Framan. with summer opera ana I eter Shaw’ planed in from for last four years, now singing Britain Monday (5). Before head- with Bobby Unrath band at John- tng for the Coast, the actress may ny Brown's, do some special promotion for her Dennis Morgan, Joan Roberts By N. V. Eswar upcoming Par film, Samson & De- and Myron Cohen heading Nation- Madras has one more theatre. 11 t,. 1 ' v , al Council Jewish Women benefit New cinema called Chitra opened Irene McKenna, secretary to Paul at Syria Mosque Sept. 25. Aug. 15 Inclim N. Lazarus. Jr., at United Artists, Mrs. Alberta Hannum. author of Day, with Hindi picture. . ♦n R* pl a p'^ d to f ,lorrov J r . ,Tburs< { ayl “Roseanna McCoy.” had to cancel One more theatre at Bombay is to R. E. Brosnan, an attorney. Her visit here day of picture’s open- reported to be «*oing Indian short- brother, who was ordained just a Ine at Fulton because of illness ly Palace theatre has hitherto few weeks ago as a Jesuit priest. Victor Petronc. a waiter, won been second and repeat run picture will perform the ceremony at Cadillac convertible in Variety house for English pictures P Woodstock. Md. Club charity giveaway. Jim Galla- V. Shantaram owner of Rnm. Whereabouts of Mary Jean gher got the Plymouth in for-mem- bay's Rajkamal Kalamandir Stu- Peteim.in is being sought by her bers-only drawing. * dios, announced recently at Ban- * Minneapolis By Les Rees Hotel Radisson Flame Room has Lanny Ross. John Tuohy here ahead of “Brigadoon.” Bee Vester’s “Beef Trust” into Persian Palms. Club Carnival has Lena Horne and Sonny Mars. Adrian Ames and Four Chords- men into St. Paul Flame. Subscriptions for Theatre Guild season running ahead of last year’s record high. Alvin, burlesque house, relights for wunter season next week, again under guidance of Charlie Fox of Milwaukee. Attractions already set for Ly- ceum here and Auditorium in St. Paul include “Brigadoon,” “Sum- mer and Smoke,” “Oklahoma!,” “Finian’s Rainbow,” “Student Prince,” Ballet Theatre, “Mr. Roberts,” “Inside U. S. A.” and "Kiss Me Kate.” India Riviera By Margaret Gardner Erich von Stroheim spent five hours dodging a Time reporter and then refused to grant an interview. Orson Welles flew to Cannes from Vehice for a two-day visit to discuss things with the Film Festi- val Committee. Royalty on the Riviera Increased by presence of Prince and Princess Don Jaime Bourban, son of former Spanish King Alphonso. Jean Sablon, in response to an urgent call from Eddie Gruskin left his Agay villa to go to Paris to do a Marshall Plan broadcast. The Jean-Pierre Aumonts. Steve Crane and Martine Carol, partici- pating in a special junket to Cor- sica to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of the tiny Island. land*'* DiS " e5, re,Urned fr ™ Eng. Robert Keith in from N v ^ film role at Metro. for Irving Berlin on siesta f or in days at Las Vegas. 10 William Lasky to Yucatan «« scouting expedition. n on a Bob Smith to Olney Mrt t strawhat appearance ’ for George Burns and Gracie Ali»n returned from London A1 en Don Ameche to Midland Tp* to gander his oil wells ’ Tex » Tennessee Williams in town fn. story huddles at Warners. f Charles and George Skniirn* hunting in Imperial Valley** s Mike Curtiz in from N Y ♦« start w'ork on “Bright Leaf”' 2 Warners. ,l Wanda Hendrix, on job at Uni- versal after two weeks out with a bad ankle. 11 ■ Phyllis Coates collapsed with WarneMot‘ a “°" Whi,e ac,in * ™ Jack Carson will m.c. the “Our Bowb Oct. 2 ral ' y ‘ n H ° 11 ^ British pix. u Edward Dmytryk in town after directing two films for J Arthur Rank in England. thur Owen McLean shifted f rom Eagle Lion to Universal-Interna- tional as casting director Herbert Marshall leaves for Majorca next month for role in Miguel Salkin’s “Black Jack.” Martin Ragaway returned to his scripting chore at Universal after a decision over virus pneumonia. Frank Fouce to Mexico City to round up entertainers for his Mason and Mayan theatres here William Wellman to Lawrence- ville N. J., to direct location shots for You re Only Young Twice” at boys school there. Clyde W. Eckhardt presented wit h radio-phonograph-television set at dinner commemorating his 50 years in show biz. Robert Emmett Dolan back from Westport. Conn., where he gan- dered “Texas. Lil’ Darlin’,” for which he composed the music. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it had no connection with the Acad- emy of Arts and Sciences Motion Picture College. Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse L. Lasky will be handed honorary memberships in Society of Motion Picture Art Directors at annual dinner, Sept. 15. Bucks County, Pa. By Sol Jacobson Tom Ewell house-hunting. Bernie Hart recuperating at his brother Moss’ Aquetong home from apendectomy. Justin Herman shooting Pace- maker short this week in vicinity on country doctor. Novelist Millen Brand has moved his brood into Solebury home re- cently purchased from artist Ethel Wallace. r J. J. Shubert and Charlie Abra- hamson in to gander Lambertvillu Music Circus production of “Up In Central Park” last week. Shirley Rich, production secre- tary in Rodgers & Hammerstein office, spent vacation emoting in “The Winslow' Boy” at New Hope last week. Emlyn Williams in Mon. (5) to catch Eva LeQallienne and Dick Waring in “The Com Is Green” at New Hope. First time author has seen his hit in America. John and Marian Byram week- ending at the Theron Bamber- ger’s; ditto Carl Fishers with John Roots; and Arlene Francis and Martin Gabel with Moss Harts. Ann Harding due in at Logan Inn for “Yes. My Darling Daugh- ter" rehearsals, opening Mon. (12) at New Hope. Eva LeGallienne troupe motored in from Stock- 1 bridge Sunday. Vienna Bv Emil W. Maass MPF.A holding film festivals m Salzburg Sept. 10 to 17. Josefstadt theatre reopened witn Noel Coward’s “Weekend.” I Opera manager Franz Salmhoie recuperating from appendix ope» a * tion. ... u. Another small legiter will opened by Wolfram Skalicky Konzerthaus. Theatre on dor Wein now used vated by State Opera, entirely renov during holidays. Bernard Kreisler of Intern* tional Film Associates Corp. n on biz - Tvrol. Gene Markey in Thiersee. discussing a new film witn v ducer Karl Hartl. Moscow Central Theatre g“ ing in Skala. ' Kir ! Volkstheatre rehearsing . Zuekmayer’s “Barbara Author will be present at pree