Variety (December 1950)

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I . • <1 ' .» . f ‘ ,v * ' « I f f « ) ■ * f • • VI ' < > . I • ♦ cnATTEH Wednesday, DeceniWr 20, 1950 Jesse (Variety) Gross checks in with iJncle Sam Jan. 5; Hotel Astor's new front com-, pletes general facelifting projject. Margaret Sullavan 'sold her 13- room house; Stone Ledges, in Brookfield, . COnri. Hay Bloch, bandleader, sold Hollybrook Farm, his 35-acre estate at Brewster, N. Y. Lovilla Bysh, for 37 years chief telephonist at the Algonquin Hotel, bedded in Montefiore Hospital. Hollywood interest already in the still unwritten biog' which J. P. McEvoy is doing bn Alice and Frank Scully. Lou Wilson of the Prince Lit- tler, Lohdori, organization, married dancer Fern Whitiiey Dec, 6 at Ariingtoh, Va. Mort BlUmenstock, Warner ad- pub veepee, left last week on a plane trip to the West" Indies ac- companied by his wife. Special screening Of Arch ObO- ler’s iridie “Five” being set for the United Nations at Lake Success. It’s the first atom bomb pic. .. Bi’iiish film distrib Dan Fish to Hollywood to package an Ahglo- U. $. film deal. Walter Gould, ex- UA, meeting him on the Coast. W'iseguy New Yorkers who never think of looking at want ads, whereas her kid sister, Catheryn McCune, visiting from her home- town, Tulsa, just spotted it and that’s the way they got the apart- ment. ^ I j Dealer drama critic, hospitalized London by emergency operation for abdom- , i TT ^ M V inal abscess and peritonitis. Jack Hylton postponing his N, i. Local musicians’ union, first or- trip until Jan. 4 wiien he planes ganized in country and now head- put. ed by Lee Repp, celebrated 63rd Gharlie Cairoli and Paul topping anni with party for members, bill at the Savoy for Christmas and Sheila Barrett, nitery mimic out New Year’s. ,of circulation several seasons by Vivian Van Damm donating pro^ illness, doing comeback at Wade ceeds of the Windmill’s 19th anni Park Manor with hew routine; shoNV Feb. 1 to Actors’ Orphanage. Joseph Longo, after 11 year ab- Jack Hutchinson chosen as liai- , sence, transferred from Seattle to son officer for the^ Industrie’s better local RKQ exchange to handle ex- business campaign; starts new' job plditation for this territory, Xin- By Bill Willard show Feb. 1 to Actors’ Orphanage. George White in town. Jack Hutchinson chosem as liai-. Tohnnv White fiamc at the Gold* officer for the. mdustry s be«^^^^ en^Nu^get/ ^ j husiness campaign; starts new job ; Asia Bros; pacted for Flamingo p^David Fafrar off to Hollywood show Dec. 23, . ^ opposite Ann A1 Donahue Orch opens at Last Blytlt in Universal’s “The Golden ; Frontier Dec. 29. Horde.” . I Jimmy Kennedy headlining ciir- Pamela May undergoing opera- rent Club Bingo show. . tion cfn her knee which she strained Kay Thompson, Jimmy Nelson "hi'®, Sadlers Wells frame at El Rancho Vegas Allan Jones and Irene Hei-vey ^T ifA nhntnff srtiiir-' homeward bound, following for- Qfrf ^ I named after him wbicli he opened Sue Carson^on bill.: 1 t year in association with Jack Las Vegas Little Theatre s Sep -1 nthers I arate Rooms” garnering hefty,mitt ‘•Thanks for the Memory” "‘S .r a.™ isa ^ oij : S0G tHG. VCLGlallo. . i cinhati and Indianapolis. Phil Spitalny Hour of Charm still charming customers .with ropes up in third week. Sid, Krofft out of Xmas Thunder-.. Howard Duff in from the Coast ■ bird show because of pacting a 12 after the first of the year for his week teevee stint in N. Y. first TV guest shots, Debuts oh '’Grandfathers Follies” package NBC^TV’s “Show of Shows” Jan. 6: show^ due in from Frisco to the Jonas Rosenfield, 20th-FoX ad. Flamingo after_Tony Martm^ ^ . maonager, flew to the Coast Satur- - treks to Desei^ day (16) for confabs wdth studio ^hn for opening Dec. 26, follow'ed execs. He’s due back tomorrow on^ week later by Billy Vine. _ (Thurs.\ Harry Cohn ringsiding at El The Nicholas M Schenck.s intro- S-b^bb Vegas eyeing sepia_ thrush duced their daughter, Joanne, to Dorpthy Dandridge for possible pic society at the Debutantes Gotillion peal.; v oi. & Xmas Bali on Monday (18) at! Vincent, Paul Steff^^ the Waldorf. Chiquita (Mrs. Eddyl Duchin W'ent from the “Bless You All” By Helen McGill Tubbs “They Knew What They Wanted” at the Arcoboleriq^ Jack Forrester and Frank Ryan liere from New York. ' “Winchester ’73” dubbed into the Italian for first-runs. John Sheppridge editing Orson Welles' ‘•Othello” at Scalera Stu- dios. ■ Charles Beal playing for the cocktail hour at Open Gate Club ■here,; “Festa d’Amore” (Festa of Love) is the Italian moniker for “State Fair.”' Bricktop here from Paris to open the ABC club at the Ambas- sador hotel. “Napoli Millionaire” to be Stephen Douglass ,had to vacate i •ciuD at me Auipas- the leading role iii 'Xardiisel,” due sador.hotel. ^ to expiration of his labbr permit, ,. Millionaire to ^ be replaced by Canadian singer Ed- ^ «an the Amei - r-f • T Ai-i ' Paul Baron to Paris after con- ^ Welwyn Garden City, neai Lon-^ orchestra for Concert of Joan Dixon to Miami. Van Johnson aired in from N.Y. William Holden laid up W'itU ; virus infection. Johnny Hyde vacationing in Palin Springs. j Vera Ellen to Chicago for pcT- ' sonal appeafahces. Sid Grauman’s personal effects up for Ruction, this week. Rory Calhoun opening his Rock- ling St^r Dude Ranch at Ojai. 1 Chafles Lamonts celebrMing • their 25th wedding anniversary; Fire caused $75,000 damage to the Sirocco Room On Sunset Strip, Dana Andrews in from Norfolk to spend Christmas w'ith his fam- i-iiy*. ■ . ■/' Dick Haymes in from Palm Springs w'here he baked out a case of flu. i Paul A. Wilderman hospitalized in Santa Monica after being struck . by an auto. Joan Fontaihe will emCee the Christmas Benefit at the Shrine Auditorium. ; Carl Post recovering from injur- ies sustained in an auto accident near Salinas. Irene Dunne succeeded Maureen O’Sunivan as prexy of the St, John's Hospital Guild. Matty KeiUp to Mexico City to consult government officials about a film production. dubbed into English for tb® Aineriv. . jj^^g Jr., in town cam maijet. , for the winter, before heading . 3 back to England in spring. ■ Dancers, Lester Cole and Debu- Eddy> Duchin ' tabtes, Mons. Choppy, currently at; Bless^Ybu All”i D^brt Inn. . ■ ^ - ^ , | )reem direct Memorial Resort hotel strip on highvvay! Hospital W'here her bandleader-hus- . 91 south of Las Vegas now unih-1 ^ hand ill rriticallv ill corporated City by name of Para-! ^>1001 c, uaviai Maior Albert lending dlsC" retert-ed to as •‘Pairto^dice” ;^ Major Albert WariiCr lending his Miariii Beach guest house to newlyweds John Malcolm Gold- smiths (Betti Schinasi), He’s in the WB homeoffice publicity dept. Chanteiuse Irene Hilda back to Paris but returning for TV shots in the U: S. in an act w'ritten by Blanche Merrill and handled by Miles Ingalls. She’s set for four W'eeks at the Embassy, Paris. Gig Young, film actor, due in by locM wags. Jack Kearns setting up Wilbur. Clark as another : Tex Rickard to head org promoting heavyweight fight card wdth Maxim-Savold bout sometime late Feb. here. By Hal Cohen Danny Crystal back Dei"m m&ifge'to‘sSpht >t Carousel thb illow'ed don, is to erect a theatre in biem- ,^ 1 ^^ . ne. ory of George Bernard Shaw, i ^ at El who was clo.sely interested in tbe ! attended thrush founding and developing of the • Adriano here, ible pic city. i “Harvey” ha; Sir John Barbirolli, musical di- scene here, w Steffan rector of Manchester’s Halle Or- the films, in tl Debu- (chestra, received the Royal Phil- -Dodici lo mtly at Vharmonic Society gold medal, its (Twelve Call I I highest award, at the Albert Hall, Italian title fo ighvVay! Dec. 13, ^ ^ Dozen.” unih-i A new comedy by Anthony ;. — .‘‘Para-' Moore, “Caviar and Chips,” was , p, o-dice” Presented by Molly May, Ltd. at, MO Embassy Dec. 5, Show ably di-! _ Wilbur reefed by Richard Bird, but slip- ' By Sven card to • shod plot pi'ecludes any chance of Director Ivai Aveight West End run; ' a new' film at Id bout Anouilh’s “Point of Departure,” Jularbo and his successfully tried out at the Lyric, • : Arnold Sjo Hammersmith, replaces the short- Municipal thea lived “Return to Tyassi” at the appearing for Duke of York’s, Dec. 26. Show is wbon nrndiir directed by Peter Ashmore and „pvf jo . cast is headed by IMai Zetlerling, .4. , i toxvn, Dirk Bogarde and Stephen INUmray. suojeci i the Nations. Jose Iturbi off to Naples after a well attended concert at the Adriano here. “Harvey” has invaded the legit scene here, w'ilh Giiio Cervi of the films, in the title role. ‘ “Dodicl lo Chiamono Papa” (Twelve Call Him Father) is the Italian title for “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Dec. 29 marriage to Sophie Rosen- Hv«e stein, drama coach and test diree- r^Xro tor at Universal. ris offic Paris nitery prop, Maurice Car- father rere, Louis Vaudable/ boniface of Mike the famed Maxim’s, back to France by air (Wed;). Bbth hosted a fare- the win well dinner last night (Tues.) at Tnhnt the WaldorL I l^allg“{ Sam Rosen, Anne Revere’s bus- Queen band, planed in from the Coast to ^Kyle join her while she rehearses for anee r« Otto Preminger’s “Four Twelves Heller’s Are 48,” w'hich preems on Broad- Varie wav Jan. 17. Eve pai Harry M. Kalmirte, Warner Bros. Catizon .Theatres’ prexy, disclosed engage- Bill ^ ment of his daughter, Joan, to radio-T Daniel Paradies of Atlanta. Wed- nownir ding will be held at the Hotel John Plaza Feb. 10. has ma Johnny Dugan, coordinator of at Mt. Music Corp. of America’s act and Geiie band depts., going on his first show \ vacation in several years with a one da cruise on the Empress of Scotland, Mike starting Jan. 4. reopen Music Corp. of America holding (24) afi its annual Christmas ^rty at the Art Hampshire House Fri, (22). The dav at Sonny Werblins (Leah Ray) cock- as hi tail-partied the MCA execs at their ington. George Gruskin, of William Mor-j lYlinn63P011S ris office, here for funeral of his, « , . « father. : • . I. ■ . . ^ By; Les-.; Rees Mike Winograd, Rbcherter^ Pa.^! St, Paul Civic Opera Co. offer- theatre owner, to Miami Beach for ing“nansel and Gretel.” the winter. Freddie Schader here ahead of Johnny Harris and Jerry May- “Come Back, Little Sheba,”sched- hall got back from England on the, uled for Lyceum. Queen Mary. Jimmy Nederlander, manager Kyle McDonnell busted attend- of Lyceum, legit road.show' house, anee records last week at Jackie to Detroit, to visit pai*ents, Heller’s room. | Hotel Radisson Flame Room has Variety Club’s annual New Year’s ; Gali Gali, magician, and Cass Eye party will have music by Bill Franklin & Monica Moore, sing- Catizone’s unit. ing team. Bill ^Burge is latest addition to Arthur Olsen. 17-year-old local radio-TV department of Walker-' pianist, won $1,000 prize in Horace Downing agency. 1 Heidt radio Youth Opportunity John McGreeveys’ lad, Tommy^' show' finals, has made varsity basketball squad j “Oklahoma” pencilled into Ly- By Sveii G. Winqulst ! ipireetor Ivar Johansson started • a new' film about composer Carl Jularbo and his life. Arnold Sjostrand signed by Municipal theatre in Malmo after appearing for years here. i When production of feature films ends next January considerable short subject production w'ill start here. • Much discussed “Stromboli”, preemed at the China here. Pub- lic appears interested despite bad notices. I Gunnel Brostrom, how in U. S. since she married an American, ex- pects to return here to appear at Royal Dramatical Theatre next: spring. I Nbrdisk Tonefilm, a company j owned by Sw'edish trade organiza- j tions and the social-demoeratic 1 party, preparing to do film about Sw edish sailors. I Holmes Herbert celebrated hi.s . 60th anniversai*y as an actor, and his 35th as a screen player. Nick . Castle is readying a ohe- houf show to tour California hos- pitals during Christmas week. Paramount Studio Club tossed its annual Christmas show for kids, with Philip McClay producing. Gene Autry to Hbu.ston to en- tertain the kids in the Variety Club’s annual Christmas party. John Maynard succeeded Earl C. Hamilton as president of Local 150, Motion Picture Projectionists. Buddy Pepper bedded at home W'ith serious injuries to his right hand as a result of an auto crash. Mickey Rooney and Martha Vickers called off their divorce lawyers, and decided to ti*>' it agairi. Harry Stradling won the Ameri- can Society of Cinematographers' October award for his lensing of ‘ Edge of Doom.” Dorothy Lamour emceed a luncheon in the Paramount Com- missary celebratihg Y. Frank Free- man’s 60th birthday. Edmund Grainger took over temporarily as director of “Flying Leathernecks.” subbing for Nicho- las Ray who is dowm with flu. Clark Gable and wife in town ItiSt \V*G0k '* Herb Graf fis, Sun-Times sc ribe , elected prexy of Chicago Press Club last week. Actor Charlton Heston in town visiting family and drum-beating current pic, “Dark City.” Jimmy Durante guested Inter- national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers shindig last week. town at Mt. Lebanon H.S. Gene Autry and his Western show will play The Gardens for one day on Feb. 13. Mike Sachs and Alice Kennedy “Oklahoma” pencilled into Ly- ceum. Dec. 14 for fifth local en- gagement after grossing $58,000 for 12 performances here last season, i Marjorie Garretson and Alan & ; Blanche Lund holding over at; Sun-Times scribe, of Chicago Press reopening Casino Sunday night' Hotel Nicollet Minnesota Terrace, (24) after month shutdown. 1 Marie McDonald, accompanied Art Tatum missed his opening by mother, passed through en day at Johnny Brown’s V'lien he; route from Hollywood to Roches- W'as bumped off plane at Wash-Iter, Minn., for Mayo clinic check- home Sunday (17). Frank Braden, chief advance agent of the Ringling Bros. Circus, named by Stanley Kramer Dis- .tributing Xorp. to tour 14. nation- wide keys in behalf of the com- pany’s “Cyj?ano de Bergerac.” ECA’s Ed Gruskin back to Paris after N. Y, and D. C. sojourn. Has an idea for a “So This Is Free Eu- rope” /revue, a la ‘‘This Is the Army,” He’S the brother of Wilr liam Morris agency,’s George Grus- Hotelier Conrad N, Hilton, at the Hilton Hotels management meet- ings at the Waldorf last week, de- tailed Some of his plans for a new hostelry in Istanbul* He’s bullish on Turkey’s future* Also the fUr -ture of Yank hotel management operations in Europe as a means to stave off Gbmmuriism. Jacqueline Susann back from a Chi quickie in connection with fi- nancing of her new play, “Cock 0 * the Walk,” which James Dunn plans doing under Craig Kelly’s auspices. With Joyce Matthews (ex- Lawrence Riley, author of “Per- sonal Appearance,” working on a novel at his home in Wheeling, .W.^ Va* Robert Carr, student at Carnegie Tech drama school, has lead in Playhouse’s hew show, “The Charm Kid,” Jules Green here for few days wdth his mother before going to New York to open James Saphier agency office there* I Marie McDonald, accompanied. national Brotherhood of Electrical first Italian ,in-the-round theatre m ing by mother, passed through en ’ Workers shindig last week. i will open here shortly at the 1 he: route from Hollywood to Roches-j Vera Ellen, Biir Lundigan, and Circolo Lumen. (''ash-Iter, Minn., for Mayo clinic check- Rex Allen in town last week for; “Closed Shutters” Lux Film, is I up. . .[Allied Theatres’ 20th Amu ban-' gj^QQjlj^g ‘Per- Move on for civic opera he^e. ■ quet at Palmer House. : ]\[assimo Girotti and Eleanora Ros- on a same as in St. Paul, with Anton . Chicago Federated ^Advertising stars of film Which treats with ‘ling, Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony or- Club has set “South Pacific” and * . I chestra conductor, declaring “it’s “Angel In The Pawnshop” casts. Diana Torrieri Italo legit ac- ^gie ; a n^essity.’’ ^ ^ ! comic Benny Ri^in,; orkster Duke tress, off to: South America to set d in \ Theatre collections for North- Ellington, Dave Garroway, Frances tour with an Italian comDanv, “The, west Variety cliib’s Uni v. of Min^e-; Faye, Herb Shriner, and Johnny i jtalo stars Carla Def Poggio. [sota heart hospital fund ^8Sic-j Desmond for annual Xmas blow- Andrea Checchi and director Giu- days; gated more pr on a out. / - I ^*1 t n '—% here to interest fresh coin tpr phier In talk at Woman’s club, Jean j ni •!. u-aiian narti- By R. E. Hawkins “Three Musketeers <M-G> in sock Ibngrun at newly-opened Verdi theatre. The Re.x Harrisons are building a house above Pdrtofino, resort vil- lage near here. ‘ Hamlet,” first Italian Arena the- atre staged her by Circolo Lumen, a hit at Teatare del circolo. ; Nino Taranto has brought his top-grossing musical “Appointment 1950” to the Augustus theatre, [ Following the, mushrooming of ' similar projects in the U. S.. the ; first Italian ,in-tlie-round theatre i will open here s h o r 11 y at tlie Circolo Lumen. i “Closed Shutters.” Lux Film, is now shooting here in the port area. Massimo Girotti and Eleanora Ros- si, stars of film Which treats with problem of prostitution. ' Dia.na Torriei'i. Italo legit ac- . tress, off to South America to set San Francisco By Ted Friend Bal Tabarin to shutter Jan. 10. Ann Sothern in for ^uick visit td Palo Alto medicos, James Mulvey. Goldwyn prexy, home to N. Yv fdr holidays. Dave Scofield, KFRG newscaster to Seattle, Maine and New York* Rotus HarVey elected onew Chief Barker for Tent 32, local Variety Club, Campbell McGregor* president I of Pacific Opera Assn., recipient of Dalryriiple, Brdadway producer,] declared current theatre has more | beauty and intelligence than evei’ i before, reflecting nation's increasr ing culture. , Ramona Gerhard, Bob Sutton dhd Slu MacPherson, WCCO staff,' By Jerry Gaghaii Singer Buddy Greco introduced his new combo Monday (18) at the Rendezvous. Bosh Pritchard, Philadelphia Eagles star halfback, returhing to seppe De Santis (“Bitter Rice”) here to interest fresh coin toe forthcbining pic on Italian partis, sans to be financed and shot in Genoa. CaiTo Lizzani is working on the* script and will direct. ' tiFoffr^Tn ■ director ■ £ind Sl3r iifliiPaCK* l eiui. hewscaster, respectively, back after jockey field pn WPEN a fortnight in Europe during which | Morton Downey and Faye MacPherson did several recordings.! will guest star at the^ Mrs. Milton. Berle) she is also audi- plaudits for success of current sea- February. By Glenn C. Pullen Dave Dorn starting jazz concert series in Hollenden’s ballroom in Honing for the Somerset Maugham TV Theatre.” besides starting her own WJZ-TV show for Quest-Shon Mark bra. Inez Robb, the INS feature writ- er, and her, husband. who just movrd into the -old Billy Seeman penlliotvse at 13'6 Waverly Place, William Nietfield new director of news for KCBS with Al Berglund replacing Nietfield as news director at KFRC. Ann Holden, veteran commenta- Adeline Neice and Larry Daniels in Alhambra Taven for 10 days; followed by Barton Bros, on Dec. 29. Frank Koza, TOlenews camera- man, flew home from three months By Florence S, Lowe Morton Downey and Faye Etner-! nbuncing^rtaff^oFwTO^^ son will guest star at the Vartety ' T r* e « Clubs convention here next spring. , Eric Johnstons off to their Spoj Harry Davies, theatrical press kane honie for the holidays lU A agent, in town plugging a new | ^^5t-inihute switch. ^ product/ a television earphone Nathan Golden* Department of gadget, Commerce film biggie, recuperat- Chubby’s, W. Colliugswood show- ing from surgery in Emergency case for recording names, has en- Hospital here* larged and will open the new room Scott* Kirkpatrick, town's sole Dec. 22. legit union flack, on leave from Frank Brookhouser, Inquirer Gayety theatre to tub-thump are ribbing themselves as overly I needy youngsters. tor, in three-week Forum of i sojourn in Korea; into hospital for Friendship broadcast for gifts to I onceover. William McDermott, Plain gossip columnist, launched a varie- ty television show on WFIL-TV this week* Iz* Bushkoff, proprietor of New Town Tavern (Delair, N. J., spot ‘ planed to Paris Monday (18/ for four days on a talent hunt. Ballet Theatre. , . “Juvenile Jury,” the Mutual air-, er, Jane Pickerts, Lillian Kallir and Jimmy Savo trekked in to high- light National Press Club’s father- daughter dinner iiv honor of the President and Margaret Truman. I