Variety (December 1950)

iVIarlene Dietrich back from making “No Highway” for 20th- Fox in England, Youths still banned from attend- ing. French actress Cecile Aubry ar^ rived in Munich for talks on “Bluebird’s Seventh Wife,” Ger- 1 man-French coproduction sched- Composer i uled to be filmed in Bavaria. iov Britain Sunday (241 on the | ]vi;ji,|anne Schultz, headofWies- Hart arrived over branch of Hesse State Badio, Actoi roa<;t for i leaves soon for Sao Paolo, Brazil, the weekend fioin the Coast foi j Frankfurt several n rriHr and ' bvancli of the Canadian Broadcast- editor of the Oakland ^CalJ Trib-^ng ^ Geiman bioadcasts une. in New York Dec. 30 for three ; netwoiK. \v'\ek.s of playgoing, Daughter, Adele, of Lou Fields, Metro’s director of poster and ad- vert isirtg art, to be married Satur- daV <30) to Irwin Fredel, of Miami. — T...:.. , joelson’s -• ' ..T London Wednesday, Pecemlier 27, 1950 Theah’C owner Juiius Joelson s i jn five Hoyts key spots this Yule- daugbter. Barbara Jime, engaged' production unit to Martvn Dolins Fife; wedding next shinmer. Bride-to-be is a BrMv Mawr' junior. ■ Charlos Carpenter, manager of Tcehnico'or’s New York office, flew I n Paris over the weekend on j at air pic houses. a combf) biz-vacation trip. He 11 Albright, topper for 20th- alsn v’vit London, returning Jan. 8. Fox, planed back to his Sydney Grorgo Olsen. Jr;, .son or^tlie i after U. S; huddies. band o ;l:'"r and singer Ethel., .‘‘Oklahoma” is set for Brisbane Parisienne chanteuse Line Ra- inaud opening cabaret season at the Society Jan. 4. ^ ^ Douglas J. Grenville appointed Universal’s local topper in succes- sion to Ben Henry. Googie Withers held the lucky number in a recent lottery and eollected a race horse as her prize. Hermione Baddeley doing, a short term Christmas and New Year cabaret season at the Cafe 'de Haris.- The Prime Minister took time Off from cabinet duties to attend the By Brio Gorrick I RKO set to pi’ecriv Cindejena | ® jjtitctiirison:. newly appoint-' ed liaison officer for the industry’s better business campaign, Australia od on gome films totalled only $60, they how run as high as $400* After awarding prizes for the best Tamil film last year, the gov- ernment seems to doubt the use- fulness of such an award in bettei*- ing the quality of films in thei South. Government has asked the Film Chamber whether any useful purpose would be derived by con- tinuing awards. t‘Duel In the Sim” (SRO) did two weeks of solid business at the New Elphinstone. ‘‘Samson and De- lilah” (Par), running day-date in Bombay and Calcutta, breaking “Sun,” in- Hollywood Kirk Douglas planed in from N, Y., William Keighley planed in from N. Y. John Wayne laid up with laryn- gitis. Fred Finklehoffe planed to Miami. Lynn Bari filing suit to divorce Sid Luft. Chill Wills celebrated 23d wed- I ding anni. Patricia Neal to Knoxville for The . 20th-Fo.X pruuuuuuu .UUH. niftri/inl Port Augusta on jstepped into the 'Qheenslana :?overn.nent okay^ Inew Pal^^unv ^,^ an admission increase of 3c to 6c i ■ *’ ■ ■ records in both cities. —»— i . t. i j cidentally, W'as given an adult cer-I tu^ upBdays. j tificate by Bombay censbfs, as was ; Douglas Sirk bedded with an “On the Town” (M-G), [ ear infection. , . ; • 1 Ben Goetz in froni London for a six-week stay. Grantland Pticc in, town to cover the Rose Bowl game. Doris Diay in town after a tour of veterans’ hospitals; / Dan Fish in from London for a / ■ By.-.Les 'Rees : • in place of. Eunice ■ Hotel Radisson .Flame .Room Gayson who has been taken ill. i holding Oyer Gali Gali and Frank- Actor Michael 1 week of studio inspection, actress Anne Leon, daughter of Sir Harry D. Hirsch, veteran..show- vantinninff Ronald Leon. They firs! met when j man, in SW Mary’s hospital follow- ' ^***,e^ palm Springs, for Shutcii. i'lAkes his legit how at the.. vocordbreaking tour of New i Septembei Tide. A II' _ AI. .. A 1.^^^ • TJ* f<i- . 4 'y\ • - i i ^ ^ * i I • • ■■ * ■ ' ~ playing with Gertrude Lawronce ; ing heairt attack. clubs talent "Will; be Here McIntyre, topper .for Uni- , . e ; Palace. Sydnej', for the Fullers foi hiGnj.o.s. due in from Pans next.; Looks like vaude. \vill bow into completing ; several Sydney nabers next year a tilm tor the Economic Coo^i ^-1 ^ bopst to pic biz. Mostly nightr tion- Adniinisti.cition .tagsod Dun-.j /ituKc fn-i/in+ Ai'iii- 1 ip kirk to . Dunkirk.” '.^usti^, ; versal here, set a major product, ei't P. Patiersoiv, and Aboa Eban, j with the powerful Robert Ker- ridge New Zealand : circuit. . . will be guest speakers at Uie^dinr- j Luiihg ha.s changed nanie Of the net concert of the .Isiael. Phimar- Jovee locallv-made nic monic Orchestra, at the Waldorf, i Jan. 8. ' >,. , By Jerry Gaghmi . . , I fSr‘‘uVoh^^^^ sle with a screenplay at Columhta. Giro’s has done over the upstairs , Minn.,, loi I'vo Arlene Dahl and Lex Barker bar and converted into a new 1 month,. tOwn s first legit stage. at- ^ -f ™dnn^eS LouJjge"‘‘’ - " 1 traction in years, ; ; ^ - j ounced, their engagement wLi? I trained in ffonv N. Y; for the holi- Ken Griffin and Perry Franks & James Grainger in town on a Janyo^nJo Hotel NicOllrt^^^S of Republic filni exchanges, sota Terrace with Cecil Golly or-■ Jack Mahoney broke three ribs chestra. 'stunting in a Gene Autry picture. “Oklalioma” pencilled into Roch-' Anita Loos in from N. Y, to ras- Paris By Maxime de Bei.x (33 Bivd. Montparnasse) Marta Zenthy to Cannes for, twu-week dance stint. The Joe jHummels preppihg a long delayed trip to, U. S. ! Claire Le Glair disking Jimmy Davis’ new song, ‘'Les Rues de Ma Vire.”. i Julien Duvivier winding up i sliootih.g on his pic, ‘'Sous Le Ciel j de Paris.” . 1 locally-made pic “Wherever She Film will have early N. Y. preem here. ‘‘Song of Norway” comes into Royalv Sydney, for Xmas run via Williamsort-Tait. Cast includes Doreen Wilson, Charles Doming, Nina Cooke, Hendrik de Boer, ^iBerhai’d Manning and Robert ; Bernard. Big Bill’s musical bar latest: club to put in 'a. line. IS the Laucel Arce is producer and director of : and will include stands in W^ i-u-. 1 Tiii^pic Michigan^ Ohio, On-'^y®' By Helen McGill Tubbs Fred Mueller of U, A. back from London. Actor William C. Tubbs.to Paris French crix prize given this year j to make a film there. the .chorus.. Ed Sullivan will receive the fourth annual Journalism Award of 1 the B’riai B’rith at the Latin Gasino, Monday, Jan. 16. Jack Diamond. who operates the Martinique, Wildwood. N. J , and agent Jolly Joyce, leave next week ■for Las Vegas, San Francisco and Hollywood on a tale^nt hunt. Theodore Preser Go,, local music publishing firm, has entered the recording business with an album by Rose Bampton, accompanied by Wilfred Pelletier’s orchestra. Harry Schwartz, one of the own- ers of Atlantic City’s Million Dol- iar Pier, is promoting tho$e new auto-bars, a serving unit which clocks the number of drinks poured. sin, Illinois, tario and New York. Sam Briskin. returned to work at Paramount after a long siege Oeared to presept national! flu emergency, St. Paul’s 1951 Wint^ j Andre de Toth and Veronica carnival, annual winter Mardi Gras, will be two days shorter than originally planned, running from Jan. 27 through Feb; 2. By Gordon Irving Richard Todd may be guest of honor at Glasgow’s annual cinema ball, slated for Feb. 16. Louise BOyd, Scottish: soprano, touring South Africa in “Briga dpon,” sails home ,Jah. 10. (Nark and Murray, up-coming Lake put their California ranch on The New Swing Club, jukebox comedy duo, sighed for lead in to Robe a BrL!on’s fil lip' Geno Coi-vi Npitli Phtlly, ha., adopted ; 1951 strawhat stint at Dunoon, de Cairnagne.” Oliver Hardy at gala preem, of “Le Chateau de Verre” congratu- lated the wrong actor. Billy Wilder preeming his “Sun- sc. 3ou-evai*d” to the French press, with Erich Von Stroheim, one of cast toppers, on hand. Marie Dubas heading ca.st of hew revue produced and authored by Max Rognier at Porte St. Martih, titled ‘‘What a World.” . RoberL Hakim mulling a Span-1 of the films at the Eliseo 1 ^ policy of playing name bands in Lois Maxwell si lined for role ih ttio area, Saturday nights. The; club Ray Long, dancer from N. Y ■ Ambassadors ish cppi’oduction of a story based on Madena Sahdor’s n o v e 1 , “Woman in the Night,” The Billy Wilders to Munich for a couple of days, and then to Switzerland for the holidays. Won t return home until February. Displaying their work at art ex- hibit of paintings by stage: and screen actors are Andre Clayeau, Micheline Presle, Rene Genin and Charles Trenet. Marianne Tvanoff and Roger Fenongeon, of the Paris Opera bal- let. getting assessed $800 fines each for deserting the French Opera Ballet company vvhile in Buenos Aires to accept offers bet- tering their monthly $80 French salary; Christian Foge, also of the French ballet, who resigned from a $25 monthly salary, drew a $280 clip. musicals, at Hotel with Bricktop, 20th-Fox will distribute “Thief Of Venice.” Maria Montez starrer made in Italy last year. , Maria Michi featured in the Theatre of Midnight, which opened 1 at the Fiametta recently. “Miracle of Milan,” Vittorio De Sica’s latest, release delayed be- cause of added fantasy scenes. Silvana ■ Mangano; deluged with offers after news of*American and Great Britain hit for “Bitter Rice.” Lady Berkeley of London started adoption proceedings for Italian child chosen to play lead in An- thony Havelock Allen’s production of “Pepino 8c Violetta” being lensed in Assisi. last five weeks. Clyde coast spot Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum and Donald O'Coniior cabled greetings to Gaumont-Ascot cinema in Glas- gow on its 11th anni. By George F. Gaal ’ O' “Bitter Rice,” Lux-Film pic, a hit all over Germany. New 300-seater legiter opened in Wiz'sbadeh this month. Director Alfred Bra iih in serious aulo accident in Berlin. Third legit house, intime thea- tr;'. opened in Goettingen. Cjcorge Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan.’:’ preemed in Leipzig, Eagle Libh’s “Oliver Twist” be- in synchronized in Bamburg. Hell a Lexington starrihg in Do rfler-Film’s “Midnight Venus.” New. film production company f 0 • ’ ad^d in Munich by Heinz Paul. T. S, Eliot’s “Gocktail Party” got Reno . Golden hotel featuring“Keyhole Follies.” Bob Taylor, of acrobatic Taylors, drafted. Entertainment spots completely recovered from the flood. Mapes Sky Room’s new show has Harry Noble and Frances King. Alice Tyrrell and Dick Winslow head reopening show at the River- side. up’s roving correspondent, Bob Miller, plans return from Indo- China in January. Clubs in slump in week before Christmas. Business expected to pick up in midst of holidays. Reno Press Club chartered Frank McCullough, Reno Evening Gazette repoi’ter, as, first prexy, NBC's KOH loses three of staff in a month to Las Vegas stations; Larry Geraghty and George Platis, announcers, and Betty Stoltz, con- tinuity and women’s reporter. By Hal Cohen Bandleader Tommy Carlyn-s I wife okay again after a nervous i breakdown. i Joe Hi Per took annual Variety I Club .Christmas show to Western 1 1 Penitentiary. \ : Buck Waever lias taken over, ' personal management of singer ! Johnny Gallis.. Rosemary O’Reilly, local th^'usli, into Jackie Heller’s Carousel with Jerry and Turk, . Russell Swann and Stuart Mor- gan Dancers headlining new show at Terrace Room. Everett Thorner around , arrang- ing theatre cooperation for MM’ch of Dimes campaign. Playhouse will do “Velvet Glove,” by Rosemary Casey, local playwright, in April. Mrs. Carrie Levy, sister of Si Steinhauser, Press radio ed» died in Wheeling, W. Va. Tom Troy, manager of William Penn hotel, elected president of Chamber of Commerce. Alan Trench, WCAE salesman, in hospital for check-up while his dau.ghter, Judy, underwent appen- dix operation. Actress Helen Lake has left for New York to join her husband, J. English Smith, doing promotion Work for ANTA. By Emil W. Maass Ruth Boesciv and Hans to Teheran for concerts. American singer George London gave concert in Konzefthaus. Vienna Singing BOys under Peter Lakowitch off to U. S. for tour. Mozart birthhouse in Salzburg completely restored and open for public. Paul Hindemith’s newest string quartet preeihed in Konzerthaus concert. Schoenbrunn Film began work oh “Poor Sinner,” Paul Hoerbiger starring. Josef E. Sills appointed program director of American sponsored Red-White-Red network. the market. Jennifer Jones Selzhick home from hospitai after losing her ex- pected child; Viveca Lindfors planed in from Vienna to fulfill a commitmerit with Columbia. Charles Laughton wound up his recital tour in time to spend the holidays at home. Norman Siegel is the first Holly- wood film representative on the Z '. board of directors of the L. A. Pres.s Club. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans en- tertained 750 employees and their kids at the Republic Studio Club’s annual party. ^ Masquers Club staged a Ghris- mas show,“Virtue’s Reward,” au*^ thored by Bill Woodson, to enter- tain troops at Camp Cook. William Farnum in the hospital. Dan Dailey granted a three- month leave of absence by 20lh- Fox to continue his sanitarium treatment. Hal Roach setting up dancing schools, printarily for children, in Hnpnfl ^ conjunction with talent contests noepn ■, screen tests. First school will be established at tlie Roach Stu- dios on the Coast. AFM Strategy Continued from page 1 Barcelona By Joaquina G. Vidal-Qomis Amparito Carvajai and Yolena fiivt German stage preem in Dues-! at Mexico niterj\ soldorf; looks like hit. j Albane, French singer, and Ed- Now theatres opened iii Ratze- [ die de Latte orch at Rigat nite- b’ ;. Pitllach^ Bordersholm, Wa-1 club. Pragati Studio of Madras doing a 'Tamil version of Charles Dick- ft iv'doi' <len Offenbach and Winnen- ens’ “A Tale of Two Cities. Ban on school day matinees put into. effect by the Madhyapradesh Goyerriment to reduce truancy. Madras exhibs seeking right to fluctuate admission tabs in accord- ance with the calibre of pictures shown. Pakshiraja’s Tamil edition of “Les Miserables,” i'eleased through [South India Nov. 9v looks to be top ‘ Tamil grosser Of 1951. Bombay film producers reached gy against the use of disks and kinescope recordings. Coast AfM Repa to Chi Hollywood, Dec. 26. Delegates from : AFM Local 47 head for Chicago today (26) to meet with reps of the New York and Chicago locals to discuss plans for forthcoming negotiations with radio and. video networks. . . John E. Groen» newly re-elected Local 47 prexy, arid veepee Phil Fischer will be accompanied t® the meeting by American Society of Musical Arrangers prexy Hershell Gilbert and Jimmy DeMichele. , ' Juanita Reina offering new | an agreement '^’hereby an actor _ , , “Rosa Espinosa,'■ at the j will have to fulfill his contract to larry Puckwitz, 'director of the 1 PoUorama. | one producer before being signed Municlv SchauspieJhaus, named di-j H^renbeck Circus at the Palacio by another. r •'■.tor general of PVankfurt munic -1 de los Deportcs, for a few days be- [ Madras .government considering ip' i theatres; ! fore sailing for Brazil. ''•■.'*1-Film siffnpd He lim-h ov. : tx,..:* _ . ^ j, . KFI Eliminates Its Last Live Musician Hollywood, Dec. 26. ' Last live musician is being lopped from KFI payroll, effective Monday (1). Her is Bob Mitchell, organist on the' cross-the-board “Ladies Day” program. ire sailing for Brazil. j amending Entertainment Tax Act i Writer and theatre critic Alfredo ! to enable commercial tax officers [ ^the progiam s rating ,1. . J1 'r nnAftri T. llicritv tHa AVrkA'rhc*^ Berlin By Bill Cpnlan National Ballet Theatre off by plane Dec. 15 for Paris. Jose Iturbi and Roy Hodges both slated for appearances here this coming winter, Jerry Layah brings “Anna Lu- casta” here on Dec. 27 for seven days at Titania Palast. Arthur Birnkrant, author of “Mr. Smith .Goes to Washington,” near- ing completion on his latest, “Ber- lin Blues.” American Little Theatre to pre- sent“Kiss Boys Goodbye” in Feb- ruary. Tala Birell, who assisted Anatol Litvak in casting “Call It Treason,” will direct. June Havoc, Rod Cameron, Ros- coe.Ates, Virginia Fields and Patficia Fields topping the list of the Hollywood Cavalcade which the Air Force brings to Titania Palast Dec. 25. All the major nighit clubs sold out for New Year’s Eve (Sylvester, in German). Money and liquor will flow freely as Berliners are not so sure that they will have reason to celebrate another Sylvester in 1951. : cuis 1 y t 'J Volvin nry Sclik’''nU’ol. ‘ PlnintUf seeks $50,000 damages. ' that Where takes for a certain peri- ‘ Weekly basis. Sonja Heriie Ice Show debuted over weekend at a the Stadium. Marshall Field Co. trissed Yule party for Sadler’s Wells ballet troupe. ,■ Eddie Cantor, Monte Woolley, and actress Patricia Neal, all stop- overs here last week. Alfred Lunt and Lynri Fontanrie adhere to traditlpn and darken “I Know My Love” over Xmas. Sarah Marshall of “I Know My Love” at Selwyn planrid to New York ovei holidays to visit mother, Edna Best. Singers Connie Russell and Jack Haskell, comic Sammy Shore, Ben- j ny Strong band, and Art Van 1 ramme quintet, appeared last week for Hines Hospita* Yule show.