Variety (June 1953)

CHATTER Wednesday! June 10, 1953 Norman Taurog back to :\he Coast for a directorial assignment O'Shea, Paramount v p * luis entered Polyclinic Hos- pital in N.Y., mainly, tor a rest /The George S. .Kaufmans off to Europe last Friday (5) on / the United Stales; also TennesseeWil- 1,a vViHiam Holden, who appears in Metro’s J, Fort Bravo;" in from the :(-oast -for a week of newspaper in-. tei views. . . ■■ • \ Metro studio publicity duel Ifoward SIrieklIng due in. over-the Weekend for. iiomcoffice coni a os on 'upcoming. pix!.. V ,, w >. , Ernest < Loew’s) Emerling s elev^ er "Order of. t he Carter" gag, a ' timely tieup with "Young Bess, currently at .tlie Music Hall, Burney Balaban, Paramount president, bark to Europe .last weekend following the Par annual, stockholders meeting in New-York. A. VV. Sehwalberg, head of Para- mount distribufion, returned over the weekend from Mexico City. Me attended the Variety Clubs con- - ■ vent ion.' • ; , ;' ' Ed Sullivan plans detouring to Scotland during bis European quickie, going over by boat for the rest, and to the hootmon belt for some golf: ■ \ Metro contingent including pro- duct ldn chief More Scbary, writer Leonard Spigelgass. and. producer Arthur Freed returned to the Coast over the Weekend. Tobe Davis; fashion. designer w.k. in show biz. being feted at a reception tn the French consul ; generaPs office in N.Y.. next Tues- day (16) on tiie occasion of geiting the Legion of Honor decoration from France. Patricia Medina, scheduled to co- star with. Dennis O’Keefe in Sam Katzman’s upcoming .. "Drums' of Tahiti," arrived in N.Y. Monday (8) and promptly planed to the < -past. Abroad four weeks, sire had . visited, tier. ill mother in London and attended the Coronation.. Humphrey Doulens. Variety’s Westport mugg and Columbia Art- ists Mgt, exec, now in Helsinki;, completing arrangements for the American tour of'■;tlie Helsinki U: Chorus of 60 voices, which opens at Yale U., New Haven, Nov. 3, with a New York performance at Carne- gie Hall, Nov. 15.. Gladys Feldman Braham.was re- cently reelected president of the Ziegfeld Club. Dorothy Bruce is first vice-president;, Vi Bowers Simmons, second v.p., and Annette Herbert Rueff, third v.p. Club, now in its 18th year, held its annual end-of-season luncheon; yesterday (TuesJ at the Barblzon Plaza Hotel. • Boniface Henri Soule. “pun- ished" his. recalcitrant staff bv closing down for two months,: July and August, .this year; heretofore his Le Pavilion.; class eatery, closed only in August. . When union de- • rriands (waiters, etc.), got out of hand he recently. posted a bulletin tiiat "this business is Closed," whereupon they came back on the job t out e-de-suite.:: S,vd Silverman. 21, in bis. senior year at Princeton Univ., son Of the late Sid and Marie Saxon Silver- man, and gra ndson of Si me Silver-, mail, founder of Variety, engaged to marry Jan- Michael. McNally, a .model. Daughter of the late Judge ■/. and . Mrs. Richard Rowell McNally, of Birmingham, is an alumna of St. Cecilia Academy, Nashville. Tenn., . and also attended the Univ. bf Alabama. Walter Wineliell agented a reg- ular banana delivery for the Kean Sisters during their Pal Indium so- journ on a Tinkor-to-Evers-to- Chance play, this time involving . tlie IVrilislv Inlorinatioiv Service in N Y and the Brazilian Embassy in ;. London, which saw to it that its ; : r f nvoTtj c . expov tfrni t (hanamvs arc. .' a prohibit ive. l uxury, in Brit di n) is regularly served to the. -..sistef teanv. It’s an important teating' ;. prop.during their: Garmon Miranda ; number. When \Vin<‘IieU "suggest-. . ed" (’hurehiU’s cigars: for another •..Kean .Sistors’ ,bil. even; the British dept.:lvalked.'. . -V. Overcoat,” banned by French radio. Pierre-Michel Beck, 12-year-old who registered in “Wild Boy" film, into “Return of Ulysses," Kirk Douglas starrer being shot in Rome. Andre Ifugon preparing a French 3-D pic, “I’Impetueux Alexandre," based on life of Alexandre Dumas, using new tfLdimensioftal process he devised. Lee Shubert acquired American rights to French operetta, “Une Femme Par Jour" (A Woman A Day) by Jean Boyer, Serge Veber and Georges Van Parys. Gabriel A rout adaptation of Pat- rick Hamilton play, ."Rope," into Renaissance next week where it follows revival of last season’s, hit, Marcel Ayme’s "Other People’s Heads." Great Northern is- now, selling tix for “New: Faces", eight Week* in advance. :. Mala Powers, Gig Young , and Chill Wills in town for preem of "City That Never Sleeps." Martha Raye and Danny Thom- as dbihg two-day stint in Detroit June 18-19 for Ford dealers. Maggie McNamara to: make per- sonal here June 22 for world preem of "Moon Is Blue" at the Woods. ; Tony De; Santis, owner of the Martinique, took over, the Drury Lane strawhatter, with Phil Ty- re! 1 as co-producer and booker. ; Jiminy Durante, . Red Buttons and Mortpn Downey .doing benefit Show, sponsored;, by Knights of Columbus at the Stadium today (Wed;).. ■' ‘Dear Sir’ Continued from page ?..• you held yourself out to the public as a person who had been a man and by surgical and medical treat- ment had thereby become and now' is a woman" Letter said the con- tract was cancelled because, it had been entered into “under a mistake of fact" and citing recent American Medical Assn, reports indicating t)i.it the much publicized Danish; surgery resulted only in a muti- lated male. Christine was advised to sign tlie cancellation agreement or supply medical proof that "the representations made by ^ou are true." .-.■■■ Meantime, the Las Vegas sher- iff’s office hitched up its belt and announced that Christine would wear male attire on the streets of the gambling resort or be arrested for masquerading. - Surgery subject played a on.e- wcek stand; at the' Orpheum, :Los Angeles some weeks , ago to less than 50% capacity. It's expected that the case . will go to the American Guild of Vari- ety Artists sometime; In July for a final adjudication. •Bernard;-Bros. now at tiic Muplin Rouge here..; ' ‘-Fanfan I.a Tuiipe" reissued here With English subtitles. • Charles - Treiief to . follow Henri Salvador into 'Moulin Rouge.;. Juliette Greed; and Triulippe . Le- . nvaire to Tunis for iiilery .stint. Ludmilla Tehefinai.inkod by Uni- versal. goes to : Hollywood shortly. Orson Welles’ first novel, “Tlie Big Shot," coming but here, with French ■.translation;' by . Maurice Bessy.. :Gina_ Lollohritridahcrc -.to "confer Raybond Suit iSS, Continued from page 4 unices arid fixing admission prices, among other things.. These assor- lions are typical of allegations made in the other four actions. Cornston Corp., operator of the Garden Theatre jn Paterson, N. : J., from .1951 to date, asks $3,000,000 from the majors. Skouras is not named in this suit. A. similar aiivount is sought by . Raystoria Thealres Corp., which has run the Strand Theatre in Astoria from. 1943 to the present. Rounding out the sextet of suits ;RTs^^i'e^TiT?atiT , 3?' (>orp.;- operators of :the Rosedale Theatre in the ..Bronx from 1941 t hrough 1952 for- $1 .noObOO, as well ns., a '.$750.;0d0.; blast ' fired by the Rnygpid. AtnsemohtCorp. and Newrey Realty Corp., respectively operator ,ahd owner of the Rialto Theatre, Newark. : Skouras- is hot named ; in this, complaint. Fi 1 ing attorneys::in a 11 six actions is the Yonkers firm of ‘ Gorfinkel & Adler. Quickie 3-D Continued (rdin. page' ,V Julian* Larson checked out for Paris over the weekend after play- ing a Coronation date at the Em- bassy Club. , Lily Pons, who played the Royal Festival Hall last week, offered dates at Covent Garden Opera House next season; Irene Hilda closed her two- month date at the Pigalle last Sat- urday, and returned home to Paris the following day. Florence Desmond’s autobiogra- phy, published this weeks, was launched at a cocktailery at Qua- glino’S wherd she is currently ap^ pearing. After a ballot vote, Billy Rusr sell was declared elected honorary chairman of the Variety Artists Federation for this year. Tommy Jover was returned unopposed as treasurer. > . ' .Mark Robson, 'who has been in London directing the Alan Ladd starrer. for Columbia, “Hell Below Zero," planed to Paris . to . meet Gary Cooper before returning to Hollywood. John Davis hosted an all-day Coronation party, for industry VIPs at the Marble Arch Pavilion, offering guests theatrical-TV, first- class views of the procession arid a running, buffet, ' Maurice King, in London With cameraman Ernest Haller settling technical problems on the King Bros, dual-language production of "Carnival," now being tensed ih Munich. Pic is for distribution through RKQ. By Fred Woodress Jan Garber orch at Lotus for week starting June 8. Chuck Murphy in N. Y. for re- cording session at Coral. Recent, visitors included Tex Ritter, Harmonicats, Bill Pine, Ar- lene Dahl and Ann Helming:. John Aldrich Newfield off to Panama City, Fla., to open his Peli- can Playhouse for third season. - Producer-writer-cameramart Rob- ert Payne in this week, for preem of. his 16m kodaehrome feature ar-. ty film, "Jeanie," at Avon Art. Dallas By Bill Barker Don Cherry topper at Colony Club. Theatre ’53 ended seventh sea- son with a hefty $12,000 net. Gale Robbins doing 10 nights in Baker Hotel’s Mural Room. State Fail* prez R. L. Thornton took oath as city’s new mayor. New Chateau Club, dropped live talent policy and cover charge. V New Negro Roundup Theatre staging "Watis: Rise Up" June 6-11, with Margo. Jones guest directing; Walter Hendl, Dallas Symphony maestro, to N, ( Y. to baton NBC Symphony's, airings early in June; ing has a minor role in Real's “Don’t Be Afraid of Wild Ani- mals." Pan American Airways, Urnver- sal-International and Opal stock- ings sponsored “Miss Berlin 1953" contest. Senate extended this year’s Cul- tural Festival from three to four weeks, running from AUg. 30 to Sept, 27. .... U. S. pix currently: running at local preem houses include “Cai> yon Passage" (U>, “Scandal Sheet" (Coll, “In Old California" (Rep) and “Iron Mistress" (WB). . By Glenn Trump Water Follies, due at Sioux City Auditorium June 9-14. Tiny Hill, Henry Busxe and Blue Barron orchs s.ct for Peony . Park; Dr. Chari Loo and clever mid- night opus, “Horrors of Orient;" touring state. .Comedienne Betty Reilly com- pleted fine stanza at Don. Ham- mond’s Seven Seas. Joie Chitwood Daredevils drew 5,500 in two nights at Council Bluffs’ Playland Park; Rassle promoter Max Clayton wrapped up his . greatest season with a record $10,480 gate for Yukon Eric-Killer Wowalski match at Ak-Sai’-Ben; « Continued from pa^e 1 even tills is not enough; Produc- tion costs must; come down; And I think, arrangements, iriust be made witli the Screen Actors’ Guild to. ad j ust pay scales and con tracts, so that there will be ‘rehearsal pay’ and factual filming pay’," Zanuck Estimated that this sys- tem will help Curtail the; present 25% budget allotment for east. Technical costs must be similarly lowered, he pointed out. As;an ex- ample of the expenses facing; pro- ducers today, he disclosed, that in the large scenes of “The Robe," .126 electricians were needed daily. The 20th-Fox production veepee reiterated., that the studio Wiii turn, out nothing but Cinemascope pro- ductions in the future, and declared that he will stand dr fall on the success of the system. “It is the only film process;" he declared, “which allows complete' freedom—for the actor, director and camera.’-' Accent C’Scope Specs Initial . batch of Cinemascope productions, he admitted, are aimed at the spectacle classifica- tion because they are . currently more commercial. However, he emphasized that the method will be just as effective: with Any kind of story. ' Zanuck brushed off other big- screen. processes as. lacking the necessary attributes to compete, successfully with Cinemascope. "All these ‘wide’ screens,' ” he con- tended, “are merely devices to aid advertising.’^ ; 20th-Fox will carefully select outside product - which Will be made in the Cinemascope process, he said, and the system will be made available only: : to. majors. Subjects such as. Metro’s “Rose Marie," which fit into the big pic- ture category, Will get the Cinema- Scope greenlight first, in terms of use of the process by other stu- dios:.; •. ■' ■ V"". Zanuck revealed that 2pth’s con- centration on Cinemascope to the exclusion of “widoscreens" means that none of the studio backlog will get any special treatment. The "flat" pik, he said, will be released as they were made^—as will“The Inferno," studio’s only 3-D film which will go out as a stereoscopic feature. ..' Sheldon Continued from page 3 Cary Grant and Betsy Drake re- turned from abroad. Macdonald Carey on a Hawaiian vacation of three weeks. Dimitri Tiomkins celebrated their 29th wedding anni> Jan Sterling checked in at Para- mount after a tour of Europe. George' Sidney leaving for India when he completes “Kiss Me Kate." ; Walter Wanger and Joan Ben- nett applied for passports abroad. Walter Compton succeeded Danny Thomas as prexy of the Publicist# Guild. William Farnum reported in fair coriditiOn after his third bladder operation. Frederick Brisson checked in -at the Walt Disney studio after a Visit to N. Y. . ;,:■• Aubrey Schenek and . Howard Koch to Honolulu to scout lo- cations for "Beachhead;" Burt Lancaster will be hospital- ized for three. Weeks following, removal of .a kidney, stone; Steye Cochran ordered by court to pay $16,000 for slugging former prizefighter Buddy . Wright with softball bat. Roy M. Brewer, IATSE interna- tional rep; installed as president of Motion Picture: Alliance at. its 10th annual membership meeting: He succeeded: John Wayne, who held job for three years; By Donald Freeman , Roberta Linn opened season at Del Mar with nitery act. : Don Howard, KSDO disk jockey arid .showman, formed promotion publicity, agency with Frank Gailo. KFMB-TV earning plaudits for “Wings for War and Peace," semi- documentary on Cdnvair’s 30th anni. '■. V Dorothy McGuire will star in “L Am a Camera,” first play of; La. Jolla Playhouse season. Norman Lloyd direct. Forrest Tucker and Tony . Ro- riiano booked for break-in. run at Top’s, Yale Kahri’s\hostelry on Pa- cific Highway. ; Russ Plummer, announcer and disk.jockey, moved from KFMB to berth at KSDO, local affiliate of. Union-Tribune. . Andy and Della Ruseli booked for appearances this summer at San Diego County Fair along; With Spade Cooley’s crew. Sharon Scott sang at press party, opening Del Charro, . new class spot in La Jolla. Sergei Malavsky, accompanist for ' Ezio [ Pinza, also was on hand. Lawrence Welk: brought arch down for; shows at Naval Hospital and Marine Recruit Depot. Cesar Romero unit, featuring Edna Skin- ner, along with singer Wanda Cur- tis; also played the, hospital. with Robert Srodmak on new pic, “Ivressc,’’ to be made here arid in Morocco. . Song which Colette Marchand *ings in “Ballets de Paris" at the Empire, ‘T'ni Naked Under My ists simply must be on the ball. They’ve got. 4o; throw away the racing forms arid concentrate on synehronizing the two niachines. seeing that they are both running and the frames, are ; perfectly matched. There have been many ^iristances^iready^vliere^eitheiHve equipment falters or the »■ projec- tionist muffs his job. The public is paying for 3-D arid can demand refunds if the picture comes out flat." 1 lavana dog' track opened for summer season. . . ’ Carmen CavaRaro to. appear on CMQ-TV this, nionth. ; : . , "Mari in tlie Dark" tColv playing on the America circuit. ■ Miramar theatre owner Herb Copclan.back after a.trip to U.S. : El Murido-TV and Union Radio- TV owner Amadeo Barletta. off to Argentina. , Metropolitan Opera’s Richard Tucker to sing here as part of the Pro-Art.e Musical Society's pro- gram this season. By Haris HoeUri Hannerl Matz and Hardy Krue- ger voted most promising film stars by exhibitors here. . ; E. W; Fiedler, pic director and holder of tlie Communist National Award, quit his DEFA job. , . Senate will turn over Titania 'P ala st to “its owner fif^July. Tie plans to enlarge the stage, Johannes Haeussler completed documentary pic, "Terminus Free- dom," dealing with East refugees. Ex-Boxing Champ Max Schmel- him in. a film: version of a 1945 Broadway comedy written by Shel- don and BusjFekete. Titled “Alice in Arms,” it concerns a Wac about lo leave the service. Douglas and Peggy Conklin had top roles in the stage presentation. Film ven- ture would be done overseas after live;..aetox.: winds up his current stint, in the Ponli-de Laurentiis ■film; “Ulysses.", / Bo 111 “Arms" arid the Interpol storyV if. any materializes. Would be offered to Metro for . production, Sheldon disclosed, since, the, stiidio 1 lias "first refusal"; on any. scripts^ lie does for outside :lerisirig:r'-His : seven-year contract, incideri-aliy, has three more, years to go.. ’ 5ri event the projects are rejected by his home lot, steps would then be taken to set up an independent film-making, venture; Meantime, Sheldon lias just completed a yarn'for Metro tagged "My .: Most ?. Intimate Friend.’’ Scheduled, lo roil next May; it’s to be done in either CinemaScope or Memo's own wudlsscreeri proc- ess; I • ;■ • ’ • t’ommentirig on the industry's new technological' developments, he thought these techniques place an "enormous burden" on the di- =reetoi^not^only^does^iF“ose==a- problem for hitri to occupy all the players on the screen with “bits of business," but he also has to figure how r to get them off the screen as well. . By: Borah Z* Buritian . Buddy Lester ' current at the Chanticleer. Nellie Lutcher in one-week date at Eddie Leonard’s Spa. : a Qalen Fromme, local newscaster, went to. London to cover Corona- tion for WBAL. Mrs. Isabel Burger, director of local Childrens’ Experimental The- atre, sailing for the Hague to attend UNESCO conference as theatre delegate. By Bill Willard Reldon & Mildred Katleman to N.Y. on talent hunt for El Rarieho Vegas. Jane Powell plus Darvas & Julia at Desert Ihn clicking to capacity crowds. . . Silver Slipper’s .“Too : Sinfui. for Broadway” revue breaking all, rec- ords' forcasino biz. ; . ; Airies 'Bros, toppers at t he Sahara. for a month, with Jack Carter in for two frames with option., '. Paiil, WhiteriVan’s return to rhusi- cal scene. at Last Frontier. Monday (1). given.:red-carpet treatment. : Sam Tucker chairmailed United Jewish .Appeal dinner Sunday. (6), with : Jane Powell heading. ;enter- tainrivl'rit roster. . . By Matty Brescia . -Ernest. Tubbs, Carl Smith arid other Grand Ole Opry stars inked:, for annual Mid-South Fair here in Septerriber. * Jimmy Klaer; Mid-South pianist and composer, to Europe with Mrs. Klaer for .a looksee of music cen- ters overseas. •. Clarabell, Buffalo Vic and Howdy Doody checked in here for one_day to help boost p reem of Dick (Uncle. Richard) Stuart, KWEM hillbilly deejay, now draw-, ing crowds at his weekly hillbilly session staged fa Spring Lake Miss.