Variety (September 1953)

Wednuxlay, September 30 . lOSS MljfCBIXAXV Omaha, Sept. 29. Mri. Eunice.G. Ralekin of Falls City, Neb., this month celebrated her 100th birthday. Her formula for longevity: “Early to bed, early to rise and keep your mind busy listening to every radio program of the Lone Ranger.” Dick Haymes. Attorneys for tne Argentine-born singer, now on lionc'vtnoon with Rita Hayworth, lifcve again failed to speed up the .solution of deportation proceed- ings. , , IJ. S. Judge Ernest A. Tolin took aicument of Haymes and Govern- ment t»ut ruled out attempt »)>’ lla.Miu's to press for immediate consideration of motion for irijune- tiiiu pcMiding separate demand lor a iluee-man tribunal to decide the ((.nstituticmal validity of the Mc- Carran ac t, under which Haymes is sn.'irlcMl. Healing here on .Monday was conlincd by the judge to immigra- tion Service’s motion to ciismi.‘'S Haymes’ charges. Government , ontencls Haymes is trying to short- cut due—and slow—process and ought not to present himself in (’ourl until deportation proceed- ings have taken their course. Court, argues tlie Government, is Haymes’ j last resort after bureaucratic pro- cedures have been exhausted. tion is to encourage production oi films which, "in the Robert Fla- herty traditiem, illuminate the- ways ol life and of j)Coplc‘S and cultures throughout tlm world.” It also plans to help distribute* in all luc- clia sundry pictures made by Fla- herty and olhc*r proclucc*rs that will increase international under- standing. Organi/ers of the Foundation are listed as .Mrs. Ellsworth Hunker, wife of the fc»rmc*r Ambas.sador to Argentina and Italy; Richard Grit- tit h. director of the Museum c»f Modern .Art s Film I.ibrary: I’rof. Charles Sic*pman of New York L'ni- \crsity: Edward Sammis. editor of • The Lamp;’’ Mrs. Robert Flaherty; David Flaherty. Secretary of the Foundation; Arthur Knight, wrltc-r and film critic, and Jean IP'imil- HORACE HEIDT FOR Lt’CKY STRIKE Under I'ersonal Management JOHN LEER 111 Firth A VO.. New York garnished with outer-industry lecognition of the star's brilliant career. The accumulative press has been extraordinary. Latest j highlights are the current Vogue I spix'acl on Soph and her Golden | Jubilee. Gilbert Millstein in the i N.Y. Sunday Times tnagazine sec- ] tion this past weekend likewise pi-ofiled her. Editorials in the N.Y. Times and Mirror, and generally across the land, have attested to the public alTcclion of the sea- soned songstress. ' Dinner, under Jewish Theatiic*al Guild auspicec. v ill dis ide its profit among eight llic atrieal c hari- ties of all faiths and color, addi- tions being Episcopal, Catholic and Negro Actors Guild, Actors Fund of America. Will Rogc*rs Memorial Hospital, Motion Picture Relief Home and American Guild of Va- i l icty Artists Welfare Fund, 1 The $160,000 gross to date is a j high mark In revenue from a single I affair of this nature. It is equally derived from the $.‘i0-per-head ^ guests and program advertising revenue, ( Harry E. Gould, as general chairman, and Harry Brandt, as his I coordinating chairman, have spark- ed a "difTerent” kind of presenta- : tion of entertainme nt—a cavalcade j based on “The Sophie Tucker Story.” written by Joe I..aurie. Jr.. By GENE ARNEEL .'\dolph Zukor is a name drop- per. Having lived in the high and inner-circle places of the picture bu^iines-s for the past half century, the Paramount board chairman conceciedly is a pilot of un- usual authority on any excursion spanning Hollywood's yc*ars-ago-to- today. He conducts such a tour in his autobiography. "The Public Is Never Wrong” 'f’utnam, 310 pages; $4). with Dale Kramer on the "as- toUl-to” end. It’s a sentimental journey. And with the heavy ac- cent on personalities then and now, it makes for absorbing his- tory. Zukor achieves dramatic effect in conveying the "inside" on films via the constant focusing on in- dividuals. Alternately frank and affectionate are his portraits of ! Mary Piekford, John Bari*ymore. Valentino and probably all other : major luminaries through the ! years. With effective simplicity he tells the ^tory of the problems en- countered by indie producers and • Continued on page 20) Hollywood. Sept. 29. Offer of $250,000 by NBC for special two-hour telecast of the legiter. "John Brown’s Body, ” has been rejected by producer Paul Gregory. Understood tlie network h;.d a sponsor ready to foot the tab. Gregory rea.soned that the prop- erty was "too hot” theatrically to make it available to TV which, he believe.s. would affect its boxoffice potential. Gregoiy also nbeed an offer from CHS to present "Brown." with Tyrone Power, Ann Baxter and Ra.Muond .Massey. ‘With These Hands’ Saga Of Faith & Friendship Stars Ben Bloom, Sacks Rui^el, Ex-CBS, Sees Lucille Ball Saved By 'Press Agent’s Field Day’ RCA Victor veepec and g.m. Manic Memphis, Sept. 29. Sacks who agreed with Bloom th.il Lloyd Binford Memphis censor, ‘Hands” had the making of a real- a>serts that film producers would ly "big” record. cure their economic ills if they’d The song"Took Bloom out of the be honest in advertising. In rap- red and on the road to renewed ping the promotion copy for RKO’s importance as a publisher. In the "Second Chance,” 3-D’cr with case of Sacks it was .sometliing of Hoi)ei1 Mitchum and Linda Dar- an intra-company vindication of nell, the blue-penciler of Shelby judgment since many of his key County, Tenn., states: colleagues, including the .sales tic- ‘ I am confident that “Second partment, couldn’t see the semi- Chance’ would enjoy a bigger box- religioso ballad as a pop for Eddie office success if the producers Fisher. It’s on the way to becoming were to tell the truth instead of one of Fisher's biggest hit.s. smutting their advertising with Bloom was getting nowhere as iminoral innuendoes. The movie- an indie publisher despite the fu'‘t gding public is not comprised <»f that “Hands’’ had been waxed )>>• people with moronic minds and Nelson Eddy and Jo Stafford tor iicc*ntious leanings. When, if ever, Columbia and was No. 1 in En-- noll>w<K>d learns this, the box- land. rie needed a boffo in tlie of]ice will commence to recover .Stat«*.s. and tfic Fisher version did troiu its self-imposed sickness.” Hinfoid's obsen'ation was in the Perhaps the greatest personal foitn of a footnote to an official manner in which Memphis announcement, relating with I hese Hands” is displacing to tlje showing of 3-D films. In () Promise Me” as a hymn at this it was stated that “3-diinen- v.c'dding.s. With that have come ^jons and Cinema pictures” were new markets, such as the Hapti>t suliject to the usual censorship • Continued on page 62) regulations. Broadway Biographies Thf Cnhhle San Franci.sco. Sejit 29. A sour note comment on tlu* c:'*** of Lucille Ball has been struck fiy the Mill Valley Record in Califor- nia. This is the sheet piihlislied and edited by Lou Ruppel. reernf- ‘ ly editor of Collier’s Magazine ;ind j at one point In his caree r publicity ' director of the Colximhia Hroaci- , cjisting System in New ^ or) I I Love Lucy” is a leading prograni package of CBS. * "As we see it,” ediloriali/i c! tlie Sept. 25 issue, “our \c)uiig folks 1 should be encouraged l>^ our I.cmcI* 1 liners in the tradition of tin* ii.i- I tion—in the task of prolec img I n- , cic Sain from getting '•i.'ihfud m 1 the hack by treacherou" ( ouumin- i ism rather than registering a*; a Commie to please tH andpa. ’ ; Ruppel waxed sarcastic aht ut i the .salvage of Lucille Hall s r* t>u- I tation. This was acc cunulisl ♦ cl. : said he. by a “press agent's fit id i day” and by “high pressuu* gu>s i w ho have a big iin esfnunt in I ‘I^ucy’,’’ Editorial drew the invidi- ous comment: “Small fry sho.v pc o- I ])le were tossed off the air j because Red Channels said t’.cy , were Lefties.” Eveinbody knows that The Broadway hackie Is a rugged individualist; But I think my friend Of the other night Is The Champ. It was nearly 12 And rain was falling dismally When I em< rge<l from the movie .And began scouting for a cab. Fully IT) minutes Went by liefore an empty Have in sight. It looked like sometliing That had helped can*y The Frencli troops up to The Battle of the Marne, But it was empty And I hailed it with ,ioy. The drive r saw me all rigid. He did more than that’ He leaned out And laughed right in my face And kept going. But the light was again'^t him At .ASid Street And I caught him Before it changed. 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(il’s Bakery and Restaura Tynan, who recently returned to ' filed suit for $2,000,090 London after a vacation in Spain 1” Federal Court la.st wee) with his .American-born wife, a inf? that the theme .song «i former actress, is reported to have i Rouge” was plagiarizi objected to the publication by the a song he wrote in 1943. Standard of a series of letters from Suit was filed against readers panning his unconventional Artists as distributors of perfonnanee as the First IMayer in ture. Hershon, whose 1 Alec Guiness’ un-ucct.ssful re-(f-ongwriling, says the t’ \ ival of "Hamlet” during the 1950-i “Moulin Rouge” was p 51 season. It was Tjnan’s only from his “London Belis " st.ige appearance. ».Again.’’ RtgHlar Subscription Roftt On« Ytar—$10.00 Two Ytort-»$18.00 Cono.*‘*. ond Foroign—$1 Additionol por Ytor USKitfr Inc. 1S4 W«tt 4i»li StrMt N«w York 3i. I