Variety (Jan 1929)

54 VARIEfFY TIMES SQUARE New York Chatter Will Morrissey and ^[hlgie Miller . ■will liead a. revue at the Monte . Civrlo, Brooklyn, N. Y. . Cliarli<? Morrison showed a wait- Ine world a top hat and touched wodd via can©, for .'29. D'eifion- stratlng what that Xmas two-and- .a-halC per cent, did to one giiy. VSully the Barb got a live pig for .. New Year's. The pig's in Jersey, . but .nobody htiS; found Sully, in- cluding customers and his Wife. ■ Uddic Cantor -is still pulling people from their tables on the : Ziegfcld roof to entertain until the floor .^how gets set. Ry Mace, with tidings of his suc- cess on Broadway, returned to Kan- sas City for holiday to find father .killed In motor accident and. mother probably fatally Injured. Beryl .Halley has a dancing partr ner with no ballroom work avail- able, -' , ■ ' ' . . Absent from the show a week. Kathleen Crosby returned and wa^^ asked by the producer where shp had been. "I was In Long Island," she replied. "What part?" pur- sued the questioner. "Tuckahbe," replied Kathleen. The Broadway clique taken on ai ' recent oil tip is going, for another : ■ —oil. V Wanda Stevenson given a small principal part, '' .Ray Miller left . for Detroit td battle Grogan Jan. 11. One of the stars of the Street .who had a. phon© installed in his ■ dressing room received his bill, ahd found the rest of the company had been using it while he was on stage. Phone but- . Lucille Ballantine is, another show girl taking unto herself a dancing partner hopeful of secur- ing attention, Jacqueline Schalley selected by the Polish artist who selected the five most beautiful dames on earth Bern ice Lockwood and Mary Bey declared they are soon to be re spectiv.iely married. ^1>' Joey Ray's first records out this week. Lillian Roth's 15-year-old sister Ann now in legit production. A general average of the annua income of the little dancing girls of Broadway who are fortunate enough to get long runs in night clubs and musical shows, as est mated from the money made by 10 seasoned dolls, is about . $7,000. (Credit these statisticians: Evelyn Saetheri Mary Bey and Estelle Phillips.y Eddie Doherty, now in Paris, has been assigned to Northern Africa I . for feature yarn In. Liberty, Pat Rooney, Jr„ left for the Coast, celebrating by taking his iflrst shave, Justine Johnaton and Louise Brooks quite the admiration of the ringsides these nights. Mine. Frances, the modiste, giv Ing the clubs a play to see what the frails are wearing. Duke of Manchester and Duke DeGoyez are having a time Inspect ing the night life. , Doha Rose has a new collapsible sedan. Jay Cassino made .assista,nt pic- ture editor oh evening rag. George Kaufman back on Times after severe illness. . »Ma d el i n e ;" Mac1c T" oi^ after long tour; . Daddy Brownjng regular visitor of dance hall at 46th and Lexing I ton. ; Ward Morehouse has ' boycotted ■ the north side of 42nd street, declln ing to walk on that, side where "Front Page" is showing. Katherine Ray again starting a tour of the club belt after a long lay-off.. - Whether Hazel FOrbes goes with Carroll or stays with Ziegfeld will be decided by Equity. Peggy Blake wired Beryl Halley that she Is on her way around the world. Raymond McCavir now wearing spats and h6 used to brag that they even wore no socks ■where he came from in Montana, Sh»nnon Cormack started the iNew ^'(>ar by shaving off his mus taohe. _ ^ "*^Ed Sullivan, assistlinF m. bTthe' Nick X^ucas bought a hom^ Ben Serkowlch. PubUx PubUc re- tre time. One driver said that In '''^^^preTari^.TainThSad business of. opening the new Pub- knew pf such a demand. lations Tclegniph, in ho.spital. Among the niotion picture celebs who ccicbrated on Broadway New Years were:" William Fox, Richard Dl.x, Richard Barthehncss and Bert Lytcll. Ada Landls, showgirl, entrained for North Dakota when word of her mother's death came to Broadway. Ronnie Ta.shoff and orchestra fol- lowing Paul Whitcman into Ziegfeld Midnite Frolic. A chorus girl In New York is nampd.M-iv.is IJ'jiiili.;i- and slio's not from \'a»udi\ Soriie of tho boys believe the As- pirin ail which advises fblk.s tp keep away from crowds to avoid flu is a. large' .factor in llie- sloggush box ofTlce situation. Irvirig .lloi'finaii, carifatuVi-^t listod In. ilio Ton Most ropular Jew- ish Artistsr. Hope Hampton disclosed that She intena.s. to go to Italy for .two years of study. ■ Joe Frisco starts wi-iting a ciack a day for the Daily snrror, Johnny O'Connor to vacation in Florida - while biiUing out another book. Dorothy Knapp recovered from flu ju«t in time for premiere of "Fioi-etta." .. A .News reporKM:, sent to inter- view Joan Nash, famous, for her clothes,' talked. %Vitli Jeaii Nash of the ■Whitby an hour lycfore learning' his 'error. Marion Liine .to Cuba. Katherine Burke holds a promis- sory note payable Christmas, 1929, for $1,000 for every pound shia loses from this Xmas to next: She must weigh in before Jkn. l. Following holiday week, some of the: night cluh.s^ of the Stem witlt top business for the prior months 'Were catering to as few as eight and nine parties: Reiiort that the mother of Bobby Folsom died Dec. 17 in Lps; An«eles is incorrect! It was. Sarah J- Bald- win,, grandmother. . • , ' '. Dainty Mario's vaudeville act is family affair. The young man who appears with her is her son and the two women aye sister and daughter-in-law. B. O. McAnney has' l^it the desk of the "Times to become assistant city editor of the Telegram. The wise mob coming from Holly- wood reports that the racketeers a.re having easy pickings around Hollywood on the fancy wall paper^ thing. The absence of a blue sky law in California makes it perfect for the high-pressure boys-. Harry Kellar has accepted the editorship of the new ' Railroad Magazine that the Dell Co. is put- ting on the newsstands. Robert E; Schenck, a.?sistant moin- ager Loew's State, did some police work on his own Friday night; He picked up a man upon complaint of a woman who said he was annoying her. Schenck had to let, him go when the -wonian refused to appear in court. Bonnie Gaylor, former vaudevil- Uan* who retired when she mari'ied, is living in Detroit. George Patten has scrapped his vaude act. Said he wore it out showing it to agents. Jack Dean slipped back to New York from Yirrup. Artie Lewis, whose post-card claims he's "yoUr old pal" and men- tions Lewis and Ames for further identification, has gone into the re tail shoe soiling business in New York, so there's no cause longer for Artie's old pals to be on their up- pers, if they can find his ahop. Around the Palace the boys are saying that Paramount, Warners, M-G-NI, First National, Fox, Radio- Keith-Orpheum, Loew's and Bar- "ttTmr Bailey'iS'wilJ nire^j^ struct a 95-story building in Times Square. With a theatre on every floor. Ann Pennington has the misfor- tune of having Dec, 23 for a birth- day, it double crosses her presents. ''Treasure Girl'- . company brags having fpiir girls In the company who have rhink coats for Christ- mas, "Vanities" Is next with t^wo. minks and a squirrel,. Lois • Uckert . transferred from blonde tp brunette. . Ziegfeld. not'realizing the dust he might shake up by using the word hostesses in connection with five of his most noted beauties going Into tho Midnight Frolic, went into con- ference to find another term. A chorus boy in ''The New Moon" married a divorcee 10 years , his senior.' One. of the Stem's press agent.s r.PQelved;a3_mucl^ !.''i*i?iiP.n9f?_ hand3~couW'li6fd ~f ron^ The gift amounted to near $1,000. Sears Taylor connected with, the Evening Journal. jean Ackcrmau has Ice on her important finger. . A Square beauty hinted to her boy friend she ought to be wearing an engagement ring, "Ridiculous," he responded, "you're a Venus In my eyes." Claudia Dell returned to "Show- boat," Dave Franklin back from Paris. lix house in Toledo in February. I Phoney mailing lists are belrig Evelyn Dean with "Animal Crack- goj^ the night clubs at $300 ia, click er.^." , bjr ^'acketeers, who com pile names Forced to take his niothep-in-Iaw L^^^a^^^jon^ out, that guy took hisi headache to | Frank MCEvoy "Interference," Irene Swor has reduced del6c- tably, • ■■ Annette Harding back from Eu- rope and again -with Zleggy is wiring May McEvoy, Ws sister, trying to learn whether or not rumors are true that she is married, . One of the girls ordered a new gown trQn:» a party. She Wednesday, January 9, 1929 Zlegfeld's Midnight Frolic. Good guy for that job. Knows the mob. The 11th of Cynthia White's Greenwich Village ball series is slatied for Jan. 19 at Webster Hall from 10 p. m. until paralyzed. Mi.-^s White's terp revel Is. an annual highlight In Hobohemia. The Friars is beginning a series of inforniml testimonial dinners t6 some of Its members.. Lew Cantor Is It for Jan. 11. at 11:30 at $3 a head. Speeches are limited to three and not to exceed thtee minutes each.. ': • . ;'' Eunice Holmes acquired a sniall ggV^ .j. j^^^^^ and kept the lisibel principal part In "Rio Rita Eddie Cantor figures tp realize Argentines never wear white car- . ^^..r'^^lu.^^^^h^ the lapel of.their dinner Tht $20,000 for his pet ^cl^*"^/;*^^^ ,^^fJ^j^^^^^^ or tail coats it being a.cus- leftvlr Side boys camp, {om to wear the. red to distinguish. Ha: ■his autobiography, "My Life Is In 'f^^ Ampri,.-.ans. At Beth Pnitv 3 "Show Boat" Girls West Three glrls froni ^'Shpw Boat" are ng for California in two weeks^ Hazel Forbes, who. got into dlRl-. ,, .them from Americans, At Beith I culty over signing a contract with ^'°J:'J' r,, . ^*>,r.^i«r«v w^,.nifi Trib Leary's party more than a, score of Earl Carroll, but whicb was not St. Clair McCelway. HetJ^^ as recognized, by Equity, handed in reporter, on way arpund the world | , . L^^ resignation' to Ziegfeld, Myrtle Even society girls are touchy Hanna and, Marjorie .'King will about their, age. One of them is. car- leave for the Coast ■with Hazel, rying her birth certificate to show The girls, have lived togeth(ir in she is 19 and not 23 as. her yen for New York and ih.sist they are . not scotch and rye has transformed hier going into pictured. with $500 in his pocket Coincidence that Blanche Ring should be in "Houseboat on Styx" and Charlie Wlnnlnger, her. huis- band. In "Show Boat," Annie Hart celebrated 50th anni- versary on the stage taking Edna looks. . , , „„„ M^y Oliver's role during the. for- . The ever shrewd bootleggers are me?s'illness , adding a mite of soap to ^hiskey ^iz^d ISbes' decided not to go such that whtn;it is shaken it holds with Carroll show.. ■ : • 1 * P^]^^^y l^^ad, _ _ . . ^ Will Mahohey has a complex for The dinner jacket is absolutely electric trains. Wife gave him a out at debutante parties, not one_ in $150 train set, observed at ^any of them. Jhe Pirko AhlqUlst, than whom no fdst word IS vyearing the chajo from other showgirl has a stranger name, center pf the vest to the trousers when he picked up his Evening left town ... pocket and invariably the tail coat. American—if he plcks. it up—that Sam Kingston received a solid . , . That makes you a barber, or .the picture critic writing under the gold trawling case from his pal of sometiiing.; ; name of Rob Reel is a girl. Much many years, Flo Ziegfeld, . Collegians no longer, wear tlie less, would he know that she is F. C. Arn'sult is the purser of the | Square ■w-hite .tie, with formal eve- Hizel Flynn, unmarried arid owning ning. clothes. The pointed fends are a roadster. That's why it pays to be considered smartest Pri . all . cam- on the inside of stuff like that, puses, and; the college bpys ^ must Supppse this guy Glotch, if there look smart, .even sober. is a Glotch, ■was at a party where Ed Judson, Isota Franschihi sales- Miss Fb'nn also happened to be a man, who married Hazel Forbes of suest. suppose this guy Glotch "Whoopee," f^avA PSrnndwav its I cleared his throat and said: "No- Chattei* in Loop INACCURATE BlOGftAPHlES (Hazel Flynn) Ample ; Glotch wouldn't know ' Leviathan" and he's going to stick on the job, says the U,; S. Lines, Letter said Variety had given his iob to Ned - Welch,. former ship- news reporter. Hal Hlxon's announcement was. not about Ray Miller, the bandsman, but Ray Miller, the boxer, who re- cently left-hooked Jimmy McLainln | itttely divorced In Chicago, to a knock-out defeat. . Norma CloM, revue beauty, tired of the stagi, walked out of "Scan- dals" and ia httsteaa at Shrafft's, 42nd street. Reports persist Soph 'Tucker mar- gave Broadway its latest delighttul shock. Judson was hody asked me, but I think that gent named Rob Reel on the Amer- led Al Lacley and that the folks] : , ,, , , ' t,'-■ ican is lousy." Imagine Hazel's em- Agnes O'LaughUn h^as h^^^^ {^^ nothing .of t°u- ^^\.!' Glotch's. Of course she really isn't behind the ears. . . .^^ that way, but you can Imagine. If ^^a. Vergne Lambert back at the ^^^^^ ^ J-^^^^^.j^^^j^^ though, the SnriW-hios'' Tucker the Harlem ^^^^^ Is cold. And It's not Snalce-hips Tucuer, the ii.ariem | ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Hazel wasn't very well known ^ .demon of dance, has created so or- "oe^orge^'F gSSton elevaW from way -'^'^-f^^,^^nr^^^^^ 7n'. tHp to Hol ciS piseAger agent to general E^om .the floor when he ^^^^^^ and sent back letters about easternassfnger Sgent of the New routine, that he had trebled his in- I factories. Some of her stuff , was York <>;)J^V.Camllle Lanier has ^ iite.ra si,in\^o^^^^^^ arS^cl^Tsir th:^>rar^vl;W H.t and, outfit to m.tch. including government took over the railroad^ P"^^^^ Godowski w Irene Streed, shp^jr girl, who lejy | ^^^.^£1^^^. Qofclon, that she'd be back from Europe next June. . estihg.'such as her outright declara- tlPn that therfe are fellows making rired her I P^*^^^^®* there. Less sensational, I but still readable, were her revela- the stage to sell printing, made $50 commission the first three days. Harry Block ■was obliged to close tlons of Inside dope on picture stars. Who In Chicago, tor instance,, would Jack Naples, eating hash m 46th kno^ that Antonio Moreno eata his Green Gables, formerly the street, nearly choked to death on a ravlola through his ears to keep his Florence club, having no dance per- mit. Tony Fra.ncesco and 10 girls In thP revue are necessarily out. Mrs. Harry Glenby and son sailed on "Bierengarla" for St. Mor- itz. Young Glenby worked a week on the Mirror, finding himself , un- adaptable to ne^wspaper business yet, Dreena Beach opening at Hamil- ton hotel in Bermuda. IVIlllicent Rogers and her hand- some Argentina hUsband making the rounds with Milllcent's brother. Electricians went to work on the name of Texsis Guinan's Club En- time, changing it to blub Intime, the proper French spelling. Taxi drivers were calling it the Club In Time, whereas the pronunciation is On- timay, meaning intimate. -^A' freak-^instrument called the Gymbalom is netting Julius Klein, who plays It, between tl50 and $300 a night in. one of the night clubs, it's like a keyless baby grand with the top knocked pflC, Aunt Jemima opened at the Ziegfeld Roof. Eddie Cantor is re- placed as m. of c. by Charles Wi n- ninger lead slug to which was attached an inch-long -wire. (Part of corn beef | label.). He handed Ihe foreign mat- mustache from becoming clotted? Miss Flynn looks to be about 20 across a restaurant table, when she wanted it back tP shovv his lawyer Manager said: "Sorry, I've lost it." Catherine Jones has a distinct dimple one inch below her left eye. Cute! ter to the manager, then decided he pj^yg her own check. She is very ,* *^ „v,^„, ui„ i„„r„«« attractive in a Avay, and seems to be thinking about something. Her eai'ller days were spent In various grammar and high schools,, where the boys nicknamed her "Scotchle" Ann Moss, the girl who started Ug^j^^gg she used tp bring her own the. Carroll nude trouble,, quit "Tliree Musketeers." Ruth ' Patterson, looking for a I press a.gent. Who wants tp handle | a showgirl—step, right in! The Rowland Fields are at home | at 309 West 57th. Hitched Jan. 6, Although a Manhattan resident,! •Field is drama editor of the Brook- lyn Times. Alice Brady has been nicked $2,- 5C& pn a. j.udgment to. co.ver the bal- ance of her 6-year lease on Apart- ment B," at 1150 5th avenue, ■which cbst her $550 a month. Lion Brew- ery Of Ne'w. York City owns the | ^)ed, property. A Broadway medico has It that I .gi^i Lewis, the vaude comlo, play- 50 per cent .of the town is sick and jng. the Pan. house in Memphis four the other half is dodging; the epi- years a^o, asked a girl in the demlc of colds, flu, etc. Docs in a audience to come up and assist him. She had ho journalistic experi- ence before joining , the! American, but a lot of people overlook it James Curran, supe of the Chi House of Correction, has bought an [amateur motion picture outfit and is taking pictures of the arrival and departure of celebrities in his jo'int. I For hia own amusement, If any. Harold Sti'anSon, ed, of College 1 Humor, . is reading manuscripts ih Bad cold. One of the most prosperous clubs panic because , of shortage of fired its old doorman and hired a new one. The other night a fellow inquired, of the owner if he could get a bottle of Scotch. "We don't sell any," replied the owner, and, in truth, the club has been strictly on the up and up. "But I can get it from your doorman," insisted the customer. "Nor you can't," returned th me Ih telling a gag; "If you do," he nurises. ■ . I pro'mised with that big Lewis gen- Belle Bennett, Tiffixny-Stahling krosity, "I'll marry you." She did, since her arrival from the coast In a burlesque talker, is sick abed In her hotel. Joe Brown, former musical com- edy actor, is, squawking about Adolph Zukor was in an out. with everything since, his arrival in New a subpoena server in the back- and he did—last week In Chicago. She was Louise Curlln. ground, making him miss his Harry Munns, the thcatricil at- torney, has just received a Supreme York. Al Selig, who ..■writes things for I u j.Q.Ye7-in-iaw'^^ e owner, confidently. "Come with I Tiffony-Stahl and picks scenarios in ...e and see.? The patron asked the spf^i'e time, cplebrated his. wife's doorman for a bottle and tendered ^^^rd wedding anniver-sary yestereve. n ..u J „ Some of the best-looking secre-, ., . the^money. Doorman coughed up a Varies to picture executives arc Court decision on real estate which bottle of Scotch and jthe_xusto^me^^ and, allied disease.';, nPt.g him-ove r-20.0 grand. He's not a federal m'Sh, made-'a pinch pn'tK6 U^nking it swell for news gatherers, py^^ Rmillihg till thc'cash is in "the spot. ■ J It is reported that the sister tearrt " One wealthy old buzzard's hobby in tho amateur night sequence of Is -waiting until a club Is about Georgie Jes.sel's "Lucky Boy" -o ^ tx'^^m empty and then ordering cham- hvorkod on the.level with their usual Eernice Spears (Mrs. Bei t ^y^^ei pagne for tl:e orchestra until they f^ct. /riie mother of the'girls flr.st er) will have hor fir.-^t in a tev^ get so tight he is allowed to direct U\f .^, |h^,^f,,^P°"^^^^^^^^ ... »rAn Ki-ii amnteur night scene, uguring it with his cane. It cost him $500 ono L,ight hurt their reputation. When' night last week wielding his walk- Uold that Jesscl would appear in the Ing stick, same scene she withdrew her objec- Trafllc around Times Square on tions. New Year's Bve was never more A, L, Erlanger sailed for Italy and (jongested. Balmy weather explained | soxithern France last week, that; weather being sloppy on t)re Following killing of two former beer runners in the Granada cafe, radio fans throughout this terri- tory have claimed they heard the •shots while lislonlng to the Lom-' Jack M. Welch la manager ofilbardo orchestra broadcast