Variety (Mar 1929)

48 VARIEtY S P aR T s >Wedn«iday, March 6/ 1988 News From die Thie department contain* rewritten theatrical newe Itemi-M pub- llahed during the week In the daily paper* of New York, Chicago, San Franoijoo, Uo* Angeie* and London. Variety take* no bredit ♦or the*e new* Item*t each ha*-been rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK Dr. Herbert B. Ives, Television expert of the Bell Telephone lab- oratories, anliounced a three- dimension process In films, whereby the Bctor and settings may give the niuslon of solid objects In space instead of being flat Images on a flat surface. Alfred A. Hesse, In "Zeppelin," has been appointed director for the Belgian-American DramaUo So- ciety. N The new Warren lAwrence comedy, "Conflict," wUI open at tte ;Fulton March (. Peggy AMenby, Dennis Moore, Spencer Tracy. ...George Meeker and Edward Arnold la cast. , St. John Ervlne's "The Ship" to being rehearsed by the Washington Square Players with Margaret Wycherly and Richard Ceough In leads. Veloa and Yolando, Spanish daace team, say they wUl be married Eiaster week. ^^^^ Doris Keane Is returning to the dtage In a play entitled "The Pbrate," by William DuBols. Theatre' Guild has called oft re- hearsals on "The Gome of Iiove and .Death" for the present season. Sub- stlttitlng "Man's Estate," by Beatrice Blackmer and Bruce . 'Gouli^. At the annual meeting of the Bplscopal Actors' Guild, George Ar- UsB was re-elected president. ; ^race George la to appear In New ITork In an Jingllsh play entitled -•<Men and Angels." written by Fred ; ' ' Whitney. The cast will Include i,: ' Walter Conholly and Melvyn Doug- ii;U:ias.' Sam Harris has Invited managers ;i to an early convention to lay before them his plan for establishing per- maneiit' stock companies In ke^ ' Cities to take the place of road C'. 'toura. VFriendly .Ehiemles"-wiU be re- ;'.yived, with M>e opening set for Fbliadelphla March 10. .Iiouls Mann "will play hlB brlglhal role with Sam ^fiemard. 2d (Davey Jones), the 'other' principal j character- Canon William S. Chaae and Mc- Allister Coleman held a <|ebate on the censorship question, Sunday night, at a meeting of the Students' Forum of Congregation Emanu-Bl. Mr. Coleman . opposed censorship. 'While the winner was not an- nounced, Coleman's arguments re- ceived the greater applause. Congressman Florello H. La Ouardla, New Tork, married In Washington Feb. 28 to Marie Fisher, tor 16 years his private aecreWy. Actors Equity will hold a meeting at the Hotel Astor (March 18 to select six members as a.Aomlnatlng committee for the annual election. JuUus Podell and Dudley Bro- derick were sentenced Thursday to 80 days In Jail and flned $1,600. and $1,000. respectively, following ttaelc plea of guilty to charges t>t main- taining nuisances at the Owl Club, 181 West 49th street, and the Tacht Club, TO'West 46th street Sentence was Imposed by .Federal Judge 'Wll* llam Bondy. According to cables from Chrlatt church, all New Zealand has a laugh on Sir Harry Lsmder. The canny Scot traveled nearly 200 miles In a second-ctass carriage with a flrst-class ticket. The ticket provided for him called for all flrst- class accommodations, A drive for $500,000 tor a rest house for actors Is being sponsored by the £plscoi>aI Actors' Guild of America. Alfred E. Aarons Is chairman of the committee. A marriage license was Issued Thursday to Samuel GQdwln'-and Helen Upson, both attorneys. They met for the first time last Septem- ber on opposite sides of a civil case In Sui»'eme Court. Godwin Is a theatrical lawyer. - Mrs. Ruth Owen Brlggs ws ' granted a divorce from Claire >Srigg8, cartoonist, Feb. 27, at 'White ^.plains,. N, T.~; "Fh^ Brlggs were iparried 111 190.0 and have three chll- .^idren. ^ . '' Supreme Coait Justice Frank I.. Toung of White Plains. N. T.. Feb. 27, granted Mrs. Katherlne Allen a divorce from Edgar Allen, booking agent tor "Peaches" Browning. . Unable to open the safe at the Belmont theatre '(picture) in the Bronx, . early Wednesday a. m., burglars set flre to the huildlng and 'escaiMd with $E. Ingreborg Torrup. leading woman for Walter Hampden in ''Cyrano." attempted sulcld» F«h. 27 in her ' apartment at 53 Ttfadison avenue. She swallowed four ounces of vero- nal -Quick work by a police officer called in who gave her an emetic, probably saved her life. ' ' ^ ■ Flo Ztegfeld has filed a complaint Jn.lT. S. District Court against Ben Bemie and Walter Donaldson charging Infringement of his so^g, "Making Whoopee." He declares the two defendants l^ave had his Song sung in vaude and over radio ■ mai wants fa pernianent iiljunctlon Arthur B, Poole has been ap- pointed comptroller of Pathe Ex- change. He resigned from the oomptrollershlp of K-A-O to accept the new post Alexander Molssl has returned to Europe, having completed his tour udder Morris Gest's direction. ^ Abraham I. Menln, former United States attorney, was unanimously Elected exalted ruler of New York Lodge No. I 'of Elks. "r- Mrs. Plske -will' appear In New :-7ork on Easter Monday In a re- vival of "Mrs. Bumatead-Lelgh." G«orge C. Tyler beblnfd. LIGHTWEIGHTS MATCHED ■ Ray Miller Agra** to Meat Sammy' Mandal During Summer Jack Dempsey has teamed with Floyd Fltzslmmons, the mid-west- ern sportsman, in the promotion of a contest between Sammy Mandel and Ray Miller tor the world's light- weight championship. It - is dated for next summer. While- in Miami Fltzslmmons and Dempsey talked the matter over, and over long dls^ tance phone virtually, clinched the match with Hal Hlxon, so far «s Miller is ^onqierned. It is not settled whether to stage the fight In New .York or Chicago. The .deal would Indicate that Dempsey la not committed to act as a promoter-exclusively tor Mad- ■Ison Square Garden. lUlIer challenged the -winner'/ot the.- McLarnln-.Glick ' contest lost' A'lday ^p the Garden, which-"fiabjt Face".' eiaiily won'' by a- ia ^' Early In 'the winter Miller stopped Mc- lArnln In Detroit Because of his poundage it Id unlikely-that fight wHl come oft, McLamln being a Junior welterweight at 140 pounds. Miller's weight is about 128 pounds. Earlier plana ' called tor . Miller fighting ..Tod,. Morgan- tor .the- Junior lightweight - title and that- match may j>fecede the Mandel . liontest; Ann Murdock, has filed suit tor absolute divorce from her husband. Hallan Keep Williams. According to the affidavit of her attorney, Henry A. Uterhart, Williams Is now living In a Paris hotel with another woman. According to cables from l^trls, the French government is willing-to abolish the $10 visa fee for Amerl oah tourists. If an agreement with the United States can be reached the abolition of - all visas may be accomplished.. The Jones bill, passed by,Congress March 31, which provides a penalty of five years*. Imprlsounent and a $10;000 fine' tor first offenders against the prohibition' law. wUl make entorcement -more difficult rather tlian easier. Is the opinion 'of many prominent lawyers In New York. "My Girl Friday,'.' performances of which were stopped by the police Feb. 16. has been given a clean bill of health- by Magistrate McAndre-ws In West Side Court. Performances resutned with Saturday ma\Itte«. The ashes of'Walter Klngsley. ac cording to the wishes expressed In his will, .were scattered over Times Square by his widow from an air- plane on Friday. Mrs. Bettlna MasSarelli, 20, of Blast Dedheon, Mass., described as a former New York showgirl, was sentenced to 16 years In S^erbom reformatory at Cambridge, Mass., for her part In a $204 holdup. Ruby Keeler Jolson termed It "a lot of lies" when questioned as to veracity of report she Is separated -from All Jolson. AI's picture work on the Coast is reason for their temporary separation, says Ruby. Fire on Sunday a. m. completely ■flestroyed the Broox Lyceum, for- 'merly known as Niblo's Garden, Third avenue and 170th street «^ Three flremm painfully burned. At a conference Friday In the of flees of the Trkhsit Commission In itial isteps were taken toward turn- ing-Broadway and 7th avenue Into one-way thoroughfares In the night ly rush' hohrs by rerouting trolley ears of the Red and Green lines. Moe Levy, professional bondsman, who ran .the Furnace nlte club, hur- ried himself Into Jail on Friday when he reported to serve -his three months' sentence a week before the date set by the court. Levy said he wanted it begrun and over with. I.dS AT4GELES Olga Baclanova, screen actress, divorced from-,'Vladimir Zoppl, Mos cow attorney.' Decree granted in Russia. Couple' were marrlefd' six years. No children. It. Is reported Baclanova will now marry Nlcho \as, SouBsanin; screen actor. Mrs. R. F. Parkes, bride of three -weeks—to—Rr—Fi^Parkesr—advance man for Al G. Barnes circus, asked aid ot mlssliig persons* bureau of police dep^tment'to locate her hus band, who left theUr home Feb. 18 Mrs. Lucy C. Roberts, divorced wife ot the late Theodore Roberts, filed suit against Roberta' estatej<for alimony. Mrs. Rol<ert claims that the Installments were always paid promptly during the lifetime of the ^ , ... actor arid that a sufficient part of certain nlghta. Mctarnin Put Him Ami the -estate should be set aside to Insure - continuance of the alimony throughout her. lifetime. Juantta Montanya, ^aneer. who recfently sued "Wallace Beery, screen actor, charging criminal attack, was graiited -three years' probation' by Superior Judge Hartley Shaw on a burglary charge. ' Final decree ot divorce from Roy D*Arcy, picture actor, awarded Mrs. Laura Gulstl. Interlocutory decree, entered a year ago. charged the ac- tor with cruelty. Reported D*Arcy Is engaged to wed Lita Grey Chap- Un. Mrs. Ada Johnson, mother of Frankle Darro. child screen actor, Is contesting a decision of Superior Judge WcJter J. Desmond, appoint- ing .a guardian for. the boy. Mra Johnson-alleges that Frank .Johnson is not the father of the child and that Judge Desmond was prejudiced before trying the ,case. Sally Blane, 191^9 Wampas baby star, graQted ttermlseion by Supe- rior Judge Arthui* Katch to use that ftame.legally. RlgUt faame is Betty Jane Young. Will of WUIiain Russell, film ae tor,'who died Feb. 18, filed. In Supe- rior Court, leaves bulk of $100,000 to his wldo.w; Helen Ferguson.. Be- .quests of $10,000 eacfa^ to three BLa- ters and $8,000 ;to a brother. Widow Is execfutrU >iuid 'residuary legatee. Superior Court, debided that Ar- nold . Blackner, vaud» 'tenor, must pay john Ardlzonl,- .vocal instructor. $2,600 which the teacher claims is due him tor tuition. Vernon Country Club (night club) destroyed by fire Qt.junlmown origin. Loss estimated at $50,000. Club re- cently leased by^ Bob and George Goldle and Tomimy Jacobs, Action of Peter Howard, -known In Hollywood as Peter the Hermit, against Inspiration Pictures (Edwin Carewa productions) for $130,000 damages,- continued until April 8 In Superior Court. Howsrd's claim is based on alleged .use.ot his name for the part of "Christus" in production of "Resurrection;" Mr. and Mrs. Dock White, mar- ried four years ago at the Ambas sador Hotel in the first radio broad- cast wedding recorded here, have come to a parting of the ways. She' filed suit for divorce, charging'cruel ty and assault' ■ •■ May Massy McDermott appointed administratrix of estate.. of her brother. Marc McDerinott, late screen actor. Estate is said to be about $10,000. zicGnauBLOss (Continued from page 1) couple ot Plnkerton- dlcks> wardrobe mistress, $20,000 liostume invest ment more to Josef Urban tor decorations, supplementary redecO' rations Ufi; 'Whltemsin's atmospherte Palm Beach bandstand, doorman and'caterlng-creW'Whlchr-all'Com' blned, totals plenty pennies. Against this is a posaiblltty of 340 couvers nightly at $6 <a head which, for the first five days, can gross $10,200. On Saturday's $7 a iiead scale, $2,880 more or over $12,000 intake, and hardly tlliely to reach that in any, one > week/ .cou' slderlng the inevitable, eaolnc off on WPUKEOFJUBA I^ TflE REAL WnWEK Jimmy. McLamln who hits like a heavywel^t—when .he hits—did that certain - thing to Joe Qlick in the second round of .their return match at the Garden Friday. It 'waq a brief aorap, .with only half of the second round over , when Joe "coliapsed after courageously arising from his thtrd'trlp to the mat Toward the oUmax of round one, atter lie had peppered. Oliok aplenty with an eque^ number of lefts and rights, top and bottom, McLarhln. craeked one eoUdly oii Joe's chin. If not tor the beU the East Slder might have' foiind flnls : written there and liten. Iletni^lhc.]to bis corner^ it, looked raiher. bad for .<QUck. And it looked jnuo^. woriM), wheii Jbsejdi,. purely a °t>oxer 'and .a' Ught hitj^ng. «ne at that, eoni^Iit to-trade .'blo'WB wlth- trip h'animer McLarnln. Joe's er-^' ror. He pratted it for 'a nin^ count.., , : "'.' .,', ; , '.. .~ ; . He got'iip'after .-that one,, seemj I'ngly okay ' melitally, but' l-ocklng like a caAoe. The stems -weren't' there. He-went down for a second time almost immediately, landing oh his ba)ck, ' He rolled bveir itlulclc- ly'ehoughsand wf^ on one knee at nine. Having'more or le^ weath- ered that sock, Joe, either through de&peratton or sheer lnstlnc|, inade dive at! Jimmy that seemed .to catch the latter' off. guard. . That was what Joe had to do-.^keep the wallopinir-Mfck off balance. Once a.guy- like' McLarnln ls,-8et he-hits. Little harm' to MclAmln-from'that short rush, tor he sent In the hortU duke for a clincher. H" w<m: " - In clashing - contrast " was Mc- Lamln's hattdeprihg as-the'referee picked'the prostrate'GUck'from the fioor. McLarnln weighed in Thursday iaftemoon at 140%, proof enough he Is no longer a legit lightweight. Gllck's weighing time heft-was 4% pounds less, - g^at handicap for a light man, and probably more than that with'the steak McLarnln-may have packed away for supper. The weight handicap helped to route GUck, but there's little doubt that MoLaOnln would have finished in front under any conditions. ^He hits-too hard. ■* What GUck should have learned, though, is to steer cletir 'of-welters from now:-on. He's to-medloc're'a puncher to -trade with Tern,-'and' a; wallop' ts tho lone out for ■ weight; deficiency. • ■ > ■ . (Considering -that tiie' flrst'^Mo-l Lanrin-Ollck affair, la- i whleb| Jlmnty grabbed the-decision,,:went the TuU 10 -it was figured >:011dc mlgfatMiave located Jimmy's wea&-- ness. He didn't, or he dldnt-show; it Instead of boxing,' Oliok,. who certainly la a boxer it ievec- there was one-, selected to puncli-'lt out with the hardest hitting small man In the ring. Two 'Beat ' Ray HlUer, wtio turned oik . the lights for McLarhln recently 'lit . trolt was introduced, from ,.'j£h^'..rlh8r and announced to haire olhklieiiged the winner.. "Why MUIeT sbould- have to again flgbt McLandh for the privilege of meetinar Mandel, Isn't perfectly clear, alnOe- Kay has already kno<Aed Jimmy' decisively flat. Probably the gatej ' ' But It Bay is wUUhg, it should be oke with the' mob.' What a acriap that may be. A left' against a right And both the beat In their class. , The Garden's Thiiraday '-'night prelims were In and outers, often' dull Billy Wallace of Cleveland, who has slipped a lot In the past year or so, took nine rounds before .fin iah.ing Jackie Pilklngton. The right handed k. o. blow followed shortly after a punch to the.pit -of PUklns- ton's belly. Jackie claimed It was low. Closing punch was unques- tionable. Right on the'^ button. Stanlslaua Loayza^ tar from the Stan of yore, mussed up Lope Tenoria, chlnky. lobklng Phllippiho. and snatched the verdict' This was the opening 10. ' John Erickson. with "The Swed Ish Wop" embroidered on the back of hii* robe, and Frankle Bauman broke even In their six-rounder. Capacity. joisoH nr OH Hodxfit - ' LOB Angeles; MaRb S. Al Jolson has bought.a small'ln-> tereat In the San Francisco iteam of the California hockey league;-Up to a month or'fie ago Jolao'n had never witnessed a professional hockey .' match. ^ He la the aecond Hollywood celeb to 'dat>bIo in a sport .Recently, Jack Dempsey acquired- ai: 26 per mk UKi»m to m tia Juaaa .1 .y/j-i ; Sharkey Cop$ Flamingo Flop. But What of It? By JACK PULASKI Miami. Feb. 28. 'Sharkey's a bum and' Stribiing'a his cousin." That Is what Bugs Baer thought ot the ' Florldian flatlc argument' ataged by Jack Dempaey, batting tor the late Tex Blckard, and none ■ in the Friars party disaented. Flamingo Park, Miami &eaoh, was Jamiqed with the who's who of th« ' sporting iWjorid, brought here by spe- ' dat trains of which there were halt a'd9z^n. ;Th> society of Palm Beach were, rihgslders, too, while' the rear sections held thousands of C!rack- er? from "Florida, Georgia and ae forth. ±t»e alleged heavyweight con« tenders in the ring were hardly re« spbiistble for. the amazing attend- ancel R was rather thIe matter of Detttba^fu popularity. nie Crackers objected to the deci<< slon firing the match .to Jaik Shar> key, the >BostoR-talkative - gob. Loa Magnolltl Immediately raised Bhar« key's 'arm. Rlngslders, even those oh the abort end of. the betting)^ had figured, out there'could hava been no bt^er result Odds went, from eyen money to as high as 2% to one for Sharkey to' cop. The iwhole card can bo summed up as «. Elatnlngo flop. One prelim was .stopped but - nobody . cared. Somebody said the best thing In the ring .'was .the'battle royal. Youniif .Strlbllng, idol of Georgia, had b^n built up for the match. He bad -been knocking out pushovers for months, but that never fooled the folks up New York way, where Strib Invariably doggred it. He re- fused to lead and that's the real reason he lost. The kid looked In excell4^'condition, so did Sharkey. At the' finish there 'wasn't a mark on Jacic'drib's mouth was cut and he was spraying clareu Side Stuff Best It Is a fact that the.^ght 'was a gag. TI^B people who plied into Mi- ami made that an excuse to take the trip. The many other sporting events, amusements and entertain- mehta; meide the Junket more than worth yrli'lle. 'That applies 'particu- larly to the 'nlght clubs and gam* rooms—^d there is little doubt that Miami BeiEich is the Monte Carlo of Afflierleai,>>liavlng stolen that rating away-frdu ritsy Palm-Beach.- There is more of a kick- to "Thm Diike ot Alba," famous lyric (writ* ten by Harry Rosenthal and Irvlnff Caeser) than there could be in 2t Sharkey-Stribllng fights',' while the Friars'^rbllo beat.lt 1.000 ways. The arena -was presented to the city of MlanU by BUI Carey of the Madison .Square Garden Corpora- tion, and .Dempsey has promised to stage a major flght here each winter for the n^xt five years. But it wlU be tiie same thing for the mob will be going to Florida, not vrltb the expectation of seeing a great con- test, but io enjoy a winter climate that has no rival on thia side of the ocean, and be amused by the cream «f dub entertainers, Corbetfa Opinion Jlm..Corbett, sitting In the work- ing press section as ah expert had an entirely different opinion of the match. - He said It waa a surpris- ingly good exhibition ot boxing by big men,, but he had figured the flght would not - be satlafaQtory to the spectators. Jim believes. Shar- key the.best ot the title contenders. As for Stribllng. the Georgian knew what to do. but didn't do It The only way to explain that Is t^e lack of flgj6;ting heart In .the early rounds'he'looked like a crMk boxer, but was up against a man of un- questioned boxing skill. In the fifth Strib shook Sharkey with a right to the face.'Jack came back in the next round and Strib folded up, .evidently making up hla mind that there -wiks no use taking a chance with Sharkey's t-lght. Sev- eral solid punchy to the body ap- peared to slow up the cieorgUin, but at no time was either man really hurt In the first round StribUnff wrestled Sharkey to his kneea. Warned' by the referee he cut out his usual rough sAiff. -"-Sharkey-- coHeeted'-100« grand-fot his bit. Poor Stribllng got 83 G's, which 'was 20 per cent of the $316,^ 000 gate. (Mexico) racing establlghmeint, presided over by Jim Coffroth. Jolson has. also made PWhwe number one of a contemplateo String ot pADles at TIa Juank