Variety (Jan 1930)

VARINEWS, PARIS Cable ‘adios: “Louvre, 52-15. Central 01 -573 : arnt ACTOR ADDS 10 M4 . Pad ‘ is ri i “ “V ARIETY’S” PARIS OFFICE Paris, Building, 15 Boulevard Italiens FOREIGN SHOW NEWS: Paris Jewelers Top the 4 Great Gyps: Girls’ 20%, Return lf the Chump bas FOREIGN TONGUE JAM Film Men, Troubled With Dialog, At Should ‘Consider Gairo's Fix: : ! ; Cairo, Dec.. 81. . Picture ‘producers with’ a headache over foreign tongue dialog may |¢onsider. drama in Cairo and ‘its polyglot Btatus. ' Paris, Dec, 31. ‘Plenty of grieffor,.Carol Sax, operating. the American ‘troup at the 4 | Femina in repertory season.. ‘Paris, Dec. .22. The civilized world knows what a handful of streets like Broadway, Fifth avenue, Piccadilly. Circus, Michigan Boulevard, Under den Linden, the Champs Elysees and the Rue de la Paix can do to it. ‘They’re |. a delight—for the shopkeepers. As one wholesale jeweler here put it, there are four great gyps in the world —furriers, Jewelers, medicos _anl lawyers—and of these the jewelers take the cake. Perhaps the’ world’s most expen sive of keptees, the Parisian demi|: mondaine, will tell you how they make the boy friend rue it when they pay on the Rue de la Paix, Some confidential shopkeepers on th:; ultra-expensivé avenue, notably. the ‘jewelers, will tell you how the gals manage to knock out beaucoup extra francs for their real flamés on a strictly 20% basis. Advance Tip Wheh'a chump feels moved to ‘buy | a gift or is inspired in ‘that direction by his two-timing flame,’ ‘the latter’ makes sure that ‘such ‘and’ such famous establishment—or it ce might even be one of several—is advised ‘oF the ‘coming ‘philanthropy. She merely calls up the: directeurgerant ‘d'etablissement ‘and. coyly notifies that she is about to become’ the mama of some new bauble at the’ hands of her sponsor, but. that she expects 20% of the purchase. price for herself, -‘Voilg!,, Also tres’ béans.. That evening the gal's. ‘sponsor calls with’ his. jamiourand, with the keptée doing “straight,” a 75, 000 franc string of pearls, a brooch or something she might not even -care for,-goes across the counter for. maybe 125,000 and more. This permits not only thé ample margin. of profit, but also for the keptee’s: 20% ‘Kickback plus an extra’ percentage |-- to the ‘house for collaborating -in this genteel “take” of the sappo. — Next days she‘calls; ‘like as not -‘* escorted ‘by the male’ Keptee she. in turn is maintaining, usually . the real “heavy,” and-without much ado collects her.20% with much bowing. Is it any wonder the shops are will-. : ‘bdgo suffered..a hemorrhage: of the lungs and‘ has departed to join his wife in. the sanatorium in the south" ing to do’ biz this way’? ; If‘ she’ prefers, the shop will further oblige by puying ° the bauble back, at “a considerable: ‘cut, course, ara make up a pretty good pasté substitute to boot, just to a “hoagwinie. ‘the chump. ° ", — Rikers. | AES fs. the old” ‘Times ° Square _ doll Wooey™ on a grand, scale. | Broadway chorine who steers a boy (Continued on: page 41) Spain’s Literate Unable To. Sway Populace “Madrid, Dec.. 18. Public’s acceptance of the translated American melodrama, as witnessed by the huge success of “Trial of Mary Dugan” and “Cat and the Canary,” -with others to follow, won a signal victory. over the literary critical contingent which in ‘turn al most ruined one impresario, °.. .: The highbrow and. ever-patriotic Spanish critics.decried the Ameri can influence, panning the. melleraas un-literary, ete. and in turn took: up the cudgels ‘on ‘behalf of a new type of Spanish play titled “Van-|': guard.” This they’ hailed for its nuances, general novelty and. basic nativity. The public responded by | py’. leaving the theatre almost. en. masse |. i. pt the first performances;. These “new method” ‘plays merely evidenced an exaggerated striving toward forced phrasing and farfetched situations. . oe Dancers Too Plump: | Vienna, Dec: 22. Sacha Leontjew, ballet master of the Vienna State Opera, -has re-|-: signed and will leave at the end of the present season. ‘Leontjew,. with his share of the Russian temperament, fell foul of the critics as well as several members of the corps de ballet, ee a “Some OL the wates— Or the ballet are a little heavy for toe work is a fact, ~The Tiller Dancing Schools |. oF America, Inc. 64. WEST 74th ‘ST. NEW YORK MARY: RAD. President Phone Bndicott 8216-6 © New Classes Now Forming Rose”. has just reached here. 7 guiged under ‘the’ title of “Thrice. 7 c “Married,” ‘ ornaments of the J ugoslavian stage, |. it made a ‘solid hit, especially with |. the ‘Belgrade Hebrews. . As there are no Irish in. Jugo; slavia there was no one to. criticize | the well meant attempts to suggest | an Irish brogue in Serbian, Kulvndjitch, , producer, very American play. brought. here so far. hag been a big. success, ‘ “ of | drugstore: ‘perfume gag and nite. club | Director, Hubert “The | 4 “ABE” BELGRADE HIT Opens Retitled_—No ‘American Play Has Flopped There Yet . Belgrade, Dec. 19. After all these years “Abie’s Irish Dis and acted..by leading ‘states ‘that Via $. Dual Versions . OF “Journey s “End” oe Viehna, Dee. 22. . “yi oufney’ 8. End” was presented by the: ‘English Players for. three days last week. As it was being simultaneously: acted in German’ at. the Deutsches .Volkstheatre, Andere Seite,” : ‘with. Moissi _in the title role, .Vienna had an’ opportuni-. ty to compare the two versions. | Verdict of the critics was that the English, transcription won, Moissi’s ‘rantings. andravings as Stanhope” being more suggestive of a dope den than a dug-out. “Die ag ,. “Cant. Play. coi.apletely. out on all three nights, with full attendance of. the / tiplomatie corps. . Vesta Tilley il London, Dec. 81. “Lady -DeFrece, .who as. Vesta witleyretiréd from ‘the ‘stage 10 years “ago, ‘is seriously ill -in' the | South of France. : The famous» male impersonator Is ow nearly 70.. Sir Walter DeFrece a few days of France. ‘Zurich Picks. Musical Zurich, Dec. 31. Marischka, © of utich has ‘bought the.rigbts for this | ‘territory: of a musical piece ‘dalled “King of the Moulin Rouge,” to be the next attraction at the Theatre an der Wien here. Author is Leo Ascher, ‘Piece ‘is reported .on ‘the eve of production, on Broadway. SHIFT FOSTER TROUPES © ; London, Dec. 31. | slat Foster's 12 Palladium girls, trained in New York by English instructors and designed for the Palladium ‘here, go to the Scala, Berlin, in January and ‘will be. replaced by another group. ' Counting the girls in“Why ‘rouble’. in Newcastle and those with “Good News” in Paris, Foster now has four troupes in Europe. Zz NEW LONDON DRAMATIST London, Dec. 81. ‘Sir. ‘Barry © Jackson will. present. ‘at the: Playhouse Jan: 21a new play ‘bya new-author, with action laid rin @& novel locale, ‘Piece is “Assegal,” ‘author ‘4s Alan ‘King and. the setting is in|. Zululand. WEATHER | . London, Dee, 81, Dry and sunny weather. prevails here, helping business at the box. office. Washington, Dec, 31. The. ‘Weather Bureau has fur snishta“Variety’ withthe following | outlook for week beginning temor row (1): Somewhat overcast, with rains over west portions Wednesday. Thursday, cloudy, followed by. rain or snow over west portions, over east portions Thursday. or Friday (3). Saturday and Sunday mostly fair, Decidedly colder by end of the week. Josip | | comedy.. .. ‘Now favorites with the passenger. 7 crew, . -ete., of: the: Armandale’ Castle. ‘forthe newspaper ‘eritics are too ‘upon a private dress:rehearsal pre-. 4 ceding the formal premieres, .ousies often figure in the critical Reply ‘of the |’ | actors don’t: do well. before. the re ‘car-rights*to-Marcel Parnol’s: Rain jJerry Baby Grands (Ascanaeus), (ROSE). ” YORK —_ KING (CHIC) Originators of (That's the name of a boat.) _ Represented “by JENIE JACO BS. VIENNA CRITICS STORM ar "NO ‘SPECIAL § SHOW ‘Vienna, Dec. ‘B31 Dectaririg apécial dress rehearsals. costly, _Vierinese . impresarios -have raised a storm by suddenly cutting off. these preliminary performances. ‘The reviewers are in arms against what they regard as a denial of their ancient ‘rights’ and are insisting . Writers argue that such performances give them fuller opportunities: for serious: judgment: and /a -calm |. ‘| weighing. of .play’s merits.. The managers: ‘insist. the reviewers will be more correctly directed toward | 4 fair. view if they witness the performance ‘with an audience around to indicate public reaction’ to the performance, . Managers «also make: the: “eynileal observation that professional jeal judgment of reviewers: ° scribes’ to this: slam: is’ that if. the Viewers: itis -because they realize they are playing. to ‘experts who know plays ‘and have-~ standards ' ‘of acting, | me é . hte Club Site Picked "For Rumanian Senate|" Bucharest, Dec: 18. “The Rumanian Senate has trans-: ferred its activities, not individually, but en masse, to a night club. The greybeards. met, until a few weeks ago in a hall of the University. When the University needed the hall and asked. them'to find other quarters, none could be l0cated until finally the owner of the Moulin Rouge, a ‘large building in. the. Boulevard Elisabeta, where the } nightbirds .of Bucharest ‘flocked, offered. to sell out. Everybaay, Ancluding | the ‘Prime Minister, looked the Moulin Rouge over and pronounced it just thé. thing’ 1 for the Senate. Three months’ ‘gtrenuotis work ‘and the ftransformation was complete. ' Some of the diplomats were there before. thé Senaté Chamber:arrived*| . Scandal even whispers that-some of the Senators were ‘there before. But looking” at’ thein’ now you'd. néver. guess it. French Critic Body Paris, Dec. 31. The | French vaudeville critics |: ‘have just organized their own association ‘under the title of Asso clation de la Presse du Music Hall. By vote the body has determined . to admit foreign trade. paper corFespondents to. membership, "Lawrence Shubert's. Buy ., Paris, Dec. 20. ; > Lawrence Shubert has the Ameria Cb oa be ius”. at the Theatre de Paris, Pierre Fresnay, the lead, who speaks: Eng-: lish, may go to America in it. _ SAILINGS | Jan. n (New York to London) Charles. B. .Cochran, Major E, O. Leadlay (Olympic). | Dec, 24 (Sydney to Capetown) | classic. operettas in’ French,: -,|has @ number of new. people, includ| native, and a. Mexican act. . 1Sir Percy . ‘Loraine,. | way, has accepted the presidency of “Tin-Type" ; |Spain's Jeading futurist dramatist, : “Medios Seres” (“Half Selves’), his | good and’ bad, The better Instincts the moment the ‘curiosity is reflect _{-This puts the Imperial, which ap ‘politan: inrating, under control of -|Cureiand John McCormack, be : dependent legit establishments, beeause it paid high salaries and drew -ker,” introduced: her new profes . for ‘Carol. M,’ Sax’s: ParisAmerican . Players, Jcess at the Apollo theatre, will be ‘| project to. send a complete company. ‘operations. | !-Long brewing discontent within. the company culminated when» Sax refused to cast McKay Morris in’ the lead ‘of “The Barker.” Motris -had pulled the prima. donna: stuff regularly, with a climax when he. refused to: show for Heheareal. That A .was.the blow-off. 7 Larry Fletcher, ‘a newcomer: to. the group, stepped into the. part at» 14 hours’ notice, — On top of that the Femina fs be. ©» ing ‘claimed by Hatchettes, a big. | commercial company’ which. owns: [the property and is planning to: build its own building on the site,; This ousts, Sax automatically on; | _ BY COLORS IN PLAY Jan: .1,.and.creates a momentary fs hiatus until he can arrange for one: 7 of the two downtown houses availe : 7 : “Madrid, Dee: 19, [-able. -ore at Ramon Gomez ‘de la. Serna, . Sax says the company wilt con=. tinue: for another six: weeks at a minimum, having. sufficient -back~ ing:.fon that. period. . The subscripnew dramatic success at the Alka| tion sale terms call for six plays in zar, another. manifestation. of:. .the.|12.weeks, while the schedule so far. “Strange Interlude”. treatment; . -| “| announced provides for only. half . Players are dressed: in costumes’ that, «Season . opened. with “The equally divided.in half by black and | Road ‘to Rome,’ then ‘The: Torch | ‘white colors, each color represént-Bearers” and now “The Barker.” ° ing .the. two -personalities | ‘in éach, |*“The Barker” Is being staged by. Kenyon Nicholson, the author, who.. is \spending a -vacation-.in Paris while. completing a@ new play, Joan — Kenyon, ‘wife. of -the:. ‘playwright, . will play’ the femme ‘lead In’ the’ piece. a Opera House. ‘season. “opened here. with. French company doing French The Perroquet ‘night club cabaret ing Nadia Dauty, Hindo, Maruja, Just: to make it good and tougher, British high commissioner, . and talka just that the Catro Dramatic amatic Society. GOOD AND BAD DENOTED has done an Eugene ‘0’Neil ‘with. thes | fous ‘are voiced by the. ‘white-hued por-. tion of the cast (as it is: visible to: the audience) andwhen -aplayer ‘voices his or-her baser instincts the. ‘darker’ attire: turned to the audl woe ence, A future addition to the Sax ors. " Critics are raving, proclaiming: it | ganization . “Big Bill” Tilden, a great Play and production,. Pub-:| tennis. champ. He will be in anew. lie is giving it the mild razz and is frankly inclined to ridicule, but for production, which: he’ -will ‘subse. quently take to London. ing favorably. at the box office. Rruitless Comeback Try : ‘By Hauptmann at 67. . Vienna, Dec. 17. Germany’s. modeérn. Goethe, the great Gerhart Hauptmann, is 67. Anybody could see that who was: in the. ‘Burg theatre: the, other night .when Hauptmann tried to‘stage acomeback’ with. two ‘one-act mae “Phe Black Mask” and “The. Witches’ Ride,” presented under. : the. general.title “Spaok.”, . A.:; Hauptmann ‘opening—the ° first: performance not only ‘in Vienna but. -anywhere—is always something for. art and society to get. thrilled over, but this time they “went: away ‘diss, Tokio Imperial’s Money Jam Puts It Into .Chain : Tokio, Dec. 8. ' the Imperial theatre here, famous’ house ‘that has played stars of world note, is to be: absorbed into ‘the’ Shochiku chain, modern organization, on a ten year aperating lease.. ¢hange is due to.financial troubles. proximates_ the New. York Metro Takejiro Ohtani, Japan’s leading ‘| picture .magnate, ‘who-: operates ‘many theatres, both films and legit-‘ imate throughout the empire. His’ first move' will be to renovate ‘the | appointed. ; old: house, built.20° years ago, ‘and. . Hauptmann, like Kipling put une reduce. adimissiong.. . like Shaw, 1s obviously, written out. . Imperial has been host to many: “The Black Mask” was .a gruesome joreizn artists, ‘among them Galli-| Snapshot of Germany. after the, . , Thirty, Years War. “The Witches, Ride,” 1s: a-weird mess of words,. |. with nelther sense nor object. . The Burg theatre people did their, best, but not even Elsa Wohlgemuth, Pavl Hartmann and Hans Marr. could. make it. clear to theaudience what. it was all about sides playing its resident company. ouse was a great handicap to in the best talent away from inde pendent theatres. “Barker's” Lead, Wife Paris, Dec, 21. Lucille Nicholas, wife of J..Kenyon Nicholson, author of “The Bar Nora Brown in Hospital ‘ Nora ‘Brown, English chorus girl, arriving in New York last week, with the all-English company of! “Wake Up and Dreani,” .{s ‘in. the! Park West hospital, recovering from” ‘ an appendicitis operation... Miss Brown had been in the’ strange ‘city but 48 hours when the" operation became necessary. ~ Charles B. Cochran, who brought over the show, called. ‘in Dr. Phillip: Graussman, the eminent “sur Seon, to. ‘Operate; oa } sional name of Joan Kenyon in a revival of that'play here at the 'Theatre Femina by. the ParisAmerican Players. Like _her former professional | name, Joan Kenyon is adapted from. her husband's real name, : Nicholson, disgusted with Holly-_ wood, came over in October,.-head-., ing north. to.-Paris: where he. will:re-main for a few. months,” ‘polishing off a. new. play. : Nicholson directed “The Barker” ETHEL WATERS) “DATES London, Dec. 31. Ethel Waters ended four weeks?’ engagement Dec. 28 at the Cafe de .| Paris, London, and now ts under the . care of a throat specialist. for laryngitis. a) ‘She returns to ‘the cafe Jan. 27 ‘for another month at increased salary. “MRS, “BOTTLE” MOVES. ca London, Dec. 31. “Art and Mrs. Bottle” withdreys Novello Play for U.S. London, Dec. 31. Ivor ‘Novello’ s play, “A Sym-. phony. in Two Flats,” long run suc-. brought to New: York in the new year byShuberts. ‘Company headed ‘by Novelio, author and star, will remain intact “lstarted ‘anew "yesterday | @itonday at the. Royalty. —————— So. Africa “Rio Rita” Sydney, Dec. 31. The ‘Pullers ° are working on a a tg wu think you'll lose, you’ye lost; ‘or out in tho world you'll 1 find’ gue ecces begins with a follow’s will— . It’s all in the state of mind. of “Rio. Rita” to South Africa, . Undertaking is in association with the. African Trust, marking a new departure for Australian interests MR, AND .MRS. JACK NORW :. AND MRS. JACK NORWORTH in international and intercolonial 130 Wert 44th . Street: New York