Variety (Jan 1930)

“* courts to. get relief from ‘the ‘condl was’ through with her. ‘Wednesday, January 1, 1986 PICTURES VARIETY 30 Coast Divorce Suits in 1929. e IF ILM PRODUCERS [Frisco Outdoor Displays Helped Stage Screen — and Reasons| 7 S| AFTER OR ci ALS 7 By: Managers Ramet Theatre Biz “Los Angeles, Dec. 31, Thirty picture and stage couples | . found the marital ‘bonds ‘irksome. during. 1929 and appeared in Le A. With Ceremony "Report. is.that. Publix is. is“guing but 200: of those. gold circuit passes. “Even mayors _will be without, governors and... . Cabinet members taking pre-": "|. cedence, | 7 Hereafter, any time one of ' the: gold’ squares is presented. at the Paramount, New York, ‘the’ show stops, the organ. “-comes up, and Jesse Crawford /:Plays “Marche AMiitaire, a tion. Some got the desired: relief. while | others: ‘are -waiting the. un-. winding of the usual red tape. J ean Arthur. was sued by: her: husband, Julian _Ancker, . who. was granted an annulment of their mar: “ rlage on, the grounds that ‘his wife ” yefused to livé. with ‘him when. she learned her ‘contract forbade lier |’ . marrying. . Marjorie ‘Bonner waa granted. x ‘divorce. from James Chaffee on the] E _ grounds of desertion. ‘Robert Bow; SHOW PEOPL AND FIRMS father of Clara, got abusive with his wife, Tui ‘Lorraine, dancer, ’ ‘and ; she received a divorce. Mary Lewis ’ and. ‘Michael Bohnen,. both . opera |. singers, figured in a suit when Miss. taxes. illegally collected during the Lewis. one a separate ante last fiscal vear. discloses those of nance. nor. Faire an iam | —_ : Boyd ‘were separated when Miss amusements as being rather Hber-. Faire testified that Boyd said he ally represented in the staggering , Margaret | lists furnished Congress by’ ‘the Campbell waa’ granted a divorce ‘Treasury. ‘from Josef Swickard on the grounds]: of. desertion. Ynez Seabury and W. W.. Costello . quit cold. because of Jealousy. Cruelty and Jealousy _ “Emmitt Corrfgan and Molly Mack “Washington, Dee. 31. classification. Following covers a2 portion of: refunds to professionals and amusement enterprises: Mary Pickford... .cccceseces $10,163 _ each charge the.other with cruelty. Ann. Pennington... ..se-cceege---99T1 Suit has’ not been. brought to trial.|-Central Theatres Leasing "& 09°. ‘: Nora White and P. T. Carling also |* Constr.:Co., NYC........ 6,718 charge cruelty, . Case pending. Eth| Mrs,. Mildred Z. Loew, NYC. 9,551 _lyn Claire and Dale Henshaw called Orpheum Circuit, Chicago.. 2,175. it off with Miss Claire getting the| Palace Theatre, Corp., NYC. 652“nod ‘on jealousy chargesiRoscoe} Pathe Exchange, NYC...... 1,816 _Arbuckle and Doris Dean were di-| Plaza Music Co., NYC....,. °°1,136 : vorced when Miss Dean testified Selwyn Realty Co., NYC... 1,903 that Arbuckle would not come home| Eugene J. Zukor, NYC.... 9,322 at nights.. Lloyd Hamilton lost| Mrs. Lottie Zukor, NYC.... 10,166 |: Irene Dalton because he socked her.| Allied Prod. & Dist. Corp. “Lefty” Flynn and Viola Dana; (dissolved), Hollyparted. Intoxication ,on .“Lefty’s”| wood, Calif. Sharehold-— part. Peg Entwistle claimed that] ers, D. W. Griffith, DougRobert Lee Keith: ‘pulled her hair,|Jas Fairbanks,. Mary PickSingle. Kit: Guard caught Nell| ford, Charles: Chaplin (ea. 7 Guard. off guard-and the judge be-|°$147.90) .........ssceeeeues 591 ‘Heved him. Influence .of relatives Ww. A. M. Amuse. Co., NYC... 9,118 separated. Lowell Sherman and|Avenue Amuse. Co, NYC. | ‘} Pauline Garon. Mildred Harris. fig: Fox) Oe ey 3,560" ured in a second divorce and was} Chadwick Pets. Corp, NYC. ° 672 allowed to cut herself free from| Edna Ferber, NYC..... seve 8, 791 Everett McGovern. wm, Fox Amuse. Co,, NYC.., 4,868 Gladys McConnell left Arthur Q.| Wm. Fox Elizabeth Theatre Hageerman’s bed.and board because} Co. NYC..........0.+0. 1,598 he nagged her. Ella Hall parted| Wm. Fox Exhibitions, ‘Ine, ‘from Alfred Emory Johnson: be-| NYC. Leese eee eeeseenee 506 ' cause hé threw cold water at her. Fox Theatres Corp. ” NYC.. 9,879 Wheeler Oakman and Virginia May | Fox Varleties Co, NYC. "2,485 ' . Jennings separated with desertion Metropolis Theatre Co., Chi6.208 the cause, Norman Kerry was sup-| C480 ...--.te eeeeereces -posed to swear at Rosina Kaiser | National Theatre Co, NYC. 7, 253 ‘and now can cuss alone, Leaving| Palace Theatre Co, NYC ‘her alone in Paris.while he saw the| (second refund) ........ 9,743 sights was the reason that: Timothy | Pickford Corp., Los ‘Angeles. 61,800 ‘Whalen and Priscilla Whalen went | Otis Skinner, NYC......... 782 their. séparate ways. Failure’ to Staco Amuse., Inc., NYC.. 973 support split Treva Lawlor and -J.|S¥dco Photoplay Corp.NY¥C. 1,043 L. Turner, Because he was jealous | Thompson Scenic Ry., NYC. oy of her career, Harry K. ‘Roseboom United Artists Corp, NYC.. 1,18 lost Jannett Loft. Robirison Amus..Co., BrookYM sessececees eee ees eters 1,269 : Free lancing was ‘the “nub “of! the split _ between Elmo: * Lincoln: : and’ Edith . ‘Linkhelt. Rex Lease. and Eastman Kodak Co. of N. J. 104,325 Monument ‘Theatres | Corp, | . . ry , ee “874 Charlotte Merriam divorced because Buffalo ....... reese 8 ne nagged her, -General incompati| Clu» Casa Pal Mar, “Santa. 51,614 bility covered the many. charges that | __ Mon cel hs N. Theatre. divided the Marshall Neilans, , “|B, F. Kelth’s “Co. cee eeee cooevas 13,962 : Ganna. ‘Walska McCor mick, 286 |. : ? : J NYC, peeve cece tener ee eee: 17,286 CHARLIE 0 REILLY , IN “| Leis Moran ..:..... ; . s . “ 2,000 De “nh ~|Mrs. Charlotte. Pickfor ‘ POLITICAL REPORTS Smitn .ccccciececeseeceve 10,2141, ‘Douglas MacLean ‘Prod. sees 8,769. Efrem Zimbalist-..++0+%+++9 2,333 A shakeup in sorne of the city de-. partments ‘after the ‘first: of ‘the “| SPYROS SKOURAS SAYS, merce and. tong a friend of the Mayor, according to these informants. ' O'Reilly, one of the banner carriers in the recent Walker. campaign and known to have one of the best ins in the Hall, replies: “There is notruth in these reborts and their publication will only necessitate my issuing a formal. denial.” ad , While conceding that Warners are flirting’ with the Wilmer and Vin| cent interests, Spyros Skouras generally denying all theatre expansion at this time, as was recently credited Warner officials in "Variety.” . ‘Monday. Mr. Skouras stated: "Anyone buying: theatres now is. plain crazy.” "INCOME TAX REFUNDS 70 Uncle Sam’s annual refund: on’ Mary Pickford Corp. re+ | célved the largest amount in this, o| SPEAKING. OF. THEATRES Stage Plays of ‘Little Value . | . for Talkers at Present—||.Novels and Magazine Stuff | Without Sufficient. Action ‘.—-More Writers From Le| git. and. Literary Circles. “Looked for in 1930 MORE OUTDOORS TTIFE , WILL HAYS’ FARM IS. Dialog pictures demanding far more carefut and discriminate selection.| of stories than the silerit era when|: ‘most anything ‘was’ adaptable, the| «producers. already lining up prod-| uct for the 30-31 picture season. report.an acute scarcity of material. For the first time the industry. is experiencing real difficulty: in focating matter considered ‘suitable for filming. . number of originals on the 30-31 programs is regarded .as a foregone conclusion.in view of the present production sources close to the shaping. of next year’s pictures claim. Engagement of additional: playwrights and. authors by leading producers is. likely to follow the bad condition that now exists with story ‘material so hard to find. ‘ The: legit stage has developed. little during the. past: year to feed the great maw of the talker studios. Its musicals and’ mystery plays have ‘been overdone in the opinion of. some film. producer heads. Legit shows .of this: type that last year would have been ideal for filming: are not regarded 80 enthusiastically: now. .: , Melos, Ete. ‘One. of the produting companies, open in decrying the Searcity at the present time,. ‘believes. the new year will usher in ‘a lot of melodramas, ‘Westerns and other: outdoor . productions as a result of the cycles that have been run since the talkers _ camé in. . “ if. talker musicals are to continue, they will have’to be originals. Many musical.shows are hits largely on the strength of their musical numbers and when the picture pro‘ducer buys the rights to. such shows they are often: paying fancy prices for songs,-the edge of whicu has already been taken off by ‘popularization, it fs claimed. Producers also. ask what’ point there igs in ‘buying musicals tha: are a year or two old unless they have a story and atmosphere, such |. as “Rio Rita” and “Show Boat” for example, around which. talkers ‘can be built, At. the: present time there. are more novels available ag’ material than ' other. matter, according to ‘producers, but so many of these, while best sellers, cannot be made into pictures. without: ‘péing almost. entirely rewritten. The current-day novel is ‘running toa. type of writing. that plays down the very element |. pictures must have—action, which almost atitomatically lets. them ‘out. .Magazine: stories are also. becoming less. actionful and more Fellows for Laemmle Tn Royal Society of Arts A distinction conferred on few prominent. Americans, a fellowship |_ Bak ee ee ee ee fn the Royal Society of Arts in London,’ has been granted Carl Laemmle.’ He was proposed for membership by R. A. Waters,. psychist and engineer of Reno, Nev. The Royal Society of. Arts is one of the most exclusive and oldest organization of its kind in the world, founded in 1754, Thomas A. tion for M-G.-. She is opposite RegAmericans inald Denny in “Mme. Satan.” ‘Mdison is: among the holding a fellowship. poor: yield of material for’ talker. {r. ro coupons, scoff at Friend Will's explanation that it was just a little/ Sontfe . of the producers, notably Fox, are not ‘interested in any of the Broadway musicals, feeling that. producers, ‘for his personal direction by. Joseph PRP. Kennedy, Women Tell . & muchtraveled and world, ; lywise film man sighs out the: old year with: ; “There used to be a day: ; ’ when women didn't want, to be * ‘told on’. “Now they tell on‘ each other, . . “A botile of gin and they tell “the. world. oes ~ GROWING IN ACREAGE ‘Some one’ of | thiese years. wi Hays is going to doff the film crown ‘and-squat.on a lowly three“pegged stool ‘neath a fat brown cow. ‘That's what folks from Indiana. who. have worked in New York say about: their brother. native. . (A representative Increase: in, the The farm idea isn’t hooey, either. They point out that the hay. life is in Hays’. blood, crediting him with having gotten his inspirations for the post office and filmdom in one of those places..when a mere. barefoot lad of the Longfellow kind. | -These people from back home ‘and the Wabash, etc, etc., know: ‘more | about that little farm a few miles up the Hudson than General Will told a. “Variety”. reporter about. last -sum mer. Then. it was something about a moon; which Hays shoo-shooed until .the hound realized: he. was barking the wrong question.: ‘While a place. of: mystery. all. these | months, ‘sincé Hays has been spend-. ing-more and more week ends up the river, the Indiana ‘boyhood friends, since grown into stalwart buyers of ‘shack with a few acres.on which he could play horge with hjg boy, Billy. “Do you know that Mr. Hays has been adding steadily to that property and is buying’all he can. get?” one Indianian queried. “No,” was the question for. more. “Well, he is, and he now owns 800 acres that I personally know of.” ‘Near by are. the Sheffield Farms, dispensers of Grade A, etc., so: “The General is a great friend of the. Shefflelds,” the informant volunteered, The story was so interesting that. ‘efforts were made to get Hays to review the farm story and open wide |. the bag:on_his retirement plans: “The .General. is: away for, the week end,” the ruddy M. Ready, “door Heut., replied. As for the where: “He’ 8 up on his farm.” CAREWEPATHE OFF INDIVIDUAL: PRODUCTION Hollywood, Dec. 31. called: everything off in the: deal whereby. Carewe was_ to: become |. boss-in-chief : of: Pathe production. ' Instead Pathe will probahiy adopt @ system of production unde? -which half. a dozen pictures will be. assigned to each of several. associate. Ear! N. Derr will be general head of the department. Carewe will not. make “The Spoilers” or “The Silver Horde” for Pathe. ‘These stories were bought ly. ‘Garewe hag until Jan.. 15 to buy the stories for himself personally by compensating Kennedy, for Pathe may. be the moving of short production from New York to the West. , Kay Johnson's Chance ; Hollywood, Dec. 31. ‘Kay Johnson will have her chance in the second Cecil DeMille produc Production starts Jan. 27. Another: _production...deyelopment. |. San: ‘Franelsco, Dec. 31. . San Francisco ‘theatre managers’. are nursing. a ‘holiday peeve. . and. ‘with the coming of the New Year : are likely to take a joint résolution - against future aid.on. yuletide ‘out-". door celebrations. ‘The Christmas season just closed’. . is reported. one of the worst in the Fault’. jis laid at the door of too much free history of. local” box offices: outdoor entertainment. Following its annual custom, the | “Examiner” put “an. enormous tree on Twin Peaks and added enter tainment, features that drew.thousands of peoplenightly, The Down town Association had a huge tree: . ‘}and free outdoor show in: Union: . Sanare that also. took .its quota of One of the big oil com-.""" panies put on a Santa Claus display ‘that was the: ‘magnet: for more thous " ‘sands with .free balloons for. the: the public. | ‘kiddies, candy and other gifts, Then | the city took up the spirit and dec ‘|orated nearly all the trees In Golden Gate Park panhandle with electric. lights, and the Home Edition Club,: composed of wives. of newspaper* men, had a big outdoor tree all their own on Russian Hill. “All of these attractions were if |widely advertised, particularly just). .What. they did. before -Christmas. to the vartous ‘box offices. is a sad ‘story.. The Downtown Association -— had the theatres help them out for: Again.” | Diseuasion already has been heard the civic and club displays and ‘keep the ‘crowds down in the theatre district. ; FEATURES AND SHORTS “IN'30 ATLL STUDIOS ‘Paramount's. Long Taland studio ” will enter -upon its most intensive production year this month with a... schedule that calls: for 18 features * and a minimum of. 100 shorts; with. ‘the possibility that the latter. may. reach 200 before the year is Over, . depending upon material and: facilities. : e Both schedules are ‘tentative. ‘but. . ‘half features monthly and from two * to four shorts weekly.:-. At present’ the studio has. but three‘recording to channels with # fourth expected to ;be completed within the next. two. weeks, ‘With. this last one installed the studia ductions " ” gimultaneously. others are being Jaid but it will be , weeks ‘before completed, | f. xX. Bushman Now Owes: “awin | Carewe and Pathe have. Ist Wife $57,000 Alimony’ . “Baltimore; Dec, oe . "Francie xX. | Bushman’s maritak troubles were” taken to. court again . when Mrs. . Josephine" ¥. Bushman, his first ‘wife, filed a petition in suit. for back alimony in’ the | -Cireult. Court at Towson. . ‘The bill charges ‘that the amount of the defendant's arrearages under’ ~ the decree of divorce. as of Septem ber, 1928, was $57,000 ‘and that ‘since that time Interest has accrued. It also’ charges: that the defendant their program in Union Square. an@.. 7 now the mariagers are rajaing their collective right hand to say “Never, of a scheme on the part of the the-..atres for’ next year to proyidé 4&.° counter attraction that, will offset — call for production of. one’and. a: ~ will have facilities for four ~pro=-"~ Two | has declined to make further pays. _— ments “under ‘the decree. ae Roach’s Layoff Hollywood, Dec. 31. With eight more tworeel ‘come. -|diey to make on this season's pro gram, to be finished -by the ‘end of February, the Hal Roach studios at Culver Clty will ‘be closed for a ‘Imonth or more, reopening in March for the making. of its 1930. product.