Variety (Apr 1930)

58 VARIETY TIMES SQUARE Wednesday, April 2, 1930 News From the DaOies This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollywood and London. Variety takes no credit for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. LONDON Frank Vesper's adaptation of Ger- trude Stein's "Debonair" is due at the Lyric next month, displacing his own "Murder on the Second Fioor." "Heads Up" is Lee Ephraim's next, due for the Palace in April. Sydney Howard, Louise Brown and Arthur Margetson to play. "The Callender" goes out of Wynd- ham's for "Wallace's play of Chicago gunmen, "On the Spot," April 2. First play, doing big biz, will prob- ably get another theatre, M. Guerro and partner were badly knocked out when doing a motor- cycling stunt at a Welsh variety show. Off for months. Lajest John Van Druten play is "After All," due at the Arts April 2. Helen Haye featured. Alison Leggatt, actress, married to Lt. Commander Shene Clarke, retired naval officer. Tommy Fields, brother of Oracle Fields, married to Dorothy White- side, Grade's understudy. Cheapest Quota quickie, untitled, has been finished by email time unit at an estimated cost of $4,000, Including stock/ NEW YORK Court of Errors and Appeals of N. J., reversed the decision of the lower court regarding the division of the $1,000,000 Caruso record royalties among Caruso's inheritors and ruled that the $1,000,000 should be divided according to Italian law. In accordance with this, Gloria Caruso, daughter of the deceased tenor will receive 60% instead of the two-thirds which the lower court awarded her. Four other relatives will receive one-eighth each. "Dinty" Moore's, at 216 West 46th street, restaurant, was again raided last week. Federal agents rushed into the kitchen and got a large quantity of champagne, whiskey and high-powered beer. William Moore, son of Dinty, and four em- ployers were arrested. Moore, gr., is in Miami. Hotel Lafayette, Long Beach, Long Island, was swept by fire and only the four walls were left stand- ing. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Hotel not occupied at the time of the fire. Mrs. Edith Janney. in her suit for divorce from her hushand, Rus- sell Janney, stated her husband conducted himself in an unseemly manner with an unnamed young SIZES—AAA to D —2X »o 9 HEELS—1 inch to 3 inches — flat, baby and high. i OVER 250 STYLES All Leathers—All Colors! • Genu/ne watersnaket reptilian effects/ kids; patent leather. Evening modes In iatln; moire; silver kid; brocades. Sport shoes In linen/ shantung; novelty fabrics. CHIG FASHIONS for FOOTLIGHT FEET! You'll find plenty of VARIETT in the smart A. S. Beck styles. Expensive-looking evening slippers—pert little rehearsal flats—ballet slip- pers that almost dance by themselves—gorgeous jew- eled heels or ornaments! And don't forget our one hour dyeing service! A S B€CIC SALON MODERNE • 539 FIFTH AVENUE, N. Y. C. THEATRICAL SHOPS 727 Seventh Avenue :*^*m*s.pjE:*is:tm.'-^» Times Square S2Q6 Chestnut Street tw ^j s: . .g .g«g . -g-^igv Phi!adelphia STORES Tn the EAST & MIDDLE WEST woman In th© Canadian wilds and also in Chicago. William Burr was appointed referee. Theodore Schoenstein, 23, actor, living in the Bronx, and Charles Marsalis, 19, non-pro, admitted rob- bing Philip Balahlm, taxi driver, of $14 in cash and driving away with the taxi. Both said they were drunk at the time of the robbery. Herbert Brenon, Jr., 23, son of the director, was arrested for carrying a concealed automatic re- volver In Flemlngton, N. J. He was driving with a companion, Oscar Friend, when they aroused the suspicions of a State trooper, who frisked them and found the weapon. They were held In $5,000 bail for the April Grand Jury. They furnished the ball and departed. Wealthiest Chauffeur Gllda Gray vigorously denied the rumor that she and T. Frank Stew- art, retired millionaire, were se- cretly wedded. First rendition of the sound re- cording of General Electrlc's talking picture of the 10,000 mile radio con- versation between Admiral Byrd and Adolph S. Ochs, which took place March 12, was heard before the Advertising Club of New Tork. Personal possessions of Marion Talley, former opera star, who went back to nature, were auctioned x>ft by the Broadway Art Galleries. It was quite a surprise to those at- tending when a number of spicy books, which had run afoul of th6 law were offered for sale. .Will Morrlssey says he's back in the producing field. According to an announcement he has taken- a leas© on the Gansevoort theatre In Greenwich Village and starting soon will have Morrlssey's "Folles Bergere Revue" there. Book and lyrics of show by Morrlssey with tnusic by Euble Blake (formerly Sissl© and Blake). It will be a mixed show. The whit© section will Include Midgie Miller, Ted Marcel, Jackie,Beekman and Bill Brown. Principal Negroes will be Jess aind Dade and Alberta Hunter. Will Osbom© .publicity injunction suit against Rudy Valle© was thrown out of court In New Tork Monday. Captain Mains Is Osborne's P. A. Suit got plenty of type go- ing In and out of court. Allegation Vallee had libeled Osborn in Val- lee's book. Three glrli© cooch dancers, Mary Allen, Helen Smith and Ruth Green were arrested and charged with putting on an Immoral dance when the police raided a smoker in the Lexington Dance Hall, 109 Fast llCth street. Three men. Jack Had der, David Emmer and Harry Roth man, said to be the organizers of the stag, were arraigned with-.^tlie girls on the charg© of aiding and abetting an immoral performance About BOO men were watching the girls when- cops smashed the win dows anxi broke In. ■ • Hollywood, April 1. World's wealthiest chauffeur has been dlsqpvered. He's worth $450,000, gets $600 a month, and still behind the wheel after 22 years.' Not an example of Hollywood prodigality. He has no con- nection with pictures. Drives for head of big milk company. charitabl© benefits, a ceratin per- centage of the receipts going to charitable organizations. The char- ities for this year have yet to be chosen, they announced. Judge Gordon, of Philadelphia, established the legality of sound films of a prisoner's confession as evidence against him. A talker of the confession of Harold Roller, 22, who was convicted of burglary, brought the judge to the above con- clusion. Alexander Werner, on an assigned claim from the Shuberts, secured an attachments for $3,500 ia.gainst the property of Oscar Strauss, Viennese composer, on the ground that Strauss is a non-resident, but is now in, California. Shuberts based their suit on an alleged breach of contract made with Strauss in Berlin in 1925, whereby the latter was to write the music for two of their operettas. Shu- berts alleged, they gave Strauss $2,500 as advance royalties and an additional $1,000 for expenses. Woodrow Wilson chapter of the Disabled Veterans. Harry 6. Voller, Texas Guinan'a business manager here, and held lii connection with shooting of Leon Sweitzer; cafe owner, is also wanted in Cincinnati on charges of robbery and assault to kill, according to the police. George M. Sunday, 30, son of Billy Sunday, evangelist, held hero last, week for Los Angeles authori- ties. Arrested on charges of being drunk and disorderly. Harry O. Voller, manager ot Texas Guinan, and his bodyguard, Arthur Reed, were reported named In a true bill by the grand jury last week charging them with assault to kill. Walter Hampden relinquished his leas© on the theatre bearing his name, at Broadway and 63rd street. Theatre reverted back to R-K-O, who originally leased It to Hamp- den in 1925. CHICAGO No more guarantees for fighters at the Chi Stadium. Sheldon Clark, chairman of Stadium board, will re- sign and devote his time to his oil interests. Jane Love of "Street Singer" was selected as typical American girl tfy Spurious Check Passer Gets 10 Yrs. in Sing Sing; A 10-year sentence in Sing Sing" was imposed on Frfink Massi, 30, salesman, of Boston, for flooding the Broadway district during th© past two months with forged travel- ' ers' checks. Among thos© gyped by Massi were hotels, theatre ticket- agencies and haberdashers along the main street. Massi pleaded guilty before Judg© Max S. Levine In General Sessions to one Indictment, to cover fiv© others for the same offense. Investigation . showed that the forged checks were part of a $10,000 series stolen in a holdup at Mat- tewan, N. J., In January. It Is believed Massi was the distributing agent for a ring of thieves with headquarters in New Tork. Next to th© stage door of the Palace Theatre, the new home of MRS. GERSON'S GRILL After 11 Years on Broadway Two theatre office safes were carted away, bodily over the week- end, with the yeggs realizing a loot of almost $4,000 in cash. When the janitor of th© Kingsway, Brooklyn, opened the office h© found that the theatre safe, which contained $2,000, was missing. Something was dis- covered when the Janitor of Fox's Ambassador, Brooklyn, opened. Safe gone with $1,930. Allyn King, showgirl, committed suicide- March 29 by leaping from her fifth fioor room window at 116 Waverly Plac©. She was not pro- claimed dead until Sunday. The doctors at first held hopes for her recovery. Despondency is reported to have been the cause for taking her own life. Miss King was the prima donna of "Follies of 1922" and also played the lead in "Florida Girl" and "Ladies' Night." Over- weight forced her to retire. She re- cently attempted to stage a come- back, but failed. 7th CAPACITY MONTH BROCK PEMBERTON rresenta Strictly Dishonorable Comedy Hit by Preitan 8turB«i Stated by AntolnetU Parry 4 Mr. Pambtrten AVON TnEATKB, West 45th Street. ■ "■'^■^^ E>es.6:50. Mat3.Tbur3.&Sat,2:30 RFI A*5f n TUca., W. 44th St. Eva. 8:40 OIUL./^i3\^\J Mats. Thurs. and Sat. 2:4(r eth MONTH DAVID BELASCO FresenU It s a Wise ChOd A N«w Comedjr by Lanrenca E. Johnson ROXY O X 50th St.^A 7th Ava. Dir. or S. L. Rothafel (ROXY) JOHN BOLES in th© All-Talking Musical Spectacle CAPTAIN a^H^. GUARD Mr. Boles Appears In Person at 3 and 9:30 P. M. Dally Erna Rubinstein, World-Famous Violinist Regular Roxy Features Midnight Pictures Marco Montedoro, costume de- signer for Roxy, will create and de- sign the costumes and scenery for the opening performance of the Olympia, Berlin. Olympla, formerly a vaud© theatre, will open shortly on a picture presentation policy along the order of the Broadway cathedrals. Therese French Shop, Atlantic City, started suit against Winnie Lightner for $835, claiming that Miss Llghtner ordered gowns from the shop and then refused to pay for them. Miss Lightner stated that the skirts were half an Inch shorter than the custom, and since she could not wear them she did not see why she should pay. Florence Wakefield, understudy for the femm© lead la "Broken Dishes," announces her engagement to Alan S. Hays, attorney. GRETA GARBO TALKS Third Week "ANNA CHRISTIE" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture ALL-TALKING eased on EUGENE O'NEILL'S Play Capitol B"wa» 51st St. RKO THEATRES-LET S GO I B. F KEITH'S B'ways Own Glamorous Star of Song h£:len morgan JULES BLEDSOE—BOB RlPA I NEAR.]/ Wodnasday to Friday, April 2 to 4 Can a Second Wife Ever Be First In Lsvaf "SECOND WIFE" with CONRAD NAGEL and LILA LEE THE CAVALIERS—LOUISVILLE LOONS, Otl. R-KO PROCTORfS ei5 AVE Wodnasday to Friday, April 2 to 4 FANNIE BRICE IN PERSON KENNEDY t COHEN—Other RKO Acts Radio Pictures "SECOND WIFE" with CONRAD NAGEL and LILA LEE Lord's Day Alliance reminded the management of Rlngling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that the penal law of New York forbids circus performances on the Sabbath, and asked wliat th© circus was going to do about it. Circus management said it would stag© Sunday perform- ances as heretofore; that is, as 2ND YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY STREET SCENE hns moved from the ri.ATHODSE TO ANOTHER THEATRE For farther Information see tlullj papers Eves. .8:40. Mats. Wed. and Sat. 2i30 A THEATRE GUIXD JPRODUCTION THE APPLE CART Bernard Sliaw's Political Extravaganza JIlAAXi.M J>riVyA.g.30 Thur,,Sat..2:30 THEATRE GUILD Presents Opening Monday Eve., 8:30 A Month in the Country By IVAN TUKGENEV mm n TUea., G2d St.. "W, of B'way *^\JIL,U Kvs.8:30. Mts.Thur3.,Sjiti,2:50 BARRYMORE "THE MAN FROM BLANKLEY^S" CENTRAL THEATRElDally 2.45, 8.46 B'woy Si 47th St. ISun. 3, 6, 8.46 Warner Bros. A Vltophone Pictures Al JOLSON in "MAMMY" WARNER BROS. Then.|Dally2.45, 8.46 B'way & 52(1 St. [Sun. 3. 6, 8.46 Specially equipped aeats for the Hard of Hearing. Tickets in advance. GRACE GEORGE In the St. John Ervlne comedy "FIRST MRS. FRASER" ■with A. E. Matthews and Lawrence Grossmilb PLAYHOUSE ^^u'^^i Extra Matlnco Every Tliursdoy uatll ^une 15 "Sap" on L. I. Par will put "Sap From Syraoiisc" into production in the LonB Is'.ii.irt studio about April 15. Edward Sutherland will cl,i-vt with ,Tack O.ikle featured.