RADIO STAGE Vol. 118 No. 3 Publlah*d W««U7 at 114 Weat tilix St., New Tork, N. Z., b7 Variety. Inc. Aanual aubscrtptlon, 16. SlngU coplai, 1( centa. Bntarad aa aacona-clasa matter December 22, 1906. at tha Poat Oftlca at New York, N. T., under the act of March I, 1871. COFIBIOHT. 198B, BX T/UUETi. IMO. AIX BIOHTB BUBEBVGU NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1935 64 PAGES DIME NOm AIR STUFF OUT Prod. Budget and 52-Week Actor Payroll Group Theatre's Oddities What Is probably a new low In production cost la the current double bill of the Group Theatre at the Longacre, N. T. Plays cost less than $350 to produce, Is in the theatre on a sharihgr arrangement, and everything outside of the the- atre's en^, apart from tha $350 in- vestment. Is co nsid ered v elvet- since salary to actors or staff doesn't enter into the calculations. One actera are "Waiting for Lefty' and 'Till the Day 1 Die.' -T-hat_CDmea_Abi)iit_.througli._±he. fact that the Group Theatre's ar rangement calls for full salaries to its entire membership, whether working or not. With more than half the cast out of work because of the few employed in 'Awake and Sing* at the Belasco, Group ilgured It better to stick on another play or two to occupy the others, with salaries in those instances consid- ered gravy. Fact that the two pne-acters drew close to $6,000 on the first week, while 'Sing,' is clicking along at a profitably steady $9,000 pace, makes things that much better. Group Theatre Is oi^anlzed along unique lines. There are 33 mem- bers and all of them have consist- ent, thougli varying, salaries. No- body gets less than the code mini- mum of $40, but only two of the 33 are in that category, all the rest getting more. Top salaries are' ac- (Continued on page 14) Canada Bans Sunday Air Selling; Socks U. S. Network Commercials Shutting out sales talks on Sun- days over Canadian outlets of NBC and CBS, Canadian Radio Commis- sion has banned even spot an- nouncements on all Canadian sta- tions on the Sabbath. Date of the new order will not be set until a study Is made x>t existing contracts. CRO will also have to confer with national advertisers who had con- tracted for Sunday time. When date is fixed, Cofnmlsh has decreed that 'advertising on Sundays shall be confined to good-will programs of a high standard only.' Explained that announcement of 'spon.sorship will not be prevented but no sales spiel. No Customers Paris, April 2. Balmy is no word for these early Spring days in Paris, and matinee bla la nosediving while crowds sun themselves at sidewalk tables. . Result la that Club d'Artols, neighborhood showcase showing Amerloan fllma, had to call ,ofI the ahow one afternoon because the ftrosa was exactly zero. Kids Breaking In Los Angelea, April 2. Walter Hampden .goea Into the Pasadena Playhouse In 'Achilles Had a Heel,' new play by Martin Flavin. House la strictly showcase and pays Its actors nothing. If " play clicks, Hampden will take it on ths road. J. C. Nugent follows 'Achillea' with 'T he World la My On lon,!_ In which he topa the cast and directs. THERE'S GOLD IN THAT DUST Salina, Kan,, April t. Dust storms which have covered the midwest for the past two weeks have caused a lot of havoc, but they have also been responsible for a zoom of local advertising busi- ness on every radio station in the smitten territory. All midwest transmitters have found It a simple matter In the last two weeks to sell special announce-. ments for laundries, rug cleaners, suit cleaners, paint and varnish stores, wall-paperers, eye lotion manufacturers, etc. In most instances it meia.nt a Jump of 60-75% In local announcements, especially for the stations in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri. Music as Opiate Mexico City, April 2. . Health department is using radio to Jazz up free vaccinations it Is administering- against smallpox and other diseases in poor neigh- borhods here. Open air vaccina- tions are accompanied by radio Jazz concert3--which make- inoculations a pleasure, department avers, Car.s conveying doctors and nurses on these missions are equipped with radio loud speaker sets. Sprightly tunes attract patients. People of poor neighborhods used to balk at vaccination, "but ra- dio Jazz makes them receptive to treatment, says tlie department. A Future , Detroit, Aprl) 2. Hotels hereabouts are malting re- placements in thoir doormen and bellboy staffs from ushers and door- men recruited from theatres, Book-Cadillac's dfjorman was formerly at the Michigan theatre, while the Statler has. on its bellhop staff oeveral ex-theatre usher*, PRESTS CHAFE FCC INTO ICTl Lacking Censorial Powers Commission Must Fall Back on 'Public Service' Leverage — HopM Industry WiU Housedean Goose- pimpliei Kid' Shows and Patent Medicine Annoy- ers MAY CURB COPY Washington, April I, Drastic government cleanup of broadcast programs la now being plotted, a consequence of recent shake-upa In the Federal Com- municatlona Commiaslon. Forced to use roundabout meth- ods Commlsh la planning string- ent application ot the public serv- ice clausea of the Communica- tiona Act in conjunction with rigid enforcement of all technical regu- latlona in far-reaching attempts to throw off the air lanea stations whose conduct haa brought voluml- noua complaints and whose actlvi- (Continued on page 68) Dougs Pic Finale, Miss Pickford to Prod.; No. 2 Mary? Though retired from the screen, Mary Pickford . wants to produce and direct a picture herself, under her own financing. Among other things she has' in mind a femme personality - who will, carry on- the. Mary Pickford tradition and whose professional surname may also be Pickford. ■ Doug FafrbariRs is also through with pictures, according to reliable sources. 'Private Life of Don Juan' marks his final appearance -on the screen, although he may occasion- ally, take a flyer in travelog produc- tion. He also retains his financial interest In United Artists Corp. At present he's on a yachting crul.se. Local Color. Hollywood, April 2, Liberty will , make 'Holly- wood Hotel,' an original by S'cott Darling. Characters are film actors, writers, directors and agents. The heavy a mugg from VAUiarrT. Mussolini Organizing an Opera Troupe as Opposition to the Met Double (Czech) TaUc Prague, April 2. •Man With Courage' (Fox), based on the life of Mayor An- ton Cermak, of Chicago, la ready to bo shown here. Con- sidered Important hera be- cause Cermak waa born In Czechoslovakia. Film was held up becausa Fox, In Hollywood, added some _Czfich_dialog... When-print-got — Here no one could under- stand the Hollywood brand of Czech and It had to bo re-re- corded Into the kind of Czech that Czechs understand. HOLLYWOOD OFF STAR ATHLETES Hollywood, April 2. Athletic stars, signed for pictures primarily because producers want to capitalize on the publicity build- up, are on the wane. New attitude of producers is that It's seldom worth It unless they can make the grada as thespians. Major pro- ducera have experimented with athletes from virtually every field of sport, and the more prominent survivors In Hollywood today are .Johnny WelsmuUer, Johnny Mack Brown and Buster Crabbe, Latest to go is Max Baer. Para- mount has dropped all plans to star him In a second feature. Bridge After Dark London, April 2. Bridge Icsspnl for cabaret audi- ences have been introduced here, Richard Lederer, Britain's No. 1 ex- ponent, has-becn-€ngaged-tt5- discuss the game with patrons at the Troc- adero restaurant. It is the first time bridge lessons have l)cen given In a restaurant, oltiifr hcTC or In America. Lederer appL'ars ut.the 'Tj'xjcabarct' and af- terwards mingles with guests to dlsfu.ss Individual bridge problems. Agua, N; J7 ' : Agua Calicnte" moves to Jc-rsoy under a hookup which Mare Lach- mann Is promoting. It will bo a re- plica ot the Mexican resort, and so labeled, although privately., engi- neered with N. J, politicos .okaying the idea. It's planned for Bergen county and to Include a dog track, roadlioiisc, swimming pool, eto. Broadway will have Italian grand opera next season, presented along the lines of the Metropolitan, but In opposition to the Met's revamped schedule. Plana for the new oper- atic organization are well under way, backing coming from the Ital- ian government. It Is reliably re- ported.- - - Italy alms to maintain its prestige In the American operatic field and flgurea ita famed operas may bo more or less submerged with Gattl- ■eaBsaza~outn»rtTi«~Menind HerberT" Wltherspoon In charge. Latter, as representative of the Juilllard Foundation, which came to the Met's rescue flnancially. Is working on a schedule which will lighten the bills next season, terms .of the agreement whereby the Foundation coin became available stipulating that lighter and newer musical forms be mixed with presentations of the grand opera type. Orders to set up an organization for the presentation of Italian Works only are reported -to have emanated from Premier Mussolini, That is In line with other activities staged here within the. past year or so un- der the patronage of II Duce — the Black Shirt Band and the ylsit of Italian prize winning students. Italian consulate in New York in directing the operation of the now operatic project, although the Ital- ian Steamship Line is the actual (Continued on page .I?) Newsreels Bidding on New Deal for Quints; Parents to Tour Again Chicago, April 2. Newsrcci companies are all bid- ding for the rights to the Dionne (luintuplets pictures now that the Patho contract with the Can- adian government cxpli-cd yester- day (April 1). . New pTctu're on tlfio qulniH, to b» made shortly, will be a two-reclcr, much In the nature of the first two- rctlcr_an-the-babIes-mado-by-Pat-her IJndcratood that Norman Alley, in conjuDcLlon with Metrotone, Is th« high bidder at present. Another plan that will likely go through will be the booking of tha (Continued on page 14) AGNES AYRES IN CAFE WITH QRL ORCHESTM .Schenectady, N, Y., April 2. A^nds Ayres, former picture star. Is now the fo.icure attnaef Ion, with . her Hollywood Debs dance orchcs- Ini, fit the I'uraill.se, Troy, / Oilier aets In the floor ,slio\v dro Kalnliow 'J'rlo, Doryce and Fi/ed \)vcw, Ilnyt Meredith, Donnle Lyona ' and Krcd Cote. VMlETY irit Ell Wednesday, April 3, 1935 Parampun£' tnisteeis have / nixefl the fllrrt unit . partnership proposal of B. P. Schulberg and KtJph-^ A Kohn; . In which Erpi was to Vhave partlclp0,ted. The proposal 1? cold, although at thp ; mee^^^ of credl-i tors which was held Thursday (14)v the Par trustees and their counsel were held to- favor accet>tance. of the proposal, Erpi would have ijeen a financial: partner In the undertak- ing, putting; .lip ■ one-third.-,, of the production Gost jjf each .of the.. 14 ,fllins . TfvhlGh • thi : ShUlberjeTKohn- . : Erpi unit might have made over . a .. pjerlod of; two yearia; . : That • was ' to ..iiaye be,en on 0e. production basis .. ot.seven ;;fllms^yeariyi::r>: ■ . . The, ma^^ each pic- ture .xvas ' to ; riauVe - 'been . $230,000. Paramount, was to piut up 50% of this, proiuctlon ; cost. ;The jeritirt .proposal: mlglit.lhave cpilnted up potiiutial:'; ;. production cost - of -r|3v6pO,000,-, . v-'-i-.y; .; -^^A.^./i:i^-Jy^ . When the ..matter was first put ;i)ef6re, the crieditOrs at -the- mefetlng : Tirientionedt^he--proppsal--was- of - ifwed Tv^lth; the Tecomniendatlons oit the \Par mianagement and the en- dorseiirient of thp Par trustees a,nd latter's couhsel. However, 'strong; objectiqns ". to- the . piroppseii - Were voiced..,- by ] the ' Fortlngtoh-HertZ; creditor grbupr' through its cbuhsel,' AAttorn^y Edwlii /Weisl. : . vAddltlbnar 0^^^ cause the unit figured on produclnig ■hot at 'Par's sludlb bti't'on the Erpi ■■•lot.: ■ , - ;■■■ ;. ■•, The ; Portlngtbn-Hertj!; creditor . ^ group made tlies6 objections despite the 'fact jlhat Erpi^ a creditor ally, ; Was. 'Interested, In. thei ^ Sehulberg-r 'Kohn pr6pOsai^ ,: ; ^^^^-^ .;U?)io^ of the Farainount W inent wlio liavp ' been cohcerlied. — fl bOUt-the . pgop OHal,-n.n(^-ntharfll--ff :hft. yrere , Interested In the proposed un- aertaXlng, . .werfe hoiilpg that with Adolph • Zukbr's . return . to New tork, that ;, th6 Scliulberg-Kbhn- r-rSfrpi7^a*-would--be-^isayed^ trustees. . Zukor was held to liave [Sponsored the • pi'oposal originally, end, word frbni the Coast ,wa,a that the - deal was hanging- iflre; even ' aft^r the mentioned creditor^' meet — Ing.. ■ -;.,■". ;■■.■; ;--- .■ .-.; -:— :,;,. - Oversight , Although , 'it Happened One Night' swept the M,otlon Pic- ture Academy awards, no men- tlbn was made- of the parent stbry, 'Night Bus.' , Conilnent - .pf Samuel . . Hopkins Adams, author of 'Bus,' was: 'Everybody wins but father.' age, /wlth . forelg;n . films 63p'ecla.lly gieitlngv a. ■ thbrbjagrh- ransacking. •■Testament Of Dr. -Mabosse,'^^ 1^ film iriftde by Fritz Xahg iil Ger- many , for iCJnlversai, was rejected in .tptp last week. Called 'in- archlstic Iri Intent'" by . the scissors laids. : Had been subniltt^d by Max Gbldberg, Who has the ; Ui S; dls- trlbiitlipn rights.: \ ~ ' ' • Mdve foHows'i similar coniplete ban a couple ! of Wfeeks ago- .on 'Marie,' French-Hungarlain, talker lAade f)y Paul Fejbs and submitted by . DuWorld. 'Also censors last week ordered .the eilniilnia.tIoh of about two reels In 'Maternelle,' i'r.ench talker submitted by; John Tapernoux. ' DIsti-Ib is considering a public, appeal because claiming the elimination ordered would, liilh the story continuity/ Film was =pg3irec^^wltfaxTO t -the^^l imlBgttqnyHif France, England and Oermany, Censor group has bieeri watching foreign films especially closely since th^ abtlvlty of the Hays production: Hollywood, April 2. Metro will talk a hew deal for two y(Bars with David iSelznlck this iJteLek, Understanding Is Silznick wants __«niJn,creg^ie_ oyer .hl^_pr;esent,:- $4,000 weekly salary, ilso a percentage on all plcturea he makes.:. WANTS PUBUC DOMAIN DEFINED IN YARN SUIT Los Angclesi April .2. Definition of 'public domain' as It appllies to privilege of free use of literary material Is expected to' be clarified In Superior Court when the $250,000! alleged; plagiarism suit brought by Jack Quartaro against iPrancis -Lederer -a RKO-RadIo proceeds' to trial early this month.. Piaywrlght charjereS ^tfiat lUiderer of an original story plot, them6 and dramatic epis.pde in Itadfo's 'Rb- ■jnanrn in Manhattan,' after Lederer had read and rejected the eubrhltted ■tale.- ■"■":.■',/;■■■ . In ; his answer, Lederer as one phase of defensive denial states that thei material cited In the com- plaint is in public domain and not -the . eXGlustye-)?igh t^ writer. ' " ■ Court afctlpn : :Is now In, the demurrer stage, with Quartaro de- manding In a preliminary motion that the aqtor ana the studio more Bpeciflcally state the source of 'Ro- mance Ih Mixnhattan' screen play. STEVENS MEGS HEPBUBN — — - — — ^ — — H4>lly*vo6dr^pr41 Katharine ' Hepburn's starrer, Alice Adams,' by Booth Tarking- tpn, Ig "to be :dlrecfed~^by ' Gfeorgc fitevens, now completlhg, Wheeler- Wooisey's (Nltwltis.' . code started. 'LilliOm'. (Fox) was; "clipped . and practically e v e r y French .and other . language Euro- pean; talker submitted in recent; 'n)ohtli^ has iihdergpne one or more eliminations. ' "This 1^, understood .to be because of protests Irom some parts that European fllmers were gettlrig away with stuff In pictures which Americans were not per-i ihitted. Hays office has asked forr' plgn 'film distrlbs tb submit their films In accordance with this pro- ductiion code; provisions but about ha;if of th6 Indie dlstt-lbs have been fighting shy Of tjie Breen morality ruHnes and there " Is no, wiay .' of Hays forcing the tissue. Censors are eyen, now, watching English titles more closely than they did and checking up on dialog "throughouti~Wltb"~woras~i)ir^fi1uses ; frequently cut ^ut Pf tlie sound "trap ks: ~ :GiTe"t eicent~lHitan<5e~waa^ In 'CamHie' (DuWorld), in which the censors ordeted a,n English trainisla- tlon of a song;; lyric out, although passing the actual lyric In French, with, the explanation that Insinua;^ tions In English, and French are different. WILL MAHONEY I)ally Ezprecis, Oiasgow, March 12, 1986: "Will Mahoney Is the sparkling : central' ' point ■ round- which - 'Radio New YQTltf a,f the Empire , revolves. The,8!ecret of .Will Mahopey's sUc^ ce'sB Id hlS' orlgliiality iihd his ca- .paclty for co-brdlnatlbn.'f Illr^tlon;' ; Mayfiair Theatre -BDlldlng; New Tork .est tickets w'ere rear balcony at $6.60. .'' . ^ ; First ' night gross was; . $28,000, , and becaiui'se ,bf . that': start, the ; Inltjal week's'total was quoted at $61,900, an all- tihie r.e'pbjfd for revues. Regular top of . 'Scandals' was $6.^0 and Its normixr 'iiacp was $39,000 Weekly- - FOR RELEASE Hollywood, April 2. . With 32 weeks to go on a 40-week contract, during which period- she ha^ lipt been used, June Walker was released by Fox today (Mon.) and .paid,-iu:auhd-$12,00ver-Fuled^the--lnt«rposer;-[^ratnl'--ttB— t: Plaintiff demands $40,600 damages for lnjurle.s assertcdly sustained by the Tira'fflflsTi dunkfifg, and' Laurel has a week in which to flle his re-^ tort before case proceeds to trial. . Comity' Troope Headin' Home; Typee' Foli&ig, Too Hollywood, ■April 2. -• Frank Lloyd and his production crew are homeward - bound from Ta- hiti after finishing exterior and background shots in the South Seas for Metro's 'Mutiny On The Bounty.* Director was able to fin- ish up within a month to catch tho next boat home, and- arrives In San Francisco Friday (6). Dramatic end of the picture is slated to get going at the studio the end of tho month.- - .J..-' - - ■ ■:,■:■/ .- ■ '■■ Rlchard~Thori)e, directing 'Typee' In and around Tahiti for Metro, was unable to finish iip to grab the same boat, but Is cleaning up the picture to leave Tahiti April 23. Cotdng Byrd Film --■■,-■—, - : ■ - Hollywood, April . 2. The 100.000 feet of film shot by Cameramen Carl Peterson arid John Herman for Paramount pn the re- cent. Byrd Antarctic expedition : will be cut down to a feature at the Paramount studio here. ■> .-: The two cameramen are remalfi-^ ing in- town about a montlL.tb Vsltln on rough cut of the inaterial, and will then hop " eaat" to rejoin the company's-newBreel-Btarf. - , — -v~ :SidtUiigJCaiii«iiii31op.cl!_ Hollywood, April 2. Set construction has started on 'Captain Blood' at Warners With the ^ picture slated tb get started in four weeks. Robert Donat starred. Is due In from England next week. -Errol^ynnr English' Import'^lHTthg' only. other player cast so far., - Michael Curtiz will direct with Harry Joe Brown producing. ^ Test Abel as Grant Hollywood, April 2. Radio Is having tests made of Waiter Abel for the lead In , 'Mr ;lre~flrBt picture o Radio contract. ' _ morts atiJirst jrece .made to hotk. row Edward (J. Robinson from WB tb play Grant. Stephen Roberts directs.- ' (caipaclty); There always was sonie doubt about that $66 first hight..\ Agencies who secured ' front locfttlonsi were known to ^ave chopped the price, unable to .unload. Whito .in^sted that the brokers themselves put it on .the .line,"t>ut It was'clalmednater that the' producer reimbursed the specs fbr their reputed first night loss. . . , ■ ' . 'Anns and the Man' :■'■;■■ •/"'. (Garrick, N. Y., April 23,tl«96) - ■ Richard Mah'sfield ■ selected > Shakespeare's' birthday for his Initial . pro- duction as actor- manager' of the Garrlck, originally built by Edward rHarHgan. The play Was- ShaW's 'Arihs and the Man* (musical version 'later as 'The Chocolate S'bldler). ' ; ; Theatre was more Important than the play,- for Mansfield replaced' the orchestra with U spring quartet and Introduced Into the house many of his oWn Ideas. Included was the forerunner of Indirect lighting, the in-, candescents all showing through gauze. Curiosity drew a highly fash- ionable audience. Company was uniniportant, only Beatrice Cameron (Mrs. Mansfield) and Mrs. McKee Rankin being outstanding . names, but the venture proved successful. U. S. Historical Film Cycle Waehingtony Grant, Farragut» Jones Among Teter' Warmed Oyer Hollywood, April 2. ' "Peter Ibbetson,' a consistent, pn- and- offer at Paramount, Is oh the fire again with the studio mulling either Ann Harding or Irene Dunne fbr the lead. Gary Cooper gets the male topper. Louis D. Lighten will 'produce with a deal pending for Richard Wallace to direct. Screen play Is being written by Sidney Howard. - ^ ... Tuner Lead for Raft After 'Personals Tour " Holly wood, Aprir 2. George Raft, is set as the male lead In Walteir Wangerls musical; 'Every Night At Eight.' Picture win get under -way when Raft re- turns from - his vpersonal- appearance- tour around May 6. Raft leaves for the east next week. No director, set for ttie picture with Wanger talking to both Mitchell Lelsen and Lewis Mile- stone. . - ;•' Graham Baker and Gene Townc have been taken off: 'Every Night'- to work on. the script of 'Shanghai' which Wanger Is rushing. Lou is Stevens is also on the script Wanger Is trying to get Carole Lombard for the femme topper. 2 FELBIEBS LUGET Two New Yorkers In the film business drew prizes in the Irish sweeps. F'aul Reynolds, associated _wl.th_Duke_JHfellington,._bullder_of- hoiise fronts and formerly with Pub- lix, pulled a ticket on the favorite. Golden Miller, but rather than hope for success and -$1-50,000, sold: hfs ticket for $30,000. His horse, as It developed, didn't conie In. Another to win is Jim Riley, In the stock room at Par's home office. He drew a consolation prize of 100 {'^-poundSr-a.r-ound-4485T- Maiy Carroll, understudy to Con- stance Cummlngs currently with 'Accent oh Touth' at the Plymouth theatre, N. T., held a stub fbr one of the consolation prizes of $4,860. Hollywood, April 2. Studios' yen .fpr. biographical fea- tj»res- Includes Columbiia's 'Valley. PprgeV (Washlngtpn), Radio's U. S. Grant film and Universal's Ad- miral Farragut as a screen hero. ' Both Paramount and Radio are also looking for this type yarn iand Fox is interested in a stbry abbut Jolin Paul Jones, naval hero. ■ Previousiy studios have . shied from these characters fearing tho usual coniplicatlons from overly sensitive relatives. Descendents even of fanied western . desperados have been known to resent the. por- trayal of their kin In films. Historical turn of mind of the studios is supposed to have been caused through the amount of ac- tion in the lives of Civil War and Revolutionary figures which lend themselves to good motion pictures. Both the Radio and Universal" pic- tures will be turned out as specials. . U also Will produce^ 'Sutter's Gold' - and 'Diamond Jim Brady,' both- bio- graphical but not; historical. SAILINGS April 3 (New York^ to Irela-nd), Gene Fowler and family (Exeter)-. ' .'April 3 (New York fo' XTondprf);" Irving Asher, Laura, La Plante (Olympic). ": ,"■ -M5rrclr-30^t1^ew-Y1STlrl:o— IrelandXr Thornton Delehanty (Stuttgart). March 30 (New York to Paris), Yvon ne Prlhtemps. Pierre Fresnay, Vladltplr Golschtnann, Lptte Leh- mann, David LlbidinS, "Julian Hlll- man (Paris). . March 30 (New York to Genoa), Joseph Hummel (Rex). - March 29 (Southern cruise), Carl Van Dpreri, PaiiJ Van Dpr en. Jerry Doyle, Fowler and "Tamar.!, Al Tra- han, Yukona Cameron (Lafayette) . March 29 (New York to London), H. G. Wells, Vernon B^rl'lett, Mat- tnew wohher, Xiuawig Hoffmari" (Bremen). March 29 (New York to London), Willem' Van Hoogstratcn (Bcren- garla). '■'. ARRIVALS Claude Alllster, Mack Sennett, Leslie, Stoll, Dr. Paul Czliiner, Paul Kohner, Binnie Barnes, PYed Le- Quorne. Wcdneflday? -Aprll-8, -1935 Kohnp FI(M:k Imports* ; llgerth '■Paul JCohner left for Hollywood Friday (29) • to become an agso- cl'ate producer on tjhe Universal lot. He has been producing for U In Europe for a, number of years, but will ^hefeaf ter devottt himself to the Coast exclusively., :H0 -will bring considerable talent over from Eu rope to wbrk In his films and de- vote himself especially to fllms- with on European dales angle Among the first Kohner Imports will, be Wlljy Forst and Anatole Liltwaic, dIriEctors; Both borne froin , German films 6rlglna.lly , but have beeii w.orklng In London iand Vienna of late. Also, Universal will, have Martha Eggerth In the near fi)ture< Miss Eggerth Is a slnger-a:etress, and currently a big b.6, name on thie continent Kohner expects LI twak and Forst to arrive In the U. S. about mid M^iy,; w:lth Miss Eggeth. to follow soon afterwards. By that time he hopes to h ave several ■ stories la id KIDS' SCREEN CREbiT put and. will start operations pronto, Kohner hds with hliri; a nuipber of . European stories and several Eu rppean -fllms. . L:Theso films, for re- make versions, may or may not be made by hlmJ Idea,, as a,t present ; laid out, Is for Kohner to pick Eu tbpean yarris wherever and however he can. These, then^ will be. given a- (Hollywood studio o.o.- from an American standpoint. If satlisf ylng, they will be made, theory being that they will thus be internationally sales- worthy. Actual- details oh op: eratlon will be figured i.out: during confabs this week between Kohner and Carl Laemmle on the Coast. Max Jfart Out ?s U's Eastern Talent Scout Sehpel Marks for Pic 8K6w Attend- anca; 'Dayid,' 'Sequoia' Listecl Hollywood, April 2. ' Sichoor kids can now, go to pic ^ ture shows iind get school credit .for'lt. .. ■ Through i Hays offlCia tie-up with the Natipnal Council of Teachers of English, study guides are. being printed to be distributed to schools a^ basis for. lessons; ■ Pictures from the classics or of an educational nature are the only films to be utilized In this system of classroom study. So far .'David Copperfleld' and .'Sequoia^ have been lisedj third In the list is, to be 'Les Miserables.' > Hollywood. April t First showing of Max Reln- hardt'ia 'Midsumin^ Right's Dream,' At the Warner studio, ran fduf and a half hours. 'Problem among studio execs Is how to reduce the footage without ^lUnr tbe professor's Impending honeymppm SPENCER TRACY Paris, April 2. . Paramount Is trying to buy up all the.rlghts to 'Carmein' for film 'pur- poses, and is bumping Into trouble here. Has contacted the heirs o'f George: Bizet, composer, through. Believed he win conie around soon, however. Another American film ; concern, unnamed, . Is contacting local music eifeies-tipan-at-temp t t o buy r lghtg for 'Tales of HofCmari,' by Often - baich.- ■?■ > Hbllywoody April V : Speincer .Tracy wfUi given bis re- lease by Fox thlfl afternoon .(Tuesr day),, contract having a year and a haU- : to run. . .H« was immediately signed by Metro for one year. ?racy^HyIft-^o six plc turwi ." for Metro within th* year and is to be starred^ Hla llrat at bulyer City will he lUtt Rair for Irving Thalberg;- ■ Led Morrison arranged the deal . With ho overtures toward a coih- promim of : Jmm U Laaky's .claim against Panunount having bettii made, hearing oh: tha clalni will be held oh Maiy 27. . It had been sched- uled ^ corn* up befor* Special Master John B. Joyc* In New Tork next Monday (8) but postponement -waa-made-ln-order-thaf:-«iA p<>iTitlonB- PICK LOUISE McNAMARA American Pianist .Tested by G«U' ' mbnt- British in London • London, March 24. . Louise McNamara, wlio came over here to thump the IVprles to the taps bf. Mann, Robinson and Martin, the . American dancers, is likely to liand a film contract. A; Gatimont- Brltish scout watched the aot at the Hoibom Empire, but the only one who Interested him Was the piano tickler. . : ;.Gal Is being trimmed for a spe- cial film test, and has been told to disregard ; any prbppsltlbns coming to her from any. other source, .as she is: Just the type G-B has been huhtlng.for a long time. RHODES'^BPIC Pittsburgh, April 2. Walter Huston, here In 'Dods.- wbrth,' completed : arrangemientB over the weekend to make a picture for .Gaumont-Brliish In England this summer. Story, now In prepa- ratlpn, Is based on . life . of Cecil Rhodes. ■.:.■:■;■ 'Dpdswbrth' ; closing Its present tour May 15 and actor will sail twp weeks later. Michael Baicon, now oh the Coast, Is expected to stop In Detroit Friday (5) on his wayiback east to^ go: over final details with Huston, Los Anp-eles, Aprll l. On; the ■ heels of his refusal. t» abide Jby the Academy* aJibltratloB award in a salary dispute with .Uni- versal; Wa^fehHymer has taken the case lhto Superior Court on a (iomplalilt for (3,600 dp,niages toe asserted broken, contract. Hymier, in hls.complulnt. contends that U promised . him . (1,000 p«r \yeek on . a : pact for playing in 'Straight from • the Heart,' but . that the. studio refused tP allow blm to work when he showed : up. Plctur* was three and one-half weeks Ih ths malklhg, on . which the adtor bases his money demand. : Universal In Us represehtatloos before the Academy, ou which thf studio was given the award of 6w« Ing the . complainaht npthing, gay* specific reason why Hy mer was al- - legedly; not ready tP work. It is this case Pn which Superlmr Judge Robert W. Kenny refused to . sustain the.Academy finding, on tbs ^rbimd-th at as th e court Ketdthatiaiisr aqtor Is a laborer In his cohtractuol relations with a studio and . Is thereforia not amenable to the Call- :ornla staltute providing for afbitra- tlpn disputes. It is upon .thl« sthtuto that the Abadeihy . conclllatlpil clause Is based. • . .Kenny ruling ph the Issue Is duo to go to higher court on appeal, ael« cording to Attorneys Loeb, Wa,Ucer & Loeb for Universal; SuperitMr Court action was filed through At- torneys Milton M. Golden and Ar-" thur Kaufman who also secured tho labor . characterization of ah actor from Judge Kenhy.. PRINTEMPS-FRESNAY NIX HOLLYWOOD BID : Max Hart Is put as eiastern"^ talent scout for Universal after, three months. Jerry Sackhelm, story •^dltor^at— Univerisal^Ityr^ho-has •been in .the east for t^P last two weeks seeking material for 1935-36 product, rem.a-lns both east and west ccntact. uhtll an eastPrh head Is .chosKtn to follow Hart. Leonard Splegelglass, s6enarlo •dltpr,^ at' Universal City, still re- ttalns^as head ^^^^ stojry staff, . Hart returns to agentlng." STILL NO CHINEE Metroes Hiint for 'Good Eiarth' Leads Not Over Yet; 200 Testa ■ , Shanghai, March 9. Metro - is" still looking for local leads for Pearl Buck's 'GoPd :Earth.' Three months' sea,rch has failed to - stlifhulafe successful applicants for patts Pf Olan and Wang Lung, a!!- thdugh 200 Chinese males- and femme.s ha.ve been tested. : Mpit failed because of stature . and limited k.npwiedee. of EngHshi . Giarland Wants tb Say Hello to Queenie Smith Robert Garland, N. T. World- Telegram drama cricks fs off to ; Hollywood April 11 but .only for a week's stop ahd , a look -see* John J. Wlldberg, the£rtrlcal ; attorney, will make the trip with him and both . will fly back and forth, t6- -—ter-nlng-TWIthln^-arXviee^ ttfrlblVfe to for Marx Bros, to Gauge Pic Bits Before Rhmng . • Los Angeles^ April i. Four weeks' personal appearance tour of the Three Marx brothers, to try out sequences - from their next, untitled, picture, gets under wa:y April 11 at the Orpheum, Salt Lake. Trio will be supported by a cast of 2P, It Is believed first time that sequences of a forthcoming picture will be tried out for aiidl ence reaction before filming. Following Salt Lake, unit plays a, week . each in thie Paramount,. Se- attle; Paramount,' Portland, and the Orpheum, San Francisco. . Supporting cast Includes ''Olga Dane, Uasel Hayes, Dorothy Chris- tie, GrAce Astor, Marlon Bell, Lu- ther Loobyar, Colin Ferrett, Mark ebok, ^etty Verue, Nayneen Fer- rlll, Dolores Fladers, Tudor Wil- liams and Jean Biirt. Garland^s purpose, he says. Is to say;, hello to.- his • wiifc, - Queenie -r-^mitlv"Ow-o n the ParaniQuiit lot. ' ANNA ziaiiaiBK D ~ " HollyN^rood, ■ A^lV 2.' ~ Anna May Keeler, 19, sister of Ruby Keeler, wife of Al Jolsori, died March 31 here from a complication of diseases afteir seven months' 111- : ness. Services will be held* tomor- :tov f . (Wednesdiav). " . . Par Picking Own Hollywood, April 2. Second defection In: ranks 6f ■Wampas In the choice of baby stars has Paramount picking its own, in- -dependeht-pf-t-he-press-agent-outfltr Fox will also trot out Its debutantes this year as before. . LT?3-^bleomlhg s t a r l ets Bu f ar picked Include Rita Cansino, Frances^ Grant, Rosina Lawrence and Barbara Blane. ASMETTA'S PEBSOHAL APPS. Henry Armetta, Italian film comic, under contract to Unlverisal, starts a p a. tour April 12 at the Academy, N. Y., going from there to the Mlch- ' Jolspn; In New York for .a now radio series, -was held east by p6or fiyirtg: weather. If. not leaving Mon- -dairll-jrraarintended, he couTdifr.nje back In time for- his flr.st broadcast in N. v. . this Saturday (6). ' ' : Hollywood, April 2. I'roston Foster .hag been given a Radio termer, and is assigned to 'The Peacemaker,' . Richard' Dlx starrer which Charles Vidor dlre'cts. TgaivT)etrolt, April 26. Deaf set 'by John Sjchultz, pf Fanchon & Marco, :at $2,000 per week. . ^ ,' Armetta Is also booked for one -weelr^for- toie-WTTsrayTS or 10, wIlH' thp house not set, via Matty Rosen. HEBBEET SKIPS HUB P A. Hugh Herbert,, tentatively set for another p.a. week for Paramount In Boston April 19, scrams back to the Coast unabls to fill the date, Herbert is ekedded to start * War- ner pis April 15. could be taken In CallfombL , Par trustee will oppose the Xasky «lalm for $2S2,000 on alleg^ breach of contract. - ■ SamueL-lMeluir-oeHH>iins«l-fpr-the Par trustees, . spent several weeks on the Coast recently but did not talk to Laskjr boneemlng a possible settlement Xasky. defendant In two different dlrcKstors suits also, has not been served so far. 'Chaiidl ScfaodF Reyamp Efollywood, April 1. Parambunt's next for Jos Pehner will be H^oUegs Edueatlbh.' Screen play Is being written by Walter de Leoa «uid Frances Murphy. Picture was made silent as 'Swestls.' Orig- inally It was the play Ths Charm School.? : W^ pfeturs will be Jack Oakie, Fred MacMurray, and: -possibly Ginger Rogers If a loan deal can be made with Radio. Nprmah Taurog will direct KarlofPs Britisk Film Hollywood, April 2. Boris Karloft goes to England to niake at least one picture there, fol- lowing his commitment: for "Black Room Mystery* at; Columbia. Karlpft: la currently In Unlversal's adaptation .of Poe's "The Raven,' which Btin has several weeks to go. This concludes his presient contract with U, but he has signed for two pi ctures for t he i93S-«« sieajioii, with privileges of outside features. Harg. SuUaTan in British Pic to B^^^^^ Meggedlm^lllenna , London, March 24. Clement and Garrat, literary agents and play brokers, who had a share In "For Ever,' a, play -writ ten by Noel Langley, a young South African, and based on the life of Dante, which flopped In the West End some months ago, are going In for. picture producing. . . .. ; First will be story written , by Walter ReJc^, who helped to direct 'Maskerade.' an AuiStrlan picture, that Is cleahing. up_.he.te. jtndjEhlch has been bought by Metroi ■ Cables ^re gbihg back and forth for the services of Margaret Sullai- vian, with Carl Laiemmle finally hav- ing agreed on loaning, the star,: pro-', yldlng the terms are. right. Picture will be niade In Vienna; hut despite locale : will be done In, English/ with a dubbed Viennese version. • UnderstpPd firm has private baclt- Ing.. ; Yvonne Prlntemps and Pleite Fresnay sailed back to Frahce oi Saturday (30) aftPr rejecting a one* picture deal with Reliance Picturem. Deal^had-bVeh all set, iQcludlhg Miss Printemp$' privilege to have a last say on the story. She didn't Ilk* •the yarn when 'she Ippked at It Couple #111 do a pipture In Frtuuf pronto and may also do i leglt the- atre. Both hope to return to N. T, in the summer and oiay then tab* up a. Hollywood deal. ~TO as W ABTB L A IL ::■ ■■;■. ' - Paris, AprU I. Francis .Ai Mangan has wired Hollywood In hppes of getting Laurel and Hardy for personal: ap- pcaranceei' here.;"'' Wanta them to show at the Rex, stage mansfgement of which he took over again last -week. : Mangan, In Paris, obviously hasn't heard yet «boat the split In the comedy team. Affli VOi flUEUSICAU Jack Powell, the trap drum single, gets a picture chance with Para- mount In. May. ; going Into Burns and Allen's 'The Plot Thickens.'. Set by the Morris "oirace. "■ Another Taude oot golhg Hlms, also with Per Mt thrbiish Morris, is the KlchoUi Broi., engaged for 'The :Blff ..BrMddMI/ ' . . Gene Fowler, his -wife, mother-in- law and three chlldreh, all leift New York yesterday (2) for a three to four month tour pf the world.. Scrib- bler had been In New York from the -Fo\vle^'B first Idea #as. to hop a freighter wandering around the ■w>i4dr-but^e-Pould n't fln J any going out Just at tills time and going to the places he wanted- to. visit. So he hopped . a small boat to Irpland; arid will Mrander ph from there, as fancy mpyes him. TAT (UBN^ Hollywood, April 2, Helga Moray ,_EnKlli3h actrjss, and Tay Garricf t,''flihi''dlirep to?," were re - married March 31 In Yiima, Ariz,, after a ceremony a,board the Gar- hett yacht four months agp. -r-Metro: director- was- recently" di- vorced by Patsy Ruth. Mllliir;;' ^ BOBSONrXNIGHT STAY ON Hollywood, April 2. Metro picked up options for one year more on. May Robson and June Knight. Latter gofes into 'Broadway MtU- ody as dance partner with Carl RandalL Trade H«r(|VReglaur«d . FQVNPBD BT SIUB SILVBnilAN Pnbllfhed_Weeklr.by TABIKTI, Ise. Sid 'silvtrmaB, PrMldeot 154 WMt 4tth Street, New Tork qty SUBSCBIPTION Annual. . , . v. .18 Forelga. ..... ,|T Slngl^^Coplee. ........ . . . . ..il Ceata Vol. 118 No. i INDEX Bills ..v.;. Burlesque 'Chatter . . . . , ExplPltatlon . , . 15, and 60 Years » • • •. s '. • •••.««•«• e 9 . .60- Ago. . 61 63 61 21 48 • . . . . *■* FTltn Reylews, . . ; . , jFbrielgn Film News. . . . . . .14,- House RcvlewH . Inside— -Leijlt' ... Inslde--MuHlc . ; . > U.^;. . . .46- Inslde— Pictures: . . Inside^— Radio Legitimate , . * r. . . ■. .■..'..'. .62 Literati • Music .. w i... ................ 4C New Acts News from the Dallies. -. ; Nite Clubs;... . Obitiiary V. . /. . ,., ; 1 , , , , . . :Qutdpoi:ai::. v^rVrr; rr; ."t^vV; " . ' Pictures . , : i.. , /;/. .;. ,:. . . ; . 2 RadloV;., . . .si. liafl lo—C halter . ; ; . ; -. Itadio-r-Xew IJusintvss. ... • Tlii'llo— Reports ... .:. v. .:. .. ■ Kadl0:;^Showman.s))lf)..; . .:. Tl'rncs Square . . .. . . . Units . Vaudf vllle . . . .. . •, . , . ,., ;.18 ■ Wonien - y. . .'. ; . , ■ V 17 15 i6- 19 66 47 41 S6 57 a.- 50 59 .40 , •63" i!3 •15 43 'U 38 46 5d 60. no 68 VARIETY- * 1 cr liii^* IKediieidAj^ April 3» 19351 to ^ iCu^ Next Seasoo HoldlHg that It l8 a matter tor the Hays dfl?ce to cdnslder, thieatre operatot^ are threatening, to de'- mand that action be taben agailhst tibe^ sale and exhibition of reissues ~!n ordir' that other housies be pro- tected against this policy. Repeat engagements by th€> score on pic- tures long out of circulation is also Affecting the distributor with re- spect to playing : time on current product,' Is another afgurneat. - • Up. to noW the M,P,P.DJL has Bt* blcid flres by continuing to sell oldies but . that as long ara the others i are doing It : ihfty might as well siiare In some of the extra pennies oh. 8ucli'"r^ntal3.;;- ■ All the major distributors have received numerous complaints, ad- BQlttedly Justified becaiuse when they agree to play , dates on old ■ fftfttiireg -they are falling to ptotect : accounts playing hew' piroduct. These accounts do the cbinaplalnlhg. General hoUer ' Is a,galnst . theatres Which operate week In and week < oiit with nothing but old releases; frequently . adV,ertlBln|5, them in Quch 'a ;manner as to ! mlsk^ the public. ■ Fatorlte atunt is to book . one. p^^^ ;fpmp6tltpr t^ho ls-/piaylng the newest : release wlth;tiie .^same star. ! The. rehtols are ' radically :differeiit but It mostly tends to hurt , the inajor release; V ...The distributors, ! claim their major ' chain :"afflliates;; are loslhig pIenty; ot ,lmoney on new product by permitiing the revival policy to operate.; against them. The major chidna : themselvea are getting steaihjed up over tfaie situation, and dlBtrlbutors may get together on Par Take^ ^^^^^^^ ' for Pair . H6Uywd, Ap . -Story rights- arid-script prepara-: tlbn to date on liet's . Get Married' have been put-chased by Paramount from I^dlo. Ibiy Harris, who has biBen ilnlhg lipi the script at Radio, swings: over to the Paramount writ- ing staff to complete his; assigh- ■ment. : , ; ■ ■ Picture waa siecured by Piara- mount as yehtcija for Sylvia Sidney; and lYed McMurray. .. Washington, April 2: Reinov£il of rjestrlctlons blocking theatre owners itrom ; taking advan- tage of .the Goyerhmeiit's drive to spur ^iiew cbnst^ructloh 4a .ori schedule, v Leglatatldn lifting the present limit on Federal Housing Admlnlstra,tlon loans for remodeling and modemlzatioh of. Aomes and othej;- properties Is due for iMissage before tbe present session of' Cori- gress folds. Bin boosting; the figure from $2,000 to |60,000 has gone through the House and appears sure to pass, the Senate In Ume. : Vlr|^ually. :no business has - been done With' theatres under the preseirit ; -Pittsburgh, April 2. 1^ action Is i threatened against the New York State Board of Censors by Ju^ge M."A, Mus- marino, co-author of 'Black Fury,' If the former coterie ma,ke9; any moyo to eliminate certain; 'IhiBammatory aeenes- from the , V^arner Bros, fllm production. Judge Musmanno -dcclajeaHg3t?weelc-that4i o will fi isht thb i?. T. censors In thft courts to keep liitact' the rtory ais filmed. He sent ia wire of 'protests to the New York b;6ard.and asked' that the lat- t^ir ad^se Wm of any: deletions. ..^ Judge Musiinanno ayerred that he undei^stooid that New - Toi^k censdrs hid objected to parts of the film; /' He 'collabed' on It, brlglnal spurte being a play,' "Bohunk;' by * Harry R4 irvlrig;.' : ; "'•''■;■ >■ ■;;• . : ■; F(« PUTS TWO OTHERS IN WORK ... ^ „. I set-up, although Housing Admlnls- the matter before the new selling Uratldn has had a few nibbles from season. — -="<-exTflPB-Iriterestea^ir'gBini^ vatlons and Installing liew equip- ment. When iacqualnted with coii- dltions of the loans, most rnohey- seeker^ decided notiilng . would be gained by borrowing under Govern merit auspldes. QoVerninent experts belleVe that If the coin were available under reasonable conditions many theatre properties would be fixed up and considerable employment would be created.: Ezhlbs have, been cboper- atlng in propagandizing' the home Improvement campaign, with result that. Housing Administration feels disposed to help, them get spmethlng for themselves. Hollywood, April 2. Fo^; has three starters this week, two . In the special class, and one programmer. 'Farmer Takes a 'Wife' and . 'In did Kentucky* a,re-jthe top- . pers. 'Farmer? has Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda,' Slim Summefvllle, Roger lirihoff, Jane -Withers and Andy Deylne In the cast. Wlnfleld Sheeiian produces, with Vlctbr 'Fleimlng , directing. Latter stars Will Bdgers. .with Bill Robinson and Dorothy ^Wilson cast George' Mar- ;*han directs. ; ; v \ ■ -- ' ; ,- Third is 'eharlie Cha:n In Egypiti' Louis; King directing, with Wiarner Oland, Pat Patterson, Rita Canaino, Thomas Beck and Stepln iFetchlt In the cast. LOEW-RKO INVADING HUFFMAN DENVER BELT : Harry Huftman's control of the film house situation in Denver Is being threatened for the first tiriiiB In .years, .Lpew.- arid RKO are re- ported Invadirig the Denver situa- tion. It is handed that LoeW Is "in- terested financially with RKO In the recent . takeover, arid operation of — the—Orpheurii, in t he-^ockyl-Mt.- metropolls. It may mean that Metro films, which hitherto went to the Huffman — theatre s,; wil l-^lde lntO"tire Orpheum Instead. The Orph Is beirig operated by RKO. For the present, Huffmari, ■ coritrolllng the situation In the town holds all the available product. • SHERMAN'S 6 INDIES FOR FAR RELEASING Hollywood, April : 2. Harry ; Shermjiii , will produce a group of /six features for 1936-86, with Parainpurit tkklng the pictures for . dlstributlpri. Producer will make the-serles at Prudential stu- dios,; formerly Tec Art, which he has been operating for the past sev- eral months. Deal for the Sherman series Is the first of several expected to ;>9 closed by Paramount whereby the company will acquire distribution of about 26 pictures for next sea- son that can be slotted for the less- er 'housed....'- COHEN VACASHIMG H«t ;8«vtral Film Prod. Bids - Reitino Up First But > Briianuel Cohen plans a vacation of two or three moritbt belbre he resumes film production. Intsluded among th^ offers made is one for Cohen to head a combo theatre and flniaricial .group which plans to form a new flim producing unit. Addi- tionally, he has major jstudlo pro- ducing unit bldSi V . Presently, -Cohen la said to be In Maine, where he has gone for a reert of several weeks. Wodd Sue Cens^ To Protect ffis Film . V. . ..^jhicaiib;' jlprt^ .2.; ■ . . ..tojcal/cepsof . board last week re- J^bted ;'Black Fury': -CWB). Wfliher exchange here now working to trade soriie slices for a flinial oktiy.' . . WB's : . fBiack Fury* . goes into strand, N. T., Aprjtl 8 with 'Go .Iiito Tour . Dance' (WB) itet for Easter We elC.. '■■ ■ '. .';■' '■ '..:., ■ .' ■^AipougH^Chr";® ■ "jibiedT'Biffck" Fury,' . New York ceiu^jra passed It today (Tuesday) -without cuts, arid the Peonsyl board has alr^dy; ap- proved' the. 'film.-;:'.;. ■,. on No FV D. Deals Just Now; Says Tlioiqas* I^ter Harry Thcimas, head : of . First Division, says there are, no dea.is on for sale of F. p. arid that no one* has approached him. Sb far ia,s he knows, none of his partners. Includ- ing Nick ' Leddington, BiUy Fiske and Jbhn Curtis, have beeri sounded. vSonie releasing deals miay . be entered Into by First Dlv. with pro- ducers^ but so far, there ha^ been no negbtlatlpn to handle the 12 pictures which Major John 2^ Is planning under, firiariclng liy Pathe: WB IS HOSTING GRADY CASTING AT MG IN UMAffiE'S ABSENCE . Hollywood,- April 2. William Grady, talent scout for Metro' in the east, !• sitting in as casting director during; the absence of Rufus LeAIalre, on ieave of ab-: sence to -go abroad. Mkrcella Knapp wilt be hiis first lieutenant - While -In London, LeMalre Will discuss matters with His charge, Geprgr!a Arllss, in addition to talent scouting. Due back at MG In six weeks. ite for Writers ; Hollywood,; April >. Metl-b''fl pruning.' of the writer staff has- been Irideilnltely post- poned. Scrlb roster, now; the heav- iest In two yeiars with 80 on the payroll. Is five over the . previous top.-- - Due. to heavy run of story grist In tiie mill and crowding of quar-. ters, quill gang Is being spotted^ all pver'theMot. ■'■.■':^" -■..■ ■;-. ■' y Borrows Lombard . Hollywood, April 2. Carole Xombard swings Over from Paramount to Universal on n, loan- out, for the top tpot Iri 'April Iri Pans,' riiuslcal, . being* readied by ij; -Tr liarburgnaHd" Eran^-'ScHuTz. ~: ~ Pair also writing the ditties. Har- burg is aisb producer. BOB 6ILLEAM EAST - , JHbilywopd, April 2^ Bob Gillhani, after two weeks of produdtidn corifferencesi Is planing [ tors of the circuit east today. .• ... .{ Si Fabian may, bid for cpritrpl of Pox Metrppolitan Playhouses, Iiici Such a bid wpuld be In the form of a reorganlza,tlon plan, similar to the pending Joint offer . by .Pbx^ Theatres Corp. and United Artists theatres. Federal. Judge Julian Mack has set April 15 as the date for hearing on the Fox, Theatrcs-U.A. oiffer. It Is f eit--that^the vFablarir pfferr-lf-madb,-- will be heard at the same time. . In View of the Fabian ppsslblllty, a lively hearing Is looked for bti the appointed date. Like the Fox Thea- tresi-U.A. plan, any; p(fer which inay be made : by Fabian : would include' necessarily ; that Skburaa arid the Randforce people cpntlnue as opera- Bbndholder.9 stand to get ap^roxl- / Warner - Bros. Is- hosting:' ct - flock of film critics from Cleyeiand, Pitts- burgh, Newark arid' New- Ha6irou¥e3. Indications are that Fabian will send . Lou : :Qoldlng,^L.whp.. formerly. bperated for RKO. to handle the mately 7Bcj on the dollar, nnder the Fbx Thektre3-U.A. plan. Of this fljrurie, the cash palrt- iirlll be around •20c.-^^-: ■•: Fabian's: offer, :i't. Is presumed, will ciall ..for . a iblgger -eash spread among the boridholden. ; : Fabian's - assoclateii In con- tetnplated otter are not identlfled. They u« stated ; to be persons wbp -are--not--^assoclated—wltlr— the— film- theatre Industry presently..' Inslders. to the Fox Met altuatlori are of the ; opinion that the Fox TheatrearU.A. plto will come be- fore the court, without the formal TjSCPmme'ndatlOri "lot noteholders' committee. It Is had on good authority that this eominlt- tee of four membeni ts dlvMed on this 'recpmmendatlen'. aiiflt. spots Involved. Ciertaln of the thea- tres which Fabian takes' over are those that: he himatlf ei-ected. - ' ' Fabian takeover will not: affect the existing pools between RICb and the Buckley houses In Albany, .or the; RKO pbpl with Parley In Schenectady. These, pooling ar- rangemerits look to retniain, with Fabian replacing the RKO interest In same. Houses which Fabian takes oyer Include the Palace and the Grand, Albany; plaza .aind the Proctor, In Schnectady; and the -EEOctoc, Troy. ; . ■ ; ^ METROES 8E0BTS SEEDES V / ' . ■ Hollywood, April; 2. ; ; Met_rp hits, signed a new deal with: Hwh HaririoH "arid Tludblph Islrig to. release 'Harmonizing Cartoons,' 13; onel-reejers, arid a limited rium- .ber of two-reel featurettes, all to be made In threertorie technicolor. sues,, was In part not supported by ' , the - evidence, and will caiise tre- , mendoiis . confusion In similar pat- .erit dlsptites: Citing a long list pf comparable, patent casbs. Fox a,ltbr- neys argued ln : 8upport of their re- openlrig; plea that ' the court erred in throwing ; bUt disclaimers - by which Pbi attemipted to rescue the . flywheel paterits and asserted that : thb VeCbrd 'dbmonstratCd conclu- sively, that the Inventions cbhstl* . tilted "ite.w discoveries arid jii'bgress In the '^ound picture art; • ' : •-V • With frequent referencais to JUs'^ tlce Stone's , statements that no de- mand existed for spiind films prior to 1926 and that: IritroductiPri- of sound was delayed by ;la;ck of otlier equipment rathdr than deficiency of projecting : machines, Tri-Ergon counsel asserted that the necessat'ir imechanrsHEzwak^ Gefman inventors 'who \fere the. first to : give sound on; jQIm sound - pictures to' ■ the ; world.' ' ChTirgeA ; that "their work has now been ap- - propriated by the great corpora- tions of this country, arid with lih- > punlty under this court's treatment Of what, we respectfully submit, was i a pioneer invention.' . In this - discussion, Fox said' Ve . can find no testimony to show that these electrical devices were not of: sufilclently a.dvanced development to Justify commerolal sound pictures . long prlbr to . 1926. Indeed, the. record clearly arid Indisputably shpws that the patentees had them In , Germany -as early as 1922. Un- , der the court's reasoning In this case, this date— id26r— is critical be- cause the court, under an entire misapprehension. Is reaspnlrig that . v the 'Western Electric gave up Its efforts' In sound on film for discs prior to 1926 because It needed these devlces-for- the-^film- system-but not— for the discs, and that when after ; 1926 the necessary Improvements' in these devices were made, It . was obvious to provide the invention here." REPORT EASTMAN HAS NEW COLOR PROCESS Rochesteri N. Y,, A-jprJl 2w . \ Reported /;tbat Kastraan Kodak Co^ has perfected a color process for use: In' standard riiotlon picture camerasr:^&tmoi3t— iecrecy^reVa^^ about the' developrinent and pnly a few Iri- the. Inner aarlctum of the; company know the: details. But Irif ' ~ ^terested piitslde^TB have ;Kt!ffi"trTCrid sbeh enough to convince them a new :Color . process ha,s. been developed and l8 about ready for announces mont. . ./ It Is said that a former Triember of the Eastman tueatre : orchestra conceived the Idea, Joined, the re- ^ search department of tbe company four years ago arid has been bclp« Ing develop thO process since that time; ■"■ Berres Back on Coast Hollywood. April J. ' Al Berres, studio-labor cbnclll- ator for. the basic studio agreement., resumed his post yesterday (Mon- day) afteivle^re of absence iri the east to make an avration survey for President Rppsevelt " He turrted in his report to; Washr Ington last week and hit fot ,the Coast with Pat Casey. . : : ^WedneadaT* April . 3^1935- -VARIETY-. Hollywood^ April J. ■ With Will Hayek on ' the Coast, annual meeting and election :of Mo- tion picture Producera Asapclatlbn wUi be held late thiis week or early ■ next..;: . x ^: t In the event that Louis B. Mayer declines to continue as president of. the dre:a,nlzatlon, it Is likely that B. B. Kaharie of RjEtdlo •will move In. Rest of tlie officers and directors are, set for, another year;' No announcement Is expected to be made regardlAgr the thteat'ened exodus of the Industry from the - st a te. Watchful waiting- rathier-than - a definite policy will be adopted in this respect. Nothing of moment transpired at a meeting held Friday ' <29) on the tax Issue and which was ' attended , by, Mayer, Kahane, Wlh- : fleld.. Sheeh&n iand Jack L. Warner; Film leaders are marking tlm(^ awaiting developments from Sacra- inehto, where industrial leaders will powwow with Governor' Mciirlam and legislators. ; iSane iiieans of ^spreading tazaUon- will be urged to meet the state budget require- ments rather than class legislation ' and; a confiscatory levy on the plc- | tur^ business; Until the results of this Important meeting: g^j.^ known, picture heads ^iii igpft pedal the prbpagahda on moving out of the ..■/state. - ' . .. The, Industry la carrying the.iiltl- '^ate tax burden and It la hoped . that -the-wise couhael-of-the s tate's * leglslatprs will ; prevail, • declared - vHays,; adding that 'throughout Its ^existence the Industry has borne a very heavy load of thei taxation. It has contributed more than a normal share of the expensesW-of govern- ment.' KeonghV Ovenrark Austin C. kepugh suffered a ner- vous b'reakdPwn and has been br- dered to Atlantic City for a pom- plete rest. ; ■ ,• Since Par's bankruptcy ' Keoiigh was near a \nervous crackup last summer following confining de- tails attendant upon the reorganiza- tion prelimlharles, He went away for a fpur weeks' rest at the time, Par legal force has been: In- creased by two men, following ad- ditij?n_^of ^_ Meyer was given a last-mlhute nod over Julius Bernheim, who had been regarded as practically set for thie management spot. Rtes Boom , Coast Biz Strong, SayTtaBoTSecT .- — ■■ — ^an-FraiTCisiT07-A-prll-2; — Stumping for better working con- dition for wage reamers. Secretary of; Labor Frances Perkins revealed that business in general along the Pacific slope is on the upsurge ahd that the motion picture Industry Is In the' midst of a boom. " In . prpof .of the laUigr, Madame Secretary' qupted statistics .ehowing that last year ; the nine principal amusement corporations converted . a net loss of $1,079,000 In 1933 to a net profit of $ 10,455,0 00 and that, mo re workers were employed In Hollywood In January of this year than in any previous first month In the six years for which records are available. . . > 'O-Tixdame SePretary did not state ,Just_^Xh.at forTria-oLthe-business-ar-er included in .■'amusement xorpora- tlbns.' . Her statement was taken to : mean; the ' various branches - 6f the picture Industry. .-_' ,■ ;; ' ^ , : Hollywood, April t.;: Warners, seemingly Intends to stay put in Burbank. That's about the only construction that, can be placed oh the studio's request to the board of supervisors for a 30ft-foot retaining ; ;wall to be constructed along the Los ! Angeles river iabtit- tlng. the property. ; Warners lets It be known that the plea for flood protection Is just one of the preliminaries to a |1,000,060 building campaign on its present site for addlttonai stages and utility buildings to replace those recently razed by Are. HaHeydarke Stifle M Film; Other Amus. Holdiiigs Li Florida Idea Ha» Real Es. tate Boom AMigle—fAoy- ing Might Saye M^ in ;the'L6ng.Run;:S NO ALTERNATIVE ' Supiposltlon In Industry quarters now Is that If the California high .tax goes through, the -picture bus! - 'nes9^111^iave^o^terhBit4ye4>ut-1 STItL THINK WB-U IS ON Although Intra -trade reports have the Warner-'tJnlyersai deal oil and off, others who should khow'under- stiand that the three brothers, War- ners, through Renraw, Inc., their personal holding company, are bidr ding up to $6,000,000 for U. Of this amount, $6,000,000 Is held to be a cash offer. The remaining $1,000,- OOp is stated to cover the takeover of the. Big 'U' exchairige. In New York, and certain employment con- tracts. ; ■ Renraw offe r has nothing to dp with the Warner Brps. picture cpm- i)any. ; It's strictly a personal bid bii behalf of the Warners themselves. Asher Sailing with New Pact as WB Prod. Chief Hollywood, April 2. Irving Asher, head of; Warner^ production in England, left her^^for the • east yesterday (Morida^ vi4 plane, and expects to sail for Lon- don tomorrow (Wednesday).' Producer came here last week to confe r w ith Jac k Wa r ner o n the program of British pictures to be rtiade by , the company for the 19.35- 36 season, and while ; here sigriedra liew contract to continue Ih h.la post abroad. . , -^-Var-ner-players^tp-^ra abroad under Asher's wing Include Al Jolspn, ■ ; Rub^ .Keeler, Kay Francis, James Cagney, Hug^v Her, bert:and Frank SicHugh. ' — ^ ^ move out of that 'state. It Is bb- lleved that the California tax will eventually become law. 'Undeirstood that . If moving, the studios will set up 'wltbin 36 hours bf New Toric, which would be Flor- ida, or nearer. While mbst of the discusaibn at present favors -the most southerly of the. Dixie states, the Carollnaa ar« attracting atten- tipn. .They are about Jhalf way to Florida and may be given serious consideration because of the tem- perate climate, aa against the terri- fic heat of Florida In midsummer. Cai-ollnas are not as hot In aununer, being resort territory for aouthem- era, and in winter enjoys a mild climate. If the California tax goes thirough, It'a promised all round that the studios must move. Among :Other-thIngB,^it^lBJioted.:tliat.If.they., stay in the state and shoulder thei heavy tax burdens, competition may be aet up by others who would pro- duce outside 9t the state and have a terrific jump on the Hollywood film makers who would have to ab- sorb the cost of the tax. Indies might then go to Florida or else- where to be free of the tax. States like Florida and others In the east are ready to make the film Industry tax exempt in every way If moving in. Realty Boom Angles ' Another angle is that certain in- dustry leaders and bankers may be- lieve that moving to Florida would have the effect of fsettlnif- oft a new bobm in which they could morb than clear the cost of transporting jjtu- dios and equipment there. Under- stood A. C. Blumenthal, among oth. ers, has taken options on Florida real estate in belief film manufac- turers might transfer, there and start-a-new-boom. -- - — Also favored oh a move. Included by bankers, is the saving in trans- portation back and forth to a studio center that would be nearer New Tork than California, plus air mall, (Continued on page 61) Sacrcimento^ Voice Hollywood. April 2. Sacramento Union carries the following story quoting high state officials: 'California can kiss Its $200,- 000,000 picture industry good- bye. Its plans are made and move will soon be on. 'Threat of increased taxes has little to dp with the de- cision. Important factor is de- velopment of improved equip-^ meht pbyiatlng need of climate in : niaking-successf ul films. . 'Magnates plan to lpcat.ej)(fc|aJtr- , er New York to sayevithou- sands of dollars In transporta- tion, telegraph, telephone and other tolls. High state officials declared information Is abso- lutely authoritative from uri- inipeachable sources In Holly- wood. Florida wlH not be the new location, but Now Jersey is likely.' OFN.C.TALK IVER Hollywood, April 2. Louis B. Mayer was to talk long distance today to Governor Ehrin gaus, of North Carolina, regarding latter's Invitation to settle the film industry there. ' ■ . Fred Pelton, Metro's and t lie gen eral studo emissary on the ground, arranged the phone talk after a favorable survey and attractive concessions from the state execu- tive. Mayer will report- the out- cothe of his talk at the annual meeting, of the Producers* Associa- tion late this week or. next. JACK COHN BACK — Jack-Cohn,. -Columbia Plcts-execr- Is due back from the Coast today (Wednesday). He came In with Abe Montagu, Col's sales mgr. Both huddled with Harry Cohn on next season's product. Majestic-Li UGHTON MAY BOW OUT AFTER W YEARS AT PAR - Hollywood, April 2. Louis D. Lighton and Paramount have not gotten together on a new contract, with the possibilities that the producer will leave the studio upon completing the three pictures remaining on his schedule." Trl v arc 'Peter Ibbetson, 'Target' and 'Col- lege Education.' Studio and pro- ducer huddled on a new. arrange- ment but failed to get together. jjignton- has fteen .with Par ror the past 10 years. KENT'S MUD FLU- Hbilyw obd: Aurll t. Sid Kent has been laid up for a couple of days at the BeverlyTVil- s'hlro hotel; with a 'slig;ht attack oif Ihe flu. . . ■ ■ Majestic Pictures' eastern head, E. H.._(Manny) .Goldstein, goes out K.-lt ^rtlniy (B> and MnJ rtnnanll'. V Washington, April 2. Despite his other reverses, with Federal authorities taking .; over • . large portions of his far-flunif power empire, Harley B. Clarke, Chicago promoter, is keeping his hand in Fox Film affairs. Recent trading in Fox securities by the Illinois utility magnate, is revealed in periodical reports filed with Joe Kennedy's Federal Securities & Ex- change Commission. Listing. himself as a director own- ing 100 shares of Class A common purchased in February, Clarke told the Government he has participated :affeet4}^ln=^ ' ary. David listed Indirect owner- ship of 2,476.8 shares , of common while Arthur held 1,975.8, both ex- plaining that technical owner wa* corporation In which they . are . .in- _ terested. J. Robert Rubin filed 6im|- lar report, saying that in Decem- ber he held . 500 common through a ; (Continued on page 61) amiisLAP ON INDUSTRY ' Los Angeles, Api*!! 2. '■ — Assembly In Sacramento yester- day (Monday) received the amended bill providing a stamp tax of ^o. per foot on . all films manufactured, imported or distributed In the state of California. This ialap at the pic- ture industry la figured to yield $23,000,000 annually. A film tax measure introduced by Assemblyman Geoffrey Morgan, for- mer Steele actor, asking a: cent a foot. Is no%v dormant. A delegation of Lions Club mem- bers from Los Angeles, ■ Beverly Hills and Hollywood appeared be- fore the assembly to protest against clfscriminatory taxation bf the pic- ture industry. tes with Liberty n,ext Monday (8). Budd Rogers, of Liberty, succeeds Goldstein In charge of ■distribution for Majestic. . According to Rogers, no other changes, will he nvide in Majestic and production '.plans: will bo con- tinued with a vlf!W. to . dollvering balance of six^ploturr-s on .profjranri- of 12 Bold this year by: iiajcHtlci Larry TJo.rmour, partner . In MaJ, contlniios In charge of production on, the Coast. I|e was cast recently. .Hoi;b(!rt: J. ; Yates, head of Con-y ■soildatftd Film L ahsi. is fl na.nola.lly interested in' Majestic on the iisual film pi-lntlhg dcal.s by- Consol., biit whether' Majcstlc's move in with Lib, In -Yatos', building on Upper Broadway, N.. Y., : means he is tjrruj.plnff:-indlo-prpduce'r-di»ti-lbutor.f is not CQnflrm'od. It w.qi.sf reported '^'.'ites, who finances most of tho.ln- ai'C-g ■ of Ifriportan ee, '■vyas form i n « " a combimrtion bf them. OSTRER, BERNERD TO VISIT U. S. IN JUNE London, April 2. . Mark Gstrer, head of Gaumorit- Brltlsij, and Jeffry Berncrd, pom- : pany'8 managing director, will visit America again aiiout tV r first week of June. ■ ;v G-B has agreed to let Us Ameri- can compa.ijy alone under the Ar- ■■. thur Lee-George. Weeks executive direction. Berncrd will, however, make quarterly trips to New York with . new_prQduct-and-foc-checlc^.up— purposes. . CALIF, 30-HOUE BILI ' Sacramento. April 2. • ■ -Tlre-lPatter.son-b.ll Ir hour .'week , ! n to effec t for .all publio !u.ui ;pi-ivate .work,' except- profesi 'Kf'inaT iin7I ' domestic, service, is oa. ■ealendar for vc'jte. : . ■ ' „ . VAKlETt PMCT April 3v^^^ . Wit}ynf)st stocks slipping back in yesterday's (T u e s d ay) ttadlrig, amusements held steady 'of galhed - sorhe ground^ Lbew'is contmpn was' strong all day, getting "up to 36%,, (inly fractionally away ; from the year'3 high. Technicolor went to a new top at 19%. Others, were prac- tically unchanged from ' the prevl- ous day. imprbvemerit sentiment despite legislative uncertalntieB which con- tinued In, Washington kept the atock mkrket on:.an .evei? : kee) .af^eV".^an attempt to force rail shares down on> Tuesday C'26). . This ■betterment wa? quite generally reflected ip tl^e Amusement (Sroup, although with' a few weak : spota. Result- was that ■ the group, averages closed at ?5%; for a galnl of 0.35 of a point, ' Amusement avecages tipped - 26% before meeting niuch resistance. Low point wais 24 which was en-, countered early In the week. YqI- ume for the group was the lowest since eoirly in. February but the ac-. tlbri "placed' these .12' representative igaiirs n.hnut v m ldw av. between ttie tops bf late January and the closing prices which prevailed: late In Feb- ruary arid the first . week of Marcl\. . Market Monday acted as though tracers were hopeful that the Su- preme Court, would 'hand ■ dowh a favorable ruling, relative to the paymenVof pb^islpns by- the rarllroad comoanies. .Aided by a big show of strength In Loew's preferred,, the common; of this company also attracted coh- ■ 6ia,erabl6 atterihph by its steady awd (Continued, on page. 29) NEWSREELERl $1,824,562 Gives Par €orp. 100^ Control of Olympia Another step, to\y?up4 reorgai>iia- tipn of ParaniiouiTt's l^ew- England theatres has been approved by Fbd^ eral Judge Coxe in N. Y. authoriz- ing the Par trustees to satisfy a clalnii of Olymplia Theatre stock- holders in return for a block ot stock lii Olympia held by the Old Colony Trust Co., ,; BostPn, as der ppsitpry 'pending; completion of the bid purchasb contract. Under, the ,jCoxe order,- the Par tr\isteeis. pay; a blatm;of , ^1,82^,562 in full .oh delivery, tp "the;: truatee^: by an" Olyinpia theatre , cbniinittiee . of $2,234.; share's of conimon apd 6,609 shares of preferred of Olympia, rep- resenting 32% of the stocjc of; that cbnxpahy.: This will give Paramount complete cdntrol . of ;the Olymiita subsidiary Mn (:onsumma,tipn ot< the agreement of July 16, 1926, under which Famous Players-Laaky agreed tb 'bny- the. bhain from- Nathan Hi ^braon ana ilLax Shoolman. Effprts'of the Cairieramen's Union to i>ut more V men . tb^- - work' : thrbugh a stricter, interpretatilon of what constitutes working hours or : by trimming the. present 40rhbar ; week thus far ha.B met with. -failure although two confabEj of union reMeseri tatlve a and; hewsreel xshie^- . tains haVe been held. Tbei. moVe for improved working houra . aiid pos- : slbly additional employment for the news'reel cameramen yraM Instigated by W. P. Farhsworth,. deputy aid- , mlnistrator of the picture bode. ' . After the inltiai session, when the; union reps put in their bid for ad- ditional men on the payrolls, and the ne'trsreel . coQlpaniea countered by charging that working cohdltions aiid wkges are at u high peak al- ' ready, Faimsworth suggested that each side designate two dele- gates and ^attempt to formulate aii equitable :piari.. ■ ; But even -after the prolonged meeting MondC|,y- (.1) n& satlgfactbry solution seemed likely for some time to come.'; Crux of present situia.tipn ;ls;; the, deflhltibri of whiait are work- ing hpur,s for newsreel camera-men. As presently constituted, the news- reel grinders work 40 hours weekly over an 18 -week period. The big conflict is regarding what are waitr Insf hours. Company repre;3entatlve3 feel that out-of-town cameramen should not Include in their wprking hour week the time spent in their, offices when, riot out on assignment Gonteritibn Is that the; camera boys are not actually working in this ihstance. The union cpriceptiori is the . pppoV ; - — Bite,— bftged-onT^the-tfaeory tliat It-^g- tihie jost to them whether on assigri- riient or not.. " '■■ ■;■■; ■.• ; - , A. J. Richard, editor of Paramount — i-rieivareelr^-and-Jack-^imellyT^dit^r of Pathe News, are representing the newsreel companies while 0, .V. Johnson, secretary of the Camera- men'g Union, and W. H. Straftbrd, Chicago, union representative,, are presenting the unlori; side. , - Hew Post; Par li ,v Warriera arid, 'Parariiourit ; want Arthyr ■; Mayer, i operator oit the Rialtp on Brbadway,. TJhe RlaU soon to be razeiaL to inake: way. f or an office structure and a new the- atre probably, seating' ;arpund 800, w:Hl :lea,ve Mayer .free. He will probably go Par. . > : Ma^yer. to operate .Warners! three houses ori Broadway; is the WB ideia. .Harry. ChiarnaB, present bp erafor of these houses, is to be ele vated-to-another-postHh-the^com pany sobn.- . ^^' V ' ;- BNva]r Cros^ickethig TKeafare Mgrs. . TJieaitre operators -in the Times Square Y.) district are squawk- ing loudly oyer heavy - picketing done by the rivaJ motion picture operator unions, Allied and Em Plre Staite. .'The recent upheaval in Harlem isn't helping - matters. ; Where. 'theatreB are using 806 (A.P.I1.) bperatprs. cross-picketing continues by ;Bmi;>lr6 State or Al lied, or both, and vice versa. ; Exhibitor's along 42rid Street arb kicking the mOBt.- .i)ent in. business here is blamed on the Republic (burlesk) which has had; extra cops on duty for days and has checked in with; three - calls for the patrbl wagon in the past week. Theatre management phoned the police claiming that ; hundreds were dolnjg a snake dance in front pf the Re public. Eight arrests were made on this occasion, last week. Farley Reportis, Ducks Hollywood, April 2. Prank Farley, story scout for Pariampunt . abroad; left here for New York after :ia week's confer;, e^ices with Ernst Ijubitsch on stPry requlrenients; of' the : company for the coming year, and outlook- of the Eurcwean literary field. York for a short turning to London. tlnie before. re- Air (^narieS Cut ■ . ^ Film Teeth at Univ. J ; Honywood.i April 2.; Dorothy Page and Jbhri ' King, __bolji_jchefi tci'day (Mondayj for term contracts, will probably cut their film eye teeth in ,'Slng Me a .Love Song/ ; Miss Page, signed^ by U after wlrir . ring tlie national Paul Whiteriian -audition contost,- -planed' iri'^ frorii ;Ch^cagb, wli'ore she has beS'A-on' the ^alr. '.-icing has-been warblingAi^?^I^ the Ben Bet^fe orchestri- ■.' ■jvii,' It's Excelsior Pics Now Holly woodi April 2. Because of conflict of title. Pre- mier Pictures, recently prganlzed. by LesU'tf : Sinimonds and ; Slg^ Neufeld, becbmes OSxcelsior Pictures. , Company- is in : prbduption with 'Hell Brea,kg Loose,': first of a serlear of nine actloriers co-storririg Oulnn Wllliama and Sally Blane; and di- rected by Sam Neufeld. ; ; Hollyw;ooc!, April 2. Ten . thousand dollars In boniis a. wards in recently closed; Fbx; "Weist Coast business drly^s iaelng : disr tj-Ibuted . by - Charles^kouraB. ' : Managers ih . the/(^estferft aif ea Tftre also meieting in /Operatlopy confer finfeb this week.. YefterdayV Prices ^400 m 6,200 ,0(300 1,400 8,000 200 .600 GolV Pict'.. 41 .•46?4 Con. r, pf 1T?4 :16% Bast. K,.,121 - 120% Fox- A...., Gen. El... 2S?& .XlTi X.oe\T . .-^ '. Par. c\tB.. Patli^ A.: RCA ..... RICO ..... asvi MVt 2H . 2.V4 12'A 11% .4% i% u. m 1% ... 2% : 2%. CURB ,;.»10\ 18% BONDS - Loew .,.,104% 104% Phr-F-Ii .. 7114 71H Do. ctt». 71% . 7IH P»r-Pub .i 72% 72 Do, c«a. 72^ 72% W.B. ..... 00 80 7»300 Te«b: <,{ba s.ooo 8,000 87.000 28,000; ,1.00 0 .■• Nejir IMJS high. : ■ Net Last.'cbee. 22 .-;% 33%+ ft ■ 2%- 11% ; . . 4%:- % Vh ■ :■ :3%+ % 104%^ % 71%+%, 71% ^ % 72 • V . . ; Hollywbod, April 2. penyer ru«i;ig tha,t fllm;&xhlbltion- n ot In liitur t C-at e comm CTce Ib ex- pected to precipltatb a Wide open split; between' westeni. Independent exhibitors and tlie-KRA. Air is blue with threats or thrbwing oyer re- strictions In a bljg. way.; ; Los Angeles exhibB.ai'e prepa^ to : Initiate bank nightsi; coin give- aways, twb-fpr-one / admissions, crbckery nlSlits. and,- Pther "lyres to hop up the b.p. ■■ SEE A. J.BALABAN AS LOEW'S cm EXECUTIVE •Chicago, April 2. . ;if and when Lbew.'s goes through with its proposed theatre buildtlrg intentionis In Chicago, A. J. Balaban probably 'fviU be the operating head ATrrffdvanc«~tiffderm'nairi^^^^ effect , Is understood; to have been reached. Balaba;n is at present residing In California with Jiis^f amlly. , . fwayPartooksM / During the, past week ' .thb sltua tibn has insproved regaxdiiur bond holders', approval of the Broadway ParamountvBldg. and Theatres set tliement,' as part Of the Paramount Publlx reorganizaition plan. It . ts -now indicated that . the ettectiye majority pf ■ cpnsents of Broadway -PiEtr. bondhbldbrs will be had so ae not to Jeopardize ^e Pararinount- Publlx reorganization plan. However, fTtro phases' of the P-B plan Btill; tb be ironed are those concerned with the underwriting of the plan, and that which pertains to the Balaban & Katz r funding iagreemeht with the First Natibniol Bank of ChIca,go. iind whibh con ditlons that Bt^ K c&nnot pay divi- dends while, the new, refunding bonds are outstanding, v , U A. TON. Y. Bob Glllham. : Horace McCoy. Lbuls Sbbel. ■ , .Dr. Leo Michel, Jack Cohri. David Loew: . Jack Moss. Max Golden. • . John Curtis. Al Frledlander. ■^TjracB^wrkstfiir Merle Oberon, Abe MbWtagub, ■ Ben S. Cohen. ; ■ — WilMarit-Fis ke. Nicholas Luddihgtbn. Heriry Hobart . , Will Rogers; : Irving; Asher. Laura La Plarite.. . i5prothy Fields;: , : Frank Farley. " ■ King Charriey. Vlctbr; BarayellA , Hoot dibson. Louis. Hyriian. .' Johnny Murray.' Ferde Grofe. Simeon GJbst MAJor Albert Warner. .'iGrad-'Seara. '"\[ Atidy ;^niith., ; ; ; Marlehe Dietrich, ^ . -Birlp, Pbrimler..• Paul kohfier. ' Lupita Ttfyan . ■ .. • ^ While a U. S. district;, cdu'rt Judge has "ruled that the Harry Huffman lottery case (Denver);, is oiitside tbb FJlm Code's Jurisdiction, the re- straint of trade, or ;mbriopoTs^ angle, yet has to be settled In court Thii latter slant was raised by government legal lights -when the action w^ carried to higher; courts by the Blue -Eag'lbr Pederalr attorneys a^ that the Huffman theatre group held a monopoly, on flret runs. Decislori in the Huffhiari, case bn the .lottery charges is regarded in. Code Authority circles as hissed largely on Jiidjge J. F.: Symes' ruling that the. .Colorado NRA law was uncoristitutibnai; Since the court held ' exhibition of films to l>e an. intra-statb business, the decliaratiori of th» state law as .ilnconstitutional practicSlly iautbmatically ruled out the cas* Qn;.the 'lottery -alliegatibns; .:;; ; Huflmari was charged with operating a. lottery In giviiig aWay .aiito- riiobiles, and is stJill doing so under a teihpprarr InJunctipn granted by the court of appeals. Since ihany^ higher . courts recently have ruled against the Blue Eagle, when sblely Intra-state operations . were, shown prevalent,; the Denver decision is not regjarded as ipartlcularly upsetting by codists in New York. . Fear that there might: be some bppositibn ,)^o' cbhflrmatiori of ; 181 execu- tpry, bbntracts ;ex^ting with P^^ pribr to ' barikruptoy and rieyei" dlsat? ITrmeii, ' Including many /^strlbutlon fiianchisb. . c6ptr?icts, . pro up- grounded; .The ehtire 181. documents, got the ofnbial okay seal Monday afterripon (1) without any opposition. No star ;or executive cohti'acts .were included in- the -batch:'. ■/■ '''/-'^ V Grist of the T'eorgariizatloh mill also includes' serylce- of ■ papers by :tliand-clearance' schedules because the 2-c skeds Tight how are - one; b^ those thin ; , v . Pyrotechnics are anticipated by .many members Of the Film Code 4:Uthorlty as a result of the fresh dhtbr^k of the free pass stunt ih the Times Square area during the past week. While the • Astor, 1^. T., "^as the principal picture house to ihaugura.te the stunt, others had or were planning to follow- suit in order to meet this litw competition^ Service charge ' .when the 'free' coupon is offered at the box ofhce Is deemed by C.A. representatives as a violation of the reduced ad- mission clause in the code since It amounts to selling . tickets at less , than the advertised price. , . The free oojjpon; gag also obtains at the legitimate Plymouth theatre .oh thef same block with the Astor. The Penn-Astor drug ^storri on the. corner Invites the store's patrons %o be -guests' at the Plymouth. ' " With the new outbreak of the service charge pass, the premium and giveawiay campaigns by picture houses along Eighth and Ninth ave- nues have been renewed. MICHIGAN PROPOSES STATE CENSORSHIP Skpum Coast Return ' Speeding F-WC m^ ■ V Xios Angeles, April 2. Return from Kew York, this week Olf Charles P. Skduras is expected to. speed up compilation of the final report of the three trustees ih bank- ruptcy of Fox-West Coast. Filing of report hqa been held up tempor- arily through the absen'ce in Min- nesota of Atty. W. B. Carmen, rep- resenting the trustees, who was called , there by. the death of his father.- ■ ■ ' ; '■: Bankruptcy . of the Fox Midland Theatres Corp. and Fox Bocky Mountain Theatres' ~^orp, both^ formier subsids of Fox West Coast, Is expected to. be wound up Within the next six or^ght weeks. Colorado I)^ui^^ Lot. terie* liar^iPoro Depre- cjirted----FilBu in^I^ Coiiiinerce» Washington Na CHISELING ^Washington, April 2, ; Bevisioh-of the: Rgooveiy Act, ex- READYING NEW EXTRAS UST TO SOOTHE ROSY . ' Detroit, April 2. Stiate boai:d of film censorship is provided In a bill introduced in the Michigan, legislature by Representa- tive E. H. Fenlon of St. Ignace. Rep. Fenlon denies reports that the Legion of Decency drafted the bill. Prop os ed board of three, to be ap- "Pblnted. by the governor' for three years, would- be p aid by fees levied on film distributors. .: ilhtire dlscrer tibn to approve or disapprove would be vested in the board, slm liar to board now operating in Ohio. Proposed levy of 13, for each reel of the first feature and a $1 on each succeeding print would ^rlng'nearly $100 per feature passed to the state. Only censorship at present Is that of the Detroit Police Film Censori^ Sgt. joe Kollar. ■ ' \ DELAY nGHTMAN if. y. TEIP : M. A.. Ijightman, due in New York on Monday (1),. to formally close a • partnership deal with Par over three hoiises ; In Memphis to. be . grouped, under his '■ operation,; has been forced to postpone his trip diie : to Tcnhessee tax .legislation which he is . actively opposing.: ■ T, ?'ra,rtk Freeman recently, was'ln M^emphis to work out the agriement with Llghtman, who Is a pai-ther of .I'ar in Fort Smlth^ Ar)c.. and other ->'<'ii,tliPi-n snotB. . - V . Hollywood, April 2. : Coding on registration of a se- lected extra list for NRA preferred work cards finally has come to a head after mohths of bickering. Code Extra Standing. .-'Committee will revamp the list of 1,000, prie- vlously recommended with the aim of getting committee members and, AdmlniStratbr Sol A. Rosenblatt off the spot Ih view of blasts against the hiethpds of selecting card get- ters in alleged 'star chariiber' ses- sion. ■ tenaing- tae code'syatem of restrict , i.ng. competition for another two- year period, appeared In Congress last .week as Roosevelt Administra- tion tipped lta-hand... At flrBt glance, apjpiears proposed laW. changes; will hot have ahy particular effect on film pact. ' \ Although aiibstahttal: modlflca- tloh had been promised by admih- istratlon mouthpieces. Congress found, the new law contains. ■ few importaht ; ' alterations. Principal objective is to plug : loopholes ahd correct; deficiencies which have re- sulted in long string of unfavorable court : decisions in ! disputes JnvoRrT Ine constltutiohality . of the existing act.-;- ■ A major alteration consistii of re- writing of present provlalohs under which codes have been placed in operation, but _the^ effect la .to give the government .morl^ nither ; than less, ppwer. tJntlt the U. S. Su- preme : Court ;comea a.Iohg and up- sets it, the outlOpk la that things will continue pretty much accordirig to .existing 'pflhclplea. and policies. Seeking to prevent upsetting of code procedure, bra,ln-tru8iers have entirely rephrased clauses specify- ing, the scope of the Blue Eagle by stipulating that . 'interstate com- merce' Includes any outfit which uses material shipped In 'interstate commLerce*. Which would knock in the head, last week's. Colorado court ruling that exhlbitlpn is not a part of lnters,tate business. ; Technically, enactment of the Total dlsbursemienta by the Film Code Ahthority for Februiary, aa announced by John .C. Fllhn, execu- tive aecretfiiry,' are 120,132. . . Total calsh on hand is |40,897.; amins proposed new law may require the government to go through the mo- tions of reapproying the film pact, although questioh la not settled. Suggested : legislation requires the President to make findings before approving: pacts, listing a number of n;ew con'lltlons which he must decide exist before puttin'^ John Hancock on competition agreemehts. Would have: to decide that codes establish rules of fafr competition; (Continued on page 60). Minneapolis^ April^2. After hearing Nathan Yamins, president .of the .Massachusetts. ;A1_-; lied Theatre Owiiers and a Code Authority member, denouhce the in- dustry code ; as' presently constituted, northwest independent ; theatre owners, at a mass meeting here went Oh record as condemning the in- strument. .'• The gathering of 200 exhlbitora was called by W.; a. Steffes, presl-- dent of Northwest Allleid States and was open to Independent theatre owners frbrti all seditions regardless of . aflillatTohs br. lacfc~of them. ■ The exhibitors pledged themselves to support the ; Allied States! ni^ove to obtain a, new. Code Authority cbmprising equal' numbers from the producing ahd exhibiting ranks -and with power to; establish a new schedule of trade relations, Abram S. ; Myers was a-utiiorized to- appear " before .Gbvernmehtal authorltiea in Washington to pre sent this viewpoint.. Yamins attacked the code , as Ing an instrument the provisions of which were dictated by the pro ducer-dlstrlbutbrs^ He asserted that, the Code Authority is 'producer- lopsided' and that tliei Hays' af- -flllateir"ca«stltm"e six of the seven producer members and present; a solid fronts W.- Ray Johnston, president of Monogram, was paid a tribute of fairness by Yamins, Steps were taken by the horthV west exhibitors to merge Northwest Allied States . and . the recently formed Independeht Theatre Own- ers' Association Into a single in- dependent exhibitors' organization. Steffes announced that ilL health compelled him to quit as president of . Northwest Allied. Chlcago^ April 2. : After waiting for months the mo« tloh picture code board , la .golns into active campaigning agalnat theatrea which contihue to : vidlai* the ;rullhg8| of the board and con- tinue to run contrary, to code de- cisions ; despite 'cease a^nd .. desist' orders. First real " slap was br- dered^ast week when the local cod* board sent rulings: to all ;ex- . changes, to aioj flhn service to the B. E. Alger houses in southerh lUihois". for con tihu isr :i Violatlbh- of Result is that principal objectors to tljie orlglhai list are marklher time. Screen Actprs' Guild blistered ;the setup as unfairly worked but arid deriiarided a recheck. Another coali- tion of extra orgs, Hollywood P'lc-; ture Players, Picture ■ Players Alli- ance and The Troupers, Inc., railed at the setup as being in ylolatiori of code verbiage and: argues that if nothing Is . done to correct it ex- tras had bettor forget all. about coding and : deal direct with; studios and Central Casting. L A Exhiib Call Code a 'Dead ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Huffman Wins Ppint in Givieaway^ Case Denver. April 2. C. C. MOSKOWITZ'S -APP'TMENT Charles.' Ci Mbskbwltz,: Lpew thea:- tre executive, has .been namod a membef of the Ne.w York regional: board for the stfcond district, the appointment being made: .by the National Labor . Relations board at Wo^lngton, ■ It Is the first time that: a circuit executive .fias be^n placed on: the board Harry ; Huff^nan won another round In his battle wltir~thiB Gbv- brnment .iand grieyahce bbards in their atteriipts to force him to stop his weeltly auto giveaways in his eight Denver theatres. On; Huffman'tf • motion tb. strike out certain portions .of the Goyern- rnent's complaint, Federal Judge J. Foster Symea ruled that Huffman was not - engaged In Interstate com- merce. fSym.RS ruled that when films are receiycd by a distributor In tlie state, they ;cea.se to be Inter- state, and becomes: intrastate busi- ness. - . Judge Symes did not dlsliose of the case,, but said ;hb would; hear arguments later on the question, as to whether the Government was correct in claiming that ' Huffman and his companies had a monopoly on first run films' in Denver, and on the qUestloh as to whether Huff- man was conducting; a lottery. : ; Los Angeles, April 2. - Code Authority request through John G. ITllnn that Interested par- ties be : queried on consent to ~ ia tpibuhal HettliTir?Apfii 11 fOr hear- Ihg on Fox; West Coast application for rehearing of . protiB.Ht.s aga;ih.st Im A:.- ;Zonlng SSchedule is meeting with, little responsci Zoners and .exhibitors, arc noric'Omifiiltfali' fbellng" .that the ;CA. previously informed it.q attitude , through Its ■ (icmand that a schedule : i;e ' put Into im- mediate effect "arid prbtGHt.-j deferred: until after the setup was given a fair^;t^!al.' ;-:;---' ' .'Local indies arc burned at the C-A. -.ictlon postponing. L;A. schcd- . uie. Keeling in affiliated .circles is that; the ; co'Je fs .a dbad:;isBUc.- A- reopmrnohdation made by a group of oonsorvatiyc indie, exhibitors . that iridopendcnt Theatre Ownei-s Asso- ciation and Aafiociated Exhibitors nonftolidate; forces and brihg 100% protest against further stalling was turned dOwn by the ITO Which wants no alliance. It's dceriied un- likely that lociai indies : well attend Ni Y. meetlni^.; ' the picture code.. For , the most part the exhibitors of the midwest have paid little at- tisntion to the code rulings . which ordered dozens of c<^e >nd desist Instances. As soon as^ they got the wrong deciision the., exhibs would either forget about .the ruling or Would immediately appeal to New; York. The eastern headquarters of the cqde brpad is now loa ded with , appeals frphi hundreds . of . midwest exhibs ;aiid Until these appeals are heard and decided upon tho exhibs are continuing to. have 'bank nltes,'- play, 'screenoi' advertising prema- turely and are- allegedly ' conducting in oth'sr manners contrary to the : film code. ' ; ■.■-■■■.;'.;'■ Expected, ho.weyer, that this shutting off of .^ei^loe on one of the • biggest indie circuit operators In the midwest will shake up t he a it- liatlon In the territory and quiet dpwn exhibs who have been riin^ hihg wild. ' . Chicago especially: Is flooded with 'iScreeno,* 'bank nltes' and -giveaway :Taf flea; vbesided' p^^^ mature;; advertlsinjgr.^ .; LA.Z-CSKED Failure of the Film Code Author- " ity to act . definitely on the zoning portion of the ios Angeles clear- ance-zoning schedule before last Saturday . (30) brought Indefinite postponement on the dates when this aked la to become effective. Aa orig- inally approved by the C. A., the L. A, schedule was to : have gone into effect March 31. iBut the ac-r tlon last Friday means a'dblay of several weeks since the actual drtte'- of hearing protests on the zoning features has not been fixed as yet. Although the L. A. schedule was . approved in its final form more than a month ago and .the effective dates set, a formal protest on phases of ~ the zoning lodged by Fox West Coast Theatres Corp, for several weeks have held up; formal. Installa- tion of the sked. The authority voted . to have John C; FUnn go to - the Coast and investigate flr«t hand. He returned on "March 2C, and lile report arid other details of tho sit- ^ uation^ have been riioro or lefts under conaldcration by the clearance and . since, . ■ ; . Further diHcus.sIori on the . points .sti-essed by the Frtx-WeHt (ioaBt. of- ficials Thurftday afternpon prompLcd ■the-comnilttee to present the-prbb- • lem to the whole authority Friday morning. Because other major companlos, .exhibitors and theatre circuits ' might bring up objections to the re- vamping of the zoning eituatloh, the Code Authority decided to permit all Interested to appear before the authority before any changes in the alignment were- made/ - i;:-^ ' ' , In the meeting Friday (20) the biggest obstacle was the question as to whether tho L. A. schcdulb would conflict with actions. In tho U. S. trlct court of Southern California. It was feared by some that persons ; not In agreement with the L. A. . Jihc-up might (luejitlbn the- validity of the .schedule a.s drawhaip by the authority. . VAItjETY 1*1 XT ITediiesdaj, April 3« 1935 Pjff Polklnng Olf ^ (Best Lo9 Angeles, April 2. ■ exploitation: State- Chinese) circus a;Ubi the curi-ent one. Barnes show . In town opeiilng tO; better trade" than lait year and with ^ couple of other; types of opposition Including ' sports show at Shrine a;udltorium, theatre operators none too happy.; Paramount with *Mls- slsslppr la leader frbhi gross take angle? Chinese and State with 'Foltes Bergere' having tough sled- ding aa combined gross will barely - get over $15,000, Hollywood arid ' BKO even find it bit more sad with ^Traveling Salesladyi' . after the healthy 'Roberta' engagement as this combination will fall short on their multiple gross of $10,000, ' Downtown which is housing •Roberta' after the BKO r\iri is hit- ting :intc) black for hrst time in inonths and! looks as though attrac-, : tlon will hold for another stanza. State and Chinese weremost ag- gfeissiye houses oh exploitation . front ' f.■•.■ ;:■■■■;■>■; strand— 'Black Fury' (WB). . / : Omaha, April 2. . ' (Best Exploitation: Omaha) ': National Flower and Garden show holds the epotUght for the week , in the Aksarben Coliseum. Opened Saturday (30) for nine 'days which allows it to" cut In on." thellcurrent full week and also part of next. One of the city's '^outstanding con- ventions and exhibitions for the year, and expected to show to. prac- tically eVeryohe In town with esti- mates varying as to total attend- ance. Factor of outside visitors may help on the show, though general effect likely to be cutting. : Fifteen thousand saw first day. Dust storm getting to be a niat- ter of ■' continuity with ^ some silt about or In the air perpetually. Just a matter . of intensity. When the dirt flares up it has the direct effect of all bad Weather on the show houses, and that occurred 'twice last week with mlhor blasts In between; And then the dUst cleared up for two days of perfect spring weather which didn't help box of- ■ flee a bit.. ■■; Par reverts to its spilt Week pol- icy with Polly Moran the name in the three-day stage show and 'Love in Bloom' counting as strong screen fare. Opened regular and should see a; week ardund $7,500. Both Orpheum and Omaha turning them oyer nicely with 'Mississippi.' Bran- deis seeing; only an ordinary week with 'Living on Velvet' ahd 'Whjle the Patient Slept' marking 4. return to ,the double 'features after a 'week of single. Best ; exploitation of ; the " week credited to the Omaha theatre and Mahager Ted Emerson with an old- time minstrel parade ballyhoolng for 'Mississippi* opening day and two following. Estimates for This Week Or phou m . (Blank-Trl- States) (2,976; 26-40)— 'Life -Begins at 40* (Fox). New Roger opus the whole show ahd could gel along very nice- ly without 'Mystery Woman' (Fox) but gets it as a dual partner . any- how. Flower show, competition and weather make it a hard guess, but opened for . about $9,500 and can easily do more. : Last week 'Good Fairy' (U) went over well with A- 1 publicity^ garnered from Alene Fransen, the Orpheum usherette, who won the national contest, biit 'We Live Again' (UA) was little help. $8,000. - Omaha (Blank- Trl-State) (2.100: 25-40)— 'Mississippi' (Par). With good ballyhoo got the best start of any picture in weeks, and likely to hold to it. $7,600, okay. Last week 'West Point of the Air' (MG) slipped slightly after a strong opening day lead, but was coih;. -mondaM e at % T^tis(K~ — ~- — ■ ' , Paramount (Blank-Trl-State) (2,785; 25-35-40)— 'Love in Bloom' (Par). In a class with other picture fare offered as competition, and has in addition Polly Moran and Irene ■Vermillion as stage attractions. But It's back to the split week policy with 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (UA) and 'Mills of the Gods' (Col) screen fare the other four days. About $7,600. Last week 'Rumba' (Par) screen and Mary Brian and vaude bill on the stage: full w?ek upped the b'.o.' .figure to $11,000. nice money but not quite expectations. Brandeis (Singer-RKO) (1.200; 25-35-40)--'Hvlng on Velvet' (FN) with 'While the Patient Slept' (FN). Returns the house to the dual fl:t- traction policy. Little more than programmers and the take around $4,200. Last week 'Gold Diggers' (FN) had eight days to Itself after a rush early opening. But It made little, difference; and the $5,300 was only ailghtly over average for that extended term. , . Lup(tlUez|Good^^$^ 'LIFE BEGINS' $6,000 Hog-Calling on Stage la Sumpin -:■ in Tacoma Tacoma, April t. (Best Exploitation: Roxy) ; Center of show golngs-pn. this week Is the Roxy, Jensen-von Heir- berg spot which has ■ been having a great run of plx and biz the same way, the past Ave or' six weeks. :It's Will Rogers: this Week, with top- exploitation shouting the town down, this, being a hog-calllng contest from the stage for 'Life Be- gins at 40.' Five compete nightly, with Wlnner^ of each night, getting into the finals on eighth day for prize- of $100 cash. Entrants se- lected In co.:operatlph ;wlth' West- ern Washington fair, where hog callers get their 'chance each year at the fair. Theatre front shows barn, with hogs (live) in lobby, and this Is proving great gag. ; • Estimates for This WeeV Blue Mouse (Hamrlck) (700; 26- 35)— Iron Duke' (GB), . May land $3iG0O, l good. Last week 'Roberta' (Radio), second week', $3,100^ big. Music Box (Hamrlcic) -<1.400; .16-^ and vaude, three days; 'A Night at the Ritz' (WB) and 'Mystery of El- win Drdod' (U), dual, four days, for Indicated $3,600, okay. Last week 'Gilded Lily* (Par) and vaUde, three days, $2,100, okay;. 'McFadden's Flats' (Par) and Four Mills Bros., two days, . tremendous $2,800, pack- ing in five and six shows daily, and 'Love, in Bloom' (Par), two days, $700, for great $5,600 week. Roxy (J-vH) (1,300; , 25-36)'— 'Life Begins -at 40' (Fox). With everything on publicity ball for this one, and Will Rogers always pop here, looks to do. .$6,000.. Last Week 'Little Colonel' (MG), $6,700, great. ■ . OK,Bl]TK.C.NSG Kansas City, A:Pril 2. . (Best Exploitationi toew'a Midland) Downtown houses benefited some on - Saturday' through a 'Downtown Day' sales campaign fostered by merchants and newspapers- which brought thousands of shoppers. After a week of real vaudeville iand pldtures, the Malnstreet is back to a single film, .'Living oh Velvet,' with only fair results, ' At Loew's Midland,. 'Casino M.ur-. der Case' shows some sfgns of im- provement. 'Mississippi,' after a good showing at the Newman laigt Week, Is held over and doing nicely; Although far from the downtown district, the Fox Uptbwn with 'Scandals' Is getting a heavy play. Film is set for nine days. : Loew's Midland wieht on the bill- boards for 'Casino Murder Case' and had a sWeet co-operative' tieup with a large department store In a double page newspaper epreadi for the 'Downtown Day.' Estimates for This Week Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; 15-25- 40)— 'Living on Velvet' (FN). Out- .loplt far from encouraging, around $6,000, poor. . Last week 'Edwin Drood' (U) and vaudeville with Lupe Velez, disappointing with $12,000. Midland (Loew) (4,000; 16-26-40) —'Casino Murder Case' (MG). Femmes not going ' for mystery story, but the night play up. Should return close to $8,500, pretty good. Last week 'West Point of the Air' (MG)) flattened out after a nice start, $9,000, fair. Newman (Par) (1,800; 25-40)— 'Mississippi' (Par) (2nd week). Close to $7,000 after last week's $14,- 000, big. : . ' ; ; Tower (Rewot) (2,200; 26)— "It Happened in New York' (U) and stage show. Looks headed for near . Minneapolis, April 2. (Best Exploitation: Century) Business here continues to set a fast pace thanks to extra stronic attractions. Current coin extrac- tors keeping the turnstiles thor- o'.iThly greased are Lupe Velez In person at the Orpheum Snd 'Mls- h--:;3ippl,' 'Sequel' " and 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' on the screens. Of this array the torrid Miss Velez easily tops the list, again giving Manager Enill . Franke's house a big box-of- flce edge, over all of its competi- tors, ■' ■•■ 'Mississippi' is the best magnet that the State has had in recent Weeks and should show a : nice profit. Plenty of attention ; also has ' been riveted on 'Sequoia.' It's the second week for 'The Scarlet Pimpernel* at the World. Century unturhed a lot of stones to. plug 'Sequoia,' Manager Harold Kaplan, among other things. Induc- ing the local branch of the Izaak Walton league to mall out cards recommending a picture for the first time. - ■ ^ Estimates for'Thia Week . Century (Publix) (1.600: 26-35- 40)T-'Sequbla'-.(MG). . Well sold and r-iilF16if.©nWne3J^ be • headed for good $6,600. Last week, second of 'Ruggles' (Par). $6,700; making great $14,600 for two weeks' run. '; Orpheum (Blhger) (2,890: 26-35- 40)^'Woman In Red' (FN) and Lupe Velez and vaude. Miss Velez the draw. Heaps of free newspaper publicity for the peppy star ahd this apparently is not hurting biz. Should squeeze oyer big $13,000.; Last week, second for 'Roberta' (Radio) immense $12,600, or. enor- mous total of $32,600 for fortnight . run. Record for house at scale. State (Publlx) (2,200;. 25-36-40) —'Mississippi' (Par). Crosby and Fields names pull and picture seems to hold wide appeal. Best trade at this theatre In some weeks and may exceed good $8,500. Last week, 'Devil Dogs' (WB). $6,000, "'World (Steffes) (360; 26-35-40- 56)— 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (GB) (2d week). JLeslle Howard a name to be reckoned with here.' Around $2,600 indicated- Pretty good. Last week. $2,800. . - - ■ Time (Johnson) (250: 16-20-25) —'Mills of Gods' (Col) and 'Jeal- ousy' (Col), spilt About $900 m store -for this pair. fair. : Last week, 'West of Feeds' (Radio), $1,100, fair. Palace (Benz) (1,900: 16-20-25) —.'Mutiny' Ahead' (Mono) an d vaude. Pretty good $3,600 In. pros-:, pect. Lastt week, "Mystery Man'. (Mono); and vaude,. 13.400, fair. Lyric (Publlx) (1.300; 20-25)— 'Under Pressure' (Fox). McLag- len-Lowe tetLni has 'em coming. Should garner good $2,600. Last week, 'Shadow of Doubt' (MG). $2,100. fair. Uptown (Publlx) (1,200; 26-35)— 'Gilded Lily* (Par).. Around $2.00.0.; fair. Last week, 'Kid Millions' (UA), $2,600. good. ■ Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 15-25) — 'David Copperfield' (MG). Second loop run. Pulling at $2,000 rate, big. Last week 'Bengal Lancer' (Par) and 'Right to Live' (WB). former secohd run and latter first, split, $1,500. pretty good. Aster (Publlx) (900; 16-26)— 'King's Horses' (Par), first run. and 'Border Town' (WB), second run, split. Around $1,000. pretty good. Last week. 'Sweet Adeline' (WB) and 'Helldoradd' (Fox) , second week and 'Winning Ticket* (MG). first run, split, $800, fair. $7,600, good. Last week 'Transient Lady' (U) and stage show, $6,300, fair. . . Uptown (Fox) (2,040; 25-40)— 'Scandals' (Fox). Clicking strong, set for. nine days and is' expected to return $7,000, good. Last week 'Lit- tle Colonel' (Fox) a three -day hold- over Into the third week, $1,600, good. ■ ; . ■ ■ MILLS BROS. $9,500 Teamed With 'King's Horses'— Portland in Good Shape ._ Portland, Ore., April 2, (Best; Exploitation: Broadway) Strong product holding all houses In the better gross class this week. Just as : the break to warmer weather came. General biz In the burg Improved and total grosses rocketted up by several grand. Mills Bros, at the Paramount doing welL Burg responds to flash name acts and Is taking better to vaude as a steady diet. Broadway set best exploitation pace on .'Iron Duke' (GB). . Estimates for This Week) Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 26-40). — 'Iron Duke' (GB). Disappointing. Felt off despite heavy exploltatioii to fair $4,000. HABt week;Al Pearce and : Gang in person with 'Winning Ticket' (MG) good . $8,200. United Artists (Parker) (1,000; 25- 40)— 'West Point of Air* (MG). Started strong; should go to $6,500, - ^kay,— Last— •weekr— ^lles— Ber-gerc^ (UA) suffered at the b.o, from too much censorship, registered okay, but failed to get much attention. Just fair $4,300. ; ; Paramount (Evergreen) (3,000; 26- 40)— Mllls-Brba. in vaude "T51lied~ above pic 'King's Horses' (Par) and running big. Will top the burg's grosses with a bumper $9,500. Last week,: 'Life. Begins' (Fox) ►clicked better than expected for a big $10,300. ■ ^ • ■ Orpheum (liamrlck) (2,000; 23- 40) — 'Laddie' (Radio) : and vaudie. Looks like a winner for "this house in spite "Of strong competish, going for okay $5iOO0. Last week, 'Roberta' (Radio) good second week $4,800, after first week $7,800. :■ Mayfair (Parker-Evergreen) (1.- 400; 26-40)— 'Life Begins' (Fox), Moved from the Paramount for a second week and getting, biz for this house at around $3,700. Last week 'Rumba' (Par) and 'Mystery Wom- an* (Col) combo went, fairly for $2,800. S, 19S5 riC T EC HOSSES rMUETK as . (Be»t Exploitation;: Roosevelt) Business sags for the bulk of the loop trade currently with only one or two outstanding: attriactions punching their way up Into the really, big figures. And the biggest . of the> figures Is. again the Falacei where 'Roberta' Is set eiEuiily for a four-week run. Played to capacity : last week and wlir repeat currently. :!^ It's the one flicker which needs no - alibi for bad business; ho squawks about Lent or the weather. Partlbularly crimped, on the other hand; is the mammoth Chicago, flag' ship of Balaban & Katz. Has tried and Is trying desperately to buck the opitosltion ' . of the Palace by . apottiiig in their strongest product. But the tragedy of it Is that there Is really, little guaranteed product , available right now for ' the B.£K. spots in the loop. The muchly touted 'Gold Diggers' floundered .woefully _JaHt_we.ek and-thls_we^k -It wlU- be nly— fllightly- ^bet4erH-wttlr-"^«8t- -tendaiicer^lth^lg-$23Te00- In-vlewr Last wefek "Great Hotel • Murder' (Fox) $12,000,. weak. Strand (2,000; 25-85-B0)^*Let's Live; Tonight' (WBj and 'Rocky Mountain Mystery' (Par). Will do only $4,000, mild. Xast week 'While the Patient Slept' (FN) and 'Straight From the Heart* (VA), $6,000, okay. . Point of the Air?. This ihllitary flicker is not a Chicago picture In the first place and lis - flisured to have : been a milch better bet' for the : Rbdaevelt,. The Chicago la prlmar ; lly a femme theatre and not to cater to the; woman in this house is dan gerous to the box-ofllce. . State-Lake banlciiig Its load ciir- riently on the personal appearance of .. Louise Beavers, colored per- former who drew plenty of com- —ments around -this town -on thia ^Im' itatlon of Life' pic. . Roosevelt's ; best .chaLnce for biz currently is based on a wallopihg exploitation campaign b7 Ed Levin and Ed Solomon, who cracked the wire services by screening the pic ture on the ace '400' rattle/ flyer . and who tied up excellently with Chievrolet and other angles for gen- uine-plugging. f Estimates, for This Week ^ ApoHo (B&K) . (1,200; 25-35-55)-^ '•G61d Diggers' (WB). In Here on an • atteniipt^to mop up a few extra loop crumbs after; not getting: anywhere •at the' Chicago. Will do maybe $4,B00, fair enough. Last , week 'RuM^ics' (Par) nianaged excellent $6,100 for its fourth loop sesiston, Chicago (£l&K) (4,000; 35-S6-76) ; — 'West Point of Air' (MG) and jitage-showi-Another-^-weakle-r-flicker hot' designed for the trade this house usually gets, but it's the lack" of product which hecie^ltates this booking. Looks only $24,000, very bad. Last week was red Ink by the bucketful with -Gold Diggers' (WB) at a miserable $26,800 Garpick (B&K) (900: 26-35-55)— •Let's Live Tonight' (Col). Getting jsome play on follow-up . of - "LoveiMe Tonight' campaign and may get away with good enough' $5,000: Last week 'Little Colbhel' (Fox) finished third week In loop to good $3,600. Oriental (B&K) (3,200; 25-85-40) —'Winning Ticket' (MG) and 'French Revue* unit. No dice this week, only $15,000, Last week 'Fire bird* (WB). $13,300, blah. Palace (RKO) (2,500; 25-36-56)— 'Roberta* (Radio) (2nd week) and yaude. Will make it four smashing weeks: Hold-outs still the order of - the day, "This week will not slip rhuch at bang-up $26,000. Last week viras a walloper at $29,700. . . Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 35-46- 65)— 'Whole, Town's Talking* (Col). Picture pretty mUch cut up by the censors and general indications are not so hot. May stick to $10,000, oh the margin for the initial session. Last week was only a one-weeker for .'Sequoia' (MQ), the animal .flicker not drawing the trade at wobbly $6,800. : State-Lake (Jones) (2,700; 20r25r 85-40)— 'Death Flies East' (Col) arid vaude. Much being stacked on Lou- ise Beavers, oh the stage. House does okay currently at $12,000. Last : week 'School for Girls' (Judell) wias a smackci box-bfflce wallop at $13,200. : UniteiTArtista (B&K-UA) (l,700r 35-45-65)— 'Fblies Bergere' (UA). May stretch to two. : w^eks a.t most. Opening not so iorte at Indicated $11.000i Last wieek 'Scarlet Plmper- .nel'_(UA> -finished final- sesslon-to soggy $7,700. 'Vanessa* (MG) to re- place shortly .with the Anna Steh picture due Easter Sunday. 'ROBERTA' DRAINS B'KLYN Mollta Picon, Major Bowes eh Staga Brooklyn> Best , . Brooklyn, April 2. (Bsst Exploitation: Metropolitan) Best business of the week at Al- bee and Pox. Paramount .has a malady in "Women in Red.' Metropolitan with 'Folies Bergera' had 20,000 sexy Ibokirig letters de- livered by messenger boyt to work- ers in offle* buildings. Gag went big. Song sheet tleup with five and ten shops and Jumbo stills In all local o?partraent tttores, but bla alow. For with /Living oh Velvet' and Molly Picon on stage used radio to plug the Yiddish star. Estimates for Thia Week Parambun't (4,000; 25-35-50-65)— nVoman In Rbd' (FN). Just a turkey at $7,000, ouch I Last week 'Gold Diggers of 1935' (WB): $12,500, bad. Fox (4,000; 25-35-50-65)-T'Living Oh Velvet* (FN) and stage show with Molly Plcoh. Plcturb got me- diocre notices. Picoh damsel Is bringing folks In, Judging by com- ment outside theatre. Arouhd $17, 000,- oke. Last week 'Whole Town's Talking* (Col) (2nd week) $16,600, good.' ■ :■■ ■■ Matropolitan (2,400; 26- 85-60-eE>) — 'Polles Bergere' (UA) and vaude with George Qlseh and Ethel Shutta. Off biz ; at $14,000.: : Last week 'Naughty Marietta' (MG) $16,000, oke. - ■:■: •' ■•■ Albes ,(3j500; 25-Bj()-66)— 'Roberta' (Radio) arid , vaudp with Major BOwesl;iwtwbrk amateur8c.G^ Clnclhhatl, April 2. (Best Exploitation: Shubort) •Mississippi' is the main draw this week. Its $15,000 at the Palace be- ing two grand ahead, of the Shu- bert, which has a sock' vaude lay- out In conJUhctlbn with 'I'll Always Love Toh.' and double the take on Its closest screen rival, 'Laddie.' a.t the Albee. • The independently operated Taft. which started a flesh and film policy a month ago, is reliably rbported to be In the throes of managerial hub- bub with symptoms, of early un lacing, developing from the w. k. shbestrlngitls. House has Ted Low- is and his troupe as the current b 0.: hopeful. A few weeks since the Lewis combo Jajnmed 'em oh a two-night stay at a suburban cafe. But this present, date is something else and a mild start points to $8,000. That's thin ice forjhe hbuse with things as Is, even" though if had a winner ^liaist week, when Lum and Abner; pop radio dialogers. proved their power with a $13,000 pull. ■■ . Lyric has a hew release. 'Car 99,' which is a case of lotsa peoole_no come. Other houses have repeats with norhial tugs, . Shubert did best ballyhoo Job* with arted ~ news breaks and plug broadcasts by the Boswells. '^Esti mates for This- Week Palace (RKO). :i2.6^l).0;. 35-42) rrrr 'Mississippi' (Par). Crosby and Fields piloting to $15,000, fast cur rent. Last week 'Life Begins ' at 40' (Fox), $12,500. Shubert (RKO) (i2,200: 35-42-55) —'I'll Love You Always' (Col) and sock vaUde. Only three variety acts, but each one a name and more Im pprtant b. o. than preisented during preceding month of . units and re- vues. Eipswell Sisters topping, then Benny McrofE with his troupe of musikera and speciiallsts, and Ros-^ coe Ates, Ticketed for $1 3,000, which is about tops here, what with full biz at night' and the natives taking it slow and easy In daylight Last week 'Lovo Ih Bloom' (Par) and 'Casino de Paree' revue headed by Marty May. $12,500. ^Ui«t-4Ind^Ht2T«0Oi-^-4O-6O)-rTed- Lewis and his 'Happiness Fbilies' and a pic. . 'Princess Charming* (GB), first day's film feature, wals replaced : with .'Marrying Widows.' Slow getaway limits take to $8,000. Last week'^LUmr and- Abher, "iibw radio pops in these parts, supported by Andre Lasky's 'Frehch Revue' and /Mutiny Ahead' (FD), $13,000, a winner, Albe* (RKO) (3,300: 35-42) — 'Laddlie' (Radio). Stratton-Porter authorship plugged atop John Deal and Gloria Stuart, with title Ih big- ger type. Maybe $7,500, poor. Last week, 'West Point of the Air* (MG), dipped: to $8,500 following good start.'- :■ Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 35-42) — 'Life Begins at 40' (Fox). Switched from Palace for second week. $5,00b. all right. Last, week, 'Roberta' (Radio), third week bn main line, $4,600, okay, Plo got $7,000 hero in pravlbus week arid $24,000" In first" hino ' days at the Albee. Kaith^a (Llbson) (i:500; 86-42)— 'Gold T)lggera?' (WB) <24 wk). En-' coring, will ba followed Wednesdar (3) . by Traveling Saleslady.' Cbalk> in« UR :a^-£alr 43.00ft for last flva days. Ctot $11,000 oh flrat nlna days. Lyrfo (RKO) (1,400; 86-42)— 'Car 99' (Par). Slow going for $3,000. Laat week, /Folies Bergere* (U A), a repeat, $3,000 In six days. Grand (RKO) (1,200; 26-40) — •Roberta' .(Radio). Transferred here for fourth week of first-run, $2,600, nice. Last week, 'Little Colonel' (Fox) j fourth downtown week, $2,600. 'Cbloner fetchied $27,000 on first three weeks. . Family (RKO) (tOOO; 15-26) — •When a Man's a Mwi' (Fox) and •Wlnnlhg Ticket' (MG). : Split, $2,- 200, good. Ditto last week on 'Notorious Gentleman' (U) and 'Un- der Pressure- (Fox), separate. Strand (Ind) (1,200; 15-20-30) — •Edwin Drood' (U). Fair at $1,000 for this stand. Last week, 'Broad- way Bill' (Col), revival, $1,400, fine. i26,500 M Detroit^' April 1. (Best Exploitation: Fox) No particular ravb on business here , this week, with exceptibh : of the PV>x on Roger's "Life Begins at 40,' Reviews on Crosby's 'Missis- sippi,* at the United Artists, will help much. Oiitslde of this the town , is more or less back to regu- lar swlnjgpf busIhieaB.,r- Winniiiga at the Michigan may be helped with two screen stars in person. Roland ,Youhg and the fiery dancer, Margo. prdinarily names would mean plenty, but critics here give as little space as posiglble to the stage end. Manager Idzal at the Fox has the town coming in to see the Friday night amateur frolics, sponsored by R.- G. Dun cigar company ~ and etherized over WJRi . Folks are driving ih for miles around to see the simon-pures. : Estimataa fopThia Wask Michigah (UnitedrDetrolt) .(4,l6o; 25-36-56)— 'Vanessa' (M-Q) and stiage show, : headlining Rolahd Young And Margo.' Film couple will account for as much business this r'week- as the picture. However, film offers Agnes Ahderson, local con test winner, in 4 good part, which will go some to help the grosa. Takings are headed for a fairly nice $19,000. Last week '<3oId Diggers' (WB) and Hugh Herbert, in person, registered $22,00o. good. Fox (Inde) (6^100; 26-36-66)— 'Life at 40' (Fox) and stage show. ThlaJs_a.:WilI.Rogers-tawn,-.meah- ipg that the picture la tb* thing, which will be responsible for a beautiful gross. Also stage show; is bhe : bf the best all-round variety programs seen here In months. Combination is. due to do an excep- tional $26,500. Last week~ 'Good Fairy* (U) and ■ 'Folies Bergeres' on stage disappointed. Gbt only a so- so $18,500. United Artiste (United-Detroit) (2.070; 25 - 36 - 66) — ' Mississippi ' (Par), Each week for past five -weeks-grosses": have~been' "galrtlrtg: Indications are that figure shbuld reach a yilce $12,500. Last week 'West Point bf the Air* (MG) came through with a stilted flight of $11,000. ,. Fisher (United -Detroit) (2,976; 25-35)— 'Devil Dogs' (WB) and 'isb- clety Doctor' (M-G). Sanie story again this week, uptown trade con- tinues to support to tho tune— of $5,000. par. Last week 'After Of- flce Hours' (MG) and /"Winning Ticket' (M-Q) chalked up: same figure. Adams (Balaban) (1,770; ,25-40)— •I'll Love You Always' (Col) and 'Rendezvous at Midnight' (U). Duals:: point the way to ' about $3,800, weak. Last week 'Roberta' (Radio) brought nvpr frhm "Pn-r, yyaA B way Biz Dips frth IvAM campaigh Included free transporta tibn and guest tickets to all couples married 60 years;, a .flock of wed- ding ring throwawalys attached to tags plugging ; fllm ; Jewelry store tleups ; contact . with Chinese res taurant which handed out envelopes filled with rice 'to be used on the Wedding Night/ Estimates for This Wesk Paramount (Publix) (2,348; 35-60) —^'Mississippi' (Par) and 'School for Girls' (Liberty). Good opening and holding steady. Probably oke $7,600. Last week, 'McFadden's Flats' (Par) and liover Divine' (GB). Took a licking at $4,800. Poll's (Loew) (3.040; 36-60)— 'Wedding Night' (UA) and 'Carni- val' (Col). A surprise build and looks like nice $8,200. Last week 'West Point of Air' (MG) and 'Mur der on Honeymoon* (Radio). The town*s highlight at $8,000. Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 35- 50) — 'Laddie* (Radio) and Tioren- a nice session at about $6,000. State (United-Detroit) (3,000; 25- 40)— McFadden Flats (Par) and 'Edwin Drood* (U)i Pictures doesn't seem to be the best policy here, even though— iocation is one of town's best.' Score this week will be below average at $4,000. Last week 'Love In Bloom' (Par) and 'Women Must Dress' (Mon) summed up to $4,500.' ■ - 'MISSISSIPPI' $7,500 New Havsn Cool to 'Laddie,' Mild at HOOQ : New Haven, April 2. . (Bast Exploitation: Poll's) Paramotint's 'MisBlaslppi' and Poll's 'Wedding Night' holding up well for Lfenten season. Opening of 'Laddie' at Roger Sherman .a dis- appointment and having a tough time against moderate opposfsh;- • Poll's using every conceivable tieup along .tb*: wedding :Uh< and tihe Dagger' (WB). Falling down, despite preliminary newspajMr cam- paign, will have a battle to reach $4,000, mild. Last week, ^Gbld Dig- gers' (WB), Not too strong as a single but still not bad at $6,200, although below expectations. . : . Bijou (Loew) (1,600; 26-86)— 'Casino Murder'. (MG) and '$10 Raise- (Fox). Last minute booking shift left little time for exploita- tion. Just a fair $3,000. Last week 'Night is Young' (MO) and 'When a Man's a Man' (Fox). SllgbUy better, at $3,200. ^ Providence, April 2. (Best Exploitation : Losw/a) Picture is pretty dismal this week. •Roberta,' in second week at Albee, is about the only stand getting the breaks. Hold-over not as forte as first week, yet outlook Is much rosier than what- the ^ther standr on the main stem can brag about, even with fresh programs. Loew's won laurels for exploita tion on 'Casino Murder Case,' with- out having to try hard, since pppbslr tibh is virtually at a sta.nds^.Ul re- garding ballyhoo for new programs. Estimates for Thia Week : Fay's (2,200; 15-26-40)— 'Shot In Dark' (Ches) and" unit ~sh"bw' with Jack Pepper. Indications, are that house Is In for a better than aver- age week, laurels going to the unit; oke at $8,100. Last week 'Great Hotel Murder' (Fox) and unit split the honors fflr an average $7,200. Loew's State (3,200; 15-25-40)— 'Casino Murder Case' (MG) and 'Let's Live Tonight' (Col). Unless there's a sudden switch things are going to look pretty dark here this week. Opening indicates that gross probably.-wlll not xeach $7,000; poor^ Last week 'West Point of Air' (MG) and 'I'll Love You Always'.: (Col) disappointing, too, closing with a tepid $8,000. Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-25r40)— Living on Velvet' (WB) and 'Night at Rltz' (WB). This . one has the best chance of bettering, what looks to be a bad bargain. With a little more pep, this one should have no difficulty" reaching , $7,300 for , an average week. Last week 'Good Fairy* (U) and 'Life Begins' got the overflow from the houses doing big biz, arid came thrWgh with $7,000; average. : Modern Fine Arte (1,600; 10-26- 35)— 'Happened One Night' (Col) and 'Night of Love' (Col). Also ■Three Little Pigs' (UA). Enterin g second week. Got a chunk of nice coin last week, nearly passing $3,500 with three shows dally. Second week started not so forte, biit hbuse figuring on at least $1,600, which is oHe>_--CQnslde.rlng_ ^_p.i^ture8 played e very :rieighb6rhood house in these parts. Strand (Indie) (2,200; 16-25-40) — Car ,99* (Par) and 'IX)V6 In Bloom* (Par). Both lightweights, but hbuHO moving along, Just fast enough to make it satisfying; no more than $7,000 in prospect, but oke at that. I^ast week 'Ruggles' ( Par) and 'Mystery Man' (Mono) swell at $8,800. Albee. (RKO) (2,500; 16-2.5-40)— 'Roberta' (Radio) and vaude. - (2d wk.) . Looks like $7,000 at the most. Terrific first week brought in $13,000; toppling records, and spell- ing grief for the opposish. Victory (RKO (1,600; 10-15-25) —'Westerner' (Col) and .'Murder, on a Honeymoon' (Radio). Looks like $1,300 oh split week. Last week 'Riding Speed' and 'Gigolettca' oke, too, at $1,100 on split week. (Bea^ Exploltatleni Capitol) Current attractions are falling t» arouse more than mild Interest this week, ' Including holdover^ S* business oh New 'York's Broadwar ' is at its poorest In weeks. Onlr houses really doing anything ar* : : the Palace and Rialto. both playlnic pictures . on second runs— 'Roberta* and 'Ruggles' respectively. Of the newcomers 'P r 1 v a t • Worlds' takes the lead at a trot close to $30,000 for the Paramount. Picture ended Its first week last night (Tues.) and stays around for all or a portion of a second week. It may be replaced Friday (6) by 'Stolen Harmony' or 'Four Hours to Kill/ with 'Mississippi' held back for April 17 so that it will run into. Easter (21). ■: 'Traveling Saleslady* lacks lustre at-- the — Strandr-$16,000r-or- under. rwlrtte-a'irtSJve. You AlwaysMs tak- ing the Roxy to Its lowest figure In months, $18,000 or below. Palace will ride around $15,000 on 'Roberta,', fresh from two weeks at, the Music Hall, and will holdover again. This downtown second run has been packing 'em even though helghborhood RKO houses are giv- ing same picture a full week cur- rently. State, Par's vaude opposl* tion. with Bd Sullivan unit on stage and •Whole Town's Tialking' Is holding . Its own fairly well, maybe $19,000. „ Second week, for •Little Colonel* and 'Naughty Marietta' are disap- pointing. ■ Former will be lucky to get over $62,000 at the Music Hall while 'Marietta' looks onI.v around . $25,000. Third, final, week of 'Wed- ding Night' at Riv, could - be worse. $16,600 or thereabouts. 'Brewster's Millions' opens ' here Saturday , morning (6). No one went but to sell pictures very diligently this week. Par expendlhg the. most efCort on 'Private Worlds' . among the new attractions. For exploitation pres* sure the Loew-Metro holdover week campaign on 'Marietta' Is the most- comprehensive. In addition to con- tinuing Its strong ad campaign and tie-ups, town wiEts heavily bbmbarded; with stencil signs tossed on build- ings. - Estimataa for Thia Week . Aator (1,012; 26-40-66)— 'It Hap- pened One Night' (Col) (2d week). Reissue doing okay, IPdlcating $8,000 on second week. Will stay a third. First week $10,000. Capitol (4,620 ; 36-76-86r$l,10)-^ 'Marietta' (MG) (2d week) . and stage show. Didn't respond to big '■■ ad- exploitation campaign. First week .being. $.38.00.0_ and jecond-(current)— looking $25,000. Results a big sur- prise because of rave reviews. Criterion (876; 25-40-66)— 'Bunt •Em Up Barnes' (Mascot) and 'Ghost ' Walks' (inv), double. Under aver- age, $5,000. Prior doubleton, 'Mys- tery Man' (Mono) and 'World Ac- cuses' (Mono) on eight days, $6,000. Mayfair (2,200; 35-56-65)-T'Man Who Knew Too Much' (GB-Fox) (2(1 week). Holding up okay, $8,000 or thereabouts. First week $11,000, very good. Palace (1,700; • 35-60-6&)— 'Ro- berta' (Radio) and vaude. Doing Swell here on second run, $15,000,. and holds. Last week only $7,000 for 'Living on Velvet' (WB). Paramount (3,664; 35-5«-75-86)— 'Private Worlds' (Par) and Regi- nald Port, organist, with pit band; ■ Claudette Colbert starrer doing fair-., ly, Just under $30,000. Holds all or part of second week. Last week^ third of 'Rriggles' (Par), Jup*: Under $26,000. Radio City Music Hall (6,989; 40- 60-85-99-$l,10) —e •Little.- Colonel* (Fox) (2d week) and stage show. Got $86,000 Initial seven days, but falling off on holdover and doubt- ful if over $62,000. Rialto (2,000; 40-65)— 'Ruggles* (Par) (2d run). Nice $16,500 first wwk t i iiding last iilBitt (Tues.) and stays a second. 'Princess O'Hara* (U) next on schedule. Rivoli (2,092; 40-65-75-85-99)— 'Wedding Nlghf (UA) (3d week). Gets out . satisfactorily on three wcck8,-^rial sevjm^days "beirnrrnmr $16,500. decohd week pretty good, $28,000; 'Brewster's Millions' (UA) debuts Saturday a.m. (6). Rpxy (6,886; 25-35-56)— Til Love You Always* (Col) arid, stage show. At , $18,000, or under, poorest for house In 41 weeks. Last week •Woman In Red' (WB) pretty good $26,000. Strand (2,768; 35-55-65-85)— 'Traveling Saleslady' (WB). If light $16,000, lucky. Last week, second of 'Diggers' (WB), $18,700. House opens 'Curious Brld<*' (WB) on .Thursday (4), 'Black Fury' be- ing delayed by censor trouble! Stats (3,460; 35^65-75)— 'Whole Town's Talking' (Col) and Ed SuU llvan unit. Stage and -screen- com-. , blnatlon holding business at good figure, probably $19,000.. La.st week 'After Office Hours' (MG) c^ose to $20,000. . 10 VARIETY P I C T « m E C ■ • S t E s Wednesday* April 3, 1935 mm : /Baltimore, April 2. ■ XB««t Exploitation: Ceptury) Biz skidded sharply ' this ■week, from the plane it has' been piacine lor the last month or niore. • Exhlbs •re unanimously complaining, and the causes blanied for the slump are legion^ as usual; One angle is that on Sunday: two powerful b. o. jiix were, reHeased to the - nabes, ^Robertiv'. and ^Little Colonel.' The iubsequents made inerrle with 'em and were turning patrons ayp^ay ever the week-end.-. . . -About best is the Cientury with a' stage show that bbastd a fair ' jjame In Herb Williams plus 'Ca- Blno, Murder. Case' on screen. Will get lowest figure house has shown In months, |16,000, but it's a slight profit. One of . the stunts with which Publicist Herb Morgan abetted 'Ca- , isino Murder Case" at Century was, Hlmlng of print before the recent- ly cor raled recruits to Police Dept. Won space on Page One. -V Estirnatei for ThU Week' . Cen^iupy (Loew^tfA)" '(3,000; 16-'^ 2B-35-40-55-66) — 'Casino .Murder' in a miaiiner that lin- peiles the : b. v. pace -considerably, ; and will keep gross down to bor- derline biz level of $4,000. House : 5!ttll. probably ' shuttet' at the end of sesslbii aiid stiy dark for a fort- . night. Last week, second of ^^Life . at 40,' was ' stretched to nine days, . resulting. In sound $5,400. Total 16 diiy run totaled hide $11,100, _ Stanley (WB) (3,460: 15-25-40)— •Love In Blobrti' .(Par). .Fact It Is one of- three musicals In Jtbe- loop , is detraotingi but notices weren't . bad and are helping iabme. Will Juist shade $6,000, -whidh is n; g. at » this , big flwahker, burdened by terrific carrying ' charges. Last — ^week— Sold-J5igBer8'-.-(FN)-came-to- flae- $0,800. ( . In $11,000, mbre than estlniat'e. The exploitation, cleverly done, caused the film to build day by day into a second week., Last week was the first the house has been laperated by RKO for two years or more, having lost thei theatre, through foreclosure. . Piaramount (Huffman) (2,000; 25- 35 - 50 ) —Casino Mufrder Case' (MQ) . Nice, $4i000. Last week 'Living oii Velvet'' (FN) under average with $3,600. ^ Washington, April 2. ^ (Best Exploitation: Fox) ■ .. If the b.o. ever proved that Cftpl- Best Gross in Deny^ . Denver, Aprir 2. . "(Best E:l(ploltatloir:~Denver) : Penham with stage show best rbuslness ■ in relation to average business but Denver and . Orpheum took in most .nibhey tying for: top Sositiph with around $6i000 each, iroadway continues to surprise everybody and ran Above average with exteniJed. fun,: Pafambunt average but Aladdin below. ■Weddlhg/Night' store window and flopf displays a natural for Jewelry, deipt. and other retailers' tleups. tslimates for This Week Aladdin (Huffmih) (1,500; 25-35- B0)r-*Great Hotel Murder' . (Fox)v Not so hot at $2,000, sathe as last w«iek for 'Let's LlviB Again* (Col,),: below normal. Broadway (Huffman) (1,500; 26- 40)— 'Life , Ueglns at. 40! , (B*.ox). Moved from $13,000 Aveek at: thie Denver. (3opd at $3,000; Last week 'Aftief Ofllce Hpurs' ; (MQ), moved frpm an $8,000 week at _JheJ5etty,er,,andl!Ppwerl_C6B),.sl}ll.t: did about $1,400, below average. House, used fpr legit since its 1890 opeiilng, is doing better than ex- ■ pected.; . Denham (Cooper) (1,600;- 25-35- BO)— 'Car 99' :(Pa.r) and sta:g e sho w. Doing very well at : antietfjatM S5,500> Last week 'All the King's Houses' (Par) tipped the boxofflce to average, and tufned in $4,000. ■ Denver (Hufeman) (2,600; 25-35- 60)— -Wedding Night (UA): Strong- bally not counting for much ; ::only $6,000.. Last week: 'Life : Begins at 40' (Fox) packed them in and the gfbss of $13,000 was good enbugh to put the film upi to thfe Broadway for a full week. - - OrpheHm-(RKO)_(2,6da;_25r35-4Q.). -r'Robei'ta' (Itadio) ■ r2d week) . 6;K. at.$6,0C",'. . T.'Rst wr^i- 'JVjho-.'t."/' '.oo]. not merely new flickers, it is .dping so this week. Main stem has three new Pictures against four repeats. And the; repeats are busting records while the hot-ofC^thcTpah stuff Is struggling on the cellar doorstep. Robeir ta.' .: is > sailing thtougli its fpurth . wiek at :Kelth'|3, making a total of four shadowdranias ; to last a mbhth in^ the history bf house. 'Little Colonel'' Is at the Columbia tifter a" big week - at the Pox: arid Iftoking- at ia 'house ' record for re- ipeats.- J Town " got :,a swell; break pn •weather, when: thousands of -tour- ists pbUred in to gape at cherry blossoms and; . were ; shuhted . . into theatres , by rain and cold. Spas- nipdip siinehine' iniefely enticed 'em in 'from the . outskirts arid then faded. . Best bally isturit of weiek worked by iibew outfit in anniversary blow- out staged for Fox maestro, Phil Lampkin. Boys rounded up; all local band leaderi, i including the opposi-: tlPn; batoriWavers, jfbr. a. Jianquet. _ : . Estimates for This; Week ; Fox (Leew) iZMir 2^^36-69)-:- 'l^caridals; of 1936' (Fox) and vaude Benny Davis f eyrie is pleasing 'em after they get Iriside-but'iilc can't starid up against holdbver opposi tion; ;_$21,()0.0 will be oke .but;lriot what It should be. Last week IFolies Berisefe' (UA) $21,000, fair. Earle (WB) (2,424; 25-35-40-69)— tefs Live Tonight' (Col) and vaude. Mitzl Green helping on stage. Plo panned in type and talk, however. Week won't beat a light $14,600. Last week 'Ruggles' (Par) built to big $19,200. . BelaBeo-TRadih) (800; 26-36-50 -60)==T'Edwiri--Drood*— (U)W^Hblly-- wbdd's first invasion" ot'arty toreign flicker stronghold, ;: Probably , oke $1;600. - Last week 'Mari of Aran' (QB) got all of arty riiob to tune of good $1,800. ; Met (WB) (1,853; 26-40)-^'Hap- p6ned One Night' (Col.); Re-vlval surprising with above average first ruri figure; .$6,600. Last week 'Love in Bloorii'- (Par) fair, $4,000. . Palace (Loew) (2,363; 25-35-60)— •Life Begins' (2d wk;). (Fox), ; Bet- ter:; than_usual Will Rogers groisses ; headed for okb $W,O'00.~Lasl week same pic won $18,000. : Keith's (RKO) (1,830; 25-35V60)-^ 'Roberta' (Radio). Sensational fpurth week pushing $7,0001 Last week, third, came back to build to wow $10,000. Columbia (Loew) (1,263; 26-40)— 'Little Coloriel' (Fox). Repeat af- ter big stay- at Fox ought to beat house holdover figure* with $7,200. Last week .'Under Pressure' (Fox) satisfactory $4,000. • ; UNITS BATHE IN IND.; HARP SHOW $1^^^ Indianapolis, April 2. (Best Exploitation; Lyric) Qutspeiedlng all competition, A. B. Marcus ■ 'La Vie Paree' stage unit is- can;ylng.^he;iJJxrJc_along:jto : a; record-walloping flgurei of $13,000. Pic, 'Traveling Saleslady', is on the same bill, but the Marcus show Is getting all the: iattentlon. House did extra shows both Saturday and , ■ Sunday In order to; handle crowds ;ea I and still the ticket sale vhad to. be stpppeid several times to ■ prevent a complete .overflow : tb the sldewa,lks; The- Indiana, foregoing its usual straight dBlm ipoUoy to buck . the Lyric,, is -playing .the ■ ICaslno de Pa- ree' unit on its stage in addltiori to- 'McFadderi's Plats' on the screeri, but the take won't rCaPh par with no mbre thari $10,500. This is in the red in view of the heavy nut and In spltp of the Increswed prlc(| scale. - -.None..of..'the...nth.er houses, has. any-, thing . tb brap about, with; . two of ■ '-"W ! .-I'.i' ;■ -ling tliroiit;",! niiV-V.V^I''''-' overs, and tb* remaining orie dying on Its feet. Tying up with the newspapers on national want-ad week and obtain- ing almeat three :pia.ge8 of free ad space through promotions, Ma:nager Ted, :ifrichplas of the Lyric copped the honors of the week. on- his ad vance campaign. Eatlmatee for this Week Apollo (Fourth Ave) (1,100; 26r40) — 'Gbl 25^40)^'CasiriQ Murder Case' (MG) . House staff buttoned up. on thiis one and is trying to ride thrbugh until next week. Results this week are sad at $3,000. Last week 'West Point of Air' (MO) off with only a fair $4,800; DORSEYS, APOLLON HYPO PTSBG. FILMS : - Pittsburgh, April 2. (Beit E] Reel,' ducks the re- , yle^ving • a.3slgnment but continues :to .supervise. the. eiitlre picture sec- tion. Additionai duties as^ Hearst fttlUetlc explciltiation' chief necessi-, tatea the move. Morris, formerly on the night copy desk, . win also make up the picture. nage tflklng fht.g ngglcnmopf ; Newarki April 2. (Best Exploitation! Proetor'a) It is all 'Roberta' . thlir week at Proctor's. Film holds over and after a great opeining of $16,000 or better it Is expected to do $26,00,0 on. the 16 days' engagement. That b cer- tainly money at thesis prices. Noth- ing else hero will get ieinywhere in partloular. ; Grosses are. steadily slipping lowei- for normal attrac- tions. The departure of Lent Is ex- pected to .change this, ' but— Civlo Operia company has closed its Sunday performances at the Mosque, while the Shubert continues Sundays with Italian plays. .Proctoi'a using abbiit everything on 'Roberta'. Among the stunts^are the distribution of 9,000 photos of the stars, to women patrons, show- ing of 'Roberta' gowns In Bamberg- er's, windows, six-column Btreameirs in the 'Star-Eagle', and lobby dls- plays.-m the four -leading hotels, '* most unusual stiint for this town. ; Estimates for This Week - Branford (WTBV :X2;96«; IB-lsSJ^ •Woman In Red' (WB) and 'Times Square Lady' (MG). May go $10,000. Last week' Gold Diggers' (WB) grand a,t $16,001. Capitol (WB) (1,200; 16-25-35-40) —'Sweet Music' .(WB) and 'Best Man Wins' (Col). Should have no trouble climbing above $4,000; L^st we^k, 'Cllve of India* (UA) and 'Ruttnji'nCPafj-TidbK ,$4,1^0. _ Little (Frankliit) (299; 30-40)— , Unflhlshed Symphony* (GB) (3rd weiek). Won't hold full third week, but tfeis more to get 'Evensong' started ahead of 'Naughty Marietta' at Loew's. : Howevier, ' 'Symphony' has probably done' Its- bit Maybe $500 on five days, which Is okay. Last week, second, okay but. less than ianticipated at $980. ; Loew's State (2,780;: .i5-75)-T-'F61- les Bergere' (UA) and : vaudis. This ought-to- be,a hit-but will -probably have to be; satisfied with, a good $13,000. Last week 'Biography of a ijachelbr Girt' (MG) ' okay •ivlth^over $12,500. Paramount- Newark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 15-99)— 'Let's Live Tonight' (Col) and vaude. Pretty bad . and will be good to reach a measly $0,000. Lippel Kiltie Kids on stage Sat. mat. still a draw after 20 weeks. I:^3t week 'Macfadden's Flats' (Par) with Will Osborne on the stage good enough at $12,500. : : Proctor's (RKO) (2,300; 20-55)— 'Roberta? (Radio). About all the house can take on iseveh shows and the, . minimum ' tilted a nickel; Will b6at. a . great .$16,006' and holds 16 days. Last week 'Night Life of the Gods' (U) iand ;?Tra;nsIerit Lady' (U) Four Ii»ew'vJP*«P«rty Op- tioiu C«uM of Break-Up — Otber ExhiU Stickiii| Id 'Caiapaigii^ BUlipiNG QtJESTIplf Terminal (Skouras) (1,900; 15-25- 4b)--'Secret of the Chateau' (U) and 'Men of the Night' (Col) with 'Scar-' face' (UA) and 'Hell's Angels' (UA) split.. L lttlo can be' told of gross this wecTt, "as "the novelty of tfie two old thrillers on '' second half ■ cannot bo Judgedi First half openlrig better than recently and the week shovild easily, top $4,000; • Last weelf 'Behind th^ Evidence. (Col) and 'Silver Streak' ; (Radio) .with ^Enchanted April' ' (Radio) and 'Murder ' . On a Honeymoon' (Radio) bid- a-t le.ss than $3,000. " - . " ^ fpm Chariie^ Barthel, who moves over. Into, strictly picture advertise- wont soliciting. ; Ixhibs Would Enlist M.tT. In Anti-Duals Campaign Holiy'1>ii:y M-O plcturea on tli* i>ercehta#e And plajrlng date demanded wsia broken last 'week when two theatres, capit- ulated and algnktured cbntraQta. for Metro product In 1934^86. Hoiuiea are the- Adelphl 'and this Howard,: both on the far. horth elde. Owner of . the Aaelphl. Ludwlg Su^sinan. ia on the board of iUUed organization which h^s been a leader In the geherttl campaign on the part of ezhlba agalhist; Metro percentage and preferred playing tinie demands. Howard, theatre la s meinbei: of the Jack Miller group of Exhlbitor8'_ Association, .afflU- "ated , with the MUleir aUo has been a 'leader: in the anfl-Metro affair..:;. Capitulaltlon of these tWo hbusea came as a shock and auirprise to the film Industry In thla territory since it seemed the ezhlba were bound to stick- together in thla battle. Esper claliy 'waa it ao In the case of the Adelphl, which ha« been a money' maker under ita Independent inan/ agemeitt by .Su8sman. V, ! Option Talk ' Break down of these two exhlba came- lifter reports tiiat- Metro: Had secured optiona on property In the direct neighborhood,: Metro la un- deratood to haive optioned eitea .in four localltlea. One an empty bank building near the Adelphi and How ard, another empty bank at 26th street and Crawtori, a lot In Oak Park near the Lamar theatre and renco which la near the Davls^ one of the string of Essailess houses which hay# refused to buy , Metro filnis this year. Exchanges are sitting back and. without an exception state that If the exhlbs in, Chicago; biiy Metro, qjn percentage and ~ iSaturdaky-iSuHd£y dates that they, too, will make their next year's deals on the same basis, Distrlbs Tight dbwn the line bluntly annbuhce vthat ' If TSTelro can:" get those deals so can they. Checkers' Paradise V : On this basis. If the Metro cam- paign at present is lost by the Chi- cago, exhibs, it will mean Indubita- biy that next year will see an orgy of percentage pictures! and preferred playing tinie. Exchanges, from the .smallest to the . biggest, aver that tliey •will ask a minimum of lO piC/ tures on percentages with soiiib fig. ures running as high as 18.' Which •wlU mean that : between 40-60% of the picutres sold next year , will be on . a / percentage basis. And that every Sunday and hpliday will find a .percentage picture In every, the es Popcbrh Rmite Iioa Angeles, April: S. Popcorn 'Vendor has formed a •bank xilght circuit' in Orange icdonty. Coin glveaw^ la em- ployed In iSvfr kdjolning' tbwiis on consecutive ^nights. Bo veii- ; dor moves hia ', portable oittflt nlgl^tljr iand cashes in with the overflow mobs attracted at ' -each' ^rawing. \ Independent oxhibltbra in the Gireater New York area, represented by tiie Independent Theatre Own- ers Association, are trying to effect an agreiement with atBUated .cir- cuits of majors, notably RKO and Loew, to end duals and protect ad- mission prices in certain sections of the met zone where no one is doing any business the ivay things stand now. There have been several pre- liminary meetings attended by Major Leslie E. Thompson (RKO), Charlie Moskowltz (Loew's) and Hairry Bi^ndt, president ITOA, with view to starting the ball rolling; ; RICQ and Lpew are in opposition to each' other in miariy sections of the - New Tork area as well as . In competition with indtes, all of which are doubleteaturl njg. Sltua'^lon Jias reached the point In some neljgh- borhoods where it is iielleved that if duals are ended by agreement and price-cutting stopped, all houses may have a better chahce. V There la eca,nt possibility that double features can be banned over the entire mietropolitan /district. fispecially-:in-the-Tiinea-8quareTZone,- but a meeting has .been called by Brandt for next Tiiesday (9) to discuss elimination of: duaia and Increase of admission prices. It is virtually certain there will be con- sidera.ble opposition tb making such policy uniform to coVer every Hbiise. In Greater New 'Tork. Another headache confronts the New Tork film exchangea with the final date for the Initial payment of the city's 2 % sales tax littl'ng'due last Saturday, and the city tax cblefa ruling timt fUm' accessbrles'uaed oa. every new picture engagement are taxable under Article 64, which falls tinder the general olaasiflcatlon : of Printing', Photograph/ and Adver« tlalng. Present attitude of the cltf Is to hold tiie exchanges responsible for the collection of this : tax, ahd the exchanges in ' tut^ to 'Collect from the exhibitors. ' j;ghile ;-the-^ lbatog— Mmit-f^^^ flrtrt 'payment," March 80,. covers only the ' period flcbni JJec, 10, : 1934, to Feb: 28, this year, it is estimated that esich exchange will be called on for. approximately ::|97r: in taxes; to cover sales ot poat^ta, ohe-sheetsi ad matSf lobby Uthps and. stlVls. Biggest task cbntrohting the ex- changes located in New York Cltj: will be th«t of differentiating be^ tween theatres sitiiated . Inside tiie cbrporate city; llinlts ahd those they sell outside of N. Y. ' Plenty of map thumbing and chec/ktng : la expected to be necesqary In b^der to fulfill the exact riBquirementa of ,the city's tiuc depairtment,, 'This is expected to be particu- larly true of houses located in the boroughs of . Queens, Brobklyh and the Bronx to determine where New York City leaves off and where liong Island. Pelham, Bronxvllle and Westchester begins. : Figuring the. weekly expenditure, for accessories at 17 per theatre bn an , average and about 670 "houses inside the city limits. It Is estimated that exhibitors will be called on to. pay niearly $4,000 in taxes on acces- sories alone before the close of 1935. ; .There Js-jittle likelihood that .the - city will be> successful in collecting a tax on film rentals. .Court de- clslons probably . ultimately will dew clde in favor of the industry. Main : basis for the ruling against a; film rental tax Is that the picture prbp- erty Is not sold but jnereiy leased or rented to an exhibitor. 31hfijqueatlQn-of-taxJng--premluma,^-^ Wj)IGGERr$12,000, 'RUGGIES' lOG MONTI atre In the territory; Exchanges in Chi are burning now that they sbld oh straight deals since Metro ap- pears to be winning Its point, but they state they win hiakeiiup for-lt- next year. No question that Loew will not biilld in Chicago If the other - ex- hlbs follow the lead of these two theatres.: For; the most part .the: ex- hibs dbii't care If Loew's builds/ or not; since the exhibs can't see how' Lpew/s four ' or five spots, . even if they do go through with their build- ,ing threats, can affect • a :sItuW whlqh takes' In 360 theatres/ rlhns' l o cnl t o a i d-the-^flght-on-d^ral- -iymake of 'Barjc-Angel.' bills, ivaa 'forwarded to' Joseph n! AVcber, . president of the American Federation, of Musicians. ■ MAESHALI WIl'H OBERONf Sani Gbldwyn is eyeing Hcrber't Marshall a.s Merle Oberon's lead Ih Goldwyn returned to N. T. yester- day: (Tuesday) . from a quick Lon- don trip. .' ■ Moritrcal, April 2. (Best Exploitation: Capitol) Nine first-run plx in five main stems may level off the grosses some currently with a couple of standoiits to take down the big end of the purse, and these two: running neck and iieck for first position^ Palace will just about , top town with 'Gold Diggers/ an ace that can't fail getting $12,000, judging by week-end crowds. Capitol, however, win run. close with. 'Rugglcs of Red Gap' and 'Rumba'; $10,000 la prob- able Loew's has Devil Dogs of Alt' and 'Babbitt', liable to gro.ss $7,000. Jim Oastler, exploitation man, and Harry Dahri, . manager, arranged wires from five stars of 'Rugglcs of -Red- Gapi-addressed^o Capitol- the- atre. These multlgraphed: on ticker machine; In lobby and copies handed out to customers as If coming :dlrect to them. • ;■■■■: '■.;. 0 ■:.:'■.■■•'■'.■ : Estimates for Thie Week . .Palace - (tP) (2,700:; '' 50)— 'Gold Diggers* (WK). This Is going to hit High and will ' probably; I;o trt^ best in town at $12,000. Last weck^s rc- opening' -ivent . very, big at flrst but faded - some later; . 'After- Office Hpursi^,groifjsed $15,600/ ; ■ Capitol: (FP) (2,700; 66)— 'Rug- glcs' (Par) and 'Rumba' (Par). Should also do well, with chance of grossing $10,000. Last week, repeat of; ^Pimpernel' continued:, well ' at $8,000. , .^,,„:. : ■ •:■. Loew's (FP) (3,206;^ 50)— 'Devil Dogs' (WB) : and 'J3abbltt' (WB). Good average bill and looks like be- ln« $7,QQ0; Laat weeji'a 'Life Begins' -given— away--as:-an^hdmsejneh'r~f^ Increase the box office take, Is etili undecided. So lar there has been ho Interpretatlbn of the premium section .of the new tax law provi- sions that would make.it: appliciibla to those given out by exhibitors. New Indie jFormed Holiywobd, April 2. : Organized to pi-oduce 'w^cstcrns and liovolty shorts, Security Plc- lurcs starts production next month. Prescott Chaplin, former ;scr and has oiie running on the tour with another to follow soon. Tom Arnold ialso has one, consist Ing of best bits, from the last Palla- dium; 'Cra2y': show, with Max Miller as~ the marquee attrkctton. Also, he will shortly launch Charles Coch ran's 'Streamline,* for which he holds the provincial rights. n% m SHOWN IN CHINA FROM THE U.1 BestinCiuui jBhaiighiil. Mmrch >. fTarzah* (MG). 'wltboiit sound; did the biggest bis of . aniy film in (Shanghai (darins 1934. Next In . order were ^In Man' (HQ), It Happened One Night' (Col), lad UUllonB* (UA)^ 'Viya Villa' (MQ). and ' 'day Divorcee' (Radio). Inside Stuff^tores (Continued from i^age 6) Synopsis of Jim Tully's modera version of ' 'The , Rti'ven,' and of David Boebm's screen play (film Is In production; with Boris KarlofC and Bela Lugbsi) has been sent to the i*oe devotees. Thiis far answers have been favorable to- IT'S treatment; David Plamond Is supervising. - ' SEZ SYDNEY Sydney, Marcii 13. Film .censor Creswell P'Relily, in his. annucd reiptort,: finds little to complain at In the illm fare :com- ing Into AtiBtrallar . from . abroad. This report la aboiit the first in which the censor haa not - taken a slain, at eltW the British or Amer- icans. Censor stated that t'he purity" movement In America during the latter half of last -year had .a marked etiect iipdn liuia standards froni a censor's Viewpoint, : Stated that .of the 476; feature films Imported, 89 ;'wei^ rejfcted. Many of these; however, were passed alter some eliminations had been ; made. For the first nine months of year E2% of the fea- tures Imported were cnt or rejected, but for last three months the per- centage amoiunted to only 26%. . Sdlesioj^V Newspap^ Battle Vs. Stage ■■■■ Shianghal, March 9. Film, censors oMocal police board reviewed 723 features liength . films during 1934. Rejected 16 films, ow- ing to crime or international mo- tifs and 185 were passed with 'slight cuts.- - K| National origin and character- istics of pictures were: ■ Per. Cent. American . 78 -Britlsli .'..........•••••*«..« 2'^ Chinese ...-•'«•.'.■........,•.. ' 8^ Jaiianese .10 Other countries Including France, Germany, Itialy . and Soviet Russia 1 per cent. : Capetown, March 8. Curlpua battle .'was 'waged / here between tWo opposition ahoyf grbupa, MacRay Brps. and Schles inger's In which tha newspapers figured as tha battle field. Fight was of short duration and -resulted In good b.o, for the HacRays and a very sad day for 8. African. Thea tres. - :--'-"'-^v\- - ----- -^-r--- -'---:' - ■ ■• MacRay Bros, bad contracted for the appearanca of Peter Dawson, singer, and bia accompanist Nied- zlelskl, polish pianist Knowledge of this reached Scbleslnger's whb Immediately, mapped oot an adver an (^t a Bicycle Paris, Jlairch 24. Life of a. French actor try- , ing to double in Alms and le- git, as most of therti ,have to- here* is likely to consist of a lot of faat cprnmutliigi , Raymond Cordy is. currently; making a film 'Rose Girl pf the Markets' at Jolnylll.e, western i, suburb of Paris, In thelnorrilng, .a pic cajled 'Mysteries, of Paris' at ; Epinay, northern suburb; In the afternPoh, and starring in a legit "y el d'piv/ , at Theatre Ahtplne, In center pf - town,; In the evening. v-' .I^4on.'' Aprll: 2.':; gai. ,, Group , of financjetrs headed by I -/ joe B.amberger>. American, a;nd G.' . J^iclas, Itallan,v>has;- purchased the Cpnsolldated;: Studlp^ ./in Elstree, formerly owned by. jimmy Bryspri, • f prnier Uriiyersal, m^ Brit* , . ain. Price paid. is. Understood to have been $135,066,., . . Company is claimed to iiave $1,* 060,000. -capltal:-and-:l3-U^ , ..ready tp spend f 360,000 on modern studio equipment Inqludlng an RCA plant. .'. - .Idea is to-flparice English and foreign film' prbducera here, with' -brewingrr^-Tenta*iyo7rprograin— call: for the production of six .musicals and six' straight films annually, first being a yiennese musical starring John Hendrick, German, . originally brought to England by Edward Laurlilard for a legl£. a DDCE'S WORLD TRY ON HIS NAPOLEON PIC Rome, March 22. 'Campo di, Maggio,' film on Na- , poleon, written by II DucSj has a,l- ready been isold fpr Austria, Belr glum and Colonies, Bulgaria, France r Colonies - and-: ProteGtorates, - Ger- many, Greece/ Luxembourg, ' Hol- land, Palestine, Persia, Iraq, Syria. Spain and Switzerland. —iNegotiatipira- have "b'e"gtin 'f orTHm's distribution in the United States, Engiandj Brazii,- - Denmark and other countries. Melbourne, .March 13. Charles Munrpv ni.d., of General . Theatres is on an 6^0. of liia chain to bring in hew entertainment ideas and generally pep up the circuit. Munro is readying several ace .houses tor big timiet Vaude in con- junction .with pictures. He is said , to. ha,ve signed up several 'names' In America while Pver there ! re- cently. , ■ Crete Modfieim to G-B , London, March 24. . Gaumont-British has signed Grete Mbshelm, German star. Miiis Mbshelm. is: exiled from Ger- ttiany. She's theXex-wlfe bf Oscar Homolka, Austrian star. Ks Cool at . . -Sydney, March 18. . : Coolier weather is iiere at last and biz all around Is going up. 'Kid Millions' (UA)- ^mioves out after three weeks of grand trade. .Smash biz is being registered by . •'Lives of a Bengal Lancer*. (Par) and 'Im- itation of Life' (U) goes Into Ita third week and will stick. -■ •One Night pf LoVe' (Col) is atlll strong oh Ita lOth week; 'Chained' (M-G) goes Into . Its third week and holds over.. . v Current bills Include fEverisong' (G-B), 'Grandad Rudd* (local), Twp Hearts' (B & D), 'Hell in Heaven^ (Fox),. "Wednesday's Child* (Radio), 'Last Gentleman' (UA)., "Bright Eyes' (Fox), *Lady by Choice' (Col), •Altairs of deillnl' (UA), 'Jew Sires' (G-B), 'Case of Howling i)bg' (WB), •Birr^tts' (M-G); ' ■'Bella ponneJ (Hagen), ^Treasure island' (M;-G), 'VtrBiigoh WHeels' (Par), and 'Hide but' (M-(5). ■■ :-. ' Nevr. Zealand, March 13. Biz over here up to ' standar.d.i Yankee pics are copping the best trade. . , ■ ■ Lineup currently Includes "Night of LoVe' (Col), Bth week; "Bright Eyes' (Fox); 'We Live Again* (U A); 'Cleopatra' (Par)^ and 'White Pa- deL(Fox)^ — : ■■ • V •. ' - CINESOUND HOLDING OFF ON PRODUCTION Sydney, March 13. Stuart F. Doyle says that Cine- sound win hot make any more pic- tures on a big scale, productlonal- ly, for the time being, quota or no quota. - All of th^ production turned out In the studios made money In Australia, but Australia alone cannot be expected to support local production, he says. With a quota coming into force other producing units -will naturally make pics to meet the regulations, and as cheaply as possible. Cine- sound V t£U W \^ 0 .cpntln u e. to.; rrtake costly films and compete With the 'quickie* output, Doyle feels. ■' ■ ' • '■ ' ,Dbyle says, that in all probability a schedule covering from 12 to 14 pics per year will be drawn un- Currently Clnesound I.9 only turiiihg^ut 4ts Aveeklyrhewsreel, bu with Ken Hall's, projected return from Hollywood plans for the fu- ture will be started. : Larry SePreda Back to P. L Larry DePreda, former Fox man- ager In the PhlUlplne.s, is going back there next, week as manager of the Lyric chain of theatresi "There are 35 houses in the isles arid they're on an indie, policy. Dep.reda, has been In.-^^ the U.S. for the past; 1;8 monthsi put pf the- business. ■ . ':' ■ . DftPreda is 0;b.',inft; product in N. Y. currently«and lining up films for the theatres. Has Monogram and Fox afid Is dickering for Majestic also. .Can't get any of the other majors for the time being as they're tied up for the territory. , > . Czechs Rar Hoter . . - — . „ - Pragu»«-Maroh SI " Czechoslovak censor has ^ref used to grant a license for the presenta- tion of 'Grand Hotel' (MG). Picture was tried here In Its Ger- man dubbed version. GTHASAU U. S. PK . . Sydney, March 13. Entire Columbia product for 1936 has been purchased by General Theatres and Hoyts. Deal went through last week after much idlck- erlng between John McCurdy, decil Mason and the O. T. men. . Pies in- clude "Lets Live Tonight,' "Broiad- way Bill,' "Whole Town's .'Talking,' and 'Carnival.' . ■ 'One J^lght of Love' had .already been sold to Daye Martin of Liberty, but It will go to O. T. In all other States, beid covers all the G.T. territory and certain of the ..Hbyt nabe chain In Sydney and Mel^- boume. '■ Columbia sale to- Q. T. puts the combine In practically full control of all American product In Australia^ . Paramount has not yet completed a full deal .with the combine, al- thougti:.dlclcer8 are stlU proceeding. Par is solids • however, outside of G.T. r-Johii Kennebeck leaves here in April for a short visit at his -New York home office. . NEW PATRIOTIC WAVE WORRIES PARIS YANKS Paris, March 24. American film Interests here have decided to take seriously,, t|ie mea sure hp.\v lief ore tlie 6liainb^r of Deputies proposing to reduce taxes for" AM theaitres whifeh €tvpyt less than -a fixed proportion of . foreign films, '..4eapIte...];>redlctiDh8 thajt . the bill has little; chance In tiie .Ciiam ber. ■ . : .-, '., : , " . Filmers. have enlisted ^ the suj) -port— of— the— American— Ghawber-ef- Commerce In France . in . .lobbying against the measure as - unfeilr to American Interests. Wave of na- tionalism among French politicians who know nothing' aboUt the film tfn Ho. hiif wanf tn. jrntAnfiJiftm^-livL dustries-makes the~ situation more dangerous than was at first thought. Quota fight, which will soon be gin over the current edict expiring In June, also Is likely tb be tough for the same reason. P-N Redaims '2 Orphans' Pathe-Natan has bought back American distribution rights of 'Two Orphans' from Max Goldberg, indie distrlb. . Goldberg bought the French film last year but couldn't get anywhere with it. P-N now figures It can still go places with the pic and has paid Goldberg . back the full price he paid a year ago, allowing him to keep his share of the profits earned In betw'een. G-B PAYS 3% Interim 'Dividend; A. B. T. Follows Suit With 4% • "': r : London, March 24. Gaumont-Brltlsh Picture Corp. yesterday 'announced an interim of 3% on the ordinary shares for the year ending March 31. Last year it also paid a 3% interim dividend and 7%'-£op-tfed full year. Associated British Theatres (B. I. P.), has declared a payment of A%, Declared , no Intierini divi- dend last year, but when the ac- METBO'S 'BLOKE' : London, March 24. Metro has changed the title of. John Baxter!? .film, 'The Navvy,' which will be known as 'A Real Bloke.' Film was ^recently completed by Baxter and Barter Productions for Metro's quota purposea. Sure to Pass; Fdm Men IVepare Race Grew London, March 24. (?aumont-Britisli made an onslaugfit on Liverpool to . film the Grand Natlona.1. A staff Of 160, Including 60 camera men, under the direc- tion of Jeffrey Ber nerd, traveled • by special train. About 100 ros- trums were erected on the course for the filmers.. Understpod G-B Newsreel '. paid the Liverpool Race course company- $l0,000 for the cjc- clualve privilege, with the ex- penses shared by Fox Movie- " tone on a 50-60 basis. ams- er on London, April 2. Gaumont-Britlsh's proposed deal taking In the Hyanis and Union, cir- cuits are off because of protests of the Kinematograph Renters' So- ciety. Two circuits 'will now con- tinue independently as before . and resume booking on their, own. The KRS . tabu . on the small circuits, which had been put on, pending In- vestigations, has been removed. When G-B announced It had made a deal taking In the tviro smaller chains there was conslderr able talk that It was a move on G-B's part to knock down rentals by having, a greater theatre rental per spectlve. •• KRS Immediately de ciared a ban on the two small chains, although cbntlnuing - active operation with G-B while it investlr gated whether b'r not Gaumortt had 4n actual financial buy-in in the new houses.' ; :, • • ' Practically all major dlstrlbs are members of KRS. For a ; while G-B thought It might' bpplc all Its own pictures into the .houses, but -this^as-deGlded-agalnst becaUse-of- a probable IhsUfficlency pf films; AUSTRALIA EXPECTS FLOOD OF EXE^ Sydney, March 13. The Australian situation, mainly quota, has the Aincrlcah bosses plenty worried and an influx of for- eign managers is expected here to try. and fathom the bottom , of the local whirlpool. J. H. Seldelman, Columbia, Is the first to hit here, arriving March 26. Understood he wlU be followed pronto by several others. Besses in N. Y. are believed dissatisfied with several angles covering the local field and want a definite reason for the current position. Said that so many cables go out of Australia dally to America that the h.o.'a fig- ure it cheaper to send an exec out to get inside knowledge. Ultra Newsreeters London, March 24. -Landsdowne House, In Berkeley .Square, formerly ■ the : realdence:. of l.ord Larfd^downe and now an ex clu.slve flat building,, is -to have its own N'ew-sreel theatre. This Is tho .second spot in the ultra West-End going over to the film racket. First Is the ritzy Curzon, small capacity super located in Mayfalr.' Present, stru.cture will have 200 c.Ktra comfortable .a^^ chairs, and l.s being conHtructcd by Benson- &' Oreehhall In . conjunction with Ocorgp. .Gee, both prominent local builders., ■ .'■ '■ . . . Sydney, March, 18. Government has passed tl^e Quot* Bill into committee and a concret* ruling is expeicted tb come db^p any minute. : . • . .fJ, It Is definitely learned that a local: qUotia will becpme law for exhiba. The distrlb quota angle is also figured as definite, but not set. • Chlef'^ecretary laid tiie blli aside aboiit two weeks ago to admit som* amendments, mainly covering the 26% rejection clause. He has had several huddles with exhibs, pro- ducers and distrlbs, but is believed determined to force the bill to iti ultimate conclusion. ' : ' British" arid 'American dlstribs are ' figiiting against a clause allowing local pics to bust their product, ln« sbfar as exhiba" contracts are ' con- cerned, to comply with the qubta.- They say the government should not allow ibcals of inferior quality to force, out a Pertain percentage of their, product to meet quota re- quirements. ' ■ Some exhibs feel they sl)buld not have to carry the baby alone arid that distrlbs should be forced to dp their part. Government says It wilt keep poor local ririades -off the screen, but the trade wants to know how mariy government ; rnen can . Judge good, pictures from bad. Trade knows that, the quota will go tlirough in one form, or ahbther and is readying , to meet it. ,Many Labor members are supporting the measure ^now. in co-operation with the present National Government, F. W. Marks who conducted the first film probe, was paid around (6,000 for his work covering, a pe- riod of several months, - But what the whole thing will coist the indus- try, In. general before the end Is written Is a problem the big boys are laying off. :. REORfiSOON Paris, March. 24. Negotiations for the Gaumoritr Franco-'Fllm-Aubert reorganization are believed nearing a close. . Fl^.>. nance Minister Germain Martin an- raranctfl tlJat. ne . wiu.>. soon submit a , proposition to the Chamber . of Deputies. Ttie Charles Fasquelle- "Thompson Houston bid remains about the only competitor for taking over the chain, according to , present dope, but there's llttlie" chance that the combo will get G.F.F. A. Scheme , Is reported being .worked out for the government to be a partner in the concern, with seats on the board of directors. Sceriis natural, since the government has already sunk more than $10,000,000 into the busi- ness, via the Bank of France. - Meanwhile, the stockholders' pro- tective committee has been busy and has succeeded in getting the court to name an expert to examine the. Gaumont books. Even if this should result in legal action, how- ever. It Is not believed that it will fpr.CB, a further delay, in reorganlza-^- tlQn,^aa..old directors, not new ones who might be named nbw, will be responsible. Bergner Eremiere^ Genini to Korda - ■. ' - 's. Rome, March 22/ Augu.sto Geriinl, Italian director, .has been asked over to London by Alexander- Korda. On arrival he AvDl be handed a directorial asslgn- mont for London fllm.s. Director has spent much of last few years working between Berlin and Paris. . ..■ . London, March 24. (Jala .world -premiere of the British & Dominions film, 'Escape Me Never' wlli taite place at the London Pavilion, April 1. ■ Pic stars Elisabeth Bergner and was directed by Dr. Paul. Czlnner, her husband. ~ •. ■ Has a strong local cast Including Hugh Sinclair, Grllllth Jones arid Penelope Dudley W,".: 1. : JOE HUMMELL'S TRIP Joseph S. IlumthcU, general for- eign. Hales . .riianagcr for ■ Warner nrother.s, ' sailed .Saturday for a ICuropcan trip during/which he: will 0^0. ail WB: ofllces. bn the' contlnfenti- Expects to be over there .about four months. ■ ' - V , • 16 VARIETY Tednesdaj, April 3, 1935 The most Fascinating detective who ever an audience gasping . . . and the most alarming heart-disturbtr who ever kept a jetective guessing . . TOGETHER, In the last and greatest story by a master of mystery fiction I . . . The perfect set-up for a real box-office picture — sizzling with baffling drama . . . crisp dialog . electric action . . . spontaneous laughs ... delightful romance I ... A BREATHLESS ■ NEW ADVENTURE IN SCREEN EXCITEMENTI * * * POWELL in STAR or MIDNIGHT ★ Wl ifh RKO- RADIO PICTURE Pirecfed by Stephen Roberts PAUL KELLY ★ GENE LOCKHART RALPH fvlORGAN * LESLIE FENTON * J. FARRELL MacDONALD ' From the novel by ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE iredneadaj, April 3, 1935 LM REVIEWS VARIETY 17 PRIVATE WORLDS PaiamDunt production and release. Stare 5|aud«tt«. Colbert; features Cbarles Boyer, oan Bennett Directed by Gregory La- C«.vs< Producer, Walter Wanepr. Baaed on novel by Phyllle Bottome; screen Play And adaptation, Ljnnn Starling; camera, Leon Shaniroy. At Paramount, N. T., week March 27, '8S. Running time, 80 mins. Jane Everest Claudette Colbert Charles Moneti.'. Charles Boyer 'Alex UacGregor Joel Mc(>en Sally MacGregor. , Joan Bennett Claire Helen Vinson Matron Esther Dale Dr. Arnold Sam Hinds Carrie Jean Rpuvcrol Dr. Harding Theodore von Eltz Dr. Barnes , Stanley Andre wx Jerry -• Big Boy Williams Arab Nick Shald If Walter Wanger can taHe a heretofore tabu subject and make It palatable for Alms; If he can present a clinical-psychiatrical sub- ject and sugar-coat it with laughs and romance; it he, his director and cast are capable of. hurdling hereto- fore admitted barriers for the box offlce and combine all the negative elements Into a favorable composite, then by all standards 'Private Worlds' more than offsets the nega- tive elements. Fortified by a potent marquee draw in Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson and Joel McCrea, the film should get 'em In and once In it'll hold 'em. It's av&lass flick, but with a femme appeal that should Insure fair b.o. Set against a morbid background, that of a mental hospital, it tekirts the clinical and the laboratory as- pects, emphasizes the romanticism and the melodramatlcs, and only utilizes the Institution's inmates for the more virile moments. Director LaCava has done a high- ly sensitized transmutation of Phyl- lis Bottome's last year's best seller of the same name, and Lynn Star- ling rates a bouquet for the equally careful adaptation. Both have grasped the best ele- ments of Miss Bottome's thesis and broadly, yet delicately, Interpreted them, into celluloid. Save for the first 15 lethargic minutes, the ex- position of the theme of 'Private Worlds' is painted in broad dra- matic strokes. The idea that all in- dividuals live in their own private worlds is merely dwelt upon In the introductory title, otherwise all the academic inferences are out. The sanatorium where psychi-" atrlsts Colbert, Boy^r and McCrea are thrown together is kept In a sufficiently country-clubby atmos- phere without becoming unfaithful to authenticity. The mental maelstroms which some of the patients must meet, perforce, are introduced solely for allegorical purpose, ao the In- stance where Dr. Jane Everest (Miss Colbert) copes with Big Boy Williams, playing a burly inmate in an ugly mood. This is done to 11- - lustrate the advantages of gentle understanding between patient and medico, as opposed to the old-school 'solitary' and other forms of pun- ishment. Miss . Colbert's performance Is among h^r tops. She manifests her usual restralnst -and- Intelligently gets across the spirit of her own little 'private world'— that of nur- turing a romance with a shadow of the past, a boy who lost his life In the war. Charles Boyer's private world has been the shielding of his murderess- sister (capably played by Helen Vinson) who, although acquitted, is seemingly guilty of the 'fall' which took the life of his best friend, her husband. Joel McCrea's private world as co-\Corker with Dr. Everest (Col- bert) and his unintentional neglect of his domestic life — further com- plicated by the advent of the siren whom Miss Vinson personates so competently — Is similarly depicted in intelligent vein. Joan Bennett as his wife is at her dramatic best in that assignment. There ' are other" tiptop castings. Esther Dale as the vacillating matron, Sam Hinds' kindly Dr. Arnold, Jean . Rouverol as the demented Carrie Flynn are among those who stand up and out in the histrionics. It's a woman's picture essentially, which of course, means they'll drag in the mem For general appeal there's enough intelligent light and -Shade, -expert— delineation— of char- acter and generally fine production values to satisfy. It's perhaps a bit too fine for anything but a fair grosser, while In class spots it should do better than that. A.leh Traveling Saleslady First Natloni^l production and release. Stars Joan Blondell. Glenda Farrell. Di- rector, Ray Enrlght. Story. Frank Howard Clark: adaptation, HuRh Herbert, Manuel Soft, Benny Rubin; dialog director, Gene Lewis; film editor, Owen Marks; camera, George Barnes. At Strand, N. T., week March 57, '35. Running time, 75 mIns. Angela TwItcheH.,., .ijoan Blondell Claudette Glenda Farrell Pat O'Connor William Gargan Elmer • Hugh Herbert Rurus IC Tv>;ltchell.... Grant Mitchell Schmidt , Al Shean Mllllcent. , . , , .Ruth Donnelly Mnlton.,-. Johnny Arthur Harry Bert Roach Snappy ^comedy with plenty of laughs In the dialog and a light plot played for full value by the Warner stock cast. Latter hah, In turn, re - J'elvcd excellent dlueetlon and flat- tering photogi^iJBy. Carried bjr itM trimmings, 'Traveling Saleslady' will please and should do all right at the wicket. Plot doesn't strive to make much sense— and fortunately it isn't taken too seriously in the treatment— but it does serve, and very well, to set the stage for frequent laughs, at the same time giving the troupe's sev- eral comedians a lot of room in which to comede. Briefly,. It provides free wheeling for a resourceful pro- duction crew. Joan Blondell plays the lietme role, and a few such hot numbers on commercial sales staffs probably wouldn't do industry any harm at alL As a saleslady. Miss Blondell is out principally to teach her stern father a lesson. Father Is a con- servative toothpaste manufacturer who won't even advertise on the air, let alone give, his own daughter a crack at selling. So the daughter, connects with a rival concern and mops up to the extent that her father's grosses look like Holy Week in Boston. Chief . side Issue for comedy Is a nutty Inventor played by Hugh Her- bert, who also wrote-Thc role, and didn't do himself any injury. Her- bert on his own gets more laughs than are to be found in the average picture, besides which 'Traveling Saleslady' gets some additional comedy results from Johnny Ar- thur, Bert Roach, and Miss Blondell herself. The only one overlooked in the comedy department Is Ruth Donnelly, who is wasted oh a few flashes in a mother role. William Gargan, Grant Mitchell, Al Shean and Glenda Farrell also deliver, although Miss Farrell might be expected to have more to do In view of her co-star billing with Miss Blondell. A- new type camera, developed by Warners, is understood to have been wielded by George Barnes in pho- tographing this one. The result is unusual definition of the players against the background and a sense of more depth all around. Most noticeable Improvement In a photo- graphic way has to do with Mrs. Barnes (Miss Blondell), who looks better than ever. Understood War- ners will use these new cameras on all future pictures. Bige. Man Who Knew Too Much Gaumont-Brltlsh production and release. Stars Edna Best and Leslie Banks. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Story, Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham Lewis; scenario, Edwin Greenwood and A. R. Rawllnson; additional dialog, Emlyn Williams; camera. Curt Courant. At May- fair, N, T., week. March 21, '86. Run- ning time 74 mlns. Bob Lawrence .f .LesIle Banks Jill Lawrence...; Edna Best. Betty Ijawrence .....Nova PUbeam Abbott .Peter Lorre Olive Hugh Wakefleld Louis Bernard..; Pierre Fresnay Gibson George Curzon Ramon.. .Frank- Vosper Nurse Agnes Cicely Gates Blnstead D. A. Clarke-Smith An action film from E'ngland Is unusual. This one has enough exr cltement and production value to jstack'tfp. ! It's not big' time, largely because of paucity of names for the U. S., but it ought to please any audience that can be coaxed in and should do okay by Itself in nabes, and a cinch for double bills. An unusually fine dramatic story here and handled excellently from a production standpoint. It's results here may disappoint Britain some- what because its obviously geared for major playing. The discrepancy is in the names.. If this film had. one, or two, American names of fair strength It would romp. Edna Best and Leslie Banks are starred. In Britain that's undoubt- edly correct, but in New. York what? Peter Lorre and Nova Pilbeam are not even featured in the billing. Lorre's Is the best name In the U. S. of the lot, he being at the moment on the Coast waiting for Columbia to find a script, and hav- ing caused a stir through his work in 'M,' German talker. Miss Pil- beam starred In 'Little Friend,' a G-B pic earlier this season,- and was nicely received. Rest of the cast holds Hush . Wakefield, George Curzon and Frank Vosper, all mean- ing something in London but not over here. Pierre Fresnay, French -star-wJio -has-wor-ked-up-a-bit- of -a- New Yor4c-r-epr-i3-bui=^Ied-l«-aMvalk- on assignment. For the .same coin the producers could probably have gotten one or twa cast names from Hollywood. Then they'd have had no worries. Another item is the dialog. A cop walks on and says, 'I'd rather be on point duty.' That's all right in Lon- don, but who In New York knows that what he's trying to say is, 'I'd rather be -a trafflc cop'? Despite these thlngpS film is gripping, speaking much • for Its basic merit. Built along gangster lines, but from an international crook standpoint, with a- lot of melodramatic suspense added. ' Starts at a party Jn St. Moritz. A man Js shot during a dance. He whispers to a friend that there's a message In a brush in his bathroom. Friend realizes the dying, man was in the secret service aiid gets the message. - Befor^he-€an-eeye average- - indie mystery film. 'Rocky Mountain Mystery' (Par). Zane Grey western with a different background, lias comedy, mystery and action. Good entertalnrnent of kind. Randolph Scott heads cast. "The Port of Lost Dreams' (Chesterfield). Above average indie of gangster flavor. Bill Boyd and Lola Lane on top. 'Texas Terror* (Mono). An- other in the . John Wayne : series, and as fast, furious and rlpsnortin'. Oliay for the nabes and duals. 'Burn ^Em Up Barnes' (Mas- cot). A 12-chapter serial slapped together as a feature. Just footage. say anything. Finally man traces a telephone call and, after some ad- ventures on his own, locates the gang's meeting place. Discovers that an attempt will be made to Idll a famous International states- man at Albert Hall that night and manages to communicate that news to his wife, although he Is held prisoner. Wife goes to the Hall to listen to the concert and manages to foil the shooting, which leads to a raid on th^ gang headquarters, slaughter of the gang and rescue of the man and the child. Scene at Albert Hall, taken either In the Hall Itself or a replica, is highly exciting and beautifully handled. Raid on the gang head- quarters may strike Americans as tame. It is tame, compared to America. But it is authentic for England, where riot cars and ma- chine guns for cops are myths. Acting is splendid most all of the way. Banks Is a fine actor, al- though the assignment is a bit heavy for him. Miss Best looks well but is not convincing in some of the toughest passages. Lorre's work stands out. again. -He's the. gaYig chief. . His makeup is not what it should be but he Impresses never- theless. Nothing wrong with any of the other parts from a playing standpoint. Picture could have stood more comedy by Hugh Wake- field and some of the minor char- acters. Latter not unknown in New York through appearing in stage revue. Film is down to normal running time and that's a help. Katif, I'll Love You Always Columbia production and release. Fea- tures Nancy Carroll and George Murphy. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Story by iJaw- rence Hazard, adapted by Vera Caspary and Sidney Buchman; camera, Joseph Au- gust. At Roxy, N. Y., week March 29, '35. Running time, 75 mlns. Nora ...Nancy Carroll Carl George Murphy Charlie Raymond Walbum Mac ; .Jean Dixon Jcrgen ......i Arthur Hohl Sandstone Paul Harvey Old Actor Harry Bercstord A depressing picture proving nothing and simply stretching out 75 . odd m'Inu.tes .to show that it's hard to get a job nowadays. It's 4>ub&t-a-nt-iaily-thc-same-plot as a re- cent -First -National opus, 'Gentle- men Are Born.' Doesn't go far enough in reall.sm to be serious or significant drama. And isn't clever' enough in its various tear-behlnd- thc-laugh sentime-ntalltles to stand out. Verdict will be negative if asked to soco. Fair for double bills. . Picture has a bright and breezy opening sequence and here and there, notably a diaper-changing scene, some bit.s lift it out of the average due to the-rather tasty and sincere direction of Leo Bplgakov. But as entertainment it's a trite and In- ferior reiteration of thlng.s that have been said before and, for the average film-goer, presumably pack.>< little cngros.sment and no glamour. A young engineer (Ocorgo Mur- phy) is too cocksure for his. own good and when the honi^ymoon In over hia loving bride, a, former ac- trma (Nanny Carroll) finds him not ■too- good a- sport In taking the blctivs. Culminates after a serios of quarrels with the hu.yband going to Jail for larceny while the wife thinks- him In Russia on an en- gineering job. fibo, meanwhilo, hasn't said anything about the ex- pectant baby. ^Pretty hard to And much sym- pathy for the boy. He turns down or loses several jobs and then steals for an essentially frivolous purpose, squandering part of the stolen money in Atlantic City. An Incred - ibly genteel detective (Arthur Hohl) let's the felon finish his last grand- stand play and later the head of ah engineering firm who has known the boy only casually not only tut-tuts the theft of the money but becomes Santa Claus. Nancy Carroll gives an intelligent and believable performance. Mur- phy Is hard to figure. .Would, ap- pear the lighter' passages are' his natural level. Facially he's a bit immobile for soul agony. Jean Dixon does nicely . with the only other part which isn't a bit. Land. OH DADDY! (BRITISH -MADE) London, March 14. Gainsborough production, released through Gaumont-Brltlslr. Directed by Graham Cutts. In cast, Leslie Henson, Franccb Day, Robertson Hare. Adapted by Austin MeUord, from original by Franz Arnold and Ernst BaOh. Running time, 73 mlns. Prevlewed^Tlvoll theatre, London, March 13. Story Is one of tliose surefire things that cannot fail, if . done with any degree of competency. With Henson in the principal role, sup- ported by Robertson Hare, it is ever surer, Then there is Frances Day, a diminutive comedienne who has evidently been having her voice cultivated and shows every sign of improvement as a vocalist. . Lord Pye (Henson) is the big noise in a little English village. He is married to a widow who has a daughter whom he has never seen. She is supposed to be living in Can- ada but is In reality a cabaret dancer in London. This Is unknown to his lordship, who Is a hypocritical member of the local Purity League dominated by his .uncle. Lord Pye leaves the village to go to Birming- ham to attend a meeting of the Purity League, misses his train in London, and lands in the very cab- aret at which his unknown step- daughter is the star. In his absence his wife decides to visit her daughter and the fat Is in the Are. Just the usual ingredients for a conventional farce, but with such inimitable artists it ia a riot of fun that will entertain any audience speaking the English language. Whole film is fast and furious, plus having a splendid sequence of cabaret scenes. Every part Is played to a nicety by competent actors, production being more than ade- quate without being sumptuous, and the direction leaving little to be de- sired. A suitable candidate for A mciican booking. Jolo. IGLOI DIAKOK ('Students of Iglo') (HUNGARIAN MADE) (Musical) Budapest, March .14, Eco production, made nt Hunnia, Buda> post. Directed by Istran Gyorgy, adapted irom an operetto by Imre Farkus; scenario, Ivan SIklossy; photography, Laszio Schaf- rer; music, Imre Farkas and Dezso P. Hor- vath; lyrics, Dezso Keller. Cast: Marjette Gcrvay, Paul Javor, Lajos Markus, George Denes, Julius Kabos, Julius Gozon, Joseph Kurthy, Laszio Z. Molnar,' Eva SIklossy, Ilona Dajbukat, Laszio Keleti, Lajos Gar- donyl. Presented at Urania Theatre, Buda-^ pest. THE GHOST WALKS • Invincible productlon -and- Chesterfield- re'- Icase. Features John Mlljan, June Collyer. orrector, E.rank Strayer. Producer, Magry M. Cohen; Htory, Charles S, Belden; nim editor. Roland Reed; camera, M. A. An- derson. At . Criterion, N. Y., on double lilll, commencing March 29, '35. Running time, CO mlns. " ^ Pre.'icolt AmcH .Tohn Mlljan Gloria Shaw.. ..Juno Collyer Wood ..I Richard Carle The Professor Spencer Charters Ersklne Johnny Arthur Dr. Kent.. Henry Kolkcr Terry Donald KIrke Beatrice , Kvo* Southern Carroway Douglas Gerrard Jarvis Wilson Benge Head Guard.. Jack Shutta 'The Ghost Walks' Is above the average of its kind, and for the playdates for which It is Intended, It has only the fact that It's a mys- tery film to sell for box office pur- poses, but it will please nabe au- diences, and neighborhood audiences are what it should be fed. An exceptionally reasonable foun- dation for mystery stuff is laid by the early portions of the plot. In- troduction concerns the effort of a playwright to sell a producer his manuscript by inviting the latter to his home and having a. cast of pro- fcs.slonal actors work it up so that the impresario might think he Is actu ally involve^ In g m urder case . Tt progr'eMcs" nicely along lho.qc' Unos, with the audience in on the know, until about the halfway mark, when the action goes beyond the playwright's script; an apparently real murder, followed by a series of mysterious di.sappearanccs, are the developments. That the authors resorted to th<^ old slapstick dodtfo of ringing in an escaijfid lunrxllc to perpetrate the r^al crimes can be overlooked In this' Instance, because the early part of the story plants enough Interest to carry, the rest of the plcture.i!. The h)on is eventually grabbed by his keepers, and it turn.s .out_that the murder 'victlhis' vTCre only splrltf'd away. But saved just in 'time, bnoauso the nut has a surgical complfix and is ju.«!t on the. verge of operating when caught. A cast of standard picture names works the plot for all it possesseB, and more. Particularly sparkling are the performannos of Richard Carle and Spencer Charters. Action all occurs In an old man - .Hion and the settings are very good. Picture is' above the indie norm all around. Biae. {In Hungarian) This stage musical was very pop- ular In the pre-war days in Hun- gary. It Is a sort of combination of 'Student Prince' and American col- lego life atmosphere, with strong local coloring, of course. Iglo is an old-fashioned provin- cial town with a famous college. Three boys boarding with one of the professors are in love with Eve, the prof's daughter, "they indulge in the usual attributes of calf love, drink- ing, revelry, staying out of bounds, neglecting their studies and seren- ading their beloved. . One of the boys, ■ whose love Eve returns. Is expelled. Years later, they all meet again In Budapest, in a somewhat melan- choly mood because the old college town, Iglo, was adjudged by the peace treaty to Czechoslrvakia arid is now out of bounds for all Hun- garians. Boy who was expelled on account of Eve has wo.i distinction In the war and lias grown Into a fine fellow, so it's all right and they marry. Picture is a great hit here, b. Jak- Ing records both in Budapest and in the provincial towns. It Is a pleas- ing film that conforms to the taste of the great public, although the photography Is not up to the mark and the fact that the college boys are all acted by full-rrrown actors, well known in adult roles, spoils the illusion. Chief aid to success lies In the publicity value of ft " fact that Marietta Gervay, just turned seven- teen; has been contracted by Metro for three years and is already In Hollywood. A career as rapid as hers is very unusual in pictures here. Miss Gervay got a contract within a few days of the talcing of her test, and was rushed to Holly- wood straight from her schoolroom, previous to the opening of her first picture. A pity that although she plays the lead In 'Students of Iglo,' her pr ' is not a big one.-. Jacobi. Rocky Mountain Mystery Paramount production and release. Features Randolph . Scott and Cherles 'Chic' Sale. Directed by Charles Barton. Producer. Harold Hurley; story, adapted from 'Golden Dream's, by Zano Grey; screen play, Edward E. Paramore, Jr.; adaptation, Ethol Dohcrty; camera. Arrhle Stout. At Strand, Brooklyn, as half double bill, week March 28, '30, Running time, 64 mlns. Larry Sutton , Randolph Scott Tex Murdock ,..Charlc« ','Chlc" finlo, Tarrs',' Boi^". ,". r. Mrs. LchIIo Carter Flora.-...., Kuth'ppn Br -''o Ballard ...George Marlcn. Sr. Rita Ballard Ann Sherl':an John Borg Jamp.s <"'. T'-'.r:Wii Fritz Hov/.-ivd Wll.<'on Ling Tat Willie Fung Mrs. Ballard Florence Roberts Tendency to get away from tho conventional oats opera has broucrht forth In 'Rocky Mountain M.V3ter.y.' more of a murder mystery than .any- thing else. In spite of minor short- comings It Is good entertainment. From 'Roberta' to six-guns. Ran- dolph Scott herein proves to be Iho principal factor in solving a number of murders at a radium mine in the west. The locale enables him to get back into .almosnhere and char- acter of westerns, together with others, but cast also includes some members who are nearer the draw- ing room type. A Chinaman. In- volved In a plot to share in a will, lends further foreign touches to th© western. Chic Sale play.s his f am liar old rube as a local, deputy sheriff and gets a ■ number of laugh.H. Ho always makes It an IntcreHtlnK and comical character and Is a cinch for westerns. With some exceptions the rest of tho cast Is abovo .aver- age. Ann Sheridan Is very good od- poaltC—Scotl, Vn tMp f n H ii rkfr. In a. lesser role, al.so does nlcdy. Mrs. Leslie Carter proves very arlHicial in this atmosphere, her makeuo being exceptionally bad. Char. The Port of Lost Dreams Invlncllilo production and ChcstcrncU re- lf;ii.s(! Featurns IlIU IJoyd, Lola Lane, G';orgo Marlon, Sr. Dlroolcd by Frank Strayer. Producer, Maury M. Cohen; story, Kobcit Ellis; .idaptiitlon, Cliarles Beldcn, Norman Mark well; film eilltor, Roland Ueod; camera. M. A, An'lerscn, At Amna, N. Y., one day, April 1, on douljlo bill, r.unning time, 71 mlns. Lars Chrletemen BUI P.oy^ Molly Dcshoh...... .l^ihi Lane I'orky' , Kd G.irgan Morgan Rock ..OeorKO Marlon Louis Cnnstolos lI'iroM Ilutjor Mother M'iCJeo .Evelyn (.'avrlntjton Mcutcnant Ander.ion, Robert Elliott A throwback to the gangstct^ oycle and the gun moll who tried her best to go straight. Though oHtf^nslbly limited on a production budget and casting purse, makers of 'I'ort of Losto Dreams' succeeded In turning out ran indie of pretty r.'iir entertainment value. As th« (Continued on page 30) 18 X^t aneu* - ,4 "i^^-" V'fe - 7 ^eanesday; April 5, 1935 VARIETY 19 STATE, N. Y. (EO 8UULIVAN REVUE) Ed Sullivan is getting; to be more bf an actor all the time. He's riot the' only actor of the present day ■chool who's lost It he loses the mike, but he Is acquiring :Btage presence arid ease of manner. He also essays a bit of slriglnfi; In the finale parody on 'Mlraicles.' Heading his own : Dawn Patrol revue, as it's billed, it plays more ms a straight vaudeville bill tha.n as a preisQritatlon. Sullivan is hielped. a lot by Harry Rose aind perhaps even more by the . Saxon . Sisters, who stole the show while they bad the stage. They called It a day after ia second song and took, ai flock of boWs, winding; up with a 'thank Vou' through the mike. ' But the audience couldn't see it that way. Most of them . bad seen the girls often and knevr thit , they ctarrled iriore music than that, so, . for the sake of peace, they had to come back for a third number even after Bose bad pulled the starter bell twice. That ne&rly. got them in morerencore trouble, but they yi'ere firm, and the show: went ori. They were a tower of strength where a tpwer was badly needed, for the acts, while acceptable, are. riot well blended, and the paclrig is far from miking It a riot. Even Boise slipped, In his medley parody, on the DIonne sister act. The gags did not cue In smoothly and there was not the usual giggle which parody' gag lines should . com-» mand. But he was .a help _ln , keep- ing thiriga moving along, and he Is one , of the few m.p.'s who- does thei acts the courtesy . . of pronouncing their names intelligibly. Pat him on the head again for not 'trying to : riiake theni stooges for his,.- patter; He works to help them along, and he doesn't move in on therti unless he can really help. . " Bbse starts the baU rolling with the greeting and then" Sullivan , ar- rives to. go into a cross-talk, arid read some fake telegrams;. That part fairly begs for the.-' shears; neither rieWj ridr f urihy. After BOse assures him he is the best coluirinist In New York they; moVe off to give space to Dudley and Cole In gesr tures. They call It dancing,' but it!s mostly- posturing. AH right, for jthos^ who like It. but It's getting to be worse than the adagio. Dolores rarrls, who twirls a. biaton while ■inglng and standing on her toes, follows. She does a bit of a dajrice, but her costume Is tbe clilef point ■of iiiterest. . Little but eyefiUlng., . GalliGaH, brlenial magician, does things with the cups. Once upon a tiriie the cup and ball was the yard- Btlck for magicians, biit , that was before springs and mirrors .were in - Vented to make things easier. Gall stands the test well, and makes a diversion iri using baby chicks. Adds a couple of coin and ring tricks, biit the cups are outstanding. He got a real round of applause. Sullivan shows some old-time film iri his "Water Under the Bridge' interlude and then Boss Mcljean ex- . hlbits a. lusty high baritone. ; He was eased off on the second rium ; ber, but Sullivan dashed up to the — mlke-to-iBsk-^the'Tiudlerice^f'-tbey^ didn't want, to hear ■ aridther and they ■ 'tolitely .ianswered .in; the afflrmative. Idea seems to have been th&t he has a couple of trick head tones that he uses only in the third song and Sullivan wanted the audience to hear them. The Saxons followed and after their riot Bbse did his parody after Introducing Buby Zwerlihgi who was on the stage with/ his house band. Sullivan followed with a bit ; of burlesque niagic and a song In which he made: a musical apology tor talking the monkey. Every one ' was introduced, but without repeat-: trig on a specialty, and the close iri tor a weak finish. Show was punc- tuated by a couple ■ of blackouts worked from a stage above the back \6f the band, but they didn't hurt or ':■ help. Bather pointless; No line of : girls; bandls on the stage: .through out. Show rims 65 minutes with : the entire show a flat three hours; Feature, fWhole Town's Talking' (Col), Metro tone, news and a cartoon ishort. Business light ori the. swing ■how. r ' Chic. CHICAGO Chicago, March 29. Another ■session nf w aiHfig wall "luues. Chicago theatre a^dmittedljr, haa gone Tout tb7TjucIt the opposi- tion of 'Boberta' at the Palace, and they are not doing It successfully. This week they are depending on Mary Brian on the stage to buck Fred Astaire, Ginger . Bogers and Irene Dunne. Malry Brian, who has pra,ctlcally dropped out of sight In the past year; Mary Brian , who has played this town at least twj[ce be- .for^.ia the.past .couple- of years^arid- once played as sort of stooge to Ken Murray. ■ She ma^ be better than a lot of other acts which might be avallablei *t a, siniilir price, but she is not strong enough to hold up this stage, looks nice; dances ple'aB&nlly arid .'has some sort of vaguely eet per- ■onality which might; get across In a lesser house. But ' whatever chances she might have had wcrC ruined by the two hoofers - she brought along with her. Two- rip personality boys who hoof even worse. At the first show they stumr bled, glared at /the orchestra and ^tamped their feet first before igoing off in one-two-three fashion. House even dragged out Orvllle Whltlege, of the Barry arid WblUege act- It waa a lucky thlnjg, because Wbltlege managed to add some tducb of showmarishlp to act. , ■ While the orchestra Is being riien- tloned, it should .hie 'mentioned quietly. The B. -& .K. economy drive has fltlflied what was once the pride pf the Chicago. .Small-tlmey Is the opening act of Carter and Holnies. Have played everything around this town, and their appearance here demonstrates that despite all vague threats there. Is no such thing as 'opposition' In the town of Chicago this time. Talent of the playable kind Is too scarcis for the. theatres to worry about opposition. \ They're too con- cerned; about getting a show of any klrid to worry about what the Other guy Is doing. Carter arid Holmes look like a couple of reformed acrobatic hoofers who have added a couple of makeshift gags to, call it a aerril-cpmedy turn. There's no coriiedy for thie class house of town. More to. the; tempo of this theatre at^ Fray and>Bragglbttl, the piano team of CBS, who appeared here some four ': years ago as accom- parilsts for Maurice Chevalier on his legit concert tour. The - men play well, but .made unfortunate choices In selections. In attempting to cover the entire iSeld, from classical to popular, they do nothing com- pletely. .Play, 'FlreDarice,' 'I. iSaw, Stars' iand , 'Continental.' Have done better prpgrams on air. Sright spot .Of -the Bhow-ls in-the standard Barry arid Whltlege. Their chiseled ' repartee slashed through this; houise to continuous Maughter, Timing of this team; has become classlo land their laughs - clocked right;, through the act to bang-up mudevllle, entertainment. Production of show . Is excellent, Sceneiy, dances and costuming are of hleh' order. While th.e rest of the vnoiise vriiay have fallen, off, the production departriient continues to, operate! with the finest of resiilta Picture la 'West Point of Air" (MO). Business off baldly at first shgw Friday. : Qolii Metrpp6litan/ Bostoh , ^ Boston; March 29. Jack .Benny's In town this week; and his batch of talent aS framed and embellished by Harry Oourfaln, the Met producer, is the nuts. It's b. o; ,all the way, but the actual show closer , is a gag that shapes iip as about the most urilque flnale seen in these parts for a lon^ time Benriy's raido fans, , who are filling the house this week, hang onto every familiar y ether quip he lets loose,,; arid especially on the gag about , playing, 'Love in Bloom' on the fiddle. This standard B'enriy gag is the. keynote of the closing stunt. He has already tried to do the sdlo ea,rller in the show, but Is promptly Iriterrupted by a stooge coming on Stage and telling, bird to cut It. so 't^e next act can start working. But as a surprise finish to .the show Benriy arinounces that at last he's going to . do that fiddle -sold— tliatrS— been— ori-^his— mind— for so' lone:. - Just as he*s getting to-flrsr base with the tune; out oh the apron, everything goes berserk. The sheet comes down In back of him. the feature picture socks On, and before the audience ■ realizes ,what has happened the sourid has drowned out the Beririy solo and he's strolling off with- that - genial grin of his. That's one way of get ting hlrti off. - Opener is a Congo number by the Elida . Ballet, climaxed by a hip wlisglihg solo by a gal on a circular platform, held by the ballet gals. Good music, costuming .and rou tlnlng. ■ ' V Then Benny makes his first bow; and it's a swell idea td get him out there ealrly. After a, chummy ses- sion with : the Congregation, about nothing in particular, Benny brings on Mary. Livingston, who is received as if she's a home town gal. With some extremely good dialog,' they subtly weave In the , riian-and-wlfe idea so firmly that anything they do from, that point is oke. Wlth the customers. Miss Livingston hiaiils out a tailor-made bit of poetry about Boston, entitled" 'Philadel- phia/ arid ending in a IJunny qtflp about 'Labor Day.' Then it'p time for Eleanor Whit- n ey and h er_taPJ)irig^She2i.shoota the works, and is loaded with per sonallty. In the . next frame^ Benny is In terrhpted on his violin bit and he Introduces Ji Harold Murray, barl tone from: plx. Murray's vocals are aces, but he's sdid most bullish in a masterful bit of showirianshlp In which Mary Llvlngstbri plays up to him .while BChny stands out in left iield, fidgeting^ .-;,; ;Ballet prances on for a military tap in marine costume. Outstand Ing; Item in thlS routine is the riiuslc — a paraphrase.' of the familiar riiarch, 'Semper- FldellS,' exception ally well iktranged by Sid Relnherz and Peter Bodge of the Met music staff. Next-to-cloBlng ,shot Is Benny' Koman holiday with the Chicken Sisters. Introduced- as aii amateur 'discovery,* they set off a roar before they reach, the riilke. Chick^ns_flnale Avith their dfellvejry of 'Dream 'Walk ing' In the ultra hoke manner. Picture Is 'Private Worlds' (Par) Biz swell. Fox. REX, PARIS Paris, March 22. . Francis A. Mangan comes back to Paris and to the Bez with the current show, after exactly two years of absence. He gives the 4,000 seater Halk-Qaumdnt boule- vard house a show such a sit— and Paris— hasn't seen since he left. It's an all girl spectacle, nothing but dariclng. Only solo dancer, and only : non-Ehgilsh - performer, ; IS Doris NUes,: American, Line con-^, slsts of 32, Just ^ridtigh to cross the huge stage, abetted by If tall arid wllldwly ballet, girls drilled by an- other American. Betty Ann Hiigler. They all work In color and light effects -such as only Mangan; unong the producers working here, can produce. .Opening number donei by the ballet Is constonied In sequin dreSseS of blue, red and- gieen which do wdndera with the spotlight, and the main set consists of tinsel pil- lars which, contribute their little reflections, too. For the entrance of the line, Man gan uses the two:-balconles~ hlglr on either side . of the proscenium. On the left balcony Qermaine Sablori, local warbleFi sings. -A Night of Love' Into a mike, and on the sec- drid chdruB the girls appear on the right balcony, and all -S2 of. them wind down a stairway, to the stage, getting Into position , just as the third chorus, ends. Impressive staging; for Paris. Doris . Nlles; who has settled her Identity card: troubles and la :back from4i tour-ot Spaln-and-Italy^wlth her husband, Serg* JLesUe, does an excellent .clwslc. toe I dance-aS-the feature of the next number, back by the ballet of 16. Miss Nllea has as hiiich class as -any toe dancer to be seen (uround ber^ Including the stafs df the Opera, arid her work iri this show Just gives it the llttlQ Individual touch it needs. : Following her, the line does the black-glpve number that Mangari's, girls put over when he first opened the Bex with stage shows fi couple of years ago, arid the finale; consists of a scarf . darice, first by Doris Niles In Japanese costume and then by the St Hellier alaters. Color and light effects, with the whole troupe, are arranged for the .final splash with the aid of a spiral wheel which revolves In frorit of the backdrop, Finale Is a bit antl-cUmactlc, ' riot so much because It lan't good as be cause what went before was better, Gaumont liquidators can't see spending much money on publicity, or , advertising, ab relatively few peoijie have yet had means of flrid- Ing out that there, la a fine ' show at the Bex. Mangan la, here for month, howeveri and. bbf ore Ke goes the news is bdund to get out. Stem. sonable looking youngster wiio per- forms some .expert riiaglc, includ- irig Cardlhl's well-known clgaret Stuff, but his plece de, resistance is a Stunt in which he takes a wad of paper : from his mouth, rplls it around on ari ordinary harid fan un- til it turns Into an egg. It's a smart bit Of bUslnessvand sends hlrii off to an excellent hand. Apblldh follows hlrii on, with that Filipino string ensemble and from then on it's all his : show. He's a vei^ltable dynariiO throughout, works like ; a Trojan ■ and gets results. Crdssflre with the swarthy-skinried mlusiclans is ishrewdly developed and the laughs are there in quick succession. Brings on Bosemary Derlng, who fills a sinc^le spot satis- factorily with ,a ,neat toe danpe^ arid- then Introduces Harold Aloriia, from the band, , steel-gulta.rlst;; with a corklnjg pair of pipes. Kid had a tough time getting off. Incidentally, Apollori has fdund a couple of A-1 conilca In that Filipino crew, arid they help him enormously in talx- Ing 'em up. ,1 Dan2l "6bddell," who's Tbeen with hlrii for years, doing: some singing how In addition to her hoofology,[ but It's stlll tierp in which she shines- and vocal acquisition doesri't add jnuch>.br anythlrig. For a clhcher, Apollon brings on comedy dance trio of Lowe, Burnoff - and Wensley, and they get bver with room to spare. : What stands out ^through all Of 'International Varieties,' however. Iff cunning showmarishlp of Apollon. He has his unit paced so effectively that~there'£r"never "armomerit's^let^ dowri. Production Iri general is -flrst-rater-and-costurifilriff-ls-plenty- colortuL ; Cohen, PARAMQUNt; OMAHA Omaha, Miarcb 29, After weeks of unlta^ revues and seml-unlts. Paramount returns to a standiard vaiUde bill current week Customer U actually getting more, though it . doesn't look like lt . be FOX, PHILADELPHIA Phliadelphla, March 29. First, nameless pip Fox house has had in a while, '$10 Balse* (Pox), throws the bUrderi. of b.o. appeal ori Donald Novls iand, a' suriroundlng four-act stage; stanza. Ether warbler hsj^n't shown here for - a year, but some Question what, the results' will be. Band is on stage in full, .but bet- ter showmanship to hold them In the pit. . Nature of the :blll, with two slrigles, an acrobatic quartet and a dance trio, restricts all turns to one and two, and there's no reason for It Openers are the Olyriiplc Aces f our turiiblers, who offer a straight rilp-up and flip rbutlne. Nothing ex ' citing here, boys somewhat shy on gymnastic form. D6uce spot to Ma6 Questelle, Intro'd as the Betty Boop of, the cartooris. . She establishes herself as the pic character by chat- ter and then proceeds td tie things up nicely.. O^ s, straight ditty and then irito- 'Dangerous Betty ,Boop.' ; An arranged number of imitations ifolloW. Donald Novls is at the mike next 'Warbler's appeal IS noticeable at. the start, swell vocal pipes clmchirig it. Novls has a nice intimate - style of delivery and runs through 'Every Day' and 'Isle of Capri' like ROXY^ N. V. Very clever puppet display is alb'o very long. Cut in half the rbutlne of the Salica Troupe would have served the purpose equally well and have ndade , an appreciated obei- sance to thait Ariiericari ideal-:— snap,- pinesB. , Shov^manly' touches of revealing . the puppeteers at wbrk, and later, ■ on the bows, highlighting the three , gerieratloris is excellent as Is ; the majority of the stuff. Just a mat- ter of time. .-■ It slows the jEihOw dowii SeVeral.Warlonette brligades have successfully, played the; larger film theatres, so this Is not a novelty. MayblB It's a cycle. Which may ba ' okay, but In sriialler doses. Grandpa arid ' Grandma SB,llca and theU' brood were liked, got nice applause^ arid deserved it But still the cdm- plalnt about slowness. Stage Show for the rest followed the usual Boxy pattern of vaude- . ville perforriied with drapes for scenery and with the Ga,e Foster Girls ■fbr- lnterruptlons.-- — - ' Lorralm^ and Dlgby, girl and boy. and the Six; DanwtUs is the resA dt:.: the ' bill. One to fill turned oUt to : be a lad nariied Henry LUckenbusli . (Bush for short), who won a recent Fred Allen radio amateuf shindig. He does all right on an accordion. Danwllls risk theh* spinal vertebrae ori an assbrtriient of gasp-lriduclng Journeys through mld-alr. It's an a,ct that can play anywhere. Dialog Is the weakness of .the otherwise effective activities ot fcorra1ner-a;nd-T)lgby.-T dagS-^klnda - blah, but the rough-house and the comedy-stepplrigr^is a strong sight routine; Hard workers and on the tight bduleVard the pair Impress as a couple that may prosper. ; Columbia's; 'I'll Love Tou Always' on the screen. House uslrig Urilversal short, 'Old Age Pension' and Disney . Silly Symphony, 'Goddess of Spring.' Latter is another Instance of Boxy booking a second riiri short 'Which - seems bad : showmanship, as the short In question la Scarcely ..of a quality to Justify its repetition. ■ Ijund, ■ pausetoeata^lsn^tjj^^^ thei>^r^7? ^in^tn g. i,« t Rkea the takeBnip~arinnrd~i9lxty mmutes, tnis five , act blU . runa and hour and quarter. - : Name of the bill Is Polly Moran, oUt on. a personal toUr arid soon to head for London and the Palladium, She's the reason for the long show, gabbing with the customers and do ing her Song routine for upwards of half an hoUr. Her Informal arid chummy manner get across and: It wouldn't tUive made any difference if she had taken a. full hour. Be sides, her ad llbbing makes each performance practically : another show as was evidenced by the hold overs. She Is on number four in one, with only a pianist to help but. :■■ Other billed act IS Irene Vermil- lion, acrobatic and rhythrii dancer, who carries with her the Dart Eri' seMble, five lassies on the truriipets, and a pianist. . Spmethirig like 12 minutes riipve along ariioothly, with the ensemble entertairiirig' between the dance nUmbera They dose.; Opening are, the danCe trio of Mema, Earl and Carroll, making their best number a . soft shoe ecceri- trlc. Bdund out their routirie with toe and acrobatic routines. ' Deuce notch, taken by the Three S^nrlf ts, ace Indian club Juggler s and come- -dlanat: — ^liird'~Biwt~tgkgB by JacTT TVailer ana JerrjTLee, couple gag- ging, banjding,: dancing and singing for their part of the show. . PENN, PITT .. : Pittsburgh, Mar. 29. Dave Apollon may not mean a lot on the riiarquee, but Inside he means 65 . minutes, pf so.lld_entertainment. iVussian's current 'International Va- rieties' la , one of the best packages he's ever wrapped and certain to send 'em away talking, with an out- sidc'chance that stage trill develop more wordrof-mouth ' than flicker, 'West Point of Air' (MO). Never a let-up. onCe Apollon .swings into, action in pit, directing house ork, all outfitted in smocks, in some concert stuff. Switch to stage reveals elaborate 'Arabian Night' production number featuring Danny Dare girls arid winds up with the Seven Arabian Sheika putting on a -whlMwlrid tumbling act Tommy Martin, In one, Is a per- umber-strongly- , , 'Trees,' arid sCores. Encore Is' the 'Daughter of Peggy p'Nell,! iri brogue, for an okay finish. ' Final act, Betty Jane Cooper and the LathrOp Brothers, Is a smooth dancing act. Gal has a Marilyn Miller quality in appearance and manner, while the boys handle their feet neatly. Act, however. ' closes show with flash whlirl that .Cheapens the whole routine. Fox clips and Ernest Truex short Winds the thing up. Biz first show Friday way be- low par. Oosch. HIPP, BALTO Baltimore, March 29. " Fact that biz was deplorable Fri- day afterripori nilght have accounted for it, but until Carmela Ponselle (New Acts) came on to close the four-act bill, the. show hadn't made a ripple of impression. There couldn't have been more than 300 in audience, and house manager and ushers provided most of . the ap*- plause up till Miss Pohselle'a spot. Opener, Monroe and Grant, com- edy trampolinlsts and not so bad, but mob refused to stir. Next, Boss -and— Edwards r-wbo play— tWs-town- -falrly often. . Their cross-flro chat- ter isn't of innately humorous vein arid no gags ' of worth are used as bracers. They talked and sang, but dldnlt come close to a click. Brought on an unbilled lad, who did a. soft- shoe aero routine, and that met with rebuff. Wound up with Itoss playing a uke, Edwards rhythmically snap-- ping his Onger.s and the boy hoofing, but, audience Btlll flhrUBgcdi : In— the— trey- Is-a- lxlance--fla.sh,^-10- Ambassadeurs. , ■ Odd routining , of acts, this prefacing Mlas Ponsellc's operatic orlollng with a multi- peopled dance flourish. Set In, full, with no changes, turri drdn't achieve any response anresB books, too' many of which aim more at quantity than quality. The best results seem tp come from an Indiscriminate paiste up or. at least, a very loose cliissification. Reading through such a book not only will give the outdoor, lobby or window stunt desired, but will often result In the discovery of other things which will apply smartly to the pic- ture to be exploited. Those who have access to the Film Daily Tear Book are able to dig out plenty good material from the^ exploitation section in which, each year. Jack Harrower carefully skims the cream from the year's exploitation stunts and puts them into a compact compendium. The chief valua of thia_j3 the dropping of the chatC and concentration on the kernel. But the same thing can be done with an invoice book and a bottle of . paste, and the greater value of either. Year Book or scrap book Is that reading the various stunts for one which will fit puts the exhib- itor Into an exploltationary frame of mind. Usually the poorest advertiser Is the man who loftily declares that he thinks up his own stunts and does not use second-hand material. Most of the second-hand stuff Is better than any one Individual can think up, since It represents the achievements of a small army of hustlers. And a stunt is new to a town until It has been used there. Get all of the best ideas between covers, and in a year or two the result will be a volume which will give more and better ideas than even a home office staff can figure out. Many of the best ideas come from the small towns, where they have to hustle or, starve. Don't de- spise the source. 'Sequoia' in Oklahoma Oklahoma City. All school principals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county, and 'adjoin- ing counties were contacted by Frank McCabe, manager of the Cri- terion theatre, with request to take part in the national essay contest on 'Sequoia,' MGM's premiere picture, which was to be shown at the Criterion. A preview was given and invita- tions to the Governor, Mayor,, heads of the Boy Scouts, members of va- rious women's clubs and menlbers of the State Legislature were sent 2,000 special letters and W. U. and Postal telegrams to various oi-ganl zations. Two large fur shops tied up with display of coats and wild animal Bklns, together with stills. Radio forecasts and liberal news- paper advertising helped to bring in the big results obtained. Boston on the Job Boston. Loew'a Boston publicity depart- ment Boston had two ready for April Fool's Day. At the Orpheum Angus and Searle, twin boys and twin girls, married to each other. Co-opera- tion from a Boston critic brought forth a Sunday feature, keyed to the April Fool Idea In which the two sets of twins were featured, with photos. Tying in with a coming film ('Naughty Marietta') at . the Loew State the publicity boys distributed small envelopes to passersby on the streets of Boston. Copy on envelope read: 'We wouldn't fool you today — April Fool's Day— or any other day. Look Inside!' Enclosed was a plug for. the film, mentioning theatre aind playdatCi Paramount and Fenway theatres, Boston, took advantage of a major wrestling match at the Boston Gar- den to sell 'McFadden's Flats.' Be- cause the featured wrestler was a popular Irish boy; and because most of the audience (20,000) were Irish from Greater Boston, the publicitj department figured it logical to call attention to the picture with the Irish theme. Heralds listing bouts of the eve- ning, also called attention to the coming show at the two theatres with this copy: 'If you think you're going to see a battle tonight, wait till you see the battle royal of the Kellys . vs. the McTavIshes In 'McFadden's Plats' at the Para- mount and Fenway theatres. Real live wire has been getting plenty of advertising out of a couple of false rooms he built in his large mezzaillne. Works it under the guise of a home sprucing campaign. Plenty of space, so the rooms are the size of an average parlor, dining room and kitchen. Each has been completely fitted by locals, the electrician, paper hanger, furniture store, house fur- nishing shop and some scattered shops such as a refrigerator agency. A Jeweler wanted to supply the flat- wear but the furnishing store kicked, which cut him out. The stores got together and printed a neat four-pager naming the various cooperators and what they supplied, which does away with signs which might detract from the appearance of the outfit. Theatre advertises its House Beautiful display, but most of the advertising I3 done by the mer- chants, who are using the news- papers, distributed matter and form letters, the latter chiefly going to the rural addresses. It's all being handled like a circus, with gift tickets to visitors and the news- paper plugging hard in consldera- tlon-of-the-extra-advertlsl-irg.-includ--- Ing two double trucks. Basis of the idea is that noW the corner has been turned things can be done to brighten up the home and thus still further help the re- turning prosperity to advance. Where the theatre space is too limited, there is nothing to prevent a vacant store fltup provided by the merchants, but sponsored by the theatre. This affords a chance tti ■ B6t np &n information bureau about the theatre's coming films. Theatre Bells tickets to merchants at half cost to be. given hot prospects, but limits the number thus obtainable. Popeye Clubs Popeye clubs are being promoted throughout the country following experiment with Idea at the Ames Hioatre, Portland, on suggestion of inrank Clark, Par's branch manager there. In addition to newspaper campaign, Idea calls for distribu- tion of member.ship cards and pipes iiKe those Popeye uses to the kids. Just a Suggestion Much of the talk about poor press books is merely the voicing of per- sonal objections to certain parts which do not fit into the objector's scheme of things, but a list recently submitted seems to be worth study by home office editors. They are things really needed. At least one set of 40 screen news- paper cuts for the cheaper papers in addition to the usual 60 screen cut material which "will work on better paper. Such cuts to be speci- fically labeled 'For use on cheaper paper.' At least one set of 1, 2 and 3 col. cuts sufficiently narrow to work within a border, say 11, 23 and 35 ems wide respectively. A short one and two col. cut with an unfinished bottom to permit it to be used for dual billing. Clear lettering for star and title, which does not obtrude on the face of the portrait cut where one is used. Modesty in the use of the pro- ducer credit. The exhibitor wants to advertise the picture rather than the maker. Author and producer credits only where these have a definite cash value. - Tha t-l3n'tnftll-6f-r trbut~ lt~w llirgo a Tarie way toward creating a bet- ter feeling between the small ex- hibitor and the press books. For Bridgers This one sounds new. It is re- ported by Metro from the Strand, Oswego, on 'Sequoia.' Theatre got hold of a list of bridge parties for three days prior to the opening, and a wire was sent to each hostess. Wires read: 'It Is our pleasure to give you an additional prize, two guest tickets to . see 'Sequoia' at„ the Strand, which we think is the finest picture ever made. We sincerely hope that the winner eiijoys the entertainment as they did winning your- prize. Please present this telegraim at the ticket window for admittance.' The opening is a little bit too regal, 'It is our pleasure' sounds more snooty than intended. 'May we be permitted' would sound much better. Otherwise the idea is sound and is applicable to most features. B._L. Darrow, Metro explolteer, worlliQ with W. Powers, manager on the stunts which covered tele- phone notification to all subsorlbers, distribution of 2,000 school note pads to students, the Hays office manual to all teachers, a ballyhoo truck and posting a 30 -mile radius. • Good for Fhotog. Sydney. Fox Film Corp. is offering, in con- Junction with a local newspaper, a prize of $500 for an Australian child double of Shirley Temple. The 'double' gag is being worked as a boost for 'Bright Eyes,' due for a season on the G. T. chain next week. Since the day competition opened local photographers have been kept busy night and day to cope with the rush of fond mothers to have their offspring make the grade. And in these hard times 500 smackers is quite a nice slice of dough. Lobby Fiuger Printing Los Angeles. Finger print paraphernalia, photographic machines and BertU- lon Identification records have been Installed in the forecourt of the Egyptian by Harry Sugarman, through the co-operation of the government which is conducting an anti-crime finger printing cam- paign. Patrons and passersby who wish to have their finger prints sent to Washington can do so. BEHIND ihe KEYS Wellsburg, W. Va. Charles A. Anderson, head of the Alpine theatre circuit, has taken over the Strand and given the name of the company to the newly ac- quired house. Physician Copy Dick Wright, district manager for the Warner theatres around Cleveland, has been doing some capital institutional copy for the in- dividual houses. He sends in his latest; a small four- pager which various houses are sending to their lists of practitioners. It not only appeals to the medicos, but it does away with paging phy- sicians. May not appeal to the self advertiser who likes to show he's in demand, but it will reach the rest. Copy is so good it is given com- plete to . save others the trouble of writing for a sample. 'A Rest Cure for Physicians!' 'How many times have you felt the need for a few hours of relaxa- tion? Haven't you often wished for a place you might go to forget some of your cares? Many members of Akron's medical profession are availing themselves of the opportu- nity of attending the Strand theatre and enjoying our programs In com- plete comfort, - ^Wb" 'lTavc~a — □ntquB~Physicta«a' Service which Includes a personal check 'of exactly where you are seated 50 that you may be reached by telephone from the moment you enter the theatre. 'Our attendant In charge of the check room will register your name — seat location — and the time you enter the theatre so that you can feel perfectly free and at ease to enjoy the show, knowing that you can bo. -notified. -Immediately If- a telephone call comes for you either from your honxe, office or hospital. 'Why not plan a few hours of re- laxation? Bring your family and friends to tho' Strand foi' an eve- ning of enjrvmpnt and entertain- ment.' Lincoln. Harold Schoonover, manager of the Mazda, Aurora, Neb.« has opened another houso In Aurora and is conducting a contest to select a name for it. Russell E. Johnson, Palmer, Neb., is opening the Palmer theatre. The Grand, Cenftral States newly equipped house in Norfolk, Neb,, was opened this week. Robert Freed bought the Dream- land in Wakefield, Neb., from O. O. Shannon and opened the house. He's the son of Mrs. Marie Ft-eed who has the Pender, Pender, Neb. "Varsity here will continue to operate with double .features which commits the L. L. Dent holdings in this town to 100% duals. The Klva adopted the two featuring about six weeks ago. Thursday for special confab on pic- tures and bookings. Result is that vaude is out of Tork and Lancaster except Satur- days for balance of season. Policy of Saturday stage shows to be con- tinued! however. Wilmington, Del. Dwight Van Meter, manager of the Aldine here for several months, moved to Reading, Pa., to manage Astor. Both W.B. houses. Charlotte, N. C, Work will start next week on the new ^75,000 Bamford-Publix theatre at Ashevllle, Carl Bamford an- nounces. Oil City, Pa. Negotiations whereby the man agement of all three Oil City theatres may be combined are in progress and are expected' to be completed shortly. The arrange ment will put the Drake Lyric and Latonla theatres under the Joint .pianagement-of-Hv-L. Stahl-and-M •Marks; ■ Sidney, O, Robert Momm, manager of the Warner Bros, Sherman at Chilli cothe O., has been transferred here as manager of the Ohio, Ray Alii son, former manager of the local house has been moved to Chilli cothe to replace Momm. San Bernardino, Cal. Leavltt and Reese have reopened the Colonial aiid will show Spanish films whenever available. Leavltt also operates'the El Mlro at Santa Monica. Seattle. Sterling Theatres (John Danz) has leased the old Pantages and is opening a vaude-fllm policy with the house named the New Rex. N. Allerman, manager at the State, is also New Rex manager. Galveston. G. K. Jorgensen, veteran carnival man, now proprietor of Crystal Palace bath house here, building night club at Tremont and Q to re- place Crystal Palace hotel which was destroyed by fire earlier in .year. — ■- E. E, Collins, city manager for Interstate at Houston, announces plans for new de luxe neighborhood house on North Main to cost $50,000. Arrangements for Immediate con- struction of new brick and tile building to house Idle Hour 'Thea- tre at Hempstead announced__by- E. D. Soraby; owner. Roy Wright and A. R. Mllentz, operators, have leased for next five years, . Will be 500 capacity. . .Tough Upstate • Things are getting so tough in the Albany, sector that a house hais been warned not to try to form a Icid club for Saturdays, because the .scheme includes the giving of a few simple prizes. Bronx. Jack Blum, formerly In this bor- ough for Loew In charge of the Freeman theatre, has- returnod>''to the community as man&ger Of Loow's Boston Road. Freeman now operated by Abraham Leff. \ York, Pa. A, J. Vannl, Warner Bros, zone manager out of Philadelphia in cliarge of fut-of-town theatres, Tlarry Goldberg, publicity advertis- ing flirpctor and Charles Dodlc, booker for the same group . here Albany, Moe Silver, district manager for Warner Brothers theatres, has been recommended as a member of the Albany Code Grievance board. Westerner Comes East The old combination book gag, which had a big play in the middle west a yejir or two ago, has been a long time getting east, but it hit Albany recently and thousands of books are being sold by the Greater Albany Advertisers. Book sells for a dollar and proffers an ostensible value of 129.86. Catch is that It's in service and not in actual goods, and limited in its use. There are, for example, coupons good for six games of bowls, at 20c a game, but only one coupon Is ■ac- cepted any one day, and presumption Is that the player is not doing a solo. There is a ticket for one fiy- Ing lesson valued at $5, but one les- son will not take the student very far and is generally given on the giround. The . same applies to a single dancing lesson. The theatre end is represented by a block of six tickets, each valued at 16c, and serving as a two-for- one. House Is the Regent, a theatre which recently changed hands and Is badly lu need of rebuilding. Prob- ably figured that the buildup value Is of importance. Theatre also gets ■ ihe inside cover page for an ad, which Is more than the ^ther co- operators are given. Outfit consists of a one auto lub- rication, the six tickets, one finger^ wave, 4 auto tube repairs, the bowl- ing games, six half -hours t»f bil- liards, a pair of ladies top lifts for shoes, eight battery rentals of one day each, an auto vacuum cleaning for upholstery, one car driving les- son, 3 greens fees, two shampoos, one car tuneup, one watch cleaning, one auto top dressing, one dancing lesson, pressing six pairs of trousers and one. electrical checkup. Accord- ing to reports several thousand books have been sold. If the idea spreads it's liable to become a nuisance. Sioux City, Two changes in the executive personnel of the Capitol. Bernard Ryan transferred from the position of advertising director to that of assistant manager, succeeding Don Shane, John I. Oxford has been appointed advertising director. Newark. In the Warner outfit Edward Bat- Ian^ has r e placed Andrew Goldberg 3it_tMIRsgsnt._J..erry Hoae^Jt-thfiT Lincoln, Union City, has gone in for Henry Silverman at the Fabian, Ho- boken. Rose's place has been taken by L. Haley, formerly chief of ser- vice. Lincoln. Decision to put dual bills in the Orpheum on the first halves to build up the biz came this week from J. H, Cooper. This is the fourth spot to go dual in the last two months. Cooper also made the first lop in prices when he cut the straight 25c. tag at the Lincoln to 20c, for mats. West Point, Ga. L. J, Duncan building new 750- seater here; also operates three other houses In Alabama. RCA sound. Gettysburg, Pa, Strand, dark for several months, leased to Warner Bros. Will oper- ate only Saturdays with all west- erns. Addition of this house gives WB full control of this college town. Now Orleans, Henry Lazarus elected president Allied Theatre Owners at annual jneetlng—C Monday).^ Other-oilCfirB,- Harry S. McLeod and Joseph Alsina, v.p.'s; Henry Schulman, sec; Philip Sllman, chairman board directors, composed of Lazarus, McLeod, R. J, Burnet, A, E. Groaz, John Alsina, Joseph A, Barcelona, Frank Rufllno, D. L. Suddath and J._ A. Dlcharry. Boston. Majestic, Boston, operating under straight. .fornlgn..fl!rn..p.olioy..for jjast five and a half weeks, folded. House leased from Shuberts by same com- pany operating the Cameo, N. T., goes (lark for second, time since .Shuberts • relinquished ' it as luglt house. Jackson. For the first time Jack.son and several other clUan In MisslaslpDl have adopted daylight saving time. Jackson pa.s.sed It" last wcfk; and Meridian, Hfcond largOHt cltv In \h" Htatt, is to oct on It (h\n -wcoU. Sovf-ral of tlip small \,'ht' gave .Shea's TTipp an cxcf-U Ifnt Tirc.'ilr In exploitation. Co- (iI>"i"M Tvi- ]>:w-.( i>f advcrl.slnnr on llio 'i''i!i.*'h \>'('(l(ljii!;' fi');-!" v:crQ (P')iii iiiiK-il iin imgo C'A) 22 VARIETY Wednesday; April % 1935 ' 5 /'"^ I LOS ilN6ELES (Parainount]-Best bttslms lfl months. ^^^ M (Colony)-Standoiit business to terrific irossos, WHEEUN6 (Rex)- x',^ \ ^ V* <-<^f- >fv^^^ A---- iiiiiiii . i ' .ol ' - - , , -0 ; ^^^^ ~" '^mm Box^lce record despite strong opposition. KANSAS Glint (Newnian)-Best In months. BOSTON (Metropolitan)- Business exceeds VING Wraei. HOUSTON (MM- YOU THI Best opening in months; weeic end WITH MRSitlonil. SI PML (RiTlin) -X ,,v ^--W f~'i • - ■ ■'.■.wj.'AAA^jiAw.Wj;'^;! eflast two years. DES MOINES MISSISSIPPI (Oes Moines)- Second best Msloess sinee New Ten MINNEAPOUS (State)^Openln^ sinee openlnEweelc . . . AND 'THAT'S THE ^MISSISSIPPI" BOX-OFFICE MELODY EVERYWHERE! Vctbicsdtiy, 3, 1935 i* I C T II II E S Harold Auf en '""iti, .w n y c Autumn Crocuir. (Brltteh)^ Chamlhs Aim from Anttiony piay with , . appeal, Dir. Baoll Deaiu 70 mlns. ReL 00^16. ft^^ *'*1SaSSr^gg^r^^ : Dir. Basli liean, 70 Ckettcrfield o""" ^f^*y!^*^;^i\^ Clrcuihttantlal Evidence. A mystei^ asklnr doM Woumstantiai AviA -^.n ' ""^t"' O'd actrefls irnpersonat'ea aunt of a wealthy family .0 «!j_j;««*,jP™^ oh the. tuba flsherie^ . /*»™vBoyd,Xola Xiane. T51r^ Frank Strayer. R6I; 0^ " • op. ?w,A„*f?^^ greateBt single force lii: the world today. Sens ^ St4«U_ ^new dOT oMathers and soiie; :CharJea Stcrfett:; Win: Hakewell; Polfy Ann Tounifii DIr, Charlea Lainont,. 64 mlnsf KSioil^^w:- ' W mfns. Rcl. JaSf ^ — Brent, qharleB JTudels. Dir.. Frank Strayer. -''*^^Vl!i.r^iiZfnii ^^ii^ agalnBt' ther world- alone/ yWlan-TobW ■Revr M^c^ li: Moore. Pir/ Charles I^mont/ 60 mlns. Rel; Nov. ll Columbia: oimcei, Tizo.Sevehth Ave., . New York, N. Y;; tfi(UdlaVQdw«r 41 sunset, ... Hollywood, Cal. ^■■'"JiJJl? o*^' Gangster miiup with an ambulance cr^w. • John Macfc '^Aprll^'^-^^"*"'^' Tala mrell and WHfey i^^^ i)lp. ;Al Rogell; Rel. ^*'*'"^«llhf,^i^'o^o\^''n^^^^^ Jjan smokes out a master mind; Norman Foster, .Donald Cook, Sheila Manners. Dir. Xambert Hlllyeiv 70 mlna. ' xtei. Jan. .isu.-.- Kev." « en. .'■ ■ Beet- Man .Wins, The. Edmiind Lowe, Jack-Holt In a familiar outline. Flor. » ence Rico as the girl. Dlr, Earle Kenton. 76 ihlns. Rel. Jan. 6. Rev. , , 'Jan.' o. . Broadway Bill. Race track story based on one of Mark HelHnger's yttriis. Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter. Dir. Frank Cipra, 90 mine. Rel; Ddo. . ■. ■ - 8. ; .Rey.' Deo. 4. " Call to^ Arms. Wlllard Mack. Shdia kannors, Esther Ra;iBt6n. Dir. WlUard Mack. Rel. Jan. 12. .. Carnival; Carnival story of a roan's search for a mother for bis chil caniorahip,. ainca pieturaa ara- ravibw4d only In aotual thoatra ahpwjriBS. Whlla avary-affort- 1* mada to hold thia liat. aocurata; thii ihfbrmatidh auppliad^^may. nort ailwaya ba.eorraetit; avah thbush pfRoial. -To oburn tha f ulraat^ daflraa of aooyracjri *y'arraty? will appropiaita tha. Po-oparatipn-ef all manajibra who iriay neta diaorapii^ 'inciaa;''.. , .rATJrii-18. I,,...... ..... Hot Newa. . Richard Cromwell, BllUe Seward and Wallace Ford. Dir. Lambert Hiuyer. Rel. April 2B. i'll Love Yoii Always. A love, that: could not be crushed biy adversity: Nancy ' Carroll, Geo. Murphy. Dir. Leo Bulgakov. 68 mlns. Rel. March 20. In Spite of Danger. Auto racer goes liito the trucking business. Wallace •Ford, Marian Marsh. Dir. Lambert HlUyer.. 66. mlns. Bel.' March 8. ' after she h«a f2^2I?J?v andj^ls^applly married to a sea-faring mail. Lola Lane' Su (screen) Boyd, George Marlon. Edward Gargan, . ■ " Redhead. Romahce^of a disowned playboy soii and ah artist's model With a ; "^^i^^^ ch,;^**^??^!^^ Mudies; Burbank, Cailt. First National '^'^••'^'i^l^fjj^ V. Qentlemen Are .Born. ^Pour college, boys batUo the world. Franchot :Toiie, ' Jl^l^^'feeL^vPlT^e^!^^^ «oid Diggers ^ 1935. v jMck PowelU ■ Adojphe AlehJou. GlMla Stuart. Allca ^^^y mi«ra. *;vrttii^ Llvlna.en Velvet-^^hoct craicad. aviator naarries a-^ s^^ Km i^ncla.' Mary Janets Pa. Guy Wbbee, Aline McMahoh^ Dir. Wrt. Keighley. kel. . . • . -wov. z.. .Rev. . March 6, . . "*'^6^!^l^^^2.^&^Fis*il^"^^ v'''■''S^ii''^*^?'^^^'*^ ;i^l»iTalbpt.7:Ann Dvorak; I>lr; to; Roaw Lodermah; if : mlns. ..■■Rel.:.Dec: .16,.--.Revi;,.Jan...-'.l.\ ■• . - 'l*°\*'Veb*'l6^ ^ Red Hot Fires. : Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor. Dir. D. Rosa Lederman. Rel. Feb. t. 'Traveling Salealady, . The. One. of those Joah Blbhdell-GIenda Farrell Toinps. : . , Dir. Ray BnrlghL Rel, April 6. ' . . While .the Patient iiept. Mystery In a millionaire's mansion. Guy Klbbee. Alme^ McMahon. Dlr; Ray Enrlght. 66 mlnsi Rel; March ,9. Bev. . Marcn. y. ■ ■. \ Woman In Red.^ Young Wife fa:cea scandaL.to uve a iman-from-cbiivictioh of murder. Barbara : Stanwyck. Gene Raymond. Genevieve Tobln. Dir. Robt. Florey* 68 mlns. Rel. Feb. 16. . Rev. March 27. Fox bhlcesi 444 West eeth Bt. Naw York. N Y. Dir. , Raihllton' MacFaddQD. :^_MllUL.«f-*he:Bod8_Ihdustrlal-story of the depression. ' May Robson, Fay Wray Victor Jor^. Dir. Roy W.rNelll. 67 mlns. Rel. Dec. 16. RevrJan. 22, Party Vy Ire. Victor Joy and Jean Arthur. Dir. Erie Kenton. Rel. April 27. , Prescott Kld( the. McCoy wosterii. Sheila Mannors. Dir. David Selman 66 mlns. Rel. Nov. .8. Revenge Rjder, The. ' Tlrn McCoy western; Dir.. David Selman. 67 mine. ■ .Rel. March .18. ; Square ^hooter. Tim M6Coy, Jacqueline Wells in a Weitern. ' Dir. David . Selman, 67 mlns. Rel. Jan, 21. Stranger in His House. Orphan curse the Jinx in a racing stable. Jack Holt. . Mona Barrle, Jackie Searle. Dir. Phil Rosen; Rel. March 29. Swell Head. Baseball comedy. Wallace Ford, Dickie Moore, Barbara Kent. Dir. Ben Stoloff. Rel. Apr, 8. Westerner, The. Tim McCoy, Marlon Shilling. • Dir. David Selman, 67 mlns Rel. Dec. 10, '^V.... ■ White Lies. . Rich society girl falls for the big, brave cop. Walter Conolly, Fay Wray, Victor Jory, Dir. Leo Bulgakov. 63 mlns. Re), Nov. 27. Rev, Jan. 1. ^ . ..' -j' :':. Whole Town's Talking, The. Robinson in a dual role as a Wilier and a pacifist ■ who resembles him; Edw. G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Dir. John Ford. 95 mlns. Rel. Feb. 18. Rev. March C; . . . ; • V riiiWnrlfl Office: 729 Seventh Ave,, MUWOriO New York, N.Y, Beast of Borneo. Melodrama and animals. John Preston, Mary Stuart 70 mlns. Rel. July 15. ■ •' ■,- ■ ; Blue Light. (Austrian and Italian.) Mountain romance among Italian Dolo- . ■ mites. Directed and starring Lenl Rlefenstahl, Rel. Sept. 16, , Cralnquebiiie (Fr). Drama from Anatole France yarn. Dir. Jasqude de Baron- ceiil. 80 mlns. Bel Dec. 1. : v: ' : < Qlrl In the Case, , Comedy In the .Continental manner, Jimmy Save, iSddle . Lambert, Dorothy Darling, Dir. Eugene Frenke. CO mlns. Rel, Oct. 1. 'Kocha,v Lubl,_^Szan uJe: (Polish). . Young love In P^^ music. Dir. April 12. Elinor Norton Claire Trevor. Hugh Williams. 72 mine. Rel. Nov.. 2. Rev. March 6. : First World War, The. Hitherto unreleased vfllm froin the archives of mveral governments. Lawrence Stallings. editor. 78 mlna. ReL Nov. 28, Rev. Ciambilng. .From the George M. Cohan play; Geo. M. Cohan, Wynne CUbson. Dir. Rowland V. Lee. 80 mlns. Rial. Nov. 2, Rev. Dec. 11. Oeprge White's Scandals. Sebond edition of the niusical. Alice Paye, Jaai Dunn, Ned Sparks, Geo, White, Lyda Robertl. Dir. Geo. White. ReL March 16. ... Great Hbtel Mystery. Flagg and Quirt. as detectives. Dir. Eugene Ford; . mlns. Rel. March 1; Rev. March 6. Heaven's Qate. A Shirley Temple story. Jbel McCrea, Rosemary Ames; . Dir. John Robertson, ReL May 3. ^ HelidoradOi Adventure In a ghost town. Richard Arlen, Madge Evans, Ra)pl» Bellamy, Hennr Walthall.. Dir. Jas: Cruzc. 74 mine, ReL Dec. 2L Rev. . : . ■ • :• Jan. 8; ; .' Itfs a;6ma)l World. Spencer Tracy, Wendy Barrle.; Dir.' Irving Cumm I nss. Rel. April 2$. Lifs .Beglns at 40. Based on the Pitkin book^ will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson. . . pin Geo. Marshall,. 79 m^ .. . ... .. l-ittle ColoneL Shirley Tenriple, Llbnci Barrymore. Evelyn Venable, Dir. ■: David Butler; ; 80 inins, , Rel. Feb; 16.. Rev* March 27. Lottery Lover. Naval cadets form love, syndibate. Pat Patcrson, Lew Ayr,ca< Dir. Wm, Thiele. 82 mlns, Rel; Jan. .4. Rev. Feb. 20, Marie Gallante. Done from the hovel of the./samo name; ' Spencer Tracy,- Kettl Galllan, Helen Morgan. Dir. Jlenry King; 88 mlns. Rel.- Oct. 26. Rev.. NOV./27.. . ■ . 'Y::''-.-' Music in the Air. Gloria Swarison, John Boles. : Dir. Joe May. 81 mlns. ReL Dec. 7 -Micha^-Wyzynskl. " 70"n{ihs, Rei; Nov. 1; :l-'Agpn1e ~des Algles (Fr).- Pre-Napoieonic drama; Dir.: Roger Ricliebe, 70 ■ . : mlns. Rel. Dec, 1, ^ ^ .; Man Who Changed His Name (British). An ; old Edgar . Wallace yarn re vlved. Dir. Hienry Edwards. 76 mlns. Rel. Oct. 1, Rev. Oct, 23. Norah_^0'Neaie (British), Irish yarn. Dir. Desmond Hurst. 70 mlns, Rel . . Oct. 16. Rev, Oct; 30, . ' . . Romance fn. Budapest (Hung), . Frahclska GaaL Musical. 70 mlns. Rel - April 16. . Rev. May 15. Tell Tale Heart (British). Edgar Allan Poe thriller. Dir. Desmond Hiirst , 60 mlns. . Rel. June .16. Uev. June 19 : Fir.t Division "N^tf VolS^N. v Releaseo Also Allied, Cnestertleld and Monogram Curtain Falls. .Onertlme famous .actress uses- her. talents In an entirely hovel roie.; : and stages onel final glorious comeback. Henrietta Crosman, 'Dorothy ;Le6, Wm, . Bake 68 mlns. "Ma*ilh '■IJ"^*!:'";*' The famous Gene Stratton Porter classic. Marian rnhfUuA o5'' Morgan-,-. Louise Dresser; Eddie Nugent. Dir. Christy «-at)ann6. 83 mlns, Rel. Nov, 8. , : : ' ^*??'^,K . College life and college romance; Mary Carlisle. Eddie nfn^^L^*l-?'''°" *^Ji*"*y« Arthur Lake, Sterlng Hblloway, Glgl Parrlsh. ^ iJlr, Ray McCarey. Rel, Nov, 17. • . . , — ^o'i!^; 5^nce dlirector and his girl dancing troupe swap contracts on vio ^arls.^and .bring prosperity to a mythical Belgravlan kingdom routines, etc. Romantic- comedy with muBliJ. Guy • «0ocrt.s,on. Irene Ware, Dlr, Leonard Fields. Rel, Nov. 16, . - . Aubrey Smith, 'China Seas,' Metro. Frank Shields, Donald Cook, Ray mond Hatton, Edwai-d Norrls, John- ny Hyams, Leila Mclntyre, Charles Wilson, Ward Bond, 'Murder lii the Fleet,' Metro. Constanc.e , Bergen, Tom I>ugan, Berhadihe Hayes, untitled comedy. Roach. ' ■ . <. : . ■ Harry Lachman, directing 'Sin- cerely Youi-s,' Pox. Benny Rubin, Gertrude Purcell, screen play; Eddie BuSzell, direct ing, untitled feature,. Col. GaVlh Gordon, 'Love Me Forever.' Col. . : . Harry Stockwell, 'Broadway Mel- ody of 1935,' Metro, Al :Rogell, ■ dlrecflrig - 'Uinkhown Woman,' Col. Harold Shumate, screen play; Leo Bulgakov, directing, 'Song of the Damned,' Col, Arthur Kay, musical director; 'Harmony Lane,' Mascot. Bertori . Churchlli, 'Page Misfl Glory,' WB. * William Harrigari, 'Stranded,' WB. Isabellc 'Dawn, Bo|ce : Degan, adapting untitled original, WB. Walter King, Katherine Alex- ander, O; P, Heggie, Jackie Searl, Jane Wlthens; Lew Seller, directing, 'Ginger,' Fox. .. Johnny Downs, 'College Scandal,' Par." ■ • : • James Glcason, dialog, 'Murder in the Fleet,' Metro. Catherine Cotter, Earl Hodgins, Stuart James, Mildred Rogers, Bud Buster, Roger Williams, Ace Kane, Buck Morgan,.. Allen . .Greer; Bob IIllI, directing, 'The Texas Rambler,' Spectrum. . ■ Arthur.: Xreachor, Emily Fitzroy, 'China Seas,' Metro. Sid .Silvers, Hyman Pearson, Jack MacGowan, .screen play, 'Broadway Melody- of- 1935,' Metro. Pauline Lord, Margaret Sullavan, Fred >Stone,- 'So- Red the ROsc,^ Par.. Lumsdcn. Hare, '.Sh6,' Radio. Sam Hardy, Eddie Kane, Harry KcrnCll, ; 'jrooray for Love/" Radio. , LouI.se- lieavcra, 'Annapolis Fare- Well,^ Par. Aiphonxe Ethicr, 'The Crusades,' Par;-. ^ ' ■ . ..: ■■ ■■ Leo kohlrhar, 'Diamond Jim Brady,' U, . • I>ona Andre, Fi'ed Kohier, Bubk . • ■ (Glohtlnued on page'25) Studio: Fox Hills, Hollywood, Cai," : "^"51/* t""'" made by Martin Johnsona. partly from an airplane 71 mlns. Rel. Jan; Rev. Jan. 29. . . ■ - Baby Take a Bow. The Pox child star comes through again. Shirley Tempta. Bachelor or Arts. Fronj .John^Ersklne'a recent h Tom Brown. Henry Walthall, Anita Louise, Dir. Loula King. 74 mlns; Rel. Nov. 23. ' ^''•aht Eyes. The story of two little girls. Shirley 'Temple, Jane DarwelL James Dunn, Judith Alien. Dir. David Butler.^ ^ Rel, Decr 2£ Kev. Dec.'.26. ^^''^'too^!" A? '^''I'l- "^5.® . detective moVes Into lieiw territory.-^ Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Dir. Lewis Seller. 70 mlns. Rel. Feb. 1. • Kev. Jan. 29. y^'"-"pgArB.^Exe.lyn Vejaable;_Kent-Tayloc;— Dir., John^Iystone. 78 mlns.'TRel. Jan. ,11. . Rey. Jan. M. : , . Cowboy Millionaire. George O'Brien western. Dir. Edw. F. Cllne. ReL Mystery Woman. . Heroine, eaves, her. husba Mona- < Barrle, Gilbert Roland. Dir. Eugene Forde. 69 mlns. llel; Jan. 18. < Rev; Jan, 22, One More Spring. Three down and outers In Central Park. Janet Gaynor. Warner Baxter. Dir. Henry King. 87 mlns. Rel. Feb. 8. Rey. Feb, 27. Ten Dollar Raise; Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morloy. Dir. Geo. Mar> . . . shall. Rel. April 5. . : . . ■ ■ ,,. Twenty-four Hours a Day. Claire Trevor,' Gilbert Roland, Dlr, Hamilton Mao-> Fadden. . Rel. Nov. 23. . ■ , Under Pressure. Romance with the sand hogs under the river, Edmund Lowe. Victor McLaglen; Florence Rice, D|r,- Roaul Walsh. . 70 mlns. Rel, Feb; Rev.. Feb, 6. - , When a Man's a Man. From the Harold Bell Wright story, George O'Brien, : Dir. Edw. P. Cllne. 66 mlns. Rcl. Feb. 15. Rev. Feb, 27, White Parade, The. Loretla Young, John BoJce.: Dir. Irving Cuhnniings. . 80 . mlns. Rcl. Nov. 16.. Rev. Novr .1". G-B Office: .1.600 Broadway, ■ New Vork. Chu Chin Chow. Arabian taicfl In muHicai form, Anna May Wong. Frita ' Kortner. Dir. ' Walter Forde. 95 mlnn. Rcl. Sept. 15; Hev. Sept, 26, Evensong. Musical dr.imatlzatloh from the Beverley Nichols novel' Evelyn Laye. Fritz Kortner; Carl Esmond, Alice Delysia, Conclilta Sunervla. Dir. Victor Savlllt. ^el. Nov. 16.; Rev. Nov. 20, Evergreen. Musical ada ptatlon frorn Cochran's Bta:ge production. Jessie . • Matthows.V Sonnle H ile. lietty. Balfour. Carry Madcay. Dir. Victor Sa- ' vlllo. Rel.. Jan.. 3. Rev. Jan. 15. -,. ' ji'on Duke, The. Drama Kisdd on Ciukcr of Wellington at Battle of Waterloo Gcdrge Arliss, Ellallne TcrrlH, Gladys Cooper, A, E, Matthews, Allan Ayhfc.sworth, Dir. Victor Saviilc. Rel,. Jan.- Rey, Jan.. 15. / ' ; . Jack Ahoy. Comedy with song and dance. Jack Hulbert, Nancy ONell. Al- fred Drayton, Dlr, Walter Forde, Rel, Dec, 3. Rev. Feb. 12. t ittle . Friend... Drama Pllbeam. Dir. Uerthold VIertcl. Rel. Oct. 15. Rev. Octi- 553. . : . Man of' Aran, Irl.J. V. Behind the Green Llohtt. Factual story from th«'hnnk «f fho „„„„ &e^r?Xfe'°22^'""^"^«^^-^^^^^^ dUncul ties are clarified with /startling suddenness. Keh iKard Eva- Ijm Knapp, H.Ji. Warner. Kenneth Thomson. Geotge Hayc^ DlnDavW David Howard. 62 mlno. ReL Dea 4. Rev. March 20. Marines Are Comino, The. As Lieut, "Wild Bill' Traylor U S M c th» £f«™?n^.lMt"'?il^'* finds h'niself torn between love for two women until, facing disgrace, he plunges Into a war 'somewhere south of Mexico; and from then on things rush pell-mell toward a gigantic climax. WlllIanrHalnes, Esther Ralston. Conrad Nagel. Armldl: Dlr David Howard. 70 mine. Rel. Dec. 4. Rev. Feb. 27. tittle Men. Jo of Little Women an a school mistress. From Louisa May Al- cotts- story. Ralph Morgan, Erin O'Brien-Moore. Trent Durkln. Dir. Phil Rosen. 77 mlns. Rel. Dec. 2B. Rev. Feb. 20. ■tudloa: Culver City, Calif Metro Oflleaa: 1B40 Broadway. New York. N. Y After Ofnce Houra. Newspaper story. Constance Bennett, Clark Gable. Stuart Erwin. Dir. Robt. Z. Leonard. 73 mlna. Rel. Feb. 22, Rev. March IX Babes In Toyland. Child story, with the Victor Herbert music. Laurel and Hardy, Charlotte Henry. Dir. Gus Mein, Chas. Rogers. 77 mlhs. Rel. XNov. 30. Kev. Dec. 18, Band Plays ^ On, The. Football si ory. Robt. Young, Betty Furness. Dir. Russell Mack. 87 mlns. Rel. Dec, 21. Rev. Deo. 25. BlbBj^Phy of « Bachelor Olrl. lJa.ied on S. N. Berhrman's successful play. . .V-. 'Biography, " . Arm Harding. Robert -Montgomery. Dir. E. H. Griffith. , • 84 mlns. Rel. Jan. 4. Rev. March 6. David Copperfield. Dickens story with an almost perfect cast. W. C. Fields, ■ ^' Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Olllver, Herbert Mundln. Dir. Geo. Cukor. ►^.T/^29 mlna. Rel. Jan. 18. Rev. Jan. 22. Ively'n Prenttce. Dls'xlct attorney's wife saves a girl wrongly accused of her own crime. Wm. Powell, Myma Loy. Dlr, Wm. K. Howard. 78 . mlns. Rel, Nov. 8. Rev. Nov. 13. Fbrsakino All Others. From the ittage play. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robt. Montgomery. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 82 mlns. Rel. Dec. 28. Rev. Jan. 1. Oay Bride, The. From Francis Coe's 'Repeal.' Carole Lombard, Chester Morris. Dir. Jack Conway. 82 mlns. Rel. Dec. 28. Rev. Dec. 18. Naughty Marietta. Victor Herbert's operetta. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddie. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 106 mlns. Rel. March 29. Rev. March 27. Night la Young, The. Royal love for a commoner theme. Ramon Novarro. Evelyn Laye. Dir. Dudley Murphy. 80 mlns. Rel. Jan, 11. Rev, Jan. IB. Painted Veil. Based on the loVel by Somerset Maugham. Greta Garbo. Herbert Marshall. Dir. .Rl'jhard Boleslavsky, 84 mlns. Rel, Nov. 23. Rev. Dec. 11. taquola. Friendship between a deer and a puma with a human romance background. _Jean_Parker, RusselLBardle, -Dir. Chester -l?ranklln. — 79 - -minar Rel. Feb. l. Rev. Feb.' 27. , ' ■ ^ \- shadow of Doubt Murder mystery. Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Bruce, Constanz . Collier. Dir. Geo. B. Seltz, 71 mlns. Rel. Feb. IB. Rev. Feb. 27. 6oclety Doctor. Hospital story. Chester Morris, Virginia Bruce. Robt. Tay lor. Dir. Geo. B. Seltz. 63 mlns. Rel. Jan. 25. Rev. Feb. 6. Times Square Lady. Girl from Iowa bests a crook gang. RobL Taylor, Vir- ginia Bruce. Dir. Geo. B. Seltz. 69 mlns. Rel. March 8. Rev, March 20. Wicked Woman. A story of a faithful mother. Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Chas. Blckford. Dir. Chas. Brabln. 71 mlns. Rel. Dec. 7. Rev. Dec. 18. Winning Ticket, The. Story of a sweeps ticket that was lost and found. Leo Carrlllo, Louise Fazenda, Ted Healy, Dir. Chas. F. Rlesner. 64 mlns, Hel. Feb. 8. Rev. Feb. 12. W. Washington Blvd., MonOgnUn °'S«U";i}^-r Co °ter.''N.'V.C. Dawn Rider, The. John Wayne, Marlon Barns. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. .Qlrl 0' My Dreams. College romance with track team events. Mary Carlisle, Crelghton Chaney, Sterling Holloway, Eddie Nugent, GIGI Parrlsh. 65 mlns. Dir. Ray McCarey. Rel, Nov. 17. Pllrting with Danger. Three buddies play with dynamite and love. Robert Armstrong, WllUam Cagney, Edgar Kennedy, Marlon Burns, Maria Alba. Dir. Phil Rosen. 65 mlns. Rel. Dec. 3. Rev. March 6. Great God Gold, Sidney Blackmer, Martha Sleeper, Gloria Shea, Regis iooiney, John T. Murray, Edward Maxwell. Expose of the receivership racket almost wrecking young romance. Re). April 15. The, From novel by Robert Herrlck. Dir. Reginald Barker, Ralph Bellamy, Karen Morley, Mickey Rooney, Judith Allen, Robert McWade, J. Farrell MacDonald. Hootler. Schcolmaeter, The. Norman Foster, Claudette Henry, Otis Harlan, LoiUs V. Morig, Dir. Lew L. Collins. Famous classic by Edward ■ Eggleston. King Kttiiy of U, S. A. Guy Robertson, Irene Ware, 66 mlna ReL SepL 16. Rev.^ec. 1 8; — — Lawless Frontier (Lone Star). John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Dlr, IL N. Brad bury. 54 mlns. Rel, Nov. 22. Rev. Jan. 22. l-ost In the Stratosphere. Romance of two members of air patrol amid scl- entlflo experiments. June Collyer, William Cagney, Eddie Nugent, 64 mlns. Rel. Nov, 16. Rev. March 6. Million Dollar Baby. Fond patents try to palm over their little boy as another gin movie find to win fame and riches. Arllne Judge, Ray Walker. Jimmy Fay, George E. Scone. Rel. Dec. 29. Moiite Carlo NIghta.' Innocent suspect traps his man at famous casino and wins the girl. Mary Brian, John Darrov*. 62 mlns. Rel, May 20. Mysterioue Mr. Wong. Story of the twelve coins of Confucius. Arllne Judge. Bela LugoSl, Wallace Ford. 68 mlns. Rel. Dec. 22. Rev. March 13. Mystery Man, The'. Chicago reporter, stranded In 'St. Louis, makes good. Robert Armstrong, Maxlne Doyle. 61 mlns. Rel. April 25. Rev. March 27. ■ 'Neath Arizona Skies. ■ (Lone Star). John Wayne, Sheila Terry. ■ 62 mlns. Hel. Deo. 22. Rev. March 20. Paradise Ranch. John Wayne, Marlon Burns. Movie-struck family takes hus- bands all to crash Hollywood, with hilarious results. Wallace Ford. 65 rnln.s Rel. March 25, Rainbov/ Valley. (Lone Star). John Wayne, Lucille Brown.. Reckless Romeos. Comedy adventures of two hard-boiled egge who are afraid of nothing but each other. Robert Armstrong,- William Cagney. Red Headr Boy and girl work out their social salvation In a lunch wagon. Bruce Cabot, Grace Bradeley. Dir. Melville Brown. 77 mlns. Hel. ^'ov. 1. Iicv, Nov. 20. . S'"9-Siiig Nights.' Three men accused of murdering tlie .same man tell clr- funistaucoa Which are checked by lie detector, proving two are Innocent. Hardie Albright, Boots Mallory, Jameson Thomas, Conway Tearle, Ferdinand Gpttschalk. (Note: Teazle stars). 60 mlna. Rel. Dec. 16. _ Hev. Jan. 29. Texas Terror. John Wayne. A Lone Star Western. Trail Beyond, In tha. John Wayne, Vema Hillle. 66 mlns. Rel. Oct 22. Women Muet Dress. Intricate ways of fashion salon people almost causing young romance of daughter to end In disaster. Minna Gombell, Gavin Gordon, Suzanne Kaaren, Robert Light and Monogram contest winners. '76>2 mins. Rel. Jan. 2. Paramount Otfleea: 1S01 Broadway, New York. N. V Studios: 5861 Maratnon St., Hollywood, Calif All the King's Horses. Zenda typo story with a picture star replacing a king of a mythical kingdom. Carl Brlsson, Mary Ellis. Dir. Frank Tuttle.. 75 mlns. Rel. Feb. 15. Rev. March 13. Behold My Wife. Sylvia Sidney as an Indian girl. Sylvia Sidney, Gene Ray- mond. Dir. Dave Leisen. 79 mlns. Rel. Dec, 7. Rev. Feb. 20. Caprice Espagnel. Romance of a Spanish dancer. Marlene Dietrich, Caesar Romero, Lionel Atwlll. Dir. Josef Von Sternberg. Rel. Mar. 16. Car 99, Based on the exploits of the Michigan state radio police. Fred Mac- Murray, Sir Guy Standing, Ann Sheridan, Dir. Chas. Barton, 60 mlns. Rel. Mar. 1, Rev, Feb. 27. College Rhythm, Musical type story. Joe Pehner, Lanny Ross, Jack Oakle, Lyda Robert!. Dir. Norman Taurog. 75 mins. Rel. Nov. 23. Rev. Nov. 27. Enter Madame. From the stage play of a temperamental star. Ellssa Landl, Cary Grant. Dir. Elliott Nugent. 81 mins. ReL Jan, 4. Rev. Jan. IB. Father Brown, Detective. New type of mystery story, Paul Lukas. Gertrude Michael. Dir. Edw. Sedgwick. Rel. Dec. .Gilded Lily. The. Modest business girl Is catapulted to fame through a mis- understood romance with a nobleman. ..Claudetto Colbert, Fred 'Mac- Murray. -Dir. Wesley Ruggles. ^5 mlns. Rei: Jan. 25. Rev. Feb. 12. Hera Is My Heart. Musical. BIng Crosby. Kitty Carlisle. Dir. Frank Tuttle. 76 mms. Rel. Dec. 28. Rev. Dec. 6. Home on the Range. Western. Randolph Scott, Jackie Coogan. ISvelyn BrenL Dir. Jacpbsen. 54 mlns. Rel. Dec. 21. Rey,: Feb, 12. It'e ■ Gift.. Fields buys an orange grove. W. C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Jean Roueveral. Dir. Norman McLead. 67 mlns. Rel. Noy. 30. Rev. Jan. 8. Limehouae Blues. Story of the London CHilnatown. Geo. Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong. Dir. Alex HalL 63 mlns. Rel. Nov. 9. Rev. Dec. 18. Llvea of a Bengal Lancer. Adventure In an Indian regiment. Gary Cooper, Cavanagh, Henrietta Grossman. Dir. Ralph Murphy. 68 mlns. Rel. Dec. 14. Lov« In Bloom.. Country boy and city girl Anally make a match! Carnival >■ sidelfghts. Joe Morrison, Dixie Lee, Bums and Allen. Dir. Elliott Nugent. ReL Mar. IB, McFaddeh'a Flats. From the Gus Hill farce. Walter C. Kelly, Andy Clyde, Jane DarwelL Dir. Ralph Murphy, 66 mlns,' Rel. March 22. Rev. March 13. „ Mlaalsalppl. Showboat story by Booth Tarklngton. Blng Crosby, Wl C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenle Smith. Die Edw. A. Sutherland. Rel. Mar. 8. One Hour Late. Joe Morrison. Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Nagel, Dlr, Ralph Murphy. Rel. Dec. 14, President Vaniahes, The. From current sensational novel of same title. Arthur Byron, Janet Beecher, Paul Kelly. Dlr, Wm, A. Wellman. 80 mlna. Rel. Jan, 11. Rev. Dec. 11, Pursuit of Happinesi, The. From the stage play about bundling. Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer. Dir. Alex Hall. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. 16. Rev. Nov. 10, . ' •. ' Rocky Mountain Mystery. Western mystery story by Zane Grey. Randolph Scott, Chic Sale, Kathleen Burke, Mrs. Leslie Carter. Dir. Chas. Barton. Rel. Feb, 1. Ruggles ef Red Gap. Harry Leon Wilson's story of a butler won in a bridge game. Chas. Laughton. TMary Boland, Chas. Ruggles, Dlr, Leo Mc- Carey. 90 mlns. Rel. Feb. 22. Rev. March 13. Rumba. Society girl and New York boy meet In Havana. Geo. Raft. Carole Lombard, Margo. Dir. Marlon Gerlng. 71 mins. Rel. Feb. 8. Rev. Feb. 27. ... Stolen Harmony. .Adventures with Ben Bernle's band. Geo. Raft, Ben Bernle, Grace Bradley. Dir. Alfred Werker. Rel. Mar. 29. Wings In the Dark. Air thriller with a rescue by a blinded aviator. Myma LojfL.Cary Grant. Dir. Jae. Flood. - Rel.-Feb. 1. Rev. Feb, 6, - - Studio Placements Principal Office: 1270 Sixth Ave.. New York. N. V. Chandu on the Magic Island. Mystery— sequel to Return of Chandu. Bela Logosi, Clara Kimball IToung, Dean Benton, Phyllis Ludwig. Seven reels. Return of Chandu, The. Mystery story. Bela Lugosi, Clara Kimball Toung, Dean Benton, Phyllis Ludwig. Seven-reel feature, followed by eight two-reel serial episodes. Rel, Oct, •titdles: Hollywood, R IT H RafliA Office: R.K,0, Sldg., Calif. IV.IV.V/. ivaaiO r.^io city. N.Y.C Anne, of Qreen Qablea. The story involves the adoption, life and development of Anne, an orphan, at Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, Helen Westley, O, P. Heggle. Sara Haden. Dir. George . Nichols Jr. 80 mlns. Rel. Nov. 23. Rev. Dec. 25. Becky Sharp. The story of a woman who wrecked the lives of all the men who loved her, Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, Frances Dee, Sir Cedric Hardwick, Hiflgel Brjice,^Uson-i3kIpworth. —lju Reuben. MamouUan,- ReL May 17; Break of Hearts. Two temperamental musicians discover, skitter almost Wreck- ing their lives, that love Is most important thing. Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer. John Beal, Jean Hersbolt Dir. Philip Moeller. Rel. May 31. By Your Leave. An American couple Just entering into middle life take a short vacation away from each other, only to return secretly, relieved that It is all over. Frank Morgan, Cienevieve Tobin, Nell Hamilton, Marian Nixon, Glenn Anders, Gene Lockhart. Dir. Lloyd Corrlgan. 82 mlns. Rel. Nov. 9. Rev. Jan. 1. Captain Hurricane. A story of Cape Cod and its people. James Barton, Helen Westley, Helen Mack. Dir. John Robertson. Rel. Mar. 1. Chasing Yesterday. A kindly professor befriends a lonely orphan and then finds happiness which ho had been searching for all his life. Anne Shirley, O. P. Heggle, Helen Westley, Elizabeth Patterson, John Qualcn, Trent Durkln, Etlenne Glrardot, Dorla Lloyd, Hilda Vaughn. Dir. George Nichols, Jr,,JBe»r'Aprll 12. Dog of FlanderC^A poor Flemish boy who befriends a shepherd dog is given a change to develop hia talents and become a famous arti.it. Frankle Thomas, O. P; Heggle, Helen Parish, 'Lightning.' Dir. Edward Sloman. Rel. March 22. Enchanted April. Under the enchantment of Italian sunshine, and a romentlc medieval castle, love comes to four unhappy English women. Ann Harding, Frank Morgan, Katharine Alexander, Reginald Owen, Jane Baxter. Dir. Harry Beaumont. 66 mlns. Rel. .Ian. 25. Rev. March 13. Fountain, The. Ifrom the Chas. Morgan novel Ann Harding. Brian Ahern, Paul Lukas. Dir. John Cromwell. 85 mlns. Rel. Aug. 31. Rev. Sept. 3. GlDolette. A society beauty who loses all her money and becomes a Ijosteas In a night club. Adrlenne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, Robert Armstrong. Dir. Charles Lament. Rel. Feb. 15. Grand Old Girl. Glorifying the American school teacher. May Rolwjon, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray. Alan Hale. Dir. by John Robertson. Rel. Jan. 18. 71'/4 mlns. Rcl.- Jan.- 18. Kev. March 6. - Informer, The. A story of the Irish revolution. Victor McLagien, Preston Foster, Heath er Angel. W aimcj^JForg Jiia_0-'-Conxior^argot--Grahamer- ■ - --Dir.- JohiTFord. Hel. May "21. Kentucky Kernels. A pair of out-of-work vaudevilUans adopt a small boy who turns out to be heir to a large Kentucky estate which Is Involved In a feud with a neighboring estate. Bert Wheeler, Robert WooJscy, Mary Carlisle, Spanky McFarland, Noah Beery. Dir. George Stevens. 75 mins. ReL Nov. 2. Rev. Jan. 8. Laddie. The younger sister in the Stanton family helps her brother, Laddl-. Hf:i. Feb. 22. Rev. March 6. People's Enemy, The. A <;orivii-t l>reaks Jail In order to seek revenge on his lawyer, whom lie think;; has doub'.fc-crosaed, only to learn th'e truth Ju6t bffore i.H killed. Prf-rUori I"'oster, Llla Leo, Molvyn Douglas, Shirley Grcv, Kowo*; Ate8. Wl!ll:\m Collier, Jr., Sybil Elaine, Herbfrt RawUnr .son. ' Dir. Crano Wilbm. U'l. MarcW 15. Red Mcrnlng. A'dventiire in a urimitivo section ot Papua, New Guinea. StelTl (Continued on page 27) (Continued from page 23) ' Jones; Nick Grlndle directing, 'Border Brigands,' U, Arthur Caesar, screen play, 'While the Crowd Cheers,' U, Frank .Ten*y, gagging 'The Milky Way,' Par. Sidney Howard, screen play, 'The Light That Failed,' Par. Janet Gaynor, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Slim Summervllle, Roger Imhof, Jane Withers, Andy Devlne; Victor Fleming directing. 'Farmei: Takes a Wife,' Fox. Will . Rogers, Bill Robinson, Dorothy Wilson, Sam Hellmah, Gladys Tjehman, screen play; George Marshall directing, 'In Old Ken- tucky,' Fox. Warner Oland, Pat Patterson, Rita Cansino, Thomas Beck, Stepin Fetchit; Louis King directing. 'Charlie Chan in Egypt,' Fox. Blng Crosby, Joan Bennett; Leo McCarey directing, 'Two for To- night,' Par. Chester Morris, Dore Schary, screen play, 'Storm Over the Andes,' U. Onslow Stevens, H. B. 'W'arner, Eric Linden, Maxlne Doyle; E. Mor- ton Hough, screen play; PjiU Rosen directing. Til Bet You,' Liberty. Aben Kandel, adaptation, 'Mag- nificent Obsession,' U. Lola Lane, (Thick Chandler, 'Allan Mary Dow,' U. Inez Courtney, 'The Raven,' U. Joe Penner, Jack Oakle, Fred Mc- Murray; screen play, Waldemar Toung, . Francis Martin, 'Colleg« Education,' Par. Clitrord Jones, 'Anna Karenlna,* Metro. Patsy Kelly. 'Pa^ft Miss Glory,' WB. George Raft. 'Every Night at Eight,' Wanger. Graham Baker, Gene Towne, Louis Stevens, scripting 'Shanghai,' Wanger. ' Manny Harmon ork, 'No More Ladles,' Metro. Stephen Roberts, directing 'U. S. Grantr' Radio. Gary Cooper, Teter Ibbetson,' . Par. Frank Conroy. 'Charlie Chan in Egypt,' Fox. Rita Dunn, Coral Dietrich, Doris Channlng, Myra Jones, 'On Wings of Song,' Col. _ Herbert Hey wood, 'Farmer Takes a Wife,' Fox. Wade Boteler, 'Alibi Ike,' WB, Evelyn Poe, 'Papa's in the Cradle,' Radio. Charles Kenyon, 'writing original for Bette Davis, "WB. ' Tom Dugan, James Flavin, Toshlo Mori, 'Frisco Lady,' U. Shirley Gray, ' Gavin Gordon, 'Stranded,' WB. Berton Churchill, 'Page Miss Glory,' WB. Blnnie Barnes, 'Diamond Jim Brady,' U. Virginia Hammond, 'Jim Burke's Boy,' CoL . _^ — Howayd "EstaUreok, screen play, fWay Down East,' Fox. Constance Collier, Charles Brln- ley 'Anna Karenlna,' Metro, Greta Meyer, 'Public Hero No, 1,' Metro, Bradley Page-, 'Frisco Nights,' U, • Harry Strang, Frank Mayo, Car- lyle Blackwell, Jr., Julie Bescos, Al Wllllarha, Richard Tucker, 'Murder in the Fleet,' Metro. Fred Kohler, Jr., Tommy Tomlln- eon, Charles Coleman, 'No More Ladles,' Metro. Soo Yong, 'China Seas,* Metro, Robert Donat, Errol Flynn; Mi- chael Curtiz directing, 'Captain Blood,' WB. Sylvia .Sidney, Fred McMurray, 'Let's Get Married,' Par. J. Graham, screen play, 'O'Shaugh- nesHy'a Eoy,' Metro. .Tean Parker, 'Murder In the Fleet,' Metro. Harvey Gates, Charles Grayson, adaptation Shirley Temple yarn. Fox. "W'llUam Belter, directing 'Orchids to You,' Fox. . Frances Marlon, adaptlflg 'May- time,' Metro. Akim Tamlroff, 'Big Broadcast of 1035,' Par. — Samuel-HJnesr-^ColIege-aGandalr- Par. Marlene Dietrich; Rowland Brown, adaptation, 'By Any Other Name,' Par. Jack Rutherford, 'The CruHadcrs,' Par. Klchard Hemingway, 'Legion of V.'ilfir,' Itoliance. GAP'S HLM BESEAEGHEKS Washington, April 2. Capltdl Screen-Research Service, new omflt to dig Into Library of Congrma and other governmont archiyta^or hi.storlcal data.-^ for fllma.t^amtes Frances Rj/JfTTlIington as dlrector.\ Film d^pfwill be un- der CatherinV-Pttfmer Mitchell, for five years on staff of Dictionary of American Biography a.'j resean.-lier in Library of Congres.s. Service l.s also offered to wrlter.s, pt al. Clalm.s to Jiavo (.'orrcspond- cntH traindd to' dive into P-ritish Mu.'.-curn, Lriiidoii,. and HilljiioDie'iiie, ^I'ariu. 26 VARIETY Wednesday, April 3, 19');> ■ I ^^1 GET READY... for your biggest money maker II VnlversaVs THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN r \r*dne6diay, April '3'* 1935 ' PICTURES VARIETY . (Continued from pagfe 25) Duha, Regla Toomoy; Raymond Hatton. Dir. Wallace Fox. B61.. Dec. ]4. • 66. mlns. Bobepta. Adaptation of the stage mualfcal. Irene Dunne, Fred Astalre, Ginger Rogefs. Dir. "Wm. A. Belter. 105 mlna. Rel. March 8. Rev. March 13. Bomante In Manhattan. A young Czecho-Slovaklan enters the United States (his, 'promised land ) Illegally and finds happiness and the chance for a sucpessful future; • Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl. Jlmihy Buttler, J. Farrell MacDonald. Dir. Stephen Roberts. 77 mlns! RoL- Jan. .11. Rev, Jan. 22. . ■ •liver Streak, The. A fast-action melodrama In which the famous stream- lined train of the Burlington Railroad plays the star part. Sally Blane, Charles Starrett. Hardle Albright, William Farnum. Dir. Thomas At- kins. 72 mlns. Rel. Dec, 21. Rev. Jan. 22. •tar of Midnight. William Powell solves the mystery of the disappearance of Alice. JMarkham and vainly tries to .escape the matrimonial Intentions of Ginger .Rogers. WUllam Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lock- hart, Ralph Morgan, I^slie Fenton. Directed by Stephen Roberts. Ral. April 19. . *^ •trangers All. May Robson, the champion of her own brood of four children, saves them from, her Indulgence, from themselves and from the fury of the law. May Robson, Preston Foster, ; Florine McKlnney, William Backwell. Rel. May 10.: Village Tale. This story , presents a cross-section of average community life, in a typical small 'village In Utah. Randolph Scott, Kay Johnson, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Barrat, Janet Beecher, Dorothy Burgess. Dir. John Cromwell. Rel. April 26. . .. ^ Wednesday's Child. The,etfe6t of divorce upon children. Edward Atiiold, Karen Morley, Franklle .Thomas. Dir. .John Robertson! 68 mlns. Rel. Oct. 26. ;. Rev. Dee, 1?. . / , West of the Pecos. The locale Is the Pecos county In New Mexico. A young glrJ, fllsguised as a. bojr, regenerates an outlaw and wins happiness. Richard DlX, Martha" SJ.eeper, Samuel Hinds. Fred Kohler. Dir. Phil Rosen. OC mlns. ReL Jan. 4. Rev. Jan. 1, * United Artlafit °f«««-" 729 seventh Av«., Vinuea i^rCISlS . New. York. n. v. Call of the Wild. From tljff famous Jack London story. Clark Gable, Loretta Ydung, Jack Oaicle, Din. WUllam Wellman, Rel. May 6. Cardinal Richelieu. Georjfe Arllss, Maureen O'Sulllvari, Edward Arnold, Francis Lister. Dir. Rowland V. Lee. Rel. April 28. Cllve of India. The story of CHve, who founded a new British dominion- India. Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Francis Lister. Dir. Richard Boleslawskl. 92 mlns. Rel. Jan, 25. Rev. Jan, 22. Folks Bergere. From the stage farce, 'The Red Cat.' Maurice Chevalier, Ann Sothern, Merle Oberon. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 83 mlns. Rel. Mar. 8. ReV. Feb. 27. Kid Millions. Musical spectacle In the U. S, and Egypt. Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 90 mins. Rfel. Dec. 28. Rev. Nov. 13. Let MIserables. An adaptation from the famous Victor Hugo classic. Frederic March, Charles Laughtpn, Sir Cedrlo Hard*icke. Dir. Richard Boles- lawskl. Rel. April 21. • . Mighty Barnum, The. Fictional story of P. T. Barnum: . Wallace Beery, Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Bruce. Dir. Walter Lang. 87 mlns. Rel. Dec. 2t). Rev. Dec. 25. . ■ Runaway Cuccn, A merry maelstrom of revolution and romance. Anne Neagle and l<'ernand Graavey. Dir. Herbert Wilcox. Rel Dec. Si. Scarlet Pimp.crnel, The, . From, a riovol by the Baroness Orczy. •" Romantic drama, but modern handling.' Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon. Dir. Alex. Kpfda. S5 mlns. Rel. Feb. 15. Rev. Feb. 12. , . ' Transatj'Intic Merry-Go-Round. Mystery rides the waves. Music in one ro6'm, murder in the ,next. A gambler, an heiress, a comedian and a detective accused of a crime that rocked the whole ocean. Jack Benny, Gene Raymond,- Nancy Carroll, Sidney Blackmer. Dir. Benjamin Stoloft. 8S"-mlns. Rel... NQyi..2... Rev., Nov^ -6. -■ .._ . Wedding' Night, The. Gary Cooper as the sophisticated lover and Anna Sten as a modem American girl In a romantic drama. Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Helen Vinson, Ralph Bellamy and Siegfried Rumann. , Dir. King Vldor. 90 mlns. Rel. March 8. Rev. March 20. Wi Live Again. A vivid new version of Tolstoy's Immortal "Resurrection." Anna Sten, Frederlo March, Jane Baxter. C. Aubrey Smith. Dir. Rouben Mamoullan. 85 mlns. Rel. Nov. 16. Rev. Nov. 6. > , • •tudlot 'Universal City, II— Offices: 30 Rockefeller Center, Calif. UniVerBal Nev* Vork, N. v. Bride of Frankenstein. Drama. Karloft, Valerie Hobson. Dir. James Whale. Rel. Apr;l 22. • " Cheating Cheaters. From Max Marcln's stage play. Fay Wray, Cesar Romero^ Minna Gombell. Dir. Rich. Thorpe. 67 mlns. Rel. Nov. 5. Rev. Dec. IX. • Crimson Trail, The. Buck Jones western. Dir. Al Roboch. 68 mini. Rel, Feb. 11. Rev. March 20. • , . dEclacio-Mlghts.- Comedy-drama; — Jsyl^-Taltrot; TaTerre"" TTobson Roth."" Good Fairy, The. From Fereno Molnar's stage play. Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan. Dir. Wm. Wyler. 98 mlns. Rel. Feb 18. Rev. Feb. 5. Human Side, The. Drama. Adolphe Menjou, Doris Kenyon. Dir. Eddie Buz- zell. 60 mlns. Rel; Aug. 27. Rev. Sept. 18. It Happened in N. V. Comedy-drama. Lyle Talbot, Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel. Dir. Alan Crosland. Rel. March 18. I've Been Around. Comedy drama. Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Isabelle Jewell. Dir. Phil Cahn. Rel. Dec. 31 Imitation of Life. Drama. Clatidette Colbert, Warren William. Dir. John Stohl. 116 mlns. Rel. Oct. 29. Rev. Nov. 27. Man Who Reclaimed His Head, The. From Jean Bart's stage p\a,y of French life. Claude Rains. Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill. Dir. Edw. Ludwlg, Rel. Dec. 24. Rev. Dec. 24. Mr. Dynamite. Comedy-drama. Edmund Lowe, Jean Dixon. Dir. Alan Cros- land. Rel. April 22. Mystery of Edwin Drood, The. From the Dickens story. Claude Raines, Douglas Montgomery, Heather Angel. Dir. Stuart Walker. 85 mlns. Rel. Feb. 4. Rev. March 27. Night Life of the Gods. From Thorne Smith's fantastic tale. Alan Mowbray, Florlne McKlnney. Dir. Lowell Sherman. ' 74 mlns. Rel. Mar. 4. Rev. Feb. 27. Notorious Gentleman, A. Mystery-murder. Charles BIckford, Helen Vinson, Dir. Ed. Laemmle. 76 mlns. Rel. Jan. 21. Rev. Feb. 20. Princess. O'Hara. iOamon Runyon comedy. Chester Morrlsi Jean Parker. DIr, David Burton. Rel. April 1. Rendezvous at Midnight. Murder-mystery. Ralph Bellamy, Valerie Hobson Dir. Christy Cabanne. Rel. Feb. 11. Rocky Rhodes. Western, Buck Jones. Dir. Al Raboch. 60 mlns. Rel. Sept. 24. Rev. Jan. 1. . •eeret of the Chateau. Mystery story. . Claire Dodd, Clark Williams. Dir. Rich. Thpjuie_68_mlns^JRel._D.ec_3^ B£X.-EAb^^ _ - Btorrs -orsiTvir Creek. Buck Jones western. Dir. Nick Grlnde.^lel. April 16. .•trange Wives. Comedy drama. Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Dir. Rich. THorjpe. 75 mlns. Rel. Dec. 10. Rev. Feb. 6. •traight from the Heart. Politics and a baby. Baby Jane, Mary Astor, Roger Rryor. Dir. Kurt Neumann. 70 mlns. Rel. Jan. 14. Rev, March 27. Transient Lady. Politics, romance aiid mystery. Henry Hull, Gene Raymond. Frances Drake. Dir. Ed Buzzell. Rel. March 4. " ■ . - Were-Wolf. Drama. Henry Hull Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson. Dir. Staurt Walker. Rel. May 6. ^hen a Man Sees Red. Buck Jones western. Dir. Alan Jones. 60 mlns. Rel. Nov. 12, Rev. Jan. 22. •tudlos. Burbann. /j. Calir, . Bordertown. Life of an ambitious and magnetic foreign youth ih his battle to fit himself Into American conditions. Paul Muni, Bette Davis., Dir. Archie Mayo. 90 mlns. Rel. Jan. 5. Rev.. Jan. 29. " ' ' . Case of the Curious Bride. Warrfin William, Phlllip^n,eed, Margaret Lindsay. Dir., Michael Curtlz. Rel. Mar. 30. .. .' ".evil Dogs of the Air. Rollicking comedy drama romance of the aviation corps of the U. S, Marines. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien. I^lr. Lloyd Bacon. SO mlns. Ucl. Feb. 9. Rev. Feb. 12.. Firebird. Murder mystery In Austria. Verree Teasilale, Rlcardo Cortes. Dir. . \Vm. IMeterlc. 75 mlns. Rel. Nov. 3. Rev, .Nov. 20. •"lorentine Dagger, The. Donald Woods, Margaret Llnd.^ay.- Dir. Robt. Florey. ltf;l. March.sn. • •ainubIa>. Farce with music Szoka Szaicnii Emit Verebea. Ptev Frlta ScKult. 60 mlna. Rel.^eb. i. ° S^akall, Jahannlanacht (a«r). l«Ta in tha Alpa. ; LU Dagover. Dir. Willy iielber. 80 .nuna.' KeL - JeeDr'- lo^ ' / Juaraa V Maxlmlllano (Sp) (Col). Mexican royalty^a falU Dir. lilguel Torrai SO-inua. Reb.May. 1, ■ -v- ■ '/rT Martha Eggertta. IMr. Friedrich Zetalckv 80 mlna ReU Jan. 1.^ ^ ^ :KaU* MantMll, Dla (Gar). Comedy romance. Dir. Cari.Boese. 70 mlna. liel. . . Jan.' li'. Kara Slalrtan (Swedish) (ScandlDavian). Romantic musloaL bir^ Gustal Mo- ' lander. 80 mlns. Bel. May 1. :■ - "••'^gJoS Jtt^P*^i;^Ort^"^ Military romance. Hirr^ tledkt Dir. Llebe jind dle^Erate Elaenbahh (Ger) (Ufa)^ RomanUo comedy. Dir. Eassa Praia. 70 mlns. Rel. Feb. IB. i^«r. _.toc,kvodel,(Ger)XUfa).v -Mystery' TO ... Rel. .'Jan. U ■; ■ - . . '80 minsi Ruaalan ravolt Dir. :L Kavttleridse.-' 70 Madame Bovary (Fr) (Taperhbux). Faithful transcription of Flaubert epic. Dir. Jaan Renblr. 100 inlns. Rel. Not^ 16. Rev. . Nov. 27. ; Maryjka^CPoI). Bjiral romance. Dlr, jan Nowlna-PraybylakL , 60 inln& Rel, Miaa Struosle (Bp) (Klnematrade). , . .mlns. <^el. Sept. 16; ■ > Maine .Frau, die dthuetzankoanlain (Ger) (derinania). Theatrical itai^cel Dir. Carl Boeae. 80 mlna. ReL Jan^^ Melodia daj>. Llebb (Ger). (Gerzhania). Musical romance. : Dir. Georg Jacbby. 70;mlns. Rel. Sept 15.. .. MIt Dlr Durch Dick iind Duenn (Ger) (Bavaria). Comedy romance. .Dir. Franz. SUtz. 80 mlns; Rel. Nov. 16. Mother (Ruts) . (Garrison), ^ased on a Gorky hovel. Dir. V. L Pudovklh. . 70 I . mlns. ReL June 1^ Rev. June 6. - Mutter und. Kind (Ger) (General). Mother-love drama; . . Hans Steinboff. 70 mins. Rel: Nov. 16.! .80 mins. Henny Porter. Dlr; My Wife the:Ml8a (Hnng):. Ihter-marltal fa,rce. Dir. Steven Szekely. • Sept- 1 ■ Nada Mos Que iina Mujer (Sp) (Fox). ' Xachnian. 60 mips. Rel. Nov. 16; Verialori oif 'Pursuea..' Dir. Harry Dir. C. Halahmt: Bpmahtlo iraged Oded the Wanderer (Palestine) (Hebrew). Life In Palestine. 66 mIns. ReL May 15. Ore y Plata (Sp) (Inter-(i^mtlnent) , .. .90-roIhs. ReL JuIy lB.; - Parada Rezerwistow (Polish) (Capital). MUltaj^ muslCaL Dir.. Michael Was- zynskl. 76 miris. ReL May I. Petersbura Nlghta (Ryss) (Amklno)'; Based oh two Dosioievsky stories; Dir. •F. M. Dostoievsky. 70 mlns. Rel. Sept. 15. Prinzesstn Turahdot (Ger) (Ufa), Adapta:tlon of the opera. Kbethd von . Nagy, Willy Frltsch. Dir. Gerhard Lamprecht : 60 mliis. Rel, Jan. 15. ; Problem of Fatigue (Russ) . (Ainklno). Sclertlflc stoiiay, blip. L P; Pavlov; . 60 mlns. Rel. Aug. 15. . RrbkuratoF (Polish). (Capital). Tenise court drami blri It Waszyniskl. 80 .; nilhs...- ReL May 16. V \ ■ Rakoczl indulo . (Hung) (Danubia). Musical romance, with Paul Abi^aham, music. Dir. Steven Szekely. 80 mlns. ReL Nov. 16... . RIaehullo (Si>) (Hoffberg). First Argehtlhe-made pic. Musiccd romance. Dir. Ij. J. MogUa Barth. 80 mlns.. Rel. Deo, 1. Roman. Einer Nacht (Ger) (Bavaria). Romahtlo mysteryw Liane Hald. Dir. - — Carl Boese. 70 miha. ReL; June 16; . Romainca Tropical (Spanish). First picture, made In Porto Rico. Romantic drama. 70 mlns. Rel; Oct. , 16. / ^ : ~ •. A. Manii Brand (Ger) (Bavarian). . Nazi propaganda. Dir. Franta ^elti. 8S mine. Rel. May. 15. ReY._May 29. Sanoan Till Henna (Sw) (Scandlhavian).- Musical romance. Dir. Ivor Johahn- sonv- 70 mlna. Rel. Feb. 16. - v. Schlemlhl, Der (German) (Klnematradia). ' Comedy. Curt Bbla. Dir. Erich : Engels. 60 nilns. B<^L Nov. U ' Schlmmelretter, aer ((3er) (General). Native drama on coast of Frieslahd. , . pir.. Curt Oertel, Hans Dieppe. 80 mlna. ReL Feb. 16. , Schlots Hubertua (Ger) (Ufa). Romance in the Alpa. Dir. Hana Deppe. 70 mins. Rel. Feb. 1. Rev. Feb. 27. Sanora Catcada (Sp) (Fox). Marital drama. Catalina Bai-c^na, Antohlo Mo- ' rena Dir. Jamea Tinllng, 70 mlna ReL Feb. 1. . Sluby lllanakle (iPol) (Prihcijpal), Military comedy. Dir. M. KrawlCis. 80: mlns. ReL Feb. 16. ■ . . , ■ . - . . . So Ana' deht Aur, Die (Ger). Musical romance.. . Charles Elellman. - DIr.WlUy ::.--v --Relber.-. ;80'.minB/. ..Rel. ■Peb.'-lB. " Soviet Closeupa (Russ) (Amklno). . Newsreel : compilation. 60 mlna; ReL • . "-.July: 15.-' : , .• Sevleta Greet Uuw Turkey. (Rubs) (Amklno). .Newsreel compilation. 60 mine. ReL 'Sept . 1.- ■■ Spier M it Dem .Feuer (Ger) (Ufa). Domestic relatloha combdy. Dir. Ralph . Arthur. Roberta; . 70 mlna ReL Nov.. IB. ' ; / Streaatrupp, 1917 (Ger) (Bavarian). War film. Dir. Hans Zleberlein; 80 mlns. ReL.Feb. .I..--,; Stem von Valencia, Der (Gei) (Ufa); White slave traiBo In Europe. Llano Hald. Dir. . Alfred Zelsler. ReL April 16. Tango an Broadway . (Sp). (Par).' Musical comedy. Carlos GardeL Dir. £ouIs Gasnler;, 60 mins. ReL Deo. lB.^^ ^ ^ : ,. . Tante Giistl ' Kommandiert . (Ger). Romantic. Comedy. HansI : Nlese, Max Adalbert. Dir. Carl ; Heinz Wolff. . 70 nilna , ReL May 1. : Throe Songs About Lehln- (Russian) (Amklno). Newsreel coropliatloB. Dir. D. 'Vertrov. .66 mlns. ReL Nov. 1. Thunderstorm (Russ.) (Amklno). Russian melodrama. Dir. V. Fetrov. . 80 mlns. ReL Oct. 1. Rev. Oct. 2. ; Toehter ber Regiments, Die (Ger)' (General). Military muslcaL Anny Ondra. Dir. Karl I/amac. -70 nilns. ReL'April l. Tepaze (Fr) (Par). daUlo satire. Dir. Louia Gasnier. 90 nilhr, .ReL Feb. ■..'i".' 16. 'Rev..\'Feb.^. 20. ':..■■■ - .■ •'/■-v; TrahcK '(CSer) (General). Mlllt£ii7 drama. Dorothea WieCk. Dir. Hana Paul and Ernst Ncubach. : 80 mlns. ReL APrir 1.. Tree A/norea (Spanish) (U). Heavy drama. .: Anita Campiilo. Mona Maria. Dir. Moe Sachln. 80 mihs. ReL Nov. 1. Trea Berretinea, Los (Sp) (Holifherg). Argentine comedy. 70 mlns.: Bel.: Jan. 1. .'' ■ Und Wer Kuettt Mich? (Ger) (General). Back-stage romantic . comedy. Dir. E. W. Emo. 70 mlns. ReL Jan. 16. tine Etoila Dtsparalt (Fr) (Par). Murder of a film etor^ Suzy Vernon. _Gon, :-— ^---8ta^nit7^^emyi^ jr . ,^R^bg^AI^ t. , «ev. :Ket)..^o.— Unsero Fahne Ftattert Uns Vorah (Ger) (Ufa). Hitler propaganda. Helnrlch Georg. Dir. Hans Stelnhoff. 80 mlns! Rel. July 1. Rev. July 17. ■ Verkaufta Braut .(Ger) (Klhematrade). ' Smetana's operetta diluted. Jamlls Novotha. Dir. Max Ophuls. 80 mlns. ReU: April, 16. Rev. May L . Viktor und Viktdria (Ger) (Ufa); Theatrical operetta.. Renate Mueller. Dir. ■ R^ 70 hilns. ReL: Jan. 15 Vi Gom Oar Koksvagen' (Swedish) (Scandlhavian). Musical. Rel. April IB. Vloletera, La (iSp).' Raquel Mclier. Based on ah ©id silent, with, parts rcshot. 60 mlns. Rel; Jan. 1.. "Waltz Time In Vienna (Ger): (Ufa). Musl<;ai based oh Johan . Strauiss' life. Renate' Mueller, Willy Frltsch. ; Dlr^ Ludwlg Berger. 80 mlns. ReL Nov. 1. _ Rev.. Nov, 20. Wenn Herzen Slch Finden (Ger), (Germania). Romantic comedy. / Charlotte Ander. Dir. Erich Ehgels. 80 mlns. Rel. Nov. 1. , Wle Mann MSenner Fesseit (Ger): Franziska GaaL Musical .comedy.; Dir. Carl Boe^e. 76 mlns. . ReL May 15. . Vouth of Russia .(Yiddish) (Sov-Amh . Kciigloiis . conflict. Dir. Henry Lynn* . 70 mjns.' Ilel. Nov. 1. ■ ■ , . ''■:.;. . '■ Key to Adtfrest . Acme, 66 East 14 St. ' Amklno, 723 Seventh Ave. Bavaria Film, 489 Fifth Ave. Capital Film, 630 Ninth Ave. Danubia, 729 Seventh Ave, Garrison FUma. 729 Seventh Ave. Oeneral Foreign' Salei, 729 7th Ave. Cicrmanla,. 22-33 19th St., Astoria, I/. J. H. Hoffberg, 729 Seventh Ave. . jnter-Contlnent, 60 B. 42nd St. Jewish American, 630 Ninth Ave. Klnematrade, ,723 Seventh Ave. Protex Trkding, .42 B. 58th. Scandinavian Films, 220 W. 42d. John Tapernoux. 121 West Beth St. Ufa, 729 Seventh Ave. The ^...O^ Angle Albany, April J. John Fitzgerald ia mayor of : Hudson Falls, N. T. He also operates the Strand, Alms. The voters — ^hls patrons— re-elected him,, but refused; to approve a - salary of $4,900 a yeair fijr hlin. \\ . Fitzgerald is trying to make up his mind whether to riesign mayoring and sticic to tbeatre« ing. He feels he ought to get something for his Work 'as niayor. COURT ENJOINS BREACH OF ANTI-DUAU PACT Cleveland, April 2. .. Danger, of. a double-feature war among nabe exhibitors faded a bit when Paul Gusdanovic and John Urbansky, owners of the Recent and a string of nelgbborhooders, were granted , a temporary injunction against Max Lefkowlch restraining his University \ from running doubles. Judge scored Lefkowl(:h for violating ■ single-feature . agree - ment signed by all local exhibitors July 8,;. 1934, and ordered him, to post $3,000 ; bond and also to elimi- nate one picture from bills. Defendant's plea for a postpone- ment was denied by. court, which declared hla bt-eak an 'example of poor sportsmanship.' , Trial hit a comedy highlight when it was dis- covered that Lef kowlch had hired another lawyer to start suit, in an.- other court against Martin Prlntz's Alhambra,. ; attempting to stop - it from showing double-features. Hider Pic Lays an Egg In N. 0. Despite Protests New, Orleans, April 2, ■ •iHltler's Reign of Terror' became the bone of contention in a behind- the-scenes battle between' the Gerr tAslvl consulate and theatre owners March 28, Film opened Tueaday (26) to Indifferent crowds. By chance an attache of i the Garnaan consulate noticed If and . attended He reported what he had seen to hla chief. Dr. Q, Stahlberg, acting German consuL Dr. Stahlberg pro tested to police and asked that the picture be withdrawn because 'the picture Is untrue and Is plainly propaganda.* Henry Lazarus, proprietor of the Wonderland, had cancelled adver- tisements for the picture, intending he said to withdraw it Saturday be- cause it had proved it. noorl^draw:^ He perked up, however, at news of the protest by , the . German con- sulate. ■ • But Dr. Stahlberg was determined on no further action. Til say noth- ing more about the picture,' he said, 'and it will die of Its own accord.' '■ He was right," ■ Incorporations NEW YORK I^dhion Macaalaa of. the Screoa,^*).: motion picture . maaazlnaa, etc.; capital stock, 100 shareat no par valu*. Bttiel Davis, ItoM Brodsky and Joa. Bllllk, all of 1411 Broadway, New York. ' ■ Freddy Martio (te'eheatpra Corp.; oper- ating orchestras, . etc. ;' capital stock, 300 shares^ no par. value. - Lowell M. BIrrell, Theo. B. Larson and Elizabeth C; nart- mah, all of 16S^ Broadway ',New Tork. ' . Celebrated Artists .Boreaa, loc;: .mu- sical scores: of. all^ klnd^;. capital stock, 100 ' shares, no par value, . Morris 8. Obertiardt. 494 Grand avenue, New York; Henry. Itosdnblutb, 4S Lehcaster avenue, Brooklyn, and Beiijamin H. Bri)der, '68& Fifth avenue. New York. United Playv*> lae.; theatrical )>u«t- ness; capital . Mock, 16 'Share»r-2I pre- ferred, $100, and 8: common. . no par value.: Ruth Vogel.' -42a 'Bastem Parlt. way,, urooKiyn ; Abraham .Qreenbeirs and. Harry Berke, 1660 ^Broadway, New York. International Show . Boat . C'orp, i . oper- ate amuHeih'cnt. balla,' etc. ; oapltar stock, 100 shares, no par value.- Harold Auten, Margaret Marchart and Betty. Kirson, all of. 1640 Broadway, New.'york. , G. T.. AmDBement, Iiic;: operate the'r atres,' etc. capital stock,' )1,U00. Freda Jarct, Miriam M. Rosehblnm and John Q., Zellner, all of .16 Court street, Brooklyn.' Mairna-Color Coiv,; moifon ' and still photOKruphy ; capital stock. 13,000. Howard II. Blye, Mary Waiwon and Anna r.aat, . all of 81 Chambers street, New York. ; Continental ' Casino Corp. ; ' amu'semen t and rnHtaurant business; capital stock, J20.000. Edward Hutchison, .Flocle Hutc.hl.qon. and: Herbert M>tcbell, all . of .2.14 . W. ' 44th street. Now .York. : '..Hontry Htores Corp.t. general: radio business; capital stock, 26 .nba'res, ho par. value. .Beriha ' Mlrsky, Mathilda . Mbn- tavc.1 and Arthur K. Herman, alt of 22 Ease 40th street. New York. . ff, J. K..'AjiiaBeinent Cqrp.i. itianagp. conccBRlons of 'every kind and arnuse- m.ent rlovlcee; capital . stock, MOO shares, ' no .j/ar . value. Ituth L. Sandm.an, JlOO Hr'ffhton -Tlilrd strflet; Joseph. "Weehter,. 4 5.1 New ■ Lots, avenue, and MIttoa A. Kilter. 8217 Bay . parkway", all of- nrooklvn. Beprlse. '. lae.i theatres. ...playhouses, pictures,: ete,|. capital Btoek, 100 shares, ni) pat. valo*. ' Howard F. Ilelohelmer,: Stock Market (Continued from page 6) satlsfactoiy behavior. Common IssuA held between 34% and most of the time^ peak price being 36% and low- 34%, Closed at 3B%, an ad- vance of nearly, a point. Loow's preferred Jun\ped to a new 1936 high at 107, where It closed for a gain of two points. ■ : In a fluiry of activity Monday (1), Radio Preferred B also loomed as a reliable performer. .This burst of. volume shot tho stock to 40%, top for the day. ahd week. Closed at this level, an advance of 1% points. Radio Preferred A also finished on top at 61%, for a fractional gain. , , Nothing of particular in the news or forecasts to account for this showing, with the possible excep- tion that some traders were con- vinced thiat the Radio B issue had been well cleaned out and in shape for a— little spurt.- - Radio common also was steady at 4% to 4%. Wound up at the former quotation, up fractionally on the week, r Fox A stock Just held its own during; the week but attracted little attention. Closing price was 9%r|, unchanged firom a, week ago. Eastnian Another strong spot was Eastman Kodak, Common went to 120%, but fell back on some profit-taking to 120%. But even at this level It isported a gain of more than two points. Eastman Kodak preferred hung up a new peak for the year at 165, closing price. The Issue showed an Sidvance of 1% points. . Chartwise, Warner Bros, common seemingly has established a temr porary resistance level on the Up- side at 2 % ; For three weeks now it ha s failed to penetrate, this point ami over that period the range of this stock has narrowed down until the past week, when the fluctuation was only ' a quarter of a, point for the six trading days. . Company's preferred was unchanged at 16%. For the second ■\yeek In succes- sion, Technicolor hung up a top for the year. New high was iat 19%. Late activity pared down gains for Technicolor, making the close 18% or a fractional gain for the week. Climb Into; higher territory was consummated on greatly increased volume. Ti^ha'-'tMX, also. bn *tKe curb, snapped back on diminished volume to show a fractional gain at 2%. ,"■'::. .■• ' Practically all other changes In the amusement sector were of a small fractional type, gains and losses being about evenly divided. Both General Electric and West- Inghouse acted well throughout tM weellc, showing of these two elee* tficai firms being directly, attributed to the two excellent awards they received. General Blectrii: obtained an unusually large order In Califor- nia while Westlnghouse received A government contract. W(»stlnghous« at one time was further aided by expectation that the; company would show earnings of . nearly 60c per share In first quarter of the year. In the bond sector there wer* only minor changes, mostly on th» down : side as regiuds amusements.. Loew 6s, with a halfrpoint galii» looked best. .It closed at 105, . high of week. General Theatre .. Equip- ment liens also were firm, being up fractionally at seven, the finish. Warner 6s were strong roost of th« week but softened materially at th« close, which was 60. Bonds were only up- fractionally at this price. Most Paramotint, liens were off one-half to seven-eighths. Para- mount-Broadway 6%s were the only ones in the eproup to remain un^ changed; These bonds : touched 60, Just half .a point from the 1935 pealb Close ' was 49%, whletr was three- quarters from the week's low. This .fine action by Paramount- Broadway bonds was traced to th» repbrt by the comniittee represent- ing holders of bonds of tho cor- poration, which was that about 70% of the corporation's first mortgage 6%% bonds had been deposited with tiio committee or assented to the plan of reorganization approved by the . committee. This is In excesrf of. the percentage required under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act to make the plan effective. Unusual activity in ' trading of Paramouht-Publlx .Corp. ;: stock, pn "theTGvCT-the-.Couriter market was jioted. by. numerous followers of Paramount. Transactions kept tho ask price, at .which was about even with the closing quotation for Paramount certificates on the big board. ■ Marked improvement also was shown by Columbia Broadcasting A and B stocks in Over-the-Counter transactions. Both Issues went to a new high for the bid price since the stock dividend several mpnths ago. Tho A stock closed at 27% "wnH''eira8kTng' price" ot 28'%T "Baned on the old valuation before the 60% split-up, this would make the ask quotation more than $57 per share. Among .the; comiianles. to file ap- plication for permanent registration announced by the N. T. stock ex- change were Eastman Kodak and General Electric, Summary tor Week Endlna Monday, April It STOCK EXCHANGE .;r^fo84i-';a5-r— 4, HIeb. Xow. 4% 459^- S4H 7%. 4H 22H 15H I23H ■■. llOH 165 141 .13V1 894 25% ^— 3t% lOT 102 M4 ■iVi' 1% ■ .It ITU 10% 6% 02^ •BO 4614 ^ 24% ■ 41 .•.■.' 09 . 00 sales. "'Issue and late. - 800 American Seat.., ...... 1,400 Col. P, vto, (1)»....... ROO Consol. Film. ....... , . . 8,900 . Console Film pfd. (l)t. 0,000. Bastman" Kodak <6).... 100 Do. pfd.'. ....... 1,500 Fox Cldas A 88,000 Gen. Bl ec. (60c). . . .^..^ -13700llal. 100 shares,- no .pq^-, perihltted to-. Issue four Bhareii. ; Dlreclofyi:- .'^Jarnjiu SJiapIro,-'!*-. Kyan,- Irving Qohch. .. . ' . • ' OKLAHOMA : ' Oklahoma fJlt.v. Rwmer State Aircraft, Inc.; -Oklahoma ; City.;' (.upllal . Htbck, ,15,000. . Incorpora- tor.s; -M-, K, <';ro,y. (\ K. AIIb;iUKh and T/. .S. f'rowl, aU - of. Oklahoma Cll.v. KU'Uo,' Inc.)' Tiilnit: ..capital Kto>.k, $10,000, . Tn^-f.rr/orntniiH: r. AV, 'Miller, .loi.; 'I', Tritnhin ;anil. rred. i.f. MoilsoK, all f,f Tul«;i. ,: Aiiicnduil, AdHiilti' l*lofur'o« . C'o'oiynipla REMOUS ' ('EddieO (FRENCH MADE) ■ Paris, March 22 S!^ 'STOP PRESS"- ADELPHI THEATRE ¥ - DORCHESTER HOTEL * * FLOOR SHOW- LONDON, ENGLAND ir ■ ★ ; ★ '.' ★ ■ " . ★■ ★'. it -It ★ if ^ DON'S NEWEST MUSICAL REVUE, AND DOUBLING INTO TEXAS TERROR Lone Star production and Monogram re- lease. Stars John ^ayne. Direction and *crJpt7R.'N. BraabniT.~ Paul" Mttlvem pro- duction. Camera, Archie Stout. At Arena, N. Y;, two days; March 20-30,. '86, on double t^lll. Running time, 46 mtnaj_ John .... i ........... . ... . . . . . .John Wayne Beth Matthews...... i Lucille Brown Joe Dickson .LeRoy Mason Sheriff Williams...... ...George Haye Blackle . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..... .Buffalo BUI.; Jr. Red ........ ...... .Bert Dlllard Dan I....... ........t..,/.,.'. .Lloyd Ingram John Wayne rides hard and fast, the cowboys and Injuns shoot often at each other, plus the Judicious cutting to three-quarters of an hour combine into making this bronc opera acceptable. . Strictly for the duals and the nabes, but okay for its purpose. Plenty of Action on the formula tljeme. The ^Injuns this Ume are allied on the law's side to combat the caittle rustlers and highway bandits, whose assorted murders, bank robberies and other larceny more than Justify the rip-flnorting, bang-up assault and battery eventu- ally administered by Wayne and his lawful aides. . ■. . . . .. , _ Tt's all Wayne. LeRoy Mason Is one of the several renegades, but does the most convincing villainy. Lucille Brown is Wayne's vls-a-yls again, her second western with the same star. No Academy contender^ she suffices as. tiie femme Interest. Director-scenarist R. N. Bradbury again paces Wayne In this latest of his Lone Star productions and per- mits nary a wasteful line or foot to retard the sweeping action. While the story is episodic ais result of strict pruning, and editing. It's an advantage In toto. The nabes that go for westerns will never be accused by their cus- tomers of being put to sleep by this one. Its 46 mins. running time per- force makes It. the No. 2 feature on the dual bills. y : ^^e*- : Biurn *Eini Up Barnes .Nat Levirie prbductl6n 'and "Maacot-^^ re- lease. Stars Frankle Darro; features Jack Mulhall, Lola Lane. Dlrcted by Colbert Clark and Armand Schaeter. Story. John Rithmell, Clark; adaptation. Al; Itortln, Schaefcr. Barney Sarecky, Sherman Lowe film editor, Wyndham OHtena. At Cri- terion N. T., on double bill commencing March 29, '88. . Rtinnlng time, 74 .inln?,- •. Bobble. ..Frankle Dnrro Barnes .................. v. . i . . Jack Mulhall Marjorle.. .. ... ..... .. ..... • • v V.^ Tony i . . • - '"""w'"^® V? Warren ^Bdwln .Maxwell Drummond.. ......Ja«OB Robaras - 'Bum 'Em Up Barnes* Is a 12- chapter serial, but as caught at the Criterion, N., T., Is Was spliced Into oiie-plece as a 74-mlnute feature. Only way to tell it's a serial Is to look at It. But all 12 chapters are too inuch at one look. There are 12 anti-climaxes, plua several hun- dred antl-antls. Instead of an even flowing feature With an automobile racetrack background, it's a "Dr. Dlppy's Sanatorium' on wheels. - As a serial, 'Barnes^ might have a chance. As a feature It can only bo sold as a satire, and that may be too difficult an assignment for any exhib. At the Criterion, where pic- ture played on a grind double bill, it had the audience: In hysterics. ■ .'■ ;- .- - Biae. LETirrE LIEBE ■.' ('Last Love') (AUSTRIAN MADE) Budapest, March 14. Wlen FUm production,' made at Sascha Studios, Vienna. Directed by Frlti Sbhultz. Book by Goldberg. Arvay . and Qaray; music, FVana . ,BaImhofer and RIchardTauber; photography, Willy Qold- berger. : Stars MttcbUr.o Melnl. . Cast: Albert Bassermann, Haiia Joray,: Elsa Basserman, Oscar : KarIwetB, Etia Von. Storm, Franz' Honima. Presented slraaltaneously In Vienna and Budapest; {In Qerman) . This picture commands- excep- tional Interest in Central Europe on actount^of Its star, Mitcliiko Melnl, Japanese, wife of Vienna's wealth- iest tea and coffee Importer, Julius Melnl, owner of hunidreds of chain stores throughout CeAtral Europe. On one of his tea- buying expedi- tions to the Far East, Meinl met and married this charming Japanese singer, who Is one of the society leaders of Vienna now and has flgured In broadcasts and on the operatic stage. This Is her first picture. . :.:■ Mftchiko plays the part of a Jap Reinstate Stage Hand Who Accused Union Exec Abe Shapiro, member of New York stage hands' local. No. Ij^ has been reinstated by the International Alliance after having been thrown out in 1933 following ctiarges which he : brought against Louis Teager. then business agent of No. 1, alleg- ing Yeager did not keep records of money collections made by htm for the relief fund. ■ When Shapiro made these charges, demanding an accounting of fund collections, he was tossed from the local and from his Job. He took his case to the • I. A., then headed by William Elliott, and, when making no headway, went to court. Case Is how pending before the appellate division of the N. Y. Supreme court. At the last election of No. 1-, Yeager was voted down as its busi- ness > manager, but said he will run again at next election. . Hess Back at Mascot Hollywood, April 2. Jack Hess is set as head of the Mascot advertising and publicity department by Nat Le vine, and will handle all phases of the Job from this end. : ■:' ; " ' Hess, previously with Mascot for a short time, has recently been han- dling advertlBing and exploitation for the Orpheum, San Diego. anese g irl-tsklHigriilnging leflisona' In Vienna. A once famous, now de- cadent, ' elderly composer falls In love with her and Is inspired to creation once more. \ He composes an opera and maiiiageis for the young Japanese girl to be, engaged to sing the principal ; part at the. Vienna Opera House. Olrl, however, falls in love with the composer's nephew, wiio conducts the orchestra. Boy , asserts the rights of youth to love, telling the old man that the girl does not care for him. Old com- poser, dazed with grief, staggers blindly along the streets of Vienno and Is run "over by an auto. He dies, while his unfinished opera is prodiiced with great success. Girl can't get over his death and instead of marrying the conductor returns to her native couijtry. Mitchiko Melnl Is a sLriklng and charming personality. She Is as yet far from being' an accomplished actress, but in this part, where she must play a ehy, awkward girl who feol-q out of place, oimong strange people, she Is very well cast. Baa- sermann's interpretation of the old composer has great strength ;and appeal. •:■:■:', -., ■'■'•' . Jaray is very attractive in the part of the young orchestra leader. Schultz' direction Is first rate. . Perhaps this picture will have less success than the -first great hit of Austria's sound picture produc- tion, 'Maskerade,' last year; but It is certainly one of which the young film Industry in Austria may be proud. JacohU 25 YEARS A KING (BRITISH MADE) London, March 20: Pathe newsreels .-compilation. Running time GO mlns. Trade-shown Prince Edward theatre, London, March IS; This Is merely a cinematic record of some bif the principal events in the reign of the present King and Queen of England. It was, complied from the Pathe weekly with the col- laboration of Sir Austen Chamber'- laln, who makes an introductory speech and comments throughout, as written by John Drlnkwater. . There are the splendors of the Coronation, the Delhi. Durbar and evety other Iniportant event screened here in the past 25 years. Interesting and instructive and Will serve its purpose as a local fea- ture for the forthcoming Jiibllee. Jolo. MILWAUKEE THEATRE M£R.'S MARITAL JAM Milwaukee, April 2. ■ Charging he is the victim of a 'frame up,' Livingston (Mike) Lan- ning, downtown manager for Wis- consin Amus. Enterprises (Fox) is free on $500 ball pending arraign- ment on a morals charge. The war- rant for Lanning was obtained by his first wife, who charges he has wed a second time and that he ob- tained his divorce. In a 'strange' inanner. '■.■:■' Lanning was secretly wed to Gertrude Pickering; dance director for Bala\)an & ' Katz ..|(Chicago) at Waukegan on New Year's day. They we're re-marrled here last week, after denying the Waukegan marriage. According to . officials,, the second marriage was to legalize, their first. "Mrs. J eanhe DeGraft Lanning, the first wife, took action against Lan- ning when she read of his second marriage to Miss Pickering. She went to the district attorney de- manding his arrest, and Lanning was locked up for a few hours un-. til theatre attaches supplied $600 cash ball.- ■ FRED SANBORN Dir.: NAT KALeHEIM MGM STUDIOS CULVER CITY. CALIF. FBEMIEIUE. TODAY {WED.) • . "PRIVATE WORLDS'' A Paramount Picture with CLAUDETTC COLBERT— CHAS. BOYCR HELEN VINSON RIVOLI : GARY ANNA COOPER - STEN m 'The Wedding Nigr RADIO GITV^c^S^yw MUSIC HALL Shirley TEMPLE Lionel BARRYMORE in "The Little Colonel" ON STAGE' EMBdtre, tpsln's jTMlMt dinttr. In .'El Ameur Bruje' (The .AaatMi LMsr), wItN bit tut and: tyMVfeNy Onli. ANT DAT 25c (o 2 3Sc w » ANT SEAT NANCY CARROLL IN "I'LL LOVE YOU ALWAYS" Plus GaJa Stage Show, with Solid Fappeta & Oths Spth st.'^W''^ » a th« Nation RKO THEATRES 86th ^JJ'^oAa.y *n ViAiMif Irene . at Lex. raist st.i on B'way DCNNK . Fred ASTiUBB .Ginger '. : BOGEBS In ^TtOBEBTA" CAPITOL STATE "WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING" With EDW. O. BOBINSON On Vhe Stage— ED. BtJLLIVAN And HIb - Dawn Patrol Revu e Btarte Friday ' "Folles Bergere" . Hanrlce phevaller . AYFAIR "". 2d Week In Amerloal Peter. Lorre 'MANk» TOO MUCH' TONITE AT t "The Case of the CURIOUS BRIDE" with WARREN ^VIIXJAM " MARGARET LINDSAY Laat Day— Joan Blondoll ln "TraTellrig Bsloeltd*" A^TTkR B'way 45th — At Popular i-w A_V<> Prices — Midnight Bhow Best Picture of 1934 Returnel ■ Claudette Colbert — Clark Gable "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" Wednesdafy, April 3, 1935 P ■ C T II E S VARIETY 31 PALACE, N Y. ' (Continued from page 19) ' "ftoberta' (Iladio) . was causing lobby ■ • delay Prlday night, taiaking thie Pal look less like a naunted house than ' It usually doesi ; . \ The vaude show la . but four acts. : Peabody headUnlng; and on strength > of performance : arid showmanship rating Jt. He's on third, the O'Don- ' niBll and, Blair slapstick act closing The four acts together did drily 40 'ntlnutes Friday night a.t ^how caught, with probable Instructions : to cut aftiar'the contest thing had taken up 36 minutes of runhlrig time, causing show to be late. Opener Is Bartell and Hurst, former six-people act, 'riow five, but not new. A society- waltz trio In auguirates thinefs ' very neatly, woman acrobatic vslngle. middle fPlCoyes lU9clous. :.ahd • for the . flnifsh three men and a . girl engage, in an adagio .for r.esults. tha.t_.are„sureflre, '.'• No. 2 shelters Carroll' arid Howe ■mixed team doing cbriiedy and f idanoihg. Girl proves to . be y capable 'comedienne whose eftorts siiffer from poor feeding and talk 'that Is only fair. . That bid one ■ about thb guy killing himself trying ' to pay off the mortgage Is. included; ' Buddy Howe clicks In a soft shoe ntiilriber, while pair finishes on "shim-sham that insures support. : •• ■ Chat. pLYMPlA^ . P^rls). March 20 Pathe-Jfatan's .Mtoujlri Rouge has dropped : vaude, returhing to dual fieatures, but the" totiai of Paris houses using stage shows IsMriain tainied at par by' the adbptlon of : a flesh policy at the Olymplai Jacques Halk theatre, wl)lch was, taken over :by Gauniont after -th^ ' Halk bank- ruptcy and Is' how run by Gaumont liquidators. Sta^e show consist of two music acts' coiriblned : under the name •Musical Phantasy ; In Black and Whitie.'. - Title riieans that one act hi the .Kentucky Singers, five Ariier- Icari ■ colored: boys, and the other ..;gilgh.t"PIano Harmonlstdr .-(vhlte, and llttobably French. ; _ ^^^"ffintiet, conslstlng"'of only m6d erately. good.- voioeg,.. has a varied program ranging f roni 'Water Boy to a jazz^d-up 'ftiiTol^tto.' One qf the singers ni:c.'s lii extreriaely good !Frencl)i.~:^zplaIriinig ^tjxe. sorigs, which Is a- lotvOf /help t6., ah. audience thajt Is tpQ l^jtlve : ta-fi^arer-tlie local uppei c^iUB KOO^ledse of A^drlpa thingfi Other liumber, ih'Oulsh liot nearly as good,;: «ntert*iinmeht |Amer^an viewp.olift,;j^ets lingo Is a bit difficult to ifoUow at nrst, ^one shortly gets attuned to It ana^flndis It sdriiewhat sets off his I'outlne of •pouring nearly every con- ceivable liqueur from various carafes of • water. Sends : a liveried assistant jscurrying- rbuhd ithe. front J'ovra of orchestra handing out the i I . ''^^^^ recipients of the drinks seemingly, accepting the Mquids . as what they are purported tp be. ■ . ■, Williams makes his annual visit In the next-tp-shut arid cleans up with his worited thoroughness. They know his Identity, too, since they accorded him a reception when his name was thrb'wri . on screen preparatory to his appearance. As- sisted : by; ,hl3. vet abetters, • Dorlis Ewlng, Clem Taylor and Basil .wmt^fleid. . . ■ Closing with a 21 -nniln. liare Is the Charlie Davis' ork (13), known here a bit; because of radlb airings. Act shbuJd carry sonite-prbps-and- band-- stand; here they are using settees an,d.regal lpoklrig stuffed chairs col- lected f rbm rinezz lounge of theatre arid it makes for odd : Inipressloh, since band, lis turned' out In flanniels and= flCaplet- s.wreaters, L. The.-ork has ample rhythm arid a great deal 'of variety, taking In all sorts of tunes and arrangements arid winding up with a corking imitation of a mili- tary band at drill. . Sonio cbmedy Is dferlved ; from. ?antlcs arid - diariclng supplied by a corpulent French -horn tpoter, billed as ; Blubber. . A trip from band lets go some satirized hill-billy, songs. Frank Parrlsh Is the regular vocal accompanist. Val- uable to act Is Sally Gay, blonde looker ■ ■with much' personality arid sly charrii, sbcklhg across: pair of nicely' variegated songfs Iritb .the irilke;^ :She had trouble begging away.- . ". ■ On screen Is. 'Casino Murder Case' .'(MG)i: plus 'Metrbt'^clips. ■ Biz fair flrst show Friday. - • EMBASSY, N. Y. ; : (NEWS REELS) • Rumbling , of . war drums over; Curbpe . agalri serves as the irialn topic of Interest. In. the welange of n^,wspllps. / All . newsreel. companies: Qontij^bute to the rehash of. the sltu^ atloh created by -Hitler's, demands for armament equalUy, with the only spot Item coming frorii Para- mtWrtti This bit has -Premier Mac-' tooriald : expresslrtff . b's- dtSlllilslon dVer-ithfe^ failrire of 'other European ■Cbuiirrtes'. to follow "Brigiand's- lead ife' r*strrcfing Its' anttaifrient' to de- ■ferislW^iirpoAe^;.;. ■ : finMn"a»4H'^*W^ the^ war siibject a better Wtlt" C View .of-' Hitler and . Field ilmpresslvely, one above arid be ,plnd the other, "ari^.- the tableatf Is igood -r- always appreblated . .here. iNlnth musician runs a patr'<)f 1;thls week suddenly gains hold __.gfl]gpH.eSi_stii-ong and al^-tiriies sock tare right through. ; . Mickey King, gillrslzed femme foot-and-arm hanger; opens. . So many gpod aero acts . have showri here of late, . she suffered by com - 'parlspri and didn't look lip to snuff. Pretty nioderate stunts, ending with atfempta. jEit one-arm body whirls. Ohly a few spins were, accomplished. .: ,:>G9.S3 and Barrows' deuce for 13 BQiTjts., ofCerlrig just another mean- ddrJrtg, whiz bang edition of the old- time.: man-and -maid chatter act, , with -.the guy stralghtlng' for the gal's Inane utterarices;..mbst of her Dumb Dora'ing, unfortunately, isn't _ Very. humbrous.-T-T-The-rturri^— dragsr , Mah fingers ari accordion iritermlt- tontly ;. gal spaces chatter: with some struriimlng. pri a uke, also sings at ; clpge, but.thls, too, uriprodnctive. De Rose 1.^ in :the trey and eri- ,. Hveris situatlon.ihstaritly. First time . here for hlm :and his 10 hilns. scored solidly, liis is,, a neat -novelty . for vaude ,and, if his fbrelgn-flaked has a :persbrtallty that Is Infectious, Plus ability. Julia Curtis, ventrilo- quist, .sings three trick numbers with two- -bt the- O'COnriors;- with Rube Wolf doing the mugging. Idea; new here, clicked. Marion pariielSi acrb dancer, < doers a control routine for the opening which Ira- presses, . With the band on the stage, combo makes up for the .elimiriei;^ 4ibn of the inale chorus and ballet dancers in ,: filHrig the rostrum. Band does one hoke number which ends W'lth 'all the musicians Using batons,' conducting Wolf. Bit Was okay for a filler. . V ; Chorus, with precision work, is stin the high spot of the Par's pre- seritatlons. Girls do the neatest work seen Iri' these liarts and have clicked with the regulars. Best routine -this week Is a military drill dbrie to ordinary time step, but sold 100%. , Kovelty . number . in v the middle bf the bill has them all dressed as 'Popeye.' Routine Is a simple tap; Their opening is a waltz well ; executed, but too slow for ari opening.. .Ml^si.eslpRi'_, ; some. Italian troops, w h 1 1 e . ; Urtlvecsal comes through - with a shot of Italy's launching of its latest cruiser. Parariiount and Universal recall the recent Greek uprising, with the fbrmer showing that Its cameraman had beeri. at the scene of some of the excitement. Paramoimt clip dlsr closes a sample of the mauling the rebels got - when the loyal, tropps cauisrht up with, theni, Highlight of the irijpprt is a bit .sipwlhg abbtit 30 Greek troopers piling on to a single irisurgent. Oniy . American spot . shot, that Suggested- excitement is U.'s captur- ing oVd riot scene at the Crosley radio factory In iClncInnatl. Strikers on picket duty, after ; several at- tempts, succeed In smashing through thie-Jlne of police thrown arbiirid the Plant. Graham McNanjee, during I^IS b(iriiment on the affair, tefers tb the gioplpyer as a 'Glnclnri.ati: radio manufacturer.' McNamee Is'^bo.oked by/Universal through NBC,-.whlch Is allied ;'i\'ith Gfrbsley through thiB lat- tef's.o'wifW!rsiiip:bf WLW And WSAI. Fbx' dlnjects some htimor Into - its symposium Of i-eactlons by the win- ners, ot'the. latest Irisii Sweepstakes e— 04— tbbse-j) -viewedr remarks -that -he's siire he won't cut in on any of the $40,000 his wife' won,, so he', might as well get back' to his job at a baking plant. Odec. Earle, PliUadiiblp^ . V Philadelphia^ Match 29. Better- than^average sho\lr ..on the stage at the' Earle this week, with plenty Of action and. i>ep. Audience received It, more kindly than usual with this theatriei'a clientele. Johnny jPerklns opens the show as. m.c.i first In the pit, and deliver- ing soriie fast chatter, .also leading the orchestra in a niedley featuring the Old favorite; 'Margie.' . Perkins W9rks easily: arid getS: the show : ofC to a lively and spirited atart. ' ; . Then comes the flrst appearance, of the -Roxyettesi .advertised, as 're-^ turning by.demand.- Thete are 32 of thentr being the unit that played here at the Rozy^Maatbaum. . In first appearance they were. In black, with partial riding habits, but black, silk : stockings Instead of conven- tional huritlng ; attire. Pld their rhythrii to the time of 'Sophisticated Lady.'. Usual audlericb; enthusiasm. Bob Rlpa, novelty: juggler, whose kct is much longer than most of . his kind but never fedlous, follows. He clicked solidly and showed what oari be gainedv by a little originality In- jected In old routlries. Perkins then returns: to sing 'a; fairly humorous riumber about 'Johnny who :st8iyed Iftir school.'. A little, blue, but bkaye'd by' audience. Roxyettes, tills tiriiie! In black and orangte, with long, flowing gbwris, dance tb 'The Object of My Affections.' . Bellett arid 'LarinbV whose act has a Contlnerital tinge although Ob- viously riot, combine eccentric and contOrtlbnlstlc dancing with 0ome tohiedy diaioeriie. Former was good;, latter not so hot. . Ruth. Petty, singer, warbles into a nilke, getting heir best h4nd for 'I've Gbt-Rhythni.' Pei-klris makes another appearance to sing with Miss Retty arid they toss gaga back Can't Win Hollywood, April 2. . June Grabiner, daughter of; the ;Chicago White Sox official is tlie latest victim: bf ai . Hol- lywood standoff, " ; ■ She draws a contract -at ;Wa.rners but loses her nari^ie. New, moniker sfUf being shuf-"" fledi^ .■■ ;;■; /■ WB TAGS SGHLESINGER CARTOONS FOR 3 YEARS Hbllywbod, April 2. . . Leon Schlesiriger • has • Bigried. a, n«»w cbritract with, Warners Where- by he continues prodUctlbn of,: his Merrle Melody arid Lporiey Tiines series of cartoons for Warner re- , lease for three more years: ; Present 'agjtwrieni" expires witljrthls season and new dieal starts in Septerriber. Prbdiicer 'Will : make . 13 each Of the two series of cartoons for .1935- 36, which will be processed by Tech- - nlcolor. - . ...r-. :-'■: Get Studio Aid ' On How to Build Cheap Hollywood, April '2. . John H. La Duke of the Depart- ment of the Interior is here to get Information from the studios On. cheap constructlori of buildings. He hopes to,get pointers from the lot set builders that will help the department In Its recovery program' which comprises the construction of commurittles of small houses In 65 different locatipris In the U. S. "These homes are to bfe btlllt at a maximum cost' of 12,900. : : ■ Roxyettes close the show with plenty of spirit, dressed in abbre- viated college costumes and danc- ing . to . a medley, that Includes 'Varsity Drag* and similar ditties. Picture Is 'Love In Bloom* (Par). Watera. ': FOX, BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT, L. A. Los Angolcsi March 29. More laugh entertainment cram- med into the current presentation than: has been seen here In several weeks, For about a month house wont highbfow on the stage: This week hoke 'returns, giving the pat- ons a weicoriie relief: - v . ' ' 0."-GbririQr-fariilly--af'e-the^tpr>Pcrs,' with the five .youngsters gc'ttlnjj': cvcrytiilrig pos.sibl'e out. of their' act. However, there's rib excuse 'for' the two . youngest, around 10 arid five ears old, u.slng blue.materlal., Who- ever bwris the- aat ..should be told. . Etta Motan; colored sonfirslreH.s from, filma, iscorcs with thrco num- bers. Miss Motan, striking in looks, Jiist to' make sure, :she's using an almost entirely new routine, and It looks like the best act she's ever done. She shouldn't have any trou- ble pleasing 'em anywhere with this. All three numbers are specials.. 'I'm Nervous' and 'East Bide Sym- phpny' are outstanding. Her radio takeoff is. amdsing, but has a few lines that could be ; tightened up. It takes courage, these days, to break in a new material,' especially when she doesn't have - to, ~ never having played this hous6 in about; five years, but Miss Picon deserves credit for doing It. It's the only way vaudeville can hold as little of the public as it has left. Finale aj^aln uses the girls and the Voltalres. Girls go. niodernistlc, always a mistake In picture houses They can't get away with It, al- though they, try hard. The "Voltalres have now grown to five, three men and two girls, and go unabashedly^ into adagio. ^That's "better, although still not good. Using two girls In- f jf nhft la n. hit dj ffflrentJrQin ■ Boston, April 2. ■ Receivers of the Olympla Operat- ing CO. of Boston were heard Mon- day (1) before the Superior Court, complaining that RKO thea- . tre of JBoston had Influenced the Fox exchange to hold up subsequent run bookings bf 'Little Colonel.' RKO alleges a contract with Fox' that all first runs exhibited Iri : any RKO house In Boston should have 28 days protection before release to subse- quent runs. According to RKO'* interpretation . the - protection holda . as 28 days aftier the tliiatre has fin- ished the run. In this case; 'LUtla Colonel' ran t wo Weeks at the Keith . TC^brTai;~Boiiloni > Olympla, maintains the protection expires 28 days after the flrst week's showing, confirming book- ings to that effect from '. the ex- change. For years, this dual deflnl- - tlpn of length : of run has been a moot question In. Boston and the present trial was regarded as a test case to establish precederit Olympla. theatre was granted subsequent run -release on 'Llttla Colonel' 28. days after Keith's first week, but this does not establish ; first run . interypretatlon '. In Boa- ton. Judge Wllf ord B. Gray ruled less damage will be done by allow- ing Pox Films to fulfill Its com- mitments. Memorial is. this week completing a three week run ; of 'Roberta*. (Radio) and anticipated siriailar dif- ficulties with the suburban houses. Next week the pic goes into tha Keith Boiston for eight days as a continuous run, arid at same prica scale. . . .^ Among the theatres Included In t]ie list bf complainants ai'e Central Square, Cambridge; . Strand, Dbr- cheser; Rivbll, Roxbury;.. Oriental, Mattttpari; Washington St." Olympla, Boston; Embassy, Waitham; Granada, Maiden; : and* Strand,: Qulncy. Last two are .not M&P .houses' (Olympla Theatres), biit In- dies who Joined. In .the::legal .clash. 's Soe^'Em-AD most acts, but one glrliceeps getting In the way and It doesn't flow so well 'Living on Velvet* (WB) Is on the screen, and biz last show Friday night was fair. Kaitf. Paramount, St. Paiil . Molly Picon centers the stage this week here, so managemerit probably figured it didn't need any more acts. Maybe it can get away with It, but whatever business there Is IS all due to the little girl from Second avenue. : Conslderlnig the paucity of talent. Fox stager does a pretty creditable job of niaklng It look like a show. Opens with the line of 12 in a fair to midilling routine, with Chas. Barrett slriglng a song. - Olive White bows in here. She's iri.c. this' week, one of the few fenime m.c.'s in the business. Miss White has been around vaude and night clubs and led a band for a while. She does nothing here but smile pretty arid Introduce the acts. Maybe; she should have tried sing- ing a bit or swinging a fiddle. Al- quawks on her. — She's I noscs, tJTlt her dance measures okayr— She has "lockSTTcp ahd" per'-: sonallty. She can stand a buildup' at thisV Or some other neighborhood house: like it. '•■ , ' ", ' Gale and Carson are two young rrieri that are pretty fair dancers who seem tb think they should be comedians. If they stick to their dancing maybe okay. -; Lucille Kirk is • Introed as a Brooklyn girl who won an amateur contest In the theatre. She's an amateur who sings pretty well, in fact, so well that a couple of 'may - bc'fi' crop but automatically. .'The Vbltalre.s come on for a dance to center another production number iierc,"whtch"-al30 has- Barrett- at the mike.' They consist of twb girls arid a man in a ballroom dance. None of the ,trlO has 'Cibthe.s that fit. and none of the trio has much Idf;a: what ballroom dancing l.s about. Molly Picon corricfl'on iiere anflM.s a llfe-.saver; .She's been in Yiddl.sh lejjlt for the winter arid this: la her flr.st .vaude date jri .mariy months. ■ St. Paul, March 29. : Despite a coldish crimp In the weather, biz started great and held up throughout the opening day. Nicely-balanced bill presages a good week-end. , Three Waltons open with some nifty pseudO-drurik acrobatics. Slow in tempo, their skiil compensates and put 'em across to a nice hand. Elmer Cleve and Co. on next In an act too good . for sp early a program spOt. A slick stooge, play- ing musical saw and accordion, and imitating animal sounds, socked, while Cleve himself Is tops on the xylophone. A looker accbmpariles this funny pair with sure-fire banter. r-nnirtib countes.S wears, she'll haye^. to expect wrath from the. blue- up as an artistic success. A line of six fcmmes; all amply clpthed, niay salve the reformers; ■ ■ Cy Wills and ; Joari Davis, next to „shuti: : wbre the esjience of ef- f er vertcMice and had the; cd.stomers howlinf^ Joan does a slithering, .slUy dance that reminds of-Will-Ma— honey's tumble, only ..she stays on the floor and, unlike Will, never actually falls. Audience wonders what holds her up. Miss Davis la also long on ability to handle bluish Ilne.s. Her partner makes an ex- cellent foil arid turns his comedy lines glibly.. Bee-IIee .and Rubyatte and Co., A rab tumblers, late Of "the Marcus .Show, close. Snaxjpy,. colorful flash. Paramourit 'Adorables,' a line' of 12 local : girls, open the show with a dance routine that, together with some . flashy . coa turning, 'Is quite okay, ..: . - . ■.:■, . 'After Office Hours'. '(Metro) and Paramount news on the film aide., . .-'•;'•. IRascMck. Los Ahgeles, April 2. Tricolor,. Inc., has ibroUght suit for injunction and accburitlnijr.- against Technicolor, illtcheli , ; Camera Corp., wait Disney 'J^irbdiictlons, Pioneer Wctures, Fox Films, 20th Century, Warners, ' Samuel Gold- wyn, RKO and other johndoe de- jtendantsr-chapging^nfrfngeiiiunt uf the) Charles' P. Jones duplex' color camera patent. Jones patent, unlicensed to da- : fendants as equity bill in Federal Court recites,' .came to Tricolor on assignments through Jones and Colorco In 1922. ' Proposed Slap at Pic Agents Held illegal Sacramento, April 2. Epic Assemblyman Flint Is plentr: worried ovdr his agency bill follow- ing oral ruling by state legislatlv* counsel office that the blister on percenters -In unconstitutional. He's now re -drafting it. Bill would regulate agents through glylrig a three man board control of fees, contracts amd arbitration. Pic- ture crowd claims it's, class Icglsla- . tlpn and Invasion of basic rights to CONTRACTS i.. Holly'wood, April 2. Lyie Talbot starts hie third year at Warners on option pickup. Radio has handed Lucille Ball a aeveri; year contract with the usUal options and has added her to ths .stock company. '.- '^ i: . ■ ■■ ■ :' ; Bohiiy Xonnblly stays at Wafrters~ as dance director fpr anPthcr .year. Virginia Bruce for anothci- iix.^' month stretch at Metro. Ditto for Mona Barrie at Fbr. Howard .Eirim'^tt Rogers set for another year on Metro's writing staff;. Draws as firsts assignment 'Manners Dajakcth the Man.' \ 1_: ~ ^Franc;e3 '^^Cpodrlch-~Tina ; Albert .; Httckett handed straight two-year ^ wt'ltlng contract J)y Paramount. Evelyn vPoCn' Aight club warbler and comedienne, termed by Radio.' :,- Mark > Sfertdrl'ch optlonod for an- other .stretch at Radio ;£in(l tfottinr 'Tpp'Hat','r{iVly.- Wr 't.h%^canVoi:as. . ■. Otto, J?ro,w.ier . landed a ripw dlrec.- ■ torlal', cbritract. at 20th Century. ~\ 82 VARIETY Wednesday, AprU 3, 1935 i ilii 111 ;-;-:':^M g.'.'.'.-.'.'.'.'.'.^.V.'.'A'X'W Wednesday, AprM 8, 1935 VARIETY Cincinnati, April 2. Employees^ (set) factory are out on strlKe. With considerable vloicnce having' occurred, and both police and pickets creating tension, Loft of the factory; is used, as headquarter^ for stations WLW and WSAI, arid the fiirther threat, that the dls- gruntled employ e es ma:y induce the Lroadcajstlng technicians to ' join them, had Powel Crosley arid Jack Cljark perturbed last week arid flg.- urlne ori defensive tactlra.. : Ifn an effort to; forestall possible: -Interruption of prdgratrii service for ^ : the two stations, the remote studio ' ^ the 'Netherlarida. Tlaza /hotel Is' belrig .prepared, as a neutral' zo . Crosley 'plant /Is' several miles' aWay from downtown Cinclnnail arid a .i*?J'S>'.sPo^;to get to arid from un- der istrlkei conditions, One of the WLW engineers Was reported beaten up Friday. (29) .Ifite at night, but this has hot been cori- flrined, V NeWsreel xomRariles . ha ,Berit ; equipment ^ tq photograph' the rioting, ignlyeraal riewa i'eel did nSt : mention : Crosley . by" name, merely meritlorilrig a 'radio factory.' ' U's , news cpmritieritator is Graharii Mc- . Namee of NBC. / . J^e Points of UW led m Wihchdl inction Appeal of the Fletcher- & ElUs agency and the distiller of the Q & "VT : brand Of liquors: frorii the tem- porary Injunction granted J. Walter ^Thompson;.ln connection' with' the iUee of Walters Wlriohell'B riarii^" in .-a •serle»-of-G-r«F-W--riBWBpHp'er"ads" was argued before the NeW York .Appellate! JMyisloh last wefeic. Irt- Junctlon, ; which , also riamed" -:«7ln. I Boston, April 2. chell as one of : the restrained .'iiar- Fearing- trouble fbt the station ties, was, obtained, .front the New "Tilsht result from the' radio broad Tbrk SUpreme^Cburt lifter the RUT)- I °' Richard D. (Grant from thi llcatlori of the initial" ad" in the controversial Gopeland pure food and drug bllL Placing added burderi. on br^iadcastera arid embodying x-egulatlon opposed by the i-adlo Industry, began lt» ,way,thrpugh Congress Moriday .d). ' ^ With approval alriio^t certain, hotly-debated legls- ation . was taken up Iri the senate under conditions Indicating passage Is likely before the erid of the week. Considerable opposition to ; various provisions exists, but , the pleasure has President Rooflevelti ble^ssing and its fundamental objective' IQ attracting -widespread rsupportr - r'"" '"^ - " / /— ""^ ^ Measure, containing numerous/ changes and dlfrer- Ing; materially from the draft which stirred up a hornet's nest a year ago, would make, broadcasters subject to regulation by the Agriculture Department's Food and Drug Administration, Iri additlori to present I ^^-*l^^. : ^.^'^^'^^L^^^'='^ and Federal Communl • TcaUofla Commission. Bruudcastei'srwould be liable to fines up to $i0;000 or threiB-year jail bnterices; J Proposing broad powers for Afericultural Depart- ment, measure alms at outlawing false advertising by any medium. Stipulates tha^ ^Mssemlnatloa of • any, false advertisement by the United States malis ' or In Interstate commerce by radio-broadcast or other- wise for the purpose or indU'cIrig, directly or indi- rectly, the purchase of food, drugs, - or cosmetics' would be a violation. False adverUsements are de- . fined as 'false or nilsleadlng In any particular relevant to the/purppses of this act regarding such food, drug^ or cosmetic' while additional provision stipulates that any representation about effects of drugs must be ^?Id^d ■ false M: 'not sustained by demonstrable^ ^^entlfic fftcta, PiTiSubstantlal and reliable , medical opinion. ./,.;•:■'/■•■.:.■■■../■ Penal proivislons are tough: Uri^ seciloh/iriy ■ person . gTiIlty : of disseminating false a^ wouIl.be llable for a onei-year sentence or a fine of 11,000 for first offense, with the jail term being ' dpubled and the fine tripled for repetition- of the vlo- la^Io^. :ln,the case Of any ;%IHful violation' :the slue ti^uldvbe |l(»,00p and three years. : /\ ^ As a concession, Ijlll speclfles that no piiblisher. broadcaster, advertising agency or othet< medium shall be considered ' in, violation of the ban against false ' advertisements 'when such dissemination is caused by the manufacturer, packer, distributor,, or seller.' Costly Silence ■ . '.^ Broadcasters, agencies, aind Other media wbuld be Waahlngton, Apr llj, tton .ofumy-adyprtlRement^false or-truthf»lr-and-an> display of stubbornness would bring penalties up to IMOO and two years. Punitive sections make officers/ directors, agents, or employees of corporations 'liable. Listlnj? numerous don'ts, measure Would ban adVer- i tislrig for corifimodltles purporting to ha,ve therapeutic effept in treatirig Bright 's disease, cancer, tuberculo- sis. Infantile paralysis, verieral diseases, heart and vascular diseases. Mess of restrictions would be I placed on labeling and description of foods, medlcines,^^^ ■ cosmetics, and arugs, witti primary responsibility on y^-^'-^^"^': Tork, which three -the manufacturifera Drr advertiser; arid the ago passed urider the niari- Department, with the consent of advisory boards, aeement of LoUls k. Sidney Wur would . havfi nnwAK fn avnow.* u-i. x-j . . ■ . "cy, irtiew FOR WEB would have power to expand the list and tighten requirements. Committee , remodeling resulted , Iri ' addition of phraseology to the advertising sections believed ade- -^I^*^'^.* ^"^.^wlll ^adVertlsements which do «ot relate to the merlls of the article Involved and recognize the right of advertiser to 'put his best foot forward' so that puffing would not be prevented. Discussing, these changes In Its report, the commerce committee said the measure Is not Intended to' re- strain' the legitimate ekerclse of this privilege where i r«"v. •» auu noaion sought It Is not misleading, noting thalt 'good advertising Is *^**°"^*^*J'P.^*t*> WHN, feeling that not' iricompiatlble with truth In advertising and there ""^^^ niaw showmanship poll- Is nothing In this paragraph or In any other section ' "lus WHN's ntivnntnfoo «<• „i f^f to prevent the vivid and attractive adver-^ ttsemetat of any and all meritorious properties of goods/.-;. :.';/■■ . ,. ... . .•;.'. ; Although effort was- made to eliminate scores of criticisms,, committee did not entirely satisfy broad theatre nabob, may become the New Tprk key station for Some of the surviving members of the now com- pletely disintegrated ABS chain. onversatlons with that~~obrec^t in mind have .taken place dUrlng the last week ;bu]t.;with notbirtig settled. SpokVsin'aR for stations In Water- bUry, Providence arid Boston sought a.hopk-UR .with WHN, feeling, thai under the new showmanship poli- cies plus .WHN'S advantages otuU llance with Loew theatre, MdM pic- tures and.the Wllliami Morris agen- cy _theJ:. program, source is •poten-v tlally , very , istrong. y\[ A perlpd of negptlatipn and prep- cnucisms,. committee did not entirely satisfy broad- ■ penoa oi negpiiatipn and prep- casters. Particularly condemned by radio spok6smeh ^^"pn would probably intervene was the idea of Including as 'drugs' all 'devices' in- - as jSld- tended to affect the structure or any function of the I '"shlng into anything body and the broad language used In describing: cos- metics as 'all substances and preparations except ordinary toilet and household soap intended for cleansing or altering the appearance of or promoting the attractiveness of the person.' Testifying as rep- resentative of the National^ Association of . Broadcast- casters, Henry A, Bellows questloried the need • for. such sweeping language. J- Attack also has been made by broadcasters on the 'alalrailngljr vigue: but broad powers' given the en - forceinent authorities, while Bellows complained against the idea Of adding another regulatory body I in a scrap w.itn .to the, troubles' of broadcasters. .Committee partiaHy *'>8-^*charflvFoiey:'aj5ency in Philiy^ improved the nieasure : from radio viewpolrit, how- J after: the adve^tlslrig flrni question^ I Adyertisiiig Agency Philadelphia, April- 2. -: WCAU is reported in a scrap with - compelled to furnish; 'ori reasonable request,' the crlmlnaW o^kTnVrhi^o"^:;!^^^ " ""-line staiions actions receritly in an WBZ CHARY, SENDING GRANT TO YANKEE [Wpposed 'TBeirtes '.Of '13, for Which 'Winchelt-retelved $6,000. ' ,;; Iri their plea before the appellate .court F & E and G & W contended ___Lthat,:the Iriluncil.ph Shcjild. riot. hive been granted against them as they "had entered' Intp the coritract "in good faith and Without any knowj- . ; edge of the alleged Contract' with the Thompson agency. Which the ■ .- the Chambers of the governor of Massachusetts, WBZ of Bostori has', notified : Governor . James M. Gufley ■that , they could not permit Grant to continue as a proxy speaker fbr^ him on the weekly 15-mInute broad- casts, .■ • , .,. . ■ John Shepard, 3rd, head of WNAC and the Yankee Network, Immediately offered the use of his station to Goverrior- Curiey, with WOR PROTESTS latter claimed gave It. exclusive permission that Grant, now attention to the jights-to-the-eoiumnlst^-conimer- \^^^ g overnor^— secretary , 'bw a i— -the— expiration— d: clal services. "They : also argued MP?"®" to continue his weekly talks. that the injunction shoulc! foe set aside : on the ground that the Thompson agency had failed' to es- tablish irreparable damages, neces- sary to entitle It to a preliminary - Injunction;' -; ■ - - . . . Counsel for Thompson advised the appellate court the issuance of the injunction pending trial Was State house talk shifts from Tues- day- nights at 6.30 over. WBZ to Thursdays at 6:46 through WNAC starting April 4; ' This brings Grant back Into as- sociation with- Shepard, his former boss. During last faU's guberna- torial campaign Dick Grant, then edltpr-ln-chlef of the Yankee Net I'ciiuinir . inai was N'--''^* vl me lanxee j<(et Justified because the law provides hN«WS Service, resigned his position that Where services contracted are ^'^^"^ ^® had bees admonished by unique In character, immediate Shepard to tone down his nightly steps may be taken to prevent r^"***Orials, 'As 1 See It " others from using these services during thA-term t)f-the original con- tract. Also that the exclusive right to use Wlnchell's name and photo- graph Is a property right arid the lower court had been Invested with the power to protect this right by Irijuhctlon from Irreparable dam- age which is threatened by wrong- ful acts. s Emphasis in London , . WQR, /Newark,.haa Wed with' the Federal : Padlo Commission a pro- ,test against the directional an- tenna for 600,000 watts now being set up by WLW. Cincinnati. Move is strictly an anticipatory , one, with ■ WOB V figuring that if the two signals did iriterfere It 'would have a better chance of being heard by the commlsh later by having taken the .precautlpiir to call the IfcC's attention to the situation before WLW's directional antenna cori- structlpri' permit Both stations are members of the Mutual Broadcasting System. WQB recentlj^ jumped its power to 60,000 watts Erwin, Wasey & Co. has Installed a radlp department In its London Office, with John H. Winter, former- ly d-f Pom-Radlo-tttxembouri WFAS in Booking Biz Porter Leaves KRMD Shreveport, Xa , April 2. Bill Porter scrams as program dl- ager of the new station, KPLC,*?n Lake Charles, Loufslaria. • Bill Roens Will be hoisted from an- 1 WFA, white Plains has opened Swede Forsburg. left Shrevenort . f*^ service bureau to handle Saturday (30) t<^ii^Sl^m^^^ Erie,_Pa. ...That, means- a- double 3il>v, "f-f "^^^^ this . suburban; duty load for Bryce Dickson chief ? Is a hotbed for social gath- ann^unccr. . '^'^'^M erings, women's clubs, etc. which can use such a service. ■ . ' , ' A .1 • roi . ■' I . F. A. Seltz Is in charge Adrian Planter Out Adrian, J, Flanter, for : the past | year. In charge of sales promotion at Worid Broadcasting . ^ysterii. Inc., Clip NBC Prisco Staff ■ Sari Francisco, April 2. Commercial ptpgrams are down to 1. Besides sales Promotion, Planter to Hollywood with N«r< w^^^^^ „f I.S. •-4 «L.d *(U(t^1£!Si:^JS^ f ' to 40. Leopold Spitahy-s Job Leopold Spitalny Joined NBC Monday (1) as general musical cori- tractdr. New York musicians' union had previously turned down the. net- work's selection of f honias Belvlso for this post Belvlso, who is the NBC > musical librarian, has been with the organization: practically since its Inception, DENY OTOPICS TIME; ASK account away from WFIL. Agency Is producing a minstrel show, on the WFIL station, after several seasons of dickering with -weA-u---on--pro^ranrfeuiraingr~Nor satisfied .with the. .latter statidnJs audition /.suggestions^ agency bHilt Los Arieeles Anrti r I OFn;?*^-m|nute stanza, arid ^wlei^^ >Pnir* \ f^;^ r*'^^?^^- W a reriewtil cpmin* f Epics and :Utbplans, who fostered up,., the plilm js . that WCAU ak- the gubernatorial cariipalgiv^ 6^ tip- tempted to snate the .mlristrel tiilen^ toil; .Sinclair, . are reported making * forcing Jasue f pr "the studi* — ^ ■ ■ ■ ■• - I switch. In ariswer, WCAU clalriiii. an effort to get a license "f oi* a iocttl radio station. ' :,''•> ' • ■,!-• Application for a license follows the refusal of thO first line stations here tO glye them tlnie" for their rilll- lennlum-seeklrig propaganda.' However, application to the Com- munications Commission has npt been filed by : the. assbclatlPns as such, but is being asked for in the that the qU^t advised them of '"'.a desir^ for .qhange by direct contact,' This the agrericy emphatically denlesi Reriewai- werit-to WTlL; ^ r name-pf a privarfftudi Vidual whp has prevlpiisly been proriilnently Identified with both movements. DuranteV Radio Script Trial Up Lbs Angeles, Aprlt27 suit, claiming that Jimmy Durante owes , Bert Levlne $3,000 on a cpn- tract for writing: radio gags will go to trial April 23. Durante's answer t6" scribe's ac- cusatlons are that he terminated the pact •Wheri- material- did npt pVw Levlne says the Swiger Must Die Y^^^- ^^^"^^ 0.r ^rn 2. . ^..u. „„c„ m»xe Upholding the decision In common what he wanted, i^evino sava the Pleas court, the fifth district court contract was no severed! an? ttl? tLl''^'^* n'l^ fenled a new: he Was to be pald at rate of $200^J trial to Russell C. Swiger, 21 -year- | week * old orchestra leader and radio en- tertainer,' convicted slayer of Har- old Fleming, 19, during a filling sfa- I . Alan Scott at WrAlT tlon holdup here September 24, 1934. " OCOU. ai W*^AU .-A-- ._G.eprge,...attorney_ f pr -.the-—- - . _„^?hiladfilphia, / ApriLi.— cpndemned yoUth, who Is scheduled A'ari Scott, former WCAU an- te die in the electric chair April 6 "ouncer who turned free-lance news : for. thai crime, announced he would P*''^'^'* ^*^t fall, returns to WCAU carry Swiger's case to the supreme running mate with Gen. Smedley court / '/ : . ■ | Butler fpr the Pep Boys 11 p; m. broadcasts. ' ^ Word slinger has one <>f the best followlngs, of ariy news broadcaster m -KllhllA Pfli't ' " I!" the Phllly area, and believed to ~i~UUU\/'^~m h It^ve-^T^en^^r-a change. E"ipected he will move -to WFIL oh the ex plratlon of the new 13^ week con- ...... - ^ - . . , 1 ti'act sustaining figure: there being ijii nction HalU R e nt 'Free ?;PP''°^''"'^teiy whnt he-Feap»-fPom Lease to WCBM the current show. / Baltimore, April 2. After shaping ^p the plan with such great secrecy that some of the stockholders and all of the staff of station didn't know of the idea. WCBM last week snagged permlsh of the Park Board and city solicitor to erect a 200-fpot tower and trans- mlttlrig station In middle of Druid Hill Park, burg's' biggest. jjtiblle pasture which Is located in hiart of town, the 'Central Park of Baltb ' - WCBM got the permlsh and a lease on the site for 10 years, with- out payment of any rental riipney. Immediately an Irijunctlori , -was sought by a citizen. Suit was NBC'S NICKELS heard In Circuit Court Charge ^^^s that the broadcasting .station was going to use public property for a. private commercial venture. At the hearing the judge overruled the demurrers filed by WCBM and the city. Immediately after decision the Assesses 'Loan' Fee for -v /- - : .' Given Free -to Web Musib NBC now imposes a 5c fee for music b9rrow:ed from Its library. Charge even applies to dance ar^ rangements and vocal copies which station ftio/i o I t., r V"= .»"b;=...c«La a.nq vocai copies Which In S^.'^^''^ ^ "i""^? supplied the network free by , up In this month's Ap^peai cou^^ term. SJallpri pi-Qposes to glve;ithe city In return for right to, build on park property two hours weekly on sta- tloh;: time, to be designated by sta- tion. According to. terms On con- tract the free time will be consumed by programs of civic, educational and .npn-ppllticalinature,--— -1.: : music publishers. Because of the lil.tftftr .,clrcuir(stance, artists allied with commercial programs say they capTf : see : the justincation of the tap, even If It's only a. nickel. '/ Network's explanation for the fee Is that It's collected to cover the handling of the music and the mak- ing out of, rental tardSi' arid also to discourage the 'Vbffowrni'Tdea. " ~~ tTednesdi^fr April 3, X93S RAH I VARIETY 9S JOB N .Showmanship eeems to te maklti? the grade oQciaily. Some of the xnoBt coneiervatlve lads In . radio are now Jabberlngr ; famlllariy about •bowmanshlp. Thei term boba up In the promdtlonar adverttsiiig of •giencles and Btatiohs Out not the hetworlcs) and It's become a con^- pllment to cell ainybody In radio a showman. It tised to alarm, and not /longer- 'iagoVthah; V year ;or. ■■'two. '■' : Variety has continuously harped on Bho\itrinanship as a, need and aa Imperative to radio broadcasting. But there's still a. long way to travel before, showmanship will dominate or guldie radio as a whole. . Perhaps the networ)cB will nevet^ achieve showmanship; In s^^^ ' dering control of their progriam schedules to commercials (save for inip«rflclal censorship and some slight efforts to discourage laxatives) the wiBbs may have 'doomed themselves, to the roiutine of selling and •iigineering. Such a subordinate participation in; radio is i\o{^ now appareiit, but" tlitfe;^ trta,S*^^ee the . hetworks d^velopfiig the " same^ In- feriority compleiic about showmanshlpi they now have on circulation. . . ShowmiBhshIp Is unaccountsibly resisted by the networks. In respect to the , magnitude and dominant position of the weba anything they now do along these lines is cbraparatlvely ' meagre. Slurring remarks passed, by execs .aga;inst others with a showiiianly background may be iymptomatlc of a wlllirigness not to .understand. Or maybe somebody's scared; ' ^ ■•■'^^ ■ ■ ;-' ■ ■ ■ Nothiha particularly mysterious /about showmanship, -nor is it thef property of gents in fancy vesta. Showmanship ca;n . be acquired and ■bowmen can be hired. But the /webs' ideas seem mainly to run to bienday printing smudges pn maps to prove that people listen to radio. A Jiunch Ahat. Jk.nQt.:belng.:x5hallenged, , ; j^^^^ ^ -.^-j- ...iC--.-: . -Detrolt,-April-2. Fur flew In Detroit la^t week over Ihe wajr the Chevrolet spot coin was being handed out to some 260 sta-. Hons throughout the country In one iii the big disc spreads for the auto •oinpany. And out of the merry irrangle came the decision on the ■ail of the auto Arm and the Camp-;< Mll-Ewald agency that despite the tact that the discs. wer« re<:orded liy World and were taken oil the JKorld_library^that..^theat 'ahojes itould be plaxsed oh stations other than those namidd by World or those Which have contraicted for the World fnstalhlng service. Outside station representatives «uch as the Petry orgahizatloh proved to' the satisfaction of the" Mto ohiefi^ and the agency that eWorld contract gave their sustaln- kig stations the. exclusive "right to the Wotid //sustaining records biit sot to the music. And that since the Chisvrolet discs were' dubbed With miislc from the World libriary fhat World has' no right to dictate IHI to which stations should be ielven ttie Chevrolet business. '"Added -'Starters ;.-..; As It formerly stood before the Fetry ihen, John Spades of Detroit Mid Bd "Voynow; of Chicago, stepped t ? ' (COntlnuednoH page 37)- JACK ADAMS JOINS . Jack T. Adams, whose last New . Tork connection was as president •f the Federal Broadcasting Corp., ' lessees of WMCA, has joined Leni- nen; & Mltchcli as head pi the ' a g cncic^a-^^JUdioL-Mep artinent . : After the Federal burich Bettled. lor the baiaiicei of his contracti Adams moved to the w«Bt coast. Adams' previous alliances in the: broiidca.stlng huslness were as gen- mgr. of the Judson Radio Pi-Ogram Corp.: aiid head of his .pwn_ tralri^ . ^ icrlption conipa,ny; Heidt /' San I'rahclsco, Apirll 2. . "Hugh Barrett Dobbs, who pro- duced arid m.c.'d the Dobbaie Ship .Wt Joy, CBS program, Is put; ■ with : Borace Heidt; orchestra leader, tak- Ini the helm, with title- changed, to llaldt's Brigade. .■how is a commerolaller for ttowact-Warner./ Outing follows a ■ 9«rap-betw««b the baton Tirlelder-ftnd . Dobbs. ' ■■ Paley^s 5=Yr Gonlract William A. Paley's contract as CBS preslderitvwaa renewed for an- other iflve years at a meeting of the network's board of directors last week; Extension leaves intact the terms of , the bid contract, which guaranteed blm $60,000 a year aiid gave him a, cut on the gross busl ness. Paley makes about |300,000 annually on the. -deal... - Meeting ihade : it a clean, sweep by reelecting the same pfflcers and directors. Expieriience of New iBriins- wick Broadcaster Thought to Be Fairly Tyi(>ical— - Working Against Heart- Breaking Conditions UNSYMPATHETIC BOSSES St. John, N.B., Api il 2. Toughest job In broadcaating la being manager of a station owned by a newspaper. This - la the opinion of Doc Dakin who resigned last week as; manager of CHSJ.; Dakiri came in from Toronto.; whei) the station formerly independent passed : ' to the local preas-utillty monopoly a year ago. Headache number pne for Dakin was wli^h the riewspalper- seemt^^ inore anxious to discourage than encourage radio advertising boosted time rates n^rly 100%. That aucr ceeded beautitliilly in driving aivay many, of the local sjpohisors and leaving Dakin struggling with the chronic -spectre of deficit.: - ■ - During the months that followed Dakin found : the newspaper gen erally - regarded the station pretty much as a step-child. * While -llberal--eriough-wltlL-authorizationa affecting the newspaper a policy of stringent economy cramped efforts to ~ operate CHSj as aai aggresslyie station. Work of reorganizing: the station (formerly CFBO) on a Bllm budget meant that Dakin had to do much of the announcing as well as being chief salesmah In competition for advertising ., with the newspaper which «ave him orders. Climax came when last week he was asked to. slash his salary |20 a week. :"" Dakin quit, the newspaper has decided to abolish the Job altogether aiid 'will move the station, out of the local hotel into pfflces of the newspaper. :i)akln has returned to T o r ont o . — - — . J.- ' ' ..' ' ■ ' January February March ...';. . . 1936 $2,894,767 .... 2,692,656 ,, (Unreported) NBC 1934 $2,387,127 2,197,297 2,473,400 1933 ' - $1,869^886 1,742,784 1,997,463 Totaia ; , ., $7,058,824 $6;eUM32 CBS 1935 ; 1934 1933 January . . . . . . , $1,768,949 • $1,406,948 $941,466 February 1,638,421 . . 1.387,823 884,977 March . 1,819,563 1,624,904 1,016(102 Totals .. ..'tr $5,2^6,923 • $'4,318,-77J6^ p::.$2;842,644 1932 $2,636,447 -2,671,609- 2,864,783; $8,071,839 1932 $1,348,842 1,319,414 1,433,060 $4,101,306 > CdlnnilMaG^ March Time Sales; 19% Over 1934 RCA's Calif. Short Waver Los Angeles, April 2. Radio Corp. of America has pur- chased a site at Huntington Beach, Cal., for a short-wave; station cost- ing $600,000. COST OF NBC Chicago, April 2. WLS has put'- every one of Its mike performers un HUlbilly Sales Mgr. Lynchburg, Va., April 2. . Glenn E. Jackson, long m.c. for hillbilly programs on WL"VA, haa been made station's general sales manager, ; Will double as announcer on hill- billy hours under the nom de plDm.(^ of. 'O Id Man With Grey Whiskers.' VARIETY WEEK OF APRIL 3-9 ■:■':;^-'^■;■■ ThIs .Departineht lists sponsored proffrftiiia. on the NBC, CBS, and Mutual hewdrks arranised alphabetically under the advertlser'a name.. All time Is p/ m. unless ;othepwlse noted, Where one advertiser ;hai3 t\v6 or inqve program^ they |^:e^Usted conisecutiveli^ ■ : An a'stei'isk' before name libdlcates advertising i^ency ban \accbunti V \ : . Abbreviations:; ■ Su (Sunday):; M (Mbnday); , Tu (Tuesday); W rWednesday); Th (Thursday); P (FrldayX; a- (Saturday). ACAIE P.VINT . 6:3«-Sd-WAnr l!46-i;ii-WABfC Sihlllhs Mj^Conncll . •Henrr Tj:_,* ;Mcp 9-M-WEAl Harry Horllck )?ranl( Parker •Pari!" Peart AnBR!CAN . HOUE PUODUCTB ,■ (Anncin) 7:3(W«-Ta-f»- V WB.*F 'Eaay Aicies' . Gbodmaji. Ac« ' Jane Acq *Blackett'S-H ' ■ ' " AMERICAN" TOnACCO. 9-To-WJZ (Halt H Halt) .'Red Trolli' - J. Hoinno, Dir. - ' . »N---vv,:-.-AT9.r-' — --■ AfUIOUR - PbU Baker ■ Ben >Bernle .. . . ; dabrlelle. De .'Uiy Harry' ':McNauelito(i . Bstelle Jaytie . ' 'LeoD Belnsco Oro .' . •Lord; & Thnmns B. T. KABBITT luSO-Su-U'EAF " ■ ""^r«W-T!rn■nrTr"~"•~ VlrElnra VerrUI Ber.trand Hlrsch ,. ■ •Pech ., 'Beechnut''' . 7:30-.MrW-r-WJ2 David' BroU-n; ' Dir. . 'Betl Davis ' ■': Amelia Earhart . . ..Bureesa .iTcrcdItti - • / Jack Ii09ler(^l) ' Alarlon- Uarnejr •,. ■ .. : BItzabeth RaBB« ' '. .-•■ Johnny 'Kaiie' ■. Eunice Hoivar4 . _ Jean Southern BETTER SPEECH IN8TITIITB ll:40-Sa>\VJZ : •Tour Enerioh' *AUspltz ■ & ■ Le* . ■ ItlSOUOL . 8:30-\V.\VABO Everett rUarahall Frieda Hempel Elliabeth Lennoi • Vlctoci Arden'e Ore •ninrkptt ' VTAITT it TlOyii (Blachstone : Cl(rar> 11-M-W-F-WOB .Tranaradio News HORDKIS T, B«nrlnirtoB,.I>lr. ^ Beatrice tllito ' Cavalier 4. - Warren Hull .. Xee Perrlh Oro il ; 4 B=Xy=WBAF ^: *Maffte' Reclpeil' Bill Bradley ■ Jaiie' Billion. ■ '^ounff 4_RublcanL F. A. 8. BOVUt TFloor W*ji) »«a-WABO .... Jry.lng .. Kautman. . •Blacl.-ett.STH BRKITBNDACB (Pepto-Mnnrea) t-fla-WJZ Anthony F.romt Alwyn Bach *MoCah.n-Brlolita|) . BRIjSTOI^MYEBS •-WrWBAF (Sal Hepatica) ' . (Ipana) Fred Allen Portland Hoffa Jack Sni^rt Lionel Stander Blleeh Douelaaj. I rwin Delmore TTMIneirva PIoim Jamea Melton Lennle Hayton •Benton A Bowles -ca3:pai«a Ann, Seymbor - Don' Amecbe Phil Lord Bettr Winkler ' Guy Bates Post Ray 'Slhatrl Oro *Kleae\vetter . C ARNATlWvii Bll LK ..-^rlO-M-U'EAF V Luilaby Lady M L Baatman; ' ♦Brwin. . Wasejr CITIES SRRVirt :8-F-WEAF\- Jessica .Dragonotte Rosarlo linurdnn :Ur (Itiiartef- . :*t.ord * 'ITipma* COCA COLA IO:30-F-WEAF ; Frank Black Ore " Jathes Melton .Chorus ...V •D'Arcy CbUiATK-P/ltM l4>-Tn>WBAll ' /ralmbltve , Sba'pt Crladys Swarthout - John Barclay ■ ' "AI •. Gbodmah '(Jr. - 0:3(>-M-^VEAir ^ (CoIgateToothpaata) Otto Barbach Martha Wears'. ; AI. Oooilmon Ore 19:15 a.m.-M to •Inc-WEAF (Surer Suds) . Clara, . Lu 'h'. Bin ' •Benton- B. :_4C00K!S: TdDltS— lI:30-Sn-WJZ .Travelogs Malcolm La Prada ^L. D. Werthelmer CONSOLIDATED CIOAB CO. 0 :30>M-\V' Carlton' Bricliert Cliff Soubler B PaRer'nular Oro •Aubrey Wnllaca CAMrttRLt . (.<7oup> Hollywood Hotel' Dick Powei, . Loii.fllla Pni-.'-fins: Raymbiid Paige Ore Frances r.angford Anno Jamison Joe E. Bfown •P^- tv.- .^^.m^tronr CARTiEtON ,& Hp VEX (Fr: John's Med.) T.'lS-Th-WjZ. . Alexander , i'htede .Eva Gingras' Ghor. Dwight Meade . •John; W, Queen CARLSDAD (.Salts) 4:30-8a-tVJZ' 7illl.Ta-TVJZ: Mortos Downey Carefree' Carnival ♦Dlrict ■■. . ORTSTArCOBi^ (Outdoor Girl) 7i30^WABC Connie Gates Richard Norton Victor Arden'a Ore Borford ' Hampden Kay Carroll Rath EastoB •United Adv B. D. DATIS . (Cocomalt) •-M-Tii^W.Tk* ITABO Buck Rogera' Curtis Arnall Adetv RonsoB . William Shelley Elaine Melchlor Edgar Stehll Dwight Welst Peggy Allenby •RuthraulT &. f DBLCO Bt4S-8a-WABO Art Dickson ' Charlie Morgan •Oeyer Co BUBBSON (Bromo Seltzer) S:SO-F-WJZ 'fhtimate. Revno'. AI Ouodman'Oro Jane Fro man Bob' Rope Almee Delbro . Herbert Klngsle* Vlckl Chaaa Lorry Taylor • Henrietta' Sch'mahn ' Leon^'Rosebrobk 'Or •Young ft R FORI) MOTOR a-Su-WABC Rose Bampton . Detroit Symphony v'0:30-TIi.WABC' Fred .Waring Ted. Pearson '■ Stella. Friend Kay Thompson ■•fj; w Ayer ' : FORUAN (Toothpaste) r:HriM-w-F;wiEAF 'StoHen of the ' Black . Chamber' •McCann-Erlek ' feKIGIDAIBB lO^W-WABO ■J ack; ■ Pea'rn"^''^~~ ■Cliff Hall Leith ' Stevens PattI Chapln , Freddie Rich Ore •Geyer Co. . OEN. itAIUNO :8:30-SuTtVABC. Jiilla Snridersbn ' Frank »^rum1t . George GiVot Jack Shllkret Oro "JL- . B-v. A _ &_0^ GENERAL CIGAB (White Owl) 9!.yln-.Wasey '. M. IIOHNEB • (Harmonicas) • 7:4ff-Sa-WOB ' Carl Freed . •AthcrtoB ' A C. . noovtiiB :;*;Sn.WEAFi;' ■■ Edward .Da vlea' Schumahn-Relnk Joe Kneatner ■' ' *ISrwiri-Wasey iSDNA fV.ALLACB UOPPEB ■.' *:li> Dally Ex Sa. ' ■ '.uilSp-WABC ' ._: .'Romance at '-JHelisn TriBnf Vlrglna Clark I'Cster ' Tremayiio .^rarle Nelson Alice Hill ;S,undra Love Gone McMlllen Jack Doty .' . Hazel Dophetde •IJIackett HORLICK .1- (Malted^Milk) - TaSrDally Ex. 8av 8u-\VOR Luih ft Abner •Lord ft thomaa HOUSEIIOLD FINANCE 8:30-TiiiWJZ Edgar A. (Sueat Joa'Koeatner's Ore fCharles Sears Tom, Dick ft Harry •C D , Frey HUDSON UOTOBi 8:30-M-WABO Koto Smith 3 Ambassadors wnilam Adams Jack Miller Oro •Brooke-Smith IBONIZED VEAST 7:10-Tn-Tb^Sa. - . WEAF ' Whispering Jack Smith •Ruthrauft-R ' JERGEN 9:30-So-WJZ 3. V. Dobhs. Dir. Walter Wlhehell TJ. Walt. Thcmpw>B J()HNSON ' A SON : (PlOdr Wax) 8;S0-.Sa.WBAT Tony Wons Three Brotlxera Lorotta - Poynton Raiel Dophelde: Emery Darcy Qlnna Vanno. ■. • Ronnie ft Van Anne Campbell 't'eedti ai i i . . BOBT. JOHNSON U:4S-H thra Th- :■■ WOB'-:- Talnted,DteanMf_ Bess Flynn Alice Hill Hary Airilck Kay Chase , •N. W.-.-Ayer- ""-•■■ -REI.LOGO StSO-Dally Ex. 8a- 8n-WJZ 'Singing Lady* Ireene Wicker •J M. Mnthen 9:4((-H.W-.WOB IPathe News of Air' ''J; Wait Thompson ^ ' RXrt.AX 9:30-M.WABO Lnd dtuskin " ' Block ft Sully George Glvot . -Gertrude.' -^NleSen ^Kat». FIRESTONE 8:SU.M.U'EAF (iladys Swarthout Vocal Ensemble . Wm, Daly Oreli "■Sweeny^James nTCH 7:46rSu-WEAB Wendell HAH . . •K. W: Ramsey' i FtEtCifEK'S OASTORIA 8-Sa-WADO J. Stauflfer, Dir. R<»xy ft Gang Zora .Laynian Eddie Klllngson Qlpiin CTrbss Ruth Carbart , *MaRMam6B.-J.-ftAr OOODBICB (Tlre.Sa-WAB0 Richard Bonellt A Kostelanetz Oro •Neweil-Emmett LOBIIJUABD (Brless..Tdbacco) (Muriel Cigars) . 6;48.Sn.WEAV 'Sports .'Review Thornton Fisher ' Benny Leonard ' Lew Tendler ♦LMnen_ft_M_- l^jiciir rkiLiinE i Dallr: £l ak.«a- WABC : '»wMe.LlttIoFrMieli Princess' , Ruth. Tbrke ' James Melchaa Leatctr Jay' 'Blackott. GEO, Wi XCFX ' (Cosmetics) Hollywood Gossip Jimmy Fldler •Cecil, W-C. r.: ' —-MX. 2:Sa-Sn-WJZ T. Liickenbtll; Dir. Antb.'Stanfordi Dir. Gary Cooper . 'The Prince Cha*' •J. Walt; Thbrapaon ; ; LvxoB S-Sn-WEAV ; 'Sally of TalkW Bob White 'Basel Loughrane ' Henry. Saxe Joan Blane Marjorle Hannaa •Lord ft Thomas . itiAOFADDEN ' 8:30^iF-wAlIO (True Story) 'Court of Homaa RalatlonsT Percy Hemns ■ Arnold Johnsoa'a Or Blsle HiU Ned Wevef - Howard Smitk I^cllle Wall , Allyn Joslyn Paul Stewart SiSO-Th-WABO (Liberty) . Bdwm C. Rill Edward Nell ; Fulton Ouralar . Arnold Johnson Ore Wendell Willkte •Brwln-Wasey ■'■ JOHN C, MOBREIX Sltt-8Boa.3aekeE Dbg .Chats . . . •HenrU H. ft McD, UUnXEB Q. 10;15 a. Daily Ex. aa-Sa«WABp 'Blir A Glnirer' ; Virginia Baker . Lyn . Hurray . ' •HellwlR ■ ..NATiONAl,'^ BISCUIT CO, iO:S*>Sa-WBAT Kel Murray Oro XaVler Ctigat Ore Benny Goodman' Or PbllDuey; Frank Luther Carmen Caatlllta CoBBle Qates . Helen Ward Louis Aivarat . •McCann-ErIck .■■;.'-NoitsEc -.■';■■ (Toothpastev ■ WABC... ":;.:■ W; Butter worth ; UUton Rettenbert •Lon Raderman^: liuclen Sohmldt •Staok-Goble NORtUWEliXEBN ' TEAST. ', 1:30-BI-W-F-TV.IZ "Virginia Lee and Sunbeam' Dbrotby Page ' Boh White, Bllnor Harrlbtt . Ed Prehteas ' ' Virginia Lee- 8->M-WJZ Jan Oarber Ore • Hoys HcFarland -PACIFIC. BORAX-' »-Tb'WJZ 'Death Vall'y Days' Tim Ftawley - ' Joseph Belt Edwin w; Wlittnty Lonesoma. Cowboy Joseph Bonlihe Ort •If cCBrlck';' ■.'..■ ....'.■..^ PEPSOPENT 7yOalIy Bx' Bat SAa- ' ..: XfiZ ■ ■ ■ AmosJ Jn'i Andy . .-,'V PljMLtD . '■ (Hair TonIc> . lO.'SO-H-WABO B Von Hallberg Ore •Calkins ft H. 'PBILCO 7:48 dally exl Sa- Sa-WABC Boake Carter •Hutcblns . : , PHIIXIPS-jpNIB ; (Arrow Shirts) 10:lS>Sa-WJZ Vera Brodsky Harold Trlggs' . Louis K. Anspacker •Peck PHlllF 6IOBBU ;*-Tb-.WEAF Leo Belsman's Oro Phil JJuey 10:45 a. m.>Sa-WOB Graphologist ; Mme.. N. : Olyanova •Blow- Co. PnXSBItBT io:8o>Dauir'-wn Todays Ctalldraa' trraa Phltltpa Walter Wicker Besa Johnspn Irene Wicker-: Lucy GUlman Fred Von AmoB Jean McGregor •Hutchinson |ll aiB.-W^F-WABC 'Cqokta^' Close Una' Mary Ellis . Ames •Hutohlnson MA VICTOB S-W-WJZ Rloliard HlmbOT-Or Loretta Lee . Slaters of SUIlat_ Jblin ~B.mBBedir •Lord A Tttomaa BEAI. SILK - »i8a>WJZ Chas, Previa Orcb Olga Albaal •Brwln'Wdfey RED STAB YEAST lI-Ta-Th>S.|VEAF Edna Odell — . .; .. Phil : Porterfleld frma Glen . Earl Lawrence - BEiSEB CO.' . ..' (Shampoo; .'etc.) 11:15 a. m. So- WEAF Jaclc A Loretta Clemens - •Donataue-CoQ' ■ ■ B. J. BETNOLiOS (Camel Clgaretis) 10-Ta-WABO •-■m-tVABC CaSB' 'Loma :BaAd" waiter O'Keefe Annette Hanahaw Alice Frost : Jack O'Keefe Louis Sbrin ' Kay Renwiek . ; • Kvptjv Sargent Pea Wee Hunt •WtBL :B8ty . ' BITCHIE. CO. ■-TB.WJZ Bno Crime Cliiea . B-W-WJZ Peggy Plynh rHarrr -Jana.- . . ,■• — ' Hal Kemp :Orb' •N. .W.v Ayer . ;scHOLi.cp^ (Footpads'): 7.S«-Ta-Tli-Sa-W0R .The Streiet_Slnger_ lArth'urT'facy ■ •Donahae ft Cpo SELBY SBOB a-F-WABC; Mrs.' Pi D. .Roose- ■ ' velt, •Henri.. Hun it .. ' 8HEFFIEU> FABUS 0:48^3f-Th-F-WBAF Billy and Betty . •N. W. Ayer .' Curtis Arnaii Jos. Latham.' •JB.Iackett-S-R . . ' RRAFr-^PilENn : Ift-Th-WEAF . P VV)ilteinan flro Lou VHolti" • Harry .Stockwell Helen Jdpsoa ' ' |-*Jf-W«lt.-Tii6tnjr: i.ABT BSTHEB Ifl-SB-tf.WABO R;30-TaT.W-1VIEAF Wayne Kliig •Stack-(Sobie lehN a fink ■ b-sb-wabo ; (Pebeco) . Eddie Cantor - Harry Einstein Rublnoff Tod Husing ; . ;. ♦Lennon A. M ' . 8:S0-Sn-WABb ..( Hinds ;'Hbney ft Almond Cream) 'Club Romance' . Lol.s Bennett Conrad Thibault r.ee Patrick Ned Wever at:SPrSn-WEAF Penthouse' Seroa- ade* ■ Don- Mario..: - — Dorothy Hamilton Chas. Gay lord . Ore •Cramer Kaaselt. UBT^ .JUFS CO. ' e.'45-Dally WKAW A.rthur Bagley. •Direct OB.' AinjEB LAJVa (Alka-Stollxef) _ 9:3»-8a>WJZ WLS Bam Oanea Ridge Rnnnera - Uncle Ezra Lulu Belle Maple City 4 ?:'4S-M-W.F- WEAF 'Uncle Ezra,' Radio .Station EZRA Pat Barrett, Cliff Soubler Carleton: Giiy/: Nora Cunncen . •Wade MCmERN FOOD PROCESS CO. ■ 4:16-3I-WJa Charles Sorce - Harry Swan •Clements Co. . MOHAWK 12:30Tn-WEAV Ben Behiia Sophie Tueker Morrla-.W. ft. .B.- . i. U rBBSCOTT V, (Oxol) I0;S9 a.m.-Dally Bx. - Sa-^B-WABO Jack Fulton Ora •B. B. D AO. PBINCEBS PAT 9:3(^M-WJZ Sketches •McJunkIn F'OT'B A G'BIBLE 8 Dally Ex. 8a- ' ' ; sa-WEAP-' . (Crleco) ;'Vlo ft^ Sade' - ; Art . Van Harvey Billy raelson Bernadlne Flynii ; 19-Su-WEAP (Ivory Soap) 'The ' aibsoh ' Pam' Cenrjg Thlbanll — SHEEir— (Petroleum) . 9:S0-Sa-WEAF AI. JolAon Victor Young'^Orb B6nay Vpniita :' Max Bker: Mlrlan Hopkins. •J. Walt. Thompson SILVEB UVSl'. . 7 :30-ai.W-F- WABC •The O'Neills' Kate McComb Jimmy Tdnsey A6e McAllster Jack Riibih Jans West ; .. , Clarence, Nordstrom Chester Stratton ^B.. B.. d; ft o. SINCLAIB ,8-M-WJZ Gene Arnold "■■ BiU Chllds Mao.McCioud Joe ' Parsons Cliff Soubler Harry Kogen ;; •Federal aaUTH BBOS. . »-Sa-WEAF. .,.. Rose Ba'mp'toh ' Scrappy- Lambert- - Billy Hlllpot Nat Shllkret Oro •Homman. T. ft P. 80C0NT VACinw 7^Sa-\VABO -Soconylahci ■ Sketches* :Chaa Webster A . ' P v-K-aye- 7:S0.Th-WEAP At Bernard -. Emll Casper - Theo.' :Carle Miarlo .Coasi - t«lgh SteVens Ore •StaqkiGoble MONTCiOMEBT ; WARD ' -i-Sa-WEAP ;■" ■ 'Stories . of The Old v- TeatanleBt' Harvey Haya : •Hays McFarlaad BENJ. lilOOBB (Palhts) ii:3a;a.;in.ww- . ;■ ' 'WABO" ■■ Betty Moore Lew Whit* •Direct Jfcck A L Clemens Lola Bennett . ." . |;Don . Vobrhees. Ore . , 8:48-M-W-P-WEAP Ivory Stamp Clab Capt Tim Healey •-Blackman:^^^— r-r . ,- 8;18-DaIIy Except , '8a Sn-rWEAP -HfOxydol)- ■Ma Perkins' Arthur Alien - Parker Fennelly Kate McComb Isabbl Wlnlockis': „BdlAh-SRencar;.^ John Milton Ruth Russell William Stickles Or •J. 3. , OetchelS _V - SPARKS '■': WITHINGTOM 4-Sa-WaZ ' Jolly Coburh Oro : H Van Emburgb ♦Bdwlri Waaey 888 CO. (S3S Tonic), . _ KSO-F-nrOB The .Mualc Box' Mary E. Wood Billy. Axton _: ^. •Johnson -Dalits ' STAND. BBANOS 8-Sa-WEAF (Chase ft .Santtorn) A. K. Spencer, Dir. Amateur Show Maj. . Bdw.. Bowes 8-W.WEAi (Royal ; aela;ttne) 'Oiie Man's FamlliF^ Carleton; JO. Moore, Dir. ., ... . Jv Anthony Smy the Minetto Allen Michael Ratettb Kathleen Wilson Barton Tarborougli .Bernlf.B .Berwla Abo Lymaa Ota Frank Hlun Berslce GliUrt^ ■ 8;S0-Ta-WABP -Aba-Lymaa- — VltrlenB* Segal OIlTer Smith ' •Blacken ft«5-lI.ni-W-th> , "■•■■WABO . fCallfv_ByraP' Jigs) 'Dick Tracy.' Ned Wever liiester. Jay. . Walter KlnselU Charles Stattery Rose Keane ' •Stack Goble , ; 8TEWABT- ■ : WARNEB (Alcmlto) iotso-xa-Th^ ;WA9C Hush Bairrett Dobbs Lysbeth Hughes Bob McCoy ' Art Tborsea . Horace Heldt: KiBg Sisters ■" • ; ^teve-.MerrUl— - - Jerry Bbwne Alyce King. •Blackett-Sampla. BTUDEBAKBB •>Sa-8a-WABO . B>U-WBAP . ' Richard If Imber Gary Taylolr r Roche- W*(; BON Oil/. «t48-OalIy Exeent aa-Sa-WTO Lowell Thomaa ' •Rocbe-Wllllains ' 8 WIPT - • ' t-Sa-WBAT ' ■ ■■ ' (Meat. Products) H. Williams,^ Dir. ' Stgmund ,Romber* Wm. Lybn Phelpg StuartrcJKorebili" Leila Plek 2:S(lirSa-WBAP ■ .. (VIgoro) Mario Chanilee: J.. Walt Thompson T.^STVBAST IS-SnrWJZ. .Amateur 'Shew' Chubby Kane ■ Hbrace , Fehyl Johjinx_Johnsbn ,Ore ^Clements .•. TENNESSEE " ^ ' rBODOCTS (Lbma Plant. Food) . U:15^Sa-WAB0 B. L.; D; . Be'yniour' •Sam .'I* Croot. . ■'. TEXAS 'eo. '■ .' . ;9>3p-Ta.|rEAP_ Bd'Wynn' Graham McNamea- Eddie Dtichln Orb •Hanff-Metzger ; TIME. InlD. „ 9-F-WABO . "A.-Prjr<»r jrr. -Dlrr 'March of Time* NBC BIOGRAPHIES : ; Irilarii Cttlea ■, .. • NBC arUattf' bureau ia comptllnB material for • new booklet whlcli wUl bo devoted ezcltuively to local talent acta, taking in key apota out- aldO of - New York. H, S. TuthllL artists' bureau exec, juat back trom a buslQeas trip which mad;* tbla cir- cuit, ;liicludfn« Cleveland, Schenec- -t*4y!_ «U«l>urgh» Detroit, ;-Chlcag<>-- and Boston.' All of the best acta in these par- ticular cities are to ba put under cover with photos, biographies radio experience aund other genteal Information assembled . In nnifo^ order. It will b* quite lar ge In Bi*e> *nd; Bev«jral7~theuaj&nd ^fe ; to 6e printed. Primarily ^thi^ In idhrected to serve theajtrea, hotels, cluba, agencies, ;clii« ents, etc; It .will also give acts them- selves a chance- to expand ;jEuid per- form In plAces beyond their looCl station otiUetfl. 0 San. Fraibclsco 'will also have tte talent oiitlay included; m £•2 Freeze, through Posahuei'db Cbe, starts ;:a twa momliiga weekly campaign on CBS April 23. Show la. on Tuesdays and Thursday at 10 a.m. Talient ' consist of Jack, June.and Jimmy, new trio. Girt of the act Is a Bister of Peggy Flyhn. Ben Rocke made the deal. ■ Angostura- Wupperman (bitters) J»a8 ;appolnted Fletcher and jaila agency. John Price, WKBB, Dubtique. to, now studio, manager and program director. :- Howard Barlow tbm— Syinpbeny Virginia bayne Margery Hannba Karl Hubel ^ Will Pornum Chaa. EggleatOB •Blackett : 8:lBiai-W.Th. •;:'WBAP. . : (Camay) C 'Dreams Come • True' Barry McKinlay Ray- Senatra -Ora rPedlar ft Ryan BOA BADIOinON •rSa-WJZ Bob Lawrenoe ' Peg LaCentra Bay Noble Oi* AI BoWIly •Lord * Tkeaus B-th-lVKAP, (PlelacbmaniD) O. - Thompson, Dir.' Rudy Vnliee abd ' His Conn. Tasks Duncan Sis Claude Ralnsr . ' ■ 7:Se-8a.^WJZ H. Pbleslo.; .Dir. J-_ JbeTeniier ' Stcfanhl ' Dlainond Ozzia Nelson Orb . Harriet Hilllard •J> Walt Thomp. ; STERLING PROD. 8-Xu-WABO (Btiyer'a Aspirin) Frank Munn Bernlce Claire Qua Hacinscheii Ore '9:30-Sd-WEAV (Dr. Lyon's : . ■Toothpowder)- . Gus Haenschen' Ore Frank Munh . Vlvlenhe Segal Ohman a; Ardaa Bert Hlrsch. ■.' f-P-WBAP ■' ^(PhllUpg Hat> •Welti Tiaiff DaWoUe Hopper •Street A Finney : V. 8..TOBACCO - (Dill's Beat) 9:30-F-WBA».^ 'One -Night Stands' Josef Bonime Orb" •.McC.-Erlck, SiSaiWABO ~" Freddy Mactlii Ore Vera Vaa ' Donald. Novis Warren Hull... Elmer Peldkamp Terry Shojid . • . Male. 3 •Young ft R. WANDbB CO. (Qvaltlne) 5:45-l>ally>WJZ tittle Orphan'A* Allan. Baruck Henrietta Tedrb Bd Spragne Stanley Andrews Shirley Pell ^Blaikett . CHAS. WABNrai (Sloan's LInamenti 9-W-WJZ Warden .. Lawes Is •20,000 yrs. Slag Sing' . (ViBce) . i9t3»-W.WJZ Jbhn /McGormaok •Cecil.: W. c, ■WA«Bp-Fil»Ob'CIB+' W'liiam Fay, manager of W^IAM, ■Rochester, ; had a : toiigh ' time trying to convince His friends that he got his . black eye playing squash. V Kelly-Stuhfman, St Irf)uls, han- dling ^TJvfti — ATj^tiin — (nSedlcInSIF Will, use radio. Milk Is uslrig dve programs a week on WOR, New York, and WNAC, Boston; ■ 8ehell> Zenepada has renewed for Arthur Tracy on the Mutual network, effecUvei Aprins, but with the number of quarter hours cut ^om-three-to two- a wpek.— Exten- sion la for IJ weeks. Wax Works World Broadcasting ' System has made six five-minute transcrip- tions for Procter & Qamble's Ivory -Soap-ciD|ntest-^hiclr iir now bein« conducted throughout the country. Some 28 sUtions using the pron^ ■aganda;— T-^—r v Blackmah'4 agency Bcriptlng and handling the account. BtlS-M-W-F :"; WABO' Edwin a Hlil 12-Dally Ex. Sa^ ■" '. ,•. WABC ■ -■ ' «t45^a.WABC Voice ; of Bxperiehee :L__.«r8.u-W0B Jacob Tfirshlsh, "The Lamplighter •Brwln Wasey O. ;WABniNQT6N (Coffee) -t:40^ii-WJZ •Advehtures of Sher- .lock HblmeiT Louis Hector . . Leigh Lovol Joseph Bell •Cecil. W. a : B. L..WATKINB ""':. •MurWEAp-T: ■ (Dr. Lyons Tooth- paate) : Pierre lib kreena ' Raquel de Car lay ' Jerome Mann Men Abbot Towa ^^1^, SeonsUa Or* ^Blackett ' - Price Flavoring Extract Company of Chicago, using WBS. program' service. j|)n .KIlIJ), j)aUas, Placed through N. W'. Ayw- Agency. J 0 h nstpn-Candy-Coihpany of -Mil-. . waukee, Is using progTa:m service, of world BroadcasUng on eight sta- tions. Placed through N. W. Ayer Agency. . Wlenlihe in S. A. . ; .Capetown, Mardh 8. " John YalonUne; American radio baritone, la touring this couhtryi _ He has; b6*h broadcasting oyer 'bere.^ ' WELCtt (Crape; julca) S-P-WJZ Irene Rlcti •Kastor WBSTCLOX . 4:48^Sa.WEAP ^lg--Bon —Draa.m'^ ■ Dramas' Arthur Allen . Parker Fennelly •a B. D. AO. WOODBOn 0-Tn-WABO Blng Crosby ' . Mills Bros. . Cleorgle stpli ; Orb J:48-H-W-F-WJZ 'Dangerous Para- dise' ■ Elsie Rita Nick Dawson •Lehnen A M. ' WEIGLET FHABMA- OECnCAt '4:30-Sa-WBAP Harry Roser Bay H,eathertoB Pes La CentrA .*J«rbtai« Bl Orer- WM; WBIOLEP 7-DaUy Ex. Sa-'. ;'■ ■ "Hb-wabo ■'■';■ " ' Hrrt V Marge' HyrUe Vail . i- Dbnna Damerel Violet McClare Ellnbr-Ralla— -:- Ray Hedge Dorothy Day ' Vincent Coleman Redge Kaorr Reiiee Rodler Ray Aptileby . : «:45- Th-F-S-,WABO Margaret Bralnard John Augustine Ore' •Frances Hooper , ,' WTETII'. 10:48 a.m.-Dall7 Ex. Sa-Sa-WABO , 'Mrs. Wlggs of . Cabbage Patch' '. Betty Oarde; Alice Proat Joe Latham Andy Doohelly Amy Sedelle Bstelle Levy Pat. Ryan *Blaokett-S-B . WedneBda^t April 3^ 1935 R 4 D 1 O VARIETY S7 Washington, April 2. Erection p£ three new stations,, ppwet changes for two, and comhlned fretqtienipy. Bhlfts and increases for another pair were ordered by Federal XJommunioations Gomnilssion Jaeit-.jweek, -w^^ grants were elated for heiirtng,^ A shift from 1330 to 1290:and a power jump from 2% kw; days to B kW was granted KTRH, Houston, Tex., while KTS A, San ; Ahtdnlo, Tex., received oktiy for shift front 1290 tff B60 arid boost frohi 1 to B kw days. Honocacy Broadcasting Co, Frederick, Md., received approval for new •tation on 900 with BOO wa.tts daytlnies; . Ohio Valley Broadcasting C Parkersburg; W. Ya.,^ f station on 1420 with 100; aind Abraham ,ehapir6; Astoria, Ore., for hew stetlbh on 1370 with 100 d^ FO^er boost from 260 night and 600 day to 500 night and 1 kw day was granted WAWZ, Zarepath, N. j„ whllts KMj, Fresno, Calif,, was •uthorlzed tojupyl days .from .BOO. to 1 k^ Hearings yrere ordered on: the following: WAZIi,: HazIeton, Perin., In- crease days to 260; Cache Valley Broadcasting. Service, Lbgah, IXta^ neiw station on 1370 with 100; C. M. Electric Service' Co., Stevensvlile, Mont.; new station on IBOO TBrlth iOO; !). A. Wark aind H> H. Hedstrprh, Twin I'alle, Ida,", new statl&n on; JBOO 'with ioo; Cumberland Broadcast- lrg :Cd.j. Portland, Me., new station on 1210 with 100; Wyoming Radio Educational Association, Cheyenne, Wy 780 with BOO night and 1 kw day f . KP"VS,-Gape-Girar Mo. ; KFNF, Shenandoah, la., part of facilities of KUSD, Vermillion, S. D.; KTFI, Twin Falls, Ida!, Increase from. 500 night and 1 k? day to 1 kw night and day ; -Bavid Parmer, Coliirnbusi Ga.,- riew station on' 1200 with 100 ; KOILv Council Bluffs, la, Increase from 1 kw night and 2^4: kw day to 1 kw ■night ind 6 kw day ; WA AW, : Omaha," Neb.,' Increase from 500 tp 6 k2 ; Edwin A, Kraft, Fairbanks, Alastta, new station pri 950 ■virith 250; Dudley J, Connolly & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., new station on. 1200 •yvlth 100; KLO< bgderi, Utah„ Increase from BOO to 1 k2; .Paul B, Heitmeyer, .CheyeririCi Wyo., new station on 1210 with 100 night arid 250 day; Miles J.. Hansen, Firesrio, Calif., hew station on 1210 with 100. MevroleirWBS ' (Contihued from pag;e 35) Intp the picture only t>yo Petrytstar -tlpns^erer-on tlie list to receive the, Ciievrolet . business. Those were KVOO and KOMA both of which ha.'ve subscribed tP the World serv- ice. Following cPnfererices on the World contract the Campbell-Ewald •gency revised Its schedule of place - 'Blp«t"a"tb■^B^tread"thB■Chev^olet;busl- ness to 21 cities represented by Petry. On the prlglrial list there were 14 ■tatlpns represented by Free Sr Blelnlnger which company has sig- natured ah individual deal with World broadcasting system which_ calls for a split on the tlnie corii- nilsslons. Petry contracts with sta- tions prohibits such splitting of commission, Understood that spriie 12 or 14 •ta.tloris Pn the John Blair (Grleg- Blair & Spight) list will be Included In the. Chevrolet deal. Many of this dozen stations are in the southwesit Vhere World has a riuhiberrof-sus^- : tainlng clients. It's a qUeetlori .here that the statlpns will pay two com- missions In order to keep everybody ■ happy. ■ ■ ,: ar- rariged to make ayiaillable for spot broadcastlrig. this ispririg and eum- nier Is regarded by the advertising; trade, as : the .biggest break that tlie •ppt: field -^haif received iri - years. Bpme agency men predict that the ."flyer taken , by LCh;eyrQlet ailU;.b.^^^^ lowed by a general fek pf auto Irianufacturers back tP spot broad- •astingr, ■. If and when this trend material- izes, It; w^lll be, they point out, inerely a case of history repeating Itself. Heftl6st .boost . that spot : broadcasting; . received, in its p.I.Ot iieerlrig days' was 'the one bestowed by Chevrolet fiye years ago when -tJie iaccourit^uhderwroto- the 'Chev.r.: rolet :Chronlcles' on oyer 200 ' sta- tions. . .-it was spot 'broadcasting's first -piece of ' prestige" bii slh'ess and proved the big turning point for the "Dot field, In qulck' tlriie other ai4p Tnakers were Jjourlng their coin intP the . .same ^phase.' 'pf broadcasting,' Chevrblet eventusJly Went network and all but Dodge followed suit. " ■ . ^ Cream Account ■ Chevrblet Is figuring to use be-, tween 27B and 300 - stations, with each out furnished with 39. quarter- hour musical recbrdlngs to be re- leased at' the rate of threie" a week. Cost pf the . timiB arid the -platters plus Incidental expenses ■vylU mean around $750,000,; . Stencil job is be- ing dorie by the World Broadca;st- Ing^^ System; and evpn^ though the Vritertalriment is being dubbed f rbrii World's Ubrkry service the bill for music, .royalties, win alone come to approximately $20,000. ■ . Curious twist to the Cheyrolet spot campalgn is that In the flnial analysis the vvnderwtltlng vrpn't take an-additional dollar out of the pockets of the mariufacturen The cost of the air'ballyhpo Is being de- ducted from the margin allowed the distributor,: Included In this! mai^ln as a rule Is the expense the dlstrlb Is expected tp Incur for ad- vertising; In . the case of the . latest model Chevrolet Is .undertaklrig tP shpw how this advertising, item should be hiiandled instead of. leaving It to the.v dlscretlori of the local dealer.;: ■■■ . ■ . '■ ' ■ KGMB. Honolulu. Sets Up Sail Francisco Office / : San Frianclsco, April 2, KGMB, Honolulu, has opened a sales ofllb'e jn Sari -FranclscOr-L.-D. West Is In charge, il - Hawaiian statlpn hopes ultim ly to establish a remote , studio In Sari Francisco to short wave CaUr forrila prpgranis for long-wave re- broadcasting In Honolulu. LirtenitaWBEN Anyhow . ■■ . Buffalo, AprU 2. 7 WHEN offered: $15. prize mpriey for ariybne' who could think up. an .acceptable;' .name ;f.or_ Frank ..Crpm- mie's. early mbrning -dlsc-and-chat- ter: broadca,st. Prize winner, was isthel Kreppel with. 'Melody .Minute Mani'-:-- Turned : but .she . Is employed by Ike' , Louri.sberry, WBEN'S conir petitpr, ■'. • ."■;." Regarded m First Serious Step ; t6^ ^M^ith Kilocycle Broadcasting — J-ibrary Built ? Up Would Provide 17 Hours of Music and Choice of Type ;::.-':::v;;u_:^,-V'.'^-'/ ALSO NEWS-CASTING ■ Cleveland, April 2. North American Co. is instainrig receiving sets In the horiftes of 200 of its employees In the Cleveland area to experiment with wired radio preliminary to marketing this ser- vice to the public. Utility combine has the past several nionths . ac- curiiulated a riiassive library of re- cordings by name dance and sym- phonic combinations and It Is the North American Co.'s plan to use these discs during the experimental period. Under the sale policy which the -conipany has- mapped out for Itself the receiving sets will have two dif- ferent rental fees, one of $2,50 and another of $4, with 17 hours of re- corded music dally guaranteed the lessee. Each set will have five dials, with four of them capable of brlng- ing four different types of musical entertainment, while the fifth dial will time in. the latest news events. Consideration Is being given to the addition of a sixth dial which wpuld make available local department store advertising, . . North American Co,'s main Inter- est in the wired radio venture Is the profits Its electric power , sub- slds would.enjoy from the Increased use of Juice to run these sets. Com- bine is servlclnK 20,000,000 thrbugh- out the country and It estimates that It wUl .be able to sell 15% of these, households'bn the wired radio Idea, ■ \ Utility holding outfit has to date sperit around $76,000 for. recordings, with some of the neimes getting as high as $2,000 a disc. New York Musicians' Union, the first local to recognize the advent of 'wlfcd radio,' has established a special rate for the originators of this type of entertainment.. The local requires that musicians em- ployed at the source of such en- tertainment as either Instrumental- ists or turntable operators be paid $250 a week on the basis of a five- hour day. Recent efforts made to obtain a reduction In this rate by local firms Interested In the wired radio Idea have met with no suc- cess. Thomas : FrMbairn* Smith back announcing at KNX, Hollywood, after 10 days In bed, the result of a field hockey Injury. WGAL Runs 20c /■ ■ Hieatre Men s Ire CoIlelBfe Spirit St. Paul, April 2, From a prisoner in Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madi- son, Iowa, cpmes the following as to preferences In radio programs among inniates in that Institution: 'I've read quite a bit about Fred Allen's program, but un- fortunately we don't get ; It. It comes on the air at the same hour as the Sloan's Liniment program, I believe. And, strange as it seems, the pppulatlon here can't seem to make living in a prison satisfy their avid appetite for the en- vironment of crime, I guess they'd excommunicate the radlP operator- If - he - missed Warden .; Lawes' Sing Sing program. Chart Special Events Listening Thro Data From Electric Cos. Collimbla Is trying -to find out what effect special, events broad- casts have had during the past year In Increasing^" electric power con- sumption In various areas. First of the answered queries received last week came from the Staten Is- land Edison Co. and named Father Coughlin's answer to General Hugh Johnson as being responsible for pulling a record amount of extra wattage. Priest's March 15 broad- cast Increased the company'^ load by 2,500 kilowatts.- Huey Lorig's reply, said the letter, did little tp build .iip the power load. To this finding the power company appended the ob- servation that it might have been duo to the fact that the Klngfish's broadcast came at - a- hour (11 o'clock) when most of Staten Is- land's burghers had retired for the nfght. Father Coughlln went on the air at 10:16 y. m. Letter from the S. .1. Edison . Co. alflp contained the info that the WPrld Series broadcasts of last fall accounted ifor a substantial Increase of power consumption among set owners In the borough. Grier Ork for Benny Hollywood, April '2. Jlmmle Grler and his orchestra have been signed to tuiio the Jello program oVer NBC, wh!nh features Jack Benny, during latter's stay on the Coast pn a picture assignment beginning about April 10. Don BestOr has the present assl,he agen?v is obvious. The ratio of .' listeners. Plus the eraphln* 'of the sales following Phllly-'.Nlte or Chi Nlte. in those sectors.. • affords, one of the best measuring .. tapes yet ■■■■ devised In radio, merchandising. vJVhbther a coincidence or not . J'hilly' Nlte was signalized by Phllly hitch-hiker making the imost J fa,vora,ble impi'es^ion; His warbling •ef 'Once Upon a Midnight' was too . eemlVpro to be - strictly Verdant material. The other crossfire and small -talk attendtiWtT to ^fi^ other . jconteatants likewise was produc Ive of .too much good humor to be ad lib., despite the successful intent to keep it human and homey. In .that ;respect. Major Bowes is a dis- tinguished coiiferencler. as he t>aces .: the. Proceedings in his usual, kindly manner. .-. ■ '■■ Thit: llO-yearrrold Dr. Bavehport who ' studied under one of the great Viennese masters has beeii around , Ibefo.re. The Texas ranger and other hlnterlanders siilem likewise not too corny; -- •— What the show does need, as la evidenced by the: plea for odd in ^Btrumentallsts. is more variety. Al most everybody sinjgs. That. Greek : shepherd music while not too ef fectlve;. Is an instance of novelty I variety, which should punctuate each show.. Admittedly, .a violinr .Iste ' Who also . tap dances, aa one fe'nime tried, is not- too well appre elated over the air. But that's the idea.. . Each week some radio : name makes a studio appearance for i . J).P.>Y,;.B.udy.:.YaUee .did hi?. bit-Sun day night. There was also a medal award to Major Bowels. With amateurs now almost _ drug On the market, the originators . of the idea still maintain top flight, ' aided and abetted by shrewd' intra agency co-operation which runs the risk only of militating against it- . self by making the amateurs sound too good. . Ahel BOBBY LaBRANCHE 8oh0B . . 10 M ins. Sustaining WABC, New York ^ ' Add this name to the large list of •oclalltes who have turned to night olub. warbling this year. Nothing . extra about this one's pipes, though he may_ improve aifter he acquires ""taore cbhfldence before" the micro- . phone. Voice displays certain strong qualities, but hot enough , to attract bh's and ah's from the listeners. •• Kate Smith had him as a matinee ^uest a-nd waa .very grHcloua in rer Introduction,, but his rendition was mild'. Singer is 23 years old and Is niow at the Stork Club, which draws a critical crowd. He lacked flre- Wpijks here^,.;.,.;... ^. .;. , CO NTI N E N T A L V A R I ETI ES -,With-. Jacques- D'Averyf - -Cordoba Sii., Les Karina, Giuseppi , di Benedetto, Hugo Mariana Orches- ^■■'tra.;.;.' ■■■ ■ ■■ '• 8) Mins. ustainiiig ' WEAF, New York A svelt Sunday dinner half hour Of distinguished variety. As .title Implies^ this 6:.a0r7 b. m. EST va;- .rlety revue Id strictly on. th(» Con- tinental motif, with the sonfes and Marlani'a. tangos, etc., all with a European flavor. . Artists are all. dlstliictlve . and the routining .evidences Judlcious- neas In song, selectivity. Show Is hot new. It's been sustalhlhg for jgiilte a ^hile and' meritsr sponsor- I STOOPNAGLE iind BU DD With Benay Veniitar Mark W«rnow» 'Jerry Cooper . -Comedyr-Sdng^-BanJ"~r^- ' " 30 Mine. " Sustaining WABC, New York ■ Back to a sustaining basis and In a late Friday evening spot, Stoop- nagl'e- and Biidd have again spirouted out aa ojie of the funniest acts In network tadlo.'. ■:: .Uncorked-, on: .. thla air passage: Is a brand of humor that for. sheer gbofiness and bur- lesque rates a class by itself. Pialr jsiiigie out as the , main target for their fun-poking the folblea com- mon to comiherclal broadca,stlng and they make a slick Job of It, with care taken that the material, be- cau.se of Its; trade, nature, doesn't shobt over the head of the averiage listener. The fade-in bit with the irresistible Mr. Bopp kidding 'em about not having a sponsor stacks up as a particularly liright concept of ' radio humor. ..Columbia .h%s( invested the half hour with lots of tuneful support .Wlark ^Warndw heads the dance combo and Benay Venuta and Jerry Cooper lend their atterition- fetching voices to interpreting the latest lyrics from Tin Paa Alley- (Mcc. . ^ RAY HERBECK'S ORCH ESTRA -From Cafe da Pare* ' — . — — 15 Mine. . Sustaining- ' ; . ■ - KHJ, Los Ahgelea!' ' Par from lucid Is the modiis oper- andi Invoked by this' terminal bit CBS In picking this dance band for network airings . Herbeck troupe Is a client: of the Tommy. Lee Artists Bureau, an adjunct of the station, and this' may have, had something to do with the selection. However, it's the wrong: Jcihd of advertislrig for the coast, brand of music, what •with the libmbardos, th& Oriers^, the Flo Rltos and oth^r front liners arourid. ■ Just why "Heiibeck should so con sistehtly and steadfastly , disaffirm any Intent to Irhltate Lorabardp or Jan Gacber is another cryptic note to be .Unravelled; The remoteness of the similarity is carried by 1 thread. True, the sqi:. section (or what, sounded like a solo) bears i distant, likeness^ otherwise the cbm parison Ig odiousi • Band cries out loud^ fbr an ar fanger and someone to take.the load off the single sa*. Tbbters a:re 'way over their heads awa:y from the spot jrpm-whlch they :emanate' --r - . - . On the credit side are the cana- ries, three males, -which may: have conjured , up the cbniparlsoh with the liDmbafdoa. Riiss Cantor, Ted Dawson and Al Glenn' form a trinity of barltohes, and all transceftd their aiooompantment. • .JfHJ draws the guest spot for the nation's music over CBS every Sat urday night at 9:15 for a quarter hourflll-in. : Helm. A1RLANE8 With Pet0° Wobloiry, Jean Shaw, Savitt'a Oroh. -30-Mlit». - - - Sustaining ROGER PRYOR and PEGGY CONKLIN - ; ^Sketoh^:' .- ■ ; 6 Wina. WCAU, Phiradalphia Musical comedy vein in progranl- SOCKY GET RICH Serial Sketch '■ LlSLMins.^ : ■■::;::'■:, -.^i:^^ Sustaining ••■ I WGY, Schenectady An unusual central character, COMMERCIAL WEAF, New York «^>»Av»u wuAcu, Tiiwi ^u vtustuiit- I Team for the one-time broadcasf I - , . ^ , ming is hard enough for the chainia on the Rudy Vallee Flelschmanri ^'^""""y sketched and cleverly to do without trying it locally. And I hour are botn leglters, though I acted, lifts this sketch to a high with ^ thls show, studio has more Roger Pryor of late has been a lead- levjel among the programs recently than It can, chew. . ing man In films. Miss ConWln I3 Lrtfl«rt ♦„ wrV'a a^^^ « • Idea Is to show^-what happens currently t appearing oh Broadway ^ chart. It is that of behind" the niike in the ether IndUSr Iwlth XiesIIe Howard In: 'Petrified son: of a Japanese barber who, try, . with Its love Intrigues and [Forest' ■ oh his arrival In New York City — ^''^ time Vehicle selected for them was ah starts out as a mop-an'-polish holding up the musical jkorUon of isxcefpt from 'Saturday's Children,' salesman with the eXDresaed deter- the period. It s a tough Job, and a play In which Pryor has appeared, hilnation of vaulting the high flnan- although production and genera,! This was the kitchen scene, In which cial walls to a place albngslde the fb iSySli newlyweds have a quarrel on Morgans and Rockefellers. Playlet ^ *fort« nnrti* ?S?Mn« f cohomic^ and then split. It was deals, in humorous fashion, with the in hodge-podge fashion so thatrthe just fair for air purposes, however, [adventures of Socky. a nervy, ner.. 'if«*nfnt r/frow? nn! ^hf^ though potent OP the Stage. slsteht, chle?fuVgo^gettiKrleS next^o.^ who's t^SP^ Md^^^^ whom w ^t'??''""^. P^*"" ^iss American. Cast te lrawn^from the " Proer«^ nn«^ !2f*^.?io^^^^^ Conklln stood out oven If the vehicle Dramatic Society of the ■ Jrrogram opens . with dialogue In wa« noor Aeiut the elevator between tw0 station ''■ **■ " employees., switching off as a prb<^ . gram , dhpposedly comes on the INFORMALITY AT JAQK DEMf> speaker. . Thence into a: garbled bltl SEY'S State Teachers College, Albany, and: is directed by; Irma Ij.'Iiehmke. Name of author is hot given ; it may be Miss Lehmke. \ Fitst.'""feplsode,^ wherein Sbcky Of Plot about a country toss and a Dick Tiahel, Jaek ^i\rntixu 4*ck\.^l'i^^^^^^^ Vamp vieing for the heart of the Dtmpsey .Tork muaeum and station's Blng Crosby, played by 30 Mina. Pete Woolery. Show even has the COMMERCIAL accepted Hebe ork leader balllhg tip WMCA, New York sells the astonished curator of the Egyptian section mops and polish, started sketch off sin&ftly. Second a program rehearsal. About teh J Staged screen, spirts, etc:, cbver^ |5|^'"-»?J{ji»J^^ minutes of the scene-to-scene by- in this informal broadcast from t^®„r?,Pj".!ri"!"&^^ ,play ..takes pUce after, which the Jack Dempsey's.^ew^eaterie.-:- Pee- fS^la i52*,^t^Wn^i,^-lS-^"w show goes into what would be a pie scattered through the late din- I,*i>,f^ totough a combl- regular lS-mlnute air program. In ihg mob^ara asked to c^^^^ nation of sharp strategy and high this portion Jean Shaw Is oSy in a^ew \?o?d* witrjns^ a^^^^^^^ salesmanship, held up well, atqrch humber. and Woblery offers in? some neat tenor -warbling. A black face comedy duo is In, too, and pretty bad- . ;•■ . Joco. nalaver"'^P*rfle^^™ ?.^Ln ^''h* r Stiv the continuitist that It dove- bSt used Ti^^^i? v^f^t« :perfectly tato. No. 2,. hilt; the w 20 minnt«i ■«« ^^^^ '^"^'^ did nbt'close on a note indi- flrst 20 minutes, so that the remain- | pating scene of the third episode.- - ing run was practically barren of ( any interest at all. \ Begina -Grewe. N. T. Amerlcah film critic on flrst fOr some chatter. She Ih turn . introduced : JUlia Skit possesses humor, plkusibility and human interest. Expinded to a two or threetlm^i weekly basis. It could hold an evening spbt easily. Aythor rates a laurel wreath lor Shaweir who . has a new magazlpe brainchlldlrig - ' a lively character of her own coming out this week. | which Is off the' Well-trbd tra6k, HARV and ESTMER Jane Colberg, Artell Dixon - - Nat Brusiloff, Rhythm Girls Songs, Talk, Band 15 Mins; COMMERCIAL WOR, New York . Thrice: weekly l-stanza,; that Is built strictly to 1928 speclflcatiohs. There is no escaping the identity of the sponsor. Put the two names in the program's title ..together: and they Spell . 'Harvester'. Listen to the roundelay that Is sung to the tune of 'Smoke your Troubles Away* a.nd the Impression gathered: Is that a few €opd puffs -oh a Harvester -will dissipate all ailments. Also incor porated 'in the paraphrase, which opens and closes the program, is the Info that the Harvester used to sell for a, dime but can now be bought for a nickel, and that it's still made from tobacco grbwn for iOc clgara Dubious, economics. Sandwiched .In between the thick layers of sales song and palaver is .' chopped • dialect, high-pitched Bannister and^others. . : voice and rapid dellveir^^ Dempsey. himself: ' - ' pi'ogram built along almost Identl cal : lines taireed 'The Jiacksbhs. Station Is first: around Bait to pay cola to . sustaining performers. : . >Thi3 program is sutferlng from a decided Jack of showmanship. Scrib her. aside frbm writing the copy, is v,R ?^?^jn - 'J?°?^' feeds , . Dick Other parts are mainly: feeders, also the sole. prbtagOrtist of the J;'^'>Si^*^^<*"y' l>ut does not overdo Cecil Walker did a rather convince s^erlal , show, using l;he" pr« pat.^ Itr - -However--whenr tall^^^^ IhgT bit • "as" the c im- tern; to delineate some dozen or so SL""°^*'"'\.*"e *wo discussed the pressed a little less strongly as a characters. -: Naturally, . he can't ^^'"P^eyi-baby which as a subject Bellevua psychiatrist. Voibe soundcd' handle a;il those varied, vocal re- ; ■ iil'^ Jack : pilman spieled too youthful in the latter. Lavere qulrements as well a:B cbuld many Madison Square Garden for Fuller,, an experienced juvenile dlftel-ent actors, yet he does .very -L*- -"'?®!_»"| ^eyen. . t^^^ topic _soon J radlo. iictbr,. played aa lnterne-4n. the^ -. ^ Well fora solo Job. Tet the station rexpired^^Trhlrty minutes Is a long] hospital episode, wh«re. by the way, never mentions fact, rather seeming stretch for. such a tsasuai broadcast, a.scrlpt mistake was made in hay- to seek to hide the angle that would so it might: be wiser to land on. ing him tote patients food trays • most handily sell the show., more definite guesters to assure ah Ethel LivlngStbh disiilayed a" pleas- . If the public was apprised of this even pace. A Dempsey program ing voice ih a nurses role and fact, listeners would become more should build.; Frank Hardmbyer was sufficiently curious and more tolerant and pro-. | Airs on Frlda:y nights from ll to hard-boiled as a museum guard grams would win more comment 1 11:30 p.m. EST, Might ihake for Scrlbner locally. As It stands to, date, 'The Johnsons? is ittv bittv i^inriie LiAho just another serial that airs dally LVJl rL'TIX during lunch hour, and finds a more £f^M- Charles, Ward Wilson or -less apathetlo audience that is "e neither repelled norarrested by old-. Sy£*£'"IJ'' i, . formula situations,- hazy humor and WJfiN, New- York -r alugglsh suspense of a script built up around a group of type-worn colored characters. One of the goofiest of air sus- tainers. Makes no pretense at plausibility, as the title hints, and strives to lampoon all of the estab- 'ished radio prbgramS on board to- day.. Copy is not confined to the younger generation particularly, either. ■ Plenty- ■of the -gags- and - stunts are aimed at mature listen- ers.v Perry Charles and Ward Wll- j Understood that some of these future teachers have broadcast over a small Albany station; at any rate, ~ |they are well trained. : One feature- . which , should be I dropped Instanter r the use of a .dance-muslp i . record as.' a, themer and scene Spacer. Tune in no way blends With the background of the sketch, in fact, stamps it with a I mlsleadlrig note. Paco. , £dwin f. edgett Literary Talks ^10. -Mins;- -^^.-r- Sustaining ; WBZ, Boston Hilghlight of this Friday afternoon (i2: 00) sustalner Is the orisp, deisp- voiced delivery of Edwin Edgett, NOAH BEERY Dramatio Basso 8 Mins. . COMMERCIAL VVEAF, Neyy York: Noah Beery had hO trouble In I Ihtb innumerable charac- trahsmittlng that cinematic lech- '^®fll the half-hour broadcast erous personality of his to the ^^"n J^st a, few assistants oh hand. listeners. That's easy, only .for a t . 1- labels as SmelSo : Cl&ara, , _ , nim^vlllatn of long standing Whb^^ has been constantly mugging for an P'^sss releases, etc;, -r.™ »_ \ unrespQhslve Smer*/ ^ the material dished ^cr'Pt-. ."s an easy way for the Beerjr's bit was based on a 800- ?^*^ ^^®"*'^®^'^**®"'^*''°'^"''"^'^*'^^^ '^^^^ person, to wise up, in a cial song anent a 'Captain "Jones,' ^'^^^ credit for push- short time,: to what's new in the master of a slave ship, who guzzles "V°'" u°""'^i**f, come fldai and it also constitutea a coii- rum .and fondles a bull-whip which " * share of the digs. Surprls- ' n aiso constitutes a con- terrbrizes the crew and the cargo of '^.o'"' t^^e pace is maintained at blacks. An unnamed character tbok^ with such Crazy: Auff. : But 15 part In some repartee with .Beery IP'" *^*®s would, really suffice; Open- before dropping. • -from- -bubbnlc i^^/^"^*^ sound .Iresh. but the ex- plague; the crow deserts and fires i®"°6. breathless, is the explana tWs -ahWh 'i3~nbt the show^itseif only radio, the power of the P^^^er to the next each' ^""""'^ but .Sustaining:. transmitter and the general value of \^^^' With a Saturday night - com- advertisine. In- o'they'words this spot stahaing wide open - ^ ^°r! r^ show 13 designed purely as the paif- rier of an advertising message. It Aftsl, , -I; tfohaliy iood,- Foa.. announcer, -was given a chance to try ah idea he's had in mind, a lone ' tim.e. : Idea , is a Saturday night summary -of, the local news of the week... .. ■ ' ' . :-Eest iaiigle is caref uliy-har^dled- forecast of what is liable to happen to open stories still in the news is not going tO^sell goods on its own. FLORENCE WIGHTM AN Music by the marimba band is Harpist llstenable.-^They play good music 15. Mins. and with the . marimba 'Jnstrumen- Sustaining ' tallzing possibly adding touch of LWGY, Schenectady fS^gS^^riS^sJaiS^aS^-^^ still In the n ffiKit;i^e^S!^tKiiS«^ tltioh of tub: spbn^b "s mbssage^ It cariS^n ^^^^^^^^ strtilght uplift .stuff, being, careful Shares malnly^s' a reSllnd^'thiN^S^ Se^teSwrn SnHo^^^^ stories with warm ^r^e^is Jierc^and that:PIttsburgh Iti. miisic rSir^oS^y S^l-*^^:-^ rdcy. is^-pry. gobS, particularly: i"n. a. pma.Ilcr .:plty, .'but .cin stand a. Slight im ia tfimperaturii. ^eddesdaj, April 8,. 1935 RADIO VARIETY 39 Chicago, Ap^rll 2. ; , While technically the per-lnqulry business has been shoved off the cliff by the radio code authority, in reality the per Inquiry basis of operation is reported -going atrongier than ever, though handled strictly within thci law and the code; Stations are bcilng faksed with thie Job ot delivering results oii a per inquiry - basis by idver Using, agencies which are placing niall-puillng programs oil bne-tlme shots. : Clients ,are tkking a gamble oh a station on a one-time shot which they buy at; re^lar catid rate. If the show fails; to produce inime- dlately oh the iaihgle broadcast the client drops oil. the trahsmitter and searches elsewhere. If the show clicks the sponsor tries an-^. other shot. If the malt pulling strengtix coritlnues up to and Inr eluding the 13 times- the- sponsor tW which sta,tlons allow retroactively. In this inariner of hedging the .sponsors are finding the safest means of jgiiaranteeing inquiries: at the' least risk of coin. Many clients which were content to pay 20c. a:nd , ihpre . per • in- quiry on the old-time; basis are now finding that they tare getting replies for as loW as 2c or even Ic in particular instances. On the: general average, hoiyeyeri lOc seems to be the usual ;cost per In- quiry on' tl»e majority ofsfatidns. Which stlli; represent^^ cbnsider- able'saying for the advertisers when placing their mail-searching shows in a malnner, which allows hedging. . : (Chicago, ^prll 2. Embarking bh an; entirely hew angle in station representatloh -on ■ .May i the FfieiB & Sleihlnger bfflces will branch out; -with a: siecond star tibn representation^ ;;oUtfllt ~ to::;rbe known as Tree- Johns and Field. - Jim Free and Qllff. iSleininger are-.nbw working but the deta:ils whereby the ■ growing list of statibhS; will be 431- : Tided into different- companies for ' more complete aiid direct action tb • the indiylduail stations. ^ ■ Appears .that the short Hist Is growing in favor In the radio In-; - dustry. F. & S. now have 20 6ta- -^-tlons-and-wlth- mbre-In— the offlng- the representatives feel that It would be bettei] to spilt up tiieir; - list Will " operate with two com- ..__lpiete^setijof jasrRpnhjrt^^ • the same roof. ; Basis of the divlsloh of the sta- . tions generally will be to congre- gate those ' stations; : with similar ■ales problems, placing . all stations with similar market ratings for more, concehtrated sales punch. ^. With th©.-twb .organlzationLS_lt will also be possible to separate, stations Into two groups wheret two statlohs happen .to be in; overlapping terrl-. ... tories. Spread Concentration New plan of Free & Slelnihger Is . ' - •n .joutgrawth; of;/an earlier plan bf_ , the organization which divided thb various stations among the ;F. & S; ■alesihen so that each salesmien rep- resented three .ahd'foiir stations for those agencies and cllehtis which preferred short list, representations . and yet each salesman represented •11 statlotis for; those agencies which preferred long list repre- ■ehtatives. It meant that each rep- resentative . studied up particularly on a few stations for special cbn- Oentrated strength when - such was demanded. NBC Loses College Inn Chicago, April 2. NBG loses the Hotel Sherman's College Inn Virire to WBBM and. the Columbia; web. TfiEijJifiJm-.,lLij3_^ V r eturn to WBBM after a couple of seasons with NBC. ■ '■'"''.[., ' ; :r- /; ;;:'■:■■■;- French iGasinp closed. , So shot is the local pick-up -ic hod i ilo f uf NBC Ll i a l I t will b e- fprced to take away from WCFIj . many of the New • York dance .bands which the network fprmerly f<>d to the Liabbr statloii. . Situation Is particularly aTinoylng for NBC ■ince all webs are trylijg to shift most of their da^ace . biand brlglna- tion points : to Chicago; due to the *ddltlonal nvuslclans'. tax bn net- work pick-ups out of New York; WHIG Loses Point ' : WiStshln^ton, -April 2./ Refusal of . request' of . WBlG, Oreensborb, N. C.', for power boost from 500 .watts days to 1 ,kw was tecommended tb Federal Cpmmiint>; catlbris; CoihnilssIPrr la,'st- week by Examiner R. H, Hyde. Said that while evidence! Indicated ..bettei'-_set\dcd.:.\voLulil.j''>'.su\l situation- makflfi' it: ;.-,'i'.U- Hi. ;:i>'<'t • ; n'Sp.iv.; . .; ' ■ ; '/ , .., V Rnbinofrior Judge . Dietrolt* April 2. Brotherly aict; is , what Paye Rubinoff,: radio Tibllnlst is -.doing with ; his; brother-<3harles, - thiis-week In. Detroit; Charles Is runhlng for judge and Rubinoff is here to assist his brother m thei campaijgn. . . RublnpfC visiting many of the campaign meetlngjs, even getting up and .ta,lkihg fPr his . brpthwr. Ap- pearances from local theatre stages, radio stations and, night-clubs, w^re included on Dave's itinerary. AUSTRALIAN-RADIO - EXEC DDE APRIL 20 A.- B. Bennett, piresident; of Australian Federation of Broadcast- ing Stations, arrives in the IT. S. bh April 20 for ah eztehded biisi- hbss trip over the cpiihtry. He wlU flrst Visit :XiPs Angeles, and Is ex- pected to rea.ch New Tbrk Ih: May. Bennett is ' managing director .of station 2GrB, Sydney. Nebraska Solons Haye Change of Mind on KFAB Lincoln, -April 2..; . KFAB, Lincoln/; Is back reporting the TieWs f rom the: flobrs of the state legislature.' Rbverslng their previous stands,, the twb legislative bodies last week voted to let the station set : up- Its mikes on -the. sidelines. Favorable count in either house was 61 to 20. Dee Dirks, KFAB gen. mgr., construed the legislature's latest action as upholding his contention that radio should be extended th«9 'same rights as the press. Legislative situation resulted from a- stormy Incident in . which Fbster May, newscaster, was barred from the flpor the previous week, with May - retaliating : by telling the listeners on 'his next broadcast that the legislators wanted to keep their proceedings secret if rpni their con- stituents. When May appeared : in the press box the followlrig day Ren riesentatlve Randal strbcl e ^ py e£_ arid yanked put .the broadcasteir the seat of his^pant^'arid collar. May was someWhat! mauled before: the sergeant-at-arms intervened. Beechhut Not-Changing Beechnut will not replace 'Red Davl3';wlth another type of prpi^lram for the last four weeks: of the cbm;- merclaVij stay on - the NBC blue (WJZ')%~i>ecIslbn npwrls to keep the serial on tp the; iexpiratlori date of the food maker's time contr ict, May ■26.. ;;■:, :■■■■ ' ■ ■■ 'Dayls' will, be brought back this fall f6r Iti third ;.^eason . under the Beechnut; .banner. . ; Burgess; Jderedlth, .who plays, the; title rote, has been ^written out. of hiext -week's- script, so that he can open .with Katharine Corneira hew play, 'Flowers of the. Forest! In BAl- tlmore. ■- ■.r.^.-.. , -.'■.;•::.:' :-, Hubbell Robinson . 0^ fiu)jif^in_ leaylhi,' toclKYj ; (WCrln'%s- Jriy') to; tVo^^' '~ ^n<'■y(\^^tf^ \W~'\Z('r- Fair of 13V for Cantor Eddie Cantor baa been put' under contract for ni^xt season by Lehn & Fink for Pebeco toothpaste. Deal calls for his doing: 13 weeks in thb Fall and another ^18 weeks in the Spring Qf . 1986,; " Cantor wlthdi^ws ; from ' his prbseht Pebeco seriea on CBS Aprir '28. •-;--•:;••• ■.;-•■ •; • ; ' ^.^ / Inter-city program exchange be- tween WMCA, New York, a.nd "VVIP. Phllly; started last Friday (29)^^^^W fqiir. Biionspred prpgrsons exchanged. Three G'fl Clothing compalny, twice weekly, quarter hour; £2a.rllng "C. Olsen Investment Service, dally flVe- minutes shot and Dr. deoi^e Wood Cla'pp, presenting The Dentist Says, twice wefekly, quarter hour, are, the New Y;ork accPunts piped thrpiigh to : Philadelphia. Dri Palmer's morning devbtlohs; . WIP's church commercial account; Is broadcast from Philadelphia at 7 a. m. . over both stations. John Hayeii, WiP production dl- ;rectbr, was In town Thursdiay (28) ironing, out- dets^ils -preliminary- to the bpenlhg of . servicel 'This co- operative line means the re-estab- li^hnient of a traffic department again at WMCA, installatibh of- teletype service, and resumption of service Bimilar to When It : was a network atation. "• WMCA now opens at 7; «. m., one hour earlier than formerly, with the Palmer hour. At nbon, luncheon muslb Is sent over and Ia,ter, a dance parade is carried from llil6 to 1^0 a. - m,, all. flrom. PhlUy." WMCA siistainers .used by WIP Include : Five' Star Final, spph- sored. here by Biarhey Clothes, but preeiehted minus. : any; ' label in Philly, , Jamboreb hour ; nightly. Cheese dub, anid Motion picture club pickups and ppecial .ftventa. Bbrtram . Lebhar/ . Jr., biandllng the New. York sales and Albert A. Cormier, PhlUy'e end.; Phlliy music now piped through Includes: Jonhny; BrowQ hand ^rom Ra,fters club; Doc Holder from the Plantation ; Vincent Rizzb from Cafe Marguery; Eddie Bonnelll from, the Hotel Adelphi; Eddie : Pryor from the Cathay Tea Gardens ; Val Et-riy from the Hotel Barclay; Oliver Nay- lor from the. Hbtel Walton, and Paul Mason from the Sylvahia, Additional bands will be added; within the next two; weeks.-' IntolteSer YELLS LOUD ANYHOW Bass Sinioer Cehyerted Into Car- : ter|8;- Bodyguard ■ \ ■ ;■ ,":''; ■ .; Philadelphia, April 2. ; ■ Boake Carter, , who begins this week to augment the nightly CBS hews broadcasts, with out of town yaude, has taken on • a bodyguard and general ma,n Friday. One-man staff/was ppcasioned by irecent iattenipts bf . mayhem and kidnapplhg. Searchihg for a logical prospect, studio hit bn Bob Mack, six-fobt, 190 pouhd bassb prof undo at WCAU, DuP jeaves Friday for a date at the Hipp in Baltimore; : "They -figure that if Mack ; can't handle his' dukes, he :cah : at least yell louder than anyone else around. 8 Afferent Sponsors (hi Innii^^ Basis Is WJJD Notion V ' Chicago, April 2. ; Ralph Atlciss and: Herb Sbeirinan are now offering :the . home games oif both the: Amerieaih and Natlbnal league baseball clubs in participat- ing -program-bver /WIND, -Gaiy.,_._ , Orlnglnal Intention of selling the entire ^^eason tb bne .sponsor at a price, quoted a.t $17,600 is: chilled. Instead, WIND will corral eight dif- ferent clients, .each one tb get full InniniT under their own sponsorship, Underiatobd that ;the .price for the annoiincenients will be '1100 per Week, with the sponsors signaturing for a full season's gallop. Partici- pation deal* held to eight: sponsors be cause th e stations' contract with baseball duBs "calls" fbf"a~inaxiiaui(h of elghf annpunc'erhe- ts per game. . NBC is put trying to .sell; base- bali on WCFIi, the Federation of Labor station/ wltb which NBC now has ;a sales aisreement. NBC has withdrawn its ; baseball announcer, Hal Tbtten, from the open market and Is 'now. offering him only to sponsors whb signature for WCFL baseball. NBC itself will catty no baseball this season either on WMAQ br -WBNR; Last year, broad- cast the ball games on a sustaining; basis oh WMAQ. WBBM will have 'Wheatles for Its baseball sponsor- ship, while WG-N has Walgreen' drugstores. : Arthur Snyder, in charge of Coast CBS programs, iii ' a Los Angeles hospital with face laceratlbns sus- tained in an. iautbmobile. accident. ansidn Televisioii Boosters See Move Part of TratUr sitioi^ from Radio— Goniinercial Motive powel Crosley, Cincinnati bi'^ad- caster a.nd set-maker, is to actively engage: In facsimile :brpadcaBtlng during the next few months. 'While not recognized by; the; public as strictly televlslbn, because this form; of bro a,dcast doe s hot permit ;flgure8 to rSo ve or BpeaTi7^tTie"ftfCt:^tKat^tr1 s' dlrecitly rclated'^and bpund-Tjp in-thc progress of television- m&kes this new. entry Inipprtant, on a commercial scale the broad- casting of .stories, ybpmlc cartobhs and other stationary matter; ThlB form bf Btationary: teleylalpn is sent but on sheets of paper: In milch the same way that . photographs and printed,- maUer .n.ow- l.S' successrully transmitted by Wire over the Asso- ciated Press and A. T. ! i& % wli'c hetworks, The essential diffcrenoe is: that the. materlal Is 'tran.smltted by radio "lnstca;d of .wire.;; . It la the ld6a of Crosley to perfect a suitable radio receiving set that will be "capable bf receiving: thiH matter;, Whfcn perfected, it wotJid be possible to read, a syndicate se- 'rial, a short story and .look at comic strlp.S- oyer the.^;:radib, 'W'hllc; :at jiresent VGorisldcr'ably ;pf . a epeciila-' tion, . thc; fiuccc'ssfui- completion" of siich-. a : project woiild evchtually /■! '"'iri''': -II'-':.'. - ' ■: . .-. ' At the same time that this devel- opment is getting under way, RCA ls;settliig up: a transmitter to 'cariry bn fleld tests of television; from Camden, N. J. .'- .■.'^■ ..: '■:■ ;■ . Plans -include the placement of sevcrai television receiver , setsj as ^nbw^ tT^vbldpedTTln^^^^h^^ cbm- pany PfncjaltfTwlthlnTa radius of 20 to 2?'mlles of vCamden; ; - ; Initial prSgrama in these' New rte»t3^i'OT:expe . : -^Sirrtp|eI'. / ,:■■- -, \ProliIV>m.s oohfuontlng the director, I/rod uccr arid player jri Btaglng .tcle- vi.slpn skits; can bcs.t. be" comprc- .iicn(]('d whon It is realized; that the, tclevl.sioh aiidl.ence will know: whiafis good in vaude.yllle, on the legitimate :stagc,.ln motion pictures: and oh the radio. Ilhe technique will have to , be -neai'ly as speedy as radlb and fully as Ifittor perfect, and yet com- bine the acting and action found. In pictures today. ;Cpri3eciuehtIy, those f^xpermftnting admit that . they:, do not: know .exactly., how " to framo ;a " \f'' f'fy-'' -"pni-j/fr), . .■ Boaton, April 2.. Dial-lurhersT^whb " Havb " become"'; habrtual listeners to; . the Yankee Network News : Service perioda ; (four : times daily) /are registering squawks via malu and phone ; to WNAC, Boston, because they - have ; : to take their news /with bomnnerclal plugs Interspersed now. Sand- wiched In between the news items are: three idO-word plugs in a flf- teeh-mlnute period. : : On the 11 P< M. peribd (16 min- utes) Friday hlgbt (29) a plbbney;;. date line preceded a - statbmeht' from a wirey be^irded guy- who- likes Gillette Blades. ; After a few more legitimate hews bits ahbther plug was; tied , iii with an anniver- sary of: a flagpble climb In the Greater ;'Bbstbn . district. 'dn- ibokers watched that f ampus . climb, ; smoking J. A< cigars, aiid .today the- : J. A~ is: still the inosi populftr,' la the substance' of the plug. ; Then, ; Just before closing, the ahnouncer suddenly Introduces 'a messagb ■ froni Dodge MptPrs.' This la. a pne- ; minute commercial - skit, . trans- scrlbed, with np. pbi9sible tie-in wltb , news. I>eriod polished off; with a legit news"flash. . .: ■;:, Must Pay Way WNAC a.nriounced racehtl^ to Its listeners that the news perioda iirbuld have tb be commercialized to . niake- them pay; noV ithe; llstenera.^,; aire telling the statlbh that they like their radio news, straight,; as a sus-^ talnen. On the late ; news peribd ; oyer WAAB (also; Yankee iNfews Servlcb> on same night no commercials were ; Inserted, but on the_>arly' morning 'period, 'thrice''weekly,^ Is ^Included. -.- John Shepard, 8rd, president oC the Y'ankee Network, admitted that listeners .were_grlped at the 'date- line' 'te^cBhTque;""blit" estimates^ ratio of complaint as one out of ; eve^ 100,000. listeners. ,; Leland Bickfprd, edltbr-In-chlef : of the News Service estlmateis the ' plugs take iip only 9%' of ttie newa periods, and if blB . BervIce Is to be : regarded as an ether ntiwspiaper, he maintaiiw printed newspapers are only, about 60% newt) matter. : Await Results of > RBC Inyestigation Of S/Afncah Radio Capetown^ March 6; . ■Members of the S.. A. Parliament are asking when the .report of Sir John Relth, B, B. C. director, re- cently over here to investigate radio affalrs fbr the government, will be available. ■ ,[■ Minister of Posts says report la being translated (English and Dutch) and printed. Will be ready soon. •.- .- --v. ;: Questions were asked regarding ihspcctibn by post office officials of;; transactions and accounts of; African,, ..Broadcasting , Company (Schlesinger) to ascertain If that cbncern was carrying out Its obli- gations. Minister of Posts; replied that inspection was carried out to ensure that profits from concessions and . licenses were ■•■jpropriatcd in a legitimate manner. Further ques- tions .werb:wh minister agreed to rcvalulhig:' ' the plant, equipment, "ete.;" of the A. B. C, at $50,000 above what it hitherto Htobd, and In view of the charge of $19,000 ' for ; depreciation of ijlan t, iJu ml tu re, etci: in the same year (1933). He wlli explain why such methods of flrianco were sanctipned. Minister of Posts replied he could . not quote oftharid what the present position Is, but Information could be obtained from the company's .share register. WBT's New SnBtainers Charlotte, N. c'., April 2. : WBT launched three new sus- talner shows last week. 'Musical Comedy 'Memories' has a half-hour on Monday nights, using Margaret Ohdsick, soprano;' Jack Farr, tenor, and George Fraaer's orchestra. 'The Village Nutsmltb.' Ted Doo- . little, returna to Charlotte, from ; ."v'c; w York state. : He" was. with WBT -p,. year ago. , • Another semi-funny hJi ow Ifl 'Johnnie? ami Wobl>it',' vhi' Cnyu- ' ivy -bf>,V - '" ndv: .trti-veJing.'; t"i.i'i.;.-,;an. . t- -"T. • :■ ' • 40 VAgmrr RADIO SHOWMANSHIP (Stvnta; tie-Vpii^ Program Noveltiei) Qutstahding Stuhts GOiiF C LU B M G RS. TI E - U P WGAB, CLEVELAND Gblf Club Mflrs. Tii^lJp. Cleveland, Openine of golf seiEison la being capitalized In one of WGAB's new- est ppbit noyeltles. . To promote riiore interest - In the game John Patt , persuadied the Cleveland Golf Association of the value of hacking a series of talks by guest golf celer britles foir the entire eumnier sea- ibon^ ■■■■■ ■■]■".:■ , ■ ' ■.' Mary K. Browne, former women s. . charnplon putter . who retired in Cleveland, will be one of first talk- ets f or . thei flf teen»mlnute Friday pros(rarf»,3. Walter Hagaii and other stars coming" for tournaments, aro -bielhg penciled ip' for futurb spella on how to : swing a n^ashie or nib- . lick, properly. Betwetsn. guest speaHt. "«r3,-" aiinounce'r will 'slve human- interest yarns; on l\|story of golf clubs, balls iand tips . ph." form. Broadcasts are. lined up to give each of the 17 golf club manaigers In iasr sQClatloh an oipportunity to bally- hoo himself while xh&king . up . the programs. Statidn Scrap Book Omaha. . ■ Because the ears have It .in radio tise of pipt^res appkreiitly a'mounts to little ; as exploitive: value to a radio statioii. But Commercial Manager Beryl Lottrldge of the r^Omaha-studtOs of KOIIi^KFAB has Instituted a picture policy that fits Tight in with the remote and ape .. dal pick-upsi It tneans nothing directly to the listener, but it comes in mighty handy around the studios, " ;Pollcy is to " snap, thie' notables ^terviewed oh the stations airport TTBitVote, members Of the staff In 'action, unusual brbadcasta, etc. This Klves. a survey of the station in . action, BO to speakj and when put into a scrap book makeq interest ing material that carries home to -'i:the- prosjpeotlve advertiser and the 'casual visitor as well,' Extra prints ' also' give companies and organlza : tions with which the hook-ups are triade chance to let thei world know about It ill visual form, and it cothes directly back to the studio. • ' Hot . SlrIp To«M Iios Angelea. A burlesque theatre buying time on a riadio station to plug Its shows : |s something new for the Coast. Burlesque : time-buyer is the Frolics; downtown house, which is currently using spot announcements on KMTR. instead of 30 ' minutes as : before; Production department also recently acquired exclusive rights to four British plays. -whlcb-:-werO -flr^t pre-- sented by BBC. 'Old .Bannerman,' by Eden Phlllpotts; 'Squaring the Circle,' by Valentine Kateav; "Pas Seul,' by lAurle and Tom Devine, ahd 'The Delayed. Drop,' by Allen Byrne all on the board for presen- tation soon. Original music is an important feature of all these new plays;' '-i:'' '. Hallr.no the Herots '. Akron, O, Bill Qrlffith. WAOC sports an- klouncer, scored when within 4 few minutes af ter^embcrs of the North High school basket hall teaim of Akron had alighted from a train ^hich brought it from Columbus, /Where it had annexed the state high . achool baiiket ball championship, he. had team in the studio and before the mike. ^ Qrlfflth interviewed each indivld- lial member of the team In addition to Coach Lu Hosfield. Entire town !was agog, over the team's copping the scholiujtic title. In Monday's Issue of the Akron Times Press a four-column piece of art showing the. team, coach and Griffith before the . mike. ' Dramatized. Aceideriti . .Cleveland...:-. Dramatizations Of auto accidents and'trafflo ruies have been built by WJAY into such ah ImportaTit pro- grim that traffic court Judges are installing radio mikes on their benches , to boost series. Its audi- ehcepower was doubly verified when Rosenbluih ClOlhea Company de- cfdedyto sponsor the half -hour noon program, agreeing to: be satisfled with one brief plMg In it. Only jsommercial flavor ?. ls,> announcer's opening line, 'This program, is. made possible through the courtesy of the Rosenbliim Company.' Half of the series Is :tagged Safety Broadcasts,' and a short acci-. dent iteni is read after a fire siren goes oil aind theh is dramatized by staff actors, Promihent Judges and police officials wind it up with- talks oh safety education. For 'Traffic School* programs, the miike! is carried Into courtroom ^nd placed on\ Judge Lewis Drucker's bench, Actual - traffic cases 'are thereby covereid, and fact that Judges' decisions and repriinands to speeders art) going" over the' air Is one thing that has cut down num? ber of accidents. SeattIo, AprU f. . New ruling that bands must t>« paid. 14 per hour ' por aiaii If going on the air ftom night olubif, ballrobms/ etc.; affectf Trianon ballroom. Club yicton Wooden Shoo, BIuo : _!) and Olytnplo Bbwt ^ In tu ^burg. ■ ■• AU thooe .spota now off .the 'air;-' ■ .■■■>•.■:• Walter parnrotcih's SQth Year ■ New' Tork crty. ; NBC< artists service is assisting in promoting thie golden Jubilee per-- formance of Walter Damrosch . as conductor of opera and . concert in New York, which will be presented at the Met. on April 12. - Most of the artists scheduled to sing, u-e under NBC contract. Paul Cravath heads the committee in general: charge. : Acts from 'Fi- delio' and 'Melsteralnger' will be heard, with -Tibbett, Jepson and Crooks prominent in the various rbleis. Anniversary prograni is under the main auspices of the Met. Opera: Association. endeavor. Feature ha« hrought plenty of -fan mail. : ■■. KSIj, ' the Deseret News, and! the Boy Scouts of America are. c6m« bining efforts in the production of. a dramatized Boy Scout program each Saturday afternoon from 4:16 to 4:30, "The Mlves . bf exemplary ihen and of ^cout leaders are being humanized, with ' looal scouts participating both In production iahd In chaitocter; portrayals. . WCBM'a Employment 8l«nt .. ■ \ Baltimore. WCBM has ah agreement with the National Re-eniiployment service through ; which~the ' station gives thrito spots daily to the Job-procuT'-' ing organization. First tWQ .sirats. call attention toi existence of the service, final one - details type jobs that are open through the service, which is muhiclpaUy conducted and .free. ■.:• ' ,' ■ ' . : ' ^ Station gets In Its .own licks, sihce when a, person registers for .a' Job, the interviewers and applicattoh- takers at. the service tell him to listen In. on WCBM every day at 5:46 so. he can keep tabs on the; progress of the Job-getting work SLnd Know what kinds of opehing< are available.::. : ' : W6N^ Poti«^ Chicago.,..; Some additlohaV cblh drifting into the coffe re ■ of ChiOago statlohs due to the local election; campaign for Mayor and City lireaeurer. ' As usual, all stations are selling poilti' cal tinie with, _the,v ieMeptlon.; of WON, the. Chicago: Tribune sta tion..' ; WON Is: ca.rrylng the campaign speeches of the inajor candidates gratis, . figuring them as part of the. station's .public -service. Sta' tion la giving each of the three candidates for Mayor 30 . minutes on its transmitter while, the three men running for . treasurier get 16 minutes each. - Austrian Showmanship ~ • ~ ' . . Vienna. Ravag. : local radio station la planning a new type of program to be called 'Chronicle of the Month.' Idea la to use actual speeches and occurrences for the meat of the pro-: gram, v . .■■■■• ■:■.■. Somewhat along 'March of Time* lines^ ;. ■ NBC's Summer Sustiiners . : New TOrk City. Original music has been ordOred by NBC's production . department for two fbrthcOmlng ' serials : which ' are being readlea to carry through the warm niohtha. Public is fed up on the; familiar musical background, according to William S. Rainey, production chief. _Paul Bunyan, tall timber hero, is '^Vne theme of one and Tom Bennett is doing research work in concocting the correct dittieai Frank Wilson la scripting thia virile tale. Edna Perber played up this legendary fig- ure quite a* Uclzed. aa going to air a acene of Three Men on a Horse*, legit show at Playhouse tbeatro, direct from atago of Playhouse and during regular matinee performance of show. Actors- Equity momo about Equity ruling' of some yeara back that members~of~tl'oupe used In airing performanco of play rate atipend equal to one-eighth of weekly aalary cancelled tho plan at last mlhutei. Instead a backstage interview during Intermissloa . was aired. ■ ■\ ■;.■■•' ■■' .■. ■■, .'''■: ',■.';:■.,*'.' ■ ' V ■■;. .:;■,; Radio Matarial Can't Repeat .'■■■■;'".' ; Fred Waring now- has a routined 'act* he~u8es for the benefit of CBS Playhouse audiences after- each . broadcast,: : . The .cintlre organiization,- ork- and singers wear regulation uniforms: or. evening dress. Waring though is, garbed in regular biz -suit. ; He explains to spectators about his work* ihg BO hard he hadn't , eveh time to shave, dresa or eat. This way John Q. Ahdiehce la rbbtlng.for Waring. Then, he-fiakaif abmebne in the:au(ill- once has any food and one or two usually volunteer candy or fruity which is good for laughs. But repeat eustbmera to Ford show are wising up to ' this act and try to crab it by hollering, 'That's what you said laiat week.* :• WNEW Profit Influenced 8027 6he of : thb many reasons, though not well known, for the dusting off of the |3 :rtille by Local 802 was the money making potentialities of the WNEW dance parade which utilized the muslo of many of the apoterlea In town in 16-minute stretcher with the. station selling spot announce- ments at each 16-mlnute break. : Another little realized angle on the |3.. rule is that with all the beefing about the' musicians working the broadcasts and long; hours with every- one but the niusician making dough, the musician still doesn't get a dime of the $3 tax. All money collected on that rule is paid direct to union and goes to unemployed fund for the time being. So the boya still, work free. • - - • . ■ Bill and Ginger Just Make It ' A wreck- oh the Pennsy delayed Bill and Ginger en route from Phllly to NY for .seven. hOtUB- and nearly upset-the-well-routlned schedule: of broadcasting from the Little House. Airthur Bryan, author and actor in the scripts, was readying the cast to ad lib when Bill and Ginger arrived just at close of theme song. '•' .V-; Sorambled Notes Lawrence Holcomb for Fletcher & Ellis to Detroit for Ward Bread . i-, :Xavier Cugat began this week his third year on air and ditto at Waldorf- Astoria. . .Michael Tree has signed Beth Wilson to sing with his ork at the Edison Hotel Green Room withi a WOR .wire... Vincent LopOa In town for 10 days and then two weeks of vaude in Washington, D. C, and six weeks of night clubbing in. Texas... Ernie Mathels, who singa and plays trumpet in the Bemle Cummins ork at the Roosevelt, la only 19... Muriel Wilson renewed by Showboat for another 13 weeks. Sho is the singing Mary Lou...Lanny Ross' Log Cabin show folds on April 10..,Verna Burke Joins the 'Hits and Bite' show at NBC. Following week Charlie Leland, Coast comic. Joins the show as headllner. Johnny Fraser, WMCA announcer, has a brother, Donald, who Is secretary to Gov.-Cieneral Murphy of the Philippine Islands. ■^■■:--- ■ Stand By ;Peggy Flynn's 20-month babe is recuperating from pneumonia. . .Be- sides turning producer with Harold Sherman's script 'Oh Professor,* Botrah Minevltch will co-direct' and play a bit. , .Tim and Irene added five minutes to their Goodrich show stint;. .Pl'bk arid Pat atlas Siiolalsses and January are doing a two-week vacasb. Both sponsors. Maxwell Coffee and Dill's Tobacco are giving boys the layoff with pay... Joo Reichman ork stays at the Statler in Boston until end of May. . .Harry Jans (of Jans and Whalen), Charlie Cantor, Peggy Flynn and Hal Kemp ork are final set-up .for Eno show on Wedevea...Vi Bradley quit the Stork Club to concentrate on her radio work at CBS... Grade Barrio is really Grace May Rogers. . .Harry Grossman, operationa engineer chief at CBS and Leonora Hofstadter will wed on April 17 and honeymoon at Castle Harbor Hotel in Bermuda. . ;Frank Munn will vacash in Bermuda next month with guest stars set to take his spot on Lavender and Old Lace. . .First Jolaon show will make furor over ninth anniversary of 'Sweet Sue* which ditty was written by Vic Young who directs the ork on that show. . i Benton and Bowles auditioned a 16-minute kid script 'Mother Goose Yarns* by Chas. Green and Joe Green ork.,. Dana Black- man has Joined Century Play Co. as head of their radios sales dept.' Pest Script ^; Tomi Powers and Helen Mencken auditioned eight months back in a script about the Famous Letters of History. Now three sponsors are asking about the show. ;.Joan Edwards, niece of Gus, now on WMCA Sundays for M. J. Furs gets an additional spot for the same sponsor; lii t e rylftWing Cy Tfl rmannr^tet^ dale beliig. Ttfesdayg. . .An origtnai opera by Robert . Neuman with " " tunes by Jarret Hill and Ed Horan, based, ori the George. Bdrr-Mc- Cutcheon Graustark stories has been auditioned by NBC. . . 'Old Cynic' by George Bricker of the Warners pix script staff, is ready to air at NBC. Script ribs women to a fare thee well. ..'The Westerners,' an Instru- mental and vocal quintet with five commerciala including Barn Dance on WLS,: wlU com'e east for a stint on Maxwell Showboat on April IB providing the monetary arrangemeota -are- set, . .Prior to his leaving WNEW Ed. Fishe r set the idea of airing the NY Times Lost and Found column. Thus WNEW la in Times dally. Now WINS arid NY American have same tie-up. . .Jerry Cooper making screen testa at Fox and War- ner a i with Mary Quigley, beauty contest Winner, as partner. .. General Fopds *Wheaties' will sponsor the .baseball broadcasts in St. Louis. Both the BroWns and Cards games will be aired' over kwk excepting the Sunday and holiday games. Putnam, the aviatrix's husband, and a couple Department of Commerce Officials, all of whom were located on the roof of the WOR studioa. On his westward flight Lear will engage In. similar brbadcaat con- tacts with WLW, Cincinnati; WON, Chicago; KFH, Wichita; KOB, Al- buquerque, and KFI, Los Angeles. Baiting Film Fans Lancaster, Pa; : Bmo's. Film Broadcast gets art ad- ded punch from WGAL here In the form, of free passes to 16 people' each time it's on the air. Program, - sponsored " by Peggy Paige shoe shop, broadcasts in atldi - (Continued on. page 62) ^ednesdity* ApHl 3« 1935 RAB I O YARnmr Egypt Heurd From Government /monopoly of broadcasting 'In Canada Nhould be removed jmd tli^ air waves retpriied tb private control, was' the gist of cdllfeetlye /comment elicited from the public oh a quiz by the Winnipeg Free PreBs, In an effort to determine public reaction to. three years bt 4xperlihent| ■with th» Canadian Radio CommisBlon. ; ' ' : .T-^ ■■. Criticism waa directied chiefly at the poor direction' of prbgrams, . the | lack 6t Canadian; talent and the Insistence, of the comnifBsion in a,n- ■ jiouriclng progranis irt French as weU ^M^^^ Need of air enterta,lninent in Canada,.; criticism indicated, I9 moret va- jrlety and less disposition to copy American progr amB. A r mchair critics ! freely admltt^ this stagnant condition was dtie principally to the fact] that the commission, had too limited funds to' spoiisbr good program^,] while the telent which produces these .Mo^ has- little or no training. Buggebflons were niad^ that radio training schools should be created. Disposition Of most, criticisms was that the Canadian air entettain- ment should be distinctly Canadiain in flavor and those who prefer the | American brand should feel free to tuije in Amei-ican statloiis. ' . / Cairo; March 19. 7"~^B yptIau kuver umcji it ia re - sortlng to ' radio for tourist baiting purposes and Is having a aeries of spiels waked. Tbeee will be sent around and piit on wherever Egypt can make a deal with radio stations in Eu> ; rope, South .'Americon; . end - elsewhere. Government doesn't ' like the Idea of paying ibr the bhtlets, . "sbT" TtT'^off ef lhT8^^s~^h%" around on ia reciprocal basis. ' Offers to devote time -on Egyp-^ tian radio to tell about the beauties bf Poiand , or wliat .! hay© you in return for -time, abroad. ■ Here nhd There Bob > 8haf«r jand Charles Kaley, staff singers at KFWB, Lob Angeles, hav4» been droppedr^wlth the discon- tinuance" . of ' thV Btatibn** 'weekly HI -Jinks program; Porrner heading, for New Tork. ; Joey Nosbi former ybcal soloist with Richard Hiiriber's brchestra, and now guing the latter to break his contract, "is being cbuntersued by Hlmbbr for breach oi! contract. Himber wants to hold the singer In the band for future personals; and recordings. Nash is currently .tourinft the yaudfllmers as a flolplst.^^^^^ / ; . When Roche,. Williams & .Cunningham, Chi ad agency handling the Studbbaker account, objected to crooners on ihe air show; it meant Mash had to gp. / instead iQary (nee Xarry) Taylor, jeiry Cooper, ' Ix>retta Lee^ 'BieCbB'^^I^^ Men, the Humraihg Birds' and .other -. jololsts were added .aa guest: latara. /on. .tUs. Studebalcer - show, with .the Hlmber orchestra. Nash averred that becau^ie his name was 'Nashf'the nOme of an autOi and this was a ,cbmpetltlve Studebaker show, that thb na,nie was a. factor, citing somei; kidding complaints from Btudey dealers coiicerning the Nash handle. This, however, was more y- St. " jbhn, New Brunswick, policbman can thank .the wlf b of a Ibcal radio mieister bf cerembnles and' orchestra violinist, for getitlhg him out of a serious .Jom, which threatene4 his pavement pounding future. > It feemB'.that the cop was called Into the. emsee's doinlclie,-'tD protect' the (Usee's frau from continuing as a •punching' bag for her' flstically In-l . cUned hubby, who bad come home broadcasting, after absorbing i>lenty .of ahiniation Jiulce.^ The cop stepped Into the picture, whereupon the alcoholic emsee turned on the limb bf the law. Tbe latter branched out with a two-flsted attack to "save himself from the slaughter, rand ;the . •msee caiight two shiners ahd a, licking. ^ Next day he complained to the police chief and the cop was oh the .carpet for going to tho mat with the. emsee. Mrs; Emsee explained the .«op had to protect himself. WHO'S PIAMY-PUY STYHe BY KYSER • Pes Moines, April 2 Station .: WHO stands to ipse its basebaii play-by-.piay priyiieges. on; the Chicago White Sox . and Cubs. games. A ruling oi^ oi'gahized basC' ball is 'that no station m^^ brbad cast, a game reg^ardless ipf where played ' if the club located; - in the town where the s la flies aii objection. Such an; objection has been made after two years bf acquiesehce by Lee Kyser, manager of the DCs Moines team (Western League) Btatlbn:i'flTfylng^fo7=Bar^^W lie protest to make Kysjr reverse himself. •Argument la that :'8ihce all but- 10 or :i2 games- of- the. - Des Moines team are played at night thei J Is ho cpnfllction. Kyser evl dently feels the free afteirnoon play- by-play surfeUs baseball fans and reduces ..the incUnatioh to jmny up for hlght time games Taking a bow. oh the Improvement In Mrs. Frankllh p. Roosevelt's mike | putch Reagan ^w^ technique Is R. Calvert HaWes^ bi Henri, Hurst & SIcDonoid. ageiicrrpi^gr^^ (^^^^^^ luindUng the Selby Shoe broadcasts over CBS Friday nights. H^ prevailed apoh Mrs, Roosevelt to cpnflne herself to topics upon which she Is Well Informed, baa censbred her: scripts, coached her. in mike manner and bec.Qme the ^t producUpn man to lnduce_her to go through lengthy \^]VIC! A SpOIlBDi^ ShOW at Irehearsais. Last week'a (2») pi-ogram _ , -rv is 1. •n hour early to scan the script with him. Hawes marks all scripts JaCK Den(ipBey Hiatene for guidance In emphasis. ' IhformaUty at Jack Pempsey's, , now WMCA progrMh haa been sold Mldnlght-to-dawn radio annbuhcer. handling a, platter program for a I ^ jackfln Clothing Company for Pacific statioh, carried his pbrsonal ^eeye against a local tiro dealer to ^ period of 62 Weeks. Broadcast is his listeners; Spotted betweeh the regular i commercial announcements. - -prliaf night program: from 11:30 after each recording, he told llBteners that there waa a tire shop In town midnight. Celebrities ire sorted 4oing buslness-^theh giving the firm a good lo'id raspberry for a topper, ^ut, M^ison; Square GOrden actlvl- Announcer flnally;Iet the ilsteners Into the reospn by declaring he had ^j^g casually discussed and general been overcharged by- the firm f or a tire repailr. ■ , news of the late diners brought in. •;.. ; : . ■ ;v/.:;.;' ;|.Placed'::;thrpugh.;_Itog^^ : Belkin Cbast radio stations ate massing their strength to fight i proposed bill 1 Agehcy. Toin Hulohinson, producer,, 'and: Harold perry, anhouhCer; and chiar.- acter :man • On the WheatenaviUe sho^. at KFRG, San PranclBcb, are but with the-dlscbhtinuance of the -prbgram-ahd-headlng-^ f Ai ; and : Petti, besides Having; Ave commercial periods per week oyer W(3AR, Cleveland, no./ have two iS-mirtute; ^weekly programs; at WTAM sponsored hy SIB Comiiony (polishing flhldis). - ■ - / ; move; in the California legislature which would hold a station responsible for| any statement made by an advertiser. Chlef .peeve of the broadcasters is that the bill speclfles radio only and does hot Include newBpapers.. Radio men hayo a leelhig that California newspaper publishers are back | «f the proposed legislation. Jbll-O is sending its whole NBC! Sunday night trbupe but to Hollywood I to accoihpany jaick Benny; who goea west for a Metro picture. Brpad»| casts from the Coast start April 14 and will last until mid-July, when the show returns to New Tox'k. . j, t 1 Prior to leaving for Hollywood, Beiihy is playing a 110,000 stage date | ■ In ;Boston;'thIs"week." -•:••••.- •<■ ■ Babs Ryah and her Brothers made their first radlp apjpearanco Satur day night (30i) as guest atars with the studebaker ChompIohB (Pick Hlmber) since leaving Waring's Pennsylvanians^ ; Miss • Ryan's •brothers' are Chartie Ryan; her ex^iusband, and Jiis brother. Little Ryan. When marital differences occurred they leit Waring but have; since reunited prpfesslbnally. ' John B. Kiennedy/NBC ;commeSat^ directbr ot the drive for Mobilization for Catholic Action which the Knights of Columbus Is carrying on thla week. Kennedy ^"J'- Ucity tor that organlzaition In Its overseas work during the JV^orld wor. He was the pfihclpdi speaker at a; Communion breakfast In Troy Sunday; . morning.'- ' ■/■ '.■•■■■■ ■ •■ A Phlliy radio Bcribe pasBln^ KTW ohb night last week, stopped In. tp catch An TJRn V^h Bhhw. Gettin g off the lift at t he^ fourth f^oof' i'^f^ . below/thb WCAU menage, he found the station quarTersJn a general lock-up. The bHly eign;"bf Hfe arouhdrthrough- the-^^ a lone englheer lolling peacefully m the control room down the halL I>empsey himself always .i>uts In a word or: two. Angelp Palange in charge. ■ • - Martin .Campbell, of WF^^^Pa)- las, :a Chicago visitor. : 8am -Rom oi! NBC artists' service bureau Is leaving: the/:; end .pit IblS week on a business trip'. Will vlBlt Pittsburgh, Cleyeland, Scheneclady and Boston. : _ /Rerilh, March 24; European ^tulers . have : their radio troubles,, too, in addition io' everytiilng: else. Witness the plight, of . Czebhoslovakia,;; whose radio hearers Can flip their dials and ; bring In- the latest - hews bulletlna. - from practlcaUy any country to Europe. ' '' ■ . '.':•■ ■■. '■:. ■■• "With the iaipread; of radio through- put/ Europe;; the matter of censor- ship; becaihe ^ore and ■ more trbu- blesome. In the end it; defeated Itself, because nationals of ; one country could easily get the other side of the stories appearing in th© domestic newspapers by tuning In on some foreign news report. Gencriaily these ; reports are read. \ oyer the air, ih : cbhtlnental Euroi>< In severai languages. : In early days bf the Nazi govern-; miept, strict watch was kept oh - owners of better than average re- ceiving :■ sets. ; ;;A:/.:few ^ /SersonjV; charged with listening; to an'ti.-NazT propaganda aired fripnj; MosCpw, vvere sent to icbhcehtration camps, but of late this procedure has been drppiiedi : £Jpng /with Blm mea? : sures.; :.;„..;.>....:; '.;.;?•'■. - .• ^anv-Wtit-of 'The-O^Nellls' Js ne>< gotiatlhg with PlUsbury flour for the £uthpring bf a Berial script. ; Tony /C«|>boch guesting oh the Phil Baker < swift) show this Frl day night (6). Jack Bshhyf as a gesture of co- operation toward the Metropolitan theatre, Bostonrwhere-he- was/dblng- a personal appearance, insisted that the admisslbh'tb ; his Jell-Q hrbaa cast last Sunday (31) be limited to 300 persons. : Those concerned with the program yielded tp; the request fede Grofe Hiei "Weit ~ Feirde Grofe leaVes for Hollywood today (Wednesday) to take over the orchestra assignment on the Burns and Allen (General Cigar) show emanating from there. He replaces Bobby polan, preseht leader, start Ing: with the April 17 program. Grbfb was engaged direct by Walter Thompisoh. ; His deal 1b for 13 weeks on the Coast, afteir which Burns and Allen retym to New York.. 3CWXYZ SHOWS/TO MUTUAL WEB WEEKLY Petrolt, April 2. Station ;;WXYZ,Petroit,the:l,000 / watt member of the Mutual Brbad- castlng System, is outdoing: Ita three 60,000 watt sisters (WOR- WON-WLW) in the matter of sup- plying programs - to the new rtetr work. At the present time the P,«- trolt uhlt of the Mutual is ieediSg a" total' "of 80 programe-a 'week to : the . network and they .range . from haif-houe ; variety/' and / operatio shows to specialty acts of trios, etc. Among: the orchestras being plpiid from WXYZ" Co7 the liIBS stations - are Eduard. Werner's Salon Orches«- tra, CarI Rupp's . Captlyators, Ppn Marions Orchestra, Carlton Moore'* Orchestra, Earl Harger's Sophisti- cates and Rex Battle's Orchestrai the latter coming through WXYZ as an international exchange from the Toronto studios bf the Canadian Radio Commisslpn. '- . r-^r" 'Lone • Ranger* drama goes to WGN and WOR under commercial sponsorship three, times a week and WOR iB taking the Tuesday night show of the 'Thrills of the Secret Service,' dramatic production heard Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, evenings at 8 p.m. tfver WXYZ and the Michigan Radio Network, of; which WXYZ is the key station. . : Suatainers Can't Git Away to Work for WFIL and Gash Jay Flippen, now 'colonel' over — — : -— ^ _ - , ■■ ■a^^i.a on the Manhattan amateur program. Last program of Major Bowes registered 8,347 calls. Next week with Norman Brokenehire the calls counted 8,C66. Flippen's first two presldings brought out MBl and 7,Z!J < calls respectiyely. : ■ /■.. Ai Jolson made special terms -with the J. Walter Thompson agency for hlB 'Shell Chateau' (Shell Oil) show starting this Saturday (6) ^on WEAF-NBC. First eight programs will be etherized from . New York but the rest of the 26 programs will emanate from Los Angeles the oommerclal to defray the line charges. Victor Young's orchestra assists. Lob Angeles chain outlets which recently cut down on spot announce- nentB at hlght have gone back to the practice of the one-lungers. ^ Recently a checkup showed; that one of the first line staUons gave /plugs to three advertisers within a. five-nnlnut© period. ^ Dutch government has given up the idea, of estibllahing ^a state- monopoly for Wired wireless. :; Biggest opposition came from the towns, as municipal wired wireless at present Is a good -source of revenue. Reported inside on the' resignation of a Coast musical director wafi that the batbti wielder and 'statTbri "toss inaurgcirin~«'n"e flstlcufcs— :• . ; • > Philadelphia, April 2. Newest mix-up In the radio elt- uash here concerns talent. Con- tending . parties_are ; WC^^ WFIL ahd WIP. Inception of the WFIL policy of paying -all sustaining talent has gradually reached Into the program departments of other studios. In several Instances, WCAU artists Bureau has released talent that forthwfth sped to WFIL, Last tw o weeks , WCAU has turned down all requests foF~fcreas'eB and- Ihe- taient is fuming. They claim that no lucre la available at WCAU on a regulation sustaining basis and that lod-telephone-coui^ -any-^tempt-to-hold them to man- agement contracts is depriving them of a chance for a living. Actors consider WCAU contract in- equitable. \ No Commish To make matters more crucial. WFIL is now signing most of Its talent to studio contracts for ex- clusive services, wherein the artist pays no commish and receives a weekly guaranteed stipend. This, In comparison to the WCAU legal documertt which takes commish and gives no guarantee, for a longer' period bf time, has the boys and giris crying 'louder than ever. Tlio Joker of the wholo ; thing is that WFIL wilt not air any WCAU- slgned talent, explaining that studio has/ no;bb'Jec:tl().h/ to a warbler pay- jng WCAU commlHSjlon On. fee re- ceived at WFIL, but refuses to give .^W»y_tlme -fDx/«_ ;l3 vlUd - UJR :th ey jc£^^^ cbntrol. . Matters came to a head last week when WFIL removed the "Warwick Sisters trio from a sus- taining variety show after the gals elthisr were unable to b reak or pre- ferted /to retain their WCAU" con- tractual connections, . ■ : At the present writing WFIL has dipped iiecpiy into the WCAU and WIP talent pot,,.with the latter sta- tion feeling the preBsure too, Glmr bel outfit now ensconed In elaborate hew studio quarters has no con- tracts and doesn't pay talent and -operatts-roore-tocal-eufltalnlng-Tpr-o-- grams than either of the other stations. WIP's commercial In- como is basically from spot ari- noUncements, It la believed, which ia Incongruous In view ol its exten- slve studio set-up Just completed. One of the means WCAU allegedr ly employed to keep talent happy was the piping of many CBS web Bhow.<). .However/ WFIL Is doing the same thing and paying, for it, bands and all, so the artlHt has the choice of NiJC .and dough against CBS and no money, ; / Phllly has a ;dcarth of quality performers for so large a city. The lncr.ea«cd demand was expected to brlrig biit of Hiding a horde of stuff unwilling to warblo or play gratis, ■but this did not materialize,;. / Those familiar with the locale here do not beileye that WCAU will follow suit and begin payment of its staff artists.. Nor Iti it exp^cted that WIP will be 4ble to^mnstcr a; large program budget, notwlth.stantllng Its desire to do so. . ' , General Mills Sponsors Newark Baseball Games General. Mills Is again taking all Newark baseball games for the sea^ sbn over WINS, New York. Com- pany had a similar contract last year, plugging Its Wheatles prod-' uct. Three exhibition games will be broadcast beforehand, but theao are sustaining programs. . / Scries gete underway on April 17. This coming Sunday. (7) , WINS wUl air the- opening-game rbetween -the- Bostbn Braves and Newark Bears at Rupperi's Stadium, ^ewark. Prior to the start. Earl Harper, sports commentator, will have an air chat with Bcibo Ruth, now a mem*- ber of the Braves. ( WUL TnniB Boy Scout • Bhlladelphla,-^pr-ll^ . WFIL was credited last. Saturday (30) by RCA as being the only sta- tion In the country ; owning a sparO; armature. ;.■■;...■■ / '-' Honor, of a sOrt, came to ll*fht when WCPL, Chicago, blew this part of Its high voltage generator, and wired an Q.O.S. to Camden'a RCA plant, since they would re- main off the air until the armatuist) arrived. ..Philly statlbh shipped the spare by^lane and now sits back smug Ih Its distinction. . RuftiB and'Mandy's New Turn ',. ;: Detroit, April 2. , Rufus and Mandy, formerly heard In a daily blackface, serial skit over WJR, have., switched to a,; minstrel show idea ' Iwicc-a- week. ; Program >)r>called 'Riffus and Mandy's Ala^ bama Troubadours' and uses phono- graph records, for musically, inter- polated numbers^ Maiidy : Is. inter- locutor whila Rufus uses; change yf yoice for the two end men. 42 VARIETY 4 B I VedneBjay, AprU 3, 1935 ;Chariotte, C., Aprh 2. Huey liOng, the .Klngflsh, wanted . to be coax6d when he arrived In Charldtte, • Friday : (22) , and . he led ' thie. radlb boys: a merry race hefoi^e WBT cornered •him. Arriving at the Btatlon, Huey was met liy represehtaltlves of WBT and WS.OC. Latter had strung a line and had a mike ready for him to _ say hello to 'the folks. He refused; to use the WSOG arrangements arid told Grady Cole that he wduld not ' speak over WBT. - Bar :ftt"tKe^Hbt(fl;^Gimf loTO^^ Long stopped and • where WBT keeps a permiarient llne^ for,.pi9Js)ng up the hotel orchestra, the station took oyer the ■ room adjoining- Htiey's suite, hung a; line up the ' side of the building, and installed, a mike bh a long extension cord. .Nifty :Haberda8hery - - • - - - ; K(ngflsh, now in his red pajamas;, contlriued to decline the radio of* fer,; between Interviews with poll- ' ticlaris ahd the priess. " Finally he' isaid he was tired and wanted to go ■ to bed. ^ He did so In ifront of everyr ;^ody. As a laat shot the WBT boys "offered to put the mike there beside : , his bed ; If he would talk. H« said ' PK. to ; that; ; Ma^ Schudt Waved his hand arid they walked Iri with the mike, tralUhg the exten- sion wire. Huey thought that was . good^ Ripley Sues Ripley Syracuse, April 2 Seeif ing to' enjblri Pi-ed R. JRlpley, program director, and commerita'tor of WSTR (NBG) from the use of the program title, 'You Can ^Believe Ripley,' and to recover $100,000 dam- ages, Roberti; Ttt: Ripley;- cartoonist, has entered ^ult here. Cartoonist Ripley and his com pany, Belleye It Or No, Inc.,, claim that the commentator uses riiateripl! in his radio broacasls, \ commer- cial program similar tb' that used: for Ripley cartoon subjects. , WJRFm^^ Music ; ■ ' .. Detroit, April 2 WJR Is feeding three late dance programs to NBG-WJZ network. PIcIitUPs Include the WJR mu jilcai directbr, Benny , Kyte, la flf teen piece orchestra and : a mixed chorus. out of . bed, and ! paraded around in his bare feet, with pajamas open, scratching himself, drinking Ice water out ! of the pitcher, and tell- ing It to the world over WBT for 45 : minutes. What he said made the front pages ilie next mbrnlr.g. . Locall-press, antl-radlo, used the story but didn't say where or how the, address Was made, Indlciatlhg It might have been an -Interview.; IT'S REPEAT AFTER REPEAT IOTH Rp-URN ENGAG MA)WELi HOUSE SHOWBOAT HOUR THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 9 P. M., EST, NBC COAST-TO-COAST EDDIE PEABODY NOW HEADLINING NEW YORK AND WILL BE HELli OVER Grow Up. and Sing - — -ShreYeporti-lia.v- Aprll-2;— ■ Jimmy Wlley^ aged iS. Is a rejgruiar sponsored entertainer over KTBS. Lad's voice has changed 100% as he sings tenor for the Railway Minstrel pro- gram without even slipping back Into the bpy soprario ;;ciass. .'.,. .:, J: _ KRMD matches KTBS with a IG-yearibld girl torch ; singer, Gardlyn Baldock, [' - V CBS drops out of the bperatlon of WPGi Atlantic City* June 30- alfter takltag a 'loss of. between $26,000 and $30,000 a year on the station. ■ C9lumbia has had the but- let under lease frpm the :. munici- pality of Atlaritic City since May i, 1930, with the-manageriient proving a losing, prpposltlor for the network from the outset bf the takeover. By divesting Itself of WPtt Co- -Itimbla. ^ceases to- be -any- Ibnger- a party to the wavelierigth fight . be- tween WLWL, the PauUst Fathers' mouthpiece In Nfiw>Yprk, r.nd the Atlantic City outlet, Scheduled for hearing before the. Federal Com- munications . Commission. / next Wednesday (10) Is WLW's petition for full time .on .the., channel .(lioa k.c.): it Is riow sharing with WPG. : RCA DISAVOWS V Atlantic City, April 2. Mayor . Bacharacli. ■ declared . yesr terday (Monday) that even though Columbia has made ho move to re- new Its lease on WPG he has al- ready received several bids for "the station's, operation. The mayor said . he would nbt consider any of-tbea^- appllcatlons until af tor the outconiie of the April 10 hearing before the Federal Communications Gommls- slon.,-' . ■- City Solicitor Slriicusa, added tiie riiayor, will be assigned by the City Gbriimlssipn .-tQ -defend- in .Washington. Harry Wilder of 'WSYRi'Syracus In -New York city last week-for the business, rounds. Improbable Broadcasts No. 13— The Trail-Blazing rrosrra,m By Bob Landry Wilmington, Del,, April 2. - Ah answer to : the . government'e- charges that Radio Cbrporatlbn of America arid RCA Gommurilcatloris, Inc., ■ have and are maintaining a monopoly on the International Communications Systems was filed in federal district bourt here today by RCA, Radio Corporation : of America countercharged that it is con- fronted with; keen- competition with cbhupariles' that carry 80 percent of the telegraphic' corinriiunlcatlons throughout the world and with 99 : 9/10 porcent of the domestic traf- ■nce.y- ■ In its ansyver, the coriipariy also denies that lt.3. purpos^ Is to prevent any ' competitor., f torn.; engaging^ In the business : of trarismltting .-mesr sages for. the :pubMc vla.';rsitdlo;::.rt also, makes. .clenial .that any ' bf .its International contracts were riiade to restrain coihmeirce between the United- States arid foreign countries, Alderi Edkrna;; baritone, is intrbl ducing a trio of compositions by Vance . Campbell ; over ; the former's frame on NBC this Sunday (6). WEEK OF APRILS COAST-TO-COAST Letter Joe Dpakes,. , : Radio Dept,, bally Dirge. Dear Sir— , Next Thursday we wIU present an eritlreiy new shpw for Gingivitis Tbbthpaste. : We have worked on tills show for many months and are anpccept Sunday, began March 22. Through Clements, Philadelphia. WNAC. 2 in 1 Bhof PoHsh, 14 participa- tions in Yankee Network News Serv- ice broadcasts, daily^ beginning 'Ma,y i ■■ WNAC. ' . ' Sav States miraeries, 14 time sig- nals, one daily, began March 22. Through Broadcast : Advertising. WNAC. 12:15-12:30 week days; 11:46 a.m. iSuhdays. WBZ. My-T-Fine Dessert, 117 announce- ments, three a day, Thursdays, Fri- days, Saturdays, on staggered sched- ule, Batton Barton, Durstine & Os- borae. WBZ. DENVER V Bentdi'd/'Perfumer, 3t Louis, Hit ner Swenson Agency, 13 ohe-mlnute annouricemerits, KOA Piitsburgh Plate Olaas Co., 32 Sedis J?oe6ttcfc Co » 364^^^^^^^ programs, four a week, announcements, four dally including l KOA; Sunday; beginning April 1. Through Chambers & Wiswell, Boston. WNAC; ■■ ■ v' , .vi .\ ■ Allcs £ Fisher, inc. (J. A. Cigars), 364 . particlpatlohg in Yankee Net- work News Service Broadcasts, daily, began March 27. Through Lester B. JHawes, Boston. WNAC. ■ V, , • TVoftt " <8 ;!Bon3, I'nc, (Blackstone Cigars) , 364. participations In Yahkee Associated Tailors,, half hour week ly, orie year. KOA. Walker Remedy Co., . Waterloo, la., 26 bne-mihute announcements KOA.--.;. •■. Chas. E.. Wella Music Co., 15 min- utes a week, 26 weekd. iECOA. . Neusteter, 500 announcements KFEL-KVOD. A. M. Bimstock Tailoring Co., 500 Netv/ork News . Service broadcasts, announcements. KFELrKVOD. daily, beglrining May 18. Through B. B. D. & O , New York. WNA:c. Ply niouth Motor Cars, 13 one-mlri- ute transactions, dally, beginning March 21. Through E Getchell, N.' Y. WNAC. ■ Detroit TVWfe iead; transcriptions of •"■Singfin' "Sam,''" starting "April 5, Fridays, 10:15-10:30. a^m. Erwlh Wasey Agency. WBZ, Boston Bay State Nurseries^' Inc., 'Famous Sayings,' oh WBZ Service Period, THE ULTIMATE IN NOVELTY PROGRAMS BORRAH Sterling | jn.inute liibnths ;W6b, »r8;30 P. M. ' - . . Eyery Tadsday ■ ■ REID'S ICE CREAM B. K, Sweeney,' tiireo announce mehts daily, one month. KFELt KvoD,/ Corrective Foot Fitters, three 15 programs weekly, three KFEL-KVOD. Kotofom Distributing Co., one an iiibuncement dally, " bhfi 'V^^^^ KFEL-KVOD. Utopian Society of. America, three 15-mlnute programs weekly, three months . KFEL-KVOD. ; Lorher Shoe Co., 500 announce ments. KFEL-KVOD. . May. Co., 500 anhouhcements, KFEL-KVOD. Speaa Applejack Brandy, 100 an nouncements. R. J. Potts Adv. Agency, Kansas City. KFEL-KVOD Crater Oold Mining Co., 156 quar- ter hours, six a week. - KFEL KVOF. Orayson .. Apparel Co., . two pre ferred spots weekly, six months. XLZ. Carter Medicine Co., 100 announce ments. KLZ Colorado Seed Men's Association. 14 announcements, KLZ Leeman Auto Co.. 300 announce ments. KLZ Broadway Radio Service, 26 an nouncements. KLZ. Chevrolet Dealers,, two one-hour and one flve-mlhute broadcasts dally from the AAU basketball touma ment at city auditorium, one week. KLZ. ■■ ■Tuaay- ■ Cosmetics,' 16, rflve-TnInute. programs, KLZ. Oano'Dovons, four quarter hour Tarzan trans^crlptipns weekly, three months. KLZ. Belle Shdrme er Bos e, 2S announce ments. KLZ. • Pencol Drug. 300 50-word an nouncements. KLZ. Dundee Clothes, lOO anooonce- ments. KLZ. ments per we6k tUl forbid from April KOIL. HoiTj; Jtfoaott, tailor, three an- nouncements' per week f6r one year from March 1. KOIL. * NU-Emuel- Kebra8ka~V0.7' three announcements per week for one month from March 24. KOIL. Omaha Window Shade Co., three announcements per week for six months from April 1. KOIL. Pittsburgh Plate Olasa Oo^ 16-mIn- ute transcribed musical program dally except Sunday "for two months beginning April 1. Through N.. W. Ayer & Son. KOIL, . O. P. Bkagga System, groceries, two announcements dally for one year Malrch 1; flve-mlnute dally skit, studio produced, from March 10. KOIL. Judge Rutherford (religious broaid- casts) , two 30-mlnute and one 60- mlnute transcriptions to be given Sunday mornings, chosen In April and May. KOIL. A. C. Spark Plug Co., 62 announce- ments between April 1 and: Nov. 16 Through D. P. Brother, Inc., Detroit WOW, ■ ■ ^ ■■ . Central! ' Market, announcement daily except Saturday and Sunday, March 11 to April 16, on Prudence Penny's shoppers' program. WOW. Chrysler' Corporation, Plymouth and DeSoto, two contracts, each 13 transcription -announcements to be- gin March 25. Through J. Sterling Getchell, Inc., New York. WOW. Chick-Chick Easter Egg^ Dyes, Fred Fea & Co., Brooklyn, announce- ments beginning April 16 on Pru- dence Penny program. Placed through Menken. Advertising, Inc., New York City. . WOW. Harding Ice Creom Co.; winbunce- ment till forbid, from March 26 Through Beaumont-Hohman Agency WOW. C. W. Hanien Laboratory; Inc.; product, Junkltt, baby food, 72 an- nourice'ments beginning; April 29 Through Mltchell-Failst: Advertising Co. WOW. Master Drui7>r transcrliitlon cohtl nuity, 'Sons of the Pioneers,' twice da:iiy except- Sunday beginning April 1. WOW. ■ , . • Bkelly Oil Co., renewal of the Jimmy Allen series daily except Sat urday and Sunday from April 8 WOW. :.:/^, NEW YORK CITY ARMOUR HOUR FRIDAY— WJZ— 0:30-10 P.H. Direction, H£BHAN DEBNIE . ; jjOIS 'llroactn'ay. New .VorU . DUBUQUE, lA. : Roihek Bros. Co., . department stbrerhews flashes, 15 -minutes^ daily, Indefi WKBB. East Dubuque Register, musidil period, tenor and piano, 15 minutes, once weekly, three months. WKBB. LOS ANGELES Broadway Department Store, 'Spirit of '76,' half hour dramatic program weekly. Placed direct. KFAC. Chapman Ice Cream Co., 'Courage Corner,' one ► 16-mlnute period a week. Placed direct. KFAC. Ramon Per/wme Co., 'The Drama- tists,' one 30-mlnute program a week. Placed direct. KMTR. Oilmore Oil Co., 'Strange as It Seems,' three 15-minute programs a week, dramatization of John Hix cartoons. Placed by Raymond R. Morgan Co. Don Lee Columbia net- work. ■■ Constitution Society,. 13 15rminute programs, political. Placed by R. S. Rugg Agency. KHJ. Lyons Van and Storage 'C07,~0tt6 15-mlnute program each week, -Mov-. ing Stories of Life.' Placed by Charles Mayne Co. KHJ, KGB, KDB . .. - . — . Federal Outfitting > Co., one 16- mlnute program each week, musical. Placed by Al Jarvls. KHJ. WE AF N BO, COAST-TO-COAST ^ WEDNESDAYS • VICTOR COTY OMAHA, NEBRASKA and his ORCHESTRA Builders and Merchandisers Mart, times per week for one year from March 6. KOIL. Bune Brothers four announce- ments per week for Ave weeks from _ — 2UHliaU)0-P.M»-JEST — 10{-30-+1-PiMr -AprH-jr-Tenowal. Thiough-F-red-Ar- -Broadcasyng^o Robblns, Chicago. KOIL. ~" ' " Orson's, Inc., serte^s of dally ian nouncements f OF. 13 weeks. WNEW' Tappin'a Jewelry Stores, Inc., . se rles of 50 spot announcements weekly, for an indefinite period Placed . through Bees :& ^talllin,.Inc •WNEW " Maryland Pharmaceutical Co., Bal timbre, weather reports dally, f or pe riod of three years, Placed through Katz Advertising Agiehcy. WMCA Carter's Liver Pills,, series of one minute announcements daUy, for 52 weeks: ' Placed though Street & Fin ney. Inc. WMCA, J7an-v S. Groodman, series of Sun fter- noon programs dally, except Sunday, March 4 through June 22, 1936. Placed direct. WBT. Chrysler Corp. (DeSoto), Detroit, Mich., 26 one-minute . transcription announcements^ two each evening, except. Sunday, March 18 through' March 31,' 1936. "Place* through Ra- dio Sales, Inc., Chicago. WBT. Chrysler Corp.' (Dodge) Detroit, Mich., 10 one-minute transcription announcements, one each evening, Monday through Friday, March 18 through March 29, 1935. . Placed by Radio Sales, Inc., Detroit. WBT, Oatdner Nurseries, Seattle, Wash- ington, 12 five-minute transcriptions, one each evening, except Sunday. March 26 through April- 6. 1936. Placed by Northwest Radio Advertis- ing Co., 1201 American Bank Bldg., Seattle, Wash. WBT. Herb Products Co., Jackson, Tenn., 39 %-h6ur live talent programs Monday, Wednesday and Friday eve- nings, Mafch 15 through June 12, 1935. Placed direct. WBT. Chas. E. Lane Co., Salisbury, N. C, 26 100-word announcements, Mon- day^ Wedneisday and Friday morn»- Ings, March 27 through May 24. 1935. Placed' by J. Carson Brantley Advertising Agency, Salisbury, N. C. WBT. .'• Monroe Hardware Co., Monroe, N.C!., 39 %-hour live . programs, Monday, Wednesday arid Friday mornings, March 11 through June 7, 1935. Placed direct. WBT. Chryaler Corp. . (Plymouth), De- troit, 23 bne-miniite transcription an- nouncements, orie to three each eve- ning, March 21 through March 31,. 1936. Placed by Radio Sales, Inc., Detroit. WBT. Pyrogen Clinic, Kansas City, Mo., 13 100-wofd-announcements, -Friday mornings, March 8th through May 31, 1935. Placed by Clyde H. Smith Adv. Agericy. Kansas City.- WBT. ■ SHngerland . Banjo Co., Iowa, quar- ter hour evening programs "Tues- days, March 6th, on Indefinitely. Placed through Radio Sales, Inc., Chicago. WBT. , QlaagoW'Stewdrt Co., Charlotte, N. C, two. 25.- Word daytime time signals daily exqept Suriday, Mar&h 18th through June 16th, placed di- rect; and 52 100-word live announce- ments each evening .except . Sunday, March 18th through May 16; 1936. Placed direct. WBT. . Btanback Medicine. Co.,. Salisbury, ' C".', ' coiitfriuatiori contract for 31-2 by Gerber and Crossley Advenlslnc Service. KGW. . .lidmbert Qdrdena, Inc., spot an- nouncement service; starting March 17. KGW. _^ . , ..: : -. Limestone Products Company, it .quarter hour progrrams, Tuesday, Thursday and Saiturdaly, one mobth; starting March 16. Placed by Ger* bier and Crossle Advertising Servlc«, KEX. Associated Oil Company, series of three championship basketball gamea at Oregon State, Corvallls, . Ore,, March 8, 9 and U: Evening seirvlce. KEX. Cloto Roofing Company, IS 60- word evening announcements in one month, Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, split schedule; thre« months; starting March 14. KEX. Master Cleaners, annouhcerinent service, split schedul§, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, on* month; starting March 18. KEX. FIRST B'W AY APPEARANCE HENRY BUSCK (Fried Allen's. latest Contest Winner) THIS WEEK (MARCH 29) ^ ROXY, NEW^ YORK ' Management ALICE GRANTHAM Taft Hotel, New York EMERSON GILL 5;?? 0RCHE5TRA HOTEL WE BSTER H ALL DETROIT . BfOA DIBEOTION _ Carter Medicine, three transcrip tipri announcements per week for one year from March 1. Through Street & Finney. KOIL. • Continental Kellar Co., one an- nouncement dally, except Sunday through March. KOIL. Engdahl Top & Body Corp., one announcement dally except Sunday from March 20 for one month. KOIL. Oi-ainger Elevator Co., three an nouncements per ,week from March 1 for one year. KOIL. Jordan Clothing Co., Council BlulTs, 10 anriouricehients per week for one year beginning In March. Through Frank B. Sawdori, New York. KOIL. . - HoroiiHtz Mdrgareten, two • 15-min- ute transcriptions in April. Through Free. & Sleininger, KOIL national agents. ■ L df T Lumber Co., announcements throe' .times per week .for three months from March 1. KOIL. : ' M.dvge1s; ' Inc., tfirce announce- n; IpO-word live announcements each evening except Sunday, March 9, 1935, through March 7, 193<; Placed through J. CarSon Brantley Adver- tising Agency, Salisbury, N.C. WBT. Blackstone Products Co., New York City, 166 quarter hour live pro- grams, Tuesdays,. Thursdays and Friday evenings, March 26, 1935, through March 20, 1936. Placed by Rose-Martin, Inc., New York City. WBT. Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, .26 one-minute transcriptions, Monday through Saturday mornings, March 11th through April 10, 1935. Placed by Weston-Barnett, Inc., Waterloo, Iowa. WBT. Watson-Williams Mfg. Co.^ Wor- cester, Mass., five 100-word live an- nouncements, evenings, April 6th through April 10, 1935. Placed by Otis Carl Williams, Inc., Worcester, Mass, WBT. DETROIT Dodge Bros. Motor Co., ; 20 one- minute transcriptions, started March 28, runs two weeks. Agented by RuthraufT and Ryan. WW J. Procter te.CMit UUectloa. LESTER LES, BKO BLDQ., K.; t. Diamond Crystal £aK, renewal oh the Folk-Singer series, fOr an ihdefl- hite period. . Placed through Adver- tising Broadcasting Co. WMCA. Fred Fears d Co., six 100-word' an- nouncements for a period . of . four weeks. Placed through Menken Ad- vertising Agency. WMCA.''" Artcraft Shoes, Tuesdays and Fri- days, presenting Musical Footnotes, for 52 weeks. Placed through Roger Belkin Agency. WMCA. . CHARLOTTE A. C. Spark Plug Co., Flint, Mich., 52 one-minute evening transcrip- tions, Wednesday and Friday, April 3, 1935, through Novenjber 15, 1935.. Placed by D. P. Brother ft Co., Inc., Detroit, Mich. WBT. ' : \ .[Sromo :^eltzer.:Co., K. Y. ,C., 42 evening time signals daily, March 11 through March 31, 1935. Placed by J. M. Mathes, Inc., New York -City. WBT._ : ; iiulova Watch Co., N. T. C, con- CLEVELAND H. J, Heinz Company (canned foods); .-15-riilnute " cHirdreri's show five times weekly, 6:15-6:30; WHK. / ohnson . Candy Company, three transcriptions of 'Candy Party' weekly , of 16 minutes each. Placed through M. W; Ayer Company. WHK. ■■ . •-; ■ -— — - — • Blue Flash (jos,_21__weeks of base- ball resumes beginning April 26, by Mel Harder of Cleveland Indians on local dates; 'out-of-town play-by- play flashes by Ellis Van Der Pyle and Graves Taylor. WGAR. Shaw Jewelry Company, 15 min- utes of transcrlped 'Dramagems,' three times weekly for one year be- ginning April 1. Placed direct. WJAY. . Pocahontas Oil Corporation, two weekly programs by 'Smiling* Ed McConnell for 15 minutes and half- hour shows Sundays. WHK. lU>TFOX AND HIS ON TOUR B.B.C. NETWORK f red allen^s U . "TOWN HALL. . .TONIGHTI" m m HOtIB OF SMILES H ^ «»"• A ^ PORTLAND HOFFA • 25 ~ ; ' JACK SMART '■'11 LIONEL 8TANDEB 1 1 JOHN BROWN : ^ J I - - MINERVA FIOUS U EILEEN DOUGLAS 2 Haterlar by Fred Allen and fTm . . Harry Tasend^ . . . . .' jJJ ' Wednesdays BV 9-10 P.M.. B.S.T.— WEAF . 11 Management, Walter Batchelor g | ATLA^TA- Pittaburgh Paint ' Products Com- pany, five 16-mlnute talent shows a Week for eight weeks, interior deco- ration counsellor and hiale quartet are talent. N. W. Ayer Agency. WSB. . ,■: • Dodge, 20, orie-mlriute transcrip- tions. Ruthl-auff "arid Ryan Agency. WSB, V ' Chattanooga Medicine ■ Company, nine 100-worders, Nelson-Chesman Agency. WSB. PORTLAND, OREGON Oraham Paige Motors, series of 26 spot -announcemerits, one per night: starting March. 4. Placed by United States Advertising Corp. • KGW. , Safeway StoreSi S.ye minute prb- jgram. service; starting March 13. Placed by Mac Wilklns arid Cole Ad- vertlslng Service. KGW. Portland General- Electric Com- pany, apot announcements service, one per . night, - split . schedule, one riionth; . starting March 16. Placed TIM and IRENE RYAN NOBLETTE Hy Ya Boys Goodlrich lire Program Every Friday Evening WJZ— 10 to 10:45 P. M. National Broadcasting Company' l^ednescUyf Aprfl 3t 1935 R A • I O VARIETY 45 Radio Chatter New York Bod ArkeU has joined William H. BanHin Co, as radio director, Loula K. flldney worklnif 16-hour «hift- since taklnp over manaRemeht S wHN/ New York City. ~ Georffe Cukbr. Hollywood dlrec- ♦ar will do a stint tor WHN. : Brbadwaiy Clothintf outlet signed with WMCA, New York, fbr a itia- ■Ical broadcast six times weekly, Sring Jerry BjOiier with ;CarT Feh- • tori's orchestra..- ., Charles Carlisle replaces Jack Ar- thtir on the Three Q Clothing hour ■■ever' WMCA. ■ . ^- Ethel Merman- insisted on Al Goodman for her: radio maestro on the Lysol show (CBS) and so johnny Green's orchestra, lost out Two new American comppsltlons will have their world premiers on General Motors' music f^tlyal pro- grfims. First la (Seorge Anthell's rumba tp bie pla,yed by the sym- phony on: April :7 for the first time. Oh April 14 Arien's 'Mood in, Six Minutes' will have its Initial pres- entation. The two are ' modern to . the ' tit|i degre^. Gfeorge iGershwin a^d 'Dana Suesse a;re both slated tor ■olos spots on the programs. Sid Schwartz, Nick Kenny's aide on the N. T. Daily Mirror radio '• editorship, is now ditto for : Mack (WNEW) Millar, Chtufles Reniiy now is' first assist to his brother. Despite the ?3 tax thlilg, Freddy Berrens plans keeping on the air with his 18-pJece combo from the Flyltjg Trapeze oyey CBS and WOR. , Don Costello npw; heard: nightly . at Versatile;.- - William H. Haskell, radio iiolumn Ist of the Albany Evening News, in the hospital, and Mary b'NelU, Sdn-; day air writer, also hospitalized. Olgai Albani flying east from Chi on April 12 to giiest on Coca Cola hoiir.- ,. ■■• Carl Holi arid Leon . Navara' host- ing Vincent Xjopez on his return from the south. Conrad Thlbautt^ will be Harry Horllck's first guest on his ,A.;& P; hour on April 9. ^ . . ' : Lang and. Sqiilre resigned' for 13 hiore weeks on the Shadow pro- gram.::.- Molasses 'n' . Jariuary now on a yacash In . St.. Petersburg, Pla- Mrs. Jarines Roosevelt will speak over WOR April B at the formal opening of Colleen Moore's . doll house at Macy's. WHN's Itty Bitty kiddle houir building.: .; .v-> Kathl^n G. Bowers, of ■'V^^bKO, Albany, will riiarch to the '. altar with Joseph F. Felly on April 27. . Life is Just one audition after ariother for :johririy Lee, manager of WABT, Albany, since , this new station 6p flu. : — Bert-Hooper,-englneer.Jor-fXMRMr Moose Jaw, drlvlnK alone to the transmitter at Belle Plalrie, / suf- fered an impacted fracture of the shoulder and leg lacerations when his car diJ a complete reverse somersault across the highway. Gladdls Joy Hitter, WInniiieer: i-adlo artist. Is orie of the ether vet- erans in Western Canada; For the last three years she h&a written arid directed 'Bridget arid Pat,' as well ■ as played -the part of Bridget. Amateur hockey playdowns, both senior and Junior, have provided profitable conur.erclala tor a. num- ber of Western Canada stations. R. E. 'Dock' Guy, known to thou- sands of radio tans as 'Gentlemari Jirii/ has deserted: the Canadian Radio Commission for law studies in Winnipeg^ : He wtU be on the air again in the tall. CBS from WDSU to WWL in No- | boring In the same apartment hppsp vember j these days. , WSMB's towers atop this Malsori N. T. music men in town to cover Blanche .building in New Orleans network band pickups are getU^^^ -ar^^belng^lsmanUed^^-JDiey-hay^^dPs^ol^hU been * landmark for nearly tenTlatest fitddition J^^^^^'^^i years. Since the transmitter has Norm Foley of Remlck was last moved sometime figo across tlTe contributor. . ; , \_ ,. Mississippi river to the Naval sta- I WCAU team of Jack Carlton and Ontaiio UNCLE EZRA ; (Pat Barrett) Featured Comedlaa . Spoamred by ':' AtKA:6£LTZEB' bIiAnkbtIno rwE key cities OF AHEBICA. NOW DOCBLINO OK t NETWORKS; OITEB KBC. I — -HOTEL ST. REGIS ROOF- JOHNNY AND HIS ORCHESTRA with MABJOBT LOGAN. > and JtMMT FARRELIi ■ : : , WABC-^oast-tb-Coatt ' tiwt. and Sat., 11.30 P.M. E.8.T. Columbia Broadcasting System - ■ r- fcofciTnaBrX BBeORDS - ' ■ ' PLAYING \V I I IVF Ti-IFATPF* fliile. blrArtloa ' . : HERMAN IeRNIE 1619 Broadway, New York Luigi Bomariellf has closed that CBS deal for liis barid. Dick McDougall : extollincr^ the merits of nuioaronl on CFRB, T6- roritp. ^■ : Th e m ystetious 'Wohg Fu' ; on that CFRB Series in Maurice Bod- dlrigtPn; . jClaimirig the tune has been worked to' dM.thT 'CKeL. Torontp. has'.barined lEile of Capri*' CRCT, Toronto, to, carry thb, 0i fordrCariibridge boat .race. • " Doris ' Belmpre to replace Mldkle Hendershbt as blues-singer: ori the Crystaliers' series. Jane Gray has been ordered to take a six-months' complete rest from her CKCL, Toronto, labors but CRCT will origlriate the P'udy. Vallee programs during that two weeks' engagement at the Cana- dian-National. Expo. --^ Roy Loclisley. CFRB mgr., plot ting an ariiateur ether progiram which 'won't break the hearts of ether aspirants." Dbrsey Bros, band and- Bing Crosby's brother. Bob. will play a oriBTrilght stand in .Toronto with CFR.B to broiadcast. Stalnley Maxted. GRC'S regional director, was wounded thrise times Overseas : and came! back a major but riever talks aboiit it. Wishart Campbell. Billie Bell Jack" Dale and -Helen--Mortori--wlll go off the Comriiissibri's 'Gaiety & Roriiance' series a,nd be replaced by new voices. . : : ; Iowa I Jean Show, airing; via: CBS, have landed a brace of web shots in tlie boy-aridrgirl program manner. WTMJ, Milwaukee, is turning down all medical copy and is can- celing cPritractd held tpr internal remedies. WISN has long followed this system. Richard S. Davis; dntmatlc critic! of: the Milwaukee Journal, has taken to WTMJ with thrlce-weekly pro- gram, 'Not Exactly a Coriimentator.' He writes, 'Not Exactly a Column' for the! Journal. : /- ': : • ; Nancy 'Grey, WTMJ woriiari cpm- riientator, is.Ipaving tpr a slx^ weeks' tour of Europe to gsither! material' for a novel. Herbert Morrison,, formerly: of XER, Mexico, arid WCBD, Wauke- gan, has Joined the WTMJ anriouric- Ing staff. ■: Grace Weldner is conductlrig the new: 'Your Girl* series over WISN three times.a Week:: ; , 'Down by- fierrijans* daily quarter* hour on WISN, has been extended to a half-hour prbgraita. Paul Sklnrien tonriorly ot WIBAi Madison, has Joined the WISN anr nouncing staff. : Gladys Becker (Peggy Pattpn) WISN film coriimentator was forced off the air. last week by an attack of laryngitis. Art Eisler has been algned as pianist for WISN. Jullanno Pel« letter, former staff pianist, now working the BLATZ Beer Garden. Uon, the towers have not beeri used, : Harold Wheelahari, WSMB gen- "bm manager, and Bill Brerigel, pro- gi-am director, ..^.^e conferring to make the station's tenth birthday party in April one of the greatest ever staged by the station. Lew Clilldre, singing guitarists will leave WHVL in April for other i : jiniitiy Mrigford orlglnaltlng ia gos- connections. Plans to do soriie fish- slp-cbmnientaitor routine for WJAT, Ing In these: parts first.: tliree times per week for WTniinuto; Bob Calne, of the team of Prank :(ilnner periods, under heading of and Bob, WWL comics, Is now . one -They're Telling Me.' . of the nuts at the . Nut Club, French John Patt riianager 'WGAB, start- Quarter, night spot. : . ed for trip to Cuba; but . revblutlon- Jack Keasler replaces John Stead-, ary reports scared him back to man as anriouric!er on ICTBSi Florida. , ,^ Shrevepdrt, Btaff. Keasler two years . •Smiling' Ed McConnell, switch- . ago _waa xecJpLeint of bullet in leg ring CBS coriimer clals f ro? C*" ■ "I fired frorii pistol in hands of strorigl n'atl, brought back to WHirbyTBUlt Huey Long partisan who objected to Squire, with possibilities of a dally Iveasier's .pfess: reports of the sen- broadcast over a Cleveland commer- ator's activity . aired over kMLBJn. cli^.;. , . . , „ „*;-f^i,# Monroe . Walter Logan dropping straight . John McCormick, manager; and Jazz band and "onBanlzing x:^^^^ Jack ;Gros.s, commercial manager, nation concert-rhy spent two days in Dallas searching! tra for WT AM, Cloveland. . for new face^and voices. T?«W,,pp. | Howard Boxman, former repre- Jbe Maland of WHO In New York regarding NBC contract, . Wayne Welch named secretary to Craig Lawrence of KSO, Des Moines. . Ross Wallace, cousin of Secretary of .Agriculture: Wai;ace.__and for merly of Wallace's Farmer, added to the commercial department WHO. Des Moines. WHO got iover 6,000 replies to their contest offerlrig a $10 bill to. the personi^naming -their .6-7. a.ni prbgram, the Winriirig name being 'Sunrise Roundup of the Chore Gang.' Lon. Saxon and the Piano Pals; Earl Fergusbn-and-John-Behan.- do- ing a commercial on WHO • for Parker's Polish, ; Fred Jeske of WHO goes to WJTL. Atlanta. Ga„ March 31. to become assistant manager; WHO artists' bureau and many others departments of WHO being moved around to' make more 'room— KSO studios also sufferinir : from painters arid cafpenters through addition of the new station KBNT. - lowa -Norge dealers., ai-.e-sponsprr ing two programs , weekly over WiMT, Cedar Rapid^, via! Waterloo studios; ' One a local .and f captures tmajiri — a n d his- G finiaan barid. The -other is an all. Iowa feature and dubbed : 'The; Voice of Iowa;' ■ First during! noon and other during supper hour Gene Autry riOw fllling two spots dally tor WHAS,., Louisville, after picture work in Hbllywobd and sey eral. years, at WLB, ! Autry . has an eight-piece cowboy band,' and is playing theatre -dates "in the Louis vllle territory. ! Vee Davidson Orchestra nbw heard regularly, .over 'WAVE; Louis vllle. In one hour participating pro^ gram. .-. .v . Skeets Moi^ls iand.Hls Hillbillies recently headlined Old Fiddlers' contest and radio roundup at Drury Lane theatre, Louisville. Capacity business at aU ahowa Walter Merhoff, WAVE baritone appeared as soloist with Audubon Park Wor[ien'8 Chorus, . ; Herbert Koch, organist; arid Peter Riccardl,, tenor, have begr un n ew series of prograrias cvw YTHAS, Louisville. = :!WAVE . npw:: ninnlris Musical Clock program for two hours, e-very morning, from T to 9. Louisiana Maryland BerhlceT Howard Boxman; ^RoblrtS ^dio'i^^ger. held ^^^SlS^^. ^S^^S^ ' down affairs in the KTBS, Shreve- I Joining WHIC s sales department. port, offices during; their sojourn. Jack Gelzer, tenrils pro : and KWKH annouricer, doubled in brass Tuesday night ! during the ' Ells- worth Vines - :b111: Tilden naatch. I crew ot Salvation Armjr street After refereeing the singles^ match nnjgii^erg njajces daily stand dui:- Jack. took over the 'mike' to glVe ing lunch hbur In front of WFBR. KWKH listeners their first taste of WFBR had a i-ei) on hand in N. T. terinis, telllrig them the stroke-by- I i^st week to . 6. 6. the! crop of stroke account of the Vines and Til- j agpi^nts at the regular bl-rii6nthiy den versus George Lott aind Hans I jjbc audish of anrtouricors. N ussle in doubles rirtatch. , I After all the Balto" stations ran WDSU has started a series of J gelves ragged during past year try* 'Inqulrlng Bepoi'ter' broadcasts trpm I Carial street, interviewing New Or- leans on important questlpris of the I day."'' (Continued on page 62) Michigan ^ . from behind home!, plate- at Heine Llna Banquette has a habit of de-lmann Park, home of the NeW: Or- ACES mc 7:30 : Monday •Tueisday- Wednesday 'T^e RegaBted*' palrting a fait frorii copy whfen on the air ami being Interviewed, but Regi- nald Martin, program director of KSO, held hJs own ! last weelc. Reg had his lesson Wh lie ! in charge; of WKBB; East Dubuque, 111. He in- terviewed her there and was taken over the hurdles. So It was turn the table.s !on the second trip. , Al Smith, Canadian Radio Com- riiissiori pianology ' artist in Reglna. Is using a cane and nursing a pain- ful black and blue' hip as a:re3ult of falling 15 feet when he leaned against a piper wall In an ice rink during, rehearsal.. ■• : ' Monitor operators were refuaea entrance to the ■ operating booth at Harry Walde and his Melon Pick- ers, whP broadca sj: to r six consecu- tive years over- WDSU, New Or- leans, frorii the Club Plantation, have been replaced-by George Wag- ner's orchestra. They've; moved over to the Old Absinthe House. Pete Haman and Bin NeVlll are aitematlng the Sunday aiftet-noon shift on the WSMB, New prieans, control board. ■ ! A. S. Foster of the WWL com- mercial wncrB she can .sing. Rcl WheelahanT baritone; Albert :klrfit, violinist,- and Riay McNamara, pianist, have been assigried cvfening !-"pot on W.SMi3 for dinner concerts. 'Whole town's talkibg . (New Or- leans) about the proposed. ■switch of Glenn Parker riew WIP night siipervlsoiv ; _ " WIf'" execs' h"b"ppIri"Br'tb"New York for confabs with WMCA. JlTOrriy Ecglcy in a tie-up for kVW to carry the Eastern Penitcn- tlory progrqjna, : Jbc Bolton, WOR spieler, vlHltlng bid WCATJ ; haunts while grabbing off a horieymobn; '■.■:"■ ■ 'New WDAS transmitter -cxiicctea to go , ihtb ; action sometime next week, a! definite forward step for the Steppacher-Danncnbaum outfit. : Don WIthycbm.l) and Jack Stew- art,' "WFiti heads. . sales promoting In .St. Lnu is; Ch icagb, Detroit arid Xp.w 'York. Vincent .Travbrff,rlIarold Anderr son's choir jand Betty Ray commer- cial audltlbnlng at WFIL this week. . Xew WCATJ piano!' duo find la Marin and Irwin t(iamp :Blgnatui'ed with the 'Artist. Bureau arid alflng; thrice weekly. ' . Local ' wits 'are labeling WCAU's new electric . organ, a: fl.ve grand job, as Doc Levy.'s pi peless dream.! Gadget debuts via CB.S riext Satur-. day eve at 6 : 15 with Pete Woolcry warbling. Two- 'WFIL .execs and the WCAU prexlfifl, Doc arid Ike Levy, n!r'» harr BOB BROMd-SELTZER Every Friday— 8: 30 P.M. WJZ--NBC DliectloD' AL MELNICK , RADIO'S OWN YiiUGHH DE DIOXOCEM CREAM STARTINQ APrtIL 8RD WJZ. W«d, 10:45 A.M>-Thura, -, - 4:15:-P.M.;!;;-. , iBustalnIng Blue Network Mori, and Fri., 2:^ P,M. ; "THE STREET SINGER" ! DB. gCUOLI/8 :PB0DUCT8 gl Eyenlngt, 7:30-7:41^ E.8.T. € - TBm..tTharB.H3iit. WOB-WLW-WdN-WXTZ plre'ctlon . 1 Jtoeki Prodiictim RKO Bld^.. New York CI ty CONSECUTIVE WEEKS WrMlnc the Armour ; Hour for IMill CnUer KEN ENaLUND Park Central Hotel, New !Yprk 46 VARIETY NUSIC^NITE CLUBS Vedneedayt April 3, 1935 Lakeside Changes Hands ; : : .Toronto, April 2. WJlh the Canadian Performing . • Alghts Society,, collection agency for AsGAp aria Performing Rlghts^^S elety of Eriglahd, levying increaa •8 high atf 100% In fees wherever .popular music Is played In Canada, Famous Players, the Canadian Ra- dio Commission and the Canadian National Exhibition are : asseihbllhg legal forces to light the new tarifT ' ■.■Cale."-' ■ . Hardest hit in the heiw fee 9ched- ule . are the theatres, with CPUS asking 20q per seat' per annum per theatre , for . those operating more than three days a week and 10c for those Qperatlng less : tliiari three days; This "operation clause': Is deemed isuperflubus by theatre. In- ; terests -In that no house operates oh such a schedu!«» as the latter. : .\ ; : Wlthi broadcasting statioris,.-hotels, restaurants and dance spots af- fected, numerous protests have been ibdged, . Suggestion- of Hon. C Cahan, secretary ot state, with whom the new schedule was, filed, Is that the protestaihts bring aibout , Bom action, which will warrant a Royal Commission enr ' qiilry. a rrocedure In Canada ^sinil- lar to a senate inyestlgatlon in America. For this reason, the legal depart- in^rit of .famous Players Canadian^ which has a string of a:pi>roxlmately , 200. . theatres across- Canadai^' : Is in the vanguard of the flight which wUt be lodged,^ with the; Canadian Radio Comirilsslbn and the Canadian Na- . tional .Commission as allies, against _ the prbposed tariff tilts. .". ; Schedule of Charjier : ; ' ■ The CPRS, Which enjoys a ind- .^ nopoly in Canada' of thia performing ■" rights to air copyright ' music, pro- .poses to exact fees, from practically all entertainment agencies and art- ists. A schedule of charges for the Blngle performances of an' Ihdlvld- ual number is also published. When the' copsrrlght act was : amended recently, the stateiiient - • flled'.wlth-the Canadian gbverriment pointed out that, 'The society's repertoire includes approximately ^,000,000: works and all these >ould : have t6 be grouped into a very large liumber of different classes. No fixed, price could properly be. set - without - regard to the size of the audience, which might . number tens ©r thousands, or, in the case of a ^troadcast performance, tens of ^^^ousandsiV . ■ ^Present fUed schedule prescribes pF-the -feies • f or one -artist's-perform ance or for the use of a single num ber .on a musical instrument; Fees raiige fjrom $1 to $5 for the Instru inoriti and from . |2 to ^60 for baiid perfonnance,' depend.inig. upon t^hether the audience Is -.'a per- . :_»6n.£tl one of . 60(J- or .leds to a radio ' *rii9' of '. 800,000 or mbri^' ■ ■' The new schedule doubles the ralte foiv r^astaurants and i-alses from $10 to $30 the minimuin fee payablb for -^an^annuaJ. license to give occasional «ritertalnments. Minimum charges to hotels for musical' rights are . dpubledv A slldinjg scale for radios • : in hotel rooms sets a minimum of 175 a year for a' 250-room hostelry, . A special tariff is also deviiged to cover p.ai. concerts in parks. In restaiirants and other dance spots, apart from hotels, the rate : Is 4c. an hour with an adyance mini mum payment pt JSO. Full Dinner Pail Iios Angeles, Ajirll 2. • One dollar here buysi you all- the Italian food you can eat, with an hour and a quarter . of opera and a 30 • i)lece symphony orchestra thrown in. : Restaurant makes a . Sunday af ternobh special of opera/ us- ing a huriiber of warblers with loca.1 reps. Shows are not .in costume, and resemble a tab- loid yeraibn. " Nitery Adjinmng Rainbow Patio,, next to the Rainbow Room on the. 6Bth floor In Rbckefellor .Center, is to be remodeled shortly and turned into a dine 'and dance, place with' an informal policy. This is being .done primarily to catch summer tourist trade, and also tb ofr-set the "stiff formality of the swank Rainbow Room/': ^^t^'tosphere, is again t>elng; put up as a name for the hew room, it being suggested for the Halnbow Rooni. Provisions will be made to take care of high winds which might BWOQp down oh dlneris. ' This •windy item la ohe of the draw-backa of the present layout. Rainbow Room .will cbntlnue per usual, though the entertairiment Is to be cut a bit . aultertSerg, la,, April 2. " ■ Lakeside, Mississippi river recrea- tion, night life, dine and : dance spot, has passed. In^to .the bands of B^lbert Mprley and Eugehe Eber- hard, the. /Vy. H. Kann estate hav- ing sold all Intenstfl, iSpot is to be revamped ancj eii- larje'ed so that names can ;i>e ■played.;'- •IN Washington. April 2. , Congressional probe of the Amert. lean Sorclety of Cbnapblsers, Authors & Publishers is urgied In a resolu- tion presented to the Senatb by the Maryland Btite legislature. Resolu- tion .accuses ASCAP of being ^a Ya;cket'- : With the Department 6f JUBtice promising early acUon to: bring copyriisht owners to trial on anti- trust charges, the Mairyla,nddeiega- tipn; demands- a eq)eedy Investigation to 'curb certain abuses ujpon hun- dreds of Gorporationa and persons lii Maryland.' The complsilnt menUons 'grraye cohsequehces' through ibsa' 'Of eni- ployment;. due to ASCAP*8 allegedly unreasonable dbmands. It contends ASCAP wields dictatorial powers never Intended by Congress. R.R/ing for Plug« Since the impbsltloiri of the $3 broadcast tojp by the New Tot-k musicUns unioh it has cost some of the major pub- lishing houses three ' tlmeq as mubh to. get their plugs. With few dance cbnibbs'' being picked nv by the- networks from New _ York spots; the publlsherB' professionials^are kept .oh tour contacting the hinterland bands enjoying web outlets. . Towns now frequently: ylslfed by the tune plabement con-, tlhgent In the east. Inblude Syracuse, Plttsbui-gh, Phila- delphia, Albany "and Cleve- land. Other sections; of the country are covered by men routed out of the publishere' brahches in Chicago, Cincinnati and Boston; : nVOU DME HALL Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Martha's VlacjariMsland Oir Cape God ■TW a dniiuB.lmll IH aval l iiMD- for aum- miar reftfdl. ■ and the only . dance hall on the Island. If .inlereated .write R. M. yiM«, Bolldlnff : CombilnRloDer. rnimouth, Mass. Miislc Ifoa Bemember Hcar.It Ployed by. PICK FIDLER arid his : Orchestra, broad- casting via : WSYR on the NBC chain from the. Hotel • Syracuse. 'He fcatMre.i such hits as: "WHEN I GROW :TOb OLD TO DREAM" ■ "CL0U08T; "1 WAS LOCKY" : . «eris, the world copyrights to the Victor Herbert w^nHf'„*''V.^'^"*'^« Metro company's fllmlzatlon L a "^nexpectei bS^ U^*^'- ^ Warner Bros. affllC V^S^so cSn^ii TT^ ***®.J°°f® regards 'Merry Widow,', which belongs to Chappell-Harms (England) as to copyright, but because It's In the ?f tie '2, " to the lot W RobblS"lor pubH^^^^^ ?K,. „ ®?l''Lr'^ ^'=°'"®' some new additional Gua Kahn lyrics HepK-Sr«^, i?"* ^^"^ Johnson Young lyrics to the Victor mS£ ri^S^^^- "'^'^^"^ hi^f ^^^^^ fllmusicals, Frana Lobar la unable to •J^f- operetta of 'Merry Widow,' even though J* Jf "ving in Vienna, Whereas the estate of Victor Herbert does re celye additional compensation from the same company'a screen treat- ment of JNaughty Marietta.': A deficiency ihcopyrlKrotSn ij^^^^ reason, because the American bopyright on the tlhar^pSductlpi had expired, although still protected otherwise in England. annh^Srope ^a^jL^ ^^ '^ Presumabljr:;bompe;siSl fro^ ttS ^elsn nothing tJl^^ Bobbins^ cialmlng exclusivity to 'Anchors Awelgh.' the Navy's 61%) having filed fprmal intentions to use the tlUe on a film, this may be cleared up with Robbins' renewal of the copyright which soon expires. -The song Is being published by <)thers, chiefly In folio , v". '^.^'^"*"®'^* ^' ^'^'^*^ from Wurlitzer which somehow previ- ously had jurisdiction to the number. Robblns-Metro now wanto K!fnV .?i',,"°^^^ ,'^uv"" Bros.; too, has manifested Bomo intention of using 'Anchors Awelgh,' or similar title, for film purposes. H^^i!^ rl'®^ ^^^f'^"^^ ASCAP rehewals are now reported demanding their signatories back because of the manner In which some of the major, music publishers are holding back Von their owii renewals to the Society covenants for another 10 years. Songsmitha ayer that ^ f . "''®* to Bign upon representations that the pubs were doing likewise, and unanimously, but ..that aince then a schism has arisen within pub ranks. ?>i."iam utw Ues Backstage U Bostoh, April 2. Leila Smith. Negresis site club singer ahd dancer, khown as Jessie Brbwn, was f bund dead March 27 In a backstage room of the Colum bla. .■:.'■■:'-■. ; ;^ Formerly a familiar figure in tiiobr shows of Ilub n'^ht clubs, " Miss Smith had become penniless and libineless wheh she failed to get .bQbldngs. -4hls. X -winter. - Sho-^had asked : permission from the night watchman of the theatre to Bleep backstage because Bhe had no other means of shelter. The watchmah had granted hier the' usb of his quarT ters and it was here she was found dead early the next morning by the clea ning crew. Death" came ~ f rbm natural causes; ~ MUSIC NOTES Rbbbina Music has established, an Italian brahph- at Milan and will continue to expahd as fast as other countries recognize A^CAP regula- tions. ■ Harry Ruby and Bert. Kalmar turning put the tunes for the next Rudy Vallee picture at Warners. Jimmy Griar'a ork to make 'A Night at the Blltmpre Bowl' for Jta- dlb release. Revenue from performing rightB of British- Anierlcan ' songs la . the subject of coAsiderable to-do with^ In the Ameirlcan Society of" Com- posers. Authors &, Publisliers. A number ofr publishers want to knoW about the distribution of funds which AscAp received from the British Performing Rights Society. These fuhds a,re from a point sys- tem distribution of pop . songs owned by English inhsic flrms but leased to Ahieric&n publishers fpr the IT; 8. and 'Canadlqin BBlesi . Orlglnalijr : It ejarted with the British pvbs, which pwneil t'le wPrld copyrights to certain ^ pop songs, complaining that the U. S. perfprmlnjg rlgbtB always fell 100% tb the ' benbflt -of the American 11- .censee. . The( British; , Performing Rights . Society . Jiyerred that this was inbqultable and ielt that the nomlrial:|i5,b00 i»er annum which ASCAP' turned over to British Pw S. Spc. waa Insufficient. After much JP*'"^«yi5*i in 193i;; U . was ■ agreeil that ii radio point system be adopted :iand .a check-up thus kbpt oni:;Br}tl8h copyrights. . .'--Technicality' 7:."'.' Thus, instead of $16;6bo a yeari sbme , $j60,oqo. a yw. was dub the British iSoclety, 'wiilch was tb .remitted In lump to Loiidot}. ahdl they in turh would sehd back half of that to ASCAP, rathe^ - than ASCAP first deducting' Its own 60%. This wis merely: a techidcai detail upon which British Soc. In- sisted and it was granted. . "TJfow that these funds have been so transmitted, from AsCAP- to British Soc, and the latter In, turn haa refunded haJl! bf it, the Amer- ican-publishers jKho had ; many of the British copyrights on aisslgn- ment for the U. S. and .Qanada want to know about the distribu- tion, of these moneys. ASCAP officials state tha.t it Waa iiro rata distributed alohg with the other revenue as piart of the quar- terly royalty melons. To this- the American pubs ob- ject. . In other words, a big Brltlsb hit like T^sle of Capri,' which T. B. Harms right how has In America, should: fall chiefly, to the benefit of Harms and hot be pro: rata dls' tributed among all publishers. In- stead that's what ASCAP has done -r-pooled all such foreign revenue with domestic income : and dis- tributed lf~"":^'^^^ — " : Ernesto Peidra writing the tuhes for 'Against the Current,' first Ra men Npvarro Independent produc tion Vietop .Schertzmger has composed two huhibers if or the Grace Moore picture, "Love Me Forever,' the title number, and 'Whoa.' He also di rects.:' Jules tande'a band entombed In the Egyptian room Of : the St. Regis. N.-T.- Will Osborne starts a , four weeks' engagement at the Lowry hotel. St. Paul, April 5. Paul Whlteman has turned . over to his lawyer, J. T. Abeles. . the problern of one, J ack Whlteman, billed as 'The Giant of Jaaz. and his NeT^r Yorkers Qrchestra,' who is bbing advertised aa Pa^l WhitAm^ n*;. Sam Fox Publishing Co. mbvlng to Radio City May l. Barney: Rapp's lStli year as a band leader celebrated-wlth- party tossed him by the trade at the Hotel Gib- son, Cincinnati, .last week. dpiibie; iJotn look alllfe. J. H. .Walton, orchestra; manager of Harrisbiirg, Pai, also lists a number, of other orchestras on the ad matter, ihcluding 'Chet Lincbln and hie Pennies,' and the 'Original Ca;stle Noya . Orchestra.' Sealed bids ifbr the folios and Pther portibns of the former Bibo-Lang catalog had to be made up until yesterday (Tuesday), with one-third cash accompanying each bid. Charlie Lang hai Blnce allied with Mrs. A. J. Stasny. In a. music pub venture, the B-L catalog thus being disposed of via public 6ale. ' • : .. Jiminy Remick, Rule npv7 contacting for Louis Bernstein going over June for a. tour of the Cpritlnent In St Paiift)[i|M>sisli : St, Paul, April 2. : , Casinb, St. P^ul Hotel's night dlne-and-dahce spot. Ib in hammer- andrtohgs . -Cpmpetish'- wlt ji Lowry 's Terrace caf p.' Both places booking name bands; Lowry lis currently playing Earl Burtnett, with Will Osborn coming up. Casino has Paul Pendarvls, with Guy Lombardo and Tied Weenia both skedded for futures. Casino puts on a, dance contest every Monday night; A I10 prize goes to the Winning couple, and a loving cup to ahy couple which rings the bell thi-ee tlmefl. Compe- tition is limited to dinner guests. Addy Britt has Joined the .prof stafif . of M. Witmark, & Sons, com ing froni Leo Feist, Inc. * THE SKI'S THE LIMIT This Week, Uarch 29. Lobby Cr<»jrdeB Hotel. Weieic April S, Uorbro, Cbldaso Plreetlon. HARBT BESTBT Al Silverman who authors the verses for the jtadlp City \Music" Hall productions has furnished Max .Dreyfus with an American lyric for 'Parle ml D'amour, Mariu'. Tune will be published by T. B.' liarms as •Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight'. Some 10 different Bdts of lyrics by as mdny worksrtUhs had been previously submitted.^ . Irving .Berlin, Inc., publishers of Huey Lohg's 'Bveiry; Man a King'; are running into . too unforeseen headaches. Music dealers . returning the little demanded song sheets further squawk at the ■enatbr'B' Political prattle and Berlin, Inc.; is becoming a bit concerned. Another pain 1? what Huey may think when he lampB the royalty statement' of his poorly selling brainchild. : : : ^ " ★ ★★★ by The World's Dancing Authority ••THE AMERICAN DANCER'^' AU RINE AND NO RV Hp^ at THE CONTINENTAL GRILL, HOTEL ST. MORlfz, on the >ark Wednesday, April % 193^5 § ■ c VARIETY 47 Early Trial; Ifew Ra$^ P/iesent contract ' between .radio aiid 'ithe American Society - of Com-; poserii, ' Authors artd Publishers, which expires Aug. 31, may stai,y -In force until after the gbvernmen^^ inonpiwly BUlt has been tried In the jl^w Torlc Federal Court. ASCAI>'s_ winlngnesB to postpone making a neW: deal with broad users whose agreements, might, meaiiwhll^ run out, was ByggestedT by- society. coupsel. during argument for" an i^arly trlaJ, d before Fed- eral ; JudgiB John C,. Kiipx," last wepk. After Judge- Knox had. haiided do\vxi,, a m wWlch he BtrUipk put ■ substaritlal part . pf : ASCAP's answer to the.-g6vj6rhment. GOih'plalht as irrelevant to' the. Issue; a iDepartmeht of Juatlfco lawyer soiiight ' to get ""him' X6 Si^slgn the: caa0 'for early trial; Judg6 kiiox declared that' an pvercrowded cal- endai' and the fact 'that 'the Judges, oh-'the to^^ worked as it is, would make It lm«- pdsslble for thlis action to 'be heard before the fa,lh The eoyernm^ legallte , then argUed -that a jud^e from .another district be alssigned," but. 'Judge Knox waved thl3 prbpo- iBltlop aside, averring , that there are ' othW matters on the ctilendar which were,: in his oplnlpni equally als Im- portant' as' the . ASCAP isult that would he given perfcrerice tvere ah outside judge resorted -to. : Rejoinder of .the D. "of VJ. lawyer -t6- thls^'Was ; that-^udge- iCnbx-irt^ him ho alterhatlve but to seek a certificate ' of necessity . IJnder such brdef the ciase would have ,to be tried Immedlatbly in statutory court, yhlch requires the attisnaance on the bench of three Jurists.; This move, replied Judge Knox, would only serye to . a:dd to the hardship of the local bench, . a.hd the argu- thent closed with' the Judge holding to his original View thiit trial of the . case would have to wait until :l^prli 2 Bill - Iritrpducgcj In • lcglsla,ture would prohibit school musicians and other nonrprofesslonals from cutting in on theatre iand other com* niercial brchestra wbrii:. . Bill has tiie backing Pf the state's hiimerouis musicians' Ibbals. Such a law is in effect lii New York and several, bther states. YIDDISH MDSIC HOUSE (mis XAI«F A^^S^^^ Jfi & J. 'Kammen, .music'; publisher In- :New^; Tork; chiefly in Yiddish and other :dialec Hc. folk , sprigs; has. made a formal legal claim on T. . B. . Harms Co.,, publisher of .-'Isle.' of Capri.',' Kam-' men cbhcerh charges that tlie mel- ody. Irifringes bh a Yiddish folk song known as 'Yussel, Ytissel;' authored and cbpyrlghted in 1923 by Samuel Steinberg and Nellie Castman. Lat- ter,'. Is' a; Yiddish ^musical comedy actress. . •':■■■.,■::;.■.■.■:;,';■ 'Crtpri' is - an interhatlbnal song hit, ■ comppsed by - Dr. WHhelm Gross, ah exiled; (3ermiiri, who brought the tune in tbiPeter Mau- rice, London music pub. Jimmy kerinedy set the British 'lyric which, unlike most Kriglish arid Cphtinental .Qpng2hlti3i dld:M^^ written for the American market. ;: Julian T. Abeles, represbnting the Kammen publishing firm,: $ets forth In Its preliminary claLms thait some 16 bars of 'Capi-I' : allegedly infrlrtge lipon 'Yussel.' 30 LEADERS MEET 3bN WARINC CHMMTY : Some. 30 brchestra leadersi union officials and music pUbilshers lat- tehded tiie Second meeting Fred Waring called at the N. Y. Athletic Club, Friday ,, (29); to formulate a charity show-dance for unemployed musicians. Waring : was elected chalrmarii' - Tiie presbnce of musicians' unlpn representatives evidences a . he w! tack by W:arlng to work with the A. F. M, oh the benefit arid possibly also thrbujrif 'the union pn^ the dis^ tributlbn bf funds. Preyibus; Ideai was to raise the money, and distrlbr 4ite it Independently. - Mose Gumble, Larry Spier arid Rocco Voccp bf the music pub rep r reBeritatives,„;wlll ; cb-bperate with the. bandman./ .AniOng. leadiers.:atru "feridTrig were '"Andre; Kbstelarietzi Frank T*"!"* Leon Belasco, Qzzie JielsPn, Richard Hlmber; Hal Kemp, Al, Goodman,— Freddie Rich, Leon Navara and Johnny Green. ; Yale Vsi Harvw : Spartanburg, S. C.,; April 2. Yale and Harvard are mixing it up musically down /.south, their glee clubs being on tour iri bne- rilght stands arid 'drawing well. Princeton's sirigers dated for Spar- tanburg tombrrbw (3) coming here from Washington by way of Au- gusta; ..Gawga,; and; the Yale boys warbled iri Asheville, N. C, Mon- day"-.(i)-.; -3. .: . v:.^ ' Several, ribrthern ; brchestra are bn the road here, soriie with extra artists, and - also pulling strong^ in Cbttori arid peach money is plen- tiful; down' jsputh, hence the ,pay-o,ff Is unusually good just now. Baltimore Union Elects Baltimore, April 2. • Annual elecllon of offlcers of the muslciaris' union. Local No. 40 last week returned Qscar AppeL to presidency for another term. Others voted ; Into offices arb : Emlle Oderid'hal, y.;-p,; Elmer Martin, rcr- cording , secretary; Joseph Benlck, financial secretary, and Paul Grbs;si, treasurer. Apiiel, Odend'hal and Joe ; Irii- brogullo were chosen delegates 'to the riatlprial conyentiori •Which 'will be held in AsbOry JPirk, N. J., .in June, ■ ' ' ■ .Karl Ha Jot signed by Universal to write musical gcbre for 'Were- wolf.' .-"^ MQst:..^lldr§4.-Qn Air , To famtttarize the trade with the.tunea moat on the atr around. New York, the fonowina. nth's business sojourn, in New York. — iI1s~tondon - music publishing partner,, jinimy Campbell, Is still In Hollywood, both partners, not hav- ing met In the U. S. asL.planned, although in constant cbmmunlca- tion. .', EAY MASCOT UHSIKEB Hollywood, April 2. Arthur Kay Is At MsSbcot as mu- sical director of 'Harmony\Larie,' picture to be based on the life of Stephen Foster. Kay was slated to.be tune director on 'The Great Ziegfeld,' but when this yarn was transferred to Metro, Kay did not figure in the negotia- tions. ' Dorothy Relds East ; i^- Hollywood; April 2. Dorothy Fields, accompanied by her sister, hopped an eastbound plane for New York over the week end. She will write the inuslc for a new show In the east, returning here in June. " . 1 . Jlmmle McHugh remains on the coast. ■'■■ ';-.'.'-.'V' MENTTON SEVERAL FOR 5TH MUSIC CODE POST Pop section of the music code authority held its first organiza- tion : rifieeting yesterday (Tuesday).; Quiritet which was elected the week before . consists of Jbhn G, Paine, E. F. Bltner, Walter Douglas, Edwin Morris and E. B. Marks. . - : Standard division of the Industry has yet to elect its fifth member, who, according to the law! must be sbme one. not affiliated with the standard factlbn's trade association, the Music Publishers Associ8:tlon of America; Those chosen for the code authority by the MPA are Gus Schirmer, John Serigstapk, B. W. Banks, and.W. D. Preston. : \.. P. A. Murkland. NRA deputy ad- ministrator for the publishing in- dustries, while in New York last week, swore in the elected codlsts arid; urged them to make sure that their.' meetings wei'e conducted ac- cording to the' requirements of the NRA. Murkland warned them that the government would -Insist, upon vigorous administration of the code Iri adopting the code, he 'said, the industry had organized itself Into a self-governing body and ' agreed to accord Its code authority Juris diction over industrial riiatters ex- cept those pertaining to . public policy or. anti-trust laws, in which instances the NRA heads reserve the right to overrule the regulations of the. code authorities. Otherwise, he averred, the . recovery act re- quires that the complete adminis- tration of the code be in the hands of the code authority and the De- partment of Justice. Move to amend the by-laws of the Tictor Getis Eddy-for- Amerlcan Society p' Composera, Authors & Publishers So that the officers and board of directors may be elected by popular vote was . overwhelmingly defeated- at the; an- • '■ riual meeting of the organization last week. Resolution which sought to. take elective., authority .'away from the ASCAP direc.torate re-, c'elved 392 votes' inv .the negative . and eight in - the aiflrriiatlve. Argument against the resolution resolved Uself Into a bitter attack: .; upon the Warner Bros, publishing group and other publishers ' with him studio, afflliatlbris. ' What added^ . fuel to the a'f raignrtierit of the " latter faction was ' the reading at the 'meeting of a telegram from Hollywood which bore the names- of sbme 60 writers and urged paa- sage ' of the open election annend- mcnt. : „■■■;. '■■ ■', . Billy Rose, . who, with Irving . Caesar led the attack on the resolu- ' tlori; declared he was curious td know Just what influence had been brought to bear ori the studio writers and whether the telegram's' slgnators realized thai election front the ranks would Berve to bring the . Society under the . control of the . producer-allied companies. . Be- cause of the salaries these writer* were earning at the studios, sal4 -Rose,— ASCJAP . royalties to them- had — become so much ice cream. But to . the writers on Brbadway, added Rose,: this Society quarterly cut still. nieans bread and butter. _ ; 'Wrong Psychology' ; Rose stated he understood ■ that the Warner Bros, group was de- termined, not to re-sign with the Society, but instead set up Its own . performing rights bureau. - .Caesar scored the telegram's, signatora aa' j .having- developed a wrong ASCAP " psychology as 'the ■ result pf their contacts on the Coast and that It was obvious that the feeling amonff them was that if the picture peo- ple wanted anything there waa no reason why it shouldn't be given to them. '■; Resolution which favored a changed in the Society's methods of election stipulated that no pub- lisher should 'be permitted to vote unless he Is in the mu.slc business 10 years arid has been a member for . Discs; Tullio to Col. . victor has . signatured , Nelson Eddy to. record exclusively, starting off with the four principal Vljtor Herbert songs from the Metro fllriii- zatlori pf 'Naughty Marlettsur Victor also has Jeariette MapDbnaid exclusively, Eddy is doing the num- bers Bblo with a choir and Nat Shilkrct accompanying. Columbia has garnered Tullio CarminatI to wax his vocal duo from 'Let's Live Tonight,' both co- composed by . Victor Schertzlrtger, th^ film director, With Jack' Scholl. Schertzingcr also batoris the orches- tra accompanying CarminatI. Edwin H. Morris-ls-atranglng to enter an appeal from the reduction in rating recently handed Reriilck Music Corp., one of the Warner Bros, publishing group, by the publishers' classification committee of the American Society of Com- posers, Authors & Publishers. The Remick case will be the first of major Iriiport to come before the newly created board of appeals, which consists of slK publishers who are iri no way affiliated with the' publisher-members of the ASCAP board; of dl rectors. ' By its action the classification . committee deprived Remick . of enough points to take that . firm practically out bf ranking, among whai wSs". formerly considered the class A meriiberS. Morris,- who was not present at the last meeting of the committee, declares that there was no justlflcatlon for th6 drop In light of the substantial number of hit songs from Warner Bros,', pic,- tures that Remick has • contributed Iri performances during the past six mbnths. '. Warner group has ' strongly : op- posed the new A.SCAP membership contract ciilefly on the ground that the .Society's metliods of dlBtrtbut- Ing' Its revenue arc inequitable and should be revl«C(i before the mem- bers are asked to put their signa-: tures to any extension agreement. Morris has urged that the system of classification be placed strictly on a basis of performance points br that a method be devised whereby a por- tion bf the revcnub is s.et aside for allocation -to each pubiishlng flrrii according to the relative value, bf the catalog It has. made available to the Society. . This basic divvy would serve as i sort of guarantee and the other monies distributed quarterly would -be on the basis of the num- ber of performances . actually re- celvpd. five yjearS, and that the franchise bo restricted to , Writers who have " been members for an equal num- ber of years. Firms sponsoring the by-laws amendment were Harms; Inc., T, B. Harms, Inc., -M. -Wit- - mark & Sons, Reriilck Music Corp., Chappell-HamiS, -Inc., - Leo Feint, Inc.. Carl Fischer, Inc., Edward B, Marks Music Co., Mills Music, Inc.,: Irving Berlin, Inc., and Theodore Presser Co. First five concerns , are memberc of the Warner Bros, group. ■ ■;■■■ ' ••■■, ::■■ ■ ; ;;. ; ' ■ . ' ■ It was reported to the ' meetlngr that a revised contract covering the extcrislbri of publisher members in the Society was being mailed out. The new contract merely de- clares the agreement now in effect ' is renewed for a period of five years and carries a single amendment, : which agrees that the Society may from time to tln^e change Its method of, claHslflcatloh. Tn con- nection with this revamped mem- bcr.'ih I D , cbri tract " it jias been sug- ' gcsted by Sighnund Rpmbcrg thati after all pubHshers have sent Into the Society their appiovod dbcu- , • mtnts, tho:- board bf directors un- : dertake to make thp writers' agree- ments conform In text. Contracts that the writers have already signatured and ; the corii- promlHC agreement now being sub- mitted to the publishers have both been , declared legal by ASCAP's • general cbunsel, Nathan Burkan. outstanding difference In the writers' contract Is that the signa- tpr coriimlts himself to the principle that the composer hoid.4 a- 50% ownership in the copy pi pht of his work. , r • ... .: ' : ■ •, .. .'. ASCAP, the meeting was in- ^ formed, took in over $3,000,000 4n/ 1934, as compared to $2,500,000 tMT ypar before. Leo Reisman relieves Eddie; buchin at the Central I'aik CaKirior;^ New York, May 20. Rdl.«man sails today ( VVefinpSflay.) f or • a . yaCation In TJ«:rrnuda. ■ T' ^ ; : ■ - ■; 48 VARIETY. - I E V I L I. E Wednesday* April 3, 1933 Vode War Threatens in *Mpls.; 4 Spots Trying to Get Edge With Stage Shows Minneapolis, April 2. What may turn Into a vaudeville war starts here Friday (5) when the renovated Shubert opens with stage shows as the 5j.lvin and Para- mount puts vaude into the State, "■Irotlron iTfull-week basisT" With the advent of these two spots, this town will have four vaude houses and more stage shows than it has seen since the boom days of 1929. Other spots playing . stage shows- are the Orpheum and Palace, also fuU-weekers. . The Alvln, as the Shubert, was long a dramatic stock, house. It re- opens with the icbmbo policy after extensive alteratlo'ns at a 30c top. W. A. Steffes, new owner, will oper- ate, and, like this town's other vau- devllmers, it will be booked out of Chicago, Billy Diamond doing the Job for this house. ZZ.. ■ In opening the State to vaude. Paramount Is admittedly out to buck RKO's Orpheum, So far, however, only two weeks of stage shows have been booked by Par's Chicago office with assistance from New York. Belle Baker Due tondon, April 2. Selle Baker was to have sailed to New York tomorrow (Wednesday) after six months In English varie- ties, but is staying on another week to finish up a film chore. American comedienne came over here early last fall for a pre-booked fortnight and has remained a half year. XEIGHLEY'S NEW SPOT Seattle, April 2. Alf Kelghley, formerly with Kelghley & Roscoe, bookers and ranchon & Marco reps in N. W., Is now with George Barclay, operating the Barclay Booking Service, In Eagles building, where the Barclays conduct a dancing school. Reverse Jack Osterman says that the Loew office wanted him at the State on Broadway next week, 'but T haven't got a columnist.' 15 YEARS AGO (Frtyni Vkvimi and Clipper) Federal Trade Commission turned over to Dept. of Justice Its report on the vaudeville investigation. Unanimous in its belief that the Sherman act had not been violated. Justice Dept. pigeonholed. Hotel accommodations si'arce in Chicago. Travelers tipped off to see -the -theatre ticket specs. Latter doing a Pushing business at a 25% advance. Tough on troupers. Pullman rates up 20% and man- agers had just agreed with Chorus Equity to . provide sleepers for choristers. Figured that a third of the B'way ventures had flopped during the current- season, though some had been road hits. Had been 156 trials to date. A. L. Erlanger saw the Ed Wynn show on the road and ordered sprucing up. Cost Wynn about $16,000. Mayflower Films, which had cleaned up with the 'Miracle Man' through Famous Players, flopped over to First Kat. E. F. Albee dropped the Idea of building a couple of more theatres in Cleveland. Building terms were Impossibly high. Bert Levy, cartoonist at the Hipp, turned down a proposition to draw a picture of Gov. Edwards of N. J. with the caption 'Our Next JPresU dent.' Offered more than bis salary. Edwards was a wet Sbuberta Just missed out on an' Equity strike. Had slid on $4,000 due on 'Sinbad' claima and Equity issued an ultimatum threatening to tie up all Shubert plays. They paid up. N.V.A. celebrated th* first anni- versary of the clubhouse. Estate of - the Iflt© Fred W. Thompson who, with Skip Dundy, had built Luna Park and later the Hippodrome, was only $700. This represented seveQ patents on stage devices. Managers getting seriously wor- ried about the road sliuup. Hold- ing meetings, but the road slumped just the same.. Sta«;e hands chiefly blamed. Metro opening Its N. T. studio. At B'way and 61st street. G. M. Anderson (Broncho Billy) before Equity on flv» complaints arising out of his 'Frivolities of 1920,' Lost>them all. 50 YEARS AGO (From Clipper) Maplesbn's opera, which had been in tough straits in New Orleans, back Into the black In Frisco, where the gallery was being sold out at the usual orchestra prices. WUlett and Thome, later vaude favs, wired a Pittsburgh house that their company bad deserted them, but they picked up a acratch troupe and did fairly well. Oliver Doud Byron bad to cancel a four-day stand In Des Moines. Lithos destroyed in a railroad wreck and no use trying without paper. Clipper referred to Lester Wal- lack's 'uptown' , hous*. It was at 30th street. Hengler'a circus, permanent Lon- don show, was featuring a stag hunt. Ballet first then the pack chased the stag over hurdles; the riders followfng. It was a knock- out May Howard, who died a few weeks ago, was with the Ida Sld- dons hurley co. Just one of them, and some distance from her own CO. Dick Bell, the clown of the Orrin circus In Mexico, was taking his benefit. Ran two days Instead of one, but tickets sold out at $5 per. He was a tremendous favorite. Daniel Bandmann, G«rman trage- dian, had written a book with the subtitle '70,000 Miles With Shake- speare.' Covered five years and practically the entire world. Minstrel shows were doing badly where only a couple of years be- fore all were sellouts. Charles Froh- man, who was largely interested, was getting pinched. Cleveland theatre was planned without steps, ramps leading to the various floors. Kansas City later had a house of the same type. Metropolitan opera troupe, billed as the Damrosch Opera Co., was cleaning up in the middle west, fol- lowing the N. Y. season. Not as big stars as Mapleson's, but German opera was more of a novelty. Small town in Indiana had Its skating rink closed by a church. The congregation was drowned out by thei noise of the nearby skaters and rink was enjoined. William Wood leased the Madison Sq. Garden for five years at $50,000 a year. Planned to convert the east end Into stores, but never did. State, Minne.y Opens Chicago, April 2. State, Minneapolis, Is opening a vaude policy, Will make It stands In Twin with four full-week Cities. House la booked by Dick Bergen out of the local William - Morris agency. 1 VODE SHOW, BUT 3 AMATEUR NITES IN SYR. Syracuse, April 2, Alhateur nights, launched virtu- ally simultaneously by Loew's and Keith's with opposing radio station co-operation, are clicking so suc- cessfully that the Empire, triple- feature subsequent run house, has added Its own amateur night but san^ radio hookup. Keith's amateur show Is four-way tie-in with WSYR (NBC), Sears, Roebuck Co. and the Herald. Loew's Is restricted to Hearst's Journal- American and WFBL JVA club house boss. NVA Fiind mem_- bers were on the verge of agreeing' to the maintenance of an Inexpen- sive clubrqom In New York In re- turn for Chesterfield's withdrawing his suit, but the latter stepped in with a demand that he be placed in charge of 'the s disbursement of funds, as fofmerly. It was stated late In the week, however, that some agreement will be reached. Chesterfield .has declared hlmsolf several times, lately as willing to contribute his services In a club- house free, If the NVA Fund will pay for the maintenance of one. It is understood he will be asked to do .30. Under the proposed settlement. If made, the temporary clubrooms operated by Chesterfield at 46th street and Eighth avenue and the NVA Fund business office at 1619 Uroadway will be combined under one roof, with no added cost to the I'-urid. It l.s the Intention of Harold Rod- ncr, who is serving a^ superyLsor of the NVA Fund functions without renumeratlon, to see that no expense i.s added to the NVA overhead that would detract from the NVA San at Saranac Lake. That goes for a luxurious New York social club- house with high salaried employes. Figure* quoted on Mltzl Green last week were Insufficient. Instead of $18,000, the Michigan, Detroit, grossed 128,000, while the Alvln, Pittsburgh, achieved $13,000 instead of $10,500. When's a Booker Not a Booker? Right Now Just Stooging for Mgrs. Pro Rata Blush Lincoln, April 2. . . A new angle in booking came up here when an agent for a fan dancer offered the f emme to a night spot for $12.50. The night spotter asked If the price was for one or two nights. 'That's the one night price,' said the agent, 'You got to fig- ure my fee, transportation, and, then, there's her embar- rassment,' MYRT ¥ MARGE GET $2^00 BOOST Myrt 'n' Marge (Myrtle Vail and Donna Damerel), entering their fourth year on the Wrlglcy (CBS) program, are going vaude for the second time, but for Loew Instead of RKO. Their last date was at the Palace, Chicago, at $950, Now they're getting $3,500. Femme radio pair will use a skit based on their air serial, entailing six people In all. Open the week of May 10 at Penn, Pittsburgh, going from there to Rochester. Latter spot, in straight pix, Is going vaud- film for the one week. ■William Morris office agented. ALLEN AMATEURS MINUS AUEN AS VAUDE UNIT Amateur end of Fred Allen's air program Is the latest going vaude, but without the name to head It. Show will be billed 'Fred Allen's Town Hall Tonight Amateur Win- ners' and will Include a cast of 10 topped by 'Uncle Jim' Harklns.. Comic will be Red Skelton. Harkln.g, former vaudevlllian, has his own Bustalner on WMCA be- sides scouting for amateurs for the Allen program. Unit is going out under the direction of Hickey and Anger with Allen's permission. According to present setup, show will play one-nlghters as well as vaude houses on a straight percen- tage. ^Vaude Suffers When laiicaster Mgrs. Agree Lanca.ster, Pa., April 2. By mutual agreement between .Jack Frcre, manager of the Colonial, and Ray O'Conhcll, of the Capitol; Lancaster's vaude season Is prac- tically at an end. Unite, which crashed for plenty of buslnesH In these parts several months ago, have been taking "dives and the houses have been taking It oii the chin. O'Connell had planned to run stage shows until May 1, at least, and Frere had an Idoa about yiar- around shows, but present slump changed thing.s and both spots are running Saturday shows only. Fay's Layoff John Hickey ' and Harry Anger suspend activities as producers of .special shows for Fay's, Philadel- phia, for three Veeks commencing aFrlday (5). Unit producers have been on the Job for two weeks, bus- pension coming because of previous unit bookings. Shows going into .spot during the stagers' layoff are 'Platinum Blondes', a Bert Smith tab, and 'World's Fair Scandals', in order. When Is a vaudeville booker everything but a booker? In '35. .. Conditions now are such in the majority of the talent-buying de- partments of the major circuits that the finger Is pointing toward what may eventually be a complete pass-oiit of bookers. As it Is, In many Instances, the district and theatre managers are doing the ac- tual booking, with the bookers act- ing more or less as go-betweens for agents and acts. This circumstance Is especially in order of the RKO booking floor, where the bookers have their own say-so on talent in but a small per- centage of the RKO theatres using stage shows. In regard to certain houses, same condition Is In order at Paramount and Warner Bros. Loew's bookers are about the only group still unaffected by the branch-^ out of operators as talent Judges and buyers. At RKO, before the bookers (Ar- thur Willi, Bill Howard, Danny Freudllch) can buy talent for Al- bany and Troy, N, Y., H. R. Emde, district manager, must be consult- ed; talent for the Palace, Albee; and Coliseum, New York, must be sub- mitted to Charles McDonald, also a d. m.; Dave Itzell must be consulted before anything Is set in Detroit, while Matty Fox, manager, is the last word on talent for the Acad- emy, N. Y., Skouras-owned, but RKO-booked In a pooling deal with the Jefferson. Warner bookers (Steve Trilling, Harry Meyers) usually consult most of the managers on talent, but es- pecially Guy Wonders, manager of the Earle, Washington, and Clem Murphy of the Rltz, Elizabeth. Harry Kalchelm, Paramount'a book- er, has to get okays on talent for Buffalo from Joe McFall, and, for the Metropolitan, Boston, from Harry Gourfaln, who's the house stager. First bookers to be forced to con- sult the ops on talent were th» Indies, but then only on high-sal- aried names or something special. However, same as RKO, Paramount and WB, the Indies now also Vun to the theatre men with most, every- thing from acrobats to prima donnas. Loew Dusting Off Pix House Stages For Occasionals Loew Is starting to opon houses to stage shows, that have been in straight pictures for months, if not years, but only when an attraction comes along. Experiment,, which was first tried In the New England Poll houses. Is being extended fur- ther. Latest spot skeded to dust off Its stage Is the I-oew hounc In Mem- phis, Tchn., which takes on a stage policy for one week beginning April 28 with Ted Lewis. Another house u.sing the occasional attractions Is Loew's, Rochester. Honoring Rooneys The FrlarH' Saturday NIte Boys switch to a Sunday (April 7) in or- der to go 50% femme by way of honoring both the Pat Rooneys-— Pat and Marlon. Occasion Is the Rooney.s' 32d wedding anniversary. It win be the first function of the Saturday Niters to bo attended by ladles. ETHEL DAVIS ILL .Ethel Davis (Mrs. Macklln Meg- icy), former vaude single, is in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, serious- ly ill. • Her Illness has cau.sVd cancella- tion of her twice-weekly .su.stalning programs with Fran I-'icy, over WMCA, New York. so VARIETY V 4 II D E V 1 1. L C Wednesday/ April 3, 1935 UNrr REVIEWS MARY BRIAN REVUE (PARAMOUNT, OMAHA) Omaha, March. 27. ■ Mary Brian gets top billlngr over the revue title, and she was the reason for, the heavy business here. Revue Itself • doen nrdt entirely rely on herV but gets along nicely on: Its : owh and , offers Miss Brian as the piece de . resistance^ ■ Picture player . comes on In the closing spot for some 12 minutes aftei* the unit :has already shown for 55. She relies practically en- tirely oh her dancings Comes on alone, a few lines of Introduction, builds up her two dancing partners and goes to work with them for three routines, best, of the lot : be- ing a rhythm routine saved for the -last.' ]'■/:■.■ As. partners Miss Brian has Arena and! Hines,, compieteht company. Miss- Brian - seems;- concerned 36me- 'what with , watcrilng the 'doggies,, ' faiit otherwise does the" rdutlne in gOQd order. While: sTie altempts to offer, no :more than the dancing, .the Brian /looks and manner are work- ing for 'her steadily/ .. : Featured in the unit are Por- Bythe, ^ Seamon and Farrell, two heavies and a dancer. Girl hefty sings In the Tucker manner iand dpes ain eccntrlc diance along with .hier clAwnlng. lVIale heavy ;l3 In for continuity purpbses. Dancer, works alone and rates "particular 'hotlcc in - a unit long on ' dancing. She stays oh f or thie gags.' ;. Music comes from the 12 Holly- wood: Revelers, who hold the back- stage. They're not fedtured, but pi-bvide the accompaniment. Only ■ other iwiuslc. tomes from the eight Calif drnla , U; ' Coeds, singing en semble. Songs and arrangements aria . okay and they" provide .background for . other. • acts with their flashy black- and -white gowns. . A unique ■ use ;oi girls. V " ' ' Others include Burt and Hickey, • Ward, Pinkie and Terry, and a flock of .dancers. Plenty Variety In the - hooflhp: as customer. Sees, even be , fore- Miss Brian copaes on, acro- f batlc,- comic, tap,, toe, ecc.entric and .waltz clog dancing. ■ Show also' in- cludes an imitator : and two teams of comics. . STARR. ROLbO and DITSON ^ . "THEY'RE^FFV . 'three c\edn-cui'i)duni fgllovi in a .. socH; . comeJj) nexl-lo-c/osing ael.". TRAClT ana C/p Sheppertpn: §tudios LONDON DOROTHEA ANTEL Sfee We»t 12nd St., New York City Rlrthdhy, Everyday, ConvnleRceht . CreetfnB CarilH .In Boxed Aasortments, : 16 exclusive ,;aha original, cards to the box, lljlO. Special discount on large quantities. •;• -Write' for Particulars WALTER W AHt •. The- Smnah . Comedy Hit of "LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40" W£GK APRIL S, PHILADELPHIA Per. Met Irrlne Sherman, Ed Divldow. Office PAULINE COOKE . .Presenta ■ JOHNNY PERKINS BOB RlPA • . Earle, Philadelphia Week March 29th v Paullnie Cooke aiid O, X. Of - FRENCH REVUE (ORIENTAL, CHICAGO) Chicago, March 30. Following In the wake of a cycle of units with Frenchy angles and tag-linos, this affair Is well to the forefront of the medi.um-priced , en- deavors. . A good box-pplce unit at' a price within reach of most houses. Thdre ax-o a string of ggod points about the show ; with only a couple of flaws. " The good points are in the .pi'oductioh itself; The large company of 44 Is routined well, cos- tumed and mounted with a good amount of flash. The line, of girls delivers a number of splendid rout- ines whiie several ; of the members of the cl^orus contribute good filler specialty material. Outstanding in the show are the Gaudsmiith Bros, with their startd- .ard yaudeviI16 act with those two iremarkable ' French poodles. Not .only do these' perf9rmers; sell a teal share, of .entertainment oii their own biit ti\ey fit piarticiilarly >veU >vltb the. French title and general Eurb-- pean flaVor which this unit tries to cultivate. .Because of this Conti- nental try, there. are two acts \vhlch do not belong. They ar(E» Roy, Sedr ley . as m.c. and Long, arid Short. Unit doesh' t need an m.ic., • and what-.makes it vrorse Is that Sedley is ruining the chances' by. going, off-, color, More the point is Kendall Kapps, who plicks easily, with hoofr ing and. clarinet playing, rating with the Gaud^miths as the j-entertalni ment basis of this show. Featured p.a. number is an 'Apple Dancei' previously been done In this town In 'Folles Bergeres/ which had a 16 -week stay at the French Ca? slno arid four weeks at the Palace. However, ;here they've cQviered the girl quite modestly, , which naturally takes a . certain amount; of sock away ^from the number. - ; Specialties.! are contributed by Bernice Allen, who acrobatl(!s with enough finesse; Marguerite Claudet, >vHo' '.warbles in Frerict ; - John Mc- Dowell, .Robert Robinson and Co- rinne of the APPl^Dance double in an ensemble number, 'Faust,' which is pretty good flash.- Gri the whole this shOw can play anywhere on general production and exploitatipn possibilities; Gold. RAMBLES IN RHYTHM <6rPHEUM, LINCOLN) . Lincoln, -March 30. ' Idila.of tljiis. unit is a night across coiujitry In soriie of the better known hite clubs, giving the opportunity of lntrod]idlng a floclc of dancing of aU kiiids.- -.Terp is roped ofE With a couple of appearahces of Sm^ke and Honey Gal, blackface comedyCcomtob, aind. the opener by. Allaire, .Juggler, so that It doesn't lean oyer too far. to dance; Show Is owned by Gene Cobb, with Glen Pale as m.c... ' Allaire', ' doing some expert club- bing aifter the opening ba^d num- ber,., gets the show going well in his four minutes, and Is followed by the girl line for a 'flash. After this .short trot, Ch^n Knoll, Dorothy La Rue and Alice Mlshau, waltz trio, class up' the show. Nuriiber Is oke. Flo DeVere and Llddi Relchard next with a string of high kicks, all right. Mona Heridersori, song and dance. Is short on ability on- the first, but it's a welcome break in the next spot; Dance n.s.h., either. Smoke (Jack. Gray) and Honey Gal (Gene Cobb), cifiarcoaied buffoons of the old school, amble on with the first, comedy Irt the show at this Juncture. Neighbors thought it was: swell, so that's all that matters. Even do the upside down picture gag. Lowe and Relchard, tap. team, go fast through their paces, and Frank Moeser, pianist in the band, cops a hand on his solo after them. Dale, introlng himself as a former, cast member of 'Rose ^arie,' wallops 'em with 'Indian Love Call.' One of the best aero dancers In a long time here Is Dorothy La Rue, arid the mitts collided plenty Iri: apprecia- tion. ' Jack Lowe, military tapper, rattles off a staccato step, and Is moved off by the second appearance of the blackfaces. Knoll and his Hollywood adagio quartet, • offering three different kinds of torso pitching, are the Wlndup. : Kholl takes a littlerman- what^now attitude, and bandies both the gals for one of the socks. Then' Into the finale. Show Is commendably accom- plished In 46 minutes, profiting wise- ly by the exariiple of other units With about the same or less talent which try to stretch their oflJerlng over, the boiir mark to tedium. Cos- ttimlng la oke and the lighting good. Drop' helps create nlte spot- effect. It's a Cushmah. orgarilzatlori, and the best In here in two months. Barney. CAMBRIA UNIT COLD INTO CAPITOL, N. Y. Frapk Cambria's unit, 'Cavalcade of Music,' has been booked right out of the rehearsal hall,- where It is now, by Loww's to open " .af the Capitol, - New ' Tork.^pril 19 •' to' 26. Minnie revue contains a mixed, ork, boys and girls, and no name talent. A colored show produced by. Con- hie. Jmmerman Is due to go' Into the Palais' Royal, Broadway liltery, shortly, -with a similar title, 'Caval- cade of Jazz.'. . . . WEEK MARCH 30 CHICAGO* CHICAGO . (Continued from, page 7) promote or irialntalh f&lr coihpetlr tlon,' jriduce.' or maintain co-opera- tive relations ' between' - labor ■ and bosses; prevent unfair :an'd destruc- tive ' competitive actat promote the most effective use of prdductlye and distributive capacities of ' affected industries; red'uci or relieve, uriem- ploymient or : stabilize employment ; improve conditions ' of - work ; . fur- ther rehabilitation. of Industry ; con- serve natural ,..r^spurces; protect little fellows from opt;)re8slon; : con tain safeguards .affalnst' monopo- lies; boost purchasing power; lift burdens from interstate commerce Slight Concession '■ ' Slight concession was made- to the Borah-Nye group demanding strin gent enforcement of anti-trust laws to put Code Authorities and trade associations .In their original places. Measure would' require a . finding tha,t coded do not encourage mo riopolies but at the same time, woiild by a single act. legalize anything and ev.erything done under author Ity . of approved -.^odesj • • protecting cpdists agalnat prosecution." Sub- stantial revision of these provisions, with an eye to . appeasing" antl- monopoly. orators, is certain. New : measure would distinguish between voluntary - and arbitrary codes', while the . President would have explicit right .to Inappse . such conditions' for protection . of con sumers, competitors, • workers, or others as he thinks necessary. Ap plication for withdrawal of codes would be permissible within 20 days after public arinouncenaerit of ap- proval for an amendment or Im position of objectionable conditions 'While NRA continues at a stand still pending- congressional action word was given last week to con tlriue stringent enfqrceiirieht cam palgn. President himself directed Donald R. Rlchber^. to use strong arm methods and ordered justice department , to crack down on chis- elers and violators. In view of these Instructions and the reluctance of . the Justice de .partrrient to obtain Supreme Court review of decisions In lower tribu- nals unfavorable to Blue Eagle, ap- parently the recent Colorado de- cision on lotteries will have no ; ef- fect outside of the Jurisdiction of that court. Divisional Admlnlstra tor Sol Rosenblatt was unperturbed by the ruling that exhlbs are. not engaged in Interstate commerce indicating confidence that plx Will be. held within the scope of the law When, If, and as a.. final determina- tion is niade. . 'The government attitude from the start — in sharp contrast to the position taken by Abram F. Myers and his Allied leaders — is that •with out interstate commerce there could be no exhibition. This view Is particularly upheld In the new NRA legislation \vhlch stipulates that any trade, Industry, or subdl vision must be regarded as engag ing In interstate commerce . If It uses 'goods shipped In Interstate and foreign commerce'. ;' . NEW ACTS 'GAMBOLS OP 1933' (9): Revue 29 M iris.; Full (Special) Orpheum* N. Y. Miniature revue, not smoothly routined and too . much dancing.' Only three of the turns are dancing, tau.f a" couple of others, turn to hoof- flng to stretch out. Opens with a girl in a roller skate dance, apparently. Shirley Gordon, according to the m.c, who doesn't narrate the names clearly. Kid Is fair and brief. Boy follows with some good aero work, ending with the . stilt handstand. Clean-cut youngster who knows his stuff. Paul Milter harmonicas into a mike with an operatic medley ' and 'JRhapsody in Blue,' which come through the loudspeakers fairly well. Then he dances. :' This should be dropped, riot only because It's .not very good^ but . because It detracts from the previous tvorlc. Two girls In a unison dance, lookers, but :nc)tlilng' new iri thevway of" figures. Next the m.c. In 'a stuttering song with no saliva control. It's, not pretty. " Fair tap' dance follows by a boy, with Tony Angelo on his heels with a singing'' number. Kid's voicfe is very white, but he gets the applause all child singers win. Girl . starts an eccentric dance. Nimble legs, but her. niugging be^ trays her inexperience. ■.M.c.-" Joins her for a drunk routine, not- so hot, and all on the finish.. All through the act niembers sit at tables and help with the appreciation. Fair flash, but not for, the larger hoiises;' . ' : . : Chic. RADCLIFF AND ROGERS .Comedians 20 Mini.; One ' Orpheum, N. .Y. . Two Negroes, one a husky, who. does the piano work, and straights for his < shorter - and more dapper partner.- ■ Latter doesn't .seem to have . been able to decide whether he wants to be a comic or" a slriger. He has a natural tenor Which he forces up to'contra-tcnbr arid down to baas-barlt0|ne. Would' be all right If he used only oriel range to a sorig. When he throws in all three audi- ence Is a bit uncertain, whether he's singing or dolrig comedy. So they laugh. Entire routine needs tight- ening after a good ' entrance with the husky doing all the" work of moving the piano on. Probably be better %6 - break tnto a comedy routlrie, with the fake singing and trumpet and theri, on the second song, either ,. doit iitralght or, Jowdowri for comedy.-.;' ' >Iaterlal hejre for a' isatlafactory act " ^h'en, it's licked Into Bhap'fe,; but too long. . . . .. Chic. . NATIONAL AMATEUR NIGHT (27) Sonias, Novelties, Band, Talk 32 Mint.; Fuil Academy, New York Contained in this collection is the cream of the crop drawn by Feen- a-M;int for Its iSuriday" night am- ateur show- over CBS. With Ray Perkins, the program's m.c, and Arthur Johnson, batonist, accorii- panyine them, the Feen-a-MInt award winners last week made a tour of one-nlghters, playing houses iri the metropolitan area, which bad conducted preliminary audltioris for the program. Troupe's Academy stand (28) 'wras limited to: a single performance and served as an epi- logue to the regular stage show. ' Though sluggishly run off the amateur combination proved a con- sistently . entertaining half hour. Perklfts oyertalked, but the troupe repeated ;at least two acts' with a future .in. radio . or vaudeville. One is the Happy. Sisters, a trio of look- ers, with a good sense of vocal har- monlzIhg„j^nd the other Is Reta Ho- mari, a. suave retailer of melody, who :accompanles herself on the guitar. -. Also* included among the amateurs \yere ..a .'knuckletap dancer.' and a Idd 'Who rapiped out a crack assort- ment"' of Thy thm with a c.ouplc of table spoons. Odcc. CARMELA PONSELLE (2) . Songs •■ ■ . ... .■. 30 Mine.; One. Hippodrome, .Baltimore - Retui'.iiirig to the medium from Which she sprang to opera. Miss Pqnselle decisively . deiripristirates that iri. her five -year absend^ from V.au'de she has not forgotten how to sell a 'song. • That factor is Btan,d- out,. She has not the haughty .-de- mearior othei" operatic warblers have displayed In their . excursions into vatid'e.' Rather she's ingratiatingly Inforrinal .and handles . chores and brief speeches with a quiet, charm- ing dignity. . Miss • Pbnselle ran decidedly .over- time in the performance caught* However, genuine demand for en- cores. . Opened with long, aria from 'Carnien,' which she partially apted Out,, and proved her best bit 'Fol- lowed With a tepid and little known balla'd arid then smashed ' With 'O Sple Mio.' At this Jun.cture she' erred by giving' a glowing Iritro to a -tienor (uriblried) anid having htm islng-froni ork. pit. His voice does' riot stand the contrast with that' of MiSS Pon- ;SeIl^- She Should go it alone and' n"iBeds, .nii aid; Male pianist accom- panies! " ' ■ ^ ■ : ■■ . ■ ; .. • '.:;' General Executive Offices LOEW NIIIDINO ANN EX lea WEST* 4e^8T^ BRyant 9-7800 NEW YORK CITY ^. H. LUBIN OBNBRAL MANAOl MARVIN H. SCHENCK BOOKIMO MAMAOn O T H a A. T R 1 2 7 0 SIXTH A V E N U E RADIO GITY NEW YORK This W^ek (March State-Lake, Chicago HEADLINING STATE-LAKE, CHICAGO ' BXCI.VSIVK VANAOraiBNVc ]ii^«QVAIlRIE^AGKNCT . Wednesday, April 3, 1935 VARIETY NEXT WEEK (April 5) THIS WEEK (March 29) Numeralt in conhectibn vvitli bills eelow indicate piienins day et ■liow. whaither fill I or split week : RKO - Wtaee (B) BarUn &. Hurst Rev Carroll & Howe ■ XTddle Featody - O'Donnell &; BlaJr . ■ (39) . .. Bartell & Hurat Rev Carroll ft Howe ; Bddie Peabody Mltzl Oroeii (29) Boswelt Sis Roscoe Atea . Benny Merofl Ord CLBVEIiAMD Faldc* (S) Ous Arnheini Ore : Gene Sheldon Selma Marlow . . CLIFFORD and MARION WEEK MARCH 29 WARFIELD, 8AN FRANCISCO BOSTON Uetroiiolltan (S). Oeo Olsen Ethel Hhutta. Co \ B1IFFAI.O Bairalo (S) ' Carroll's Vanities - CHICAGO Chl«aito (5) Cross ft Dunn \ James ISvans Co C &: J Frelsser Prahlt Gaby ■ .;■ (29) , . .: Mary Brian O'Donnell 4( Blair Academy 1st ha,lf (6-8) Tip Top Olrls I & N Stevens Stevens Bros Co ■Joe Morris Co • Hollyw'd Ramblers (29) F ft M Brttton Weldon ft Honey . If Udred Fentoii Sophisticated Ladles , BKOOKLYN Albce (6) : . OIne De"Qulncy..& L . Kalnstreeteta Co Al.Norinan : Dick Moy. Tr . ■ (29) '■■ ■. ^ ' Glne' De Qulncy ft L Malnstreeters Co - .. Al Norman • Dick Moy- Tr Maudlaoii ' 1st halt (6-7) Sidney .Fox ' ■Willie ■West ft McG "(Two to nil) TUyoo ■ ■ .1st halt (6r7) : KaVfalr Rev (Three to fill) B09T0K B««t«Ml (S) • Ka,nes JBIeanor Sherry. ■ Toio. ■ , Suck & Bubbles' Jack Eddy Co (29) • Emeralds . Therrleii Owen McQlvhey Bid Pace Buir ft Bonlta CHICAOO PMlace (5) faul Sydell ft B J*Tt* ft Mbrgner . ;^ohn Fogarty 'Vlo Oliver f ebe Barrl Olrls . etoh ft Deauvllle !elen' Honan (29) Paul Bydell .ft 8. Large ft Morgner : John Fogarty Vlo Oliver Bebe Barrl Girls' Petch ft Deauvllle Helen Honan . . ' crociiWATi . BKO Bhnbert (8) . Voiles de- Faree. (29) French Casino Show 'Hello Paris' . . : . DAVTON Keith's : it) Thurston ' DETROIT : ■ .■ : ', Fox (5) Pansy Dorscy Bros Bob Crosby ■ (Two to fill) ' (29) ; C ft J Prclsser. Sims ft Bailey . Stan: Kayanaugh Amelia Ca caries Ore Frnhkle Connors ' MiNKEAPOUS Orphenm (S) Charlie' Agnew Ore Jackie Heller (29) 4 ■Vespers Pettet ft Douglas liupe Velez ■. Herman' Hyde . Jean Devereaux Co NEW BHUNSWIOK Keith's Ist hilt (6-7) Harmony Co-Ede (Three to flll) PROVIDENCB . Kettb'a (8) 3 Emeralds Therrlen : Owen McQlvney Sid Page Ruiz ft Bonlt» (29) ■-. ■ ' , SergiB' Flash >_ Cass Mack O. ft T Buster Shaver Co ROCHESTER . Keith's (B) West ft Patce ' (Two to nil) . (29) ■ Earl Carroll's Van's SYBACUSE Parsmoaiit. (8) Don . Redmond Bd TRENTON . Ciipltol . let half (6-1) Blackstene . TROT- Keith's 1st half (S-8) Serge Flash , ■ J 'ft J McKenna '. Columbiana . . . Bob Hall Grace J>u Faye Co UNION eiTT Keith's - 1st half (6-7) NTO Follies OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 4>R. JUUAN SIEGEL FARAHOUNT BiniIJ>INO iUs TTeekt Affle Hartyn; Tlios. Dowd HEW YORK CITT Capitol (8) Trial of the Century R Tlmberg .ft Jr Pat Rooney ft P IIT *. Albee Sis Clarence Rock ..XanVea Kelly Fos(«r 'Williams ' Harry Kolet ". Oeo Mayo Boulevard ■ let half (6.-8) . . 'Hay Colleen B.' Polly Kay Co ; 'Xiewls ft Moor^ - Cohen ft Roche Thomas 6 / Orphenm . '■ let half (6-8) I Cevennes Lillian Mar.tlii Co Callfrn'a: Collegians Pi'ed Sanborn Co> Youthful. Rhythm . . 2d half (9-11) Hay Colleen 6 Croel ft Allan - Charley Foy Co ' Hal Sherman Go . Thomas 6 - - Paradise (8) , Bd Ixjwrey See Hee ft Rubyets Harry Savoy Co ioan Abbott lUcky Seven '■ 8 . ' .State (6) Uartln. ft Martin . Sylvia &' Clemence . fcewls ft Ames ' Ben Bernle Ore BHOOKliYN ' Gates Ave' ■ lat half (6-8), . . •Jon Costello. Rev . ' Gordon, '.Beed ft. K. De Rdze ?lharley Foy. Co" One to ml) _ 2a half (9-11) Colly. Kay Co . Caltfrh'a Collegtani ..pred Batibom Co Touthful Rhythm Metropolitan (8) Alf Loyal's Dogs Mae Uslier Aft >t Havel Jimmy Savo . Francis Wills Rev Valencia (S) Horiey Pam M 'B Boup' Quest'lo Harry Burns' Co RIniiacs . BAIrarbro (29) Powell, ft Nedrl Gauthlern. Toy Shop Rops Pierre ft S F ft J Hubert Orientar(2») French Revue Oaudachmldt Bros. DETROIT Michigan ;(8) Casino de Paree Co FHILADEtPHIA ' Earle (8) Reynolds ft White. (Others to flll) . (29) 32 Roxyoltes Johnny. Perkins ' Ruth. Petty Lamb ft Belett ' . Bob Rlpa .READING Astor (6) Nord.'ft' Jeanle (Others to flll) ' WASHINGTON Earle (6) ; Keene 2 Vic ft L Bob l^lpa ~ Lamb ft.' Belett . ' Oracle Barrle Hugh Herbert (29) . California Revels . Grace Doro Charles Melson Mltzl' Green . .. : 'IVIianNCTON ftaeen . 2d half (U-13) Baby RoReinarle Ist half (4-6) Bobby Plnkus • Wells ft 4 Fays . CHIOAdb Stat* rake (2B) Louise Beavers Marcus Sis. ft C Bros Pat Henning Rome . Inc Babs LftVal ■ I/ONG BEACH Strand (29) Ty Tavis Evans ft Mayer Beho Gray' : Bob White.' Newell ft Most liOS ANGELES OnAeqm' (27) < Armandi> ft .Llta . Jerry Con ■ June Douglass. Co Johnny Woods Hayes Hatg ft H 3. Taketas . Fanchon & Marco NEW YORK CITY Boxy (8) Senator Murphy - . Ferry Corwey' ■ Roxy Rhythm Oro (Others to fill) : liOS ANGELES Faramonnt (28V ' Rube Wolf Hd The Fanchonettea b'Connor Fam Julia Curtis Etta Moteh Marlon Daniels Tom Jones FHITyADET.PHIA . Fox (8) . Buster Shaver '. Olive ft ; George ' (Others to flll) Oxford 1st half (4-T) Manny King Co 2d halt (8-10) Cassandra - (Others to flll) WORCESTER . Plynioath let half (4-7) Blenders 4 Marvel Rev. Fred Harper ft L T . ft P Trado . (Others to flll) . 2d half (8-10) Roscoe Alls Co . Keep Moving Morah .ft Wiser Week of April 1 Canterbury >I.. H. 1st half (1-8)' . 2 Juvelys Danny Hayes ' ' 2d half (4-6) 4 Harmony Kings Bebe Si Rene Trocadero Cab. Naunton Wayne Giovanni ' . Qresham Singers' Bennett ft Williams Clair, Rowe & Olair Maurice CHABWEIX H'TH Embassy Afrlque Olivette ft B Chatt 3 Accordeon Kings CHELSliA , ■ • Pitla'ce ■ Leslie Strange GeoHurd- Karligoh 4 CLAPTON Rink : Hbils. Bros 3 Lucky. Boys . Scott Courtney Peggy ft Sylvia EAST HAM ■ . Premier ■. Afrlque . ' OUve^t* ft B Chatt 3 Accordeon Kings EDGinVARE RD. Grand Rico's Gypsy, GIs EDMONTON Empire ■ ■ Che,a Mannlng.:Bd L«on & Lucette ' HOLLO WAY Marlborough. Shields ft Kewly M Cllftoii •& Ptnr. Dave Poole Ii>LIN(iTON .. Blue Hall . ; iBt half (1-3) ..■ 4 Harmony Kings Bebe ft Rene - . 2d' half (4-6) 2 Juyelys Danny. Hayes KILBURN ' . Grange Rico's Gypsy GIs XEWI8HAM . Palace - Billy Cotton Bd LEYTON Savoy ■ Bobby Howell Bd Dennis 4 ft Rita' . LEYTONSTONE Rlalto Chas Manning Bd . NEW CROSS ' KInema . Carsons' Fisher . & Arlahl' Busty & Shine PECKHAM ■ '. Palace ■ Carsons' Fisher. & ArlanI ' SHEPH'RD'S BUSH Pavilion Leslie Strange ' Geo Hiird Karlson 4 ' ■. STAMFORD HILL ' : Regent Shields ft Kewley M Clifton ft Ptnr. Dave Poole . ' STRATFORD . Broadway Dennis .4 ft'. Rita - Bobby Howell Bd 8TBKATHAM Fulnce. Fred Sylvester. Co,: Mona Grey TOTTENHAM . 'Palace ' Holls Bros 3 Lucky Boys' Scott • Courtney Peggy & Sylvia Barret of Fan , Lewis ft Dody Jack Sheldon Annette . Lacy ,, ,^ Andy's Aces' BlU'a Cay M'a BIgeiow ft Lee Jerry Wblte; . Beaux des' Arts Nina Allen Justine Jal Tal .. Brnno.'.' George: Thome Ahgellta Loya Fox ft Ballls'ter . Ralph Navelle Ore Cafe Interriatlo'nal In'er Elvira LIta. Santos ■ • ■ Lagltahllla- , Los.Otedas ' . El Chlcorrlto'. . •. < bbii. Casanova Rudy . Hernandez Or Ceintlna .Bann Raym'nd ft Luclnda Oilberto ' ft Jose : Brlceno. Don Jose Oro Casino de iParee JImmIe Durante Muriel Page Stone: ft' Vemoor . Ella Iiogan Norma Gallo Martha. Ray ' Gary .& Dixon Rob't Williams Raul . ft Eva :Rayes Jerry: Fredmah Ore Lee ; Miles Ore Central Pfc. Casino Helieiv Curran D'lvdns Eddie Duchln Ore . Cliatean Mbdenie Delta 8 : Betty ':Bowker . Babbette Chrlstin Tony, ft Sairi Paul. Bass Ore ; Club Ganeho Senprlta. Leona- Club New: Yorkar Lois EUlman - - Comfort 'ft Reilly Jack Meyer Oro Club Bfchmaa Wheeler, ll'-ft ■W Coicoaant Grpva Lloyd Garrett ' : Durelle Alexander' Ruth Williams. Bryant, Rains ft: T Alysa ; . . . Coin d«i Parts Renee. Estabrook Jerre Farrar ■ • Harry Sapro'. Arthur Olbbs . . -ConrreM : Sid Aiistla Oro : Cotton .Clob C O Rev Hears ft Hears • Leltha Bill Ophela ft Flailento Johfl: Henry .Swan ft Lea " Lena Horn Bin Bailey Jessie Scott Dynamite Hooker Cora X Al White Jerry Baker . ■ - Byrnes «. ft Bwanson Gould Bis Durso Oro . ' .:.EI.' Chlca '.': Wences . Paco Canslno: MIgnon Dallet Roslta RIos Francisco Ramos Bmlllo d'e Torre . . 'EI Morocco Nano' Rodrego Bd .. Billy MJlton Tevo ft Doro Ernie ' Holtz Oro El.Tereador _ D:J Escarplnter Or TrInI , Varela DInorah Argudeo- Marlluz Rb.mon Quirbs R ft ;R De Caro Essex Bonse Olen Gray 'Oro . ■ ' .•Plrence '; Sandino ft Falrcblld. . Dick Manafl.eld Ore KliKlng .Trapese Hazel Wlliiams Freddy. Berrens Orc . French Casino;. Nbrene Carney V Muriel Seabury ':- . Walter Davles Gloria (Sllbert Maria Desty '.. Hariald ft. Lola Olympe Bradna Cabarets Armando's . Pat Casey : \ . Bal Uaiatta Arden ft Duncan Oeo.Marechal Millard ft Anita ,M Ferrl. . .OooylgnPttI . - NEW TOEK CITY Pletro - Band Box Allan Waiker'. Buddy Rolph Edh^i' ' Biirlea ~ Dancln? Glorias >- r^ew White Oro Les. MangInU "LeU lime Trie Dretia . WItnian - Deleo , Roberts :■. . ; Juan .' Gulttar , . Emlle Bbreo . . Noble Slssle Oro ' Cirl Hbft Oro ' H'lj-w'd .'Bestaorant Sophie Tucker .'■ Elolne Martin Sammy White . Pierce 'ft . Harris ' Vera Nlzks 4 Diplomats . Edith Boark Terry' Lewlor ' Mills ft Kover Virginia Vaughaik Eileen O'Connor Jack.- Star ■. . Marlon Martin Pedro Via Cubans Hotel Aftar Jack Btrger Ore Hotel BUtmora Phep ..Fields Ore . Florence & Alvarez Hotel Buckingham Consuelb Flowerton Edbuard -Fontana' Hotel Delmonico Julie Gllespte Alex Fogarty Harry Tuker Ore .. Hotel Edison ': Michael Tree ,Oro Jerry Blanchard \ R ;ft''M^Kahe . ■ ' Hotel iitth Ava Jules ft Joe . ■ Hotel . Gov. 'Clinton Anthony .Trlnl Ore Hotel' Gt^ Northern Ferdenando Orcb ' Hotel: l,«xington Jack Little Ore M. Schuster .Oro:;:' HottI M'i'A'ipla Jimmy 'Blako; .' Barker -.3 .:■'-.• Frank Farrell ' Orb . Plessle .bsbeck ^ no t el Mon t clalt Toy a S^aha^ ' beLlinas.' , ■ Marti MIchal Ore Hotel New. Yorker Harriett Htlllard Ozzie N^eison Ore ; Hotel Park Lane Hax ' Bergere Oro. Uetel ' PennsyiTanla Hal Kemp 'Oro' . Hotel Plaaa Bmll Coleman Ore Roslta ft . Fontana Hotel RItc--Carlton Rich'd Hlmber Ore Joey Kash ■ ' Arman Vecsey Oro Hotel: RooSeveli:: Bernle Cummins Ore Bernlce . Parks - Pomerpy Rev. .. Hotel St. Horita. Maurlne ft ;Norva - Leon; Navara Orb Hotel Bt. Re^s Johnny Green Ore Marjory : Logan Hotai . yanderbilt joa Moss Orb : . . Hotel Weyiln . Joha, Hbysvadt : Rosaleeh. ft Seville Raoul ft. Reyes Larry SIry Ore Hemtodes Bros JlaiBiy kelljr'a 3 Riviera Boys ' Wayne Cook Jr Joan Miller . Sterling Sis Htdgia Parka I Alma Halsey, Ira Yarhell.. . Peggy Pe La Plante Chas Albert. Ore' Rita Renaud , Madellna Hughes Pearl Forrester La'Rne . Walker O'Nells Oro I«»carsot< d'Or Barl Moss Orb ' XeoB A Eddie's Billy Reed , Paul Duke Ann. Haines. Hal Simpson ' Lee Gardner ' Barnlce Parks ;. Tic Toe .Girls Bddle Davis Ore - Halsofi LaFltta . Kathleen Karr Max Dolln Oro . :: : Thamara Blnlrskaya ■ Hialsoa Vojraht A Valentino Oro ■ Spivy RIU Belle . Blayfalr Yacht Clab Walker :6'Nell Oro : Honte Ro«a . Frank Marino Peter Gallo Maria Donla: : ;■. • Hon - Psirls ' ■■ ' — tPau.l • Guldo . Mariana Arnold ft Hawkins Mary Alice Rice ' Gene Fosdlck Oro Herrera, Orb' Nprmandla Yacht Club 4 ■ Ann' Courtney Victor Rbdrlguez Joe Zelir Helen .Gray : Eddie Elkihs Ore . . . Old Roumanian ' Thais Sadie Banks Jack HIrsch Ruth Wyhn Ronnie de Camp. Ethel Bennett . Anita Feodorbwna'. Abrasha'Ens • .' Paradise '•:; . PaUl WhI tertian OrC' WhI.teman Revue Rarhbna ■ ■ King's Men .' John Hauser Sherry's .' Maurice .ft Cordoba Alice. Dawn Al.Ross- ■ ■ Jos Smith Ore .. Stork Club Earl San'de Gay Adams Vercelle Sis Carolyn : Nolte. : Hayward Pbwers Or Tnft Grill f Gee Hall Oro Lor.etta Lee : Thp.muHhefBky's: : Boris Thutnaskefsy Reglna : Zuckerberg Samtny Coiton Harry LUtrnfin Ore li'lorenCe Rlug : ^ Mme. Charova Irv'BercbwItz ■ Gertie Bullmah ' Cbes Doherty Rev. ' Troavllle • Jim; Miller -Ore ■ • Versalltes . Helen Morgan Claire Deerfleld Milton Douglas "Pox ■ ft Waltera Kingsley- ft Chase Danny .HIggens John Rocinvopd Al: Rosa ; . Don Costello Orb- ' ' Rbdrlguez Bd. Village Bam . Jerry . Blaricliard. : , Sammy Walsh- 3 Boston Girls Dolores Farrls ; Eddie Gaie ' .■ Accent ft Jenesco Josh Medders Village Nat Club Jack Fagoo : : . Sheer Bros Beebe Moffet Alleen Cooke Val Vestoft Ploria Vestoft . Milton Mann Orb. Waldnrt-Ast^rla Paul ft Eva Reyes Georges ft Jalha v Consuelb HalLeRoy: Carnien Castillo Reauvel ft "fova : . Xiavler' Cugat .Orr: Henry King Ore ' CHICAOO Blickhawk. . Kay Kyser : Ore - . Beverley Kirk Alez'nd'r. & Swansbn Prances Wilier ' • Chez Pare* '. . Al :Traha'n Tukoh Cameroti Nick Lomg Jr . : Miles ft Kover Betty Kean Giis Arnheini. Oro College inn: Art Jarrett ■ Eleanor Holm . Olive Olsen Chaz Chase'. - - Chas Agnes Ore ;. Colbslmo'a ... Don Eiiricb Adelaide Kerbff Gano ft Rita - Mary' NeVells . Arthur Gretl'o.w -Qls Bob .Tlnsley's Ore .: Congress Hbtel. . (Joe .Urban ' Room ). Robert Royce Eddie Scope Patricia Norniah Marcy ft . LaBelle J Chernlaysky Ore Cinb Alabaiii - Trudy Davidson VIrIa Vaughn Bobby Danders " Gloria Starr Hlhton Sis > Phyliss Herry Gale West . ■ ' . Clnb Alglera ' Kay Davison Roslta ' Algiers Club Oro Evelyn Cameh The Welsmuellers Kay Davidson'. Samniy. Kahn - Austin Mack Oro.: Clnb Mlnaet Frank Sbermah Corlles ft: Palmer Ercelle Sis . : Helene Carol - Adellna Dossena . Hope Parker Maurle Stanton's Or - . Draba. Hotel \ Karre LebaronS- Ferde Gr'ofe Oro Edgewatier Beach Alta WarsawskS Herble Kay Ore James Kozaks Ore .. .Embassy Ciob ' Bvohne Faith,, Ruth: jbllee: Pep . ft Ginger Roy Fox . - Lpu Shatel - Danny ' Alvln's pf*. . French Casino. .' Pa'ris-Vlenna Rev , Tom Oerun's Ore • Earl Rlckard Eddie Dander's' Ore Joe Buckley Oro Bat . -' Pleice Plqoale ': Northway ft Efahlllo Harry- Rosenthal Or Jeanette. Carlay Bve Symington :Ralnbbw Boom Donna ft Mcdrano - Biidor ft , Farrell. ■ Marcello Liizzato -' Jolly . Coburn Ore . -.. Reno Merry-Go- Ronnd ; . Ruth Dannlhg - Reno Dadea . Val ;Plman Opo ■■ ■.': iiuti; ToWier .-: Nat Hotrls Oro :.'.'- Batoy-FUtca ' -: • Bob Grant Oro , . G ft . C Herbert Dwlght Fiske , Florence Herbert .Roslta ft Fontana Jos. Zatour Oro '. Harry's N. X;. Harry Harris . ' Al Wagner Phil Furman : r . Harry- LeOrand Sid Raymond : HI Hat Clnb Blaine Manzl Muriel' Lbve ' .' ' Claire Powell Bffle Burton Joan -poat^ ' Lamb's Cafe- Bob PHcft .; Pe^gy Leonard Gwyn , Rogers '. Edna Stanley - Dpdds Brbs. . : ; Hlchelob Inn : Betty . Moore' Dolores Marceile .. Jeannette: Graham Hal ftlatt's Ore ' Opera Club , . : Ann 'iseymour Berenbff ft Barlyne Vernon Rlckard Jules :Albertl ,Orb Painter ^Honse V. Stuart ~:ft Lea Jaiy Seller . . Stanley Morner . Condbs Bros ' Abbott Dancers ' Ted Weenis Oro . - Faramonnt Clob Billy, dray ' Nan BlaCkstone :. . 3 'Roberts Joe Marino ' Maurle Stein , Oro Borate FrolIca Joe Lewis Giggles Regan ' . Bebe Sherman Marge ft Marie N ft O DetrIck Dolores ' Ce?ll Blair Henri Lisbon Ore : Terrace OardeiM Roma .Vincent ' Alice Blue - . Szlta ft Anls : Hank, -the Mula O'Brien Girls Stan Myers: Ore ' Via Lago Rick ft Snyder Chlcak Stanley Peggy Laurie Lou Blake Oro . Walnat Boom (Bismarck Hotel): Art kassel Oro ''. Berlnoir ft Earlyne Lillian LaVerhe Florence - Sohubert Ted Travors • ' joe Parrone^a : J. Marengo ; bro Murray . Peck . . Dee. Sis . Patsy Lee Texas Tommy Freddy Beardan ' Ruth Van Lolse LOS ANGELES ooq^IIBH . Myra Mason Murray Slst~ : 6 Counts of Rhythm Beverly-Wjishlre Orvllle Knapp Orb Ranion ft Roslta Blltmpre Ekrwl Jimmy (jrler Oro Rhythm Rascols' Beatrice Hagen ,/ Darlene .Walders . - Cafe; de Paree; Roy Herbeck Orp , ' "-..;Caslno... . (Agua CaMentf) - Nlrvanna' JUIlen Marjorle Beatrice Ynez - Armldal'ovara La Francon - The Casinos : . . Merlsna Floras - Bobby Maytbi-eno Benito Bd . Cocosinnt Orpve .. Guy Lbmbardo- Oro .: -. Clover Clnb: Prankle: -Masters Bd : Cottdn:' Clab Mills Bros.-' 3. Midnight Stepjpers Harley Clarke ((Continued from page 6) corporation In which hfe: owns t,IM of 7,300 shares, : : ; Rubin's deals Included sali ol 1,500 lioew common In November, and purchase of 6,0(j0 same month t sale of BOO In -DiBcember and c6no»r quent purchase of Bame; amount In January* David iibew. sold. 700 common to November and i;164.9 iriore in De- cember, buying 1,623,7; In the lattep- month and anothieir 141.2 In Janu- ary, while Arthur Loew sold and bought two blocks of 70.6. shares at . year end and: another biocH of 86.1 shares, iSydney Towell, Fox treasureir and • director, reported holding 1,334 Class A common and Belling 100 to December. Harry Cohn, listing ownership of 53,674 voting trust certificates and 967 shares of Co- lumbia common, disclosed sale of 600 certificates in December. Garl Ijaemmle reported holdings of 1,116 first preferred arid 7,016 common to Universal and purchase of 70 pre- ferreds In November. Samuel Car- lisle; .Warner director, reported ownership of 1,000 common, whila P. A. Chase, assistant treasurer, re- ported he owns none , of the War- ner paper. ■' .. ';.■, ;• Leon Goldberg, vlce-prez and treasurer of Keith- Albec-Orpheum, disclosed holding of 200 shares of cumulative convertible preferred and purchase of 100 In; December, with Mike Meehan listing owJiershlp in January of 26,800 shares, as well as purchases' of 1,500 in December and 600 in January. ■. Ownership of 177,162 shares of Translux were reported by Archl* M. Andrews, Whose report showed 4,129 were held In his name and 173,033 by Affiliated Equities, Inc., a personal holding company. An- drews listed salei of 829 shares to February. Edward Marshall p£ Boston, who becanie a director In December, owns IQO TransluXi^ No holdings were reported by B. H. Dornsteln, Columbia dlrectori Max D. Howell, Paramount direc* tor, and C." H. Wilder, 'Varner aB« sistant secretary. Carolinti Les Hite Bd El Bay Clnb Gene Austin - Candy ft Coco Joe Marlln Oro Hollywood Stable Paul: Law Ore . Hotel Boosevelt; Joe Marlln Oro Italian Vlllaga Mazie Richardson Louise Walker . Gray & Hudson : :■ Harcell Inn . Tommy Lyman Ore . Palnieras - Chuy Perei Oro Gypsy Sercndders Edith Davis DIn'a -De Tolly Howard Jarrad Palomar : Dick . Jurgens Oro . Paris: Inn Bert Rovere Oro - Singing Walters , 'Plrrone's Joe - Marengo Ore V Bharry's Bob Miller Oro . Topsy's ■ -■ Geo Rednian Orb. Chrysler Lu^ ChryHler Motors is Interested In taking a flier In network broad- jastlng during the spring ■ and summer. Buthrauff & Ryan has. submitted to the account an; hour's program consisting of the Mills Bros., the BoBwell sisters, Morton Downey, Victor Young'a orchestra. Bob CJrQsby and a, mixed chorus, while CBS Is readying for audition a pro- gram framed around an- Andre KoBtelanetz nombo. (Continued from page 6) - shipment of film, long distance tele- phone, etc. This has run to as blgll . as 1300,000 a year for majors. . Many sites In Florida are being mentioned. They Include Miami and vicinity; Boca Raton a littl* north of Miami; near Palm Beach and the territory In and around Tanipa, which Is on the West Coast of the state. On Monday (1) Herb Berg, of th* United Artists publicity "depart-, ment, sent out a press release say- ing 'Florida is definitely a site, eco- nomically acceptable, physically IKJSsible and climatically agreeabl* for the picture Industry* and that Fred Pelton, engineer rcpresentlrig the Industry, will make this report to Louis B. Mayer on his return to Hollywood next week. Pelton Just returned from a tOur of the state accompanied by Morris Helprin, of the UA publicity department. Release said, also, that upon Gov, pave Sholtz's recommendation. Mayer has ordered counsel from Hollywood and New York to draw tentative legislation recommenda- tions to meet the Floriida body which went Into session yesterday (2). Jacksonville made the strong- est bid to get the picture biz, state- ment adds. ' Palm Beach, Fla., April 2. Frederick . Pelton, representing seven major West Coast studios In a technical survey of Florida for • possible ' move of the Industry to this state, expressed himself today as being considerably' impressed with Florida's possiblltieH f'>r mak- ing pictures. "When leaving Miami for a look- see at Jacksonville and the north- ern part of the state, Pelton said that his investigations had turned up the surprising conclusion thai pictures could be . ma.de fo^, less money In Florida than in Calif cfrnia. He said he was Interested regard- less of other considerations. With the Ml£unl district the most probable spot In any mov% hero, Coral Gables, the model town built during the boom, seven miles out of Miami, would logically beconio Florida's Hollywood, and residential section for the fetars. Already hai a Bftverly HWs atmosphere, though without th^ hllla. 52 VARIETY LEC ■Ti MA r E 45tli and Mh^^^S^ Hon(H^ Best Legit llupi^b^ . When stocit burlesque and grind films virtually pushed . legit oiBt . of 42hd street. West 45th street became . established -as thef favored theatre thoroughfare on Broadway. An aiert press agent took extra spa.ce In the dallies mentioned his att^- tlbn and others, annoiinclhg It as the ■ 'street, of liits/ Curreritly, however, 4t8h street Is ho^^ inOre attractions than aoir In Times Square. Five of Its six theatres iare lighted, as agatii8t foi|r>pu nine. on:4Eth street.^ - J ' : On .th0 lattei*. current attractions ; are:. : -ThiB -Bishop ; Misbehaves/ Golden (Royale) ;. 'Accent : on Touth,' Plynibuth; 'Laburnum Qrove,' Masque and Cornelia Otjs Skinner, Booth. On 48th street aie: •Three Men On a Horse,' Playhousel •The Dominant Sex,' Cort; 'Petti- coat Fever,' Bltz; 'Fly Away Home,' 48th Street; .'Waiting for Lefty* and •Till the Day I Die,' Longacre. Only dark house is the ■Vahderbllt, the Belmont - haying been virtually : iBcrajtcbed aa a' leglt house during past few years. ; That 4Bth sti-eet will retun> to dominance Is indicated by the com- Irig attractions: 'Flp\yer8 of the Forest,' M^rtlrt Beck; 'Qelllng Zero,' Music Box; 'Something Gay,' Booth arid 'A Journey By Night,' Morosco, Latter two attractions .may be .awltclied. Morpsco. hks had the poorest season since It opened^ Half a dozen shows were booked there and all flopped, , house being dark most of the season. • Question whether west , ■ bound streets, are more favorable to those east bound Is hot settled In light of the activity oh the two thorough ' - fares mentlohedi they being opposed . BO fair as traffic' regulations go. VILLAGE TRYOUT New .M^nagorial Firm Startt Play At Provincetowri With Broadway having more'the- . atres than leglt attractions It looked like Greenwich Village was through for shows except by semi-pros. Mc- ElhOne A^ Lamqn' and David: .A^ Balch, latest entrants Into the man- agerlial field, think dlfCeretntly, how- ever, and haye booked the 270.-Beater Provlncetown Playhouse on Mac- Dpugall street to display 'Jackson. White,' a drama, ■ Pair cialpi they are getting a much .better break than offered uptown and will be In a position to receive Broadway bids If the show clicks. - ■ Balch is the author of the play. Actors are c percentage, but are guaranteed minimum salary. Play- ers would get a break if and wheii. 'White* enlarges from th(B Village^ DOC MICHEL'S FUND FOR HOSPfTAUZATION Dsdo Green IKdn't Waot^^ To Qiut as Gdinel bat-- Fifth colored actor to play the . part of Gabriel In The Green Pas tures,' repeating in New Tork at Jthe 44th Street thisatre, is Oscar Polk, replacing Dodo Green, wtio played the part tor more than two years. Two of the Gabriels died, but superstition did not Interfere with; succeeding actors taking the ;as3lsnmenti:;. . Polk was spotted In the show ht the suggestion of \ Maro Connelly, who dl^matized 'Pastures' from ; Aoark Bradford's book; Green was told ho was through b.ut waa kept on the payroll : for' sit time at |50 weekly as understudy. When flrikl- ly dismissed he filed complaint withi- Equity, latter decided that Green Bhould have beern glvien a new con- tract as understudy. Management thereupon re-engaged Green and handed him a dismissal notice at the same time. 'Pastures' is the first colored cast ahow that is 100% Equity. Usually the latter does hot insist that- col- ored players be members. Df. ..Leo Michel, well known among :professionals, returned from the Coast Monday (1) with plans for^ hospitallssatlon of the 'flick poor of the theatre. Physician secured pledges f 4:6m ' Broadway showmen at present in Hollywood, whereby at least $20,000 annually will be avail- able for the work. Leaders of the group interested in providing medi- cal attehtloh to those unable io pay are Sam ,H. Harris, . J, J. Shubert and: George White.; Plans are formative at prieseht, but indications are that a floor In a Ne\y Tork hospital wlll be taken over. A dinner in Hollywood^ at which Dr. Michel was guest of honor, netted about 95,000, which will be madia part of the hospital fund;.' ' - Shows ID Rehearsal 'VahltUa'-^iiarl Carroll. 'Parade'— Theatre Guild. •Kind Lady'— Potter an d Halgbt . : •Something Qay'e-Shuberts. •RtpriM'— Frank Malley. , 'Flowera of :the .Foreit'— Katharine Cornell. •If a Bedy'-^Rosener and ■,De. Beederi.:;,: ■ ' 'Tatnina of the '. Shpew?-- Theatre Guild'.' : •Jackson Whlte'-^L a w t o n ■arid ' Biilch.. 'Symphony'— Michael ; Myer- .'lieirg..- ; ::;'.,•..■■;;■'-■ ' / " '■'.;-;■■,- Rewrittciii 'Husband' . For Carnegie Tech ; Plttsburh, April 2. The Rosemary Casey and B. Iden Payne play, 'The. Salnt'is Husband,' which was cancelled on the eye of _^ts Broadway premiere last Vrinter, ^ll be done here next nrionth by the Carnegie Tech' drama department. Drama has been .rieivised a bit since then, and is to be' presented Jocally iindeir a new title;, .It'll . be the second of Misis CiEisey's worlts tlio Tech drama school' has produced ; this season.. Other was 'Glass; Houses.' She's a Pittsburgh playwright. I?ayhe, who cp-authored' 'Saint's Husband,' Is now In England direct- ing the Stratford-on-Avon theatre. Globe Playei:? Call It ^ A Shakespeare Season Chicago, April 2.. : Globe, Theatre ; Shiikespearcah Players out of the Merrle England Village of the Chicago World's filr Closed their . rpad tour In Cincinnati last week.; .■.;' ..' •..■'■ . . ' . : Wlll lay off until September, when, they, plan to I'eopen in Chicago.- Legit for Tacoma Tacoma, April I. : Plans are under way here to se- cure or . build some "sort of audi- torium for leglt. With Seattle get- ting 80 many jegit attractions and local theatregoers Interested in stage shows making thfr trip to the nearby city, business men have de- cided to. stop the influx' if possible and . give them a elmtlar bill of fare in amusements /here. John Hamrlck*a Temple was orig- .inally built . for leglt by the Scot- tish Rite people but when the de- i|>resb: hit the big house went dark for an indefinite tlmie. Hamrick finally took a. chance ahd put in an' cient pics on a dual run policy plus plenty of shorts at 10 and I60 and Is doing welL Colbm Again Loses Soil Against t)shrn^ ^^^^^^^^^ John Coltpn'a extended litigation with : hla former attorney and per- sonal rhanager,' Harry H. Oshrin, concluded!, with Referee Harman Hoffman's findings that Oshrtn'a in- vestinents of some |6D,o6o of Col- ton's funds wer« n6t Irregular. This Included $40,000' currently, tied up in . Tihney Estates, : Inc., of which pshrin is president and, which : is a Long .islanid realty development in which Franlr Tlnney, comedian, also participated. .Oshrin, under a 1926 .agreement, had. a five-year inanagerlal-legal arrangexnent •with v Golton, : . cp- adaptor of 'Ralh' and 'author of ?The Shanghai Gestiire*. which was re- newied in 1931 for another five years, expiring next year. Cplton's suit also sought to Bet aside this,, man- agerial anrangement, having in the meantinie retained ' Richard J. Mackey aa legal rep. . Referee Hoffman decided in Osh- rln's favor ajQd overruled the objec- tions and petition for an account- ing. This Bubstantlates a similar previous award in the lawyer's fa- vor by former Mayor John P. O'Brien, who ut as special referee. When, Colton attacked O'Brien's flndlnjgs as biaaed, on the ground tlisit he occupied offices 'with Osb- rih's brbther-In-la.'w, former Magis- trate. Henry M. R. Goodman, a new ref, yraB called In, 'Oshiih left for the Coaat last iSat- urday (SO), flrat to visit hli filling wife in Tucapn and then to Holly- wood :on bUBlneaa. Colton la in New Tork.-.- ■ Shubert-Dietz-Schwartz Try with Dllie-Wimaiiis Shubert revue on which Howard Dletz and Arthur Schwartz are working will be titled 'Not In the Guide Book,' and is figured to open in Boston about August, prior to New Tork. '■.. , Beatrice Llllle and Herb Williams will star in the show, cast also la eluding Eleanor Powell and Paul Haakon. Raymond Knight Is doing the book. A^ C. Opening Atlantic City, April I. A leglt trifpiit.- for the first time In a year is scheduled for Easter Week at the Globe theatre. Offer Ing is a mystery play, . 'If a Body,' by Edward Knoblock and George Rosener. Pierre de Reeder is the producer. • Lex Carlln, formerly manager 6f the Apollo, will handle the enter- prise, to open April 20. Cast is headed by Joseph Allen, who will be assisted by Katherine Locke, Harry Moatayer, Morgan Conway, Greta Granspodt and Arthur Pier- son. .-1.; '■ . " ,. ■ ' SIX WEEK SEASON FOR WASHINGTON STOCK CO. WcMhlngton, April i. National Theatre Players, Capi- tal's regular summer etoek venture, begins its 11th eeason April 29 Steve Cochran, manager of the Na- tional, town'* sole leglt spot, has leads Bet and has enough pla,ys lined lip for at least sbc weeks. . Nancy Sheridan and Ro^ Roberts, both of whom are former National leads, are signed tpt top billing. Raymond Bramley, Forrest Orr and Adelaide Hlbbard are other , oldsters back on the .'books. New.eomers In- clude Ruth Lee, Warren Parker^ Edwlna Wise and J. Arthur Toung. Karl Neilson will direat •Accent On Touth' .will start the season. 'Post Road,' The Bishop Misbehaves' and 'Shining Hour' will follow. ■•■ - Show sells at 11.10 'top. U. S. BALLET TOUR May Qo Abroad if Trans-Contln< ental Reoaption ia;Oke on WAITING FOR LEFTY Melodmma In one act, ' prdsented- at' the Longacra, 'by the Group Tbeatr«, 'iu part of double bUl; written by Clifford Odeta;. staged by Cheryl Crawford. 91.05 top. . Joe . . .' .. . , .Lewis Iievorett Edna .lluth Nelson Miller' '; . ; . . ........ ; . . '. .... .Gerrlt Kraber Fayettf. . .'; i : .... . vRussell -Collins Iry .,.;.'; .fValter . Coy Plorrle' Paula . Miller Sia. ..Herbert Rattier Clayton ,. , ...^......^...'i.'...;. Bob' . Lewis Aeate . Keller. ..... ... .. . ..... .Ella Kazan Henchnian . . . . , . . . . . . . . Abner Blbenqan Secretary v.... -..Dorothy Pattew Actor; . .. . . ... . . '.; , . . ; ; . WllUa'nt Chailee' Dr. Barnes... .> .... ,\ . ...Roman Bohneri Dr. Benjamin.. ... . , ...... .Clifford OdeU A .Man. . . .... , . . ; . . .... .. . . . . George Heller Voices— Sam Roland; Xee J. - Cobb. Wen- dell Keltir Fbllltps, Harry Stone, Bernard ZanvlUei. ■' ■ 'Oh Professor,' comedy by Har- old Sherman, gets mld-summei' pro- duction by .Borrah Minevltch. This ■ marks harmonica blower's first effort at production. . He will also fl.s.slst .in dircotlpn. American Ballet plans « trans- continental tour beginning In Oc- tober under Musical Arts Manage- ment Corporation. Tour will extend out to the Pacific Coast with a few Canadian dates Included. . Second New Tork appearance for the com- pany Is tentatively set for • around the holldayB. A - European visit late In the spring depends iipoh the reception of the XT. S. troupe during the tour. ; . Estate Laws Dlneharl . Los Angeles, April I. Alan pinehart owes the Barry Cohners estate $1,600 on percentage of salary during time the aptor used a permitted scene from the play- wright's 'Applesauce,' • according to suit filed in Superior, Court by Dan- iel J. Connors, administrator. : Amount Is declared, to hare been Giving several years.' Two one-act plays constltutjs this bill by the Group ' Theatre, which also Is occupying the Belasco cur- rently with 'Awake and Sing.' a full length play. These one-acters are frankly propaganda and doubtful of more than limited appeal. Low ad- mission scale Indicateo the type of patronage aimed at. . . , ; Both the short pieces are pirotest plays. As' preachments they have unquestioned power, but as drama neither measures up. Clifford Odets, a young author- actor 'wrote both these short pieces as well as the full length 'Sing.' His lihes ring true as the language of the actual people whom his char- acters portray. Audiences may be somewhat shocked with the authen- ticity of some of the dialog, because Odets doesn't hold back when driv- ing home a point. ; 'Waiting for Lefty,' based on New Tork's taxi driver strike of last sea- son, contains considerable that Is or was true and the characters speak It with conviction. There ■ is no lighter sidei ■ , '. Scene is a hall . with the committee on chairs stretched across the stage. The walking delegate opposes a strike.. He and others address the audience, supposed to be attending the meeting and out -nfront, too, there are players, some of whom go ' upon this stage, others being re- ferred to In the progriara as voices. Charging the delegate ■with sid- ing with the bosses, if not in. their p'ay, the drivers are finally worked up to vote for a 'strike,' Just after word comes, that the absent, fiery 'Lefty' was found murdered behind a car barn. A series of episodes enacted in overhead spotlights^ while the committee sits in shadow, explain the men's predicament. One taxi driver brings home $1.04 to show for his day's work. He Is' lashed by his bitter Wife, who tells him that their two children . were put to sleep so that they wouldn't cry for food, and that the rent is overdue. Then she threatens to leave him, Coming to a bare home, the furniture having been taken away by the installment man, the driver rushPs to. thei mesting deter- mined that the only way he can save his home and better his wage is to strike. Another episode is in a manager's office. A young actor seeks an en- gagement. He must get a job to support a wife and kid, but is coldly turned down. Office secretary tells the actor he has no chance under the present system, calls him a com- rade .and urgeig him. to become a communist. This explains his pres- ence at the meeting as a committee- man, having been torced to drive a taxi to exist ■ Then there is the office of the head physician In a hospital. Toung Dr. Benjamin has just been called off a case. It is a delicate operation and he demands to know why, being the top man on the surgical staff. He learns he Is to be dismissed, what with the curtailment of ex- pense — the directors ordered the clinic curtailed. Odets plays the young doctor and, when he learns the patient died under the other doQ's, knife, his •violent protest high- lights the scene. His dismissal ex- plains why he, too, is oho of the protesting taxi drivers. From the front of tho hou^e comes Agate Keller, one of the drivers to expose- a company delegate named Clayton,, who has Just told the fel- lows a strike would be the -firrong move, Keller declares Clayton to be- hls brother. Keller is played by Ella Kazan, the most dominant and convincing actor of a well played performance. /(ea. > THE DOMINANT SEX Comedy In three acta presented at the Cort April 1, 'I93B,.:by . George Busbar and John ■Tuerk; written by Michael Egaa; A. B.: Matthews, Helen Chandler, Bram- well Fletcher featured; staged by Edward Clarke Lllley; |8.80 top. Aleo Wlnstojie. , . . . . . .Erie Dressier Dick ' Shale. ..: . ........ ..BraihweU Fletcher Angela Shale . ... . Helen Ghahdler Lucy Webster. ...v,.i,i....Roaallnd Moore Mr. Webster........ Ralph CuUlnan Mrs. Webster. . . . . i. . . .... .Kathryn Collier Gwen Clayton ..... , . .i, . . . . ; . .Ruth Weston Jo« Clayton... i..... ....... A. B. Matthews Imported from London, where the original is current Looks like Broadway will reverse favorable out of town opinion of the farce coniedy. It fleemlnir to» gabby and argn- hientatlva. Toung wife and-'husband quarrel and bicker tljrough most of the play : and that is its principal weakness. Result la tpo little fun and too few laughs. In the end the author doesn't make it certain who is th« winner. Seemed, like an edge went to the husband but Just as Indicative that he would continue to have 'to • take it' from his charming 'but vixenish mate. Locale Is London and a suburb. Dick and Angela Shale decide oh trial marriage for two years but within . a few months they •wed. Both admitted that ; each had had sex affairs before they fell in.Iov&— . ' there was one chap in Angela's life ; at least They think sex equality the fair thing between man and ■ Woman. They darling each other all . over the place but quarrel on many thilngs, author taking in quite a bit gf territory at times. Dick ls '& farmer's son and In love with farmlhg. Father bad lost their place for some reason, but now the lad sees a chance to go back to the land. Having Invented a small mo- tor, Dick plans manufacturing the ' contra.ptipn and being able t'o buy a, farm within a. year or so. Angela doesn't agree with the plan, thinking It best to .sell the motor to a; large established plant He protests that she Is trying to spoil his career and is about to se- cure the backing through Alec Win- stone. Angela breaks that allianb* up by telling Dick she had been • Aloe's mistress and that the fellow wants to resume the affair. It takes two acta for Angela to wear Dick down. He finally sells his device to a large plant and goes to work there. She, in the Interim, has given, her up Job and Is to have : a baby. They move to a suburb and rent an electric apartment like their friends GWen and Joe Clayton, Gwen has had two kids and de- mands the right to live her own social life, carrying on an affair -with a former flame. Joe, something of a bore as a husband, learns about It and while Gwen. seemed able to twist him around her finger, makes the mistake of suggesting he do . likewise. Returning from a vaca- tion with the boy friend she finds J oe gone with another girl. That doesn't Happen to the Shales, but Dick finally, has his inning as a counter to her 'nagging. Learning that the old farm is. up for .sale be arranges to buy part of it. - Angela declares she won't live in the coun- try, biit at the curtain is finding out over the phone Just how rural It is— so it's to the sticks for her, th« baby and Dick. Repetitions about thei girl giving up the job a.nd having a baby were lost count of. No play this season compares with the repeats and simi* larltles Ih lines of 'The Dominant . Sex.' A. E. Matthews as the supposedly settled husband Joe Is reported m participant in backing the play. His part Is comparatively small. Eric Dresser has a lesser assign^ ment. Dialog mostly goes to Helen Chandler and Brarawell Fletcher^ recently married. Both are blond but they , make an excellent stage couple, even though the play calls for them battling It out along all , fronts. Miss Chandler's perform- ance Is her best In seasons, if not to date. : Ihee. ' TILL THE DAY I DIE Melodrama in . one act presented at the Longacre - March 29' by the Group Theatre as part of double bllu written by Clifford Odets; staged by Cherye Crawford. .Karl Taussig. .................. .Walter Coy. Baum... ..'...'... ...Ella kaaaa E^mst Taussig ..Alexander KIrklanA Tlllle....;. ..........Margaret. Barker Zelda....;. .Eunice Stoddard : Detective Popper. .Ijee J. -Cdbb Martin. ...;...'.....»,.......'... .Bol> Xiewls ' Another . Orderly .Harry Stone Captain Schlegel. Lewis Leverett Adblph. ..i .Herbert Ratner Zeltner. .David .Kortctamar ' Schlupp. ..... V. . • .Russell Collins Edsel. Pelts. .-...v.... William Cballe* First Storm .Trooper........ Samuel Roland Second Storm Trooper. . . . . .... .Harry Stone . Third Storm Trooper. . . .' .. . . .Gerrlt Kraber Fourth Storln Trooper. . . . . Airner Blbermaa ' Boy. .Wendell Keith Phillips Old Man. ;....;......'.. ;George Heller. Major Duhrlng. . .-.Roman Bbhnen ' Frau Dubrlng. .Dorothy Pattea Stieglltz. . . . . . . . t . . .:. ; . . . . . . . .Lee . Martin 7ullus. ... i .... .'. . Bernard Zanvllle Women... ....... Ruth Nelson, Paula Miller Group Theatre found it had' mor* acting niembers than jobs after put- tlnjgr on 'A'wake and Sing* and, re- acting to the reception accorded 'Lefty' at several special Sunda.r showings, decided to put the idl« players to work, filling up the eve- nlng with 'Till the Day I Die,' which Odets based on ah uncensored letter from Germany. j . It has to do with the persecution of Communists by Nazi officers. 'Die* may be based on fact but it Is less forcefql than "Lefty.' There are two suicides and one murder Iti a series of episodes which show that ones a Conununist falls Into the hands of the Nazis hejs subject to brutali- ties until death. Play opens In the quarters of a one-time first violinist, Ernest Taussig, and his sweetheart Tlllle. They, and others, are grinding out. Red propaganda with the aid of a^ mimeograph machine. Manner of distribution Is Indicated— 4n milk (Odntihued en page S4) teednesday, Apiril 3> 1935 ■- E € ■ ¥ 1 M A T i True ownership of gift , stock of' two majoii; <:ori;()ratloDs formed by the late A. liV Brlanker was argued before thie Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, N. T., last week. Final declsloii: on. the proceedings may "supply ; an . Idea of Just: what the Erlahger estate is worth. Showman formed both the Urlan- ger Amusement Co. and the Erlan-. ger liealty. Corp. . 'He gave stock of . the two concerha to his brothef, former Judge Mitcheii; L. Erlanger, and two sisters. Although the gifts were made during his lifetime, dated ' Jn 1925 (he died in 1930), there w^B some question whether the brother arid sisters ever actually had pos- session of the stock until after bis demise. It was claimed the certifi- cates reposed In Ei-langir's safe un- tll'then,; ■ ;'; ■.'■-V ■ Philip J. Dunne, acting as refere* In the cohtiest, handed In a report to the effect that the stock was not a, part of the estate^ Referee, however, ■was overruled by Surrogate Dele - lianty, whose opinion was : that the stock properly belonged to the es^ tate, as contended by Saul : J. Baron, estate's admlhlStrator; Judge Er- langer appealed the decision of the surrogate, Attorney I. Galnsburg arguing for him, with ..Bernard Hershkbpt acting for Administrator. Baron. Decision reserved; . - ijmportance of the case is fact that Baron has two judgments amount- ing to nearly $1,060,006 aigainst the two corporations. Should stock be ruled to be estate property the total amount of the • judgnoients would haye to be paid the 'admlriistrator for the benefit of the creditors, be- fore there could bia any division: of the estate's assets. That, top, would affect the clalni of Charlotte Leslay Fixel, Erlanger's common law wife, whom the courts ruled legally en- titled to a widow's share.. . Erlanger estate appears to be principally made up of realty, some of which Is In the hands of the mortgage owners temporarily, if liquidation pf the assets were forced at this time it is problematic what the residue would be. Over a long pull, howeven the properties .would bis expected to net a sizable a.mount, although not approaching the figures estimated ; at the time of Erlanger's death. " ' . ' ■ '. : London 'Goes' Starts 22; SliB No Femme Lead Sighted April 22 Is the date .set for the ■tart of rehearsals for the Xoridori presentation of 'Anything Goes.' production by C. B. Cochran in as- sociation with- Vinton Freedley, but as yet the casting has not been completed, particularly for the part of Ethel Merman. ■. Freedley has been seeking an actress In New Tork to fill the 'bill and Cpchran ha.i been ho more ^ucces.sful in Loh- don., ■• ■ . ■ -,• , Cochran had decided to haye; an all-rEngllsh cast wiien leaving New Tork after the Elisabeth iBergner opening. He had Gertrude Lawrence In mind for the Merman ■ assign- ment. Upon arrival in Lpiidon he ■found that Miss Lawrence refused to play anything but a straight non- muslcal.' Australian conipany of 'Goes' will have several players from this side. Those jiamed thus far are. Janice Joyce, Carolyn Marsh and Rpdhey McClennon. Othiers will be chosen . there. ■ ■ Duffy's Coast /Accent' Hollywood, April 2. Henry Duffy's next prodUctlori for the El Capltan (currently dark) will be .'Accent . on .Tputh/ tentatively scheduled to open April .14, Otto Kruger gets the top spot, his first , legit ' part;, since appearing fo.r Duffy in 'Cpunselbr-atrLaw.': Atmpsphieire . Most of the cast oh .'Three Men On a Horse,' race-horse comedy a,t the F'layhouse, N. T.,. are beltlhg oh the ponies. Their back stage se- lector Is ■ Daye Horowitz, show's property man. . Cecil Holm, actpr-author. of •Three Men,' made a practicie of picklhg. winners to and from South. 'Norwalk when coming to Broadway looking for a Job; He didn't find it but It gave him the idea for the :Piay. AN(nTffiR0.a With Billy Kent stepping Into the Charles Wlnnlnger role In 'Revenge with Music at the iNew Annaterdam; N. T.; on April 8, the attraction will endeavor to get the first string critics to coyer the show again;. After having run several months, the musical deems such attention worthy, especially since 'Gold Eagle Guy,' which opened the same night as 'Revenge,' took all the first- stringers away. 'That show has since departed, whereas 'Revenge' is still current. $15,700 Advance For Kit 3 toys in Ballo. . : Baltlmpre, April 2. Katharine Cornell In 'Flowers of the Forest' opens a three -day four performances' engagement at the indie Maryland bn Thursday (4) to; the biggest advance In the history of the house. By yesterday (Mon) afternoon stubs' shelf had been swept clean at $3i30 top; also dis- posed of were tickets for 60 chairs that the house planted In the or- chestra pit. Take : to date, with; house gone clean, is $15*700 ; more win be realized when standing room goes oh public sale Jiist before open- ing nighty... \ According to Leonard McLaugh lin, g.m. of the Maryland, approxl niately 33% of the total sale came from Washington .residents, who will commute to catch show. Crlx from the Capltar dailies have been solicited .and will attend the open ing nite ahd pen reviews In their rags ; ; sheets have been spreading plenty of publicity on the engage nient over there, and ads have been placed by the Maryland as well, which probably accounts for the In- terest shb>yh by Washlngtpnlans. Miss Cornell and company arrived In Balto oh Monday night and had a dress rehearsal ; also will hold one tonight and. tomorrow (Wed) . Much ballyhbo .was given the ifact that re- hearsals are being held with lights, sets, dress, etc. When tickets got scarce last Friday, t^ Robert E. Lee Memorial Fund here spught to buy but the house for the Wednesday dress rehearsal. McLaughlin quer led Miss Cornell on the matter and she nixed It.; Only ia turn-down of $3,900, but such a turn -down Is un precedented in these parts; Only : New .York- drama critic skeded to 0.0. the show at break-in is Bob Garland of the N.Y. Wprld Teiegram. ; He mall-rordered for a pair of .tickets and forwarded the CQlh.for 'em. Wiir sit in pri tile last local . performance Saturday n Igh t. Cook Play . Plans for : the production of 'Listen- My . Children' :, have . been abandoned. ' ' ' ' ^v ■ : ■ Play Is; a 'straight comedy and was to .have starred Joe. Gbok, Would have;beeri presented by Mor- ris Green.. BERC'S 1 Actton Nomr Up to Assembly —Defeated First But Sur- prise Berlf Maneuvering Proves Successful DEFEAT FOR EQUITY Still Expect to Be Able to V -' ;.- Albany, April 2. . State Senate late last night (1) passed the Berg bills permitting Sunday legit performances. Action came phly after prplongedi and elab- orate -JOiineuyerlng. It marked a smashing defeat for the ; Actor's Equity leaders. There are two bills, sponsored by Senator Julius ; S. Berg, •Bronx Democrat. One permits the Sunday stage shows to be legalized by local option and the other requires one day of rest In seven for actors and other theatre employees. Day oit rest bill first was defeated by a vote of 26 for and 29 against. Then Senator ]3erg ;had the meas- ure tabled. But as last night's ses- sion was dragging to a .close he brought It up again. Three senators. Who a short time previously had voted against the bill, switched their Toteg and It was passed, 28 to 15. . ■ - • Then the local option bill was moved for passage. On a slow roll call votes wdre switched and it was beaten by a vote of 25 to 18. Once more Senator Berg made a surprise move . ahd obtained reconsideration of his piroposal; two votes were switched from negative to afflrma tlve, and It passed,' 26 to 17. Debate During the debate that preceded the original vote, Senator Pliny W- Williamson, Westchester County Republican, led the opposition. . He declared the bills were aji attempt to secularize the Sabbath. 'it savors of the Hussion system of destroying Sunday; ^observance,' Williamson oSserted. It Is the priv- ilege of ;tbose who do not like the American system to advocate change, but It la our privilege to de- fend our Institutions.' Senator Herg defended his bills, saying they were Intended to assist in bringing the legitimate theatres out of the red and to give work to actors and other theatre employees. ; During the late roll call the senate chamber was quiet as compared with the scene during the earlier opppsltlon expressed by Senator Williamson. To Aatembly The Berg bills now go to the Assembly for action. Vigorously as- sailed by Equity at a public hear- ing a few weeks agp, they are the only legislation affecting theatres on which action has been taken diir- ing the 1936 session of the Legis- lature. Measures! for revised film censorship and new forms of taxar tlon for picture theatres He dormant in committee, not haying been re- ported out. At the hearing qh the Berg bills Frank Glllmore, president of Equity, and William A. Brady, representing the theatre managers, were the spotlighted opponents. Glllmore was sarcastically skeptical of the bill providing for one day of rest in seven, hinting that the managers could not be trusted to observe this regulation. He Indicated Equity's membership as a whole Was opposed to the Sunday performahces, but the admission was brought from GUlmbre that only Equity's council had taken this stand. Brady insisted that theatres would benefit from the Sunday Icgit shows and declared he was ; confi- dent' that pop price plays could com- pete successfully with film houses on Broadway. . Stagehands also urged passage of the bills, saying they would help re- duce unemployment among their union members. . . ; Indications w«i"* - that the Berg Auld Lanig Syne Spartahburg, S. C, April 2. A couple of show - world •youngsters' got together \ last week for a chat about the good . old days. Daniel Frohman, 84, was touring the South when, at Asheville, N. C. he decided to call on an old , friend, Mrs. Thomas Whlffeh, 90, who for 15 years played stock with the Lyceum company, of which he was president. Although fully ; supporting the Thea,tre Authority in clearing up the benefit performance situation, Equity has decided against 'disci- plining members^ho may have ap- peared in affairs not okayed by the TA. It is believed that when play- ers are fully aware that the TA Is designed to protect them from phoney benefits, the number of re- quests to ■rtiake gratis appearances will fade. . That all benefits not given for ;profes3lonal purposes shall pay a percentage to the Actors Fund, is on^ of the requirements promoters' must coniply with. Complaints against 11 artist ^ by the tA have been ; disposed of, Equity informing each by letter that the TA has jurisdiction over benefits and warning them against appear- ing in unauthorized benefits here-: after. Players involved appeared recently in a Sunday show at the Imperial, N. Y., which, While legiti- mate as to purpose, did not have TA sanction. • ■ Among, those named was Jack Denipsey. Latter joined Equity when he appeared in 'The Big Fight' in 1928. It was found that he was suspended during the fiop strike staged by Equity on the Coast sev- eral seasons ago. Among the others are several who have been appear- ing In night clubs. It was conceded that since they appeared as such Equity was not in a position to dis- cipline them, If It wanted to. Last week the TA turned up nils- leading statements concerning a forthcoming dinner to be held In Mineola, L. I., by the Building Trades Cpuhcll.''A carload of actors sent by Actors' Equity' was being promised there. Sponsors stated that ticket sellers were over-en- thusiastic and promlBcd to discon- tinue that sort of ballyhoo. . Always Dangerous Washington, April 2. Walter Dare Wahl, doing a coni- cdy acrobatic turn with 'Life Begins at 8:40,' took one too many bows during Tuesday (26) performance of the revue in Capital. As he backed Into the wings the. curtain came down on his bacit; . sending him to the hospital. ■■ .: : Although! doc advl.sed him to go easy, Wahl was In the show the npxt night, with only a few bruises and a flock of page-ohe publicity, for his enthusiasm. ' Although the season Is approachr ing the summer period, the ticket control plan devised In the legit code may be tested soon. Those who have worked to clear up al- leged ticket evils declare that if violations are detected ahd the Code Authority is not backed up by Washington in the event punish-. ment Is voted by the CA, then the ticket provisions will be dropped. Other showmen, however, have a different slant and are hot hesitant ' in stating that complete ticket con- trol is hopeless or not feasible. From the same quarters comes the opinion that the capital will proceed with reserve If asked to act on; vio- lations until Congress decides on the extension of the NRA. It is expected that there will be set codes for major Industries and a standard code for the thousands of others — the legit theatre belonglrig with the minor industries. Accord- ingly, If such a program is decided ' on, all codes would be virtually re- duced and confined to the principles, of collective bargaining and restric- tion against child labor, which has little" to do with the theatre. Budget for the legit code has been decided on and submitted to Wash- ington for approval. Each show and theatre, when operating, are to pay $6 weekly to the CA. Such money would be available for all expenses of the <,ommittce, includ- ing ticket control, for which very little coin is actually needed. The $5 weekly payments .ure In addition to $10 each from shows and theatres In New York to the League of New York Theatres. Managers will have the entire financing of the CA. with the labor ; groups not called on to share, as first Intended. Reason given for tha.t is the fact that the legit code is the only one where employers arid employees have equal repre- sentation. Amount of money to be raised by. the weekly payments of theatres, and shows would b6 inconsiderable when compared to budgets pf other codes. . "■ ;■ . . ., ■■ Before tiie legit body will go ahead on the tickets and other mat- ters its budget and the manner of , ra.islng' .ifhe money must first be okayed by NRA headquarters. Whether sUch a :6tari>p- >vIU await the action to extend NRA is not clearly indicated at this time. blU.s would lie arnong the other for- gotten • propo.sals . affecting theatres because of . the jfact the legl.s.iature Was. striving for adjournment. Berg's •Hurpri.^in 'London; well regarded ih •/Phiily.. ' ■:, •The Great Waltz,' Center (28th . week) (O-3,433-$3.30). Held its mia- P'terially Improved pace last week with takings again around $34,000. 'The Petrified Forest,? ^Brbadhurst thing continues to clean up, though hot drawing capacity; last week ap- proxlmaitely $19,000» . . 'Three Men flh > Horse,* Play- house (lOtli week) (C-869-$3,30). Draiwlng close to capacity: laugh show regarded one of best bets to span sumniier; virtual $15,000:, last •Thumba Up,' Sfc James (16th week) (R-l,420-$4.40). Somewhat better last ;yeek when the gross was around $19,000 inark; one of four survlvlng'musicals. : 'Tobaeoo Road,' Forrest (69th week) (D-l,107-$3.30). Qolng ailong to average grosses of $6,600 weekly; house rented by 'attraction- . and m&kes profit both ways. ,. 'Waltind for^Lefty/ arid 'Till the' Day I Die,'. Longacre (2hd- week) (D-l,019-$l;66). Two one-actors :dreW excellent , press, . especially 'Lefty*;'; big upstairs jand. strong, week-end dra-w. but moderate grosses exjpected 'at the scale; -should better $5,600 this week. : 'Woman of the Soil,' 49th St. (2ri4 week) (D-710-$2.76); After panning very- little trade ; indicated; esti- mated under $1,500 first week.- - Other Attraetiona •The Green Pastures,* 44th Street; arbund $11,500; last, three; weeks ah- hdunced. ' 'Black ■ Pit,' . Civic ' Bep theatre; doing .okay with parties on .14th ' Corneiia Otis^8kiline^, Bootti; ah; nounced f or^ - two weeks ; .'Mansion on ■ Hudson' aldded to one person repertory. "• . . . • 'Potaah and Perlmutter,' ■ Park .(Cosmopolitan); revival opens Friday (6). . ' ■■ CurrM Road Shows San Week Aprir 1 Abbey Playera, jCurran; Francisco. ; 'At. Thousahda Cheer,' Rlalto, Tiicson, .Ariz., 1 ; Orpheum * Phoenix, 2; Blltniore, Lbs .Angeies,: 3-6-' 'Ceiling Zero,' National, "Washr Ington. ■ , ■ 'Dodsworth,' Nixon, Pittsburgh, 1-3; Wilson, 'Detroit, 4-6.! , b'Oyly Carte Repertory, Royal Alexandra, Toronto. 'Firat. Legion/ Solwyn, Chicago. 'Plowera of tHa Fortat^' Btaryland, Baltlmorej 4-6. 'Hollywood Holiday,' Erlanger, Buffalo, 1-3; Hannaii ;Clevelapd, 4-6.: 'Journey by NighV Shubert. Bosr ton, ■ ■ ■ ■ .- .. . 'Lifei-Beflina at 8:.40,' Porrflsti Phll- adelphla, . . , . - ?Mary of Sodtla'nd/ Aiidltbriuiti. Memphl8,,lv Tech aigh . School, Lltr tl4 Rock, 2; Convention Hall.' Tuliaa, 3 ; ' Shrine Temple, Oklahoma City, 4; Dallaa, Dallas, 6-6. • : ' 'Metropolitan /OperaV Repertory; Boston Opera House; Boston. ■ Moscow Art -Playera, Chesthutj Philadelphia; ' - ^^Ram From He*ven,f iJrlanger, Ohlcago. ■ . . .'Sailoif Beyvare,'. Davidson, HLW- waukee. v-^ ■ ■ ♦ShininlB Hour,' Broad, Philadel- phia.-." .■ ■ i .■ :-' ■ . .ilhtee Men on a Horse,? Harris, Chikago. ■ '■ ^Tobacco Road,? Belasco, Los - An- gelasi--vv : ^MARY' $30,800 Guild Show Spent Week In Fivo Mid- Wist Standi •Mary . Of :Scotland' continued Its capacity pace ioii tour last week, playing five mid-western stands to a' gjross of $30,800. Show ; pliay^d Indianapolis (tyro days), Kiiozyllle, Chattanooga, XoulsVlIIe arid Nabli- viue. Top money for 'the week was dn^wn In Nashville,, takings being I ;6,106 at the Ryman Auditorium.. . 'DODSWORTH' JUST OK Pittsburgh, April 2. Approximately $17,000 for 'Dods'. worth' at the Nixon last week, okay, although not- up' to expectations. General opinion Is that the show being In for nine days Instead of a straight week held down takings Pittsburgh Is strictly a one-week to-wni Gi-abbed off $2.75 top, Includ Ing tax, and drew most enthusiastic press of season, Hbiise will be dark last half of week, reopening Monday (8) with the Wee-Leventhal 'Sailor Beware.' Top for this brie Is $2, although town's already flooded with two- fpr-ones. This is the second show this season to take up the coupon idea^ other being return engagement of Lenore Ulrlc in .'Pagan Lady.' . Nothing Is booked in for Holy Week, with Guild subscription plays, 'Taming of fihrew* arid "Rain from Heaven,' the following two sessions, Cincinnati, April 2, - polntlng financially at the Cox with less than $4i006 estimated at' $2.20 tpp, . desplte good notices. : Theatre, dark this week^ gets "Hollywood Holiday' next week at $2.20 top. > . IIFF DISAPPOINTS AT 125,000 IN WASH. : Washlngti9fi,;Aprll 2. ' •Life Begiris at 8:40' disappointed in thie week closing at the National, Capltai's only legit spot, Saturday (30). Boys can't explain it, either," as revlew,s were lavish ' arid bally ■heavy^ ,v^.'- Show 'took estimated $26,000,. as a:gainst expected $30,006; Possible angles are fa.ct that $3:86 top Is rare in -the (iapital, and flicker 'Life Be- gins at 40,' played the same week and riiay have befuddled the cus- tomers. . . [: ' ■' .-.v , - Brock Pemtaertori'ia newest, ' 'Cellr . ing Zero,' made Its bow Monday (1). Local. Warner Bros, office got behind the opening with a iegil^ p.a^ working: direct but of WB qiiarters Following *Zerp,' house goes dark untir Jane Cowl debuts with 'Rain From Heaven' April 22. Regular summer stock ! moves, lii Ai)rll -29. " • - Boston, April 2. Ina Claire closed her second, and. final week of 'Ode to Liberty' in Boston with a fair take of $e;,000 Only opposition the show had was 'The Drunkard' at the Copley; and that could hardly . be called serious, (iretai Mareri, a -ntew f oreign star In . .'A . journey by Night,!, a new version of 'A Trip to Pressberg,' opened at the Shubert Monday (1) night.. Metropolitan Opera company ia,lso opened a ^eeV of rep at the Opera House, and all performances sold out solid several days before ■^he curtain went up. Week's gross for the opera troupe will .be plenty at a $7 top.- No standees at this house. Boston would support opera at least four . weekia If the guaranr tors would back It that long and singers could tarry a month; Next bpening wlll .be the Moscow Art players in a repertoire of eight pla,ys, starting April 18, A the Shu^ bert. Tallulah Bankhead opens April 19 in a new one, 'Something Gay,''-at the Plymouth. Estimates for Last Week 'Ode to Liberty/ Plymouth (2nd wefek). Pinal week; ri.s.g.. Around $6,000.' Although figured to draw carriage trade, this one built top heavy houses. •Drunkard,' Copley (6th .week), long.run at low gross. La^t week about $1,100. ' Phillyiiyely, 1^ ^^^^ 0^^ Philadelphia, April 2. 'Plenty of life and activity in Philly's legit this week; then a complete lull with nothing much in sight. Mob is wondering whether Philly'a 1934-35 season, . which looked so good arotind the mid-way mark, is gping tb Just peter out Into nothing or whether there will be some late spring candidal tea coming out from or going Into New York. Thia week's trio are 'Life Begins at 8:40,' Philly's first musical since mid-December and Its third this yfear (the. other two being try-outs iricldentally), 'The , Shining ilour' and the Moscow Art .(Prague) Plfeyr ers. All are In for fortnight. runs. 'Life' is at the Forrest and ought to have two big weeks. Advance reported at $18,000 several days be- fore oiiening. Prague company has several perforriiances bought out by local groupsi and is hopeful, al-i though two weeks Is .figured too long for them.: They're at the Chest- nut.. . ■ ■ 'The Shlnlrig Hour* Is at the Broad, sponsored by the Philadel- phia Forum, arid not using the 40% pasSrtax system that Samuel Nlt'd:' linger has been employing there all Beasbn. . A two-for-ono gag ^VI11 be uised instead. Rollo Peter* heads the recently-gfathered-cast. . ; On the Saturday before Easter the Mask aind Wig Club's new one, 'Drums FortliSSlmo' opens (it .the Garrick (seven dayis) and the same house gets 'Eileen,' another produc tlpn by the Little Opera Company, locial group,, on AprH 29. Laburnum Grove' is supposed to come in sbme time late in April. Not another thing is mentioned. Two of the three offerings here last week fared -well., 'Rain Frorii Heaven,' In its second and last week at the i^orrest as an ATS aubscrlp tton offering, reported $9,000, while 'Hollywood Holiday' in Its second week , at the Chestnut, dropped when illness - forced Bebe Daniels out. 'The Dominant Sex,' try-out at the Garrick, could only isqueeze $4,000; out on its' -Weeks. ' : > E.stimate for Last Week •Dominant Sex' (Garrick)., Try out -was, highly regarded, by cricks but no biz. • Seant-^$4,000, House dark until Easter, - when liask anc" Wig show opens;', - •Rain From Heaven' (Forrest, . 2d week). Wound up with $i0,06o okay but not remarkable. 'Life Be gins a,t 8 :40'. this week, with terrific, advance, •■ 'Hoflywobd Hbliday* (Chestnut, 2d week);. ' gte-pped down to. $6,000, Moscow Art Players this >reek PLAYS ON BROADWAY . Chicago, April 2. There's a 300% hop in.: legit of- ferings this week, , which means that ' there are tbirea - shows' in the loop ini^tead of a single. But the main' thing Is . that business indications , look good.- For the hold-over, 'Fltst Legion,' trade la Jtblding up excel- lently again and. In moving to the Seiwyn to make room for 'Three Men on a Horse' at the Hiarris, ttte play win manage two additional weeks easily. "Will stick until April' 13, wben it plana: to head for the road. ■ . Besides 'Horse,* which, conies in with . a; slzzUrig exploitation cam- paign, there is 'Rain from Heaven,' which has the advantage of Amerl^ can Ttieatr^ , Society subscription backing at the - Eriangen. . Due in are "Hollywood Holiday* with Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon arid Skeete Ga,llagher, at the Seiwyn on AprU 21; 'Lif e.Begina at 8 :40' at the Grand on -April 20.. and 'Mary of Scotland'- at, the Erlanger on May-6 as the final play on the American Theatre Society season. ts^imatea for Last Week 'Flrat Legion,' Seiwyn (1,000; $2.76) (Bth week). Jesuit play caught on' here and, with Catholic backing,- la .driving along to ' fine grosses. Above $8,000, splendid, . 'Rain from Heaven,' Erlariger (i;206; $2.76) (Ist week). Opened last night (Monday) arid will make. It two good -wieeks Anyway bri sub^ scrlptlon backing. ;. 'Three Men on ■ Horse,' Harris (1,000; $2;76) (1st week) . Randolph street bookmakers will make this house capacity for two weeks them- selves. Show got strong reviews. TILL the: day 1 die (Continued from page 52) bottles for one. . Secret police arrive and arrest Ernst and TlUle. Latter is freed, rated a street-walker, but the man is detained. . Taussig is interrogated by a Nazi captain and refuses to talk, eVen after his fingers are crushed with the butt of an automatic. That bit of brutality was against orderis, which were to treat the prisoner sans rough stuff, Ernst learns the reason for the order when a major whom he went to college with comes onto the scene. Major explains to Taussig the methods to be .used to make him talk. He win be freed, but kept under survellance continuously. : He was forced to sit in a police- car while raids are niade. That, In other words. Is to give fellbw. Comriiu- nlsts an Idea that he '^has turned traitor to the party. , . That happens, but In the mean- time : the hiajor kills the captain, who accuses him of having Jewish forebears; Major then kills himself. Murder part is amateurishly played for, although the guii is pressed Into the victim's stomach; the shots are offstage. Finish has Taussig, his hknd now amputated, coming to Til- He and his brother asking the latter to shoot him. He exits and puts, the gun to his mouth, ^s for the party, there is liope for the 'new union'— in Spain. Players In this piece who stand out are Alexander Kirkland , a$ Taussig, Margaret Barker as Tlllle, Lewis Leverett as the captain and Roman Bbhnen as the major. There Is a suggestion bf the homosexual angle, but it Is unconvincing. Ihee. TOBACCO ROAD' SOCK 12^000, 2 WEEKS L A. • . . Los Angeies, Ajprll 2j , . : Herif y ■ Hull In the ; coast -version; of 'Tobacco Road' continuee . a mopup at the Belasco, where the play Is now In Its third week, with the end nowhere, in sight. -Rqad* estimated for a neat $12,000 bnj its . second week, duplicating , the first seven days. ; . Advance lhdico,tes at least four more stanzas, arid pos- sibly longer. Rest of the town: is dairk. Bilt- more relights: "Thursday (3) -with road compariy of 'As Thousands ; Cheer.' . LADY OF LETTERS Farco comedy, in three acta presented at the Mansfield March 28, '35, b7 Dmitri Oatrov; written by Turner Bullock; staged by the presenter; Muriel Klrkland fealtured; $3.30 top. : . - Susie Wllllfer; . i . . ... .... . .Betty Bourjally Professor WUlifcr.. WllUam ■WllUains Julia . Pacft. .Anne Sutherland. Henrietta ................ Qeoreette Harvey Mr. Creepmore. ; . .^Idward Bxoadley Stella McDonald......... .....Irene Shirley Adelaide Wllllfer. ... ..... .Muriel Klrklarid Cornelia Lawrence.' ....... .Boberta Beatty Rlcl»rd May8.,......,^Shepperd Strudwlck Warren Alnsley. . . , ....... . .Peter Powera Dr; Newberry. . . . .Leslie King Winifred Shaw. . . ....... .Katherlne Squire Weak first act and fair • second act. • Farce has possibilities but Is, one: of, those iT»-between pieces which probably won't riiake ihe grade. ' ; / Idea Is okay, but the lines are, not what It takes to make 'em laliigh; at least not often enough. Perhaps the play lets down because of Its own -weaknesses, such as, having «ome chiaracters too seriously btched In, an atmbsphere that should : be esseritlally comic, : It Is a first play by a young Texan and .his. characters are associated with a professor in the 'Union Col- lege,' located not far from Dallas Story may be partly biographical because a forriier student Is sup- posed to have: written a novel in which some quite intimate details about . the lives and habits of the school's students are: detailed. This riovel - had been rejected plerity. It finds its way into Pro- fessor 'WiUlfer'a horde and frorii that time on it goes places. Prof had just completed an outline of litera- ture which is to. be sent to New York, airesidy accepted for publica.! tlon. His «any wife, Adelaide, howr ever, unwittingly beats him to It by buying the novel of college life from. Its busted author for. five hundred bucks. She! changes the title, 'Wings of Destiny,' to 'Cuckoo's Nest,' puts her name bri it arid sends the script to New York; Novel , turns out to bo a best seller, so fame descend^- on the town, college a,nd , Adelaide, as screwy a -wife as any college prof ever had. Adelaidei's mo thier knows her, so does her husband, who married the kid whosp foster daughter is , older than she, riiakirig; the istory difficult to follow. .Norte believes that Ade- laide really wrote 'Nest,' but the college prez and his staff think she should be honored; so she gets the degree of Ijady of Letters, Literary ; agent down; from New New "Tork is anxious to sign up the author fbr more books. Then cornea;, the disclosure.^ Dame who kept the real author for two years spills the beans and demands hef jpercCritage of the royalties. Richard Mays, who did write ' the book, has no squawk, so when Dick's 'girl friend gets a good hunk of the coin she vamps. Question of what to do about the professor and hila flighty wife is' the subject of a faculty, meeting. It la decided, to let everything ride, since iDlck is aimed for marricCge into the family and the! prof really loves hia childish mate. His resignation from the staff la declined arid Union Col- lege rides on the crest, with in- creased : enrollmenti endowments and such. Muriel Klrkland Is the nutty Adelaide. She Is a,lmo3t too erratic to be possible. ; Ari,ne Sutherland la rather annoy- ing In.'the first- act with an assort-, riient of posea and gestures. LuckleV,, later, she gets a laugh by explain-;; ing that her daughter Adelaide , is sb unfamiliar with writing that phe dots her t's . and crosses, her i's- Irerie Shiriey looks good and should have had more to do. Sheppard Strudwlck plays the real author 1" stride, nothing much for him to: do but act hungry. ■ ■ J:6e#. •vABiBTrir xoMMic ovnoa, FMIEICN SneW NEWS TelepboB* Temple Bar OMl'UMS Cable Addma: VARIKtT, I^NDON 55 LONDON Chevalier-Mistinguett May Co-Star III Mangan Revue at Moulin Rouge ^ : Paris; ;Mirch?4. PpsslWllty pf Maurice Chevalier and Mldtlnguett teaming up again In' a revue la looming here. Team played together in Paris music halls for more than, ten years before Chevalier, went to Hollywood, and the partnership was what made him famous. Mlstlnguett says they talked about It six months ago when he was here list. Idea would be for the pair to get hold of a theatre of their Own, and co-star. ~ Mttulln Rouge/one of Mlstinguett's bid _spots, seems likely for the project, If it goes through. -4.ctress has been ; m negotiation \ with Francis A. Mangan, with Idea of taking ovfer that theatre with him, although he would prefer the Em- •plre,. Mang'an is now In Paris Btagirig shows at the Rex for a month, and Is looking about for a theatre ih~Vhlch to continue when his contract expires. Mistlhguett- Chevaller-Mangan conibo would make a big splash In local show biz. • Pathe-Natan, which controls the Moulin,, has dropped Its Vaudefllm policy there and returned tertpp- rarlly tb dual features. Proposal for tabloid operettaSj hot a month ago, hasn't been heard of since, but Is said not toi be entirely dead. One of the isolutlons being considered by th«» -Marigan-Mlf tinguett combo is to run their shows in tatb form, combined; with a picture. Before anything like this happens, however, Mlstlnguett Is going to London to play In it Mangan show tiiere, which she iiirill later take on ■the roa,d.: ' That's for^ this: seaspn;^ The CheyalI
' by Basil. Dean, based on the novel by Margaret Kenniedy, is now running at the Ciech -National theatre. Play presented - in Czech under the name.'of 'Vierna Mllenita' ( 'Faith-. :ful Sweetheart')^ ; ■ "um^ STAYS m : London, March 24. : ' London Play Company, agents for Ronald Gow, author of 'Love on the Dole,' denies a report the show is olbslng its London engagement. • • Lawrence Fitch, a director of the agency, says show will stick some ■ time yf.t. ■ MEXICO'S JINX AGAIN Mexico's Hard Luck Cireuft Has Another Mishap, Wild Elephant Mexico City, March 80. Streak of hard luck which began a couple pf Reasons ago and gained the Fernandi Circus dealghalioh as Mexico's 'Jinxed circus,' is continu- ing. Latei9t niisiiap is rampage of an elephant; vjust bef brie the start of i show here. Heroism of the trainer prevented bull from crashing a crowded tent. Trainer was hurled against lions' cages and serlbuely injured; His action gave other att&ches time to control the elephant, but not until he ':, had wrecked some valuable ■props.;'i .'V'^.- I^Sfocltand arson Paris, March 24. Looks as If the legit show policy adopted for entertalnmbnt of .pas- sengers on the new french liner Normandie will last for at least three . voyages and give trans- atlantic work :to a . flock of big French name stars. : . Robert Trebor, -manager of Made- leine and Michel theatres, who has the concession, announces that be- sides Sasha Gultry and jTacqueline Delubac, who will play during the maiden trip, he has hired Victor Boucher, m atinee idol bf the Mlchodlere company, fpr the second voyage, and Is negotiating with Gaby Mprlay for the third. Meanwhile the French Line Is also working on a flim program . for the ship, and is considering show- ing first-run French pictures, as well, as gobd American fllins, bh board. Jean Cpupan is arranging the, programs. . . • Josy Baker Concert Paris, March 24. 1 Jazz concerts.; In halls usually de- voted to classics are getting tb be more and more the snooty thing here. Smart Parisiennes accom- panied by slick-haired young fel- lows, and oldsters with monocles and beards flocked to the Salle Gaveau to hear Josephine Baker; backed by Arthur Brlggs, Bobby Martin . a;nd Willie Lewis'; Negro band, get hot. : ' ; Miss Baker's Jazz ybcalization shared honors-wlth Brlggs' trumpet, and pace ;was changed via, a trlp.^ singing Negi-b spirituals. New Tempest Play ■ . .London, March 24. Walter Ellis has completed a . new play titled, ■ - 'Shooting / Stars! '■ for Mafib Tempest, It is a compact little comedy. ; with eight characters and one settiiig only. Title has a. triable .meaning and stpry concerns in particular the- am-; bitlons.of a moyle-mad mother and daughter. Play also ' contains . a strong part: for Grahame.- Brown, Miss Temi?est's hu.sband; . '■ Hoof Trio Split London; Marcii 24.. Mann, . Robinson . and , ' Martin, American standard hoofing team, were booked, for the Sr.voy hotel. At the last mlniite; the . management split the team, with Mann doing a splo at the Savoy, while Hoblnson and- Martin are - at the Berkeley :hote.l.,'' ■ ■■:,..•'■. v.^;. Both spots under the na;m« manr a.g(!mont. ' 33 Current Attractions : Keeping a Crop of New Entries Wandering About in the Provinces Waiting for a Place to Ligbt BUT ONLY « SMASHiES ■ . London, April 2. A new flock of shows is ready, fbr the West End but lio theatres are ciirrfently available to house them. It^s an unprbcedented situation for London and Is especially eurpris- Ing in view of the laxst that there are burrently 83 shows running aijd only about six, of, J^henri in real money class. Shbws ready to Cbme in, but wan- dering arbund Iboklng for a. home Include three Cochran legits, 'Aiiy- thing Goes,' Tiiebelei' and 'Meslmer.' Andre Chariot has a. new revue' star- ring June and Robert Hale that he doesn't know where to spot and: a contloental musical r starring Gltta Alpiar, ; Hungarian-German girl ; who's making her London debut. Jack' waller, too, has two musi- cals up his sleeve, one starring; Cecily Courtneldge end Jack' Hul- bert and another starring Ralph Lynn. Sbephbrd & Henfion are prepar- . ' (Continued on page 57) NO PROTEaiON iRSTMERi SEZ VIENNA Vienna, March 22. Austrian senate cancelled the de- cision of lodal high courts and states that there : is no copyright protection for the work of stagers. Decision is an . outcome' of a special legal action taken by Karl Helnis Martin, director. Who was paid, flat fees fbr each perfcrmance of 'Ball at Savoy,' which he put on. After the piece was shifted to an- other management it Continued for another 20 performances. New management refused to make a separate payment tb Martin despite shewing and advertising his mls- en-scene. . . Martin obtained a favorable verdict In court, but the senate, to whom management appealed, told stagers at large and Martin In particular that no^ protection or claim Is possible under the cir- cumstances. . '■ :• ■ ■ Comedie to Italy Paris, March 24. Comedie Francalse, after long wrangling, ha.s at last settled on a tour of Italy from April 9 to 17, Program will be 'Bourgeois Gentil- homme' and '11 faut qu'une Porte Soit Ouverte ou Fermee' ■ ('It's Necessary for a Dpbr to Be Closed or Open'), French classics; Troupe includes number one actors and actresses of th; Comedie, and will take along an orche.Htra, plus all the pupils of the singing classes of the Conservatory, to add to entertainment. . , ^. •GLORY' FOLDS London, March 24. 'Glory Be,' evangelist play which opened at the Phoenix March 7, closed March 16, after a nine days' rim. Backer is reported • to 'have dropped $10,000 on the venture. He took it for a try-out to Glas- gow, where it received fulsome no- tices, but did no business. London ongafTomoni- was a repotltloh. BULLISH France Tightens Up Alien Talent Hard Hit SIR BEN'S DREAM See Posaibility of Ansae Subsidy '■■■":,■ For Grand Opera Melbourne, March 13. Sir Ben Fuller may see his dream of a permanent grand opera troupe operating In Australia come true. Government is considering the knight's propbsal for a subsidy to allow year-round opera to . be played. Liabor menxbers are now said to be interested .land ready to assist with the coin in conjunction with the present government. • London, April 2. The Coliseum Theatre (Stoll) Is abandoning its vaudeville policy in the near future, with options on a number of acts, Including some Americans, not being exercised. Understood that a continental rtiusical, 'Dancing City,' will go intb the theatre. It vrill star Evelyn Laye and is being flgiired for the end bf April, Andre Charlbt, . who has the British rights to the show, ^111 produce it in conjunction with Sir Oswald Stoll, COSMO, OLDEST LOND. NITERY, DUE TO FOLD London, March 24, The Cosmo Club, originally opened by Jack May in 1912, and the oldest nitery in the West-End, will cease to function shortly,. Jack May was the creator of that type bf nlte llfo In Lbndbn, and bpened the Cbsmo; as the Cosmo- poHtan, supposedly on the lines of Broadway's bid Cosmopolitan. It became the rendezvous of every American and Ijnglishman about town. May was financed in his original venture by Hedges Brothers and Jacobsen, one of the biggest Amer- ican names in their day. Later, while still prospering, the Cosmo was sold to Harry Bradbury-Pratt, who' ran It successfully for several years. ; He, in turn, disposed of It to an independent company, which has not been very successful . Past few years it has ceased to mean anything, and now it Is to be" oper- ated as a 'Bottle Party', spot. Versatile Paris, March 24, •Paria copper niamed Vors used to augment his gendarme's pay by singing tenor on local yaude pro- grams. • Now he . has gone in for play- wrlting, and his 'ATiatpIe, Guardian of the Prefecture of Poilcc,' a voca- tional comedy, was performed last week at Les Pln.M >n,: nabe theatre of the Saint Dominique quarter. HOMOLKA TO COCHRAN Ijondon, March 24. C. li,' Cochran has signed Oscar Horn ol ka for .the title role In 'MoB- mer.'. Rehearsals start Aprll S, and ca-ft Inoludofl Stephen Haggard as Mozart arid Peggy Ashcroft as the blind musician, ThercHC Paradlcs, cured by Mesmer. Miss Ashcroft's husband, KorrilHnrJr>valfy, will direct. Paris, March 24. French department of. labor, wor- ried about unemployment, has cracked dbWn ph music halls and circuses here and for the past month .has been making it harder and harder for them to book the foreign' • talent they need, including Ameri- can acts. Decree requiring 40% of acts to be French has been in existence for a year, but until a month ago no attempt was made to enforce it. Then ofllcials started getting zeal- ous, and notified vaude houses and ring shows they'd have to line up; It's admittedly impossible to com- pose a decent bill here with as much as 40% local talent , Maximum figure is generally set at ' l0%. House managers, stuck, flguried that they would book .whatever acts they liked" for the present, without re- gard to origin, and then at the tail- ; end of the season, when . business starts to drop off because of sum- mer vacation, they would book a lot of French acts to bring up the proportion. It was a good idea, but it didn't work. Authorities said that the average of 40% hau to be kept up in bill after bill, and began td get tough about it; System Decree was put , into application in the most annoying way possible. System was for an Inspector to go (Continued oh page, 67) Rudolph Nelson, Nazi Rehgee, in London to Produce Big Mnsical London, March 24. . Another Cierman refugee fleelnsr frbm the Hitler regime is Rudolph Nelson who, besides being a pro- ducer, alsb owned the Kabaret Komiker, one bf the most famous of Berlin's night rendezvous, and which has at one time or another played the biggest vaudeville names in America. Kelson is here to produce 'Pleas- ure Bbund,' a musical show, for Jan Ralflnl Productions, Ltd,, a com- pany formed by the English band leader, with backing coming from Arthur Fox, a Manchester business man. '■ German has Just produced a big revue at Tuschlnskl's theatre, Am- sterdam, and M. Van Lier, the man- aging director of Tuschlnski, will have an Interest in the London venture. Show opens out of town, coming to London in the fall, Sidney Bums pronipted the deal. JANE COWL PLAY WITH GERTRUDE LAWRENCE London, March 24, V One of the biggest spring produc- tions here will be 'Hervcy House,' written by Jane Cowl, 6pen« shortly at the Opera House, Manchester, and comes to the West End about May 1, Gertrude Lawrence, Fay Compton and Nicholas Hannen aro the stellar names so far, and the show will be on a lavish scale. ivic, Sydney, Vode Sydney, March 13. Civic Is going pop vaude with the house taken over by J, Bailing, formerly in charge of the Paths Newsreel here, Joe Llppman was first said to be interested in the venture. House had been a big hoadache to G. T, and the vaude deal comes as a blessing, with G, T. only (oo glad to :wipf> It off its books. S6 VARIETY 1. EC It I MATE Wednesdajr April'' 5» 1^3S . Hays Oiil of To^ CEILING ^ERb , Washington; April 2. , Dramu. In three acts . by Frank Wead, prcii'entea by Uroclr I'cmb'eiloh ' at tho Nd> tlonal tlieali-c. AViiahliieton,. U, C., - April MCi; .'directed by Antolhcite Perry,, sets by Jolm Hoot;. Bilzz Cordon. .. ; .'.,,•••■<• > • • • John BoruK Doc Wilson-. . . . . . . . ,'. , . . . . wJosci)h Downlnc Baldy AVris'.it; ....... . ..... .Glic.~,ter Clutc Lcj Uogaiu . ^; ; . . . John Boliii Jake Lee^. . .v. ;...;..., .;>.. .Ostfood Perkins Tommy Tlioiniis. , ... . . .. ...Margaret Perry Lou Clark. ..... ... . , .Hoiio Lawdor Te::aa Clark. , i.G, Albert Smith Tay . Law.son ... i I ..... .Allun Hale Al .Stone; U .■VVaUbr N, Greiizu Eddie Paystih . ■; . ^ . . , ; , .Ben Starkle DoJo Harvey . V. . .......... .Gladys - Oriswcld Dizzy Bayl?. . ... . . . .... . i . . John B. Lltel Joe Allen. .^.John HuntlhRtoh; Miko Owens. .V . . • . .' John P. Jlamllton Mary Leo, ; . . . .;..>..,. .'. , .Nedda -HarrlKan. Hick -Pfetersbn.i. .....John Drew Colt Fred Adanis.: .............. Gmnrton Rhodes Jerry Stevens., .... , .Phlll;)' llcmSr Smiley Johnson. .James Todd Bob Wllklng. GcorXrey Brj'ant B. P. Jenkins. . , ; . . ...... .... .AValter Hill Of the dialog Is Greek' to the aver- age theatreerpers. First act partic- ularly has the customers goofy be* Loi'e the human element finally gets the upper hand. :Some swell llne3 and plenty 6£ risque armyT-navy patter provide the humor which changes for tragedy, as the show moves ahead. Osgood Perkins "as Jake, John B. Lltei as Dlziy and Margaret Peirry as Tommy work their heads off and score heavily. Rest of cast, for ihe most, part, does Itself proud, also. ' Craig. : . First dabble of Frank Wead In legit playwrlghting is a more per- fect nucleua lor a film script than a sure-firc lootlight effort. Even so 'Celling Zero' JiaS plenty of punch plus a hefty thcihe that hasn't been overworked. And it has a cast that gives all it has and has plenty to ■ give.';.- ,■ ;■, ■ Drama Is based on the notion that boys who worked aviation up from the experimental stage, doing batr tie In France and blazing* cross- . counti-yL routes, -are now cramped and squelched by' governihentai regulations and big business con- trol of dir . traffic, c Atmosphere brings out contrasts between fr.ol- llcklng skyward heroes of yesterday, and matter-of-fact mall piloting of today, the old boys JUBt can't swallow It. Principal characters are Jake L^e, Texas Clark and . Dizzy Davis, and alt ex-aces and plonker filers. Jake Is now superintendent of the east- ern division of Federal Air Lines. Texas is a erack pilot. Both have gotten over the old days on the sur- face and are sticklers 'for rulieis and regulations. : : Dizzy Is recalled from out west to work the eastern route under Jake. . Arrives with an upside down landing and bounces Into the office the same barrel-rolling playboy of the heavens as ever. Jake bawls him out and so do the Department of Commerce ageni and air line, of- flcialis. Dizzy roars a big laugh and suggests getting drunk. Tragedy gets underway In act two; . Dizzy goes after Tommy . Thpmas, air-minded hostess and sweetheart of a young -college- trained pilot In order to play around he trades schedules with Texas. Texas crashes In the fog arid is: kllied. Act three flnds Dizzy all .to pieces. Ever:,body. hops oh him as respon- sible for Texas' death, although Jake appreciates his wish that It had been he Instead of Texas. Gov- ernment takes Dizzy's license away and grounds hlm^ ' Dizzy pleads With Tommy to 'help him forget' and she slips oft to his apartment to . wait. Meantime the young col-, lege: flier prepares to go aloft to test , a 'de-icer' In the snowstorm. Dizzy gets .a change of heart, socks him in the kisser a.nd takes tbe plane up himself. : He radioes In the results of the experiment and crashes to his..death. Joke wipes a tear, gets back In harness and. the! curtain drops. , Play ls done In a single set Jn the operation office oiE the air line at NeAvark. Radio stuff. Including a mike, loudspeaker and maze' of dials occupies one wing of the stage. Daisks,. entrances and toilet make up the remainder. Play gets some -nice melodrama by having the pilots' voice come in over the rddio as they are flying. Landings and takOrofTs are worked in with offstage noises. ; Stage is j9i.live with airport atmos pheres. Hostesses, mechanics, a cold-blooded vice-president, heroic wives, pilots, a crash-crasy Janitor and meteorolegists are worked In nicely. Only objection is that much .:FPR SALE; .V S nKAiDTIFDI, SETS. Vaed in "A SHIP COMES IN" I, Coffee House in Vleoni; S/ Uflaf (panelled); 3, Promenade Deck (Ocean Ltner); 4, Be T,uze Suite (Oceaa Uoer); 5, aiogla Stateroom (Ocenn . UjDHCr). Ideal lets for Stock Co. . Xatlly Beconatnieted \ RICHARD HERNOON 234 Weit. 44th St. : PhMt PEm. ••ITM A JOURNEY BY NIGHT . Roston* Mass,, April 2. .Ai'thur Goodrich did his best In trying to. revamp 'A Trip to Press-, burg' into a sufficiently modern drama for the Shubertis to use as a starring , vehicle toi- Greta Maren, The new translation and adaptation still creaks : of the old European melodramatic school arid it seems improbable that New York will go for this after failing to be cordial toward 'Point Vftlalrie.'. Interest, naturaLlly, centers around; the new "VIenriese star rather than the vehicle chosen for her preriiiere/ and last nlgrh.t'is opening at the ShUbert was unfortunate for Miss Maren In; that* she was booked against the first night of the Metro- politan opera's local season. Her only . previous performance in Amer-; lea, since she came here under the quota, took plac(B lost sUmmer at Locust Yalley. Her English has been polished so surprisingly since then that Holly- wood need have no apprehensions on this score in case 'A Journey by Night* falls to .click and Equity rules cause, her to change her mind aboiit winning fame on the stage- before, she tries pictures. She is a diminutive 108 pounder, quite at- tractlvei with deep red hair, and, with a voice of : fair timbre.. Her role requires nd heavy dramatic climaxes knd is played with su6h repression that it is still a question as t9 what she could do with a tense and steamy part. Lobby chatter of the second string audience seemed to' indicate a belief that she has quite a little on the ball and that she will probably go better in pic- tures than on the stage. . Production itself has been ade- quately staged by Robert Sinclair and the stippbrtlrig ca3t is excellent. Including Albert Van Dekker, James Stewart, Eduardo Clanrielli, Kate Mayhew,: Richard Tauber, Nicholas Joy, Frank 'Wilcox, Jane Ruchanon, Beatrice S wanson, Mary Murray and Fuller Mellsh. Quality of the supporting cast Is fortunate, as the main plot could easily be mistaken for one. of the old school melodramas. Story Is based on two brothers,, younger one robbing a bank to get funds to riin away with a. prostitute who turns out to be the older brother's wife. He then murders her and commits suicide. . Twist that makes it toler- able Is the prolog and epilog, first showing a young American girl In Vienna, confiding to her father that she Is interested in a young man starlrig froin a window across the courtyard. Next three acts, with seven scenes and a Jackrknife stage unfold the story that resulted In the younig npian reaching that window arid the epilog, of course, reveals that he I9. dead, having shot himself and fallen lEigalnst th^ window. It's not quite as bad as this miay sound— but almost. Li1>hey. BILL WRIGHT STOa SET AT FORn BALTO ^ ; : ; Baltimore, April 2. .-, Spring stock try will stairt at the Erlahger-owhed : tjBQ hous^, 'Ford's Easter . week. ; Company comes Jn under aegis oif Bill "Wright, yet mid- west stock troupe impresario. First play to be presented on weekly change will be 'The Secoiid Man', S. N. Rehrman . opus which was originally prodiiced ; on Broadway half a decade ago by the Theatre Guild with Lunt iE(.nd Fontannei In the chief parts. Definite setting of a jstock com- pany, for the spring season at Foird'S; will probably chill the projected one -the : indie Maryland was lining up. General Manager Leoriard Mc- Laughlin has been negotiating through the mails with Ptaynaond Moore, who operates the straw hat riiob at Cipe Cod, during suminers, and \whd currently has one going at St.- Petersburg, B'la.' Understood, ac- cording, to McLaughlin; that a rep of Moore's is^ en route to Balto from Florida to. talk turkey oh the mat- ter. ■■ ■ ■ ■ Inside Stuff- Dayton's 5 Wks. ;Daytbn,-0.; April ?. Spring dramatic festival of flv© weeks, beginning May XB, . .with a different recent Broadway pliny each week, sponsored by a local grouit> of Influeritiai citizens headed by Judge~ Frederick Howell- and with the Junior league cooperating, will be s^^d here, : probably at thb State Theatre^* ;.' ' Harry ; Gresham will be in charge. He Is.lh' New T6rk selecting plays and players; Guest leiads will- be used. • -; '■ ■ • ALPINE SUN Philadelphia, March '29. Plays and Players, probably the best-known of the little theatre outfits within Phllly's city limits, do mostly well-tried plays, but they made one of their rareufivurslons Into brlglnal^iserlptlng when they put on . 'Alpine Sun.' Play Is .by A. E. Thomas, al- though no author's name dn the program. However ',ad»anco pub- licity In the dallies had mentioned Thomas's name land so had the pro- grams, sent to club members. Un- derstood that the author, at the last minute, requested his name be omitted. Script Is reported as com- ing from the Shubert office 'with re- quest, the group try It out,' Special Invitation performance was followed by the two reigular club perform- ances. Public is allowied at these "A FAMOUS STAR RETURNS TO 7TH AVE." •UNIC^i MADE - PROFESSIONAL TRUNK . Ti^de Your Old Trunk for a N^w H A M 1 To Serve the ProfMtlon In Mor* Convenient Location A Complete AHortment of H A M Trunks Awaits Your Inspection ! Write for Catatiw 6t Have OoT : B«pr«RehtatIye . . Call AIJTHOBI2SED AGENTS RIVOLI LUGGAGE. INC. 745 7th Ave, N. Y. C. Uct. 49th and OMh SrMts . CI. 7rSS80 OPEN TILL MIDNLIGHT : performances althoujgh no effort is made to go outside club member- ship; $2 top Is charged, . 'Alpine Sun' is. an adaptation from the 'German of .Hai^s Adler and it Impresses as worthy of at- tention. Certainly it's a lot better than many of the try-outs that have found their way to Phllly profesh stages this season. Some very bad casting hurts It and makes it hard to appraise, but the general consensus Is that Thomas has concocted an affable little coniedy which has at least one cork- ing character. ,/.: . :■'':.[-■ story Is of Felix Norla, an aim- less, vague kind of a chap who, when the curtain goes up, has Just obtained a divorce fromi his . wife, Ria, a skating champ. Locale Is European but characters are pre- sumably American, although they at time talk like English. Ria Is a Tobust and dominant young woman who Is distinctly an outdoors and athletic type and who couldn't stand the prim fusslness of Felix.' However* when her best friend arrives on the scene and quite brazenly and boldly announces that she is going to grab Felix for herself, that's something ^else again and Ria gets up in arms. She insists that Felix, who can always bo persuaded to do anything at all, come to St. Morltz with her to escape the tojls of Lily, the girl- friend. Oncei there he is' miserable as uisual, while Ria' spends her time winning new skating medals. Lily follows and the two women come close to a knock-down battle on the subject of the futile and innocuous Felix. Lily, by bribing a servant, procures a key to a nearby , chalet which has once been occupied by royalty. Then she persuades Felix to go for a hike and arranges it so that .when a snowstorm comes up, they have to take shelter for the night there. Last act : takes place the next morning. It's obvious that nothing has happened and it's easy to see that Lily is a little sore that Felix had not made even ah attempt to break into her room; Rescue party, led by the furious Ria, arrives and, more recrlriiina- tions follow. Felix, however, has been so delighted by his night's ex- perience and sd touched by all the little attentions that Lily had lavished on bim and the breakfast she has cooked him, that he at last makes up his mind. He's going to stick to her. There are two other interesting characters: Rla's mpther, who is Inclined to side with her son-in-law, Felix, and Colonel Khitsworth, whom shei marries. -Last-named is a quaint character arid there's a bully scene at the end between him and Felix as they drink themselves Into a nice, .mellow bun while dis- cussing Felix's marital problems. It's the character of Felix, how- ever, that dominates. Portrayed by somebody like Roland Young, this agreeable but Indecisive individual would be good for plenty.- of quiet comedy. Battle of the two girls over him also baq plenty of possi- bilities. Scene in the chalet avoids most of the obvious and conventional sex- Believed to be not the least 'contributing factor in 'the growing number of amateur and church plays being produced 'around this year Is tho fact that many of the shows are getting make-up gratis. Purchases of the boxes of grease paint formerly constituted quite a hurdle for club produced plays. , > Rivalry between various firms of cosmeticians few years ago prompted the corapanles''to spot crack make-up artists in, department stores wher« they dolled dames' physlogs free as ballyhoo for their products. And with the cosmeticians lately spreading activities to Include amateur plays. ,':.-"'.'-- , ... '.v.- Not only' do the firms supply the paint and powder free, but they, send trained representatives out to halls and auditoriums to apply the grease and grit to the slmon-pures' pans. A new Pacific note in leglt advertising Is being claimed by Sam Grisman and Jack Klrkland for their production of 'Tobacco Road' at the Belasco, Los Angeles. Sold on the idea of keeping the exploitation quiet and dignified, by Norman Markweell, formeer New York ad man, the producers have agreed to sit back and see bow It works for a week. Ballyhoo and garish postering Is entirely lacking and In Its place Is substituted light type In the dailies and a total absence of loud exhortation through other media. Everything being Iciept down to an audible whisper. 'Roald' has just passed its third week and looker headed for eight, the depresh period house record held by 'Dinner At Eight.'- Show is in at a $2.75' top. ' . -r . .^---^ - '. '■.'""-'{ At least two stars currently on Broadway have pieces of the shows in which they are appearing. Leslie Howard Is in on 'Petrified Forest,' Broadhurst, and Dennis King has 30% of 'Petticoat Feveri' Rltz. Both • actors have, previously been sinollarly lihiterdsted- in attractions in which they, have played, and fn.most Instances ptofitably on top of salary. Exception on King's part was . 'Richard of Bordeaux' of which he was half owner. However, his interest in 'Vagabond King,' In which he made his American debut, a,nd .'Three Musketeers,' returned . him solidly. - 'Forest* has a three: way proprletorsblih-Ollbert Miller, Arthur Hop- kins and Howard. ; Turner Bullock, who authored 'Lady of Letters,' Mansfield, N. T.,. made his first contact with show business at a summer stock theatre in Nyack, N. Y.," two seasons ago, entering the boxofflce as treasurer. He is from Texas, which explains why the Associated Press received requests ' from Texan papers for a review of the play. Script's background is that of a smiall college not far from Dallas. Dmitri Ostrov, who presents the show, is a Russian heretofore known as a director. He also staged 'Lady'. Edgfir Chapman, an attorney^ handled the business end of the booking, identity of the show's backer not being revealed. , ■ ■ ;' . . : . . .> . .;. . ; . ; , . . . .?y Pearl S. Buck ;fv-^'VNort-Fietiort- ''. ;■ .''v:: ■ '[0'.' .'• . : i-^ •While Rome Burns' ($2,76) ; , . . . . . . . .... .By Alex&nder Wobllcott *Persohai History' ($3.00) :........<....v.V. .. ..By Vincent Sbeehaii •Francis the FlrstV ($3.00). , i-.. By Frands Hackett •Bkin Deep* ( $2^00i) Vi .... By M. C. Pbillipa; , 'Rats, tiice arid History' ($i2l75) ...;i ■.>.... ^ •Why Not Tn^ God' ($1.00) . * . .By Mary Pickford ^ ' Putoh Copyright Fight Courts at Rotterdam are dealing with important case of litera:ry piracy. This is a , case of appeal againist Judgment, delivered by a lower court, which sentenced the Infringing; JJutcli puhlleher to pay op for Infringed, copyright. dase was won by ah American ■vjrlter, A, Ward (pen-name Boh- mer), tot a navel traiuflated into iDiitcib, which had app^uref in the •National Weekly.' PuMlsher'ii ar- gument was, that the .tJhited States had not signed the Berhe Conven- tibn, therefore a piracy of American novelis was permissible. - Ward's lawyer; contended, that the. hovel in question wks slniultaneously pub- vlished in the States and in Canada, /and aa Canada is party to the Berne Convention, it was infringe'!- merit of ■ copyright* Attorney . of the Dutch publisher pleaded that though the novel was. published in Canada by the - American News Coriipany, the p^rlodicil in Which it was distributed in. Canada, the. National WeeklVi Is pUbiished and printed in Ohio, and bears on Its icover' the words, 'Nationil Re- covery Act/ which iriiplles; that it is riot . a Canadian^ publication, , Lawyers are '' :stlll chewing over judicial distinction between publish- ing and printing and decision is not likely b€if ore : May. Preia. Combine Chop*; Staffs . A public utility and press-radio monopoly. Which; has full control of the newspaper situation in St, John, N. B„ , has : been cutting operiitlpri cpstis by movirig some oldtlmers off the.payroll of the morning and aft?' ernqOn dailtes, M.n on the staffs' as long as 40: years have, been eased Out on small pensions. '.: ; ' In effort, to prfevent establishment of ^, rival group in St; John, the combine has contracted for the In- ternational News Service, United Press and British United Ptess, as irell as tho Canadian Press, a paral- lel to the Associated Pressl and working with the A. P. Thejacqui- sltioii of the I.. N, S; looked on as gesture to the Hearst interests, who have beeri mentioned frequently as planning a nioming and an after- noon daily , in St John. Experimental Theatre Mag . .Group Of young enthusiasts With the uplift of the theatre their con- cern ha,ve bonded together to get out a .so-called experiniental riiag 'called ; On tl^e ' Boards* . It's . a. mlmebgraphed affair. On tliO Boards, which ' refers tb, Itself as 'America's Only Adolescent Theatrical Magazine,' has a heap of workers in its behalf, including an editorial board, contributing board, board Of .assistants, supervisory board and adyisory board. On the advisory board are 60 show peojple froiri George .M. Cohaii to Bert .Lahr..:. ■ ■/ Editor is A. ; Bertrand Chariin, With Anlold Cppperman assisting. Mag .sells for a nickel a copy. , Review Aeorg Set , Reorgamizatton Of . The North American Review complete, with the hew editors both descendants of the mag's' original founders. John Pell and his associate, Richard Dana Sklnrier, are descended from: Edward T. Channlng and Richard Henry Dana, Sr., who helped found fbO publication in 1815. , Coincident with its reorganiza- tion, marking its 120th year of con- tinuous publication, the mag be-' com(BS a quairterly. : Ruth Feiher'* Trio ■ 'Supposed to. Be' and 'Pire in May' are two- new books by Ruth Felner under contract with Half - rap, London. Her iRrst venture, 'Cat. Across the 'Path' is iri a sec- ond: edition. U. S. rights are held, by Llppinbott's. She is a daughter- of Herman ; Feiner, librettist of Richard Tau- ber'a 'Singing Dream.'; N. Y. Post's New Serial : The: N. T, Evening Post has iac- ' quired second serial rights to' Sarii "Warshawsky'is novel, 'Woman of Destiny*. ; Story has : alreiady , apr ijeared in ;the Philadelphia Record, sister isheet of the N- T. publlca- :tlon. y " Uriderstood Charles ; Harrlis. ^is . planning to produce the story as a play shortly '. after its newsprint bo^ ; '■■..■;■■;■'■ ■ .r: , Criticizinig Musio . - New^ critical ; , music review, Muialc vyanguard, is underway .ifor publication every other; nionth. Be- ing administiered' by a b6ar4_of edii tors ; comprising CJharleS . Seeger; Max Mat-gulls arid Amnbri Balber," and with JSlie . Siegmeistcr, Heinry epjvell- and Lan Adomlan. as cpri- trlbutlhg editors. : Show People Get Awairdi V Lola ;Rldge, playwright; ' Cleori Throckmorton and Mordiecai Gore- Ilk, stage designers, and Abm Eritriers, dancer, are among the ^ri- riers of Guggenheim fellowships a.warded Monday (1) ill New York for the coming year. All will get about $2,000 eaich for purposes of special study abroad. . List Of 'awards, includes fellow- ships : to- Newton Arvin,, EhgUsh prof. at Sniith College; Dir. Tremalne McDbwiell, .English prof at the . U. of Minnesota; Dr. Stanley Williams, English prof ;at Yale; ; Dr. ; Abram L. Harris, ecpnoriilcs "prbf ; at Howard U, .and Dr.. Ottp iKllneberg, Instruc- t.pr in psychology at Sarah Law- rence College, for literary, research. • Dr. George Herzog, assistant prof of ahthropology ;at Yale, gets a fel- lowship to prepare, a book on riibslc; arid four musiciaris, Walteii* Piston; William Grant Still, Piur Nordoff and Diante Fiorello, get fellowships for. composing music. . ^ Writers getting the . coin are' Kenneth BurkCr; Edmund Wilfsbn, Suzanne LaFoUette;. i L a h g s 1 6 n' liughes, Jack Conroy and Alvah C. Bessie. . - ; . Cleon Thrbckmprtori's assign- ririerit is to study European theatre, with Gorelik also going ; over for same- purpose. Miss Ridge, who wrote 'Sun Up' amongr other plays* goes to Mexico to write poetry/ Miss Entriers wpn the fellowship a year ago to stiidy Greek dance forms,' and^ this la a continuation; 'for her. CSharles ; Nbrris HpUghton gets; a fellowship to study theatre, and production methods iri Russia. ■• ■.;.' '■.•;;■.■' ■ ■C6pyriBht''Biir, '■■:'.■; . State Departmfjrit's copyright bill. Introduced, in CorigreSB by Senator Duffy, of Wisconsin, Is substantially iti the same form disclosed la^t week; . Measure hsLB been referred to the patents comriilttee which haif. been: urged to rush action, with hope enactment before session fblds, but Chalriman McAdoo has made rip proVlslbna yet f or hearlngsi - . . Measure , not subniitted to the house where Chairman . Slrbvlch, of copyright committee, :: lis openly hostile to many .-features atad threateris . prplpriged consideration. . Two New Busineas Mags ' v . Couple of more new business niags In the making, with publicaitlon to begin . within the next month or two.-'.'. , ■ ■ , ;■■ ■ ; Lester Swartz. readying a periodi- cal to bis known as the National In- dustrial World. Ralph O. Morg:an Is associated with him in the under- taking. Other f prthcoriilng iiubllca- tion is the American ..Business and Ecoriibmic Review, - sponsored by Sarah Bennett. : ; ; Ribbing the Ribber ; ' ;: N, Yi ; Dally Mirror kidded the Inl- brogUb between Morris Markey and St. Clair: MioKTelyiriy, both of the •New Yorker, on occaslori of ' Raoul ■ Flelschmann's 11th .anrilversary psLTty at, the Waldorf-Astoria^ N. Y.'er staff. The h account of the tiff -was: by-llned ; 'Fy Gawks.' Guy Pawkes ,1s the New Yorker's regular 'WayWalrd Press' noiri-de- plume for coinniient on behind r the- news; 'stuff; N. v.' Gets^^^^W Congrese Mecc» .Teinpie, N^w-Ybrki';w be the scene of the Amerlcari Writers' Congress when - jt opens . Aprll, 26.> Operilng .event will be a pu'blic me.et-^ "ing;' ■ Audltprluin'of the New. School for Social Research' has bech-ierigaged for th^ following two nights, with the sessions Ppcn only to delegates to the Amerlcari Writers' .Corigres.s. New Femrjie Pub. ' New mag- for ypun;? wornc'ri ia &. monthly : called. Maderriol.sell.e. . .A class affair, - and like- riiost .of the iTiags for .femTTi.c.i, Is edited hy a man, pesmorid ' Hall 1 . :. ;Cphcefn getting put the periodi- cal is headied 'by Charles A^'Brodok. Fund's- ; New .Bdar'tf., ':,-V '- ;. Annual riieetlng of the Authors' League Fund is scheduled for April 10, when the nominations for the riew ; board bf directors wlli. be elected; . ^ ; New board wlli contalri .Katherlne Brush, : Harold .Bell Wright, iGebrge Mlddleton, Fanriie Hurst, Ruth Aley, : pu Bpso Heyward, . Sinclair; Lewis, Elizabeth .. A> ; ;McFaddcri;^ Mary Roberts . ; Rinehairt, Slgmund Romberg; arid Booth Tarkingtpn. : Scoop Gbea Wrong ; . Release of ; the Jack ' Dempsey baby pictures put Julia; Shawell on staif ; of ; W?^*** Toaa;y, ori spot.; Miss Shawell had been tussured she; wouW have an exclusive on the pic- tures, but ■ general release to the dailies In .Ne'W York jamnied iier up arid had her ori: the carpet. • 'Mere; 'Ho.ke- ; Ariother humor niag: to .riia.ke its appearance shortly, to :be known as The American Huniorlst Airined for suburban', rather . than . Urban, humor fa-nclersl^ Spbrisdr of the mag is the Gem Publishing Co. . ' V. ■;:;/:;■ ■:: chatter;: \./"./;^^.;; ■ Bennet Cerf back from Nassau. Harold Laski here from iingland. Thomas Duncan here to visit Mc- Kinlay-Kantor. Hutchinson has taken London rights to 'Jornada.' .. \ ; ■ ' ■ Talbot Muridy •will have two new hovels piubltahed> within, a month. Newest Modern Library edition lo Johri Reed'« 'Ten Days That Shook , tM World.' . \/ ^'^ E. Phillips Opp^rihelm likes the west Iridi^s sb; much : he may .pitch his tent there; ; Frederick Bieane going to Argen- tina to. gather local color for a novel about a gaucho. Louella. D. Everett and Carolyn Wells gatherlng ari a.nthology of cat poenlBt of all things. . ; , V Frank H. Slmonds will give a; se- ries of . six lectures at Johns Hop-, iclris starting toddy (3). :; : ; Breritario's displaying Robert .Frost's manuscripts in celebratlori of the poet's 60th birthday, - The Maude Adams autb.big: will definitely be titled 'The One I Knew Least.* Referis to herself. . ' Hbrtense Lion lunched by friends upgn'the publlcatlbn of her novel, 'ThieTirass Grrows Green.* .. Louise Paine Berijariiln has Joined the staff of the Ladles' Home Jourr rial as an. associate editor. Appletori-Century's 'Tired Busi- ness Mari's Library will be increased by live new hoVcls shortly. ; ; Applications for those Literary Fellowships ;pffered by Houghton, Mifflin riiust be iri by May i: ■ ; Three: ;fllri» offers thus far foi- 'What Mariner, of Love,' but Rita Welman says not bnough cbln yet. Katherlne Anthony dOliig a blog of Loulsbi May Alcott, who •wrote 'Little ■Women' and 'Little Men,' Eriille Gauvreau, th^ newspaper editor," has; written a book ■ ibout RUBsif, and Macaulay wm publlfih,. Charles.: Angbff, who quit as editor of the Ariierimerk when it was . sold by, Knopf, has jolried Nation," the. mag, in an editorial capacity. - After four years of vshprt stprleB Sally ' Bcrisbn i has .wrttten her first novel And has sold it to ;Cpvlcl, FrledCi- Prize, of, I'i.poO : .for a best text-, book in: the contest conducted by the Atlantic Monthly, :iarid Little, Erbwn. has gbrie tb Elizabeth . Crowe Han-, num. of Chicago. . . :; ; Real narrie of Nell Beil, author of 't'he Son of iltcliaW CaTderi,* is Stc- : phen . iSou th wbld. And Stanley: Ves- tal, author o.f '.The^Wlrie Hb6rii:^iur-; fler,' i.s reaily Walter Stanley Camp-. boll.' / .■ '; • . ;.i:dlth ;;Haeard,' ;of the : AVil^ Mocrisi ofRct!, ::h;L3' ' piacod 'StranKe Pa.«sa£^.; a;,ri.c>Vol - by THcbd.ore Ir-. w-ln, wU.lv^ HriHth '& . Haa.s; alsa an-' othtT T,; S. ■ StrlbJing sto^y, 'Miss .Tackfiburg(' with the Satvirda;y Ever nlng Post. ■■■ .....■, :. '■ Newark iStrike Ends Strike of 36 editorial men Of the Ne'wark Ledger, N. J., ilrnllar troirbld ;Was c.vi)(j)|-i(;hf;e.(l by; Kraricif) \ A. ■ M.-mKan In gottirig 'tiCTriflts" for i.l)c: Krigli,-)!) :Klrl3 he hi'is. at thb .lUix. show .thIs;>vti(-k.^^^ K got them tlh-pugh, ))ijt bn'iy afli.T to- lot of fighting; ;/;.:' , - ; Book Reviews .■New;'Chrl«tie: ■;■,;■' ;:.■. ; A new Agatha Christie; opus is always one of the high spots of tho whodunit season. Current issue is •Death in the Air* (Dodd-Mead; $2), arid a peach, Good old :Hercule Poirpt does quite a lot of travelirisr back arid forth between London and Paris before he figures it out, but in the rho, .under his real riame does the : prpmotlPri for the cbncern, : Arid the S-S, office arid executives being. wha,t they are, it is. brily natural that the two boys be- came gag conscious. . . A nd _ riow they're trying to explain it all in a little book called . '1 wish t Had ; Said, That'; (Simon- ^ Schuster; ' $1;25).-: ;■; .;:-■:;■' .";:• "-..■. .■; ./•'•■■• ;■■. Some ddy Gpbdmari and ilice ought . to try again.: This time they grazO; the siirfacc. It's a fascinating eubr Jecti h'qw gags started, and. whbro, and why. Only the boys took; it a bit too seriously. They: didn't allow, any of the Jokes; to creep in. ■■; Co'Leaders ;.. .Wpirien . In ' politics . have ■ not yet . been 'bverdbne as a fiction theme, iri spite of the fact that women havei long had the vote. Margaret Cul- kin Banning deftly... weaves a ror mantle plot Iritb the muddy back- ; grounding : in her 'The First Wprinian' (Harpers. $2.50)., No knock- out, but. it hbldfs intierest arid; is nicely told. ;: Hardly screen mate- rial.:; ■■;. ■■-■■;..;■'■ .'■ London Lsgif • ^ (Continued from page 66) Ing a straight legit starring Delysla. Howard & Wyndhams havb a play by Jane Ciowl, : 'Heryey House,* which Is. to star Gertrude La-virrenca and Pay Compton ;iand. which, hopes to : debut about the end of April. Tryon Guthrie, producer, is now in the U. S. conferring with Miss Cowl orii some script alterations. , Gilbert Miller Is ariother manager, ready to; go but riot sure ;where he'll start. He 'wants to get started bh. his Lbjridon production of "Petrified Forest' as soon as Leslie Howard Is available for his original role. That means it tvlll pirobably wait over ;f or quite some time as it's gp- lng;too well In New York ;bijt Miller is stomping his , feet: . Impatiently ; anyway with .a couple Of other scripts; ; ..; ■■ ;■:, ;"■• '• "Twerity ; to One,', k new farce starring Lupino Liane a;nd Barry Luplnp is ready to start ariy time. ,/ ; ;' ■ "', ;,■ Maurice Schwartz, New York Yiddish actor, wanted to do- *Yo3ho kalb' here but couldn't find a the- atre so hopped a plane for Paris and win give the Frcnchriien .a look at it first. , A revival of the 'Co-bptlmists,^ starring Nelson Keys, is :a,lsQ prer paring. ; Some of _thls is due to tho fact that everyone's waiting for tho big Jubilee period tb stair t, figuring It sure . to boost grbsse.*! all around. Several managers Ijti the "West End are known not to be doiiig sufilcient. •biz but ire .buying ' ticketfl them- seivcs to boost grosses to the guar-^; arity point in hopes of making uj^. .ifor it.latcr.'^ ■': ■ . ■ . ItalitinOperd (CPntlriiied from page 1) dispenser of patronage, aig the French ; Line aCts for rra.n6e over here. Special building for the con- sulate is being corinpleted, being, one of the ;unlts of Ra:dlb City, Thbao \ybo rent stores on the street ; level oif that building will operate under a subsidy arrarigiemerit, that, too be- Inig among, the actlvitie» credited to Italy's foreign office.; Stars arid conductors for the new opera will be .asslghed ip Broadway by isbvcrniriental . brtlers. It being anticipated that the Met has/ or wiil> .tlo Hjp, ni.pst of the important talent now on this side,: Asseriibling of ,the orche.stra ig reported dlrpady under way. . " .■' ■ ; :■;■ ■' :•;' ■: •■ Italian opera Is to be spoltbd In phi6 of tho yiiubert . theatres, It is said, llou.qo, "will :be rented:, out- right.:- .■ ■ .;-■■; / : '■ _j>.; ;;.■ . ■;• 88 VARIETY E L A • I ES Wednesday, April 3» .1935 ■ Coddling th« Nuts V-^'; . , While absorbed in wa,tchiiigr Claudette : CQlbert, npw.a psychiatrist in ■jpriyite Worlds/ as she inakeis her daily rounds, in a sanitarluin/ tot nental cases-Ktne.may be somewh surprised to learn there'^ nothing ■o mysteribus or bafflingr about: . the treatment of tiie Insanis after all- For lAiSB Colbert's (ih>; Eyerest's) ihethod^normdusly successful ac- cording to her associates— Is merely a. matter of. spieakins to the ipatients as if .they were little children) enunciating: slowly, ^distinctly, ppuriiis enveloping layers of sympathy and kindness into h|^r voice: while, appeal- ing to. their better natures. -Py aggreBsively seelhgr only the grbod in tliem; It appears she can. dominate them and so convince them, tiiat .thalt's. just what they are^— good. 'W tliey start fight in acting good. ; : ; Herself, : sliei's got a terrifically- sympathetic riatureV- At woffc: and kt ' leisure. Miss bolbert ^oies about uhderstahdih^, pacifying, encouraging, inspiring, 8trtdght«nlng; complexes- out- untile 'It' would eeena - she!d • bfr. drained 'dryi But no— there's ho end to. Miss Colbert's resources fdr understanding and only those who wMch iier: get. tired- V Misis Colbert makes 'the; trainsition from gay^ girl to serlous-nninded benefactor of ' humanity by changing her coifjCurie ' and building up the decolietage of her^ evening gowns. Gone are her frivolous bangs-i-^in- stead, a neat, clear- browiEid and becoriiipg bob.:' Then, too, there's a change in her manner— It'a quieter, simpler, and she does keep the unc- tion in her /voice down to ifa;: mlnli^^ • Llstehihg to a lot of psychiatric terminology and B\Vei>t into Bearchlng for motivations ^ong with the members of the cast; the audttbncevmay' be apt; to try a little psycho-analyzing" on ^itci bwri and decide, that the troubliB with Hellsh Vinson is that she doesn't Know she's in ,16v.o with her own brother. Certainly the best of her coquetry is direct^ at him^. and all her cbquetry Is pfetty darned good. So's her superficiality and southern accent. In fact, she comes close to Esther Dale; the sanltariiim's matron, in: clear-but; sustained-characterizatibn;' ' Joan Bennett looks .very young . arid exceedingly . pretty,' and is tenderty protected by the dire from; having; to act her blg scene^it's all done with photography; and ■sound bffcets, arid it's unforgettably chillirig.. , : . T V ;" . V ;; ■ ■•■ Strictly the Film at Palace ; , '.. The Palace isn^t worrying muoh about its yaudeville , this week, ript : .with 'lioberta' as its dra^. Four acts, it's decided, will suffice, and let ;them be four acts never to start the customers clamoring for. more. This week; , ill fact, the Palace is dedicated to the belief th^ pictures ai:e so Inflnitely more eritertalnlng than vaude anyway. It wpuld be hopeless for llvie. stage -folk to try .to compete. So the Palace has cBst aboutt and found, four acts to oiler the least: possible competition. Meariwhile, some pf the. customers who, 8tubborniy, :iiice vaude in spite of pictures and come to the Palace for it— burn. \ X; . . Threa worifien actually work in the .four acts-— a fourth goes about in a red dressi quietly muttering and exclaiming while the trained ;propSi . in O'Dorin^il and Blair's slapstick act collapse In the dutiful obedience that's been theirs for, lo, these many years. : Bartell arid Hurst claims two pf th'e working girlsV a brunette, who, in white satin one-piece pajamas with full chifCon sleeves caught at the wrists into wide sequin bandis, walks on her hands in time to the music and performs ; other feats in slow acrobatic contortions; and a blonde who waltzes first Iri princesse wl\ite satin with white ostrich arid then, reappears as a polo player keen to be tossed; about by her three partners, themselyes gotten up - to represent P.9IP. players,' but acting : mighty like iadagio dancers. .The little lady's outfit lacks the broad belt and boots it needs for Idealism and good gropniing.^ ' ; *; "Third wofkirig girl, femme half of Carroll and Howe; plays a nut : comedienne Who' is not nuts about, good . grobming; either. A:, pleasant perspnality .embodied in a figure that could do with more I'lgld 'under pinnirig, .she wears a bright blue crepe dresB with white colla.r and bow, and is toot, disturbed that her short bias-cut skirt hikes up in front. ; /''■.■'- ■■•..;'• ;■■... ; Beaching- for' Park' Ave. . The east side; Raquel , Meller^ Molly Picons is at the Fox, Brookly ri. Or ; Is Baquel Meller, the Spanish Molly . Picon. . Picon's first in -vitality, dlrectnessr—ttie engrossing way she makes average, .material seeni al most profound.' .But she hasn't freed herielf of the east side, for all her ; British pronunciaUons of the words 'song' (with t^ "serious' :\(wlth a pcecls^ roil ' to the 'r") in hpr speech prefacing her stirring 'East Side Syritphoriy'. Her vlgot'ous walks to ; the; wings as ^ she accepts: her . applause with, arm upraised, fist . clenched like a one-armed prizefight wirinah, betray her in her ambition to become uptown girl. . A very young .uptown girl she'd like to be in her starched white lace princesse frock, tvith' short pulfed sleieves and blue bow with long streani ©rs at the back, crisp arid dainty over its white taffeta sllp^but this is a frock for. ail Anglo-Saxori string beari, .whereas Mlss; Picon, little and . warriily curved, is something else, quite as fetching, but .never ;a . Nordic string bean. \ ' Surrbundlrig her, . pleasantly whllingr away the tiriie till her eagerly .awaited eritrance— the 'Streamlined BeVue,' annQunced by femirie m.c. Oir^ White iri neighborly fashion, refreshingly free of gags and overly Interise enthusiasm, Miss White achieves, the remarkable feat of hiaklng an ni.te. ;b6th likeable and necessary. She moves ' gracefully, ^upon : the stage in a ' long white ' tafiPeta 'picture* frock, floating wide at the hem, its ofC the shoulder decolietage outlined with red roses. Bulwark of the stage show, 12 'Streamlined- Girls', are costumed to reveal the truth of that classification^ in various garments with a leaning toward the Oriental, .heavily jeweled- at strategic, points; They engage, forthe finale, in something calliBd 'iSymphony in' Metal,' which gives them the chance to strike 'moderne' postures in silt duir gold s^^ and Btranipe heliriets jutting fpuf columnar honis, - whose slgnlflcance h^ ho doubt sdmethlrig to do with the Machine Age,' and also permits, the two adagio gals of the iFiyeryoltaires the opportunity to display the most dramatic adagio body hurling coisturiies yet^severe black : sllkbn high necked and long-sleeyed tights cut. off high ait the thighs, worn un adorned-^save for; the good figures they putlirie— with fitted black velvet helmets^' '.' . ' Upping'Toothpaite'Salea \ -.• ; '"vV Joan Blondeil is a very Interesting traveling saleslady. Interesting, particularly, for her knack bfc,, traveling the country over packing and unpacking a ti-emendous %Vardrdbe and yet managing to sell toothpaste on; the side. Interesting for her ability' to aVert; passes, though , she's made up to look as if she'd welcome them; Interesting' for her swlngy walk, her great clusters of blonde curls; kept tidy through all the press pf ■ a coriim^rijlal lifie, her furs, her jewels, her strange and stubborn pre- ,: occupation; with, business olhces when It's boudoirs she could do so hand- •bmely; by. . Interesting for her- haits, which; zooriv off her head at all angles arid yet stay on, for the zeal' for salesmarishlp of tpbthpaste that ■' jrleams In; her largfe ; blue eyes.; V.CS6rtehow, th she becomes the woHd's grecttest tbothpaste seller. It iseeiris a pity, jkll; t dsefulhcHs,, spending Itself for toothpaste. Arid it might make her thin.) Glenda Farrell buys tbothijaste In 'Traveling Saleslady'. Beyond that, yhe is ./risk and wears a tailored suit with a rippled back lii the stylft raade. f ariious by Paul Whiteman and Jack puraht; Ruth Donnelly plays Miss Kondell'p mbther who'^ more; llkfe^ a pal, .but then cfedibillty and 'Traveling Saleslady' don't think so much .of; each other anyway. Where Hips Count . ■■i::'- -, :.. iSlnbe , she's th* only ; woman bh ;,the . i)ill who^e narii6 is printed in ( full on bpth annunciators, that ifnust inake Jean Sargent femriie head- llae.r at Loew's Oriiheum. At; any rate, ^Mlsis Sargent stands in front , dl the inlke arid pbura her heart in so;iff Intb'it, ;wiille wearing a whitis Did Vou Know Thiit-^ 'When Gary Copper goei t» Frances Fox tor his hair treat-; ments the girls are sooboopp thrilled. ..Sophie Tucker has finally left Broadway . .living • quarters for Park Aye..\,^Mrs. Rube : Goldberg , will visit the Coast, in May..ithe-; caist of ' "Anything; Gbes' was f iirlouB at Irene ; Dunne the other night ; when she, refuised- to even sri^ frbmi the froiat rbw. ...that v?aa'; ; Jack .^Cphn ; at the /; Opera. Thursda;y nljght. i .alsb MoUy . RicardeL . .Qeorgie Price Is. in * from' Florida, with one of thos6 V / sepia taris.' .'.Liou ; Schreiber la . shovdng^tbeitown in the offing. . . Lacking right of censorship!, Cpm- mish : plans to cite for hearings a number of. stations In all parts of the country, particularly in hope of impressing majority of broadcastr ers that public; lqteirest; converiiencei and necessity provisions of the ba^ic law ; are nbt empty phrases. Idea, is that rather than jebpiardize iriviBstriierits and ;face costly .and drawn-out litigation, stations, will ask Cbmmlsh opinion on, the q^t. for questionable programs and - try tb .remain in government's good griakces by doing bouse-cle^riing . on their own hpok. Ordbrs for ' sapolio movement'; be- lieved to Itave come direct from the Whitei House arid to haiVe been strerigrthened by ; siiper-critlcal members bf Congress.. President has not openly takeri hand in any Commish policies, but; his sldetrackV Ing of former Chairman Eugeirie O V Sykes arid boosting of Anning . SJ .Prall dempnstratied the 'Chief Exec Is keeping close watch on Commish doings. , Prall has his instructions and alresCdy has moved to ■ carry them out ■ \ . ■ TlpofC came from Prall in broad- cast interview over NBC web Sat- urday (30) when Commish boss de- clared 'We will not brook any trifling with our regulations. The radio people who disregard them— and I include the broadcasting of harmful and manifestly fraudulent material — are going to be made con- scious that there is a board in Washington to .whom they must render an accounting. We will punish the malefactors even if it means their extinction from the wave-lengths.' Tactics will be same ad were used to gag California's :; Bob ; Shuler; 'Hello World' Hienderson, Norman Baker, and Doc Brinkley, but gpv-; ernment campaign; will nbt be limited as In the past to quack medicine men, and similar gentry. Kid Programs Doomed? • Kid programs of blobd-and-thun- der type appear doomed under new Among the Women By The Skirt ■ Poor, But Woll Dr«Med -.;;- ■ The picture at the Roxy is a t^olumbla opus featuring Nanpy Carroll.. Mlsa. Carroll is the leading 'woman of a repertoire ,conipaiiy . playing Shakespeare. She falls for a young college, student in the person of' George Murphy, who hasn't what it takes. : ThjB clbthes wbrn by-Mlsa Carroll are in perfect taste, althbugh rather elabprate for one supposed to ba In straightened circumstances. A black evening; frock has the earmarks of coming from a flrst-rate modiste. The full skirt Is topped by a low. bodice with a gardenia garland arourid the throat. There are a series of shbts showing many spbft ccstumes and, as a bride, Miss CarroUvwaa' Indeed a Juliet even tb the . pearl head- dress. Fpr traveling, a coat' la . cbmblned with fur in the sleeves and long edging. Grapes adorned a frqck worn . for. cooking. As a dlme-a- dance girl, a light colot-ed crepe gown is flaring at the hem and worn with a short cape. In fact; many short capes are shown. Deep collars and cuffs, lace edged, trimmed one blaick frock. A beach bostume Is of White with black and white showing down the front. There is a short Jacket and a large black ~bat Very neat was another black dinner frock, cut. with a most modest neckline. Jean Dixon, that superb wisecracker who Isn't seen enough in pictures, assists Miss- Carroll, and la seen. In a. wardrobe consisting of fur triritmed coats and tailored suits. One evening 'frock is of a shimmery satin . worn with a. three-quarter coat of - the same material. . ' - ^ : i ■ ; ; 'The:stage show; at thi^ . theatre is .annouriced by a Gae . Foster girl in a white satin skirt arid black velvet jacket having white cuffs. The girls, on a darkened stage, gb through a, routine with the aid of- a lamp for each girl. When the lights life they are in short red costumes with huge white bows at the throat and hats and cuffs matching. In a second , number, full skirted fuchsia -satiri frocks are lined- in blue and; silver; Poke bbririets are of the fuchs^ "They do. an old fashioned can-«an. ' The: girl of Lorraine arid Dlgby" wears a print drcss for her clowning.' ■ ; ,,: ; ■ ,•■ / Sullivan's Back Ed . Sullivan is back at, the State once riibre'. Ed arid Marvin Schenck are very friendly, hence the booking. But this time Ed has a real act. And believe It or not, he sings. His young daughter was in the audience Friday afternoon, and was she pleased. ;, ■ Alice Dudley, one of those modernistic dancers, does her stunt In a flalme colored skirt, yellow blouse and a wide hlack velvet belt. Her blonde bob is confined with a narrow black ribbon. Dplores Farrls, a girl on her toes, wears white with rhlnestones and fox trimming. For the .ilnale she appears for a minute in a satin creation of the palest green shade, trimmed with' rows pf coque ' feathers; The Saxon Sisters are well groomed in white tailored suits worn with blue dptted ascot ties with hats, shoes arid gloves matching. . ;'.■■:■;•■'•■■■■:■;■■■> Their Money's Worth When the customer planks dbwn his 26c at the box oSlce of the Academy of Music, he expects 26o worth of amusement, and he usually gets It.. Frank and Milt Brltton, with thelr.;rough arid tumble bEihd, give 40 minutes of entertainment and a huge audience greeted them; Frlda;y afternpori. '".v'?- " The show is in the form pf a unit and three girls acts are Introduced. A girl called Cbrinie does some stepping with a boy, her . costume con- sisting of a very short yellow cloth jiacket topped with a blue mblre bodice. A rather indifferent singer, Introduced as Mildred, sings in a blue crepe dress made long and covered with a •three-quarter jacket of the same color. ; •:'';,;' Three stocky girls call themselves thp Three Sophisticated Ladies^ They submit to some rather harsh tumbling. Dressed in coat dt^esses of a deep shade . of blue with black inserts, they strip to shorts. Connie, comes back for a final fling in a crystal costume made very short and wears also a high hat of brilliahts. Secondary Vaudeville All Brooklyn journeyed Albee theatreward •. Saturday, the reason: 'Roberta'. What a glorious picture, although inuch of the charm of the stage production has been lost In its transition to the screen. The danc- ing pf Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers is as lovely as ever, but casting Irene Dunne as the Russian Princess was far-fetched. " ,, ■The vaudeville show at the Albee doesn't matter. The entertainment starts off with the burlesque dancing act of Gene, DeQuincy and Lewis, the girl comical in a pretty gown of. white silk with a flowered pattern of f ucbia bouquets. The Ipng. full skirted dress has a double bustle. A hill billy a,ct with two girls in gingham dresses fairly amuses. Dick Noy troupe has two girls dressed the same a,s the men, in purple trbuser suits trimmed with blue ribbons. drive. Deluged with bleats from educators and parents, Commish is agreed that if broadcasters do not inbye on their own to cook up more satisfactory entertainment for chil- dren the governriient must apply the whip. All members of the broadcast division are known to be sold on this point, which was reflected when i Prall said in his air . debut that radio is not meeting obliga- tions and 'in some cases I arii cer- tain that it Is having a deleterious effect because of some of the pro- grams that are being presented.' Condemned programs are compared to dime novels. ; Numerous medical programs. In- cluding offensive blurbs about laxa- tives, are due for ; blue-pencil- ing. Recent birth-control program dress istudded all over with rhlriestones,, rhlnestone earrings, and her hair parted in the middle.. Miss Sargent's gestures are concerned fchlefly with indicating to the; prchestra the tempo shb'd like; from It; . and her manrier, the drawing room kind. ; ;;• ■■;■ ■Then thibre Is Madeline Manning,, stooging for Joe May arid being 'vary Frarisch' about It, rolling ,her large eyes -a;fter B6rdOnl, wrlggjlrig busily in her black satin molded-hlpllne frock, coifflng her black, short curls like a Golliwog. Regardless, and despite the large white chiffon handkerchief firmly appended to her wrist. Miss Manning Is cute. The Keene Twins ,db acrobatic dancing In Unison and make such a steadily revolving pinwheel that tljey could be twins.; They carry on •In pleated blue satin shorts, bbleros with organdy arm rufifs, and wear ribbons In their girlish bobs. Lila, of the Rpdrigo and Lila Revue, daricea with grim determination a Blow waltz and then a/rhumba, revealing some new holds for the custoriiary whirlings, LUa has a magenta; crepe dress With fiequlned dol- man sleeves, made with a long basque that. Is a little over-zealpua about revealing. Llla'« hips. The fiUlgety younjg Woman lit the revue, who sings and dances- 'La..Cucaracha' Is dressed as a cockroach. brought many kicks. Horse-racing and broadcasts used in numbers racket are frowned on. Although no decisions have been reached, ; Commish / ; personnel ■ ■ le playing around with the Idea ot putting a time limit on the amount of advertising which may accom- pany sponsored programs. -Peeling Is that both advertisers arid broad- casters fail to appreciate public re- sentment at long-winded plugs and exaggerated claims.. . Trade Commission will continue its supervision to prevent mislead- ing and debeptlve advertising, but powers are limited so that it can- not act against programs which are merely offensive. Scope is restrict- ed to actions which may be unfair 'competition : in interstate comriierce, 30 that condmunicatlons crowd will handle the other problem through Its public interest authority. Congress may take a hand, if the Commish falls to choke off nerve- gi'atlhg or revolting commercial patter, since many members of both the House arid Sena;te are pri- vately disgusted with eiteady streams of buy this and usS that admonitions. Aware of this . situ- ations, Commish feels, it has a duty to save broadcasting industry from its own sins arid that If the Indus- try Is not smart enough to clean up without government prodding steps must be taken. Which la why. a dozen or so stations now are con- fr.onted with unexpected problem of defending their . franchises at hear- ings, „ ' ■ Wednesday, A^l 3^ T j M ^E S § Q U A R E VARiETY «9 New^J 1^ pailies This department ctintai7ta-rei4;riti€n tjiei^^ netcf items as P«b- lished during the week in i he daily papers of . NeiL York, Chicago, Sn h FraniHsco, Hpilvicood and London. : Variety, (a tees no credit for these 'ieica items : each has been rewritten fr^^ a daily jpdper. East Father Coughlln . signatured tor 13' weeks' airing - over WOR, begliir ning Aprir28. David McCIosky, American barl- tpne; bbllgcd ^to pay |18 In, royalties for Introdiiclng American soiigs at concert' apfteaLrance ln\Berlln. No levy oii songs In native lingo. Virgin Islands, one of Amerlba's re<y headaches, angling' for tour r 1st trdde, heretofore,- ignored. Na- tional Tours will tak€| ov9r bperatioh of government^ built bpstelry; In St. .Thomas../'- ■. ^ Seating xapactty : of ^portis arena being built in Berlin to house 1936 01:'mplc a^mes will; be 500,000. • Yvonne PrlntSnips and . Pierre Presnay . sailed for Paris, Sun- :day;--(3iy... ; '^■'v. ' ./■'V^- ■ For a. press stunt for the 'Passion Play at Urtlon City, N. J„ Charles Winter Wpbd, the 'tredetlt 'liawd' of 'Green Pastures,' in- costume, viewed the parade of : the players a^d embraced the .Qhrlstus on the church, steps, after which he masle a slieech isbbout :the similar alms of •pastures' and the church play. Four men held - In . Hammoriton, N. J., on a, charge of having forced .an automobile carrying flvie memr bers of a. Negro orchestra oft the road and stealing their instriimients. Opera romp at the Met; Sunday .nisht (31), brought in $14j000. Bea- trice Tjlllle off ered a ' brand new 'Carmen,' and Lily Pons was; in full, tights as. a bircus acrobat.^ , For the Opera Maintenance Fund.. At the Conference on- Arctlhg at Beekman Tower, Leslie Howard told 'em he was off the commercial the- ,atre. and still further away from films.-;-. Alexander Myers, who . invented the business of renting beach chairs, died, in New York, March 31. For the past nine years he bad iiandled only the Coney Island concession, .using 7,0D0 chaijrs, but his ventures at one time dotted the east coast from Old Orchard to Florida. : Two men held up Sydney Seckler of the College,' /College 'Point, aiid took $$00 after: Blugirlnff; Seckler in •the .stomach^ ' j- ' . Dexter F'ellows breaking . into print, which means the circus Is coming. . ACusia Hall eng9.ges: Sergei Sou>: deiklne, Albert Johnson and Boris Arpnson to help Ijeon LepnldofC with the production chores. Bill , Brady tells Motion Picture «lul> that Hollywood exceeds the dramatic . stage. In Intelligence ,and copipetence. . Taylor Holmes In an auto accl ident in Rome. Car driven by his •on crashed aHotheir. Boy unhurt. . I>ut it took 12 stitches to darn the actor.'.- Betty MacDonald. formerly of the 'chorus, asking for 0. Reparation froni eid Tuscher, .pianist. They lived ■with his folks and she did not like kosher cooking,. : Blnnle Barneis back from London Wednesday (i7). Told reporters she had dropped most of her money playing craps and poker, mostly with Representatives of American picture companies.' William Kent- replaces . Charles Winnlnger in 'Revenge With Music Monday (8). .• Leslie Howard gets a new slant •n high school Interviewers. 'He'll ineet all the amateur journalists for a mass interview. . Theatre : Code- - Authority will assess all theatres $6 for each open iweek : arid all produters for each playing week. ; To supply the fiinds tor teode enforcement. : Pierre de Reedcr iaelects Atlaritiij ■ City for his tryout of 'If a Body.' First time the town baa had a premier in a long while, . Ada Cassldy, 30, said to be an ac tress, "was involved In .an auto accli flerit In which her . companloni an Spartnaent house porter, was killed 'he boy ^vi^as found dead In a parked car with the woman in a stupor on the ground .neirby. A quart whiskey bottle was found, emjpty, oh the : floor of the car. Believe, that death .Was due to heart disease. Mrs. Cas., Bldy was s6nt to ihe hospital for treatment for acute ihtqxication. . Charles Harris splits frbrii Cpunt- bey Burr to produce on hls\bwn ac- count: : Will ■ make Warshawsky's •VVoman of Destiny' his .first try. Kurt Browneil made the lead in ^ie Melsteralngers' in the Dam- tbsch Jubilee When he. mastered the role of Walther in two days. Left the N; Yv Opera Comlque. in Chicago to hustle east for the p^rt. , Riidy Vallee and Police Commls- ilbrier- Valentine; now in Circus Saints and- Sinners. ■. , Usual overplus,. of news about Irish Sweepstakes drawing In cplte of; newspaper promises to the ' fed- eral authoritiesJ vMiuiiky's Republic got : "sidewalk opposition- Thursday.; (28) when some 300 union men did a shake dance in front of the theatre as a picket demonstration. Cops bagged eight.-':;-.;;- ■;. ';: Vnion Miethodist Church, birth? place of the Aster's Dinner Club, to be scene; of a xie-w; stunt to replace that, : how : defunct \ org'anlzatloh. Actors' Kltbhen and Lounge will serve 30; meals to actors. Aiips to employ about 100 actors four hours 6ach weekly arid- to play two ' din- ner :checkd. .-■ ;.-•■;'•"•' ' ■ - Borrah MineVltch going- producer. Has bought a play, by Harold Sher- nian ' and will put It oh in the fall. B;obert Wallsten of 'The Old Maid' cast has written 'Majrlag:© Royal.' Canadlah Radio Commissioh bars, all sales:talk from the- air oh Sun day. Includes p'rogramis . piped In frbnri the Stateis for rebroodcast. > Strike" Of Newspaper Guild meii on the Newark Ledger ended; Men who - -went out .'will be reinstated and discharged men will arbitrate Jane >ind Katharine ,Lee open at the Palladium, London, April 8. Publicity oyer Irish sweeps draw- ing stirs: P. O. to action. ' About 1,000,000 tickets grabbed last -week, ;nt»08tly;the. Canadian event. Rough estimate 'shows that 46,404,000 were paid: for tickets on Aintree In the U. ' S. ' Prizes amounted to $i;658,^ -400.: Sam : Langford .submitted to on eye operation at Welfare Island hospital. Lost the sight of one eye in; a match with Ered Fuitdn. Canadian border runi runheirs now turnlhig to ohiohs. ; Cost a cent a pound In Canada and bring five and six here. Estate of the late Richard B. Har Wsoni apiJriised: at $20,000. More than half in' real estate. ' , . Beatrice LlUle; coming back td Eiroad in a Subert revuCi due in July. Great Britain announces It will crack down on labor permits to Amerlcah musicians In retaliation for riecbnt bar outs here. Pushed lOO piece marlmbsk band for a starter, So many Federal ludges belong to tile Century Club: that; a, Cpnr necticUt J^iidge was brought In'- to sit on a tax , case against the cliib. If \ tbe decision .Is app^ed, the same -abtton will have to lb« taken at the second bearing; ■■ - Greenwich Village nlterlea com bine in a - newspaper advertising drive to bring back, business to the downtown spots. Cort . & AbramsoB sign George Bancroft for legit. Now they're looking for a play, . : Joe Cook's radio play Iced. ' Plate glasa insurance companies, kad to: pay $147,31& to those who suffered in the Harlem riots. That's only about two-thlrda of the total breakage.'; Mack Sennett. baick home; ; Says he is planning production both in Hbllywood and Ei'ngland: iJatter studio will be in Devonshire. Pierre Presnay back to; Paris with a copy of 'Petticoat Fever' tinder his arm. :, \ . ; Anltia,: Furman,. stage dancer and wife of: James 'Wallington, given her: 16th blood transfusion in seven weeks.' ,:'- . Two bandits picked up $1,600 at ■the ^Republic, ; picture house In Brooklyn, Sunday night (31), hold^ irig up George Stokes, manager, and William Cenlce, usher. Second the- atre robbery that evening. Evening Post starts a. voting con- test to . dlscover New York's No. 1 bore. ■ Circulation gag, . Lee Sisters turned back .steam- ship reservations to go - into : The- atre (julld's; 'Paradie.' All set ; for London and the ;contIn^rit. ; Plenty In the newspapers regard- ing the suit of Mrs. Grant KImbell against Charles E. Severy and his wife ; for alleged alienatloh of the afCections ;6f the radio hian. In-; elusion of the husband in the suit was the feature which made the case spicy. Mrs: Kimbcll wori. Harry M, Warner revealed as the dpnor- ot the hew gym at Sing Slhg. It's a ; memprlal ; to his s6n, . Lewis.! Came out at a, testimonial dinner to Warden Lawes. Gym will- seat 3,000 when used for entertainments. , Frances Mllllngton and: others es- tablish a : screen research . depart- ment for producers, To use the Corigresslbnal Library and other points bf Information In the Capl- 'tbl.- ■: : ,■; ■ /' ; ■ . . Havard'9 Hasty :Puddlng .:club one nlghtlnfr at Mecca' Temple, Frl-; .day (5.). . Show is 'Foemah bf ■ the Yard.' :' :'■;:, ■'■-:■■■':,' Lie e h s e. IsFtued; . Provln.cetbwn; Playhouse on a $j,o6 apnual fee In conslderiatlon of: limited! capacity.. City had asked $500- ..; 'Washington tells that bootlepgcrs are still ;'cookinf;'. denatured al- cohol to obtain illicit sunnly. , Oxford burly house In Brooklyn picketed by 600. StaRe and screen, union. ■ -.' Strong intimation that ■ all burJy houses will be without licenses after May 1. Moss said to be dis- satisfied- with- cleans- up efforts. John Colton. author of 'Shanghai Gesture,' loses his suit against his. attprney, Harry Oshrln, for ah ac- counting. .• : . Eusene CNelll reveals that his new cycle for the Theatre Guild is seven full length pliys, each com- plete in Itself but 'an essential link In; the .chain.' Five ; generations of. an American family; ' ^ , :; Al Joleori ' tells his Interitibn to produce '. a Stage play next season. Thinks it's better than- 'Outward Bound' which gives the; idea. Additional bhe-cent a gallon tax on gas figured, to be bostihg , mbr- torists -$43,000 a ^ay in New York State.'. - :.-^".- :; -'■ . ;'-'."; ': Federal Alcoholic Gbrttrol ; beirs statement of age on wine contain- ers; Contends hew ! wine may pos- sibly be better than- aged product, so, practise is misleading. * Colleen Mobre in town with her doll house. Being shown- at Macy's; FumUiiigK Los Angeles , court ruled that $10,000 wias not : an exorbitant ex- pehdltUre for; the funeral of Marie Dressier, bverrullng protest of late star's sister. Cpurt also 'ordered, distribution of estate .estimated at $190,000. . ■ ; ' Arthur Snyder,' picture producer, cut by flying . glass when his car was wrecked near Ontario, : Cal. Jack Mulhall's ijetition in banl(- ruptcy-. lists :$355,0Q0 in debts' and assets of $6,040.. Horse tbok .a nip at Warner Bax- ter's ear, lacerating the- member so as to require several stitches. Final decrees of divorce were granted in Los Angeles to Esther Ralston from George Webb" and Thelma Todd from Pasquale J. De 'Cicco. - ■ :; Bill Robinson tells L. A. police he shot a man who attempted to hold him' up.' For bis direction of 'Our Daily Bread,' King Vidor received the League of Nation's medal for the best cinematic work bf the year.: Suit for $6,666 was filed against an English fhsurance ;r«nn by Ireiie Dunne, who alleges they failed to pay for the. loss of Jewels in 1933. Clothing and Jewelry valued a;t $760 were stolen frbni the home df Walter Plunkett. Le Roy Frinz, dance director, who figured in a duelling episode a year ago, explained a limp and , seven pa.t'ches on his facb by saying a guy (Continued on page 62) Squelch Wire Bettors , V : San Franclspo; April 2. ;; Making telegraphic wagers to race tracks in California has been held illegal by Attorney General U. S. Webb, In an opinion requested by the State Horse Racing botu-d. Ruling, if upheld by the courts,; would put an end to the practice of out of state coihmtssloners \ wiring wagers to the track from, points out- side the city or state. MAll DOLLS COINC ON TRIAL FOR NUDITY . - Syracuse, April 2. Trial of the mefmbers of the 'Gay Boy Revue,' Miss Fay Norman, di- rector, and Robert Andrews, pro- prietor of La Villa, Cold Springs road house, twice postponed, is now scheduled before Justice Charles H. Hall ' at BaidwlnsviUe tomorrow (Wednesday). . : Eight female Impersonators were arrested by deputy sheriffs during a raid on La Villa and were ciiarged with indecent exposure. City police over the week end gave floor shows using female Im- personators the doiible-p, but made no arrests. BIRTHS Mr. and Mria. Douglas Shearer, son; in Santa Monica, Cal., March 29. Father Is recbrdlng director at Metro. Mother . is the former. Ann Cunningham, Metro writer. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Nugent, son, March 30, in Los Angeles. - Father Is film director. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor, girl, March 80, in New York. Father is general film buyer for the BKO circuit. : For show people ipa well laymen, thie Qulde to venerat aihusemente in New York, flret Inaugurated here In 1028,, le revived and pubituhed weekly In response to repeated requests. VARrarr lende the 'ouidanoe of ite Judgment in the varioue> entertainnfSnte denoted. No, slight ia intended for thoee unmentiohed, ae text will be ewitched weekly. The list* are bf Varutt's compilation only, end ae a handy reference. It may eerye the eut-of-towner ae a time eaver In eeleetion. PLAYS ON BROADWAY Current Broadway legitimate attraetione are completely listed and commented upon weekly In the Legitimate Section. .In that department, both in the comment and the amount of the gross mceipte of each ehow will be found the necessary informatioh as to. the most euecessful playe, alao the ecale of adirniesien~ charged. ; FILMS ON BROADWAY Similarly, the new pictures In the Broadway first' runs and. combina- tions are covered weekly In the reviews, the film grose boxoffice story and the etanding box on Page 8, which indicates the new films for next week and the week after. '■:'[■ HOTCHA NITERIE8 Cotton Club, Dickie Wells' and UbangI in Harlem, Nut Club In the Village, and K ing'e Terrace in Times Sq., are. sufficiently heated for the hectic nbcturnal addicts. Lou Richman's new 1935 version of the famed Dizzy Club is another lively entry. New Famous Door has taken the place of the now shuttered Onyx Clul> as the fave musicians' hangout. Coin d'Or has the Spirits of Rhythm from the old Onyx. Less hectic but equally hilarious,; Eddie bavlu' saucy songs at Lepri & Eddie's and the mauve-decade gang-singing at Gay 90's are surefire for lively diversion and divertissements. / Any number of Times Sq. si^e-street dialecterles are also good diver- sion If yearning for 'different' type of atmosphere, Mlini's Faubourg. Montmarte and the Bal Musette are in that category; likewise the Cafe International, arid any number of Italian eateries. Latter have about killed off Little Italy, since it's easier ta get everything in that field right In the Broadway belt without taxl-^lng. However, authentic Flamenco entertainment like El Chieo in the Village, and Havanese, like the Cubanacan in the Spanish sector of Harlem, are weir worth the trips; also El Bolero in the Village and El Toreador on W- HOth. les and' the dance is on. Most of the beer stores aro em* plbylng personality ,g^ls who talk the customers into buying . moro beer. In the nickel spots, gala get free meals for their eftorts. Wher* beer is selling for a dime tho. per* sohallty ;capper gets two cent* pit each drink and it nickel on bottled beer, which sells for 15 an4 20 conta, iltgh-class Joints, . eellinir iutrd liquor pay the gala a straight two- bucks nightly. High class drlhkelrles are the places where tho patrons ■ are thrown out iafter they fall oft tbelr ebalrs the third time. Chm Thealre Cham Opposes Hob RacDig Boston, April t. - Developments this .week at tho State House Indicate that there may be a Greater Bostpn horse track tbla season. Governor James M. Curley is reported to be In favor of nishlnf matters along so that track oper- ators can get the final okay td fo ahead with construction. ] So far, not even the site hoc been decided upbn due to stymies from opposition factions, , .who havo launched a bill to repeal the pres* ent horse and dog racing law in Massachusetts. . Site may bo either Revere or East Boston. During the hearing on repeal this weeic, it was charged by opposition tp the repeal bill that a New Eng« land theatre chain Was , strongly against dog racing. , '■ ' Chain referred to as probably tho M; & p. Paramount; subsid, which has gotten out half a dozeti mian'- uals for its managers. Pugs Aid Actors Hpllywood, April S. Hollywood Legion Stadium, in recognition of the good done for the organization by the motion plo* ture colony, will donate the profit* from one Friday evenlng.card to tho Motion picture Relief Fund. : Card for that particular night will be a regular Friday night lineup/ with several name flghtera In tbd. bouts. . ■;.';■■' , MARRIAGES Beatrice Nelson Rhodes to C!apf, Allen Plummcr, jiarph 30, In. Lo< ApgclcB. Bride is fiction writer. ; Susan Absip , to Louis Dean, lH New York, March: 6. Groorn is dl» rector' of Campbell-Ewald agency's radio department in N. Y. Dorothy Bondy to Joseph .Jl, Bolton, announcer for WOR, in Now^ York, March 28. - .. 60 VARIETY T l M i S § Q U A II C VediieBday, April 3, 1935 %'oadway Eddie Edejsdn back from FlaV '" Veriia Burke Is a crack rlflie slvoti George SV Kaufman back from the Coast. ■■ Leo . Cohen ■ in bed. tangled' with grippe. ■' Eari Wlnjgart poller playing every week-end. Bertram Makers off to Bermuda for a rest. ■Jack Lalt okay after , belnpr abed with heavy' cold, Sylvia Chock (Par) has had her schnozzle rebuilt. lonb Reed, comedienne, lost hfer mother last, week. Jean Lenauer a.Ii^eady started country wetkendiiie. : Ar Wilkle is sufferlhe frorn; ear trouble fbliowine a cold. ■ iSam Deriibow thinking of taking a hou se In Westchester. iDavld Sarnoff recipient . of : the Lesion of Honor of France. Alleen St. Johii Brenon Teturhed . from th^ Coast Monday (1).; , . Hb'ivard Newman and Arthui* Elmer on West Indies cruise. . • Betty. Barker, of the Winter Gar- den b o., motorlnp to :Cbast. Fat's; Chop House taken oyer by Hank Stark and his brothers.; Sophie.Haiperln recouping from a minor op at Murray Hill hosp. Spirits of Rhythm Irdm the rd,zed. Oiiy:: club now at the Coin d'Or. Joe Cook previewed enlarged Shultz's place on his lake place. Doug Leavltt lost a flock of lower grinders in , a bout with a. dentist. Marvin Schenck'ff mother entered the hosp ' Monday (1) for an , bpera- :iiori.' :■ Frank Bavls and Adele Darnell back from Hbllyyirood, - maybe to ;:$tBy.-- ;'MlchaM Tree and ork opened a:t the Edison Green Room Saturday night (30). Joe S e id ie r figures he's got ehough theatres to. worry about fpr the present. Bill Fadlnian, Goldwyn'a eastern . story editoh li^ Harbor hospital for appendix op. John Bonney practises oi.stol ' , shooting with the icOppers at, the Police Academyl ' Mlltoii; Lataky becomes assistant itiahager to Ray HbdK:don at Greeii- polnt. Brooklyn. ' 'Walter and Lila Gralk will go to England for King George's cere- inonies this June. . The Abe Lastfogels return to the Coast May 1 iand wllliTemaih there most of the summer, . Barton Kreuser . named . engiiieer In charge of Photophone recording Bales for. RCA Victor. Ralph C. Wentworth. suffered a relapse at the hospital where he has been for more than a month. Dorothy Hendrlq ties thinks Lon- don would clean 'Tobacco Road', up by calling "it 'Prihce Albert Lan6. Much mioanlng : in Plcneer De velopmeht offices wheh Jock "Whit .hey's nag failed to win English race. .Jo h n ' Hennegan. theatrical lithographer from Cincinnati, spent last .week rotating among the fllm offlces. , ■■■ Sam Fllaschlk, Duke Ellington band's company mgr; for 10 years. Is 'leaving to go on his own as an , ork bookelr. ^ ' .^J6hn Strachey, English lecturer was , nicknamed 'The NOel Coward of the Communists' after his Mecca Temple debate. . Elsie Riesenbererer, J. J, Mur- • dock's former sec, sails Friday (6) . for her wfeddlrig in London, and then to Persia, which will be her resi ■. dence.- ■ \ ■ Gladys C or eel 1 , vaudevlllain writes New York Irlends Chicago - gunmen deprived her: of her purde and her automobile. Got car back ■ week later. George J. Schaefer due back to day (Wed) after two weeks'; ab . sence. Mostly vacation, including Florida and a Ashing trip to the Bahamas. , Albert Hallparn, ad man, does those gag heralds for Leon & Ed die's and, as a reward, he has onion soup a la Hallparn the Great as his billing on the menu. Thomas Mitchell paused In bis lines at the Wednesday (gl) • pejrV formance of 'Fly Away Home' and audibly shushed unseen persons who were making a lot of. noise backstage. ..' ■ ' ■ ' • A. K. Mills, ex-Batten, Barton, Duretine & Osborri agency's pub- licity staff, named assistant to Ralph Rplan, v.p. of March of Time, Inc., to devote most of his time to exploitation. ; . Al Jolson'a becomtng a California native son. Bought a ■ flve-acre rancho at Enclno, (Jallf., in the San Fernando valley butslde of Holly- wood and is building a permanent abode there. Retaining his Scars- dale manor, however. C. C. Pettljohn, Jr.j shot a 72 at Pinehurst to qualify for thb na- tional North and South open, com- ing in witii a 33' 6n his last nine and tleing Walter .Hagen; bu£ bi» final day„ p,f tournament he failed to threaten Paul Runyan, the winnah. Molly Picon's mother started into the Fox, Brooklyn, Frldiy to see her. dotter. Didn't , want to -bother the manager for a pass, so started to peel out the 36c, at the box-offlce. Doorman saw her and insisted' on passing her in. So she gave him a eoc. tip. Phil Reisman due here any day. Bernard. Sliaw en route for Natal. Max Berman a belated- 'flii victim. Bookings for 'The Dominant Sex' still on rise. Murray Macdonald having his tonsils clipped. ; ■ Jeffrey Bernerd,- Jr., horse-riding in Rotten Row, Georgle Harris "-denies he was miarried recently. :> Charlie "Tucker now ; olely repre- senting Larry Adler. Zena Dare, to step into a new piece by Ivor Novello. Billy Bennett scouting for old copies of Madison's Budget. ATP and G-B nibbling for fllm rights of 'Mra. Bobby Clark.' Grete Mosheiirils first British film vehicle called 'Car of Dreams.' H. K. Ayliff adapted a. foreign comedy under title 'John Stoney.' Adrian Bruner to direct 'The City of Beautiful Nonsense,' fpr Butchers. .. Cedrlc Wallls, author of 'Quartet* completed a new comedy, 'Consort.' Evelyn Laye on lookout for a spectacular romantic costume mu- sical. . • ■ Claiide Allister, wife and dog Hollywood bound iafter three, years here. ■■■ ■ . ; "■. .• Marie Rodker is preparing a pro- .gram of Syrian songs and arias for BBC. (j-B considering 'Hoffman Scan- dal' as a vehicle for Jessie Mat- thews. Florence ■'. Desmond returning to vaudeville, opening for General The- atres, r'^ \ \ \. . Nadihe March presented her hus- band (Stephen Thomas), with a son, March 19. ^ . J. B. Priestley receiving degree of honorary LL. D. at St. Andrews University. Gladys Cooper talking o< doing a Shakespearean season In New York in the fall. * After ten years of abistlhehce, Campbell Dixon is once more tak- ing up golf. .. •City of Bekutiful Nonsense' be- ing filmed by an indie at the Stoll Film Studios, Ben Beyer making the front pages of the dailies with pictures of his freak cycles. Gilbert Wakefield's play 'Savage Lady' banned here, will shortly be done in Paris. jpe Coyne, former American Juve being dicker«d for the new Charell- Buchanan show. Mack Sennett taking a.-looksee at Vitch ait the Dbrchester hotel, with fllm work in view. Carlton, opened an extra box- offlce to cope with ^Bengal 'Lancers' advance bookings. - Brian Desmond HUrst off to Mo- rocco on a three weeks' vacation, and then back to work. : ... Clifford Whitley summoned for using lines In his 'Stop Press' revue not sanctioned by censor. .' Freddie Carpenter takes credit for the dance effort, of Bud Flanagan in the new Palladium show. John Baxter reading play siib .mitted by Jimmy O'Dea, Irish comic, with view as film vehicle. : . Louis Goldlng's 'The Camberwell Beauty' serialiized In the Star prior to publication by (?ollancz. . . Fred Curran, .Jack Doyle's man ager, blew in from Hollywood for a couple days, and then goes back. ■ John Maxwell considering taking up an option on Rlalto, picture house, lease of which expires at end of April. :- Metro and Fox keen on getting Simone ' Simon, star in current BouflCe Parisian show, Paris. Both bidding. Victoria Palace being renovated for -the.: staging of Seymour Hicks' new show, biggest he ■ ever at- tempted. ; Author of 'White Horse Inn,' Hans Mueller, seen here riding In a French car with composer Ralph Benatzky. London Palladium flgurlng on staging Its own pantomime this year, using the 'Crazy' gang and Will Mahoney. 'Everyman' beln)? revived at the Ambassadors theatre, March 27 by Sydney Carroll, with Tilly Losch in the angel role. . 'Someone at the Door,' Sunday- njghted by Repertory Players, snapped up for the West End by Payne Jennings. Arhaut Brothers settled their long dlsiiute with the Hansa theatre, Hamburg, and will play there four weeks • in the fall. : Helen Gilllland will be Jack Bu- chanan's leading lady in the Erik Charell show 'King Of the Air,' com- ing to the Alhambra. / Kenneth, one of the Western Brothers in 'Life Begins at Oxford Circus' at the Palladium, out of the sho>y with Influenza. : V " - Conrad Veldt to play the stranger in fllmlng of 'Passing of Third Floor A T T t II Back' ■ (G-B). Noah Beery coming over to join the cast. The little Embassy, home of suc- cessful tryouts, to house ' its flrst revue, 'Let's Go Gay,' on its third anniversary, March 27. Qtto Kantureki who is directing 'Old Heidelberg' for BIP was for- merly a camera wielder.- His last was 'Abdul the Damned.' Anthony Richards' '.Old Roses' be- ing done for Fox at Wembley, with Bernard Main waring directing and Horace Hodges leading. . Greta Natzler doing her last pic 7 ture for British international; then goes to Hollywood on five years';, contract with Paramount. British International treasuring a letter received from the King's sec- retary expressing the Royal party's enjoyment of 'Blossom Time.' ' At dinner commemorating Marie Tempest's flftieth year on stagef Seymour Hicks said he would bo proud to play role of her father. . Duke and Duchess of York have selected St. Jbhii Ervlne's 'The First Mrs. Eraser' to be done for charity In Edinburgh, which they ' will at- tend. ; Hollywood chorines, brought over for Cliff Whitley's . 'Stop Press,' to double at the Dorchester hotel, have been requested to show a little more. ■., S- . ■ Jiine out of Lee Ephralm's Bouffe Parisian show, due at the Palace iaboUt the end of April, and/ going into the new CharlQt-Nesbltt show instead. ■ 'And a Woman Passed By,' by Vernon Sylvalne will be staged at the Duke of York's , early In April, starring Ion Swinley and Kathleen O'Regan. ■: Ministry of Labor nominated Lord Esher as chairman of new London Theatre Council, in agreement with British Equity and Society of West End Managers. . George Pickett, author of 'Silent House' of eight years ago, collabor- ating with Sydney Horler In a drama of today dealing with the. British Secret Service. 'Sweet Aloes* Is emulating "Escdpe Me Niever, In suspending perform- ances during star's Illness. Show will' close for six weeks while Diana Wynyard sheds her appendix. Bud Flanagan flashing a,, swell gold cigarette case, presented to him by Jack Hylton as aippreciation for his work In lilfe Begins at Ox- ford Circus,' new iPalladium show.. Court theatre, just reopened after a long closure, folding. Lasted just over a fortnight, with new manage- ment trying policy of getting new plays to try put with WestrEnd as eventual goal. Ralph Ceder cabling Hollywood daily for talent for 'Piccadilly Cir- cus,' which he collaborated oh with John Paddy Carstalrs and which will be the first starring vehicle for Nervo and Knox. , Five directors are engaged In making BIP's Jubilee film— Herbert Brenon, "Thomas Bentley, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, aiid Marcel Varnel. Cast of players In Important roles numbers 108.' ■ Edna Best co-statrlng yfl&i Frank Vpsper in latter's new play 'Love From a Stranger,* written In col- laboration with Agatha Christie. Show tries out In Glasgow before coming to the West End In May;/ Bertie Meyer- returns to manage- nient after two years* absencc.\Bfrst win be a . musical . farce by Arthur Rose titled 'Twenty to One,' wnich comes to town, following a suburb- an tryout, with Lupino Lane and Wallace Lupino starred. BBBBS Egypt Paris; By Bob Stern Curtis Meln.ltz to Munich. Tabarln troupe off to Rio. • Mary Glory back from Russia:. Hugh Robinson leaving for Rome Ne^ nitiery on Place Pigalle titled •Eve.' Charles , K. Gordon back frOm Vienna. ■ ■ John Murray Anderson passing through. ' Doris Nlles' Identity card troubles fixed up. . ; -. Renaissance theatre to be dark after April 1. , Marcel Achard lecturing on 'Hol- lywood Secrets.' George BorbnskI sending ' post- cards from Berlin, i Six Day race ' copping all the crowds this week'.""' . .Harry Leaslm going south to meet Phil Reisman. Parnell's Polish Ballet booked at the Opera Comlque. ■' Argentina giving a matinee ds^nce recital at the .Opera. Georges Carpontier opening a bar In the Etoile district. . ■ Spring heralded by opening of Horse Show in Grand Palais. . Marcel Dupve, oi-ganist, named officer of the Legion of Honor. Richard Day, United Artists art director, here after a Lohdon trip. Paul Charles Biver closing up the office of Independent • Producers' Association, Francis A. Mangan angling for Max Baer for a proposed - Moulin Rouge show. Film censorship established by governor general of Madagascar, French colony. V Henri Varna announcing title 'Revue of Nations' for bis next Ca- sino de Paris show. Joan Warner presiding at a con test for prettiest foot in Paris. Her South American trip off. ' Shooting of 'Variety,' Interrupted by . breaking of Annabella's leg in rumpus with a bear, resiiihed at Joinville. Jane Renbuardt, as manager, re opening the Daunou with 'why Not?' operetta by. : song- writer- singer Rene DOrin. Josephine Baker giving a high brow . jazz recital In a matinee at the Salle Gaveau, accompanied by Willie Lewis' band, with Arthur Briggs. Director Kerwlch of covered wagon cinema which burned at St. Gauderlque in south of France, killed 22 and Injured 30, getting eight months in Jail. . French making a bid to revive tourist trade by appointing Roland Marcel, former director of the Na>- tional Library, as Commissary of Tourism, to drum up business. Mary Dar sari leading Casablanca ork, - • • ■■ , Cbnchita Martinez drawing at Gong. ■ . .'; • ■ ■ , Paulino Uzcudun back from Ar- gentina. Ballesteros Tona-FIIm Studios ex- panding. .■'■.■■■:';■■:'■ Alvarez Quint^ro brothers back frbrii Paris. • - , Pedro Gonzales of Benavente theatre stock died. 'Chu-Chin-Chow' (GB) In flfth week at the Rlalto. Dorita Gomez , and Calvo Sisters headlining; at Barblerl. Eric Klelber leading the Madrid Philharmonic at the CapltoL Enrique Jardlel Poncela back frpnit Hollywood for a vacash. Gloria Guzman - off to : Bucrios Aires to star 1^ a Malpu revue; Paramount chiefs looking over Canary Islands for possible pic esp- terlors. ; Films Raza": iand Grandes. Exclu- slves Cinematograflcas Europas, newest fllm dlstrlbs here. Ascunclon Ballesteros, Miahollta Guerrero, Bella , Marujita, Maria Lulsa Jlmlnez at. the Hollywood. .Isabellta Pradas, member of Es- panol theatre's stock company, elected- 'Miss Voz' In local, .beauty contest arid signed for local piz. SU-Vara not yet recovered. Ullrich Bettack back In. Vienna. Hans Jaray's sister to London. Moissl contracting an overdose of flu. ' ■ Waiter Reisch signed by Univer- sal. ■ . ■ Siegfried Trebitsch off . to Pales- tine. • Frltzl Massary expected over from London. Franz Lehar honored by King of Belgians. 'It's a Boy,' farce, revived at the Raimund. Eniii Janrilngs to star here as Bismarck. New fllm censorship regulations under way. Ralph : Benatzsky'a , new musical entitled 'Buexl.' Hans Albers to star In 'Michel StrogofT in Paris. . . Lill von Hatvany's 'The Chain' to open at the Comedy, v . Paula Wessely to Join the Burg Theatre, Oct. 16, 1936: Erlka von Wagner making her talker debiit in 'Episode,' Luke-warn reception here for 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (UA). Helene Dietrich debuting In title part of Bruno Franks 'Nina,' Hans Kubla invited to sing Hans in Smetana's 'Bartered Bride.' Otto Fuerth to London to discuss English adaptations of . his plays; Tito Buffo to sing Scarpia In •Tosca' and 'Jago' and In 'Othello.' Promenade In Salzburg being re- named afterthe late Hermann Bahr. Wllhelm Furtwangler Invited to conduct 'Tristan' at Covent (Jarden. 'Northland,' by Danish author Johannes Knudsen, set for Burg Theatre production^ ; President of Austria bestows title of Hofrat to Otto Tressler, Burg Theatre actor and stager. . Ernst Anday and Ludwlg Ballnt's play 'Maria Bashklrtseff,' drama, under contract .with Burg Theatre. States opera singer Duhan, suc- cessfully debuted at the music desk .^br 'Tosca'-' and will swing batbn also for 'Travlata.' Lotte Lehmahn, Charles KulU mann, Jarmlla Novotna, Eve Ha- draboya, Richard Mayr and Franz Vl)]^k(>r\ to sing 'Covbnt Garden, London. ; '. . - . ■. By {Edward Atswad ' Youssef Wahby back from Eu- rope.- • '.■•■; Aziz .Eld and his troupe now at the Verdi. ■ ' Los Gauchos orchestra at the Perroquet, Badia Masabny and Miss Nadira .off to Tunis. Naglb RlhanI 111 for several weeks due to overwork. Henri Cochet; tennis champion, lectured at the French School In Cairo on sport. • greatest fllm hit of the season was made by 'One Night of Love', starring Grace Moore. 'The Ghost of the Past' and The Victims,' Egyptian talkerjs, at the ApOllo Cinema, Jaffa, Palestine. • Mohamed Kerim entrusted with the production of Mohamed Abdel Wahab's second fllm, 'Love Tears'. Togo Mlsrahl has completed his new fllm, 'Doctor Farahaf, featur- ing Amina Mohamed and Fawzl Gazaerll. SamI Chawia, foremost Egyptian violinist, warmly applauded by the British High Commission at con- cert here, ■ '■ Deliy' Sisters dancing at the Pic- cadilly, Cairo. Bill Includes Suzanne Hanoiim, Anastas Bey, and Carmen Montana. Ralssi Brothers, proprietors of Royal and Metropole at Cairo, have acquired a third Cairo picture the- atre, the 'Eden'. ; ;, ^ : : Gracfe; Edwards, American singer; now at the Excelsior Cabaret. Alex- . andrla, after having appeared at the Perroquet, Ciro. • Harari Brothers entered Into agreement' with Naglb RlhanI for production of his play, 'What Hap- pened With the World'. The Five Hot Shots, American dancers, at the Continental, Cairo. Also Sherrler and Miss QOiild and Maurice Toubaa* orchestra. 'Une Idylle au Caire' (Ufa) fea- turing Renate Muller, Henri Rous'r sell and Georges Rigaud, hais scored at the Rex Cinema, Alexandria. Hafez Aflfl Pasha, ex-Egyptiaii Minister at London, now president of the committee constituted for the purpose of developing theatrical art In Egypt. Isabella Lucia, British violinist, played some oriental selections made by Youssef Scandar Greiss, Fgyptian musician, at the Ameri- can University. French Government has bestov/ed on Mohamed Abdel Wahab the c".:s- tinctloh of 'Commandeur' for the ar- tistic efforts he displayed In produc- ing his fllm. 'The White Flower*. Casino Beba bill at Alexandria in- cludes Moussa Helmy, Raga- Abdou, Blpnlccia and Gina, Zouzou Lablb, Fathia FOuad, Mounira Mohamed, Tahia Mohamed and Nina arid Na- dia. :':.■■" ■■ Historical film 'Shagaret el Dor*, starring Assla and Abdel Rahhian Rushdy, has been presented iat the Ezbekleh Cinema at Cairo and is now at the Cosmograph, Alexan- dria. ■■' • Yussef Wahby's best, fllm, 'The Defense', exhibited In Rome In the presence of Egyptian notables. Pic- ture la now current at the Diana Palace here, and will soon be exhib- ited .at the American Cosmbgraph at Alexandria. Ministry of the Interior, reallzlrigr that regulations In force do hot Im- ply censorship of films produced In Egypt and exhibited in this country, has eliaborated a project of law binding proprietors of such fllnis to submit their pictures to thft Cerispr*. ship Board prior to presentation. Project forwarded to the Mlnistrr of Justice to receive a legal form and has been coriimunlcated .to the Mixed Court of Appeals with a view to obtaining the - approval of the General Assembly. By Cal S. Hirsh Colbert Sisters to Saigon from the Del Monte. Hasley Armstrong, ex-Cathay hotel, gone to Raffles hotel, Singa- pore. ;■ -•;.:■> ' ' Armand . and Diana, ex-Llttle club, now In Hongkong, later to Singapore. British Amateur Dramatic club did right well by a modernized ver- sion of 'Dracula.' . Calorls .and Mia Mona leaving the Paramount for the Straits Settle- ment and India— six- months. Caesar and Miriii oft to Java on a three-monther, opening In Galle Face hotel, Colombo, April 20. . John and Harriet Griffith left " Shanghai for Saigon on a three- months' billet, going to Singapore later. " : ■■ -.'■.■.• . Teddy Weatherford, colored planr 1st, nine years in Shanghai, gone to Salgoh for a year; expected back agalri after that. . Bill Chambers opens fifth year Of his contract 1 adlng and druriimlng at the Del Monte, Shanghai nite spot, 'arid , biggest money niaker for ten years. . ■ . • '■' i .: Verna Gordon, opened February ■ 26, Cathay Hotel. Only artist ever brought back for a return engage- ment from the . States. Klra and .: Boris, running a close second on the 6111. Mar6ya and Gunse.tt (Paris) due soon. Wednesdayt April 3/1935 1 I M E S S Q n ARE VARIETY 61 Hollywood Flu floored Bryan Poy. ; PaBhIell Hahimeti planied In. . Bt^uil RouUen'a d Viance King out as Academy p4t. Flu bug nibbled on' Raridy Scott. . Ben Cohieii to T. on 'Tarzan' biz--. ■ . Joan Blohdell iclat ^ith a bad ■ cold,.: ■■':• '/:;■:■: Bill Swigart freelancing in pub- '■Ucity. •■^^ -^^^ Nigel . Bruce . joined the Mallbu cpipnyi' ". '■■^y.: ■-: Aleit Paule with thiB Myrt /Blum •gencyt -C': Lupe .Velez liuslng xia^ - t air . AipriM4. Friaco'a fashion plate. Cliff Work, to 'and out. . Claudette Colbert due back from N. Y. April 6. : W. P. Lipscomb; doing a play , on .Baniuel Pepys. • Terry La Franconl off to visit the ■-.lollisyln Italy.; ■ V .- Eddie Graven back to : New York and the stage. ; N. J. Blumberg In for 'an ; RKO thVatre look-see. • . / ' . Hiibe Wolf taking a- union holiday —one week in six. Louise Fa^ienda hostess at I|ony jjxpress museum. ' . . 0 ' .Carol L6e, jilsht club warbler, loist her appehdix^ ; • Ptbmaino. attack, piit William., Le Baroa in the hosp. •. . ■ , ; ■ Herman ManUiewlcz hopes to be- cbrrio a. plane piloti ' ' ■ . • .Una Merkers desert prowl xut short by jiefro'calh . Jack Holt arid' Ian Wolfe jblned Scvcen Actors' Guild. Joe: Shea got fooled by a. horse, at Harry.'. Carey's ranch. " ' Capt. Don Will: le tech ■ advising on Par's 'Federal Dick.' , Decci : Joe Perry th'reateris to . B.tja?re: a hoUsewarmlng. ■ Gary. Cooper to do 'Prince; ChapT for Lux r^dlb thfeatre.' :■ . Harry Rapf back at Metro; re- covered from hlsHlness. Junior La,emmle tossed a fariewell shindy for Bill McGuire; . I>aughter, of . Joe Breen doing nicely after appendix lift. . ■ ■ ReevieS Espy Joined th-^ . Gpldwyn. production staff Monday, Guy Earl jto Sacramento to flght adverse radio legislation. : Victor Baifayelle, MG tuner chief, .eatfit for 'Karenina'; music. : 3i)e E. BroWii pitching a week of nlta baseball for 'Alibi Ike.' Robert Rlskln away from his of- fice at col with the snifltles. . Dick Skinner, Mt. Kisco theatre boss, here for a leokaroiind. Jack Bobbins moved Into the Rothacker home In Bevhills. Frank Farley^ . European atory ■cout for Paramount, In town. Juno Brewster'ii pooches festooned yrith blue ribbons aV-Phbenix. Max Shagrin deserted the Bev- hills county strlpr for H!wbod. Mickey Rooney's giiardians eued fbi'. 5949 military academy bill. Bob Mclntyre back from a two- Weojc vacation at Palm Springs. . J.' Pv McEvoy finished Bums and Allen yarn at Paramounfand but. Norman Clark, pic ed of Baltl- ' more News, ganderlhg. the stiidlos. Dean Daily now hatidlihg sound : men troubles for Local AO, IBEW. Al Green's bouttonaire is a rare yfellow carnation with a red stripe. Gregg Toland and Charles Rosher have Joined the Metro camera stafC. Mitch Gertz and hla podners have taken over Bill Gill's agency quar- . ters. . ■ .■; Sidney .Howard- checked In; at Paraniount to work but his scrib ■;pact. • . - . Win Rogers flew feast to welcbme his frau and dbtter bkck from Eu- ' rope.-. Bookies are serving cocktails In their spots. / Makes for more bet- .-.tlng. ; Mohcktbn Hoffe, .English scribe, touring the Coast before hittiiig for ; home, .- Larry Diantiour bttck af tier Ma- jestic releasing confabs in New "VTorik. Bill Perry, Mascot jui6er, . saved iet from burning ^at cost Of blisteried digits. ■ Dr. Robert katchner hete from Vienna to, itart tuner termer at 'Metroi-.'"- . Hoot Gibson resuming his rodeos, after two yiears of Inactivity, at. his ranch. ' Stock-prombtibn. literature start- ing to fill Hollywood mail-boxes ::agalh.':'' ■ '. ■ , : Lionel Hoiisec. late of the World- Telegram, writing original at Co^ "lumbla. ' Herman . Ruby, Vltaphone produc- tion chief In th« east, here, with the missus. .Bill Powell ordered work stopped «n his hillside perch.' Tax alarm gesture.' Gyles Isham. . English writer, de- hosped after close call with blood ,' polaonliig.:'-' vV^' C. King Charney back from New ..Tork and displaying a new fleet of shiny cars. ; ■ William . Austin nearly . lost a. thumb in a fail on the Fox 'Red- ■ heads* set. " .• Henry .Hehlgson smitten by the Mog bug. and dickering for 'Life of Farragut.' : : Paul Parry in for a lookraround, en >t TTt then back to N. Y, for George Sher- ' wood's 'Julia.' Darryl Zanuck and Gilbert Row- land getting ready to hunt beat- at Kodlak Island. Bob Benchiey showed up at Metro . in carpet slippera Just forgot to change, he- said; .. Writlng{«ontract of Leonard Pi-as- kihs witli Metro, washed up by mu- tual agreement. Ni ; M, La Porte,' .Par's easttsrri acoustic expert, . lobking over the sound situation; : , • : Phil RpM, fornierly with Judge arid, Eallyhobj in town for. ai swipe at picture writing. ' • Joe Scberick, . Ar Lichtman and Bin Phillips soaired in tor the .'Les Mlserables' preview. Sidney Howard arrived.with comw pletfed script of 'Light' That' Falied.' for Parariiount perusal. ; Edward Griffith was ten days un on the shooting sked ajtter 10 days but with 'No More Ladies.' ! ' " Sarah AShtbn baclt to New York for Shubcrt'S 'Reprise.' Tried Holly r, wood, but favors the stage. • Dorothy Saihspri, ev p.a., Ted Smal- ley. fiddles with a fiddle f pr a hobby. Arthur Ehehalt goes to Asbury Park as musicians' local dielegate la. June. ■■■ ■■: Harry Black alriiost went broke long distancing brother Maurice in Hollywood. : fly -Wslly Downey SarassanI circus . opened here March 21. ■ Russ Goudey ork going City Ho-( tel Grill April 1, Joe Mullen, Warner Bros., back from Montevideo. Jack Lindcrmari, RCA Victor, at-, tending all previews.. , Badlo. Belgrano new 60. kw. trans- mitter inaugurated April 1. Harry Wiltshire sailing for the States in April on vacash. Casino being completely remod- eled for 'Folies Bergere' show. Harold Mickey ork signed with Radio Steritor for dally broadcaHt Don Dean with his Harrison Cooper ork wowing over Radio Bel- grano,-'-.' Don Guillermo Neuman smiling host at swanky Plaza Grill luncheon for music men. Azuceria Malzanl, ,ace tango war- bler, contracted for Rio de Janeiro appearance in June. • ' Johnny Nathan, Paramount, open- ing season with- 'Bengal Lancers' at Gran Cine Sulpacha. • vEI. Mundo, morning, tabloid, an- nounces, work oh" InHtallatlon of CO kw. elation with al''-condltlon"l Btiidlos. 61 VARIETY Radio Chatter (Continued from paBfB 46) ? Inisr to frame an acceptable pro- grain for Atrow- Beer the brew- maatera crossed 'em up and have gone In exclusively tor spot aji- nouncements. Bob- Maslln ot WFBR will dis- charge a comedy hoofing duty In ^alht & jPowder Club revue next month; Blaine Cornwell ot same -station win troupe In a sketch. Burg's other three 'Stations of- ficially welcomed the new execs of the Hearst-acquired "WBAL last week at a general caucus, iield In John Elmer's office; New song with, lyric by : George Browning, p. a» for Warner's Stan- ley, and music by. Bob lula, ork rieader, given first public recital on Nancy Turner's program yesterday (Tuesday) over WPBR. ; ■ WCBM set to istart, guest-an- nouncer's series. Will favor f emme ,;appllcahts,. station bellevlnET there Is more likelihood' of gai^s showing up when notified they are going on air. The guests will announce the weekly sustaining stint of Tel Elmore's ork. Announ<;lng find deemed best will be'^^dded to station staff. bluesongstress, returned, to WICC band.' ■ Staff of WCAX and that of thfe Burlington, Vt., Dally News recently held a birthday party for Col. H. Nelson Jacks6n, 'the .owner of both plants. A comic extra, of the paper was issued containing" among othct- features . a special .program for WCAX. ■ Minnesota Nortb Carolina •■ Mike FaBell spreading himself v^ith a new suite of offices lit the iE^adlsEOh. ' Xebnard Leigh oiit of the St. Paul Oarrlck and back at the organ for ■. WTCNi'' Myndall Cain, beauty specialist formerly oh the PalnioUve program, now on WTCN four mornings a ;week;.' - ■- Cable . arrives : for Eugene Or .m'andy, Minneapolis Symphony con ductor, telling him he's papa to a future saxophone player, born to • him in; Vienna; Sunday (16); Amy Thurstbn hew sec. to Doc • -Touhg. •■■ George Jacobson, .WDGT'S chief engineer, and: his assistant, Clyde GreenV burning the. tnldhlght 611 • trying . to perfect television broad ■.'':cast. Dawes , and formerly ia. gabber for I , British Broadcasting Co. In' London, nbw.dolng a dally stint for WTCN . on beautifying the. home.. Guy lionibardo goes Into the St. ^ Paul Hotel Ca;slho for a bne-nlght .V stand April 15, airing the same eve- ning over. KSTP. St. Pa.ul- Minneapolis : muslckers threw a party f or Gjeorge A. ^Barton, Jr., formerly In vaude and now at the Lowry with the E^arl Burthett ork. Overflow crowd. Barton's a saxophonist and the son of the Minneapolis Tribune's sports ed, George Hlgglns, WTCN's sports aniiouhcer/ will handle the full schedule of the St. Paul club's American Assn. baseball games this ' Season. Gamds will be. exclusive over WTCN, since St. Paul Dis- patch, a co-owner of the station, has also bought substantrally Into the ball club. Rolf Ylvlsaker, ' Minneapolis Journal Commentator •who airs nightly; ovei"' WCCO, and also playa- tho' father In the Buddy, and Ginger commercial kid .program over the same station, la now In New York to see how CBS duzzit on big shows, During his absence, various Journal staff members_jvlli pinch hit; as a . courtesy to. Rolf, . none will b* dubbed the Cbmmeiitator." Buddy and Ginger scripts will get along without use of the pa,ter during Rolf's absence, also. Buccaneers, dance orchestra over WWNC, ■ Ashevllle played for the Ashevllle automobile shbW. For this bobklng Bill Strlrigfellow, dl- riector of the orchestra, added a girl's trio: Frankle, Pay and Phyllis; a blueft singer, Margaret Moody; and a tenor splplst, John Duane..: Wlltbri E. Hall, PuWlsh^f the Anderson Dally Independent, and Dally Mall, Is erecting a broadcast- ing station, with studios to lie lOr cated at Anderson College. : ■Radio series, y : Lulu YoUmer, Moonshine and Honeysuckle,' has been worked into a three-act play. "This has Just been produced at Ashevllle by amateurs. Miss YoU- mer Is a riatlvei of that section. Back ' In Charlotte for a brief vlslt,^ Lee Everett, former. : program director for WBT and now ditto for WJSV, Washington, D. C, just had to do a few 'WBT staltlon breaks^ Just for the sake of old times. Hod Williams and his orchestra play nightly from the Hotel Cha;r- Ibtte grill room* and . WBT picks it up. . • .; Marget Cheslck, WBT, soprano, Is studying tap and , musical comedy dancing, preparatory, to a debut on Funniest story of the week/ at WBT: A visiting hillbilly, wanted to get In a studio and found the door locked. Studio was on the air; He iriimedlately. started pound- ing on the door -to be let In. His knock was probably heard IxoUnd the, world,' but he never got In. outlets for a shot of the A's and Phillies' opening baseball tussleq, WIP won an exclusive for^the for- mer contest, with the Phillies un- decided on sustaining policy. . Lack: of sport contests here piotl- vates an annual' scramble for these events. 'WlP'a signing of Stoney McLlnn as studio's new sports spieler had lots to do with the scoop, since McLlhn Is a Phllly scribe who stands aces with the : basebaUi moguls. ■ ■ ■ Station expects that this opening wedge may lead as persuasion for a seasonal sponsorship of the games, both- major: league clubs having frowned on/the ethier. In the past Ifevn^ of the Dailies New England Sld Goluboff, New Haven, ■ out as Yankee network news-g'atherer with : arrival of Bob Maguire from Boston . headquarters tb. oversee WICC press bureau, Bridgeport; Ed Neary, WICC tenor, doubling at WTIC, Hartford, -with Nate Brooks' band, ; : Bert Sherwood done, anriodhclng - it WIXBS, Waterbury; Add talent at WICC, Bridgeport George Guile,, violinist:: Mary Lane, . soprano; Harrison Walker, pianist; and Lon Telonne's Five Bars ; of Rhythm. Str.ind, New Haven, payrolllng amateur 15-mlnuter, Wednesday, ■ WICC, Gattl P. Gattl, planlste, off WICC nntl! September. Virginia Thompson, Bridgeport OBITUARIES (Continued from, page 59) : wire slashed his face when his plane made a forced landing. ' Virginia Cherrlll, . film ' aptress,. granted Interlocutory decree of divorce from Cary Grant. LV A;. Judge sentenced Josephine McKlm, swimming -:champlon, to attend traffic school for two weeks as penalty for dodging seven war- rants. .. : '-V' ■ Burbank theatre In Los Angeles, burlesque landmark, closed by police for displaying Indecent poster ad- vertising. Charging that her husband was so intent on curbing her film aspira- tions that he would not permit heir to attend a picture show, Mona Ware, former actress, filed cross complaint to. dlybrce suit. Johnny Murray, cbaat radio artist, settled out of • court six damage suits aggregating $39,130, the result of a traffic accident. Bay Meadows race trtick at San Francisco forced- to abandon free gate by racing . cbmlsh. General admlsh tariff set at 40 cents club- house, $1. ' .■ ' ; :, Daihagea of . $1,465 asked. b£ Mervyn Fre^eman,' agent of newsreei company, for .assertedly allowing his pet lion to sharpen his claws on the REGINALD BERKELEY Reginald Berkeley, 64, . novellat, playwright and scenarist, die d March 30 In Los Angelea from com- plications following a kidney opera- tion. At the time of hla . death, he was under cbntract to Pox Films. Berkeley was brought to this country from England by Wliifleld Sheehan to write the screen play for" 'Cavalcade;' Upon completion of the picture he was given a con- tract. Since that time, he wrote 'Carolina,* ajJapted 'House of Con- nolly' and 'Marie Galante.' " , Born In London, Berkeley went with his parents to New Zealand where he .was educated. During the World War he served as a major In the British force's. Although edu- cated for law, he eariy turned to over the radio in New lEngland, and during his career had been promi- nently Identified with the old Boa. ton Opera company, and the Boston Municipal Orchestra.; ROSE KARP GRQLL V Mrai Rosa Karp OrolL who retired from the Yiddish stager about seven ago after a long career, died In th* Pennsylvania hotel, March 29, of heart disease. She Is survived by her husband, Charles W. Groll, : attoi^ey for th«. Jewish Managers and Producers, and a' daughter, Sophie. In Xovlnv Hemor]' of THEODORE STEPANOFF ■ Died March SB, 1980 ; KARAVAEFF and FAMILY BLANCHE KLAI8S PRESSLER Mrs. Blanche Klalss Pressler, of Pressier and Klalss, standard vaude team, died March 30 In Philadelphia. Her parents, three sisters and three brothers survive. Funeral services will ■ be ■ held today (Wednesday). literature. . : He wrote two plays, 'French Leive' and 'the Lady With a Lamp.' He was elected to Parlia- ment In 1924, resigned to become propagandist for the League of Na- tions. " ■ He Is eurvlyed ■ by his •wife and five children, all in England. Burial will be In England* ;;■ : FRED GIESEA Ftei Qleaea, widely known In th« west through his legit theatre con* nectlons, died April 1. In Callstoga, Cal., whlether he had gone In an attempt to revive, his health. ■ Survived by his widow, two daughters and a son. \ ; Radio Showmanship^^^^^ (Continued from page 40) tlon to regular EMO sorlpt,; five general questions about , current films and the tickets are awarded to those answering ' the questions cor- rectly. . . ■ All mail Is directed to the sponsor ajid passes are awarded at the store. In addition to. the ; ticket give- away, the program also passes free star pictures to listeners. Currant Events Bee Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn Dally Eagle Is staging Its 11th annual current events bee over WOR. It's a twist on the old-fashioned spelling bee with high school stu- dents called -upoii to prove they're up on. contemporary history. WHN's Personalitie* New York City. StaUon WHN which through Its connections with MtG-M' pictures and Loew theatres la bringing big film personalities before the mike last week had Robert Young spotted as a courtesy on the Hearn pro gram. Has George Olsen-Ethel Shutta slated for an appearance on the WHN Brooklyn account, Mlcheal Bros, futnlture. Latter firm -takes full page space In Brooklyn dallies and mentions the WHN" talent so both acts a,nd station get publicity. EVELYN ADA HEWITT Evelyn Ada Hewitt, 25,> one of the pioneer dramatic actresses on radio, died April 28 In the Northwood SanatorlQm, Saranac Lake, N. Y., orlen^i niga"^^^ I from tuberculosis, rented. ' Miss Hewitt first came to the fore Orvllle Scott, 18, theatre usher, on the stage as one of the leads In charged with shooting to death his 'Humoresque/ gblng Intb 'Bluebird.' father following a qUarrel. She then wjent Into radio in its early Don Barclay, veteran stage and dramatic sketches, first on WmCA screen comedian, placed on. two Shie' took part In many sustaining year's probation , In L. A, following and commercial programs, her, last conviction for driving car "Wblle un- | being the Palmollve hour. She was der Infiuence ot narcotics. . Residence of Nan Brooks Macy, N. . Y., socialite here for picture work, twice raided by thieves of wearing apparel. Syndicate • listed as "Hollywood Park Jockey Club, headed by Raoul Walsh, picture ' director, and with Mrs. Virginia Cord^ wife of auto and airline magnate on the direc- torate, applied' to Racing Commis- sion for permission to erect a. track between L. A. and the beaches Volunteer Annouhcera Washington, D. C. Gordon HIttenmark, . Capital an nOunceri conducting ' morning patter shtjw-wlth recordd on NBC's WMAL',' pulled a stunt that went over bigger than he expected la:st week. Aired Invitation to listeners to drop by 'station and have them selves a. fling at announcing. Some 14 early birds showed, up swamping mike. Gag la now - a regular thing. 'Worst Show on the Air' i Washington; D. C. WJSV, local CBS outlet, cut Fed- eral Housing ishow last week for comedy stunt. Program waS: ballyed as "worst show on the air' and in eluded 15 minutes of common oper atlng errors, starting off with full minute of silence followed by nilx- Ing studio mikes, slamming doors, playing two records at once and anything else the boys could think of. ■-::-.'■.: Pay-off came .when FHA execs gathered, oyer at their offices to heat* their broadcast. What they heard left them gasping; They thought whole web was haywire. Apoplexy threatened when radio lads allowed housing talk to boom thru two records airing simultaneously; Explanations . were made ' via frantic phOne calls and housers took It right way. •. ; WIP Gets Baseball , Philadelphia. After a struggle between the local a granddaughter of Ada Monk, dra matlc actress In the 80's. She Is : survived by her father, John O. Hewitt, radio writer and actor. ' ■ ■ V ' MARCELLA FORRESTE Mrs. William H. Barwald, profes- sionally kfibwn as Marcella Por- reste, died In New 'York, March 23 Her husband William H. Barwald, ■T\u.^^^^^^^^^^^-^. at^^ t V » i. I a Broadway legitimate actor surr Divorce complaint flled In L. A. by . her also thren nl-qtera Mrs W the former Diane Corday, actress, «-'so tnree sisters,^ Mrs. w. against Plan James, screen wrlter P^' Numsen, Mrs. Laura Blanchard and newspaper, columnist, charges Mrs. Grace Gaston that James advised her to become Interested In some other man. Ask- ing $1,000 monthly alimony, Mrsl James declared the writer Is under studio contract at $1,250 a week and that his annual Income for the past several yearja exceeded $60,000. Mrs. Barwald, owing to illness, had not been active In the profes- sion since 1918; when she played the mother part In. 'Friendly Ene mles' for Al H. 'Woods, Her pre- vious engagement had been with vireiinln Qoii 1 j NanCo O'Nell In 'Magda' and 'The Virginia sale, picture actress and U-,- . of x^i... > T7'o..i,r v« v,«.;^ ster of Chic, and Sam Wren; stage Fires of ^ St. John. Early. In her sister actor, flled notice In L. A. of Inten tlon to wed. Adolph Carsl, musician, convicted In L. A. of strangling to death his common-law wife. ' . Sheila MacDonlad, daughter of England's prime minister, visits stu dios but spurns screen tests career she had been a stock and repertoire leading woman THEODORE STEPANOFF Theodore Stepanpff, 50, vaude and concert dancer, died March 28 in the State Hospital, Central Isllp, li; I., Newspaper wrltera go on word I after a four-month Illness. He was repetition Jag as Gertrude Stein taken to the institution after siif arrives to lecture natlvea on how | ferlng a complete mental break- down. ■ ..■ Stepanoff was first brought to this high Is up, The .black tents of Arabia had more lure for Carl Raswan, writer- i t... 'd„..i»...o m .lecturer, than the boulevards of county Europe by Pavlowa 10 Hollywood, wife charges in winning K^^i's ^sro for an engagrement at the ■ ■• - ' Metropolitan ^Opera House. He was then signed, by the late Meyer for firing five shots through the I Golden, vaude producer, and toured floor Of his apartment. Police the United States for four years In charged hlm^wlth drunkenness. BOSTON .V (Continued from page 10) ' dualed with 'behind the Evidence' '■ (Col), 1st TurL Looks fairish, about $7,000. Last week off, $6,500 on 'Ruggles* (Par), 2nd run, and ^> boona* (Pox), .1st run, dual. Fenway (M&P) (1,600; 26^30-40-1 50)— 'Gold Diggers* (WB), 2nd rUn, dual with 'Behind Evidence* (Col), 1st ruhi Indicate $4,000, medium. Last week exceptional; $6,000; .;wlth' 'Ruggles' (Par), 2nd run, and 'Ba- bo.ona' (Fox), 1st. Same bill as Paramount, downtown, but the Fen. way attracted carriage trade and Irregulars with freak combo and crowded the Par's gross. Seollay (M&P) (2,700; 26.35-60)- — 'Gold Diggers* (WB), 2nd • run, and 'Sbot ih the Dark,^ Ist run, dual. Will dally with $4,000. That makes three hoos* day-and-datlng 'Dig- gers* this Treek. Last week a fair $4,000 for /RugglesV (Par), 2hd run, and 'Love In Bloom' (Par), 2nd run. Since vaudo was abandoned It: has been a product 'problem here, neces- sitating 2nd runi and some slufC whit became one • of vaude's most I famous flashes, 'Yarmark.' V His wife, Stella, survives. . HOWARD M. BROWN ELL Howard , M. Brownell, 63, for- many years manager of the old BlJou, Reading, died after an opera- tion. He leaves a widow and daughter, Bonnie Brownell, the lat- ter owner of a dancing school for semi-professional students. He was a native of Proyiderice, R, I., and Interested In theatres In PhUadel phia and Chester, Pa., before go Ing to Reading. , In recent years he operated an automobile accessories store. ■ .■ f ■ T WILL DODGE Win Dodge! 61, one of the best knbwii musicians In Boston, died Wednesday night (27) from cerebral hemorrhage, Imniedlately ; following ^an ERA concert which he. had con jducted In Boston. < He was the flrst man to lead a symphonic orchestra HUGH ADAMS Hugh Adams, : 55, member . of Dlxlana Showboat Clompany, Chi- cago, died on the boat April 1. His widow, Marlon Ashley, also with Showboat, survives. ' FRANK GIDDINGS Prank (biddings, vaudeville trick : bicycle rider at the turn of the century, died In Kalamazoo .April 1. He toured the country as member of team of Wheelock and Glddlngs, re- tiring In 1926. JOHN SCARPA John Scarpa, 51, musician, died of a heart attack March 24 while play< Ing with the orchestra at the Colo* rado theatre, Pasadena, His par- ents survive; A. G. LEWIS . A. G. Lewis, 62, church singer and who participated In mansr of Sld Grauman's prologues at the Chinese theatre. In Hollywood, died March 21 In Los Angeles. Widow and threa children survive. K. H. HILAR Dr. K. H. Hilar, -chief of the the- atre section of the Czech National Theatre, one of the foremost, stag* managers of Central Europe, la dead In Prague. JOSEPH SCHMITT ^ Joseph Schmitt, 64, character ac- tor, died March 25 In Loa Angeled He had been In pictures since 1012. Remains were cremated. ROY MINOR . : Roy Minor, 30, stunt flyer In pic- tures, died March 28 In Los Angeles of a heart attack. - : ANDREW RANKIN Andrew Rankin, 69, one-time head of the Rankin Shows, died March 29 in Los Angelas. Arthur Folwell, father of Arthur H. Folwell dramatic editor of the N. Y. Herald Tribune died In Brook- lyn April 1, Harvey Heller, 61, employe .of Metro studios, killed when struck by an electric train, March 3D, In Culver City. " Mother of Arthur .and George PlaritadosI ■ died In Los Angelea March 28. Interment was In Brook- ' lyn, N. Y. Father of Larry Spier, music pub- lisher, died In New York, a:t 68, March 31. LETTERS . When SebdliiK tor Mall to : VABIETT Addretst Uall Clerk. POSTCARDS, ADVERTISING «i CIRCULAR LETTERS .iriU. MOT UB ADVERTISED LETTERS ADVERTISED IN ■ . ONE ISSrE ONLY . Pernard QeOrge Cook Charles jO Danner Fred A. Lewis Kay McFarland Helen Meeker Fred D . . Ryan Jlminy . ,., We^esday, AprU 3, 1935 OUT|IOORS--BUR|LE$l|UC variety 6a (Continued from ;p«ige i4]i^> Iv anriounceme nta. Placed by U. S. ^^v. Agency. WWJ. ■ ' Oeftercl ifa?rfni/ Go.,. 66 Hfi-mlnute. v'trknsicrlptltinB. Placed by Batten. "Barton, Puratl iia and Osborh^ Aav. Agency. WWJ. ' ■ B:cnneai/'« Clothe*, three flve-mln- nte BPdttB progHuna weekly; Pla ced dlrecV for Indefinite period, "VVWJ. Wettintfhoiue EleotrU). Co., 200 an- nouncements to run two montbB. Placed b y Fu ller Smith ' and Ross vAgency. WWJ. ; Faiicler Foods, Inc;> .200 ann'ouhce- .ments. By Stack Gbble Agency for .liideflnlte piertod. WWJ. v B^Ush Motor Co., series of evening - announcciments. Ihdeflnlte^ j Pladed , by Ganipbell-EJwald Agency. WWJ. WasMngton State Apple Bureau, series of tthnouncements.- Thr^Ugh - Izzard Agency. WWJ. Maier-Orea'anian Ctgar Co.,,52 aii- nouricemehts." Placed through Har- •.«ld AaforiB Agency. • WWJ. . .Continental Baking Co., 200 :'100- word' announcements : for, next, two montha. • Placed by BBD&p Agency. ■WWJ. ■ -. -■,„■::•■■ Waitt nte transCrlpiioris :' for next ' iwo ■ we«ks; Placed by" Stanley Getchell Agency. WWJ. ■ a : - . Hie Soto M.btor Co., 26 one minute tiranscrlptl bns. . Through J. Sterling Getchell. WWJ.- PHlLApELPHIA Chevrolet Motors, 15pmihute ^lec- tridd transcriptions thrice weekly for 13 weeks, titled' 'Musical Mo- ments.' Placed by Campbell-Bwald • Agencyi.- , WFHi. '" • ■ ilousehojd Finance Corp., ' tie-in spot announcements for NBC. proT grams. P](aced direct for indefinite period'. ' WFIIi. . : Internafl Bedding Co., spot an- nouncements dially for 62 weeks be-^ ginn.'ng April 22; Placed direct. .^WFII,.- Kunkel. Brothers (coal), weaihier^ reports once daily for four' weeks, starting April 3. Placed direct. WFIL. " National Oold BUying, 16-minute program Sundays at 6 :46 featuring Tell Sisters trio. Contract expires Feb.,, > 1936.. Placed by Broadsmlth Agency; WFIL. TriplesB Shoes, 50TWord spot an- hoiincemenis twice dally for 52 weeks; Plabed by. Broadcast Advier-f tising. WFIL. Lcioins Footwear, five minute pro- gram three times weekly for Indefi- nite contract. Placed direct. WIP. Jj. "Welsherg (ties); spot announce- ments three times weekly knd Sun- day, contract ■expiring . Jiine 18. Placed direct; WIP. Abe L. OreenVerg (uniforms), an- noucements oh Magazine of Air and Tattler programs, contract expira- tion, indefinite. Placed direct.. WIP. Nai. ' ATnerican Industrial Loan, spot announcements three- tlnies Weekly, expirinig May 1. Placed di- rect. WIP. ■ . Crawford's (furriers), spot an- nouncements six time!) weekly, exr plration Indefinite.. Placed direct; WIP.. ■■.-■"."■^' , /. W. Simon (seeds), spot an- nouncements participation on Maga- zine of Air and Town Tattler pro- grams, daily. Contract runs (or one month. Placed direct. WIP. . i'lectrlcal Association, participa- tion" on Home Maker's program for vacuum clealner campaign, running daily. Placed by Stiewart- Jordan Agency.: WIP. Cushman Products (bakers) , spot announcements half -hour dally, ex- cept Sunday. . Contract . expiration Indefinite. A. P. Lefton Agency. WIP. , : "-. . ' United Oold Buying Co., spot • an- nouncements once weekly, cohtriict expiring April 2C. Placed direct; WIP. .■:■■■■:■>. John Lucas <6 Co. (paints) flye- minute programs three times weekly, contract with option expiring April 29. Placed by Jerome B. Gray Agency. WIP. .. George A. Palmer (religious), one- hour program daily .except; Suhtlay, for one hour and. half,; contract ex- Piring March, 193.6. Program' by re- mote cdnfrbl. Placed by Crowley Agency, Phila. WIP. Watch ToweVj religious hour on Sundays, contract expiring May 26, 1935. Placed direct. WIP. - ■. SAN ANTONIO Nueces Coffee Co., three dally an- nouncements for one year, KT.SA. J(ac Blomherg, cosmetics. SO-word .announcements 13 times; KTSA. Alamo Lumber Co., 60-wpi''d an- nouncements, 13 times. KTSA. ' Baity lAimher Co., 50- word an- nouncements, 13 times. KTSA. ; Pi-Jto-Dram Co., two 15-mihute periods daily for one year. . KTSA; Marxcat Medicine Co., 90 spot- an- nouncements. KTSA. // offman-Hayman Coffee CO:, six . 80-minute periods weekly for one ye.ar." Pltiuck Advertising Agency. KTSA. ■■ ^■ ' ■.■ ■'■" Interstate Aid A^socidiion; one 15-' minute program weekly for one year. KTSA. ■ .•:."■' ■■• ■ Bell Taxt Co., 30 announcements. KTSA. . v. Byral Distrihiiting Co:, three 15-- minute . broadcasts weekly for one year. ■ KTSA. ■ Watohtower Radio Service, 10 15- minute programs. KTSA, : Oloie Shoe Store, 60-word an-' nouncements, Indefinite. KTSA.' ° . Carl's French Beailty Salon, It 16- minute broadcasts. KTSA. •: ' - Woodlatcn Xdundrj/; 800 spot an- nouncements, KTSA. » •: Blackstone Hotel, Jort Worth, In- definite ajinouncements. KTSA. ' ' Btowers Furniture . Co.i one weekly flve-mlnute program for a year. KTSA. . Breton Beauty Salon, one 15-mlh- ute. weekly program for a year. KTSA. Nacor Medicine Co., four 15-mIh- ute programs. Neiser-Meyerhoff Agency, ; KTSA. . Sterling Casualty. Co., four 16- niinute lirograms. Keiser-Meyerhoff Aglfency.-; KTSA. ' , Sam- Silverman, 10 'announcements for Sinclair mihsirels; KTSA. • Jorrie Furniture Co., 300 . an- nouncements. Shea Advertising Agency, KTSA. . Spring .Shopping Festival Jointly sponsored by Josek Bros., Wolf; & Marx, Solo Serve Variety Store, Dalley's .Clothing Co., . Sears- Roe- buck, San Antonio Express and Eve- ning News.'- six 30-minute . broad- casts; KTSA. ■• ■■ ^oHaiidn (Continued from page 21) carried- by leading Polish, dally with aho^ther tier up' with the Polish Food Show. Steri's original wedding gown used In the picture was displayed in a Main street shop and also in the Polish sectl6n. Another tie-up^ was with Grey- hound Biis lines, which in return for. a lobby, sign, paraded a thirty foot sign on a' bus thrbugh' the streets three days before opening with the slogan, "For a wedding trip — or any other purpose — use Grey- hound." It's an Idea Down .in St. Louis AI Zlmballst has been struck by the .quaint con-; celt that maybe there's gold in them thkr . nabes if one uses the publicity pickaxe; So he!s been doing things about it. Zlmballst is advertising director for St. ; Louis . Amusement Co., which mixes .the big with the little ones. Little ones are sup- posed to be too poor to go into the newspapers, which charge a. city coverage price with the nabes niore limited in their scope. Zlmballst got local advertisers to come in on a co -op on the 18 email housesi with small cuts of all the managers. It took the better part of . six columns. . He promoted a special ad for 'Broadway Bill' at the nabes, and 'wrote , his own box for the amusement pa^e, mentioning the five 'current playing dates. It has been helping things along In a dull season. DX Stuff Maybe it's old stuff where It has been used, but it still, is new other places, and Harvey Cocks got better than a column of type and a three-column cut when he ar- ranged to have Edward E. Gloss, of the Akron Beacon- Journal telephone chat with Dick Powell in Molly- wood, about 'The Gold Dliergers' and other things just before the picture opened at the Warner Strand In that Ohio spot. Eddie Selzer looked after the studio end of the long distance chat, arid saw that it wint off all right. Column was thoroughly readable and . Cocks credits it with helping the 'Diggers' . spade out the ore for the- box office. . ■ Sign Stuff • Recently .a theatre has been re- ceiving : compliments on its lobby signs; which look different from most of the displays,- the chief let- ters being in various bright colors with a matte surface. Manager ex- plains it's a special process, which It is in a way. Bijt it's very simple. (Ordinary- sawdust, if .sifted through a medium fine sieve arid then soaked in Various bright-colored dyes. When it'.s dry it is again sifted, to remove lumps. Lettering is done on paper or board with a light varr nish; When the - -varnish becomes too sticky to be absorbed, it is dust- ed over with sawdust of the proper color; ■ When dry, 'the -excess' is brushed off. Quick-drying varnish ls--ui»ed, -arid is ;hard enough . in six hours.. .Now and then a riilxture of two or more colors is used, being well" shaken before application. • • Used only fOP tities; the effect Is unusually good, and It costs much less than .smalt or flitter. ; . Some- times, t-o - vary the idea, the ..letters •are cut owr'of heavy £ar<], ' to pro^ duc.e :a raised effect. . > : Another house contrives a chang-' Ing. c'olor; effect on. sighs by u.sing tinfoil . smoothly pasted arid spot lighted by onC' color with a. st^a'dy light and . br . another on a fl,iHh'e,r. •Straight lamp gives one color, and the -second changes this, as from a red to a purple, by the use of a red steady and a blue flasher. Probably the same effect could be achieved with a ground row of lights, all on one circuit but with a flasher button in every other socket. These would take the secondary . color* It opens up an Interesting angle, and should eqcourage ezperimeintlng. A third gag Is somewhat similar tb the first; but with a different ef- fect. Here the lettering is. cut out arid then a sheet of colored tissue spread evenly on; the face. Con- trasting lights In the back cause the lettering to appear. More of a nov- elty than for steady use. . ' AL a BARNESrCIRCUS . ; Los Angeles, March 30 Hard luck rode into Los Angeles on the Barnes . train. . At the open- ing performance Saturday, Philip Escalante fell oft bis slack wire while doing flips. Herbert Weber did a brody from the bailing rings at the start of his foot slide, . and the ; principal riding act, Pearson Family, an English Import, due to injury to tWd members of' the act, was out of the lineup. In addition to this a tiger managed to get loose, Despite these accidents, show played at a fast rate. Doubling of several turns managed to keep the lineup of . acts intact with three missing not noticed. .5 • West coast can yell loud about the Bitirnes outfit. Smartly, managed by S. L. Cronin, s^ow stands out as one of the best tented attractions in this country. . Traveling on 30 cars, it looks like 60 on the lot. With a nut of around $4,000 dally. It can play smaller towns thin the Ring ling or Hagenbeck tricks showing, in proportion "to the nutf,. a greater profit than eitheir of these' circuses. Tent capacity is 8,000. Queer Is the territory to which' this show con- fines its activitlea A west coast product, it opens in California, plays north to Canada, east through Can- ada to Nova Scotia where it doubles back- crossing into the states' at Windsor, From here the show- travels south to Kentucky, thence west through Texas and home. Average. yearly tour Is around 30,000 miles. .: ■ Opening spec this season , staged by George Cunninghami Metro dance director," is a great flash* Newly costumed and trapped it is eye filling. Following a -Latin mo tlye, some 80 girls fill the three rings, ripping off hot rumbas with the center ring holding the ace torso tossers. Following the spec comes the entry , parade, also, newly cos turned. •; Circus proper starts with the usual clbud- swings and swinging ladders. Show is carrying about 24 chorus girls who are working in all the big acts, manege, seals ele- phants, Ill>erty horses and such Girls in strictly stage costumes, dis- .playlng plenty of fiesh, dress up. all the acts, give the animal displays considerable s.a For towns that haven't seen stageshows for several years, gals are a- great Idea particu- larly when they are away from the usual type of big muscled circus femmes. , Opening anlmail act In the arena is Capt. Terrell Jacobs working .20 male and f emiale lions. Personable lad who works minus all circus style, he sells his fighting group . to the limit. Elephant and tiger combo follow worked by "Walter MacLaih, elephant imah. Next Is Mable Stark, show's star with ' her group of 20 tigers. Still the outstanding woman animal worker in the country. Miss Stark, a positive performer, works her animals in class fashion. With .several of the group fighters, there's a thrill every moment. At perform- ance caught, one male double's back into . the cage while she was taking her bows, had to be beat oft. Tight wires follow in each ring with the Escalante Family, Butters Troupe arid CaneistrelU Fariiily fea- tured: With Philip Escalante out, his sister, Esther, was featured in the family " act. juggling follows with three unbilled troupes. Con- cert announcement next. Manage horses, some 40 of them, all iworked . by.'the dancers. Well costumed, girls put the nag.s through the usual routines; Threfe single riding acts next with Thora Lillian, Ottavio . Cancstrelil and Agnes Helen doing the riding. Dressed with girls, riding, though lacking the spectacular, is ,eye fill- ing.. . ■ Austin King working 30 liberty horses handles the assignment well. Group do the usual cbrifusiori rou- tines and final kneeling. Twenty bull act next arid it's the fastest elephant turn . in vthc. busi- n ;s. Bulls are butf or only lO- niln - utes, do their routines as fast a.s ponies. Final back mount on- the hlpp; track Js a ■ thriller. Aerial Walters follow with a comedy- bar act, get most of their laughs through falls to the net. Escalante- Ward flying act next. Show has had the Clarkonian.*j for several years. Es- calarites decided to fly lost fall, with the aid of Mamle:;VKsMrduJ>.ullt th act during the wiritcr. : .All youngsters, with Miss Ward doing the catching, act promises to go as far as the Cadonas. Esther is doing a double, also a heel catch on the bar. Both Kscalante boys have a barrel of Court Bars m Canton, .O., April 2. The Flying Concellos and the Randalls, aerial iwts^Wlth the Ring^^ ling-Barnum circus have started a two weeks' training session in city auditorium here. Back from Europe only two weeks , ago, ; the aeriallsts will remain here until.. April 7, when they will leave for New York to join the big show ] for its Madison Square Garden opening Apirll 11. The Concellos trained here last spring. Mlcke y • King, widely, known a'eriallst visited the . circus, f pike here this week enroute to BlOom- Ington, 111., -vvhere she will take part in the annual T. M. C. A, circus in that city. . . • ; ■ .'. MNEfEXPO Hollywopd, April 2. After 20 years of holding auto- mobile shows, horse arid dog shows and others .affairs under canvas, Los Angeles is filially having an ex position building built. George Eastman, former Chamber of Com mercb prexy, leads the venture. Building will have 120,000 square feet of space and first af- fair will be a Better Housing expo Possibilities are that indoor sports, events will— also be staged in the building. C!oristructlon will start next week at Fairfax and Beverly on the same tract as the Gllmore Stadium. Construction contract calls for the building to be com- pleted within six weeks. Despite Los Angeles' boasted 2,000,000 trade area population city has never had an adequate building for housing large displays. It has al- ways been necessary to stage them In tents. Five years ago, annual automobUe show. Went up in flames costing exhibitors some $5,000,000 At that time, city prohibited fur- ther affairs under canvas but ther law was never enforced due to lack of accomodations in a building; Birmlhghaim, April 2. ' Police court was- changed Into a -marathon last week when the girls and boys >whb burleycued at the Cameo on Saturday nights went on. trial charged with putting on in- decent shows. /The trial got under- way. Wednesday (27) afternoon and ended at 1 : 40 a. m„ Thursday. There was a short recess for din- ner* * "i.---.. : A couple of w^eks ago ofllcera raided the theatre, at one pit the midnight shows arid wlien arraigned in polibe court, Ernest Matthews, attorney, promised to . have . the . girls put on or take oft their dothesi right "in the. courtroom to prove there was nolhlrig wrong ■ wf th the" performance. : Judge Martin ''ppst- ■poned the case. till • .last .week and, the tlmb devoted to the trial is be-' lleved to have set a record for con- , tlnuous hearing in polico court. ; Approximately 40 witnesses were criss-crossed and triple -crossed by attorneys for the defense and city. Once or twice the attorrieys them- selves almost did _ a strip of their coats in order to' get at 6n6 an- other. ; : ■ :. Mrs. ■ Har;-lct B. Adanis, city amusement Inspector, ordered the raid, it • developed, without having seen the show'. She said she. had received complaints from personB residing Viri' the nabe.' About half o£ the 40 witnesses said the show was Indecent, wblle the other half said, nay. '-/ ■ ■■. • ■ : Matthews attempted several times " to get the girls undressed In the courtroom to. prove there was noth- ing' Indecent about the performance. The girls came wearing their cos- tumes under their street clothes. Judge Martin said rilx^ thit there would be 'no public spectacle in this court.' However, two costumes, without girls, iri them, were introduced as evidence and some pretty long ar-. guments were started about how the girls wore them and what they showed and didn't, show. ■ ■ After reviewing the testimony Judge Martin deferred a ruling till the next day. Several of the girls were given .fines and suspended sentences. J. T. Sander's, maninger of the theatre, and Billl Wood, manager of the tab show, wer« fined with suspended sentences. . Show Boats Tone In East Liverpool, o:, April 2. Spring is . hero and Ohio river showboats are preparing . for an- other season. 'The Bryant,' owned by Captain Billy Bryant, leaves for Cincinnati April 1, and 'The Ma- jestic,' property of Capt. Tom Rey- nolds, moves up tlie river about the same time to visit up river towns. The . "Water Queen,' another veteran of the river owned by Capt. Ray Hyatt,, also starts a . trip up the river ikprll 1. . . ind on Skates Cleveland, April 2. City's strict taboo against mara- thons or walkathon.S' was evaded by promoters of.- a ■ rol Icr-skatathon, who have i>llied It as a skating tournament and a charity affair sponsored by local .American ijcglori. Fbrty-fivGi professibnal ■ skaters started stunt, how in its second week, slated to skate contiriuously for ton weeks. ' .- ■ class as'.nicrs; Act needs a little smoothing out. Finish of the act has the. seven people doing swan dives to the net. Sandwiched: in are the usual clown numbers .and .walk ar6und.s. with few new bits. - . Finale, instead of the, u.sual racjcs, has -the entire persbnnei In the rings dres.'?!?d as Indians doing a hand routine 'with ifeather.s. Idea is unique, and builds up the (Inlsh of the show. Concert, selling at- .a. dim.'; has the usual cowboy.**, Indians, and strong men plus a Jlrie of 20/gIrls, ■ .. . Cronin has all. the attendants in new blue and white uniforms- with hl.s ticket wagon, and other . cxec- help In dinner suits; Robert Thorn - tort, 'equestrian director; has his eri- tir<; performance well in hand, this dl.splayed by the performance run- ning without a hitch despite the ,ab.scntees. Show plays M days in Los Angeles, "moves tb Hollywood for three days; L/>.s Angeie.s date Is the show's sixth day on. the road. Business, in spite of cold Weather, and rain, with the exception of Santa Ana, tops last year. Call. B. Gerard, Scenarist . Hollywood, April '2. ; ; • Barney Gerard has called in Ar- thur Caesar to collaborate with him . on a screen treatment of 'King ot Burlesque,' which Gerard authored. Yarn deals With Gerard's" long asso- ciation with burlesque, as a pro- ducer. ■ Team hard at it in Laguna Beaclv where Caesar holds , sway as honor- ary mayor of the flowering artlstsf colony. '.-ry- ' Sticks to Chimps Rochester, April 2. : Fred J. Strassle, former circus animal trainer and now in charge of the chimps, monkeys and bears at the Rochester zoo, has declined of- fers to Join Clyde Bcatty and help train the big 'cats' for the coming season. 'Let the younger fellows do it,' he says. 'I have my share of scar.s from previous encounters." : Strassle has developed a great fondness for the three . young chirii- panzccs, and puts on a show for children with, them every afternoon at the feeding hour. It is the lead- ing attraction at the zoo, and rarely fails to hang up the SRO sign. PUn Syn Burly Syracuse, A:n'il 2. New York interests, IdcrVL'ty lin- di.sclosed, are figuring on reopening the Civic ( Rltz) with a burlesque pblicy. Local counsel retained^ sounded out the city adminlatratioiT on the project and was advised that there would be no opposltibn; - V;;-' , Mayor RpU^nd B. Marvin was tbld the reopening would mean J6bs .for 10. ■■■■■ '. ....v:-; Herk Better i. H. Herk, stricken with pneu- monia two weeks ago, is now on the road to recovery. .' llerk 1« rocoufilng at' ! . .ome lo New York. . ' ' ' ■ ••; ■'■ VARIETY Wednesday, April 3, 1935 •li Of mm I' iff I i 1/ / if:!' ^ill. •!S|::.. ^i!-. (■ if ..^r ■ ecoHil Season ^^tOeifflef^ B (^aialitut' ^aloMdf Qaltfoeniu Siaiton ^WQsyi) 4- ^tciom 0leeotfd» AMD OMHESTM EXCLUSIVr MANAGEMENT rMU^IC CORTORigiON ^AMERICA.) NEW YORK^t CHICAGO^ LOS ANGELES * CLEVELAND DALLAS RADIO SCREEN STAGE PobUahaa Waaklr l(t- Wnt 4«th at„ K««* Tork, N. T, br Varljty, Ido. Aoooal ■ubicrlptloa, l<< SIbcU «oplM, 1» eanta. ■ntarad m mcodA-cIw mattar DacamlMr tl, HOC. *t tha Pmi Offlca at New Tork; N. nndar th* aot af lUroh I. ISTI. COriBIOHT. l»Sa/BT TABOCn. INO. AIX BIGHTS BESEBVID Vol; 118 No. 4 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1935 64 PAGES SQUAWK BRIT. DEMAND FOR AMERICAN SONGSMITHS Hollywood, April 9. American songwriters and lyricists are much sought after by English producers for next year's fllmusicals. Michael Balcon, Gau- mont-British's production winding up a Hollywood o.o., states they are as much In demand as name players. Many New York tin panners have been over there composing for _ English pictures, including Harry Woods, and the Al Goodhart- Maiirlce Sigler-Al Hoffman trio. Balcon Is here on deals with Madge Evans, Helen Vinson; Boris Karloff for 'Nikola'; Maureen O'SulHvan for Kipling's 'Soldiers Three,' , and Peter Lorre for Maughan's 'Secret. Agent.' He leaves April 12 for New York, sail- ing April W for Xondon. First ioanout deal of a Metro player to go to England was con- cluded last week with Madge Evans borrowed by G-B for the lead op- posite Conrad Veldt in 'The Tun- nel.' Player leaves for liondon May 1, with, picture slated to get under way at' G-B studios June 10. Metro expects Miss Evans back on the lot about Aug. 1. U. of M. Proxy Wants Actors on Campus to Show 'Em 'How to Live' Minneapolis,. April 9. President L. D. CofEman of the University of Minnesota has pro- posed to the state legislature that Otis Skinner and Maude Adams, among others, be brought to the university as 'professors without portfolio.' It's In line, he says, with a desire to have the educational scope at his school extended to in- clude 'how to live' as well as 'how to earn a living.' Minnesota prexy would have Skin- ner and Miss Adams live on the campus, meet with groups of stu- dents, talk with them, and associate with them, so that, he says, 'the students might absorb some of their excellence of speech and culture.' Plan is provisional upon the grant of a sufficient appropriation by the legislature and, of course, acceptance of Invitations by the pci-aonages in question. Mae West Cartponics Mae Wo.st will appear under 'the Hearst label shortIy_jn a comic atrip. Cartoons wiil feature wise cracks, with Miss West doing the cracking. Strip will be syndicated by King Features • under a deal being ar- i-angcrt for Miss West by the Wll- Hiun Morrl.s oftlre. Ic a Drink Kansas City, April 9. A new night spot here ad- vertises; 'We're Crazy — ^Because every day every drink in the house will be priced one penny. You take your favorite drink — pay the regular price for first one, then only one cent for the next one, and one cent for every other one thereafter.' BOSTON PINCHES CUSSING ACTORS Boston, April 9. Four of the nine cast members of 'Waiting for Lefty,' produced here Saturday night (6) by a local group, were arrested immediately after the performance charged with using profanity In public. Play Is current in New York as half of a Group Theatre double bill. Clifford Odets' one-actcr waa^pul on at the Dudley Street Opera House by the New Theatre Pldyers of Boston. It'a entirely local but has a contact with the New York Group bunch and was established when the latter was here during the past summer doing a six-week repertory. ( Arrested actors were Philip Gold- berg, 40; John Lenthier, 23; Rich- ard Siegel, 22, all of Boston, and Robert F. Allen, 23, of Rockport, Mass. Producer, Frank Asher, a Boston fur worker, was not held. 'Waiting for Lefty' was on a double bill with 'The Newsboy,' and proceeds were intended for the Daily Worker. City censor Herbert L. McNary, after reading the script, had warned the producers not to present the show as written. He was in the audience on the opening night, but allowed the play to go all the way through without interference, then maldng his pinch. Theatre license lias been revoked. All the actors were let out on ball. CUFFO AUDIEWES Red Tape/ inefficiency, Dis- courtesy Creates Tidal Wave of Protests Against Manner of Handling, Pub- lic at Audience Broad- casts — Sponsors Peeved MANHANDLE STARS POSTHUMOUS WORK OF VICTOR HERBERT 'Someone I Love', said to be the last composition by the late Victor Herbert, has been releaised by his daughter, Ella Herbert Bartlctt. Latter and John McLaughlin made the arrangements. Number is due onto the atr for the first time nc.\t weelc in tluj Cities Service program. FILM STAR AT 70 Hollyvvo(^, April 9, I^Ictro .signed a new contract with May Robson, handing the Dlayer a ticket on her 70th birtliday this week. Maria Dressier was past 5S when she attained Metro stardom, Complaints of ticket holders who have not been able to get Into im- portant New York City broadcasts have reached the ears of sponsors with the result that there has been a general tightening up on issuance of free ducata to prevent future overlapping. Designed primarily as a goodwill proposition by the companies pay- ing for the radio programs, who distribute the coupons to merchants, etc., the ticket distribution In recent weeks haa acted as a ^boomerang. Recipients of the free admission cafdboarcls, who were' given them as a special means of expressing the commercial company's appreciation of their business, have been forced to wait outside broadcast studios or radio theatres, and in instances were refused admittance to the broadcast altogether because all the seats were occupied. These .merchants or their friends who were forced to return home, at times with no excuse offered by those in charge at the radio theatre, have expressed their squawks in no uncertain terms. Directly or in- directly these complaints have gone forward to the commercial sponsors. The feeling of the sponsor has been that either their friends in the trade who are handed' tickets should have no difficulty in getting, into their big broadcast programs, or they will do away with ticket distribution alto- gether. Previous to these kicks,. Columbia Broadcasting had been i.isulng about 2% above the normal seating capacity In their radio playhouses. But to eliminate any pos.siblo 'turn- away,' the present lineup calls for (ll.stribution of only, the actual seating capacity. After several weeks in which a considerable numljcr of ducat hold- cr.s had been turnod away from Kchlic Cantor and oUi^r popu- lar broadcasLs, the company made a. careful check. Part of the overllow was traced to the custom of pas.slnif in company friends without anj tlckf!ts. Thin habit had devolopcd on a iartje scale for bigger .prograniH, but now the clamps are on. Drive for Cantor ilckeLs, too, has been partially appeased throufjh the issuance of ducats for rehear-sal programs every week. In fact, the reliear.'jal showings are gaining in favor ovftr tlie regular broadcasts In this instance. Columbia's big programs are broadcast from what (■Continued on page 43) Cohan Finds a 'New' Road in 6 Mos. iHlfOderiiess' Tour; Gross Tops 400Gs Down South Birmingham, April 9.' With hot weather just around the corner, not a single le'git house In the south will be forced to close the winter sea- Fon. There hasn't been any. For the first time in years stock has been completely ab- sent from the south. CLOD-HOPPERS' TAP DANCE YEN St. Paul, April 9. Special House inquiry committee, currently snooping on SERA recrea- tion' and lelisure-time a!ctlvlties in Minnesota, charges that Minneapo- olis, St. Paul iand Duluth seem to be getting all the gravy.' Oificlals of- those three cities are allegedly hold- ing the purse-strings despite it's federal and state money that's be- ing spent. ' Nearly 7,500 farm and city wom- en in Minnesota are enrolled in free dancing classes. The dancjng angle seema like a waste of coin to the sleuthing soldns. Fifty-two instruc- tors are engaged in the Tivln (Min- neapolis- St. Paul) Cities teach- ing terpsichore: tap dancing, folk dancing, social hoofing, and even the square dance are listed. Instructors get J2.50 a day — some get cash, others, groceries. Stu- dents pay no foes. SERA pays only instructors' salarlci, classes being held in buildings furnished by the various municipalities. Besides dancing, instruction in play wrighting, p u p p e t-m a k 1 n g, wood -carving and kindred activities are getting the scorch from the In- quiry group. SKRA's leisure and recreation dl- (Contlnued 'on page 52) George M. Cohan in one of the most auspicious tours in seasons rang down the curtain for the sca- Kon In Albany March 30 after road- Showing 'Ah Wilderness' for exactly a half year (20 w«cks). During that beriod he appeared In 43 cities to a total gross of $410,000, That isn't a coin record, but Is outstanding. Through the advance ^t^ork of Charles 'Washburn, Cohan made 211 speeches and was circused in a humber of spots. In three towns he was greeted with bands, which pa- raded him to the theatre. In ' be- tween he wrote and composed a song, 'When an Irishman Meets an Irishman,' for the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago. Combination of Cohan, Eugene O'Neil and the Theatre Guild, star, author and presenter, respectively, provided a draw that accounted for average grosses of $10,000 'weeklj'. Biggest single week's takings can:© on split bookings of one day oj'.ch in Louisville, Dayton and Indian: oils and three days In Cincinnati . >e a total of 120,800. 'Wilderness' tour Included 33 one- nlghters, which the star did not greatly relish, balance of the time being week stands or longer. Phila- delphia's two weeks and Boston'* four were played to a better aver- age than the six weeks in Chicago, where the take .was around $14,000 weekly. As for the onc-nlghters, some managers tossed out plo lures (Continued on page C3> BENCH-WARMERS $1,200 Matinee, $300 Nigtit Blamed on Amateurs Rfjfihpstcr, X. y„ April 9. All-Pen .Amateur radio show on th(« IlKf) Palace stage proved a l^oorhcrang whf;n practically tlic en- tire late afternoon audience stayed thi-ough until 9:30 to see the broad - ca.'-t. Manager Jay Golden was forr.ff] to close the boxofilce carJy In tlio cvoning, turning away crowds storming the theatre to see Karl Carroll's 'Vanltlen' stage show. U. O. receipts were something like $1,200 for the afternoon and $300 at night, a severe headache especially In view of the heavy budget for the week Magicians' Convention Sees Hardeen Nearly Drown as Trick Fails I'^aston, Pa , April 9. Theodore Hardeen, brother of Harry Houdini, nearly mot dratli at the Lyric; Allentown, when his new 'double death defying* trick failed as he attempted It in public for the first time. Ilurdcf-n made the try at tho afternoon show, but ju.st about made it in the evening. Hardeen submerged himself In a large milk can filled with water, In front of an audience of about 500. Can wa.s then lotked and put into a heavy wooden box also locked with padlocks. A curtain was drawn about the box and when Hardeen failed to appear in the time Ket for his escape, his as- sistant, James Collins, became alarmed and unlocked the box, pull- ing Hardeen out of the can. He was submerged three minutes and 10 Hcconds, At the evening performance. Ilar- doon discarded the box and waa locked only In the can, escaping in a little more than two minutes. Many magicians were at tlie Lyric when the trick failed, tiie rthow being a feature of the conven- tion for magicians.' 2 VARIETY P I e ¥ II R E s Wednesday, April 10, 1'935 L A; County Last $§i46,53l m ^^^^ 14 Studios; 7 Hollywood, April 9. : Checkup. In the office . of the Los Angeles county' auditor, shows thit for tHe fiscal year 1933-34 the: aiini bf $546,63,6.^7 was levied and paid by 14 studios opeiratinB Ih; ti. A; county on their real estate and busi- ness; : Sevieri; other • companies -op-' crating studios were not listed for that period. Taxes paid were: /Columbia Pictures Corp., |25,- ;.4i4.28. . Fox Film Corp., $94,771.34 ; Fox kills Realty Corp;, $21;639.89, mak- ing total of $116,411.23 for Fox. Paramount- Publix. Corp.; :'$46,- 235.28; Paramount Land Corp., $22,- 413,86; making a ' total of $68,654.14 . lor Paramount. RKD-PMhe Studios, $58,732.96. United Artlstt Corp., $20,293.84. Universal Plctm-es • Corjp., ; $28,- ■■:480'78," • Warner Eirds.' Pictures^ Inc., $9,- 490.49; Warner Bros. "Realty Corp., $7,156.44;. First National'. Produc- tions, $40,791.97, making total for Warner-First - National . holdings, 167,438.96. ' • . . M^etro - Goldwyn - Mayer C o r p.; 1132,^79.06.: Hal Roith Studios, Inc.,' $10,- 163.9.0. : ■ • ■■ Harold Uoyd Corp., $16,272.92. Walt Disney Productions, $2,- J91.71. v,;-,^ . • technicolor Motion Picture Corp., 18,312.60. ■'. Bryan Foy Productions,- $779.79. Buster Keaton Productions, $611.86. Above, conxbined, -make grand total of $646,636.87. \ Cnhpanies not listed, paying county tax, are Majestic, Mascot, Monogram, Charles Chaplin Studios, Principal, Chesterfield and L>lberty. All of these, with the exception of Chaplin, work ' on rental Btiidibs. There are. also a nuinber of small independent . studios operating on rented grounds W'hich do not show . on tax list, as owhers paid . this. tax. : Though estimate was made by Assemblyman James J. Boyle In Sacramento last week tbttt the state of California : only got $14,000 in taxes during 1933 from the 10 largest Screen companies, a good portion of the grand total listed above is also paid by I/,. A. County to the state: as its .portion of beair- Irig up the .commonwealth levy.- 50% Plea Paris. April 1. ; Jacques Kamlnsky, who Is producing a French 6-day race pictute called rVel d'Hlv,* took his troupe and techhicat staA in a group to see Warners' 'Sllc. Day Bike Rider' at the Apollo here. : ■ ^[■'y'i'.--' :. ' Ckme out of the theatre in dead silence, which Kamlnsky broke with the remarl«- 'There's no use asking you to make as good a picture as that.^'but please try to make one about half as good.' use EXTRAS GROSSED $100,532 IN MARCH Hollywood, April 9. Nine hundred and thirty-six dj-'. trasi mostly from the .dress groups, worked, at the! . studios Ini March .for an average wage of $117 each. Four hundred and twenty extras worked five days or less for earnings of less than $46 each. . Total studio outlay was $100,532. Above, does not include) (litmbsjth'ere or racial groups. . . ' BEEGROFTSVA; PIC PROD. PLAN : Hollywood, April 9. Chester Beecroft, one-time gen- eral manager of Cosmopolitan Pro- ductions and 'for- the past three three years operating the Beecroft Studios in Tampa; Fla,, has been here for a week trying to interest . producers In his new studio property at Virginia Beach, outside of Nor- folk, Va. Syndicate headed by H, B. Lasting, wholesale furniture manu- facturer, has purchased 800 acres for a studio, and has started work oh a 240 x 247 sound , stage. Spot is five h.oui-s frpm»-NeAV York. In addition to leasing space, syn- : dicate will produce a series of indie features, with Beecroft as produc- tion head. ins West This and one riiore week at , the Casino de ,Pai;ee, New York nitery, and then Jimmy Durante returns to Hollywood and a possible extension of , his Metro cbntracf. Date for re - ; newal . is J^ine 26, but he must be advised a month ahead. , If a free agent, Durante goes Into Billy Rose's 'Jumbo/ musical, first, and then iabroad on some. London .offers. Schnozzle's ehga;?enieht at the Paree. nitery was limited to fpur weeks only. ARRIVALS Arturo Toscanlni, Charles Laugh- ton. Nelson ; Doubleday, Sam! Eck- ' man; Jr., Henry Mollisdn; Frank ilchlalffer. iir Names for "Siiig' Hollywood, April 9. Phil Baker has been spotted in 20th Century's 'Sing; Governor, Sing.* Rubinoft also setl ' ' . - Paul W;hiteman goes in the same picture. ■ Ford's Colman Pic X Hollywood, April 9. : John Ford has^ been signed by 20th Century to direct Ronald Col man In 'Man Who Broke ^ the Bank at Monte Carlo,' going into produc- tion in July. Ford makes 'Steamboat Around the Bend,' Will Rogers starrer, and likely another for Fox, before re porting to 20th. ' Talbot's 'Glory' Lead Hollywood, April 9. Lyle Talbot, replacing William Gargan, has the lead opposite Marlon Dayles in Tage Miss Glory at Warners. Gargan was delayed in 'Broadway Gondolier' at the same studio. Flock in for -China* . : Hollywood, 4prll 9 Percy Waram,. Charles Trow- bridge, . Randall Bates, Byron Rus- sell and John Harrington are due at Metro tomorrow (We|dnesday) from New York for 'China Seas'. Melville Cooper, now in 'Labur- num Grove' on Broadway and un- der contract to Metro, Is due two weeks later for same picture; Vallee's 2a f or WB Rudy Vallee goes out to Burbank sometime between July 16 and Sept. 16 to make his second ifor Warner Bros, this year. He is under a long termer calling for a dbubleton an- nually. Studio Is : trying to figure out something different, away from the musical formula, for the crooner. WILL MAHONEY ;. Thi: jBulUtipr Jn Glasap.w "Will ' Mahoncy; . the '' American comedian,* is - the p«rfect cure for the 'blues.* Rarely -have I seen and heard Buch entbuslasm In ah audir ence. • win ..s Clowned and tap- danced about the stager' and then skipped-, on to the : keyboard of an extended xylophone and tapped out melodies with his feet" : . Direction WM. MORRIS AQENCY HayftUr Theatre Building New York City , Par Directors Switch Hollywood, April 9. Paramount has closed a deal with Richard 'Wallace to direct 'Annap- olis Farewell.' Originally Wallace was wanted for 'Peter Ibbetsoh.' Henry Hathaway, who was as- signed tp the former picture, has been switched to 'ibbetsorn.' . ' KANE'S 'B'WAY CO-ED' Hollywood, April 9. Robert Kane is producing 'Broad- way Co-ed' at Fox; with: Alice iPaye topping, i .. Yarri is by Norman Houston and Robert Grcn. - . ■ -'v-! •. SacramentOi April 9. liOttery; plan to raise funds and keep down state taxes, Introduced today ; In Leiglelature by Assembly- man -Meeban of Oakland, originated with Jack Mulcaby, Fox Film pub- licist. Measure calls for organiza- tion ot California, Inc., with 'offer- ships' . insteiad- of cash prizes to holderct of winning tickets. Winner would be president at $100,000 salary and others among 2,000 winners proportionately paid. Tickets would be sold for $i by un- employed who would get 10% com- mission. State would get 45% and remaining .46% to 'officers' of or ganization, i.e., the winners. Draw Ings would be held monthly for in- take ot, $12,000,000. Bennett Suit Showdown ;. Los Angeles, April 9. Final showdown' is due in court this month on Joyce- Selznlck's $15,000 suit against Constance Ben- li'ett wfhlcb has been hanging fire >8lnce->103i,. after agency negotiated a $30,000 a we6k two-picture deal with Warners. According to the complaint, the 15 g's is balance due on 10% of the $300,000 deal, actress allegedly hav-; ing persuaded Warners to pay half thei amount demanded by the per- centers; but failing to kick through with the balance. FAMOUS FIRST NIGHTS The following deacrlptiona ojf memorable theatricat premieres it a compiiatton of stage, -screen, . concert or nite club opening^ whicK, for some odd circumstances or another^ stand out in show business. They will be recorded without thought to chronological order. The reasons for the distinction of each premiere range anywhere from some historical siifnificance, in, cotihection ioith - the debut of an artist, npvelty show venture, play or company, 4o .some other attendant excitement bacJestage, some colorful occurrence, out front, or merely because of the gala cir- cumstances. This is. to be. a continued series. ■ Watte' Film Interest Hollywood, April 9. Dl V April 4 (Los Angeles to Sydney) Kenneth Hall, Arthur Gregor (Mari- posa). .' : ; April 3 (Bermuda tour) Peggy Wood, Mrs- Stanley Rinehart, Ward- Greene, Milton Mackaye, .'AVill'mm Soskin (Statendam), ■ . April 2 (Lo.i? Angeles tb Yoko- hama) J McEyby (Asama Maru). Wednesdayv April 10, 1939 F I C T M RES VARiETY FILM HOLDOVERS ON is Filmusicals and the^ 1 It took the picture >budlneB8 several Vears to get back to the point where audiences again accepted musicals. Now the da-nsier looms again, as following, thei post- 1929 /musical avalanche, of over- doing dnd killing tlie ^arket. . ■ Musicals are a; natural adjiinct to fllni production aind should be the big; money Alms. They should be the pepper-uppers, the builder-uppers, the spice. And they be. But not if they're of the same mediocre Quality, as In bne.key. city last wieek. where the three then current fllmuslcals all laid an egg at the i>'0> Where 9. musical can't make the grade as A-1 entertain- ment, and already there Is beginning to be felt a current *Aw, it's Just another musical,' It's time for Hollywood, to heed and curb. Qood musicals are a blessing to exhibitors but can be good and fresh only if they're ; infused . with novelty. , That's posBlble only if there's a superabundahce of them, or If the qua,ntlty, no matter how controlled, la;cks In quality. Studios' : Wheii and I^s Depending ^ Pibiiieer's Reception / on . ^ Hoilywoodi April 9. Motion pictures are getting r^dy " to burst forth In a revival of color. Every major company Is awaiting ^'th^; arrival on the sjcreeii of iPioV "neer'a -Becky Sharp'. - If the reception Is good, Metro's first yarlThued opera will; be 'Marie Antoinette' ; Walter ' Wagner may switch 'Vogue' from .black and white •iXo color. Sam Goldwyii has the ■ ■ - 4e .Idea for 'Barbary Coast'. War- ners, if the decision is reached soon enough, . may do 'Captain Blood' In pastels, ■ . Both Paramount and Badlo are Interested but. have ho particular picture in mind. However, Par fa- vors blending Its proposed opera with tints. Fox, : after trying one sequence of 'Little Colonel' In color, will, If 'Becky Sharp' gets the prop- er reception, do a Temple . picture completely, In color. Studios feel that color yill be welcomed selling angle for the hew; season's product. ' - U-Asther Settle ' Hollywbod, April 9. ; Unlversal-Nlis Aether salary dis- pute has. been" settled without bene- fit of Academy conciliators. .Actor gets picture deal at the \ salary and conditions icohtaihed in the disputed contract. Dispute centered' around notifica- tion of Asther for a picture. After several postponements Asther went to England and was uhayailable when the studio call went put. New pact has a 75-day limitatlpn. GINGER ROGERS LAWS HER AGENT FOR $ 5,100 PAR TRIES OUT imETINTHt Studios' Wholesale Takitf^^ S|M^^Qyerp ^^^^^^^^^ Countering Nat ic. Goldstone's commission' suit for (3,000, Ginger Rogers, through Attorney Harry E. Sokolov, has filed cross'^onlplalht demanding return of $6,100 commls- ■lohs paid the agency. Actress complaint claims Gold- stone's contract with her is Invalid because'he has not paid the required agency license fee required for operating within the unincorporated county strip running between Beverly Hills and Hollywood. Tithes paid in to the ae^ William Cellestln, president of the . American Keller-Dorian Co., and J. T. Capstait are making the experi- ments with studio technicians. Studio endeavored to keep the color experimentation Under cover, annduncihg bfilcially that Cellestln and Capstaff were here on sound re- search. Ene Gaid OyerflbWs^ But It's in Hollywood v. Hollywood, April 9. •The 'EriiB Canar set on 'Farmer Takes a .Wife'; oyerran its banks, following a yiiree-inch rain over the weekend and for a time tlireatened to Inundate part of ' the Westwood ^lot. ■ ■ ' '^' y: .-. :■: Quicic afetion by tiie pumplrig squad and levee builders saved the set from further- damage. Maiy ^sto^pti ThorpiB Si)lit After 4 Ifea^ : Hollywood, "April 9. \ Mary Astor and Dr. Franklin "Thorpo : are separating after four years' marriage, due to iricompiata- bllity. ; ile' filed suit for. diyorCe against; the actress yesterday (Moh- ■day)',- ' '■' Couple 'have a . twoTyear-old daughter. . . ''j./ ■ MUNI'S DILIINGEE PIC : .. Hoilywopd,; April .-B^ . EetLe Davia gets the lead opposite Paul- . Muni In Warners' ' 'Doctor Socrates,' yarn- b'aspd on. the Dll-. linger -facc-Hf ting, "y:':.'- - ' Production starts: In three' 'w^eck.s., No ■dlreotor sot yet. / . ' Product from April 1 , 1934. April ii 1935> Belie* Any Danger for jfilm ShortaiLge So Far aa Br«>ad way Acers Are (Toncemed— Of 266 Playing ^eeks, 141 Were Taken ■ ■• ;over\;Ilelea.8eii..' ^ HOW CO/S RATE Durlrig the psist year, from April 1, .1934, : to April i, Istst, pictures have .proved .strong enough Ih Broadway first run weekly changes to provide for 141% weeks of hold- overs among the iflve ranking New York exhibition palaces— Radio City Music . Hall, Paramount; Strand,; Rpxy and Capitol. The compacatiyely small total of 6i pic- tures, approximately 20% .of com- bined total of product' turned put, took care of this much playing time; Rivbll ts: not included -since It is a. run opeiution rather tliah a weekly change, but if that were fig- ured the average of pictures ca- pable of going more than a week would be even higher. Past 12 months has been an out- standing year for holdovers, with a total of hihift pictures having the stamina to run three weeks. In the face of severe. Broadway competi- tion; three that were able to go four; and one, . 'Copperfield,' which went five at. the Capitol, first time in history house held a picture be- yond four weeks;; In addition to these figures, Capitol had one picture which went 2^ weeks, 'Forsaking All Others,' while the Par had one which went 1% days over three weeks, 'Bug- gleiB.' In other words, of the 61 pictures, 16 played engagemients of more than two weeks, whil* 46 (Continued on page 26) : MG BORROWS LENSERS TO HANDLE PEAK SKED Hollywood, April 9. Metro is continuing Its borrowing of cameramen from other studios to take care of peak production slated for the next two months on that lot. - Latest cinematographer added is Arthur Edeson, on loan- out from Warners, to handle lens on the Harriett Hoctor dance ensem- bles for 'The Great Zlegfeld,' which goes into production this week with Seymour Felix directing. Flu attack which hit Oliver Marsh last week . necessitiated assigning Gregg Toland to handle the photog- raphy on the Joan Crawford star- rer, 'No More Ladles.' , It's the first time in three years that another comeraman than Marsh has photo- graphed the star on the -Metro lot. 3uHcci Leaving Fox Hollywood, April 9. ■ Upon completion of his current contract at Fox, Edmund Burke; writer-director, will not re-sign. He has been on the Fox lot for six years; At present he is on loan to Metro rewriting 'Broadway Melody of 1936,' When he finishes he returns to his home lot to script and direct 'Song and Dance Man,' George M', Cohan play. James Dunn Is the male topper. . ■ Trix Set at Par Hollywood, April 9.;. Paramount has signed Trixle Fri- ganza for three pictures. Player goes on the company pay- roll immediately, althouph no Imir mediate assignment. Framed . Paris, March 31. United^ Artists' French press ■ agent, looking over colored photographs of the firm's act- ors hung In the entrance lobby of Its Paris ofilce's, noticed that ■ Maurice Chevalier was ; hung In an Inconspicuous place around a corner. Figured that since Chevalier was due in Paris in a day or two, he'd bet- ter be put put front. So he ; changed the Chevalier mug with that of George Ailiss, which had been hanging dead ■ : center. ".' . Next day George Arllss un- expected walked Into the office and asked to see his picture. HLMITESmX FREE AIRINGS Hollywood, April 9. Air chatterers are taking a lick- ing from the J. Walter Thompson agency which Is signing picture stars to contract . which prohibits the players from appearing on a^V air program before the broadcast for Thompson accounts. In past, chatterers have been able to get players gratis. Fllmers figured that the favor would be reciprocated in the chatterer's columns. First to feel the sting was Louella Parsons, when Mary Plckford was forced to cancel out on her weekly Campbell Soup broadcasts Thomp- son comjiany, which has an option on Miss Plckford for Royal Gelatine In the fall, refused to let down on their 'no outside broadcast' clause until the option. Is either lifted or dropped. Players who have become cog- nizant of the Thompson exclusive aiigle and knowing that the com- pany is paying important money for guests on the Flelschmann; Shell and Lux broadcasts, are balking at the gratis etherings. It has been made dear to them that these no pay alrr ings cut their future 'value on com- mercials. With the three programs using one and two stars weekly, Thompson Is signing players months In advance of their appearance. These two factprs ' coupled with the fact that the actors realize they are throwing away money by do- nating their services, have all the chatterers looking-for new type pro- grams which will eliminate the con- tinued use of stars, JOLSON TO ACT IN 1, PROD. 3 AYR. FOR WB Hollywood, April 9, When Al jolson returns here In about eight, weeks, he will super- VIbb productions as well as act. New WB- Jolson three.- year pact provides that Jolson star in one pic- ture a year and supervise produc- tion of three other.s. Markert'S Coast Vacash, MineIG Joins Shuberts ; Russell Markert, dance fltagcr at Radio City Music Hall, New York, left Saturday (6) by boat to the Coast. It's Just a vacation. Mar- kerfs been 111 for. the past six weeks, having left ;tlie ' hospital .the early part of the week.- : ,. Vicente Mlnelll, designer for the Hall, Ih out at the end of the current week, having resigned to Join .the Shuberts, ' Current show at the M.H. is his finale there. Hollywood, April 9. Stuffing their actor contract llstf at an unprecedented rate, major studios are heading for most bloat- ed lines of reerular pay-check-grab- bers since thosie early days when actors sold by the gross and con- . tracts didn't say anything about size of type In billing. Over 250 ticketed actors, from promoted chorines to familiar Industry faces have been signed lately during the spree with no Indication of a letup. Not only are unknowns and legit, radio and night club personalities being shoved before the camera with term contracts ready for ink- ing If their first preview draws a favorable nod, but the regular free- lance- list of the production colony is being raided heavily. With the Ink flowing all over the place, there also has been a marked pickup in loanouts, especially of less important pacted acting : talent, while a parallel trend is to sign carefully selected actors, writers and directors on straight two, three and five-year deals. . Insiders attribute the trend : to several . reasons, . outstanding being the Academy's 'new deal' contract for one picture, day and week deals, plus general rush fpr personalltlea in the hope of garnering fresh star material. Also, It's noticed that de- spite antl-talk, the stock company plan, heretofore most pronouncedly used by Warners, la coming to the fore on other lots, Warners' stock player idea Is lik- ened to the old-time stock leglters' theory of Interesting patrons In 'a list of favorites, who would be seen each week in different roles. Same (Continued on page 67) : T» , , . 50 Vaudevllte. .. .; ... . ... . . . ,.50 -51 Women , . , i , , . ..,'. 61 VARIETY PI CT V BES Wtiatn^j, April 10, 1935 too Late Now. We re Moving. Says Mayenl^^ .Hollywood, April 9. Louis B. liayer inade the predic- tion at the Breakfast Club here that the picture Industry would Burely move iaway f rqm , Callifornla, no matter which way the : taxa,tlon hattle at Sacramentb goes. He said it might be wlthlni a year; It irilght be next, yea,r and at any rate It. looked certain within three years, 'I don't think the exodus can be stopped now,' he said. 'I don't think Governor Merrlam could stoip It even if he wanted to.' Despite this assurance, Mayer was a member of a film delegation, com- prising \yiil Hays, Joseph M. Schfehck and Winfield R. Sheehan, who went to San Pranclsbo the fol- lowing dayVfor a CQiifierence on the taxation question with the goyernoir. Returning, Schenok stated, 'Byery- thing Is all right now— the legisla,r ture will behave/ But the same day In Sacramentb th23, 000,000 iannudily under the lowest tax proposed, Boyle pointed but that Hollywood wouldn't pay. more than |2S,000,000 under the highest tax recommendetl by the Epic demo crats. Top Hat' Gets Going Hollyyirpod,. Aprll 9, 'Top Hat' (Fred Astali-e-Glnger Rogers) got under way at .Radio Mondajr (8), with Mark Sandrlch; directing. Supporting cast Includes Helen Broderick, E. E. Hoirtort, Eric Blore and Eric Rhodes; "With , the «xiceptlon of ' Miss Broderick; all were principals In the 6andrlch-dl- rected ^Gay Divorcee.' . Screen play is by Dwlght Taylor and. Allan Scott. Score is by Irving Berlin. ' ■' ':■ '■■ Preshell Moves tp^U' Hollywood, April 9. Robert Presneli resigned as assp- clate. producer • at- "garners a.nd checited In yesterday (8) at Uniyer-- Bal. He will do one plctiire at . the latter .studlp under a prodticef- Writer assignment. Earl Baldwin- has . taken over Presheil's asslghmehts. OBOSS' LESSEE BERTH i Holly wopd, April 9, Edward 'Gross, former Parampuht studio wardrobe head, replaced Frank Melford as buslnesff manager • for SPl tMser Prpductions. Cpuple ad lib comics oh a midweBtom station we r e dropped suddenly In their seventh week, despite the fact that their program was doing nicely for the product; "The patter duo sought out the agency exec oh the account for an . explanation. TDo you remember,; said , the a.e., 'referring in several of your broadcasts to your pet cow, Bessie? I know ■ that the bovine had no epurce otlier than your Imagination, but it happens that the client has a daughter named Bessie, who has one of those epreadlng figures, and she's very eehsi- tlve about it. She got the Idea that you were poking fun at .: her.'^-- .■■ 2 Feromes Scouting U's Eastern Talent^ Scripts iflrlatai. Howell Bucceeds Max Hart as Unlveratars eaatem talent scout. BlBle Neuberger la the ieom- pany'a new eastern atbry chief. Jerry Sackbelm; U's story editor who has been pInch-hltUng arpund New York; returned to the coast last week. ' Annual meetlhi; of stockholders of Keith- Aibee-Ori>heum, chief ' RKQ theatre subsidiary, Is .to be held to morrow' CWea.), In the RKO,. build ing, N. T, TiiiB .meetlng may deter- mine the relative voting strength of RKO and Mike. Meehan In KAO. Company- officers aver nothing Is expected to disturb the present set- up. Others, expect, the meeting to be postponed. . An election of directors will take place; also,. Isharehblders will be asked to vote on a prbflt-sharlng plan which win be prbpbsed for their condlderatlon: 20tli CrKorda Exchai^e Hollywood, April 9, i9everal player exchange deals are Expected to be closed next* month In London when William Goetz; gen eral manager of 20th Century, meets with Alexander /Korda of Londoil films. , Gbetz and his wife sail from New York April 20,: returning June 1 en the , maiden vbyage of the Nor mandie. ■. - Whatever trading in Paramount securities there may have been on the part of 'iiny members of the various reorganization, committees, such trading on the whble has been negligible and mostly for technical purposes and not for profit.. This was Indicated on Thursday <4) at the last hearing before Federa.1 Judge A. C. Cbxe, when alfldavlts to this, effect were inied with the court. These afiidavita are. subsitantlally the same< or suinmarles.of answers filed by the committees or members of same with, the • Securities Ex- change Commission in Washington as req^ulred by law. Hall Takes 'Richelieu,' ^ Holds *Miserables^ 'Rlcheileu,' fourth picture tbp house has bought from UAi goes into Radio City Music Hail Easter, week (18)' and while not guaranteed two weeks Is' flgur^ for holdover, . Hall also wanted 'Lei9 Mlserables, but UA has set it for Its own Rivpli on Broadw" V Hollywood, April 9, li^uls Weisa, independent pro duc'er, Is dlckerlrig with Wiley Post to appear with his plane, 'Winnie ilae,' In globc-clrcllhg jserial, ■ Production would start In fall; as aviator has. experimental fllriits ^scheduled for 'the sumirierr -. J. H. HARRIS TO REBUILD OWN Plttsburghi April ?. Thei return of. John H. Harris^ former bead of the Harris Amus. Co.i to the theatrical iSeld on April 19 marks the first active steps to- wards rebuildirig: Of the Harris cir- cuit in this territory. In the past 12 moliths preliminary: steps look- ing tb such a c^cnsuminatlon have been taken under, the. direction :of Sen, Frank J., Harris, who remains as circuit president. . /^heh Jphnny Harris becomes ac- tive head he will' have John T^ !^<^' Greeyy aiid ' James Baimer, yets with the company ovcir a span\ of years, and George.; .Tyson, hlq .as- sistant and manager of the deluxe Harris Alyin house here. In his cir- cuit reorg work. ;■ Harris iias been away frbm \per Gfbhal th'eatre oiieratibn for the last five ■ years because Of a contract with Warner Bros., when It bought mbst of the Harris houses ill 1930; He was not to operate except in 'Warners' emplpy In Pittsburgh and Cleveland. He served - as local zone : manager for three years; i Currcritly thieire ' .are : about 16 houses in tiie Harris circuit setupi FOUR MORE OUT IN MIHLUONSDIT Los Angeles, April Paramount / Froductions, Earl Miller, Lbii kolb and Ray Fitzgerald e the latest bow-buts from the $33,960,d0O cbhspiracy damage suit brought over a year ago by Inter- national Alliance y.ot Theatrical Stage Employees against .Louis B. Mayer, Patrick Casey, Internatlbnal. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, iiocal 40,.all major studios and sbme iOO. John Doe defendaiits. Elimination by the demurred pro- cpsis befpre Superior Judge Robert W. Kenny marks the gradual strip- ping awiay of targets frbm the firing lino in lATSE's colossal complaint that the plaintiff union was, wrecked after the general Btudlb strike two years ago by cblluslbn between Its former afQllate, IBE'W. 4(li, and the majors, and tiiat they violated the return tb work order of the Natlbnal Labor Board which undertook mediation/. / Over a score of original defen- dants have gone OlX the list via pre- liminary showing of nOn respon- Blbllity under the charges. W. O FIRST TO RELEASE FED. EDUCATIONAL aOSES DOWN PROD. IN H'WOOD Hollywood, April 9. ' Educational has closed its Holly- wood production to concentrate- Its two reel filming hereafter In New Toric -where Al Christie Is In charge. Company's whole staff was dropped after the cleaning up of the Buster Keaton series. Educatlonal's studio headquarters have been at General Service. L A. PAR WASHUP Reorfl Plan for Thaatr* and Studio . Properties by May 20 ' Los Angeles, April 9. Federal Judge Charles Briggle has authorized Paramount Proper- ties, hpldlng company for the L. A. Paramount , Theatre Bldg. and Par- amount Studios, to submit reorgan- ization plan to bondholders and creditbrs by May 20 for affirmation or rejection by court. Revamp would adjust company's capital structure without reducing par valiie or Interest rate of |2,760,- 000 outstanding : first mortgage 6% bonds. Creditbrs were given by court until May 6 to file claims, and May 13 deadline for protests. Kenneith Fltzpatrlck continues as corporatioh's general manager pend- ing reorganization. ■■• Goisler, Par Prodacer Hollywood, April 9. Paramount has given LewlB Gens- ler.a contract as associate producer. First assignment Is the next Carl Brlssbn filmuslcal. Former- Broadway producer la fin- ishing collaboration on an original, 'Old Man Rhythm,' and writing tunes for a picture at Radio. Skouras' O. O. Tour Los Angeles, April. 9. Spyros Skpuras, who planed here unexpectedly last week after leav- ing New York for Kansaa City, Is headed ■ for the 'Pacific Northwest coi-ly. this week for a tour ot Inspec- tion of the houses operated by Ever- green Theatres, . In which Fox- West Coast Theatres owns a 61% Interest Aocompanying Skpuras north are Charles R. Skouras, operating head of .F-WC, .and . MIk« . Rosenberg, of Kvej^green. '. i.. ■. .-. nus Th. Mod To Be Year-Round The RKO bonus plan fpr theatre managers and divisional directors of RKO theatres is sponsored by Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the. KAO board. .. Under Swope's supervision, committee comprising Winiami England, Major L, E Thompson and Nate Blumberg fig- ured It out. House managers get a straight percentage of the net Improyement in their houses, with divisional dl rectors getting limited over-all per centage calculated on the same basis but conditioned in amount ac cording to the number, of houses supervised. The house manager gets 1% of the net improvement, retroactive, to Jan. 1, 1936. Divisional directors will receive % to 2/3 of 1% of the net Improyenient of the houses su pervised by them. Estimated that perhaps 1%% of the possible net improvement In RKO theatre incon\e. Inclusive of the proposed profit-sharing plan for of- ficers of KAO, may be ultimately apportioned among RKO's theatre men in the field and their imme dlate operating supervisors. There have been other bonus plans tried out in the Industry among theatre employees of the bigger chains. From time tb time the circuits variously will offer bonuses for a limited period to their managers, but mostly In the sum mer ' months when business Is at lowest ebb. The RKO-Swope plan la the first slated for aiUyear around. •Hollywood, April Bi *' Warners is pacing the pack In the Orace to get the first Feideral crime . 'picture into- theatres, al- though Radio copped a moral vic- tory through shooting .out Select's The People's Enemiy* with an 'Un- cle Sam cracks down* ad campaign. WB edge isn't as big as It's lead on the first gangster cycle, but • It should sprint past the release date tape nearly a month ahead of coni- petltors. Lead is not alone due to company's having : a fully okied script before the cameras two Weeks ahead of Reliance, Metro, Par and others. Studio's , big break cajne In astutely hunching how to duck any offensive scenes to break through production code restrictions. With Joe Breen's restraining corps glmletlng all O-men stuff, not only must Department of Justice touchiness be . considered but also scenes showing mugs wearing shoul- der holsters, or spraying machine gun lead around are taboo. Film ex- position of gangland trade secrets also taboo. Thus, while Warners has Its 'The G-Men,' trimmed for preview this week, other companies are report- edly still pasting and scissoring.': Radio Reviving Teter' Hollywood, April 9. 'The Return of Peter Grimm' will be revived by,, Radio. The David Be'asco play is planAed as one of the pictures for the 1936-36 ached ule. . . ■■ Film will be produced by Ken reth MacGowan, with George Nlch oils, Jr., directing. Screen play will be written by^Francls Faragoh." Play was previously made silent In 1926 with Alec Francis and Janet Oaynor in the leads. SPEEDINO 'HOSIZON' Columbia is speeding preparation of 'Lost Horizon' to cash in on the Capra-RIskln Academy awards Casting Director . Bill Perlberg is conferring with' the pair, working at Palm Springs on the story. . Capra-Rlskin pictures previously have been around six months in preparation but 'Horizon* In its eighth week; '■'..., ACTOBS FOR SALE • Paramount Is offering to loan out to other studios George- Raft, Carl Brlssoh; Gary Grant and.. Charles Rugpleo. " . ': ' \- WB EXECS WEST TO HUDDLE ON '36 PROD. Delayed again on home office mat- ters, Major Albert . Warners ..XSrftd Sears and Andy Smith plan hopp^ off for the Coast the er^d ;0f .this week. • While on the Coast the .distribu- tion- trio will set up the newi pro- gram for- 1935-'36, when WB yfXW probably again make 60. Conven- tion Is set for Los Angeles around June 1. '■ Setting/Kg Broadcast' Hollywood, April Behjamin Glazer, Paramount pro- ducer. Is due in .from N. T, tomor- row (Wednesday) after his talent prowl for 'Big Broadcast.' Blgned Ray Noble's orchestra after Para- mount brought him from England and let him languiiah for six months. Noble then asked and re- ceived a release from his contract. . Studio is also after Dixie Lee for 'Broadcast' lead. Metro Needs Famine Lead for Tilelody '35' Hollywood, April 9.. ; Metro Is beginning to worry about a femme lead for 'Broadway Melody of 1935,' with the start of the picture Just a fortnight away. Rest of the cast is set. Studio Iq testing a flock of eirc- Ing-dancing femmes around . Nw ' York. ■■ Hicks Sails John W. Hicks, Jr., head of Para- mount's International department, sails for Europe today (Tuesday) on his annual. look-see. This time he will take in (Sermany, Austria, Italy and France, and open Para- mpunt's first international conven- tlohi to be held in Paris in May. George Weltner, Hicks' aeslstant, and T. X. Jones, home office special representative in Paris, will ac- company Hicks on the tour. Walter HcEwen Ups at WB Burbank, April 9. Hal Wallls, Warners' pro'ductlon executive, has named as • his as- sistant, Walter . McEwen, for past three years story editor. McEwen!s assistant, David Math - ews, moVea up. Hansen Planes East . . • . ' Los Angeles, April 9. - Al Hansen, Fox -West Coast, divi- sion manager, planed .east to attend Code Authority meeting in N, Y; on Thuradayi Wednes^ayt April ID* 193S P I C T li E S VAtt/ETY Kiihii^tipeb, Lehmiah Bros.^ ; Hall- l^rten,: Atlas 7*1:1181, and iiiaybe also J^zard. jPrercB, will comprise the imderwrltlns syndicate for Para-- niount's reorganization plan, / ac- cording to a,ll present purjppses of the reorganization forces in Pa,r; , It is felt, by the reorgahlziatlon people tliat an underwriting deal can be had with such a group on a basis that would, harmonize all sides a,nd at a yery noitiinal cost to the company. Conferenceis to this end were held last week among the various parties to the reorganization. With Paranoun^'a reorigarilzation plan formally cpnflrmed .by the court last week, action to spetid up matters between the various fac- tions is seemihgfy bel^^^ maneu- vered.' ■ • " • ■ • . Confabs so far are considered . preliminary but probably definite, The new board Is , empowered un- der the plan tp enter Into a deal for such underwHtlngi : A meeting of He existing board of nine is expected *p be held this week, to which meeting the seven new members wiu be ' invited also, It is likely that a cprtimlttee rep- resenting the "company will - be ^'"Aittmed to negotiate an underwriting ?«eal.- ■■■■ 'Kuhn-I^oeb is reported reluc- tant to . becpme associated with Par's underwriting at this time,- but 'fit the instligatlon pf the reprganl- •jMitloh' forces who want K-li in; the picture, because of K-L's famliia.r-. ity and long association with Para- mount, the Kuhn-libeb firm may agree to come iii. Also, Kuhn-Loeb is expected to head the syndicate, although it is likely that by agree-, ment among the parties, the 'various firms will share equally in the ap- poFtiohment of the underwriting and responsibility of same. If they should be cpihprlsed in the syndi- cate.. NEW iiUREL CONTRACT REUNITES IrH COMBO Hollywood, April 9. After being out of Roach for two weeks, Stan laurel sighed a: new deal with the studio, re-cementlrig the team of .Laurel aiid Hardy. , New contract assures- Laurel at the studio fdi' the remainder of this season's schedule and also covers an additional year of Laurel a.rid Hardy comedies. V ' With Laurel back In _ the fold, the series which Were to have re- placed the L, & H,'s, 'The Hardys,' with Oliver Hardy, Pat^y Kelly and iSpanky MacFarland featured, has been discarded. LIGHTON-MG FURTINd fORraODDCTiM Hdllywppd, April ,9. ; .With three pictures still to pro- duce for Paramount' Louis. D. Lighton iig dlclteririg with Metro for a production berth at that studio. Llghton'a Par contract expired last month at which tinie the Btudlo asiced him tP remain until he cornr pleted 'Peter . Ibbetapn.V 'Annapolis Farewell' and 'Gollcge Education.' vHohiblow's Sextet at ' ;t*ar oil New Contract ^ ' . H .April. 9.. . Signing a contract to produce six pictures on the . 1935-36 program, Arthur Bm-nbiow starts his second year at Patannount. Deal call.<3 for a straight salary, "The Light . That . Fialled' is tbS" first Hornhiow, He leayesi April 21, for England to discuss the screen t.roatment with the author; Rud- yard Kipling.' Jack Wanier Honored Burbank, April 9', Jack L. Warner has been awardled the Palms Acadamlque by the French Academy for his contribu- tion toward the creatlbn of the talk- ing plcturie^ ■ i : Award rhakes him an officer In the society, and entitles him to Wear its purple ribbon badge, NINE ON 20TH »INALL ■ . . Hollywood, April 9. Nine pictures Will : be made by 20th Geiitury for .United Artists xei- lease when production is resumed on return from a hunting expedi- tion in Alaska of Dairyl Zaniick. Stories in preparation include >'Xvanhoe,' with an all-star cast; 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' (Ronald Colman) ; 'Sing, Gov- ernor, Sing,' with a tiast of radio names anjj Paul Whlteman's orches- tra; ,'piamond Horseshoe,' (Law- rence Tibbett); 'Shark Island' (Fredrlc March) ; 'Professional Sol- dier' (Wallace Beery) ; 'Nile Patrol,' 'Gentlemen, thei King,' and lEarth- bound.' Casts for latter three libt yet sielected. -. Directors under contract to 20th Century are Gregory . LaCava, Roy Del Ruth and Rowland V, Lee. Writers WliO are preparing the scripts. Include Nunnally Johnson, Bess Meredyth, Garrett Fort, George Marlon, Jr.; Philip McDonald, Ha- rold Long, Howard Smith' and W. P. Lipscomb. Twentieth made six pictures last season. Reliance (Eddie Small) will in- crease to eiight or more for the com- ing year, for United Artists relpascj to augment . 20th Century's 9> during '35^'36. Sam Goldwyn doubles his output to six, more pictures than he has ever delivered in the past. Alcxr ander KIbrda (London Films) wlli make at least four. In addition to these, U. A. as a distributor has British & Dominion fpr release In the U.S.A. UA has a selective deal with B&D for this country. A production, from Charlie Chapi- llri for UA release, is another pos- sibliity. Mary- Plckford, still an owner-member of UA, may also have.: one before the 1935-36 season Is over, probably as ' a producer rather than stair. 'This will give tJ.A. 30-35 plx for 1935-30 as against. 22,sold. this year. PRODUCERS EECTION; TAX MUlt THIS WEEK . - Hollywbod, 'April 9, Annual meeting and election of offlcer.j of • the. Producers' A.ssocia- tlon will be held at the H ys offlce Thursday (11), , ■ .Routine matter ;is expected to .be tUapa.tchod jierfiinctorily In order tliat the' studio hisads can mull over the state: taxation problems and .qolve the question whether the flirt industry, deserts California. NICK SCHENCK EASl : Hollywood, April 9. .Nicholas M. Schenck., planes east today (.Tuesday); . Joseph M; Schenck and Al Llchf- man are planing east later in the week, " • jimeEcoxEiiK^s Mildly Chides Objectors-^ CourtV Experience Has Been That ii Board of Business Rathclr Than Professitmal Men Is to Be .Preferred ■ PLAN'S PROVISOS All parties interested in the Parar moutit reorganization picture were counselled collectively by Federal Judge A. C. Coxe , to get behind Paramount, Judge Coxe offered this: advice at the last beiaring on the re- organlzatloh plan last Thurisday. (4) ' In aihswer tb certain criticlsin at thei hearing. :' r. ': In formally- confirming tiie Para- moUnt-PubUx reprgiahlzatlon plan; Paramount, virtually^ is lifted out of banktiiptcy by the court's action. Some technical legal matters aIohi» remain to be cleaned up before for- mal order .fi^om the court ending Par.'s bankruptcy Is Issued. Such action should be forthcoming before the sumnier season sets ini^ Attorney Samuel Zii-h, of the old bunch, remained alone consistent to the end, although his objections were perfunctory. Attorney Archibald Palmer re- versed himself by approving the plan, and speaking once . only and. briefly. Morris Ernst, mein^er of the Vanderbllt debenture committee, limited his criticisnts to the new board perso^nnel. ■ , To all of it, the Court made answer that It is not the function of the court to name the board's per- sbhhel; and that, the board wais picked, as it shpuld be, by the bene- flclal owners in interest of the com- pany and that it is for the owners of the company to select a board. The Court also observed that in Its experience a bpard of business, rather than jprofesslonal men, was preferrable for a compiany. An average of 70% of each class of creditors voted for adceptanPe of the reorganization plan. "This is a high average and Paramount thus becomes the first big industrial to have achieved reorganization under Section 77-B of the U. S,' Corporate Bankruptcy Act. There is another hearing set for April 26 before Judge Coxe. It Is likely that the remaining legal ma:t'- ters may be cleared at this time. In the meantime, this company : is still under supervision of the cpiirt and Its trustees, and may so continue for a; couple of months. This coiirt reserves the right to supervise all remaining phases of the situation related to th® barikruptcy, and the clearing up of aamie. Included among such items are the following: ':■;■■;. (a )- Matters pertaining to the transfer and conveya.nce or reten- tion of the property dealt wi th by the plan, , : , :(b) Reservation, if any, of claims, of Par, : its ■ stockholders iand credi- tors^ [ ■■ ■■■■ ■'- ": ■■ ■,.■' :■ •■'; ■ (c)! Amendment of the company's certificate of incorporjLtlon: Such amendment is already planned and very liitcly will be up before, the -court at the hearing of April 25. . . " Directors After such amendment shall ha\'e' been made, a' special stockholders' meeting wlil; be called for the pur- pose; of electing directors, so far nominated but hot yet duly elected. Any change In ,the personnel setup.' of the ' administrative end pf Para- mount cannot be efCected until after such election of directors; Tlie di.-:: rectprs will have; the. responsibility of making Biich changes, If any may be ^^on tern plated or .considered at that time. ;•.'■ ■ - ■ •:■ : The authorization, 'creation and issuance of new secu rl ties described In the plan, and the d.elivery of these hew securities, to the credi- tors and stockholders of Parantount, must also be uftder court superyl- Zannck's (huckie^^ Hollywood, April 9. Parryl Zanuck planes . to New York Monday (15) for, opening of 'Les Mlserables' at the Rlvpll, After a flyer day stay In east, Za- nuck flies back to Cpast to prepare for a bear hunt. REPORTW.E.FOX IN DEAL FOR Downtown talk has it thalt Wil- liam Fox pfferied his interest: in American Trl-Erjson ■ to Western Electric, with W.E. not enthusiastic about negotiating a deal. Fox. owns 90% of the istock of ATE, and the American TrirErgon cpmpany. itself is held to own rights. to several talker patents other than the fly- wheel and the double print patents. Only the latter, two patents: were the subject of. the recent U. S. SupTeme court ruling holding theni' invalid. Willlani Fox's asking price is not given. ■ ■ ■ slon. Also, the offering. 6f siich se- curities. in accordance with ;tiie plan, tP stoCl(holders and creditors, in this category, there must also be listed, the. authorization, creation and issuance pf new Par-Broadway bonds, as described by the plan! Paramoiint's reorganization car^ rles the necessary .cancellation of Intentions by Par or Its trustees to pursue litigation against holders of the old bank claim.CaptaIit Blood,' set as a $liOOO,000 prbduic- tlon; with cast headed by Robert Donat. ;-.M.l('h,acl Cu'ptlz is to direot. PICT Wednesday, • April 10, 1935 imisiii StocksMWeek ;^ Marked strength In late tradlher eent n^any leading Issues up. I t points yesterday ■(Tuesday),' With the result that all groups closed higher; Dow r Jones Induistrial aver' ages • stood r, at • 104,32 . al :' ,cl6s6, Amusemelnt^ qulcikly jolnod push upwards, Loew'sr coDtinon again act- ing as leader and Ircachlng a new- hifth for this yeir and 1934 at 38^ . Radio Preferred B also was strong at 40,^^. ' Eastman Kodak common alsoi: hit a p6w peak for the year at 125 % . • Columbia, Pictures . ctf s. Were' up 1% at 42%, while Ww^ . Bros, preferred soared 2 points to 2<0f as the common reached 344- Tech- nicolor naade a new hlgli at 2t % . . ■ Bond market Was featured .by three new highs, registered by Par- iiticiiht liens. \Varner bonds also rdse 1^ tb 6>), and Keith 6s climbed . 1% points to 72. ■ ;With a more optimistic attitude generally prevalent in "Wall istpett much of the week, nearly eViary group of stocks improved ii> the' last seven days; In this upturn, the niarket was aided by aVmillibn-, vshare day late in the week and pon- tliiued strbrigth on ' Saturday . (6);, Tho Dow-. Jones Industrial averages: closed at 102.66, ah advance of 1.42 points, despite- profit-taking Mori-:. -day:(8). ■■ ^ ■ ••. -Heljped by spectacular strength In Eastman KodaJc vcomhion, which rose to a new high and netted a gain of 4% points, the Amusement Group flnished the period With ah .Advance, of 0.72iO of a point at 26%. This was nea,r the peak 1.6vel of 26% reached during this six-day trading period. ; Iidw point was 25%. : - ChartWise, the Amusement Group has closed higher now for three successive weeks iand i» hearing the peak levels of February aiid early March. . The ;|act that volume picked up on the topside also bodies well. . .. Aided by a' sple^id showing by the preferredj "Warner Bros, common acted nicely^ in tlie opinion of char- tists. It' closed on top at 3, and in- dicated that it wias b^lhg groomed for further appreciation. The issue Was; up nearly half a point at the finish. The. preferred went to 18% and clbised ait 18, where It shoWed a .gain of . 1% points. The number of transactions was nearly 1,000, largest in man/ tnonths, ■ , LoeW's common again was in de- ;man4, cllmbine; 4ip to within three- ; (Continued on page 23) Vesterdaiy V Priccfs ■ •■ ^. '. ■ • ; • -Net.' Sales. : ■ 'High;i;bw.Iiaflt.'chge,. 1,400 Col. PIct... 42V4 :42 42'/4 +1% liooo Con. rjim. 6% 014 6% + S . 1,000. East; Ka.*125>j; 124% 125>A +^ 8,1W Fox A.....r JIH «% «%-,+ % 18,800 Gen. I31.,.^a% 28%^^% + % 20,000 Loew ..•.•.:.»3854 .aOVi 88 +1% 6,000 Par. ctfB. . 2% 2% 2% + « 1,000 Pathe A... 12% 11% 12 + 8,600 RCA ...... 4f ; 1,400 RKO 11 -4.400 31 'CURB 5,600 Tech. 21% H 1,000 Trans-t. . . 214 2Vi BONDS S4,000 Gen. :Th... 7% 7% 7%, 8,000 LOew' .V; . .105 • 104% 106, 40.000 Par-P-L. .•76 74% 7.114+ H 18,000 Do ctfs.. 75 ■ 40.000 Par-Pub. ..*70% 10,000 iDo ctf8..»7e% 20,000 W. B...... 68% 494 + %. 194 ; • 3% + % 21%.+ % : 2% + %; ■74% 70% 76 61% 76 + % 76% + % 76%^% 63 • New 103S lilKb. N. Y. Aiiti-i)aa]s Meet Off . Open iheetlnlff of Greater . New York tiieatre: cjhaln heads and indie exhibitors, to dfiscuss ending duals, scheduled for yesterday (Tuesday) at the Motion Picture Club, has beeii called off pending Investigatloq of the, NRA in Washington; Harry Brandt, president of the Independent Theatre Owners Assn., N. Y;,. Whlciv sent out the. invita- tions, said the iheetlhg would prob- ably be held in two weeks. Jill) Wpy^^^^f WB MDLLS REOPENING H'WOOD, WARNER, N.Y. Warner . Bros. Is again thinking of reopening the' Warner, N. Y„ which the circuit has kept In darkness for . a long time. Meantime, legit Interests are dick- • erlng for the WB Hollywood, on Broadway, also dark) and Max Rein - hardt has Indicated lie'd . like to stage a, show there, loo. During the past year 'WB has sold a, representative number, of pictures to conipetltlye operators lii ; New York,, meanwhile keeping; Its Hollywood and Warner- off its own Ncw . York circuit. ; MINN. INDIES MERGE WITH NW ALLIED GROUP l^inneappHs, April 9. ; ' Tlie . ne.WIy " formed Independent .theatre ■ Ownefa* Assoclatipn ; : of Minneapolis was raVsred here wi^b NbrthWest ^^A^ States at a con- vention of independent exhibitors. J; B. Clinton, JDuIuth, . president of the independent body, Was chp&en head of the comblnnd groups. Ai W':: Steittes, lohgr president of Northwest Allied .States, annoiinced in advance of the meeting that ill health Would prevent ; him tfom serving in any bfllcial papacity/ iVio of Toppers in : "^Pai^s *New Divorce' Gary Cooper, 'Carole liombard and Tulllo CJarnilnati are the toppers in Parambu'nt's ,'New Divorce." Herbert Field B Is Wrjtlnjg the screen play. Al Lewis pfodtices." Tliils gives Cooper four pictures on next sea- son'3 piro^am; ■; ■■ ' '■ ' .:blher§,%)^e':Vetfit ibbetsbn',' 'The Llgiii ■ That' Palled' . and '13' Ilours Slow progress is being made , to- ward a so^Vitibn of thie newsreel caiherameh's; working hours pfobr lem, biit both, ofilciais of. lATSE and the neWsreel compianles hope that W. P.' Ji'arnsWbrth, 'deputy ad- ministrator of tiie picture code, may soon force an agreement by, speci- fically designating what cbnstltutes Working ho«r^f the newsreel ca.m- eta grinders.' Gbde at present is a bit amblgubus in specifying 'work' i^buris, according to prominent cod- idts, and both sides are now striving for a definition. : .: . Union representatives' of the cam- eramen tore seeking two objectives: (1) a .clean-cut ruling on working hours and' (2) more newsreel cam- eramen empibyed.^ lATSE charges that under the present "cbde set- up, there are actiially fewer union grinders ' employed than before. They : believe that a definite ruling on hburs of employment and. bb sbrvance of .them Will solve the second objective in the present, sit-* uation. • NeWgreel cameramen are in vir- tually the some cla^s aa newspa- permen as to work hours, in the opinion of ieading union ofiicials. They contend, that; hours waiting f o>r a sto^y to break, for. camera cov- .«rage siiduld be regarded as em- ployment for which full pay. should be allotted. Newsreel companies thus far dif- fer materially on this principal point, bfflclais claiming that wait- ing time should not be regarded as payable employment. Special' committee named to offi- cially designate What is working time made little or no progress in the last seven days. Lou Krouse and p. "V. Johnson represent lATSE, and A, J. Richard, of Paramount News, and Jack Connelly, of Pathe News, :are on the committee for the newsreel ipompanies. Pathe Newsreel. picked up a new source of revenue' ithis Week with the inauguration of Pathe News of the Air over radio station WOR.and the Mutual network. While the ex- act amount that will accrue to the newsreel company depends on the number of presentations weekly ;(nbw skedded for tWo. per week) , it is reported that the Pathe company will receive around $ 2,000 each week from Bromb-Seltzer fbr twlce-a- Week use of Its clips. Basis of radio program Is employ- ment, of the Pathe Newsreel sound track. Fbur of five of the outstand- ing events of each newsreel issue are closely edited to fit into the 16- mlnute air program. Then this as-< sortment of 'news' is recorded with the raidlo announcer building it into a llne-up best suited, fbr radio use. Attempt had been made to put spohsoreid Pathe News of the Air bn, one or two major networks, but objection was raised to use of sound track. .' ■ ■ . M-G REPRISALS Minneapolis, April 9. When National Allied States meets in Atlanta May 21 to 23, it will have before it a recbmmenda- tlon from 300 Northwest Independ- ent e^lbltors to Institute a na- tionwide boycott against Metro if the latter or Loew's carries out al leged plans and 'builds : or acquires a single theatre,* prior to the Allied convention, for the purpose of coercing: exhibitors to buy M-Q product Abraham F. Myers, Allied general counsel, infiuenced the adoption of a resolution containing the recom- mendation a't the exhibitors' meet- ing here. It was prompted by the threatened Loew Chicago Invasion RADIO AMATEURS TILT B'EYN FOX MONDAYS Radio tieup . is proving' advanta- geous to thb Fox, Brooklyn, dou- bling Its normal business on Mon- day through the amateur night con- tent staged over WMCA by a com- mercial. Competitorj : are studying the results with Warner : Bros, giv- ing the Idea .a trial at the Branford, Newark. V The Brooklyn Fox puts on an amateur, brioadcast every Monday nlgliti the winner getting a week's stage engagement at the theatre. Bleary-Eyed Whodunit Hollywood, April 9. 'Hangover Murders,' story by Adam Hobhouse dealing with a wild socialite party : on Long Island and what happens to the guests on the homeward trek, has been added to Carl Laemmie, . Jr.'s production schedule for early release. . Doris Mallor a'nd Hai'ry Clork are adapting. Sally Ellers being con- sidered for one of the leads. . ' L. A. TO N Y; Richard Watts, Jr. Sam Jacobson. Dorothy Burgess, Mack Gray , Virginia Peine George Raft : Mrs. Sam Katz Myron Selznick Jessie Ralph. ' Mary Boland. . Marcel De Sano. Michael Balcoii. Nick Ludlhgton. Helen 'Vinson. '. . , . Wynne Gibson. Katharine Hepburn. ' brry-Kelly. ■■ Jphn Swallow. Sidney Howard. Janet McCrorle. Joseph M. Schenck. Al LIchtman ; J . William Phillips. Phillip Moeller.. Nicholas M, Schenck, N Y. TO L. A. Jack Benny. Mary Livingstone. , Frank Parker. Harry W. Conn. . ~ ' Lucleh Mandellk. . ' Gilbert Mandellk. v Herman ^humlin. John J. Wlldberg. Robert jQarland. Major Albert Warner. ' ; ; Av W. Smith, Jr. ^ V ■'dradwell Sea.rB;' ' ' : •' Inside ShiiF-Pictures RkO didn't adopt the human trailer idea conceived by Jack 'Mcln«rney fbr the Paramount, N. Y., which It (RKO) Included in a general bulletin to its own house managers. It develops that Par's' distribution depsut- ment brought the attention, of RKO to the atunt as initiated on th« 'Ruggles' picture and since RKO plays this release suggested its the-/ atres do likewise. Par advised Its other , accounts about the human trailer as well, policy, being that if worthwhile sbowmansblp ideaq are developed at the N. Y. Paramount they will be brought to the attention of the entire country once tried and tested. RKO didn't go for the Jiu- tnan trailer thing. Instead John Dowd of RKO worked out a new type frailer pn "Ruggles' .built around Kate Cameron, N. Y. Daily News critic, . and' the tevlew she wrote with special footage' taken at her 'bfBce. This will be foUowed through on other pictures with critics' good notices. - Si Fabian's cbntemplated bid for Fox Met will be based partly, on a pribr understanding which the downtown noteholders' . committee had with the Skourases.and the Rahdfbrce i>ebpl^ .whereby the employment contracts of .the latter two groups e^^plred In two. years) If the commit- tee sbld the Fox Met houses. Although William Greve and Louis J. Horbwltz, with Si Fabian, are stated to be large holders' of Vat Met bonds, sources close to Fabian deny tljat Qrey^ or Horowitz are asso- ciated in the contemplated offer .for Fox Met by Fabian; Horowitz la associated with>,the Thompson- Starrett building bonceni ' arid the Hall- garten company, dbwrttoWh Investment house!, among other : interestB,' and is a member of the Fox Met noteholders' committee. Greve, also a member bf the committee, is with Allied Owners, : In its campaign upholding block booking, the Hays' organization ' getting out a comprehensive ; study of the . situation, together - with statistics, which will be printed and bound for circulation, inside and outside of the trade. Purpose is to further acquaint, friends as well as enemies, largely latter, with block buying as it exists. . C. C. Pettijphn, who has lived -with the block booking Issue, for many years and successfully battled against its loss to majbr producer-dis- tributors, notably defeat of the old Brookhart bill. Is author of the vol- ume to be printed. He labels the work 'Block Booking' or. 'The Whole- sale Dlstrlbutlbn bf Motion Pictures',' with the addenda, 'What . It Is, What it Is Not.' ■ ' : ,./-.■ y- '■■'■w^- . For the sake of the record it is asserted by First Division officials that they have inquired personally , about any possible productlbh plans on the part of Pathe (Webb) and found "the fact wanting. Pathe ; has no production plans and isn't contemplating production because, it cannot, even. If It wanted to do so, until its restricting- agreement. With RKO, held by the latter, expire? next year. There are none whd can bespeak what will happen, then. . ' n", ■ At. the moment the Pathe people are concerned With internal matters relating to reorganization of the company and phases on the financial reorganization which remain to be worked out. Recui-rence of 'Les Miserables' ^as a film offering reminds of the 'Miserables'. war bf around 1908.. Althougli both Vltagraph and- iBdison were in the Motion Pictures Patents Co., there was plenty of rivalry and more than a suspicion of a leakage from the Vltagraph studio i6 the Edison set-up. Smouldering suspicions blazed* when right on the> Keel» of the Vita announcement, came the statement that Edison was work- ing on 'Les Miserables.' . Both came out at the same, time, with each of- fered as five one-ireel releases, one a week, and each with a 'separate title. No exhibltbr treld to play them tandem, so neither made much money. : ■ ^ r:, . ^ Adolpli Ramlsh, one-time exhibltbr power on the Pacific coast, . ha« reentered the exhibition field, after being but of it for some time. Ramlsh has become interested financially in J. J. Franklin's theatre' cir- cuit in Hawaii, as has also L, F. Rosen. Los Angeles insurance man. Ramlsh; in confirming his connection with Franklin, , announced that tha present nucleus of two popular- priced houses In Honolulu would be In- • creased before fall by the erection of at least two more. With further expansion under consideration, . ■ . . . r . Now that 'The Drunkard' has been done into a' picture, it might In- terest those who book it tb get the lowdown. For advertising purposes it is. referred to as 'P. T, Barrium's hit.' It was played at the Barnum museum, but it originated in the Boston Museum and' was played in that fashionable house as a revival back in 1884. But for each one who recalls the ancient glories of the Boston Museum stock there are- hun- dreds more who knoW of Barnum, and his name is used to carry w^ght^ with the general public. Before film salesmen start jacking up prices on John Fitzgerald, mayor and owner of the Strand, Hudson Falls, N. Y., the question of hls pay as mayor should be settled. Just reelected mayor, his friends. Who re'tained him in office, rejected a proposition th'at he be paid $900 a year' fori hie official duties. The figure Is $900 and not $4,900. . Fitzgerald -would, of. cours?, like the $4,900 and also thinks he shpuld get the. $900. ' Iiii . fact, he is trying to make up his mind, whether to hang onto the job or resign. Metro is in a quandary whether to keep to the tradition of the films or follow along the lines of the stage version in Its production of 'Tale ,Df Two cities'. Worry Is whether to have tlie riesembling: parts of 'Charles Da'rnay' and 'Sidney Carton' played by one actor, ais Irt ' the', case of the silent film, or to have two players! fill the parts as in the'case of the stage production, ■ .- ^ ''I- ■ Mention of Harley 'Clai'k.e in a Washington story that he was still trading . : in Fox Film ' securities, confused him with Harold Benjamin Clark. Latter Clark, is a partner In White, Weld & Co., and also % di- rector of Fox Film. Harl'ey Clarke Is hot now; and never has beeit con- nected With White, Weld. .V :. Arthur C. Bromberg, operator of four independent exchanges in the south, is heading for Hollywood this week, taking along 11 exchange managers and salesmen for a pleasure trip. Party is the result of prom- ise made by Bromberg last year that he would take all the boys wbo reached their quotas on a junket to the Coast. . Under the Loew radio station, WHN's new showmanship direction of L, K. Sidney, all the Loew theatres and the| Poll-New England, houses get regular plugs on the current week's features, Pathe Neyrs has the DIonne quins contracted exclusively for the next two years and contemplates Issuing periodic photbgraphlc-sound records of the famous babies' progressions through thelt' infantile period :of life. Despite persistent talk aiJO"t N; L. Nathanspn and Par, the Gajjadiaii showman lias no executive ambitions wltli that iirm in New Ybrki Many sudden' chariges'in personnel line-up at Universal City has kept the home office stafiC of universal on' the jump. Just to make surei- east- ern executives go over;the .roster .every. Jifbnday for revisions In orde^ to keep abreast-bf tfaer Coast fltudlb. . . -.■ ■ ■ . • V;^-Incsday, AprU 10, 193S PICT 11 RE S rvtiarv INDIES' CODE ^^^^^^^^ Washington, April 9, lie^jcue p£ ' the proposed fllm code t budget for 1936 appeared probable last week, .as the National Recovery ] Adinlnlsiratloh granted cbdlsts the : rlsrht to spend, surplus funds for ; current operating expenses pending . approval of this year 's levy scheme, Authority to use $100,064 of ex . ;cc3s 1934 revenues to finalnce actlvl ; ties through April was given after thb Code Authority appealed for • : early action to unsnarl the tangle oyer the present year's ilnahco plan. Amount represented four, times the , Dcccrriber outlay, pilus small item's : tor extra expenses for legal and ac counting operations. ■ Conference about the 193G budget and assessment': system: . Is- due . this . weak, Jphn C. Pilnii being scheciuled , to confer with ; Deputy ;'Admlnii3tra toi" Farnsworth and the. research and planning division In an effort to speed V final decision; Action must •be^ hustled since/ the emergency povi'cr to use surplus revenues will not cover all April expenses, as, the month has ilve pay-'days whflle De cembei%' on' which the $100,064 was based,' liail but four... ^ ^ . Possibility was seen that Recp.v- ' er:' .-Board will waive its poUcy against maximu.ni arid minimum as- sessments. . .Appeal for an texemp- tion is in the mill, based on con . tehtion that peculiar conditions In the film, Industry make It .Impos- sible to apply the system, implied In tho^ new policy. / Argument Is being prepared that definite limitations '. are necessary to avoid double tax^atipn on In- tegrated cpmpanies with Interests In bPth productlon-distribUtidri and ex hibltlon flelds. Objective Is to get okay for the bracket system doped .out for exhibitors. The producer distributor assessment plan prob ably can gain approval ■with; the present provision for an. alternative contribution basis centering around a' levy instead of fixed fees on arbitrary classifications. Both pro ducer-distrib methods probably will be embodied In the ultimate order ktf approval. AVhat efCect use of the, 1934 sur- plus will have on financing arrange- ments; for the second half pf 1935 -vfas problematical. . The ?l6o,0b0 balance represents the' cash- excess on hand pec, 31 plus belated re ceipts from seicphd-half bills; which did not go out tintil December. Un der a previous uhderstandlng, the excels /^ws to be carrlied as a sepa- rate itcni on the Code Authority's books and rebated in the last, six months of this year,: but if incbm© for 1935 does not meet expectations the problem oic repla!cirig the amounts spent during the etner gency then will confront codists and the government. 6 TO AID KUYKENDALL ON CODE KEVISIONS Executive comniittee of six to as- sist arid advise . Ed Kuykeridall, president of the. M.P.T.O.A., - lias been, set up. and .is exixicted to shortly consider changes. In. the code a,s proposed by the cpnvention In New Orleans recently. Members of six reglpris elected are George A. Giles, Cambridge, Maaljs. ; Oscar C. Lam, Rorin>e, Ga.; Jack Miller, ; Ghicago; . Leweti - Pizor, Philadelphia; Charles B. WlUlariis, Omaha r and Morgan A. Walsh, San Francisco. : Sinill^Phptogs' Pact V Hollywood, April 9. Edward Small, president of Re- liance Pictures, has signed a new .flve-year contract with the Amer- ican Cinematograijhers covering- basic wage scale and working con- ditions. : Arrangement Is the same as with othev majors and calls; for exclusive employment of ASC.camerarijen.. , DANZ GOES UNION NRA Influene* Ends 13 8trif«i with Labor Ycara' Seattle, April 9. Jphn / Dariz Theatres after IS years' warfare with labor unions have uriionlzbd, anhoiincemerit com- ing from Code ofHces. where settle- merit was sigried. Involving 8 Sterl- ing chain houses. Present em- ployes, complying with union regu- lations, have been retained. Peace agreement was submitted by Danz, marking end p£ feud that attrapted natlbn-wIdP attention, being, one notable theatre-labor 'bat- tle of recent- years marked by tear) odor and explosive bpmbs in several theatres; although such acts, were disclaimed by urilpris. Rex Is the latest theatre tb join the Danz chain. E INTHE G. 4. Senate Pr0b« of the NRA ' Gives indie IiMurgeiits Fulsome Oppprtuiiity for . AiriBg Pet Ezhibition PeeveiH^Mlirert Concedes That the Code Can More EiBFecHvdsr Ciirb ]^ or Regiilate irade Pratiifces NO U. S. REBUTTAL READIES VS. CHI BD - ; Chicago, April ; 9. Chicago code board withdrew its. Initial stop service order against the E. E; Alger circuit's theatre in Peru, ill., last week and Issued: a new order. Strengthening of technical points wais done because of the threatened move by Alger to go Into court today (Tuesday) to secure an in- junction against the code board be- cause of Its stop service order to all exchanges. The notification folfbws Alger's alleged continued violation of the code ruling on re duced admissions In his Peru house despite repeated 'cease and desist' orders from the local code board WILL MODIFY THEATRE LEASE CLAUSE IN CODE Washington, April 9. Modification of the bitteriy-dis- puted interference-with-lease clause of the illm code is in the ofllng as result of Code authority protests that the provision Is unenforceable. Having dropped the original plan to either eliminate this section from the code or put across an amend- ment restricting, its scope, Recbv ery Administration Industry super-. vlisors are Wprklng on a legal In- terpretation for codists' guidance wbich will stake put limits beyond which enforcers cannot go. Intent is to establish the division of authority between codists arid courts or trustees of properties In volved In exhibitor tussles; Govern ment riien. agree with codists tha;t it Is Impossible and probably Jliegal for enforcement authorities to try and rule in cases which are under court supervision in receivership and bankruptcy proceedings. Llke- •wlse lntetpretation will strengthen the inalienable right of property- owner to seek a new tenant and boost his revenue's. Althougrii prlginaily de.slgrted to protect indies, the clause, htis been Invoked i)rinclpally for the benefit of chains so far, but independent exhibitors are leading the move- riient for retention and improve- ment of ihe clause. ■ Ed Kuykendall, MPTOA head, has registered strong kicks against any move to strip the provision pr delete the clause en- tirely, feeling that even If uriwork- able at present the language has strong ^psychological effect and acts as a dub over meddlers, Wafihlrigtori, April 9. Blasting' alleged 'Iniquities' and demanding . revision, irideperideri,t theatre owners threatened Monday (8) to walk out on the film code un- less affprded more representation Pn the bode. Authority arid sub- sidiary local boards and cpmmlttees. Testlfyirig at Seriate probe of the NRA, ; Abram .F, Myers, ; president of Allied States, and Melvln Albert, representing Harry Brandt bf the N. Y. Independent Theatre Owheris Assn. charged that major producers dominate the C.A.: and complairied that pact does riot provide adequate protection for indies. Galled for law' changes which Would let little exhlbs have a bigger voice in C.A. goings-on and which would force reorganlzaiton of the administrative, agency. . Backed up by protests of North- west operators and Bpecific iilcits by Nathan. Tarn ins; sple indlei member of the CiA. Myers and Albert aired threats tb repudiate the code and surrender Blue Eagles unless con- cessions are forthcomlrig, Repeated all fprhier bleats Including grudges against Diyislbnal Administrator Sol A. Rosenblatt and Innuepdo that Nathan Burkan was responsible fpr framing of the algreemerit. Aithougb ] accorded sym pathetic hearing by Finance committeemen opposed tb continuation of the NRA, !Myers got tpssed around by Senator Barkley (D., Kentucky) whP ob viously had been given RPsenblatt's side of the long-standing tiff ' and put Allied head on the spot. Forced to take a deflriite stand for or against the code and the Recov ery Act, Myers said he dpes i\ot recommend that the Blue Eagle program be discontinued and went as far as to. agree that code system, with adequate provlsloris; for Indies, probably would prove most effective mariner of. remedying evils and eliminating Injustices in the Indus try. . ■■■ ■. . ' - ■■ ■ ■ As the : leading code critic within the industry, Myers hurled his com- plaints in the presence of Roseri- blatt. Deputy Administrator William P, Farnsworth, and; other Govern ment execs, but latter grpup made no move . to Interrupt proceedings or enter a defense. Anticipated Rosy, in . dual role of compliance boss and amusement Industry supervisor; will give his views later In the inquiry. Armed with' riumerpus documents and exhibits, Indlb sjppkesriien told solons that . the Code under preserit condltioris neither improves condi- tions It was designed to correct nor glyes Independent pperators fair representation , in adminfstration • of its terms. Myers complained that Allied had received cold shoulder- treatment frorii Rosenblatt from the start of negbtlatlons,. while Albert slid New York Indies halve deliber- ately diefled the pact becauise of its alleged unfstlrness,' ' , Equal Representation i : Principal suggestion about means of satlijfylng Indies wa.«» Mycr.s'I.rec- ofn'mehdatlon that . the. new law; cpntalri a clause requlrlhg that all codes . authorizing.;: {■ .the Code, Authority; or . any ; other . board ..6r agency to hear and settle contro- versies,. .. should prpylde for; - equal representation for. each branch of the. InduBtry, Myers amendment would give the Gpyerriment mcriiber the right to vote; in order to break a tie arid would stipulate that 'any nbncern embraced In ariy sUch code wblf-h is engaged in the niariufac- Cal. Indies^ Squitwk Hollywood, April 9. .: Independent Theatre Owners of Southern California dis- patched the following wire to : John C. Flinn of the Code Au- thorlty: ; ':■.':., 'Insist that zoning and clear- ance schedule be put Into effect Immediately and all discrep- ancies be Irpned but lini . Ik>s Angeles through regular chan- nels provided by code. Opin- ion of all (Bxhibltors is you!ve stalled long enough.'- ^ THIS WEEK A sliding clearance rule for first- runs in the Los Angeles territory, calculated on the basis of admlBslbn scales' with a 28-day clearance maximum allowed only to first- runs of the top adrittsslpn scales, and others having the clearance re- duced In accordance with lesser ad mission scales as practiced, appears to be the sought for outcome of the resumption of hearing on the Li A zoning and clearance schedule. This hearing reopens Thursday (11)* be fore the full presence of the. Code Authbrlty In New York. The present L. A.. schC(lule al lows a maximum 28-day clearance for the first-runs, regardless of ad mission scales, with the subsequent protection rules being calculated on the basis of the second-run admis- sion scales. . Contention of the Fox-West Coast people is that the schedule, as drafted, does not conform with con ditlons on clearance provided in the Gdyernment consent decrees against P-WC in 1931^1932. Belief Is that this decree conditions that clear- ance must be' predlciated on the basis of first-run admissions. Hope still persists that after a year, during which the . currently proposed L. A. schedule has been on the swing, that it will be finally cleared up, In consequence of the contemplated hearing. Bob Rubin, Metro's general coun- sel and v. p., is slated to preside at this important session; Harry Vlnicpff,. representative of the In- dependent Theatre Owners . bf Southern California, and Ben Ber- iristeln, vet So. Cal. exhib leader, are here frorii the Cpast for this meeting, as are other F-WC spokes - men,'. ' ture or productlbn bf any cbriimodi- ties pr prbducts ' or In makl ng the initial sales or leases thereof and Is also engaged directly or indirectly through holding companies, stock ownership, interlocking directorates or otherwise, iri the buying or ex- hibiting of such commodities , or products may bo represented on any siich Code j\.uthprlty or other board or agency only in Its capacity as a manufacturer, producer, or original seller or lessor.' . ; . Airing old charge that 'Big Bight' producer."? entirely dominated all code nogotlatlons, Myers expressed doubt that Rosy was author of the pact 'becauHO I do not thlrik ho had the grasp of the industry problems or the subtlety required to draft a code like this.' Complained that majprs. used urider-cpver pull to have : President RopHcvelt's execu- tive order of approval emasculated and testified that Interpretation of (Contlni.i'^d on page (57) . Washington, April ». . Film code enforcement operation^ will continue uhdltnlnlshed by twe adverse I^ederal coUrt- rulings chal« lending validity of exhibitor trads practice provisions. „ Confronted with unfavorable deci- sions In Denver and libs Angeles la cases Involving exhib compliance. Recovery Adriilnlstratlon authorities were unperturbed last week and confident that the fllm pact will sur- vive all legal attempts to exempt theatre owners and exhibitors. The adverse rulings undoubtedly will have cpld water effect oh enfprce- ment In dbutherh California and Colorado, but otherwise the Govern- ment is unlikely to pay any - atten-t Uori to the District Court views tiri- til higher tribunals have clarlfled the issues. Although puzzled by the Dcn«i ver ruling In the Huffman casew N. R. A. execs showed little con-* cem over the Xos Angeles And?* Ing that enforcers^ hf^d exceeded powers In . threatening to w:Ith- draw films ; from offending houseSi Comrinent of Deputy Administra- tor William ' P. Farnsworth and Divisional Adriilnlstrator Sol A. Rbsenbiatt on the bad news from the Coast was succinctly sardonic. The whole legal situation faclnjg N. R. A. is a matter of wide specu'* latlon and disagreement, with coH'^r siderable doubt that the fundamen- tal question of constitutionality will be settled for another year or II months. With/ the" proijosed new laW now kicking around Congress; < Blue Eaglers are disposed, to hold up pending litigation and see just what the forthcoming statute pro-, vldes. ■ , Whether appeals will be taken in either: the h: A. or Denver, cases . was uncertain today. Justice Department refusing to hazard any guesses la the absence of report^ from Federal District Attorneys and of the exact text of the rulings. Law outflt is highly confused and rather Jjltterjr over the entire problem. Poultry Cods Test . After backing down In a move to obtain U. S. Supreme Court's views on the N. B. A. by withdrawal : ot an appeal In a lumber code case^ Justice Department, surprised lats last week by rushing to the final bench with a new case involving the poultry code. Prospects for a ruling In this litigation before the court quits for jts summer vacation (Continued on page 59) READE BEFORE CJl ON FREE-PASSES CHARGE Walter Reade was up before the Code Authority yesterday morning (Tuesday) to answer a complaint that he was distributing free passes in violation of the code at the Astor,. N. . Y. " Complaint was made by Howard 8. Cullman, receiver for the : Roxy, now In Florida. Reade defended the charge, later claiming- that Cullman was not justified in making the complaint. Metro's 'Mutiny' Wait* Hollywood, April 9. With Clark Gable busy In 'China Seas' and Charles Laughton in Eng- land arid not expected back for an- other month, Metro's 'Mutiny on the Bounty,' technical crew of which returned froni the South Seas on Saturday, will have to await tho availability of these players before the picture gets Into full s>ving. ;. Company has considerable pickup stuff whlrh can be photographed, but will run out of material in ID 8 VA PICT E C R Il S S E S Wednesday, April 10» 1935 Circus, Rain and Sob^ Weekr^^l^ at . iios Angeles, April 9^ (Bisst^xploitation: RKO and H • Circus etayover, inclenient ^eath- (pr and Ardiy Day maneuvers kept up the trend of off business the .current week for local houses. Par- amount/ with ^MlBslsstppl'' In bold- over, week, inras leader of group, . out- . distancing closest runnerup by abOTit $6,000 'on the stanza. Busi- ness at the State picked up with Will Rogers in 'Life Begins at 40,' while same opus at . Chinese . wiais ftiiinlng behind previous stanza. ■Hollywood .and RKOi; housing. ' Ijaddle,' had another bldomer week . as .combination wlU fall short of $7^600 on aggregaite take. None of local houses concentrated very heavy dn exploitation angle, with RKQ' and' Hollywood being leaders ' in their endeavor to piut over 'Lad- die' campaign centered oil Gene Stratton Porter's T>Q6k of same name in tleup: with book stores, and dis- tributing bookmarks. Also, a Board of Education tleup, had announced . oil picture playing locally mfide in all schools. Holdover seems as : though kids were, more interested , in circus than picture. . EttimitM for This W«al<_: : /Chinese (Graiimiin) (2,028; 80-40- B5)-r-'Life Begins at 40' (Pox). They kind of shied away frbmt'this Rog:ers opus in this neck: of town, as it will ■not iUt over $7,600. .Last week •Folles Bergere*. (UA) Just moderate trade to a $7,800 flnlsb. Criterion (Fartmar) (1,«00; SO-40- .66) v— 'Unflnl^hed Sjrmpliony' (GB) : ^ (4111, final week);' Holdover period ItoQ ipuch, though house not su(t,er- Ing. wlth take of $1,000. Last week, third, $1,600. Downtown (WB) (1,800; 26-30r 40) — 'Florentine Dagger? ("WB) aiid . ^g of Flaiiders^ (RAdio); Pretty tough going - for this combo, which will show plenty red for house at S 2,600. Last week 'Roberta' (Radio) id a big business and above ex- pectations to tune of $6,800. Filmkrte (Reisenfeld) (900; 40- 60)— 'Chapayev' (Amklno). Second • week okay at $1,600. ■ Last week, ■ first for importation, not so forte, but oke tor house at $2,200. Four Star (Fox) (900; 30-35) — 'Scarlet Pimpernel' . (UA). Third week, proved to be great attraction for this house and w}U hit an easy $3,700. Last week second stanza wound up with a great $4,800. Hollywood (WB) (2,766; 26-36-66- 66-^'Laddle' (Radio )v Not enough kiddie Interest, out here In this oiie .and, with circus as opposition, a; poor $3,400 is, in sight. Last week '.Traveling Saleslady' (WB): had tough going to final landing of little over $5,000. Pantage* (Pan) (2,700; 25-40) — •Mister Dynamite' (U) and 'Great • God Gold' (Moiio). With couple of previews tossed in duo will hit $3,700. Last week 'The Broken Melody' (Olympic) and 'The Mys tery Man' (Mono) had- tough gbliig to hit $2,400. Paramount (Partmar) ' (3,696; 80 40-66)-7-'Ml8sisslppl' (Par). Second week, though -started off bit weak on second stanza; picked up and headed for an easy $16,000. Last week this on^ got a big $21,800. RKO (2,960; 26-36-66-66) —'Lad- die' (Radio). No plEtnic here, mak- . ing It tough for house at $4.000. Las t week '.Traveling Saleslady! (WB) was kind of glooniy^ with final take being iBO-so alt $6,000. State (Loew-Pox) (2,024; 30-40- 66— 'Life Begins at 40' (Fox). Will Rogers okay in this part of town and picture is headed for profitable $10,200. Last week 'Folies Bergere' (UA) meant little here and was lucky enough to meet the $7,600 pre- dicted for it. United Artists (Fox-UA) (2,100; 24-30-40-66) — 'Times Square Lady' ix with 'Good Fairy' arid 'Notorious Gentleman,':; with likely , gross of $7,000, good. . Palace has tie-up with depart- ment stores 6n Shirley Teniple wash frocks, with big window displays that are attracting \the crowds. : Estimates for This Week His Majesty's (CT) (1,600; 60)— 'Unfinished Symphony* (Empire), Should , gross $3,000.: Four-day show last week of 'Stormy 'Waters' (MQ) and 'Thin Man' (MG); $1,600. Palace (FP) (2,700; SO)- 'Little Colorier yith6ut dlKgirig into meanlhga or merits.- : Three repeats are successfully occupying downtown screens agairi this week, ■ with 'Roberta' getting by in. its fifth weiek at Keith's, orily flicker to run more than a month in the history of the house, except for 'Happened One Night/ Loew's draws tops in week's bally by tying a streamer on Goodyear bllriip flying over city selling 'West Point of. the Air.'-. Estimates for This Week Earle (WB) (2,424; 26-35-40-60) —'Traveling Saleslady' (FN) and vaude. Hugh Herbet^ on screen and stage plus return of Grade Barrie, ex-hOuse m.c, gives soot a lavish pop show, but it isn't holdinji: up against opposish. Mayhe satis- factory $16,500. Last week 'Let's Live Tonight' (Col) took an awiful beating at $14,500. . Palace (Loew) (2.363: 26-36-60) — 'Mississippi' (Par). Opened big and holding nicely. Should see fine $19,000. Last week 'Life Begins' (Fox) in second week stood up tb nice $10,000. Met ( WB) (1,853; 26-40)-^'Red Gap' (Par). Repeat af teir big week at the Earle, sailing towards a nice $6,000. Last week revival of 'Hap- pened One Night' (Col), collected surprisingly good $6,600. Fox (Loew) (3,434; 25^36-60)— •West Point' (MG). Pic riot rated high by press but Beery is pulling and Cab Calloway on stage makes it unanimous. Looks like big $28.- 000. Last week 'Scandals' (Fox) took a passable $21,000. Keith's (RKOV (1.830; 26-35-60)— 'Roberta' (Radio). Getting fifth week, tying hoiisO record. Justify- ing holdover with $6,Q00. Last week same $7,000, just dalndy. Coluinbia (Loe\^() (1.263;; 26-40)-^ 'Little Colonel' (Fox); Second week here after big debut ftt the Fox. Judged as third week, $4,300 is swell; Last week got splendiferous $7,500. Belasco (Radin) (800; 26-36-60- 60)— ^'Evergreen' (GB). First mu- .>and playing the music of the picture on the air. -Mainstreet also had several sper clal tieupa with advertisers, and the Newriian had a masked horse- maq, riding around the downtown streets. ■ . Estimates for Thia Waak ; Mainstraat (RKO) (8,200: 16-26- 40)— 'Gold . Diggers of 1936' (WB). Opened April 3, with a nice line in front and bias been gathering tjjem in ever since. ; Will probably stay for the second : week. Looks like $11,600, blg^ Last week 'Living on Velvet' (FN). Lost Its last eve- ning on account of advanced show- ing of 'Gold Diggers.' Not so hot with $6,000. Midland (Loew) (4.000: 16-26-40) —•Naughty Marietta' (MG). Pic- ture waa given great publicity and has been hitting; nicely, slpce the opening. Will take close to $16,000. Good. Last week 'Casino Murder Case' (MG) was satisfied with $8,600, most of which was taken the first three days. Newman (Par) (1.80O: 26-40)— •Rocky Mountain Mystery' (Par) . Readiers of Zane Grey's stories wlU like this one arid gave It a fair start Looks like close to $4,600. just fair. Last week •Mississippi' (Par), second week $6,000, good. Tower (Rewot) (2,200; 26)— "Lefs Live Tonight' (Col), and stage show. House celebrating its -llrst yeair anniversary, arid going strong. Will gross close to $8,000. Good. Last week 'It Happened In New York' (U), $7,700. Nice. Uptown (Fox) (2.040: 25-40)— 'Life Begins at 40' (Fox). .No head- aches here when a Will Rogers pic- ture is on the screen and this one will probably stay overtime. Opened strong and is expected to . take $8;000. Big. Last Week .'White's Scaridals' (Fox), ^en days. $7,100. pretty good. IN BUFFALO Buffalo, April 9. (Best Exploitation: Hipp.) Buffalo and Hipp are outstanding among local show houses this week, the former moving fast and strong with well touted stage show< 'Marietta' at the Hipp is also' draw- ing well through heavy exploitation and plenty of publicity. Elsewhere things are down. ; Last week saw business up and over anticipations with -only one exception, the Lafa- yette showing dwlndlirig grosses during the last fortnight Outstanding exploitation was for 'Marietta' at the Hipp. Heavy ad- vertising built up bumper opening; the plug going to full and three- quarter page newspaper ads, backed up by plenty of 24 sheets, sound trucks and other outdoor stuff. Ra- dio Was used for two weeks with^ 'Marietta' numbers planted in night clubs and restaurants and there were dozen co-operative ads with downtown department stores. Music critics and fashion editors at the opening were seduced into special write-ups and heralds and give aways were widely distributed throughout the area. Estimates for Thia W^ek . Buffalo (Shea) (3,600; 30-40-66)— 'Private Worlds' (Par) and •Vani- ties' on stage. Picture difficult of local box office appraisal but 'Vani- ties' with ballyhoo should send tak- ing- to $18,000. Last week, 'Gold Diggers' (WB) and Hugh Herbert, developed steady buslriess although picture failed to hold up to aidvance publicity ^ disturbances. Good at $15,000. •>- Hipp (Shea) (2,400; 26-40)— 'Naughty Marietta' (MG). Started off- for fiash business and was hold- ing on strong over the week-end with gross looked to developed sub- stantially .over $10,000. 'Wedding Ni^ht' (UA), come along in good style and better than anticipated business at $8,200. ' . Great Lakes (Shea) (8,400; 26-40) —'Laddie;' (Radio) and '$10 Raise' (Fox). . Another dual program with opening taklrigs not .80 forte. Looks like about $7,000. Last week "Ro- berta' (Radio) (aecbnd week), proved that there waa another week / Philadelphia:, April 9. Nothing very exciting on the books this week. Fox has a picture that all the cricks raved : about It's a Small World,' { but it lacks names and didn't get off to a good start. Word of ritouth is figured to help it, but can hardly pull It higher than a moderate $14,000^ . •Mississippi,' opening Saturday at the Stanley, got some attention, but also looks dubious for any really big trade. Last week's big surprise, 'Priva;to Worlds,' which built from almost nothing to a strong $14,600, is expected to get at least $11,000 second week. . Some of the cricks raved over •Thunder in the East' and all gs^ve it good notices, but it is riot expected to do^anything out of the ordinary. •Naughty Marietta,' which was pushed back a week at the Boyd be- cause of 'Private Worlds,' comes in Friday. Estimates for This Week Aldine (1,200; 36-40-65)— 'Thun- der in East' (UA). Some critics ravied and all praised.: Film's mea;s- ure of success la unpredictable, but If notices mean anything, it should build to a nice $8,600. Last week 'Wedding Night' (UA) hit just un- der $6,000 on its third and .. last Arcadia (600; 26-40-60)— 'Red Gap' (Par). Figured to cash in on all the critical attention it got in first run at the Stanley. Maybe $2,700. Last week 'AH King's Horses' (Par), second runs. Scant $2,000. Boyd (2.400; 85-40-66) — 'Private Worlds' (Par) (2d week). Ought to get close to. $11,000. Last weekls' $14,600 was a big surprise after a bad start building by word of mouth. Earle (2,000; 26-40-60 — Hap- pened in New York' (U) and vaude. Roxeyettes back this week, and they're very popular here. Also Johnny Perkins is held over; $12,600 will be enough; Last week •Love In Bloom' (Par) and so-so bill^-$13,600, a little better than expected. Fox (3,000; HO-56-66) — 'It's" a Small World' (Fox) and stage show; Cricks called film swell and it should build, but hardly to better, than $14,500. Last week '$10 Raise' (Fox) and stage show. Rather puny $13,000. Karlton (1,000; 26^30-40)— 'Imita- tion of Life' (U). Return engage- ment something of an ' experirinerit but sound $3,600 expected. Last week 'Transient Lady' (U), sad $2,500. . Keith's (2,000; , 30^40-50) r- 'Ro- berta' (Radio). Ought to be a wow in second run here. Nearly $5,000 hoped for. Last week 'Gold Dlgeerrf (WB). Okay $3,300. Stanley (3,700; 35-40-66)— 'Ml3sis- sippr (Par). Ought to do $14,000 or. more, La.st week 'West Point' (MG). Satisfactory $16,000 in nine. days. Stanton (1,700; 30-40-60)— 'Lost City' (Indie) . No telling what this wild and woolly will do. Saturda.y*9 start wasn't so hot. Maybe $6,000. Last- week 'Casino Murder' (MG) claimed $5,500. Grant Withers Sued Los Angeles, April 9. Grant Withers is being sued for $24,100 dO'ih&Eres for personal in- juries by Marjorie Milward, dancer, allegedly received while a guest in the actor's auto during a sma,sb with another car in March, 1934. Miss Milward charges that Withers drove recklessly, and that her injuria Will prevent her from dancing for at least a year. Wage loss during that period Is figured at $3,600, in addition to which she de- mands $20,000 punitive damages and $500 for medical bills. Three on a 'Rose* . • Hollywood, April 9. ; Laurence StalUngs flew in Sunday night (7) for a scenario stint at Paramount. He joiris Maxwell Anderson arid William Slavens McNutt on 'So Red the Rose.' of good business iri the feature. Got a flne $8,600 making well over $26,000 for the fortnight. Century (ghea) (3,400; 25)— •Right, to Llye' (WB) and 'Father Brown, Detective' (Par). Usual dual bin to usual business at under $6,000. Last week, 'Love in Bloom.' (Par) and 'Rocky Mountailn Mys- tery* (Par), moved up well to a satisfactory $6,400. Lafayette (IndO (3,400; 25)— 'It Happened In New York (U)- and •Little Friend' (GB). Not doing so welL Slow at the half way mark and seems scarcely better than $5,600. Last week, 'Best Man Wins' (Col) and 'Among -the Missing' (Col), dropped off befor.e the end of the period to under v7,0Q0. ' / Wednesdaj, April 10, IW ri c ¥ ■ RE £ Bass E s VARiEfY Ms Week Plays Chicago; Et Cblcasp, April I. (B«tt Exploitation t Palae*) Wheel out tbe walllne walV boya» liahd out the crylUgr towels. . Thli ■will bo about tbe worst, week in months. Not likely that next week, whlcb is Holy Week, will hit any lower grosaes-^-tfaan the: current batch of flsures. Particular disappointment of the week is IflsBlssippl.* It's a : deep mystery for Bins Crosby has always been a box-offlce hosanna in this town. It's- just one of those things and particularly tough on the .Chi- cago arena which has gone into a jserlous slump in the ipast few weeks. More blanie. is being placed oh the Woeful vaude booking at this house with meaningless vaude and poorer name attractions being dished out. Instead of the stage booking help Ing business;: it is hurting the box ■ ofRoe: ■ Among the other weakles are *Vanessa' at : the United Artists, ♦Traveling Saleslady' at the Roose- velt and' 'Evergreen' at the Apollo, all of which opened oh Saturday (6) and started off at a nil pace. Best in the loop continues to be /Roberta' which is iE|:oing into its -third truly ismashlng week. ; John Joseph's exploitation and ad cam- paign has been terrific with tie-ups . with newspapers, department stores and other angles giving the Pala.ce a Walloping array of surefire box- offlce publicity^ i . Estimates for This Week Apolio (B; & K.> (1.200V 26-35-65) —'West Point of Air* — 'GarnlvaV (Col) and 'Harlem Ex- press' unit on stage. House perks nicely currently and on picture strength will hop to $17,000,.. good. Last week 'Winning. Ticket (MG) and "French Revue' unit on stage was okay, $16,600. Palace (RKO) (2,500; 25-35-55)-^ TRoberta' (Radio) and vaude. Third week for this picture and it's still goiiig as strong ias ever. Will smash through to mammoth $^3,000 for curr rent week. Held remarkably on fine exploitation and advertising. Last week cream and honey at $25,900. Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 25-36- 66)— 'Traveling Saleslady'. (WB). Opened Saturday (6). Not m'dch In bfClng at $7;000. Figures as flll- In until Easter. Last' week 'Whole Town's Talking* (Cbl> was cut up too much and out after only $8,900. State- Lake ( Jones) (2,700; 20-35- 40) — •County Chairman' (Fox) and vaude; Two Rogers flickers in loop but that won't affect this house. Will stick above $11,500, good, cur-, rehtly. Last week 'Death Flies East' (Col) okay, $11,200. United Artists (B&K-UA) (1,700; 85-45-65)— 'Vanessa' (MG). Opened Saturday (6). Won't ; mean any- thing and not counted to do any- thing better than flabby $8,000. Just in to stall until Easter week when Anna Sten picturia is .due. Last •v^eek 'Fblles Bergere' (XTA) couldn't get. started, finished, without trumps at $9,900, 'RUGGLES' $4,000 •Traveling Sales Lady' $4,500 In Tacoma Tacoma, April ' (Best Exploitation: .Roxy) ■. At this Svrltlhg . Roxy- looks ,to hold 'Life Begins at . Forty' for a . Second week, with the start going ^hat^ way at leaist. Hamrlck's Blue Mouse is Stepping along with "Ruggles : of Red 'Gap;! While the Music Box is golns strong',, espoclaily. with Al Pearco and gang for two nights. This troupe brings the threie WllllSims Sisters to Ta- boma, their home town,, and local pride is helping' a bit, too. . Newest gag on. recpnl Is at the Roxy for second weeT< 61 the Ttogers bpu.s.'ahd it Is a 'natural.' •. For the special built-in barn style : frotit with chickens and pl.cr.q In roa.l life; In lobby, a:n egg laying con test is, oomlng; albngi. The two henis .are busy laying eggs arid the rooster^ Is doing the crowing, So tlie gag Is a Jrize for the person or persons ue.'s.sinc:... the number, of eggs the hens will lay by closlnjr of the plx. It causes, talk and newspaper stories. . Estimates for This Week bIus Mouse (Hamrick) (700; 2S- 86)— 'Ruggles of Red Gap' (Par). Getting places with nice advertising campaign ah aid. Looks to do $4,000. Last week. The iron Duke' (WB) $8,200, good. Milsie Box (Hamrick) (1,400; 16- 26-36)— 'Traveling . Sales ■ Lady' ( WB) and vaude, . Urst half, then 'Night Life of the Gods' (U) land Al. Pearce. and gang in person, final two days, /going for anticipated $4,60O. Last week, 'The Florentine Dagger' (WB) and.v&ude split with ^A Night iat the Ritz' (WB) and 'The Mystery of EdwiiX: Drood' (U) dual, around $4,000, fair. Roxy (J-vH) (1,300; 26-86)^'Llfe Begins at 40V (Fox) (2hd week). May hold to 14th day, If so should get. around $3,300, okay.: Last week, same film, $4,600, big. - - J ■ Point* $ii,Fklyn Brooklyn, April '-. (Best Exploltatibn: Metropolitan) .Considerable industry In town with fatr-to-mlddlln' biz in down- town sector. Principal activity at the ' Loew's Metropolitan, where 'West Point on the Air* (M<3) is bn the screen pliis array . of vaude headed by Jimmy Savo. Met . will do In region' of $16,500, oke. \ Exploitation this week appears to be highest at the Met, where Eddie Dowden, p.a., has ti^d up the aviation pic with a model airplane meet at Prospect Park in conjunc- tion with the Times- Union. In ad- dition, all klda attending theatre get set of 'wings, membership . cards. Model plane manufacturers exhibit In lobby and real airplane flying over borb advertising the Berry pic- ture;/ •;, ■•" ■ •■ , Estimates for Tiiis Week Albes (3,600; 26-35-50-65)— 'Ro- berta' (Radio) (2d week) and viaude. Nice reception to this one. About $17,000, good. Last week big $23,000. Fox (4,000 ; 25-35-50-65)— 'Unwel- come Strafiger (CJol) •. and stage show with George Glvot and fashion show aided by Namm's, local de- partment store. Biz Is fairish at |14,ooe. Last week 'Living on Vel- vet' (FN) and Molly Picon bn stage produced a nifty $17i000. Metropolitan (2,400; 25-35-60-65) -^^est Point of the Air* (MG) and vaude with Jlmniy Savo. Heavy ex- ploitation on picture. Around $16,- 500, oke. Last week 'Folies Bergere' (UA), $16,000. Paramount (4,000; ,25-85-60-66)— 'Private Worlds' (Par), Colbert In this one with a good'follbwinigr. Biz about . $12,00t>, which la certainly better than last week's when 'Wom- an In Red' (FN) did a. brodle at $7,000. . • ■ Strand (2,000; 26-36-60)— 'Mo- Fadden's Flats' (Par) and 'I'll Love You Always' :(Col). Mebbe $5,000, mild. Lfist week 'Let's Live To- night' (WB) and 'Rocky Mountain Mystery' (Par) $4,000, weak. 40)— fMisalssJppir (Piir>, Cast' looks good here and picture will do dandy $8,(100. 'lAsf 'week 'McFadden's Fists' (Par)t 'Casino de Paree' jstage revue at advanced prices finished in red &X $9,000 -owinK tb stage shbw . Lyric' (Olson) (2.000; 26-30-40)— 'Gebrge. White's -1986 ScandaU' (Fox): and vaude. Usual vaude Pa- tronage plus plenty of help frbm picture is heading the figure here to a fine $9,600. Xjast week 'Traveling Saleslady' (WB). and Marcus' 'La Vie Paree' unit did a swell $11,000 due tb Stage bill. Palace (Loew's) (2,800; 26-40)— 'Naughty Marietta' (MG). Terrific ad campaign and good exploitation coupled with rave reviews are re- sponsible for good I7.600.V Last week 'Casino Miirder Case' (MG) was bad at $3,000. . : • TIPERNEL' IN 'Geo. White's Scandals- $9,500, IndianapoEs; /Life BeginsM8,100 . IndlanaDoHs, April . 8. (Best Exploitation: Palace) Strong attractions In the down- town debtor are Dulling extra business to the flrst-run soots and the race Is nlp-and-tuck for box office honors this week. •Naughty Marietta,' which should garner a good $7,600 at Loew's Palace; was given the best . cam- paign of the week. : Hou.se received .plenty of editorial breaks on Victor Herbert Week, on Nelson Eddy's film debut, and such miscellaneous stunts as waltz contents .iind the- like. ■ Estimates for This Week . Apollo : (Fourth -A Vii.) • (1,100; 25- .40)— 'Life Eeglna at 40' (Fox). Rog- er.s Is Just like money in the; bank at : tliis house, ami it'.s. a sure hold- over at $8il00. : Last week the sec- ond stanza of. 'Gold Diggers' CWB ), wa.s: mild at $3,000, Circle '(Katz-irold) (3,600: 25-40) —.'Whole ••, Tpwn'.H 'ralkln.cr'V. (Col), (jopd com'ment.s r'^C'jvod,' but too much cfjmpetition to. d-S' ljotter than a fair .53.406. T.ast Avjok 'noht-rt't' (Hadio), In Its thinl v,-o6k dov.'ntowii dirt nine .$3.0f)0. •. ' . Indiana (Kai:z-F<;l.il) (J,lT|b: ZS- ■ Boston, April 9. (Beet Exptoitatieni Keith Memorial) Outstanding film magnet In Bos- ton this week is 'Scarlet Pimpernel,' at the MemoriaL WiU .certainly re- main another vreek, and perliap^ .through Easter Week. 'Robierta's' ^extended run at the Keith-Boston Is getting a murmur of amazement from the : film men . Pic ran three frames at the Mb- mbrial at very oke biz; now it's exr tended for another week at thei Bos- ton, with prices upped a nickel at the hew stand to match the scale of the first three weeks. 'Roberta' Is pencilled in for Holy Week, making a total of fiv e sta nzas. Boston ^vill also Jtiggle stage policy by holding this week's acts over intact. Tbp- llners are Buck, and Bubbles, and Toto. George blsen Is aiding the ■Met. ■ -,; . , " Obviously jimmed up on bookings, the M&P office is day-and-datlng 'McFadden's Flats' and 'Florehtirie Bagger,' double, at / three houses- Par, Fenway, Scollay. Already in- dicated that all three stands will suffer noticeably from this mediocre booking, which amounta to sr triple threat to the tills. 'Keith Memorial conducted a con- Vlnciiig but conservative campaigii on 'Pimpernel/ . Made a direct mail contact to carriage trade through the Boston Theatre Guild list; planted a compact dramatissatloh on local radio station; rah a five-day pictorial contest in the Boston Trav- eler and contacted scores of Greater Boston schools. Several book win- dows around town helped, and sub- way paper swell. Newspaper ads stolia theatre pages, cleverly convey- ing the spirit of . the fllm'is story. Estimates for this Week Met (M&G) (4,200; 36-50-66)— 'Scandals': (Fox) and George Olsen, on stage. Nb great shakes, about $21,000. Last week tremendous $49,000 for 'Private Worlds' (Par) and Jack Benny in person^ Ran five- , show policy entire week, with plenty holdouts daily. . Keith Memorial (RKO) (2,900; 26- 35-40-56)— 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (UA). Opening like a winner here, about $17,000. Will camp here two, maybe three weeks. Best straight film bet In Hub. .'Roberta' (Radio) wound up a three-week play last week at $13,- 800, swell. Moves across the street for another. Keith Boston (RKO) (2,300; 26- 35i40-55)— 'Roberta' (Radio). Here for fourth cbn^iecutlve week In town, and vaude, headed by Buck'aind Bubbles. May do $18,000, good, con- siderlhg.'run of pic. Prices up to match .Memorial's scale to make the four- week run ofontinuous. Last week way down under, ■$8,600; for 'Princess 6'Hara' (U) and vaude. 'FOlies Bergeres' unit opens here April 20, a week later than origi- nally announced, because of h;o. in Cleveland this week. Publicity de- partment trying to;, figure how to rouse the boys without needling the. Watch and Ward into action. State (Loew) (3,600; 25-30-40-55) -^'Nau gh ty Marietta' (MQ) , running single here after .several weeks of d uals, fairly. Impressive, about 1 16,- 000. Last week, off, $14,000 for 'Va.- nessa' (MG) and 'Casino Murder Case' (MG), doubled. Orpheum (Loew) (3,000; 25-40-55) -^'West .PoInt of Air" (MG). 2d run, and: vautle. Promising. $10,000, fai.lr. L.a.st week n.s.g. $10,000 for 'Wed- ding NlRht' (UA) arid vaude. ' Paramount (aM&P) ; (1,800; 25-33- 50)^'McFadden's Flats' (Par) diialcd with .'Florentine bagger' . CWIl);. .Siiuntlng.cash to othepispots, Iden-, tlcal double bill at two other M&P houses.' : Here. , It's about . $.i„=i,00, very poor. Last' Week a gobd $7,500 for 'Gold Diggers' (WB); 2d run; arid 'Behind ■ the- Evidence',; (Col),. Int run. dual. : -Fenway (M&P) ' (1;500; '•2R-30-40r 50)— 'McKaddeh' .f.Par) and :'J!)fiKger' ( WB),' dual. Look like': mefigfe $3.:- 200. Last week, oke $4,300 for 'Cold DiKgcrH'.(W;})', 2d run, and 'Behind Kvldeni-jc! fCoI), l.Ht run. . Scollay (M&l') C2,7nO; 25.-35-50)— 'Mr-K3d(1f>n' (Par) dunl^rt with 'Dag- A'f.)'! (WH), Maybe $3,000, lowest .In I'ni',' time. y« J^ast "WcPk . a lulcewarm $4:000 for 'DikfCCTs' f.WB), .'2d ruoi '!oul/l<;a with 'Shot in the Dark.' ; So Far as tically Here I k Concerned^ (Best Explbitatibnl Riyeli) Holy Week is just around the cor- ner, starting Monday (15), but :lt's practically here already. Rainy weather Monday and yesterday (Tuesday) brought no relief to dis- turbed managers, eithier, with busi- ness falling oft suddenly after ah indifferent weekend. : . —7, , The bnly house on . the street which Is really in fine shape is Loew's State, playing .'FoUes Ber- gere* second run and Ben 3ernle'b stage unit. Indicatlohis point to $18i000 or so. Next best. Is 'RuggleSi' bn its second week at: the Rlalto, also second run, probably. $12,000. 'Roberta,' another second run and in its se<;bnd week at the Palace, also among the up-front : money- getters, maybe $11,000, Outside of thtit, the outlook la blah. The week's new entries has nothing for the distributors to write the exchanges about. 'Life Begins at 40' opened feebly and, hurt hy the rainy weather will be lucky to get $60,000, The : Capitol is also In mourning with 'West Point of the Air,' which may not a^e over $22,000, It Happened in New YbrTc^lII carry the Roxy Into the black, but Just getting there at indicated $21,- 000, while. 'Brewster's Millions' looks! only about $20,0,00, but also within the ' safety zone. 'Millions' stays until jiext Friday night (19), 'Les. Miserables' taking the scene April 20.". ■ , •::-:■. Paramount this morning (Wed.) opens 'Four Hours to Kill' for a week or nine days^ declslbh being unreached as to whether 'Misslsslp- pl' shall open next Wednesday (IT) or on Friday (19),' regular change day. . Second week . of 'Private Worlds' . at the Par; ended last night (Tubs.), was helped a lot by the advertising, house getting' $21,000,. not far behind first seven days' tak- ings, $28,200. 'Man Who Knew Tob Much' holds up well at Mayfair, third week look- ing $9,000, and may stay a fourt^, while at Walter Reade's other house, Astbr, It Happened One Night' augurs $7,000 for "the- third.: week. Revival biiilt . bn third stretch and stays a fourth or longer. The Rivoll miade the greitest ex- ploltatibn effort this- week to boost 'Brewster's Mllliohs;' a portion of the business at the house, thbjligh gross is not good, being in ansWer tb the ad campaign and various tie- ups. Radio was used, to help stlm- ulito interest, with WOR and WMCA tied in oh :, jprbmbtlonal stunts. Including a contest spon- sored by WMGA. - TIeups Were also arranged With . Coty's . perfiime, -Gotham Hosiery and Postal "Tele- graph, latter . distributing 60,000 blotters direct to every recipient of a telegram. : , ^ 'Carange' contests, based on a new dance built around song -in 'Millions,' were spotted in better ballrooms, with 'Brewster's Millions' cups as rewards. Saturday (6) mid- night a special composer's and mu- sician's night was held at the Rivoll, with 60 of the city's musical elite present as guests of Rdy Noble, composer, of the fllnri's songs. : One-sheets were also used In sub- way trains. Estimates' for This Week Astor (1,012; 25-40-66)-^'It Hap- pened One Night' (Col) (3d week). Reissue building to $7,000, beating its second week's take, $6j60(). Stays a fourth. week on strength of this; - Capitol (4,620; 35-75-85-$ia0)— 'West Point of Air' (MG) and sjage show, Tlmbergs ; and Rooneys on stage with this one, but nb dice from any side, result being a blah $22,000 or under. Last week, second: pf 'Naughty Marietta? (MG), only $25,000. : Mayfaip (i2,200; 35-65-65)— 'Man Who Knew Too Much' (GB) (3d .week) , Forclgn-mado maintaining itself! well here, maybe $9,000 this week. ; Stays a fourth If . not allp- plngr; Second Week'was $il,OO0. Palace. (1,700;. .35-50-65)-r'Kobertii' (Radio)' (2a week) arid vaude. Mu- .slcal ' holding up well,, looking $1 1,000.. First weck' was $15,000; best ■for this, house, in mOoris. ■ Paramount (3,664; 35-55-75-85)--: "Four Hours to Kill' (Par). V Opens' this morning' (Wed), following two. weeks, of • 'Private .-Worlds' ( Tar), ■ .second Of .which way $21,00.0,; riot, far behind the first, .$28,200. '.\1IhhIs- .slppi' (l^ar) follows either Wednes- day (17) or Friflay (19).; '• V Radio City Music Hall , (5,989; 40- eo-iiC-90;-$1.10')— 'Life Begins at; 40' (Fox) «. rid stage ishcjw. Will Rogers' starrer didn't- begin at all here; $.00,000, . poor. Last week 'Little Ooloiie!' (Fox;)' slipped on Its hold-' ovcir to $64,000, close to dangier. Bialtb (2.000; 40-65)— 'Ruggles' (i?ar). (2d wcck)r-Still finding cuia^ tohi.ers In. .big enough bunches, arourid $12,000, ■ for second 'week' h<.T and 'Casfno do Paree' stage show, and the Fox with second week of 'Life at 40' (Fbx) and the .Dorsey Bros, and orchestra bn stage end arie tops. Showing, that reviews on th« show places are read here, bad re- views for the Adams heces8ltate(i the pulling of its double feature bill two days early. House has been slufflng. product here on ac- count of remodeling, which is in progress, but yoii can't fool those Detrolters. ; Estimates for This Week Michigan (United-Detroit) (4,100; 26-35-65)— 'Naughty Marie t ta ' (MG) and stage show. Nelson Eddy's recent appearance here for the Ford radio broadcast; which re- sulted in plenty of publicity at that time, together with Jeahette Mac- Donald's following in this burir should do plenty for the receipts, on stage is 'Casino de Paree Re- vue,' Which got: plenty raves from the cricks. Combination should mean a isood $21,000. Last week 'Vane,gsa' (M^G) and stage show with Roland Young and . Margo, contributed a nice $19,000. Fox (Inde) (5,100; 25-35-55)— ♦Life at .40' (Fox) (2d week) and' stage show. Dorsey Bros, orchestra and Bob Crosby, will help to a beautiful week's receipts. Dorseys are local boys. Will Rogers is equally responsible for the beautiful busIrtessV which should approximate $22,500. Last week was a- sock $28,500. ' y.r U hited Artists (United-Detroit) (2,070; 26-35-56)— 'Sequoia? (M-G). Booking Of this picture intb this . house. Was a surprise, ias it follows a flock of mighty sweet grossers. A fine campaign won't help tO" ac- count for . more than $7;500. weak- Ish. Last week : 'MlsBlsfjlppI' (Par) • pilbted receipts tb ah apbroxlmatb $11,000, Okay.; ' • Fisher . (DnItedrDctrOlt) -(2,976: 25- 35)— 'Coppcrfleld' (M-G). Iri oh single, with strong short subjects added. House ordlnairlly runs two H'jrondVfcatures. Picture en.lbyed bang-up buHlnQss at the U-A for three woeks, but should eke out a good $6,200 more here. Way over pan Last week 'Devil Dogs' (WB) and 'Society ' Doctor'. (M-G) was ?B,Q00,. ayeragb. ' '■ . Adams (Balaban) (1,770; 25-40)— : 'Great Hott-.l ; Murder'; (Fox) and 'Glgolette* (Radlo)t dual, opened two days earlier. Will probaW.v not do ahy better, with the two extra days than Average week, estimated at . $3, 500, weak./ Last weiek 'Love You Always' (Col) bnd 'Rendezvous at. Midnight' (U),: five days to a pitiful $2,200. , State (United-Detroit). (3.000; 26- 40)— 'Shadow of Doubt' (M-G) and fEeblnd Green Lights' (Mas- cot), FOx theatre overflow lis this .house's .blessing, , but ' it's not enough. Probably be ncac $4,0()O this week.' Last week ' 'McFadden's Flats' (Par) ond' ■ !ICd\vln : Drood' (U^) I gave up a iimllarly weak silni,. 10 VARIIiTY F I C T II JI K « B « S S E S Wednesday, Aprtt 10, 1935 • Clnclnnert^ April ?./ Vaughty Marietta* Is the b.6. goody currently, with $16,600 In •fght on Its first eight days at the \Albee and a probability of contln- :«fng ther^ through Holy week. ^George White's Scandals' is the feiext best draw, although its $9,000. tempo 1b. disappointing lor the . Traveling Saleslady' is lining uij 17,000 for Keith's on aTxlne^day visit and 'Great Hotel Mystery' is iMlglstering $3,8C0 at the Lyric. Lat- ter theatre has shaved Its afternoon prices to attract wbmen, matinee trade being slow of late. . Saturday and Silnday biz was re- duced by rain. \With sudden wrapping up of the indie Taft last week, the RKO Shu- bert is without opposlsh on flesh- Hlm.. This, week the Shubert is pulling $10,000 on 'People's Enemy land Mltzl Green heading the 'Mpnte Carlo Revels.' . \ . Estimates for Thi», , Week ' Albe* (Rko) (3,300; 35-42)— 'Ma- rietta' :(MG), Extra advertising hurrah effective for a nice opening, Local press puffs, and swell audi- ence reception a builder-upper for a melodious $16,600 tinkle ' oh flrist eight days. Pjc will likely, hold over, an. Aibee rarity: and fitting In: great - for Holy weeki. ^ Last week 'Laddie' ' (Radio), six days, $6,000, sorry. Shubert (RKO) (2,200; 26-42-66) —'People's : Enemy' (Radio) and Mltzl Green. Fourth estaters show ;ered hbhors on Mitzl: Should hit $10,000, tame. Last week 'I'll Love . Tou '-. Always' (Col) and vaude, ■ $1?.B(K». . : ■ : / r ; Palace (RKO) (2.600; SS-'+O^)— ^ Scandals' (Fox). Crlx no Ilka mu ■ Blbal's familiar ; backstage plot; At best $9,000.: disappointing. Last week •Mlsslisslppl' (Par), . $12,600, / fine, even though slowed down towards : end of week. Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 36-42)-^ . •Mississippi'. (Par), diverted from Palace for second week, $4,500. okay, Last week 'Life: Begins' (Fox) on second-week transfer from Palace, $5,000, Keith's (Llbson) (1,600; 35-42)— . Traveling Saleslady' : (WB); Initial shewing on nine days, $7,000, good. Last week 'Gold Diggers' (WB) (2d wk) $3,000,, following $11,000 first nthe days; . Lyrie (RKO) (li400; 26-30-40)-^ , liotcl Mystery' (Fox) fair, $3,800 Mailnee admlsh .reduced to lure feihme trade. Last .week '.Car 99' (Par), $3,000, plow; . Grand (RKO) (1,200; 26-30-40)— •Life Begins' (Fox). Third down town week. $3,000. Same figure last • week on 'Roberta' (Radio) In its fourth weak on the main line. Family (RKO) : (1,000; 16-26)— •Cimarron' (Radio), revival, ; and 'Shadow of Doubt' (MG) , singly ; $2,200, all right. Last week ditto oh 'Man's a Man! (Fox) and. "Win- ning Ticket' (MG), split. Strand (Ind) (l,200r 16-20-30)— •Great God Gold' (Mon) and 'Nut Farm' - (Mon), dual. Another try with double features. Maybe $1,300. above average. Last week 'Edwin Brood* (UA), $1,100. : r ■ 'ROBERTA' HITS LINCOLN And a Hoteha H3pO Results; Other- wise Town Mild ■ : LlncOlii,: April 9; (Best Exploitation: Stuart) •Roberta' finally got . here, and everybody knOwa it; the Stuart is rolling In money. It's a welcome re- lief, too, after a strlnjg' of Lenten dented pics which bucketed th? house's flnanciBs with red Ink. Pic opened one d^-y early and will go eight; .'Good Fairy' lammed on the fourth day. Eight-day run shonid push up .vei-y close to $4,300, very nice,-':' Suffering with ^anessai'.the Lin- coln also ehortelied It, six days; aiid put In 'West Point of the Air* for eight. Pace Is good^ but forecasts nothing terrific. > ' Orpheum stepped but over the weekrehd with Ches Davis' .'Chicago Follies' on stage In conjunction with •Straight from the Hejirt' (U). Vari /Blty is still way down arid no signs of relief. Stunting with 'Roberta.' nearly every big store in town featured something In their ads. about the pic, halrdre^s, clothing,, etc. Est.imates ^fbr This Week CoLonlai (LTC) - (760; 10-16)— •Stone of Silver Creek' (U), 'Shadow of Doubt' (Radio) .^aricl 'Wilderness Mall' (Indie), separately, arid gross good at $1,00.0. Last week, 'Gunfire' (Mono), 'Babbpria' (Fox) and 'Win-' . ning Ticket! (M:G) on three changes, gll right $960. Lincoln (LTC) (1,600; 10r2B-26)— *W.est . Point' (MG) doing nice enough to indicate $2j800 on eight flays. Last week 'Vanessa' (MG) not tan enough timber and yanked at the end of the sixth day. A pee- wee $1,600.' . Orpheum (LTC) (1,200; 10-16-26) •-'Straight from Heart' (U) and tJhlcagb Follies' on (.lie fitn^f*. CUp- tbon •zpected bat atllj ftroog at good IMOO. Orpneum (Hamrlok) <9.000; tSf40) — 'Frlno«B» O'Hara' (17) and vaude, average $4,t00. Last week Xafldle' (Radio) and vaude hit around par for $4,800. . : Mueie Bex (Hamrlck) (1,000; 25- 40)— 'Unflniehed 0ymph6ny' (OB). Held tor thtjpd week and atlll fair at 12,200. flesond week nicely $2,800. First 14,800. : Mayfair .(Parker-Bvergreen) (1^- 400; 29^40)— 'Carnival' (Col) and 'Best Man Wins' (Col). Combo go- ing a bit under par in results for weak $2,000. Last week Xlfe Be- gliiB at 40' (Fox) second Week okay $8,800. '-^ ping along hard at the b.o. And a very:good $1,900 oh three days. 'Ed- win Drood* (U) and "Lottery Lbver' (FOx), dual, following four days, should be worth an additional $ 1,200 . Last week 'Woman In Red' (WB) and unit, tailed by 'Sotelety Doctor^ (MG) and 'Women Must. Dress' (Mono) oii a .dnal, hit up to $2,600, fair enoughs Stuart (LTC) (1,900; 10-26-40)— 'Roberta' (Radio). In for big money here. Eight days will gather $4,800 easily, an outstander. Last week 'Good Falry^ (U) limped ott oh the sixth day to only $2,400. Varsity (Westland) (1,100; 10-16- 26)— 'Fugitive Lady' (Col) and 'Sjrmphony of Living' (Chester), dualldd. Bad at . $800. Last week ^est Man Wins' (Col) and 'I'll Love Tou Always* (Col) very wieok with $760. House Is haying a tough time, IIAUGIITY HARIEITA' ^^^^^^^^^^ ■ Pbrtland, Ore., April 9. (Best Exploitation— U nited Artists) Parker's United Artists bounced Its way up Into the leading gross spot this week in answer, to a big campaign oh 'l^aughty Miarletta' (MCr), Frank Shea of MG was here from LA ■ helping to plug ;the pib , In advance for two weeks. '■■ ■ Vaude held up two other houses this week from weak results. Para- mount registered okay with 'Missls- rSlppL'.^. (Par) but cashed In on: the vaude unit to. hold up the b.o. Same was true of Hamrlck's Orpheum with 'Princess O'Hara* (tJ) and vaude, Broadway was getting Just program results with ; 'Traveling Saleslady* (FN) and 'Casino Murder Case',, (MG) combo. , • . Surprise 'plast week 'Iron Duke' (GB) disappointed but. held up to: fair results strictly on exploitation pressure, $4,300. United Artists (Parker) (1,000; 26-40)- 'Naughty Marietta' (MG). Two week exploitation campaign arid going over in a big: way fbr: $9,600. Last week. 'West Point o^^s^",:,;'"' the Air' (MG) got nice results butT^^'^*^ ^<^"°'» by William Gibson, not strong enough to hold at $5,300, average for this house. Paramount (Evergreen) (3,000; 26-40)— 'Mississippi' (Par) and vaude doing better than average for this house around good enough $6,600. Last week had Mills Bros, in person In vaude with; pic 'AH King's Horses'. (Par) fell off lower . Sjrracuse, April 9r: Representatives of three circuit bpuiseB today askbd District Attor- ney Wililam C. Martin for a ruling on tho legality of a plan of the Syracuse Baseball ClUb, of the In- ternatlonsLl League, to award mpney prizes during the sumriier games. Martin will study the pltin and re- port to the theatre men. If It's okay, theatre men wlH pop a similar Td^ of- their own. \ • ■ Cbmnilttee, named by the Syra- cuse Theatre Managers' Associa-: tlpn,. consisted of Wllllaih J. Tub- bert, of ,RKO;: Gus W. Lampe, of Schlnes, and Edward H- McBride, of Loew's. ' Managers explained that if the plan la considered legal and not ' a lottery; they also have a cbuntei^ plan which they might put into operation. ^ ^hey had thought Of having a coupon with a weekly cash'prlze.. ■' - Baseball club's proposal calls for the awarding of a prize of $200 each day of baseball. In the event the prize Is not claimed one day the amount of $200 Is added until it reaches $8,000. A person whose nanie is drawn mUst report for his prize within Aye minutes after the number. Is called, and the number is not drawn ' until after the day's game Is ended. Same, outline as barik nite. Cnnpanitive Gro TotaT eati mated grosaea duHng March for towns and houees listed as prevtously reportea weekly, patea given are the elesing diys of the week.- ' : /■ : $7,QjQ0 BLAZE NEAB THEATRE Buffalo, April 9. Panic ajnong Great Lakes Tliie atre (Shea) paitrpris was. narrowly averted last Wednesday (3) night when a $7,000 fire brbke out in an adjoining building and a. crowd of several thousand persoris gathered, assistant manager, and Gene Milton of the stage Iiarids local, in blocking off the (jhippewa street lobby So that the audience were unable to see the crowds and fireriien f prcr stalled a rush. Some of the audience left the the- atre but the- majority, remained. (k in Balto at $%^^ Baltlriiore, April 0. (Best Exploitation: Century) - Pair of musicals, in the lead this week, with everything else Just plodding along. At the . Century 'Naiughty Marietta' provoked paeans Iri the press and is getting very effective word-of- mouth. Cals are goliig' ga-ga pver Nelson. Eddy. Stage shOw is a weakle, but thie pic alOne can carry it. Snappy start- ing pace and,: figurlrig the gradual swell that will result from the talk- up the filck Is getting, house should hurdle a nifty $20,00o. 'Mississippi' at the Stanley start- ed with: the sweep of a prilrle con- fiagratlon 'on Saturday arid Sunday. Extremely nasty weather hurt on: Monday as at all- b.o.'s. Quick return to fprm,: however, ,and With both Crosby and Fields exerting lures the house will return to clover again with $10,300. Publicist Hei'b Morgan spread al very nlfty^ campaign on 'Marietta'. Tops was persuading the mayor to duck the Army Day celebration In City Hall plaza on Saturday arid go Instead to the Bowie . racetrack, where the feature run was officially dUbbied the INaughty Marietta, Han- dicap'.' In between the races all the Victor: Herbert melodies were played pyer the p.a. system, and thb pic at the Century, got men- tioned eevcral times by the an- nouncer.: ; ; « I- . ' . ; Estimates for This Week:. rCcntitpy (T;oc\v-rA) (^.fiM- 26-36-40-66-66)— ;Naughfy Marietta' (MG) and vaude. Picture liked tre- mendously, and building ;daljy; over the top In dandy fashion to nifty $20,000. Last week 'Casino Murder' (MG) and vaude, fair $16,0001 Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2;2d6; 15-26t35-40-66-66) —.'$10 Raise* (Fox) and Boake Carter - heading vaude show. Ether, commentator is being billed above everything but is far from wowlhg 'em at the turristilb. Very mild $11,000 likely. Last; week 'Laddie' (Radio) and vaude headed by Carmela Pbnselle, $10,200, way off. Keith's Vschanberger) (2,600 ; . 16 - 26-30-35-40)— 'Princess O'Hara' (U). Opens this evening (Tuesday) at 6 p.m. Turning iip: its foes today, is 'Happened in : N. X.* (U) which Is being pulled after six days that dis- appointed, under $4,000, Lack of names hurt; ! ;^ ' , . New (Mechanic) (1,800; 16-26^30 36-40-60)— 'Scandals' (Fox) (2d,wk), Decidedly mild first Week: brought only $4,100 and did not warrant the h.o; Lucky to spatch a poor $2,500 on this second lApr.; .. ' Stanley, (WB)- (3,450 ; •15-26-40)— 'Mississippi' (Par). Getting a-' flno, $10,300. : Would have done better, probably, had It been brought in during a. week that- 'Marietta,' wasn't opposing it; tWp bosturiie nrusicals day-and-datlhg is one top. many. La."t.>vcok 'Love in iCToom' fPtvr.'t V.I- ;-y V.-.". '1 : .1 1, ■ $r),no,o. , - • NEW YORK F«b. 28 -Mar. 7. Marv14 ' Mar. 21 CAPITOL (9,400: S0-T5-85- 1.10) Hlgh.$1l6,400 Lew.. 10,000 8«ia V $28,000 : : (Stage Show) Bathalor Girl $26,000 Aftar Offiea . Hbiira 139,000 (Ben Bernie) ' Hoiira $25,000 (2d wk) PARA- MOUNT (8,064: 85-SB^70- 86) High; $96;000 Lew. . 10)800 Rumba 187,000 Rumba $18,100 (2d wk. . 6 days) ; : Riigglea $49,000 Ruggles $34,000 (2d wk) MUSIC HALL (B,94B; 40-6(h«B- 99^1.10) Hlgh.$11O,1O0 Low.. 44,000 On* Mora: Spring 181,000 (Stage Show) Town'a Talking $73,000 Roberta , $99,000 Roberta $90,000 (2d wk) ROXY (B, 884; 29-S6-Nt) High. $173,600 Low.. ..B>200 Nit* Life of Gods $83,000 (Sta«:e Show) Murder on . Honaymoon $27,000 Enohanttd April $28,200 (Stoophagle- . Budd) Let's Live : . Tonite' $26,200 RIALTQ (2;000; 40-65) , High. $72,000 Low,. 5,200 . Car- 99 - - $12,000 King's Horses $5,609 (6 days) MoPaddan'a Plata $8,000: (8 days) Edwin. Drood $13,000 STRAND (2,900: 36^-76- ■-..85): ■ ■ ■; High. $8130 ' Low. 6i500 Sweet Musio ; $36,100 Mutie . $16,600 (2d wk) Living on' Velvet $14,400 Golddiggara . . $30,900 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar.-14 Mar. 21 CHICAGO (8,940; 86-5B-75) High. $76,000 Lew.. .18,600 After Office : Hours . , $40,100 (Stage Show) Rumba : $40,i|00 (Jack Benny) Little Colonel $34,400 Life Begins at 40 $27,100 PALACE (2,600; 2S-35-SB) High. $34J0O Low, , 7,000 Transient Lady $21,100 (Gene Raymond) (Vaude) Murdei' oh Moneymobn : $30,200 . ('Hello Paris') : Gigolette $24,600 ('Hello : ; Paris') Happened In N. Y. $21,000 ('Hello Paris') UNITED ARTISTS (1,700; 85-45-65) High. $43,600 Low,. 3,300 Copperfield $13,700 (2d wk) Copperfield $11,700 (3d wk) i Scarlet Pimpernel ; $11,000 Pimpernel $10,800 ° (2d wk) LOS ANGELES Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar; 14 -•-:- Mar. 21 DOWNr TOWN (1,800 ; 25-30-tO) High. $38,500 Low., 1,700 . Carnivail ' . and Maybe It's Love . ■ $4,400 . Red Hot Tires arid Murder on . Honeymoon $5,000 Patient Slept and Capt. Hurrl- ■ ■■ cane - $3,900 Gigeletto and Let's Live Tonite $3,000 HOLLY- : WOOD (2,7C6; 23-35-55- 05) High. $37,800 Low.. 3,100 Sweet Music $7,000 . : Living on Velvet $7,000 Roberta $16,000 Roberta . $8,900 (2d wk) PARA- MOUNT (8,695 ;■ 80-40-55) High. $57,800 Low,. 5,600 . Town's Talking $17,600 (Stage Show) Rumba $19,000 . King's Horses $12,800 Ruggles $18,500 STATE (2,024; .80-^-66) High. $48,000 Low.. 4,900 Clive of India $11,600 One More Spring $8,000- : Bachelol* Girl . $6,000 (5 days) Little Colonel $11,700 (8 days) BROOKLYN Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 FOX (4,000 ; 25-85'50- ■.' OS) • High, $48,600 Low,, 8,900 'Carnival $1-9,000 (Sally Rand) (Stage Show) Grand Old Girl $11,600 Marines Are Coming • $14,000 (Helen Kane) Town'a . Talking $20,000 ALBEE (8,600; 25-85-50' 06) High. $45,000 Low.. 9,000 Right to Live $i6;000 (Vaude) Scarlet Pimpernel $13,000 Man of Aran and . Nite Life of Gods $16,000 One More ' Spring $14,000 PARA- MOUNT (4,000; 26-35-60.. . '05) High. $67,800 Low. . 6,600 Devil ^ Dogs $21,000 Sweet Music . $18,500 Rumba $12,600 : Ruggles $19,000 METRO- POLITAN (2,400; . 25r85-B0- 65) .- High. $39,000 Low,, 12,000 Sequoia $21,000 (Vaude) Clive of India $14,000 Baohelor Girl $18,000 (Jimmy Durante) After Office Hours ' $17,000 STRAND (2.0001 26-85.50) High, $28,500 Low. . - 3,000 Jack' Ahoy. ■ and Notorious Gentleman , $8,000 Behold My Wife > and Death Flies East '. $8,000 Mystery Woman and Red Hot . Tires $4,000 Car 99 and Kiiiigs Horaet $7,000 : PHILADELPHIA Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar. 14 . Mar. 21 ALDINE (1,200; 3S-40-55) High. $16331 Low., 2,710 ^ Scarlet '.■ Pinripernel V $6,900 : (3d wk) V Fplies : Bergere $;13,500 Folies • • $7,000 (2d Wk) , Wedding Night $10,000 EARLE (2,000 ; 25-35-40) High. $33,000, Low.. 10,500^ I'm a Thief $14,000 (Vaude) • Best: Man ■ ' Wins $14,200 Nite Life of Gods - • , $13,500 Times 8((t Lady - • $14,500 ■ ■ ' ■ ■>•'-, FOX (3,000 ; 40-5r).^d:)) High. $41,66o Low. . 10,500 V-ittle Colonel r. $25,500 " ^Stage Show): Colonel . , $21,500. : . ':''(2d ;wk) Cofonei $-18,500 . . (3d wk) Life Begins .. at 40 •. $23,000 ' STANLEY (3,700; 85-40-55) High, $48,000 : Low. . 3,750 Sweet Music $13,000 Town's Talking > $12,000 Ruggles . $11,000 Golddiggere • $12,000 (6 day.s) : f C'i>niiniiod on p.ig-e Ly) . Wediiesday* April ip,;1935 ' P 1 C ¥ VARIETY J] 4 Stage Shows Hit^^^^n^^ [ere,' Mlnneapolla, April (Best Exploitatlohi ; StaU) Deluge of stage sho^i hai the loop dizzy. There are four of them •imultanedusly-^a record niimber for recent years— Urid they're en- livening the theatrical- situation and stimulating the Intake, ; Joining the ranks of the Palace: and Grpheum; the State and new Alvlh (forraerljr Shubert) • currently are under wiay with flesh and blood. State has stage entertainment un- derliried for at least the next four weeks, while pictures plus yauder vlUe: constitute, the reopened Alylh's iierma,nent policy. Bbx-ofllce race finds the. State and brpheum 'almbst neck and neck for the lead, with pretty good re- flults all around. State's picture, •Folles Bergere,' lis giving It an edge oyer the Orpheum which, however, has a strong screen , contender In 'Gold Diggers of 1936.' The State has Andre iasky's 'French Beyue' and the Orpheum Charlie Agnew's band and Jackie Heller oh the stage. Together with 'After Office Houts' at the Century and 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' in its third World week;; the - aforegoing attractions make on^ of the strongest b6*^0fflce line- ups In some time.' .Don Alexander of the State put over the week's best exploitation atunt-^a fashion tie-up of 'French Revue* performers with: a leaaing l6op apparel . store that netted a large newspapei" display ad and other attention for the theatre. Estimates for This Week Century. (Publlx) (1,600; 25-35r 40)— 'After :Office^^ :H^ Charging same ,;scale . as .Orpheiam: and State where big stage shows are how tossed in and undoubtedly handicapped by formidable opposi- tion .and own lack of flesh-and- blobd, this house by no means be- ing entirely neglected by amuse- ment-seeklng. publlc. Clark Gable a boxrofflce name to be reckoned with *ere and title an . aid. Headed for good $6,000. Last week 'Sequoia^ (MG), $6,500. Good. Orpheum (Singer) (2,890; 25-36- 40)— 'Gold Diggers of 1936' (FN) and -Charlie . Agnew's band and Jackie Heller on stage. Strong pro- gram iand plenty ' of show for the. price. OfC to a good start and should breeze through to hefty $12i- 000. Last week, 'Woman In Red* (FN) and Lupe Velez and vaude- ville on stage, $12,800; Big. State .(Publlx) (2,400; 25-36-40)-- ToUes Bergere": (UA) and 'French Revue' on stage. . Lots of good show ' for little money and public buying freely. Looks like at least $12,600. Good. Last week, 'Mississippi' (Par), $9,000. Good. . World (Steffes) (360; 26-36-40- 55) r— 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (UA).i Third, week and: still hitting profit- able clip. - Around $2,600 indicated^ .pkeh. Second w.isek, $2;800. Good. Time (Johnson) (260; 15-20-26)-^ 'Red Head' (Mono) and. ' Crimson. Romance': (Mascot); split, With about $900 in prospect.: Fair. "Last week, 'Mills of the Gods* (Col) and 'Jealousy' (Col), split. .$i.200, Okeh. Alvin (Steffes) (1.600; 16-20'-26- 80)— 'It Hiapperied 'in. New York' (U) and five vaudeville acts. En- Joyed brisk* premiere. Setting a pretty good $3,400 pace. Palace (Benz) (1,900; lB-20-25)— 'Take , the Stand' (Liberty) and five vaudeville acts. Holding to pretty steady clip and pointed toward fair $3,200. Last: week, 'Mutiny Ahead' (Majestic) and vatide, $3,400. Pretty gobd. : Lyric (Publlx) (1,300; 20-26)trr 'Car : 99' (Par) . No cast namies, but title and front an aid. Maybe. $2,- 000. Pair. ■ Last week. , TJnder Pressure* (Fox), $2,500. Okeh. Uptown (Publlx) (1,200; 25,-36)^ 'Sweet. Music* (Par). Should finish with around $2,600. Pretty good. Last week, 'Glided Lily' (Pftr), $2,- ■ 400. Pair. Grand (Publlx) (1,100; 16-26)7-^ 'County Chairman'; (Fox) and •Wings in the Dark' (Par),: second runs and spilt, $1,800. Good. Last week, 'Davld Coppeffleld' (MG), $2,- 000. Big. ■ Aster (Pilbllx) (900; 15-26)-^'It Happened Oiie : iNighf (Col) back . hero again after recent three, weeks at loop VTlme, 'Charlie Chan In Paris' (Fox), second run, and: 'Gen- tleman /Are Born' (FN), first run, split $900. Fair. Last : . week; ' ' 'Sweet Adeline' CWB) and 'Border Town' . (W^), loop .second runs, s-pllt, $l.t00. : Pretty godd. : OK $7,51)0 IN SEATTLE • ■ . :^ . .Scuttle. AprU 9; \ (Best .^xptoitation: Fifth Avenue. . Holdbyers at. both . the Harnrick Fifth, ayenu'e houses,, with tho.Mu.slc Hall through with flrjit run after dandy week with Al Pearce and gang on stage, and biggest noise in town for 'West Poinf of the Air' a,t Fifth avenue theatre^ the town 1b slowing down from the previous week.. \ , Fifth avenue, had 16 private planes in the air on afternoon of opening of Its air pix, thIs>Tatlnicr best ex- ploitation of the week. Tied in with this: plx was a special military premiere,. 9 to 9:30 on eve of. the plx opening, with intros of captains, gehefals, etc.j from navy, army and marine ranks, and a sound, truck on ■army' day In the local parade, finished the top rating for this house's expiloltatloni Estimates for This Week Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (1,000; 25- 40)— 'Folles Bergere' (UA). In/j third week for indicated $2,300; Liiit. week, 2(d of same. film, nice $3,200. : Coliseum (Evergreen): (1,800; 16- 25)— 'White Parade' (Fox) and 'Wings In the ; Dark' (Par) dual. Around: $3,200, pti.Ssable. Last Week 'Sequoia' (MG) and 'Behold My Wife': (Par) : dual, $4,700. big. . Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,400; 25^40)— 'West Point of the Air'. (MG). "Big. campaign helping land •for expected $8;700 on 'eight day-: week. Last week, final six days of 2d week of . 'Rufgles of Red GapV (Par); good enough $6,800. Liberty (J-vH). (l,900r 10-16-25)— •White Lies' (Col) .and 'Hai>py Landing' (Mono) dual. May cra:6h $3,600, so-so. Last week 'The .Crim- son Trill' (U) and 'Behind the Evi- dence' (Col) Buck Jones responsible for. dandy $4,600. . . Music Box ; iHamrlck) (900; 2B- 40)-^'Roberta' (Radio) . §trons Into fifth week, foi- anticipated $2,500. Last week, same film, okay $3,500. Orpheum (Ha;mrick), (2,T00; 25- 36)-:-'Travelinig Sales Lady' (WB) and vaude. Looks t6'set:$7,600, very sporty. Last: week: 'Grand Old Girl' (Riadio) and Vaude, with; Beverly Hill Billies accounting " for $7,800; best In months, okay. Paramount: (Evergreen) . (3,106; 25r36)— 'Vanessa' (MG) and Georgia Minstrels , on dtagc; Good $8,600, credited to stage show. Last week 'Ca;r 99* (Par) and 'The Iron Duke' (GB), $6,500; good:- ; White, Basquette Gals Help ParamOQiit; ere^ Hits .Omaha,. April 9.: (Best Exploitation:' BrAndeia) National Flower' ahd Garden Show still In the picture, though it opened in. :tlme to cut In on last week running through Sunday, of current, week. . Show brought . In mobs of out-6f-towners, but ^ It Is the resta.urant8 that get the full benefit and it's a question whether theatres draw much 6f this "crowd. Managers generally report negative effect. .' .■ . Weather for once has been favor- able: In that it "haian't been ram- pageous, dust stornis subsiding for the time being-^knbck on wood.. Paramount with the names of Alice White and . LIna Basquette drawing for the first half . stage show, may lead the week, but may be passed last half ] by - Orph arid 'Folles Bergere.' Total gross . com- jjirable to that Of last week with the .Omaha down a bit, and the Brandeis raising slightly- ; Total probably $25,000, only fair.- ' ; Outside competltibn will be added with the Community Playhouse six days of 'One Sunday Afternoon,' looked upon, by the legit, goers, as one of the better choices of the sea- son. Lent still strongly priesent as a factor In adversity. Last week Omaha went strong with 'Mississippi' for one of the. best weeks since Its renovating, and Or- pheum went to town with 'Life Be- glns at 40' to better average con- siderably. Par was only ' normal and Brandeis.'was a weaky.^ Flower show and Lent held, everything down .some. : . Exploitation' of the .week showing usual- run of stuff as far as gags and stutits concerned, biit cVedlt goes to the Brandeis for dressing Itself up In a. new front. Very springy In sil- ver- and blue, and off the paint brush of the house artist. . ■" Estimates for This Week ; Papamount (Blan'^; - Trl -, States) (2,705 ; 25-35-40)-— 'U Happened , In. ■Xew . York'. (U) with Alice .White and Llna. Basquette in' the Carlbca Land Unit sta~-< Yirst half; double feature bill second half l3 :'McPad-- den's . Flats' >-< Par) and 'Our Dally Bread' (T;a), The usual $7,00o; per-: •haps a bit. more. ::■ Last ■\vcek. 'Love: In - Bloom'. (Par) : with. Polly Moran ftrul vaiirto bill first: half and ^Scar- lot P.irapci-n'pl' (UA) and' 'Mills, of the Godis' (Col) last half were slml'- Orpheum '(Blank-Tri-State) (»,- 0'76; 2n-40y— 'Follcs Ecrgere' .(UA) with 'Shadow; of Doubt' (MG). :, Db- in^ okay ait $8,500/ and .above aver- ago at that. • Last: week 'Life :B'egihs at 40' (l'"ox). on a . double, bill with 'Mystery Wbmkn' (Fox): was .bulllsli: in tho face of aibme strong bppoal- tlbn from sister houses. $9,500 gobd money, and about in the regular Rogers clasia. ..^ Brandeis (Singer-RKO) (1,200; 26-36-40)— 'Laddie' (Badio) with 'Murder on, a Honeymoon' (Radio). Started only average and then Fri- day came along to best the Thurs- day openlng-Ttohe ot few times it has eyer bccurred here. Last week- end crowds Indicate bill is: building. $4,400. not bad. Last week was anemlo with : 'Living on •, Velvet! (FN) and 'While the Patient Slept* (FN) twinned.': Pborest week in months here, arid probably due to Plotter show and Lent. $3;600, low 'doWn.^- Omaha (Blank-Trl-States) (2,-: 100; 25-40)— 'Wedding Night* (UA): Attraction sit this ace house will have to look up to see a couple of : its predecessors. Sbriie extra explOl- . tatlpri among: the Polish element iielping, but Just ariother plcfure at $6,750. La&t week 'Mississippi* was the tuneful reksori for the second largest -week since the renovating and change In policy here. Just un- der $8,000, good money. 0KE12G Pittsburgh, April ». iEyerything is conspiring to imake things, worse thari. usual this' week. "Vl^Ith Lent In full swing arid ,boya and girls: shoppings for clothes in- stead bf entertainment, winter had to return to make the 8ltua:tlon tougher, snow and rairi keeping plenty of prbspective, customers, in- doors..; Bkd break all the way, be- cause theire are a fiock of attractions current that otherwise :inlght have picked up some loose colri^ : Only the Alvin is pushing along to real money, with Mary Brian In per- son getting the .credit oyer 'Tranisierit Lady.': Should gross $12,000, best here . in several weeks. Otherwiise: town is practically standing still. Despite excellent no- tices for 'The Wedding Iftghf and stage shbw includirig Herb Williams a;rid Everett Marshall, the Perin wlU have difficulty climbing to $16,600. which is uriusually weak, while 'Private Worlds' is ; unlikely to be anything approaching a world- beater at the Stanley. Drab . ses- sion is also In prospect for the Warner, Whero: APower' . and 'Car 99' don't size up as inore than a weak $3,800 bet. ' : Estimates for This Week Aivin (Harris) (2,000; 26-40)— 'Transient Lady^ (U) arid Mary Brian in person.. Flicker star la a real b.b. figure here and wlU giye house Its best week-erid In some time; $12,000, maybe even better Last week Dorsey Bros, ork cbuldn't help 'Edwin Drood' (U) mtich and result was a drab $8,600. / : Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,760; V16- 26-40)— 'Night Life' (U). Opened yesterday (8). Managemeiit, decided not to hold over 'Scarlet Pimpernel' (UA) again despite an excellent $9,600 in secbnd Week. English- made illcker collected slightly more than $14,000 during fortnight's stay, which is elegant. ; , Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-40) —Redding Nigh t' (UA) and stege show. Not much action here. May top $16,000, but It will have to hus- tle. Last week 'West Point' (MG) and Dave Apollon's unit not riiuch better at $17,000. Stanley (WB) (3,600; 26-40)— 'Private Worlds' (Par). Notices generally favorable and figured to Improve after slow, week-end but doesn't look like more than $8,000. Last week 'Mississippi' (Piar) about $9,260,.not too good. ..Warner (WB) (2,'000; 25-40)-^ 'Power' (GB) and 'Car 99' (Par). No marquee strength and- riot more than $3,800 looked for. ' Last week 'Town's Talking' (Col) : and 'Even- song' (GB) . fair biit , nothing «x- ceptlonall at $4,400. 'SHADOW OF DOUBT' $6,400 College, Now Haven, Experiments With Stage Shows New. Haven, April 9. (Best Exploitation: Poll's) , . . Business not at all bad for thl.s .season. Last half should, be bettor than usual, all- arburid this- week, with return of 5,000 Yale etuUents from spring recess. BlJou'.. having., great luck with a revival bin, Previous balloting by patrons chbse 'Ilapperied-(.)nc-Xi«hl' (Col) and 'On(s Night of LoVe' (Col) as a ro-run program, arid house la having.^ blgycT .■\veek than us\ial*,on' the stii n t, . Paramou n t .. hold i ng over -'Mississippi' (-Par) to; catrih .stude: trade -lost last -week through vaca- tion,, and is doing okay. . College laying aside second run, sjilit week poltJjy for a week's tryr out of stage fare* Blanche Calloway 'Copperfield' Clive' Weak in London, But 'Ruggles Near $20,000, 4th Wk. act is the experiment, and may re- sult In later fiesh at this spot. . : Poll's Is the only house register- ing any exploitation activity this week. Selling 'Life Begins at 40' (Fox) through a series of newspaper contests. One gag runs a picture of Rogers minus a hat and gives prizes for "What kind- of a hat. should a country editor wear?' An- other sturit runs a cartoon based on the film, containing a number of mistakes, with hosiery prizes to spotter of greatest, number of false entries. Half page of night club co- , op adys headed 'We don't believe Life begins at 40— It begins when you eriter these entertainment spots;' got some rilce publicity. ^ The cap- sule gag . enclosed In envelopes la- beled 'A fine spring tonic* was used, and. a marquee dlsjklay showed'large cutouts of Rogers nestling in a dia- per held In a stork's bill. Estimates for This Week Paramount (Publlx) (2,348; 35-60) •-T-'MlssissIppI' (Pat) arid 'School fbr Girls' (Liberty). Holding over a week, with fair results. Should add around a moderate $4,500 to -first week's excellent $8,200. - Poli's (Lbew) (3,040; 36-50)— Xlfe Begins at 40' (Fox) and 'Night Life of Gods'. (U). Good opening, then a sag, but should rebound to oke last half. Probably . goo* $7,800. Last week 'Wedding Night' (UA) and 'Carnival? (Col). Reached a very satisfactory $8,200. Roger Sherman (WB) (2,200; 35- 50)— 'Fblles Bflrgere' (20th Cerit.) and 'Marines Are Coming* (Mascot). Okay opening, and holding fairly steady for good $6,800. Last Week 'Ldddie' (Radio) and 'Florentine Dagger*. (WB). Fans put on an Ice- berg for wicked $3,100. ' — Bijou (Loew) (1,600; 26-36)— 'Happened One Night* (Col) and 'One Night of. Love' (Col). Revival bill a heavy puller and looks set fbr best week In several at $4,000, . La:Bt week 'Caslrio Murder' (MQ) and •$10 Raise' . (Fox). Drew a .iso-so $3,100.:. ■.;■■.•.■:;■ College (Loew) (1,666; 86-60)— 'Shadow- of Doubt' (MG) and Blanche Calloway on stage. Nice $6,400 Iri slgbt» with stage fare get.- ting the draw. House, a eebond- runner, switched for this week only arid worked a nekyy cajnpalgn .on the Calloway angle. Tanessa' 12,500, Poor In Denver; Hississippr Very Oke at $7,500 Denver, April 0, ■ ( Best Exploitation: Denver.). Barney Hynes ^bt iront page pub- licity for the Denver on Sunday .e,nd other days in the News by inviting the entire membership of their Junior aviation club to isee 'West Point of the Air.' The Invitation was good for stories arid art every day for a week. Hynes also capl- tallz(;d strongly on the fact that Denver is being considered^ for .i£ new army air training camp, arid the News -used this angle In Inviting the boys to see the film. The catch line was 'See Denver as it will be when It gets the big army aviation training school.' 'With 1,500 mem- bers, 1,200 .turned out, and as a re- sult of the publicity the News ex- pects the membership to Jump to at least 3,000. ; Estimates for This Week Aladdin (Huffmari) (1,600; 25-35- 60)— 'Gold Diggers of 1936' (FN), Zippy going at $5,000. La^t week 'The Great Hotel Murder' (Fox) let the house dOwn and took In only $2,000, poor. .: Broadway (Huffman) (1,600; 26- 40)— 'Mills of the (iods' (Col) and •Men of the Night' (Col.), double bill. Around $1,500, fair. Last week 'Life Kcglri^ at 40; (Fox), ' uppcd the Broadway to double average, and closed with $3,000 in the till. .Denham (Cooper) (1,500; 2Cr35- TiO)— 'Mis.s.isslppi' (Par). Ixioks like $7,500, very agrceabic. Lakt wock 'Car 99' , (Par),' with : the aid of a stage show, took in $.■5,500. :: Denver (IlufCmari) (2, -r/00; 2»-.3.'>- 50;:— ;-.\V('St. l'«lnt of the Aii:' (..MQ) and Hip-iic b'-ind. . Should seK $5,.')00, lioijsf; : iivorage. lA'-'it \vnek 'The -Wcflyiirif,'. ,N-I«hf (UA) .got $6,000 for tlir» Hi-vcn .day.s. .. . . ' ' ' . Orphe'um (RKO) : (2,600; 2:fi.'35-50) — 'LItllr- Mlni.stci-^ (Radio/. Pbrhaps $1,000. . I.*!i.st Aycek ..'J-{oborta^. (JSadIo) on Its second week did $C,000. aver- age. On tho -o'pching . week. the film took .in $11,90.0, a .good soridoff for the; ni-sti, werk ,back:.undee ,TtKO.-. , - Paramount (Huffman) (2,000; 25- 35-G.0-r-'Vann.SHa' (Mf.). Arburid $'2,500. Vcry^poor. Last week .'The Casino Murder Ca.se' (MG) did av- erage and took In $.4,000. London, March 31. West E'nd picture theatre busi- ness as a whble is In the doldrums. Two outstanding exceptions are, 'Bengal Lancers' and 'Ruggles of Red Gap,' both ; Paramourit's. On the headacbey side are 'David Copperfield'. and 'Cllve of India,' both, figured to clean up, and both provr Ing slow. ■ Situation at the moment Is great- ly perturbing exhibitors, who are afraid, to predict what will go over arid what will not. ' But all seem to agree that comedy — whether broad or reticent — will make the grade over here almost always. Estimates {At $6 to the £) *Anne of Gables' (Radio) Capitol. Voted good entertainment, but not strong enbugh for holdover. Grossed . $9,000, lArhlch Is good for this house. 'Roriiance In Manhattan' (Radio) as follow-up. 'Bengal Lancers,' (Par) (8th week) Carlton. Still the outstander. . Although not capacity for early shows. Jamming 'em in for supper and third shows. Original Inten- tion of 12 weeks' stay now extended. Doing steady $17,600 with no dari- ger ahead. 'Brewster's Millions,' (B&D) (5th week) Xietcester Square. Started iStg, with. Jack Buchanan's performance : called best he has ever done. First fortnight averaged $17,600. Sudden ' heat spell stemnud infake,' although never below $12,000, 'Sanders of the River/ new Kprda film, due for premiere April 2. 'British Agent,' (WB) (2d week) Regal. Drawing fair business on Leslie Howard-Kay Fraricis mon- ikers; $12,600, arid sticking another . week. 'Bright Eyes' (Pox) follows. 'Clive of 'India," (4th week) Palace. The problem pic- ture of th(e age. Got fine premiere, with unanimous press raves, but response haa been negligible. House being exterislvely papered, and pre- senting a difficult problem, as pic- ture is in for eight weeks. 'Foliea Bersere,' (UA) (4th week) London Pavilion, . Clicked from start. Did steady gross of $15,000 per week for first fortnight, biit firilshlng to near $12,000. 'Escape Me Never,' (B&D) with Elisabeth Bergner, Iri her Origirial rbje, prem- iering April 2. 'Maskerade,' (Austrian) (11th week) Academy. Still In the money at near: $4,600,. despite second long- est run in the West End. Will stay another 10 days, and then replaced by 'Charlemagne' (French). 'Oh, Daddy,' (GB) (2d week). New Gallery. Typical Ben Travers sug- gestive farce, which has a following here. First week's grosses $10,000, warranting holdover. This week nearer $7,000. Being replaced by 'Fighting Stock' (GB), starring Tom ; Walls and Ralph Lynn, figured good enough for four weeks. 'Red Gap,' (4th Veek) (Par) piaza. Voted about the best all-round en- tertainment, in years. Longest hold- over at this : house since Harold Lloyd In 'Feet First,* back in 1931. Smash .opening weeks at ; around $26,000, and third week still $23,000. Fourth - stanza assured at $20,000, and a fifth week likely. : 'Scarlet Pimpernel,' (4th week) (Korda). - Marble Arch , Paylllbn. Secbnd run, after riinb weeks at Leicester ' Square, making longest Wcfjt End current rUn. Doing steady $7,000, which is very good money for this houise. - Likely to stay an- other fortnight or longer. . . . 'So Ended A Great Love,' (Gerr man) ..(4th week) Curzon. Doirijr steady $4,000, after around. ?5,on'0 on first fortnight. Dennltcly in: fpp fifth Avock, and may «tay a: sixth.- '.Slcy Lark' (Frerfch) schodglod lo follow. ,,- :;.: .'Vahessa,' (MG) .Erripirt'. N'ot so good. Groa.scd. .arouiid- sn.O'Oj; which is. below house's :avc:r.\ii"f. 'After :0£f)ce. Hours' (MG) current, with 'CJood Fairy' (U) Ut follow. . . R-AWLINSON AT PAE .rioil.vv.-'cj.oi.l, -Api-il 9. :: IIorlKtrt ll;i\vllri.s07i, Ijack In 1 InUy- wood iov a filni foraoba'-lc, itiltiiils at Parainount.' . ' , : He has a part in. 'Kf.'doral Dicli/, the studio's -Depaf tm.if nt< of Justice ■ story. : : ; '. " ■' ■ 12 VARIETY Wednesday, April 10, 1935 ''HERE'S SOMETHING NEW in the line of comedy-mystery-melodrama* with a companfofl . intriguing as' the basic subject matter ... A laugh in almost every line of dialog, bit of action and situation . . . Should ^ esting appeal to all classes of patrons."— Afo^/o« Picture Herald ''SWELL ENTERTAINMENT . • • and should prove profitable . . . . Rorhance and comedy clues bringing the police, gangland and socialites in for contrasting .... Swell business for swell picture." — Motion Picture Daily SOCK ENTERTAINMENT WHERE . . • Not an angle has been to make it box-office."—^ ariety (Daily) "TOP-SHELF BUSI- NESS . . • in any kind of a house." — Hollywood Reporter 13 ;t« romandc angle as popularly iav« a punchy and inter- :•;•^^■:■;;•:•x•:l:^:■:•>:*x^«<-:w^^^^ :losely linked with Iramatic interest X ^5 nuffed VV's.V'v- V'-f rtS5i:iS^"^^¥^''^'^^^Cxo"-'' f is win PAUL KELLY * GENE LOCKHART RALPH MORGAN * LESLIE FENTON * J. FARRELL MacDONALD From tU novel by ARTHUR S O.M E R S ROCHE 14 VARIETY Wednesday, April 10, 1935 'seMemit.., FRED WARING PENNSYLVANIANS ...America's millions will thrill to a preview** broadcast of the teasing f tingling tunes of RKO RADIO PICTURE with ANN SOTHERN • • GENE RAYMOND Bill Robinson, Mario Gomborelli, Thurston Hall, Pert Kelton * Music and Lyrics by Dorothy Fields and James McHugh* Directed by Walter Lang. ★ ★ * ^ FORD MOTOR COMPANY Coast - to - Coast Program . . . Columbia Network (99 Stations) . . . THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 9.30 P. M. (E. S. T.) * ★ * * All America soon will be singing and dancing to: "YOU'RE AN ANGEL^'-"HOORAY FOR LOVE"-"rAA IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN"-"PALSY WALSY"- "I'M LIVING IN A GREAT BIG WAY" ♦VAanSTV'fl*. XONBOW . officb, 8 St. JUtartln's Place, Trafalgar Sqnar* FOREIGN FILM NEWS Teleplione Temple Bar 6041-5019 CnWe Address: VARIETY, I.ONDOX 15 NATAN WINS ONE MORE TUSSLE Paris, March 31. Bernard Natan, head ot Pathe V Cinema, has weathered another Btorm. Knowlngr that the annual stock- holders' meeting was duo Natan'a adversaries started a new offensive, and filed a complaint, chargfing fraud, with the financial section of the public prosecutor's oflBce. Com- plaint was assigned to Examining Magistrate Ledoux for investlga tlori, and he named an expert to go over the Pathe accounts and see If prosecution of Natan would be Justified. This was the signal for a new antl-Natan attack In the newspaper Le Jour, and for renewal of rumors that Natan v/ould be driven from his place at the -stockholders' meet- ing. However, It Was evident before the meeting, that Natan would have a majority, so Robert Dlrler, the fighting .stockholder, decided to stay away from- the gathering. He pro- tested that the Natan majority was faked, but that did him no good, since It existed. Natan thus had the meeting all to himself, and came out of it with flags flying. Hearings on Dlrler's civil action to drive Natan from his place (dis- tinct from the misdemeanor charge) have been repeatedly postponed, at the request, of the Natan lawyers. PATHE BOOKS 'LANCER'; FRENCH INDIES RILED Paris, March 31. Independent French exhibs are wild because Paramount has "sold •Bengal Lancer' to Bernard Natan's Oninium booking combine, which controls m^ore than 100 theatres. Squealers say they can't under- stand why the American concern, when for once It gets a really big grosser, gives It to interests which have been consistently trying to put over big anti-American quotas and embargoes, instead of holding it for the independent theatre owners who have been America's strongest allies In tlie French market. Strangest part, to them, ■ Is that Henri Klarsfeld, Paramount French chief. Is vice-president of the dis- tributors' association which was formed directly as the result of a movement to fight the booking com- bines. G-B'S G. T. HEADACHE STILL NOT OVER London, March 31. A committee of preference share- holders of General Theatres Coi''p. has sent out a report that they are convinced that if the scheme of the directors is universally opposed when it comes before the court for sanction, Gaumont-Brlttsh will of- fer better terms. Otherwise, it's suggested, more at- tractive negotiations may be opened with Associated British Picture Corp. (B.I.P.) BJ.P.'s Yen (or Homolka Postpones Tenth Man' London, March 31. B.I.P.'a plans for Somerset Maugham's 'Tenth Man,' set to start April 8, will be postponed for six weeks or so. Reason for postponement Is com- pany's wish to use Oscar Homolka In the lead. Austrian actor, how- ever, has a previous commitment for a legit rehearsal for C. B. Cochran starting April 8. Homolka has not yet signed a film contract, but B.I.P. Is postpon- ing the picture on spec. ENGLISH HOPE OF TAX RELIEF London, March 31. With the national budget due for Its annual announcement in Parlia- ment within a fortnight, exhibitors here are raising their annual prayer for a repeal of the entertainment tax, which is plenty heavy, being about 20c on the dollar per seat. Tax was originally introduced as a wartime money raiser, with a promise it would be repealed. Never was cancelled, though, and has oc- casionally been stiffened. Film and theatre boys here do more squawking about the tax than they do about bad plctu/rs. Ulil MINUTE PARIS LDBSr Politicians Try to Push Through Tax Bills Whibh Would Cripple American Films — ^Herriot and Flan- din Called On . TWO ATTEMPTS Paris, March 31. Twice during the past week the discriminatory tax bill, which would have favored film theatres., that played French rather than foreign films, wis about td^^^l^' rushed through the Chamber of Deputies, and both times active lobbying by American interests and their French friends saved the day. Personal French acquaintances of the Americans tipped .them off the flrstvYtlme the antUforeign group was going to try to slip the bill through the Chamber at a morn- ing session with ho one looking. Measure would reduce taxes only for' those cinemas which present- a minimum of French pictures, the number of domestic films required to be fixed later by decree. . Bin was intended to be a reply to the request of the industry, for tax relief, and at first comported a small cut all around,' but in the finance committee of the Chamber (Continued on page 61) 12 Alex King Houses in Elaborate U. A. Theatre Circuit in England Another to BJ.P. London, March 31. Rex theatre in Stratford (North London), formerly the old Borough theatre which housed melodramas, has now ■become a part of the Asso- ciated British Theatres (B.LP.). House was built, by A. E. Abra- hams some time ago, re.-bullt and converted .into a 2,000 seat picture house.- ALPAR TO B.I.P. AT $4,000 A WK. London, Mirch 31. Gitta Alpar, Hungarian film star, has been signed by British Interna- tional for three pictures, with op- tions. B.I.P. took her contract a. ray after she arrived In London. She. had previously turned down an of- fer from Universal. Miss Alpar gets a $4,000 weekly ticket from B.I.P. ECKMAN IN N. T. Sam Eckman, Jr., Metro general director in London, arrived In Ne%v York yesterday (9) for his annual home office visit. Will stay here about three weeks or a month..- FILM SHORTAGE LOOMING IN FKANCE; PARAMOUNT NOW LEADING PRODUCER Market for American Pictures Getting Tougher — Only the Best Dubbed Pix Get Any B. O. Kennenbeck's Trip John E. Kennebecki Paramount's chief In Australia, sailed from Syd- ney, Wednesday (3), to attend the Paramount convention and o.o. the home ofllce. Will arrive in Ln.s Angeles on April 20. Mrs. Kenne- beck and their two children afe with him. This is Kennebeck's first home visit In five years. Paris, March 31. Looks like a real shortage of films on the French market for next sea- son. Tough to see now where the bulk of production is .going to come from. Pathe-Nathan is out, for the mo- ment. Production is shut down, and while officials state it is only tem- porary, there is no Immediate sign of the studios starting up again. The little Independents who feed the French market are in a more demoralized condition than ever. They're still running around search- ing for combinations of capital, studio credits, stories and directors — and it looks as if the larger part of French production for 1935-1936 release were going to have to come out of this kind of maneuvering. As far as currently announced programs are concerned, that being made by Independents under the auspices of the French Paramount branch is the largest. It caUn for eight pictures. Fasquelle Idea The ^Charles Fasquelle group, which would like to take over the Gaumont business, can see a mar- ket, in the Gaumont theatres alone, for a production program of 20 films to be completed by next (;)oto- ber.^ It would like to get busy hav- ing those pictures made right away, but first it has to make a deal with the government to take over the G.F.F.A. lousiness. And that doesn't seem to bo coming through right away. Fasquelle productloR idea l.s alonff ■ the lines followed by French Para- mount; the use of independent pro- ducers, supported and .subsldizod "iiy the distributor, , who contracts for pictures before the^ arc made. Seeing the looming shortnge as a big chance, foreign and I''renrh 'concerns are scrambling for capital and local setupa'so as to spring into the market. One important non- French concern Is dickering for the launching of a big producing com- pany In France, half financed by local and half by foreign capital, the product to be distributed by the French branch of on© of the Ameri- can majors. At the same time small French companies which were or- ganized for the making of one or two pictures, and which in many cases never even succeeded in com- pleting these Isolated efforts, are scrambling for capital to get going again. Poor Dubs One feature of the situation which is not to the advantage of American concerns, who otherwise would benefit heavily by this shortage, Is that It Is getting tougher and tougher to sell the average dubbed American film here. French can't take run-of-the-mill Hollywood stuff any more, and the American countrie.s who have been trying to put such product over are finding It harder and harder to do business. What American business . needs hero are more pictures like 'Merry Widow' (Metro) an original French version made In Hollywood, and 'Bengal Lancer,' (Par), which was launched In France aftfer in ex- pen.sive and tcchhlcally perfect Job of dubbing had been done on It, This moan.s that In order to take adventage of the opportunity for next so.ason In the French market the American distributors here Will have to concentrate on unusual, rn'ctures ' that are particularly .'ulapted to the making of good French vf-rslons, and whose subjects nri'. suited to local taste: If they try to get rid of the ordi- nary stuff here, the kind that does steady grosses throughout the Mid- dle West in the U. S., they are go- ing to hit disastrous sales re- sistance and burn themselves out In overhead, which is just what has been happening to a lot of them In the past few years. American Plans Paramount's local branch seems to think It Is going to have a lot of good pictures to dub for next year, and has announced a program of 25 from Hollywood, plus the local production. Warners and Metro, which have the two best European sales organizations, are plugging along on what Hollywood sends them, without local-made sweet- eners, and having a harder time than ever. Fox Is locally In a state of transition, pending the departure of J. Carlo Bavctta for South Ameri- ca, and It Is WQndprlng how It will recover from the hole left In the budget by the Pommer Fox-Europa production. United Artists has for the moment very few ploture.s, but Is banking on 'P'olles Bergere' to get It ofE to a new start. RKO-Radlo has a new distribution deal with Radio Cinema, film subsidiary of the French ROA, and results are yet to be .seen. Same Is true of Columbia's new deal with Adolphe Osso's or- rjanizations, Colodls and Films Osho. rjoth of the latter two will mix French product In with .the Anj.erl- can, thus relieving the Amfrlcan branch of the responsibility of liav- ing French films mfide, l)ut at the Htimf time sui)plylng the iifci'smn-y swetner. All thf'se eompani'.'.s can count- on putting an oecasl'infil film In Us original version Into Iht; I'aris sliowf.-j.scs and making a little odd ch.'iii^'e with It. That's tho stuff that gct.s Into the no.wsir.iporH, and which may sound as If It constl- luted the French market for American pictures. NVjthlng could be further from th" truth. Any real mtmcy that l.s here l.s to be made in i)ietur,<'H for general French dis- Irlbullon, and they, with very rare exi'cptlons, must be dubbed; and only an unusually suitable dnblx'd picture finds a big market now. London, April 9. Twelve of the most Important theatres, of the Alex King oircull in Scotland are being negotiated for by John Maxwell for B.LP. Rest of the chain would join the Donada and Deutsch circuits. Latter two circuits are belngr teamed up and will shortly make a public stock issue with Reginald Bromhead, former managing direc- tor of Gaumont-Brltlsh, on the new- board. Stock Issue will not be made, however, until the arrival here o£ Joseph M. Schcnck, who Is under-' stood to be interested In the new deal with the Idea of making It the center . of a big United- Artists the- atre circuit here. EGYPT UPS PIC TAXES BY 500% Cairo, March 25. Egyptian Government has pro- mulgated a new law .Increasing con- siderably the customs duty on cine- matographic films, thus imposing a tax of $1 pgr net kilogram of negatives and $25 per net kilogram of positives. Weight Include.s, In- terior covers whether .paper or pasteboard Is used for preservation of material, as'^vell as metallic covers and reels. Theatre owners and managers, also foreign film distributers, havd protested against this high tax. New law has been based on the average weight of films, varying between 30 and 40 kilograms, on which the tax due will be from $750 to $1,000. Old tax was $5 per kilo- gram. Local American film men declare this law will embarra.ss the pres- entation of newsreels, handicap the Importation of French pictures, which do not enjoy popularity here, and threaten the future of Amer- ican films. Mlsr company (local) feels this measure will have a salutary' ef- fect as it win foster local produc- tion, but acknowledges that it la premature, since the local Industry cannot keep pace with public de- mand. SEE ANTI-U. S. PLOT AT BERLIN PIC MEET Parl.s, March 31. Local American film Interests ara anxious to have all the U. S. com- panies represented at the Berlin, Film Congress skedded for the end of April. Reason Is that an antl -American combine, po.sslbly stimulated by the French Chambre .Syndloale group, Is believed to be on foot for the Con- gress, and the Yank.s here ftsel they should be present to protect their world Interests against a movement which might bo formed against them. Anzac Quota Delay Balks Player Deals Hollywood, April 9. Kenneth Hall, Clne.sound of Aus- tralia exec, hero for two months arranging to take players and ai- rectors b.ack to .Sydney on one pic- ture production deals for hl.s com- pany, left here bi.vt Wi-dncsilay (.'>). A number of players find clircct.-jra wero contacteii i,ul deals an- being held up until Ausirali;in I'a.i'liainctit makes a dfcLsiun lui a pleiuro 'luota. Returning on tin ;.;une b'oat is Arthur fjrcLTur.v, I^'dv ..-ili'.s manager in th(! Antipodes. 16 VARIETY VARIETY UMSE BEVIEWS Wednesdayv April 10/1935 MUSIG HALL,*^ Big Hall stumbles a bit this week but recovers and ends uP vwith an acciBptable entertainmisnt. But that Xumblei -wasn't necessary. Show Is called 'Varieties' with I^on, Leonl-. . doff taking bowis; ai producer; Vi- cente Minnelll, as designer of sets; costumes by 'Wllla Vian and M> Mon- tedorp. Only the litter rate any serious torso bending/ After the glarit orchestra goes through a medley ; bt ebuthern tunes which jaeem amazingly feeble for such a , fliie aggregation ,of jnusl- cians, there is A: 'The Athletic Club. That means the Glee Glub Is all over ' -the place making believe It's exer- cising, there's a hiU-blUy^uartet and Nicholas Daks who does some rope skipping. Probably intended , to be , ielther colorful or funnyj but It's ■ neither. \ ■■ ' ■ ■ B is the Solarium, which means the Rockettes. There hasn't been any doubt for a long time that this is, the most .capable and best trained line of girls extant. Jan Peerce Is C, nieajUng he; warbles, 'Trees' and 'Mandalay.' Maybe he already knew them so didii't have to practice, which is hardly ah excuse. "There are plenty of other soiigs around. The glee club joins him on the chorus of the second puihber, makr ing that okay. D Is 'La Valse* and the piece de resistance. It is So exceedingly line that it makes everything else all, right. It's a not- too-well-known tune by : Maurice Ravel, : actually .finer musically than his 'Bplerb'. ac- cprding to- most music critics, al- though hot as flashy. The ballet dancejs It oUt here to perfection, em^ ploying those trick ' jstages better than they have been In a long time. Especially when the stages -move up to four different levels is it thrilling. The ballet Is exceedingly well trained and Nina Whitney and Jerome Andrews as the soloists r are flhe. . To top the number and md:kc It really outstanding Is art excep- tibrially fine set of costumes which are cleverly worked Into the very routine of the dance and make It shine. ,■ ' . . . ■ '■ -rr There's a . special thenib sbrig In that first athletic club scene, 'Physi- cal Culture,^ written by Kay Swift . : and Al Silverman. Film Is 'Life Be- ; gins at ;40' (Pox). • , -v.- Kauf, ROXY, N. Y. Sallcl marionettes hold for « aec- ohd week as heading the stage show. \irith an eptlre new 'program ;ad- verthied, but actually; about the same routine as last week. And 23, minutes Is stlli Sto« loiig; in spi : the novelty of pome of /the stuff and the excellence .of the manipulation. Still opens with the cah-can with : the Gae Foster girla Just finished with- a similar dance to the same music and costumes/ The music j|s a handicap, since it lacha the verve of. the usual can-can music, but girls perform smartly, and get the . dqlls oft to a n^ce introduction. Sallcl has eome excellent puppets, / notably a man who lights and - smokes, a cigarette. Apparently doiie without the usual hose and rubber bulb, and he Iceeps perambul- ating the stage. Evidently the smoke device Is -Wholly: .self-con talned/ Puffing brought two or three bursts of applause. Next best bet Is a pedal Juggler. A pianist, with a singer and flutist Is more commonplace, and marks the weak • spot on - the program. The three iarc separately Introduced, jut all as one number and that stretches It too far. Three distinct gags, but It's all one to the audience, nilnd and far too lohg. The handling of the cords Is well done, and the act sbpws the. excellence to be expected in what seenis to be a three-genera tion setup. On paper Senator Murphy looked marked for the slaughter, but- he fooled, them,; . Without putting much dependence on the mike, he/ pushed his Jokes as fai* as -was . necessary to get the laughs, and he got theni/ though Rbbsevelt gags are hioro or less dynamlto rlight ho-w iand can prbflt^bly bo omitted. Murphy, like the others, gets' a buildup, from the line, winding Up at the tail end of a pplltlcai ; parade with plenty of drums. : Just a march across, but It madc ar svfell opener. ■ Starter for iFerry Gorwey , was even better, the irirls in blouses and short trunlcsi with sleigh bells at ankles arid. walst/s. They dp a romp ing' piance with the bells- making plenty , of noise/ and after the clown's act it develops /that / each girl is tiiiipd to a different hbte^/ and they jiih^Ie put a melody after a fashion, Iipth by Junirilng up and dbwh In proper sequence and fiat on their Ixacks and shaking the anklet.s. . Sm.aft stuff for this audi- ence, in between Gorwey does the. isame old stuff, but with the same bid finish ,and the same number of laugh.*:. lie h*fi heen abroad: for sonie tinrie, and that has a- freshen- ing (effect. -He got off to a.gbod bow as the /starting act. Nancy Dennis Is the Added starter this week from the Fred Alien ama- teur show. She's a nlmblerflngered pianist,, but handicapped by a ter- rible stage .presence. Show runs 'a. minute oyer the hour. Feature Is It Happened In New York' (U) with an old Popeye car- toon, a new Ernest Truex double rceler; the newsreel and slathers of trailers. Trallerlzlng two features, one Immediate and the other a. com- ing event Is apt to leave an audi- ence yrith this Intelligence quotient in doubt ofi tp whether or hot the house is going duals.. Entire show funs three hours. Business moder- ate. .■ : / - Chic. ■"/■ CAPITOL, N Y. (Rooney-TJmbePO Unit) "With" the help of ttdrolt stage wiring and a supporting ci^st that apparently was told to shout, and did,: the Tlmbergs aiid the RooAeys tossed the Capitol's traditional anti-talking bugaboo for a loss Fri- day night. ; To their regular- get-to- gether . unit the Rooneys and the Tinibergs ; have! ■ Added a talking opening ; and closing, and It was these two bits 6t dialog tilmmirig that broke the hpuse deaf and dumb rules.. ./ Prolog and epilog— both/occur In ii / bourtrbom. They provide the unit with a. new title. 'Trial of a Century,' and the show os ■ a whole with^ a bright start and an: excel- lent finish./ / / In between' the Tlmbergs aiid, the Rboneys gp tP town on their bwn and as the 'Cohens and Kellys of vaudeville. That .part.of It has al- ways been good. The clever new begihhing and flhish roakb It even •better..//- ^ ■/! As a starter,' the Rooneys and Tlmbergs are haled Into court by a 'house , manager,' who looks like J. K. Emmett on the level.- Purpose is to have the Judge decide which clan shall receive ton bllilns^ After seeing the; show, and for the' finish. , the Judge gIvesv'em-:both.J30 daysi . Outside of the Rooneys and Tiin- b.ergs, and the latter's flock of male and female stooges, unit carries only the Pour Albee Sisters, Quar- tet has one , specialty spot, con- suiplng more time than Is war- ranted. Albee girls are versed in many things, but expert at nphe; they do have considerable: con- fidence, and that helps. Theatre's contribution - Is the Danny Dare line of 32 In two color- fuHy costumed and well executed routines. Qlrls give the unit the bulk that It needs. / But leave it.' to the Tlmbergs and the Rooneys to wow any iaudlence, anywhere aind any time. No more perfect combination of family acts has ever graced, vaudeville. . They are giving the Capitol a strong stage show when one Is needed. •West Point of the Air', (Metro) Is the current picture, . Bige, FQX,B'KLYN The show here Is an endurance, contest! Anyoiie. dropping in, around nine fbr the last show won't be but before the next day (by the cal- ender) has conie around. ' . When the feature andi stage show ore supplemented by an orchestra bvertnire and shorts, plus a news reeli It's a lot to take - at. one sitting. If buying/ entertain ment on length; with short banic- rolls, then the Fox fills the bill. /It gives and gives and gives fbr the dough It gets; MajrlDe that's, the right policy here. • Current week's' stage show: Is headed by George; divot and assays more than the average entertain- ment value. ; it is well rounded out with other talent and has been staged capably. Including; a clever means by which to get iarouhd a tie- up ad. plug for .Niimm's store (local) via an Ea^er fashion show-, /It's calleid Namm's fashion parade and employs the Margie Alton stream- line dancers as models, with special hunibers and m.c.'lng -which takes away the adyertislng; stigma, yet maihtains the sting so far a.s Namm's Is concerned. Ml-ss Alton, whb came here - from the Oriental. Chicago, stages • this iinlts here un- der the superylslon of iZiic Preed- man, . managing director . of tho libuse, and does okay; ;Grl\'ot works ahead of the fashion display, which ciose.s, raising somp howls with material which now and then is rather zippy. This place , is a big one so Givbt uses- the mike, but reception over the . p. a. system was not as good Friday night as; it might halve .been I and some gags went downsti"eam. / Balance of the talent ncludes Sel- don dhd Eridler, comedy acrobats, a good little act; Juno Ardell, sure- fire sop /from the ether . waves, with a couple pop sbngs; the Olympic Champlbns, otherwise Jumping wolf- hounds, plus some , poodleis for laughs; and Bernlce Macnafi.: Last rinehtlbned Is this week's contract- getter under hpuse's pPllcy of hand- ing but ah engagement here each week tp the winner of the Monday night amatieur radio contest bver WMGA. These contests have proved a b. o.- stimulant bn Monday n^ffhts. Machau has . ai fair air. .voice, but lacks perBpnality. 'Unwelcome Stranger* (Col) on the sdffien.. Char. COLISEUM/ LONDON : ; . . Xondion,^M Uzperlmfstal Vaudeville about CQvera the title of th* latest Oswald stoii policy.. -/■; A Beiries of ballets plus a ipr in - kllng of «tandard acts : was tried here a month ago, and for some: un- known reiasbh was dubbed *Tele- viarlety/ This, proved a flop, with result thait Anthony Nelle Was re- called, after having walked out, to infuse sPme original ideas. Iti this program^ Nelle practically monopolizes the bill with four flash offerings, some of -which are worth- while. They ara mostly bis previous efforts froni the days -^eh ; he worked' in some Fox houses In . the U. S., some years/back. Best is 'Montmartre,' depicting, a Parisian scene brimful of cpntinen-^ tal buffoonery. Interspersed - -with some vaudeville standards. Hlb- bert. Bird and Ready do their take-: off of Lowe, BembCf and Wehsley,; the only one surviving of the flock of local imitators. Outstander Is /Joe- Jackson; fol- lowing oil top of his numerous Iml-. tators. The daddy of them all Is. still beist in his: line. Jackson's dumb pan and; -funny anticij are Jiist as convincing when away from his prop bicycle. , / / ;.' ; : Van Dock, Italian cartoonist, who follows a long 'Tannhauiser' over- ture, In whlbh the full Coliseum, corps de ballet Is .-utilized, Is very' eiffectlve and at times biting with a string of /torlcatujres of everyday, types. Josle FearoQ, .Who Jumped Into fame about three years ago. when Richard Tauber revived 'Land of Smiles' at the Dominion and made her his leading lady; renders a cycle of songs from the yoribus Franz Lehar operettas. Her rendition of Tpu Are /My Heart's Delight'' Is not i-obUst enough, being essentially ^ a man's song. Three Sailors, doubling, from Cliff Whltley^s Dorchester hotel 'Mid- night' show, are the laugh bit of the show. Boys axe great favorites In London, but If not watching their step are likely to become stale, which Is the fault of - a good many of the acts herie.. They: are also de- veloping a habit of talking too iinuch, which is dangerous. Another Nelle production Is /The. Glb-wn,' an adaptation from Pagll- accl, developing Into a sort of jazzy affair, with the syxhphony orches- tra doing its utmost to be modern, but not entirely succeeding. . Trouble with tatlre show, is lack of novelties, with most of . the talent having / played around / -with mon- otonous regularity. , / If Stoll wants to put the Coliseum on the map. again as a vaudeville house, he will have to do better than this, although it is a vast Im- provement: on his recent, attempt. ; STATE, N. Y. Ben 'Bernle's outfit, is one oiF the best of modern stage aggregatlpne. It has speed, rhythm and color. And plenty change of pace. There are 16 men in -the cunrent outfit, three of them strictly for specialties. Be- sides the fine tuneology in hand- some orchestrations there Is Billy Wilson who doubles between the piano and the mike : and does hiin- selt proud .in both spots; ; Frank Prince, who . stlck# to singing; Mannie Prager who plays the saxa- phone as well as he sings and does both exceedingly well; Bllly Severln, who sticks to dancing, but knows what dancing's all about^ and/RPy Tracy, who dbes 'some Imitations. Not to forget the old maestro, who manages some of his sly wlttlclsihs; heaves a violin solo and even ihan- ages to ooze out a vocal chorus or two now and then. It's entertain- ment in the most modem 1935 show business sense. Ahead are Martin and. Martin, good trapeze workers. .Man does contortion on the swing. Betting the turn, a Wt apart. Sylvia and; Cle>- niehce (New Acts) are a sister act Whb, can go far, or as far ; as vaudeville acts can go these; days. They're youthful, peppy and ^ enter- taining; Need a few minor correc- tions and they're set to go plalceis, Artie Lewis .and Peggy Ames handle the comedy assignment next and do . it In their usually accept- able fashion. They've even changed a line or two here and there during the post couple; of years; . That's real enterprise In a cbmedy teani these days. . Picture is "Polles Bergerb' (UA) and biz Friday hlght,was alhibst ca- pacity. House" has a bad attack of over- tratleritis this/ week, unusual in the State which, generally, is one of the; best operated spots on Broad- way. Kauf. ■ ■ ■ met; BROOKLYN Jimmy Savo's present act has been hailed before. It deserves' a decond helping of applause upon re- view , of the current show at the Met. 6avo Is the bread and butter of the Met's stage layout. ' He gives the show pace and speeds the pre- sentation as a whole to a ncxt-to- shut peak of amusement which saves the bill. On the screen is 'West Point of the Air' ,(MG). Loyalton's dogs open.' Wills ajid lilo, flash, closes. . Mae Usher deuces In 'one'; and ; Arthur and Morton Havel, middle. jSavo's sly panto shoves them rolling into the Mefsaisles. . ^ .^^ Miss Usher is a straw blonde with a willowy flgiire. Her fat-tongued dialectic exoiggerations in Hebe reg- istered fairly. Miss Usher Wows her stuff Into igth upright mike which disperses/ her Voice very volubly. Frances Wills and Joe Rio, aided by thj'ee /lads who offer ah exhtbl-. tion of very dainty dancing assist- ance liash Into a .flnale program act, Oil cloth drops of black and white Offer an attractive background for the opening costumes of -the quintet, / Later, of course, and in full' all the way. the three assistant dancers shift their Jackets for costume changes, from whltis to blue . to crim- son. Miss Wills Is a high kicker of merit, offering an exhibition of rythmic limb control which is out of the brdlnary. A modern , diiet with her partner climaxes not so forte, although Miss Wills' costume, of transparent blue Is well taken. > . .: -: Shan. CENTURY, BALtP / 'BaltInipre,; April 6. Up to 'IJaughiy Marietta' (MG) to draft the dotigh this week. ; Stage side unadorned with any names ca,l- culated to do any patron-pulllhg, and, further; doesn't seeni to please enough to word-of-irtouth- any _blz build-up. , ' ' But four acts, one less than house usually has, and the: fifth Is missed. What is needed Is a real headllner. As stands the show possesses all the trimming and no white meat. : Opens with l?rmlh. dance , flash, Jahe-Lynton revue. Name team trots through three routines, rather sub-standard for this house, though the Bolero ;With which they climaxed the prefatory waltz arid seml-adaglo action embraces a few fairly original ^teps. Male pianist, who hops down to the foots to bridge one clothes chainge with brief accordloning, Is decidedly unimpressive; likewise another youth who , doei a rope- skipping tap dance. Blonde garfur- nlshes the name team with Its third respite by hurtling through a fast aero whirl that was oke. Al Siegal and another addition to long etrlhg of proteges, Carolyn Marsh, deuce. She has much man- ner,. Is pertly pretty/ and possesses personality. Voice has unusual husky quality. Chief lack Was use bf a mike, her pipes not carrying up tb the shelf or to rear of the spa- clous lower floor.. . Jn^dulged -frac- tionally . In . dramatic 'recitation of lyrics. Siegal, although he Is being billed above all else on bill, hasn't even a spot on him as he accomps her at the piano. < tie Is virtually Unknown by . anyone here, not hav- ing been around since he played the old. two-a-day u^ at the now-iegli Maryland. Professor Lambertl got best re- ception of bill m the trey with his hpke ;and contrastingly/: serious xylophbnln^. . Situation, was hanging at this Juncture for a solid, honest- to-gosh headllner. None on, hand, however; so opportunity, went hanging and a next^to-closlng act, Mells, Kirk and. Howard, closed. It's one of those former male hoofing trios who turned to knockabout when publlo became sated with straight, seirlous hobfers. Prove a fast 12 mins. and won a few cacklesi Harvey Hammpnd's' organloglng prefaces , the vaude^ - Metro clips round out the screen feature. ORPHEUM, ST PAUL VSt. Paul, April 6: I^upe Velez is the whole works In this ' burg the three days starting today. She's headlining the five acts of variety turns at this house. Gaught at the second show Friday (5) night, 'Hollywood's Hot Taniale,' as she's been tagged bn the Orph's screen trailer's for the past; two weeks; had 'em begging, from the second she took the spotlight and went Into her Hepburn and Diet- rich takeoff s. Velez has plenty oh the baill here. / Openers are Zeller and Wilburn; comedy jugglers. Pair werevoke, but follbwed as they were- by a quartet of acrobats. It got the bill off bal- ance.. --:... ; (Seorge Klrby, a human beanstalk with a good set of pipes, is In the trey spot, paired with Helen Duval. Pemme has little to do, Kirby doing some/ warbling, h.oke terpslng and generally being/ Just about the wprks. Kli'by could do some real singing, but his extreme heljcrht Is against any thing serious. ; So he kids the warbling, and gets across pke..-. Jeanne De.vereaux and Co. next to shut. A class dance turn of three gals, and two boya./ Ono of th^ lat- ter, working with two girls, does some unusual trick stuff, while Miss Devereaux does a few outstanding 3plp^ turns, in one of which she's clpthccl :■ in a sheer net costume; Then came Lupe for a sock wihdup; WTCN'S first semi-final elimina- tions; revealed some . lUcely talent In their 'Seairbh tor Talent* contest/ Pinal wlnncr.s will be chosen" some time during the first week In May. Tyros appeared for 30 minutes on the Orph stage, airing simultaneous- ly over the station. .. 'I'll Love You Alway.s' (Col) and P.ithe newij on the filrri side;' Raschtck. : PARADISE, BRONX (PRESENTATION) New policy of house productions and permanent, or semi-permahent, m.o.'s was Inducted here Friday (5), but the experiment -will have to Im- prove bVer Its initial attempt to click, at this Bronx -deluxcr. First show, with but two exceptions, is a rather slow affair., Ko producer is billed.-.: /Fortunately this presentation's one saving grace Is in the comedy - line, Harry Savoy,/ the stuttering : ; cbmlc,/ providing the laughs after ' Ed Ijowry, m.c, f all^ to arouse - more '. than . quiet chuckle's at most points. Savoy is on twice; first with XioWry and second iii his standard , act with the brimet looker. Ho went in high both times, though he had trouble distracting Lowry's too evi- dent mike-worship. , • Lowry/ opens the show ; directly ' from the community 'elnging organ- r log ; of / 'The Man on the Plying . Ti-apeze', with a special choruia to -• Intro Lowry. V Wasn't quite dressed :• '• at the last show; Friday night, how- • ever, and a bne-niiniite; stage wait ;' resulted. Lbwiy sets himself -\vell. with the audience almost Imrhedl- ately arid holds them nicely, though mo^t of hls rputlhe Is known to the. : Brbnxltes through ; his,, appearance here recently with .George . Sidney. His repartee with the organistj who . shouldn't be talking, is naturally weak, and his telephprie ; bit didn't; get anywhere near the response It has. been accustomed tb In those ■,: spots where It: Isn't seen and heard too frequently. . One stage set, a bandstand. Is used, with Lowry first opening in ■[■: front of the traveler, which then Is parted for the remainder of the show to disclose the i5-piece house, . ba,rid. First act Is the Lucky Seven ■ Trio; fair/ colored challenge hoof ers, f ollb-wirig the sho-w's . only other; bright spot, a i6-6irl line/ directed by Bill powers. Chorus Is bn for . three routines In the layout, show- ing fine training and precision. ■ Savoy's firist crossfire with Lbwry ; Is followed by - Joan Abbott, a not . so tor-chy torcher who is gowned, unbecomingly. She has the vocal .• quality to make for popularity, but apparently lacks the necessary: salesmanship to go with the voice and her blonde looks. Makes.things tougher for herself by a poor se- lection for her first song,' then Into a medley In which the line takes part. '■ - '^ - . But one other act In the show, the BeeHee and Rubyette Co., six Arabian acrobats, who Include Lb-wry into /their ^ strong-arm pps- tures for a comedy attempt. It's too drawn out;to be effective. As acro- bats, though; okay. Lowry closes the show on the. apron, the traveler drawn behind him, after 66 minutes. 'Polles Ber- gere^ . (UA) Is on the screen. Nice biz at this vlewlne. ; Scfto, EMBASSY, N. Y. (NEWS REEL) The Grand National at Aintree, In Which worldwide Interest Is whipped . up by sweepstake Ibtterles, Is con- sidered the most Important news- reel Item here this week. The race has been well photographed by / Pathe and leads, off the progi«m, the negative Including many df,ngerbus spills. Including Jn slow ihotion thd stumble taken by Golden Miller, the fav, about which there ha,s been : considerable talk, War signs over Europe follow this, but Par, when it canie to covering . the decislbn of .Sir John Simon . (England) to, talk It over with Hit- - ler, may as well not have had a "camera hi Berlin. Filmed Sir Simon arriving and got a brief glimpse of Hitler; going somewhere— it could have been anywhere— and then turned to - opinions ' from various Eiiropeans as to the situation, but no kings or . really big statesmen among them. / / .:^' y\' The western drought and dust storms are blown up into rich news- reel material, efforts of; both Fox. and . Pathe resulting in dramatic coverage. Fox . contemplates tbe seriousness of / the situation by showing- victims moving. Out of the; ,. ; country, /while Pathe, with the aid of maps /..and ; effectively ; photo- graphed negative, /graphically, de- picts what's happeriing, at the same time suggesting what must be done. . Pathe adds much to newsreel values , by Just such initiative, coritributioris / ; like that which It offers bh' the dust storiri problem being, highly instrucr ,. tiye as well as interpstliig. On top/of the western dilemma; /Pathe injects a human Interest note. , It sbught : but the farmer ; kid who wrote the :Secretary of War for a.'..- : coiiple artillery horses, soldiers at one of the forts kicking in to buy a discarded teini arid, delivering It to - the bby. Lad talks to the cariieriP, :; but too weakly to be recorded clear- ly. Also.prp-yed a little .shy; LoXvell Thbriias cutting in on hiriv finally .. Except for a. Pathe .exclusive on the Dibnne babies, which the mam-/ mas wiU;]ove,-.tlic, bill. include," !voth- :/ iy^ hot./ The quins continue ..strong ; b.h.;fpdder In (;ellu]oid. U has [aii e::clUsive on 'Barbara Hutton. goin? put to Ucnp >for a di- vorce, hut also, a lot /of. bther .clips ■ marked exclusive which aren't worth ^ that labeling. As, for In.^tar.cp.. Mr. • and MtS. Jo.e Jiferidi fooling: around ^ with each other in .li'loi-itl.T., Tlies.e are. a : couple clvi.nip.i f roiii . -\-a iide, , : . (Continued on page' .ii) ' Wednesday, April 10, 1935 EV I E W5 VARfETY 17 LIFE BEGINS Af 40 Fox production And release. . Stoira Will Hogen, Directed by Gebrbe Marshall, Bcreen Playi Lamar TrotU; additional dia- ler Robert QuUlen; sugseated by book of Walter B. Pitkin! camera, Harry Jackson,- At Music Hall, N. V./: week ' April 4, Running time. 75 mlns. Kenesaw H. Clark,... Will Biosers Adele Anderson Rochelle Jludson tee Austin*, vi.... Richard Cromwell CoL Joseph vAbercromble^ . . ,aeorse >Barbler Ida Harris. . . . , . . . ...... . , , . Jane DarweU X. Watterson. ilerlwiiether. - • '. jSlliii Summervtlle Chris .'. » . , . iSterllnsr Hdlloway Joe Abercromble.. . . . ...... . .'.Thomas Beck "Pappy" Smltheia....,;,... Roger Imhof Tom Cotton.,,'. ..Charles. Sellbn' .Walljr 8teveni,.....'...../i..Jolm Bradford •In; Cotton., i... ;..Rutli Olltette /Ufe' lias played . In most of the keys outsid9 New York already. If s • clQch box dfSc^. bet and no worry attaching. to It In New York or else' .Title comes from' a beiat-seillngr book of philosophy. It'sjust an idea iind a yarn wais thrown atouhd It There isn't ia situation, thought ' or image in this yarn that hasn't : been psed before, and frequently.; But it allows for the inclusion of "Will Rogers' wise cracks and plenty of .-'laiighs. :'. There ar& more laughs^ ; incident* ally, than in several of the more recent : Rogers . pictures. Both : : the director and ' the writer rate bour^ quets f or that. . Story finds Rogers a small-town country editor. He be- friends a boy convicted of stealing money from a bank; For that the bank prez forecloses on him. So he and the boy start a one-page sheet of their own. Bank prez Is: running for mayor khd Rogers goes after him by putting up the town bum as opposition. Almost wins, too, but at the Isisi minute he has a. change of heart. : Does some investigating . which clears the boy and involves the banker's son. Banker Is contrite, they shake hands, the bum is sent back to a woodpile and all Is 4r61I Somewhere In betweieh there's a mlid romance, the boy unjustly ac- cused in love with the tbwn school teacher. That comes out well, too, Plenty of 'hoke . but cleverly han- dled and right over the honie plate. Besides Rogers there's a fine sup porting catst,: George Barbiei- being a perfect foil to Rogers as. the bank er, Richard Cromwell handling the boy in stride and Rochelle Hudson a cinch as , the school-teacher. Ruth prillette in a small bit stands watch- ing. Slim Summerville as the bum also Impresses nicely. Kauf. IT HAPPENED IN N. Y; . ITnlv'eraal production and release. Fea- turisa Qertrude UlchaeU Heather: Angel, Iiyle Talbot, Hugh O'ConnelL Directed, by Alan Croslahd. From a . atory by "Ward Morehouse, - Jean Dalrymple. ' -Screenplay, Rian Jamea, Seton I.' Miller; camera, Geo. Robinson..". Edmund Grainger, associate producer. At the Roxy, N; T.. .week April C, '36.. Running time, 6S mins. Charley Barnes.......... Ly.le Talbot Vania Nardi. Gertrude Michael Chris Edwarda. . .... . . ..... .Heather Angel Haywood .....Hugh O'Connell Venettl ...Robert Gleckler The Prince. ...... .'. . . : . . v. . . . .Rafael Storm. Fleurette ........ ...Adrtenne D'Ambrlcourt The ; story is trite, the dialog mokly rehash and the plot Is thin, but the acting is good and the . dl rection keeps it Bpeeding along iat a pace which proves its salvation. Not for the top nbtchers, but in most spots it will get plenty of laughs and send .'em out smiling. Crosland developed a certain charm in a very flat story indeed. Lyle Talbot and Heither Angel have Bdme marquee value. Gertrude Michael should pull : better next time on the strength of this one. Story plants a taxi driver and his girL He's Just bought Into a garage and still owes ^200. THeii a switch to a pullman drawing room with a termperamehtal film star and her sorely tried manager. They are com ing east for a film premiere. She gets off the train in Harlem and rides to the hotel in the hero's cab. She leaves her dog 'behind and the chauffeur returns it; She refuses to attend .the premiere with a dubl bus prince and holds out for- her taximan as her escort. He takes the Job;'for the money to finish off the payments, oh - the garage. His girl comes to the hotel jealous and is: given $300 to attend the bpening with the despised prince and pose as a Prench actress. It's all pirt of an elaborate publicity ' stunt. There is. plenty bf exfcltement at the premiere, when : th'e actress has ,■ a jewel, stolen. The youiig cOuple beat it in; his cab arid the story ends on a quick fadeout. According.; to the press book there was rather lengthy falling action, but this has all; been cut away, probably to the . salyatloh of the feature's chances. Another ten mlnuteis might have been fatal. I Gertrude Michael takes the act ing honors as the star. Same old scream-and-caress stuff, but she does it well, if strehuously, and she photographs gorgeously. HUirh O'Connell, as the manager, . gets sec .end place for iaj, nice performiance with greater restraint. . Lyle Talbot as the chauffeur aiid Hea;ther Angel as the glri do not get as much chance; but both contribute mate- rially to the effect. The others are all satisfactory, but no on» stands : ;put.'' ■ . Ha.ndsdmely a n A expensively staged and photography sufficiently ,?°9'i to rate comrhent. It should be "ked In the nabes. Chioi West Point of the Air Metro-Gbldwyn-Mayer. production and re- lease, Stars' .Wallace Beery ; features Robert ; Young, Maureen Elmer.':Dyer, - At Capitol, X. T.j week April 5, '88! running time. 90 mlna. Big Mike.. Little Mike.... Skip.,;.....,,. General Carter Joe Bags...... Dare. .. ..... .i. Phil. i... ,',,;., . . . . .Wallace Beery .Robert Young .Maureen O'SiiUIvan I ...... . , .Lewis Stone , . .'.James Gleason , . ., Rosalind Biu^ell Russell .Hardle 'West Point of the. Air' follows what has become a routine formula for service scripts. 'Has the benefit of a first class productlpQ . job plus & commendable cast , Too many flaws y preclude chances for high preissure entertainment rating, yet it does manage to overcome the handicaps sufficiently to rate as fair diversion. As for buslhess, it should likewise rate moderately; Most of the trouble appears ta- haive resulted from the hecessity of cnuiimlng a tj^-cornered rimiance, ia fatherrson. relationship, an expose 6f the: mechanical workings of . an army avlatioh training schbol and a hokey treatise on the glory of the U. S. army aU Into one story. The stbry has more tributaries than the Mississippi river, but they ' all run in opposite directions. Net result is confuision instead of. a 'cohesive, central theme. ■■ t, ';■ ;■' v Ktfort of , an old army, sergeant CWallace Beery) to make bbtli a miah' and an air ace out of his son (Robert Young) is thef highlight of the story. But . they tire over- shadowed, as far as entertainment merit is! concerned, by the atr mospheric flying stuff. Biecause there's little or nothing in the flying libe that hasn't been done and seen before, this, one is apt to be regard- ed, as just another aviation picture. Had there' been a stronger literary structure as background for; the excellent flight matter, result would have been different. Beery's part is dangerously near stock clas^iflcatlon, and it seems about time that some other method is found for usie of this sterling actor. Again he's the sloppy but big hearted guy with a weakness for the bottle and a penchant for raising youngsters to grow up and turn on him. In a role combining the worst features Of 'The Champ' aiid 'Bill,' Beery this time sees his son and the aviation busineiss grow up tbgether. He also siees his son get swell headed and yellow, but In the last few hundred feet the boy trans- forms remarkably into a hero. Besideis having his old man preaching > army loyalty and" the general preaching army rules and regulatibiis to him, the boy continu- ally has. two ladies chasing hiin, one representing sweetness and the other S3rmboltzing wickednes.- The sweetie wins out, but it so happens that the wicked ' one la much , the hotter number. There are sightly plane forma- tions, some exciting Individual fly- ing stunts; a number of fatal crashes and everything Iniaglnable in the aviation stunt line: AH against a photographic background that's extraordinarjr In its beauty. As a flying picture from a technical standpoint, this one is aces, \. For playing support. Beery has lots of help. Lewis Stone nriakes a good general. Jimmy Gleason grabs his correct quota of laughs, ; even though it's newer made clear what position he holds around the Ran- dolph Field training camp. Maureen O'Sulllvan is flne as the nice girl, and Rosalind Russell shows much promise as the not so nice one. Robert Young doesn't stand tip at all times as a swell-headed boy, but he's a good enough performer to cover up a natural dlfficiency in his assignment. . ' -Blge. Case of Curious Bride First National production', and release. Features Warren William. Margaret Lind- say, Allen Jenkins, Donald Woods, Claire Dodd. Directed by Michael Curtli. Btory, Erie fiUhley Gardner; adaptation, Tom Reedr additional dialog, Brown Holmes, Camera, Dave Abel. ;. At Strand, N. Y., week April 4, '86, Running time, 74 mlns. Perry Mason..;. ....... ....-'Warren William Rhbda i . . . .Margaret Llndsoy Garl Delia i> Spudsy," Dr. Claude Mlllsap.... Doris Pender. ......... Oscar Pender. . ........ Coroner State's Attorney..... <• Mortaino,. Sr.......... Toots Howard Moxley . . . Floi'abclle; .... . ... . . . • •> < . . .Donald -Woodfl Claire Dodd Allen. Jenkins .....Phillip Reed . . .Winifred Shaw ,i. Warren Hymer ;..^blln Rowland ....Henry Kolker , Charles RIchmdn .Thomas Jackson ,'.. ...ICrrol Flynn .. ...Mayo Methot besplte-^ome prellmlhary difficul- ties in getting ■tho story grooved and moving, this ric'vyest ; 'I»erry Mason'' film stocks up as good. who- dunit ehtertainment. It has cor- slderable humor and breczei, yet the homicidal part of the yarn is not weakened by flippancy. It's detcc- tiying In the spphlsttcated modiern manner and will be gbncrally liked. Action take3 place in San Fran-: Cisco where the ; genial : gourmet; and. la'vvj'er-sleulh,;\ Perry: Mason ("VVatren William) Is" at continual war ; with : the ' district : attorney illenry Kblkcr), who dislikes his Hmiatiire Reviews •Life Begins at 8:40' (Fox) "Will Rogers as a country edi- tor a.hd more than the, usual proportion of.iioke cotnedy. A clnCh.' 'It Happibned in. New York' (U). .Trite stbnr. saVed by direction and playing; v'V/est Point 'of the Air* (Me^trO). Well produced ayia- : . .tion. picture whose trite story holds it down to just moderate ; entertainments rating; : Wal-^ lace Beery starred. ; . 'Case of the CurlQua Bride' Thin entertainment and -poor- ly cast. 'Stone of Silver Creek' (IT). Good an : arotind ■ trouplng and/ direction' lift this Buck Joiies : considerably above, the usual Western ievolv smartle attitude. Picture opens In a Frisco restaurant where Mason plays dround as aji amateur Ohef. It's an unusual twist and back- ground for a murder tale. William gives a bang-up Job as the suaVe and worldy attorney who does his own. sleuthing. Some in- credibilities lii the plot,. notably the final . cocktail party at : Which the .■solutiori Is brought out, but in gen eral William keeps the protagonist dlever within the range of possibil ity. - . : ■■:/■. ': ■ ,::■-, ': Allen Jenkins grahs everything that the openings provliie for laugh- geltlng. Warren Hymer, on limited footage, also turns In some comedy Ther^ are a . number of excellent performances^ notably Olln Howland as a coroner. He has a . phiz .and larnyx that register well for .talk- ers. Mayo Methot does a email bit nicely while Wlnl (how Winifred) Sha:w hands in a hot song outstand ihgly. ■ • ■■ . "■■ Two chief femmes are Margaret Lindsay and Claire Dodd and both look good and handle themselves well. Land, Brewster's Millions (MUSlbAL) . (BRITISH-MADE British and Dominion production and United Arllsta release. Stars Jack Buchan- an; . features LIU. Damlta,.- Nancr ONell. Directed by Thornton Freeland. Producer, Herbert Wilcox. . From pltiy of same name by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley; story, Clifford . Grey, W. 'Wilhelm ; adapta- tlbh and . lyrics. 'DoogUa Fnrber.; dialog, Arthur WImperIa, Michael Joseph, D. Per deity; music, Ray Noble;' camera, Bernard MacQlll. At Rlvoll, N. T.. week April e,. '3S. Runlng time, 80 Dilns,:. .'Jack Brewster. ..... . Ja:ck Buchanan Rosalie. .ILIU Damlta Cynthia :. . . ... . ; ... . ... . . . . ; .Nancy O'Nell Miss PUmaoIe; , . . ; , . Sydney Falrbrother McLeod . . ; . . ...V,... . . . .y, . .Ian Mclican Freddy. .Fred Emhoy Rawles, the butler... Allan Ayhesworth Grant;.. a solI61tor.....v.I.awrenc« Hanray TALKING SHORTS HIS BRIDAL SWEET' Harry Langdon, Geneva . Mitchell, Billy Gilbert Comedy 15 Mins.' ■' ■ Columbia Harry Langdon talks more In this two-reeler than " In his previous; comedies. Actually cat'rles oh a con- versa:tioh with his brunet stooge, this time the attractive Gehevleve Mitchell. The two appear ah newly- weds heading for the train and a hoheynibon ^vhen they decide to In-r spect a new cottage. Electrical gadgets are th^ maih fealture of the place, which gives way; for lots' of out . and but slapstick; Best is an air ventilator kag which . circulates the house, with all : sorts of - food, hardware^ etc.; .passing throiigh by mistakie, and socldng the people. Billy Gilbert as a soude works in and lifts the 'atory along. Action spotty-, - though it ends up with the leading Iimisters hopping- out. of the window per usual Into a flower bed. John Grey is responsible for tha story and dcreen play, Alt Gouldlng the direction. Photography better than lisual for ia supplement. Music would have fllled up some of those lapses though, Gilbert garners most of the iaughs. OLD AQE PENSION' With Henry Armetta, Arthur Lake, Lillian Elliott, Mary Bbyard, Mary' .Gordon.; 20 Mina. Roxy, N. Y. A-.' U'niveraal. .■ . Capitalizlhg for. laughs , on this vpgiie and Italian, miannerlsms of Henry Armetta, a seml-ldea toys: vaguely with the TOwnsend Plan. Perhaps becaiise : "Of '■■ the 20,000,000 alleged disciples ot the bid age pen- sion . notion. Universal pulled its punches oh : the satire. There's an undercurrent of sarcasm' but the production manages to remain ^ech-^ nlcally non-partisan. It suggests that the script : as photographed must be quitie different from the author's idea as Originally mapped. Apart ^frpm some gab aboiit the pending legislation and the: de- mented behavior of Armetta's fam- ily in anticipation of the Govern- ment dole, the short is conventional stuff about a husband and father who: is dreadfully iimpOsed upon by his fanrilly, .; It turns out to be a ■dream;----" jiist fair. Lftnd. ; Mario ^ Pedro. ; ... V .............. • Mrs. Barry.............. Frank '...' Ferago, the mayor. ...'.Dennis Hoey . .Henry Wennian . . .Am^ VeiieSB ..Sebastian Shaw ....Antony Holies If the pace, gusto and hilarity that ; attends the flrst . half could have been malnta.lned even in a somewhat lesser degree throughout the; production, 'Brewster's Mil- lions' wpiild have meant nice tak-< ings for the American . boxoffices; Jabk Buchanan In a capital per^ formance plus the femihe clientele's interest should have sOme. effect in bolBteflng the draw In the more Urban communities. It looks .due for- moderate grbsseiB in the bigger, spots and a struggle' as far as thb hamlets are concerned, . Fllniusical makes, swell enter- tainment up to the point where it goes flesta iif a big way and under- takes to: show off with a milling mob of extras. It's pretentiouis stuff, these elaborate dancing scenes, but they not only lack hovel design but are oycrplctured. A hoofing routine aboard the yacht could ha^vo been, sliced in: half to the advantage of the production's tempo, ■while the fiesta doings are handled with aiiy- thing but deftness. PIcture,recelves its biggest letdown wheii Biichanah switches from , dialog to gag. situ- ations.; The , comedy goes- partic-^ would-be kidnappers througb.ir and around the flesta mob, arid in - the episode which has! him functioning as the rear end of a papier-mache dragon. - ■ ■' ■While the cast la Jammed ■with good - looking ■ girls, the but- standing. . pulchrl.tudlrious treat c!omp.<5; -Hlth every showing, of Nancy RADIO RAMBLERS 'Guess Stars' . - 10 Mins. . Strand, N. y. ; Vitaphone No. »ft16 . Ingenious introduction . of -the voice-mimicking trio- from vaude- ville had the boys as radio set re- pairmen. They , report to ; a tough gaingster that his: radio can't be fixed. Hood!s moll is radip-mlnded and the toughle won't take no fOr an answer. Unable to brlnis in actual pro- jgrams, the Ramblers stand behind the set and simulate familiar voices, such as Ghevallcr, Morton .Downey, etc. Ends up with theni faking a pOUce call and scaring the mugg out of the apartment. Brief and clever. Land. 'SHOE STRING FOLLIES' With Eddie Peabody, Val and Erni* iStanton, Peggy Flynn, Sam Hearn 20 Mins. Strand. N. Y. ' Vitaphone No. 9128 : Miniature .musical comedy; j>aclcs, some snickers and couple, of strong specIaltieSi "Val and Ernie Stanton are a couple of; goofy producers who uise brains In lieu of cash to put on a revue. - That provides the excuse for Peggy Flynn to zowle over a couple of songs in that A^legated dellvery of hers and , for Eddie Pea- body,, the slave driver of the banjo, to agitate a; lot of melody out of those strings. It's vaudeville huiig tbgether on the l^raiinework of a : production. Shows its several members to good advantage and aa fllm prospects. ■ : Land. . . 'VACATION DA^ With Riith. Donnelly; Allen Jenlcina Comedy - 17. Mins.-- -: - ^ "■ Ziegfeld, N. Y. - .Vita:phone,- ... Dejpendlng on crisp dialog : and fiinny. sltuatibhs; this comedy de- serves real praise. In iesd capable hands than Miss Donnelly and Jen- kins it inljght have been only sb-sb. As it stands it will niake. theni laugh. : Jenkins, a: ^bstman with aching; feet, is forced by his wife to go with . the family for cotihtry buting on his Saturday afternoon off. An encounter with a speed cop and Jenkins; weary trek after gasoline when their auto stops provide tho ; action until he starts : Off in : search of a .fishing , spot. His fishing yen- ture . develops an unexpected climax when wife comes to, the rescue in a •: fight with another fisherman. : ' The cross-flre chatter that Don- nelly, apd Jenkins maintain . fur- nishes most of the humor. It Should lighten any •program lacking laugh- ter.' ■ .-.' -■ . •POP GOES THE EAS£L' i Howard, Fine and Howard Comedy-; 15 Mins. - Columbia One of the best to come from the three popular stooges, Moe. liarry and- Curley ..(HOward, Fine arid Howard) . After the usual buildr up, which brings into play most of their usual mad pranks, the action shifts to, an art school, Here the trio tak^ a hand at creative drawing which results in sOme loud laughs. Many of their familiar knockabout stunts are on view, thbtigh once In'a whlld some' new jab manages to get in. ' Still fiinny, this eye-gouging busi- ness.';; "■■■•■•'■':' The two-reeler'is best chuckles, and there are plenty, are,, right at the end. With the three In feminine garb trying to evade a detective. It turns into a free for all tussle, with the entire art school joining in the mud-slinging.; . Femmes as' well, as ; the males come jn for' a share of the mushy, stuff. Comedy' has been expertly di- rected by Del Lord, with' story credited to Felix Adler. Gppd filler for any house. Interest, this irigeniie proves not only highly attractive, but also a deeply ; ingratia,tlng foil. ' Though her's .is not a meaty role, Lili Da- mlta hits it off adroitly as a chorus girl. Buchanan also gets sturdy support for. his nimble caperings from Sydney Falrbrother, Ian Mc- Lean and Fred EJmriey. The ilnos that help keep the fore portion of the production moving along on all cylinders sparkle with inclsiVely-knit humor and show Bu- chanan off at his cbmlc best. It is in this half that the director and the cameraman also put iii their niftiest licks. Ray Noble wrote the lilting tunes that BUchanan warbles. . Oded. MORALS OF MARCUS