RADIO SCREEN STAGE COPTIUGHT; 1»S4, BT YABIKCT. inc. AI.I. BIGHTS BESBJIVED. Vol 113* No. 8 NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 64 PAGES N. Y. SEES BIG SUMMER CWA Fund for Music Revives Dream of Gov't Fme Arts DepL Wofd" that the ClVll Works Ad- ministration has approved an ap- propriation of 120,000 for a music project in New York City may have ing effect on the music World generally despite the relative- ly small ;3um appropriated. It marks the first Government subsidy ot music in the U. S. ■this Government subsidy of arts Is one of those Utopias which mu- eioiana and artists generally have hoped for for generations and It l0(*s like the. CWA, however tem- porary, has .paved, the way for Bomethlng bigger to follow. Ulti- mate aim of such hopeful ones has been the Inclusion of a Minister of Fine Arts in the President's Cabi- net :presently the GWA thing, of course, is only one of those employ- lent giving plans. The $20,000 mentioned as ap- (Continued ,oji page 61) NA6E MAMMAS CAUSE BOW PIC'S YANK-OUT Pittsburgh, Feb. 5. First instance on record here of a nabe house yanking a picture before end of its run because Of complaints from family trade to which It caters took place here last week at Harris- Fahjlly. Film was Clara BoVr's •Hoopla,' booked in for full week. At end of three days It^ was pulled, not because buslnesis yash't satisfactory, according to manage- ment, but because no end of moth- ers had protested against sending .; their. kids to see Bow turning on the Hdrs6 opr'y, Will James* 'Smoky,' was rushed in to fill 'Hoopla's' un- expired time. Fire iSale Commenting on a recent pre - .miere, a Broad^vayite said: 'It was so bad even the fireman walked out pn.it.' Mexico Weighs Good And Bad hflaences Of Those Americans Mexico City, Feb. 15 Editorial scribe of is^ local paper saying American Influence has ben- efited Mexico in some respects, but hasn't been so hot in others, lists following good and bald points of Americanism . in Mexico. Good: Daily bathing custom which has made the Saturday night only thing a gag; love of sport, which has made indolence a rarity and Mexicans happier and health ler; horror of obesity, implanted by U. S. films that has - radically changed, along American lines, n.a tional beauty ideals; barber shop habit and procedure, with folk now eager to be barbered regularly. Bad: Flappers and flippers;, drug store cowboys and cinema mashers; tiny mustaches; ham and eggs, which' -promote national indiges- tion; fake coffee with crea,m; per- fumed tobacco; women smoking; incorporation of 'whoopee' artd 'oke' in the language; cocktails; wild parties; vamps; chemical cold drinks; knickers and pyjanias for femmes, gangsters; gunmen and racketeers. FOR S. REM Transatlantic Travel Wert, Because Exchange, Should Converge World's Pleasure-Seekers Towards Manhattan^ — Legit's Ex- tensive Plans LeGaUieiine Tefls Mpls. Folks They Are lousy Americans' BEST BREAK SINCE '17 Prom Checks Anti-Nazi Spirits Very small deniiand German wines, liquor and beer in New York since repeal. So far it is virtually Impossible to find any Gernriah beer save in a few isolated spots. Credited ' to the American antl- Nazi feelin . French wine imports going best; Italian (chianti chiefly) and Hurir garian (Tokay brand most) selling next best. The Cherrys Again Cedar. Itapl Feb. the mauve decade, are ti'ouping once again. i?hlrty yearsi' ago • the sisters, the corn state's gift to show busines-s, were the best bad act in vaude. "The present venture is one of a score or mure made since their •eclipse in 1917 from the regular cir- cuits.- Everything points to a revived New York theatre this summer. World economic conditions, revolv- ing about the new rat^ . of .exchange as result of the reestabllsheid F.D.R.. dollar, is regarded by New York apausement purveyors aa a natural to place Manhattan In a fortuitous position. New York as the playground of the world, the direct result of a new westward transatlantic travel-con- sciousness — instead ot Americans going abroad— is expected by the theatre and nlte life entrepreneurs to boom the metropolis as it hasn't been boomed since the war. From the nitery angle, with repeal no longier luring the bibbers away— .i<Gontlnued on page 55) CAFES AFRAID TO COT COSTS ON SHOWS ChiciB«o, Feb. B, Band leaders poohpooh sur- veys, check-ups a.nd. other ac- cepted indices to decide on their popularity, x They generally agpee that the best of all indications of the standing of an orchestra is the demand among colleges and high school youths stag- ing proms and dances. N. Y. May Go Venice, New Outdoor Drinkery Idea { A little bit of Venice on the Harlem River, N. ., may be an other result of legal grog. Drinking garden Interests are mulling the idea of a biff outdoor munching-gurgllng development on the banks of the old Harlem in up per Manhattari, with gondolas and canoes and all the Venetian props The. boys and girls can ' gondola themselves amongst the floating bokes, barrels and driftwood...' In Chicago during tiie World's Fair, the gondola concession on the lagoon, proved one of the l)ig at tractions. Nite spots have come .to And themselves in the dilemma the pic- ture houses were a couple of years I ago. With the advent of repeal the cafes started ^piling on the namti and the talent expense. Joy empo- rium operators are now faced with the double problem of maintaining the naine level and keeping the I overhead down to the point where a profit is possible. Nlterle men are afraid that any retrerichmient in the floor-show fare will bring a sharp reaction on the till. Tobacco Road' Bars Kds; Editorial Praise Accelerates Grosses Persons, under the age of 16 are not admitted to 'Tobacco Road/ 48th Street, N. Y., and it's no gag, nor is It advertised. Some com plaints from women who have at- tended the show accompanied by children in their earlier 'teens. Box o.«Bce has been instructed to advise patrons of the no-chlldreh rule. 'Tobacco Road' has been accorded more editorial comment than any piay produced In. years. Earlier in the engagement the reviewers wrote follow-up Sunday yarns, lauding the acting then the Daily News, N. Y., although ^rating it a fine play, called attention to the condition of. poor whites in the South. Twice within a week the tabloid in its regular editorial column spoke highly of 'Road' as a show and suggested that Washington aid In ridding such people of hookworm and other mal- adies. Show just about got by .first two- months, getting about $3,000 weekly alt the Masque. Plugging by the News after It moved to the 48th Stret about. doubled the takings. Last season 'One Sunday After- noon,' which folded at the Little, was resuscitated, and it relighted the 48th Street, where it made a run. Cut rati ' a factor for both shows. Minnes-polis, Feb. Minneapolis still .quails from a stinging rebuke ladminlstered to It by Eva Le Galllenne during a tem- peramental outburst, a la Richard. Bennett and Ethel- Barrymorei which which made her a storm center here and brought forth some retaliation on the part of the local press, The. Le Galllenne outburst oc- curred during the President's Birth- day Ball at the Municipal Audi- torium when she publicly scolded- patrohs for their sluggishness in bidding for a cake which she auc- tioned off to provide additional' funds for Warm Springs. Among other things,, the actress told the crowd they 'aire lousy Americans,' that the people out here don't know what the 'new deal' Is, that they made her ashamed of h6r 'chosen' country ' and thJ^t she couldn't believe they wer©'- 'Vikings," Then iafter unbOBomlng herself In this fashion, she turned her back on the audience and swept off the (Continued on. page 61) Chi Indie Will Spill Inside Trade Stuff On Film Protection Chicago, Feb, 6. Gollos iBrothers are readying" newspaper advertising campaign to inform the public why their south- side Hyde Park theatre is forced to play pictures six months old. Gollos will bring out the plea that their investment in the newly- opened theatre is Jeopardized by a long protection period that ia not In keeping with their prescn.t ad- mission. FOY FAMILY KIDS REUNITING AS ACT Los Angele.s, Fob. City a'iid county of Los AngclcH'is now set up with a portable radio sending set for use. in any future major disaster. Ci-ty and county will use the War ner Brothers equipment, KIKD, which will be on tap for the au thorities whenever needed. Columbus, Ohio, Counts 100 Assorted Niterieg Columbus. Feb, 6, -Ncw-^-^'ork-^ may=^'be--the=:-theater^ I f enter of the world, if there still is such a thing, but this town of les.s than 350,000 inhabitants lays claims to being the night club center of the 1 universe. Town bbasts almost 100 night 1 .spots with mo.^t of them using both regular dance bands and floor show 1 attractions. 4 Cops and Chief Chicago, Ffeb. Tiujse Tucson coppers who ciap- turmr^the Chicago and Indiana Dil- linger gang are show-^minded al- ready. Have, grabbed themselves a house manager as agent who is of- fering them as an act—four cop- pers and a chief. -.--T3e<ilflftH- thft . pfirsonak-anpe aran< :.o they proml.sc to furnish display, in- cluding machine guns, bullet proof vests and bags which contained the money from the banks. Some agents are' talking about building them into ji unit" with fi line of girls nnd ,'i fan dancfr. lint so far the fanner.s have ob.if" tfd to swinging bullet proof fc.'UlK-i-s. Family .df Eddie Foy will be intact onccmoire In vaudeville for the. first time since they cornmehced to. their Individual ways seven years ago. Irving Tishman is reuniting the 'kids' and producing a new act for Eddie, Jr., Charlie, Dick, MadeUhe, Mary and Irving. Only one missing Is Bryan who quit tlie stage years ago to become a picture director. The six kids parted company with their father and went but in an act of their own in 1023, A rcconclll- Voy'H death in 19:i8, although the father and the kids never played. to- gether aAca'in. For a couple Of years the kids wont It alone hut gradually drifted ;iway.froin eae.h other, Eddie, .Jr.. went into IftiTt musn." I.s .and. picLnV";-; Inrk ami Irying retired; Cliarli" and \h'- two girls continued togetli(.'i- in an act. VAHIETY PICT E S Tuesday, February 6, 1934 "Rouge' Caravan Has Weather Trouble I But Capitol Luncheon Big Success Washirigtoh, Feb. 6. Rogers Too Busy biit th^MLSSJre ?a"^^;^nrSI^^^ Mfs. Roosevelt Shows Up uratlng- the troupe's tour o£ this east, had its hlgf moment with a Itincheon' In private dining room of Washington, Febi 6. Will Rogers , and Mrs. Roosevelt, night of the President's Birthday the tr> Capitol. William Gibbs „jg^jj.^^jQ^ ^goj ^^ere Invited to l^cAdOo wiBLs . Qfflipial host and. list of guests (present). Included' Vice- President .Garner, Speajter Ralney, Postmaster-General Farley, Under pear at. Loew's Fox mldhight show, staged jointly by all local theatres. Rogers explBilned he was too busy to make the theatre; but Mrs. Matador Would Exandoe Cphmibia Pix; 30QG Suit secretary of Treasury Robert, Mrs. U^^^g^^^j^ ^^^pp^^ up In a box with Curtiss pall, 28 senatprs and a l management knowing she flock of representatives. J was in the house, ■Spot was Ideal to get cream ofj ' - - - newspa tier crowd. Press gallerlds of both houses were practically de- fserted as syndicate and wire service reporters slipped in. to . look. WRC, .local NBC outlet, was on the spot with a mijce and whole works, was aired. . Farley was. buttpn-holed to talk on the ether and was late for Unless ^in appeal Is taken, Co- at Cabinet meeting at the White lymhla Pictures, Jack Cobn. y. P-i House as a result. [and other officials .of the company,. Too Much Snovy [must submit to an examination be- Cariiyan, plugging 26th Century's [fbrer trial, according to the decision picture, 'Moulin Rouge,' met with handed down Saturday (3) by the considerable tough luck on ; first N. T. Supreme; Court,, iri the $300,- jauht. The 14 blue and gold limr. MO libel against Columbia ouslnes, plus two busses, were, lost brought by Sidney Franklin, •in snow enroute from New York, [lyn matador. Stars were inaklhg the trip by trialn Franklin, representejd by Attorney so it didn't affect them. But tlie [Milton J. Telger, complains 01 eight bhorus girls had to walk a | "Throwing the Bull,' a Columbia WILL MAHONEY Week lieb. A, Vptown Theatre Chicago The Detroit Free Press si^ld; "This comediaji Is so widely knoyji and estfibllished as an entertainer par .excellencie that he needs no new encomiums. His songs, agile legs, land his remarkable ability to play the xylophonev with his feet never weary an audlience." AJl CommuniiiatlQns Direct to WILL MAHONEV 460 80th Street Brooklyn, Nevy York [Nonna Nixes B. & D. Pic« After Seemg^npt Loew s Offer of a B' way Theatare Exec Spot May Cancel Roxys 4-a-Daying Play . Contract Halt? Mary Morris on Film Owing to Mary Mprrls' riinrof- the-play tour in 'Doyble Door,' Par- amount win probably riot hold up production for her of tb© fllm ver- sion of -this sbrlptr Nance O'Nell looks set for It. , Miss O'Nell has left for the COast to appear In the Belasco & Cvrran. production of 'Door,' doing Miss Morris' role, and will -probably go Into the picture.. " Who Win Be JosepUne ToMRobmsoii^W? ■. . I • ,-, Hollyiwood, Feb. 5* Warners' speclflcatlohs for the woman to play Josephine to. Ed^ watd G. Robinson's 'Napoleon' muse be taller than, Josephine actualhr A managerial proposltlorij ported as i?omlng from Loew's, may stand between. S. Ij. his acceptance of nine more of personal appearance dates In the picture^ houses. It .Is under* stood Rothiafel can have the nln week contributed by three circuits, if he .<iares to accept.' Lioew's proposition, a report from Miami, where. Rotha- •fel is vacationing, involves his man- agement of a Broadway housie; That would Indicate the Capitol, biit still anqtber report Is. thiat through Loew's' the former RAdIo City Mur sic Hkll head rhay return to the original Roxy theatre, :bn . S6,v6n avenue. _ , iioew's ' leas6 oh' the' Capitol ex-i ■plres some time ■" In li93!) and re- newal depends on settlement of ren- tal differences between now :and then. Prom time to tlme Loew's has beep said to havO sought the old w.ii'Eiv !.••«*«»:. — »-vvi— loeep saia lO nave «uuBin. mc vn* was, vare being answreried w^^^ the jiRpxy i^j. protection, in the eveiit London, Feb. 6; statement that Robinson Is much taller than vras Nap. r . : .Little Corporal measured aroiinid 6 feet one Inch, whilei the actor who will portray him Is live feet eight. Josephine, for whom a nuni- ber of women liaV'e been tested but the ..Capitol cannot., be • not retained.. ,Tiie Rbthaf el, personal appearance negotiations started wheji iQharlle MorrJ|s6n, agent,, fiew to Miami last week. An offer 'waa received from Paramount, wltH Rothafel replying gals were over twb hours late and ridicule. Matador further avei*s local shows at the Palace (Lioew) that his likeness in the short 'T^s; that night had to be presented introduced without his perriiisslbn minus costumes since all but play- ers^ personal handbags were snow bound.,' Despite . worst weather of season and that troupe' doesn't include a sock film namie, the Palace had to stop selling a half houx: before stage show ' was due. Show contains llt» tie talent outside of Roscoo Ates and his stutterinigr. Most of the Mary Astor and TaAot h WB Hetani Terror' a boat. ■ V [ Teiasdale and. Kaiy Francis. loria She came over on a burry call I g^j^^g^^^ j^^^g j^jg^ j^g^ under con- from BritltiH.&j Dominion to do one gj^gj,j^^jQn picturet deal . having been set for 1 .. ^^K,, oer. oE women nave oeen xeaiea dui paramount, wi eigne cnorus Bin:? ""^>V, "I t,'"/"",','^ ^w"*""- ""iJri^ri^ I Norma Taltnadge will probably „^ picked, Is to be selected' in he'd accept at a $10,000 salary for mile to » f ^^l^'" for New Tork wlthlri tbe ^JJ^^^Jatlve height. Among play- hLselt-aSd his 'gah^,' '^^FT^^J'^L^^'^I^I^^ Ottere4.^,500 . , Pammouht held out for $7,500, as did Rbthafei at $10,000, but, ?icCord- Ing to Paramouat oftlclalia, the deal was . almost set at the $10,000 figure when the. Loew managerial offer ar- rived- at Miami, Paramount wanted Rothafel for New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago. Warr nerfl stepped in, offering Washing- tori, Philadelphia . Plttsbuv h,. also at $10,000, and Fanchori & Marco commenced negotiations m biesr by Joseph WE. SiiHenck. Arrived five days ago, looked the script, over and. decided it isn't ?ood enough. Says she didn't even: discuss changes proposed for the script, al- . _ 1 though she wouldn't mind a com- Hollywood, Feb. 5. piete .aubstitution. Meantime she'll Mary . Astor gets the top spot in - - . ^ pj^jy^^^^ Win Rogers-Fox -Hahim' In For New Seqaence Mary . Astor gets the top spox back to Florida, ...o o..-.--*."... — "T- 1 the Edgar Wallace thriller, 'Return ^ •• - ■ ■ players make the same old speeches of the Terror,' which Warners will a-ii. •O.Wol»5««i. "EVftmt about how thrilled they are to be gho^ly put into production, Howard AlllSier ttuSIUng r rum ... Hollywood, Feb. B, Will iRogers back from Washing .jjiarco commenutsu jice" — ton Saturday morhing (3), maHIriff hj^half of tho Metropolitan, Boston, wherever they are. They go for it in big way, however. Cara.van as lined up here included Ant9nlo . Moreno, Mary Carlisle, Ben, Turpin, Jack Mulhall, Roscoei Ates, Nancy "Welfordi Anna Q. Nilji- sbn, Dorothy Dunbar, Creightori Hale? Doris Hill, John Hundley, from legit, who is m.c, and the eight girls. Troupe went to Baltimore Sat- urday (3) and short Jumpd will be made in the autos and Ibng hops will find principals aboard trains Plans are, wherever weather pet Pretherton directing. MIsS: Astor Has just completed 'Upper World.' Lyle Talbot one of the male lestds. . EJugene Solow and Peter Milne are doing the screen play. I the plarie trip In 20 hours. Comedian rushed back to make fbr the same price. Another deal talked of for Rotba-! LoOldOn for ^DnUnniOnCl a new ending for 'David Harum' at fei involved a barnstorming tour, of ZASU'S RUNlMY Actress Just Must tri Hollywood, Peb^^^^ AlUster was iucxy m nitv.- ■ .Romantic ghost towns or V*"- I "^r^li with Paramoun^^ will find principals aboard trams. I Before starting In Conferencj ^j, I,^^^ ^^^^^^ «ilred $1^ 00^^^^^ Plans are. Wherever weather pet- for which ishe was loaned to Charles U^^^ America, to take his place: L^ae spots, used by picture conl- tho"gn offered^^^^^^ mlts, to have the entire troupe R. Rogers by Universal Zasu^^^^^^^ '^««"«***° panies for location since th* cradle climb Into the auto caravan on is determined to take that long de- I j^,^^^^ ^om run of the play ^^ys of the films, are rapidly belrig h^orized to represent mm on u.o outsltlrts of each town and enter |fen!ed second <^riP ,^to Ne\Y T<w^^ I - , . lines. with police escort. *' ~" Ldhdbn,' 27. Claude Allister has contracted 'ay , cable to pliy the part bf 'Algy' .for new sequence Twentieth Century Ih 'Bulldog Drurimi'orid Sffikes fei^^k,' starrii^ Cllve Brob"(c. TlilB necessitates Ai- listeif vaLca,ting the " cast ' of 'Gay | Qy^j Divorce,' Feb. 2, arid making the Bremen the next day^ He is due on the lot for shooting, Feb. 15. Allister Wtiis lucky in hav Fox. James Cruze, who originally directed the picture, will handle th^ MINING TOWNS FADE Carry Away ia Ghosts Call- Holiywobd, Feb. • Romantic ghost towns of ' Cali- two-a-day,' reserved.; seat ohe-nltera on ai route similar to that played It-t year by Eddie Cantor. ; The the-i, atre deals with Par, Warners and F^fcM, provided for . local broadcasts by Rothafel in each city. Miami, Feb. &. S.; L. Rothafel expects to return to New Tbrk about F.eb. 15. He stated he has not signed for On Welfare Island see the sights. Aictross having just finished '3. on a Honeymoon' for Fox, Is reported to haVe turned down trio of other pic offers and six bids for personal appearalnceSi ih order Xo make the Gotham sojourn. Vacation tickets are bought, and Miss Pitts tells friends she has en- Jory's Option Picked Up dismantled aind carried away piece- |«nBS. I meal by curlo-gathering tourists. Word to this effect bas Ju^t been Word to this effect has ju^t been - n . Q» Q UaIa« ^ c brought back by George .Marshall, r A j|)(lft JCt lOr Ot Iieien Hollywood. Feb; 5. burector, on return from a location I _ .L. Fox- Is lifting option on contract | 4.^,^ ♦iirnnp-hmit much of Fox Is understood to be planning a rush job on a Welfare island ^^^^g^^^^^^ ^ story to take advantage of the pqb- ^aged two compartments, one for liclty. No scrivener assigned yetv . ^er baggage, and one for room in which to play rummy, about which , _ - . scouting trip throughout much of of Victor Jory for another year^ Northern California and Neva<^a Player has had Intensive buildup N^^^ production of Fox's 'Gold RuSh during the past year by Fox. I ^ — • — ^».ir ^y^^n* Mack Into 'Flenrette' Lasky Resumes she Is that way. First and last trip to N,. T. was 10. years ago. THAYER-SCRIPTS OWN TOME Hollywood, Feb. 5. Tiffany Thayer, on the Paramount I * « -tr i J lot as a scenarist, will write the ) MltZl Urcen lanKea script: on his own 'One Man.' Book was closed for last week. - ■■ -.. .j-:^ - " of 1934,' going Into work . abowt Feb. 12. Sonora,, one of the last surviving '49 towns, and as yet fairly exempt frbm the token^grab- Hbllywood, Feb. 5. With three pictures ..set for her, Claudette Colbert Is out of the T:r^ii,r«,^»/i -caH R liairiy exempt iroiu mo 1 tentative cast of Paramount's '52 Hollywood, * CD. tt. 1^^^ tourists, .was finally selected h^^gj^g for Fleurette.' Looks like Jesse L.- Lasky was back at his |^^^ ^^^^ Uui^n Mack gets the part. Flood Of romantic stories about | j^jgg colbert has 'Honor Bright,* desk at Fox tf^^y (Monday) fol ^^^^^ ,„.„^„„. ^^gg ^o.^er. x.u. ^..o.... lowing a vacation in Florid^ \e&T\y California is held responsible .^j ^tra' and 'Here Is My Heart.' I Next for him at Fox is Spring- ^j^^.j^^^g^^g jn ^isn^an^^^^ ^ At Radio; Small Part time for Henra>.' .starting .F eb. 19. g ts INDEX * • *. • • « • * • • 61 63, 60 -6i 52 »' i • • * t • • • • -a.* ••••••« 19 14 11 56 15 52 45 18 38 48 Bills .... Burlesque Chatter . . .. Editorial Exploitation Film Reviews Foreign Film News ...... Foreign Show News. ... .. House Reviews. Infeidc^Leglt Insicle-^Music Inside— Pictures Insider^Racllo . . Inside— yaude LegUlmale .... « . . ♦ . . . .53-57 Letter List . . • . . • . ... . . ».• . . 63 •Literiitl ,. . J ..,•'.>•• 58' Music ..... «'.■« ....«.»'.•• .43-45 Nev/ Acts... • •••• 49 News from thip Dallies... 62 Nite Clubs. . . i . . . . . i . . r . . 44 ^6bltuary=rv-T-.'VTrT=v»^'»=*r»=.^^^63. Outdoors ........... i ••• i • • *3 Pictures '. 2-34 Radio ...........36-42 41 62 14 62' 50 Radio Reports Sports . . Talking Shorts Times Square. Unit Reviews...--- Vaudeville '"^ ll Women ••• '''' Hollywood. Feb. 6. yp. ATT ARTHUR KETUBNS .Claiming the part was iiOt WiB I - Holiy wobd, Feb. 5. enough, parents of Mitzi Green j^an Arthur Is making a screen would not let bier appear In Radio's ^^^^^^^1,^01^ starting this week at Co- 'Flnishlng School.' Kid player had N^^^^jj^^ .j- Whirlpool', been brought, from NfeW York f or ' - the. part. Stickney on Coast Dawn O'Day.: hired for a boosted to the fatter part. sical, for RKO. Miriam Hopkins Mulled Hollywood, Feb. 6; . . , ^ Miriam Hopkins, noW personal in the east, Bert Wheeler and__Rob amjearanclng In th 4 east, is not ex- ert Woolsey plane back to^Holly- Sed back he?e for a month. wood today (Tuesday). Dorothy pected J'f « ° Paramount Lee, also in the act, leaves by train, whethe? she win do 'Great Magoo' | Trio goes . Into 'Fratheads,' a mu or 'Woman of the Earth.' RADIO HIKES OWEN Hollywood, Feb. 6. Reginald Owen goes to Radio for two pictures. "^Stkr-ts=--thls=-weelc^in.jatirigM^$.l with William Wellmari directing, and then takes a featured spot In 'Dover Road,' Sally EilersVRest i Hollywood," .. 5. iiollywood, Feb. ., . Dorothy Stickney, signed by Para^ Following completion of her part mount In the east, arrived here Sun- in Fox's 'Three- on a HOneymoon,' day (4). Miss Arthur who has been appear- I gajjy Ellers goes to Phoenix, Ariz., Player has been set for parts - ing iri plays in New Tork Is also ^ j^^g delayed vacation, -Murder at the Vanities and Double making, tests for a term coritract at Wants to boil but a protracted j DobrSi' Metro. Ralph Farnum Is agentlng. k^jj^j g^^d to get Into shape for con- ' ■ - .: — ^ templated South American hbney- W. & W.'S TEATHEADS' [moon with her husband, Harry Joe After a brief personal apps. tour Brown, following next assignments - ^ . ^jQ^j^ them. SAILINGS Baer on the Hop Holiywobd, Feb. 6. Max Baer, with his riianager, lAncll Hoffman, are bn the coast from Miami, for a huddle with his I agent, Leo MOrrisoiii Baer also will go to Sacramento WINIFRED DUNN SET Hollywood, Feb. 6. Wlnifi-ed Dunn has been engaged by B. F. Zledniari to write an origi- nal for Universal. She will also. write the script. WItE MAY fiATE COMPANY Hollywood, Feb. 6. Jake Wllk returns east Thursday I -"ef'end a legal entanglement, and (8) after production conferences at JJ^^eijs^p^^^, ^^^^^ ^^^^ pj^rlda I S^^Siy^!^ MONTGOMERY RESTS — r \ Hollywood, Feb. 6. JESSIE RAIPH IN 'VANITIES* on completion of 'Rip Tide,' at Hollywood, Feb. 5. Metro, Robert Montgomery goes east Jessie Ralph goes into 'Murder at to spend a, couple of months on his the Vanities' at Paramount. Westchester County farm. She gets the part previously slated He'll be starred In 'Calm Yourself for Alison Sklpworth. (by Edwin Hope on his return. Feb. 3 (New York to Paris) Jascha kelfetz. Cole P;orter, Laura La Plante, Vera Foklrie, Gertrude Hoffman and troupe, Max Hoffman, islarlon: Chase, Robert Rit"chi.p, Max Constant, John Wilson,. Gare Schwartz (He de n-ance). . Feb. 3 (Now York to California) Nicholas M. Schenck and. wife, Jerry . Sussman (Pennsylvania). Feb. 3 (New York to Genoa) Carl Blckel, L, S. Glbldsborough, Sydney Howard (Re:c). . "^Feb;'=3'=^Londou^o-i=Ne\\>"-^^ Claude Allister (Bremen). Feb. 3 (London to New York), Roy Simmonds (Borengarla). Feb. 1 (Glasgow to Now York), Michael August (Washington). . Feb. 1 (Paris to New York) 'An- dre Hornez (Champlain). Jan. 31 (world tour) Carul bax (Empress of Australia). Tuesilay, February 6, 1934 P I C ¥ V II E S VAgltTY May Robson, 45 Yrs. in Legit, and 5 Yrs. in Pix, Gives It All to Ifwood By CECELIA AGEFl •The legit,* says May Rofeson, who for 50 years has been an actress and for the last five years a picture Ac- tress, >Is coming back; But by the time it doeB^t)ictiir^s Will bo a keeiier rlvaii than ever. "While the legit Is busy coming, back, pictures will have perfected color photog- raphy, the third dlmenislonal screen will be a reallty-^and then there's Miss kobsoh Is not one ' ' to look back; she looks forward. Yet she believes, and mind you, ; she says, it Is only her belief, that • though now forms airlse to compete with it, the legit will never b6 re- placed. Just as the impressionistic painting movement wiped oiit, so It claimed, the old art altogether, and now there Is a return to naturalism and impressionistie painting is >e duced to the status of merely an other iform of art, sp will the legit go, on forever, Personally, says Miss Robson, impressionism may all be very well, but she likes to look at a pialhting that really looks like what It's supposed to be. The legit will continue, she ex- • plains, because there will alWays be an audience for the deep plays. Pic tures, sh(B thinks, tend more and more to become a mediuni for educa tion. Ight now there is a distlnce difference between the legit and pic ture audience, a different viewjpolnt The legit followers are made UP of people who like to. go quietly to a theatre and have everything ex- I>lained to them. The picture audi- e^nce is more questing; it likes to pond ei*, to probe for the reasons, for. what happened before and after in the story It sees on the screen. 'They: act for you in pictures,' says Miss Robson. 'Oh the stage, you " have to show- them every If, and, and but. The stage audience is not a more intelligent one — It's more blase. The picture audience is more alert; it has a childlike mind— not in its mental , age, but in its ques- tioning, in its seeklner the reason Camera Sees. Alii Tells All Miss Robsoti likes to act in pic- tures; it puts an actress on her mettlei. 'The camera has. the queer- est way of reading .your mind. You (ian't, you know, play a- close-up • In ■ pictures and wonder what you're going to have for dinner that night. The steaic and lima beans would show right through . your eyes. But you can do it on the stage. No body'll be the wiser.' That's because picture acting, she finds, is so concentrated. You must say In our hour what takes three hours to say on the. stage.. One close- up can tell a story that no amount ' of gesticulating,, grimacing and dialog explanation on the stage can equal for telling effect and art .istry. At the moment you're doing it, you must believe utterly what you're doing before the camera; on the stage you can cheat a little. Miss Robson glories, she con- fesses, in golnig to previews. It is so much better, she is sure, to see what not to do— thdn to be tol^ what .to ' do'. ■ Tou 'a^^yays h6ttc^ when' a thing is wrong; . you^re not (JO apt to notice when it's right. So "^Mlss Robson goes to previews whether they^re of her own pictures , , or not, and always comes away with a few 'don'ts' and 'nevers' for the Uriprovemient of her technique. Miss Robson believes in. proflting by mistakes, her own as wiell as others. They do so many wrong little things on the stage, she sees now— now that she's become a picture actress. They show up so much when they'rie carried, into pictures. Watchinjg pi'€;vievv-s, you can sec them and re- member never to do them yourself. Miss Kobspn likes, too, to play character parts — ^in good pictures. Sill' would, rather have flve charac- ter lim-.s in a good picture than the load in a poor one. Slie.doe.sn't be- Hevf ill being typed. Ciiaracter parts stand out, she .tays. She 'Ifaiiic'd' that whon at 38 she was hag of SI. 'They didn't fjo for type.s tlu-ii," Mis.s Robson recalls, and hriiscs ■ in contfnuiorary "vvord-, in;?: .<.i> 'aking ahvuys with a vigor ifihd fill lUislasin and arresting force tliiii mil si. sham 6 conlrhiporary lan- •iiiiil inaidc-us. She lovo.s above all Mi.rln'i-s. "A toiK'li of riiotlier I'l -. ui :iU.' .. slir. pa yw. ACADEMY APPOINTMENtS Now Reundino Out Con^mittoes oh Rotating Pasis Net Loss $10,000 Hollywood, Feb. 6. A weeVa Imlng went Into the discard whMi Radio. ; took Cprinne Griffith .out. of 'Crime- Doctor^ and replaced her. with Karen. Morley. Execs flgiired after a week's filming that Wbb Grififlth did not fit the 'Partk' Miss Grifflth was getting |10,000 for ai. four-week minimum' work period.' Hpllywopd, i'eb. B. With the Aciademy climbing back on its feet under guidance of its speciiU prbgiiam committee, deferred appointments to committees are.. in order. Immediate addltloris to " the conciliation committee, and elec- tion of a chairman, must be nqiade to handle several cases .filed "before, that body. Majority of Acjeidemy committees have been organized on a rotating basis with 15 menibers, three from each of the five branched* bne man from each branch being ippoihted each yeiEir for a three-yeia^ teirm. W6 Would Bolster Ether Mu^cal vfith Broadcasting Names Warner is planning to use three Or four name radio acts to embellish 'Hot Air*, musical with a radio plot, which Is now in the Bur bank cut- ting room. Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler top the pic's cast as It now stands, First perisonallty, contacted here was Jack Benny who refused to en- tertain the proposition unle^ he would be worked throughout the film. This could not be done unless the picture was remade entirely. Not only singers and comedians but WB wants, some iia;me «ther band. Banquet Set for Hivood Mar. 15 A. P. and Hearst After More Film News, Adding Men and By-Unes for Coast BERGNER'S LEGrr, FILH PLANS ALLSET FOR U.S. llsabeth Bergner, star of 'Cath- erine the Great,' will do one picture for UA on the coast, accprding to Joseph M. Schenck, but probably not for some time. Miss Bergner is obligated to 'Nymjph Errant* ^s a legit show in New York for C. B. Cochran and Arch Selwyn, a,s soon as that play closps in London where It's current. Then she Is under option to iFpx for a film, which Fox may call hjer to take up prior to the UA deal. Uoyd Uses First Tune h Ifis 'Catspaw' Film tlollywood, Feb. 5. For the first time Harold Lloyd will feature ia, song in his ''Catspaw,' •I'm Just That Way' by Roy Turk and Harry Askt.. On loan from United Artists, Al Newman has Joined Lloyd as mu- sical director. Radio's *Wench' Script Readied- for Hepburn Hollywood, Feb. .6. Alnsworth Slorgan has finished treatment and script on 'Tudor Wench,' slated as Katharine Hep- burn's next at Radio and has left tha company. Writer has been oh. Radio's writ- ing staff for nine months. George Gukpr is due . to return to this lot to direct 'Wench.' Florence Reed's Par Pic Baltimore, Feb, 6. Florence Reed entrained yeater^ day (4) for Holly wood on a sln&le- pic pact with Paramount, Past, month has been guest star of Charles Rmerspn C'ook Players, Ktock tr6itpft at . Auditbriuni, ahd during that period has evinced greater box oflice draft than, any stock gueat artist- appoaring. here- IhWu t sfTiTpiCst'^ e^ HERSHOLT-'COPPERFIELD' . Holly wopd, Feb. 5. Jean Ilersholt is In line for .a feu- lured spot in 'David ("opperflel.d' at ^fetro.> f;(>ov£?c. f'Aikor will dirent. witb DTvid SolxnirU i)i'firliifiTi Hollywood, Feb. 5, With nomilnation blanks for its sixth annual at wards going out to memhers this week, Academy's steering iconamittee agreed on Mar. 15 as the a,wards banquet date and ; umped its awards committee from IB to 46 members. Awards rules and procedure 'will be used as for last year except for minor changes. Principal . rules revisions iare throwing votes on sound recording award, open to all members Instead of only by teOhnlcians, and- acces- sion to art directors demand that awards for their class be for only for plx 'made under nonnal produc- tion conditions in America/ ' Academyltes . flgiire sound has reached .technical. ' maturity and should be judged in th* future On a, showmanship basis by all mem- bers. Art directors' yell for limita- tion of candidates was based on the grounds advanced by lensers last yiear to get the same rules .change, that plx shot ' on expeditions, etc., offer unfair compfetitldn to achieve^ ments under regular production conditions. Fix ni9.de over a year and a half period will be eligible for the 1934 awards, : as the - Academy switched this time to the calehdar year in- stead of starting , the awards year every July. Peirlod will be from Aug. 1, 1932, to Dec. 1, 1933. After nominations have been made by the yarlbtis . branches and sec-^ tlbnsi' in secret balloting this months nominees will go on one ballot to the entire membership for final se- lection. Same Awards Same awards classification will prevail as last year, including best achievements In. production, acting* male and femm^, direQUph, writing, original and adaptation, cinematpg- raphjr, art direction, sound record- In^, short subjects, technical 'achievements, and special awards at the committee's discretion. Increased committee to supervise the anual passing put of gold statu- ettes. will meet next week to organ- ize and pick a chairman. Commit- tee Includes: Actors: Lionel Atwill, Warner Baxter, Marion Davlcs, Leslie How- ard, DeWltt C. Jennings, Mary Pickford and Lewis Stone. Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Frank Capra, C. B. DeMllle, Frank Lloyd, Robert Z. Leonard, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, King Vldor and Henry King. Producers: E. H. Allen, Emanuel Coheh^ 4larry Cohn, Walt Disney, B. B. Kahane, Winfield Sfaeehan, Irving Thalberig, Walter Wanger and J. L. Wamer; Technicians: John Arnold, .George Rarnes, Carl Dreher, HB'rrls Ensign; Robert Haas,. Fredrlc Hope, Wathfli-h .Leylnson, Wesley Miller, jf. Mi Niok- olaus, Max Parker, Van Neiat iPol-. glase and L James Wilkinson, •Writers: jack Cunningham, iaow- ard j. Greeiij. . Grover Jones, Jane MUrfln, Robert Riskln, Carey Wil- son, and Waldemar Young. Gilbert Sues Metro 1j6s Angeles, • Feb, Contending that a contract en- tered Into late last fall between John Gllbfert and Metro Is Inequit- able while it gives the studio an option on the actor's serv- ices oyer a p:elriod Of. siCVen years, and also stipiilates salary to be paid if and when using him in a production, or in a directorial ca- pacity; Gilbert,, through attorney Peyton H. Moore, bias filed s, tiew cpmplaiht; In. Superior Court .for declaratory relief. Complaint is virtually a dupllpatei of an action started by Gilbert in December, at which ttm^ he spught to have the court declare the con tract void. Action was withdrawn When a cofnpromlse loomed, but this having failed to materialize, the hew action has been filed. Gilbert's contention .is tha.t there i^ nothing in the contract that stlp Tilates that Metro Will utilize his services, either as actor pr to di- rect at any tim* during the seyen year period, and his appeal tp the Superior Court is to permit him tp make an alliance where he will be assured a financial return; Soviet Will m TravelDg Cdmeons For U. S; Citizenry Hollywood, Feb, Russia will use pictures as one means of propaganda to attract American tourists to Russia under setup where the Unitied States recognizes U. S. S. R. . Films will be mainly triyelogs to show main points of Interest to pleasure-seeking travellers from this country* John Boyle, camera- man who made 'Sweiflen— La,nd of the Vikings,' has been approadhed by Soviet representatives to make a similar scenic in color. Hollywood, Feb. 5, Conipetiton among, various news seirvices for copy oh Hollywood, as a result of demands of dallies iii^ the middle: west and east for moife detailed, coverage, has resulted In the Associated Press adding .another man to; the . studio beat* Newcomer Is Robert B. Hargrove, on the night shift of the local A-i*. office fPr years. Hiargrove will han- dle, marriages, divorces and other spot news, pf the film colony for tho^ night wire, Hargrove's assignment is to com- pete with Lpuella Parsons and Hearst's Universal Service which has been scooping most of the press services on such news. : A. Is also ready to put addltionial men into Hollywood if necessary. It has had two men on this beat for some time, Hubbard Keavy and Robhln GOonfl. ; , Hearst outfit ha;s also rearranged its setup of picture . columnists oh the -afternoon Los Ang.eles Her:ald,: effective today (Monday)i Lloyd Paiitages tak^ over Harrison Caf- roli's daily column, which is syndi- cated by King Features. Carroll will laiunch a new by-line column on pictures and film -personalities along the lines of O. O: Mclntyre's column.. Carroll's new coliimn yi albo be syndicated by Hearst. Rearrangement of columnists oh the Herald gives that sheet three picture pillars dally, Carroll, Pan- tages« and Jimmy Starr by-Uned.' The .L. A. Times is also expanding On film news, with Edwin Schal- lert, Grace Kingsley and Read JCen- dall contributing daily and Sunday. Examiner carries daily coltjmns on plx by Miss Parsons and Jim Mitch- ell, with report that Jerry Hoff- man may soon . be . handed a daily column in that sheet. LE MAIRE'S BROADWAY PRODUCTION PLANS Par Takes Helen Mack Paramount wanted Helen Mack so it got a release on her from RKO and handed put ia. Ipng-termet' am the first step in plans to Irlve the ^Irl this big push. She'll be teamed opposite George Raft as a starter. SLQAH'S husigal Hollywood, Feb. 6. ' Paul Sloane, who decided Upon a vacatipn following completion of his Paramount ticket, is ready to go to work again. New move puts him on , Radio's payroll to direct 'Down' to Their Last Yacht', musical feature which JvOU=-Broefc=wlll"SupecvlHe. r — — Hollywood, Feb; 6. Ruf us Le Maire leaves the Twen- tieth Century fold May 1 to go to New York to put three plays in motion for' production in summer stocks to be readied for Broadway in the fall. Le Malre then plans to return to Hollywood on a new pic dfeal with a major organization. Le Malre walks from the Zanuck outfit on the completion of the cur- rent season's crop at 20th Century. Last three plx there are 'The Fire- brand,' going Into production sobnr 'Bull Dog Drummond Fights Back' and 'Head of the Family,' No definite plans have been fpr-' mttlated by ZanuCk for next sea- son as the. producer wants to make only star product that will avern age around $400,000 or. more a pro- ductipn With the ppssiblllty that not over eight plx will he made by Zanuck ahd ppsslbly only six. Chevaiier's Widow* with Special French Songs Andre . Homez arrives In New York Wednesday (6) from Paris to write the French lyrics for Cheval- iers Metro picture 'The Merry I v.'idbw.' He goes right to the coast Metro will not m\iViQ a direct French Version of the film, but will haVe Chevalier's and all other songs done by the artists themsblves. Rest I will be. dubbed in. Mary Pickford's General Denial in $250,000 Suit In ah answer filed with the New York . Federal court last week Mary Pickford categorically denied every allegation maide by Edward Hemmer in his $250,000 suit against her. Replying papers declared that h© had been fully paid for any services he hawi performed for the screen star and her late mother, Charlotte, and. that if there was, any cause for the suit It has been invalidated by the statute of limitations. Hem* mer'is clalni goes back 12 years while thei statute allows for a six-year period. " Hemmer based his action on a, claim for managerial and personal advice which he said he gave Mary Pickford and her mother during the early part of former^s film career. Loan Befte Davis Hollywood, Feb. .B. Bt^to ].)avi3 gots the fcmme lead oppo.sitc Leslie Howard in RKO's .isc r(!<?iijng.._.of..^.'5fj[mcrjaei_Maagl^^ RAPT WITH MAE Hollywood, Pol).. . George Raft, scheduled for 'isflck the Greek,' will go Instead into Mae West's 'It Ain't No Slrt'. Aftpr finishing that picture rtaft (•ontcrripiat.eB a trip to Kurop*» 'OC Human Bondage.' M1^3S Davis is on loan from Warners after six weokH' effort by RKO execs, lui'i-ently in \Va:rncr.s' 'Gonth.-man frorti San Franci.sco,' Miss Da,vlB i.s liaviiJK her sc(>n»?s Klven prcfftrcnfie In iinip In .orflf-r that .««hc may h( ■rol'Tif'"',! sojin as pos.sib.lf for *i.!(,ii<l.ig^.' Trankie and Johnnie' Set with Lllyan Tashman siet, Chester Erskin's cast, for 'Frankle and Johhni0' is completed. Other names to be featured are Helen Morgan and Chester Morris, latter two in the title roles. Picture goes into production Feb. 12 In the Biograph Studios, Niew York for Reliance Pic- tures and United Artists release. Moss Hart wrote the scenario. MEBWIN LIGHT AT BEG .Merwin Light, stage juve, has betln signed by Radio starting at $200, with options up to seven years. Light's last appearance oh Broad- way was in 'Thoroughbred.' Denis Dui'.' .set tl»e' deal. JOE MORRISON SHOVES OFF Joe Morrison shov<'d off h^atur<iay {Hjt for Hollywood and I'araiflfcirit oil hi.-! new MTin oontract. Foi-jiK-r J..;inil vi>fvilivst will ht> a.S' oir-tiire afiC'i VARIETV P I C ¥ E S Tuesday, February 6, 1934 Grosses for January, 1934, iyi% Uil Over % Marking 1st Real Advance; More Net Now, with Op. Costs Down trosses very inphaticHlly After a long and steady decline, tlje Wail Street cata- clysm of 1929, the month p£ . Jainu^ ary has come forwjird to assert an actual increase irx business hation- ally as compared to Jamiary, 1933. It's the first tiipe tliat Jthe figures of any rhontli have^shown a volume of receipts greater than for the cor-, responding four weeks 6t .the year before. Many showmen, without ia.<ctual figures In front of them, maV have believed IhsLt; 1933 topped. 1932; This Is not true: The level of busi- ness for 1933 in the ^ring and early summer; when new lows welre established, . failed nationally to compare with the level of 1932, but as a. result of?:_ecpnomies in •oper- ation the net prdflts column pre- sented the opposite picture. While grosses on the basis of a fall (1933) survey, were estimated' to be .7% be- hind the figures for the cofrespond- ing period the previous year, the profits were gauged to be 25% up, in other words, where in 1932 the lilgher level cf grosses showed red, the lower figures In 1^33 brought black to the ledgers. (^irst Fteal igh. For the first tim last month (January, 1934) brought the gross level higher than if was for the same period the prior year, a real sign that box office recefpts have turned that corner; >vith profits correspondingly Increased view of the rock- bottom overheads estab- lished by gradual stages up and into. 1933. While the actual Incline marked by January is not steep; at an esti- mated the figures ate the most eii(?ouraging well informed theatre chieftains- have seen since 1029. l)ecehiber . ^was not good^ say theatre operators, being slightly be-< low the gross takings nationally tot December, 1932|, But iimmedlT' ately with the turn of the new year there has been a fine .improvement! The south and sbuthwest have snapped out of .its boxTOflftce leth- argy in an outstanding manner. That part of the country, according to chieCkups by operating heads; has been markedly benefited by cotton and oil prices which today are about double what they were a year ago. The middle west isn't as good as the south and southwest, with the farm belt slo\ver to re.spohd, but in manufacturing caters from the Chicago territory eastward and into New England patronage has no- ticeably increased. Partictila,rly in thoise cities or sectors where mahu- £a;cturlng ■ has resumed, more peo- ple are employed and salary cuts have been 'restored; the theatres, are reaping the benefit. Both the CWA, putting thousands to work, and . repeal of proliibition have helped. The latter through increased employment has Increased oirc.ulatloh of money and an incli- nation, .to come out of the home for a change. As .ia factor at the box ofllce, re- peal has been important in every city where In practice. It has beeti Particularly helpful cities or towns which have knpWh no down- town life to speak of since prohibi- tion.- This wais not so important iii ..a city like New "^ork. LUDDINGTON CONCERN READIES 3 FEATURES Hollywood, Ni<fk I^uddlntrton, John iPurtls and 'rank Look, now. incorporullng for picture producticm, are du**^ at the (Joneral Service "Studio to start production of . three featiires around Feb. IS. .^ ^ .Trio, . of Bn)ad way j)hvy producers Weibert's indie Prods. Hollywood, Feb. 5. B: K. Welbei't .has tiaken oificea at the Metropolitan studio to produce- a group of feature pix costing . frbmi $'100,000 up. Expiects major release next year.! .Hollywood, Feb. 6. With Jack Cohri out here holler- ing- at brother HarrVt priricipally on the slowness with which edlumf bla .product has been, coming; through, that , studio spent most of last weefc trying to- get a, word Irj edffeWise as regards the destiny of •Red Square,,' the ^oviet yarn' which Lewis Mllestbhe was to ■ halve started upon this, week aft^r eight months of preparation. The boys finally decided that they had prob-l ably bitten off niore than'the studid could che-w, BO the picture is off. Jack had to stay over aji extra €ia.y, to rest up before flying east. He's due back In New York toda.\- (Monday). Decision wais that 'Red .Square' would cost too much, what with the firm, being committed for plenty; on '20th Century,^' so the invest-! ment -vvlll go toward a No. 2 ver- sion of the yarn which will be smaller alnd" cheaper -In scope than originally intended. Mileistone, hav- ing a two-picture contract with thLs company* will direct the new Ver- sion as. hls^econd effort, ills first is an orlgihal yarn with: a percent- age deal holding for him on both eitorts. Studio has also bitten off a good sized chunk on '20th -Century,' the .play which It bought, for $25;000 and for "which- it has contracted John Bairrymore at |60,006' against a per- centage, of the net, plus $5,000 a. day for the star for every day over, contract time. And Howard Hawks, "who will direct, is also In on per- centage. In addition this outfit paid Ben Hecht arid Charlie MacArthur, authors of the play, $10,000 for one week's work to fix up the^'scena,!.'!©, after the studio had had one pre- pared, and then called in Arthur Kober, from Metro, to fix that. ^ Another angle to 'Century' is that this, lot Is , now trying to make a deal for Mlrlain Hopkins to replace Carole Lombard, in the cast. So Jack; Cohn may have to come back again to straighten things out. L. A. House Rushes In Ufa-Sten Picture Los Angelas, Feb. 6. Figuring, to cash in on the pub- licity for Anna Sten," the President theatre (Principal) here has booked Tlfa's 'Tempest/ featuring Miias Sten and Emil . Jannlngs. •Tempest,', opening Wednesday <7) is expected to beat 'Nana* to a Ipcal screen by 10 days or tw;b weeks'. GOVT. MAY LOAN COIN JO SCH00I3 roR niMS Waisbihgton, Feb. 5. boVernment Is toying "wltb the idea of mailing loans -to; educatldnal institutions for . purchase of jprd- jectors and other, equlpinent to stimulate ihteriest. In -visual' educa- tion. With definite developniehts In prospect, NRA urged hpn-the- atrlcal film industry to speed things up> In putting code into fOrm for hearing and tehtatiyely expects to take up proposals early in Mktch. Deputy Administrator William P. Farnsworth .was informed last week that the bode in its present form is generally satisfactory for hearing. Work on Federal loans Is being done under.auspices of>Interior De- partment -which last fail conducted, conference. . on possibliities of ez- pahding use of motion pictures in school activities. Bureau of Educa- tion ehthusiastic about making greater use- of educational pictures, but reported that principal dbstable Is lack of equipment. More Roxy^N. Y*i Tsdk Talks have been bad between Bltimenthal-Nathanspn and S. L. Rothafel relative to getting .to- gether for a takeover of the orig- inal Roxy, Broadway. But. the. banke'i^d are taking' a Missouri attitude and want to be siiown a film play-date guaranty before anybody really gets to tallc turkey about."., takeover. Jaffe's Own 2 Pix Hollywood, Feb. 6. Sam JafCe who had bejsn assist- ant to Sam Briskin at Columbia^ .besides performing these duties, will. produce two pictures on current program. One will be with either Carole Lombard or Elissa Land! and . the other With Jack Hplt. . JafCe came to Columbia less than a year ago from RKO studios. Par Engaged in a Re-Centralizii^ Move for Decentralized Theatres F-WC Re»if. by April 1 .Reorganization of Fox West Coast theatres should b0 conipleted by April according present In- dications. Pre^ehtiy it'« mostly a matter ot tf^ attorneys, handling the situation, getting their teclihiciil parleys in shape fbr court diges- tion. In the meantinie, Spyros Skouras left the qba^t Saturday (8) .to be gone l.hdeflnltely as re6rganiza^ tion. of the .circuit tiears. BEMBUSCH SUIT tJP Trial of the suit by Frank Rem- busCh against Hays, et al., "on con- spiracy charges Is put over until Wednesday (7). it had been scheduled for yester- day (5) In the N. T. Federal Court. JULES lEVY TO COAST Jules Levy readying for an early hop to the Coast "tb b. b. new pro-- ductions. It's his annual trip. RKO general sales manager may get out there before Ned Depinet, v.-p. in charge of distribution, re- turns east. who jnade ^^faTJh}? '^^Ti]iie'^f "'tTie Mack Se.nnett studio, own eifjht .stories a id stage plays from whii-li the first- three will be .«!oicf:lo(l. iannini ack to Coast I>i?..A. H. Giannlnl returnod to tho Const last week. AVhIlo in New rork the^ banker looked in on film company .ind the- atre situatihns ffonor.illy. Coast Indie Prodncers Turn Down to HoUyw.ood, Feb;. Independent prbducers' but: here- turned doWh. overtures to form a. western branch of . the Federation of the- MMlon picture Industry. I. E, Cha^wlck,, Special crrilssairy of Fed- erated; found most of the Indies fa- vbring membership in the already operating independent. roducers Assoolatlpn. Latter groii with siioclal cpm- mlttce meeting the non-mfmber in- dies Jan; 29, at a session callod by Chadwick, pointed out that' any at- TeiiT" ^^"'foi^Sf'WiWlKT^nti??!^ group W.1S the height of dislojralty and a,n Injustice to those men who had spent time and mpney In ropre'^ Renting the interests of the Inde- pomlonts the past ,iwo year. At- toi'ney Sam Wolf, counsol for the IPA, claimed If those present wi.shf'd to become members of the old ori?.Tnlzatlon adjustment on in- itiation fees and dues would be made. — Cpmbination meeting was held •Thursday night (1) at M^cot,. with IPA accepting mem'bershlp applica- tions from "about 30. P'i-ior to this coiifab IPA held its annual : election Of officers, three , months overdue. Trem Carr ( Monogram) was elected President; M. H. Hoffman and Ken- neth Goldsmith, vice-presidents. Secretary Nat Le-vine and Treasurer Larry Darmour were re-elected. "VVolf Was retairie-^ as general cbun- sel. Setup still leaves two vice- presidents . and three members of the boiard of directors to be voted .Qn^iby-- general,: membership after special committee has passed on all new applications. IPA has pfo-vided for a new motliod of revenue. Instead of |25 per month dues, members will be assessed at tiie rate of $5 per I'eel of -negative released, plan will al- low association to spread cost of menibor.ship to the Indies in prppor-r tlon to amount of production each ^.n'r'ies throughout the year. R.C LEASE So far interests haye made hp move- to negotiate ;a new lease, on' the two Radip City, theatres with RKO, , it Is indlf cated in authoritative circles, do they contemplate doing anything about it. U. S. District Court jtidge William Bpndy, reviewing tiie year's lease on the Music Hall and RKO Center in RKO receiver- ishlp proceedings, ruled that the terms of the. lease contained an ex- pressed minimum- rental, but does not mention any maxlmum,and that steps should be taken to correct this condltibn in the lease. it .appears,, ^oih Inside reports, that the ilbckefellers will , stand pat on the lease they drew with . RKO to cover the two R.C- theatres. The lease was accepted by RKO last August and runs for one year. While there has been much di- vergence as, to the nature and terms of the leaslng-ppetatinfe arrange- ment With the Rockefellers over the Hall and Center, it is understobd reliably that the deal arrived at possesses unique points. The reiit is . set at $976,000 year, around $60(0,000 of which cpvers rent on the Music Hall, balance on the Center. Each week, under the deal, all over- head excepting rent cbmes . out of the gross receipts. Then the Rockefellers take out their rent, and if there is any excess left it Is split 50-50 between the Rockefellers and RKO. The weekly nut, not including the rent, runs from $50,000 to $60,000, varying according tb the rental cpst. of the picture and budget for the stage show. , •■ What Will happen if the Rocke- fellers refuse to c"hange the terms of this lease, despite the order to the RKO receivers attacking the prespnt arrangement, cannot be foretold, but it would appear to take RKO definitely but of Radio City on theatre operation and Test that entirely in the Rockefellers who. own' the property. Operation is vested in the Board . of Directors of Radio City Theatres, Inc. What RKO actuatUy conticibutes to tine Radio City theatres on opera- tion is principally in picture service arid adyertisirtgrpubJicityi thougii at the Mui^ic Hiall bo far as the "latter is cpncerned a staff is maintained on aiiyertislng and pub - ilclty for that house alone. 25TH ANMSARY OF NAT'L FILM BOARD Annual confelrcnce of the Na,tibnal Board of Review p£ Motion Pictures opens at the Astor hotel, N. "Thursday (8) for a three- day ■eiS'- ^»on.L j?iih„^im__.stu^^ groupF" And better fllni -Workers from an""OveF the country participating. Confei'- ence marks the 25th anniversary bf the prgahlzation. Under tPpIc of 'The Films, the Times and the Public,' the confer- ence this year is divided into two sections, ^A Quarter CentuiT of 6r^ ganlssed Motion Picture Interest' and 'Motion Picture ilcsonrch and Appreclatipn.' Paramount .is 'undertaking an in- : novation 'In theatre operation under a prograni oic permanency thait ia being organized under Rdlph A; Kohn. Whit the company i^ at- tempting :to do as a result of its diS0rgagnized state; f ollpWing decen- trallzatipn and , ^ the .cbnfusion wrbught by bankruptcy, is tp weld decientrallz'ed and centralized ppcr- aUoii into a niedlum that will prove practicable and at the same time provide unity of strength. The, experiment calls for a mix- ture of^ the -.advantages of bpth forms of theatre .administration arid management, now that eabh has been given a trial. During the home, office bpetatipri' of theatres over a. wide area, certaiin disadvantagea w'^ie discovered; ^Ith decentra,li2a- tlon . and. theatres turned loose aU oyer the. cpuntry to. partners, oper- ators ot managers under scattered orders from New York, other dis- advantSLges becariie apparent* Npt. the least of these, under centralization, is the fact that part- ners,- not in conformity as to policy,, were .admini8terl.ng"^i)roperties iu which. Parambunt was interested 60% -or more. One partner wbuld be adopting one policy, another the opposite; orie would be paying more foir materials, or product than othei's,- While some partnei's would, be operating partly-o-wned Par the- atres in one manner, some in an- other. The blame for much of this, is not laid to the partners .but to a de- centralization plan which created too great a local autonomy for cir- cuits in the Par theatre organiza- tion. In order to avoid this Kohn uii his theati'e administrative and op- erating lieutenants have decidcd- that features of centralized ppei-a- fipn must be borrowed for the cre- ation of a compromise between tii two. Sairi Dembow, Jr., v. p. of. Kohn's new cabinet and in charge of op- erating questions and partnerships, on his recent trip through, the sPuth With Kohn .and, others — to be followed by similar meetings else- where in the Par theatre domain- went over tills ground with the company's partners, All pai'triei'' recognized that a centralized ' gov- ernment over theatre opet'atibn was nePessary. Both the hpnie office and the partners seem convinced of the ad- vantages of depentraliziitibn and at the sa,me time are .In accord as to talcing adyantage of :Centralization. In additlbh to retaining uiiity of strerigth through the blend of the two, the pai'tners favor the servic- ing aids which' a home office can provide througb" exchange pf infor- mation on operation, bookings, vertising, policy, etc.; also the mass buying power which saves thou- sands of dollar.s on staple theatr articles. This buying power and servicing was one of the outstanding bene- fits of centralized theatre adminis-, tration. Some other chains follo-\ycd Pubiix on decentralization, but .With none were the theatre gt-oups so completely divorced from the home oflace as witii Pubiix. RKO, w;arr ner Bros, and Loew's have always retained a, fairly close grasp on everything done in the field by iheir. partners, opera.tors or managers. FOY GOES TO BAT ON 'ELYSIA' IN L. A. Los Angeles, Feb. 6. 'Bitter court .fight~tp' determine the right of police to threaten the arrest of exhibs showing ' lySia,' nudist pic, with confiscation of the film, is expected to develop out pf injunction proceedings instituted by Bryan Fpy, film's . plroducer, against the' city and police department to restrain their interference Its screening- here. Poy studios, through. Attorn Charles W. Cradick has secured a temporary restrainirig order against the^^=muritcipality---.and==^the^polii^^^ Which: was made returnable Feb. i. Appeliato Division ruled It did nbt have jurisdiction and transferred the injunction hearing to Dept. 47 of Superior Court where the- hearing , is scheduled for today (Monday). Cradick will file around 100 affi- davits from persons who liave viewed 'Elysia' attrestin to it be- ing clean entertainment. Taesday, February 6, 1934 PICTURES VARIETT MAYBE Merian Cooper Remains ajt RKO ForSUiAJhslfHeaMtHolds LESS PIX FOR '35 ■liy piExpect New Studio Setup at Metro pDnn I When Nick Schenck Arrives on Hollywood, Feb. After icatlng the post 6£ eX' ecutive producer at Radio studios, Merian C. Cooper, who held the spot for 11 months, continues at the stu- dio as an- Individ uail producer. He Will make three specials next season t>roYldlng his health permltis. ■ Resignation of Cooper .ddes iiot in any way affect the operation of the .£ittidlo from which he has. been ab-. s^nt the past six months due to ill- ness. To date the studio has turned out 26 the 40 pictured It is scheduled to malce this season, with 10 of the remainlnfr. 14- either in pro- duction or preparation and. 12 stories on hand from which to choose the last four to be completed by May 1. . . Cooper's resignation was no sur- prise, a previous story being used^t the time he. went on a leave of ab- sence that he would abdicate Feb. 1. . Cbbper has made a deal with. RKO through J, R. McDonough and. Ben Kahane to flniance his pictures, rsy/o are to be 'Last Days of , Pompeii," for which Cooper will go to rtaly to do research work, and a story based on the life of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa. For tH.e latter Copper will g6t his data in England from the British Geographicail Society. He expects to start his Continental Jaunt in April. It is indicated that the present studio persohhel will turn out the. season's product and that next year's work at the studio will be done on a straight unit basis with about six producers handling a pro posed schedule of 40 pictures. Ka hane, McDonough and Ned Depinet, y-p in charge of sales, will confer this week on the proposed amount of product. The future executive guiding pro- duction and. per>>onnel at RKO is contingent on cbmpahy getting to- gether with Pandro Berman on a new coiitract. His current ticket expires March 23. In the meantime Berman is working with Ben B. Kahane on getting 10 pictures set for Immediate production.. Kahane and J. R. McDonough wiU go into a huddle this week to work out a future setup, which will in- clude bringing two or three new producers into the RKO fold. Jiist what status Berman will .have, in the new setup, so far as seniority Is concerned, is to be worked out in case a new deal is made with him. FOX^HEABST SPLIT Total of 20 Let-out* Paves Way to Ultimate Rift Shake-up continues in Fox- Hearst , hewsreel circles with about eight ihore, mainly cameramen and sbuhd engineers, let out over the week-end. This brings total let oiit^ on both coasts to about 20. Reports Monday (5) were that split between F<ix and Hearsti AVlth Hearst returning to taewsireel' field on his own, is wider and- now im mlnent. [Majors Would Also Cut Down on Shorts' Produc- tion, but That May IJp to Round Out Supplementary Bills— A 10% Sciving THEY CAN'T TAKE IT IN 0. D, A.'s Sensitivities Rufflcid by U.'s • iflht' 360 TOTAL FEATURES UP AGAIN, BUT SERIOUSLY Hollywood oh a rbyalty basis, now' up for probablj^ its most seri bus consideration, because thls tiitie the NRA is concerned, bias a history almost as long as the picture busi ness" itself. Walter Wanger Is among orig nal champions for artist and per .centage. In the past, however, as quick as it has come up it has been knocked down by a seemingly large ma- jority which hasn't been able to see the involved bookkeeping, as well as the block selling policy. It is known that Washington is incllrted to look favorably in the royalty direction as a merit system of artist remuneiration which might solve the high salary problem ANOTHER CUTE IDEA TO HARASS THEATRES Albany, Feb. 5. Cities and towns in New York state would take over theatres and operate thom, under a proposal sponsored by the New York State Conference of - Mayors as a part of its program to cojje with taxation problems. DifTlculties encountered by mu- nicipalities in recent .years through^ their inability, to collect ample taxes to sustain the cost of govern^ meht have resulted. in an appeal, to the ii-ogisiature to enact a law per- mitting back taxeis from revenUe- prodijcing properties through ap- pblntmpht Of a receiver. Undor the plan .owners of the- atres and other buildings who have been negligent in tax payments would find a receiver, appointed by the municipality;, at their front door to receive Income of tlie prop- erties. HolliywQod, Feb«,B. It is indicated that. Divisional Ad- ministrator Rosenblatt might rec- ommend a royalty system whereby writers, actors and directors would work on pictures on' a percentage basis, in his repoirt to Gen. Johnson and the President: The royalty suggestion was made and argued before the administrator by iaelegatipns of the Screen Writ- ers' and Screen Actors' guilds. Rosenblatt stated that he was keenly interested iii the royalty plan and said he would Investigate its merits further and likely embody a recommendation on the subject in his report. (GfUilds had endeavored to con- vince him that the percentage Idea would tend to economy as it would weed out the incompetents in the industry and reward only those who delivered box office product. Delegations suggested, however, that if the ide^ is put over that the percentage be based- not 6ii ifset" earnings but on gross takes and that Government auditors check the bus- iness ixt the- theatres and exchanges. Major companies are .viewing the 1934-;35 production season with more caution and skepticism than proba hly in any similar period iii the past. Some pf the company heads, now with pencil and paper attempt- ing inital drafts of their new out- put, are seriously predicting a slash of at least 25"% in major feature releases and, generally, cipse to 50% fewer, short subjects from the big rank.i^.. Everything, they concdde, hinges on the NRA. At the present time they hold it as the .maiin problem obstructing the usual fairly certain planning pf new product. The set :tlng of hours and wages is the one development so , far coming out of the code.. Tjiis, unofficially, is esti- mated to have raised Hollywood labor costs some $10,000,000. What producers have yet to learn from the NRA, spokesmen declare, is just what is actually going to happen when the trade practise por- tions of the code get into the clear- ing house. If double features . go, and there is nothing specifically against them in the code, this is bound to make a change in production, outlook. There would then necessarily have to be more short -subjects. KO< for Dualsi In the same respect producers, trying to see their way through .the '33-.'34 production fog, as well as ex- hibitors all over the country, note that the cPde by arming makers with the whip to force theatre own- ers into accepting as maiiy shorts as they buy features, indirectly aims what may be a deadly blow at dualism. Strong; selling policies which re fuse to be persuaded by the exhib itor into booking fewer shorts than the number declared the legal maxi'^ jnum, is seen by some of the com- pany heads es a successful step In Outmaneuverlng doubles. Should this or any of a • dozen Cblumbus, p.. Attorneys representing the state, and counsel repreientlhg the iflayif office, are slated to debate here one of the issues of the Hays prpduc- tioh cpde which frowns :upon any reflections being cast npon govern- mental and official representatives. .Pending the , outcome of the legal clash the -Ohio censor board Is. hold-; ing up release of Universalis .'Mldr night.' In answer to the. state's claim that dertain iSarts of the picture are detrimental to the., prosecuting of t ficers of Ohio the film Industry con- tends --that the; picture, instead, shows them as humane and dis- proves a public bellief that district attorneys all are persecutors. KAHANE HEADS BREEN UPS Observing Hays HoUywpo.d, Feb. 5, ""^Wiir-=^H:='HSS^^i5="irot"^,Ktte^^ today's meeting of the producers as on Saturday night he came up from Palm h?prings and went directly to the Qufon of Angels hospital here, where lie is under observation for some .'sort of stomach disorder. It is not considered serious. HARRY WARNER TO SAIL ON FOREIGN PROD. 0.0. .Harry . Warner is going tp. Europe about the second week; of March t< look over the company's holdings there and see what can be. done oh production abroiidy Sam Morris, Warner foreig.n head, will go with him. A7B is already producing in Lon.-^ don. Laura La Plante sailed Satur-r day (3) tb go into two pictures for the company there. Warner and Morris will decide, oh their visit, how much this British production =Gan-bc-expande.d=arLd=ja:li£i;UifcJ:.J^^ the . e.pmpany ought to follow suit in France. Morris was operated on last week at Sydenham ho.<;pital, New York, for gall bladder, but is recuperating nicely, and figures to be well enough in time for the trip. (Continued on page 23) Hollywood, Feb. 6. Association pf Motion Picture Producers is holding its annual meeting late this afternoon (Mon- day) at which Ben B. Kahane will be elected president, succeeding Lpuis B. Mayer, who has held office for three years. At same session Joseph I. Breen, who has been per-- sonal representative fbr Will H. Hays out here for almost two years, will be placed in charge of the of- fice now headed by James A. Win- gate. Breen will be put in charge of enforcing the cbde with respect tb scripts and stories while Win- gate remains as censorship, contact being mbre familiar with the work of censor boards than studio routine. Breen has been best handling scripts and stories with respect to censorshij) restrictions, being a forceful factor in impressing pro- ducers on what they cannot do. Breen was one of the few perspns Who strongly impressed Sol A. Rosenblatt when latter was here (Continued on page 63) The issue of authority over stu- dio Production at. Metro will be set- tled when. Nicholas BI. Schenck reaches the coast, via the Canal,: Feb; Ever since Irving Thalberg re/- turned to that Ibt slx months ago, and was given free rein, . hive been that other M-G pro-, ducers, including Davi O: . Selz- hick, .sori-in-law of Louis B. Mayer, Walter WangeVi Hunt Stromberg and Harfy Rapf were dissatisfied with the setup as they couldn't make their ow decisions without obtaining the approval of Eddie Martnix, the cbmpany's geheral manager. Mannix resumably found the situation SO; annoying, he came east recently supposedly oh vacation but aqtually to cchfer with Schenck re- gaVrdlrig the studio problem. Schenck, wiib had . planned going to the coast anyway, had Mannix remain and. make the trip with him, during which time a final- studio- setup will probably be laid out. Un- derstood that since the deal where- by Thalberg only produced his own pictures, and Manhlx ; assumed the load -of handling the other produ- cers. Mayer has been sitting by withbut injecting himself Into the situation in any way. About 'Rip Tide' But the other prbducers have been squawking about Thalberg having - put only one picture, 'Rip Tide', into prpductlon and. are pointing out that this film has taken a long time to make and will be an expensive proposition, while they have had to secure periniisslon on every move. This, they claim, has Impeded their own pictures. 'Cat and Canary' is another studio ache, reported to already be around $800,000 In cost and may .need ad- ditional work. Reports are that Thalberg is standing pat and .might, if efforts were made to chahge his i>osltiPii, ask for his contract release. Mayer throughout has remained non-committal from the coast, leav;* Ing the entire situation up to Schenck for an all-time ruling bn authority. U. S. Supreme Ct. Decision on Future Rents Is a Break for Show Biz Bkpts. A- speedy .disposition of clalihs in amusement bankruptcies is looked for as a result- of the ruling by the U. S, Supreme Court yesterday (Monday) that future rents iare not proyeable. Adjudication of such claims has been held up altogether in Paramount Publlx/ Publlx Enter- prises ahdi other bankruptcies awaiting an Interpretation of this phase of the laws 'governing bank- ruptcies. , Fbr- Par, Publi Enterprises, Fox- West Coast and other bankrupt estates In; ^how business as well as outside the precedent not only, pro- tects these companies from possi- bility of satisfying large claims from landlords, but als6 relieves them of costly litigation. With landlords listing damages and future rents under long leases In claims against Paramount, for instance, the total filed ran to about -$30a.O!OO.P-QO, la.s .-agMnst Ijab^^^^ '51{5o,6oo,oTo . fisted by the company on entering bankruptcy. Washington, Feb. 5. Upholding decisions of lower courts, the Supreme court ruled in (Continued on page 59) WALTER TRUMBELL AS HAYS' WASH. CONTACT Walter Ti-umbell, ne\vspa.i)or and Washihgton contact man, seems to have Joined the ilays staff, officially although all the Haysites are acting secretive about it. .Some even pro fess not kno ;ing that Trumbell has been ocbiipyihg a vacant office in the Hays hallway for the past week. •Hay.<5 is building up some new re- lations \Vith the administration and al.so doing a special ppopapandlc. Job that has a radio . associatlo Trumbell wis associafod with the President's s(>C'l-r-tary, Louis Mf'H. HoWe, somo time ago in a .si-rics of nation.nl. irroartoa.sts. Sid Kont, prosiderit of Fox. is'- va- catibning in .Florida for aliout a month. It's his first real var-!itlon sin<^'' ho took .up the maniiK'-nif-rit f)f Fox Film more than a year awo. LOEf S 1933 NET 100% UP OVER '32 Loew's net earnings for the first quarter of the company's fiscal year, ended Nov. .23, 1933, are more than 100% improved over the same pe- riod in 1932. The net profit for the 12 weeks ended Nov. 23, 1933. after deprecia- tion and taxes and after subsidi- .arles' preferrexl dlvdend.s, amounts to $1,591, 6dS. For the' same period" In 1932 the. n.p. w:as $741,910. Oper- ating profit, for the .name period in 1933 w*as ^2,732,60^,. as cbmpared to $1,756,815; before d(6pr6clation and taxes for the. first quarter, 1932. GOLDWYN ASiaNG M FROM RKO FOR 'NANA' Sani Goldwyn and IIKO are at a standstill on rental terms for 'Nana' over the circuit, Gold.wyn is asking 4()% of the gross but KKO has not actually turned down the proposi- tion. • G'oldwyn gets 2',% up to $65,000 at the Music Hail for the first week of 'X;uia' and 75% thereafter, but for the first week that the film plays the Ct'ntre, smaller of the two R.C. =lroiJTTnHr-'t^oldAV'^yn-=eolieGl3=-25.f;cr ^.at=. Jli'O.OOf) find "^>'.'„ tlKireaftor. How lon.'i till- film ii^ to jiLuy at thO Centre it; ('> depend on the weekend gross. If the weekend tr>t;ils reooh $12,000 over Fi-Miiy. Satiinl.Ty and Sunday, 'S:\r..i' hol'l." ov<' ^ 6 Variety P I C T ORES Tuesday, February 6, 1934 Chi FAn fadnsfiry Chicago;' j^ftej* 25 years the; fllrn industry- of Gh.icago Is detei*niined\;to put up • a f{hteh«^ fight against th«5 censor board which has been a constant thbrii In the industry's .side: .Film Board last week decided to , go to the authorities and to the public to present their case a:hd to do away with the throttling by the censors. They have already se- •bured 'the ljacking of the newspapers throughout the , city With the dailies promising to aid in the battle against the |ilm slicing element. Newgpapibrs agree with the Film 5oaVd that since the establishment .of the new Hays moral code and the effectiveness of the Industryls code .thferie is no. need for local snooping : •on Alms. rThe film Tciiein wHl^use the ixews- papetSi- screens' and xadip to inform the public^ of the vtaiy -the ..censors >hav^ been ■ encroaching on jpersbnal liberty rights. ■Biow-pp comes afteif several ipriths .of .sin Jnci^easlrigly tough : :C(3nsbr board; a. board . that has be- come ruthless in ., its.': treiatmenif of -, ijnimiis. Haive been slicing them Into ribbons and eveh fla.tly banning pthers, causing hug® losses , by de- priving exhibitors, and .distributors orf releases in the second largest. lliin mWket of the world; MamduEan In itouben Mamoullan got in this \veek from the Coast to; huddle, with Sam Gol4!j)i'yn and Maxwell Ahdei'- son oh Ann , Sten's next, 'Resurrec-; lion.' Anderson has been, obtained to script. Fredrjc- March set opposite Miss Sten, Hearst CanqKiigiL With Naval Fib } Hollywood, Feb. . "■'Metro will help along ithe H<earst propaganda for a b.lgSer navy with .a; picture, based oh . the manner iii ^Which recent administrations hayie allowed first line of defense to slip below par. Yarn, so far untitled,, has been yn'ltteri .on thie lot by Afarcus Good- ' :'rich„ former Naval . man. Walter : ."Wang^r" will pcodiice iti. FILMS ANXIOUS ON iUfn-TRQSTRDUNG Declaring .that smtlrtr-uSt rliaws' are,fcibi|snamed' feo far as jthejr' per.-. tali¥ to industries similit^ to films, picture leaders Monday (5) were awaiting eagerly the NRA defini- tion of 'monopolistic practiiaes! as promised during the past few days by General Hugh S: Johnson. The indie exhibitor ' who domi- nates a small town' is being held up as the only analogy to monopoly in filmS by major spokesmen. Such see any attempt by' the NRA to take into its own ^ hands a law which they describe as 'distorted " and colored by the courts'" as meaning a certain 1;>r.eak for large film in- .terests. In" other wOrds they aire confidently expecting a, final defi- nition and easelnerit of anti-trust worries : one which, some' of th^m evert antieip'ate, will enable majors to sit down . in the opeh at- a single . table and discuss- btfsiness w:ithput the i)fesent fears, at- least in quari- . I , of xjoercion charges from vari- indie and governmental ranks, reparing" their- own", front for easiier anti-trust conditions some of the leaders are resorting to the dlc- -tiohary.. 'The' exclusive' control, supply of any conimodity or service ■ in . a given market' Is the first .-phrase they- discover. . That is true •of tlie eiectrfc an c: aluminum fields, but not pictures, they aver. In an-i swer to a further definition of mon-- opply, 'able to prevent entrance, en- joyed to th6 exclusion - of pthers,' they, are dra\ving. the picture pf eight . larpre companies, in the film Industry 'continupu.sly at each other's throats.' "5 4 vt : T r HolljpwQod, F6b. B.». |[y^oe5i jiaV jSpl R<J s^blatt's com - ^liniehlfr: tor -its •*r6ric%along con- ciliation and research lines '.and wlt^i/a jfpro^is.e •k)% -Rvoi^iptc^r . money' to <^^nue^;;the ';<)atte^:^fe)Pttu^^ the. Acafleta^ i '^ciimbljpi[..1lbiick rbh its feet. Plus this .are.,, sesypral scores of resignees rJtjsrr5hin§'i-to tjie fold, chiefly In thOsii^^UilS.'cians' brian.ch> with promise tha,t some- writers who walked . also are on the way back; Technicians still resume thie; re- search work imimediately. EJxe'c^ utive committee of this branch met Saturda.y and appointed a commit- tee of four, comprising Wesley'^ll- ler, Major Nathan Levinsoii, Van Nest Polglase and Harris Enislgn, to formulate the pla?,. of campaign. Art Directors' branch is also back pn its. feet with a dinner , set for Friday to further thet revival of ih- teresit. Altho.ugh keeping w. in, the. ba<!k- ground during ^ Rosenblatt's;; stay here. Academy .committee was .sum- nioned before the ' Government prober two days before, he left and made, a greiat hit by telling .him they had no s<iuawks. He was insistent In his request that this oi-ganizatlon elect nomi-, nees for the various codA commit-- tees.- ■■ First of these elections set for Wednesday .(7) when writers will turn in their suggestions. Other branches will iiold similar elections later in the week. Writers and actors will supply seven or eight names for these commlWees but, will not, as was done in the Screen Writers' Guild election, define Just which commit- tees -they want .the particular mem- bers on. , .Directoi's and Technicians com- mittees, wijl each supply two. names, one for the code Authority and^one for the Agency Committee.. The other two employee branches elect additional, names as these two branches will also b,e represented on the So -called B-5 committees, which will comprise half producers and Ji'alf employees. ist Runs on Broadway (Subject to cdfinge) We9k Feb. Paramount — - 'Search Beauty (Par). Capitolr— 'This Side pf Heav- en'. (Metro)* Strand— 'HI Nellie' ( WB) (gd •Week). iaiio— fDevIl Tiger' (Fox) (t).- ■: R^xy— 'Madame Sjpy' (U).- Musie Hall— 'Nana^ (UA) (2d Rivoli— 'Moulin Ilouge' (Ua!) (7). W«ek Feb. 16 Paramount— Six of a Kind' (Par). Capitol— 'Cat and the Fiddle' CHletro),,, Stpanf(-k'Hi Nellie' (WB) (3d 'w<>ek)i , Box:^. r-=! 'Lbjig Xost Fatlier.' (RkOjf. \ : Mu^ic Hail--'Gar6lIna' (Fox). Rivoli—'Mpuiln Rouge* (UA) (2d week). : 1^2. pictures 'Queeri Christina' (Metro) (AstOp) <eth' week). on Code M;inn<5^pollai. . nigoing 'Uhanlmouslsr on record Iri '-opp >the'' h^\ir "Industry c64^ .and ttj.e unqualified ^^s^ pf saine^^NprtjhVf^s^ AlUi^d States here neverthele»a"left- the'way open for falllns in line if the code Is 'prop- erly modified' or conditional signa- tures finally are' deemed acceptable. Another naeetlng of the Inde- pendent exhlljltors' organization was called foir iFeb: 26, two days be- fore the liew deadline. At that time theatre owners of -the . section will again consider the matter of signing of the code. p.— . The loqal meeting resulting in the unanimous ;-a,'^6ptIon .oC the. >jresolu- tlon con^emhing the -code 'and tak- ing a stand against its signing was attended by 87 members represent- ing;:!^ vilieatres. Ituleveloped that 6nly"t.wo' exhibitors present liad al- ready signed the code.. One absent lenrkber al^^'ei ^as reported as . hav-. iiig''-'d6ne, SO;' ■ All three were 'to 'try to withdraw their signatures. COURT CLEARS HARRY M OF FLIINKINESS Singer's Denver Spot X^hicago, Feb. 6. M. H. Singer planning Expansion -lnto_Penver. Negotiations iiow"iirwTffi~hariker& for acquisition of the orpheum. Will bring the Singer circuit to nine theatres. Ceballos on 'Catspaw' Hollywood, Feb. 5. Larry Ceballos will stage the cab- aret dancevi, numbers for Harold Ilvloyd's 'CatRjjaw,' now in work at the Motropoiitah studios. Pathe's Embassy Geared . To IVIake Money at $3,000 ,Pa.the News, .under, the rent .deal it has made, cah make money in tiae Embassy with a $3,6(3.0 weekly gross; The new Embassy policy, is- such tliat Path e_ News esecutiyes, are mainly corTtroljers. , o^* thei^ .house.' Harpid ■Wondsei, editor. Is also executive y. . -of ' the theatre cprpox'atibn which is backed with outside 'money.. ■When the house reopens' Feb. -10 it will have an all-^Pathe news; pol- icy, running time '45 minutes; No shorts unless the.managfement later decides otherwise. . The Embassy. yfi\l hot end . Pathels relations with the Tran.slux. The reel will continue to serve its op- position with material' from Its na> tional I'elease, Rooster idea for the yEmb"^nmv'Hs-'to=build=^'upfc,:SpeGlai- ne.ws events. . JEFP LAZARUS DUE IN N. T. Arriving in New York Feb. 12 via the Canal, Jeff Lazarus, will, brush over the eastern literary market^ see shows and contact producers, playwrlght.s, etc. Lazarus is chairman of the Par studio editorial board. LdS Angeles, Feb. 6. No one Is going to call Harry Cohn, prez of Columbia*, a flunkey and get away with it. Even If Cohn has to go in' court about It. Luis ;<bhaudet\ a witness In the $240,000 breach of contract suit brought against. Aimee Semple. Mc- Pherson iHuttpn .by the estate of the the late .J. Roy 'Stewart, testi- fied that (Dohn Was a fiunkey.,Chau- det .liad. .^een chilled, to substantiate| claimst,tl?e.. .scenario for Aimee's plc. waSi'adequ.ate.,.. , ., .£|l\or,tly-,.. after C^iaudet testified. Cphn,. 9j?p€a^edl..in,.. Superior Judge LeOn R,i Yankw.ich.'s coijrt with- a iDieyvraillng., denial, that h,e . had -ever jj^en Chaud|9t's,qr, £^ny,o^e's flunkey.. :,T,lie,..|jufJg^,.,rehd<ed Cohn's-. denial ^yi'tli: 'You. -are. thereby cleared of fiunkin.ess.' ir> tb %. Av 'Jde ■'Mdrrispn. . '•■ ' Joe ■Shea. Andre Hornez.. Nah<!e lO'Neil. Dorothy 'Stickney. Nicholas M. Schenck. Dr. A- H. Gianhini. LOu Diiamond. Colin GllvOi Robert Gleckler. Wheeler and '^ooisey. Porothy Lee. Wm,. . • Rowland and. wife. L. Ar to N. Y. Lllyan Tashtnan. Jake Wilk. Henry King. Roubeh Mamoulian- Homer Ciirran. Sid Silvers,.' Barton MacLean. Will H. Hays. Better Films CouncO Coadung Chldren on M. P. Appreqsition King VidorV Indie Holiywpodi Ed Ralph as production manager and Monte Dinner as dialog .and icastlng director havei^tieen added to staff .of King • Vidbr in preparing 'Our Daily Bread,' which the direc- tor- will make as an Independent at the General ' Service studio. Production on Which Vidor has been working for better part of a year,, is slated for the cameras about March 1. Joe, Manklewlcss has been working witli Vidor on the story, and Betty Hill is doing the script. , , Hollywood, Feb. . Sol' Rosenblatt, left here Thurs- day' night (i) enro'yte to. "Wasiiihg-. ton to begin prepara'tion of . his re- port for President Roosevelt and Gep». JDohiieop.. ^ * .\ ^ ! itetutning ^ Wiytjr hwn vwprp 'Mrs. Ro^ei^jbTfttj^; %^of WiU| «tQi>!. over 'i iri Chicagp; hlS; assistant, Morris Le- jendr^K >Har(;;>lc| .^.Bie^esi^rdf ,. ?iVarner att6rh(^, axld'^-Mrs.' BairesfOiniJ, both, of wA(^ «(:cgompi^4ied^i^!^'^cst. Despite the number oif complica- tions Rosenblatt ^ran int^ while here, he stated he - had virtually coni- pleted. his mission although, spme' data he needs, fpr his r^PO^^ 1^ still missings and- will fpllPw by mail. Board Appointees Must First Be Assentors Question was being raised in legal circles Monday (6) aS to this status pf members being considered for jposltidhs on grievance and zoning boards who have not yet signed code, assents. Major lawyers claimed! such members will auto- matically .be disqualified. C. A. headquarters at same time said It Is. rechecking names and that non-aign^rs will probably, be weeded out. None of the field machinery can bei official Until ' digested and con- firmed by the entire Code Authority. This may he accomplished at the Friday sesslcn pf the C. A. The nbminatipns cpnlmittee meets again Thursday with the hppe pf complet- ing the tentative set-up. ZANFFS DEBTS Former Fox Exec Lists Wm. Fox Among Hi Debtors. On the eve of his unveiling in. the talent agency busihess in. Hoi-, lywpbd, John Zanft, former Fox exeo, 'declared himself a bankrupt, Schedule' he filed with the Federal Court' in New York last Week gave hifs liabilities as $244,216, and as- sets, ^168;729. Of 'the latter sum ^i67,800 : cOffStitutes" claims which Zanft stated he has' against Vi'il- 11am Fox m connection with sey- ei^al Philadelpiiia realty deals. ' Judgments, entered by three building and loan associations against , him ttiake up $210,000 of the liability tally. Fcr ppe of these jiidgmehts, $92^270, Zanft declares in' his schedule,. Fox is liable,' Zanft 'describes himself as acting as "Strawman" and agent for . the ex- picture magnate in. obtaining this sum on a. loan from the. Morris Haber Building .& Loan Asa'h of i>hiladelphia. Zanft .also, charges that Fox is ila'bje for ''$40,000. oh another judg- nrient' (Randall Building .& Loan Ass'n) - and again for half of: an $S,774 judgment a third Mortgage outfit (Pennsylvania Go;), has . re- covered. Liability- list also; Includes $8,500'. Zanft owes for iincome taxes to the..G_Qyernmerit. Hollywood, Feb. 6. Marie Dressier, who, has;-" been handling her . own business . affairs at Metro without an agent for the past two years, goes under the manr agement of John Zanft, starting In agency business this week.. Arthur Landau represented Miss Dressier until two years agd. CJhIcago, Feb. 6. Better Films Council of Chicago and C0ok,.G.o.unty instituted a cjjasa of mptlQin picture ap^re^Ieittoh' at the Mcrgan Park Military Academy; as a test cf the project. If success- ful similar classes will be eijii^b- lished thrpughput the state. Object pf the mpve as explained by Eunice L. McClure, president Of the organization,. Is to stimulate the boys' understanding of films, to de- velop a keener sense Of values and to become more discriminating, in picture selection. . Having ,. .worked out study course, eight films, with a ques- tlennalre prepared pn*each flicker, have, ,Tj.een selected; In smaller grcjuipa. a thprough dlscusslpn pf the fl.ln)is is carried on. ^t.p .bring out theme,^,^ apting .and. direction plua photography and treatm.ent. Lessons so far have dissected these, films: 'Day apd Age' (Pair), ;Heil. Below' (MG), 'Qnce In a Life- time' .(U), >Best of . Enemies' (Fox) and 'Topaze* (RKO)> iFlrst lesson waS; merely dlscusslpn of the bapk- ground, . and the questionnaire on this topic was as . follows : ., 1. : What sort of p,jctures.. enjpy most?- . 2. Dp ybu .select .films because, ot star Or critic's review^? .3; What is more iii:it>ortant — story Or star? ,4. Are most, films original stories or' adapted? . - 5. Name the 'best pictures of 1930, .i?31,. 1932, 1933; 5. Xist 10 stars In order of . their achievements.. 7. List 10. directors! 8. What are the major .companies? How are films spld? . Dp ypu remember ypur first 'mpvle'? 11. Give a brief history pf mptlon pictures. ilm Exam.- : Here is the questionnaire . on 'Day and Age,' which constituted les- sen n. •1. Give name of picture and com«: pany prpducing It/ 2. Did title fit picture? 3. ^hp was the dlrectpr^ ; 4. ISfhat t»ther fllnis' had ■rebtecr-?: r. ' . ' .i; 6. Whe were stars? , -6.; Were they well c1|toden.7 , ' - Who had 'the most Important and dlfl*cult' part ? '. > • < 8. What outstanding qualities were displayed by Stephen? Gar- ret? Morey? Toledo?' .9. What was type of pleture? 10. Did ypu enjoy It? (State rea- sons.) . 11. Is this a picture for chlldrent Why? 12. Was story well tpld? 13. Which was best scene In pic- ture? 14. Wpuld ypu have oriiltted any scenes? 15. Can you remember a 'fade-In' that gave the keynote of the. play? 16. What characters supplied com- edy? \ . 17. Did the romance detract from the story? 18. Who Was the Little Fellow? 19. Were city ofilciats honest? 20. ' Was ending satisfactory? 21. Give 50 -word resume, of -stqry» giving climax. Zoning Thing Defined Exhlbs whc expect the zpning bpards tp. Ipwer their rentals and mpve.them lntp first run are doomed to. dieappolntttient: Officially,' zpnIng. bpards have . npthing to with rentals; Their Jpb is tp define runs and qjearance In. all Of the .theatres In their territories.. Spokesmen point out that there is no such animal as a 'permanent first run.' The main function pf the zoning system Is to avoid confusion and disputes among exhibitors awaiting product, particularly those In the subsequent runs who are •waiting for product already playing In the territory. '. Wbjje the system Is unified under the NRA in certain respects it goes least In tl^e largest' cities' where ^ there are many runs; and It is long- est in the.', less theatre- populated 'areas of the country. ' I. Muni's 'Bohunk* Next Warners ' has' taken an original from Harry Irving, 'The Bohuhk,' for Paul Muni; Tuesday, February 6, 1934 p I c ¥ ■ a E S ViRlfTY SCRIPT READING REFORMERS to on With Borah Moving In, Causes Concern { p Washington, Feb. 5. Tuinin.S; to the Senate for aid, In- dcpcmleht exhibitors . in their war- fare against major film interests are also looking hopefully toward the House for further support in •thip. contest against the NRA code. ■While no develoi>ments have oc- curred in 'th(B House during the past week, threaits to revise the copy- right laws in such tnanner as to outlaw block hooking, and added prcsf<ure on members to support the -Patman Federal regulation bill plus the cxhlbs* woes, strenprthened the conviction that the industry will be' lucky to escape Congressional hnr.ing this session. Opening of. the Senate attack . on film code was regarded as m. • igeripus storm signal and industry watchers reflected far iore appre- hension over this development' than over indications the. House may .swing Into action. r'reviousiy haying .slammed the- NRA for. failure to protect small enterprises and giving spt'cial con- 'slderatibn jto large monopolistic out-- fits. Senator Korah of Idaho, vig- orous opponent of big business,- of- fered in, support of his contentions' .a now peeve from Allied State As- .spciktidn in which direct charige of .coda violation was fired- against major producers.. Allied also yelped' about failure of Oeneral Counsel IJtmald Richborg of NRA to come to its support. Although BoraH lias little famil- iarity with Jealousies rivalries, and technical phases of the motion piC- tin e industry, his willingness to ac- ( Continued on page 10 V e. A. Moves Iti Feb. 15 The Code Authority is not . slated to move into its permanent hi^adr quarters in the RKO Bidg. in Radio City until around Feb. 15. Reports that there has been some fumbling as to who would slgn the lease were cleared up Monday when it was r-Cr vealfed that John C. linn, as secre- tary, and Harold Baresford, repre- senting the Warners, , have assumed' the obligation for the C-A, In the meantime tbe C.A. will continue to traVel around the city for "meeting places. After Visita- tions to the Bar Association,. H. M. Warner's office and the Hotel As- ter, it is holding its fifth session in the N. Y. Athletic C^ijilj. NRA Looks to the Hays' Moral Codes on Admiilistrator Would Favor Thein Judcing Stories with Hays Office — But Says He Is Ojpposed to Snoopers and Censorskip INDIGNANT INFANTiS GRIEVANCE BDS. WILL m BUSY i<"rcocfpni tor filmtloui will "chaxige Into grief days for many in the busiiness when Grievance Boards come into their o\vn. Many are now violating the NRA code and have been for the past two months, ac- cording to industry overseers. They warn that such exlvlbitors and pro- ducers may be hauled Up. on the Grievance mait'ih March for a viola- tion committed last December, and be subject to that $500 per day fine. Despite the fact that.'thcre is no ofTicial police force for the NRA in pictures as yet, the industry has its own grapevine and secret .service system. All over the c(>ui\tiy right now, according to reports trickling into film headquarters, picture bosses are watching their neighbors, in some instance putting down on pa- pei' what will later a.<»sume the form of ah official coirfip.lal.nt before the local boards. Such sincifire employ- era are in NRA circles the vlga- lantes of the industry— nien who from the start have been, trying;; at least, to take the code seriously, despite the fact that 6ven sohi(& of the formula authorities, can't indi- vidually e.Ncplain some of the clauses. 'asliington, Feb. iso aistion on salary or raiding provisions 6C the code if^ expected beforiB next month. Divisional Ad- ministrator Sol A. Rosenblatt an- nounced today on hi'3 .return from' Hollywood... Spending an hour making an in- formal report to Administrator John.. )n, Rosenblatt said he had reached, no conclusions on these matters ^nd intends to make a thorough stiidy of information col- lected 3n Hollywood before recom- mending action by the President. Rosenblatt expressed confidence that outstanding code problems will be solved easily as a result of his ta:;:s, complimenting producers and distributors for their co-operation, and deacribinjr himself as startled to .discover the difCerence in points of v; w between eastern and west- ern leaders of the industi-y. Hollywood, Feb.. . 5. ivisional Administrator ^oi A. Rosenbiatt, speaking before the \yampas, warned the industiry of;a further curtailment of box office re- ceipts, a plethora of censbrship trouble and, perhaps, goveriirtient Interference unless" flims ai-e clea.hecl, up. Along this line he said, after a rer, view of the Haya system of pollc-i- ing scripts and stories, that he fa- vpred a plan whereby a reputable and' genuine reform organization would • confer on scripts with Hays, brtlclals before they go into produc- tion. He stated that ho would not favor that the out-and-out sniopp ing element be given such prerpga tlve, .but said he believed that right thinking organizations, using their efforts, with discretion, woUld be. of help in malntaiining the proper standards of ihoralltyi 'I am opposed to censorship. In (Continued on page 49> 7.000 Assents John O. Flhin, executive secre- tary of tlio .Code Authority, yester- . day (Monday) reported receipt of approximately 7,00ff assents to the fllm! code. Beifore the month is but ianother 1,000 is expected, figuring . that the Allled-NRA suit will have come to bit in the . meantime and settled, an issue which wlli add name's' to the cause. S. CAl How Alternate System on Code Works for MG, WE AN EXTRAS' PLAINT Got Di^iy Waiiing 11 Years to Be Rotated— NRA Squawk Chi Pic Cos. Fear Grievance Board Jobs Time Killers Hollywood, Feb. 5. - III a tiquawk letter to Central .•lasting Bureau, femimc whose name is being withheld bitterly complains she's never been 'rotated,' although she's, dizzy from .11 years' waitinfe for a job as an extra. Term is used as applied in the code to designate spread of Work. .-.u-.Coming,into the pictuirfe. precin cts somewhere between the- galloping tintype and talker eras, the com- plainant saya she's been registered and has waited patiently for over a decade but has' never once been called for atmosphere. Now she's .lust a little tired o% waiting and \vi>ndoi"s If .oho nn^rli*' not . to try «nTiu'thing olpf'. Chicago, Feb. 5. Latetit oineial notice on the griev ance board is that the setup will be announced on Feb, ?. The Chicago board looks to be compp.sed. of Phil Duna-s of Columbia and Felix Men delsohn of Metro fPr unaffiliated and a.fflliated exchanges. Walter I.m- mermah of B. & K. seems set as circuit exhibitor, with Fred Guilford as Indie exhib. Outside fifth man 1 not definite, but s()me t.alk of/ Mike; igoe. Henry Herbel of Universal was penciled in by the New Torlc pffl- cials following an avalaiiche of rec- ommendations by ; both indie and circuit exhibitors, but Herbel bowed out of the grievance board picture Oh the plea that his time out.side of business is pretty, well taken up at present with his duties as president of the Chicago Film Board of Trade. This angle pf putsidc Interests to the possible injury tp the exchange sales record has caused many film companies to hesitate "before okay- ing-their .nian.agers fpr .jpb.^i On local grievance boards tliroiighout , the country. Film companies, feel that theic' managers must spbnd lOO% time and effort on the job. Only way thik may be worked put sa!iHf actorily -wTir be IFe allatTnlirTr of a certain number, of exchange managers for each company throughout the nation. Thus, with 32 major distribution points, it's in- dicated that each of the eight major distribs will allow four exchange managers to perv<» oti ;?ri<»vnTif'f' boards; Precedent for a new set-up of al-, ternates in the code authority is established by Nick Schenck. The Metro head, because he has at- tended only ohe meeting of the Au- thority aind will be absent at the allrimportant Feb. 9 session, Is now reported as .ha-ving virtually turned over his Authority duties to assis- tants.: Officially, formal withdrawal, of Schenck is denied, it being pointed out that he has designalted J. Rob.^ crt Rubin as first alternate to rep- resent him on' production and dis- tribution matters, while he has as- signed Col. Ed Schiller to speak for him when the board Is dicussing code matters pertaining to theatres. So far Schenck is the only codlst known, to have adopted this prpce (lure in meeting authority duties. H. M. Warner is nearest to copying this method. 'While Txis first altefr nato is his lawyer, Harry Bares ford, Warner is also using: his the atre head, Joe Bernhard, to repre-t sent him at va,rious of the sessions Zoning and clearance: board set- ups for the.LiOs Angeles exchange territory imimcdlately upon his re- turn to Washiiigtpni and i any event -not later thian Feb. 10, was the parting assurance , of Sol iElos- onblatt to southern CaVlfornia thea- tre men. It was the first cheering iioAvs local exhibs have had' since . the code was promulgated, i Probable personnel of the zoning board for this territory is: Carroll 'peacock, Howard Stubblns, Harry Hicks, J. J. Sullivan,. George Iiaynes, Russell Rogers. rlcvance and clearances: J. J. Mllstoln, A. .T. O'Keefe, Boh N. l^orinstein and .tiou Halper. Earlier in the week Rosenblatt breakfasted with Charles P. SkoUr- as and.C. A. Buckley, president and V. -p. -attorney respectively, . of F-WC, at which time the deputy is understood to have empliaslzod that the code was intended as a protec- tion of the iUtlo fellow,; and that if . there .wero any discrimination on the part of any one *lt would spieed- ily be wiped put. A small disgruntled minority of the IMPTO of southern California, which has been threatening to thro\v the cPde-overboai" , tried late in the week to dictate to the asso- ciation directors a choice of names for the zoning, clearance boards but made no headway. The .Ifays organization Is ready to fight any action? already .threat- ened within tho Code Authority, to divorce . adyertising and production morality . libards from it and bring them directly, under the ijl'RA... Spokesmen, for the major group hold that the NRA will likely op- pose- such a moveiiienti: tlmt the Gpv^rnmciit • is interested in -'comr^ mcrclal pi'actises . wltliin tlic indus- try and dpcsn't want to include for- eign matters in the. code.' Such .major sppkosmen now claljn that it was xmderstppd at Washing- ton, although newspaper corre- spondents covering the -story had. no, sufch direct IntpiTnation, that the Hays Pi'ganlzatlon was 'to take care of the industry's morals,' as one 'of th'e sppkesmen now. puts ■■ :Regarding declarations in in^ie 'ccimiis and among .some of the members of "the C.A. tliat the Hays organi^tion docs not represent -the ihduatii*y as li ' whole,: majpr lieu- tenants . reply with vehemence that the MPPDA ■ (Haj'.s. corporatlott) ta;keH. in 95%- of the 'responsible producers.' "The matter wlU'comp to a. head-, sUcii viewers indicatP, -i^'hen some Indlo violates the nxbral ,c6de. Then they figure the CiA. will act. and the Hays eodes -wili dominate. That there will ,b,e u bittei' fight In the C.A. -when this climax- lis reached . is ' conceded by. major, spokesinen. But they are confldent' that the majority of codists, mainly Haysltes, believed that prodluction and advertising morality properly comes under the Haysian wing; that these two departments are but adjuncts to the general public re- lations program which the Hays or- ganisation, has always conducted. Rosj^ in a Hurry Arriving in a special through car to New York from Los Angeles Monday morning (5) were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baresford and Mrs. Sol Rosenbiatt.- • The Diyi.sional Administrator abandoned "tiic car at Clilcago to take a quicker route to Waflhlng- ton. Central Bureau's 17,000 Extras Will Dwindle to 1000 Und( Hollywood, Feb. 6. The more than 17,000 • names of prospective extras, registered at Central Casting Bureau, will be sliced to around 2,000 on recommen- dation of Divisional Administrator Uo.senblatt. Reclassification, provided for in thercod.cr'W'as=nPt^started='=until'af-= tor Ros'onblatt arrived here^ and formally prganiited tiio committee .empowered to revise the bureau's records. This committee, Which Will also handle all code' complaints- of the atmoHplifre plays; comprises Mrs. .\ffib<»l K'innfy. Stat* IndnstHal Welfare OommisHioner, chairman; Larry Steers, extra, and Phil Fried- man, Fox casting director. In cutting tiie number pn regis- tration at Central Casting to aroUhd 2,000, it is Rcscnblatfa .belief that this is all that can be . assured of anything like steady work at the studiosv lATSE CLAIMS WAGE VKTORY Holly wopd, Feb. $. lAT.SlO .soundmen, who took It <»— the chin in last summer's strike, claim a big victory ior their cause In Divisional Administrator Roseur biatt's interpretation of the code ab far as their salary • .«jcale is con- cerned. Administrator stated that if. their classified scale was in effect at indie studios prior to Aug. 23, then this mu^t bo considered the minitnum for all stUdlps.^ lA claims it was and, according to Rosenblatt, on propf of this being shown the code labor commitee, the minimum will be so promulgated. The weekly scale of lA in opera- tion at ,severa:i of the indies calif for $175 a week for first .soundmen; .$f}7.50 for "seconds; $70 for third and $60 for assistants,, based on 10 hours in 12. Wiicn the noce.s.'iary contrac proved genuine to the labor .com- mittee this scale will be Jcon.sldered the prevailing. scale despite the min- i imum of $7.50 f Or six hours a .day I cpritalncd in the IIIRW^ a^rieement ' i with the majors, Rosenbiatt settled no other labor , dispute while on the Coast, although he. lieard squawks and suggestions, from all; groups. He passed every- thing over to the. code labpF cpm- mittce to handle with the exception of any question arising over col- lective bargaining which will, go to the regional labor board. Code committee comprises Al BeL-rcH, chairman, Pat (Ja.soy, Dick L'Kstrange and Ed Smith, However, the plan is to be elastic in Some rfespeots. It will not halt studios from hiring thpse not reg- istered for mob work but in these Instances, the per.sbn so lilred -will be compelled to check through Cen- tral, th()U£?h not r«-'gist«»rr'd pcnn.'i- nf»ntlv Pettijohn's Chi Talk _ Ciii.o;,tg P,..Feb- , 5^ diaries Pcttijohn at a meeting 6C ail liim. distributors, both indie and national, discussed rode setup an4 the boards. - I'romised settlement, of most of the problems thtit have worried ex« liibs .'inrl f1i.vtril>.-- since the buslnest VARIETV P I C ¥ E CROSS E S Tuesday, February 6, 1934 SaDy Rand Wows 'Em at Par, LA; Ian of Two Worlds' Nice $8,000, Tasy to Love, 2 Houses, Los ■ Angeles, Feb. 5. rade (luirenl weelc seems to lie oentorlng in one first-run spot only.. Paramount is jgettiner It with Sally Inland, the stage attraqtiOri there, be- tlie ihaln . dra.w and. shpuid I'each afoun.d f20,00b . on the weelc. .Scree]! attraction is 'Search for. I3eauty.' State is libldirts over 'Go- ing: Hollywood', with Hearst papers still- strbng on the pJug and take indications are fOf around the $12>t •100 flgrurfe which is great for a see- iind stanza. 'Man of wo Worlds,'; with nbt^ much o.f . a campaign behind it, in '■■it the liKO and looks as though it -vv^ill hit around the $8,000 mark which is excellent under ipresent I'.dnditiphs here. "Gallant Lady' ^ fa a holdover at United Artists and probably wihdu with around $7,000. Warner houses have 'Easy to Fjove' doing mildly at both, but a, pickup in trade ' on the previous week. 'Eskimo' for second , stanza at the Four Star held very steadily on its second st^Lnza' and looks good for four weeks in the house. Estimateo for This Week Criteri (Tally) (lieOO; i25-40)— 'Angkor' (Merrick) (3rd week). For final- week will, hit around $1,600. On second week it managed to garner $2,400. Downtown (WB) (1,800; 2B-35r 40-B5)— 'Easy to Love' (WB>. Just a likeable offering which has .no outstanding draw quality, will come, iiome 'with around $7,000. Liai^t week 'Massacre' (WB). They sort of shied from this one as $5.60.0 demonstrates.' Four Star (Foi) (900 r 66-7B)— •Eskimo' (MG) (2nd week). This orte gettitlg' class tradie from around town with pic mob atrongly at- traicted. Looks like around ^.000. First week It did $4,400 after a rather dubious start but building eaich day. Hollywood (WB) (2,756; 25-35-40- 55)— Easy to Love' (WB)» Started off at fair pace and Should come' in at around $7,500 on the week. Last week 'Massacre' (WB) not torrid at all with $5,900.. Orpheum (Bdwy) (2,270; 2B-»5)— The Lone Cowboy' (J?eir) a;nd 'Mid- night' (U) split and vaudeville. They give tbem lots for the money here with trade okay at -$4,100- Last week 'The Chief (MG) a,nd 'Jlmmie &t Sally' (Fox) with vaude. Very good at closis to $5,<I00. Pantages (Pan) (2,700; 26-35-40) — 'Sons of the Desert' (Poach) and stage ■ show; Though they have Radio station' stage show tied in looks as if house is in for heavier, tougher time than, ever; will be lucky to hit the $3,500 mark which is pilenty of loss all around. Last week 'Cross Countty Ciruise' (U) keeping stage and screen attraction secret so far as exploitation was concerned did terrible at $3,800. Paramount (Partmar) (8,595; 26 40) — 'The Search for Beauty' (Par) and stage show. It's all Sally Rand •who had t'erriflc'opentng .day at pre- vailing scale and will' be responsible for two thirds of the $20,000 house win gross. Dave liJpton handling campaign. Last week 'Four Fright ened People' (Par) from the $9,300 take house had looked as though every one in town 'wras frightened at the picture title, as house went heavy in red. , RKO (2,960;. 26-40)— 'Man of Two Worlds' (RKO). With the Francis Lederer name being responsible for the draw house will, help itself to a good $8,000. Last -vreek 'Hips, ^ Hips; Hooray' (RKO)., in for nine m days but take very unhealthy being i "16,200. State (Loew-Fox) (2,024; 25-40)— 'Going Hollywood' (MG) (2d final •week). Doing very well for hold- over attraction and should come home :with around $12,000. Last week, first week for this opus heavy plugged by .Hearst paper, campaign, big display ada, did ah immense $22,000; . United Artists (Gi-aumaTi) (2,l00; 26-35-40r56)— 'Gallant Lady'. (20th Century) (2.d week). For second week lit down from original stanza pace to arpun'd $7,000^, LAst week, first week, it did "very well at $11,700. ^Gbr dberg^l matead's Qrr J n a I _ ^ Unpizbii'shed. of iginal~^by ^ Xou Goldberg and Ed Olmstead, film ad men, has been sold for $3,500. It's called 'Murder In a Theatre' and Columbia Is the buyer. Goldberjg' Olmstead are now do- ing a book together, but it's not go- in^ tp Macauleyy who hOM taken .(Goldberg's first four novels, la.st of which, 'Guinea Pig. Turns,' will hp >«Ieftsed the first li-eek In April. All Gincy's Ghiiruft Ciriclrinati, Feb. All the managers. . the . jnajor lilm exchanges i incy ai-e ' Kentucky Colonels. AMOS-ANDY EYE NEWHI,35G, IN Detroit, Feb, 6; Anios and Andy in person are making "the Fox the toyni's leader. Withlf I Were Free' oh the screen they opened to a larger opening day .than any in months despite unfavorable weather and may hit a new high. All other houses are n.s.g. .. 'Fashions of 1934,' is fa;iling much below expectations at the Mich- igan, will give house .mild. week. The TJnited Artist^ getting a cold reception with 'Eskimo.' The State getting little response to the State- Lake policy and "Madam Spy' on the screien. The Fisher weak with 'Beloved/ The, Downtown getting better than average with 'Caro- lina.' Last week zero . weather blighted all houses; the Fox suffering least with' 'Carolina' and stage show at a nice $26,000. The Michigan -was mild with 'All of Me' and .stage show for light $16,000. The United Artists was weak with 'Gallant Lady' and gross of $8,500. The State with 'Big Shakedown' still slipping with bad $5,500. The Fisher, with third week of 'Dinner at 8/ better than usual with $6,000. The Downtown, mild with double bill, 'Aggie Appleby' and 'Olsen's Big Money.' Estimates fop This Week Fox (RKO-Inde) (5,100; 65)— 'If I, Were Free' (RKO) and Amps and Andy on stajge. Sprinting for a new high, $35,000. Last week 'Caro- lina' (Fox) and stage show okay at $26,000. Michigan (Par) (4,045; 66)— <Fashlons of 1934' ("WB) and stage show. Not so good at indicated $17,000. Last week 'All of Me' (Par) and stage, mild at $16,000. State (Par) (3,000; 40)— 'Madam Spy' (Par) and stage show. This one looks like $9,000, good. Last week 'Big Shakedown* (Par) and stage, mild $6,500. United Artists (Par) (2.018; 66) -'Eskimo* (MG). Only about $8,000 in sight, low. Last week 'Gallant Lady' (UA), $8,600/ Fisher (Par) (2.760; 40)— "Be- loved' (U). May top $4,000 for an okay take. Last week 'Dinner at 8' (MG) in its third week, good $5,000. Downtown (RKO-Ihde) (2,666; 40) — 'Carolina' (Fox). Much bgtter than last week, $6,000. Last week 'Aggie Appleby' (RKO) and 'Ol- son's Big Moment' (Fox), mild ?3,BO0. B'ham a U Ught Birmingham, Feb, 6. One more ,aHbi for poor busihess during dull weeks disappeared last weelc wheh one of the two walka- thpn$ . closed'. . Business in the the-, aires has juniped, too,. since the bun- ion derby .closed. On top of this,, the city comhiission .itassed an ordir nance prohibiting marathon contests of any fashion inside city limits. So that'.s that. Business iat an even keel this week with 'Dinner at Eight' mop- ping up last week. Estimates for This Week Alabama (Wilby) (2,800; 30-36- 40)— 'Flying Down to Rio' (RKO). A nice bally campaign, but after last week's swell business there is bound to be a lettip. 'Dinner at Eight' (MG) first time in Birmingham got $11,500. ---R it2^(^ilbyy^(l,fi0.a;=^=^).T->Daxfi; Masquerader' (UA). Looks $1,800, okay. Last week 'Broadway Thru a Keyhole' (UA) $1,600. Strand (Wilby) (800; 25)— 'Last Round Up' (Par). A brand new re- lease and a Zane Grey name which means a little, $1,300. Last week 'Ace of Aces' (RKO) $1,500. Empire (BTAC) O.IOO; 25)— Toodbyc Again' (FN). A moderate week: 5ST.400. ^Ast week 'Son of a ."^fillor" (KX>, $2,000. .'^Irotig. 'DESIGN FOR LIVING' $7,500 IN SEATTLE Seattle, Feb. 5. With Paramount riding along to nice takings under its new cut- price vaude-singleton . policy, Or- pheum is turning its ear toward Btaige Units. First of - expected se-. ries opens next week. Chic Sale jEind company. Will handle the stage show at no advance in prices, figur- ing on mass attendance helping crack the higher nut, Blackstone ex- pected' to be booked later. H. nD.. JVfcBride, Orpheum manageir here for Oldknow-Marco-Rosenberg com- bination, says theatre is in market for spot bookings of high types units, if available and at the right price. ■ Estimates for This Week >Blue Mouse (Hahirick) (950; 25- 35) 'By Candlelight' (U). Sophisti- cation emphasized in the advertis- ing to lure patrons. Anticipated $2,600; slow. Last week 'Lady Killer' (WB) usual Cagney draw of late, dlsappOlhte;d at $2,300. Coliseum (Evergreen) (l,8b0; l6- 25) 'Ppotlight Parade' (WB) single, and looks to go places for probable $4,000. Last week 'BrOadWay Thru Keyhole' (UA) and 'Olson's Big Mo- ment' four days, $1^600, slow, below par; 'Prizefighter and the Lady' (MG) and 'My Weakness' (MG) last three days, big, former accounting for the killing, clicked at $2,000 for week's total $3,600, very fair.- Fifih. Ayenuei (Ehrergreen) (2,400; 26-40) 'Design for liivihg* (Par) ih- dicated $7,600. not bad for ultra com- edy. Last i^eek, second week, 'Din- ner at Eight' (MGM) if6,300, holding strong for second week. Liberty (J^vH) (1,900; 10-26) 'King of the Wild Horses' (Col) and 'Midnight' (U) dual, steady, antici- pated to do $3,600. tast week, 'Po- lice Call' (Showman) and 'Horse Play* (U) good, $4,200, Music Box (Hamrick) (900; 26- 3«) — 'Gallant Lady* (UA). Ann Harding, as ui9ual^ main reason for second week for this one; expected $3,000; last week, same film, big, $4,800* Orpheum (dldknow) (2,700; 26-35) —'I Am Suzanne' (Fox) and 'Wild Boys of the Road' (FN) dual, with PUsener radio broadcast Sundays from stage; indicated $3,800 not good. Last week, 'Massacre' (FN) and 'Eight Gh-ls in a Boat' (Par) dandy show; native Indians from nearby reservation oke in 20-niinute act of dances and tribal songs, 'with talk by the chief, being the real thing, and helping biz, okay $4,700. Paramount (Evergreen) (3,106; 20-30)— -Women in His Life' (MG) plus vaude presentation, expected to hit $.6,900. Last week, 'Sons of the Desert' (MG) and stage, good, $6,600. Roxy (J-vH) (2,300; lB-25)-^'Hold That Girl' , (Fox) and 'Cradle Song' (Par) dual, with new policy going for nice enough $3,600. Last week. 'Girl Without a Room' (Par) and 'King for a Night' (U) dual, okay, $3,800. 'Scandak' $13,000, linneapolis; 'As Husbamk Go/ $5,000, M.G. Definition . .Hollywood, Feb. G, . Mylos Connolly, producer at jtadio, defines a .supervisor aS 'a inah .who knows everytliing, but can't think of it-' CLIYE, OLECELEB SET Colin Clive yesterday (Monday) was signed by Joie Rlvkln of the Leo Morrison office with WB for one picture^ 'The. Key,' and leaves Sunday (11) for Hollywood. Morrison's L. A. ofilce set for one pix, also with WB, Robert Oleckler, who left yesterday (Monday) for the Coast. FASHIONS' IS BOST ON SOCK, $33,0W ostpn^ B^b. B. iz fair to' mlddlin' in general; with several spots better than cheerio. 'particular RKO' Bbston and .Met fire Joyish. Bpsiton ioAa its draw in Fill. iDorsay and B^nny Rur bin (home towner) on stage, plus Reggie. Childs* orchestra. Estimates for This Week .Majestic (Shuberts) (1,600 ; $1.65 top)— 'Queen Christina' (MG). Fold^ ed Saturday ■ evening, 8d, after 16>- day ruh. Final week, $10,000. Got $18,000 for the whojei iatay. Keith (RKO) (4,000; 25-35-50)— 'Hips,. Hips, Hoorajr' (Radio). Pleas- ing, with prospect of $9,000, fair, Last week, 'Beloved' (U), $10,500, nifty. Boston i(RKO) (4,000; 86-60-65)^ Meanest Gal in Town' (U), and vaude bill topped by Fifl Dorsay, Benny Rubin, and . hotiel Roosevelt orchestra. Flesh bringing 'em in. Looks like $23,500, splendid. Last weeki 'The New Yorkers' on stage, a wow, and 'King for Night' (U). better than atrerage screen, show at this spot; very fine at $24,000. Orpheum (Loew's) (8.000 ; . 80-40- 60)-^'Gallant Lady' (UA), and vaude. Film helping to swell intake to a gala $15,000. Last week, 'Fugi- tive Lovers' (MG), not so hot, with yaude. combination doing quite well at $12,500. State (Loew's) (3.000; 30-40-60)— 'This Side of Heaven' (MG). Rely- ing on . L<iohel Barrymore for* pull; prospect of $10,000. Last week, "Es- kimo' (MG), around $8,000. Met (M&P) (4^330; 30-40-60-66)-^ 'Fashions of 1934' (FN)- Socko on screen, and Leslie's.' 'Blackbirds' ditto on stage. Combine best show this spot has had In long While, and grosses are pretty sure to hit $33,- OOQ, mebbee higher. Last Week, stage show with Anita Page ..for the marquee, did a hunkadory biz.. 'Search for Beauty' (Par) shared plenty creamy, $34,600. Paramount (M&P) (1,800; 36-46- 56)— r'Four Etighten ed P eople' (Par) and 'Easy to Love' (WB) doing bet- ter than quality merits. Out for okay $9,500. Last Week, quality was aces for the b. o. in "Hi, Nellie' (WB) got $11,000. 'Cross Country Cruise,' $15,000, Cincy; Penner Radio Vogue Revives Short Cincinnati, Feb. 6. .'Carolina* is the .b.o. sunshine alqhg the flicker front this week, its. take being only a couple of grand behind the Palace, which has the 'Artists and Models' tab linked, with 'Cross ' Country Cruise.' Keith's is aiding Barthelmess car- riage trade pUll by coupling a Joe Penher comedy revival .with .'Mae-' sacre' to lure Wddles who go for. the air comic. Strand's new tab pres- entation policy is catching addi- tional patronage. Shubert, rented for screening of "Forgotten . Men' World War dips, has pic'' for second week at 36-44c. gate,, al- though returns for:iflrst seven days were slow for $2,Z0D, A cold spell during the. fore , part of last wieek chilled theatre biz^,. only 'Meanest Gal in .Town' , holding up to, its opening pace. •' Estimates for This Week Palace (RKO) <2,600; 35-44) ^Cro15s''"Uoumi^=^erulS6'-='('U)--and= 'Artists 'and Models' revuette. Hot- cha stagei: show, the puller for $15,- 000, above water. 'last week 'Ma- dame Spy' (Fox) and 'Take ia Chance' tab, $14,000, fair. Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 35-44) 'Carolina' (Fox) Gay nor and. Bar- rymqrel pljis extra ad blurbs, heav- ing liot less than $13,000 for second best week of season Last week 'Be- loved' (U), $7,700, okay. Albee (RKO*) (3,300; 35-44) 'All of Me' (Par). Looks like $9,000, all right. Last, week 'Roman Beandals' .(UA), a holdover, $7,000, mild, after volcanic $21,600 in first week. Keith's (Libson) (1,600; 30-40) 'Massacre' (WB) and revival of the 'Toreador' .comedy short, with Joe. Penher added. Barthelmess . follow Ihg and Penner's .juVe air fans stacking up . $5,600,- better than nor- mal. Last week 'Dark Hazard' (WB), $4,800. Lyric (RKO) (1,394; 36-44) 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' (RKO). Wheeler and Woolsey fun followers registering $5,600, mild. Last . week 'Meanest Gal in Town' (RKO) held up for a dandy $G,600. -Grand (RKO) (1,025; 25-35) 'Din ner at Eight' (MG). Second run at pop scale and in for full. Week, $2,700 Ih sight, palatable. Last week 'Son of. Kong* (RKO), first showing $2,000, slow. =-Fam i ly==^tRKO)— =(i,000 ;^v^l6-26) 'Shadows of Sirig Sing* (Col) and 'Orient Express' (Fox) split. Aver- age $1,900 grind. Last week 'Straightaway (Col) and 'lAit Roundup' (Par), divided, $1,600. Strand (Ind) (1,200; 26-35) -Big Shakedown' (FN) and tab jHresenta tlon. Start indicates $2,800, a neat build frOm take on former vodefilm policy. New ' combo stairted last week with $2,300.. Minneapolis, ipeb. . State theatre catapults it.self into the lead of the local box-ofilce race this week, taking the play .away froin the larger Minnesota aiid Or- pheum which usually are better on- trenched with attractions. But with 'Roman Scandals' currently, the State has a decided edge in tbe mat- tier of entertainment. Nothing oisie in the loop can begin to hold a candle to this Eddie Cantor offer as far as drawing power is obncerne('; It's very much a 'Fun Weel;,' in- asmuch as the Orpheum, too, has a girl-and-laugh picture, 'Hips, Hips Hooray,' which is running second only to •Roman Scandals.' The Min- nesota, Publix ace house, drew what looks like a bbx-ofllce lemon.' in 'As Hiisbahds Go,' good enough as lec- tures . go, but apparently not -right for a 4,200-seat de luxer. AH iaigns point to the worst brody since' this' theatre's reopeninjg,. with takings pbssiibly falling tinder $5;000. Real pulling power is being .dem- onstrated by .'The Lsst Roundup' at the Lyric . AH of which would indi- cate that there's, still a sufficient publlc .for good westerns. A really herculean' exploititttioh and . advertising campiaigh helped to get 'Romaii Scandals' of^ to a flying start. Manager . Franks Steffys and press agent Don Alexander of the State did a big-league job in' selling this picture^ Estimates for This Week ' ihiiesota (Plibllx) (4,20b; 25-35» 40> — 'As Husbands Go* (Fox) . Pleas- ing picture, ;but too lightweight for this big house and Wiirher Baxter and Helen Vinson hot sufficient draws in this town. Looks like around $6,000, a new low- since ire- " opening, and very bad. Last week, 'Eskimo* (MG), $9,600. Good, espe- cially considerln'g extreme cold. Orpheum (Singer) (2,^90; 25-35- 40)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' (RKO). Wheeler & Woolsey magnets here. Maybe $6,600. Pretty good. Last week, 'Convention City' (FN), $7,- 600. Good. State (Publix) (2,200; 25-35-40)-* Roman Scandalis' (UA). This house luqky to have the Cantor box office natural. ticketed for it. Sched- uled for a minimum of t'wo weeks. About $13,000 indicated. Big: World (Publix) (300; 25-35-50-75) —•By Candlelight' (U). Critics and customers raving, about this, one. Should hit. $1,700 for second week. Good after big $2,000 first week. Uptown (Publix) (1*200; 25-35)— »' •Mr. Skitch' (Fo^f). Around $3,000 in sight. Good. Last week, 'Alice in Wonderland' (Par), $2,500. Gkeh# Lyric (Publix) (1,300; 20-?o)~ t&Qt Roundup' (Par). Title and merits of picture standing in good stead. Headed for a good $3,000, Last week, 'Advice to. -.Lovelorn* (UA), $2,600. Fair. Grand (Publix) (1,100; 16.25)— 'Dancing lAdy* (MG). Second loop run. Should reach pretty good .$l,- 500. Last week, 'Little Women' (RKO). Second loop run. $1.20(). Pretty good. Aster (Publix) (900; 16-26)— Women in His Life' (MG), and Snioky' (Fox), first runs and split. Probably $1,000. Pretty good. Last; week, 'Christopher Bean' (MG), third loop run, and 'His Double Life' (Par), first run, split. $700. Light. Mniii and Gaynor Both Potent B a in N. Orleans New Orleans, Feb, 5.. Paul Muni's 'Hi Nellie,' at the Orpheum, is outdrawing the .other aiiriaciiohs aroiind. With the Saeh* ger and Loew's Stat^ having but average attendance. 'Carolina,' star- ring Janet (3aynor, is helping_the Saenger a bit, while 'This Side' of Heaven' is not drawing well at all- at the State. Catchy title of 'Girl Without a Rooni' is helpinig the 'Tudor. Estimates for This Week Saenger (3,568; 40) —- 'Carolina' (Fox). Janet Gaynor helping the wicket, but week will only be around $8,000. 'All Of Me' (Par) did bett^ last week by grabbing $^,000. Loew's State (3,218; 40) — 'This Side of Hea'veh.' Not So forte at $8,000. Liast week 'Roman Scan- dals' (UA) wertt to a whopping $14,- 000 gross. Orpheum (2,400; 35)-:-'Hi, Nellie' (WB). Paul Muni means dough- here, and this one will grab $10,000* Last week 'Let's Fall in Love' (Col) took $8,000. Tudor (700; 30)— 'Girl Without a Room* .(Par). Title is meaninig ^enough jt o draw _$2,5^O0. Last_ week 'Little Women' "TTlKO') ^Sanffe""^a^K" to a splendid $3,000. Joe Shea Back at Fox^ Joe Shea has rejoined the Fox Coast studio's publicity department. Recently with the Radici ("ity Music Hall, Shea w.is previously with Fox in the ea."?! and woi-'t. Tuesday, February 6, 1934 P 1 C ¥ E C S S E S rAJUETT Forego Faces Take Over Loop; Ttana Neck-and-Neck Chicago, .Feb. Altehtion currently Is centered on the two ac© iB.&K.: run spots, Ori- enta,] and United Artists, w'hiere two gals from across the big wa,ter ai*e battlihgr it out for ze American ladles' mazuma. A Swede topk over the Oriental on Saturday (3) follow- ing a Russian dame's opening at the linlted Artists on Thursday, and it appears that bobh -wili end a seven- day- session at • a neclc-and-necjc finish .at zipping $26,000, . 'Nana* - at. the United Artists looks like it will pay on its $14,000 adver- tising, build-iip for Anna Steh. Started off at practically icdpacity busine^, its matinees being; piartlciir larly interesting at the register folr : lowing .thft_B;&K. boost on the after- noon' rates." Appears strictly- a; femhie flicker from all patronage;, with even the lady reviewers around to"Pi'n going, into ra\-e notices for. the Sovldt lady ambflssador. 'Christina', getting the sendof^ . on Saturday, though the .week-end has proved poor, opening days for pic- tures lately. Garbo started cashing In Immediately^ with the Oriental fclso benefltting by jackesd .jmatinee rates. B.&K.'s deciigibh to raise matinee prices follows the discovery, thivt the matinees have been running, ahead of the nights. .Around the other spots things are not quite so heiartening. The .bi& and l»ulifing Chicago shQwa a yellow streak tliis. week despite strong enough llhe-up, but not strong enough to stand up and flght agtiihdt the tearihg footwork of those two European invaders. Roosevelt continues to be. the sec- ond-run spot of the loop, taking 'Din- ner at Eight' following its stirring results m a four-week stay at thel Oriental. Next pilcture promised is. a flrst-runner, the Paramount west- ern, 'Last Round Up.' Estimates for This Week Chicago (B&k) (3,940; 35-45-76) i— ''This Side of Heaven' (MG) and Ted Lewis unit on stage. Can't stand pace at other houses aind takes It on' the slide. Will hold maybe at $35,000, fair, but ilot good business at a house of this stand- ing. La.st week what was headed tor a . big gross was sadly crippled py a hunk of zero down from, the north clipping the take to fair enough $38,200, with, 'All of Me' (Par) and 'Student Prince' unit. McVickers (B&K) (2,284; 26-36)— «Madame Spy' (U), Doing better business than the last foiir pictures that hay© been in the house, and eatl.sfyirig at the regrlster oh Indi- cated $10,000. 'Eskimo' (MG) comes in on Wednesday (7). Lftst week •Miss Fane's Biaby Is Stolen' (Par) starved brutally -vv-lth. Dorothea Weick listed as keeping them away from the box offlce. Yanked after miserable $2^400, Oriental (B&K) (3,20&; 36-60-66) — 'Queen Christina' (MG)i GarbO fliclver opened Saturday (3)| behind other openings, but shot up. into the leaders without question. Ruiinlhg top pace with 'Nana.' Notices and business best from the start and headed for happy hunting grounds at walloping $26,000. Last week •Dinner at Eight' (MG) flnlshed fine stay at $d,900 for final session and shifted to Roosevelt. Palace- (Rko) (2.583; 40-60-83)— •Man oi: Two Worlds' (RKO) and Tifty Million Frenchmen' unit on stage. Everything for the picture and little for the unit Is the con- sents of reports; Though the lack of strict femme appeal of the ve- hicle Is holding back the Lederer flicker for immediate trade. Figure on- a plck-iip on word:-of-m6uth, to good $23,000; Last ° Week so-so at 121,200' for 'Advice to liovelom' (UA) and 'Artists and Models' unit. RboseveU (B&K) (1,500; 26-35)-^ T>inner at Eight' (MG). Holdover for this flicker after long loop stay at Oriental. Looks good enough for $6,000. Last week 'Going Holly- Wood' (MG) finished splendid two- week holdover .after big week at ace Chicago, touching fine $8,200. here. 'Las-t Round Up' (Par) due next is first western in loop in years. 8tate>Lake (Jones) (2,700; 20-30- 40)— 'Jimmy and Sally' (Fox) and vaude. First run in loop for this one and looks, good for'! this house at indlciited $15,000. Last week cold weather held back 'Love,. Honor and Q Baby' (U) and the WLS Mewy- Go-Rpund unit to ' $16,200.' Good mark, l>ut on opening indications had been headed for above $18,000 -=Whfe.n^tlTe--zer6;=theEmGraeter=z6wJedi in fionv Canadian plains.. ' • Urtited Artists (B&K-UA) (1,700;. 86-r-a- r.)— :Nana' (UA). That ad- vertising; campaign deilVeriilg great opeislntj business, mucli igger than hart Ito^n expected. On early pace slati d 10 touch high $25,000. . Mati- nees- have been loaded and with tilted rates it has meant plenty of extr I .sugar. Last week . 'Gallant Laiiy' (irA) flni.shpd fjood fortnight to fiiio $10,100 for final session. 'ESKIMd' 5G PACE; jMANDALAr $4,500 Box offices are splitting the money this week with the Unijted Artists getting the: edge. Parker .^plui'ged exploitati ii. 'Eskimo' (MG), and clicked for ; extra biz. Looks good for k holdover. Pantages, '?eing. dark for' some time. Great Ray- mond' for one week, also Anna Lee Snyder, local blind psyiphic. ic is 'kaater of Men' (Col). Saso Of the Music . Box gave the 'Invisible Man' fine exploitation, and th© niatives are watfshing the irivis- ibie driver putting a car through its paces on the downtown, streiets. Soriiething hew for this burg. They are still dunking the pretz- els and rendering. the. sad fltOi"y of 'Ten l«jishtsf in a .Barroom' at . the American and. g:etting tlielr share ot dough. iCity elders say no more, drinking aftier one o'clock, which is. helping the krind bouses with their late ./shows. Estimates for This Week Broadway (Parker) (2,000; 25-40) — 'Mandalay' (FN). Off to a good start,, should get a possible $4,^00. Last week; 'Convention City* (WB), and 'ROund-Up' (FN), combo, re- ceived a fair play and clicked for $3>900. ' United Arti (Parker) (l.OOO; 25-40)-TT'Eskimo' (MG). Going along at a good pace and indicates about $6,000. Last week, 'Moulin Rouge' .(UA) proved good enough for $4,- 300. Paramount (FWC) (3,000; 25-40): —'Man's Castle' (Col), and 'Hold That Girl' (Fox). Combo program fair but nothing sensational for about $3,300. Last week, 'Susanne* (Fox), managed to do Just average $3,300 also. Music Box (Hamric^) (1,400; 26- 36)— 'By Candlelight' (U). May reach $3,500. Last week, 'Invisible Man' (U), got a good b. o. play; hit $3,800. riisnta! (Hamrlck) (2,500; 26-36) —'If I Were Frde' (RKO), and 'Cross. Country Cruise* (U). Combo bill holding up to just average biz, $2,- 500. Last week, 'From Headquar- ters' (WB), held okay for $2,600. TACOMA CROSSES $oup,' ^,000 — 'Fugitive Lovers/ $3;,500 Tacoma, Feb. 5. Music Box. going for full week with 'Duck Soup" while Roxy aplits the week between 'Fugitive Lovers' and 'Shbuld Ladies Behave.' Town sta:rtirig off first of month with steady imprpvement in sight. Estiniates for This W^ekv. usic Box (Hamrlck) (1,400; 26- 35)— 'Duck Soxiv'. ,(Par) With big bally for the Mai'X boys and laughs liked in the' towh, indicated $4,000 is . good. Last week,. -'Son of a Sailor'. (FN) and 'House on 56th Street' (WB) split, fair, witli week's totaling estimated $2,800. .Boxy (J-vH) (1,300; 26-35>— 'Fu- gitive Lovers' (MG) and 'Should Ladies Behave' (*^MG) split, in sight of $3,500. Last wetek, 'Dinner at Eight' (MG) okay, $4,l00. Big, holding up strong. Blue Mouse (Hamrlck) (650; 15- 25)— 'Easy to Lovie' (WB) arid 'To the last Man' (Par) dual, first half; 'From Headquarteris* (WB) single, last half, anticipated , to hit $1,600. Last week, Son Of Kong' (RKO), single, first half; then 'Christina' (Pox) arid 'Tillie and Gus' (Pa:r) dual, last half, for $i;800, good. ST. LOUIS St ' Louis, Feb. 5. Stage is hogging the spotlight right away from the. screen this week. Flesh attractionia being largely responsible for what appears at this distance will be the tiivo big- gest grosses. Olseu and Johnson in a condensed version of tbelr mu- sical oomedy and Jack Haley are doing the trick. . The. former at the St. Louis and the latter at the Am- bassador. Haley, an ex-mx; here, his a large local following which has growii. some since he' went into the movies. Houses mentioned are leading the pack, but two others are managing to keep their beads well above Water. Loew's and the Missouri, are the two which will show up. with a little profit. Outlook la good at the Fox. Incidentally it' looks like the price' war is about over with the St. LiOuis scaling its first floor to conform with rate at Loew's land Ambassa.- dor. Balcony prices, are cheaper, but . managenient expects to ellml- (Contlnued on page .23) Dual-Ridden San Francisco Town Messed Up by Too Much Show and Too Cheap Prices— *Hips* $129000 San Francisco, Feb. 6. . After last weelc'S hunger parade this looks some better, but not 'much. .'Dinner at Eight' In at the Warfleld after a roadshow run at the Columbia with higher prices, appears to be topping the town. With exception of the tiny Strand, which got off boomingly with the indie 'Narcotic,' there's nothing else that seems out of the ordinary.. Reasons for the; droopy business may easily be enumerated as lack of punch product and too much show for tod little rinoney' (double bills, at 40 cents and the like). Natives are getting so tough that it takes something special in double bills to gfet 'em in, let alone an aver- age one picture^ stage show lineup. Taking a dive these days Is the Orpheum, Which, even though it bas two films for four dimes, is getting It in the neck. Why ? Because the Paramount has two better pictures for the same dough. This week is eL swell example. The Orph ha,s •Search for Beauty', and 'From Headquarters' and n.s.g. The Par has 'I Am Suzanne' and, 'All of Me' with good drawing names and- okay biislness.- Wheeler and Woolsey io "Hips, Hips, Hobray,' holding the Golden Grate to an average pace with stage show a help; IHehry the 8th' doing a second and final week at United Artists, afte r, having roadshowed ToF'fourTvrWi^aF-iTtaiirayra^ way to ' 'Gallant Lady' at end of this one. Fox looks due to hit a pretty good pace with Edmund Lowe in 'Let*s Fall In Love' . spUt with 'Woman Unafraid' 'and 10 acts of vaude. Nothing new on the Embassy's policy, continuing dark as is Filra- arte. Estimates foe This Week Fox. (Lpo) (.'..000; 25•■3.■■)^ •TM'y Fall in Love' (Col), and .'Woman Unafraid' (Goldsmith), split, with 10 vaude acts. Edmund. Lowe in former good draw at this house and heading for okay $11,600^ Last week was meagre $9,500 on 'Rainbow Over Broadway' (Chester), and 'Woman's Man' (Mono), split, with vaude. Golden Gate (RKO) <2,844; 26-36- 40)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray* (RKO), and stage shoWr Will hold up gross to $12,000. Last week eaw $11,600 on 'If I Were Free' (RKO). Orpheum (F&M) (2,400; 26-40)— 'Search for Beauty* (Par), and 'From Headquarters' (WB), split, paced slowly at |4,500. Last week's 'Beloved' (U), and 'Aggie Appleby' (Par), split, pulled |5,000. Paramount (FWC) <2,400; 26-36- 40)— 'I Am Suzanne' (Fox), and 'All of Me' (Par), fomier with Lilian Harvey, latter with March, Hopkins and Raft, good $13,000. *H1, NeUle' (WB), and '4 Frightened People' (Par) fell by the wayside to tune of $11,500, poorest of hew policy. Strand (Cohen) (990; 25-40)— 'Narcotic' (Esper); Dope traffic, pic arid opened big after hefty sock campaign . oh which pletity money was spent. Looks to top $2,000. United Artists (1,400; 26-36-40)— 'Henry Vlir (UA) (2d, final week). Good $7,^00 after $10,500 on first stanza. Did four roadshow weeks at the ColiunWa^p^evio^ it's "c"urrerit^lal<e"f3=g6od'^6H5IIgJn'"=^^ Warfield (FWC) (2,700; .36-45^65) — 'Dinner at 8' (MG), with istage .show. Road.'ihowed for four week.s at the Coluinbla but still a good bet here with all tho$d names. Apt to hit $19,i00. Last week,- 'Convehtibn City' (WB), with Anson Weeks band on stage, started neatly bjjt weather nnd.UffhtnpHP of pic iatarted it down- hill and wound up with l'i.«s than in.OfiO. 'Nana Wow $105,000, Despite Taxi Strike, Storm, Etc.;^ way Strong, 'm of Me 45G, Roxy m Muni 25G his week mainly ' It's the taxi week endlnis last ni lit (J\[on strike which arrived Friday (2) just in tirifie. to hold down this normal flow, of theatre business. Coming right on top of Thursday's all day. snowsto.riri, managers' were begin- ning to grouch a-plenty. , Despite the weather and a taxl- Icss New Toi'k, . a few strong at- tractions are still managing to get big business. This /Is true notably. o£ the Music Hall, which \alded by one of the cleverest ad . cariipalgns over given a picture, will get $105,- 000^ or better on th^ . first week of .'?vana'. Picture ha.d a $7,200 mez- zanine .advance sale and opened Thursday noon (1) with a lino stretching to Fifth avenue. Busi- ness that day should, have . been $16,000 but with tht snowstorm lasting until 11 p. m,, it was. held down to just under $15,000; But for the taxi, strike, the Hall would do,, much more, than the SlOn.OOO figured for the first week. This theatre is hurt more than .soririe of the others since~ it has a large taxi : trade; . Danger of riding Around" in the few cabS; that are operating is keeping people out of the downtown area.^ Bothi the Parariiount and Roxy are rldlriig .a fast, channel of black despite the strike, the weather and anything else wished 'pn the box offices. The Par, with a break, will^ end the week, at $46,000 on 'All of Me', which from " the ' stage has the support of Milton Berle and Ru- blnoff. Old Roxy surprised the town oyer the Weekend, beating the Capitol by several thousand . and, it appears, may reach a big $36,000 on the week. Picture is 'I've Got 'Your Number.', first • house has : booked f rom Waiyiers. The low scale here, which_att'racts a majority of people not accustomed to using cabs or worrying about the condition Of the weather, is in the Roxy's favor. The same is true of an operation like the Rlalto, which end^d Its first week on 'The Ghoul,' a chiller, at $18,500, and holds, it oyier for an- other five days at a pace that sugr gests $8,000. or a total of $26,600 on 13 days. 'Devil Tiger' (Fox) comes in tomorrow morning (Wednesday).. 'Ghoul' on its opening week-end hit a pace that suggested $22,000 on the first week. It fell off with the weather and the . taxi strike a little but no way of telling whether It Would not have lost the $3,600 on account of weather alone or weak- ened draft. Rlvoll ended its second week of '(Gallant Lady,' which has shown power above expectations, at $26,700 and on its final three days ending to- night (Tuesday) wiH Eet about $10,- 000, a good little profit -maker for the house. *Moulln Rouge' comes in tomorrow (Wed.) a.m. The Capitol placed May Robson on its stage this week along with her picture, 'You. Can't Buy Every- thing,' but neither she nor the screen attraction is drawing; on the week it looks only about $27,000. A stunner is 'Hi, l^ellle' at the Strand, which is reported on the way to a first week of $25,000 and will hold over a second. Paul Muni credited largely with the draft. ' 'Fashions of '34' at the Hollywood slipped to $7,600 last week (second) and on the third will be lucky to get $5,000. It goes out Feb. 12, if liot earlier. Palace, RKO Center,, and Mayfalr all take a back seat to the second run .State, where George Jessel, on a personal, Is. pushing the take to $20,000 or over, very good. Picture is 'Fugitive Lovers.' Mayfair strong runner-up at $12,000 on 'Frontier Marshal,' and center; at $13,000 above average. Its benefiting by overflow from the Music Hall. 'Queen Christina" goes out of thie Astbr in another week after a short but fairly good run. 'Catherine the Great* (U A) opens Feb, 14, Metro subletting the house to United Artists. Estimates for TKis Week Astop (1.012; $1.10-$1.65-$2.20)— 'Queen Christina' (MG) (6th week). Goes .out a, few days, probably two, in advance of the openlnjg . of 'Catherine the Great' (UA) Feb. 14; Capitol (5,400; :35n75-85-$1.10e- 'You Can't Buy Everything' (MG) and May Rob.son in person; also in the film. Current week looks only about $27,000, bad. Next week -Lionel Barryrnore in person wltb .This Side of Heaven' (MGyl Last 'Women In His- Life' .i^^MG) arid a stage show that, had no names. HoMywood (1,553; 35>-66-75-85)— 'FashIon.s of 1934' (WB). (3d week). Tripped on Homething suddenly last week, falling to $7,000 and currently looks for $5,000. Goes out Feb. i2', house locking up. Mayfair (2,200; 3.'* - 55 -,65> — 'Ki.'-ntir'f .Marshal' (FdX). A west fM-n nd a surpi-iHf' at $12,000 on firs Holds a second, . Palace (1,700; 35-40-53-75), — T Am Suzanne- (Fox) , arid , vaude. Ho.iise may break by getting $11,500' or ao, as compared to excellent $15,000 the previous week ' with 'Plying Down to Rilo' (RKO)» Paramount (3,664; 35-40-55-75)— 'All of. Me' (Par) and stage show, .AJllton Berle. Ethel Sliutta and Dave Rublrioff on the hard oak, are .helping picture along to a choice $45;000.; Last Week the same was expected from .'Fo.iir FriRhteried People' (Par) and Mirlani Hopkins* personal, but lowiard the end of the week with Thursday's, snow, builder-upper,' uslness fell. $37,000. . Radio City usic. Hall (5,945; CO- S5 -90 - ? 1 ;05 )T-'Naria' , ((loldwyn- UA) and stage sow. Spending $36, r 700. In advertising ou advance and two -weeks' run; the response over here Avas immediate, weather, taxi walkout and ainibtwithstandlrig. It will be $105*000 or more on the first seven days. Last week house, .got $75,000 on 'A;s Husbands. Go' (Fox); okay. Rialto (2,000; 35-40-6$)— 'The Ghoul' (GB) (2nd week). Slowed a little from- its fast capacity .pace set on the opening but ending first week at $18,500, still a big money- getter. Holding five days, on which, it shouM get $8,000. 'Devil Tiger* (Fox) opens tomorrow (Wednes- day). Rivoli (2,200; 40-65-T6-86);— 'Gal- lant Lady' (UA) (3rd week), Ann Harding, picture finished its second week at $25,700, good, and on its final three days indicates $10,000. 'Moulin Rouge' (UA) opens tomor- row. (Wed.). RKO Center (3,526; 26-40)— 'Take A Chance' Par), four days and 'Man of TWO Worlds' (RKO), three days. Doubleton helped by Music Hall Overflow, good for $13,000. Last week 'Design S'or Livinfe' (Par), four days, and 'Eight Girls in Boat' (Par), three days, $12,000, Roxy (6i2O0; 26-35-65-66)— Tve Got Your Nurifxber' (WB) and stage shbw; First Warner picture to land here and it's the talk of the town next to 'Nana,' from which it may be getting some overflow. If busi- ness holds up house will get $35,000. .mighty. Last week 'Beloved' (U) fell oft a little to $24,600/ Strand (2,900; 35-56-76-86)— "Hi, Nellie' (WB). To stay A second week on strength of an expected $26,000 Initial seven days. Muni name meaning something for drag. Last week the tesult was $13,200, mild, on second week of 'Msissacre' (WB). State (2,000; 35-65-75)— Tugltive Lovers' (MG) and Vaude. Stage show Incl tides (3eorge Jessel who is sturdy b.o. draft. This Week it looks like an easy $20,000, maybe «■ more, lots of proflt. Eskimo' (MG) the week before hot so hot, $15,600. N. H. NOT SO Pre- Lent Influence? — * Nice at $8,000 — . I New Haven, Feb. 6. Business easing off a bit thi,"- week. Maybe fans arei getting in practice for Lent. Last week*- just when film houses got going right, zero spell knocked last half for a loop, with everybody taking a bad dip. College, currently with 'Fugitive Lovers', gets , under the wire ahead Of Roger Shermian ^ivhlch brings in 'Cross .Country Cruise', another bue picture; next week. Poll's set for big opening of 'Moulin Rouge' with arrival of Caravan TI^ts* . Estimates For This Week Paramount (Publlx) (2,348; 36- 60)-^'Search For Beauty' (Par) and 'Last Round-Up* (Par). Fahr $4,800 Indicated. Last week 'Four Fright- ened People' (Par) and, 'Wine, Women and Song" (Chad), not too good, around $4,300. Poll's (Poll) ( 3,040; 35-60)— 'Car- olina' (Fox) and 'Let's Fall in Love' (Col). ..Off to $8,000 speed, oke. Last .week 'I Am Suzanne' (Fox) and 'Blood Money* (UA),. bad weather last half , had this one to $7,000, slightly below average, Roger Sherman (WB) (2,300; 35- 50)— 'Dark Hazard' (WB) and 'Be- loved' (U). Back to Thursday ■openings from Saturday, currently Hhould get $4,800, only fair. Last -week=-lAce-=of=:=Acc.sL:^.(JlI£0.).^and^^ 'Easy to Love' (WE), at $3;C00 for five days^ just about got over. , College (Poll; (1,565; 25-40)-- 'I<'ugltlve Lovers' :<»\IG) and. '.Smoky' (Vox). Exploitation on 'Lover.s' should help to nice $4,700. Last we<'k's cold . spell offset nlco opening on '.Should Ladles Behave" (MO) and 'Frontier 'Mar.shai: {Vox). witli fiiif'l $-1.4110 .•<!itif!frtct'>ry, how- - WllJ t I r. 10 PICTHRE G BO S S E S Tuesday, February 6» 1931 'GaDant kdy Makes Philly'Riin ig ■Pv,!rnH«inhH Voh 5 I and sstage sliow. headed by Lulu Mc- Plilladelpbia, I'ci), fv . Y,(.„nAji-gi.abbod^* noise this week should_ un- \ '-9})''^i^},^^f-^^^^ rjJ.BOO: 25- doubtedly bo. Garbp's 'Queen Chris- 3o.*^3|',\V50)-^'F6SriWtert^^ Peo^ Una' vvhichi judgine by its first two. 3/^;}lIy Kid day jump on rest days';, pace .at ^thQ Stanley, should PJ^^j .^^y^ ^j^^^ was nulllfled, by ke:ep that, theatre's turnstiles cUcK- v ^ . j.- . j^oa from crlx helpful, ing rapidly fot at lettst two weelts^^^ is combination of quartet of fair- ahd maybe more, , ^ . , .t^ .iy potent marquee names. Heading ■ Othevwise, the situation in the K,^^*- ^^^ ^5^qqq L,kst week 'Belo.ved downtown picture houses is .fear j^^.g^.^g-j^ 54 200. . . . ^^J^ (Mechanic) (1,800; 25-30-35- 40-50)— 'Carollnk' (Fox). (2nd wk). Has caught on nicely with Gay nor and Barrymore £a;ns. An oke ?(J,400 in prospect after nifty $5,500 on llrst Stanley, (LoeW-][JA) (3,450;. 25-35. 40-55-66)— 'Moulin Kouge' (UA), Snagged nice notices and hypoed by is fed tured by holdovers and second runs. 'Galjaht Lady' is proving soniGthi.ng of a surprise at the Aldine. Rated a nice picture it wasn't figured for a run, b-.it- last week's $8,000 re-^ suited in tlvc Harding film being held for a third week. This United Arti.sts liouKO. has. hewi getting a break of late. 'Thie Bowery', ?Hfenry vnr 'Roman scandals^ and no^y Moulin Rouge Caravan hitting town 'Gallant Lrtrly' have all held up | day after opening. Bennett always strongly aiid have been kept for either three or four weekis follow tng a period .when mdst of • the the-. . atr^'s - attractions were lucky . to stagger throiigh a single week. The Aldine is apl)arently ba,ck on the map.. . . , , Estirnateis Top This Week idine (i,200; 40-55-65)— 'Gallant tady' (TTA). . Held In for third weelv And should got between $7,000 and $8;000. Last week's figure* $8,300, snow and all, Arcadi (600! 25-40-56)— :'I)anc- ing Lady' (M0). Held for second week although unlikely ,to stay whole ^-l:^ days. If sO, should gross $2,300. First week's $3,000 was hot, Bpyd (2,4pC; 40-56-65)— ^Dinner at Eight' (JiGr). Held oyer but trade not' what expected for this second showing. ^f.aybe $10,000. Last we<ek, ' $13,000 a nice box office factor herea-bouts, am'wuy. Soaring to sweet $14i000. Last week 'HI, Nellie' (WB) poor at under $9,000. Indies to Senate l^^mhs OffllS CKck III PlttsbUTgh; Tane's Baby Rated Morbid. $8,000 (Continued from page 7) cept AlUed'B protests as substantia- tion for his contentions suggests the possibility that Die nia.y become a thorn in the side of the picture in- dustry and NRA. Too Movement for a siieclai .House committee probe of Hollywood af- fa;irs is believed to have been side- tracked by growing suspicion pf ex- pensive investigation bodies, This attitude was reflected last weeik when Republicans and Democrats bickered over responsibility for out •Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and George Glvot on stage. Met: way off, Estimates for This Week paramount (Par) (4,000; 26-35- 1 SO'-eSI^'All of Me' (Par) and stage I show featuring Mary Plckfbrd in 'Ghui'ch Mouse.' Pickfoi'd is bring- ing: em' in,, but not as big as ex- pected. Pic got good notices from Bright front helping busi- Pittsburgh; Fol). . it's th^ calm before the .. ri thlia' week or just before the Ijattlie, mother. AH of wlilch . means -that tho lines ariB being, drjayrn for a re- sumption of .the ^tage show flglit locally • between. Penn and Stanley with Pitt oh. the . sidellnies. Pertn. currently: bacic to straieht pictures after first . week of ; presentations, CPJ tics JJi, A A \. M.A, VAAM ness. ' Around . $33,000, good. Last but.i;pturns Friday (9). with Stanley la-ys^Sxceeding $300,000 in the past l^eek, 'Four Frightened ; peoi*le' I M>P^»ng. next week four Congresses. Without being .<Par), $15,000, feeble. ■ — I Fox (FM) (4,0.00;. 25-35-50) 'Be-^ loved' (Fox) and stage show, with Mae Murray and Freddie Berrens orchestra. Getting 'em, $1.6,500, sped Repriesentative Warrien, chairman of the accounts commit- tee, implied that he will be ex- tremely cautious about appioving ^^^j.^j^g Last week; 'Cross Country resolutions in the future which- call. (,j.yjg^< (p,p3j)^ $13,000. - for appropriations running into four Albee (RKO) (3,600; 26-36-50)-^ or five figures. | 'Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and With the Penn and Stanley going for names at 60'-cent top, Pitt con- tinues to . play tliose. new: 'nameless' units a,t .40 gents, and with grea:t re- sults, too. Small- seat house should be able to continue to get its ulmre whllia two de luxers fleht it out aniong themselves. .This week Pitt: has 'Cocktkil Hour' and 'Orient ICx- Representative Sirovich of New ST^^l^ York" Tardmany playwright-physi- I region of $16,000, ^6-so. I^^t week, clan, returned to the ring, after 'I Am Suzanne'^ (Fox), $1^00,^ , \: V„ „s-»„»i i-A^iromAnt Locw's Metropolitan (Loew) (2,'- having been in Virtual retirement, 25-36-60) - 'Women 'iq His Nvrestling l«rtth a pure food law and U j^;, ^-^Q y^y^^^ headed by served notice that he will look into Laurie, Jr. Very imlld week at the matter of copyright law revi- i;i5,(|0o. Last week, 'Roman Scan- sion to outlaw block booking, dais' (U!A), $20,000. A conference between Sol Rosen- I Strand (WB) <2,000; 25-36-60)-^ blatt. Gen. Johnson, and Sirovieh I m Nellie' (WB). Muni flicker is scheduled to take place as 1 J^JJ;*^ . Washington, Feii. B. Worst cold spell of season coupled with first real sno^ has boys fight- Earle (2,000; 40r55-66)-^*Easy to j lng for all they . are worth this week. Love* (WB) and vaude; Duke El- I Instead of taking it on the cmn, all ilrigton lieadliner. Copibine should houses are opening up on explolta beat $21,000. Last "week, 'Going 1 tion full force. Hollywood' (MG) and vaude; Weather, liurt plenty her.e $19,000. Fox (3,000.; 30'.40-65)-T-'Carollna' (Fox) and stage shoWi Held In on strength of flx'st week's big biz. $17,000 or $18,000 ihdicatedi Last week, $:S,000— big. • Karlton (1,000; 30-40-50)— 'Sons Of the Desert' (MG). Looks better than house's recent occupants. $4,200 indicated. Last week, 'Bed- side' (FN). Only $3,200— not so hot. Keith's (2,000; 26-35-40)— 'Rain- bow Over Broadway' (Chesterfield) and vaude. First run for a change. No more .than $7,5'O0 figured. Last week, 'I Am Suzanne* (Fox) second run , and $8,000 against weather tes- tified to Its popularity after its two big weeks at . the Fox. Stanley- (3,700; 40-55-()5)— 'Queen Christina ' (MG). Garbo picture started bffl with expected strength. Bngagemeint should, be a corker . Toughest break was arrival of the 'Moulin Rouge' cara,van in blizr zard. Combined with fact that edge had been stolen from midnight shows by joint Roosevelt birthday show at Fox Tuesday (30), . the Palace only had half a house for the late premier of the .plcture, includ- ing personal appearance of stars. .Bally was i)ut on despite weather* and Friday opened strong, with a complete sell-out that night. Warners . is going heavy with ads on 'Fashion's Follies,' pee 'Fashions of 1934.' Indecision about exact title messed things up. considerably, but show Will lead, town just- the same. Estimates for This Week Keith's (RKO) (1,850; 60)— 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' (RKO) . Recent per- sonal appearance of AVheeler and Woolsey helping, but in face of weather week will get just a nice $10,000. Last week 'Man of Two as Rosy returns from his. Coast, ex pedition. iSirovich said. . Johnson, had promised to discuss the block booking situation through the copy rightylaw./ Allied's squawki presented to the Senate, as evidence that the NRA is not looking out for sm^ll business, repeaits familiar and byinoW whis kered ajrguinents that indies- were pushed into the gutter when the code was being: formulated and con, talned the new ietllegation that ma- jors are violating the code provi- sion which bans forcing^ shorts; Chi Fanr Freaks Nice $7,500, Prov. in town at moment it's a cinch to push bver pi'etty. close to $i 0,000; for virtual leadership of town. Fashions of 1934' at Stanley looks like best of picture bets, getting off to nice start on heels of swell, cam- paign and oiXght to collect around $11,000, better, than this $ite has been doing of late. 'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen' plunging Penn back into cellar; witii hardl" a chance of knocking off $8,000, which is pretty bad. Picture's themie held against It and there aire likewise reports of a whispering campaign by Jewish trade against Dorothea Wieck. Eflitimateit for This Week Davis (WB) (1,700; 25-35)---'Tbrce Cornered Moon' (Par); House hit- ting the skids pretty badly of late and any picture is jUgt another pic- ture here. That goes for this one, maybe $2,500. Last Week. 'Cross Country Cruise' (U) suffered like other from cold snap and down to $1,800. Fulton (Shea-Hyde) (1,750; 15- 25-40)— 'Carolina' <Fox). Opens run today (5). 'Advice to IjoVielorn* (UA) 'CAROUM' $20,000 BEST IN BUFFALO Br houses Providence, Feb. 6. , . . ^ „ i-eak for the first-run picture Dulled after three days of slim plck- ses this week with lull in stage ings at $2,300. Preceding that /I Am Suzanne' (Fox) held up nicely for seven days at $i6,$00, one of two houses to withstand fairly well zero weather. attractions. / Not so niuch emphasis on flesh Entertainment this . stanza | as has been the case for the last few weekSi C!onsequently the houses [ with pictures only are getting a I fairly decent breiak. „ ^ , , X 1- 1 Only outstanding stage attraction (Par). Np customers for this one. Current InalcAtlOns point to sharp jjgpg ^jjjg gt^nza at Fay's thektrfe, morbid theme keeping 'em away. Buffalo, 'Feb. 6. Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 50.)— 'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen* uplift at box ofilc^s. Last week showed marked improvement, and preisent period (ipntinuing. the rise EstimAtiM for This Week Buffalo (Shea) (8,600; 30-40-65) 'Cairolina^ (Fox) and stage sho^ ^Ith $20,C0C i^d ^ l5ce£^'';^:is 1 wlHds'^,^ week. 'Fashions of 1934' (WB)., Only $14,000 in eight days— n.s.g. Stanton (1,700; 30-40-55)— 'Fugi- tive Lovers' (MG). Opening pace Saturday indicates no more than $7,000. Last weeik, 'Counsellor at Law' (U). $8,300— good against the weather. Babo Likes 'CaroGna'; 'Moulin Rouge' 'Frightened' $5,000 Baltimore, Feb. 5. JDlHatstrous weather.- break that snapped .over the town just after all papers on Lederer's debut, but Eskimo angle, killed It despite at- tempts to play it down. Left early with li ht $5,000. Fox (Loew) (3,434; 60)— 'Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen' (Par) and vaude. Meyer Davis on stage is getting his homietown pals, but . pic Isn't drawing. Maybe fair $18,000 LSist week 'Mr, Skltch' (Fox) sur- prised by getting nice $23,000 de- spite snow and no help from Stage. Earle (WB) (2,424; 60)— 'Fash- Ion's Follies' (WB> and vaude. ,Nice reviews on comedy and gal angle. where 'Fi-eaks of the World's Fair' I Will be lucky to collect even $8,000, are headlining. With the .aid of which is pretty bad. Last week 'Fu- 'Bedside,' main picture attratction, gitlve Lovers' (MC?) and tab 'Vani- gross should be well up in the nabe ties' over-estimated, due to isudden of $7,500. Stage fare at Fay's Is just appeiranbe of sub-zero weather flriit the type to bring in the coin. part of week, getting around $26,000, Loew's State, the only other spot instead of estimated $33,000. Miriam Hopkins In person running I in town with vaude this week, haa a pitt (Schaffer) (1,600; 15-26-40)— well and picture drawing fine com- tepid variety bill,, and 'You Can^t 'Orient Express' (Fox) and 'Cock- ment and business. Strongest open- Buy Everything' on the screen, tall Hour' unit. Good show and ing In months InditJates at least With the weather - against things, with things all to itself this week $20,000. tABt week , 'Flying Down tor and lack of names in feature plx, should, have little .or no trouble Rio' (RKO) and stage show. Picture gross off to poor start. Just now in- | mopping up at $10,000. Last week failed to hold up to advancei noticies dicatlons are hot more than $11,000, but got a fair $16,000. so^so. Hipp (Shea> (2,400; 25-40) *Fe- Grossesalong fllmrowseemto.be male' (WB) and va,ude. Mild get- pretty well distributed. Paramount - . _ . ' has slight edge because of advantage of early opening, on 'AH of Me' and 'Murder 'ori the CamPUS.' Para mount gross sfhould be in the neigh away after last week's rush. Prob- ably will get about average $10,000. Last week 'Advice to Lovelorn' (UA) and Chicago Fair Unit. Tak- ings Up for Bubstantial rise with bprhood of . $6,500 film and stage show dividing hon- ors about equally. Pine gross topped $14,000. rest Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 25-40) 'Mr. Skitch) (Fox). Average box of- fice Indicated. Figured to do around $8,500. Last weke 'Eskimo' (MG). This one failed to show anything plus help from fashion pag6s, is here. Gross represents bottom "busi sending week to nice $18,000. Last week 'Easy to Love' (WB), with Duke Ellington on stage; turned in about same .figure. Palace (Loew) (2,363; 60)— 'Moulin Rouge' (UA), Caravan of ness for this house, . $6,600. ) ' AVbman' (Par) and 'The Chief (MG). This house showing substan tial.and steady business with little variation. . Figures represent Strong stars gave it bieautlful send off With kj^aw at the scale. Loioks to better -^r-- At -K..wv,f oforf hrnko 1 two personal appearances. Counting qoO. Last week 'As Husbands Go" directions after bright start broke U^^^ ^jmperor Jones' (UA) the cxhibs hearts and ^^^^^^ program did nlc( approximately $16,000 loss, right^off I j-fving"' YPar) diVappoTnted Vith I ^^^L. +v,<» velvet to the five loop show I »^ . nroao I the Velvet to the five loop sno^ ji4,000. Plenty of space in press houses. . . ■ bivt despite most critics' raves, they Currently, probably the strongest 3^^.j^y r cdmblned front presented, since, the RJalto (U) (1,863; 50)—' Madame holidays on tap and qompetish Is gipy' (U). Should get by o.k; with terrlhc. . Snow blanketing .the .city '^6^500; Last week 'Cross Counti'y cut deeply Into the first two days' Qpyjgg. (U)^' too soon; after bus at- take due to sluggishness with which niosphere in '.Fugitive Lbvisrs,' fair, town dug itself out of the dri". with $5,500. . Outlying suburban play stymleid (WB) (1,583; 60)— 'Bedside' due to inaccessible highways, coin- (wb). Satisfactory with $6,000, Last clinking into b.o. registers sweetly j ^^^1;. .gon of Kohg' (RKO), ditto, consistent now, but the off biz open ' " Ing days ^ill show drastically in final tolii Estimates for This Week Century (Loew-UA) (3,200; 26- 35-40-55-66); 'This Side of Heaven' (MG) arifif Lionel Barrymoi'e in. per- son topping five-act bill. Looks to reach $17,000. Last, week 'Sons of ithe Desert' J MG) and Wheeler and Columbia (Loew) (i,2€3; 40)— Pi^kford, Mac MuiTay 'Orient Express' (Fox). So-so, head- ing for possible fair $2,800. Last week 'Olsen's Big Moment' fair $3,000. IFrtx'). Lowe's Single for U Hollywood, Feb. _ , - ^Universa l will .only_t>e able_to Woolsey Tn porsdn.T^at'tW ^wrariljr p^.^^^^^.^ g^^d release oricnEImund- accountable, did good $16,000. . Lowe- starring picture for tlie 1933. 'l'J'^?'*r?"2?x ^^.^-Rf^^'^ if Two 34 season. Company will spot him '^;S' " RK(^^)ltM^^^^^ lead of 'Whex^e's Brown?' news- ^° «?Lp^ Francis Lederer made.|.paper yarn from original by Lin- coln Quttrberg, with picture slated on' stage. Francis Lederer good impresh both with critical gen- try and femme patrons; 'Vanities, being fundamentally same con- dehfied viersioh thit peeked into town last year, hurt somewhat by news leaking out, Doesn't look bet- ter than $17,300, but good. Last week. 'Long Lo.«t l-'iUher' iRKO) to get under way next month for reifa.se in May. Lowe holds, a throe-picture deal with Universal, and the other two features will he mnrlo for tli<» 1034- 35 sonf-'on. Although RKO Albee . Is handi- capped with a new screen name in 'Man of Two Worlds,' opening .was surprising. House , did a neat job in ballyhooing pix, steering clear of Eskimo angle, and emphasizing Francis Lederer as a sensational screen find. If present, pace con- tinues there is no question of hpuse tilting $6,300. I 'HI, Nellie' at the Majestic opened Century (Shea) (3,400; 25) White tepid, but nice reviews and com- /T»o,.\ arxi\ 'Thp. ^^hief I ^^^^^ gj^^^j^j g^j^g g^ggg yp^^rd be- fore . the week, is over, and place hd.use in the.,.. same, class with .Pp poslsh. Ed Wyhii's 'The Chief getting its first Rhode Island sihowing in Cen- tredaJe, jiist outside of Providence AH exhibitors along the main stem here passed it up. Estimates for This Week Fay*8 (2,200; .15^25-4Q)-^'Beside' (WB) and vaudeville with 'Freaks of World Fair' headlining. B.lll Is oke with the natives, unless there's a sudden switch iii things if looks as though this house Will lead things this week with a nice groSiS of $7,500. Ijast week 'Orient Ex- press' (Fox) tepid at . $6,000. Loew's State (3,200; 15-25-40)-^ You Can't Buy Everything' (MG) and vaude. Variety show doesn't mean tnuch except for revue With a former local boy at its head. Strahgely, house has made no at tempt to capitalize on this angle lad has big following . and -would have meant coin if billed right; $11,000 In prospect providing things don't slide too far. Last week =iEskimo'-=(^fXG)=and=Radio=Rogues topping stage show so-so at $11,800, Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15^25-40)— 'Hi Nellie' (WB) iand 'Charming Deceiver' (Maj). House would have done e;reat deal better M shorts had been, placed InsteiEid of companion feature.' Audience giv Ing it the laUgh; as a help to Muni's picture it isn't. No doubt gross would stand better chance If 'Hi Nellie' had better support; reviews are nine and word of month okaj' 'Jimmy and Sally' (Fox) and 'Sweet and Lowdpwn' unit about $7,700, good. Stanley (WB) (3,600; 26-35-50)^ •Fashions of 1934' (WB). Getting the femmes and off to nice start through swell campaign. "Should collect $11,000, not too good, but con- siderably better than takings here of late. Last week 'Four Fright- ened People' (Par) , brutal at $5^000. Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-50)— Dark Hazard' (WB). Robinson just doesn't seem to click in this burg.* 'iHtazard' hardly one of his best, either, which will hurt additionally. Maybe $4,200, maybe not. Last week 'Let's Fall in Love* (Col) ' the dumps at $3,100. LafayeUe (Ind> (3,400; 25) 'Bom- bay Mail' CU) and 'Horse Play* (U). House seems to havis struck neW; stride with return to double feature policy. Will \ probably top $6,500. Last week 'Cross Country Cruise' (U) and 'East of Fifth Ave- nue' (Col) maJntalned excellent pace all weiek and bettered $6,500. Personals Pep B'klyn Brooklyn, Feb. 5. .Plenty of talent in the downtown sector this week. Flickers ;and stage shows are variable. Paramount Is now under Boris Morrps' guidance arid his first move was to bring in Mary-^Pickford.- -Mary _hasn't, been in this part of the tsduntry-fof rnany years. Her box oflice appeal is still there. Flicker is 'All of Me' (Par), Which local cinema critics gave splendid sendoilt. House should do $33,000, good but disappointing for ^lary. - Another old-timer on the stage here Is Mae Murray, who hasn't been around in several years. The Mur- ray gal is packin' 'em In, however Flicker is 'Beloved' (Fox) and looks Hke fine $16,600. Alhoe Is so-so with too. Y6t, gross will not be much over $6,600. Last week 'Massacre' (WB) and 'Cross. Country Cruise' <U) poorest in town ait $4,200. Paramount (Indie) (2.200; 16-25- 40)_'All of Me' (Par) and 'Murder oh the Campus' (Chest). Nice bill and- plenty of names to draw; house has slight edge with early opening, but gross will not be much over $6,- 600 When final tally is made.. Last week 'Eight GUrls in. a Boat' (Par), and 'Woman's Man' (Mono) "was hot iBO. bad at $6,800. RKO Albee (2,200;: 16-25-40)— Man of Two Worlds' (RKO) and 'Meanest Gal In . Town' (RKO). Good all around bill despite main picture has no potential names of the screen, house ballyhop appair- ently overcoming obstacle, arid should hit $6,300. Last week 'Hips, Hips, Hooray' (RKO) and 'Shadows of Sing sing' (Col) was not so tough at $5,600. RKO Victory (1,600; 10-15-25)— 'Straightawaiy (Col) and 'Son of Kong* (RKO). At least $1,200 in ' prospect for. split week. Last week 'Ace of Aces' (RKO) and 'Counselr lpr_at Law^ (U). both se;cond__run, ntnffl"d^Tte~ar$i^lIirori':spm-w Robinson's 'Canal Boy* Hollywood, Feb. Casey Robinson has been- as- signed to adapt and dialog 'Canal Boy* for Charles R. Rogei-s at Para- mount. Ralph Murphy will direct. Richard Arlen 1[3 being oonsldrrrxl for the male lead. TAaaVfWTB lAMDOM OFFICE. • St. Hartln'* Pliwe, TnfalKar SqoaM FOREIGN FILM NEWS Cable AddreM: ▼ARIKTT I-ONDOM. Telephone Temple «a» 604l-3(M2 11 U. S. MAY FORCE NO French-Germans on Outs Again; Fihn Exchange Pact Called Off Paris, Jan. 27. /Collapse of Franco -Germ.an com- mercial treaty n^&oilatlpns j Is be- lieved by the trade to spell the doom of the Franco7German film exchange pact, .which has created so many tows here. After - repeated efforts to make a deal oh quotas. for gener^il merchan- dise, the Germans said the French were gettlne top tough, and w.ent home to Berlin to start reprisals. It is reliably reported tbat as a result of this split , the P^rench have served the Germans with formal notice that the. film deal is off in three months. This is the warping required by the provisions of the pact in ordet to break it. Miiiistry of Commerce, is mum on the report, 'hQwever*. refusing' to discuss it either wiy. ^. . Meanwhile tbei Germans are step- ping on the .gas and getting as" many films into. France as they' can while the getting is good! The . American trade, howevei-, ' less: bothei*ed than the boys thought it would liei. The Franco-derman pact; as a matter 'of . fact, hasn't proved to be hc^arly an much of .a headache as was predicted. What the Germans are sending in, although cheap and thus aiinoying comijetition purely from the price point Of view, is not of ■ the character ' and quality to liother American distribs overmuch. ' What bothers the- Americans much more is the general depres sion. The flirst run houses and showcases in Paris are doing fairly .^ell — Metro's Laurel and Hardy pic. 'Pack Up YoUr Troubles,' is hanging out the 'coniplet' (iS.R.O.) sign at the Ermitage .nightly, for instance but in the sticks, where the dubbed pictures go and the real, rental grosses 'have got to be built up, business is still terrible. Lacejr Kastner Ups Jack Koerpel, United Artists continental Europ^, is out,. Lacey Kastner replacing ih^ in the ;same capacity, Koerpel held the job only a few months, having replacied Guy Crosswell Srhith last fall. Kastner has been with UA in Paris for the past six years, .'where he was assistant to. Smith for .that period. PAR BACK TO PARIS FILMING Another Anzac INT'L TRIlOE P.arfey. of Foreign Powers for Trade Accords to In- clude Consid.eration for Motion Pictures— Maybe French Wine for U. S. Pix — -Or Swap Brazilian Coffee for Filnis Government Collection Bureau m Would Bind AD U. S. Distrihs FARM PRODUCTS FIRST ihii Quota Paris, Jan. 27 Paramount ha? at last got a start on its local production plans — via a back door, however. Marie Bell has signed to star in a talking verson of yictorien Sardou's antique hit, 'Feddra,' for Paris-France Produc- tions, which is the tipoff. iparls-Francc is really Paramount, although there Is no Par money in it. Company has just been formed witli a capital of 1,250,000. francs by Louis Gasnier and tAvo others. Gasnier will direct tlie. picture. Paramount will distrilnite film on a strictly percentage basis. No guai-anty. Pic will be made, at the .par Joinville studios.. Thus 'Par gets tyei-ything, including studio rentals, without ijuttlhg up a centine. Only rench version is' planned, 'the time being. Russiai^ Plan 100 Pix For 1934, 59 Talkers Moscow, .Tan. 15^ Soviet Film Industry has Just completed the finnl details of its 1931 prodiK'tlon program,, which pro^ vldo.s for 41 silent and 59 . Sound film.s, of which 79 must be released by the Ond of the year. Over\vhelming, bulk of this year's pioturos will deal with contemporary problems of socialist construction, £i!oventeen films will be devoted to collectivisation and- the village, 12 to soviet industry, 12 to the cul- . Jjmtl_ftLVjUUtioii_an w ill Jjc oji questions conneitod with na tional defense. Contrary to the previous year's productions, in which airtlstic merit was .'^acriflced "to agitational aims, this year's efforts of the Soviet cinema will be .bent o" combining realistir treatment of socialist con- struction with a generally high artistic merit. Sydney, Jan. An . Australian filrii : quota will probaijly come into being; follbwing on the completibn of • the present film ihquiry, F. W. 'Thring, director of Efttee, stated that without some protection it would be unprofitable for local producers to continue, Thrlng-*ays. that he' dropped aroUnd 20,000 «aol-: lars on 'The Sentimental Bloke,' which he produced here. Thring says that when he first went into the production game, he was able to d^al with Hoyts and Greater Union because they were at the time competing against each other for pictures. Since the formation of G. tI he was compelled to rely on the goodwill of the or ganization for. actual release and terms. ■For local producers to make. 52 pictures a year, a ciipltal outlay of at least 500,000 pounds would be needed. It Is practically Impossible to. secure any public finance while the condition exists that .Such a huge investment could be jeopard isied because One individual in this country, or a board of diriectors ih some foreign office does not want the Australian producer to get a share of either the world's or local market, states Thring. Continuing, V'hring says that If a restriction of picture thea.tres comes into being, it will be useless for anyone outside" the particular friends of- G. T. to attempt to make local pictures. Charles Chauvel, another local producer, told at the film inquiry that the huge combine of exhibit ing Interests, backed to a great ex tent by America;n capital, supplied the greatest rrienace to the present dey^lopmiEfht frf Australian pictures "to preserve the spirit of competi- tion, and to stop the growth of any combine there -.should be no restric tion in theatre-building ' Aus tralla, Chauvel stated. Roy Harwood, another local, said that owing to the operations of the cornbine progress in establishing the Industry. .In Australia is ,coh^ .<?lderal>ly . retarded. , 'The greate.st asset in the future of the industry would be the introdiictibn of a quota .system, he thinks. United States Goverhmeht has been requested . by' the Ilays oifRce to include films forthcoming world negotiations • on tarl lat- ters and has promised to do what it can, Majr mean a- breaking down Of quota laws agiinst pictures a.11 around. , Several conferences fltte ' in the making with' forei n ppwers- on the matter of tsiri State Depart- ment in Washington has IJieeh In constant communication with for- eign powers and has paved the way for a series of talfcsJ Thus tar matter has been entirely inforrna),. although eventually the govern^ ments will get together oiTlcially for actioii. Matter at the- present stage, (Continued on ipage 18) Goodman Starts Back Dei Goodnian, Fox's head man in the far; east, left New York for Chicago la^t week wliere he will spend a fortnight. He then moyes oh to the Coast for a couple- of weeits after which he detiarts for heradquarters in Shanghai. Trip is Goodman's first visit to the States in three years wjtli Chi- cago him home. R.F. C. G-B THEATRES IN 30% SLUMP Liondon, Jan. 27. • Recent intake of GaumontTBritish reveals; a 30% slump last year. G.B. average weekly gross is around $1,000,000. Reason for reduced grosses is mainly the disppointlng quality of the recent English and Anierican product. G.B. product has also not maintained Its standard, -while: the cost of production has been much higher than in the past. As an emergency, a coniference of supervisors was called, with in- structions given that they lop the theatres' overhead by $50,000 per week, and they were given till the end of February to put the Jiouses in order. ■The. film production side was also discussed with the various direc- tors and executives. It was hinted that When a picture is budgeted for a certain price it should stay within that figure, and lower, if possible; not always higher as has been the case hitherto. It is reckoned if all the pfUcials take these heart-to-heart talks se- riobsly, a saving of $5,000,000 in the overhead should hot be difficult. Rome, Jan. 27 •The Cines Co., originally founded by the late Stefano pittaluga and owned by the Soclieta. Anohlma Pit taluga. is uridergoing a big r.econ structloh scheme; Cines is the big- gest film producing corporation in Italy, so big and important to the Italian industry that the govern- rfent Finance Reconstruction Instl tute, which corresponds to the Re construction Finance Corp. in America, has. decided, not to le^ it die. but to support it and help re- store it. Old board of directors has been changed arid a new- president • ap pointed for the corpbratlon. He Is Commendatore Paolo Giordano, ex perienced show leader, manager of some theatre chains, and one time chief of the Dra-matic Authors' So- ciety. Giordano goes in as boss of. the new Cines, which starts , off again with a nice transfusion of lire from the government. Two of the orlgi nal vice-presidents of the old .Cines go, and the new policy is "few pic turei3 but big ones." Cines will now probably take up again the distrlbutiori end of the business. It will try to handle films of some of the smaller American producers as well as . some German, French' and British concerns. Considered pcsslble that Giovac- chino Forzano, co-author with Mus- solini of several plays a,nd films, in eluding the picture, "Vlllafranca," which has just been released, may join the n6w company. Forzano is an old hand in the business, and his film, based on a plot given him by II Duce, looks like big business. It tells about the birth of Italy through the craft i)f Cavouir;: th6 darlhg ©f Garibaldi and thie help of Napbleoh III of France. Lateist headache of American film men hei;e is the campalgw ot Charlea Delac, presidettt Chanibre Syndicale, to set up a sy tern having all exhibitors pay for flirts by turning over a percent^ age of the gross everj- night to a Cpllectihg agency which would act tor all producers and distributors. Scheme is tied up tight with the film bank idea being plugged by BdircATlon Mlnlste^ de Monzle and belac,- to' creisite credits for French production. Hundred million francs is the. figure named for the' bank's cai)Itil, which it would lend to the picture makers, but this figure looks awfully big right now.- and they'd, take less. Bulk of rnoney Is to come from Government, which hasn't too riluch to spare for the moment. Delac's .collection stunt took oh new . impetus after he made a hot speech on It at the annual dinner of the Chambre Syndicale a couple of ' days ago. .He said that the. nightly cash pickup co-'d only be applied when the producers made (Continued on page 56) 2U.S.C0;SB0W 0 NAZI STAND Gov't Fdm Inquiry Develops bussman Vice Nathan Su.«?.sman, named g.m. for Paramount in Central America, left Saturday to take up his duties. He'll start by going to Mexico City, and then move on down. Su.s.sman replaces John B. Kalhan who has been recalled to Xtw York for a new foreign post, ynnaniod as More Foreign Mor* news about the forci^'n .film biz -vv'iir be found on page 18. Sydney, Jan. 22. The film fight here is fast de- veloping into a triangle. Firstly, the powerful General Thoatres Corporation is lighting to prevent any opposition erecting theatres In the capital' . dtle.s. .Secondly, there are M-G-M and other interested parties fighting for Bov('rninental sanction to new the- :a tres'-^go in g--=-u Pf—a nd=al sf)- ir^at tl 1 n g- tho combine: ov^r flTm V terms. Thirdly, there is a now eloment In the Independent Australian pror O'Uf.ers, F. W. Thring, Pat ITanna, and Charles Chauvel, who are flght- , ing .to have the government grant ia quota for Australian pictures. I Thus far, the government inquiry undr.r the direction of F. W. Marks h.'iis hot produced much tiiat the Trade doe.s not already know. Dls trib says hn can't sell his film be- cau.'ife of the stranglehold. Mouth- piere for the strangleholder.s says thf ilistribs want, everything their own w.'iLy. A builder chips in and .says bfitor let rnore tboatres go up bccau.se Barnuni; 'as rlgiit: any- way. Producers turn comes next -and==^tlie^>'-".sing«a==Hong=-^of5^quotiaHr OoverniTicnt Kuy takes bis cue and asks quf».stlon.s that only iEin ac- countant could rake up. Chatter goes rii^ht on Until intormls.«<lon. f'liafter Hceih.s to be the keynote of the probe, thus far, and aij'no one Is on oath .It look.s as though the rh.'itter will continue until gov- fCor liiiUffd on page l**) American film companies are still afraid of offending the German gov- ernment becausfe preferring to cbnr tlnue business there in spite of cur- rent conditions. Two companies, Warner Brothers and Columbia, noiade deep c.ohccssldns last week rather than possibly get into trou- ble. Nazi government had servied no- tice On Columbia for 'Below, the Sea,' -vvhlch It considers anti-Ger- man. Same for Warners on 'Cap.- tured.' Both companies Avere told that they mu.st clip their films for distribution throughout the world, and both have complied, making all the cuts suggested. U'S EUROPEAN PROD. REPS IN N^POW-WOW Max Frlediand. UnlvensaVs g.m for continental Europe, In chargf.- of both production and distribution^ is in is'ew' Yorii f(>r conferenc e"" " with tlie Laemmles. With hi Fritz eljer, in chiirge of the co, pany's <3er Laommle, Jr., has definitely called off his proposed European visit, with the. European execs called t** N'ew York for conferences In.stead. "They will lay out production pro? grams for Gefrmany, France and Ehgiahd before returning, also ar- ranging for .some Interchange of .stars. Both Laemmles now expect to re- rhaln in New York for about two weeits, then returning to the Coast. Although Frlediand is a Laf' lo relative, he has never been in the country before and does hot speak Kngllsh. Mrs. Friedlahd witii him. =^he 4V!ex^Rights.^=_ 2IoUyw''fd, l''fb. 0. Osfar 01dki»ow and Lou Mclzgcr leaving Thursday f8) for Mexico City to confab relca.sing df'als for pix for which Metzper b'J'ls Mexi- I ran rights. Inr^ludftd are 'Klysla' and several cIkm-I-s. VARIETY Tuesday, February 6, 1934 n •5. %s' a i ike CITY t/chere f - si' "-'^ tn (tec/ ion o )ene )vev J ia (dne of tlie <j9cir§esl (^rowJs Motcrim {lie ^3{tslor^ ofilie C0^e BUSINESS THE SECOND DAY WAS BIGGER THAN THE FIRST, AND BIGGER r 5.? leaseJ tliru UNITED ARTISTS Tuesday, February 6, 1934 VARIET Y 14 VARIETY FILM B E V I E W $ Tuesday, February 6, 1934 NANA Sanauel Goldwyn vroduc-llon . tor Unltoil Artists release. SStara Anna Hten. Dl rected by Dorothy Arzner. Adiiptcii by Wtllard MAck and H; W. Grlbble from lipVel by Entitle Zola; dialog dIrectcO by Hack; musical dlreclbr, AUrcd Newman; Bonig by- Rodgera and Han; camera, Grose Toland.; At R. C. Music Hall, N, .Y week reb. 1; Itunnlng tlpie, 87 mlns. . . . . Anna StCn .X'hilllps HplmpB Lionel AtwlU .HU'hard Dennett ... . '. ; . .'Mae Clark ': .Muriel KlrUland ........ . Reglna Id Owen I .... t • •'• • ■ '• JeMSlc Halph . i, .. i Lawrence Grant Nana, . , Xt. Gporfre i Col. Andre Grelher. Satln........i MfitiJ........ Hrdcndve. > . . Grdn. ukb Sam Goldwyn ntly laliAched a new istar in not so brilliant yeliicle, ^nd the satellite eclipses hep setting. Picture spells o;. in the Impoi'taint ble money - keys and perhaps even mor subf>ciiuontg, for the ■fJSeqTicnts will - not be as cHcu- resih iii script tastes.- GrtJrtwyri must have had - apieiS at ■the break of each exhibition' during, the first couple Of da.ys. td eaves- drop on the comments. They must Kaive oVerhoard the. differences Of opiiiionj butj.the fact that, they were talking abOut Anna Ste^— and how ! —Is sufflclent. No disputing 'that the $47,000 advance campaign which heralded .• this new star* into the ■world's largest theatre had centered attention; The -/con-sensus .iayored the glamoi'bus Kusso-German im- portation'' f ulsOme.ly ; the ' captloxis- ncoS Over the story deflciences were as unanimous as they were obvious. .*5till, fOr all .its script shortcom- Intfs, 'NanaVis a money production. Gertaintly this heretofore unknown star seems possbssjed of sufnclently undeniablo. allure to go place's. Miss Stt>n has beauty,, slamour, chanii, •histrionic ability (although there arc a couple of motuonts Vhichi seamed a bit beyond her), and vivid B.a. That's the difference ib.etween just a good leading woiridn a-nd a potent gatCT getting .star. Picture looks heavy money, in-^ eluding what ;Teally went into it, and apart fronii iyhat Goldwyn had to charge up to cover a year and half's linguistic tutoring for his im that she clicked and most notably in !Brothera Karamazoff,' which first attracted Goldwyn's attention and his de.'Jire to riecreat the Dostoiev- sky work vfith Miss Sten under Hol- lywood cinematurgyi This idea was abandoned in favor of 'Nana,' The producer has stated that if *Nana' clicks abroad he'll get his money back — he can't do it alone from the American market^but- re- gardless, .'Nana' seems a good in- vestment, for he has treated a po- tent new Stat*, at a time when a, he\v marquee^ nanio should particularly, yield big sub.sequent dividends. Abel HI, NELLIE W.'ii-n.er , Bro.s. . production ., and release. SiaT.s Paul Muni. Glenda Farroil. Nod Sparks and Robert Rnirat underlined. Pi- . rected by Mervyri Lbftoy. From story b>' Roy Chanslor; adaptation. Abemv FInkel and' Sidney Sutherjahd ; photography, Sol Pollto. At Strand, N. .Y., week ^an^ SI. Runnlnff time,- 73 mlns. Brad . ... . . . , . . : ; , .: .Paul MUnI Gien-y . . . . . . ; . . . . ......... .Glenda Farrell Harvey. Dawea.; .-. Dour Dumbrllle Brovi'nell .....'«... ..........Robert Barrat Shammy — .Ned Sparks Pullerton .......^.......Hobert CavannUnrli Sue ^. .... .Pat' Wins O'CdnneH . . . , . . . . .Edward Ellis .Sheldon .•;...i......'........Gcorf;e Meeker Graham ,:, .Berton. Churchill T^ule- • .-. . '.Sidney Miller Hiniatiire Reviews 'Nana' (UA>, Ann«, Sten Is over on her American debut film.. Her own resources .should he titufflcieiit to offset sbine of the lesser script de-r' ficlencies here.- 'Hi, Nellie' (WB). P-aul Muni as a newspaperman demoted, to the lovjelorh column as punish- ment byt wins parole «n solv- ing a murder. Barely gets by as fair entertainment. . . 'All of Me' (Par).. Pfedric Marchi Miriam Hopkins .. and George Ra.ft In a rathei^ heayy draniai. weii directed ' and acted but only sums up as fair. 'I've Get Your Number' (WB)i Another in the Wdrner cpmedy series minus cast draw ^ strength, itowdy! and fast. It -will appeal to lesser clienteles, and should do well there, 'Frontier. Marshal' (Pox).. Western with- George O'Brien. . 'Bettetr. than aiverage, .but^ some soft spots will prevent It get- ting much abbve average. 'Lone Cowboy' (Par);, knit story due for dualinjg. 'Public' Stenographer^ (Show- men's).. Just another picture;; Purposeless plot of a hard- boiled hotel stenog. MELO (*Der Traumeade Wlund') (FRANCO-GERMAN MADE) Fathe - JJathon - Matador prokluctlon tn .French and Gorman veraions. Made at Pathe^JolhVlJlo. Paris. Distributed In U. S. by Harold Auten. Stars KUsabetb Berxncr and features Rudolf Fofster. Directed by 'X'aul' Czinncr under supervision'' of °Marccl llellman, sjtory. Calhner and Karl Mayer, from play, by .Henry Bernsicin; camera. Kruofcer. At 70th St. PlayhouBC, N. Y., week Feb. 2. Runninf; time., 06 mlns. Pct^r. . . . • ■ . ...... • . . ... .Anton . Bdthofor cJaby . . .V . Mlsabeth Borttner .Michael Marsden. . . . . . . . . ... .Rudolf .FOrster Christine . Margarete Hruby hough it strng'gles to. entertain, . 'Hi, Nclile* fails to rise the oc- casion. It. is never more than casu-: ally amusing? Or exciting.. For Paul Aiuni it— represents another film characterli;ation that Is as clear-cut and . line as it could be. It's a better Muni performance than a picture. ' While cohiparLsons are odious, in , this particular Instance . it's in- Paramount production and rrt^^ e'vltablp «H1 'Nr^lliV' ii! csh cimllar tn Fredrlfr March. Miriam. Hopklne, eviiapie,^ ill, JNeme is so similar to George Raft, ^Directed by James Floods Advice to the Loyelorn in; idea and produced Ijy Louis Llghtoq; 41alog dlrccr treatment. '.Hi; Nellie' deals with tlon, Thomas Mitchell; from play- by Rose a newspaper man of rouigh-and- SS'^" "i&',Pte<*,.*>y swney^^^ nori,r ♦jmKA« ...rvi« io *^ .MThomas Mitchell; cameraman, Victor M|l- oafly. timber who is shunted to the ^^r; At Faramouht, N. Y., w«ek Feb. 2; lovelorn column as punishment for Running tlinei: 70; mlns. ALL OF ME derelicttOrt Of duty. Miini goes | Don Eiiia. .. . through the bofedom of trying to ' iiy*** . .Fredrlc -Marcb iriam .Hopkinis write chatter tor lovesick : boys- and i^j^^::;:::::::::::::^' & gn*ls, but becomes so good at .it Mrs. Darrow.... .......... i..NeUa Walker that the paper is glad he was so Jerry Halman; ^UUam Collier, Sr, <;r>nfonpf><1 The Dean.. Gilbert Emery Gangsters kidnap a banker. ., slay ' ^^'^^ Iniry him under another poI'tee' iJfuV^other cumulaTive"^ftxed I which is all linwound by the I 'AU of Me* douhtful. It has charges before even the cameras M^°'"">ented heart-throb editor and three stellar names, it has good per- started grinding^ I returns him to the managing ed s|^_2.- . L..-^-i« Tho-Mack^GTibble scripting is a| S«s'^' In^many respects 'Hi, Nellie' a provocative^ title and very free adaptation of Zola's fa- Horatio Alger complex. Its big time production values, but the mous novel; Much care is evident to M^^'^^'^y Is negligible rather than story wanders, doesh'lt develop its make it as circunispect as possible compelling, but a couple of taiir g, clearly or get any plaOe In and yet maintain Its color and allure laughs are managed by^ the action ' ^^"^^ ^^^^ which is the basis of this transition and dialog. Muni has Ned Spares particular. Weighing the pros and of a Parisian gainin to muslcalhall ^^^P that, direction, but he cons the only possible verdict is a heights. For purposes of sympathy h^Pfsn't go far, either. Robert Bar- .hgft.handed. compliment. 'All of and conviction it became likewise J*" >s in a gangster assignment s — necessary to soft-pedal .the three P«t not much footage. Char. Me will get by. Bisters of the sidewalk cafes and ac- ■ — — March plays a college professor centuate the newly-made star's vlr- ^ >«; D i? at.* who wants'. tO" deisert the campus for tuousness and singleness of purpose I You Can t Buy tiyerytning^ a engineer's camp. He wants ^'^rt\i^i^. t^^t^tt ^^I}l^^\*u Metro production and release. May Robr MiriamHopkinB/hi^ Student sweet- It ends oni'a IragiC note with a [ son, Lewis . stone. Jean Parker featured. . ^'i ■o^,^^^^„ T^o»r, suicide by the glorified gamin who Directed by Charles F. Reisner. Orininai heart, to go out to liouider i^am takes this way out to reunite the 5,^ DuaieV Nichols and Lamar Trotti. At ^ith him as his wife, but she Is a. two brothers. Pliillips Holmes whom t^^<|^°iv^m7nuYe'J:'*' ^'"'^ "^"""""^ pampered daUghter .ot wealth and she. loves, and Lionel Atwill, his Hannah May Robson the prospect doeisn't' appeal. Against maturer kin. who has coveted her Elizabeth ..:.,...jean Parker U^jg situation l.s played th^' story's and who subsequently Patronizes sub-plot of the lOve between George her when the younger brother is Dr. Lorimer .... ........... Reginald Mason Raft, a hoodliim anc. Helen Mack, tmnsf erred with his. regiment to AIt Ponny. as aVMan........wiliiam Bakeweii falthful-Unto-death sweetheart. eierS. Donny. as a Boy k.,.Tad Alexander! m___;«j.. *t.i- ^*.4.^^^;.„^^^ * ' Piagg ......Walter Walker Tragedy of this deep . attachment is ..Reginald Bat-low what ultimately leads the debutante laude Giiiingwater | to grab her engineer in spite of the rigors of a construction camp. Up to the point. sibOUt mid-picture, when the narrative dips into crook In between there is Richard Bcn- Snarksv. Considerable trade" interest in this.' film. Jhost Important being the American .debut- of. ~ the Bergher- Czlnner team.* Miss /Bergnet .. is Czlnner's wife and a;lway8 works, under his .dii'ection. Their most rie- contTflim is 'Catherine the Great,' made for United Artists in London. . From a business standpoint, in spite of the. Bergrier presence, film probably should have been releas<ed in New York in its French version. This has Graby Morlay. ialmost as big a. draW as the German girl, and .Wouldn't have to fight the German ; feeling on this side. . On the other haiid, director, star,' producer and authOi^ are all Jewish. . Piotufe h&s other points for. the. trade. . It is a ' psyOhOlogical study ahd the dlrect<n; has paced It and handled it in a different tempo than Is usual. It makes even tiie gen- eirally elephantine pace of Gierman fllmsv iseehi fast,, it's that much slower. Almost interminably slow.. And yet it serves its purpose for this, type ot film. If that's Inter- esting to the trade, whether the public; will go for it,is another mat- ter. In London a.nd Berlin they did. In P'aris they weren't sure.: Bernstein's play isn't such good film fodder and -the 'filmers hiaive changed it considerably without helping anyt Bernstein sued in sey- etal fcoutts in Europe trying to stop, the filming because he thougrht It wasn't fair, but the picture pro- ducers could have done him a worse trick by fllmlng.hiis play, as written. . It's a study of , the reactions of three sensitive, people. Wife of an or.cheistra vlolihlst falls in love with his best friend, a, concert violinist. She loves both men, can't breaJs from either, situation is. unbearable for all three. For the way out she commits ^ulcidis. ' It wasn't enough as a play when the . Shuberts. im- ported it two or three seasons ago, but it ;does allow- for itechrilcal fca™,- era maniiuvers.. . | Miss Bergner is a' superb acti:>ess and ought to go far over here be- cause of being a new type of Euro- pean personality. Not at all the •Dietrich rGarbo-Stien type. She;*s small, winsOme and, real. Picture is badly cut and fright- fully marred by a hopeless set of English titles made abroad In bad English and. worse taste.. In spite of that, it commands attention in its. class. Kauf. nett as the great Greiner, the mas^ | Danker..... ter showman, .who decides to clay this new unglorifted model into the , . , „ . toast of the revue halls. For one Practically a one-part character who has-been a star-maker and study, expertly drawn, but hardly I ;^ef^/amC'*U»e"probf^^^ breaker Bennett seems to take it meaty enough for general appeal. I sented between the professor and a bit too hard, but withal he lian- Mvith an excellent cast for support, 1 his pupil is good human interest, dies itv with restraint. Time is Paris May Robson manages to personally but the working out of the problem of the 1870 s and the^ 1934 mental shine. ; Is accomplished not hy .anything stance on hptcha Zola situations. The silver cord again, this time I that happens to the professor and even under Holly woodlan treatment, g-old plated. The mother's psycho- the girl but by the coincidental fate maRe it a bit ditHcult from the pathlc passions are divided between of the underworld pair script angle. Lawrence Grant is the the son and her money. The son It may be set down as a reason- smitten Grand Duke, likewise de- eventually rebels, but the money able truism of dramaturgy that any porting himself with much convic- sticks. At the finish the mother, story which ultimately converts its upn under the circumstances. Mae repenting, prefers the son and her principal actors into spectators for Clark and Muriel Kirkland as Satin greed is suddenly ,<;idetracked for a things happehing to secondary and Miml, Nanas two girl friends, happy ending, characters is going ta end up by are among the other cast stand- The story is sordid and brooding,, getting lost in a; cul-de-sac. For *'^t3* ; , , 1 relfcyed'' "and kept alive: ^o^^ drops Miss tens likening to Dietrich studied performance oiE one of out altogether and when reappeav- becomes inevitable. , Her throaty Hdily\yood's most proficient mature in? is definitely subordinate. • Cli- manner of singing ^That's Love' .players. Motived by a desire for max Is really the suicidal leaps of (the sole Rodgcrs-Hart song in the flnahclal revenge on a man who Raft and his girl from a hotel win- * ■ Li — that home even more, jilted her years before, Miss Rob-, dow as( the law closes in. There is forcibly, apart from, her light dia-. son's Hannah is most at home In . another sequence f Or clinching pur- lectic Teutonic brogue and the same her private artd well stocked vault poses between March and Hopkins general aura In personality. The at the bank. : but its anti-climax. Nor is it wholly Dorothy A,rzner style of direction She withdraws her moniey frorti explicable just how the deb gets out likewise recalls the Von Sternberg- one bank when her one-time fiance Of the jam she's In as an accessory M.amoulian techniclue employed in becomes an olTlcer ahd switches to J before . and after a . couple of jail A - behalf. a rival bank, which she manages | breaks. Mias Arzner s direction Is deft and years later to practically control. March unveils a new coiffure in understandlnsly in keeping with the It Js her ambition to make her son this picture. It's a hair dressing theme. She lias demanded and got- the richest man iri the world, tram- that may be authentic for a, college ten much from hei; star. Miss Sten's pling on his ideals. All the while prof but It's a strain on his box personal histrionics run the gamut she's a penny- pinch^r, living in pov- office rank.. With the hair Iri one from inspired dramatic touches such erty and doing such things as send- scene goes a collar-and-tie worthy as that boudoir scene with the Irig the Injured boy to a .charity of a ■ Charles Dawes. All in all, tempting, test-me clinch with the clinic and waiting f a fellow train while March hands In an intelligent elder brother, ^hom she Immediate- passenger to fall asleep in order to performance it's scarcely the type Jy repulses, to only a mediocre im- save the price of a newspaper. of thing his fans will fancy, pression, as In the . music hall with Her son marries, of all people. Direction of Janies Flopd is flricly her one Sorig. There she. Is called the daughter of the man his mother jshaded. Story is well told thro\igh- upon to reach the heights, for it. Is hates. It's all squared at. the finish, out and the lines, coached by here that she must prove herself with the mother coming out of a Thomas Mitchell, are fluent and _^ poiss essed of . the qualities which siege of pneumonia In ia forgiving convinblng. However... in Bplte of flUDse^uShtl3^inaite'"^her-^he-^^ Paris. The situation, of, course, calls Lewis Stone, Jean Parlter, AVil'- ture; on its cast arid productToS for, too much, which may be one rea- liam Bakewell, Reginald Mason and merit, does keep going.' Its love son .for Its disappointing reactionJ Mary Forbes all proficient in forni- sentiments, of course, will help with She registers on personality, but Ing the circle of friends and erienriies the ladies. Miriam Hopkiris vividly the vocalizing lets It down some- in which the 'old lady moves.. But suggests .Ihe coquette, before and what. . Total footage traverses 87 they're all up against a one- part after chastehing. Raft Is plausible minutes and that's a bit too much, script. and Helen Mack, as the girl with Miss Sten is being ballyhooed as Time is the beginning of the 2(M:h I plenty of trouble* Is memorable ii netv Busislan emigre. She was century and the clothes and settlnss 1 Nella Walker makes an Ideal sym- bom \n ICiev, Russia, and has done are .in accordance. The financldJ pathetic matron of culture and re- soxbe Soviet film Work, but It was panic of 1907 Is incorporated, gality. She plays the deb's maw. principally in the Berlin studios ' B\ I Ixind. I've Got Your 'Number Warner Bros, production and rele&sfc. Feature's Joan Blondell, Pat' O'Brien. Glonda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Eugene- Pal' iette. Directed by Ray BnriRht, Warren Rankini story; Warren Duit;. Sidney Suth- erland, screen play; Arthur Todd, camera; Clarence Kolster, editor; L^O F. Forbsteln, music. At Roxy, N. Y., week Feb. 2. Running time, C7 mlns. Marie .... ........ I ..... . Joan Blondell Terry .tat O' Brien Bonnie Glenda Farrell. John ' Allen Jenkins Flood ....Eugene P.illette Nicky ,......'.,'.'. ....Gordon Westcott Talking Shorts BUSINESS 1 A PLEASURE' Musical 16 Mine. Strand, J itaphone No; ,-1603-4 Technlcoior shoi't. pf . music in department stoi-e to ath^act business with a.. crooners, romahtlc doubles, a lliie of girls, constitutea the body , of this one. It's similar to a tvo-reelOr tunelllmy also Technicolor, riiiade by itfetrb a year or so ago. Of eiufflcient entertaln- riaent weight to attract favorable attention. Cathera riioves all over a depart- ment store rthe sets of which point to mbhey and production back- ground. Coloring , a good job, too. Only in one particular does the Tech tinting go a .little artificial. ThaVs In a ; couple ' Instances, .wliere ex- .Cess rtiakeup may have' been at 'fault. \.. More thelri h^lf the subject moves in and abbut the.stoi^e.. the rest goes outdoor^ on an outing for the em- iployees at which are received re- turns from the store in- 'a' contest to determine tvhich department In- creased its sales the most under the musical cure foi* sluggish business. In the outdo.br background.^ shot in- doors, the line girls . and others go through a series of routines krid all pleading. ; ' TcEiddy Joyce, , with a band and a dance specialty, heads the talent. . THE UNSHOD Comedy 10 Mint. Stanley, N. Y. Universal Title is literal and therefore funny. About a girl who gaye up for a pair of shoes. But that was long - ago, iaccordihg to the. stOry. It's an early dientury slleot, or part thereof. In which Mary Maclaren* once-noted player* starred. She'a the unshod maiden aiid an off- screen monologist . tries to kid her plight. Attempted witticisms are Just" that. Print Is okay, considering how old it is, but it's badly handled, and even the monologist ' fails to un- cover WiUiani Mong as the villain. Story' of a telephone trouble hunter seems to have been plotted along the line of the Flagg and Quirt comedies, but with only one Don Juan, squired by a timid ' side partner. Runs into melodrama for the close but even this Is treated in a rather jovial fashion. "Too rowdy for the more exacting houses although a corking good comedy in. Its class and ijaclts a bale -of laughs. The comedy. ■Will save it in the houseis in which it is likely . tO- be booked. It^ another comedy in tiie Warner string' which light oh draw nameSi ~ , More than a third of the -footage has nothing in particular to do with, the. story. ' Four, or- five sequences are: introduced purely .for their hiigh conriedy values and without regard' to advancement of story. All coi'lc-, ing .stuff of its kind but not . ger- mane. . Then the .heroine meets the boy friend and the'rOmanco starts. She's ,a blt'of a Sap to be played by the knowing Joan Blondell; for after losing one job for being a Httlo foOl, she's cajoled, by the same bunch of shari)GVS a second time. .Then she gets married, and quits the switch- board, after her best- and - only near- ly gets taken for a ride getting back the bonds she permitted to be stolen., not will not staiid arialy.sis though it enlorlAins while it i-uns. Ends on a iiig^ laugh as the bby'.s fellow 'blip' hunters invn do the flat on the w'edding night to fix the =phone..=^^: . . "__ Mi.s.s BlondeU docs not fit her as- signment. . She's not the 'type for the Innocent and conliding young thipg. That swings it to d'Brien who turns in. a. slick and almost convincing portrayal. He chiefly saves the sit- uations, nicely foiled by Allen Jen- kins, Eugene Pallette Is also a big help In spots, getting a ' chfinoe to more nearly approach the average (Continued on page. 34) PATHE ffEVIEW Inoludino a Nudist 8 Minsi. Stanley; N: Y. RKO-Pathe Exhibitors in states that ai>prov©_ nUdist features will find this short in- jjerfect program harmony. It has not. only a nude dancer.. Her gleaming make-up causes - all of those body lines to glisten sharply. The only other difference between this nude and those lii nudlstlc fea- tures is that she does not stand. She. writhes that body from above the hips ohly, since her dance' is ;'n that classic category which neces? sitates a sitting posture. Her legs are crossed, as well.- Pathe grace- fully titles this clip 'Body Sculp- ture.' The remainder of the subjects are old. Pittsburgh steel, soap carvers arid Bavarian Alps are among the others. It seems the whole thing, for that matter, was taken oiit of the silent draw and modei-nlzed with"- off-screen m.ub'lc and voice, plus the oldrfashion titles. Yet that dancer Is.one nude which has been atithorlzed by ,Hays and the censors. Thanks to her the short is subject to the most modern, al- though officially disapproved, ex- ploitation. Waly, GEORGE MEYER 'Those Were the Days'^ Song Novelty 13 Mins. Strand, ~~'' itaphone: No. Of a- series, each with some stpvy or comedy background that goes to sorifSwrlters and resurrects their, hit tunes. This one seeks but George Meyer and .brings to life around a dolisen songs. Material has appeal, and, .as brought to the screen, here, furnishes pleasing diversion. Short Opens on IVIeyer going over \ hli3 songs in connection with income tax. Some question as to when' lie wrote a couple Of. numbers, notably ..'{Song of the Nilp;' When poiiued out that .he .liste.d it. on -his fax re- turn for the yeai'. prior to its pub- lication, Moyer exiE)lains it was written foiv pictures first and he was rtaid lor jt in advaiVi- . 'Pbirs the short -gets its name of 'Those ^Vero the. bays.' ~As eacii .songr i» inulleU uver by Meyer and tlie. Income tax lad the '11im^tB=^ar^-cridit-ion-ofM Mn=o manner- or another.' 'Pho l^ton iJoy-s figure ihostly in thi.s connoi'tiori, short using toain.s :or others to lill out.' .^Sittln' in a Corner,' 'Maybf li's Love,'-. 'For Me and My Gal; 'Aly IMother's Rosary' arid other iiuiii- bers are brought out of thf iHIc. . For the close tho Eton b^ys i.i. •. -inif- singing waltftrs iri a pro-pi'oiiil'iil-'H cafe doing oidtime pops. ('?/(/-/•. Tuesday, February 6, 1934 VARIETY HOUSE REVIEWS VARIETY 15 Music Han for First Times Goeis Real Music Hall in Current Show PARAMOUNT. N. Y. 1 PALACE, N, Y. This week's stage show -would There's nothing about the current scarcely be held up as a model of {-^^^- ^"ff-tr^-^Jf ^^^^ leasB BincB il noiaa n conirtiut i * should be. But, Uqu,, but with enough nice Samples P?x reel ma'de one conspSukly reversely, It could be held up as a Lf this and that to g6t by the less advantileoT?^ move this wiek when typickl sample of what a stage show captious. If the Population of a bill it put Thorgeson, ex-broadcaster, these days Is; apt to be. could be used fj^ iito thfe recording. The rich Thorgy Its faults are^ off springs of econ- measuring entertainment value^J^s baritdne Imbues offscreen observa- omy. Too little time, top little one :; would rate^ par excellence. oanioMB iiuuuoo vilb^-icou uuooiva, I jjjjjj^gy .jQo mtig gypervlslon are ex- | Opening act numbers nine personB, biggest contributor to the l/amet program, many of its ecoops over the Elniib coming out of rooster ranks. Luxer, however, can still se- lect material frsm Pathe's national (release, since it holds a contract. The more-than- 6,000 seater iij «a- edy, of course, 'Is still needed. It's tions with an uriusual sincerity, a money, too little supervision are ex- opening act numbers nine ^persons, dlo City has finally hit on something apparent that, because of the huge marked and pleasing' contrast t6 Ih^ pended.; The girls, for example, in- while the finale Item, billed a-s the worthy of its envlromnent; The g,^^ the auditoriumr that cohcen- piping McNam^ no enthusiasm by their pre- Radio City Music H^l Choral En- •first Radio City Music Hall Revue. Uration on song lyrics, . or diligent p^olee used In sbme of the He^^^^ ifc thing more absent than semble, accoimts for 3?. which is. slated to .hoi* o^^^ vocalizing, cSng 1^^^^ McManus, whb pro- present. And the big finale with Show as a unit is a sharp letdown weeks with 'Nana' (UA). booked in ^^atter the quality of the acous- vlded the corned^ in reporting for balloons is rendered unsatisfactory from the previous week. So was the for a fortnight, is the type of^care- ^1^,3 ^hd the though mikei doesn^^ shortly by faked pirouettes. .. attehdance. that gi;eeted the war- fully planned and well-executed ^ ^ .^jj^ .-.^ fn aonVe of the P^^^ 'yet, amidst the. perfunctory and hiing mob. from Sixth avenue at the production which^an B^sin^^^^^^ workaday flaws^ of the show tbe fact pHd^y n^^^^^ P^^^*''^"iT^4n^^*''„SS evjch as the Hall should foster. record DroportiohsT Carriage trade, Sartiri^ M that thanks chiefly to Mil- the main arena were .many and There are a host of credits fon- PJJfJ^ P™P°^^^^^ gone fo^ those! the presentation clicks, wide. For .Screen sustenance there's .hected with this Leon I^onidoff w"'^" ^^^^^^^ ^ curreht Luxer brogram Indeed, the applause lasted welUnto .i Am Suzanne' (Fox), newschps and production, but it evidences a judl- Sorl than ever Jo m?ch ^d that the Lpithe staeS f d^^^^ the balloon number. That, need- a reel about Fatber John Cqughlin. clous blendiftg of all the collabora- "^9^^^ t^^ to say, is pumping plenty of , Frequency of slips indicated that tlve talents to good purpose. While jegui^ar reviewers w^ caicn ^ne hou^se fJ}\llJ-J^^^f^%^;^l th th*. response out of a O'lmes Square the Royar Uyeho Troupe, lineup's there was oi^e misfit in tbis initial^ M^^^^ I starter,' was Vber breaking in a *"f.,.H-^n.:enterta^nn^^ EnUx ^^sp<^^imi^^l calibre, that is but an . incidental Primarily it proves .that a different type of. entertainment -can b,e fcon- trlved other than the formula .suc- cessions of ivpcal ensembles, Rdxy- ettes, tableaux, et al STATE, N. Y. 2iSfreel"citt roJm^'^it'* delive?s°? the post-Hoover -Broadway has al, I nttfe difficulty warming up. newsreel city rooms, it . aeuvers a .^^^^ discussed and cussed | whole, the. mixture of rlsley and On the ^Ti^ir^-^^r. wi.of'f In thft fnr™ of ready ibeert discussed and cu SlE^^^aglSftlSi IStSlzel 1 beyo?id the publicity dreams : of whole, any I somersaults fared generously. ' I o*«5r,t>t\»viin"ciioii tiHBftri luxuries as 1 nio<iern headlinen^^^ As an Issue, he Oookie Bpwers had the next niche Although T^unnihg overboard on [tjS?ff,V®^-$hffuMft^to5^ I stlU hot. He sings a spi^g In fact |. for his outlay of oral sound effects until ■ after a. chart has ously utmzed to project ^ fast-moy- | &f ^J^^Sw'^S&gSg I lifting. Altnougn xunping o.veruuo.iu v" *r^fh-n rrtiiR' 1ittl<> touch does nOt 'i"-'^* ■»«=.='"'b» fv?^ lor nis ouimy uin-i svuii« ^^^•■^y-^" r -. A ... , , . time, this bill carries a heavy load fPotbail, Instead, the revolving, stage and i^^. .^^^^ eMertaihm6nt, much mdre ^S„;*H„""Vh« ilxoa^ a^d sometimes violent. With oth- amply, particularly his takeoff of ri the scrim set-pieces are advantage- | than a clevfir Dersonality like Georrge l gnp^n "pw the taxp^er s . d^^^ actors. He brags about his gag- Delancey street matron's frolics in 7 ^ -.- V- :i " 1 Me»BCi iio«5u» vu ui.wui^ . Even credits some pf. hls | a public bathing pool l'lSJi^*l^i^?y^5-^¥^^^?i5}*^>^-,'??^^ iV^iother flood of world | sources, Biamed_Ed^^ Cbmiffig under the heading of of tbent^ surefire before aildlertcesl i^^fifii^vif J couple Of gags went dead. What j gmartness deluxe was the tap exhib- ^ T.T4,,, w * I suoh the State caters to, v With trouljle in th^^^^ ^°^i*®nv;%* V '^"^"^^ Wm^^ West jessel as one of tbe sli and wprklng most, equa^^^^ like that? . , , and the Lathrop. Bros. The boys and. .Mo.Qlnty. who were, dropped UhjUout: as m.c.; the layout plays the belght^of the ^epresslon^^^^^^ Yet Berle indubitably .. can do shone brightest with their pakewalk after. the matinees) nor d d it is. J^sael says . the- wj^ arid to an audience, concept, while the girl, endowed ably require the substitution, of ti^g .ig hlg.fl„t time at the State. ^ .don. , hi «L>maS His tempo is^ terrjfic, hip vitality In ^oth W th looks and a figure that ^y.i^.t*^ Bubbles, who wer? added Fifteen minutes- could have been 'attack against the NRA by postma^^ .g^ng jg joisonesqiie. and help, had a couple specialties of her yith the rsecond day's (Fjrlday) .per- p^^ned from the do the layout is substitutes, .^and Jj„ Anstria^^^he K^.g, is. like any of ^wn that garnered plenty approval, formances. For, sans that unit, it running, however, to the advantage news^^^ specimens* spmethlng to aYi act cut to a fine, brilli shaped up as a fast 46-50^ minute j^e shove's speed. . Jesserhimself reanda against vHW^^^^^ viii««n wonder about. . His main failing re-J ^^^.4^^ and an asset to any bili; revuette that, waa yarlegated and ^qui^ , gtand most of the slicing. Paramount, . following "P. kidnap- h^toTQ, his excreable judg-1 May and Jean Carroll ex- versatile without boring; tn fact, though it would kill a IPt of laughs, pers, got som^ intimate views of t^^^ 'j^ working with women. chanked their pat line of patter, had one^f those reprises^ of 'Blu^.^hile the rest of the shaving could latest Toughy gang fr^o_as._ For ^^.^ jj^^el Shutta, and ^^^ade the next-to-shut interlude be done on. the Harry Savoy and some reason .or other ,the Lyxer J^^lle he's polite enougb In building ^ has it would have helped still further. Uiiuan Shade. turns. overlooked a Fox interview with a ^ f g^j^ goes in. plenty for J?fi5^^t^yS It becomes obvious that a plug be- . savoy gets them quickly, loses Penrisy congressman, whose adyor j^*! IhA ifrieer tik^^ out to fore a 6.000 capacity audience, four them towards the finish, and then cacy that all abductors who kill hy the results lie gets ^^1^^ arid: give them her times daily. mak«s it exceedingly scores with his set encore, the Rich^ their victhns be placed before a his own bits and burlesque it's S.n bit a la tights. ~ It was the worthrwhile for almost any song- ard the 3d solllpquy. Hels using a firing squad.got rpusing applause at ^^^^^^ apparent that Berle doesn't. ^^"^3°^.^ Perhaps the chilliness' smith to work with Leonldoffi tail, gbodlooking brunet as a foil the Roxy. earlier Saturday after- i ^ged to do" a lot of things. One of Rapee, Florence Rogge and Russell and for a sorig, but the comedy ber- noon. . ... I them is the borrowing of other peb- Markert to supply whatever special tween them is none too strong. LaGuardia's plea for tbe citizenry I'-i^'s gags. He gets more combust song material may be necessary. It's I jjjiss Shade is a sock rhythm to back up his program and ..war {^^j^ results with his own clowning probably the only worth-while the- ginger, but doing too much In her against politicians, generally cov- ij^^^ ^^^^^t of gags atr plug left ;outside of^ the radio, | own turn and in an afterpiece with ered, ip going Pver big. The .x^eaction jy^^g ghutta, of c and so that^ fiiil^t;^ ^iie H^ I ^^^^ ca?e ^ S a^^S tSd^S? f J^f 'iS^'l^'ii^^ worries. There can be no- libretto ©nee anxious for more. Looks well talks about ousting 'loafers' from Kabit of getting oVer is seldom P,"i,t^°l Viola pijoblem?, for the capacity, forfends I in a sklh-tlgbt, white g city jobs. punctured by exceptions. Even In Ufuo °He>s is a i^lce that tickles girl, is in a pink gown', also moulded Remainder of the Luxer program 'Plggle to Market* song, cer- JJj^o- to the figure: and Jhe>^^ .iTO'^^^'ilL ^1^?,!!^ I tainly a poor selection for her style. |^J|,J®J^JJf^^^^^ the act Thows her oral lute off at Its best. As a supr payees' loss; Perhaps of the weather had something to do with it. .. It's likely' the mixed chorus from the Music Hall- was sllplped in hero to help take care of Radio City cpn- Slnging was good any book stuff, got over in'jthe rear of the second mezzanine without difficulty.. Reviie opens with 'Doin* The Swank' (by Mildred and Alvln Kaufman and Ed . Heymanri) with Jacic Arthur vocalizing, Jenry Coe the cute lltUe Peggy Taylor in the chlinps, Florida and the Brooklyn | g^e held the audience. doing his eccentric legmania, the I petus with- snapp'Uy delivered tumb Roxyettes and soine other girls piir- j ung and teeterbpard. stunts. Their Kitchen Pirates' adagio act, furnish gre to lessons in basketball. Waiy. the B.a, for . the week. Six Royal Buccaneers, five men | and a girl, give the show its Im- Usual acrobatic turn now stand- 1 tb her lyrical flights the choral ard on a picture^ house stage Is the [^^g^^ble reclstered solidly. Odec. admirable Maxellos this week. Berle flirts with . bruises In the name of . -1 I laughter for the big wallop.-; Act] Little less than the u^iual show ^^^^ ^^^^ Barbara Blane did ii=*.?*""Tf i"oo*o®*o^V^*lo!f*®* tab- two and three-high catches ofi! the ^ the regular bill running excellently with her contortion ac leauk. It was a fast start. 1 springboard on shoulders and in a ^'^^^ ^ 7 -7 , w^,,^ ™ifh robatio danclrie. 'She has femlnin The No. 2 scene, 'Home Sweet rock^'^ are applause-getters. Jessel six minutes shy of three ?'>"'^s. ^'^^^ [fy ^nd ^ her work anS ap- ROXY; N. Y. ORPHEUM, L. A. 1/08 Angeles, Jan. 31. , , , !„ 2i.na iii iici wuin. aiiu i Sioce adapting Its present combo Home' with WUlie, West and Mo- follows them with, about five mln- the Tastyeast broadcast taking an- pl^^nce That's rare In contortion- policy some months ago, this house. Glnty, Miller Bros., Belle_ Flower utes of patter anent a prevl^^^^ 20 minutes three nights a jgta. Routine works up to a strong one-time show place for the best -in ana J. f. coombs, didnt show and, pearance at the Paradise and the I , ♦vk-A oi.* nniv fmip arts ffpfawiiv vpt it does seem that the I vaudeville, has been using as slp- with the familiarity of their house- audience Is sold for keeps. Four week. Also there are only four '^'^ts getawa3^ yet it d^ to ^sis" those Sns '^^ Tlnte Orpheum Vaude- wrecking scene, obviously out or step Brothers, colored, deuce. Their instead of the usual five. Stage sec- gW^^^^^ J-^^e ^^p^ ^^^^ double-time hoofing is fast and | tion of the show runs 68 minutes. Variably stay on the stage too long. Vaudeville in Los Angeles.' Opens with the dae Foster girls 'All of Me' (Par) is the screen This week's stage show niust as Cl6ps in short shorts for a fair | fodder, and the show js conp^^^^ tlace. I double-time hoofing is fast Instead, Vera Brodsky and Harold J draws response,, but riot usually as Triggs with some pianology at the] much, as Jessel helped them get at two concert graridS were an effec- this catchirig. [ as cops in snon. saorui;, « j.*" i '"--^v '?";:^rt"«,rhinAff'"i^ dancinff acts arid two musical tive interlude. It was. also a bit too Savoy's stuttering is spptted enough tap number. Nothing to gal- ^y two-facej the six-act bill and long however, possibly extended-as thlr^^^^ He works as^ though he's hize the house, but over. Wak- ^^^^^^^ages to of them qualified for the 'big Sli?" .M^e.'^ee" the rest of lt--ln the making his act up as he goes along, ,g ^o„e b^Ramon and Vir- whiTe klepLg^^eye on^ time' label. Of. the six acts only ?wi't^« ?,*VT®'«^*'?fff]'°"*'* up gets the .crowd right down to bis j^ia Caldwell, who bUf tbem with SubinOff S an old & her^a^^ could by the remotest stretch of the_yoid_:of the omitted scene. | level, and finds the laughs comliig | ^^ther dlflferent Style of acrobatic J^reUabV^hooper-^^^^ Land., the imagination be classed as a on top pf each other until he starts L.Q p_ sifehtly built girl does the ' 'Blue Bird of Happiness' (by Sari- dor Harmaty and Ed Heyman), punning with the girl. Here the ner^Tatent^ reader gag Introducedi sounding like a foreign tune which audience sits back with a 'sbow me' ^lll, by t^e Boganny troupe] Heymann equipped with an Ameri- attitude until the serious encore. foTa bit She keeps to It for most can lyric, worked in the revolving Shade follows, assisted by a niale]):^^ Ave minutes they fill. Then stage and a nifty cellophane set pianist, and is on the pit Stand al- ' ramme» wnjjr u t. | with girls' cpstumes likewise in the most all the way. Has special ar- dlaphanous product Evelyn Duer- 1 rangements for every song, but none ler. Jan Peerce and Jack Arthur of them as strorig :as those she got talking turn. Following a decidedly short over- turn by the Waldemar Guterson or- chestra. The Saunders, mixed hoof r Detroit, Peb. 4. ]ing team, started the display of unit, and while | terp8ichore^_that^_ n^^^^ MICHIGAN SStS^^glVes hJrsoSI^tossi* thiti n-^'Sy well"'under" the""cos't"of I until th^ final curtain. Pair olfei are smoothly done and nicely sold. P^o^^^y thf"in?rct tab shows iJ sbfe-shbe and tap routines, p us a weVe-The-lnleVreTlve-songsJ^^^^^ '^"^ ^^^^ backed up the ballet in the crystal I Miss Shade and Jessel_ start a.serl- | ^ec^f.^^litt^^^^ the Three Chocla garden (ciellophane) set. The re-|ous duet of 'Mighty Likei a Rose', operatic sure flres^ winding up with . Pftntt~«in*~t«utHe - other I J-'euce spoi uas mc ahico y,.ui.*a- „ , r ~, -, - — - - 7 - ,7 . . ^1 the finale to 'Fausf In too placid a pn® act. Pops ana i^is©. [ teers, trio of colored boy steppers, volving stage returned to the organ- Jfssel ,thumplrig^ the ivories, and JJJj^nna'* ^ ^ h brass to workh^^®"* *H fal^ Jo^^^^ who offer nothing new in hoofing, grinder intrpductory which made for f^^^J^^^ ^ J. at the finish so she ^th. but he should have gotten Se steee ?o?trait what they do they do well. Two an extraneous reprise. h*? * j*"^^*., ♦u^ more vo^l^^ -«If^i?^h?w r;v; straight danclriS acts in « rnw Gine. DeQulncey and Lewis, who Jessel's three songs and the phone ] v,^^ ^i^^^ T4/rn-.,,„/ ston^ scrim and lighting up i grinder introductory which made for clown it a bit at the finish so she should have gotten *^*?efs\S'fth"l?son|fand the Pbone U-e^ volume fo^^^^^ -^^^^^^^^^1^\1S^^^^^ overiooied ^for'^a" were at another Broadway deluxer] ^t with his mother. Popular part hjj^ *S.1th Ss8 -Stone mo?S leJ?y ^^"'f Seigl playing the violin ^^^1 Jo^nt F?ank sSg offered a but a couple of weeks previous, of his radio programs, stopped the ^ "^^^^^ J^l to the choral group singing f^y^^^y\'^^^^ll{-^^^ wowed 'em with their swell, adagio show in his own, the next-to-closlng. PJJ" ejl^.^^ ^ Ross o^asslcal bits and the Carta Torney | IIr^J|;?*^*^^^^^ uke. with a Txowense; Thls is w mixed three- *rame. m begged Pff after intror .^"^^^^J^^ t^.jh^^^^^j^^^^ a nice toe routine. Afl some Which opens very legit, Impec- duclng the 'Kitchen Pirates'. . This ^^na^^P ^ ^ ^ number. ^HJ^b. the overture pl^aijes and tossing of the slight girl by four I ^Jli^^SSmrSf tSe. I Instead of the. usual house or- terpsichoreari Mandel Bros Incidentally, this rapid >iiuiuciiLuuy. ynis rapia inter- i v,,/-,,,- ._ a „inoin^ on« nh aw I ~"t~ir~i^ii^~Z^ 'ri\^^\, — Trvrvla-lnn. I enougn lu jjui, mo i cbange.iof talents from opposition ""^^'^^ Foster number was In long sHlrts, [ on mouth organ and uke, with a gbpd Ibwdown blues number , on the" former. Wyrin and Harwyn, mixed pair, open with some comedy gagging, and then, by way of diversion male, member does a bit of nifty tapping, enough to put the act in the semi- houses is one Cf' the paradpxes. of the business at this moment, evi denclng a dire dearth pf worthy, ma tefial. For as. soon as one house, does shbw spniething new, the Same act can play a route that. constitutes Broadway: from 61st dowh to 43d street arid then over to 6th avenue ^*'FuSlt^''?Sl^rs' (Metr on the I halfin^ 'pirk'and haTf in blu^^^^ "S"al solo. a. ^guest^. organ is^^ j^^^t to shut .uncorked another sc^eS.Sl aS: thr^^^^^ a. walk-Sround to.the spng, but well | comes down the_alsle^ to^t^ake^^the |;5,usical,turn. this time Morro and first show Saturday. TRANSLUX worked out and effective. Hope place, of .the supposed^ sick, ^C^^^^ garbed and performine / Minor and EdWard Root on for a with the 'guest one . of the carter p^ir of Italian street mus^^^ spell of ballrobm dancing, rather and Holmes act and the other lel-. ^ brief and too cbldly formal to suit low interrupting from..the pit a^d aind deserved the encore accorded, this crowd. Good stuff for a floor ! Joining pa/tner on the stage for | then. Novak and Fay. acro- That proverbial first time arrived stipW. but that isn't familiar to the the balance of the act Act finishes hjatlc act closing, open with a bur. The same applied to. Jerry Coe and] this' week for the. Luxer when it had , Roxy patrons. They did beitter at | as J f Started as their his brother. Coe was at- the old a program representative bf all the the finale with their second number, Roxy but two or three . weeks ago. | reels. Incidentally leading off with | but it was too la,te th;en; Barney "Grant;- heading- his hill billy aggregation, as funny as ever, second time here recently, but wel come. Not quite as big as last time, 'Streamline Blues?,' by Vernon I Fox, But it. won't be but for a Duke and Ed Heymann; was the week, since the Embassy Saturday finale, a fast-stepping, number <10) rebpens under new manage-, backed by a nifty- Vincehte Mlnnelli ment with an allrPathe card, set, the same staff scenic and cos- ' Situation now may mark the cli- tu.iiie ai'tist who did everything else max In newsreel theatre history, in tlu.<3 revue. It was here that Coe Courtland Smith while with Fox got anil hi.s ' i)rothor again wowed 'em credit for conceiving the all-rieWa black wigs, blaqk satin skirts and with precision snakchipsology, pol.cy, thus the Embaa.sy. After his bra.saiers and "^'Tcd-lined '.white "-^a:c1t?d"bTffi^'^TO¥W^^ little chance tp get going. Follow- ing this a' hews reel with.-, the or- chestra using the opportunity to climb on the stage. For the stage show, proper Pops and/Louise open. This duo is little ^t first, stanza. hoke athletics. Both affect dead pans and evoke plenty of hdwls. Screen has 'Midnight' (Rel) and ♦iibne Cowbby' ' (Par) with j hews reel. Lower floor comfortably filled but that was the audience rather I short of Sensational. On next, than' the act. Agnes AuerS made the mistake of Edwa. Finale starts with all the girls in The .^hpw certainly evidences, so far as tompo is concerned, that a cpuplb of specialty wrtrblors are bet- ter" than, a whole 'choir. The regul; Radio City Vocal Eni>cmble wii Viola I>hllo has been farmed out t' the PJCO Palace this week, and in- stead the show hits been built for speed and pep, and heavier, on the fla.^'h, eolor and -terps, with the vo- e.'ilizinc. at a minimum. Some com- in selling the theatre; idea tP the original Pathe-Luxer outfit. And now Smith is back in his rlginal spot and the Fox people, •vho never had a kindly word for the opposition before the Emb dipped them into the red, are let- ting their relea.se be carved to. the .satisfaction of the- Ltixer manage- merif.s liking, ■ Pathe right along has been, the a variety of effects. As good a fla.sh as they have had recently, and a nice background for the Minor and Root second number. Oddly the girls got more, of a hand on this than some of the acts. Film section is 'I've Got Your Number' fW-B), 'The Good Bad Man' (Educational), a Mickey Mou.se and Fox. News. Busines.s only fair. ChUi. . singing. Without the vocal attempts fMPFRlAI TORDNTO ,shc can and does do okay. Will, and HVirtRlAl-, IKJT^MIMXJ Gladys Ahearn do okay, 'but find Toronto, Feb. 2. ■•what-:h as-gone-bef ore=;and-t^ of cohesion of the staf'*' .shbw top much to. pvcrcpme. Fpr the "finale the line does an expert drum corps; routine With a flag .waving finale' using dummiefl a.s part pf. the background with four soldiers .standing in front of them. Fooling none, it cheapen.s the idea of the entire finale. , 'Fashions of. 1934' (WB) on screen. playing the I'-1*-Can doluxer under head office superviHion, Japk Arthur has had no opportunity recently to rut lob.se. Current bill, however, tagged 'The Cay Ninettes,' is . a straight Jack. Arthur prez .that .sf'ore.s. I>ad has gone to the mauve decade for ideas In costuming and presentatldn. There's a beach scene (Continued on page 25) 16 VARIETY It takes healthy throatis to sing such ecstatic praise as this for Paul Muni in "Hi, KeUie!" And good old Smith Brothers will get these talented Itaarynxes back in shape in plenty of time for plenty more raves for Robinson in "Dark Hazard/' Kay Francis in "Mandalay/* Blondell and O'Brien in *Tve Got Your Number," "Wonder Bar," and "As The Earth Turns-" REGINA CREWE in N. Y. AMERICAN- **Wuxtry! Wuxtry ! There's a good picture on Broadway! Vivid as this morning's headlines. What a show Muni s^yes ! A pretty mixture of comedy and melodrama^ with one sujpplementing the other in fast« actionful sequences building excitingly to a slam-bang climax. You eliminate all gamble by seeking screen fun at the Strand." WANDA HALE in DAILY NEWS- '•*A treat for Paul Muni fans. Holds your interest to the fade* put. 'Hi, Nellie' is swell entertainment." BLAND JOHANESON in DAILY MIRROR- **Hilarious comedy. Splendidly acted. Fun and excitement aplenty. Will j&ntertain anybody." tlLEEN CREELMAN in EVENING SUN- '*Tbe Warners, those masters of melodrama, have turned out another of their rapid-fire, high pressure yarns and registered another sure hit. An hilarious galloping comedy." WILLIAM BOEHNEL in WORLD-TELEGRAM- **pne of the best. A rollicking and exciting frolic. A lusty spoof as well as an exciting melodrama. Fast and divertiiig amusement. Muni turns in a grand performance." MORDAUNT HALL in H. Y. TIMESr **A series of melodramatic fireworks. W\\y undoubtedly prove entertaiiiitig." ETAION SHRDLU in FILM DAILY^ "Swell perfo^ance by I^aul Muni and ace direction by Meryyn LeROy. Entertainment that should be box-office anywhere. Refreshingly different from most of his previ- ous roles. He'll be liked in it." AL SHERMAN in MORNING TELEGRAPH- "*Hi, Nellie,' hurrah for Paul Muni! are Broadway's new ciatch phraees. To say more is merely to heap praise upon praise. *Hi, Nellie' is a$ superior to its predecessor as an Al Jolson is to any of his many imitators." With GlendA FarreU. Ned Sparks* Robert Barrat. DIrec. byMervynLeRoy Vltograpb, Int,, DMribvlon WHICH, SO HELP US, ALMOST TOPPED "FOOTLIGHT PARADE" FIGURES AT THE N. Y. STRAND PREMIEREJLAST WEDNESDAY, KNOCKED ALL 0THER_HOUSE REC- ORDS FOR THE SEASON GALLEY-WEST, AND IS ALREADY SLATED FOR HOLDOVEM $TOP !?RCSSI STOP vPWSSI "I've Got Yoor Number" has [ost opened ot the Rojcy to more superlative ;5houts from critics^ makins WarnersV FOURTH B'woy hit in o fowl J 18 VARIETY P I C ¥ H R E S Tuesday, February 6, 1934 Inside Stuff-Pictures A petition for discharge of the bankruptcy over Publix Enterprises ifl not Imminent but should come within two or three months, according to the speed With which the Irving Trust Co. and its attorneys, Wln- tiirpp, Stlmson, Putjiam & Roberts are cleaning up remaining details Reports thiat such a peUtlon hdd already been prepared are erroneous Attorneys for both the Irving OYust and thie trustees of Paramount, parent company, say no such steps have been taken. They point out 4lso ths^t. until litigation under claims haia been disposed of It would be tmposslble. or wholly irregular, to think of a petition for discharge. : Application for salaries and administrative cost of the Publix Enter prises bankruptcy at a figure that will be substantially under $600,000 yiU shortly go in ifor referee and creditor a.pproval. The figure of the Pi] trust6eis and attbrneys itf expected to compare sharply with the |295i0.0b oi-lginilly requested by the Par equity receivership which lasted less than two mdnths, as against over a year for PE, and is under vig- orous attack just now. The PE bankruptcy has been one of the toughest of its kind but lias been given a iwift cleanup. It was several months before the trustees arid their lawyers eVen had a clear picture of what the cdm'plex PE holding company lilcture actually looked like. Group of actors and others who worked, in a cproperjitlve picture last May are trying to find out when they will see lome. money. Picture was promoted by . a. produce^; who has- been . inrjaklnjc features for the indie market for years. Contracts handed out to the co-pperators gatre latter no right to ex- amine books or ask- for a statement. ' Percentage , distribution was to start after all costs- of actual prdduction, laboratory arid studio rental had" been taken care of from proceeds. Although reports state the feature had been sold for state rights, producer has ftot yet distributed to the workers. When, .bne of the players demanded access to the books re- cently he was curtly told off. Co-operative pictures are out under Code regulations; Paramount was niiich. afraid of using th^ word 'death* ' in the' title of the picture 'iDeath Takes a Holiday'. At the same time thfey did hot want, to lose the value of the title they bought. So recently It was de^ cided to take the picture into two different communities on the coast to determine, whether the original title or 'Stranger's Holiday' would mean in^re at the b.o. for the picture. Bill Pine and .Bill Thomas went with the picture, handled the. opening cariipaign for It In both Fresnb and Sacramento. In the former spot picture on its three days did just fair' business with the new title, whil6 at Sacraimehto with the -original title pic opened a three-day engagement to mbrp than double Its, average business =and trade held up for the three days to balance the opening. Studio v6rdict then was to release under the original title;- Hummel joe Hummel,. 'Warner's special foreign emissary, is here to give thp local office the. onc6 over. Hummel will trip across to New Zealand. .. and from, there 'will make the voyage. to South Africa. Hos going completely around the world' before., returning to Nev/ Tork.. The advertising campaign on 'Nana' is credited with the way the : picture started off at the Music Hall, New York, with an; advance re- served seat nlezzanine sale of $T,200.. The only picture to about equal this was 'liittle Women', which also had a heavily increased ad budget. First scheduling |35,20Q as the cost to cover the advance and first week, the Music Hall and Sam Gold wyn changed this to $36,700 to take care of the second -week as welL Of this amount $26,000 was spent on the advance, campaign and $11,700 Is going for advertising over the 14 day's of the ruril The ad attack for 'Nana' was worked out by Lynn Farnol and Bob Sisk, Donohue & Cpe getting out the copy and Lord & Thomas placing it. Return of the Brooklyn Paramount under its operating wing is .a more or less vindication for Publix theatre - operation. / House is owned by Allied Owners, is headed by William Greve. As one of the big creditors of P-P, Allied stacked up as opposition to Publix theatre management. In the matter of the Brooklyn Par, Allied insisted under the first, deal that its own supervisor, Mort Shea^' be in charge of operation. But Allied finally gave way« The house needed a.ddltlonal operating money. anyway> and as long as Allied wanted control of the operation, Publix did not put in any more coin. So Allied finally swung about and let Publix return; Shea was to have gotten 10% . of the net under the first deal, with Publix and Allied splitting 46-45. The Shea angle is now out. Colunibia had a bet on its writing staff two years ago at $150 a week and- thought he was a dud. It was Sidney Klngsley, whp wrote 'Men in White', stage play, the screen rights for which Metro paid $47,000. Klngsley was hired by Columbia on the strength - of this unproduced play, the script of which the studio read. But -when he got to the coast the Studio sort of forgpt and just let Klngsley stick around for three months or so. Numerous writers told Hari-y Cohn that Klngsley had. something on the ball, but Cohn paid no attention It Is claimed, and so Klngsley became just another 'in and outer*. Since which tinie the boy« at Columbia have been discussing -what they missed on Kingsleyi Supervisor -working for pne pf the lessier major studios recommended a yarn in ,a book of short stories to the producer. Latter was interested, ^ wanted the story to read, but refused to okay requisition for the $2.50 cost of the book. Supervisor paid for it himself. Producer was finally persuaded to buy film rights to the particular story for $3,500, but blew up when he found he had not acquired rights to all the short stories in the book. Picture was subsequently made, and proved one of the best sellers on company's program during .the past six months. Supervisor still Is. waiting, for paVhleflt o^ the $2.60 spent for' the book origiriaUy. Australia (Continued from page 11) ernment decidea to payoff Its man and call It a day. Piz Okay Business has started oft with a decided, swing upwards and there are somie . big . successes playing. 'Pa^dy,' 'Songs of Sorties,' and 'Top Much Harmony' are the . leaders. Trade- Is high all over' 4own and good b. Q. results aatre . also coihlng from 'Jennie Gerhardt,' 'Hayseeds,* 'Her Sweetheart.' 'Love on Wheels,* 'Yo^ Made Me Lo've You,* 'Missing Persons,*. 'Day .of Ri^okonlng,* and 'Disgraced.' Legit Is okay, with 'Student Prince,* 'Tout Paris,' 'Dick Whlt- tlngtpn,' and 'Joy Bells;* Not a kick from any:, niianagemerit over business. In Melbourne, either, just nb'Wi^ Hits; include 'SOng of Sorigs,* 'Paddy,* 'My Weaikness,' 'The First Mrs. Fraser,* "'Thairk,' Falling "Fot You,' and 'Dr. Bull.* Legit has never been so high there as it is with 'CoHit's Inn.' 'Gay bivprce.'. 'Cinderella,' and •Dear Bru'tus.* Agenv .Registration Government of New South Wales (biggest state In Australia), is ex- pected to pass. legislation making it compulsory, for all theatripal' agents to become registered. Penalty for failure will be fine of 100 pounds, or a jail term, or both. Actors' Federation- of Australia has for many years agitated for protection of its members from .the: many so-called agents Pperating in this country. A. F. A. has definite proof that girls have secured book- ings with small troupes only to 'find that when on tour, they were ex- pected to lead Immoral lives. 'The Rosenblatt Farce\ is heading of second handbill circulated outside studios by Mption Picture Workers Industrial 'Uriipn in seeking to Wean , craft card-hpiderd dyer tP its all-embracing lateral union Idek. With .■membership still under the lOO mark, new groUp is . blistering Rosenblatt and the National Labor Board for failure to solve the IBEW-^IATSE jurisdictional tanglei: " " .. Advance literature, for their Monday (5) -meeting also cracked at ex- isting ciraft unions with boast it does not depend 'upon exorbitant dues, Is free, from high.salaried officials and bureaucratic business agents, and In which no action can be taken eixcept by majority Vote,' Los .Angeles newspapers nnuffed a front page yarn last week -when Douglas Shearer,- head of Metro's sound departnient, arid brother of .Norma Shearer, smacked a husk who got too liberar with his fists. Shearer was with frliends in. Laurel Canyon for supper when a Metro eniployee drppped. In and started kidding a waitress. When the husky smacked the kidder on the in Shearer quietly rose, walked over to the puglllstically inclined chap and inquired Why the punch, and immedi- ately ducked a flying fist. Shearer then tossed a right tp the chin, a left to the nriidrift and another right as the sun was sinking. Battler 'Was out for '20 minutes. On Quotas (Continued from page 11) through strictly intrarcabinet, con- sists of dickering., Thus United States is offering to lower or do away with' tariff prices on. items imported into the United States,, as against similar reductions or nega- tions abroad. With France it may. be films against liquor. With Brazil it , would be ' coffee ' against some similar American production item. Direct instructions from Pres- ident Bioosevelt to the State De- partment is to consider farm prod^ ucts first Ih these negotiations. Other American articles of manu- facture are, however, to be con- sidered. That may give the Amer- ican film biz a wedge. First in the series of negotiations will be the South American coun- tries, it is understood, with the European powers to follow,. Czechs, Austrior Etc. Czechoslovakia is one country that has definitely been brought up in the informal discussions, with films mentioned. Czech quota on filriis is considered: derogatPry to American filmdbm, with Washing-:, ton asi^ed to consider that angle in its talks Wfth that country's rep^ resentatlvfes, Austria is another country con- sidered, though the film angle In Austria has been brought up from the other .side. Comnrilssibn of .Austrian execs iset out 'Wednesday (31) from Vienna for Ne'w York and Washington tp discuss, trade pacts. They want greater entry . into this U. S. of AustriiEtn prpduct.<3j point- ing out. that they are anxious to open thpir own ■ doors further 1. to American goods. ilms are men- tioned In that Aui^trla does not dls- -crlmiriate against U. S. films, as do other European countries. Major Frederick; Herron, fbrelgn manager of the Hays. pfflce, spent several days in Washington last week talking to State Department execs on the various tangents of this move. One of the midwest papers which has been yelling loudest about off color film material admits it Is feeling the pinch of the Hays edict against hotcha. stills. A major studio rebeived a letter from this paper complaining because It wds getting no leg art for its weekly film pat;e. Letter asked for a flock of gam photos 'with clothing as scanty as possible'. The reply from the studio was anything but polite. Lynn Farnol's plant with a Greek priest for a prayer for Anna Sten's success at the boxofflce; has two sides to it. In addition to page one (Continued on page 62) JONES AT XOINEVtLLE T. X. Jones, who sailed for Paris Jan. 31 with John Hicks, also Par, will assume charge of Par's finan- cial affairs at the JblneVille studios. Jones Is from the Par hpme Pf- ficc and ' at JoineVillo will sucbecd Ralph Khapp, who transferred to Fox Movietone. ETHIOPIANS GET PIX Filnis Introduced The.re for First Tim»— Emperor Prevent 'Washington. Feb. 6. . Sound motipn pictures have Just been . intrpduced into Ethiopia, ac- cording to a report, by the' Depart ment of Commerce; ;Eriterprise is sponsored by the bwnei: of the largest hote;! in Addis Ababa, the ciapital city, who .has made ..arrangements with Pathe< Nathan company to supply him with films. *~ First showing took place In the presence of the en^p^ror anid his court in the largest rpom of . the hotel. Showings will henceforth be given every evening: with a weekly: change of program. Purchasing; ' power of the njltive population, the report .points out, is too low to permit ahy but the wealthy attending such ehtertain- ments.. AMERICAN FILMS LEAD 1933 FRENCH IMPORTS P'aris,. Jan. Importance of Ariierican films to French miark^t is revealed by i;eport of Film Control Commission, which in 1^133 .okayed 143;: dubbed Ameri- can films, and only 149 French madesi . HplIy\yood is; thus supplyi- Infrtiearly as many as French ducers. themselves. Nine mPre. films were cpunted as French because , they were iinad'e out pf iPrance. by French firms. This does not cliarige proportion much,. Jibwever. these rench language films must, bb added 17 iniported Fi'erich versions of German mades.. There' may be more of these, this yeai:, be-, cause of the Franco -German pact. Americaris imported more than seven times as many pictures as their rieai-est foreign competitors, the Germans, who brought In-20 fbr dubbing, bthefs are: English, 15; Italian, 7 ; Czechoslovak, 3; . Polish, 2. .Total of films okayed in 1933 is 672, against 496 the year before. The 1932 French production was 157,' against 149 in 1933. Ktangfibn^s New Sound hstaDadons at $750 Berlin, Jan. 27. In the coursb of pending negotia-. tibns between the German. Cinema Owners Association and Klanfiim to clear, exiisting patent difllcultles arid stop, further use >of soiind apparatus not entirely prptected by patents, Klangfilm has agreed to the sug- gestion of the. Cinema OWners Asso-- elation to bring a special reijroduc- tlph apparatus on the market for theatres up to 400 seats, and at rea- sonable cost. Theatres that use unpatented sound film production apparatus without arrangement with Klang- film may free themselves from, fu- ture breach Of patent suits through the purchase of the pew apparatus in question, it is pointed put. Also, theatre owners who have already made arrangements for a settlement with Klangfilm pn account of patent difilculties may free themselves from the payment of future fees through the .purchase of the new Installation. New apparatus, consisting of spundhead attachment, amplifier and loudspeaker, •will be available for delivery, abput the end pf February and Will cost $7^0, excluding instal;- '.lation- costs. Anz^c Duals Bullish Hollywood, i Tom cieary, back from a six- month trek' in Australia for Fox on distribution,., reports, alrilost every hbus'e dual't)illing. . — ■■ — + Capetown Fire Capetown, » 7-. Town Hall, Parys (Ti-ariBVaal) was burned to the ground. Cinema hbuse was empty. Thcatrb, films, chairs, piano, stage ia,nd scenery were, totally de- ^tYgyenr : — r . -^..— — ^ — ^, SERIES OF FLOPS CIVE U. S. A BREAK London, England Is experleriblng a ter- rific picture shprtagb, with most of ' the English, films,, of which much was expected, disappointing. Sanie can be. said. of a riumber pf American film.s. Situation Is Such that the Tiyolij considered to be the Gaumont- British ace house in - the West End, has not housed a real success, since la^t September, when it enjoyed big With its Pwn product , Was a : ince then riiost the pre-reieasies at tlilis hoiise have lasted a fortnight to three weeks, Ayith n.pnb of . them: warranting a further .hold-overi This has left G- with an al- most unsolvable problem as to what tP do with, the house. It is even hinted Tivoii is likely to adopt a policy of running general releases on a weekly change, cPhcurrently. •vylth suburban houses. Seriousness of the situation: further: evident by the fact that G-B has booked six of the future products of .20th cientury pictures, arid an equal ambunt Of Radio pic- tures,.. Iniport'ance of' these bookings, especially as far as Radio is cpn-' corned, is that ,'G-jB' has practically black-listed Radip since 'King- Korig' was glVeh a West End pre- release at the Coliseum instead of going to one of the G-B' houses. TOM MEIGHAN BACK FOR ONE B&D PIC "London, Jan. 27. Thomas Melghari arrived In Lon- don yesterday tp star in 'Somehow. Good' for British & Dominions, A silent' version , of the stpry was made seven- ytears ago. It has^ probably been forgotten that iMeijg'lia'n appeared '.in London in m'usical comedy in support Pf Seymour Hicks, when the latter played .'Broadway ..Jories' before the War. Carney's Bl.&uit George Carriey,~ English comedian, was engaged to appear in. British International'is filming 'The Mumming Birds,' supporting Syd;- ney Chaplin, This 'was a couple of years ago. With the Chaplin defection, the picture was dropped and. so was Carney,' He didn't like it, so he sued and was awarded a little over $1,000 in costs for breach of con- tract. Graham's ld«;a J. C. Graham,, managing dii'eqtor for Paramount in England, 'has gone to the "West Indies for a vacation. Recently Graham has received some publicity in the trade , papers for suggestirig the British Board of Film Censors receive and file the nami^s of all forthcoming film pro- ductions,, together with the type of picture* so that the. companies wpuld so fa,r as possible, avoid cPri' flictlon. in the matter of similarity of production. An excellent idea, comes of It, LONDON PILMS' N. Y. EEP Emanuel Sllverstein has been, named New York representative of Lpndon Films, UA's British produc- ing ally. He's frrim the domestic UA ofllce and a brother of Murray Silver- stone, United Artiists chief in Lon- don. Mex. Exhibs Organize To Pick Native Pics iviexic. :GIty, Feb, ....Producers' anthem, 'Xe^tlcan pic- tures; right or wrong, -.st and ahvay.s' has become the nlU« fov. ex-f hlbltors "as demonstrated by the Union, of Exhibitoi's of .the United Mexican. States, foundiji a bureau to strictly supervise which native pictm-ies sliall be shown by its: mem- bers and whiciv shall be given the ra^zpo. Bureau finds that riifiny exhibitors don't consider home produced films soTS'pfnb^ur'adrnlTtirrg^^ studios can turn out. films wbrtli seeing has decided tO; sort all pic- tures before paiF?sirig them ..along for showings,, and backing them with exploitation. High quality only is the objootlve for native made films of a hoard of Mexican directors, scenarl<)i?^tp. distributors and exhibitors tliat has been fprmed here. PICTVKES EXPLOITATION By Epes W. Sargent Busy Bus Oniaha. Ijocatlon here of headquarters of Interstate Transit Co., cross-qountry bus lines, oCCered an ex<ieptt6nal op- portunity for tie-^upsi on 'Fugltlye Lovers,''- and Joe Poslenfleld. man- ager of the Orpheum, tiook. advan- tige of all openlnB$. Prize stunt 'WAQ securing; the loan of a large transcontinental bus which Was especially equipped with loud speakers and other exploitation de- vices. Bus is one useid by Inter- state company for its., own adver-.; tislxtg and Just happened to be in tbwh for the veelc. It was parked on the downtown streets playing music and giving ballyhoo and car- ried banners of both biis company and theatre. '. Besides this; bus company lent its Aid by carrying banners on its buses in th,e closely surrounding territory, placing posters, and arranging spe- cial displays in the depot lobby, as well as lending the th6atr6. an il- luminated map and a. short subject. Along with the regular exploitation material,' opportune help rounded out the week's campaign as some thing unusual. Boyal Antic Menu Los Angeles. New aiigle - in a menu insert was ^Carolina' in Carolina Gene iStreet, who is a member of the old school and familiar with the Lem Stewart brand of exploitation which put plenty of theim over in. the South in the old days, knew how to use his press book on 'Caro- lina* when that pibture opened at the Carolina theatre; Charlotte,. N. G., for ia, world preteiere on Jan- uary •24. Stteet didn't stop at anything less than k complete and thorough cam- paign J irtcluding a double truck of co^opdrative advertising in one papjlBr and . a single truck in the Oth<6r, together with coloring con- tests whiOh brpught hundreds, of eintries, fashion tie-ups and a real billing. Stock twenty-four : sheets were used, together with .block thriees and dash-bOard cards oh the Five thousand people jimmed the street in front of the theatre, where flood lights madp it bright as day while the front was. festooned with banners and flags. The local broad- casting: station announced the ar- rival of all the local celebs , with a mike set UP in the Jobby. Carolina was given its . world premiere in Charlotte, as that city and the Carolinas formed the baclcgrbuna for the Paiil Green story. For Fashioii Sliows Vate Life of Henry VIII,' It was . - ^ ^ ovmni/i in shape of a royal ettique menu, and fashion s^^^^^ ttaai&na*t^A fiva wavs , to eat n 06 the bCSt bCt Wtierever. .IHC piC chiS w?th?u\\nTfe^r fS^ t"re is shown. Of-^^^-'/^ne'^a Teai- blM to shreds with y6ur fashion show, which used to be a .hinds; poun? wUh fist/to flaUen. two to .four time event^^^^^^^^ bird; devour as fast as Possible; dropped off to a conside^^^ throw bones over left shoulder, ai>d ^'^-.^P'te of the fact it has always finish meal with a few choice blurbs, meant money. ^^I^^^^^^^^^^.J^^^^^ Menu continues: 'These rules may been due to^J;^® „"i\s°ouragement not meet with the approval of many the local /merchants. With ti 'ill-informed persons but they are gettmg better, " fhould .be a s^ deemed correct and followed with Ple '"^-tter ta use this pictu^^^ extreme care by Charles Laughton I coax them back to the old and In 'The Private Life of Henry yill,' ' Pigi in Person Tacomai An exploitation that caused ho en,d of ccmment here was the tieup. oit 'Three iitttle Pigs' In person stunt Carsteiis Piaicklng Company, boosting its sausage week, brought to. the Temple theatre, Hamrick's downtown deluxer for Saturday mid-day mat for 1,(800 Mickey Mouse kiddies, its large truck gaily dec- orated, with the. driver .wearing wolf costume. Bill Connori assistant John Hamrick manager arranged the stunt. The three pigs were small, white and bathed and were active in the especially built pen on the truck which paraded the downtown streets . and visited the local schools at recess. Truck Would be parked for the full time on some conspicu- ous, 'place on the main drag and when moving would make the stop light at intersections just as the lights turned , to give the natives, a chance. Large signs saying; 'Car- stens' Three Little Pigs in Person' bedecked thei huge truck and the squealers were kept moving. Fappet» for Snsy seaiti«f Orpheum has puppiet' show on itis mezzanine this Week as added bally for 'I Am Suzanne/ on screen. Cor- nish School puppeteers putting on 20 -minute show, daily at 8 and 9 p.. m., ah ..exchange advertising Starring the Stars Fort Wayne, Taking a strike at those stupen- dous all- star casts, which are gain- ing larger pro|)ortions each season, is the new stunt which Riley thea- tre stages about opce a month; When two rather special pictures are included in current hill, theatre has a large sign painted for side- walk use with names of all thei lead- ing stars listed one after another* Idea gets ..across. /that .so.methihg. super-super is on Inside and pe- destrians stop to look. A recent billboard read; Stars Showing Today, Ann Harding, Rob- ert Montgomery, Alice Brady, Myrha Loy, Frank Morgan, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Hal- liday. Otto Kruger John . Wayne; Robert Young. Can't miss When It comes to creating the general Im-. prossion that 'wortd's great show is on inside. Song for 'Carolina' Baltimore. For the showing of 'Carolina' (i'ox) at . his New theatre, Morris Mechanic drummed up nice notice •with a novel .Content twist. Ih tie-up with p-ml rag, Mechanic launched contest eligible to all hav- ing as crux the greatest collection Of pop or. quasi- classical -songs In which the wbrd 'Carolina' wag em braced in the title line, Blended nicely With tag . an<J theme of the picture and 24 prizes,. Wired Interviews Minneapolis* basis, as 'Wizard of Oz' is to be from a ten-spot to a pair of Oak- presented week end at the Cornish leys, were offered. Newspaper de- school theatre, the Orpheum it voted half a stick wrlterup^ally helping advertise it. ' isilong With a still from the picture Caiiton, O. . Young and Rinehart,. operating the McKinley and Mozart theatres profitable ways Just to show What can be done, the home office arranged a,full co-op '^page for^ the N. Y. American the ^ I opening day and got a number of Kgj.^^ have completed negotiations As a publicity stunt for I'Roman the important concerns to come m. j^j. Lyceum, former vaude Scandals' at the State, Manager ih smaller towns the .response j^Qygg ;^j^jjj gey^ral years, and will Frank Stelffys and Press Agent Don should be even better, for adyertls- (.gopen it within a tew weeks, prob- Alexander arranged to have a re- ing is a costly proposition in the j^^jjy .^j^^ films. Stage shows may porter for the Star interview Eddie N. Y. papers. , go in later. Cantor, the star, in New York by 1 Work ^6r the fashion show ana Ralph Bishop is tearing out the long distance telephone. A photo- try to work it in Such a manner that I j^pj^^. ^he Park theatre, CarrolN graph was tiaiken of Cantor at the the store Will be left open for a j^j^j^^^ allow the installation of telephone In New York and rushed summer and fail show as well, not additional seiats and add new equip here for a cut which acconipanied to mention furs and bathing suits. K^^j^^^ the column and ia half story in the This is one gag that always draws schlne 'Enterprises have taken StaK the Women, and it gets the^en, too, YjjjQ arid Memorial thea- The picture was plugged on every, who go to look at the girls instead l ^^^g j^jj.- Vernon^ 6., from Hatry Pittsflcld, Mass; The new city administration Will grant Sunday film #h6w permits to two of the five downtown theatres each Sunday while the Tyler, a nabe hOuse, will receive a Ucensie every, Sunday. There is a weekly fee for these licenses, and last year tliey amounted to |3,636, which Is $2,230 less than, in 1932. This was a result of a reduction in the fees asked by the theatre mana&ers be- cause, of business conditions. Publix screen Ih the city ; for twO weeks. Numerous loop store dis- play windows were obtained for showings arid there werei many radio plugs. of the fashions. Plugging Eogers fien M. CohOn formed a 'Rogers for President' club anlong the Yale students When 'Mr. Skitch- came tp the College, N. H; Most of the of- Side Issues Manager who's always looking for I fleers were from . California ^and" it a lobby novelty has a standing offer cost One undergraduate $40 to long to toy shops and bookstores to give, distance his dad for an okay. _ a lobby demonstration If the store | First open meeting of the dub Smoot. They Will operate the Meriiortal tvo weeks while the Vine undergoes renovation; after which the Meriiorlal will be dark Indefl^ nitely. The . Jeroriie theatre, Jerome,. Pa., Is now beliiCg operatdd by Philip Samuels and Mitchell Viazorini. Theatres Oklahoma City, opened: Choctaw at will give him clearance. He'll put was held, at the theatre the opening ^^^ht ^^^y^^g^^'J^^fat^Slko- In anything that's really new, and Ljlght of the picture, after the last Mberty at Btebg give the store an advertising credit, performance. The officers were a I gee, Mission at uooKer, urpneum ac ' Appeals to the innate love of the bit hazy in their speeches, because older people for novel kid toys,, some of them had braced .up for the that's beiat exemplified In the man- event, but it was going strong ner in Which a bunch of oldsters until one of the students got to the will flock around a toy train exhibit, piano and broke into a hot sOng, but it can be capitalized for other a. saengerfest after that, but it had gags as well, if there is propen. turned the trick and Cohen let lobby space. | them sing. Manager figured his business was Haskell; Paramount at Dewey, Pal ace at Coweta, and Rex at Custer. According to George Y. Henger, operating manager, the Capitol the- atre Is being completely renovated, new sound equipment installed and new carpets laid throughout; up at least $150 three days when he demonstrated . a remote control toy, and at the same time the shop had to wire for another and larger shipment. Even the assembling of ,—-- — „i,„„,4«d. «f 'sshafl IHmrt* a new puzzle (other than jigsaws) during the showing of ^^^^ .wiU pull, nicely, and subh things as ows of Sing Sing, he set up what i Cell to Sell Columbus Edgar Hart pulled another good I ager. Omaha. Orpheurii back on Saturday open ings to accommodate stage shows. Dick Schifbauer riew house man- Joe Kinsky, Blank . contact Even the assembling of I one on Columbus last weekend |.man. here for special work on 'Es- Dallas, NO direct e«nnect.,„^wUh tte at- Sji'^paclni ,a^ut. th,_^^^^^^ .»oo,a.e Chicago. Mike Kann manafeer of local Majestic exchange, replacing Percy Barr, resigned. Charlotte, N. C. The Carolina theatre, Burlington, of North Carolina Theatres, Inc.; closed' for a five-weeks, program of repairs. Jack E. Austin, city, man- aiger f or the . corporation, has added two shows daily at the Paramount, operated at BUrlington by the same corporation, while the Carolina is closed. Burlington, Vt, The World in Motion, dark for years, has been remodeled Into a ballroom. Fort Madison, la. Mike kirkhardt. Fox manager, now has the Orpheuni and Strand under his wing. Will manage both Indef. ISS^SI^l/^iS'^CKl^ SchoU Of announcements, and it .helps to im- I 'Prisoner,' which was plenty hard- the Meibia. plant m his mind the idea of the ship, and^his smoking 01? c^^^^^^ theatre as a place of entertainment incessantly only things which made And that's the big' idea. it seem unreal. .. ' Even at that the 'con had plenty Got a PKiiroh LoeW's Cleveland divislori. is all I ""'of course; weren't satisfied het up over a sign on a Ohurch.lawn urttii they had talked it over with which advertises ia. showing of 'The | man in the cell. Gallant Lady' at a church service Gloversvllle. N. Y. Glove theatre won .first place In j:jvvu tti. v..^ >- - .the Golden Harvest buslness-get- of comDany, especially frOm the ting contest of the J9 Schine the-| ladies/ who^wondered how and why atres In New York State and Ohl6. It's a good stunt, if it's riot alto gethei;- new» and- probably helped, to infiuence a; lot Of business. In the silent days it was more common - to see a picture projected during a, service, with the sermon from, the Scared 'Em In Mexico .City Deftly-worded feature stories in I local prints arguing that the end of the world is not as remote as MoundsvlUe, W. Va. Not Only are the Strand and the Grand here fighting the film houses of Wheeling, 12 miles from here, but they are warring with, one of the local dailies, the Mound.svillo lOcho. Allentown, Pa. ^..r.^^ T,.«» „^».w^ - , - Waiter J. Hurley, Wllmer & Vin implied text. It takes more doing many believe, and pointing to the ^ent, will enter the general adver with the talkers, but Cleveland recent earthquake disaster m India tlsing business here. Successor of shows it can be done. In this in- as substance for this argument. In- the Rialto will be James Hubert stance very well done. creased customers for 'Deluge, now Maury. on. exhibition at- the Cine. Palacio. here. Galveston. Port Arthur's fifth theatre now iri con.struction; M. C. Clemmons, manager. i ' Burlington,. Vt. Association of Independent Thea- tre Managers of Vermont formed with Harry F. B6ardman, manager of the State, president. C. O. Spaulding, Bethel, v.- and M. F. Carr, Randolph, sec. Seattle. . Frank. A, Lacy now manager of downtown Roxy for J>vH; March BoWman, former Roxy mgr., to Wenatchee, for Evergreen theatres. 8 to 16 ' Denver* With sixteen independents line(d up against Huffman's eight houses on II car giveaway and two Roose- velt Birthday Dances on tap Tues- day ^(30) i. the local populace turned out. for its biggest, spree since New Tear's Eye. Plenty of ballyhoo steam from all angles set Denver on their ear, with SrR.O's every- where, including the all-night eat- eries, and heavy runs. ori the liquor store$. ' ■ „ Huffman used a 24-3heet-plastered street car ^owntown all day and threw a. 40-car Ford parade, in-, eluding two sound trucks and the P. & M. Suhkist Beauties. Indies ran a Pontiac parade with calliopes, etc., and charity dances, in addition tp heavy plugging in newspapers, staged a ' drum and bugle corps parade with ah airplane formation flying overhead. , Circus... bally re- sulted In a: capacity house at .the Orpheum at 6:45 p.m., with, the Other Huffriian houses, following suit arOund seven. All indies dragged out their ropes, the charity balls turned in ' $6,000. for the cause and everybody is happy. Tiptoe With the Government after radio sponsors Who make gifts, it might be a good idea to . watch all, business- getting ideas carefully. In the bid days the authorities were Interested only in lotteries. Nov ariy give- aiway comes under the froWri of the powers as contrary to NRA ideals. One recent example Is the Stands ard Oil's Babe Kuth club. Coupons were given for. purchases of gad. and oil, and the payoff Waa baseballs presumably autographed by the hurler. Held, to be uhfa-ir competi- tion, and they started to talk abOut it. While the code for pictures pro- vides for a vote on premiums, there is no telling when some grouch may point to other rulings arid make plenty trouble for kny manager who seeks to build With gift eritice- ments. The kicks may riot be sus- tained, but it majr mean legal, fees and lost time, even in the event of a ho case decision. ■ In some cases it might be a good, plan to let merchants sponsor, the glveawayis, thoVSh even this may be questioned. Pliay for the Debs In towns and even the smaller cities there is a self-startlrtg stunt for 'Coming Out PartyMn the shape of a reception to the season's debs. Needs the assistance of the society editors, if thete are any, 'dr-the city eds if society Is riot a special as- signment. Idea Is to tender them a party; either in the theatre or — which is better— at some hotel. Just, for the .glrlSj with a couple Of offi- cial chaperones, and over In time for them to attend the picture. With a little )iUstllng It should be possible to work this into a big event and get plenty of publicity tor the picture. But tha:t's only the primary, angle.; Properly dorie, the stunt Will make for good will for a, much longer period. Most debs are not averse to pub- licity, and sortie evep maintain press agents where they -can afford to. Probabilities are that It will be easier to get the enlistments of the topnotchers than those further down the line. . ^ . Just a casual hookup to the pic- ture, but a chance to make a big noise, and that's what the , alert manager is always looking for. Los Angeles. C/ J>. replaced. E. C. 6'Keefe as riiariager of the FOx, (Fr WC) at. Billings/ Mont. E. C. Diamond managing the Or- pheuni, Salt Lake, for Fatichori & Marco. Sunday Music Ned Edris of JIamrick'd Music Box is giving the locals a treaty in music each Sunday, with a 46 min- CoolPehguins Los AngoICH, Hal Ella.s. M-G-M exchange, ex - iMii ATigclos. |:^^Merlyn Ell«worth. .,fpr_paHt. years managing the Tivoli, here, for Berlnsteln and Lustig, has joined FoxVWest Coast to manage their Synhcr Music Masters, 12:15 to 11 Culver City lot, promoted half a P. M. Pop and classical music, dozen live penguins as a ballyhoo Concert so timed by this shoWman for 'Eskimo,' at the. Four Star here to catch after church crowds which They next promoted a glass cage are packing in. -Flr.-at Sunday's mounted on a chassis and tied up £;rovs: f.n Ihi.s fcaturo added to box wilh the .<^logan: 'Kc^^d cool oin.-.- ..r.iisuUMal.ly. I Kool ci 'i.vi liF'^> aivVspe T-.-skirno. Los AnBelf'.s. Carl Young has taken lease o.j long darkened MIralta at Downey, suburb. Will operate with firt^^t ryr major product. Woon.socket, R. 1. Frank M. Murphy aippOlntcd house man«f?er at the Stadium, Woon* sockf/t. Thomas Kellcy appointod manager of the Strand, Brockton, -S yracuse . ^N. X r>(>nald F. Elliott, formerly, of Uuiera, I'vOcheHter, new assistant to r.vH W. Lampe at Schlne's Eckel. David 'Buddy' Frcomari tempo- rarily m charge of the RKO Strand tjurlng prolonged illnes.s of Henry iOarle; .& Nifly Howard Waugh, Warner zone manager for the . .southern zone, sends in a bulletin similar to those that in some iform. are used by. most divisions for zone Information, Difference is that Waughls product is about the best looking that has (BVer come In. It's 5% by 10 Inches, nicely miriieogfaphed and with a regular printed front page.. Sheet is self- indexing- through the use rif Sheets of varying lengths, and It's easy to find any . desired section. All of which would not: be worth a whoop unless the contents matched the format. This dOes. It's all good stuff arid rib bunki rio Oamp meet- ing exhortatiori whoops, but solid selllrig. Waugh ought to know. He's been at it long enough. Point: is that he does. liye Help Albuhy. . Sixteori scrceri players will aDpear in per-ijoh at: the RKO Palace for -t hrgg-s hows^o n MOnday-X12) .4oJjojp^ plug the showing of Constance Ben- nett In '^Moulin Rouge.' The group is compo.'^ed of Mary Brlah, Sally Blane. .Tohn Mack Brown, Bon Tilr- pln,' lio.sebe At*».s, Raymond Hatt»<ri, Jim.my, Ru.i.seli and Lujllle GIeaf<()n. (Jrelghton Hale, Anna K. NUssori,. Xancy Welford, Jack Mulhall, Hoot Glb.son and Mary Carlisle. John ITunlh'V will he m.c. Also hllloa are Mic*' '-' Moulin Tlougc i:!tarlots.* 20 VARIETY Tuesday, February 6» 1934 SOON! BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE " ERANK BUCK'S ID [BUD' He has robbed the f anged empire of Its lords.. i stripped the lush jungle of Its secrets . . . to again give show business something new to shout about! ^ VAN BEUREN PRODUCTION Directed by Armand Denis o \ RKO RADIO PICTURE Tuesday, February 6, 1934 HoHywood Productions Week of Feb. 5 . , (Pictures now filming, or about to start, are Usted below alphabetically by Sudios. Symbols are: D^Director, A-Author, C-Cameraman.) 'Odd Thursday' (let week) t)— ^aimea - Flood Warner Baxter Rochelle Hudson 'All Men Are IteemleA' (4tli week) , P — Geo. Flt^mfiurlce A-i-Rlchard Aldington . Samuel HolTenateln Ijenore CofCee C— John.Seltz Cast: ■ Hugh "WlUlajna Helen Twelvetrees Mbna Barrle Herbert Mundln '8 'on a Hpneyihooii* (8rd week) D-r-Jaihea Tlnling A— Isabell RoB!) C — Joe V^lAntiiie Caat: .Sally EUera Zaau Pitts Henrietta Crosman Charlea Starrfett J6hn Mack Brown Wlnl Shaw .. 'Murder In frlnldad' <3rd week) D — Louis King A — John Vandercook Setoh I. Miller C! — Barney McGlU Cast : Nlgial Bruce'' Heather Angel Victor Jory Roger Imlvot metKo 'Tarzan and His Mate* ° (27th week) l>:-^edric Gibbons A— 3. McGulnness Leon Gordon C— -Clyde DeVliiha and Sid Wagtier Cast: ^ . Johnny WelasnjuUer Maureen ' O' Sullivan Nell Haifitlon Paul. Cavana:g}i Doris ' Lloyd . , Frank Relcher Wm. Stack Desmond Roberts Tola D'AvrU Forrester Harvey ' Ip Tide' (7th 'iveek) P — Kdmund Gouldlnp A — Edmund Gouldlng C — Ray June Cast: Norma Shearer Robert Montgomery Herbert Marshall LUyah ' Tashman Ralph Forbes Mrs. pat Campbell Arthur Jarrett Xlarl Oxford Halllwell Hobbes Samuel May Donald Grteg . Helen Jerome Eddy Peter Hobbes Geo. K. Arthur B. B. Olive T. Roy Barnes . Sk^ets (Sallagher Florlne McKlnney Paul Porcasi 'Sadie McKee' (Srd week) D — Clarence Brown A— Vina Pelmar ' John Meehan O-^Uver Marsh Joan Crawford Eatlier Ralaton 'Show oir (2nd . week) D— Charlea P. Rlesner A^-^eo. Kelly Herman Mankiewlcz C— Jamea Wong Howe Spencer Tracy Madge Evans XiOls Wilson AI Edwards Henry Wadsworth Claude GlUingwater Sterling HoUoway < 'III Old Xoolslana' (Srd week) D — George Seltz A— Luden Hubbard C — Gregg Toland Oast: ^ Robert Young Jean Parker Nat Pendleton- . Ted Healy Isabel Jewell , liaude ESburne Joseph Cawthorne Geo. Lewis Irene Ft-ankUni C. Heiiry Gordftn Rayniond Hattpn 'Operator '13' (2nd week) I>— rRaouL Walsh A — ^Robert W. Chambers C— M3eo. ' Folsey Oast: Marlon Davlea GaryCooper. -Stuart Erwln ' MSTROFOMTAN (Monogram) 'City libnlta' (2nd week) I>— Wm; Nigh A — Jack Woodford Wagner Caat!.\ . Sally Blahe. Friank .Craven Roy walker Terry Ray Jame.") Burke James Dpnlan rARAMOl'NT 'Slelddy In Sprlns^ (6th week) ' D-^Norrhan ' McLeod A-^Frank Lean Smith Lewis E. Genaler C— Henry Sharp Caat : I^ianny Ross Charlie Rugglea Mary Boland Geo. Meeker Wilfred Harl Wade Boteler Helen Lyhd -^lan Who Broke . Heart' <6th week) D-^Wm. C. Menzies . A — Frederick. Schllck and Sam French O— Hal McAlpib. O&Bt I Victor McLaglen Dorothy. Dell freston Foster Alison :SklpWorth David Landau John Rogers Mlacha.Auer Alfred Delcambre. James Burke Don Wilaoft JoTin Northpole Max Wrigner Frank Rice Russell Powell Frank Sheridan « ''e*re,Not I>res8ln»' (4th week) i) — ^Norman Taurog . A— Waltpii Hall Smith Stephen Morehouse Avery C-r-Charles Lange C&St * Bing Crosby Carole Lombard Geo. Burns Grade Allen Ethel Merman Leon Errol Raymond MiUand Jay Henry Dick Dickinson 'Troinpet Blows' (4th week) D — Stephen Roberts A — Wallaces Smith C — Harry Flschbeck Caat:' •• • George Raft Adolphe Menjoil Frances Drake Katherlne DeMllIe Sidney TOler Douglas Wood Nydla Westman Lillian Elliott. Edward Ellis Gertrude Norman Aleth Speed Hatison Howard Brooks ■Joyce.. Compton Hooper Atchley Francis McDonald •Tou're Telling MeT (3rd week) D— Edle Kenton A^Paul Jones J. P. McBvoy C— Al Gllks Cast: . , W. . Fields Joan Marsh . Larry Buster Crapbe •Honor Brisht' (Ist week) D — Tay Oarnett A — Jack Kirkland Melville Baker Austin Parker Sylvia Thalberg Cast: Cary Grant RADIO 'Finishing Schobf (3rd week) D — Wanda Tuchock and Geo. Nlcholls, Jr. A— Louis Weltzenkorn and David Hemjpstead Wanda TuchOck Lnird Doyle C — J. Boy Hunt Cast: Ginger Rogers Frances Dee Bri/ce Cabot Una Merkel BlUle Burke - Mitzy Green Beulah Bondi Sarah' Haden- - Marjorle Lytell Adalyne Doyle Mary Jordan . Rose Coghian •Strletly Dynamite* (lB< week ), — Elliott Nugreiit A — Robt. T. Colwell and Robt; A; Simon Maurice Watklna Cast: ■ Jimmy Durante Alice White Norman Foster. Eugene tallette 'Crinie Doctor' (3rd week ) D — John Robertson A— Israel Zangwlll Jane Murfln . Just ia Feeler Capt.' Doft Wllkle C — ^Luclen Andrlqt otto Kruger - Karen Money .Nils Asther Judith Wood Wm., Frawiey J.. Farrell McDonald Irving PlcKel VNITBD ARTISTS (20th Century) 'Firebrand' ■ (l»t weiek) D— Gregory LaCav Cast : Constance ■ Bennett Fredrlc March Ralph Morgan Fay Wray Vince Rarnett : Louis Calhern UNIYERSAXi •filanioar' (2nd week) D — ^Wm; Wyler A — j:dna Ferber Doris Anderson Gladys Unger C^Geo. Robinson Oftst * Constance Cuniminga Paul L-ukas RUss Columbo Joseph Cawthorne ^tet'8 B# Uzy' (2nd woek) D=^dward "Ludwlff A — Wm. A. McGulre Harry Sauber Earl^ Snell ' C — Ch6."sr Stumar Cast: liew Ay res Patricia Bills Isabel Jewell Frank iMcHugh Burton Churchill Robt. McWade Add Rlcliardg Adrian .Morrla Hedda :fiopper. Betty' Lnwf ord Clay ClemieHt 'Vanishing Shadow' (Serial) (4th week) D^^Louls Frl'edlander A— Ella O'Neill ' Hel Manhelm Basil Dickey Geo. Morgan C— Richard Fryer Onslow Stevens Ada ince Walter Miller James Durkln Bill Desmond Charles Cramer Sidney Bracey Edwin Cobb f^-ARNFB. 'Fur CoatB* ~(6tli week)" D — ^AI Greene A — Ann Garrick and Ethel Hill Manuel SefC. C— Byroh Hasklna Cast: . . Aline MaCMahon Paul Kelly Ann Dvorak Patricia Ellis Phillip Faversham Henry O'Neill Mayo'Methot Helen Lowell Dorothy Tree . Dorothy Peterson Marjorle Gateson. Clay Clement Renee Whitney Iiorena Laysbn Lynn Browning ,.. 'Gentleman From 8an Francisco' . (3rd week . > jy — ^Wm, Dieter ly A-T-Geo. Dyer Robt Lee and Eugene Salow C— Tony Oaudlo Caat: Betty Davia Donald Woods Lyle Talbot Margaret Lindsay Robert Barrat Henry O'Neill Hugh Herbert Doug. Dumbrllle. Gordon Westcott Alan Hale Geo. E. Stone Wm. Demarest Douglas Cosgrove Harold Mlnjlr Charles Wilson Arthur Byron " 'Wltiiout Honor' (Ist week) D— Lloyd Bacon A— Robt. . Lord Tom-' Buckingham Nlven Busch Cast .. James Gagney Joan Blondell Guy KIbbee ' Harold Huber . •. • Geo. Pat." Collins 'The Key' (lat week) D^Archle Mayo A — B. Gpre-Browhe J. L. Hardy Cast: . Wm. Powell jstay Pranola Warren WllUarti Hollywood, P0b. 5. *Fred lahey, Paramount pro- <lUctlon head, received a letter from .a writer in Culver Cilty applying fo.r a 3ob, Letter .was postmarked Nov. 3, 1924i I Picture Possibilities 1 Defective Priiit Brings Dp Novel Point ill Lawsiut 'False bi^eams. Farewell'— Favorable v^**!^ •FALSE DREAMS, FAREWELL' (Melodrama, Frank Merlln-LUtie). Can be made into a picture. Transatlantic liner sinking in niid-oceau is the general Uieme. 'No ore Ladies'— Faivorable 'NO MORE LADIES' (Comedy, Lee Shubert, Booth). I^ooks like stagd click. Smart cpmedy with sex . angle and generous, content of laughs, Should gravitate to Hollywood. ' 'Whatever Possessed HerT'—Unfavorable 'WHA;t;eVEH possessed HER' (Comedy, Raymond Moore, -T^BBty on .iimmer theatres; Kot Whether a defective print claimed not to be in accordahcia with a pre- viously stipulated Warranty of standard can be sufficient cause for a distributor to collect damaires from a producer ., and sever con- tractural relatiorijs With same is up before the N. X. Supreme Court on petition of the Principal Film Ex- change (Charen) against the Brit- ish & Dominloiis Filtti CJprp. J-itd., of London. The print in question is on 'Car- nival,' B&i) imjportation. Jt 1$ claimed by Principai that the par- ticular print was shown at a thieatre 111 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and found too defective for exhibition. Prln:, cipal therefore is suing to collect certain money advanced B&D un- der its. contract for "the distributloh lights .of the picture, plus .|7,opo diamages. ThiB damages asked for are com^ puted on the basis that Principal under its contract with B&D was to deceive . 50% of the distribution in- come, in territory contracted for, namely, iSreater New York and S'orthern New Jersey. W is Prin- cipal's claim thait under usual ex- pectations- the . exchange would gross aribund $14,000 trom' such a territory. The deal for B&D with Prlhcipai was made tilrough Emanuel H. (Goldstein, B. & D. representative over ;here. •carnival,' the picture involved is one of three which Principal con- tracted for, each on the same terms from B&i). Other films are 'Blarney 1 Stone' 'Say It With Music' By. Y^HM* i-eave — Favorably 'BY YOUR LEAVE' (Comedy. Morpscp; Aldrich arid De LiagfriS). So-^ phisticated comedy of life in the suburbs With a lot 6t laugh and sequences. ■ 'Mackerel SKies'T-Favorable 'MACKErEL . SKIES' (15us.har & Tuark. Drama, of those VlenneseTNew York, operatic ings, with can be tricked up. for flickeriizin although It will require luloid purposes. 'John Brown'— Unfavopflible •JOHN BROWN' (Drama, George Abbott). Play opened and closed'at the iBarrymore. Drama based on the abolitionist not for screen. .Gaige^ .'A Hati a Coat, a Glpve'^Favorable . HAT, A CQAT> A (3LOVE' (>Ielodrama, Sehvyn, ^*L1^ely*^p^rtor films with cpurtroom climax, though ljut basic plot skeleton could b6. used. Gpod vehicle for middle-aged male lead with at lehst three gopd Cpmedy roles. J^nd, 'American, Very fearly'— Favorable . 'AMERICAN; VERY EARLY' (Comedy, Wilton Lackaye, Jr.,. Vander- Stage chances doubtful but idea on Connecticut antique shpps should furnish better screen .com*5<Jy' Ipee. 'Wind and the in'— U hf avorable •WIND AND THE RAIN' (Drama; Kpndolf & Hairt, itz). Story of British adbleiscent student, 'Too frail for .film pjirpos6s. Elect J. H. Harris Prez Of Nat'l Variety Onbsj ittsburgii. With conferience qt delegates from I Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit, CP- lumbus and Cincinnati here last week Variety Cilubs of America came Intp being. ; It's' an outgrowth of the original Variety Club, an or- ganization of showmen, started h.ere in 1927 by John H. Harris, and a I group of 10 aSsociateig. A CPhstitution was adopted and I Harris was elected national presi- dent. M. R. Clark of Columbus was [named first v. p., John H. Matloney of Pittsburgh, second V. p.; William Gehring of Cincinnati, secretary, and Janies G. Balmer of. Pittsburgh,, treasurer. Directors are J. B. Fon- tainiB of Cleveland, J. B. Flynn of Detroit, Aivln Wolff oiE St. Louis, Max Steam, of /Columbus, George Tyson of St. Louis and Harry H. I Goldstein of • Pittsburgh. Variety dubs in Clevjsiand, Buf- falo and Albany arie also in process of formation. 'Hotel AUmony'— Doubtful •HOTEL ALIMOliY' (Comedy; Franklin arid Stoner, Royale). Life in j^il of tho^e who .cap*t pay alimony. Some funny ideas,, but a weak script. Limited because applying to New York only. Kauf. •Air the king's Horses'— Favorable •ALL THE tCING'S HORSES' (Operetta, Cort & Abfamson, Shubert). Plot has been done before in one form or another, buit possessed of re- newed flicker possibilities if musical vogue holds and screen treatment plays up royal romance an'gle of queen and a film stttr. Abel. 'The Joyous Seasd.n'— Unfavorable •THE JOYOUS SEASOrj' (Comedy Drama, Arthur Hopkins, Belasco). Secular and not suitable for plcturijs. Jbee. Rogers' Sbif ts Hollywood, Feb. 5 Charles R- Rogers is moving up starting dates on 'Canal B6y' . and 'In Conference' as result of post poning •Green Gold' and ' ' a Pleasure to Lose.' Casey Robinson is scripting •Canal Boy' from yarn by l^orest Halsey.K^d Clara Beranger. Dor- othy Wilsbn and Douglas Montgom- ery will have the featured spots Brian Harlow, Agnes C- John ston 'and Joseph Gollomb are. rush Ing script 6f 'In Conference,^ mur- der screecher, which Harry Jpe Brown will probably direct. •Green Gold' Is pft until a suitable name lead can be obtained. Pro ducer had attempted to secure Clark Gable, Gary Cooper or Paul Muni. Producer also planned to send the company to Honduras for location shots. '(XISTO' TITLE WRANaE GOES TO HAYS GROUP Hollywood, Feb: 5. Edward Small has shelved prepa- rations for 'Count of Montfe Crlstb* (Reliance^ pending Putcome of his. battle With Universal over .title rights. Producer has protested to tltliB. committee of the Hayig organization that refusal of Universal to find a. new handle for •Countess of Monte Crlstb' usurps his prior right to •Monte Crieto.' Small contends U would release •Countess' before he could get the •Count' on the market. Paul Snell Sbifte to Metro, StrickGng Aide Hollywood, F^b. 6, _ Paul- SnelLwho: has Jbeen Aga^^t a n^ to" Arch Reeve at Fox for eight years, statted today (Mon.), at Metro as aide to Howard Strickllng. He was at Paramount with Riseve and moved over to Fox with him. No changes In the Metro staff are contemplated as a result of Snell's ac(iul.«iticin. BEBGEBMAH'S nUSICAL Hollywood, Fei>. 6i Slg Hsrzlg and Jay Gourney go With Stanley Bergerman to write a filmusical which the latter will make for Universal, Writlrig team wrote "Mppnllght And Pretzels! Jor U^last yearV . BUY 'MAEEIAGE CAPTtlBE' Hollywood, Feb. Chesterfield has bought 'Marriage by Capture* ttonx Richard Thorpe and Karl BrpWn. Fprnier will direct, rpwn ban ;dllng the script. •par's Film-Hockihg D^al Covered Again by Coki^U Further review of the much .i)iib- llcized and attacked IJlm-hypothe- catihg d^al of Paramount, swinging 23 .negatives, iiito a separate sub- sidiary as sebiirlty for ai $i3,0p0;000 bank loaii, was uHdertiakferi Wednes- day (31) by the Par triJstees in . ex- amining Walter B. Gokell, treas- urer, on the stand Ijefpre Referee Henry k. Davis. ExamlnatiPn of Cokell fpllPws much- previpus. testimony from Par pfiiuials connection with the banic group agreement. In continued efforts of the trustees to get a com- plete picture of the . trahsactlori prior to trial of their suit tp destrpy the' creditPr i>reference alleged to exist thereunder. Cpkell covered virtually the same ground, as the record previously .CPntalnodT=.cxcept=.that.,hlajaatfiflUoaay have been a little mpre exact. Cbkell was assistant treasurer of Pur at the time of the $13,000,000 bank loan and adjudication of the company in bankiruptcy. He moved up to the treasurership this past summer when Ralph A. Kohn be- came v.-p. over iheatre operations. .Yates Pays Up Court recor j.how that Setay Co., Inc. (Herbert Yates) has satis- fled a judgment, won by Jamos G •Trainer, for the amount of $4,444 Setay Is an investment company headed by the pre.sldent of Cohsoli-' dated Film. The . amount covers commlsslpri claimed by Trainer for suPcessfuUy arranging a sale of cer tain stock held by Setay In the' for mer Liberty National Banit & Trust CO. . Litigation on the Trai claim has been on for nearly two years fipbert Daniel, priglnally a dif»fend aht with Yates, had previously set- tled Trainer's claim against himr self for $2,000. Yates .attempted for scm^ time tP have tlic court reduce the amount awarded Trainer be- cause of the Daniel settlement, but to no avail. 'Dynamite' Slowed Hollywood, Feb. 5. Radio has been forced to set back j pfSOuctlPn start of 'Strictly Dyna- \ mite,' due tp Metro holding Jimmy Durante for retakes of 'Hollywood Party.' Delay finds Alice White out of. cast and into ..tpi> spot of 'Blonde PoLson.' Radio made the switch to handle commitment with Miss White for one picture startlrig im- mediately. Joe Shermiaii Avoyages Hollywood,' Feb, 5. Joe SHerrrtan, assistant tb How- ard Strlckling in the MetrP pub- licity department, has sailed on a month's yacash. along the. Mexican coast. On leave of. absence from the department. During ills absence Barrett Kies- ling and' Paul Shell Vi.ll act as Slrlckling adies. =^DiainondVShorts-Hop=- Lou Diamynd, chief of .shorts prp- ductloh and music activities of Paramount, boarded a plane for ihc Coa.st Saturday (3), He's going out tp contact pro- ducers making sliorts Independfntly for Pair release. Bur PINE EAST .Hollywood, Feb, 5. Bill Pine left: for NeW York last I night. (Sunday) where he will be ln_charp ie_pf ,exi)l oitatl on for I'Ura^ mount. He will supervise tEIFwPrk in the home of ' .'is well, as at the |>-tiidio hore. Bill ' liis, aide to Pine, I been appointed director of advertlsinu'. . IMiio Gxpet ts main in . c.w Viirk i inoniiis bfi.orc- .rcLuruin 22 VARIETY Tuesdays February 6, 1934 6^ . ^^^^^ fit en* -'^^^-^^.^7v, 1^ RADIO PICTURE coo Tuesday, Fcbruai^ 6) 1934 PICTURES t'ysii:rr LINCOLN LOOKS UP; ORPH STARTS VAUDEI man of Two Worlds' And Kate Smith Umt Lead K.C. at $17,000 Kanaas City, 6. OJood business over the. "week-end gave the managers lots ot encour- aecroent and it really looks like thriiga were pi<iklhe lip tt. bit. Main- .etreet with Kate Smith and Her wiinee Music Revue;' together with tlie plcturei 'Man: of Two AVorlds,' opened strong Friday and layover "date for acts jumping east j ^g-jw., i£<- continuing .with a heayy play^ through Denver from the coast. COLUMBUS FAIRISH oulin Roug9/ ^,00(X— >'Hipo^ Hips« Hooray,' $7,500 Lincolu, Feb. 5. I Columbus, JFeb, 5. T,u,a«.« row >s Wnnln^ to H^'UW ^T^SS^T^ largc-timey again. Possibility of L-^is \veek. Broad's flrst stage x'^gaining the , momentum of three] show attraction In many years is years ago. People are going to the off light and will hardly pay Loew's shows and biz everywhei'e is oni. thc for the expense of fixing up to re- upbeat strong. Noyr, after giving open the dressing rooms, etc.,, this up vaude as a bad job before Xmas, week although it niay keep out ot the Orpheum is putting In a apHt K-ed on actual take. Town plastered week policj' with a flve-ac.t flesh Ly:itij 'Centurv- of Progress' Revue bill , for the last three day. Ar- ^nd the Original Believe It Or Not ningemont is understood to be a o^^i^orliim, but early days Of wieek. "w*"^^^' Whe^eler and SOB-ZERO AGAIN DENTS InJjp rrankers MONTL WIT LOEW IIG ^^^^ Montreal, Fob, 5. Ailvdv Koster as Again sub-zei'o weather and de- pressed grosses along the rlalto 1 0 A I *•* I?a1JI with only a couple of houses lift- I /II |AI|| 1^010 ing their heads , above the storm. ! •■■"v «rVMa « The week-end was mild with good dtten'dances but balance of week faded. Currently, , outlook for. more I Hollywood, low temperatures with Lent in the endont Cameramen's Asso- plf ing, makes- tough sledding t*^*^ L^.^j^^j^j^ j^^^g closed its membership '^'^Si^nV,^ V,oi, '<!«nc nf thr^ Doserf Uo^Js. claiming total of 120 lensera i Woolsey's latest f H^^i^J^^U^ mt°'g?S?^<? ImJ^^ Includes ibout IB first camera- Ond- raters, Estimates for This Week , Former has booked in Cab Callowf-y: aiotthd 111,000. Princess had a the leadership of both International Capitol (Livingston) (82&; 10-15- U.na his band - plus the .flbii %imlle .^,^0^^^^^ Lady' and Photographers, lATSE, and Uie un 2B), *Crosi3 Country Cruise' (U) and hatter has billed 'Artists and Models .Qipj Without a Room* and repeats Umiiated Airierlcan Society of Cincr Big Shakedown' (WB) dualled for on s*^eo and its fllin. . currently with . good chances for I matographers, is keeping names of a nice $2,000. Last week 'Today Estimates for Thu Week $8,000;. Imperial and Hfa Majei^y's j^gn^^jgrg ^iniler cover, We Live' (MG) and 'I LpVed a Patace (RKO) (3,074^ '2B;^«/^^ Clvde Loiiberg has been appointed Woman* (WB) flrst. half, with <Hlps, Hips, .Ho6ra^V(RIf^>-^^ a little. ,Clncma 4^k„a.nc8a manner and recording Masquerader' (UA> and 'PlOkup-. ly seems able to l>6at lust tolr Paris showing third week of 'Fanny' J^^f^f^^ ^^^Souo which hopes (Par) last for a good $1,700. BOO mark. I^st week 'Design ^to): aro^^ ^ !^ J?, ^^^w? Colonial (LTC) (750; 10-15), Living' (Par) did: nicely .at even Nrtbos up and down^mostly down.M to crack the cameramen s situation Rafter Romance' (RKO), avera.'ye 000. . or inV Estin^ates f«p This Week [wide open by offering W^ge scales $000: Last week 'C hould Ladles Ohio a^w-TJA.y^(a,000; 2o-'4p)— . /«> 700 BOi— ^Sons of ot n»«»^?ra to= 4ndie producers for Behave?' (MG) and 'Ace of Aces' 'Moulin Rouge' (UA) T.nokK as 1 vPaUce ( ) (..700 50) 6>ons ,oi| . , _ _ ^ , (RKO) . split, 'was a -swell -taker last jgood 60)— "Mdn, of Two worlds': (RKOX half to do $1;600. else .and anft Kate Smith >ahd her, 'Swanee »• Lincoln • (LTC) '(1,6CQ; 10-iS^2B)— Last week .^^^^^ AlJi' ^ - I u-ood chances for SS 000 Mti8ic Revue.' Both stage show- -convention City' (WB); For ayeifi. hittm.tmt W.OW.; •. ^<SdSS£? sS.: (M^W 'Day of and picture -were :giv<^n great- pub- age. $2,G0O.' Last week .'Massacre' «Nacl . (Ix)Wf.-TrA)^6Q J^^^ ftfcfflnS'^ (MGy hlt^^^^ Hclty .ahd the Friday opening found bwB) stirred ' \ip 'prcttj- nice - blK —'Ton Can't B^^^ <^^'^V weainer. the^ fans waiting. Held up strong for $2,800. " aiid Gentur>^ of ,PTogw^.Royu^ o^ over . Sunday and. will get close .to. Orpbeum (LTC) (1.300; 10-25-40) btage. Cto and T|tould..b^W,- mlgM felg. Last week, •tovlsiWe .B.roaciway tb Hollywood' (MG). hit fair fenough $l0j^W,;teHt^^^^^ (U), ana 'Fifty Million Xrrencli- 1 Ff^st half with vaiide and unnamed l iaiore. Last -week- 'Glx^l wHiiout^ a I tniee moni^ns ago, mis is last ' week. Shbw good . entertain- ment, but critics reported consider- able offendlnff material by Al Norr man (later deleted), and 'the'harm was done to some extent. The Up- town with! 'Carolinii.' and the Mid- land showing 'Thl» Side of Heaven' arc featui'ing Llontl Barrymore, who ha(» a:largc following here. •Carolina*, picture is in for nli^^^ days to allow the house to get fciaclc to its regular Saturday opening date. Estimieites for This Week Mainstreet (RKO) (3,200; - SB r40. Fox iypiiis Fanmes .A. First half with vaude '^'^^^ ^^^^^jS* ^^3. ^'o"nrt<Jo"faivAV^fth~$C.-.J of' tho week .and should gross ^10,:- Ifiist half will do oke. $2,B0X). | Room (.far; none, lyu ,y • ' 1 t.„„* •rLnin<> .TTniu>Airnnri'. men' on the stage, $15,000. i pic Midland . (Loew). (.4,000 ; 2B)— 'This Lay t ireek 'World Changes' (AVB) 000 take, Side of Heaven*. (MG). Usual, stnpng U^jjjj c^ell and Sally on flrst half I Grand OOO. Last week- 'Going HoUj'AVOod' (Neth) • (1,100; -26-40)— I (MG) - fair at $9,000. (FW Nlie enough take .: Lbew?ff (FP). (3,200; 66)— Women ■ Last week 'Hi,, In His Life' (>Kt) and vaude. House] slightly under at I showing; . good- improvement lately more thail average $2,B00 to come ^^•eather at $10,300. ?n;i^?»»?:<Z?A^^^^^ laJ^'iSS? (Ul) inf W Wit reviewers, which, helped, b'Jt did —^^^j ^^^n l^^QQ^ y^P^. nice. $4,000. ,^yre^\ fi-[m- not hold up as well as . e?:i>ected, Riaito (Bard) (i,000; lO-lB-20)— "^V"*"*-! ■ ^frl^'' Around $10,000. 'Sin of Nora Moran' (Maj); Al-1 'Shadows of Sing Sli^. Newm&n; -CPar) (1,800: 2B-4U>— Kj^^ given a whal© of an ex .11. Nellie- (WB), title dont mean pioUatibn campaign probdbly Avon*.,, i^. ro^l^ luckv a thing but Paul Muni does, and his ^jjg — o'^e ^j^^^ ^800, fair. Last| Ol9ud6 (Col) luckj followers are , givin.g the picture ^^^j^ 'Sagebrush Trail' (Mono) and their suppoi-t, ..Expected to pt $»,-. .^-,^^.^^1^^ Eight' ■ (Mono) first half 000. Last: week, .'Mies Fane s. B^^ of .• Sentiment' (Mono) Is Stolen', (Par), ^'ound $7,600.. and 'Gun Law* (Mono) closing for Uptown (Fox) (2,040; „2B-40)— q^jq^^ •Carolina' (Fox). Gaynor and ,Bar- State ^(MOnroe) (600; lO-lB-26)- rymore played up in the advertising ,Qnj,g Every Woman* (COl) and 20 and may hold up <iround $11,«00. ^oy, writing team- at F -3B)— . Last week 'Miss Fane*s Baby* (Par) secretarial cohorts of HOlly vvobdf'Feb. S. Joe Cunningham'' and Harry Mc- Fox,' .have the Ildrdly kind vaude did very. well In view of an. picture set for n*"®^^^*^^: 'Shadows of Sing Sing* (Col) dual Opened well and .wlll_get, arouna ^^^^j expected: Last week 'Fog ICOOO for the. run. „ P>:fJ^y f!'"^' (Col) and 'Fighting' Code' (Col) had Last week, 'I Am a Spy' (Fox), oxd ig^g' rot fare so well. Only $2,000. | g^,^ (LTC) (1,900; 10-26-40)-.- 'Carolina' (Fox) is paced for about 1 r\I lie I $3,100 which is okay. Last week dl. L.UUli3 'Little Women' (RKO) was a feeler i^^inMniiftd from pace's ) the flrst half the Veek, but got (.Continued trom page a) strong as onions on the close to n;itc the bargains gradually in order drive up in thies neighborhood of to raise as few squawks as pos.slble..| $5,300. Excellent Estimates for Tliis Week Aml^assador (SkOuras). (3.000; 2S 36-55), 'By Cantllelight' (U) and Jack Haley on stage; $16,000, Last week ?Hi; Nellie* (WB). around $15,- 000. Both figures good. Fox (F&M) (5,000; 20-26-35), •Hold That Girl' (Pox) and 'lAst Roundup' (Par). Good $7,000. 'Long Denver, Feb. 5 LOst Father' (RKO) and 'I Was a Grosses look about same as last Sp'v' (Fox) about same. we^k with Orpheum and Paramount State (Loew's) (3,000; 2B-3B-B6), better. Denver and Denham above •This Side of Heaven* (MG). Okay, average with Aladdin again doing $12,000, Last week 'Gallant Lady' average. Folks showing approval (UA), $12,000. of Fanchon and Marco stage .shows Missouri (Skoura.s) (3,500; 25-40), at Orpheum packing, house day Cross Country Cruise' (U) and 'Big alter day forcing closing boxofflce Shakedown' (WB). Around $8,000, an hour or two couple nights a fair. Last week 'Easy to Love' week. Ropes after one o'clock on C\\'B) and Bombay Mail' (Col) got Suivday, $10,000, Stage show getting plenty ap St. Louis (F&M) (4,000; 85-56), piause. Entire house nOw fifty Two Alone* (RKO) and Olsen and cents as against forty cents for bal- 'CAROUNA' $16,500 AT ORPHEUM, DENVER 'FRIGHTENED' $11,000; 'ROMANCE' Newark, Fet». 5, boeHn't look like any big business anywhere, but on the other, hand seems as though every one would do well enough, proctor's may top with about $15,000 for 'Right to Romance' with Will Osborne on the Last week the cold weather and snow scaled off some grosses, but this week's weather is starting off better, Gal- Wlthout a Room" (RKO) (2iVd wk). Took fans' fancy , last- weelc. at $0,000 and may hold up. currently at $8,^)00. Cinema de Paris (Ist-anco-Film) (GOO; . 50)-7T-'Fanny* (3rd wk). Only French picture In downtown section and should irross ? 1,000. LriBt week $1,200.. OMAHA STRAIGHT PK AGAIN; 'CAROLINA' m the studio script department dizzy trying to quality as stooges as well ias short- , hand operators in preparing the racehorse story; 'Call It Luck,' Nvittjr comedy ."patter and routioes are tried out oi\- the femme typists, W'lthout warning, as one after an- other are assigned to the .acrlvenlng pair. Most of 'em. don*t.know how to take it, look askance at Cunning- ham and McCoy and ask to be as- signed to another job. Writers e:?:plaih their test-out gag on the gals by saying that by stib..- jectlitg the secretaries to the daffy- work out at the start the girls may accept the routines as fairly co- herent aifterward, without looking blank under dictation. Half a dozen girls were tried and Omaha, Feb. Burst of heavy money, brought to box offices last two weeks by stage I ^ - ".— X- A T5t+i« ,m i«howa fades as theatre row goes begged: oflf during the past week. Franklin has tied the_l^tuo up l^t^.^j^j^t pictures. Auto show open- One of them sat throughout the en- with Joseph Soheinman of the lODis ^j^^^ ^^^^ seance with a perfectly and TorkvlUe who J)ook tne on the b. o.'s with its list of ^ead pan. and was told to sfram. at house, thus assuring plenty of prod- j^j^^^j^ Including Bugs Baer ' " ' uct. Johnson on stage. Around $15,000 Last week 'Once to Every Woman* (Col) and 'Ace of Aces* (RKO), about $13,000. 2S Pftr (Cent Less Fix .Continued from page 5) . otiier methods to .eliminate or re- duce dualism be effective, then re- duction' in general output can be partially realized, some of the spokesmen declare. If major company releases are cut 25% Or to a total in the neighbor- hood of 300 the immediate saving Ir money will be not much over 10%. Producers calculate" that their permanent studio overhead is re- sponsible for ■ this. such curtailment, it is allso noted, would; serve, as a hoOmferang to the very purpose of the NRA of putting more people to wOrk, In fact. .It is admitteid, it would largely counter- act the present bigger payrolls cur- rftntly realized throuigh the NRA^ . /u centralized points of the busl- hess . where:. jalL_c.ondlUons wiDlghed it is reported box. offlce re- ceipts, on it niatlonal average, are about 20% higher than they were six month.s ago. In such places It is figured the status of receipts dur- ing the next three months will ;be the most Important factor- In' de- fpviiviiiinti mn.1nr outpnf: for th«» new .s''a.«i>n. cOny for short time, but boost no dejterrcnt. Estimates for This Week Aladdin (Huftman) (1.500; 25-40) —'Let's Fall In I^ve' (Col). Viola K, Lee at the organ; Looks like $3,500. I^ast week 'House on 56th Street' (WB) did average,. cl0.smg With $3,500, ^ /-^ Dehham (Hellborn) (1,600; 25-30- 40)— 'Search lor Beauty' (Par). Stage show with Jerry ^^Ross. Around $7,500, Last week 'All of Me" (Par) topped the previous week by over 50%, closing T^ith better than average with several holdouts $7,600. On opening night when this and 14 other bouses gave away an autOi the house was jammed, lobby and foyer packed, and s^dc^v;Lllc out side solid. . „ „_ Denver (Huffman) (2.500; 25-35 50)— 'Gallant Lady" (UA). Edna Dodd at the organ.^ Headed for $8,000. Last week 'Eskimo* (MG) did better than average, finishing with $8,000. ^ Orpheum (Huffman) (2,600; 25- 35-50)— 'Catolirta' (Pox). St;age show with Al Lyons. Very nice at $16,500. Last week 'Flying . Down to Rio* (RKO) with Leo.CarriUo in person,_packed the house time after timFlnd"cTbWd"wIlh'T7- 'groBS^Tr months. $17,000. ' Paramount (Huffman) (2,000; 25- 40)_'Ace of Aces' (RKO), and 'Fugitive Lovers* (MG), spilt. May- be $4.000.. Last week 'Little Wom- en' (RKO) took thd. house to above average after having packed the Denver time after time the week befor*' to the .swell tune of $15,000. with a fashion show and a variety bill Town can boast nothing excep- T "iV I tional and scramble for the heavy 'take, will be a toss up. With at- tractions back to what might be called normal; Paramount should once. Estimates for This Week Branford (WB) (2i966: 15-65)-- Beside' (FN) and 'Sons of the Desert' (MG). Expect $9,500. week ^Massacre* (FN) and 'Be- loved' (U) fine with $11^000. Capitol (WB) (1,200; 15-25-35- 50)-;Lady Killer' (WB) and 'Duck . ^ ^^^^^ 'C;irolina,' as .Gaynor Soup' Tills is always a safc^et in this house, plenty that like 'em rough thwgh ^^^^ ^^^^ Brandels siw its house not -enough ff^^^^fr this house. pushed up past $13,000 by Ought to be close J« $6,000^^ Downey unit and plx, week ■(Joing ^o lywood (MG) and ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 'Design for Living (Par) nice at].^,,, ^^^^ ront^nt with a bit $5,000 lATSE CAMERAMEN PREPARE NEW PLANS will have to be content with a. bit better thaji aver.ige. Two days of Estimates for This Week Paramount (Blank) (2,766; 25-35 40) — 'Carolina' (FOx). Gaj-nOr Volga Volga' (Kihematrade) and Soviets* on Parade' (Kinematrade). Russian program means about $900. Last week the same figure for 'Falu . , , ^ , »v Rouzssa (Hungarian) and 'Live and Barrymore a suitable draw for the Laueh* (Jewish Talking Picture town's class house. Nice $8,500, Co ) split T-ast week 'All of Mek (Par) suf- Loew's State (2,780; 16-75)— fered cotnpetlsh feyer and fell un^ 'Eskimo' (MG) and vode. .N.TQ _pn dor $.7,000. . . . stage means much of gross which Brandeis (^Inw^^fL - -^B- won't • be. much over $12,000, Last 35)— .'Convention ^City* Ji?;^ week 'Roman Scandals' (UA) fine 'Wild Boys- .of the Rpad (Fls). at $18 000 Straight plx. again,, will draw a NeWark (Adams-Par) (2,248; 16- plea.sant $4,200 7^«^st ^eek Morton 99)— -Four Frightened People' (Par) Downpy'. 'Melody and Madness anri vnvifl Nothlns eXcltlng horc uult sct Ucw house record of $13,- and iliav iu5 get by top pushed to 65c Satur- llst^y-MLs"^ ASe's^SW' (Par) day^and ;Sunday. film JMcancst Oal mild with $10,500. . : /«Sv ronvft- 9r. s--. 40V Proctor's (RICO) ;(2>300; 25-35- I WpHd (Blank) (2,100, 25-3.>r40) 55-60-76-85)— r'Bighf to Romance' ^^S'^SliSS^TX'Sland With ^position auracupncut CaSl^ ^c;>T)"Vair 'cS's^'itot ke^ $8 000. Btlirswcet Chogjati oil stage made *.arly "ff^M^^^^^ ^^^IZ. ^« vvt^v &ah' ,w?t?i 'L^ve cifltomers for • an. average $6,500. Si? Thfrtv'^ CMonJ^ and ^r ka«t week heavy plugKing on 'Fugl l^ff.h. S-nv^ «nlit OneSlne o£v «ve Lovers , (MfO dualJo.l with 'Girl S^tnlfkely^ o^.^iop ^sToo"^ S^t^Vlthout Room' (l>ar).ln,lU up to week 'Let's Fall In Love' (Col) and 'If I Were Free' (RKO) good with Hollywood, Feb. 6. New tactics of lATSE cameramen lii bucking the American Society of ClnematographcrB* five-year con- tract with major studios will be placed before the membership at a meeting tonfght (Monday)^ Basing appeal for lenser support on Its yell that the ASG is a clique- controlled company union, the union crowd will offer a reorganization plan to paid-up members whlOh calls for a deniocratic setup, unem- ployment relief and code represent tatlon.. fey-laws liave "beeh edited to ' match a batch of suggestions fl'om the union adherents during, past months^ Board and committee setups will be reshuffled to guaran- tee equal representation to the . lo- cal's five biasisKlcatlohs : First, sec- ond, assistant,- still and cameramen. , ^_, Union also Win emphasize strongly that its scale, and conditions which hiave prevailed 'under the basife agreement for Ave and one-half years until last summer's strike, are arbitrary Under overriding provi- sions of the code, ami that It will represent cairieratneh all code fuzzling. Unlonites. have Interested Gov- ernor Rolpli in a .sohelno to pcpvide work for unemployed foouscrs through a.snignlng them to snatch film records of projects. In the pub- lic works program. Mayo SiifLgn 'Key' Hollywood, Febi Archie Mayo directing 'The Key" as his next for Warners, Picture started last week with William Powell, Kay Francis and warren William in featui-ed spots. ^Gr6w:e^Pa^iit''=^or==F:ields^ Hollywood, Feb. 6. Claude Binyon goes to the Wil- liam Le Baron unit at I'araniount to work on '(itcf\yv. I'ainf for W. (,' Fields. CoHablriK witii H. wrote the a(i-'.pt:Uio Mel Rididie Joins Fox Uolly woort, Feb. 5." Mr-i itlddlo niovf's over from the UKO publicity department to Fox studins. rfjil-loln^r Thorntfm Sar- -fnt. IlidfJlc will h.'uidl*' xi-ailerH .Mill iiili!.- '•.vi>htit'a.ti<in, 24 VARIETY Tuesday, February 6, 193* GET THE JUMP ON THE OTHER FELLOW I 1 ; i I SHOWMAN'S PARADISE! The Big FOX Press Book for half-a'doren ThrWing FeatureS '^Packed inta halt' a'doxen BreaiMess Reels 1 1 1 $EE IT! Printe NOW in all Fox exchanges. Be&t the field! Get the jump! Set your dates on "Devil Tiger" NOW! ■■■■ ^'^c =^ ASIA'S FIERCEST JUNGLE BEASTS CLASH IN MORTAL COMBAT ! ! i DirectW by CLYDE E. ELLIOTT ./ircctor of "BRING EM BACK ALIVr lid THEIR TRi^C^^ ItHIS STOPS 'EW.W ^ _ And a complete line of seiRt-selling accessoHes Tiiesclay, February 6, 1934 P I C ¥ E S VAfdETY 25 Variety House Reviews IMPERIAL, TORONTO (Continued from page 15) for the decorous and (bid-fashioned bathing suits, a parlor frolic. for the finale, tlie males hfive handlebar moustaches and plastered hair, -the femme coiffures are pompadoured. Point Is that, with only two stand- ard acts as foundation for the stage bill. Jack Arthur brought In ft bevy of amateur, talent for support. .Star of the BhoWr as far, as" audience- respohse revealed, is Ker Cronyn, local blue-blood, whos-e dAbblihg in the theatre has been .confined to Junior League revues, aitthough his Mae West imitations have convulsed the private parties of the cognos- centi for many months. The Iitipe- rial appearance is Gronj'n's first pro- fessional venture. And the lad does go over. As in the atmospheric prolog for 'Henry VIIF (UA), Jack Arthur has gone, to the Mendelssohn. Choir for singing talent. Prinolpals in his chorus of SO incliade Thomas Dunn. Matrion Krown, teslie^ iFtowlanft and Nancy Aldcroft. Danoe.s aro by Mai'guerite (Midge) Cousins; clever 'Gay Nineties' ^ets and drop?; are by Frederick (Red) McLahe: Prez opens with house- line before the traveler in Mae West. cpstumei? for a song and dance .about tlie. pleasures: precedinef the turn of the century. Then the family all>uni idea in full itage for tableaus and scoring heavily, on ;applause. Cronyn oh for a warbling of 'Man on the. Flying Trapeze' In burlesque, and then tlie beef tnist ballet easing on. complete with spears, Cronyn pass- ing along the lO-glrMine for popu- larity choice, this going to a 200- Ib, lass for a socko response. Standard act^. are George Pren- ROXY'S LEADING TENOR THRILLS NEW YORK! THERRIEN "The Painter of Songa*' At the Piano, LILLIAN JAY This Week (Feb. 2) LOEWS VALENCIA, JAMAICA nirectloh JOHNNY HY1>£ ^VM. MOnWS OFFICE. tiss, with his Puncli and Judy act, and Joe and Jane McKenna, a slap- ping pair of hoydens, for a bur- lesque iEidaglb finish, Botli acts went over nicely, ancient costuming help- ing in the latter. About 60 on for the finale Jn a full -stage parlor set, very barocque. in plush and, glit, conriplete with mirrors and nude Finish, in swift tempo, shows the various dances of : the era aind cli- maxes with five or six square dances in setis complete with calls and handclaps: to music. Gay nineties costuming helps. Stage bill ruris 38 minutes. Jacjtt Arthur conducts seyeiv-min- lite overture based oh melodies about trees. Comedy and news-reel fill. Feature is 'Miss Pane's iBaby' (Par.). MeStay. CENTURY, BALtO Baltimore, Feb, Lionel Barry more (New. Acts) la on bright pennant flying topgallant on the Century's marquee tills week', arid it's palpably up to him to re- volve the wicket. On the screen his 'This Side of Heaven' (.Metro) is. flickering and no other cognomen- of appreciable b.o. potency is em- braced in. the four supporting a.c.ts. Barrymore is presented in a 17^ minute thlrd^act climactic bit from his old legit success?, 'The Copper- head.' Preluded by a gracious and a))t scriedn trailer— alheit a bit lonei (seven mins.), the sketch is pt'acti- caily a monolog delivered by Barry- moro; In support are Valerie Ber- gfrc,. Joan Miller, Kdwin Holland, itobert Garry and \A arren Parker. Biurymore'y appearance is mid- Tvay, and so dominaltes the bill. Two act!3 spotted to follow find it dlfllcult to garner attention. Furthermore, they're a pair of n.s.h comedy me- Si Wells aria .loan Davis in fourth block; a cx)mlc hodge-podge, dull at start and fails to pick Up enough. Man strums u guitar and cross-fires with f em mo. who in turn pipes a meaningless song, and at close romps through acrobatic hooCery: Four or five gag.s employed too blue and not funny. „ ■,. ^ Closer, weak d:in< f fiaeh, Dodge Bros, revue. ■ Three boys, using knockout hoof routine over-similar to Slate Bros. An unbilled girl m- eifective with coon sliouting bit and another femme unimpressive with some tobtsie-kicking acrobatics. Opener, Gautier's Animated Tx>y Shop, quartet of Shetland ponies and five pooches run through one of the niftiest turns of type extant. In the deuce, in 'one,' Kay Hnnukon, keen looker, smartly groomed, un- corking a largfr pack of- salesnian- ship in whamming over her four songs. Should stick exclusively to torchy, lowdown tunes, as evidenced by manner audience applauded her first chant and the socko get-away, 'You're Gonna Lose Tour Gal. Program further comprised news clips and cartoon and Geo. Wild'6 pit overture. PARAMOUNT, L. A. lamped the imitators who ha,ve been working rather crudely* the mob was a bit surprised that Miss Band wears >mor6 body adornments than her imitators. Fanchon &. Marco extended itself to build a supporting show around Miss Rand, going to lengths with settings, talent and flash. Aside from several particularly effective routines by the line gals, the bill offered Violet, Ray and Norman, trio of hand-to-hand balancers; Joe Browning, with a, partially hew ver- sion of his reformer act, and an- other holdover of . Joaquin Qarat, tenor, who appears tp be establish- ing himself at the downtown acer. House band his been relegated to the pit for tlie wie^k, with the Open- ing depicting, the interior of a beau- ty shop, in keeping with tlie current screen feature, 'Seiarch for Beauty' (Par). Following .a brief danoinK introduction girls make a quick, on- stage . change and go into a liot fhythni routine, then switch into ti sort o* radium effect of red aiid white that was very weU done.. (3arat warbles a ' semi-bJillad be . fore the .stage mike, and at the opening show registered a solid hit- stopping the show until he favored .with an encore. (••iris on for an Eastier Parade rou- tine, massed as flowers and then unfolding for a great flash. Gavnt wai-bled the lyrics. Edjca. Chi Distributors Plan Co-op Rental Basis Poster Exchange Chicago, Feb. 5. Loijal distribxitors are mulling a c6-on.orative, pos.ter exchange, Plan.« are to include the .eight major dis- tributors With poster prices on rental to meet or better, the rates by thei priesent outlaw o-'^*! indie poster eitchanges. Distributors about the continued poster ACADEMVii N. Y. ROX Y NEW YORK INDEFINITELY RUB E W O L F Los Angeles, Feb. 1. PariELmount has new lease on life again this week through having Siilly Rand top its stage show bal- ancing off the screen feature 'Search for Beauty" (Par). Miss Rand figured above the pic ture for draw, and . more than proved that opening day with standout trade at first afternoon sho^. Town was figured as off this type of entertainment, due to the many phony fan exponents that have been tossed at them here In cafes, theatres and most any spot where the curious gather for enter tainment. With house having biggest open ing day in months at iflitlal show reception for the, fanner was extra big. Sally proved to them it was warranted with giving them by .far the most daring fan dance that has been seen in these parts. Having This Week (Feb. 2) RQXY, NEW YORK ENNY ROSS "A YAWN A SECOND" MAXINE STONE One of . the last two acts on this show could have, been eliminated and not missed. In fact, setting both on the .sanie bill sloughed the ^how'." eritertairiment strength and scraiii- blfed the: layout's chance for at least orthodox Ijalanclng. , ' Not fi b; o. draw in the five ^\^^\f^. probably figuring 'Flying Down to kio' (Radio) has suiBcient pow( r to attract business, regardless of what's on. the stage. Biz w.'is a three-quarters opening night. Besides the similarity of the spe- cialties with Larry Rich, next . to closing; and Russian Revels, the ■finale mu.sical flash, three acts in succession overworked the mike io the extent that it became tiresonir- And but one of them, Sid Gary, lou clailn to a radio rep. A strong laugh here and there in the show might have given it. some face, but that was also missing. Coniedy depended on Jackson and Gardner, in the deuce, and Larry Rio , and both acts missed most of the -w&y with this audience. Team's low efforts were even lower in reception. Whatever re-, sponse they got. was due the Amaz- onian Ijlond assist, who indulged in a; bit of thigh-grinding, Bomethini; the 14th. streeters relish, and fali i singing. This team' was the first t<> u.se mike, but it was not juiced Their closing dahce, . with one »>i them costumed as Salome and tlie other as' John the Baptist, meant and looked like very little, indeed. Their idea of a big laugh is for Sa- lome's, bust to slip down. Arthur Petley'a excellent trampo- line turn, in the opening spot, Sid Gary in the middle and Cbl. FOdor Maybohm's 'Russian Revels' were the show's highlights, with Gary grabbing the major response. Tho latter has a sweet liarltone voice and handles it well, especially in hi.« impitissions of radio and stage per- sonalities. He goes from the power of Lawrence Tibbett to the higli t^iior of Morton Downey, and maket; them believe it. He, at least, needed the mike. Larry Rich found it tough following him with a lot of stale gags, a fair dance team and Duff Taylor, pleaisant, drawlinjg har- monica and xylophone artist. Maybohm's toe , dancer repeated on Rich's specialist even to one of her costumes. Musically okay, 'Revels' also looks good In its Rus.s: setting and costuming. Has a nov- elty standout with gilded femmo contortionist, introduced as a Chi- nese import. Too bad this turn was placed in a spot where it was repe- titious of what had gone before, for it ordinarily should be a strong closer for most any bill. Fox News along with 'Rib' on the scrieeh. Henigson Starts 'Rich' For U; luddy Directii^ iFIollywood, Feb. Henry Henigson put into pro- duction Utst week at Uiiiversal. If r . Were Mch", scripted and pre- viously written as a stager by William Anthony McGuire. Cast Includes William Gargaia, borrowed from RKO, Lew AyreS, ilelen Mack, Nydle Westman, Berr ton Chiirchiii, Robert. McWade, iiedda H«jpper and Addison Ttichard.s. Edward Luddy, directs. revenue, all exchanges running Into tlie red on poster departnients. AH. have tried various. idea,s In the past to keep their poster departments going pr6fltably but haven't been able to prove to the exhlbs that buying postei's is .cheaper than rertting them. UniveriSal two years ago tried ■ to organize its own rental service on posters giving exhlbs rebate? on returned posters and photos. But didn't last because exhlbs were getting 100% service on all dis- tributors at the indie ext;hanges* With the establlshmeh': pif a operativie poster exchange the dis- Iribs here figure to save between $200 aiid $400 weekly each. . 'Clever^ for Radio lipllywood, Feb. Radio hjis bought screen rights to •And tct Who Will be Clever', play by Alden Nash. Ray Harris has been set to write the treatment. Play went Into the Holly towr theatre Friday (3). BEN BLUE WARNEB BBOS. COMKDJBflf Olr. JOK RIVKIN LEO MdBRIBON. Aiseacy WHAT THE CRITICS SAY/ ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Jan, 28, '34 "With Fanchon & Marco providing one of the moat pleasing stage shows, the Ilialto this week la presenting its first program under the new combination stage- scireen policy. The entire program was' greeted with enthusiastic acclaim by the large audience which filled the theatre." ATLANTA AMERICAN . 28, '34 "Sparkling songs and rhyth rhic dance steps intermingled with big time vaude act heralded the xeturn Saturday of a Fahchpn & Marco stagt unit in Atlanta when the wer. trained troupers proved at the Rlalto theatre that the namf Fanchon & lHarCo stands foi good entertainment value." DeMille Wantsi to Borrow Warren WiUiam for *Cleo* Cecil B.; De Mllle wants ;to l>orrov Warren WliUam from Warners fot . the role of Julius Caesar in 'Cle^: I patra'. . v^fter having had William on . Ipari to Sam Goldwyn fpr a Iouk ' spell, WB decided to takiB him b.ifl , MANAGERS, ATTENTION ! GRACIE BARBIE (Recently of "Strike Me Rink") This Week (Feb. 2), LOEWS PARADISE N«\v K^^^^sIVIor.Y uy iikrmav ih-.unm. (Krlll Itiiildiiie). York 101!) ItroiKltvay Par Shelves 'Greek* Hollywood, Feb. Paranipiint has put back lie. Charles R. Rogers' production cit 'Nick the Greek' for veiiil months. ^ .Dejay^caaiBed by_ George R.a|t^ jn-_ tended for 'Nic5k,'niQrng. rntd~.tKf Mae West 'It Ain't No Sin.' CARBHIO'S^EBSONAL Los Angeles, Feb. B. Leo Carrlllo . goes to the Para- mount here Thursday (8) for a week of T^'i'MOiia.! I^P MoriisoB ag«'ni*»d.. ATL7KNTA JOURNAL Jan. 28, 1934 "Fanchon & Marco stage productions returned Saturday to Atlanta with the Rlalto as their new headquarters. Their first offering Is a lively entcsrlainment with three feature acts, a line of 12 sprightly, dancers and Rudy Brown's celebrated orchestra. A local product. Fast, gay and cplorfully . presented, this pro- duction proved welcome addition to the prograni." b. 1 560 Broadway New York City A Subtidiary pf FANCHON & MARCO, Inc. VARIETY FOX, Philadelphia. Far above anything else this season. Built after ttetnendous opening, despite stonn. HELD FOR SECOND WEEK, HIPPODROME, CleYClai^d. Blizzard failed to stop it after biggest opening in theatre V history. S.jR.O. all week. HELD FOR SECOND WEEK. CAROLINA, Charlotte. Capacity business at increased admission. Switched to the STATE also at increased scale for first- run-HOLDOVER. KEITH, Dayton. Sensational week beats "Paddy" fiigures for this town. Tremen- dous crowds as opposition wilts. NEW, Baltimore. Now in its SECOND PHENOKiENAL WEEK. Greater than "Paddy'Vand "State Fair.*' Managei^ now planning THIRD WEEK HOLIiOVER* UPTOMN, Kansas City. Complete sell-out at midnight preview. Opening day capac- ity throughout. More than twice ^Taddy" business. Beat "State Fair.** STATE and CAPITOL, Richmond. First- run, day and date opening terrific success. Set new records at the Capitol^ beating ^Taddy'* and HELD FOR SECOND WEEK. Tuesday, February 6, 1934 PICTIiKES VARIETY 27 Harold Auten °"?gio B'w«y, n. Mirage* de Ptrit (French). AdventureB of a girl who wants, to be a star In Paris. Jacquelln Francell, Roger ThevUle. Dir. Fedor Ozep. 82. ihlns, Bel. Dec. 23. Rev. Jan. 9. I*ell d« Garotte (iRe(i Head) (French). A s'toi-y of adolescence. . Robert Liynen. Dir. Julien puvivier. 96 nilns. Rel. Sept, 1. ReV. Dec. 20 and May SO. Savaoe Qold. ComoianderiDyott'B thrilling adventures with savage htinters. Comint Dyott Dir. Commander George Dyott. 67. mlna. Rev, Aug. - S. Chesterfield Qflleea: 1640 8 road Way*. New York. N. V. Oanea. Qlrl, Dance. Musical, drama. Alan Dinehart. Bvalyh Knapp, Ada May. Dir. Frank Strayer. 69 mins. Rel. S.ept. 1. Rev. Got, 3X. In the Money. A prize fighter and his afCalra' with women. L6la Wilson. SIceets Gallagher, Warren; Hymer. Dir. Frank Strayer. '66 mlns. Rel. Nov. 7. Rev. Jan, 9. 'Man of Sentiment. How an old man holds a family together. Marian Marsh, Owen Moore, Wm. Bakewell. Christian Rub. Dir. Rich. Thorpe. ,67 mine. Rel. Sept 16. Rev. Nov. 14. Murder on the Campus. Mystery with a college background. Shirley Grey,; Charles Starrett and jr. Farrel McDonald. Rainbow Over Broadway. Musical romance. Grace Hayes, Joan Marsh, Lucien Lilttlefleld. Dir. .Richard Thorpe. 72 nilns. JRoi. bee. 2S, Rev. Dec. 27. Firtt Division jSSS^SS^V. Allied, Cheaterfleld ' and Mbnograni Avertger, The. A. district attorney seeks revenge on the gang which .'framed* him . to twenty years in prison. Ralpb Forbes. Adriehne Ames, Claude Gillingwater. Dir. Edward Mai-ln. 7ff mlns, RtJ. Sept. 15. r roken breams. A father's devotion to his young' son, Randolph Scott, Martha Sleeper.. Beryl. Mercer. Buster Phelps. Dir. Robert Vigriola. 68 mlns. Rel. Dec. 1; By Appomtment Only. A physician couldn't make up his niind. which of two Women he loved the most. LeW Cody, Sally O'Neill, Marceline Day. Dir. Frank Strayer. 66 mlns. Rel. NOv. 1, ■Dance; GirJ, Dance. Musical of backstage life. A small'tiine vaudevi|lian becomes a night club star. Evalyn Knapp, Gloria: Shea; Alan Dinehart. Eddie Nugent; Ada May, Mae Busch. Dir.. Frank" Strayer. 69 mlns. Rel. Nov. 15. . Devil's Mate. A. condemned man, on the verge of execution, is. mysteriously murdered. Peggy Shannon, Priestoh Foster. Dir. PhD Rbsert. 66 miris; Rel. Sept. 1. ■ 'Em Alive. Jungle super thriller. Ins. Rel. Feb. 1. itive, The. Secret service agents on the trail of ' a halt-milMon dollar mall robbery. Rex Bell. Cecilia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 68 mlns. Rel. Sept. 'IB... .. .. , Froiicli production of a de Maupassant story. Dubbed in English. A villa&e paragon who lost his virtue. 55 mlns. Rel. Dec. 26. R«v." Jan. 9. He Coulipln't Take It. . Inside story of a proceaa server who makes good with his summonses and gets his man. Ray Walker, Virginia Cherrlll, Georjse E.. Stone. Dir. Wm. Nigh. 64 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. .1 Have Lived. A Broadway stage star is faced with blackmailers on the eve Of , marriage to .wealth and love. Anita Page, Allen Vincent, Alan Dine- hart. Ir. R. Thorpe. 69 mlna. Rel. Oct 1. In the Money. A goofy family, suddenly broke, pin their hopes on a Shake- speareanritilnded prize fighting champ. Skeets Gallagher, Lois Wilson, Warren Hymer, Sally-Starr. Dir. Frank Strayer. . 67 mlns. Rel. Jan. 15. Man of Sentiment. Playboy ' son marries a poor girl against his wealthy family's wishes. Marian Marsh. William Bakewell, Owen MoOre. Dir. Rlccard Thoipe 68 mlns. Rel/ Nov. 1. ' Notorious But Nice. Driven from the man she loves, a girl finds solace In. a loveless marriage with the king of the underworld. Marian Marshy Betty Cohipson, Donald Dillaway, Rochelle Hudson. Dir. Richard Thorpe: 7« mlns. Rel. Oct. 16. One Year Later. A young couple start tbeir honeymoon on a train, end the following year finds them: on the train under different circumstances. Mary Brian, Donald Dillaway, Russell Hopton, Will and Gladys Ahem, Jackie Sean. Dir. B. Mason ^ Hopper. 66 'mlns. Rel. Aug. 26. Rev. Nov, 21. Mantom Brotidcast. A radio crooner attains phoney fame when his aecom- panist secretly does bis singing for him. Ralph Forbes .Vivlenne Os- , borne.. Pauline Garon. Dir. Phil Rosen. 71 mlna. Rel. Aug. 1. Rainbow Over Broadway.. Musical romance of an ex-muslca:i comedy star of twenty years before who makes a sensational, overnight comeback in a Broadway night club. Joan Marsh, Grace Hayes, Frank Albertsbn. LuClen LIttlefleld. Dir. Richard Thorpe. 72 mlns. Rel. Jan. 15. Senaatlon Hunters. A college girl finds herself istranded in . Panama. Arllne Judge, Marlon Burns. Preston Foster. Dir. Charles Vldor. ReL.Sept 16. Ixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver thriller. Sally O'Neill; Creighton Cha- ney. Dir. Armand Schaefer. 60 mlhs. Rel. Nov.. 17. Skyways. Adventures of a hot»temp6red aviation pilot who seta Into one scrape after another. Ray Walker. Kathryn Crawford, Luden Little- field. Dir. Lew Collins. 72 mlns. Rel. Sept IS. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. College musical comedy romance. Based on the famous campus fraternity song. Buster Crabbe. Mary Carlisle, Sally Starr, Florence Lake. Ted Flo Rito and band. Dir. Edwin L. Marin. 73 mlns. Rel. Dec. 15. Throne of the Godf... ^Travel in the Himalayas. 65 mlns. Rev. Dec. 27. Burbank. Calif. First National "^NYw^Jkf^ri'. Bedside. Comedy-drama of a women's doctor. Warren William, Jean Muir, Allen Jenkins. Dir. Robert Florey. 65- mlns. Rel'. Jan. 27. Big Shakedown, This. Dramatic expose of the cut-rate drug racket. Betfe Davis, Charles . Farrell, Uicardo Cortez. Dir. John Francis Dillon. 64 mlns. Rel. Jan. 6.. Bureau of Missing. Persons. Comedy-drama based on the actlvitlea . of this little known department. Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Hugh. Herbert Dir. Roy del Ruth. 74 mlns. Rel. Sept 16. Rev Sept. 18. Cohventlon Clfy; The. Ifllarlous lowdown on big business conventions. Adolphe Menjou. Dick Powell, Mary Astor, Guy Klbbee.. Dir. Archie Mayo.. 69 mlns. Rel. Dec. 30. Rev. Dec - 27; Fashions of 1934. Story of a style stealer, set against a lavish background; Wni. i'owell, Bette Davis,. Verree Te.asdale. Dir. Wm. Dlet6rle. 80 rillris. Rel.. Feb. 17. Rev. JaLii, 23. Female. A drama of a woman who does her own .hunting. Ruth Chatter^ ton, Georze Brent, Ruth Donnelly. Laura Hope Crews. Dir. Michael Curtl2. 6.2 mlns. Rel. Nov.' 11. .Rev. Nov. 7. Qoodbye Aigain. From the play. Comedy of a famous author who' meets up with ah old flame who is married. Warren Williams, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Toblh. Hugh Herbert Dir. Michael Curtiz. 66 mini. Rel. Sept 9 Kev. Sept. 6. Havana Widows. Two girls in Havana searching for suckers, Joaii' Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Ruth Donnelly, Frank . McHugh and Allen Jenkins. Dir. Ray EnrI ht, 64 mlns. Rel, Nov. 18; Rey. Nov. 28. I Loved a Woman. Based on novel by David Karshir. Story Of the affaire of an Ifidustrlal leader and ah operatic star. Edward G. Roblhson, Kay Francis; Genevieve Tobln; Dir. Alfred. E. Green. 90 iria Rel. Sept 23. Rev, Sept 26, Massacre. Drama of the modern Indian and his conflicts with the wh|te men.. Rlch.ard Bartlvelmess, Ann Dvorak. Dir. Allen Crosland. 70 mlns. Re). Jan. 13. Rev. Jan.-23. Son of a Sailor. Comedy of a sailor who gets Into a funny situation because of his hanlt of telling romantic stories about himself. Joe E. Brown, Jean.Muir, Frank McHugh. Johnny Mack Brown and Thelma Todd. Dir. LloyJ Bacoh; 70 mlns. Rel. Dee. 23. Rev. Dec. 5. Wild Boys of the Road. Drama of the -orphana of the depression.' "Frankje Darro. Dorothy Codnan, Hochelle Huflson, Ann Hovey. Dir. William A ^^Wcllma:n.^6---min3 .:--Hel.-.:S eDt._30._Itev._Sept. 26. World Changes, The. An epic drama of a famfly flTrougH-rfSTirrgeTTeratlqnsr Tau; .Muni. Aline MacMahon, Mary Astor. Donald Cook, Margaret Lind- say. .Jeari Miilr, ratrlcla Ellis. Dir. ervyn LeRoy, 96 mlns. Rel- Nov. 26. Rev. Oct. n. : 444. West 66th St.^ New York. N Y. Fox : Fox Hills, Hollywood. Cal. As Husbands Go. 'When Lnrllos Moot' with tlit- soxo.s rcvcr.setl. Wariier I3ux- tfr. Ilclvii VinHon. Wjirncr Oland. D'ir. lin ilton MoFadden. 65 mln.s. Rel. I)fi>. \>(k Kc-.v. ,7an. 30, Berkeley Square From the filaRe play ol the same title, Turn back the y(•^lt^^ ivtic of pliiv. I.,islle Ilow.'ird. FJf-athor AnftM. Dir. Frank Lloyd 87 mint., uoadsliow time;. Kel." Nov, 3. itev, Sept 19. Theaei tabMlationa are compiled from inforination pupplied by the yarioua.. produetioh. eonipaniea arid checked lip aa aoQii aa poaaiblei after, release. Listing ia given When rei-. lease dates are definitely aetr Titlea are re|tained for aix montha. Man- agera: Who repeive service subse- quent to that period ^hoiild pre- serve a of : the . calendar for reference. The running aa given here ia presumably that of the prcjectidn room showings and Can only approx- imate the actual releaae length in those states or communitiea where local or state cenaorahip may result in deletiona. Runiiing time in. the reviews aa given in 'Variety' carry the actual time Clocked in the the-, atre after passage by the New York state censorship; inee. jpictures are reviewed only ' actual theaitre showings. While every effort is made to hold thia list accurate,, the information supplied may not alwaya' be correct^ even though official. To obtain the fullest degree of exacting 'Variety' will appreciate the co-ope>atiort of all mainagera who ihay .note. disorCp- anc'i Studio Ilateinen!$ Hollywood, Feb. 6. Charles Butterworth, 'Bull Dog Drummond Strikes Backi' ZOth Cenf . Williantx Wyler^ directing, George O'Neill, adapting, 'Sutter's Gold.' U: Marion GeriiiET directs Mary Bo- land and . Lanny. 'Her Master's Voice,' SchulberET.-Par. . Alan Hale; George Stone, 'Gentlia- man from San Franc isco. ' WB. King's Men from KFWB/ 'We're Not pressing,' Par. Nora Cecil, Florence Bnright, Hal Craig, Del Henderson, 'You're Tell- ing Me,' Par. Una O'Cohnpr, Henry Stephenson, 'Stihgaree,' Radio, . Edmund Breese, Roerer "Gray 'Come on Marines,' Par. Joseph Sauers, A. S. Bsrron /Man Who Broke His Heart,' Par. . Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Frederic Sullivan William Rbbyns, 'You're Telling Me' Par. Florence Dudley, 'Showraanghlp,' Col. Miguel deZarraga, scripting un- titled Spanisher, Fox. John Rutherford, ,' Century. Henry B. Wathall, ,' MG. . Joan Wheeler, 'The Key,' WB. Andy Deylne, 'Stihgaree,' Rk;o. Rog.er Cluett, 'Stihgaree,' Radio. Samtiel Hines, Douglsls Dum- briUe, 'Operator 18,' Metro. Mary Bblahd, 'Stingaree,' Radio. Sterling Holloway, 'Show Ott; Metro. Eddie Borden, Elite Foy^ Jr.. shoirt,' Roach. Clara Blandick, Claude Gilllng- water, 'Show Off,' MG. Florence Dickson, "Three On a Honeymobri,' Fox. Jo^ Cunnlnghain and Harry Mc Coy, scripting horse race comedy, Sol Wurtzel unit. Vox. Victor Schertzlnger, directs un titled operatic yam for Grace •Moore, Col. Allen Jenkins, 'Whirlpool,' CoL Robert Sherwood, scripting 'Marie Antoinette,' MG. Elmer Harris, adapting 'Heir Mas- 'ter's Voice 'Bar. Sally Eil'ers, 'Stin Shines Bright,' Fox.. Sidney Fox, lead Joe May mu- sical, Gol. ] Ida Lupino, Iea4 'Whipping,' ,A1 Lewis -Pan iSarry Wilcoxon, Claudette Coir bert, Tay Garnett directing, .Honor Bright,' Par. Lupe Velez, Marian Nixon, - Wil- liam Gargan, Four Mills Bros. 'Strictly Dynamite,' Radio. . . Edward ' G; Robinson, 'Dark Tower;' WBi Vlrgina van Up scripting 'Lovers in .Quarantine,' Par. - Harry Green, 'Gold Rush of 1934, ■ Fox.. Almeda Fowler, Sarah Padden, 'All Men Are Enemies,' Fox. Lucien Littlefleld, Llla, Lee, 'Fox Follies,'; Fox. Pat Collins,. 'Crime Doctor,' RKO. Ruth Channing, 'CatspaW,' Har- old Lloydi Mort Dixon and. AUle Wrubel, aphgwrlting, Warners,. Dan Milner editing 'Are We Clv- ilizedi* Col. Frank . Craven, Sally Blane and Roy Walker, 'City Limits,' Mono. Joan Wheeler. Virginia Sale. Leojiard__Ca rey, 'Hit' Me Again,' G e 'o r g e 'Stingaree,' KKO. ' . EKO'S 'DOVER EOAD' RKO has- taken A. Milne's Dover Road'. It's for cllve Brook in place of 'I-'amlly Man', which was scheduled for him. Carolina. From Paul Green's stage 'play of . last season. Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, Robt.. Young. Henrietta Crosman. Dir. Henry King. 82 mins. Rel. Feb. 2, Charlie Chan'a Greateat Caaa. . Another adventure of . the Chinese aleutb. Warner Oland. Heather Angel. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Rel. Sept. 16. . Rev. Oct, 10. Coining Out I^ai'ty. Original done by .the Lasky unit. Frances Dee, Raymond, Alison. SKlpworth. Dir. John BIystone. Rel, Mar. 2. Devil Tiger. .. .Wild animal yarn made ' in Asia. Marion Biirhs, Kane Rich- mond, Harry Woods and natives. Dir. Clyde E. Elliott. 6Q mlns. Rel. Feb, 16.- Doctor Bull. From the. novel; 'The Last Adam.' Will Rogera, Loulae Dreaser. pir.-John Ford. 76 mlns. Rial. Sept. 22. Rev. QcL 10.. Good Compainlona, The.. (British made.) FroM the Priestly hovel of an Eng- lish concert troupe. Jessie Matthews. Dir. Victor Savllle. Rel. Sept. 8. Rev. Oct. 17. Hair to the Hoorah. From, an old Stage hit -by the late Paul Armstrong.. George. O'Brien, Mary Brian. Dir. Geo. Marshall. 72 mlns... Rel. Feb. 9. Hold- That Girl. Original story; James Dunn, Claire Trevor. Dir. Hamilton .. MacFadden. 66 mlhs. Rel. Feb. 16. " koopla; Talker version of The' Barker,' stage play niade as a silent. Clara Bow, Preston Foster. .Rich. Cromwell. Dir. Frank Lloyd. 86 mlns. • ■ Rel. Nov. 30. Rev. Dec^ 6. i Am Suzanna. Novelty story with, puppet sequences. Lilian Harvey, Raymond, Plccoli Marionettes, Yale Puppeteers. Dir. R. V. Lee. mlns. Rel.. Dee. 22. Riev. Jan, I Believed In You. Original i^tory. Rosemalry Ames, - Dir. Irving Curnmings. Rel. Feb: 23. I Waa a Spy. < British) • Based oil tlie. story by Marthe MaoKenna. Marsball, Madalelne Carroll, Conrad Veidt. Dir. Victor Saville; ReL Dec. IB, Rey. Jan. 16. Jlmniy and Sally. James Dunn, Claire Rev. Dec. 19. Last .Trail, The. Zahe Gray story. . O'Brien, El Brendel. CI Ire Trevor. • Dir, James Tlnllng. 60 mlhs. . . Aug, 26. Rev. Jan, 23, Mad Game/The^ iSpencer "Tracy.. Gia|re Trevor. Dir. Ifvlng Curnmings. mlhs. Rel. OcL 27. Rey. Nov.. 14; ^ Mr. SkUch. From, the story Green Dice/ Will Rogers, ZasU Pitts, Rochelle Hudson, Harry Green, Eugene Pallette. Dii;. Jaa, Cruise. Rei. Dec. 29. Rev. Dec. 27, My. Lips Betray. Lllia;n Harvey's second D. S. release, but the first From the play by John BaldersOn. Lilian Harvey, John Boles, El .del. , Dir; John BIystone. 70 mlna, Rel. Nov. 10. R.ev. Nov. 7. My Weaknesa. Musical. LlUan Harvey, Lew Ayres. Dir. David Butler. 74 mlns. Rel. Sepu. 29. Rey. Sept. 26. • Olsen'a Night but. . EI Brendel's first feature. Barbara . Weeks, Walter Cat- lett. Dir.. Mai. St; Glair. 70 m.lns. Rel. Nov. 17. Rev. Jan. 9. Paddy the Next Beat Thing. From the stage play. Janet Gaynor. Warner . Baxter. Dir. Harry Lachman. 86 m|n3. ReL Sept 8. Rev, Aug. 22. Pilgrimage. Mother love frbtn a hew angle. From . the 1. A; R. Wiley story. Henrietta Crossroan. Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Marian Nixon. Dir. John. Ford, 9B. mlns. Rel. Aug. 18. Rev; July 18. Power and the Glory, The. Jesse Lasky's 'harratage* stOry^A naan a career In flashbacks. Spencer Tracy. Colleen Moore. Dir. Wm. K. Howard. 87 minsJ ReL Oct Shanghai Madnesa.' Uagazihe story by F. - H. Brenhaii. River plratea on a ■ Chinese stream. Spencer Tracy. Fay Wray. Dir. John BIystone. 61 mlns. Rel. Aug. 4. Rev.- Sept 26, Sleapera East. From the novel by Fredk, Nebel; Wynne Gibson. Foster. Dir. Kenneth MacKennav. 69 mins. Rel. Jan. 26. Smoky. From the. novel by Will James. Victor Jory. Irene Bentley, Francia "Ford. Dir. Eugene Forde.. 66 mins. Rel. Dec. 8. Rev. Jan. 9. Walla of Gold. From Kathleen Norris' novel. Sally Eilers, Norman Foster; Dir. Kenneth MacKenna. Rel. Oct 13- Worat Woman In Paria, The. Laaky production for Fox. Title la explana- tory. Benlta Hume, Adolphe Menjou. Helen Chandler. Dir. Monta BelL 76 mlns. Rel. Oct 20. Rev; Nov. .28. Frieul^r Asiociatet OfDca: R.K.b. Bldg.^ New York. N. V. Klaa of Araby. Original, Sahara story of rBitlsb army and Riflf, with love interest. Maria Alba, Walter Byron, Claire Windsor. Dir. Phil Rosen. Rel. April 21. Love Past Thirty. >A woman's struggle against the lure of youth for the man she loved! Alleen Prlngle. Theodor von Bltz, Gertrude Messlnger, Phyl- lis Barry. Dir. Vih Moore. 73 mlns. Rel. Jart, 27. iylarrlage on Approval. Novel. The conflict: between the old' generation and the new in the realm of loVe and matrimony. Barbara Kent, Donald Dillaway, Dir.. Howard Hlggin. Rel. Nov. 20. War of the Ranga. Tom Tyler western. Dir. J. P. McQowan. 60 mlna. ReL ' Sept; 22. Rev. Dec. 12. When a Man Ridea Alone. (Monarch.) Tom Tyler does a modem Robin Hood with a gold mine. Dir; J. P. McGowan, 66 mins. Rey. Dec 27. Gaumont-British o^''^' ^.t jgnj st.,^ (BRITISH MADE) Channel Crossing. Drama; Matheson i4ing, Constance Curnmings^ Ir. MIN ton Rossmer. 68 mins. Rev. Oct 31. Falling for Yoii^ Comedy drama. Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneldge. Jack Hulbert. 71 mlns. Rev. Aug. 4. Qhoul, The. Thriller. Boris Karlolt. Dir. T. H. Hunter. 78 mlhs. Rel. Jan. 1, Rev.. Jan, 30. Orders la Orders, Comedy of American making film In British army, James Gleason, Charlotte Greenwood. Dir. Walter Forde, 70 mins. Rev. Aug, 18. MfiiM»i^ OAlc'^^ RKO BIdg.. Radio City, majeSllC New York City Charming Deceiver, The. (British made.) Romantic drama of Cinderella type. Constance Cummings and Frank Lawton. Dir. Monty Banks. Rel. Dec. 8. Curtain at Eight. Story of a murder mystery t>y Octavua Roy Cohen. C. Au- brey Smith, Dorothy Mackaili. Paul CaVanagh. Dir. B, MasOn Hopper. 72 mlns;~ Rel. Oct, .1. Divorce Bed, The. Divorce rialcket exposed, Johii M|13an.. Dir. Hobart Henley, Rel. Jan, 16. Morning After, The. A merry mix-up of international spy systems. Lyon and Sally Eilers, Dir. Allan Dwan. Rel, Jan, 1, Sing, Sinner, Sing. Torch singer marries a millionaire, Paul . Leila. Hyams. Dir. Howard Christy, 74 mlhs. Rei. Aug, 1, Sin of Nora Moran, The. Woman Is framed to shield the higher-ups. Zlta Johann, Alan Dinehart Patil Cavanagh. John MUJan. Dir. Phil . Gold- stone. Rel. Dec, t2i Rev, DeC. 19, Vou Made Me Leva You, (British made). Farce comedy of the taming of a spitfire wife. Thelma Todd and Stanley LupinO. Dir. Monty Banks. Rel. Nov.' 24. ' Studloa: Ma^va c**' 1^ Broadway. jyietrO New York. N. V. Beauty for Sale. Faltb Baldwin.'s 'Beauty.' Otto Kruger, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, Alice Brady. ir. Rich. Boleslavsky. 86 mlns. Rev. Bept 19. Rel. Sept, 1, Bombshell. Jean Harlow as a harassed picture star with Lee Tracy her publicity man. Frahchot Tone, Frank Morgan. Ted Healy, Una Merkel. Dir. Victor Fleming. 98 mlns. Rel. Oct. 13; Broadway to Hollywood, Three generations in a stage family. AilCe. Brady, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Russell Hardle. Eddie Quillan, Dir, Wll- lard Mack. 83 mins. Rev. Sept. 6, Rel, Sept 16. Cat and the Fiddle, The; From the successful musical play by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach. Rarhon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Mor- gan, Charlies Butterworth, Jean Hersholt, VlvIcnne Segal. Dir. WIl- ChTef""The. EH"Wyh1rlfs~a~grmpleIW"6f"li^^ William (Stage) Bdyd, Effle' Ellsler, C. Henry Gordon. Dir. Charles Riesner; C8 mlns. Rel, Nov. 3; RcV, Dec. 6. Dancing Lady. James Warner Beliah's Saturday Evening Poi^t story. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable. I-Yanchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Winnie LIghtner, Ted Healyi Dir. Robt Z. Leonard; 90 mins. Rel, Nov. 24. Rev. Dec. 6. Day ot Reckoning. Based on Morris Lavlne's story, 'Hall of Justice.' Rich- ard DIx, Madge Evans, Una Merkel. Conway Tearle. Dir. Charlts Bra- bin. 70 mlns. Rei, Oct 27. Rev. Nov. 7. Dinner at Eight. From the stage play. All star cast headed by Marie (Continued on page P I C TU B E S VARIETY 29 CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES (Continued from page 27) length no Dressier and :JohD Barrymbre. Dir. lolns, Bel. Jan, 12. Rev. Auer. 29. Cskimo. Love and hate In the Icelands. Native c^t. Dir. W. 8. Van Dyke. Roadshow length, 120 mlnH. ReU Jan. 13. Rev/ Nov. 21. Itlve Loveri. Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans as the lovers In a Btory most of whose action takes place, on a transcontinental ous; Nat Pendleton . C. Henry Oordon, Ruth Selwyn. Dir. H. Bplesla,Y9lty. mlns. Rel. Jan. 6. Rev. Jan. 1,6. ablho Hollywood. Marlon bavles chases a radio «(!rooner to ^studio. 'Marlon Davles, B»ng Crosby. Dir. Rabiil Walsh. 75 mins. . Dec. 22. Rev.. Dec. 264 Her Sweetheart Chrlrtopher Bean. The Broadway play by Rene Fauchola and Sidney Howard. Marie . Dressier, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack. Dir. Sam Wood. 00 mlns. Rel.. Nov* 17. Rev; Nov. 28* If Happened One Day. Based on, the novel by Marjorle Bartholomew Parad^. Lionel Barrymore, Fay Balnter, Mae Clarke; Mary Carlisle. Dlr^ V. K Howard. Rel. Feb. 2, Laughing Boy. Ramon Nbviarro In the title role. Based on the Pulitzer trlze • winning novel by Oliver La Farge.. Lupe Velez. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. Rel. Feb. 9, (Tent) Meet the Baron. Jack Pearl brings his ra:dlb characterization to the screen. Jimmy Durante, Zaisu Pitts. Edna May Oliver, Ted Healy and his stooges. Dir. Walter tang. 70 mlns; Rel. Oct. 20. Rev. Oct. ai. Men In Whltie* Picturlzatlon of the successful Broadway stage play, of hps- pltal life. Clark GablOr Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt. Dir. R. Boleslavsky Rel. .Feb. 16.' Mystery of the Dead Police. Based on the Crime Club novel l>y I*JJl»P Mac- Donald. Robert Montgoniery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone. Dir. Edgar Selwyn, Hel. March 2. NIflht Flloht. Air story of a Soiith American, flight, from tlie novel by Salnt-Exupery. John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark vGable, Lionel Barrymore, Robt. Montgomery, Myma Loy. Dir. David O. Selznlck, mins. Rel. Oct. 6. Rev. Oct, 10. Id Hannibal. May Robaon as ia Wall Street mahipuiator< is Stone, Jean Parker. Dir. C. Hiesner. Rel; Jan. 26. Penthouse. Arthur Somers Roche Cosmopolitan aerial^ 'y*!"®^, filter, Myrna Lby. Mae Clark. Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. Kel. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept. t2.-. - • • ■ ■ PrizeflflKter dnd the Lady. Max Baer, heavyweight contend^, and ^Myrna Loy in the title rojes; Prlmo Carnera, Jack Dempsey, . Walter Huston Dir. W. S. Van Dyke. 90 mins. Rel. Nov. 10. Rev. Nov. 14.. Queen Christina. Greta Garbo as the seventeenth century queen who was brought up as 6, boy. Lewis Stone, Ian: Keith, Elizabeth loi Rouben MamouUan. 00 mina. Not yet released. Rev. Jan. 2, Should Ladies Behave. From the stage play, •The Vinegar Tree.' _Llonel Barrymore,; Alice Brady. Dir. Harry Beaumont. 89 mir Rev. Dec. 19. . , ioiltaire Man, Crook story with plenty of punch, flerbert Marshall, May Robson; Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Forbes. Dir. Jack Conway tlel. Sept. 22. Rev; Sept 26. 80ns of the Desert (Hal Rofech). Laurel and Hardy attend a fraternal ^O"*" ventlori. Dir. Wm. A. Selter. 66 mins. Rel. Dec. 29. Rev. Jan. 9. Stage Mother. From Bradford Ropes' novel of itago life. Alice Brady. Maureen O'SuUlvan, Franchot Tone, Phillips Holmes. Dir. Chas. R. Brabln. 85 mins. Rel. Sept 29. Rev. Oct 3. TuRboat Annie. From the Saturday Eve. Post .series. Marie J^^^j. lace Beery. Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. 88 mine. Rel, Aug. 4. Rev. Aug. 16 Turn Back the Clock. Story of a man who relives his past. Lee Tracy^ Clerk, Peggy Sba:nhon. Dir. Edgar Selwyn. 80 mins. ReL Aug. 2B. Rev. Aug. 29. _ . Viva Villa. Wallace Beery as the famous Mexican handlt chief. Fay Wray, Stuart Erwln, Dir. Jack Conway. Rel. Feb. 23, Women In Hie Life, The. Criminal lawyer, deserted^by his wife. t^^^^^ chair the Irian who stole 4ier. Otto Kruger, Una Merkel, Ben Lyons. Dir. Geo. B. Seltz. 74 mins. Rel. Dec. 8. Rev. Jan. 30. Rich. Arlen, Judith Allen, Chas. Grapewin, Sir Guy SUndlng- Dir Grover Jones and Wm, Slavens McNutt. Rel. Oct. 27. Rev. Dec. 19. Hit Double Life. (Dowling.) Light comedy. . Lillian Gish,. Roland Young Dir. Arthur Hopkins. 63 mins. Rel. Jan. 12. Rev. Dec. 19. 'm No AnoeL Mae West original. Mae West In tights as a lion tanner. Gary Grant, Edw. Arnold, Ralf Harolde. Dir. Wesley Ruggles. 87 minsv Rel. Oct 13. Rev. Oct. 11. Last Roundup, The. Western with a Zane Grey title and a new story. Ran- dolph Scott, Monte Blue, Barbara Adamsj Fred Kohler, Dir. Henry Hatha.way. Rel. Jan.- 26. Midnight Club, The. London Jewel thieves. Standing, Alison .Skipworth. Dir. Geo July 28. Rev. Aug; 1. Dorotheia Rev. Jan.. One Sunday Afternoon. From the stage play. lx)yes in a smaU town,. G^ry Cooper, Fay Wray, Nlel Hamilton,* Frances Fuller. Dir. Louis D. Lighton. 68 mins, ReU Sept L Rev. Sept 5. . Sitting Pretty. Backstage story smartened up. Ja;ek. pakie,. Jack Haley? Ginger .RoiserS, Thelnia Todd, Gregory Ratoff. Din Harry, Joe. BroWn, 80 mins. Rel. Nov, 24. Rev. Dec.. .5. Take a Chance., Roland & Brice production of the stage musical. i,J«2:i P^nj- Cliff Edwards,- June Knight. LiUlan: Roth. Dir. Lawrence Schwab. 80 mins. Rel. Oct. 27. Rev, -Nov. 2S. Thie bay arid Age. Revolt of the children against poutlcis and gaingstei^. ChLs. Blckford, Judith Allen. Dir. Cecil de Mllle. 82 wins. Relr Aug. 25. Rev, Aug. 20. Mitt Fane's Baby Is :$iolen. Furcieai play. Dir. Aler. Hall. 67 ntlns. ' Kel. Jrin.,J2. Gea Baft, Cllve; Brook. Guy Somnes and . Alex Hall. Rel. rady. Incorporations New York Albany, N. T. Xewsreel Tlieatres, Inc.; thoatrlcal business; capital stock, 100 sharda^ ne. par value. W. Olthena, 277 Park ave- nue; Ftancis C. Wood, Jr., a200 Fifth avenue; and Harold E. 'W'oTidsel, 299 West 12th street, all of New York. Ik Hearted Herbert, Inc.; ^pictures, plays, «'lc.; capital stock, 100 aharea, no par value. Eddie . Dowllng, Baysldo, U I.; Florence Klordan, 21 .West 12tli street. New .Tork, and Louis M. Iievy, iiO West iitti street. New Tork. Benn)' Rubin SUiterprlBes, Ine:; p(c> tures, dramatic plays, etc.; capital stock, 200 shares, no par valUei Alfred S:. .KreM berg, Hilda. Geler and Nathan Both- stelri, all. of S'*? Madlsoii aveinye. New .York; . Xlie Blue Diamonds, 1bc<; ^en«ral niuslc publlshlner bijslness; capital stock, $2M00i Frank iS. BurtoUKhs, 4248 81st street, EJlinhurst;. Fannje Smith and MdrrlB Butcher, both of 13 West 41th street,. New York. Harleni Xheatre; .Too;, playa, musical llott Nugeiit 7(1 mins. Rel, Aug. Rev. Aug. 15. Thunderina Herdi thie. Upper class western with the usual Ingredients Randolph S«)tt, Judith Crabbe, Kpah.-Beery, Ray .Hatton Dir. Henry Hathaway. 57 mins, Rel. Noy. 24, . Tlille and Gue. Keeper of • Chinese resort and\her: brother, an Alask^^ man come bact home to claim their inheritance, a "JaUered Jei^ry bpat both olC 340 . West 66th- street; atid Abe Shenk, 1666 West 12th Btrpet, all of New Yoi-k. .- Atlasta Picture Corporation Of new Yorlc; pictures of all kinds, caipltal, stock. SL'0:000. Irene G. Dalley, Siieriy Freed-, moh ohd Harry J. Pettet, all of 125.Weat man come back home to clnlm their mneniance, a joa^tiri^^^^ street, New York. W, C. Fields and Allison Skipworth handle the comedy with p.le^^ xldcoln Studio, Inc.: motion picture opportunity. l)ir. Francia Martin. 67 mins. Rel. Oct. 13. Kev, .imov. if . (jj^^g .^^^ . capital stock, 200 shares, no Tj,^ ii4^?iu*^^^ri«Uu 'VToiirfi'h^ Bine Crosby, Jack .Oakie, Skeet? I iJaf viltie. ' Jolin stlgllaho; 315 East I20ih: land.. 70 mins. Rel. Sept. 16. Rev. aept. | York Torch Si nder. The. Unwed mother doubles as a cabaret ho tcha and a radio :fv-|irom pictures Corp., Manhattan: I vrvij »iiiHwr, . ...^ _ ys... * .m_„«j« r'^wtr^.w rtn^rM Mannom. IjVfln I . -i.i capital SlQck, ' Anhe' Kuhn.. 11154 President street, Brooklyn; Max Singer, 862 East 163d street, Bronx; and h Sinder. The. Unwed mother doubles as a caparev noicna ana a .WUrom Pictures Corp- mother talkeri Ciaudette Colbert, Rlcardo Cortez. David .Manners, Wda U^otion picture busineas; Robert!. Dir. lex Hall arid Geo. Sommers. 70 mins. Rel. Sept 8. Rev. Uoo shares, no par valuer Oct 10. Wiy to .Love, the. Chevalier, incognito, ^"^3 romance w^^^^ '^ [^^[k'r^SZ^:^^'^ nival troupe. Ann Dvorak, Ed. Everett .Horton, Mihna Gombell. Brooklyn. Norman Taurog< 83 minis, ReL Oct, 20. Riiy. Nov. 14. Porl««lnkle PIttyers, Inc., Pelham; plc- WhitA \A/aman Trooical fltbry with a brutal .vitte 'k ng' of an Island .colony, tures, musicals, plays, etc. ^ . capital stock, "^''^^fSWrnorcl^^^ Plckford. Dir. Stuart ^^.ker. ,^600; B^rhp^^ 1^,^"^ 4'i-^.^^a^'l 66 mine. Rel, Nov. 3. Rev, Nov. ,zi. I street; New York, Minrose Amnaement: Co.,. Albany; the- atrical bnalneDs; capital stock, |2M00. George and Minnie RbaenbauTn, l8,.Edif|on avenue, Albany, and David H. Cohn, ll* ■West 40th street. New Yprk. ■VniverBoI Beceptor Co.j radio, etc.: capital stock, 100 shares, no par value. Ivan Bloch, Alfred: c. Matthewa and Prihcipal : 1270 Sixth Ave., New York, N. V. jikMt» of JijBtlffe. (Principal.) Kazan, the dog. In a melodrama of the North 7 west M^Snted and Ruth SuUlVan. 64 mine. Reh Dec. 16i » , Thunder over Mexico. .(I^lncipal),^ Eisenstelj^ «ffl<«St/;^f ^'''^S'mJ!^ I -e?"^^ which there has been so much controversy Rel. Nov. 15. Rev. Sept 26 Stiidloe: Hollywood, Calif. Ace of Aces. A pacifist goes to^war R.K.O. Radio Offlco: R.KiO. BIdg., Radio City, N.V.C hiie, New York, - I.ysl8trata« Inc.; deal in wrltlnga, plays, books, niuale, etc.; capital ^tock, 200 sharea, no par value. H- H. Shepard, Thoa. ^tokea and Alvln Miller, all of IT Wall street. New tOrk. ' ' National Society of Haslo, Inc., Man- and becomes a great aviator with . » lust hattah; '«rnlshlng mu^^^^ lo; 6(H8 Suneet Blvd.. Hollywood. Cal. Offlee: R. K. O. Bulldlna. _ Rockefeller Centert N.Y.C. Monogram Ralph Forbes, Adrlenne Ames. Dir. Ed. PbU Avenger, The. Vengeance in Prlsor . Marin. 72 mins. ReL Aug. 26, Rev. Oct 10. Beggars In Ermine. Lionel Atwell, Betty Ftirness. Dir. Phil Rosen, Black Beauty; Horse story. Alisx Klrkland, Bsther Raleton. Dir. Rosen. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 10. Rev. Aug. 29^ ., rokeh Dreams. From.Olga Printzlau's story, :Twp Little ^rms.' Martha Sleeper, Randolph Scott, Buster Phelps. Beryl Mercer. Dir. Robert Vlg- nola. 68 mine. ReL Nov. IB. Rev, Nov. 28, Devil's Mate, The. Convicted murderer who dies In the electric^ chair a* of the shock. Peggy Shannon; Preston Foster. Dir. Phil Rosen. M mina ReL Aug. IB. Rev, Sept 26. Ighting Texan. Oil country story. Rex Bell, Luana Walters; Ir. Armand Schaefer. 6B mins. ReL Au?. B; Rev. Aug. L Itlve, The. A 8B00.000 mall robbery. Western. RiBi BeU. CecUla Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 64 mins, Rel. Aug. 10. Rev. Sept 26. Qalloping Romeo. Westiem story. Bob Steele. Dir. R. N. Bradbury, 64 mine. ReL Sept 1. Rev. Oct Bl. He Couldn't Take it. Story by Dbrc Scharg; Inside story ol projiess^rvlng racket Ray Walker^ Virginia Cherrill, George B. Stone, Dorothy Granger, Paul Porcaal, Dir. William Nigh, Rev. Dec, U. Mystery Liner. Noah Beery, Aatrld Alwyn. Dir. William Nigh, Rel. Dec, 19. Rev. Nov. 28. Rainbow Ranch. Adventures of the welterweight champ of the Paolflc fleet Rox Bell, Cecelia Parker. Dir. Harry Fraser. 69 tolns. Rel. Aug, Z6. Rangers Code^ Texas cattle ranger story. iBobe Steele. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 6B mins. ReL Sept IB. Rev. Sept 26. Idera of Destiny. Western scrap about water rights, with some big flood stuff. John Wayne. Dir. R. N. Bradbury. 68 mins Dec-M., Sagebrush Trail, The. Lone Star western. John Wayne. Nancy Shubert. Dir. Armand Schaefer. 53 mins. Rel. Dec. 16. Rev. Jan. ,9. Sensation Hunters. Society high life. Arline Judge. Preston' Foster. Dtr Chas. Vldor, 75 mins. Rel. Sept. 20. Rev. Jan, 9. Sixteen Fathoms Deep. Sponge diver's romance. Sally O'Neill, Creightoh Chaney. Russell SlmpBoh. Maurice Black, Dir. Armand Schaefer. 6f mins. Rel.' Jan. 1. Rev, Jan. 23. •Skyway.- Aviation pilot's ahip-to-shore line. Hay^ Walker. Kathryn Craw ford: Dir Lew Collins. .67 mirts. Rel. Aug, ,22. ^ Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, College musical.: Mary Carlisle. Buster Crabbe. Dir. Ed. Marin. 80 mins. ReL Oct 1. Rev. Nov. 14. West ot the Divide. Lone Star western. John Wayne, Virginia Brown Falre Dir. R. N. Bradbury. ■• Woman's Man. Hollywood Inside story, John Halliday. Wallace Mar- guerlte ile la Motte.. Div. Kdwnrd Liiddy. Paramduiit 1 1901 Broadway^ Now York. N.-V. rite In Wbriderlani. The Carroll story vlsuallze^^^^ R^l^S 22** of the Par. stars.. Dir. Norman McLeod. 76 nnins.. Rel. Dec. kcv. Dec 'il It of Me. From the stage play, •Glirysalis.' . Fredric xMarch. Miriam Hopkl^ Geo. Kaft. Dir. Jas. Flood. Rel. Jan.. 26. „ ^ ig executive. Story ot big business fro'? A»« |)uer^^^^^ lirf C Gortez. Rich. Bennett, iilizabeth Young, Sharon Lynn. Dir. .Earl c Kenton. 70 mins. Rel. Aug. 18,. Rev. Oct. 3. ..... k Song. Dorothea .AVidck's first Hollywood "roductlon. Mother^love . o^ . ntm for .a foundling in a SpauLsh convent „Evalyn Vcnable, Sir Guy Standing, LoUi.se Dresser. Dir. Mitchell Leisen. 78 mins Ht.v. Nov. 21. w n-,„ Ign for Living. Adai)tcd from N'o(?V Coward's play., .frtdr^^^^^ Cooper, Miriam Hopkins. Kd. K. Horton;. Dir.. Krnst LubltPch.. OQ mins. Release not set. Kov. Nov. yS. . , Marx Brothers' nonsen?icalit>v Raquel T^^^^ Du IMr. Leo McCarey. 00 rn\ns. Rel, Nov. 2*. Kev. Nov. £s. ^lght^lrlsJn.a=:aQat..J-l!^fiaD=JL=&!i^ Johnson. Dir. Rich. Wallace. »V- "^i''^^*^^^"'- v^^PTJ^^^^ Four Frightened People. Mixed cm net in thti Jungle;. . C'audcttfe C.olbe^^^^^^ Her Marsliall. Mary Bo.land, Wm. .Clargan. Dir. Cecil de MiUe. Rel Jan. .16. Rev. Jan, 30.. d,;,,„i<»» Irl Without, a Room. Amerlc ns In I'ari^j. ..as.^ Murphy! MarKueritu Clvurchill, Crc Kory Ratoff. \S alter. ^^. . Mu.rpny. (2 niint Rfl. Dec, 8. Rtv. Dec. 12. Golden Harvest. Story of the mlddlewcstern _farmg and <^'lf*%whe^^ pIt Rich. Arlon. Chester Morris. Genevieve Tobin. Dir. Ralph Murpny. m mins IM. Oct. 22. Rev. Nov. 7. ano loh Water. -Waterfront story witb 'W' Ouck Soup mont. Rel. Nov. 10 capital stock, $20,000. , . Norma . Keatlnff, ' both of 21 Gramercy Park, New York, and Harry Blueotone, 178fl fiaot Second street, Brooklyn. but" tSe^ ^^Y'^^^S^^^^ ffiiL H5"^or 5*°R^^^^^^ vlS?etc^aS?k'l 'S&'^X^'^o - Dir. George Archalnbaud. 72 mine, KeL .wov. lu. "^^v ^'^'^r'^aiue' Max M, Simon, 34 AflQle'SppSby. Maker of M^.,Xjy<«^«!LJ^!?^^^ ^ for kiliingv Rlohart Dbt, Elizabeth Allan, R&lph Belhimy. 7« mins. Dir. J. Walter Rubien. Rel, Oct 20, Rev. Nov. 14. After Tonight. A beautlfiil Russian spy falls In love w»t^;,an ^usuian ep^ but they place duty to their countries above love. Constance Bennett | Gilbert R<riaiid 72 mine. ReL Nov. 10. Rev. llfe^mSfing rgentietaan'of th^row^^ a rowdy of the gentleman "2^ stre^railof New ToTw. Wynne Gibson, Charles Farrell, William Oargan, Zasu Pitta. Dir. Mark ( Boynl BoUer Skating Co.; Sandrlch. 78 minB,; Rel.. Nov.. 8. Rev, Oct 24. Boyal BoUer amusemenc parks, etc.; operate capital Btoclc Ann Vlcker.. BVbm the WncOate Lewis noveL Jrene D^^^ rdrSrfenbWI'zTS "fiUTad Conrad NageL Dir. John Cromwell 76 mine. Oct 19y/Rey. peV^. iatrM^^ wilUam Blueetone, all of Bed of Roses. A girl of the iBtreeta reforms because 5^. .*»«»^.?07«i,'?f^« Brooklyn. . ^ Ml^lsslppl boat man. Constance Bennett Joel McCrea, Pert Kelton, MiubrMk BatbiiMr Paric Inc.; operat* fiS'^m^' J>ir. Gregory LaCava. d mine. ReL July 14. ««v. j jecr^uonal,,pa^^^^^^ Bafora DaWn. Taken from Edgar Wallace's last mystery novel. Stuart. Er- wlnf Dorothy Wilson, Wafner Oland. Dir. Irving Pichel. 61 mins. Rel Aug. 4. Rev. Oct 24. . o V . Blind Adventure. Adventures in London during one foggy o'fnt^ Kooeri """" Armetrong. Helen Mack. Roland Young, Ralph Bellamy, Dir. Ernest B. Schoeds&ck. 63 mine. , Released Aug. 18. Rev. Nov. 7. Chance at Heaven. The rich dty girl who dazzles tbe^ country ^y and nnar- rlea him onlV to send him back to his small town BWeetheart. Joel McCrSf <Mn«er Rogers, MM^ NL%on. Dir. Wllliain Selter. 72 mins. Released QeL 27. Rev. Dec. 27. Deiuoo, The. Odd story of the world after a second deluge. Peggy Shannon^^^ Loto Witaoo, Sldner BUckmet-, Matt Moore, Dir. Felix E. Feist Bel. Sept 16. Eev. Oct. 10. „ Double Harness; A sir) who got her man. ^Ann Harding. William PowelL Dir. Ji»1m CromwelL 70 mins. Rev. July 26, pisWiino Qoid Adventures in ihe oil fields of Tamplco. Bill Boyd, Mae Clark. Flaming Qg,^^Myenw«yn^^e^^^ 63 mins. Released 6ept 29, Flyino Devils. Triangle In a flylng clrcus. Arline Judge, Bruce Cabot Dir. 'RusseU Blrd?^^ «0 mins. ReL Aug. 14, Rev, Aug. 29, Flvlno Dowri to Rio. Musical extravaganza which takes place In U»e air above Flying oown ~ ™^ Dolores Del Rlo, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers. Fred Astalre. Baoul RouUen. Dir, Thorpton Freeland, 89 mins. 29 * RgVo I3nbc« nnA(4hwi Laira A butler and liis master both become involved with gold digger's Charlie RigllM. Verree Teasdale. Mayo Methot- Sldnev. Black* meF, Phyllis Barry. Dir. by H. Bruce Humberstone. Nov. 10. „r . o »v ui Hinii Hoorav. Musical girl show. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woplsey, Ruth " ' St'lng, Dorothy ^S Mrir^^ Meeker, Phyllis Barry. Dir. Mark Sandrlch. Rel. Jan. 19. If I Were' Free* A modern romance of two people, disappointed in marriage, wh5 mVet and try to find happiness together In their way. Irene Dunne, Cllve Brook, Nils Asther, Henry Stephenson. Dir. Elliott Nugent mins. ReL Dec. 1. Rev. Jan. ?. Little Women. Talker version of the Loiilsa Alcott story. *{*therlne Hep- burUi Joan Hennett, Paul Lukas, Frances Dee; Jean Parker. Edna Mae Oliver. Dir. Geo, Cukor. 117 m ns. Rel, Nov, 24, Rev. Nov. 21. Lost Patrol. The. A detachment of British soldiers lost on the Mesopotamian • desert are*atucked by unseen Arabs with dramatic resiUts Boris Kar- lolt, Victor McLaglen, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale.. Dir John Ford. ReL Jan, 12. , J f Man of Two Worlds. An Eskimo, his Illusions Scattered by a gUmpBe of^^^ don civilization, returns to his own people and is brougbt back by his infant son. Francis Ledc-rer. Elissa. Landi, Hcnry_StephonHon. Walter Byron, "^^^ Duna, J. Farrell MacDortald, Sarah Padden. Dir. 1 J. Walter Ruben. 92 mlnSr- Rel. Jan. 26. Rev. Jan. 16. Midshipman Jack. Annapolis story. Brtice Cabot, ^.^"'^.^^•^'^["''"^^^r^'g Lake, Betty Furness, Dir. Christy Cabanne. 70 mine. ReL Sept. >59 Rev. Nov. 21. . . : „ . , Morhiha Glory. Backstage story of a country girl's rise and tall. , Kalherine '^'"^ Hepburn DougTrlirbanks. Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan. .Dir. . Lowell Sherman. 70 mina.. R61. Aug. 18. Rev. Aug. 22. No Marriage Ties. From an unproduced play. Satire on .advertising agencies • Richard DIX, Elizabeth Allen. Dir. J, Walter Ruben 11. ReVi Aug, 8. One Mali's Journey. Country doctor achieves fame. Lionel Barrymo.re. May ' Robgon, Joel McCrea. Dir. .John; Robertson, Rev. Sept 6; Rafter Romance. A story of Greenwich Village, .linger R6gera, Norman IFoster Geo. Sidney. Laura Hope Crews. Robt. Bcnchley. Dir. Wm. Selter,. 75 mins. Kel. Sept. 1. Kev. Jan. IC. RIaht to Romance, The. A famous woman beauty specialist decides to go^ on " a spree and becomes involved In a series of^ exciting adventureg. Ann ?Iardlng, Nils Asther, Sari Maritza, Irving Plchel. Dir. . Alfred SnnteU- -.-fi T,mlna^ .--Rel._Nov._17.. .Rey...D(eo.;::l^^ : _ . ^ ; Son of kong. Further adventures of Carl Denhani,, the director who brought lilng Kong to Civilization, this time with the Son Of Kong. Robert Arm> strong Helen Mack, Frank Relcher, . John Marston. Directed by Ernest Paul Heidrick, Oladya Heidrlck and Elijah T. RuBBelL all of MlUbrook. Mineola X^lrsrqand Anditoriom, Ino., Mlneola; operate amusement parks, eto.;^ capital etook> llO.OOO. Jay B. Shattuck, Garden City, and Henry G, Blckmeyor ^ and Russell L. Baukriey, . both of Hemp- ^*^Art of Mnslcal Bnssla^ Inc., Manhat- tan} pictures, plays, etc.; capital stock, 200 shares, Ao par value. Alexanapr Baey, .1073 East 12th street, Brooklyn: Paul Borthoud, Hotel Osborne, New Yotk, and Beatrice Deval, 20 Warren place, Montclalr, N. J. Dissolution Birch-Field Badlo Corp., New York. California Sacramento: California Studios, inc. Capital stoc $199, $20. No stock subscribed. Direc- tors: Wesley Dougherty, J. C. Woolf, C. P. .Kimball, E. K. Barnes, F. B. Durst. Peerless Photo Service. Capital stock, $2,000. No stock subscribed. Dlre^ctors: Herman Rubin, Horton Kahn, B. J. Martin, .Adolph J. Kahn. Permits to SeU Stock Bnneatn, Inc.. 'Motion Picture exhlbltr Intf. To Issue 10,000 shares.^ par »1. Motion Plctnre Capital, InC, Motion picture producing. To Issue three Shares common stock, no par value. Economy Tlieatres, Ino, Motion pic- ture theatre operating. To Issue 61 shares, no. par value. Firm Names r. O. floes, B. I* OaoH, doin» business as Bhort Track Horse Racing Amuse- ment Co. - ■„ _ , r t Jesse J. Goldberg, K, Kennedy, I.otili* I/. Swarthe, doing business as Explora- tion Pictures Corp. Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Jan. 30. C'ommuhliy. Talking PlctureM, Ino. I..ufkln; Texas. Capital Stock 1660. In-r corporators: O. A. Coons, Carl Blggera. and Jumes W. Peavy. BuBlne.i8, putting on theatrical and. concert attractions. Odcon Theatre .Shawnee, Inc.' Shawnee. Okla. Capital ,»8,000,. Incorporators: A. B. Moniand, C. H. Momand and A; S. MOtiiand, all of fJhiiwneo. Smith Itecreat ion CInb. Matlow. Okla. Capital, tic. In corporators: C. W. Stnlili, Hattle "W. Smith and l-'rank ..Smith, all of Jrlarlov/. .76 mips, Kel. Aug JUDGMENTS (iehtor;. amount B. Schoedsack. C9 mins. Rel. pec. 22, Rev. Jan. Wild BIrdSi An orphan girl and a young boy jyho e.scaped fronj a reformatory fall - - . . -- . ^ ' ». enslaved Ttlacfr fMr,7Blllott Nupent XCo^ntlnued on page ,31 B. Ah orphan girl and a yoimg boy TVho e.scapea trom a reiormaioi In love and try to escape the . inhuman farmer who. keeps tlie aved bh his farm, Jean Parker, .Zasu I'lttg, Tom Brown, Arttii on Nydia Westman, Beuiah Bondl, Wllliard Robertnon, EinprMc m ur rMon Rel. Jan. .6, 1934. (First narne ia. that of Ju^f/ment. creditor and. foUoicH.y ) .Alexiiiider Oamailtiky-, Co.; »'fir.. . Warburton Theatre, ■•wyn-Mayc-v ; .$96-. SnyrpitH TliMitre Corp.; DlHtrib. Corp,; 171. .<M*in Kaplan .Mf|t. & Supply Mcilorlzfd. Talking Picture Service,: oo.sts, $136. . ; Morris .Kielinernmn; CA. I'li'^lory h'^'N Brokinbnr AnKi>x>meiit (Corp.; ti Wood Coal Co.; > JSO. . Cormack Scripts 'Scarab' Jfiillyvvpcid, Feb, Iiiirtlf i.l ("'(.I iii.'n i; draws so.ilptlnf,' job Param '.'^iM lull .Miin.lfi" ^^^piiiiii Tuesday, February 6, 1934 THE BIG LAUGH SHOW! "A whiriwiitd of laugh- ter''— M, P. H^raU . . . ^'Gathers laughs all the ^a/'~-M.P. Dally.* ."A laugh frbm start to finish"— Hoffyirood 116- porler . . ."Horton is hil- arious, MissOliver good team mate" — Dally Variety. THE ftw-i'X-WW. vAv^w>r^>-> vo-'--' V..-.---. . .. ' < - , s- HIGH I LIKE IT THAT WAY • THE CROSBY CASE LET'S BE RITZY • COUNTESS OF MONTE 'v MARY • LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? Tucstlay, February 6, 1934 = : .. .. ^ PICYIIRES VARIETY SI CALENDAR OF CURRENT RELEASES (Conttnuftd f^-om page 29) IlnSfikfl Ai>H«fl-« OfilMt: 729 Seventh Av«M Advice to the Lovblom. Rotnance and adventures of reporter who edits the .agdny column and eventually exposes the drug racket. Dir. Alfred Werker, Rel. Dec. 1. Rev.. Dec 19. Ittpr Sweet. (British made). Noel Coward's operetta. Romance of wealthy English beauty who elppep to Vienna "with hier music teacher. Anna Neagle, Femand Graavey. Dir. Herbert Wilcox. 93 mifns. Rol. Sept 22. Rev. Aug 29. lood Moiiey. The ball bond racket, with a. love angle. 6eo; Bancr6ft, Frances Dee. Dir., Rowlahd BroWh.; . 66 mlns^^ ^ev.' Ifov. , 21, Bowery, .the. St6ry 6f the rivalry between Chuck Connors and Steve Brodile, famous Brooklyn. Bridge Jumper. Wallace Beery, George Baft, Jackie Cbopei*. Fay Wray. Dir. Kaoul Walsh. Rel. Sept 29. ReVi Oct. 10; roadway Through a Keyhole. Walter WlncheH's atory of Broadway'. Con- stance Gumihlnga, Rubs Cojumbo; Paul Kelly. Dir. Lowell Sherman; 90 mlns. Rel. Oct 13. Riav. Nov. Emperor Jones. Eugene:- 6'Netira famous dranta of a PuUman porter who , becomes ruler of a West Indian Isl&nd. Paul Robeson, Dudley Dlgges. Dir. Dudley Murphy. 80 minis. Rel.. Sept. 8. Rev. Sept 26.. Qallant Laiiy. An. unwed mother who pays the price of silence in ordei* to be near Iter child. Dir. Gregory La C&va. Ann. Hairdlng, cUve Brook, Otto Kruger, TuUlp Carmilnatl. 82 mlns. ReL Jan.. 6. Rev. Jan. 23. Henry Vlll (Britisih made), Henry and his six wives. Chaa. jLaughton. Ir AJex. Korda. 93 mlns. R61.. Oct 16. Rev. Oct .17. ' Masquerader, The. fitased on John Hunter Booth's adaptation of KaCherlnie Cecil Thjrston'a noveL Cousins Of identical appearance change jtlaces. With Intrlgtilhe political and romantic results. Botiald Colmah. Elissi Liandl. - Dir. Richard Wat}ace. 76 m(ns. .Rel.^ Sept 1. Rey> Sept. 6. ouiln Rouge.. A talented wlfevproves her ability'- by- /It clever impersohatloh ruse. Dir. Sidney Lianlield. Constance Bennett, Franchot Tone, Tulllo Carminatl. .70 .mlns.. Rel. Jan. - 19. Palookai The isoQ. of a prizeflglvter follows in hia father's footsteps. Dir. Bfen- janilri Stoloff . _ . Jlnrmlo' Durante, Stuart. Brwin, Lupe .Velez. Rel, Jan. 26. Roman 'Scandals. A to-nrn simpleton transported Iri a dream baqk to' the , grandeur that was R6m6. Dir. Frank Tuttle. Eddie Cantor, Ruth Ettlrig, Gloria Stuart; 91 mlns. Rel. Dec. 29.- I Universal Uhivertal tuart, .i>li:« Marin, I 730 Fifth Avo., New York; N. Y. Rel. Rev. Beloved. MuslcaL John Boles, Jan. 29.. Re-v. . Jan. 30. , . orhbay Mail. Edihund Lowe Production. Dir. Jan. 9: , . By Candlelight. Sophisticated comedy^drama. Paul Lukas, Ellssa LAndl, Nliis Asther, Esther R&lston. Dir. James Whale. TO-mins. Rel. Dec. 18, Rev. Jan. 9. Counsellor at Law. Dramsi, John '.Barrymore, Bebe Daniels. Dir. Wia. Wjrier.' Rel.' Dec. 26. Rey. T>ec. 12. ross County Cruise. Comedy-drama. Lew Ajrres, June Knight, Alice White. Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 78 mlnS. Rel, Ja.n. 16, R«v. Jan. 23. ' Gun Justice, Western, ken. .Maynard. «.ReL Dec. 18. Her First Mate. Comedy. SummerviUe-Pltts. Dir.'Wtti. Wyler. Rel. Aug..i Rev. Sept. '6. Horse Play. Comedy. Summervllle-Devlne, Dir. Sd Sedgwick. Rel. Nov. . 27. I Like It That Way. Musical. Rodger Pryor, Gloria Stuart Dir. Harry Lach^ man; Rel. Feb. 12. invisible Man. Mystery-drama, Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart Henry Travers, Una O'Connor. Dir. James Whale. 70 mlns. ReL Nov. 18. ReV. Nov. 21 ins for a Night. Comedy-drama, Chester Morris, Alice White, Helen - Tiyelyetrees. Dir, Kurt Neumann. 78 mins.. Rel. Oct. 30. Rey. Dec, 12. Ladles Must .Love. Musical.. Broadway story;- June Knight. Nlel . Hamilton, StiUy O'Neill, Dlr, E; A, du Pont 60 mlns. Ret Sept 2S, £$ey. Dec. 6 Lovs, Honor and Oh, Baby. Comedy. Slim Summervllle, Zasu Pitts, Lucille <31e98on.- Veree TTeasdale, Donald Meek. Dir. Eddie Buzzell. 63 mins, Rdl. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 81. adame Spy. Drama. Fay Wray. Nils Asther. Dir. Jan. -8. Karl Freund. Rel. Idhlght Drama. Sidney FbZi Henry Hull, O. P. Heggie. Dir. Chester Ersklne. - Rel. Jan. 22. . Myrt and Marge. Musical. I^rtle Vaiil, Donna Domelril, Eddie Foy, Jr., TeiT Healy, Grace- Hayes, J. Jmrrell MacDonald. Dir. Al Boaaberg. 66 mlns, Rel. Dec. 11. Rev. Jan. 23. Oiily Yesterday, Dramatic love -story. John Boles, Margaret SuUavan, Risg- inald Denny, Billie Burke; Dir. John Stabl. 106 mins. Rel. Nov. f. Rev. Nov. H. . ■ Saturday's Millions Footbkll story. Robt toubg, Leila. H)rams, Jobnny Mack Brown. , . Dir. Edw. Sedgwick. 75 mins. Rel. Oct 9. Rev. Oct 17. Secret ot tli« Blue Room. Mystery minima. Lionel AtwUI. Paul: Lukas. Gloria Stuart Dir. . Kurt Neumann. 61 mins. Rel. July, -20. Rey. Sept 19, S^O.8. iceberg. An Arctic expedition Is stranded in Qreeiiland. Rod LaRoeque, Gilbert Gowlahd, Leni Relf enstatal Dir. Tay Qarnett IIT mins. (road show),. Revt Sept 26.: trawberry . Roan, The. Story ot a wild horse and his conquest Ken May- hard, Ruth Hall. Dir. Alan James. Rel. Oct. 26. Rey. Dec. 12. Trail Drive, ken Maynard western story of a cattle drive. Dir. Alan James ^ 69 mins. Rel. Sep't. 4. Rev. Jan. 9. Burbank. Calif. Warner Brothers •g'.SfvYAJ.S. V Captured I Behind the scenes In a German prison. Leslie Howatd. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paul Lukas, MargiEirot Lindsay. Dir. Roy del Ruth 72 mlns. Rel. Aug. 19. Rev. Aug. 22. Coiiege Coach. A football story with a new twist. Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak. Pat O'Brien and Lyle Talbot Dir. William A. Wellman. 77 mInS Rel Noiy. 4. Rev. Nov. It. Israeli. Political drama of England. George Arllss, Joan Bennett Dir. Al- fred Green. 88 mlns. Re-rel. Dee. 16. to Love. A frothy farce. Adolphe Menjou, Genevieve Tobln, Mary Astor. Guy Klbbee, Eklward Everett Horton. Dir. William Kelghiey. 61 minsi. Rel. Jan. 20. Rev. Jan. 16. ver In My Heart. War theme story, but wlthbut condlct angle. German American husband tind an American wife. Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger. Ralph Bellamy. Dir. Archie Mayo. 70 mlns. Rel. Oct 28. Rey. O.ct. 17. : ' Finger Man. A petty gangster Anally breaks away froni his gang. James Cagney. Mae Clark and Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Rel. DeO. 9 I Pootllght Parade. Gala musical with backstage locale. James Cagney, Joan Blondell. Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. Dir. Lloyd Bacon. 129 mins. Dances by Busby Berkeley. Rel. Oct. 2.. Rev; Oct. 10. . rem Headquarters. A crime drama with a murder commlttied right in headr quarters. George Brent, Margaret Lindsay and Eugene pallette.. Dir; William Dleterle, 63 mins. Rel. Deo. 2. Rev. J^^jV. 21. Havana Widows. Comedy of two burlesque queens on the make in Havana. Joan Bloiidell. Glenda Farrell. Dir. Ray Erirlgfht, 62 mihs.; Rel. Nov. 18. Nellie. Comedy-drama of a newspaper .'loVe' columnist Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Kathryn Sergava. Dir. Mervyn Le Roy. Rel. Jan. 20. House On S6th Street. Drama of a gambling lady. Kay Francis, Jlicardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, Margaret Lindsay and Frank McHugh. Dir. Robert Florey. 68 niins; Rel. Dec. 23. ReVi Dec, 5, Kehnel Murder Case. A drania depicting the unusual solution .pt an unusual murder; William Po-i'ell, Mary Astor, Helen. Vinson, Ralph Morgan and Eugene Pallette. Dir. Michael Curtiz 76 mlns. Rfel, Oct 28; Rev, Oct. -31. ^ Lady killer. Jimmy Cagiioy bat."? 'em arou rid again, Jas. Cagney, Mae Xllark. Leslie Fenton. Dir. Roy Del Ruth. 67 mins. Rel. Dec. ;6.. Rev. Jart. 2. Of a Sailor. Comedy of a frivolous saiilor. Joe E. BroWn. Dir. LloyO Bacon. Rel. Dec. 23. The Man from Monterey. Western drama.. John Wayne, Rutb Hall. Dir. Mack y. Wright 57 mlns, Rel. July 22. Rey. Aug. 22. ^JlAiaira^LUs^==Ml&ncstB^^ebrgit6d wit and philosopher. George Arllss, DorTr KiSyo^MiS^gaFet— nfrff^^^ Aug. 5. Rev. Au^;. 22. Miscellaneous Releases Before Morning. (Greenbtatt) From a stage play. Police pfflclal cleverly traps a murderess. Leo Carillo, Lofa Baxter. Dir. Arthur Hoerl. BG mlns. Rev. Nov. 21. Ig Chance, The. (Eagle.) Prizefighter-socialite story. John Darrow, Mern* Kennedy. Dir. Al. Herman. 63 mins. Rev. Sept 6. •'Carnival Lady. (Goldsmith-Hollywood.) Carnival background for a triple love story. Boots Mallory. Vincent Allen.' Dir, Howard Higgln. 67 mins. R«t. r»ec. 6. Criminal at Large. (Helber.) Edgar ' Wallace mystery story,. British made, British cast 74 mlns. Re.v. Dee. 27. Dawn to Dawn (Duwqrld.) Rural story In a foreign settln Rev. Jan, 9. Faithful Heart, The. . (Helber.) British made. Romantic story of a faithful love. British cast 6|> mlns. Rev. Aug. 22. Flini Parade. The. (State rights.) Old clips and new material assembled by J. Stuart Blackton, 62 mins. Rey. Dec, 27. GIgolettes of Parle. (Equitable.) Gold digger story in Parisian locale. Madge Bellamy, Natalie Moorhead. Dir. Alphonse Martel, 69 mins. Rev Oct 17, Heirs Holiday. (Superb.) Compilation of War! -scenes. .90 mlns. Rev. July 18< Her Forgotten Past. (Mayfair;). ' Society girl marries her chauffeur then weds, a. lawyer believing her first. husband dead. Monte Blue. Barbara Kent Dir* Wesley Ford. 65 mliis, Rev., Nov. 7, Her Splendid Folly (Progressive). . Studio girl impersonates a star. In Holly- .woodi. Lillian Bond, Beryl Mercer, Theo; von.Eltz., Dir. Ralph Black. 60 mlns. Rey. Novi 14. Important Witness, The. (Tower.) Stoi^y with a gangster touch, but mostly done in a long distance bus.. Noel Francis,- Donald DlHaway, Dir. Sanrj Newfeld. 63 mlns.. Reiv. Sept. 26. Laughing at Life. (Mascot.) Story of a gKin-runnlng adventurer, Victor Mc- Laglen, Conchita Moiitehegro, Ruth Hall. Dir. Ford Beebe. 71 mins. Rey. July Ift. Marriage oh' Approval. . (Monarch.) In wliich a girl, gets marriied in the first .reel and finds It out in the last. Barbara Kent, Donald Dlllaway. Dir. Howard Hlggip'. . Rev, Jan. 9; . Nolghbors' Wives. (Syndicate.) Domestic rhurder problem. Dorothy Mic. kaill, Tom Moore, . Dir. Francis Natteford. ^56 mlns. Rev, Oct 17, , Polieie Call. (Showmen.) Ring story With an aidventure angle. Nick Stuart Merna Kennedy,^' Ijr.: Phil Whiteman. 63. mlns. Rel, Aug. Rey, AUg. 29. Public Stenographer. Itle tells the story. Lola Lane, Wm. Collier^ Jr; Dir. "Lew Collins. Rev. Jan. SO. Seieret Siihners. (Mayfair.) Chorus giris and a song writer. Sue CJarroll, ick Stuart Plr;.' Wesley Ford. J58 mins. Rel. Oct, 20. Rev* Dec. 27. Ship Of Wanted Men.' (Showmen;) Crew of refugees fight over ai grirl rescued-- In mid-ocean. Leon' Waycoft, Gertrude Astor. Dir. Lew. Collins. mlns. Rev. Nov. 21. ■ White Face. (Helber.) British made crime story from ah Edgar Wallace book, 11-Britisb- ca^t. f5 ihifiSi Rey; Dec. 6. (Note: Foreign Liinguage Films of - the slow movenlent ot forelfirn . year of releases.) ■ (Most of these available with English titles.) list covers one Berlin -Alex^nderplatt (Get) (Capital). Strong crime dramii. Helnrtch. Gleorge. Maria Bard. Dir. Phil Jutzi, 90 mlns; Rel. May 1, .Rey. May 16. Bettelstudent, ber. (General.). (Ger.) Operetta, Dir.' Viktor . Janson. 80 niins; Rel. Oct, 16, ber Brave Suehder (Ger) (European)- Fast coniedy. ' Max Pallenberg; Dir Fritz Kprther. -90 tnina ReL Apfll 1. Rey/ April 4, Pos Nbches:(HofCberg) (i^panlsh). MuslcaL. .Conchita Montenegro. Car- los BorcosqUe. 6S mlns. Rel, May 1. Donna d'Ona Notts '(Portale) .(Italian). Court advOnture. Frahcesca Bertint Dir. Marcel L'Herbier. 85 mlns. Rel. March 1. ..Rev. Marcb 14. Oral Tags MIttelarrest (German) (Capital). Fast (Jerman iTarce with all -stat caist Dir. Carl Boese. 60 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May 28. EIne Llebflisnaeht ((3erma,n) (Capital). Farce. Harry Lledke. Dir.- Joe May 82 mins. Rel. Ma,y L. ^.^v; May - 23. EIne Nacht In Paradles iWhematrade) (Ger). Musical comedy. Anny Ondra 90 mlns. ReL Feb. 1, Rev. Feb. 28, EIne Stadt Steht Kopf (Ger) (Capital), Farce. Dir. Gustav Gruendgers. 70 mins. Rel. Jan. 16. En Glad Qutt (Norwegian) (Scandinavian). rom BJomson'a noVeL ir John Briiniua. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. 16, Enemies of Progress (Russ) (Amklho). Last of the Czarist generals; Dir. BeresnyefC. 86 mlns. Rel. Jan. 16, Rev. Jan. 16. Es Wird Schon Wieder Besser (Ger) (Ufa). Farce. Dolly Haas. Ir. Kurt Gerron.. 66 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Frau Lehman's TocKfer (Ger) (General). Melodrama. Hansl Ir Karl Heinz Wolff; 82 mills. Rel. Oct 16. Frau Von Der Man Spricht (German) (General). Mady Christians. Meio* ' drama. Dir. Viktor Jansen. 75 mins Rel. ApHl fS. Rev. May 2. Fraulftin— Falscfi VerJiunden (Ger) (Capital). Musical comedy. TrUde Berr liner. Dir. E. W: Emo. 70 mins. ReL Jan. 16. Frechdachs, Der (Get-) (0fa). Romantic comedy. Willy Fritsch, Camilla .'Horn. Dir. (;ail Boeso; 76 mlns. Rel. Jan. 1. Friaderike (Klneniatrade) (Ger). Dramatic operetta basied on Qoethe'a llfO: Mady tihristluu. 90 mlns. Rel. March 16. Riey. Feb. 28; GialavOrstellung, Die (Ger) (General), Mystery conaedy with music. Utc^ Adalbert the Fra:tellinl8.. Dir. Fredrich Zelnlk. 87 mins. Rel. Dec. 1. disfahren Der -Lieb* (German) (Madison). .Sex drama. "Tony Van Byek. Dir. Eugon Thiele.. 66 mlns. Rel. May 1. Rev. May -2. Qrosse Attraction, Die flBavarta) (Ger.). Drama Is show Icbard Tauber.' Dir. M^ Relcbmann. 70 mina ReL Aug. 1. . Hell on Earth (Ger) (Garrison) . (dialog in five languages), ilorirora of wtir. Dir. Victor Triyas. 80 mins. Rel. Jan. 16. Rev. Jan, 30. Hellseher. Der (Oer) (Cfeneral). Farce. Max Adalbert Dir. Bugen Tklele. ReL Sept. I. - Hartha'a Erwaiehsn (Protex) (Ger.). Delicate life problem. Dir. Qdrhard Lamprecht 96 mlns. ReL Maroh 10. Rev. March 14. Houte Nacht Eventusll (Ger.) (General). Musical eomedy. Dir. BL W. Brno. 80 mlns. Rel. July L Hochtourlst, Der (Gor) (Ufa). Romantic comedy In Alps. Otto Wallburg. Dir. Alfred ZelSler. 70 mlns. Rel. Jan. 16. Horlxon (RUss) (Amkino). Jewish search for home; Dir. Lev Kuleshor. M mlns.. Rel. Blay 10. Rev. May 16. Ich QIaub Nie Mehr an EIne Frau (Bavaria) (Ger.). iJife of a sailor. Richard Tauber. Dir. H. Relcbmann. 80 mins. Rel, Oct 1; Rev,, Oct 24. Ich Will NIcht Wissen Wer Du Blst (Interworld) (Gerl. Musical. Dir. Oesa yon Bolvary. Hald. Froehllch. 70 mlns. ReL Feb, 16. .Rev. Feb. II. Island of boom (Russ) (Amkino). Two men and a woman on a desert Isle. Dir. TlmohsbenkO; 90 mlns, . ReL July 16. Rey. July 18. - Ivan. (Garrison). JRuss.). Transformation of peasants. Dir. DOTshenko. 18 mlns.. ReL Feb. L Bev, Blarcb 1. July 14 (Protex). (French). Sentiment to music. ' plr. Rene Clair. 76 mlns. ReL Oct 16. Rev. Oct 24, KoryettenkapitaSn (Ger.) . (Gfeneral). Military farce, 76 nilna. ReL April 1. Lachende Erbert (Ger.) . (Ulla). . Farce. Max Ada.lbert Dir. Max Ophuela 77 mlns. RfeL NOV, 16. ^ Laubenkolonie (Ger.) (General). Faroe. Dir." Max Obal. ilO mina. Rel. May 16. Rev. June 0. Laughter Through Tears (Yiddish) Worldkino). From a Sholom Aleiehem hoveL . Dir. O. Crltcher. 78 mins. ReL'Nov; 16, ..Rey. Nov. 21. Loekende Zlel, Das (der.) (Biavaria); Musical. Richard Tauber. ^Mr. Mai Relchmann; 86 mins. ReL June 15( Rev. June 20. Llebling von Wien, Der (Ger.) (European). Stolz musical. Willy Folit. Ir. Geza Von Bolvar). .76 mlns. Rel. .fune 1 Rev. JUne 13'. Luegen auf . Rueigen (Ger) (General). Farce. Otto Wallburgj Dir. Viktor . Jansen.. 80 mins. Rel. Dec. 15. ' Lustlgsn Muslkanten. Die. (deneral) (Ger.) Musical farce. Camilla Splra. .Dir. Max Obal. 80 mlns, ReL May 30. M (Ger) (Foremco). PoWetful dramatlb study^ Peter Liorre; Ir. Fritz Lang, 95 mins. ReL April L Rey, AprU 4 anid April 18, Marlus (Paramount) (French). Marseilles satire. Dir. lexander korda, 10.3 mins. ' Re>Li J;an. -L Rev. April 25. . Mano a Mano (Sp) (In tOr- Americas). Western, with muslo. CarmeU <?uer- I'ero. Dir. Arcady Boytler. 60 mins. ReL Feb. 23. Milady (General) (French). Sequel . to Three Musketeers. la- niant-Berger. 120 mins. ReL Sept. 1. Rev,- Sept. 12, Mirage de Paris. See Harold Auten. Mile. NItoucbe (French) (Protex). Charming ' love story. Rolmu. Ir. ciias. David. 90 mlns Rel. Nov. 15. "M oi ~ WujaW^ir"z""Alnery^^ Rel. Oct 16. Mpnd tiber Morokko (Protex) (Ger).. See Cinjs Gentlemen Maudtt Morigenrot (German). (Protex). Submarine warfare's cruelty. Dir. (3ustav Uolcky. 80 mins. Rel. May 16. He'v. May 23. Noc Llatopadowa (Polish) (Capital). Historical romance. Dir. J. W».rneckl. 95 mlns. Bel. May l. Rev, May 2. On Demande Compagnon, 8«* Hteojd luten. Patriots, The (Russ) (Amkino). Dir. B Fiarnett 80 min Poll de Carotte. See Harold Aut(r)i. (Cpiitkaui^tl <x>t page 34) B&K UP MAT PRICES TO BUILD P. E TRADE Chldago, Feb. 5; In order .to equalize theli* night and niatinee business B.&K. I9 r.-ilsiniu pricea a,t the loop Oriental and / ited. Artists In the; after- noon.s. Follows trend which h?ui teeiit.- the mcLtine© g:r6sses higher than the night receipts. New setup Is 35c to 1 p.m. in- stead of SDc,5bc to 6 p.rti. instead oif 40c, Night tariff isticks . at 656. NRA Paves Way for 306 Operators' ^ctoiy The Ne.w York opcratpra*:^' union; Local 306, -won an important tpry . ih; its oCtehsivjB .against ITOA and. .Its all^g?d -.union ^etup- (Allied opetators) .yesterday (Mon- day) when the NRA advised Harry Sherman, president of 306,; that it had decided Allied was a company union and a group ot 10 thoatr^S: had no right to tbrq-Vij 'Out 30,6 men. ' Operators ..^f . Sfteraftian's local, nunibeclnic.,,:56j,V:aure''! '"' go back ;t woirH ih . jm^ibil^^ under, the NR.iV <)rd'ei'.;4:Sr<)i|ijgf<^s Include two in iBrooklyn, -the '(j'iobe and Sanders, iind: 10 in - New York, ALWAYS SUMPIN Ndw H's a Bill to Nix (Colored Bu lbs on Marquees New York theatres are facing an attempt by downtown ppwdra to foist a : new city ordinance ajgainst playhouses, : prohibiting all " color lighting- f rptn nnar^uees. A hearing was suddenly called on the mbitter last week, although theatre op- erators and owners had had no pre- vious knowledge of such a bill. After being summoned l)y certain offlcialsi it was . discoveried that the alderman who .had fraitned the bill was not to be prieseht. The :hearlng Was postponed indief. It's liable to conte up any time, though^ and as far as can be gleaned thie almi of the bill, has some angle of objecting' to the colored lights In niarquees because such lights may confuse " traffic . signals for passing autolsts. This Is not the first tirpe that -ef- fbrts had been made to ellntinate nioving color lights from theatre marquees, but usually the attempts have been to strike out only the green and red.'cplprs. This is the first tlnie that any objection has been sounded .^to all kinds of colored lights. Seattle's Nickelocleon Seattle, Feb. 5. Rex, former Hamrick house, haai been acquired by Sax Etros., old- time Portland showmen, and now in auto biz here. New policy is grind at 6c. and 10c, admission. With plenty of tickets flooding the town, stating the placard and '10c. will admit two' to the Rex, this brings back the nickelodeon to Seattle.. Fix changes dally. FSAKE DAMIS BACK TO IF. J. .' Pittsburgh, Feb. . Frank, paiiils, ' assistant zone manager here tot Warners In charge of film buying and booklng- bpefatlons, has been .-transfeired back , to the . New Jersey district where he will take over a similar post, under Don Jacocks. Damls leaves for Newark tomorrow; (fr) and no successor to him here l^ai yet. been named.. Damls waited .14 months, to moye his family here .-from Jersey. Wife and daughter came on .first of y^r. Five weeks later they're, on thetr way back . iigalh. MRS. McGDIN MOVES IN San Franclacp, Feb. 6. Hulda McGinn has taken office as sjecretary-rmanager of the California Theatrea'^ Assoctatlon, succeeding the late Thomas ..D. Van Osten, whose assistant she formerly was. Association is the prganization of all northern California plx hou.ses, banded together for legisla- tive and protection purpojj.es.' Duchess Ducks on Pair Deal of Par with Ducliestt Marie of Ilu.s.si , who was to leave today (Tuesday) for the (•oa.st to aol a.s tofhulcal adviser on 'Thirty Day Princess,' is off. Marie decldftd that going out thfro would intorff-re with a book tilie'.s planning to write shortly. 32 VARIETY Tuesday, February 6, 1934 Tuesday, February 6, 1934 VARIETY 33 Releasee/ S4' VARIETY PICT E S Tuesda^, February 6, 1934 States-Rigbt Coin Jumps in CIn s Nix Twin-Pic Houses Chicago, tates right distributors, are flhd- tng plenty of . coin ir» this territory following refusal of the major, dis- tributors to lallow -.their product for .double feature and iOc, admish the- atres; . Resjilf is that .the : ihdle. ex- changes iiaV^ a.fleid of about 60-70 theatres in this viplnity all tp them- . Has resulted in an ihereasecl reve- . tiue of about 75%- for th^i liidies with more states-righters scraihblinigr into tovy.n ;tiian. ever, before. Anybody on the. r9W witiiout a " cijhnection but with $50.0 cash iig going intp- the statesrright field by plknkihg down the five yard for the Illinois, rights: ituation is disturbing the major istributors who thought they W.erie finally kliling. the ' dime admissions .and .the twin bill's ■vyheil they re- fused to allow tlieir product ih.-stich houses. Are now sitting up nights trying to waysi bt Visetting. around this ri^w angle; liooks like they. Will tneet the situatioi? . by retreatihg Bomewhat oh- their strict anti-twiil Btaiid. This is indicated by the hew ruling a-mong the major distributors to allow, double featuring if the sec;» ondi feature doesn't ruh more than four reels; Result has been the slic-. liig ipf several regular six and deven reel features tb' fovir with those four reolers' almost as .Ibng is the regu- lar westerns which usually run be-' tween. 66 and 60 minutes. This slic- ing sd far has been done biily by the Indie exchanges in order to crash ♦he larger, houses biit. this angle of ahortening features may spread. Opposes Booth T3t iMlnneapolis, Feb. 6. Minheapplia £i.nd i^^ul exhibs are combating, demands of booth operators for a ^ilt in pay scales. Local dperators,- whose contract ex- pired last August, want a 20% in- crease. Exhibitors will negotiate for a two-year "contract at no booth in- crease. SAM KAPLAN'S OUSTER SUSTAINED BY COURT ' ' Despife 's'trorig arguments of Sam Kaplan ai^d . tormer associates . of New , .Yorlc operators (tiocal 306) that vthe ;I;A.T.S..E. . exceeded its powers 'lii- 'iemovin^' himself and othfers' -froni' the. union, taking pos- session of > its f tindd a'nd . affairs, the Appellate -.Diyislori Friday (2)' up- held the judgment the lower court from, which aplc>eal had been taken.' ■ No opinib.n was rendered in af-. firming r the order - of ; the Supreme Court, refusing to Bet. aside removal of Kaplian and others from 306 by the I.A.T.S.E. New Approach Iios Angeles, Feb. 6. Femme propositioned the doormian at Loew's. State: *If ypu'U let me go lip to the ladies' room so I can get some money out of my gai-ter, I'll come down and buy a ticket.' N.W. EXHIBS PROTEST CCC CAMPS' PIC SHOWS ICEI HULIipf & IN L A. Los Angeles, Feb. 5. Mel Hulling, for the past year In charge of Majestic exchange in San Francisco, has been transferred here as assistant to Sam Berkp- witz, in charge of. the;, li. A. ex- change. Harry Gamey elevated from city salesman to branch manager in 'Frisco. Majors, are reported- pirilihg theU" purse strings and dlshihg out less and less to exhibitor . organizations, in past years the hik crcuits were some of the largest contributors to such organizations, angeling them for various reasons, Including leg-' tsiative contact work. Because of the NRA and a belief that -several of such organizations are n^ longer essential, and because: they are. now casually regarded as beintr in . the . dole class are among, the reasons for this indifference. in the past few days the paid head of one such exhlb fraternity in .the midwest wrote' Into several circuit heads that he was not get- tlnjgr New York co-operation. He threatened to bolt to a rival group. ' The chief of another theatre owner tribe, which for spnie time has had a gene'rPus quantity of ..Its bills similarly okayed, Is continuing an independent attitude. rve Got Tour Niunber (CPntinued from, page 14) human 1>eing than usually falls to his lot. • Production is always adequate and sometimes sumptupus. As carefully done as though intended .for a se- rious dramatic picture.. Sound first class and camera wPrk unifoi'mly good. 'Numbeir' is one of those pictures they'll laugh at and. promptly forgeti But they'll laugh. Chic. FRONTIER MARSHAL Fox production ami release.' Features aebrfire O'Brien. Directed by Lew Seller. Adapter .from story by Stuart N. Lake. Screen play, , Wm. Counsolmnn and Stuart Anthony; Robert Planck, camera; Bernard FrederlcKH. sound. Cast: . Irene Bentley, QoorRe E. Stone, Alan Bdvards. Ruth G11-. lettei Burton Churchill, Frank Conroy, Warn Bond, Bdward LeSalnt, Russell Simpson, Jerry Foster. At Mayfalr, N. T., Jan. 30. Running: time, Q6 nilns. ' N. Y. Indies* Frolic Independent Theatre Owners' Ass'n of New Torli: ^ill hold' its an- nual supt>er and .ball at the Wal- dorf Astprla Washington's Birthday. Tickets are 1>eliifi; sold through the theatres bt the members at |10> Minneapolis^ Feib. 6. A protest from ^Northwest Allied and other exhibitors has resulted in local exchanges agreeing npt to furnish any rhore film to commer- cial' organizations touring. CCC camps with portable' sound nia-^ chines and giving picture shows at low admissiop prices. Preisent con- tracts will be carried out» but no more new ones made. ^ The traveling talker shows' have had reigulatr circuits of cainps, mak- ing two or more Visits a week , to each camp. Exhibitors cpmplained th^ opposition was unfair and that the movement eventually would lead to 'shows in every school and church'. Reports are that forenien of CWA crews in the territory have' been Informing workers that they'd be discharged If attending picture or other theatres. CWA headquarters .has Informed the exhibitors' organization that It Will discharge any foreman against whom proof is furnished. It states that the only instructions or advice given to workers IS 'the hope* that they will use their wages for the necessities of life. CAIINDAR OF CURRMRELEASES (Continued from page 31) Soiind vertilon of BIsenBteln's elaoslo. 10 Fox-^.G/s Screen tours Los Angeles, Feb. 6. . Around the world screen ..tours,; through use of travel pict scenies,- •new shots, as combo educational-, , .enter tainmiint feature are being booked by all hPuses in . Dick Dick eon's Fox-WC Sputhern California district. Newspaper Is tied up In each town to sponsor , the so-called tourSi with schools, teachers and travel organizations freely., used for pironiotlonal purposes. Idea back of the stunt is to glye ■^ne or more progranis made up of such, evients as the Lindbergh good will tour. See America first, South ern California views, etc. GTOss=Vice=Frost= Potemklii (Rubs) (Kinematrade). mtns. ReL April 4: Quick, Koenifl der Clowns (Ufa) (Ger). Comedy. LUIan HarVey, Hans Albera Dir. Robei't Slodmak. 80 tains. Rel. Deo. L' Return of Nathan decker (Worldkino) (Russian) (Tlddlah). Comedy. Dir. ShptsB and Mllman. 72 mins. Rel. April 1. ReT; April SS. Rosier de Mme. Husson." Bee.Flrst Division. $al8on In kairo (German) (Ufa). Musical comedy. Benate Mdeller, 'Willy Frltsch. Dir. Relnhold Schuntzel. 80 mins. ReL Deo. IS. Rev. Dee. 2&, Sang d'un Poete (Fr) (Rlcd). Jean Cocteiau's Idea of modem fllms.^ 60 mins. Rel. Nov. 1. Rev. Nov. T. . $oampo|o (Kinematrade) (Ger.) Cinderella romance. DoUy Haas. Dir. Aant Btelnhoff. 93 mtua. Rel. April L Rev. April VL, 6chlCksal der Renate Langeh ((3er) (General). Domestic drama. Mady (Chris- tians, Franz Lederer. Dir. Felix Guenther. 70 mins. ReL Oct. 16. Schutzenkoenlg. ber (Ger.) (Bavaria.) Mas Adalbert. Oretl Tbelmer. Ir Franz Seitz. 90 mina ReL April 16. Rev. May 9. . Shame (Amklbo) (Russ) .Problems of new Russia. Vladimir (3ardln. Dlr Sergei Yutkevltcb. 76 mins. Rel. March 1. Rer. Blarcb 14. Sohn 'Der Weissan Berge (Capital) (Ger.). Alpine drama. Luis Trenker, Re* nate Mueller. Dir. Mario Bonnard^ 76 mins. ReL Oct. 16> Song of Life (Ger.) (dubbed English) (Embassy). Art and photography pre-^ dominant . Dir. Granowsky. 70 mins. ReL April 1. Soviets on Parade. (Riiss.) (Kinematrade). Historic record of' current Rob- Bla. 66 mins. Rel. Feb. L Rev. Marcb 7. Storch- Hat Una (Sletraut, Der (Ger.) (General). Xll Dagover., Dir. Herman -Kosterlltz. SO mins. ReL Nov. 16. theodor Koerner (Ger) (General) Historical drama. Dorothea Wleeke ..^ -.Dir. K^rl Boese. 80 mlns._ ReL. May 1:. Rev. May 16;. fod (Jber Shanghai (Ger.)' (DuWorldV; Mystery play of Amerlcaiu 1^^ Dir. RolfC RaQdolf. 76 mins, Rel. Dec. 16. Traum von Schonbrunn (Ger.) (General). Musical; Martha Eggerth. Ir. Johannes Meyer. 86 mins. ReL May 16. Rev. June 4. troii Mousquetalret, Los (General) (French). Duma's classic with songs. Dir. Henri Diamont-Berger. 12iS nilns. ReL May 1. .Rey. May 9. L(nd es Leuchtet die Puszta (Ger) (Ufa). Musical romance. 'W'olf Retty. Dlr, Heinz Hille., 80 mins.. Rel. Jan. 16, Victoria' urid^ Ihr Hussar (Kinematrade) (Get-). Viennese- operetta. Michael Bohnen. Dir. Richard Oswald. 90 mins. RoL April L . ReV. April 11 Volga Volga (Fr.) (dubbed EhgiishV (Kinematrade). Adventure of a Cossack Robin Hood. 70. mins. ReL Dec. 16. Rev.. Dec. 26. yValzerparadiesi (Gert) (Capital). Musical comedy. Charlotte Busa. Dlr Frledrlck Zelnick. ..ReL March 1. Rev. Bdarch 7. Wandering Jew (Jewish Anierlcah) (Yiddish). Terror of Hitler regime, Ben Ami. Dir. George Rolland. 70 mins.. Rel. Oct 16. Rev. Oct 24. .Wie Sag Ich's Melnien Man? (GerV.(Ufa). Farce. Rebate Mueller. Dir. Rein hold Schuohzel. 70. mins. Rel. Jan. 16. Wenn bie Llebe Mode Macht (Ufa) . (Ger). Comedy with , music. JEtenate Mueller. Dir. Frank Wenzler. 80 mins. Rel. Nov. I. Whither JCermany? (Kinematrade) (German), bifflcultles of life. Hertha Thiele. Dir. S. T. Dudov. 71 mins, ReL AprU 16. Rev. April 26 Vidlshe Tochter (Yiddish) (Quality). Old-fashioned Yiddish drama. Yiddish Art and Vllna Troupes. 76 m|nB> Rev. May 23; Ylskor (Yiddish) (Gloria). Revamp oi silent Maurice Bchwarts. Dir. Sidney Ooldin. and George Rolland. 80. mins. ReL May 16. Rey; June 6, Zwe! Gute Kamera^len (Ger.) (General). Military musical.. Fritz Kampers =-==^==Dir.r^M<>x^0.bal.,.=35 jnins.^,EiiL.Jti5X..^.l^^^ Mae West sows her wild west oatia. in this Picture,, or: .mprg correctly, Ruth Gillette, a ringer for the come- lip lady who nearly steals' .the . pic- ture from George O'Brieh iH two or three spots.^ 'She's' the billowy boiss of the. dartcehall . in Tombstone, and put;s considerable punch in an ot.herwise vigorous . picture; . that : might -have been much -better with.' a: more . skillful tailoring job,. As is,. It's entertainment^ and gpod enough to stand .' ..alone ■ in the second division'. . Story is based on Stuart Lake's-' noval ort Wyatt Earp,.but the herp's name is changed to Micheal Wyatt, to fend the suits which foUow the- productloii of a pseudo-historical play. Otherwise it's the standard No. 3' t>lot, in which the mysterious stranger brings order to a lawlesjs cohimuhity. - In this instance . he's not a government of flclaL He spots the mayor as the real master mind and shows him up, but not until he's In dutch With the girl. .Finish goes still .more conventional when the dancehall femme boss, who Ipves' him, does the human shield and is killed.- In lesser angles It also lines up with .the time-tried formulae and yet it: emerges as -a story which holds . Interest .In spite pf occasional deliberation in the .de- velopment of the action. In addition to O'Brien, who is- his usual he-man self,, good work is turned In by George E. Stone, on comedy, and. Alan. Edwards as an engaging bad man. Irene Bentley is the romance, playing smoothly a negative role, and niinpr characters are better cast th£k,n usual. Direction Is ' excellent and the staging helps materially. . Not miuch of the hard riding, but enough, and mostly the added stuff is better. There's a baby show sequence which thC: women will like and It Is kept down to ireasonable length. Pho- toigraphy and Sound both up to grade. Chic. Los Angeles, Feb. 6. jack (jross, who has been utility manager for BKO in Kansas City and Des Moines gets In today (Mon' day) to replace Jack Frost as man- ager of the RKO theatre. Key to Address Amkino, 723 Seventh Ave. Associated Cinema, 154 W. 66th. Bavaria Film, 489 Fifth Ave, I Capital Film. 630 Ninth Ave. DuWorld Flims, 729. Seventh Ave. Embassy Picts., 7^9 Seventh Ave. European Film, 164 West 66th. Filmcholce, 509 Madison Ave. Gross has bten with RKO for a- aumber of years and before going Foremco. 1560 Broadway; -voo* -ran off,, *v,nnaff-*»r iif <3n n Fi'ftn- Garrlson Fllms, 729 Seventh Ave. cast.wasLCity.managerat San F^^^^^^^^ Foreign Sales. 729 7th Ave. Cisco. Cliff Work, RKO division 0,^^,^^ Films. 630 Ninth Ave, manager, is here Awaiting Gro.ss. h. Hoffbers. 729 Seventh Ave. Inter-Amcrlcas, 60 East 42d, Interworld Films, 1640 Broadway. Jewish American, 680 Ninth Avt>. Kinematrade, 723 Seventh Ave. Madison Plots., Ill West 67th. New Era, 680 Ninth Ave. Portale Fllms. €30 Ninth Ave. Protex Trading, 42 B. 68th. Edward RIccl. 66 Fifth Ave. Quality Plots., 630 Ninth Ave. Scandinavian Films, 220 W. 42d. Ufa, 729 Seventh Ave. Worldkino, 1501 Broadway. for the Incidental dialog spoken by the five soldiers. An off-screen Voice makes cryptic announcement^ and descriptions In English from tlmO' to time during the. progress of the picture and that's okay, Mueh of the war shots is stock stuff, Picture pretends to bie the first really 'intematlpnal' Him because ^ords from five, languages' are apoTcen" at -varlpus times by the characters. The , dialog - Is .of the. briefest kind whenever spoken, al- though plainly . enough/ Li Ited •slentences and pihrases of Freneh, ^Yiddish, English and German can be heard. .The dialpfi is inclderitfil to the action,:: but too incidental to warrant that 'Interhationar claim, .The film starts pff with snatclieia pf -the peacetime life .pf four 'men in as many countries, an Englishman,^ FrenchinigLri, German, Jew. , Later a negro is also included. .. jEJoVia p former and. his inclusion. Ip the cast allows for a brief 'pieipe of ' i^ntertaln- . ment towards' the niiddle pf the plc=" ture wheii the lad. Who. is a very gOiOd performer, entertains his com- paniPns In the dugout • ■ 1 It- may-be' that what pVompted. the ; 'antl-wai;' label came thrpugh. the | brief r^m'ark'.by. the .Gern^aj). s;o|dier '• to his Frehchm^Q comp^iiloh thalt It. .wasn't... ho. (the (ieriha'n) who j wanted the •\^ar but belrig in it they > (the Gerinaris) were' out to clean up. f LPuis Dboglis; . Negro actor, Is ■ iianded feature billing, which must ', indicate that the fellow enloyed a • rep. aa a. performer in. Germany when the film was made. He is worthy. The.'fihest ptecfe of work is perfornied hy WladimIr Sokbloff, fa- mous Russian comedy aotPr. herein playing : a serious, role. He's from the " Moscow Art Theatre arid his performance here reaches the heights of pantomine. He plays the Jew answering . the call of war shortly after feeing wed. He is made deaf and Oumb as a result of war Injuries and while the other companlpns in the dugout talk and banter with- one another he only stares blankly for the most part into space: Ernst RuSch (presently exiled frorii (Serrnahy) the German sol- dier rates corhmendation for his natural atid effective performance. So do the pther male- actors. Shan. HELL ON EARTH CNiemandsland') (GERMAN MADE) Rescofllm production, Aeolian release. Di- rected by Victor Trivas. From the story by lieonhaird Frank. Features Wladlmlr Sokolofr, Ernst Busch, Louis Douglas Photography by Alexander I/agorlo and Georg StlllaiiUdts. Musical score by Hanns Elsler. American premiere at the Acme, N. T., beginning Jan. 27, Running time, .04 minutes. The Frenchniein. Georges Peclet The Englishman.......... i.FDigh Douglas The Jew. .Wladlmlr SokoloR The Qertaian..; .Ernst Busch The Negro .Louis Douglas Frenchman's Sweetheart Rose Mai Englishman's Wife. ......... ....Zoe Frank Jewish Bride Elizabeth Ijennard German Soldier's Wlf^..^.tRehee Stobrawa This, picture assUpies to offer a symbolical . study of the ravages of war by caltneraing the thoughts of five soldiers, from as many armies i-M the ■ World War, • a;nd , who- are precipitated together In 'a dugout during a bombardment in No Man's Land. It's not orlglnail and It's not a deep study/ although the acting thrPughout the film, arid of the five soldiers particularly. Is excellent. However, when a producer deliber ately labels such a Him as 'anti war' . it becomes frarik. propagarida, and as such jpossesses no box ofTlce saleabllity except for the sure -seat efs and the arties. It is recorded in the flies that in Germany where the fllm was made it was Icnown as 'Nlemandslan.d' Sind that its original running time was more than 90 minutes. The present picture runs around'30 minutes un- der this; Which explains some things One thing that remains unex- plained is the finish of the present film.. The five soldiers are shown on the w.ay out of the dugout where they werie thrown .together against their wills,. In their progress away from the dugout they rpach a barbed wire fence which stop.si them. Then ith^sud de h-iatid=f) ex'ce-=doter-m iria- tlon they begin de.«?troylng the wire fcnop. That's the finish and abrhpl- ly loaves It all up in the fLir. Like all so-called cinema studies the fllm-^oer has to strain every .sen.se to figure exactly what the producer intended to show and any- body's interpretation can be good in 'Hell on lUarth,' which means that at most it's a futile thing so far as entertainment goes. Most of the.' photography. Is silent dubbed with. cannon sounds except LONE COWBOY Paraihount production- apd release. Stars Jackie Cooper. Directed by Paul' Sloan who \ also wrote screen ' play. . Based: on Will James' .book: adaptation. Qobby .Vernon and ' Brand' Leahy. At Loew'B New York, N. T.. .6ta double feature bill, Jail. 27.' Run« nliig time, OS mins. Scooter O'Neal ..Jackie Cooper Eleanor Johes.. «.i,...',LtIa Lee Bill O'Neal., .. .Joh^ Wrar 'Doha. Jon'^.. Addlsbn' .Richards Jim Weston . . . . ; « . v . . ; Gavin: Gordon J. J. Baxter .Barton MacLane tHr, Curran... J. M. Kerrigan Mr. Burton. :Del 'Henderson Buck. ........... .V. ..... .William LeMaIre Cowboy Cook . ; . . . ^ Herbert Corthell Marshall . . ...... ^ , . > . Charles B. ' Mlddletoq Paramount evidently started this with' the hope it might, be another 'Champ' for Jackie Cooper. Al* though It Is. on a dPuhle bill here, 'Where it essentially belongs, 'Lone Cowboy' Is not to be 61a.sslfled with the aiverage mongrel reels of the plains. ' If the story hadn^t been so delib- erately tailored to Jackie Cooper It would have had a better chance. It Is forced time and again Into yarda of vapidity^ All of this ihak^s the burden tod heavy, for .Its better points to rate serious consldef'atiom Addison Richards, as Dobb Jones, under better camera guidance would be Ideal as a sour cowboy^ He has the expression, manner aind urider- standing for such ix, role. Picture labors aimlessly through the first opuple of reels to show the love of father and son. At first the rela- tion between the guardian, Rich- ards, and Cooper provide a few laughs. . ■ 'Then it .sluriips into the htint for.the cowboy's runaway wife (Lila Lee), and the f alse - foi'eman, Gavin Gordon. . In the last reel the lone cowboy ■is. injured in a rodep when he spies his wife in. the grandstand. In an- other flash he- is up from a sick bed and facing the deserters, ^here's flririg in that cabin. - The false'fpre- mian - shoots flrst and dies,, but one. of the bullets froiri Richard's gun has to slip outside and wing Copper, And in another few feet Copper i back on his feet, the wife has with- drawn the murder charge; and the lone cowboy is lonely no niore. Waly. Duals for Indiana Indianapolis, Feb. .5. in iana theatre," finest de luxe house In the state, under the di' r-ect ioii^ fff ^irMT^Halpt^ Sarii K \ w;ho operates, probably holds the record for the most policy changes in a short space of time. Since the -week before' Christmas the Indiana ha.'s been dark for 10 days, 6:Prie to Sunday Ppenings, back to Friday openings, reduced prices, taken out stage shows, gont into a split week, and now an-* nbUnces two first run features a( no advance in prices. Taesdajf February 6, 1934 B A D I VARIETY 35 DO FANS KNOW SPONSORS ? ^ Washingrton, Feb. 5, (NRA Broadcasting Code Authoritif. has prepared d Cruidebook to: did station executives and the hroadcasting industry generally to interptet the irad^ practice ciqiises. This document is now in process of revision in Washington preparatory to general telease to the industry Jater this week. Highlights in the Ouidehook loiil include the following subjects. Outstanding is the^ 'recommendation^ that all existing contracts violating the principles laid down for the industry shall be can- celled either, immediately or as soon as possible. Government^ however',, .is not assuming responsibility for the document. It is designed to be helpf^l but fearing possible use of the Guidebook in any litigation it is being' unofficially released . and decisions, contradicting the Guidebook can be - made by the Code Authority.) Harmonizing Contracts Cancellation or revision of outstanding contracts which violate pirtiivlsions of the NRA Broadcast. Code is 'recomiioiended' to the industry, by the Radio Code Authority. Dlscussingr trade practice ■provl^iona[: in detail, Code Authority advises that 'jb-very possible means' , be. taken immediately to harmonize contracts with code pror^ ▼IsldnB. Code specifically outlaws extension or renewal of agree- ments conta,iriing provisions contrary to its terms; Guidebook cmr- phasizes. iseounts Must Stop •In all ; cases where broadcasts or networks have entered into cbntrabts which would be barred by any of the provisions of the code as for example, the sale of broadcast facilities at a rate or dis^ count, or both, less than spocifled in tlie'rate card effective the date, the contract was signed, it is expected that every possible means shall be taken immediately to harnionize such contracts with the provisions of the code. ■ Cpst-Per-lhquiry Contracts roadcasters. or networks haying, any accounts on a cost-pierr inquiry contingent,, or percentage basis,, are advised to 'invoke the cancellation provisions, contained in the contracts for such accounts a,t the earliest possible date'. Code . authority notes that 'renewal oif any contract for such an account on the basis of any renewal clause contained in an existing contract is contrary to the spirit and intentions of the code.' . .. Contests and Prizes Provisions barring lotteries and contests should, be considered broadly with' cases. Involving use of the mails being stibniitted. to postal officials for definite ruling, authority suggests. . Authority comments: 'A.s an aid to broadcasters and networks in the de- termination whether a particular prograni involves- a lottery 'or similar scheme It is recommended • that thie following be applied: If tiie program Involves (l) .a prize, (2) a consideration^ and (3) a chancie, such program .Is prohibited .by. paragraph (E). There is no question 'in determining .wl^ether a prize is involved. The ques- tion of .consideration Is more , complex and . for the purposes of this code should be construed broieidly. In other wprdsl If a listener is required to si>end any suni 'of' mbhey for any purpose to participate In. any. scheme It should be^cbnsidered that the element of consid- eratiicin Isi pr^sent. ; Similarly tlie eljenient of chance should be con- strued .broadly. Oftentimes, an effort is made to Introduce the element^' of Bklll to avoi^ the element of • chance. There are bona flde cases in which' the element of skill Is involved but the greatest care should be exercised to avoid, a. subterfuge. It is recommended, that In any particular ca^e inviolving the use of the mails, all de- tails 'be submitted to yotir local- postmaster who will obtain a def- inite ruling on the case from the postal authorities in Washington.' Free Announcements Free annonncements arie permitted only insofar as It Is the reg- ular custo.m of any broadcaster or network to make advance an- nouncements of its featured programs'. Rate Cards U6e of two rate cards, ohe for general*- or national advertising and other for local or retail, is recommended. , Code Authority speci- fies card .shall conform -with standard style of American Associa- 'tion . of A^iyertisijig Agencies. Suggests following regulation,s be contained. In rate card: 1, Retail rates allo-wed only when advertiser sells ' direct to the consumer. . 2. llocal rates not available to re- tailer who Is also jobber, -Wrholesalor or distributor. 3, Co-operative advertising by bonaflde retailers is entitled to retail rates. 4. Gen- eral rates apply to advertising by . two or more retailers offering product of- certain manufacturer. 5. General rates apply to all other advertising. Provision requiring stations to furniah rate cards is Interpreted to mean clients may obtain published ischedules on written . request. Rebates Through Talent Clause covering sa-le^ Of talent, literary and musical rights, and recordings is Inter reted to -outlaw what are Substantially rebates; on charges for time by -providing program takmt or, mkterial free or at less than,;cbst. liiterary. and musical rights, authority ex- plains, should be regiarded as meaning only fe^s or royalties charged '.or performing indi'vidual scripts! or numbers and not to general or blanket". license fees. Cash vs, erehandise ' Noting code docs not spcoittcHlIy require advcrtiscris or agent.s to pay in cash, authority suggests tiifli-t 'the acceptance of nierchandi-so In.lieu of. cash for broadcast fa^f^ilities must be dear of any intent to evade in any way the rales, iacounts, etc., sixiclfiod in the rate card'. New York Boy Makes Good in Small Town Charlotte, N. \, ]r Ted Doolittle, radio comedian with ^^Toric=expcrixniTcierreturned=h<?r«> l^cently to marry. Tjprice Kuckev. ^st week he had two minute's on a gratis program Over WBT for the President's Ball, fie was very funny during those two minutes. Next day H. .J. Allison, local bu.'^i- »ess man, appeared at the station and signed Doollttic for a spn>.«? of '2 comniorriia) . programs. Singing Motorman St. John, N. i'cb. .Si;ii)ley Taxton, who is a street motoj' otor on the iDCol elec ihvay when not war- Variety Conducting Surveys in 15 American Cities to Test Effectiveness of Tie- up^ Between Headliner and Product RADIO SHOWMANSHIP Curious to test a hunch that many admittedly popiular programs are not, because, of faulty showmanship, suf- ficiently identifying, the sponsor with the . program, VAniBTT has set out to gather, some evidence on. the subject through a questionhaire. Like all surveys, Varibtt's is ho doubt imperfect in .technique, blit.as far as possible the aim has been to bo (1). fair and (2) simple. Ques- tionnaires are piersbnally distributed Knot mailed). In -all cities, Resuits will be tabulated a,nd pubiished in Variett Weekly. ,Th© survey will take In 15 cities.' Hartford, Conn., Is the first city. to be tabulated. That's appropriate, for Hartford has the reputation of being a good test city, with a high average I. Q. and a fairly prosper- o'iis citizenry, due to the main indus- try being steaLdy-going insurance and the amount of urtempioyment -and distress small. \ In the case of Hartford,' yARiBTY obtained 85 replies. Naturally Va- riett does not assert that 85 replies is a complete cross-section pf Hart ford. Results are submitted for what they're worth. All the persons who filled In the questionnaire were adults. All were Beml-familiar with radio programs. About half of them .were women. 90.% belonged to the middle class. Only one was classi fled as unemployed. Moreover, In Hartford almost any ordinary radio can bring in N*w York and Boston in addition to the locd,! stations. However, four .radio headiihers tab- ulated in other cities— namely. Easy Aces, Edgar A. Guest, Clara, Lu and Em, and -Boake Carter— have no Hartford outlet and are nbt here listed, for that reason, as meagre returns clearly Indicated Hartford was unfamiliar with these pro- grams. Maxwell Show Boat was purpose- ly listed. This Is the one program identified, by name with its sponsor. Yet 16 out of 86 persons did not know the sponsor. All the radio headliners or pro- grams on Varibtt's questionnaire are well established. This is not a sur- vey of program, popularity, but of the extent of public familiarity with the advertiser Involved with admit- tedly popular programs. 'March of Time' and Blng Crosby have new sponsors, but in general Variety pur- posely omitted isuch personalities who: have new advertisers bank- I'olling them. Next we^k: inneapolis.. iifponsor Bponaor Sponsor. Correctly Wrongly Not JTdmed Named Knoton Eddie Cantor .i. • • • • •> 78 6 Amps 'o' Andy •.• • '4 i> • • • « • 77 Maxwell Show Boat Rudy Valjee 66 Ed AA/ynn -.. * • • • • •••••• ..^3 lyiyrt & Marge' . ......... Burns & Al/en . . . . . . » . .'. • -••'«•••••.»•'••• 53- .'Rise of Goldl^ergs' •'••»'•••«•«•••• * ' 43 March of Time • ••«•.••.••••••'• 36 Jessica Dragonette «;•.• •••••• • • • 33 Jack Benny 9 • ••-•«-•»•.*•••«• ** Metropolitan Opera . . . . ; Wayne King Orchestra Harry Horlick Bing Crosby Will Rogers 7-. Joe Penner • • • • • •'».■-•'• « • 1 GOODRICH TIRE MAY SPONSOR BASEBALL Ooodi Jch . ire Company may this summer go in for the broadcasting of local baseball gaincs In various cities. Contracts, are now. being, negb- tlated with the National and Ariieri- can ijeagiie parks where tht; ban ag.iinst mikes doesn't, prevail. Program Sponsor ]kiimm HARTFORD, CONN. (VJLRietY tabulated 85 replies from the fottowing persona: HouseitHvea, 10; stenographers^:^; itisiirance salesmen, .7; clerks, 19; car washer, Ij dentist, i; grocer, 1; athlete,.!; store manager, I; vehicle inspector. If druggist, ; theatre manager, 9; hdrber, 1; executives, 6; college student, 1; college professor, 1; school teachers, 2; maid^ 1; telephone girl, 1:>* ian^ ist, i; uneihployed,- ; corporation vice-president;!; bookkeeper, Z; laioyer, 2; home economist, ij secretaries, 5; saleswomen, 2; physician, 1.) (85 QUESTIONNAIRES) Casa .Lorna Orchestra Olsen &^ Johnson Paul. Whitema.n Phil Baker EQUITY HEARING DELAY niniess of John Shepard S«t Talent Confab Back Opening hearing on Equity's sur vey of talent conditions in radio has been postponed to Feb. 7. iieet ing had originally been set for last Wednesday (31), but the illness of John Shepard, 3rd, chairman of. the broadcasting code authbrity, ne cessitated calling It off. Delay will allow the national webs rhbre tirne to marshal theirs replies to the AEA's findings and also ob- jections to Equity's petition for union authority over mike talent. Erwin-Wasey Reviyes Minute Mystery Idea Chicago, Feb. 5. Erwln-Wasey agency here Is again agitating for the Minute Mys-* tery show idea of H, A. Ripley whose idea is now running in thb Chicago Tribune and other dailies. Agency is now dickering with several clients for possible etheriz- ing. Idea was up a couple of months ago for the Atliintlc and Pacific tea company but fell through. Idea necessitates two broadcasts on- one night. First broadcast for mystery episode, second broadcalst two hburs later to give solution. Usual angle Is for listeners to wire ih' their guesses as to solution •with winners announced same ni No Topnotch Femme Silvers, Say Pliigger$ For the first time In years radio, siay\ inusic publishers, is without a womian warbler whom' they regard as a topnotch plug. Currently with- out rbgulair mike releases are such fbrmer standbys of the sohg pliiggor as Ruth Ettihg, Kate Smith and the BosWell Slstera. Miss Etting debuts for Oldsmobiie next week (13). Rated as the four top tune sales- men, on the air today are Rudy VaN Ifee, Blng Crosby, Fred Waring and Paul Whiteman^ President Roosevelt's birthday broadcast last Tuesday night (30),. wiilch boasted the biggest hookup since March 12, turned out a disap- pointment to Tin Pan Alley. Program contained lots of music but hone of It nodded In the direc- tion of T.P.A.'s latest output. Even the 'Home on the Range' number was a non-cop. Hall NBC Program on Platters for Gaig Chicago, ^eb. . 5. Wendell Hall's Sunday shows bn NBC for the P. W. Fitch company are being taken .off the wire by thie RCA yictpr studios 'here- for rer broadcasting on Dominion of. Can- ada stations. Being placed throujg-h; the local Scott-HoWe-Bowen office on 16 sta- tions. To hit the. ether by iFeb. 15. the count In a collision between hi."? (rolloy car and a 'sled. Ang)*y teamster's first collided with the singing motorma.n's button. Paxton was unconscious for about two hours, his head having struck the lee, when flattened. He was strotched out on a car seat while in .•oma, Tfnmster was fined $10. BAUME BENGUE DISCS . sxiimo Bpngue has added WM AQ, Chicago, and WOR, Newark, to its list. Contracts are for two recorded shpw.s a. week over a period of 13 :\i^e"Slrgr'" Coff "i^ tertainment. Programs are those that wore re- corded while Ross was doing a se- ries for the. pharmacal account av6r the Yankee network last summer. Imprints came oft the same 'Wire piping the siiow from a New Tork recording sludio, Byers, to the key outlft of the Tankee link In Boston. Chamlee, Glade Set (jhlcagOj 5i Swift's yigoro fertilizer show Set With two gliest artists, Mario Chamlee and Coe Glade. Each will have five .broadcaHt.s in the series of 10 Sundays on MiiC. Standard mu.sical background ■will be the Karl Schulte' orc-hostra and_thft.,Nor\seiri.en ; quartet. WAITEE DEAIEY DIES I^alla.q, Feb. 5. Walter A. ' Dc:ilt;y, founder of WFAA, 50,000- watli-')',. (liad hero Jan. 30 at the age of 43 from a. heart at- tack. Survived by wi pot). p,Troni.«>, and thrco si.«fcr.« Inquiries Worth $1 To Disc Adyertiser; Must Pay Time Cost Operating on a set arithmetic formula In spot broadcasting Is the U. S, School of Music. Account fig-, i^reg Us minimum cpst. per inquiry as |1 and if a station doesn't by the second broadcast produce enough Inquiries to cover ithe time, costs on this basis off comes the bu.slness... All contracts are termed on the basis of two weeks plus 11 Veeks. If the accumulative rate for the first, two programs Is $100 and the two airings bring in at least 100 letters Inquiring about the school's Corre- spondence course the. contract auto- matically extends over' the other H weeks! K' Account, which uses five minute discs, stipulates In all cases a.n early .Saturday evening spot. Keifer Sets Programs I>os Angelas, Feb. 6. =^Jack-^-Tv('lfcr^^^^ojmicrl.v -,jTianagGr-_ of KMPC, .Bev6rly ilill.s, Calif., and now handling radio adverti.sing for MacMillan Petroleum, goes east next week to set programs in the middle wf'.^ and the ea.'^t. He will ari-ange for c11.«ch for mid- dle west stations and set spot an- noijnff>ments in the east coast uta- tjons. 36 VAHiETY RADIO Tuesday, February 6, 1^34 Chain Income from Tune Sales NBC $2,, 1933 . $l,869.8t<5; CBS Ja.uiiury $1,380,072 1931 $2.026>8$0 1931 $692,114 Columbia's Socko $ly386,072 for January 47% Over Last Year and Is Best January in Web's History 111 the stride toward business re- cove;ry Columbia continues to putr pace NBC. CBS for the first month of 1934 'piled up the biggest January gross from time sales in the history of the .web; ' Last month it ■ did $1,386,072, or 47% better thn the tally for Januaiv, 1933. CBS' pre- vious January high was In 1932 when: the network aecumulated $1,3481,842. Indications are. that CBS this month will achieve a record hidnthly take for all time. Top gross on the CBS books thie $1,436,000 for March, 1932. NBC last month garnered from facility disposals $2,373,923, or 26% above the January, 1933, total of $1,869,885. Billings for January of this year were still 10% under the network's record January. In Janu- ary; 1932, the NBC time gross was $^,635,447. ■ Newcomer account which in itself should give CBS enough income -to make the current ntionth a record grosser for that web is-Fdrd Motors. Latter made its bow' last- Sunday (4) oh a hookup of over 60 stations with the car maker's schedule call^ ing for two s^eh half -hour links a_ Breakup of the NBC figures for' January givies thei red (WEAF) link $1,300,7.08 and the blue (WJZ) $975,- 299. RADIO PLAYH0USE NOT NRA CONCERN Feb; 5. NRA has taken Tjo position so far in; the controversy between leisrit code authority and broadcasters over Columbia's use of Hudson the- atre as a studio and distribution of •Annie" Oakleys ta interested fpec- tators; Attitude" of the CfOvernrtient Is that this id'ti matter involving the two Industries rather than violation of any code provisions and that the way to settle the matter is for the outfits concerned to try and nego- tiate an agreement. Suspicion, that NRA symipathlzers with the the- africial group'is based on fact that no overt disapproval has been dis- played of le;sit code a.iithorlty's in- vitation .to the film industry to Join forces in combatting latest type of conipetitlon. NEW NBC CENSOR Lyrics Agnin Q«ft Offlelal luepenoil in Advaneo Censor of sons lyrics l>fts been re- vived at NBC b^uae Walter . Koons, musical program supei'vispr;, thinks that too many suggestive verses have, slipped by of late.. In a letter addressed to the muslo 'pub- lishing trade, koons last week palled the lattfer state of affairs to its a,t-. tention and asked that a oopy of all new compositions be submitted, for moral. appraval by Willianx J. Dolly! of the pirbgram departments staff. NBC appointed its fl» r* lyric cenisor over a year ago but when this plier. Of . the bluepencU, Joe Higglns, quit a few- n^onths ago for another Job the practice of demanding.of a- pre- Ibok at all new songs dwindled: into disuse; kopns In his letter averred that the publishers by co -operating with ^hinI will avoid listener em-' bairrassment for NBC and at the same tirne' savo them the expense of. having to. reprlint their profes- sional sheets. From now on, he warned theth, a lyric which hasn't b^en submitted in ample, aidvance for a. once-over by DoUy will auto- m£ttically be tagged barred from an NBC mlko. HOTELS MUST PAYCBSUNE TO EDTT AIR NEWS James W, Barrett, formei' city editor of the New York American, has been designated as head of the bureau through which the press as- sociations wlU clear the news items for broadoastihg purposes. Date for the shutting down by CBS of its' own nfews collecting orga-nlza- tion is Feb. 28. Ad agenciie exPcs, who sought la.st week to obtain from NBC an. inter- pretation as to how the agreement between radio and the press would apply to hews commentators on their payroll, were referred to the following . paragraph in the pact: 'The; broadcia^ters agree to arrange the broadca:sts by their commen- tators in such a manner that these periods , .will be devoted to a. gen- eralizatioh or background of gen- eral news situations and eliminate the present .practice, of the recita,! of spot news.' One of the querying agericieis was :J.. "Walter Thompson with Walter. Wiiichell's stint for Jergens the point at issue. National Association of Broad- casters did not become a' signator to the pact. Reps ; from .. .this or- ganization merely sat in at tiie var- ious conferences as observers, which means that the indte station can accept or leave the n^ws feeding ojrrangemerit as worked out between the networks and press association. Jjiitef two parties, however; as stip- ulated 1ft the protocol, aire called upon to prevail, upon the newspaper GENE-GLENN BOTH DIVORCE OAK PARK Cleveland, Feb. 6, Both .t3ene Carroll and Glenn Rowell, known on radio as Gene and Glenn, are suing, wives foi di vorce. Gene,, who does 'Jake and Lena' impersonations, is asking a decree from Mrs. Mary Carroll of Oak Park, 111., on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Married in Chi cago, Dec. 22, 1921, they have three children. Glenn, his piano-and-song part ner, filed suit Jan. 9 on complaint that his wife also in Oak .Park has been wilfully absent for move than three years. They were hitched . in St; Louis, May 29, 1916, and have two children, 16 and 5. ' Team of radio singers is now do ing a series of Saturday nlgiit per sonal appearances at indie Allen besides WTAM broadcasts. Shows made up of WTAM talent, booked by Warren 'Wade. All hew spots added to GBS^ schedule of sustaining band pickups will from now on be obliged to pay the line charges. RulO put Into ef- fect last week allows for no ex- ception regardless of the popularity standing of the combo or whether the network's artist bureau has an exclusive management contract with the nnit. Web previously hadn't been so particular about having thp hotel, cafe -or niteclub reimburse It for the toll charges made by the telephone company. Fee has frequently been passed up in the cases of bands booked through the CBS artists' bureau or where ah outside man aged aggregation was amenable to splitting on the commission or coy ers» Under the new rule if the Spot operator declines to pay the line toll the band Itself wlU have to dig down, or else. Isabel Diokason, secretary to John Henry at KOIL, will marry Ernest Stowe, non-pro, June 7 in Council I Bluffs. falter Danun Explains Facsmiile As Experimentally tried by Journal Dnsting the Attic (For the 'iBay-hack^lien present: ' d<iy rodto names, Vabiett will exhume its New Acts files on vaudeville which go tuack over yeats.) a period of 28. (June 6, f921) BURNS and LORRAINE Songs and Dancies 11 Mins.; One American .. Two- cleah-ciit chaps In sack suits, doing a song iahd dance routine. Opertinisf with a jazzy put)lisiied numiber, the boys go In for impeirisonatlon, one tdk-. dcincprs, witli partiier, singers. Cantor, Leonard arid Jolsbn iire used for singers by one boy, with jRoohey, Whit^ and Cohan for the dance miml- crjr by the other. Both handle their bits wellk The turn travels ait a good speed, the. boys having auffl- cieht magnetism in their \vork to hold attention, with the pi'esent turn showing signs Of develpplhg thom into a stand* ard.act.: The 'chaps* were Nat Burns and Billy Lorraine, respective- lyi The Burns is George N; Burns. A bit later he met Grace Alien, who was dancing In a Scotch flash act. before Burns ■ and Lorraine it was Burns and . Burns ( Al Birnes) arid then .Burns and JosO, iat-. ter a ballroom idanping iact. GUIF OIL SAYS WILL ROGERS I]N([ENSORED Gulf Oil yesterday (Monday) gave Will Rogers a contract tying up his air services for the balance of the current year. In all it covers 23 broadcasts following the run of his present ..series which terminates March 4. Rogers will return to the Sunday night stanza in June. Refllning compiany a,lso took oe casion yesterday to send out.a prPss irelease denying that any attempt has been made to muzzle the m^nO legist's comnienta on affair govern mental. Commercial declared that It has at no time sugrgested to Rpg6rs that he temper his remarks about the NRA or the Roosevelt administration. George M. Cohan stepS back into the .Gulf session. Miarch 11. for eight weeks. Milwaukee, Feb. C. MilAvaUkee.. Journal ezporimental facsimile broadcasts which start Feb. 21 are, of coursp, of 4uite sep- arate from WrrMJ, the regular MIU waukee Journal station. Facsimile transmitter is called W9XAG. Milwaukee Journal in further eluclda,tipn of its facsimile experU. ments points Out. that , the listener; requires a receiving set .capable of picking up> signals of 1,&S2 kilo- cycles and,/ in place of the usual loudspeaker, a radio pen. to .tra:vel across a tape of paper. These facf simile recieiVers are not available as yet on the pp^n market and the Journal • doubts if they . will be very soipn,. -Among vai^ious methods now bPing, used e^cperimentally for fac- simile it Is not yet . clear which tech- nique will' ultimately be. standarized. Pioneer association first with rddlo and letter with television led to a natural icuriosity in facsimile by' the Milwaukee* ; Journal. Joha yi li. Hogan, New TTork City engi- neer,, invented the type of facsimile used by the Journal. answer to the possibility of sponsorship the Milwaukee^ Journal through Walter j;. Damm, broadcast leader, explains that doubt exists that facsimile is capable of preseni- Ing a highly perfected regular pro- gram schedule. Broadcasts will primarily Ihterest the scientifically- minded for the time being and, while .programs of Interest to isuch persons are. contemplated, the Jour.-; nai has lio present expectations of achieving anything ' but knowledge and. experience in a new develop- ments Milwaukee Journal doesn't seri- ously consider facsimile any more than radio or television a substi- tute or successor to newspapers. A sui>plement perhaps -^hen pprfected, but that's .ell. Journal's idea Is that if facsimile does go places it's, far better for the newspapers themselves to have the control of the development and Its application. DON LEE SUES PRC IN WASa 'Dreams* Loses Sponsor Chicago, Feb; Battle Creek products this week drops all sponsorship of the /Paint- ed Dreams' show which , has been on WGN and a. Columbia hookup. Appears that the sponsor Is Un- willing to continue the money out- lay for this progrant and.'will re-, turn to the. ether Immediately with,| a .less costly setup. Likely to stick on WGN with, a twice- weekly mu- sical program. 'Dreams,' a daily drama, reverts to a sustaining spot on . WGN, the Chicago^ Tribune outlet. BERIilE'S COAST ABEIVAI Holly\yobd, Feb. B. Bernle whp is coming here for paramouht's 'Great Magoo,' will [arrive Mar. 4 and will broadcast his Pabst Blue Ribbon hour from here while on the picture. Logrolling Headliners Logrolling Is a growing tendency among radio performers. Invariably the chief offenders are the big headliners. Lesser performers would npt dare take such liberties, and if they did would be sharply corrected by either the sponsor or the station. Logrolling is that custom of. a group of persons in the same prbfesr siPh Who throw bouquets at one another. It's the old. political dictum, 'YPu scratch me and I'lr scratch you'. But logrolling In the. unsubtle, blatant fashion, all too frequent on current, radio; programs, is not just something to be. indulgently shrugged away. It's something for sponsors and networks to consider. Publicity feuds, like those between Bernie a;nd Wiiiohell and CantoV and Jessel, might be defended as stirring up; talk, curiosity and. buUdlng bigger audiences. At least there is, an effort to wrap up the publicity in 3om6thing to. disguise the logrolling as, something else, But there is little excuse for that small army who habitually mention all their friends in t.h0 professlpn for no reason more worthy than the reciprocal fact that tlielr friends mention them. This is not entertainment. Often the rcmavks aren t intelligible to anybody except a. few pals. As bad as this sort of thin is on a vaude- ville stage, when a comedian works to a handful of friends in the flrst rows,' Its doubly unpardpnaible over the air. This logrolling is an outgrowth of the free publicity -grabbing yen thai has swelled so enormously In repent years. If it ^ycrp just an occasional side-rPmark, or so-called 'local', nobody , would mind. But it's gettin.u to be close to a nuisance and probably Is annoying to the public. Washington, Feb. 6. Radio Commission's policy on sale of broadcast stations. wUl be one of key issues in legal test of the recent decision in favor of stations KTM- KiBLW, Los Angeles, . and the Los Angeles Evening Herald. Chcirglng commission ruling in- volves' mpre than two dozen legal errors, Don . Lee Broadcasting Sys- tem has taken appeal in District of Columbia court and accused Fed- eral agency of condoning traflficklng in licenses. Don Lee system complained that effect of commission decision In, bit- terly-contested case is to deny an applicant shown by the record to be qualified and experienced from every Standpoint' the right to serve a .locality which is shown to be In need of service and to grant to an applicant shown to bp . unqualified and inexperienced the prlvlege , of retalnng'the faciltes applied for in a locality which Is Shown witliout dispute in the evidence to bp one ot the most radio congested areas in the United States. Making allegations about com- missibh's failure , to follow the evi- dence, Don Lcp laid emphasis on the ppntentlon that the commission erred by vlola.tlng .and Ignoring its pwn rules' and regulatlonis covering assignment of licenses, and" disre- garded Its requirements covering evidence which must be introduced in such cases. Ltickenbill Promoted owned stations and indie owned , „ . „ , ■,, , ± =SlSs5o=ablde^by-the^gceompnts.|.i.^ate«^ regulations on news brpadcasting. •, NBC and Columbia will eacU have a delegate on the committee ap- pointed to supervisel the functioning of the press associations' news Plearlng house for radio. CBS has appointed Paul White, who is in charge of that network's special news events department, while the NBC designation is Frank Mason, v.p. In charge of publicity. artists from pictures to appear /oh" the Bernie coast-emanating pro- grams, FItMS TEST PAEKER Metro pictures is testing Frank Parker of radio for a flimuslcal. MG also was testing Phil Regan, radlo-phoiiograph warbler, but Warners signed him first. Sponsors can't assume ■ that an actor's wisecracks about other actors are funny to the public at large. Rarely they may be. Usually Its Just im'OTTuWTo'sIIp^^^^^^^^ It may be building up actors but its not building good progriinis. Rudy Vallee mentions everybody, but this is not logrolling as hero meant. There is a dlfterehce between giving credit to authors, colleagues and collaborators and dragging In outsiders without rhyme or reason. Some production men attached to advertising agencies tend to asso- ciate socially with professionals so much that, their judgment on such matters is faulty. Actorjii are notoriously fond of ad llbbing and other pranks which radio sponsors should ourb for; thP good of their programs if nothing els*. — Chicago, Feb. C. Tom i.m^kehbill, who has been in chatge of the radio department here for the J. Walter Thompson agency, =ishlftsrtb'^lre="New^^Yo^ mediately to take .the place of CaiJ Kuhl, recently assigned to - Los Angeles. Move figures as a prpniotlon with with Luckenblli going in tp start production on several ace Thompson network proerrams. No setup te-.. mented here yet on replacement though will Include Vic Marvin, Georse Allen and Joe Tlhiblih. Tuesday, February 6, 1934 RADIO VARIETY 37 1st ANTI -WEB COMBINE Prospects Dun for Hard Liquor; PRC, Stuug by Criticism, Rules Booze 'Legal but Not Desirable Wa.shihgton, Feb. of Federal Radio Comr ihi'ssioh to .put radio' stations, who broadcast liquor advertlseihents oh the spot eenerally. received approval from dry members of Congress last week. Pointed,, .commission announce- ment calling attention to thia fact that renewal licenses depend" upon showing of continued tiubllc Inter- est was hiciiled by advocates of drastic advertisement regulation ais first sign the Federil agency Is coming to. life. Particularly . pleased was Senator Dill of Washihg^ton, chairman of Senate Interstate Com'-, merce Conimittee and leading critic of commission's do-nothing policy. Hef using to discuss the merits of banning liiiuor advertising for liioi-al reasons, Dill said he ; felt: the cpm- missipn Is entirely within its rights in putting stations on the defensive. While hot informed about plans of WOR or WNAC, Boston, to. make test cases, Dill remarked when you get off the air it's anotiier thing to get back on. Snapping Whip This announcement by the com- mission shows it is besiiining to exercise the power given it to make- .certaln that laroadcasting stations ai'e operated in a manner to serve the public Interest, Dill sald» Carefully-worded statement by the commission left no d'pubt that the governnient is detex*mined to take action whicii will alleviate the mountain of criticism ..of offensive advertising and was construed throughout political circles as merely iirst step in . carrying out a new policy. Statement said: 'The Federal Radio Commission calls. x'Cr newed attention of bro.adcasters and advertisers to that ;sectIorn 6f the Radio Act of 1927 Which pro- vides that stations are-licensed only when their operation will serve public interest, convenience and ne- cessity, and asks the. intelligent co- operation of both groups insofar as liquor advertising Is concerned. 'Although the 18t)v Amendment to the Constitution of_ the United States has been repealed by thfe 21st, and so far as the Federal Gov- ernment is concerned there is no liquor prohibition, it is well known that millions of listeners thtoughout the United States do not use in- toxicating liquors, and many chil- dren pf both users and non-users, are part of the listening public. Tlie commission asks the broa'dcast- ters and advorti-sors to bear thi.s in mind. 'Commifjsion will designate for hearing the rene\val application.s of. all .stations, urimindful of the fore- going, and they will. be required to make a sliowing that their con- tinued operation will serve public Interest; Convenience and necessity," Newspapers strongly support .ef- forts to retain to themselves, ailond distiller advertisemehts. Once radio was g:enerally opened to gin and whisiiey publi.shers fear their new-found business would quickly hpp onto the kilocycles Mdanwiiile, of course,, the drys still have niuch political influence; and radio is admittedly vulnerable through its ihtimate contact \yith the family circles of America. Bbweii's Claim Scott . Howe Bowen,. who has been traveling extensively the last- several weeks in .conhec- tioh with the orgahlzation of his group plan» is claiming to' broadcasters that in the past six years the Bowen oreahi- zatioh has placed around $10,- 000,000. In advertising with radio stations. Meanwhile, In New York last week, the other principal ex- ponent of waxi World Broad r casting/. Was reported iiaving obtained th^ necessary finan- cial guarantees and was going ahead with its pretentious .Un- dertaking to build an elaborate library.' Service is scheduled Under Present reports for' March 1. WLS Forgets Option Clause; Stays with NBC Another Year Chicago, Feb. 5. Neglecting to read their contract has tied up WLS with NBC for 12 more months. Deal with the liet- .work states that WLS must notify. NBC 60 days in advance If it wants to terminate its contract at eacli yearly renewal dat^. Three days after optional date iiad passed WLS received' a note, front NBC saying that since tlie station had neglected to take ad- vantage of the notification clause that the contract was automatically renewed for anotlier yiear. ., iiVLS has been angling for a breakaway from all networks for some time figuring that it can make more' on its own than with alTllia- tions. CHAHANOOGA DAILY EASES LOCAL-LIST Veteran of Spot Broadcast- ing Readies New Setup as Innovation— Will Bind 20 Stations in Key Centers Into Selling Group STARTS AT ONCE Chattanooga, Feb. Chattanooga Times, morning daily, has eased its rules against radio program publicity. In connection with a new. radio, advertising paige, programs of local WDOD (CBS) and NBC chains are printed weekly Fpi'mcrly; only Associated Press' 'Around the Radio Clock' was used local programs being ignored: Chattanooga News, afternoon daily, gives np radio publicity^ The Times paig:e, ho^vever, is not neces sarily permanent. PITTTSBURGH FIRM STARTS Pittsburgh, Feb. 5. , P. Duff and Sons, mola.sses mapu- i??-9^t"V^' 'liJ*!'^^'^ a^adio disc test se- i"ies tlls^ week f(rrli~nevv^ gitigerbroad mixture. Product is comparable to Bisqulck also a big radio advertiser. Wax series made by World Broad- casting starts over KDKA, Pitts- burgh, WGY, Schenectady, WCAU, Philadelphia, WOR, Newark, and WGEB, Buffalo. Spieling hir a. Mrs. Riley. B. B. D. & O. Powel Crosley Heads Basebatl Spdicate Pow'el Crosley, prez. of the Crosley Radio Corji., which operates "WLW and WSAI and Is one of the largest radio set manufacturini? ifirms in the country, heads a syndi- cate that takes over the Cincinnati Reds. As a tail-en.der in the Natibnal League during the past seveiral years, ,the Reds have been a finan- cial, bust, causing Sidney Well to IpSsie a fortune. Cincy is hot for the diamond sport, bUt -ill support only a first division team. ' Ijcavy dough^muKt^be^torXhcoxQiD g-to ^'nv pitchers and players to' strengthen, the lineup. To bolster civic pride in the club, it is necessary that the backing come from a native who i.«^ in the bucks and a sportsman. Crosley fills the bill perfectly. Since climbing In the radio field, he has gone in for flying, yachting, fl.shing and hunting In a .spirited way and ha."? likewise proven a humanitarian. Spot broadcasting^s first combine, organized for the purpose of put-, ting the indie station operator in a po'sition to compete directly with NBC and Columbia, niakes its bow. this week. Included in the project to date aire sonie 20 stations lo- cated In the largest cities that riiake up the basic territpry east of Chi- cago and St, Louis. Incorporators of the proposition ai'e calling it Group Broadcasters, Inc*, and meet Wednesday (7) in New York to elect officers and a board of direc- tors. Creator of the grouij selling idea as applied to major outlets Spread out over the basic territory is Scott Howe Bowen, one of the pioneers, in the station, representative field. As: head man and stockholder in Group Broadcasteiria, Ine., Bowen will cease to represent or place business upon any local stations Which are in competition with the members of the G. B. enterprise. Though for the start advertisers will have some 20 stations available to pick from under the G. B. plan, they will be lierrnitted to limit their group buys to 10 stations. But unr der no circumstances will a con- tract be signatured for- less than that nuniber of stations. Rates, charged for outlets .aliened with Group Broadcasters, will be. the same, as the prices asked for them by tlie national webs with which thiese stations are aflflliated. Talent at Cost One advantage that this proposi- tipn offers the commercial has to do with prograin. recording costs; Bowen has toiased into the project^ Ills Byers Recording Labora- tories. Not only will a client of Group Broadcasters be given re cording work gratis, but the Group will charge him nothing for produc ing the show. Only item that the advertiser will have to foot is the talent costs. Group will operate' on a co-oper ative basis, with Bowen assigned the excluisive selling rights of the stations involved as a group. His contract with the combine is for three years, and In a few months after this enterprise has been' more widely organized.lt is his intention of withdrawing entirely from the business of selling stations on a competitive basis. When this situ- ation IS Tbrought about, the gencrai station representative field will be left to a single organization, the World Broadcasting System. Included among the outlets that liavB allied themselves with Group Broadcasters ..are WOR, Newark, A vhich will take care of the Greater New York area; the Yankee net- work, which takes In New England; WLW and WSAI, Cincinnati; WGR and WKBW, Buffalo; KMBC, Kan- sas City; WHK, Cleveland; KWK, St. Louis, and CKLW, Detroit; Within the next week Chicago Will be represented in the sppt broad- casting combine. Signature of one of the two. leading Indie outlets in that city is expected by that time- Other towns within thiij basic area that have membership in the Group are Indianapolis^ Philadelphia, Pltt.sburgh and Washington. Directorate of Group Broadcast- -^ii2S&L^.yL*^*'i''*^^^ either nine or ten charier 7ne^T)erSr"'TEis"^in?" foterie will function as an execu- tive committee, and the entry of other stations Into the Oroup will be according to the latter's approval. Bowen describes the Group Broad- ca.sters, Inc., plan as analagous to the Metropolitan Sunday New.^ paper Group, organized several years ago, with the Chicago Tribune Ft W^yne Station Rents Theatre; WjD Present Radio Stage Shows And Motion Pictures at 10-25c Russian Interest Reisults of the hew entente between the Ui S. and Russia are already felt in American broadcasting.. . Heinz, which bankrolls a.mi. household economics pro- gram .on NBC, has received a stack' of letters, asking th^ cahner to Include in the airing of culinary recipes some samples of the Russian va- riety^ • Indie Station Fights Phone— Power— Press Monopoly by Canvass St:. John, N. B., Feb. 5. A petition has been started by C. a; Munr.6, proprietor of CB^BO, a ,loeal broadcasting station, in opr position to the establishment of a rival broadcasting unit in Sti John. In behalf of Muhro, several can- vassers are calling on householders, merchants and. others within 100 miles of the station, asking all radio set owners and others to - sign the petition which seeks to bar the opening of the second local station It is contended there is no need Of the second broadcasting entity, and that the prevailing facilities are adequate. The petition,, when suf- ficiently signatured, will be sent to the Canadian Radio Commission, at Ottawa, Orit. It is contended by Munrb that the plan of H. P. Robinson, represent Ing .the local telephone power and press , monopoly. Is to extend the monopoly. tP the air, by driving out the existing station, if the present owner continues his refusal to sell out to the public utility and news- paper group. Employes of Munro jare. soliciting the gignatux-es to the petition,' froni house to hoUse. and the New York News as the nucleus to . sell rotogravure section advertising on a lump sum basis. iRate for 11 newspapers In 11 cities per page was. $16,500; Although op posed at its inception by the powers that be in' the American Associa- tion of AdvertLsing. Agencies, the newspaper project developed into .one of tlie most successful things of its kind in the field of print ad- vertising. Similar opposition to the Group Broadcasters plan has come from the Four A's on the ground that it is by policy still opposed to selling advertisi " On a comblna- 'tion basis. Bowen " aver. hie Ti as' de- scribed, the G. . proposition to the. heads of leading advertising agencies and received their approval as to its advantages to them ;and theii' clients. In explaining why the spot .broadcasting cohi))ine has lim- ited itself to the basic area Bpwen pointed out that an analysis of cuniulative air expenditures by ad- vertisers over a period pf six years developed the fact that half of each dollar was spent among 12 cities in this basic territory. The grOup he has oi-ganized, says Bowen, of- fers effective coverage over terri- tory contalnng. 65% of the country's population and 75% of the total Inr, come. ' Principal concern of the Group Broadcasters idea la to cover the country's major markets, and Bowen feels assured that this prob- lem has been completely taken care of by the station setup represented by the ne\v spot broadcasting com- New Show for lodent Chicago, Feb. 5. lodent tooth pa.«5te is beating around for a new radio Idea^ ir.aVe defided to wash up the present disc .series with 'Black and Blue Doteft-a-tivcs' by April 1. Fort Wayne,^ Feb. B. WQWO acciuires its own ^-ia'dio playhouse In leasing Broadway .Ihe- iaire and renaming, it the Indiana. Special radio broadcasts from stage get underway. imedlat'jly with Barnyard jamboree, using 30 people, on every Friday night. •this deal ends negotiations which station has had with EmbOyd the- atre, leading first-run- house.. Sta- tion cPuld Hot come to agreement with management. New Indiana Is but -of downtown distridt and seats 800. Gerald Newton, formerly with ftKO and more recently on station's . annpUncing: staff, goes in as hPuse manager! Medford Maxwell, an- nouncer, will m. c. stage and radio presentations. Remodeling includes a .larger stage With a sort of riJnway effect, across front. A. general admission charge of twenty-five cents for adults and. ten cents for chUdren is to be niade. Also feature, films in addition to broadcasts. For the opening 'State Fair' is announced and -is Ideally suited to farm frolic iype of broad- east which follows- Station expects to eventually present at least three radio shows a. week from stage. So far the jambbreo is the bnly one deflnitiely set; Sam SilVerstlne, of artists: bureau, scouting for. extra acts to put on.. Barnyard Jamboree runs 'a f ull onev hour and a quarter with 46 minutes of this over the air. .F. C. Zieg, president of WOWO, haiidled nego- tiations. Theatre has changed hands several times during past 12 months, but is in very good condlr- tion aind the equipment is entirely modern. Extensive advertising and ballyhoo already started with public much int(6rested. ELECT MASIIN DESPITE WFBR Baltimore, Feb. 6. Robert Maslin was re-elected president of Baltimore Radio Show, Inc., operators of station WFBR, at a meeting of the board of directors and stockholders here , last Thursr day (1). Three new members were named to the directorate, Harold W. Batchelder, elected vice-presltlent^ and treasurer: Andrew IJilgarthcr and Willio,m B. Katerikamp. Lat- ter is president of: the National Chemical Bank. Other offlcerj^ and directors re-elected were IToix? lilar-' rell, Jr., executive vice-president; Joseph Iriibrogullln and Bo "Sfas- lln, Jr. Election was finally effected two weeks after schedule due tp injunc- tion preventing, ballot casting pb- taihed fortnight ago .fr6m Judge Eugene O'Dunhe by Wallace Bryan on behalf of Alfred Dohme, last year's vicerpresident; H. Grif- fin and Morris Mechanic^ junction for deiayal of election .fi.Ied- against Masili , pres., and ilurroll, trustee,. On grounds that dLsputcq" existent, at that time over control of a third group Pf company'jj . stock nullified any chance of an harmoni- ous get-together for election. Court action folloAved di.'ipute.s over man- ner and policy of WKBIi's. opera- tion rampant among the, stofkbold- erHn<1iirlhf;^ril.?.^,-, With the failure of the court -Irt- junctioning, outside faction to ob- tain place on. the oinccr.s' tablet for the coming year. It is seen, though not as yet oillcially stated, tiiat last year's controlling group has defi- nitely secured the nomination and approbation of the third, and hither- to unaligned, group of stockholders. 88 VARIETY RADIO Tiiesdaj, Februaiy 6, 1934 RADIO mmnsm (Met^handizing SimiU and ProjBram T>«upB) OUTSTANDINa STUljiT: StATlON WOR; NEWARKf FOR TASTYEASt GiN New York. . WOR, Newark, pulled a publicity stunt last weiiek' tb which thCf New York dailies took hook, line and sinker. New York Times gave ;it a hox on page i, while the Tribune also four-w?illed it and. g'ave it spot- ting afop page 2, ,- Story was to the effect that when the statiori got around Friday night (2) to broadcasting the Taatyeast gin ..program the annpunce^^ would 'ask those • listening in froni dry states to tune out for the next/prp- granri is not intended to offer al-: cbhollc beverages for sale or de- livery fn any state or community wheresiri the advertising, sale or use thereof is unlawful. Stpi-y; also gave the : program as the. first backed by a hard-li(iuor account. In the east. John Shepard's WNAG, Boston, has : for ; the past six weeks been plugging both a. gin arid a whisky brand. This Yankee netWork k^y also was the first to . call .«ittentlon to the listener that the programs was hot intended to offer alcoholic beverage for sale, etC;, in dry areas. ' Big Scout Rally New York. Though the President's address to the Bov Scouts of -America will be available to both national webs this Saturday (10) CBS has arranged to get the majority 6| scout ears through a theatre knd ■ auditorium tieup obtained the use of public auditoriums and pipti^re houses .In which to gather the ypungaters an?l pipe then! the President's message^ In New York It will be the Hippo r drome while in Brooklyn the I4th Regiment Armory has been okayed. §t. Louis' scouts will meet in the Fox theatre. Pageant of Brides White Plains, N. Y. Station WFAS has arranged a special broadcast in a tie-up with the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Castle Heights Church- for a 'Pageant of the Brides.' This will be heard Feb. 7. • Same idea could be adapted for any commercial wanting a pre-, domlnantly feminine appeal prpr gram for a one-time special, splash. Tie-ups with.smart shops are of ob-^ vious facility. Latest fashion hints and comment plus human Interest atiecdotes on marriage customs from .time im- memorial are woven into the pro- gmm. An hour's research in the public library ' supplies Plenty of material. Lots of scope for the imagination of local script-'wrlters pr the capl talizlng of local conditions. the Arcade . market, composed of a number ojf concessionaires* Jones broadcasts three times weekly. .Tie-up between , raAio public and market is obtained through the device of giving away basketfulls 6t gfrocerles. Beech- NtiVs Teat ■ . New York. First giveaway offer made by Beech-Nut In connection with the 'Red Davls*^ serial (NBC) has drawn over 150,OOK) Inquiries. Packer put the thing on to find out what class of listeners was giving the program reeful^ attention. Offer, cpnsistlng of a photo of any member In the cast, was delivered on three . sue- ce;5lve broadcasts. Series; com©s up for renewal Feb. 23; 50,600 Watts Use Needle Schenectady. Radio showmanship Is at ebb tide on such px-.ograrhs as WGY's. bo-> called 'Muslqal Clock.' . . Thatis a bunch of phonograph records Inter-: rupted by loud, fretiuent, prlce- stiidded cuckooing' on Ipehalf of the Frelhofer Baklhg Company? This niight shfflce on a lOO-watt station In spme mill town, but as a- six- days-a- week program on a 50,000-watter It's stalling. at eight o'clock in the morning. iction Interviews • New York. NBC celiebrates Wednesday (to- morrow) the 122nd anniversary of Dickens' birth with a piaereaht. First half, of program will be devoted to dramatizations of episodes from Dickens' works while the latter half will bring the more popularly known characters from the stories to the mike' tor Interviews by Announcer William Lundell. CRAIG EXPLAINS ALLEGED INJUSTICE Walter Crfdff, tonherly head of the World Broadcasting $ystem (wax) iproductloh diepartment, made denial , on Monday (B) of charges cbntained in the radio report filed last week with the code, authority »)y the Actora^ Equity Assn. An actor told Equity that Craig had put over a 'quick one at the last moment to complete a cast without addingf to the expense.* Craig avers in his reply to Equity that it was a house policy at World not to pa,y : actors for auditions,, and that his secreti^ry so Inforined the actor In question^ Aliegatlprt that World paiia somei. actors and not others was untrtie, Craig states. Wiiat actually happened in this particular caSe was that Fay Baln- ter, the stir of the proposed pro- gram had ps^ld a couple 6t actors out of ■ her own purse. That had nothing to do with tiie World's policy, which Craig , points out was,, and .ig, generally known" to all radio actors. , Craig exception to Equity accepting unsupported evidence In such a matter, pointing out that he Is a member and bears a feold star on his card to prove his loyalty to Equity has bee" more than perfunc- tory. Market ijiiveayvays . Canton, .O* Jack Jones is back In town han- dling a deal between WHBC and ing Government B^ltlmpre.- Baltlmore Sun has framed a series of three broadcasts over WC AO to: develop a better public understand- ing of what CWA and PWA stand for. Sun thinks public is ignorant of these very vital national objec- tives. Broadcasts are 15-mihute in- terviews of Sun editorialists, and Government Relief Administrators. WjEJ, Hagerstown, will pick up the programs. Oklahoma City, Feb. 5. tlhiversity. of Oklahoma has dignified radio writing by establish- ing a course in that subject as part, of its curriculum. Recent lecturers before the class include Gayle Grubb, WKY studio, mattsiger, who discussed continuity, Daryl McAllister, WKY program di- rector, who discussed sound effects and musical accompaniment, and Paul Kennedy who spieled oh radio piaywrighting. Political Forum . Tacoma. KMO's political fpruni Is attract- ing large numbers of listeners. With city election not far off station management decided to concentrate politics into a certain period and sidvertlse it. ThpsC - who want - to hear the lowdown .and scandal can tune in at 8:30 p.m. and listen to the windbags and get their flU or turn the dials. It's fair warning In advance. KMO is booking candidates on the sales talk that since the whole city Is Interested the specified hour will mean more listeners. Reversely, KVI (CBS) Is .selling its time to the Job hunters on a basis Of When they, can give time. Inside Stnff-RadiQ IT'S AN ART New Business On Wax Gterlihg Products (Bayer As- pirin), 18 half-hour, weekly discsr entitled 'l4avender and Old Lacie* goes to 30 stations this week. Placed by Blackett- Semple^Hummert. Talent In- cludes Frank Munn, Madelon Gist, Bert Hlrsch, Gus Ha,en- schen. "World Broadcasting. R. L. Watkinft (Dr. Lyons' Toothpaste), 12 half -hour weekly dlsQS starting this .week. Through ■ Blackett- Semple-Hummert. T&lent In-^ eludes Tamara, Day id Percy, frank. Duther, Jack. Parker, Gene Rodemloh orchestra. World Broadcasting. . Bristol • Myers (ingrain's Milkweed Cream), releasing 18 IS-mlnute discs. ' Thompsons Koch .agehey> Cincinnati. World Broadcasting. illette Razor a.dds 32 sta- tions to 68 already contracted for one-minute announce- ments. Ruthrauth ^ Ryan agency. World Broadcasting. University Has Course in Script Writing Radio Thursday and Saturday, Ford Frick's sports resume. WOR. Nj/dl Co. (Ucatone and other me- dlclnals), elight weeks, Wednesdays, 19' minutes, orchestra. WOR. U. B. BchoQl of MuatOj eight weeks, flve-minute recordings, 'True Story Pro-ams.' WOR. Baver9 Aspirin, 18 Weeks, begin- ning Feb. 7, Wednesdays, half -hour. WOR. J; V. O, Pearls and Daify Jfews, IS weeks, beglnnig Feb. ii. Uncle Don refiding the Sjunday cpmics. WOR. BRIDGEPORT, Ct. A, & P, Food Stores, Bridgeport. 'Broadway Melodies,' electrical tran- scrliHtlpn, quarterrhour Fridays^ 9:30 a,m, Thirteen weeks beginning February 2. WICC. Washington Squa,re branch Of New York University conducts a course on 'Radio Orlentiation', with John S. Younff, ItB announcer, of- ficiating. Wonders^ Load-Lifter Roy :^iison has been taken out of WGN. CHICAGO Evans : Fur Co.,. Chicago, three IB minute shows, .using the Musical Fantazy . prpgi'am on Sundays and Homemakers' Hour on Wednesdays; (Auspltz and Lee agency, Chicago.) WLS. Chestnut Hatchery of Chestnut, lU., series of six fiv6-minute .an- riouhcemehts between . 11:45 and 11:55 a, m. on Wednesdayis and Fri days. "WLS. Pathfinder magazine renewed for Mountain Memories show fpr 13 weeks, each Saturday at 10:30 p. m. for 15 minutes. (First United Broadcasters; Chicago.) WLS. Armand Co., Chlcagp. Starting Feb. 18, once weekly 15-minute ra- dio disc featuring the Charlie Agnew orchestra. (Relncke-EUis-Young- gren and Finn ' agency, Chicago.) WGN. CHllette Razor Co. Starting Feb. 5 for 21 days 16-mlhute shows, for Qulnn Ryan's rebrpadcasts of fa- mous, events. (Rlithrauff and. Ryan agency, Chicago.) . WGN. 3ayer Aspirin Co. Starting Feb. 11 for l3 weeks 30-mlnute recorded ShOw on Thursday at 9-9:30 p.m. web's production department and assigned to the CBS . Artists Bureau | with the title of buialness manager, Purpose of the shift was to relieve ] Ralph Wonders, the bui'eau's mgr., Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Chicago, has contracted for one .BO-word an- nouncement six days a. 'week at 1:36 p. m. on till forbid. WLS. M. K. Cold Remedy, of Clinton, 111., has renewed for announcements and his assistant, Peter DeLlma, of Lj^jiy preceding and following Julian detail and allow them to devote Bentley's' 11:55 a. m. nCws broad their time to travel, talent discovery casts. WLS. and selling. . Campbell Cereal CO., Northfleld, In the production, department Mihn., 13-week series of children's Wilson's designation -was assistant | programs .with Hal O'Halloran and Casa Loma unit has solved the jam resulting from the method it used in paying off the Camel program standby money 'agreeing tp turn the entire sum, $720 a week, over to the relief fund of the New York Musi- cians' union* Because of its stlatus as a non-local unit <3asa Loma is required to abide by the standby regulation, which In this case means 15 men . at $48 a piece. Since Joining the Camel payroll the band has been singling out for Itself the local men It Considered needy of the standby nioney. Other members of the union objected to the arrangement and the ensuing fric- tion prompted the local , to suggest' that all the money be deposited in the relief fund. Band starts broadcasting for Camel from the Essex House Feb. HERE AND THERE WCAE, Hearst-Controlled Pitts- burgh 'Sun-Teiegraph* station here, plotting big dedicatory program for its new transntltter Saturday night (10). Both red network and west- ern chain of NBC will salute local broadcasting outfit with Ray Per- kins acting, as in.c. ■ CBS . week took tally of its sustaining , schedules and. from the arithmetic satup deduced that Golumbla was doing. mOrie than NBC to foster liatener gopdwlU toward the. network class of . enteirtalnmeht. Oh CBS where there Is no charge lor sustaining shows the average, hookui^ for the week of that classlflcatibn of program consisted of 88 station?.. oh NBC's red (WEAF) network the average grouji of stations for a sustaining session ran to 20, Avhile the blue (WJZ) loop came off. With an. averijge pt 21 outlets.. Columbia's statisticians also piled paper and pencil in connection with commercial Bessiphs, and found that a- CBS client averaged 25 stations, On NBC, the . average .red Jink customer obligated himself fot 28 stations and .iaverage blue, loop supporter for 22 outlets. NBC is making a drive for out-of-town patronage on inspection trips of its -new studios' ih '.New York. Brief announcements, of the tours are broadcast over affiliate' stations a number of times each day. The 40c. admission charge is not definitely stated; '^^^houg^^l^afil^s^s"crSfilBI^n^^^ tlon to make up for the loss of KYW, the Herald-and-E^tamiher station It appears that this transmitter will not shift, to Philadelphia before fall According to reports KYW is stalling for time and evidently angling to remain in town for the World's Fair this summer. Pond's cream won't have to pay royalties on the script that J^taude Adams is scheduled to do on the cosmetic maker's NBC session this Friday (9) night. Author of 'Marching Song' is Herschel Williams, the J. Walter Thompson agency's, staff director on the program. W^illiams bad the playlet performed on one other occa.slon. It was five years ago and.it had to do with a contest staged by Le Theatre du Vieux Carre In New Orleans. chief director. Don Ball, the. net- work's second oldest announcer in point, of service, has been assigned to the latter post. Malcolm Claire. (Mitchell Faust Adv. Co., Chicago.) WLS: Benjamin Ansehl Co., Chicago, for 'Heart to Heart' program, 6-6:16 p. m. weekly, starting Feb. 11 for 62 weeks. (Louis Westheimer agency, Chicago.) WGN Kosto Co. for two-week schedule schedule of announcements dally except Sunday at 7 and 10:30 p. .m, starting Feb. 12. (Ruthrauff and Ryan agency, Chicago.) WGN. KPAB-WBGfM sync, as far as Lincoln is concerned, went off with- out a mishap, but:engineers are not making any wild assertions about how excellent the duo broadcast is on this end, until they're more sure of the, operation. In Jay Vyhidden In Frisco San Francisco, Feb. Jay Whidden's band comes from IjOS Angeles to Open at the Hotel Mark Hopkins next Monday night (12), following Herble Kay, who scrams after six weeks. Whid den in indefinitely, with a ppssibll Ity that Griffl Williams' bandj now at the Edgewater Beach club here, may come in later. Not set but . it's also- possible that Whidden may get the band assign LOS ANGELES Gillette Safety Razor Co., KNX two spots' a night. Knudsen Creamery Co., KNX, 50 word spots daily until Feb. 19. (Emil Brlsacher.) .Chrysler Motors, KNX, Dodge dl vision,, three one-minute spots f night fpr 100 broadcasts. ( uthrauff & Ryan.) i?., . Graham Elliott Co., . KNX; 5:30-5:45 p, m,* Homer Canfleld baritone, Wilbur Hatch, piaiiist (Weinberg Agency.) Cardall d> Reeve (Nu-spread) KNX, Mon.. Wed,, Fri„ 6:30-5:45 p. m. Bill, Mack and Jimmy, serial (Campbell, liellogg & Lbhr.) Eno Fruit Salts, KNX, Wed. and Thur., 8:30-9 p. m. Eno Crime Clues. (N. W. Ayer & Sbri.) SEATTLE Century Brewing Co., six daily am-- nouncements each week oh KOMO, Started Feb. 1, to run Indefinitely. Western Apparel Co., five' an- nouncements., weekly over KOMO. Started Jan. 30, to run Indefinitely. ■ Procior's (department store), se- ries of. daily programs over KOMO and KJR; year's <;ontract, ;CHllette Safety Ramoir Co., .seties of 43 one-minute discs between .Feb. 2 and Feb. 28. KOMO. . Hill9 Bros., series of 26 five-rminute discs over KJR, startIng.,Feb. 5. Chicago . Engineering Wroks, one weekly announcement over KJR, Starts Feb. 6, to run indefinitely. International Bible Students, addi- tional half -hour on regular contract on March 26. KJR. The Ranch (roadhouse), series of daily, announcements oyer KJR; starting' Feb. 20 tot an indefinite run. 4.rchway Bookstore, .nouncements over K^OL. Jan, 30. Hugh Baird, two announcements each weeki starting FeV)v 4. KOL. Crescent Mfg. Co., series" of daily spots on. KOL. Started Jan, 29. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Chieftain Manufacturing Company, Baltimore, Md., 45 100-word an- nouncements Monday, Wednesday ahd Friday mornings, beginning April 23, 1934, ending Nov. 2, 1934, placed by Riadio Sales, Inc., New York City. WBT. Detroit White Lead Works, Chi- cago, 111., 3^ flve-minute programs, beginning March 19, 1934; placed by Rad io Sales, Inc., New York City, WBT. Gillette Safety Razor Company. Renewal contract for 26 one-minute electrical transcription announce- ments, daily except Sunday, eve- ning; placed by Radio Sales, Inc., New York City. ,:WBT. Glasgoic-Allison: Company, Char- lotte, N: C. Twelve 15-minute pro- grams, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, beglnrtinjg Feb. 1, 1934, placed locally. WBT, L. W. Moore, Charlotte, N, C., fif- ty-two 100-word .announcements, daily except Sunday, beginning Jan. 29, 1934. Placed locallyt-WBT. M. L. Cleln d Co., Mentho-Mulsion Co,, fifty- two 100-word announce- ments, daily except Sunday, begin- nig Jan, 29, 1934. Placed locally. WBT. Monticello Nursery Co., Moriticello, Fla., eight 1-minute evening an- nouncements, Tuesdays and Thurs- days, beginning Jan. 30, 1934. Placed direct. WBT. Numismatic Co., Fort Worth, Tex., series 15-minute electrical transcrip- tions, Fridays; beginning Jan. 26, 1934. JPlaced by R.adlo Sales, Inc., New YOrk City, NEWARK, N. 4. Shenlcy Distilling Co. (Silver Wedding Gin), 26 weeks, starting liienT on\he" ShJlV 6U sYow on Don I Feb 12, Mondays to Fridays, Inclu Lee^CBS^h^,!^^ out of In .two weeks. | cushman's ' Son6, Inc., 13 weeks Monday and Friday, 6:45-7. p.. m poor I Ray Perkins. WOR. CrowcU PulUsJiing Co. (Woman'i Home Companion), renewal for 52 weeks, effective, April 4,. 16 minutes Wednesday a. mi, 'Shopping with Joau Abbey.' WOR. Bristol-Myers Co. (Ingram's Milk weed Ci'cam), renewal for 13 weckS; beginning Jan, 31, Wednesdays, re cordinps. 'Through the Looklnp Glnss With FrnnooK Iiipratn,' WOl Doilyc Bros., 30 weeks, Tuesday, Abe Lyman because of health, has decided to withdraw his band fi'om itS: present stand, the ^'eW Yorker, and devote It exclu sively for the ensuing eight weeks to his two network programs under the" iniillips milk of magnesia ban ner. He plans to spend the stretch between Sunday and ThurHday commercials each week at winter resorts in the south. , ,_PENVER New Method CZe^Mers, i5-mlnutes, three times a Weck^ three months. KLZ. ' Denver Jfeicclry Co., one lOO-.word announcement' daily, three months. KLZ. Friimes Jewelry Co., two 100-Word announcements daily, one year. KLZ. Ilall-Davis Motor Co., weekly, an- nouncements, three months. KLZ. Easy Housekeeping Shop, one 100- wOrd announcement dally, one month. KLZ.- ' J. A. Case. Toothpaste, three pre- ferred spot announcements weekly, three mbnfh.s. KLZ: Davis Furniture Co., thii'teen IB- minute programs, Weeldy; KOA, Oillctfc Safety Ra?or, one-min- ute spot announcements. KOA. CANTON, Thurin Carpet aiid liuu Co.. thirty minutes 1.15-1.45 every Thur.sday.'. Interior decorating talks, .instrumen- tal music. WADC. SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO Bourjols, Inc., 13 weeks, WKAQ, Placed by Conquest Allianoo. Marax^illa Products, 1.3 weeks, KWAQ, Throup;h Comiuost Alllu1)C(»r Lever Pros. (Lifebuoy Soap); 13 Weeks, recorded script.-. WKAQ. J5y. Conquest Alliance, VENEZUELA Bourjoi,% Inc., 1?. VvoHcs. Pla.cpd 1)y rciiKiU*-s* Alllan--'- ^^tn•<u•ilUt roducts, I'A Tuesday, February 6, 1934 AD I yARIETY 39 European Wavelengths Reassigned; Temporary Confusion Terrific changebver In wavelengths operated by tnore than 230 European brbadcastlhg istatlohs resulted in Inextricable confusion. verybody. interfered with every- body, else, As the viree'lc wore, on, however, the situation se6nied to - straighten Itself out, and It is now predicted that the liucerne. which Was Intricately devised by experts last June to end chaos, .not to ad4i_to it, niay e^yentually work after allT^, Part of tlie trouble resulted troiri fita.ttons not doing what .they were supposed to do. Three rench sta- tionsi. for instance, kept their pro- gi:anis going .during period which Was supposed to be set aside' jEor^ testing, thus mixing eviery one else up. wild kicks kept coming oyer from .England that : no one could' get Davehtry because the Eiffel Tower, supposed to. close down under the Lucerne plan, was' staying right on, Later the British thought that joiaybe it wasn't the Frenfch a,t .all who were drowning thetn out, but some Russian station, possibly Slinsk. The powerful Luxembourg, sta- tion, allotted a short wave accord- ing, to the agreement, stayed on long wave, using that assigned, to Warsaw biecause, the Poles, did not sign, the agreement. No one seems to know what. Holland and Finland are going to do, but it is. feared that they will iiot come into line and will add to the. confusion. The French stations are. not dis- satisfied with the resultsl. Joseph Cordoniiier, chief engrineer of Poste Parisien, said that on the new Vavelength his station avoided In- terference by Breslau and JMilan, which had been bothering him be- fore. Radio-Paris, at 1796. meters, did not report friction with Mos- cow- at 1,714. The Job of changing over was supervised from Brussels, by Ray- mond Br£.illard, president of tlie technical committee of . the Inter- national Broadcasting Union, who was in constant touch for. the cru- cial period with- 11 national check- ing stations. = Pressure Salesmanship, Price Cuts, in Canton Canton, 0„ Feb. . Keen rivalry here has started price-cutting between WHBG, Can- ton-owned, and WADC, of Akron, Which now has a sales office here. WHBC has cut commercial an- nouncements $10 Weekly as against $17 and is grabbing the bulk of this of business in con- sequence. WADC asks $5 daily or $30 Weekly for spot announcements fol- lowing a sustaining program. In this-they have the edge over .WHBC. Town is plenty tough to get new accounts iri. High pressure sales- men who. s^ypoped down on Canton when the rivalry first started talked plenty of merchants info contracts and then left town leaving behind ..plenty of squawks to be handled by the everyday sal6s staffs of both Btatlonsl. Sfiidib Drama Indianapolis, Feb. 5. Staff of station WFBIVI lived a teal radio dt'aina in the cor- ridors of the studio recently. A gang of escaped convicts from the Indiana, penitentiary had ■threatened to give the works , to Al Feeney, chief of the . police, . sport conihientator for the station on- Friday nights. Wlien two tough .customers walked into tho\station and asked for Al, Fi'ank Charp, program direc- tor, ttied to stall them off tin- til Feehey histd finished ■■ his program. At the coriiplelion liis sports .talk, Feeney dashed from the studio, gun in liand, ready to ba-ttlo the convicts. But .tliey proved to be 'just a couple, of ex -football cronies of his' come to pay a personal visit. MEMORIZING SPREADS Radio PlnyhouM Skit Minus. Scripts la Set Radio actors. speaLking lines trotn memoi7 instead of from scripts is a spreading practice^ On top of NBC establishing the principle a memo r rized skit will be presented Feb. 12 frbm Columbia's Radio Playhouse, New Tork. Taylor Holmes and Mady Chris - tiaris will be the chiief actors.. ' Chi Rivak WBBM and WGN, Agree; Drop Mutual Stay Order Suits PETRILtO NIXES CHI BANDS ON WIND EXCL a-STATION WEB IN CHILE Santiago, . Jan. 20. -Spencer Vivado, operatoi's , of the LaChileria Cohsolitiada chain, have taken oyer another Outlet hiere,. CE 114, nfaklng .it , three .stations in Santiago and a foiirth in Valpai*aIso. OlE 114 operates on 600 watts. Chilian net is installing new equlpmerit-.in all stations inrluding mcchahlsni for the broartoa.stlni? of sound from film. Firm's New York time bookint"- rep is the Conci'iost ■"Allia;nce=0Oi=^i=-^^^-^=^~ .- ■ ..^ m 2 Parts With 30 Minute Gap Chicago, Feb. 5. ' Jimmy Petrillo as president of the Husiciaiis Union- last week served notice on WIND, .Garyi that the station could not Use Chicago, bands fpr its progr&ms unless the. sta.tion provides' stand-by tras. Petrilio^s contention that the station Was organized for service to Indiana aiid that taking in Clticagb bands for only its trangihitter nieaht the doubling of the musicians both in Illinois and Indiana. WIND out will be to put the Chi- cago bands on the CBS Wire and then take the orchestras through regular Columbia service. Independent radio stations . last week renewed contracts with the Chicago Musicians Union under the sanie ternis of the. previous year- Scale Is $90 a . w^ek per man on ii six-day week. Petrillo previously signatured contracts with the two networks, als9 on the same terms ais last, year. New Shows This Week . Unable to get a full half-hour- for its program, Ward Baiting has ar- ranged to make it. two quarter-hour stanzas- spotted 30 minutes apart on CBS' schedule starting this, coming week (11)". Team of Cecil IJean'ahd Cieo Mayfield, Janies Melton and a dance combo directed by Bill Artz make up the bill for' both, sessions. First quarter-hour will be re- leased at 6:45, and the other fol- lowing the American Oil. show^ which comes off the air at 7:30. Ward's maites the first commercial arrangement of its kind on Colum bla. Network routined a sustaining affair, 'John Henry,' similarly last season. BOB WHITE HANDLES DUNCANS' AIR ACT Chicago, Feb. 6. Duncan Sisters are hot for the ether iand haVe tied in with Bob White, for production and handling of act for air bookings. Turn is based on their legit show characters, 'Topsy and Eva.' White has also prepared a number of test audition discs if the Duncan girls are out of town with the show. Pred Palmer Gets New Call Letters from FRC Columbus, Feb. 6. Radio station WCAH (Columbia), which was recently sold to Fred Palmer, has been assigned new call letters, WBNS, by the federal com mission^ Tills station. Which has been located on the top floor of the Fort Hayes hotel here since it first started operating, is moving this month to a new location. Station, recently began running a. daily 40 square ad in the. Columbus Dispatch, naming . the best enter- tainment offered by it for. that day, togetiior with the sponsors-. It is said that this new stunt' has in "creased^ biisiness of locally spon- sored programs more than 100% in rapid order. MAGIC SOAP WAXING Chicago, I:'ob. 5. C'aiios Molina oroho.stra s.d for i'arlio disc series plUKTfiing Matjio Soa.p for the Iowa Soap Company. Wnxnrt at the R'^.A Vli^tor ftuilin.^ here. Plan 26 discs of l5-minutep oach hit Ihp Plhpr bv V^h in, WKBF Sets New High iahapolis, Feb. 5; . . ►Statistician's report on WlCBF, loeai NBC station, reveals: fact that .•station hit a new commercial high for January with an increase of last ycajM>i<JifiaJdXJiL^i^^ cently instituted seveVal new idea-s into the station, particularly going after sliow bu.siness affiliations and its methods by. inaugurating their own roduction and program divi- sion. . Station has added seveii new ac- rounts in the past fortnight among tliom belhg the Art Rolls Tire, the Binkloy coal corporation and the MMndoHe Iron oompany. Walgreen Set for WGN Baseball Broadcasts Chicago, Feb. 5. . First- baseball play-by-play con tract for the coming season has been signatured by Walgreen drug stores, for a gallop over WGN. Price for the broadcasts locally are rising sttodily and understood that the present deal with WGN calls for |45,000 for the-iB<eason. il|c;tte ftazor, G.46 AVEAF— Ayediiesday (7). ^ Idsmobile, NVABC— : Saturday . i0>, iser Co. (.Venita Hair-, nets),. 6.15 W.\BC-^SatUrday (io). . . Hudnut (.F Powder), WABC— Sunday (11). Ward Baking .6.45 and 7,30 WABC-^Sundiiy (11). , Los Angeles, no of the first chain acco.iihts to be grabbed for the. w.eist coast Is the Pontiac CBS houp. Westerji program was piped to Detroit and was sold within a half hoiir of its close, • ' :-\ Starting frorii here within two weeks, the new program will be built around Ray Paige's KHJ br- ohestra, .Kay Thompson, singer; Three Rhythm icings^ Earl Ddncers'- chorus of 9.0 negro ' voices, The Islanders, Hawaiian instrumental quartet, and Chiarles Ballottl m.c'lhg. New , program was arranged- by Burt McMurtrle; CBS domm'erclal manager, now hiere.; After completed it'is ox WBBil reoidy next WJ^BM going.,, the iair' full-time through, synchVoni- i^ation With K FAB in liilncoln while V.'GN boosts to 50,000 watts. Follows the. out-of-cburt sottio- tnont of. two' cross-bill suits filed, by the two stations to kieep the other transinittcr froni going ahead with its plans for extra service. WGN, the Cjhicago Tribune station, filed suit for a stay order on the Federal Commission's okay on the WBBM-KFAB sync; between lO and 12 p. m. WGN claimed that - this extra; time for WBBM fliffUred as ^unfair competition, in Cliicago. WiBBM, the Columbia station, tiii-ned around and filed suit for its own stay order against WGN ff"om incrcaslhg its. wattage from '25 to GO kw.. Which ; bi-oufyht things to a stah still with both istatioh^ realizing that they couldn't giet anywhere ott either stay order. Both outlets , then. ag:ced.that the m,atual headTWha-cJi- in& in this particular case wouldn't mean anything to either of them and both [withdrew their suits. WhicU marked the first time that WGN and WiBBM ever agreed on a:ny thing. LAKE ACT AMONG 3 CHICAGO NBC DROPS BELASCO FOR BAKER, SOSNIK STAYS WEST Bill Jones Joins WLS Chicago, Feb. 6. ill Jone.^ is now with WLS here as assistant to George Biggar, pror diiction head. Jones was formerly with KFRU in Columbia, Mo., and with KMOX, St. liQUis. Jones comes from show biz originally, having been baritone in iaeveral Shubert productions. Penner S. B. Contract Standard- Brands^ new contract with Joe Pehher keeps blni under the food packer's wing until June, 1935. Included in the agreemnt are op- tions, for his services extending two years beyond that date. Options carry the comic's salary up to $3,000 a week. Commercial is privileged to work him on any one or several of Its programs.. Leon BelasGo's orchestra replaces Harry Sosnik's biand when Armour movies its NEC commercial with Phil Baker to New .York via WJZ Feb. 16. Sosnik, with NBC in Chi, gets another assignment; Baker will double ai^ound New Tork after opening from the eastern broadcast central. Lyons & Lyons are lining up some dates. Omaha Suicide Omaha, Feb. 5, L. W. HcAld, auditor of KOIL- KFAB, committed suicide here last week. Job goes to Larry Kemmop from iiincoln. Kemmer's wife is Harriet Cruise, Well knOwn oyer WBBM; Chicago. WICC STEENGTH SET Bridgeport, Feb. 5. WICC is now 500-watting day and night. Evening power wa.S; halved up to last weiek. Member of Yankee network. Shaw Bitigs Up Unique Point Believes Slur at lowk Might Give Prospective Advertisers Wroiigr Picture Waterloo, la;, Feb. B.. . .Radio's value as a. medium for disseminating, not pnli^ matter of entertainment value, but of. news that may be inimical to a state and its residents,. Is outlined by Harry Shaw, president of the Waterloo Broadcasting company,- operating WM!T -and a member of the national broadcasting code committee, in a, protest to Secretary Ickes against what he termed 'citing: Iowa as a horrible example' in a; nation-'wide broadcast. Secretary Tckes referred to the Iowa PWA. case In outlining poli- ;cicsfof-admlhi8tration;~-'Shawr=in=»a wi 1*6, declaring that with Lieuten- ant Governor Kraschel. uiider in^ dictment emphasis- on the Iowa case places th i state In a bad light in the opinion, of radio auditors and readers of newspaper accounts of the broadcast speech. The suggies-' tlon' of Mr, Shaw 'in fairness to Iowa, the secretary should use ah nqnjtl smnunt of. niPWifTpnP'»r and radio publicity to cl(>' the record if Mr. Ki-ascher is exonerated.' "The honor , of a state is just atf definite and jOst as mucli to be cherished and guarded as that of an individual. The honor Of Iowa is attacked if Lieutenant Governor Kraschel has 'Wilfully and know- ingly used his office for personal gain, either monetary qt political. If he be innocent we in . Iowa be- lieve that in fairnos.s to the honor of our state you will use ah equol ,amount of newspaprfr and radio to clear Iowa's name as has bf**' ijsod to, drag It. In Ihr' mi-ro. We in Iowa =do==Tiot=^aP7^iiRe==Arrs— '^hel===-but await with ii.n opon mind iho ver- dict' of the courts.? Chicago, Feb. 5. idney Strotz continues to trim the sustaining setup at NBC here. Florence and Arthur Lake, who have been on for some months on an afternoon show- labelled 'Babes in Hollywood,' are out. Also Tony CabOoch's morning sustaining show folds but with Ca- booch working on a couple of com- mercial programs. Third which got the vanLshing notice last week was Charles Howard, the 'Song Pilot,' Shell Quits S{iri Francisco For Hollywood Talent Hollywood, Feb, 5. Victor McLiagleri and Wallace Ford appear in San Francisco on the Shell Jlour broadcast tonight (Monday) in a tieup with the pre- miere of 'The Lost Patrol' at the Golden Gate. -Film opens there Wednesday (7), after which the duo returns here. Shell Hour which hits^ been sent out from Sah Francisco over the CBS Coast chain .oii Monday, nightd, will transfer here Feb. 19, with an outlet through KHJ. Broadcast will be ■ ftom the Radio Playhouse, at Fighth iand Beacon, which seats 550. Figured this move will enable Shell to get the pick of picture personali- ties for broadcasts, Including people who could not be prevailed upon to leave Hollywood for the San Fra.n- cisco broadcasts. Rush Hughes, master of cere- monies, and Benny Fields, . continue on the program from here* with Georgle Stoll . providing tho orches- tral music. Walter Kane , of the Harry Weber oflSce" is scotiting for ,talent for the first program here. Program Is figured to also im- prove from heire bec?itise of audience value whlctrit-^duld hot get In Sah ; Francisco, as theatre operators there objected to allowing the -brbadoast with audiences. Williamson Joins, S-H^B Chicago, Feb.. 3. Scott-Howe-Bbwen last wee added Bill J. Williamsorf to its sales staff locally. Under Virgil Reiter, Jr., who -took over the' main dipsk when Lan-y Fl(fld ...shiftisd to New York for -^d Pctry.r Gjenn Arnett, dlri:'('tc)r of .station WMMN' slu.flio ori'hf'stra, ha,s stepped out ami .Rob Callahan has taken the; job. Callahan Is rebuild- ing the orfhPftr; and will so*;k dan'fp dfif'^p . In lliis- tM-rlfov'" •Chicago, I'V'.b. 5. : Series of 1 3 diHCS as a starter a v been turned oui, at tlie Brun.«A^ic sttidlos YiorQ for the Dorothy - I ''•)•- kins beauty proparatioji. of .St. Loiii."}.- Advertlst-r hhs been on KMOX 1 .St. Louis with a local show an shipped the .entlro load oi: (a.1oni to '■'III fi-ir tho pI,'litfori7lns 40 VAfOETr RADIO Tuesday, February 6, I934 | gjaB:iaMBB»'..mK-J»iHPlBlBiJlMlBflltM«aKlMiB!ia>.*aMninEE.^^»;;^il^llM RADIO CHATTER ■■■■aiHBfiBgaBiBBlflilBffHrBHHBBHtBiiEBtie^WUgiSgaiiHlHagiaBIBiBlieiJBBlLMEHUaS New York .Jimmy Keiupnef scheduled to lecture Feb, 6, at iProf essdr paker'a Tale' theatre workshop an ■ 'Drama Bet to Music.' Jimmy Luticeford colored or- ehei^tra using* choral arraneremehts over NBC and WMCA. While- In Ijondon Cat> Callowaiy will percolate over the British Broadcasting mikes.. Frances liouise . Baldwin starts ^ues.-Sat. singing assignmient over ANSON Weeks ORCHESTRA HEADUMINO PARAMOUNT THEATRE LOiS ANGELES Week of Feb. 1ft THE GREEK AMBASSADOR OF GOOD WILL OEORGE GlVOt On tour With oon<l«nM<l y«rtloii *New Yorkera" •el* IHrcctloa HERMAN BERNIB itl* Bi— Iwj. Mm* V«A THE SIZZ- LE RS SlKiUns for NBO Warner Shorts YUjtoE BfloordB niNttre* EVeiTwhere ■ Far Fuirthw jnformatloa: HAROLD KEMP, NBC Arilirt BufMB lUdto Cily, NM Y«i«i City Pantul OlrettlM, CHARLES A. BAYHA WMCA with Roy CotterilL She's from WTIG, Hartford. Vaugh £>eXieath back auditioning fof NBC with a new program ides^. Norman Siegel had the opening of the CBS Riadio Playhouse as the ex- cuse this time itpr tlie jaunt from Cleveland. . Ppsslbllltjr of Slngiiifir Sam re- turning to Barbaaol. Lucky Strike glvlnir an ear io a musical comedy version of 'Grau- Plug on th6 Bakers' show getting favorable from the trade. 'Art iri America' series, which starts on NBC this Saturday (10), has a. case brochure to go along with It. Titled 'Art in America from 1600 to 1854' and clears through the University of Chicago Press for $1. Sydney Mann, soprano on the Cunard session over WJZ, made a last . mlniite addition to the new floor show at the Palais Royal last Thiirsdiay {Ih Replaced Gladys Baxter, who walked following a dis- agreement with Walter Brooks, pro- Dick iHImber's SpJirton Radio show retiu:ns in the same spot two wieeks from Feb. 4 on NBC. It was fot-ced off Sunday night for a fort- night owliig to conflictlon on time, but it will aigaln be cleared by then. Vera Van replaces Edith Murray on George Jessel's CBS show, com- mencing tonight (Tuesday). Qjucago LEON B ELASC 0 WABC S«t^ U.80 P.ai.— Mon., 12 FJtL FrL. VStM PJf. NlGHTLl ST. UQBITZ HOTEI^ NXW VOBB Sola IHNetloa kEBBIAM BKBMIB tei* Breadwiy, Mew York A! and Pete on WBBM three times weekly instead of once for Rival dog food. ' Bob Kaufman , on another flyier east for the CBS Ah: Thea-tre. Ii6u Cbwan has become official show business speaker In all Hyde Park discussions. lies Atiass back from Palm Bea.ch with some fish tales. WGN Installing cooling system in the business offices. Ed Voynow rattled to Detroit to keep Ed Petry company oii his trek to . New York. John Ashenhurst struts -when he parades that hoity fur-trlnuned ulster. ' \ . ' Niles Trammel mugged in the so- ciety photos as a pirate chief or something. Judy Talbot vocalizing with the Ace Brlgode orcb. M. H. Aylesworth and Richard Patterson blew" in and out of the Merchandise Mart. . John Miller back to big town after setting Glrard Ellis In as chief of the Brunswick studios here. . Les Atiass back "with a sun- burned forehead and, a fish yarn about an eight and a half foot sall- fish that didn't get. away. Paul Kapp has a bad gam; takes him 30 minutes now to limp down an NBC cotridor. WGN building a hew audition room for clients in the Tower. Joe Allabough champ plrig-ponger of WJJD. ^ John Harrington's bus snatched for the steenth Ime. Kellogg has renewed the Singing Lady show on NBC and WGN* ABE LYMAN AND Hiei CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA COASt-TO-GOAST WABC 8UMDAT, 2:30 Pi n.-S p. m. WEAF wb;d., 8:30-p.^ ai. ^ p. tn. Joe Parsons Badlo'ft Xiow Voice ^„.Sf N CL A I R JVl l NSt REL Bvery Monday, A P. M., N.B.O. CHICAGO VmAK JANIS "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" dole Direction HERMAN BERNIE 1019 Broadfvar MTew Tork City we^ks by Corn Product*, Inc., on CBS. Announcer at WCAX, Burlington, Vt„ gives the customary 'Thank you,' even to recorded si)eakers. Meirchants of Plattsburgh, N. T., a.re sponsoring a one-hour com- munity program twice a week oyer WQDM; St. Albans; Vt. ionizer. Company of New " Eng- land, scheduled to resume its time on WCAX, Burlington, Vt, aftei^ the holidays has failed to do so. WDEV, Waterbury, Vt., starting Feb. 1, extended Its daily broadr casts 45 minutes. Several program shifts haVe been .made. Bob MInnoti's orchestra, with •Red' Dower handllhg the vocal as- signments, Is broadcasting over WCAX, Burlington. Belle vue and Empire theatres are now makin^r dally progi'am ah- houncements over WQDM, St. Al- bans, Vt. Station WHEChas daily series by Grunnar Wlig, baseball Announcer, and 'Specs* Topocer, manager of the Rochester Red Wings, revealing In^ side incidents of the national game. Democrat & Chronicle Singers featuring H<^leri Sullivan, Avarlile Sunday nlehts over WHEC as part of Rochester's centennial program. Milt George, New Haven cdmic, gets- another month from his home town's Master Shoe Repair ,associa- tlon on WICC, Two weeks' iliness back of . her, Alma Dettinger of Stamford fashr ion-chatting again WICC, Bridgeport. . WICC, Brldgeport-?>Iew Haven watter, opening, ne^w■ institutional series, Know Your New Havien, at Elm City studios. Leonard Casillo done with bari- tonihff at WICC, Bridgeport, until he comes back from School in Washlnston. . Toonerville Hicks, hillbillies, and Three C's, a voke trio, naturally, starring in Elm City Revues at New Ha.ven studios of WICC. Rocky Clark, Bridgeport Tlmea- Star WICC newsflasher, stagliQS boy scout broadcasts. , Larry LaFoye, gruitarlst for Edith Josephson, WICC, Bridgeport, blue- Bernle Kravitz orchesti , WCBM* Baltimore, auditioning girl warblers. John Elmer, president of WCBM. Baltimore, has been, chosen director of Goodwill Industries, charity or- ganization of the Monumental City. Fritz Evers has returned from Europe and will resume microphonic spiels over WCBM, Baltimore. WBAL, Baltimore, has signatured Sascha Jacobson for series of fiddle After' 62 consecutive weeks,, the Stonewall Tr io Is talking a fortnite vacash from WFBR, Baltimore. Goucher College Dramit Club, Masks and Faces, presenting^ series of one-act playletis over WFBRi Bal- timore. East Walt Framer, for the last year staUon WWSW's Pittsburgh Show Shopper, airing movie reviews a,nd Hollywood news daily at noon, has resigned due to salary differences. He has been succeeded by Helen Dayle (Solomon), who vir&S' 'With the sta;tlon until recently as publicity head. Dolores Hanf ord . featured .with Yankee Singers, . male octet, Wed nesday nights on WICC, Bridgeport. (Clarence Cable doubling at)lenty on WICC, Bridgeport; plays piano, Tvrltes scripts for 'Lines arid Spaces,' hew sustaining continuity, and. pro- duces sound effects.. It's Colonel James T. Healey now The Albany, ,N. Y., Times-Union (kircaster, who splashes philosophy and poetry all over his news flashes, has received his commission from Glovernor Ruby Jjaffopn of Ken tucky. Charles W. Burton, manager of W13EI, Boston, was radio editor of the Boston Herald prior to getting into broadcast management. Word 'beer' is never heard over WDEV, Waterbury, Vt. Central Nurses' liegistry is new est addition to accounts of WCAX Burlington, Vt. =4VDEVT-Waterbur-yr^tTr-ls; on the. air just ' a little longer each day now. The station signs off each day at exactly one hour before sunset. Announcer on WCAX, Burlln^r- ton, Vt^, owned bj* an, ardent Demo crat. In giving State election re turns frequently referred to the gains being made by 'the good old Q. O. P.' Remark caused plenty of comment around town; WCAX, Burlington, Vt., has been ibroadcasting furniture auction dl rbct from floor of local store. Will Osborne renewed for 24 more start to work soon remodeling arid r.earrangring otflces. Odelle Ward, of WLAC, Nashville, spent his vacation in Miami. Several staff members of WBT, Charlotte, N, C.,. have banded to- gether a revue, called the Grady Cole Players. Show carries 12 peo- ple and has played several theatre dates in the Cai'olinas.^ Arthur 'Wenlge, Th6rpe Wester- fleld, arid Lewis Chessoh, signed hew commercial for one of the larg'e furniture stores pt Charlotte, -N. C.» presented over WBT. Lee Everett, program director for WBT, Charlotte, N. C, is playing the part of Osmond in 'Journey's End' with the Charlotte. Little the- atre. John W. Harden Is in the same show" as Trotter. Malcolm Tatei at the Paramount theaitre organ ..with Ted Grlzzai'd as featured soloist. Gbes on the air Sundays from WLAC, Nashville. Frances Hill returns tp the air oyer AVLAC,: Nashville, after an ab- sence of several weeks due to ill- ness, WLAC's 'Sweethearts , Melody! will present their weekly program on Friday night at 7 : 30 o'clock. H. H. . Holt ho user has been em - plo.yed as accountant and book- keeper for. WBT, Charlotte, N. C, replacing H. B. Carter. Several membei»s of the dtaX of WBT, Charlotte, N> C, attended the birthda;y party foi*^ R, Sv Raihey; Charlotte News columnist staged by Mrs; Ralney to celebrate:; her husband's 40th anniversary. . Bo Norris, orchestra leader and musical director for WSOC; Char- lotte, N. Ci, has learned to play the pipe organ. His first public , per- formance, was With the new act, Gonsolettes;* worked with iPaul Norrlg, staff organlist. iRed Top beer has changed talent for WSOC, Charlotte, N. C, from Mae Parish, child torch singer, to 'SlUfoot' Lochman and his minstrel act. / George Thomas, new baritone on the 'Syncopated Serenade' . frotn WSOC, Charlotte, N. C, Is becom- ing^ the station's Thost popular vocalist. New program of homely, phil- osophy 'Along Life's Highway,' Is presented by L. Davis Phillips oTer WSOC, Charlotte, N. a Mid-West South VARunrr last week mentioned that Homer and . Walter Callahan, re- cording stars, were .of WSOC, in Charlotte, whereas, they are actu- ally irom AsheviUe, N. C, and have been heard only over WWNC, Tho American Recording Company Is releasing eight of theic- records on Jan. 26. Neyr series of dally fireside pro- grams will bo presented by the Va,gabonds, Herald, Dean and Curt, male harmony trio, oyer WSM. Salt and Peanuts have joined the staff of WSM, Nashville. Paul and Bert, the two-old-tlmcrs- who have been members of the Grand Old Opry of WSM for the past eight years, recently started an early mdrnlhg program ieach day, featurincr songs of longr aigb. Dixie Pour, male quartet, pre- senting fifteen minute show each Saturday night at 7:80 o'clock. Known as Kinsman's Radio Time. Dixie Four is composed of Brantley .and Boiling Boyd, John Carter and Elmer DukO. Denny Lynch, tenor, scheduled five afternoons a week . over the KOMO, Oklahoma City. Grertrude Jacobs, Los Angeles ra- dioite. Is visiting her psu^hts in Fort Worth. Carol Lee, formerly wUh (3ene Austin's Stage road show, is sing- ing over WBAB, Fort Worth, also appearing at the Worth iheatrei Klyde Kraft, formerly program director of KFJZ, Fort Worth, hat been appearing on the stage of the Theaitre Mart in Loa Angeles. H? also had a bit in a film. Sam Bennett has been made stu- dio director for KTAT, Fort Worth. He had been advertising manager. ==-WSB.picked^by^ChamfeefcjifJ2iMa? merce to present entertainment at annual dinner— an honor in Atlanta Green B. Adair, manager WGST, Atlanta,, also station's leading enter- tainer. Chick Wilson, WSB Atlanta an- nouncer, hurt In auto, crash, Notii- Ing dangerous. Ozark Mountaineers, hlU billies,, newest WSB Atlanta act. Harry Stone, manager of WSM, Nashville, has been appointed one of those Itehtucky colonels. WT.<AC, Nashville, Ut aupposed to Lawrence Kansas, announcer has abandoned the radio and is now'^ the oil inspection department, tw j the state of Kansas. \ Earl Gammons, station mahae«» ! of WCCO, • Minneapolis CoUimbla i chain uniti did Jury duty last wee£ ' Recovered from Illness, Jerry Hari^ l ringtpn, announcer for WCCO, Min- neapolis, back on the air a^in. Al Sheehan, announcer and man-i ager of the artists' bureau tor WCCO, Columbia . chain station Minneapolis, staged' a special show for 6,000 lumbermen attiahdlne a convention here. • Hom'-O-Gbo-Winga, Giory of the Morn, IB the new Indian name for Kate smiths . who was inducted into (Continued bri page 46) and jhi.8 DANCE OBCHESTRA at the HOTEL ROOSEYELT NKV^'. YORK NIGHTLY Music library of WLW, Cinoy, claimed to be largest of any Indie station, in bigger quarters with Lee House, and three assistants In charge. Pbwel Crosleyi jr., radio, station and set magnate with family at win- ter home in Sarasota, Fla.^ for. fort- night. Charlie Dameron, crooner, back at WLW, Cincy, and -doubled on Drea,ry Blues series of Thurs. nite sustainings with Marion Clark aind backed by Lloyd Shafer's ork. Oklahoma . Bob Albright , Eve Gladstone and Pa McCormick's Fid- dlers, of WLW, entertained Cincin- nati Rotarians. Fred Roehr, first staff pianist <^ WLW, Cincinnati, beginning his 11th year oh same job; station now has five other keyboard thumpers. John L. Clark, geh. mgr. of Crosley Radio Corp.;, returned to Cincy after week of biz in N. .Y. Foster Brooks and Joe Plerson a new duo for KSO, Des Moines. KSO, Des Moines, carried play- by-play account of Iowa- Minn, basketball game direct from U. of Minn, field house and also fed to KWCRi Cedar Rapids, and WIAS, OttumWa — all three stations owned by Rieglster and Tribune, Des Moines. Andy Woolfries, manager^ WOI; Ames, veteran sports an- nouncer, Iowa State college, did job. 'Seven League Boots,' new WOWO publication in Fort Wayne, makes its bow, going out- to all advertisers and large mailing list. Harry Flan- nery editing sheet. ' Short Visit Of 'Moulin ROuge' ballyhob unit from Hollywood gave WOWO some special human inter- est chatter. All of the players en route to New Tork got out. at sta- tion (except George Bancrpft. Sta- tion Covered It as straight news item with lots bf extra flourishes. Dorothy Durbih, WOWO program arranger, getting an extra wOrkout in playing piano for three of t^e. roEjular tenors. Ray Suber, of KOIL announcing staff, after three years will remain in town for new series of skits, called 'The Buster Family,' for Barnsdall Refining Co. oyer KOIL. New skit series is being scripted by Billy Wllllamsi and directed by Max Vinsonhaler, both formerly of .KOIL. Gioist, .besides these t wo and Suber, includes Dorothy Williams and Mrs. Vinsonhaler (PaxiHne Hop^ kins). Skit replaces blues singer; Lou Williams, "Dauehtpr of Dixie." ^JIlnier.JH. .Dressinan,,pub licijy di-_ rector .for . WCKY, Covington, l?y.7 is back at his typewriter, fre.sh from a 3- week vacaph in Florida, during which Lee Goldsmith sat In for him, doubling continuity. Mark Williams, cowboy sini;ei\ late of KSTP, Minneapoli.H. i.s « newcomer on sustainings at WLM'. Cincy. .. James H. Xjunhlngham, head of several prominent athletic unions in Ohio, is sportscastlng; thrice weekl> on WSAI, Cincinnati. Ernest Pontius, voter WRRN, >$i litli «BH ifili iie» «l§» ^ FRED ALLENS' SAL HEPATICA REVUE ^ with n| PORTI^^NU HOX'FA W .JACK BMART _ mmN ueimobk: ^ MARY MCCOY W SCRAPPY lAMBKRT W SONO.SMITH8 ferde grofe's music ^ iUterlul by ITred .Allei anfl Hnrry Tugenrt ~ w^Av m WOdneadayi), 'J:3Q p.m., B<S.1. m _ llanageracnt Walter IWtcheloT W ft f i CONRAD THIBAULT Wednesday, 8:30-9 P.M. WABC Thursday, 9-10 P.M. WEAF RUBY MORTON JACK CURTIS CURTIS and ALLEN Palace Theatrs BIdg, New York Dick Leibert At the Console Fladio City Music Hall BROADCASTING 8 to 8:30 A. M., WEAF, Daily 11:15 to 11:30 P. M., Mon„ Tuet., Wed., Thurfc, WJZ ^ 11:30 to 11:46 A. M., Sun., WJZ ILTON STAVI "TODAY'S CHILDREN" Written by Irna Phillips Sponsored by Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. N BG— W J2-10t30. A.Mx^_^ WENR 10:15 A,M. Daily' LITTLE JACKIE HELL E R "TftB MITIO <U' TIIK MIKK" »roii.-\Vei1.-Vrl.. 4:16 P. M. Satardny, 4:30 P. M., t'ST Mana«roment M»C', CiiUagro pw; K«i>.i hkrmAn iw-utNir »w Vork City Tuesday* February 6, 1934 RADIO REP VAJUETr 41 JACK B088 RANCH BOYS Hillbilly 00 Mina. Quttainino . , KHJ, Lo8 Angelet They're mostly alike these hlU- hlUv programs, only epme are •worse than bthers. And this one happens Hova is CB8 RADIO PLAYHOUSE Inaugurali .Feb. 3. 90 Mins. Sustaining WABC, New York CBS offlclally moved Into the Times Square sector Saturday night (3) and celebrated the event with a | nicely put togetlier program and Kbeled S*£^f roun*^^^^^^ time, and 1 enough of the usual trimmings to I "^a i^" -^^^^^ it i^ade UP of the customai-y ranch give it the glamour of a first night. .K^,^«w^r«' ?uSfbe?s. nSr-harmbny and at- 1 Scene of thej doings was^ the Hud- ' ^sainst borrowers FRED WARING'S PENNSYLVA- NIANS With Edsel Ford. MaHon Talley, Ted Pearson Musical* 30 Mins. COMMERCIAL WABC. New York No other entertaining orchestra has been so much- Imitated or been action ofteiier against 'borrowers' than has War- ing'e Pennsylvaniahsi But whil^el in- tpmots at comedy. Song? range! son, 3ft-yeai'-614 legit stand, which, - ..■ . ntt^A lf<^ a ijiuch -of it in the dialect of the | "^RandlaU Sisters, 'harmonV trio with a decided Bouthern acceht, ai-e Thort on harmony: therie's an bcca- Sional snatch of would-be comedy studio, and dubbed the Columbia jSadlo Playhouse. Occasion drew a; i smart representation from outsido | the trade Itself. . Cblunibia's is not the first fcraslir ing of tlii.e theatre district by the I and verjr much of the dlscohcertinghjroadcasting faction. For almost studio chatter, asides and applause J twb years NBC was a, tenant of the Straight- bdwboy numbers are the goowseatet atop the New Amster better features ot the broadcast; which gets under was' at 10:30 for| a full hour. Program unmistaking- ly shows evidence of a lack of thor- ough preparation. Edtoa, JACK BENNY WEAF 10^10;30 P. M. EVERY SUNDAY CHEVROLET PROGRAM SYDNEY MANN THE GIRL WITH THE VIOLIN VOICE CUNARD HOUR WJZ 10 to 10.30 P. M. Every Tuesday Ishatit Jones Orchestra COMMODOBE HOTSL, M. I. The big show sponfiored by BX Uk% every Monday, 9:80- 10 Pja. SnstatntiiK — Tacedaya. Thoradays and Fridays, 11:30- 12 P.H.; Safiirdays, 11-11:16 P.M... eoast to coast. WABC Direction Coloakbia Broodcaetlnc SystcB dam, while WMGA hais , made fre- quent use of the Hammerstein for birthday celebrations and other spe- cial broadcasts. . In putting the Hudson, .which seats 1,100, to the uses of a studio, GBS has had to make few changes. What particularly prbmipted th6 net- work to close for -this spot were. ;the acoustics as far as the pickup was concerned; There is no glais cur- tain enclosure. Auditorium, has been touched up, the stage hung with a. set of gt'ay drapes and the lo\ver right-hand, box converted into a control room. To give the;perfbrm- ances a touch of theatre atmosphere, the stajje is being .floodlighted and spotlighted from the balcony and the eye streaked with , various colors from: 600 -watters in the wings. The lighting angle, is ah innovation for New York's toroadeasting faction. Program put on for the picked flrst-nighter rtiob ran into two parts, Preceding the inaugural program, which went on the air at 10:30 and lasted an hour and a half, there was 40 minutes of orchestral entertain- ment, with vocal interludes. This latter stretch served to introduce,, at least, the network's baton etandbys, Howard Barlow, Mark Warnow, Freddie Rich and Andre Kostela- netz. Also tliree of CBS' staff war- blers, Vera Van, Mary Eistman and Evan Evans. But the show that took the. ether was a crack sample of picking, bal- ancing, and routining. It was en- tertainment representative of everyday radio lEind in class, as a whole, way up In the brackets, liay- out had its own weak spot, and that was the Flvfe Spirits of Rhythm. Act impressed .as a sorry substitu- tion for the Mills Bros., who, be- cause of their affiliation no longer with the CBS "Artists Bureau, were not available. Comedy honors of the bill went to Alexander Woollcott, who flrst did one of his literary monologs and then crossfired It with Georgle Jes- 50l. Later Jessel had his own Inning for a couple . songs and a tele- phone bit, witli the latter causing its u.siial damage to the midsections. Burns and Allen also contributed an Exceptionally diverting interlude. They, along with Bing Crosby, who preceded, were picked up^ from Hol- lywood. ^ Opera was represented by Lucre- zia. Bori and Nino Martini, the in- struments by Albert Spalding and the piano- ducting Jacques JFray and Mario Brkgglotti. From the invitees Ruth Etting toolc aU they had. Also included among the warblers were Gertrude Niesen and the Eton Boys. Edwin C. Hilra was the only speech item on the broadcast. To him went the. assignment of explain- ing what it was all about, sltx^ that he did briefly enough at the opening, Odec. tion and identifying characteristics inherent in th«i style that has grad- ually been evolved and polished off. during the 16 years or bo since Fred and Tom Waring Were kings of the campus at dear old. Alma Mammy. Tliat . uniqueness or musical per- formance not easy to classify or analyze is what the Ford iDealers have bought under the ternris. of a contract highly flattering to the band and .'.probably, making the Pejinsylvahians tops tor radio , or- ohiestras under sP|Onsorshlp. It's a combination of what , may be called classical, fox trots interwoven with collegiate oratorio. There is no other entertiiinment on the air fash- ioned on the same principle or atr tempting the. same thing. This alone; brings the sponsor showmanly dis- tinction. It's a concert. . Definitely not a dance session. For the inaugural program Marlon Talley was in- cluded. She is thd Kansas canary who did duty, at the Metropplitian Opera in New York some years ago; and has just this seasoii emerged ROXY THEATRE MATINEE Variety 30 Mins. Sustaining WOR, Newaric This , is the flrst of the Bob Col- tler-F&M radio re.vuettes direct from the Roxy theatre which, pres- ently, is mierely an. institutional plug for the house but which is highly susceptible to subsidization, by soniie ^sponsor. The modus op r erandi of the commercial angle lis obvious, such as a dighlfled line that 'through the courtesy of Whbozis Tablets we're bringing you a half hoUr of .' variety entertain- ment from the stage of the Roxy theatre.' At thei moment the broad- cast is frbin the Roiy theatre's stu- dio but F & >I also, plans it As ia visual- broadcast similar, to Its stunts on the coast. It still reihains a gdod itliig foi: the house «^.nd: serves F&M's pur- pose of ijoth plUgglrig the theatre, for which Fanchon & Marco stage the shows, and also selling the. F&M talent. It utilizes the current and .guest stars, as for example Benny Ross and Maxirie Stone and Rube Wolf, plus tlie Piclvens Sisters and Xester Cole's singirig Soldiers of - Fortune choir as the prominent talent, Rbg:er Bowers is the *iinnouncer-m.c. of thie half hour. It opens cahnily with the pseudo- voice of the cashier ihentibnlng two tickets for 70c to e^itablish the bargain scale. Thefb are four or five different voices of ushers wlio effectively get over the idea of MELODY ART VOCAL QUARTET Sonoa 15 Mint. Sustaining WMCA, New York Mixed foursome tliat anything but approaches its pretentious billing. It specializes in the standards and English ballads and after the flrst few minutes starts bordering on the uionotonous. Soloist' assignmenta are taken over by the quartet's tenor. Richard Miller. His vocal tialent allows for lots of tlvrushllke notes but , little in the way of fine • shadings and lyric interpretation. 'A Little. Bit of Heaven" is Miller's forte. Oxlec. William; H. Wright leaves KFRC- Don Lee as roductlbn manager this week to join the AI Pearce Gang ■ NBC. No successor jiatned. mezzanine loges .are the same price as downstairs and that. Bmbklng is permitted there, etc. It's all well planned and primed and;: coming at 3-3.30 Sunday aft' ernoons it's • not a keeper-awayer froni the theatres, as the same time serving aa good institutional bally for the Roxy, Ahel. from a .premature retirenient to join [.courtesy, efliciency . and al^e _that the. Chicago opera; Her voice Is not the best in . opera but short of the hyper-critiical brigade It will suffice. Once or twice she seemed too near the microphone for .best results and at one point it appeared she refused a high note. Several elaborate choral combina- tions .were used. . Waring's standard combination of two girl (Gale Sis- tiers) and three boys was also util- ized. Arraligements thrbughout rep- resented the ultimate in modern or- chestrating • aiid ais typically War- ing- as their sweaters and mega- phones on a stages Deep-voiced drummer, Poley McCllntock boomed in and out a couple of times. That's also a trademark. Poley. was years ahead of others now trying similar orchestral clowning. Easy to guess that the kids in. particular will go In a big way. for the frog-croaking. Oh the advertising end the War- HENRY BALKIN Charaetor Analyst Sustaining 15 Mins. WMCA, New York This reader of character by the face has something to sell. Either it's a book or' hirh.'seif to some ad vortiser through the jfnail collecting route. Balkin. is offering for the writing and a three-cent stamp, a booldet entitled,. 'Measure Your Powers and Increase Your Earn- ing For-d program also rates special |ings,' Pamphlet giveaway method laurels. It was marked by a beauti- ful example of self-restraint. Edsel Ford's delivered address was a gem of its kind whether self-writteh or ghost-written. It was exactly calcu- lated to win good will and its indi- rect plug for the better social order plus its salute deference to the lis- teners' Intelligence gavfe a good ad- vance indication . that advertising will not be. a burden for the orches- tra to .overcome. Ted Pearson Is the Foird announcer. He's, an old timer who's handled plenty of big assign^, ments heretofore. And more 'than able. - Ford show will have ah odd sched- ule, i8:30 on Sundays and another niche on Thursday. But by any reckoning the Warings are sure to attract a wide audience with their well-framed and showman^ .pro" Iframs, Land. Truman Siierman LEO used to sohr and AND HIS MUSIC We^esddy, 2-2:80 P.M.' WBATF—^'^ NetWork Playlnr Mghtlr BKNJAMW FkANKUN PUIIiMlflpbla Sole Direction LEW CHUDD HOTKL New York Che«terfleld Uoter ('hi6n|co AadUoriaDi Uotel PAT KENNEDY (The Unmasked Tenor) .Sponsored by Paris Medicine Co. WGN. Chliiago, Daily ,1:30-1:45 P M. CSX TRADiES ON PARADE Witii Hal K. Davvson, Keena Talk, Songs, 30 Mins. Sustaining WOR, Newark Wieak continuity idea dress, up a medrocre band program. Starts off with the announcement that WOR had set aside a half hour each Friday night to salute these engaged in a par^ ticular trade. Night .this series was caught the salesman wa,s having his inning. Due for future glorifica- tions are the plumber, the sus- pender maker and the taxi driver. • To tharacterize each trade there s a comic and in the salesman episode Hal K. Dawson, who helped yawn things up for Plymouth in the 'Elmer Everett Yess' series, did the honors. It was sad .stuff he un- limbered between the band num-* bers and sorig interludes with. the characterization very much , along the lines of the E. E. Yess slice of brazen garrulity, I^Iost of the gags handed him served to cue into^ the mui^ical ■ bits, which dovetailing made his brand of humor doubly [ Band,. Songs iifesi^tible. ' , ] 20 Mms Unbilled tenor in the extrava- ganza, however, was easy to^hsten CHAMBERLAIN SHOW Eddie . SoMth Orchestra, Bradley Musib COMMERCIAL WBBM, Chicago This 1b a weekly show each Sun- day on a split CBS network. For 16 minutes only at 6-6:16 p.m. CST. N^o (question that program starts ofC under , a handicap under the skimpy time aiTangement. For a once weekly shot 16 ticks la hardly suffi- cient to present any real show or job. Eddie South band itself produces a standard turn of entertainment. South himself Is a. wiz on the flddle. in a concert way. Billed as the 'Dark Angel- of the. Violin,'' he ban fiddle with the beet of them. In 16 minutes this intist be good, especially with such standard tunes as 'Dark Eyes.^ Tlien' into a. rhumba number and followed by a . medley of pop melodies. ' , . Pi:oerana; is ba41y ovftrpiugged for a i6.-minute ride. .There's the long opening spiel plus a. lengthy medico line In. the cent<er by some doc. At the ^nish more, minutes in a dialog plug with a. fadeout on a heart-to- heart talk.: One good angle here is, the build- up of the South orchestra as the favorite of the Jnternatlonai fash.< ionable resorts such a« Mont^ Carlo and Venice. Oold. helped 'The Voice of Experience' get started on WOiElr not so long ago. Liatter 4nve~sted his own on the. giveaways and with the ac- cumulated mail from takers con- vinced an advertiser they were listening. T\^d acts, . Balkin's . and 'The Voice,' however, are nothing alike. Balkin doesn't even touch. on the. subject of sex. He describes him- self as mor0 of an occupational psychologist. By the size and curve of the iBubject's jaw he determines, whether the fellow ought to go in for truck driving or truck farminig, or whether the schnozzle Indicates he'd make a better bank v. p. than ad agency "v. p. Balkin says that he should know because in 19 years he's personally analyzed over 16,200 jeb candidates . or job holders for concerns jgralore, in all parts of the world. Balkin Includes In his air palaver testimonials he says he's received from users of his advice. One he quoted during liast Wednesday's (31) broadcast thanked Balkin for helping- the client rise from a 'sweatshop to an important Job in a Broadway office.' Odec. THREE 8CH00LMAI Vocal 15 M i n s. Sustaining WQY, Schenectady •^rlo, on the air Over WGY pince early last fall, now broadcast a 15- minute program four afternoons a week. Girls, all of whom are from Vermont, -and one of whom Is a former school teacher, warble cur- rent numbers ih the manner popu- larized by several network groups. They do the. trick harmony stuff ..in pat fashion. Having mastered, th^ir lesson on- this, the time Is ripia for the. Schbpl- maids to attempt, to deVelop some individuality in their style of sing- ing. ■ Tbe Trio's : teacher-pianlst, Billy Rose, should be able to guide them along the pathway to origi- nality. He Is a well-trained musi- cian and. knows the pop field thor- oughly. JaCQ. (Duncan Sisters) Will Be Available For RADIO FEBRUARY ISfh A Bt)B WHITE PRODUCTION 333 No. Michigan Ave. Chicago IRENE TAYLOR CAMEL CARAVAN Tuesdays and thursdays At Ten P. M.— WABC-CBS Personal Management SEGER ELLIS RbCKVVELL-O'KEEFE, Inc. rKO BIdg., -Radio City New Vark SID GARY Radio's Versatile Baritone CUNARD HOUR 10-10:30 P.M. Every Tuesday WJZ Mrcfltloa nAMK PftESBBEr AOENCZ Jamil F. Olllwpic •660. B'way; N. V BILL FLECK ORCHESTRA NAME ACTS WANTED Radto-^Night Clwtbs^Mastcat Producttona Conitnunlcat« Immedl6,tely wKb IVAN E CEDAR PRODUCTIONS, RKO Building RADIO Crri, JM; v., 8«it« MM-S. r^Jfiplioit* OOittiDbm H-ZMB COMMERCIAL KHJr Los Angeles Typical dance hall type Of orches- :tTaT-thls=ag,gregationr-rempting^from fsolbmon's Bowery, dpwhtown pedal exerciser, falls to ixricork much in the way of ether entertainment. It'H ! a continuous grind program, witli ' a couple of Tocai renditions Inter- jected, but these are even^ T^^eaker than the ensemble efforts. Topical and late pop tunes, arii; played in customary dan<;e hall tempo. Edwa, TO WOLFE GILBERT-^ Dear Wolfi I want tb thank you heartily for your collaboration these many months on my radio progranis* I regret that you must return to the coast at this time. Believe moi you did a swell job. Sincerely, Eddie Can tor 42 VARIETY COMMERCIALS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5 This Dejpai*tinet)t lists sponsored tirbgrams on rrangied alptiiabetically under the advertiser's name. All time is p: tn. unles.fi otherwise noted. AVhere ptie advortiper ha$ two or inore programs they ai'e listed consecuifvQlyi An tisterislt before name indicates adyertisins' agoiu'. account.. Abbreviations: Su (Sunday); M (Aionday); Tu (Tuesday); W (;W^edriesday) ; h (Thursday); (Fridaj'): Sa (Saturday) ACME LKAb... . 6;»0-So-WA1»C Ea .^^cC6nneU ♦Henri. H-Mc ATTFII.I.^TEil :& :(t.anip.PliniTi«»^ l-Tn-WABC PrljicesJ. Marie •Blooltcit ^iie Ivori itanter •.B.i B.. t). & a . 'AMKR. • TOBAOTO (liuclsy ftrllteV ljW5-SarWB.4F*-- MctrapoTltan ' Opera 'Merry Mount' * ' ttrai.Potlna - . ■ ' liav'i^eiioe Tlbbett Qtadys SwarUiouf ■' ♦Lord. '. & • {ThomaB '!AMICHICAN' oil JhcU Oennj* • •Jo."' TvaT'/" i; A .* p 9::il>.-.U-Wj£A'i» Harrv. H^rlldt f BjranU Parker. > AK:aoirR fhJl . Bnlcfr , ■ 5" M<r>Jaugliton Mabel. \lbert)^n Soy iihieta Mcrrie->len Ne!i Sisters •N". v«-. Ayer.. A.;-s^..Boyi.» i! . (Ptboit fK^.tix)''-' 'iaiy Dan*: • ^ V , Btvltv? - Knuf •Blacl^ett I; .B.ARBAaoi. ,»:80-M-Xni-Tli-r- f- WABC /• • Udwin C, Hin .BAXTLB vCBBIKIV ^ 1.4.'i-Ta-W-Th*r - WABC *i;alhTed Dreams' Bess Fly'nn . Kay. Chase Alice HIU Miary Afflck •Ervvln-Wasey tiATBB ... 9:30-Si1-WB;AF Franii .jMunn Vlriflnla Rea .Qtimi^n St. Ardeo Bert Hlrsch Haehschen Ore tBInclifttt ; . . BBRCH-NVT •Red Davis' Jack :Ro8elcigti Gurtl.«f> 'Arnall ' ' Marlon Barney' Bllziibeth Wragge . Bunlce Iloivard Peggy' Allenby Johnny Kane •McC-KrIc BI80DOI. C-Sn-WABC Helen Morgan An>e)t Bartlett •BlaoHeft UOIIBJOIS 8-Sa^WABC . •Evtning In Paris' Katli 'Harrington MIU \Vntson craire . Majette Nat Shllkret •Hertfifid BORDEN 10:46-Tn.WJZ 'Magic Moments' Vce Lawnhurst Muriel Pollock MRrcrlla- Sheilde Walter Scanlon Jano ISllison S-Sa-WABC •4B Mlh. in H'lyw'd' Mark Warnow Cal Vorke , *Toung.& Rublcant KRILTX> . l!!:3P-Sa-M'ABC Tito Giilzar. *P. Presbrey , BRt6TOI.-MYRR8 9- W-WBAF ' (Ipana) . Ipana. Troubadoars Bernlce Claire Alexander Gray Ij^nnle -Hayton •Pedlar .& Ryan 9:30-W-WEAF iifiuX Hepatlca) Pred Allen Pauln Hofta Jack Smart Irwin Delniore ■Mary McCoy FeMe Cirofe Ore •Benton :& Bowles CAMV. . PACKINO ft;30-M-^VEAr U nurrett Dobbs boric & Kn'bocker Quartets M Wllaoi< Ore •■Thompson CAI^ODENT CO li-Tti-W.IZ Marley . R .Sherrls ♦Thonipsbn CA5fPAOKA ff:30>Sii-W.IZ 'Grand Hotel' Ann Seymour I>on Ameche. Betty Winkler . Oene Bou«e . 10- F-WEAF .'First "Nlffhter' Jun^ Aforf^ltfa T>on Ameche Clrlton Brlckert Cilir doublet iS Sagennulat'e Ore •Atihrey Koore CARBORUNDUM 9:S0-Sa-WABC fidArard d'Anna Franote Bowman •F. H. nrpcnp CARLRT'>*-H[OVET (Father Johnl T:I6-W-WJZ Miiriel Wilson John Herrick H .Sanford'S Ore ♦Cecil 'lyarw^k CARNAtlDN .HILK 10-M-WEAF Gene Arnold lAtlloby Lady' a I. Bastmnn . Jean Paul KfAg « ISrwln;. .-Waaey ■ CENTAl'R- . (FItflchir's) 8:S(K-lV-\rABC ■ Albert Spalding, i •Yonn* * Rtilrtcniii: €H AMnERJiAIM (Hand- Lotion)' . 7-Sa-WAnC Bddle South .Tack Brooks. . •Rtithc^UftjRyan Cli.APPEI. BBOV 7:45-i>BrWABC . Rin Tin Tfir •', Don AJnecbe t Bob White • V-r^liila'. Whre Johnny 'Gaits .Tnck . Daiy ^Itfi(«>r(» t .Smith .■• : CITIES service: (T-F-WBAF; ••■.^ GriihtlhrnT Rice Jessictf' Dr&gonette. . Cavaliers — Lt>rd..£. Thomas ■\ Harold Stokes- GU Page King's Jestef's .. Frank Hair^rd - S. HtH' ■ ■ CPTfeX * Phil •HfltrrrB • Leah Rar- .•J.. Walt. .T^omPs REX COLE 5t4SfTi^-Th-W£AF • Cole ThI'talneerF Maxpn COI.GATE-.PALS1 (Super Suds). ' ' IfttlS-daHyi'WJZ 'Clara Lu & Bm' Loul5>e Starkoy Ipa belle Carotherf Helen King Lord & Thomas CRAZT CRYSTALS S.'Sd-WE.AF 'nn'd 13 dolI.T Gene Arnold McC-Erlc. R: B. DAVIS .(Baking Powd.) 10-W-F-WK.AF 'Mystery CbeP John McPherson 0:4S.Tu-Tli^WABr John McPhersoB Mystery Ch^r »-M-Tw'\V-Th. WABC Buck Rogerp' Curtis- Arnall Adete Ronson Edgar Stelhl .r Jo«» Granljy Walter Tetley Allan bevitt . Georgia Bacheu Elaine Melehoir Adele Klein Bill Shelley Henry Gurvey Harry Swan Lionel Stander Kmmef Gowan Beatrice. Allen •Ruthrauff & R, n-L it w COA1. H-.M-'lH-l-D- W A m Little Italy* Hiram. Brown Ruth Yorke Rose Keaiie Alfred Corn Ned Weaver Jas Metgh'an • Ruth rniiTf -Ry n n CONT, RAKING g-M-lV-F-WABC Serappy Lam'bert Frnnk Luther- Vivian Ruth •E.. B. D. & O. CORN PRODUCTS 10:4.1-M-W-F- WABC (Kremel. Etc.) Will Osbofne ' Pedro do Cordoh»- 9- Sn-IVABC ' (Linit) .Tjtne Fi-omon Erno. Rapes Nino Martini .TuIIus. Tanhen •Hell wig CREAM WHEAT 10- Sm-WABC AngeVi 'Patrl • •J. Wait. Thomp KX-I.AX 9:30-M-WABC -The Big Show' Georgle. Jessel faylor Holmes. Marty Christians Tsham Jones ♦Kat/ FIRESTONE 8:30-M.'WEAF H. Flreatonc. Jr Richard Crooks Lawrence Tlbbeti Wrtj, Paly Orch ^Sweonv- Jnmes FITCH T:4.';-Sn-TVEAT Wendell Hnll FRIOTDAIRK lO-Tu-WEAF '.«?pth Parker' Phillips Ijord *«ever FORD MOTOR 8:3«.Th-WAnr 9:30-Su-WABr Fred . Waring Ted Pearson Marlon Talley •N. vr. ' Ayer OKN. BARING ff:30-Su-WABr .Tulin .''anderpoTi ;'"rnrtl.- C'l'umlt CT *B,. B.. D. & O. GKXKRAL CKiAR 9:90-W-^WABC Guy; - i..onibardo-. Burns & AUen . •J.. Wall. Thump (}KNERAI. 'F6ori^ ll:45-Ta-WKAF Frances Lee ' Barton •Ifoung &' Bubicari 6 :43-M- W<F->VEA1< - fjellov • • •Wizard of o?: Nandy Kelly • Jack "Smart' 'Junius MathewE'' A^llllam Benhahi ' •Totmcr & ; Buhlcniti 9- Tit-vrEAi; tsraxwen) ■., Clias, W'lnnlnger LaiUiy :KoBS - Ahette Hahshaw - . Conrad '■ TMb«uU: Murlot .Wilson '•■ • -Mol|isse9.:<rn; Jan'ry G'UB. Haehflphen ♦Benton-BoW-Ie.* . 1«-Sii><VABC" •Ryrd. ..ErpiHiItloh' •Ipiung •& Riibloatif GENERAL: .1||il;f.>^ '.lack Armstfongt- . . •' All Amerlenn'Boy ■ 4-phliy.-'WJ7^ • •B«ty« DOh', *- lietty. ewurchliU .: Don Ame:Pi|e- » ? jEfetty. yi^lUltlet '^rt ' Jaicopaon'- CarMBrleKert.. ^' Louis Rqen ' • •Bldckeu:' GBjNEBAZ.' MOTOR : (Buicl:) ■■ • »ti(K>M-Fr-WABC' ' Robert' Benctaiey Hd'wai^d 'Marsfi.' Andre KosteTanez- '^Cunp-Envald •" (Che vrole t) 10- Su-VTEAIt Jaek Benny Frank Black Mary LIvInigstone Frank Parker. •Camp-Ejvftld (Potitikc) 8:30-SA-WABC Ray Palfire Kay Thompson Rhythm Kings Black Rhap'dy (Cadillac 1 e-Su-WEAF Artur.o .TAScahlni Mme. . Lehmann . ... GULP 9- 8n-WJZ Will Rogers Revelers Emil Coleman •Cecil Warwick OILETTE RAZOR e:45-M-W-WEAF Henry Burbig Rhythm Boys ♦Ruthrauff & R HEALTH PROD'TS (White Cod> 2-Sn-WJZ Bar X Ranch' Carson Robison Buclcaioos 7:80-M^W-F-WJZ (Feenamiht) ■Pot & Pearl* Joseph Greenwald Lou Welch •McC.-Erlck. HECKER H-O UilS-M-W-Th- WABC 'H-Bar-O Rangers' Bobby Benson Nell O'Malley Florence Hal la h Billy Hallop John Bar '.he ^^rwln-Wasey . EDNA nOPPER 3:15-M-Th-F- WABC 'Helen Trent' Lester Treniaj.n'e ■Virginia Clarli Karl Hcube Doloi-es GlUo.n Jack Doty ♦Blackett H. 3. HKlNZ CO lO-M-W-t'-WjZ Jrs^phlne Gibson ♦Maxon HOOVER 4:30.8ii-WEAI Edward Dnvles Chicago a Capelln .Toe Koest'ner ♦Brwln^Wasey HORLICH 8:30-Tu-Th-WJZ Dr H Bundesen ^Lord '&.. Thomas HOUSEHOLD 8^Tu-WJZ Edgar A Guest Alice Mock J6s Koeatne.r's Ore •C. D. Prey HUDSON MOTORS 10- Sa-WEAF ■Sal Night Party B A Rolfe Ore Bob Ripley Iiew White •Blackman HUMPIIRKVS^ (Remedies) 10:15 a: M.-M-W-l!- l«:16-Sa'WEAF Moinlni: Home (' Trob Emery •IRDDO COAl. 7:lG-Th-F-S-WJZ -M usk eteer6^^==i^= John . Brewster V'llbcrt -Stigratn Mark Smith Allen Devltt Tiouis Hector Helen Dumas Letgh Lovell *N. W. Ayer JFAlOKN'fs 0:30-SH-W.r/ Walt. WlntheU •.I. Walt, Tl)d)ijp. JOHNSON A: f^ON (Floor Wax) ii;:iu-3i-iiirMj\i« ''I'll \ Wnn»' Kecnnn fi Phillips •JMoodbamv L. A B, HUDNUT »^t-WABC Jack Whiting Jack Denny Jeannie .' Lang Three: Rascals b; B, i). a o.. . KBIXOGO . fiiSO-Dailr-WJZ. The Singing" Lndy J rcnc .' Wicket Allan Orainit' 'i'N.-. \% ■ Ayer. KRA^-PHENIX ,10-'£b>WKAF F,.\1'hite»haii Ore Deems Taylor Ramontt • ' ■ Peggy H?iiiy Jaclt Fulton ■ •J. ' Wair. Tnom KOr.YNOS ' ^ 7 :13-.M.<Th;-C%WA RC Just- Plali) .Bill • ■ . Arthur-. Hushes .. - • •iBIttckett" .. IIADV ESTHER- »-8d-WBAV, /lO^-WABC. • -: 8:S9>T||-'WEAF Wayne, Kfns'a Ore •Staclt-Ooble > '•'." I/AMONT/rOORf ,IS!• <Pond•.^!)• 9:8e-F-W^CAi^^• . Maude Adams '. ^''Ii.'for ■ Yon lis Ore-' (NestlesV 8-F-WJZ Bthei Shutta . Walter QrKecfe Bon Bestor-Orc •J-. Wali. Thomi> .■;-.LARW.;. rSdgewortta) lO^W-WEAT . Cor/i. Cob. Pipe CI«1,' of VfrgWN "BBDAO . . LEHN A- FINK (HInd'.!ii Cream) 10.:S0-Sn'WRAF ilelon' Hayes John Erskihe Nat Shilkert •Ruthrauit &' R I>IOGETT-MTKR» . (Chestorflcld)" 9^I>ally-W<VBC Phlla S.vmph XVXOR . (Armour)' ■ SiSO^Sa-WEAF Talkie Pic Time' Jun^ Meredith John Gbldsworthy John Stanford Gilbert Douglas Murray Forbes N. W. Ayer LORILLARD . (Oi:d Gold) 10- W- WABC Fred 'Waring : •Lennon & M. LOUDEN P'CKING (Doggie Dlnnar) S:4S.Th-WABC 'Stamp Adventures' Reginald Knorr Carl Eoyer ♦Matteson. F. MALTEX l;30-6n-WEAF Dale' Carnegie Harold Ssinford Ore •Sfiml Croot MANHATTAN SOAP GO. lliSOrTh-WJZ Harriet Lee Edward Kennedy ♦Peck jr. W. MARROW (Oil Shampoo) 1 :15-Tn-Th-WABC Joan Marrow Bob Nolan Eddie House •Placed: direct MET; MFB CO. 6:45-Dnll.r-WEAr Arthur Bagley " DR. MILES LAB'S < A Ika -Seltzer* 10:S0-Sa-WJZ WLS Barn Dance Ridge llUnners Mac & Bob Clarence Wheeler "■V^'ado MOLLE CO. 7:S0-M^W-Tli- "WEAF r Roxnnne ..Wallace William. EdmonPort Shirley ■ Howard Guy -.BonhaTTi ■Wamp, Carlson' Dwight Latham •.Stnrk-Goble IIENJI. MOORE 11:80-WtWEAF Betty Moore Low. White MUETXER CO. t0s4r.-M-W-F.- WABC 'Bill fk Oiiiger' ■Virginia Baker-r^ Lyn Murray ♦Hcllwlg NAT'L SUGAR 0:30.'M-W.TZ Jtclody Singers . .Trtseph Pastornhoi* 'Gotham . . OXOl. tO-W^F-WABC D.I vie. Bunny & G Buhny Coughlln Drive Grant Gordon Ornham ♦J. L. Prescptt OXYDOL (Proct'r & Gamble ■'Ma PorkViifl' .• - Vlrgtrtln Day Jfiirrery (In Karl Hubel Wll Fornum Chas?. Etfgleston »BIackett PACIFIC IIOK XA »:S0-Tli-W.TZ 'Drutli Vnir.v |)a'>>. TIni Frawlcj JoHoph Bell Lrtwin \V Wliltnoy T.onf-Kfuuf I'owboy .loweoli /■■'(inim* Orr Wfff'.KruIi. PRPSODRNT 7- nully-WJZ Amos 'n' Andy Charles Correl Freeman Gouden ('Rise of Gold) 8rI>nll.v.WJZ Oertrude. Berg James Woters 0 :30-TH-Tli-Sa- W«1Z JOddle. Uucliln •Lord & Thomas PKRFICCT CIRCI^E •^:»0-,Sii-WEAF Ohmih'h aiid . Arden lad ward Nell . .\rlene Jackson PHILCO '<:4S dully ex. .. ^ Sii-WADC Bouko , Carter *V. W. Armstrong PHILIP MORRIS 8- Tm-WBAF IjCO .Reismnn'H Ore Phil Dwey •blow . PILLSBURT 10-30-Dail.v-W'IZ 'Today.'s (Children" Irma! Phillip's Walter , Wicker ■ Bdsa .'Johnson Irene • Wicker Tjucy Clillman Irt'ed .Von' Amon ! Jea h •' »t cG re gor • '•.Hut<Jhlh3fin ■ 1|-H-:W-|A-W ABC . 'Cobkltig- Close Upp' ^Hulchl'nson. -PAB*«T . : 9.>Tn-WEAV iien Beriile-.Oi'tr ■•, Matt-Fogarly . . FLOrGH. INC; > ■ . ■ lO^W-WJ*/- Vincent Loper, King's' .Je6tetT Adele Stqirr. Tony-Cabooch •Lake-SpiroL-C RAI.ST*K- :PUR1NA Adven^uec ■: Art)ill.s Dixob P«rcy- HehiUa ■ • • Wlnitred ; ,Taoihe9 •• : Ah'dret^ DomieUy- •.. ". lD|Sp.>Xd.-WK<%F ;' . ^Tmff. Sylvia 'Of Holfywc^od f Qai'dnei • RVAiw.SIIiK . 7-Sn^W«% ' Tod Weeros'Orch ,. Bert Lahr : .' * Charles Lyons •JSrw.ln-Wa^ey RED STAR: TRAST tl-To-Tta-S-WSAF Edna 'QdelL ;.. . Phil . Porterfleld Irma Glen- Earl . I^a.tvrcBce RRMTNGTON 8;30-F-WARC Mfirch of Time* ?B., B..- D. &■ O. R. J. REYNOLDfs- (Camels) ' lO-Tu-'Hin-WABC Casa Lnma Connie Bbswell Kenny Sai^gent *Wm. Esty BIESEB CO. (Venlta Hairnets) CriB-Sa-WABC Waldo-Mayo •G.umblnner BITCliOE (Scott's BmUl) 7:30-FrS-WRAF 'Clrciis Days' Jack Roslelgh Wally Maher Elizabeth CotiBcll Bruce . Evans Frank Wllsoq Ernest Whlteman "Edward. Reese John MacBryde (Eno Salts) 8-Tu-w-vtraz Eno Crimei. Club' Spencer Deao "N. W. Ayer SE.ILIED rOWXR 8- M-WJZ OIR Soubier Morin Sletem King's Jesters Harold St oka's Ore •Grace & KalUday SILVER DUST 7:S0-Tn-Th-8ti- WABO Phil Cook B. B. D. A O. SINCLAIR 9- M-WJZ Gene Arnold Bill Chllds Mar McCloud Joe Parson.-i Cliff Soubier Harry Kogen •Federal SDHTH BBO.S, 9:46-Su-WJZ Billy Hlllpot Sctappy ' Lainliert Nat yhllkret^S Ore •HoTinrir.-Tarcher. SPARTON RADIO S:30-Sn-^V1BAX' Richard HImber Or Frances Langford 3 Radio Scamps John S. . Toung ■ •Brook Smith ft F S^PRA'TT'S: PAX. 7:4«-Tn-WJZ Don Carney's. Dog Stoiries •Paris ft PeArt STAND. BRANDS .fChase ft Sanborn^) 8-Sn-WRAF Eddie cantor Rublnoir (Baker's) 7:30rSa-Wra •Joe- Penner ■ Harriet Hllllard Ozr.Lo Nelson ^ Ore 8-W..WEAF (Royal Gel) Jack Pearl Cllft Hall Peter Van Steeden 8-Tli-WEAF. (Flelschmanh) Rudy Vallee and a^- HUie-Con h,_Ya ni ts Helen Morgan -•J Walt. Thomp. STD. OIL (N. T.) 8-M-WEAF Sof-ony £>Kctches Arthur Allen Pat ker Fennelly Kate McComb leabelle Winlocke Ruth Russell Robert Strauss •B.. C. D. & O. STEICLING PROI> 8:80-W-WE.AF (Phillips Mag) Waltz Time' Abe Lyman Ore Frank' Munn 5 diiliy ox: Sn-f'So WABC '.Skippy ♦ lacketr :■: HUN OIL «:4n-I>iill7-M'.tZ Lijvvoll. Thomiifi •noohe-Wiriliims SWIFl • (ButterHeld) (0-F-WABC . disen &. Johiispii King's Jesters Harry gosnlck. , . , ♦J. Walt. Thomp. TASTYEAST ■ ■ t2:l5-Sa-W<IZ Baby Ro»e Marie. •Staclc-qoblf TEXAS CO; 9:S9-Tu-WEAI Ed Wynn Graham AlcKamee Don Voorheee •.Sa n.ff -Net zge.r TIDmVATisR (TjdoT) 9:Se-MwWABC Jimiujr. Kexnpisr Hummlhsblrds . Robert Ambruster •Lenhon-Mlt'cli, UNDERWOOD 8tS9-Th-WAIIC'., Wm L>yoii Phelps . Nat..SbUltcet' Alexander" Grey . *'Mai>cllan<T .. " . ■ V^ H.^. TeBACeo ^ Dill's. Best^ •Half. H*r tor' 'Men-; •J (; Nugent ■ V Prenf fere -.-Quat'tet . - *Mte>!ErWI?.v • ■-. CNIOM- -«i«NTRAf ; " S-Sb-WABC 'Roses -ft 3>rKVxn' •■ ■ EIl:iiaheth - Love ' CtMri;«. otiar Robt.1. Ilultfes.-- Bl'alne. Cordner.'. . < ♦J. - Whlf/ . THomp. VADSCb SAt;E$> r .,7i30-TI»^WaZ •'■<DJer- K^es) Altchael- .Darttett *.L. 'H. HartiTian. .:'VINCK ■.. •:S0-W-WJZ tlohn ^.'AfcGoririack- Wm At .Daly *CeclJ Wiarwlch' WANDER CO. (Ovaltihe) 8:48-Dally-WJZ . 'Little Orphan A' Allan Bar.uck Henrietta ' •Tedro Ed Sprague ■ Stanley Andrews' Shirley Pell •Dlacket^ WARD BAKING e:4I»-Sn-W^ABC 7:S0-Sa-WABC Family Theatre' OecU Lean Cleo Mayfleld James Melton Billy Arts^ WM. B. WARNER , 9-W-WJZ Warden - Lawes •Cecil, Warwick WASET PROD. tS^M-W-^Th-F- WABO 8.8e-TB-WABC . Voice of Exp'rience •Erwln .. Wasey R, ATKINS 0-Sn-WJZ Tamara- Davis Percy Gene . Kodemlch Men . About Town •Blackett WEIiCn GRAPE :4SrVr-S :13-Sii-W«l7 Trene Rich •Kaator WIIEATENA 7:18-DaUy-WEAF 'Billy Bachelof Raynitond.' Knight Alice Da%'enport •:46-S-WABC AMS-M-Ta-W-TIi' WABC Happy Minstrel •McKee-Albrlght WILDROOT 4:1S-Sn-WEAI Vee Lawiihurst John 'Segal. •B. B., D. ft O. WOODBURT 8:S«-M.-WABC BIng Crosby Lennte Hayton Mills Bros Kay Thompson •Lennon & M.- ' 8:S0-W-F-<WJZ •D'hgero'us PVdise Elsie mtK Nlek' Dawson WYETH ClIEM. . (Jjid Halts) :80-Tn-W-Th- WABC 'Easy Aces' Goodman Ane Jane Aee •. Mnry Hunter •Blackett WRIGLEV 7>M-'rh-F-WABC 'Myrt ft Marge' Myrte Vadl Donna Domeral 'Eleanor Bella Vincent Colentitn Karl Huebl Helena Ray Ray Hedge Dorothy Day Gone Kretzlnger Reginald Knorr Karl Way •B'mnePB Hoopsr WORCESTER (Salts Toothpaste) et45TF^WABC Zoel Pfirenteau's, C _.Carl.J''fl.n • Amber?-? •FulTer— «==Smfthr"= TRASTFOAM 8:S0-Sii-WJZ Jan Gnrber Ore ♦Hays MeFarland Air Line News By Nellie Revell Stock, tor the. past X4 tiiOntha promotion mana^rer and an nouncer for radio station. WKBiH, here, resigneci SVb.. 1, to become as slHtant manager ' at Idora Park, i nmn.<jpm«»nt resort her«. •iuisual contract between CJoorge Gershwin and Health I'roduct^ Co., ni iifacturers oC Feeniamlnt, It's the first time any urtist has had any sasr so oyer commercial spiels and this time thoy are sM, subject to Gersh- win's ok They must have hit? approval before .they go on,th6 air. Funnybohers at Ni ol, I'or the fourth successive year, his renewed with the .Funny- bonOra, but is changing their CBS time, effective Feb. 13, from two inom- liig shots to four- evojling sppts; At the same tinier Brooke .Allen, • -who . incidentally, .became a father last /vycolCi x'eplace Gordon Graham as u menibdr of the trio. This change was ihade before in .the Funnylionof^ but did not affect them on their .commercial. • -r * 'Radio Scandals' a Bust ■RadiQ.. Scandals' • rovuo sent on the road by the NJ3C ArtLsts'- Bureau has been called back. Harry Rlchma'n was sjpottcd in the show after Joe Pdhner was fbrce^^^ New TTork. but it dldnit help. Troup'e played , to. 50 people in Toledo at on* show. ... Ward's - .Ward.Bakipg. Cpi, starts a dramatic contimerclal on CBS. Feb. 13 to be fl'ailed 'AVard's Little Theatre*; Coimedy will be handled by ! Cecil Lean and Cieo Mayfleld.. >Casi/includ^ Edith Barrett, Geoffrey Kerr, Virginia (jhattvonet, Tom- .Koyer,^ Marie : Hammond, Blanche Stewart and ^m. E. MoW'ls. CBS Gets Shayv Alone . ..Insid^ on 6. _ .^^^'^'^ ^brpadcEiatlne ior CBS.'Fe)>. -7 and n,ot for NBC,; ^tiov. .both, networks refuse^ .last' w.cek- 1|0, use 'a .tf ^nscriptioh offered ..by the 'BBC is- that Cesare. SeiurchtiigQr, . CS$|. restes^ntatlye i'li .Xox^don .a^; rAng^d the deiaV. - Siearchinger arranged Shaw's -talk -last year when the. Irish .'Sahita OIaus -cAm'e to this country and laat week -phoiEied Shaw from London,: m'akihng 'the vpi^ert' Shiiw isf ma-ktag- the trip from '■his home to CJBS'^IjoiiiiVlon office; ' .i Faking Fjlm .;Stars . IncrcsLse in humber of Holly wood clisu'XMCteri^^tions.Dn. the, 4ir had-Uke' wise brought about' a -jump .'ln ' the Inumber- of actors-; simulating vcbast. ntimes oii. the .airj .; Pcigrgy -Alicnby ^ecehtty- did. Claiiidette CJolbert and llarry Y^ti 2el Is credited' with ':faklBg Ronald ,C61man/ -.. In 'addUipn l^ba Petroya^wJil dQ^ several imperson^^ bn-th'e Borden sho>Y. Sponsors, are looking, around for. more 'vbice- doubles. Boake Carter^sf Gi Boa.ke Garter, . now/broadcasting for CBS ias a news cominontatoi', will, be heard every - Monday. - to ; Friday nighty , inclusive; on another liquor account signed by 'WOR. Silver ■Wedding gin, a product of the Schenlfy DisttlUng Co. ■ programs wlll. be waxed. They start F#tb. 12. Short Shots NBC may go on the air with a 'Popeye' prograni patterned after strong arm. comic, sailor. Dick Cistello, doing a frog voice act, audi- tioned lAst week. .1 .Eddie East and Ral^hc Dumke, Sisters of the Skillet, gave a public audition' pn the air Saturday (3) for the tobacco company J. C. Nugent left....Liief Eficsoh, forlner Libs Angeles picture, house doorman, will be vocalist with Ted Flo Rita on the Old Gold programs. . . . Benny Leonard may debut on the air shortly in a draniatized version of his life. . , .Starting with Will Osborne's cotnmerclal Wednesday (7) CBS Will install a series; of early bird morning broadcasts. .. .Antoinette Spitzer is out of : the WMCA press department. . ; .Bert X«ahr will be guest artist with. iFlealsllk Feb. 11....CBS program department shortly will move dow'n from the. 19th to the 18th floor, occupying, the quarters to be Vacated by the CBS news, service on March 1. . . .Brlllo has added six stations to its Sunday program with Tito Giilzar, no'W making a total of 16. i . .Charlie Carlisle's mother will visit New York for the. flrst time in her life this week . . . , Spartpn sho^w on NBC has renewed for five more weekis, Richard Himber, Three Scamps and Frances Langford remaining .. .,Kauf man Hats, will go on' the air- in May.... Ray Perkins' new WOR commercial is. his 17t;h in three years. Scrambled Notes Philco, with Bpako Carter, has switched agencies from i\ Walter Arm* strong to Hutchlns Advertising' Agency of Rochester, N. Y. ..... Columbia; has established publicity headquarters in the Radio Playhouse iethd will have a member of the press department on hand each evening. News- papermen will be glveti privacy and a place to work. . . .George Bancroft Is being offered to several commercial accounts.-. ..Val Gartner, back from Syracuse, has returned to the Philip Morris show— May Robeson be|ing offered as a guest star tO; sponsors, a,s is Doris Kenyon. . . .Jack Beriny is still having sponsor trouble. .. .Judson agency working on a sketch called 'Taxi'; to feature Max Raer, auditiPning last week with a ghost for Baer. . ...Norman Brokerishli'e is off the Chesterfield show> ..v. Bayer's aspirin starts a recorded program, 'Lavender and Old Lace', on .WOR on Feb. 7. It's on for thirteen weeks. .. .Will Cuppy, Irene Bor- doni, Arlene Jackson and Harold Stern and his orchestra are lined up for 9 .new commercial at. NBC GossV Florence Malonc, one of the first to join the Radio Cjuild, when it was formed, has quit that show.;.. Willie and Eugene Howard arc set for Realsilk March 4 as guests. ...in two years of radio and theatre work, there hasn'^t been a change of personnel In Leon Belasco's CBS orChcsT tra, not* has any musician missed a broadcast or a stage , 4ate.:. . .Harold; Johnson, iain NbC page, holds an air pHot-s. license and Until he gets a. flylne job will continue paging. /. .Joey Nash, tenor, is still xJeaf as a result 6f a recent ear operation. ., .Mrs; Phil Spitalhy returned from California brln'giiig with her an. eleven-year-old child singing accordion- ist. The Spitalny's . will adopt the girl First time in NBC's, history that its mikes went .completely dead happened c|uring a recent operatic broadcast when the 'B' batteries went gaflooey. .. .Charles Coe Is shop- ping for talent for a show to offer General lectric Vagabond King program, for Palmollve soap is reported starting, in March with Gladys. SwarthoUt and Theodore Webb heading the cast. Nat Shllkret supplies the music... Alf red 'McCosker, president of WOR, returned yesterday from a West Indian tour.... Joe ipenner nt under contra'ct for :1T>34-1035 by J. Walter Thompson agency. -. Stand By Connie .iSoswolI uuditioned for the Camel program, with Stoopii; and^ucld^eit as m.c.' . . . . Jack and Loretta Clemens auditioned Tulius"Woasniair=sh66r-m'^NB^^ WMCA. . . .Tito Gui?ar has a new Wednesday sustaining spot at CBS. ... Tom Howard is vacationing at Miami. .. .Ozzle Nelson will make a week of one-nighters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey starting Feb. Ifi at Bucknell College. Charles Vander author of 'So Tliig tflv Radio' is press agent temporar- ily for Dave "BaUou how manriger at KMTR, Twos Angfles. Baron Voh Egidy is the .hew pro- gram director of KMPC, Los Ange- les. He was formerly top annpun''«»f at KMTR. Tiiesdaj, February 6, 1934 MUSIC-NITE CtnilS VAItlETV 49 Broadway Cafes Have Edge on East Side Swank Rendezvous Whatever big business Is ijelng aone is to the credit of the Broad- way niterles. Park Ave. miist con- tent Itself with the hotel biz. The fashionable hostelrles With their cocktail bars a.fe still holding up augmented by the Bitz Bar's debut yesterday (Monday). Paul White- mart at the Biltmore alone is doing any sizable- eottVert and dinner tirade.. In the Broadway sector the same threesome! Hollywood, Paradise and Cafllnb de Paree, are being . aug^ mented. by' the nice pace which the Palais Royal is accelerating with its new shpw. Central, Park /djELslho is hit ; arid iniss. The JPennsy and Kew'Tforker liotels witli their name ba,nds not so. The speaks", or rather - the legal- ized ex-oases,; aren't maintaining thieir vogue. . Already . 1 Morocco is experiencing difflcultles despite George's Metaxfa's isciclalite wife ac-^ counting for no Smiall draw With' l^rge partlefl" f rOm ■ Greenwich a.nd . Park aye. SImplon Glub is doing but fairly lifter having built itself ' into an. In- stitution. Some of the better knoWn Park , avenue retreats may fold a la the. Embassy, with biz considerably off. Their limited capacities are how the headache where ■ formerly the cdzlness of the. rooms was the boon^ — •they're too small to afford "worthy . attractions and, ' sans a bi^ name,, it's tod tough. Leon arid Eddie's Is- hpldlng up via Eddie as the songster appeal and LiCpn's per- sonal following as thei host. ickleness pf the round :'the-townT ers is hitting the. hpt'els already. Those spots getting the biggest Jams are jammed worse than ever; the minute they start to ease off the smart th^ng Is for the boys and girls, to .desert the y ester- week's popular spot. , and shift with the.niob to whatever n^w coektail bar of re- treat Is doing business. To Gre Party-G. W. : London,. ..Feb. Guy Lombards has received an in- vitation from Mayor George Wehlge of London, Ontario, to return to his native city this summer for a gala clvlo. celebration in honor of Lorn- bardp, the town's most fampus SPii, Maypr thinks a play date cpuid be arranged for Lembardp .at the Port .Stanley ddnce pavillion owned by the city of London. Pittsburgh .Curfew Toujeh Pittsburgh, Feb. 5: ittsbur .new directpr pf pub- lic safety, Ralph Smith, making It plenty tpugh fpr the night sppts here! pf late' with his insistence tiiat curfeyv^ be' e'nf creed strictly. Cafe owners, repeal giving them 'their first chance he'^e Jn years tq cpme but pf red,' charging that enferce- inent .pf ; the crdinance to the letter would moan the end pf them. Law here cavils fcr dariClhg tP stop ,at .12:;45 week-days and 11:45 on SJiturdaya!! .tjast Week-end police squads Were sfatioried the band stands pf tp\\di;s leadinig; night clubs and mUslc. waS shut off ..com- pletely at Stroke of midnight. Cafe Must Nots •Oinaha, Feb. 6. Morality clauses just pro- mulgated by the City "Welfare department apply to night clubs and cafes. Following are bar,««d: ■ (1) All dancers. (2) Girl performers under 18. (3) Entertainers mixing with, patrons. .(4) Floor s h o w s within hand's reach of niale specta-. tors. (5), Entertainment 12:30 a. m. Fairmont, W' Va<, Feb.. 5. ■ Mike. l>elli-Gattl, proprietor of I'pad hpuse here . has novel method of keeping his place pppular with the better trade. ypU;,can drink youi* owh booze there if discreet but can't, get in the place ^f . already plas-': tered, ■. Plan .wprks successfully. The night sppt thus keeps, out . the riff-raff that gets .piled up' dpWntPwri and then wants someplace to go to polish off the evening. BARBARY COAST SPOTS EXPECT DANCE PERMITS CAFE AGENT MISSING Detroit Manager Wants to Find Joe Caspar Detroit, Feb, Luigi's. cafe- here is looking for Joe Caspei', cabaret agent, whc rep- resented himself as acting fcr the Lou Irwin' agency pf New Ypvk. Lui i paid Caspar abput $1,000, part pf it an advance and the biilance pwed the acts brpught in by Caspar, which -iriciuded a line Pf girls ahd fpur ' pi" live acts. Rhys arid Owen, wprKing jiere. at Luigi's, thpught they were threush last .Thursday, and sp gpt theirs in full and were, planning tp ppen for Caspal' at la Fprt Wayne, Ind., sppt, but wlien the act called Fprt Wayne the cafe knew npthing pf their en- gagement. Lou Irwin agency' In New Tcrk kn<Dws npthIng pf Caspar, excepting that they thpught he was an exten- sive midwest ■ agent acting fcr.' the Plaza cafe, Pittsburgh. It wias frpm the Plaza "that Caspar tOpk the show to- Luigi's, i)etrplt, Inpludlhg Fran- ces 'Day, Art^eriia and Valencia, dancers, and. other acts.,.. Irwin's .office states that the acts hadn't be.en."i)ald oft,' .and are. stranded. icenses; Bring-Your-Own'-Liquor Policy Best SeUers Sheet music business foi> the. dlstri utors started- pf las.t; ■w'eek with a record taking turnover. Monday and Tues- day gave the Music Dealers Service, Inc., the two biggest days in the combine's history. Even though the orders -drpp- ped off sharply, in midweek It was a hefty stanza, for the in- dustry. Marking the week parr ticularly was the attainment by 'The Old. Spinning Wheel' pf the .30,000 cbpy clasg. , Six best sellers fpr the: -lyeeli ending Feb; 2, as reported by .distributors.- and syndicate stores in the ' East, Were : . . : 'The Id Spi ina Wha^l' (Shapiro). . 'Smoke (3ets Into Your (T. B. Harms). ; , • 'Good Night tittle irl'' (Mori-is). 'Everything I Have Is .YOMn»' (Robblns)-.. . ' 'Did You ver See a Dreani.! Walking?' (DeSylvia). 'Make ."Hay While the Sun, inea- (Bobbins). Cleveland,. ilTlcuities of local niterles in get- ting 11,000 club liquor licenses, wit majerlty bars escapis sweeping ppllce. raids. Is. giving ho-' tels their first breaks • in some- IB week the hostelries. lucky . San Francisco, Feb. 5. Frisco's going back to the old days; but with laice edges. A concerted in'ove was made by civic and lipllce execs last -week to open up the town, although it*s de- nied by all and sundry that any WIde-opehesss Is Intended. IMEove^ Was started when hearings - were held oil adVisabilltjr of issuing danpe permits to Barbary Coast spots that, opened wheii beer came in- and have, been running In ' the red.- Clubwonieh. and others, of course, kicked at .allowing hoofing. But President Theodore Roche - of the Pplloe Cpmmissipn said that he expects, the cpnilsh will grant the permits, . today (Monday) - to six places — ^Moulin Rouge, Hippodrome, Spider Kelly's; Inferno, Dragon. and C/Oppa's Palace. CASINO SETTX.es note On the Agreed stipulation that" the ampunt pwed will be paid in Instalments pf,|100 weekly, the N. Y. Supreme Ceurt Tuesday (30) vacated- a Judgment of $1,156.84 in fa-vor of the defunct Bank of U.' S. against the Dieppe Gorp. and Sidney Solpmon, pperatprs pf the Central Park Gasine, and Jphn Sloan. Slpan, named as defendant also, ■endorsed the prlginal note fpr ;$10,- 000 pn which- '"'the- amount of the Judgment represents an Unpaid bal- -a»iee.--The= ttot'e- Was-made-l =Ma rch,- 1931. , PEGGY FEARS IN NITERY Peggy Feai's opens at El Mp- focco, New York nitory, tomorrow (Wert). ' ■ After the cafe engagement Mi's.s Pp.nrs goos; to lloUy-ivoort for Fox Vic Meyers' New Stunt Sfattle, Feb. 5. Vic Meyers, lleut-gpv. bf Wash- IngtPn, prpminent band leader and nite club pwner, . is again running CPr maypr pf Seattle. He is one pf ten candidates whp filed fpr that high pfflce, with primary electlpp later- this month. Two years ago he ran in a semi- serious faishibn with a- big comic -cahipaign .back of hlip for mayor, attracting natipnal attentipn. '. He ran fifth in a big field. , Then at thie Rposevelt landside he was elected lieutenant-gpvernpr .of Washington In November, 1932.' He serves three mpre years, . _He Jthlnks he ceuld handle the twp jpbs. On 'tpp of It, he:, is 'oper- ating ,the Club Victpr here, arid the Club- Victor. " p.prtland. Meyer !DavIs' Magna Pictures, whieh has a dlstributlPn deal with RKO plans an indie feature to be made in the. east; .AbPut. April IB Is the prppipsed : production datf^ Eddie Cllne jnay be,.1^ro]|i^ht eajst/to dlirect the semi-niuslcal with radio natnes. Blpgraph StiidlPs 'Will be utilized as against the fprmer 'As- tprla pi'Pductipn plant . which' Davis fprfne'riy utilized. liKQ finances Davls\50% and so far hsLs been . -given three Magna shprts,. all .radio namesi RKO will also . distrlti thie iteatUre'; and sim- ilar ly part-^finatnee. Nitery Balikrupt .t Los Angeles,. Feb, 5i' Bankruptcy, petitipn, with a plea that the cpurt .cpnflrni and -Approve a proposal for. an. extension of time in which, to- pay, its debts, was filed i li; S. District Court here .by Aztec 'Gardens, roadhou.se operat- ing a miniature floor show, and its pperatirijgr partners, Harold J. Greenbaum and. Joe Anticonnl. • PotLtion recites debts aggregate around $4,000, with assets of $10,- 000, but Inability to pay debts at this time. Filing, of bankruptcy schcciulo dcforrrd ifor 10 cTay.^. FOWIEE AND TAMARA WEST =,-J£owler^jind^ TiUTia^ aflor thfir Hotel MaTk~iroin{Ths~<rnK^^^^ San F);aniMsc6, arc slated to shift to the Opooanut Grove, Los An- gclo.s. Guy I^oniljardo'.s big click, hgw- pyer, ha.s .exfenrtrd the' band's stay at tin? (Ji'ovc nntil March 18, -Which may mnkP Jt ton late for the d.inf.-r« team wli') ill"" «l!iffil to r'-turn to Chicago at the Ilotel Drake ALBANY'S SYHFHOint . Albany, 8. Albany Symphony Orchestra has Jd.st been organized for the benefit of jobless musicians; With approxi- mately 40'0 of them in the- city, only 20 are emiE>loyed. regularly. ' The or- chestra's director lip - Dri £2dward Victor Cuperoi former" 'director o*f the Cleveland Symphony. . (Orchestra ' will be handled as a service project of the C.WA. iOWA UWS CHILL CEDAR RAPIDS CAFE Cedar Rapids, Feb. Club Royale, swank dine, dance and night life spot, has been closed, with' Johii prochaska , in the tolls of tlie law. Prochaska stood one raid, gambling, was subject to an pther tor llqupr law -ylolatlpn and folded wheii charges of Operating gambling devices, punchbqard's. and the like, appeared, as did. those .of falling to file statemei^ts of 'names and other infpfmatlpn with the cpunty reccrder as required by lalw-i 'In additlpn, building owners; being apprised that property was being used Illegally, served nptlces to vacate; Patronage plenty, but law tpo tPugh. Paul Kain Sued LPS Angeles, Fe.b. B.. Paul Kain, Ocean Pdrk prchestra leader, has been sued by his' wife fpr separate maintenance. Rpger Harchetti filed . Mrs: Kain. Newspsiper Policy Kills N. Y. Trip For 3 of 5 Chi Radio Columnists , ,. Chlca'gp",-. Peb. . nly tWP' .radlp editers' gPt "^way on a free .trip to New .^y.<irk f ol; the opehing of the. CBS air./libeatrei'>Tirip was sponsored ' solely: ,b jr. . WBBM, the local CBS eiitlet; 'but the. net- work afnirat^bii restrained the ma- jority pf. thevpapers from ailbwing their ritdlcf 3cribblers';frpm..hDljE!ltig the rattler. ■;,T'vvp w.ho. went wpre Y;iiirik Taylor of the Times, -which was formerly" tied in: With .the i3ta- tiori,' Tahd Charles CFiichfie^St; pf the Chicago' Daily Ne-ws; .. Those who were forced by news- pap.or policy' td, politely refuse the invitation were Bill Clark of the Arnerican, evening Hearst rag; Ul- mer Turner of the Herald-and-Exr amin.er, morhlrig Hearster« and Larry Wolters of the Chicago Trib- une. Chicago Tribune shyness has niore, than one angle, pbvioiis one, of course, is the recent split between WGN, the Chicago Tribune outlet^ and the Columbia system. Other liiigleHs=^f'een=-in— the-=fact==that^t-ha. picture reviewer of the Tribune, Miie Tince (Fi-ahces Kurner) never goos on trips paid for by picture companies and never attehds pub- licity luncheons thrown for vi.sit- ing picture stars. Howeyer, all bthf'r (Ikllles gladly send their pic- tui'f roviewcrs on such assign - mciils. Cab Calloway's $10,000 1st Week M L6iit<|oii cab qalloway-- $,lO,00O-in bookings lined iip the ' bdnd'.s first week in London when' it opens at the P.alladiuni,. booked via Irving MilL-s,. .piitiilde of the music hall engagement there are' dates fpr". - the Kit ..Cat. club, a cphcert at Ihe 'trp* cadero,,' dance dates in and arptind Lcndoii including pne ai: Sherry's, Brlehtbui Band 'Bails Feb.. 23- Miils. .sails'' d Week ahead, Feb. 16, to pave the way for the Callowayites; ■* Kahn Returns — ^Again .Rogor Wolfe Kahn is all .set for a return, as a band leader. With- his intent t6 become active once again he has ,re- engaged George D. L.ottman to again beconie. his personal rep, although Lottman, unlike In the past, will not confine hi m Helf^exel u .t t Vft1y= tO-^TCali n ,.- years. For to get the initial permits had ja clear field, doing a boorh Wis witli re- opened night club rppi , and lie!^ c cktall pa.ripr8, at 'twbrblts'a throW Cor riced cocktails,. '. hptel Irv- ing Aarpnspn's CbnumanderSj Belle Balker and Alport fpr. its Rainbow Room. _ -sighed- Wal- green' :Brbwh for cocktail vpovpi, Hpllendeh took over Artists and Writers Club, fo^^merly operated. :by Freddie JMeyers of 4300^ Club^ ftnd turned it into ■ Parlsiah eoxJktall Lbunge besides-, keeping Mwle Ja- cobs in Crystal ropm. Other, hbtel^ with only weeik-ehd clubs 'are ptit- ting In two orchestras while e'hlarg- ihg nitery quarters. At. least 75 n.usicians. put back to work by de-. mand for music, with Mike Speclale at Mayfalr' bopklng in six. bands of his pwn. Whoopee i Biggest ' .surprise In the. fields of ' cafes Is. phehemertal ''success o% Childs' restaurant, fpr years deep in the red,: "when., it was turned Into a dan<ie-dihe-and-likker Gingham cafe. On ppening day this. 450-04- paclty sppt drew In approximately' $2,500 and Is. clicking more than il>0Q0 daily, since, 'with .George DufCy.'s . band and low prices. Phil Gordon, responsible for change. Is only 24 but