Zanuck on Costs
Zanuck on costs prices prices continuing from pafje half-dozen , T u • -o .4 4
Darryl Francis Zanuck aforesaid he knew that this had package teams.
Johnnie Ray and been
thought of from time to time.
Jean Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, then iena Horne, I As for rumored Government op- i,cf I position to mergers, Zanuck opined that this was “foolish.” He intercalary tliat he didn’t see however this might deprive tue Government of taxes in any manner.
Zanuck same that, being an indie freed, him of a great deal of table worli “but I’m busier than ever, I’vs become a picture-maker once more,” h< declared.
Reed D.
Yowell, 46, film agent for Tower footage, Dallas, died Feb.
15 in this city.
His wife, son, daughter and brother survive.
Father of Johnny Reb Puleo, panto¬ mime comedian and free-reed instrument player, died Jan.
twenty seven in Washing¬ ton, D.C. Wayne Steffner, 41, government producer of ABC-TV’s “You Asked for It,” died Feb.
23 in Hollywood.
He was at one time with CBS.
Mother, 73, of Lilian Arnold, the big apple talent agent, died Feb.
half-dozen in Beantown.
Edwin Booth Grossman, 69, grandchild of Edwin Booth, 19th Century Shakespearian actor,, died Feb.
17 in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.
Hector Mateos, 56, Mexican actor who had appeared in 35 films, died Feb.
13 in Ciudad de Mexico.
Angela Velasco, 45, actress, died of cancer Feb.
11 in Barcelona.
A kinswoman survives.
Ernest H.
Thompson, quondam Hollywood scripter, died Feb.
18 in Fayetteville, N.C. ALF THOMAS • Alf Thomas, 78, Welsh comedian, died Feb.
one in Swansea, South Wales.
Long a vaude comedian, he created his commencement at Swansea in 1897.
He was seen fre¬ quently on the previous Leon Vint Circuit, later itinerant London and English vauderies as a solo com¬ edian.. A son, Ivor Thomas, could be a mu¬ sical director and arranger.
HARRY SOTHERN Harry Sothern, 73, actor and nephew of the late E.
H.
Sothern, Shakespearian actor, died Feb.
twenty two in new york, Sothern came to the U.S. from England in 1903 and 3 years later joined his uncle’s company in Chicago.
He created his debut in “The merchant of Venezia.” He ap¬ peared along with his uncle in varied productions and for 9 years was production manager of the Soth¬ Haliatus albicilla and (Julia) Marlowe Co.
He appeared in supporting roles with Otis Skinner, parliamentarian Gideon Algernon Mantell, walter Hampden, Laurette Taylor and Jane Cowl.
His legit credits embody “Lean Harvest,” “The woman of the Lamp,” “Bridle Wise,” “Ber¬ keley Square” and “Swan Song,” among others.
DR.
CHARLES W.
McCARTY Dr.
Charles W.
81, pioneer Oklahoma film promoter, died Feb.
seventeen in Longmont, Colo.
McCarty designed the Majestic Theatre in Tulsa regarding 1909 and operated it for many years.
it had been on the stage of the Majestic which will Rogers appeared in his 1st professional engagement.
His better half and sister survive.
JUAN BARRABES Juan Barrabes, 57, retired zar¬ zuela (operetta) singer, died of a heart failure February.
thirteen in Barcelona.
At just the once he was a member of the Sagi Barba, Emilio Vendrell and Marcos Redondo firms.
surviving area unit his woman and 2 sisters.
LA TORTAJADA Consuelo T.
Hernandez, 90, one¬ time flamenco dancer acknowledged pro¬ fessionally as La Tortajada, died Feb.
7 in Granada, Spain.
Before retiring in 1911, she was rated as Mrs.
Ethel Sothern, 75.
stage and screen role player, died Feb.
twenty in Hollywood.
Henry Drimer, 72, German language play¬ wright and journalist, died Feb.
twenty in the big apple once an extended ill health.
Salvatore Cibelli, 67, a former fiddler and music hall actor, died Feb.
17 in new york.
okay, with John Milton Berle and so Joe E.
Lewis continuing the pull- pace.
presently Nat King Cole is packing the restaurant Pompeii, that houses over 750 once the rear section is opened for nitery tour- are on the followup list.
Alan Gale’s Windfall For the remainder, Alan current of air has unbroken his-frantic following, as evidenced by the healthy season he is having at the Versailles.
In his case, he do i show nightly at a $6.50 food & drinkable tariff to insure the profits in his 550-seater.
The Sans Souci has had just one winner to this point, in Myron Cohen; booking of the garment-center his¬ historian necessitate three times out, with two gone and an Gregorian calendar month date turning out.
The Monte Carlo is creating it again this year, because of luring back of such staples as Lillian Roth, the Edmund Kean sisters, Jackie Miles, et al.
The Nautilus Hotel’s driftwood space, once one amongst the most effective showcases for middle- budget acts within the space, has had the worst season of all, results of what looks a wool-minded booking policy and feuding, between management and concession men that led to lop off in advertising expenditure to the point wherever an Alan King contend the space with nobody in city knowing he was around.
Olsen & Johnson and their Hellzapoppin’
Club (ex-Ciro’s) are finding the going significant, though they’ve begun to select up some¬ what in recent nights.
the remainder of the hotel-run is dedicated to new- show-night policy, comprising an in depth route of all-nighters for acts within the area; budgets afford payment of $75 up for performers, reckoning on reputation.
This BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs.
John ' Phillip* daughter, Hollywood, Feb.
17" Father is AN actor.
Mr, and Mrs.
Lenny Gale, son Hollywood, Feb.
16.
Father is i nitery-tv comic; mother is formei dancer Karleen Millard.
Mr, and Mrs.
Rov Lewis, daugh ter, Pittsburgh, Feb.
17.
Father’, AN announcer at WEDO; mother ii Elayne Foreman, a band vocaliser.
Mr.
and Mrs.
Van Nomikos, daughter, Chicago, last w’eek Father is v.p. of Allied Theatres o Illinois.
Mr.
and Mrs, Joseph John Singer Sargent, daughter, los angeles, Feb.
20 Mother is role player Blessed Virgin Carver; solfa syllable ther *is an actor.
Mr.
and Mrs.
James O’Brier.
son, l. a. , Feb.
18.
Father could be a sound editor at Universal-In¬ international.
Mr, and Mrs.
Doug Morrison female offspring, Hollywood, Feb.
14.
solfa syllable ther could be a employees director at telesta lion KTTV.
Mr, and Mrs.
Parley Baer, daughter, Burbank.
Cal., Feb.
mother is Ernestine Clark, circu: some inns take newspaper dis- ; entertainer, • '“'idaSt “sanYa Monic?, aj Feb! ■ DeUdo Etcetera I ad,.ess'uia‘Bar''on The DeUdo, wilh-Pupi Campos , memoranda Benassi, 71, Italian legit and film actor, died Feb.
24 in Bologna, Italy, once a protracted sickness.
MARRIAGES Sally Gold to Howard Nagel Chicago, Feb.
22.
Bride’s a booking agent for MGM in Chi.
Dinah Washington to Eddie Chamblee, Washington, Feb.
22.
Bride could be a Mercury Records and nitery chantoosey; he’s a former Lionel Hampton Orch player, currently beneath contract to Mercury.
Lee Sharorl to James G.
Wilson, Dallas, Jan.
25.
Bride is an player and exotic dancer, donna Jo Gribble to Steve G.
Miller Jr,, Hollywood, Feb.
24.
each square measure players in “The Drunk¬ ard” forged.
Onriette Lebron to Phil King, city, Cal., Feb.
23.
each square measure CBS-TV publicists.
Lawrence Wright.
mineral Braithwaite tp John Hauf, Toronto, Feb.
22.
Bride is' a CBS- T'V player; groom, former “Lone Ranger,” is presently major in tv • production of “Last of the Mohi¬ cans.” Judith Ann Ross to Saint George|St. George|martyr|patron saint} War¬ ren George., city, Feb, 24.
He’s son of draftsman chawbacon Gold¬ berg Associate in Nursingd an indie pix producer.
orch, is doing well.
II s the sole dtiughter Chicago, Feb.
14 game of its kind around, uilh .
i-'atiiQp j.r; y p division manager lots of the Latin dance addicts - — .
_ .
obtainable to beat up a hip-swing storm.
The bar-lounge adjuncts of the large 3, are consistent moneymakers.
Harry’s yankee Bar within the Eden mythical creature could be a jam- packed spot nightly, that includes •Buddy Greco and his aides, yet as Chuy Pablo Neruda and his music for amusement and performing arts.
The Boom-Boom area within the Fon¬ tainebleau could be a .long, ceilinged cellar that ‘ attracts the mambo- maniacs, as will the Americana’s massive nitery adjunct.
strip circuit is flourishing bn the late hour deals.
they have solely some men-seeking-fernmes to elevate their takes, what with the massive tabs assessed; the blokes on the create, seeking company of the un- drapers, opt for the wine-party routine.
Franklin Still At It most likely the foremost consistent tiny club within the space is Murray Franklin’s, opposite thev- Roney Plaza.
atment last year lias been attfaCffng show, biz, name.s-in- the-news personalities and therefore the average tap house crawler trying to find a late spot to travel.
Comic Don Rickies, who simply closed, designed himself a large following for his insult-lined wack-session.s. Boni¬ face Franklin, a cagy talent buy¬ er, is aware of everybody in city and gets into the act himself.
, T u • -o .4 ■ Zanuck said he knew that this had
package groups. ^Johnnie Ray and been considered from time to time.
Jean Carroll, then iena Horne, I As for reported Government op-
i,cf I position to mergers, Zanuck opined
that this was “foolish.” He added
tliat he didn’t see how this would
deprive tue Government of taxes
in any way.
Zanuck said that, being an indie
freed, him of a lot of desk world
“but I’m busier than ever, IVs
become a picture-maker again,” h
declared.
Reed D. Yowell, 46, film booker
for Tower Pictures, Dallas, died
Feb. 15 in that city. His wife, son,
daughter and brother survive.
Father of Johnny Puleo, panto¬
mime comedian and harmonica
player, died Jan. 27 in Washing¬
ton, D.C.
Wayne Steffner, 41, executive
producer of ABC-TV’s “You Asked
for It,” died Feb. 23 in Hollywood.
He was formerly with CBS.
Mother, 73, of Lilian Arnold,
New York talent agent, died Feb.
6 in Boston.
Edwin Booth Grossman, 69,
grandson of Edwin Booth, 19th
Century Shakespearean actor,, died
Feb. 17 in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Hector Mateos, 56, Mexican actor
who had appeared in 35 films, died
Feb. 13 in Mexico City.
Angela Velasco, 45, actress, died
of cancer Feb. 11 in Barcelona. A
niece survives.
Ernest H. Thompson, onetime
Hollywood scripter, died Feb. 18 in
Fayetteville, N.C.
ALF THOMAS
• Alf Thomas, 78, Welsh comedian,
died Feb. 1 in Swansea, South
Wales. Long a vaude comedian,
he made his first appearance at
Swansea in 1897. He was seen free¬
frequently on the former Leon Vint
Circuit, later touring London and
English vauderies as a solo com¬
median..
A son, Ivor Thomas, Is a mu¬
musical director and arranger.
HARRY SOTHERN
Harry Sothern, 73, actor and
nephew of the late E. H. Sothern,
Shakespearean actor, died Feb. 22
in New York,
Sothern came to the U.S. from
England in 1903 and three years
later joined his uncle’s company
in Chicago. He made his debut in
“The Merchant of Venice.” He ap¬
peared with his uncle in numerous
productions and for nine years was
production manager of the Soth¬
ern and (Julia) Marlowe Co.
He appeared in supporting roles
with Otis Skinner, Robert Mantell,
Walter Hampden, Laurette Taylor
and Jane Cowl. His legit credits
include “Lean Harvest,” “The Lady
of the Lamp,” “Bridle Wise,” “Ber¬
keley Square” and “Swan Song,”
among others.
DR. CHARLES W. McCARTY
Dr. Charles W. McCarty, ^ 81,
pioneer Oklahoma film exhibitor,
died Feb. 17 in Longmont, Colo.
McCarty built the Majestic Theatre
in Tulsa about 1909 and operated
it for several years. It was on
the stage of the Majestic that
Will Rogers appeared in his first
professional engagement.
His wife and sister survive.
JUAN BARRABES
Juan Barrabes, 57, retired zar¬
zuela (operetta) singer, died of a
heart attack Feb. 13 in Barcelona.
At one time he was a member of
the Sagi Barba, Emilio Vendrell
and Marcos Redondo companies.
Surviving are his wife and two
sisters.
LA TORTAJADA
Consuelo T. Hernandez, 90, one¬
time flamenco dancer known pro¬
professionally as La Tortajada, died
Feb. 7 in Granada, Spain. Before
retiring in 1911, she was rated as
Mrs. Ethel Sothern, 75. stage
and screen actress, died Feb. 20
in Hollywood.
Henry Drimer, 72, Yiddish play¬
wright and journalist, died Feb. 20
in New York after a long illness.
Salvatore Cibelli, 67, a former
violinist and vaudeville actor, died
Feb. 17 in New York.
okay, with Milton Berle and then
Joe E. Lewis continuing the pull-
pace. Currently Nat King Cole is
packing the Cafe Pompeii, which
houses over 750 when the back
section is opened for nitery tour-
are on the followup list.
Alan Gale’s Windfall
For the rest, Alan Gale has kept
his-frantic following, as evidenced
by the healthy season he is having
at the Versailles. In his case, he
does one show nightly at a $6.50
food & beverage tariff to insure
the profits in his 550-seater.
The Sans Souci has had only one
winner thus far, in Myron Cohen;
booking of the garment-center his¬
historian calls for three times out,
with two gone and an April date
coming up. The Monte Carlo is
making it again this year, thanks
to luring back of such staples as
Lillian Roth, the Kean sisters,
Jackie Miles, et al. The Nautilus
Hotel’s Driftwood room, once one
of the best showcases for middle-
budget acts in the area, has had the
worst season of all, result of what
seems a muddled booking policy
and feuding, between management
and concession men that led to
lop-off in advertising expenditure
to the point where an Alan King
played the room with no one in
town knowing he was around.
Olsen & Johnson and their
Hellzapoppin’ Club (ex-Ciro’s) are
finding the going heavy, although
they’ve begun to pick up some¬
what in recent nights. The rest of
the hotel-run is devoted to new-
show-night policy, comprising an
extensive route of one-nighters for
acts in the area; budgets allow for
payment of $75 up for performers,
depending on reputation. This
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. John ' Phillip*
daughter, Hollywood, Feb. 17"
Father is an actor.
Mr, and Mrs. Lenny Gale, son
Hollywood, Feb. 16. Father is i
nitery-tv comic; mother is formei
dancer Karleen Millard.
Mr, and Mrs. Rov Lewis, daugh
ter, Pittsburgh, Feb. 17. Father’,
an announcer at WEDO; mother ii
Elayne Foreman, a band vocalist.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Nomikos,
daughter, Chicago, last w’eek
Father is v.p. of Allied Theatres o
Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Sargent,
daughter, Los Angeles, Feb. 20
Mother is actress Mary Carver; fa
ther *is an actor.
Mr. and Mrs. James O’Brier.
son, Los Angeles, Feb. 18. Fathei
is a sound editor at Universal-In¬
ternational.
Mr, and Mrs. Doug Morrison
daughter, Hollywood, Feb. 14. Fa
ther is a staff director at telesta
lion KTTV.
Mr, and Mrs. Parley Baer,
daughter, Burbank. Cal., Feb. 18,
'“'Astrid “Tanya Monica?, aj Feb!
■ Pseudo Etcetera I ad,.ess'uia‘Bar''on
The DeUdo, wilh-Pupi Campos ,
Memo Benassi, 71, Italian legit
and film actor, died Feb. 24 in
Bologna, Italy, after a long illness.
MARRIAGES
Sally Gold to Howard Nagel
Chicago, Feb. 22. Bride’s a booker
for MGM in Chi.
Dinah Washington to Eddie
Chamblee, Washington, Feb. 22.
Bride is a Mercury Records and
nitery chantoosey; he’s a former
Lionel Hampton Orch player, now
under contract to Mercury.
Lee Sharorl to James G. Wilson,
Dallas, Jan. 25. Bride is an actress
and exotic dancer,
Donna Jo Gribble to Steve G.
Miller Jr,, Hollywood, Feb. 24.
Both are players in “The Drunk¬
ard” cast.
Onriette Lebron to Phil King,
Beverly Hills, Cal., Feb. 23. Both
are CBS-TV publicists.
Lawrette Wright t<r -Capfr. -Peiei’„
Williams of the t Royal Marines,
London, Feb. 23. Bvide is daughter
of music publish^ Lawrence
Wright.
Beryl Braithwaite tp John Hauf,
Toronto, Feb. 22. Bride is' a CBS-
T'V player; groom, former “Lone
Ranger,” is currently starring in tv
• production of “Last of the Mohi¬
cans.”
Judith Ann Ross to George War¬
ren George., Beverly Hills, Feb, 24.
He’s son of cartoonist Rube Gold¬
berg and an indie pix producer.
orch, is doing well. II s the only dtiughter Chicago, Feb. 14
game of its kind around, uilh . i-'atiiQp j.r; y p division manager
plenty of the Latin dance addicts - — . _ .
on hand to beat up a hip-swing
storm. The bar-lounge adjuncts
of the big three, are consistent
moneymakers. Harry’s American
Bar in the Eden Roc is a jam-
packed spot nightly, featuring
•Buddy Greco and his aides, as well
as Chuy Reyes and his music for
entertainment and dancing. The
Boom-Boom Room in the Fon¬
tainebleau is a .long, low-ceilinged
cellar which ‘ attracts the mambo-
maniacs, as does the Americana’s
big nitery adjunct.
The^ strip circuit is flourishing
bn the late hour deals. They need
only a few men-seeking-fernmes to
jack up their takes, what with the
big tabs assessed; the guys on the
make, seeking company of the un-
drapers, go for the wine-party
routine.
Franklin Still At It
Probably the most consistent
small club in the area is Murray
Franklin’s, opposite thev- Roney
Plaza. The all^igbter -where
Roberta Shei^bocl got the “big
\discovery” ti^atment last year lias
been attfaCffng show, biz, name.s-in-
the-news personalities and the
average pub crawler looking for a
late spot to go. Comic Don
Rickies, who just closed, built
himself a huge following for his
insult-lined wack-session.s. Boni¬
face Franklin, a canny talent buy¬
er, knows everyone in town and
gets into the act himself. He’s
brought in Irwin Corey and Leon
Fields to buttress Dick Havilland,
