The show-business newspaper Variety headlines its issue with a report that rural audiences do not support movies that portray country folk and bucolic settings.

21 Aug.

Bandleader Benny Goodman's career takes a dramatic turn for the better when he opens at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, where he is dubbed the "King of Swing."

25 Sept.

Maxwell Anderson's Winterset, starring Burgess Meredith and Richard Bennett, opens at New York's Martin Beck Theater. The play is based on the Sacco- Vanzetti case.

10 Oct.

The opera Porgy and Bess, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, opens at the Alvin Theater in New York, where it runs for 124 performances. Songs include "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," and "Summertime."

12 Oct.

With music and lyrics by Cole Porter and songs that include "Begin the Beguine" and "Just One of Those Things," Jubilee, starring...