Inside Facts of Stage and Screen (February 28, 1931)

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EDITED BY JACK JOSEPHS ESTABLISHED 1924

Vol. XIII

Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927,
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Saturday, February 28, 1931

Published Every Saturday at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood, Calif.

•No. 8

BIGGER STAGE SHOWSTO
MEET H-F PRICE SLASH

Plunkett
On Coast
For Meet

“The only studio departments
•working at anything like full swing
at present are the publicity depart-
ments — and they’re working over-
time alibying for the slump in pro-
duction.”

This statement was made confi-
dentially this week by a big picture
exec., who was addressing a group
of exhibitors’ representatives who
were in town to find out what’s
what for the coming year.

The exhibs, the stock market and
the inhabitants of Hollywood are
being fed with big stories regarding
production, making one judge by
these stories that the town is even
beyond normalcy for the time of the
year in this respect.

As a matter of fact, the exec ad-
mitted, money is not forthcoming
as j et for the next season programs
of many of the big studios, and
shooting is way off. But this fact is I
being covered over, as the deleteri- 1
os effect it might have on the stock I
market and on exhibitors is feared. I

Admittedly in many instances the !
producers are worried. Thinking
they would find easy plucking in
New' York because of the amount
of money lying idle in the eastern
banks, they went back to the east-
ern metrop with big programs. But
they were met with a chilly recep-
tion, which still continues. At three
large studios it is now feared the
budget may be slashed from 33 to
SO per cent, and this slash will, if it
materializes, be aimed at the execu-
tive personnel rather more than at
production costs.

The independents are having the
same trouble. Any inde who can
make a good picture these days can
sell it, due to the cut-down of prod-
uct from the big companies. And
it is likely that, should the present
condition continue, he can do even
better with his pictures in the near
future. But the indes are having
about as hard a time as the big stu-
dios in getting sufficient money, to
turn* out good pictures.

All in all, it’s a bad market for the
picture-makers right now, and sell-
ing their paper programs is a
stickler.

FIGHTING PULLS ’EM

Fighting and wrestling is the big
draw of the Hildebrandt Carnivals,
now' plaj'ing a two weeks stand in
Glendale. The fighter-wrestler, who
challenges all comers, is drawing
in more than $1000 a week at 25
and 50-cent admission.

San Francisco, Feb. 27. — A
meeting here between Joseph
Plunkett and execuive chiefs
on the west coast for R-K-O
decided to continue stage
shows in all R-K-O coast
houses, and to build them up
. to a more elaborate scale.
Lines of girls will be added,
and there will also be orches-
tral pit shows, with both men
and women entertainers work-
ing in them.

Entry into the exhibition field of
| the new Hughes-Franklin combina-
tion is not going to be taken ly-
ing down by the already establish-
ed circuits.

A few inside facts on a freeze-
out policy tow'ard the newcomers,
whose threat is in the fact that
they intend to lower prices, w r ere
unearthed this week, and it looks
like, the F-H people are out for
the works if the opposition can
make it stick.

While the Harold B. Franklin
and Howard Hughes combination
plan to slice themselves business
from the other houses by hitting
heavy on the name and fame of
their U. A. stars, and lowering the
boxoffice scale! the other chains
W'ill come back with plugging of
the same kind and bigger and bet-
ter stage shows.

Adding Draws

Warner Brothers, who are the
chief waverers between stage and
non-stage enterainmeut, have built
up a roster of almost sure-fire box-
office names, including their re-
cent raid on the Paramount ranks
when they took Ruth Chatterton
and William Powell. And to add
to this they are borrowing the b.o.
names irrespective of cost, having
recently signed such stars as Ann
Harding (at a cost of $30,000 a
picture) and Constance Bennett.

R-K-O is also very much on the
job of meeting the newest brother
exhibitor, joe Plunkett is current-
ly on the coast as part of Radio’s
plan to hit into the new situation
with the classiest stage shows of
any exhib. While details of the
plans were not learned, it is un-
derstood that the R-K-O policy
will be to get the stage talent re-
gardless of cost, and to back it up
with class lines and dressing that
will rate them the topnotehers in
the stage show line. Among others
who attended the Plunkett confer-
ence, which is being held in San
Francisco, are Cliff Work, terri-
torial manager for Radio, and Bud
Murray, who is producing the stage
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CARLOS MOUNO

AND HIS TANGO ORCHESTDA
Cocoansit CrerCf Ambassador Hotel

Los Angefies

JUMPER SIGNED

“Novelty” Clinton, a high jumper
who recently arrived here from
Europe, will, open for Fanchon and
Marco in the near future.

SHERWOOD CASTING

George Sherwood is now casting
for an original play, “White Dra-
gon,” which he expects to open in
Los Angeles in the near future.
Rehearsals are scheduled to start in
two weeks.

JOINS SILBER

Dixie McCoy, who formerly had
her own agency in Hollywood, is
now associated with the Arthur Sil-
ber Agency.

Tie-Up Of
Coin Hits
Production

Pasje Two

INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Saturday, February 28, 1931;

lit Hollywood " Now

By BUD MURRAY

Another one of those glorious BREAKFAST CLUB mornings,
where one gets up at 7 a. m. and really and truly has his Ham and Eggs
at an hoiiest-td-goodness hour, and where real men of the business world
get together once a week and throw aside the tur-
moil of speed, worry, care and strife to renew and
retain Friendship. What if this whole world do this
once a week, calling it Friendship Day? — and so we
bronught our entire RKO Cimarron prologue from
the Orpheum to entertain these business men and
the guests of honor, who were mainly responsible
for the success of this great historical epic, Cimar-
ron, notwithstanding the fact that Richard Dix and
Irene Dunne were superb in their acting. The guests
of honor were Mr. Louis Zarecky, Wesley Ruggles
and Howard Estabrcok, associate producer, director
and adaptor of the Ferber novel, respectively. Cute
little Nancy Dover got up early this Wednesday
morning, and the Mob went wild over her— the dear
p , old actor, Robert. McWade, got up for a bow—

euo Murray^ Roacoe Ates stuttered his way into a bow, and Dr.

Clint Wunder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made
a very brief speech called 10,000 miles in eight minutes, and how — Then
the show, and the following members of the Orpheum stage show did
their' stuff— Miss Helen Pacino, soprano— Miss Julane Davis in spiritual
songs — Miss Fay Durst and Les Everson in a duet — Edward Del Gaddo,
Spanish tenor — Kenneth Rundquist, American baritone — Slava Stanko-
vich, Russian basso, and Alphonse Pedroza, Mexican singer of love
songs — then the entire Mighty Male chorus of the Orpheum brought a
fine finale for a hearty breakfast with a lusty chorus — Bill Adler and
Jak Rosenstein of the RKO publicity department got up for breakfast
as did Mr., and Mrs. Abel Green.

Then to the Brown Derby next day for a little lunch, and we bump
into Georgie Stone, whose latest hit is Cimarron — Mary Brian, our pupil,
in a booth — Vic Maclagen with his big brother — Wally Beery and his
big brother — Mrs. Guasti (our pupil) in town from Santa Barbara— Nic,
head man at the Brown Derby, all spruced up in his afternoon, walking
outfit, looking very “ritzy” — Larry Ceballos and Dave Bennett, just a
couple of marvelous dance directors — and they are all IN HOLLYWOD
NOW.

To the Olympic Fites Tuesday, and again we see our old boss from
Noo Yawk, George White, who now seems to be a fite addict, and we
wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he became a California Booster and maybe
produce IX HOLLYWOOD NOW. Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown are
hack in their regular front row seats now that Joe is not playing in
stage shows but is back on the Warner Brothers’ lot with a brand new
and larger cntract — we also see our dear friend, Macklin Megley and his
Mrs. — Frank Fay displaying a very close hair-cut — mite be doing a
prison picture — Frank is with his actress wife, Barbara Stanwyck — Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Mosconi — and get this flock of the best Noo Yawk
dance. directors, and we don’t mean maybe 1 — Seymour Felix at Fox 1 Stu-
dios— Sammy Lee at M-G-M Studios — Dave Bennett and Busby Berke-
ley at Paramount Studios — Yes sir, here is America’s gift to the hotel
world, Mister Patrick F. Shanley, the man with the green gloves and
carnation in the coat lapel — We see that Violinsky is still in HOLLY-
WOOD,— we wondered what had become of him, as we hadn’t seen a
gag printed lately that was credited with being his — Bert Wheeler is
back regularly at the fites and so is his Mrs. — Chuck Reisner is an in-
veterate fite fan because it’s in the Reisner blood.

We took a chance at a “wrassjin” nite at the Olympic and believe it
or" not, they sell out for these make-believe “killers”— How -.they , liiawl.
one another, — Are they actors, or is this facial expression on the .level?—:
if they are actors they mite well be used as instructors in some of the
Hollywood Dramatic Schools to teach expression — they had standing
room only this nite. However we did notice our bov friend, John Med-
bury, who creates Mutter and Mumble — Lew Cody going thru the mo-
tions, and Brooks Benedict, who recently returned from N. Y.

Ran into Louis Macloon, now producing Paris in Spring— Louis
seems to'feel happy about opening .a play oil the Hollywood Great White
Way — he mite have made a fine move because they haven't had a play
of this sort IN HOLLYWOOD for year— George Ormiston is Mac-
loon’s head man as far as scenery is concerned, and how that George
knows his stuff— Dick Powell, who played in several N. Y— successes is
busily_engaged rehearsing for this play— as is Georgie Harris, who always
manages to eke out a show or a picture in between his framing job — IN
his HOLLYWOOD store.

Then for a lunch, at the Masquers, where it’s as busy, as a Bee-hive,
with Willie Collier, Sr., slated as the jester, and how business-like he
goes after it — Edward Earle on the Entertainment -Committee confesses
to us. everything is O. K. ajid they look for one of the best Revels of the
Club's history — rThcy certainly have enough talent in this one to make
three; Revels — At all hours you can see the Brother Masquers in every
nook* and corner rehearsing line,, and singing and dancing numbers — At
one table we noticed a quartette of the finest stage actors you possibly
can corral. at one time, and we refer to Charley Winninger, — Paul Nichol-
son— Joseph Santley — and Johnny Hyams — and everyone of them at one
time or another workt for the Messrs. Shubert— Then in walks Fred
Santley, brother of Joseph— They are beginning to lock alike— Robert
Armstrong saving farewell to the brothers — he is off for a long trip and
Ernie Hilliard, (not Robert) is telling Bob how to pronounce certain
words concerning “Femme” — Oh yeah — Glenn Tryon entertaining a
guest — Allan Hale back in town wearing the flannels — Billy Sullivan,
writer of songs, handler of Fiters and a darn good “hoofer,” staging
some Dance numbers for the Revel — and this is all rite in HOLLY-
WOOD NOW.

Then to the Friday nite Fites at the Hollywood Legion Stadium
run by the genial Tom Gallery, and wc cannot help but notice the newly
recognized he-man star, Richard Dix, who is making new friends all
•over the United States with his portrayal of Yancey Cravat in Cimar-
ron— Edward G. Robinson,, another stage player who has “hit” in pic-
tures., and How — Mervyn Le Roy, that very big small director at F. N. —
Marjorie White, comedienne at Fox Studios, comes in late, with her
hubby, Ed Tierney, who runs a darn good dancing school in Pasadena —
Jimmy Lucas is. still with us — Ralph Ince on an aisle seat, and B. B. B.
rite next to him— John T. Murray gets his usual Fridav nite thrill bv
bawling out the fiters— A couple of brother Masquers. Billy Arnold and
Walter Weems — We again note the Mosconis at the Friday Fites as well
sis Tuesday — Then to Henry’s Restaurant on the Boulevard where the
Fite crowds congregate to tell what’s wrong with the Picture and Fite
business, and where we notice Tommy Dugan, who has been IN HOL-
LYWOOD for some time — Stuart Holmes whom we haven’t seen for
«ges, and what a Villyun he used to he in the Silents — Josef Von Stern-
berg, the man who was going tp make Marlene Dietrich famous— but
the publicity department overdid it— and so we must close, to get ready
for a trip to San Francisco, for a business meeting — see you in Frisco
so. long, .HOLLYWOOD. , .

SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — Lilyan
Turner, who recently closed with
an F. ft M. unit in which she was
a featured specialty dancer, has
opened a school of dancing. She is
assisted by Helen la Claire, fea-
tured R-K-O dancer.

The. Fox Fifth A venue Theatre
is co-operating with Miss Turner,
planning to use proficient and
promising, students, in their stage
shows. Enrollment is made up of
Fox Fifth Avenue Theatre patrons,,
the only charge being one admis-

BOOKING FOR MEET

Jolly Jones and Sol Lowe, of the
b - and M. Club Department, are
booking talent for an entertainment
to be given by the Hotel Men’s
Association: at the Alexandria Ho-
tel March 20.

sion ticket per pupil. Five hundred
pupils have enrolled sineg the
opening of the school on February
14th,

Schedule

T title

Players

Director

Asst. Director

Cameraman

CARR

Untitled
Frontier Days

Tom Tyler
Lillian Bond
Ted Adams
Bob Custer

J. P. McCarthy

J. P. McCarthy
J. P. McGowan

Paul Malvern
Bill Moke

Archie Scar et

Archie Scout
Carl Hi mm

Preparing

Snooting.

Preparing

Remarks

* * sm: ¥ , - .

COLUMBIA

The Great Air Robbery

Miracle Woman. : ■-

The, Gq-xl Bad Girl
Lover Gome Back
Untitled '

Virtues Bed
Fifty 1 Fathoms Deep

. > N o Qast

^Barbara Stanwyck
NoUast
N o Cast
Jack Holt
Ralph Graves
No Cast.

No Cast

Christie
Cabanne
Frank Capra
Roy Neill ,
ErleX. Kenton
Una signed

Unassigned
Un assigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

L^nassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Preparing

Preparing

Preparing

Prepanryj

Preparing

Preparing

Salvation Nell

Chances

Broad Minded

You and I

Reckless Hour
Upper Under World

EDUCATIONAL

JAMES CRUZE PRODUCTIONS

Helen Chandlex' Janies Cruze B. Evevty

Ralph Graves
Sally O’Neil ^

Charlotte Walker
Jason Robards
De Witt Jennings
Mathew Betts
Wdlly Albright, Jr.

FIRST NATIONAL

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Alan Dvvan Jack Boland

Anthony Bushcll
Rose Hobart
Mary Forbes
Mae Madison
Edward Morgan
H olmes Herbert
William Austin
Edmond Breon
Harry Allen
Jeanne Fenwick
Joe E. Brown
Ona Munson
Wm. Collier. Jr.

Marjorie White
Holmes Herbert
Margaret Livingston
Thelma Todd
Graycc Hampton
Bela Lugosi
George Grandee
1 -ewis Stone
Evalyn Knapp
Charles Butterworth
John Harrow
Doris Kenyon
Una Merkel
Oscar Apfel
Nell a Walker
Uoi oiiiy iViackaill .

Walter Huston
Doris Kenyon
H. B. Warner
John H all id ay
Dudley Diggcs

FOX

Charlie

Schoenbaum

Shooting

Ernie Ilallor

Shooting

Mervync Le Roy Irving Asher

Sidney Gox

Shooting

Robert Milton

John F. Dillon
Roland B. Lee

James Dunn

Sol Polito ,

Shooting

W omen .of, A] 1 Nation s

Edmund Lowe.
Victor McLaglcn .
Greta N issen
El B rend el

Raoul Walsh

R.-L. Hough

Lucien Andriot

Shooting

Untitled

Elissa Landi

Kenneth McKenna
Wm. Mcnzies

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Six Cylinder Love

Spencer Tracy
W m. Collier, Sr,

Thornton Freeland

Unassigned

Unassigned ;

Preparing

Ruth Warren
Lorain Raker

;r-- V

\ T o un g S in n er s

Thomas Meighan
Ha r d i e , A 1 b right
Lucien P rival:

John Biy stone

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Daddy Longlegs

Janet Gay nor
Thomas Meighan

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Cure for the Blues

Will Rogers

Frank Bprzage

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Fifi Dorsay ,

John T. Murray
Lucien Littlefield

M. G. M,

The Squaw Man

Warner Baxter
.leanor Boardman
Lupe Velez
Chas. Picki-ord
Roland Young
Ray Young

C. B. De Mi lie

Earl Haley

Harold Rcsson

Shooting.

The Torch Song

Joan Crawford
Neil Hamilton
J. M. Brown-
Marjone Rambeau

Harry Beaumont

Bill Ryon

Chas. Kosher

Shooting

Shipmates .

Robt. Montgomery
Dorothy Jordan
Ernest Torrence
Hobart Bos worth
Cliff Edwards
f Gavin Gordon

Harry Pollard.

Red Golden

Clyde De Vienna

Shooting

Cheri Bibi

John. Gilbert
Jean Hershoit

J. Robertson

Earl Taggart

Oliver Marsh

Shooting

Suzanne Lenox

Greta Garbo

King Vidor

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Never, the Twain Shall Meet

Con chita Montenegro
Leslie Howard
C. Albre Smith
Lloyd Ingraham
Mitchell Lewis
Clyde Cook

W. S. Van Dyke

Jack Menz

Marritt Gcrstad

Shooting

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
(German)

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing^

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
i (French)

Buster Keaton
Jeanne Helving

Buster Keaton ,

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Trial of Mary Dugan
(Spanish)

Maria Tuban
Jose Crespo
Maria Guevara
Rafael R Welles
Juan De Land a

Benito Perojo

Harold Bucquet

Gordon Avil

Shooting.

Three Souls

Norma Shearer
Lionel Barrymore
Monroe Owsley

Clarence Brown

. Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Sea Eagles

Wallace Beery
Marjorie Rambeau

Geo. Hilt

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Five and^Ten

Irene Rich

Jack Conway

Unassign ed

Unassigned

Preparing

Meet the Wife
Vanity Comedy

Laura, La Plante
Unassigned

METROPOLITAN

CHRISTIE

A. Leslie Pearce Art Black
Harold Beaudinc Unassigned

QUILLAN FAMILY

Chas. Van Eager Shooting
Unassigned

Untitled

Quillan Family

John Quillan Fred Tyler .

Alec Phillips

Preparing

The Comedian .

Ernscto Vilches

AUER PRODUCTIONS

Ernesto Vilches Burton King

Unassigned

Preparing

Clearing the Range

Hoot Gibson

ALLIED PICTURES

Reeves Eason Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

The Beloved Enemy

Unassigned

ROGELL PRODUCTIONS

Ai Rogell Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

H oney moon Lane

Eddie Dowling

SONO ART

George Crone Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Untitled .

Harold. Lloyd

HAROLD LLOYD

Clyde Bruckman Unassigned

Unassigned .

Preparing

(Continued on Page 15)

Saturday, February 28, 1931

INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Page Three

Joseph Kennedy May Join Fox Organization

Freeze-Out As Rise Due

The freeze-out is on for a rise in Warner Brothers' stock, ac-
cording to some inside information garnered around the brokerage
offices this week.

First move, which is now in progress, is a barrage of publicity
unfavorable to the W. B. stock, making the small, uninformed
holders thereof think they’ll play sucker if they hold on any longer.

As an example, the slump feature of the quarterly report was
played up heavily in wire dispatches this week, and given promi-
nent headings on the financial pages of newspapers. These reports
pointed out that the profits per share on the current, quarter were
39 cents as compared to $2.07 for the previous year. Net profit for
the quarter ending November 30, 1930, amounted to $1,576,421, as
compared to a net of $5,629,109 for the same quarter in 1929.

But the factor that is getting no publicity- is the class crop of
box-office pictures which Warner Brothers now have made or are
in the making. The recent W, B. pictures are the best attuned for
b. o. value of any they have ever put out, and with the class draw
names they are now -signing, the organization will rate up with
Paramount and M-G-M during the coming season, if the story
and directorial departments live up to the acting end.

The insiders see this coming, with a consequent rise in W. B.
stock due, and that’s why the present line of publicity on the stock
is all bearish. It’s the old idea of not letting the small fry sell
when the stock's .going down, but persuading them to sell when
a rise is due.

DiGeEil SHOWS TO
MEET H-F [mi

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(Continued from Page 1)
shows for the L. A. and S.
Qrpheum theatres.

Break For Talent

Plans of Paramount and Fox
-were not learned but close-in opin-
ion is that the former would also
build up their stage shows to buck
the bigger R-K-O shows and the
lower H-F prices, but that Fox is
fully satisfied with the product now-
being turned out for them by Fan-
chon and Marco. The F-M shows
hold an ace spot in popular favor
on the coast, both because of the
class of entertainment given and
because they arc the only ones
which continued uninterrupted de-
spite the advent of Vitaphone.

Anyway it is looked at, the en-
try into the exhibition field of
Franklin and Hughes looks like a
neat break for the performer. The
present major circuits will do al-
most anything before they will
seriously chop prices, it is known,
and more entertainment for the
present money is the only alterna-
tive.

Bobby May, class juggler on the
RKO time, who last week played
the local RKO Theatre, is now a
full-fledged member of the Magi-
cians’ Association. He was elected
to the honor at a get-together ten-
dered him by the Ushers, who were
on the same bill with him.

But all wasn’t, jake with Bobby
during the week. ITe had a nervous
breakdown and, upon advice of Dr.
Lou Josephs, practitioner to the
theatrical profession, Bobby is now
taking a three weeks’ complete rest
at Catalina. He will resume his
tour at Salt Lake City at the end
of the period.

Writing Film
Story Around
‘Saltoanimalis’

Out Among’ Em

By Matson—

At the Grove . . . Gun Arnheim

— ever trying new combinations to
improve his already popular band
. . . Now it s a smart Tango group
led by Carlos Molino, playing be-
tween dances that intriguing Ar-
gentine music which makes . one
want to try that intricate dance
even if one has not been to Eur-
ope. . . . Nick Stuart and the Mrs.
(Sue Carol) waiting for “Peanuts”
before doing their stuff. . . . Bing
Crosby looking older, but singing
better than ever. , . . Besser re-
ceiving a wire from Chicago that
he was reported dead. . . . After
two consecutive song hits, too. . . .
Perhaps they meant he would be
dead if. he returned to Chicago. . . .
It doesn’t pay to lift a • gag or a
lyric in that spot.

Tony Travers,
player in Gus Arnheim’s band —
much in demand for studio record-
ing work. . . . This “Fusing Tony”
is a real musician. . . . Then to the
Blossom Room where genial Bill
Mann greets you, and in spite of
the crowd can always find one’s
party a comfortable spot. . . . And
Abe Lyman proving that a good
orchestra can double from a the-
atre into a class room and make
you want to dance.

J. C. Cook producer of “BALI”
the new Travelogue picture back
from San Francisco, where his pic-
ture opened. ... Jos Harris, of
Harriscolor off to New York on
the “Chief.” . . . Ray Boswell, of
the Master Productions, returned
from Reno with Cliff Harris after
looking over the spot for a studio
location . . . and of course they
knew a few of the natives taking
the “Cure.”

IT AS '

FOR MMim
81 KI 1 MIRACLE

Joseph Kennedy, the former
strong-silent man back of Pathe,
may join the Fox organization, it
was reported this week.

Kennedy still has a big block of
stock in Pathe, and whether he will
go over to the Fox group depends
largely on whether or not he can
dispose of these holdings, it was
stated. He is no longer active in
Pathe.

The story said that Kennedy’s
genius for raising capital when
financial difficulties loom as prob-
able is the reason why he has ^>een
made highly attractive offers by the
Fox people. It was stated ' that
$50,000,000 in notes signed by the
William I-ox interests when Fox
was on his program of tremendous
expansion is due April 1, and about
the only Moses the present Fox re-
gime can see is Kennedy. These
notes were taken over by the inter-
ests which Clark and Winfield Shee-
han represent, and their due date is
reputed to be a day of prospective
calamity unless some good banker
like Kennedy steps into the situa-
tion with a solution.

Drawing Them To Qrove

Carlos Molino, whose picture appears on page one of this is-
sue, and his Argentine Orchestra, now playing at the Ambassador
Flotel, are proving a big draw both at afternoon tea affairs and in
conjunction with Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra in the Cocoanut
Grove evenings.

Molino has brought the true type of Argentine tango music to
Los Angeles, and the class trade of__the Grove are going for it
on a grand scale.

The Molino aggregation consists of nine pieces, including a
soloist, and their numbers, interspersed with the Arnheim dance
music gives that touch of ultra which the Cocoanut patrons de-
mand.

Molino has had a varied career, with success written across
every phase of it. Making a big hit in the role of Don Alvarado’s
brother in The M-G-M film, “The Bridge of San Luis Rev,” he has
many picture successes to his credit, both in support and in lead-
ing roles.

In addition to this he has played numerous leading roles on
the Stage, being of that clean-cut, alluring personality which car-
ried Rudolph Valentino to the top, with a touch of Barrymore
thrown in.

His latest engagement .in the East was at the exclusive Casa
Lopez Club in New \ ork. In addition to this his orchestra was
in big demand for concerts at such class spots as the Astor
Hotel, etc.

Molino toured the Orpheum circuit several seasons, and also
played over all the other major circuits. Pie and his’ musicians
were also fhe big feature of the last Santa Barbara Fiesta.

’Round the Lots

By BETTY GALE

Film Row Cuttings

By VI

The Exhibitors’ and Exchange-
men’s Benefit show slated for mid-
night, Saturday (28) is sure to be
a smash. The scheduled preview is
a big special, Fanchon and Marco
are contributing their biggest and
best flesh entertainment, a well
known band will furnish music and
several stars will appear at the Fox
Wilshire for the event. Everybody
the accordian ! lias responded to this affair with
! whole-hearted generosity and will
get big returns at the show. For
the last nine years the Exhibitors’
and Exchangemen’s Benefit Fund
has been replenished by an annual
picnic, and the entertainment is a
new and probably profitable de-
parture from past custom.

^ Ralph Ceder, Pathe director
and scenarist is writing a story
for Otar Shillet, actor and
pantomimist now appearing in
the “Cimarron” prologue at the
Orpheum. The story is said to
have many unique comedy an-
gles for Shillet to interpret
with his new Gargoyle Danc-
ing, “Saltoanimalis.” The Har-
riscolor Pictures are working
on a special fantastic sequence
for the artist.

Shillet, washed up on the
hitch-kicks, pirouettes, and hop-
jump-shuffles of the general
run of dancers has devised
some new steps with names
that are highly indicative. For
instance: shamble gorilla, mo-
dus coyote, skunk fugio, ele-
phas mimus, taurus lunge.
That’s a list requiring no ex-
planation despite the lofty
looking Latin endings. And
those are the technical names
used in “Saltoanimalis.” Claim-
ing that a theory is as signifi-
cant as its practical applicabil-
ity, Shillet is proving his hy-
potheses to be more than high-
brow chatter, delivering dra-
matic material that is of actual
value to' the entertainment
business.

E'

DVER TOP ST B. B.

4‘Once in a Lifetime” the Grau-
man importation is the prize legit
piece for the week. $17,485 was
the take and the end not yet in
sight. Grauman looks to holding
on with this satire for weeks yet.
Word of mouth on this opus is
about the best that legit offering
can boast. It is duck soup for the
box, housed in the middle of the
industry it pokes fun at.

“The Merchant of Venice” held
over at the Hollywood Music Box
for $4,400 which is a nifty testi-
monial to the directorial ability of
Noel Matlison and the drawing
power ot his dad, Maurice Mos-
covitch. The last week of the
“Torch Song” gathered to the tune
of $6,000 which is satisfactory con-
sidering that it offered nothing in
the way of a name popular to the
Hollywood clientele. Johnny Ar-
thur moved in with “The Butter
and Egg Man.” No prophesy on
this farce comedy as the draw ele-
ments are hard to guage.

Perry Askam and Eddie Lam-
bert opened at the Hollywood
Playhouse, Feb. 26 to a sellout and
the musical well received. The
names on this billing and a par-
ticularly smooth performance rates
this for a stay. Patsy Ruth Miller
moves into the Music Box, Holly-
wood, March 2nd with “French
Leave.” Outside of that all is quiet

I here s an intensive campaign on
for R-K-O-Pathe's Johnny Farrell
series of snorts. Farrell has a big
golf following and the series is well
worth the effort expended on it.

J. H. MacIntyre, Pathe di\ dsion
manager, is about to take off for
a swing around the division.

Frank Newman, well known
through his connection with Para-
mount for many years, is now dis-
trict manager supervising out of
town theatres for Warner Brothers
along the coast.

Another face temporarily missing
on the Row is Harry E Klein’s,
of the Western Thea’tre Premium
Co. He s visiting San Francisco
on business.

“Polly,” Miss Pollock, of Lola
Adams Gentry’s Film Board of
trade office, was getting the best
of an attack of flu, when she sud-
denly had a relapse due to a bad
nervous condition.

Salesman Tom Kitching, of All
Star, is making permanent Arizona
headquarters for the firm at Phoe-
nix.

Great mystery surrounds the
identity of the Minor bird, latest
feature recruit of RKO. The bird
needs no voice double, according to
report (from the publicity depart-
ment). It is claimed he clicked big
at a line rehearsal with superhuman
modulations in such phrases as “In
your hat,” and other nifties, new
and old, including a stuttering gag
of technical intricacy. RKO’s Minor
bird was imported from India, is
about the size of a small parrot,
sports a primitively colorful perma-
nent wardrobe, and is now working
on his first comedy release.

Mrs. Charlie Ruggles is aboard
the S.S. Vulcania on a West Indian
cruise. Ruggles is being featured in
the Lubitsch production, “The Smil-
ing Lieutenant,” starring Maurice
Chevalier, now under way at Par’s
New York studios.

Paramount is shooting snow
scenes for “Confessions of a Co-Ed”
at Lake 1 ahoe with Phillips Holmes
and Sylvia Sidney, though the pic-
ture will not go further into pro-
duction for some time. The same
pair is scheduled for “An American
Tragedy” on their return from the
northern location.

John Darrow had a visitor on the
set the other day. Bob Sieter, broth-
er of William Sieter, who seems to
be looking for a job like a lot of
others since the Antique business
seems to be rather shot during the
present business depression.

By a contract recently made, all
of the sixteen British-International
features from All Star will play
consecutive weeks at the Filmarte
Theatre in Hollywood for the next
four months.

“Lonely Wives,” R-K-O-Pathe
special has been sold to play 100
per cent over the West Coast Cir-
cuit.

IT. D. McBride is cruising
around San Francisco on one of
his publicity trips for Universal.

J. J. Milstein, resident manager
of M-G-M is also away from the
local exchange, looking things over
up north.

Flying in the interests of M-G-M,
Hal Elias is up in Seattle on what
might be termed a “Trader Horn”
trip. Going by plane helped the
busy man to gain a few hours on
his many activities.

Helen Chandler is back at the
studio after being laid up for a few
days with badly infected eyes.

r Charles Hutchinson left for New
York Tuesday night, taking with
him Randolph Scott, his latest find.
Hutch may return to the coast in
about a month; then again, he may
go to England to do a few pictures.

P-P EXECS MEET

Jesse Lasky and B. P. Schulberg
have gone to Kansas City for a two
days’ conference with Adolph Ztt-
kor. Traveling west with Zukor as
as Kansas Citjr were S. R.
Kent, vice-president in charge of
distribution for Paramount- Publix;
Sam Katz, in charge of Theatres’
and Harry Goetz, treasurer and
comptroller. The meeting is a pri-
vate conference preceding the an-
nual spring sales convention. Fol-
lowing it, Lasky will proceed to
New York and Schulberg will re-
turn to the coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Apparently authentic reports this
week linked United Artists with
the Premier and President theatres.
Rumors claimed the U. A. chain
was seeking either of the houses as
a release for its «product which
nasu t had a Frisco screening since
“Hell’s Angels” played the War-
field several months ago.

Premier is currently operated by
M. L. Markowitz ' but lease of the
house is held by Fox West Coast
who recently took it over from
Publix. 1 he President is owned
by the Winship Estate and was
previously operated by Duffy as a
legit theatre, being closed ’ about
a month ago.

The new Louis Macloon-Idllian
Albertson musical show “Paris In
Spring” opened at the Hollywood
Playhouse to the usual brilliant
audience which attends premiere
nights of these producers.

Followin g night attendance and
advance sale indicate a long and
lucrative run for the show, which
drew a unanimous big rave from
the L. A. daily paper critics.

“Paris In Spring” is an adapta-
tion from a Viennese success, and
is strong on both tuneful music
and comedy. Eddie Lambert and
Richard Powell are handling the
latter and got a big hand from the
critics for the way they did it.
Perry Askam took 'his usual bows
in his leading role, while others of
the cast all got a good send-off.
Included are Janice Joyce, Charles
Boyle, June Sumner, Plarokl Stan-
ton, Georgie Harris, John Wagner,
Harry Burgess, Milton Halperin
and Howard Nugeiit.

The Cecil Stewart Orchestra was
given high credit for its most ma-
terial contribution to the big suc-
cess of the Emmerich Kalmar
score.

(Inside Facts’ review of “Paris
In Spring” will be in the next is-
sue.)

LOEW^ GROSS BEST
IH OFF FILM WEEK

Nothing to throw a rave over in
grosses this week. Loew’s State
with Edmund Lowe and Jeanette
McDonald in “Don’t Bet on Wo-
men ’ and an F & M stage show
grabbed the top downtown with
$23,270. Out Hollywood way the
Chinese is going strong with
Trader Horn at $27,500. The
R-K-O Orpheum and “Cimarron”
held good at $18,502 for five days
which at that ratio actually puts
it in the lead with approximately
$26,000 for the full week. War-
ner’s “Illicit” in both the Holly-
wood and Downtown locations did
well enough at $18,000 and $19,000
to warrant holding this master-
piece over for another seven days.

United Artists was fair with
“Rango” and Paramount with “Fin
and Hattie” starring Leon Errol
and Mitzi Green. Paramount looks
forward to a big week with Fred-
ric March and Claudette Colbert
coming in with “Honor Among
Lovers.” “Fast Lynne” is pulling
them in sufficiently to warrant a
continuance. R-K-O Hillstreet
with Vaudeville and “Resurrection”
did an average business at $14,222.

Four days of “New Moon” with
the Tibbitts-Lawrence team col-
lected $9,922 which is considered
good. The Egyptian got $4,513
and Pantages $1 1,820. Average
grosses not indicative of trend.

TO GIVE BANQUET

Fanchon and Marco are putting
on a banquet and show for mem-
bers of the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce March 3. It is a house-
warming for F. and M.’s new head-
quarters at 5600 Sunset boulevard.
Talent will be recruited from the
F. and M. roster.

INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Page Four

Saturday, February 28, 1931

SITTIN’ WITH THE P UBL1 C

By TED PRICE

“ILLICIT”

WARNER BROS. DOWNTOWN
Los Angeles

Here is a picture that may prop-
erly be called a “honey. ’ In a few
-words it represents in every phase
of its handling, more showmanship
than you'll find in any one of the
other- nine productions. You may
-write vour own reaction to the.
other nine. The audience at War-
ner's downtown wrote their in-
dorsement to this one with “Ah's!
Oh's! Glorious! Marvelous! Won-
derful!’’

To make meaning doubly clear
“Illicit’ is a picture that classes
with “Holiday,” “The Divorcee,”
“Little Caesar”, and “The Right to
Love,’ "Illicit” will appear in the
text books of production as one of
the perfect examples of the higher
form, of cinema art. “Illicit” repre-
sents art that is also good box of-
fice. It is more proof that an ex-
act knowledge of relative enter-
tainment values will make more
money than high power exploita-
tion. It proves again that highly
specialized story treatment makes
stars oftener than stars make good
pictures. “Illicit” is a dramatic
masterpiece. There isn't a flaw
worth mentioning in “Illicit.”

Like the story of “Little Caesar'’
the story of “Illicit” is simple. A
woman is afraid that marriage will
rob her of her freedom and her in-
dividuality, but circumstances and
nature impress .upon her that where
true love exists there can be no
freedom. No grand gestures. No
theatrical gymnastics or dramatic
hysteria in the telling. Just a nat-
ural opposition of ideas and influ-
ences gaining force and* effective-
ness every step of the way until,
exhausted, they unbend to destiny.

How much of the credit for the
art in this picture goes to writing,
direction and acting is hard to de-
termine. Barbara Stanwyck and
James Rennie deliver an excellent
brand of histrionics. Charles But-
terworth’s comedy relief, is a treat.
Claude Gillingwater as the father-
in-law is delightful. Natalie Moore-
head fascinates. One is not con-
scious of photography or lighting.
This is the highest compliment one
can pay to both.

A great production.

“NEW MOON”

M-G-M PICTURE
Criterion Theatre
Los Angeles

This picture, based oil the oper-
etta by Oscar Ilanimerstein, offers
an ace cast and on the vocal end
all that the musical soul craves. It
is packed with the kind of voice
stuff that lulls and thrills and in-
spires, and in fact plucks at every
emotional chord in the gamut. It
is colorful and romantic and just
naughty enough to give the dames
that right amount of tittilation.
Sylvia Thalberg, Frank Mandel and
Cyril Hume have given the adap-
tation from the Hammerstein ver-
sion that which makes it good
screen fare. Plot isn't so Jet but
who cares about plot as long as
the sex conflict is well sustained?
It is in this.

Jack Conway did a vigorous and
appreciative job of directing, aiid
particular attention is called to bis
mutiny scenes in the fort. Handled
skillfully. His canyon scenes ap-
proaching the fort are impressive.
This is one of the best things he
lias turned out for M-G-M and he
lias turned out some pips.

Action takes place in a remote
spot in Russia with Adolphe Men-
jou, a jealous fiance and governor
•of the province, using his office to
eliminate Tibbitt, a lieutenant,
from the affections and the bid for
Grace Moore, a princess. Roland

“WATERLOO BRIDGE”
HOLLYWOOD MUSIC BOX
LOS ANGELES
(Reviewed Feb. 24)

One grievance I hold against
Dickson Morgan and “Waterloo
Bridge” is that it probably will
not return for a full week or
two, and it has been staged and
portrayed with a taste and skill
that warrants it. The first mat-
inee of a series of three, to
which limited appearance “Wa-
terloo Bridge” confines -itself,
was so enthusiastically received
* there is no question in my mind
that it would do great business
on a longer run. Morgan has
staged the . spirit and movement
of this great Sherwood drama
with such an effective simplicity
that the audience is held motion-
less front curtain to curtain. The
individual performances of Doris

Lloyd and Isabel Dawn received
show-stopping applause. One of
the truly great offerings at the
Music Box and Morgan de-
serves a round of thanks for
bringing it in.

With the exception of one
role which seemed to be slight-
ly halting and ineffectual at
times, this is a sublime rendi-
tion of the Sherwood play. It
s packed with drama that keeps
the cars twitching and the
senses keenly alert. The situa-
tion, that of two prostitutes, one
an American chorus girl strand-
ed in London during the- war,
and the other an English gal
who takes the profession matter
of fact, trying to sway the Amer-
can girl into marrying a soldier
whom she picked up for room
rent, gives the playing a tension
and grip of steel. But the most,

commendable feature in all of ;
its handling is that you see en-
acted a pitiful tragedy that keeps
clear of the sordid and ugly. It
is all so poignantly human and
inevitable and brave that it
reaches a level of the spiritually
beautiful.

. Special notice is taken of the
acting of Ethel Griffies as Mrs.
Hobley, the landlady; Ross
Chetwynd the M. P., and King
Kennedy the American enlisted
in the Canadian Army. Their
characterizations were convincing
and realistic to a fine degree.
Universal has produced "Water-
loo Bridge” for the screen and
everyone connected with its lo-
cal staging and portrayal is
seriously recommended to the
attention, of Carl Laennnle, Jr.,
for the cinema version.

T ed Price.

Young, the uncle in sympathy with
Grace’s flirtations, helps the heart
interest by hindering the governor.
Roland collects laughs unfailingly
on every appearance. Emily Fitz-
rov, the aunt, does . her best to
throw a monkey wrench into the
machinery and fails, artistically.
Gus Shy is comically helpful.

“New Moon” will draw them and
send them away satisfied. Few
there are who do not get a kick
out of the Tibbett-Moore singing.
Sigmund Romberg's music has
been supplemented by additional
songs. A delightfully personable
songfest that will bring in a good
profit on the investment for both
producer and exhibitor.

“RESURRECTION”

UNIVERSAL PICTURE
RKO Hillstreet

A feature laid in the atmosphere
of imperialistic Russia. Strikingly
real at every appearance of the
principal female, Lupe Velez, and
the Russian peasantry in the fore-
ground of her prison scenes. But
the casting of John Boles and that
capable English actor Sidney Ghol-
lingsworth, as officers of the Czar’s
regiment leaves a . lot to be de-
sired. The Britisher’s accent im-
pregnated the air of Russia to such
an extent that one was taken com-
pletely out of the land of the Great
Bear and planted right smack in
the middle of Parliament. As for
Boles he is in no sense authentic
except in fantasy or allegory. Oth-
erwise casting and characterizations
were admirably done.

Lupe Velez made the role of Ka-
tuscha Maslova a thing of flesh and
blood. The sympathy she secured
was genuine. Tolstoy’s story adapts'
well for the screen and. rates as
good audience fare, giving Velez a
wide scope for her emotions. She
runs the gamut from buoyant hap-
piness to abyssmal misery and de-
gradation, and does a thoroughly
convincing job of it. There arc
several healthy dramatic wallops
but particularly where , they* drag
her out of the tribunal that sen-
tences her to Siberia for life and
again, in prison when she hits the
vodka to forget the injustice of it
all.

Production as a whole rates lit-
tle better than the split weekers
and daily changers. Tolstow’s read-
ers may run into important num-
bers but it is doubtful and the
and daily changers. Tolstoy’s read-
tees is concerned will probably be
light. The title isn’t so hefty as
titles go. It's a total loss as far
as the flapper trade is concerned.
As for its .word of mouth audience
interest takes one on the jaw every
time Boles and Sidney Chollings-

worth try to palm themselves off
as Russians; so the exhibitor need
not look for coin in that direction.

“DON’T BET ON WOMEN”

FOX FEATURE
Loew’s State Theatre

Another dandy corned}' from the
Fox factory with a quartet of enor-
mously likable personalities doing
things that entertain every moment
they are before you. The story is
a sly poke at our profound and
sublimely egotistical faith in human
beings, particularly those close to
us. A cleverly woven offering and
one that cannot fail to click. It will
add to the prestige and reputation
of everyone who had anything to
do with its construction. On the
acting end Edmund Lowe and Rol-
and Young divide honors in the
masculine way. Jeanette McDonald
and L'na Merkel grab a handful of
blue ribbons for the ladies.

The odds , on who grabs most
credit for putting this skillful piece
of tapestry across are even. Grand
acting by every member of the
cast and not a draggy moment.
The story by William Anthony
McGuire is one of his best, and
McGuire has turned out some nif-
ties. He gives a fictitious comedy
conflict a lot more of conviction
than the average dyed-in-the-cript
drama.

The story is one of those wager
things between a conceited husband
who is always sure of his wife’s
love and loyalty and a fascinating
bachelor who is skeptical about all
women. The husband resents the
bachelor’s attitude and bets him
$10,000 that he cannot kiss the
first woman who steps into their
presence. The first white woman
to heave into sight is the opinion-
ated husband’s good spouse. Sec-
retly she is looking for something
that will break up the monotony
of too much simple and all-abiding
faith in her. She throws a rave
when she learns that she is a pawn
in the contest between her husband
and the bachelor, goes for the
bach, and succumbs to his tech-
nique. Satisfied that he can prove
his point and finding himself in
love with the woman the bachelor
pays the wager. A gem of con-
sistency;

Action moves rapidly and is
spiced with a brand of comedy by
Lina Merkel that will put this
clever gel in the topline class in
short time. Looks as if the women
are going to go for Una like they
have for Zasu Pitts. She's a darl-
ing for character and the ladies
gush over her. Her every entrance
was greeted with a laugh and she
gathered them without a miss. She
delivers a mixture of dumb sophis-

tication and innocent wisdom that
simply ruins decorum. She col-
lected more diaphragm disturbers
than the average comic billed as a
sidesplitter.

As far as the audience Thursday
matinee tvas concerned, she stole
the show. Fox will be wise if they
groom her with material that feat-
ures. One year from today — if not
sooner — she will be in the El Bren-
del class and one of the most val-
uable coin getters on the Fox
roster.

“FIN AND HATTIE”

PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Paramount Theatre

Seductive Lilyan Tashman crowd-
ed sophisticated Leon Errol up
against the north end of the chaise
lounge and turned a pair of hot
orbs on him. Poor frightened Leon
sucked in His breath like a drown-
ing oyster going down for the third
time and gurgled; “Oh gosh, Prin-
cess!” He piped this like Harry
Langdqn imitating Johnny Arthur
being seduced by Kay Francis.
Leon Errol a yokel. Hang a pic-
ture of that in your imagination.

Then Lilyan Tashman, the Prin-
cess, takes simple , Leon Errol for
$50,000 to pay off the mortgage on
her chateau. Leon Errol the sap.
Get a closeup of that and you have
an exact picture. A sap, a dead
pan goof! You won’t need a re-
take.

What were the directors thinking
of when they put this peerless
comic through that gem of incon-
sistency; that yokel business? What
was taking place in the brain when
they , scanned that wah wah in the
rushes? Didn’t anybody from the
studio show up at the preview?
Was anything ever so obviously a
demonstration of bad judgment?
Were the directors gathering wool?
Ho-ho-ho! My tonsils are vibrating
with glee. They were up to their
necks in it. Was the casting di-
rector asleep on the casting couch?
Or nodding to somebody? .Were
the guys who conferenced the cast-
ing of this thing taking their con-
clusions from the design in the tea
leaves?

Oh, it wasn’t the director’s fault.
It wasn’t anybody’s fault. It just
happened. One of those things, you
know. All pictures can’t be hits.
They come and go and the occa-
sional flop is inevitable. A slight
error like making Leon Errol look
like, a puddle jumper means nothing.
It will only take two more pictures
like this one to kill his box-office
completely. And the fact that his
miscasting makes every one of his
co-players look absurd will soon be
forgotten. Little things like that
do not matt.er in a billion dollar
industry.

It was unavoidable. Schedule

must be, met. .The right type isn’t
always available. The pressing need
was to get three box-office names
in the billing. Leon Errol was valu-
able to the marquee. Names — ■
urgent — imperative — three of them.
Mesmerized by that urgency, the
frenzy for names, the importance
of word-of-mouth, laughs, good will,
keeping up the standard of Para-
mount- entertainment quality faded
into the background like a wall-
flower. Relative value, neglected
orphan of conference, stood meekly
on the sidelines, shamed, pleading
silently to be heard.

“Please, Mr. Paramount,” it mum-
bled, “entertainment and laugh
value in this production is Mitzi
Green keeping a sappy father out
of trouble. Mitzi Green keeping
Leon Errol out of trouble isn't
funny.” Leon Errol is no sap.
Mitzi said to Papa Errol: “The

trouble is you don't know what
it’s all about, Pop.” And Leon
tried hard to look as if he didn't
and he came just about as close to
getting away with it as Maurice
Chevalier. Thus audience sym-
pathy turned to pity and entertain-
ment value went blooie.

What a whale of a comedy this
Finn and Flattie thing would have
been with smart little Mitzi Green
as the daughter to that dumb goof,
Stuart Erwin, as the father. Won-
der what Paramount would say if
someone told them they had lopped
off 20 per cent of Leon Errol’s
hard earned following when they
placed him in that assinine charac-
terization. Would the foreheads lift
if one told them that a good 20 per
cent of this picture’s gross went
with it?

“TWO WORLDS”

ELSTREE PICTURE
Filmarte Theatre

“Two Worlds,” an Elstree pro-
duction coming out of England,
reels off with a slow but fairly ef-
ficient tempo that held audience in-
terest at only a mildly attentive
pitch. The drama is presented with
restraint and understanding of the
subject, under the direction of E.
A. Dupont. Not much here for the
b. o., but the . picture is well up in
class. It’s the old sjory of racial in-
compatibility worked out to a logi-
cal conclusion along the devious
dramatic paths of two- individuals
whose difficulties fill in the running
time of the opus. Charles Rosher s
photography is noteworthy.

As the Jewish clockmaker, Ran-
dle Avrton carried the big charac-
ter role with fine feeling, _ never
muffing a dramatic trick in his
father characterization. Donald
Calthorp, through strength of per-
sonality, fine appearance and con-
vincing dramatic ability, stood head
and shoulders above the require-
ments of his part.' Norah Baring
as the daughter of Ayrton fell short
by reasons of affected moments
that marred what would otherwise
have been a satisfying, if routine
performance. John Langdon, the
Austrian aristocrat who b r i n g s
about the race question by his
meeting with the clockmaker s
daughter, and C. M. Hallard in a
minor part handled their assign-
ments well.

n.

Presentations

SUBMARINE IDEA (F. & M.)

LOEW’S STATE
Reviewed Feb. 26

This Fanchon & Marco spread
packs a terriffic wallop at the final
curtain. Probably as high voltage
as anything on their books. A sub-
marine . suspended underseas ex-
plodes and hits for Davy Jones’
locker. Fantastic to a degree and
(Continued on Page 10)

AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. HERMAN KERSKEN, S. F. FOX THEATRE

MR. HERMAN KERSKEN

FOX THEATRE
.'San Francisco

Dear Herman:

That house of yours seats 5000
people. Providing you draw ab-
solute capacity, business at four
shows daily, seven days weekly,
you’d have 140,000 customers.
You’ve tried pop tunes and you’ve
tried condensed operas and numer-
ous other things and you can
please some of the people all of
the time and all of the people some
of the time but you can’t please
all of the people all of the time.

Now you’ve got something on
•which I’d stake my last quart of
Scotch, You're giving ’em four

big separate tableaux with some 60
people on stage and one sequence
of pop tunes and, Herman, if you
can’t hit everybody between the
eyes at least once during the show
then you needn’t pay for that sub-
scription renewal that’s now four
months overdue.

In Conductor Walt Roesner and
Producer Anthony Nellc you’ve
got a most capable pair. Between
the three of you there was some
swell entertainment. Forty minutes
of stage show, a first run picture
and other screen material in the
West’s biggest and most beautiful
house . . . and all for six-bits . . .
Herman, you and that capable boss
of yours, Arch M. Bowles, are sit-

ting on top of the world. There’s
nobody in the country has to take
a back seat for you, not even the
Roxy.

That swell lineup of 24 dancers
in the opening Violets episode was
a pip! The settings and lightings
were equally good. William Gav-
in, baritone and Margaret Donald-
son, toe dancer, were outstanding.
The second sequence, ‘Vagabond
King,’ was also plenty good, Gav-
in’s chanting being exceptionally
fine, although the contralto wasn’t
up to snuff. When the ragged
beggar mob appeared in the back-
ground that was a swell flash.

Walt Roesner and orchestra
scored again when the spot shifted

to them with Joaquin Garay warb-
ling “Walkin’ My Baby Back
Home.” His repeat on “Peanut
V endor,” was good, too, and when
he encored . . . well, that’s proof
positive.

That third stage sequence, Jew-
els. of the Madonna, was equally
good. The interpretative dancing
of Nelle and Miss Donaldson was
mighty fine and when that pillar
crashed there was a thrilly flash
that was a cinch.

But that closing episode, Her-
man. If you had flopped on every-
thing else that Tribute to Wash-
ington was a surefire thing. Sixty
people on stage, patriotic music, a
dozen girls walk down the steps
and unroll a likeness of the coun-

try’s father. Turn over the. ban-
ners and there’s the flag. Whoever
conceived that one deserves plenty
of back slapping. Smart, that’s
what it was.

Then the S. F. Chronicle’s pic-
turizatiou of the Panama Pacific
Exposition held here in 1915 was
a great thing, especially for the
old-timers. Tiffany’s chimp com-
edy “9 Nights in a Bar Room”
and the Fox picture "Don't Bet
On -Women” rounded out the bill
nicely.

I’ll bet that show pleased 95 per
cent of the ticket buyers. The
other 5 per cent had no business
in a theatre anyway.

Sincerely yours,

\ Harold Bock.

Saturday, February 28, 1931

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Meeting here for the past several
days, R-K-O execs decided on a
continuation of stage shows at
their Orpheums here and in Los
Angeles, with Bud Murray again
retained as producer.

Probable opening date of the
new picture “Millie” with prologue
at the local Orph will be March
7, after a four week run. “Cimar-
ron” is expected to stay in the Los
Angeles house for a couple weeks
more.

Meeting here this week were
Joe Plunkett, general manager of
R-K-O; E. M. Glucksman, direc-
tor of theatre management; Cliff
Work, division manager and Ben
Serkowich, who conferred with
Jack Gross, local district manager.
Murray was also up from Holly-
wood to talk over the forthcoming
show with his ’Frisco assistant,
Don Summers.

Murray will put a line of girls
in the next show and will build
it up to almost half hour length,
continuing to use the present
mixed vocal ensemble and Uzia
Bermani, musical director.

Sharon Lynn and Clifford Demp-
sey have signed for roles in Radio
Pictures’ “Too Many Cooks.”

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.— Earl Keates,
Wesco booker of L. A., was in town . . . also Ed-
die Bush with his Biltmore trio, consisting of him-
self, Buster Dees and Earl Randall . . . Dick Mar-
shall now' with Kolb and Dill as representative . . .
while Frank Hill is manager and Frank Herman
purveyor of publicity . . . the secret marriage of
Don Smith to Janette Dwinelle more than a year
ago has just been announced . . . and by this time
there is a Donald Smith, Jr. . . . Herman Kersken
wearing big rings under his eves after 48 consecu-
tive hours’ work on the new Fox stage shows . . .
A1 Sather and ’Charlie Franks all set in their new
Kress building offices . . . and receiving such
guests as Bob Olsen, Frank Galvin, Henry Harke,
Bob Spencer, Larry Yoell and plenty of others . . .

Still another Cimarron night . . . this at the
Mark Hopkins . . . wherever you go in this burg
you hear the Voice of RKO and that Cimarron
theriie song . . . George Scheller and the male
chorus singing while Uzia Bermani pianos . . .
the Earl Eastmans there . . . and Abe Bloom,
Dick Arnold and Harry Bush plugging tunes . . .
Anson Weeks lias a mighty fine dance band and
business is good . . .

Della La Mar, dancing instructor of Yuba City,
visiting the old stamping grounds . . . Weasel
Johnson finally accepting bids on that peanut ven-
dor hat o’ his’n . . . Abbey Rasor getting hot at
Marquards . . . Officers Lorenz and Allen nomi-
nated for the Helping Hand Association . . . Claude
Sweeten practicing on a jews-harp . . . but his
nose isn’t quite prominent enough . . . Wait Sul-
livan is burned about his recent review, they do
say . . . George Taylor is even worse at dice than
at cards . . . Buck Theall does not paint scenery
in his tux, just because he is a high class artist . . .

Foster' and Ma’Belle exhibiting Mutt, their smart
baboon . . . Ed and Morton Beck, Cherie and
Tomasita and Prosper and -Maret resting between
“African” showings at the Warfield . . . Dick Lu-
cjrs making up a schedule . . . Dave Richards,
Harry Bechtel and Jack Plumelet in another of

those sidewalk conferences . . . the preview of
“Millie” at the Orph . . . attended by Henry Pin-
cus and Alex McCausland, those Siamese twins
of theatre and newspaperdom . . . Don Summers,
Bob Drady, Marilyn Morgan, Emil Umann and
scads of others there . . . Jack Gross had his first
vacation since arriving in Frisco when he went to
Tahoe with his wife over the week-end . . .

Lloyd Yoder, Marjorie Primley, Annette Hast-
ings and Imelda Montagne and other NBCists at
the Hotel St. Francis for a special National night
. . . Clem Kennedy among those present . . . and
Bob Pearson waltzing with Florence Baker . . .
aha, inter-office scendel . . .

Newest -and swankiest spot yet to open is the
Club Royale, manned by a swell entertainng crew
and with the best of everything in whatever line
you might desire . . . total gate on the Metal Show
was one grand, which was more than expected
considering the 75.000 passes out . . .

Dick Spier hustling down the rialto with Ed-
ward G. Robinson, who is no less a personage than
Little Caesar . . . both looking exceptionally gun-
manish with long black Virginia Chetpots pro-
truding from their faces . . . Abe Markowitz shop-
ping on film row . . . Joe Ennis hurries across the
street . . . somebody told, us that Rufe Blair bought
a hat and a set of golf clubs but it’s nothing but
a pack of lies . . . Bill Kohler scuttling between the
premier and Pompeii . . . Bee Montague is. now
Beatrice Nelson and the address is Noo Yawk . • ■
a letter from the Three Blue Blazes, now EAST
. - . A1 K. Hall stops to 'chat . . . both Bob Gii-
mour and A1 Bergren are afraid to volunteer info
about each other for these columns . . . once one
started there would be an endless chain Lloyd
Campbell visiting Jess Stafford at the Palace . , .
Gene Rose and assisting mtisickers turn politician
during the course of an evening meal . . . resolved:
prohi is a flop . . . they do say that John Wolohan
is Irish . . . Eleanor Ailen at the Roof Garden . . .
Bert Catley and Charlie Thall finger bowling it
after an evening meal- . . . such class ...

PINCUS TO WED

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Henry Pincus is loking around for
a justice of the peace to solemnize
his forthcoming marriage to Adele
Greene, local non-pro. Date is set
for March 7. Pincus has been a
bachelor for the past 31 years.
Congratulations are being sent to
the Casino theatre which he man-
ages for Ackerman and Harris.

RUMOR BURLESQUE

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Tom Dalton, of the Los Angeles
burlesque operators, was here this
week, stating he was simply visit-
ing San Quentin. Rumor, how-
ever, connected him with seeking
the Tivoli as a spot for burlesque.

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SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26.—
Legit plenty low. Kolb and Dill
and “Topaze” opening. Nothing
else. Walker Whiteside on the
calendar for March 2 at the Colum-
bia.

K. and D. in “Apron Strings”
pulled $2200 on their opening night
at the Geary and have held up well
since. “Topaze” opened Tuesday
at the Curran and started well.

Columbia has a picture “Bali.”

Alcazar closed Saturday. “Spid-
er” did $4000 to close.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.— A
non-stop walkathon, slated to last
around one hundred hours, has fol-
lowed the recent marathon at the
Golden Gate ballroom. Same pro-
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-
Coliscum, one of the five T. and
D. Jr., houses, had a big re-open-
ing last week celebrating the in-
stallation of new decorations,
chairs, carpets, box office, lobby
sidewalks, furniture, electric fix-
tures, magnascopic screen and the
enlargement of seating capacity tc
2200 seats. Coliseum is a district
house, owned by T. and D. Jr.
along with the Alexandria, Hard-
ing, Metropolitan and Balboa. Sam
Levin is president and A1 Levin
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EL CAP STICK-UP

HE TOLL

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26— A
combination of Lent, a three day
holiday, tqo nice weather and rain
served to cut down picture receipts
for the past week. All houses held
up okay but would have been
much better with the absence of
those impediments.

First National's “Little Caesar'’
bowed into the Paramount and
started clicking right off the bat.
Robinson in person on Wednesday
helped, along with Jan Rubini’s
orchestra. The intake was around
$24,000. .

Loew's Warfield, too, was quite
satisfactory with Rube Wolf and
"African” Idea holding down the
stage and George O’Brien on
screen in “Seas Beneath,” with
$23,500 the figure. “Stolen Heaven”
next.

Radio’s “Cimarron” held up ex-
ceptionally well for the Orpheum.
third week of that epic drawing
around $18,000, which is plenty-
good. One more week and then
“Millie" with stage shows to bes
•continued.

Warners’ slipped with “River’s'
End” on screen $9000 being all the;
house could drag “Outward
Bound" i- current.

Fox got by okay with “Don’t
Bet On W omen” with a big flash
stage show and Walt Roesner con-
ducting. The gross - was around
$36,000 and Joan Crawford irt
“Dance, Fools, Dance” is now in.
California was second run with
“Royal Family,” moved down front
the Par and copping $9000.

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Badman followed Ted Manly,
floorman, into the office and forced
Art Loring, assistant manager, to
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No. 7

SEEKING STIR FOR

Arthur Greville Collins has
bought “Fish Got To Swim,” a
new ' comedy drama by Bernard
Schubert. The play was originally
purchased by William LeBaron for
R-K-O during the time that the
studio contemplated crashing the
legit with a series of productions
at the Mason.

The play calls for a male star,
and Collins is at present negotiat-
ing with a big New York name
for the part. As soon as the star
is definitely set. he will beginning
casting other roles in Los Angeles.
The opening is slated for Easter
week at the Columbia Theatre in
San Francisco, with the L. A.
showing to follow. Collins plans
to take the new pop comedy to
New York in September.

Why certain civic or fraternal organizations persist in tak-
ing advantage of the usual good nature of theatrical people
is something to be pondered upon.

The thought is brought to mind by the recent request of
the Kiwanis Club for the Pantages Orchestra to play gratis at
one of their gatherings.

The Musicians-’ Union denied the request this time, and it’s
a precedent that is well worth following in unbroken train.
Entertainment is bread-and-butter to show people, and when
some Glorified Good Fellowship Club asks for it free, it is
cheap, tawdry and absolutely without warrant. The rate for
entertainment is so much per hour, and there’s no reason why
the Kiwanis. the Optimists, the Breakfast Club or what have
you should he so beatified that thev are above the usual tax
paid by “lesser"’ members of the public.

KING HELD OVER

SEATTLE. Feb. 27. — Hermie
King will appear at the Seattle
Paramount for one month’s ex-
tended stay. Hermie has proved
such an attraction that Mgr. Ben-
der obtained permission from A.
M. Bowles to hold him over. King
opens at the Fox Oakland, March
19th.

MISS DAILEY ARRIVES

Allan Dailey playing in stock at
the Texas Grand Theatre, El Paso,
is now a family man. A daughter,
Patricia Mary was born on Febru-
ary 20.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Loew’s Warfield will inaugurate
stage contest dancing at its Sat-
urday midnight matinees begin-
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OAKLAND, Feb. 19 — -Charles
Midgley has opened office on Rose-
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their melodies and lyrics for copy-
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HOLLYWOOD
(Reviewed Feb. 241

With Sol Barker in as the new
director and manager, and an ag-
gregation of red hot rhythmers in
the persons of the 10-piece Brown-
Davenport Orchestra, this Holly-
wood dance spot is rapidly building
up a steady business of excellent
boxoffice merit.

Judging by remarks on the night
when this reviewer caught the pro-
ceedings, the steadies at the place
are plenty loyal, and newcomers to
the Gardens are flowing in.

Barker, who was formerly man-
ager at the A ,r enice Ballroom for
the Abbot Kinney Company, has
just returned from an eastern
swing, chock full of ideas. He made
a survey of successful ballrooms in
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and Atlantic City to see what new
ideas might be ripe for the pluck-
ing, and upon his return he lauched
a program of novelty and drawing
stunts that look sure-fire at this
writing.

His first move was to bring in
the Brown-Davenport group, and
these ten boys include class special-
ists as well as plenty of that sort
of rhythm' that just makes the feet
move. A cornet specialty and some
duetting and soloing went over big
on the night of the review.

Marching under the slogan of
“The Power of Rhythm,” Barker
has announced a series of special
nights, every night of the week be-
ing dedicated to something differ-
ent. Monday is Waltz Contest
Night, Tuesday is a Fox Trot Con-
test, Wednesday , is a Novelty Mus-
ical Night, Thursday is a so-called
Lalapaluza Run Feast, Friday is
Collegiate Contest Night, and Sat-
urday is Paris Night Life Night.

Policy of matinees, which are
held every Saturday from 2 to 5
p. m., is 25 cents admission with
no charge for dancing. Night pol-
icy is free admission and a 5-cent
charge for dancing. Charge for
loges is 50 cents.

The Gardens joined the craze
when the miniature golf fad was
on but, like most of the rest of
them, it took the bumps. The place
has been completely renovated and
redecorated for its ret u r n to
dancing, and is one of the classiest
spots in town for coziness and that-
place-to-spend-an-evening.

Sammy.

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F. and M. have put presentations
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half of the week, starting this week.
Murray Peck is m. c. and Earl
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TRONS’ RECEPTION AT YOUR THEATRE; THE GENERAL APPEAR-
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OR LESS PLEASED, EVEN IF THE PROGRAM IS NOT OUITE UP
TO SNUFF, IF PROPRIETY IS SHOWN IN THE ACTUAL CONDUCT
OF THE THEATRE. GRANTED THAT YOUR DOORMAN MAY
FEEL THE NEED OF CONVERSATION AND WISH TO TALK TO
THE CASHIER, AND PERHAPS THE CASHIER IS IN A BAD MOOD;
BUT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT METHOD OF SENDING OUT A DIS-
GRUNTLED AUDIENCE.

SEE THAT YOUR STAFF SHOWS REAL COURTESY TO YOUR
PATRONS, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF GOING OUT OF THEIR
WAY TO PLEASE.

The Cimarron Land Rush is now
an institution throughout the na-
tion in all spots where this great
epic is being shown. And Jack
Gross and Emil Umann of the S. F.
Orpheum didn’t overlook this bet.

The tie-up was effected with three
outside concerns — a furniture store,
a stage line and a realty firm. Con-
testants must register at one of the
firms or at the theatre. The rush
starts from the theatre with the fin-
ishing point at the realtor’s prop-
erty. Here the realtor has a num-
ber of lots staked out and design
nated, that are given gratis to the
fortunate ones. .Starting from a line
at the sound of the gun, the first on
the designated lots are the lucky
new owners of the property. A se-
ries of prizes are offered in addition
to the most antiquated vehicles used
in traveling to the property and to
the most picturesque costumes in
keeping with the “Cimarron” pic-
ture. The stage company takes care
of the overflow without vehicles of
their own. The furniture company'
also issues a few prizes. All in all
it is a great idea and a lot of fun for
ali concerned to say nothing of the
advertising value.

Spier Scores

For “Little Caesar” at the S. F.
paramount, Dick Spier splurged on
quantities of exploitational effects.
The libraries and book stores were
covered thoroughly with an attrac-
tive book-mark tying the book to
the picture. A throwaway of the
same size and shape as the motor-
ists’ boon — a parking tag — were
showered throughout the metropoli-
tan district in parked autos, copy on
both sides calling attention to the
feature and the star lead off with a
bold-faced type Warning. If any-
thing will get attention from a mo-
torist, it is the police ticket gag,
but care must be shown to avoid
leaving a bad taste in said driver’s
mouth. People often react unfavor-
ably to the sight of a tag and will
refuse to bother with the copy if
sufficient nettled. A miniature "tab-
loid extra was strewn about, too,
with a screamline heading, “Gang
War Begins.” This was but part of
the complete campaign which in-
cluded window easels, billboards, ra-
dio and, of' course, the newspapers.

Heralds

While heralds were probably used
successfully in the days when Moses
was parting the Red Sea, favorable
mention may be given by this de-
partment to one issued by the Co-
lumbia Theatre for Walker White-
side’s “Chinese Bungalow.” The en-
tire layout is very attractive, start-
ing with page one which is a white
on black with a photo of White-
side and a line cut of said bungalow
gracing the page over the theatre
and selling copy. And the copy is
kept down, which is a point in it-
self. The inside spread is a series
of drawings of Whiteside in his
various Oriental characterizations
while the back cover tells the story
of the show. One of the best sell-
ing spots is the minimum of copy,
which shows remarkable restraint
on the part of the originator, who is
nameless.

Candy Hook-ups

Candy and gum concerns are
often advantageously tied to in sell-
ing an attraction. Numerous cases
of this come to mind. On “Sew
Moon” there was a bar of the safne
name for sale at all stores as also
with “Amos and Andy,” A couple
of mints in a cellophane envelope
with appropriate theatre copy can
he distributed to diners at almost all
cafes and restaurants by the hos-
telry management at small cost.
Gum, a national and inexpensive
American commodity, can be re-
labeled effectively, It is not advis-
able to use the kids on this distribu-
tion, naturally, as they are notori-
ous for their . leanings toward
sweets.

Roesch Busy

George Roesch, Fox assistant di-
visional advertising; took time out
to help Jack Ryan open the new
Fox Senator at Vallejo. And did
he do things up right? Vallejo has
three papers, and Roesch blossomed
out with a total of 2 cooperative
pages in the three for the premiere.
Which is a whale of a lot of adver-
tising for any town, large or small.
This will probably confirm the. be-
lief that Ryan owns an interest in
the Vallejo news-sheets. Or at least
knows where the body is buried.

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VANCOUVER, B. C.

A. 14. MacMartsa*

REPRESENTATIVE
618 Homer St.

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Seattle, Wash.

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REPRESENTATIVE
1223 Carlisle Ave.

SEATTLE, Feb 27'.— A nitely
program called “Hits and Bits of
the New World” is pleasing
KOMO listeners. This program
features music written by North
and South American composers.
The orchestra is under the direc-
tion of Walter Henningson, solo-
ists; Veona Socolofsky and Fred
Lynch. AU are artists of the high-
est order and merit the popularity
they enjoy.

The “Musical Racketeers,” a
■wise-cracking, harmony team fur-
nish the comedy for KJR. Their
songs are good and while some of
the gags are old the boys put ’em
across in a way that makes 'em
click.

KOL's “Blue Boy” in the per-
son of_ Stonewall Jackson, offers
radio fans a little of everything.
His program is impromptu and
whether he croons songs to his
guitar accompaniment or tickles the
ivories he puts his stuff over, the
ether waves in a manner that
makes the fans call for more.

Again, we give honorable men-
tion to those two KOMO boys,
Helms and Harkins. They are a
clever team.

Elnrore Vincent with his “Smilin’
Sam program is one of the rea-
sons that fans keep the dials at
KJR so much. The boy is good.

KJR’s “Tiny Tenor” Bob Mon-
sen is clicking heavily, and no
wonder the stuff he puts into the
mike and . the way it comes out
therefrom.

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FOLLIES FAILS 10
CLICK AFTER WEEK

SEATTLE, eb. 27,-Though
seeming to get off to a good start,
the Follies Theatre here went dark
suddenly and with announced rea-
sons in conflict with the rumored
reasons.

A! W. Gillis opened with a mu-
sical comedy there just last week,
and everything looked rosy insofar
as could be judged from early busi-
ness.

But the door soon closed, with
“Closed for' Alterations" tacked
thereon. However, reports which
seem to be authentic state that the
sign should read “Closed for Lack
of Finances.”

IS WASHINGTONIAN

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.— At the an-
nual luncheon celebrating Wash-
ington's birthday, Owen Sweeten
and His Boys were entertained by
the Washingtonian Club. From
now on this aggregation will be
known at the “Washingtonians.”
Sweeten was made an honorary
member, a distinction claimed by
only one other man.

OPEN AT FOX

SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — Gordon
MacBean and Arden Smith, better
known as the Musical Racketeers,
have' opened at the Fox for an in-
definite run. The boys are work-
ing in the pit, using piano and or-
gan, and their harmony and patter
is making the customers sit up and
take notice.

NEW TREASURER

SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — Henry
Ross is now treasurer at the Fifth
Avc. Theatre, He replaces Robert
Williams who resigned last week.

SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — Seen along
Fifth Avenue . . . Casey Jones
greeting old friends . . . Jimmy
Hicks, the Fox manager, looking
very happy about something . . .
or maybe everything in general, he
didn’t disclose the reason . . . May
Robson rehearsing at the More . . .
and the newspaper scribes all gave
a grand welcome to one of the
grand old ladies of the stage . . .
Show is “The Making Over of
Mrs: Matt” by the Bainbridge-Bos-
tick Company.

Florence Reed also appreciating
the good reception which Seattle
gave her . . . Her “Mother God-
dam” of “The Shanghai Gesture”
was a wow, and then she did “The
Mirage” . . . Francis Sayles at the
Moore Theatre giving an expert
dissertation on dogs . . . She likes
'em.

Gordie MacBean dashing from
KJR to the Fox and back again
, . . must have been awfully im-
portant, Gordie, according to the
clip you were going . . . Olive
Reynolds catching a breath be-
tween broadcasts . . . Busy lady
is Olive . . . Ward Ireland wear-
ing a green sweater and a derby
. . . A good old Bowery combi, but
it looked real class and upper Noo
Yawky on Ward . . . Ivan Ditmar
in a huddle plotting against Ward.

Carl Winge in a very dignified
stalk toward Fifth Ave., with his
portfolio under his arm . . . Art
Frank holding forth views upon
this and that at the RKO . . . and
George and Flo Barclay doing a
hist-fist confab at the Moore . . .
and lots of the pretty “Icy-Hot”
girls strolling around back stage
. . . good old Fifth Ave.

IN ELOPEMENT

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.. — Marjorie
Robillard, KJ R staff artist sprung
a surprise by eloping Valentine’s
Day. The young lady at first de-
nied the marriage, but later con-
fessed.

10 CHIEFS HOLD
l W. CONFERENCE

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.— A confer-
ence of Radio Pictures chiefs and
departmental execs was held here
this week, its purpose being to lay
plans to build up the prestige of the
northwest RKO houses.

The RKO business has been good
up in this territory, but it is under-
stood that a general drive is on
throughout the country by RKO to
put their houses in the very ace
spot, if possible. The reason is that
the demand on the Radio Pictures
studios in Hollywood is for more
pictures like “Cimarron” — and these
must make a lot of money to finance
the cost of producing them. Addi-
tionally, it is reported, the RKO
chiefs are planning to put the big-
gest stage shows in town in each of
their northwest spots, drawing for
big names from their vaude depart-
ment and putting an elaborate pres-
entation in back of the names.

The major figure at the local con-
ference was Joseph Plunkett, RKO
v. p. and general manager of the
RKO Theatres. Others presen
were Harry Cohen, division man-
ager of the Radio picture ex-
changes; Homer Gill, northwest di-'
visional manager; M. Giucksman,
traveling divisional director; and
Ben Serkowich, promotion depart-
ment head.

NEW BALLAD

SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — “Comes
Sunrise” a ballad fox-trot written
by Owen Sweeten and Roy Oxman
has just beu released. Looks like
a hit. Is publishel by the West
Coast Music Publishers. '

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.— Club Vic-
tor is presenting an old favorite
to Seattle, Casey Jones.

Vancouver

_ By A. K. MacMARTIN _

VANCOUVER, Feb. 26— The
Capitol outdistanced all competitors
during the present stanza with Marie
Dressier and Polly Moran in M-G-
M’s “Reducing.” This feature pulled
the best business into the Gran-
ville St. house that it has had for
some weeks.

F. N.’s “The Lash,” Richard
Barthelmess, took second place in
the draw, at the Strand. The R-
K-O Orpheum was below average
with “Passion Flower” on the
screen and four vaude acts head-
lined by Art Frank.

The Empress saw the B. G. Play-
ers repeating “Elizabeth Sleeps
Out,” the comedy with which they
broke the long run record their
first season here.

The Dominion did well with W.
B.’s “The Doorway to Nowhere,”
which was heavily plugged.

The Ail British cabaret at the
Avenue have changed their billing
to The A. B. C. Follies and are
offering a variety bill Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday of each week
at a SO cent top. The house is
dark the first part of the week.

The Vancouver, legit house, is
dark.

Calvin Winter* and his R. K.
Olians wowed the customers with
a medley of theme tunes from the
different radio programs as an
overture at the big vaude house
this week. Cal is well known to
radio fans from his weekly broad-
cast over CKWX, where, each
Sunday night, he conducts a band
for the Home Gas Symphony hour.

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■Saturday, February 28, 1931

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By VI HEGYI “How Do-You-Do” theme song,

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By HAROLD BOCK Harrison Holiiway, KFRC man-

KFI has begun construction, on
a 50-kilowatt transmitter to be lo-
cated on a thirty acre tract near
Northam, Los Angeles County. De-
tailed specifications have not yet
been released as to the number and
dimension of the towers or build-
ing. Nor are accurate figures avail-
able at this time on the cost of
the station or the new transmitter.
But it’s safe to say that this all
comes under the head of “big
breaks.”

The Three Cheers, KHJ’s rhy-
thm trio has a new member, re-
placing Bud Collyer. He is Ken
Allen whose specialty is unusual
arrangements that set otf his re-
markably high voice. Hale and
Derry continue to hold on as the
other two-th.Vds of the male trio.

The Vignettes in bymphony have
been changed again. This ace air
contribution originating at KHJ is
now on the. C. B. S. network as
far East as Salt Lake City. The
Vignettes arc being given in half-
hour broadcasts running two or
more times, depending on how
much story and music there is to
cover. The last half of the former
Vignette hour how carries a C. B.
S. program from New York.

Dick Creedou continues to write
continuities like everything at KHJ.
He's one of the few versatile radio
personalities who neither sings,
tab-.-:, acts, nor plays any instru-
ment whatsoever into the mike.
Not an uninteresting line-up of
"den’ts’ tor an ex-publicity man;

vanning a 24-hour station calls
lor plenty of pep from the person-
nel, with staff additions now and
then. KG'FJ has a new secretary
and general assistant to Frank
Vallan, publicity director. Dotialda
Hands' rates that job. Jules Garri-
son is on to conduct the Slumber
hour, and Don McDonald is go-
ing to run the Sunshine Hour.

‘..EI.W’s Texas Longhorns have
brought up an old time cow-hand
from their native state to fiddle on
their hour. Tex Barker is the new
recruit.

Radio Varieties has a new voice
riding the wave lengths over
KGER. It belongs to Mel Roach,
formerly of Indianapolis, WKBF
and WFBM. Roach is doubling in
continuity writing along with Spiel-
ing.

Dorothy' Dee is back to the com-
paratively' soothing cacophony of
her station, KTM, after week-end-
ing in San Diego with her family',
which includes a couple of kid sis-
lers and a brother just at the
boistrous age.

KTM has switched Roland
Haynes, tenor, and Arline Sweet,
accompanist and ivory' soloist, to
an earlier hour for their Saturday-
broadcast.

With 31 published songs to his
credit, not counting the Geise

light, has time to indulge in a hob-
by. Its right in his own -business
— electrical transcriptions. He has
the dope on this subject from
every angle.

Lani McIntyre and his Harmony
Hawaiians are on the air from
KMTR every morning now. They
play and warble pops and Hawai-
ian Lines.

There is only on pair of towers
in the U. S. equal in height to the
ones on the new United Artists
KMTR station now under con-
struction. They are to be 250 feet
high.

The tune that Irving Bibo and
D. J. Vecsei wrote recently, “Still
Was The Night” has been pub-
lished and was caught coming
through the air in various inter-
pretations by Eva Olivatti, Ted
White, David Percy, Gus Arnheim,
Abe Lyman, Brick English, Wes-
ley Tourtellote, and Wade . Hamil-
ton this week.

Chet Mittendorf, head of
KFWB’s Commercial Department,
has joined the ranks of proud pa-
pas. It’s an eight pound girl.

Jack Joy, KFWB program direc-
tor, has practically cornered the
music market by investing in a
flock of opera scores, musical com-
edy scores, foreign music and many
etceteras' in the musical line. He
took advantage of a ret'iring-froin-
misiness-sale.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
United Broadcasting Co. and the
Northwest Broadcasting System
combine on March 1 in a deal
given its final touches this week.

Eleven California, Washington
and Oregon stations will be in-
cluded in the new UBC setup with
F. C. Dahlquist continuing as gen-
era! manager.

Only change in the stations will
be in San Francisco where KTAB
leaves UBC to continue as an in-
dependent outfit, owned by Pick-
wick, KYA will take KTAB’s
place as a link in the coast, unit.

Consummation of the deal will
give -UBC 2000 watts more power
than any other chain on the Coast.

Network will he divided into two
sections, Northwestern and Cali-
fornia. X. W. stations are KJR,
Seattle; KGA. Spokane; KHX,
Portland; K \ OS. Bellingham;
KPQ, Wenatchee, these operating
as the. Green network. Stations
KVA, San Francisco; KGB San
Diego; KGER, Long Beach;
KFWB, Hollywood, KTM, Los
Angeles; will be known as the Sil-
ver Network.

Northwestern stations and KYA
here are all former Northwest
Broadcasting System units, being
Owned by- that corporation. Lewis
Lacey is local manager.

•Having pulled away from UBC,
KTAB here, effective March 1, will
operate as an individual station uS-
ing San Francisco artists. Bob
Roberts is manager.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Following the general trend of
1 show business to abbreviate its us-
ual offerings radio, too, has reach-
ed the point where speed is the
thing.

Listeners generally don’t want to
sit still for long stretches of time.
They want speed, punch. Fifteen
minute and half hour programs.
Look over any station’s announce-
ment of new programs and you'll
find 75 per cent of the new spon-
sored programs are for the quar-
ter hour period.

With a number of y-ears in show
business to his credit Frank Gal-
vin has been named program direc-
tor of Ralph Brunton’s KjBS. Gal-
vin has been on the air for the
past two years as a monologist and
musician and has been on KFRC,
KPO and KTAB.

KPO has a newly organized
drama guild under the direction of
Baldwin McGaw, producer and
player. “House of Mystery” by
Ed. Evans, KPO staff -member,
was done last week with such staff
artists as Emma Knox, Barbara
Lee; Don Wilding, Helen Stone,
and Benay Venuta.

NBC made a wrong step when
it announced discontinuance of its
Memory Lane program last week.
Chain got 9808 letters from all over
the country asking for continuance
of H ,C. Connette's tale of the
Sinithers family.

Twirling the Dial

By VI

KFWB

FRENCH MINIATURES
9:30-10 p. m.

“The Silver Wig ’ episode of
Kay' V-an Riper’s class continuity
was carried out in idiomatic Ameri-
cauese, which means that it moved
along faster than title and sub-
ject would indicate. The atmos-
pheric delicacy of the whole didn’t
suffer on this account. It rang
true by' virtue of sincere perform-
ances, characteristic musical back-
ground and clever story manipula-
tion.

ness. Duke Atteberry and Ken
Gillum were the hokesters and
Rocco Plantamura directed the ten-
picce band.

KHJ

DAVIS PERFECTION
BREAD CO.

9-9:15 a. m.

Count Jack and Grace among
those who do their share in pull-
ing up the . score on continuities
. to a very decent average. With a
Kay' Van Riper put across her domestic skit punctuated by songs,

CHIROPRACTIC
ADJUSTMENTS

Dr. Edith Woods

Km, 4 — 1096 No. Western
Ave., Corner Santa Monica

lines as Madame de Maintenon in
a pleasingly unaffected voice that
qualifies over the mike. Nannette
Vallori as Diane de Conti, the lady
of the silver wig, gave a first rate
account of herself in her usual de-
pendable yva>'. Stuart Buchnan was
vocally suave and kingly as Louis
XIV. Dorothy Warren and Fred
Harrington got good results with
their parts. Sam Wineland direct-
ed the string orchestra in several
specialty tunes that came tinder the
head of good music.

KFI

GILMORE OIL CO.

they threw plenty of amusing lines
into the ether. Jack Sterne has a
confidential quality to his crooning
that early' morning lady' listeners
can go for. His piano accompani-
ments were on the credit side of
the ledger, too. Grace Hamilton’s
voice is a class warble with hot
tendencies and sweet tones that
never miss. They’re just a couple
of love birds whose domestic trials
and errors are real enough to be
diverting.

•3:15-8:45 p. m.

The Gilmore Circus was put over
with neat success. Calliope, pea-
nuts, balloons, sawdust, elephants
and clowns — they were right there.

The atmospheric crowd carried on
with just the necessary touch to
complete the spangleland illusion.

The barker's ballyhoo and what
the clowns called booby-hatch buf-
fooneries clicked from beginning to

end. Even the old gags managed ear. Dunn should be a strong bid
to garner their share of giggles in | for dance fans to crowd the place
this hit-and-miss collection of where lie- swings the baton. The

KGFJ

SO. CALIF. FURNITURE CO.
10-10:30 p. m.

Taking a slow and easy tempo
throughout, Jack Dunn turned out
some mighty warm dance band mu-
sic. A sweet sax and low down
drums stood out in this combina-
tion, which included a vocal solo-
ist on the choruses. Not a ryth-
mic trick was lost and Jack Dunn.’s
stamped them ail with his own dis-
tinctive style. The band is a class
outfit that was ingratiating to the

knock-about comedy,

Paul Taylors Metropolitans of-
fered a novelty' vocal arrangement
of “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” KMTR
that would have been a riot under
any three-ring tent in the busi-

broadcast came by remote control
from the Rainbow Gardens.

ager, is in Arizona on business.

KYA has tied up with Reginald
Travers for that Nob Hill produc-
er to his group will be on the air
twice 'weekly.

Speaking of plays Fred Gray, as-
sistant city' editor of the Exam-
iner, has written a mystery “Bog
Island Murder Trial” which was
done on NBC this week.

TE© HEMICEL

MUSICAL

CONDUCTOR

PRESENTATION
AND DIRECTOR

CAPITOL THEATRE

Sydney, Australia

Pit Orchestra of 30 Stage Band of 20

NEW YORK HARDWARE
TRADING CO.

9:30-10 p. m.

Ron Wilson and Don Warner at-
tacked their entertaining half-hour
with bang-up spirit and business-
like presentation. The boy's work
on two pianos and play ’em off fast
and furious. A team like this does
much to bring back faith in the
ebony and ivory means of amusing
the public. They crowded lots of
harmonies and melodies, themes and
variations into their snappy pro-
gram. “Sing Something Simple,”
“Give Me Something To Remem-
ber You^ By’’ and “I Still Get a
Thrill Thinking of You” were
among their okay' offerings.

KGER

8:30-9 p. m.

If y'ou like bland crooning- and
dont insist that there’s only one
mellow melodist who can get by
with it, Billy Van is a good bet.
He s a great imitator, anyway. Re-
member that “Not good but loud”
gag line on a well-known broadcast?
Well, he uses that one, too. Yes,
indeedy. But there is no reason
for not enjoying Billy Van’s line
of entertainment. He hums and
whistles, croons and murmurs just
like the best. “Blue Again” was
neat stuff. The piano accompanist
rates good mention on her own.

N. B. Send self - addressed
stamped envelope for correct pro-
nunciation of “Au Revoir.” It’s a
good tune and a good plugger
should have his work correct in
every detail.

KELW

7:30-8 p. m.

Don Julio and his Spanish orches-
tra was all Spanish from spiels to
tunes with the exception of Don
Julio’s “Let’s Go, Boys” at the
push-off. The music offered was of
the indolent, strumming type. A
few more peppy tunes would add
strength to the half-hour. Interest
dropped off due to routine similar-
ity. The program was presented by
the Pan-American Broadcasting
Company.

KF.CA

9:45-10 p. m.

Songs of Spain, as offered by-
Felipe Delgado, had all the ex-
pected insinuating appeal of their
ty'pe, but lacked variety of styde.
Delgado is a lyric baritone whose
high notes are of almost liquid
tenor persuasion. The first group
was from Old Spain, the second
included old California love songs,
and the third group was of Tango
love songs from Argentine. The

Considered two of the biggest
radio draws in town Mac and his
Cow Hollow Symphony and A1
Pearce with his Happy Go Lucky
gang will soon start a seres of per-
sonal engagements.

Believing the back country is
ready' for some of those old fash-
ioned barn dances, Mac (Harry
McClintock) is taking his old time
instrumental group on a flock of
Saturday night dates. Pearce starts
his week-end tours on March 14
when he appears in Fresno.

Phyllida Ashley', NBC pianist, is
off on a one week vacation through
Canada and the Northwest.

Jerry Wilford joins KFRC soon
as announcer and m. c. of the
Feminine Fancies program, com-
ing from KSL, Salt Lake.

The wife of Clarence Hayes,
NBC guitarist and vocalist, under-
went a serious operation this week
from which she is now recovering.

GRETA BACK ON AIR

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Greta Gahler has returned to her
staff vocalist duties at KYA after
a nine day' confinement to her
homc with a. bad cold.

ADDED TO MOODS

KGFJ has made two additions
to Twilight Moods; William Sa-
brinsky, pop pianist and organist;
and Charles Silliman, violinist. This
is George Cox’s program.

Tex Howard and His Tigers are
featured nitely, at ten, over KXA.
The hot dance tunes this band
sends over the air are the kind that
make the old young and the young
younger.

closing number was the only one
sung in English. This program is
well into the class line-up and
probably' has the Spanish popula-
tion swarming eagerly around the
Delgado dial turn.

Carlotta Otero’s accompaniments
were in harmony with the general
atmosphere. Her piano solo, Tan-
go in D by Albanez was a wel-
come offering.

OLLIE WALLACE

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Music Notes

_ By ARCH WOODY _

Sig Bosley, who formerly was
western general manager for Rob-
bins, has just returned to the coast
from a business trip to New York.
Sig had several very good offers
while in the eastern metrop, and is
now in conference with friend wife
as to which to accept.

Art Schwartz, who represents
Witmark on the coast, has arranged
a week at the Paramount Theatre,
L. A., for his ace plugger Mickey
Hester to sing the new song hit,
“For You.” The week starts with
the new show next Thursday.

This Mister Abe Lyman is about
as busy a boy as there is in Los
Angeles at the current writing. He
and his orchestra are playing the
Roosevelt Hotel and the Carthay
Circle Theatre, and next week they
will start on a series of screen
shorts.

Artie Mehlenger, who was for-
merly head man for DeSylva,
Brown and Henderson in New
York, has resigned and is back with
his first musical connection, Harms,
Inc. Artie, whose former connec-
tion with Harms was as general
manager on the coast, is back here
in the same capacity. As an open-
ing shot, Artie advises that his firm
has secured all the songs from
“Paris in Spring,” now current at
the Hollywood Playhouse.

Jack Archer, who represents
Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble, is
celebrating the arrival of Jack En-
right Archer. Jack Enright arrived
this week, weighing 7/ pounds,
and Jack swears that his first
squawk marked him as an ace
song-plugger of the future.

Night Spots

CHICAGO, Feb. 27. — Current
activities of the Music Corporation
of America include:

Art Kassel and his Orchestra re-
turned to Chicago and opened at
the Bismarck Hotel, February 25,
broadcasting over station W-IBO.

Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra
open for a limited engagement at
the Netherlands Plaza, Cincinnati,
Ohio, February 28, broadcasting
over station WLW.

Jan Garber and his Orchestra
open at the Congress Hotel, Chi-
cago, February 28, broadcasting
over station KYW.

Bcrnie Cummins and his “New
Yorkers” Orchestra open at the
Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City,
March 5, broadcasting over station
WKY.

Herbie Kay and his Orchestra
open at the Adolphus Hotel, Dal-
las, Texas, March 5.

ARNOLD RETURNS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Dick Arnold has returned here as
permanent representative for Rob-
bins Music Co. He is headquarter-
ing at the Ambassador Hotel.

Tommy Weber and his orchestra
arc to open at the Knickcrbocker
Hotel in the near future.

‘‘Eddie Janis, of the Famous Mu-
sic Firm; is still having trouble
with a foot which apparently was
affected by an operation for ap-
pendicitis several months ago. Ed-
die says it’s just one of those
things, but the Airs, advances her
theory that it's just plain gout from
old age.

“Things I Never Knew Till

MEL HERTZ

Organist — Entertainer
Fox El Capitan
San Francisco

T. RAWLS

PIANO ACCORD IAN ARTIST

Open for Radio and Club Dates
Call Inside Facts for Information

The

HARMONIZERS

KPO

SAN FRANCISCO

THREE WHITE KUHNS
communicate immediately with
J. W. Gillette, President, Mu-
sicians Union, Local 47, Los
Angeles. URGENT.

Now” is the telling title of the
new number written by Walter
Winchell. Al. Vann and Sid Kuller
collaborated, and it s published by
Bibo-Lang, Inc.

Plans arc definitely set for Earl
Burtnett of the Biltmore and An-
son Weeks of the Mark Hopkins,
San Francisco? to switch, the
change to take place April 6. The
deal 1 was arranged through the
M. C. A.

Burtiiett and his band have been
an extremely popular feature at
the Biltmore and over the air for
two years, the only change of any
kind in the routine coming when
Burtnett doubled his orchestra in
the local Paramount theatre for
one week.

John W. Greene, composer of
“Body and Soul,” “I’m Yours,”
and “Out of Nowhere,” and John
K. Green, the former prize-fighter,
now turned music publisher, are
not one and the same person. John
W. Green, the “Body and Soul”
composer is staff writer of the
Paramount- Publix Corporation and
is busy turning out the score for
a new musical next season.

JESSE WALLY

New Telephone TU. 6693
THEATRICAL FABRICS AND
TRIMMINGS OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION

730 So. Los Angeles St.

LOS ANGELES, CAL.

HARVEY

VALUE I

KARELS

SCHOOL OF DANCING

7377 Beverly Boulevard

ORegon 2688

PARIS INN

(Reviewed Feb. 21)

Bohemian in its atmosphere and
manner of floor show presentation,
i The House of Singing Waiters has
proved a popular rendezvous in the
night life of the city, as evidenced
by the fact that the rope was up
before 9 on this particular evening,
j with the holdouts milling around
waiting for tables.

Opening with the entire staff of
chefs, waiters and bus boys ren-
dering “La Spagnola” under the
capable direction of Bert Rovere,
co-owner and m. c., this aggrega-
tion of harmoniously blended voices
started things off with a bang.

Marguerite At e n a, a charming
Senorita followed with “Rigoletto,”
which brought good returns.

Dave Alack and his boys warmed
the audience up in great style by
clowning through a number sung
by Eddie Lipner of the band, who
hit bullseyes with every aim for a
laugh.

Fagliacci, sung in a toneful lyric
tenor voice by Greeter Fred Ger-
mano registered in a big way.

Dancing by the patrons followed,
Showing excellent showmanship, as
the bill had been rather heavy up
to this point.

The Ruiz Sisters, in a Spanish
dance called “The Road to Happi-
ness,” scored fairly well.

“Happy Days,” as sung by Fran-
cesco, the captain of the crew of
.waiters, made them howl for more.
Coming back with “Here Comes
the Sun,” together with “My- Baby
Only Cares For Ale,” in a la Jol-
son style all but stopped the show.

Frank Farr, formerly of “Prince
Charming, Jr.,” show offered an
original pantomimic Bowery dance
which was a wow, bringing rounds
of applause.

Carl and Roy served a neat bit
of snappy tap dancing and could
have held the boards much longer.

Earle Waterman, who bills him-
self as The Singing Fool, is a new
arrival in these parts. Calling for
request numbers, the customers re-
sponded heartily, Waterman selling
his wares fairly well. But he should
know better than to come on with
a cigarette in his hand.

Apollo warmed them up to fever-
ish heat with his hoofing. This boy
is well liked here, and his swiftly-
packed routine of soft shoe work
stopped the show cold.

George Markle, of the band,
clicked in his usual manner, and
helped considerably in pepping up
the show.

For those who like the better
things in terpsichorean art, Velas-
co and Angelina, featured dancers,
offered a genuine treat. Their open-
ing number taken from “Dracula”
scored a triumph and would take a
lot of space to describe adequately.
Following with a Spanish number,
they brought well deserved ap-
plause, but the real wallop of the
act was an Apache done in their
own inimitable style, with a bottle-
breaking finish that was a positive
riot.

Due to the warm geniality of
Bert Rovers and Greeter Fred Ger-
mane, this spot radiates a hospital-
ity and atmosphere of jollity that

The screen is going to swing
back to musical pictures, according
to word received here from New
York sources this week.

The information stated that all
of the big studios, averaged up,
would make better than 20 per cent
of their new programs consist of
the. song-and-dance films.

Tracing d o w n the surrounding
circumstances, Inside Facts learned
on apparently good authority that
Sammy Lee has been re-signed by
the M-G-M Studios, after having
been with Fanchon and Marco fol-
lowing a former term of service
with Aletro; that Larry Ceballos is
to be recalled by Warner Brothers
from his present lending out to
Fanchon and Alarco, and will again
produce musical pictures for W. B.;
and that other of the studios are
also taking first steps for elaborate
musical production.

The New York Tin Panners,
sensing this trend, are holding their
annual get-together in L. A. this
summer. All of the big song-
writers of the country are planning
to attend, it is stated, thinking they
foresee a new, westward gold rush,,
similar to, but of less magnitude,
than that which occurred when the
talkies first came in.

brings the customers back and back
again.

Foland.

MADAME ZUCCAS

This is one of the neatest and
coziest little cafes in Los Angeles
at the present time. Ideally located
in the downtown sections of the
city, it is easily . accessible to the
patrons from the metropolitan dis-
trict. Madame Zucca’s place has
just been remodeled and the in-
terior decorations make it look like
an artist’s studio with plenty of at-
mosphere.

La Dora and Willard, popular
exhibition ballroom and character
dancers, are the special attraction.
They have been featured here for
more than 36 weeks. This extended
engagement has broken all records
for dance teams at (he spot.

Formerly with Paul Whiteman’s
band, Mabel Hollis, Blue Singer
with a beautiful crooning voice
offered a number that brought her
three encores. This little lady has
plenty of personality and can cer-
tainly deliver her blues.

Dot Darling and Billy Lorraine,
two neat lookers with charm and
demureness-, offered a snappy bit
of tap dancing which, interspersed
with intricate steps, formed an ex-
cellent routine. They sold heavily.

A big attraction for the cafe is
the seven-piece band conducted by

LOS ANGELES

Selling at almost double the vol-
ume of any other pop, “I Sur-
render, Dear” continues to head the
list. Following are the ten best
sellers for the week:

1. "1 Surrender, Dear” — Powers,

2. “Tears” — Shapiro.

3. “I'm Alone Because I Love
Y ou” — Witmark.

4. “You're Driving Ale Crazy” — t
Donaldson.

5. “Just A Gigolo” — Dc Sylva,
Brown and Henderson.

6. "Little Things In Life” — Ber-
lin.

7. “Blue Again” — Robbins.

8. “For You” — Witmark.

9. “You're The One I Care
For" — Santley Bros.

10. “Lonesomp- Lover”- — Feist.

“Body and Soul” is still going

big, along with the “Peanut Ven-
dor.” “Sweet Jenny Lee” is an-
other heavy seller.

SAN FRANCISCO

Song leaders for the week were:

1. "I Surrender, Dear,” — Powers.

2. “Blue Again,” — Robbins

3. “I’m Alone,” — Witmark.

4. “You’re the - One I Care For.”
— Santley Bros.

5. "Peanut Vendor,” — Mark?.

6. “To Make a Long Story

Short,” — Red Star.

7. “Imagine,” — Hollywood Syn-
dicate.

8. “Walkin’ My Baby Back

Home.”

9. "Little Things,” — Berlin.

10. “Just a Gigolo,” — DeSylva.

NORTHWEST

The best sellers in the North-

west for the current week were:

1. “Blue Again.”

2. “Sweet Jennie Lee.”

3. "Walking My Baby Back

Home.”

4. "I Surrender, Dear.”

5. “I'm Alone Because I Love
You.”

6. “Moonlight on the Colorado.”

7. “Peanut Vendor.”

8; “Here Comes the Sun.”

9. “It M-ust Be True.”

10. "You're Driving Ale Crazy.”

Numbers coming up strong are
“Lonesome Lover,” “Fool Me
Some Alo're,” "Miss a Little Miss,”
“You’re the One I Care For.”
“When Your Hair Has Turned To
Silver,” "Ninety-Nine Out of One
Hundred.”

Salvador Nuno. The aggregation
has won a host of followers of that
epicurean sensibility which demands
the relish of good music with good
food. Nuno is an accomplished
and noted pianist, who is also at
the present time playing .over
IvFOX nightly between 10 and 11.

With these attractions, excellent
food of an individuality which only
Madame Zucca's, can offer, and a
policy of no cover charge, the cafe
is doing a very nice business.

Samv.v.

Harrison-Wallack Studios

STUDIOS — 2504 W. 7th Street — DRexel 1544
STAGE AND SCREEN TRAINING
SPARKLING MUSICAL COMEDY

Now Being Staged by Mr. Edwin N. Wallack
Interviews Given Mondays, Thursday — 2 to 4 P.M.

JESSE STAFFORD

And His San Francisco
PALACE HOTEL ORCHESTRA
Featuring His and Gene Rose’s Song Hit, “Tonight”

WILL PRIOR

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

1187 South Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles OXford 6571

As* Open Isivstalson
To Dine Willi Us

12:30 to 1:30

409 West Fourth St.

REVUES— DANCING

Noon — Afternoon — Evening
Tune in KGFJ

8:00 to 8:30

SALES

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PRESENTATION SETTINGS
STAGE PRODUCTIONS

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
OLympia 1101

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INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Saturday, February 28, 1931

Reviews

(Continued from Page 4)
thrilling. It registered ’a few
screams and a heavy barrage of
hand clapping. Realistic enough to
appear as an accident. There was
nothing lacking in this layout from
the pull away. Plenty of comedy
■and hoke with look-see value sup-
plied by a peachy line of femmes.
A load" of Sammy Lee's Sunkist
Beauties. The guy who doesn’t get
his money's worth out of this show
would growl if there wasn't three
pearls in his half dozen raw.

The Idea pulled into this stop-
over with another of those colorful
F. & M. drops. This time it was an
U. S. Submarine base with the sub
anchored in the narrow bay and
majestic mountains looming against
the sky. Location was somewhere
in the hot clime. The Sunkist gals
gave it the fandango touch that
lures sailors away from those photos
the girl friend packs in the valise.

Robert Cloy in sub officer's uni-
form, had the dancing femmes look-
ing his direction as he vocalized.
Fie supplied the song stuff through-
out and did it well. Steve Moroni
was present with his personality
turned on full strength and the cus-
tomers liking it much. Ward and
Pinkie tumbled around with a line
of limberleg clowning and mugging
that gave the bill just that right
amount of slapstick. The gal can
express it the facial way and is aces
on the. acrobatics. Her pardner
helped the finale with back flips and
contortions delivered so gracefully
that they seemed easy; and they
were anything but that.

Radcliffe and Bob felt their way
on in divers’ suits and locating a
treasure chest they wheeled it out
for a piano gag. Radcliffe’s vocal
transitions, baritone to an almost
coloratura soprano, unpretentiously
■delivered just about stopped the
proceedings. Bob made a little
speech with a nonchalance that
found the mark. Ana Radcliffe in-
terchanged on the piano for down-
ing. A hot tap dance by Radcliffe
finaled. Versatile and big time. It
was the Aerial Bartletts aboard the
submarine in mid-air who rode the
undersea’s boat for the smash finish,
■and gave the ticket buyers their
Big thrll.

T ed Price

SMILE AWHILE

PARAMOUNT STAGE
(Reviewed Feb. 26)

Vociferously introduced by Oscar
Baum and his greater Paramount
Orchestra, his “Light and Shadow
Impressions,” a neon strip effect
with a line of beauts led up a zig-
zag incline to the border, and re-
ceived what a stage number rarely
gets — namely, an ovation. Stage
mechanics are improving rapidly
enough for the screen to look to
their credits. It was an Earl Wal-
lace Ballet with Rita and Rubin,
dancers, holding the spots.

PARAMOUNT

HOTEL

In the Heart of Hollywood
E. E. KENT, Managing Owner

Every Room With Combinatioi
Tub and Shower Bath

ALL OUTSIDE ROOMS
Telephone HOllywood 6181

Half Block from Paramount, KNX
and RKO Studios
Melrose at Van Ness Ave.

The Biltmore Trio, that soft-
voiced harmony outfit grown so
popular with Paramount audiences,
pitched in via the mike and aug-
mented by Baum’sT-egiment of sym-
phonists a la toy instruments, was
the next offering. It scored heavily.
They rendered “I Surrender, Dear”
in a way that pulls an audience for-
ward in their seats. Spell-weaving
harmony. Oscar polished off with
that charm smile.

The stage show glided in with
some more of those Gamby gals
and a rural set that makes those
who have a little cottage in mind
feel that way. Johnny Bryant came
in with a personality that made the
femmes quit reaching for sweets,
and he whistled himself into a heavy
hand. He imitated every thing that’
hops from limb to limb, and for
good measure added a police whistle
and auto horns. As for pitch, he is
the closest thing to a flute you ever
heard. Did they like him? Oh,
pulee-e-e-e-se.

Raye and Sayres, stiff-jointed
comedy hoofers, entered their rou-
tine dressed nifty and neat, which
rather clashed with the rural atmos-
phere. Clever legomania, but would
have been far more effective in over-
alls and a straw hat. They were
assisted by a Scotch terrier that
collected plenty of laughs and did
practically everything he was told,
A nice turn.

Summers & Kunt, probably the
hickiest hick team in the business,-
chased each other on and around
and the gal went into those infec-
tious giggles. Had them in spasms.
She can say “What is it?” for a
bigger laff than^a comedian billed
a howl. A great pair of rib splitters
this team and blended with the
corn tassels like a pumpkin in the
sun.

Ferry Conway, the musical clown,
tickled ’em next. Starting off with
his bell ringing routine he regis-
tered right through the comedy
sharpshooting and pantomime drink-
ing without a miss. The Gamby
girls gave him a class closing and
completed one of the best all-round
stage and screen bills the Para-
mount has offered for weeks.

Ted Price

FOX EL CAPITAN

SAN FRANCISCO
(Reviewed Feb. 21)

Carrying out an old Brower cus-
tom, Mrs. B’s son, Jay, again
walked off with this Peggy O’Neill
opera, a pair of his original baud
numbers proving highlights of an
okay show. Even a repeat on one
of last week’s contributions, “Pea-
nut Vendor,” was exceptionally
well received ... in fact, even
better than in its previous offering.
Making his entrance from rear of
the house, Brower waltzed up to
the apron with some of the baud
boys and gave ’em the peanut song
with Harry Cohen warbling it and
Pic Smith working with Jay for
plenty of laughs. Encored easily
on this one. As a second band num-
ber Brower and the boys did eight
different tunes at once, providing a
bang-up affair. ‘ And as if that
wereut' enough the versatile m. c.
cracked out with some dancing and
singing in the finale when he did a
number with Florence Dunand. out
of the line.

Brower’s partner in crime. Don
Smith, was held over for a second
week in his return engagement to
tenor some more tunes for the
folks, and this week he did “Moon-
light on the Colorado” and en-
cored, begging off with a poem.
Plenty popular here. Later Smith
did “Walkin’ My Baby Home”
with Charlotte Fortson.

Harold Alberto was down near
the opening with a few sleight-of-

hand tricks, making a nice appear-
ance and selling his stuff well. The i
Vlaska Sabat 4, quartet of mixed
Russian dancers, got over well
enough in what was obviously
enough a new act. Sweet Sixteen
Sweethearts put over several line
routines to complete the revue.

Mel Hertz scored with an array
of pop and old favorite tunes for
his community songfest.

Fox's “Princess and Plumber”
on screen and Dan McLean sported
a new magnascopic screen for the
newsreel.

Hal.

PARAMOUNT

SEATTLE

Betty Lou Webb was a lively
headliner at the Paramount this
week. She was on the stage dur-
ing most of the revue but nobody
ought to mind. She’s got person-
ality plus, and the young lad}' can
dance.

The three Le Grohs carried out
the Icy-Hot Idea by doing a lot
of acrobatics in conskin coats and
doing them well.

Heras and Wallace are two
amusing comedians who did a good
bit to make the show a topnotcher.

The Icy-Hot Idea was carried
out very consistently during the
entire performance and the chorus
was a particularly pretty crowd of
highsteppers.

Marion Davies in “The Bachelor
Father,” was on the screen.

RKO GOLDEN GATE

SAN FRANCISCO
(Reviewed Feb. 12)

Claude Sweeten and RKOlians
started proceedings by using “Sing
Something Simple” as a musical
basis through which to trace the
progress of rhythm down through
the years. Interesting and well
done and clicked accordingly.

Liazeed Demmati troupe, eight
men and two women, opened the
vaude unit with an assorted rou-
tine of pyramid building and
tumbling, doing okay.

Clifford and Marion seconded,
Miss Marion drawing plenty of
laughs with her dumb gal charac-
terization scoring even better when
she encored by stepping out of
character to put over a straight
song number.

Tracey and Hay followed with
a series of dance routines high-
lighted by an Apache number done
to blues music. Had a piano play-
er who was spotted for one num-
ber.

Drawing headline honors young
Pat Henning, with his pop and
mom, closed the show. Kid was-
n't quite up the headline strength
but he did well with a varied line
of gags and nonsense. Third of
the prodigies to appear here in the
past three weeks.

“Many a Slip' was on screen.

Bock

WARFIELD

SAN FRANCISCO
(Reviewed Feb. 13)

Looked like this might turn out
to^ be a pretty good week for the
W arfield with “African” Idea, a
pip, oil stage and a thoroughly en-
tertaining picture, Fox’s “Seas Be-
neath ' holding the screen with
George O’Brien, a local boy, star-
red. And not forgetting Rube
Wolf is always a draw here.

With his excellent musical gang
M olt' started the show from the
pit by doing “It Must Be True”
as it might lie played by Gershwin,
Kreisler and Sousa and drawing a
mighty fine hand. Seconded with
“One Man Band” a hot tune,
which his (joys ate up. So did the
customers.

“African” opened with the girls
in a rifle drill. number, seguing in-
to the Three Brown Buddies who
followd with a trio of snappy
dances, clicking solidly all the way
through. Tomasita (Cherie and
Tomasita.) stepped on to do a cute
song and aero number backed by
the line.

Then Foster and Ma’Belle came
on with their _ educated baboon,
Mutt, and a pair of smart monks,
the combination putting on about
eight minutes of good entertain-
ment.

Cherie and Tomasita on for a
double number ‘that was plenty-
well done and then came Ed and
Morton Beck with songs, comedy
and dramatic scoring throughout.

___ __ m

I FILMARTE II

1228 Vine Street
Hollywood

Now playing . . .

From France!

“Under The Roofs
of Paris”

Talking — Singing
Delightful Film

Acrobatic team of Prosper and
Mar<jt got over with some difficult
stunts towards the finale with all
on stage for a last bow.

Bock

V audeville

RKO VAUDEVILLE

HILL STREET
(Reviewed Feb. 26‘

A scrumptious stage show this
week. Along with it A1 Erickson
and his new band bowed into the
pit in their first week. Everybody
wishing him luck which was nice
but unnecessary because A1 has pit
music both overture and vaude, in
the bag, wrapped and ready to de-
liver the way the customers like
it. There was a snap and go to
his arrangement that gives life to
Variety. Some very well known
musicians figure in his roster:
Harry Silverman, Asst. Leader,
Frank Jagger, Piano; Zebe Mann,
Base; Ear! Andrews and Roy
Johnston, Trumpets; Elmer Kyle-
strom and Frank DeMichael, Saxa-
phones, and Walt Myer oil the
drums.

Falls, Reading and Boyce led off
looking nifty, neat and natty in ap-
parel that dressed their hoofing
spiffy. The two boys go into a
contest tap routine and make it
sparkle. The gal is sweet, charm-
ing and just a lot of what makes
men leave home. This is the kind
of a dance turn that gives R-K-O
its reputation for class.

Those gals called the Wilton

Sisters breezed into second place
with bright flashing eyes and
smiles that highlight their tuneful
harmonizing like so much free sun-
shine. Talented ladies two ways:
the piano and the fiddle and all
the time radiating. They can give
the dean of the charm school les-
sons in the art of magnetizing.
Personality and melody plus. They
rendered a spiritual that socked.
Had to come back for an encore.

The lights then dimmed to a
drop that had much of both nov-
elty and art. A country club in
the hills and the dance floor crowd-
ed with swaying merrymakers. A
inotorcj'cle cop chases a wild party
down the road from the club and
crash, in comes Jarvis of Jarvis,
Harrison & Co., with a flat tire.
A few gags and a pull away to
full stage and a gas station and
the fun is on. It’s father, mother
and son for plenty of laughs and
some great hoofing by the junior.

Johnny Burke, well known mon-
ologist and headlining this week,
closed the bill. My solemn wish
is that Johnny live forever. The
future generations are going to
need his happiness tonic. He is
the one comedian in this reviewer’s
opinion who rates with Jack Pearl
and there are none better. A well
balanced bill and up to standard,
which is high with R-K-O.

MILLION DOLLAR

LOS ANGELES T f

(Reviewed Feb. 22)

After a lapse of six weeks this
Broadway house has again adopted
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Fanchon and Marco
Route List of “Ideas”

Following is the Fanchon and Mateo
Ideas route schedule, with the opening and
closing dates, all of the current month
(and next month), in parenthesis beside
the name of the town :

PASADENA (26-4)

Colorado Theatre
“Hollywood Colleians” Idea
Dorothy Crooker Guy Buck

LOS ANGELES (26-4)

Loew’s State Theatre
“Submarine” Idea

Radcliffe and Bob Aerial Bartletts

Ward and Pinkie Claire and Stuart
Robert Cloy Steve Moroni

SAN DIEGo'( 26 - 4 )

Fox Theatre
“Talent” Idea

The Marinellis George P. Wilson

Kohn and de Pinto Gay nor and Byron

Jean Carr and Family
HOLLYWOOD (26-4)

Pantages Theatre
“Moroccan” Idea

Fcrdna and Co. Gaylene

James Gaylord Gayl, Bert and Daro
Sherry Louise Eva Nightingale

NAGRA FALLS (27-5)

Strand Theatre
“Moonlite Revels” Idea
George Broadhurst Melvin Brothers

Charles Brugge Freda Sullivan

UTICA (25-7)

Avon Theatre

Mayo, Caruso and Suzanne Harry Vernoii
John and Harriett Griffith May Packer
Abbey Green

SPRINGFIELD (27-5)

Palace Theatre
“Gondoliers” Idea

Jazzlips Richardson Ben Ali’s Blue Devils
Moro and Yaconelli The Romeros

WORCESTER (27-5)

Palace Theatre

“Seasons” Idea

Frank Melino and Go. Lotti Loder

Aida Broadbent Russell and Marconi

HARTFORD (27-5)

Capitol Theatre
“Enchantment” Idea

Meyakos Togo Jue Fong

Sanami and Co. Jack Lester

VIC DE LORY

SAN JOSE (1-4)

California Theatre

“Love Letters” Idea

Nelson and Knight Will Aubrey

Jeanne Devereaux George Ward

French’s Aeroplane Girls

SAN FRANCISCO (26-4)

Warfield Theatre

“Headliners” Idea

Mel Klee Great Yakopis

Gay Sisters Walter Jennier

Wells Winthrop and Stanley

OAKLAND (26-4)

Oakland Theatre

“African” Idea

Ed and Morton Beck Prosper and Maret
Three Brown Buddies Foster’s Monkeys
Cherie and Tomasita
PORTLAND (27-5)

Paramount Theatre
“Top Of World” Idea
Gene Morgan

Russell and Johnson Fawn and Jordan

TACOMA (27-5)

Broadway Theatre

“Prosperity” Idea

Lucille Page Danny Beck

Jack la Vier and Co.

SEATTLE (27-5)

Paramount Theatre
“Y r audeville Echoes”

Eight Allisons Bobby Henshaw

Four O’Connors Aerial Rooneys

Doreen Rae

NEW HAVEN (27-5)

Palace Theatre
“Doll Follies” Idea

Les Klicks La Salle and Mack

Ramon and Virginia Bebe Sherman

BRIDGEPORT (27-5)

Palace Theatre
“Way Back When” Idea
Chares Irwin Arthur Turelly

Madeleine du Val Three Bennett Brothers
Six American Belfords Carlo Torney Girls

BROOKLYN (27-5)

Fox Theatre

U. S. Indian Reservation Band
Brengk’s Golden Horse Marian Bclett

Gil Lamb De Lara and Lolita

NEW YORK (3-5)

Audub*on Theatre

“Fountain of Youth” Idea
Lottie Mayer Eddie Hanley and Co,

Frank Stever Crosby Brothers

Ed. Cheney

PHILADELPHIA (27-5)

Fox Theatre
“New Yorker” Idea

Jackson and Callahan Wliitey Roberts
Marjorie Burke Leah Sonneborn

WASHINGTON (27-5)

Fox Theatre
“Southern” Idea

Hatt and Herman Jimmy Lyons

Derby Wilson Helen Warner

Joe Rose

CHERIE and TOMASITA

FEATURED DANCERS
Fanchon and Marco’s AFRICANA IDEA
Staged by LARRY CEBALLOS

BUTTE (28-1)

Fox Theatre

“Icy-Hot” Idea

A1 le Groh Heras and Wallace

Betty Lott Webb

ST. LOUIS (26-4)

Fox Theatre

“Topical Tunes” Idea

Caligary Brothers Alexander Sisters

Bob and Eul aBurroff Niles Marsh

Don Carroll Dorothy Thomas

MILWAUKEE (26-4)

Wisconsin Theatre
“The Dance” Idea

Everett Sanderson Arnold Grazer

Lee Murray Patsy Boland

Dave Roble

DETROIT (27-5)

Fox Theatre
“Society Circus” Idea

Tabor and Greene Harry Wooding

Harris Twins Betty Martin

ATLANTA (28-6)

Fox Theatre
“Gobs of Joy” Idea

Pat West Three Jolly Tars Scotty Westcci
Doyle Quadruplets Moore and Moore
Dolly Kramer Johnny Jones Mary Treeri
Rena and Rathburn Kenneth Gatewood
Wanda Allen Curtis Coley George Hanlcfl
LOUISVILLE (1-7)

National Theatre
“Modes of Hollywood” Idea
Royal Gascoynes Sylvia Shore

Helen Moore Haline Francis

Danny Joy Jack Sherlin

MEMPHIS (27-5)

Loew’s State Theatre
“Gems and Jams” Idea
Joe and Jane McKenna Nee Wong

Will Cowan Jim Penman

Jean MacDonald Beatrice Franklin

Florence Astell ‘

OKLAHOMA CITY (28-6)

“Victor Herbert” Idea
Buddy Howe Elecrtic Twins

Walter Powell Elmer Herling

Milo Vickery Anna a Yaska

Saturday, February 28, 1931

INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Page Eleven

City Streets ,

Skippy

Untitled

Confessions of a Co-ed
Dude Ranch

Up Pops the evil
An American Tragedy
Kick In
Night Court

The Lawyer's Secret

Monkey Business

Rebound
Lost Love

Board and Room
Madame Julie

t

Big Brother
Traveling Husbands

Vv bite Shoulders

Too Many Cooks

TT iph River
Waiting- at the Church

,

■ • •'

True Blue
Untitled

Voice of Hollywood

Vagabond Series

Detective Shorts

Production Schedule

(Continued from Page 5)

PARAMOUNT

Trapped

Midnight

X Marks the Spot
Alone at Last
The Barbarian
Left Over Ladies
Morals for Women
Two Gun Man

sv<-a

The Virtuous Husband

Blind Husbands
Waterloo Bridge
The Impatient Virgin
The Up and Up
The Behavior of Mrs. Crane

Gary Cooper.

Kouben Mamoulian

Bob Lee

Lee Cannes

Shooting

Sylvia Sidney
Robert Ccogati

Norman Taurog

Wm. Kaplan

Karl Struss

Shooting

Jackie Cooper

David Burton

Mitzi Green
Jackie Sear!
Richard Arlen

Edw. Sloman

Chas. Barton

Charles Lang

Shooting

Louise Dresser ,
Phillips Holmes

Max Mr. rein

Unassigned

Unassigned.

Preparing

Sylvia Sidney

Dudley Murphy

Jack Oakie
Stuart Erwin

Frank Tuttle

Geo. Yohalcir.

Henry Gcrrard

Shooting;

Mitzi Green
June Colly or
All Star

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

All Star

Josef Von Sternberg Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Clara Bow

Lothat Mendes

Sid Brod

Victor Miller

Shooting

Kay Francis
Lilyan Tashman

John Cromwell

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Clive Brook

Marc in

Preparing

Charles Rogers
Jean Arthur
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
The Four

Gasnier

Marx Bros.

Unassigncd

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

PATHE

Ann Harding

Edw. H. Griffith

-Ur. assigned

Unassigned
John Mescall

Preparing

Constance Bennett

Paul Stein

Robt. Fellows

Shooting

Paul Cavanagh
Joel McCrea

R. K. O.

. J. Badaracco

Hugh Herbert
Edna May Oliver

Gregory l^a uava

Charlie Kerr

Shooting

Lily Damita

Victoi‘ Schertzinger Fred Fleck

Shooting

Lester Vail
O. P. Reggie
Anita Louise
Miriam Seeger
Ruth, Weston
Lincoln Stedman
Blanche F redcrici
II alii well Hobbes

•

Richard Dix ,
Frank Sheridan
Boris Karloff

Fred Niblo

Jimmy Anderson

Preparing

Evelyn Brent

Paul Sloane

Unassigncd

Preparing

Hugh Herbert
Spencer Charters.
Frank Albertson
Constance Cummings
Bae Clarke

Charles Kerr

Frank McHugh
Stanley Feilds
Gwen Lee

Rita La Roy
Purnell Pratt

Mary Astor
Ricardo Cortez
Jack Holt
Kitty Kelly
Sidney Loser

Mel Brown

Dewey Starkey

Unassigned

Preparing

Bert Wheeler
Dorothy Lee
Florence Roberts
Robert Me Wade
Rosso A tea
Sharon Lynn

Wm. Seiter

Unassigned

Unassigncd.

Preparing

Hailam Cooley
No Cast

Richard BoJesIavsky

Unassigned

Unassigned

Jack Mulhall
Mary Brian

Wm. Craft

Preparing

Johnny Hines
Noel Francis

Joseph Cavvthorne

HAL ROACH

•

Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy

Jack Stevens

Unassigned

Shooting

Charlie.Chase

TEC ART

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

LOUIS LEWYN STAR PRODUCTIONS

All Star'

Louis Lewyn

Leon Shamroy

Shooting

VAGABOND ADVENTURE SERIES

Tom Terriss

Elmer Clifton

Andy Anderson .

Shooting

C. G.

REED PRODUCTIONS

Wm. J. Burns

Cliff Reed

ick Ree-d

Andy Anderson

Shooting

ROBERT E. WELCH

Robt. Welch

Robt. Welch

V. O. Smith

Preparing

HOLLYWOOD SYNDICATE

Nick Stuart

Bruce Mitchell

Norman Lacy

Paul Alien

Shooting

Nena Quartaro
Priscilla Dean

Tom Santschi

CHARLES HUTCHINSON

Randolph Scott

Clias. . II utchinson

Leon Shamroy

Preparing

TIFFANY

Unassigncd

Unassigned.

Unassigned ■

Unassigned

r.

Preparing

Un assigned

Unassigncd

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Unassigncd

Un assigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Unassigncd

Ur. assigned

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Un assigned

Unassigncd

Unassigncd

Unassigned

Preparing

Ken Maynard,

Unassigncd

. Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

UNIVERSAL

Universal City— HE. 3131

John Boles

John M. Stahl

Bob Ross

Jackson -Rose "

Scooting :

Genevieve Tobin
Lois Wilson

JSfe j

Richard Tucker
Jed Prouty .

ZaSu Pitts
Dickev Moor#'
Don & Terry Cox

*

Elliott Nugent
Betty Con: psou
Jean Arthur

Vin Moore

N orman J>em in g

Jerry Ash

Shooting

T. C. Nugent
T u 1 1 y Marsha 11 .
Unassigned

Eric Con Stroheim

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Unassigned

Unassigncd -

Unassigncd

Unassigned

Preparing

Unassigncd

Unassigncd

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

I'nassigned

Fd\vard Laemmle

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Unassigncd

William Wyler

Unassigned

Unassigned

Preparing

Reviev/s

(Continued from Page 10)
the Saturday and Sunday vaude
policy. Reviewed at the early Sun-
day night show the. house was well
filled,-., George Bancroft’s picture
“Scandal Sheet" being largely re-
sponsible for pulling 'em in.

Zalo and Vallin, in the opening
spot, offered a neat roller skating
novelty, showing plenty of pep. A
heck spin finish with’ one of the
boys doing a daring twirl brought
hefty applause.

Mable Armstrong followed in the
deuce spot, warbling her way into
the hearts of the Broadwayites in
a way that just couldn't miss.

Dclphia and Co. next with a
good line of chatter, songs and
steps. The femme is good to look
at and sells her songs well. The
boys are fast steppers and -would
do well to inject more stepping in
their offering, eliminating some of
the singing.

The Four Sailors, using “Two
Lips” for an opener, goalcd them
right at the start, following up with
“When the Bloom is on the Sage"
and a ealiope number, both of
which sold well. “When You and
I Were Young, Maggie" blues,
with the bass, carrying the lead,
sent them off to a great hand.

The Four Covans, in the closing
spot, carried away the honors with
their tapping and, needless , to say,
repeated their many successes in
this locality.,

Poland.

Legitimate

Review

“APRON STRINGS”

GEARY

SAN FRANCISCO
(Reviewed Feb. 23)

After a year’s absence from the
stage, Clarence Kolb and Max Dill
have teamed up again for their
adaptation of Dorrance Davis' com-
edy “Apron Strings.” And a mighty
good second night crowd, follow-
ing a capacity first night, indicated
good business for the piece. Looks
like four weeks. -And another
point in K. and D.’s favor is that
they've slashed 50 cents off the
usual $2.50 admission.

If we remember correctly, it's
Kolb and Dill's first show with any
fast lines. There’s "dialogue about
a prospective husband who wants
to : know if his future wife has a
working knowledge of sex, un-
touched wives and virginal hus-
bands, etc. But it’s cleverly writ-
ten and is never allowed to become
downright dirt. Ticket buyers en-
joyed it and laughed plenty.

Kolb and Dill are spotted through-
out the show with their familiar
dialect Comedy. Both drew healthy
hands upon initial appearance and
plenty of laughs were theirs. And
the supporting cast was excellent,
not a weak spot being visible.
Most of the dailies., claimed the
show was stolen bj r one person or

another, but the fact is it was
everybody’s' show, each player be-
ing, equally good.

Clarence Nordstrom had the most
difficult role of all, and an unsym-
pathetic one at that, the prude hus-
band. Nordstrom might easily have
overplayed it or might have made
it very pansv-ish but he refrained
from those faults and waded
through his many sides in excep-
tionally fine style.

Grace Stafford was excellent as
the wife and Isabel Withers was
equally good as her girl friend.
Jane Darwell as Dill’s wife did an-
other good job, and Anne O Neal
did the maid in bang-up fashion.
Kolb was the lawyer and Dili “the
bride’s father.

Second and third acts were- of
moderate length but the opening
was a bit too long before getting
underway with the story. From
three to five minutes could, be
sheared off there to advantage.

Between the second and third
acts the 1931 Girls, ten in all, and
the Miami Boys, numbering eight,
nrovided 15 minutes of vocal and
instrumental entertainment Working
from a box on the left side of the
house. Girls were Delores Scott, -Mil-
dred H-atnill, Peggy Stanley, Teddy
Marcel, Kay Scott, Carlita Hall,
Reta Mac, Stanley Scott, and the
boys included Marius Langan, Ben
Yost, Joe Crawford, Verne Mac-
Lean, Enrico Tanzi, Norman Hood,
■Stanmore Clayton and Ken Doug-
las. Doubtful is this presentation
warranted the . cost, which must be
around $75(1 weekly, even though
the. offering did garner an encore.

Report is that the, show, is backed
by Clarence Kolb himself ( C. Wil-
liam Kolb on the program.) with
Dill on a straight, salary. Walter
Gilbert staged the show under
Kolb’s direction and did a mighty
fine job of the entire production.
Leo Flanders was in the pit with
his orchestra.

Bock

DOES AN IN-PERSON

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—
Edward G. Robinson blew into
town for one day of personal ap-
pearances where his F. N. picture
“Little Caesar” is current. He re-
turned immediately to Hollywood
where he goes into production for
another flicker.

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INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Saturday, February 28, 1931

The

BARTLETTS

In Their

Sensational Offering "Under The Sea"

RADCUFFE

AND

Dark Doings Under 1 lie Sea

Our Qrateful Appreciation to

FANCHON

AND

MARCO

For Selecting Us To Appear In Submarine Idea At

Loews State Los Angeles This Week

Those Sensational Comedy Dancers

WARD

AND

PINKIE

Acrobatic

STEVE MORONI

MY

THIRD

TOUR

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Karl Thiede

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