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Vol. XI Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927,
office, Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March
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Saturday, May 3, 1930 town Building, 401 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, Calif. No. 18

STAGE SHOW LANDSLIDE

STARTING IN HOLLYWOOD
17 THEATRICAL Rie PREMIERE
PROJECTS SET

GtCKTD ACTS
SAN FRANCISCO, May Acknowledging the need
1. — Approximately $15,- for stage support for the
spent on
000,000 will be big specials, operators of
construction of new the film capital de luxe
amusement centers in houses have come back to
Northern California with- the prologue and other at-
in the next three months,
plans are
tendant showman
ship
if present fol- features, to keep up box-
lowed. office totals for the big
Here are seventeen pro- houses.
posed theatres, opera On May 30 the Fox-
houses and amusement West Coast Grauman’s
centers, some of them al- Chinese will return to the
ready nearly un^ler way, lavish prologue method,
and others only in the with Sid Grauman again
conference stage at the helm for the pre-
1. A Sam Levin house on miere of “Hell’s Angels.”
Ocean avenue between Fairfield The new Pantages Theatre, to
and Lakewood avenues, San Fran- be jointly operated by the Pan-
cisco, at an estimated cost of tages brothers with West Coast,
$250,000. Plans are under prepa- will start with elaborate prologue
ration for this house. support, staged by Fanchon and
2. A war memorial auditorium Marco, on May 29. And West
in the CivicCenter, San Francis- _

Coast is reported to be planning

co, an estimated cost of $2,-
at sirnilar policy for Grauman’s
000,000. Plans are completed for Egyptian, when it abandons its
this project. present policy of first Hollywood
3. An opera house also to be runs with F. and M. “Ideas” the
erected in the San Francisco Civic first of June.
Center at a cost of $1,500,000, and First
ripples in the swing back
for which plans also are com- to big bills for the class houses
pleted. are occasioned by the fact that
4. An
exposition building to be many patrons have been waiting
erected by the city of Oakland at to see the same shows at lower
a cost of $250,000. Plans being prices in the neighborhoods a few
prepared. weeks later. These moves are be-
5. A
$1,000,000 Publix house ing closely watched.
for Broadway and Hobart streets, Keen observers see them as the
Oakland, with plans under prepa-

ration.
6. A $1,000,000 Warner
house for Broadway at Twentieth
streets, Oakland. Nothing is defi-
nite on this project but it is gen-
erally believed that,
because of
film bookings and other complica-
tions, Warners will not build here
but will instead give the prefer-
ence to Publix.
7. A $200,000 house for Mer-
ced, with the Golden State chain
as builders.
(Continued on Page 2)
MACK BISSETT
first break against the all-mechan-
ical program, and rumors spread
Bros, quickly this week that Warners,
Publix, and RKO
are setting in
PREMIER DANCE DIRECTOR OF THE PACIFIC COAST, TEACHING SHIRLEY motion plans to return to the all-
MASON THE ART OF TAP DANCING FOR HER NEXT PICTURE around program for the de luxe
houses.
Executives of the stage hands
YANTIS IN TOWN MILES AT INSPIRATION WRITER DIVORCED and musicians’ unions and local
John P. Miles, formerly with D. booking agents expressed the most
Luther Yantis, author of “Sou- W. Griffith and United Artists, has Sada Cowan Commons, screen optimistic viewpoints in months,
venir Sadie,” which is scheduled to been appointed publicity director writer, was granted a divorce here as they checked closely on the re-
be presented by Andy Wright in for Inspiration Pictures, with this week by Judge Archbald ports of returning in-person en-
the near future, arrived here last headquarters at the Tec-Art Stu- from Dr. Ernest L. Commons, lo- tertainment.
week. dios. cal physician. (Continued on Page 3)

YOU'LL N FAC
 rAGE TWO INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930

I. A. T . S. E. Sho w to Aid Convention Finances

SNAPPY SERVICE
Specials Fail As B. 0. Sensations DREW SNAPPY
COMEBACK
HE LISTENED AND
m quiet’ mm LOOK WHAT
HE GOT
Harry Blanchard, artists’
Socked on the nose for giv-
ing service the head man of a
lunch room near the Holly-
wood American Legion Box-
ing Stadium learned the dif-
ference between slang and
$13,337 III CIRCLE representative, sat in his Hol-
lywood office the other day,
good English.
his desk loaded to the gunnels
A burly biffer who earned
Although a heavy battery of spe- The executive committee of the his money easy by stowing
with manuscript piled on board of directors of the Academy away a pushover at the sta-
I. A. T. S. E. members expect
cial releases were loosed upon the manuscript. to net around 25 grand for their
local film market during the past of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- dium parked his body on a
On his face was a worried, ences Monday appointed William stool and prepared to take on
big show at the Shrine Auditorium
week, nothing sensational in the puzzled look. here on May 6, the proceeds to
way of boxoffice returns turned Conklin to represent the Academy some groceries. The head man
In dashed a friend exuber- go for financing the first national
up. as “contact man” betwen the ac- polished the mahogany and
antly, to becaught up by the convention of the oiganization held
“All Quiet on the Western tors and producers in the admin- sang out to a waiter: “Give
sad and sober mien of the outside Ohio in 17 years.
Front” opened at the Carthay Cir- istration of the new minimum this fellow a setup.” Taking The convention to include: Cam-
agent.
and brought $13,337 for its contract. the familiar remark for sar-
cle
“Whattsa matter? Why the eramen, lab technicians, studio me-
first four days, including the pre-
Conklin’s appointment was rec- casm the fighter let loose a
sad face?” breezed the new chanics, projectionists and the-
miere. This is good, but not sen- ommended unanimously by the right cross that brought the atrical stage employees, will be
arrival.
sational, running about the same Actors’ Adjustment Committee, the claret. The customary ex- held here from June 2 to 9. I. A.
“Well, I’ll tell you,” said Actors’ Branch Executive Com-
as the first week of “Happy Days.” planations followed. T. S. E. is one organization financ-
Harry. “All my life I’ve been mittee, and by the Actors’ Mini-
John MacCormack’s “Song O’ bothered with people who had ing the trips of its delegates, of
My Heart” brought $20,527 to the mum Contract Committee con- whom there will be around 2000,
a lot of great ideas but never sisting of 25 actor members of the
Chinese for its first six days, which could find time to write them, some with their families.
is only about even with house av-
Academy. This action of the With plenty of cooperation from
erage and does not compare very
but always had plenty of time
— Academy is in keeping with an ‘CHIC SITE HEILLT studio execs, musicians and actors,
to tell me about them agreement made
bravely with the $37,000 brought at the time the the show is expected to land a
“But, why should that de- minimum
in by the “Rogue Song’s” first actors’ contract was nice sum to defray a good share
press you?” puzzled the friend. signed.
week. of the convention expenses.
Quoth Harry, pointing to Conklin commence
“King of Jazz,” Universal’s the piled desk, “they finally
will his With the show starting at 8
Paul Whiteman endowment, got time!”
duties at an early date making his p. m., music will be provided by
brought $13,884 to the Criterion for office at the Academy headquar- When Charles “Chic” Sale, he of Leo Forbstein and his 40-piece
the first six days, which is $1500 ters in the Roosevelt Hotel. the backwoods satire in vaudeville Vitaphone Orchestra, the cham-
over house average, but only half and musicomedy, ripped off that pion Los Angeles American Le-

THEMES FAWCETT PLAY

the showing made on the first best-selling dollar literary item, gion Drum Corps, Harold Roberts
week of Garbo’s “Anna Christie.” FOX-W. C. “The Specialist,” he started more and his band, with Fred Waring’s
TRYOUTS HELD than he ever guessed at the time. Pennsylvanians jumping from

mil
Loew’s State sank five grand be- in
low average with Ramon Novarro’s Comedians, synthetic and the the Mason to close the bill near
“Devil May Care” grossing $27,- Tryouts are now being held for real McCoy alike, scanned the midnight.
403. This downtown run followed shifts George Fawcett’s produc-
parts in country epic at one buck a throw
Included on the program will be:
Eddie
Right
a Carthay Circle showing. Fan- tion of “The Great John Ganton,”
and ideas began to sizzle. Cantor, “Skeets” Gal-
lagher, Fred Niblo, Taylor Holmes,
back of the schnozzle the boys all
chon and Marco’s “Goodfellows” Several changes in local Fox- due to open at the Vine Street
Idea was in support. a Larry Ceballos ensemble, Edna
got smacked with the idea of em-
West Coast Theatres organization May 18. At time of going to press Covey, Neil Hamilton, Laurel and
The Boulevard stayed in the no ulating the Sale success and retir-
followed the transfer of Harry Ar- definite selections had been
dumps with a take of $4716 on Hardy,
ing from the show biz to bask in Alice Gentle, Freeman
thur to New York. made. Lang introducing 30 Paramount
“City Life” and F. & M. Varieties. the warm glow of incoming roy-
Harry Hartman, former manager If this venture into legitimate stars, A1 Jolson, RKO vaudeville,
This figure just escapes the low alties.
of W. C. Theatres in San Diego, production proves successful, Faw- D. W. Griffith, Sid Grauman, Lil-
record for this house. was moved to Los Angeles to suc- cett will launch others, and is con- Now comes from the presses fur-
“Vagabond King” at the Egyp- ceed Arthur as division manager. sidering some ther Sale stuff, but not in the soli- lian Albertson, Charles Irwin, Joe
Shakespeare revi- E. Brown and Winnie Lightner,
tian brought in $12,435, seven hun- tary glory of that first effort.
Howard White, former assistant vals. For side by side on the book- Laura Lee, 4-year-old Mary Ross,
dred better than house average. general purchasing agent, fills the
Warner Brothers’ Hollywood shoes of C. A. Caballero as gen- shelves stand Joe Cook’s green and two productions staged with 30
white bound “Why I Won’t Imi- Hollywood Beauties by Katherine
Theatre spurted to $24,500 for the eral purchasing agent for' the cir- Campbell, one a “lingerie” show,
opening week of “Song of the cuit, following Caballero’s transfer tate Four Hawaiians,” with Char-
the other a bathing beauty revue;
Flame,” four thousand over aver- to New York. ley Grapewin’s “Squawk Bridge,”
Eddie Cantor’s “Caught Short,”
Bob Murphy, Estaleah, George
age, but the downtown house took
masterpieces O’Brien, Tom and Hank McFad-
Les Fountain gets the former
a licking on “Those Who Dance,” Hartman job in San Diego. and other similar
Foun-
'grossing $13,700, ten thousand be- tain was formerly in charge of the come tumbling from the publish- den, Ruth Chatterton, Dorothy
Mackaill.
low average. er’s presses, each coyly hinting of
W. C. theatres in. Long Beach. Johnny Mack Brown, Anita
“Paramount on Parade” paraded Marshall Taylor gets the Long laughs lurking within.
Page, Lee Carrillo, Gene Morgan,
$25,000 to the Paramount box- Beach job. He previously handled (Continued from Page 1 ) And whether you believe it or Clyde Hager, Frank Fay, the Sldte
office. This is a couple of thou- the Ocean Park theatres. 8. A $50,000 house for Alturas, not, there’s more of them to come. Brothers, Bill Ray, chief KFWB
sand below average. George Ban- Lew Clarke gets the Ocean Park the builder not being announced. Which develops a new angle for announcer, Ferris
Hartman, Ed-
croft brought $17,200 to the United post, coming from the Santa Mon- 9. A picture house at Auburn the funny fellows. die Lambert, and Allan Prior with
Artists with “Ladies Love Brutes,” ica W. C. house, where he is suc- to be built by T. and D. Jr. Why not a dollar book of the the male chorus from “The Stu-
best showing for several weeks. A ceeded by Narath, his former as- 10. A $1,000,000 house to be month club with heavy emphasis dent Prince.”
tie-up with a parking yard, taking sistant. built by Publix in Sacramento. on comedy?
the car from the theatre door and Jack Ranee resigned from the 11. Another Sacramento house, One week we could have The
parking it for 10 cents, was going Santa Ana house to go into busi- this one by Fox West Coast which Four Marx Brothers, Clark and
big. ness for himself, and is succeeded chain already has three theatres McCullough and Will Mahoney
Bebe They plan on spending vieing for honors, then the next
Daniels’ “Love Comes by Norman Sprowl from Riverside. there.
Along” at the RKO, with four Gary Carr gets the Riverside job, $850,000 on the fourth. lunar cycle Fred Allen, “Doctor”
acts of vaude in support, dropped with Ralph McGowan, of the vaude- 12. A $500,000 theatre at Stock- Rockwell and Ted Healy could
grosses down to $13,000, three ville booking department, going to ton to be erected by National Thea- stane a literary free-for-all for pre-
thou below average. “Ingagi,” the Glendale to fill Carr’s former place. tre Syndicate. miere laugh-provoking honors.
gorilla picture at the Orpheum, 13. A $165,000 theatre at Paso Maybe, in retalliation, Irvin S.
continued to hold up big for its Robles to be built by the Paso Cobb, Octavus Roy Cohen, George
second week, repeating the first
week’s gross of $27,000, and the
third week starting out about as
big.
Hie pHb Robles Realty Co.
14.
it
po with Fox West Coast named business.
as builders.
15.
Jean Nathan and Ring Lardner
A house at San Luis Obis- would take a fling at the show of
Then, of course, if some real
A Santa Barbara theatre. belly-laughs were wanted, the pub- went over
fit
With a first class bill and plenty

night
cooperation all around from
theatres and studios, the big bene-
show,
at
staged
the
last Saturday
Shrine Audtorium
as a financial wow, with
NEW BUREAU IS
No builders or amount named.
16.
lishers could have a film supervisor
a gross of nearly $30,000, accord-
An amusement center at write an essay on “How to Make ing to checkup reports this week,
F. M. ADDITION Santa Cruz to be erected and op- Talking Pictures.”
The new Hollywood - Pantages erated by John Tait and others. with all the returns not yet in.
The auditorium was almost com-
Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Plans for this are well under way.
A convention entertainment bu- to be operated by West Coast and 17. A $30,000 house to be built HILL WILL DO pletely sold out to see a big snappy
which included:
reau is the latest addition to the the Pantages brothers, set to open in Healdsburg.
Fanchon and Marco organization, May 29, will feature an elaborate
‘LITTLE SHOW’ bill,
The 75 Meglin Kiddies, Eddie
under the direction of “Doc” Howe. Fanchon and Marco stage produc-
Lambert, Murray Sisters, Frances
Jolley Jones will supply talent to tion, designed at least to some de- MONTANA ORCHESTRA With various producers being McCoy, Elizabeth Murray, Mos-
MOVES TO credited with intentions of putting coni Brothers, George Olsen’s
sales force gatherings, plant meet- gree to fit in with the theme of PAUL
ST. on “The Little Show,” current Band with the “Whoopee” cho-
ings and conventions. When one the various screen productions from New York success, John Hill is rus and William O’Neil, Estelle
organization has several meetings week to week. Phil Sheridan and his Montan-
going ahead with his plans to pro- Taylor, Davey Lee, and a produc-
in different parts of the country, These presentations will be ex- ians from Missoula, Mont., where
the same program will be furnished clusively produced for the new ace they have been featured the past
duce it here about June 1st. He tion number staged by Joseph
house, thus giving Hollywood a three years on an extended en-
owns all Pacific Coast rights from Santley for the Pathe picture,
to all.
the New York owners, as well as “Swing High.”
first-run weekly change class house gagement in the Northwest, have
a cut in picture rights, and has Eddie Cantor, A1 Jolson, Benny
BEERY CONTRACT to replace the former Egyptian been signed up by the Music Cor- no
intention of relinquishing them Rubin, Jack Benny, Charles Irwin
Theatre policy of second-run to poration of America in Los An-
to anyone else, he says. were the master-of-ceremonies .

Wallace Beery has been placed the downtown Loew’s State. geles.
Others, who appeared, were:
under a new long-term contract The productions are to be elab- Sheridan and his Orchestra will Donald Kerr, Leatrice Joy and
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At pres- orate, individually staged presen-
be featured on the M. C. A. circuit NEW
RODEO CLUB
tation somewhat on the prologue the entire summer, opening at St. The Screen Women’s Press Club Norma Gregg, Dixie Lee, Ben
ent he is appearing with Johnny Bernie and his Band, Nino Mar-
Mack Brown, Lucille Powers, order, and especially designed for tra also is May 24. The orches- Monday night at the
Paul, Minn., was launched at a meeting held
Chateau Ely-
tini, Harry Langdon, Lina Bas-
Russell Simpson, Karl Dane and
Hollywood consumption. being brought east to
quette, Kramer and Boyle, Larry
do some recordings. sees, following a decision of mem-
others in the drama of the life of Ceballos revue with Jimmy Clem-
the famous Western bandit which
NEUFELD AT TIFFANY bers of the Wasps (Women’s As-
ons, Sisters “G”, theme song
King Vidor is directing, “Billy the
GATZERT PROMOTED
sociation Screen Publicists) to
writers number with Arthur
Sig Neufeld, for 18 years asso- change the purpose of the club, in-
Kid.” , Freed, Joe Burke, George Meyer,
ciated with Universal or connected Phil Goldstone, chief studio ex- crease the scope of its activities Sam Steppe, Jos McCarthy, Jimmy
has been engaged by ecutive for Tiffany, has appointed and hence change the name. The Monaco,
CONTEST WINNERS HERE companies, Phil Goldstone, Tiffany’s chief stu- Milton Gatzert business manager first meeting of the new organiza-
Cliff Friend, L. Wolf
Gilbert and Abel Baer; Lottice
dio executive, to head the depart- of the studio. Gatzert has been tion is named for May 12 and will
The winners of the contest ment which will make unusual well known as purchasing agent be held at the Chateau Elysees, Howell, Danny Dare and Fox
studio beauties, Everett Marshall,
staged by the Buffalo Tixes-Fox short novelty features. Tiffany of the Tiffany studios and has been with dinner at 7 o’clock. Bill Robinson, Charles King, Lil-
Raynor Theatre have arrived in immediately will make three novel connected with the film industry
lian Roth, Rosita, A1 Trahan, Fred
Los Angeles. They will be fea- short two-reel subjects in techni- for many years. THEATRE TRANSFER Scott, Fay Marbe, Daphne Pollard,
tured in a forthcoming Fanchon olorc, followed later by several se-
and Marco Idea. Miss Ida Hedin, ries of short features. Three Slate Brothers;
a blonde, Evelyn McElwain, bru-
SHERMAN SIGNED SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Fanchon and Marco revue with
As part payment on another build- Georgie Stoll and his Band and
nette, and Nancy Murray, red ACT GETS CONTRACT Radio Pictures’ officials, headed ing Louis R. Lurie last week ac- Frank Richardson, Abe Lyman and
head, will follow the footsteps of by William LeBaron, liked Low- cepted the old Garrick Theatre on his Band with A1 Norman, Rube
another batch of New York state Jones and Hull, at Loew’s State ell Sherman’s work in “He Knew Ellis street near Fillmore and has Goldberg,
beauties, the winners of the Graph- this week, have been signed for Women” so much
Irene Rich, Harry
that they signed since sold it to Lee Murphy, who Green, Mary Lawler and Tom Pa-
ic contest. five years by Fanchon and Marco. him to a long-term contract. has plans for remodeling the place. tricola.
 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE THR ?/.
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ji

Latin - Americans Threaten Talkie Reprisals

THIS IS NEWEST
ATTACK CASTILIAN
VERSION OF
THAT GAG In-person Shows [Hold Up At B. 0.
Monte Carter, now
directing BISSETT TEACHER
DIALECT USE FOR for Pathe, has been called
many things in his career as OF DANCING TO
stage producer, director, actor
and manager, but never Lon
MANY STARS E’
Chaney.

it
Monte’s resemblance, or is
a resemblance, to the “Man
PUS IE DEFINITE
Mack premier dance
Bissett,
director, shown on Page 1 of
this issue instructing Shirley
START AT MAJESTIC
There is a crisis today in Holly-
of a Thousand Faces,” was The Ferris Hartman Comic Op- Mason in the art of tap danc-
wood, so far as Lafin-Americans firstbrought to light at the ing, has given instruction to Legitimate theatre boxoffices
are concerned, and by way of tak- N. V. A. Benefit Show at the
era Company is proceeding apace
many stellar lights of screen hold generally steady, seemingly
ing active steps to combat it, an Shrine Auditorium Saturday with plans for its season of popu- and stage, among them being unaffected by the causes of film
association has been formed under night. lar-priced Victor Herbert opera to Bessie Love, Mickey Daniels, boxoffice fluctuations. With only
the banner of “Friends of Latin-
An unidentified patron took be given here during the coming Sylva Shore, Sid Grauman, one legit house dark, and that the
Monte for Lon and asked him summer. Don Crabtree, William Hud- old Actor’s (Orange Grove), the
America.” to autograph a program. son, Leta Riddell (now with situation for in-person drama is en-
According to leaders among Monte did, as Chaney, and Productions will be presented at couraging.
A1 K. Hall) and Danny
Latin-Americans here, in choice of netted a fiver for the benefit the Shrine Civic Auditorium, June Lantz. “The Student Prince” opened un-
cause by doing so. 8 to September 29, and the first Bissett also produced “Plenty der the Albertson-Macloon banner
Spanish dialects used in foreign
language pictures Hollywood con-
It was a nice evening’s of Pep” in New York, and at the Majestic, brought $6100 for
work but one thing is bother-
offering will be “The Fortune
tinues to be guided by the advice staged the dances for Marco the first four performances and is
ing Monte. Teller.”
of a little coterie of old country for the “Romance” Idea to expected to gross $15,000 for the
actors with whom the use of Cas-
Whowas the unidentified In the cast will be F'erris Hart- open at Loew’s State soon. full week. No definite plans will
patron? Don’t all answer at man, Estaleah, prima donna; James The
Bissett Studio of Stage be formed for a successor to the
tilian speech is traditional, and Liddy, tenor; Earl Askam, bari-
once. Dancing is regarded by many “Prince” until the extent of the
who, they claim, represent the
tone; Naomi Fielding, mezzo; Ro-
smallest possible minority of sup- as the leading school of its local appetite for operetta revivals
land Woodruff, comedian, and kind on the Pacific Coast. has been judged.
porters of Spanish language films.
The principle upon which the
Carla Laemmle, comedienne. An The Civic Repertory Players at
Albertina Rasch ballet and a vocal
Friends of Latin-America propose the Hollywood Music Box main-
chorus will be in support.
to guide themselves is that if Hol- tained average with a gross of
lywood insists on ignoring the dip- Hans Linne is musical director, $4600 on the first week of “Imag-
lomatic import of correct dialecting with Robert Ryles handling stage inary Invalid.” This production
and the political effect upon the direction. Louis B. Jacobs is gen- runs a second week, to be fol-
friendship of the numerous South eral director.
lowed by “Going Home.”
American countries, then they will The statement made over KFI GIRLS TOP ’EM ALL At the Egan Little Theatre,
proceed to see what can be accom-
Saturday night by an air “col-
last
‘THE OUTSIDER’ „
“For Cryin’ Out Loud” is doing a
plished in the direction of Holly-
wood’s pocketbook. umnist” to the effect that pictures
They have come to the conclu- are cut after they leave the down-
NOW LINING UP Dance schools that dot the Los near-capacity business at a gross
Angeles landscape were long ago of $1100 for the week, and is to
hailed by the more discerning crit- continue there indefinitely. Re-
sion that diminished financial re- town houses, prior to presentation Noel Madison and Arthur Gre- ports that Producer Brown was
_ ical journals as responsible for
turns will have a positive effect ville Collins, producers of “Rope’s
in the neighborhood and short run building this theatrical center up looking for a Hollywood house for
where appeals on the basis of End” here recently, are endeavor- as the dance capital of the show the vehicle were denied by him
friendship and diplomacy have theatres, was laughed at this week ing to line up a production of this week.
business.
failed. both by film exchanges and by “The Outsider” for opening
at the Only with the coming of the At the Vine Street, “Among the
Accordingly, the Friends of the exhibitors. Belasco, June 1, the plan being to talkies and their attendant furore Married” opened with a first
Latin-America have been organ- The information purported to be run it two weeks here and then of Broadway epics, song - and- week’s gross of $5200. After three
ized to conduct a public opinion an answer No cast-
to someone who had take it to San Francisco. prance specials and super revues weeks this production is slated to
campaign in their native countries, asked why pictures in the neigh- ing has been done as yet. is this being recognized throughout move to San Francisco and then
and one of the means to attain this borhood houses sometimes ap- the country. crash the East.
is the publication at intervals of a
peared to be jerky as to story. California chorus maids are the At the Mayan the picture version
press sheet, the first one of which Many of the smaller theatres cream of the country’s youthful of
has been issued under the name have only disk sound projection
of “Cine Parlante Espanol.” equipment, and it would be mani-
HOLLYWOOD STMS beauty, and many hours of inten-
sive training in the dance acad-
“Journey’s
$3800.
End” brought in
Meanwhile “Decency” is
casting, scheduled to open May 26
^Through this means the Latin- festly impossible tt> cut the film emies have developed a skilled pro-
America press and all public bodies and keep in synchronization with Fred Waring’s “Rah Rah Daze”
fessional stepping beauty that far at the Mason dropped back to its
in Spanish-speaking countries of dialogue and sound. The only pos- outstrips the Broadway chorine.
North and South America are to sible cuts would be due to censor- former normal with $8000. The
The daily newspapers have has- sudden spurt of the previous week
be kept fully informed of the Hol- ship. something very rare after tened to chronicle this fact, capi-
lywood situation, according to of- the film’s general release, espe- (Continued from Page l) did not hold up, and while it is
talizing for reader interest on the
ficials of the association. cially in this part of the country, PUBLIX SWINGS TO ACTS opportunity to present pictorializa-
said tentative closing notices are
.

The American Spanish-s'peaking and no more likely to happen with FOR S F tions of the comely ladies, chosen
up, it is expected the show will
countries revolted against Spain the neighborhood house than with SAN FRANCISCO’ Mav 1.— for New York stage productions,
carry on for several weeks yet.
four hundred years ago, they as- the first-run downtown theatre. By a gradual process Publix is The Henry Duffy houses regis-
increasingly noticeable of late. tered their customary solid returns.
sert, and during these four hun- Both distributors and exhibitors getting back to a stage show Latest evidence that Los An-
policy in its Paramount Theatre “The Blue Ghost” at the President
dred years have built up their own strongly deny any cutting, and de-
idioms, modes of speech and cul- clare it has not been indulged in here, although
it is considered
geles is THE
recognized center of turned in $5800 for the opening
dancing skill and beauty is a wire
ture. Ninety per cent of the Span- as a practice for several years. doubtful the road-show type of
if week and is still going strong
received from Earl Carroll by Le-
ish language picture market lies in
units will again -be a feature at this Fourth and last week of “Broken
roy Prinz, M-G-M dance director.
Latin-America, they house. Dishes” at the El Capitan brought
claim, and It reads:
even in Spain itself there are many For the past few weeks the $5000. “Love ’Em and Leave ’Em
“Hurry back stop
regional differences of dialect.
Such is the feeling against the
warnePoDcy for Paramount management has added Rehearsals
several acts to the usual band and for new “Vanities” starts in ten
opened there Sunday, and will be
followed by Bert Lytell in “Broth
organ concerts, working them all days stop not satisfied with pres ers. Second week of “Holiday ”
influence in Hollywood of the Cas-
the pit. This week’s show is ent supply of girls here bring as
_

in with Dale Winter, at the Holly-

tilian group that the first of the
patterned along the minstrel idea, many of those California beauties wood Playhouse, grossed $4900.
association’s press sheets asks:
using the Sequoians, male quartette, as you can and tell girls you pick The Gorilla” is slated to open at
“Are we going to permit, under the
with a black-faced singer and they need not be afraid of coming this house May 10.
subterfuge of presumably different FRESNO, May 1. Slashing of
languages, that the control of the admission
— dancer and a hoofer, in addition to to New York stop this is no spec- The Figueroa Playhouse opened
greatest known social force should ing of
prices and double bill- Don George’s orchestra and Har- ulation as they most definitely will Hal Reid’s colored revue “Up And
feature pictures at the War- old Ramsay at the organ. be in the show stop it seems that
be in the hands of the detractors ner Brothers’ Theatre here threat- Alto- At ’Em” to fair prospects, and
gether it totals approximately all the beauty in the world has
of Latin-America?” 28 “June Moon” is playing the Be-
ens to bring down an embargo on minutes of entertainment, support- gone talkie.”
“It is our desire,” says another the Warner product in
this section. ing a first run picture with a
lasco. “Strictly Dishonorable”
article, “to state outright that in Competing theatre managers are
opens May 4 at the Biltmore.
the republics of Latin-America, like up in arms against the recent 25
comedy, news reels and other RUBINI RETURNS
shorts.
everywhere else, there are many per cent cut in admissions and the It’sbeing brought about by
all
localisms and provincialisms, but in double billing of pictures at the Jan Rubini returned from his
the fact that theatre customers are Australian tour last
every one of them the Spanish lan- Warner house and state they will Saturday and
getting wise to the fact that brought with him a new wife in
guage is spoken and is written as refuse to play the Warner product they’re getting for 35 cens at their the person of Adele
correctly as in any province of if this continues. Crane, Austra-
district houses the same thing they lian
Spain. musical comedy star. They
It is true that the Latin- Full page ads were splashed in
American does not pronounce the the dailies announcing the cut in
“z” nor the “c” as the Castilian price and heavy exploitation was
pay 65 cents for at the downtown were married in Melbourne on
theatres. Accordingly, business in vember 27, 1929.
the suburbs has picked up while
No- FOII PRESEHTIS
(of Spain), but even in this there resorted to in an effort to bring
They will be in Los Angeles a
the downtown theatres have either couple of Clara Elliot, representative
weeks and then leave for of
is absolute regularity and uniform- to the Warner house the good •dropped off or else have been Philadelphia, W.
ity, since it is a common phenom- business other theatres in the city
where they are to the N. Ayers Company,
forced into a stage production. open at the Stanley Theatre late handlers of some of the world’s
enon in all of these republics. are enjoying. All of this is a part of the great in May. largest advertising contracts and
“On the other hand, south of the The Fox Wilson, playing the reorganization in theatre policies with whom. Fanchon and Marco
United States there do not exist Fanchon and Marco units and first that is forseen by those in execu- have
the many dialectical forms which run pictures, gives Warner the tive positions in the game.
DANE-ARTHUR SIGN in
established a
Los Angeles April 23 to start
tieup, arrived

are found in the Iberian peninsula heaviest competition in this terri- ST. LOUIS MUSICIANS research work for a forthcoming
Karl Dane and George K. Ar-
(Spain), where, in addition to dia- tory. BOOST STAGE ACTS thur, silent screen come-
“Idea” that will be built around
lects, three independent languages The musicians’ union in St. dians, erstwhile woman’s dress from the stone age
will be reunited for the
co-exist with the Castilian.
“If Latin-Americans are to con-
‘DECENCY’ IS Louis, Mo., is trying out the idea
of distributing hand
talkers.
to the present day.

sume 90 per cent of the Spanish

films made in Hollywood, logic in-
NOW CASTING the theatrical district
follows:
dodgers
reading
in
as
Larry Darmour, producer of Ra-
dio Pictures,
Postal Telegraph is the second
big business group with whom
R-K-O short sub- Fanchon and Marco have made a
jects, has announced that contracts
dicates that the producer should “Decency,” to be produced by “There are some theatres in this nation-wide tieup. For the forth-
have been signed whereby Dane
please them and not those impro- Franklyn Productions at the May- immediate neighborhood that give and Arthur will be co-starred in a coming “City Service” Idea the
vised purists of the language from an Theatre, is now casting. Kath- you a big stage show, including a series of two-reel talker comedies. back drop will be a gigantic postal
Hollywood.” erine Wilson and G. Patrick Col- large orchestra of Live Musicians telegram in complete detail. Open-
Lewis R. Foster will direct the
lins are among those already that you can See and Hear play. ing scenes will feature chorines in
comedy team.
NEW FOX-W. C. chosen, with Harry Stafford stage Why not patronize them? It costs
manager. Opening date is tenta- no more, and when these musicians FAZENDA WITH DARMOUR
postal costumes.

VENICE HOUSE tively set for May 26.

get paid they spend their money
in St. Louis.”
KING ON LOCATTION
The Louis Orpheum Louise
how Monday Fazenda was signed
Henry King, Inspiration Pictures
Fox-West Coast is to start im- MAYNARD RECOVERS running
St.
stock with
is
“Casey’s
to appear in a series of
producer-director, is at present
mediate construction operations on comedies to be produced by Lar-
Plavers.” busily engaged in filming the out-
a new class house for Venice, Ken Maynard, western star, was LONG BEACH STRAND GOES ry Darmour and released by RKO.
Calif., on the site of the former
door sequences of “Eyes of the
forced to undergo an emergency TO PROLOGUES
Kinney estate near Trolley way. World,” the Harold Bell Wright
operation for appendicitis, follow- Bud Murray has been signed to Tenner, on a weekly change of novel which attained the tremen-
The new house is due to open in ing an attack while enroute to stage a series of prologues at the programs. dous circulation of 1,350,000 capies.
September, and will feature Fan- Wilmington, where, with Mrs. Strand Theatre, Long Beach, The proposition calls for Joe King, with a company of 140
chon and Marco Ideas and a Maynard, he was to start Sun- opening May 8. The bill com- Tenner putting another Bud Mur- players and technicians, has locat-
Grandeur screen. The California, day on a pleasure trip to the Fiji prises a unit of the Bud Murray ray unit in the Spreckles Theatre, ed his camp in the Santa Ynez
present Fox-West Coast house in Islands. He was reported, recover- California Sunbeams, four vaude San Diego, and the Marion Davies Canyon, thirty miles from the
Venice, will be closed. ing nicely. acts and a band headed by Joe Theatre, San Francisco, after that. small city of Santa Barbara.
PAGE FOUR INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930

Picture Reviews ~ Previews ~ Shorts

By A. H. FREDERICK

With a surprising agility, movies in the silent
days managed to avoid all controversial matter
but it is doubtful if this record
in the more rapid development of the talkies. See-
ing a silent picture nowadays is a very tedious
matter the plot unfolds with a slow deliberation
; gressive variants to the former screen tenet that
that is extremely out of tune with our hectic
twentieth century, and affairs of little moment
are put across in lengthy footage. It is the latter
phase that is of interest, for, it is seen, some emo-
tion, belief or ethic which formerly consumed a
quarter or a half reel of closeups and medium
shots can now be delivered in two lines of dia-
logue. Which means that, when the inevitable
time arrives for tightening up dialogue scenarios,
the histrionic emotional field will be much more
quickly exhausted than was the case with silent
films. The trite emotions, which served the si-
lents for lo, these many years, will become as
passe as has finale flag-waving and resurrected
wills, and the only recourse will be to complexi-
ties. And right there is where the screen will be
forced to abandon its attitude of a universal be-
nevolent righteousness and begin to realize that
the most gripping story material is by no means
that which adds one more affidavit to the effect
that white is white and black is black, and there
are no in-between grays or mottles. And what a
howl will arise when the screen is at last forced
to the astounding discovery that the donning of
a clerical collar doesn’t necessarily sanctify a
whole life, nor does the shining forth of a red
light necessarily mean a heart filled with venom
and a destiny certain to end in disaster that all
millionaires are not, by the size of their bank ac-
counts, sweet souls of generous impulse, and that
all honest men end by winning high position and
the millionaires’ daughters.
The career of the screen Has been one of the
most amazing atavisms of all times. Despite the
educational revolution brought about by such
masters as Flaubert, Zola, Becque, Brieux and
others of the naturalist school, the movies suc-
ceeded in turning the hands of the clock back half
a century to the mid-Victorianisms of George
Sand, Sardou and The Duchess, and made the
people like it.
But gradually there seems to be coming about
a change, the two most notable examples of which
currently are Universal’s “All Quiet on the West-
ern Front” and the Tiffany-Gainsborough “Jour-
ney’s End.” They, in their book and play form
respectively, have been widely ballyhooed as great
anti-war epics. They are not exactly this, not
nearly so much so as Zola’s “Le Debacle” or some
of Hugo’s and 'Tolstoi’s works. The real propa-
can be sustained
ganda against war does not lie in the trenches,
but in the administration buildings back in the
capitals. But the pictures are pleasing and pro-
all war pictures must climax to a glorious vic-
tory for our side, and the fadeout oue-tow’d itself
to a stock shot of the returning Yanks parading
through New York, and then to the girl who was
waiting at home. Let us at least hope that these
two new type war pictures have put an end for-
ever to that silliness.
Of course all pictures, as well as all plays and
books (speaking of those of serious import) are
propaganda. We are apt to overlook this fact
in the positivism of our engendered training. If
a crook, sympathetically portrayed, is, to a po-
liceman anti-social propaganda, why then it fol-
, do not. They buy plots as a housewife buys to-
lows that a glorified policeman in a picture is, to
a crook, subservise propaganda. The truth prob-
ably lies somewhere in between, in that broad
field of story-telling where both crooks and cops
are human beings, with human merits, and no less
human demerits. But the movies recognize no
such field. To them a fallen woman can never
rise, despite 8 St. John 3-11, nor can a thief be re-
deemed, despite 24 Luke 40-43, nor do heroes get
slapped on the other cheek or heavies forgiven,
despite the whole New Testament. The movies
are not investigatory; they are purely declama-
tory. A uniform makes bravery, honesty and loy-
wealth makes benevolence a sexual varie-
alty ; ;
; tism wins the wages of sin; public officials are
paragons of civic virtue (these movies show even
in Los Angeles); judges administer fairly; and
all the other balderdash which the newspapers
daily puncture, even were there no novelists and
playwrights of social insight. In other words,
the movies are a good seventy-five years behind
the times. They are still telling fairy stories about
wicked giants and all-good heroes, with not a
human being in a carload.
Now some producer may, before he becomes
body and breeches in thralldom to the power pow-
ers, break over the traces and give us some real,
honest-to-goodness flesh-and-blood drama. If he
went about this undertaking with sincerity, de-
termination and a certain amount of skill, he
would doubtlessly create a furore of dimensions,
and probably a financial reaping. It would be a
most interesting experiment. But hardly likely
in this day and age.
Fundamentally and functionally all forms of en-
tertainment are alike, and the difference between
the chute-the-chutes of an amusement park and
a movie or a play is one of mechanics only. It is
the thrill that counts, and the public is willing to
undergo a certain amount of boredom to achieve
it. At the chutes, the thrill-seekers will take the
long, slow ride up the grade for the sake of the
brief dash down; in a movie they will sit through
a deal of explanatory and slow-moving footage
for the sake of one smash, climax, or, better still,
a series of them. Novelists have long recognized
this primary rule, and it is the very essence of
short story writing, reaching its American cli-
max in O. Henry.
But here again the movies lag behind. The first
question which any sentient story editor should
ask is, What is the climax? But do they? They
—
matoes or beans by the label. Someone else has
made a boxoffice success with a backstage story,
so willy-nilly, they too must have a backstage
story. Or a gangster story. Or what have you?
And so one “Broadway Melody” sprouts a back-
stage crop that is still blossoming; one “Broad-
way” legerdemains gangsters of every type and
description; one “Front Page” fathers every va-
riety of lunatic newspaper man. And the mechan-
ics creak, the plots slide into weaker and weaker
debility until finally the studio has just exactly
what it asked for, another backstage story, an-
other gangster story, or another newspaper story.
And the public buys the grief.
The real thrill moments of the talkie era have
been almost nil, due to this lack of understanding
in the purchase of stories. And yet one thrill will
send a crowd away better satisfied than will a
whole six reels of good but unthrilly footage. By
this is not meant the trumped-up “thrills,” such
as the mine explosion in “Dynamite” or the fre-
quent fistic battles, but the more subtle- “good
moments” which bring a lump to the throat, or a
mumbled cuss word of appreciation. might We
mention, just by way of example, the moment
when Gary Cooper consented to take Beryl Mer-
cer out with him in “Seven Days’ Leave” or
George Arliss’ line in “Disraeli,” “I haven’t that
power, dear child, but he doesn’t know that.”
True, neither of these are the climax of the story,
but they are better illustrations than any climax
or denouement yet brought forth. It is a depart-
ment that the movies would do well to study
over.

in disguise. He has a voluptuous away out on the

water, being Belmore was the right shape for the most critical standpoint, as
mistress, portrayed by Alma Tell, rowed by lusty sailors to his ship, an inkeeper, but did not belong in these outstandingly uninteresting
but when he catches her enter-
PICTURE taining a piccolo player he becomes
the plaintive love song and the South America.
guitar’s tones came wafting o’er
vengeful (who would not?) and the leagues, and hardly before the
Yeates.
items make it seem, and even at
this late
profit well
date, Universal could
by pensioning off those
looks for a new queen for the last strains had died away he was
“KING OF JAZZ” aged blackouts before the film gets
REVIEWS fiesta. back in her room to save her from
UNIVERSAL ALL-COLOR
By one of those queer quirks of the clutches of the villainous (Reviewed at Criterion Theatre)
fate that come so often to the aid Monte.
into general circulation.
It might cut the running time a
The picture, which brings Paul few minutes, but it will immeasur-
of the scenarist, Bebe is taking The picture is full of quaint Hol- Whiteman and his Orchestra to the
“LOVE COMES ALONG” vocalises in the garden, unmolest- lywood touches. Without visible screen after no little production
ably improve the audience reaction.
The great exploitation angle, of
RADIO PICTURE ed by the mosquitoes, and Monte, signs of wealth or means of sup- difficulties, is opulent in produc- course, is the Whiteman rendition
(Reviewed at R-K-O) captivated by her beautiful voice, port, Monte is able to command tion.
for Bebe It looks like money. But it of “The Rhapsody in Blue,” pre-
As a starring vehicle commands her as his consort for military escorts, and puts on a is far from great. sented as staged by Anderson with
Daniels this is a rather depressing the fiesta. fiesta featuring a huge band and a It’s biggest weakness is a con- a kaleidoscopic rising interest that
anticlimax to “Rio Rita.”
Big Boy Lloyd starts back to ballet of Hollywood’s prize beau- sistent one with the song-and- starts with a solitary figure danc-
It is another one of those Holly-
wood exotics, the story of an his ship, but changes his mind and ties that would double the taxes of prance epics — an amazing lack of ing on a huge tom-tom and' winds
returns, climbing her balcony in any ordinary country. originality. up after a series of musical and op-
American showgirl stranded in a the most approved Romeo style, Lloyd Hughes does the only au- There are, for instance, the fol- tical effects in a compelling
South American mosquito port, a and presenting Bebe with a parrot. thentic character drawing in the lowing items:
finale.

showgirl but still pure, sings
her board
a hotel barroom for
in
but, remaining virginial, lacks funds
to pay her passage home.
Comes a tramp steamer to port,
releasing a horde of rough and
thirsty sailors for shore leave,
among whom is Lloyd Hughes,
tricked out in a luminous striped
sweater to set him apart from the
other boys, just like
bannered from the cowboy mob by
his snow-white tights. Lloyd, as
the audience quickly and intelli;
gently suspects, the minute it sees
that sweater, turns out to be the
two-fisted swaggering hero of the
opera.
In order to establish something
or other, Lloyd has to be coaxed
into going ashore, but he gets to
the bar just right for the beauti-
fully timed stagey entrance of Bebe.
By the law of natural dramatic se-
lection she is attracted to Lloyd,
or to the sweater, one is never
sure which (later it is a parrot),
and he, of course, is attracted to
her, being a dese and dose sailor
and she being a poor small-time
showgirl, although she forgets that
sometimes, and imagines she is the
refined Rio Rita again.
All this time there has been a
menace, naturally; a villainous
Latin with all the powers and re-
sources of a magician and the pres-
tige of a king —
one might almost
say a King. This is Montagu Love
who The other production items are
This brings on a love scene; he whole picture. Miss Daniels sings The blackout where the return- the conventional Spanish ensemble,
—
proposes but alas and alack, Fate charmingly enough, but makes lit- ing husband bawls out the man in built around a coaxing song, “It
disposes. He sees the costume tle or no effort to stay in charac- the closet for “scaring little chil- Happened in Monterey,” sung by
Bebe is to wear for Monte at the ter. The opus is full of absurdi- dren”; John Boles with the dissolving pic-
fiesta, gets sore and beats it. But ties and will no doubt go down in
The blackout where the musician ture gag; one of those “bench-in-
—
he hangs around the fiesta and history away down.
who has studied for years is saved the-park” numbers, elaborately
hears Bebe sing, but jealous Monte EXHIBITORS’
spots him and turns him over to Bebe Daniels will
VIEWPOINT: from jumping out of a window be- done; a wedding gown ensemble,
draw wherever cause he can’t get a break, only to also very conventional, but most
the local army for deportation. “Rio Rita” has been played, but get tossed out of the window when superbly staged; and that “melt-
Tom Mix is Monte takes Bebe back to her after that they will look the Dan- he proves very, very corny in a ing pot” finale, done on a massive
apartment and proposes a li’l party iels offerings over before biting tryout with Whiteman; scale with hundreds of chorus peo-
and Bebe, peeved at Big Boy, again. In the cow towns and with The familiar John Murray An- ple and a huge setting.
yesses him. But she cannot help the juveniles it will go down as a derson “melting pot,” finale; Done in straight revue style, the
leaning up against her window and pleasing fairy story. For the so- The Spanish ensemble number, stuff
is held together by being
strumming on her guitar and hum- phisticates it will provide some and items from
ming a love song. amusement.
Pj?ul Whiteman’s
A western number built around scrap-book.” This big volume has
This is one of those remarkable PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT: the tune, “Song of the Dawn,” dis- its pages turned by Charles Irwin,
Hollywood fantasies where forty- An obvious quickie, turned out to tinctly reminiscent of a recent Los who handles a very straight type
piece orchestras seem to be con- grab the Daniels boxoffice, and no Angeles musical show production. of master-of-ceremony role with
cealed behind every bush and in credit to Director Rupert Julian These memory-testing interpola- pleasing suavity and dispatch.
the nooks and crannies of antique and his producing associates. Sit- tions mar what could have been a Onetof the outstanding items is
furnishings. Bebe never opens her uations are trite where not impos- very fine production. a technicolor cartoon comedy illus-
pretty mouth to sing but what this sible. “One of those things.” Just at the point when the audi- trating how Paul
Whiteman was
unseen symphony blossoms into CASTING DIRECTORS’ tor gets warmed up to the point of crowned “King
of Jazz,” a bright
full tonal support. It would seem VIEWPOINT: Lloyd Hughes o.k. thinking, “This is something I idea, excellently handled.
that even the poverty-stricken in the romantic lead. Ned Sparks’ shouldn’t have missed,” there is in- And throughout the revue the
“mosquito” (a term used in the comedy touches were all right, but terjected one of those dreary, time- Whiteman band,
with its sonorous
dialogue) of the S. A. ports fur- not needed in view of the general worn blackouts to drop the build- orchestrations, its smooth
nish splendid musical backgrounds, handling. His pet monkey also was musical
interest of the show a goodly
ing an imadversions and dancing
even in barrooms, for every wan- well cast, but its unexplained dis- measure. rhythms, and the band’s singing
dering minstrel. appearance after the first part of In a fast continuity revue this is trio, brighten the piece and hold it
And so, as Bebe leaned against the picture 'caused some concern on a fatal weakness, for with the av- together, while the rotund leader
her window pane, tears of love in the part of the audience. Bebe erage showgoer these poor impres- twirls his stick
and taps his foot in
her grieving eyes and a sob in her Daniels suffered from lack of di- sions stand out like sore thumbs approved Whiteman fashion
voice, an unseen symphony or- rection. Montagu Love made an to form guidemarks to a generally EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT-
chestra sprang to her support even entertaining comic opera villain low evaluation of the production. Despite weaknesses of a sort to
as her fingers stroked the strings and Evelyn Selbie a satisfactory “The King of Jazz” really isn’t quickly caught by those wise
be
to
of her guitar. And to Big Boy, lady-in-waiting for Bebe. Lionel such a bad production, even from (Continued on Page 13)
SATURDAY, MAY 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE FIVE
3,

Film Academy Planning National Publicity

In Hollywood'"J\[ow T 15 Legitimate Theatres
By BUD MURRAY
AND AT ’EM’ vival is a distinguished accom-
‘UP
plishment.
FIGUEROA PLAYHOUSE The opening
night’s performance
There is really some truth to weeks to go at Warners. Gosh, LOS ANGELES
“mind over matter,” to-wit: For what hard times. “Doing Our was smoothly
successful, slowed
the past few weeks writing “IN Bit” is the Winter Garden show TO 00 EXPLOITATION (Reviewed April 23) up only bv the number of encores
An all-colored revue that moves demanded. Allan Prior, in the
HOLLYWOOD, NOW,” all the we trouped together in in 1917-8,
writer has had on his mind, was and they are both “IN HOLLY- with whip-snapping speed, scintil- leading role of Prince Karl Franz,
Decision to expand the activities
trying to “bump” into people NOW.” WOOD, the Academy of Motion Picture
lates with hot music and a seem- scored a tremendous success, not
known years ago, and who are At the Brown Derby, Si Bartlett of ingly inexhaustible supply of cos- only with his tenor voice but also
Arts and Sciences was made Fri-
“IN HOLLYWOOD, NOW,” and with Alice White gives us a pass- day night last week at a meeting tumes, plus excellent showmanship. through his dramatic ability and
—
thereby hangs the “tail”' of our ing hello, and reminds us of Le of the Academy board of direc- Without even the suspicion of plot his most pleasing personality. He
car. While driving home .Monday Maires Affairs, when Si was^ a tors that lasted until nearly mid- or theme, this melange of music is idea! in the role.
evening, going no more than 30 Chicagoan, and now Si is acting night. and mirth entertains from the first Another outstanding performance
miles an hour, we were bumped right out loud in the movies, and gurgle of harmony in the orches- was that of Richard Powell in the
of The important development role of the pompous Lutz, valet to
into by a very jovial gentleman, sweet Alice, one of our former tra pit.
the meeeting was the appointment Powell invested the
who was imbibing fluidly, and our dance pupils; “you must come to a newly created post of Secre- As a sample of the showmanship the Prince.
“tail” ended. From now on we over;” aren’t they a fine looking used, the interest of the audience character with a comic artistry
is tary of Public Relations of Clinton
will not try to “bump” into people, couple, and they are “IN HOL- is grabbed even before curtain rise
that proved one of the highlights
one-time minister, organ-
Wunder,
but just meet them in the usual LYWOOD, NOW,” and it is ru-
izer and lecturer on the motion by darkening the house for the of the production. He achieved
manner. mored they soon will be one.
picture. Wunder, who arrived in overture and using a spot to pick hilarity without becoming broad or
At the fites at the Hollywood Lucky pair. Hollywood last week, begins his out the solos and novelties, all of overshadowing any of the dignity
Legion Stadium Friday, Harry An
unexpected visit from Mr. new duties immediately. which scored heavy in returns. and beauty of the main theme.
Elvira Tanzi showed the effects
Gribbon, who has been a funny and Mrs. Eduardo Cansino, the A program of establishing closer The Sonny Clay Recording Band
man for years, and plays for Sen- last word in Spanish dancing; yes, contact between the creative side proved to be the backbone of the of good direction in her handling
of the part of Kathie, feminine
nett and Warner Bros, accused us you guessed it. They have a danc- of the motion picture industry and show, although kept in the pit.
of staging the Kennedy-Ross fol- ing school, too. Eudardo takes us colleges, universities, religious and The weakness of the show lies lead. Her interpretation of the
in the quality of material used for moods of the
to the Winter Garden in welfare groups will be undertaken. little peasant girl in-
de-rol. All the boys started sing- back
inf, “Sleep, Baby, Sleep,” but still 1918; we dressed together en tour, The Academy work along these the skits and blackouts of the com- fatuated with the Prince was a
Kennedy and Ross were out of and the aforesaid Judels was their lines, at present centered in Cali- edy team of Lasses Brown and great improvement over her “Des-
step. Grib wanted to know if they best man, and they are both still fornia, will be extended through- Stompy, who worked very hard to ert Song” and “New Moon” per-
were off-rhythm or on-rhythm, and married to each other. What a out the country. score with well-known gags and formances, and her singing was
he took us back to Trenton, N. J., novelty “IN HOLLYWOOD,
Wunder, who will act as spokes- did indeed pull many shrieks from sufficiently good.
stock in the good old days when NOW.” man for the 500 leaders in the a younger generation not as fami- Excellent work was done by
Harry was leading comedian of After a late rehearsal at “The arts and sciences of motion pic- liar with them as mature show- Russell Scott as Detlef, leader of
the Trent Theatre and Sterling Masquers,” into Henry’s being in- tures, who make up the Academy, goers. A
few improvements here the Saxon corps. His tenor voice,
Hotel. His pet brother Eddie, vited to sit with Jack Boyle, Mrs. has had fifteen years of experience will make the show a sure winner. although light, showed to good ad-
who is also “IN HOLLYWOOD,
Boyle and Jack, Jr. We talked n branches of public relations. His They scored heavily, however, in vantage and he gave valuable sup-
NOW” was then aspiring to base- about the “Passing Show of 1916,” functions will also include repre- a shoe shining episode which nitro- port to the Prince.
ball honors and pugilistic arts, and when Jack and the writer were sentation of the art branches of duced something novel in the way Among the other support play-
we were still using all the wigs room-mates, and an expected ar- the industry in relation to censor- of a dance routine; they stopped ers, the diminutive Georgie Harris
stated.
and beards “Tams” had left. rival in the family was the cause ship matters, it is the show, in fact. Claude Collins, made an admirable amanuensis for
Right over there is a real actor of of Jack making three false alarm He was born and educated in straight lead, and Albertina Pick the lanky Powell. Hedley Hall
the highest merit, Charley Winnin- trips to N. Y. from Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated ens and Cleo Covan assisted here. filled the part of Dr. Engel, tutor
ger, who has been on the stage D. C., and the night he didn’t go, from the city’s university, then A line of 16 peppy high-brown of the Prince, revealing a declam-
many years. We first remember the fair-haired Junior came entering publicity and newspaper
into girls and six boys furnished en- atory voice that was most pleas-
the entire Winninger family play- being; you to see ought him work there. semble routines, with eight changes ing in the spoken lines. Ada Sin-
ing through Minnesota in 1910 and the red -head, “IN HOLLY- He later went to New York and of colorful and original costumes, clair handled the character part of
was on the Y. M. C. A. interna-
later when Charley was at the NOW.” WOOD, tional committee, worked on or-
led by the Four Covans, a quar- Grand Duchess Anastasia with
Winter Garden 1919 Passing Show tet of steppers hard to beat, with considerable credit,, and Blanche
A visit from Buster West before ganizing ‘Y” camps during the Willie Covan, who staged all the
with his impersonations. Will you leaving for' a two weeks’ flyer in Le Clair made a beautiful blonde
war, later enlisting and serving dance numbers, showing himself to
look at those two perfect juveniles vaudeville between Christie pic- Princess. Don McNeill filled the
in the motor transport service as
whom we were with at the Winter tures, He objects to the mention- a lieutenant.
be a superb atrist. Outstanding part of Toni, waiter, with consid-
Garden, Charley King and Barney ing of Tom Patricola, as the only was the “Russian Ensemble,” sce- erable success, especially in the
Wunder took a post-graduate nically as well as in costuming
Granville? And how young they living exponent of hard-shoe danc- third act, and Svlvia De Frankie
course at the Rochester Divinity and routining.
look. Do you remember Charley ing. Yes, we must admit, Buster School and became a Baptist min-
made a delightful Gretchen.
in those Cohan plays, and Barney’s does do hard shoe dancing, and he Song numbers were contributed Thirty personable young men
ister. He organized and put
singing and marvelous eccentric almost got us into the same kind
through a $3,000,000 church-hotel by Flo Washington, Albertina sang the choruses lustily and
dancing, and they are “IN HOL- of arguments we had while the Pickens and Claude Collins, those marched the routines with vigor
skyscraper, then resigned from the
LYWOOD, NOW.” Lo and be- three of us trouped with George ministry to join Ward, Wells and
getting most attention being “What and precision, supported by a bevy
hold a musical director, Max White’s Scandals, “Resin or no Dreshman, financial advisors to a Wonderful Time,” “When You of flower girls and ladies in wait-
Steiner, now at RKO studios, who resin, that is the question.” schools, colleges, churches, etc.
Are Blue Think of Me,” and ing.
wielded the baton with “Le Maires
Sally Starr at the fites, now at During the past decade Wunder “How Could Anything So Good A noisy ovation greeted Allan
Affairs” in 1925, whom we had became well known in the east as Be Bad.” Among numbers sung Prior’s first appearance, repeated
Pathe studios, getting along very .

many pleasant hours with. fast, took us back to “Scandals” a lecturer on motion pictures from
by a male quartet were “Water- with, interest at the third act cur-
On the boulevard Louis Ep- — and “LeMaires Affairs. ” Billy Taft, the educational, religious and po-
melon On the Vine” and “You Call tain. Among the musical num-
stein and Rube Berstein, both for- practicing at our studio for a flyer litical angles, speaking to about That Religion.” Sonny Clay is bers, “Deep In My Heart” and
credited for all the musical num- “Serenade” inspired almost frenzied
merly of burlesque. Louis after in vaudeville, now under contract 100,000 people a year and address-
bers. demonstrations.
was A1 Jolson’s personal manager, to First National, who made his ing many clubs and organizations.
and still later head man in the first appearance here with our pet Wunder is reported to have been Walter Richardson, featured in The scenic requirements of the
“Davey Lee” Road Show. He is show “Good News,” our first out recommended for the Academy the billing, appeared in a short play were very well met, the set
for the third act, a palace interior,
now the artist’s personal manager. Jack Lester, now playing at post by George Eastman, a song “Way Down
here. per- recital, offering
Rube has drifted into RKO studios George Olsen’s Nite Club, and sonal friend, having worked with In Egypt’s Land,” “Water Boy” (Continued on Page 15)
as an executive, and
cannot he who staged some very fine rhythm Eastman on films for churches, and “Old Man
River,” and encor-
miss. We do not want to go back dances at the same club. Lillian schools and
non-theatrical show- ing with “Every Time I Hear the
too far with these two boys, but Tashman with Edmund Lowe be- ings. Spirit.” He showed good sense in
they are “IN HOLLYWOOD,
ing annoyed by a fog-voiced fite He was here five years ago, staying within the color field with
_

NOW.” Will H. Philbrick, an all- fan. May we say We remember studying studio activity and is re- his repertoire, and interpreted his
round comedian who did character Miss Tashman when the “Follies” ported widely acquainted in the numbers with good feeling. He is
comedy of any type on Broadway meant something. Frank Fay all industry, particularly in the east. a high baritone.
for many years, who just came het up over the Hollywood, bouts; In line with the expansion of Bill Robinson was called up out
out here to play in the picture ver- at one time we thought he was the Academy, the present quarters of the audience Most musical com-
on this opening
sion of “Whoopee,” told us that going to reach out and hit the at the Roosevelt Hotel will be en- night edies born on the
and in addition to a nice lit-
everything on the lot is always un- slowest moving referee we have larged in the near future ,it is tle
speech, delivered a couple of Pacific Coast fail
decided, and after a few days of ever seen. stated.
Fay is another ex- tap routines for big rewards.
being buffeted about, Bill decided Winter-Gardenite. Honest and truly, The production was staged by because the book
it was a case of “You’ll have towait the

until Martin comes.”

Shuberts could open offices
We talked here, and in one call could get
PASADENANAS DO Bob Shaw, the multifarious cos-
tumes made by Houda and the
lacks humor. If con-
about the Passing Show of 1916, more Shubert actors, dancers, ‘CANDIDA’ AGAIN scenery by Martin Studios. A dis- sulted in time, ‘Doc’
when Bill black-faced with Charley writers and directors than at any
Mack, who is “IN HOLLY- one time before. Wish we had
tinguished audience crowded the Jim Madison can
Helen Freeman and Morgan theatre to capacity.
WOOD, NOW.” space to mention them all.
prescribe the neces-
But Farley will be the guest-stars at Yeates.
How we would like to get a you never can tell, some fine day the Pasadena Community Play- sary comedy tonic.
load of our old friend and tutor one of those Shuberts, whether it’s
Zeke Colvan, Ziegfeld’s general J. J., Lee or Milton or Larry, will
house in a revival of “Candida”
opening on Thursday evening,
‘THE STUDENT PRINCE’
MAJESTIC THEATRE
For consultation,
stage director, who is also out here, open here, and then watch out May address 4 6 5 South
in an executive capacity, relative Wait, we are overlooking the fact
8.
LOS ANGELES
Miss Freeman, who recently ar- Detroit Street, Los
to “Whoopee.” In his quiet way, that one of the Shuberts is out (Reviewed April 24)
rived from the East where she has
we would love to get Zeke’s re- here “IN NOW, HOLLYWOOD, been starred by the Theatre Guild, This Lillian Albertson-Louis Angeles. Phone
action to the passing-the-buck tac- not really a blood relation, but he Macloon production of the de-
tics, and his undertone remarks. has been with them many years,
plays the title role in this Shavian
servedly famous Donnelly-Rom-
ORegon 9407.
comedy concerning matrimony.
Oh! that dry wit of Zeke’s. In our very dear friend (we are his Morgan Farley comes from in berg musical play reflects nothing
the barber’s chair Charley Judels, namesake) Jules Murray, the gen- “The American Tragedy” and but credit upon the producers, and
formerly a Shubert director, and eral booking manager of the “Fata Morgana” in New York to upon the direction of Julian
now at Warners’ directing, com- Messrs. Shubert. He says he is play the part of Eugene March Fowlkes. The vehicle itself needs
plains that he has only 20 more just looking around. Oh, yeah! banks, the aristocratic young poet- no extolling for its musical and
lover of Candida. dramatic virtues, and the local re-
Gilmor Brown will direct the
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Adams and A1
the excellent cast.
Willard complete
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By GENE SWIFT They
In acquiring rights to the Nak-
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don’t get enough exercise.
the Act of March 3, 1879.
have placed themselves on an ecjual
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As a weekly publication: Entered as Second Class Matter, April Guess they’re taken on too
footing with other major pro- many “rides.” What’s a good slogan for a
29, 1927, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, California, under the Act
ducers to exert control over tele- jail?
of March 3, 1879.
vision and radio broadcasting ac-
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Calif. Why do you Scotch-
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JACK JOSEPHS President and Editor These inventions also give Seedless oranges are smaller
ARTHUR WM. GREEN Vice Pres, and Counsel Warners a new method of sound Because they nurse nickels.
WILLIAMC. OWENS - - Secretary and General Manager recording on film, relieving them
Guess that comes under the
* * * head of naval reductions.
from an entire dependence on the
Vol. XI Saturday, May 3, 1930 No7l8 disc method. Hello, Polly Moran. * * *
The recently announced purchase
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the Nakken Patents Corpora- in
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television, transmision of pictures bosom, and silently slept there.
One woman I know has a
Too many daughter that never tasted
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“All quiet on the vest liquor.
hibitors today, and not enough good old red-blooded Ameri- radio. One of Mr. Nakken’s in- front.”
in

can inspirational yarns. ventions, which forms part of the “Her Unbunned Child.”
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Whatis particularly needed now
is a fair proportion of modulator by which the spoken * * *
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They tell me a fish lays 6000
The home folks have long since tired of the underworld to control broadcasting. eggs at one itme.
story, the wild wicked youth theme, the song and dance, and Nakken a decrepit English duke?
is an American citizen
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I call that marrying into the
spicing of the film fare with such themes is acceptable, but
A group of Los Angeles ama- debility.
Mother’s Day.
teurs are reported to be develop-
the wholesome influence of the inspirational story appears ing highly efficient sending and re-
* * *
* * *
to have been entirely overlooked by the Hollywood pro- ceiving television equipment, and Hello, George K. Arthur.
ducers The market for such is ripe for a harvest, say the there are said to be more than Hello, Jack Bennett.
twenty sets functioning in the city Hello, James Madison.
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Why were you so anxious to League up to now?
Show Exploitation Copied prior, patents held by the majors
be taken to McNeill’s Island?
remains to be seen.
They want to abolish public
d rather be on the inside
I
funerals, so people cannot pass
Big business realizes that new and modern times makes looking out than the outside around the bier.
new sales methods imperative if America’s tremendous mass PICKFORD PICTURE
producing organizations are to be maintained in activity. It RADIO TO PRODUCE
In production with Marshall
has recently become involved in a financial way with the Mary
Neilan directing, Pickford’s
LOT ‘BABES IN TOYLAND’
show business, and brought closer to a study of the methods latest, “Forever Yours,” from the IS 11
of that business in selling an abstract thing to the public. stage play by Rudolf Besier and Victor Herbert’s operetta, “Babes
So big business is carefully adapting itself to those meth- May Edington, has a complete in Toyland,” will be given a lav-
cast including Don
Alvarada, Ken-
ods on the theory that something concrete will be even easier neth MacKenna, Ian Maclaren, ish production on the talking
to impress on the public by show exploitation methods. This Nella Walker, Charlotte Walker screen.
is exemplified by a number of recent tieups with show busi- and Alice Moe. Benjamin Glazer With fifteen all-talking features The spectacular musical fan-
is supervising the production on now in various stages of produc- tasy, for years a favorite
ness on exploitation. _ on the
the U. A. lot. tion, Radio Pictures takes first stage, will be produced as one of
place as the busiest studio in the the special productions on Radio
yelling “Cuckoo” at inopportune CONTRACT APPROVED film capital. Pictures’ 1930-31 program, accord-
times. Three features are now being ing to William LeBaron, vice-presi-
* * * Contract of Joan Marsh, 16, for filmed, six are in the process of dent in charge of produc- RKO
FILM ROW Fred
booker
Daniels has resigned as five years with Universal, was ap-
at Tiffany and is now giv- proved by Superior Judge Marshall
ing consideration to several other McComb here this week, with the
cutting and editing, and six more tion.
are in the final stages of prepara-
tion for early production; those
opportunities. His place has been girl’s mother, Mrs. Lolita Hayes shooting are:
By FRED YEATES filled by Bert Pollard. appearing in court and Attorney “Dixiana,” Radio Pictures’ origi-
The gag line along the Los An- * * * Alvin M. Asher representing the nal operetta, which Luther Reed is
geles Row this week is, “Have you A mysterious furbishing up of film concern. directing with an all-star cast
broken your leg yet?” A veritable
epidemic of leg fractures struck the
exchange district. Broken legs line
the gutters and litter the alleys,
fishing tackle is going on among
salesmen along the Row, and co-
incidentally a lot of dates with
ENGAGEMENT TOLD
headed by Bebe Daniels and Ev-
erett
Mel Brown, directing “She’s My
Marshall. 1 BOOKINGS TRIP
back-country exhibitors are being Engagement Weakness,” adapted from the stage
of Dorothy Dwan,
and one can hardly step over any John O’Connor, general man-
lined up. former film play, “Tommy,” with Arthur Lake ager for Fred
plaver, and widow of Waring and his
threshold without tripping over * * * the late comedian, Larry Semon, and Sue Carol; and Roy J. Pome- Pennsylvanians, left for New York
one.
Oscar Kantner started the fash
Howard McKay, sales manager to Paul N. Biggs, Jr., of Beverly rop is making his debut as an last night to arrange future book-
for Foster and Kleiser, is back Hills, son of the vice-president of RKO director with “Inside the ings for “Rah Rah Daze,” colle-
ion from the Paramount end of
from a jaunt of three weeks to the Union Oil Company of Califor- Lines,” wartime espionage film, giate musical comedy now in its
the Row by getting mixed up in Honolulu. He denies rumors that nia, was announced this week. featuring Betty Compson and last two weeks at the Mason.
an automobile wreck and cracking Ralph Forbes.
one of his principal means of sup-
he grabbed off the best corners The local engagement will end
along the way for 24-sheet boards.
“JAZZ” FOLLOWS “SONG” The following are being readied on May 10, after which the show
port. Oscar is ad manager for the * * *
Para exchange. Then George Cal- SAN FRANCISCO. May 1.— for“Cimarron,” early shooting: will go to San Francisco, and then
F. and M. publicity boys are re- The Universal-Paul Whiteman pic- adapted from Edna to Chicago for a summer run.
daras, manager of Tiffany’s ex- the Oklahoma
change, tried a glider flight .down joicing over the natural tie-ups as- ture, “King of Jazz,” is booked Ferber’s saga of

some stairs and crashed in a forced sociated with the Box O’ Candy into Loew’s Warfield for a run land rush; “Half Shot at Sunrise,” SPANISH VERSION
wartime musical comedy co-fea-
landing, breaking a strut. Idea, and report that San Diego following Lawrence Tibbett in a
has gone for a Candy Week prop- Metro’s “Rogue Song,” currently turing Bert Wheeler and Robert Emile De Recat, who is in charge
Oscar is receiving Paramount on Woolsey; “The Iron Trail,” Rex of producing
osition, the mayor posing for the holding the screen. the foreign versions
Parade at the Burbank hospital, Beach’s Alaskan railroad epic; of Pathe pictures, is now prepar-
while George flashlights.
is resting his Jour- Richard Dix’s third Rajiio starring ing to make a Spanish adaptation
* * *
ney’s End home.
at his the little job of bringing dead con- vehicle as yet untitled; an origi- of “Swing High,” Pathe’s musical
* * * Bill Knotts requests exhibitors to
tracts to life and using gentle arts nal musical comedy drama fea- circus romance in which Helen
Manager C. M. Peacock of Par- please be reminded of the M. P. T.
turing Joseph Cawthorn; and “The Twelvetrees and Fred Scott are
amount Exchange is back from his O. annual meeting scheduled for of diplomatic adjustment on exhibs
vacation, rapidly recuperating. May 5 in Los Angeles. Matters of who buy_ more pictures than they Silver Horde,” adapted from Rex featured.
can use just to keep a competitor Beach’s novel of the Alaskan sal-
* * * great importance to every member
from getting them. mon industry.
will be up for discussion.
Convention of tne western sales * * * * * *
division of
in San
Paramount
Francisco May
is
23.
to be held
The
L. A. Reynolds, of the Saboba sales
Neither Tiffany nor Columbia
conventions are set yet for
Says:
eastern boys meet Theatre, San Jacinto, was in the this summer. Great show at N. V. A. What
at Atlantic City. Local wives do not a world of talent. Watch for
* * * city this week on a buying trip. know yet whether they will be en-
'
the Masquers Revel. Another
* *
R-K-O exchange is cuckoo over tertained or have to entertain. darb. My pal, Frank Rich-
G. A. Bush, of the Silver Strand ardson, at Loew’s State and
the picture “Cuckoo,” and life has
been complicated for the boys and
Theatre, Coronado, and the Na-
tional
TO PREMIERE HERE a riot. A1 Trahan
with lots of laffs.
in town
Theatre, National City, was
girls by an enterprising clock mer-
chant who installed a cuckoo clock
for an ad tie-up. It has a habit of
here during the week. He lost the
National by fire last week. LETTERS The Continental premiere
That Glitters,” sophisticated com-
of “All •• ••
saying it is three when P. S. T.
* * *
Another visitor along the Row
There are letters at the Los edy drama written by Tay Gar- P. S. —
The CELLAR is at
Cosmo Street and Hollywood
says eleven, and embarrasses sales-
was Alex MacPherson, of the Lo- Angeles office of INSIDE nett, young Pathe director, in col- Boulevard between Vine
men in conference with clients by FACTS for the following laboration with Zelda Sears, may and Cahuenga
. .

the phone
.

gan Heights, San Diego. . . .

* * * be staged in London this fall, if numbers are GRanite 8 8 8 2

Columbia Exchange’s peppy as-

BIDMEAD Bros. present plans materialize. and HOllywood 9 15 9 .
parking is free at the
.

lot
.

WANTED sistant manager, M. J. E. McCar- DOWNING, Harry Miss Sears, with Louis Wiswell,
her husband, well known produc-
across from the CELLAR
the CHRYSLER and
.

SAM-
. .

Few Snappy Girls for Special Dem-

thy, copped a front-page story in MATHEWS, Madelyne er, will leave Los Angeles for the SONS are there.
onstration work. High Class Cosmetics the Columbia house organ last MILLARD, S. S. British Isles about May 15. They
Wd week as winner of second prize in
Beauty Preparations. Apply 1515
West Pico St., Los Angeles, Calif.
the national contest
managers. Among the multifarious
for assistant
PEDRO, Milly
SHARLAND, Fred C.
plan to arrange for the London
opening to follow the world pre-
miere scheduled for the Belasco
Thank You.
and arduous duties of an a. m. is Theatre this fall.
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KRESS BLDG.
Haro
PHONE DOUGLAS
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Manager
Bock
2213
SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND — SACRAMENTO — SAN JOSE
935 Market
Office Suite 504
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LEVIN THEATRE GREEN STREET

S, F. PICI CONSOLIDATION Market St. RAIDED AGAIN S, F,

SACRAMENTO, May 1.— Rep-

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
resenting
Sam Levin
a consolidation
houses of San Fran-
of the
Gleanings Green Street Theatre has The IN CAPACITY DRAW
opened and closed. The again
cisco into one circuit, articles of
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 — incorporation of the San Francisco
county grand jury this week, fol-
raid, directed the
. _ SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
With Lent another chapter in his- Theatres, Inc., were on file this SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— lowing another bring abate-
Approximately $12,000 was grossed
tory picture .houses were on the week with the secretary of state. This city’s own “Sunny Jim,” who district attorney to at the combined NVA-Press Club-
proceedings against the place
upward trend for the current week The company plans to issue 10,000 has been a-mayoring it in this ment Shrine midnight benefit staged at
metropolis for a good many years, on the
grounds that it is a public
with some of them taking their shares of stock at no oar value. the Fox Theatre Saturday night
highest figure in weeks. Chief Directors are Samuel H. Levin, has tossed his hat into the guber- nuisance. with capacity crowd in attend-
a
The Green Street, with its farce
And if the support production,
among these was Publix’s Para- Alex E. Levin, Joseph L. Levin, natorial ring. ance. Tariff on the seats ranged
“The Peephole,” has
mount, which, with Paramount’s J. Samuels, L. C. Combs, M. C. of the theatrical contingent means from $2 to $2000.
been raided so many times that we
mystery film ’’Benson Murder Stafford and A. D. Thompson. anything and it does the race is — and all others have lost count. At
— In addition to acts from the
Case” took a nifty gross. Levin’s theatres include the Coli- in the bag for James Rolph, Jr.
any rate it’s closed again. Fox, RKO, Golden Gate, Oakland
The picture, aided by a good- seum, Alexandria, Metropolitan, It’s our guess that the bread of Orpheum, Casino, El Capitan, Al
sized show in the orchestra pit, Harding and Balboa, all in San constructive liberality Mayor Rolph G. Barnes circus and Fox studios
with Don George and orchestra Francisco, and represent a total has cast upon the theatrical waters there was an ensemble number
and Harold Ramsay at the organ, value of approximately $1,000,000. will be carried back to him mani- staged by Peggy O’Neill using 100
did the figure of $20,500, the best fold and that the next political girls from local stage shows. Jay
it has done in some weeks. F. season will find Hizzoner shying Brower was in the pit to direct it.
N.’s “Show Girl in Hollywood” the official derby toward the hat Mel Hertz, Fox El Capitan or-
now in. rack in the state capitol at Sac- ganist, started the show with a
Initial week of Lawrence Tib- ramento. community sing and then Roesner
betts in Metro’s “Rogue Song” * * * directed the concert orchestra in
was near its speculated figure, SPOTLIGHTS the spiritual number being used
drawing approximately $32,000 to George K. Arthur, Andy Wright SAN FRANCISCO, May 1—
as this week’s overture.
this house. It’ll still be there for and This Gleaner putting away Rehearsals are well under way for Acts appearing on the program
several weeks and then Paul mammoth tenderloin steaks at Her- the Paul Bissinger production “Hi were Natacha Natova aided by
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
Dorothy Jackson of the Bogdan Ganjov
Whiteman follows in “King of Will King and Lew Dunbar go
bert’s . . .
There,” which is slated to open Nicholas Daks,
Jazz.” into Ackerman and Harris’ Casino
New Moon company and Joe May 14 at Erlanger’s Columbia. and George Ganjoy, Taylor Holmes,
Embassy, too, was no slouch. Duggan winning a terpsichorean With this week’s engagement at Ken Murray with Helen and Mil-
this week for a run. The house
With Warners’ “Hold Everything” regular policy of
award at Topsy’s Roost Vir- . . . the Oakland Orpheum, Ken Mur- ton Charleston and Foster, Fagan
continues its
Wagnon ginia Buchanan and Carol Lloyd ray, star of the show, brings his and Cox, Chaz Chase, Tom Lo-
_
as its attraction that
'stage shows with a line of girls
house came crashing through to but King and Dunbar old musical
the tune of $15,000 on the first comedy favorites up and down the
— vociferously applauding them
The many radio people at Topsy’s
. . . RKO contract to an end and will mas and
confine himself to rehearsals of Tyler
Co.,
Mason,
Edward Randall.
Eddie Peabody.
week.
With
And Wagnon’s Davies. coast will be featured in the
“Isle of Escape” as its fea- operas.
— . Cal Pearce working on half
.

a fried chicken
.

George Bow- . . .
the production. George McFarlane, Walter Cat-
“Hi There” is Bissinger’s first lett, Scotty Weston and the Fox
ture, and at —
cut prices and with Dolly Sterling, eastern com- ers there too and without Van . . . attempt at the producing game, al- El Capitan lineup, John Sully and
a great lobby display that theatre — edienne,also will be among the .
..
_
it’s getting so these radio though he has been associated Muriel Thomas, Whispering Jack
did near $9000, close to a house Casino’sstock players. singers just can’t be true to one with the Erlanger and other in- Smith, Fanchon and Marco’s “Gyp
record. Sylvia and Clemence, at the woman and surprise of sur- . . .
terests in the East. He is aided Gyp Gypsy Idea” and features
With Eddie Peabody helping the house for more than a year, are prises KTAB’s dignified di-
. . .
by Alexander Leftwich, who is di- from the Barnes circus.
b. o. as its stellar attraction, temporarily out. Don Smith, on a rector of public relations, Florence recting the piece. A. M. Bowles, divisional head
“Children of Pleasure” on screen leave of absence for a short time, Grebe, sliding down the slide . . . “Hi There” is being built along of Fox West Coast Theatres, cap-
and Walt Roesner and concert or- is due to return in about two red-headed Red Lockwood’s red typical revue lines with sketches tained the committee in charge of
chestra and Fanchon and Marco’s weeks. hot music at this spot A. M. . . . being contributed by Kathleen the show.
Gyp Gyp Gypsy Idea the Fox House is inaugurating midnight Bowles giving us a pair of ducats Norris, Clark and McCullough, and
grossed $36,000 on the seven days. shows next week with amateur for the NVA-Press Club Ruckus other writers. Musical numbers IS MANAGER DAD
Nils Asther in person this week, offerings to be interpolated in the . Maury Folidare cruising . . are being done by Ralph Rainger,
together with Marie Dressier in regular stage shows. Will King about town at 2 a. m. in a black Anson Weeks and Thomas Breeze,
“Caught Short.” acting as m. c. Packard ... for a purpose
VISALIA, May A daughter L—
. . . Jack Wiggin and Gregg William- was born last week to Mr. and
Publix’s California very good on the Market Street trolley car sign son, Michael Cleary, Griff Wil- Mrs. Harry Hunsacker. Father is
“The Texan” (Par.) with Gary
Cooper. Did $23,000 and every- LAW CLOSES ON that says “it’s pansy time in Gold-
en Gate park” ... Ted Manley Al Siegel, who staged the dances
liams, Ken Smith and others. manager of the Fox Visalia Thea-

SONG SHEET DUO

.
tre.
body’s happy. Still there. Pub- requesting that his name be men- for the Eastern production of
lix’s St. Francis not so hot, how- tioned herein and here y’are, ‘Whoopee,” is in the same capac- . . .

ever, that house having a sad look Theodore Art Varian intro- ity for this Bissinger piece. Jerry
. .

SAN FRANCISCO, May ANNOUNCEMENT!

.

with the second seven days of 1.— ducing George Taylor in Coffee Whyte, formerly of the vaude
“Her Unborn Child’ w’hich had a Following an investigation that has Dan’s while Charlie Hamp team, Canfield and Whyte, is aid-
. . .

good boxoffice title but little else, taken several months, Federal au- evaded the spotlight Les Poe ing Siegel and also will play a . . .

this week charged J. B.

and drew in around $6500.
With Charlie Murray in “Clancy
in Wall Street” and a stage show,
thorities
Ott and A. E. Ott, printers, with
violations of the U
.S. copyright
handling the box car zither
Johnny Davis smiling over in-
creasing business
. part.
Ken Murray, Odette Myrtil,
Jay Brower Frank Beaston, Helen and Milton . . .
. .

"Newton
Ackerman and Harris’ Casino did laws. Operatives charge the Ott
$9000.
Orpheum with fourth week of
pair with unlawful publication and
distribution of bootleg song sheets
and Dan McLean still at it night- Charleston* Foster,
ly after the show ... us too
Fagan and
Cox, Lester Vail, Billy Griffith,
Walt Roesner driving us home in Teddie Walters, Griff Williams,
. . .
Kelly
“Ingagi” drew $14,500. “Cuckoos” which were sold on San Francisco his Deusenberg . HAS BEEN APPOINTED
since you in- Neil Spaulding, Virginia Brooks . .

current. streets for 10 cents a copy. Sale

sist I’ll have just one more. and others are in the cast.
of the sheets, containing
choruses of popular tunes, consid-
100
Cy Mockridge is pianoing for
the chorus rehearsals. There are
SALES
NINA FRELLSON’S
JUVENILE FOLLIES
erably slowed down the local mar-
ket for sheet music.
a dozen girls in the line.
MANAGER
HOTEL HOUSES TROUPERS
BOAT SHOW OFF TO of the
Permanent Address:
Inside Facts
CHINESE ACTOR S. L. Cross Music Corp.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
Golden State Hotel this week drew . F. GETS CAPACITY Publishers of
“ROCK-A-BYE TO SLEEP
a flock of show people, numbering
Food Fit For a King among them 65 performers from SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— IN DIXIE” (Waltz)
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1.—
at the the Al G. Barnes
rently in town.
circus, cur-
The San Francisco Boat Show Mei Lan-Fang, Chinese female im- “TONIGHT”
got away personator, playing a one night
to a big start on its (Fox-Trot)
Guests include Doc Cunningham, opening night stand at the Tivoli last Sunday at
at a two-bit admis-
LOUVRE CAFE Tex Madsen, Mable Stark, The
Mandleys, The Prices, Elmer
sion at the Civic Auditorium which a $11 top the highest ever asked
was packed with customers and in this town drew capacity busi-
—
— GET IN TOUCH WITH
THE PROFESSIONAL HEAD- Ligi, Mr. and Mrs. Engard, Ada
exhibits, even to the seats in the ness with a total gross amounting “NEWT”
QUARTERS NEAR THE Mae, and others. balcony. to approximately $7000. He again
At 250 Fell Street
WARFIELD THEATRE Phil Sapiro was in charge of a appears at the Capitol this week SAN FRANCISCO
OFFICES MOVED large group of entertainment mak- following a week in the Chinese
972 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
ers which included an orchestra district.
SAN FRANCISCO Golden State Theatres this week and various acts, working on
moved offices from Loew’s War- high platform
EDW. MITCHELL, Prop. rigged out like the
field building to the
Theatre building.
Golden Gate
deck of a ship.
Acts for the show were booked
bv Carlyle-Ellsworth and include
HOTELTURKGOVERNOR
AT JONES
PEE WEE
‘THE ROPING MONOLOGIST’
LE BEAU Dorothy Williams, Noma Camp-
bell, Farva Trowbridge, Jeanette SAN FRANCISCO
CASINO THEATRE SAN FRANCISCO' Whitney, Maria Vogel, Lucille THE HOME OF ALL THEATRICAL PEOPLE
Permanent Address: INSIDE FACTS Golcker, George Simondet, Lee PLAYING SAN FRANCISCO
Sands, Terry La Franconi, Harry SPECIAL RATES TO PROFESSIONALS
Leahy, Kenneth Halim, Jose Coral, JACK WOLFENDEN, Prop. BERT HENDREN, Asst. Mgr.
Bea Putnam, Estelle Maguire,
Doris Edgerton, Felice Robbins,

TOM LOMAS
AND COMPANY
Maxime Watts, Allene Bennett
Frances Percosa, Emily Culver,
Mary Carroll and Terry Weber.

NEAT LOBBY GAG

GOLDEN STATE HOTEL
Powell at Ellis San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1,
SPECIAL THEATRICAL RATES
Europe’s Greatest Novelty Don Waite fixed up a catchy
lobby for the Davies’ offering of $18.50 Single — $12.00 Double — $14.00 Twin Beds
"Isle of Escape.” Entire lobby Tub or Shower
PLAYING RKO Dir. CHAS. MORRISON : was decorated in native style and SID H. CLARK, Mgr.
will be kept that way for the
house’s next attraction, “Mamba.
1

SCENERY BY MARTIN STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

 PAGE EIGHT INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930

REVIEWS
COMMENT RADIOL, AW D By FRED YEATES
CHATTER
NEWS

Pickups and Viewpoints

Retailers of phonograph records
are feeling more than ever the News And Opinion Of And About Radio The second production of the
competition of radio. Adohr-KFI series of super-radio
However, it is not the class sta- broadcasts, presenting Eva Oli-
tion or the fixed program that cuts
k votti and James Burroughs in a
?by 5.y Dup b 7 'FWB last Saturday came over like a wow. Not a little amuse-
1 pi
into record sales, they say. In- ment = i f? Ray at h e mlke who was so spellbound by the first numbers that he full production of “The Mikado,”
troduction of new numbers through descnbe them, h i , a good
but he surely did ,
>
met with tremendous success
job for the coffee manufacturers who sponsored the
such means, and their occasional broadcast, t never missing a plug and smearing many an Eddie Tuesday night, bringing a great
Cantor wisecrack. Here is how it sounded:
repetition, do no 'harm, in fact, .(its marvellous coffee.
. . We
shall next hear the voice of Eddie Cantor) flood of telegrams and phone calls
'build up a taste for the numbers Gennermum,
Ladies an’ . . .
to the Anthony station.
I wanna mterdoose (the finest coffee on the market)
. . .
a marvellous li’l ... Dialogue
with the owners of phongraphs. en ertamer (with exquisite aroma) as well as the musical numbers
The heavy damage is done by and white can)
. . .
w ho comes to you this evening
.

to sing that little ballad about love

. .
(in a green ... featured the presentation, and
.
(Get It At Your Grocers).”
the “request” record stations, who
. .
WeVer dld 3 good enou &h job under all the difficulties.
.

By the way we hear he is to go to met with an enthusiastic response

,' ,
KEGR
make it possible for anyone to call virrt>' as station manager. from the radio audience.
by telephone and have a given ” * * * The next program in the series,
number played almost at will, thus Gentlemen of the Press are ex for Tuesday, May 6, features an
taking away the chief sales argu- pected to hold each other up, but Italian night, and will star Lisa
ment of the record makers, who we have to hang a cabbage on the Roma, famous soprano, who was
are now using the slogan, “Hear assisting artist with
performance of Columnist Will Maurice Ravel
it when you want to hear it.” on a recent world tour. She will
Wing over KFI last Saturday. He
supposed to broadcast a Holly- sing the role of Santuzza in a
SHAW NOW AT
is
wood column.” The IS minutes version of “Cavaleria Rusticana”
which will be a part of the two-
STATION KTAB started with a song from Marion
Wing, which was amateurish and hour program.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— got off to a poor start, and then Another reminder that East may
Arthur G. Shaw is featured or- Syndication of all acts recording while Wing was speaking the pi- be East, but Hollywood is now the
ganist of KTM, having been im- for electrical transcription via ano was thumping an attempt at center of the world, is to go out
‘THUMB’ GOLF
ported from KTAB, San Fran- radio stations is the certain trend background music that was most upon the ether beginning May 31,
cisco. Mr. Shaw is a graduate of in that field, is the belief of C. P. disconcerting. Wing’s stuff was when the song writers of filmland
COURSES FAD
Trinity College and the Royal MacGregor, head of the Mac- poor, consisting of the material are to be launched on a weekly na- “Tom Thumb” golf courses are
Academy of Music of London, Gregor-Ingram recording studios that comes to every newspaper tionwide broadcast originating at blossoming out on Los
England, and has appeared in New here. from studio publicity offices, and KHJ. Angeles
and Hollywood vacant lots and
York, Chicago, Denver, Seattle and The MacGregor- Ingram studios his voice was not of the best This Saturday night period from have instantly taken hold of the
San Francisco. He was for two record regularly for Cecil and Outside of that, OK. 7:15 to 8 p. m. is to be in the na- public fancy. They are mostly 18-
and one-half years organist at Sally, Frank Watanabe, Hugh * * * ture of a musical preview, present- hole putting courses, with
trick
.
Neve’s Melody Lane Cafe in Los Dobbsie and Radioart Features Getting back to the NVAbroad- ing the newest products of the stu- traps, bunkers, water hazards and
Angeles. all of them local radio people who ast; while A1 Jolson was singing dio song foundries, hot off the bridges, and the tariff is 35 cents
have sold their electrically tran- his heartiest we heard a lady re- manuscripts. for the round. Business is par-
SMART NEEDED
GIRLS scribed programs to other stations mark: “Why, that man is imitat-
ing Charlie Wellman!”
The newest songland vogues and ticularly good at night, when they
for broadcasting
FOR RADIO STATIONS MacGregor’s idea purposes. that all
It
such
is
* * *
novelties will in thuswise be tipped are brightly illuminated, and park-
off to the and to Broadway, ing space within the block is at a
acts eventually will be handled by On KECA, around the Saturday tantalizing nation the latter with the premium.
There is a genuine demand for one syndicate, instead of the radio evening dinner hour, we heard ghosts of an erstwhile
pre-emi-
office girls and stenographers who artist or his agent doing this work. “There’s Danger In Your Eyes” nence, and giving
have some knowledge of musical sung with the most elaborate pain tunes it warning of the ABOUT SEEKING THE
to which the White Way
subjects, according to KFI and ARTY MAIL BATTLE by what the announcer charming-
must dance in the new tomorrow.
MISSING OVER RADIO
KECA officials. They report great ly described as “some young la-
However, the numbers will have Radio stations appear to be gen-
difficulty in filling positions in their The “Two Arts” (Schwartz and dies.” * * *
been spotted in new shows or pic- erally
regarded as a Missing Per-
office forces with satisfactory help, Mehlinger), members of the Walter Damrosch tures, and copyrights applied for
sons Bureau 'by people who want
and would welcome applications “Masked Minstrels,” broadcasting says that before broadcasting,
to prevent pil- news of absent friends
from girls with commercial train- over KFI, are personal contenders hereafter he will eliminate his oral fering of ideas. or relatives.
ing who have also studied some as fan mail champs. They are now notes from his NBC orchestral Broadcast officials would like it
department of music or other, and receiving 15 or more letter week- programs. Unless we are the widely known that they cannot
would berefore have a better un- ly. world’s worst guessers there will RADIO EDUCATION heed the appeals from individuals
‘

Their future radio activities SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— which pour into them daily, but
derstanding of the needs of radio will be over KFWB. be a flood of protest over this.
Schwartz The
offices. genial Damrosch’s comments A department for the training of that such requests should be taken
and Mehlinger both leave on a
have been _ a most interesting part talent in preparatory radio work to the sheriff or chief of police. If
two-weeks’ trip in the north this b en ldded to tbe Bob Allen these officials then desire the co-
of his programs for the past three
ABOUT FRANK GAGE week.
vears. and will be
years, bn missed
f
Schoolf of Music in the Kress operation of radio stations, the
lat-
* * * Building. Allen has for the 'past ter will be only too glad to co-
Frank Gage, program director at MISS DEE AT KTM Lenore Killian, contralto heard five years been featured over num- operate,. but cannot do so without
KTM, was formerly assistant pro-
gram director of the N. B. C. be- on KECA
Dorothy Dee is the newest mem- of lovely texture and
last week, has a voice erous local stations and will also an official request.
fore assuming his duties at KTM. ber to wide range. continue in that line. Bonnie Carol
be added to the staff of
Gage had charge of the Electrical KTM. Miss Dee was program di- * * * Jacks, formerly with KTAB, is SAIL MATSONIA ON
Engineering Research Laboratories rector and organist at
We listened to Will Rogers as head of the new department.
at Boston Tech for one year, be- San Diego
KFSD in long as possible last Sunday
night SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
for three years. She and were not impressed. Some so
fore entering the radio field. has also been guest artist at lead- called humor, always at the operetta for John Boles, and need- Mr. and Mrs. Louis Greenfield and
ex ed it M. S. Vidaver
ing radio stations in the east and pense of someone, and in a hurry. Gene Byrnes S. S. Matsonia sail May 7 on the
KECA ON DAILY abroad.
a lot of
subtle bragging about big shots stayed up eight nights and wrote they
for Honolulu where
will remain for four weeks.
he “knowed personal,” comprised a complete operetta, words and Greenfield
Effective at once, KECA goes YOUNG WITH music. ’Tis said it met with favor is head of the theatre
KFI the half hour of fun. Well, even in
on the air daily at 7:30 a. m. ex-
a republic must maintain a court the conference room and is now circuit bearing his name and Vi-
cept Saturday and Sunday, instead Charles Young has been added jester, it seems. en route to New York for further daver is publicity man for the firm.
of at 3 p. m. as was its former to the technical staff consideration.. And Gene is still
of KFI. This * * *
habit. Excuse given is that there is his first radio station work, he The Hill-iBilly vogue continues. the cheery little demorcat around
CHIROT SIGNED ARMANDA
is increasing demand for domestic formerly
having been a ship’s radio A gasoline company, featuring a KHJ.
programs. operator. rural act on its own station, is
* * * Coming from the San Francisco
reputed to credit a 100 per cent Floyd Marion is a new announc- Civic Opera Company, Madame
NEW DEPARTMENT increase in gasoline sales over a er at KFI. He was formerly a Armanda Chirot has been signed
by Fanchon and Marco.
SEQUOIANS SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. lar program.
Electrical Research Products, Inc.,
six weeks’ period to this particu- flute player with the Indianapolis

* * *
Symphony, and in vaudeville. We the past season
have been requested to state also starred in two San Francisco op-
During
Madame Chirot
MALE QUARTETTE has instituted a department to Charlie Hamp finished up on his that he is married. eratic productions. A classical
—
Held Over Third Week handle the academic educational coffee-ad program this week, and
business. The department, with an orchestra will fill his place.
* * * “Idea” will be built around her.
Ted White, tried out for a while The singer has been featured by
Paramount, San Francisco three men, will interest schools in Paul Whiteman also finishes his at KHJ as an announcer, is now F. and M. several times before.
the visual and oral possibilities of broadcast contract this week. to spend all his time crooning.
Also Broadcasting Over It
the talking film and then will at- * * * is said his crooning is as good
KPO tempt to sell them Western Elec- KHJ has acquired one of these his announcing was bad. That
as ALWAYS anxious to please
tric equipment. Theremins, the jigger you plug makes him a pretty good croneor.
into.. a light socket and play by * * * George Nickson
waving your hand, but so far none Barks From the Office Dog: TENOR SOLOIST
of the animal trainers around the Dick Creedon crashing a national
YOU’LL READ IT FIRST station have been able to tame it. mag with six stories after KYA - SAN FRANCISCO . . .

This ought to be a break for some he’d quit trying Van New- . . .

IN “at liberty” traffic cop. kirk juggling a deef and doom

* * * program June Parker am-
. . .
RADIO’S
INSIDE FACTS Something ought to be done bling down Seventh Avenue
about this. Politicians are crowd- the lucky Seventh ... he who
ing entertainers off the air. Herb would not prefer a blonde is no
PERSONALITY GIRL . . .

JEANE COWAN
OF STAGE AND SCREEN Hoover appeared this week for gentleman Hum and Strum, . . .
Dally At
the twentieth time, and if one humming
800-801 Warner Bros. Downtown Bldg. Lo* Angeles, Calif.
and
dozes at the dial a cabinet mem- That makes KHJ nearly fifty per
ber or a senator is liable to sneak ce nl Paul Bunyan
strumming

Ray Paige . . .
. . .

KFWB
up on one anytime. We’d like to enjoying the mountain scenery
SUBSCRIBE NOW! know what Equity elected a vice- . even waterfalls for him
.
..
Over the Air From KYA . . .

president in charge of Radio for. Marillah. Olney disappointed SAN FRANCISCO

Kindly enter my Subscription for One Year, for whicb I enclose never mind, Mari, the ads squeezed
. . .

* * *
$4.00 in Payment for Same it out it’s a durn good yarn
Comes the Voice of
The Sarah Padden Players inaug- . . .

Bill Sharpies heard from

urated a weekly series of Shake- . . .

and contents noted

Name.. speare over KFI last Sunday lot
.
night, presenting a cut version of
.
thanx a
Jose Rodriguez giving
. .
. . .
Greta Gahler
out
“Romeo and Juliet,” and it was a HowhisToopinion and studying . . .

pleasing event. Next Sunday brings

Make Art Dear To Peo-
Addres ple .. Carl Haver lin looking for
. The English Comedian
“Hamlet.” Hollywood might tune n»w
words to conquer

Town and State..

in and get an idea for another
ghost story.
* * *
Foss wondering where the coffee
went .and the Two Shades
.

of Blue going out into the black

Roland
.

CHARACTER IMPRESSIONIST
. . .

Wm. DON
Here’s some insjde dope. Word night National Broadcasting Co.
Ho, hum, it’s a dog’s
. . .

went out that Universal needed an life. SAN FRANCISCO

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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE

HOLT RESIGNS
WRIGHT'S PUIY SET
San Francisco FOR FOX POST
Radio Notes SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
Nat Holt has resigned manage-
‘PEPPER BOX’ FOR S. F. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— ment of Publix’s California to
KTAB After having been located for leave for Wichita, where he will
San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— some time in the Marshall Square
Plans are rapidly swinging into take charge of the Kansas group
(Reviewed April 23) Andy Wright opens his play Building KFWI is now in its new shape
for the forthcoming Annual of Fox West Coast Theatres, the
studios theHotel. Bellevue
Masquers’ Revel, to be staged this most important position he has
This recently inaugurated two- “Philadelphia” at the Tivoli on in
.

Roy Metcalf has been named pro- year at the El Capitan, Holly- ever held. Stanley M. Brown of
hour variety program built by May 4 for an indefinite showing.
gram director, succeeding Henry wood, on May 10, with present in- Milwaukee succeeds Holt at the
Helen O’Neill is rapidly gaining in Wright has taken a one month
popularity and has a large follow- lease on the Eddy street house C. Blank, who resigned to join dications hinting it’ll be the big- California.
KGW, Portland. John B. Geisen gest attempt yet by the actors’ Prior to his leaving this week
ing in the Bay district. Bob Rob- with an option for five more.
erts, station manager, acts as m. c. is station manager. Holt was tendered a luncheon at
House will operate under a road club.
which 40 theatrical and film men
After usual program opening Wal- show policy. * * * The curtain is scheduled to rise
Rudolph and orchestra did were present. A. M. Bowles, di-
ter With all of the original Holly- Making a play for the better promptly at 11:30 o’clock, there
visional head of Fox West Coast,
“Too MuchMustard,” very fast wood cast of the Andy Wright type of listeners-in KTAB has se- will be six master of ceremonies,
was host.
number, andthen the California production of “Philadelphia” re- cured Elizabeth Gerberding, promi- Sam Hardy, Little Billy, Ben Bard, Brown was formerly an execu-
Rhythm Boys offered a harmony ported to be in San Francisco nent local clubwoman, to speak Lew Cody, Joe E. Brown, Law- the Brinn circuit, Mil-
tive of
number. Vocal ensemble singing ready for the opening there at the each Thursday night on current rence Grant and Bert Wheeler, and waukee.
“Something Seems Ting-a-Ling- Tivoli, Sunday, May 4, doubt was events, books and plays. also by the entire club.
ing” okay. Two Chili Peppers, expressed in some quarters as to * * * The performance, which is fash- STRAYER IS SIGNED
banjo and accordion, next. Hun- whether the play would actually
By electrical transcription we ioned after the famous Lambs’
garian Singing Society, brought in open.
have been hearing much lately of Gambols of New York, will be
this hour, showed lack of re-
for The show closed in Los Angeles our good friends Duke Attebury given exclusively by the members Frank Strayer has been engaged
hearsal and little vocal coloring. April 19, and according to Equity There will be no by Tiffany to direct a feature ten-
and Ken Gillum, who, we under- of the club.
Rudolph and orchestra again, this rules there is supposed to be a lay- stand are broadcasting from KNX, women on the stage, all the female tatively titled “Snowbound,” ac-
time in “I’m On a Diet of Love,” off of eight weeks unless applica- The boys do their roles being played by the younger cording to Phil Goldstone, chief
Hollywood.
the piano work outstanding. is made to Equity Council for It will be devoted this Silent produc-
tion dialogue and singing by records Masquers. studio executive.
A short sketch with J. L. Patti- permission to reopen. from KJBS here. year mainly to short, snappy acts. tion of the same title furnished
son, Ernie Smith and Sam Hayes Los Angeles Equity office stated There will be only one_ dramatic the original story idea.
* * *
clicked. Sunny Page singing “Just that "no application had been made number, “Farewell to Dickens,” a
Can’t Be Bothered With^ Me,” to them for such a permit, and Some especially nice vocalizing playlet written and staged by Jo-
seguing into Hawaiian music, and also that no bond had been posted emanated from the otherKYA
seph Santley, which was the sen- Betz and James Gleason, will stage
then Madelaine O’Brien singing to protect the players for the San night When Greta Gahler, tha year’s public gam-
sation of last “The Kid’s Last Fight,” and “The
songstress,
ttitian-haired
“Carmen.” John Teel nicely bari- Francisco engagement. station’s . bol of the Lambs’ Club. The Gossipers of Hollywood” will be
toned “Hills of Home” for one was heard on the Musical Parade. depicts Charles Dickens presented by a group of clever
Wright’s counter is that the playlet
highlight of the evening, and thn members of the cast have volun- * * *
on .his death bed. The most noted farceurs.
J. E. “Dinty” Doyl, radio
ditor of
tarily waived the bond, the pro- Billy Page, juvenile star of the character of his novels come and Julian Eltinge, in a new act,
the Oakland Post-Enquirer, recked ducer having undertaken to ad- National Players in the stu- NBC bid him farewell. Robert Edeson Frank Fay, Bert Wheeler, Vernon
his newspaper adventures in the vance salaries to such of the cast dios, celebrated a birthday last will be the Dickens of the play and Tryon, Harry Gribbon and
Far East and also the history of as need it, and he claims also that
_
week and was serenaded at his and the other characters are to be Jed Prouty, and Charley Chase
the “Stein Song” for another high no Equity permission will be re- home by Max Dolin, Walter Tie- portrayed by Ivan Simpson, John with Little Billy are among those
spot. quired for reopening, the players ban and others of the NBC musi- Sheehan, Frank McHugh, Richard who will contribute specialties.
Rudolph and orchestra in “On a having been continued on his pay- cal staff. Carle, Montague Love, Frederick There are several dancing num-
Blue and Moonless Night,” and roll since the closing of the Vine * * * Howard, James Eagle, Charles bers on the bill, a Honolulu act, in
then Jimmie Currie chanted Arthur Johnson, operatic tenor, McNaughton, William Farnum, which William Langan and a
Street engagement. The only rea-
“Where the Little Red Roses
son for closing, he asserts, was has joined the
artist KFRC staff. Brandon Hurst, Conway Tearle, “chorus” of Kanaka “girls” sing
Grow” with his own uke accom-
that the house had been previously * * * Edward Earle, Harry Stubbs' and music arranged by Billy Sullivan,
paniment, and landing nicely. Robert T. Haines. and “Montmartre,” written by Ben
engaged by the producers of Hearst’s Examiner put out a ra- Bloom, will be
Ernie Smith, in one of his. cus- “Among the Married,” and it had dio section this week that included Richard Tucker, Edmund Breese Bard and Murray
tomary sport interviews, questioned and A1 Ray will be seen in “The presented by about 100
members of
not been possible to find a suit- considerable advertising from sta- be
another gentleman on the John. L. black-out; Joe E. the club. In this act there will
able house in which to continue tions and sponsors of programs. Return,” a
by Lady
Sullivan fracas. Very interesting, the local “Philadelphia” presenta- Perhaps such issues indicates a Brown, with Mitchell Lewis, Billy a fashion parade, designed
and drew a big laugh and plenty of Lee Moran, Matthew Jane Lewis.
tion. trend toward advertising of radio Sullivan,
evident excitement around the stu-
Equity officials state it is in or- programs as do the theatres.
dio when the interviewee busted der for players to waive bonds if * * *
out in a little polite profanity in
quoting John L.
ing
voice.
Joan Ray sing-
“Love Moon,” displaying
Segued into Hawaiian mu-
nice
they so desire, but at press time The newest of dance bands on
no indication of this had come to the air in the Bay region is Harry
them from the players themselves. Davis’ orchestra broadcasting from
EARLE WALLACE
Always Busy Developing Dancing Stars but Never Too Busy
.Wright declares the San Fran- Sweet’s Ballroom, Oakland, every
then a quartet harmonizing on to Create and Produce
as night except Monday, over KTAB.
sic,
cisco presentation will open
“Lazy Louisiana Moon,” seguing scheduled, Original DANCE ROUTINES and REVUES That Sell
Made- and that no trouble George Druck, director, arranges
into Chili Peppers again. music. Belmont Theatre Bldg., First and Vermont
laine O’Brien
in “Hopechest of either with Equity or the players all the orchestra’s * * Exposition Los Angeles, Calif.
is anticipated. * Phone 1196
Dreams” scored.
in a comedy
Meredith Wilson is at it again.
Jimmie Kendricks
For several weeks he’s been laying
tune,
Rhythm
and then the California
Boys repeated, followed
REST IS ORDERED low on those excellent rhapsodies
of his but he busted out with one

„ SUB MURRAY
by Togo and Archie in a dialogue (Associates)
Polly Moran, M-G-M contract on Monday night’s Jamboree that
sequence that might have been scis-
sored by about two minutes. Har-
ry McKnight displayed nice tenor
voice in
dolph’s
“Vagabond King.” Ru-
orchestra did “Pm In the
comedienne, was ordered by her
doctor to the hospital for a rest,
as the result of a breakdown at
the studio, while working on the
was a pip. He titled it “Going
Places” and it included such tunes
as “Broadway Melody,” “Constan-
“Missouri Waltz,” “On a
tinople,”
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set Saturday. Train For Alabam’ ” and “Califor- PRACTICAL STAGE TRAINING
laine O’Brien and John Teel dou- nia, Here I Come” Mighty clever
STAGE TAP DANCING (In All Its Branches
bled up to chant “Tea For Two,’
LUCY GETS ROLE musical work.
and nice. Carl Tobin sang “You * * * BALLET— T^nigao By SIGNOR G. V. ROS1
Will Come Back to Me” and seg- Arnold Lucy has been signed Bill Foy, Bob Spencer and
ued into sign-off ff number. Very for an important role in “Man- Larry Yoell are a trio broadcasting
good program. slaughter,” being produced by over KJBS on Tuesday and Fri-
Bock. Paramount. day afternoons between 3:30 and
4 o’clock. It’s dialogue, somewhat
similar to the vaude act Bill used
GEORGE- HICKMAN BROS. —PAUL
to do some time ago. COMEDIANS and WRITERS
SMASHING! Max
tor, is
Dolin,
* *
NBC musical direc-
spending an early summer
*
Yes, We’ve Trouped With Medicine Shows, Burlesque, Minstrels,
Circuses, Biggest and Best in Vaudeville. And not forgetting
our own big Musical Comedy Success, STOPPED “WHO THE
Return Engagement vacation in the Northwest. He re-
turns next week.
* * *
FERRY BOAT?” Our telephone number is GRanite 1555.

June 1 has been tentatively set

as the initial date of the new and
KYA—
better
larged
new equipment, en-
programs and more of and FLORENCE
GEORGE MASTER
EDDIE BALLETAND MISTRESS
them.
Formerly 68 Successful Weeks Producing Weekly Changes
CRASH! BANG! BIFF! in Australia’s Largest Theatre

When their cars collided on Sun-

THE STATE, SYDNEY
set this week, Leonora
boulevard Producers Desiring Originality WRITE or WIRE
Summers, 24, screen actress, and Permanent Address; INSIDE FACTS, Los Angeles
Arthur Reed, same age, a camera-

PEADODY man, both received cuts and

bruises. Hollywood cops said each
put the crash blame on the other.

STARS IN “IDEAS”
“THE BANJO BOY OF JOYLAND”
PLUNKED OUT ANOTHER
George
Moran
picture
K. Arthur and Polly
are the most recent motion
stars signed by Fanchon
HENRY WARNER
BOX-OFFICE RECORD and Marco. Arthur opens in Loew’s SONGS YOU LIKE TO HEAR
State Theatre, Los Angeles, on
AT THE May 1 and will be followed later
by Polly. NIGHTLY — UNTIL ?

FOX THEATRE
FRANCISCO
JANE COWL HERE
Jane Cowl is reported to have Tait’s-at-the-Beach SAN FRANCISCO
SAN dropped into Los Angeles this
week, with plans of casting a pro-
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OF duction of “Experience” here, and Thanks to JACK COAKLEY and SAM
also do some Shakespeare. Up to
MRS. EDDIE PEABODY press time Miss Cowl could not be
located.

KTAB
WALTER MUSICAL DIRECTOR
J. RUDOLPH SAN FRANCISCO
PAGE TEN INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 1930
3,

VANCOUVER,
A. K. MacMartin
REPRESENTATIVE
B. C.

WASHINGTON
OREGON
NORTHWEST JEAN ARMAND district manager IDAHO
PORTLAND, ORE.
F. K. Haskell
REPRESENTATIVE
901 Bekins Bldg.
502 EASTLAKE AVENUE MONTANA
Seattle, Wash. Postoffice Box No. 16
Division Offices Phone: Capitol 1932

SENNETT DOING
SEATTLE MIS VANCOUVER 26 DURING 1930 Notes Along
Fifth Avenue
By A. K. MacMARTIN Mack Sennett will produce twen-
IE ty-six two-reel talking comedies for
The proposed merger of Famous release through Educational Film James Q. Clemmer finding his IN NORTHWEST TOLD
Players Canadian Corporation with Exchanges, Inc., during the year name in “Now” Eddie Fitz-
SEATTLE, May 1, —
A good Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corpo- 1930. With several of the thirty
gerald taking the credit
. . .

. . . Ray SEATTLE, May — Howard

week in the local amusement mart, Jones believing in signs
1.

supported by some good shows. ration through an exchange of Sennett comedies on the 1929 pro- y’ got-
Sheehan, vice-president of the Fox . . .

ta have ’em to build up business

“Ingagi” closed a sensational en- stock was approved recently by gram still to be made before pro- West Coast Theatres, has just con-
the board of directors of the for- duction can be started on the new
. .Harry Mills trying to find the cluded a business trip
.

gagement at the Hamrick Blue to the North-

top of his desk and finding a west. He addressed a convention
.

Mouse, with “Her Unborn Child’ mer company. J. O. Bickell, vice- line-up, Sennett’s forces will con- . . .

“must” story two years old

following in, endorsed in the ads president of the Canadian Co., said tinue working through the spring of W. C. theatre managers of . . .

he expected no opposition from without a break.

Bob Blair reading Inside Facts Washington on Saturday, and on .
by a personal message from Johrj Arthur Clausen thinking back to Monday a similar group
.

Hamrick, who stands ace high vfcth stockholders. According to terms Andy Clyde and Marjorie Beebe, of Ore-
the Peer Gynt days Bill Doug- gon managers.
the church folk here. made public by Mr. Bickell, the two of Sennett’s biggest bets in las laying down the law
. . .

“Hold Everything” holds the exchange would be on the basis of his first year of talking comedy Basil Sheehan stated the newly organ- . . .

Gray spreading diplomatic sun- ized Fox forces are planning an ex-
Music Box to capacity business, five shares of Famous Players- production, have been signed for
shine Dorothy Cooper
Canadian for four of Paramount- next year’s product. The produc- telling building campaign for the
. . .

and John Barrymore’s “General tensive

tion staff practically remains intact. Joe to come dinner home to Northwest. Within the next year
Crack” holds the screen at the Famous-Lasky. . . .

John Danz with nothing on his

Liberty, supported by two-color Arthur W. Roebuck, legal rep- Mack Sennett will continue at the 16 new Fox theatres will be estab-
mind . John Hamrick saying
resentative of the minority share- helm of his organization, with John Washington, three of
.

ads in the Sunday papers and in- .

lished in
Yours Sincerely Vic Gauntlet
side parking at ten cents. the Famous Players A. Waldron, general manager of them now under construction at
.
holders of _ . .

the Mack Sennett Studios. studying a dictionary of superla- Spokane, Centralia and Wenatchee,
At the Orpheum, the Bebe Dan- Canadian Corporation, in a state-
“Alias French Ger- Sennett plans to cast most of tives Lou Golden wondering
. . .
he said. He also said that the Fox
iels picture, ment the press after digesting
to
about that milk
supported by an RKO his pictures individually, selecting Gladys Schul- . . .
theatres in this region show an in-
tie,” is the above piece of news, calls for
the best available player material merick still careful how she wipes
vaude headed by the Henry San- the formation of the minority hold- crease of over 100 per cent for the
trey band and is doing its part to for the roles in question, instead her nose mending nicely, . . .
first three months of 1930 over the
ers in a protective association to
hold up averages. Tim Ryan and of fitting stock company players thanks Doc Brown wondering
. . .
same period of last year.
act against the sale of the Cana-
how he could get into the lime-
Irene Noblette, with their “Here dian company’s theatres and de- into the roles. Sheehan toured the district with
We Are” act, and the Dakotas, light again Time for lunch, but . . .
Earl Crabb, division manager.
clined to recommend to the share-
assisted by Chic Cooper in a rope BONDS ARE SOLD no invitations See us again . . .

holders the offer of the Para-

spinning and sharp shooting act, next week.
mount-Famous-Lasky.
share the vaude responsibilities. * * * SEATTLE, Wash. —The BACK ON AIR
At the Fox Fifth Avenue “High entire
Society Blues” is dong average,
British film producers are very first mortgage bond issue of $400,-
RADIO RACE PLUG
with the Zane Grey “Light of
angry at criticisms of their sound
pictures which have been made by
000 for the proposed Fox West
Coast Theatre to be built in Spo-
SEATTLE, May be- 1. — Radio is SEATTLE, May 1.— KPCB, lo-
Western Stars” not drawing any ing used to arouse the interest of cal radio station, was off the air
the Australian Federal censorship kane this summer have been pur- Seattle people in the drive being
too well up the hill to the Para- four days this week, but came back
chased outright, according to state-
mount. “The Rogue Song,” in board. Particularly they are in- carried on to send three Univer- Thursday morning on a newly as-
dignant at aspersions cast on the ment from Drumheller, Erhlich- sity of Washington shells to the
its second week at the Fox, is do- signed wave length of 650 kilocy-
ing big business. The Metropoli- moral standards of British films. man and White, bond brokers here. Poughkeepsie boat races. spe- A cles. Definite hours have not yet
tan, road show house, .is playing
The managing director of the /%
The 6 x 2 bonds will be distributed cial broadcast was put on over been assigned by the Federal Radio
British Film Corporation declares to investor
Billie Dove’s picture, “A Notori- clients in Seattle, Ta- KJR on Sunday night, with Coach Commission, but in the meantime
that Australia cannot have seen coma, Portland and Spokane, was Ulbrickson featured,' and the pop- broadcasting is being done between
ous Affair.” it
announced.
There are no legit shows in more than three or four British ulace responded heavily. 6:30 a. m. and sundown.
town this week. “talkies” and says that undoubt-
edly British films display a greater
sense of decency and fineness than
M-G-M READYING TWO
PLAYS FOR SHOOTING
any other country.
British film producers, however,
AN OPEN LETTER OF THANKS TO
admit that there may have been in

EDDIE PEABODY
the past some justification for the
“Tampico,” best seller novel and criticism that technically
their
a hit as a stage production, will be films were not
up to the standard
screened as a talking picture by of the best American product.
M-G-M with the purchase of rights They claim, however, that enor-
to the Joseph Hergesheimer and
Barlett Cormack play, taken from
mous strides have been made and
that now British talkies compare
THE BANJO BOY OF JOYLAND AND
the Hergesheimer novel, published
favorably with those of any other
in 1926 by Alfred Knopf.

in”
Harry Pollard, who screened
“Show Boat,” “Uncle Tom’s Cab-
and other stories of the South,
country.

that
The enormous assured
home market is the reason given
American producers have
MASTER SHOWMAN OF ’EM ALL
been able to take the bigger finan-
will direct Joan Crawford in “The
Great Day,” current stage hit, by
cial risks than British producers. Dear Eddie:
William Cary Duncan and John * * * A million thanks! One for each person who has heard you play our
Wells with Mississippi River back- The Little Theatre, New West- Waltz Sensation
ground. “The Great Day,” “With- minster, produced and played to
out a Song” and negro spirituals, good business April 23-4-5 Oscar
from the original Vincent You- Wilde’s “Importance of Being
man’s score, will be used. Earnest.”
* * *
Warm summer
“ROCK-A-BYE TO SLEEP IN DIXIE”
GUILD SHOW SET weather has fur-
ther slowed up things around local
houses. The RKO
Orpheum with
and your dear pals’, Jesse Stafford and Gene Rose’s New Fox-Trot Hit
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1— Henry Santrey and his band and
A May 16 opening has been de- two other acts, and William Pow-
cided upon for the Players’ Guild ell in “Street of
theatre on Sutter street by Stanley speaking screen,
MacLawes.
Chance” on the
headed the draw
Frederick Lonsdale’s the current stanza. The
Dominion
comedy “On Approval,” will be the with its 900 capacity filled
“TONIGHT”
during the past few weeks of your
daily
opening show. with “Roadhouse Nights.” The
two_ big houses, the Strand and
Capitol, ran neck and neck, First
RECORD-BREAKING ENGAGEMENTS
National’s “Show Girl in Holly- AT THE
As\ wood” at the first named and
Paramount’s “Honey” with Nancy
Carroll at
the Capitol. FOX THEATRES SAN FRANCISCO
DIVISION
Your The British Guild Players at the
Empress got across nicely with
Don t Wake the Wife,” a comedy
News Dealer written by Norman Cannon, one
of
_
the lessees. They have cut
their Thursday matinee, this
third
And to WALT ROESNER and HERMIE KING

afternoon performance being inau- FOR THEIR GRACIOUS CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT
for gurated during the long run of
‘Elizabeth Sleeps Out.” Now—Eddie—Here’s News, Old Pal
The Beacon (old Pan) has been

INSIDE redecorated with a new Neon sign

and other embellishments and did
a fair week with Fox’s
“Romance NEVE R TO BUSY
Rio Grande.” Columbia’s

FACTS The Careless Age” at the Colonial

and a split week with “Hollywood
Revue
at the
’
and “From Headquarters”
Rex both did lightly on the
The New Hot Fox-Trot Sensation By
FOR YOU”

draw. EDDIE PEABODY and HERMIE KING

On Sale OLD GAG BUT GOOD WILL SOON BE READY FOR INTERNATIONAL RELEASE!
at Ray West, Los Angeles cafe
and dance band impresario, dis-

All News appeared for a few days last

week. Mrs. West had the police
WE’RE PROUD of the SCOOP EDDIE!
and newspapers page the country
for him, fearing, according to the
SYL CROSS JEAN ARMAND GENE McCORMICK NEWTON KELLY
Stands publicity, foul play. West turned
up again, dismissing the incident
President Vice-President Prof. Manager Sales Manager
B “ k Buildi "°
Every Week
by saying that he had just felt Peop,e ’s
like a little vacation. Meanwhile,
front page stories and plenty pub-
S. L. CROSS MUSIC CORP. SEATTLE, U. S. A.
licity for the West cafe.
 SATURDAY, MAY 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE ELEVEN
3,

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PARAMOUNT STARS GENERAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR FIRST NATIONAL UNIVERSAL

MELROSE NEAR VINE
Lon Chaney
loan Crawford
William Haines
Buster Keaton
Victor Baravalle
Cimini Grand Chorus
BURBANK UNIVERSAL CITY
Marion Davies Grace Moore Maestro Pietro Cimini, Musical Director GLadstone 4111 HEmpstead 3131
HO. 2400
Greta Garbo Ramon Nnvarro and Conductor
Norma Shearer PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES EXECUTIVES
EXECUTIVES John Gilbert
Lawrence Tibbett Robert North Robert Lord Carl Laemmle
President -
First Vice-President in Charge of Pro-
duction..... Jesse L. Lasky FEATURED PLAYERS COLUMBIA CO-EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE OF General Manager Carl Laemmle, Jr.
PRODUCTION Asst, to Carl Laemmle, Sr
General Manager of West Cast Pro- Barbara Leonard
duction B. P. Schulberg
Wallace Beery
Charles Bickford Bessie Love 1428 GOWER STREET Ilal B. Wallis C. Graham Baker M. Stanley Bergerman
Manager Henry Henigson
HOllywood 7490 Studio
Assistant to the First Vice-President in Edwina Booth Audre Lugnet SCENARIO EDITOR
Charge of Product’n..Albert A. Kaufman John Mark Brown George F. Marion A1 Cohn Asst. General Manager....Harry H. Zehner
LeonoreBushman Nina Mae President Joe Brandt
Executive Manager M. C. Levee Treasurer Jack Cohn Business Manager Walter Stern
Mr .Schulberg.... Harry Carey Dorothy McNulty STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS
Executive Assistant to
PaulCavanagh John Miljan Chief Studio Executive .. Production Manager Martin Murphy
David O. Sel snick Harry Cohn. Vice- Corinne Griffith Daphne Pollard
Karl Dane Catherine Moylan Associate Producers
Associate Producers Marie Dressier Robert Montgomery President in Charge of Production Richard Barthelmess Wm. Jannev E. M. Asher, Albert DeMond
Hector Turnbull. Louis D. Lighton, J. Mary Doran Polly Moran Executive Assistant to Harry Cohn _
Alice White Cornelius Keefe
Zeidman, E. Lloyd Samuel J. Briskin Alexander Gray Leila Hyams Supervising Scenario Chief
G. Bachmann. B. F. Cliff Edwards Conrad Nagel Gardner Sullivan
General Studio Manager - Bernice Claire Clive Brook C.
Sheldon, Julian Johnson. LiliaFaye Elliott Nugent
Milton E. Hoffman Iter Pidgeon Noah Bpery Story Editor Leon Abrams
Production Manager 8am Jaffe Gavin Gordon J. C. Nugent
Assistant General Studio Manager Doug. Fairbanks, Jr. Grant Withers
Henry Herzhrun Lawrence Gray Edward Nugent Marion H. Kohn Casting Director Phil M. Friedman
Attorney for Company Owen Lois Wilson Lila Lee
Studio Manager Frank Brandow Raymond Hackett Catherine Dale
Production Unit Mgr Samuel Bischoff Billie Dove James Murray Film Editor-in-Chief Maurice Pivar
A. C. Martin
Hedda Hopper Anita Pago
Production Unit Mgr Bud Barsky Marilyn Miller Wilfred Lucas
Studio Comptroller Director of Publicity Milton Howe
Lottice Howell Lucille Powers Assistant Production Manager Otis Skinner Vivian Oakland
Director of Department of Music Basil Rath hone Stenographic - Grace H. Ryan
Leila Hyams Joe Cooke Dorothy Maekaill Louise Fazenda
Nathaniel Finston
Assistant to Mr. Selznick.... Harold Hurley
Kay Johnson
Dorothy Jordan
Duncan Renaldo
Gilbert Roland
Chief Sound Engineer
Recording Engineer
John Lividary
John Gray
.Tack Mulhall
Allan Prior
Raymond Hackett
Inez Courtney
Art Director — O. D. Hall
Story Department Editor. ...Ertw. Montague Charles King Gus Shv Montagu Love
Supt. of Laboratory and Sound
Amplifyng Engineer Edward Hahn TiOretta Young Roy Hunter
.Scenario Editor and Foreign Repre- Lewis Stone Betty Compson C.
Geoffrey Shurlock Arnold Korff Camera Department Head. ...Ted Tetzlaff Sidney Blackmer
sentative Raquel Torres Hallam Cooley Camera Department C. M. Glouner
Harriett Lake Laboratory Chief George
Soid Frank Fay
Gwen Lee Ernest Torrence Property Master Edward Schulter Eddie Nugent BpWitt Jennings Purchasing Dept A. W. Klinordlinger
PARAMOUNT STARS Roland Young Art Director Edw Jewell Monte Blue Geneva Mitchell
Joe E. Brown Location Manager Jack Lawton
Richard Arlen Gary Cooper Asst. Art Director Harrison Wiley
Musical Director David Broekman
George Bancroft Dennis King SONG WRITERS Casting Director Clifford Robertson
Clara Bow Moran and Mack Location Chief Joe Cooke DIRECTORS Technical Department Archie Hall
Nancy Carroll Jack Oakie Martin Broones Junmy McHugh Scenario Editor Jo Swerling Electrical Department Frank Graves
Ruth Chatterton William Powell Dorothy Fields Jack King John Francis Dillon Frank Lloyd
Arthur Freed Reggie Montgomery Story Editor D. A. Doran Mervvn T.o Roy William A. Seiter Art Title Department Max Cohen
Maurice Chevalier Charles Rogers
Clifford Grey Joseph Meyers Music Department Head Bakaleinokoff Clarence Badger Howard Hawks Zoo Department Charles Murphy
George Ward William Beaudine
FEATURED PLAYERS Herbert Stot.hart Ben Pivar Michael .Curtiz Ranch Department E. E. Smith
Jean Arthur Barry Norton
Howard Johnson Oscar Straus
Harry Woods
ilm Editor
Director of Publicity Alex Moss WRITERS Accounting Dept — Graydon ..

B. Howe
Stanley Fields Ladies’ Wardrobe Johanna Mathieson
Mary Astor Purchasing Agent J. Greenstone
Harry Green Francis Faragoh Henry McCarty Edward Ware
Mary Brian DIALOGUE AND SCENARIO WRITERS Chief Studio Electrician....Denver Harmon Bradlev King Forrest Halsey
Men’s Wardrobe
Virginia Bruce Paul Guertzman Transportation Dept...Maurice E. Kurland
Phillips Holmes Comptroller :.A1 Brandi Paul Perez Julian .Tosenhson
Kay Francis Stuart Anthony Sarah Y. Mason Humphrev Pearson
Auditor G. A. Sampson Earl Baldwin Police Department Dick Solberg
Mitzi Green June Collyer Maxwell Anderson John Meehan ..

Paul Lukas Transportation Manager Joe Cooke Waldemar Young F. Hugh Herbert Prop Shop E. A. Johnson
Jeanett MacDonald Alfred Block Bess Meredyth
Lillian Roth Fredric March A1 Boasberg James Montgomery CASTING DIRECTOR Nursery Walter Tauer
Fay Wray Nino Martini Frank Butler ByronMorgan
William Austin
CliveBrook
Jack Oakie
Uuy Oliver
John Colton
Mitzie Cummings
Charles MacArthur
Fred Nihlr*. Jr.
WARNER BROTHERS Wm. Maybery
Scenic
Property Dept
Department
Russell A.
Harry Krohu
Gausman
Paul Cavanangh Eugene Pallette WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Immerman
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Gordon Davis
Winifred Dunn
J ack Neville
Samuel Ornitz
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Gallagher Regis Toomey Martin Flavin W. L. River Edward Stevenson. Costumes
Stuart Erwin Marion Schilling Arthur Richman Executives Murray Anderson Henry MacRae
Becky Gardner J.
Leon Errol Rosita Moreno Madame do Gresac Madeleine Ruthven ice President and Production Execu- DANCE DIRECTOR Wm. James Craft Lewis Milestone
Paul Dickey Don Ryan tive .Tack Tj. Warner Larry Ceballos Lew Collins
PARAMOUNT DIRECTORS Robert Hopkins Richard Srhayer Associate Executive Darryl F. Zanuck Edward Laemmle John M. Stahl
George Abbott Edwin Knopf Wm. Hurlbnt Harry Sauber eneral Studio Manager Wm. Koenig ART DEPARTMENT Ernst Laemmle John Robertson
Rowland V. Lee John B. Hymer Zelda Rears Publicity Director George Thomas Anton Grot William Wyler Ray Taylor
Dorothy Arzner Samuel Shipman Jack Ok ey
Ludwig Berger Ernst Lubitsch Marion Jackson John J. Hughes
Mendes Anthony Jewett Ralph Spence PLAYERS PLAYERS
Otto Brower Lot.liar
John Cromwell Victor Schertzinger E. C. Keaton Lawrence Stallings MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
.

Hans Kraly Sylvia Thalberg John Barrymore Tully Marshall Lewis Ayres Rose Hobart
George Cukor Edward Sutherland Thomas John Boles* Joan Marsh
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Edwin Carewe Phillip J. Leddy.Jr. Wanda Tuchock Dolores Costello Alice Gentle Mel Burns, Make-tfp Kathryn Crawford James Murray
Cyril Gardner Frank Tuttle Mary Nolan*
Josef von Sternberg Willard Mack Jim Tully Grant Withers George Arliss Merna Kennedy
Louis Gasnier Dale Van Every MUSIC DEPARTMENT Barbara Kent Joseph Schildkraut*
Richard Wallace Jeanie MacPherson Marian Nixon Vivienne Segal
Edmund Goulding Frances Marion Claudine West Frank Fay Winnie T.ightner Lupe Velez* Nancy Torres
Victor Heerman Edward Sloman Leo Forhstein. Director Glenn Try on*
Gene Markey Crane Wilbur Lila Lee , Lotti Under Jeanette Loff
Perry Ivins Jerome Kern-Otto TTnrhaeh Helen Wright
Edwin J. Mayer Helena Hopking Zak Noth Beery Joe E. Brown
H. B. Warner Evalyn Knapp Edwin Warde and A1 Bryan
PARAMOUNT WRITERS TITLE WRITERS Claudia Dell Chas. Butterworth
Harry Akst and Grant Clarke * Indicates player is star.
Lois Wilson Irene DelRoy Con Conrad. Sidney Mitchell and
T. J. Ahearn Maurice Henline Archie Goettler
Ruth Cummings Joseph Farnham Jack Whiting
Zoe Akins Grover Jones
Lucile Newmark A1 Duhin and Joe Burke WRITERS
Patrick Kearney Louise Closser Hale
Doris Anderson M. Jerome and Harold Berg
Guv Bolton Vincent Lawrence Olsen and Johnson Michael Cleary. Ned Washington and Wm. Houston Branch
CASTING DIRECTOR Tom Reed
Martin Brown Herman Mankiewicz Herb Magidson Winifred Reeve Wells Root
Norman Burnstine Jos. L. Mankiewicz Ben Thau MUSIC DEPARTMENT Charles Webb Helen Carlisle
James A. Clark George Marion. Jr. Robert Crawford, Executive in Charge Charles Logue Matt Taylor
Denison Clift Wm. Slavns McNutt
Bartlett Cormack Edw. Paramore. Jr. RKO STUDIOS Erno Rapee. Director-in-Chief
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Percy Heath John V. A. Weaver •Toe Burke Eddie Warde EXECUTIVES Jerry Ashe
A1 Jones
Lajos Zilahy Vice-Pres. in Charge of Production A1 Dnhin A1 Brvnn Executive Vice-President in Charge of
William Le Baron M. K. Jerome Lon Pollack Production E. B. Derr CARTOONISTS
CONTRACT CAMERAMEN Pandro Berman
Harold Berg Mort Dixon Personal Representative for Joseph P.
Asst, to Mr. Le Baron Bud Grepq. Walter O’Keefe Charles E. Sullivan
Associate Prdueer Louis A. Sareckv
Kennedy Walter Lantz William C. Nolan
Farciot Edouart Henry Gerrard Sam St.ept Bobby Dolan Studio Sunerintendent Harvey Leavitt
Harry Fischbeck William Rand Associate Producer Myles Connolly Joe Young Mitchell Cleary Charles Richards
Casting Director
Associate Producer Henrv Hobart Harry Warren New Washington Director of Publicity Donn McElwame
MUSIC DEPARTMENT Associate Producer Bertram Milhauser Herb Magidson Art Director Carroll Clark TEC-ART STUDIOS
Richard A. Whiting Newell Chase Associate Producer William Sistrom Chief Sound Engineer L. E. Clark
Leo Robin Frank Harling General Rt.udio Manager G. D. White
L. Wolfe Gilbert Ballard Macdonald Studio Superintendent Major Fairbanks
Musical Director Josiah Zuro
Charge
of Short
BRONSON AND MELROSE
Abel Baer Dave Dreyer Art Supervisor Max Ree METROPOLITAN STUDIOS Vice-President in
Subjects John C. Flmn President ......Alfred Mannon
Sam Caslow Grand Clarke Director of Publicity Don Eddy Comedv Stories and
Supervisor of
Harry Akst Assistant Treasurer L. B. Smith
Rex Bailey
1040 LAS PALMAS AVE. Talent William Woolfenden First Vice-President and Treasurer
J. BoyceSmith
Casting Director
GR. 3111 Service Manager <* Theodore Dickson
CASTING DIRECTOR Asst. Casting D?rector....Harvev Claremont Chief Designer Gwen Wakeling Vice-President .. Maurice De Mond
Fred Datig Production Manager L. G. Ranaome President Charles H. Christie Studio Masseuse Sylvia Ulbeck
Secretary and Studio Manager
Scenario Department Betty Roberts Treasurer and General Mnnas-er Chief Film Editor Doane Harrison Irving Meiliken
FASHION CREATOR Purchasing Agent Richard Wilde .. .Wm, S. Holman Director of Foreign Production
Travis Banton Construction Supt Earl McMnrtrie Gpncral Renresentative Phil L. Rvan Emile De Recat Technical Director Albert D’Agostino
Chief Electrical Dept. William Johnson Manager Leo Cnhnn/. Dance Directors Genl. Purchasing Agent—.Harry Englander
SOUND DEPARTMENT Chief Property Dept Sam Comer Auditor H. P. Ratlff George Cunningham-Harold Hecht Leslie Tracy
.. Chief Electrician
Albert DeSart, Technical Director of Chief Wardrobe Dept Walter Plunkett Chief Sound Engineer R. S. Clavton
Sound Chief Camera Dept. William Eglinton Assistant Sound Engineer... .A. Grauirh M PLAYERS Publicity Director...J*.....Wilson B. Heller
Chief Scenic Dept Mary Lewis Fp'pti Twelvet.rees Adelstein
Holt Lindsley Art Director „ O. L. Cadwnllader Assistant Publicity ...Natalie
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Location Department Herb Hirst Construction Supt Ram F. Wood William Boyd Robt. Armstrong
Auditor Florence Hinkle
Frank Richardson (Head) Chief Drapery Department Frank Vert Chief Electrician Wallv Oettel Ann Harding Fred Scott
Constance Bennett Harry Bannister Properties J* E. Altwies
RCA Photophone Chief Engineer on Chief of Props F. W. Widdowsoo
-

DANCE DIRECTOR Coast _-R. .Townsend H Following are the companies renting Eddie Quillan James Gleason Scenic and Paints Larry Sorenson
David Bennett Silent and Foreign Versions space at t^e st-odinr Draperies W. S. Hepburn
FEATURE DIRECTORS
—
•
.

Leon D’Useeau Harold Lloyd Corp. Transportation O. E. Norstrum

SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPT. Paul L. Stein Rollo Lloyd
Head of Miniature Dept Don Jahraus Caddo Co.. Toe. John Robertson Cutters Joe Hayden, Arthur Brooks
Oren W. Roberts (Head) Chief Cutting Dept William Hamilton Sono Avt Prod., Tnc. Joseph Santley
Russell Mack Alfred Green Chief Engineer RCA ...Ernest Rover©
Chief Sound Department Carl Dreber IJovd Hamilton Prod. Edward H. Griffith Recorder - L. E. Tope
STUDIO PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Photo Effects Lloyd Knechtel Christie Film Co.. Tnc. Tay Garnett
Arch Reeve Fine Arts Pictures. Tnc.
STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS Cliff Broughton Prod.
COMEDY DIRECTORS
CUTTING DEPARTMENT Edward Small Prod.
Monte Carter Wallace Fox
CHAPLIN STUDIOS
James Wilkinson (Head) "red Guiol Frank Davis
(Under Contract) Halperin Prod. lobt. De Lacy
')ebe Daniels
tichard Dix
Roberta Gale
Dorothy Lee
James Croze. Tnc.
Ttnio+oue Film Prod
1416 N. LA BREA AVE.
Ind La Rooque
WRITERS HEmpstead 2141
Rita La Roy Robert O. Brnoe Outdoor Laura Hope Crown GarrettFort
METRO-GOLDWYN- '.cttv Ccmpson
Renee Macready Talking Pictures. Toe. Eugene Walter James Seymour President, Director and Star -
MAYER Fvelvn Brent
Irene Dunne Bert Wheeler
Rosrell Productions, Ltd.
Redwing Productions
CarlHovey
Sada Cowan
Thomas Buckingham
Jack Cunningham
Charles Chaplin
Jack Mulhall Robert Woolsev Renard Hoffman Productions Lynn Riggs Paul Schofield Vice-President and General Manager....
CULVER CITY Ivan Lebedeff Joel McCrea Dawson Productions Clara Beranger Reeves Eason Alfred Reeves
EMpire 9111 Hugh Trevor June Clyde Walter De Leon W. C. Tuttle Treasurer .......... Lois O. Runser
Sally Blaae Wynne Gibson Clare Kummer John Erskine
EXECUTIVES Edward Bennett Chief Cinematographers
Josephine Lovett
AUTHORS AND WRITERS DARMOUR STUDIOS Paul Gangelin HaroldSchwartz Rollie Totheroh and Gordon Pollock
Louis B. Mayer Hunt Stromberg Ralph Murphy James Gruen Photographer Mark Marlatt
Irving G. Thalberg Bernard Hyman Wallace Smith Hugh Herbert 5823 SANTA MONTCA BLVD. Ray Rockett Mauri Grashin Director of Publicity and Advertising....
Harry Rapf Laurence Weingarten
r
ames A. Creelman Beulah Marie Dix HoraceJackson Waldemar Young Carlyle Robinson
E. J. M annix Paul Bern ’harles MacArthur Jane Murfin HO. 8704
Thomas Lennon Script Department - Della 8teele
B. P. Fineman Albert Lewin Teorge Abbott
J
>en Hecht
Vina Delmar
Samson Raphaelson
President and Supervision
Larrv Harm out Executive Secretary — Kathleen Pryor
DIRECTORS L Walter Ruben PnruernTnan James Brown. Jr Communication Consuelo Jackson

Clarence Brown Fred Niblo DIRECTORS

T*nhlicitv and
'Jtnrv Dept
Advertising
E
L. E. Heifitz
V. Durliug
TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS Purchasing Agent Joseph Van Meter
Property Master Hal Atkins
Lionel Barrymore Robert Ober Luther Reed Herbert Brenon
Technical Frank Dexter SUNSET BOULEVARD Laboratory Chief —
Val Lane
Harry Beaumont Harry Pollard Recording O. S. Franklin OLympia 2131
^aul Slonne Mel Brown r’hief Electrical and Sound Neil JacV - Henry Bergman
Charles Brabin Charles Riesner
Wesley Ruggles Assistant
i^u reb as ins* and Prndnetion....Pe1T Mitchell President - L. A. Youne
Jack Conway Hal Roach Still Department Ed. Anderson
Executive Vice-President....Grant L. Cool
Cecil B. DeMille Arthur Robison COMPOSERS—LIBRETTISTS Propert.v Department Wsley Morton
'hief Studio Executive .Phil Goldston Chief Electrician Frank Testers
Wm. deMille Wesley Ruggles Direetors
Foreman Carpenter William Bogdanoff
Sidney Franklin Mai St. Clair Harry Ruby Sidney Clare A! Herman. Lew Foster, Phil Whitman Comptroller Ira E. Seide
Milton Gatzer Casting Director Allan Garcia
Jacnues Feyder Victor Seaetrom Bert Kalmar Anne Caldwell Still Department Hnrrv Blanc Purchasing Agent
Edward Sedgwick Oscar Levant Harry Tierney Head Cutter Edgar Scott Director of Publicity
Nick Grinde
Harry Ruby Arthur Q. Hagarman PLAYERS
George Hill W. S. Van Dyke RCA Photophone Licensee
Sammy Lee King Vidor Home Office: Standard Cinema Corpora- \rt Director Hervey Libbert Harry Myers
Edgar J. McGregor DANCE DIRECTOR tion. 15fi0 Broad wav. New York
Head of Sound Dept Lewis Myer Virginia Cberrill
Robert Z. Leonard Albert Austin
Sam Wood Pearl Eaton Marshall Neilan Head of Set Dressing Dept Geo. Sawley 1
 PAGE TWELVE

Facts9 Echoes From Melody Land

CROSS OPENING
Song Leaders BRANCH OFFICE
LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
By JACK B. TENNEY Glen Bucey’s Another generally quiet week in S. L. Cross, head of the music
aggregation at the
Pom Pom. song sheet sales, so far as quan- publishing house bearing his name,
Glen’s lineup now in-
The show goes on. The old
cludes Ellis is concerned, but marked by was here this week from Seattle
David Bryant, sax; tity
clowns pass into the wings and dis- headquarters and named Newton
appear, but new ones continually Tommy Balderas and Jean James, a general shuffling around of best S. Kelly general sales manager of
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
piano; Leo Hagan, trumpet; Bill sellers and the sudden leap into A. P. Manning becomes musical
take their places. The songs of the concern.
yesterday have been rearranged Alexander, banjo and guitar; Russ the lead by the Paul Whiteman supervisor on the coast for Pub-
picture number, “It Happened In Immediately after his appoint-
and are being sung by new voices Harrison, trombone, and Glen lix, beginning his duties this week.
Bucey, drums. Monterey.” This number slipped ment Kelly got hot on Eddie Pea- Borris Morros, id charge of that
to revamped melodies. Boop-a- into the rearguard of the best ten body, who is featuring the two
doop is only a late model of a * * * chain’s musical activities, made the
Cross numbers “Rockabye to Sleep
phrase of a few years ago. Vernon Leftwich is in San Fran- last week, but this week nosed out appointment.
The cisco to cooperate with Carlton “Springtime in the Rockies” for
in Dixie” and “Tonight” at
the Manning
lines of musty melodramas have Fox this week and secured a tie- will work out of the
been recouched to fit the times. Kelsey in arranging the music for first honors by a very narrow mar- coast headquarters which are lo-
gin. Here up with the Kress store for a full
The show goes on it will always — “Hi There,” opening at Erlanger’s
Columbia Theatre. 1.
is the rating:
“It Happened In Monterey”
window display and a personal ap-
cated
here.
in the Paramount Theatre
go on. Each curtain is but a short
intermission . . .
Feist. — pearance of Peabody at the nickel
and dime emporium.
Morros is expected back this
New scenes week from the Northwest where
Where
new
are the favorites of yester-
. . . faces! FIORITO BAND 2. “Springtime in the Rockies” Kelly formerly represented Rob-
— Villa Moret. bins here. He has his headquarters
he has been looking over the Pub-
year?Where are the clowns who
made us laugh the singers . . .
GALA OPENING 3
and Bornstein.
“Happy Days”—Ager, Yellen at
tion.
his previous Fell street loca-
lix houses, making changes in the
musical policies and personnels.
who touched our hearts SAN FRANCISCO, May “When the Little Red Roses”
4.
heroes and heroines who moved us
the . . .

Hotel Mark Flopkins, swank Nob

1.— —-DeSylva, Brown and Hender- NEW MUSIC REP
for the moment to dreams come son. JANIS RECOVERING
Hill hostelry, had a gala opening
true? Gone forever passed 5. “Under a Texas Moon” SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
. . .
last night for Ted Fiorito and his Eddy Janis, -who represents Dunn Song Co. has ap-
Karan
into the mist of memory, never to Remick. the
band, coming into the hotel for famous Music Corporation on
return. What of them, these old an eight week engagement during 6. “Should I?” Robbins. — pointed Mrs. Beulah Raye Allender
the
entertainers, after the grease-paint the absence of Anson Weeks
and
7. Stein Song” Carl Fischer. — Los Angeles, representative
coast, with offices in in Seattle. The
was rushed from the train, to the Karan Dunn Co. has on the press
has been removed for the last his orchestra, who are at the 8., “When I’m Looking At
time? Roosevelt, New York.
Hotel You” Robbins.
Both are
— St. Francis Hospital in
San Fran- “Angelita” and “From the Be-
cisco last week for a hurried hind the Clouds.”
One tried to
Years ago she thrilled from the
come back, pitifully. Music Corporation of America
9. “I Never Dreamt”
Bros.
Santly — penditicitis operation.
ap-
Eddy’s wife,
. . .
bands. Rene, made
wings to thunderous applause and The Fiorito group, coming from 10. “Sing, You Sinners”— Fam- rrancisco to a hurried trip to San M. C. A. SIGNS CRAIG
graciously she took encore after ous. be with him. He’s
Edge water Beach, Chicago, fea- reported
encore. Then she was young, vi- well on the way to re- Francis Craig and his Orchestra,
tures Dusty Roades, comedian, closel y behind are: covery. featured at the Andrew Jackson
vacious, and she could sing. That playing him up big. Fiorito, Vic-
1 he Moon Is Low,” ^Cryin* For
was yesterday. Adversity, poverty tor recording the Carolines,” “I’ll Sing You Hotel, Nashville, Tenn., has been
and age that is today. — artist, is the writer
She of Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” “King My Love Songs” and “Woman in
. . .
All
BERNIE ROUTE PLAN signed up exclusively by the M.
C. A.
had a bad spot. She followed Fo Day” and “I’m Sorry, the Shoe.”
youth in an abbreviated costume J „a
Sally. Recordings Despite a number of reports to
a young girl with a baby face and T H Happened In Monterey” the contrary, the current
western RUDOLPH N.
an irritating voice. She finished All recordings.
SONG — tour pi the Ben Bernie Band
her song to a pained ripple of ap-
plause, followed by strange silence.
OFFICE
BUILDING *
tor
Z C ° tta 8 e For Sale”— Vic-
(Callee).
OPENING
AT WARNERS
being handled exclusively by the
Music Corporation of
is

America.
SCHRAEGERPREMIER ORGANIST
The spotlight onlv revealed the
ravages of years that lurked be- DeSylva, Brown and Henderson lee )
3
"
Stein Son g” Victor (Val- — After completing engagements here,
including one at the Montmarte, Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
,

neath the rouge; threw into bold join the new “Tin Pan Alley” in 4 “The Moon Is Low”— Co Hollywood Cafe, starting this INDEFINITE
relief the pitiful figure of an old the Warner Brothers Hollywood lumbia (Ukulele Ike). week, Bernie will play east on a
woman. The last curtain for
. .
Theatre building. Benny Berman, 5 “Sunny Side of the route to be arranged by the M.
Los Angeles representative for the Columbia (Ted Lewis). Street”-
.

her. . . .
C. A. organization.
The N. V. A. does not forget, past three years, will be located in
though the public responds to new new offices, in Hollywood by the tor.
6. “Sing, You Sinners” Vic — WM. (Billy) KNOX
BANDSTERS VISIT
faces and the favorites of the mo- end of this week, moving from 7. “Ten Cents a Dance”— Vic- .
SOLO ORGANIST
ment. present quarters in the
Majestic tor. Roy Mack’s Desertland Trouba-
There is always hope while Iheatre building on Broadway 8 “Happy Days” All record- .
-
— dours, a ten-piece band from the Fox Oakland Theatre
we remember. Witmark and Harms already have ings. Elks Plaza Ballroom, Miami, Ari-
Hollywood offices in the Warner 9. “11 :30 Saturday zona, is enjoying a brief vacation
Night
The dance halls at Long Beach, building. Brunswick (Burtnett). in Los Angeles and Hollywood
m order to build up business, have
.
1°. “Thank You, Father this week. They play three nights
MAYNARD
adopted a novel method that prom-
ises
plans
to work out contrary
and desires of the various
BAIRD SIGNED Columbia.
Maynard Baird and his Orches-
to the SAN FRANCISCO
After several weeks of
hovering
the rest of the week at the small
surrounding towns.
a week in the ballroom and fill

jay
managements. Three of the ball- tra, featured for the past year at
rooms are staging Free Dance the Andrew Jackson Hotel, Knox-
nights. Each ballroom devotes the ville, Tenn., is now being managed
near the fist, “Sing,

L
raC
t0 fn- a Position.
,
You Sinners”
mt ° ?’- e first ten jumping
“Stein Song”
VICTOR
-

The Victor Record people have

RECORD CLUB I3K0WLK
best night of the nearest competi- by the Music Corporation of Amer-
_

and Springtime in the Rockies” MASTER-OF-CEREMONIES

tive ballroom to free dancing. ica. Baird and his Orchestra will still were first and second. just inaugurated a “Record-of-the-
The be Here Month” club, through
Silver Spray, Bennet’s and the featured on prominent spots are the first ten: which the
Tourist ballrooms are the three of the M. C. A. circuit in the north L “Stein Song” Radio Music the best —
record chosen by a committee as FOX EL CAPITAN
emporiums of dance now engaged during the summer season, return- Co production for the coming
in this unusual racket. ing to the Andrew Jackson Hotel
At the in the “Springtime in month is sent to members in ad- SAN FRANCISCO
present it is rumored that other fall. —^Villa Moret.
the Rockies” vance of release
date.
places
customers,
may adopt the idea. The
needless to say, are get- ARCHER WITH HARMS ous.
3. Sing, You Sinners” — Fam- TAIT’S BIZ SPURTS
ting quite a wallop out of
it
are arranging their dancing to
and Jack Archer, who recently re- _
len
4. “Happy Days”
and Bornstein.
— Ager, Yel- SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— “A LITTLE SMILE”
fol- signed
low the free nights. as S. F. representative for S “Danger In
With Jack Coakley and his or- Words and Music by
If the ball- -
Your Eyes
rooms get around to the point Witmark and Sons, is in town and r y
.,
Chene”—
.
chestra and Henry Warner, vocal
Berlin.
'
GEO. B. L. BRAUN
where six consecutive free nights is now connected with the Harms S ow ”-Robbins.
soloist, as the
drawing cards, busi- (A Fox Trot Sensation)
may be the thing, the dance ad- office, which is in charge of Art 7
7. With J
You”— ,f
Berlin.
ness, has taken a nice spurt for
CONCORD PUBLISHING
Mehlinger. Tait s-at-the-Beach, class CO.
dicts of
fuse to
Long Beach soon re-
pay for the privilege at any
will
bins.
6 IS the Ni ght” — Rob- spot on the Great Highway.
night
1179 Market St. San Francisco
LIBRARIAN IS DAD
time.
* * * Lo,i"3fiU
! c »«
Bennett’s Crystal Roof at Long Zebe Mann, librarian with the

from bad biz. James Fye, with a proud dad of a nine-and-one-half-

seven-piece nonunion orchestra, has pound baby boy. 1
10. “Cottage

“c*
For
Beach is evidently suffering acutely Loew’s State Orchestra here, is the Sylva, Brown and Henderson.
_

Heoonfings •

“
Sale” — De
WILL PRIOR
just opened there.
S ° ng Rud y Vallee, CONDUCTOR
SMITH IN HOSPITAL
Victor.
NEW STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
The
* * *
A. B. W. Club, Mexicali, is
2- “With You”
3. “Danger In Your Eyes”—
— All.

sporting a heavy floor show featur- Td Smith, business representa- . rry Rlch man,
ing Mae Atwood and her Holly- tive of the local musicians’ union a „ Brunswick.
4. Moon Is Low”—All.
wood Revue. De Lara and Lolita, was forced to enter the Angeles
Nie U ”-

HENKEL
.

Hospital this week for a several the

famous Apache team, are the ' :

weeks’ rest, the result of over

starred specialty.
singing accordion player, is being
Cora Walsh, the work. 6. ‘‘Should I?” All.
“
Sprinfrtime in
—
well received with her blues num- Rockies”
BRENON RETURNING —All
bers. .8. “Happy Days”—Johnny MUSICAL PRESENTATION
* * *
way Herbert Brenon on
vin, Victor.
Mar- CONDUCTOR and DIRECTOR
Tommy Thomas, trumpet, is tak- home from 9. “Where t h e
is his
Europe after ten weeks Little Red
CIVIC THEATRE
^—
ing a five-piece orchestra to Pres-
cott, Arizona, for the summer.
of story-hunting. He bought a Roses Grow” All.
Danish play while in Copenhagen, Tt pened in Monte-
* * * rev”'
rey p
—Paul
Steve White, saxist, has joined
which may be produced as his Whiteman, Columbia. ,
Auckland, New Zealand
next Radio Picture.
Pit Orchestra of 30 - : - Stage Band of 20
TEAM ARRIVES HERE
Blair and Thornton, who

George Olsen
recent-
ly completed a Publix tour, arrived
here and may open for

And
and Marco.
Fanchon
MISS EDDIE JAYE
Hi* Musical Organization continue to make toes tingle and YOU’LL BE DELIGHTED “THAT MOANIN’ MAMA”
bodies sway at the popular George Olsen’s
Revue Club in Culver WHEN YOU HEAR (MANAGEMENT OF LOU DAVIS)
City with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Robbins
Hits
“BONITA” PERSONALITY BLUES SINGER
An Appealing Fox Trot Ballad
NOW AT
"Should I” The Song Beautiful
“WHEN THE LOVELY TOLTEC CAFE, JUAREZ, MEXICO
“When I’m Looking At You” DAY IS ENDED’’
PUBLICATIONS
SHE DON’T SHOUT ’EM-SHE SINGS ’EM
ASK JOE AND CHESTER AT THE CAFE
Kress Bldg. San Francisco
 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE THIRTEEN

DE SYLVA, BROWN & HENDERSON, Inc.

Announce with pleasure the opening of their new suite of offices at 306 Warner Brothers Theatre Building, Hollywood, Calif.

OUR SENSATIONAL SONG HITS

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A Cottage For Sale “When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You
9* 99

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And in the end, it is the latter Crosland has handled it in oper with his bass voice of power and the subject.
woman’s hatred that turns the ta- etta style, EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT:
FILM REVIEWS bles on the villainous Beery and
results in the lover’s final happy action
managing to make the
seem somewhat realistic,
•
depth, and pulled spontaneous ap-
plause, for his solo number on a
This should draw the regular Mur-
yet recognizing that it’s still op- showmanly handled low note at ray-Sidney clientele. Those that
clinch.
eretta and not straight drama. like the team should be pleased
(Continued from Page 4) The story is told against a beau- the finish. Otherwise, he contrib-
with it.
the ways of the show business, this _
But because of the shifting, utes a typically Beery performance,
revue is for the public, a well-
tiful background designed most ef-
somewhat toned down and re- PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT:
fectively for the technicolor pho- kaleidescopic nature of the story, Proper cutting should improve this
strained from any over-mugging.
turned-out piece of work, very tography, opening on a beautiful it would have been well to cut one. It’s a “cute” subject, at that.
elaborately produced with plenty down a bit on the action, partic-
exploitation value on its heavy
scene of the great square in Pet- Alice Gentle sang very nicely CASTING DIRECTORS’
of rograd, where the girl first sings ularly towards the climax, which and held up a role that was not VIEWPOINT: Murray and Sid-
cast, opulent
production and, of the “Song of the Flame.” should have built to a smash drama of the best in excellent fashion,
ney do theif usual stuff, and fall
course, capitalization on the White- finish, with the singing concen- maintaining a naturalness that
Hard-riding cossacks scatter the
man draw, with John Boles, Laura mob and Beery and trated in the final scene.
into their parts with ease. Mona
glossed over numerous artificiali-
Rica is well cast as the Mexican
La Plante, Jeanette Loff, Glen Try- the scene shifting tothe girl escape, EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT: ties in the character handed her. sweetheart.
a cafe of the
on, Merna Kennedy, for support at Bert Roach handled his comedy
aristocracy, where the prince sings This picture must sell on its beau- Stuart.
the boxoffice.
of loyalty to his throne. tiful color, its music and romantic bit well, though there wasn’t a
PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT: _Sparing the auditor another rep- appeal, with Noah Beery the best great deal to be handled and the
John Murray Anderson is evident- etition of the revolutionists known in the cast. Only comedy balance of the cast was adequate U BUYS NOVEL RIGHT
ly responsible for the elaborateness the
sacking is sketched in by Bert
palaces of the rich, etc., etc.,
Roach as a in minor bits. BEFORE PUBLICATION
of the effects in this revue, his flame is shown sweeping semi-nitwit aristocrat officer. It’s
across
hand being readily discernible in the map of Russia and the scene limited to that sort of appeal, ‘IN
though quite on a par with other UNIVERSAL
OLD MAZUMA’ John Wray, who played the part
the moving novelties, massive finale shifts to a border village, SUB- SHORT of Himmelstoss in “All Quiet on
where film operettas and better
effects and other familiar Ander- the girl, terror stricken than JECT the Western Front,” and took the
and re-
son tricks. Other than this mas- morseful over the fury of hate some. It needs one big punch, (Previewed April 29) title role in “Czar of Broadway,”
siveness of impression, the produc- her song has unloosed, has re- such as Tib'bett’s voice, to put it Cutting should speed this one has signed a long-term contract
no notable ideas the in the “best” classification. with Universal Pictures Corpora-
tion leaves in turned to escape the bloody scenes up. Aside from the Charley Mur-
memory, nor are its songs, with of Czarist downfall. PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT: ray and George Sidney name draw tion. His first picture under his
the exception of “Monterey,” of There’s a lesson in handling tech- there is little to recommend it. new contract will be “Saint John-
It is festival time and the prince
the type to catch on as heavy fa- with his nicolor in this production, but oth- The comedy burlesques “In son,” written by W. R. Burnett,
cossacks comes to the the screen rights of which have
vorites. Designing of sets and village, where his family erwise, it’s just a nicely done op- Old Arizona,” and follows the
,
had ruled been purchased by Universal for
costumes for the all-color photog- for generations, as yet untouched eretta, with no striking new note original story closely. Sidney, as
raphy resulted in a very satisfac- by the revolution. in treatment. Crosland has han- the “Crisco Kid,” plays the Mexi- all-talking and foreign versions.
He and the dled his large groups so as to dis- can bandit. The story, a theme of the West,
tory handling of this item. girl fall in love, then the Reds This, contrasted with
CASTING DIRECTORS’ come, led by Beery.
tinctly avoid any resemblance to his Yiddish hokum, is good for will be published as a novel in
October. This is the first time
VIEWPOINT: With the excep- Beery demands that the girl sing similar sequences in other recent some laughs. Murray plays the
operettas and super productions. army sergeant who is seeking to screen rights were ever purchased
tion of John Boles, the rest of the her song to inspire the peasants to
Story is, of course, like other arrest Sidney, and he does it in his so far in advance of publication.
cast was not permitted, because of turn against the prince and she
operetta yarns, pretty trite stuff, usual style. Mona Rica makes an
the fast continuity of the produc- consents to save her lover. Roused
tion and the predominance of en- by liquor and Red exhortations,
but has been handled here for attractive fem lead. GEARY’S FIRST TALKER
generally good results. On the night reviewed, which
sembles, to make definite outstand- the mob advances on the castle
ing impressions, though perform- singing the “flame song.” CASTING DIRECTORS’ was directly after the first cutting, SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—
ances throughout were up to snuff. The prince gets his free passage
VIEWPOINT: Bernice Claire the picture dragged considerably. Late in May Tiffany-Stahl will
Boles had two fine numbers, and outside Russia, but the girl is or- has a fine vocal ability combined Murray and Sidney are together roadshow its premier production,
with youthful beauty and acting in but two scenes in the picture, “Journey’s End,” into the Geary,
handled them neatly. dered to prison, when she turns charm, which
And effective work was done on Beery. in this production, which affords them scant oppor- which legit theatre housed the
where the material permitted by puts her to the front as a valuable tunity to exchange patter. How- stage production when it was here
Later in Petrograd, Beery has player for the musical productions ever, when Murray talks to Sidney not so long ago. “Journey’s End”
the balance of the large cast, which had
the girl brought to his head- as one who, exploited in a prop- and fails to recognize him as the will be the Geary’s first talkie.
included: Jeanette Loff, Laura La-
quarters, where he asks her to erly contrived series of vehicles, bandit, it’s good jor a chuckle.
Plante, Glenn Tryon, Merna Ken-
nedy, Kathryn Crawford,
flee with him to Paris with a for- could
Otis tune in
jewels and gold.
be built to a high place Scenes of Mona Rica with Mur- NEW NAME CHANGE
amongst feminine players. ray and Sidney fail to take advan- The dance pavilion at Balboa
Harlan, Slim Summerville, Stanley The other woman discovers and Alexander Gray is adequate both tage of all laugh possibilities. But, Beach, which will be in charge of
Smith, Billy Kent, Grace Hayes, meets the prince, who has
returned from the thespic and vocal stand- considering that the scenes are not Bill Meiklejohn when it opens May
The Sisters G, Rhythm Boys, Brox to search for the girl. Beery is points, but does not stand
out over overly crowded with clever gags, 30, will be known as the Casino
Sisters, George Chiles, Jacques trapped, sentenced to be shot, and the rest of
the field of singing leads absence of guffffaws is not the Gardens. In addition to the reg-
Cartier, A1 Norman, Frank Leslie, the lovers are reunited.
in remarkably impressive fashion. fault of the principals. ular dance orchestra there will be
Jeanie Lang, Paul Howard, Ma- It’s a typical operetta plot and Noah Beery comes into his own
rian Statler, Don Rose, Tom At-
Nat Ross directed and produced a girlie revue.
kins Sextette, Nell O’Day, Wilbur
Hall, John Fulton, Russell Market
Dancers, and the Hollywood 5 DPE5 THEATREYOUR YOUR ACT WITHOR
Beauties.
THE FINEST AND MOST ARTISTIC

“SONG OF THE FLAME”

WARNER
(Reviewed
wood Theatre)
BROS. ALL-COLOR
at Warner Bros. Holly

“The Song of the Flame” is a

meritorious operetta. It has an
E NE RY» DRAPERIES DESIGNED MADE UP AND PAINTED BY THE LARGEST AND MOST
EFFICIENT STAFF OF SCENIC ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND DRAPEDY
elaborate and beautiful all-color
production, fine music by George EXPERTS IN AMERICAS LARGEST AND MOST BEAVTIFV/L STUDIOS
Gershwin and Herbert Stothart, a
uniformlygood cast, with bright
flashes, of fine acting and singing,
and intelligent and skillful direc-
tion by Alan Crosland.
Los Angeles Scenic Stvdios AFFILIATED WITtl OlA5.f THOMPSON SCENIC CQ
Inc.
But it has one outstanding fault,
noticeable about the beginning of
the last reel. It’s too long.
On this point, the picture bears
III
BATES
1215FOUNTAIN
trr AVE.
NEAR SUNSET -: AT A/E. BLVt\
the brunt of a public surfeit with
the singing type of show. With- ip— Hollywood;;:t ii i
out detracting at all from the
merit of this production, it would
probably draw a better audience
Tione OLympia.2914
I
reaction if it were about a reel
shorter and ended exactly at the
plot climax.
& ^ A
It the operetta story of Red
is DROP CURTAINS Vnic^ue ErrECTS "-'settings ^tiic modern stage
revolution in Russia and a girl’s PICTURE SCREENS
flaming song that swept aside an
age-old aristocracy
broke her own heart.
and nearly PROLOGUES UNUSUAL L DRAPERIES
FABRICS NOISELESS
Bernice Claire is the girl and CINEMAS STAGE- TAPE5TRIE5 -WALL HANGINGS CURTAIN TRAVELER5
Alexander Gray is the Russian
who wins her love. Noah
CYCLORAMAS OPERATED BY
prince,
Beery as a revolutionist who wins ASBESTOS CURTAINS MURAL DECORATIONS! REMOTE CONTROL
his way a high place in the
to
new republic but is finally a vic-
tim of the gold lust, and Alice
Gentile, as his mistress and aide,
provide the menace.
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 PAGE FOURTEEN INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 1930
3,

RKO THEATRE Lady Yukona Cameron, whose Ju- of the three boys on the canvas; How,” with someinterpolated solo danced, then the line moved
LOS ANGELES noesque beauty and proportions not then the screen up and the boys steps, and the man tried some nut into a toe ballet and exited.
(Reviewed April 24) only dress the act but provide the came forward in a taps number stuff and an A1 Trahan stunt with Reeves and Len then appeared,
muscular power necessary for her that went well with the audience. piano, finally going into a dance. stepping around in one big pair
This is about the best balanced
four-act vaude bill seen at this
man-mauling scenes. Her voice, Two of the boys then offered a He was O. K. except for the hoke. of pants, giving way to Jones and
also, is adequate for the song bits.bathtub comedy dance to a good Registered for a pair of bows.
house in many weeks. Opened Hull, knockabout aero hoofers
The act is substantially the same, reception, then all three in a mili- The next act was billed as “The who mixed chatter with their steps,
with Tinova
and Baikoff in a A1 coming on with his bundle of tary taps routine that went to a Wallaces,” an adagio group of two garnering many laughs with their
tastefully dressed dance act billed tattered music to play accompani- very strong finish, encoring and girls and three boys, opening with nut stuff.
"A Symphony of Dances.” First,
ments for his prima donna, then
a waltz-adagio against a silver
retiring again with another big the girls leaping from a Zeppelin. The girls appeared again, with
going into broad burlesque and the hand.
birch woodland drop; then Fred
rough stuff. His gags are sure-
It was a body-throwing act en- Ruth Forster vocalizing while the
Martin, comedy aero feature
Dana Warrene, dancing xylo- tirely, moving rapidly, and staged ensemble went through a routine
fire and certainly panicked this phoniste, appeared in the second
dancer, singling, in an inebriate in a manner different from the with candy walking sticks that
audience. groove and scored at once with
song and dance. Then the team usual adagio fare. It sold for two registered very nicely, Jones and
in a Spanish dance against an il- The bill closed with the Six her fresh, girlish charm. She bows. Hull topping it off with some ec-
Galeno's, correctly billed as acro- opened with an overture number, centric dancing.
luminated flower drop, followed by
went into “Moonlight and Emerson and Baldwin held
Martin burlesquing the number. batic wonders, in a body tossing then
next-to-closing with a nut juggling Georgie Stoll next introduced
_
'
An elaborately staged Egyptian act that registered heavy with Roses,” with variations, which went act, burlesquing card and coin Frankie Richardson, hard working
every trick. It was a big pay-off big, the crowd liking the smooth
number, spotted Tinova, then both tricks, floating lady stunt and some go-gettem tenor, who offered
men on, Martin burlesquing, then to a very good bill. way she handled her sticks. Next
Indian club throwing, with a line “Sunnyside Up” for a big score,
the duo to a straight adagio for a Preceding the acts, Billy Small she offered her own arrangement of chatter thrown in. This turn then sang “I’m Happy” and
full flash finish. Smooth produc- lead the RKOlians, assisted by of “Neapolitan Nights,” jazzing it took the crowd’s fancy for three “Mona,” encoring with “I’m In
Organist Eddie Eben, in the num- and dancing while playing, and to
tion, finished technique, colorful bows. the Market For You.” After that
ber “Woman In the Shoe.” the demands for an encore re-
Bert Nelson and his lion, Prin- he plugged the BBB Cellar and
and very well received.
sponded with “Happy Days” for a
Deuce spot was filled by Irene Screen offering was the RKO
big pay-off. cess Pat, closed with the same sang “Saint Louis Blues,” in which
Chesleigh and Ruth Gibbs in an “Loves Comes Along,” with Bebe Beck and Egan followed. The routine as his former Orpheum Dave Franklin figured at the piano,
exchange of wisecracks entitled Daniels. Business was good. girl member of this team is the act, opening with some old film collecting three bows and could
‘‘When Cat Meets Cat.” This bru- Yeates. personality end, possessing looks, shots of himself and lion and then have taken more.
nette and blonde team delivered going into a romp with the lion The Idea opened up again, pre-
pep and song-selling ability. She
every line with telling effect and MILLION DOLLAR opened with the number “Got A herself in a cage, bringing on a senting the girls in new pink and
garnered bushels of guffaws, scor- LOSANGELES cub for his bow. red costumes, Ruth Forster vocal-
Great Big Date,” then the male
ing also with a duet on “Alimony (Reviewed April 25) Business was good. Screen of- izing on “If I’m Dreaming,” the
partner came on with some chat-
Blues.” This bill opened with a hoofing ter fering was Paramount’s “Sarah ballet group giving more toe and
and gags, then went to
A1 Trahan, headlining, took act, “The Blue Blazes.” First a guitar number, which was and Son,” with Ruth Chatterton. kick work, coming forward while
heavy honors in the next to clos- number a silhouette, routined be- a drop descended for a few mo-
ing spot with his “Curtain Speech” hind a white screen
better. The girl sang “I Can’t Yeates.
with rear il- Believe That ments, going up again- to reveal a
Love
laugh riot. He has a new foil in lumination throwing the shadows With Me” and You’re In
“My Baby Knows big round candy box, the lid of
‘BOX O’ CANDY’ IDEA which was hauled away, bringing
LOEW’S STATE with it eight girls suspended by

News Notes of 1 (Reviewed April 24)

on for a bit of hoke with one of the

head straps. This was drummed
Band in the pit, Jones and Hull up for the finale.
The ballet group was about the
candy girls before the curtain, niftiest choice of uniformly built
then curtain up on a flash candy youngsters seen in some time.
Dance Studios tableau which brought oh’s and
ah’s from the audience.
Screen feature was Fox “High
Girls in Society Blues,” with Janet Gaynor
pink satin costumes, paraded and and Charles Farrell.
During the next year notable piled candy boxes while one girl
TEACHES TAPPING With ground breaking ceremon- Yeates.
but not radical improvements may
Bud Murray, principal of the ies held this week for their new
be expected in the recording of all-
Huntington Park house, plans for

PATRICK and MARSH

talking pictures, according to Carl
Bud Murray School for Stage, an-
nounces that on June 15 he will 30 houses on the coast are being
Dreher, head of Radio Pictures’
start summer classes in the Bud worked out and will be announced
sound department. (AGENOT)
School at Ocean Park, on shortly by Warner Bros., it was
Among the prospective improve- Murray
the beach front, with open air learned definitely this week. VAUDEVILLE—ORCHESTRAS
Six
ments is a. tendency to move the classes for children only. Children
of the new houses will be located
microphone as far from players as will be permitted to take their tap in
and around Los Angeles. Sev- WANTED!
possible, thus dancing
giving them in bathing-suits. Classes Warner
will be held on Wednesdays and
eral projects, including the ACTS SUITABLE FOR PICTURE HOUSE PRESENTATION
more leeway dramatic effects.
for $2,500,000 Oakland
house seating AND CLUBS
Saturdays, the Wednesday classes
Better microphones will keep pace 3,500, are at present under way,
under Gladys Murray’s direction, and work is to start next week WHITE —WIEE—CALL
with the rapidly approaching wide and the Saturday class by Bud
film and natural color process, ac- Murray.
on the Beverly Hills and San 607-8 Majestic Theatre Bldg., 845 South Broadway, Los Angeles
The courses will be held Pedro hocses, each to cost around Phone TUcker 2140
cording to Dreher. during the months of July and $500,000.
August, with special rates prevail-
M H
ing for these two summer months.
Ages of children, 4 years to 12.
HIGHER AND HIGHER
and 12
classes.
to 17 in the older children’s

Lon Murray,
* * *
director of the Lon
With “Hell’s Angels” definitely
set .to go into the Chinese here
for its .world premiere, it’s reported
Sid Grauman is planning to
that
Walter Trask
WANTS STANDARD ACTS
E Murray School for Stage Dancing raise the usual $5 opening splurge and ENTERTAINERS for
and Dramatics, has organized a ante to ten buck? for the THEATRES, CLUBS, LODGES and SMAROFF-TRASK
George Holland is negotiating class in all styles of tap and off- opening.
air epic’s PRESENTATIONS
for another theatre to house “June rhythm work for prize fighters and
Moon,” comedy success by Ring all around athletes. Two very well-
WALTER TRASK THEATRICAL AGENCY
Lardner and George S. Kaufman, known Hollywood fighters have al-
REAY LEAVES U 1102 Commercial Exchange Bldg.
following his three weeks’ booking ready registered. New dramatic Neville Reay has resigned as
416 West Eighth Street Los Angeles
as-
arrangement at the Belasco which courses start next week at the sistant publicity director Telephone TUcker 1686
at the
terminates May 10. school under personal direction of Universal studio.
Several theatres will be available Lon Murray and Edward Helms,
beginning the week of May 11, head of the Dramatic Department.

Ackerman & Harris

and Holland expects to be lined up * * * Studio of Stage Dancing in Holly-
before the end of the week. Pupils of the Wills-Cunningham
wood are now engaged at Warner
Bros., First National, M-G-M, R-
K-O and Tec-Art Studios, accord- EXECUTIVE OFFICES
WILLS-CUNNINGHAM STUDIO OF DANCING
ing to Walter S. Wills, executive
head ofthe school.
Several of the motion picture
THIRD FLOOR, PHELAN BLDG.
7016 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD GLADSTONE 9502 studios have taken over the entire
PROFESSIONALS TAUGHT BY PROFESSIONALS units both in musical comedy and Ella Herbert Weston, Booking Manager
ballet work from the Wills-Cun-
Students of the Wills Dancing School are now engaged at
RKO, Warner ningham school. In his courses,
Bros, and First National Studios, and in the Wills specializes in training com-
Market, Grant and O’Farreli Sts. SAN FRANCISCO
George Olsen’s Plantation Revue
plete units so that the motion pic- LOS ANGELES —20 Film Exchange Bldg.
ture director is able to produce
an entire ensemble with but very
Washington and Vermont — Telephone: BEacon 7*66

WANTED—Acts Suitable for Vaudeville, Picture House few changes. He not only trains
Presentations, Clubs and Talkies ensembles, but also specializes in

AL WAGER
individual, double and small group
THEATRICAL numbers.
AGENCY A number of the Wills-Cunning-
ham students are also engaged in
221 Loew’g State Bldg.
(Artist** Representative)
Phone VAndike 3619 Log Angeles, Calif.
the big rqvue at George Olsen’s
Plantation.

opening
* * *
The advent of talking pictures is
up new possibilities in
LYNN YOST
Meiklejohn Bros. acrobatic dancing for men, accord-
ing to Earle Wallace.
Wallace states that at the pres-
ent time he has several groups of
Artists Manager
ASSOCIATED VAUDEVILLE MANAGERS young men studying acrobatic
Fourth Floor, Spreckels Bldg. dancing. Included in these are six Telephone GRanite 8410
men all under contract with Met-
Phones: 714 So. Hill St ro-Goldwyn-Mayer who are spe-
TRinity 2217, TRinity 2218 cializing in tap dancing and acro-
LOS ANGELES batic dancing. They are receiving
VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURE HOUSE their instruction from Sam Mintz, Address: 522 Taft Building
ENGAGEMENTS AVAILABLE acrobatic instructor at the Earle
FOR STANDARD ACTS Wallace Studios of Stage and Corner Hollywood Blvd. and Vine St.
Dancing. Mintz is taking them
from tap dancing into tumbling.

Artists and Acts Register For

'
.Theatrical Bookings, Orchestras and
Club Entertainment
IRA F. GAY AGENCY 206 Majestic Theatre B uilding
845 South Broadway
FA 3421 Los Angeles
 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE FIFTEEN

JOHN MURIEL Laugh honors of the bill go to Sully and Thomas, a young
chap and a pretty girl who talk and fool around and dance a
bit, all to the great amusement of the audience. They scored
Wednesday.

SULLY and THOMAS

a big hit
— S. F. News.

Combining the dangerous abandon of Olsen and Johnson

with something of Ken Murray’s waggery and throwing in
some brand new ideas of his own a young man named John
Sully fairly well captures the house. He is a violent dancer,
BOOKED SOLID R-K-0 CIRCUIT an unabashed
say the
jester, and proprietor of a wardrobe erratic to
least. He is assisted by a cute blonde, Muriel Thomas,
in a fast and funny skit.
Direction JACK CURTIS — S. F. Chronicle.

CANADIAN BAND WILL

GET PITTSBURGH JOB
Fanchon and Marco Jack Denny and his Orchestra,

evoking
(Continued from Page 5)
spontaneous applause at
AT EASTERN SHEET Route List of “Ideas” featured for
at the exclusive
,
the past three
Mount Royal Ho-
years

curtain Frederick Robinson tel, Montreal, Canada, is one of the

rise.
A new flare-up between the Al-
gets credit for the sets, construc-
lied
_

States, exhibitors’ body, and

Following is the Fanchon and ST. LOUIS, MO. (2)
latest nationally known organiza-
tion by George Benz. the Hays organization has fol- Ideas route schedule, with the opening Fox Theatre tions to sign up with Music Cor-
Orchestra was under the direc- lowed publication of wise-cracking dates, all of the current month, in pa- “Trees” Idea
poration of America.
tion of Leo Flanders, and the comments in eastern trade papers renthesis besides the name of the town: Naynons Birds Mavis and Ted
PASADENA Terrell & Hanley Esther Campbell Denny will close his present en-
whole production was staged un- on the activities of an independent (1)
Ohristal Levine and Ted Reicard
Colorado Theatre gagement approximately the first of
der the personal supervision of exhibitor group in promoting a re- “Smiles” Idea CHICAGO, ILL. (2)
Lillian Albertson. A brilliant first vival of “Ten Nights in a Bar- Three Slate Brothers Frank Hamilton Coston Theatre the month and will play a few of
night audience filled the theatre to room,” Walter Bradbury Dorothy Neville “Peasant” Idea
and Abram F. Myers, Acrobatic Lineup of Girls Diehl Sisters General Ed Lavine
the eastern college dates before go-
capacity and demonstrated a keen president and general counsel of LOS ANGELES (1) Johnson & Duker June Worth ing to the William Penn Hotel,
enthusiasm throughout. the Allied States Association has Loew’s State Belcher Dancers
“City Service” Idea Pittsburgh, where he is booked
Yeates. sent out a mimeographed resume
Shapiro and O’Malley Laddie LaMonte
MILWAUKEE, WIS. (2)
of the attacks with some com- Wisconsin Theatre for the summer season and where
DeQuincy and Stanley Seb Meza “Manila Bound” Idea
ments of his own. he will open up the Urban Room
‘LOVE ’EM AND LEAVE “During the last few weeks,”
Eddie Mack’s Dancers
SAN DIEGO (1)
Lloyd and Brice
Stella Royal
Romero Family
Samuel Lopez
for the season. While in Pitts-
’EM’ the statement says in part, “there Fox Theatre
DETROIT, MICH. (2) burgh, Denny will broadcast from
“Box of Candy” Idea KDKA.
EL CAPITAN has been a series of assaults on Tones and Hull Masters and Grayee Fox Theatre station
“Desert” Idea
HOLLYWOOD this association,
members, in various trade papers
its officers and
HOLLYWOOD (1)
Reeves and Lon Sunkist Beauties
Ed and Morton Beck Muriel Stryker
(Reviewed April 27) Egyptian Theatre Cropley and Violet Carla Torney Girls
that were so obviously inspired Artistic Scenic Advertising
“Goodfellows”
This presents the Duffy Players by the Hays office that we are re- Lucille Page Bud Averill Idea Helen Burke
BUFFALO, N. Y. (3)
in a revival of the George Abbott luctantly forced to conclude that
Lafayette Theatre Curtains
18 Good Fellows “International” Idea
and John Weaver story which, in- Mr, Hays does not want peace in LONG BEACH (2-4) Markell & Faun Federico Flores By Far the Best in America
stead of lapsing into a sermon as the industry, at least so far as the Pox West Coast Theatre
“Milky Way” Idea
Mignon Laird
Osaka Boys
Billy Carr CURTAIN PRIVILEGES
it might easily have done, presents exhibitors are concerned. Yernon Stiles Noree Stone and Lee WORCESTER. MASS. (3)
BOUGHT FOR CASH
a slice of life as lived by store “This is not the first time that Bert Faye Steve Moroni Palace Theatre OR SCENERY
clerks and a gentle satire on ama- business arrangements made by FRESNO (1-3) “Ivory” Idea
teur theatricals and department this association have been tam- Wilson Theatre
“Bells and Belles” Idea
Four High Hatters
Betty Lou Webb
Hy Meyer
Will Aubrey
Chas. F. Thompson
store organization pep-up meth- pered with. There was a very se- Eddie Hill Eva Thornton Peggy Carse
ods. It takes characters as they rious effort on the part of the Dunbar’s Bell Ringers Tommy Harris SPRINGFIELD, MASS. (3) Scenic Co.
are found under the present eco- same persons to break down the Frances, Ted and Byron Loretta Palace Theatre
SAN JOSE, OALIT. (4-7) “Hot Dominoes” Idea 1215 Bates Avenue
nomic system, and leaves them franchise plan worked out with California Theatre
again not much changed, which is RKO and Tiffany for the benefit
Les Klicks Paul Mall Phone OLympia 2914
“Bells and Belles” Idea Hart, Whitestone, Polly
Eva Thornton Hollywood, Calif.
the chief argument in its favor. of the exhibitors of the United Eddie Hill
Dunbar’s Bell Ringers
Human nature has not changed in States. The facts in reference to Frances, Ted and Byron Tommy Harris HARTFORD, CONN. (3)
Loretta Capitol Theatre
thousands of years, and it will this attempt are a matter of rec- SAN FRANCISCO (2) “Uniforms” Idea
take more than the efforts of ord in this office. Fox Theatre Armand & Perez Ruth Hamilton
“Miniatures” Idea Sylvia Shore and Helen Moore
preacher-playwrights to change it “This association in its relations Featuring Singer’s Midgets Joy Brothers Hunter and Percival
in the next several thousand.
The featured player in this pro-
duction is Isabel Withers in the
with other branches of the indus-
try,” the statement concludes, “is
proceeding in utmost good faith THE INTERNATIONAL UNIQUE COMIC EDDIE KAY
part of the elder sister who tries
to mother the destinies of a young-
in the hope that through the 5-5-5
Conferences a constructive task
can be accomplished. Our repre-
CHAZ CHASE Extemporaneous
er and more physically attractive
sentatives have cheerfully assumed Master of Ceremonies
sister. It is a part more or less OAKLAND (2) BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (S)
sure-fire for an actress of ability the burden incident to the work, Fox Theatre Palace Theatre
and but do not propose that their ca-
4
Gyp Gyp Gypsy’ Idea * 4
‘Let’s Pretend” Idea
experience, as Miss Withers Chaz Chase George Prise
From the standpoint of crea- pacity to represent their members Tillyou & Rogers Florence Forman
is.

tive character drawing, the work in these all-important meetings

shall be undermined by those who
Frank Evers and Greta Jose Gonzales
Jack Vlaskin and Nita Lorraine
Jeanne Alexandria
Ed Cheney
George Green
Jimmy Hadreas
Rita Lane
The Tavern
of Emily Lowry in the role of the
apparently resent their presence SALEM, ORE. (3-4) WATERBURY, CONN. (4-6) Salt Lake City, Utah
younger sister was noticeably there.” Elsinore Theatre Palace Theatre,
worthwhile. She overlooked no “Changes” Idea “Black and Gold” Idea
chances, and gave a performance Doc Baker and Eva Mandell Four Kemmys Arnold Grazer Howdy, Gang! Having a great
at once lucid and convincing. With Muriel Gardner Maxine Hamilton Lee Wilmot
Art Hadley Dave Le Winter time here. Meeting plenty of
Kenneth Daigneau, as the beau 12 Broadwav Venuses BROOKLYN, N. Y. (2) friends who frequented Coffee
of the elder sister, taken from her PORTLAND (1)
Fox Theatre Dan’s in L. A. during my 14
by the younger but returned, like Broadway Theatre “Jazz Temple” Idea weeks’ engagement there. Don’t
“Coral” Idea Wally Jackson Sylvia Doree
the bread upon the waters and
m the same soggy condition— after
— Maurice & Vincent
The Royal Samoans' La Petite Marie
Frank Due Van De Velde Troupe
Nora Schiller
Gus Elnore forget to see me at The Tavern.

many days, contributed work of TER! SEATTLE, WASH.

Fifth Avenue Theatre
(2)
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (2)
the efficient order that has marked “Broadway Venuses” Idea Fox Theatre
his career with Duffy for several Mel Klee and 16 New York Beauty “In Green” Idea
years past.
The Fox Criterion Theatre will Winners Born and Lawrence Moran and Weston
Frank Darien also put
Jose Bohr in “Asi es la
present Aerial Bartletts Wells & Winthrop Frankly n Record
VIC DeLORY
Doris Nierly
in some high-grade work as a Freda Sullivan Way Watts and Arminda
_ Vida” (“Such Is Life”), a modern
shiftless boarding house husband
comedy in the Spanish language SPOKANE, WASH. (2)
with Post Street Theatre WASHINGTON, D. C. (3)
a penchant for ponies and
on Saturday night, May 3, com- “Skirts” Idea Fox Theatre LOEW’S STATE
dice.
mencing at 11 p. m. Neal Castagnoli Ruth Silver “Far East” Idea LOS ANGELES
Lillian Dean, Byron Hawkins, The special premiere will be of- Julia Curtiss Un in the Air Girls Frank Stever Helen Pachaud
Olive Cooper and Tom Brower im-
fered under the auspices of Sono-
GREAT PALLS, MONT. (3-4) M. Sanami & Co. Ruth Kadamatsu
proved opportunities in character Art Productions, Grand Theatre Joan Hardcastle
producers. Stu- “Marble” Idea
bits, while Jim Somers, Randolph
dents of Spanish in the various lo- The Harris Trio Roy Smoot ATLANTA, GA. (6) That Whirlwind Tumbler
Hale, Jeane Wood, Dolores Brown, cal universities and school FloBelle & Charlie A1 and Jack Rand Fox Theatre
John Mackenzie and James Sear- vited.
are in-
Georgene and Henry Francia “Arts in Taps” Idea
Myrtle Gordon Johnny Plank
STEVE MORONI
HectoT and His Gang
gent contributed minor roles. The diplomatic corps of Central MISSOULA, MONT. (6-7) Rodney & Gould Eddie Lewis Featured in “Milky Way” Idea
Among the highlights are a dice and South American countries will Wilmac Theatre A1 & Hal Brown & Willa My Appreciation to
game at second act curtain, and be present Saturday night follow- “Marble” Idea Jeanne MacDonald
rehearsal for a store pageant in ing the regular performances of The Harris Trio Roy Smoot MIAMI, OKLA. (30-1) .
FANCHON & MARCO
Flobelle & Charlie A1 and Jack Rand Maiestic Theatre
the third act, with dirty work at the current attraction, “The King Georgene and Henry Francia “Types” Idea
the cross-roads when young sister of Jazz.” Hector and His Gang The Trado Twins Carlena Diamond
accuses big sis of stealing welfare BUTTE, MONT. (1) Harold Stanton
The cast includes Jose Bohr, Li- Fox Theatre
funds, which she had played on lita Vendrell, Enrique Acosta, “Sunshine” Idea (2-4) TULSA, OKLA.
Orpheum Theatre
the ponies herself, furnishing
the Marscella Nivon, Tito Davidson, Bailey & Barnum Richard Wally
“Types” Idea
mild dramatic tension. It is an
offering which picture people call
Delia Magana, Julian Rivero, Myr-
ta Bonillas, Ernesto Piedra, Cae-
Vince Silk Mary Lou
Arline Langan and Norman Selby
DENVER, COLO. (1)
The Trado Twins Carlena Diamond
Harold Stanton
Advertise
“a programmer,” and which ladies sar Vanoni, Rosita Gil, Juan Or- Ta or Grand OKLAHOMA CITY (5-8)
in the audience called “cute.” tiz and Louis Hickus. “Eyes” Idea Orpheum Theatre
Don Carrol
Edwin H. Curtis staged it for
Paul Olsen
Six Candrevas
Bob and Ula Buroff
“Types” Idea
The Trado Twins Carlena Diamond
in
Henry Duffy, and Paul Finstein’s ‘DECEPTION’ NEW
IS Keo, Yoki and Toki Harold Stanton
orchestra furnished Entr’ Acte TALMADGE PICTURE
music.
Yeates.
“Deception” is the permanent
title of Norma Talmadge’s new
NEW FOX HOUSE LUBITSCH’S NEXT TO
BE ‘MONTE CARLO’
INSIDE
starring picture for United Art-

JACQUELINE
ists,
which
the Sam Taylor production
was temporarily
“Flame of the Flesh.”
called
is announced
A new half-million
West Coast theatre
this
dollar Fox-
for Spokane
week by Harold
“Monte Carlo,” a musical ro-
FACTS
In the cast are Conrad Nagel, B. Franklin. be known as It will mance of sophisticated Monaco, is

(Jackie)
LYRIC SOPRANO
BRUNEA William Farnum, Ullrich Haupt, the Spokane Theatre, with 1800
Allison Skip worth, Edgar Norton, seats, operated under the Seattle
to be Ernest Lubitsch’s next pro-
duction, to be started immediately,
* * *

Henry Kolker, Peter Gawthorne, division. Construction starts at according to B. P. Schulberg, gen-
6th Month E. Allen Warren, Edwin Maxwell, once.
CASINO THEATRE Tom Ricketts, Blanche Friderici,
Cissy Fitzgerald, Hobart Bos-
eral manager of west coast pro-
duction for Paramount.
The Real
San Francisco
worth, Bertram Marburgh, Maude
THELMA
PARR FREED Jeanette MacDonald, Queen Lou-
Truex and Michael Visaroff. Parade,” and
ise of “The Love Coast
For the four years of their mar- Jack Buchanan, musical comedy
FANCHON AND MARCO PRESENT riage, William E. Goman, banjo favorite, will share featured hon-
Theatrical
THE FLYING BARTLETTS
In Their Spectacular Offering “IN THE CLOUDS”
player, contributed “practically ors as prince of an unknown and
nothin” to her support, Mrs. Thel- unnamed kingdom. An important
,
ACT
N °w Featured With “Broadway Venuses” Idea
FULLY PROTECTED PATENT APPLIED FOR
ma Parr, former Mack Sennett supporting role will be played by
player, said,
_

and Judge Sproul ZaSu Pitts. No other cast se-

Newspaper
granted her the decree, this week. lections have been announced.
PAGE SIXTEEN INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 1930
3,

BOB MURPHY
Leaves

Mrs. Bob Murphy

To Take Care of

Bob Murphy
Chop House
Robertson Avenue
Between Pico and Culver City

While Bob Plays R-K-O. Dates East

Proving that Bob is an Actor

and
Mrs. Murphy Knows Her Eats

NOW—A Chicken, Duck or Fish Dinner

-

from Soup to Nuts, $1.50 per Copy

and
Our Famous Steaks and Chops — Always.
Corned Beef and Cabbage— Mondays -Thursdays

STUDIO LUNCHEON 85c Daily Except Sunday

* *y/ pf
Scanned from the collection of

Karl Thiede

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