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PUBLIX JOINS

IN RETURN TO

AM WESTParamount - Publix this

week joined in the land-slide toward stage showsin picture and vaudevilleclass houses, which got its

initial momentum in Hol-lywood with the proposedreturn of Grauman’s Chi-nese to a lavish prologuepolicy and the announcedopening of the new Pan-tages theatre with bigstage productions.Four big coast houses, the

Parahount, here; Paramount, SanFrancisco; Paramount, Seattle, andParamount, Portland, are slated toreturn to the stage support policywithin the next month, it is un-derstood, with the productions be-ing built in San Francisco, Pub-lix coast headquarters.

Organization of a production de-partment is now under way underthe direction of Ralph Crabill,coast head. Former eastern pro-duction men with additions fromthe coast organization will takecharge of the work when the plangets fully under way, It is re-ported. Harry Gourfain, easternproducer for Publix, will join thecoast staff.

Complete details will be an-nounced by Crabill immediatelyorganization plans are perfected.R-K-0 officials this week ad-

mitted that the change of coastpicture houses back to stageshows will force R-K-O to returnto “big time” vaudeville on thecoast within the near future.

Warners were reported still

adamant in a decision to stick tothe all-talkie programs, but in-side reports had the Warner or-ganization scouting about to pro-tect themselves if the stage showlandslide gains expected propor-tions.

Meanwhile “Hell’s Angels” hasbeen definitely set to world pre-miere at Grauman’s Chinese onMay 27 with a lavish Graumanprologue in support.

The new Pan, in Hollywood,opens on May 29 with the MarionDavies picture, “The FloradoraGirl,” elaborate F. and M. aug-mented “Ideas” and “Slim” Martindirecting the orchestra.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Sol Levis, proprietor of the StrandTheatre, died last week after along illness.

Overwork and failure to proper-ly heed an incipient attack of in-

fluenza brought Bernice Claire,

musical comedy star, now featuredby Warner Brothers, down this

week. Miss Claire was reportedin a serious condition early this

week. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs.Adolph Johnigan, rushed herefrom their home in Oakland.

El Patio Ballroom here, col-

legiate and clerks favorite, closed

for the summer season Saturdaynight, the management announc-ing plans for remodelling the place,one of the largest and most suc-cessful spots in Southern Califor-nia. Fifty thousand dollars willbe laid out for the revamping, withreopening scheduled for Septem-ber 19.

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racket; triedThrough the medium of

daily newspaper and mag-azine advertising, com-bined with other come-onstunts, a crop of fakesong experts has followedin the wake of the themiecraze in Hollywood.And the boys are prof-

iting no little from thesudden tremendous floodof publicity that has at-tended the swift rush ofthe song-writing game toone of the country’s lead-ing industries.Around song writing and the at-

tendant fabulous salaries has beenwoven of late, myriad yarns, suf-ficient to place the “tin pan alley”art on a par with the stock mar-ket in the public consciousness.And wherever you have a bait

like that, the suckers are sure toflock.

Fake School GagsSchools are being formed to

teach lyric and melody writing;contests, an old lure to tease thesuckers, are being held, and allthe familiar time tested tricks thatfeatured the early capitalization onscenario writing aspirations are be-ing hauled down from the shelfand dusted off for new customers.Many complaints are already re-

ported to have reached local au-thorities, who are rumored start-ing an investigatory drive with thepurpose of testing how close to theswindle line the fake music wiz-ards are sailing.

_ Grab Chicken FeedGrabbing off all the fat profits

in sight, ranging from $500 anda little higher, the boys are re-ported not averse to snatchingchicken feed in tens and twenties,if the gullible ones can muster onlythat much.One of the lads even took a

1923 model Chevie from an eageraspirant for teaching him tuneful

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JTAGE TWO INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930

ILL STREET Studio Officials Told New ContractMust Be Lived Up To By Executives

By A. H. FREDERICKThe idea, long advanced by In

side Facts, that the forcing out of

William Fox from the productionfield would be the final step towardthe complete Wall Street-ization of

the picture industry, seems to begenerally accepted now as markingthe next event of importance in

Hollywood.It is currently all up and down

the Boulevard, and at other spotswhere picture people gather, thatWall Street has moved forward in

a steady advance toward the oneaim of bringing the picture indus-try toward the same systemizationas big business puts into its otherenterprises. First there was thehandling of the Equity strike, sec-ondly there was the aftermath ofthe non-strike clause in the newstandard contract, and now therehas been the elimination of theone biggest and most outstandingindependent. With Universal con-centrating on roadshow-calibre pic-tures, and with R-K-O reportedlyin a deal which will align Colum-bia with them, the industry nowhas nothing in the way of becom-ing one of the time-clock punchers.

Workability QuestionThis will be quite an innovation

in show business, and whether it

will work to the best advantage ofthe public is problematical. It is,

in fact, very doubtful. The artistictemperament may be sufficientlysubject to being tamed to make it

come within the rules for clerks,bookkeepers and shopgirls, butwhether it can flare to as greatheights under these circumstancesremains to be seen. Doubtlesslyone result of a too systematizedindustry, and this despite any monetary inducements that can be of-

fered, will be that many of thestellar names of showdom will re-vert to that attitude which met theearliest days of the “flickers,” to-wit, that artistry can best be servedin other fields. It is the old tradi-tional feeling of artistic independ-ence and the opportunity for un-hampered self-expression.

It is not among the artists thatWall Street-ism would hit hardest,but among the executives. Thepictures cannot well afford to letthe theatre regain its former uniqueplace, destroyed by the talking pictures, and the best available in tal-ent would have to be obtained,even though concessions in timewere made to that end. But withthe executives it would be dif-

ferentThere are some very smart men

among this classification in the pic-ture business, and this despite allthe habit that has grown up ofmaking them the targets for allgibes arid jokes. But the reportedplan is to offer them better moneythan they could make elsewhere,but nothing like that which theyare now drawing. Unless thereopens up some new field for theirtalents, apparently they would betrapped.

And that opens the question ofwhether or not some of thesebright executives will not find somenew theatrical avenue for their tal-ents. And also whether this willnot eventually make a cut-in onthe picture business that wouldhave made the magnates of TheStreet wiser in the first place tohave kept them, at least some ofthem, in at their old prices. WallStreet has lots of money brains,but so has show business, and notonly that but these latter are thekind of brains that won’t bedowned. And it may not be a badguess that the New York moneykings will find that in scratching aRussian they have found the pro-verbial Tartar. It might be goodfor them to go slow.

NEWSPAPERMAN DIES

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NEW WARNER HOUSEPlans are nearing completion

for the erection of a 2600-seatWarner Brothers theatre and 12-story office building in Milwaukee,to_ represent an investment of amillion and a half dollars.

Lowell Vere Calvert, for thepast five years general manager ofEducational Pictures, has been ap-pointed manager of recording op-erations of RCA Photophone, Inc.,to succeed H. L. Sommerer, whoreturns to RCA-Victor Corpora-tion as managing director of thatcompany’s activities in Japan, ac-cording to an announcement byCharles J. Ross, executive vice-president of RCA Photophone,Inc.

Calvert will assume control ofthe recording operations of RCAPhotophone’s two studios on theWest Coast, the Gramercy studioin New York City and the RCA-Victor plant in Camden, N. J.,as well as being the company’srepresentative in its contact withEducational Pictures, Mack Sen-nett, Pathe, Tiffany, RKO and allother RCA Photophone licensees.

MASQUER REVELMIDNIGHT SAT’DWith a heavy advance sale

rolled up, the annual Masquers’Revel, scheduled this year for amidnight show Saturday at theEl Capitan. Hollywood HenryDuffy House, is all set to go.Addition to the show is Lon

Murray, stage director, going backto make-up for first time in eightyears. Murray staged two num-bers : “Honolulu,” with eight malestars doing Hawaiian femmes; and“Go Into Your Dance,” featuringBilly Sullivan.

VALENTINO STATUE

“Aspiration,” statue in De Long-pre Park in Hollywood, symboliz-ing the work of the late RudolphValentino, was unveiled here thisweek on the 35th anniversary ofthe actor’s birth, with Dolores DelRio unveiling the work, sculpturedby Roger Noble Nurnham. Manyfilm celebs attended the ceremonies.

SURPRISE PARTY

LAFE PAGEOff Rhythm and Tap Expert

Former Vaudeville Partner of J. Francis Haney“IN HOLLYWOOD—NOW”

AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THEBUD MURRAY SCHOOL FOR STAGE AND SCREEN

Beck and Regan, Orpheum act,were given a surprise party by sev-eral acts Tuesday night, just beforeleaving for New York to join theR-K-O circuit. Entertainment wasput on by Ken and Debard Broth-ers, Black and Fanchon, Seymourand Corncob, Four Sailors, Alberto,Vallie, and many others. BillyWeir was hostess for the festivities

NEW ACT PLANNEDDottie Roberts, solo dancer; Jean

Roberts, contortionist-waltz dog-ger, and Momo, fast tumbler, arebusy working up a new three-actand will probably bill it as theThree Aces. They will leave soonfor eastern dates.

THIS REALLY WASA BUNCH OFHOT AIR

All the trimmings of aHollywood premiere wereused by a suburban managerlast week as publicity for theopening of a talkie feature.The street in the vicinity wasgaily decorated with flagswhile several. studio arcs werethrowing their glare from infront of the house.Everybody in town turned

out to welcome the moviestars from Hollywood as theydrove up to the theatre inexpensive autos donated forthe occasion by a local autodealer. The mike was therefor the celebrities to tell ra-dioland. of their pleasure inbeing in attendance.The mayor and councilmen

made.

glowing speeches overthe air, eulogizing the man-ager for advertising the townthroughout the country.When it was all over themanager secretly unhookedthe prop mike and shipped it

back to Los Angeles with hischeck for $5.00. His syn-thetic movie stars set himback $2.00 a head. The wholestunt cost around $21.00 andno one was any the wiser.

The I. A. T. S. E. benefit show,billed as “The Biggest Show onEarth,” held in the Shrine Audi-torium last Tuesday night, was asuccess from every point of view.

Headline acts of every descrip-tion held an audience of approxi-mately six thousand people in their

seats from 8 p* m. until 1 a. m.next morning, and closed thenwith many acts still to play.Among those appearing were

the following:Claude Reimer, organist; Leo

Forbstein and Vitaphone Record-ing Orchestra; Monte Blue; LinaBasquette; L. A. County Ameri-can Legion Drum Corps; LeonErrol; Ken Murray; Eddie Can-tor; Hal Roberts’ U. S. C. Bandand Glee Club; Fred Niblo; EdnaCovey, danseuse; Alice Gentle,opera singer; Allan Prior and malechorus from “Student Prince”;Charlie Irwin; Gene Morgan; AbeLyman and band, assisted by TedLedford, Phil Heely and LucillePage; Little Mary Rose! SkeetsGallagher; Kathryne Campbell’sHollywood Fashion Revue andpopularity contest; Frank Fay;Estaleah, light opera prima donna;Ferris Hartman, impressario; Tomand Hank McFarland; JohnnyMack Brown; Anita Page; ClydeHager; Three Slate Brothers;Dare Sisters; Fred Waring’s Penn-sylvanians and entertainers.

The proceeds of the benefit, ex-

pected to gross around $20,000,are to provide finances for the I.

A. T. S. E. convention to be heldhere June 2 to 9, at which 2000delegates are expected.

LAMBERT’S SHORT

“Won To Lose” is the title of a

just completed Vitaphone Varietiesdirected by Del Lord, with EddieLambert, Jewish comedian, whocrashes a racetrack gate and be-comes involved in an attempt to

throw a race. Bill Irving is hispromoter and pal. It’s a fast-mov-ing comedy.

SANTLY IS BUSY

Harry Santly, for the past threeyears with the William Morris of-

fice in New York, who recentlyjoined the booking department in

the Hollywood office, has beenbusy the past few months liningup a neat following since his ar-rival here.

CAST IN FILMS

Through the Blanchard Agency,Aileen Carlyle has been placedwith First National, as Mary in

“Broken Dishes,” and Parker K.McConnell with Paramount for arole in “Civilian Clothes.”

ORANGE GROVEYIDDISH PLAYS

A group of Yiddish players arescheduled to open at the old Or-ange Grove Theatre (recentlyknown as the Actors), on GrandAvenue within the next week ortwo. The venture is piloted byHarry Zuckerberg, business man-ager, and J. Wasserman, director.Featured players will be LeonBlank, Betty Frank, Julius andAnna Nathanson, and Max Gobel.The first production will be “TheDrunkard.”

FAIR BOOKINGSDEPT. IS BUSY

The newly organized Fanchonand Marco fair booking departmentis hitting on all sixes. Units arebeing organized to play a regularschedule of state and countyevents. Dozens of acts have al-ready been placed in the smallerfairs.

WARNERS SIGN AYRESLew Ayres, young player who

earned recognition in “All Quiet onthe Western Front,” has beensigned by Warner Brothers to starin “A Handful of Clouds,” originalstory of the underworld, it is an-nounced by Darryl Zanuck, associate executive.

HOWE IN NORTHWEST“Doc” Howe, Fanchon and Mar-

co route manager, is in the north-west lining up new theatres fornext season and setting his sched-ules now in order to avoid the ear-ly fall rush.

LINDWALL INJURED

Though painfully injured whilearranging the set for “GoodfellowsIdea” in the Fox Theatre, SanDiego, L. L. Lindwall, F. and M.roadman, directed the completionof the show before going to thehospital.

O’MARA TO S. F.

Harold O’Mara, assistant toChester Sutton of the Mason Op-era House, is to visit the “NewMoon” company in San Francisconext week.

PIONEER AGENT DEADBen H. Rothwell, pioneer mo-

tion picture agent, died in BanningFriday. The body was sent toDenver for burial services thisweek. Rothwell was associatedwith the firm of Willis and Inglis,the first Hollywood players, writ-ers and directors agency.

DIRECTOR ALSO WRITESGeorge Abbott writes the screen

adaptations for all pictures whichhe directs for Paramount.

i CHISELING TALK

“The motion picture industrydoesn’t need to outsmart anymen, women or children,” JackWarner told 400 casting directors,assistant directors, productionexecutives and actors at a meet-ing to lay down the law onthe

.letter and spirit of the new

minimum contract for screenplayers, held Monday night, May5, at the Roosevelt Hotel underthe sponsorship of the Academyof Motion Picture Arts and Sci-ences.

“The success of the new con-tract depends on the feeling ofone man toward another in giv-ing him a square deal,” Warnercontinued, in emphasizing thathigh executives have determinedto halt chiseling of minor em-ployees and over-zealous unfairpractices in the casting end ofthe industry.

No individual examples werenamed at the meeting but thecasting angle in general wasstrongly emphasized.Other speakers were: Acad-

emy President William de Mille,who acted as chairman

; IrvingThalberg, M. C. Levee and FredBeetson, representing the pro-ducers; Conrad Nagel and SamHardy, representing the actors

;

Fred Niblo, William Conklin andClinton Wunder.The meeting was called at the

joint request of the AcademyContract Committee and the As-sociation of Motion Picture Pro-ducers to insure that the execu-tive forces of the studios are in-formed as to the nature, historyand enforcement of the contract.A number of points questioned

were clarified and it was pointedout that all the association pro-ducing companies have signedthe Basic Agreement to abideby the Minimum Contract ashave more than 400 actors. Thisagreement is legally binding fora period of five years, with theone option that at the end of ayear the actors may if they wishsubstitute an alternative agree-ment providing for a 54-hourweek instead of the present 12-hour guaranteed minimum restperiod between calls.

New regulations improving theemployment conditions of extraswere outlined by Fred Beetson.These will become part of thestate law through the State La-bor Commission in a few daysbut are being adopted immedi-ately by most of the studios.They will bring employment con-ditions for extras as nearly aspossible in accord with those ofhigher salaried groups.Remarks of the various speak-

ers included:Conrad Nagel—“If a thousand

clauses were put in the contractit still could not possibly coverall emergencies. So in the nego-tiations the phrase came intouse, ‘The spirit of the contract’that neither side will take ad-vantage of the other, even wherepossible to do so.”M. C. Levee—“The responsibil-

ity of casting directors, assistantdirectors and others in directcontact with the actors is themost important part of the con-tract. The producers, like themanagers of every other indus-try, want and realize the valueof good will. That is why thiscontract is in existence and whatit stands for.”

Irving Thalberg-, “The pro-ducers are legally responsible en-tities and their names have beensigned to a binding agreement.The purpose of giving the con-tract,

.that of achieving good

will, is entirely nullified unlessthe attitude of the administra-tive employees toward the minoractor is right.”Fred Niblo—“Living up to the

spirit of the contract is not somuch a new responsibility for theexecutive. forces on the sets asmuch as it is a relief. In the pastwhen business was near the edgethe casting director had the oftenunpleasant responsibility of mak-ing the closest, deal possible. Nowhe. has been given the privilege ofbeing human, honest, just andsticking to fair play.”

Clinton Wunder, recently ap-pointed Secretary of Public Re-

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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE THR.?/,

‘IngagV and Jolson Picture Lead UpAndDownWeek In L. A. Film Houses

LET PRESIDENT GO

The President led the HenryDuffy field in the legits this weekwith a gross of $5600 for the sec-ond week of the “Blue Ghost”thriller and looks good for two orthree more weeks. Henry Duffymay let this house go, negotia-tions now being under way for its

disposal, but so far no agreementhas been reached on the price.

Meanwhile, no show has been setto follow the “Ghost.” Otherhouses held to steady averages.The El Capitan grossed an even

$5000 for the first week of “Love’Em and Leave ’Em.” Third weekof Dale Winter in “Holiday” at

the Hollywood Play House regis-tered $4700. “Gorilla” follows in

on May 10.

The first full week of Lillian

Albertson’s “Student Prince” at

the Majestic grossed $14,500, andthe second week started out at

about the same gait. A new oper-etta, “Cubanita,” is being seriouslyconsidered for a successor to thepresent production. Louis Mac-loon is author of “Cubanita,” andCharles Wakefield Cadman com-poser of the musical score.“Prince,” however, will continue aslong as business holds up.

“Imaginary Invalid,” fifth in the

series of Civic Repertory produc-tions at the Hollywood MusicBox, grossed $4700 on its secondweek. It has another week, thento be. followed by Ransome Ride-out’s “Going Home,” the Na-tional Drama League prize winner.The Egan grossed $1100 again

for the second week of “CryingOut Loud,” and will continue fora while longer.

Fred Waring’s “Rah Rah Daze”at the Mason is to carry on foran eighth week and then close.

Leon Errol comes in to bolster theshow for the final week. The takehas been running around eightgrand a week. An Edward A.Blatt production of the drama,“Subway Express,” is talked of asthe next offering at this house.“The Criminal Code,” with Ar-

thur Byron, is being groomed foropening at the Belasco May 12,

to be followed by Fay Bainter in

“Caprice” and then David Be-lasco’s “It’s a Wise Child.”

“Strictly Dishonorable” openedat the Biltmore on Sunday witha New York cast and started outwell. “Among the Married” closedat the Vine Street a shade under$5000 for the last week, havingbeen trimmed a little at the sug-gestion of a censorship official

“Questionable Elaine” openedthere Sunday, and will be fol-

lowed by George Fawcett’s “TheGreat John Ganton.”

The Mayan is still playing thepicture, “Journey’s End,” with thestage play, “Decency,” in re-

hearsal for an opening on May 26,or thereabouts.The colored revue, “Up and at

’Em,” played only eight days at

the Figueroa. Nothing definitewas lined up to follow at presstime.

CHINESE STAR HEREEndorsed by the Chinese gov-

ernment Mei Lan-Fang, orientalfemale impersonator and a groupof actors,' musicians and dancers,will open a week’s engagement atthe Philharmonic auditorium underthe auspices of L. E. Behymer.Profits from this American tourare to go to exploit the advance-ment of opera in China. Whilehere Mf. Mei and his personal staff

will be the guests of Mary Pick-ford.

BAKER STOCK CLOSING

The Clarence Baker stock com-pany, El Paso, closed their seasonApril 26, after a very successfulwinter. When they reopen nextSeptember the house will beequipped with a cooling plant, bythe assistance of which it is hopedthe season can be extended severalweeks.

RYAN AND LEE SHORT

Benny Ryan and Harriet Lee,vaudeville headliners, appear in theirsecond comedy for Vitaphone Va-rieties, “A Tenement Tangle,” di-rected by Roy Mack.

Natacha NattovaTHIS WEEK—R-K-0 THEATRE—LOS ANGELES

GUMBINER TOERECT HOUSE

H. L. Gumbiner, owner andoperator of the Tower and CameoTheatres here, this week closed a

deal for a fifty year lease of theNorton property, situated on thewest side of Broadway betweenSixth and Seventh Streets uponwhich he will erect a 2500 seatmotion picture theatre to cost approximately $1,000,000.

S. Charles Lee and L. Tildenhave been selected as the archi-tects. Construction is to com-mence June 1 and it is expectedto have the theatre ready for occupancy by January 1, 1931.

Casting has been completed forthe production of a new play,“Round Heels.” It is a musicalcomedy-drama, book by Paul Fix,lyrics and music by Gordon Clif-ford, and will be offered at theTheatre Mart later this month.

Cast includes: Russell Hopton,Marion Burns, Roland Ray, Ron-ald Rondell, Bruce MacFarlane,Francine Miller, Harry Vejar,James K. Barnes and Doris Mor-ton. Paul Fix will direct.

CONTINENTALCLOSING SET

With Bullocks, big local depart-ment store, planning to build anannex to their Sexenth and Hillemporium, Shanley and Furnessare giving up their lease on theContinental Hotel, adjoining theBullock property.The 50-50 lads hostelry is known

from coast to coast as a showbusiness stopping place. Stanleyand Furness will continue to oper-ate the Yorkshire here, and theWaldorf in San Diego.

SHANE PROMOTIONMax Shane, publicity man at

the United Artists Theatre, hasbeen promoted to be western di-vision supervisor of publicity andexploitation for Puhlix Theatres,with headquarters in New York.Andy Hervey, formerly with theOrpheum, succeeds Shane at theUnited Artists here.

HEGGIE AT WARNERS

O. P. Heggie has been signedfor a featured role in the Vita-phone production, “OutwardBound.”

C. C. Pettijohn, of the National

Film Board of Trade, is here fromNew York on his annual tour.

When reached by telephone atthe Roosevelt Hotel he begged offfrom interviews and would notcommit himself as to the natureof the subjects that would engagehis attention while here.

"I arn going to confer with thelocal Film Board of Trade, ofcourse,” he said, “and I will behere longer than is my usual cus-tom. I am not feeling very welljust now and want to rest a little.

I also want to play a little golf,and that’s about all the InsideFacts I know.”He hesitated a little and then

volunteered, “I want to tell youthe truth, but the nature of mybusiness is such that to publicizeit might do somebody some harm.I have decided not to give outanything to the press during thisvisit.”

The local Film Board is arrang-ing a banquet in honor of Petti-john.

SUE CAROL ONR-K-O CONTRACTSue Carol has been signed to a

long, term contract by RKO, ac-cording to an announcment thisweek by William LeBaron, vice-president in charge of production.Miss Carol had been working in“She’s My Weakness,” and adap-tation of the stage play “Tommy,”opposite Arthur Lake. She pre-viously worked with Lake in apicture at the Fox studio and it is

possible that RKO will co-featurethem in several productions.

MILK FUND SHOW

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“Ingagi” continues to slay grosspicture totals at the Orpheum,grabbing off $22,000 for its third

week, making a total of $76,000for the three weeks, and still go-ing strong. No closing date is in

sight. Local high schools havetaken an interest in the pictureand are staging debates as to

whether it is authentic or not,

which helps build the boxoffice.The opening of A1 Jolson’s pic-

ture, “Mammy,” helped the War-ner Brothers’ Downtown with a

gross of $25,600 for the first week.This is two thousands over aver-age and the best the house hasdone for several weeks, but doesnot compare any too bravely withthe high record made by “Showsof Shows,” which drew $36,000 onits opening week.The Warner Hollywood house

grossed $16,700 on the secondweek of “Song of the Flame,” con-siderably off.

The RKO Theatre bounced upfrom last week’s sag with a grossof $18,000, helped by the presenceof Ken Murray on the vaude bill.

This is two thousands over aver-age. Screen offering was “Framed,”with Evelyn Brent.

Closing week of George Ban-croft’s “Ladies Love Brutes”dropped the grosses to $10,862,away off, for the United Artists.The Chinese suffered with the

John MacCormack offering “Songo’ My Heart,” grossing $13,261for five days. Carthay Circlegrossed $23,228 on a full weekof “All Quiet on the WesternFront,” which is a strong showing.The Whiteman picture folded to$7817 for five days of its secondweek at the Criterion.Loew’s State was three thou-

sands off, to the tune of $28,176gross, with the Gaynor-Farrell“High Society Blues” and F. &M. Box o’ Candy Idea. Hold-outsare the rule there this week with“Caught Short.”The Egyptian was off, grossing

$9733 with “Vagabond King,” andthe Boulevard rang up only $5003.

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Staged and underwritten by theHollywood 233 Club, a theatricalMasonic affiliation, the postponedMilk Fund Benefit here has beenset for five performances on May23, 24 and 25, with a midnightshow on May 24 and a matinee onthe 25th. Each performance willfeature about 50 acts, with Fanchonand Marco putting on the shows.

EDDIE KAY BACK

Eddie Kay, who has for the pastfew months been featured at theTavern and Silver Slipper in SaltLake City, returned to CoffeeDan’s, this week where he is super-vising the nightly merry-making in

his own extemporaneous m. c.

fashion.

SAN DIEGO, May 8.—WillardWelch, from the Belmont, Chicago,is managing the RKO here, replac-ing Jack Coudy. Earl Peterson is

assistant. Policy of the house hasbeen changed from a week stand tofour days with three shows perdiem instead of four.

SIGNED FOR SERIAL

Colonel Tim McCoy and AlleneRay have been signed by Universalfor the leads in its twelve-episodechapter play, “The Indians AreComing.” Production will start inMay 12 under the supervision ofWilliam Lord Wright with HenryMacRae directing. Silent and syn-chronized versions will be made.

HALL GETS CONTRACT

J. L. Warner, vice-president incharge of production for WarnerBrothers, has signed James Hall toa long-term contract.

ERICKSON, ORGANEXPERT, ALSOCOMPOSES

Jamie Erickson, whose pic-ture appears on page one ofthis issue of Inside Facts,is featured organist at theCalifornia theatre in SanDiego and currently a bigfavorite with his organ “over-tures.”

Jamie has been a featuredorganist for the past tenyears. He opened the newFox theatre in San Fran-cisco and also the new Foxhouses at Seattle and Oak-land.

In addition to playing, hecomposes, having recentlycompleted “Pershianna,” forTiffany picture, “In a Chi-nese Garden,” and his latestnumber is “Sailing a LoveBoat,” soon to be published.

FOR 1930-31Universal will make but twenty

feature length pictures for 1930-31,

instead of fifty, as they did in

1929-

30, and will spend $12,000,000

on these twenty features and about

eighty short subjects, Carl Laemm-le announced this week.

Last year Universal’s program, in

addition to the fifty features, in-

cluded more than one hundredshorts and called for an expendi-

ture of between $10,000,000 and$12,000,000. Change in policy for

1930-

31 calls for greater expendi-

ture on less than half the numberof features.

Twelve of Universal’s twentyfeature pictures for the new pro-

gram already determined upon, are:

“Strictly Dishonorable,” comedyby Preston Sturges, now playing

in New York and Los Angeles,will be transferred to the screen

with John Boles starred.

The new novel by Erich MariaRemarque, author of “All Quieton the Western Front,” will beproduced, title not yet selected.

“Ourang,” drama of whites inthe jungles of Borneo, being pro-duced by Harry Garson, DorothyJanis has the feminine lead;

“Sincereity,” new modern novelby John Erskine, directed by JohnM. Stahl. Dorothy Yost did thescenario and dialogue;

“Saint Johnson,” western novelby W. R. Burnett, author of “LittleCaesar” and “Iron Man,” filmedunde William Wyler’s direction, tofeature John Wray and LewisAyres, both of whom had big rolesin “All Quiet on the WesternFront;”“The Boudoir Diplomat,” screen

title of European play, “The Com-mand to Love,” by R. Lothar andF. Gottwald, which has been pre-pared for the screen by TomReed, with an all-star cast;“Outside the Law,” written and

directed by Tod Browning as asilent picture, to be remade byBrowning as a talking picture withMary Nolan and Edward G. Rob-inson, adaptation by Wells Rootand dialogue by Garret Fort;“The Little Accident,” a stage,

play by Floyd Dell and ThomasMitchell, which was adapted fromDelU novel, “The UnmarriedFather,” filmed as a screen playwith William Craft directing anall-star cast;

“East Is West,” stage play ofseveral years ago by Sam Shipmanand John B. Hymer, purchased asa starring vehicle for Lupe Velezdialogue written by A. E. Thomas’part technicolor;“The Love Cavalier,” historical

yarn of early England, to be madeas an operetta starring John Boleswith Jeanette Loff, story writtenby Arthur Ripley and CharlesWebb, to be directed by John S.Robertson.“The Cohens and Kellys in Ire-

land,” written and produced by Al-bert De Mond, filmed as a musicalfarce starring George Sidney andCharlie Murray, part technicolor;“The Oregon Trail,” epic of the

old west;John Murray Anderson, director

of Paul Whiteman in “King ofJazz, will make two big musicalstories, which have not been se-lected..

Four chapter plays will befilmed. “The Indians Are Com-ing,” in twelve episodes of two-reels each, Henry MacRae direct-ing, with Tim McCoy and AlleneRay featured; “Big Circus,” in tenepisodes; “Fingerprints,” by ArthurB. Reeve, in ten episodes; andMutiny,” a sea serial, in twelve

episodes.

On the comedy program CharlieMurray and George Sidney will bestarred in ten two-reelers directedby Nat Ross. Ten all-talkingLeather Pushers” also will be

filmed.

Walter Lantz, head of the car-toon department, will make fifty-two animated cartoon subjects;twenty-six Oswald cartoons, thir-teen Fanny the Mule cartoons andthirteen novelty cartoons.

Directors already set include:Lewis Milestone, John Robertson,Tod Browning, John Murray An-derson, John M. Stahl, WilliamWyler, William Craft, Henry Mac-Rae and Edward Laemmle.

PAGE FOUR INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930

Picture Reviews ~ Previews " Shorts

‘FRAMED’RADIO PICTURE(Reviewed at R-K-O)Los AngelesAlthough this is just another

crook meller, unoriginal, with sucherrors of good taste as making a

cheap hired killer the comedian of

the piece, yet it has significance in

that it presents Evelyn Brent in

the best work of her career to

date.

For the first time she becomesreally noticeable, artistically. Castfrequently enough as a hard moll,

this time she endows her role withhuman character, artificial only

where the limitations of the story

impose it.

The individual work of the cast

is far superior to the story value

or directorial treatment. The plot

in brief, if possible, introducesEvelyn in a meaningless third de-

gree scene, in which it developsthat her father, whose connectionwith crookdom is not made clear,

has been shot by a policeman.Evelyn, at the crude expediencyof the scenarist, picks on the police

inspector as an object for her ha-

tred. It is not consistent, but

perhaps the author is one of

those who do not believe in femi-nine consistency.However, five years after, Eve-

lyn meets the inspector’s sonand plays with his affections in

order to hurt the old man’s feel-

ings. Papa tells the boy she’s a

no good gal but the boy sticks

up for her, believing in her pris-

tine purity in spite of the fact

that she has been moiling aroundfor years and is at present a

night club hostess.

The boy breaks with papa andgoes to see Evelyn again. Mean-while the night club owner andgang leader tells his pet killer to

bump the lad off, and puts himon a spot. Evelyn gets hep andlifts him before the killer gets

there. The couple go to Evy’sapartment, the gang leader fol-

lows them and threatens to plugthe lad there, but sonny boyturns the tables and drills thecrook. She makes him duck.The killer lad shows up andwhen the cops come she frameshim as the killer of the crook.

Happy fadeout with the lovers

clasped under daddy’s blessing.

EXHIBITOR’S VIEWPOINT:If your audiences have not hadan underworld yarn for sometime they will find some enter-

tainment in this. It moves alongfairly consistently as to tempoand the work of the performersis of a uniformly good grade,which will make the averagepicture audience overlook story

and directorial shortcomings. Butif you play to a wise audienceit will not be so good. They’ll

shoot it full of holes, if not ac-tually bored.PRODUCER’S VIEWPOINT:

One can well imagine that wordwent out to put out a crookyarn, and this is what the wheelsground out without too muchthought being expended on thejob. The trick of repeating situ-

ations fore and aft of the plot

is used, to doll it in the way a

pretty ribbon is used to frill upa gift box. Stock situations areliberally used, and rough spotsin story construction are politely

skipped in favor of sensationaleffect. Juvenile fodder.

CASTING DIRECTOR’S

VIEWPOINT: Good work turnedin generally by the whole cast,

with Evelyn Brent coming to

life encouragingly. Regis Toomeyin a nice straight performance,without showing the slightest

signs of inebriation. Ralf Har-olde, as the arch crook, turnedin one of his type performances.Maurice Black as the hireling

killer, William Holden as the po-lice inspector, and Robert O’Con-nor as a dick sergeant all de-

livered good standard perform-ances in standard character roles.

Yeates.

“THE MAN FROMBLANKLEYS”

WARNER BROS. PICTURE(Warner Bros., Hollywood)Approved in other appearances

prior to its opening here, this lat-

est Barrymore picture is both a

welcome break in the endless run-

ning off of monotonously similar

talking epics, and a very pleasingincentive to chuckles other thanthe sort inspired by out and out

slapstick.

Evidently, our "greatest thes-

pian,” is no longer satisfied to com-pete with the run of filmdomAdonisis, distinguishing himselffrom these pretty lads merely bya considerably greater attention tothe details of his pictures, his muchpublicized profile, and a great su-perfluity of thespic pyrotechnics.And you can lay that to the

talkies!

Back in the old silent days,Barrymore was a commanding fig-

ure in the fields of romatically con-trived cinema excursions on thegood ship Hokum. You couldhand him a stirring plot, a costumeand a few kegs of makeup andBarrymore would prestidigitate theingredients into a sure-fire roman-tic epic, heavily flavored with su-

perb over-acting.But those days are over!Barrymore presently finds him-

self surrounded by an army of

Broadway’s shining stars, whileevery train unloads bigger andbetter shippings of acting, writingand directing talent. The reactionwas inevitable, and “The Man fromBlankleys,” a bright, amusing farci-

cal comedy is the first episode in

the transformation of Barrymoreback to more artistic and crediblefields of action.

At last Barrymore has a taskbefore him, that of regaining in ac-tuality, the pre-eminence he holdsthrough virtue of no little press-agentry and the inertia of tradi-tion. Perhaps that’s what heneeds. Certainly, the stuff he hasbeen turning out during the pastfew years, has not been of the sortto test the mettle of Barrymore’sasserted talents.

You may be sure that “TheMan from Blankleys” is a feelerin the direction of “Hamlet,hokum-loaded and packed withenough items of popular appeal,yet bringing out through many ofits sequences a far different Barry-more than the handsome heroicfigure of other productions.Next from the Warner Brothers

studios comes “Moby Dick,” prettygood material for some real stuff,

based on an acceptedly classicpiece of writing. Loan this on thecurrent success of Barrymore’s ice-

breaking venture and it won’t belong before we will see probablythe greatest versions of Shakes-peare that the average theatre-goer

from Broadway to East Jallope

will ever get a crack at.

It’s something to look forwardto. And let’s hope that if the

Barrymore transformation reaches

that point, that no Hollywood mas-ters be coerced into collaboration

with the Bard, as in a recent ex-

ample.Meanwhile, “The Man from

Blankleys,” a rather obscure little

comedy of middle class English

life is doing a nice job of breaking

the ice.

EXHIBITOR’S VIEWPOINT:This picture is a novel thing. In

a show business filled with same-ness of late, and it’s a 'mod idea

to throw overboard other opinions

and be thankful for somethingdifferent. And as for critical esti-

mations that the play might be,

perhaps, somewhat over the. headsof the average picture audience,

the patrons on the night of reviewgave no evidence of either beingthick-headed, or unappreciative of

humor, no matter what kind.

PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT:Reams of critical storming, plead-

ing, condemnation and ridicule

have been concentrated on the re-

fusal of the average producer to

try anything new. Warner Bros,

have, with this production, ab-

solved themselves. The rest of the

boys might look this one over

with profit to their minds, andpocketbooks. And don’t overlookA1 Green’s direction.

CASTING DIRECTORS’VIEWPOINT: Loretta Younglends nice support to jjarrymoreas the nice, young governess, play-

ing easily and naturally. The rest

of the cast was picked strictly for

type, and the selections were ideal.

They were William Austin, Al-

bert Gran, Emily Fitzroy, DickHenderson, Edgar Norton, DaleFuller, D’Arcy Corrigan, ...-ay Mil-

loy, Louise Carver, Yorke Sher-

wood, Diana Hope, Tiny Jonesand Angella Mawbry.

E. H. G.

MARGIE CARSONPLAYING RKO CIRCUITSupporting MANNY KING

It’s five years since my last appearance in San Francisco,

and I want to send greetings to BERT LEVEY, ELLA

WESTON and RUBE COHEN, who started me on my

career.

Voice Culture, Especially For Talkies and Radio

MICROPHONE TECHNIQUE

JOSEPH DISKAYHUNGARIAN TENOR

Granada Studios 47, 672 So. Lafayette Park Place

At Wilshire and Hoover DUnkirk 1941 or HOllywood 6173

“THE TEXAN”PARAMOUNT PICTURE(Paramount Theatre)O. Henry, belatedly appreciated

as an idea man for motion picture

plots, is posthumously back again,

this time with Paramount’s version

of his “Double-Dyed Deceiver.”

Gary Cooper is the lad aroundwhom this story is draped and it

fits him nicely, providing a suit-

able follow-up on “The Virginian,”

though the treatment is more slow-

paced and less abounding in rapid-

fire climatic developments than the

previous Cooper picture.

O. Henry, in his prolific writing

career, often repeated himself, andthis climax, as picturized, varies

but little from the dramatic con-

clusion of “Alias Jimmy Valen-tine.” Remembered through a dimhaze, it seems to us that the writ-

ten tale had a tragic ending, how-ever, and if the sheriff’s kind,

human gesture was dragged over

from the other story, it’s just as

satisfactory. The point is scarcely

worth the research needed to settle

it.'

The story is another tropical af-

fair, with Hollywood-Spanish ac-

cents, and the attendant trickery

and departure from the plausibili-

ties of detail, Texas is merely the

starting point of the story, most of

the action taking place in the

South American country, whereCooper is persuaded to go whenhe meets up with a greedy agentof a wealthy widow, whose son hasbeen missing for years.

Cooper meets the agent, whilefleeing from a shooting scrape overa card game, and manages to workhis way into the household as themissing son.

He falls in love with his

“cousin,” Fay Wray, is reformedby love, etc., etc., and refuses to

steal the “money.” Then comesthe Texas sheriff, and that night,

the duped agent sneaks up withsome desperadoes.

In the ensuing gun-fight, Coopershoots down the villainous agentjust as he reaches the hidden store

of gold, the girl rushes in and thesheriff, seeing “the love light in

their eyes,” congratulates Cooperon killing “himself.”

EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT:This picture is suitable enter-

tainment for the average patron,with Cooper and O. Henry asexploitable names. It deservesabout the good average of ex-ploitation and should have a satis-

factory boxoffice appeal.

PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT:John Cromwell’s direction main-tains the action at an even keel,

building the conventional story

treatment to a satisfactory climax,

and doing very well with a script

that could have been better de-

veloped for more punch and dra-

matic tension.

CASTING DIRECTORS’VIEWPOINT: Cooper demon-strates a continual and steady im-

provement in his understanding of

characterization in this picture, andcontinues to maintain his one bigacting asset, a positive refusal toover-act.

Fay Wray, in a Spanish dialect

role, was pictorially an excellentsenorita, but permitted her accentto slip once in a while.Oscar Apfel handled the role of

the treacherous agent convincinglyand James Marcus was equallysatisfactory as the Bible-quotingsheriff.

In an excellent part, EmmaDunn snatched acting honors withan exceptional mother portrayal,Solidad Jiminez, repeated with aduenna role in this picture for amaximum of effect. Other partswere of minor importance, but all

handled effectively.

Mears.

“CAUGHT SHORT”M-G-M PICTURE(Reviewed at Loew’s State)This picture is boxoffice. It

capitalizes at one stroke (a) atopic of nationwide interest recentenough to be still timely, (b) agenerally re-awakened public de-sire for broad comedy, and (c) thewaxing popularity of the MarieDressler-Polly Moran team.To our pleasant surprise this pro

duction does not turn out to beexactly the elongated short subjectexpected. It works to a sort ofclimax, with young love and acertain suspense for maintenanceof interest, and a measure of char-acterization for flavoring.The story presents Marie and

Polly, each in the boarding housebusiness, bosom friends and occa-sional enemies. Marie has a daugh-ter, played by Anita Page, andPolly, a son, played by CharlesMorton. Polly plays the marketand goes ritzy with her winnings,but Marie resists temptation untilan extra bitter row with Pollydecides her to plunge her savings.They join the leisure class and

meet in a resort hotel, still badfriends. On the advice of a mani-curist Polly tries to chase Marieby announcing the wedding of herson to an actress, which fails towork as Marie responds by sayingshe will be pleased to come toshow she does not care, in factshe follows suit by declaring that

her daughter is to be married too.

When the kids, who are in love

with each other, hear that the

other is to be married they feel in

a bad way and the boy decides to

marry the actress after all.

The wedding ceremony is in

progress when newsboys rush on

with extras about the market

crash. The actress call off the

wedding when she learns the boy

is cleaned, and Marie and Polly

melt into each others’ arms. Fade-

out finds the two mothers fixing

things for a grandchild, and backin the boarding house business.

Gags, of course, are planted all

through the opus, but they are

well handled and carry the action

forward instead of retarding it.

EXHIBITORS’ VIEWPOINT:Surefire. Big, wholesome belly-

laughs in dozen lots for everybody,plus romantic interest for theyoung folks . It never goes stale,

never gets really slapstick evenin the rougher scenes, and will

glut the good old box office every-where.PRODUCERS’ VIEWPOINT:

The fine hand of a director whoreally understands comedy is

plainly evident. It is remarkablehow the interest as well as the

humor is held up all through the

picture, and the photography is

commendably free of trick, disturb-

ing shots. Nothing happens to

break the mood, and even the songand dance act of Marie’s gets over.

Credit some good work to DirectorChuck Reisner.CASTING DIRECTORS’

VIEWPOINT: Marie Dressierand Polly Moran became very defi-

nite box office with this one. Marieleaves the largest (this is not agag) impression for her fast de-

livery, her facile mugging and hernever flagging tempo. Polly is

right behind in value for her tell-

ing delivery of the malapropspeeches. Anita Page and CharlesMorton are just a nice ingenue andjuvenile couple, fitting nicely

enough into the grooves assignedthem. The rest are standard char-acter bits.

Yeates.

NOVARRO VACATIONS

Planning an extended vacation in

the east and middle west duringwhich he will appear in a broad-oast of songs from New York overthe NBC network, on May 13, andduring which he will study in

Michigan with Louis Gravure, his

teacher for the past few years,Ramon Novarro has left for NewYork.

JVan Halperin

R. K. O. Circuit

NOTICE TO

AL BOASBERG!TYLER MASON!

IS AT THER.K.O., LOS ANGELES

MOVE OVER ! !

!

Material byAL BOASBERG

RepresentingCHARLIE MORRISON

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE FIVE

Sou-Cal Picture Theatre Association

Decides To Continue Present Policies

lou bardIelected

AS EXHIB PRESIDENT

Continuation of policies carried

out during the past year was de-

cided on at the annual meeting of

the Motion Picture Theatre Own-ers Association of Southern Cali-

fornia, held in Los Angeles on

May 5- Lou L. Bard, owner and

operator of Bard’s 8th Street andBard’s Hill Street, in Los Angeles,was elected to the office of presi-

dent for the coming year.

R. D. Whitson, retiring presi-

dent, was elected to the board of

directors. Whitson owns theatres

in Hollywood, Anaheim and SanDiego. C. A. Ferry of the Gra-nada Theatre, Alhambra, was elect-

ed vice-president, and A. Alpersonof the Melrose Theatre, Los An-geles, was made treasurer.

W. E. (“Bill”) Knotts, popularsecretary and business manager,was continued in office. New di-

rectors appointed were: M. Ray-mond Peterson of the Fair Oaks,Pasadena; A. L. Sanborn of theRialto, El Monte, and R. W. Mc-Kinney of McKinney’s Regent andthe 7th Street Playhouse, Los An-geles.

The policy of the new adminis-tration will be to carry on thework of the past year, whichshowed a 400 per cent increase in

membership. Also, the group-buy-ing purchasing plan, recently in-augurated, is to be continued andits field of usefulness developed.The benefits of the plan have

been found to be many, returningthrough that service alone a gooddeal more than the cost of individ-ual membership, creating throughthe united buying power not onlysavings but a means of influencethat the former scattered purchas-ing could not hope to attain. Onehundred and fifty exhibitors arenow using the service.A new trade magazine, “The Al-

lied Exhibitor,” sponsored by theAllied States Association, parentbody, was endorsed and will besupported by the members. Thenew publication will be a monthly,first issue out in June.

DANIELS-LYON DATE

In Hollywood'"7\[owBy BUD MURRAY

The much-publicized Bebe Dan-iels-Ben Lyon romance will cul-minate in a merger June 14, it

was learned this week, with thepair definitely announcing the wed-ding date. It will be a quiet cere-mony, it is understood.

KELLY INJURED

John Kelly, secretary of the LosAngeles Theatre Managers Asso-ciation, was the victim of an autocrash here this week, suffering asevere ankle injury and numerouscuts and bruises.

WANTEDCafe - Night Club Master of Cere-

monies. Must be good. All appllcations by letter. Strictly confidential.Address “Niteclub,” Inside Facts,801 Warner Brothers Downtown The-atre Bldg., Los Angeles.

Shades of the late war, and the

good old Benefit days, when Bene-fits were Benefits, and Eddie Can-tor, used to play four and five in

one nite, at the Winter Garden,

New Amsterdam, Casino, 44thStreet Theatre and Century The-atre. That’s what was broughtback to the writer last Saturday,at

.the NVA Benefit. The biggest

thing ever held in this man’stown, Benefit or no Benefit.We thought we were back in

the year 1918-19 rite on that vastWinter Garden Stage or the Cen-tury Theatre. And right INHOLLYWOOD NOW. Wewon’t go into the complete list

of names. They were all great,

but we will just mention, as is thecustom; those whom we knewwhen. Let’s start with the Kingof Benefits, Eddie Cantor, anotherex-Winter Gardenite, who keptthings going along, even introduc-ing his “Father and Mother,” FloZiegfeld and charming Billie

Burke, and don’t forget Ida, not“Sweet as Apple Cider,” but areal MOTHER, I have forgottenhow many children they have,maybe Eddie Cantor knows; butat any rate they are all girls. Andthey are all “IN HOLLYWOODNOW.” Let’s hope they stay.

Eddie Lambert, quite a favoriteon the Coast, did his “BOOTS”and he took us back to “TexasGuinan’s Padlocks.” Clever Lil-

lian Roth, in the same show, bothdoing picture work. We saw Lil

and she is doing great at Para-mount. Frank Richardson is noth-ing short of marvelous. How hecan stand to continually hit thosehigh C’s, and we had seen himsing at late hours after doing 6shows, and still make those topnotes. Charley Irwin, that suavem. c., took us back to “Artists

& Models” and then to the RKOTheatre here, when the writer wasstaging prologues last year. Char-ley gave the audience a chanceto “nail” all the theme song writ-

ers at one time, when Wolfe Gil-

bert and his cohorts did their Con-certed act. What a crowd of

“themie writers,” Cliff Friend, Jim-my Monaco, Arthur Freed, JeanSwartz, Abel Baer and Lew Pol-lack.

We won’t go back with all of

these superb writers, but that

Monaco must be at least (?) yearsyoung, and our dear old friend

Jean Swartz, back again to theWinter Garden. How manyshows he wrote for that spot, wecannot remember. Lew Pollacktakes us to the first song he wrotefor the Garden show, and J. Har-old Murray sang it, “The Lady of

the Lamb.” What a song, what a

singer, what a writer, and, by the

way, Lew married one of thosebeautiful Mellette Sisters, what anact? Yes, they are still marriedto each other, not the sisters, wemean Lew and Helen, and theyare all “IN HOLLYWOODNOW.” Then came Lina Bas-quette, who took us back to “Le-Maires Affairs,” what a brave soul

she was. Used to rehearse 16

hours a day, and never let up.

HARVEY KARELS VALLIE

SCHOOL OF DANCING7377 Beverly Blvd. OR. 2688

II I FF SHOWALLky PRINTMA. 1681 —224 E. 4th St., Los Angeles— MA. 1682

That’s why she is a real dancer,and yes, if you must know, herfather, Ernest Belcher, runs a verygood dancing school, too. Men-tioning dancing, that gentleman,Bill Robinson, he of the "whitesocks,” danced, and how! All you“hoofers” if you have never seenhim dance, do yourself a favor andmake it a point to see him the first

chance you get. Our associate,Lafe Page, never misses the op-portunity, even has his records,and Lafe is no slouch when it

comes to off-rhythm or straightbuck and wing. Yes, all this atthe NVA Benefit and “IN HOL-LYWOOD N O W.” Our boyfriend, “Kick-him-in-the-pants Pa-tricola,” stopped them with his“Rosy Cheeks.” That’s the nameof the song.

Will you follow us to the Blos-som Room of the Roosevelt Ho-tel, and take a look at “DapperDoc Kearns” entertaining? Doctakes us back to Billy Lahiff’sTavern, where we would sit inthe corner and have our “gab-fests.” Then swirling around thefloor another “themie” man danc-ing with his own wife, the formerMiss Peggy Mitchell, of our ownWinter garden, young Archie Got-tler, who writes with SydneyMitchell at Fox Studios. Thenour dear old friend Stanley Sharpe,the ex-general manager for theMessrs. Shubert and now in thesame capacity for Flo Zeigfeld, all

“IN HOLLYWOOD NOW.”Stanley took us back to our first

Winter Garden show in 1912, whenwe all trouped with the first “run-way” to be toured. Stanley is oneof the real sincere friends onefinds in show business, and in hisparty, Dick Powers, manager forWalter Donaldson, who is sitting

there, also, and he didn’t do sobad with his songs for the past

(?) years. Imagine all this “INHOLLYWOOD NOW.”May we drift around and men-

tion some real Winter Garden,Scandals and Follies show girls

who are here IN HOLLYWOODNOW, just those whom we havehad the honor to be head manwith troupes they were with? Atthe fites Mary Mulhern, of Scan-dals, and Georgie Lerch, sameshow, and Madeline Levine (Mrs.Ed Kane), Winter Garden; Doro-thy Bryant (Mrs. Sydney Mitch-ell)

;Miss Eleanor Phillips, Win-

ter Garden; Miss Catherine Perry(Mrs. Moore). That’s all spacewill permit, but they are all “INHOLLYWOOD NOW,” and how!Oh, woman, where is thy sting?Rehearsing the Masquers for their

Public Revel, and it is great to

have the privilege. How thoseboys work, and love it. We haveto mention our little “talk” witha boy who hasnt’ let success goto his head_; and out here, headsget big quick. I do not knowwhy, unless it is the “unusualweather.” Well, it’s our Pal weare raving about, Georgie Stone,who made an instantaneous hit,

and he wants it distinctly under-stood he is not a type actor; andhe isn’t, either, because he hasa great German dialect, and is areal “hoofer,” and can sing. Geor-gia took us back to the only “real”vacation we have ever had abouteight years ago, when we were at

a farm, and our friend Ben Bard,was host. We were real boy pals,

playing and roughing and farm-ing, one for all and all for one.

No, Georgie, those spots in ourlives never leave. Big or little.

Let’s do the fites, as this is ourregular nite off.

We see Vivian Oakland, anoth-er of a famous sister team, andher husband, John T. Murray, andthere you have a real light com-edian, who carries us again to the

Winter Garden, and what a fa-

vorite he was. Why he left wecannot understand, only for the

WIETHOO PERFECTED

Claimed as a big advance in film

printing for talking pictures, a newdevice has been perfected by C.

Roy Hunter, Universal sound andphotography head, and Superin-tendent Robert Pierce of the stu-dio lab.

Their invention on which pat-ents have been, applied for, is a de-veloping machine for motion pic-ture negative and positive film.The machine has a capacity of

1,000,000 feet of film per week.It makes all present methods ofdeveloping obsolete and will short-ly be adopted by all the big mo-tion picture companies, it isclaimed.

The sound is improved by finerdevelopment of the sound trackin Movietone. Smaller lines canbe developed than heretofore, dueto slower processing and the factthat the slower movement of thefilm, through the various bathseliminates the slipping of the emul-sion of the film.

“unusual things” out here. Andanother real juvenile, Paul Fraw-'??!> w,° da«ces, sings and acts.What became of that type of ju-venile? There’s our old friend whois at Fox Studios now, JackYoung, another ex-Shubert di-rector. Will you take a look ata songwriter who is one, Bud DeSylva;. he couldn’t write a badf°

n® j*. tried. This time it’sScandals he takes us back to.We have to avoid the Shuberts

and Winter Garden as much aspossible because our boss said lastweek, what are we going to dowhen we run out of Winter Gar-den actors? Having been thereon and off for 12 years, we aresure eventually all these actorswill be out. Why not “NOW-IN HOLLYWOOD?”We received a real surprise Fri-

day. Abe Roth, the best likedreferee in this, state, because ofhis youth and sincere business tac-tics in the ring, who calls a spadea spade, came up to the studioand started taking tap dancing,and we couldn’t understand why.But after witnessing that Mc-Donald-Lamar contest, it tookmore than just a plain referee tokeep out of the way of fast mov-fpg McDonald and Lamar. Abewas really in step, but he missedseveral taps, but he claims he hadhis gym shoes on and that wecouldn’t hear them plain enough.Over at Henry’s, Ballard Lloyd

formerly of Lloyd and Wells, amarvelous comedy team. Bal is

now at Warners’ and we talkedabout the good old pre-war days,and the Mrs. found out a fewthings of our past. Pat Collins, avery fine actor of real merit, withus in “Passing Show of 1916,”and “Uke Ike Edwards, who is justa sensation at Fox Studios, tookus back to Jimmy Hussey’s “Tat-tle Tales,” long, long ago. Weare beginning to omit certaindates, because several people arebeginning to get our real age, andthe wife now understands why weare always so tired. Do you ketchon? See you next week.

News Notes of

Dance Studios

The tap dancing craze has addedanother famous director’s wife tothe galaxy of film executives’ bet-ter halves, who train daily in theintricate steps. The latest regis-

trant at the Bud Murray Schoolfor Stage is Mrs. Hal Roach andher co-pupil, Mrs. Guasti. Otherfamous film executives’ wives tak-

ing this style of dancing with BudMurray are Mrs. Norman Taurog,Mrs. Oliver Morosco, Mrs. RufusLemaire and Mrs. Ralph Block.Their main idea in studying this

work, they claim, is that it givesthem very fine enjoyable exercise.

Murray contemplates formingclasses during the day for the

ladies who are either film direc-

tors’ or executives’ wives.

* * *

Walter S. Wills Studio of StageDancing in Hollywood has inaugu-rated a special department to takecare of this phase of the school’s

dancing activities. Edward Mc-Kiernan has been placed in chargeof the booking department of the

school. McKiernan will contact theproducers, directors and casting of-

ficials in booking dancing acts fromthe Wills school.

The Wills school, is furnishingentire dancing units for single, dou-ble and ensemble work in soundpictures. In addition to the mo-tion picture productions, Wills is

also furnishing talent for stage pro-ductions, revues and dance ensem-bles for clubs.

* * *Earle Wallace was called upon

by Tinova and Baikoff, RKO head-line dance act, to furnish themwith an eccentric dancer to replaceone of the members of their com-pany who left the act in Los An-geles and Ralph Peters was se-lected by them from the EarleWallace dancers who were qualifiedto fill the vacancy. His first ap-pearance with the act was at thelocal theatre last week. He willbe featured with Tinova and Bai-koff for the balance of their tourover the RKO circuit.

* sK *According to advices received

here this week by Lon Murray,Broadway and Hollywood dancedirector, Martin Mooney, generalpress representative for the JohnGolden offices, is coming here soonto negotiate for a possible produc-ing affiliation for “Sisters of theChorus,” recently produced onBroadway.

* * *St. Anthony’s parochial school in

Long Beach recently installeddancing as part of the physicaleducation system in the school,with the Ben and Sally Studiosof Dancing being called in to han-dle this phase of the curriculum,and doing very satisfactorily. Thedance studios, of which Ben Phe-lan is director, are also keepingbusy on their booking department,managed by Don Walker, withJohnny Winn hadling orchestras.

* * *

Mary Brian, Paramount star, af-ter completing three months ofcontinuous picture work at theParamount Studios, has again re-sumed her tap dancing study withBud Murray at the MurraySchool.

ROSEN PLANS SHOWA1 Rosen is reported as consii

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Vol. XI Saturday, May 10, 1930 No. 19

Something New Heard in Theme Songs

“Let me write a nation’s songs,” quoth a classic sage,“and I care not who makes its laws !”

“Desires suppressed crop out in the form of sublimations,”says a great psychologist.

Mix these two pointed remarks and you get a new con-coction, currently and melodiously popular on the radio, in

the theatre and wherever music is dispensed. It’s the greatnational vogue for “stein songs,” “mug songs,” “drink songs”and other lyrical extollings of certain currently illegal quaff-ings.

The popular song beats a straw vote all hollow as a baro-eter of public reaction. It’s a thing close to the mob spirit.

It’s something for hypocritical politicians, reformers and thegreat clan of “We Know Best” to think over every time theyhear the marching rhythms.

It’s particularly significant that in a current sound news-reel of the annual parade of the New York police, the pres-ently sensational “Stein Song” was the predominating mel-ody blared out by the marching bands. Even the bluecoatshave caught the spirit.

And have you noticed that “How Dry I Am” isn’t heardquite so frequently!

TEL-A-PHONEY.ftj) JAMES MADISON

TIBBETT-MOOREIN ‘NEW MOON’

Lawrence Tibbett and Grace

Moore will be starred in the

M-G-M picturization of “NewMoon.”

Jack Conway will direct the mo-tion picture version of the Oscar

Hammerstein operetta with the

original Sigmund Rombery music

score. The book by Frank Mandeland Lawrence Schwab is beingadapted for the screen by SylviaThalberg and Frank Butler. Dia-logue is by Charles MacArthur.

“IDEA” FEATURED

Fanchon and Marco’s “Gyp GypGypsy Idea” will be the featuredentertainment at the Lincoln High-way celebration in Ely, Nevada,during the first week in June.

SPOOR TO CONFER

G. K. Spoor, co-inventor of theSpoor-Berggren wide film process,is

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due to arrive at RKO studiosthis week for a conference withstudio officials.

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WILBUR ENDS SEASON

The Wilbur Players closed their

season in Honolulu ftn May 4, andare due to set sail for Los An-geles, May 17, for the summer.They are expected to reopen in theislands next autumn.

DENNY WITH MOOREFinishing a part in “Madame

Satin,” Reginald Denny has beensigned by M-G-M to play appositeGrace Moore in her first star-ring picture, based on the life ofJenny Lind. Scenario by HansKraly and Claudine West anddialogue by John Meehan. Orig-inal music composed by HerbertStothart, Arthur Freed and HarryWoods.

NEW ORLEANS TRIP

Director Luther Reed, accom-panied by a technical staff, left

this week for New Orleans to film

Mississippi River and levee scenesfor use in Radio Pictures’ originaloperetta, “Dixiana,” starring BebeDaniels, now nearing completion.“Extras” for the exterior sceneswill be recruited from negro col-

onies in the Mississippi River bot-

toms.

MISS BROX WEDSPatricia Brox, of the Brox Sis-

ters, was married to Robert D.Gerstenzang at the home of Wil-liam Perlberg, agent and hubby of

another sister, on Monday.

MRS. INCE WEDS

Losing by her marriage her in-

terest in the principal of the $2,-

000,000 Thomas Ince estate, his

widow, Mrs. Elinor Ince,. was onher honeymoon this week in north-

ern California after her marriageto Holmes Herbert here on Satur-

day.

NEW AKINS CONTRACT

Zoe Akins, playwright and nov-elist, has signed a new contract as

a Paramount writer.

Paramount first signed her to dothe adaptation of Timothy Shea’snovel, “Sarah and Son,” which wasfilmed with Ruth Chatterton in the

leading role.

Paramount’s filmization of theSchwab and Mandel golf musicalcomedy, “Follow Thru,” will be en-

tirely in color.

SHAKEDOWN OF

STARS BY MAG

GANG DIES OUTBy GENE SWIFT

The days of star "shakedowns,”

which have yielded rich returns to

some fan publication writers in the

past, are about over.

The old-time star system has

just about faded. The cloak of

silent mystery which clothed the

stellar lights of the inaudible

screen, and which stimulated de-

sires of the fan world for intimate

stories about their idols, has beentorn off by the talkies.

Somehow, the little fairy prin-

cess of the silent flicker dispelled

a lot of illusions when she washeard to speak. Then she becameeven as the little girl friend downthe street. The glamor departed.The ideals she conjured as adream girl disappeared with thedream. The squeaky little dollsopranos awoke the lulled senses,and the avid appetite for fan yarnsbegan to fade.

Fan Mail Dropping

Fan mail has drppoed off tre-mendously in the past year. Starsare no longer built up on mashnotes. Solid technical ability mustsupplement picture comeliness, andvoice outweighs voluptuousness.The. publicity man and fan-mushfabricator can have none but anegligible effect upon the moldingof a performer’s career unlessthere be real ability to work andbuild upon.A writer with an “in” used to

be able to shake down the prettiesof the old days for substantialsubsidies in return for romanticfan fodder, especially when saidwriter happened to have a little

scandal as a sleeve card. Some-times, even when he did not havea low-down, a little bluff workedjust as well as a persuader.Of course the honey attracted a

lot of small flies, and soon a lot ofamateur writers descended uponevery known—and a lot of un-known— picture players, seekingmaterial for. free-lance stories thatwere flung in avalanches upon thefan mags.

Speaks for Itself

New mags sprang up to absorbthe material. When the talkiescame it was a temporary blessingfor the

.periodicals, giving them

new subjects and the fans ate upthe new yarns about the way Min-nie Glutz was going after her vo-cal and language lessons. But af-ter a. coupie of talkers made byMinnie had made the rounds andrevealed unmistakably that Min-nie’s ancestors were fish peddlers,the^ mush market began to break.1 he sudden, dizzy fortunes are at

an end. The hard working per-formers who really have some-thing on the ball cannot be kiddedas to the value to them of the fanfodder of yesterday. The newscreen speaks for itself. The sin-

ks'5 have lost their influence withthe public, and the execs onlyread the appraisals of importanttrade papers.The shakedown racket has faded,

and now the mush fraternity arebusy thinking up a new one.

STUDIO HOSPITAL

Radio Pictures’ studio will soonhave a new five-room hospital fornight and day service, equippedwith. latest medical apparatusphysiotherapy room, first aid, re-ception, office and two-bed wardTwo nurses, Betty Sabetay andTheora Dann, will alternate dayand night shifts. Dr. Stanley Im-merman is in charge of all medicalactivities at RKO.

LETTERSThere are letters at the Los

Angeles office of INSIDEFACTS for the following

:

BIDMEAD Bros.

DOWNING, HarryMATHEWS, Madelyoe

MILLARD, S. S.

PEDRO, MiDySHARLAND, Fred C.

Hello, Bob Shuler.

Hello, James Madison.

Many of your friends con-

sider you a greater man than

ever before.

That’s probably because I

am now in the Who’sHoose-

gow.

Hello, Mahatma Gandhi.

Hello, James Madison.

England has set up a lot of

machine guns in India.

A person can almost imagine

he’s in Chicago.

Hello, George M. Cohan.

Hello, James Madison.

What’s the first thing you

did after tearing up your mil-

lion dollar contract with Jos-

eph Schenck?

Gave my publicity agent a

raise of salary.

Hello, Pat Dowling.

Hello, James Madison.

Why are my brains like a

can of Maxwell House coffee?

Because both are vacuum

packed.

Hello, Walter Winchell.

Hello, James Madison.

Why would some movie pro-

ducers make poor grave dig-

gers?

They’d fail to recognize a

good plot if they saw one.

Hello, Harry Cohn.

Hello, James Madison.

What class of picture actors

are called “Afternoon Edi-

tions?”

The “Extras.”

Hello, Ken Murray.

Hello, James Madison.

What is the “absentest

mentality” you encountered

last week?

A girl who thought a black

out is a negro away from

home.

Hello, William De Mille.

Hello, James Madison.

They tell me Peggy Joyce

has been married six times on

account of her sex appeal.

That makes her ex-husbands

a SEXtette.

Hello, Kay Hammond.

Hello, James Madison.

Last year more goats were

born in Switzerland than

ever before.

What you might call a

bumper crop.

Hello, Dolores Del Rio.

Hello, James Madison.

A friend of mine who stut-

ters wants to go into pictures.

Let him make a slow-motion

talkie.

SCHULBERG ON TRIP DUFFY CAST SET

B. P. Schulberg, Paramountgeneral manager, left Hollywoodfor New York this week to con-

fer with other production anddistribution department executives

and attend the eastern sales con-

vention to be held in Atlantic

City. Schulberg will return toHollywood late in May, followingthe annual Paramount-Publix con-vention in San Francisco. He is

accompanied on his trip by HaroldHurley, of the studio productiondepartment.

Completed cast for Henry Duf-

fy’s revival of Ralph Spence’s

thriller, “The Gorilla,” at the Hol-

lywood Play House on Saturday

includes Clifford Dempsey andFrank McCormack as the detec-

tives; Flora Bramley, John Mau-rice Sullivan, Gale Gordon, JohnDe Weese, Edward Seabrook,

Walter Marshall, Phillip Morris,

John Manning and Victor Donald.

Edward H. Curtis is directing.

BUSINESS BUILDER ANDRECORD SMASHER

EDDIE PEABODY

HIS PLUNK-PLUNK BANJO JOYS

MEAN PLANK-PLANK AT THE BOX OFFICE

HE NEVER MISSES

EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT

Mrs. Eddie Peabody

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SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Marie Dressier and Polly Moranin Metro’s “Caught Short” provedthe outstanding attractions in thelocal picture field, drawing plentyof customers into the Fox and set-ting that house at the head of thelist. “Cuckoos” at the Orpheumdrew nicely in its opening.The Dressler-Moran combo, aid-

ed by Singer’s Midgets on stageand a Walt Roesner overture,pulled $43,000 into that house. NilsAsther was slated to make per-sonal appearances but didn’t show.Another comedy combination,

this one Bert Wheeler and BobWoolsey in Radio’s “Cuckoos,”were a laugh cinch for the Or-pheum. House did $15,000 on theinitial stanza of this flicker.

On the second week of Law-rence Tibbett in “Rogue Song”Loew’s Warfield pulled in $24,000.“King of Jazz” with Paul White-man follows in about two moreweeks.

Publix’s Paramount found AliceWhite not what she was crackedup to be. With the star appear-ing in person for two days in con-junction with her “Show Girl in

Hollywood” house did an average$18,500 and nothing more. Cali-

fornia with second seven days of

“The Texan” okay at $19,000.Paramount on Parade” opened

at Publix’s St. Francis to themighty sweet tune of $15,000 andis still going strong. Wagnon’sDavies drew a nice $8500 on the

first week of Tiffany’s “Mamba.”Ackerman and Harris’ Casino

up some over previous weeks, get-

ting around $9000 on “Girl of the

Port.” Wagnon’s Embassy got$11,500 on second week of “HoldEverything.”

NITA MITCHELL BACK

T' 1C GUILD’S ANNUALS ID ELECTION SOON

The Catholic Motion PictureGuild will hold their election

,of

officers on the 19th of this month,the end of their business year. It

is not known yet whether JamesRyan will be a candidate for re-

election, but it is felt he will prob-ably yield to the insistence of his

followers, in order to carry for-

ward important work begun by himduring the past year. Ballot cardsare being mailed out now.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—After a considerable period

fof

time spent in the studios and radio

stations of Hollywood, Nita Mit-

chell has returned here and is set

to open May 14 at the Silver Slip-

per Cafe. In addition to workingwith the floor show she will sing

with Joe Wright’s band over KPO,broadcasting by remote control

from the Slipper.

COMICS APPEAR

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolseyexchanged wisecracks during six

personal appearances on Saturdayand Sunday where the pair’s new-est Radio picture, “Cuckoos,” hadits premiere.

FOSTER MARRIED

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Walter E. Foster, senior partner of

Foster and Kleiser, bill posters, wasmarried Sunday to Mrs. Edith E.Botsford, divorcee.

NINA FRELLSON’SJUVENILE TOLLIES

Permanent Address:

Inside Facts

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Possible abatement for several ofthis city’s night clubs looms fol-

lowing raids by prohibition au-thorities who swooped down onthe Silver Slipper and Robert’s at

the Beach, as part of a campaignagainst the so-called ginger ale set-

up law.Declaring it is illegal for a hotel

or cafe to serve ginger ale, min-eral waters and ice to customerswhen the former know it is for

the purpose of mixing drinks, drysseized a quantity of liquor at tables

in the night spots and departedwithout molesting anyone.The raids and the resultant pub-

licity they received at the handsof the dailies has resulted in a

slashing of business at all night

clubs in San Francisco. Customersare afraid to come to the places,

fearing they will be implicated in

more of the sudden raids that

might take place.

Prohibitionists padlocked the But-

ler Hotel in Seattle some time

ago when they held the place re-

sponsible for set-ups. It is feared

that the same action might take

place here.

ADDED TO CAST

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Paul Bissinger has added EstherMuir to the cast of his musicomedy“Hi There,” opening May 14 at the

Columbia. Miss Muir, late of the

productions “Lady Fingers” and“My Girl Friday” in New York, is

the wife of Busby Berkeley, cur-

rently staging dances in the picture

production of “Whoopee.”

MAKES APPEARANCE

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—First National sent up Alice Whitefrom Hollywood for two days of

personal appearances in conjunctionwith the opening of Alice’s latest

picture, “Show Girl in Hollywood,”at the Paramount. Her fiance, Sid-

ney Bartlett, accompanied her.

MOVE HEADQUARTERS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—San Francisco division of Fox

West Coast, under the direction of

A. M. Bowles, has moved its head-quarters from the fifth to theeighth floor of Loew’s Warfieldbuilding.

MRS. JOLSON VISITSSAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—

Mrs. A1 Jolson, known profession-

ally as Ruby Keeler, spent a partof last week here.

EMIL ERNEST

Schmidt & NickersonPresent a Novelty

“NERO—MUSCULAR CO-ORDINATIONS”

Permanent Address: Inside Facts, San Francisco

Market St.

GleaningsSAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—

Evidence that the Orpheum’s ad-vertising manager, Frank Percy,realizes that the theatre-going pub-lic is getting fed up on the songand prance flickers is contained in

the display space being used onRadio’s “Cuckoos.” “Not a Re-vue” heralds the adv. copy and in

that short line there’s a good deal

of assurance that probably has at-

tracted a flock of customers whootherwise would have remainedaway from the celluloider, thinkingit another one of those things.

* * *

Unsolicited Interviews

After cooling our heels for three

hours in the outer offices of Rich-ard '{Henry Duffy’s general man-ager) Marshall we got the jumpon two character actors, three ju-

veniles and nineteen ingenuespracticing the time step and bustedinto the sanctum of this perpetu-ally busy impressario.

“Howdy, Mr. Marshall, whatshows are on the boards this

week?”“Well, ‘Elizabeth Sleeps Out’ at

the Alcazar with ‘Mary’s OtherHusband’ ”

“Oh, Mr. Marshall.”“ at the President.” But

why bother with shows? Let metell you about the comedian whodidn’t want, to do “Hamlet.”

But that’s going a little too far,

so we departed.

* * *

We prophesy that it’s only a

matter of time until some irate

blue-nose is going to rear up onhis hind legs and demand a lot

of scissoring in some of the latest

talkie releases. The bluest gagin pictures yet to come to our at-

tention is the one in “Hold Every-thing,” where the cook enters theroom, finds the two fellows in

more or less of a compromisingposition (they had been wrestling)and then remarks: “Oh, pardonme, you gentlemen probably wantto be left alone.”

* * *

Spotlights

George Nickson saving money onsocks ... he has taken up spats

. . . the Silver Slipper Cafe . . .

with Joe Wright’s hot, rhythmicmusic . . . Jimmie Barr’s show-manlike rendition of St. LouisBlues . . . many show people there

. . . Walter Beban from NBC . . .

D. P. Isabella from the Fox Oak-land . . . Virginia Buchanan fromNew Moon . . . A. J. Perry . . .

this big period and paragraphman . . the Governor Hotel . . .

looking like the Roosevelt in Hol-lywood . . . within five minutesin the lobby we saw . . . CarltonKelsey, A1 Siegel and JerryWhyte from Hi There . . . CarlLamont of Shapiro, Bernstein upfrom Los Angeles . . . Singer’sMidgets from the Fox . . . MannyKing and A1 Frabell from theGolden Gate . . . Louis Graf,Bill Foy, Deiro, Florence Spur-rier, Ruby Lang, Jack Russell, Ar-thur Ward, Hal Horne, JohnSmith, Chaz Chase . . . moretheatrical people than there are

tap dancers in vaudeville . . .

c’mon, let’s steal another bow.

ORGANIST LEAVES

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—C. Sharp Minor, featured organ-ist at Loew’s Warfield, leaves the

house this week and will go to

Hollywood where he has several

things in prospect. Peter PaulLyons and orchestra will handleall music of the house.

LYRIC CONTEST PLUG

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—R-K-0 Orpheum is sponsoring alyric contest in connection with amelody, “Springtime Every DayFor Me,” written by Geo. B. L.Braun, local composer and pub-lisher. Buss McClelland, Orpheumorganist, is tied up on the stuntwith Braun,

PICTURE SHEET ‘

TROUBLING HIMSAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Af-

ter taking a peep at the 24-sheetsout on “Ingagi”—they show a na-tive woman in the clutches of ajungle gorilla—a film peddler re-

marked:“It’s getting so a guy doesn’t

know with whom he can trusthis wife these days.”

WRIGHT PLAT FAILS

TO OPEN PER SKED

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.

—While numerous legal diffi-

culties beset Andy Wrighthere this week, William Foyand Kit Guard, two membersof the cast of “Philadelphia”were. negotiating for newbacking to open the play at

the Capitol here with a re-

vamped cast.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—When a $625 check for a week’srental of the Tivoli bounced backon W. J. Leahy, owner of thehouse, he cancelled Andy Wright’s“Philadelphia” and that play failed

to open Sunday night as perschedule.

Despite the fact that the castwas unprotected by an Equitybond members of the troupe agreedamong themselves to waive it un-til Monday, but when they showedup Sunday morning for a dressrehearsal, doors of the theatre werelocked.

Included in the cast were Bar-bara Bedford, Ora Carew, Rock-liffe Fellows, Franklyn Farnum,Del Mar and others.

LEVIN IS DAD

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Jesse Levin, local theatre man, is

a dad. The baby boy was bornApril 29.

NEW GEARY SHOW

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Charlie King is scheduled to open“Among the Married” at theGeary on May 11, following“Criminal Code.”

DOLIN CONCERTS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Max Dolin this week inauguratedthe first of a series of Sundaymorning Philharmonic Orchestraconcerts in the Columbia Theatre,playing to a good house. Time ofthe features has been shoved aheadto 2:30 p. m., when future concertswill start.

TO LEAD S. F. LEGIT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—The Lillian Alberton-Louis O.

Macloon show, “New Moon,”came crashing through to increased

business on its second week at the

Curran, topping its nearest com-petitor by more than double. Gearywith “Criminal Code” was good,

as was Mei Lan Fang, the Chi-

nese female impersonator, at the

Capitol. Duffy houses took it on

the chin.

Second stanza of “New Moon”showed $24,000 deposited at theboxoffice and it looks good for

several more weeks with “StudentPrince” then set to follow.

Next door to “New Moon” therewas “Criminal Code” at the Geary.Drew mighty nice comment as a

great play and did pretty goodbusiness, $12,000 being the figure.

Duffy’s Alcazar with “Hell’sBells” registered $4000, while thePresident with “Mary’s OtherHusband” did a weak $3500. InOakland the Dufwin garnered$4000 with “Elizabeth Sleeps Out.”

DOONE IS VISITOR

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Allan Doone and his leading lady,

Edna Keeley, are here on a visit

after several years’ absence dur-ing which they played in Aus-tralia, New Zealand and SouthAfrica. They return soon to SouthAfrica where they hold contractsfor a return engagement.

ENTER SIXTH MONTH

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Don and Rita are entering their

sixth month as featured dance teamat Cafe Marquard, working in aFanchon and Marco booked floor

show. Don also handles the m.c.work for the night spot.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Victor Connors, 15-year-old collegestudent, has written a three-actmystery play, “Midnight,” whichwas produced at a local churchthis week. His mother, RuthSaville, is well known here as astock player.

DON & RITAPleasing Critical AudiencesAfter Six Months asFeatured Dance Team at

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INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930

REVIEWSCOMMENT RADIO'L.AWD

By FRED YEATES

CHATTERNEWS

If it is good enough to record,

it is good enough to broadcast, is

the reply of radio stations who usephonograph records for programmaterial, to criticisms of their pol-

icy.

They claim there can be no le-

gitimate objection to such a policy,

and that a broadcaster has as

much right to offer recorded musicfor entertainment as a picture pro-

ducer. The public is not chargedfor the entertainment, and they

do not have to listen to it if theydo not care for it. The records

are obtained in exchange for a

consideration, either in money or

in advertising, therefore, they as-

sert, no one is cheated.

Although the major stations usein-person talent and commandhigher prices for their time, the

record stations claim their pro-

grams do not suffer in quality,

using the argument that recording

companies use only the best avail-

able and most popular talent. If

it is the kind of material people

are willing to buy in record form,

it should be acceptable as free

radio entertainment, they say.

They declare this policy worksno harm to musicians and artists,

as these smaller stations could

not function at all with the heav-ier overhead of an in-person staff

of sufficiently high grade. Theirlisteners inform them they wouldmuch rather hear a good recordingthan cheap or amateur in-person

talent, and they believe the onlyreal opposition to record broad-casting comes from the manufac-turers of the records, who believe

the practice restricts record sales.

This the station people dispute,

stating that the disadvantage of

the phonograph is the manual op-

eration necessary.

BAND TAKES HOUR

Irene Franklin’s dance orchestra

will be heard over KMTR everyThursday night between 6 and 7

o’clock from now on. Miss Frank-lin’s music is well known here,

having been formerly a feature of

Solomon’s in Los Angeles and of

the Egyptian Ballroom, OceanPark.

WEEKS STILL HEARD

Anson Weeks’ orchestra is movedfrom the Mark Hopkins, SanFrancisco, to the Roosevelt, NewYork, but will still be heard over

CBS, local radio, twice weekly.

Ted Fiorito succeeds Weeks at the

S. F. stanch

STAGED MANY PLAYLETS

Georgia Fifield, drama director

at KNX, is reputed to be the old-

est woman in radio, but in length

of service only and not in age. Shehas staged and played in over 250

playlets over KNX, and appearedin the first dramatic productionever broadcast.

BACK WITH PLAYERS

Harry Hays, Jr., has returned

to the Savoy Players, San Diego,

for a part in “Unusual Weather.”He left the players to take a fly-

ing course.

Pickups AND Fiewpoints

Speech Professors Need Modern Ideas

These professors who teach “speech arts” in the private colleges are entitled to pursue their calling

and thereby earn a living, but when they step before a radio microphone they are telling the world, andthat’s different.

Evidently the “speech arts” taught are those that supposedly apply to. dramatic expression, for that

is the vehicle used by the estimable and very sincere professor who declaims sententiously over a local

station at regular intervals. However, if it is his intention to have himself regarded as an example of

perfect dramatic speech art he should take a friendly tip to bring himself up to date on style, because

with the generation-old method of delivery he employs he succeeds only in misleading the ignorant and

making himself ridiculous with the informed.The day of declamatory unction has long since passed. Today’s school requires naturalness, sincerity

and deep feeling, flavored with a measure of restraint. Moreover, the voice must fit the character.

NEON SIGN ONHILL AS PLUG

Figured as a great plug stuntfor “Hell’s Angels,” Sid Graumanis reported planning the erectionof a huge Neon sign on the Hol-lywood Hills, similar to severalother horizon brighteners, nowburning in the interest of real

estate developments.Estimated cost for the addition

to Hollywood’s famed miles oflights, is $75,000, with the signcertain to get a visibility, par-ticularly at night, hundreds oftimes that of an ordinary mes-sage of building or board.

SINGERS SWAP POSTS

Elvia Allman, ballad crooner at

KHJ, and Jean Wakefield, ditto

at KFRC, San Francisco, areswapping jobs by way of a change,effective this week. Rumors thatMiss Allman was going to S. F.

to be married are denied.

NEW KECA SPOTTING

Rearrangement of KECA sched-ules puts Bob and Monte', har-mony team, in a new spot. Com-mencing this week they will fol-

low Amos and Andy every Thurs-day night.

ANTHONY DUO VISIT

Harry Hall and Margaret O’Don-nell, of the Earl C. Anthony pro-gram arranging staff, visited SanFrancisco during the week to

study National Broadcasting Com-pany methods.

EASTERNERS HERE

G. A. Richards, president, andLeo Fitzpatrick, vice-president, of

WJR, Detroit, Mich., were visitors

in Los Angeles during the week.

KINGSTON TO STAY

A1 Kingston, recently appointeddirector of entertainment at the

Blossom Room, Roosevelt Hotel,

has been made permanent in the

position, due, it is said, to the suc-

cess he has achieved in the past

few weeks.

ACTOR GETS FINED

Municipal Judge Parker sockeda $50 fine on actor and director,

King Baggott, after he pleadedguilty this week to a charge of

driving an automobile while in-

toxicated following his arrest byHollywood police.

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It does not follow that because"a thing is old it is good. Take a

piece of cheese, for example. Oldmethods of doing things are dis-

carded because they do not fit

present needs or tastes. No credit

reflects upon a radio station thatcontinues to broadcast the archaic,

except as a novelty, and no doubteither the professor or the station,

or both, will ’wake to this fact

sooner or later. It is to be hopedso, especially in this world centerof things theatrical where the tyroexpects to find standards the veryhighest.

* * *

An example of high grade ex-

cellence in radio dramatic fare

came over KECA, from the SanFrancisco NBC studios, last Sun-day afternoon, when the NationalPlayers presented “Adventure in

Love.” It was exceptionally well

done, technically; well cast, well

produced, well written, and the

story contrived to be absorbinglyinteresting to the very end. Theplot concerned the efforts of a

philosophical expert to arrange the

matrimonial affairs of a grandson,and contrived to be not only philo-

sophical but plausible as well.

A jarring note was one of

those windblown announcers, whosounded as though either he hadjust run up 14 flights of stairs or

was standing on his head.

* * *

Last week we published a para-

graph to the effect that KFI andKECA were having difficulty find-

ing stenographers with someknowledge of musical matters. Theday following publication foundtwo rooms full of applicants at

the Anthony stations, ranging froma grand opera star with a knowl-dege of shorthand to a business

college graduate with operatic

yearnings.* * *

“Did you hear Mary Lewis?” is

the topic of conversation this week.

It seems everybody did.

Billed to the wide world as the

star of the big-shot Atwater Kenthour for last Sunday night, she

opened up on “Blue Danube,” andwhat a mess! She swooped andsallied, was off pitch, one momentbreathing into the mike and the

next seemingly far away, and waseither ahead of or behind the or-

chestra most of the.

time. Shecame right back with another

number, but whatever it was be-

came lost sight of against the

astonishing performance. JuneParker’s burlesque opera on the

Merrymakers’ hour last week waslegitimate beside it.

The program was filled out with

a quartet of negro spiritual singers

and later on in the hour announce-

ment was made that Miss Lewishad been taken suddenly ill.

Announcement was made three

days later that Miss Lewis’ father

had died in France, and that she

was leaving on the next boat.

* * *

Graham MacNamee, sports an-

nouncer, is being accused in somequarters as being lacking in sports-

manship as the result of an unan-

nounced broadcast released here

last Saturday over the CBS, when,

at the opening of the National

Aero Show in New York, he wasallowed guest privileges in an air-

plane from which two-way broad-

casting was being done for the

first time. It was a CBS stunt,

and Graham is an NBC man, but

from the accounts he preempted

most of the spotlight!

* *

Bob Swan has been made chief

announcer of KHJ. In giving us

this item the publicity department

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JOSEPH DISKAYOPENS STUDIOS

Joseph Diskay, Hungarian tenor,

featured in vaudeville and on radio,

has opened a vocal studio here,

planning to concentrate on train-

ing for miking technique.

Singing in twelve languages, Dis-kay has featured an extensive rep-ertoire in R-K-O headlining ap-pearances, national radio broad-casts, on Columbia and Victor rec-

ords and in many concert appear-ances.Numerous critics have particular-

ly commented on Diskay’s appre-ciation of the little intricacies ofthe art of singing before the mi-crophone.

BENEFIT FOR HELPER

Prominent theatrical folk joinedwith Los Angeles people in a spe-cial benefit for Faith Chevallier,noted here for years as the “little

angel of the prisons,” held at theBiltmore Hotel Tuesday nightwith Eddie Lambert as master ofceremonies. The aged womanspent most of her fortune in help-ing jail inmates and the benefit

receipts were expected to save herhome, threatened for lack of funds.

CRAWFORD BROADCAST

Jesse Crawford, local lad whomade good in a big way on the

organ, comes on the air with a

new series of his own over the

CBS beginning May 12. Mrs.Crawford, with a tenor and a mas-ter of ceremonies, will assist. NY. Paramount organ will be used.

SECOND ANNIVERSARY

The Don Lee chain celebrates

its second anniversary this week.

HERE’S OPPORTUNITY

Eloise Kirkpatrick, staff soprano

at KHJ, has resigned. Tryoutsare now being held for her suc-

cessor. A coloratura voice is re-

quired.

LYONS ARRIVESArthur Lyons, president of

Lyons and Lyons, arrived here

Tuesday on his first trip to the

coast.

GOING AFTER RADIO

Reports that Warner Brotherswere going after the radio broad-casting business in a big way fol-

lowed announcement of the pur-chase of the Nakken patents last

week. These patents give War-ners a means of broadcastingsound and television free of all

patents held by other interests.

Following the employment ofBill Ray by KGER, Long Beach,to manage its station, the reportgot abroad that Warners had pur-chased the plant to add to its Hol-lywood station KFWB as thenucleus of a projected chain. Rayhad been an employe of KFWBfor some years.

These reports, however, are de-nied by Warner Brothers officials.

Ray's move to Long Beach wasan independent one, they assert,

and has no connection with anyradio plans of the picture pro-ducers. Moreover, they say, theyplan no furtherance of radio ac-tivities under present contempla-tion.

SONG’S AIR PREMIERE

An English song success, “GiveYourself a Pat on the Back,” is

to have its first American presen-tation, and its world air premiere,over KHJ on the Merrymakers’program, May 8. Tubby Garronof the local office of Santley Bros.,

is arranging a tie-up for the oc-casion.

RADIO’SPERSONALITY GIRL

JEANE COWANDally At

KFWB

Over the Air From KYASAN FRANCISCOComes the Voice of

Greta Gahler

The English Comedian

Wm. DONCHARACTER IMPRESSIONIST

National Broadcasting Co.

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If This Goes Through, It Will Be Just Too Badz —

According to Earl C. Anthony,radio should bend its efforts to-wards producing and encouragingnew talent, rather than try to fea-ture the big names created inother fields of entertainment.He believes that the material

broadcast, rather than the per-sonality of the artist before themicrophone, should receive thegreater share of importance.His reason for this is that he

believes radio to be the greatestfactor in present day education;that the rising generation can-not be educated on personalitiesbut on standards, and that atten-tion should be first concentratedon the quality of the programsoffered.

The big-shot artist usually con-siders himself more importantthan his art, flavors it with hisown interpretation, and is likelytherefore to create a false stand-ard of appreciation inmpression-able listeners.

The new radio artists should betrained to present their materialauthentically,, he believes. Theperformer trained in the theatricalschool is hard to adapt to the newtechnic required for broadcasting.Also, many of the recognizedleaders are actually on the down-grade and are exceeded in bothability and artistry by many ofthe younger comers.“The laborer is worthy of his

hire,” he says, and all artistsshould be paid adequately withmoney and with the renown theydeserve. But he must first be con-cerned with music and afterwardwith emoluments. The concertworld is jammed with vainglor-ious, clever and unscrupulous per-formers who value their ownpopularities, much more than theart they cultivate,”

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STROLLERS’ BALL ’

The formal ball of the Strollers,new Hollywood actors club, washeld at the Biltmore Hotel Wed-nesday night, with Harry Careymaster-of-ceremonies.Among those attending were:

Ramon Novarro, Charles Chaplin,Myrna Loy, Josephine Dunn, OttoMatieson, Jean Hersholt, WilliamBakewell, Russell Gleason andmany others.

BENEFIT FETE HELDBrid.ge tea and lawn fete at the

Car! Laemmle Beverly Hills es-tate was held this week to raisefunds to defray expenses of ElNido camp for undernourishedchildren. The camp provides up-building vacations for childrensupported by Council of JewishWomen.

ROGERS GOING EAST

Charles “Buddy” Rogers will

leave May 7 for the ParamountNew York studios, where he is tomake “Heads Up” under the di-

rection of Victor Schertzinger, whoalready is on his way East.

SPECIFICATIONS “SHOT”Movies of Los Angeles’ facilities

for staging the 1932 Olympic gameswill be sent to the Inter-Olympiccommittee in Europe.

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suggested we omit mentioning thatBob is a married man, so we shallsay nothing about it. It seemsthat fan mail drops off about SOper cent when the public learnsdefinitely that a favorite is do-mesticated, and we would hate tocut in on post office earnings thatway. Bob, of course, would notcare himself, being a man who ap-preciates the praise of the do-mestic partner above all the adula-tion of the wide radio world.Bob is a Pasadena boy who, be-

fore coming into radio, saw theworld as a U. S. gob and saw life

in the raw in a meat market. Nowhe wears long haircuts and a cutemoustache, and is a pillar ofstrength to KHJ.

* * *

“Doctor” Foley, missed from re-cent “Chasing the Blues” pro-grams, and one of the besthumorists on the air, turns up inOlive View hospital, a sick patient.He may be on his back, but hehas not been forgotten by thefans—at least not yet.

* * *Last Saturday’s “Chasing the

Blues” was good enough in ma-terial but slowed up for the listen-ers by some horseplay in thj audi-ence that the m. c. forgot to de-scribe, to the mike. Wide gapswith an occasional phrase like“Y’oughta be here, folks, to seethis,” had to do the “earitors,” asthe. listeners are so quaintly de-scribed by Dick Creedon.

* * *Carl Haverlin got a unique piece

of fan mail this week, one thatprobably holds the world’s recordfor cryptic brevity. It reads:“Adhor hour v. g. Karl or Carl gd.too, g. d. g.” As Haverlin re-marked, he might have used up alot more words, but what morecould he have said?

* * *It used to be that Sunday was

a good day to rest the radio set,at least until evening, but the gen-eral juggle following daylight sav-ing in the East seems to havegiven us a better break out here.Among the delightful programsreleased here last Sunday was“Fortunes of the Globe Trotter,”one of a CBS series. It was lit-

tle drama of an American in Chi-na, who got mixed up with anopium smuggler and a Chinesegirl. It was interesting, well done,and best of all, the American didnot turn out to be a secret serviceman, praise heaven!

* * *

Barks.

from the Office Dbg:Terry Kilgore receives back payfrom the Canadian Government

and immediately receivesdelegation from the Borrower’sClub . . . Roland Foss interview-ing a new stenog . . . and reveal-ing his present weakness to bebright brown eyes . . . also ex-hibiting a new moustache . . .

Carl Haverlin hiring a new sales-man . . . buying a sporty newsuit

... . but refusing to pay Jose

Rodriguez the $2.55 he owes him. . . and trying to buy the silenceof the press with a cup of coffee. . . Harry Hall and MjargaretO’Donnell taking a trip together. . . and Harrv a married man• . . . Jose Rodriguez announcinghis wedding for October . . . butno bride yet in sight . . . anytakers??? . . . Ken Niles sport-ing some new red suspenders . .

latest airplane design ... sothey’ll hold up, no doubt . . . BobSwan wearing his new honorswith modest dignity ... an in-spiration to all butcher boys . . .

Dick Creedon in a barrel . . .

and in conference at the same time. . . Stuart Buchanan sorta look-ing around . . . Lindsav MacHar-rie wondering who’s telling his pri-

vate affairs . . . little birdiestell tales . . . Hum and Strumdoing the disappearing trick . . .

Ted White listening to yodeller. .. and looking pensive . . .

Tune Parker with the mail . . .

Leigh Harline looking up a pas-toral . . . dear me, -this hill-billy

vogue . . . Ho, hum, it’s a dog’slife.

The committee on plans for thepresent year merit awards and theExecutive Committee of the Boardof Directors of the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Scienceshave agreed that the annual awardsfor 1930 shall be bestowed on apopular election basis by mem-bers of the Academy rather thanby judgment of board of judges ashas been followed in the past twoyears.

Principal reason for this changeis that the old procedure requiredso much time in carrying it outthat it was impossible to makethe final decisions until monthsafter the period for which theawards were to be bestowed hadexpired. Awards for 1928 were notbestowed until May of 1929.Awards for 1929 were not be-stowed until April, 1930. The rea-son for these long delays was thecomplicated machinery for arriv-ing at judgments.

By the new plan the membershipof each branch will make primarynominations by ballot for achieve-ments within its branch. Thesevotes will be counted and a certain number of the candidatesranking highest in the count foreach award will be submitted tothe entire Academy for final vote,along with primary nominationsfrom other branches. It is esti

mated that the branch primariescan be concluded within six weeksafter the close of the productionyear July 31, and that the final

election can be held within another six weeks.

EXPLOITEER INBOOKING FIELD

Harry Wilson, exploitation manwith United Artists studios for thelast five years, leaves for Bucha-rest, Roumania, at the end of thisweek. He has secured territorial

rights for United Artists picturesin that region and will establish hisown distribution offices there. Heis taking only silent and synchron-ized versions.

Wilson has been to Roumaniatwice before, once with EdmundCarew, besides which he made around-the-world trip with LincolnQuarberg, now exploitation chieffor Caddo Productions. Mrs. Wil-son and their young son will ac-company him.

“TOYLAND” CAST

FOX SIGNS ACTRESSLouise Huntington, who has

nlaved in several Broadway pro-ductions, is among the latest re-

cruits to the Fox banner. Shewill leave New York the latter

part of May for Movietone City.

„Joseph Cawthorn has been as-

signed one of the principal partsin Victor Herbert’s “Babes in Tov-land.” which Radio Pictures willproduce as one of the largest pro-ductions on its 1930-31 program,in a cast which includes BertWheeler, Robert Woolsey andDorothy Lee, with Everett Mar-shall. Metropolitan opera baritone,and Irene .Dunne, Broadway musi-cal comedy star, co-featured.

BROWN DERBY BANDIT

Lone bandit stepped into theBrown Derby and gave film actorsand directors a few hints on gang-land atmosphere, stepping out with$250 in cash from the register, onenight last week.

FEMME INTRODUCERS

Chuck Reisner has two femmeconferencierres in the new M-G-M revue, “March of Time,” PollyMoran and Raquel Torres. Wil-liam Collier and Benny Rubin arethe male “give - the - little - girl - a -

hand” lads in the 1930 follow-upon “Hollywood Revue.”

ON HONEYMOON

David O. Selznick, film producer,and his bride, the former IreneMayer.

_were on their honeymoon

trip this week. They were mar-ried here will go to Europe. Sheis the daughter of Louis B. Mayer,M-G-M executives.

ACTRESS DIVORCED

Mrs. Leila Josephine JerrardFarrow, ex-screen plaver, has adivorce decree from William Tur-ner Farrow, construction engineer,this week on grounds of non-sup-port and cruelty.

San Francisco

Radio Notes

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—That clever writer—and inciden-tally, our favorite columnist—O. O.McIntyre writes of the radio situ-

ation in last Sunday’s Examinerand writes of it scathingly. Hesays: “The radio, I believe, is oursickest industry. It has built upthe most perfect equipment in theworld and finds tiself with no tal-

ent. Outside of Will Rogers,Amos ’n’ Andy and Floyd Fibbonsand a few crack orchestras it is

destitute of amusement featuresand its continuous drivel is wear-ing out public patience. I gavemy radio away two months ago.”

O. O. must have listened in onone of those programs that punc-tuated each two-minute vocal solowith a four-minute discourse onthe qualities of Harriett’s HardyHair Nets. Maybe he isn’t farwrong at that.

* * *

A former Fanchon and Marcovocalist, Benay Venuta, went outand sold herself as a radio featureto a local auto dealer and nowshe’s on KPO five days a weekwith a fifteen-minute program onwhich she is The Auburn Girl.She does a program of blues

numbers with original interpreta-tions. And she is that station’sonly blues singer.

* * *

SOON BE JUST

It was 1:30 the other morningwhen Bill Foy, Bob Spencer andthis writer went up 'to help outHarry Wickersham, who is thevoice conducting KJBS’s NightOwl program. A bunch of gags,a few songs and some dialogue andthere were eighteen phone calls,twelve of which requested us topay up old bills.

* *With a number of technical

changes in its studio KFWM is nolonger KFWM but instead is nowKROW “crowing for Oakland.”KROW has tied up with the Oak-land Post Enquirer.

* * *National Broadcasting Co. is re-

modeling the twenty-first floor ofthe Hunter Dulin Building and willinstall a hostess there. Business,publicity and arrangers’ offices areon that floor while the studios areon the twenty-second.

* * *Julia Hayes is now broadcasting

Helpful Hints for Housewives overKTAB. Aren’t you just too tickledfor words?

* * *

The musicomedy “Hi There”has tied up with NBC for a se-ries of three programs with artistsfrom the show due to step beforethe mike and do their stuff.

* * *Down at KYA Helen Stone setsfast pace for the others to fol-

A recent uproar from Washing-ton about an invention that was tobring the sense of smell to thescreen pales into insignificance be-side the things that are promisedfor radio by local ether wizards.

All radio gives us now is re-production of sound. Sight byradio. is practically ready.. Butthat is not all, claim the genii.

.

It will be possible, in shortertime than we now realize, to setup a microphone in vales of ruralbeauty and bring to city dwellersnot only the songs of the birdsand the poetic sighing of breezes,but also the fragrance of the flow-ers. The “smellies” will be avail-able to radio listeners as soon asto picturegoers.

But radio is to go further thanthat and actually bring the senseof touch! That is done now, in anabstract way, by the broadcastingparsons when they appeal forfunds, but the inventors asserttheir experiments lead them to be-lieve that tactile sense not onlycan be, but will be, broadcast suc-cessfully in the near future. Theflower will be seen, smelled andtouched by radio, while the buz-zing of the bees around it can beheard.

In other words, radio will bringinto the home all the actual quali-ties of distant objects. Anhiliationof distance, of all mundane limita-tions, will be ours tomorrow. Thelover may see, hear and—er—kissthe distant sweethear; visiting canbe done by radio. But even thewildest flights of the imaginativeinventor do not yet compass anypossibility of bringing in friendsfor a game of bridge by radio.That would be too much.

MARRIED PAIR HERE

With her new husband, Hugh C.Leighton, president of tfie Inter-state News Company, and head ofa hotel chain, Pauline Frederickarrived here this week. The coupleare at the Beverly Hills Hotel fora six

.months’ stay, with Miss

Frederick planning to do a stageplay here.

low. She sings on the BridgeHour daily; is an accomplishedcellist, being heard on a nflmberof program featuring that instru-ment, and makes all the arrange-ments for the Harmonettes, vocaltrio of which she is a member.

EARLE WALLACEAlways Busy Developing Dancing Stars but Never Too Busy

to Create and ProduceOriginal DANCE ROUTINES and REVUES That Sell

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SEATTLE, WASH.

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OF SEATTLE HOUSES

SEATTLE, May 8.—The Fifth

Avenue with “High Society Blues,”backed by the F. and M. stageshow and Jackie Souders, walkedaway with the cream of the busi-

ness this week to the tune of

$17,500.By far the best show for a long

time and several grand above its

nearest competitor, the Paramount,which had “The Light of theWestern Stars.” This one did $12,-

800, disappointing figures for this

house.The most consistent box office

attraction here for the past fewweeks has been “Ingagi,” whichheld the boards at the Blue Mousefor three weeks to the tune of

$30,500 for the twenty-one days.Figures, opening week, $13,000;second week, $10,000, and a slight

drop for this, the final week, to$7,500. Across the street at theMusic Box the first week of “HoldEverything” took a neat $13,000for its opening stanza, holdingover another week.Hamrick, a consistent money

maker here with his two houses, is

already plastering the town withperhaps the greatest double attrac-

tion to open Thursday. Two Uni-versal pictures, Paul Whiteman’s“King of Jazz” and “All Quieton the Western Front,” get theirnorthern premiere at these twohouses.The Orpheum with Bebe Dan-

iels’ “Alias French Gertie,” and avaude bill headed by Henry San-trey did $11,000, fair enough con-sidering the competition aroundtown.The Fox, with its second week

of “Rogue Song,” took a slide toa reported $8,000, about one-halfof its first week. The house is in

a tough location, with everybodyworking heavy to drag the cus-tomers over onto Olive street.Owen Sweeten on the stage in hissixteenth week does his share, withHerb Kern, new featured organist,already adding many new ones.The Coliseum, second-run Fox-

West Coast, got its usual fairshare of drop-in, while the Metro-politan with Billie Dove in “ANotorious Affair,” doing likewise.“Young Man of Manhattan,” nowin at the Met and should doublethe business.Around the dance pavilions, Cole

McElroy continues to lead thetown. Has the town pretty welltied-up together with John Sav-age’s Trianon ballroom where JackCrawford opened last week for ashort stand before going into theRose Room. A block of real es-tate separates the two pavilions,with no evidence of unfriendlyrrivalry on the surface, but plentyunderneath, with both showmendigging up nightly stunts to entice’em in.

“Tiny” Burnett, at the VenetianGardens, is still grabbing off theheavy dough after sundown withweek-ends a sell-out. Neat propo-sition for “Tiny” who has a fol-lowing as long as a breadline on awinter’s day. No competition fromanybody, especially so from VicMeyers’ Club Victor which hitanother bad red last week. CoffeeDans’ change of ownership leav-ing Joe Pinnard in sole chargewith Sammy Gore, master of cere-monies, grabs off quite a little

of the remaining business, whichis plenty when catered to.

TRAVELING ELEVATOR

A traveling elevator, used toconvey sound cameras, will beused in filming Radio Pictures’operetta, “Dixiana.” The elevator,constructed by studio mechanics,will travel 100 feet on an over-head track. Mechanical construc-tion has been synchronized so thatthe cameras will raise and loweras the elevator proceeds along thetrack, getting exceptional cameraangles.

PLAYWRIGHT ARRIVES

Marie Baumer, author of “PennyArcade” and “Town Boy,” stageplays, has arrived in Hollywoodfrom New York and has joined the

writing staff at the Paramountstudios.

Notes AlongFifth Avenue

Herb and Mrs. Kern windowshopping . . . A1 Franks lookingup Rose Smith . . . Carl Wing outplugging a new number . . . LewMahan becoming worried aboutnew song hits . . . Dick Buckleywith a flashy new suit . . . JackieSouders in the Fifth Avenue lobby. . . Mel Klee looking for part of

the cast . . . Some of the F. andM. “Broadway Venuses” crossingthe street escaping Fifth avenue’sheavy traffic . . . Alma Roscoetaking her poodle out for an air-

ing . . . Betty Shilton at the con-sole about twelve midnight . . .

Harry Mills, pipe and all, up in

the Trianon . . . Jimmy Carrier in

the Orpheum’s box office . . .

Johnny Northern taking it easyfor a few hours . . . HaroldWeeks worrying about themesongs . . . O’Connor and GeorgeMiller talking things over in Para-mount’s lobby, Billy Hartung lis-

tening to them . . . Seymour Kail,Paramount theatre’s lobby cartoon-ist .. . Ralph Mayer watching theconstruction of the new Washing-ton Athletic club . . . Bill Barkerup in F. and M. office arrangingfor a date down south . . . OwenSweeten and his boys making ap-pearance under the marquee at theFox in the shape of photographs. . . They look quite natural . . .

Emma Jane Epler receiving apackage of “Tonight” . . . “Tiny”and Meyer Burnett with BoydSenter getting out of car . . . JimClemmer with the usual scowl onhis face . . . Bill Hartung withhis big smile . . . Bobby Arm-strong enthusing and rightly on“Young Man of Manhattan” . . .

He and Bob Blair checking overthe fronts at 1:30 a. m. . . . ChicCooper winning the nomination asthe prettiest blonde . . . BuckWarren ditto as a cowboy and agentleman . . . Henry Santreyriding in the writer’s Ford . . .

and giving drivers instructions . . .

and interviewing amateur songwriters at the same time . . . JesseJames with his genial dignified asever . . . and broadcasting fromstation KRESS . . . and makinga

.

at that . . . Lou Oudeenwinning another song plugger’sheart . . . making two score even. . . and still not a chance—nowSyl Halperin is home . . . FriendHagerson with his everlastingsmile .

. .. going on the air . . .

and pleasing quite a few feminnineand one masculine heart . . . CarlWing working like the dickens asusual . . . A1 Simmons hurryingacross the street . . . with a broadS?rm

.* * Sammy Green explaining

his inspectorship . . . and who heliked, best . . . but omitting whomhe didn t . . . Dorothy Potts beingmistaken for Norma Shearer . .

and Betty Hudson looking likeherself . . . and chatting with herex-press agent . . . Lady Knudsonfrom the Winter Garden stoppingfor a moment . . . Bud Sommersand his charming wife . . . cheer-ful and considerate after a hardday’s work . . . Paul Schwegler ina new car . . . Five hundred peo-ple at a “sardine dance” given atthe Wilsonian . . . Bill McCauleybooming up trade for Club Bilroy•

•;

Lucille Johnson going to adentist and complaining about it. . . Ken Stuart out to the ballgame . . . Phil Lampkin writingfrom Portland ... Jim Wilsonrushing future fraternity pledges• • • Eleanor Plamondon at theJ. G. V. ... Jerry Green and hisfamous smile out front of hisEmbassy theatre ...

HERBERT DIRECTING

Hugh Herbert, writer and di-rector, has been assigned to directdialogue on Radio Pictures’ firstwide-film production, an outdoorrailroad drama. He left this weekwith a company of 100, headed byLouis Wolheim, Jean Arthur andRobert Armstrong to the first lo-cation in Montana.

FITZPATRICK HERE

James A. FitzPatrick, producerof the Travel Talk Series of shortsubjects, has arrived in Los An-geles, following a lengthy PacificOcean journey. He will leave fotNew York May 10.

OPENING OP AGAIN

SEATTLE, May 8.—John Sav-

age, owner of the Butler hotel andlessee of the Trianon ballroom, whobrought Jack Crawford and his

Victor recording orchestra fromAtlantic City to the dance palace,

opened his “Rose Room” at the

hotel with Crawford and his bandas the feature attraction last

Wednesday.The hotel was recently padlocked

by the federal authorities, but Sav-age fought the injunction throughto the higher courts, finally win-ning out. Tex Howard, who barn-stormed the northwest stick duringCrawford’s week at the ballroom,returns there Wednesday.

SANTREY GIVENSEATTLE’S KEY

S E AT T L E, May 8. — WhenHenry Santrey rolled into townlast .week, he had the honor of ac-cepting the first golden key to thecity of Seattle from the hands ofMayor Edwards. The mayorslipped a bug in Santrey’s ear onthe surplus of good talent in thecity.

Henry immediately paved theway for a local audition stuntwhich brought the natives indroves to the theatre and inci-dentally grabbing off a lot of localpress stuff.

QUARTET AT RESORTSEATTLE, May 8.— Emma

Jane. Epler in charge of the ArcadeMusic Store for Remick here takesher four-piece band into the HallerLake community resort next week.The personnel is as follows: KayDillon, violin; Francis Krauland,sax and clarinet; Percy Nolan,durms; and Emma Jane Epler,piano and voice.

Following the summer engage-ment, the quartet who are wellknown over local radio stations,will leave on the Northwestern fora tour of Alaskan waters.

VANCOUVERBy A. K. MacMARTIN

An accident to the second nar-

rows bridge when a freighter

rammed it, knocking a span into

the drink, has worked consider-

able hardship to two night spots

on the North Shore. Vic Foley’s

Narrows and the Plantation, both

of which depend on their busi-

ness from the city proper, will be

out of luck for the next 30 dayswhile the bridge is being repaired.

Ferry service is too slow for the

lovers of whoopee and they re-

main on the Vancouver side of

the water patronizing the BelmontCabaret, the Spanish Grill andother local spots.

* * *

The Winter Garden, on the pier

at English Bay, opened for the

season Saturday night. Billy

Reeves and his Music Masters are

booked for the season with danc-ing on tap nightly.

* * *

Calvin Winter and his band are

broadcasting for CNRV, the Ca-nadian National Railway network.This is the first time a CanadianPacific Coast program has beensent East over the net work.

* * *

The Del-Roy and MerinoffDancing Institute staged a dancerevue to a good sized house at

the Vancouver Theatre May 3.

One hundred of their pupils madeup the cast. Some snappy hoofingin everything from tap to theclassical varieties was on the bill,

all numbers pulling strong ap-

plause.

SONG IS WORTHPLENTY TO HIMSEATTLE, May 8.—Larry De-

laney, said to be a California caba-ret entertainer, pleaded guilty to

stealing a $1.50 suit case last Satur-day in Judge Wright’s Court.The judge told Larry to prove

his vocation and when the latter

warbled an Irish ballad he got his

freedom after spending eight daysin the cooler.

FIHS REOPENING

FORMER PIN HOUSE

SEATLE, May 8.—A1 Franks,for many years one of the leading

figures* in musical comedy circles

in the northwest, opens the old

Pantages theatre on May 15.

Franks came here from Portlandafter a long run at the Capitol

theatre and is rehearsing this weekpreparatory to what is said to beone of the most elaborate affairs

to hit this town.

The theatre is being entirely

renovated, and Franks is figuring

to play at a ten, twenty and thirty

cent admission. Ed Fisher, north-west booking agent, handled thecast for Franks.

LOBBY PLAYINGCONTEST TRIED

SEATTLE, May 8.—In a tie-up

with the Seattle Star, Bill Hartung,manager of the Paramount theatrehere, this week started a “lobbyentertainment” contest.

The idea is the outcome of thesuccessful engagement here of

Layne and Gordon, the original

lobby entertainers, who, whilebooked for two weeks, stayedfourteen, and created a demand forthis novel type of entertainment.A four-week contract at a mini-

mum salary of $50 a week is thelegit outcome of the contest. Twoacts have already been accepted,one of which is Roy Oxman, localsinger and song writer, and theRichardson Twins, dancers, whoare already in the current show.

NEW DIX PICTURE

Richard Dix’s third starring filmwent into production at RKO stu-dios this week with Geo. Archain-baud directing. Mary Lawlor playsopposite the star. Others in thecast include William Janney, JamesNeil, Paul Hurst, Matthew Betz,Jimmy Quinn, Eddie Sturgis andHarry Tenbrooke. The story is

an original by Barney Sarecky.The adaptation to the screen wasmade by Wallace Smith.

UNSOLICITED INTERVIEWS(With apologies to Harold Bock)

WE called on the S. L. CROSS MUSIC CORP.

“ROCK-A-BYE TO SLEEP IN DIXIE’’AND

“TONIGHT”OUR BIG SENSATIONAL HITS?

GREAT TUJVES !!!THEY CHORUSED AND WE HEARD THE VOICES OF

JACKIE SOUDERSCOLE McELROYTINY BURNETTLAYNE & GORDONHERMAN KENINBETTY SHILTON

OWEN SWEETENDWIGHT JOHNSONTEX HOWARDRON and DONMYRTLE STRONGand a HOST OF OTHERS

as we headed for the door to fill orders from Friend Hagerson, LouOudeen, A1 Simmons, Harold Weeks, Geo. Olsby and a host of other

smart music folks who KNOW.

CLIMB ON THE BAND WAGON OF HITS!!!SYL CROSSPresident

JEAN ARMANDVice-President

GENE McCORMICK NEWTON KELLYProf. Manager Sales Manager

S. L. CROSS MUSIC CORP• SEATTLE, U. S. A.*

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE ELEVEN

Along Film RowBy FRED YEATES

COLUMBIA STUDIOS

Oil BUS! SCHEDULE

With five companies actually

shooting, the Columbia studios hit

the season’s peak of production

this week.

Companies at work on the Co-lumbia lot at present include:“Hell’s Island,” with Jack Holt,Ralph Graves, Dorothy Sebastian,Richard Cramer, Harry Allen andLionel Belmore, Edward Slomandirecting;

“Sisters,” with Sally O’Neil,Molly O’Day, Russell Gleason, Ja-son Robards and Morgan Wallace,James Food directing;

“Temptation,” with Lois Wilson,Lawrence Gray, Eileen Percy, Bil-

ly Bevan, Robert T. Haines, JackRichardson and Gertrude Bennett,•E. Mason Hopper directing;

“The Man From Hell’s River,”starring Buck Jones, supported byVera Reynolds, Harry Woods andGeorge Pearce, Louis King direct-

ing.

“Rain or Shine,” starring JoeCook, with Louise Fazenda, JoanPeers, William Collier, Jr., TomHoward, Dave Chasen, Alen Ros-coe, Adolph Milar and' ClarenceMuse, Frank Capra directing.

HARRIS HIT BYSPEEDY DRIVER

_

Georgie Harris, diminutive come-dian with the “Student Prince”company now at the Majestictheatre, suffered a painful accidentlast Saturday night. He wasstepping out of his car at his homewhen another car came speedingalong and slammed him back intohis own machine, severely bruisinghim. His part was filled withoutrehearsal by Jack Goodrich. Har-ris is expected back in the com-pany in a few more days.

FOUNTAIN ON JOB

SAN DIEGO, May 8.—LesterFountain appointed city managerfor all Fox-West Coast houseshere, took over supervision of theFox, California, North Park andEgyptian this week. Fountaincomes from Long Beach.

NEWSPAPERMAN SIGNED

Maurice Henline, former literaryeditor of the Baltimore Sun, hasjoined the writing staff at the Par-amount studios in Hollywood.

The various and sundry national

sales conventions of film distribu-

tors are large affairs, but only

come once a year, and in no wayovershadow the sidewalk conven-

tions held daily along Film Row.These conventions, which, like ball

games, are only stopped by rain,

are more important to the film in-

dustry than said industry realizes,

and many grave matters are dis-

cussed there and many serious

problems solved. It is too bad thatthe ponderous truths developedthere are so rarely used or evenappreciated by the big shots.

Certain sidewalk spots along theFilm Row curb have been occu-pied by individuals so long thatthey have come to be regarded asprivate property. A particular mailbox officiated as a combination of-

fice and leaning post for one sales-

man to such an extent that themail collector got in the habit of

apologizing every time he had to

disturb him. But things are nowchanged.

One day last week, during thetemporary absence of the inhab-itant, some wag hung a sign on themail box reading, “Gone to Lunch.”Since then the box has hung lonelyand forlorn. For some inexplica-ble reason the spot is no longerregarded as desirable office space.

* * *Morrie Sudman, the Fox exchange

booker, is back on the job after atonsil operation. He can’t talk,

which is tough.* * *

Remarkable but true. N. P. Ja-cobs, R-K-O exchange manager;H. C. Cohen, western divisionmanager, and Morrie Jacobs, book-er, are all men who have no timeto go fishing.

Everything is ready for theR-K-0 convention, to be held at

the Roosevelt Hotel, May 19. Every-body will be here, from PresidentSchnitzer down.The wall between the R-K-O and

Pathe exchanges is still in place,although this is the third annualappearance of the rumor that thesetwo are to merge. Columbia is

now hooked in on the deal, nowthat the latter has sold its productto R-K-O houses. Maybe the wishis father to the thought, and a lit-

tle more rubbing on the wishingring will bring it about.

George Caldaras, Tiffany ex-

change manager, who broke a leg

last week, is on the mend. Theoffice looks quiet without him, al-

though everybody is attending to

business just the same.* =K *

On Tuesday morning of this

week an auto burst into spontane-ous combustion in the middle ofWashington street, right oppositethe Row. It’s a hot spot.

* * *

Some new faces at the Colum-bia. Fred Smith is a new shipper,

and Lavida Thurston bends her pi-

quant face over the inspectiontable.

* * *

The Pathe window has gone cir-

cus. A couple of bed sheets formthe big top and dummies dot theinterior in the guise of performers.Salesmen cluster around and wishthe glass wasn’t there. The saw-dust on the floor makes it a dandyplace to spit.

* * *

L. R. Scamaharn, who has beenwith the Paramount exchange since1916 as a salesman, has been trans-ferred to the Publix Theatres andleft last week for San Francisco,where he enters training class be-fore getting an assignment.M. C. Buries, California sales-

man for Paramount, takes over theArizona territory formerly handledby Scamaharn.

* * *

The Film Board boys are plan-ning some entertainment for C. C.Pettijohn, visiting mogul from theNew York Board. C. C. is stop-ping at the Roosevelt Hotel.

* * *

“Benny” Benson, pilot of theUnited Artists exchange, proposesa vote of confidence from the showworld to Sid Grauman and FredMiller, two noble showmen whoare returning to harness. He be-lieves the boys should be startedoff with a great big hand.“Benny” went to the wrestling

match Monday night and didn’t

like it. He thought the champ wasunfair.

He reports good biz with the U.A. featurettes, class music shorts.

* * *

The Rialto Theatre, San Bernar-dino, has just changed hands. E.M. Masterson has taken it over.

* * *

JOAN BENNETTAS U. A. STAR

Joan Bennett has been signed to

a new long term contract that will

give her the status of a United

Artists star.

Although Miss Bennett’s contract

as a United Artists featured player

still had a long time to run, it was

torn up and a new pact substituted

in recognition of her success.

“Smilin’ Through” probably will be

the first starring vehicle of thenineteen-year-old actress.

WATSON CHILD BURIEDSAN DIEGO, May 8.—The five-

year-old child of Howard Watsonof the Savoy Players here wasburied this week. The youngsterwas a victim of whooping cough.

BUSINESS SLACKENS

SAN DIEGO, May 8. — SavoyPlayers, changing bills weekly herefor the past four years, are cur-

rently experiencing a slackening upin business.

WRITES SCREEN PLAY

Joseph Mankiewicz wrote thescreen play for “The Social Lion,”Paramount’s first Jack Oakie star-

ring picture.

IN DIX PICTURE

James Neil and Paul Hurst havesupporting roles in Richard Dix’sthird Radio starring film, now in

production.

HARMON RETURNING

Raymond Harmon, Los Angelesconcert and operatic singer, after

two years’ study in Italy and ap-pearances in continental capitols,

will return here this summer.

IN PICKFORD FILM

Robert Thornby and Ed Bradyhave been signed for the wild west-efn sequences of Mary Pickford’s

current picture, “Forever Yours.”

Exhibitor visitors along the Rowthis week, incidentally taking in the

annual P. T. O. meeting, included

C. J. Alder of Globe, Ariz., A. W.Thresher of Wasco, Calif., andJohn F. Keough of San Diego.

* * *

“Polly” Pollock, at the FilmBoard, has had to delay her vaca-

tion a week. She is bearing upwell.

MODERNISTIC MOVIE

THEATRE IN NEWARK

NEW YORK, May 8.—MichaelMindlin, for many years identified

with the operation of “arty” movie

theatres, has opened his first

“super-cinmea” in Newark, N. J.

Mindlin’s Playhouse embodiesmany of the features of his Little

Cinema Theatres, unique centers

of attraction.

The seating capacity of the au-

ditorium is 436, and the remainderof 22,000 square feet of space is

devoted to a ballroom, ping pongcourts, billiard room, indoor golf

room, two lounges where coffee

and cigarettes are distributed free,

a card and game room, and a foyerwhich can be converted into an art

gallery.

In addition a room measuring200 square feet is planned as atelevision studio for the reception

of broadcasts over this medium.House will operate on a weeklychange, grind, straight talking pic-

ture policy, with 85-cent top .

10 HEARAClMY

TALK ON CHISELING

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lation for the Academy, was intro-

duced and briefly outlined the

functions of this Academy work:“The method of adjustment pro-

vided in the contract is the mostunique and novel experiment in

any industry,” it was pointed out

by Nagel in introducing_

WilliamConklin, new actors’ relations rep-

resentative. “The first appeal is a

committee of five actors and the

final decision in any dispute is

made by a committee of four em-ployees and one employer. It wasfelt useful to have a contact manas an agency of the Academy. In

the course of a few months prece-

dent will have been established in

the interpretation of various clauses

of the contract.”

STAR’S KIN ACTS

Gaylord Pendleton, nephew of

Arthur V. Johnson, the screen’s

first matinee idol, is making his

talking picture debut as one of

Claudette Colbert’s suitors in Para-

mount’s “Manslaughter.”

CAPITAL WANTEDDevelopment of Sensational Improvement

for Picture Production

Will sell Interest, but party must haveknowledge of Film Production Methods

and Theatrical Business

Legitimate Proposition

Write to “Inventor” Care of INSIDE FACTSLos Angeles

PAGE TWELVE INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930

Facts9 Echoes From Melody Land

Hot Lic\s of MusicBy JACK B. TENNEY

Dawn! A gray streak in the

eastern sky. A chill breeze andthe first sounds of awakening birds

. . . n . . . the dawn of a spring

morning. Home Sweet Home at

last! As we swing into that fa-

miliar strain the orchestra arousesitself for a final effort ... a last

burst of pep, and the concludingbars end in two-four with crash-ing figures from the brass. Thedancers are loath to depart, judg-ing from the applause that greetsour final number . . . they wouldstill coax an encore.

The bass player is drunk. Hehas been that way since midnight,but . he has kept up our pep withhis antics. He has wrestled thebull-fiddle all over the platformand has only been down twice.

Strange how habit has kept himgoing . . . He should have been“out” at twelve-thirty, but he hasheld on with comical tenacity. Hehas played no blue notes, thoughhe fell asleep several times. . . .

The sax section is tired . . . their

licks betray them. An occasionalburst of pep is all that redeemsthem . . . Iron lips in the brasssection . . . shop talk now andthen concerning non-pressure, etc.

All are tired—everyone apparently,except the dancers. They have set

the pace all night, and we are gladto quit, even though they still

clamor for more.

The sweet air of an early springmorning! For a moment it re-

vives and invigorates us, and wefeel that we might have played on.

Then we discover that we aresleepy. . . .

Coffee at an “all-night” restau-rant . . . home. The toilers of theday are already astir, hurrying to

their fields of labor. Trucks clat-

ter by with chattering cans. TheOverture of the Dawn introducesthe Symphony of Industry. Theworld is suddenly alive. The paperfestoons and tinsel—the whirling,pivoting, stamping dancers nowseem vague, something remote andforever passed. Where are they-

part of this bustling crowd ofworkers? We realize that we arehalf asleep. . . .

The wheels of industry begin togrind anew. Fantasy gives way togrim reality . . . the sun shinesbrightly. The hum of productionbeats a steady rhythm . . . and wesleep. . . .

It makes one wonder—who are

the biggest fools, the dancers 01

the musicians?

* x *

The Chiquet Brothers' Orchestra

down at the New Paris Inn is

clicking nicely. The band is com-

posed of L. V. Chiquet, trumpet

and sax; Dave Mack, violin and

voice; A1 DeCrescent, piano; War-ren “Slim” Albeem, bass and tuba;

Louis DeCrescent, banjo; Fred Al-

giere, trumpet, sax and clarinet;

Hal Davis, trombone; Louis Pella,

accordion, and Earl Chiquet, drums.* * *

Roy Phillips and his orchestra

are proving an attraction at the

“Million Dollar.” Phillips “In the

Flesh” Orchestra and the vaude-

ville perhaps account for the ex-

cellent attendance at the Third

Street house. The orchestra is

composed of Harry Leppert, piano;

Lee Randall, bass; Harry Ham-mon, clarinet; Len Turner, trom-bone; Howard Wilson, trumpet;Clint Williams, drums, and RoyPhillips, violinist-director.

* ** *

Clare Kuck’s Happy Trouba-dours are now playing at the LaBoheme Cafe, 'way out on Sunsetboulevard, for our old friend, JoeBorgia. Borgia, by the way, is anold-time musician himself—a bas-soonist who saved his money whilethe talkies were in incubation, andis now on the other side of {heracket. Clare’s Troubadours are

being nicely received.* * *

Cora Walsh, the Blue SingingAccordionist, is one of the clever-

est of the kind we have had thepleasure of seeing lately. Person-ality plus, with an unusual bluesvoice, she sells herself to the audi-

ence with the vamp. A clever en-

tertainer.* * * -

Davis, Coots and Engel, musicpublishers, have opened offices in

the Majestic Theatre building. LewMichelson is the manager.

REG CODE RE-SIGNS

YOU’LL BE DELIGHTEDWHEN YOU HEAR“BONITA”

An Appealing Fox Trot BalladThe Song Beautiful

“WHEN THE LOVELYDAY IS ENDED”KARAN-DUNNPUBLICATIONS

Kress Bldg. San Francisco

OAKLAND, May 8.—With several months of excellent businessto his credit, Reg Code has signedfor another period of his orchestramusic at the Swank Athens Ath-letic Club here.

GERCKENS MANAGER

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8,

Leo Gerckens, well known man-ager of several of the larger bandshere, has been appointed managerof Jo Mendel’s Cafe at the Beach,slated to open May 21.

THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD WISHESRECEIVED ON THE START OF OURTHIRD YEAR FOR WAL WILSON

OWEN FALLONAND HIS CALIFORNIANS

NOW IN THIRD YEAR AT

WILSON’S BALLROOM(Formerly Cinderella Roof)

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

AL SHORT STILL ONTIFFANY RECORDING

LOS ANGELESVery little impression has been

made on the sheet music situa-

tion by the new numbers from re-

cent picture releases. McCormack’snumbers have not as yet madeeven a ripple, although the “Mon-terey” number from the PaulWhiteman picture which attained

leadership last week is neck andneck with “Springtime in the

Rockies” again this week. “I’min the Market for You,” the new-est Gaynor-Farrell ditty, is be-

ginning to sell but does not shownear the first 10 yet. The dimesong-sheet racket has come backto the ’ city, with boys on almostevery downtown block. Followingis the current score:

1. “It Happened in Monterey”—Feist.

2. “Springtime in the Rockies”

—Villa Moret.3. “Stein Song”—Carl Fischer.

4. “Happy Days”—Ager, Yel-

len and Bornstein.

5. “When I’m Looking at You”—Robbins.

6. “When the Little Red Roses”De Sylva, Brown and Henderson.

7. “A Cottage For Sale”—DeSylva, Brown and Henderson.

8. “The Moon Is Low”—Rob-bins.

9. “Under a Texas Moon”

—

Remick.10. “With You”—Berlin.

Right close behind these num-bers are “Lazy Louisiana Moon,”“Sing You Sinners,” “Should I”

and “11:30 Saturday Night.”Recordings

1. “Stein Song”—(Vallee) Vic-

tor.

2. “Springtime in the Rockies

-Victor.

3. “It Happened in Monterey’

—All recordings.

4. “When I’m Looking at You”(Tibbett) Victor.

5. “Happy Days”—All record-

ings.

6. “Sing You Sinners”—All re-

cordings.7. “Hanging on the Garden

Gate”—All recordings.

8. “Danger in' Your Eyes.

Cherie”—Victor.9. “Ten Cents a Dance —Vic-

10. “Sing a Little Theme Song”

-Victor.

SAN FRANCISCOIn a general shifting of song

leaders, “Lover, Come Back to

Me,” from “New Moon” at the

Curran, jumped back into the list

after an absence of several months.

“It Happened in Monterey” also

in. Leaders are:

1. “Stein Song”—Radio Music

Co.2. “Under a Texas Moon”

—

Remick.3. "Moon Is Low”—Robbins.

4. “Danger In Your Eyes, Che-rie”—Berlin.

5. “When I’m Looking at You”Robbins.

6. “Lover, Come Back to Me”

—

Feist.

7. "Springtime in the Rockies”

—

Villa Moret.8. “It Happened in Monterey”

—

Feist.

9. “11:30 Saturday Night”—Sher-man, Clay.

10. “Happy Days”—Ager, Yel-len and Bornstein.

NORTHWESTThe “Stein Song” in tremendous

demand in this section with“Springtime in the Rockies,” easily

holding second place. Remick’scatalogue holding good average in

first ten due to consistent plug-ging and show window displays.

The S. L. Cross catalogue whichincludes “Rock-a-bye to Sleep in

Dixie” and “Tonight” doing wellup here in it’s home territory.

The lineup is as follows:

1. “Stein Song,” Fischer.2. “Springtime in the Rockies,”

Villa Moret.

3._“Crying for the Carolines,”

Remick.4. “White Dove,” Harms.5. “With You,” Berlin.

6. “Rock-a-bye to Sleep in Dixie,”Cross.

7. “I’m Following You,” Rem-ick.

8. "Sing, You Sinners,” Famous.9. “There’s Danger in Your Eyes

Cherie.” Berlin.

10. "Under a Texas Moon,”Remick.

A1 Short, whose resignation as

musical director of the Tiffany stu-

dios was reported recently in sev-

eral trade papers, has returned to

the studios and will continue to

supervise the recording of all musi-cal features for Tiffany produc-tions, according to Phil Goldstone,chief studio executive.

HERB KERNFOXSEATTLE(Week of May 2)Herb Kern, featured organist,

who recently came from LongBeach, broke the long singingsilence of those northern nordics

and had ’em singing their lungsout with a trio of old-fashionedmelodies which still leaves local

showmen gasping with surprise.

Kern opened up with a teaseron applause, and the way this boygets ’em to sing and applaud their

own efforts, puts him up in theshowman class.

It’s never been done before here,

and it sent the gang out with asoft spot and a determination tocome back next week and have this

lad open up their vocal cords withanother brace of pops.Took a load of applause, one of

the heaviest hands heard here for

some time, and entitles him towrite his own billing. Undoubtedlywill be picked up and copied, butthey’ll have to step to get this

boys pleasing personality at themanuals.

Jean.

GROSSER IS SIGNED

Elsa Grosser, violinist and con-

cert master with Carli Elinor’s orchestra for five years, has beensigned to play with Victor Bara-valle’s orchestra during the filmingof “Dixiana,” Radio Pictures’ op-eretta starring Bebe Daniels.

PLANS L. A. BRANCHSAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—

Karan-Dunn, music publisher withoffices in the Kress building, leavesfor Los Angeles next week to es

tablish a branch office there.

SEATTLE, May 8—S. L. Cross,president of the firm bearing his

name, announced this week thatnegotiations for the publishing ofEddie Peabody’s first tune hadbeen completed. Peabody, togetherwith Hermie King, did a fox-trotballad, “Never Too Busy for You.”The present two tunes of the

firm’s catalogue are “Rock-a-byeto Sleep in Dixie” and “Tonight,”the latter a fox-trot by Jesse Staf-

ford and Gene Rose.

I

TROUBLE AT VICTOR

SEATTLE, May 8. — Rumors

that Club Victor, operated by Vic

Meyers, will shortly close unless

additional financial backing is

found, were prevalent here this

week.It is reported that Meyers in

addition to his many jolts, took a

$1200 red last week. Persistent re-

ports that members of his orches-tra are holding the sack, togetherwith local merchants, forcing

some of the help to quit to get

their dough, were added to whenthe chef quit this week.Meyers at one time held an en-

viable ace spot in the northwestwhen the Rose Room in the Butlerhotel some years ago, but it is theconcensus of opinion with local

showmen! that the heavy nut of

“Club Victor” and lack of patron-age, may result in an early closing.

DON GEORGE ILL

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Don George, conductor of Publix’sParamount orchestra, is confined to

his home with an attack of jaun-dice that may keep him in for an-other week. In his absence EmilSturmer, house leader, is conduct-ing the orchestra.

BLACK AT HOTEL

Joe Black and his orchestra areappearing regularly at the Knicker-bocker Apartment Hotel in Holly-wood.

Ed Smith, business manager forthe Musicians Union, who has beenvery ill for several weeks, is get-ting around again, although notready yet for full duty.

RUDOLPH N.

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WM. (Billy) KNOXSOLO ORGANIST

Fox Oakland Theatre

“A LITTLE SMILE”Words and Music by

GEO. B. L. BRAUN(A Fox Trot Sensation)

CONCORD PUBLISHING CO.1179 Market St. San Francisco

WILL PRIORCONDUCTOR

NEW STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

TED HENKELMUSICAL

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CIVIC THEATREAuckland, New Zealand

Pit Orchestra of 30 - : - Stage Band of 20

BAND WILL STAYSAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—

Lauehner-Harris have re-signed for

another six months’ engagement oftheir orchestra in the dining roomof the Hotel St. Francis.

WEST-ward Ho!Judging by the crowds at Ray West’s Cafe nightly, that seemsto be the new Hollywood slogan. Maybe the reason is that

Ray West and HisOrchestra

in that place, and via KFI, play nothing but the big tunes of

the day, and consistently feature the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-Robbins song hits

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"SHOULD I”

"WHEN I’M LOOKING AT YOU”

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tricks. And it’s reported that acertain restaurant proprietor is

dishing up free chow to one ofthe wizards for little lowdowns onthe words and music markets.With plenty of chumps digging

in the trunks for that tenderlycherished masterpiece, the wiseboys are still finding that finessemust be used in many cases.

Fizzled FinanceAn example is reported of

wise-cracking pal of one of theget-rich-quick boys, spoiling aneasy push-over by a flip remark.One of those charming boys

who would bust into a springdance if handed a few yards of

cheesecloth entered the gyp pub-lisher’s office and hopped up theboss with the possibilities of abig touch. Price and everythingwas hotsy totsy. The would-bepublisher as a final shot asked thename of the song. When the cus-tomer in a high soprano voice ex-claimed: “Oh, Come With Me to

the Canyon,” the wise-cracking pallet out a loud “whoops” and thesap sailed out of the office.

And neither the chump nor thewise promotors knew that everthat title has been copyrighted

ARRIVE FROM EAST

Maurice Chevalier, with the Mrs.Bataille-Henri, Parisian wit andwriter, and Helen Garden, operaticsinger, were four Paramounterswho arrived here this week fromNew York.

JOLSON BUILDING

HE HUNG A NEATHALTER ON THEWOLF’S NECK

Tough times made a smartpromoter out of a studio em-ployee who was formerlycontact man for one of thelarge studios during the earlydays of the talkie inrush.Finding himself out of workand in a hall bedroom hedevised a scheme that did noone any harm and placed himin fine style in a class apart-ment house.He arranged with the apart-

ment house to secure newtenants for. a class apartmentand a cut-in on the monthlyrent charged his customers.He tabbed the eastern papersfor the list of players due onthe coast. At the appointedtime of their arrival he metthem at the train and repre-sented himself as a commit-tee of one from the studios.He made all arrangements

for their baggage and hadthem driven to the apart-ment house where his cutwas added to their monthlyrent. He now has a newfront, with the bed and boardtaken care of, while the wolfis tied to the front porch ofthe hovel in which he did hishideaway.

CONVERSATION ITEM

With a total of over 21,000 plane

miles scheduled daily from LosAngeles, it’s the world’s largest air

transport center, believe it or not.

AL TRAHAN HURT

SAN DIEGO, May 8.—A1 Tra-han, appearing here this week onthe RKO vaude bill, suffered a dis-located collar bone, but was ableto continue for the balance of theengagement.

MEET IS SCHEDULED

An important joint meeting of

the producers’ and technicians'

branches of the Academy of Mo-tion Picture Arts and Sciences willbe held on Wednesday night, May14, at the Academy lounge in theRoosevelt Htel.This meeting will afford the first

opportunity for the entire membership of the two branches tohear reports, on the Academy technical activities for the year anddiscuss the general program inwhich the branches are workingtogether.

A general report will be givenby Irving Thalberg, chairman ofthe producers-technicians committee.

Several reports will be givenby the chairmen of the sub-cornmittees.

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the series of tests and meas-urements which has been instru-mental in stimulating constructionof improved devices to quiet cameram has been completed. Newfeatures are being incorporatedinto the design of the device tomake them nearly as sound-proofand far more convenient to thecinematographer than the originalcamera booths.

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specifications for a standardrelease print makeup have beensubjected to careful analysis andimprovements which will affectthe practice of all studios and ex-changes are in the final stagesbefore general announcement.

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a report has been issued onthe acoustic classification of setmaterials and tests of additionalmaterials are scheduled.

4

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comprehensive data on meth-ods of arc light silencing has beengathered subsequent to tests ofstudio generators. Information forthe satisfactory solution of this

A1 Jolson is building a housenear Palm Springs on an acreagerecently acquired. It is to havesixteen or twenty rooms. This is

the first house Jolson has everbuilt.

NEW LEVIN DEAL

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.—Following last week’s consolidationof all houses in the Levin circuit,

the T. & D. Jr. enterprises this

week purchased a half interest in

the Levin holdings, which includethe Coliseum, Alexandria, Balboaand Metropolitan houses here.

$1,000,000 HOUSE

T. and D. Jr. has announced plansfor construction of a $1,000,000 the-atre in Alameda, to begin in abouta month. House will seat 2500. It

will be equipped for stage showsand sound pictures.

RUGGLES TOURS WEST

PETER PAUL LYONSAND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA

LOEW’S WARFIELD SAN FRANCISCO

JAY BCCWELMASTER OF CEREMONIES

FOX EL CAPITAN SAN FRANCISCO

Charles Ruggles, who somehowor other can’t seem to get a sobertalkie part, is back in R-K-0 vaudefor a short tour. Ruggles is againusing his former vaude skit. He’llmake a trip with it westwardshortly.

MISS EDDIE JAYE“THAE PERSONALITY BLUES SINGER”

(Management—Lou Davis)

SHE DON’T SHOUT ’EM — SHE SINGS ’EM

TOLTEC CAFE JUAREZ, MEXICOAlso Hear Her on Radio KTSM

Every Tuesday and Saturday at 1:15 P. M.

NEW REVIVAL PLANNEDAT PASADENA THEATRE“Wings Over Europe,” much

discussed Broadway production of

the passing season, will be the

next production at the PasadenaCommunity Playhouse, opening onMay 17. Maurice Wells will havethe leading role with GilmorBrown directing. The current pro-

duction is a revival of Shaw’s“Candida.”

PLAYSHOP PROGRAMS

The “Wizard of Oz” will begiven at the Play Shop on May9, 10, 16 and 1/, with StephenZegrock in the lead. “Exiigs,” byJames Joyce, will be played May7, 8, 10 and 11, with MauriceKuhlman, who was Walker White-side’s leading man for three years,in the lead.

important problem is now avail-able.

These sub-committees on screenillumination in relation to releasePrint Density and the quality ofsound in release prints will re-port the progress of their investi-gations.

Carrol H. Dunning, president ofthe Dunning

.Process Company,

and former vice president of thePrizma Color Company, will speakon “Color In Motion Pictures,”demonstrating the principles of va-rious color systems and recent de-velopments.Motion pictures of the recent

eclipse of the sun photographedfrom 16,000 feet above the earthby Electrical Research Products,Inc., will be shown.

FAWCETT PLAYIS REHEARSING

George Fawcett’s production of

“The Great John Ganton” is nowin rehearsal, cast having been com-pleted this week. Following havebeen chasen:

George Fawcett, Earl McCarthy,Richard Beath, A1 Hallett, OscarGriffith, Forrest Seabury, Ara-Has-well, Josephine Brown, MarionBowers, Mary Jane Higby andVirginia Kami.

Production is scheduled to openMay 18 at the Vine Street theatre,

Hollywood. Edward Eisner is di-

recting.

FRANCIS FORD SIGNED

Francis Ford, popular serial play-

er in early screen days, and DonFrancis, character player, have beensigned by Universal for its twelve-episode chapter play, “The IndiansAre Coming.” Ford has directed a

number of serials and feature pro-ductions for Universal in recentyears.

FRANKLIN’S NEW JOB

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RKOLOS ANGELES(Reviewed May 1)

Ken Murray, minus the hi-hat,

but still with the cigar and a line

of fruity gags, returned to dust off

the boards with his headline

knockabout act and gathered plenty

of dividends from the laugh-hungrypublic.

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The bill opened with the Kit-

ayamas, a Japanese hand-balancerand assistant, who got some goodreturns for his few stunts. Thisact was very tastefully dressed,

combining oriental lacquer colors

with occidental pastels in an effec-

tive way.Foster, Fagan and Cox, three

harmony singers, deuced in a se-

lection of song numbers, including

“Sunny Side Up,” “Chiropractic

Wife,” “Good Old Sunny South,”

“We’re on the Verge of a Merger”and “On the Night We Did ThatBoom-Boom by the Sea.” Their

comedy numbers brought laughs

and they exited with two bows.Could have taken more.Danny Duncan followed next in

an act billed as a domestic farce,

“Old Sweethearts,” really a songand dance act, clothed with a plot

that involved an old couple whohad never quarreled and a youngcouple who did nothing else but,

and a maid for spice. The feature

was Danny’s loose jointed step-

ping, the wise-cracks got plenty

of laughs.

Ken Murray’s appearance re-

ceived a welcoming hand. Hestarted right in shooting the gagsand spilling Milton Charleston onthe floor. Milton got a good handfor some squat dancing. Foster,

Fagan and Cox joined the act andsupported some clarinet work byKen, then Helen Charleston cameon to swap chatter with Ken, go-ing into the song, “MechanicalMan,” for some very heavy re-

turns. Milton staged a burlesqueadagio, assisted by an unbilled girl,

which scored big; then the girl

went to the piano while 'the boyswarbled “I’ve Got a Feeling I’mFalling” for the close, netting a

great big hand.

The bill was preceded by theR-K-Olians under Billy Small in

a “Stein Song” medley, featuringa brass trio and a chorus of “HowDry I Am” played on empty bot-

tles by the percussionist, whichbrought returns.

Business was capacity. Screenoffering was “Radio’s “Framed,"with Evelyn Brent and RegisToomey.

Yeates.

MILLION DOLLARLOS ANGELES(Reviewed May 1)Only four acts this week, opened

by Fumi and Hori, a team of Japhoofers. The girl had lots of per-

sonality and enough ability to solo

as an acrobatic dancer, but theboy appeared nervous and his

work was labored.Vitaphone Four, male quartet

delivered some well rehearsednovelty numbers, a trick bass tak-

ing the comedy honors. Took two

bows, lights doused for the next

act, but the crowd brought themback for an encore.

Clyde Hager, billed as AndyBurns, followed and garnered a

lot of laughs with his potato-

peeler salesman act, then workedoff some off-color gags that did

not go so well.

Closing flash act was CordovaCantu’s Mexican orchestra of 12,

assisted by Lucinda and Ricardo,

dance team, and Nelita, soprano.

After opening with an orchestral

number, the dance team offered a

Spanish tango that went very well,

the audience liking the personal-

ity and appearance as well as the

ability of the dancers. Nelita sang“Estrelita,” which was also well

received, then the team returned in

a change of costume, followed

again by the singer, then the

team again in another change.

Costuming of these entertainers

was noticeably good, and the

whole act sold heavily with the

crowd.This house is now billing a Sat-

urday midnight show.Screen offering was second

downtown run of Paramount’s

“Vagabond King.” Heavy matinee

crowd.Yeates.

ORPHEUMSEATTLEHenry Santrey headed a wow of

a three-act vaudeville bill, whichopened with the “Dakotas,” cow-punching, rope and whip cracking

artists, assisted by a_

delectable

little blonde miss, Chic CooperSet in full, the two boys, BuckWarren and Phil Darden, have a

snappy entrance, with the girl do-

ing a nifty song and dance. War-ren stands out as one of the classi-

est whip crackers seen here in

some time, with the miss also

showing plenty of stuff cracking

the hide and twirling the ropes.

Snappy throughout, lacks any weakspot, and could hold its own anyplace.

Tim Ryan and Irene Nebletteheld the deuce spot as laughsmithsand earned every bit of their bill-

ing, bringing out the bellyllaughs

fast and furious. The hoke ma-terial was clean, the gal is sure-

fire Ray Dooley stuff and has apip of a baby voice that sold solid

with a ballad. Ryan is no slouchwhen it comes to putting a num-ber over. Good material.

Henry Santrey held the closingspot with his “Soldiers of For-tune,” with the boys producingsome sweet music and nifty spe-cialties. A ballet by an unbilledgirl was nicely injected into thelineup for a neat hand with Ryanand Noblette stepping into kill ’emagain for laughs.

Santrey is head and shouldersabove the average act of this de-scription, adding a dignified punchwith his introductions and his ownspecialty number, “Paradise Lost.”Crackerjack recording voice whichshouldn’t be passed up for theflickers. Easily held for encore,Santrey had to beg off.

Jean.

WALTER S. WILLSSTUDIO OF STAGE DANCING

7016 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVABD GLADSTONE 9502

PROFESSIONALS TAUGHT BY PROFESSIONALSStudents of the Wills Dancing School are now engaged atRKO, Warner Bros, and First National Studios, and in the

George Olsen’s Plantation Revue

WANTED—Acts Suitable for Vaudeville, Picture HousePresentations, Clubs and Talkies

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RKO GOLDEN GATESAN FRANCISCO(Reviewed May 1)

A fast moving bill, heavily spiced

with comedy, this show wentthrough its matinee paces to uni-

formly good returns. Marqueehonors went to Nan Halperin withBurns and Allen, Manny King andFrabell’s Frolics following.

In the three sequences of her act

built around a shady lady of the

future, past and present, La Hal-perin displayed a rare sense of

comedy values that, interlarded

with a touch of the risque, broughther heavy applause returns. Herinitial offering, a shady lady of

the future, brought into play herjuvenile ability, while in her sec-

ond—Catherine of Russia—she un-furled some clever lines on thematter of a queen’s love for herarmy. Pier closing offering wasas a Harlem gal, and in this MissHalperin carried a dramatic partof intense proportions and carriedit so well that she had every ticketbuyer in the place with her. Herown orchestra director was in thepit.

Closing the show Burns and Al-len, still doing the A1 Boasberg“Lamb Chops” act, chattered someof the cleverest repartee we’veheard. The turn had plenty in its

favor—ability of the pair to hoof,to handle lines, to sing and tolook natty—and it carried awayheavy applause.Manny King and company

scored with a full stage comedyturn in which King, the comic,took a flock of laughs. Actopened in one with Floyd Halicy,doing straight, and then Kingjoined him for comedy stuff. Abit between King and Margie Car-son, big blonde, drew more of thegiggles and when the pair bur-lesqued an Apache the turn cameto a snappy and happy close.Lee and De Caro, Apache team,were good.A prettily dressed wire act, Fra-

bell’s Frolics, with A1 Frabell fea-tured, opened the show. Act hadnice hoofing by the quintette ofentertainers and chanting by theCherie Sisters, who were epsecial-ly good in their kid number.

Claude Sweeten and his RKO-lians in the pit offered a treatiseon how popular songs are written,working it around “Yes, We HaveNo Bananas.” A1 Sather, localFeist representative, was in theput with Sweten to sing “Wherethe Golden Daffodils Grow.”

Bock.

“CITY SERVICE” IDEALOEW’S STATELOS ANGELES(Reviewed May 2)Glorifying the street sweeper, po-

liceman and fireman; opened withGeorgie Stoll and band in the pit.

Messenger boy in with a telegram,screened at the same time as acivic message from the mayor.

Screen up to show a mixed en-semble of 12 in a broom noveltyroutine to the song “Cleaning Upthe Old Home Town,” then SebMeza on as the Mayor, singing“I’m the Mayor,” then going into asoft-shoe eccentric in a spot. Thenumber sold.

Frank Sterling on as a newsboy,played the harmonica while the en-semble gathered around, some ofthem joining for a chorus. En-semble off, then Frank added a gui-tar and played “Should I?” on bothat once. Fair hand.De Quincy and Stanley specialty

here; a long, lanky giant and a lit-

tle-bittie girl, in a comedy kick-dance, a good number, and it gotreturns.

Six boys on in cop uniforms, totalk the song “City Service Blues,”then to a tap routine which spottedeach boy in turn, then a back-dropup showing six maids at alarmboxes; all then going into a stairroutine, giving way to a line of 12ballet kickers in maid outfits, whoput on a kick number that soldvery big.

Seb Meza followed in a drunkdance, going a little heavier on theloose-joints stuff than most of theseacts, and getting good returns.

Shapiro and O’Malley, comedypair, specialed here with gags andknockabout stuff, then the act wentfull stage, with the band up in fire-

men’s togs and a fire truck in thewings. A young couple out of theline sang “Danger In Your Eyes,’then the ensemble on for a step-

ping routine, with the couple spot-

ted, and the De Quincy and Stan-

ley girl on later to kick a solo.

Laddie La Monte joined the

bunch here, climbing an unsup-ported ladder, walking and dancingaround in a manner which broughtrunning applause. He spun a lariat

and juggled axes, then put on along dress and danced a hula, win-ning the best honors of the show.Ensemble then stepped anotherroutine, with De Quincy and Stan-ley spotted in another eccenfric,

Seb Meza in a rubber-leg dance,then a circus ladder tableau, a fire-

alarm siren, and the truck wheeledout for final' curtain.

The special musical numbers,written by Cy Graves, were tune-ful, and the costumes and settingswere of the customary F. and M.flash, although running to the pri-

mary colors more than the usualpastels.

Screen feature was the MarieDressler-Polly Moran comedy,“Caught Short” (Metro).

Yeates.

FOXSEATTLE(Reviewed May 4)Sixteen weeks and still hitting

’em off heavy with a snappy week-ly change, Owen Sweeten and HisBoys knocked ’em over this weekwith a diversified program whichopened up with boys doing“Charming,” featuring Paul Tut-marc, banjoist, doing a nice vocalon this and grabbing a sweet handfor his efforts. Boy has nice pipesand personality, newcomer to band,and should click.

Gang went into “MysteriousMose” doing a special arrange-ment that reflected quite a little

of Sweeten’s musicianship andbrought out plenty showmanshipupon the part of him and his boysin their clever rendition of the hotdarktown number. Bud Jenkins,Hindy Cummings, Paul Tutmarc,Arthur Cloth, Kenny Ayres andGeorge Shelton did atmosphericbits, helped by clever lighting andorchestral bits that had the paste-board holders hollering for more.One of the best things thatSweeten has done.

Closing the ten-minute programwith Victor Herbert’s “FortuneTeller,” Sweeten featured a cornetsolo doing “Gypsy Sweetheart,”

with the boys humming the mel-

ody as a background. Credit RayWatkins, a clever boy at the traps,

with a pip of a xylophone solo.

He’s plenty hot. Nice hands for

all the efforts with the applauserunning into the pictrue.

Sweeten is a great bet, has a

load of smiling personality, and a

bunch of boys that know their in-

struments.Jean.

FOX EL CAPITANSAN FRANCISCO(Reviewed May 4)

Show started with the 16 girls

singing “Kickin’ a Hole in the

Sky” with Dorothy and Francesworking on the apron. Jay Brow-er, m. c., introduced A1 Osborne,who stepped out from the band to

direct the group of 10 men in a

medley of operatic selections that

featured Natalie Heyman, one of

the line girls, in a cello solo aidedby Osborne and his fiddle. Num-ber took very heavy applause.

Alexander Bros, and Evelyn, in

a ball bouncing routine, workedsmoothly, although there were toomany entrances and exits, slowingup the act. Larger chap of the

two had good unforced comedy.The sixteen sweethearts again

on, this time to do “CookingBreakfast” with Frank O’Learysinging the tune. Clever danceroutine to this, devised by PeggyO’Neill.

Brower next brought on MableHollis, who chanted, “I’m in the

Market for You,” clowning withthe m. c. Good returns forcedher to an encore and she repeatedthe number with Bob Kimic.Here Brower stepped out on the

apron to anounce a special ar-

rangement of “Stein Song,” dedi-

cating the number to this reviewer.Anyway, after we had returned to

the theatre ten minutes, later Brow-er and the band were still takingencores on the tune. Segued into

the finale.

Peggy O’Neill sprung somenifties in staging this show whichhad a lot in its favor. Mel Hertzat the organ. The picture was“Montana Moon” and a two-reeler“Up the Congo” completed thebill.

Hal.

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‘THE QUESTIONABLEELAINE’

VINE STREET THEATREHOLLYWOOD(Reviewed May 4)

With considerable theatrical naiv-

ette, emphasis has been laid on the

fact that this is a play written byan architect, a theatrical amateur,

“in three weeks” in all the advancepublicity.

Therein the publicists excellently

foiled all the Hollywood wits andwisecrackers for the obvious tag to

such a statement. The accumula-tion of these wisecracking pithyamateur criticisms, it may be ex-

pected, will result in far more dis-

advantageous word-of-mouth com-ment than the slight merits of this

production will sustain.

As for the play itself, it has pos-

sibilities, with considerable revision,

for a fairly amusing drawing-roomcomedy.

In spite of a seeming uncertainty

as to its exact dramaturgical status

on the part of author, director andcast, it really is drawing-room com-edy. It hasn’t the terse, epigram-matic crackle of the real thing

through many of its passages, buta move toward unanimity of stag-

ing and portrayal, combined witha revision toward compactness andmore wit in the dialogue, shouldeffect a great improvement.The plot is that one in which the

society miss, bored with London,etc., etc., decides to stir things up;i. e., take a lover, but incapable of

actually violating convention, in-' vents the gentleman, with the co-

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operation of her maid.The up-and-coming, thoroughly

English suitor for her hand solves

the attendant problems and con-vinces her that he can provide herwith sufficient and satisfactorily

discreet excitement for an ordinarylifetime, and they live, it is pre-sumed, “happy ever after.”

Alan B. Moody is the author andproducer of the play. His writingis neither good nor flagrantly bad,an unfortunate augur for any greatfinancial or artistic success of his

initial venture. His producing hasbeen in general capably conductedas to casting and settings (thereare two, each satisfactorily done),but the direction of the play is suchas to keep the spectator constantlyin doubt as to whether the piece is

drawing-room comedy or satire, orburlesque thereon.With this notable exception, the

playing is quite good, Miss KayHammond holding up the showvery nicely in a lengthily writtenpart as the bored miss. Extremelygifted with an ability to make acharacter seem natural and familiarafter she has presented it to theaudience for but a few minutes, it

is unfortunate that Miss Hammondis permitted, or obliged, to stepfrom this type of portrayal to

sporadic bits of burlesquing thatare entirely out of character. GrayceHampton etched a neat portrayalas the dowager mother, and Den-niss D’Auburn managed to appearmoderately credible in the poorestwritten character in the play, thefinally successful suitor.

Symona Boniface was excellentas a catty friend of the family,while Elwyn Eaton, Lydia Knott,Ernest Murray, Josephine Challen,Byron Alden and Josa Melville

iwere almost completely satisfac-

tory in minor roles.

Should Mr. Moody plan a contin-uance of his theatrical career, hewill profit considerably by a de-tailed perusal of the methods ofLonsdale, Molnar, Pinero, andWodehouse in handling smart comedy and the craftsmanship of MeArthur, Kaufman and a number ofothers in the exercise of compres-sion and dramatic celerity.

The film producers will find in

this new production few items that' have not been extensively consid-

I•' ered by the story constructors and

jscenario experts.

J. Leighton Leigh is credited

JACQUELINE(Jackie) BRUNEA

LYRIC SOPRANO6th Month

CASINO THEATRESan Francisco

“STRICTLYDISHONORABLE”

BILTMORE THEATRELOS ANGELES(Reviewed May 4)

It can easily be understood howthis play appealed to New Yorkaudiences. There are two reasons.

One is the thrill the visiting butter-

and-egg men got out of seeing a

lady get out of her dress and into

pajamas. The second is that the

smart New Yorker likes to be out-

smarted.

It is a simple little plot, quite

insignificant in itself but clothed

cleverly with sophistication, both asto situation and dialogue. It is

just a smart piece of showmanship,and would have been smarter hadit been cast with more brilliant

performers.

The story in brief is that of a lit-

tle Mississippi miss whose sistershad cleaned out the beau marketof the old home town, and she hadtherefore accepted the overtures ofa visiting New Yorker, who tookher to the big city and wanted herto live in Orange, N. J. AuthorPreston Sturges panders to theManhattan taste by having her ob-ject to living in New Jersey. Thecouple land in a New York speak-easy, where the play opens. Herethey meet a judge, who livesthere (!) and a young opera singer,who also lives there.

The couple fight and the youngman leaves, the girl accepting aninvitation to spend the night in thesinger’s apartment. The singerfinds her of such childlike virginitythat he leaves her to sleep alone inthe apartment and returns in themorning -to offer marriage.

Such is the plot. The treatment,however, shows the girl regardingthe possibility of molestation as adelicious prospect. In fact, afterundressing with the cooperation ofthe singer and girlishly burstinginto tears at the prospect of losingher virginity, she gives way to anoutburst of disappointed rage whenhe decides to leave her alone, ex-cept for the company of a stuffedteddy bear.

In the morning she awakenswith rage still in her soul and de-cides to take back the New Jerseyproposition. But Love Points theWay, and she finally melts in thearms of the opera star.

Many of the young lady’s linesprovoked amusement in the audi-ence, particularly where, on beingurged by the judge to return hometo Mississippi, she declares that if

she did the people of the townwould walk around with raised eye-brows for nine months, wonderingand hoping. And in another placeshe is made to declare that “Allthe good women would be bad if

they could find anybody to be badwith.”

This roadshow cast from NewYork performed their duties effi-

ciently, but did not impress undulyfrom the standpoint of strength.Margaret Perry made an attractiveleading lady, the only lady in thecast, in fact. Her Southern accent was theatrical, if not authentic, and there were many momentswhen her comedy threatened to become broad.

Lino Manzoni was the operasinger, a type casting, and GeorgeMeeker was the West Orangelover, an ungrateful part but han-dled very well. Lee Baker por-trayed a convivial judge, whose re-spect. for the law he administeredremained in chambers after ad-journment, and Ralph Locke offi-

ciated as landlord of the speak-easy, turning in a good piece ofwork.

Others in the cast were JeromeDaley, a policeman; Edward Hart-ford, a lookout, and Guido Alexan-der, a waiter.

Settings and furnishings were in-

ferior to most Los Angeles produc-tions. An orchestra under Theo.Bendix furnished fore-and-aft mu-sic. A typical first-night audiencepacked the house.

Yeates.

Fanchon and MarcoRoute List of “Ideas”

Following is the Fanchon and MarcoIdeas route schedule, with the openingdates, all of the current month, in paren-

theses beside the name of the town:

PASADENA (8)Colorado Theatre

“Brunettes” Idea .

McDonald & Dean Leonora Cori

Ali Ben Hassan’s Bulestreaks

Hirsch-Arnold Dancers

LOS ANGELES (8)

Loew’s State“Smiles” Idea

Three Slate BrothersWalter Bradbury Dorothy Neville

Acrobatic Lineup of Girls

SAN DIEGO (8)Fox Theatre

“City Service” IdeaShapiro and O’Malley Laddie LaMonte

DeQuincy and Stanley Seb MezaEddie Mack’s Dancers

HOLLYWOOD (8)Egyptian Theatre

“Box of Candy” IdeaJones & Hull Frank Hailton

Reeves & LonMarie, Lucy and Irene

LONG BEACH (9-11)Fox West Coast Theatre

“Goodfellows” IdeaLucille Page Bud Averill Helen Burke

18 Good Fellows

FRESNO (8-10)Wilson Theatre

“Milky Way” IdeaYernon Stiles Noree Stone and Lee

Bert Faye Steve Moroni

SAN JOSE, CALIF. (11-14)California Theatre“Milky Way” Idea

Vernon Stiles NoreeStone & Lee Bert Faye

Steve Moroni

.... SAN FRANCISCO (9)Fox Theatre

Bells and Belles” IdeaEddie HillDunbar’s Bell RingersFrances, Ted and Byron

Eva ThorntonTommy HarrisLoretta

ST. LOUIS, MO. (9)Fox Theatre“Eyes” Idea

Don Carrol Six CandrevasPaul Olsen Bob and Ula Buroff

Keo, Yoki and Toki

CHICAGO (9)

Coston Theatre“Trees” Idea

Naynons Birds Mavis and TedTerrell & Hanley Esther Campbell

Christal Levine and Ted Reicard

MILWAUKEE, WIS. (9)Wisconsin Theatre“Peasant” Idea

Diehl Sisters General Ed LevineJohnson & Duker June Worth

Belcher Dancers

DETROIT, MICH. (9)Fox Theatre

“Overtures” IdeaEdison & Gregory Tots Novelle

Jack Goldie Huff & Huffi Helen Hille Louise Manning

BUFFALO, N. Y. (10)Lafayette Theatre“Desert” Idea

Ed and Morton Beck Muriel StrykerCropley and Violet Carla Torney Girls

WORCESTER, MASS. (10)Palace Theatre

‘‘International ’

’ IdeaMarkell & Faun Federico Flores

Mignon Laird Billy CarrOsaka Boys

SPRINGFIELD MASS. (10)Palace Theatre“Ivory” Idea

Four High Hatters Hy MeyerBetty Lou Webb Will Aubrey

Peggy Carse

HARTFORD, CONN. (10)Capitol Theatre

“Hot Dominoes” IdeaLes Klicks Paul Mall

Hart, Whitestone. PollyNEW HAVEN, CONN. (10)

Palace TTheatre“Uniforms” Idea

Armand & Perez Ruth HamiltonSylvia Shore and Helen Moore

Joy Brothers Hunter and Percival

1Presentations

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FIFTH AVENUESEATTLE(Week of May 1)

Jackie Souders, house m. c., pre-

ceded the F. & M. “Broadway

Venuses Idea,” featuring Mel Klee.

Credit this boy Souders for a

load of pay-off dirt when it comes

to nice handling of the show

coupled with clever musicianship.

Used “When I’m Looking at You”for the opener, with Karl Horn,first fiddler, warbling a nice chorusof the ditty.

Give Klee credit for producingmore belly laughs in the few mo-ments during which he handled the

show than has been heard in this

house for many a day. He rapped’em out with machine gun pre-

cision, and without him the showwas zero.

Twelve ferns, reputed prize win-ning beauties in the east, are in-

troduced as amateurs, and live upto their introduction. A couple of

’em step out for specialties andget by due to Klee’s salesmanship.

After this a couple of dead-panhoofers did a neat eccentric andbrought their senior out for a jig

tap which landed. Big finale flash

with the Aerial Bartletts inject-

ing thrills on a twirling ship. Ex-cellent lighting and clever workhelped to pay this one off.

Klee’s laughs in this one offset

the dames drag on the show, withthe Bartletts adding the punch.

Jean.

EIGHT THEATRESBOUGHT BY W. B.

OAKLAND (9)

Fox Theatre

“Miniatures” Idea

Featuring Singer’s Midgets

SALEM, ORE. (10-11)Elsinore Theatre

“Gyp Gyp Gypsy’ ’ Idea

Chaz Chase George PriseFrank Evers and Greta Jose Gonzales

Jack Vlaskin and Nita LorraineJeanne Alexandria

PORTLAND, ORE. (8-14)Broadway Theatre“Changes” Idea

Doc Baker and Eva MandellWith Muriel Gardner

Art Hadley Dave Le Winter12 Broadway Venuses

SEATTLE, WASH. (8)Fifth Avenue Theatre

“Coral” IdeaMaurice & Vincent Frank DueThe Royal Samoans! La Petite Marie

SPOKANE, WASH. (9)Post Street Theatre

“Broadway Venuses” IdeaMel Klee and 16 New York Beauty

WinnersAerial Bartletts Wells & Winthrop

Freda SullivanGREAT FALLS, MONT. (10-11)

Grand Theatre“Skirts’ ’ Idea

Neal Castagnoli Ruth Silver

Julia Curtiss TJp in the Air GirlsMISSOULA, MONT. (13-14)

Wilmac Theatre“Skirts” Idea

(Same Cast as Above)BUTTE, MONT. (8)

Fox Theatre“Marble” Idea

The Harris Trio Roy SmootFloBelle & Charlie A1 and Jack Rand

Georgene and Henry FranciaHector and His GangDENVER, COLO. (8)

Tabor Grand“Sunshine” Idea

Bailey & Barnum Richard WallyVince Silk Mary LouArline Langan and Norman Selby

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. (10)

Palace Theatre

“Carnival usse” IdeaCountess Sonia Alex Sherer Bekefi

Russian Sunrise TrioSam Linfield Co.

WATERBURY, CONN. (11-13)

Palace Theatre

“Let’s Pretend” IdeaTillyou & Rogers Florence FormanEd Cheney Jimmy Hadreas

George Green Rita Lane

BROOKLYN, N Y. (9)

Fox Theatre

“Black and Gold’ ’ IdeaFour Kemmys Arnold Grazer

Maxine Hamilton Lee WilmotPHILADELPHIA, PA. (9)

Fox Theatre

“Jazz Temple” IdeaWally Jackson Sylvia DoreeVan De Velde Troupe Gus Elnore

Nora Schiller

WASHINGTON, D. C. (10)

Fox Theatre

“In Green” IdeaBorn and Lawrence Moran and Weston

Franklyn Record Doris NierlyWay Watts and Arminda

ATLANTA, GA. (12)

Fox Theatre“Far East” Idea

Frank Stever Helen PachaudM. Sanami & Co. Ruth Kadamatsu

Joan Hardcastle

MIAMI, OKLA. (7-8)

Majestic Theatre“Acordion” Idea

Burt & Lehman Theo & KatyaNat Spector MaryPrice

TULSA, OKLA. (9-11)Orpheum Theatre

(Same Cast as Above)

OKLAHOMA CITY (12-15)Orpheum Theatre

(Same Cast as Above)

NEW YORK, May 8.—WarnerBros, Theatre circuit has acquiredthe Columbia circuit from Potterand Newton. The six theatreswhich comprise the circuit are lo-

cated in Erie, Warren, Sharon andWesleyville, Pa. Warners havealso acquired two theatres in Fair-mont, West Va. They are theFairmont theatre and the Virginiatheatre, purchased from the Wat-son estate. Both are medium-sizedhouses and are wired.

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Personnel of West Coast Film StudiosPermission to use, all or part, must be secured from Inside Facts Publishing Co.

PARAMOUNTMELROSE NEAR VINE

HO. 2400

EXECUTIVES

First Vice-President in Charge of Pro-duction Jesse L. Lasky

General Manager of West Oast Pro-duction ,B. P. Schulberg

Assistant to the First Vice-President inCharge of Product’ n_Albert A. Kaufman

Executive Manager M. 0. LeveeExecutive Assistant to Mr .Schulberg.^.

David O. BelznickAssociate Producers

Hector Turnbull, Louis D. Lighton, J.G. Bachmann, B. F. Zeidman, B. LloydSheldon, Julian Johnson.

Production Manager Sam JaffaAttorney for Company Henry HerzbrunStudio Manager Frank BrandowStudio Comptroller A. C. MartinDirector of Department of Music—- Nathaniel Fins ton

Assistant to Mr. Selznick.—Harold HurleyStory Department Editor....Edw. MontagnaScenario Editor and Foreign Repre-

sentative Geoffrey Shurlock

PARAMOUNT STARSRichard ArlenGeorge BancroftClara BowNancy CarrollRuth Chatterton

Gary CooperDennis KingMoran and MackJack OakieWilliam Powell

Maurice Chevalier Charles Rogers

FEATURED PLAYERSJean ArthurMary AstorMary BrianVirginia BruceKay FrancisMitzi GreenJeanett MacDonaldLillian RothFay WrayWilliam AustinClive BrookPaul CavanaughMorgan FarleyRichard “Skeet”

GallagherStuart ErwinLeon Errol

Barry NortonStanley FieldsHarry GreenPaul GuertzmanPhillips HolmesJune CollyerPaul LukasFredric MarchNino MartiniJack OakieGuy OliverEugene PalletteFrank RossStanley SmithRegis ToomeyMarion SchillingRosita Moreno

PARAMOUNT DIRECTORSGeorge AbbottDorothy ArznerLudwig BergerOtto BrowerJohn CromwellGeorge CukorEdwin CareweCyril GardnerLouis GasnierEdmund GouldingVictor HeermanPerry Ivins

Edwin KnopfRowland V. LeeErnst LubitschLothar MendesVictor SchertzingerEdward SutherlandNorman TaurogFrank TuttleJosef von SternbergRichard WallaceEdward Sloman

PARAMOUNT WRITERS

T. J. Ah earnZoe AkinsDoris AndersonGuy BoltonMartin BrownNorman BurnstineJames A. ClarkDenison CliftBartlett CormackLloyd CorriganCharles FurthmannOliver H.P. GarrettGerald GeraghtyZane GreyPercy Heath

Lajos

Maurice HenlineGrover JonesPatrick KearneyVincent LawrenceHerman MankiewiczJos. L. MankiewiczGeorge Marion, Jr.

Wm. Slavns McNuttEdw. Paramore, Jr.

Jose Carner-RibaltaWm. N. Robson IIDaniel N. RubinViola Brothers ShoreSam SpewackJohn V. A. WeaverZilahy

CONTRACT CAMERAMENFarciot EdouartHarry Fischbeck

Henry GerrardWilliam Rand

MUSIC DEPARTMENTRichard A. Whiting Newell ChaseLeo RobinL. Wolfe GilbertAbel BaerSam Caslow

Frank HarlingBallard MacdonaldDave DreyerGrand Clarke

Harry Akst

CASTING DIRECTORFred Datig

FASHION CREATORTravis Banton

SOUND DEPARTMENTAlbert DeSart, Technical Director of

Sound

WARDROBE DEPARTMENTFrank Richardson (Head)

DANCE DIRECTORDavid Bennett

SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPT.Oren W. Roberts (Head)

STUDIO PUBLICITY DIRECTORArch Reeve

CUTTING DEPARTMENTJames Wilkinson (Head)

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER

CULVER CITYEMpire 9111

EXECUTIVES

Louis B. MayerIrving G. ThalbergHarry RapfE. J. MannixB. P. Fineman

Hunt StrombergBernard HymanLaurence WeingartenPaul BernAlbert Lewin

DIRECTORS

Clarence BrownLionel BarrymoreHarry BeaumontCharles BrabinJack ConwayCecil B. DeMilleWm. deMilleSidney FranklinJacques FeyderNick GrindeGeorge HillSammy LeeRobert Z. Leonard

Sam

Fred NibloRobert OberHarry PollardCharles RiesnerHal RoachArthur RobisonWesley RugglesMai St. ClairVictor SeastromEdward SedgwickW. S. Van DykeKing VidorEdgar J. McGregorWood

STARS

Lon ChaneyJoan CrawfordMarion DaviesGreta GarboJohn Gilbert

William HainesBuster KeatonGrace MooreRamon NovarroNorma ShearerLawrence Tibbett

FEATURED PLAYERS

Wallace BeeryCharles BickfordEdwina BoothJohn Mack BrownLeonoreBushmanHarry CareyPaulCavanaghKarl DaneMarie DressierMary DoranCliff EdwardsJulia FayeGavin GordonLawrence GrayRaymond HackettHedda HopperLottice HowellLeila HyamsKay JohnsonDorothy JordanCharles KingArnold KorffHarriett LakeGwen Lee

Barbara LeonardBessie LoveAudre LugnetGeorge F. MarionNina MaeDorothy McNultyJohn MiljanCatherine MoylanRobert MontgomeryPolly MoranConrad NagelElliott NugentJ. C. NugentEdward NugentCatherine Dale OwenAnita PagoLucille PowersBasil RathboneDuncan RenaldoGilbert RolandGus ShyLewis StoneRaquel TorresErnest TorrenceRoland Young

SONG WRITERS

Martin BroonesDorothy FieldsArthur FreedClifford GreyGeorge WardHoward Johnson

Junmy McHughJack KingReggie MontgomeryJoseph MeyersHerbert StothartOscar StrausHarry Woods

DIALOGUE AND SCENARIO WRITERS

GENERAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Victor BaravalleCimini Grand Chorus

Maestro Pietro Cimini, Musical Directorand Conductor

Stuart AnthonyMaxwell AndersonAlfred BlockA1 BoasbergFrank ButlerJohn ColtonMitzie CummingsGordon DavisWinifred DunnSalisbury FieldMartin FlavinBecky GardnerMadame do GresacPaul DickeyRobert HopkinsWm. HurlbutJohn B. HymerMarion JacksonAnthony JewettE. C. KeatonHans KralyJohn H. LawsonPhillip J. Leddy, Jr.Willard MackJeanie MacPhersonFrances MarionGene MarkeyEdwin J. Mayer

Sarah Y. MasonJohn MeehanBess MeredythJames MontgomeryByronMorganCharles MacArthurFred Niblo, Jr.Jack NevilleSamuel OrnitzJoseph PolandW. L. RiverArthur RichmanMadeleine RuthvenDon RyanRichard SchayerHarry SauberZelda SearsSamuel ShipmanRalph SpenceLawrence StallingsSylvia ThalbergA. E. ThomasWanda TuchockJim TullyDale Van EveryClaudine WestCrane WilburHelena Hopkins Zak

TITLE WRITERS

Ruth Cummings Joseph FarnhamLucile Newmark

CASTING DIRECTORBen Thau

RKO STUDIOS780 GOWER ST.Hollywood 7780

EXECUTIVES

Vice-Pres. in Charge of ProductionWilliam Le Baron

Asst, to Mr. Le Barron Pandro BermanAssociate Prducer Louis A. SareckyAssociate Producer Myles ConnollyAssociate Producer Henry HobartAssociate Producer Bertram MilhauserAssociate Producer William SistromGeneral Studio Manager C. D. WhiteStudio Superintendent Major FairbanksArt Supervisor ....Max ReeDirector of Publicity...—.. Don EddyAssistant Treasurer L. B. SmithCasting Director Rex BaileyAsst. Casting Director....Harvey ClaremontProduction Manager.. L. G. RansomeScenario Department Betty RobertsPurchasing Agent Richard WildeConstruction Supt. Earl McMurtrieChief Electrical Dept. William JohnsonChief Property Dept Sam ComerChief Wardrobe Dept. Walter PlunkettChief Camera Dept William EglintonChief Scenic Dept..— Holt LindsleyLocation Department —Herb HirstChief Drapery Department .Frank VertRCA Photophone Chief Engineer onCoast R. H .Townsend

Silent and Foreign VersionsLeon D’Usseau

Head of Miniature Dept Don JahrausChief Cutting Dept William HamiltonChief Sound Department Carl DreherPhoto Effects Lloyd Knechtrt

STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS

(UnderBebe DanielsRichard DixRod La RocqueBetty CompsonEvelyn BrentIrene DunneJack MulhallIvan LebedeffHugh TrevorSally Blane

Contract)Roberta GaleDorothy LeeRita La RoyRenee MacreadyBert WheelerRobert WoolseyJoel McCreaJune ClydeWynne Gibson

AUTHORS AND WRITERSWallace SmithJames A. CreelmanCharles MacArthurGeorge AbbottBen HechtJ. Walter Ruben

Hugh HerbertBeulah Marie DixJane MurfinVina DelmarSamson Raphaelson

DIRECTORSLuther Reed Herbert BrenonPaul Sloane Mel BrownWesley Ruggles

COMPOSERS—LIBRETTISTSHarry Ruby Sidney ClareBert K&lmar Anne CaldwellOscar Levant Harry Tierney

Harry Ruby

DANCE DIRECTORPearl Eaton

COLUMBIA1428 GOWER STREET

Hollywood 7490

President...- Joe BrandtTreasurer Jack CohnChief Studio Executive...

Harry Cohn, Vice-President in Charge of Production

Executive Assistant to Harry CohnSamuel J. Briskin

General Studio Manager; Milton E. Hoffman

Assistant General Studio Manager- Marion H. Kohn

Production Unit Mgr Samuel BischoffProduction Unit Mgr Bud BarskyAssistant Production Manager

Joe CookeChief Sound Engineer John LividaryRecording Engineer John GrayAmplifyng Engineer Edward HabnCamera Department Head....Ted TetzlaffLaboratory Chief George SeidProperty Master Edward SchulterArt Director Edw JewellAsst. Art Director Harrison WileyCasting Director Clifford RobertsonLocation Chief Joe CookeScenario Editor J0 SwerlingStory Editor. D. A. DoranMusic Department Head BakaleinokoffFilm Editor Ben PivarDirector of Publicity Alex MossPurchasing Agent —J. GreenstoneChief Studio Electrician—Denver HarmonComptroller A1 BrandtAuditor G. A. SampsonTransportation Manager Joe Cooke

WARNER BROTHERS5842 SUNSET BLVD.

HOllywood 4181

Executives\ ice President and Production Execu-^ve Jack L. Warner

Associate Executive Darryl F. ZanuckGeneral Studio Manager Wm. KoenigPublicity Director George Thomas

PLAYERS

Tohn Banymore Tully MarshallU Jolson Edna MurphyDolores Costello Alice GentleIrant Withers George ArlissMarian Nixon Vivienne SegalFrank Fay Winnie Lightner’-ila Lee Lotti LoderNoth Beery Joe E. BrownH. B. Warner Evalyn KnappClaudia Dell Chas. ButterworthLois Wilson Irene DelRoy

Jack WhitingLouise Closser HaleOlsen and Johnson

MUSIC DEPARTMENTRobert Crawford, Executive in Charge

Erno Rapee. Director-in-Chief

Louis SilversOscar HammersteinSigmund RombergJerome KernOtto HarbachJoe BurkeA1 DubinM. K. JeromeHarold BergBud GreenSam SteptJoe YoungHarry Warren

Sidney MitchellIlArchie GoettlerGeorge W. MayerHarry AkstGrant ClarkEddie WardeA1 BryanLou PollackMort DixonWalter O’KeefeBobby DolanMitchell ClearyNew WashingtonHerb Magidson

METROPOLITAN STUDIOS

1040 LAS PALMAS AVE.GR. 3111

President Charles H. ChristieTreasurer and General Manager— Wm. S. HolmanGeneral Representative Phil L. RyanStudio Manager Leo CahaneAuditor— H. P. RatlffChief Sound Engineer R. S. ClaytonAssistant Sound Englneer....A. M. GranichArt Director .. C. L. CadwalladerConstruction Supt 8am E. WoodChief Electrician Wally OettelChief of Props F. W. Widdowson

Following are the companies rentingspace at the studio:

Harold Lloyd Corp.Caddo Co., Inc.Sono Art Prod., Inc.Lloyd Hamilton Prod.Christie Film Co., Inc.Fine Arts Pictures, Inc.Cliff Broughton Prod.Edward Small Prod.Halperin Prod.James Cruze, Inc.Italotone Film ProdRobert. O. Bruce Outdoor

Talking Pictures, Inc.Rogell Productions, Ltd.Redwing ProductionsRenard Hoffman ProductionsDawson Productions

DARMOUR STUDIOS5823 SANTA MONICA BLVD.

HO. 8704President and Supervision

Larry DarmourCameraman James Brown. Jr.Publicity and Advertising L. E. HeifitsStory Dept E. V. DurlingTechnical Frank DexterRecording o. 8. FranklinChief Electrical and Sound Neil JackPurchasing and' Production... .Pell MitchellProperty Department Wsley MortonDirectors

A1 Herman, Lew Foster, Phil WhitmanStill Department .Harry BlancHead Cutter Edgar Scott

RCA Photophone LicenseeHome Office: Standard Cinema Corpora-

tion, 1560 Broadway, New YorkMarshall Neilan

FIRST NATIONALBURBANK

GLadstone 4111

PRODUCTION EXECUTIVESRobert North Robert Lord

CO-EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE OFPRODUCTION

Hal B. Wallis C. Graham Baker

STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERSRichard Barthelmess Otis SkinnerAlice White Dorothy MackaillAlexander Gray Loretta YoungBernice Claire Sidney BlackmerWalter Pidgeon Fred KohlerDoug. Fairbanks, Jr. Lila LeeBillie Dove Prank McHughMarilyn Miller

Joe E. Brown

DIRECTORS

John Francis Dillon Frank LloydMervyn Le Roy William A. SeiterClarence Badger Howard HawksEdward Cline William Beaudine

WRITERS

Francis FaragohHoward EstabrookRichard WeilSeton MillerKathryn ScolaRuth RankinB. Harrison OrkowH. H. Van LoanMatt TaylorBasil WoonRobert N. Lee

Dan TotherohJohn RussellPaul PerezEarl BaldwinWaldemar YoungHenry McCartyForrest HalseyJulian JosephsonHumphrey PearsonF. Hugh Herbert

CASTING DIRECTOR

Wm. MayberyWARDROBE DEPARTMENT

N’ WasS McKenzie. Head of DepartmentEdward Stevenson, Costumes

DANCE DIRECTORLarry Ceballos

ART DEPARTMENTJack Okey Anton Grot

John J. Hughes

RECORDING DEPT. MANAGERMaj. Nathan Levinson

MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT

Pure Westmore, Hairdre^ingWalter Rogers, Make-Up

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Robert Crawford, Executive in ChargeErno Rapee, Director in Chief

Leo Forbstein, DirectorJerome Kern-Otto HarbachEdwin Warde and A1 BryanHarry Akst and Grant Clarke

George W. Meyer, Sidney Mitchell andArchie Goettler

Joe Young and Harry WarrenBud Green and Sam Stept

Lou Pollack and Mort DixonWalter O’Keefe and Bobby Dolan

A1 Dubin and Joe BurkeM. Jerome and Harold Berg

Michael Cleary, Ned Washington andHerb Magidson

CHORAL DIRECTORNorman Spencer

PATHE STUDIOSCULVER CITYEMpire 9141

EXECUTIVESExecutive Vice-President in Charge of

Production E. B. DerrPersonal Representative for Joseph P.Kennedy Charles E. Sullivan

Studio Superintendent Harvey LeavittCasting Director Charles RichardsDirector of Publicity Donn McElwaineArt Director Carroll ClarkChief Sound Engineer L. E. ClarkMusical Director Josiah ZuroVice-President in Charge of Short

Subjects John C. FlinnSupervisor of Comedy Stories andTalent William Woolfenden

Service Manager Theodore DicksonChief Designer Gwen WakelingStudio Masseuse Sylvia UlbeckChief Film Editor Doane HarrisonDirector of Foreign Production

Emile De RecatDance Directors

George Cunningham-Harold Hecht

Mary LewisWilliam BoydAnn HardingConstance BennettEddie Quillan

PLAYERSHelen TwelvetreesRobt. ArmstrongFred ScottHarry BannisterJames Gleason

FEATURE DIRECTORSPaul L. Stein Rollo LloydJoseph Santley John RobertsonRussell Mack Alfred GreenTay Garnett Edward H. Griffith

COMEDY DIRECTORSMonte Carter Wallace FoxFred Guiol Frank DavisRobt. De Lacy

Laura Hope CrownEugene WalterCarl HoveySada CowanLynn RiggsClara BerangerWalter De LeonClare KummerJosephine LovettPaul GangelinRalph MurphyRay RockettHoraceJacksonThomas Lennon

WRITERSGarrettFortJames SeymourThomas BuckinghamJack CunninghamPaul SchofieldReeves EasunW. C. TuttleJohn ErskineEdward BennettHarold SchwartzJames GruenMauri GrashinWaldemar Young

TIFFANY PRODUCTIONSSUNSET BOULEVARD

OLympia 2131President L. A. YoungExecutive Vice-President.—Grant L. CookChief Studio Executive........Phil GoldstoneComptroller Ira E. SeidelPurchasing Agent Milton GatzertDirector of Publicity

- Arthur Q. HagarmanArt Director Hervey LibbertHead of Sound Dept Lewis MyerHead of Set Dressing Dept Geo. Sawley

UNIVERSALUNIVERSAL CITYHEmpstead 3131

EXECUTIVES

President Carl LaemmleGeneral Manager Carl Laemmle, Jr.Asst, to Carl Laemmle, Sr— M. Stanley BergermanStudio Manager Henry HenigsonAsst. General Manager....Harry H. ZehnerBusiness Manager Walter SternProduction Manager Martin MurphyAssociate Producers

E. M. Asher, Albert DeMondSupervising Scenario Chief— C. Gardner SullivanStory Editor Leon AbramsCasting Director Phil M. FriedmanFilm Editor-in-Chief Maurice PivarDirector of Publicity Milton HoweStenographic Grace H. RyanArt Director Q. D. HallSupt. of Laboratory and Sound— C. Roy HunterCamera Department— C. M. GlounerPurchasing Dept..: .A. W. KlinordlingerLocation Manager jaek LawtonMusical Director David BroekmanTechnical Department Archie HallElectrical Department Prank GravesArt Title Department Max CohenZoo Department Charles MurphyKanch Department E. E. SmithAccounting Dept Graydon B. HoweLadies’ Wardrobe Johanna MathieaonMen’s Wardrobe Edward WarsTransportation Dept...Maurice E. KurlandPolice Department..: Dick Solberg

^rop Sh°P E. A. Johnson

Wsery Walter TauerScenic Department Harry KrohuProperty Dept Bussell A. GausmanHospital Dr, Stanley Immerman

DIBECTOESJ. Murray AndersonWm. James CraftLew CollinsEdward LaemmleErnst LaemmleWilliam Wyler

Henry MacRaeLewis Milestone

John M. StahlJohn RobertsonRay Taylor

PLAYERS

Lewis AyresJohn Boles*Kathryn CrawfordMerna KennedyBarbara KentLupe Velez*Jeanette Loff

Rose HobartJoan MarshJames MurrayMary Nolan*Joseph Schildkraut*Nancy TorresGlenn Tryon*Helen Wright

* Indicates player is

WRITERS

Tom ReedWinifred ReeveCharles WebbCharles LogueH. La Cossitt

Wm. Houston BrancWells RootHelen CarlisleMatt TaylorGarrett Fort

CAMERAMENHal Mohr Arthur EdesonPrank Booth Walter ClineGeorge Robinson Gilbert WarrentonA1 Jones Jerry Ashe

CARTOONISTS

Walter Lantz William C. Nolan

TEC-ART STUDIOS

BRONSON AND MELROSEPresident Alfred MannonFirst Vice-President and Treasurer— - J. BoyceSmithVice-President Maurice De MondSecretary and Studio Manager

-Irving MeilikenTechnical Director Albert D’AgostinoGenl. Purchasing Agent....Harry EnglanderChief Electrician Leslie TracyPublicity Director Wilson B. HellerAssistant Publicity ...Natalie AdelsteinAuditor Florence HinkleProperties _...J. E. AltwiesScenic and Paints — Larry SorensonDraperies w. S. HepburnTransportation o. E. NorstrumS?.M®rs Joe Hayden, Arthur BrooksChief Engineer BOA -.Ernest RovereRecorder ...«.-. L. E. Tope

CHAPLIN STUDIOS1416 N. LA BREA AVE.

HEmpstead 2141

President, Director and Star— - Charles ChaplinVice-President and General Manager....— Alfred BeeveeTreasurer .Lois O. BunserChief Cinematographers

Rollie Totheroh and Gordon PoilockPhotographer Mark MarlattDirector of Publicity and Advertising....

Carlyle BobinsonScript Department Della SteeleExecutive Secretary Kathleen PryorCommunication -Consuelo JacksonPurchasing Agent Joseph Van MeterProperty Master Hal Atkin*Laboratory Chief yal LaneAssistant — Henry BergmanStill Department Ed. AndersonChief Electrician.: Frank TestersForeman Carpenter William BogdanoffCasting Director Allan Garcia

PLAYERS

Virginia Cherrill Harry MyersAlbert Austin

Scanned from the collection of

Karl Thiede

Coordinated by the

Media History Digital Library

www.mediahistoryproj ect.org