Variety 1930-10-22: Vol 100 Iss 15

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= , HOLLYWOOD )| | BROADWAY | | STAGE =) | SCREEN | | Published Entered as second iz OL. 100° ‘No. 1 15 Veekly at 154 We clase 46th St., matter December COPYRIGHT, 19 +t) ‘NEW YORK, WEDNES D AY, OCTOBER New York, N. Y.,. by Ng ty 22, 21906, at BY VARIETY, Inc Annual the Post Offi at INC. “ALL RIG HTS New York, $io0 under the act subscription N , RE SERVED Singte copies, 26 of March & ra A 1930 ——_______ Ballyhooey on Beauty by Mme., As Glorified Boloney at $10 Per By Ruth Morris Woman pays plenty for luxuries merchandised with impressive bally- 100ey suying bit of feminine I Buying a bit f feminine frippery, she willingly gives an ex- orbitant amount for the surrounding glitter in which it is sold, the flat- terir sales-talk in the indulging of an expensive whim Lavish cosmetique studio rop- pins ip all over wn thrive mn this willingness to pay for more] than a commodity Proprietresses, often disappointed opera or con- cer singers, surround their trade with the mystery of a religious cult In dim-lit, opulent studios they lecture on the cul ition of beauty, throwing in slants of new thought and reincarnation to further in- trigue the gullible who fall for the gloritied boloney The “Artiste, Creatrice,” as the proprietress may dignify herself, is usually someone who has suffered illness and disfigurement, and who, on her sick-bed, worked out the tormula she is giving to the world —at $10 a jar. With affected diction and over-done expression, she traces beauty from the days of Babylonian priestesses, interpolating religous quotations between de- scriptions of Cleopatra's painted lure With fluttering gestures she em- Phasizes a performance that is the nth degree of showmanship. Ladies,” she declaims in a tone iranteed to make every a ditor f like Mrs. Astor, “I want to tell yo ibout Beautv—and that is a large word. I mean—Beauty. Beauty of the soul, that does not ac- knowledge age, that overcomes fate that can be attained by everyone wno will conforn to my instruc- tions. Think good thoughts. Use g00d eams and powder! That's All Aftie as though clinching mat- ters Beauty is truth, truth beauty —that is all B that, it d 7D t all I i ur rrding ) ( i i r ot assemolng ) prepa ) prefull 1 » Orir | j p ma j I insing ( ir \ iY nt, Foun 1 " ) t iD i¢ K1?T "OW - \ B ) ) iown t SKIT i ( ) ) ip aga two ] ) 1dow row ind by enc nded pomade id r lesigna i shade ) ilid vol p4adaAMmM is ) i to r t fastidi uy eq Mi | th big- pal yb sit Po By ? li ) ( j ed ind . n Ss nor I i hy i i tl i le-] ) t - £0 0 I I ! , to et tate-con S With 4 . Ho lo ; io, Baro 3 , d (ou 5, im 0, too . ) lropp in yr, \' 4 i ( a f 3 Jdtta M Lixoy-Wo izto + | | | Blacklist’s Move blacklist of vaude over It is iround by the Chin! The old has moved ing kicked restaurants now Pe - Any act that plays fo Tee on Tth avenue at 48t stree innot play for Palais d'Or inother Chi > i S38 the street ‘Story Shortage May Send More Picture Concerns Into Legit Hollywood, Oct. 21. In line with Paramount's intensive stage-and-play production hook-up, nearly every other studio may be forced into the same idea of financ- ing play production, almost promis- cuously because of the general de- sire for screen material. Inevitably it will hasten the west coast play production centre, as reported on last week. Paramount's decision not to re- strict its legit operations to the Frohman office (Gilbert Miller), as W oods ter Er- for evidenced by backing A. H (“Farewell to Arms Ches tne pace others who, more than ever ed with the irgency for worthwhile The never The irom screen stories importance of the iuchor before seemed SU prominent degree to which the executive to ¢ aman, the Shakespearean the thing ing, studios, ame? have gone literati with slogan that “the istonishing The names circulating play's boys now bandy the autho about with as much fluen ind clerk itive merits , i library ! iS a the discourses on the re of writers and their adaptability to as a] | | { | best-dres | officially to before, Ls en! One Woman Will Rule for) be “fashion counsellor. at pa th OTH LAER Boys and Girls Vaude Stages—Men Must Look Neat Their Pants DRESS REFORMS R-K-O is out to have the wor'ld’s sed actors. Attempt will through Mrs. Beatrice D. Mindlin, be called the circuit's ” She will be the head of the new R-K-O de- rtment which will see that every- ing and everyone on the R-K-O stages is kept spic and span and in the height of fashion. Mrs. Mindlin started last week. In two days of looking at -K-O |} vaude bills, she said, she saw) enough bad dressing by men and| women and self-imposed appear- ance handicaps to write a vook. | First reform advocated by Mrs | Mindlin is the entire elimination of the theatrical type of costumes for ictresses. That means the passing of the loud colored, freakishly cut and circusy trimmed dress Theory of R-K-O’s lady fashior expert is that women patronize the theatres to see the t le dictate yf the women on the stage. The stri ly stage costume could not be wort! inywher off the stage hence that type of attire can hold little or no interest for the feminine patrons, Mrs. Mindlin says the best advice for the male vaude actor is to keep his pants pressed and yok neat unless his stage character calls to sloppiness No Bare Legs—Boys Must Doll Bare legs will be barred Thi goes for chorus girls as well as principals, winter and Summ Only exceptions Vill ye rcrovathl lance and others whose work would »e i nard ip ) nosi i; Only one pair of limbs in a million il na ip V1 ) I Mi nd lé i! ] nor atrica ] ry ) ) “J ) ) \] VIind M ) ige no 1 4 ir j t i } port putfit Ir yar ) if li Y ) i rs lo { ae nm i ti ’ ertain types of stories, reduced to plain Hollywood slanguag ilsc not without a certain 1rol ul Cataloging a writer, j > 2 cloak-and-suit model No. So i-So ind dealing in creative brain i u! ibstract article, might be something | ora Mencken to grow j i ibo ae ws s Understudy Thelma Karesh, whose stag Chil Howard, appeared in W | Side Court and paid a fine of $1 for her isband, Georg ind ) manutactut A > wa I 1 wit! i Sumn t Patroiman I Y I i Saniad ) Be itp “Legs’ Har? Link and N Kent ' > N44 Sal bre wills to ive i aa ail The Wyitif Wacr i suivU B0¢e lv p > aly AUct. a6 s Diamond Ballad’ Down-and-Out Humor Cl i , ) “ipit yOu if mip 1 iffo di i j ) ena , (‘thicago a ) j W a Dp ‘) tr ey? in i ter alke { His i "S AULE Upon | and Keep) Pressed— | VARIET) enta i879 a5 80 PAGES ite Club Hostesses Go Into Panic— | Not the Type Frisco rang for a Western Tnion messenger who asked, upon arrival D-d-d-o0 you w-w-want to send a m-m-message’?" Frisco looked annoyed “G-g-go back to y-y-your Tic he said ind t-t-tell hem to s-s-send me a st-st- traigzint nan Medels Gone Chorus Fleod Modiste Shops 7 Tougher to Chisel a Dime Than Wine The drop in night club busine has put many hostesses in a bad wa Conditions could not be worse |for the girls than they are at the present time, | For Their Jobs Back ' } Mannequins, who have become chorus girls, are back looking for | their old jobs. Cause is the few mu- Many lof the girls are not stopping at any- sical shows being produced Little o1 in New no demand for hostesses York as many clube have closed and those remaining ha ‘ut as the clientele dwindled A a result club hostesses, who on considered themselves at the ton of the game, have been dri t honky ont on ! sutskirt of ti city, where th ire ma i herok tand | t vhat 1 tas Nothing can YT: had fror ' " iway fro: Broadway the rir! have concluded ind to say tha they a lise i i yu , mildl The former Broadway girls land in the smaller places with heavy | dough tactics burt oon lose the grand ideas after the first meetin with the new type of customer have landed the the hostesses in Hoboken Some of spots where cus tomers are off the boats and who can barely understand Englist This is a nervewracking predica iment for any energetic hoste Any drink costing 75 cents is grounds for an instant squaw! [ the best « and it can the hostess is hungry can get is a sandwich, be chicken thing to reconnect with Madame Modiste. And the Madame is giving j}a lot of them the break over girls | regularly dependent upon modeling | for a livelihood AS the result of the chorine influx | | ;} the mannequin situation is swamped | | with femmes Macy’s, aS an ex- ample, one day last week announced | $00 applicants for jobs Taking advantage of the unem- | ployment Situatior the Madames are tightening up in tl demands for quali ition Salaries in mar f the dress places are 50% less lth in they were u year ago this ‘ime |For 325 a week a model just ha4 to| lwal around for a few hours and | ‘fake the re of the day off That | vas a year ago Now, for that sal ary, the girl not only has to posse Lr inblemished physique, but she must ilso be a nieswoman Some of the choristers of a few | vears ago, fattened out of motel- g line are desperate enough t9 | i’ i Severs KNOW! 1aces | i found in pop eatil place ) ! ‘ wome yume “To think,” said one, “that we |} have to use more blandishments tv chise 4 dime trom the nik than we did to get cavair and char agne If vou think Broadway hard to take, meet these boy friends their mind SELL FARMERS MUSIC, REVIVAL OF OLD IDEA ind tr to change (hehe former vaude entertainers agze, Oct Langdon ind radio automobile sros., } , nave crew ol the ix men ea traveling througet topping at every whistle-stop and cow-crossing in the middls ve ind = soutt These boy j hi pressure ilesinen ire peddling Hawaiiar teel guitar ind a our tioy » pia ) tT I oO the sil ‘ i medi ) i ! ) 1 rs i er i NOW DO THEIR STUFF sales campaign. 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‘Wednesday, October 22, 1930

It's Back Again—-That Studio Scheme To Ditch All Minor Screen Credits + Oct 21. Due to «a inued difficulties or n lits and the growing feel- | ir I ticularly in operating and Gist I ] t! t write nN } XCE w } ( Luthor i I { ( l€ is be wher | [ I a é a I l j learned n good authority that not only home offices in New York but studio he well are beginning to feel cred should be minimized Paramount is of may be the : expected to throw stone at the writers and lesser fry first | | } oss mina asa) HEARST DINNER IN L. A.

Bankers Taking Peek —-—— Wall Street is taking its eyes off theatre dé and merger I n xr the present to delve nto the interior of the film biz from the operation angle One source queried was much terested in the return of bo s re and film shows. It ma be in indicator that Wall Street is beginning to look from the inside out on the in- dustry.

| MOSTLY METRO FIESTA | Los Angeles, Oct. 21. Testimonial banquet to William | Randolph Hearst at the Biltmore last week was more like a Metro accustomed to seeing names on pic- ture titles, with Fox set to either follow-up Par closely or beat it to the itting Squabbling Scribes Not only these studios but others have found that considerable dif- } ficulties arise over credits, with each of a half dozen writers who have worked on a given story de- manding credits if it’s good. When bad, everyone’s silent. Fox has taken its initial step toward a probable elimination of sundry credits through decision to allow no writer on its lot any story credit whatever until the picture is ready to enter production. As it now is, one writer is asked to do a treatment, which may be re- (Continued on page 39) All at Once There Are No Hollywood Britons Hollywood, Oct. where the 21. Mystery is English actors went to. All summer the hollywoods were full of them. Now, after three weeks trying to line up an English speaking cast for stock at Victoria, B es McCleod is ready to let King George do it. Gordon about He’s postponed his project, and may call it off. Plenty of accents left with accent. But the real, honest-to-Picadilly public school standard is The available can get by as English in the states, but it’s boot- leg across the line. You can’t fool the English, even when they’re Canadians, English the accent on the scarce, Bostonese K. 0. BEANS Withers and Enright, III, Drop Out of W. B. Bear Hunt

Hollywood, Oct. 21. Roughing it in the woods of the Canadian Northwest went hard for Ray Enright and Grant Withers, who were in the Warner bear hunt- ing expedition. Canned pork and beans put En- right in a hospital in Vancouver and sent Withers back to a doctor's care Enright will the hos- pital several days. Interiors of Daryl Zanuck anda William Wellman held out. These two are still in the wilds, 400 miles from a telephone at last reports. here. be in Hollywood-Bound Paris, Oct. 21. Roger Ferdinand and Jean Blan- chon will sail for the States Nov. 26 to take up contracts with Metro- Goldwyn in Hollywood Other travelers to California aré Ivan Petrovitch, Andre Nicole and Mareel de Garcin, sailing Friday last (17) on the Europa. TENN. INDICTMENTS Memphis, Oct. 21, Officers of the Strand Amu ment Company, operators of the Strand and Arabian theatre Lau rel, Miss., have been indicted on three counts each by the grand jury for operation of the two theatres on Sunday. Jury has made its final report Those indicted are Charles Green Ben Schneider and W. S. Taylor.

“It isn’t easy to keep on trying.”

JACK NORWORTH 414th Street York MR. AND MKs. 130 West New |

production, with Louis B. Mayer on the dais lauding his friend and busi- ness associate, and with Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett of Metro contributing as the guest artists. 3esides being a corking Metro bal- lyhoo, the majority of the $5-a-head customers wanted to know what the banquet was all about except- ing that it was the right thing to do that evening. The preceding Sunday Mary Pickford presided at a more “intimate” dinner to 135 representative picture people—with Metro-Fox again prominent—but the banquet by the Chamber of Commerce, etc., raised the question of its purpose. The usual long-winded speeches. Hearst’s own speech was more to the point; briefer, thankfully, and sincere, even if his own ideas weren’t in entire accord with gen- eral opinion. As another insidious plug first started by France in a Hearst-for- President-but-I-don’t-want-it, this dinner was a success. SAILINGS Nov. 26 (Paris to Roger Ferdinand, Jean (Paris). Oct. 31 (New York to Paris), John Stone, Max Constant, Eddie Dolly (Majestic). Oct. 25 (London to New York) Blanche Merrill, Judy Ames (Maur- etania). Oct. 25 Laura Burt New York): Blanchon (Paris to New (Minnetonka). York), Oct. 24 (New York to Paris), J. Carlo Bavetta (Ile de France). Oct. 23 (Paris to New York), Jerry and Baby Grands (Republic). Oct. 18 (London to New York): Maud Santley (Berengaria). Oct. 17 (Paris to New York): Ivan Petrovitch, Andre Nicole, Mar- cel de Garcin, Lotte Lehman, Marie Olzewska, Heinrich Schlusnus, Alexander Kipnis, Myra Mortimer, Karin Branzell, Harold Kreuzberg, Yvonne Georgi, Jack Hobby (Eu- ropa). Oct. 17 (New York to Paris): Ubangi Savages (France). Oct. 17 (Nassau to New York), Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Williamson (Munargo). Oct. 17 (New York to Paris), Mrs. Albert Lewin (France). Oct. 16 (Paris to New York), Julio Pena (lle de France). Oct. 16 (Paris to New York), Princess Matchabelli, Fortune Gallo (Olympic).

Oct. 16 (London to New York), Rafael Sabatini (le de France). Oct. 16 (Sydney to Cairo), Tom | Shafty (Naldera). Oct. 16 (Sydney to Vancouver) Tom Holt (Aorangi). | Oct. i6 (Berlin to New York), Mr and Mrs. Heinrich Schlusnus, Mr. and Mrs. Friederich Schorr, Frieda | Leider, Marie Olszewska, Karin Branzell, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander |} Kipnis, Egon Pollack, Mira Morti- mer Harald Kreuzberg Yvonne Georgi (Europa). Grace Moore H., 0. Hollywood, Oct, 21. Grace Toore is staving two weeks longer to make foreign recording of son from “New Moon,” which she has just finished at Metro as her second Numbers will be done in Spanish, French and Italian, | Mis Moore had planned being out of H ywood by now, going least as stopover on trip te Eurpe, .

7? e Aa TUTTLE | AW serie ULL WILL MAHONEY in Eart Carroll’s “Sketch Book” The New York “TIMES” “Chief of Mr. Carroll’s performers is the slipping, sliding, tumbling Will Mahoney, who sings with rare,

said: low comedy merriment, and whose daucing is constantly menaced by the law of gravity.” Direction VALLEES FAST TRIPS TO AID MISS NANCY If the flaps ever find out what subway trains Rudy Vallee is taking back and forth from Brooklyn this week, the Interborough can get off the nut for the year. Vallee is cur- rently doubling between the two lo-

cal Paramounts, having done 10 shows Saturday and Sunday, and will continue to play nine a day for the remainder of the picture house week ending Thursday. As far as known, this is a record around here in playing two thea- tres. Rudy is running himself hoarse at the request of Nancy Carroll, now at the Paramount, New York, in person, after the pair had hung up a record gross in Brooklyn last week. The team won't go to a new top at the Crossroads but the total looks as if it’ll go well past $80,000. Miss Carroll got one flash at the Brooklyn business and then asked if Rudy would mind scampering back and forth, indicating that the screen star is a smart little girl, too. Only by sneaking in and out of the theatres is Vallee able to keep up with his current routines. Once (Continued on page 10)

It’s These Times Hollywood, Oct. 21. Doctors’ bills, a hospital bill, rent and a $700 loan from Clara Bow’s father have Il. J. O’Connor, pic- tures, in the hole for $3,533, with no assets. One of his debts is $115 to Actors’ Equity. uring the late unpleas- antness in Hollywood, O’Connor was on the general staff, chauffer-

! ing Frank Gilmore. Since the strike he has been doing bits in pictures.

Brulatour’s Vacation Hollywood, Oct. 21. Jules E. Brulatour and Hope Hampton sailed Saturday (18) for Honolulu, “just for the ride.” The Eastman Kodak magnate says operatic wife needs the rest. Brulatour will remain on the west coast for another fortnight on his return, going east thereafter with his his wife, who later in the winter goes abroad to sing in Milan, Lon- i don and Paris. Hollywood, Oct. 21. Leo Morrison, Coast agent with New York offices, is planning to leave for the east in about two weeks for a look around. May remain east anywhere from btwo weeks to two months. MARLOWE COAST BOUND Brian Marlcwe, writer, currently represented on Broadway as collab- orator with Vina Delmar on “Bad Girl,” goes with Paramount at 4 flat salary to do one picture. He leaves for the Coast next

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ntimacy, Warmth, Handing K. 0. to De Luxe Stiffness a —_—_—_— _% * Ty Bee Lillie Complains, WB , M4 ’ ~ 4 ~~ Explains, Court Sustains Third of Warner Bros.’ was sustained against Be Lillie’s complaint that a _ talking short ruined her reputation. The lady has until the end of the week to file a third amended com- plaint, which her representative has set forth her grievances over that strayed “Show of Shows” footage. demurrers atrice LIGHTON’S OPERATION Hollywood, Oct. 21. Louis D. Lighton, Paramount as- sociate producer, was operated on (Monday for a double hernia at the Lebanon hospital. He is not in a serious condition.

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Chicago, Oct. 21. theatres are on the move intimacy. Managers have the conclusion that the |public has become annoyed at the lincreasing stiffness and l like efficiency of the Film back to come to machine-« modern jture house. Wherever possible, renovations in the smaller houses are taking |place, clipping down the number of seats, and installing roomier nd | wider chairs, in an effort to bring lback the feeling of comfort and | social gathering. All the smaller | theatres have adopted as their chief

selling point, the slogan, “an in- timate theatre.” So it is with the new Punch and Judy, the newly renovated Warner Orpheum on the main stem, which reopened last week after renova- tions, minus a couple of hundred jseats. So it is with the northside {Lincoln Hippodrome, which follow- | ing forced alterations on the |jhouse, reopened after shearing off |350 seats. Other spots throughout | the country are clipping down, and trying to bring a more at-ease at- titude back into the theatre. Thawing Out Of course, the big palaces where a few hundred seats either way wouldn't be noticed, are not slicing off capacity, but they are, in other ways trying to remove the once so sought-for factory atmosphere. robot ushers have unbend, even to smile. once more are at their in the lobby, greeting friends. For even the big circuit houses have finally noticed that people had lost the idea that the theatre was a glamourous place; and they have finally realized that the aura of glamour was essential to the well- being of the theatre As one manager stated: “Many people have told me that they don’t like to come to picture theatres any The ordered to Managers old stand been more because the place reminds either of a morgue or funeral chapel. You can’t blame them much, either; the house itself is always dark, there is no life on the stage. The patron buys a ticket, is ushered silently and solemnly to (Continued on page 42) Actors’ Club Producing Shorts With RKO Release Hollywood, Oct. 21. Through a deal with R-K-O, the Masquers’ Club will produce a se- ries of shorts from selected skits and playlets staged at the club’s monthly revels. R-K-O will re- lease the subjects, splitting with the club on profits. Arrangements have been made to use contract players who have ap- peared ii the skits. First short will go into work next week at Tec-Art studio with Lew Cody, Bert Wheeler and a group of members doing dames Proceeds will be used to help pay off the mortgage on the clubhouse,

MacDonald Sis in Film Hollywood, Oct. 21. Jeanette MacDonald's sister, Blose- som, has been engaged for her first picture role. It places both sisters on the same lot. Par has taken Blossom for a small part in “Fighting Caravans,” re- cently returned from location for interior shots. The lesser known of the MacDone- ald sisters has been on the legit stage. WEATHER Washington, Oct. 21.

will be the fourth time | Weather Bureau furnished “Var- iety’ the following outlook for week beginning tomorrow (22): Fair, continued cold Wednesday, Thursday increasing cloudiness with slowing rising temperature |followed by rain over western sec- | tions; Friday (24) rain in eastern j}and partly cloudy in western sec- | tions; Saturday probably occasional rain, and Sunday (26) uncertain.

Worne on “Special” Hollywood, Oct. 21. Duke Worne has been engaged to direct George Batchelor’s next for Chesterfield, “The Midnight Spe- cial,” original by Arthur Horle. Glenn Tryon, Myrna Kennedy, James Aubrey and Phillip Smahy are cast.

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PIiCT@RES VARIETY 3

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> Chattering Dirt Diggers Kill Public Twilight Festivity in Film Colony |

Hollywood Oct os ° An ever-increasing army of Unconscious | snooping chatter writers respon-

| i ide ] | re. ee cae Coawernes «ene | Hollywood, Oct. 21. wood night life. That after dusk } Zi ‘i ii a * his : : | Hie-man star, discussing - whoopee which once existed, and | . , Sie , : |] family with some friendsinthe || still does in the imagination of the } a ¢ led tau rie , « y e sfau- hinterlanders who have never been | privacy of a on he - here. has taken the k. o. route to rant, detebery on y iope my “er - ace ‘ boy will rfot be handicapped in oplivion., All because of the dirt- } es@ +} Pee e a ‘ | life by the realization of wnat ee. || a great man his father is.” sSumme up, it great for the ade , " _ A I f : - | It ~ Joe Doakes is the same ora ren TION ) Ti > pict » m ii reputat | Ol Lileé })] % | who dro ped ir Or the v p. in | COLO! Ut 1 Isnt at ill digestible | ) a t cl l ; Oo i hote busing Ive d Ch i : : S do Oo snow ber of Commerce members will ad 1 . ls Voakes-

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| : s ‘apse : | co mit quietly that their campaigns to | make California travel popular re- | ceived an appreciable slap when | CHEVAI [ER’S OUTBURST | public hey-hey went out of fas! ion. | FR ao «ans Tourists coming here hoping to| 3 | hobnob with the stars in what few | bright spots are left leave with , rs sibilant cusses and a word of mouth | ; ; , e.%% : . : : | Paris, Oct. 21. to their fellow hinterlanders back | = ; ; ' : A changed Chevalier has returned home not to fall for the bunk that] \ 1 tri . : . | from American film riumphs. Hol! ood is wiid wooll and al . - ‘ my H : , iy veramental outbursts mark the Woozy. It's a id blov or them] 4. j % age ‘ “ee a rence from the genia figure | to find that after 8 p. m. Hollywood } , ls ae : | . j} that cha ed the French capital a Boulevard becomes a veritable Sa : : : |} couple of yea 1gzO hara and as populous as lowe! Broadway on Sunday morning aris 1 papers have remarked _ | NOT hea hange iT " nt 1 Stars Duck Blvd. | upon the change and co Ls Only tars visible after dinner |™@2@e Chevanher seif-conscious 0! thea stare Sariasc tye ey nee time on the Boulevard are thej ‘6 St45e. Seri of unhappy oc ; . " .. 69 rrences Iminate ecently ) twinkling kind and they twinkle no | CUrrence culminated recently in AT ina brighter here than back in Oshkosh, | ***“* During a concert there at the Skowhegan or Ypsilanti. “ d Happy hey-hey is just as popu idorado, someone in the audience pps - i > Ji tlc ( u- " Hs lar with the picture gang as it-ever | broke out laughing at the wrong | al \\ Ctl ail « t 1 nent The cats arn lice ff ~ | was, but now it’s all under cover momer be “— : ~~ walked off ~e " } 1 : stage in é ul * returne r 1e | Malibu beach colony came into be- ige ina ~ Eke irned in - ni rilim © 1 | ors acti a a ing for this purpose. So did several auditor meee and began to lecture t -y other similar spots. And the scrib- crowd, only to discover that the of- bling chatterers are to blame. cet ding Spaererves actor . shell shocked war veteran afflicted with and atti- crowd. A few years fan mags had the tude toward the picture Then gradually the trend “What's the dirt?’’ became the gan. Today at least a dozen of the country’s most important dailies have regular correspondents here on the scandal beat. All the syndi- cates are represented and looking for the same type of stuff. Some of the services have two and three writers here, and even New York columnists have paid undercover men tipping them on the soiled an- gle. ago the papers a trouble that manifested itself in hysterical laughter. | pisode has been exploited in papers and Chevalier’s public will has not benefited. 71 neryous ] ollyanna ; The e the gsood turned. slo- Rapee Settles $220,000 WB Contract on Coast

Hollywood, Oct. 21. Back about a week from the east, Erno Rapee is going back this Thursday (23) to again assume mu- sical directorship of the Roxy. He opens Oct. 3 Rapee, who has only worked off nine months of his three-year con- ith Warners ob- Tipping Everything Film mob soon discovered that its every move in public was soon re- corded in printer's ink. Going into a night spot, they found themselves falling over chatterers

and tipsters, | tract w out here, poised ready to tip off to the world | tained a satisfactory settlement for ‘who the new flame was, how nuch | the $°°90000 due him the ren Lining gi le water was co? immed and all !l¢wo vears and three months. the little intimacies celebs would , like to keep quiet i Se etive stuf ~ out P tt wiceke as the cee ok ca ee ern ae snoopers., Public today coon as sve tected to} Promoter; Now Tiff Supe most as a-happy event i on. thie sometimes soone by tough a it i lolivwoo Oct. °1. is. the celebs sav that it isn’t any | , Hie ¥ d - where as bad as it could be if the Havit 5 ag re nen : ‘ ag % > old davs of public celebration were air COUTSES, Us ALOR 4 ‘ ack i still 1 ’ pictures as supervisor at Tiffar . lil oO lit ’ eee — Barsk y re he ef Coh bia In bvgone davs betore nooping & ¢ : ai went into the { t+ yuit thi . 1 ecame popular, a chap could leit | hook another's nose «¢ t at Vernon} in iit ind nat yas il! +} Po " to it } EPC E) le ! io 1 9 ? - age ho Seg omc “i | Costly Footwear Makes ' Ho i privat \ ‘, TT And Andy Taller Than Andy moa end ° bin L ! ) ( Oct ] i mie eX f And to tower over And in real Very P o » \ upon t , nece Par, or Par’s P. A., Saves)“ Charley Corre ’ 0 re % » b4 12 Mutts From Fints) three inches of « Hollywood, Oct | The a) oe — - $10 100 i? Oo i i to _ tetas ( ’ it ! ( ) ] at - . . . Be ade , Fritzi Gives In mms i i i \ ( the doze " j }f Oct t t of £ ’ = y ? { r 1 “ i ) fa I > lule I rette is £ é pi i ind ( inces of re ) i t ifi enter tne ager field f our are almos ing Plant for Tuberculars | —Perpetual Maintenance Assured FINAL CONVINCER Funds were made available im- mediately by the several chain heads for the support and mainte nance of the National Variety Artists’ organization, after visit to the N. V. A. Sanatorium at Saranac last week. Pat Casey was procure empowered Lo with by the time the initial shall have permanent means provide regularly ising Casey been co! will be for the appropriation umed a nance. What form of raising t neome will be settled upon by the managers will not be determined intil they again meet in New York The $250,000 now set aside will carry the N. V. A. institutions along for about six months, it is esti- mated. A yearly budget of a hall million will be needed, it is said, also estimated through the N. V. A Sanitarium not having been (Continued on page 47) long

PAR PUZZLING PUBLIC ON

Hollywood, Oct. 21. Clara Bow’s next, “No Limit,” east for New York location shots, will be given a more pointed gambling title than this one and the story altered to bring out the gambling- house angle, all as a means of capi- talizing on the recent publicity Miss Bow got through stopping payment on checks for $13,900 alleged lost at games of chance at Calneva, Nev recently. This was not publicity for Miss Bow’s next w claimed, but since i its unfavorable ver- studio-engineecred broke in all the managers ad- their | an amount as required up| i to $250,000,

Stage Hit Shortage Forcing Film Cos. to Produce Own

Originals Se — al N \ if . r i ) ° Spanish for Orgy urs ha ‘ tne eg i } Americ I i SS it dow Ho vood, Oct black and white With practica A Spanis roducer making ll the first ! jicture producers | a foreign original in Hollywood voking to the stage fo materi at one of the indie studios was char s of gett 1 , prod a approached one day by studio specially if it looks as there is officiais and told: i pict é t ‘ Y " t} We're ivi i preview to vel t Sittirz ‘ nd { for the I « t 2 pro- Oo} lues , 1 l r { 7 s i A i Y { i (NANCY CARROLL MAY | snore or the ; : on é he ) a at GO TO R-K-O0 FROM PAR ; | D j 3 000 fo A I t¢ Arn prod ed A \ ‘ oil! ippea Im the \\ l The pla ln ed Er |] I a ( Yo eatre vi ic! | ne t HI WW 3 nove | ted 1 il itiord hit follo nig thre Wee or J id ind is Miss Carro nd week with] probably a record e paid for a i it the Paramo New l|such a decided flop Paramount Yo t! k i ha DO t >} i ear Para ( nt are 0 | { ) x OU 1 i I ide |} politan house to use its star in per- |! own adaptatior | sonal appearances since Miss Car- } Metre paid $62,500 for ‘Torch | roll i engaged ona Var picture at | So : and ? OUU for “Dancing the Long Island studio: R-] © 1 Partne botl current Broad i reported h ng made a direct offer ccess¢ but 10 in the sma to T (a ve da ( ») TO; l n On! } on Broad the FP home offi | Way in the co a drama classi- fication currently is “Once in a

M-G Wants ‘Love Parade’ Trio for ‘Merry Widow’ | Life Time,” whi ure indastry “Up and Up” $30,000 “The Up and Up,” now in its satirizes the pice el t week on Broadway, has been li to Universal for $30.000. Wil- j} liam Harris, Jr., is aid to have been offered $80,000 for i Had a Word For It,” but is holding out “The Greeks now in its fifth for WeeK, more TED LEWIS ALONE IN ORIENTAL AT $4,500 Hol vod, Oct Afetro Y otiating with Para- mount to borrow not on! Jeanette | MacDonald to sing the tit role in ‘The Merry Widow but also | Maurice Chevalier and Ernst Lu- bitsch for the filmization, believing that the “Love Parade” trio would be a natural, If this goes through, it will be the first time Metro and Par have hooked up in a deal embracing two; stars and an ace director. Miss MacDonald, who has first call on her stories, doesn't like the material has giving her and has an option to go elsewhere. Joseph M. Schenck is hot for the prima to do one for U. A. Par been Paramount in turn would prefer that Miss MacDonald make personal appearances in Publix houses at he regular picture house alary and € en se Che re iid to be holdir oO ip f i y nent ‘| TOCC Calls Off Its Annual Dinner-Dance biage, Par is “gambling” up the | picture to confuse the public mind| = into possibly believing that “after | ° Seiten ; . ' of all, those gambling stories may}|, ania wes “elite have been just publicity.” | aehiieiaa a we esi: teenie The public generally believes M | oe ; of t outhits sebed Low went to Calneva and dropped|, , . ; SEAN $13,900, paid off in checks and then | — ‘ os iain: stopped them. It was not the sort] aay € f “Bow escapade” Par would at of Charlie tempt in view of its past effor to| 92 . ire too ottle publicity on its red-head | tou ‘ ast tar that wasn’t wanted for nt love ¢ the part of Pa one of the most ingenio ‘ ° aily and trade press her Kind to Cats it is widely printed, but through- | out the country picture fans will | Oo tless be left in a qaundary |} Oo t ! Originally the Bow pict e Wa ‘ d isherette.” It deals wit ar it er who inherited a dancenha i ‘ , That is being changed to a ga ‘ Oo e, and the story exnanded ‘ , he rambling” end. r t a) e more gambling-ho 1 even than “No Limit.’ M yw in New York on loca RICH BICYCLING follvwood. © Lewins Coming Home a Aibert Lewin, Metro associate! a é 4 ned I oducer now in France, was joined | by ‘ Mir Lewin in Paris this wee | i if f They expect to return here in two|two weeks bi ; weeks, Chicago, Oct. 21. Ted Lewis, alone and without his stage orchestra, has been engaged by the local B. &, K. firm for its Oriental theatre here for week Oct. 31 at a reported salary of $4,500, This is considered a very smart managerial immediately the house on booking, bringing a saving to

its overhead for Lewis of $4,000. Last time Lewis played in Chicago for B. & K. with his orchestra the salary was $8,500. In the new en- ragement Lewis, instead of his own { band, will have the pit orchestra on the tage ini the tne the trical effect, Both Le ind the m re f iti ed I the first time i i picture or le theatre I own mi- r) im ore ‘ tra of til owr At one time he gave bot to theatre fo 133,500 a week. | 7 = >

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—=s Columbia Takes 6 English Film ‘Tf Wide Film P tly Arri O1uMDla Lakes PS S, | ide rl Crmahenuy Arrives B. I. Drops Establishing Exch *# “Galleries” Drops Establishing Exchanges — Figure 12,000 “Galleries” May Close — — + | + — British International is set in | Over 12,000 of the industry’s 99 < America and has abandon d plan Super Boasberg Bark on Remakes | 700 places where pictures are he- to open its own SSCHAN ECE. National —__—— —— ing projected commercially may distributors are taking Hs peeduct, | Hollywood, Oct. 21. Indie exhibs are squawking || h@ve to close their doors if wide ning « OV Lge = th Al Boasberg, just made a to some of their respective | film wins the coming screen con- tures, ] t ‘ot th seg ha nts agli a. i “ at Ba ri headquarte that too manvy re- a ; i ge ee ge _ : art d his nen duties in makes of stories used in silent Filmdom's overseers are ce i j 1e right manner. days are being included on i this will be the case since th: With an option for six n Jews “I just made myself wait } roduction schedules j}are positive that the gi: yictures é Captain Harold Auten, € ont three hours outside my office “hej : ce : pein ecole ates de : “a - " irs outs i ftice, Their experience is that a Will be as common as sound in ll ence political “ ea a he explained. large percentage of the public | of the high clas ; theatres next year, Amaerican trade. believes th ‘ohal | won't go for the repeats, even ; There will be fé wer of the “shoot- a ‘nine cuvetnns of %. & soobust W.E-WB Arbitration though the latest version is | ns eactertes left in another year i? in ieenaaiiilin tear the eal: Before . DIAMONDS! dressed up with dialog, fresh rece there are milk stations f the Cohan was taken on a six] H lt E f Precious and infamous, whether | scenery, and casts. throughout the count " today, is the desi ease eS stees Cidatenl deere! aus on ve 0 from Africa or Broadway, have the | predic tion by the predictors. : < Bc ge: , A | headlines at times, but always The wealthiest in the business right and left by U. S erro It 3d A ; headliners are these comedy gems, | R R ? D t Rid however, it is claimed, have con- many of whom would not even S MNIVETSALY | oricinators of “Tintype” Comedy, ° .S ona e ! es sistently taken “the obits of ot deign to sit in projection roém.| ps (CHIC) (ROSE) A " tot Pei enteing, pextbeliii cab ontitac io . Britic ‘ a? ast vs . : ! er ce ig nf ede Peck BE sre procsecings mectroun YORK and KING s on eS rIZeS to the pubHe new eras” on the chin, for national release here. l¢ pert yee ae een ns Week Of Oct. 18, Madison and F M ro : On the sound issue _ filmdom Bie financial claims and counter-claims | Chester. New York. or ention i) ameé tized itself . , Another point revolutionizing old |has come to a quiet halt on the eve!| R K-O Dire tion, LEE STEWART pony —< Race f to the extent of theories concerning American deal- | 6 their third anniversary. Samuel . aie ve = =— iste ings with foreign producers is that) [nterms yer, representing the WB, : Chicago, Oct. 21 = sh ~_ sn d wet rich produce r got the casts in the B. I. pictures al-| has abruptly withdrawn. It is re- r | Five major railroads have tied Pa be wviest jolt. On the one item ready slated for general American! ported in W. E. circles that a case jup with Publix and R-K-O ana wil! | ©! S#ent — produc sada tat aks ; release are all British. Most of th wr h Untermeyer recently accept- | give two-week trips to Florida and estimated by statisticians to have directors who turned them out also | o@ en disqualified iin ax Ou abtlt- Cuba this winter. Present start- sacrificed slightly over $100,000,000 are Britons. ‘er and that he resigned voluntarily. ‘ jing plan embraces 20 towns in| Of the total through being unable Not for Nothing | While former Governor Miller is | | Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and In- | ‘o Sell these pictures nm Orst runs The American deals with B. I. are} 43) ethinad te. Wena Meade | | diana. | When the public began its clamor far from giveaways. British Inter- jas its representative and Judge Popularity contests are the back- | hor sound. : national is getting a round sum in| Hiscock is standing by as the third |bone with the winners, in each se ais cash and a guarantee which giveS|anq neutral party, Wares 26 far | | town, being selected by votes, which | ; it well over 50% on the earnings of | have made no indication of filling } |}can only be cast by theatre patrons each picture. Sound royalties be-| the spot vacated by Untermeyer. | | Railroads stand the entire ex- | ar. wns Mm ing exacted by Klangfilm, under the | That an agreement has_ been | rive | pense, except printing of ballots, | world talker patent agreement, are/ reached, and that the proceedings | The number of $2 pictures on | ©t» pe Se Nee eee aes ~ ° being paid voluntarily by the Eng-|are to be dropped, is not the case, |, . , er | DOard bill and give them rides on | E lish concern, |according to Westernites. No com- | Broadway this season will be lower | their de luxe trains. In return the | Out in Paris for “Atlantic,” “Young Woodley,” and promises have been made or offered, | than at any time since the twice r. r’s have their names featured | & “Loose Ends,” shown at the Cohan,/and both parities intend resuming | daily run on Broadway was adopted |= the various theatres, are among those being handled by | ‘at their own convenience,” say | eenerally by the distribs for build- | Arrangements are now being | 3 fH Columbia. Others in the deal in-| both sides. ¥ " e are ache ‘ ;.|completed to include all of I - G ome 0S clude “Murder,” “Suspense” and} Recently it was admitted by War- | Up. But three are scheduled at this lsouthern territory, which will give |}date: Warners’ “Kismet” and “‘Vien- | “Two Worlds.” ner sources that the picture firm — would consider a_ settlement for} $15,000,000. Western, however, con- has sustained losses, although what figure these totals reach has never been |vealed. In fact, from, the start the i conferences have been st | cretive. | WASTED PUBLICITY AS PAR SEEKS B. 0. TITLES —— ee Hollywood, Oct. 21. siders also thet it SPECULATIO N FRANKLIN Harold B. New York yesterday the re- ictlv SP- | Franklin returned to (21), with re- port from Coast he had gone east to talk with Hayden, Stone & Co., the downtown bankers. Mon- The value of a good box-office ; title compared with those which day at the banking house no one may fit stories but do not attract is leading Par to unusual care in se- lection of story names. Demand for titles that sell not only the pictures to the exhib, but the same pictures for the exhib, has grown noticeably with certain product getting over to seemed aware of Franklin's impend- ing call. Speculation has been indulged in the next landing place. past few days over Franklin's Several reports

have followed since Harley L.|a large extent, it is opined, through Clarke paid Franklin a fortune to b.o. attractiveness. leave the presidency and operation This studio, mn its determination of the Fox West Coast theatre for better titles, finds itself sud- chain. One of the reports is that denly up against it for story names, with as many as six new produc- tions waiting for definite handles. In one case, the Clara Bow picture called “No Limit,” it was found this had been used somewhere, It was immediately killed. Picture had al- hie entered ' | Franklin may resume that post, if | there's anything to the Warner and | Fox deal, with another angle to the} return stating that the bankers | might concur that Franklin is worth | more to Fox West Coast than away from it production and pub- The first story that Franklin | city has been wasted on the title might align with the Paramount | C@'ried thus far, “Unfit to Print,” newspaper story is true of sJancroft Same Publix chain has been dissipated of} . George recent days by counter stories of | ; some strength that he will not soing under cameras at the end of The report Franklin may attempt the koteba Ry ‘ to organize the remaining independ- | Dishonored,” Joseph von Stern- berg story for Marlene Dietrich and | | departure | | j combined

nese Nights’ and Metro’s “War Nurse.” Even the Street’s first con- centrated flash at pictures’ newest and spectacle, wide | screen, is at the big grind houses. Of the four companies making rush into the Times Square theatres with wide screen, only one has decided to do so at $2 and on arun. Warners is send- ing “Kismet” into Hollywood special, “Billy the Kid,” on Realife is at the Capitol, Fox’s “Big Trail,” this week, and Radio’s “Danger Lights,” on the Spoor process, will be spotted at the Hippodrome early next month. The $2 run on Broadway is not regarded by the trade as passe or passing entirely, but general opin- ion is that the two-a-day showing in the future will be confined only to pictures of the expected smash class and suited to the $2 scale. as a on Grandeur, starts at Roxy

R-K-0 Pays $200,000 for 50% Van Beuren Corp.; Investment Purchase

R-K-O has bought a partnership in the Van Beuren Corp. for $200,- 000. The purchase of 50,000 shares or half of the class A stock of Van Beuren was made as an investment and will not affect either company in their present schedule of shorts production. “The stock had been held by a group of bankers anxious to liqui- date their theatrical holdings, and on the basis of Van Beuren’s earn- , ings for the past five years we fee] ent exhibs into a combine with a studio background hits the New | Gary Cooper, already in production York showmen as feasible, except- | will not be retained, either, it is un- ing the studio background. Inde- | 4 rstood pendent producers of standing just | William: Powell's next and the} now are tied up themselves through page ay Sangares “acy a9 tai product contracts to either the led “On the Spot” are also hav ing new titles thought up. major chains or independents (the latter Tiffany), leaving none free to . Sa oe ngs talker ee _ go in extensively for the indie pgp tacesdicas “pean acres ee is claimed, however, an indie «¢ ; PPSC BS INCAnM a bine at present could find product) *'" box office from any producer in non-sewed k il situations Not Too Much Cash A&A. FILM IN ? CINCY A 1 d ite it nt financi win atiee “oe an “actos, HOUSES. SIMULTANEOUSL s ] in} 4 ontemplate f indie t ted Th i oinir ild be appe d it Cincinnati, O } not over $1,500,000 in cas ( \ \ | tia With stor in the holding corpora will open here Saturday sil i tior idditis 1 each indie to!ously in the R-K-O Palac: nd Rh continu Oo te its own houses.| K-O Capitol theatres Franklin « the ¢ ist has been] Joint capac ty of the two houses reticent It is said by his friends!is around 5,000 seats. he will carefu decide upon his | The picture is in for the full week next move, which will not be less!in each. If not held over in both important than his presidency of| theatres but held in one, that one the Fox company he lately vacated.| has not been decided upon. we bought at a price that was right,” according to B. B. Kahane, general counsel for R-K-O. “R-K-O feels that it is a good policy to have a financial interé in the companies with which it dos b but will not attempt to the policy of Van Beuren ur own shorts department wil inue to function exactly past. iIness dictate and ¢ cont as it as in the ing Van Beuren the eastern unit for Kt-hK-O shorts is remote. Van Beu- ren has no interest whatever in the shorts being made by R-K-O. Th: | | two weeks’ trip to} Sic. | yond southerns a } | ' northern capitals. Madeline Woods, Publix-Great-| Paramount is making its multi- States, sponsored the _ idea, with| lingual features in Paris at one Jack Hess, western p. a. of R-K-O third the cost of those being pro- | sharing. } duced in New York and Hollywood. ae This two thirds saving, and the | CAREER FOR AVIATRIX

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Any idea of mak- | Van Beuren Corp. will continue to! release its product through Pathe and we will buy just as much of it as we need.” Of the class B, non-voting, stock of Van Beuren, only about 3,000 of the original 25,000 shares are now outstanding, Van Beuren and they are held by employees. a | ; | percentage is accurate, definitely NBC’S SCREEN-STAGE 100% production of foreign versions by American producers | | | spells | | overseas within the next six months, to other and neutral sources close to the foreign problem, One of the major American produ- cers is now negotiating with British International for use of its London studios to make most of its future foreign versions. Universal is wait- according — | Smith, champ aviatrix, may do a film for Radio. Miss Smith is an exclusive artist of NBC and her film potentiality is an offspring of the radio firm’s aim to Fleanor cash in on every angle of utility by |ing until the German atmosphere their artists. Miss Smith is a for-| Clears a little when it is prepared to do the same thing in Berlin. The two-thirds saving Paramount, the pioneer in overseas production, is experiencing does not include the evasion of tribute to the govern- mer performer and for a time was understudy to Dorothy Stone in “Ripples.” Tom Smith, her father, is an old-time vaudevillian. First discussion on the film prob- | ability came about when Miss| Ment through duty taxation or the Smith reached Los Angeles, osten- | items of shipping, ete. The one- sibly to start her one-stop record third comparative cost is based flight to New York. Nothing def- solely on the picture itself, reflected inite yet, but negotiations are un- chiefly in the conspicuously small pay of talent in all departments. It will take at least another six months, however, before Par'’s Paris der way. Miss Smith has been trained for the stage, and NBC aims to head : her for legit and vaude as well as plant will be working as smoothly the screen. She's 19. _ its American contemporaries. Tim Sullivan, of NBC Artists’ There is little comparison at present Bureau, has been assigned to han- |!” the merit of the multi-linguals dle Miss Smith. made here and abroad, the Ameri- a ee can-mades being described as far exceeding in finish and showman- ship the average production turned out in Paris. Reason for this, it is said in New York, the Paris plant, practically new, is being strained to HOYT’S PRODUCING IN AUSTRALIA-AM-COS. is because

the utmost on a working schedule Sydney, Oct. 21. | which some days runs to 20 hours. Australia is on the eve of an in-| With the return of Mel Shauer, vasion from Hollywood, apparently! son of Emil Shauer, head of Par’s looking toward expansion in native] foreign department, from France a film production. jreport is expected which will call brank Thring, director in Hoyt's | for a vast expansion of the Paris Theatres (now Fox controlled) is; studio to include the enlistment of importing a group of players, -to-| further American technical aid. gether with a film director or two Hie declares 1 COMPANY 18S to en) bark upon production of tal 7 = Posen oe uta ae Coca Cola-WB Tieup on ISRAELS, II, FILM YENNY 16 M. Sound-Truck Films i \\ . Oe 2 | a Anxk S t¢ iS] pictures Josef } Israel ll spl ng to ari het r} ( ( a9 wn ) : i on y is leas- from New York early in Ds . ’ { VA 1 He will be on Without a eo n ns ec ed t eX ract i] nnections are made ind ' lin LOK ‘ New Yo K ft en now ind l road next we k. Art is ; part a operating one trucl locaily, as . | Israels has finished a novel o bully w 0 i Warner ; t j me wspaper life, “Rebecca, the Wife, Soft drink firm also has at up | to be published by Doubleday with Warners for product. Arrange- Doran, iate this month. Hie is the} ment may result in difficulties be- ison of Mrs. Ile nry Moskowitz, } tween WL and Western Electric, as prominent in New York political| the Warner license is for theatre circles. 1 projection only.

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_ mY Bee VW oA owe om ad q Wednesday, October 22, 1930 PICTURES VARIETY 5 WID SCREEN CONTEST ON = + | die Promoters Figure Indecision Of Majors Is Chance for Cleanup’ 1ajOrs iS Ulanhce for Uleanup | - + | | | Hollywood, Oct. 21 : | These are hey-hey days for Directors’ Break quickies Young directors with the indie | Hollywood, Oct. 21. | urge are out hustling dough to| Fox studio started something start, figuring that if they can turn | when it slipped such billing out a picture any better than pass | as “Raoul Walsh’s ‘The Big able it will be snapped up by my Trail’” to that director. As a major. result it’s now “John Ford's Uncertainty in the front-line stu- | ‘Up the River’” which is cur- dios, frequent switches in produc- | rently at the Criterion here. tion plans, stories sent back re- | Similarly, and locally, it’s peatedly for doctoring, and studio | “DeSylva, Brown, and Hender- | retrenchments have the independ- | son’s ‘Just Imagine’.” ents all hopped up Studio continues to hide the ndies believe the Hays boys are | Fox name in all exploitation taking plenty of busts and can't | as much as possible. figure why. They dope it out as a| change in public taste, which now will only stand for one picture of a type. The old gag of one studio ns clicking in a big way on a pro- duction and the others rushing out pictures of the same type and cashing in is dead from the cus- tomer angle, according to the side- line dopesters. What’s Good? ajors aren’t wise yet and continue to take ‘em on the schnozzle. Others are hep, but frantic, unable to decide with what to tease the public. Now is the time, argue the free- lance directors, for all good indies to come to the aid of the industry. They all have pet ideas and they figure any one of them might catch on. That is the argument given actors approached in cases when the in- die is short on cash. The fact that Some m the leasing studios have been will- ing to gamble on pictures when story, director and principals meet approval, also encourage: stringers. the shoe- New Split Ratio Deals have been made where the producer puts up 10 grand and the studio puts up 50, but agrees to a 60-50 split on profits. Leasing studios have made such agreements, always contingent on liking the set-up of course, to get biz. The 10-grand the indie raises corresponds to what he could pro- duce a silent for, and the studio gamble represents the increased production cost in sound. Leasing producers have been scarce since sound. The producer furnishes story, di- rector and cast. Studio furnishes space, film stock, sound equipment and laboratory. One Indie’s Opinion “The big fellows are ’way short of produce,” said one indie pro- moter. “Remember when it used to be four or five months after a picture was released before we could see it in a theatre? Now they rush downtown and hold a premiere with the scratch print. “They want pictures and they'll take anything an indie offers. With one bust after another on their own lots, they’re suspicious of the home talent and eager to get hold of anythng new from outside.” That's only one indie's opinion 3ut the quickies are more active than in years, and going in for stuff beyond the regularly running horse operas. TIFF’S WIDE FILM Grant Cook, just in from _ the Coast, states that Tiffany is going through with its 42 feature and Some of them are going to be in wide film. Cook is against any 100% widening of product In cer- tain pictures the effects in gian dimension may be enhanced. It is in these that the big measure will be used. No picture is slated as yet for the big angle although for a time “Aloha,” the one Al Rogel is com- pleting, was figured However, a Story is expected to be selected within the next two weeks to g “wide.” Tiff is championing the Fere method which shoots on 65 mm Btock and €eneral reduces to 35 mm. for release. lasked to AGAIN IN N.Y. Metro is completely equipping the old Cosmopolitan studio in Harlem, New York, with modern talker ap- paratus. Reported aim is resumption of eastern feature producing by that company. In all the recent talk of and for eastern production by the major film producers, Metro was not mentioned or figured. Modernization of the Cosmo plant in New York is said to have progressed quietly. Dates or policy are not known to have been set, or definitely decided upon, but equipment work at the studio is held to indicate Metro may follow Paramount in the eastern urge. Metro’s opinion on the bene- fits to be derived is said to coincide with Paramount’s. M-G hasn't used its New York studio for more than a year, and only then for talking shorts. Fea- ture work was suspended _ there about three years ago. Cosmopolitan was Hearst’s origi- nal studio and is still held by him. Metro has the call on the place through past affiliations. SUNDAY ‘MIDNITE SHOW’ TRY AT MASTBAUM Philadelphia, Oct. 21. Warners will try midnite stage shows, starting at one minute after 12, at the Mastbaum, as the latest jidea in getting around the local Sunday blue law. Mastbaum is a four and five-a- day presentation house. It will have the only stage show in town Sun- day nights, though quite late, if the midnite idea goes over. First at- tempt will be made November 2. Exhib Carries Music Tax Matter to Supreme Court | Washington, U. S. Supreme Court has been pass on the music tax. Oskar Korn, owner of the Rex the- Plainview, Tex., filed a peti- tion to have the highest court pass l'on the decisions of the lower courts under the copyright law. Action is | brought the American So- ciety of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Korn has lost in all of the lower courts, Oct. 31. tr ilre, against LOIS MORAN’S VACATION Hollywood | Lois Moran, accompanied by her mother, left Monday night for a vacation in New York and then Europe. Fox player will be away from the lot for about four months This ig her first trip east in four | °71 Oct. 21 is years. | fore e r iéeéling had to be Mb, Wo, F AND RADIO READY Metro’s Realife Showing in N. Y.— WB’s Vitascope Due Oct. 30—Fox Again in With Grandeur This. Wk.—Spoor in Chicago— | All Restricted to 10 Key Cities by Agreement REALIFE’S LOW COST Metro’s Realife process, the Kid” (M-G) as the first subject, is actually a reduced Fox Grandeur | print. The Realife scheme is to shoot on 70 mm. stock, reduce the photographic result to 35 mm. (standard) and release to the thea- tre with only special projection lenses necesary in the booth plus, perhaps, more amperage in the lamp house to light the wide screen adequately. “Billy the Kid" was taken via Fox Grandeur cameras with Metro's patent reducing process then going to work. This western feature is reported to have cost $250,000 above what the normal production “nut’’ would have been because of the wide film angle desired. However, the studio is willing to accept the added expense rather than slap it on the exhibitor figuring, of course, that if the installation cost can be kept down, more theatres will use it than the other processes being prepared for the market by com- peting companies. Metro engineers claim the results obtained via their reducing system are superior to Grandeur because it (Continued on page 42) EXHIB APATHY KILLS SERIALS Hollywood, Oct. 21. Doubt of producers as well as distributors that serials will ever come back, with dialog or without, may mean that only three will ever reach the market at most, and prob- ably only two. U, first with “The Indians Are Coming,” on which $176,000 was spent, is now reported not so warm for the serial idea through inability to sell this one as widely as expect- ed. AS a result, that company trimmed the budget on the second, “Fingerprints,” 16 - episoder, to $110,000. This may be as far as U will go, it is said. Meanwhile, Pathe {is reported as having been guided strongly in de- cision to hold off on its proposed trio of serials through information that U was not finding exhibitors any better than lukewarm for talk- | ing chapter films Pathe's has been tn the field time trying to sell “Perils of Pau! sales ine,” “New Exploits of Elaine” and | Tron Claw,” but with distrib word that exhibs were sidestepping con- tracts. While it is unlikely Pathe will make the three scheduled, it is de- clared figuring on going through with tester. Pathe salesmen taking orders, but unless the tids definitely turns so far as “Pauline is concerned, others will not be done. are still Pathe had set an average of $150,- 100 a picture on the serials, with e regarded as so low chi done on costs. An angle that originally tempted producer-distribs on serials was probability that exhibs would prefer serials to two-reel comedies, or plus} 2 horts if needed, with studios fig- iring it was part serial than eight two-reelers, (Continued on page i2) showing | at the Capitol this week with “Billy some “New Perils of Paulin” as a} cheaper to make a 16- | anies These ~~ > N F —_—___—_~ + . A y sw h w in the past . . . | 2 Checking by Light +: ace eeu uupled Fox with Warners Re- Schenectady, N. Y., Oct iteration of the story has been con- The photo electric cell Gen- ’ Phe pnoto Ges ctric By el ( l stant starting strongest late last eral Electric is developing for . | many uses, most notably the week when WB leaped upward in counting of vehicles passing quotation. This was set down to the | through the Holland Tunnel Raskob and Dupont influence. | New York, is being put to a . , ; ‘ | : ‘ é egg The reports bring in Bill Fox and | new use here at the State theatre Nick Schenck, while at the same Device has a beam of light time any merger story about War- trained near the door so that ‘rs is contradicted by the down- every patron entering has to ; : , j eas : town banking interests closest tse | pass it. Each interruptio! registers on the counter, thus that company, | the ticket chopper at the door With Bill Fox is brought up his | has a never failing checker seemingly and recently friendliness | | watching him. |; With J. J. Raskob. It is also stated ats j} that Mr. Fox of late has been in | : , | frequent conference with Harley NOVELTY CHAIN Clarke, president of the Fox com- OF SMALL AND CHEAP HOUSES Creation of a novelty theatre cir- cuit, as a secondary chain to the present type of theatres, is contem- plated by Radio through the utiliza- tion of its interest in Trans-Lux Film Corp., which is headed by Courtland Smith, former Fox sound newsreel man. Radio owns a mi- nority interest in Trans-Lux, which is an automatic projector. As far as could be gleaned, the plan is being mapped under cover. Idea entails the induction of Trans- Lux, hitherto used only for mercial advertising purposes, as a medium for throwing regular film entertainment on the screen. com- No figures on how many theatres will form the nucleus of the new group or how many are being planned. The houses are intended for a limited capacity of between 200 and 500. Programs are to be exclusively novel with newsreels added. On the operation end it’s figured the theatres will work on the basis almost of a cafeteria. This because much of the overhead utilized in the big houses can be eliminated with Trans-Lux. Latter requires little supervision, and actual operation is figured not to take more four people to run. Where this comes in is that the stage end comes down to practically no operating cost since Trans-Lux an screen from a six-foot throw and is back of the screen. The stage depth of the new houses be- than | ing mapped will probably not run | deeper than that length and have | no balconies. Hollywood, Oct. 21. Samuel Goldwyn and or are negotiating with George Kaufman to write Cantor's next Goldwyn picture. Cantor has an idea for a story which Kaufman will work out ir ew York | Goldwyn telephoned Kaufmar ho agreed to ac ept a@ royalty per- Y eon the film rY i ts guarantee, HANK’S ASSIGNMENT Hollywood, Oct Gloria Swanson’s hubby, ends } Hank” by nas at last decided that the best thing to do out ingiy titied here | t some end of Hank, been picked by Radio to lend a cars | ful ear to ‘Queen's picture activit blessed as a linguist, " Husband,” based on the | Robert Sherwood play, and soon to be recorded, tadio’s French version of , GOLDWYN-CANTOR WAN KAUFMAN FOR NEXT FIL Eddie Can- } conferences it is claimed about a Warner-Fox get together, and if that occurs, Bill Fox will be associated. are | Schenck’s Position As to Nick Schenck the story is Mr. Schenck is growing cold on the proposal submitted to him to head a combined Fox-Loew concern. Schenck, it is said, is reverting to his original intention of promoting Loew only and not shouldering an additional burden, to report, is equivalent to Nick Schenck abdicating if there is @ Loew-Iox juncture. Schenck, how- ever, it is said, will not oppose a Loew-Fox combination. That, according Bill Fox is quoted as having re- marked to friends he doesn't know what he will do, but that if he re- enters the picture business it will be on a larger scale than when he left it. With the Chase National Bank accepted as the virtual controller of Fox just now and the Raskob- Dupont contingent believed to hold stock -control under cover of War- ners, it is said by the uptowners the Warner-F'ox deal is apt to come t. pass. While Warners and Radio are still referred to as doubling, the other combo commands the most trade attention currently. An unconfirmed story is that last week when Fox Films quotations were low, illiam Fox bought a very big block of its stock. That block is named as high as 300,000 shares and it Is also said unau- thoritatively that Mr. Fox bought it privately. Wm. Fox has been re- ported carrying a large cash sur- plus since his sale of his Fox hold- |ings last winter. ‘Africa Speaks’ Called | Travelog as De Luxe | Avalon Doubles Up | | Chicago, Oct. 21. | Threat of the big neighborhood houses to retaliate on the small exhibs which are double featuring, is creeping up to the de luxe houses. |It looks like an epidemic, and |neither the exchanges or the ex- | hibitors appear able to stop the pr ictice | Next week, the big Warner de- luxe Avalon begins its first double feature program, with “Matrimonial Bed ind “Africa Speaks.” Pro- vram, howe ver, is not advertised as a double feature, the sting being taken out somewhat by calling the l film a trave log and an edue- il fi er. Hilowever, to the trade, it means t big circuit neig yrrhood wh rh have Imittedly the r l axl » do ible yr have fi lly de red war, Mazie Gay’s Talker Directed by Wallace London, Oct. 21 j VW ice will direct Mazie i new British Lion talker, ro I i Lady,” made from a ee ee .

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1 ¢ r t t s°3 2A ~ ”" - 6 “VARIETY’S” PAR pe Paris Building, 15 Boulevard des Italiens IS OFFICE FOREIGN FILM NEWS Cable Address: VARINEWS, PARIS Central 01-57; Louvre, 52-15 Patent Pact Looks Like Political Football, with Klangflm in Front The International patent pact ef- fected in Paris, whereby users of American recording methods pay tribute to the Klangfilm (German) group for prior rights, is turning out to be little more than a political | footbal Instead of one tax the} figure about what the licensee can juggle for according to official | fat irces nere | Klangfilm is now collectir from $100 tO 4 iQ a reel, according to the compa es anda tne recording sys- tems u Squawks at the tax are | numerous, American licensees still figuring that it is up to Western Electric and General Electric to pay tribute, which is $250 per reel in addition to the regular $500 in rec- ording royalties for the electrics, in- dividually, While the Klangfilm exaction was understood to be uniform, all com- panies entering Teutonic territory to pay the same, British Interna- tional has quietly registered a com- ry plaint with the German group, which has caused it to lop off $200. So B. I. now paying only $100 a reel in accord with the Paris mandate. At the same time UFA, in addition to paying the regular recording tax, is coughing up an extra $300 per reel for the Klangfilm good will. Ufa so far has been unable to get @n adjustment. The Klangfilm tax, collectible both ways, is reported in New York to have seriously impeded Ufa’s Amer- ican plans since the tax on some pictures would automatically eat up a gross for which this firm is now dependent on the “arties” and small houses in the U. S&S. NO NATIVE CZECH FILM WITHOUT GERMAN COIN Prague, Oct. 7. With the exception of the Urania, # German institution, no German sound-films are now to be seen in Prague, and the wild anti-German agitators have accomplished their purpose. Several Czechoslovak film making concerns are now working on films in the Czech language. The Czech regisseur Fric for the Leo film com- pany is at work on a Czech version of Harry LietkKe’s film, “The Edu- cation of His Daughter.” The book, “Fidlovaka,” by the Czech classical author, Kajatan Tyl, will in time appear in Czech film-form, The. Reichsgerman film company, which had planned a Czech dubbing of its film “Espionage at the West Front,” owing to the recent anti- German demonstrations in Prague, has decided that this city would not be a good place for its activities. The A. B., film company, a Czech concern, is now completing its work on the German-language film, “The Girl of the Reepertrack.” It proposed before the troubles to sell its output in Germany. For a Czech version it was unable to obtain home capital. The Telegrammzeitung,” of Mun- ich, says that the recent anti-Ger- man agitation was most unfortunate for the Czech film industry, as the turning out of several Czech stories auch as Kisch’s Galgentoni, “When the Strings Sound,” with Kocian, the Czech violinist, and proposed Colonel Redl and Burian, the Czech comedian, as Austrian fieldmarshal, the Czech actress Anny Ondra in a new role, would be possible only with the aid of German financial backing. SCANDINAVIAN COMEDIANS Pat and Patachon Going to Berlin for Two Talking Versions Berlin, Oct. 11. Scandinavian comedians, Pat and Patachon, are expected here short- ly to start their first talker, It will have a Danish and Ger- man version under the title “1,000 Worte Deutsche” (1,000 Words Germany’). IN PARIS Harry Rubin, Samuel L. Roth- afel (Roxy), Georges Thill, Harry Hall (Wise Jack Joyce), Albert Lewin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Childs, John F. Thompson, Norman Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ogden Stew- ard, James Coy, Milton Cohen Ethel Shannon. FRENCH FILM TAX | Screen Pays 30%, Legit Gets Off | With Mere 12% Paris, Oct. 1‘ The heaviest taxed industry ir | France, the show business, has paid in 1929 $2,850,000 as state tax and a separate amount of $2,800,000 as poor tax. Legit gets off with an easy 12°‘ } but pictures pay as much as 3 World Coverage With Five Tongues Seems Set Version Policy Hollywood, Oct. 21. Probability of major studios gen- erally extending their foreign pro duction into more than the four now current seems remote. languages Studios believe that English, Span- ish, German, French and Italian give age with inhabitants of many coun- tries familiar with tongues other than their own. Newest schedule of distribution for multis shows the extent of the field into which the majors hope to penetrate with their versions. Some countries are currently getting at least two different versions, aside from the English. This is particu- larly true of Switzerland, Argentine, Egypt and Brazil. Distribution lineup for Spanish includes Spain, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Porto Rica, Chile, Portugal, Cuba, Salvador, Ecuador, and Co- lornbia. For German: Germany, Austria, Argentine, Norway, Hungary, Czech- slovakia, Jugoslavia, Roumania, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden and Denmark. For French:—France, Argentine Switzerland, Greece, Egypt, Poland. and Belgium, For Italian: Italy, Switzerland Egypt, Argentine, and Brazil. W. E. Calling Its Boys Back from Foreign Ports Return of many foreign repre- sentatives to the home office in the Past few weeks has given rise to a belief, becoming general, that Western Electric is either lighten- ing activities overseas or is plan- ning retrenchment to await the outcome of growing restrictions and governmental barriers. W. E. activities in New Zealand and Australia have come to a halt, new levy Australian of such unimportance McLean is assistant job. Cc, Latham, legislation post there. has waned to that in New York and has been assigned The one an the technical expert on have come home for further in- structions. E. Gregg, in charge of all European activities for W. E has been here several weeks. Paris Takes Old Garbo, Paris, Oct. 10. The fiasco which the Madeleine cinema experienced during the time they were showing “Hollywood Revue,” is compelling them t every bait to win back the French audiences lost during the that picture. Current bill good two hours, including,newsreel, colored short, animated arfiimal car- use¢ }toon and—what always pleases a |French audience — a Laurel and | Hardy French talker. The feature however, is a silent Greta Garbo, and to at least a fem- inine eye from the clothes Miss Garbo wears, it is certainly not less than two years old. This bill points to the fact that the French prefer an old silent film with a popular star, and the rest of the program French — than an elaborate revue with American |songs, obviously fixed up for for- Jeign showing. them almost complete world cover- | Have EDITH BARSTOW You Seen Skate on Her Toes? Another of the sensational novel- ties originated by DICK and EDITH BARSTOW Above idea and tap toe dancing |}on a staircase fully registered and | protected. Week, Oct. 24—Palace, Dallas. CHINESE SEER SAYS SILENT FILMS SOON Shanghai, Oct. 1. “Sunnyside Up” broke the house | record at the Nanking theatre here just as the industry was speculat- ing what’s going to happen to the silents, The Fox musical talker did $4,000, Mexican, daily for 11 days. (About $22,000, American.) While the talk on silents and talkers was holding up, a reporter on the Shanghai “Evening Post” | calle dad on Hsiang Hu-li, an old prophet who is now doing his stuff on the streets, locally. He is seer, fortune teller or astrologist, always on the street. The guy seems to carry some weight from the space | given him in the “Post.” Asked about the future of the talking picture in China, Hu-li slipped the English reporter the info that silent pictures will prevail in this country. Foreign talkers, says the old bird, will shortly have to get out and keep out of China, for the | awaiting government disposition of | Allan | the Continent, is among others who | Silent at Madeleine | run of | } runs a | people wants them still. Automobiles, the seer observed, would have to come cheaper when |they would be more popular and more abuntantly used. On good roads in China, for those cars, Hu-li said it would be hundreds of months before good roads arrived. But, added the forecaster, why worry about that or automobiles either, for by the end of hundreds of months, the Chinese may be do- ing all] their traveling by air. B. G.’s 50 Talkers London, Oct. 21. Production of 50 talkers is an- nounced for British Gaumont, of which 25 will be made by Gaumont itself and the remainder split be- tween Gainsborough and _ British and Dominions. British and Dominions is not in | the Gaumont combine but releases | through it under guarantee. ‘Dot Farnum’s Two Films For QOsso’s 4,000,000 Frs. ; ] | | Paris, Oct. 10. Dorothy Farnum, the only Amer- ican woman executive in the French | fim world, has been given 4,000,000 | francs to produce two of her own | stories as talkers for the Osso film | company before’ next Spring. |} She will be permitted to choose her own director j out of this sum she is also to make | both English and French versions. If they are successful Osso will be | responsible for the Italian and Ger- | man productions, and artists, and The stories are tentatively titled “Toujours a Toi” (“Always Yours’) “Mon Petit Homme” (“My Man”). land j Littk FRENCH TALKERS BETTER Haik's Smash Hit With Native Made Production Paris, Oct. 21. Quality of French talker product lis improving. The Jacques Haik talker, “Douceur d@’Aimer”’ (“Sweet- ness of Love”) is a at the Colise. Star is Victor Bourcher, Paris matinee idol, now playing in the stage piece, “Sexe Faible (“Weaker Sex’’). Story is a rip roaring farce hay- ing to do with an unsophisticated | provincial visiting Paris. smash } } ' | } SUNDAYS IN LONDON Different Rules in Separate Parts Of Capital London, Oct. 10. Problem of the Sunday opening of cinemas here continues to worry exhibs, who find conditions differ throughout the country. This question is decided by the local councils, and is not under the direct sway of Parliament. Result is some places such as Central Lon- HUNGARY FILMS ANTI-GERMAN GESTURE don open up Sunday evenings and others have to keep dark. Middlesex County Council, which |} control most of the North London | suburbs, this week decided against the Sunday opening of cinemas by a vote of 62 to 5 ] English Dubbing 40 U. S. Shorts Round London; Accents for Ginger London, Oct. 12. Dubbing of something like 40 film most of them shorts, owned by leading American renting houses, has been going on for six weeks under conditions of secrecy at va- rious studios round London, Distributors have given a record- ing firm, believed to phone company, a dubbing subjects with English dia- log to ginger up b. o. appeal here. Most of the subjects were Holly- wood made, being mainly silent, but filmed at 24 frames a second, the sound cam- era speed. As a result dubbing is mainly fairly easy. One of the studios used for the purpose was the small floor at Bushey. Among the American firms believed to have participated in the scheme are Fox, First Warners, and Metro. be a gramc- contract for DROP SCORE CHARGES, GUARANTEES NOMINAL London, Oct. 10. With the fight still on between exhibs and distributors and mainly affecting American outfits, M-G-M has declared its intention of drop- ping score charges and holding out for only nominal guarantees. M-G- M’s gross for this field year just ended was $5,,200,000, and Sam Eck- man is not anxious to see this take a drop over the current year, which opened Sept. 1. After hectic arguments in private with exhib representatives, in which both sides got hot under the collar, Warners have scaled down score charges to around $7.50 for small houses against previous rates of $20 to $25. Also issuing orders to ex- changes to accept nominal guaran- tees. First National following much the same line. New Mexican for Latin Version of U’s ‘Command’ | Mexico City, Oct. 17. Another Mexico City actress has been signed for the pictures. She is Celia Montalvan and Universal has engaged her for the Spanish version of “The Command to Love.” U headquarters assigned Juan de la C. Alarcon, local representative, job of finding suitable femme for Latin version, and the girl and Laemmle closed deal by cable. Senorita Mon- talvan has had much experience on local stage, although quite young. U is using Celia for personal ap- pearances in neighborhoods showing “The Czar of Broadway” during Budape st Oct 0 Legit theatres and picture houses in Budapest are running a des) ate race, both equally handicapped | by bad gens conditions Both put part of the blame for low box office figures on general low ebb of fi- nance but they all ea other names and polemise ii the press and before the publi too. The attack against “foreign lan- guage talkers” always means “Ger- man,” because there is now such a great majority of German films toa small minority of American that Americans don’t at th moment mean much financially, and no one has anything against them. The different societies have elected joint committees to tudy the question and make practical propositions. Native Product Meanwhile, there are some modest beginnings of local picture produc- tion. Twenty talking shorts are | scheduled for production, by various the prints in England | | | | National, indie experimenters, all to be shot at Hunnia Studios, belonging to gov- ernment. First of these, now being prepared, is entitled “Mrs. Pongracz, Crinoline,’ an adaptation of a his- torical short story. Second to be a two-act musical, featuring Dona Titkos. Picture houses are’ doing pretty badly for the moment. Other troubles are permanently increased by the censor who is forever mak- jing difficulties. Latest proscrip- ijtions: “His Friend Anette,” a Ger- |man version picture made in Join- | ville, Reason: immorality. Also time she is packing up for Holly- | wood, No. 2 Show Window London, Oct. 10. Inside trade rumor here is link- ing United Artists with the new Cambridge theatre in Seven Dials. This house, seating about 1,400, opened with a Charlot revue recent- ly, and soon became a key house for film trade shows, Western Elec- tric being installed. Report now is Walter Bentley has an interest in the theatre, al- though his name has never come out in connection with it. If so, this looks as though Jow Schenck and United Artists are behind it somewhere, Bentley having acted as nominee for them over the Leicester Square theatre, due to open as a U. A. house at the end of the month. | “Marianne Metro-Goldwyn’s “Hallelujah.” Rea- son: irreligiousity. Both anathemas has been protested against and ap- peal made to Minister of Inferior, who hasn’t finished making up his mind about them. Revolution and but Fair Films Dent B. A. Houses Buenos Aires, Oct. 2. Since the revolution show busie ness has gone from bad to worse. heatres showing poor. receipts, though good releases have been few and far between. “All Quiet” continues to hold its own, and so does “King of Jazz,” but “Song of the Flame” caused mirth to local audiences at unfor- tunate spots, due to this public’s failure to understand just why @ lady, about to lose her lover, should burst into song about it. “Paramount de Gala,’ which is “Paramount on Parade” in Spanish, is doing fairly at the Astral. Par- amount released “Innocents of Paris” at the Suipacha. “Love Pa- rade” hitting wherever shown. Metro is playing plenty of spots but with nothing outstanding; at the Renacimiento opening last night fairish; “Ship From Shanghai” at the Callao to- morrow, Laurel and Hardy all over the shop to plenty of money, and that other Laurel and Hardy pic- ture, “The Rogue Song,’ now in third run and not losing anything, either. “Anna Christie” continuing big. ’ Fox has kept “Precio de Un Beso” (‘Mad Kiss’’) in or about the same spot for about two months, and is cleaning up with this picture out- side as well. Announcing Spanish version of “Common Clay” and also McCormack’'s picture for near fu- ture, well as “Men Without Women.” United Artists resurrected “Tam- ing of the Shrew” as English talker, other version flopping months ago. This one is doing well at the Petit- Splendid, lone house catering to all-English pictures. as “General Crack” stayed a couple of weeks at the Palace, not so hot, and folds Saturday when “Dawn Patrol” goes on there and Grand Splendid same day. “Pagliacci,” film, Oct. 3. San Carlos Opera Herman Gantvoort has John Lon- ergan to direct dances in musical, “French Dressing,’ now casting. Lonergan just finished “Garrick Gaieties.” ta. a

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eS el er Ce “VARIETY’S” LONDON OFFICE 8 ST. Martin’s Place, Trafalgar Square FOREIGN FILM NEW $ « CABLE ADDRESS: VARIETY, LONDON Temple Bar 5041-5042 + + oa? Fox, Also Metro, Concluding That Foreign Versions Best Made Abroad Hollywood, Oct, 21. Fox, after weighing the foreign situation, is going to produce French, Italian and German abroad. Arthur Loew for Metro, just ar- rived here, is said to be surveying the situation with a thought to switching foreign production to Europe, after having been com- mitted until now to the idea of the Hollywood glamor for foreign fan appeal. Warner Bros.-First National find that the handful of stars they have will mean that the pictures they are turning out for Europe will be re- leased too soon and consequently the same stars and _ supporting easts. The foreign distributors will be forced to keep pictures on the shelf for release three months and more apart, and in three months lots can happen to antiquate a talker. Experience on Talent experience in the past few weeks in casting the Spanish, French, Italian and German ver- sions of “The Big Trail’’ which, as the only exception, will be done here, proved that the paucity of de- sirable free-lance talent, or that which is available at reasonable in- Fox's tervals, forestalls the Hollywood production idea. Déspite the sizeable colony of foreign players here, the best are under contract. Those others who matter are tied up on one or the other picture and there isn’t that mecessary overplus which obtains (Continued on page 64) PAR’S LOST FILM FOUND IN FIRE Vienna, Oct. 21 The Paramount film “Sins cf ine Fathers” which had passed the Austrian censors was shipped for exhibition in the fashionable Tyro- lean winter resort Kitzbuehel, but was stolen from the express car and later found burned. The picture had been screened in another Tyrolean town called Bad Hellein, where it had been hissed by part of the straight laced audi- ence. Disappearing the police looked for ft. Yesterday (20) a fire destroyed a garage in a nearby village of Burgfreid and in the ashes the po- lice found the containers that had held the picture. Suggestion is advanced that the film had been taken from the ex- press car and burned for fear it would offend the puritanical Tyro- leans, the garage accidentally catch- ing fire in the process. Pittaluga Decorated Rome, Oct. 21, Premier Mussolini has just grant- ed the honor of the Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown to Stefano Pittaluga, in recognition of his Services to the country in. develop- ing native cinematography. Natural Color Wanted Belgrade, Oct. 21. The first Technicolor picture in this territory, “The Rogue Song” (M-G-M), has started a vogue for natural color. Picture is FILM CRITIC TURNS P. A. London, Oct. 21. Clive McManus, film reviewer of success. a — CENSORS IGNORE PROTEST Worlds” Released Generally Throughout Germany Berlin, “Two Oct. 21. The which { hief functions for committee the attention censor Ger- to the protest filed by the anti-Semite all man republic, paid no government of the Thuringia against exhibition the DuPont “Two Worlds.” Picture will now go ot pic- ture into release no bar to its generally. There is screening in Thuringia, except ex- hibitor cauticn against disorders, ot possible political inspiration. B. I. SORE OVER CRITICISM, STARTS SUIT London, Oct. 21. British International has begun a libel action against the “Sunday Post,” Scottish mewspaper, and Gary Allighan, reviewer on _ its staff, alleging unfair comment. British International has been angry with the press. generally lately because of comments upon its product. This suit may be a test to determine how far a news- paper critic can go, legally, in com- menting upon screen plays. SWISS GROUP ACQUIRES GERMAN TERRAFILM CO. Zurich, Oct. 21. Terrafilm, Germany's second largest film concern (next to Ufa) and with capitalization at 3,000,000 marks, has just been purchased by a group of Swiss bankers headed by the Scoton Bros., interested in the- atre properties through ownership of the Opollo theatre, Zurich. Seller is Curtis Melinitz, German amusement operator and capitalist. Swiss syndicates have been re- ported active in the acquisition of film producing companies outside their national borders for a year back. First operation of the kind was the purchase of an important Austrian property. 3 Ufa’s for U. S. UFA is now cutting the negative on the English version of Joseph von Sternberg’s “The Blue Angel,” with Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich. Film will be released in the United States through Paramount about Dec. 1. Ben Levy has completed the dia- log for another English version. This is of ‘Hocus Pocus” which will probably be released in this coun- try under the title “Murder for Sale.” UFA made the picture in French next take. the “Evening Standard,” quits that Ivan Moujouskine (Moskine) is berth at the end of this month. ilso on the list for an English ver- He shifts over to the producer|Sion of ‘The White Devil” for UFA side of the industry, becoming | under the direction of Alexander press agent for Producers’ Distrib- | Walkoff Negotiations are now uting. New job starts immediately. | pending for the release of this film aint siete jin the United States. London’s Suburban 3,000-Seater London, Oct. 21. | Creatore Joins Dominant Fulman is the newest London| Hollywood, Oct. 2! suburb to have a deluxe house, Giuseppe Creatore has been e! 3,000-seat establishment called the, Saged by the new Italian film cor Iorum and opening Dec. 8. |}pany, Dominant, to handle the mu- House is independent with all| sic on its p ‘opt 1 pictt bookings by Cecil Graham It will Company plar an Ital ‘ Play American acts up to $1,500 a|as its fi with proba ) Week i Aida. and German with Lillian Harvey playing the femme lead in both. Male leads were shared by Lau- rence Olivier and Willy TI ritsch. Miss Harvey, an English-German girl, will probably be starred in the | Paris Exodus Reprisal Paris, Oct. 21. Native legit and picture producers here have joined in protesting the raids made by American picture producers upon French talent which has created a famine in home talent. Move takes the form of punish- ment of players who quit engage- ments, even if they pay heavy in- demnities, to take up Hollywood contracts Gaumont New Victoria Opens; to Have British London, Oct. 21. The New Victoria, the much her- alded Gaumont. British theatre, opened last week (15) with the Al- bert DeCourville stage show sup- plementing the screening of “Old English’ (W.B.). Stage presentation, said to be on a budget of $5,000 a week, doesn't look that amount in flash. Earlier |} report was that George Arliss would appear in person for the picture's opening, but he was not present. The house is semi-atmospheric in design and is impressive outside, but not so much so within. It is to be added to the Gaumont West End chain for the premiere runs of Gaumont product, A performance of British-made picture has been arranged by the Federation of British industries for the benefit of tne Dominion confer- ence now sitting here for the con- sideration of trade topics and is ex- pected to take place at the New Victoria Nov. It is estimated the new house will have to play 10 capacity shows in every 18 turnovers of audience to clear its overhead. Candidate ey Fox Post London, Oct. 21. Sidney 3ernstein’s twice post- poned sailing for the States is now said to be imminent, but the Lon- don chain operator is secretive on his plans. Inside story is that Bernstein may be a candidate for the post of English advisor for the Fox inter- ests, carrying an annual salary of $75,000, and formerly held by the late Lord Birkenhead. As a consideration to such an ap- pointment Bernstein could turn his chain of 15.suburban London houses over to Fox. Gainsborough Losses London, Oct. 21. A financial reorganization of Gainsborough Pictures, producing unit in the British Gaumont com- bine, was foreshadowed by Moss Woolf in his address to the stock- holders at the annual meeting yes- terday (20). The company suffered this year through fire losses and heavy de- preciation write-offs on silent pic- tures, A story from the inside is that Gainsborough may emerge from the reconstruction either independent of Gaumont British or its chief pro- duction source, with Gaumont itself calling its own producing off. 5. AmerAnglo Trying Series In Spanish on Coast Hollywood, Oct. 21. With its first Spanish origina) completed out here, Amer Anglo, |foreign distributing company, has decided to make a series. They will probably be done at the Larry K, Darmour studio, where space was jrented for the first, “Hearts of Steel.” T. A. Tamiao, in charge of Span- |ish activities for Amer Anglo, leaves |today (18) to return to New York. | He has been here making “Hearts | of Steel” as an experiment and will | probably return to supervise pro- | duction of those in series. i Number of Spanish originals to be |made depends on progress, demand ' Fox News Shows Abroad Paris, Oct. 10 I'ox pioneering in Europe to es } r yveroel theatres, Tl ey 1 London, are planning | r oon i Zz in and ,are consid g ablishing one i: ps aria. Dominion Congress Show EBNER KILLED In His Own Plane Berlin, Ox 4 Ebner, widely known in the Ger man film trade and manager of the Maxim Film Co., perished in an 1eroplane accident Saturday (18) He was maneuvering for a posi tion to land in his own plane on the airport in Staaken, near Ber- lin, when he went into 1 dive BARON NAMED ANZAC HEAD FOR FOX B. A 3aron, expert accountant, out of the Chicago office of H. L Clarke, head of Fox, has been ap- pointed executive head of Fox's Australian theatres. There are about 110 houses in this group scattered over the Antipodes which formerly comprised the Hoyt Cir cuit. and for which Fox paid $12,- 000,000. Baron is already reported on his way to take charge. Appointment of Baron strikes similar with Clarke's policy in run- ning the Fox properties. Actual op- erating head, however, will be S. S. Crick, given as handling the theatre and over there right along. For a while it looked like Hershel Stuart, operator of the Fox-Poli chain in New England, might go over, but this is now cold. WM. FOX CLAIMS RIGHTS TO TRIERGEN PATENTS William Fox is reported claiming the North American rights to the Triergen basic patents for sound on film, It is stated Fox’s attorneys have been looking into the matter of his claims, with Fox abvut to dispatch personal representatives to Switzer- land to further strengthen his al- leged position on the mechanical end of talking pictures. The story is that when Fox bought the foreign patent rights for this side he could have purchased them for the world, but specified North America only. Up to the presert as far as re- ported Fox has given no intima- tion of his Triergen claims nor made any move.in connection with them and the trade. Tuneful Versions Hollywood, Oct. 21. While musicals are dead or tem- porarily taboo in this country, the French and the Spaniards and the rest of the international market is decidedly in favor. Pictures like Chevalier’s “Playboy of Paris,” with only one song, has, in the French version (‘La Petite Cafe"), four songs. “Monte Carlo,” also Paramount, synchronized for the foreign mar- kets, sans dialog, has Jeanette Mac- Donald and Jack Buchanan singing four songs, as otherwise, without songs, it could not be advertised as ‘une film parlant” (talking pic- ture). The songs, with thier lyrics, in this case, are an advantage, Perfect English Hollywood, Oct. 21. Perfect sails for London 12 for two engagements. will appear at the Pall two and then £0 Rose Nov She idium int for ito A reyue, Leo Morrison made the deal on De weeks Studying Acoustics Ww. ne C lar renresenting ~_— - r German Mgr. of Maxim Co. Crashes | | Franco-German Film Pact Cold: Electrics Join Hands to Block U. S. + Paris, Oct. 21. “Variety's” disclosures of the Franco-German film producers’ agreement and its dangers to Amer- ican production in France, threw the whole situation into the open ind as a result the deal has gone | cold, The French government has reached the decision to treat Para- |; mount’s product made here as French, granting the usual quota permits As this message is dispatched Paramount has not yet been offici- ally notified of the ruling, the delay being due to the authorities’ desire to leave time _ sufficient for the Cinema Commission to seem _ to have reached a decision on the mat- ters in dispute. Secret Conference Persisting in their aim to unite in a solid front against American manufacturers of electric equipment all kinds, French and German in- terests, representing the same prin- cipals those who met here not long ago to settle sound apparatus, have within the last few days held a long and very conference in Paris Both French and German groups are afraid the Americans may be- fore long win control of the electri- cal equipment market in Europe and are devising means to block such an outcome. The first mentioned dealt only with equipment for pub- lic utilities such as lighting and power service and operation of transit lines. But radio and sound picture divisions will be taken up at subsequent meetings of the same interests. e Us as secret conterence FRENCH BANKER BEHIND GROUP 3erlin, Oct. 21, The German Ministry of Finance has ceded its option to $600,000 worth of shares of stock in Emelka Film Co. to a group headed by Kommerzienrat Kraus, former gen- eral director of Emelka, The backer of the group is the French film magnate, Albert Kohan, the banker who organized the Gau- mont-Aubert-Franco combine. This is the last step in the forma- tion of the European film bloc for a long time in the making. Col.’s Own Distribution London, Oct. 21. Louis Metzger is here represent- ing Columbia Pictures. He says Columbia is about to open its own distributing system in England. Columbia now releases . through Gaumont British. Roxy’s Travels Paris, Oct. 21. S. L. Rothafel has gone from Paria to Germany where he will continue his vacation. He moves thence to Italy, salilng foc home from Genoa at the end of Nevem ber. — Buying in N. Y. M. J... Bailby, Parisian publisher, is in New York buying picture prod- uct for his Theatre Intime (new), Paris. House will open Dec. 15 with ‘Hallelujah” as the starting film and a colored jazz band on thse stage Smash in Cape Town Cape Town, Oct “Vagabond King” (Par) is a cay h it tt a All > reo ited by African Theatres, Ltd Spanish Star for Versions Paris, Oct. 21 ® Pena, Spanish star, is sail- , on e Ile de nee, due in } c t Ve k, headed for id to 1 9 Spanish

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‘::) $25,000 BOW’S BEST FOR MINN. IN YEAR Minneapolis, Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 500,000) Weather: Favorable B ne eft little cause for con plaint last week. Grosses did not attain sensational proportions, but was nothing about them to ggest the present period of de-| ROSSES Wednesday, October 22, 1930

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REMEMBER? the COPLEY-PLAZA ROOM was crowded Last June i} SHERATON | With U’s with dancers when the weather was | plenty hot That even on Monday nights showed what Bostonians thought of the Meyer Davis Orches- | there. October tra playing On second another sea- son began with “Meyer Davis Le Paradi Band,” under the direction of Joe Smith.

$18,000 FOR FLESH’ AND ‘YARD’ $11,000—BALTO.

3altimore, Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 850,000) mencing to come in with Best performers were “Raffles” beating “em to the latest epidemic|at the Century, “Her Wedding Friday night when it ushered in} Night at the Minnesota, and “Her Billy, the Kid” on Realife after | Man” at the Orpheum. Coming on a comparatively poor week of} the heels of the huge returns at the ‘Three French Girls” at $68,300.| Minnesota the week before, the Week-end indications were that] Clara Bow picture seemed insignifi- “Billy” isn’t going to go as high as] ant by comparison, but neverthe- | Metro hoped it would. None of the less it spelled a profit for the house. ritics pulled raves and, partly as} After a big week at the Orpheum, the result, Warne! when it follows iwhere it was augmented by the uit in the Hollywood with “Kis usual vaude, “Half Shot at Sunrise met.” will ballyhoo the picture and } went Into the Seventh Street as the eo easy on the giant film angle} latter’s opening attraction and sans (Vitascope). Foxites are also a |a stage show continued to do nicely. | little coneerned about the reception Estimates for Last Week awaiting “Big Trail’ (in Grandeur) Mennisota (Publix) (4,200; 75) t the Roxy this week without the | “Her Wedding Night” (Par) and usual stage show. | Publix unit, “Forward March.” Rialto and Rivoli declined quickly | gg og business Pam ieee ts ; “> a é day ) a shar ’ "es ‘ with “What a Widow and | ay, ut a iarp fall thereafter; “Whoopee” to totals of “around $36.000. In another week, however, they will be supplanted by “feet First,” Harold Lloyd, and “Laughter.” The reserved the moving urge. seaters are getting | “Big House” goes out of the Astor after 18 weeks as a fairly good $2 money getter to- morrow (Thursday) night and “War Nurse” (M-G) follows. “House,” in its final week, scooped in around $11,000. “Hell’s Angels” is easing off in the Criterion and Gaiety, getting about $23,000 on the two. Some talk of the picture getting ready to leave the Gaiety. “Outward Bound” did $19,000 in its fourth week at the Hollywood. Another seven days and “Kismet” will go in there. Winter Garden is still making money with “Office Wife’ at around $30,000 in its third week. While U. A.’ at the SO terminating another week or not doing enough to be kept longer than that. Strand did okay with “Sinners Holiday” at $31,000 and British International s lease is Central in “Lincoln” is got approximately $5,000 for the second week of “Atlantic,” at the Cohan. For an English feature that’s good dough. Estimates for Last Week Astor—“Big House” (M-G) (1,- 120; $1-$1.50) (18th week). Around $11,000 for final week; “War Nurse” (M-G) goes in tomorrow (23d) with “New Moon” (M-G) named to fol- low. Capitol—"3 French Girls” (M-G) (4,620; 25-85-$1.50). At $68,300 just $7,000 better than previous week but still not satisfactory; quite a few weeks since house has figured in real money; “Billy the Kid,’ on Weather: favorable big screen, opened Friday, but week- Business off again. Only one end not what was expected. house was able to grab anything Criterion-Gaiety—“Hell’s Angels” | that looked like real coin, and that (Caddo) (1,678; $1-$2.50) (11lth|house was the Albee, with “Her week). Fair total for this picture | Man.” at this period, approximately $23,- Estimates for Last Week 000; Gaiety down to $10,500 and Loew’s State (3,500; 15-50) “3 may depart from there soon; Cri-|French Girls” (M-G). No draw terion about $2,000 better and will power; lucky to get close to $17,500, stick. lowest in weeks. Cohan—“‘Atlantic”’ (BIP) (1,137; R-K-O Albee (2,500; 15-50) “Her Zoe. top) (24 week). About $800} Man” (Pathe). Over well here: under first week but Englishmen] Ricardo Cortez has plenty of friends well satisfied; closed to about $5,- in this town and house plugged him 000. big; not quite $14,500, okay, Central—"‘Abraham Lincoln” (UA) Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 15-50) (916; $1-$2) (7th week). United’s|«gquealer” (Col) and “Sweethearts lease on house is up and picture|on Parade” (Col). Fans attracted out in another two weeks; at $16,- | by first feature: “Parade” detracted ae ey Shot at Sunrise” | er ecm, eee ge Saree Soune (Radio) (1,065: 80-60-75) At $27,- - h favor; about $11,500, average. 800 practically a record high for = aramount (2,200; 15-50) Monte ren A etsoni : | C arlo (t ar) and good support bill Hollywood — “Outward Boun®" lerctth accra a ee (WB) (1,066; $1-$2) (4th week).|" R.K:Q Victory (1,600; 15-50) At around $17,000 not bad; MOVCS | “Seq God” (Par). He AVY ’ plugging out end of month for “Kismet, : _ | helped first part of stay but petered peda een, and reopens Ba War-liast half of we ek, okay though at ners when “Old English” slides into | e149 gqq : general release. — " Fay’s (1,600; 15-50) “On Your _varamount- saenis Up @ eh Back” (Fox) and vaude. Good all- (3,665; 65-85 $1). Another 10W) round show; edged over average at week at $58,200; Nancy Carroll's lez 509 personal appearance got $45,000 Ane over week-end, plus Rudy Vallee on the stage: should get back into real | (6,205; 50-75-$1.50). On $85,000 in- money this week. termediate we-k. Rialto—“‘“What a Widow” (UA) Strand —‘Sinners Holiday” (WB) (2.000; 40-65-85-$1) (2nd week).| (2,900; 25-50-75). Nothing unusual While $18,000 under opening week, | about the $31,600 this did except second week at $36,600 is fair; | that it made money as usual for Harold Lloyd's “Feet First” replaces | this house. at end of the month. Warners—“Old English” (WB) Rivoli—"“Whoopee” (UA) (2,200; | (1,400; $1-$2) (8th week). Down to 40-65-85-$1) (2nd week). Just | $13,200 and out at the end of month. $15,000 under opening total at $37,- Winter Garden—‘Office Wife” 800, also not bad and not too good; | (WB) (1,418; 35-85-$1) (3rd week). “Laughter” (Par) next. Around $30,000 means graceful tap- Roxy—“Up the River” (Fox) | ering.

best gross for the week, however, of any Bow picture in past year; title | undoubtedly helped. Around $25,000 profitable, Century “Raffles” (Publix) (1,600; (UA). Ronald 75)— Coleman draws here; helped by good exploi- tation and word-of-mouth; $12,000, good. State (Publix) Sea God” (Par). but pleased about (2,200; Panned by critics customers; failed to register strongly on around: $6,000, | which is not good. Orpheum (RKO) (2,890; “Her Man” (Pathe) and vuude. ture helped to ffoset poor management has crowds nicely week in and week out; $11,000, pretty good. Seventh Street (RKO) (1,450: 50) —‘Half Shot at Sunrise“ (Radio). Came here to open house after big seven days at Orpheum; close to $4,000, satisfactory. Lyric (Publix) (1,300: 40)—“Love in the Rough” (MG). Gave satis- faction and better than average draw; about $5,000, good. Aster (Publix) (900; 35)—“Strict- ly Modern” (FN). Pleased and did 50)— Pic- vaude; fairly well at box office; around $2,000. Grand (Publix) (1,100; 385)— “Holiday” (Pathe), first half; “Common Clay” (Fox), last half. Second loop runs. About $2,600, food.

‘HER MAN’ STANDS OUT IN PROV. ON $14,500 Providence, Oct. 21 (Draw. Pop., 315,000)

} 50)—“The | coming | near | Weather: Fair and warm Unseasonable warm temperature held down the indoor intake again last week. Both legits lighted and also offering opposition, the Theatre Guild opening its subscription sea- |son at Ford’s and gathering in close to $20,000, A few outstanding grosses at that, however. “Call of the Flesh” clicked big at the Century, “Scotland Yard” more than that at the New. “Lincoln” turned good second week at the road-show priced Auditorium, “Three French fair at the Lil” was “What a Widow,” at the Valencia and the uptown Parkway, was ’way off at the former | but got a pretty good intake at the |latter. “Heads Up” was satisfac- |tory but not outstanding at Keith’s. The Little with “Hunting Tigers in India” again scored well. The j}combo Hippodrome continues its good b.o. pace. “Czar of Broadway” was the screen fare, Estimates for Last Week Century (Loew)—‘“Call of the Flesh” (M-G) (3,100; 25-60). Fol- lowing low week climbed back to good average; Novarro established fav. and $18,000. Stanley (Loew-Stanley-Crandall) —3 French Girls’ (M-G) (3,600; 25-60). Sexy stuff got plenty of ads but failed to lure; better than expected at that on $16,000. Rivoli (Wilson Amus. Co).—‘For the Love o’ Lil” (2,000; 25-60). Tie- up with “Liberty” on this one didn’t bring results; pleased those who saw it and Nugent scored; names meant little to picture fans, how- ever, and biz off at about $4,500. New (M. Mechanic)—‘Scotland Yard” (Fox) (1,400; 25-50). Ed- mund Lowe has a following here and mystery scenario appealed; best week in long time at $11,000. Valencia (Loew-UA) —‘“‘What a Widow” (UA) (1,500; 25-35). Swan- son film wasn’t exactly a sensation when shown at the century, and failed to get big trade at this ele- vator house; low week at $2,400. Parkway (Loew-UA) —“What a Widow” (UA) (1,000; 25-35). Day- and dated here and did compara- tively better; not up to this the- atre’s fine average but satisfactory at $3,700. Keith's (Schanbergers) — “Heads Up” (Par) (2,500; 25-50). Eased off from previous week’s intake but fairly satisfactory; about $8,500. Little (Moviegraphs of Md.)— “Hunting Tigers in India” (267; 50). House hits and maintains a pretty even stride; last week no exception at $1,000. Auditorium (Schanbergers)—"Lin- Girls” Stanley, and was just |

coln” (UA) (1,500; 50-$1.50). Still roing strong in second week: get- ting school trade particularly at weekend mets; $9,000 reported for | second week and holding over. Hippodrome (Pearce & Schenck) —‘Czar of Broadway” (U) and tab show (2,250: 25-50). Seems to be hitting fine pace; last week was up to new average, $8,500. Church Gives Hollywood First Circus in 5 Years Hollywood, Oct. 21. Hollywood gets its first taste of a circus in years when the Gentry Brothers (G-M-C) show plays here four days starting Dec. 4. Circus will play under the aus- pices of the Blessed Sacrament church.

and | “Love o’| a b.o. bust at the Rivoli. | day-and-dating | i | | in a] |

| Lad . 1 | picture | 25-50)—‘‘Monte Carlo” (Par). Pretty nifty at $8,300; latest addition to town’s first-run stands likely to | Gayety, | done over. | 35-50).

Columbia (Loew) (1,232: 35-50) “What a Widow” (UA). Rather | liberal estimate at $9,100. Earle (Warner) (2,424: 35-50 “Girl of Golden West” (FN). Vaude |

‘LILIOM,’ LIGHT, $8,800 Pittsburgh, B (Drawing Population, 1,000,000) Weather, Warm and bad along the Surprises were the click of “A Surrenders” and.- flop of Oct. 21 Good business ] y 4iile, the The real " : , staniey is snowing ife lately following signs of mayoe due rowing for Ed Lowry. “Lady, turned a neat $26,250. At Warner’s “Liliom” gave this house its second successive dud week at $8,700. Fulton maintained its opening week pace with “Monte Carlo,” be- ing okay at $8,300. Sheridan Square, in East Liberty, played the same nouse } to rapidly

and had no kick at $5 Three French Girls” way off | Penn; $25,000. Aldine hung] around average level on “Santa Fe} Trail. Estimates for Last Week Aldine (Loew's) Gene Dennis was missed here 000, “Those at the (1,900; 25-35-50) after | | | | | | being present six weeks; without gal psychic, house slipped back to normal with “Santa Fe Trail’ (Par). Around $8,000. Enright (WEB) (3,700; 26-35-40- 60)—“Dough Boys” (M-G). First Metro picture ever to play this site; inasmuch was initial Keaton talker to get first-run here, did well at $14,200. With Dick Powell on stage at height of his popularity in East Liberty sector, looks like this in-and-out house at last may be definitely removed from red. Fulton (Shea-Benham) (1,750; 10- as make a go of it; house formerly the burlesque, but has been Harris (WB) (1,800; 10-20-30-40) —‘Big Fight” (Sono-Art). Not so hot at $3,800; picture originally in- tended for Enright where Stepin Fetchit, in cast, was to have made personal appearance; shifted to this

house when Fetchit booking fell through. Penn (Loew’s-UA) (3,300; 25-35- 60-75)—“3 French Girls” (M-G). Unimportant, and with no ast names to hold it up, weak at $25,- 000; worst here in a long time. Sheridan Sq. (Radio) (1,200; 25- House helped considerably by Par product playing day and date with Fulton; getting benefit of downtown house’s bigger splurge in dailies; “Monte Carlo” (Par), nice at $5,100. Stanley (WB) (3,600; 25-35-60)— “Lady Surrenders” (U). Rated com- mendable notices and had audience appeal; $26,250 best figure here since “Office Wife’; Ed Lowry, m. c., also catching on. Warner (WB) (2,000; 25-35-60)— “Liliom” (Fox). Bad nosedive on $8,800; cricks rapped Farrell plenty. FOLLOW THRU’ $22,000 SURPRISE—‘LILIOM’ OFF Washington, Oct. 21. (Draw. Pop., 500,000) Weather, Okay Most of the local emporiums did rather well last week, though ‘Liliom” disappointed at the Fox. In contrast “Follow Thru,” with Nancy Carroll, played heavily, jumped the Palace four grand. Swanson’s second week at the Co- lumbia shouldn’t haye been. New policy of the Earle (vaude) with “Girl of Golden West” sent things up there also. Other Warner house, Met, died with “Reno.” Rialto’s third week of “All Quiet” came close to being one too many, but finished okay. R-K-O had a good week with “Her Man.” Estimates for Last Week

—~— ‘Mime, Satan’ H. 0. in Seattle Did $4,100, Terrible Gross; ‘English, ‘LADY’ $26,250—PITT: $8500, Fine Seattle, Oct. 21, (Drawing population, 450,000) Weather: Colder Fall is here and chill weather helps the shows. “Playland” closed for season; baseball ended and foot- a

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ball brings in visitors; pony ex moving indoors in som pots, others still running and that’s about all. Bainbridge Players opening this week at the Metropolitan, which is a return of legit after a lapse of |many months. Eddie Cooke, mane lager of the Met (Erlanger Adé« vance sales good. Estimates for Last Week Paramount (Pub) (3,106; 25-60)— “Girl of Golden West” (FN). Ann Harding a draw; stage show much improved; good week at $13,706 Fifth Ave. (Fox) (2,500; 25-60)— “Liliom” (Fox). Most figured Far- rell miscast; anyhow it did $12,6u0, Fox (2,500; 25-60)—“Madame Sa- tan” (M-G). It was “Satan” to hold this one two weeks; first week une- der 10 grand, and this $4,100; tere | rible dive on 2d week Closing | night under $300 Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (900: 25- | 50-75) —“Madame DuBarry (UA), Good stuff liked it, too; 10 days. Music Box (Hamrick) (1,000; 256 50-75)—“‘Old English’ (WB). Ar- liss acclaimed by critics; did around fine. Liberty for matinee, and men good biz at $11,000 for (Jansen-von Herberg) (2,000; 15-25-35). “Journey’s End” (Tiff). Just fine: $6,400; good. Coliseum (Fox) (1,800; 25-50)— “Three French Girls’ (M-G). Good week: $3,200. Orpheum (R-K-O) (2,700; 25-60) “Her Man” (Pathe). Main bally- “Amos ’n’ rood. hoo for $14,100; Andy,” coming; ‘AFRICA SPEAKS’ $8,000: ‘WHOOPEE’ BIG, $16,100 Denver, Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 400,000) Weather: Fair Denver gave “Africa Speaks” @ good gross at the America and it is being held over two days, when the policy there becomes second run with changes twice weekly. Denver is the home of the Colorado-Africa expedition of Paul Hoefler, the man who made the picture. Film ree- ceived heavy publicity. “Whoopee” brought the Para- mount back where it belonged and the youngsters packed the house several times. Special effiorts were made to get school and college stu- dents, Publix unit ‘““Moonbeams,” at the Denver, did much towards a good gross. Denver was the first city to pick a winner for the European tour advertising ‘“‘What a Widow,” and fans wanted to see if the pice ture was worth all that blah. Those who like Swanson decided it was and vice versa, Tabor will week. Estimates for Last Week Aladdin (Huffman) (1,500; 35-50<- 75)—‘“Sea Wolf” (Fox). Way down, but death of Milton Sills kept peo- ple away; $6,000. America (Huffman) (1,500; 20-35- 50)—“Africa Speaks” (Col). Good enough to hold over but for policy change to second run; stays two ex- tra days; $8,000. Denver (Publix) (2,300; 25-35-60) —“What a Widow” (UA). Swane son name brought ’em in as much as anything; $17,500. Paramount (Publix) (2,000: 25-356 50)—"*Whoopee” (UA). Eddie Cane cor the draw: up to $16,100. Rialto (Publix) (1,040: 25-35-50) —‘Eyes of the World” (UA). Too much strong competition; low at $3,500. reopen in about a On _9oF Cold Blows Topeka late Best Figures for Weeks Topeka, Oct 1 | New policy, with picture helping (Draw, Pop., 85,000) $17,500 Cold weather last week accome- Fox (Fox) (3,434; 15-25-35-60)—| plished what evervthing else failed “Liliom” (Fox) Stage show. Not | to do; brought grosses up for the so good at $20,500, lfirst time in two months. Isvery Met (Warner (1,585: or Po) Scania in town was on the right side ee Still etre: ling: of the red line by 4 rood margin. mavbe 374,500, ‘ Palace (Loew) (2.363: 2h-35-50-60) Estimates for Last Week “Follow Thru” (Par). Stage show Novelty (1.200; 50) (Fox) Song Surprised; house back to. stride 0’ My Heart” (Fox). Built st idily With about $22,000 from opening day and closed week Rialto (U) (1,978; 35-50)—‘“Alj| With $2,900. Quiet” (UU). Third week one too Grand (Fox) (1,400; 50) “Follow many, but above previous figures for Thru” (Par). Normal business; house, $9,600. $3.800. R-K-O (Keith’s) (1,875: 35-50)— Jayhawk (Fox) (1,500; 50). Chi- “Her Man” (Pathe). House going|nese syncopators first half of best along nicely: front page stories on | business theatre has had in months; Cuban Embassy complaining to|“Lady of Scandal” not so hot; State Department on picture; maybe | “Road to Paradise” last three days $12,500. stood up well, making total $4,700.

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Philly Hopes as Stage Shows Return, Mastbaum, $35,000 Fox, $25,500. Philadelphia, Oct. The musicians’ strike came to an end last Thursday... The film people are now hopeful that a stage and musical fe will help two or three of shows atures down- tne town houses which have been in the Goldrums for a month With one or two exceptions last week’s trade found little to boast about. In some cases the grosses were exceptionally low. Paramount- Keith's, the Boyd, and t Karlton were probably outstanding on the profit side. Because of the backing uy of bookings at Keith’s, runs are be- ing cut as short as possible for tw or three weeks. In the case of “Ani- mal Crackers,” the opening attrac- tion, and “Anybody’s Woman,” the current feature, attendance war- ranted extended runs. *“Man- slaughter,” which opened on the 10th and was taken out the 14th, was comparatively weak. “Any- | body’s Woman” the last four days | of last week grabbed itself $14,500, topnotch trade ‘Whoopee in its second week at the Boyd, got $23,000, which is the best cond week record of any fea- ture at this house for six or seven months. It could undoubtedly have been held for a third, but the War- ners were anxious to get in “Old English which is late in showing here. “A Lady Surrenders,” which did two excellent weeks at the} Stanley, was also big when moved to the Karlton on $6,200 for five days. Opposed to these three winners Was plenty of cause The big Mastbaum appointing week in for the crying. had another “Madame Satan” at $35,000. It’s the second time ina row that this house has fallen 10 grand under its recent average trade. Fox also continued low with $25,500 tor “Heads Up,” despite Buddy Rogers” following, and the Earle only got around 17,500 with “The Way of All Men.’ These three houses without a question felt the pinch of no stage shows, although for the first couple of weeks of the strike there was no appreciable drop in attendance, The Stanley got only $17,500 for “Good News,” disastrous trade for | an opening, and the musical film went out right away. Stanton got about $10,500 for the third week of “Scarlet Pages,” okay and enough to warrant continuing. “Lincoln” fell off sharply in its first full week at the Aldine. Only $10,000 was quoted, as opposed to $10,000 for the first hree days. Some doubt now if picture can make the month’s run figured for it. “Africa Speaks” and Outward Bound” mentioned to follow. The Little Aricadia, indie, got $4,- 600 on “Let’s Go Native,’ second downtown run, This week’s layout includes “Love in the Rough” at the Mastbaum with Moran and Mack in person but no other stage show; “Outside the Law” at the Earle, also without stage presentations; “Doorway to Hell” thrust into the Stanley sud- denly when “Good News” flopped; “Anybody’s Woman” holds over, so does “Lincoln” and “Scarlet Pages.” “Whoopee” moves from the Boyd to the Karlton. Stage shows will start this Fri-

. Fox — “Up the River” (Fox) goa tg Mary Wa te] ca, 3-20-08. Huw sf4300| ORPH $12.700-P’TLAND the Duncan Sisters in a revue, with Strand—"‘Moby Dick” (WB). Fair | ? an orchestra in the pit, and the! for $22,300 Fox will have the Roxy chorus. Albee—“All Quiet” (1) and vaude No announcement made about the Good and into second week got Portland, Ore., Oct Earle as yet. $39,500. oa (Drawing population, 400,000) Estimates for Last Week Loew’s Met — “Journey's End’ Mostly just fair last week except Mastbaum (4,800; 35-50-75)—/ (Tiff) and vaude. Did $26,600. “—wheomes” eg eo a ‘ ai ss an , hoopee, which mopped up a Madame Satan (M-G). DeMille ee cas Raitt the Unitea Artists “Ola Enclish’ Picture keen disappointment; an- ana fair “ the “Music Box. itl other $35,000 week which evn ze BOSTON MET $41 ,000 Likely , wi hoopee’ will be held grand under normal for this time three weeks in spite of musicals ** didine (1,500: $1.50)—“Lincoln” Small House Surprises With $17,000 | beit B ae nerally though it floppo ’ ; ail : 4 for “Sea Wolf’’—State $138 200 Her Wedding Night,” at the Par- (UA). In first full week about $10,- sakaubhiatie ; : amount, got ‘em on the s. a. angle 000 as igainst $10,000 in three days Boston. Oct. 21 in opposish to the Broadway show- | of opening week; dropped sharply (Drawing Population, 850,000) ing “Three French Girls The and may have trouble making Weather: Cool Broadw surprised at $13,000 month's run, Pictures had a fair week, with the Circulation of ~-vngiat ince pet ol Fox (3,000; 40-5 10-75 5) —"“ Hes ads | yer continuing the impro ‘ ent | still goir on. Blu sneet nov na Up" (Par), "Way off considering) chown a few weeks ago. Gross of | 15,000 names, but nothing s being dor Buddy Rogers’ usual draw; $25,500; the big Publix house was $41,700 or about it General view of m house showing need of stage shows. “Her Wedd Night street is that “films need é Keith's (1,800; 35-50-75)—‘Any- Memorial came the nearest to the| sori1 but a flock of lo ‘ body's Woman” (Par). Got $1 4,500] Met, and } A far 1 loin women can t do it inte! in four days, very rood: “Man- $20,000 for “Her Mar | Present movement has big Sla hter” between $4,000 and $5,000 Of tt - the c | but li to turn out j rnothe for Monday and Tuesday, then out Sq was 2 if et p 9 400° 28.20.75 4 onee”’ | « . | Bagh pent Aaie ( be as pic p aaT Es . Estimates for Last Weel - | stimates for Last Week ture held up better than most re-| Met (Publix) (4,280; 50-75) H[er | Broadway (Fox) (2,! ) cent features at this house; 3,000.) Wedding Night” (Par) : Okay at Three Fren Girls (M id Earle (2.000; 25-65)—"'Way of All| $41 700, ll for $13,006 Men” (FN). A little over $17,500 Loew's State (4,900; 30-40-50) Paramount (Publix) (3,5! ) Which is below normal; another! french Girls’ (M-G). AI ri fo! Her Wedding Night (I , house that has suffered from ab-/| $18,200 Registered disappointme: $ wv sence of stage shows | Keith-Memoria!l (4,606; 35-50-60) Orpheum (R-K-O) (2 , 20-60) Stanley (3,700: 35-50-75)—“Good ‘Her Mar (Pathe) No con “He Man (Pathe) Score News” (MG). A flop; only $17,000) plaints at $20,000 | ra and taken out after single week. | Keith-Albee (3,900; 50-60) United Artists (Parker-Fox) (1, Stanton (1.700; 25-65)—‘Scarlet| “Bright Lights” (FN). Fair week 0 2 -60) — “Whoopee (UA) Pages” (FN) (3d week). About| $17,600. Clicked f yr great first wee! will $10,500 which is okay all around.| Scollay Square (vaudfilm) and| hold for maybe three; $1 My Karlton (1,000; 50)—‘‘A Lady Sur-| Fenway—"‘The Sea Wolf” (Fox).! Rialto (Publix) (2,000; 25-50) renders” (U) Very big on being} Did $17,000 and $38,000, respectively | “Bright Lights” (FN). FP ATI moved down here from Stanley; first figure excellent | ar ad did fairly: $4,900 3 $6,200. ; Olympia and Uptown—“Monte | Music Box (Hamrick) (2,000; 25- Arcadia (600: 50)—“Let’s Go Na-/| Carlo” (Par). Second week, $8,500 | 50—“Old English” (WB). Class ap- tive” (Par). Pretty good at $4,500.) and $7,500, respectively. ‘peal and had fair week, $7,500 return of | dis- |

'$37, 400 FOR MICHIGAN, | Detre 3) Vi RA i44 vy i T l é t the va ) ( tions except “Hell's Ang cont d to q en Dp Angels Ss ! i! " é t » 10 e} t ( AT - ’ e Estimates for Last Week Michigan French Girls” (M G) (4,045; 35-50-75). Fifi Dorsay drew, but still room for improve |} ment; house trying to gain back | prestige lost when it cut prices dur- ing musicians strike: finding out i that it is ea to raise them: Fisher—“One sier to cut $37,400. Night at Su prices than

(WB) (2,800; 35-50-75). Fair ness at $22,400 Fox—“Up the River” (Fox) (5.,- 100 15-25-50) Well liked comedy | helped bring house out of red; not | bad at $32,000; currently doing very fe with Fifi Dorsay on stage and | “Scotland Yard” (Fox) | Downtown (RKO) —“Her Man” (Pathe) (2,700; 15-25-50). Well [liked and good notices, but still not |heavy enough to get important money; $13,500. United Artists—‘ Whoopee” (UA) | (3 3,000! 35-50-75-90). Well liked but | | under cloud because of being musi- ;cal; played to good week but will not hold over: $14,700 | Paramount—“Old English” (WB) 1 (3,300; 35-50-75). Business very good considering class picture: not }enough though to warrant third | week. “Billy the Kid” (WB) opened Thursday: $7,600. | State—“‘Life of the Partv”’ (WR) (3,000; 85-50-75). Comedy build and may get third week: $10,900 | Madison—“‘Lady Surrends rs”? (TJ) (1,750: 35-50-75). Same picture plaved the RKO Downtow n two | weeks before to nice business at 50c | itop: at hig | badly: $6,600. her scale here not doing — a Nancy in Person | . | $76,000, Par, Bklyn.; | “All Quiet’ $39,500 |: | ule Brooklyn, Oct. ai, Wow week at the Paramount, breaking all records at $76,000, with Nancy Carroll on the stage plus Rudy Vallee. “Heads Up” (Par) the feature. Last high figure was $73,000, New Year's week. Fox was fair with “Up the River” and lengthy stage show. Albee did a load of business with “All Quiet.” War picture now in its second week. Estimates for Last Week Paramount—‘Heads Up” (Par) (4,000; 85-50-60-75). Nancy Car- roll in stage appearance panicked for new house record front of theatre resembled an Edi- son exhibit, full of lights, banners, streamers, and visible blocks away. of $76,000:

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TED MACK Master of Ceremonies Still Being Held Ove: | Paramount, New York City Fifth Week

CHEVALIER AT $15,000, BELOW OTHERS IN S. F. | San Francisco, Oct. 21 Business much brighter among ; the downtown houses, gro hit ting or bettering the average pact Paramount-Publix put out a big | ballyhoo for Horace Heidt and his band, but it was a long time since Heidt visited Frisco. Despite the attraction and the campaign, tak- ings only fair, with picture, “Heads Up.” probably hurting. Fox with “Scotland Yard” rolled n in big, scoring at ome pet! formances for the first time i weeks. Estimates for Last Week Fox (5.000; 650-65-75-$1) “Scot land }¥

ird (Fox) Plenty h ishing at $7 ri week-end trade, with heav: re Sponse through rest of wee} b pug | this to $45,000. | Warfield (Fox) (2,672; 50-65-90) ‘Up the River” (Fox). In 2d eek showed building qualities. Held up Paramount (Publix) (2.698 0 - | §65-$1). “Heads Up” (Par) Pl | Hora Heidt and big ba hoo | maintained only average pa at | $16,000 Picture did more harm California (Publix) (2,200; 3 0- | |} 65-90) “Du Barry” (UA) Started | vell and got along. Over 000 ‘ ellent | “St. Francis (Publix) (1,375; 35-50 190) — “Playboy of Paris” (Par) | Drew usual Chevalier following | Heavy trade, but $15,000 not up to | his previous pictures. | Orpheum (R-K-~O) (2,270; 35-50- 65)—“Her Man” (Pathe). Hardly fair. Opening light and balance of week about average. $9,000. Golden Gate (R-K-O) (2,455; 30- 40-50-65). “The Pay Off’ (Radio). This and R-K-O vaude showed spurt over previous week; very good at $15,009. Embassy (Wagnon) (1,365; 50-65- 90). “Maybe It’s Love’ (WB). Didn't spell dough here. Light from start, fin 500. ‘FRENCH GIRLS’ $13,000, VARIETY 9 Personals Boost Chi. Grosses: Palace $22,800—Oriental $36,200; tate-Lake, All-Sound, $31,000, Big + ‘a

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Kar . ‘ Oct 4 i ended it i dead N " v= . : na I t ers nol 4 c . : sf ie itured iyers ught the ho $22.8 ; : The Mainstreet offers *Man,” | only one grand sor its record gar it extract adv r, and| Personal appearances of four Cu they liked it. Stage sl not so| ball players, led by Hack Wilsor hot. The two Publix houses—New- | brought the Oriental out of the red man and Royal—offered “Three| for the first time in four weeks, hit- Faces East and “Monte Carlo.” | ting $36,200 Third big mark was Latter was in the little Royal At | resistered at the State-Lake where, the Newman Stanley Smith, a local! With the new straight sound policy boy, one of Paramount's younger | “faif-Shot at Sunrise” did $31,000 tars l personal appearances | Betters average mark of the house ind $18,000.| days of “pink” flicker disappoint- | fair |ing at $2,100; won't stick long at | _Loew’s Midland—‘3 French Girls” |that pace: “Melodie ry He rani | (M-G) (4,000; 25-40). After a week | (Ufa) closed an excellent run witl ; of capacity business with “Whoopee” | $2600 for last five days |} the hired help rested with this one; | Chicago (Publix-B. & K.) (4.000 picture given nice publicity, but | 50-75-85)—“Girl of Golden West" simply did not connect; drew loud| (FN Stage show. Didn't have a '|} guffaws from some but considered | chance from star t; one of the worst | pretty close to the blue Jimit by| weeks in a long time, and profit many ; $10,600; pretty bad | microscopie at $38,300. | Newman Three F'aces East’ McVicker’s (Publix-B. & K.) (1.- (WEB) (1,890; 25-35-50-60) $12,500. | 865: 60-75-85)—"“Madam Satan” } Royal “Monte Carlo” (Par) | (M-¢ Adults only” helped; first (540; 25-35-50). Spicy romance was!10 days okay uxt $36,100, but no | the way it was billed: $4,700. | raves | Pantages—“One Night at Susie's’ Monroe (Fox) (1,000; 25-40) |} (FN) (2,200; 25-50). Better than] “Anybody’s Woman” (Par). House |} for some weeks; stage show, “Green| seems definitely ¢ tablished in sec- | Devil,” F. & M. unit; $10,300, ond run policy; business continues | ee 7 - - | for a picture that has been cle aning up around te P , wn; $4,100 excel] llent. $43 600 FOR ANGEL S Oriental (Publix-B. & K.) (3,200; ’ 90-75-85) Top Speed” (FN). Stage how, Hiack Wilson and his Chi- 3 WEEKS IN CINCY cago Cub partners on stage drew ball fans; boosted house to best fig- } ure in four weeks at $36,200: tre- | Cincinnati, Oct. 21. mendous Saturday and Sunday, but (Drawing Population, 700,000) tagares Sater. Orpheum (Warner) (700; Weather: Warm nt : 35-50)— ’ 4 : Animal Crackers” (Par). House Combined grosses of downtown] reopened Oct. 17 after renovating; picture ; theatres last week bettered} going for intimate idea and trying the previous week by $1,300. “Hell’s|to get a classier mob. Angels,” which broke into the legit Palace (R-K-O) (2,300 :50-75-85) Shubert, fell off $4,600 from the sec- “Pay-off” (Radio). Excellent at ond week. And its receipts for) $22,800; only slightly under new three weeks were $43,600. In the| high established week previous; final week the low end of the ad-| Ruth Etting, on stage, credited.

mission scale was reduced from 50 Punch and Judy (Machat) (350: to 25 cents as a bid for children. 75-$1-$2)—“Lincoln” (UA). After The Albee made a gain on the| starting to slip in fourth week at $2 week of $2,800; the Lyric improved | top, switched to pop grind, getting $1,600; the Capitol $600, and Keith's |$2 only for few seats in loge; in- $900. The Strand dropped $3,000| creased take for $7,600. and the Family $200. Roosevelt (Publix-B. & K.) (1.- Unusually warm weather during | 590; 50-75-85)-—“Sea Wolf” (Fox). most of the week was detrimental | Disappointed, first nine days $24.- to indoor attractions 200; went out yesterday (20) with Estimates for Last Week ‘Liliom” (Fox) replacing Monday. Albee (R-K-O) (3.300 35-$1.75), | _ State- Lake (R-K-O) (2,500; 50 Three Faces East” (WB), vaude 75-85) “Half-Shot at Sunrises | Did $25,000 (Radio). First week of straight | Shubert (2,200; 25-$2), “Hell’'s|S80Und hit big $31,000; one more | Angels” (8d week). Got $12,000 week then gives way to “Check and | Palace (R-K-0) (2.700: 30-50),| Pouble Check” (Radio). Columbu ‘Her Wedding Night” (Par). Around Day gave capacity Monday, figuring $18,000 importantly in gross. Lyric (R-K-0) (1,400: 30-50),| . United Artists (Publix-UA) (1 Madam Satan” (M-G). Near 700; 50-75-85) “Whoopee” (UA 312.000. After weak first week, Cantor mu-

Capitol (R-K-0) (2.000: 35-59), sical did better than expected in “Good News” (M-G). Only $6,000,| Second stanza, holding up at $20,- Strand (R-K-O) (1,350; 30-50) ee will te for one more week, “Matrimonial Kiss.” At $4,000. Troe Priday (24) for “DuBarry’ Family (R-K-O) (1,140 25-40), w — ‘ ee “Oklahoma Cyclone” and “Strictly pws (R-K 9) (1,200; 90-75-85) I"neonve tional” split $4 ROO. « A Lady Surre nders” (U) The | Ee ‘pink that have been hitting this ‘ + house are making money, with the | hous established on the adults only | TACOMA QUIET |! wolicy: “for second and final week . - eee at $16,000; “East Is West” “Her Man” $4,800—‘Anybody’s | other “pink,” replaced Satur Woman” Oke at $7,100— | day; two weeks for this picture and “Wife” $3,500 |} R-K-O relinquishes the house to -_ ; concentrate entire run pict e el Tacon Oct | forts on the State-Lak (Drawing Pop., 125,000) Weather: Cold and Rain 9 ‘ thine ’ } t hie | Nothing startling in biz the pa Pathe-R- K-0 Same “Office Wifs” had a draw in the , 1 the stenogs saw it Na } , t r Anybody Woman" clicked fatr - P uae f a ‘ } }? _% P Orpheun o fair with “Her Man.” |! : _ a. . E sti mates for Last Week - rted last weel | Broadway (Fox) (1,500; y Gt t is id that the stor K ii Anybody Woman’ (Par) G j it $7 L1uY ! YY Orpheum (R-K-O) (1,500; 25 Her M ’ (Pathe) Did $4.5 a | house redecorated; open CONNORS FOR FOX i “H iif Shot’ nexi,; advance p x a ‘ { | Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (6590 Pedi st a . _— 150-75)—"Offica Wife WE) tae a a , | happy title for the b. o.; $3,500 |} Connors 588 6 new pm posen F ialto (Fox) (1.200 or % =0) ( t.” infoed heing sp ed 4 “Dough Boy” (M-G). Got $5,000. )brvad vay duction this fa

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Ty lant Der eee ae Se I ¢ r t t Be = to > om so SA 10 VARIETY PICTURE GROSSES Wednesday, October 22, 1930 “Playboy” Dominates L. A. With $32,000 — Most Other Houses Off—Orph Under $7,000 a Montreal Censors | | | | | |} children | to pictures in this province. |} to blame | ;nere are W | change Los AY e] () Weather: Mild ’ t al 8 x } i ( ait ii ¢ | is . nt $ ( { wa fro! ‘ na ice tie € ( pers Lilt Oo} We ( ~ i I } is ee nt 4 Tlo¢ as ot ox | films into five strategic theatres re- sulting in screaming advertisements | that “It's Fox Week in Los Angeles.” | Just Imagine” at the Carthay, and | “Big Trail’ at the Chinese, are both |} light, while the Chinese is putting in 40 girls and two specialists as a} stage show commencing this week. Public inquiry as to whether Grau- man has a presentation prompted this inclusion. Chaplin's “City Lights” is already being spoken about for the Chinese Up the Rivet ope ned to only $600 at the Criterion as against an average good opening intake of averat $1,600. “River’s” $11,000 opening week pace is not fancy. ‘‘Lady Surrenders” also pulled a brodie at the Orpheum and won't reach $7,000, So or $2,000 under “Half Shot at Sun- rise,’ which last week completed three weeks and was considered very poor for business, being ex- tended locally to plug the gap until Amos-Andy open Oct. 24 at a mid- night special showing. Expectations of the house are for five weeks. The R-K-O also is ’way off this week with “Africa Speaks.” Vaude means nothing here with the ex- ception of when local radio favor- ites are present. Estimates for Last Week Boulevard (Fox)—‘Soup to Nuts” (Fox) (2,164; 25-50). Under $3,000 and that’s bad. Carthay Circle (Fox) — “Just Imagine” (Fox) (1,500; 75-$1.50) (2a wk). Not especially strong at $14,400. Chinese (Fox)—‘Big Trail” (ox) (2,028; 50-$1.50) (34 wk). Not what Was expected at $20,000; heavy ad- vertising and educational tieups; 40-girl chorus and two specialists going in as stage show, Criterion (Fox)—‘'Up (Fox) (1,600; 75) (ist at $11,000 but looks like one of those pictures which may build; lacks drawing names though deemed g00d laugh film by those who see it. Egyptian (UA-Fox) “Dough Boys” (M-G-M) (1,800; 20-65). Not good when registering $4,000, about half of preceding week's figure. State (Loew-Fox)—‘“So this Is London” (Fox) (2,024; 25-$1). Knoeked off $24,000 with extra mid- night shows, ete.: is ordinary total but feature previously at Carthy for twice daily run. Orpheum—“‘A Lady (U) (2,270; 50-75) (1st wk). Some- what brutal at less than $7,000 pace; Amos ’n’ Andy feature comes in this Friday (24). the River’ wk). Poor or ~v- Surrenders” Pantages (Fox)—‘The Spoilers” (Par) (2,700; 20-40-65-90). Far from good on $14,000; picture had its troubles at the downtown Para- mount fortnight ago. Paramount (Publix)—"Playboy of Paris” (Par) (3,595; 25-75). French boy town’s bright spot; house grossed more on opening day of this one than with first day of “Animal Crackers” and revival of stage show policy; Ray Bolger now m. ¢. here and Rubinoff in pit; strong $32,000 gait, President (Fox - “Dawn Patrol” (FN) (1,000: 10-50) (2a wk). Not bad at $4,000 after picture previously at Orpheum and Principal) — then the Hollywood. R-K-O—“Africa Speaks” (Col) (2,950; 30-65). "Way down and won't better $12.500. United Artists (Pub - UA) - “Whoopee” (UA) (2,100; 25-$1 (2a wk). Expected to stick only three weeks, feature will probably round out full month; around~ $17,001 okay; Cantor bolstering by makin; Monday night personals. _ Downtown (WE)—“Sinners’ Holi- day” (WB) (1,800: 50-75) 1st wk) When under $12,000 it's bad: “One Night at Susie's” arrives this Fri day (24) and week later this site and the Hollywood both play “Life of the Pariyv”’ day and date. Hollywood (\WB)—‘“Maybe It’s Love (WR) 2,706; 25-75) (1st wk) Joe Brown's name plus well known football plavers in film doing busi ness and stick fo second week. Edeson’s Fox Duties Hollywood, Oct. 21. Robert Edeson will leave the freelance ranks to go under ¢on- tract to Fox as a combination actor- writer and dramatic coach for young players. Tdeson, recently recovered from an illnes will occupy practically the same position on the lot as William Collier, Sr. | | | | | Ruin ‘Gay,’ $16,500; Golf Film $17,500 Montre Oct. 21. Drawing Population, 600,000) Weather: Fine Local film censors’ Prospe rity Week” cut 11 minutes out Gay” at the Palace picture, This killed have been a banner house. Nobody inder (Publix) of “Let Us Be and ruin the what might week for why, since not admitted Letters the house placed the belongs, Matte radical was to knows 16 are local manager, press scored but editorials where it up to a in censorship met) this instance will be of talking points, “Whoopee” concluded its fourth week at the Princess and broke all records with a total gross of $60,950 for the month. House claimed to have paid the biggest film rental of any picture to date in Montreal, and it could have run another week. Final week was $10,500. “Let Us Be Gay” and the Palace OrKing 1i0ods, and one the big fell to $16,500. Capitol was top with $17,500 for “Love in the tough” and presentation unit that piled in fans from opening day. Keaton’s “Forward March” and above average vaude did $16,000, an excellent week for Loew's, and the Imperial had no kick on $6,500 for “Common Clay” and double bill. Roxy fell off on “Greek Street,” British picture, that was a near flop at around $2,000. His Majesty’s played “Berkeley Square” (legit) to good houses and $12,000. Orpheum repeated stock performance of “Strange Interlude,” building up latter half of week. Neighborhoods had a slightly lower week than re- cently owing to big boost in main stems. Estimates for Last Week His Majesty’s (CT) (1,600; 75- 2.50), “Berkeley Square” (legit) Good houses early part week, slightly off later; $12,000. Palace (FP) (2,700; 40-75), “Let Us Be Gay” (M-G). Norma Shearer, native-born fav, failed to hold fans on picttre, ruined by censors; $16,- 500. Capitol (FP) (2,700; 40-75), “Love in the Rough” (M-G). New presen- of tation policy and well boosted, drove gross up to high mark of week; $17,500. Loew’s (FP) (3,200; 40-65), “For- ward March” (M-G). Keaton never fails here; good vaude also helped; $16,000. Princess (CT) (2,300: 35-60), “Whoopee” (UA) (4th week). Held up again, grossing $10,500; did $60,- 750 on month and out; excellent. Imperial (F) (1,900; 25-40). Duoble bill to $6,500; good average gross. Rxy (Ind) (600; 50), “Greek Street” (British). Bad at $2,000. ‘Love in Rough’ $18,500, Newark—English’ $18,000 Newark, Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 850,000) Weather: Fair in the miniature houses, which were hit, business continued good. “Old English,” at the Mosque, bettered the usual figures, Estimates for Last Week Branford (WB) 25-50-65) ‘All Quiet” (U). time at pop prices but too kate for smash; picture played all around this dis- trict still, beaucoup profit at $17,600, Capitol (WR) (1 Moby Except (2,350; First 200: 15-25-35-50) Dick’ (WB). Better than isual, $6,000. Little (Newark M. P. Guild) (299; 35-60)—"Silent Enemy” (Par) (2d week). Fell off consistently: $1,500 Loew’s State (2,800; 25-35-50) ‘Love in the Rough (M-G). Unex- pected hit, $18,500. Mosque (WR) ¢3,281: 25 50-65) “Old English’ (WB). Neat for $18,000, Playhouse (Mindlin) (473: 25-35- 50) Land of Missing Men” (Tif) Still weak here; $1,500. RKO Proctor’s (2,650; 25-35-50) “Africa Speaks” (Col). Big ba! lyhoo saved a nosedive, $14,000. BETTY BLYTHE’S 2D TRY Betty Blythe, silents, will vaude, as a former stage single. star in the : I another try in the } | | | week at i where contribution to | ir CANTOR AT COAST PAN $1,000 a Week For in Olsen’s Club Hollywood, Oct. 21. Eddie Cantor may open at the Pantages, Hollywood, in three or four weeks in conjunction with “Whoopee.” Picture is currently downtown on a first run at the United Artists, where it is in its second week and scheduled for four It then moves out to the Pan, For the personal appéarance, if he makes it, Cantor will get $1,000 a 1y against a $23,000. Cantor 50-50 split ove! just j completed George Olsen's roadhouse¢ he doubled the gross for $12, the nothing 000 against six grand week. The comic got his cabaret work, labor of love for his pal, Olsen. Roadhouse through licity. has been in the “red negative prohibition ‘WHOOPEE’ RETURNS TO $14,100, INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis, Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 450,000) Weather: Colder The caravan of Indiana school- teachers in the city the last half the past week helped picture grosses materially. Managers are. opti- mistic with the arrival of the first cold spell. “Whoopee” proved profitable on its return engagement. Estimates for Last Week Indiana (Publix) (3,300; 35-50- | 65), “Scarlet Pages” (FN). Boosted by direct mail advertising to stenographers and extra newspaper exploitation; got $21,300. Circle (Publix) (2,600; 25-40-50), “Follow Thru” (Par). Good. Held up on return engagement; $14,100. Apollo (4th Ave.) (1,100; 25-35- 50), “Moby Dick” (WB). Saved by teachers since book on _ Indiana school reading list: took $5,400. Lyric (4th Ave.) (2,000; 25-35-50), “Sinners’ Holiday” (WB). Nice week at $10,200. Ohio (Publix) (1,400; 25-35), “All Quiet” (U). At. second run house did well; $2,500. ‘Carlo’ $4,400—Louisville; ‘Fr. Girls’ $11,200, State Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21. (Drawing Population, 500,000) Weathers: Warm Plenty of concert-type competi- tion for the film houses last week, but little effect noted. The opening of the National in 10 days, with a probable presentation policy, causes sound speculation as to what it will do 10 main stem trade. “Lady Surrenders” took first honors last week. Film got the Strand $5,900. Estimates for Last Week Alamo (4th Ave. (1,100; 15-25-40), “Eyes of the World” (UA). This is the picture Loew’s and the State dodged; in the Alamo it enjoyed a fair sale and set Una Merkel with the customers who paid; Markel hails from Covington, and an exploitation angle was passed up in not touting her as a Kentucky product. “Eyes” did around $4,200 Brown (Brown) (1,509; 15-25-40), “Danger Lights” (Radio). Louis Wolheim couldn't lift this one above ordinary; $3,700. Mary Anderson (R-K-O) (1,387; 30-50), “Road to Paradise’ (FN). Better than average: $3,850. Rialto (R-K-O) (2,940; 30-50), “Monte Carlo” (Par). Amused and across to good returns; $4,400. State (Loew) (3,252: 35-50), “3 French Girls” (M-G). Denny seemed lost among negliges: $11,- 200, fair. Lib’s All-Femme Film Hollywood. Oct. 21 Liberty Productions has pur- hased the sereen rights to W ome Like Men,” play by Gertrude Or and Dorothy Malloy, and will make it as its second production. Storv is a and women isn't “female ‘Journey's concerns the li\ in the World War a male character in the innd,’ es of eight There story. Production will be started Nov. 1, with the authors at working on the adaptation about present Carleton Miles, dramati ritic on the Minneapolis “Journal” and who more latterly wrote a daily column from the picture colony now in New York. former » 48 Day—Play Gratis previous } for | doing it as a| pub- | solid | $5,000,000 on New Equipment by Fox Fox may re-equip most of it ne es in the east with a possibility t e plan will extend to thx vi i 1it For the east ne it s estimated that the reno- ating will cost approximately $5,000,000. This is in addition to about $3,000,000 already spent. | The new equipment is for thea- |} tres upstate and in Mid-Wesco and Chicago territories, These spots were recently gone over by Charles | Cabellero, maintenance chief of Fox | Theatres, and Lew Hunt, head of the National Theatre Supply Com- pan subsid of General Theatres Equipment, now one of the Fo: group of companies, One report is that as many houses as possible are to be equipped with Grandeur projectors, Number of designated is not given, although it is logical, as most of the new costs going houses so are into booth equipment. VALLEE’S FAST TRIPS 2) underground he easily loses the gig- gling contingent. His itinerary reads like a time table. Even his best friends can’t tell when he’s due at any given point. (Continued from page Moving ’Round Vallee is doing Miss Carroll and side of the bridge. Hence, the fol- lowing schedule hardly leaves him time out for java: 2:23-12:41, New York. 1:31-2.06, Brooklyn. 2:44-3:02, New York. 4:14-4:49, Brooklyn. 18 minutes with 35 on the other 1 + 5:35-5:53, New York. 6:47-7:22, Brooklyn. 7:51-8:09, New York 9:20-9:55, Brooklyn. 10:12-10:30, New York. After this leisurely workout, which had Vallee gasping Monday, he drops into his Villa Vallee, where he sells it from midnight to 3 a. m. For recreation Rudy arranges his programs for his two weekly broad- casts via NBC. To show her appreciation of Val- lee's effort, Miss Carroll showed up at the Villa Saturday night and went on the air to tell the ether fans what she thought of their boy friend. Paramount doubled Vallee’s sal- ary for his doubling stage work, making the salary total $8,000 for Rudy and band. Vallee’s radio contract is for $175,- 000 this year. With the double stage week income for band, the 9 la yu ; Salary this and his hi « e hnimseltL minus irtists’ bureau commish, is between $11,000 and $12,000 for what prob- ably is a record in theatre-radio- That's personal truck-horsing possible nite club. this the cabaret counting from his Vallee off attend not profits takes Saturday (25) Yale-Army foot- ball game in New Haven. He will not at the Brooklyn Para- mount during the day. It is said that Rudy stipulated in advance that Par-Publix permit him to take off whatever day the Yale- to appear Army game fell on. Yale is Rudy's Alma Mater. The N. Y.-Brooklyn cross subway ma thon foreed Vallee to reach his eat irday night his He offered a brief apology and then when broadcast period was half over. Mrs. Kent Better \I Sid Kent will leave the week, sl home, with her ime ill, Mr operation tive short] return to his wife would 1 Paris ind, Mrs. Kent bes vised an nper: tté r in whom confidence. after her arrival in New operation was performed. | The Kents had been abroad but ;}a week when ordered back by | dow tors. Includes Grandeur NBC | ————=s, Publix Units Out in Seattle-P’tland And 2 in Chi; Frisco-L. A. Remain — Publix will shortly revive its pics ture house stage unit route from the east to the coast, with the east- ern units to again play the remain- | production | ing presentation time on the Pa- cific slope. This will shut down the recently established Los Ange office. Opener will be ‘Sky High” in L. A. Nov. 6 Economy is the motiv: It was considered more reasonable by Pub- lix to send the eastern unit out to nlay the Pacific time despite the long jump between Denver, far- thest mid-western point on the route, and California, than to main- tain a separate producing depart- ment and staff for the two coast weeks remaining after Seattle and Portland, Ore., drop out. Besides Seattle and Portland two weeks in Chicago, at the Paradise and Uptown theatres, will be elim- inated from the. units’ trip The northwestern towns drop Nov vi the Uptown on that date also and the Paradise a week earlier (Oct, 31). All go straight pictures Change leaves Chicago with but one week, at the Chicago theatre, downtown, on the Publix presenta- tion unit route. San Francisco and Los Angeles are the two cities to be added to the eastern unit route, going west. Jack Partington, now in charge of the Publix coast unit production, will return to New York and al- ternate as formerly with the staff stagers here. Due to elimination of the pair of Chi weeks, which temporarily re- duces the route by two full weeks, Publix will be forced to close two units before completion of bookings. They are “Varietrix” and “Sky High,” closing in Chicago and Min- neapolis, respectively, Nov. 7. Los Angeles, Oct. 2! Jack Partington, recently arrived, and who was the one who suggested that Publix units be continued through from New York to the Coast, will return east Oct. 31. Likelihood of Charles Niggemeyer ‘oming to San Francisco to be in a | spot to refurbish the shows after their hop in from Minneapolis Niggemeyer is spotted in New | grey Orleans now, fixing up the shows as they come in from Denver where, as has been the previous routine, two acts drop out leaving Nigge- meyer to tighten things up to fill the gaps on the final stretch of four weeks in between N. O. and Dallas, where they wind up. Partington’s headache currently is taking up the four weeks’ con- tracts for talent which was to have carried on from L. A. to S., F., Port- land-Seattle. The last two weeks will be added on to some future contracts. Partington may utilize these people to produce two units to fill in at Denver, owing to S. F, and being added on, The prob- jlem is over the people having con- Gannett flicting future contracts which might interefere. Monroe and Grant, Pasquali Bros., the Andresens and Frances Shelley are some of the acts who hold such contracts for four weeks. WB TAKES 2 OF 2,000 YARNS BY NEWSMEN Two plays of the 2,000 submitted to Warners by newspapermen, fol- lowing a general invitation to the profession to submit story ideas month ago, have been pur- chased. They are “Station S-I-N,” some by Tom Bashaw, of the Chicago \“Examiner,” and “All Wet,” by Fred Neiberg, formerly with the papers in Rochester Several other stories by news- }paper writers are under considera- tion for purchase for next year’s j i Warners. CONTRACT t last in “Re- under con- schedule by DON COOK'S Don Cook, legit actor bound,” has been placed tract by Warners. Cook is now on the Coast and for the past few months has been working WE shorts for Warners Before starting his Warne con- tract Jan. 12, Cook will appear in Hollywood in Radio's second leg ‘offering, “Go Get Your Man,” by Martha Stanley. This follows “Women Like That” at the Mason theatre, the Pe OTE ener UE (ER PR es CRT seer

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less Sessions—F eeling Is a | Selling Climax Alone Will | Mark Turn Amusements tively Well About — Do iRe'ia- By AL GREASON misgivings as to abil- ity of the Monday upturn to carry through were amply justified yes- terday. The market opened only slightly lower, but the list drifted throughout the day to lower levels, in many cases close to the bottoms of last Saturday. A few broke through ali resistance points into new low ground, among them being some motors, oils and all the coppers. Thea the Lively in t leaders gave way iseme! f 1 with the rest, easing during the early afternoon to within a narrow margin of recent bottoms and re- covering only mildly in the last half hour as earlier sellers covered or bargain hunters bought stock on the theory that the line of resist- ance that marked the Saturday lows will prove the testing point for the whole list. Feeling is on the increase that this market cannot turn about on any outside influence. It has tech- nical air pockets and until they have been cleared up in some sort of selling climax—probably another sharp heavy volume— any measures used to help the situation will be only tem- porary in effect There was plenty of ev at yesterday’s opening that bullish propaganda was being spread, and no more scrupulously than the bear rumors that have been flying about. One story was that a coterie in R-K-O had a crowded short posi- tion in that stock trapped and was ready to drive them in. Instead, R-K-O slid off steadily most of the day, being matched in its perform- ance by Radio Corp. Such devices the bulls are uncomfort- setback on corrective in dence suggest able. The principal amusements main- tained their heads above former low prices, but the margin was none too reassuring. Loew at one time was below 54, and Paramount closed at stocks |

47 flat, 3 down net, and within a fraction of its bottom for the year at 46%. Both R-K-O and Warner, still moving by commor impulse apparently, broke below >) at times Monday's Surprise By all the dope Monday should} have opened with prices down. stead strong support came in at the Start and all prices began the new week with substantial gains, notably the film issues. Radio Corp opened at 22, up 1% on 22,500 shares bunched: R-K-O at 22, up 1%; Warners 20% up 1%; Paramount 2,000, a fraction higher at 47%, and Day continued quietly with steady Loew ona block at 55, up 1%.

In- | Btrength and closed near the top,|} following the usual profit taking oil day-by-day chiselling floor profes- sionals in the last half hour, the} active list showing gains from 1 to § points or mor ind the amuse-! ments riding on the cre Cniyv one thing yas absent tror the ) cheerful picture—volume remained low at 2,200,000 shares for th hour sessie1 What made t 14 i ) was t it it Wa t > ent con . 1 bulls had tt} ov ‘ A \ Ippos yr Ls 1 ym tha > artifice il Why t pictur iS lld turn f my Lo rd inzs on Sat lav to bri t sur nin mda morni wit r the fr to n i wis too much for the t nt i } lemorety j th il t e new week ought to ha stir d the shorts to some kind of \ iVilty¥ ier DY W y oO i ) i I ir] or il urg it Vv ring mo m Thar . nothing of the kind ! TYy4 o ‘ ¢ & Cugtinuous stream of quiet trad

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STOCK EXCHANGB Not H v.La 800 } 145, 14% ry . ™ ‘ > ‘ a i 200 Gen. ss. : (3 3 4,200 v > 4 i W% 14,600 Pa my, 4 47 3 ‘) 2 3 ty ~ ? ; ‘ >} , 2 20% g "> “14 ‘ ri , 400 Tech 13 ] > 9 4 BONDS* 38.000 Ger y va a RG 86 —1% 10,000 Par '50 S81, S714 87% 2. O00 huhert E »® isn! oN 29,000 W. B 82! RO% BOW —1% °7 er at 2:45 ing the bt iz overbalancings the ling No evider nf the ner iquidation t t marked t ind that ! xtend Sept ] Sper icle of the market Ir yppir violently for almost six weeks and then running into a dead calm is i strange occurrence Normally the turn-around should have been ac- companied by fireworks as. the crowded short position climbed o of a hole Logic is either that the bears had already pretty well taken in their lines by buying or tock thrown overboard, or they = are standing well pat for the moment financed to carr the war into the enemy s ) ntry when thea 7 i T The bear the tape Monday something ominous larly in view difficulties in indifference to certainly had in it ballvhoo offers of the ovel borrowing stock nst the short Film Stocks Practically all the amusements ire lending flat, which means that the lender enjoys the use of nearly their full value in cash without pay- ing any interest That usually means a top h t in market contra Lend ipa “Fiat” avy short interes the but at this ; Situation | . , : 1 10N | decline of the company’s 6% Y ; al | Classification there would be out- Standing 949,318 shares of preferred ind 1,898,637 shares of common In pal j With { é pre nt oO 5 ne “ : Si 1 ; if UO! Wha » eff f the new i ingel t pon | lder lid not seem that the Ger! T) it bondholder yoked upon it with ar il favor Compa 6 nad t ued >» ie Dl > 1 ior £ ) i ne Ott I ol sb Monday on sales of $121,000 l bond movement may not be a )- iated with the new stock arrange- ent It is noted that the new Par- | amount 5%s went through a like fluctuation, touching a new low also below 87. Both issues are under] the handicap of being relatively |’ new, put out during times of finan particu- | With the completion of the new not well} be a cial distributed stress ind probably Effect would market aggravated by a desire of second hands to turn the paper into " Ve! it a sacrifice Paramount Does Well Par imount looked best of tl Kroup a it hi as since the pressure began all along the line. It opened quietly ilmo t unchanged at 47 ” ind Was strong in a quiet day, moving up vith confidence at the close to 50 its best { the session and a net ad ince of 24%. Turnover was »,000 Snares, a very respectable volume Paramount is said to be enjoying the best investment play among the amusement issues, attracted by its high yield and the trade position of the company There may be better prospects tor a speculative coup elsewhere among the theatre stocks, | but the cautious uptown play at this time is going pretty generally into the old leader of the group particularly the play of traders within the amusement business, who ; represent a considerable element of i were long pull buyers. Shubert stock went center. Transactions in the shares discouraged by its tail spin last week to 7% and the progressive | bonds, which slumped badly to a new ex- treme bottom of 28 in nominal deal- into a dead ings. It goes without saying that common stock behind 6% bonds that sell for 28 does not look so | good from any angle Warners’ Good Day Warners’ various securities made | | a good day of it, both for the stocks ime another explanation is put for- | ward. It is said that brokerage houses are reluctant to lend their customers’ long stock as a matter of cautior fearing that if embar- rassed plungers get into difficulties they will be left with their-stock ind credit tied up Fact thut the bears are letting this situation co \« -y default had a sinister many observers, Meanwhiie the air was full of merger talk as affecting new amuse- aspect to ment company groupings as the tape readers tried to dovetail the gossip with the shifting levels of prices. The tape shed little light Warner Bros. and R-K-O seemed to move by common impulse and close to common levels, tempting some to fit their performance in with the story that the two companies are figuring on theatre pooling or some other association, Behavior of the Fox-Loew group discounted stories that there is a large block of Loew overhanging the market while the banks liqui- date the account of a big shot bull with a large scale long positior in that issue. Loew fluctuated all AY WIthin @ narrow Ta yp a 7%, bottom at 54 and close at 7% for a net gair f 3% and : heavy turnover of 27,000 ha Anybody that in liquidate a press ing account on an ascending scale like that would be rather more thar a genius. is strong all at practically the gain of 8—and Fox w that broke to 29 during t the selling Oct. 14. the day was fairly he lox W os, pe Turnover ivy at for 23,000 shares Entrance of new banking interests in company affairs and ir the company directorate, explains the stronger sponsorship and it may also explain the cagey behavior of tl beari trader General Theatres Plan Cy il Theatres was n Dp t 4 losing at » ( p i a i i ) j i! th ) ( ) Lp ) earra . capita ‘ jet » b xchan iz Oo l ra it ) ? $3 in i ) pre fe ed and tw is « a share o ¢ yIYTY n itor ¢ snare | it ld rit I “ ir ” i if ‘ t? ¢ ' Ww , i ira YT ) entq i li nd » b ) i imme- li } ‘ i ) i m 4 —— j a iT ma. wid basis at , nd . , j ’ r ? 4 hy ’ nto ¢ y yy i it f four niths tor ea i ) m i rivinzg t new nio yc] the )P i ti it ictivene ot A me 4 all privilege Prefe 1 is aisy cedeemubie at $52.50 a@ share. and the fixed income paper. The last named moved up to 80 for a re- markable advance of 3% while the | preferred stock jumped from 38 to} 44 on a single trade. Warners seem | to get mentioned in almost all the trade deals under discussion. Bet- | ter current earnings also figure in the situation, while there are re- newed stories of the Dupont inter- ests coming formally into company| ing and the apparent concentration operation through the reputed Ras- | of holdings in strong hands Co- kob holdings in association with the |} lumbia also came through the week Wilmington coterie. How much of} weil, with loss in the old stock this is based on fact and how much! balanced by eain in the new and surmise nobody seems to know, bi®/| dealings at a minimum Summary for week ending Saturday, October 13 STOCK EXCHANGE 1960 - Net tiig I NV Sales i Hi . La hg =O'2 7 1,400 America s ra 4 T - 27% 12% 10,100 Consol. Filr ) if a i” t 8 16iM% 7,000 Consol, Filn j 19% ? ? iy pl ‘ 175%, 26,700 Kastmar Kod - LUG % 44% Ri 1% ‘% i's 136,300 }k'ox 4 ; Sty bboy tah Ms 150 ~ 100 K t j wZ 0 4 51% 14% 83.300 Gen. T) Ey 25 % 20% + 1%] ha +. 4 162,400 L (3% u™% 4 rb % 112%, 4 700 Do pfd 4 " Me + % He 84 TOO Do ex. w v7 7% IT% = % 15% S%4 2,200 Madison Sq sard 7% % 7'4 — & ~0% 23h, 1,100 Met.-G.-M fd $ on 24% 1% — % Ms 16%, 75.4%) Paramount OT 46'4 417% — 1 9 =% 4,300 Pathe Exchange ’ $ a% 1% ) 1,400 Pathe Class e rf 4 iM“ + % HI, 2) 326.200 Radio Corporatior } i”, 2% — 3% 0” 17 276.400 tadio-K-O 23% 2 19% -% 9%, 63 19 Orpheur pfd (R 7 4s) 70 35 7% 8.700 Shubert 11% 7%, 8 — % 7H ™) 50) TWniversal pfd. (8 4 ~~ “a SN, 16% 317,200 Warner B 21% 1614 1b - &% TO% vy 300 Do pfd. (2.20 4 45 8 CURB 55% 4 200 Colu i | tu ay, 8% 28% -— 1% ny 2714 200 Do \ I ( ] ai LA oR! PRY + a 17% 1% 10,100 Fox Theatres ny 5 5% — | 64% 1°'% 200 Loew rights on | 2% + 1% 27% i™%, 1800 YToew warrant % %, 1% — 1% te 12% 1,700 National Screen 24 18 Lx} — 1% 86 \~ 1! 2,000 7 r , 14% 1% 13 . BONDS 1% R7% $292,900 Ger Thr Equip ) » 87% 4 a1 74 27,000 Keith 6's 46 RIM, A, %, 130 ory 14.00) Loew is 4) 112 Wn 1% 19,000 I) ex , lw RO an ] 1) Pathe 7 37 +4 i! +4 OR% ian 11,000 Par-Fam-Lasky 4's mY, 1% IW 4% aie 163.000 Par fF ' tha elu "9 3 7.000 Shubert 6 *4? tl» 5 4 1 F 340.000 Warner Br G's YY 5 7i% "a's j iSSUES IN OTHER MARKETS Produce Exchange, N. Y. co ° wt) ; , ’ 4 2 a y 3. 4) 09 rY%, . ri ee es 1» Do v ‘ ‘ Over th " runt - N YW | Xe a | . h ; - —* Me ) x a Q 30 t Los Ar }e > Montrea oe o- o@ PAAUIIUBL «on eees ‘ ; 14

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= vith Bala NEW YORK Ss. J. K. Predactions, Ine M in | ; ] V =~ ted + . i . ay \ i4 3 4 N ] t nt 8 “ IN ‘ ’ ] “A } t YN 5 c | Zax ine } 3 theat 1 bu : ‘ 1A . ‘ +, ‘ ) \ : Whittier Amusement Co Ine 3 P Opir ! the P lix ’ us ent 1 ; .| tra weekly house orgar Go edman, 3B Janis. | 2 oY , and Ma ] I, 1 ie Ser yw h has 1ined 1 rep tor! By ykivn inn itio ns promotion, ex Bee-Tee Amusement Corp., Buffalo, op- ’ : } : ‘rat theatres. motion pictures i Uv; ploitation and publicity, which was] wijton A. Jacobs, Evelyn E. Fuhr. Mil started in the Loop No reason isj dred Ruth Filed by Sidney B. Pfeifer, : cn te the re-| Morean building, Buffa ‘ roe F 3 é y y he }- . : a: shea tor an AVENE . | Emily Wells Productions, Inc., Mar ition iving been vo ntary | hattar fury h amt ry t to the pub ' ae +3 0 res no ulu Emily N ‘ _and ® surpris 4 . ws .’ Rutt i Pul staff by J h A 10 Br Nev y Kensington Golf Club, Ine n DET . : T BELL’S ORIGINAL ; . lia ) ‘ ur ara \ Monta ell has tarted writing ) , 10 in original for Universal under the | Broadway, New York It nme Yout | Fairmore Music Co., Ine Waverly working title ires of outn } furr —_ nd entertainment 0 ell will adapt and direct. | ‘ 00 i $100 i 500 Y | 1 no par valu 1eore P rirchild - —— - ( ren A M Richard N M ril ] Ww | + 2. J the 1as been around ever " , has es, Jlahbay Theatre Corp realty, ince back in January when Ras- “eka thents - 2 I vas understood to have accu- |] value Milton A Ta lyn E 1 i i enormous long lines of | Fuhr, Mildred Ruth Fils iney P } . : } , Pfeit bu Lilo N A Idings which he ‘ y : , Aberdeen Golf Corp Buffalo furn! yt i » have still unimpatred | amusement and atarte nent oat lea ir por good g i equip Down 15, Up 36 : 4 . ow : 3 ) ; R ird , , ; w n J. Mullen, Duncan BE. Campbe! he result of trading for the x um BE. ( rh ult , a ” ¥ . ‘ Filed by Campbell & Campbe!l, 601 Erie sessions of iast wee! Was a 1085 Of) County Bank building Buffalo, LI izwzregat 15 on 12 Big Board} Nation Wide Pictures, Inc., Manhat imusement issues and a rin of 4% | tan leal in moticn picture films and in f 3Su in the same group. It uccessoric leal in nusical ym posi | 2m here however t} : rT n sno Pp oO ‘ remet! ered however! _U ut | oa Sore Pek ie M A le ~ FR eo thes isses were added to low levels | | Salee, Edith N. Jaffee Filed 1 already reached before the week in| Fitelson, Le: in & Mayer 70 West 40th question. Some measure of the vio- | *treet, New ri ty #8 he ir i the general Rivoli Operating Corp Buffalo on- Care's x t is rop n ag Beucral | guct theatres, dramas, musical produ market is tne Dow Jones industrial | tions similar an ment of all kinds average of 185.29 at Saturday’s | 100 shares no par val Milton A lose, the lowest index level since | Jacobs, Evelyn E. Puhr, Mildred Ruth . } yy § ney R Vfeifte 50 rgan ‘ » “nace ‘ t ‘ ¢ : 1928 surpassing the bottom of ti >| building, Buffalo. N. ¥ > ) pa ) 10re lan 12 points | KE. & W. Amusement Corp., Bronx The gains of Monday's single ses- publ musement resorts; $20,000. Henr sion in theatre stocks move than|J. Fiala, lbert Legge Albert Freder | . 26 Vile the C- . and W irner Bros and both the pi Britwar, Isidor Selder Filed tyr Rob- ture issues recovered by the end Of | pins, Wells & Walser, Bay Shore, N. Y¥ the week to score a net gain trom American Flashlight Co., Ine., New the previous Saturday York, deal in cameras motion picture _ ; * achines $4,900 Irving Warshafsky e col ant t We te rive ¢ ma , 4 " Pechnicolor pELan + d to 6! ‘ - Molly Gottlieb Solomon G. Goldstein | s00d account of itself on the Curb, | piled by Henry J. Harkavy, 299 Broad- | representing the end of urgent sell-| way, New York. CALIFORNIA Sacramento, Oct. 2! Northeastern Amusement Corp., L J Angeles Capital, 325,999 County of ”

subscribed, $300 Nathan and lian Hoffman of Santa Monica, Leo lL. Schau- mer o Los Angeles Cinema Music Service Co., Ltd., yun t tf i.05 Ange spital ,, 299 res ubscribed, $3 Ernest Klapholz \ hur Lan ou Menge | OKLAHOMA Davis Recreation Club Da kta apt ck $4,900 Ir ) prato I R Rict ls Mra pai R i j and ithe: tichard ail of a i Merger | Stanley-Mark-Strand Corp uff », to merge with Mitel Mark Heal | Corp Filed by Warner J3ros. Pictures, | Inc., 321 West 44th street, New York. Statement and Designat.on Pen York Supply Co., Ir Del, thea- | tre supp! New Yor offi 1591 | Broadway, New York City. Marion Coles |} secretary; 100 shares no par valtue Filed | by Arthur Israel J Paramount Luild- re Judgments ; ing, New Y¥ | SS Anboard Theatre Corp.; I. Lip- schitz; $16,417 James J Gleason; Fox Film | Corp.: $43 Glen Theatre Coro Columbia } Pictur ; Corp 5! Island Enterprises ne First it }’ t ) f ) 5 | Unbreakable Record Corp.; A Hau ur $5,138 Hedwig Motion Picture Labora- tories, Inc., and William K. Hedwig Bankruptcy 7 Ansor 3 Vius 5n ) nic ’ ; | ' ; “ } i " tif 4 ’ Henry R. Haisey ; rey i . ’ i> 3 > i4- 1 $1 ¥] : Pub si mg

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a! EP, Ho eretapet .4 12 VARIE TY PICTURES Wednesday, October 22, 1930 ———- ne roducer-Indie Legal Crossfire Before Supreme Court Oct. UI Producers versus indie exhibs, and vice versa, is on the calendar of the U. S. Supreme Court next Monday (Oct. 27) It is one of the most per iliar ross-fires before the gl est court in the history of ei dustry ind one where a revers will be Imost as effective as ar afi Y J ] ic] ( r ( I era W } e to e one of h Wi: ! i I I OW! Ww I ‘ ( ( )mor azo rhe de w oppose the } a r ‘ ha rit or arbitration, and business throug! the collective medium of a uniform contract upset. In this respect the Government wlll be on the side of the indies. After the first recess, however, the United States will swing a towel in the opposite corner of the court room. Then the Govt will fight ti same indies who are seeking to have the legality of credit committees, also passed on by Th é ‘ ‘ a Regardle of the outcome of the Supreme Court’s finding on old- fashioned arbitration ca contract- ual relations in the business, the work of the 5-5-5 committee, now on the presses and ready for presen- tation to the indies of the land for} approval, will producer advises. Should the U. S. Court Thacher in this respect producers, re-empowered to hold, according to reverse then the indies in their own way, plan to give the exhibitcr the benefit of the 5-5-5 consideration for exactly one year. If, during that time, the in- die moves along lines prescribed, the 5-5-5 method will become a permanent institution. On the other hand, should Thacher’s findings on arbitration and contract be sustained, the pro- ducers still have the 5-5-5 agree- ment to rely upon, although then permanently and without relief to enforce through the medium of arbitration. By the same token, if the Court agrees with Thacher’s | findings favor- ing credit committees, the producers will be able to eontinue investi- gating exhibitor character and finan- cial status. One way or the other, bright for the production end in the Washington battle. Only will things admittedly go bad for the big companies, and the indie be given his first real grip in matters of dic- tation, should the U. S. Court think that credit committees are as much ou tas Judge Thacher thinks com- pulsory arbitration is. OLDKNOW’S ADVISERS ON W. C. OPERATION matters are Hollywood, Oct. 21, Feeling locally is that Fox West Coast theatres operation is marking time until a Fox-Loew theatre deal is worked out in the east. Nick Schenck is spoken of to head that with Harley Clarke on the financial end. If so, know’'s this explains Oscar S. reneral attitude here as ex- ecutive v.p. of F-WC, making no moves without consulting Clarke. Oldknow is in constant communica- tion with the latter, Old also contacting handle ‘Ruth Roland Prouder | Of Serial Rep Than As ‘Business Woman’ ved in the not be spoiled ince in her first im old time but Ruth thinks they igh of times i thought eno to risk her neck ;} over for $35 a week | started, and did thrill when | week for the | Roland’s | serials many when first not get any more receiving $3,500 a same stunts. Now Miss serial reputation is the concern of her life. She feels big record, more seldom, if ever, le for any of the she of a j} main she made a used a cially she I rted aou whole-hea isks she took. Altogether, pi ture work ha | meant so much to Miss Roland sh | . . . | dislikes the publicity as “fa business | woman rather than actress” which been She | has cons | her, tantly bestowed would rather be althiest in pi upon known as tures than girl,” as the of her | ‘the he girl” ithe “smartest land injuries lher he althy. Love Scenes | Miss Roland believes tures ha\ and roma exposure serial work left talking e lost much of the nce that made pic- mystery silent pic- | tures entrancing. Dialogue, particu- tlarly has done this. In the silent pictures the audience made up their |} own dialogue. In loves scenes, Miss | Roland says, the audience allowed lits imagination to run riot. One might imagine and enjoy imagining that the lover was saying “My own sweetheart, I love you” or another person might thing he said, kid, you’re swell.” Most love scenes with dialogue at present are embarrassing. Miss Roland was interviewed | while posing for a sculptor who is making a bust of her for theatre lobbies throughout the country. The sculptor must have been tempted to put a feathered war bonnet upon the bust, as told of her many dare-devil stunts person “Gee she Blah on Serials (Continued from page 5) with latter costing anywhere from $25,000 up. Hollywood, Oct. 21. Protests against talker remakes of old silent films has Warners tak- ing the first step against the prac- tice. Studio has decided to drop four former silent productions scheduled to be remade next year. These are “Classmates” and “Fury,” with Richard Barthelmess, “Lost Lady,” with Dorothy Mackaill and ‘“‘Captain | Blood.” First National is adding ones, acquiring the rights Lady for Love” and Tentatively Clarence John Francis Dillon spectively. Fox will Men” with two new to “A “Ambush,” Badger and will direct re- remake its “Three Bad Vic McLaglen, the Fox studio on other matters. > oe Outside of his own personal con- Meehan Handling Own sultations with Wir Sheehan, et al, at the studio, Oldknow in-| ‘Best People,’ for Fox structed the F-WC staff to break | ; away from Fox studio interferens Fox has bought “Best People,” by and handle things on its own John Meehan. Oldknow is reported also having| Meehan’s contract is reported the advice of H. G. Delabar, t} Fox W. C. treasurer, who has heer in the circuit’s headquarte for a long while and enjoys the cor fidence of Clarke The “family” idea of the Fox W Coast houss working in wit the Fox udi didr pan out in pr e, it 7 ported, wit Old know fir lv ordering the theatre To one tr on their own Beaumont East Soon Holl ? ( t On completir } ext picture for Metro Danes Foe Dance commencin Oct. 27 Hla y Beau mont, director, will make a trip to} New York to look over the tow! and its play material. There is still a possibil Beaumont’s idea for a me hte hee t around carnival life will be done later. a ibout up with M-G-M and he will Fox at the prope me to handle his me e over to ow! sti WINNIE TAKES AIR Hollywood, Oct. 2 W I htner has contracted to | \ a weekly for the Nestle Cand) mpany over a CBS hook- ip ! Oct. 31. | Miss Lightner remains with Wat I ner for t ‘ pictures next year she retur! to H vywood in Jar ul for } rst of the three ‘Red Hot Sinners | EVELYN LAYE IN PERSON | Final title on the Evelyn Laye- | . eartinenaaay Sg c |; Goldwyn picture is The Queen of} m | Seanad it | Film ‘will premiere in New York }about Nov. 15 and Miss Lave will be ;on hand to sing at the inaugural | (entian espe- | } | | | tion schedule, “Hand Me My Razor!” Chicago, Oct. 21. An independent Illinois thea- tre brokerage firm, recently incorporated, is stated faceti- ously by the wise mob, to be working both for and against Publix.” These brokers make survey tours of the _ entire midwest, big towns and sticks, looking for likely theatres. When they spot a theatre that’s making money in small town, they approach owner and ask him to some the sell. Nine times out of 10, the owner, more than satified with his income, refuses to sell. The theatre brokers then steam up the reluctant with a story that Publix is planning to invade his territory with a owner new deluxe house. Owner goes into a panic over the threat of circuit competi- tion and usually offers to sell out, while the selling is good, and usually at a price named by the brokers. After the deal, the brokers sell the house to Publix, any other buyer, and at substantial profits. or to always | ALLIED IGNORES HESS WIRE ON DUAL FEATURE Chicago, Oct. 21. Gabe Hess’s wire to the inde- pendent organization here, eliminat- ing the penalty for double features in the proposed zoning and protec- does not in any way affect the present standing of the matter. The Allied rejection of the new code remains, since the indie body tossed out the _ protection scheme in its entirety. As summed up by the local Allied president, Aaron Saperstein, “We are opposed definitely and abso- lutely to any scheme whereby any group of producers and circuit own- ers can control us and tell us how to run our business. We will not sign the new code in spite of the erasing of the double feature clause, since once our name is on that agreement the standing committee, which is composed of a majority of circuit and affiliated members, can reinstate the double feature pro- tection penalty. And the indies will be left holding the bag. To the in- dependent exhibitor there is only one thought in the entire protection idea. The circuits are evidently try- ing to take something from _ us, otherwise they would not be so in- terested in getting us to agree and meet and sign papers. The inde- pendent can’t lose anything by stay- ing away from such entanglements and refusing to enter such pacts.” The double feature penalty as first proposed placed such houses in the eighth week of general release. At present theatres can double feature, no matter where they stand in the release schedule. Dieterke’s Advance Hollywo William Dieterke, rector who speaks no English, will be assigned to English originals when Warners resumes in January. Studio is impressed with his Ger- man versions of “Those Who Dance” and “Sin Flood.” Plans are for Dieterke to direct two pictures at the start. C. B.’s Hospital Confabs od, Oct. 21. German di- Hollywood, Oct. 21. Cecil B. DeMille will be dis- charged from the Cedars of Leb- anon hospital this week, where he | he is been confined for the past three ——_—2 Hollywood Bulletins weekly “Variety.” department. Briefly rewritten extracts from “Variety’s” Hollywood Bulletin, printed each Saturday in Hollywood, and placed as a wrapper upon the regular The Bulletin does not circulate other than on the Pacific Slope. News from the Dailies in Los Angeles will be found in that customary Talking picture of a church serv- ice was tested before the church First Congregational Church. ERPI’S educational department prepared the two-reeler. Only pro- fessional in an otherwise non-pro cast was Alec Francis. siblical scenes sponsored by First Lutheran Church of Angeles, the Los members of brotherhoods at the ; With the sermon recorded by Rev | Ralph Sockman of the Methodist | Episcopal Church, New York. Indie brother exhibs, indies in sorting to squawking this territory ovel re- gift nights and two-for- one ticket gags to get around the zoning plan, has reached the Film Board of Trade. out by the stop the General letter sent board to all exhibs to practice, quoting specific clause in zoning conditions pro- hibiting that sort of thing. It may | result in a reclassification of houses. | = —- Amos ‘n’ Andy were offered | $30,000 for a week of personal ap- pearances in February Francisco Automobile Show. is the highest offer ever made to any one act or person in show biz. Bid may even go to $40,000, accord- ing to report. Last year the Frisco show paid $25,000 to Maurice Che- valier for a week. with the San Harold Lloyd is flying east for the opening of his picture, “Feet First,” at the Rialto, N. Y., Oct. 31. Probable that Irving Berlin’s “Reaching for the Moon” for U.A. will go out on wide film with a dancing lineup of 200. Maurice Kussell is staging the numbers. undecided Kurtzman Still Charles here to whether or not will come out work for Fox West Coast under Oscar S. Oldknow. Kurtz- man is third of a trio Oldknow planned to bring out from the east. ‘Other two, Jack Frost and Robert Bender, are already here. George Gershwin due here Nov. 15 to do that long delayed for Fox. Janet Gaynor David Butler direct. John Murray Anderson will finally. get a chance to direct an- other picture for Universal. Studio is having an original written for him, built on a romantic drama with incidental music. to conflicting premature on Fox writers working musical will star and Untitled yet. Owing publicity This | on story treatments, all authors’ credits in the future will be an- nounced formally through Vic Shae piro’s press department tuling by Al Lewis was prompted after many laimed credits for adaptation of “Connecticut Yankee.” half of its 1930-31 program now in, Columbia expects to be all up by May, with a probability that the plant will shut down for a brief period before beginning on the fol- lowing year’s schedule, With There hehe no ‘stipulation that the film cannot be made before the end of the play’s run. Universal will go into production at once on “The Up and Up.” Tod Browning will direct. Max Dill, of Kolb and Dill, leaves is partner to go into “Pari in Spring.’ Macloon operetta set for a Fresno opening, Oct. 31. Universal will make Spanish, iGerman and French versions of | “Blind Husbands.” Schniteer’ s presence at Radio studios has been the signal for increased activity. Next to go in at that plant are “Children of the Streets,” by Robert Milton and Guy Bolton, and “White Shoulders,” from the Rex Beach novel : a Joseph L. “Reco Schnitzer is planning to stay here longer than at first expected and will take an apartment for his fam- ily. P. J. McCabe succeeds Frank Cummings, Jr., as manager of the toosevelt hotel. Latter’s wife is seriously ill. Macklin Megley, talent scout for Radio is out. He has been in that -apacity for six months. Metro has handed another six months’ contract to Paul Morgan, i|German import player. John Stone left here this week for Paris to organize a studio and engage personnel in keeping with the recent Fox edict to make all foreign versions, except Spanish, in Europe. William Goetz replaces Stone in the studio foreign depart- ment. Due back at First National, Dec 15, Mervin LeRoy will direct one for Metro instead of two as was planned. LeRoy will make ‘“Gentle- (Continued on page 35) The Social Side of FKilmdom (In the East) A pony golf course at 8th avenue and 45th street, just around the cor- ner from the Warner home Office, has reduced rates of two rounds for instead of 50c for the Warner bunch, foc U Club Election At the annual election Oct. 15 of the Universal Club, Herman Stern re-elected pres. Fred J. McConnell is vice-pres; Oscar Binder, treas and Harriet Ratner, sec. Following Paine, directors: Charles B. James Jordan, Helen Hughes, Paul Gulick, Eugene Walsh, J. V. Ward, Sidney Singermann, David G. C. Werner, Al Myles, Sol Yeager, Margaret O'Connell and lLenorah Singermann. New officers installed ner-dance of the U tel Astor Nov. 1. at the din- Club at the Ho- Paramount Pep Club had its first inaugural dinner and dance at the Hotel Astor Oct. 16. New and old tuxes made it difficult to distinguish the big shots. Mary Brian and weeks with a broken ankle. Frederic March guests. Club's new While in the hospital he has had officers are: Fred L. Metzler, pres; | daily conferences with Josephine] Lou Diamond, vice-pres; Jack Lovett, Gladys Unger and Elsie Peete sgyerng treas, and Rose Wein- . F : ; perg, sec. Janis, WOrking on the SCE of his E. A. Grown, former pres, given a next, “The Squaw Man. rousing send-off. Outgoing admin- Aap conaieeneTanciea istration successful in promoting “NEW MOON” AT ASTOR | much g£00d will. Affair was held Metro’s “New Moon,” musical, is | aa re > r p . embers: a a . - 7 fa aiP Ile. --h ar € 1lembers i listed to follow “War Nurse” at $2) have a howling i A ..They into the Astor, New York. are considering entering the picture “War Nurse” opens this week] basketball league if mustering play- (23). Metro gives it four weeks| ing material....Purchasing depart- | low and six high at the $2 scale. i $30,000 FOR ‘UP AND UP’ Picture rights to “The Up and | Up,” bought last week by Universa and reported to have cost $30,000. Show, produced by Blatt and Nicholas, is in its seventh Broadway. week on | ment is indirectly in ope rative b 1) charge of co- ing for club members Basketball League Motion picture basketball league held its first meeting in the Warner building. When soliciting a few of the picture Oreanisasiot not in tl league, a schedule of the } be set. games will | | | i} band, Hal Wallis, | Fazenda sentatives from Warners, Fox, R-K- O, Columbia, Paramount and Metro, Warner Club held basketball prac- tice at the University Settlement gym Oct. 17, under Captain Girden. Players to represent Warners will be chosen at the next practice. Warner Spokane had the privilege ducing one of Harry Lee's of pro- (publice ity dept.) prize playlets last week. It’s titled “Poor Little Rich Man” ..A younger edition of Jules Gire- den was presented to him by Mrs. Girden Oct. 17...Dave (Skip) Wesh- ner permanently in Warner Builde ing...Teddy Krasner and Sol Reie ner, who hoofed in last year’s Ware ner “Gaieties,” preparing new rou- tines...Eddie Hessberg, lawyer, is legal secretary of the club...Etta Rudoff is Warner News correspond- ent for Broadway theatres...Billy Rockwell, of Harms, is the father of a girl...Teddy Hammer and Sylvia Goldberg will let everybody know when it happens...Joe Leese is se- cretly yessing Lillian Spitz, who would rather die than have it chronicled here. Metro Hattie T. Hecht has change her personality to dark gowns and so- phistication....Rose Morgan's cur- rent weakness is broccoli at the Au- (Continued on page 35) and Somebody F eanure C omedes Hollywood, O« As WB irners is i nine e F Polly azenda is looking for a partner zenda to do a Marie ressler Miss F Europes Moran combo. due back from in mid-November. Her hus- FN production executive extend his may have to Attendees comprised repre- | Stay for business reasons, ree NS ae ¢

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VARIETY 13 ‘AN OPEN LETTER TO SIME SILVERMAN. PUBLISHER OF VARIETY: a Dear Sime: We note that you caught Paramount’s picture, “LAUGHTER”, ahead of the showing anywhere. You must think a lot of this picture because you ran three stories about it in the same issue of Variety—October 8th. On page 3 you said: Sr arr eee- nn eee ) 66 “5 ° \ ‘Laughter’ Surprises H. 0. Finished ‘and sent to Paramount’s home office, a tumult started at the first projection / room showing of “Laughter”. The Para- \ mounteers asked each other why no one had | said anything about the picture before. | ( The oldest Paramount staff man could | not recall of a studio turning out a big pic- ture and keeping it a secret. Then, on page 23 of the same issue, you wrote a swell review of “LAUGHTER” and said, among other para- graphs of praise: anid - ¢

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14 | VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, 1930 —— —— “1 AUGHTER” It’s a screen success before re- leased. Which means a real grosser. There aren’t many “Laughters” on stage or screen.

Nancy Carroll plays well. If he can duplicate his work in “Laughter”, ) Fredric March is a star. He is a merged breeze of all breezes.

Hugely enjoyable entertainment. The sort the flaps like. They’ll talk about “Laughter” for a long time.

And, seemingly unable to get “LAUGHTER” off your mind, you ran another story on page 59 of the same Variety: “Laughter” Wins Against Gold in New Par Film

Nancy Carroll, put to the test, comes off with high honors. Fred- ric March is a knockout feminine spectators will adore.

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We agree with all you say about “LAUGHTER”, Sime, with this slight correction: | PARAMOUNT KNEW ALL ALONG THAT WE HAD - A KNOCKOUT IN THIS PICTURE. | —_— * = oO, = BOm goOu PA een ceil <— But we intended to lay low and let the trade and publie discover it for themselves. We have seen too many good pictures damned in advance by superlatives, which are often applied alike to the truly great and the rag-tag- and-bobtail. iineeien © ———

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VARIETY 15 eA ———_ et BUT NOW THAT YOUVE TIPPED OUR HAND, WE STATE THIS BELIEF IN ALL SINCERITY: “LAUGHTER” IS THE MOST ' [IMPORTANT MOTION PICTURE RELEASED SO FAR THIS YEAR ... because it’s sensationally ahead of its time in treatment. It's 1932. Faster, gayer, smarter, more entertaining than big pictures of today. ..- because tt reveals a gloriously new Nancy Carroll. ... because, as you say, it shows a new star-calibered Fredric March. ... because its dialog by Donald Ogden Stewart is so fresh and startling to the screen that it will bowl audiences over. ..» because the picture blends fun, heartache, melodrama and high romance in a brand new high-spirited way and the effect is tremendous. AND BOX OFFICE PLUS! ... BECAUSE [T WILL GROSS A BARREL OF MONEY ( | AND REVOLUTIONIZE STUDIO PRODUCTION | EVERYWHERE! Our advice to showmen—and we think you'll agree, Sime—is that they grab this golden “LAUGHTER” quick! PARAMOUNT

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’ : = Y Metio’s Mighty Miracle Production with Wonder Cast! ’ . WALLACE BEERY———JOHN MACK BROWN ey You ‘o- t — Your Eyes! Stor of “Big House” Soe off “Heataen Mibedl” Depth! istance! ibrant, pulsating, - | * a; aks Gee eas’ an ae KAY JOHNSON—KARL DANE—RUSSELL SIMPSON as life! The sweep of all outdoorst A smiling killer—a fearless lover! The most colorful romantic dar — of the Rio , _— , G d Loyalty made him an outlaw-~-love made him a prisoner’ ell steal every REALIFE S A NEW KIND OF MOTION aa osart ! "Some man will thrill to his courage! His story is the story of the \ PICTURE—LIKE NOTHING EVER BEFORE! lawless west! Tremendous in appeal—in pathos—in romantic daring! “Ss DP BROADWAY AT GRAND CIRCUS PARK dh ——Big Surrounding Show——— } CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD | ARTHUR GUTOW | Lows Your Neighbor | at the Organ ' Latest “Talking News Events ‘ ine py LA Yon Lippy, Bi LO) TT RIEL OO NE OE OEE, iv

[ never knows how it’s gon’na come out ..the lunk..the soup- and-drill guy. .with a skull like a Chinese baboon... doing a stretch of 20 for as- sault with intent to murder... highway robbery and arson — .-and him playing with paper doilies..reading the Elsie books See. call

THE BIG HOUSE OF LAUGHTER UP THE RIVER

Where they run away . then run back .. where-langwidge is loose cells are tight and gals know a red light don’t always mean an $ aT 6 DAYS ONLY A SILLY exit dear old exclusive Ben- ALY ~OEARB: xy sonata where they lock the doors ARS ie shee aaa HAD YOUR uae and keep the riff raff out... It SC ys: TEA IN THE ASTORIA =e | has the whole town screaming LOUNGE ? Feature Starts 1:05, 3:25, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 ; : On the Stage body and: soul “fer: teany Pemshenone Sa present : dollars S... was hi ttate ‘Toy... vacedve sing- and BARNEY RAPP tickles the heart chords role, ate Bare 18 che es alluring, da AUG nter of thie ’ with Inga at is Jazz an a ‘ ¥ - YORMERS Are y Hit of the Town. Olaterete folatemne)! C ant na ‘5 fe]thwertjemann| Ll Lous. { UY a ‘ a OUGHT ! ..: bo dy ohare soul was Vit ug Loy. by Lo Sang Kee. . frend Of “Brllte’.. and the | curious Love betwee a8" “white ' with, at Lg cast including | ; ENCE THE SCREEN’S FOREMOST STAR-OF “COMMON CLAY AND erovio CHARACTER ACTRESS ALL QUIET ON nr FRONT" ' ee | ————— | A screen version of the most bopular pl ay

ONE BROTHER MARRIES THE OTHER’S GIRL! ‘ of recent years which enjoyed extend- ed runs in London, Parts. Berlin ¢ ON THE EVE OF HER WED- i three years. on Broadway.

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PICTURES Wednesday, October 22, 1930

EXPLOITATION This department is almost entirely made up of matter from “Variety’s” Seldom is any of the exploitation notes sent out by own correspondents. the home publicity offices of the chains used here. “Variety's” correspondents have been requested to-report on all local press or exploitation stunts that fail or prove too expensive for results achieved, as well as those which ge Ordinary or expected exploitation not included in this department. | ,17) t over. Repetition in several cities also excluded, after first mention, unless new angle is later developed. Denver. Fireworks as a theatre ballyho« proved a big novelty here when a special display was used for “Whoopee” at the Paramount. Py- rotechnics were shot off at the end} of the night football game at Den- | ver University stadium. As the whistle blew for the end of play, the fuse was lighted and everybody sat down again, nobody leaving until the fireworks was over. The blazing words were, “Whoopee- Paramount-Now.” New York. National Publicity Bureau, a de- partment of R-K-O, pulled a stunt with Cardini, the magician, Thurs- day (16) on a tie-up with an auto mobile sales agency Stunt was having Cardini, folded, drive a car from the front of the Palace theatre, at noon, up Broadway to the Circle and down to the Battery and back to the Palace. The stunt flivved on the downtown trip at 40th street, where some of New York’s finest pulled off the} blindfold and made Cardini scram back to the Palace. Police department claimed the stunt was too hazardous for metro- politan traffic. blind New York. Warners’ exploitation in part for “Office Wife” is a blotter with a pic- ture of a stenographer on it, with words in shorthand that say, “I love my boss and I do not care if he is married,” ete. Thousands have been mailed to stenographers in the metropolitan district, which only they can de- cipher. The result has been a rush of stenos to the Winter Garden, where the picture is running. Oklahoma City.

John Schoeppel went after the kids at Warners’ Midwest theatre. Every child appearing Saturday morning at 10:30 in full Indian cos- tume was admitted free. rom the looks of the crowd all of the youthful Indians in Oklahoma were present, Kor “Girl of the (FN) Schoeppel arranged a regular .western parade Saturday morning, opening day of the picture. Led by a high school band, a pro- cession paraded the principal streets Golden West” also with cowboys and cowgirls in full costume. They were followed by several covered wagons of ancient vintage, New York. Screen resemblance contest used in all Loew houses Aug. 15-Sept. 15 finished last week with the awarding of silver cups to the eight winners of 8,000 entries in the metropolitan district. Prizes were awarded at Loew’s Orpheum and Grand thea- tres. Entrants most closely resem- bling current Metro stars were the winners. Contest did not increase business at the theatres appreciably, but it was a pip for the Automaton Photo Co., who made all photos for the | entrants.

Syracuse. William J. Tubber arranged with the Hotel Syracuse in mailing sey- eral thousand letters soliciting res- ervations from Svyracuse-Colgate game patrons to add a line or two suge esting a visit to Keith's during their visit. Syracuse. Loew’s State’s kid lure, a free , Saturday, | call | picture during the picture, one feature offering a ride in the fresh air taxi to all who and signify their intention to come to the show Radio cost nothn- ing as house put on trailer mention- ing station. Birmingham, A lobby display that attracted the curious in connection with the “Sea God” (Par) was a peep hole into an aquarium, Picture was at the Strand. This was the only dis- play in the lobby with exception of regular cards. Ft. Wayne, Ind. R-K-O Palace, under ment of L. S. Brown, Speaks” (Col.) by having an em- ployee, togged out as a gorilla, taken through the business district. In addition a series of small snap- shots from the film were issued to all patrons one week before the pic- ture opened. Entire lobby was transformed in- to a tropical garden effects. manape- Scranton, Pa. William J. Cosgrove, manager of the Strand, had tie-up with the “Republican,” only morning daily here, on “Her Wedding Night” | (Par). Paper carried full page ad- vertising schedule of firms but hold- ing out on telephone numbers. Those getting correct numbers into paper first got tickets for the Bow picture, Minneapolis. “Varsity Nights,” now celebrated Thursday and Friday at the Minne- sota and R-K-O Orpheum, respec- tively, in play to get University of Minnesota trade. The Minnesota has free dancing in its lobby fol- lowing the last show, with Lou Breese and regular orchestra pro- viding music. The R-K-O Orpheum puts on special added attractions recruited from the university. Cincinnati. Bill director, R-K-O Danziger, press here, is R-K-O-izing ‘Times- | Star’ readers with a safe-and-sane auto driving campaign, with Fred Burns, paper’s auto editor, making daily rounds of the city and passing out R-K-O comps to selected driv- ers mentioned in news stories. In “The Enquirer’ R-K-O has a darb tie-up for kiddies. The idea concerns a filming of the Secretary Hawkins serial stories in that sheet, which has a Secretary Hawkins club with thousands of members. The picture will be made by a cast of the club’s members. This stunt comes in for a half column of news copy each day and art spreads a couple of times a week. Running for a month, Denver. To announce the stage show, “Chinese Whoopee,” the Denver placed table cards in all Chinese restaurants. Picture was “Call of the Flesh” (M-G). Passes were | given for holders of lucky seats at a football game in the and cheer leaders D. U. stadium announced the fame, For “Sea God” (Par), at the Rial- to, Manager Shuttee arranged for a Saturday morning party for Denver “Post” Kiddie Club, and this was good for several stories and a lot of talk from the youngsters. A fish and oyster house paid for 5,000 her- alds, and an excellent firearms dis- Play in large hardware tracted attention, store at-

Saturday morning dancing school, conducted by Sonya Marens 52 registrations for first ses- had 252 sion completely swamping the school’s staff. Kids paid 15¢c admis- sion. regular theatre rate for the show which followed the school, New York. Three ox-drawn covered wagon plugging “The Big Trail’ (ox) ca ed plenty of traffic grief along the routes between Greenwich Vil lace and Central Park. iven though the was ing handled by three experienced bull-whackers, the flow of traffic along at least four lanes is paralyzed whenever the big carts turn a cor-] ne This week the wagons are] cruising downtown and next week they go into Brooklyn and Harlen After that they are set for Boston Phil delphia, Raltimore and other tow! Amos 'n’ Andy are this week get tin: the most terrific plug eve given any attraction in St Paul KSTP. local radio station, is plug- ging every night immediately afte the bovs broadeast. One local 4 Lily running story of lives of Correll and | Gosden in three installments Orpheum, where picture opens! (vaude) | ons are be- | Manager Baker, of the Paramount, | during the showing of ‘“Monte Car- lo” (Par), secured some time on the |} air by having from the film | sung during the bro ideast of a foot- songs

has 10-minute trailer on| free | plugged “Africa | between a chorister and an usher claiming both fired. coals. an occasional spicy kick about Pal-

Four national guard units helped | the Academy (Publix) carry out a | three-way tie-up for “All Quiet” . Companies, which show un- | usual rivalry, marched together for i first time with band and theatre in a body. For rest of tieup theatre got local American Legion to put on mem- campaign. Info booths in lobby and foyer of Academy helped. At same time bookstores put on spe- cial sale of the novel.

Minneapolis. | Martin Kelly, Twin City publicity | head for Publix, put over an orig- inal stunt to exploit the personal |appearance of Charles “Buddy” | Rogers at the Minnesota theatre. | Week before Rogers’ coming, Kelly |obtained a list of all the local |luncheon clubs together with their meeting places and dates. During that week while they were at} luncheon the clubs received tele- grams from the Minnesota theatre stating it would like to know the names of their members most re- sembling Rogers in looks. Tele- | gram stated that if the club decided | by vote at that particular meeting the member in question would re- | ceive two tickets to the Minnesota gratis to see Rogers in person. Re- sponse on the clubs’ parts was 100%. | When Mitzi Green also played the | house in person, press agent Cliff Gill and manager Gordon Greene arranged to have her meet her | friends at a reception at one of the city’s leading department stores. | Store ran ads five columns by 15 |inches in the newspapers not only | advertising the reception, but also the Minnesota theatre and its show at no cost to the theatre. | Gill and Greene also put over an | | exclusive tie-up with the University | of Minnesota daily paper, giving the | theatre the exclusive privilege of | taking pictures of the Minnesota football games. These are shown }on the Minnesota theatre’s screen jas part of the Minnesota Daily- Fublix newsreel. The Daily gives the newsreel constant publicity. The Minnesota also has Variety Night |every Friday. Following the last | show there is dancing on the mez- | zanine with Lou Breese’s orchestra | providing the music. | During the Minnesota-Stanford game the Minnesota flashed the final 0—0 score and followed this on the screen with a shot from an- other Minnesota game. The audi- ence, of course, thought it was see- ing a part of that afternoon’s struggle and gasps throughout the auditorium were audible, In order to test the value of street car advertising, the Minnesota stuck a line in shorthand at the bottom of its cards announcing the Mitzi Green appearance. The line, in small type and unobtrusive, stated that the first 50 girls sending in the correct transcription of the line would receive free tickets to the Minnesota theatre. More than 250 letters were received the first day. } Minneapolis. If the newspapers turn you down on an exploitation stunt, try the radio stations. This is the advice of Fay Tyler and Harold Kaplan, press agent and manager, respectively, of | the Century theatre here. Unable ;} to connect with any of the dailies

|}on an identification hunt to plug “Raffles,” Tyler worked the stunt through WRHM, one of the radio stations here. Six times a day during six of the days “Raffles” was playing the house, the station cut in on the pro- gram happening to be on the air at the time to advise listeners to try to identify Mr.{Raffles and say the required words to him so that they

would receive $10 in gold. The words in question were explained to the radio audience which was | advised that it could get a good line lon Mr. Raffles’ | teristics by the Century. charac- picture at About 10 minutes be- habits and seeing the Publix denied the story, and Besa saw to it that the reporter was raked over the Now latter is content with attended | bership drive with theatre plugging | | BEHIND THE KEYS

2. a claiming gals punk Deestwr:- 3h. : J. M. Duncan has leased his Cres- cent, closed a year, to Cecil Cole- Lynchburg, Va. man for silent pictures only. Re- opened Oct. 17. Jacksonville, Il. Fox Illinois robbed of $1,500 Mon- | day afternoon after the bandit, buy-

ing a ticket to the theatre, slid | quickly into the manager’s office, Max Tschau- and James Friscina, | assistant, to open the safe, contain- | ing the weekend receipts. He got |everything except $200. After se- | curing the money the bandit tossed a rope, which he had hidden under | his coat, to Friscina and compelled | him to bind Tschauder, and then the hold-up man bound Friscina. He stepped into in auto in which an accomplice was waiting and made | his escape. | where he | der, compelled manager, Sioux City, Ia. Frank Pierce, formerly of the | R-K-O-Uptown, Detroit, asst. mgr. }to Mickey Gross at the R-K-Q- here. Succeeded Frank Charlton, who has gone to Chicago.

|} Orpheum Sheldon, Il. Symplex projecting | chines, five reels of film and rec- |ords in the projection room of the | Family, owned by Lyons & ‘Jones, | were destroyed by fire. It started | when Oliver Riker, operator, acci- |} dentally dropped a red carbon near |} film rolis. Riker was badly burned about the face attempting to fight the flames. Fire was confined to the projection room, but the theatre | was Closed several days pending re- | placement equipment. | Two Auroura, Il. New 2,000-seat Paramount will be | erected by Paramount-Publix on | Site of former Rialto and Fox the- }atres. New house will be nearly | twice as large as the Tivoli, Para- mount-Publix owned, | ececsiisis Omaha. The Park, last neighbor- hood, gone sound. Popular Amusement Co. takes over the Winn and will play talkers. silent Lynchburg, Va.

Construction of the new Par- | amount theatre here has led city council to scrap an obsolete ordi- | nance on electric illumination. Par- |; amount protested the law, and city council immediately changed it. Immediately business houses took |; advantage and ordered signs even bigger than the one bought for the theatre. Town also has its first world pre- miere last week. Chevalier’s “Play- boy of Paris” (Par) at the Academy. Newark, N. J. Jack Muldoon made mgr. of Fox Leonia, Leonia, N. J. D. J. Burns will manage the Monticello (N. Y.) when it reopens Oct. 20. Max Gold- stein at Tivoli, Jersey City, Oct. 13, and Jack Rantz for the Queen Anne, Bogota, N. J. Chicago. Irving Lipnick has replaced Jack Fink, who resigned as manager of the Fox Terminal here. Parkersburg, W. Va. Virginia Theatre, Inc., of this city, incorporated to take over Virginia theatre. Capital, $25,000; incor- porators, C. B. Hill, Virginia Hall, L. D. Dinsmoor, D. H. Dinsmoor and |

Raymond Goudy, all of Parkers- | burg. New Philadelphia, O. J. S. Surrell and Fred G. Schram,

| A trailer will be used calling atten- tion of patrons to same. While the primary purpose is to build good will for the house, Jones believes that the theatre directly will benefit in that patrons will be- come accustomed to visiting the mezzanine and thus find their way | to balcony seats. Getting customers | lo walk upstairs is a major problem

ma- | both of Cleveland, have a five-year lease on Bijou from 8S. H. Serron. DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Former Ritz reopening here as the Murray, with S. Albert Smith mgr. Modernly re-equipped. Woonsocket, R. I Pauline Hanify is the new organe- ist at the Stadium (Publix) here, succeeding Al Forest. Latter now at the new Paramount theatre, Lynn, Mass. Schenectady, N. Y Erie, formerly Wedgeway, has ree j}opened as a 2d run house. On | Farash circuit. | John Swartout, former performs is mgr. of Strand, first run house, | Swartout for 15 years has been in | the tobacco business in this city. Frank Learnen, former theatre |mer., is now with New York State Public Service Commission in newly created bus division.

Dec orah Ia Grand is sound. T. J. Salmon out and H. Engbertson mer. Quincey, Il. Bijou, former vaude and later played pictures, has been converted | into a minnie golf course. Geneva, N. Y. The Medbery Mummers of Ho- | bart College and the William Smith Dramatic Association of William Smith College (women) will com- bine to form the Hobart Little The- atre this year. First bill, compris- ing one-act plays, will be given Sat- urday night, New 1,200-seat erected by Harry ton, Mo. theatre being Weiss at R. & R. Theatr: will erect a new theatre in Sherman, Tex. The new R. & R. theatre, Pales- tine, Tex., will open Nov. ]. Mrs. Bernie Rabourn and Harold 3ennie erecting a new theatre at Norton, Kan. Indianapolis. Two bandits who held up Maurice Magers, manager of the Alamo, and obtained $1,800, held by St. Louis police. Magers kidnapped and gagged in fan room. Montreal. Norton H. Payne again featured organist at Palace, following termi- nation of labor troubles here. Moncton, N. B. After 20 years of managing pic- ture houses’ here, Mrs. Emma Davidson, who owns and manages the Imperial, has gratified an ambi- tion to tour Europe. Accompanied by her daughter, Margaret, who is a member of her theatre staff, Mrs. Davidson sailed for Liverpool and will be away about three months.

St. John, N. B. Opera House, at Woodland, on the New Brunswick-Maine border, drawing people from both sides of the line, has been taken over by M. C. Foggia, of Woodland. House is one of the last in the northeast to shift to sound and is the only amusement spot in town. Yonkers, N. Y. troadway, dark for two years, has reopened with 2d runs. Owner is A. J. Corbalis. Manager Sol Roth- child, Memphis. Warners theatre here will close for remodeling. House will be closed about a month. Spokane. Construction of the new Fox West Coast theatre began Oct. 14. This will be the first house erected here in nearly 20 years. Alloway &

l in S Georg, Spokane contractors, are in | all gan 7 TTT : “ca. 8 4 in Syracuse, — . cy ‘ 9 | ball game. One thousand indorse- | fore Raffles was scheduled to ap- eles ‘ * — charge. House will seat 2,000. |} ment cards were sent out by mem- |! pear at a busy 1 core t di Where the industrial operations a - i ei at é uUsVv 100 ‘or or he rac ss . js . ee | bers of the theatre staff and Par- | : Pe dl ll ©} permit, manufacturers will be priv- : . , - audience was notified. The only} ‘leg hlic west , Ft. Wayne, Ind. imount exchange to friends A | n -~ | ileged to establish temporary work- . : } , e ft , 217. | cost to the theatre was the $60 paid | gpone , «tines ‘Miienitaialenes ‘ta, Matiaaie Frank A. Birmer. manager of the beauty shop pak or 20.000 herald 5 : . a : » shops oO tne ZZanl * to emon- Beth é Pye | , p pa I ‘ , to those who identified Raffles. | strate their various proce S | Shrine auditorium for several years, P - rr , thal Lie] ‘ ou ro Sse . r , Tae Datias | Tyler and Kaplan also cracked | | announces his resignation effective | esa } f = |the front page of the Minneapolis | Providence | Nov. 15. He enters the individual 7 ‘ Litt? e. Temme p a. 1¢ ay a . : ie as ’ ithe ovident " | ‘ ° 3 Publix here. is having a toush time |. tar nine Rage ty days in| During run of “Sea God” at R-K-O | promotion field. ; , | ’ OS A glie cg 1 connection WwW ie Star-Century- rs | . T lane Ss en ames | With the local “Dispatch.” One en : . ath the — " at, Victory last week, a stunt that drew | F. J. Holland ha - — | : . | Gloria Swanson contest to select a = . | suctessor |} terprising your police ribe is|, . wou woman ¢ f rin | crowds and cost theatre manage- | 5U . 1 J . 1OC% ol = me ) é "ee ; } } } , ) yh i ; replaces ‘ercy back of it. + ~ ; iF . _ se L we at 1P | ment nothing, was display of diving | Lou Lohman has rep! ed ¢ d i t¢ rie an r . ’ | . > amt . ae ory i< ‘ 1a Ww Started with an accident at the oe ee Rey oo oa mrst|) apparatus in lobby of house. Firm| Robbins as organist at th new l 1 « scl ‘ | ime the “Star” aver ‘ ' } , . " . Palace when a wi n fell anal = _ ever had played UP | donated apparatus gratis and also} Paramount theatre. ‘ any ¢ ites n s ro age . : —— broke her hip \ elline Moors mM ree on Ms front page. | had diver demonstrate at variou: _ P man er, called the city grief cart es intervals during the dav. ; _Scran o! Ae | requesting e driver to haul th syracuse, N. Y._ | - — Publix is still shaking up its oper- us around to the |} entrance A north side dept. store is offer St. Paul. | ating personnel. : But the scribe, who was al rd p ing a football free with each boy s | Hit of the week banner for bally- } James McCarthy, bi ugnt a? preciated the } e of . t hoo again flying from the R-K-Oj|two years ago by Comertorda to ront entre, so ore d the driv: Establishment of a permanent] Orpheum marquee where Manager] manage the Capitol, is the late : stop in front iH l er refused | year-round Syracuse exposition on| Ray O'Connell went out onto the| leave McCarthy camé her son ee the scribe entrance. with the driver he mezzanine floor of the Para street for “Half Shot at Sunrise”! the Poli, Stamford, and is goir | leaving him to fight it out and going | mount theatre is the plan of R. B,| (Radio) Spotted a phonograph! back to New England. . the back way n 1) The mug] Jones, managing director. |} With a laugh record on it concealed | B. Shamonis, recently brougt : er" ' ‘ : +} 7 lv iy t ot even by panning Publix for let- | The exposition will be devoted t in lobby and ran the snickers | here by Publix from Shamok 0 ting the poor victim suffer, ete., to | made-in-Syracuse products, the dis through two horns out on the side- | manage the State, gets the Camt i ivoid bad publicity plays being changed weekly. walk. Sign under the horns said| assignment, and Ben Kline mov j ar ° ° : ° ‘tL - , : _ . . nten t +7 Couple days lat Ss e reporter | Exhibits are by invitation, the Funny? Well just listen to the| from Manhattan, also ce! , Ss broke a story of a }t re f tj bids going to the largest industri (Continued on page 62) ' house, to the State.

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Dream Characters Dwelling in the Minds of Millions... Illusions Living in the Hearts of the World... Amos ’n’ Andy Come inTri- umph to the Talking Screen Oct. 24th... Unmatched and Incomparable! The RadioTitan Has Pre-empted the Show World for the Amos ’n’ Andy Attraction... Has Given It the Recognition It Merits as the Mightiest Show of All the Ages! An Army of the World’s Crack Show- = men Are Primed to Smash It Across for Record-Breaking Grosses! And the Titan Bids Them All Good Luck!

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22 VARIETY Wednesday, October 22. 1930 .— RT SS = = —— } ~ | There can be no alibi for the house Begs) manager who fails to. click hand- somely with Amos ’n’ Andy. The eyes of the show world are upon you! Never before in the sweep of show history has there been an attraction to match the’ twin’ meteors of the radio...now come to vivid life on ante the screen. Radio Pictures has spent 3 //3G%ah 4 with lavish hand to back them up... « @icap/; and TO BACK YOU UP! i 1 1 1 ‘ é ] ae = 0 2°03 SA cen Om You confront the test of your career as a showman...and you will be judged by the margin of PROFIT you achieve WAY with “Check and Double Check !” Be i fp, a : a—_——

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Talking Shorts “LOVE A LA MODE” Comedy 20 Mins. New York, New York Educational Scant value to this one featuring Bernard Granville, juve from mu- sical comedy, with Dick Stewart and Katherine McGuire in support. Dull, draggey action is spotted in a country club which features a swimming pool, the few laughs that this two reeler holds, coming when

someone takes a header or is pushed | into the drink. Granville is a security salesman on the trail of a wealthy prospect who promises to invest if the salesman will help him in his love affairs. Thereafter it is one case of mis- taken identity after another. Sales- man’s wife catches him making love to the prospect’s sweetheart and starts shooting up the club but she herself is finally placed in a com- promising situation, the bond sales- man gets his order and the sweet- hearts clinch. One. sequence has the girls eat- ing marshmallows coated with alum after which they pucker up their lips to be kissed. That and the water stuff is about all this comedy has. Granville hasn’t a single gag line assigned him, playing a hokey part that gives him little oppor- tunity. Short won't houses rate much even in the grind LEATHER PUSHERS SERIES “Hammer and Tongs” 20 mins. Cohan Universal A smart college lad, told by his wealthy father to make his own way in the world, finds prizefighting the easiest way out. Elementary stuff, with fictional ring and ro- mance motif, but still okay for some of the second runs and the mob of cheaper grinds. This episode has a fight in Holly- wood and another one farther down the Coast. The kid books wherever his girl goes. She hates the gloves, but her sister, Sally Blaine, likes bruisers. Looks as though the next episode will find the boy licked or his sweetheart sold on the ring. Waly.

ACROSS THE WORLD With Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Episode No. 1 Travel 20 Mins. Beacon, New York Talking Picture Epics This is episode No. 1 of a serial travel picture which runs to four episodes. From “Variety's” review of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson's picture of the same title which opened at the George M. Cohan last January, it appears that this is the identical picture, only cut up into serials for use as program fillers. As such it will probably contain more worth than when shown alto- gether, as there is not too much to crowd the eye and attention. This episode deals with the couple’s trav- els among the islands of the South Pacific, and deals with the cannibals who dwell there. Johnson’s explanatory talk, syn- chronized with the scenes shown, helps to make it interesting. Voice and diction good. Although of late there have been plenty of travel pictures dealing with cannibals and wild animals, these shorts will hold good almost anywhere. And mostly because they are served so briefly and crisply. PAGEANTRY IN INDIA Scenic 8 Mins. Lexington, New York Unusual Photoplay Interesting short mainly about elephants and the part they play in the big parades put on by the Maharajahs of India, with an off- screen dubbed lecture on the cus- toms of that land. Talk holds a few bright lines, but is mainly along educational lines, the speaker stressing the large amount of money the rulers of In- dia spend in dressing the big bulls for the annual pageants. Shots of & group of elephants in bathing prior to taking on their gaudy trap- Prings, stand out. Okay filler. “PARLEY VOUS” Universal Corking comedy of doughoys quartered in a battle-scarred French limps to a weak finish and |

Village, featuring Slim Summerville | and Eddie Gribbon. Summerville, as the bugler, and Gribbon, as the top sergeant, are rivals for the fa- vors of the French girl, Pauline Garon. Whenever it looks as if the top kick is making progress with the Zirl the bugler sounds a call to as- Sembly, sending Gribbon on his Way High spot in this short, crammed full of situation laugh, comes when Summerville on the make in the girl's parlor entertains her by telling about and demon- BILLY THE KID Metro production and release. Featuring

John Mack Brown and Wallace Beery, with Kay Johnson and Kar! Dane under- lined. Directed by King Vidor. Based on “Saga of Billy, the Kid.’' Dialog by Laurence Stallings and Charlie MacAr- thur. Cameraman, Gordon Avil. Using Metro's Realife (wide screen) process here with disk synchronization. At the Capi- tol, New York, week ok. 3%, Running time, 95 mins. DAC hs haces eed enaeeevan John Mack Brown FRET OCE cc ccccccccccccccscees Wallace Beery Claive...... Seseedeagsecscdccbe Kay Johnson Swenson.....e- Pre eTy VET eT. Karl Dane Ns $4 055% 666445 6 -Wyndham Standing ce he ES EN Ce Pete ere Russell Simpson Mrs. McSween Blanche Frederici jd Stuff ‘ Roscoe Ates Ballinger Warner P. Richmond Donovan James Marcus W here it Vill project on Metro's Realife (wide screen) process, “Billy the Kid,” ought to do some ° . > : | business. Doubtful if it will hang} up records but the novelty of the big sheet ought to keep it above average in the 10 or 12 key towns ir which it will be enlarged For those spots due to play it on normal or standard sized screen the picture is just another western, and not a good one. Metro will ante off close to $250,- 000 in added expense because of having turned this one out on Realife, The studio’s scheme is to save the exhib coin on installation calls for Metro to shoot any Realife subject with a 65 or 70mm camera after which the photographic re- sult is reduced to 35mm for the pro- jectors upon which a special lens supposedly brings out all the con- densed details for the enlarged screen. Here it spreads across the stage in the same oblong shape as Fox’s Grandeur and it’s extremely doubt- ful if the untrained eye will be able to spot any difference between these two processes. Probable that even the average picture man would have to see the same shot screened con- secutively by the two methods to detect any difference. The wide screen venture is per- haps undergoing its most severe test at this house because of the extreme throw (distance from booth to screen) which is reported at i70 feet for the Capitol. That's cer- tainly the longest throw around New York, and, perhaps for the country. How Metro and the Capi- tol are overcoming this light prob- lem isn’t known, but it’s likely that the means is an increase in amper- age, the same as Warner's Vita- scope, which pulls 206 amps or just double the normal amount of juice used. The Roxy, which gets “Big Trail” (Fox) in Grandeur this Fri- day, has its booth in the front of the balcony, thereby approximately cutting its throw in half, The panoramic exteriors in “Billy the Kid” all look good spread across the stage. Vidor evidently wanted to impress that fact early for the initial shot is an imposing peek of what may be the Grand Canyon. That view alone, plus the thought of how it would look in color, is enough to indicate wide film as an important future factor, Metro’s idea at present is not to turn out all its product for a big screen. Rather, will have pictures calling for spectacular sequences be designated as subjects’ for Realife. It’s likely that the other com- panies are figuring the same way, to set aside just a certain propor- tion of product for wide film re- lease, Probable also, is that the giant camera stories will mostly have takes calling for exterior lo- cales, although the directors will also likely find use for the wide angle on mammoth interiors for a climax or something on that order. That any picture can start out on 35mm, go to the enlarged size for a flash, and then back to the stan- dard frame again without seriously interrupting the story is doubtful right now. “Trail of '98" (M-G) did that on its showing at the Astor, New York, but it will also be re- vmalled that once “Wings” (Par) went to the big screen it stayed there in both halves of the picture as displayed for $2. This forms a problem on projection and story values over which the studios can debate for some time. : “Billy the Kid” is replete with gun fights and anti-climaxes. At least on two occasion it looks as if the feature is finished-—but it keeps right on going because the scenario has got to get the Kid out of a jam, when the whole story signifies that

bugle calls. sergeant and the wildly about the strating the various That sends the doughboys rushing village answering phoney inspec- tion, mess and fire giving the bugler time for plenty of comic love stuff. Blowoff comes in the home of the girl where Summerville and Grib- bon meet after taps. Discovered by calls, Mimature Reviews

“Billy,- the Kid” (Metro). Should stand up for slightly better than average husiness where shown on Realife. Met- ro's wide screen process due to this novelty. Otherwise just an ordinary western which will have to climb uphill to reach normal business No punch names in cast. “A Devil With Women” (Fox) Victor McLaglen in weak pi ture Action haphazard al- though some of it laughs Best for double fea- ture and neighb grinds “Scotland Yard” (Fox Romantic crook § story stage Sentimental neatly handled for a_ class programmer of wide fan ap- peal. Edmund Lowe happily cast. “Maybe Timely comedy with college football theme and Joe E. Brown's name. Otherwise, just average programmer. Includes prominently mentioned players makes for Roxy ’ irom stuff It’s Love” (WB) on last year’s all-American team selections. “Loose Ends” (BI). Drama dependent upon drawing room dialog and not there for average American audience. May have some _ value in selected spots. “Santa Fe Trail” (Par). An- other western and not so good. For average biz at best. Some Spanish lingo and one song in that language. “Soil” (Amkino). Atheist propaganda with no box of- fice meaning whatsoever. “ Under Montana Skies” (Tiff). Western extravaganza for the grinds. With songs, show girls, dancing, riding, and some laughs. No special cast names,

their captain the boys hide ina closet where they take pokes at one another for good comedy ef- fects When the captain, hearing the noise, threatens to shoot if the | boys don't come out, the entire company, including the regimental band and Gribbon and Summerville trnounted on a horse march Same sort of blackout has used in recent musical revites fits perfectly here and two-reeler off in great style spot a A out, been but sends this This one merits a vhere ,1j;0"Nne ire needed he’s got to “get it” at the finish. They're still afraid of those cold finishes, and not without reason. Little or no love interest albeit the script intimates that the Kid would like to fall for Kay Johnson, who plays his best friend’s wife. That her fiance is shot on their wedding day is the reason the Kid swears vengeance upon one-half of the State of New Mexico and they have to call in the cavalry to halt his ensuing feud with the Donovan mob. The top battle has the Kid and his pals barricaded in a home dur- ing a three or four-day siege insti- gated by the land baron’s outfit. Home is finally fired, the inmates have to run for it, but the Kid shoots his way out. A light comedy twist is in the hands of the capable Walldce Beery, as a deputy who ad- mires the Kid but is continuously after him, and also Roscoe Ates, who does well with the assignment. Film starts to drag when Beery starves the killer out of a cave, he’s brought to trial, escapes, and Beery has to start all over again. Mean- while the U. S. Colonel has tried to get the Kid to call off hostilities, as also has the girl. The final finale shows Beery purposely missing as he fires at the escaping Kid, be- sides which he stakes the girl to his horse to follow the outlaw. It’s jumpy all the way, amounting to .a series of gun battles plus a couple of personal encounters which are heard but not seen. These scenes are as spasmodic as the con- tinuity. The more important action sequences stand up, but the con- necting links are weak. 3rown makes of the Kid a soft- spoken, easily embarrassed, two- gun man who really seems too pleasant to have rolled up his list of his killings despite that all the vic- tims are the gangsters of their time. A history of the west narrates that silly the Kid was a Lrooklyn boy, but jrown’s southern drawl is easier on the ear than a Red Hook twang. Miss Johnson has little or nothing to do, while Karl Dane hasn't a line to speak, playing a dumb Swede and merely grunting. That leaves it up to Beery and Brown. Dialog here is much su- perior to that which “Montana” un- folded. Camera work and recording are okay. Metro is sending this feature out on @isk in those key towns where it'll use Realffe to take ad- vantage of the full-film frame Otherwise it will carry a second track. Picture is preceded at the Capitol

by a one-minute trailer calling spe- | | cial attention to Realife and flash- ling a scene from the feature as it would look on standard film | Thence the borders pull back and | the title flash is for the full-stage | width, the booth making a change over on the machines between the trailer and the feature. Minus Realife it looks as though the youngsters will like “Billy the Kid,” but there’s little or no chance that the adolescents and their elders will be parti tlarly interested. § A Devil With Wome Fox production and Victor McLaglen. Features Humphrey Bogart and Luana Alcaniz Di. rected by Irving Cummings Dialog by Dudley Nichols and Henry M. John Song, “Amor Mio,"’ written by Monaco and Cliff Friend W. E. recor At the Hippodrome, N. Y week of Oct. 18 Running time, 68 mins. re.ease a Mona Maris. Jerry Maxton ecccecees- Victor MclLagien Rosita Fernandez...... , we". *.) ) Humphrey HKogart DOING =< 3.6 4 < 06000664 00% 800s Luana Alcaniz PEE: 960 5066s00806050066 Michael Vavitch | Jiminez.... beaSeeseos Mrs. Jiminez BeGateechstuenungiee eeece Mona Rico} oo et eee eee John St *olis General Garcia Robert Edeson This film, made some n izo looks like a slice which lox intended qu for the McLaglen but flopped fastes imilar McLaglen ma to other terial concern ing an adventurer who is a big shot in a small South American country where he flames for women ind battle, and gets only the latter No real plot or continuity, but has some laughs Best for neighb grinds and double feature bills The way the story begins to un wind it looks like there was no be- ginning Maybe that’s the cutting Exploitation angle is McLaglen only. McLaglen is siown being followed by women with only a facetious Silent title to indicate the plausible eason. Main laughs come when McLaglen and Bogart bump Sar donics at each other. Some Spanish in the film and the | girl types fit, but outside of Bogart and McLaglen the other male prin cipals are unimportant A nondescript army and some revolutionists are present, with McLaglen falling for a woman gun smuggler who trips him. In be tween, Bogart comes in and cops the beauty, Mona Maris. This happens after the two have run in and out of a bandit’s trap and saved the heroine. McLaglen, figuring he's the s. a. for the heroine, only to be dis appointed in a brave moment when he kills the bandit chief, who dresses classy, attempts an assault on the girl's hacienda, Both Bogart and McLaglen okay, but the action given Bogart is silly. He’s supposed to be the nephew of the richest power in the country and walks through jungle spots and other mysterious country as a lark, just to nag McLaglen. Miss Maris sings “Amor Mio” and shows she's good for Spanish talkers or Spanish types in English speak- ing films. Her talking voice re- cords okay and she’s a looker of a type. Photography and recording okay. SCOTLAND YARD Fox production and release, directed by William K. Howard. Story from the stage play of the same name. Edmund Lowe fea- tured. Running time, 75 mins At the Roxy, N. Y., week of Oct. 17. Dakin Barrolles ? Bie Jems LAGOS csccscvcacee Edmund Lowe MOMGIA ccccccccccoccsccececved Joan Bennett Bip ChivOccacccccccsecesees Lumsden Hare NUPSO. .ccccrcce ecccccccces Barbara Leonard Charles Fox...... Co eCerrccere Donald Crisp DP. DOOR..cccce seedeakes Georges Renevant Cee, GUGGR, scccccccecscus David Torrence Lord St. Arram......+..+:. Hailiwell Hobbes —_—-— A gorgeous sentimental crook ro- mantic revel staged with that suave style in which the British mask their sobe stuff and played to the queen’s taste by a deluxe cast. It’s a picture the fans will go for heavily and a money release in spite of much dramatic hoke that is often hard to swallow. Edmund Lowe is happily cast in one of those Raffles roles with a war background, an undercurrent of melting sentiment and a style of screen treatment that is just enough Americanized-British to give it tang and flavor. Altogether a swell di- rectorial job and a cast that could make “Fun in a Barber Shop” high comedy. . Much of the trick of getting this one across was in the shrewd cast- ing. There's enough bizarre drama in the raw scenario to make persua- sive playing imperative. This group of people perform the leger- demain of making it seem possible. Backing them is every atmos- pheric art of the studio, going into the creation of an illusion that tricks even the sophisticated. The screen play lays over the stage per- formance like a tent, and that’s the difference between a moderately successful play and a capital bit of filming, with the difference gener- ously there in box office potential- ities. Framework of the story closely resembles that of “The Masauer- ader,” British novel that Guy Bates Post capitalized into a standard vehicle for years London crook enlists in the English army to es- cape capture by Scotland Yard. His face {s torn with shrepnel and a French plastic surgeon restores it, using a locket in his pocket as the model, Model was a portrait in a tolen locket of a ne’er-do-well iEneglish nobleman, who meanwhile died in a German prison camp. Restored crook takes up the life of the dead aristocrat and banker where he left it to vo to the front including something of the dead man’s distant relations I semi-estranged wife. The wife ac- cepts him as her real husband. but the old Scotland Yard chief her childhood mentor, suspects some thing wrong from certain evidence at his command and bit by bit let the masq ierading crool ewr himss if. devyeloning 9 liking for the with his} rascal during the process and not- ing with indulgence. the growing love of the wife for her pretended husband. It works out to the final exposure just as the one-time crook deter- mines—influence of awakened love and honor and the rest of the for- mula—to go straight for her sake. All of which is evident to the kindly Scotland Yard chief who, it is left to be presumed, lets the chastened criminal go free to work out ; own the beneficent

his salvation under influence of the good woman. Plenty of the old hoke here, I persuasively played Wi thing is played in a quiet tempo that only accentuates its. polite T Photographic treatment is capital Many of the sequences take place in a typical London-! | fog without which but nost ole elodrama Ox- these crook melos | probably couldn't be written but which also omehow helps to get 1round a stubborn feeling that it evel ould have Rus happened MAYBE IT’S LOVE | | Warner production and | by William Wellmar “All release directed American’

football team starred Joe E. Brown, Joan Bennett, James Hall and Laura Lee fea- tured Story by Mark Canfield Joseph Jackson's dialog At the Strand. N Yi. week of Oct. 17 Running time, 71 mins | Nan Sheffield ar een Joan Bennett | ‘‘Speed’®’ Hanson....... . Joe E. Brown | Tommy Nelson.........e.e.. James Hall |! ty ; - Laura Lee Mr Nelson Andrers Rar if Whiske Summer Get l Pr lent Sheff | . Creors i Professor - George Tick ich Bol Brown Howard Jones Bill Bill Banker “‘Racehorse’’ Russell Russell Saunders A ae ree shéveosa Tom Moynihan Sclroony éexaee Sere fe Schoon Elmer... pMeesceens epeoemee Sle 1eorge George Gibson PUNT son 60085546006 Ray Montgomery FELD. escccsenceccees Otto Pommerening Ken Kenneth Havycraft Howard .-Howard Harpster Paul. <a Paul Scull Brown of Harvard Stuart Erwin “Maybe It’s Love” is no maybe as a talker programmer It can go into the program bills for entertain- ment and moderate money. The producers can thank the comedy for holding up a pretty poor football yarn, And how they ring in one of the mythical “All-American” gridiron elevens to fit the theme. The grid stars flock to the school at the point of individual flirting by the college president’s daughter. The game idea was previously used in a similar picture last year. Girl takes off her horn-rimmed specs and goes on the make for the all-Americans. How Upton could miss trimming the opposish by more than six points is as clear as a politician’s plank on the booze problem, Besides the grid players, the president’s daughter lands Tommy Nelson, bad boy son of a rich man, but a good football player. Upton's honorable president refused to en- roll Nelson, despite his football ability and the coin proposition from the boy’s father. Because of the girl, Nelson changes his name to Tommy Smith and goes to Upton against his father’s orders, Father, before sailing for abroad, slips Tommy a check for $5,000 for ex- penses on the promise he'd go to another school. Tommy tears up the check, because of the girl. It's Joe Brown's film on the strength of his comedy contribs, He has developed a new yell, fea- _turing the large Brownesque mouth, and after the picture was over at the Strand some of the audience picked it up. Joan Bennett and Jimmy Hall are nice looking play- ers in the love cross-fire. They re- prise a theme song, title same ag the picture, now and then, but never too seriously. Laura Lee, hereto- fore a dancing and singing soubret, has little to do in a straight part for a featured player. Looks like much of her work was cut. Good cutting job done on the football game climax. News shots made to jell and the result seems as food as anything of this sort to date, Released at this time of the year, with the appetite for football at its peak, picture should do all right without breaking records, Brown's name helping. Bige. LOOSE ENDS (ENGLISH MADE) (All Dialog) International production and ree lense Directed by Norman Walker. Adapted from Dion Titherage’s play of the ime title. Claude Friese-Greene, camerae man At the Cohan, N. Y. grind, begin- ining Oct. 17 Kunning time, % mins Vi Ferres Owen Nares Mina Grant Edna Best Raymond Carteret.cccocssess Miles Mander renda Fallon Adrianne Allen Winton Donald Calthrog Pritish

tlcolrr POUNCE .cccceccs Solid as all drawing room drama, with action dependent solely on | conversation, “Loose Ends” is not what the average American audi- | ence considers entertaining screen fare, Nevertheless, it should go in | ot throughout the « intry Cs] . illv on combo bills. Would fit in jon R-K-O vaudfilm shows by |} comparison to similar work of even la few montt go it marks the | rides which British International | making | The ] ’ ff Ig plenty of move- y t : mi moacir tivs 4 € v LS it thi ’ » i (( on ige 35) ae emt ee

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 By far, the most human story since “OVER THE HILL.” . Helen Grace Carlisle's sensa- tional novel with.’ oy ag" as | =... DOROTHY: JOE | : ONAHUE y 8 PETERSON | LAWRENCE GRAY, O. P. Famous Broadway Actress HELEN CHANDLER HEGGIE, INEZ COURT- } , DAVID MANNERS eee Se eae , SIDNEY. BLACKMER> Hammerstein I. Music by Jerome sigan E V E 4q Y N 4 N-A Pp p THE. GIRL THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT.‘IN IRL OF THE. GOLDEN WEST BELASCO'S IMMORTAL DRAMA WITH JAMES RENNIE - HARRY BANNISTER NOW MAKING HUNDREDS OF SHOWMEN HAPPY!

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Pasi re aida ee gts) By ft Om sOoCV kA is li VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, 1930 EW YORK REMIERE | CAPITOL THEATRE EARLY IN NOVEMBER A year on Broadway and road-showed from F coast to coast this thrilling drama now comes to the screen with Bert Lytell enacting the dual role he made famous on the stage. A great play has become an even greater picture. From. the play by with Herbert Ashton, Jr. i> a RT LYT E LL DOROTHY SEBASTIAN WILLIAM MORRIS s >+ ; + > «rm ; . t= ",e A ges ~ 5 at ze eige ee

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. trip to Neu Yor} Following its pro- planning a aumont 1S Tom Thumb Lobby Feature Fiaston, Pa The State Theatre 1} & Vincent, has opened golf in the Oct 31 Wilmer a miniature on the re, course ballroom Second floor and finds it a paying proposition W hile film Tans ire VAtting fo the feature to start. the Sit +} golf ou McLAGLEN’S ‘LAND RUSH’ Hollywood, Oct. 2 Vic McLaglen gets the lead “Land Rus} which Ben Stoloff will direct for Fox. Fimmett Fivnn and Havdert bot are log by D | { | Ottawa, Can., Oct. 21. “Ingagi,” the jungle film, has made an appearance in Canada at} Last having been passed by the British Columbia Board of Censors Its Canadian premiere was pre- ented at the Beacon theatre, Van )1 er Other Canadiar censors are umo iowr ) picture STARR IN CHICAGO He in starr in cnarge of | mt and Brunwi Palke ‘ s for W ! is in Chi Ys > giving factorte the or = ) j mn oT] SHEARER OR CRAWFORD? It’s a tr ry ¢ — ts" ~ ] ‘ 7 7 j r Metro J Sor M » dro; i lera ) Mavo | . ’ ) e ‘ part

Just for the Trip Hollywood, Oct. 21 Greta Garbo almost made le it I onal appearance it the opening of the new Fox theat =f ton Wh n the ) | Lo said s A l ) Later her secretary stated Miss Garbo would not the She has appearance taken Stockton for Stock

Conspiracy Alleged by Ind. Indie Who Demands $1,800,000 in Damages Indianapolis, Oct Damages of $1,800,000 is asked of six picture concerns by Harry Muller, Anderson, Ind., theatre man He charges in a suit in Federal court a conspiracy to put him out of business. Fox, Universal, R-K-O, Tiffar and BE. R. P. L are defendants. Muller alleges he was blacklisted and that picture firms, “except per- haps one,“ refused to sell him in a conspiracy to put him out of busi- ness. The suit alleges he « ted for talking pictures, and after in stalling equipment the company re- fused to place sound ment ontrac film attach- Indie Activity Hollywood, Oct. 21. First sign of activity among the independents for some time is the announcement that four features will go into work at Tec-Art week. Studio has been the feature line for the months, with only two made. Pictures to start are “Phantom of the West,” serial, for Mascot; “The Midnight Special,” Chesterfield, and two untitled features, one by Willis Kent and the other by Russell 3irdwell. All sound channels at the studio will be occupied for the next four weeks. inactive in past four pictures N. Y. to L. A. George Middleton, Mrs. Arthur Kober. Henry Duffy. Ned Marin. Edward Small. L. A. to N. Y. J. L. Warner. William Koenig William Guthrie Roy del Ruth. red J. MclIsaa Ona Munson Inez Courtenay. Max Hart. J. Carlo Bavetta Clayton Sheehan Graham Baker. EFiddie Resnick. Erno Rapfee ‘INGAGI’ IN B. C. next | 'Fox’s Lone Musical Film Is Gershwins’ for Gaynor Hollywood, Oct. 2L. Only prospective musical Fox has mind is the one the Gershwins | are to turn out for Janet Gaynor. | This spikes the report Fifi | Dorsay was to do “Charmaine,” | supposedly a tuneful interpretation of “What Price Glory.” Miss next film is as yet uns with the studio suitable yar! WB-PAR PEACE NOT IN SIGHT i ; in | that Dor- say's | Peace between Warners and Par- amount is notin sight. Nor is there iny hope expressed of an agree- ment | bout two weeks ago reports were that an amicable settlement would be reached between the two dis- tributors on their product distribut- ing disturbance. It did not eventu- ite What overtures, if any, were made | for an adjustment ofthe trouble or !what became of them is not re | ported. Kent-Goetz in Court Over Their ‘Ten Nights’ Chicago, Oct. 21 Litigation has arisen here be- tween Willis Kent and L. E. Goetz |promoters of the picture “Ten | Nights in a Bar Room” which was | originally made for the Allied Ex- hibitors Organization. Goetz has applied in Chancery Court for an injunction restraining Kent, in New York, from disposing of the foreign or other rights pend- ing an adjustment of a private squabble as to who is to pay the | production costs over $75,000. This is the sum Goetz, as financier, was illeged to have put up. In making the picture at the Tec |} Art studio, Hollywood, Kent is said to have exceeded the with the quarrel then ensuing. Picture was previewed a few weeks ago at the Westlake, Los Angeles, and since has been cut from 13 to seven reels, budget

Hughes Offers $160,000 sg b J © For ‘Greeks’—Rejected Howard Hughes is reported bid- ding for the picture rights to sev- eral Broadway attractions. He of- fered $100,000 for “The Greeks Had a Word for It,” this being the big-

gest price for a recently opened show. William Harris, Jr... who pro- duced, did not accept, as he was unable to agree upon a release date. The manager figures that until some line on the show's probable length of run is obtained, the sale f the film rights might materially affect its profit possobilities here ind of town. Greeks” jumped into the hit vision last week, U CUTS SCENARISTS | Leon Abrams Resteneten Coch- rane New Dept. Head

out di- Hollywood, Oct. 21. Leon Abrams has resigned as story editor at Universal a general shake-up in | partment in which four following that de- readers ted }

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were let out. U has decided to cut down its} {scenario department, retaining but ltwo readers ind elevating Nar Cochrane, niece of R. H. Cochrane, i U vice-president from reader to |} head of the department | Let out were Ruth Todd, Ronald | McCaskill, Jack Butler 1 Glad | Collins Phe readers remainir | Hazel Jamieson and Ardell Ray (‘hanges followed a studio d I to permit New York to handle most of the story reading in t f WB'S COAST COMMERCIALS hi ’ 5 } ‘) ’ VW 3 j y? » ) y ) na rl r ! 0 Coa th Davis § ] yu f Christie’s industrial de ‘ “ to cn : the rr Warner the third producer to rg after ymmercial ‘ pvrners are Ul tle and VARIETY 27

No Remodeling—All New—In 20 Towns—B. & K. Building Terms

Ist Runs on Broadway Subject to Change) Week Oct 4 Para t — Sir ia Globe — ! 1 Ra Roxy— lox Capit ; ment R-K ) y ¢ building new ot n lowa | t , if 11] t rn il ) ‘Office Wife’ Gags as |Cadin, chief of poli

| | Herbert Asbury, novelist, arrived here Monday under contract to Varamount. Coming in today (Tue ja and also for Paramount, is Kidward Goodman, New York stage lir mr, who will 9-direct with Lou rasnier on Wiiliam Powell ‘ ‘ture ji tentatively titled, | Buy Your Woman.” ) VOorK ceheduled for Asbury Weisenthal, Agent Holly 0d, O I A, *ntha who r i ef im Goldwyn produ i i put 9 er r} i 45 ur rin Hollywood VM thal a or t _ v t ’ ’ J Turmoil in Syracuse => \ ic N. Za GOGR 22 Broadway. director Syract Lee Warr but it ise isn { Rose managing anda took W. W sioner of ers St found t it ) Wiard, Commi Mart ind Charles iblic Assem- en, Whose long suit is exploitation, outdid hit Public Safety Wilkes, blies, In to « necto of P mvince him. Ro elf in behalf of “Otfice Wife” (I°N} Local dailies, in advance of the opening, carried a series of tease! ads in which Rosen asked such questions as “Must every wife in Syracuse share her husband with an offic wife? “Somewhere in Syracuse an office wife is in love with another wom- an’s husband.” Those were enough to start some- thing here. Stenographers protest- ed. So did husband-emplovers. And (Continued on page 652) Tiffany Layoffs Hollywood, Oct. 21. Layoff at Tiffany has tue follow- ing heads of studio departments out: Lou Myers, head of sound and electrical divisions; Bud Myers, chief recorder; Al Kane, chief electrician; Ira Seidel, auditor, and Val Burton, musical director. The let-outs are in the nature suspensions with the men standing that they will be when production picks up. of under- recalled

Stays for Foreigns Hollywood, Oct Grace Moore has called off er trip to New York and Europe to do the French versions of “Jenny Lind’ and “Romance” for Metro. In the latter case Miss Moore will sing where her part calls for it tomance” was Greta Garbo’s last release Miss Moore is due to start a con- eert tour in January Nat Starts 2d Serial Holiywood, Oct. 21. Nat Levine will start his second serial Phantom of the West for Mascot Thursday Tom Tyler, Dorothy Gulliver, Tom Santchi, Philo McCullough and Jose Bonomo have been cast Ross Led- erman will 1r ” Shooting at ‘- \rrt MARSHALL ON SHORT Hollywood, Oct. 2! George Marshall has beet =e i 1D tadio to dir Ni ind Ton hor Mia } i rm i - ify of } ) x H iG ) ’ ) 3 r a ii CORMACK ON ‘ FRONT PAGE idd9

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28 ——— VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, 1930 Opening Friday at the ROX Y THE BIG TRAIL with John WAYNE: Marguerite CHURCHILL: EI BRENDEL The picture all America has been waiting for. In drama, ro- mance and thrills; in beauty, magnitude and magnificence, it surpasses anything before attempted on the audible screen. By ae ier far most important and most thrilling picture ever produced. Tomorrow begins 34 Week at Carthay Circle, Los Angeles DeSYLVA, BROWN and HENDERSON'S Successor to “Sunny Side Up” JUST IMAGINE with EL BRENDEL MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN JOHN GARRICK MARJORIE WHITE FRANK ALBERTSON Directed by DAVID BUTLER If you thought “Sunny Side” was big, Just Imagine what this one’s going to be—the liveliest, latest and best from those masters of mirth and melody. Fads and fashions of fifty years from now—merriest feast of comedy you ever sat down to. Lavish production and rich in song hits. Box office from every angle. —=

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VARIETY 29 MAKINGRI } HISTORY Christmas Gold From America’s Favorite WILL ROGERS in Henry King’s Production LIGHTNIN’ A Fox Movietone adapted from the stage success produced by JOHN GOLDEN with | LOUISE DRESSER Joel McCrea Helen Cohan Sharon Lynn Play by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon Speedy Reno-vation for beautiful dames who want a change of meal-tickets and know how to get it. And the clown prince of entertainers doing his stuff. Rogers at his best—funnier than in “They Had to See Paris” or “So This Is London.” Completed, previewed and hailed with cheers! Now in all exchanges, ready for December release. A Happy New Year with JANET GAYNOR CHARLES FARRELL THE MAN WHO CAME BACK ‘Directed by Raoul Walsh Play by Jules Eckert Goodman es They’re together again, king and queen of talking screen, in drama that eclipses ‘‘Seventh Heaven” and ‘Street Angel.” Full measure of romance in story with universal appeal. Directed by Raoul Walsh, who made "The Big Trail” and “The Cock Eyed World.” A box office gold bond. --- -- ———___-__ ~-__—-— ——>

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VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, 1930 EVERYBODY'S ¢ r , t t Cc a p Oo Vv is te t i so TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL NOW! (No. 701 Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation) EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER! EVERYBODY LOVES TO RIDE WITH THE PRODUCER WHO IS PRODUCING THE real stuff! EVERYBODY SEEMS TO GET A KICK OUT OF THE FACT THAT UNIVERSAL pictures are the season's one outstanding sensation. WITH “ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT” GETTING INTO ITS FULL STRIDE and with “King of Jazz’ clicking like a machine gun to the surprise of everyone who thought sf e 4i musicals. were not wanted — WITH “LITTLE ACCIDENT” AND “OUTSIDE THE LAW” MAKING MORE PROFIT for exhibitors than they thought they'd ever make again; WITH THE SENSATIONAL RESULTS FROM “A LADY SURRENDERS”; WITH THE ADVANCE REPORTS FROM PREVIEWS ON “EAST IS WEST”, “SEE America Thirst” and “ The Cat Creeps’ predicting sensational business; WITH “RESURRECTION” AND “DRACULA” LOOMING UP AS TWO OF THE biggest and finest pictures ever produced; WITH UNIVERSAL’S TOTALLY DIFFERENT NEWSREEL, USING GRAHAM McNamee as our Talking Reporter, growing with leaps and bounds; WITH THE CRITICS AND FANS DESCRIBING “PARLAY VOO” AND “WE WE Marie’ as two of the funniest two-reelers ever made; WITH OUR SIDNEY- MURRAY TWO-REELERS AND OUR “LEATHER PUSHERS” series and our “Indians Are Coming’ serial booking into the finest theatres in the world and bowling the crowds over;. WITH ALL THESE SUPERB HITS (AND MORE TO COME) HITTING THE BULLSEYE smack in the bullseye, one after another, and with the buyers everywhere calling our salesmen by their maiden names — IT'S NO WONDER UNIVERSAL HAS UPSET THE INDUSTRY'S APPLECART AND is setting a pace that we defy anybody to follow even as a fairly close second. CLIMB ABOARD, BOYS. THE RIDING’S GREAT! UNIVERSAL - FIRST IN FEATURES — FIRST IN SHORTS FIRST IN FIRST- RUNS EVERYWHERE Ne

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VARIETY

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PICTURES

Inside Stuff—Pictures Leadership in the matter of box office releases is reported for another abrupt shift. This leadership frequently changes, usual by seasons. Last season Metro sprang to the fore toward the end of it after a dull period for Metro pictures in the early portion. When Metro went into its streak, it hung on, right through the summer, ‘but without immediate prospects to retain that leadership on its first product output reports for 30-31. No one is named as will have Just now the feeling of a percentage crop of new money pictures to keep the business spurt going not high as it was in A the new season's leader. It to develop I t i ] AY l I ind t er i l e } i AI publ in Paris One “ 1 k WI re. i r I x Gand whose I “Quic] i ibout to open t ! refused d I ive ou I n- ] é ed é } ng it é A é new ! te l he n I ) t ] to It b noo oF ci De e J. J. Franklin, f I Al ‘ n m Fox West ( t. e7 ed m ’ t} no The | rr ’ Grau! I Chir e, L \ me nd t ‘ ed ] ed Ir ] r I ix f 4 he a t g é (} x oper i Monday ) t Cy} 7 Grandeur Crail”’ feature tronare ¢ . nt and ‘ame ° 4 the Grauman house being oO closely identified with presentatlo! prompted addition of the girls (George Olsen’s 5 band was

holding out for the latter, but union's ref to pt a compromise settlement for the I 1 } I é i « thing off. William S. Hart was fas a person ippearance Buest star Fox is out to build a big gross for “Trail” regardless, splurging heavy on advertising, billboards, ete. House already has a $6,000 week ad- vertising nut for that picture alone, with business averaging ar nd $20,000, although slowly building. Original idea of bringing in the stage band and Hart was to put the overplus adv money into the acts. to be released by the New York State Cor a hike over Mt. Marcy (state’s highest Avalanche Lake and other Adiron- dack fastnesses, was “shot” by Fred J. McGuirk, for was associated with his brother in the operation of a dance orchestra in the Capitol District (N. Y.).. McGuirk, an employee of the Conserva- tion Department, small take for the mission, gradually working up to a point where he did nothing else. He now has a complete motion picture equipment and is the department's A motion Department, picture, soon showing trips to Lake Colden, servation peak) with side + who some years started in a way to photos com official photographer. In the shooting of filn for the Conservation Department, McGuirk has undergone all kinds of hardship, been exposed to countless dangers and experienced numerous thrills. Five employees of the commission were his companions in the hike over Mt. Marcy. The group spent four of the state’s high- the film accommodation of days in the heart of the wilderness near the summit McGuirk out footage for provided by the state for the est mountain, while ground slept in hiker open ¢ in ps the National (Securities Co.) Bank, offi- cially named as on the Fox Films directorate, merely brings out what the banking fraternity has been aware of, the extensive interest of Chase in the Fox companies, as represented by Harley L. Clarke. That W. S. Ingold of Pychon & Company, the Clarke banking house, went on the same board at the same time, brings nearer the reasonableness that between the two bankers. Fox and Clarke utility holdings have their financial sponsoring and benefit. It has been reported for some time Dodge has been largely directing the Fox financial movements. As a matter of fact, when bankers spoke of the Fox situation, Dodge always has been mentioned. Charles H. Stuart, announced as now on the Fox board, is of Halsey, Stuart & Company, who continues to be associated on the Fox financing Dryden Kuser, the other and fourth new Fox director announced, is Murray W. Dodge of Chase said to represent the Newark, N. J., large and original block of Fox stockholders, Present-day War of the Roses is between Spanish talker talent from Spain and talent from below the Rio Grands The imports from o the water are wearing the high hat aplenty, looking upon the Spanish speaking talent from this hemisphere as chaff. What they think of the new-country Spanish is about equivalent to the legit produce) tt 1 toward burlesque. Late jam it on of the VW vhen a t I ir f) Spain refused to appear t a theatre fiesta downtown b is f “above trash,” referring to the Mexican colony here She was reminded there’d be no Spanish produ n were it not for the Spanish speakers in Central nd South Art ca ) ae | mpain alone youldn’t warrant talke proa Lior i pius tf exe rentle reminder that option tin ' n it 7 t to change her m 1 n answer, either v from Hollywood on an easter en t now take from 1 to dio ¢ T it l 1dé 1 I I the requ t of H é ( } | x pres ) Vv Hearst papers and mor is H tn t b é I benefit Hearst is reported t cg l i { yould } prepared te D 4) ; ry "4 I A tl Hf t ) ) : i= t Hay g completed i I i n 110 o

| TECH’S NEW PROCESS one ess. Halting Fox Retrenchment, Oldknow ene ied, Os, 2 In Favor of Buying More Houses | Hollywood, Oct Technicolor’s research department has evolved new developing called ¢ separat and Gamaunity | una trac SMTi for Extras 3. of

process permits ment of the picture and sound track Oscar Olakno« . pr cane Dl « i Nee) iy yi « pie’ aa . v This, it is claimed, will better re n charge \ Coas production of sound eliminatirz ty t . ty ; ‘ ‘ tre Loe I od ver-dev — nt wt h : t t, O ; | ’ r 1 ' \\ : 1 Futter Follows “Africa” r au for 3 . With South Seas at Col a | : t M troy nsy Sie Peng ce = OE Hollywood, O VW tter, who n 1 \ Ss C imbia is wo : . ; * gy , I i urn of the sar Metro's ‘Among the Married A l ha sas It : : t ; 4 C Seas ‘ i i i —_ mildly on broadwa apout thret | which was turned over to an indie CASTLESS “AXELLE” years ago | iam ta Gonk tore on & » rr i t ’ ? definite Holly wood, Oct zl : : “Axell French play by P VYhich Fox purcha i Myrna Loy in “Yankee” srthing tot bts ea Raiswona ove ot. |6 MEN ARRESTED IN | Director Howard MIvrna To. under who will be ] 1e! ar optior sndertupivsin | veeneey ROL wite’in ose | CQAST BOMBING PLOT John Considine. Adaptation is by} cut Yankee” a her first at that

5 e! Phillip Klein, tudio pe eee in tra Oo, Oct. 2] | Six men were arrested in Sacra- | of its money back by renting the battlefield to other producers. Trench | mento, Cal ist week and held in- were particularly elaborate and built at considerab ( t commu! ido | the ]} for al- Studio finally made a deal wit nother studio to work in the trenches | leged 1 dyna for a week, plot in Mi the a When the director who made the first war picture heard of the deal | picture | he burned, because the trench: ! 1 been designed by him He hired | One of the en iv i D- |}& powder man who went with him to the location and blew up the posed to have beer t in the | trenches S ict of lighti i le of dyna te Studio tried to do something about it but n nwl the director placed in the theatre TI p 1 | hopped a boat for Europe, l been set the fuse was in the — 1) ind « the a ed men, the police Ralph Hefferson, a boy of 14, has converted t irage of his hor say, H his nan i J into a picture theatre, charging 5 and 10c for children and 1l5e for adult Apatthy O ire in Grand Rapids. Hefferson calls his theatre the Owl It contair bout Ha lad Fy , 3 George Da ) 30 opera chairs, pipe organ, two portable projectors, nor ynchronous if: Leo Smith, 3 : W. R. Fed f |} attachment which he made himself and stage and lighting effect Hef 10, and H. W. Reynolds, 47 | ferson is the manager of the home-made theatre with different boys act- | Reynolds is named as the man | ing as staff. Hefferson gets out special handbills for ich of the pictur vho dirs i pr ) id imit- which he shows at his theatre ing Federa i to he a busi- Although the boy puts enough effort into his tas » put over 1 e! . pict D- first class theatre, he has neve once taken in enough money to pay fol erators’ union and, according to the cost of renting his pictures He is of a well to do family. } District Attorney McAllister, the | oe dynamite plot came as a climax to A bright extra in Hollywood, out to put the big impression on with | a4 lone and bitter fight between Sac- the giri friend, bought an old Dusenberg town car, which still look ramento theatre owners anl the op- good, for about $300. He then bought a chauffeur’s uniform and called erators’ union. McAllister further up a pal, asking him to put on the liveried togs and drive him around | charged that Federoff directed the planting of phosphorus in the Cali- fornia theatre,-Oak Park, suburb of Sacramento, and an that night. Pal said okay and the actor went a-calling on the lady in a big A few nights later the pal requested his friend to do for him. way the same thing

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ah . saya w ke; lenty 1 } lly ad i and it 1 : “ The other guy squawked plenty but finally did it, and it lool namite the home of Emeil Heber, | like am itual arrangement from now on. Evidently it not the ime | owner of the Mission and Sequoia | lady in both cases. theatr | é Os ~ —— Sept. 15, the owners of seven the- | Although not generally known, Harley L. Clarke has installed in Chi itres in Sacramento and Roseville cago and his New York offices a notified the union that thereafter | | | each, I'wo of the work benches, one in Chi and N, Y. C., are equipped | only one man would be employed in sat 7 . ] | with concealed mechanism that, when a button is pushed, cause part |} the projection roms instead of two. of the desk to rise and expos¢ 1 comy te u ¢ leaf ledger |} The union called a strike and pick- They are kept up to date and cover all Clarke’s enterpri 3 One of the | eting followed. most pe iar things about the de in Chicaso that all office light re handled from a desk drawer, housir a raft of push bottor One | f Clarke's hobbies is collecting y¢ He } plenty in his offic | *Print’s’”’ Cast Rum« d that there is some tho t on the Fox Coast lot of making Hollywood, Or ae | 3 > k t potter I spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer a team for at least a couple of more Clive Brook is being ' ed by pictures Idea is the outgrowth of their work ir Up the River | Par for Geor Bar next, | fit ‘ ’ mt’? ‘ la " } Fox gave young Hymer his cor t under peculiar circumstances, | Unfi po Pri CELE ti nies Especially interested in John PB. Hymer, the 1 dad and of “Tom | Changed) ng th ] Francis % seas ™ ‘ . | Pp ’ on ’ {0 } Walker and the Devil” fame rt elder H er le a een test for | | mey 1 » cast for the Fox in the € t but Ipped in rn i t e for |} » A ve)) When } PP! + + t to tl ( mast t ) 1 10 Dp ‘ bu ene 1 | 1 to tart I nm } I 1a ) T ' ul + r n wa t y M ) 7 ' . — - err I 4uU 4 4 v . eS 5, GRANDEUR MAN SUES ¢ 2 ' Vi ! I \\ ld I ed a ar 4 } , vy f + + tM t il : . : r ir ‘ | t | > tr ) r . r $4 0 : 4 ~?- aa n +} lu! = on to ir 2 S} ot C 200 t and . f ¢ + I Fox t t Tir } no j r ° | ’ - ry week U ‘ ¢ ' _ ‘ t) a r ’ P f + 1 expenses of t } n j of th { Mj ‘ Lanfietd also i r r ; f ya ] I n ] a + ’ r 4 to i (Cor i | “ A

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News From the Dailies This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollywood and London. Variety takes ro credit for these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper.

| projected man, Jr., hinges on a question of space, it George is suing the Victor Tal was learned, Engineers who are ing Machine Co., which sold 5,000,- drawing plans said discussions had 000 phonograph records of the song, | been under way between opera offi-

“The Wreck of the Old 97. He de- | cials and the Radio Corp. of Ameri- clared he derived his inspiration for | can for several] days. The oniy diffi- the song on Sept. 27, 1903, when the | culty seems to be finding space to crack mail train No. 97 of the South- | meet the Metropolitan's require- ern Railway sped past Franklin, ments, Junction, Va., and Jumped off a 200- —" foot trestle. Victor claims that in Three men wh attempted to 1922 both Frederick Lewey, of/| break open the safe in the Lincoln, Lynchburg, Va., and Carl Noel, of | pi ture house in Union City, N. J.. Danville, Va., claimed authorship of | were trapped Monday (20), when a “The Wreck,” and that it compen- |watchman heard them at work and gated both. called the police. Two were cap- a tured. Harry Rosenthal, pianist, started —_——- suit against Al Jolson for $5,000.| Walter Pearson, former m.c. In Rosenthal claims Jolson promised | “peaches” Browning's act, lost his to take him to Europe with him, | cyit against Peaches. Pearson Jolson to sing, and Rosenthal to ac- | ¢laimed that the girl owed him company him on the plano. money for work in the act. Peaches They were to sai] Jast July 5, he|attorneys declared Edgar Allen, alleges, when on July 4 Jolson! who is himself suing her for $15,000, changed his mind. A week ater was the instigator of Pearson's Jolson called the whole affair off and suit. Allen appeared as a Pearson went to the coast. witness. Jere Grady, booking agent, who Rosenthal and Jolson also is named in the suit. brought wether, t Suit was dismissed. O- as Iwo plainclothes men attached to LOS ANGELES Inspector McCormick's vice squad | —_—__— are facing perjury harges after be- |} A bench warrant for the appear- ing accused by five night club girls|/ance in court of Al St. John was of trying to frame them On @ vice) jssued by Judge Walter Hanby on a charge. Girls who accuse the po- | plea of St. John's divorced wife that jicemen are Rose Davis, hostess at} he was $1,400 in arrears on alimony the Club River; Estelie Frankel, and oaaidinceasck z three colored girls, Mary White, | NT) Doris Kenvon &Sil wil ‘ Gertrude Cook ana Fiorenc€ | ceive an allowance of $1,500 a month Mitchell | for three months and the 1.000 . monthly from the estate of the late Police raided a smoker held in an| Milton Sille under an order fron auditorium in Newark early Satur | Probate Judge Stephens nto be dav mornings 1k), arrested 400 mer! . on $100 O06 and ‘ ‘ young womel Seized a - } Lure pera al Ww « Olls ot Jeai te Loff was ¢ te fing Jilm decree of divorce fror H K A hose arrestec were helk ! Rosehoor Dor lear rt ke le lail over ig} Twe one at rece a f as ( } were required ™ transport tne coe Arl é prisone! Police allege 1 t when | _ 7 they broke into the auditorium the Mahdeen Ransae forme ( young women, scantily clad, were) gir], filed a breach of promise s dancing, | against John Duncar sportsmal —— | asking $50. 006 She of he shi é After a conference with Harlow D.| her a $75,000 hou wi V Savage, executive secretary of the/|their home anc they retusec t« League of New York Theatres, Alex | marry her. A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley is- | —__— sued ¢ tatement denying that the y | Tohn FPF. Meat writer. w ‘ would secede from the managerial | by Scooy Scandals Lt whic group which is attempting to con-| charge him wit refusing te ¢ tro] ticket speculation. Mr. Freedley!} $500 which was made as part

| p: ment for a story afterward r¢ fused as unsatisfactory, cncaliitade Bernard Ephraim, theatre owner, ! ested for looting a theatre of motion picture projection apparatus He was held in lieu of $15,000 bail. Cedric Gibbons denied in court he owed his former wife, Mrs. Gwendo- Ivn Gibbons, back alimony. He iims he promised to settle $6,000 }a year was giving her on her and ul twice that much inn Christy has filed suit against he Herbert Barue Corp. for $100 UUU « rY ¢ He ca Cc! ed int ¢ ( ‘ t é oO! ¢ ai ‘ Leis ( é Am he tice (‘rater when he attended a snoy Day Put O ippy Put Off Hollywood, Oct. 21. Paramount has temporarily sus- pended production on “Skippy,’ based on the comic strip. Studio will now use Norman Taurog, David Golden, and Sam Mintz, writer of the filmization, on Donald Ogden Stewart's “Mr. and Mrs. Haddock in Paris.” This will be made under the tith of “The Haddocks in Europe.” Leon Errol and Mitzi Green are to be featured és 4 93 ‘ 4 39 Stage” Before “Sin Hollywood, Oct. 21. Before starting on “Single Sin” for Tiffany, Bill Nigh will direct “Midnight Stage” for the same studio This is the first of Ken Maynard's series of westerns for Tiffany. Haines’ British Script Hollywood, Oct. 21. Metro has bought ‘Man in Pos- session English play by H. Had- dock, for William Haine Ss. “LONDON A CALLING” length (Comedy, picture, doubtful. full | York, talked about by Fox execs {during the summer, is given as un- ;}desirable at the present. | From the angle as discussed it looks like F and M.’s chances of producing in the east will depend on whethe Loew fives uD its I ent m ff I é + has peen steadily reducing and info is given that eventually I & M., may move into Loew time to fill the ps and 52 weeks of time. 17 is looked for in view of the impend- merger of Fox nd Loew thee jatres for operatior ' } YOUNG DOUG’S ‘CHANCES’ Hollywood, Oct. 21 Doug Fairbanks, Jr., will get his } first starring assignment from First | National in Chances,” novel by | Hamilton Gibbs. | — ' [This story precedes the French air picture F. N. had line i r Fairbanks. Howard Haw} \\ die rect both. GELSEY SUPING ‘SEED’ Hollywood, Oct. 21. Erwin Gelsey, newly appointed associate producer at Universal, will supervise “‘Seed,” based on the Charles Norris novel. Production will not get under way for time. Edward will some direct Laemmile | FINE COLUMBIA EXEC. Joe Fine-is Columbia's new adver- | tising director, having resigned a | berth in the Fox organization which jhe held for the past nine years, | Prior to the Fox job Fine had been a Universal for five years. Barry Norton in English Hollywood, Oct. 21. Barry Norton, on Spanish vere | sions exclusively since talkies ar- | rived, will get his first chance in IKnglish at Paramount. | Norton will play in “Disbonored.”

“BLIND An i uation. MICE”

“SOLID SOUTH” (Comedy, Southerners likely to resent this piece as is. for distribution. Never mind the “MARIGOLD” ll-feminine cast affair with the “I’m going to have a baby Girls clubhouse idea may mean something, but not the (Comedy, Simon Nord, 49th | He’s from South America » t P ibiliti “London Calling’—Unfavorable John Golden, Little). Might be sufficient for two-reeler “Blind Mice’—Unfavorable (Comedy, Crosby Gaige, Times Square). site rest. Tbee. “Solid South’—Unfavorable Alexander McKaig, Lyceum). That cuts out the Seuth other reasons “Marigold”—Unfavorable Street) story substance. Has A Scotch trifle. arun t Period comedy with too little its credit in London, however. Tovee. “Nine to Six’ (Comedy, Lee Shubert, Behind the scene in an “NINE TO SIX All-female cast ’—Unfavorable Ritz). English modiste’s. Too light for pictures. lbee. “Mr. Gilhooley”—Unfavorable “MR. GILHOOLEY” (Drama, Jed Harris, Broadhurst). Drama of Irish school with tragic ending. General theme of mature man with young mistress. N. g. Tbee. “Mr. Gilhooley”—Unfavorable “MR. GILHOOLEY” (Drama, Jed Harris, Broadhurst). Ending in tragedy, general idea of Irish drama hardly suitable for screen lbee.

“Stepdaughters of “STEPDAUGHTERS OF WAR” Paramount bought picture rights it a problem. Hard to War”’—Unfavorable (Drama, Frohman Office, Empire). from novel but what it will do about understand how such a war story can be toned down for the screen l bee. “Mrs. Moonlight”—Favorable MRS. MOONLIGHT” (Drama, Charles Hopkins, Hopkins). Mostly periodic in films, the motivating dialog here plus diligent photo- graphi art and cast would bring almost distinctly modern in vein. Allecor vein of a woman “cursed” with beauty might be more effec- ; tive in pictures while the situation of a mother winning her daughters lover to save the latter from a bad match is mass material. “Canaries Sometimes Sing”—Unfavorable “CANARIES SOMETIMES SING” (Comedy, Dillingham, Fulton) Marriage and divorce problem treated jauntily. Much of the dialog s either airy or blunt Four characters and most the time in closeuy “Pagan Lady”—Unfavorable PAGAN LADY Drama, Green and Gensler, 48th Street A play on the type of “Rain” but not nearly as gocd. If Miss tine would appear in the picture it might do, otherwise not. ibee.

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VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, 1930 “Dixiana.” Radio Pictures Presentation. Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. os T Pee: = «“ Whoopee,” presented by Florenz Ziegfeld and Samuel Goldwyn. Eddie Cantor im one of his biggest laughs. eee aN ‘+525, “Follow Thru.” A Paramount Production again brings the popular Charles Rogers and Nancy Carroll together. “ ’ SS sets “Viennese Nights.””’ Warner Brothers. Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Jean Hersholt and Walter Pidgeon. ———_ a, A @00% business Imerease .. - as @ a ; F means something v TECHNICOLOR RECORD a June 1930 seven hundred per cent ee ee greater than June 1929. JUNE 1929 JUNE 1930 N a year when any business could justly be satisfied to hold its own—Teehniecolor is establishing reeords like the above. There’s just one answer. Color keeps the B. 0. busy. Sueh an inerease brought its problems, too. Print orders increased way out of proportion to original plans. Last minute orders coming in all the time. But now, in addition to our Boston plant, running three shifts, there is a big, new Hollywood plant, going full tilt. to meet the ever-inereasing demand for color. The fature of the pictures is bright with eolor. It means bigger B. 0. for all of us. 7 If you are interested in more business, get interested in TECHNICOLOR ere

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930

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~ LOOSE ENDS (Conitnued from page 23) gion merely includes in the dialog the shooting by Malcolm Ferres of the betrayer of his sister, the con- sequent 15 years spent in penal servitude, and a score of other in- cidents that have always provided gshowmen with a wide edge on the gcreen over the stage. People, most of whom, including Edna Best, are always conscious of their performance, persistently walk in and out of the Grant drawing room with the precision and clock- work of an amateur group going through dress rehearsal. There is however, a real find in the cast She is Adrianne Allen Ability to wear clothes, an excellent voice and an outstanding personality, Miss Allen is a bet for Hollywood Her ease and sincerity in the midst of guch concise English, heavy, and often exaggerated mannerisms minimizes those surrounding he! here. Miss Best, a London stage fav, is a distinct disappointment. Although perhaps Miss Allen's su- perior playing made Miss Best look go silly in her role. Owen Nares occasionally forgets himself, and then his emoting is gripping. More often does he work a large mouth with effort and clinch hands too obviously for an audience not to interpret a strict adherence to the formula of early grades in gome institution for dramatic art Donald Calthrop plays a news- paper editor of the old screen school. His dramatic expose is ob- solete. The print used at the Cohan is rainy in parts. Trouble, however, seems to be in the lighting since there are many shadings of the one scene in the course of the run- ning time. Sound recording and re- Production okay. Valy. CASCARRABIAS (“Grumpy”) SPANISH MADE—PAR) (Dialog) Buenos Aires, Oct. 2. “Cascarrabias,” Spanish version of “Grumpy,” was released at the Ideal by Paramount. It is the first picture to be seen here with Ernesto Vilches, justly famed Spanish artist, who is so well known in this city in the flesh. Seconding Vilches are Carmen Guerrero, Delia Magana, Barry Nor- ton, Ramon Pereda and Andres de Segurola, about as strong a Spanish combination as has yet been seen on the local screen. There is much to admire and little to cavil at in this production. It is presented with the luxury and good taste characteristic of the Para- mount studios. Local audiences have been quick to respond to what constitutes a laudable effort on be- half of Spanish-American people. Little by little American producers are learning to avoid the pitfalls into which they fell when making their initial foreign versions—talk- ing, that is. We must be thankful that Mexicans and Central Ameri- cans no longer offend our ears, how- ever lucid their offerings may be in their own countries. Paramount has been well advised in seeking the services of such a consummate art- ist as Vilches, pax to the fact that in this instance the story was not such as to give him full play. Nor was Vilches happy in his role, for Barry Norton failed to produce the kind of hero one expects of the person entrusted with a diamond valued at a fabulous sum, and Car- men Guerrero is not the type to en- thral audiences used to the subtle- ties of American artists. Norton and Guerrero are too weak to carry the romantic: sequences in “Cascarrabias” or te enthuse audi- ences accustomed to finer delinea tions through the medium of the all- American picture. No adverse criticism can be lev- eled at the work of Vilches. He is today probably the foremost Span- fsh actor. He achieved wonders in this film, stagey to a degree and falling far short of the type of play Vilches has accustomed us to, but succeeding films by him will no doubt remedy this, and also contain a cast that will prove more worthy of his lead. As it is, local audiences are going strong for the picture, while the press has been freely praising it, even the more conserv- ative organs admitting the excel- lence of the effort while reserving opinion on the merits of the play itself. Paramount is to be complimented in all sincerity for “Cascarrabias,” which is hailed here as the forerun- ner of genuinely good Spanish lan- guage films Goldflam OLIMPIA (Spanish) (COAST MADE) Los Angeles, M-G-M production and Oct 15 release 0 pat

from the west coast, with a cast recruited from Mexicans, Spaniards and South Americans. Based on the Molnar comedy which Ernesto Vilches, in play form, has popularized throughout Spain and Latin America, whatever ap- peal this Austrian piece might have had for the Spanish stage is not in evidence on the screen. Like most of Molnar's stuff it is slow, polite, drawing room repartee, with situation predicated more on the dialog than the action. Whether a piece like this is conducive for the Latin market is problematical, the simple reason that the one thing the Latins do want and insist upon IS pictures that are motion; not just a parade of characters exer- cising their larynxes It’s a type of play obviously which the studios prefer for transition for easily discerned e for |

multi-lingual ‘O- | nomical reasons. Few sets and just} 1 matter of shifting the languages. | Maria Alba is the titular Olympia (or Olimpia, as the Spanish spell it). Joe Crespo, quite good, oppo- site her, is the aspiring lover whom Olympia’s mother (played by EIl- vira Morla) frowns upon. This trio is featured. Senorita Alba brings to the screen a new kind of rear-end s. a. which the Latins are said*to go for; other- wise facially she’s okay. Crespo is the best individual performer. Rather curious to Viennese locale and characters done in Spanish although the old world charm obtains in royal court stuff. A type of Spanish that is most conducive to the locale is spoken. There is no such thing as Castillian see a but same the

| | from them | or any other dialect of Spanish be ing universally adopted, just like | a Texas cowboy wouldn't speak an Oxford English The lingo is cast in accordance with locale, and when it’s royal court stuff, like this Vien- nese comedy, what is known as the “pure Spanish” (equivalent to lite English) is used. po- As a production, the superiority of the Hollywood touch is imme- diately apparent. On production value alone it is bound to impress internationally as being far superior to anything in Spanish the west not made on Abel coast THE SANTA Paramount FE TRAIL production and release Fea- tures Richard Arlen Adapted from Hal Evarts’ novel, “Spanish Acres,’’ by Sam Mintz. Directed by Otto Brower and Ed- win H. Knopf. Dialog by E. FE. Paramore, Jr Photographer, David Abel. WwW. be recorded. At Paramount, N. Y week of Oct. 17. Running time, 65 mins Stan Hollister........ Richard Arlen Maria Castinado........ Rosita Moreno "“Doc”’’ Brady...cscrccccscces ugene Palette Eee re ree Jeeves s¥eoseas Mitzi Green a RO Seeds eevee -.«--Junior Durkin ee Per rer Hooper Atchley SURM CROTNRRO: cccccecwsccsre Luis Alberni MEV Os s:6noceeassaGe becscceva Lee Shumway Chief Sutanek seeeseeess Standing Bear Pe DOORMON: 0 ccccaedindssecece Blue Cloud Brown Beaver...... ecccsccese . Yowlache ee ee sores. Jack Byron Just a shadow of Hal Evarts’ novel with modern _ trimmings. Where Evarts’ story brimmed with characters of the old cattle country and the '70’s, this goes sprightly with modern talk. Most of it is in- direct action on how Arlen, as a sheepman, wins the. girl plus grazing ground after clearing New Mexico of a land thief. Enough action, however, plus Mitzi Green and Eugene Pallette, to hook onto the b.o. for fair biz where they like westerns. Something to consider is the Spanish included here. That may be troublesome inland, but not such a hindrance in the big centres. It's mostly an obstacle where father and daughter talk to each other. Elsewhere the action calls for a translation almost each time for the gringo sheepmen. One spot is where the heroine sings for Arlen. Rosita Moreno, as the girl, has an S. a. Voice, One character, that of Slavin, is pictured as might have been imagined in the yarn. Arlen fits for the schoolgirl’s diary. Maybe the Indians were culti- vated in those days, but here a couple are takeoff of Carlisle grad- uates. Where the film errs, how- ever, is in general motif. Too many good hombres in the film for a wild country. Miss Moreno is a stately type and dark. She spots a dance in one sequence which recalls her stage

work before going in for Pars’ Spanish versions. This is her first talker in Englist. On the stage and in vaude, she also appeared in a

How Do I Become Rich and Happy (“Wie werde ich reich und gluck- lich ?”) (GERMAN MADE) (All Dialog) (With Songs)

Berlin, Oct. 10 Richard Tonfilm production and Eme!ka releas¢ Directed by Max Reichmann after the stage operetta of same name by Felix Joachimson. Music and music management by Mischa Spoliansky. Production man- agement, Manfred Liebenau. Manuscri! Walter Reisch Choreographi arrange- | ments MacArley Recorded on Tobis, | Starring G gia i lise Korseck, Paul Hoe vpige WV i 1 ’ i W i l | Robertso: and , i This Man's Town, produced in New York by George Jessel last vear iT wt } 4° nm or he ox lot version of Ferenc Molnar'’s ‘Olympia adapted by Miguel de Zarraga At the California-Internacional, week of Oct. 11 Kovuacs.... eoecceesece Py eoee-JOSe Crespo Princesa Olimpia...scsccsceeees+ Maria Alba Princesa Ettingen....... .-Elvira Moria | Condesa Lina.....see0...Carmen Rodriguez | Conde Alberto..+sscsscees+.-Juan de Homs | ne ie | Orr Luis Llaneza | Gral. Principe Ettingen..Juan Eulate Aristi Surgomaestre........cscsece Gabriel Rivas Embajador de Francia...... Mario Do This is Metro's first Spanish mak : from “Three Mu Prime | Minister tells the King the Q given her ring, which the Kin gave her a i itt, to t itarv at keteer ™ leery ry bs - - ~ ~

are on the same quest. Thief then; aligns himself with the countess. | After a few adventures and after the girl thinks the thief has turned traitor to her, he returns the ring at the crucial moment. Instead of D’'Artagnan, there's the Lone Wolf, and instead of France, mythical Balkan autocracy Bert Lytell gives his customary good performance, but the Lone} Wolf here is limited. It is a cut- and-dried role, without much of the suavity and adventures the pred cessors posses sed Under Montana Skies (With Songs) i i i i r James H Au 1 4 Harlan and D } \ Cast Siim Sumn \ é KK id } \\ At the Stan N ’ " ) ) Rur time, 60 Cow rv i? \ \ i ilway winning sure-shooting ride! in Kenneth Harlar It’s his fir western in some time Of all the} shots fired not a man is hit. Di- | rector couldn't get his mind off the} girls, and the spot to slip in one of} those theme songs Okay for the} cheaper grinds. | Between watching out for a bad| man and keeping a traveling show he has befriended in and out of Jail, Harlan is kept plenty busy. Dialog among the cowboys is just what the audience used to imagine | it would be in the silent days. They | talk just the way they act in this one First song is crooned by a blonde | behind bars. When Harlan comes | tc the rescue a brunette he picks, Miss Gulliver, waits until their} horses have hit the river before she opens in fortissimo Blonde in the meantime gets a stingy hotel keeper stewed and lets him have another blast of her blues. After that bots of foul play, but no one seriously hurt, and the stage show goes on for more dancing than yodeling. Slim Summerville does plenty of tumbling with the blonde. Lots of laughs of the familiar slapstick variety Waly —— The Social Side of Filmdon (Continued from page 12) tomat....Cecile Haber is going to be Our Blushing Bridesmaid in two weeks...Anne Rokash back in Metro's midst...Irene Rothchild and Frances Bloom take the horses in Pelham out every Sunday... Harold Postman and Morris Alin are keeping the Sales Dept. post- ed on what the well dressed executive is wearing...Charlie Aaron has a yen for an airplane ride...Rose Klein is risking her slender figure by trying all the new desserts...Petite Charlotte Sachs has a cameraman all her own... New office boy’s name is Felix... Dorothy Prendigast has returned from vacation...Hild Lesser cele- brated her skeenteenth birthday last week by lunching at the Ritz -.-Arthur Lacks is going in for stronger and more deadly cigars... Nat Hammerstein anticipating get- ting her locks shorn. Fox Elsie Boland is a strong booster for the N. Y. U. football team. Dotty Mirman says Columbia has the good eleven....Deon De Titta is all smiles over the magnificent new 500-seat theatre situated on the sixth floor of the 56th street build- ing....R. B. Simonson, who copped high honors among Fox bowlers last year, is already ahead of his score. -...-Laboratory has so many bedu- tiful girls the fellows there are say- ing “I do!” at the rate of three monthly....Milt Rosenfeld of the Still section is paradoxically always on the jump....Abe Goodman, George Eisele and Hlarold Gutman, Publicity bowlers, got off to a great start in the tournament, winning two games from the Auditing No. 2 team....Al Levy, who sprints like Charlie Paddock, is running for a place on the basketball team. Harry suxbaum will defend his title as handball champ in the Fox tourna- ment,...Fred Bullock has been ap- pointed captain of the American Red Cross membership drive at Fox Films....Mary Rosenthal doesn’t care if “Variety” prints her name, because she'll show it to her friends as proof she’s in the picture busi- ness....Next big Fox A. C. party will be a Thanksgiving fun frolic Tiffany Manny Jee has written two mys- tery stories Joe Rivkin was once the leader of the Pathe Orchestra Helen Werner, Al Selig’s secre tary, has toured the world |} Charles Steele was the biggest loser in the World Serie (;eorge Cray was editor on the Cleveland “Plain Dealer’ Percy Grossberg i thinking of pure ising a chimp for hi } i -Sam Citron doesn't know wl t holidays mean.. Stapletor the cashier, is very popular....Ca (oe, who could pose for Arrow col lars, has moved into his new pa tial hore Eve Leven has a smile °| for ever ne, and ever ne } smile for her....Jay Gould j t newest member of J > ice Art Department if ne the ti ma t cy! i Proner no - bh , 2h 5 i; team of Whiting and Burt, has beea

lhead local stare } VARIETY 33 a A NS Hollywood Bulletin (Continued from page 12) men's Fate,” to be all-star insteag f starring William Haines, J. L, Warner left Monday for the iorthwest to make a round of the Warner exchanges, William Koenig is headed for New York for home office contacts, and William Guthrie foes east to arrange locations for Warner's balloon corps story w a William Wellman wilil direct George Whiting of the ide Hal Roach > write \ sch inger ha een ene i iad ’ ars : t Ww 1 ne rT 4 » Franklin Warner's “‘Temptatior € -yue will carry oO! Lor inother week on a 10% cut basis Ques- tionable if Solly Ward will continue after this week despite a run-ol- the-play contract. Guest stat idea goes into effect next week, with Jack Oakie, Charles Murray, I ddie Quillan, Marjorie White and others promising to appear for one night each Afte ree changes, latest George Bancroft picture gor ou inder the title of ‘Derelict.” Tliniversal wont ¢ ymmbine “Many a Slip” and “Apron Strings” as a sequel to “Little Accident : Inno vation wouldn’t work. Instead plays will be made independently. “Many a Slip” under its new title, “Babies Won't Tell,” goes into work in two weeks with William Craft directing. “Oh for a Man” is Fox's latest tag for “Stolen Thunder.” “Broken Dishes” will be sent out as “Too Young to Marry” by FN. David Golden, brother of John, will direct the dialog of “Skippy” in collaboration with Norman Taurog. He will also sit in on the dialog writing with Sam Mintz, Darmour studio will resume activity Oct. 27 after a shutdown of one month. “Mickey McGuire” unit with Al Herman directing will be first up. Marshall Neilan may direct one for Columbia. He's on the lot wits the office trying to locate a story. E. B. Brown, actor, is a bankrupt, with $21,500 liabilities against $50 assets

Ditta Parlo, Ufa star, heads the new WEB-FN imports and will play in WB's German “Kismet.” Others for same picture are Gustav Frroeh- lich, Ufa star; Wladimar Sokoloff, Reinhart stage player, and Hans H. Von Twardowski, also from the Berlin stage. “Kismet,” fourth in German for WB, will be followed by “Sacred Flame.” Next French ver- sion will be aviation yarn by Hum- phrey Pearson, with Douglas Fair- banks, Jr., starred and William Seiter directing. Will be done ahead of French “Show Girl in Hol- lywood.” lourth Spanish version is to be “The Lady Who Dares,” William McGann directing. Returning east this week, Al Jol- son may blow to Europe before starting production on “Sons 0’ Guns” for UA, with that trip to Europe still looking good. So far the mammy singer has turned down an offer for Earl Carroll's new show, “Personalities,” at $15,000 a week, and a bid from F-WC for four weeks on the Coast at $100,000 for a month.

With French censors approving “Big House,” Metro has assigned Yves Mirande to write the French adaptation. Andre Berlay will do the fallace Beery part. Mirande will probably direct. “Cactus Kid,” scheduled as Buster Keaton’s next, will be held up so comic can do filmization of a play for which Metro is now negotiating. “Kid” will get a new title. —_—-_—— fetty Compson will lead in Radio’s “Children of the Moon,” by tobert Milton, recently purchased and originally scheduled as a legit candidate for the Mason, that Dick Green, former iry of the IATSE, ould union " ’ 17 lv with election of Frank Murphy Report exec secret Inds’ cold ine ‘ id of Lo i! 33 beets 3 cna tc ew Caged #

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7 ’ J - 99 36 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, October 22, 1930 —————— — — —- a 1480.0 GGG ro — ———- | H : | 7 ) ? presi e | Portland, Me., Oct. 21. Speaking of atmosphere, , aces armer— = = V | , is a theatre located in With the Philadelphia union mess, tracted last Jan. 1 to employ union North Conway, N. H.. where cleared up, only two bad spots from | members only and the terms of the + the audience witnessing a rural the stage labor angle were consid- | agreement had been violated, = | as ey - ” re ac . r § s ( —_——— l e | talker not only hears the “moo ered as still muddy, St. Louis and aT ' | } > a os Mal “tat ie | Newark, N. J Newark, O« 21 =e oe ae F D I d L k of the cows but also gets the NOWAK, IN. de : . SEB, tel, 1s nlanniie a new how Ox rops n oor in S aroma therefrom The St. Louis committee of stage All stage hands and operators Varne ae | pi mings > aoe in Os P ea on Tals m1 oi ' f th id | h K 7 G d Fl Theatre was built last sum hands and operator é which came to | he re have orders. They go on aa ee “ ee Sete eee ee ee en ew ar ens Ops | mer in one half of a huge barn | New York last week for a confer- |strike Oct. 29. Most exhibitors maine« Mi es ; Oy - vith the other half still used lence with the I. A. office, returned | tain they have received no noti e. t | MM h } by the cattle |home with the matter still at a Warners, the biggest here, have j y } ‘ x ‘ ‘ . f } ‘ z = = ‘ : in ll. ; received theirs All exhi one- n l Kk a | One ibe i Lid “Anywal) fident there will be no kot T tr } } oO ¢ 1 C j ? : 1 lans to 3 ANNUAL FALL SQUAWK | {'s.csr"sen 2 ®S ene Phe _musicia tinued 4 ' it pl r ur iit q \ t ¢ f é ‘er Bad worst concel uppa ike ,|in other Fox theatre buildings have rhe St. Le le isn’t re ne no dent ont ¥ ae ' n abandoned ON RELEASE DATES ded a O ( that it cant)t h they ha | 3 : : +4 1A ecomr ‘ of the stage to help them. hal } nad t T and o}] at from Newarl I x i ize | e Kew { Chicago, Oct. 21 e il n Wi President W Philad Oct ! + rino ft yr OY ‘ | ee a sete St ‘ t present is|@ens did not warrant keeping eo gaeessdae en : ae gn ul I’, Canava ( the I. A. Mon- | An agreement between the strike NY nit lj > os > , ] Nl) IAW K i 01 | > xené res { y . , —_ +) ns on a és open Not only did the game fail | nual squawl] bout 1e exchan \d 0) aft ( ling local musicians union and the to vield a reasonable return, but| holding up old product past the Unless the theatre operators iN|heads of the Stanlev-Warner und ota S circur Rubens-Publix have|jt also failed to draw sufficiently | year's release date, and shoving the | Newark effect some sort of settle- | pox groups has been effected fole controlled Joliet for over 10 years|tg meet the overhead. }new season’s product a few weeks] ment before Oct. 29, the stage hands llowing several conferences here and ithou onvnositior i _ T's fe . , F ” = : ‘ a : , ‘ ~ i I I > L1@y] «YY : ari hye : a l igh type residential section. next yeal . catalogue with a lot of | : B | houses of the two companies, rhe their house in Hammond, Ind., the ae a jempty play-dates without available = circuits wanted 180. stricke? off antheor -ublix-Paramount is the | : rea ; ae ie Pa 1 J I - AMOUNT I ; } pictures, Alban N. Y., Oct. 21 their payrolls while the musicians only other house in the tow1 bli ] ‘ : : “fae , , At A I Ii] Publix-G ¢ Pu 1x oses ne According tO CANIS tne n ail eatre n igre have signed a were asking for the i ng on of : { d ge ‘ig Pubux-Great | ¥ GC iid back of this yeal product and re vear contract with the pictur 100, states wil ullé a new dé luxe | acon VA Ct, ‘ : ETS taf the oth Minden Announcement was made her I Ins 1p I 7 mm , operators after a lor mntrover On the subject of the rig} of the “ F sai , — : : on the mart of the exchanges j n . } s of the } mntract fi ni agers "O-weel is One of Publix sites here has been|the closing of the Rialto theatre in | age I ees a A a a co Under term ol ! new con Im “ er iat to a twe \ k dis-# : : e , } pant 1e exhibs an ‘ighten en r ices at the Stri titz ¢ |} missal ause a co romise re turned into a commercia: building, reduction of overhead which has * ‘ uick signature ‘ » th a a | appre ntices at tne trand, Ritz an ip * : a a ee ee P P . ‘ Ito § ( cx signi: ‘e oO! e new “00 . > 4 roatreaa COmMmeE f ally » Cte ’ 1a Nilcician with two Publix houses burning | been instituted by Publix in an |? io : : - Proctor, R-K-O_ theatre S, become | — : _ effec vé Phe musicians ee : contract, ] ledg yperators ic neans | ASK r a 3 weeks’ ismiss down the past year in this city. effort to get its local theatres out se . | full fledged operators, which means | skee for a 3 ek dismissal Warner likewise h men f the red Exhibs like to talk and argue} an increase of from $18 a week to | clause. This was reduced to six a 1K se as 1en in|? “he . : p j , ) | . TG | ; p Aurora who ar istil bout f oF , about prices, but if, they state, the | about $45. $50 and $60. This puts|Wweeks with a final all-round okay, Al ‘ o are casting abou I ‘irs . , “es wi 2 gs ee : 3 : ee . , | ’ athe Gitte the ames 5 e 4 - raetg fans a tures will Dae Papers distribs leave them without pictures, | four full time operators in each of | Under the new arrangement the as - ] ‘Oo se o e- |: ¢ € a ‘ents thie at Pe segs : | . : piche cesanthom 9 2 : . ae ut the Capitol at a top of 90 cents | the exhibs are forced to sign up in| these three houses. The Leland and | Mastraum theatre will have a syme g > erec ) 1ey can ge wha iS against 60 Rialto. cents charged at the they wish.

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The Swiss Juggler FELOVIS Now Playing “PUBLIX” THIS WEEK, PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK

A Few Press Opinions While Playing the Picture Houses

...Felovis, with his vaude act considerably short- ened, was a show-stopper. . . .”’—(Oriental, Chicago.) “VARIETY.”

“...this week’s stage show was somewhat better than the average due to the fact that the B. & K. office brought back Felovis, the juggler. . . . To watch this artist doing the impossible with ball and sticks is a treat, and, once seen, is never forgotten. .. .”"—(Oriental, Chicago.) ae i ...One of the neatest turns seen in many a day. Felovis had to take two encores and three bows. . . .”—(Tivoli, Chicago.) “VARIETY.”

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»>xhibitor. away ‘Grumpy” and “Queen High,” new yroduct for the week of Oct. 19, vyhile they held back the old film, ‘Sap From Syracuse,” to the week Lil,’ for week of Oct. 26. All Men,” Counting On Biz Pick-Up After | Coast unit producer. rrder to keep their houses open, and often at terms unfavorable to the According to release sheets as| ssued by the exchanges, it appears hat several distribs are releasing heir new product before clearing the old. Paramount released f Oct. 16. x Shine,” Columbia released “Rain new, in the week of Oct. », holding the old product, “Love o’ First Na the new “Way of week of Oct. 12, while Dawn Patrol” until Oct. 26.

ional released 1Olding TEXAS INDIES BUILDING New Year’s—Mostly Neighbs Dallas, Oct. 21. Texas indies are in midst of heavy expansion program in spite of an otherwise dull year. Many are gambling on a pick-up after New Year’s, or perhaps taking advantage of low real estate, etc. In Dallas, Oak Lawn Amusement Co. is putting up a new suburban 1,000-seater with another large su- burban already under construction by Robb & Rowley. Both class houses with chances of furnishing downtown competish, In Fort Worth the new Liberty, recently opened, is also a suburban. Other new houses in Texas are the R. & H. house at Palestine, the Palace at Anson, new house at Kingsville, by Hall Industries, Inc., another for Victoria, by Frels The- atres, Inc. (both south Texas indie wheels), and one in Oklahoma City by Eddie Brewer, former F. N. rep. there. Publix After Cost Sheet For Coast Unit Houses Los Angeles, Oct. 21. A. H. Ahlsog, coast control expert with the Publix Coast division in San Francisco here, is to figure out a cost control sheet on the stage shows playing the four Publix unit out here. This follows the Jack Partington as houses arrival here oc also Black going There is Ben m. Cc. the probability of in shortly as an ° Dropping Ass’t Mgrs. Omaha, Octo. 21. Publix is cutting expenses by let- ting some assistant house managers Lo. Work of treasurer and minor re- ports are being hawpdled by the heaa ushers.

Film Storage Hollywood, Oct. 21. Paramount-Publix is putting $6,500 into a new concrete film storage building at 1546 Argyle avenue, part

Harmanus four full time operators right along, while had been carrying prentice. goes to (Tex.), The Austin settlement quieted the | Texas

| Bleecker hall have had Ritz and R-K-O | three and an ap the Strand, ' ' At the same time the operators were given an increase of $1.25 a} week. Dallas, Tex., Oct. 21. Publix has reopened the Queen, | at Austin, after a four week’s shut- down due to union troubles, ment was made with projectionists with Gilbert Higgins replacing Fred Patterson as house manager. Settle- Latter Strand, Wichita labor situation. New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 21. Thomas Burke, union operator who was dismissed by the manage- ment of the Rialto, New Bedford, Mass., will be given his former job. The I. A. T. S. E. union had brought a bill in equity against Oze Tessier and Joseph E. Rogers, the Rialto, alleging they had con-

Fined $25 for Selling N. Y. Unlicensed Film Morris Kleinman, who described himself a a film exporter connected with the Exhibitors’ Film Exchange, 630 9th avenue, pleaded guilty to selling an unlicensed film to an ex- hibitor and was fined $25 in Special Sessions. According to the agents of the Motion Picture Division of the State Education Department a _ picture entitled “Across the Border’ shown at the Comet theatre on 3d avenue Aug. 4. The film bore a license number that had been is- sued to a serial, “Fighting For Fame.” L. A. Film Row Changes Los Angeles, Oct. 21. For the second time in a week Film Row has seen a shakeup. Fol- lowing Joe Stout's departure from the Pathe Exchange, Dave Bershon of United Artists withdrew from his job and was replaced by Jack Schlafer of the United Artists’ New York distribution office. Before going with U. A. about four years ago Bershon was head of the Metro branch and before that was in an executive position with West Coast Theatres. Schlafer was and theatres for several years.

BLAIR L. A. PUBLIX MGR. Los Angeles, Oct. 21. by Publix out here Bob Blair, for- mer northwest district manager, be- comes city geles. will supervise both loca

of the old Lasky lot.

| Falis | owners of | Was | connected with Universal exchanges | Through the switches being made manager of Los An- Stanley Brown will be moved from the managership of the local Para- mount to United Artists, replacing

phony orchestra, under Fabian |} Sevitsky, of 80 members, with the | Earle getting the majority of the ;other musicians. The Stanley will have no orchestra while the Fox will have 30 men as formerly employed. against 45

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VARIETY —- >» =~. n 8 S : 3) } The subtle touch of smartness. The chic | dash of color-the finesse of whimsical novelty that spices the well arranged proscrams of clever showmen. ¥ Rich in musical treatment and | classic in subject matter, the AUDIO REVIEW contains material suit- able for any special event. Each subject is detachable for separ- ate use when so desired. AG A . Catalogue and index of all AUDIO REVIEW subjects will be sent to managers on request. BOR anes 3 . ee 3 = BS wBVMUIILEO 8Y FREER Y RAMSAYE

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a5 By 4a2°3 8A Caen om ~e {| 1 1 1 ‘ é I 38 VARIETY — | Wednesday, October 22, 1930 HORACE HEIDT asCALIFORNIANS Are Not Only The Outstanding Sensational Entertainment Success Of To-day, But Aso, Why They Will Continue 1o Be On Top lo-rnorrow _ a “ OpGAn/zATiov CHART OF “Hc ORACE HEIWT ond4is CALIFORNIANS ased on Cooperalive Confro/& Organization. ——— PROGRAM PLANNING ‘COMMITTEE (STAGE) 4 Bt Ts orsen A ity watng Lee Ly. ing? \Ha/ /7 ' ORIGINATING & ae NEW IDEAS 1. Ferre hyo Ne {RO ha ro/d le mer a. TEN REPORT EACH WEEK oore Horace (1e/dr DIRECTOR MUSICAL ARRRANGING STAFF Harold Fu ae ner Lida IAN Ly. Yo hae a CLE Wen mer 4 DANCE MUSIC STAFF A, DANCE ARRANGEMENTS Section-2- B, FLgoR ENTERTAINMENTS organ G.owne L.LyRins C, progay ARRANGEMENTS mo kins 13. Englencer D, LigHTIN NG, EFFECTS 7THorsen £ /eming a "TREASUREIR& SECRETARY A. MEMBERS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS And) heap 9 oF: SAME (ia Wiig Bip OnSU/, phon. WA cnt ® ADVERTISING STAFF l, A. 7horsen-Generat 2. H. Moore HIGi¢4 SCHOOL CONTESTS 2,2, Fleming - - GENERAL MAGAZINES, FAN CLUBS PERSONNEL COMMITTEE A PERSONAL GRIEVANCES B SPIRIT OF ORGANIZATION C COOPERATION D THEATRE MANAGER 1 ae i Thope TAOrse(7 3. dee Lying” (WEEKLY RROUNO TABLE OR WELFARE DISCUSSION PERIOD RECREATION COMMITTEE Pies ALL LL MEMBERS) “olde ~ bole i 3 3 RLnglander CHILORENS STUNTS 76- SW/QINING 4 "AP A ADVERTISING COMMITTEE iy + Yh ag OMe RE. hoy pic! fl KAYE Ups - Yyesiy {h 2' G.Knotts-Hond bol 3G goer hFeW 5; PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMITTEE l, 4 Alimmer{ ene raens ee pee I, rs = BROADCASTING STAFF PROGRAMS CONTINUITY Bike Thorsen Ck Mh ell ll aananctrienrs ON STAFF Ser f commirres an ae Slaton 30 ose Opera OFS STAGE PRODUCTION |, STAGE LiG} 473} EXPLANING 2,300TH CUES 3B NEW, errgcts Art Thorsen i DETAILS AROUND BAND RZ.PROPERTIES 3: REHEARSING HOUSE ORCHESTRA BAND SET UP INSPECTION Gene Anotts 5, cos UMN {fob nglander fachiin ings “ 19 10 Chart: EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE (GATHERS IMPORTANT DATA REGARD G CITIES WE PLAY) immer a Evy, col trew 1/05 - lis eee ee ae re 5 It

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Wednesday, October — 22, 1930 PICTURES 39 VARIETY Passes and 2 for 1s With Marcels Are New Inducements for Business | Birmingham. Ritz coming to realize that office girls rush to the theatre every afternoon to get in at 35c before 6 p. m. boosted the price to 60c after 5. Office girls as a usual thing don't get off until five. Two-for-one books all and the theatres getting the bushels. over town them by Amateur stock company throwing out “complimentary passes” the town over with wording: “service charge, 10 cents.” Condensed golf course giving passes for acing holes. Single passes. Catch is that a pair rarely ace the same hole and that a person receiving a single pass will take someone along. Alabama giving free marcels to ladies attending shows during three different hours, Hook-up with beauty parlor whereby the beauty Bhoppe gets the break, Single passes given away at hosiery counters with each pair of hosiery. A corset department re- cently gave passes to Empire to each woman coming to the depart- getting one whether bought anything or not. Theatre in a tie-up like this gets a break by getting free advertising space in the stort’s large advertise- ments. ment, she At opening of felt hat season free admissions were given to Alabama on the gents’ old straws in hopes ALLAN GARCIA Dialectician “THE DOVE” United Artists GEORGE MELFORD Directing “THE CAT CREEP” (Spanish version) A Universal Picture COSTUMES OR HIRE PRESENTATIONS PRODUCTIONS | B2OooKs COSTUMES EXPLOITATIONS 1% BW.S4OW ST. N.W. Ge Jo Swerling An Original for BARBARA STANWYCK Adaptation and dial “DIRIGIBLE.” ee Adaptation and dialogue, “MA- DONNA OF THE STREETS.” that paid admissions would accom- pany them Dorothy Players, opening at Lyric | two weeks ago, lasted two weeks. Ritz, doing the business of the | town, is grossing lows. Good crowds but half in on two-for-ones. Ala- | bama is, as usual] thing, breaking even every week and giving thanks for that. Newspapers during the summer cut out baseball extras because the two papers were losing money on them. Fans interested in baseball, but didn't feel like digging up 3c just to read about it. CUT SCREEN CREDITS (Continued from page 2) jected the minute finished, yet that writer begins taking credit for do- ing the picture. Same happens with the second called in and down the line. Under new Fox plan no publicity or mention officially of any writer credits and assignments will be made until story is approved for production. One writer on a Hollywood adapted stage dialog from and wanted all the credits. Par Chopping Most national producer-distribs, Par has chopped credits than others. When Paramount Publix Corp. was formed, the cor- poration was credited with pre- senting pictures, names of Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky coming off. Par has long wanted to minimize lot a play of credits for many reasons, this in- cluding difficulties which arise in advertising of product, with squawks resulting the minute any credits are left out. Cost also figures from that “difficulty” chan- nel. As sound marched in, credits in- creased until some titles carried story writers, play authors, adaptors, dialog writers, continuity writers, photographers, recorders, etc. Crowding Names WB, FN and Fox, realizing too many credits were being thrown on the screen, began trying to put it all in one “frame,” with no one in an audience then able to read half of it. Par. started giving recorders credits, then cut that out but still give photographers a break. Standard Leader Marks | Fast Sprint Saves Erlich 'UNLIGHTED DYNAMITE Go Into Effect Nov. 1) Hollywood, Oct. 21. Standard film leader and change over markings for both operators |}go into effect by all studios Novy. 1. in Birmingham's Picture Theatres j}emy of Arts and Standardization follows a of the M. P. Acad- Sciences to get the the beginning and end of each reel uni cam | paign on the pa. studios to mark leaders at the formly. Heretofore eacl its own system, whicl plenty confusion to the jectionists. Quits Sunday Fight Abilene, Tex., Oct. 21 ) After a vigorous fight Publix has withdrawn from the contest dropped all court contests and there will be no more Sunday shows here | from now on. Par, Chicago Starts Chicago, Oct. 21 Two more houses for Publix-b. in Chicago are under way. & K. Work starts this week on the de | luxe Paramount on the south at 63d and Halstead. Ground be broken and foundation laid, though the plans for the structure have not yet been com- pleted. This is being done in an effort to get the steel construction under roof before the heavy winte1 sets in. side will al- entire Steel is up on the new house at | Devon and Western, and gala open- farther | ing expected by spring, 2 New in Albany Albany, N. Y., Oct. 21. Reports Warners is to build a theatre in Albany renewed with the visit of Harry M. Warner, Spyros Skouras, and Dan Michaeloff. The three were making a tour of the! chain in the state. The Warner people, a short time ago, obtained an option on a plant j}als and $12,900 in lost leases. One of the first instances of a theatre Suing city government here. From Bullet in Texas Dallas, Tex., Oct. 21. A couple of light heels saved Harry Erlich, head of the Saenger- Erlich string, at Shreveport, La., | from a bullet recently. } Bandit held up and gagged four} employees of the Strand, then waited for Erlich an hour. Erlich claimed he didn’t know safe’s com- | nation, so the thief led him out] ol his office, w t lerlicl taking p is i ct { in fired | i ed two ; Unpaved Street Suit bail Oct is 4. L. Deguire, owner of the Biso1 v0 Od ] tiled sul nst the city for $16,570, claiming | failure to pave the stre¢ in front of his house ruined his biz Deguire wants $2,400 loss in rent- BOMB NEAR THEATRE San Francisco, Oct. 21. Gang terrerists are directing ace tivities against some of the thea- tres here. Saturday a bomb made | of several sticks of dynamite was | discovered planted near the box office of the Alhambra, large neigh- borhood house. This theatre is owned by Nasser Brothers who for months have been waging Ik il W wi rt Ss an i r id a l f t ‘ iT i w) e i j | init Resider in th vik t Alhambra ported they id ¢ 1 phor wa igs » a tend the se as it was to be blown up Sunday light, (19). Charles V. Taylor, manager the Castro theatre, also owned by the Nassers, was waylaid on his way home on another evening and silug- ged by two men. —— ———— business in North Pearl street soon after | R-K-O had announced it had pur- chased a site about a block away. This option has expired, but it is understood cfforts are being made to renew it. R-K-O already has started build- ing operations on its new house. WB IN N. 0. PALACE New Orleans, Oct. 21. R-K-O Palace here opens shortly with pictures with local belief the house will play Warner product. This is considered all the more feasible through WB having no local outlet at present. The theatre, closed for about a Main fear of studios in elimina- tion of “supporting” credits to story title, director and cast is trouble with authors who demand proper | credits on signing contracts. Prac- tically all writers, it is claimed, whether important or not demand credits on picture, in pblicity and | advertising, with specifying this. Meanwhile, some action on credit | most contracts |} cutting, it is admitted, is being forced on the producers them-| selves. year, is being wired. HEALTHFUL ooler NATURE'S KOOLER-AIRE ENGINEERING CORP. 1916 Kennedy St., N. E., Minneapolis, Minn. EOPLE shun the theatre that is stuffy, smelly and oppressive. You can keep your air fresh and un- tainted—changed completely every few minutes—washed free of dust and soot, with the Kooler-Aire Cooling and Air Conditioning System. Powerful, quiet, low cost. Write today for complete details. NT a= REFRIGERATION _s Featured HIRSCH— DANCERS in F. & M. “Brunette” Idea School Address, 545 Sutter St., San Francisco ARNOLD FANCHON & M “TWO JONES and HULL in “BOX O’ CANDY” IDEA ARCO PRESENT NUTS” SIX ORELLYS SKILL—SPEED—STRENGTH This Week (Oct. 18)—Publix-Balaban & Katz MARBRO THEATRE, Chicago Direction: WILLIAM MOKRIS OFFICE “Ann Greenway.. pips lyrically.” ....-wWwho sings as nicely as she looks...... Miss Greenway paces her numbers, handling each well, with a couple of Sime. ANN GREENWAY CAPITOL, NEW YORK, NOW (WEEK OCTOBER 17) FRANK JEFFERSON at the piano Dir.: LOUIS SHURR ouwZz THE PRINCE OF PERSONALITY ERT FROHMAN NOW AT CAPITOL, NEW YORK Personal Representative CHARLES YATES

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i : ' ’ 42 VARIETY PICTURES Wednesday, October 22, 1930 © Wide Screen Contest On (Continued from page, 5) eliminates the “grain” in the film. They also point out that where Grandeur means special projector heads at from 3,000 to $4,000 apiece, Realife’s portable lenses can be procured for around $125 with the onlv other additional cost. and that nominal, being for an enl urged scree Too Costly? The Realife lenses are being manufactured by the Bausch and Lomb Company of Rochester, N. Y.. and Metro confidentally expects standard booths will become equipment in all film house of the future. The M-G angle is that Grandeur is doubtful of reach- ing universai usage due to its cost even outside of theatre installation. The engineers figure that on 1,000 installations of Grandeur the cost would run around $4,000,000 and that they West Coast Theatres Unit Best of the Stage adding another 1,000 houses yearly, thereafter, would run in the neigh- borhood of $2,000,000. This, it is pointed out, would be due to the use of the double sized films, extra equipment necessary, freight charges, etc. It is known that the major pro- ducing firms have long had ar azreement amongst thernselves or the subject of wide film This car lries into the experimenting results | Metro, Radio, and Warners are now launching Fox has already twice shown its Grandeur on both Coasts, first via its n then on “Happy With “Big Trail” already in Hollywood, and due to the Roxy this week, this picture will ammoth newsreel and Days” (musical) showing mark Fox's third display of its giant film. Radio is ready to debut with its Spoor process in Chicago. Par Holds Off However, the agreement stipulates that none of the companies can screen their wide film processes out- side of the prescribed 10 key cit‘es. Paramount is said to be aloof from the race and its time until the industry decide: which methoé is to become standard When this decision is Par will then go in for some over- sized product on its own. But how such an outcome is to be reached continues the mysteries of the trade. Nothing is known as to how or who will judge the so-called contest. And so long as the other com- panies continue to experiment with their various there is nothing definite on whether Metro will allow the opposition firms to use its Realife. It is probable that should Realife prove the solution, Metro will lease the process to the other studios. Meanwhile, M-G labs are being equipped with the special reducing device the patents for which are all controlled by this company. Warners will give New York its first flash at the WB Vitascope (65 mm.) when “Kismet” comes into the Hollywood here Oct. 30. will bide reached, one of processes, On the other hand producers re- | picture before open at} fuse to acknowledge that the flood of multi wide-screen methods on Broadway is in the nature of a contest. By way of proving it War- ners has abandoned advertising plans to play up the Vitascope end of the “Kismet” opening. Also, in the ease of the Warner method, no other theatres in its circuit are planning to show this film in the 65 mm. size. As it ig said the Vit- ascope machine attach- ment can be made in a half hour, it dd. WRB figures it can the reaction of this making the pr ojection is understo¢ ifford to await move to introdus it in the other big towns From th illyhoo slant, Fox, toe is not playing up Grandeur in thi same terms that it did on its two previous occasions. Indies’ Outlook In indie exhib circles few pro- tled, let alone inter- measure, In- prietors are sta! ested, in the wide i quiries have been made by some of remaining | who have heard of Metro's low figure (the lowest of the wide methods). They report being told that “Billy” will not be available to them ‘until shortly after the first of the year. Broadway, so far, is taking the wide film innovation with much nonchalance and, in fact, with the usual grain of salt. those Chi Sees Spoor Process Chicago, Oct. 21. R-K-O's Spoor system went on display here Sunday morning at 9:15 a. m. the circuit officials present. That the wide screen will be as revolutionary as sound to the in- dustry is discounted here 100%. Opinion also is that the majority of | independent and smaller houses will not even touch the giant film for some time. As it stands, the new sized picture is strictly a key city | proposition according to the ideas of Chicago picture men. On the Spoor system the cost of equipment, so far, is prohibitive j}except for the largest theatres Tap is $12,000 for each projector and two are, of course, necessary | to a booth. Spoor has 24 machines ready for installation immediately, with spotting of these machines possible in 12 key R-K-O theatres by the first of the year if ordered. As for the picture itself, the illu- in the State-Lake theatre, | sion of third dimension, or depth, is there. But some months ago Thomas . Bedding,. Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Eng- land, stated flatly through Variety, that third dimension could not be. Bedding presented all arguments but the logical one, calling up the age-old doctrine that man cannot improve on nature. Bedding missed the one obvious refutation of third dimension for the screen. And that argument is this: that it is physi- cally impossible to present a three | dimensional figure on a _ two-di- mensional medium, which is the een However, Spoor clearly states that } invention is not third dimen- ion, nor is it a portrayal of third di- mension. Spoor calls it, and rightly, itural vision.” It is an illusion of relief and depth As such it is successful 63! Millometers The Spoor wide film in two-and- one-half inches wide, or 634 mm. The screen itself as used here is 46 |ft. by 27 ft., as against the 24 foot width of the regulation sheet. The sound is upon a separate film, land is synchronized by chain drive {to the motors. The fact that there is a separate sound track brings the possibility of sound and picture failing to synchronize, such as in the case of disk sound. Early fear that the wide film would cut out too much light, re- sulting in dark projection, does not itself in the results. If any, he natural vision pictures are clearer than the smaller flickers. Color processes are applicable to the wide screen, mechanically, and artistically. While the cost would naturally be increased, it would not back show be prohibitive. The wide screen |in color is a cinch for musical pro- ductions with their large chorus routines, As far as the public and the box office are concerned, the big screen |}sShould make money, novelty money, |\fora period. lirst picture on method is “Danger Lights,” railroad story. Spoor’s Dunning Back at U. A. Hollywood, Oct. 21. Phil Dunning, borrowed from United Artists by Metro, has been released after four weeks, Metro de- ciding not to use the story he was working on, ———__—s INTIMATE USHERS (Continued from page 2) his seat in the dark house and hea sits under forced silence, and tries to enjoy himself.” Too Much Silence As for this silence, many theatres which, when first going sound, planted signs demanding silence on the part of the patrons, are now taking them down. Some of these houses, large and small, had such silence signs spotted even in the lobby, demanding that even the holdouts refrain from conversation, Some managers are of the opin- ion that vaudeville is due for its comeback primarily because the theatres must come back to life, Show business, they state, depends on the theatre, and the theatre must have lights and flesh and some sense of life. The present dead- ness and flat darkness must eventually, they believe, be relieved by the return of humanness. ~ §till Going Strong 5th Consecutive Year Benny MEROFF ‘ RY (62th: Bae.ee Indefienitely mwN.. Theatres i wS y/ Orienta! CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED DAY LETTER NIGHT MESSAGE NIGHT LETTER Patrons should mark an X oppo- site the class of service desired; OTHERWISE THE MESSAGE WILL BE TRANSMITTED ASA FULL RATE TELEGRAM NEWCOMB CARLTON, PRESIDENT IS Le aS hyp 2NO WESTERN UNION RA Ss oe /) GEORGE W. E. ATKINS, first VICE-PRESIDENT ‘Form 1206 A CASH OR CHG. 78 CHECK DL TIME FILED RALPH SPENCE AMBASSADOR HOTEL LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Send the following meseage, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE EXCELLENCE OF YOUR DIALOGUE IN HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE STOP IT CLICKS 100 PERCENT STOP WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT YOU ARE TO WRITE FOR ALL OUR PICTURES WHICH TAKES A BIG LOAD OFF OUR MINDS STOP GET BUSY AND TOP HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE REGARDS BERT WHEELER AND ROBERT WOOLSEY, ,

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_ Wednesday, October 22, 1930 VAUDEVILLE VARIE whl 43 KIDS CONCERT HEARTACHE How the Wives: Squawk at “Office” Hint “Youre 0.K., but the Wife’— + = Quite a few man and wife teams SAM SILVERS WANTED are having internal battles these days due to word being passed to| B. Brown Slipped Author $100—Now the male members that the booking Can’t Locate Him office will not buy them any longer . : ‘ Sam sil “Ss aude tho s with the wife in the act. ed) SAVES VOQSS: Beer, | el , wanted on phone. Or anywhere Various excuses are being handed | .)., ne can be found. the worried males, the most promi- ss : : as nent being “the wife is not as young Bartlett Brown, vaude actor, who as she used to be.” Another is that | 5t@tes he is speaking for other al- , eS ae kee - |leged victims besides himself, wants said wife has become a little care- ms : less about her figure to see Silvers to get either a new oe aa |}act or his money back. In some cases the edict has made it plenty tough Especially wher Brown has complained for himsel! fe ? ough, ~“speciallv 1ere 2 . . and the others to the V. M. A. and the man does comedy and the wife, uN riety.” Sil : Brow}! } arie . N vers > Vn cnarges, through years of hard work, has 3 ‘ a $100 a i . at ce ‘ acceptetc a aqow! aymen oO a developed into a peculiar feeder . A . ; } , a. wi vaude script but failed to @eliver € > ve “0 wal) 7-1 that he cannot ie 474 Ce 1 ae igi ~ Brown savs he now wants to se¢ the ¢ arsté é w they é ; i understand it, and how ey | ript, the coin or the author squawk. "28% + a ataheden Either will do. Several standard acts of the type sa have refused to split. Result has been that with no takers among the bigger booking offices, they have fooled around with other angles of show business—legit, pictures or the indies, or quit the stage for good. NEW TOUCH RACKET VIA COUPLE JAILBIRDS , At Loew's Orpheum, New York, ° . ee last week, a bird stepped in -the Circuit Heads Visit stage door with an envelope and ‘ asked for Lewis of Lewis and Saranac-NVA Patients Ames. The stage doorman ecalied Iewis and he opened the envelope to find a card which read: “This boy was in jail with me and needs help. | Fix him up with any little dough you can spare and I'll see you when Perform for ‘Mike’ Saranac Lake, N. Y., Oct. 21. I get out.’ The name signed to the The heads of the nation’s the-| card is that of an actor who is now atres were here to inspect the| spending a little time up the river. N.-V. A. sanatorium, Among the ex- | Lewis came through with a little ecutives were Hiram S. Brown, | and the jailbird scrammed. Harley 8S. Clark, Sam Katz, Nicho- The tip-off to the gag is reported las Schenck, Harry M. Warner and|hy another act on the bill with aan Sees | Lewis and Ames This actor fol- Pathe and Paramount took pic- | lowed the fellow to the front of the tures of the group, and during the | house, where he met his confederate afternoon rest period pictures were | and evidently the one who wrote the made of the patients. Among those | message on the card, Said confed- who went before the “mike” were] erate, when shown the amount col- George Harmon, Constance Reeves | tected back stage, burned and took and Andreas Erving, Hans Meyers,| the collector over to photos in a Kick Kuni and Eddie Voss, Allie| trame and pointed out another face Bagley and Lawrence McCarthy. and said, “There’s the guy you — — should have asked for; now don't make any more false passes like that.” And they started up 86th Marie DeComo Bankrupt, Owes $1,135—No Assets Marie DeComo, actress, now play- ing for R-k-O, has filed a petition in bankruptcy listing her liabilities as $1,135 and no = ts, Among her creditors is the N. V. A., for $300. The N. V. A. A anche Miss DeComo the $300 a few years ago. street towards the R-K-O theatre, where they probably worked the eame racket again. TRUCK DRIVER ROUGH; CABARET GIRL SUES Chicago, Oct. 21. Miss DeComo, who is the wife of Eiverything George Belzac, truck Joe Jackson, lists as other creditors | diver, ever said to his wife, Eileen Louis Spielman, agent, for $580, and Bell, entertainer at the Pleasure Belle, Brooks, actress, for $100. Club here, is being held against 7 uae - hin, In the separate maintenance suit Frisco Auto Show Now | brought against the truck driver, through attorney Leo Weisskopf, Mrs. Belzac charges that he threat- ened to throw her out of the second story window, threatened to kick her teeth down her throat, and even threatened to choke her. In fact, he After Ted Lewis for Wk. Hollywood, Oct. 21. Amos and Andy are an offer of $40,000 for the San Because stalling on a week’s appearance at cid choke her, Francisco Auto Show, the manage- The threats started shortly after ment is now after Ted Lewis. their marriage on Jan. 11 of this Last year the Frisco auto pro-|year, and ended with their separa- moters paid Chevalier $25,000 for|/tion on July 25 of the same year. his week’s appearance. | Sih octet | Wm. Ritter’s Accident Marco In and Out | Hollywood, Oct. 21. | . Mike Marco will go east again | William Ritter was injured pain Oct. 27. He returned from New| fully while riding in @ car with - . } ri le «} - while bre 4i)] York Sunday (19) to look over some friends a short whil nigel Bi loeal affairs was sitting in the back seat. While : crossing Brooklyn Bridge, a milk Mareo will take in the Prisco | er +] r into the bridg situati hafor ‘ . * oe. | oe Om foreed the car into the brid situation before going to New York structure, cutting off all the fingers for the Roxy’s new show following : | of Ritter’s right hand. opening of “Big Trail.” | feb a Vj Ni k | Wells-Brady Separation incent Nixes Brokerage | , Gil Wells and Florence Prady Lds Angeles, Oct. 21. Leuntens vaude team and man and . Frank Vincent is back from New | wife off stage, have separated com ork with no set plans. | mercially and maritally. Former Coast head of R-K-O Wels ts going to do a new act (theatres) denies he is interested with a Miss Murray, while Fio{ ‘i a brokerage career in the east,| Brady has gone back to her singte as reported in Variety last week. ' ect. | } ANNUAL INFLUA HOPEFULS IN CHI, ‘Sunday Night for Extra Look at Palace and Maybe More Free Show ne - BILLY HOUSE RELEASED | k-x-0 wit use m. c's chiefty tor Small Towns Send Chicago ree sina aca Rena aii a ° ° Shuberts Turn Back Comic’s 3-Y¥r.|“"> CiCnEe se m : : “ Estimated 8,000 Music- | Geotresk 06 Garey aaa vaude Palace on Broad- Ambitious Students Year- | aes ee eee ly — 99% Haven't a | Long standing In-and-out ot/ Requirements for m. c.’s at the ! court battle between Harry Roge rs | Paiace, with the house attempting Chance — Most Of} ana the Shuberts over Billy House/to revive the old Winter Garden ‘Coaches’ Strictly Phoney | bas been terminated by the Shu-| Sunday night concert atmosphere, . |berts releasing the comedian from|are that they must be of sufficient —Debut Costs Students | his three-year contract. | importance themselves to be able to From $1,000 Up | Shuberts are reported without a | indue e celebs to take a bow or come lshow spot for House and rather| UPON the stage without offending |}than pay off on the contract wit) them, and oe the introducing as GIRLS LOSE S. A. Jout playing him, granted the re-| ‘OKs o0 toy auctions are me | quested release mptarec introdue Hons ire not 2 ; wanted Although it is held prob- House reverts to Rogers’ manage- {ante that numerous theatrical per- Chicago, Oct. 21. ment, }sonalities will hit the Palace on Annually, about this time of year, | Sunday nights for the purpose of between 5,000 and 8,000 music stu- ;getting an informal knock-down to | dents, from the small burgs in the COLLAPSES IN WINGS, | the — neces, The Palace thing on midwest, trek to Chicago deter- ‘ nights is a chance for ex- |}mined to be the world’s greatest AL SIEGAL AT SARANAC. ° jloitation, besides the bows and musical artists in a year.. They in- fee anteed applause for the price of clude young boys and girls who ticket. That those who will shy are either singers, violinists or pian-| aj Siegal, pianist, and former |#W@Y from the Palace that night ists. husband of Bese Palmer, opened | because of not liking the pointing Their disappointment, and their! with “Girl Crazy,” at the Alvin la out will be in the majority is held return to their home towns, broken| week with his new partner Ethe ) [unlike ly. : in spirit and heart, form one of the | Merman, collapsed, and was re- Palace ran into the Winter Gar- most forlorn and heart-ripping|moved to the hospital for Joint ‘a n revival thought accidentally It dramas in the City of Rackets. Diseases at once. Siegal was prae- | wae noticed that on Sunday nights One out of about every 300 some- |tically in a state of collapse when |® /@arse number of stars with noth- times amounts to something. The|the show closed in Philly Saturday | '"* clae to do patronine Sane only rest just disappear, with Chautau- (11) and was forbidden to work by bee aly rht vaude noune. On that night uas and Lyceums gobbling up ajhis doctor. But extreme anxiety bowel are pad tacovoel — newe lot of them who are too proud|over the debut in fast company of prantetorcgges n , excepting the Regie to hit back to the old fireside and |his new protegee Miss Merman, | house ahenerrganeg™ = = a gossipy neighbors. made Siegal take an ambulance |mount, c apito] and R Oxy, but these Between 2,500 and 3,000 music |the Alvin for the N. Y. rinasetoe | isually have waiting lines on Sun- teachers and several hundred | where he played her first number, be wi! nights, and the pros don't enjoy schools are on tap to eat up the Sinn gmk Slee wt Wey |. vaiting. Palace's re served policy ; 2 A a nonwaps ant —e erman Were | gets them, also the New York legits influx and take what little bank-|scheduled to double at the ‘lub | : etvins showea on Suadnw roll the pupils arrive with. While | Richman on its’ opening Oct. 16 but (oe ere ee Se ere some of the teachers and schools|Miss Merman canceled the engage- Not So Good are on the level, many are in the|ment. She appeared at the open- Last Sunday night (19) the audi- racket for what they can squeeze ling as a guest, singing two songs | ence introductions flopped because out. The way they take the horde |accompanied by George Gershwin|®! @n under average number of is nobody’s biz. at the piano Grayee Hayes re l stare celebs In the house or spotted Subsidized placed her in the floor show. | and through improper handling As a rule this mob of boys and Siegal was taken to Saranac Lake | from ar one. SaaS WETee, —_- girls, about evenly divided, leave |Friday (17). single in his own spot on the bill, home because back in the little - 7 ‘a was not at home as the house in- city they have been able to fiddle, troducer, : ‘ 5 sing or play the piano better than e Apollon came up to help out | ¢ oncert | heave | $5 000 a recital, chiseling. | given to an anyone else. Because of this talent, much isagnified at home, many are subsidized by Chambers of Com- merce, some wealthy patrons, pass- ing the hat in chureh for a year, or by the hard earned dough of their parents. First month al) looks rosy. All the teachers say they have talent and they get by on little dough. Suddenly they are advised to study with a teacher who possibly charges $10 a half hour. “You will ad- vance so much faster” is the stock phrase hauled out for this. If the pupil can stand it he can get a pedagog who charges as high as $75 a half hour. Much of the success of many of the so-called successful teachers in Chi has been due to excellent de- tective work, and ability to figure how much tariff a yokel will stand. Onee get them going on the idea they are soon to be great they will sell their shirts to meet the bills. Buying Audition After five or six months’ study the student is generally told he is ready for a recital. This costs him, immediately, an outlay of $500, artists’ bureau, which for the sum, to stage the or recital. Most of these or two bi, names in their used as a feeler and to the young embryo artists record few of these make a dime on agrees, one catalog, attract As a matter of artists’ bureaus their big names, as they have to guarantee them from $2,000 to so the bureaus mak theirs from young hopefuls. From this point on it’s a game of The artist pays for all ihe | advertising; he takes ads in second string music mags, of which the bureau receives commission; he of- | | ' ten pays the theatre or hall rent for his debut, as well as standing the cost of printing the ducats, He's doubleaé and-tripied until he’s about as clean as possible. Then the con- with a handful of (Continued on page 50) cert, invited his possibly wider knowledge and faces, making it a INEZ SELDEN BADLY |». of names HURT BY FALL AT FAIR | ciatect turn by the two comics in- stead of the original idea. Joe E., Brown, Bill Robinson, Nan Hal- Winston-Salem, N. ©., Oct. 21. perin and Borah Minnevitch stepped Inez Selden, 34, of the Flying lout of their seats to say a word on Seldens, is in City hospital here |the stage and Jack Benny took a with a broken back and punctured | bend from an aisle chair. Numerous lung, resulting from a fall at the | others in the audience were not seen fair grounds while going through a" the two m. c.'s. her turn. Physicians hold little | Guy Robertson probably was hope for her recovery and say she | Spotted coming in, for they intro- will be an invalid if recovering. Her | duced him, But after the introduc- husband, Arenzo Selden, is with | tion Apollon looked around for her | Robertson without finding the sing- The Seldens were with the Cham- | er. Audience applauded for ao pion attractions for the county fair. j ert ays during the search, to neicats Mrs. Selden fell about 30 feet to ;™ hy many of them were there sun- the ground when the leather mouth- day night. piece she used to suspend herself from her husband's nec kK, slipped EVA WONT WORK T0 from her teeth. She landed on her shoulder, Several bones were re moved from her spin L. A. AUDIENCE OF 200 Los Angeles, Oct. 21. than 200 people showed When less Servace LeRoy Injured up, Eva Tanguay refused to do @ 4 s-heduled performance at the Servace e vy m , ‘ , , . . Ser ce TL Roy, forme) ly of Le | Shrine Auditorium Saturday night. Roy, Talma and Bosco, vaudeville | Miss Tanguay explained across mayical ac t, was struck by a motor | the footlichts that she could not rede inda\ A oe at Keansburg, N. J., work to such a meagre audience and ms nome, was ( \ } = _— , report ed in grave ated that money would he re- condition buesday morning, etil) funded at the t oO. She left for unconse:ous, doctor: nable to sa} San Francisco continuing her tour whether he Le Roy was about to joly a road show of magicians, Similarity of Voices Eva Fay itt Kills Hearn’s Air Chance would recover, White Plains, N. Y., Oct. 21. } c. 1 : ' t «t Eva Fay, “mind reader’ we i! : " spate wnt tore ‘ ‘ is known on the big time vaude a Zen | wee for . wir A four . , - Week eontract to preadcast with Sraawon eo i & ming reading act Al Shaw and Pihil Baker on the is ill and under a doctor's care her Sins ir Oil hour, is back in N. Y, To add to her troubles a reali es-lagain. ‘The whole thing flivvered tate agent has a suit pending!for Hearn when it was found that against her claiming commission on|his voice was exactly the same on }2 Teal estate ale he ailerves © Tri el the air as Al j y's | for her in Hastingews-on- Hrudse five i 1ir peo will probably set pyears ago tle with Hearn on his guarantee

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rr VARIETY _ Wednesday, October 22, 1930 In December, 1905, there were 290 copies sold of the first issue of ‘Variety’ at 5c per copy and in 1905, too, the weather was a bit chilly, ‘Variety’ making the third frost so far that ’05-’06 season with the boys saying that instead of giving that new paper ‘Variety’ three months to live, let’s give it 3 weeks and probably next week will be enough to wash it up and the 2nd week sold 175 copies, but there was a 3d week .... SeDormem And in December, next, will happen the 25th Special Issue of {| 1 this weekly runaround, and that issue will be called for ~— _— -— = dignity purposes the 25th Silver Anniversary Number of = ‘Variety’ with no alibies for the other twenty-four years BO™- gOg eA efean D*DOre— mt oy _ December— Remember! a

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930 a. A u DD E v i & VARIETY 45

LE ESE wlan ences on] oie Ex-White Rat Now Successful ssid Hollywood, Oct. 21. ~ sew ex s ora _— ic week | Paul Ash goes Loew for six weeks | An actor, waiting in an Floor Walker Advises Idle Actors Loew execs are meeting this week deont’s office for the bad news. | to settle the vaude problem either} with an option. . Saciet ver & ourrent x Se — iat . was OOKIN ov e way. From discussion thus far, re- Ash will m. ec. at the State, Cleve- route sl t. , ? ou sheet, =

turn of vaude to several Loew thea- | land, beginning Nov. 14. The sign- “Well,” he drawled, “I see | tres, following the same procedure jing of the former P-P band leader , : : . igo, OU 21 others, f aS Charmms vn hy Fox m3 ; ; : ane ‘ 15 we of floor walking kine charge accounts by Fox, looks hot. is in line with the previously an- oes OFS Walking 22/6. Sing Cnares & ena ene ~s t , - ‘ > bs . hic ¢ . nent «tf es yc “rl ) f t ad : -wMlitea "y =~ - Eight former Loew New York) nounced plan by Loew of spotting big department against 14 The ac is | meet vaudefilm houses, now in aight | permanent m. c.’s in its deluxers. audefi uses w in straicht | rm on 's j years of show biz, David M. Hen-!ple easily and knows how to |! 1} int-Pu ix Monday ‘ : , ara would return more p f played Doc Raymond Now Exhib, | throu the V. M. A. about a - ’ b st aight, without the 4 , osts of | yn of copyright by N incy ealize savs Mr. Henderso} rom atare Py aes _ crew, musicians’ and ts’ iries. But Still Doing Magic | att all alee Py eats : 5 olga as “ Mases, ane nee been In “20th Century Revue” a line of lcouldn't be a Booth or ar a wlies. | gy s poli 3 of pe ———— . be ‘8 pected, has finally been engaged by rh CARES EE ROSES ae years | girls crashes through similarly, fol- | When he got this thought he ar port aap : gee : este: Metro. “| Raymond will resume _talkers| lowing duplicated picture action. | marched right up to Marshall Field | os bones, assigned and « She'll do as her first important after he has re novated the old the- Friedland is the former song /and took a walk-around job for $15 |'"5 > sag Bs a tenn ‘Washines role in Marion Davies’ next Cosmo. | 2*Te and will also play traveling writer and vaude headliner. He re- | weekly. He now works in Stevens’ Al ae togers, ala ‘ bags a , “Bachelor Father.” dramatic rep and tab Sg egg Ss. | tin ‘ed from the stage recently to de- | department store. ton, Nov. 19; Bob ithe e, van " ia, iia |To keep his own routine in trim, he} vote his time to vaude act pro- | Sittaen Gneliiies Jamaica, Nov. 1; Bert Frohn in, Quill Pe} “a will present magic entertainments | duc ing. He has the talking picture | Paradise, Bronx, Oct 25; Ted Claire, nomen s Sonnet |as an accessory between the fact | bit copyrighied, Friedland states, | Mr. Henderson is amazed at the| Penn, Pittsburgh, Nov. 21; Dave Hollywood, Oct, 21. lfor the sound films. number of actors unemployed. Schooler, Capitol, New York, Nov. Pathe is sending out Eddie Q il | “ . _ . “If these people would only real- |7; Wesley Eddy, Loew's, Jersey City, lan on personal appearance trips to | MARY LEWIS’ WEEK 'No Coin for Legit So ize it, they are more than qualified | Nov. 8, previous to which Eddy will the Golden Gate, Frisco, and the| | orn ° 99 to walk department store floors, di- | be at the Capitol, New York the R-K-O here, with “Big Money.” | Mary Lewis, orera singer, will] I rancis Becomes a Tab recting charming girls to the notion | weeks of Oct. 24 and 31, and Paul He opens Oct. 22 in Frisco, and a! play a week in vaude for R-K-O at Frances Renault, femme imper- lsection and rubbing shoulders with | Ash, State, Cleveland, Nov. 14 week later here. j the Palace, Cleveland, Oct. 25. sonator, will tab his proposed le git |

revue, “Hello, Francis” for vaude. Tab version will be in three scenes 4 ens hatte. | AMERICA’S FOREMOST INDIAN NOVELTY Marcus 4 OCW hearsal a Rie ip og: Le lager na | those 1 behind it had been unable to post bond. BOOKINGAGENCY, Peace Over Costumes _ */ PLIFEOAN WAYNE cy Ritz Brothers’ complaint against Gener, l &x t OFF i the Carlton Brothers’ purported | FEATURING ; a ecu tve tces | lifting of their style of stage dress- | vised the Carltons, playing in the LO EW BUI LDI NG “Birds of a Feather” unit, to change their costumes, titzes’ application to Publix for 160 WEST 46"ST-: BRYANT 7800 NEW YORK CITY protection for the dress idea, which they contend is their own, was made following a claim by the Carltons that they were threatened with violence because of the alleged con- fliction in stage attire. Irving Yates, producer and owner GENERAL MANAGER MARVIN H. SCHENCK BOOKING MANAGER CHICAGO OFFICE of the Carlton turn, complied with the Publix and Ritz request and 600 WOODS THEATRE B’LD’G JOHNNY JONES changed the boys’ costumes _ in | The Only Act of Its Kind IN CHARGE i - _ — - . — _ = —

NOW PLAYING R-K-O HIPPODROME, New York AFTER A SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF R-K-O THEATRES

3rooklyn this week. Yates previ- ously declared he was the original | . producer of the Ritz Brothers’ act im the World and the creator of their mode of dressing for the stage. | AN IDEAL UNIT IDEA Ann Suter’s Return Ann Suter, away from the U. 8. DIRECTION a i for three years, opens for R-K-O at BILLY JACKSON the Fordham, Nov. 1, following JEFF DAVIS (Associate)

the Palace, Nov. 15. j Miss Suter recently returned from a trip around the world. I

SECOND RETURN ENGAGEMENT WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS JESSE (at i CK " SU ify EVE -K-O PALACE, NEW YORK, NOW MATERIAL BY AL BOASBERG

Just Returned from Four Weeks’ Engagement in London, Where We Played TWO WEEKS PALLADIUM ONE WEEK BRIGHTON ONE WEEK HOLBORN EMPIRE | Direction MARTY FORKINS et it titi ,

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46 VARIETY Wednesday, October 22, —_— PHIL KORNHEISER ANNOUNCES THE OPENING MONDAY, OCT. 27 At 745 7th pe .» New Fest PHIL KORNHEISER, Inc. MUSIC PUBLISHERS ACKNOWLEDGES WITH DEEP APPRECIATION THE WELL-WISHES AND CO-OPERATION OF HIS FRIENDS AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THESE WORLD FAMOUS WRITERS CLIFF FRIEND CON CONRAD AL SHERMAN GEO. BRONSON FRED FISHER AL PIANTADOSI § AL HOFFMAN BYRON HOLIDAY EDGAR LESLIE BENEE RUSSEL RAY DOLL CHICK ENDOR JIMMIE MONACO _— ABNER SILVER SAUL KLEIN EDDIE WARD BILLY ROSE AL LEWIS LEE DAVID BILLY CURTIS FOR PLACING WITH HIM FOR PUBLICATION THEIR LATEST AND BEST COMPOSITIONS AMONG MY ASSOCIATES ARE Geo. Piantadosi—Bernie Pollack—Sid Kornheiser CHICK CASTLE, Western Manager PHIL KORNHEISER: MUSIC PUBLISHERS 745 7th Ave. TEL. CIRCLE 0030—0031 NEW YORK CITY

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= { | ward a work that Albee had pro- | ILL AND INJURED ° Managers Help N. \. A. Cause [consulting any of them, excepuin | Gus Edwards, after six in | Blackface Act Switched

Wednesday, October 22, 1930 YAH DEVELEE VARIETY 47 weeks | when asking for mre money. {bed with sciatic nerve in his left ? 7 | Moran and Mack’s simultaneous

The Murdock-Hays-Casey con-| leg, up and around. é mt certed effort was to convince the Carl F i le) 1 Sere the ae eee we 1 7 ar : 3 FAL 1g appen- , : “— (Continued from page 3) | sh beat i Ps: ve rancis (vaude) had appen-| ine Amos 'n’ Andy picture, “Check show business’ leaders that while | dicitis operation in Jamaica hospital, and Double Check.” have been . p : Z . ig ouble > . if 3) ee enough in action since starting to| Casey also presides, was left in a| 4!bee had intended the N. V. A. as Jamaica, L. L, last week hed from the midv t to New ; eee a ee ‘ » Sey . : i switche rom e dwes ao Né afford an accurate gauge for its/ similar state. Meanwhile the | @ “monument,” the N. V. A. had be- | Flo Lewis cancelled t Loew’s | Yori It wa ynsidered inadvis , 2% . +) i . 3 } ; OWS ANCE IIE uh sO s ork. t ras considerec advis- everhead. V. M. A. will continue to function,; Come a part of the show business! ciate, New York, this week, throat | a! ia te play the $5,000 stage act ; oe SOS: S a 5 _; etate, i rc, (nis eek, l At able F ia} i i Stage i; In Saranac with Casey supervising. Heretofore} trough the patients it cared for) jp ounte Hoyt and Coots replaced. |against or with the $600,000 picture ; ; , 4 : intainea | from the stage, and it devolved | Pees oe ee ee ga ** aati . ' spare tee Among the managerial delegation 0: hel a = or Sone a ae ote “| upon the show business as a whole| Edna Pfister, secretary Film| Moran and Mack were booked for P 4, a 4 all , eklw t } i the. } i l sin Sasa - , - tyson, P . i visiting Saranac were Harry M.j| Dy Weekly dues o $5 from the th lto perpetuate it |Board of Trade, in St. Luke’s Hos- | four weeks in the west, opening at Warner, Hiram S. Brown, Sam| 4tres amongst its chain members|," *-""* 7 ’ lnital. Chicago. following foot opera-| Toledo Oct. 25. On that date Katz, Will H. Hays and Casey.| 2d some independents, That rhe variety heads and the pro- “ a se Leche ind Double Che \\ oie : 7* * eo a ers were finallv « ir to t tio athe ; “— 3 ube ‘ cin Other than Casey, it was the first} be continued without the : Ma th ” “sie * nally ioe a Owe o th ; ; ,; | released in 200 R-K-O Saranac call for any of the heads.| Pendents. one ses pe * ; st ; rous i é ountry : ry , —— Ife — i i¢ e n ef me’ nad a tougn tin » & mot ‘onn } : « oO} - > : As expected, all were enthused | The V. M. A. is a welfare organ- |. mane ond lenethe tal aa ' 5 ss a . ; ption of New York ftar iit nen ioe ct —, aie izati yr the variety show bu: SES ee ane, Sena mn ith tn iy ifter his New York office after surveying the sanatorium an Bs : bee aim stele 49 isit to Saranac, a C dea, the] . . | Moran and Mack open and its patients. Their decision ness. t 1as wy te as a Ire — ( | anal convince " | ‘\ im (¢ harles Austin ass istal York at the Coliseum, Oct. : nder the N. V. A. must be maintained and mediator between the theatre ecretary of the Actors’ Fund of Jin, pore was reached at once, and an and actor, adjusting controve1 ‘ — : Amel 1, has been ordered by hi: si executive meeting of the organiza-| Passing upon various claims of one | Flesh In Utica | pays in to take a rest of several | tion held, with Katz president, pre- | #84inst the other or of both against Utica, N. ¥., Oct. 21, | Months, owing to a nervous break- | TAB BEAUTS’ ACT ° ° : fc ther rit} i 9} ; ‘ts ~~ ’ . ate ia wT | : r, lesoh ns re asse one another, With its main object . : |} dowr j ’ ; : Ms : siding mee 1 one a # were passed, to relieve the managers from mino Another independent theatre | a Pa a Twelv: Graphi beauty contest insuring perpetual N. V. A. support areravatine details in their rela-|CY™P!% is going in for a talker- winners who recently completed an from the show trade. 2&6 aes eo y+}, | Hesh combination. N. T. G. and Gals for Loew FE. & M. unit tour, opened Saturday It’s problematical what means| ions with actors, and to keep both | we : a cae ie iy : Gib et Geant _—— | N. 'T. G. and his Hollywood Revue,} (18) for Fox in an act with Mel , ‘*) &e . > s _ - > , 2 wil ye taken up to obtain annual : : wr | FEMME TEAM SPLITS are booked with Loew's for six |Klee which will play Fox theatres, funds for the support. The man- The N. V. A. clubhouse matter if eeks in the metropolitan theatres Klee was signed for another year aaase itl sore , 7 in New York also remains in abey- Chicago, Oct. 2 Pepeerns * tee eta os iy aa aoe B . ak agers will agree upon that. Noth- aiaa i oo ae i ! o, Oct. 21. . | openi: ¢ at the Gates, Brooklyn,|by F. & M. and will go into a unit ing is reported having been dis- J ; ee nent red Garon, chorus girl with | Oct. 25 lwhen the vaude act washes up cussed on the .subject while in It is understood that Casey since | “Fine Feathers,” Publix unit, has | pinay . Saranac | assuming the direction of the N. V tepped out of the line to renpla: Although the act will be billed as : } has a) t rawr ¢ ‘ ] i wood re i¢ } 7 ( w « n’ ; The matter of the Variety Man- | 4: has not drawn a salary f nie Almy, strait ali en es es ‘ . : Resnick Returns East agers’ Association, over whi work, while his pay as gen. ms i le Hiltor ise e shov r Ww il e restaurant Hollywood, Oct. 21 the V. M. A. is owing to 1 fo) Miss Hilton and A diffe: t travel wit i er u pe, | Eddie Resnick, New York ie = he aan In addition to the N. V. A.| ences of opinion resulted in their | While doubling izgent for many years and out re pj and V. M. A., Casey is the coast) agreement to separate Miss Hil aed few . i |several months as an associate of 44 : , " ° nit ‘x Par ai} _ y ‘ . . . . . ‘ JACK ;| Studios’ representative for all union) ton owns the act and will play out} Fred Pisano (formerly Pisano and |} Johnny Collins, left Saturday (138) || affairs. He replaces the late Guy] the route with Miss Garon as her| Landauer) now doing a new act|for the east. ic jay 7 itiny ghicl ur artnar } . . . ih urrier in that position, which for ew partner. | billed Fred Pisano and Co. He's making the trip by car. merly was a part of the Hays or ALLEN ; ganization. Casey is not drawin | AND salary as y¢ t for the new co ist job. | Report in New York is that Casey FRANK informed the managers and pro-} AMBASSADEUR PARIS 6 WEEKS ducerS he preferred not to set sal LY ary for himself at present, but to 9 9 ; bring that up at some time in the future when the extent of his work SCALA BERLIN 4 WEEKS " é in each department could be better | Now Winging Thru the viewed from actual accomplishment. | 3 3 Relief for Actors “OFF SHORE” Revue Decision of the chain execs to be keep the N. V. A. going in its char- nsecutive at the itable pursuits will come as a great 9 lief to the N. V. A. patients in| CAPITOL NEW YORK rast They have been in a sea ! . : (Week of Oct. 17) lana counter reports of the future | Including 2 Weeks Palladium and of the N. V. A. worried them. ° With All Loew De Luxe Houses f The real inside of the somewhat | 2 Weeks Coliseum, London é to Follow belated announced support of the | Personal Dir. SAM LYONS N. V. A. is that it has been obtained through the individual efforts of | And Now Casey and J. J. Murdock. Each has | a = unceasingly worked for the perpetu- | ation of the N. V. A. institutions, | rau savor rrents | inves nee: | R-K-O—OPENING OCTOBER 25 by Will Hays. Hays became inter- | ‘ + 99 ested last spring when it seemed as | ] ey GC ey S though the picture managers and | producers were about to abandon} the N. V. A. Messrs. Murdock and | To Fanchon & Marco Casey enlisted Hays’ aid, on top of | their own efforts. a Couldn’t See “Monument” NOTICE The film industry’s leaders at aS vases erie AND COMPANY

INFORMATION giving the ad- a monument left by the late E. F. dresses of Emma Elida Morse and {| Albee to himself, the “monument” Lucretia Leone Morse, is needed in ‘ | the settlement of an estate in which having been obtained by Albee | said parties are interested. Write through publicity for him in asso- Fulton & Huxman, Attorneys at Law, ¢ rt ae . 401 First. National Bank Building, || C!@tion with the N. V. A. and its P. S. Thanks for return dates in Earope for Next Year Hutchinson, Kansas. charities. The picture people could |

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NOW PLAYING THREE MONTHS’ ENGAGEMENT AT THE MAIPU THEATRE BUENOS AIRES, SOUTH AMERICA RETURNING TO NEW YORK EARLY NEXT YEAR, AFTER TWO YEARS’ TOUR "ROUND THE WORLD

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"9 hm tees Wednesday. October INDOOR GOLF USING

1930 VYAUDEY BRR E Max Harts East

Perlberg Takes 20 N. Y. . sia Vaude Houses VARIETY 49 IR. K- 0’ S Own Cena

} , > “- - CTS 10 ATTRACT BIZ. ao a eheenns, Hinbenn, ; -4 Yo Max Hart, the agent, and hi Acts for F. & M. Units » ce win nve acts ket) Makes Vande Selling bride whom he marriec Reno t } | day he was divorced from M | Palisades, N. J..| Tougher in Midwest , . ] I «a I I Ni ark t ‘ t « i ' £ ‘ mIearno ? ae | Wa) + ; ‘ + , e hicage Or @As Pos Hat ‘ } a‘- I r . _ oe ; end of t week He w } i \ as ei ta } J , = is ' & Mart bookil off had a i t Kk abot contracts for as;ton wa ae fi straight we &V es to e coul y = , lsh in ~~ ¢ ; S job inine up he ope we sf vw ma tage at engaged during hisia reru dough and prac 5 , © , Phil Bloc vyorked earlv ar N LOrK stay. jrailroad tares roday the hK-K-©O il : NEW ACTS Ai nd had everything w I Formerly most of the F. & M. act ,! ton office, under the supervisio1 acne ofa ‘ smoc¢ for the Academy A booking has been carried on at the; 0! Doc Breed is more actual } me : Beck and Stone, comedy re dubon, which got the st I home production office of the units | ing time for vaude acts than a ) er R-K-¢ I has - wnited. launched last Friday (Oct. 17) djin L. A. Perlberg’s New York trip |city in the ry, « ie slice y , 6 t i } \ corre i | || ‘The Republic in Broo! binges neering Seon ay Biyori” sac ibe _THEATRE WANTED into stage show act n next Sat . ne . ‘ tat , : m . I & M.-Fox bool req offic ‘ "ws New | roe Peterson nresent organ) st lola |day with a seven-piece band Y« “is a Pies | | five-act show. | ae Soe | Confidential, Box 75, Variety, New Yors : } | | There will be no Ideas played at | | errs ieee Se Bee: Sek, Crotene, Pee — | J , 7 | : or Walker, the shows being entire- | he ily vaude with two changes weekly 160 West 46th Street | Saturdays and Tuesdays The Savoy, Republic and Cro- | } NEW YORK CITY tona will use four acts on each split } 1 }and the Star and Walker five each. | ' } 7 | | | : CARLA TORNEY . DANCERS : ° . Outstanding Success of Third Unit Fourth Unit “On the Set” cea Playing the igs an Francisco oew UNDER PERSONAL Fanchon and Marco’s Revues DIRECTION OF

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ey “A Breath From the Orient” | MATSUMOTO TROUPE Novelty Act Direction: BILLY JACKSON R-K-O HIPPODROME, NEW YORK (Week of Oct. 25) | SENSATIONAL EUROPEAN HiT! | COMMANDED TO APPEAR BEFORE A VAST ASSEMBLAGE OF ROYALTY AT CLARIDGE HOTEL, LONDON, THIS WEEK (OCT. 20) NINE WEEKS AND THEN

A PLAYING LONDON, ENGLAND, EMPIRE, PARIS (NOV. 28) WITH ITALY AND GERMANY TO FOLLOW

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| say what they wish so long as life becomes normal again. KIDS’ HEADACHES (Continued from page 43) friends, a few fl | Striking example of the way some | of these pupils are handled—one i lad, who had a fair voice that netted »wers, and back to] i : : | him a bit of money on the musical

smaller teachers, who more or less try to play the game on ijevel. Funniest angle to the whole sit- uation was one boy, who after two years’ extensive voice study, switched to pop tunes and tried to

— R-K-0 RADIOING PUT UP TO LOCAL HOUSE MGRS In an effort to establish an ayer. Dark House Reopens Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21. National theatre, dark for years except for occasional attractions, will reopen Nov. 1 with stage pres- entations and such first run films

the school grind, about a srand| comedy stage, was persuaded by an make a vaude engagement. When : poorer and wiser. No handsome of-| old teacher to change from one the booker heard him he told him|4S can_ be obtained. Abe Bass,| age for its radio programs for the fers from other bureaus No hool to another. Each employed he should take a few singing les- ab 4 Re - : ging 6s wise eagaeaal whole country, R-K-O has request- different methods After a few]|sons and then come back and try. ville circuits and tab producers, ; ine cooks } Giirer . ere - Ml é be i ed its theatre managers to suggest | months the lad realized he was los- —_————— cee R-K-O had a 50-year lease on the], Afraid to write h 1 short! ing his pipes, and on his own voli- St D National, with 31 years to go.| *™Provemé nts on the present of doug] ries to Most switched to another teacher agers eny Transferring of this lease to the] R-K-O weekly broadcast. of the students stick close tozether,|and school. This went on for a year lactietc National Amusement Co. involved Each manager has received a ' +3 + “ta ve ? =j r « ‘ sur of a} ( s living in small colon if — , Vv ¥ y ; e , *o oO est ppi sliding , shies —_ > [I > ‘ : rt l h LS,| ar slippin ind sliding around,| theatres as a new sub-division cre- | R-K-O Dyker, Brooklyn, drops Starting Oct. 25, vaude at the suit t } lowe | it} iw aho P he : P : T , - : . ze : ~ O - ; + AN u0owed | With many a it on th point of|ated in New York by R-K-O. vaude for straight pictures Oct. 25.| State, Long Beach, will be booked i lve t be yme frumpy! cle . an > — , f 5 61 ’ ; » irumpy losit Reason given by heads is Goldberg will supervise the Re- | R-K-O recently purchased thej through the local R-K-O office ney enerall lose it few alt ’ in’ re anv i Thay : = ‘ 96. 7 1 l¢ s : , , ‘ ‘ A f , and hey can’t get any biz They ad-| gent and 125th Street, both uptown,| former indie house, trying stage R-K-O units which have been Vel went r r yn y 1) fo) home | : ae etn onde nim ‘enol . y . . “e a 3 | 2 i - ’ nd l r ho! mit 1 tudents are wise to them] New York, in addition to the Frank- | band presentations at first and then] playing Long Beach after L. A. will ul f i are hitting for suburbs and the} lin. } vaude ' travel intact to Salt Lake C

ACROBATICS SINGING

Vaudeville JACK CURTIS

ASSISTED BY Presenting a Sensational New MUSIC NOW 15’ STREET, (Oct. 22—24) JE PACE THE ONE AND ONLY ~ BERNARDO “The Wizard of the Mandolin’

CELINE LESCAR and ZARA LEE Act TALKING COMEDY

Independent WILLIAM MORRIS

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Inside Stuff—Vaude While four newsreel cameras. were grinding away at Sidney Franklin, the Brooklyn bullfighter, after the latter stepped off the boat, a Loew | p. a. stepped into the scene and got the name of Loew into the sound | newsreel shots,

| Franklin is booked for one week at Loew’s Metropolitan, Brooklyn, Oct. 25, and the Loew p. a. went down to meet him. While the cameras were taking shots of Franklin standing on the steps of City Hall, the p. a. stepped forward and said, “How would you like to play for Loew?” “No reply. “We'll give you $3,000 a week,” said the p. a., to which brother answered, “We'll take it.” Entire conversation was caught by the newsreel

Franklin's cameras, The Loew p. a. is H. A. Berg in Oscar Doob’s department Ned “Clothes” Norton arrived in N. Y. after a few months in Holly- wood Ned left Broadway and his first love, vaude, to tal > LAKe cCnance on the talkers. He is back to stay, and says the only one left out the is Solly Violinsky. Along with the arrival of Norton, came Lew Pollock, song writer who scrammed for Hollywood several months ago with the rest of the tunesters. Lew says no more theme songs; no more musicals; . no more soft snaps for the tin pan alley gang. Willie Howard, comedian in “Girl Crazy,” Aarons & Freedley musi- eal, is drawing down 7% per cent of the gross, against a weekly guaran- tee of $2,000. That figure is more than the salary formerly paid Willie and Eugene Howard by musical producers. Eugene Howard is set “Passion Preferred,’ Crane Wilbur’s satirical comedy on Hollywood be produced by George Choos. : ro. Although a few theatrical engagements were offered to Coste and Bellone, the French flyers, both sailed for their homeland Friday (17) without accepting any. : Refusal was at the request of France, which asked its flying sons to refrain from accepting theatrical engagements lest their hop across the ocean appear as for commercial purposes instead of patriotic nature.

THE ‘MASTER COMEDIAN’ LARRY RICH and His Pests in (RICH) Moments

ROUTED HERE | | rey eo THERE Kt rN 0 EVERYWHERE | | | 1930 May 9—Madison and | t Oct. 4 —Fordham +iienone 11—Coliseum 23—Rochester 18—Schenectady 30—105th St., | and Troy leveland : 25—Albee ; a a | re) Nov. 15—Jefferson = oa..iiiineandees | 22—86th St. and 20—Minneapolis | Dyker 27—St. Paul | 29—Hamilton | Jul 4—Winnipeg 1 Dec. 6—Newark 18—Vancouver 13—Yonkers & Royal 25—Seattle 20—Fliushing and 58th St. Aug. 1—Portland 27—Union Hill and 15—San Francisco Franklin 22—Oakland 1931 29—Los Angeles Jan. 10—Hippodrome Sept. ba a yng Feb. 14—Cincinnati Oct. 3—Kansas City 21—Chicago 10—St. Louis 28—Cleveland 24—-Oklahoma City | Mar. 14—Youngtown 31—Ft. Worth 21—Buffalo . 28—Toronto ‘oa eae oy | Apr. 4 —Hamilton 21—Houston 18—Boston 28—New Orleans Seer revenOnOS Dec. 5—Birmingham May 2—81st St. and 12—Atlanta Kenmore 19—Charlotte

Dir. BLONDELL & MACK 1560 B’way, New York Bryant 2332

— ALLER “LAMB CHOPS” By AL BOASBERG

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VAUDE HOUSE REVIEWS Wednesday, October 22, 1930

New NANCY CARROLL

Songs, Talk, Dances | 18 Mins. (In Unit) Paramount, New York Nault Carroll, a natural in films goes the same on the re. shed | kavo the box-office alone anywhere, ; but with Rudy Vallee playing striuight, s he did here, the combo | is a crusher. The Vallee angle re- peats the arrangement of the week before it Brooklyn Par < ‘ SI t ow! nip i Va it n l how ada Six of them al ( does numbers ana ) i film connectlo! or ! » SO! ind t dances In as the I i \ Petr ‘” Putt Putt.” W Par l hat could do by shooting the pair over one-week stands in the deluxers is nobody's il wigination But if any- thing the stage appearance of Miss | Carroll helps accentuate her film | potentiality rather than weaken it, | which is the thought of most film @etars. Here Vallee spots her as “Par’s | loveliest star.” The unit or most of it already has done lit work and V illee has sung one son pias on | his sax and led the band in a num-| ber when he intros Mis Carroll. Stage closes to “one” against blac K | velvet drop. Vallee in spot an- mnounces and then can't find Miss | Carroll. Screen flash shows Miss Carroll preparing toilet. Novelty bit fol- lows where Miss Carroll talks from screen to Vallee. Chatter about keeping date. She might disappoint Vallee, but she couldn't the audi- ence, so she comes plunging through paper screen in folds of curtain. Long gold gown and flaming red hair with a tiny face and willowy figure. Voice to match personality. Miss Carroll's first song is from one of her films. It follows chatter with Vallee about being nervous. So rere does the song in nervous fash- illee helping with straight ac- Not a strong voice, but sweet coloratura and over big. More chat- ter about comparative abilities of pair, and comedy follows when each attempts to do the other's best bits. Vallee does a fakery step while Miss Carroll leads band. An imitation of Vallee’s stance and meg singing by Miss Carroll is apip. It precedes a tap dance with the six girls. Finale is a tap with two boys in toppers and afternoon dress. Finale spots weakness by sudden finish that comes unexpectedly. It's understood that Jack Kirk- land, Miss Carroll’s husband, super- vised the staging. fon, \ tion.

KING and BARON Acrobats 8 Mins.; Three Jefferson Two male acrobats. Mainstay of the act is the prodigious strength which the understander exhibits in handling the lighter partner. Does direct one hand body lifts off the floor and also supports the partner while the latter does a handstand on his outstretched arms. For a bit of flash the smaller partner dives through a _ tissue paper frame into the arms of the other and later dives through two paper fans moving in opposite di- rections for the same catch. Oke opener, SAM LINFIELD and Co. (5) Novelty Acro, Comedy 10 Mins.; Full (Special) Hippodrome } Four men and two midgets it novelty setup. They come liding | out of huge shoe setup and down collapsible stairs to shoot off into tumb Takeoff “Old Woman Who Lived ina One of the men in white face and femme make- on Shoe.” up. Sawdust comedy follows. Finish is a burlesque boxing bout between two midgets. Others help | for comedy. Everything done is fast with an Arab whirl breaking just before finish. Good on novelty angle | for standard. Closed here to good results on eight-act layout. Verna HAWORTH (3) Dances and Songs 14 Mins.; Full (Special) 58th St. “Miss Haworth receives New Act notice on the basis of new framing and different support. As for herself she is doing mainly the same rou tines as heretofore, with an addi tional number thrown in Mi Ha worth is a splendid toe dancer, do ing all her steps from that position. This includes her opening, a cans toe strut, followed by Ru an hock steps and done, taps. All neatly with the toe hock steps and the taps appearing quite dilficult. A sister team supplants the mals team which formerly supported Mi Haworth. They are the Lovejoy; Twins, a personable pair of girls Mix warbling and dancing, neither of which is above average, but bot} put personality into their work. Fred Martin assists at the ivories Acts BLACK and SILVER CREATION (ST. VAUDE) Good vaude layout all the way for current week at this R-K-O acer. | No bell ringers or swiss yodelers but yet a good show. The kind that | PALACE, NEW YORK | Dances |the late Ben Keith and Freddy 16 Mins.; Full (Special) | Proctor would be proud of but Wil- Jefferson llie Hammerstein, also departed, Straight dancing turn that fails | might smirk at because of lack of to lift itself out of the classifiva- | Sensational features, No_ torso tion of ordinary. Perhaps because | everything is done too much in ma- chine-like manner, as rirls dance, then two | first three boys, then a mixed couple, and the way t ted throug! the act. Best feature is the two aone by that’s out s repe mixed couple. The male half is unusually graceful for i OY working on his toes along with the girl and exhibiting fine | form with his leaps and whirls “emme is also a clever diancer. First umber is a doll dance and second 1 Dutch bit. Three girls assist with dancing, working mostly in brassieres and shorts. One of the girls takes the} spot for a contortion dance. The two boys are just hoofers with the usual routines, including military taps. HOYT and COOTS Songs and Talk 14 Mins.; One State (V-P). numbers | twisting harem refugees or shooting twins but still a good show. Marx Brothers, the four of them holding over from last week, were ities in closing spot flanked by two women who dressed and fed th | boys for the usual rollicking results Marx’s offspring were spotted Mrs. in closer and held the rostrum 25 minutes. Groucho copped the | biggest results for comedy as the philandering monarch who trumps the Queen for Du Barry, and both rals are good Remaining trimvi- rate of Marxes flit in and out for laughs, getting them. Despite a disconnected series of nonsensical stuff they go over big. Falls, Reading and Boyce, two fellers and gal, opened with a nifty line of stepping and acrobatics which got them across for better results than usual opener, and de- servedly. Galla Rini and Sister also did well in follow-up, with instrumentals Waite Hoyt, big league pitche1 giving the male member of the duo ind J. Fred Coots, composer of the plenty of fling to display versatility score of “Sons o’ Guns” qualify as }as a musician, Galla tosses around 1 new act only because they are a| a dozen or more instruments and new association. Hoyt, now with| Perfect with all. the Detroit American team, has | toye and Maye, mixed dancing made winter vaudeville tours for| team flanked by a support company ihree years or so with other asso- of six, registered for class in a ciates. nifty dance revue which gave the Coots presides at the piano, sings| featured members plenty of scope and feeds chatter to the mounds- | for spotting their dance twosomes man, a personable young man with|to results and with the support an altogether pleasing voice and a modest, baritone agreeable stage presence. They alternate gags of |}the mildest kind with song num- bers, mostly pop hits by Coots, and for change of pace introduce a sparkling little brunette girl for a number and a comedy session of roughhousing Hoyt. It would be parlor entertainment except for the fame of the two men. That gives them vaudeville interest |} and makes them highly acceptable one-timers. Placed here in next to closing of a five-act bill and suf- fered from that position. Rush. RYAN and NOBLETTE Chatter, Comedy, Songs 17 Mins.; One 58th St. (V-P) W. k. pair now doing plain duet specialty instead of skit, Ryan play- ing the fresh straight and the girl comedy. Girl muggs and does a screech song showing Darwin was right. Girl has class and a natural pres- ence. Uses chatter verging on the suggestive Ryan's straight. and that’s all. kills. and that’s where it fits.

“Office Wife” Gags (Continued from page 27) the clergy joined in. But it took the blotters that Rosen broadcast through the business offices to stir up the authorities. The blotters asked four questions: “Do you love your Boss? “What do you care about his wife? “Are you his office wife? “Are you like every girl in every | office in Syracuse, an office wife?”

|} Some of the blotters reached the | City Hall, others the police station, | Rosen drew two sharp phone calls. |}One summoned him to the Com- |missioner'’s office, the second to | Chief Cadin’'s Both officials said | | plenty. |} But Rosen still wasn’t convinced. So the next day he built a plat- form on his marquee, engaged two actors to simulate the principal characters in “Office Wife,” and }sent them out to do a_ballyhoo igainst an office setting with a full} Preerngpreareg of props—typewriter, | desk, chair and phone. An ampli- | fier carried the voices of the pair |across the square which the theatre | faces. The dialog was rare and | picy—Rosen wrote it himself. |} Inspector Wilkes, who mixes cen- rship with fire protection, listened jin on performance and promptly lruled it n. ¢ “That's out,” he informed Rosen. ; The Strand manager couldn't be- | live his ears. | “Next show at 5.30 p.m.,” he in- formed Wilkes and the crowd.|! | Rosen Was as good as his word. At 15.30 the marquee ballyhoo started new. Wilkes strode into the theatre | brushed Rosen, st jthe platform and cut short. “Get,” actors “got.” | Re-e French past the perform- ince he ordered. ntering the theatre through a window, Wilkes caught his |hand on a catch, ripping it badly. } And not a word of all this ap- ‘peared in the local Sunday papers. Neither has a voice that | No. 2 on five-act bill here, | pped out on] The | build-up helpful in sending this one over for tops. Block and Sully, mixed team, got | first crack at comedy in next niche. And what a welcome relief. The fly gab kept them giggling throughout. Audience was hungry for comedy and went for this twosome in a big way. Emile Boreo, spotted for next-to- closer, swapped spots with Rae Samuels and followed on and wowed them with his songs and clowning Boreo’s impresh of Maurice Chev- alier and his dead pan wooden sol- dier dance would have been enough to smack him across for undisputed hit, but he insisted on the Sarah Bernhardt, which would have ordi- narily let him down elsewhere but held him up here, with probably |many of the outfronters remember- |ing that Madam Sarah had been |} headliner at the house at $7,000 for ithe week away back in those days when such sums were never men- without kneeling.

| tioned Boreo’'s | showmanship did the trick for run- |ner-up with the Marxes for hit of | the show Saturday afternoon. | Rae Samuels, on after intermis- sion, was another natural. With Milfred Land thumping the ivories, Miss Samuels trotted out and copped for plenty with her songs and com- edy gab, mostly directed at the pianiste. Miss Samuels was in great shape and snapped across her num- bers with a gusto that put her over as an undisputed hit. Marx boys came next and just slayed them. dba. For the first time in weeks the

Hip had a full floor and went more than half-way over the rest of the house Saturday matinee. Good weather helped, but more than that the vaude. Eight acts and a bar- gain. Alongside the film, “A Devil With Women” (Fox), the end was a royal flush. stage | Johnny Burke, soldier comic, | spotted next to shut for the big- | gest laughs. Plenty of titters, how- |ever, were interspersed among the | other seven, and novelty and danc- ing also. An Only real lack was sing- Miller and | Marx flash tuned a couple of times, | and the Indians in the Clifford | Wayne act, too, but nothing really | striking. ing. m.c. with the All familiar turns except Sam | Linfield and Co. (New Acts), clos- jing. Novel piece of buffoonery acro with one of the six men made up as a woman | dust comedy mostly, {finished strong with laughs in a , boxing match between two | who burlesqued to help the come-on in the clown. but the act Saw- | into the film end. Stuff played in | full has a novel setting that’s ef- fective immediately. It’s a huge | Standup shoe with sliding stairs and a takeoff on the old woman who lived that way. The performers j;enter through the shoe and down | the stairs. Altogether looked like the old- time neighb show was back. That's

the usual panic with their comical- | ;enougn in for | managed a couple of light laughs and danced to please. Interesting coincidence happened for customers, who quickly noticed it, when Ray Huling and his trained seal followed the Wayne In- dian act. Seal spotted an Indian dance for his first number. That added to the show, and a break for the seal. Sidney Page and his two girls took No. 3 and seemed to be getting better. Some new touches added. Comedy here, too, while Miller and Marx, starting off rather slowly, fin- ished strong with their band act by the comedy falls and touch given at close. Looked like the band was just extra with this pair and the music end could be cut. I themselves by way of comedy and dancing for a good turn | with the help of maybe a girl or the m.c. as here. Steele Sisters high- kicked and waltzed a couple of num- bers in this flash, but the two boys j}are the act.

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On the general layout the caboodle can be set down as the biggest bar- gain downtown for a half-buck in entertainment. Radio’s “Human- ettes” shot and Pathe reel filled. Vaude topped the film end, going 113 minutes with overture by pit. Film end 85, to give show running time of 198 minutes. This is shorter than the usual run, but due to the feature, which went only 63 instead of the custom-

ary 90 minutes. That time alone spells the film quality Looks plenty cut, but for the Hip most any kind of film has to go because of condi- tions. This house must take what it can get. R-K-O Los Angeles, Oct. 16 Those magnetic stills of African coquettes, calling for cursory glances by attached gentlemen and frankly thorough study by vagrant Stags, are displayed about the R-K- O theatre lobby this week in honor | j;to a of “Africa Speaks” (Col), Male in- terest being what it is, the fact that R-K-O'’s intact coast vaude unit this week lacks a convincing pop-off windup will not infiuence business to any extent. The boys are buying | tickets primaritly to get a load of Africa unadorned. Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields, getting more than half of the ma- zuma doled out to the four acts in the current unit, were to have pro- vided a classy climax in the bill’s end spot. But they didn’t, and their applause was considerably less than the same act, worked in the same manner, receives in New York. Too fly and sassy for L. A. is the time- worn but true explanation, But the bows were taken, anyway. Openers were Larimer and Hud- son, tramp cyelist with a girl part- ner, who helps out in everything, including doubling as understander. Nobody can blame the fall of vaude- ville on a hard-working bike act, nor could a revival be credited to it. The idea seems to be that a bike act is okay in its place, and later on in the bill should come something else. Deuce spot picked up the pace with Jean Carr and a gray-haired couple announced as her parents, the trio engaging individually and together in buck and taps on a mat. Gray-haired people tossing a ryhth- mic leg always attract attention, and applause is never lacking. Miss Carr would be more attractive if her under dressing blended with her gown. Chain and Conroy, a straight with acap setting off his business suit and a comic dressed like an unfunny fashion plate, achieved little in third spot with gags, hoke mind reading and such. Maybe if the comic pulled his baggy clothes out of th trunk this act would be funnier again. The exit was quiet. Seeley and Fields closed, doing fairly well but not getting much en- couragement. It’s like that some- times. Business quite nice. Bana.

58TH STREET Two of the three acts were slap- stick comedy turns that got laughs. A good stage balancer for the mor- bid “Western Front” (U), featured here all week, Vaude ran 38 min- utes. Verna Haworth (New Acts), song and dance turn, took off slowly, but pulled up fast with Miss Haworth’s corking toe steps. A personable sis- ; ter team lends assists with warbling turn | and hoofing. Eddie Cole and George Snyder ars Still tickling audiences with their Charles Chaplin film, which Cole di- rects comedy from the stage Boys’ crossfire mfssed, but easuing screen hoke made up for it. Cole and Snyder have about reached that Stage where a few new gags would help the act. Using the same mate- rial so long that a number of their gags are now standing family jokes Jimmy Conlin and Myrtle as “7 . Giass were on and off in 10 minutes, and | something for this transient termi-| crowded good amount of comedy nal located on Broadway's sad twin! into that time. Conlin is an expe- street—Sixth avenue. rienced comedian, mostly kidding at James Evans and Co. opens a. | the ivories for his laughs Back- |} Evans appears with an _ unbilled| stage crew lends a hand in promot- woman. He starts off rather curi-|ing the giggles by echoing Collin’s }ously, but winds up with a game} shouts of “Whoa,” and c ipering be- | foot juggling bit swinging a trick| hind the curtain, making variou | bed on his toes. noises and moving the scenery. Miss That act a good start for the bill] Glass foils, with not mu to do ex- | and was followed by Gus and Will.| cept to shove off the action by | pair of dancers in collegiate and} breaking Conlin’s suit ‘military style of céstumes. Pair! Pathe Sound News.

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Sie PALACE, CHICAGO Chicago, Oct. 18. A spreading chill is affecting tha Palace audiences. There is a per. ceptible and increasing hardboilness about them. They laugh softly and applaud weakly. And some bills back there was even an outcropping of that low form of animal life, the balcony smartaleck. Already among actors the talk is that the Palace igs “tough.” Of course on a first show and a Saturday afternoon it's difficult any place. Even headliners and stand- ard comedy mop-ups feel it. All of which is a preface to the state- ment that a good bill did but fair] Dance Fables opened. This turn features the tossing about fia beautiful redhead among thre The men wear one garment each, the girl covers the law with two and the lights in view of the nakedness ought to be artistically subdued Pressler and Klaiss took over the rostrum and struggled with the Sat. urday matinee lethargy. This is a hoke piano and vocal turn accus- tomed to more affable gatherings than greeted them. On the later shows they will unquestionably re- establish their average for it's a bright and diverting dido. Richy Craig, Jr., proceeds on modern notions of humor He is perhaps a trifle too smart, as he assuredly is a pitch too low in speech, for the generality of y - ville audiences. He should sg} k louder. Otherwise he has no dife ficulty in ingratiating himself dee spite the ultra quality of his jeste ing. Irene Bordoni, charming as ways, is the current sample of “internationally famous st ised the Palace al- the irs” prome patrons by the Re K-O exploiteers. Any detailed ac- count of Miss Bordoni's turn would be needlessly repetitious in Variety Three Swifts brought the show close and the audience to a state of mid-afternoon alertness. These boys by the exercise of show- manly good sense and a feeling for comedy have elevated what might . have been merely a juggling turn into an episode of natural and easy laughter. They are an example of how an act without actually doing anything different but simply in the manner and style of presentation can ad- vance their value, and presumably their honorarium. There’s no bet- ter word in the trade vocabulary than “showmanship.” 3ert Lytell’s “Brothers” (Colum- bia) is the Palace feature, rather better than the Palace average. Land, STATE Indifferent picture in “Moby Dick” (WB), but the draw of John 3arrymore’s name, is backed with a so-so bill of specialties, appar- ently five in number, but in reality four. Difference in count comes in the doubling of Frank Conville into the mediocre dance flash “Carrying On,” a booking trick he has been doing this long time back. A program without special stand- out, but paced to make the most of the material. Rather better than just pop neighborhood fare, but still light entertainment for Times Square’s next-to-busiest cornor. Drop in house, the State, and the redeeming feature of the layout is the emphasis on comedy, always the saving grace of shows catering to the transient trade Opens with the Four Kadex, slightly gymnastic turn with a good novelty. Three men and & stalwart woman, latter figuring as bearer ina number of unusual feats jhanging in a cradle and supporting the men in trapeze feats from an elaborate rigging. Finishing dis- play is no great shakes as acroba- tics, but a sensational idea from out front. The whole breakaway rigging is converted into a “pole” revolving vertically with the woman swinging on one end and the met on the other. Frank Conville does his familia single in the No, 2 niche, getting started with his comedy trick of curious crooked head stand seem- ingly supported on his left ear and repeated for the new they arrive, Chatter, playing on the customer 3 sax, antics of an audience plant who comes un for a bit of ec: stepping and Conville’s own bris! and novel style of dancing, all con- Spire to fill in 14 minutes enterta! ingly Hiowe ver, witl the eni flash of the next turn as “Carrying On,” it comes as a surprise to find the same Conville in the co! center of a dance flash turn, W ing through it to the finish V¥ much low comedy knockabout “Carrving On” runs 16 mi rivinge Conville nea half on the stage which is a good even for this amusi: bu confident voungster The flash itseif is p without any idea ex 15 minutes with seven gir of dancing ept brette and a pair none of them billed by neme for date ana none of them espe deserving that distinction It Conville who makes the (Continued on page 54) a

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ai PARAMOUNT, N. Y. New York, Oct. 17. Anybody might withstand the ghock of one redhead, but not even gkeptic Broadway and_ environs could fail to bow before such an alluring stage combo of two, Nancy Carroll and Rudy Vallee. Before the halo of this sorrel topped pair the rest of the show sized up to the customers like a dime before Rockefeller. Only Jesse Crawford shone brighter than the rest. With rain on the destroy, the supper show Friday after opening was 8S. R. O Good weather helping, biz should grow and the house expects to break its top with this film star on the stace. Miss Carroll and Vallee do 18 minutes with the band on and so! dancers. They come on after the Boris Petroff unit, “Putt | t With the unit the show rur minut plent . a ti f What Mis Carroll offered sur- prised the customers, mostly curi- ous It is the unusual routine of screen personage displaying ability plus charm and figure. From a working standpoint 5 a tough assignment for Vallee who is doubling here from the Brooklyn it

Par. For both houses it means 11 shows a day for the band leade and constant travel between the two theatres almost Vallee and Mis: Carroll must be costing the Pat heavy. but this pair broke the hous« record last week in Brooklyn, Vallee is supposed to be a last minute booking and the pair ars doing the same act as over the | brid One report is that the book- ing of Vallee here was on request from Miss Carroll. Altogether Miss Carroll does four | some amusing chatter Vallee. This of Vallee and compari- numbers and and biz with a simulation son of their respective abilities. Vallee tries dancing and Miss Car- roll leads the band. Then Miss Car- roll also simulates Vallee in singing through a meg. Miss Carroll’s voice is tiny on the stage, but she’s taking vocal, She also dances. First is with a group of si medium height girls, fully clothed and in different colored gowns. Finale is the weak point although it’s good. Weakness is in the finish when Miss Carroll, after doing a classy tap in topper with two boys, makes the go0-off while tapping. It catches audience on the surprise who expected bangup finish and leaves Vallee in the cold. “Putt Putt,” the unit, gets its handle from midget golf with that kind of a background and the band behind lattice work. All of it is in full with one tee-off showing and the ticket office usual on such links that are atmospheric. Half-way over a “one” drop with cut-out legs of Scotch misses in golf socks is let down and the Dave Gould Girls do a snappy toe tap. Chatter and the songs that precede is the usual formula. That means Carroll and Vallee pulled it over. Show otherwise is more color than talent. Felovis, Chinese stick and ball juggler, Hunter and Pervical spotted for thrills and comedy. Merriel Abbott dancers also. Crawford gives three songs and the stereopticons show their clever- ness by making the colored back- grounds move. Crawford's “When the Organ Played at Twilight” was technique and music combo that mellowed with quality. Outside of that some trailer stuff preceded the -ar newsreel and broke in the mid- dle as per ordinary here. Whole show went 137 minutes ROXY an espe ially noteworthy Stage show this week, with a num- ber of displays that seem to be old ideas worked over, and not with any great amount of inspiration, Pres- entation, however, saved from actual dullness by the one outstanding bit they always have at the Cathedral. Even this is a repeat idea, but the Only one that has behind it real en- thusiasm. It occurs as a stage side- light of the overture, and is a new edition of “American,” first done at . ss Ot the same house two weeks ago. This | one has the girls in futuristic cos- includes | | ent | “Detroit Times Topics,” | troit cluding twinkling lights under the ballet girls’ skirts that drew a giggle from the mob instead of a gasp of deligbted surprise. Vocal chorus back *%rounded this. “Sewing Kit” is the dance finale, girls in ballet groups dressed to represent scissors, thimbles and pin cushions and tape measures doing group dance routines, mostly on their toes and always sightly. The 32 Roxyettes break into the finale for their precision display, all awk- | wardly dressed long pantalet in crinolines and color scheme being tes, in dull white relieved by blue, and nything but graceful. Precision in terlude is one of the best things ir the Roxy program, but this tun cneme t rest to M it off serve 1s j n nt Newsre¢ i Fox Movietone ind with a couple of smashe best being ome } orial shot of the Nav) day maneuvs sea near New \ i \ the t ‘ rit ‘ a rd t N ( 1Dié¢ M c of lé ¥ ving smoke screens than wit he camera has so far found nothir with a greater kick F¢ for the week is “Scotland Rush. Paramount, Detroit Oct. 16 premiueré¢ Detroit, Occasioned by the world of “Billy the Kid” (Metro) and with Edison pre ing the button to s ing m< ng, this house had the first opener for Paramount-Publix since the “Vagabond King” gala premiere turned out to be not so “premier.” This time the reverse was tru¢ Whether due to the liberal issuance of Oakleys or to no increas oO prices, result was capacity or near it, meaning over 3,000 people pres- for entertainment and ing approval of what they Sound on disk in this ins gave a bad start to the picture Out of synch for the six minutes of the first reel and necessitating re- winding and starting over again. Sold as a living screen with depth express- received. tance REVIEWS ;

New York, Oct. 17. This house is being used by War- ners for experimentation with an entirely new idea of flesh entertain- ment. Latest is a stage band work- ing with no outside help and incor- porating al] its entertainers from within the ranks of the band. If it clicks it may be tried at additional Warner nouses. Aaronson’s Commanders, pesides Aaronson, this policy. i week at the house nd from results, the boys will {to stay quite a while The band we cs bookKIn al 13 pieces Is forth with ’ holds torth ond This is their Sec

Most of his warbling is f and the other featured I doing a number titied “Afr Dance It’s hot-cha-cha, and ley is a mean torso twister for male, After a straight rendition, b to ‘What Is" : ’ with a ch semi-comeding over the sons \ Saxe foiling for then Latter has a rood solo spo wit i © men is akes t ! Love rus ¢ ? ‘ im tion of Q ¢ nt l Two other membe: also solos an imitash of is okay, and they her chap did sO with the inst the band for the backer« Band only uses 20 minuté which em one aoing went io Ita Boy Anot an lmmé is ugh. It's a good {dition just about band in a good house The a of stage fare for the first Ince time sll

the house opened, about @ year ago, seems to be a good move. House packed when caught. Warners admits it will be stumped for bands on the type of Aaronson’s if and when it intends to put the same policy in other houses. At the | moment Warner could only think of and third dimension, the publicity dept. was plenty optimistic for “Billy.” Rigged up like a Holly- wood delicatessen, the front of the house was all lit up, electrically, and attracted hundreds. Roses were} handed to the women guests in tie-up with a local florist. A great piece of comedy film was used before the feature started. local sound news reel made by the Metropolitan Film Co., in conjunction with De- “Times,” local Hearst news- |; paper, showed a clip of two giraffes

tume, one bare leg and the other | encased in a wide ankle-length trouser leg. Fantastic headdresses of Indian symbolism. Overture is a medley of Americar Music from Indian tomtom through Negro spirituals into jazzique and Climaxing in a Sousa mal wit! the Roxyettes keeping up with the 6core in a medley of dances from Indian war steps through jazz ré tine S, black bottom and finally with] whirling arms to picture the future mechanical age. Setting is a t1 background of steel girders and sky- Scrapers that tower into the sl and the whole makes a spright] and arresting epi 1 Dance threesome involving Frenc} china figures on a tir ng m box is one of those ormal, pr things that have been much over- done in the name of art, and hert with no special accessories to give Punch. Helen Sada and John Gur- ney are programed as _ principals Without mention of the second mar “Glow Worm” is another uni: Spired dance ensemble built out of the old number, pretty in a way, but With overdone electrical effects, in recently presented to the town zoo. Giraffes have been filmed before. What made this one outstanding was the audible comment by Al Weels, in the Graham MacNamee manner for Universal. Weeks, for- merly dramatic critic on the De- troit “News,” is doing radio mono- log work and writes his own ma- terial. Weeks’ pleasant voice and | gags added wonders to wise stock newsreel clip. Arthur Gutow, at the organ, had the high-brow audience singing be- fore he worked on them three min- utes, Educational comedy with Char- lottee Greenwood also on screen. Show ran two hours and 20 minutes. Lee. an other- LOEW’S STATE Los Angeles, Oct, 16. “Enchantment,” second F. & M. Idea, supervised by Larry Ceballos, shows plenty of class and should rate high over the circuit. Theme is Oriental, with only one performer | in the unit, Jack Lester, not Chi- nese, male singer in Garden,” Opening has a singing ‘Persian one with cur tain going up on an attractive Moorish interior. Girls in appro- priate costume go into a tap with Jack Lester, variety of off-rhythm tap. Oriental dance follows, with Me- yakos, man and woman, in Burmess tribal dances. At least novel for mM A Jue Fong and his two sisters next. in one, Jue singing “Road to Man dalay” with a lisp as a starter. Goe into pop number then, and fared better. in acro Sisters come on for then into a tap. rhe dance, finished fast, with Fong in on tl hoofing. Girls are looker C) isinan ror illu n ¢ ‘ on steps f ] wes Smarts } ‘ eta ne <eer the y ¢ tim Wit +, tie a! } é r Pre eY t s its rT) ‘ Fir ‘ at 7 ‘ P + ete] “ t} mir! ‘ Jac} Leste b for I re ¢ y and & ¢ y I . . doe } le for fe fr the y Far & MI re ee 7 ¢ y j , ne rere M atte < ‘ t ‘ 4 oe r of } 4 rr } rey rt y * vi RR ¢ Vi [ ! ( t ! y ¥ Ww Y ? ‘ ‘ ¢ ré So T I T Tor ai ) or first pop rur the f news ¢ n +7 Y ‘ , ing out the t 2 iness or f }at second show Thursday. a | who displays a mean | two bands of the same typ¢ Heidt and Waring. “Sinners’ Holiday” (FN) the screen feature. - Pittsburgh, Oct. 17. Standard of presentations here since this neighborhood de luxer returned to stage shows a couple of |}months ago has improved in quality and quantity, and it’s be- ing felt at the box office. stand has been an in-and-outer ever since it opened but has pulled up consistently since late summer and now looks to be out of the woods. Part of this can be attributed to increasing popularity of Dick Pow- ell, m.c. Here for a year, Warners |last summer moved him downtown to the Stanley for a few months, but quickly sent him back to East |

Spanish, South American, etc.) for patronage. Operated by Fred Miller, the orig- inal builder who, in 1918, sold it to Sam Goldwyn (for whom he had |} operated) it has reverted to the } loriginal management, with Roy Miller, his brother, assisting on the publicity. At the scale building nicely, atre of its type been the- has only the house being the in L. A.

The Millers do not intend sticking }to Spanish but plan, in near future to run Spanish feature from Wed- nesday through Sunday, leaving Monday and Tuesday open for an Italian, French, Ger: n or Yiddis!t H ¢ é Int ’ . | I I 3 ( } < } . t eT } } Cay New ] beer eff nly few weel It planned to edu- cate the may t of Spar to ere it r pa ize Inte live days iT ( ) R43 week nd t 3 ‘ ‘ open ( Ti? YT ict - i I st dé W bo ? é y ‘ the Amel! WY ¢ \ y 7 hie T M ‘ 4 + HI } Spar h t er, “O ’ wa the fe re, further fo1 a Laurel nd H ( ‘ The Radi Mar v i } < ‘ heen r< lea n ] si } < f t l ( — Vi } he ( beer a ‘ ited 1 their other comedi¢ but of course, it’s the ood old knockabout dra em-out panto and slapsticl ery tt . 3 kles the Latir ri : ities } CY Ty 7 nicht +} } , stare L £ood ( i-f ioned Hk wood premiere with flood-licht ind greatly | Liberty when things started to look | down out there. He’s a great fav at this spot and has just had his contract renewed for six months more. More dough being spent here, too, and _ settings, lighting, etc., |show it. Jerry Mayhall is still in This | everything at $1 a head; it’s grind. House gets a break from its ed cational tir Ip vith schools in! colleges, giving cut-rates on special student tickets which the faculties distribute as their endorsement that one can learn Spanish faster by be- coming attuned to its oral intona- tions. A bel. ORIENTAL, CHICAGO Chicago, Oct. 17. for Saturday Affirmative evidence vaude- ville Mec¢ ente de } iif was rive n ‘leod, the rtainer, Ex by Tex rope and gag-spinning tirely tant whirling lariats throug and in llat picture house conversational pite the cons is \ no sense a act or type. McCleod disarms vance by stating he has a bunch of old ga to tell and the sooner they laugh the sooner they can go home. This is humorous iudeville hout reg ion in ad- everyone wre exaggeration as his jokes are exceptionally well- | assorted, up-to-the-minute, and free from the thumb marks of charge of production and getting in | neat work. This week’s show labeled “Melody Lane” and topped by a couple of colored youngsters, Midnight and Daybreak. Both are miniature Bill | Robinsons and goaled ’em_ with |some of the niftiest hoofing seen in |some_ time. Chorus opening fol- lowed by hoke band number of old “Tiger Rag,” with Pall Mall, black- |face single, next for some chatter and songs, his gagged medley a la Burns and Kissen for a finish was done exceptionally well. | Production number in one had | chorines in an Oriental bit to intro- |} duce Geraldine, control dancer and over big with her jointless stuff. | Sepia youngsters followed and then Powell next-to-shut with his croon- ling of i j he sold into two encores. Finale a neat adagio by two girls unbilled, with one doing plenty of strong arm stuff and bringing on a flash curtain for the chor arair this time led by Midnight and Day- brea in fast dance Milton Slosser at the organ had another of his sure-fire songefé vith audience singing for t bird ke t ey have for few vor , na er n th towr Pictur ‘ H iy” (WI ar } ¥ f + re od de ey t¢ + ‘ ‘ Y lofa ce j re Cohen INTERNATIONAL (California) Ios A! © The Teatro ( for nal would, if obtained t ewit ed to re Hh f ed Filr c ‘ ‘ paraphr ] y . + ‘ 4 ¥ ‘ T , ' ] tr ling j ¥ , ~ r influence r nruace ¢ ’ } ‘ } an 1.800-seater on § M né Gt downt “rT I A at 325 to 6 cent T . ‘ drawing Yr r r of . . ‘ y Spanish-speaking people (Me ‘Here Comes the Sun,” which usage, Only for a moment upon his shuf- fling entrance there any retar- dation of the unit’s tempo and he i: thereafter such a welcome variant is from the customarv monotonous: succession of singers, hoofers and acrobats seen at the Oriental that the audience referendum was a wholehearted “yea.” His remarks on Mr. Hoover were particularly piquant and relished with laughter, then an echo In laying out its programs the Oriental has never become more topical than a nod in the direction of some holi- day, the football season, or Santa Claus, A topical monologist 1 quite revolutionary and a good ids Babe Kane, former Chicago pic- ture house and cnfe cutie, is bac} after an extended absence on the coast She ha developed profes ionall into a very attractive in- renue-comedienne ’ There per haps occasional need for more force ful diction. Otherwise she has a lot of good ide and might be well ad ed 7 ! te tr the larger market of Mant tar She } rie ? pe OT oice at le ’ P . 7 ‘ fary ible com- ‘ T re ‘ cle ] } } ’ " ¢ + ‘ T y ' ty ‘ rs 1 } nf PG ; P , ‘ ‘ a ¢ } ‘ } } ‘ " ; lar P ¢ P . A P ‘ - I and j}and y a - VARIETY 53 ee cer ee ee New York, O 1 & Summing up the Capitol show toe igether this week it looks as tf Metro's Realife and the trail on John Gilbert's next picture are the bouncing items. Realife is M-G’s new wide film gadget, and the trailer guarantees that a new bert is on the way. It eve “positively.’ e the as And rpose the bli “Once in reae rlae 1ey are t ve up tot t nce er the n ale way from t ced, The traile the standing joke of th to outsiders, Which gets back Gilbert iS MaNnv people awa is it ha ent pecome is ity, now al ch ingre the heavy rough and ready. So hard-boiled he can stare down a sun-are. That’s according to studio plans, and more power to Gilbert if he’s found his voice, But the M-G press boys aren’t making it any easier for him With trailers of this type. They snickered here and they read and thers no special reason why they won't do the same thing in other theatres Meanwhile, Gilbert and his feature must overcome the em- barrassing introduction. Trailers ire tough on stars. Added to the Capitol’s cu main contributions should b« chell and Durant. Just a and-tumble surfire act in any atre. The only thing that cuts down their laughs is the business in the house. A few hundred people laugh just as hard, but it doesn’t sound so loud in a 5,200-seat houss If it’s capacity you feel the vibration. This week the boys are in “Off Shore,” a Chester Hale unit of 24 June Worth, Ann Greenway Allen and Kent. Miss Worth the latter team (male) dance, Worth is of the school acroe doing that well-known forme of low trajectory leemania which great for splinters. The boys hoof. Miss Greenway is on the elevator plus a piano and pian for two songs. Mean- while, Bert Frohman m.c.’ and ble tune as his bid for ace ceptance It's also of note that percussior | and let him cut loose g. It’s in lover, No lonrer + l rent Mit- roughe- the- girls, Miss batic, ula is t pit iste war a Ben Pernie’s pectalist is back at they really hould on hi comedy also obviou that most artistic tympanist the job. Bunchuk is pit crew of 61 through a medley of pop alts, Back to the unit. It’s good look- ing and the girls routine nicely. Set is the deck of a brig with highly colored «¢ the dressing for the motif. Nothing oute standing the conglomeration, and Durant but picture house material. There is also the Fox-Hearst l preceding the 43-n News clips are [¢ the Hearst jetone xylophonin the Street's remains on 1g the al taklir ostumes aquatic about Mite hell ugh except fair ene nute ur- ime was or ¢s rie time »- Or in favor of e1 for 1 Mo

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4 , 54 VARIETY REVIEW S Wednesday, October 22, 193 | a ——— a - = a —————————— ES a ~ —— { PARAMOUNT L A elty, with three girls suspended in- STATE | week, or while the other has the MET BROOKLYN ’ ¥ ° side whirling silver balls, was an- | week's unit. | 9 Los Angeles, Oct. 17. other gasp for the neighbors. (Continued from page 52) There was little to the rest of this | Strong bill for Loew’s ace Brook. This is Jack Partington's. first One set, in full, is used with Ar-| cinta Without him: tt’ would be | combination show to soften a hard-|lyn house with two acts sharing ¢ . » . . . 2 . od SX 1 } + he ar > « 1 > —- unit, coming here following Harry{ mind Hand's boys playing from the pretty utterly blah | hearted three-quarter audience. |} honors on the marquee, Jack Wil- Gourfain. It also'inducts Ray Bol-| stage. Buddy Howe won a hand|" waite Hoyt and J. Fred Coots | Eddie Cantor Par short, “The Cock-| son and Co. and Chinese Whoopes ger as mic. for’ four weeks with] and did an applause turn of a mili- (New Acts) in the next spot and leyed News, burlesque newsreel,| Revue. A near capacity audiencs option for four more. But what is{| tary tap dance to a Herbert melody. doing nicely, although we ntitens I came closest to waking them up, | seemed to like each act unusually P . : 72 P : i y ul Um t’ } bt i a ren . : na flere P . y more important is that Maurice} Girls from the line in gorgeous] young entertainers, even if one of | but it followed a flock of trailers, | well. Oke layout aithough the only Chevalier's “Playboy of Paris” (Par) | clothes with Walter Powell doing|them has large prestige as a base- | the straight newsreel (Fox), another | two comedy acts on the bill fol- is the feature. House is doing busi-| tricks on a trombone. The neon| pan) pitcher and the other the dis- short, Gertrude Lawrence in a song | lowed each other. Due to the types ness strictly on Chev, and Parting-{ tube trombone neatly handled tinction of writing the ‘ Sons o for Vitaphone, and the feature. of the uther acts, there appeared ton or some of the eastern talent Electric-Duo, two lithesome gal| Guns" musical score. do not qualifs | Stage show rent get on until 9.18; to be ro other way to Spot then a 7 a ‘ ae , PE “ - . c . ’ L AliLy | rit} ‘ + 1 ‘ > ‘ ‘a 66 mT) > : . in his how make lLttle difference.| dancers, very strong with their twin to hold down the next to closing} be oe all oh 1t up ahead. Col’s “Squealer featured, . . s —arh? a ’ . At least out here standing flips a sens ation. Phe Vic- | assignment Obviously, it is the] fF our-a-da i . pia Gay. Bige. * My hitey and Ed Ford came on They had Bow last week, and ss Herbert qu nb ey pleasing ss money that plants them in that -° at. W — iS @ trained sma nzele wouldn’t buy her. Che- icture, “Animal Cracke1 4r)- | nositior ;406, GO0ins mrougn alk routines j ‘4 see —_ . ‘. bo nao ¢ 4 the ‘ e] , —_ . . 4 deneelinen Weeds tay BO. COS") ok tea in Gece tering’ to] REET icen eat. tn eo JEFFERSON without delay. “Winish is the 4 $3: ' . | . m in ’ yy 4 in f > Dp trons Iway trom tage | ¢ . 5 d ha singe epi rd . vv King up Lits nis 1? yim 9 > : ‘ ' 2 Ly a = Vit! ; \ Qu nt West- 1otel irrving ; lle ] ive some tra mn | de , , & M Ath na wand, all bra ¢3 but the piano and 2 : he v DA} Co . : : iI trin I und it doesn’t | omy two K O » 1 tere. | a litar and the music the least of | ‘rol 1e€l A he house's | y , hurt ret ft Rubinofr.| Double features on the n will | thoir pyc EAN nt Se geeare ag | RP jto play a variety of differ Lu! House ji ron ifte tubino wie TLeacul I L 3 vai j th ir material An unusually gi i isuai prices, if was a pushover from | .,; 1 nt 11971 aS ae 7 fin s wieeaeatn ional sfter three or] take their pla It's a safe et,!group of boys is here assembled rat op P sti -_ nts equally well, wor ivO ‘ . | . r that t ' | ore = : : 3 VY saturday afternoon Conche no longer we Tour é to the 4 that th we aac efit A | They Lay » knack of boisterou | J Mae gee . ‘ : , T | , hy , me arly nd lone fore | He also 1a 1cqul 1 m _ a dyn ic maestro vox office. Th yr lerber lea 4 ) omedy that helps for such a y cam arly and long before y I i : . | r } oY \Y » *¢ + could een thit from t man l u ele as the State’s and sing with a 1e Vaude section was finished ther 3 ‘ > | ¥ i baton from the leader ind 1d ner ii which his trailers vere i great deal more harmony tha! nost were standees in the back : > . | 7 . ‘ ~ ‘ i; pit orch greeted or his stuff applauded, be- | band aggregations. | The Jeff seats 1,850 and with a'!* . . ‘ . oo | ; : . ” ly 17 - > ? j Stan Stanley’s audience act w cause Rubinoff is an unquestionable | STATE-LAKE, CHI. Bit of travesty on the old fash- | tew sellouts such as Saturday indi- | as humorous as ever Two ‘ta mes draw all his own. So much so that | C1 eae lioned comedy quartettes was a | cated the vaude didn’t have to be so give him an pl _ upp 6 writ — . : ss Sa ian cago, ¢ ; ' . , Cs ; } , i ampie 5s 0 ith the the house this week gave orders to} wnhicago, Oct. 19 |capital bit of quiet fun—perhaps a| hot Besides the film’s extreme , ale > 4 | 3 : . | ee : 2 : blonde standing out Crossfire be- its press department to give the| It was a sock on the button for little subtle for this mob—and the} length—131 minutes—forced the tween Stanley and the ao: ud ; i : stanie > £lris he ‘ baton wielder a plug the vaudevillians when this old j|septette of husbands and wives bookers to cut the regulation show trouble making the grade — Partington, in his first show, has | house gave up the ghost to straight {three in comedy femme get-up for| down to three turns. In laying out The Wilson turn is smooth run- put too much into it. Doesn’t mat-|,, desc s pr aheeeres Tie _|this—was strong arm _ burlesque{ the three turns two were comedy | ning Wils acme aliaeta es hé pictures To the cold figures in the that a neh, oak tome ind that wv a i ‘te : ing. lison has changed it some- YF row % 1a A tor " : ‘ \ a r , sluggish throughout. fitled| grand. Straight sound reduces the|at an end, its Academy on lit H ty age ae tL ol a Brow start here |coming an aviator. Boy take L “Anchors Aweigh und—you guessed | cost of operation to approximately | Saath: skinned tase stiows this but their comedy efforts pulled up | hand at warbling, which is too it—set on a battlesnip. Said battle- | $10,000, which means a profit for the |’ : 4 ica ik ite strong. Harriet made her drunk lengthy and slows up the act. Girl ship set later converts into the| poorest picture. | week along with six other Fox M ts. stuff re ui h ind the travesty meller | just foils. It wouldn't be amiss if Little Church Around the Corner | Woods, around the corner, was | Bringing bat k the stage and the nu ut at the finish got over solidly. | Wilson would let her sing or dance, with steps and everything What | another factor in the switch Taken | Will bring back the biz, too, the cir- The third and last act was Joe|if she can sing or dance. would a Publix (or a Shubert, for] over by R-K-O a year on a stiff | CUlt hopes ome sgt ae —_ ' Phillips and Co A lead-pipe cinch This night, Monday, all the that matter) show be without the! rental, this. smaller eater made Wh fever the —— nere ‘ >| tor this comi Although there was} whoopee appeared to be removed staircase and a wedding finale? | very small dough. A draw pictur Academy's return will have its et-| a femme stew bit ahead he fol-|from the Chinese Whoopee Revue Sesides Bolger, France Shelley | such as the “Cuckoos,” did absolute | fect on the nearby R-K-O Jefferson | lowed with his jag characterization | Got off to a slow start and failed . ini onh- . 4 ee J : ¢ sing F rai rives h s . f . = sale - ‘ } warbles mildly. Girl could get bet- capacity at $21,000 for the week. | Since It again Gives J ‘th re _ of} an 1 bowled ‘em. r to pick up any real whoopee quali- ter numbers; she has the back-| Overhead is as stiff as the State- | riety stands, besides the ) ns “y Phillips know Ss his vaudeville and j|ties until the “Florodora” number. wiround and delivery and needn’t| Lake's, where such a pictur ould | lesque around on Irving plac: ve not a wisecrack or flip exchange in : ¢ : * | oe @ NT awt IP _} the se 11 film houses dotting the} with Beth Miller w lost Miller's BE? handicap herself with that first} sross $40,000 Nex A kK --K-O ‘ ie. Ke I > Miller was st 3 ‘ number. Second, the rhythmic “One| sives up the Woods. | reds favorite roost. , rhough ©| gagging and clowning rely greatly | Million Dollar, L. A. ’ { A 1 7 licie } , ra . | Hour Tonight,” much better. | What's to happen with the vaude Jeft and Academy ba 1¢ - S pea = | upon such assistance as the neat Los Angeles, Oct. 16 » » e gh “esent- 1e y 2 : iMac ’ p : ; Band starts in pit and comes on| fans that belonged to this house? | ** mblan mae ; » last de uxer gets, it's all right from “ l like variety ull acts working in| @nd four-act variety bills the ast | Mark Show otherwise was a_ good]. sd — , ; , "eS | half, week splitting on Friday and . that end, too. hi eT. > / the 1 Cc. working as ail, 5 ’ ———--— —— : . money’s worth. Rubinoff’s “Echoes| Om& | With the m. c. working a Tuesday. That gives the Academy | House is operated by S. M. Laz- of France” overture wa a sip | enunciator. aetna ced gays va | rus at a 35 cent top At that tariff ae Franc rture was | ply There is a sharp battle going on| 4 one-day start on opening day, | 86th ST Sata dt nt top. t at ti Le Rubinoff is a card for rotation pur- | , kk f both halves, which won't be impor- ° show is a buy. Besides feature, pose The many surefire arrange between R-K-O and Publix for the | - “ae “The Little Accident” (U) on sec b 5 I ‘ : ' T TT i 4 d ( ) = nents } must have his trunk | V2Ude patronage of the loop. De- | tant unless the shows are there. | All Quiet” (U) is considered an] ong ony , lud a or ents e re 1 ~ 4 Ay vil . n oo mn ! . - l > . +S nit, ( - ot us , ‘y a “¥ aaae. veloping so quickly, the Oriental | What will count more here thar | ace in the product hand dealt R-K-O P ne tra y eg “oO +29 ) oe t new an be dug uy rr section: *( ca- . 7 . h #% h¢ stare ce Peay” Pi chestré overture, aramount ‘Ws tion all ve r hs map vu hers also may be switched to vaude The R- = y 1s the quali y of the stage | by Universal this year, and the cir- and filler ==" + . i ( -] > ‘ ° S TS ; . K-O press department came back at | 0UIS. : are giving Rubinoff a build-up by not seating anybody during musical rendition. Flock of trailers all institutional. on the screen grade. A frank confession obviously that out here the picture's the thing. If the celluloid value is below par nothing can overcome it. Burns and Allen had a pip Para- mount laff short. Mayor John C Porter of L. A, plugged the Com- munity Chest drive and got some untoward guffaws y referring to the “chest,” minus the adjective, and sounding more like a biologica Chief ballyhoo is that Paramount pictures, regardless of the stage shows, are also high- the Chicago marquee signs by an- nouncing in the dailies that the “R- K-O Palace Can Truly Claim ‘Star '!| Acts,’ ‘Big Acts.’” And in the two successive weeks of real star head- liners at that house, one with Olsen and Johnson, the second with Ruth Etting, knocked out two terrific grosses, one a record high. , That is the way R-K-O apparent- lv figures. To grab the hit pictures for heavy money runs at the State- -| Lake and make use of their ordinary program pictures with their Palace vaude names, So far the scheme has worked | excellently. In the past, R-K-O has || been squeezed for suitable product,

discourse, being forced to use B. & K. turn- Metro's “Min and Bill,” 3%-min- | downs, to the inevitable detriment ute short with Wallace Beery- | of the State-Lake, which ran the Marie Dressler, was on behalf of] stuff. This year R-K-O has secured the Anti-Daylight Saving referen-| first choice on 104 pictures ees | dum locally. With these extras] includes Radio, Columbia, Univer- came the newsreel, trailers for the | sal, Tiffany and Pathe. Publix-B & | Overture, presentation, ete ibe! | K, control long-term franchises on saneminnennnaase the other companies | State-Lake is getting rather a| CAPITOL, CHICAGO break at its start. First following | the present “Half-Shot at Sunrise” | Chicago, Oct, 18 hoy the house gets the Amos | M Mareo and Miss Fanchon | ’'n’ Andy talker, a long-run natural made a personal visit to Mrs. FEllaj for this town if there ever was one | Herbert, widow of the late Victor, | ee to gain her permission to use the | words, “Fanchon & Mareo Victor | B hib’ “All C ed ” D | Herbert Idea,” current stage presen- X S om y ay | tation at the Capitol, eee Both assured Mrs. Herbert they | : ; would attempt to build an “Idea” | (Continued from page 27) | { ! show worthy of the composer’s/some of this product from the a one iflled t} I | wasteful shelf, are grouping all hey { my IY wo Ise 1 1 . 1 t They fulfill leir promise their short subject product together is perhaps the most colorful and]... : , : ‘ | ¢ j Or ye gala show one day each beautiful presentation to pla his M ; ts r veek Most e@ picking Tuesdays Warner house and makes od the st are picking lesday scree 1d reading The Capitol is|@"d are presenting an ill-comedy offering the largest and finest stage | day Dusiness has been favorable | show on the Southsid or the all-shorts idea , kids One thing stands out in this 30- | especia roing fur the comedy minute offering that makes it all] show the more remarkable. It has noin-! Ag aq sequel both to double fea- dividual outstanding acts or actors. | ¢,,,;, P ¢ ¢ » +9 2 - : | turing and the enfox i block book- The thing depends solel on its . a ¥ 4 t rove on nies th. gow! creations novelties an ex-|/° ls we Lilie iarge mmpani tne ceptionally well trained and swell | 54 exchanges which specialize looking Ernest Belcher lineup of |?" Short subjects are finding the 10 girls and 5 men. mixed i vith | Zoing particularly tough this vear. Victor Tlerbert ftrine i Most of their market is closed to It ha been many moons since} then jue to the fact iat double the Capitol customers looked over] features give them no room. and f 7 styyrt lovely e ’ 2 Tr . . , a tir , sar apart femm«¢ +2 | that those exhibits that in squeeze ‘ tion to their comeliness they | ' . add er iar ong melit jim shorts are all tied up for such and the five lads dance with a pre- - cision and race that make tl amy | Product from the large distributors. is } rhs r ¢ I LAK 1emM } . ‘ unusual The Southsiders, filling | n this Instance, it ts reported, about half the house, because of the | that Educational is having one of first touch of winter, gave them aJ]jits slowest selling seasons in many rousing reception. The closing nov-! years | Opener, and a unit, Is F. & M.'s “Good Fellows” Idea, far from one of M. & M.'s best. Like the average dumb beaut, its looks are on top of everything, with little competish from the other departments. What it lacks mostly is pace. Most F. & M. units are so fast, when a slow one comes along the lagging is doubly noticeable. “Good Fellows” would seem slow in any company. Crawl spots are frequent and the |} general prettiness of the production isn’t enough to cover them. The male vocal chorus of 16 voices is slowness personified in its singing and the routining doesn't help to brighten up the piping. One bad spot follows the full stage opening that might have been avoided by different spotting. Four of the 16 singers are out before the drapes for two numbers and the next switch to full stage carries into a yodel solo by another man, out of place following the quartet. Same gait continues during most of a blackface comedy team’s running time The boys are a long time warming up, not getting anywhere until variating a familiar crap game bit Quartet Four is called as the “M-G-M That probably means a past in the Metro musical talkers. Male chorus’ billing is headed by the name of Bud Averill. Leader of the line is distinguished by white braid. He also is 2 member of the quartet and possibly Averiii His boys would sound a lot better with bet- ter numbers to sing. Thev're bur- dened vocally and so is the unit by the Heidelberg school and drinking songs used to maintain the produc- | cuit is depending on it to take the tion theme Lucille Page and Helen Burke are | olo dancer Miss Page seems the | featured member and looks like a| show prospeece for a specialt po She is a looker with not muci yn first of all, and then a profi ent | ‘ontro! kicker and acrobatic | dancer Miss Page does as much! as the scenery to make 0d F lows” look well Blackface team’s monicker, Seben ‘n Kleben sounds like a comi Amos ‘n’ Andy take-off There's no similarity in style or attempt | to cony in material or otherwise { Tnit ran 37 minutes and didn’t Scem shorter as some of the F. & Ts do. On the new route the full- week Fox, Brooklyn, is the New} York opening date for the Ideas, with the second met week split be- tween the Academy and the Audu- bon Latter two will plav apot- booked vaude bills one half each pot. The war picture is in for a full week in this split-week R-K-O vaudfilmer, as in the others, while the stage bills change mid-week as usual. Vaude change with the holdover film should satisfy the repeaters, if “Front” draws ‘em. Splitting the week for bills in the regular manner prevented jamming up the route works and books. Best that the vaude played with this picture can hope for, from any angle, is second place. At the 86th, the first half stage bill ig composed of three acts in- Stead of the customary five. Fea- ture consumes 135 minutes. Run- ning 40 minutes, the three-act com- bination stood up Saturday after- noon as reasonable support and reasonable Kafka, Termini Ost. are standard naturals for the spots they filled here—opening and No. 2 While no more reliable flash act for closing, else on the short bills self lately than “Southern Gaieties,” an attractively dressed and fast working company of nine in black- face Novelty is the scenic back- grounding. People who take care of their end with pace and routining. The result is pleasant As a good flash act so Shows it seems to call for extra praise. If the percentage of good ones against the continues increasing, the good flashes will stop being called a matter of luck. The producers always have the severe shortage of break-in theatres their answer and it’s strong grounds or anywhere has shown it- seldom SO-SOS as for argument “Southern Gaieties’” looked and played as well when caught about a month ago as it did this week, If new last month, and showing no improvement since then, without needing to, this must be a case of smart producing Flash acts, at the money thev need to operate on, Stanley and Mae and Joe}

Laughlin'’s stage unit, as billing suggests, is Spanish in motif, but it also has the circus touch, with 4 trampoline act, Five Marison Boys, and an iron-jaw artist working on a swinging web, Marea, in the line- up. From point of people and flash, “La Fiesta” has plenty. Of former, probably too much, with 35 people all told. As a result top money can't be spent on individual acts and artists. Nothing could be lost by cutting that number down and using the dough to buy stronger at- tractions., With Spanish and Mexican talent largely represented in the cast, there is an overdose of dancing. For first half of unit, one specialty is marched out on top of another until it looks like a dance audition but second half, with moves down to “one,” circus acts and more sing- ing, show recovers from a bad case of sameness Laughlin could have gotten by easily with half the dancers he has and might have used part of the saving involved to dig up a comedy act. Unit gets by without the laughs but could have used a little comedy for general all-around en- tertainment value. Aside from circus acts, lineup In-

cludes Gabriel Cansino, fair eccen- tric dancer; Thomasino Sisters, wh? seore solidly in their second acro- hatic routine but not their first Jimmy Blair, surefire buck dancer, on twice: Carmen De Laro, specialty dancer, fair: Maxine Castle, prim4s donna: Frank Shannon, tenor, wit!t in unusually good voice, and B« Sisters, Mexican dance team work- Ine { h iracter ana sametime Lpe- pealing Line of girls appear several time3 and work into other umber ustt- allv backing specialties, and I everyone on stage to keep it tro! looking deserted with so mar r sles and double on top of € other Cirle | oO Lppe Yr hal TY but that shimm toward fina 3 a pretty weak in rtior A fa good-looking rt ‘ ? Running time, 39 minutes and too long for material invol i Plenty of roo for cutting f wanted, including that prolonged finale which looks as though it wi never wind up. There was so m dancing before that it is me! | repetition to start ringing in more specialties at finale. Pusiness holding up satisiactor! with horse on first Thursda mat show fairy well filled. Chare ire almost a necessary evil nowa- days The average can't get bv on m in less than $1.900 a week, but 3 $1,000 worth of punch in but one in a hundred They're nec- esSary because the bills need flash Single ind teams who could sock is no flash a possibly could are buyable at $1,000 and less—but try ind find enouch of ‘en Flash acts at 91,000 don’t sock nearly so well as singles and teams for the same | money, and that’s where the flash act becomes an evil, but still mec essary They were coming in early for the pieture Saturday matinee, Bige. me sec TE

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Naughty, but Cheap, Is Mexicali, With Beer and Love for Two-Bits Mexicali, Mex., Oct. 21. al t} town made famous by a imed Rose, who couldn't stop i jually famous for it 1 t Als i iT > | ‘ " 3 e borde { ( t in ea I I i to t « I t x i O Vexi i is the | di I ocation o Imperial \ i ( ifornia’s hest farming regiol | Tourists don’t come along this way. This is the only gap in the | border where you don't have to cross Here they let you gamble and drink until nine before six in the evening. And from six to nine is time enough A sign directly over the border in- forms the general public that it’s a serious offense to be caught drunk on the American side. Evidently few people here can read. Owl Club Mexicali has one joint, the Owl Club, Bets are taken in any game from a dime up. The Owl wants to make the laborers feel at home. Draught beer is a dime, and everything is on a common level. If someone wants to play for higher dough the will ac- commodate, It’s a friendly spot. black big gambling house Craps, poker and trips to the bar cinch to lose, no figures The game “De crooked when the roulette, stud wheels. Three and anybody's a matter how he doesn't have to liquor is dyna- jack, money mite Eight Saloons saloons are on stem, all with dancing. Violin, piano and make up the orchestra. One joint added a sax and the rest of the the owner of gaing high hat. The sax didn’t help though, because a Mexican was play- ing it After a few was out and everything w The local Chamber of Commerce paid the visit and complimented him for getting rid of the peace of the burg. the hardest Some are white, the main drums saloons accused sour notes he as lovely | ia “a SaioonKeeper a a menace to t workers in Mexicans and They sit at tables in the saloon with a pitcher of beer and cigaret. xvery time a chump comes to the table its a new pitcher. Nobody ever saw the gals drink, but many a pitcher went during the evening, Gals are the town. some Nothing is dressed up in town but the saloons. Bars have lights and soap decorations on the mirrors. Bartenders are true to form. Part- ing their hair in the middle, and going in for art. Plenty of those oil nudes in evidence. One Long Headache Mexicali is a headache that ex- tends 50 miles north on the Ameri- can side. Every town for that dis- tance has squawks plenty about the resort. All the money that be spent at home goes to the should Mexi- It’s for the border is one “have you got anything to things. Nobody worries can gamblers, saloons and gals. also tough the the inspection at of those declare?” on bootieggers, about it. A cheap Tia Juana the best places is meet spot for a and- Agua trade, but the fact someone you cheap time. Caliente get against those that you always know. Mexicali is a hideaway, sheltering quite a few boys on the loose. Burns’ Indecency Charge William Burns, booking agent of 095 Broadway, pleaded not guilty to a charge of giving an indecent exhibition when in Special Sessions. He was released under $500 bail for trial on Nov, 8. Policeman John McHugh of head- quarters charges that on April 5 at 157 East 86th street, Burns permit- ted women to give a nude dance and that he allowed indecent motion pictures to be shown before an audience of 350 men. “Holiday,” a “magazine of adven- ture — “tecreation — Information” makes its initial appearance this month. It succeeds the “American Motor- ist.” The second of four scheduled evenir in the theatre” sponsored by H vood Broun grossed $1,146 $ ) ] tha ( pacit 1t f i } . j SI} W 1 panic a 9 p. m. rolled around and the still held large blocs of tickets. It was] Impossibe to reach the theatre without being accosted by a dozen of them offering pasteboards at less ithan b. o prices. William A. Brady staged an im- promptu act when he bought a large section of tickets from one of the gyps and then kicked him out of the lobby Lynn Farnol, press |} representative for Samuel Goldwyn,

‘Broun’s 2d Sunday Plug _ Draws $1,146 and Specs, But Specs Are in Panic | who is handling the Broun benefits, sent in a call the police and one speculator was nearly mobbed when fou I'arnol chased him half a_ block shouting, “you crook!” Several hundred people took up the chase. The spec escaped only by darting into a nearby hotel. Guy Robertson opened the show with songs, accompanied at the piano by Ivor Novello, star of “Symphony in Two Flats,” for “Keep the Home Fires Burning.” Novello composed the war piece when he was 17. Armida and Edwards, had her familiar Spanish dance routine, while Gus not introduced, supplied off-stage atmosphere and effects. Walter O’Keefe gagged through a song iturn punctuated with three songs. | He said there are 60,000 cops in New York but only 50,000 speak- easies Al Trahan and Lady Cam- eron literally mopped up. Leonard Ceeley sang some more songs. Joe Frisco had his cigar and some new gags. Ruth Tester, helped by Fay Bray and Arlene Judd, contributed their “Sing Something Simple” from “Second Little Show.” Woollcott’s Memory Introducing Broun (Continued on page 57) and Brady, SEARCHING TIMES SQ. FOR WHITE SLAVERS In the arrest of two women, po- lice and agents of the Children’s Society believe they have started to break up a ring of white slavers who have made their rendezvous in the Times Square sector. As a re- sult of the arrest, agents of the Children's Society, and detectives attached to inspectors’ staffs, will visit speakeasies, where hostesses are employed to learn if they are runaways or are being held captors.

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Two young girls who fled from home because of some minor trou- ble were found detained against their wishes, they stated. in an apartment on 108th street. Violence was threatened them, they said. The women defendants are Mrs. Patty Banton, 24, and Mrs. Gladys GBunora, 31, who lives with Mrs. Banton. They were arraigned in West Side Court before Magistrate Mogilesky and held in heavy bail for the Grand Jury. Additional Charge Mrs. Bunora had an additional charge of impairing the morals of a minor lodged against her by Joseph McCarthy, agent for the Children’s Society and who figured in the raid. Mrs. Bunora’s minor daughter was in the flat the raid was made, the Children’s Society assum- ing charge of girl. The girls who alleged they were held captives are Rita Tuohey, 16, Brooklyn, and Florence Bader, 17, Freeport, L. L The Tuohey girl fled from home in August. Miss Bader disappeared from home five months ago. Rita stated that she was accosted by the Banton woman in Times Square. She learned that Rita was a runaway and suggested shelter in her home with a promise of a good job as a hostess in a “speak.” Miss Bader told McCarthy a similar story of being met by the Banton woman. Former Assistant District Attor- ney Joseph Pascocello appeared for the women. He entered a strong denial and stoutly declared the girls when the

were not held captives.

| Real Scotch Golfie | Hollywood, Oct. 21. If it’s a way to get something | for nothing, Hollywood learns about it first. Noticing deserted miniature golf courses on all sides, frugal locals acquired a ball and put- ter They may now | each. be seen play- ing abandoned courses gratis, while surviving minnies find even harder to survive.

INDECENT DANCE RAID, | Detectives Van Dam berry of Headquarters and Cal broke | alleged indecent “party” on the 12th} poe of 111 West 46th street and} arrested one girl and nine men. The} | girl and five men were held for| | trial in Special Sessions. | The others will have a hearing |! |later. The raid was made by Van | Dam and Carberry after a spectato1 | complains d to the cops. The fou | men held for a later hearing ars : : j | charged with disorderly conduct. | The girl and five men giving and participating moral dance. in an The defendants gave their names as: George Kutten, 30, booking agent, 2120 86th street; Al Silver, 26, agent, 3824 Mermaid avenue, Coney Island: Miss Bobby Bradford, 18, entertainer, 132 West 45th street; Joe Foley, 22, Miss Brad- ford’s stepbrother, 132 West 45th street; Isidore Grunland, 30, milli- ner, 8404 20th avenue, Brooklyn and Sam Teitelbaum, 38, 345 86th | Street, Brooklyn. They are out on bail. The raid was made at 10:30 a. m Two trips were necessary to take the 10 prisoners and the cops to the station hous, HOTEL LOBBY SLEEPER For Striking Him That the management of Hotel Manger is opposed to ers” Chisei- sleeping on settees in the lobby and also borrowing keys for guests room to have a siesta became known when Gilbert Davis, 24, house de- tective of the Manger, was arrested for striking Max Margulis, 2, “salesman,” of 208 West 56th street. Davis was charged with dis- orderly conduct. When the case was called before Magistrate Edward Walsh, Margulis failed to show and the sleuth was freed. Assemblyman Joseph Broderick, attorney for the hotel, told the Court Margulis had been a constant nui- sance, “Your Honor, the com- plainant has slept on the hotel lounge in the main floor. He also obtained guests keys and went to their rooms and had a sleep. “This has been going on some time. Davis found Margulis in a Suest room = sleeping. He was ordered out and became offended and abusive. He made an attempt to strike Davis and the latter struck him.” ‘Dick’ Has Fortune Told, Then Delivers the Slap “You are too big hearted and too generous. Be more frugal and more aggressive. Not far off you are to become tremendously wealthy. In 1931 you are to receive from some- one in Mexico many, thou- sands of dollars.” So stated Daniel Van Dam, detec- tive attached to police heaquarters in his affidavit to a charge of for- tune telling against Gloria Gardner minister of psychic science, re- siding at an upper Broadway hotel Miss Gardner pleaded not guilty and asked for an adjournment Which was granted. She obtained bail. Miss Gardner is said to con- duct services at her hotel on Sun- days. many oF cf, Post Renominated Langdon W. Post, vice-pres. of Bela Blau’s legit producing outfit, has been renominated for assem- blyman from the 10th district (Times Square). Post has held office for past two terms,

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A fine looking, elderly gentleman | was smoking and reading in the |} smoker when a couple of hoofers |entered. They lit their cigarets and ; St irted in “T wonder who's on the bill with ‘ “T couldn't get a ‘Variety’ any place, they were all sold out.” Well, if Higgins and Connors ire on the bill, I guess that means it we'll open or deuce it.” told ibout you to write that Spotting us You vou right lon't attend to any business, all is dames “You're nk Ol that red- give you because the big act didn't L rumble.” “Is that You pick out more dog meat than anybcdy I ever saw.” Yeh? Well, that’s my business. Anyvay I told you when we went together that anything we do off our own business. As show up in time for the have o worry” what you do or who £0 all I’m sayin’ is that these dames ger vou dizzy ani you attend to business.” that so? I did write to the last week when I sent him and I told him What happened at Cedar Rapids, that we had to open the show and that we won't do it again. Now let the office worry.” “Well, I wanna "cause I pay off that lawyer for the divorce, but if they’re gonna kick us around like they’ve been doing, then the hell with ’em,. I'll split the sore so? the stage is long as I dor “I don’t car with; acc you you “Is agent t the commission work rotta act and do a single.” “When I was working with Stan- ley we néver was on ahead of No. and many time we were next to sh t ’ “What are you beefin’ about? Me ind Jackson was always next to last.” “T caught you guys in Joliet and you were opening the show.” “Oh! That was on account of us havin’ an argument with the man- ager there. He stuck us on to open thinking we would quit, but we] him the satisfaction wouldn't give agent of | of quittin’ so we opened the sh,

pretty steady.” “Yeh, we played four weel 1 | nine, | “Well, ain’t that steady Tor ese i times? You better write that agent of ours that we want a route. The y | Sot enough reports on us now to | know if they want the act or not.” “[ told you he wrote me that they were stalling for the dough.” “Yeh? If you ask meI think he's the one that’s stallin’, If he don't give us action in another week we ask for our release. Meeting on Train At this point a couple of well up looking entered the smoker. carried a “Variety Both teams kinda nod to each other while the hoofers are watching one ” foreigners One of the fellows unfold “Variety.” “Excuse me, are you perform- ers?” “Yah. Sure. Ve are the Up and Down Frothers, novelty act.” “Please to meet you. This is my partner, Sim_son, and I'm Murphy. Simpson and Murphy. Where guys goin’?” “Rockford.” “Then you're on the bill with us I wonder who else is on the show? Can I take a look at that ‘Variety’ a minute to who the bill? “Sure, you see else is on Ve looked; it just sez us

and three to fill.” ‘T hope they have a girl act or somethin. The last few dates ws played we had animal acts on the bill, 1 guess you guys opeu the show, eh?” “No ve half in our kondracts no opening shows.” “Oh yeh? Well maybe they're (Continued on page 62)

ound the Square New Times Square Pony Courses Chow meinery at 50th street and Broadway, which folded up about i year ago, is being turned into two announced to open about Dec. 1. indoor 18-hole minnie golf layouts, Outdoor course located down the block, operated by Frank Collins, which opened last week, is the second minnie in the Times Square district. “Movie of You” Now Automatic A. H. Woods’ miniature, movable portrait picture device, known as “Movie of You,” has been improved and will be on display in a store in the Warner block on Broadway above 5lst street. The machine has been perfected since first shown during the summer and is now entirely automatic. Woods will state-right the machine, leasing them on a five-year pe- riod. supplied only -by him. He will collect royalties on the prints and folders, which can be The Rothstein Estate More than 3,000 claims have been filed against the estate of the late Arnold Rothstein, with the expectation in well informed circles that it will take several years before they are all passed on. By that time little may be left for those mentioned in Rothstein’s deathbed will. Few, if any, of Rothstein’s debtors have made any attempt to settle | with the estate, but several of the boys around Times Square claim they paid the gambier as much as $10,000 a few days before he was shot. Too Good—Thrown Out “Subway John,” blackface (but not the back of the neck), reputed to be opposition for Sir Joseph Ginsberg, John MacCormack and so forth, is around trying out his routine but the management of one Frank Sampson, hawken Ding Dong Baby,” and he has others as nutty. in the Village out, His real job is helping Harry He still claims his man was too John is a nickel changer in the subway some place had him work was thrown a side line. Twice Sampson twice his protege “Subway John” as for the Nut Club. He is under John’s pet ditty is “My W=e- not in the theatres. Club, and han-lles Martin good Grove Nut Sampson too. Sampson Pretty Bad Summer in the Woods Further proof of the disastrous and entertainers discovered, to their nature Mountains the past summer—a condition, incidentally, of the season in the Catskill which musicians sorrow—is found in a report of the State Department of Labor showing that between Aug. 25 and Sept. 4, 190 claims for unpaid salaries, to $19,810 were filed means of meeting a deficit, omitting payments to help.” Hearings on the hotel and resort proprietors being respondents defaulted and in each in the in Monticello alone. the summer establishments operated with a profit and that “the easiest hotel aggregating that few of + and resort help, The report states lay in minds of many employers, salary claims were held in Monticello, many of the summoned by subpoena. Only six case he was immediately arrested, brought before a local justice of the peace, and forced to pay the amount due as a claim, in lieu of a fine. The practice of “taking the fence” at the end of the vacation months is not an uncommon one on the part of smaller hotel proprietors who live elsewhere during the winter, but it is declared to have increased to a marked degree this summer. A goodly share of the claims for unpaid salaries arise in Sullivan, Ulster, Delaware, Green and Orange counties. WwW and made him like it. But that’s the only time.” “Gwan, you were opening the show at Jefferson just before wa went together.” “Oh yeh, that was ae showi date You caught us on a Sa | day? Well, we were moved to | third the next day.” “Say, you never got the breaks i with Stanley that you're e¢ ing | with me We've been going

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sho e 9 e the make, encouraged by a girl ‘ — a In Sun or Rain, but Don't Mix | se es __— 5 man, gives her the wire to , aii ead oii = p tra write the name and phone Hollvwood, Oct. 18. fone and rushed to examine them re we — ° number on the _ table loth Harlan (Peekaboo) Thompson Wow e jac d one low. a a , Then the girl purposely over- or riter, was born in Hannibal, } thin blonde named Nasal, “here is ; ‘ Actors out of work divide them- 90-YEAR-OLD AGENT s t ibler ¢ ter. When see a ire oe cade days in| pip! A honey S selves into distinct groups, — ee table covering is removed angen «its ery As an ex- I ror a jimatath a o with its social rating and particular ‘s : t chaser roe searching re nm. direct W th hap named Dalyrir é oe at oO Show those ga to the registrar form- years of lay-off experience, roams 'of Hamadi. Mrs. Hamadi was in) called on Diamond the night before | = See Se a, ee — I I : Ss th all hi treas- Broadway in front of the New York Court and stated her husband had| the shooting. It is believed the | ni FY “ + est of p and and Criterion theatres. The long- | disappeared, shooting resulted from a dispute at | C | Ad P h few rench les, arlan man- est stretch of canopy in town is a Karp consulted Tahar. Tahar | that meeting. ommer cia S Us iy ee oe gr one y U is my protection from sun and rain, while | knows Hamadi. Karp believed that Diamond, with a chance to recover, Sh Ad Off f Si | ie Onc enrolled he forgot his art irphy. displayed movie stills divert from| Tahar could locate Hamadi and | ‘V@S moved Friday from the Poly- ow $ 0 ign ir Ree aA 8 som tne e you recitals of the time So-and-so| hence his daughter could be founda, | Clinic Hospital to the Metropolitan ‘ | SarTeS even the profs he ta kled trouped with John Drew or Who-| He gave the latter $25. | Hospital on Welfare Island, the of- Boards in Times Sq. ae say Stories of inorganic chem- zis, in a bit part, stole the show When Karp’s daughter returned. ficials of the former institution freest na we years he had ex- th us that never reached town, or WaS- | the tailor was to give Tahar $100, | Wanting to get rid of him. : . | the seer — tt oie or oasenge a show? a-star remained for two months at| Tahar denied this and stated the | Marion Roberts, the girl with Sign boards around Times Square | rw ; te . and had ores SROtSaee iriety’ Koster & Bial's. Charter lay-| money he got was for expenses to | whom Diamond occupied a room at seg Wink: “anliactadaiiiadiash “Dilla: oreiaiien : verre : ~~ re camps by ven- yn the offs, the members know everyone | work on the case. The court freed the hotel for three days, insists she | “7° °Y © “ wey 4 ar be the theors that Boston never on the Street, but will not budge] the ageq idiabien- aneek. Karp’s | did not hear any shots fired, al-|ago, as few as five, the Times would win ed pennant. . 3ez us i from sidewalk places. The moun- | daughter has not returned. though she admitted dressing hur- | Square boards were 95% show bus. | _ As is the case with all over- bright | tain must come to Mohhamet. ae ie riedly and leaving the place and at-| oni, one solitary board is any- students, Thompson tired eventually act o7 Top-notchers on the lay-off lad- tempting to hide in the apartment g : ; ae of dealing in nothings. He left the es W der are leading men who gather at B ? of Agnes O'Loughlin, another show | wheres near holding its own now; | university temporarily and joined m the 44th street, near around to a res- roun s 2d Sunday Plug girl. She described to the police the six 24-sheet spots over the Au- the Kansas City “Star” staff for u the taurant, to appear as though keep- —<——S the four men who called on Dia- | tomat. Three are of show business | 7 “Ste of life. He got a plateful. ' ing lunch appointments. These are (C ’ : alias mond several hours before the|and three commercial, with an in- 7 Kansas Kit ts no the social leaders, down at the ontinued from page 56) shooting. One of these men, the | terloper telling the world about a His first assignment was a visit ( mouth, perhaps, but never at the | who were supposed to debate on/| %irl says, was called “Maxie.” Be- | Rodeo. j to the apartment of Kansas City hey’re i heel. “The Party or the Man,” Alexander | lieving from the description of this | Around the rest of the Square | Kitty, a buxom redhead w ho had They come out of boredom only | Woollcott recalled when he had/|™man that he might have been | sh business takes an awful beat — EE eS Se. Se Sey ree ee to consult wrist watches, a stand- | once acted similarly for Maxwell | “Waxie” Gordon, hotel owner. and | ing in some cases pushed complete- | latest fad. Harlan rang the bell. ard gesture of shooting out the left |Bodenheim and Ben Hecht. The | beer baron, the District Attorney | ly off 24-sheet stands that had ad- Kitty opened the door cautiously arm and snappily bending the el-|writers Had chosen as their text: | Westioned Gordon. He denied be- | yertised legit attractions since 1900. - yang wy Harlan. ‘ ; bow. They conserve personality | Resolved, That People Who At-| ing at the hotel on any night Dia- The picture palaces offset this “_ tab wet — ice, she said until manager or press agent comes | tend Debates Are Defective.” | mond was there. |slap at theatre advertising by the Eg “te ' a - wig agg into view. Bodenheim walked upon the plat- | Jack Ginsburg, gna of the | electric signs covering whole fronts bemnaet” a ge aan nid: At such encounters ,they are/form and after one long look at | Potel, and friend of Diamond, ad- | of buildings along Broadway. Where ity etemiih exihh ant teil never out of work. They are “rest- | his audience said, “I rest.’ Hecht | mitted he and his wife left the | jt formerly cost a few hundreds for | __ “ 2 q DI tes e i a ing between seasons” or have been | hotel after they had dragged Dia- walke n. ree 10urs ater Ou it youts, block, 1innie vn as ore in mmer r pe- an be f the s that time settle claim 2 was ed to forth, under Wee- , and in-iles Tartin rood ce itskill icians of the ‘pt. 4, rating aw of asiest ay in f the y six ested, nount onths |} whe sed to npaid nties. ee a Beer ee

“out of town vacationing for two months.” As the fall season pro- gresses, the vacation period has to be lengihened until, along about November, it becomes a transpar- end stall and useless. Members of the Four Times Square Castes never cross the in- visible boundaries of each group. Day after day they take up their familiar posts, go through their fa- miliar paces—laughable, likable lay-offs of Broadway. CONVEY TWINS’ TRUNKS RELEASED BY SOBS Sybil Convey and ner twin sister, Cecelia, 22, of the vaudeville team of Convey Twins and _ Jolnny, sobbed in West Side Court while their attorney, Assemblyman Joseph Broderick explained to’ Magistrate Bernard Mogilesky that the Hotel Midtown, 10 West 61st street, was withholding three trunks containing costumes and some scenery. The twins, explained Broderick, lost several engagements as a re- sult of the hotel refusing to give up the articles. Broderick asserted that the showgirls admitted they owed the hotel $80, but had no intention | to cheat it. “How can we pay if we can't get | Our clothes and scenery,” cried the Sisters, we have been in straitened circum- Stances. Not receiving our clothes and scenery has made our condition Worse,” they sobbed. Patrick Kelly, of the hotel, who had been summoned by the twins, Was visibly affected by the tale of the girls, “Judge, the hotel is not mercenary. We have no desire to add to the twins’ plight. We will return their costumes and scenery if they will make good the bill when they get an engagement,” said Kelly. “You bet we will,” the chorused without sobs. wgisters

“We owe the money but |} called for his act.

did likewise, and turning to Bohen- heim said, “You win.” The Broun -and Brady brought out two good speeches which had nothing whatever to do with the chosen topic but provided plenty of entertainment. Brady called upon the “millionaire hotel, restaurant and theatre men” of the 17th Congressional district to elect Broun in order to obtain represen- tation in the national legislature, “Why, you're not even repre- sented on the Board of Aldermen,” Brady told the audience. “For 25 years I’ve fought single-handed to protect this playground of the country from unfair laws at Wash- ington and I can’t keep up the work | | Diamond and for whom Diamond much longer. “Do you know who writes the | tariff laws that affect what you pay Senator Smoot | is one of the two men on the tariff | and he believes that if he stopped overnight in this neigh- | borhood he would be condemned to | : j}ealled on Diamond in | with for entertainment? committee hell and damnation for eternity. Yet Senator Smoot, pillar of the Mor- mon church, was almost from the Senate because he was suspected of having a dozen wives.” Broun’s Position Comrade Broun confined his largely to unemployment and failure of the government to meet the his sincerity as a talk situation | He stressed So- |cialist and asked that no one vote for him under the impression that a good fellow.” Kent was off-stage for a couldn’t be found wher he is “just William while, but from the Alhambra, who was goin ito bring down some acts was on hand sans talent. tuth Hale, Bill Guard, Daniel Frohman and Al Woods were up front in the audi ence, Broun’s first benefit on Oct. 12 grossed $1,850. One-third of the procteds of these shows goes to theatrical guids and Equity, one- and the third to cover expenses, debate barred the resent system i FE nt system of | from connection in The press agent] mond from the hall into their room and ordered a doctor be sent for Then Ginsburg left for Edgewater, N. J., with Wallace D. Bennett, a friend. Ginsburg admits he and Bennett later went to Philadelphia where Ginsburg registered under an assumed name at a hotel. He said he did not wish to be involved in the matter and did not know the police sought to question him. Couldn’t Identify In an effort to trace the men who had called on Diamond, District At- torney Crain caused the roundup of Arthur “Dutch” Shultz, Bronx beer runner; Danny Brocco, another rum | dealer, and Harry Drescher, who oc- cupied a room two floors below sent after he recovered conscious- ness. All these men were faced by the Roberts girl but she failed to identify them. She said Brocco had been a caller on Diamond two days before the shooting but that he was alone. He admits this but said he connection a business proposition. Drescher said he asked Diamond {who had shot him but the gangster would not answer the question. He directed Drescher to take care of Mrs. Diamond’s business for her if he should die, Charles Pntratta exonerated was the Diamond as- sault. Entratta was jointly indicted with Diamond for the double mur- der in the Hotsy Totsy night club a year last Jul; Entratta was and acquitted Diamond placed on trial alone The indictment was cropped Riled because he wa: the Poly where he is vi oner, Diamond, it is said, will make an effort throuch his the police to against . ¢ 7 ‘ irom clinic to &a pital rtually a pris- attorneys to |; compel let him ithe Metropolitan Hospital and be sent to his summer home at Acra, iN. ¥Y. To do this his attorney will | have to apply to the.Supreme Court 1 If this move is successful the police | would offset it by arresting Dia- balance into the Broun’s campaign | mond as a material witness to his fund. own shooting.

| promi leave | | goodly share ee a Times Square display, now it runs into millions every year. At first it was the plain billboard. Then came the lighted boards with a few hundred watt lamps in front of them. Then the electric boards and finally the highly ornate ones that entail terrific expense in lenses, construction and upkeep. Electric sign display space around the Square is at a premium. Most of the good spots are tied up by an advertising company. Marion Roberts Loses Job Because of Publicity Marion Roberts, 22,

and supposed sweetheart of Jack “Legs” Diamond, $50 job in the Ziegfeld show, “Smiles,” after the shooting. Zieggey let her go because of her implication in the publicity. Miss Roberts, despite her youth, lost her line new has been around sroadway for years. She was once ordered out of the chorus of a Broadway musical by the Gerry Society when found to be only 14 years old. Pony Golf Cut to 10¢ In Some Upstate Spots | Despite the far the pony golf players’ for the IASSCQa new estat I tinnue to game is believed to have lishments con- spring up. Competition es to be so keen by next price for sion spring that the admi ordir iy-outs will be slashed to 10¢ A a matter of fact, the ten- cent scale is now in effect on sev- Buffalo. of opinion is that in New York state, at least, the of golf who did the past Ip enough arour d consens courses summer keep going. A however, of those came in late will find Indoor @standil good chance. money to who ' it difficult. hments stand a had the

|gether his replies to t that the peak of | enthusiasm | cleaned | Kitty’s phone rang insistently and Harlan picked up the receiver, He found himself voice to voice with his managing editor. “Did you get your yarn?” rasped the m. e. “Story!” exclaimed Harlan, “I came here for experience!” “You're through,” said the m. e. “What is this—television?” asked Harlan. He caught a train back to Kansas WU, jut the “Star” had ruined Har- lan for further study. As editor of the campus daily he soon whole faculty on his trail, It got to the point where either he or the faculty must resign. He re- turned to the “Star’ and eventu- ally became a drama critic. Shows were hitting K. C. every four weeks, 80 Thompson had part time on his hands. He started writing answers to bill collectors, The collectors answered him, so he joined the army and worked himself up to commanding officer of the 167th Air Squadron. Peek- aboo’s career as an aviator is re- lated in “Don Glendale at Cherry- ville High.” As a Playwright Returning to newspaper work after the war, Thompson got to- the bill col- lectors and wrote a show called “Little Jcssie James.” With a rela- tive of Jess Harlan made a cleanup. He wrote several more musicals in collaboration with Harry Ar- cher and soon got the Holly- |} wood call A short term with Paramount was followed by a re- turn trip to New York. Shortly afterward he was on the coast rain for Fox and wrote and di- | rected dialog for that company’s first feature talker ine (ys! t la } ‘ li} to be cared. go } » ter contract Pe KADOO ] may Lo Mua on Spitzer, who rote \ Hungry Your Lady.” J Peckahboo as a jarac is in it, he n be play- ing a bit And he still has his Fremne post- irds, using them as bait t story conterences.

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Broadway Chatter Pat O’Brien shorting for Warners. Evan Thomas back from Holler- wood. Tess Gardella's infected gam all better. : Helen Hancock now on WOR press staff. Mrs. Jimmy O'Neal in town ahead of the stork. Basil Gerson burned his left thumb carrying soup Mare Connelly has returned from his honeymoon. Ethel Norris out of the hospital and feeling fine. farney Dean will stooge for Jack Pepper, or vice versa Dave Gould setting up the hoofing | for the Par grill show Sam Lyons taking lessons to brush up on his dialect. A. P. Waxman is resting up in Bermuda for another week. Dave 3ader says kind things about everybody in the biz. Ninon Bunyea, legit actress, re- covering from an auto smash. Harry Berg, of Loew's, handing out Annies on that whale thing. Charlie MacArthur wearing a crutch as his idea of being a proud papa. Joe Gransky, ticket broker, is in on a new spot called the Fifty-Six Club. ~ George Middleton, visiting Broad- way for Fox, has gone back to Hol- ly wood. An undertakers’ association is looking for a radio program to sponsor, A coffee place advertises “Cover charge 10 cents, which includes a cup of coffee.” There's a guy pronounces his name spells it Oschey. Joe E. Brown got a nice wet kiss from Perspiring Boreo at the Pal- ace Sunday night. James Geller, in William Morris play WOR next month. Mary Jane Warren, Warners, is now who but downtown “O'Shea,” charge of the department, on formerly with publicizing for Charles Dillingham. Herman Whitman, who resigned to take a boat ride to Europe, is back at the R-K-O 86th. Johnny Johnstone, chief of NBC's publicity department, scrammed to Chicago Monday for 10 days. Lizzie Glutz had to wash her neck daily after having her hair bobbed, s0 she's letting it grow again. The Maurie Abrahams moving in from Bell Harbor, giving 3elle Baker some curtain hanging to do. Stag dinner from Charlie (Pin- mochle) Morrison to Billy Perlberg at the pix club tomorrow night (22). Frederic March, Paramount play- er, has purchased acreage at West- port, Conn., where he will erect a home. Coney Homes, general road man- ager for Paramount, is in town after a three months’ trip to Cali- fornia. Earl Wingart, p. a., is censoring younger men for imbibing. Tarl'’s been on the wagon since he spent that $500 in Bermuda. Actors unable to get radio en- gagements are now squawking that the radio artists’ bureaus are favor- ing those who got in early. Les Huffman has the windows and doors of his penthouse guarded (Continued on page 63)

Berlin Chatter Michael Bohnen'’s blue car may be seen in any street of Berlin. After having completed his picture “3 Kravatten” (“Three Neckties’) he is now going to Munich where he will appear in the Gartnerplatz theatre as “Casanova” for a night- ly pay of $400. Lion Feuchtwanger, author of “Jud Suss,” has received an ad- vance payment of $20,000 for his new book “Erfolg” (“Success”) and is starting on a world's tour. Erich Pommer just returned with his wife from Paris after a trade c&ow there of his picture “Die drei von der Tankstelle (‘The Three From the Gasoline Station’). Emil Jannings has a new con- tract with UFA and will very like- ly play “Falstaff.” Script written by Robert Liebmann and Hans Mil- ler. Produced under direction of Erich Pommer. Albert Bassermann will play the Kaiser Franz Joseph in Richard Oswald’s talker, “July, 1914.” The librettist Ernst Neubach will have to defend himself in court in an action brought against him for serious public libel. Berlin's film comedian, Teddy s

sill, has become Opened a bar here English jazzband Hylton, expected month to appear der Komiker. Nora Gregor, wife Nikisch, has returned from Holly- wood. Reported here Paramount has given her a three-year contract. Mitja Nikisch, son of the late and famous German conductor, Arthur an inn-keeper. conductor, Jack in Berlin this in the Kabarett of Mitja

Nikisch, is a af the Berlin Viennese playing married to jazz orchestra Eden Hotel. actor, Oscar Karlweis, successfully, will Frau F‘* Mumbd here be ‘rnande Toronto Chatter Indoor archery now. Ray Lewis to London. Ken McTaggart gets a car. 3rox Sisters doing benefits. Bert Collyer around. Race tracks fold. Legs Diamond shooting gobbled here, Gord Hogarth is broadcasting sports over CKGW Sid Hibbs held a bet on Mineralo- gist. Just too bad. Tom Daley decides to use acts in that Halifax house, Hart House theatre, U. of T., lines a 20 week season. No stage offers to Errol cal lad who flew Atlantic. out- Boyd, lo- Synthetic murder new indoor sport. Just a kissing game. The dice game moves to St. George street. Getting high hat. Andy Passmore planning to follow the horses this season. Havana next. Six British pictures on view at once. It’s because of the coming combine probe. What Lillian Roth is nobody’s business. five shows a day. Mieczyslaw Munz, the big Polish concert man, says the P is silent like in swimming. Stanley Stasiak swears wrestling here is on the level. Brokers say nickel will be 65 again. Advertisement for a private in- sane asylum marked “Theatre Page —Must” in “Saturday Night.” Fred Stone’s midgets from “Rip- ples” did a pony golf tournament for publicity, but didn’t get much. Looks like a merger in Santa Claus common, Department stores may do something about rivalry. They also may not. The Royal Alexandra and Prin- cess, rival legit houses, both have the same p. a. Never two shows here at the same time anyway. Lou Marsh back from S. A. That means South America. Still panning that wrestling circus. Wrestlers playing to crowds. Boxers wish they were. Trevor ‘Tremain-Garstang has come from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, to be Jack Arthur's art (Continued on page 60) told the boys No wonder,

New Orleans Chatter Julian Saenger’s new car. Straw hats still around. Roy Aymond p.a. at Tulane Rodney Toups vacation over. Prof. Joe Fulco ditto. Weather warm. Puttputts petering. Marcus’ show at Crescent best he’s had. Racing season begins Thanksgiv- ing. Reported around Strand may close. Business about same. Not good, not bad. Mr .and Mrs. Maurice Barr in new bungalow. Some talk about stock burlesque for Dauphine, EK. V. Richards counts up his chil- dren every night. Joe Laurie at Loew's. He writes for “Variety,” too. Orpheum spending much dough for advertising. It pays. Mrs. Wally Bauerlin's photo In the papers. Sociol columns. A. S. Foster succeded by Harold Wheelahan as manager WSMB. Gambling houses open again. Closed for month before election. All the smart fellers drive fast past Gravier, the local Wall Street. Gaston Dureau, of Publix, down to the old home town for a fortnight. Pelham resident now. Club Forrest's winter playing. Julia Ge show now rrity again the

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Just a Gag Since the Jack Diamond shooting Broadwayites, who will do anything for a laugh, when meeting a friend, now put a half-nelson on him and say: “Oh, so you won't talk, eh?” Just a gag based on third degree methods.

leader, Chatter in Loop Finest Indian Summer seen in years. Max Turner the town’s is taking a course in hair growing. Morris Silver spends his spare hours authoring. Paul Whiteman’s ma and pa visiting from Denver. Lillian Gish, declined by wire, to go on a Sam Gerson party. W. A. S. Douglas back from a writing jaunt to Hollywood. Billy Diamond is train riding looking for houses to play vaude. Dave Davidson, in town for a few days after six months in De- troit. Richard Pritchard Eaton lectur- ing before women’s clubs for sistrata.” Besides managing the Monroe, Abe Kohn is handling publicity of Fox here, Benny Meroff gets two weeks’ vacation before opening for a run at the Oriental. Frank Kelton accompanied Rocco Vocco on his trip to attend the Paul Whiteman opening According to gossip, Edwin Mor- ris, Whitmark chief, owes Clarence Parrish a new set of glad rags. Lou Lipstone and Max Balaban chew the Same brand of gum, which saves them both a lot of nickels. Eugene Castle, New York short subject producer, in town all mend- ed from his recent coast operation. J. R. Cook is the only p. a. in town brave enough to sport a gooseneck meerchaum pipe in pub- lic. Frank Dare has become a sport “Ly- fan, betting always against the home team, because this isn’t his home, A dangerously ill brother and himself with the grippe had Alex Robb, of NBC, behind the eight ball last week. Nate Blumberg read his mail at home for a couple of days while his doctor stuck a thermometer into his mouth. Gertrude Bromberg, local Shu- bert p.a., is going to march to an altar shortly with a New York show agent. Georgia Howard, also known as Mrs. Eddie Talbert, is finally on the recoup after eight weeks of sinus operations, Mrs. Knowlton Ames, Sr., has re- signed from the Shubert theatre party bureaus, leaving Dorothy Gardner boss. Good ship “Rotarian,” former Democratic quarters and later one of the town’s hottest taxi-dance- halls, wallowed over on its side in the Chi river last week. With elections around the corner, the Juvenile Protective Association is flooding the police courts with complaints against the burlesque shows at the Empress, Haymarket and Academy. Jack Kearns and Mickey Walker back in the loop, with the “Doc” trying to spread a story that Walker fights Schmeling for the world’s heavyweight title at Soldiers’ Field next spring. Reported to guarantee the champ $460,000. The Greater John McCormack, Jr., and company assisted by Mr. Samuel Albright, all of which means two performers, gave a show at the Grand opera house in Waukon, Ia. As John McCormack, Jr., states, he is the first home town boy to play the opera house. Loop Ambitions: Harry Munns wants to be able to work 30 or 40 hours a day; Max Turner wants to beat Billy Diamond in a 100-yard stagger; Harry O. Voiler wants to win back the money he lost to George Liederman in pee-wee golf; Ethel Bennett wants to collect all the back commissions due her; Eddie Grossman wants people to forget he once wrote songs; Leo Weisskopf wants to divorce every- body; Saul Bragin wants to smoke the longest and blackest cigar; Willie Horowitz wants to say hello to his radio friends in South Bend; Jack Hess wants to get back half the books people borrowed; Bill Pine wants to brenk 100; Leopold

Spitnaly wanta people —<—__— Hollywood Chatter

Frances McCoy has sent for the family. Arch Reeve is further ahead on the bridge. Gus Shy doing a around town. Violinsky refused to lay off at a cut last week. Humphrey Bogart throat trouble. They still claim there’ of hoofers out here. “lone wolf” is over that 8 a scarcity How Kathryn White hates cars painted bright brown! They're beginning to blame Wall Street for poor pictures Garbo cultivates her mind with sweet thought pamphlets. Miles Connolly of R-K-O says he’s not Marc Connolly. Even though he's a father, Bob Montgomery goes garterless. Dave Rollins back on his feet after the appendicitis opening. Solly Ward making shorts for R-K-O; also testing for Fox. tuth Chatterton after her current “ will do Europe tight of Love.” Paul Ralli, actor, may throw away the grease paint to try producing. One agent says he’s making the studios “‘j pened.” Sam Wood from pictures season, A gag man claims the Northwest Mounted (in pictures) re- takes its man. An Oriental shop on Hollywood boulevard is giving up because no- body buys baubles. Directing record for these times ust in case something hap- wants to get auring the away football always is William K. Howard's three in a row without a retake. They say Cy Barton and Alice White have been secretly the past two years. Lew Maren of Radio is aching for more Italian resturants out here, with or without red ink. Basil Woon back from Haiti, where he was’ gathering material for “Women of All Nations.” Henry Creamer, colored song- writer, is reported lying critically ill at his home in New York. Bitters with a beer chaser still getting the business out here, with real speaks no nearer in sight. Have your fortune told free with a round of minor golf is the new- est come-on on Melrose avenue. Alfred Verrico, producing Italian language pictures here, is the col- ony’s dead ringer for Mussolini. Warner Baxter answers an alarm clock every morning at 6.30, so that he can be first on the tennis courts. Benny Rubin, back from a vaude tour, skipped Chicago despite a lot married of urging from the 1 ooking office, Hotels aren't keeping so much ready cash on hand now; to stop bouncing checks before they can bounce, Edna Schley and Dan Leonard- son have moved their American Play Co. office into quarters with a kitchen Fred J. MclIsaac, pulp author, going to huddle with ye tracts. Chandlee, a writer at took 15 years to cumpile “The Psychology of action.” Tommy prolific east this eds. over woode- week Cone. Christie's a book Audience on Re. Clifford, Fox 12-year-old player, shot a 90 at Lakeside—but he was born next door to a golf course, in Ireland. Earle Reynolds and his new show family reached Broadway this week. They have been away from New York for two and one-half years Night Eddie Cantor opened at Olsen's, Joe Schenck, Charles Chap- lin, Al Jolson and Edmund Goulding as group went to Blossom Room to help that nite spot out. Invitations to the annual the Newspaper Club of Am« contain a small printed announce- ment to the effect that Ben Holz- man is press agent. ball of rica at Par for call- Dietrich a “second someone at Metro blandly announced “Buddy” Rogers’ fan mail now asks a lot about Bob Montgomery. Billiards seems to still the Times Square district. test now running between Wm, Hoppe, former 18-1 and 18-2 balk- line champ of the world, and Welker Cochrane, holder in the past of many championships, is drawing at the Strand Billiard Room, William Brandel, vaude flash act producer, who paid the docs heavy sugar to treat him for rheumatism only to find out eventually that he had a broken hip, is back produc- ing comedy flash acts in associa- tion with Ned Dandy, another old time actor and writer, Marie Dressler and Polly Moran, very much attached, besides being Metro-mates on the screen, had a scene last week in their new “Re- ducing” feature -vherein they're supposed to act as if they hadn't met for 20 years. Having been together so long, Chuck Reisner, who's directing, thought this would be a tough assignment, until both started bawling, before the camera, as if they really hadn’t seen each other for 20 years. Just to get back ing Marlene Garbo” draw in A con-

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-_-— Razzing The Home Town BOSTON (A series of stories on the inside show end of key cities, without giving the cities any the best of it.)

By Len Boston, Oct. 20. In Beston a one-way ticket to New York costs $8.26. It’s the best buy in town But Tw millon residents of Greater Boston seen i like this burg This is a tough break for the New Haven, but a great break for | Broadway. Rostonians are not strong f the- atres. The intown section of Bos- | to! is 34 he es wit iti : pacity of 65,829. The City Censor keeps his these 65.829 seats constantly, but the dear public fails to keep something else more sub- stantial on them with sufficient frequency to keep them warm. A great city, though. Home of John L. Sullivan and now the head- quarters for the lousiest fight cards in North or South America. Birth- place of American independence eye on such as it has turned out to be This is the city that erected ¢ monument on Bunker Hill to me- morialize a battle foucht on Breed’s Hill, which the British won. Barred “Strange Interlude,” but let Earl Carroll’s “Vaniites” rid Barred “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” from the stage at $3.30, but didn’t bother about her less illustrious 75c the South End. Chorus girls must not wear “one- sisters in piece bathing suits to wantonly dis- play the figure and they must al- wavs wear stockings.” But paint a nude chambermaid with a mixture of molasses and radiator bronze and stick a cornucopia in her right n.itt—that’s art, chumps. Out of 34 Roston honor” ex- city, though. graduated Cultured pupils high schools ratings, only eight aminations for admission to Boston Teachers’ College. from “high passed who with One cul- tured pupil answered the question “Who was Abraham Lincoln?” as follows: “Abraham Lincoln had something to do with the slavery but turned it over to Washington to finish.” They elected her president of the question Georges nearly college. Really a great’ burg. Public Gardens during the a heavenly and wonderland of roses and the adjoining Boston Common at night is a_ veritablé fairyland of pansies. The crooked streets of Boston were laid out by cows, but the bulls that now patrol them don’t seem to be able to travel much straighter, judging from the recent police graft exposures, Kidding Boston Too many kid _ Boston. The liquor problem. Everything’s jake (a gag). There isn’t an open speak- @easy in Boston, but there isn’t a speakeasy that isn’t open. If you want to buy a glass of beer you have to show 11 lodge cards, but the house to house delivery of booze by bootlegers is greater than bot- tled milk by 27% Clean, orderly, Famous day are exotic homey munic- ipality. Ordinance forbids any dancer wiggling the muscles. But the Mutual Wheel found plenty of | else to shake, of which the city fathers were anatomically ignorant ~or fond. This town is the vaudeville but now vaudeville house. A film that is moral on week days becomes im- Moral on Sundays. Until a year ago the city censor was opposed to any reference to illegitimacy. They lifted the ban for “Little Acci- dent” which played four months to capacity. When “Little Accident” was filmed it had to be held over a birthplace of hasn't one Second week at the theatre that bears B. F. Keith’s name. Ap- parently Boston found the topic in- triguing, Catastrophies A live city, too. Irvin Cobb ran " . | Swears he saw a policeman chasing | a pickpocket they were through Boston and both walking. A few years ago a gang stole the copper roof off the City Hall and they didn’t miss it until it rained. Ths bolice went on strike about 10 years 4£0 and the havoc that followed was | indescribable, stores being robbed Women attacked in Streets and Calvin elected President. Prosperous community. Many are rich that some of th« fa- the Coolidge public being * 0 more mous bluebloods can still afford to | Tide ye &round in carriages. And, ask ur doctor what it indicates if your blood turns blue. Almost all the old the | Libbey have a pot-full of money (tea, coffee or any other kind). ‘They their gelt as genuine antiques lik« hoard

i} museum pleces Its a city where lyou meet funr y ola wome!l aressea in high shoes cottol stockings seven petticoats an a parasol Women with kind faces the funny kind. You thin tney n . he iC vertisin somet n t V« meet i I it = Trie 4 t VM ‘ ever the I elve Al ¢ ret in without a spor rine wor from the Cabots or the Lodges First Scotch Gag Unusual town. One theatrical

promoter started a civic theatre exempt from amusement taxes by the government. Whoever made the ruling was ment right. It was not amuse- B. F. Keith's fir theatrical ver ture was in Boston, consisting of an exhibition of a living baby fron Scotland weighing only 1o ounces The first Scotch gag t« reaci the stage (1887). First in lots of things. It had the first Austin & Stone's too, especially the five musicians nical) and by their one museum, KnOoWNn as Educational the monkey cage This band not get tech- them off on handicap basis, dime and one-tune band had (let's starting tune ona many well known tunes were orig- inated, especially when the tuba started from scratch. Here was the headquarters of Professor Hutchinson, lecturer and lightning

calculator of the old school, frock coat, big mustache, cane, no teeth and wonderful lines. His lectures on Trixie, the snake charmer; Gil- patrick, the ossified man, and Jo-Jo, the dog-faced boy, were immortal. They all lived over the museum The day they dropped the ossified man when carrying him upstairs was one of the great thrilis of this reporter's life. He thought Gil- }patrick was really brittle and would scatter on a concrete pave- ment. When Gilpatrick finally died, it was a pet (1902) kid he @ied hard. Ho-hum, them wuz the days when pansies wuz flowers. Lot of folks started in Boston, people whose parents were in earn- est. Jack Donahue worked as a machinist at the Charlestown Navy Yard. His father bawled him a thousand times when he was hoof- ing a tap on the deck of some bat- tleship that he ought to stick to work. A few years ago Jack Dona- hue bought the old residence of Lotta Crabtree, who was once America’s darling, but who died owning half of Boston. What a book could be written about Lotta Crab- tree! She outsmarted the flesh-pots. Kennedy, the Producer Joseph P. Kennedy was a Boston boy. He married ex-Mayor Fitz- gerald’s daughter and ultimately became chairman of the board of di- rectors of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit for a few months, or weeks, or days, or who cares. He also owned the F. B. O. Pictures Cor- poration, The theatrical world never regarded him as a regular producer, however, but he has eight lovely children. Boston raised a lot of stage people. 30y, what a roll call! Just a few as they loom up in memory: P. T. Barnum, B. F. Keith, E. F. Albee, Jane Richard Carle, Herbert Corthell, Geraldine Farrar, William H. Crane, Frank Craven Henry E. Dixey, Julian Eltinge (who found that it pays to be ladylike even as a gentleman), William Far- num, Pauline Frederick, Chrystal Herne, Andrew Mack, Blanche Ring, Cowl

Bostonians Crying Hostess Took Sympathetic Broker After Night at Home

Plaving Santa tearful hostess of a night club is bad busi- ness, opined Charles Harris, broker, Sant Claus 106 a of 710 Amsterdam avenue, who charged that Katharine Griffith, 25, hostess, of 201 West 117th street |had stolen several of his suits, a needed winter overcoat and several | silk pajamas, The wearing apparel was stolen I Miss Griffith Oct. 16, it is alleged | She is said to have pawned the stuff and received $25 Detectives Nich olas Campo and James Cotter of West 100th street arrested the woman as she was emerging froma theatre on Broadway. She is quoted as admitting the 'theft and added that she was | broke, said the sleuths She told | where the stuff was. Harris, it is asserted, met the } | Griffith woman in a night club in ithe West 60’s. They danced to- | - » | &¢ ther. She was on the verge of | tears She told him she was losing her job that night and needed $8 to secure new one “And I have no place to sleep,” sobbed the red- haired hostess “Don’t cry, little one consoled | Harris. “Come to my home.” - They both left the night club and Miss Griffith retired with one eye open In the morning when Harris opened both eyes his crying hostess had gone. So was his clothing. In West Side Court she began to cry again Pleaded not guilty and will have to hearing this week. Bail of $1,000 was fixed but not fur-

nished. CRATER MATTER STILL SAME MESS, UNSOLVED Elaine Dawn, dancer and former entertainer at the Club Abbey, was questioned at the Polyclinic Hos- pital where she is a pasent by District Attorney Thomas @. 'T Crain and Milton Joseph, foreman of the Grand Jury which is investi- the disappearance of N. Y Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force gating Crater, missing since Aug. 6. The dancer told the officials that she had received flowers from Crater as late as Aug. 14 and that the flowers were delivered by Sally Ritz, former member of the Shu- berts’ “Artists and Models,” who dined with Crater and William Klein, counsel for the Shuberts, on the evening the justice was last seen, Miss Dawn said Crater called at the Abbey about three times, The first time he appeared alone to keep an appointment with her. She said Frederick Kaplan, lawyer, who had seen Miss Dawn in Crater’s com- pany at the Abbey, had called on her at the hospital to inquire what phone number Crater had given her. He said the judge had given him a number and that he had mis- placed it. He said it was impor-

ther question Kaplan on this point. Kaplan has stated that he had con- tant that he obtain the number. | This would indicate that Kaplan }might have some knowledge of | Crater’s whereabouts after he dis- |; appeared Aug. 6. | The District Attorney will fur- }

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Shoplifters | Julia MeCarthy, 24, > Brass ana Nidal) Ciements, 2l, I ht club hostesse: fof 2 Wesi 105th street, pleaded ullt Nn Opecs Sessions of snob- j ais nt P a WC re 271V en Sus pcnare i | sentences Both were irrested Oct. 6 ft 1 ste i L t b '

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= — — —— ° ee Th P. St F | . e arisian I ont Hubby Reminder | By Christine en Chicago, Oct. 21 > ee — Newest new idea, to help |} , Paris, Oct. 10 season was given by Lois Hutton busy biz men along in their | The Marquis and Marchioness of {George Choos, “Passion Preferred.” The mannequin in Paris is evi-|and Helene Vanel. They have a marital life, is now in opera- || Milford Haven plan to spend _ He "4 play the lead in “On the @entiyv going to be further glorified.| school at Saint Paul near Cannes tion here, : Devureadiy: ; ri ee nye! gets ne Ale Bs gp. be ogee pwede Camille Wyn, the manager of the|and are turning pretty lofty in Consists of a bureau, Which |] COSESCE 255 DAMS, SUPINE The WET: | BSF SCree Se WARY Stage ANE screen a: : . — » dertakes tc |from Prince Louis of Battenberg. | productions. He was first divorced brand new theatre Ambassadeurs, | ideas. for $5 yearly, under es ) * . : which is right next door to the res remind the execs of important The marchioness was Countess|by Edna Hermance, and then by ( > b ‘ 12 Ut it ad - | y, . ss = ‘ : ae 3 é - ~_ ca : 7 e ee J taurant on the Champs Elysees, had | Mrs. Kayse f the il] — home dates, such as birthdays, | Nada Torby, daughter of the late Suzanne ( aubert, a niece of Sarah at ig] t idea for hi : first play. The ete rst “s 'B he: we leb 4 a anniversaries, etc |Grand Duke Michael, of Russia, by | Pernhardt. Finally he married Bea- rign agea LOF iis St Play. | sister o Jules Sache) celebrated | . alias i te ‘ies 7 ca «(a _ atic’ rife ‘ rec ica Rik actrecs iece of the 1 pla ; a costume affair with plenty | } ‘ ighti th birthday at the Pl iza So far over 100 members. jhis “morganatic wife, Countess | trice Blinn, actress, niece of the late ay 18 a COSTUME a a ah *. her eightietr yirthday a » aza | i Tashe *i*ha — eae » br x : . >): of opportunity for a tableau of la- | Athe » } tel N ly was she Ex-newspaper woman’s idea. | Torby. The eo is the brother Holbrook Slinn. ee ee : sath gual stansh ot only was she | of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who, When the pictures were in their fes hla F hrowine nou ‘ , , F _ ; anit ; aaa aa - Sniten- 4% 7 gion has : ia ca neveonghpcasncectings menen tes ' or ane done nobly ~~ | Lady Mountbatten, who inherited diciiat the hero’s hunting lodge in would like to have happen. Next/| Nancy Carroll, making a personal] .jormous wealth from her grand- mountains. In the meantime, how- | week one from Paris is going to] appearance at the ace Publix house. father, the Jewish financier, Sir ame Sy em, Wee mete Breat- ever, the court is often in full ses- try, at least to make Broadway. She| The presentation is shrewdly built E nant Cassel. is a friend of Sophie way hits in “Good News” and “Fol- gion and the Paris mannequins be-|js Noel Haskins (daughter of the|up and reaches a climax as Nancy, Susieash When Lady Mountbatten low Thru,” will have the feminine come actresses. The only draw- |New York Havemeyers). She’s go-|on the screen, is urged by Rudy was rote Sew Terk teat wthter. the lead in the new Green & Gensler . « os . as . mae « af La a ¢ , ‘ back to the whole arrangement,/ing to sing. Her background in-| Vallee, on the stage, not to keep stopped with Brigadier thenavnt and musical featuring Ted Healy. She . . ~ Hoe c c - - | > ¢ . . = a though, is that the poor girls have | cludes one season of dramatic ex-| her audience waiting. The star Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, but went recently gained favor in pictures to work in the afternoons, especial- | perience with the Washington Sq.| rushes toward the audience and, as ; and has been appearing in person at ly now just as the mid-season col- lections are beginning. What the management will do in this case is mot yet known, as the theatre only Opened last night. New Night Spot There was a cute idea worked out this week in a new night club that started with a bang. Accord- ing to the mob that attended the opening, Paul Brogniez, the owner, must have run right through the telephone directory. The place was go jammed there was only floor space for one leg per person. He’s titled his new joint “Mon Village’ and located it just a wee bit outside the roaring wilds of Montparnasse. Free drinks were served to all and sundry—and there were plenty of both—as no questions were asked on entering, so that many a bum got off his street bench and wan- dered in for a rare whiskey and goda. But to get to the cute idea. Paul went to the flea market here (where you can buy everything from an old corset string to a Ukrainian blouse) and bought a dis- carded merry-go-round organ. He cleaned it, oiled it and set it up as background for the orchestra and every once in a while he set the thing off. You’d be surprised how, with a few drinks, that music can loosen up a crowd. The place is not too big and Paul has divided it in two, one half bar and the other tables, orchestra, bar- rel organ and dance floor. Prices are not too stiff. Bored Lady’s Tastes There’s a new play in town about a demi mondaine and a clown. It’s darn good, chiefly perhaps because of Suzy Prim, who plays the demi. She's a favorite anyway with the French and in spite of a pretty bad figure manages to present a seduc- tive appearance on stage. In this role she wears some swell clothes. An evening outfit of slinky silk vel- vet with a long heavily furred coat gives over just that impression that a successful Maya should. It’s black and white and the fur is black and white fox, pretty sumptuous. The second evening dress is very long, too, of course, with generous panels of sunshine pleats floating here and there. For Suzy’s figure it’s de- cidedly too tight about the hips and waist, but it’s a soft shell pink chif- fon and as long as she keeps sitting down she looks tempting. It has that new idea of sleeves, too, that reach almost to the shoulder and end in a band of fluted pleats. seing a French play entirely, there is, of course, a negligee— white chiffon with a pattern on it of chenille threads. As the audi ence sees Suzy in it, however, the morning after a little evening at home with the clown—(who never bothered to remove his makeup)— the effect is somewhat spoiled, her face is a mass of blue, red white greasepaint. Comedy which is not easy to do with poise. The reason she takes to the clown is that after a life of gen- erous sampling she’s bored with all men. Curtain goes down on the as and scene idea that the clown won't last very | long either, and perhaps a tionist will follow. contor- Edna Hopper’s Party Two parties this week, marking the end of something or other. One, given by Edna Wallace Hopper, was a sort of swan song to her stay in Paris. She had a luncheon at Ciro’s, after which everyone ad- journed to the rehearsal hall in Montmartre, where Edna did her tricks. The other party was in the na- ture of a recital—the last one of the —

} now tell Players. Toronto Chatter (Continued from page 58) director at the Imperial. real name too. They’ve called a race at Long Branch the Colleen Moore Handi- cap. The kid presented the cup. She’s had a tough time ducking other engagements. Tom Daley shifted to Halifax to open a new Par-Publix house. It’s his fourth move in four weeks. May be used for special campaigns and new openings now. Helena Rubinstein, beautician, on a flying trip to her Toronto salon, gave newspapermen copies of her “Art of Feminine Beauty.” Au- tographed in green ink. Mitzi Green, the kid mimic, broke in a new act here and it clicked. Par-Publix, of U. S. A., thought Par-Publix, of Canada, ought to pay $2,500 for this. It did. Film censors jump their rate for looking at pictures from $3 to $10 a reel for U. S. stuff and from $3 to $7 for British product. No rea- son given despite squawks. Keaton’s “Doughboys” has been rechristened “Forward March” here. That’s his Canadians don’t know much about doughboys. Our lads were “Tom- mies” or “Them Canyjens.” Jules Bernstein imported a high powered press agent from New York to smack that policy change of Loew's on the front page. He didn’t. Exported to Broadway. Last stand of two a day in Can- ada becomes an indoor runt golf site. It was Jerry Shea’s last stand, lately the Victoria. Jerry himself still on deck at the Hippodrome. U. of T. hot and bothered be- cause Rudy Vallee gets permission to croon the college classic, “The Blue and White.” Sop and frosh be- ing interviewed, passing resolutions, ete. Canadian Performing Rights So- ciety, Ltd., who hold patents and copyrights on hundreds of musical compositions, demanding payment from all exhibitors. Getting laughed off. Joe Reddall swears none triplet daughters who were three last Saturday will ever go on the stage. Joe is still with Erlanger's Princess. All the house needs now is a show and an audience. Week’s best story, “I welcome the governmental investigation into the affairs of the Famous Players Ca- of his one. Carol Cohen, daughter of the F. P, Can. head, is being beseiged by dating swains who later hope to

rate bids to the Lillian Roth parties jat the Cohen home where the ;}warbler will be a house-guest dur- jing the week she appears in the Im- | perial stage presentation here. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riggs War- ton, daughter, at the Harkness Pavilion, Medical Centre, New York, Oct. 19. Mother former beth Hines of musical comedy. is | | Mr. and Mrs. Chester Morris, |} daughter, Oct. 16, in Hollywood. lather is screen and legit actor. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Phelps, son, Oct. 19, Hollywood, Cal. The father is a publicity man for United Artists. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Bolton, son, Oct. 15 in New York. Father dramatic critic on the “Morning Telegraph.” is

nadian Corporation,” Managing Di- rector Arthur Cohen told the ‘Globe’ today.” Fert Smith can} | Saturday for revision.

Eliza- | | booked prior to New York, the lights brighten, piunges through a paper screen in an applause-pro- voking entrance. In a graceful yellow gown—good color for a redhead—Miss Carroll delivers with more assurance than the usual picture star. Plus charm and beauty, she has song-and-dance talent and a quiet sense of humor finding outlet in a burlesque of the Vallee manner. Miss Carroll's is among the best of personal appear- ances. The preliminary unit, “Putt, Putt,” employs a miniature golf course as background for crack specialties and ensembles of the Abbott Dan- cers, well clothed and trained line- up of dance gymnasts. The girl with Hunter and Percival is smart- ly groomed and Grace Johnson ren- ders two numbers in guttural blues style.

Tights or Crinolines All One to Roxyettes Half the diversion of going to Roxy’s is wondering what the Roxy- ettes dance lineup will be next—and it’s always something quite unex- pected. This week they are up to their old tricks, masquerading as parts of a sewing kit. Balls of yarn, scissors, and thimbles, they dance merrily through a dainty conceit—the sort of thing that usually occurs mid- way in the Roxy program and is not saved, as this week, for a finale flash. They are also glow worms in a Louis Quinze garden, flitting about in green tulle ballet skirts that flash electric lights through their gauze. And just as though that were not enough, they appear, in the gamut of a staged tone poem, “Americana,” as American Indians and cogs ina machine-age ballet. Never a dull moment in the life of a Roxyette.

Ann Greenway’s Gown Ann Greenway, arriving and de- parting on the pit elevator at the Capitol, sings a song-group in a high, sweet voice. Her gown of white satin does not do her justice. Dead-white is never as flattering as one of the off-shades, particu- larly when worked into an unflat- tering neckline and a skirt whose diagonal seaming gives a hippy ef- fect. Anyone with as good voice and style as Miss Greenway should devote much thought to grooming. June Worth, badly dressed in a black velvet leotard, does excellent acrobatic stunts and the Chester Hales are swell as pirates on an “Off Shore” boat. CALL IN “NIGHT OWL” “The Night Owl” was brought back to New York from Philadelphia It is the new Lederer musical. Otto Harbach and Newman Levy | are rewriting the book. Show is ex- pected to go out later, Chicago |

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MARRIAGES | John J. Stapp, Broadway stock, Denver, to Nellie R. Williams (non- pro), Oct. 12. Viola Dana to Jimmy Thompson in Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 15. Bride is film actress. Groom is golf pro at Broadmoor, Colorado Springs. Ray Beall to Edna Earle Weaver, in Dallas. Groom is district pub- licity director of Publix at Dallas. William O. Dunn, projectionist, Stadium theatre, Woonsocket, R. L., to Louise Morrison, Oct. 20, in New

Bedford. about with Sophie. She now hob- nobs with Sophie in London. Wilbur’s New Play Crane Wilbur, who recently with- drew from “A Farewell to Arms,” has completed a new play, and previously disposed of another to RAZZING THE TOWN (Continued from page 59) Olin Landyck, Danny and Freddy O’ Neil, John Murphy, Charles Winston, who degenerated from a red-headed blackface single into general manager for the R-K-O New England interests; Dan Cole- man, 3orrah Minnevitch, Irene Chesleigh, Hum and Strum of radlo fame, John Ford of managerial fame, Zolla Russell and Harry K. Morton, 3ert Fitzgibbons, Carl Stowe, now running the State Ball- room in Boston; Billy Barker, now of the Massachusetts Legislature; Chick Story, who was guilty of the Harvard football song, “Our Direc- tor”; Joe McCarthy, Harry Tier- ney’s partner in song writing; Dan Moynihan of Shapiro & Bernstein memories, who saw the possibilities

of “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” the only Jewish boy to make a good living in Boston singing at Irish wakes; Sandy Chapman, who used to sing “My Wild Irish Rose,” and lay it right in your lap dripping with tears; June Caprice, Louis B. Mayer, a lad from a shoe town called Haverhill, whose initials are now in M-G-M; Al Jones of Lynn, who was the first local manager to make Broadway; Moe Mark, who built the Strand in New York; Imo- gene Wilson of Worcester, who sparred with Frank Tinney and is now Mary Nolan of pictures; Jack Connolly, who used to be a Boston police reporter along with this “Variety’”’ mug and who is now the snooty bird who mingles with roy- alty abroad; John Royal, another Boston newspaper bird who went Keith and is now broadcasting in Cleveland; Thelma Todd of Para- mount, Ruth Lyons, George R. Canty, now European representa- tive for the government on film commerce; Leo Reisman, Mal Hal- lett and Joe Rines, all head fiddlers in the big dough; a newsboy named Morris Gest, who went over to New York—the list is too long to drag out, especially at your lousy space rates—but remember this about Boston— It may be the home of the baked bean but it didn’t turn out many hams.

“Billy” Bores Femmes No amount of “Realife” photog- raphy can save a badly directed picture. “Billy the Kid,” with its gorgeous western scenes and multi- tudinous killings, may be good en- tertainment for men, but there is nothing in it to keep a woman from stealing forty winks as the plot disintegrates over wide open spaces, The chief trouble may be John Mack Brown, who plays a grand bad man in the manner of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Kay Johnson has a little to do as the usual Western heroine—and does that well. Blanche |Frederici, usually so good in char- acter parts, makes a Scotch accent quite unintelligible.

Jerry Froscher, writer of 22 mur- der stories, usually does her work in the middle of the night and al- ways leaves an unfinished sentence in her typewriter. Two new serials, “Unconscious” and “Rummage,” will soon be completed.

the Paramount. Daughter of gust Schroeder, of Rock Falls, she was once a telephone-girl in Chicago. She divorced Raymond Buffington and Henry Burns before marrying Anthony sushnell, Eng- lish actor. Zelma was formerly of the vaudeville team of O'Neal ters. She and Ginger Rogers started their musical comedy careers with Schwab & Mandel, and both got into pictures through Paramount. The Adler Family The recent flop of the Adler Family, in Yiddish repertoire, under the management of George Jessel, did not include in the cast Fran- cine Larrimore, who was Frances Adler, granddaughter of old Jacob Adler. Oddly enough, before Mme. Fran- ces Alda became an opera star, she was another Frances Adler, of Aus- tralia, and sang minor roles in mu- sical comedies in Melbourne, where her grandmother, Mme. Simonson, was a music-teacher, and where her aunt, Florrie Simonson, was an actress. Another aunt, Frances Sa- ville, was an opera star a genera- tion ago. Au- Iil., Sis- Mrs. Pat in Talkers Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for many years a star in stage productions, recently found it difficult to adapt herself to a minor role in a talker. It seems problematical if she will continue in pictures. Born in Lon- don in 1865, she began acting in 1886, creating sensations in “The Second Mrs. Tanqueray” and “The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith.” In 1902 she appeared in New York, and re- turned for several other visits. As the widow of Campbell, she married the youthful George Cornwallis- West in 1914, after he had been divorced by another elderly widow, Lady Randolph Churchill, a friend of Mrs. Campbell. Lady Randolph, as she was called, was Jennie Je- rome, of New York, daughter of Leonard Jerome, who founded the Jerome Park race-track. Mrs. Campbell starts a_ three months’ lecture tour in January. Yenevieve Tobin, recently seen in her first talker, “A Lady Surren- ders,” is now working in “Half Gods” for Universal. Daughter of Thomas J. Tobin and Genevieve White, she and her sister, Vivian, have been on the stage since child- hood. In 1918 she was in “Oh, Look!”, in 1919 in “Palmy Days,” and in 1920 in “Little Old New York.” Last season she cooed and purred as ingenue of “Fifty Million Frenchmen.” In Variety’s “Razzing the Home Town,” a number of well known persons were recorded as hailing from Syracuse. One more might be added. Elizabeth Coyle was known professionally as Betty Lee. She divorced Proctor Welch, man- ager of the Onondaga Hotel. She then became wife and widow of Lyman B. Kendall, wealthy New Yorker, and her daughter, Jane Welch, becan e known as Jane Ken- dall. Jane married the fashion- able New York millionaire, George Grant Mason. Finally the erstwhile Mrs. Wel: h of Syracuse chose as her third hus- band John O. Lawson-Johnston of London, whose family made mil- lions out of “Bovril.” One of his brothers is Lord Luke of Payveham and another Capt. Percy Lawson- Johnston has just married Alice Kenny of New York, who divorced the explorer, Byron Kuhn, known 4s “Count Kuhn de Prorock.” Alice is a daughter of William F. Kenny, rich contractor, intimate friend ot OL Al Smith.

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Cover the lamb completely with this paste. Sew the lamb into a bag and plunge into boiling water and boil until tender. Serve with the following sauce: A white sauce made of flour, butter nd milk, adding four tablespoons of capers. Carryl and Mundy are English and married. This is Mrs. Carryl’s recipe. At the Palace When the Palace becomes a real music hall with smoking on all floors then will business not depend upon names. Monday matinee with Marx Brothers holding over, not so hot. The opening act, Falls, Redding and Boyce another opening act worthy a better position. Miss Mae that turn does her first dance in a pretty blue frock. Skirt falling from a yoke was accordion pleated with a bertha of the same. The yoke is laced at the side with strings of the blue material. For the finishing number she was in a skirt of white fringe over diamond trunks. The boys looked neat in black suits are OL with grey ties and white spats. They wore later white satin blouses with wide sashes. Galli-Rini’s sister was in black velvet with a grey shirred net hem. The hips carried a motif in brilliants. A pink satin long-waisted dress had a deep flounce studded with brilliants and a huge bowknot of the same stones gormed the front trimming. In the back was a bow of white satin, while the slippers were of blue and pink. Royce and Maye have a pretentious act for this house. Sophie Tucker's drop, brought from Paris a few years back, adorns this act. It is the one with the women’s head looking through opera glasses, while the arms decorated with innumerable bracelets. A bridal procession was uniquely manipulated into this turn for its opening number. Crossing the stage before the drop, two bridesmaids were followed by the bride ind groom, with two pageboys. The drop lifting, a black velvet pano- rama with a dressing table in exaggerated height was the setting for a fast dance by the bride and groom, the bride wearing a bridal dress of white having a lace flounce. Billee Maye then does a number in a print dress made very short with suspenders over a pink blouse. Gam- bling, drink, women and dope find four of the girls appropriately dressed in the usual gold and silver fantastic trimmings. Miss Maye as Death was in a fish net of a large pattern with white underneath and black chiffon hangings. Eve Sully (with Jesse Her hat and shoes were are Block) was in a green blouse and brown skirt. green, but they would have looked much better had they been brown. In fact, a different colored costume would be better alongside Mr. Block’s grey suit. Rae Samuels, whom Jack Lait ilways referred to as the Blue Streak in Vaudeville, is now two streaks. Miss Samuels was at her best Monday afternoon in a white satin eve- ning gown. No trimming, just two diamond ornaments, The skirt was cut both back and front in godets. Slippers were green with diamond buckles Pansies Pansies and Pansies! That was the atmosphere at the Ritz theatre Monday night when “Sisters of the Chorus” opened. Jean Malin, of the Abbey nite club, is among those presei nd if you think he is good in the night club, catch him in this show Edna Hib- ard has one of those parts he ni long been familiar wit 1 WISé cracking dame and some of her lines are corkers. The show is musing when it isn’t seri: but wl traged t so0es all to pieces. There are four girls, Mi Hibbard, Enid Mar Sonia 1] ( Dorothea Chard. They all are at some time i state of und show several good looking pajamas Miss Hib i wore a & evening gown of green and gold with a band ¢ ible 89ld cord around the waist. M I lov il pinl t full skirt and spar eled top - el M MI i 1 a : f) sprinkled with gold and very good looking. Several set of sy im were worn. Miss Hibbard looked ] . / vas a4 white spot and white coll Little M (hard wa n tallores j of the new models, Well Dressed Chorus The dressing of the chorus in “Girl Crazy,” at the Alvin, plays an important part in this production. The program credits Kiviectte for the costuming and no one dresses a chorus better than this firm.

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|getiing herself “talked about,” she seems like a_ schoolgirl getting giddy over her first prom. But the feminine roles in “Scot- land Yard” are as unimportant as} the fact that the picture isn’t one bit convincing. awfully Low e actor a It’s a good yarn and entertaining, with Edmund given that delight of every dual role. Ina Claire—“Barrymore” Great expectations are held for “The Royal Family,” which was re- cently filmed at the Astoria studio of Paramount, with Ina _ Claire starred in the “Ethel Barrymore” role, created in the stage version by Ann Andrews. Twenty years ago Miss Claire was famous for her impersonations, and could give an excellent “Barrymore” impression, if she It was her mimicry of Frances Starr as “Marie-Odeille,”’ in the “Follies,” that led David Belasco to cast her in “Polly With a Past.’ Later he featured her in “The Gold Diggers.” Miss Claire, who remains in the east, will be in a society Lubitsch. chose, Film Child Wisdom Rosita Moreno is happily cast as talkie, directed by Ernst |

| shoulder, “Orchid Annie” Clothes Betty Bronson’s stage debut In ' “Little Orchid Annfe,” at the Holly- wood Playhouse, was. mildly re- | ceived. She over-played the dumb, sweet, innocent gold-digger to an | impossible degree. The costuming throughout was | ;commendable. A little blue flowered | taffeta wern by Miss Bronson, had a long, flowing, circular — skirt, | parted in the center to reveal a short tight under-skirt of the same | material. The tight bodice with the peplum, that is now fashion- able, fitted to perfection. The former screen ingenue also looked cute in a rose colored cloth sports’ dress trimmed in _ white. Worn with this was a matching beret and a Lapin jacket, which

| had the deep rounded corners that }are so much more snappy than the | square corners on these particular coatees, | The silver-cloth negligee banded | with Fitch, which she wore in the |second act, was anything but at- tractive. The fitted black Russian caracul | |}coat worn by Julia Blane was a | stunner. The collar consisted of lthree enormous silver foxes, two| | Ps | forming a shawl collar, and anothe) |} joined on the right side, adding width to one side of the collar only a senorita in “The Santa Fe Trail.” | The cuffs too were of silver fox. Unlike most picture actresses she . —_ i manages to convey the idea of being Social Season Is On | Spanish without throwing emotional The heavy social season is on convulsions and he. natural accent | with a vengeance. If you're out is a relief from the synthetic brand | and about stepping, whether on Mitzi Green is not as convincing | business or pleasure (and it’s most as a child of the nineteenth cen-joften part of the “business” out tury when children were supposed |here) you just about live in formal to be seen and not heard She's | attire. a cunning imp, and it’s a shame | In fact there have been com that the tendency is to make her !plaints from various managements, precocious, It’s a wise film child }as the result of patrons’ complaints, l that knows its own age. lthat there have been too many such oat rfs and hats Two colo1 ! ! e used, One lus th ered waist« t The other « ! d reen. Lai blac a e ch d rt e orange vest da black 1 For a} r} 1 r the g ! elvet f ed bi i { bolero coats ‘ t e gir n f ffet pris I i ‘ l ind the othe } t I if with t ‘ r ir fr y ‘ A ‘ ‘ ‘= 4 ‘ I i f I Li¢ in } | p nD red r ' ‘ t pea ble e, t A my pres ked s fe part Mi Roe old f hinned 7 of ‘ ir .s ‘ i f k 1 ¢ or! ire bat } rman wore or ‘ It w t eT ator i nd having a diamond | ! bodice ] ‘ | o-¥ in orange velvet full skirt having a yellow lining 4 C1 gold cord having a huge gold tassel encircled the waist Be | vin ¢ Spanish maidens were in white full skirt arrving a motif o . *? rose ee in all the purple shades. The first set of dresses are made with double plaited skirts, waist- jing a ereen lining. The skirts opened to one side show-

ee ET —a h e D hi WwW asnin : out OLLVYWOOC . Among the Women Did You Know That as f . By The Skirt a= By Grace Green Clara Bow was being “mov- ied” at Bergdorf Goodman’s | ” ; ,c rk + e- tt. —_— the other day...Tamara Geva’s Hollywood, Oct. 17 } occasions. A flock of $5 pictur j “1 * ry om p 4e\Nr — ae . 36 feres re ter Pay -ab] for th The Best Dressed Woman of the Week are two of the prettiest legs The opening of “Whoopee” at the | premiere Rei icted favorably ( r the ’ ; ; + . ac « . + ° » } ~ a ‘ "thant in town...They say that only United Artists theatre was a real /|smart clubs and after-theatre RAE SAMUELS Darryl Zanuck and Billy Well- affair. Everyone turned out, which |restaurants and cafes, just ause : : ° } car alr uP “Acce Palace j man are left of the party hunt- is quite unusual for a downtown, people were already dressed and 7 ‘ “oo ‘ a¢ =e + « e n2 ? ing in Canada...The current theatre, iW ante d to make it an ove ning. But . — songstresses should go to the | Eddie Cantor, Mrs. Cantor, and; what it has done has been te dis- A Disappointing DuBarry Shubert theatre just to hear fall the litt! Cantors were there our! he normal t i of ngs, Tne Norma Talmadge “DuBarry” picture will lend no laurels to the Marion Harris’ “I’m a Man- Ida Cantor ced char: in a nd » kill off ! ‘ sharply , : j - y ‘ 2 “hi velvet y j } ‘ nes whe ¢ isn’t gtar nor the producers. It’s a picture miscast. | nequin”...Why does Litth white velvet Ww A 2 I ‘ I € | Pnth ‘ord: Ar sue] ‘ velvet coat trimn 1 with inyt Miss Talmadge doesn’t ever suggest the beautiful DuBarry, but the | Ruth Gordan wear _ ou 4 - Cy . her recent oneratios } Ss open supper hideous make-up in Violet?... since her recent I ‘ i ; ‘ i} “p ’ a 22 re 7e > | 4 . . ‘ ar Ain oa + = . . Pea . Reo mounting at least was well done. } It almost spoils her sweelllll 10 pounds, much to her adva ' \ ! i ig rr “il,” Miss Talmadge wore several ravishing costumes, but her Brooklyn performance...Don Howard of Ethel! Shutta (Mrs. George Olsen) Ir and \ hoopee ; ‘ ee . : me h id suc splendtke or] eres rht t the vari- accent destroyed any illusion. the “Little Show” (on tour) is who did such _ splendid Ww ” ri ” Main ank Whoopee,” w striking in I ind i uses, Alison Skipworth, with her delightful English and perfect diction,|| ™married to Elaine errerag maline ind a coat of black velvet | f ‘ t! prer es es made Miss Talmadge all the more noticeable. Irene Delroy, Ona Munson and t — oe 2 , — he oi : : . ee robe ae ee ee ee cee eens Serene Se ae ov > sg nae ' Keeler-J . Constance Bennett in a_ white | beer heating lots ff people of DuBarry two gowns of the negligee type, both made with close fitting New York...Ru . a er- tale chiffon gown and ermine wrap was | sleep. foundations and the chiffon flowing coat effect. The court costume yo is ay 0 tegee = vs wamainaa | — varrie igh ‘dici coll: is é ; > ar a few weeks before rehearsing sore 8. P earried a high Medici collar. Miss Talmadge showed some real pearl with tea nee Gee eae aan Theda Bara, one time champ | Those Hearst Dinners —— A local speakeasie has 15,- vamp who sold “it” at the box of- The first Hearst dinner was a me bak commie Ned Marin is in fice long before Elinor Glyn dis- | more “intimate” and “chummy” . 7 - “ atte — . n ’ " £ ‘ rata i . 4 sar. | ai . . ‘ - 4 Unequal Material Divisions town on_ business...Evelyn covered it, still retains that ce! 0 a and — d a Lage a i } ; ; . ’ ” : ~y3 . : ai something Miss Bara’s gown | celebrities. The secone din- Despite the opening night hysteria, “Three's a Crowd,” with Clifton Herbert has never been so tain nee , a Siti nent . : ae Sw All ¢ ; ‘ : 1? « © = } ss “Princess Char of white satin was intricately | ner, although a more general Civic Webb, Fred Allen, and Libby Holman, had a first half sc fast the sec- lovely as in “Princess Charm- - : x ent wile lathes : ee iad: Sb Sal . i 7 ; 7 ‘ : taliored, as was 1e sno ! © air was equally coiorilul, neic ond half couldn’t possibly follow it. Webb has better material than ing .Luella Gear, lunching at CALIOT OK , - dea 8 + ; : agin 2 sai ‘ 1 itin cape 11S adder oO . tne creme e a creme oft whos either of the other two featured members and, consequently, shines the Ritz, wore a tan gown and ici? } } Tr hicl a ¥ a ! Holl ? ] P ‘ | 1 f Simplicity of er Mair- ards ry . > ff ea 5 d >| 4 ybie > | § \V Petes pip ” oa ¢ ; ! ort mediey + ‘ rs) = Ww : h white be ry » ve 2 cute effec 4 Am) pote atenaten foster Freddie Marct four-year-old Barton Coslow, son | was slightly full, as was the ankle re wore { ail 1ite chiffon gown ¢ é ecoming c ur sO er § eee ASCs : ‘oslow il yy a hit-: - |] i i aed ip un WwW nite chiffon own an an unb —— coif eur in} , wearing & mustache of Sam Coslow, killed by a hit-and lleneth skirt. In solo and in encore wea y »Y ah “Ro ,¢ : ve a , ‘ Ss xec} a . hie or me eer ‘ AF , Va deser Ss pecia mention o unusua : ignting and exec , ion | black chiffon. Her coat of blaek former Music SOx prima donna was Miss Holman looked her best in a black evening gown made with a | J B tt’ N . ; velvet, black fox trimmed, lent a | roynadly ipplauded ~ 7 , ’ ect ae ’ » % “oundly appl da. ejreular flounce. nne S alive pee ss . rae 4 ; I . ry t t 1 i I } ; ee | | oan e i } ne of distinction to a charmins Hedda Hopper, in an intricately The tomato red net dresses worn by the chorus in the finale made an > person. l tailored gov ile cree sat ro ee inhetggliy -ellgpeioresy ra hone Ally Bi ge vagel Plunge Into Scandal |’"S°" “y .» | talloréd gown of Nile green satin, exquisite picture. The principal women were in white. | Mhe ingenue in Vhoopee,” | with an intriguing matching capee Portland Hoffa, assisting Allen, looked lovely in her different cos- | The vouthful quality of Joan Ben- | Elinor Hunt, was resplendent in a | let, could easily be adjudged the j larlv j ms ariwi ’ ' : ° t } _— 2 7: . Je | divine ‘ . TOV rar » atloar. | : net wrest. en oe tumes. One particular ly nice was of pariwinkle blue velvet tunic worn | nett photographs so well it spoils ‘eth, ly mad gown of crepe silver- | poct are ssed woman of the week. h matching tights. | her performance in Scotland Yard, cloth, which had a three inch, Leatrice Joy, who was divine in sscenamaare | As a disillusioned bride, she is quite |sewed-down fluting of the same an azure blue gown with a vestee ‘ e : _o . ‘ a ‘ az it WW g t ~ ivincing rhe 2 scr calls |1 teria orming ¢ eplur ffe ‘ Carry! and Mundy on How to Cook Lamb convincing, but when the script cal Ss} ma ie r a peplum effect |of baby pink. A luxurious ermine (for going off the deep end and|A corsage of orchids graced her! » completed the ensemble <@ a paste of chopp¢ d suet, flour and water. | wrap completed the ensemble. Marlene Deitrich, who will be an- other boxoffice Garbo, when her first U. S. picture is released, was exotic looking in a black chiffon, ;} ornamented with a necklace of rose |}and blue Her coat of black | ve lvet silver fox trimmed. As |is getting to be quite a common | sight. Joseph von Sternberg, squired | her. | Marie Dressler, | |

beads. was Who ic affection- “sweetheart” by young here, belied the 57 admits to, and was cer- peppy than many half Her black satin gown, with a heliotrope velvet, fox trimmed wrap, was very befitting. Her pal, Polly Moran, was quite snappy looking in a black lace gown and a black velvet wrap. Miss Moran wore one of those new small rolled brimmed evening hats of or- gandy, that seem to be so favorably received here. Many have been seen in maline or a combination of maline and gold or silver lace. They jately called a old she |and out | years tainly her age. more certainly are an aid to those who are kept perpetually dashing to beauty salons to keep one’s locks in a presentable condition for these |} many dress occasions. One girl says she had to have her hair marceled four times last week, which like the | weather, is very unusual. | Ever ceauteous Hope Hampton, with her husband Jules Brulatour wore the darlingest short, velted, ermine with a of white chiffon all quined bodice. unusual attractive cape was worn by Gertrude Olmstead, It was of summer ermine, waist-line length, , tightly gzown silver coatee and ‘ee a an | Shoulder shaped, wrap around. Her | sown was also in tan. Cantor’s 18th Night Eddie Cantor's 18th first nicht at George Olsen's roadhouse was a big | success Of course there was a new | show, costume dance routines and |; Skits, but primarily it wa Ieddie who filled the place to capacity, and } left ever ne calling f TY ‘ j n J L pi ire ina } K eu ‘ he d gown and a ] ‘ VW it? ru ! I rm 11tZ J r \ } i ‘ r - iT ( ’ { - ’ . y A I) | M ‘ I , r 1 old The ne wife f Ke } an A } mir in tan lace , j flowers tered jthroughout the yoke,

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issued | comics. | tractive is okay as straight with Eddie Aikens ditto as general utility. Weakness in the femme division of principals is another drawback. Nora Ford, featured soub comes as near to torrid of the mob in the teaser take off but not sufficiently so to appease the dyed-in-the-woo! burlesque patrons that have been used to having the hip dislocators so the limit and won't stand for any homeopathic substitution. Ann Myers is a prima with good voice who sticks to her singing and ap- pearing in several skits with the Virginia Wheeler is an at- ingenue and good number | leader, Cladia Neild, also good j}looking ingenue-soub handles her numbers well and spots a coupk | | | — | Vet Choristers’ Ch Salary cuts ranging from 10 to} e Oris ers ance ’ i SOC started this week for principals | - ° with shows on the Mutual burlesque | WW the Mu , which | 1 . “ Cuts are effected through | orders for the choruses to move and bh) ) ref f@1) ] yr acau i of e perio el i lls 5} ea Ws, : —- |} some of the furrner Mutual vets, in } 1er 1 i ed ne Y Impera ¢ ) irement since the ope! ing of the ¢ , ) { é I t t . _ *s car’ Ty if 1ace oOo! t t ea Ca | sea on, hopped hac k to life, anxious so! id business | to 1] n 4 wcancie The cl ps affect pe rmers re- | ‘ $60 nd ut = Po aesirous nave ome rf the Cc D r 6 { weekly in ipo! f ) ris been to 1 i it they have r se tha they will be but tem- , ; ' é paid t ire to New York porary, although not retroactive with former salaries rs stored if biz picks up G ttli b U Bi t : 7 eS Cate oO ie p as igamis Prolonged warm weather, but no! mention of bad shoGs is considered | by the wheel executives as the cause of poor business thus far this sea- son in most of the Mutual Several Mutual shows are re- ragged edge and upon ' | | stands. | } the | ported on two weakest shows without disrupt- the verge of being dropped unless snapping into improvement “Red Hot vill be dropped two weeks at Union City, N. J Others may follow but not named. | The Mutual route as it now stands through recent house dropouts has | three open weeks and can drop its | | ing«the routine of the circuit. rare | Facts” and “Whoopee Girls,” rated as good shows and better than most of the retainers, were drop- | ped two weeks ago. The $5 weekly tilt and attendant extra the choruses now traveling has been, counterbalanced by the cuts in prin- cipals’ salaries. both choristers “with of expense Weinstock as Mutual’s Traveling Nut Barber

Joseph Weinstock has been ap- pointed efficiency man _ for the Mutual Circuit by I. H. Herk., His first job will be a tour of Mutual houses with view to shav- ing the operating nut wherever pos- sible. Weinstock is associated with Billy Minsky in operaticn of Apollo, Harlem, playing Mutual shows the 37 Shows: 34 Weeks There are now three weeks of lay- offs on the Mutual burlesque wheel at present. I. H. Herk says he ex- pects to land a house or two to cut the three down to one.

There are 37 Mutual shows at present, with 34 playing weeks. 9 - . Rube’s Side Line tube 3ernstein, while out of producing, is still getting an in- come out of burlesque. itor } Cit} iR. I

Pittsburgh, Oct Gottlieb, was 21. Lawrence ac- who burlesque in . : brougnt to Washing- this and a arrested ton last week, was by a landed county detective county jail on of McKees four riea port, near here, in Cleveland months ago wher! he was playing there Later the i letter 1 that Gottlieb in 1927. re- who ife No. 1, Bartel Providence sport WV ceived : vife as Né¢ jie she claimed

married in Burlesque Changes Buddie Nichols Gorman Ss ipplanted Chad with the Mutual show, Blue.” Lew Lewis switched from ‘“Ra- dium Queens” to “Take a Chance,” replacing Harry Jackson in the lat- “Girls in ter, Sally olities (Mutual). Deloris succeeded Carmen as fea- Joy vice Jean Bell in “Friv- tured grinder with the stock at Min- sky’s National Winter Garden, New York Jean Bodine and Kayton Sisters closed with “Novelties of 1930” (Mu- tual) last week, Hazel Roberts and Victoria Mana going in planters. as sup- to0b” Blake has taken over Billy Mossey’'s assignment the stock at the Haymarket, Chicago. Bob Sandberg, Bryan Wolfe and Norma Noel closed with stock at Gayety, Minneapolis, last week. Evelyn Murray, who closed with “Wine, Woman and Song” (Mutual) a couple of weeks ago, returned to the wheel via “Step Lively Girls” this week. George Fares and Nellie Ryder added to principals with the stock at the State-Congress, Chicago. Joe Luigio succeeded Dick Hyland as producer. Belle White has succeeded Edna Rhea with the stock at the Gotham, New York. Mary Tomlinson has succeeded Rebe Tobin with stock at the Bijou, Philadelphia, this week. with

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(Continued from page 138) laughs the present audience is giv- ing to ‘Half Shot at Sunrise.’ R-K-O tied up with Milwaukee railroad at both its President and Orpheum to give away train and ducats for the Wisconsin- Minnesota game at Madison Noy Houses are giving away tickets every Friday night from now until the middle of November at no cost | to itself. Just a screen plug for the special trains the railroad wil un to the game. Rube has Wanda Wassau under Jimmie Dugan, Mary Ryan and personal contract. She last headed] p4)). Taylor will close this week a show of which Bernstein and Em-] ith tne stock at the Palace, Buf- mett Callahan were joint owners on | ¢..1,, the Mutual circuit last season. rhis | Tack Hunt replaced Vic Plant vear she is being used as an added | vith the Empire toc] Albany attraction by Mutual houses at 4] pie Gordon supplanted Hisie Ray- good salary under peeRNTOTE ® Sh | nor, same show, with Dolly Glenn rection | added. “ ieee 7 wt » 1 Oct 9°. eT e iater endeney to rough Broo} ya, IC al Zo. ; some o them came too late to save Isabel Van heads the troupe the shov on comed Jin Krancis vs.

Brooklyr Working through Postal Tele graph, a tie-up was made by the lox Brooklyn which will net the house publicity over a period of months has made with every large business school in the borough to give a series of lec- tures in these schools. Lecturer will appear every day in one or two of the schools and will keep rotating among the 35 institutions until next June. At the end of every week, a test will be given the students on their knowledge of telegraph com- Postal Wednesday, October 22, 1930 —s Vaude Ban on Bare Legs

+ munication and their typing and shorthand. One of the questions is a letter addressed to the manager of the Fox commenting on the programs pre- sented there. Lecturer, announcing dexterity in the test, makes mention that the five making the best showing will be awarded a guest ticket to the Fox. This stunt is aimed to build the students’ good will as well as benefiting the theatre by word-of- mouth public itv. Pittsburgh. Series of Varsity Nights arranged here this week by the Stanley in

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connection with All-American foot- ball picture, “Maybe It’s Love,” in which two local football heroes, Howard Harpster, of Carnegie Tech, and Ray Montgomery, of Pitt, ap- pear. Monday night was Pitt night, with football squad and band as guests of honor Same on Tuesday for Carnegie Tech with Duquesne, third of local uniyersities, on Wednesday. Harpster was booked by house for personal appearances on each of the Varsity nights. Seattle. A wedding every night on the tage of the Fifth Avenue theatre was the stunt pulled last week by Ted Champion, advertising man aver. sut that was not all, for each night a different nationality was in- volved. German wedding was of a German couple, and in that lan- ‘uage; the finale of the six wed dings was an Indian wedding. There were Irish, Scotch and plain American bridal couples, too. Stunt put over during the week of Fk. & M. “Modes of Hollywood,” stage unit, as there were bridal parades by the gals Wedding stunts got loads of publicity, and helped, but the week’s biz was not rood. Two Acts in the Smoker (Continued from page 56) sending on an opening act We're just breakin in some new stuff. We don’t care where we go on. It's all a merry round My idea is to keep that’s the secret of this racket “Veh £0 ‘vol kin, ” just got back from Eu- rope and I’m sorry ve come.” “How is it over there?” “Vonderful! They treat an artist like an artist, one show a night and ve got spots on efery bill and head- lined. I'll show you the bills ven ve get to the theatre.” ‘' ve “Why didn’t you stay over there?” “Vell ve hadt some business here that ve had to tend to, and ve half played nearly everything there, It’s lousy here.” *T wish you'd take a look at our act and tell us if we'd do any good over there. I've had a couple of offers for London with my other partner, but we never got to go.” “You should go. Plenty of good beer, the vork iss easy and you liff like a king.” ful apartment and the landlady gets vour food for you, cooks it and fixes a night lunch with beer after the show; washes your clothes and everything, and ve only paid two pounds ten; dats about elefen dol-

lars in American money, und dot vas for two double.” “Who's a good agent to see for European time?” “Max Bergman He is* our agent.” “Why that’s the guy that’ lin us. Gee, he can't get uy in America, I can imagine ¥ can do in Europe.” Vell our act books itself, but ve do it through him; ve are a big soccess there Now ve are looking for a show here ve half some von- | derful novelties ve saw in Europe | and they would be a big hit here in America.” “Well them legit managers are tough to see. You gotta give audi- tions and when you do, ten to one the guy is talkin to some feller and don't even give you a rumble. way there ain't no hits, " Any- they're losin their ‘“¥al shirts the picturés speaking done ‘Well J weeks to ‘cause heard Say, a guy a couple of and this guy ought know what he’s talkin about he hangs around Broadway and gets a lot of inside stuff, well he tells me that the picture firms are all goin bankrupt because Wall Street is out to put them outa busi- ago

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(Continued from page 1) they had just come in off the street, A dolled-up look is required. This will mostly affect straight men. On her first day out Mrs. Mindlin caught a young hoofer whose long and well-oiled hair became dis- arranged and fell down over his face. She recommended a beret Dirty hats, with sweat-stained h: iate- bands, are also out for the bov: Women wearing shorts, or tru; will he required to don opera lengths. Regulation dresses wil] call for covered legs underneat} Mrs. Mindlin personally the advocates medium length skirt for the Stage. The long, sweeping skirt is suited to certain types or individ- uals only. The extremely short skirt abruptly cuts any woman's figure, in Mrs. Mindlin’s opinior Will Advise R-K-O's fashion expert will ad- vise all women individually as to the type of clothes best suited to them. She will also see that the proper stage atmosphere j ive! the acts in R-K-O theatres W here special drop or set would en} nce the general appearance and effec- tiveness of an act, it will be recom- mended. Military characters will be placed in front of a scene sug- gestion and blending with the chare acter, etc. There is no irrevocable set of rules of dress for the various types of stage women, excepting the basic fashion ideas dictated by current tastes. Costuming, hair dressing and make-up will be adjusted by the individual characteéristics of the tall, short, thin, and stout stage women. Wholesale Breaks Keeping up with R-K-O's per- sonal appearance’ regulatior is likely to entail added expense for acts, Mrs. Mindlin states, and she is aware of that. It will be neces- sary, however, for all men and women on R-K-O time to look their best under any circumstances Mrs. Mindlin says the circuit will arrange for the purchase of wear- ing apparel and articles at a saving when necessary. Tie-ups will be made with wholesalers for 50% dis- counts. Mrs. Mindlin asks all actors, when interviewed for brushing up suggestions, not to take offense at pertinent remarks. The suggestions will be for the actors’ and actresses’ personal advancement, as well as improving the general appearance of the R-K-O bills. Changes and alterations will be suggested and made in New York, An out-of-town checking system will be used to see that the fashion

advice is taken all over the cir- cuit. e Mrs. Mindlin is a former interior decorator and the wife of Mike Mindlin, originator of the “arty” picture house. ness on account of a grudge they got against them.” “It sez in ‘Variety’ the big vons are coming back from California, work.” The Head-to-Head Trick no “Yeh, they're all washed up. 59O is Radio. Nobody is listening In anymore like they used to, only for . . ‘i we the big fights and baseball games. “Yah, the radio is through, too.” “See what it sez about Gordon and Gordon at the Palace last week.” “Just a fair notice. I guess they took a brodie.” “Well I don’t ever want to play *-t joint. Everybody comes in to you flop and they take every ood routine they see.’ “Yah, ve hadt dat exberience, v® did a trick, maybe you saw it, my partner goes to a head to heaa vit me and he plays mandolin and I play the saxaphone.” “Yeh, I remember that some- place.” “Vell ve are the originators.” “Didn't Sampson Brothers do that on the bill with us a couple of weeks ago? “Yeh.” “Oh yeh, Sampson Brothers are our cousins. They are the first to do it, but ve vere the first to take it Ve are the original copy. Then everybody took it from us. You can't keep anything nowadays.’ : . * ‘ “Are you boys in the show busi- ness?” Asked the elderly gentle- man. “Yeh, how did you know?” “Oh I just guessed it,’ he answered. ae. a’

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a ae te a ea ee a - eR ae oat — a , | ; , “ARIET) Inside Stuff—Legit Inside Stuff—Pictures Trade Mark Registered : ° Continued from page 31) Publishes Ween b Leer rh ine Arthur Hammerstein will not return to the Coast in January to pro- one. If you bovs = ¢ a . ttle I'll » vou 250 lav and 154 West 46th Street New York City duce for U. A., as he had planned to do. Hammerstein last winter com- seatiiiee ik shies Gis ny sia ve ie? Ripe sonctedl cil te "a Boo pag im —_— pleted “Lottery Bride” for U. A. which has not yet been released. He | 4}, new pay rary nates a oe aes See mee Oe ree SUBSCRIPTION: was under an optional contract to make three or four additional mu- lag n™: dge Spe dk deen Wilh dan the dite ail bain! annuai,.,..--$10 POreigM. o000,. 038 sicals for U. A., but it is reported U. A. desires no more musicals and : cre ee ee ee ee eee eee Bingle Copies. ..eeererseer severed 1m the arrangement with Hammerstein has been called off. iit tee atieell ea aia le ay sate tan i aie. olin = o Hammerstein instead will do a musical and a drama during the winter | p, trapc" —_ mike Sea pearson + be a ee ed Pol scene ed VOL. 100 SER. No. 15 | and is laying plans for a revue to be produced next summer. troubles The Psa fei app icey tl . on 4 a “geen tig “p Reggie Hammerstein, Arthur’s nephew, who was working on the Coast Mc Ry. ad prt: 7 snicaee Bre Sey aig age t . —-_—— | as a picture director for the past few months, returned east last week. | ._ sti A Pe ee pRanay a ae oie heer Raul 50 YEARS AGO He will continue where he left off as general stage director for his uncle - Rent “ : ' Pre Pane a he — ' x sNOrwo! Ahira § rt a |" a shel ; (From Clipper ) With only four legit producers, not counting Arch Selwyn, using pic- Fiiy-. , . iene? . As I ) d — © ture “names” in forthcoming Broadway shows, screen stars are giving | cartoor } Old Clipper is sprinkled with vivid | = aa hungry look ind ege ng ran age nts pool - eee y - . ae esides peiwyn, proau rs planning shows with picture people in the! : flashes of New =o *hili sar ] ticolor is a “subtract . a has — P “ete amen csr fogs oa Jane Sanford, daughter of former Congressman Rollin B. Sanford Pipi U. says Wee ms ACTIVE pl and ha never been p up to : phe i : een _|of the Twenty-eighth New York congressional district, will make her _ neon Pe Cee See 6 Pe New York debut as a professional actress in December. Miss Sanford, ee : Y litical war. - a graduate of the New York School of Dramatic Arts and a member 4 meas > K oe ; tried hance it first thre dir e! n film last Ole Bull aii “Seeiedl with pic- of the Adirondack seounte n nN. Y. resort) Players the past summer, ae i ee ste rt Fs “a i ne oie | as . Q etro) ie turesque ceremonies. Body was car- | ante nded to m Lake ner arst pre fessional appearance on Broadway early cimahe tad aie: cabal pas oa aed va ssi ; . : ried from the rocky isle where he | in tne fall, but throat trouble forced her to turn down an offer to appear @ press muge who was 1 fy ones: ea : : : 4 lived in a Norwegian fjord, to a|‘" & Production. She is now at the home of her parents preparatory |... nent on the offering, with silence the watchword ew woul waiting ship and, with a funeral ay veginsing i nearsals mh amuther pray , Understood that the Cl icago W nts to ir st ll its wide sc: bef train of yachts and men o’ war Miss Sanford is a member of the Soe ee Her father is “| the State-Lak across the Saad ete it att ae , ocala ; a r — which fired the salute, was con- aga i ncaa y and real estate operator. The Sanfords are prominent ' i. He £0ad, wl : oth are workilr on the plan in society. veyed to Bergen. . as Out of towners will be able to touch the bulbs in what will be } road- Chicago had only eight theatres Equity bearing down harder than ever this season on shoe string pore most mee tied cellinged marquee when R-K-O opens up the ; ie ; Sig OS wan - aad a er Pred ipes " enated Columbia (burlesque) as the Mayfair. and they were packed nightly in producers finds that newcomers learn the first rudiments in stalling Pnathad of tlavite with tha ais o Beap ier reed eager: ; what was described as the best when it comes to posting bonds with the organization guaranteeing the on =e ' Pratl asi Pe Secesiie de he ¢ —s ning ie beam to beacon early season in years. cast’s salary. Bond discussions are usually held by appointment of page Re tea ; 1 -s mato = hae ees sromtprecs so laid out ma the producers with Equity officals late on a Friday afternoon, leaving 2d aa sreat bulk of the light will slam directly down on the passing Billy Madden, famous pugilist, Equity in a tough spot to get the papers through the banks or bond pedestrian. gave an exhibition in Leadville, Col. | houses before they close at noon Saturday. That gives the producer ——-—— He took on husky miners and local maulers and when he got tired toying with them socked ’em un- conscious. Leadville citizenry be- came so enamored of the jocular bruiser, the leading citizens offered to endow a gymnasium for him to keep him in the town for life. Joe Goss who had just before won the American heayweight ring title in a bruising fight in West Virginia, was arrested in Detroit and held for the West Va. authorities for breaking the law of that _ state. Paddy Ryan, loser in the same battle, was going about the busi- ness of arranging more prizefights in Troy, N. Y., and nobody both- ered him. Maude S. broke the _ trotting record for a mile on the track of the Chicago Jockey Club, going the distance in 2:10%, compared to St. Julien’s 2:11% few weeks before. Mark was made under disadvan- tages of weight penalties and a sharp wind at the finish. Broadway Chatter (Continued from page 58) with burglar alarms. 3ecause Les was robbed a few weeks ago, 3ob O'Donnell, Saenger represen- tative with Publix, has gone to New Orleans for a two weeks’ check-up of his southern houses. Pete Woodhull denies that he is corralling flea golf courses, let alone the report that he is working up an organization to effect a monopoly. Nedick’s juice stands have gradu- ated from thirst quenchers to quick lunch stands. Outfit, to meet com- petish, now features trick combo lunches. The flock of reporters constantly on the death watch at Polyclinic was another reason why the hospital wasn't so crazy about Jack Diamond. Vaude benefit in Lynbrook, L. I Friday night for family of a police- man who was killed on his first day on a after ion motorcycle from the ranks. promo Fally Markus, former; ind vaude booker, now running an em- Playment agency, is still being | swamped with requests from idl actors for jobs of any kind. Kenneth Reisbeck, who wroté “Rock Me, Julie,” arrived Sunday from the coast. His show will gs into rehearsal following the pré miere of “The Gang’s All Here.” James Whittaker, under contract to Metro on the Coast ar d now do- ing script on “Get Rich Quick Wa lingford,” scheduled for Willian Haines, is also working on a novel Capt. Irving O’Hay has a dart Squelcher for the boys who give hin the bird when he’s makings The razzer im«iediately ra speet h y becomes ar €mbarrassed mugg under fire of the Capt.’s 10-minute origin and art of bird giving lecture on the a couple of extra days to dig up a money man. When a holiday follows a week-end, as it did this week, banks being closed Monday, Columbus Day, the short bank roll producer gets an added day of grace, Most successful collaborating playwright around is George S. Kauf- man, who co-authored and plays in Sam Harris’ smash hit, “Once in a Lifetime.” During the last 10 years Kaufman has worked on nine shows of which two “Deep Tangled Wildwood” and “Minick” were flops. The hits were “Dulcy,” “To the Ladies,’ “Merton of the Movies” and “Beggar on Horseback,” written with Mare Connolly; “June Moon,” written with ting Lardner, and “The Butter and Egg Man,” Kaufman's only solc effort, all money makers. In addition to his current show Kaufman di- rected “Front Page” and “June Moon.” Moss Hart, Kaufman latest playwrighting partner, now in his early 20’s, was formerly secretary to August Pitou, head of the Erlanger book- ing department. More recently he has been directing dramatic club shows for the Newark Y. M. H. A. A quiet but determined battle of wits raged between Earl Carroll and Florenz Ziegfeld for 10 days prior to the opening of “Smiles” in Boston Monday (20). Ziegfeld found it practically impossible to rehearse the Marilyn Miller show on the stage of the New Amsterdam, for whenever he called his cast together he found Carroll in possession of the stage. Inasmuch Carroll’s “Vanities” is the current attraction at this house the Earl has first call on the stage at any time and he invoked this privilege whenever Ziegfeld was suspected of wanting to use the boards. Since there was nothing Ziegfeld could do about it much of the preparation for ‘“‘Smiles” was done in various rehearsal halls. The Carroll-Ziegfeld feud is one of the longest-standing in the pro- fession and the stage incident is not only evidence that it still exists but has given it new impetus. as Frances Robinson, casting agent, was given a clean slate after hearing at Equity on charges aimed for revocation of her Equity permit. Charges stated that Miss Robinson had been sharing her Equity permit with William Liebling, unlicensed agent, which if substantiated would have been sufficient for revocation, Miss Robinson appeared before Equity council and convinced the latter that was operating as an individual agent there being no arrangement between herself and Liebling and her permit was not lifted. She stated she had merely sublet part of Liebling’s office and that he was in no way associated except landlord. keeping “The Pagan Lady,” with Lenore Ulric, on tour all season. Business since opening out of town was uni- formly excellent. Miss Ulric insisted on the “Lady” coming to Broad- way though the producers were doubtful as to whether it wags a New York show. Opened Monday at the 4th Street, several other premieres being figured on dividing the attention of the first line critics. she as ” Gensler & Green planned

tichard Bennett made a neat speech at the opening of “Solid South” at the Lyceum last week, jesting that Ethel Barrymore had sort of stolen his thunder. Later in the week, however, Bennett was not so polite. He started talking as the audience was rising last Thursday | night. Flaring up, he called: “Stop that noise!” “Close those doors! | Meaning the lobby entrance gates i The throne room ! ypening the second act in “Princess Charming cost a young fortune. Not so much the setting as the costume that late into the b. r Rigs for show gir cost $900 each. A Fifth avenue jeweler set the b ! in the headdresse Scene’s total outlay said | to have been $77,' } Seneca George Maver, PB: iway champion first nighter, died suddenly la | wee For 47 years he wv i fan 4 ire in the front rows, accon | panied by his mother who died last year. He had been failing since | tt en Mayer was n t popular with box office men to whom he mad: | eifts every year at Christn . Treasurers Club sent flowers en “Corned Beef and Rose r é ( ng raggedly in Philadelphia i" st weel One of the rns §s I th: concerned Jed Harris’ at tempt to le t} ( ‘ Ge e Je I was on at the time and | kidded Harris, who burned. It is ] rt w, but Harris has beer adviser t Ross i tte got t en t become a manager Herbert Fields, I I rd Fe the musical cor | sutl rir tri ‘ ‘ on ti first and sé nd ed tions of “Garrick Gaietis ‘ re ned force to author a new m | sical for Conr vy & Swar It will reach production after the | holidays

Fox Movietone’s French newsreel edition’s scoop on the Coste-Bellonte pictures landed a $110,000 contract for the newsreel on the eve of the sailing of J. Carlo Bavetta from Paris for Hollywood. This is a year’s blanket contract for 40 Gaumont-Aubert-Franco houses on which Pathe- Natan, which also issues its own French-made newsreel, was trying to cut in. The Fox reel’s local edition, plus the aviation scoop, turned the trick. Studio exec, related to the producer, has been giving the production office plenty of headaches by holding up requisitions because he is un- familiar with the articles ordered. One company shooting was ! i up for a day because the exec was too busy seeing the sights on the lot to sign an order for new lamps. Figured in cold cash by the production office, the exe set t studio back $50,000 in the first four weeks he wa on the jot Give-aways exploiting “Africa Speaks” (Col.) at the R-K-O in Los Angeles were small packets of femme nudes, with a printed ir ription on the outside reading “Secrets,” in large type Among comments from gents looking ’em over was “It's a pity some of these dames are saucer-lipped—and off-color.” Meanwhile, on the side of sobriety, the R-K-O refused to use Co- lumbia-prepared ads, stating the picture was authentic. The Dubinsky string of picture houses, numbering 15 in Kansas and Missouri, were nearly all at one time operated by some of the big cir- suits and dropped on profit column. When asked how the Dubinskys changed dead ones into live ones Eddie Dubinsky explains, “We just watch how the big chains manage the houses. When we get them we just do the opposite.” account of failing to make a big showing in the Plenty of champs and near champs in the sports field are hooked up with the unit making Pathe’s “Sin Takes a Holiday.” John Mescall, cameraman, is a holder of the motion picture industry golfing title. Assistant Director E. J. Babille is a long distance swimmer of note, the Silver Gate cup, and Shorty Cantlon, auto racing driver, is technical advisor for a speedway sequence. former holding A former picture funny feller who almost got aired entirely from pic- tures through his stew stuff, doesn’t appear able to overcome his habits, His latest is the wrecking of the apartment of a young woman he knew very well who lived in the same apartment house he did. Cops were called in but they forgot it. Perhaps the sight of the uni- forms once again sobered up the fool. There is very little chance that Kleig Mght No. 159 on the Par lot and its attendant Frank Johnson, will ever part company. At least, not so long as Ruth Chatterton is a Par star. Miss Chatterton insists on all her picture that Kleig light No. 159 and Johnson ag its bo: be assigned because this light and its attendant were on the job when she made her test for Par. Not since 1915 when a small New York house tried the house to house personal canvass has an eastern theatre resorted to such means to gell a theatre to a neighborhood, Last week the Granada, Brooklyn, engaged six women on salary to make a house to house canvas: Solicitor use the 2-for-1 cards Lillian Rot will make her personal appearance around New York in the R-K-O he ‘ Any intention of switching the gir] r t from a Pu he e in Detroit to the Paran nt, New Y¥ k, to slip her in there eek « » before her R-K-O dat t the Palace, New York, wa at ndoned | I if t vere ‘ er ente r ! smat the inte Deiter brother, Clarence v-p of H tuart Wa not ‘ Knit n when a tour of Fox t t by ( rence M Fox west ¢ t idio hi-hat at t th t t when the fir cor t A r 1 t i? him pt Esco! nda the tr mir Parar nt prod tion ¢« t and west from the best irs divided into three sectior general head, gens ! ‘ l pr ‘ or At the he 1 os } e j Je I I j ‘ rene eral dire for both end HH wood and Lea I r i ‘ r Wanwes vith Ben Sc} ee “3 : 2 x theatre nage belr ( r t r ly , ror ‘ . ¢ Ar mher of pett I — ¢ r ’ ‘ uv y ¢ ] nd dime * ‘ 1 ¢ ‘ t y rr r t of a- hing

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Australia’s Show Biz [s Called Deplorable | In Legit and Films' By ERIC H. GORRICK South Africa By H. Hanson 30. Business is far from brisk around Capetown, Sept

Mex Gold Diggers Mexico City, Oct. 17 Cops have just rounded up a gang of young crooks who dressed as femmes, preyed upon cabaret spendthrifts.

Sydney, Sept. 20 the shows This is attributed to D AUS ms up the theatrica the depression which, in spite of] situation over here Financial de-| optimistic opinion, is a real factor pression has wournt navo ilong | through the country rhe govern- : iment r Iways ni tr iw ys com- the ica ) Managers are very } ™e«! ul A und Am i i i pa ire discussing closing dowr worl . i el Lin sections, reduc ing wages Oni ) iow ti » in ir nd curtailing working hours loir ul i a ru ! + Store factories offices boarding | x | . Prin Iward vith ihe B1 | houses ind hotels are dismissing | ynd und 1a stage ue, | staffs who were getting a living | Po | int J } wage previous! This is lue to a} } FOV rnment ize board which nas \ Dp Lil mul y 4 . | : * | set down rules ind regulations} one house, Her Ma with “Fol- | low Thru I'wo of its other legits | are dark and the Royal leased for | talkers | In Melbourne the firm is only pre- senting two attractions In other states legit 1s at i standstill. | ‘Grumpy and “The Rogue Song” | failed to get going and King of Jazz’ and “Song of the West” oity | managed to stay out one VeeCK to | very poor busine ilthough booked | indef Managements nave SO red iced | their admission scale that the mar- | gin of profit, after deducting high | overhead costs, can only be very} small Many theatres are operating it a loss In normal times, attractions such } is have been staged by Williamson- Tait should have stayed at least 15 weeks, and big talker’ features played by Union Theatres or Hoyts, from 10 to 12 weeks. Today attrac- tions are lucky to get a break of five weeks Australia’s population is 6,000,000 yet unemployment is fearfully high ind growing worse Despite the sorry conditions, man- agements in general are showing a very brave front and their hopes for 1931 are decidedly cheery American capital will probably mean the salvation of the picture industry over here Chatter MeIntosh says vill im- |} artists shortly from England and America for newly formed cir- cuit Mostly revue performers Jean and Jacqueline, dancers imported act in | several ons at presentation, Frank al Hoyt The this week to engage production of locally-made talkers Thring stated he intends to make pictures in Australia which the Fox organization will release here and in America, Ted Henkel, American most successful baton wielder to visit these shores, is now in his third year at Capitol, Sydney He handles orchestral and _ presenta- tions for Union Theatres. } ne Hugh port first Theatres in Sydney Tnion ipitol

ig mee head of | America } experts for the itres, sails for conductor, “Little Accident” did the worst stage flop in Melbourne in recent years. Bad casting re&Yson given. Loie Fuller’s Ballets Lido’s Artistic Lure Paris, Oct. 10. The Loie Fuller ballet is the at- traction which ts crowding the Lido at the moment There are about eight the ballet, which includes four numbers—two on the afternoon

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; opening roverning a higher wage to be paid which, it is contended by employees to be unreasonable, and prohibits any chance of business _ profit. Younger and experienced people are engaged at a lower wage while the experienced workpeople are looking for employment Due to the Opera house closed for renovation and altera- tions all shows are placed at the vaudeville house, the Tivoli Frank Neil's Australian the Tivoli, under dir African Theatres Ltd staging | Charley's Aunt,” Getting Gertie’ Garter Are You a Mason?” now} showing Business fair Kinemas Limited announce the | September 25, of the Adel- ine | | | Company ection of 3 phi Kinema Seapoint, Capetown | suburb, as a _ talker, witt “The | Cuckoo Purity Advocates of purity on the screen are denouncing the showing of nude women in pictures to the natives and juvenile whites, contending tha” such exhibitions lower the respect of the native for the white woman The Cape Board of Censors consider it is handicapped, as several of the cinemas cater for a mixed audience of whites and natives. The manager of a local cinema exhibited a film poster depicting a girl in a bathing costume The Municipal Censor Committee were shocked and their outraged feelings found relief in sending a police offi- cial to the manager w4th a letter to the effect: “The girl in the poster must be obliterated.” The beautiful girl no longer delights the onlooker, for she is hidden by a large sheet of white paper. Fox-Metro Foreign Continued from page among American out here free-lance player Hence, rather than import an ex- pensive personnel, it is economically to be preferred to make 'em abroad, production heads believe. “Olympia,” just completed in French and Spanish, costs Metro $100,000 for each, which means a 50% added investment for foreign distribution cost, That's one reason Arthur Loew came out. Louis B. Mayer started fooling around with the figures and decided it would be best for them to go into a huddle. Loew is M-G-M’'s foreign chief. There are still existent quite a few makers of foreigns in Holly- wood and under present schedule at least 75 versions will come out of Hollywood the international tor

program and two at midnight. A|™arket. These are bound to eat up stage has been built out over the|@ll available acting and directing swimming pool, and since a great|talent, hence the move by Fox, for deal of their success comes from | one, to shift across the big pond choreographic effects the house is Clayton Sheehan went abroad for darkened so that the reflection is| the express purpose of getting the seen in the water. foreign ‘local color’ thoroughly The first number is pure ballet }established and brought back with dancing in silver suits of mail with |him J. Carlo Bavetta, Fox’s French colored spots lighting the various}distribution head. Bavetta left Oct. movements. The second is entirely |18 en route to N. Y., sailing Oct. 24 classic and is the least well re-|on the “Ile de France,” a week in ceived. The third and fourth num-|]advance of John Stone, Fox super- bers are definite reminders of the] visor, who will be abroad with Ba- Loie Fuller school—with wands,} yetta for three or four months. Max scarfs and mottled glass in the light] Constant, director and Eddie Dolly projectors (brother of the Dolly sisters, who There are also two other acts ON! came west from Paris to learn the the bill: Pegey-Moros-Delsol ! biz) is returning to assist on song French adagio tean only mildly | nd dance and general direction. | successful, and the Four Chilenos They all sail Oct. 31 on the “Ma- two girls and two men—who dance | ; stic The sound crew, camera- only Spanish numbers and are the nen, et al., follow later most spirited dancers on the en- Clayton Sheehan, who left here] tire progran for New York last week, will go to] _ oa Paris around Dec. 1, with Bavetta Cochran S New Corp in the meantime getting things London, Oct. 10 under way Latter will also con- Charles B. Cochran, Limited, is|/t#m¥e Supervising distribution but the name of an mipal on Gallant in Paris on Broadway, to rot : stl will not way trom expected. Greenwich writes he his as to show Tokio He's got Village “Le Catherine,” the new Savoir play about Catherine of Rus- sia, the second one to be bought by } ele VUCK Petite Gilbert Miller this season. First |was “Mon Herittier” by Prince An- ; totne Bibesco. ‘Doubling in Talker in Berlin Caused Money Back to Play’s Payers ! : - Berlin, Oct. 11 The method, often criticized in Gerlin, to have actors work for z picure during the day and to maka | them appear on a theatre stage at jnight, has created a precedent here - . her |The Berlin actress, Carola Nehe: | who was to appear in the theat: ler Stresemannstrasse in the Marguerite III,” was too exha i | to do so, as she has worked all day iin 2 sound studio The inderst 1 <p | for Mrs, Neher could not be reached lin time and the performance wag j}not given A numerous audience | Frits< h,

| } ; j | had its money refunded and left the theatre disappointedly. Berlin theatre managers therefore intend to insert henceforth a clause in contracts forbidding to appear simultaneously f: theatre and the talker. the actors Di tne Die ‘“ of the Pommer UA” intend, after completion new picture of the Erich production, “Einbreche to send their two irs, Lilian on a personal trip with the talker, “Die Drei der Tankstelle” (“The Three of the Gasoline Station”) to Austria, Hun- gary, Turkey Palestine and Kegypt. ZILAHY DRAMA & NEW COMEDY IN BUDAPEST Budapest, Oct. 8 burgiars ) ing st Harvey and Wi appearances Vom Greece, A new play by Lajos Zilahy is al- ways one of the season's events, This time it was looked forward to with particularly great expectations, It was said his figures were mod- eled on real people living during Hungary's revolution, just after the war. “Leona,” the girl in Zilahy’s play, which the same name, is daughter of a great aristocrat, leading conservative politician. By accident her car kills a child. She goes to find the child’s father in a slum soup kitchen. Here, for the first time she sees real poverty, ab- ject misery. She resolves to dev her life to the poor and stays im the slums under an assumed name, She falls in love with a man who has dealings with Bolshe- vists. Katona, the man, does not know her real name. When the revolution breaks out it is he who gives the order to execute the count, Leona’s father, without knowing that Leona is the count’s daughter, When the girl discovers that the man she loved was the murderer of her father, she gives him up to the ” bears the a ote secret police and stays in the slums to give her life to helping the poor. The best of the play is that it gives great scope for the splendid acting of Gizi Bajor, one of the finest artists in Europe, and of Csortos. The author relies on them a lot. Play itself is rather colorless, but it is sure to have a long and suc cessful run at the National theatre. “Wanted, a Mountebank by Charles Aszlanyi, a youngster a bright comedy of the 805, built up around a slender idea, but very amusing in dialog. It’s about a little German one-horse towt where a seemingly perfect, but vire-' s OL is ad, tually rascally mayor makes out that the town is so virtuous that there is no need for the _ police, which is abolished. The jobless police try to construe a necessity for their own existence

and persuade, amid unending and comic difficulties, the one stranger within their gates, a youth who i# enamoured of the mayor's daugh- ter, to kidnap her so that the polic@ may acquire merits by finding thet Chief role is acted by Uray wilt great charm, and Ilona Tasn iv, and Piri Vaszary were cle‘ 1 the important feminine parts. 1'9 press panned the unknown authots but lowbrow audiences are genue inely amused and Kamara thea 3 is getting good returns. “Van Revue” Erlanger’s The “Vanderbilt Revue” is veins backed by the Erlanger office ‘ the Shuberts as reported last we'™ Show to be presented by Lyle Ares drews and Lew Fields. May com? into the Vanderbilt next w } 4 current in Newark “Abie” in Reviva! London, Oct. -" Third revival of “Abie’s) Irie" Rose” takes place Nov 5 on tout Show booked for 20 weeks

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“4A. ~ | HOLDOVERS JN MATT KING VERY ILL, SDAGIOERS’ TEMPERAMENT REINHARDT SETTING ELAT SCALE TQ BROKE IN ENGLAND Accostic osncere spit, Forminc| UP SON IN THEATRE. at RE-EDUCATE | Other Acts London, Oct. 21. . "ienna, Oct. 21 onc London. Oct. % Vienn Or | ) | : Pes ‘S ill at St. St i ns hos- son llxang U n ¢ A ras a} ; Semen ere a See Ss . i Aga ' dancing acts around London has be- |~ nwo ” Pi = 4 pital, London. He has been in bad ‘ ‘ “ | producer, giving him the Josefstadt | 1 ‘ : come epidemic, with much tempera- | health for several months, cu:imin-} mb itheatre to rule over | } yA | | | }

: me on display. im ating in a severe seizure while play- } eee i . | Young Reinhardt just turned ) 1 } ’ os whan Naldi, of Howell, Harger and ; & — fing the Folladium last month when NY ? = ll have his father’s assistance for ee ke & - 1 Naidi, quit e trk Pa i . 7 , : AKS jhe was cempelled to iay off whiie , . the trio after a jam ome the first few years The Josefstadt f y + 3 ; coseray and Capella ui et as } a, Oct. _ beamed - «4 Split i to r t c f i } ‘ . ‘ , ne Seasol new productions are week a 1 team I , due to frequent bickering of Vien? t pre It was form Theatre prices at the mome are } 1 ‘ ; ns ‘ tT} ’ ‘ li ¢ wit} ier, : strong ; manv of the hold- | hose ine act aid off, with , " : ‘ ne ‘ Ong ‘ } Variety learned of the situatior 1 Ma - anal e! ow! op it oul . oi © } 7 : tat . + + ital : | . . ‘ tors Wagram, Hip’s revue, £7,30¢ | The Relief Society and the hospita left operation to Reinharat | Ome holders and governme: em- the Marigny “Mme P ~~ ne at 4 | ‘os al " ‘ °o . aa , the | Puller circuit is aiming at the| tg Live’ was written by Lane. jJack Smith was razzed at the cial |General Theatres here has been r of Jormation and control of whole cir- | Daphne Pollard, under contract | Empire several times until he broke | London. Oct. 21 |; postponed temporarily. the } cuit of midget golf courses. to Pathe to make 12 two-reelers| into trick French lyrics, | Jack Buchanan has chosen bis The song team asks for four con- ‘ ~ 7 s . . ; ‘ : , ¥ 3 J career | With the cop) received fror at the Alhambra when British In- N : . } e . ‘ r stage career. : py ! rom but ’ ternational vacates the ress at Adolphe Me — for distribution in } Rasputin Piracy Suit | - “Val iety's” London office, It de- suc Christmas time England and Australia. Paris, Oct. 1 | scribed Miss Sharon as “The Inter- re . — — — -_ ‘ mes an r St; , Atre. He is negotiating with independ- | | Claiming that the scenario of the } Huberts Hold Over national Dancing Star. } by ent : — f “T , ; Advertisement should have read t producers for he use of the film L’Homme Aux Yeux Verte’ | . ae | a AE: aot ces Hurt by Prop Shot , London, Oct. 21. | “phe ana tor pre-reieases in conjunc- (“The Man With the Green Eyes”)! Fritz and Jean Hubert scored enternationns Singing and al tion with Stoll’s Kingsway cinema | Paris, Oct. ¢ has been lifted from his nove! en- | splendidly in the new bill at the! bought a theatre is Bru . ’ | : uN it in ome sical Prince of Wale i The Has e, Ur ' Hie had toured all ove Europe Rome Oct 91 j 3 - = 4 pinta ane ae O° | and the Americas with the Si Sherriff’s ourney's Ena” locke | ‘Chelsea Follies’ at Vic-Pal Trea £uces a i adN G13 : ‘ [ ‘ . r Engaged for Pantc sine . ; a sondon, Oct Lond ( Z At Pschorr the Russian ° ate Piece staged in Italian at the Moss Emy nit — Retford an ping e | anager by Se Hawaiians’ Sponsor vente nase ae nee ee om Pot ells Aap le : ¥ appear J tne pantor ‘ ] attracting attention w . ‘ Y . ( ) vr P : lg - ~~ ot, —— pr Alladis It is the © at Parcels Sea tre , = re oe ane} e actor Picas gives an| the end of November Archie De- “7 as traction at the Dominio} — _— : ae rome aera hg al) exce pe performance & Cat bea pre — nih. f yee =F atc.” Ui. London Openings J ) ge Ww made at the surge emma P * oe Jans-Whalen Bookec London, Ort. : Francis Francis, society Blanche Merriil Returning ; Londaor Oct. 2 Stadler and Rose open at the ] i e and husband of Sunny Ja Julius Einoedshofer Dies Ast ‘ «4 Jans and Whale have been boo! nire Pari Oct 31 for é fort many Beriin, Oct. 21 Blanche Mer ‘ ! i home ea fe i tour here night i Club grossed $2,500 the openings The Berli omposer and orche next Saturd 25) } be m- * They open for General Theatre Duffin and Draper open at the night, a record The band is first , tra leade Juli hLinoedshofer, dis rm éned t e to 4 ; ma- Irian 4t the Palladium for a fortnight in| Kitcat, Nov. 2, doubling at the Pali: rate as a specialty number, but has suddenly while conducting a radio | teria) for Dos laws (JOe COOK al vie : the middle of Novembeis | @-umm. re the volume for cance music. ones of ov Omvosition i sho. rent in New York). B ¢

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66 VARIETY EEGEITEMATE Wednesday, October 22, 1930 13 of 27 New Season Producers Are sold § l porte “Fare W oOo0a Spite is nevertl Song” Favorable of “Princess no! \ that show investment. At Least Even Break Estimated least and maybe money are Prady & Wiman : Jack “Frankie and Johnnie,” kins MckKaig maybe Loss lingham two), Gantvoort, Georg Hamme! Doubtful are Gilhooley,” “Blind produt operation some against flop importation ri E thus Althou: for C sure (Max Dandy” Lady,” G. & money Other come Of excluding High,” given a chance on sales to pictures, two others are judged doubtful and balance “Flying from and the Columbia's making Zor a yet. Judge: Charm stron be ts. “Experiment’s” Plig instead laying off “A. by M steer The off w ism up ti bef Ha lk on Wit t! ‘Strangers’ New Backing | Erlanget finance which York, Streger, who had produced it with Erlanger backing, is reported carry- ing on The is.said not to affect an. existing ar- rangement Erlanger’s. for Now in the Black: Six Sure of Red Guild Protests Ad + idea o head despite it’s $ season, has already been taken by MGM. Feeling is that “Fine and Dandy” financing. of , other productions, ,which Streger .has.in contemplation. Boston. Shubert Dark If Carroll Defies Law): Boston, Oct 21. Earl Carroll's “Sketch Book” was ordered to conform to the Boston no nudity on the threat of Mayor James M. Curley to darken the Shubert theatre for a year. Jim Carroll, back with the show, was called to the city hall and told bluntly that the revue must strictly conform to the letter of the law. Boston’s cénsor, John Casey, told the management it must see that the choristers wear stockings, also that certain hula hula movements and other like matter be deleted. Casey’s warning went in one ear and out of the other, then Mayor Curley stepped in and attended the performance. The Commissioner of Police was also on hand, tipping off his presence by rolling up in the official car. Hurried covering up back stage was the result. Mayor Curley at a luncheon at- tended by publishers and city of- with | ficials stated he would not permit counting | the city Paston to be used for e eri c theatrical publicity stunts. If the show defied Casey and went into | court, he said, it would provide stories, primed to attract business to the show. To prevent any such move he called the show manage- ment to his office and declared the Shubert would be shut tight unless the theatre code was complied with. The right of the city to close any city that fails to do so is provided for in a law enacted in 1916. It is not the first time that a Car- roll show drew a warning from the censor, but this time it was made a matter of behave or else and no publicity. “Hot Rhythm” Suit Supreme Court Justfce Glennon has granted the application by Por- ter Grainger for an injunction re- straining the W. & M. Productions, Inc., which is producing “Hot Rhythm,” from using his music and lyrics on the ground that the company has failed to carry out its igreement to pay him 11/3% of the gross. Samuel Wormser, vice-president of the producing company, declared that if the injunction were granted the show would have to close and 1125 persons would be thrown out of work. Equity Warns Caster After a warning from Equity not ociate himself with Edward Smalls New York office, Walter atchelor, licensed Equity caster, i an flice last week in the 2] , | buildin > 7 x »? th T } j ‘ n > witl m Sn 3 N Y« I Ww osed following Equity's re il to rrant him a license. “PRINCE CHANG” CLOSES “Prince Chu Chang,” Shubert musical, closed in New Haven Satur- day, after playing three weeks out of town. Piece may be rewritten and recast, an application having been made to Equity for an exten- sion of time for rehearsals. Another Shubert musical Hello Paris,” starring Chic Sale, cur- rently in Buffalo, is being. held out of. New.. York. while, book changes are made, DOONE SPOKE FREELY Too Freely for His Stock Co. at Spokane Spokane, Oct. 21. Allen Doone stock at the Audi- torium lasted six days, making the second stock to close at the house so far this season, “Kerry Gow” opened and closed. Doone failed to click from the first. He made a public criticism of the snootiness of Spokane lag- goers through a newspaper artick ind forever ended his char $100,000 SHUBERT SUIT OVER RIVIERA LEASE 4 ] r $ 1 OOO igainst the Shuberts was filed in the Supreme Court by Nathan Gold berg, on a lease made last July by which the Shubert Riviera i Broadway and 97th street VM leased to Goldberg for presentatio during the present season by Yiddish repertory company. Gold berg alleged that the Shuberts u le) od that Sunday perforn 1 be most profitable for hit ul it the le e provided that he ld use the theatre for s¢ n performances and two n nees, Which included a matinee and evening performance on Sunday Goldberg alleges that he spent $5,- 000 in preparing his company and the necessary advertising and said that on Sept. 22 when he was sup posed to get the theatre, the Shu berts refused to allow him to take possession. His complaint states that the Shuberts, as lessees of the theatre, had possession of it only six days a week, but nevertheless in- cluded Sunday in his lease. He as serts that he engaged players for a season of 36 weeks, and has con- tracted to pay them $1,945. The lease attached to the com- plaint recited that the Shuberts were to get 50% of the gross re- ceipts and that if they fell below $7,000 for two weeks in succession, the Shuberts had a right to cancel the contract. REVAMPING ‘LADY’ Arthur Richman will fix up and di rect “To Please a’ Lady,” the Arch Selwyn French farce which Arthur Hornblow, jr., now on the west coast with Sam Goldwyn, adapted four years ago. Because of the original adaptor’s absence, Richman will be called in. Andre Picard who authored “Kiki,” wrote the original. Play waited all this time for proper casting, with Basil Rath- bone, now in the lead, especially in view. It was tried out four years ago in stock by Ed Knopf in Balti- more with Kenneth MacKenna. Broadway cast, besides Rathbone, includes Ann Andrews, Fred Kerr and Ivan Simpson. Alternate title may be “A Kiss Is Important,” which Hornblow favors but which Selwyn regards as too long.” DOUBT OVER MISS LAYE May Not Go Out Over Here in “Bitter Sweet” Some doubt whether Evelyn Laye will go on tour here again in “Bit- ter Sweet.” With Madge Kennedy ill in London, C. B. Cochran has requested Miss Laye’s return to “Sweet,” still running over there. Miss Laye returned from the coast last week ready to head the show, but several of the cast had accepted other engagements because she was delayed in Hollywood. Miss Laye’s idea of appearing in “Pompadour,” reported fro: the coast, is out. —————————— ‘Art’? With Cowl, Ist? Reed and MacGowan, who tu i | rep producers this season, have | taken “Art and Mrs. Bottle,” by Benn Levy, and may produce it prior to “The Man With the Load of Mischief,” by Ashley Dukes. of the two. in the lead. KLEIN SHOW OFF hearsals began, aie Currently casting to ready either Whichever comes in alternates at the Maxine Elliott with Jane Cowl - “The Gilded Generation,” by Jo Milward, slated for Arthur Klein's first of this season, was temporarily camphored last week before re- STOCK TRIO REUNITED FOR COAST FILM TRY Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 21. Harry J. 3rown, director, and his old Syracuse University side- kick, Ralph Murphy, are together again, with Charles Rogers com- pleting the reunion. Brown recently re-allied himself with Rogers as associate producer on the Coast. The next move was} o sign Murphy to do the dialog for Millie” and The Common Law,’ 1 Roge will. make for Radio Murphy playwri t-actor-dir tor vill also direct tl di i for the two tall J l I tl tl va fol n I } } i Wieting here a@ year or so ago Murphy originally went to the Coast to do dialog for Pathe. : ‘McBride Agency of N.Y. After McBride’s of Philly SHOESTRINGERS DOWN TO FIVE Fewer shoestringers are repre- sented in the current legit product. With only five out of 35 producti already launched since the begi) ning of the season operating j Equity through its listing of boy producers have limboed in i ni I tne inlalir ma li ind have retir l n f ry I A in legi pr li I ive ] l tort itio if re riving their productior VWespite the number of legit trea |dark, and attendant heavy overh: i fon dead rent, the operator: have 1ired the short rollers and mediocre |} productions which generally have two strikes on them before opening, ‘Promise Me’ Reopening Wilmington, Del., Oct. 21 John McBride, of McBride’s thea Oh. Promise Me which folded tre ticket agency, New York, ir- |}for repairs in Jackson He | rived here yesterday, seeking an in- last wee k, will undergo revision and junction restraining the McBride | cast changes prior to making a ticket agency of Philadelphia from }fresh start at the Flatbush, Brook- using that name. He averred un-|lyn. Nov. 8 fair competition and alleged that as his company is the original agency, the Philadelphia concern by em- ploying the same firm name has caused confusion to the public and a loss of trade to his agency. It appears that the Philadelphia ticket people originally had a man named, McBride employed but he is not now connected. It is under- stood that the agency has changed its name to Penn-McBrides. At the preliminary hearing Lucille Eggington, Mildred J. Rogers and William F. McDonnell, of McBride’s branch agency in the Pennsylvania hotel, New York, testified that cus- tomers commente@ on the similarity of names to the two agencies. After testimony is completed briefs are to be submitted. E, E. Berl represented the plaintiff and | William Fould defendant. Both are Wilmington attorneys. “ ° ° 1° x Eddie Dubinsky Gives Up . ~“ Reps for His Film Houses Kansas City, Oct. 21. Eddie Dubinsky, manager of Du- binsky Brothers, who for 25 years have operated a number of rep shows out here, playing theatres in the winter and undér canvas in the summer, is through with that class of amusement. He is now devoting his time to his string of 15 theatres. This summer the firm had but one tent show out, and that one was closed in August. 2 Trip on Bond Hurdle George Fitchett’s proposed pro- duction of “Abie’s Children” (name changed) suspended rehearsals this week when Equity stepped in and demanded posting of bond. Fitchett claimed the show had not been in rehearsal other than reading ses- sions, which Equity classified as re- hearsals, and stood pat on the de- cision not to permit resumption of rehearsals until the bond was up. George Blumenthal’s proposed comic opera stock for the West- chester, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., suf- fered a similar fate when Equity hopped on that one, too, and called out the company until bond Is | posted Acceding to the request of M. L. | Malevinsky icting for Anne Nich- ols, the iuthors of a new dialect }comedy announced as “Abie’s Chil- |} dren,” have changed the title to “Pp Pp ¥ Mi Nichols has been working on | jue ) \ s Irish Rose” and nnounced “Abie’s Children” sev- |eral years ago. “Pressing Busine |} was written by Pincus William Tell, | ;}a New York newspaper man, and Alfred H. White, formerly of “Abie.” |To be presented by George Fitchett, t ‘ formerly of Miss Nichols’ office. Truex as Napoleon? Ernest Truex is being figured by Lawrence Weber for the double role in “Napoleon Intervenes,” whicl Brian Marlow is now adapting. So far as can be gleaned no de cision has been made, either. way for the part with Weber Waiting un- til Marlow finishes the script. , Equity has granted Sam H, Harris, producer, permission tor the two-week lay off, as Harris had not consumed the four weeks al- loted time on rehearsals of the show before the previous sendout. Blatt & Nichoias Sell Film Rights—Now Separated A split between Edward A. Blatt ind M. J. Nicholas, producers of ‘The Up and Up,” reported as tem- porary, now looks permanent, Thursday (16) Blatt moved from the joint office held with Nicholas, go- ing in with Sidney Ross Tic-up between Blatt and Ross possible. Nicholas, who has produced oce- asionally and is a member of the M. P. A., is lining up a musical for January production May also take over “24 Hours,” meller by Lyman Brown, which Alice Brady tried out last week with the Er- langer, Atlanta, stock. slatt is goes ing ahead with “The Tower” Vv Howard Biberman, casting shortly B. & N.’s first venture, “The Up and Up,” which moved to the Long- acre Saturday (18) for its 7th week, sold the picture rights to Universal for about $30,000 Backstage, Pit, Actors All Try Commonwealth Chicago, Oct. First all-commonwealth stock company opened in Davenport, Iowa, last week, under the manage- ment of Charles Berkell, who last year took a bad flop in this town. Co-operative basis takes in both front and back of the house, in- cluding manager, stagehands, mu- sicians and performers Mrs. Hayman’s Will Mrs. Minnie Hayman, Al Hay- | | | | > man’s widow, left. all but $37,000 of her estate of $795,000 ta charities. She died April 16, 1928, and under her. will $240,652 each went to Mon- tefiore Home, the North Woods | Sanitarium at Saranac, and the | Hospital for Joint Diseases. Mt Sinai Hospital got $15,000 to estab- lish Al and Minnie Hayman beds, while $20,000 went to the Ethical Culture School for scholarships for worthy students, children of Jewish parents being preferred. Albert B. Lyon, of the Emp Theatre building, got $6,000 for |! |} services to Mrs. Hayman and |] | husband, and John Rylan, th - it er t $1,900. Mr Hayman jihad $193.990 in mortgages, $44 lin bonds, and was entitled to $185,- |840 from her husband's estate, while she had $31,781 in cash mnd r jewelry and other personal — at auction for $9,998. | — —-- —— _ - NO SAN DIEGO LEGIT San Diego, Oct The Savoy Navers, for five years the legit standby of this town, have |announced a series of farewell pet | eegneeiehel planning to pull s | for Los Angeles in about five wee! | leaying town without, legit. The Savoy is not likely to hou a, new stock, asthe house is re- ported to be remodeled as a talker a >? sti 5 eat LA ONE Ae EAA SACI i NS RL Cl CE BE > eee "4 M Tick imp min: brok was plac littl wpo! disp rese that sinc of F og accr will not was trol Byst ably agel the retu Le idea ons the atte as 1 the thar brol Al fina 1% St Wal not to b is 1 whi alo mar = | othe P; garc ness hou: ure seer = pan hop the pro\ for duri reqt sala It ners ten star stuc swil dur liev that for B alor ner: peri and for the han Ant Wo Art rea

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- Ticket Brokers Expected to : Out of Theatre League Althoug Monday's Meeting Very Lukewarm RICHMAN’S WALK-OUT Abruptly Quit Cabaret Job to Re-

San Diego, Oct. 21. Monday's meeting of the Theatre Ticket League was expected to be

es “4 Joe OEE RES CARI 9 elt AS INAS Ck UIC EOE important with the reputed deter- | place Jack Haley in Road “Guns” | mination of the 16 acc redited | ay eee brokers to resign, a move which | Harry Richman walked out on his was hinted a week ago. It was a! New York nite club job last night placid enough session though with | (Tuesday) to take Jack Haley’s little or nothing decisively acted | place in Connolly & Swanstrom’s | wepon. | “Sons o’ Guns” on the road. Matters which the League is to | Haley left to go with the new dispose of were tabled. These rep-| Morris & Gensler musical, “The resent the obstacles and barriers | Gang’s All Here.” that have beset the organization since it started attempted control of Broadway’s legit tickes. The League said Monday if the accredited agencies walk out, it will continue to function. How was not explained. The presumption was that the League plans to con- trol its members the old system of buys. That would prob- ably leave the field open to the agencies to buy tickets outright in the quantity desired and without AGAINST GUILD returns. League might also continue the idea of keeping some good locations — on sale at the box offices, something the managers always should have attended to. There was no answer as to how the League could limit the agencies to charging not more than 75 cents premium, should the brokers walk. Another factor for the League is finances. It is supposed to collect 1% on all accredited agency sales. | f0r_the town in pairs. (Continued on page 72) Evidently because the New York _ ~ vt __ Theatre Guild is booking its attrac- tions into the independent Lyceum STOCK STRING theatre, managed by H. C. Andress, Although the place is named for him, Richman is not in on owner- ship of the Club Richman. His em- ployers there were the Schwartz Bros.

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against Minneapolis, Oct. 21. On the average, Minneapolis gets only about one legit road show a month or less throughout the sea- son. But the New York managers, evidently preferring to cut each other’s noses to spite their faces, are going to send the few booked the Shubert office will send its own shows into the Metropolitan, the Shubert-booked local house, which is dark the major portion of the time. The Lyceum has announced the Guild’s “Apple Cart” at the Lyceum econ for the week of Nov. 3. Making Minneapolis the scene of a _ the- Stock companies in a number of |/atrical battle, the Shuberts are Warner theatres, not being used or] putting their “Topaze’ into the not usable for pictures, is a policy to be tried. First house to get stock is the Grand Metropolitan the same week. With “The Garrick Galieties’” booked for Central, St. Louis,|/the Lyceum Thanksgiving week, which will open next month. With|“Death Takes a. Holiday” comes a local director in charge the actua] management will be the Warners. If successful, Warner houses in other cities will follow suit. Picture chains have heretofore re- into the Metropolitan, Other Guild attractions scheduled for the Lyce- um are “Elizabeth the Queen,” “Roar China,” “The Genius and His Brother’ and “A Month in the garded stock askance from a busi-| Country.” Each will have attrac- ness angle and preferred to keep | tions to oppose them at the Metro- houses dark, because in some meas- ure they would be opposition. There seems to be a change of viewpoint. The swing toward stock com- panies is an economic one, It is hoped that stock will not only make the rent in dark theatres, but may prove valuable in other ways—as for instance, employment of stars during periods when they are not politan. Detroit, Oct. 21. Bookings at the Wilson here, Er- langer booked, are Fred Stone in “Ripples” week November 19; Gar- rick Gaieties,” week November 16; Maud Adams in pnnamed play, No- vember 24, and George M. Cohan in “Tavern,” week November 30. required for pictures, but are under Cass theatre, Shubert booked, salary. : have “Street Singer,” with Queenie It has been proposed to the War-|gmith, week October 25; “Hello ners that they establish a string of ten stock companies, using the stock star system with people from their studio. That the stars could be switched from house to another during lay-offs in the studio is be- lieved feasible. Another angle is that of the development of talent for both the stage and screen. 3efore entering the stock field along such lines however the War- ners will watch St. Louis as an ex- periment. Houses in Williamsport Paris,” with Chic Sale, week Octo- ber 31, and “Scarlet Sister Mary,” with the Barrymores, week Novem- ber 17. SELWYN’S 3D WITH PICTURE PEOPLE “To Please a Lady,” Arch Selwyn’s

j shc vith icture “names” | and New Britain have been leased th rd — be P : on . ; coming in with Erlanger money, for stock usage by the Warners. In ; is ; , the latter city the project will be went into rehearsal Monday (20) : ; ; with Basil Rathbone, Ann Andrews handled Anhalt. by Lawrence and Julian and Montague Love as leads. Lionel Atwill directing. Support includes Fred Kerr and Ivan Simpson Show opens Novy. 14 in Wilming- | ton, Zaltimore and Wash

Hammerstein’s Next playing Despite his statement that he|ington before coming to New York would not produce while the New| at the Times Square Dee, 1 Yor League of Theatres existed “ Arthur Hammerstein is reported) Play’s Commercial Angle readying his second show of the | geason | A legit producer with a trick name | —_ “ ‘ |for his forthcoming musical has | TWIN TOURS | taken the tip from pictures and is | trying to arrange commercial tie | Hollywood, Oct. 21. | ups for exploitation purpose. Mary Lawlor and Irene Delroy | Show’s name makes it good for are east bound, driving across the ! food stuff country with their mothers. _— _ | Its not a party, the girls each| MARTIN BURTON'S FILM | wheeling their own cars. ia “a ig Hollywood, Oct, 21

First picture for Martin Burton is one of two male leads in “Confes- sions of a Co-ed” (Par). Burton was conscripted from the local cast of the play, “Death Takes a Holiday.’ Nicholson West Again _Kenyon Nicholson has gone with Universal to write dialog on a one Picture arrangement. He will be on the Coast about four weeks.

Sounds Better? Legit producers going ritz, no less than seven having of- fices in the 5th avenue district. Among them are Sidney Ross,

Reshuffle Bway List Seon as 19 New Shows Seek Place in the Sun

Eddie Blatt, M. J. Nicholas, + ——— Bela Blau, Pilgrim Produc- ; tions, aaachetecais & Reed and SABATINI S 0. K. ON CAST The legit producing field con- the Chanins, - 7 tinues a beehive of activty, with Paul Moss, slated for some | Spanish Author Will See His “Ty- | 9 productions in rehearsal and 19 shows backed by Warners but rant” Launched by Wagner Pare ae : Bi ; which fell through, is now }of those listed heading New with his brother, B. S., shap- cee York after brief preliminary out of ing up legits, with an office , ! st at “Y;town tryout and the remaining on Madison avenue. | Rafael Sabatini, place lithree, two « \ h are re als iturdayv (¢18) t Cl rles | \\ bei eorgal ed o} oad t — ner Prod ‘ iS KReepil east Hid= | With the second complement of den pending an okay from Saba- productions unleashed by legit pro- tl au¢ New ¥: net} Wed |} ducers, the total of new productions j ne sdav). nounts to 60 for the new season, Joseph Schildkra slated for] now only in its second month, which | “Tyrant’s” lead, was reported out presages that the 150 new produc- | last week ove differences with|tions promised by various pro- | Wagner. | duce rs, veterans and newcomers, Show opens on Broadway Nov }may be reached. ain 12, coming in cold by virtue of its} The current output lists three List of legit producers with Landon production. | musicals including “Smiles,” the “bread and butter” business as side- _———- wae jnew Ziegfeld musical in which lines, is increasing. Now about 15 | Marilyn Miller and Fred and Adele Curtis Emery has a food guaran- T0 TEST LEGIT frown Beg - a me tee selling slot machines and can ew Wustanive Pte hic h ae ‘5 aaa dies. Messmore Kendall and Sidney) ‘ . de ’ was 8 cee Ross are real estate owners Charles bee — pte Law Laem 4 A o_o Wagner manages concerts Joh PLAYS ON AlR it onal Revue and walk “a h a the ‘ ‘ mob wondering, and “Wells of Ro- Henry Mears is wealthy with valu | ; ; ce 7 able stock holdings reported; Jack ——w: musical with book by Wicholas has concessions, plus - ; | Pre ston Sturges, author of Strictly realty holdings. | Dishonorable, which is figure d for Jack Weiser operates, when not Relationship between legit and| spotting at the Craig, New York, in producing, play brokerage office, radio, started earlier this season |} two we eks., while Forest Haring is g. m. for i vets a boost next month when ail | Revivals invol ed are George M. Dwight Wiman., itryouts of unproduced legit plays | Cohan in “The Tavern, ; which P. D. Ackerman is a scenic de-| start over WOR. j|makes its start at the Flatbush, signer; Louis A. Safian, who has Interested in the deal and said to| Brooklyn, next week sage rgd. — produced only flops, so far, is a| be instrumental in its Inception and | William Hodge in “The Old Rascal lawyer, and William Tanney is from Wall Street. Tanney produced “Penny Arcade” last year and will do two more this season, Gus Blum, listed for several shows, is a teacher; Bertram Bloch is an MGM official, and Ned Way- burn, who has produced, gives terp- sichorean instruction. 1,000 Stockholders in Phoenix Commonwealth Splitting With Actors Hollywood, Oct. 21. Actors descended on Equity’s of- fice in swarms last week as the ru- mor spread along the boulevard that there were 10 jobs in Phoenix, Ariz, Report is true. Horace Button is in Hollywood casting a troupe for the Phoenix Civic Repertory, to open the season next month. The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations are back- ing the project, in which Button has enrolled 1,000 stockholders, Repertory association has a house with under 600 seats and will play dramatic stock five evenings and one matinee a week, running bills two weeks. Policy calls for gala premieres with all seats $3. Scale

thereafter runs from 60 cents to $2.50 for loges. Company of 10 will be signed “as cast,” including the director. Mem- bers contract for a minimum living figure plus two-thirds the net. Stockholders take one-third the net. Opening bill will probably be “The Bad Man.” Button, local legit actor, has been working on this civic common-

carrying out is a New York play (Continued on page 72) broker. Through thi arrangement, play broker expects to pep up his play sales and eliminate immediately no chancers. This the time would-be 3roadway shows have gone on the air. Previous legits broadcast were after Broadway presentation. Legit and radio started mixing late this summer, with legit “names” figur- ing heavily on the ether. “Air legits” will be condensed into running time ranging from thirty to forty minutes. Program at first will be sustained by the station with YOUNG AMERICA IGNORES STAGE The stage is losing its former lure for Young America, Registration at the established dramatic schools is away below par is first

: this year, sure sign that there are the everpresent commercial sponsor- fewer stage strucks around ae apen ee The American Academy of Dra- WOR =§$started air legit some months ago with tabloid Ibsen plays “Little Eyoilf,” last of the mike tabs, matic Arts, recognized as the lead- ing school for stage training in the ( 93 | : east, has started its curriculum ~ S out Ti 28, = s repertory with fewer students this year than e € y exhaust > ‘ P ’ aa . . oe Se ee in previous years. The same con- ALL-IRISH REVUE IN dition obtains at the Alviene School of Acting and all the other stand-

ard establishments around New ° York. K OF C BLDG N y The dramatic schools formerly ‘ ¢ ”? . . grinding out hundreds of embryo troupers season in and out have “The Irish Revue” is slated for | made for an oversupply of thespians presentation by Jock MeGraw, an! which crowded out the seasoned le- actor. It is intended as a novelty, |gits when production managers were but may be expected to glorify | passing through the era of “type” “Irish Justice” as one of the skits. casting several seasons ago. With McGraw proposes to offer the ‘Trish Revue” in the Knights of Columbus auditorium at 8th avenue and 50th street. Since it is not a commercial theatre there would be the “type” era gone and producers convinced that the player now must be able to act as well as look the part, they have gone back to for- mer formula of casting and are no no Equity strings and other angles | joncer giving the novices a look- that might be handicaps. in. If it's good, a regular theatre can Most of the pupils Hsted in the get it. schools for acting in the east were Fixing “Lady” out of towners, boys and girls who had probably clicked with the local little theatre group in the home town and when bitten by the stage

bug just had to be put through wealth plan for four months. When “Pajama Lady,” George Lederer’s |a course of acting in New York. it gets under way in Phoenix he| Musical current in Philadelphia, For years these youngsters were plans to organize similar companies | comes off at the end of this week, | prey for the numerous fake dra- in other cities. laying up for script revision and | matic schools in New York and - — cast changes It reopens in two | other spots until the authorities got week probably going to Chicago P+ sch “f ; F — “ £ i £0. ifter the school operators and Equity Suspension | ,,Revision is being done by Otto | snuffed them out. > a0 arbacn and Li I n Levy, its} - At New Peak of 2%) sutic | | * r - . " i? list of ¢ rended nem. | j ‘ r ‘ ter em 99 > 708 Equity’s list of suspended mem- | “Frantic Moderns” Pays bers has reached a new high this | ¢ . ° season with a total of 148 member: | Off from Author’s Bond posted, which is about 2% of 9 9 ! ; Equity’s membership, since ist Moss B way Revue she A foderr 7 died ri 1) ave the ¢ gal . : _ “i ; conce ne if a 000 men ere vs : “OTao! I nig ‘ 0 disband . “ ’ . . old Ar Y 4 Hneen a ed o be p 1 off this and last week's J Chorus kquity ha ne \ c te } nd y tr t } pendec ¢ ¢ | ra } \ ‘ wi a = ry ) y« - Eq ] ig 54. ' ‘ : _ Tt ¢ ‘ . old Colo now J i ine Susp ions a ( * , > infr tior of rules re mort , i 4 wERSe Wy <A I ill be prod f pe la aone r ed ‘ ec H ; Je duied indefinitely suspended ntil the ; ; have paid fines by Equity coun She te a ee ae eee pence Most of the infr tior é r cor J Verr } i pany tr ft umnping, especially in the ( . ea re . : i p r ae rue division. and asda rir —— = ince Oo ? ¢ yw } i not Ba ike sini " eae een } ‘ em r for ~ ws af g trom 2 More Hollywooders everal days on Equity instructions Lguity | r ; . eat ce : 4 asthe — lwo more legit 10owse with Hollv- With Klins " roy Hi Stanley | wood backgrounds ‘Sadie Lou” ji Whitmar author, has been left Miiler at Metro a Hollywood scene musical for|holding the bag through having Giibert Miller, author of “Street | Percy Oakes. |} posted the bond money before let- Man,” and not the producer of that Other is a play written by Win- |ting in Kline for additional finances hame, goes Metro. chell Smith and Ceesar Dunn. 'which never came,

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has gone into rehearsal with Martin Dixon as producer, Piece will open out of town, probably Atlantic City, Nov. 10 and follow into New York two we-ks later. Cast includes Virginia Winters Frank Berry, Robert * Carraway, Alice Pennington, Peggy Densmore, Helen O'Neiil, Charles Steele, Frank Wagner, John Graham, Wini- fred Grey, Norris French, Myrtle Cox, Charles Franklin and Norma Brady. “Mission Stiffs” goes into rehear- sal next week as first fling for Arthur Davis, who figures as au- thor-producer. Cast includes Fred Ross, Lilyan Olson, Frank Kraft, Marie Dever- eaux, Thomas Barry, Barbara New- ton, Frank Finnerty, Marjorie Wil- kens, Lew Hemmings and Martha Brown. Piece is a serio-comic slam at commercialized panhandling around New York. “Intermission,” by Irving Kave | Davis, is next on list for A. H. Woods and will be placed in re- hearsal after Woods has set his cur- rent production, “For Ladies Only.” The Davis opus is woven around what is supposed to happen in the lobby of a neighboring picture palace. “Room of Dreams” has gone into rehearsal as first production of cur- rent season for the New York The- atre Assembly, of which Walter Greenough is managing director. Cast includes Lee Patrick, Flsie Lawson, Esther Guerin and others “The Bigot,” slay at prohibition, will reach production next month via Paul Gilmore. Piece goes into rehearsal next week and when set is due for spotting at the Cherry Lane, Green- wich Village, and uptown later if it clicks down there William A. Brady has shelved his proposed musical until after the holidays with “Shattered Glass,” by Lew Levenson and William Lingel, how listed as Brady's next Th piece is a dramatization of Louis Bromfield’s novel “Twenty Four Hours.’ “Brisach,” now being rehearsed by Winthrop Ames, will be known as “Mr. Samuel” when produced. This because of confusion which the original title has caused regarding pronunciation. The title was

day, with Pat McCoy directing. Show was slated for casting three | weeks igo, but was held up. “Negro World,” by David Stru- gess, went into rehearsal today (22) via Carey Productions, newly formed legit outfit. Kent Thurber directing. Play has black and white cast. “Jungle Love,” last season flop- perino, by Fred Herendeen, has been * ken over by Ninon Bunyea, legit actress. It will go out shortly with Miss Bunyea starred and producing. Kent Thurber will direct. Crosby. Gaige has begun casting for “Rivets.” It goes into rehearsal week after next. Authored by John McDermott. William Hodge has completed the cast for the road revival of The Old Rascal.” It opens in Phila- delphia Nov. 3. Company includes Edward Dalby, Judson Langwell, William Balfour, William Blake, Gita Zucker, Ada Cafogna, Maud Stover, John Martin. “An Affair of State,” which amin David is producing, will start |}out of town Nov. 10. Cast includes Reginald Barlow, Dennis Gurney, Florence Eldridge, Jessie susley, Wilfred Seagram, Edward .Leiter, Clifford McLaghlen, Margaret Mul- len, Sara Floyd, Worthington maine, Leonard Carey. “Marius,” Gilbert Miller's next, gets under way at New Haven Nov. }, for the Miller, New York, a week later, supplanting “One, Two, Three” at the latter house. Hubert Druce and Alison Skipworth head the cast “Wooden sen- to- Wedding,” Dwicht lor, is being next for Alexander or production early McKaigg producer starring Ly¢ by as set farce readied MckKaigg, in December. is already represented of “The Solid South,” Richard Bennett and at the New York. Tay as eum, Tighten Up “Loose’”’ Jack Lait has been called in for cript revision of “On the Loose,” starring Coleen Moore. Show is current in Cleveland. Show’s Broad- way date de pendant on the re- sult of the changes. Play was writ- ten by B. F. Glazer and was origi- naliy called “Foam.”

chosen by Winthrop Ames. Play is adapted from “The Merchant of Arch Selwyn is presenting “On the Loose” and plans the picture star in another play this season,

$1,750 weekly.

Phillips in Bad Murray Phillips has been posted at Equity for failing to liquidate salary claims amounting to $1,500 on his ill fated production venture, “Love Technique,” which stranded several weeks ago. Phillips had been given two week's grace by Equity to lift the obligation but didn’t make good. With the posting of Phillips on the manager’s bad boy list Equlity ; will now take steps to revoke his casting agency permit.

“a: ” Duffy Buys “Sisters Henry Duffy, L. A. legit theatre left last week with the west coast rights of “Step- ping Sisters,” current at the Jolson. owner, New York Duffy bought the rights on an 8 week minimum run arrangement from George Staten and Albert Bannister, New York producers. Plan to put Trixie Friganza in the Coast “Sisters” fell through.

‘TOPAZE’ FOR COAST Hollywood, Oct. 21. and Curran have pur- chased the coast rights for “To- paze.” Play will go into rehearsal in December. Piece is at present running New York and Paris. BRANDT TAKES “EXPRESS” “Subway Express’ has been taken over from Edward A. Blatt, original producer, by the William Brandt iinterprises, the transfer having been made this week. Blatt reorganized the company for a road tour and it has played several weeks of subway circuit Lime, Belasco in

The Nugents, Co-Featured Elliot Nugent, in from the coast last week, makes his re-entry into legit, being featured in “The Wife's Away,” farce by Owen Davis. Max Gordon producing, with Erlanger b Co-featured with Nugent will be his wife. Show went into rehearsal Mon- cking.

should “Loose” fail to shape up. day (20).

think I'd recommend it.” “Variety” (Ibee): “Too goody

goody to get attention on Broadway.” urday also. Drew a panning and had little chance despite English rep. “Garrick Gaieties” in revised form resumed last week and will leave for the road after this week. Played 20 weeks in all to profit most of the way. “With Privileges” is one of the other shows in doubt. “Mr. Gilhooley,” presented at the Broadhurst by Jed Harris, will close this Saturday, staying a bit less

MR. GILHOOLEY Opened Sept. 30. Mixed opin- ions on the play and unanimous raves for the co-stars, Helen Hayes and Arthur Sinclair. Gabriei (American) was one who thought it good. Ham- mond (Herald Tribune) dis- agreed, figuring it “incomplete entertainment.” “Variety” (Ibee) viewed as “of limited appeal.” it

than four weeks. Got around $10,000 last week, poor considering the names and the admission scale. Rated having little chance at the premiere. Lead for “On Spot” Marie Carroll is the final choice as the feminine lead of “On the Spot,” the Edgar Wallace melo- irama which opens at the Forrest next week. ilielen Menken gave up the part. Crane Wilbur will play the lead. A plan to rename the theatre to that of the E..glish author is said to be in doubt. Lee Ephraim is here acting for Wallace.

N. 0. PROMOTION COLD New Orleans, Oct. 21. Sydney Shields has abandoned he: New Orleans Theatre Guild, whicl New York, with some members of the original company. Miss Shields tried to get the lo- cals to subscribe $80,000. After about four months the total sub- scribed was around $20,000. Miss Shields, legit actress, has played leads with Walker Whiteside and

othera. She is an Orleanian,

proposed to bring legit shows from | sonality at all times charming. She sang arias by Gluck, Tschaikowski and songs delightful by Brahms, Strauss and her husband, Sidney Homer. In effective fashion Joseph Szi- gettl, violinist, and Harold Bauer, pianist, rendered the Mozart “So- nata.” The applause to this was spontaneous. Again Joseph Lhe- vinne and Baure did a piano solo, Saint Saens Variations on a theme by Beethoven, and there was & generous appreciation. es —_—-— i cnet | “Smiles” (Florenz Ziegfeld) B S lli Ziegfeld. y waliiie Harold Orlob readying “Making|Paris," Edmond Fleg’s Comedie | “The Old Rascal” road ( Wil- + —- Mary,” musical with college back- | Francaise piece. | liam Hodge) Union Church. " Ps ground. Clifford Brooke is staging the | “The Queen at Home” (John Six Shows Going Out La Argentina is queen of her art “The Gang’s All Here,” musical|play under the supervision of | Hf. Mears) Booth. Five shows closed suddenly on|2™4 it is of her own creation, as being written by Russel Crouse, | George C. Tyler. Production is in | “An Affair of State” (Ben- Broadway a tet bite. San also are her costumes. Her castanets New York “Evening Post” column- association with Erlanger interests. | jamin David) Geneva Hall more will withdraw this week and| respond to the rhythm of her body : Pp } oh? wie , | * i : . ‘ Poe aki P ‘ ind Stanley Rauh, which Lewis| “Trade Winds,” by Lawrence | “The Tavern” road ((ieorge an additional pair are on the edge jand feet, making an accompanist and Morris Green will pro- | sehwab goes into rehearsal next Cohan) Hudson, | “Stepdaughters of War,’ pres- | almost unnecessary. She comes th Erlange in), has been] week (27) for Schwab and Mandel “Overtures of 1930" (Bela fented at the Empire by the Froh- back in the perfection of condition to the Vv Am- | Cast include Herbert Rawkinson, Kila In ) Moroscy im in office will be taken off Thre and her first recit ul ol thi . Frank Shannon, Re Hobtr, Set “Wells of Romance” ig weeks to bad biz. = but evidence of her great p Arnold, Charles Ritchie, Edward Producti Inc.) Crai larity in this country; she i 7, ” ee ‘ . ar Pawlev. George E. Mack and others “T} Bigot” (Pau! Gi = most versatile of all dancers Vanities, urre it the New| ‘ a 5 re 1go tu ‘ TEP Sait rdar ted ) ve if “One Sunny Afternoon,” by Jame Cherry Lane STEPDAUGHTERS OF WAR ;rare grace and a tremendous ser he ; | Hagan, is set as next for George C “Lys:-strat ie aha i Phil ] Opened Oct. 7. Unanimous- | of interpretation. She also brings ne a iy awe = See ts eee ly pronounced a quickie. Lock- many novelties AY hei sical is slated to m tyier phia Guild) 44th Street ridge (Sun) deemed it “not Mi Carlo, songwriter, pro- NOW til ind goe nto re- “Grand Hotel” (Hermart worth the trouble.” “it may In a fascinating Mexican cing his own opus | hearsal in two week: Shumlin) National be a protest, but it is not a h veal flowered creatio1 In Hock” currently casting for | “A Paris Divorce” goes into re “On the Spot” (Shuberis) play,” wrote Darnton (Eve. |; White silk flounced skirt bordered yroduction by Lee Kugel for the} - arsail next wee K as 9 re Arch Forrest. We ; d). ae white . satin, 4 Small orange . Yorker theatre, Lee Millard | 5¢!ws ge bows ber a tig “The Last Enemy” (Shu Littell (World) called it “a | ae ray Sg about the neck directing. W. J. Reynolds, tobacco} D. C., Nov. 10 preliminary to New berts) Ritz toneless evening. Paoery _ “9 = ‘pinged and — millionaire, reported backing. | York, 2 “Roar China” «Tv rire | broidered in ? American beauties, ; é j iN Y Cast includes Basil Rathbone, | Guild) Beck | ep 3 , - long white bony earrings, small Rafael Sabatini arrives in N. Y¥ Ann Andrews, Montague Love, Fred | “Roo f D yor es rhe Ninth Guest,” presented by white Spanish side combs in her from Italy today (22) to start re-/;,... * ; > Ie. ; oom © reams RCE |A. H. Woods at the Eltinge is clos- | },.4;,. wap : tke Kerr, Ivan Simpson, A. P. Kaye and senembiv) Assembir Bese | hair, which is parted in the center earsals on his new show called | ospors | ne 2 aes ; ling at the end of its 9th week.| ana finished in a small kn t att “The Tyrant,” scheduled to open| ” sv | “The Vinegar Tree” (I) vight Moderate trade for first half of the} oy SC ee ae aS , “Well of Romance,” musical, will | Wiman) Playhouse ’ ; ie jneck. Her pumps are of white with Nov. 9. It is being produced | 9+ bow in cold at the Craig, New | (itt tency F date. Average around $8,000, but] jarge buckles. Chas, L. Wagnet! York next weel (27) as antici choolgir Cnr) dropped last week. Did not make Her Habanera dance is a t} a The how 1s in five ‘enes and the | pated but instead will play a weel > jthe grade She wears a long yellow wa ’ : “4 PR ey , a ; ; : : “Tonight or Never” (David ‘ , >) hae gh BS ae See cust includes Louis Calhern, whe/jn Pittsburgh, opening there next Bel g Bel : ilot Rhythm, independently | from the hips horizontally are starred, and Virginia Elms; Her- | week. ee ee ae : presented, stopped at the Waldorf] founces of ambre shades of. vi let > ies ae Ru ll Arth = i ‘ . . “The New Yorkers (i... vay Sat “di Plaved : > weesk in ‘ : Me ° rt Ranson, Byron .USSE , Arthur Cast includes Howard Marsh, G + uth |? aturdaay. aye¢ nine eCeSK i | pink, vellows and greens. Under- \ietcalfe, Bernard Jukes, Levaseur| [Lina Abarbanell, Alexander Left sa abel fhe ” } neath is shown a sprinkling of rose ~-acoml! John Lyon Charle E. | wicl Ji Tommy Moo Norma | “For Ladies Only H. vell pum} worn with tl | : comb, Jal a) S. APiICS 4 ch, = ‘ omm JWLOC e, i é | = 4 ; vellow Ips orn } lis an 1) : ; i dic ins alien aa ; iis , ted Woods) Eltinge. HOT RHYTHM | . ey is stage manager. Terriss, Max Figman, Laine Blair, | : - ino headdress : fag Sai a “Passion Preferred” (Ceurge Opened Aug. 21. Winchell — . Krank Campbell and George Ha-j| Louis Sorin and others. } Cc} . Cine Sener (Mirror) called it “a spotty The bustle effect in another cre . ° . . noos +S . ‘ - | J . ns have formed a legit producing | “The Man With a Load of Mis- “Marius” (Gilt rt Miller) } show.” Lockridge (Sun) said, ;} ation Was ot lacl: net, faced with ° ° ‘ ‘ | { re SLE » = 2 } P P . rtnership for production of “Find | chief” will be revived shortly by seitins : || “pleasant, without being par- }stunning canary, and in still an- t 2 Woman,” underworld mystery | Macgowan & Reed as the third play ; the. ans ot Wadies” (CB ticularly exciting. | other dance he wore a princess a . ; (Cc, 3, és ‘ ’ * aa melo by Evelyn Silberbauer. lof Jane Cowl's current repertory at | ercnant 0 , enic Variety” (Ibee) figured the | black velvet to the knee, with a . . s | i})}i o ‘ . | ‘ > ‘ . Cast includes Mabel Wood, Eu- | Maxine Elliott's, New York. Dillingham) Fulton. colored revue “got a bad start. | circular tlounce {finished with gold i i s avhi . 4 j | 4 4 ‘ej npn Ton) bacep | Miss Cowl is being projected in When whipped in, may be good |lace. This is cut square neck, no ne Skinner, Harry O'Toole, Ray oo ’ ft] for a couple of months.” I \ held ’ “*«s . > capone ncn 2 » alternate bills of ‘Twelfth | } : | back is hel« together with tiny tin, Ethel Berry, Rosalind Hem- | th¢ Iternace en fe mingway, Elmer Dimmick, Leon | Night and When He ll Froze,” | hiteside 5 Buy | | straps of velvet. Gold slippers are Shulke, Florence Fair and Harry | with the revival mentioned as the Chicago, Oct. 21. jall. Opened at the Times Square. | Worn. 2 Collins. | ay a v one will include | Walker Whiteside has acquired | Depended on cut rates; lost money. | arbizon-Plaza Affair 9 ‘ R as oO ie ney one vy c ae s Lo ” s +o - _ ont . . . “You Said It,’ featuring Mary Miss Cowl ] site Quart termaine Jes- | the ow nership of his present | ata gold, era . - tom py Phe new concert hall of Barbizon- Lawlor, a new musical which will | “."” A eee . sent E se oe : st | ' peti lr “Chinese | don, stopped at the 49th Street Sat- | Plaza was dedicated. Rubin Gold- » -.|s18e aipn, i er izwsiore é starr 4 eloare a, ese . be produced by Jack Yellen, of | = _ ’ — ise : |}mark made the opening address ta = ? ( ers. Saeed »” -_ 1e Stude- : ‘ Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, music |” - . ™ Bungalow,” current at the Stude- | MARIGOLD |an audience that filled the hall and ; , Star Hams,” comedy by Munoz er re M is Steinberg and r ‘ | “3 ¢ ‘ . baker here. Morris Stein g . ‘ : we artist publishers, and Lou Holtz. Latter | , ; : r O 8 All ti included many celebrated artist: , oe é Seca, is being readied by Spanish } Raymond Payton operating as Opened ct. 8. notices ‘ . will also be in the show. , si : ta) é , ing bad, excepting one no opinion The acoustics are perfection and , : ; : ; American Follies, Inc., and when | sheridan Productions, under the ar- aad, @! = g ° ‘ee tinit tende 3 noe iettimate at Miss Lawlor arrived in New York | -eaay due for spotting at the Presi- rangement dispose of their holdings Marigold ran some 600 a se € u «< o by R. H. Maltby, starts casting Mon- the cast are understood to reach land (Telegram) said, “lI don’t | Intricate Piano Winifred Christie, pianist; Mrs, manuel Moore, wife of the com- poser and inventor of the Moore- Beckstein double keyboard piano, played upon this instrument in Carnegie Hall. It was brought over from Germany two years ago and tried out first in the Wanamaker Auditorium. On account of climatic conditions it was feared it could not be used here, but it seems to stand our air in good fashion. In tone quality it resembles the organ. Miss Christie played an al- most too long program to prove its value. Certain parts of the Bach piece (organ music) and the Cesar Franke “Prelude” seemed Miss Christie’s best and both showed much color. In her Schumann Carnival num- ber, which is in no way appropri- ate, her interpretation was too nat- ural. Schumann's youth made him write with fire and sentiment. In spots this instrument seemed mechanical, but it is an interesting device and time may mean perfe: tion. Miss Christie looked pretty in 4& simple evening dress of black and decollete and she played to an equally beautifully dressed audience New Lambs’ Officers An choice of the following : it the Lambs’ Club at the annua uncontested election resulted officers meeting: Shepherd, A. O. Brown; boy, Otto Kreuger; corresponding secretary, Percival T. 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: Wednesday, O , , October 22 —— » 1930 oe LEGuUTim - 3 New Musicals All Hits La " — ts . as ae f ° st Wk AGAN LADY,’ asenatitiiameemnagen ae 9 , $21,000 Wh? - iain 69 ar 0 race N PITTSB’ ND AY ' _— ; ear $40,000 MAT. DRAW - Dlly s Legit g b —_—— . 3 a >: ouses ; B — Pittsburgh, C Three top-priced we | oth legit stands gh, Oct. 21. . . b t to Broadway re sicals came, fi . outs last week s here housed trv clicked, an ot week, and al] ye night opinion ratl | this burg Pier usually poison | ‘i lf € i € . . : a 1 . s ’ , . . - } - balance of the nrc 2 ohanigheeny Thel (Cc yore, 44th o r mild. time. nything but that this e \4 ; : riere Cz >-1,323-$5.5 St. (21s , I r ected @ c y Cé ¢ “ ls ste) | 4€ Tlf not so good, only one of ard wea | doines @ $5.50). ae t week)! pic nore Ulric’s a dramatic arrivals | 1e of the four) t ng well; slightly Rover en ioe, Lady,” d new show, “The . + ; ais laving ;: yu oti ? ' i tly o e an F oes | leal y» espi s ’ > ehance. ng a money Succes around By t week, | pct up at neta gg ray notices Frisco ¢ | - “Cirl pe ie 7 r ’ ; ait 22 00 ome 4 t 21 ae hil a a - Crazy,” at the Al last S igold,” 49th St. W oy Er] ae jamming mat: 752.000, Wital rosses Lesit tri Philadelphia, Oct. 21 d dited with the ps lee A or port cyl ancl two weel Vithdrawn peel ser site its best + Siving the aeet nose-di' Sue took still mo sige 3 emand. Capacity fr of ticket “My yah xs tor im ere in years. 5S. R atternden bus San Fri : iW rrgicly last week, In f sae del 3 it is paced at $40.0 06 asigee the start, | r, Gilhooley,” B both Wednesday : .. O. sign out at} With Her ; rancisco, Oct. 21 |} Was just plain rotten n fact, trade it did not conah ¢ 0 weekly, thous | week) (CD-946 y Broadhurst (4t ernoon perf — and Saturday oo fleld enry Duffv bacl el. | It is apparent . n here . iat the fir zh} pbusir 946-$4.40). FE St formances lay alt l, again operat ick in the| Bave at rent that the mat play iz , . ne first raak usiness lat rin fat A in ' . nd ry ¢ : 1 : au as t 1} managers : eres’ but seven perforn week, | did extn claimed around ul weel inca vin, Chi Sale’a A Seasident. the tor } 3 Aleaza antiunds ‘enan t awakened to tht rs r " - s a Crowd,” at tl rmances uN tt click. in¢ $10,00 . picked up afte : Hello | 8! te } VI ad fou t Bin lace it wa over- eemed equally as str Seat Selwyn | ina Rosa.” Maiest eneeiy probably better $ . ope At the Currat oO] ' : ! nced d weekly take will | strong, and the (M-1,717-$5.50). “2 stic (Sth weel underwent floc] Merde S - ite third o@ e \ rence ll better $35,' aa at ; Appeal 3 ek) | with J lock of char - ( ¢ é " hangs th capacity indi se _ Sig out $32,001 a rooved | o} J. J. Shubert coi ———— Pe t , th = s ve I : ce in the gross. “ licating vari- | uite profit pace sa ‘ : pening ‘mine on for | 0¢sinning ind two g y : ; ing,” a e gross. “Princess tes =e sive 3 table, not i : i Two sell OR 10?) oN aties of week bi se From | ‘ ‘ sa pres Pe the Imperial ce ; harm- | + Tay operate highly expe - sellout benefit ead kin ; . isiness grew ript 4 I - sssive star gi in an im- ‘Nin - harp stock com] fits gave George | *OUM ' ; ow out De, solace — a | : . Se i a first w art for an operet wre ] Vinth Guest,” Elting e we “4 npany nig = . L$ xe : . , I \ ; irs week be 4 . tta, witl (D-892-$3 Itinge (9th . week at Pitt rhly pre Cea . \ me 1] : ¢ etter thé an in z-d0). Fina Sth week) Far . at itt with 1 = ‘ . : aoe Cowl in rere $36,000. piece had art 1al week: myst c al ly,” first time f itn The Royal mise of , —e l , ; should a ae welfth Nig a on 3 ; arrangement : iy Sct AS ‘ ATri¢ tor play } a eee at . A Laittic ( . “ ae i oO! a vf i “Solid ae at Maxine BB be ot $3,000. bi antee basis: with hous. = : y ere, — Erlar mata Cinta i Anni¢« ~atatt he s i Lycet South” rather tepi lliott's; su, but less last S; average of Sugar ahaa 'S bia A Cup of a r- ie : 4) 4 % > ‘ ‘ ° wee an reel . _ Aha AdiS wor +} yi nut : 2 im, with $6,000 pid at the ; Once in - , wee k. in third wee : rothv Macka annou! , which } of } first sev , to $7,000 i CG a Lifetime,” : | h k slipp in a Lifet = ‘One : Michael i Chest oe ust six ] -: will eB an ne the an im } - in- starred: »U1. enore . / pa i air se o aa8 ye | HIllINs ttle : 1a close second the ] . he . bo — aa tine e ste pps this ra opened Mond 101 Ulri Angelenos ca to be driving littl under $9,000 second ist t on : ; ar,” E "Sak Stepdaughters ; rincess 4 an ' Biggest t ore . 7 ' | . : s Eltir _ - “The Sint ¢ T's of | (2d week) Pg > : Imperial Fra ities: take of the weel | = “Corned ae Dirty a : I5®, and “Cx. nile ts tuest.’”’ | excell -1,446-06.60 aa . ache ranklyn Warners’ ek goes to | whi seit eel and KR , Guild; “Mari ‘arrick Gaieties,” -xcellent start; rv) Off to| at the Tider “Tempt Which made , : toses avu id peg Marigold,” 49th St raleties, $36,000 rc ngee. first week been t $1: Mayan. Musi ‘ye tions” | fj ’ Thursday its postponed revue, a ” ’ Ee ¢ ; ’ - > ad} oO d AU OAL rr ¢ " lay (it — shed ie 10 Satur a Waldorf, st« reet, and| going upwar ‘saa ations of ste: i lin a 000, which, witt got cl ; ly led t ) at the Shu , rut v Chin day. Due next a ypped last Mneand Li teadally j 7 — cast, is Ape S¢ veral cuts | thi oO n. fie tts 1 easl- J : oe care “ > 1 Oot 7 ‘ t $4,500 Wi 1 ¢ apit: Artists é for receipts Geo! : pry body wal ieir , y a j iw , 1 ‘har anie 3 al de] pts. ge Led nt io s “Ba “ ates Last Wee n further; las - nd slipped | wood as th Charlotte Gree enth wee] erty Models, in ite a | « Pa tams lerer have ; i see G $4 t the . } = (D irl, Hudson (4 ,000. week less thal lan indefini 1 draw, piece is : n and 1 ‘cite slid to less tha aye V but ima Lady, at a hit in his 18 -1,094-$3). Held i 4th week) “Sisters of an! put a efinite run at the Duff in for | “Stri low goes out ir an $19.00, | Ut the first nig) at the Erianger so proved the ame. its pace and im- week) (C 4 _the Chorus,” Rit: } yut at this money it ? Loyale {ist , ti s sole summer s S; was artistic st 2 a three-wee » making f = 9 to a sell | about $1 sical could ; : . ,118-$3.89) Pr st week) me; opene ier show for } struggle. Ar eek “HN g four musicals i : lc 4,000. A oniy coax . Leslie: ° resente ‘ 1ed Monday or i the prod rthur Colli Mende! , Sicais in Stree : At the ] . x § weslie; colored d by Lew ‘Step . 7 day. “ odaucer wi olins i, inc. ; . town. | et Singer” orrest my s — 4 ing S ; | te , will take Adelphi » is slate , ser” got ¢ rhe out of t ; show well regar week p g isters,” . ) the Col Y ake the sl : = phil, whic d for tl in its 4th ¢ a scar 6 ) vv own; oO ss és regarded eek) (F - » Forrest (27 laf olumbia, S ; middling ; oO 5» On the S —— € cut- Little % ywood IE Est ata, lits s nal Player 7 = os paced kind of yearned Bg rcs and 4s teletly Diet follows Rec . vencye ts yrchid Annie” ade ae ose mee ebarine the ok for Last Week | the r re subs« a Gets e! f t of - ‘ovisional : : ‘ss thereaf (58th . ' onorabl 9 : a er, Betty . % },000 for week p e Ba ” S | : ACdt iphi T tion season ‘ al notice ; after week) . oO é e,” Av | ar ; y Brons eek) c nd” (Sel P $1,( ° his one 1, at is “Brow posted * | ove (C-830-$3.85 on} and the pictur on featured, | $25,000 Still lead wyn, 2d 000 fro 1@ WAS | ' n Buddies,” ; er going eg (M-1,202 $3) br eacagle (3a | MONEY; $12 000 to $1 to fairly aaa te profit. Not atte Re ige to | a lot of friend and McCullough — se than $9,000. Mrs e ’Make's bet- show ee eee firs ~ indefini hi o $13,000 : igure, ’ ch at hs * ends pre’ uf made | V&©*% at the Bro: Mrs. iske oO of lea ? st colore definite 00 es ' Sap that a ats previous : a ie Bro firs ~ well: ok one doing area whweat Ch ’ timated; Kongo,” at the V _— isly with “The | (©P®! ted at $8 : ad in repertoire Lo . eee week agai uerately ariot,”’ a stock my e Vi iree i | Jury,” $5,000 for “Li aM art ni a } Rete gay around $12,- eo (CD-1 Ag Ambassador (lst lon x policy, in its ents Lap on | Northern Ph game Girls” (G brad ” well liked ar a of the should ji “ 2€ speeded 4 Michsg liege & » -$3). Pres ; st | ek, climt ; ‘-d and las $2 , h week) “tier reat | - adily fre ‘ asta pl ) improve en and chael Mindli resented by | . ved to $4,50( “3 ast | $20,000 k). Building =. y from a very 1 up “SC e. Wil dlin: writte ( y | ture unde 500. Firs ; uv. Ample oa ing with | As Cx : h y poor start —— ’ , . | : r st ven- “ I ts 1 100d as : = art. ton tin © Sometimes Sing,” Ful Thurs a colored pepe Diy Robert} with the pr Rona policy is fair PO nscons ae Lady” "(thar rental. | Comedy ratty Ww,” the Di ha ‘ week) * O14 ’ “ul- sday (23 ’ a; opens Clos ducers A « , al week) . (Liarris aa 1 eee , igs at the Gar sam sented t (C-913-$3 : “Ss . ‘ sed Sunday encouraged. | Wi Mason are | der, é d to $19,0 ‘ Phew ; n in Pos ee eek 10, tin » (C -1,000-$3 R85) T " (12th “S\ p — T uesday snes Chris- tures man satte r, under 2a dic Pi wW aa now settor ,000 and un- | week) Gair . im 24 (Ad 1 , ‘ , '° ues £00 fi Os e rade con- ymphon . . y. o . men mati alary gn and “B - , yur bis , > 5 musicals . Larliest P at’s Gr : eVVVe P al a @1 ‘ . al |e lel t ft ly ‘ ) . J “Deat P Lifetime,” is nes it 1 I a a sth Takes 2 ea » ds one of them j vege me , e He ; . pt ris ’ ACLOI M “ont. . 2 le ' ( 1020’ pcnd , , : “ v 4 ¢ ‘ UY. ; 44

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70 VARIETY Pane » » S numbers are “Something to Remem- | ime to leave i that way knows East Africa It warns against

> ” ber You By.” “Body and Soul,” and | “Yaller.” “Body and Soul” is from . . : m the girl that England, where it has been popular , the sil _ e for the past 18 months. The suspi cion remains that it has vet to b | |: r has a hut delivered for full worth in this coun- | 80eS atone But try. Incidentally, another British | mRAIES to join tg Pe number is the first act finale The} WHieh he say Moment I Saw You done ina show eleVve ime over there about three years ago is lo e Neither of Miss Holman’s othe In the morning two songs seem headed for popu- | Promises to go LW larity This girl's best chance is m hal him if he v with lowdown melodies, she basi: ,elisn Dut the ally registering as one of those} Wins back U Or double-voiced girls of whom vaude- | !oses, yet there ville boasted many some years ago.| With Dingo } However. she evidently smartened| Is hot as tough up when told to get “hot,” and that’s| was. 5« still her best chance to impress.| Ins mu Otherwise her distinct tremolo can’t | knowing what sin stand the requirements of a straight | paradise in her ballad. they are both rig Albertina Rasch's double octet Aside from Miss are. as usual, shy on looks but adept] plenty, which means when given ballet routines. That|show, Leo Donnelly as the sage doc- Miss Rasch is snot on familiar} tor did very weil. ground when it comes to broken} who was of the Theatre Guild, is the rhythm schedules is evident, but] earnest Ernest. Russell Hardie was technically the high spot of the] liked as Dingo

show concerns gome of her girls and' handled a small

hi ‘ ” Among the suppo1 y this a “smash” entry. Margaret Lee and Wally Coy le stage so frequently would be to her adv may be the former used to stand out so prominently in line because ofl i ind a load of energy talns both and gives | yeloping into a corking jt em

1eavily diffi« ult to find ideas and them out for results Pagan Lat show will be profitable merit it wouldn't have a chance takes the hit of the show with his impersonations, even on a first nite when no one can distinguish legitimate hits from the applause, | wanton but without dialect. Lady” is not spotted in but it has the tropical east coast Florida The Sadie Thompson of same breed of psalm peddler. Dr. Heath who lives down his opinion that Ernest be sent to a missionary’s boy has never had an affair the doctor quickly Then Ernest meets easily attracts the youth, but their ithe friendship has Then a hot kiss

island half mile out the doctor urges own Nn! the old man’s ranch into a dude| ever she was thing, brings on the girls, sets up| show girl wife of the sn ippy noble- laughs. Not much drama either. Just a story with some color, On the day of the opening (Mon- day) it is claimed the box office sold $12,000 in tickets. In the try- out spots the show is reported play- ing to that much and more weekly. wn} = : if . 9 ‘ag The management was for keeping | their dances, touring all season but Miss Ulric demanded “Pagan Lady” be brought in. With several other openings Monday the first line critics were billy quartet

conspicuous by their absence which was a-break for the show. It is a cinch they would hav | ed panned it plenty. But then Mis Ulric is quite a stage personality} nd he i loing a ad | ( in Li i ul! tn i & J but ill the show wil nake m Th | GIRL CRAZY |

Mu " ly produ »y \a 5 I j Look by Guy Bolton a J McGowan Music by George Gershw y 3 by Ira Gershwin staged by and Leftwich with George Hale staging ijance numbers. Two acts and 8 scené (two ‘‘one’’ scenes to cover waits). Seven- teen musical numbers, including finales | ind = specialties Willie Howard Ginger Rogers, Allen Kearns, William Kent, Eth j Merman and Ali Siegel (piano accompanist | only) featured; also Antonio and Renee D I marco lance specialists, with Red Ni ols’ Orchestra in pit. At Alvin, Oct 14, | ndef $5.50 top

Danny Churchill.....sceeeee Allen Kear Molly Gray.. coeccccetsces Ginger Rog I ‘ ‘ [ar ler ( I Via i ( W I J Mur I "A P¢ ‘ Kate Fother; cece. -Ethei Merma: lick Fothergill...... eoceevees William Kent | Oe ere ee ee ee ees Donald Foster | Tess Parker ee ovecteccsocese Olive Brady Take Howell Lew Par MAGIC KOCK... ceeeccasvceces Chief R | Hotel Proprietor...... Ja Cla ) itia SOO. cvccsee ereces : tarr } Marshall | Ray Johnson I | The Foursome......sseee0+4 Del Porter Dwight Snyd “Girl Crazy” is a fair musica | comedy. Produced for a smash, | more particularly here than with some others, it will not reach that height, but hould develop into a hit, helped along for that mark by its $5.50 top, At $5.50 it is a bette) | show and worth more for the money | than ome of the $6.60 smashes |} would be at $3.85. That leaves an} indefinable something other. shows | seem to have which “Girl Crazy” | has not. The indefinable something |may be a pronounced personality which more often occurs, or a cer- tain spice in story or in undressing No one can tell, but this show has neither

Willie Howard here once again | | through the apparent individual} claques well spread about that eve new musical appears to draw, on its premiere The strength of “Girl Crazy” is in| its balance It’s fast in pace, ex- ceedingly so. While the first act ran over 90 minutes the opening evening, there was nothing in retro- spect to cut out. The performance ended at 11.30, with the same ver- dict. It has music, lyrics, comedy and people, all worth listening to. The oldest part of the show is its | story, another ‘‘western,” this time switched onto a dude ranch in Ari- zona, and Mexico for the big scene The Gershwin musical hit is “Em- braceable You,” sung by Ginger}

bers are “Sam and Delilah,’”’ sung by |} Ethel Merman, and “I Got Rhythm,” | led by Miss Merman and one of the} hottest finales the New York stage | has seen or heard for a long } ing while. It’s a Texas Tommy revival ind dandy. | drop shows the Miss Rogers has come right along } 1 in ingenue, who can sing eve! | j}with her small, highly controlled voice better than she can dance, but | dialogs very well and looks so nice the girl had better find a substitute for that “Ginger” handle. It doesn't | fit any more and she’s not doing A | single, | Miss Merman made a decided im-| other's pression of the $11 first nighters as she had previously in vaude and cabarets. This girl has been swiftly promoted and may stand up, but she needs to lose her automaton] muc} style and give the ballads or rags} to that more expression. Her numbers as staged would have put any- one across. In comparison with | better known and more seasoned | torch singers, Miss Merman is j}rather mechanical at present The girl does webl in her character of Iriseco Kate, considering her inex- ; a |} perience as a role player She talks nicely enough and snaps it across. |} Rilly Kent does neatly in the sec- | mdary comedy part, using his] i | tricks, and they are needed, be-| me 1use all of the fat was passed to Willie Howard's part of a Hebe taxi] play + | driver, who later plays a Yid Indian | Willie drove Allen Kearns fron ; Times Square to Arizona in his taxi with the bill $735 Kearns said he} “| didn't find out it was a gyp cab un- til reaching Kansas City. That’s| i where the plot begins. Kearns is t! ‘| bad boy of his family east and is sent out to dry out. But he turns - a bar and does the speak thing thoroughly. And falls for Ginger,| and accent. who is the female mail deliverer of level, Just singing in| the discordant quartet manner and Canaries Sometimes Sing | a's greatest scoffer actor at pi offered as a comedy, is | more ol livorce so difficult Lonsdale hi

sand quiet British humor, ind the two women the entire cast are geood all the 1musement in the unhappy chained to a svelt but blonde. But it’s hardly enough customers broad-minded a sense of ymen there may be a kick in Yvonne Arnaud as the for- | wife of a British no- wants to ditch her | bore of a mat lvyingly acclaims herself Undoubtedly the actors could have been less talk, more iction and less repeated thoughts. conclusion, ~~ 1, distinctive in acting Athole Stewart played if he knew him, re-

te and all as usual— SOLID SOUTH Carlton Macy plays the heavy, Comedy drama in three ac + and ons another sheriff, who kills off oppo- age ‘ Coma ce the Lyce m Oct. 14 -obs easterners by Alexander McKaig. y Lawto robs easterners, Mr.| Campbell. staged by Rouben Mon nd hy Macy played it the best way, too. GORGE. «da 060 1004 68 Elizabeth Pattersor, The Demarcos appeared twice in] Bam............... te teseeess Bette Davis goaling each time, and] y og od 6 Fotioasby ee ree Landis Wien | OO06M CHOW Bae... sco ccaccess.0.,.. Owen Dare” Spanish dance. Another Patience,....... eee Georgette Har specialty twice used in “one” to stall} Blijah....... 2 , --Richard H g waits was a hill- laure Vv. 1 oolicants s0n..M ftat J hns g, or maybe hillbil- me i pre

This intended satire unwinds ee. . LS It got over on its} Ditingly ridiculous at the traditions = a : |of the American Southland. On : 7 4 - ’ romantic two love re it many racks that Jack McGowan | ump mCsOn: Wileo yn O-f1 iors of t ~ , : 1d i ' 4% und : ‘ iypical ior 1dWV " 3 yreezy ) funy } ‘ » 7 ] ntendre on th ee ‘ we ee ; ‘ 3 should bring an intermedia | Where the play muffed slip 1 in several , : “hla deere ) i lear b ) ingl i ‘ 1” gir ‘ , Richard Ser tt ) f ) ) T rTT at . : in worl 7 YANK ) ; " . : Southerner’s women foll Tt the AAl’s, a catchy \ . ] . i r wl +3, nave tent tura realism pilus e [VY staging where tne 1 . n i of it t “| tion that’s mob interest Shooting instea first. | ; : ‘Wi | both instead of one suitor wo ld Sime, have been realistic satire, lial Everywhere the piece is scofferina ia la Richard Bennett He's Ameri- now closely pursued by Ethel Bar.-

ts and one ene P1 2 ton Oct. 21 by Charle | rymore When Bennett scoffs alone ‘n by Frederick Lons-| he’s delightful When others try to thole Stewart . help him, they’re not so good. _ aM + Merrail | ‘The play can be classified as ridic- \t} e tewnr ; ULOUS enougn to start anotl | Yvonr Arnaud var Southerners will specially > nt the mimic kidding i its beau. supposedly a mart] tiful women and their cultivation some »f the politely the lack Ot good intentioned males lialog here ought to | political travesty and ancestry wor- sing, although the | ship Northerners in the main nor will the b.o. It’s; MlfnT want to put uldnn't believe ‘un, due to Lonsdals ‘ot it writing and Dilling One ot llowing An impoverished Southerner with the usual van dyke and flowing mustache strikes i boss attitude over his household that’s really sup- satire and attempts | jaunty manner the rid- ported by the earnings of a spinster Marriage 18 80 Sas) ve | sister. Being a gentleman in the te tae a. data f ee South, from the author ; point, « ‘et they take n ai dently w is like elInNg a ibe ro in in love with the mis- Mexic wi Neither must nor does work, ildiy amusing situa- | _Plantation run down. Every , ‘om tant thank ten thing mortgaged but the old boy en ibense thnk fom arric 5 on about his ance tor and is no action anq| JulePs: keeping the women sleep- lation There are some ing to retain tneir complexion charm, Sun's too hot and men tov scare In this the play begins dragging, but warms towards the second, which is the best of the three acts Natural slow-wittedness of negro j} action helps, but when Jessie Royce Landis starts on the make for the Battle Creek bird who has never seen the moon shine in Pittsburgh, anybody would roll A widow for 12 years, good look- ing and no men t speaks for itself maneuvered by stage director and writer, But Miss Landi lid it ticklingly. Throughout the plav is the Bene nett marksmanship in showmanship, Whenever the old bird heard mint julep, or it was shown or drunk, he acted. Liquor angle gets a big dis- play. A bit of liquor looting by the some husbands who action

2s well! Not being able to his bosom friend. themselves and the Loraine plays the play-.| colored servants is a part Rather Wright seemingly in a blending of] charming work done by Bette Davis British tempo. as the granddaughter, but Owen Loraine starts off the] Davis, Jr., as the B. C.’s son means | Show with a soliloquy addressed to] no character change for this young his country home. He] man. He's likeable, only sou icts here like New York. Plenty of horseplay and much by | This is the spiritual beginning and| the way of a spinster aunt. The end of the play. Rogers and Allen Kearns. Hit num- | it’s V From that time on usual sort that’s co-conspifator for unimaginative. The] young lovers, and crackingly funny Suess after the first | whenever necessary with dry humor ict what is going toj Played by Elizabeth Patterson, who does well also with an accent.

ould even guess that noth- There’s another big laugh in Mof- ultimately happen, and] fat Johnson from Pittsburgh. Hard ir wrong The fina] ;} as nails, but suddenly er imbles to two bosom pals and] the lure of the covish daughter-in- *s staring out at the | law at first crack. the audience stared And a la scofferina the show ends sly. That finish is an|/ as it is begun, with Richard Bennett ind no eanaries sing.] worth seeing riddle } is been scived | hasn't Any man’s! as Lonsdale’s here BLIND MICE man falls for the ‘ , i the w a. 1 omedy in three P nied af the /and the women fot €4ch | 4th Street Oct. 15 Crosby Gaige Write husband, Lonsdale fixes his ten b Vera aspary and Winifred Lenihan Dy getting rid of one ane F ..Frances V tory o Birttich eantion: ‘ Treda...... AB eS hk Eg Julia Colin 1 = sh gentleman. The] pinnie *.*: Bly ae ey Hallie Manning 1usband and boarder. | paisy.............. rrr Cyrena Smith French girl, who does] Elsie Schmidt occsese..- Mary V. Heinlein s a a : lorett Reotty Rrecker ize io o bring the yiece A4O1 ta. . se. ae © y br Kel + Bt pl lou Vavel Jane § 10ur Verne... eer rerer ...-Helen | ly where English po- | Annette....... eeesees Mary Alice Collins 4 bore. Here some | Eilen---++--e+ee. seraldine Wall tt rn Pet ym heir loyalty or disloy- Ma lorpe.. : a. eee yrne | Pr ther, and get drunk Miss Johnstone coh Por 1 West the i sober when | New Gir \ 4 Unlike Broadway, | Smee - . he extraordinary of! If there were fou yr five laughs omen they are fight- | 5¥cCh as that wht ‘ame a mit ? 1 party to the argu- | etore tne irop yt the i! | “Blind Mice would have a good only four acts in the| Chance. Bur the rest of the por- conomy That may] tormance serves out its gigsies > wha is in le t | rat er too sparingly to warrant ta- eLINsSs to look like | vorable prediction © nlayvs this sé ison | \s in } rir] a} ‘ it is b =e , entertainment tha Nine to Six s the best. If the} 2m°t ntirel minine 4 ¥ i ve quickened oe tangy saturda Blind M comes near to being sexy witho 3 piaving consider- | uctua male participation rhe the situations n-| Voices of several are discernibis present. As the former|@Uring frequent telephone ca | While “Mice” is novel in some . | spects, it is just a show A one-set play, the scene that ol recreation room in Rolfe House. a3-

, ; eal sortha residential } . , the district. Howard's imitations | gatdless of the dialog. Miss Arnaud | S°ribed as a peo vapds iwere of Chevalier, Jolson. Cantor Notand Jessel, all in a new kidding way! prod w : rirle ¢ 9 5 er wee 4 played the same role in the English | Working girls at $9.50 per wee: i (Continued vn page 72)

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OUT-OF-TOWN REVIEWS of good songs and the humor of Joe Penner may save it. The song, “Blue Again,” by Doro-

Corned Beef and Roses Philadelphia, Oct. 21. “Corned Beef and Roses,” Billy Rose’s new revue, which made its postponed debut here at the Shu-

thy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, capably eung by Evelyn Hoey, promises to click and is the out- tween a couple of rowdy bits and| Standing tune of the show. Has it doesn’t click. Later, he has an- other high class contribution, “Sat- urday Night,” which also fades. Jessel has never worked harder and he is undeniably effective inso- both good melody and good lyrics Much inferor to this, but still good, is “You're the Better Half of Me,” by the same pair, also sung by Eve- lyn Hoey.

pert Tuesday evening last week and| far as his material admits. Much Lulu McConnell's patter that which is now announced to go into] of the dirt falls to him and one| Sounds like expert ad libbing, fea- New York next week, had the first- |eannet blame him for seeming ill} tures the first major scene. This is night boys winging for the first h iif | at ease, |a travesty on the Earl Carroll trial nour. It looked like the smartest, | Such people as Joseph Allen and; 4nd Starts the show off well most original, up-to-the-minute re Paula Trueman are given secant op- | though pretty loud slapsti vue of the lot. After that it faded] po nity. Joe Penner again get off h fast and had to depend on smut, o Corned Beef and Roses is go ‘Wanna Buy a Duck” stuff smoo which there was plenty. Im fact, it , right into New York and ap and gets plen ( ig Wher is generally agreed in Philly that parently is making its plea on the Penner gets on again in a m ture Corned Beef and Roses” is the of daring material. It " golf course ene his dirtiest show eve: tnessed he sible that Broadw ma take it | SO Sood Phe first t, with cert 1Switenes! for a while on that basi but i An ela ute Spar patio é and ullings, still impre ed as oO thev do it is a downrizht and u Té at l I ray? esca Braggi tl workable and out-ol the ordir - deniable black eve both for Broad well exec ted tarantella dance Is but Act 11 plumbed the d p S.| way and for the theatre in general we ; staged and will prove an asset Management has been workit & °N!| The show, for all its ambitious start, | In — Soo Harry and Doroth) latter portions of show. The only does not deserve patronage. Dixon do a diificult eccentric that way it can pe done is to introduce | and | registers A tango by Charlott brand new material. Most of the} ; Ayres and Rene de Roche is also sketches, skits and numbers in the | CHERRIES ARE RIPE good. last half of the show must be | A series of blackouts will have to thrown overboard entirely spot re | Wilmington, Del., Oct. 18. | be cut or changed. All are pretty tigitening and line changing won't! ‘ ‘ (terrible. Lulu MeConnell has mort “eq } Comedy in three acts adapted from the re ; , aelp. Hungarian tran ion by John Emerson} Patter in a bridge game _ scene ‘Corned Beef and Roses’ opens]|and Anita Loos. Presented at Playhouse. | toward the end of the first act, and with a sketch entitled “Poor Mi Sybil Sterney Vilma banky | the chorus works in a scene called | Shufeld.,.” It s 1 take-otrL o} nap- : pe I : . . La R pee West Point Cut Ir j vell st ed penings in the office of a produce! : he ie — ten ; Ge * Muit A lo kets th Joe Penne and with George Jessel playing Mr. Sh gee peeaaedas Peggy All | Lulu MeConnell called Meet the feld. Plenty of smut, but generally | Bela ..cccercesseceeevece be Wittly | Missis” is well done, but played her funny, with the chorus coming in | ropes Pabst Ace's an te arn |six months ago in a talker short in decorous black gowns, ard then | inl it Blas ; |} word for word. disrobing | to de monstrate flashing As an idea for stimulating legit A well-drilled and personable pink undies, in whic h they do a | on the road, this comedy looks good. | chor us is kept off too much This wiggle dance in a big way. Jessei| Gontrary to expectations, it is not| Might be okay in a less elaborate complains of a lame back and adds | obviously constructed as a play for show, but can't fail to be noticed in SRAE he has been up all nigni work- either of the two movie stars who | 4 revue that follows all other con ing on the play. Blackout uSs€S @| head the cast, although La Rocque | ventions faithfully. suddenly appearing divan with a sign over it, “Casting tonight.” Number is followed by the en- trance of four show girls who recite a set of knowing and “inside” lyrics that went flat here. Same gals have four different appearances, doing the same thing, and impress as hot for the inside bunch on Broadway. After that comes the official en- trance of the three stars—Fanny Brice, Hal Skelly and Jessel. On the drop are actual eight sheets from their three outstanding film vehicles. Each one of the three has a verse kidding himself (or herself) on his (or her) flop in Hollywood, and the refrain that they are back on Broadway “at the request of Mr. Zukor, Mr. Warner, Mr. Laemmle, Mr. Schenck and Mr. Fox.” A continental importation, credit ed to C. B. Cochrane, entitled “In a Venitian Box,” with the chorus do- ing arm instead of leg calisthenics in evening dresses and long black gloves, is attractive. Jessel sings a ditty entitled “When Pansy Was a Flower,” which is self-explanatory, and, although off-color, very funny. It is knowing material and well-handled concern- ing the modern slang terms. After that the only real song hit of the revue, “Cheerful Little Earful,” sung by Hannah Williams, is spotted and clicks, although Miss Williams ap- peared to be in poor voice at the opening. That was the end of the hitting streak. A fairly novel, but rather monot- onous dance number staged by the Roger Pryor-Dodge company, a moderately clever sketch, “Not Kosher,” bearing on the subject of professional vanity, and a burlesque of “Strictly Dishonorable” which flopped here but may possibly go in New York, although “strictly dirty,” were other possibilities in Act I. The finale, with its setting of the Stock Exchange, impressed as rather belated and also rather halting, but |

may be improved. Act II started with a fantasti affair called “Angel Ballet,’’ con- ceived by Tamara Geva of “Three's intricate rather than a Crowd” and involving setting-up exercises dancing ability. It must be admitted the hand was good here, That was followed by the dirtiest bit in the show which presented George Jessel as a lecturer with a series of stere- opticon slides. This wasn't just off color; it was lower-class, stag- | smoker stuff and many a blase the- | atregoer was hard put to it to kee p | from blushing. Even Jessel was in- | tensely embarrassed. Right on top of it came a sketch called “Baby- | kins” with Fanny Brice as an in- fant. She was extremely funr and the ketch, while dirty, might ve justified its inclusion if it had m been for the “‘ta whi v ad eed in 1 the eels and ino « Cuse A couple of appearance: ‘ &afo entioned qu te ( gir! vith ult ent t a I i | mis ¢ ed “You Can't Stop Me Fr and duller 1 er by the I comn: ind a owt "16 ‘ and ¢ flat sket ; , bet Ess Iti ( ar 1) lan with three sta we othe imy] t t fe ¢ ‘ the econd act Mis Brice, funn j two ¢ three sketches, has nothing to sing that really demonstrates her abilities One number, _—_ Wonder Who's Key Ping Him Now,” went tamely Mr. Skelly, a fine performer, is al | most completely capsized. They Five him a pantomimic offering, | The Clown,” sandwiched @ be-! dominates. It is a well staged, well Act II opens with about the best handled treatment of a good com- sketch in the show, called “The edy idea. Jackdaw of Rheims, and features It is understood that the piece is the Russian choir, | which scores. designed primarily for the road Francesca, Braggiotti and Lulu Mc- where the drawing power of Banky | COnnell team up well in a customs and La Rocque will be strongest. house scene that - gets laughs. Its crackling dialog and well han- | “Mickey the Mouse,” based on the dled story should even assure it a! Movie cartoon, went completely flat, profitable run in New York, if it |@espite good scenery and dancing It was all in pantomime, with sound effects similar to those of the talk- ers. A song, “Ex-Gigolo,” sung by Billy Stephens, suffered a like fate. Curtin. AS GOOD AS NEW goes there. Opening here with lit- tle or no plugging it played to ca- pacity for all three performances, a good indication of road possibil- ities. Jaron Peter Stereny, well played by Richie Ling, is wound up about

his wife’s morals. He loves her as : A much as a wealthy Hungarian Philadelphia, Oct. 21. planter can love, but lives in con- In any ordinary season any such stant fear that she will be infected | Show as “As Good As New,” the with the Budapest idea of marital] | Thompson Buchanan comedy which felicity. Vilma Banky builds up her | ©- B. Dillingham is trying out here eharacter capably in the first act. |at the Garrick, would be a safe bet She gets across the idea of her do-:| 488 & moderate money-maker. As mestic stability with fair ease de- | things are now, it shapes up as a spite her strong accent. nice little show that will have to La Roeque as Count Sandor | #cauire something more potent in Bathyany, the standard Budapest | the line of box office appeal. administrator unto women, makes a The comedy concerns love and good entrance late in the first act. divorce among the pent-house dwellers of present-day New York. It is a generally agreeable and en- He is a former lover of the decora- tive Baroness Sterney, which fact has brought him into the country. tertaining piece, hardly’ strong Also, he is a bosom friend of the enough to attract hordes. baron’s, but that merely facilitates|_ Well acted, well staged, and at matters. To ease the baron’s mind | least intelligently written, “As Good he offers to test the felicity of Bar- | 28 New” seems to lack the final oness Sterney, but “not to go too fillip that spells outstanding suc- far.” In the event that her insula- | ©°S%-. tion is not thick enough, he is to The first scene presents Tom jan- wire the baron that “cherries are, "ing, ostensibly respectabie hus- ripe.” This gag opened the way for band and father, on a certain late afternoon in a private apartment just off lower Fifth avenue. From his first entrance the audience knows that here is a hideaway with a sweetie. Banning (played by Otto a number of lines that tickled the shop girls on the shelf. All goes well and Sybil is about to collapse when she suddenly wises up and freezes the count. Her bed-

room door opens onto the stage, Kruger) and his paramour (Vivi- giving rise to a series of rapid-fire | ©™ne Osborne) are interrupted in situations. | their tete-a-tete by the former’s In manner and gesture, La Rocque | wife (Marjorie Gateson), who ar- is never once out of character. In|Tives with a private dick and a diction, however, such is not the | lawyer. case. He seems unable to contre! | The latter bre ak down the door his ultra-American accent. The | and the erring husband, hé ving contrast between this and Vilma |idden his lady love, threatens crim- Banky’s Slavic slurs was jarring |inal action. The wife doesn’t want newspaper notoriety and the tables Gavin Muir, as Janos, z hye are, thereby, turned. The clever the best acting in the throughout. did some of

piece. Peggy Allenby as Gisi per- | twist in the first act is afforded by sistently overdid her role. the statement of the apartment La Jocque has a disconcerting | superintende nt who, innocently, habit of playing to the audience. | spills the beans by referring to the This will have to be curbed when| former “wife” of Banning who had the show hits New York. On one | occupied the apartment in forme r or two occasions, moreover, his | umes. This information annoy S$ the emphasis almost leads the acene | Current eee —s than it does into farce. The single set, while not | the wire rhe latter, making the expensive is tasteful and varied | west of a bad situation, call on her sais foe three ante Curtin, | detective and is arranging for a enougn tor thi a . quiet divorce at the end of the act. / ~ This interesting situation fade; in the second act to a more stereo- VANDERBILT REVUE |'2,!2° 20°984,2¢t to 4 more stereo. Wilmington, Ds Oct. 21. of “The Famous Mrs. Fair Hus R ty acts 9 , ene pre-| band and wife bre the ew ta ; ‘ j A xa itheir children, both grown up of . ate their impending divorce, and the : . atter are both horrified and indig a - nant. The Wave +; on the stré th | A e ‘ er pare ts’ piit decides agalir i VW the rriags Pear mann for he : olf ‘ ind goes a wit aces . Matai ry without benefit of cler; ] > er ( the mot} and fat 4 a : on and the own tr b ‘ 7 i . ty / , Ir 4 ‘ +? a , ‘ the elder P veiiee I a i | fir , ¢ ise } ( +; . | , because of the kids’ actior but the |] t definitely brought out! peveral Wee! of hard Wo! wi that the usband is, once again, 11 be CCes y before this iow is IN| love with his wife. All of which ny shape for New York. Even then | does not properly prepare for th t will be Jucky to get by. It opened | “tag” of the play which calls fo here to a small matinee audience | Ranning, alone on the stage, to go after cancelling one performance to the phone and call up the apart- and some of the heavy scenes went | ment where he had formerly main- | ominously flat (,000a dancing in| tained his mistress, } spots, plenty of scenery, @ Couple] ‘I'm giving up that apartment of) ” mine, he says, and the audience believes that he has really reformed. Then he adds, “But give me an apartment on the ninth floor. They have thicker doors up there.” It's a good gag, but not in ac- cordance with Banning’s character as developed in the last act. One trouble’ with Buchanan's comedy is that after keeping his action going along in a high comedy

vein for the greater part of each | act, the author suddenly tries to be- come ultra-smart in hfs tinales, The performances of Ott ger Vivienne Osborne, M >. son, | Sn and Dorot} é ile Ol ( \ tl j rhe I i Hy I i ‘ D i little ‘ t ! oe j ro cor > igre t Ir i I i ‘ e¢ 4 } es ‘ ‘ a KEDZIE STOCK (“NANCY'S PRIVATE AFFAIR”) il iZo, Uect o Stor ‘ y | on of M on } in’s three ‘ i RK Hilliard g Ha } kit Ma ne ] i; i I } ‘ ? ‘ XN, " +7 _ i I ‘ I hor \« I ' i i i er | Chicago's only dramatie stock is at Kedzie, Crawford and Michigan in a district and a house fertile to |} this type of entertainment Last year the neighborhood was « xploited by Frank A. P. Gazzola; new ven- ture is headed by George C. Rober son and E. C, Gifford. Particular pains were taken by Roberson as the impresario-in-

charge to assure the neighbors that there was no wish to belittie or slight last year’s favorites, but they felt the new company was going to endear themselves quite a fully. Roberson’'s a trade paper angle, the most interesting and illuminat- ing insight into the showmanship and the methods used and needed to put over dramatie stock. Remembering that 50e. nights and 75c. only over the week- end, with the home folks making a modest budget go a long way, it’s no simple task to get and keep a “flesh and blood” troupe on a pay- ing basis. A certain delicate adjustment be- S success- curtain speech, was possibly from is top most tween bankroll, overhead, morals, prejudice, taste, available scripts and talent has to be attained. Oper ating principle however sound, have to be modified for each com- munity’s pecularities. Just how far and in what direction, ritz is ex pected, safe or practical; exactly what percentage of magnolia in the leading man or buttercup in the leading woman Is desired or pru- dent, and the point at which resent- ment overcomes amusement: these are some of the implied problems. Roberson in appearing before the olio after Act II adopted a chummy style. He invited the folks up to the house, spoke of the comfortable arrangements of himself and wife in a neighborhood flat, their hope for a long stay, their belief in the neighborhood's wish for quality, and their dedication to fulfilling this wish. He then alluded to the coming bill which would include a new juvenile whom the young ladies would fancy and who was quite single Stanley Price, whose part in “Nancy’sa Pri- vate Affair was really unworthy of his talents, would give the foll a real sample the next week. Ana Adrian Billy Lee. the comedian would be funnier than ever. It was an intimate, chatty, full of-gossip sort of a spiel designed to send over good will and convert each customer into a rooter, each ticket-buyer into a partner whose criticisms were momentous and whose suggestions were mandatory. For emphasis Roberson used the expression “dor crondest,.” toberson and Gifford are equally interested in the stock venture with the owners of the property Keach invested the same sum, the pro- ducers testifying to faith in the house, the house testifying to faith n the produce: AS a starte) Nan Private Af- fair’ was oka It } stret« of i aialog na there ] inte mit ter need fe artifl il respiration b t a fi t of thie script I f t I There ‘ ; ffi ey af ’ } tn sul } e 4 ! ist rise ot lr A ( ¢ t perform Ly © f J t . r ' ' I ‘ pC l bin ‘ aie . 1 ¢ ‘ <¥ ~ I ‘ i h Half t t i neigt ood of kne to |! nale elf 6 i tor f Mi Fuller nd the rar Lee Mi Severin make i ‘ ‘ Ly € ne ©) ptuou ifi Roy Hilliard the stage director failed ce plete to look like a but le 0 Long Island estate Hi name wa ist (pronounced Or ray) It wa hard to helieve the Long Isiand thing, anyhow It could have £0 easily been South |} THE FIREBRAND Chicage, Oct. 21,

First production of the subscription seae son at Goodman Repertory theatre, Chie cago. Produced by Hubert Osborne. Cose- tume drama by Edwin Justus Mayer Sets designed by Don Ament. Costumes Dy Maxine Levy. Opening Oct. 21 at $2 top pS errs »+eeee-- William Brenton Emilia TEECTT TT Florence Williams Benvenuto Cellini...........Dario Shindell RUE: cient acnts ceeds . ..Katherine Krug BORCTICE .ccccccces eacens Patricia O’ Hearn Pier Landi..... eocececce r! Kroenke Duke of Florence Harry Mervis Polverino .. ‘ -..Hale MacKeen Ottavian ose KE McDonald Du of Florence Ellen Root . H in i Briggs \ ‘ Fuson . i a | 1 the 1 nt new re- ’ q i wit ng ‘ t from < preot | lo! Ww ‘ rtist nd el VA i ‘ nore tt ‘ ; i if ae- i So et mk ‘ ink more I the po ilar fi < \ it it the mie time po e i t airy excellence By now the novelty is gone from the Goodman, indeed, the evidence of the country at large is that in- |terest is diminishing in the little theatres who have the best of in- tentions but meager talent There- fore the Goodman, even as its older ind more pretentious contemporar- ies the Pasade! and Clevelane play ) ( is De mit most W ‘ pr« ‘ Ol il im i emoersnipd and outlook. There remains in the case of the Goodman vestiges of the former amateur status. That is to say, a jlot of the acting is still rather shaky in pertormancre however theoretically inspired. In Chicago it is deemed unpatriotic to be too severe about the Goodman acting. Names must not be mentioned or hearts bruised. It partakes a little of the sanctity of the Art lastitute in whose shadow the dramatic rathskeller is located. What the Goodman particularly needs is a nucleus of trained actors whose tempo and example would carry along the apprentices. There are several first rate actors in the troupe, but with difficult produc- tions such as “The Firebrand” they have their hands full taking care of themselves, Hubert Osborne, who has as- sumed the direction of the Good- man, will need plenty of aspirin, With the theatre increasingly sub- ject to competitive criteria and with three other subscription enterprises, Guilé, Lieber and Dramatic League, in town keeping the Goodman lus- trons is no frolicsome church base- ment experiment with playacting, In the departments of mechanical stagecraft the accomplishments of the Goodman have been, and in “The Firebrand’ continue to be, excellent. Originally a wondrous ; merger of all the latest tricks, de- vices and innovations of lighting,

dressing and vitalizing the scene ite self was built into the house. Ex- perience must have taught them a lot in this respect. Unfortunately the entrance re- quirements on actors have not been sufficiently rigid. They have, in fact, been quite in several in- stances, Land, lax ‘Bookkeeper of the World Sudapest, Oct. 9, A very unusual sort of play is at the Magyar, to a public hesitating between enthusiasm, approval and boredom, Title is “Bookkeeper of the World,” by Imre Foldes, clever craftsman, who has had many suc- cesses, Play is an utopia, set in 1935, informed by the date projected on the curtain before raised. Five vears hence, the author feels sure, things will be at a much worse pass than they are now. Unemployment has grown to gigantic measure Whole | world’s economic life is in ruling, every country is bankrupt, people are starving and revolts are the consequence, When things are as bad as can be, the bookkeeper of a big British firm, which is also .compelled to stop work, has a big idea. He discovers things can be mended by a simple bookkeeping trick. If he would be made world dictator, he would sim- ply cancel all the entries in all the books of every bank, firm, institu- tion in the world that have been j} made since 1914; put back the clock |} to 1914 and tart all over again {e@<- store real peace and optimism to the world. Get the world its credit gain Restore the map of the world a it wa in 1914, rhen we'll have work and food, and ever od will be just as happy agai! tney were k i 14 beri 1G Ov I fi that name pproved by all con- E they nothing ett to t rhe peo the tarved ma ible T nye ed, } t ! M d dice tato of the Y rhe bookkeepe of ad ministratior te re e League of Nation i lake armless, ] I t I in the we ad lien ( everything will b erned by ce sense and good will A tte that things ill v r t j t beautiful f Eve be Dt peace and beatitude ( eart As Or eve , nicely ett r the tik start 44 fimued ¢ page )

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LEGEEEGMATE Wednesday, October 22, 1930

, 9 | Because of the slow start this sea- Brokers League Walk? | son, had buys been in vegue at Continued from page 67) | least seven of the 16 agencies would |have been forced to close their Report is that the income from that | qoors before now, he stated. source has not been near enough The emnity between McBride's | for the overhead and that the|and Sullivan has been of long League is $20,000 or more in the/ standing. Both are alert. ticker red. | brokers. McBride’s sponsored Har- Indifferent |low D. Savage in his appointment At least several manager members | 4S @xecutive secretary of the | are ia. to di tisfied with the | -easue Reputed growing friend- | way t} ticket situation: has de- hip between Sullivan and Savage veloped ae t] lidn’t help. McBride’s was in on | t izginal sessions at which ticket | : l considered with the} ’ . ia York “Tin 8a : = su : Lt Dp! ent n i said to hav ere é NI id and another thing | +} : , A ’ believed to made that agency ; tl otners int n : ‘ , ] f il x ,+ rt I I d ] t ‘ mar e! nd the latter un in- | fee4ng oO McBride's and Ls gue | © dividually adjust ticket affairs and | ™e™bership, it was cleared dons attain improvement over the old tha = Seay warned mat & Beevate subscription” scheme was al » method of forcing buys on bad] _ > , ve , 700 choice seats for a A smas ring shows hould the League cease to smash durin ‘ }the month of November, that agency | function | : { regarding this as an outright and a violation of Friday (17) brokers went into ses- buy , . | the allotmen sion and on the first ballot voted T} } 1 i ~ ; - i = . aa | > » she r . er > yp Str) . 14 to 15 to secede. McPR ride’s, ; rule aa - yw cone rne¢ 1S nce | In a Lifetime.” which is on its own also agreed to} °" L _ Sal | . . | ° in ale resign An inside fight developed | ss s that threatened a hitch in the} Figures on the ticket situation | brokers’ plans, it having been | are that while there were approxi

How It’s Done Here's how it’s done. A shoestringer with a musi- cal comedy script failed to raise big coin necessary. Now he’s willing to produce | same script as a farce comedy cheaper.

BLIND MICE | (Continued from page 70) rather a boarding poor but honest house for tho things, and the Second act and Mae has just come from the I doctor, of a certain type of wactice. She hasn’t told Boyd ibout it, he being a moody fellow He has gone on vacation to White Sulphur Springs with hi boss She is sure boyd loves her, and specu +

agreed that all 16 must resign atj|® ately 3,000,000 tickets sold by the =: tpi | sae Per gf Pog Bh bam once. ; premium agencies last year for a | Gets the first big shor k of her life | McBride's and John Sullivan were | total of around $15,)00,000, the pace} when she learns Boyd has married the antagonists, the former refusing | UP to this week would not indi- | ¢ the boss’ daughter. — to enter the same room with the|cate more than 1,000,000 tickets this | Third act finds Mae all ready to latter and the latter feeling the | season. While the spurt in business mié ms Mr. Mosses, owner of the drug same. Both are large distributors |recently would increase the latter | Store in which she works. Then she : . o Wa® le ‘ ai _— sia dls . pide rs that operation was phoney of tickets, Sullivan specializing on | figure as the season wears on, it| ana she is to become a mother, She hotel stands. Leonard Obermeier,|is important for the League which goes to Weehawken. where Mr attorney for the other 15 brokers, | expects to collect $150,000 on the! Mosses is fixing up their flat, and got the word from McBride's that | season via 1% route. confesses the affair with Boyd. Be- | it will withdraw from the League | Savage stated that the brokers| ing a regular fellow and really in A broker's committee meeting Sun-|had bcen selling but 30% of all love with Mae, Mr. Mosses tells her day with the attorney was to frame | tickets aisposed of this season. The ong olny weecee, pe Ags Tl ge Boog : : : : ; ae —s She tells her wiser girl friend, Lou. } a communication to the League, | percentage is probably based on Claiborne Foster is the envnams 4 setting forth the 16 resignations, | total tickets sales, whereas the | ji¢tle thing who falls for the chat- | John McBride was not in the city | broker: have been selling only | ter of the unseen good-timer, Boyd. | Monday but it is expected upon his | lower floor locations, but for a few | It isn’t the best part she has had, by | return the withdrawals will be filed | exceptions }any means, but her Mae is sympa- with the Leacue. An idea which got around last | thetic. Jane Seymour in the guise It is claimed by other brokers that | We ek is that the League has an ace McBride's has been harder hit than in the hole in the person of Frank | the other agencies through the cur- | Gillm re, heac of Equity. Managers | tailed ticket allotments since the | think they can prevail upon Gill- League’s start. Another report is | more tc rule that Equity members | } that McBride’s figured most of the | may not work for any manager not | other agencies would be forced out; in the League. How that would of business because of the T75c | help hould the broke walk out, | premium limit. It developed that lis not plain Gillmore is chairman the other 15 agencies became actua | of the League’s board of governors | competitors of McBride’s and tha ind has presided weekly 4 : | the smaller offices, stung with ticket Reasons “buys” losses, have been able to The failure of the brokers to get | stick along, allotments as a Brokers’ Break ed rreed on, the rules of the Le abort | ¢ ague which One smart ticket man stated that have ep Born been carried out the elimination of buys helped all and the failure of the League to check up on leakages to gyps, about tells the story. A large force would be required to check up rightly, it is said. Sales of balcony tickets for the hits have been arranged but not to the accredited agencies. That may not be the League’s fault, but the managers say such tickets are not to be gypped (50 cents pre- mium) the money in the till is a natural operation. At Monday’s session John Golden applied for a special rule for his theatre, since it is out of the Times | Square district and has little night window sale. The right to allot his tickets as the house thought best ; Was asked. The proposal to appoint agencies vitally in another way.

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| No greasy smear! |: Joe Leblang is a special accredited agency for the sale of balcony tick- Permanent! | ets at 50 cent premiums, was tabled F ; F At last week’s meeting the charge ‘ or against Leo Newman was dropped SEND 10¢ FOR SA™PLE | for insufficient evidence. Tickets | Tue Geoacs W Lurt Co., Dir: v. | claime d to have been gypped were 417 Fifth Avenue New York | Picked out of a ticket box. No cus- |tomer complaint was filed and it Name ...-coccvecteccccscscescccseses: | could not be decided whether the | Address ........ | tickets had not been dug out by a | gyp and resold. | | | Engagements HAROLD L MOFFETT Bernard Juk “Smiles.” | . John Lateter, “Pay Mates.” OF THE “LITTLE SHOW” I va de ors sete in +4 ance Joanna Roos, “School Girl. IMPORT ANT Jefferson de Angelis,” “For Ladies | ie — ne ; Oniy | Kenney, 89 Maiden Lane, N. ¥. €. | Hal LeRoy, Ruby Keeler, Zelma Telephone John 2122. r ~ ~ h he Gang’s All Here,” wit

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|of her | deals with | her artist, fhe is in the way of ; money confidant, done, Peggy ter Agnes, att Lou, Shannon as ractive, ¢ very well Mae's sis- | *vrena Smith | as one of the girls who stays in has | most of the wise cracks Mary V Heinlein is the ugly duckling of the bunch, but long on romance, poor thing, Crosby Gaige appears to porsny illy spotted the miere on a night when ritics would be els have in- | how's pre the first-li ewhere (‘‘Three’ ‘Yrowad” and “Twelfth Night,” Jans c owl). But the second and third} “gee rers didn’t think so much of e show, anyhow. “Blind Mice” not fig money. ured in the Ibee. LONDON CALLING Comedy in three Little, Oct. 18, by by Geoffrey Kerr; Anne Hunter... Sarl Merodini.. acts presented at the John Golden; written staged by Dan Jarrett. 606006606 088000% Helen Flint ecocccccccess Edward Leiter Willie Craft neces .Charles Lawrence 7eorge Craft..... $06 SoCRCeSe Geoffrey Ker i Se eovcccccees--Wallas Welford were. Craft. .ccceosceces.. Anne Sutherland Jenny Fall..... eoeeeees- Penelope Hubbard co eo ee Walter Wilson a MR a ee. Emma Bunting “‘hauncey Knayling...... Graham Velsev er ae es ee St. Clair Bayfield John Golden hds a hit in the actor-written “That’s Gratitude,” by and with Frank Craven. That does not go for “London Calling” of

similar hook-up, Geoffrey Kerr hav- ing authored and appearing in it Saturday night at the Little several | good laughs were provided but] there seemed too many dull spots} in what w: as first known as “Ring | Three Times. Mr. Kerr is of London. | His plot brother love interrupted ilso Anne is willing to go back to more so when she learns making much | with his art That brings the brothers to the footing of af- fectionate comradeship. Mrs. Craft reading a letter from the long ab- sent husband suddenly discovers! she again cares for him and she is reaching him by telephone to Lon-} don at the finale. There are several ters to provide little more, An } ' other charac- | background rt exception is th |}a mollycoddle and a plain sap. ithe evening |of stock note had a small part. | tightly. elderly valet to George, played ex- cellently by Dallas Welford. The best part he has had in years, Kerr does George with’ the grace that is his. Charles Law- rence’s Willie is a cross between Yet he did register the best laughs of with his plain pan. Helen Flint did fairly well as Anne, though she did not impress as the gold digger type. Emma Bunting Anne Sutherland much better as the mother of the two boys. “Tondon Calling’ figures to fair but only ter a short ume Thee. busingss, illes are rather strict. Program ha GA CK G LET ES two groups of them—those who sta\ RRI A I in on Saturday nights and those} (Road Edition) who have date . two t Prese it th O must n é OK ntend > } by I " Guild. ¢ ing iying out all night Mae l l J horpe, neroine Ol story, 1S qulte fir Apiharg edit * 7 ‘Caietic xy poh mad about a Boyd Wheeler, who} current form is to be sent on tour. borrows anather fellow’s flat one | - “ae tre Guild layed off one week to in- sert material from the two previous “Garrick Gaieties” and to effect cast changes. Idea is to send the minia- ture on intimate revue to the road. There were some good things in this season’s “Gaieties and they remain. In total the show did not quite measure up to the earlier edi tions, although there was some dif- ference of opinion about that. Whether what was inserted from the other shows is better than the rou- tine first showed in June is ques- tionable, too. Several cast changes are noted, but the playing strength could hardly be said to have been improved. Perhaps the reverse, but if the revue is to make a go of it out of town that probably won't figure. The Grover Whalen travesty again spotted at the end of the first part stands out. To balance is a trav- esty at the finale, contributed by Rogers, Fields and Hart, out of an earlier “Gaieties.” It is ‘Rose of Arizona,” kidding what is alluded to as “A hundred percent American | musical comedy.’ Seemed too long but they liked it. Some question out how the sticks will take it, if the sticks are to be played. Out there they might be reminded too much of those local talent shows. “Panic’s End” was probably a new skit. Stock market stuff and not funny. Could go out, and that goes for several other skits. Albert Car- roll’s frolic, “The Lunts Revive ‘The Guardsman,’ however, is very good. Creditable imitations of Miss Fon- tanne and Alfred Lunt by C and Otto Hulett. Li yee arroll The tuneful “Lazy Loungers” remains, and “Butcher, andlestick Maker” Baker and C scored. Retained also are “IT Am Only Huma After All,” ‘There Ain't No Love” and “George and Mary.” the skits, Home.” “Garrick Gaieties” is unpreten- tious. Aims for satire and travesty, and out of town if they get that stuff in the manner of the Guild's presentation, okay. Guild's rep on shows already toured should he >. 19 New Shows Continued from page 67) Also one of the best of “A Famous Lawyer at ” while the other piece destined for the road is a second company of “Lysistrata” set for Chicago. The List of Prospects The remainder of the list, all non- musicals and currently in rehearsa!? comprises: “The Queen at Home” Henry Mears), “An Affair (Benjamin David), of State” | 1930" (Bela Blau, Inc.), “The Bigot” | (Paul Gilmore), “Grand Hotel” (Herman Shumilin), “On the Spot’ | by both falling in love with the; #nd “The Last Enemy” (Shuberts), | While in Transit same girl and in the end neither} Roar C hina (Theatre tuild), “The Hotels, Theatres, Etc. wanting or getting her. | Vinegar Tree’ (Dwight Wiman), Willie Craft falls for Anne | “Schoolgirl” (Henry Forbes), “To- | Hunter, a gold digger, who really|night or Never’ (David Belasco), "Oa ‘ . _ » arti n - » » | a tina sg an ge but | “For Ladies Only’ (A. H. Woods), | ‘ks > € ushi ecaus | se cs illie for a husband because “Passion Preferred’’ (George | a of his reputed wealth bat <a ie 4 Hae as : . |Choos), “Marius (Gilbert Miller) Willie has been living with his], “ire ‘ pee nae . ! ; an ihe . jand “Merchant of Venice Charles |} mother who walked out on her Eng-| wT lish husband 20 years before, leay-| ?- Dillingham). ing another son, George with the| The rush of new _ productions, | old boy. George comes to Newj;most of which are headed for} York and they become pals at once.| Broadway within the next two or ‘ ° . ‘ | | Mrs. ¢ + ‘ft at first regards George| three weeks will crowd out a num oldly becau of his Engli h : ber of weak sister attractions that Established 1910 jing. She plots to get the scheming eat held ir : t id -- re Ie ra snite ‘Ons ©! Anne away from Willie and does, . ha sf : se has . , . iby telling her the boy has no mone, ible drops in weekly grosses to Kee; | f E y but that George has, the houses involved lighted until nsurance 0 ver Anne switches to George and| the succeeding attractions are D ° ti snares him into a’ proposal, too. ready. escrip 10n Mrs. Craft has developed a motherly; If the legit production division fection for him by then and she|keeps up its present spurt many || 881 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. plans to break up that romance] or the currently dark legit houses relighted within the fortnight. vill be next (John “Overtures of | — Bookkeeper of the World (Continued from page 71) quarreling all over again about the very same things. Mr. Glasgow, praised and glorified for his conce p- tion of the Great Scheme a month before, is ridiculed, cursed and finally shot. It’s a glorification of a heart-to heart, straight-from-the-shoulder- common-sense men’s talk editorial, put on the stage—revolving too. Some of the scenes are very | effective, and genuine feeling giv: them poignancy. Some very dialog, remarkably well delivered by | Gellert, representing the bookkee} er. But on the w t

tage slafe, hole there is far ) 0 much dialog, far too little actior mucn common sense that has | been repeated in newspaper phrases, First act, forth the situa- and had mu es eciaily 1 cCievel SKIit Nations, but the se setting is convincing League of ond and third act were disappoint- ing. Press and success moderate At all events an interesting de- parture. Might be a success in America if a good deal of general philosophizing and political reason- ing were omitted and more indi- vidual interest worked out in the plot. Jacobi THE GIPSY PRINCESS (“Die Czardasfurstin’”’) Berlin, Oct. 10 mon Play in 12 scene Book t Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach, Music by Em- meri ich Ki ilman. Staged by Hermann Haller Musical arrangement, Arthur Guttmann and Richard Ettlinger. Costumes and de- signs, Prof. Ludwig Kainer. Dances staged by G. W. Jackson At Theatre im Admi- ralspalast, Berlin. After repeated postponement new Haller opened. It does not mean anything new, but is sole- ly a new adaptation of the success- ful master operetta by Emmerich Kalman, “The Gipsy Princess.” Too the revue

long a performance for the contents, Text and music of the operetta are torn apart to make room for the many dances shoved between the action, and disturbing its course, Stretching of the fine music is clum- isy and has an unnatural effect. Even !the magnificent m: cies up of the how cannot make up for this It seems as though the Berlin lic is tiring of these big shows If the press reports were favor- pub- able, it is for the reason Hermann Haller wW the first showman to make the revue popular in German) } ? ' to see so mucn iando! One feels sorry in vain in this show. Only Hans All Eehr- | lich animated the tiresome action by their lively and spirited work. Rita Georg makes a good figure on the stage, and Hans-Heinz Bollmann, as the lover, the usual good sight. Very doubtful whether this sical will become a success in of the present frame of public, ers and Max mu- view mind of the Magnus. Birmingham Stock Birmingham, Oct. 21. Strand, only legit house at Monte gomery, opens Sunday (26) with stock. Laurence Brasfield has re- turned to Montgomery from Chicag where he organized the company which is backed by local capital.

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930

PEGHETEMATE VARIETY 7

-_--— Literati |

Publishing Control It appears that ere long control of the book publishing industry will be guided more or less by the That’s indicated mostly by the strengthening of the positions of the two leaders in the pinder-printer field. The American Book Bindery, the Louis Satenstein outfit, a merger of the J. J. Litth & Ives Co., C. H. Simonds the Charles T. B: a strong sign. The comt 1 will operate the Simonds and Bake! organizations in Boston under thi name of the Colonial Press, retaining the Little & Ives trade- | mark for New York Any number of been carried along by the tne

iker & Sons Co., i ined firn whil lict Y } puoisners LV | binder- | printers since the book business. Competition | between the binder-printers have caused them to tighten their holds | on their publisher-accounts to the slump set in on | ties along with canned goods and spinach in the near future. They believe that they can sell newspa- papers, magazines and books just as easily as general merchandise notably the last named, inasmuch a. the majority of buyers of maga- and are women. | And they gagged when the cigar zines books stores first took on the sale of books Spanish Trade Mag Newest Spanish monthly maga ne catering to the film trade and | Cineformia, a 24 er, scheduled for first publica next month in Hollywood Periodical is aimed at Spani speakers here and in South and entral America. It will attempt box office returns from the | foreign field on multi linguals made in Hollywood. | I:ditor of the mag is Leon | monthly new

Best sellers for News Company, Inc., enaing week Twenty Four Hours ($2.50) Strange Death of President Lone Cowboy ($2.75) Story of San Michele On Forsyte Change ($2.50).. Raven ($5.00)... .cccteccsccoes Morgan, the Magnificent

Best Sellers and branches. Fiction ceeseccece We. DOMETSCL Cakes and Ale ($2.00). w.ccceccccsces Maugham Biowing ClGar (92.50) he only 65 Pade Jumper’s Parachute Folds Forever Fritz Besten, one-legged parachutist, who landed on a high tension cable at Neubrandenburg, and got badly burned, has since died. His stunt stuff was a great carnie attraction, and his war-bobbed gam made the stunting much harder even than it looked. To parachute without breaking a leg you have to flex your knees ag you near the ground, and the shock tis like a jump from a hich fence, Try that with one leg tied up behind you, if you think it’s a frolic, Wider Streets But Nobody Staying Even Germany can't leave the Passion Play to Oberammergau. Pere lin has been producing a 15-scene play under Henry Plesz’s direction, with Alfred Stoeger in the role of Christus and Lothar Koener as Judas, Effort going nicely at the Spert Palast. The Oberammergau effort has closed In the clear. Needed an ate tendance of 300,000 and did 350,000, clearing a net of $500,000 with a little to spare. Theatre reconstruction widening to handle heavier were written off by the Hotel receipts dropped heavily, as tourists now make it a one-day thing instead of a stopover, and gre se, street traffic most Dancing in a Fleabitten Sleeper Lucie English (who isn’t) is starring in the Ufa “The Waltz of the Sleeping Cars.” Waltzing around a lower sounds slightly goofey, unless laid in one of those fleabitten countries In the Balkans, which are so sweet and romantic to script writers and so irritating to the suitcase squad, Pullman bit called scene is Deal Looks Dumped It’s hard to say which group double-crossed the worst in the secret huddle between Germany and France when each had open picture agreee ments with America, In Berlin, anyway, their cheeks are reddest over Variety's expose and

| they’re blaming Paris producers who do their talking off-screen for the ifirst of a chain of general pub-| leak | lications. Charles Delac, who signed the American agreement with Harold Smith ee |a year ago, signed the German agreement Aug. 8 with Dr. Plugge of | Fan Mag Editor | the German film trade body | J. Eugene Christman has been That agreement made all German and French pictures, whether Bere | made western editor of Boice Pub- lin or Pari made, free to enter either country with no quota or cons | lications, group of fan papers. | tingent restrictions whatever He recently was transferred from | It won't get anywhere, because the governments must okay the gag, Chicago to Hollywood. and they’re off irr tine VW neton fe the pre nt j Back to Old Trade Filmvox Blows Up | Edwin G. Wood, editor of “7 Rerlin inside ho ay that “biggest sound studios in the 1” of Talk” for five years, reports that) I in ice ipposed to be i Ch n mone né , th publication ha gone p t All G supplied were t t r mir ture, and e, flue hie will return tft v f fa French promote ru ed ti r list r yar mmed the wl pl } lump ‘ } 4 a r ete r ed A, } red on the } d ¢ ( ( Real Names of Authors t dirt the t} r c hed. with t nl boys Gladys Bronwyn Stern, author of; |! of the pr et the n for che tir M is Mrs. Geoffrey I French |} r for The na tf hev’e Hlolds th. Mary Marvin He l 1 de a hec} p 4 t ‘ ese V e, author of “Strike!” is Mr ¢ ks were Robe Minor | Fred once before built studios tn Nics rt Ww for hime a self Sucker money ran out at that point, so he moved Into the villa Fainsworth Wright Is editing the | and forgot the whole idea new fiction mag, “Oriental Stories This Filn is just one i 4 ng list of bis quaint } Published in Chicago. } conceits that have cost the } ot of douerk

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Wednesday, October 22, 1930

Incog Work for Oppesish Okay, but NBC Non-Contracts Cant Use Names ———— + NBC has forbidden non-contract artists on its programs to broad- cast under their established names

over any other network or indie station on penalty of losing stand- ing with NBC. This follows NBC's refusal to re- | new a majority of artists’ contracts, | reported based on the ground that | it is not obliged to pay guaranteed salaries, but per program only. NBC's Artists Bureau still deducts 15% commission from salaries of the non-contract artists Edict against broadcasting with any opposition station holds good as far as announcement of the art- ists’ name is concerned. An NBC entertainer may play another sta- tion, but his or her popular name must not be used. Boston’s New Mayfair soston, Oct. 21. New Mayfair, night club, opens Oct. 23. Bobby Arnst, Vestoff, Lyons new Arthur Brown, Velgo and Lorraine and Lott Sisters in the floor show.

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“Arabesque’s” Creator Would Stop Broadcasts Columbia Broadcasting System has been sued in the Supreme Court bv Ve jande Langworthy, (Frances M. Reade) for an straining WABC from broadcasting any program containing the feature Arabesque.” The plaintiff claims she created this radio feature sev- eral years ago, which is a serial comprising a play within a play, containing a number of characters who appear in each serial, with in- cidental music, and opening and closing with the theme of “Sche- harazade.” injunction re The plaintiff alleges she permitted Columbia to broadcast her feature subsequent to Jan. i, 1929, when she was employed to take charge of morning and afternoon programs and that she acted in the “Arabesque” numbers but that since Aug. 4 last, when she severed rela- tions with the defendant, it has con- tinued to broadcast under that name, using other actors and other material. Radio and Publicity Daytime programs do not receive any publicity from N. B. C. Latter network devotes all its publicity to the night periods. Reason advanced is night pro- grams are regarded more important. N. B. C. sends out about 30 pub- licity stories weekly. Were the daytime programs included the Na- tional would have to issue thrice as much weekly which N. B. C. claims is impossible. dur- warrant pub- There are many programs ing the day which licity but N. B. C. is sticking to night programs. Publicity is forced to neglect the = programs. NBC’s New Chicago Acct. Has Same Biz Initials Chicago, Oct. 21. National Battery Company goes on the air over N. B. C. on Oct. 24, with a nation-wide hook-up. With college football fever run- ning, the programs will consist of college quartets, college bands and

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ator, heads the floor show. Pickard Hillbilly on Radio Fan Mail Second Only to Amos ’n’ Andy in Chi. Chicago, Oct. 21. Hill-billy radio music is getting in its dirty work in the midwest and is gaining rapidly in popularity. Pickard family, on the air twice a week, once on a commercial pro- gram, and on sustaining, have climbed from last place to second place in a few months, in the matter of fan mail. Only Amos ’n Andy are getting more letters. Remarkable is that the majority of letters are from the Tennessee and Kentucky backwoods, all writ- ing for jobs along with their flat- tery. One guy offered to come up and play the guitar for $12 a month, plus room and board.

DISCS FOR AIR AT 50c CHARGE With reported impetus on the lower-waved stations, particularly those using canned programs for “commercials,” has put quick action into the Music Publishers’ Protec- tive Association with the result that a charge of 50c will be placed on each dise used on the air of copy- righted numbers controlled by the Association. There may be a squawk from some of the smaller stations which have been depending a great deal upon the electrically-transcripted music to keep their commercial pe- riods open. And it has been a cheap way of assuring the “com- mercial” music. However, the daily average on the air for each station isn’t prohibitive from the four bits’ standpoint, but on the countup for all the stations in a month should round out a substan- tial sum. GRAND OPERA NOT HOT ON AIR COMMERCIALLY Grand opera for commercial radio programs has failed to click. Ad- vertisers who tried it can’t see re- peats and other outfits have taken the tip. Last com op was on NBC, American Radiator firm paying. Draw too small, ; NBC's forthcoming broadcast of Chicago Grand Op is as yet non- commercial, with no pay money in sight. CBS’s tabloid op, says an official, is done for artistic purposes, meaning a sponsor can’t be found. WOR has occasional operatic selec- tions on unsponsored time. MCA’s Radio Dep. Chicago, Oct. 21. Music Corp. of America, here, added a radio producing depart- ment, in charge of Paul Kapps. Kapps, brother of Jack, is head of Brunswick-Balke-Collender, Company has first account, Lu- cien Le Long perfume. Uberall Sells to Moss ten Uberal has disposed of his interest in the two Hollywood, New York restaurants to his former partners, headed by Joe Moss. One of the Hollyavoods is the roadhouse, opening early in the summer and prospering while Paul Whiteman was the attraction for the first few weeks. When Whiteman left the road Hollywood took a nose dive and finished very badly for a $175,000 investment.

Nuts Crashing Road Pine Dale House, Mountainside, N. J., is the first road place to go nuts. It opens with a stooge show next Oct. 29, Reunited The Yacht Club boys are back to- gether again and open at the Simp- road house in

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Three Concert “Names” On Radio Hold-Out List Ignace Paderewski, one of four concert “name” hold-outs, now available for broadcasting by NBC next year. The Polish pianist will appear on the air if his manager, George Engels, accedes, Paderewski leaving it to his judgment. Other three hold-outs are Geraldine Far- rar, Fritz Kreisler and Serge Rach- maninoff. It’s definite that none of the lat- ter trio will broadcast for at least another year. Paderewski makes a concert tour of 26 cities. All told he is due for 75 concerts. The hold-out artists figure radio work lessens their drawing on the concert wage. power Crude Commercials Paris, Oct. 10. Anticipating Television, the French Government is currently favoring a policy of fewer and better broad- casting stations, rather than en- couraging the many small indie broadcasters which were recently flourishing. Curse of French broadcasting is advertising, crudely interpolated.

Let-Outs in N. C. Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 21. Vincent Kay and his 11-piece or- chestra, at WSJS of this city since it went on the air several months ago, have received notice and left the station Oct. 18. Alvin Ely, program director and on the air, also got notice. MEDBURY’S CBS GAGS Hollywood, Oct. 21. Making good on his local Wednes- day night spiels over KHJ, John Medbury, columnist, goes on Col- umbia’s national hook-up starting Oct. 29.

R-K-0 Krooners Start Eddie Miller is on the air with his R-K-O Krooners. The com- bination consists of Tom Ken- nedy, Will Kennedy, Chester Mof- fett, Eddie Miller and John Mc- Laughlin, pianist and arranger. The Krooners will be a weekly R- K- > air feature, > ia al —_———$<$———_____——. Chicago, Oct. 21. the new N. B. C. settled, the planned move of important radio features from N. Y. The company With finally offices long will take place shortly. will move the entire set-up of all basic sustaining pro- grams to Chi. This means 40 hours weekly. Switch will cramped N. Y. to expand with give the terrifically stations more room “name” attractions The available for the commercial accounts. Chi office will time to build use the unknowns inte na- tional names, with all the programs set for country-wide hook-ups

Heavy migration of radio staffs and artists to Chicago has been ordered by NBC, which plans to make the Windy City a radio centre equal in strength to New York, System already begun for establish- ment of an entirely separate centre although co-operating with the east, Chicago will have its own artists service bureau similar to New York and will pick its own talent. The east and the west will also arrange for an interchange of artists be- tween the two spots whenever nec- essary. Hughie Ernst, of New York office, now in Chicago, has: been definitely slated to head the bureau. Ernst is free to pick his own staff of as- sistants. Plan is on a scale to spot Chicago as the central recruiting spot for radio talent both ways from Coast to Coast. MEOW! Login r ’ x's latest © ow OTe sation : His Al Katz and Kittens poty- tremendously a wMCA, at tT Restaurant sind his ensem- thrice woe. comme ther” ple of sme, and Tell Your ms “Go Home Little osu” : §

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A 0.P. Apoldieiaes to Union For Their Canned Political Music Chicago, Oct. 21. Musicians union, through its presi- der a James ee, Petrillo, ic } ed the entire Republican party which controls this town,.- when the cam- paigners tried to Uusé anned music or heir stumy] -speaking trucks Petl i¢ prot é . € the re publicans sent out 36 of these trucks, each with radio, and later started a strike against tne party by issuing a demand to all broad- ili ‘ ref nike t ull Reput pee in the coming election campaign. musicians in the following stations was threatened: KYW, WGN, WCFL, WIBO, WGES, Strike of the WJJD, WBBM, WEDC, WSBEC, WHFC. WWAE, which takes in all the national networks. With the unemployment situa- tion tight, Petrillo’s squawk was meat for the dailies, especially the Democratic papers. Result Republican party hurried excuses to the union and pledged that no canned musi‘ would be used in any part of the campaigen. Was tne sent JENKS FAILS TO OPEN FOR PAR—F. & M. M. C. Frank Jenks, m.c. from the Coast, didn’t open at the Paramount, New York, this week, despite that last week’s advance billing said he would. At Paramount-Publix it was stated the deal was off Formerly a trombone player ina Coast orchestra, Jenks was pro- moted to m.c. by Fanchon & Marco about three years ago. Last sum- mer F. & M. sent him to New York to m.c. at the Fox, Brooklyn. Re- cently Jenks was slated to go on the road under the new F. & M. policy of rotating m.c.s. Instead of opening in Atlanta for F. & M., as booked, Jenks accepted the Publix offer of the New York Paramount on Broadway at a re- ported increase. That deal for some reason failed to advance beyond the billing. Lew Brown’s Wife Seeks Separate Maintenance Hollywood, Oct. 21. Mrs. Sylvia Brown has filed suit for separate maintenance against Lew Brown of D. B. & H. She is asking for division of their community property and $5,000 a month for support. She also wants the custody of their two children. New Music Co. Abner Silver, Nat Chaiken and Gene Geiger have organized a new music publishing firm, the Silver Songs, Inc. Silver is a song writer. Chaiken handled the orchestra and radio de- partments for Irving Berlin, Davis Coots & Engels, ete, publishers. Geiger is proprietor of Pelham Heath Inn.

Mordecai Promoted Dave Mordecai, former leader at the R-K-O 58th St., New York, is now western divisional music supervisor of R-K-O theatres from Chicago to the Coast. He is under the supervision of Milton Schwarzwald. PAT FLAHERTY’S OWN CO. Pat Flaherty, who resigned as general manager of Fox’s Red Star Music Co., plans to open his own publishing house Dec. 1.

Tommy Morton’s Close Call Tommy Morten, badly injured in @m auto wreck on Long Island re- cently and at first reported to have received a fractured skull, is back beating the drums in Harry Ford's Hotel Manger orchestra.

Kornheiser’s Opening ; Phil Kornheiser will formally open 4is new publishing firm at 745 7th avenue, New York, Oct. 27. Chic Castle, formerly with Reb- bins, will be Chicago rep for Korn- etser, Inc. s

2 Pirate Song Sellers } . e . | Given 30 Days in Jail Aft months of effort agents of the American Society of Authors have caused the sentences of two | of the biggest distributors of pirated songs in New York. The men who were given 30 days eacl in the Workhouse n Spe Se ms were Frank Shermansk\ 2 of Passaic N. J., and hi brother John, 21, of Maymor I Bott pleaded guilty. ; , “When the Organ Played at Twilight” (Santly Bros.). LOCAL PITTSBURGH BANDS IN POOL DEAL

Pittsburgh, Oct. 21. well-known local Four dance or- a corporation known as the Associ- Orchestras of America, the State Theatre organizations are Bill Hollins, Ralph j} ated with | headquarters in Building. The |} those headed by | Harrison, Frank Maggio and Marty | Schramm. | Individual orchestras will retain ; their separate identities, but will furnish about 100 musicians for the }new firm, which is to provide all 'types of musical entertainment. The corporation has Maggio as its president, president, Schramm Harrison as _ vice- Hollins as treasurer and as secretary. $100 to Dealer for Letter On What’s Wrong with Biz Contest conducted by Richmond-

Mayer, music jobbers, among the music dealers for theories on what is wrong with conditions in the music biz and how they may be remedied, was won by Ernest Phil- pitt, dealer of Jacksonville, Fla. Philpitt gets $100 for his letter. Several hundred letters were re- ceived by Richmond-Mayer. They will be turned over to the M. P. P. A. as a guide for a music market survey which will shortly be drawn up.

RED STAR SWITCHES Harrison Out, Jack Richmond In, Witmark Starts Others Later? Jay Witmark took up his position as general manager of Fox’s Red Star Monday (18), succeeding Pat Flaherty. Charles Harrison, sales manager for Red Star, is out. Jack Rich- mond, with Feist for 16 years, switches to Red Star Oct. 27. A few additional minor changes are expected, Musicians’ Family Objects, Wife Attempts Suicide Worcester, Mass., Oct. 21. The attempted suicide of Frances (Laidow) Archambeault, 21, in Pedengpers Mass., revealed her se- |eret marriage to Perley Archam- | beault, piano-accordionist with the | Hughie Connors orchestra. He told police he met his wife in | Tampa, Fla., several years ago while Playing in an orchestra. HKecently they decided to marry and went to Albany, N, Y., where a justice of

| the peace performed the ceremony. Mrs. Archambeault swallowed a |quantity of poison. Her husband knew of no reason for his | wife s attempted suicide, except that j}his parents looked with disfavor ; | ' } said he upon his marriage. | Hotel’s Aviation Grill Hotel plug as long in tne New York beginning Oct. 28 Grill Park Central red, gets a “aviation center “Aviators’ when its Room” opens. Grill has been taken over by Henry Jay Cobbs, exploitation for Curtiss-Wright, with reported back- | ing from the air interests. | Curtiss-Wright orchestra, | ganda vaude closing | goes into the grill, | CBS has the broadcasts propa- act, shortly

a Town Nite Spots Benefit By Minn’s Half Hour Curfew Lift; Read Hit Minneapolis, Oct. 31 The city council license commit- tee has voted in favor of extending the closing time of nite clubs, dance halls and cafes from 12:30 to 1 in order, it was stated, to crowds from going a.m prevent to readhouses Police department recently start ed to enforce the 12:30 Closing ordi nance putting the lid on dancin; ifter that hour Union officials ap peared before the committee to urge the later dance curfew, stating the extra half hour would help to all viate unemployment as well as pre vent re ‘ t I pu T i m straving t suburban roadhouses and to Bt Paul. “Wreck of 97’ Suit Camden, N. J., Oct. 21. Suit brought by David D. George, 164, Gretna Va., against Victor | Talking chestras have merged last week into |

Machine Co. for royalties “Wreck of 97” dis } here pending sincs from sale of on trial in Federal Court Litigation has been about 1925, with Victor enlisting aid of Prof. R. W. Borden, folklore ex- pert for Congressional Library to determine who really wrote the “"Wreck.” George claims he is au- thor, but Professor Borden ascer- tained that Frederick Lewey, Lynchburg, and Charles Knowles, Danville, both wrote songs very much like the one recorded in recent years. Song was popular in mountainous sections of Virginia for years be- fore talking machine companies “discovered” it. Nathan HKurkan, New York, representing Victor, holds George’s claims are false and declares it was first recorded by General Phonograph Co. in 1923, after which three other disc firms | besides Victor made it. The wreck in question occurred about 1903, just north of Danville. Mail train No. 97, operated for gov- ernment and carrying no passen- gers, was credited with the fabu- lous speed—for that time—of 90 miles an hour. It went off a trestle and burned its crew. Pub. Venture May Split Gilbert-Baer Song Team Abel Baer will not string along with L. Wolfe Gilbert and Dave Dreyer when they open their own publishing house. It was first planned as a publishing trio, but Baer stepped out. This may dissolve the writing team of Baer and Gilbert that has existed for years. Baer and Gilbert both worked for Feist until last year, when they went to the coast for Warners. Warners bought back the remainder of the contract time with them a few months ago. M. C. Huffman, formerly holder of an interest in Tiffany pictures, and now an indie film producer, is reported financing the Gilbert- Dreyer publishing firm. Huffman will come east from the coast with- in the next week or two. Brady’s Costly Fire Peoria, HL, Oct. 21. Harry Brady’s Palace Gardens roadhouse and dance hall, five miles northwest of here, was destroyed Oct. 15 by fire of undetermined origin, with loss estimated at $35,- 000, reported covered by insurance. Brady and Robert Nash, floor man, were forced to flee from the second floor of the their lives, The place was building to save built by William Quirk six years ago and sold last year to Sam Weinstein, who oper- ated it as an amusement during the season and then the roadhouse and dance Brady. center leased hall to Nite Club Placements Roehm & Richards placed Larkin as m. ¢., Mauriene team, and Jean blues singer, at the Club Mirador, and Ernesto Cuzette and Dor- othy Nortor dancers, at Nixon Pittsburgh; Archie Rob- Mildred Bragdon, prima Mazzone and Keene, dance Maryon Dale, soubrette, at Palais Royal, Newark Pete and Rose, Norva, dance and restaurant, bins, m. c., donna Three Neal Sisters opened at th- Don Dickerman'’s Daffydill last week for indef engagement. OPERA SUBSCRIBERS FROWN AT NEW TAP Chicago, Oct. 21.

Chicago’s Civic Opera season is reported to be already $150,000 be- | hind 1929, At present subscribers are being asked to kick-in addi- tional money, ranging from $1,000 a person to $500. Extra subscrip- tion is being asked, it is reported, because of the heavy expense of the new building, erected last y« An effort, early in the week, was made to } h opera into the ranks of big biz y stagir i gigantic icket sale drive and ealling it era weet All el ransit platforms became ticket booths, with Insull empl é hing out and grabbing everyone Some of those asked to subscribe | further the ground deeper. have refused, on can’t go in any money they Season lasts 110 performances } here, with the local papers giving ithe opera all the best of it, and j} never a word of criticism. Because lof this “civic attitude” of the rags, | many claim the operas will never be uniess the bad |}panned, and the public ; much ones are given a | break. JOSIAH ZURO KILLED IN COAST CAR CRASH San Diego, Oct. 21. 37, was fatally hurt Josiah Zuro, 37, Saturday night (18) when his auto overturned on Torrey Road, north of La Jolla. Zuro, musical director for the Pathe studios and a composer of note, apparently lost contro! of the car, which he driving. It climbed an embankment and over- turned, pinning Zuro beneath. Oscar Potoker, 40, also of Holly- | wood, in the car at the time, crawled free from the wreckage and summoned help. Zuro died while being rushed to the Memorial Hos- pital. Potoker will recover. Zuro's are in the Jolla funeral home pending a for- mal inquest. Following this they will be shipped to New York for | burial. Mrs. | body after were

was remains La Hugo Retsenfled brought the back to Hollywood where, Jewish Orthodox § services held today (Tuesday), it will be shipped to New York for inter- ment, Zuro was born in Bialastok, Rus- sia. He came to Ameriea about 20 years ago, making his debut with the Metropolitan Opera Company at the age of 16. For a number of years Zuro was associated with Reisenfeld at the Rialto, New York, also conducting shows for Frohman and Ziegfeld, Zuro came out here for Pathe about 18 months ago under a five year contract. He was engaged to score foreign productions, He is survived by his mother, a brother, and a geister, all living in New York Reisman for Publix Leo Reisman is doubling. In addi- tion to waving the baton at the Casino, New York, he will spend bis spare time doing the same thing at the Broadway Paramount starting Oct. 24, HERE AND THERE Ted Fiorito band, goes into the Low Hotel, St. Paul, for four weeks beginning Nov. 1, and then to jthe Schroeder, Milwaukee, for an | additional month. Clyde McCoy and band the Drake Hotel, Chi WGN nightly, @ividing Coon-Sanders.

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Paul Christensen orchestra has signed to continue’ broadcasting over WKY, Oklahoma Cit; until | June 1, 1931. Longest contract ever | consummated by the station. - Frank Novak, Jr., and orchestra open at the St. Moritz Hotel, New York, next week (25). Ben Pollock and his N. B. C. or- chestra open at the Gibson Hotel, } Cincinnati, Nov. 3, for ten weeka,

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1 Ci r t t 0 © A... 4.2. ool et =X, = OUTDOORS Wednesday, October 22, 1936 eee ae Oa — aa —— a — . ° > 7 7 This Year’s Pay Claim Circus Afloat l lary e Circus aboard the old U. S. War- Looks Very Big as Next ship Illinois, docked at 97th Street ow Been ile y ’ T t J b Sh ° k and the North river, New York, and HENRY S. CREAMER FRANK HOWARD ear $ en 0 rin S| used as a Naval Reserve training Henry Sterling Creamer, 51, col- Frank Howard, veteran actor, ae ship, opens Nov. 4. Barnum and _ actor anc vricis jie . l le« ct. é j i Actors’ Fun —— a } s aes ored actor and lyri rater: Oct. 14) died Oct + in the Actors . und Chicago, Oct. 21. | Bailey acts for the show, sponsored Fe te ee ree eer Seem | Seen a eee ms N. J»| Figuring little likelihood of being| by the 1st Battalion of the Navy of . oe aoe. ee eeae a ada where he had been under the care re-employed next year anyhow, | Militia. Profits to ship’s ‘Mercy lowing 4 wee nd of illness at his! of the fund for three months. some of the general agents of the! Fund.” home, 110 Wes* 131st street. Mr. Howard made his stage debut] six Ringling circuses are preparing $1.00 top. Mr. Creamer died just when his/ with the Home Towners’ Co. in Sanj|to fight for the money they claim Sam Brody, Pp. a. greatest success had been obtained | Francisco in 1874 and had played | Was illegally withheld from their - ected Chicago, Oct. 21. as a songwriter, his “If I Could Be|ijin “Pinafore.” He appeared inj} salary at the end of this year’s cir- Acting spontaneously but la With You One Hour Tonight’ vaude and once was a member of;cus tour, N W k b tL A Fl d d | % ; . ; soit : . wart} oe unison, the independent fair agen- (Remick’s), which he wrote with / the Clipper Quartette, singing bass; | Men are paid off on the basis of 0 or ? u 7 ’ 00 € | os : ee a Jimmy Johnsor coiored) in 19-6, | also working with the act of Adams,|a 30 week season instead of a 40| With L ff (i A t | cles decided to eliminate “pay or but vy revived for a topical I Casey and Howard. When he re-| week, pro rating of $5,000. At the l ayo Ircus C S| play” contracts for the coming hit, bein imong tne song ie tired he became a theatre doorman. | finale pay-off this extra ten weeks —— year. In place of the fixed contr ret. He \ born June 21, 1879 in He was born in New York and is was withheld because, as was | Los Angeles, Oet, 3i. the new scheme will have the agen- Richmond, Va the son of Rev vived by a son, Joseph Pamental, | Pointed out by the Ringling office,| with closing of the Barnes, Rob-| cies appointed as personal repre- Siciite nd Anna Lewis Creamer. | Grantwood, N. J.. and a dauchter, | the season was really approximately bins and Shell Bros. circuses in this uw ‘a : a pre :; ao ae ae ae ee ; ! “ee oe _| sentatives for the actors. His early edu ion was obtained in Mrs. M. Kiely, West Norwood, N. J Only 26 W Ks. | vicinity, L. A. is loaded with circus sentatives I € the New York public schools. Interment in family plot, Holy According to the g.a.’s, and their | acts looking for a chance to grab The elimination of the “pay or Mr. Creamer had been most pro- | Name cemetery, Jersey City. version of the contracts they should a day here and there in pictures.| play” papers is brought about by lific in song writing and hac writ- | ———- ne paid for the full 40 weeks, | Added to this number are the es the terrific number of claims of acts ten for several stars. He wrote the} despite shortness of season. So far | bers of other tricks now closed, who . : . ; a : io : : on unfulfilled contracts this past Ernest Hogan show, “The Oyster | BOB EMERSON |} no action. | make their homes on the coast. 1 ; ” 11-1 P . | > mers - ras tila an 2 @ Sstims ‘ acts os Man. In collaboration with the | bob Emerson, 45, wa kille . in Until this year the Barnes show season. Estimated that acts st late Alex. Rogers (colored) he wrote — nine ged ect + — 7 ° has been strictly an animal circus.| more than 200 weeks on contracts and staged “The Old Man's Boy.” | McMinnville, Tenn. Emerson did! Log An eles Lookin | This year a number of acts were| due fairs failing to open or neg- He had been associated in writing | 2 Vaudeville turn under the name | g : | of Kane and Gray. In Loving Memory of HARRY ENNIS | (“Bell” of “Variety’’) who died October 12, 1924 | Mrs. Richard J. Ennis Mrs. Harry Ennis | Bert Ennis Leslie Ennis Ciara Ennis | | Years but serve to memory clearer. etch your with Will Vodery, Will Tyers, James F. Hanley, Peter de Rose, Fortuneo Bonoboba, Con Conrad and Lou Handman. For six years he teamed with Turner Layton and they turned out erroneously reported his |} ette, Ohio, was | to Glendale | Felger | partner of Harry Hart. such songs as “Sweet Emmalina My yal,” “Sweet and Pretty,” “After You've Gone,” “The Song Mule,” “Way Down Yonder in New Or- leans” 2nd “Dear Old Southland.” He wrote the book and lyrics for “Three Showers,” which was pro- duced by Charles D. Coburn and he (Creamer) starred in “Strut Miss Lizzie,” which he wrote. He wrote with Max Rith, “My Blue Bird Was Caught in the Rain.” IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN TILLER Who departed this life October 21, 1925 MARY At the time of his death he had completed the manuscript of two plays, a drama with music, and a musical comedy. In later life he had found time to give instructions in stage danc- ing. He was a member of the Amer- ican Society of Authors and Com- posers and the Dramatists’ Guild. He is survived by his widow, Lil- Yian Fairley Creamer, Henry Creamer by a former marriage; stepson, Henri Wessels, dancer, and son, two sisters. The remains were cremated in Fresh Pond, ks LI. IDA KRAMER Ida Kramer, 52 (Mrs. Ida Schneider), Jewish actress, died Oct. 15 at her home, 374 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, of heart trouble. Miss Kramer had been on the stage ever since she was 14 and appeared in nearly every Jewish theatrical company in extstence. She was prominent in shows pre- sented by Jacob Adler and David Kessler. She had also worked in England. Miss Kramer originated the part of Mrs. Isaac Cohen in ‘ Rose.” She was popular on the east side, was a member of Hebrew Actors’ Union, Equity, and the Jewish The- atrical Guild. Her husband vive Abie'’s Irish and two sons sur- PHILLIP HIRSHOFF Phillip Hirshoff, 55, formerly pro- duced vaude acts about Chicago, died Oct. 14 at the Wacker Hotel, Chi. Hirshoff had been ill for some time with tuberculosis and inac- tive. Survived by his wife, Emma. Burial Oct. 16, in Chicago. first vaude part- Mrs. Felger of Iay- also killed. She was It was at ner, privately | only slightly injured, A train struck the car in which |} the act was jumping from Memphis to North Carolina. The body of Emerson was taken for interment. Mrs. was formerly in vaude as JOHN F. O'CONNELL John F. O'Connell, 564, theatre manager, died in Halifax, N. S., Oct. 12 of paralysis. Mr. O’Connell died on the eve of the opening of a new Par-Famous Players house in Hali- fax which he was to manage. He was manager of the Academy of Music and its successor, the Majestic. He had been manager of Halifax theatres for 24 years. Sur- IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY FATHER ROBERT GARNELLA Who died Oct. 20, 1927 ELSIE GARNELLA viving are the widow, two daughters and two sons, one of the latter be- ing manager of the Garrick in Hal- ifax. Just a few weeks ago Mr. O'Connell attended a conference of Famous Players Canadian managers at Toronto. MAYME BRYANT Mayme Bryant (Mrs. Harold Preston), 56, who had appeared in both legit and vaude, died Oct. 14 in Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, where she had been under the care of the Actors’ Fund Her husband survives. Miss Bryant was related to the late Frank Mayo, actor, and made her last stage appearance in a Bronx stock company in January, IN FOND MEMORY OF JANE CONNELLY October 25, 1925 Honorable Wu CRORE RET aL AST SECU EE 1929. She had also been a member of the Louis Werba stock in Brook- lyn. Her most notable legit en- gagement was in “Strongheart.” WILFRED BERRICK Wilfred Berrick, 48, vaudevillian, died Oct. 18 of heart trouble at his home in Far Rockaway, N. Y. He was formerly of the team of Berrick and Hart (Lillian D.) who had played in different acts includ- ing Gus Edwards’ “School Days” and B. A. Rolfe’s “A House Boat.” Mr. Berrick married his stage partner, Miss Hart, about 17 years ago, who, with two daughters, Betty, 13, and an infant, survive. Interment in St. Michael's Ceme- tery, Astoria, L. I. CHARLES HARTLEY Charles Hartley, 78, actor, died Oct. 13 at 145 Palisade Road, Fort Lee, N. J., of a complication of dis- eases, Mr. Hartley had been on the stage about 50 years and had been in sup- port of McKee Rankin, Daniel Band- man, George Edgar and other stars Tough, Robbins Quits Los Angeles, Oct. 21. Robbins Brothers circus, billed to play in and around here this month, closed at Bakersfield, Cal... Oct. 14. Show was shipped from that point to winter quarters when Buchanan, owner of the trick, de- cided that the southern part of the state was too tough to buck. Shell Brothers circus, which win- tered here last year, is now in the State routed as far as Hynes, Cal, a suburb of Los Angeles, where it will winter. Rodeo Ponies Trampled to Death Dallas, Oct. 21. Rodeo at Texas State Fair here sot a bad break before opening when 40 of the best riding horses trampled each other to death in their box cars, enroute from Pol- istra, Kan. stables. Fair forced to order another ship- ment of ponies for rodeo. of earlier years. In later years Mr. Hartley had worked in films. The funeral was conducted by the Actors’ Fund with interment in the fund plot in Kensico cemetery. PATRICIA CLARK Patricia Clark (26), of the vaude team of Walsh and Clark, and in private life the wife of Billy Walsh, died suddenly Saturday (18) in Sy- denham Hospital, N. Y. Miss Clark was at one time a featured showgirl in Carroll’s “Van- ities,” but devoted her later years to vaude. Besides her husband, three brothers survive. The body was sent to St. Paul for burial. THOMAS M. GORMAN Thomas M. Gorman, 77, oldest of the seven Gorman brothers of by- gone theatrical fame, died recently in Ottawa, Conn. Another brother, Mike, died last April. Following their retirement from the _ stage, where they were famous as clog dancers, the Gorman brothers be- came noted as horsemen and Peter and Jerry Gorman still have stables. ETHEL G. CRANE Ethel Gordon Crane, character actress, committed suicide by poison in a hotel room at San Bernardino, Cal. Her home was Tujunga, near Los Angeles. Her only daughter was a suicide a week prior at Rockford, Il. The widow, 39, of Frank A. Goteh, world’s champion wrestler, died Oct. 15 in Humboldt, Ia. Eddie Kane, manager of Sammy | Mandell, Oct. 17. died at Petrosky, Mich., Adams, doorman, Woonsocket, R. L, William F. Stadium theatre, died Oct. 15. DEATHS ABROAD Paris, Oct. 10. Funeral took place on Oct, Germain, owner, with Rene, of the Abbayie de Theleme night club. He died on Oct. 4 of heart disease. Be- fore his Abbayie de Theleme days he had been headwaiter at the Clar- idge. Madame Ferrat of the Opera Comique died on Oct, 6, James | 8 of |}added with the animal end of the | performance played down, for the |grab off any dates locally are slim, }as most of the fairs are over. Only opportunity they have for work is the Shrine Indoor Circus in Jan- uary and department store work during the Christmas holidays. Chances performers to Robbins Bros. Circus in New Winter Quarters Chicago, Oct. 21. Robbins Bros.’ Circus will close at Alva, Okla., Oct. 18, and will go into winter quarters at Lancaster, Mo. Outfit, until this year, has wintered at Granger, Iowa. Circus is the last of the railroad | outfits to fold, an extended trip to the west coast pulling the season up to 32 weeks. R. M. Hall, who owns the winter barns where the show will be stored, buys and sells show property, which makes it ap- pear that Fred Buchannan, owner, may be going to drop the show en- tirely. Buchannan, early last spring, was given a tough run by the Ringling circuses. He survived because of his excellent showmanship, altho several times he threatened to quit. The trip to the coast was not all expected, with the stop-off at Lan- caster for the cold months. Golf and Rink Open on Sunday—Owner Arrested Waterville, Me., Oct. 21. Rev. Frederick W. Smith, Super- intendent of the Christian Civic League, has caused the arrest of Jack B. Banks, of Manchester, for operating a miniature golf course and roller skating rink on Sunday. Banks declined to close the amusements so Smith obtained a warrant. The “blue laws” also keep Maine theatres closed on the Sab- bath. Stranger Than Fiction Galveston, Oct. 21. Explosion of an oil stove caused $25,000 fire damage in the San Au- gustine County fair grounds. Fire prevention exhibit of the San Augustine fire department was de- stroyed. Miller Bros. shows suffered costly damage. SKATING AT RYE PARK Rye, N. Y., Oct. 21. The mammoth arena in the Ca- sino at Playland, Westchester Coun- ty’s big summer amusement park |} here, will be kept going all winter las an indoor skating rink. A lseries of contests and exhibitions is programmed. ice | Graduated Mendlesohn Chicago, Oct, 21. | George J. Mendlesohn, former DP. |}a., 101 Ranch, appointed manager Crescent, New Orleans. Mendlesohn was formerly in the legit field. Ringling Buys Hossick Contract Chicago, Oct. 21. J. A. B. Hossick, former confi- dential auditor, America Circus Corp., received a check for $1,500 payment in full for his contract when Ringling took over the office. Hossick has retired. lecting to pay off. Coast Reports Barnes Show Will Be Sold Los Angeles, Oct. 21. It igs understood out here that the Al Barnes circus, one of the Ring- ling properties, is to be sold down the river. According to reports, the outfit, strictly a west coast show, is too far away from the home base to be operated efficiently and the various execs who traveled with the show during the past season were unfam- iliar with west coast conditions, making it necessary to route the trick through the Canadian prov- inces, where it did a nose dive. If the show is sold, it is under- stood, the Ringling organization will retain a cut and work with the new owners so that the show will not conflict with their other prop- erties. Condition of sale will be that the show remains west of the Mississippi. All-Colored Marathon of Dance and Vaude Skits Dallas, Oct. 21. Gardner Park, local amusement spot, conducting marathon composed of all negro dancers. Idea is come- bination of dance and vaude skits, with contestants judged on ability to entertain as well out-sticking in the grind. Winner gets $1,000. Clicking, with good biz. And it’s third marathon in town for past coupla years. Downie Circus $10,000 Suit Against Barnes Augusta, Me., Oct. 21. James Heron of Havre de Grace, Md., who operates Downie Brothers circus, is bringing action in Kenne- bec superior court, in session here, against Al G, 3arnes circus of Baldwin Park, Calif. Heron alleges that on July 26, the agents of the Barnes show in Augusta covered advertising posters of his on display here with posters for the rival circus. He asks dam- ages in the sum of $10,000. CARNIVALS (For current week (October 20-25), when not otherwise indicated) Alabama, Wiggins, Miss. Alamo Expo., Antonio, Tex. Bernardi Greater, Emporia, Va. Bunts, Columbia, 8. C. Cetlin & Wilson, Sanford, N. C. Coe Bros., Pelham, Ga, Corey Greater, Shelby, N. C. Dixie Expo., Dyersburg, Tenn Douglas Greater, Youngsville, N. C. Eddie's Rides, Bastrop, La, Ehring, Circleville, 0. Galler, Alexander City, Glick, Wilson, N. C. Great Western, Tullos, La. Hames, No. 1, il Hill, Gu Isler Gr Jones, Montgomery, Ala. Ketchum, Raleigh, N. C. Krause Greate, Monroe, N, C. La Mance, Canton, Ga.; Washington 27-1, Ala. Tex. Lee, Douglasville, Ga Leggett La. Loos, I . Marks ¢ . Melviile-f Metropolit Miller, é Page, Sparta, Ga Quality Novelty, East Radford, Va.; Am- herst, 27-1, Rice Bros.. Cordele, Ga.: Windsor, 27-1. Rice-Dorman, Center, Tex. Rogers & Powell, Carthage, Miss. Rubin & Cherry, El Dorado, Ark. Rubin & Cherry Model, Columbia, S. C. Snapp, Ft. Smith, Ark. West Coast, Minden, La. Western. J. W., Walnut Cove, N. G Wortham, John T., El Paso, Tex. ™ oe ulll wlll a> a we ~~ S fou! tak: salt and Vai aro R-} Bev! nel aln the side gen hav ture I) eve neis the inte of the nev cou tur) m ma the str¢ THE

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r a _ Wednesday, October 22, 1930 V 1RIETY 77 = ————— ————— es ee Sane AR I ARR RE AY a ra ene en a ns — NA _aeneninen —_ | j ‘ | . ’ : . . > ° P with a hoke comic, sparring and} by Ed Lee Rivers. Working along|regular six-minute concert feature i punching the bag. Doing a full week! on week-to-week basis. | nightly. Five-- pieces f Vi | here, and didn’t even manaze a re- |} —_-—— Meyer's band at Club \ ‘ j | ception from this colored house. Charles Wortham has opened a | double on the theatre job and Fiji Showings started and ended with| circle stock covering 14 towns in/trio (radio) will augment | | a colored turn, First was Don Pier-| southern Illinois. Route will be cut | aren ‘ , ison, straight singer of fot phen tunes, | to seven towns shortly, with the less R oF «ambi 1 ; Variety’s Chicago Office | Tries to reach the emotional pitch | profitable spots being eliminated. | Deacon Theatres, Inc.. just incor- s }of George Washington De wey, a | — veer: ~ operating neighborhood i do¢ sn't cet it ve | ss +o 4 - a Capitol, Man towac, VW is has wight . Ir Tl Or itors F C. Jo n- WOODS THEATRE BUILDING—CENTRAL 0844-4401 lence. Might tind a place in presen-| added vaude each week. Booked | 802% 0: E. Sheckler and Cha Oo | tations for colored spots, but as u from William Morris offik e, Chicago Tuell. | sing’ s little for vcaud Clesin a | we > . ° ; - : p rer the Five Blazes, dancing fools,| I. A. Tv. S. E at "Duluth, Minn., Rob Render forme ma Englewood in baseball uniform. Joe Renee,|‘*" ® Teutine gh Agi Mg eed regs stages a benefit sho w week of Nov.| Columbia, looking over Northwest Stage hands and musicians given| strumming a bejeweled banjo and | 5 andardized with colored hoofers as; 2. Acts will include John Thomas,} past week as special rep for nex E z : i | in J I j oe , \ 8 nt e i Oe “ue tat’? . stoi L aa : T I I four weeks’ notice in this spot to} uke, and crooning moved along en ;: eaS DM : lake oe , tt nose k woe tte ’ { aS ind Clark Top! Fox West C ist regime a take effect Oct. 26. R-K-O office | smoothly. Vound up with grand Oo nC m ic, close with a Durst of | speed Joe Cristy and Co and | falda said measure is a precautionary one | opera air, not so hot oh 8 Patel dancing, and = oS ae POM : 2 ;noonne Wy € IO ide of iOL1LS! j I) T ’ } ‘ and that vaude may continue | Bobby Pincus, guest star from the | , Have no idea = = M. 1 Howe (Fan n & Mar i | . . os nis estraint i Yr ne second Ope a will & eee fay expand in N. W . . ' ; dy sone ind dance turn nat ¢ ilr every Sa evening St ts | -K-(¢ ght lose some $1,500 every | 1 ane j 1] erre re ecau :” , 5 “ i. *. . S- 6 ‘ | — t, R-K — t e st $ : | up “i fina ly begged = because | pends largely on Healy's hoofing 1 with “Tannhause! seven days. ne nhac another turn stil at the] H a Nee s2ir of male h ois . _— } The ntire Rus Ree’ FF . r ocation of the house and its near} Palace. Grace Edler and Girls fol mor aa > os . . — ly Rast . egg ied ; & i PY ot} em Pyeng rly oc ie aie 1k aoe , a m é nee aré i ¢ a ea ‘ aiyYymy i satu 7” ’ neighbors seemingly makes vauc owed with five femmes w] MA sips ahaa Sire caged T L " fnew +} — : ; ‘ > . > i ; ease : . OUuS Macic s and inits al ; Gay v crle FUInS I i re \ Se ¢ almost impe rative if it is to xreepi mens evening clothes, rot a fai , ane a leg tha pecsege Bg ne e110} spots S ’ OUIS f meetir and s a . the box office open. Flauked on all} start Some of the team and solo} but have a tough struggle trying t« By E. M. CRIGLER ir sides by class picture houses it is} : Ambassador ‘ . vate bath). $3 per day or $18 per week. it removes last vestige of | sented at ’

| lines. 00. it's SELWYN Mats, Thurs.-Sat. Victor Bedini and Co., animal the Pantheon and Lakeside back to} Turn uses Publix-B. & K., will shortly add two ast )| trainer, closed the bill. ses A Tigh CLARK & McCULLOUGH riding dogs and monkeys in rou- houses to their list, opening the P } tines smacking of the old days when | Regent on tl e far northside as “The In the Musical Comedy a bow was a bow. 400, planning for the supposedly } “STRIKE UP THE BAND” | “The Storm” (U), featured. ritz mob in that district, while the . . treet clothes. most DbDali- 2 amrick’s Blue Mouse as | f THRILLS! CHILLS! AND LAUGHTER! | pjayers, Grimes shows a keen sense | ©la@ss from the act, t | cama | of showmanship. He is being . Gtdsol | ee dee ae ware 8 Bs 0% , for : act Turn ran a| Pfimarily on the fact that two very ts ‘ Y Matinees | coached for an act. young chile ieiukiaas's eatiieacs E RLANG a wed ay little too long, | es ms ‘ wt ire ee § and dancin ' DAVID RELASCO will present Four Top Notchers, three girls a og _ when there are enov; , : emmes in the use od I ? Wi , Ippon legge ligase Ogg one A or gl Meg haved Men” (FN) fent se qQaq j 1 vis I 1 le ised, ; sisal ‘ = 7 aN erature. ed t S a ise Child | la -o with the bo} . + aoe gee | Billy House “Resolution” (Par) me- jas did the dancing of the rest of the 1 ead . > “ ‘ a + : Last Season's N, ¥. Comedy Hit porte | short, and Par news clips completed ; s, Original Belasco Theatre Cast | Walton and Brant, in tenth place, | a Bo. id. «oi ahaa ao —— | turned out many laughs. The girl | susiness of lursday night. i : ‘or : . . nD comic gets everything from her} ‘. ; | co 6 | Essaness theatres, having turned Iss BERNADINE HAYES

pee ae Chateau, former Ascher vaude Regal stand, comes back as the Vogue. es | In order to make room for the Six W ith the ope ning of the Vogue, the howing acts, they clipped out the} Essaness Little goes back to its . BLACKSTONE } ne Page gta major portion of the regular stage |; owner who w ill convert it into an

Ine. r : ‘ CO, The Newest Play by the World © show, leaving only one turn on the indoor golfie. - ers Greatest Dramatist house show. The one act wus the ——_ e most A oe : ‘ ; ' ; adi : merica most autiful rad Art ne- BERNARD SHAW’S {former champ, Jack Johnson, and] — rtyv. St on 7" Bye ne 25 | livable s beautifu 10 rtist . | WY io et acs well have left| with stock burlesque. Jac Chris- spot in who was crowned queen of the 1930 Radio re, 66 h 99 |they might just as weil } e kK | t i ‘ A : ¢ also. Not a laugh cr an|topher here last week hiring cast. | Chicago : . : of T e pple Cart n = oS , be ( fe i} a aes oe g World’s Fair, at New York City, is @ With the Guild Acting Company interesting moment in hi wire | ms ' ' a ‘ ae routine, which includes clowning | Dr. Max rhorek, American (The permanent guest at the Hotel McCor- the ——e jatrical) Hospital, appointed honor- : in piiemenienadis ary physician of Actors’ Equity. wt mick— ers - —— 4 | Montgomery, Ala gets stock e : ( r | ph J Jv . > | { — EAS T GA a E HO I EL |shortly at the Grand. Backed by Live at the Hotel MeCormicl _ |S. Saulzbacker, with L. L. Brasfield during your Chicago engage- eve eee > Celt Aee | here engaging talent. Bond of $1,- rnd ‘ , “JUST A WHISPER FROM THE LOOP” | 900 posted, } ments. $15.00 a Week Single $20.00 a Week Twin Keds | xs ad a é ' Ontario Street at Michigan Avenue Sterling Kontos and Gregory Fr AGE You'll find it the ideal place to ; 25), house n Sterling (downstate) Ae Gl, A i ) ———— — ladded vaude. booked by Tommy af Ai bk stay—modern in every way with - Cbg # « “ne large, airy, attractive rooms | As a special favor to R-K-O, the 9523" oe 3 . a ‘ < ‘ vane, * ¢° s* é . | wievated Transit Co. Conated use of AA a As It’s convenient too—Just a five its State street crossing on which Ata Ae 68 W. Randolph St., ut Dearborn, CHICAGO (Recently enlarge were placed scarehead ads for “Half zi Rates : minute stroll from the center of Mink os ” bn aplte , ‘ Ze rn cs . R. WELCH ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER ORGAN | Shot at Sunrise,” playing opposite pe gsee s dein Our Popular Prices Kemain the Same for the Best Food it He tate Lake , DD pu - ae) a os NO COVER CHARGE OPEN ALL NIGHI t Sam Tha gar ey SGM A rendez for theatrical peo- — —<—- ————S \Tilt 7 ‘ Fran} Har Cis on x, Ge ve ee «ee Se tata) . . ’ . P F c a mt ple A t ‘ where ll f om a eli Arnold . mmm nt } HOTEL LORRAINE Gordon, Mae Ray, Jesse Fiale joined | AE gale OS 2 2 Pa rt Players, Dave Wii .a Boat ORR CHICAGO hse hae i ‘.~ 8 awd 4 . pa rton , SINGLE ROOM, BATH, $2.00 UP : ; : DOLBLE ROOM, BATH. $17.30 AND $21.60 WEEKLY O t Roch Rates: Large outside Hotel rooms $15 per week, $60 per DOLELE WITHOUT BATH. $11.00 WEERLY ( ! ry toe ! ‘ month with tub or shower. 4 = ar - “+ LEONARD HICKS. President , nag ] =a j 1, 2 and 3 room Kitchenette Apartments for 2, $25 ()) ey i! ana } ' . — — a ee r ge petri ss ae ek per week, $90 up per month; for 4, $50 per week, Rive ; $150 up per month. Am- \ IN CHICAGO ’ Ts Waller i red “« ( ILINDY’S RESTAURANT) eee C Stee Mi ton VWWie for pub il tio! } Cc. On Randolph Street : ) : cane + r uperior 7 is Home, Sweet Home. to the Profession S Mtte Citivas coubeete eaten a dna 616 Rush Street Superior 492 A Good Place to Eat and Meet his sto ompany at Rockford and One Biock West of Michigan Avenue . } 41 r pati . s j ecrammed, Management taken ovel

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VARIETY Wednesday, October 22 1930

HOLLYWOOD | and Los Angeles

SHOWFOLK’S SHOESHOP—1552 BROADWA Y

srand to help lift some of the $67,-

SS, 000 still due on club’s new play-

house. Amateurs opened season with 3ird in Hand,” Oliver Hins- dell directing. Top, $1. Doris McMahon (local), now in pictures with bit in “Madame Satan” as her first chance. Publix-Palace got good break on

am Anderson, who goes to Seattle ag head booker.

Joe Langer, former Denver “Posi” photographer, showing motion pic- tures taken by him on his last trip around the world. Lectures on them himself and shows at local churches and lodges,

= . ° 7 au ] “Variety's” Office, 6282 Hollywood Boulevard, at Vine Street (Taft Bldg.) first unit of the new type, with} Over 700 new members added to : Jimmy Ellard, former m. c. here,| the Civic Theatre list of the Univer- Phone Hollywood 6141 fer first appearance as_ traveling| Sity of Denver, m. c. in “Moonbeams,” et Lee ian i The America becomes second run. ‘ ‘ Te, eee 1 Taovae fair | 2nd Harry Huffman plans to reopen I ( ‘ ur rid fh ea z al ! or | Latest local development is decision ee tepe gee a yexas fair, | the Tabor ina aie - Oo | of Citizer Club to replace six bil- opened Oct z : £O1 he days, running a . 2m ‘ lliard tables with a nine-hole outfit.| +@XaS5 State Fair here close com- at P 0 ; —_—— _ t : Monroe © l¢ 1dded > d O Line | —— BRONX, N. » « Ev ) rincid bie Half God Uni Empire closed for renovation. | D i aducer | | Reopens with Charles Sesonske, | Wa 1 Allen, of the Loew offices Oo | Northern New York exhib inter- | KANSAS CITY arranging a special program for the . | ste c ith ric “itzer j bservance rf he 7 by ai ive SAN FRANCISCO sted with Morris Fitzer. By WILL R. HUGHES observance of the second anniver- —_ Shubert—Frit ber (Shakespearear r of Loew’s 167th street theat : sical : wl > ? : ; = 1 « ~ ‘ ; - eaaing Nig * . : ° . P . tion on Film Row. SQuawk 1S Bat - | bomb in the Hester theatre in San j}and radio fields. Royal—“‘O'd English.” & 6 Schweid'’s Yiddish legit venture at ney set up shop right next door to} Jose. near here, was sentenced to | ae Pantages—‘‘The Bad Man"; F. & M.| the Intimate Playhouse, which got Vitaphone and painted \ itaphone | six months in the county jail and “Schoolgirl,” headed for Broad- | Idea ; off to a poor start. trademark on his window. Vita says | fined $500. Sutton was caught when! way, has two Syracuse players in| Empress—Burlesque (Mutua!) hoes 1e’ sleading students an in-| he lingere t watc!l he 7 ‘e e leads { a R ‘ chae % art , ] mi l ding tuder ts ind in-|he ling d to atch the feature the leads, Joanna Roos and Mi hael | ao Fe ——— F Phil Shapiro, former newspaper- fringing its registered trademal |} picture after he id placed the/ Barr, formerly known in stock as | following Fritz Leiber at the man, now operating the Bronx Play : * | bomb Horace Michaels. | Chabert, “Sons.@ Gane’ slays O06l Oe co sen see ee ee . as ei oe Ps = house, formerly the New Roval the- 4 aitéiets - co 7 - days, breaking the jump from Dal- | a mictus I | jt Sif = | - 7 ‘ : ™ 1.3 ar ; c, OX. Sir : - 8 " ae ar n — so “mpire—‘‘Sugar Babies Emmett Corrigan, “Half Gods,” 1 “Michael and Mary,” current at| Loew's, Keith’s and the Strand re- i Harry Tenbrook, *Seas Beneat 'l the Aleazar. will be followed by}sort to them for pictures deemed | ROCHESTER, N. Y. AKT : Fox : l“Stepping Sisters.” Title sound: a above the average, | BY DON RECORD _ Warner Brothers made Daniel Jay Ward, “Reducing.” Metro bit suggestive in the face of Dufty’ s | ae | Lyceum ( Are Ripe’ (Oct et I nkereyee supervisor of bookings Pete Cawthorne, “T! Modern | avowed clean play dictum. At the Local fans, a year or SO ago, were 3 ewe ne . jin New Jersey. World,” Fox | President “Dracula” is to succeed | taking in an average of two shows R- K- oO Temple Halt Shot. e Ben , = . , ‘ree a B ait oho t Sun- or ’ Tanya ledor, Irene! “Boudoir Bert Lytell ir “Brothers” and in|} weekly, but the majority today are rise’; “Shadow Ranch.’ . _ The Playhouse has adopted an Diplomat.” Universal | t n will be followed by Charlotte patronizing one. And they're shop- Leow’ s Rochester Up the River” economy program All ads in the Winifred Dunn adaptir Mother’s | Greenwood in “Parlor, Bedroom and | ping for that one. a ao j papers were eliminated starting 4 . eC . : _ Whe astman Vonte arlo tay 4 sAay . Ee dae ° ‘ ~ Millions,” Liberty Bath Lo a xhibitors concur that the nomen Holiday ; fom aia | Saturday. Prices next Saturday cut Charles Chase, Dorothy Grainge! ; Shopping practice here is general. Piccadilly —Dark |} to 25-50 from the present 25-65. Del Henderson, Hlizabeth orrester | Jear Jarvis blonde film actress | Daily, scores of patrons Stop at the Little Cinema ‘Siegfried ei and Eddie Dillon, “What a Man,” | who was here with Inez Norton, in- | ticket windows, ask the prices, size Strand. yp Hl. M. Warner and Spiro Skouras Roach l timate of the late Arnold Rothstein, | of programs, outline of the story of | Y¥amily—Change. P es ofle 4 tie New —— Po gp ay 6 3 : ; ; a a te 8 eae - - are personally inspecting the ew s Claude Gillingwater, “Stampede” |has been doing a lot of talking in| the feature, and, if in doubt, Say a sc 7 Pee acd Jersey W.B. houses (remake of “North of 36°"), Pa the papers explaining na black eye | they'll walk up the Main Stem first R-K -O remple, with owest first . Jean Arthur, William Bovd (stage) | that the news lads reported she re- | and look around. chars Tain ae ~~ city, packed ‘em | Ln ur, : echo : ‘elation Sects: » ey PA, SSSA SE a with “Africa Speaks.” and fom Kennedy, “On the opot, | ceived during a fracas in a local | Par supporting Jack Oakie }gambling joint. Miss Jarvis is the | . c aim Ste ‘ | PORTLAND, ORE. Harry Green and Dixie Lee, “No| girl whe figured in a fight three | CINCINNATI Sampson theatre, Penn Yan, con- | Broadway—‘Those Three French Girls.” Limit Par | years ago in Laurel Canvon, Holly- verted for min iature golf. Paramount—Her Wedding Night aero . . ae Gateraianl Nich a? By JOE KOLLING anenee Orpheum—‘“‘Her Man.” Juliette Compton and Carol Lom wood etween William Nigh, pic- | : : ony ’ aa : Pag Par. | ture director, atid Edwin Usher, Jr.,| Shubert—Scarlet Sister Mar Victoria, former vaude and bur- United Artists—“Whoopee bard, untitled Willian Powell, t Pee a - sini ; thie, Albee Heads Up’’; vaude, lesque 1 ous = lark yes I » | poe ee deeonhs Larry Kent, Walter C Kelly, | football player | Wyrie The Big House,” resi, ee ae. enend to - | Music Box—"Old English.” “Seas Beneath,” Fox |} Palace—‘Laughter.” razed for parking station. Built 20 = 140099 24 Copy ‘ra ncic heatres ¢s , ned | Capitol Girl of Golden West.’”’ ears ago, theatre was bought re- Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick a Irrancisco theatre are lined : , ’ . ; ‘ys - ac ‘ y - ; 4 : P ny ia | Keith’s—‘“‘Man Trouble.” e , , , Pas . James Fraser replaced Coney stan a , | 00 i heir batile against the an P cently by M. H. Kuhn, Hollywood, “ Lumsden Hare, Myrna Toy and Wil | Pp i 1 Lt en pack S. an yf ae Strand—‘‘Anybody’s Woman.” Calif for $420000 at = a a ite Holmes as manager of the Publix liam V. Mong, “Connecticut Yankee, proposed bill to make daylight sav- Family Concentratin’ Kid’; “Recap sate » VS0V, At ANKPUPTC) Paramount Latter goes to N. Y¥. Fox. ing a law in California Nov. 4. tured Love.” Sale, ies z ene ’ a . = N Y ——— A mass meeting was called at Taft—Stuart Walker (stock). idaiaaal - I'raser came here from N. Y. midnight in the St. Francis theatre. Cox—National Players (stor layvsl ] atre resents " 3 s . r 7 e L\ “ted peo od ym nara yee Theatre employees were told what Empress—Burlesque (Mutual). ATLANTA Carl Werner now p. a. for Ilame ance. te tin } t. 23 the passing of the law would mean S : . rick’s Music Box c 58 4 ; we 7 > . ‘ or ‘ - oy - “Giifton Camp. Burr King. Bruce | 088 of receipts to their employers.| Stuart Walkers iith local rep By ERNIE ROGERS oe ie ae 1 lair For st thy le id Each theatre employee present ason cpens this week with ‘Re- Evlanger~ ah Harold Mann new p. a. at R-K-O EY yre ‘ “le ‘ ‘res 1e ae _ “ % ” : ar gina r.°° evans and Blaine Forrest the leads. | wo. urged to make the matter a| bound. In the cast are Regins Ane Cae ee: Orpheum ‘eliapinige Valk: rt . a = Hol A - Capitol—‘‘Her Man. ° ' personal fight Wallace, Victor Jory, Gloria Holden, Paramount—"Bright Wights.”’ ——- No picture names for the Civic eisneinlalinnetinpenict . Jay Fassett, Grant Gordon, Joan Georgia—“‘Her Wedding Night.” Frank O’Bryant new p. a, at For Repertory. Paul Irving, supervising Raecka, Judith Lowry and Aldrich Rialio—‘‘Double Cross Roads.” Broadway director, said nix six times when SYRACUSE N Y Bowker ——- : eae to q . re ™ ‘ asked if Betty Bronson would be , . - Erlanger closed Saturday (18) Marc Bowman new manager at the Peter Pan of the Rep'’s Christ- B HESTER B. BAHN The National Players, now inj|after seven weeks of stock. Biz} pore pen. abiieg . I y . _+ : ; fare , lox Broadway. mas bill. Keith’s——“Her Man": vaude. - their fifth week, are grossing a| picked up great with Alice Brady as LE ‘. _ ; > ahilite le *s UB yy, Wom: ot as- reeklyv aver , F ; star Casting will be on ability only, wh s—'DuBart Woman o weekly average of close to $5,000. guest star. Fox Broadway started Saturday Warners’ Strand—‘The Office Wife.” ; Thrift hooks aes iia eee midnite mats. Most downtown Paramount—“The Sania Fe Trail.” The Cincinnati Zoo Opera Ballet ine a ; she las , lift. Dur- houses now give midnite mats every | Fox-Eckel—"Liliom with 82 dancers, is splitting top or gg ig ngage ge ee — Saturday nite. The natives take Dorothea Antel Witi , it st ae , ieniies ‘Gimine honors on the current bill at the] thri t veel RS ae Se ene Oe their baths before or after depend- | Vith no legit shows rie. ge wt Albee with the Watson Sisters. The rAil Sips. “ ing on the dirt in the program. 226 W. 72d St ee eee ee * | ballet is the first local act Le ived John TI ; . ray a E ad Wieting for a garage site, L peimpncnbch, by R-K-O since taking over the prey ts now managing ipi- New York City in dramatic classes at §S yracuse | Albee tol for R-K-O : University ure patronizing flicker | oe - -- FAM O U S ° version of stare plays George Ar-| Soy) Wal d : > . Fox and Georgia have patched up The Sunshine Shoppe cecs® )! Mnelis nefited at he | Bar! ler, a jaz band p trouble witl nusicians’ : inion ¢ | liss Old Enelis) benefited at tl a ti = ne Starts ya edet l 1 musician union and T Strand o7 nde? idua patronage | a ake - over Swiss me oe 1s ( ‘ = now are offering stage shows. Cap- STEIN BOOKLE last wee and t weel it’s } rhs i Sweep wee id renamed i e s| itol, Paramount and Rialto continue Guervinis & Co | “Liliom" at the Fox-Eckel which | G2'dens to have no flesh | “Lili i Xx l The Leaging and | 1} stud ae 5 saee =: ore Largest | rd | ACCORDEON Uers | “Factory. | a | OKLAHOMA CITY | DENVER in the Uniteo State Fox-Eckel will show The Indians } By GEO. NOBLE Aladai ; The only Factory | » ‘ominge” serial) at } ri y . addin Holiday." 7] that make: anv set Are Coming (st rial ‘ a ail pel 1 Criterion “What a Widow!’ Denver -“Her Wedding Night"; tag “HOW TO MAKE UP of Reede — made & | TOrMANCES and it is a special Capitol—‘‘Maybe It's Love.” . ‘ A a a ind | Saturday come-on for childre Midwest —‘‘Rain or Shine." , ‘Madame DuRar Complete instruction in the ‘Art 277-278 Cotumbus = oe Orpheum—‘‘For the Love o’ 1 Tabor—Closed for alterations of Make-Up” for amateur and . venue Peewe = n he line i Liberty—‘Man Trouble.” Rialto Numbered Mer : : wan wrens. Ca Zz "* ae golt . ao > ow h . e. Empress—''Numbered Men." Broadway— Apron Strings professional wee. Straight roles, bree ‘atalogues | West bu coming strong ere, | ia é oa character roles, etc. 16 pages | Tiarry Niemeyer resigned as pub- Mildred Cook, New York actress in color, Free to anyone. Write m YY. ie ity director for Warner theatres| received a final decree of divorce STEIN COSMETIC CO. here to take similar position at the! from Osmer Elton Cook in District Dept. 50, 51 Madison Ave., N. Vs rpheum, St. Louis. Todd Fergu-|Court here and her maiden name aera son replaced him here, |} Manning, restored to het T a's a | J Tr ' P llenase the Hit of the pe The John Francis Shows have| 1. %. Savage, now assistant mai HEA A ‘ ° tablished winter headquarters }| ager Pathe exchange Suceeds H. ] THE STANDARD ENGRAVING CO. Ine. Line-up Costumes That Your | 253 - 247 E4572 ST New YORK ° . | Dancers Find Practical! -——— - | 4 ' for Rent, Sale or Manufactured to Your Designs S | Vor Prices DALLAS | STRICTLY UNION MADE ° . | | Wire or Write HARRY BOURNE By RUDY DONAT 3 CARE Majestic Lady Surrende vaude ea rica run Ss | Palace lier Wedding Nig stage | } ANCHON: MARCO COSTUME @|| EEE Hartmann, Oshkosh & Mendel Trunk Old Mill Big Boy.” | -" MODEDLS—ALT. SIZES ON HAND | Caiptol Africa Speak | GREATLY REDUCED PRICES 643 SO. OLIVE ST, LOS ANGELES.CAL. ‘Beit ~~~ ieee | | pei mi | — =| Goldkette’s Casa Loma band | hooked for Adolphus hote! during | Also 1,000 USED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, $5 and Up EH. NEE E DE ee |; State Fair. Hotel reported after WE DO REPATRING WRITE FOR CATALOG "i Babe Egan's redheads for the win- ; aR EES TEN Gy Ueeemmatronaie GZ: SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. __ ; % ° | bd t* — yr } 4 o | ° | :. : oy hoes for the Stage and Street Local Little Theatre boosting | 568 Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets, New York City ; memberships (life) at $250 per. Idea SOLE AGENTS FOR H € M TRUNKS IN THE FAST | 4 is to sell at least 100, with the 25 Phones: longacre 6197 Pennsylvania 9064 |

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Prac : , Wednesday, October 22, 1930 i = VARI . ' renee a rs ETY =o 2 P — : Se ite rf ITTSBURGH | , — | 79 By HAR - scons a _, BY HAROLD W. COHEN 7 LETTERS LOUISVILLE, KY. | s oma Slizabeth the Juee , . P ‘ ic~ Alvin _“Street Singer.” Q en. wana Sending for Mal) te Seen Oh Sailor. Behave.” rip Pitt—"‘Sure wee” tihaee éleck) - TY Address Mai) Clerk. tg on Shot at Sun Rise.” em Academy— Burlesque (Mutual) . OSTCARDS ADVE | Ri: so 4 derson ‘Heads Up.” ° ry. “ ™ >] cnew Ment—'Uncie Tom's Cadin’ CIRCULAR 1 eens. oe il Se a eee light.” wR. { ‘ 7 hes ncle Tom’s Cabin” (14t R LETTERS W iiete—“ ing Night, ie te / IL = : week) n eee ILL WN ate Du F m 2 I: QO > 7 Pict | BE ADVERTISED vs Strand—"'Lil nook 4 | " J ~ 4 : ictures 1} LET ‘s Penn—‘‘Her Wedding Night” Ba | Bi ADVERTISED oN | > cee PER ghow. ; stage | NE ISSUE ONLY { Cincinnati Symphony Or ; Stanley—‘*Mayb , ere at the var re ery chest ere. how. ybe It's Love”’; stage | a = cieauni pis Memorial Auditorium | Warner—“Danger Lights.” | Avallon Bob | Hassan Ed | iround $2,700. | Aldine Love in the Rou >) P | He acl sdward J . ‘ — ; tough Bolton N C nryck M T : un Fulton—‘‘Her Man.” eal C Mrs | ethineton kstiur niversity of Louisville P: : SS ; , a —‘Temptation.” Br meee = M | ‘ = rthur | Staged Mark Reed's “Ty iyers | ve WE'RE HOME -5ENO en inright “Sinners’ a ennan Harry N ones W | rocket : Ae Sky - THE GRO ) gh nners Holiday”’; stage | Bryant B -_ Jones Wm Hayw’d ; “ t to fair biz for two day ei Meier t.. ay REASONABLY PRICED x. sn) Sheridan Sq. He } * } _ F . natinee Players had the or ; — back several m ynths, Nixon next | y we | Lind Helen I date Ker 21-22 t e, lip courHat - 2 week gets opening of the Sturges- Da s Richard H |. of Masor rc a G i © | our roceries — the Jacquet operetta, “Well. of ‘Ro | Deegan Charles _ I Strut - in annual meeting. H youre FATome / > ato 3 mance Show goes into Mew ete | Deroche ¢ S Charles AP old Masonic Temple building A — tre My following week. ‘ W rk | Devoe Franl wie i . Pp i lease stipulates Masons us " = kinson H ich year during state meetir ° . ee |} Dodge Beth & , 2 Jackie Heller (local) head! | ) P Rae . —_ ‘ L0Cé dlining ; 7 NY rf ’ : , ark Show Zoat (river cabaret) Sew | Edgeworth Thomas| Resnick Sop} ae mnt ; the the atres have cut out at week while laying of ante ’ il at many previews as possible sin Bes Z : ying off prio: to open- Gaschen A J operators obtai ‘ since Got ing with Benny Davis act at Par 7 | Walker Frank for the 1 tained @ raise in Salar} ' amount Grill. wig ar- | Harvey Raye | Waters agiy pete? xt two years. System n - Pee CH } Weils Car | s ~ either open films cold and reed er- United Artists’ iCAGO OFFICE }a chance on smooth running or Ave plenty of ccdener an Re e doing Hughes & Man'ring | Olin Mrs M B me en three or four features at one 34 7 “ i P= 565 £& on Sddie Can- } 2 e. : ne- tors W hoopee 08 Originally set as Leslie Mona Roth Robert —_———s 4 Modern a WEST 55ié +‘ STREET run at Aldine, Penn ar tes Smith Rex T _ ory Fireproof Llevator Apart z¢ at announced last | J. H. Thuman, c 2-3-4 essing week it would get the picture and | ths ioadaed Sn Lk Aoeentinn, Monae} | ROOM SUITES 4 now it’s back at the Aldi t “Fr 1s] Ptah a net in La Argentina, Span- | FROM $130.°° up M “Aba ae lowing “Billy the Kid.” e fol-| and slot machines out. It’s another | « 1 dancer, Oct. 30. Thuman will "" - OWNER MANA p MONTHLY b ) Pic} 2 ‘ G > . dressed up for the picture me A } me: handl , rake Rights Corp. wil £0. P. SCHNEIDER. Prop I ure. ll shows got a break over weel 1andle exclusive distribution in thi FURN ; . Kaper: er > ° . 7 ve eek ter: it rv 7 7 : nis Stephanie Diamond and Cl } — big he winter weather of] Pi tana ~~ Sono-Art W ide- World | ISHED a al é t le ASO nble sa ‘ tures. > ‘ a + (let Webster, locals, doing parts = tenn be u led the mercury down| Levy, who on i owe ga rg and Fred APARTMENTS season for Shar eg ee 7 ae 8 ~ hs itrol Big Features COMPLETE FOE : rit~ ; Sharp stock at Pit have an in sst in : ay esas, 8 HOUSEKEEPING eee ms - tres in rate . in 20 or more thea- 325 West 43rd Str t CLEAN AND AIRY sane Banky-LaRoc ‘ ae ; " itucky and Indiana. Privat ce NEW YORK ; sS .ocgd ue play Cherrie = e Bath. 8-4 Ro Nine Till § aca AGHT, $15. > , . weake inter in ‘din the Loon.” Palace ‘Oia Snalie “€ ] x"; legit SARANAC LAKE $15.00 UE Mrs. Jackson now in charge niel wie: : ——— ‘The Spoilers.” By “HAPPY” BENWAY “Cj k | nes Idea of lobby entertainment ‘ | Princes ‘Santa Fe Trail.” Among thos ¥ M on and Double Che k,” 50 | { HE DU ; vogue for someti : ‘ ate: - I “ial Inside the Lines.” tA med e considered on okay oran and Mack had their ti PLEX i. : time in the mid-west mperial—Double bill side and are up are Hi: Y | changed _—_" started ia Sika ‘ene tee a ng Sain" Agus maeinet the. Workd’ |Chris Hagedorn Wadi > Meyers, | ged. | HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED , *ittsburgh’s , : : ) Strand or ee orld,’”’ | : » L.aa16 oss, Dicl ———— A an ‘ zh’s latest first-r ; . Double bill Voss, Dick K : ICK Kar PARTMENTS ik aiitnaaeni iirst-run, with Empress—Double bi oo uni, Andreas Erving radi , ; 2» 2 dees lerce "eo " , etre Pag Mi ) - Me i SRY ( it KDKA—two whit ples , radio act on Gayety—Burlesque (Mutual). oni 7 as ernon Lawrence, Val. Kin- chestra, replacing Emile Holl when | Tt ap meg oot he : . > jianists. Girls r . } Cala, aawrence McC: . , : " ? > hree an our rooms a cently did an : x e- — i far ee cCarthy Alice —_——_—— complete : ns with bath J ‘ act ¢ » Bario 4s arman, E ‘oh oti 7 = ; kitchen. Mod t : uteere. Play - yn the : Enright Prosperity Week” Ps | pe 1 Edith Cohen, Ethel Clouds Elmer Smith, appotnted Y particular. Will ( ern in every I ay three hours in after-| flop her ~ ek” (12-19) was a] Anselus J -apulis, Gladys P: 4S,/ of the Ohio (O’C manager| or more adults. date four aii 100n and three in evening op here. Censors did their best | Constan Reaw a adys Palmer, ienticn @ O’Conne ll chain) six | f as lng. kill it, succeeding at Pals I to ai pe ‘ : ves, Helen O'Reilly eks ago, left town mysteriously $12.00 UP WEEKLY ‘cw a eg Riots ory Pines F Scat where | Anna Mae Powers. Y| He has been replaced by W. LaVon BIRMIN gruntled Pb cked picture and dis- | —— Boone oy sae 5 ed fans. ae Ne ‘or . : GHAM, ALA. she vers re (Gordon and Healy) | IRVIN a sho ng a ichti >. a _—s M: “s} ‘ HO B ‘oho we . al ae ghting spirit, thoug arsh Gollner, manager oe 4 ROBERT BROWN , oe Forum, Stadium, con abed, and looking great ‘ ugh | paramount, recovers 4 tee “ Tok “ jf Newly Furnished 917 Walnut Sst z—‘‘Chec er alls - ea ’ = * pages Jey i m an at- alnut St. rg 1eck and Double Checl tres a dee parks to join with thea- Wouldn't It ag tack of pleurisy. batt jth 2; Double, $16; Empire—‘“Hell’s Is! - disguised, against activi and| Nellie Quealy c : ©. | two yes iount (Publix) | T Four, $22 , Trianon—"‘On Se * Garfield a Ree ge no activities. B. M.| Australia ° } - could go back to} o years ago as an usher and then navi is Rate for Performers Only Lyric—Dark E — spi d and George Rotsky moving leoh a rly larry Namba became a | promoted to treasurer, now ele é I | st teint Phone Kings! y 0586 : sp s hack of : ig oluranist o : ’ ame ¢ ree: 10OV vater — sh Ce pirits back of plan. : st on a big New York paper? |to assistant manager, Pal a — A trip to Japs : aper: | rion, ¢ =? alace, Ma- — ney 46034), . as > ; apan for Dick K +2 1, U- | “4 “Strange Interlude” booked for T | Xela Edwards would St rover . = 3 . a, P ‘ ar & “I . a cousin of P. T. Bar Ae He was » much, Oct. 11-18, ~ the Poli rnment from tearing dowr | Roger Sherman—“‘Moby Dick.” our Beauties ae - ery ; Tom Tl ° . Barnum’s General -_ m oli house reached the ar ; aoa Fox- ates Men oo er ee SAN DIEGO 7 =e - ; : 1umb. Buddy Pay stage in court last : i@ argument | “Queen Hig e Nort Fox (23) “ ’ 1 ’ ayne playing os ast week. Gover “Enchant ; WASHINGTON ‘ sai Palace ying organ at| ™ment contended §S z0vern - ema ' nted Gard 5 > N : East Greenwich, R ’ sue d Shuberts couldn't “Africa S Jue For ian a Cana decide at : th cn, I., voters will aaa vi . Judge took matter under ad ‘“ Africa peaks” held over extra The Mevake “B x Candy** : 1e = election J id sement. Meanwhi =. ad reek-end at -Ri Ctra | yack Leste enn ‘ : L whether Sunday film aaa shat ea MI around the Recep oy everything “a ee Sane Co — & Hull permitted. Asking if three sce LWAUKEE to make a park. # being torn Gown Smaller houses jugg) : Sunkist Heauties, | Marie, irene, j from recent features were typi ye By FR ; induce trad juggling prices to| 542 FRANCISCO WORCES ‘thd er ee Re cee typical of y FRANK J. MILLER ' oe — Fox (24-30) sien Gr ean films” promised by the Alhambra—“’Three F Jack Hurford forme a 2 “On the Set” ; Palace (24) ' cag theatre allowed Sunday Davidson —“Myster Lge Binth ms usher at the deluxe |] pes head Local legit season at Shut Rose Valyda Seeing Doubie™ : shows, the Rev. Chez : ay | week) is 2 sirth’ (2d | assistan : ‘ox but since |] opens ; = Shubert | Marion Bellet sip ses ; Con- “ip ‘ arles A. Meader istant manager 1 ; pens with “Bi MOTE Vor Episcopal rec A. Meader, Garden—"'What " now Niagrz r in Detroit and] "T jird in Hane and | Gil La Miller | t, ypal rector, received an answer Gayety Mh a Widow!” (2d week) low Niagara Falls, comes home fi a The Last Enemy) +} week. s | Delara Lolit I en rom the management, pointing o1 Majestic natal (Mutual), week as assistant at yme tirst| Madge Kennedy ir er and! Grown & W ’ ! Johna t that films are censor a t oe en Pabst—Ger — ee spot at his break-in | Mary” and ( , r Michael and|c Tort acta” T Clute ~ ‘ b onsorec W er ‘, 4 t ierman p > amie A ‘ Le ry ‘ oO « at f sirl Tux i , . tional Board of Censors iedmtial *ae piey Sunday; Newman a | due next wee “ie iid ( eens JOSE Sad ° i Ss. a ace ~ Orpheum New set i alifornia (26-29) Iw lay a ee Night — “Hor Weétdlen | ute ee we mm She offing & . - Fountain of Y't te : . ' The Empire, Portland, Me _— Riverside ~ lor’? : ; Nelson Bell, motic ; ™ oa | “The Reacon.” KY Lottie Mis er oil ae “Aes . er N.Y, the serial, “Indians AR » Plays Str: —, ~quealer vaude editor, is aw : mn pi vest oe Haver Barton. wit laitby ' ° ial, “Indians Are Coming,” é Strand The Spoiler r » is to have a daily ! newe nite clut | “ roung 7 y the Saturdav matinee ning at Wisconsin ri tp . To do this a new 1 ily coiumn wit floor 4 » OF] Oct. 25) Fran Ste - ‘ \k : dave at 6 o. mm. Onis and on other Monte Carlo”; stage show.| take over Bell’ mportation is to| , | Bob & J Crosby oa hee ys at 5 p. m. only. 7. as sae ' ell’s job as Sund - Ed Cheney Capitol ) _ he M ijest is vie editor. . . i iy F< Pi Sas Tat half ae — travag dada announcing “Ex a AjJOU l iuratine nt ; ties 27) avagance as ; : a — poli ¢ ‘ aA new on 4 | S Hou } a worid premiere : Or < ‘ e f i re nada | Fiftt . TTLE ) House has given the res: “pes | ping 30-r drop-| Fitth Ave. (23-29) : T. PAUL iden the gate afier o trial with| TOLEDO ‘ nd PT | Gone of oy” en | - “ a alter a ria ¢ | N ¢ A aan { oe Orveheum—“Half Shot at Sus Abraham Lincoln.” Mov sal W : . ly t ; ( n Paramount “Her Wedd oe ; “ pales ; wna lt wa l abe t an R. K y DICK McGEORGE i Riviera—"Raffles.” iding Night. M it skept : os _ ° hee “Kast Is West i } R-K-O Pr reside nt. “Outside tk I Milwaukee theatre mar er: R-k -( Seal ; | | Shubert—‘‘Scarlet W le the Law.” | be glad when ti n 3 wi t-K-O Palnee—"Africa Speaks.” Tamer."tae GC Woman” (stock). Chari : 1 ul Communi Ful Paramount—"'Her Weda, aks (Conti Dinueee a 7 | Strand & a God : arl arive neni oe ty of n Roth. I Ved ng Nig | nj , , Sinners’ Holiday.” Frida has run its 10 S tien last| Pantheon—"Girl of the ¢ LONG BEACH Elects * 7 ———— There alwavs ‘ - cours Princess anta } t a iden West , West Coast S — Week of Oct 18 Don Zelava. piani in the ‘ a We dé ied ¢ Valentine Bie tou ast ta 6) 4 FINSBURY P cen gitgy | lost a $900 , pianist at Ory} phe iY ski " ¢ ; ndance during the Cameo S¢ tla , ; (2d wee j NEW HAVEN I mplire —Ee jp | visited Ne Ba ul ol prowlers who K [ f 1 Vita Teinple Big 7 : C i < alace (24 40) rr oS S | Winni e. : od room. He left for} ; 7 Bs —- plit week I oe SE hy ning , . Hippodrome A} a bod ipeg engagement without any- | Miuy mCE ( Phill Ohio wee) ; e & Ur ; -, ody being arrested vas Sane) | Semeeets v cree ences tes ee : eee eee | "NEW CROSS | ICTORIA = P’L'CE Jp up $41 : r Player picked | - musiciar me iH j & | E Victoria - ’ hi) 10 winnings at a local gan -| Mo Y ¢ < afte hii | , i records beir br. — R . : ; | mpire F f wing house but the “" Nov t ' noon,| Valentine by “Big H a LOS AN NIAGARA FAria | it the rest was si - n y “Big House GELES ‘ARA FALLS H — al _—s _ a : I nty of publicity by a : Give laew's State (23) i Strand (24) | PROVINCIAL | otel Lowry start Selling nis me whict “tdinie oe ris : ” \ | | ne in = wry started noon dan: mab — onl £ n t P ane , p = 1 was ow on the re- | ee HAM ty | t n its Terrace cafe with tt eoeE , re . $ } ; picture opened to cay - , a ys and girls aaa n ela ticket for t} it a an ac ; girls tumbling for the f e ¢ rae ; | ra poe ina bie way ~ 4 aa a ——- j “? Seventy thou ; Moran and Mach OAKLAND, OAM ee . venty thousand people : i ( Mack at ty ee % Oakland 434 ‘ me ; Loo : into the annual : , R Bet carton id 1inw AUKEE ond “I is E [ p shut up again, speaks closed | Sho u annua Wiscons Radio | we! : :; back several weeks, They Wines onsin 4 ror TLE < Show at the Auditorium be e booke da for Oct. 25 but that i aNet TEED Empire ; he date for nation: a BR ae ‘ H mpi ~~ fjonal release of! " 2 < : boimpire NOTTINGHAM I j : ai Empire . 4 Paris

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“THREES A CROWD” {First Musical Show Ever Produced Without Footlights] ' 80 —3 VARIETY Wednesday. October 22, 1930 —-——_— -_— q New York’s Latest Sensational Success TAGED AND LIGHTED by c. oe th ot r th pl Ne th BLi co re hi! hi ~ ~ ~~ — ~~ = Tar sic th: ca ee The “BODY AND SOUL”’ Number Fr } create ~ rag hor sid: diss NOTE: (THESE EFFECTS ARE PROTECTED AND PATENTED) a rn fall b ero bar Fol wee v him ; s ; ; the ‘* ‘Body and Soul’ dance stands as one of the most impressive dance hon inventions in modern times. It may be conceded by purists that it re t is not so much dance as lighting effects, and there is little room to bo squabble about that. The lighting is one of the magic qualities of pi the number. Ass danced by Mr. Webb and Miss Geva, it ts frankly and unabashedly a sex dance, but it is accomplished so intelligently and so perfectly and rightly that there is no chance for any reaction other than admiration. It is bold, bland and insinuating, a sophisti- — cated and modern dance version of the “Venus and Adonis” theme The R 2 F D ‘Seal 2 Revue yea erso It will, I think, be the sensation of the winter. It is such a scene : + .. Management as might be used for the key of an entire production.”’ conceived and compiled by doin cast GORDON —Whitney Bolton, N Y. “MORNING TELEGRAPH.” HOWARD DIETZ are MAX | if | m f he i the peri dest