Inside facts of stage and screen (May 23, 1931)

age Eight INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Saturday, May 23, 1931 Reviews (Continued from Page 5) ier, Maurice Goudal, Simoon Pe- nc, Maicel Peter, T' ^ ne Strause, lelene Pelenac. mahh Ferrier, wdricnne Siampolis, Dorothy ourneur, Virginia Conner and M. Larris. Music wiu? by Clementine Cha- 'elle, violinist (dai; ' r of Louis hnnelle, the aiu;.L)» Gladys teeie, pianist, and Ben Halladay, vfTnni.st. All aet& desiiprned by iie ?'errier, and are done beau- I fully. Fen-ier believes that the ft of the theatre demands neither • nor expensive settings?. And e lii ricrht. lie puts his utmost houi^ht into hib plays and they eflect it. BENE. Burlesque :apitol theatre an Francisco ' Reviewed May 19) The bill this at Walter ron.s* shimmy palace was not : p to last week's show but it as a jifood piece of entertain- lent, nevertheless. Opening ound George Grafe in a Span- h setting singing ^'Beautiful . pain'* and "Marcheta," with the iris representing dons and sen- ritas. Two of the girls put ver a specialty during the course f the presentation and a fast inish brought the ensemble to I beautiful closing. Lou Devine nd**Peanuts" Greenman, the two lever comics, were on next in a 'ow blackout. Millie Pedro and he girls then in a fast number, lUlie singing "Got It Bad." A ourtroom scene was next with ..on Devine, Paul West, Miss :'exas, George Grafe, George Yo- - lan, and an unidentified girl, .oing the old hat bit, in a new •ay. Mary Sunday, God's gift a the opera glasses, was next in fast number, assisted by the ne girls. Mary has that thing hat Clara Bow is accused of. ieorge Grafe again clicked in a Volga Boatman" ensemble with pecial effects, props, and girls osmg in the "yes" manner. This icort'd. Texas and West then r i some new and old melo- and Miss Texas still has that iilkmg complex. West still the apper showman, as usual. Peggy leynolds and the girls put over nice piece of work in a special- y. with strips by Peggy. Landis asters then harmonized in their weet way. Millie Pedro in a • lues lament followed and was ornd. Closer had Texas and West a a marvelous setting, with Peg- : y Hill stripping, and the line : iris in evolutions that brought he whole company on to a bang- P fmish. Lou Devine, "Peanuts" .reenman, George Grafe, Texas . nd W est, Misses Reynolds, Hill ^T^^Yoman and others ontributed character parts in lackouts and bits betweeix each • umber and specialty.- Show was enhanced by Buck heaUs special sets, Al Beatty's It outfit played the show in its sual better and better way. Pic- ire was -Big Boy" and one of 'lose things. Business good. —RUBE. Band Reviews RANKLIN^S RHYTHM KINGS :ivoli Theatre Bill Franklin's Rhythm Kings, nme-piece aggregation now fea- ured as a part of the stage pres- ntation at the Rivoli Theatre, can ruly be said as living up to their illmg. These boys play both classical nd popular music to perfection, heir opening overture usually oming in for some strong ap- 1 .aui.im, at the piano, always ives them a hot number that ates aces with the customers, udging from the hefty hand al- ays received. All *)f the boys sparkle with ver- offering individual spe- ctui..., song numbers, hoofing nd comic business, all of which oint them out as fit for top bilU Mg on any stage, radio or dance •rograni. —DUSTY. NEW RADIO DEPARTMENT A new department has been es- r-ibhshed at Radio Pictures Stu- 10 to be known aa the re-record- vig department. Its function will •e the "dubbing in" of musical ' and sound effects. George ' in 'harge. CLOSEUPS AROUND HOLLYWOOD Bj the Sun<iod8:er. In spite of hard times the bet- ter class of thieves are confining their professional activities to the homes of strangers. During the course of a not particularly wild party at the residence of a pro- duction manager in Beverly Hills last Monday night a guest left his wrist watch in a bathroom after washing. Half an hour later he missed the watch, went back to the bathroom and found no trace of it. Was not sure he left it there. A maid tipped him off a "guest of a guest" whom she suspected of finding and keeping the time piece. Investigaton prov- ed that she was right. The thief confessed, there being nothing else to do. Said he was broke and the temptation was too much. The guest who brought the thief with him to the Party was all hot and hectic and the whole thing added little to the gaiety of the occasion. It is suggested that the new rule barring any and all except visiting royalty from thest stu- dios be applied to the homes of studio people during parties— with the necessary exception of the invited guests. Tod Sloan and Jack Johnson playing pool might be likened to K o 1 b and Dill or Weber and Fields, only more so. The dimin- utive ex-jockey and the huge ex- heavyweight champion are several feet apart in height; Tod is pale and Jack is very black; Tod Plays wonderful pool and Jack is not so good. had a drinl of anything stronger than buttermilk for nine years, looks ten years younger than he did ten years ago and is looking forward to being a great-grand- father and taking up polo. Wotta man It is alleged that Phil Ryan ie through as a producer. His first Chester Conklin comedy, written by Fred Palmer and directed by Harry Edwards was a wow. The rest of the series were pretty ter- rible. It was no fault of Chest- er's—^just bad stories and worse direction. The series might have been a success if Ryan had left the stories and drection to Palm- er and Edwards and kept away from story conferences and sets. Ryan is a good distributor, and a useful man as a cheer leader dur- ing police parades and firemen's conventions, but as a supervisor of comedies he has peers. Max Asher has opened a new "Magic" shop in Pasadena where he has built up a following in a short time. His stock of tricks and novelties is larger than he carried in Hollywood where he recently sold out. Sol Carter, former comedy comedian is in charge of the old Holly wood shop. Tod nearly acted as second for Jack during the latter's exhibi- tion at the Olympic Tuesday eve- ning. The ring was too high for him to climb into and he was satisfied to watch the proceed- ings from a ringside seat. One-Eyed Connolly tred to get in to a court room a few days ago to be present at the hearing of an acquaintance. He was mis- taken for Ben Turpin by a near- sighted attendant who claimed that Ben owed him ten dollars. It took some time to convince the attendant that One Eye was not Ben and Connolly swears that the court house door is one gate he will not try to crash in the future. Paul Hurst keeps a separate bank account for a fund to be used for loans to friends who are in hard luck. When the loans are repaid the money is returned to the account and again become part of the revolving fund. When the fund runs out borrowers are just in hard luck so far as Paul is coucemed. Not a bad idea. Would-be borrowers depend upon the honesty of other borrowers. When all fail to pay there is no fund. Charlie Murray just returned from Florida where he visited his grandchildren". Charlie has not Hollywood has been interested in the romance of a tall leading man and a little brunette star. Bets have been made as to whether or not they will marry. It will come as a great surprise all of a sudden to hear that they have been married for nearly a year. They will not be able to keep the secret much longer. In fact the Sundodger will just have Issue Warning on 2-Feature Policy Further notes of warning con- cerning the danger of the "dou- ble feature" booking policy are emanating from Hollywood to ex- hibs. Warnings are that the exhibi- tors who get a momentary box office gain from the policy are in reality planning for their own ruin—provided, of course, that the practice becomes sufficiently widespread. It is stated that this "cut rate" entertainment, if prevalent, will mean ''economy at the factory," to-wit a cheaper grade of pic- tures from Hollywood. This can result in only one thing, a fall- ing off at the box office and the consequent ruination of hundreds of theatres throughout the coun- try. It is stated that the public has been educated up to quality and will never again accept mere quantity as a substitute, and dou- ble-featuring means quantity at the cost of quality. to Print their names if Hollywood does not wake up soon. There is a ghost haunting Hol- lywood. Al Hale! Who remem- bers Al Hale, said t^ be the most arrogant and profane director that ever shouted at a trembling company of actors in the old days? Well, let's forgive Al all his sins. He is limping about Hollywood, crippled beyond hope of ever resuming his directorial activities. Welcome back, Al— do you remember that battle of words do\^'n at the hotel at the corner of Garfield and Holly- v/ood Boulevard? Oh, those old days! Jimmie Youngdeer was a big boy then. Yes, sir! and Pat Hartigan was going big. Oh, ho! Speaking of Jimmie Youngdeer —how many know that Louise Glaum is living quietly in Los Angeles? And a clever actress is not available. Wonderful voice, marvelous personality — what's wrong with Louise? Can it be her husband? Is she Harrassed too much? And where is that hotel that Betty Compson was going to build up on a Hollywood hill? What's gone WTong with all these promotions? And where is Bet- ty's library. A bookseller in Hol- lywood is alleged to have made a living selling Betty books that —well, not generally distributed. Kind of naughty books. That is, the Sundodger has been so in- formed. Anthony Comstock has been squirming in his grave, "it is alleged." Naughty Betty? Marcia Madden, the new "find" in Hollywood, is continuing her term in Hollywood High to the end of the term. She has no manager, no press agent, no booster. Just talent and brains— plus beauty and poise. And what, after all, is necessary on top of that and those. Miss Mad- den is going to finish her term in school and then take a little rest at the beach. Then she will start working under a contract with one of the big studios. Marcia has a mother from whom Marcia inherited a lot of her good looks and a big part of her brains. We have all heard of "cannibal mothers" — the kind that live on their daughters—on their earnings. Here is a case of a mother w^ho has devoted her best years to preparing her daughter for the career for which she is destined. One casting di- rector has offered the mother a part in a forthcoming picture— much to the surprise of "mother." They look like sisters. The Sun- dodger has an idea that that dear old Grandmother may be called yet. She used to ride horses up in Wyoming and there is a bet ready that she can sit a tight sad- dle yet. Any takers? John Wanamaker once said: "Somewhere there is a man who wants to buy that which I have to sell." Which means, in gen- eral effect, that advertising pays. To reach the man to whom you want to sell something you must advertise. That explains why ad- vertisers in Inside Facts are suc- c e s s f u 1 and why many who squeeze their dollars rather than smear some of them in advertis- ing are complaining of failure. So simple that it is astonishing that anyone questions it. SAVE HALF! 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