Variety (Dec 1929)

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76 V A R I E T Y Wednesday, Decemlier 11, 1929 CHICA6C Variety's Chicago Office WOODS THEATRE BUILDING—CENTRAL 0644-4401 Englewood Audience became too critical so the Tuesday acta showing here no longer billed as preview material. Formerly two distinct halves with preview acts opening and running together unbilled. Under new plan, all acts are nameless an^ scrambled, making It impossible to pick out the regular acts. Three new acts were Mansfield and Madeline, Al Mardo, and Ho- vick Sisters and Bud and Holly- wood Blondes. The Andersons, excellent tum- bling and pole turn for family time, opened. "Affairs of 1929" shapes up as a satisfying flash, with a touch of originality in the danoe numbers and an m. c. Peggy Eames and Co, are two former "Our Gang" youngsters in a weak turn, but are over on the "personal ap-. pearance" angle. DeVIto Denny and Co., rough- house hoke act, followed, and got great results. Knorr Bella and Co., in a two-act skit, of story of a chorus girl who preserves her good name and is rewarded by ti-ue love. A few laughs. Will J. AVard and Co. present an act out of burlesque and just made the grade; Chelm St. Orr, arm- less, closed; fair novelty with his foot dexterity. "Most Immoral Lady" (FN) fea-. ture. - Loop. Belmont Considering the standard of this house and the regular Friday night pa,tronage, with a. third or so of the small attendance kids, this nine-act bill waa all right. Trying a mistress of ceremonies Is an idea as far as removing anon- ymity, from the six showing acts Is concerned, but not .a job yet for Snooks Monr«e (New Acts), Opening the no-pays was Silver King, smart police dog, in a pleas- ing routine done to controlled com- miinds by his master. Dog acts the cripple, does slow motion, and for a strong finish shows how to guard kfd plants picked from the audience. This went and will go elsewhere. In the deuce, Ed Mulchay, vocalist, showed a rjch baritohe voifJe. and ' neat falsetto. He stacked applause despite poor stage appearance and a terrible entrance. William Bence and Co,, two men arid a girl, were more meat for the kids with their veteran skit in a chop suey. empo- rium, depending chiefly on Bence's Oolong dialect to get over. Then came another one strictly for the kids in the two Gartelle brothers, doing comedy falls on roller skates. When in Chicago Visit These Hits AA. H. WOODS* T D E L P HiMata. Wed. ft Sat. Clark at Madison LEW LESLIE'S "BLACKBIRDS" Fastest, .^Funniest, Most Tuneful Musical Revue Ever Presented Orlgrlnal New York and FarU Cast Buzzington's band, six rubes and two girls, stepped up in No. 5 with the best turn of all nine. They have improved what was a ragged though passa,ble act a coupile of months back to one with real follow through. They have cut most of the ybkei hiuslc in favor of flve-plece Jazz that has a. catching quality. Shiny, new instrum(ent$ make a big difference, too. And the; gawky, red- headed comic drummer, and dancer still goes over great. Earl and Edwards, fat .and me- dium, male pair, closed the no-i>ays Temple) learned of 'booking, grabbed early ralease on "Vagabond Lover," and came back on the air same day with announcement that the first Vallee talker will be tthown at his house this week. and "Vanishing Prince" aa Christ- mas plays Dec. 12-13. "Tjlttle Red School House" to be given by Shortrldge High School Dec. 14. Legit season apparently washed up at the Palace. Theatre Guild's "Marco Millions," concert of Har- rington Van Hoesen (baritone) and one-night appearance of Buth St, Denis ^nd Ted Shawn cancelled by Grace Denton. Guarantees too high for holiday season. Deal again on for sale of both RlvoU arid. Palace. Merlin Lewis, from the Boston Met, new local Parariioiint publicity man, succeedirig H?i.rry McWilllams, shifted to Dallas. Jack Merrlman, manager, Loew's Valentine, saw a bandit stick a gun into the ribs of hia doormari. Called police oflicer' doing traffic duty outside arid kept the marauder from leaving before captured. No loot taken. Bandit was a youth re- with their hokum. Gags that have been going for years, and also gone tor years. Of the regulars, Bruno, West and Co., three men, sta,rted high with their light comedy, and finished their acrobatic novelty "strong with ladder balancing while* the under- stander, holding ladder on his up- raised feet, plays the violin. Jack.Merlin (two men and a girl), magician, rode through with flying colors on his clever chatter, card tricks, disappearing glass and dlSr appearing jewelry. Closing were, the Dancing Cadets, two men and four , girls. Terinls racket openet still Is weak. Acro- batic tap dancer, neat-looking fel- low with novel routine . In timed haridsprlrigs, stands out Played to good returris, "Oh, Yeah" (Pathe). feature. Loop. leased last month under parole on a manslaughter charge. Royal theatre (Smith & Beidler chain), a silent grind house, gutted by fire, win be rebuilt Manager Fred Miller burned about the face. He and Florence Streeter, cashier, prevented panic. Kenton Community Players (Lit- tle Theatre), present Its first play, "Saul of Tarsus," Dec. 18-20. Mrs. Hettie McCree, former circus rider, won the SIB.OOO suit brought against her by Mrs. Gertrude Brown, Toledo, for injuries ia an auto crash, in common pleas last week. Hobart W. Brown brought $20,000 suit against McCree. for loss of wife's services, which probably will be dropped; Additional personnel changes in Publix-B. & K. houses heire. L. Wal- rath, formerly assistant at the Harding, Is now manager; H. Bllck, assistant at Central Park, now In charge; W. Steln has been promoted from assistant to manager at the Uptown. Bob Rountree Is now man- ager of the Dearborn, replacing Her- man Stem, who resigned because of ill health. Fox Sheridan, operating on a split picture policy, goes- Into three changes, starting next week. To date this house, on a boulevard location, has proved b. o. lemon. ILLINOIS Mats. .A/ed.-Sat. ZIEGF^LD SENSATION SHOW BOAT (In the Flesh and Blood) With CHARLES WINNINGER FRLANCFR Mate. Wed. and Sat, BERT LYTELL In it 99 BROTHERS Thrilling Romantic Melodrama RKO WOODS 8th Sensational Week . Radio Pictures "RIO RITA" The Picture of the Century "Great Gabbo" (World Wide) will get Its loop showing at the Woods when It opens Dec. 13 for just 11 days. Vallee's "Vagabond Lover" (Radio) follows Dec. 25. Roy Kalver Is the first Publlx B. & K. house manager to be pro- moted to a desk' in the publicity office. Showed stuff by handling all exploitation for the Central Park, neighborhood theatre, which he managed for several years. Harry Fink in *the local Spier & Coslow office. Al /Handler, severely hurt in the Detroit Study club fire, is.finally out of the hospital, getting a band to- gether again. "TOLEDO By E. GOODING ParhntAunt — "GlorUylng American QIri"; stage show, Vlta-Temple—"Vagabond Lover;" State—"Romance of Rio Grande." Valentine—"lath Chair." Princess—"So Long, Letty." Pantheon-"Love Racket.". Klvoll—Vaudfllm. Eniplr(»7—Burlesque (Mutual). Paramount made a special radio announcement that Rudy Vallee first talker would be shown there this week, - Jack O'Oonnell CVita ' ■ — • ■ IN CHICAGO CLEVELAND By GLENN 0^ PULLEN Hanno—"Paris." Ohio—"Little Orphan Annie." Play Hoa8e^"Daughter of Jorlo." Palace—"Hard to Get": vaiide. StlUntan—"Hallelujah." Allen—"Glorifying Amerlcaia Girl." State—"Half Way to Heaven"; unit. Hip—"Broadway." 105th -"Miirrled in Hollywood." Due to lack of road attractions this week at Ohio, local little the- atres and dra;matic clubs are put- ting on production of "Little Or- phan Annie." George Pox, Warren Wade, Ewiart Whltwdrth, former professionals, In cast. Al Price, manager of Union Square, nelghborhooder, disap- peared; so did week-end receipts amounting to $i;500. Police put on his trail. Loss covered by hond. William A. Watson reslgninff as Hippodrome manager to take over the -Orpheum In Memphis. His successor will be transferred here from the Memphis house. "Kick-In" presented by Thespis Club of Butler University Monday and Tuesday. Jack Little,, radio star 9.pp6a,rlng at Indiana last week, made perr sonal visit to Riley's children's hos- pital.. : "Lilies of the'Field", shown last week at Ciyic theatre, opening sea- son. Cathedral high gave "The Gooso Hangs High" Wednesday night. DePauw women to present "Monon Revue" Feb. 21-22 at Greencastle. Indianapolis Film Indorsers spon- sor matinees in neighborhood houses as Christmas benefit. William f^. Cralgr elected presi- dent of Indianapolis Catholic Dra- matic Club. Membership drive started. DES MOINES Cnslno—Change. Des Moines-"The Taming of tk^ Shrow '* ■ ■ Gurdeii-^"The Last of Mrs, Choyn«»* Orpheum — ."Romance of iho h^^T Grande"; vaude. ^ **• Palace—Change,- Paramount—•'Sweetlo." Presldeut—Dark. Strond—"The Virglhian." Nate Frudenfeld, now manager ot all Publlx houses In Des MoineaL also has supervision all Publlx houses in Iowa outside Des Molnea and in Rock Island and Moline, III, "Porgy" booked at the Berchril Dec. 27-28, Fox repoi-ted taking 10-year least on the Strand, Council Bluffs. The Huntington theatre sold to Gail E. Langcaster, James D. Adams, and Fred Morsches of Co- lumbia City. DENVER By JACK ROSE Aladdin—''Four Devils." America—"Gold Diggers of Broad- way" (2'd week). Broadway—Dark. Denham—"The Night Duel" (stock). Denver — "Glorifying the American Girl"; stage show (Pubiix). Orpheum'—"Wall Street"; RKO vaude. Rlalto—'"The Return of Sherlock Hoirhes." . : Tabor—'Broadway"; Fanchon. & Marco idea. Dorothy Sanders, wife of Sher- man S. Sanders, theatrical pro- ducer, died here last week. . Agnes Davis, who won the At- water-Kent contest two years sugo, his signed, with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. Fox plans new theatre here. J. M. Ellsworth, operator, burned in a projection booth fire in Egyp- tian theatre, Delta, Colo., will re- cover. . Pubiix takes over Atlas, Chey- enne, Wyo., Jan. 1 and also opens new Paramount there Feb. 28. Morgan Ames, manager, local br- pheumi has been appointed district manager for R-K-O. Stock in the Oberfelder-Ketcham Production Co. for a civic theatre has just been placed on sale with the Greater Des Moines Cbmmitteo backing the project. Arthur Ober> felder plans Co. here by Dec. 23, BRONX, N. Y. stage crew,^it Loew's Grand given two-weeits' iiotice.' House going all pictures. Proximity of Loew's Para^ dise causes change. William : Schwa'rtz signed by Nathan <jpldberg for leads at his Prospect theatre, .Yiddish legit. Goldbergf will dp less acting and more managlngr- Eddie O'Connot has given up th« Idea of a Washington Heights' The- atre Guild. A report that Fox may tear down the Valentine, on Fordham road, one of the most desirable theatre sites in the horough, and replace it with a/ picture iiouse of large capacity. Present limited capacity and high land valu^ said to make theatre un-* profitable. With only four days preparation Joe Klein reopened Bronx opera house Friday with dramatic stock. Opening bill, "The Bachelor Father.** Feminine stager, Grayce Scottj, Company comprises Tabatha Good-, win, Owen Cunningham, Malcolm Warmack, Stephen Clark, Howard Hall, Florence Arllngfon, William Pollard, Nellie Gill, ^Howard SetlifC and Carmen Cuyler. Frank Ambos, scenic designer, and Andreas 6ueh]« orchestra leader. * HOTEL * MCCORMICK ONTARIO AND RUSH STREETS CHICAGO Phone Superior 4 92 7 Permit In Youngstown, O., to erect a 20-story building of 400 rooms. Warner Bros, are financing the building, which will be located near a new theatre. INDIANAPOLIS By EDWIN V. O'NEEL Palace—"Untamed," Circle—"Flight." Apollo—"Hearts in Exile." Lyric—"The Sap." . Indiana—"The Mighty." Ohio—"Gold Diggers." "Porgy" had good .run last week at English's. "S.unny Side Up" had big three weeks* run at Apollo. LINDY'S RESTAURANT On Randolph Street Is Home, Sweet Home, to the Profession A Good Place to Eat and Meet Miss Gertrude Mcponnell, Paris, 111., has lead in Indiana Central College presentation of three' one- "Mother Carey's Chickens" to be presented by Manual Training High School Dec. 12, Earl Elliott, former local high school football star, appeared in "The Forward Pass" at Circle last week.. Duzer Du at DePauw University to give "Why the Chimes Rang" The Place to Stay IN CHICAGO IT'S only ten minutes' walk from the loop theatr.es. IT'S near the lake—just off Michigan boulevard. 1T*S smart—modern in every detail^lux- uriously furnished. TT'S up-to-the-minute—-with such unusual ^ features as a gymnasium, handball courts, golf driving nets. ITS reasonable—the low rates include -L light, gas, refrigeration» complete hotel Apartmeiils ^ For 2 $90 and $100 Mo. Larger Apts. to accommodate 4 $150 to $175 Mo. Hotel Rooms $15 to $16.50 per week