Variety (Dec 1929)

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Wednesday, December 25, 1929 V A R I E T Y 61 Reserved for Professional Patrons The New Morriaon, when completed, will be the f^Tf^est and tallest hotel in the world, containing 3,450'. rooms Two Entire Floors in the Forty-six Story Tower of the CHICAGO The Most Central Location in Town Atop the Tallest Hotel in the World CLOSE to the top of the gigantic Morrison Tdwer, and surrounded by the purest air ever breathed, the 40th and 4lst floors are set apart entirely for theatrical guests. Out of earshot of street noises, you can sleep undisturbed until a late hour of the morning. You can also entertain your friends in perfect seclu- sion, siecure against interruption. 1,950 Outside Rooms—Each With Bath—$2.50 Up 500 Rooms to Be Added in 1930 Every room is outside, with bath, running ice water, telephon<e, bed-head reading lamp, and Servidor. The last named is. particularly appreciated by professional guests. It completely prevents contact between patrons and hotel employees ^whcn laundry^ shoes, etc., are^ sent out or Returned. AH rooms are tadio-cquipped. Work, starts next May on a new 500-rpom section. Nearest Hotel to Downtown Theatres The Morrison stands closer than any other hotel to theatres, stores and railroad stations. Yet, at this central location, rooms are rented for $2.60 to $5 that Would cost $5 to $8 in any other leading hotel/ Store sub-rentals here are so valuable that they pay all the ground reilt, and the saving is passed on to the guests* Tii^ Terrace Garden and Boston Oyster House At these two fatnous restaurants, the intimate, carefree atniosphere has won international celebrity. In the Terrace Garden, the light, vivacious dance music and sparkling entertainments have made it a favorite rendezvous for Junch. dinner and after-theatre parties. Programs broadcast daily from WIBO. Write or Wire for Reservations NEWARK, N. J. By C. R. AUSTIN Slinberi—"NJna Rosa." Broad-^''Lfit's Be Gay." ., Prootor's—•Vaude-"Tanned Legs." lAiew'B State—Vaude-"13tli Chair." ' NeTvark—"Loet Zeppelin." Moaqae—"Johnny Jones." Branford—"So Long Letty"-Btage show. . JFox Terminal—"Sunny Side Up" (Dth *eeU). y- BlaIto^"ParIs." . Crtpltol—"Gold Diggers.'' . Smplre-^Burlesque. - After flirting' with the idea for 8ome time the Mosque takes the plunge this week with . a Friday opening. Coincidentally, • prices go up to 85 cents nights with 30 cents from 11 to 1 and fitty cents 1 to 6. Dancing scliools hold sway this week on picture house stages. . Continuing the raids the police nailed 14 more speakeasies Satur- day. : Warners are making a play for their New Tear's Ev6 shows at the Mosque and Branford, charging $10. : Charlie Melson is gfettihg a pub- licity break from the * Influential : Sunday Call." Column called Ring- ing Melson With paper's picture .critic, Robert C. Ring and Melson In a by-line used regularly. It gives supposed Conversations of the two. Originally Ring couldn't see Mel- son biit finally he fell for the Bran- ford Idol. KANSAS CITY By WILL R. HUGHES Shnbcrt—"Connecticut Yankee." Orphenm—"Shannons." MaInstreet--"L,ove Racket'*; vaude, x.oew'8 Midland—"Untamed"; vaude. gewman—"Marriage Playground." 5«yal—"Hearts In Exile." gantnges—"Immoral Lady": vaude. g*yiety—Mutual bur. • Empress—Stock bur. "Journey's End" New Year's week at Shubert. -?eXgtaLjUm£5,_:jUi_ jc^ rerent acts and artists appearing Jiere, mention has been made that the Kansas City show-goers do not jvant masters of ceremonies to tell tn«n. when to laugh or applaud, and neither do they fall for clown- ing in a show, whether from hi. c. or star. One of those things hap- P,ened the other. evening during a performance by the-. Oberfelder- Jvetcham stock company at the Or- pneum, where Ian Keith was the Cuest star, and Landon Laird, dra- matic editor of the Kansas City; •'Star,"'^comrhented as follows; ' Dropping into the Orpheiim the- atre for a minute' Saturday night, we were just in time to see • Ian Keith 'clown' a show. If he thinks he added anything to the perform- ance thereby. We wish we could see it from that point of view." "It was the important third^act moment when Keith, as the Mar- quis du. Saint Lac, was supposed to announce the award of the medal of virtue to "La Senora Manuela Castellana, etc., etc.," wife of the Spanish war minister. Instead of reading the lines that way he step- ped out of character and the dialog of the play and gave the prize to "La Senora Manuela Chill Con Carne Con Prljoles." "This droll bit of humor had various effects on various persons. Part of the house, not knowing what else do do, laughed. The other part thought Keith wasn't feeling so good. "Betty Hanna, as Senora Man- uela, left .the stage. A veteran thcr atrical man sitting in the rear of the audience, said 'Phoole' and left the house. The other actors car- ried on rather dazedly, not knowing whom the 'ad libbing* gentleman would start on next. "Mr. Keith doubtless thinks he is a great comedian. We still pre- fer Harpo Marx." DENVER By JACK ROSE Aladdin—"la Everybody Happy?" America—"In the Headlines." Broadway—^Harry Lauder. Denliam—"Abie's Irish Rose" (stock). Denver—"Pointed Heels," Publix revue. Orpheum—"Wise Girls." Blalto—"Untamed.". Tabor—"The Night Paradis." Edward Pell, Sr., and Richard Ellers have left the Denham stock. Peil returns to Hollywood and El- lers joins another stock in El Paso. "Rio Rita," musical comedy, a.i Broadway week of Dec. 29. Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Wood- ward .of 3rQQklyB,.NjC.,..an.d^Nellie Wilson and Ernest Stone^. vaude team at the Orpheum, escaped serious inJUi-y when their car was struck by an auto that was wrecked in collision with a speeding fire truck. Denver will be well represented in the first volume of Yale Work- shop plays. Included will be Harry McGijIre's "Yella," and Maurice Gne.sin's (director Civic Theatre) "The Mistress." VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C. • 416 The Argonne 1629 Columbia Road, N. W, Telephone Columbia'4630 By HARDIE MEAKIN .• Columbia—"Mysterious Island." Earlet—"Half Way to Heaven." Fox—"Love, Live and Laugh." Met—"Is Everybody Happy?" Falace—"Battle of Paris." . Blalto—"Hold Tour Man" (1st half); "Shannons of Broadway" .<2d half). »KO (Keith's)—"Great Gabbo" (Ist half, hold over); "Vagabond Lovor" (2d half for run). Things still continue to come fast for C. F. Winchester, nianager of the Fox. About 10 months after he went on that theatre's payroll as a doormah he was made man^ ager. Shortly after he married a local girl and now there is a boy. Plenty of "Paris" around here lately. Two weeks ag6 at the Me't. It was Bordoni's "Paris." This week at thie Palace It's "Battle of Paris" and next week at the Fox it's "Hot for Paris." Switching opening days has start- ed plenty of Juggling in local houses. R-K-O and Rialto bringing in new features on Wednesday, Christmas Day. R-K-O thus gives "Great Gabbo" a week and a half iahd the Rialto "Hold Tour Man" four days. Allan Rogers, . present m, c. at Loew's Palace, goes Into the N. Y. Capitol week after next and then the local house will get the rotating m. c. idea of the nefr Loew units. Fox is doubling up on Christmas parties this year. Monday It was the Central Union Mission with Mrs. Hoover. giving the igifts to the youngsters, while today (Tues- day), It is a, special tie-up with the '"Times," an afternoon daily. Anotlier Fanchon and Marco unit, "Dance Moodfl," finishes here. Com- -ing- Saturday^ company ■ Jump s back to Hollywood. Town Is still legltless. Nationial will have Gillette in "Slierlock Holmes" Jan. 6 and a recent'book- ing of "Trevelyn's Ghost," due Dec. 30. John Irving Fisher, m. c. at the Fox, is recovering from a break- down which took him to the .George Washington hospital. Will rest ahead for several weeks. PORTLAND, ORE. By JAM E8 T. WVATT Broadway—"Roinanco of Rfo <3rande." United AHIsts—"HaIlclujab" (2d wk). Adter—"Wise Girls." Portland—"Glorifying American Girl." Blalto—"Battle of Paris." . Music Box—"Skinner Steps Out." ' Blue Moniie—"Her Private Aflalrs." Orleptal—"Piccadilly," Orphenm—"Jazz Heaven.'* Dufwln—Henry Duffy Players. Anditorlnm —Stratford-on-Avoit Play- ers, Fox-Broadway has revived cus- tom of Wednesday night lobby dances. Start at 10.30 p. lAv, after last stage shqw, then to midnight with stage band for music. Idea popular and gets b'lz. - Publix Portland has booked "The Covered Wagon" for its next Mon- day "revival" night, showing at midnight. ' Col, Woodlaw, operator of the Circle and Capitol, downtown sec- ond runs, picketed because of union trouble, will reopen the old.Colum- bia under lease from Universal. House will have RCA Photophone. American Legion staging four- day circus Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Instead of regular New Year's show. Publix has started a Monda,y night boost called "Revival" night. Bygone film hits are shown after final night performance, This week had "Glorifying American Girl" as regular , program, with ' "Beau Geste" run Monday midnight. Looks like a possibility with appeal to patrons who missed the old films. SARANAC By HAPPY BENWAY Frank (Micky) Walsh leift for New York City with usual good- bye, good luck and don't come bacik! Mrs. Katherlne Murphy, superin- tendent of 80 Park Avenue, San., after a long Illness is again, looking after the welfare of all at the San. Oscar Lorralne.Is n ow l lvlng at .80. Park avenue and doing well. Ethel McDonald has retui'ned to the San as nurse, Jane Farilkey leaving. Joe Donatello got up for the first time since his arrival here and went to Dr. Mayer's office for the official X-ray. : .Toe Sullivan, v.iudp agfnt, U'ft for Moivtreal after vLsitint; hi.'-; brother JNlck at 34 Baker street, who shows big improvement since coining , taerie. Joe Br^fhnan has • movefl from 46 Sheppjtrd avenue to 68 Frahklin avenue. . (^eorge Harmoni has moved from 37 Church street to 34 Park avenue. Wd6kly f>as8ino Shofw Winter rtiust be here; its around 25 below zero. Col. Charles B. Bray, Frank Walsh and Keith Lundbefg celebrated their, birthday — Friday, the 13th with no mishap.. There is a Santa Glaus as Fred RIth, Vernon Lawrence, Jimmy Cannon, David Mavity and Ben way got the okiy to spend Christmas at home; Jamee A. Williams got the okay,to "cure" .on the porch. Mae Armltage is up and around^ Al Hunter now settled at 7 Fl-ont street, doing well. Law- rence McCarthy Is In bed with s a little set back. Benway is .getting measured for new teeth. Allle Bag- ley sent her husband' a pair of mit- tens; he is with a Mutual wheel show. Angia Papulfslis and Harry Clark will sing the Christmas carol at 9 Front street. Write to those you know In Sara- nac. ROCHESTER, N. Y. By DON RECORD ItTceum—^Dark. BKO Palaee^'.'Iier Private Affair"; vaude. ,BKO. Temple—"Love Comes Along." ' jAiev/'a Boche8ter^"H9t for ^ Paris"! Vaude. - BaNtman^"Glorlfylngr the Aiherlcan 01rl.'< Piccadilly—"Hard to Get." Boffcnt—"Taming of the Shrew." Fay'i*—"Wall Street." Victoria—Darft. Strand—Change. . ITamlly—Change. Palace's (RKO) midnight show New Year's eve has price raised to Publix conducted four matinees to gather canned goods for the poor. One at each theatre with one can admission price. Medbury Hummers, dramatic group of Hobart and Wlllinm Smith .college8<^Geneva,-.pi'oduce-three-on€-. act plays this wlrtter. Spiritualist seance put on as mid- night show at Loew's here In con- nection with "13th Chair." John C. Kelly, English medium, was main card. Local spiritualist church co- operated. Audience at last show invited to stay free, and some did. , I'nlversity of Roohest<?r dramatlf cIuJ) produces "You Nevfr Can TeJl"' Jan. 18, direction iJoyd Clark.