Exhibitors Herald (1927)

66 EXHIBITORS HERALD December 24, 1927 ! BENNY and WESTERN I AND THEIR WHISK-BROOM DANCE Wish All a Merry Christmas |* 7 # and # ft A Happy New # Year # $ Direction ^ . # Wm. Morris ^ Agency f # f I Misses f9ou ail tfje Reason’s iJSest Jfran rig lUomar Featured Organist of the Orpheum Circuit’s Diversey Theatre Chicago | MURRAY and ALAN I I “Jesters of 3,000 Years Ago” I # In Those Days a Merry Christmas $* | Was Okay, | | But No Chance for a Prosperous New Year % | & Jlerrp Christmas anb & ffiappp i^cto f9ear to &ll | JAKE HAMMOND ! 4 Solo Organist \ JEFFERSON THEATRE HUNTINGTON, IND. May 1928 bring you all a large ROUTE at double your present salary. What more can we wish you? BILL NAT MILLER & PETERSON (Originators of the TAP-WALTZ) Others IMITATE— But we ORIGINATE our steps. Formerly Features “La Maires Affairs” Direction SIMON AGENCY DON MIGUEL GALVAN « The Spanish Banjo Boy 99 Publix Newest Personality Leader Now Directing Stagehand Shows at TEXAS THEATRE, San Antonio, Indefinitely Wishes All His Friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Greetings also to Margaret Fetch, Ez Keough, William Morris, Sam Roberts, Milton Feld, my director, Bob Blair and J. J. Friedle. Jack Greenberg has severed his connections with the Mark Strand theatre here in New York. As production manager, master musician, and perfect gentleman, he has for six years been the main-stay of the first big Broadway motion picture cathedral. . . . Balaban and Katz, please notice. * # * The boys in New York have a brand new game. I tried it the other night and didn’t make out so well, but still, I’ll pass it on to you for whatever it’s worth. . . . Seven Band and Orchestra men, from seven ditferent music publishers were playing poker. Someone suggested to turn the radio on, and for every tune that came over the air, the publisher of said tune received two-bits from every other man around the table. In other words, everytime a Feist song was played. Bob Miller collected ; every time a Sherman Clay tune came over the ether, Bernie Pollack took the “jack,” etc. (I might add that Frank Kelton, representing T. B. Harms, only received credit for his plug songs, and not his show tunes. . . . He’d a walked away with the game otherwise.) You music men out in Chicago might try this some rainy night, only I warn you, don’t frame the game beforehand. . . . * * * Con Conrad, song-writer, and one time partner of mine, on a little song called, “Memory Lane,” is today making quite a name for himself producing acts. From latest reports I hear that he has been commissioned to produce for the Stanley Company. * * # There’s a little book on the market, written by Abel Green of the “Variety” and published by Jack Robbins, called “How to Write a Popular Song” . . . Although the book has no bearing whatsoever to the title, it’s a great little book and darned worth while reading. Contained therein is a great deal of knowledge pertaining to the entire music business in general. . . . I’ve read it. and I urge you to do likewise. You’ll enjoy it. * * * From a consensus of opinion, the most popular commercial radio hour, broadcasting from New York every once a week is the Eveready Orchestra under the direction of Nathaniel Shilkret, on Tuesday nights. * # * Benny Meroff, Chicago’s dancing leader, made a flying trip to New York last week on a mysterious errand. In view of the fact that the mystery in regards to his errand leaked out somehow, I might as well tell you about it. You see, we are publishing, in fact, plugging a tune of Benny’s called "Lonely Melody” and he was anxious to know how it was coming along. . . . He went back to Chicago much happier than he came. * * * Took a jump down to Philadelphia last Tuesday and as usual it was raining. . . . Saw Ziegfeld’6 “Show Boat” and he certainly out Ziegfelded himself with this production. If the show ever comes to your town, by all means go see it ! # * * Came back from Philly with Fred Waring, who left New York the following morning with Mrs. Waring for a short sojourn in Bermuda. What a plug this boy is ! ! One of the best in the country ! 1 No doubt about that, is there ? * « * I’ll bet it won’t be long before Remick’s “I Told Them All About You” appears on that Lyon & Healy list of Sid Berman’s. . , . Here in the East it looks like a "natural.” * * » YOU KNOW I’m wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. ... To prove it, you can all come up to my house for dinner on Christmas. ... No foolin’.