Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

60 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD December 28, 1929 dressed in plaid skirts, red berets, and blue and white blouses. The sailors have ropes in which they carry the girls as in swings, going off stage a la Volga Boatmen. The eecond scene is laid on board the flagship with lanterns decorating the somber ship. The orchestra is dressed in white sailor suits and the girls with various colored feathered headdresses and feathered fane. The sailors are called to attention and Susie is caught at the end of the line. During the drill Pauline Gastrins is a howl with the patrons because of her antics. Al Mitchell then sends her ashore for an evening dress and dancing ensues. Munroe and Grant, tumblers, follow, coming on stage in a wrecked machine. It falls apart and they make a spring out of it for tumbling antics. Somersaults and hand springs follow with encouragement from the patrons. Susie returns, dressed in an orange velvet, Iowbodiced gown with orange fan and orange slippers. AI Mitchell decides he will send his girl with the sailors and take care of Susie. The scene closes with the lanterns lighting up and electric bulbs inside the girls' dresses lighting up, thus giving them the effect of lamp dolls. A cannon moves, then shoots off into the audience, for a dramatic ending. The feature picture was "The Marriage Playground," starring Mary Brian, Frederic March, Seena Owen, Huntley Gorden, Lilyan Tashman and Phillipe De Lacey. The show throughout was by far the best that has shown there in recent years with the exception of the Birthday Show a few weeks back. It was high grade and well received. Chicago Oriental Week Ending December 20 The etage presentation at the Oriental this wee* is entitled "Jungle Jingles," featuring Lou Kosloff as master of ceremonies. It is a well balanced bill, and was heartily received by audiences throughout the week. The show opens with setting, very well carried out in detail of the docks of a steamship company, with the entire cast of the presentation dressed as tourists leaving for the war paths of Africa. Lou sees that every one gets safely on board and away they go, off to darkest Africa, the land of adventure. The orchestra offers a very ap TED MEYN "the name is MINE" organist originality showmanship virtuoso serving time with LOEWS INC. presenting Original Creations featured at LOEWS DELUXE THEATRES NEW YORK CITY DIVISION propriate number called "Tiger Rag." Kemp and Wells, two clever little colored boys, dressed as bell hops enter with some snappy tap dancing. They worked smoothly and with much speed so started the show off at a good gait. They received a fair hand, and could have offered more as far as the audience was concerned. Lou next introduced James Teary who offered a comic acrobatic act consisting of some trick bicycle riding. He offered many a good laugh by the nonchalant manner by which he offered his feats. He received a fine response from the audience which was surely deserved. Allen and Canfield were next on the program with some new songs and brand new gags that went over exceptionally well. Miss Allen played the goofy girl to perfection, with Canfield equally as well in his role. The ballet offered a novelty routine which was clever and very unusual. Each of the girls dressed in African native girl attire gave the "The Three Heads Dance." Each girl having two false heads beside her own made it a very grotesque number. I am not very well acquainted with Africa, but in this country we would call the dance the hula hula. The number received a deserving applause. The orchestra as their feature contributed that beautiful song hit "Funny Dear What Love Will Do," with Frank Wilson ably singing the chorus and Lou Kosloff also doing hie bit on the violin. San Antonio Majestic Week Ending December 20 On the stage of the Greater Majestic theatre this week is five acts of Big Time Interstate vaudeville that pleased thi6 reviewer as well as it did the vast audience that always packs this house every day. The show opens with the Five Syncopettes, a quintet of girls, who made a big hit with their dances and songs. These lovely maidens do a little of everything in musical matters, and they possess plenty of pep and vim which goes to help to put the bill over in great style. Henry J. Kelly presents his comedy hash which is called "Chili Con Carne," a hilarious 10 minutes of torn foolery. This gentleman from Ireland, "The Land of the Blarney Stone," offers some clever hodgepodge, and how ! An act of this sort always goes over good. The Our Gang Kids, Joey ("Fatty") Cobb and "Scooter" Lowry, a"re seen in a comical sketch, which was written for them by Al Boasberg, is entitled "Kidding the Our Gang Kids," and these youngsters of the land of the flickers cut-up and made merry to the general satisfaction of all those concerned. These two scamps of comedy fame brought out everything including the fire department during their seven day stay here. Al and Fanny Stedman, well known and favorite •vaudevillians. who presented their "Piano Capers" are real artists when it comes to playing the piano, hey, hey! The St. Clair Sisters and O'Day, the stage's best-known cyclists, closed the show with their highly sensational cycling, interspersed with comedy and novelties. San Antonio Texas Week Ending December 19 The Texas theatre this week celebrated its third anniversary with the New York produced Publix Stage Show Presentation entitled "Honeymoon Cruise." in which Vic Insirilo and his Melody Boys appeared and rendered a delightful musical novelty, "Then and Now," as their contribution to this gala program. Joe Penner, who heads the cast for the current week, is widely known all over the country, as he was with the Greenwich Village Follies, proved himself worthy of being the famous comedian and favorite that he really is. Others on the bill include many of the foremost stage artists of today are Joe and Willy Hale, the Captain and the Crew ; Bebe Morris, the Queen of Tap Dancers ; Billy Meyers, just an eloper ; Eugene Ramey, Eleanor May and the Dorthea Berke Ballet. L. Earl Abel, the Texas wonder organist, played his anniversary organ solo, "Appreciation," which was well received and is one of the best he has ever offered in a long time. Ernest Hauser, conductor of the Texas Grand symphony orchestra, dished out as his third anniversary overture "Visions of the Old South," which was well liked by the patrons of the Texas theatre. "Untamed," an audien starring San Antonio's own actress, Joan Crawford, who was born in the Alamo City and claims Texas as her home state, was the screen attraction along with other features, including the Paramount sound news of current events and short scenic subjects. "Navy Blues" is underlined for the coming week. Hollywood Tunes HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 24.— Hal Roach has purchased a $25,000 pipe organ to be built at the studio, J. Newton Yates has signed to play it for one year. The organ will be installed at one end of the stage, with a key board movable to any part of the building. Yates' experience covers ten years of organ accompaniment to silent pictures throughout the country. * * * According to Harry Tierney, the ordinary dance hall will soon not be large enough to carry many women with long trailing dresses on the polished floor in the waltz and fox trot. Should the style endure it will be necessary to compose music more suitable to the fashions of the day. Con Conrad, of Conrad Mitchell and Gottler, was offered the leading role in "June Moon" by Sam H. Harris for a Chicago run. He rejected the offer. Conrad is under contract to Warners who refuse to cancel the agreement. The principal role in the musical comedy is that of a song writer. * * * The baby voice and the "boops" of Helen Kane will next be heard in "Pointed Heels." She will present two songs. The first is "Aintcha?" written by Mack Gordon and Max Rich. The second is "I Have to Have You" by Richard Whiting and Leo Robin. "Viennese Nights" will have Alexander Gray and Vivienne Segal in the leading roles with Alan Crosland directing for Warners. Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg have written the operetta as the first of its kind, an original written particularly for the screen without thought for its possibilities as a stage production. * * * John McCormack will sing ten songs in "I hear You Calling Me" for Fox. The film is in production under the direction of Frank Borzage. • ,., * * * "Naughty Marietta," one of Victor Herbert's light operas, will be produced by M G M. The book and lyrics were fitted to the Herbert music by Rida Johnston Young. The songs include "I'm Falling in Love With Someone," "Neath the Southern Moon," "Dream Melody," "San Domingo Girls," "It's Pretty Soft for Simon" and others. * * * Herbert Stothart and Clifford Grey _ are completing the music on Cecil B. DeMille's "Madame Satan" For M G M. There were ten song writing teams striving to attain the "big song hit class" in "The Show of Shows." The team of Michael, Washington and Cleary reached it with their number "Singin' in the Bathtub." * * * Dorothy Fields, daughter of Lew Fields, has signed with M G M. She wrote the songs for "Blackbirds" and the popular "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby." Miss Fields will arrive here in February to begin her new work. MADAME OCTAVE. UNIFORMS FOR HOUSE ATTACHES COSTUMES FOR STAGE PRESENTATIONS BROOKS 1437 B'way N y Citr