Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

62 EXHIBITORS HERALD -WORLD October 11, 1930 Before the Mike By BOBBY MELLIN When Ben Bernie arrived in Chicago last week, fresh from triumphs in California's cinema capitol, prominent stars of 6tage and screen greeted the famous director in a specially planned celebration at the College Inn. A broadcast of the affair had been arranged and was presented over station WBBM. Phil Baker acted as master of ceremonies, and introduced the following celebrities, Lillian Roth, Shaw and Lee, Ailecn Stanley, Coon-Sanders, Ward Perry, Joey Stool, Beilin & Horowitz, Chester Colin, Clarence Parrish, Phil Spitalny and many others too numerous to mention. Ben is a marvelous musician and a 6howman par excellence and will no doubt be the greatest drawing card the Inn has ever had. • * * Tom Gerun's soft-playing, sweet band, under the management of the MCA, is the latest addition to many unusual dance orchestras now available every night over KYW. Playing at the Congress Hotel, Gerun is packing in the crowds and drawing heaps of fan mail with his broadcasts nightly. Part of the secret of Gerun's success is his knowledge of music and his youthful desire to rate at the top. Another factor is his ability to organize. All in all, Tom is a great boy and deserving of every bit of success attainable. • * * Harold Bean, lyric tenor, who has had considerab'e experience with the microphone, and who was most recently affiliated with a Columbia network key station, has been employed as staff artist by KYW. Mr. Bean sings with Jules Herbeveaux's orchestra in its programs over the Chicago station. Not only is he a gifted vocalist, but an announcer and talented continuity writer. Clem (Dacey) and Harry (Hosford), piano-song duo and comedians of more than, local popularity who are heard over various stations in Chicago, will do a new commercial program starting Monday, for Klee Brothers. — Our good friend Eddie Lewis is now in New York City in the interest of the firm of which he is a partner, Lewis, Manne & Butler. I understand that Lewis is the financial man, Butler the professional man of huge proportions, and Manne's name being there so you and I can ask "Man-y" questions. * * * Since Louis Panico is back at the Canton Tea Garden, the management is all smiles, for it seems that Louis is about the only one able to pack in the crowds there. We are all glad to see Louis back in Chicago so that we can listen to his marvelous music daily over KYW. — Joe Zuhumski, leader of the studio orchestra at WCFL, claims he's un-beat-able at the drums, and Joe also adds that he beats his drum to the rhythm of .his heart beats. Can you beat that? Henri Gendron and His Ambassadors, recording artiste, and one of Chicago's most popular bands, have just signed a long term contract to play in the new Rialto Gardens now being erected on Randolph street. Henri, whose versatility at the violin made him one of the first favorites of the radio audience when broadcasting was in its infancy, has developed an inimitable technique, and we are expecting him on the network very shortly. He is deserving of it. • • • Sol Wagner and his orchestra opened at the Golden Pumpkin Cafe last Saturday evening with much pomp and ceremony. Solly is an old favorite of Chicago dance goers and has just returned from a very successful engagement at the Golden Pheasant Cafe. Milwaukee, Wis. — Herb Carlin and band are nowplaying an engagement at the Triangle Cafe, Forest Park. * » • Leo Murphy, a protege of Isham Jones, is now playing at the Beachview Gardens, broadcasting over station WMAQ every day between the hours of 11 :30 P. M. and 1 :30 A. M. — Barney Richards and orchestra will soon open at the Uptown Village. Barney recently ended an engagement at the Via Lago Cafe on Wilson Ave. RADIO SURVEY For Week Ending October 4 Through Radio Stations WEAF, WOR, WMCA, WJZ, WABC New York City Times 1— "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" (Remick) 31 2— "Just A Little Closer" (Robbins)...-. 30 3 — "My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble) 24 4— "I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You" (Feist) _ 20 5 — "Laughing at Life" (M. Witmark).... 19 6— "Go Home and Tell Your Mother" (Robbins) 19 7 — "My Bluebird Was Caught in the Rain" (Berlin) _ 19 8— "What's the Use" (Feist) 19 9 — "Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me" (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson.... 18 10— "I StiU Get a Thrill Thinking of You" (Davis, Coots & Engel) 18 Cincinnati Albee to Place Presentations on Air (Special to the Herald-World) CINCINNATI, Oct. 9.— A fully equipped broadcasting studio has just been completed backstage at the RKO Albee theatre, Cincinnati, and headline acts playing that house go on the air for a half hour every Monday evening. The broadcasting is done by remote control over Station WKRC, located at Covington, Ky., just across the boundary line from Cincinnati. Olsen and Johnson, the film comedians who made a personal appearance at the RKO Albee last week, inaugurated the broadcasts which will be known as "Talk o' the Town." Considerable newspaper publicity was obtained by the theatre a short time ago when Paul Whiteman, who is leading his band in a special engagement at a Cincinnati hotel, personally conducted the CurtissWright Flying Band, headlining at the RKO Albee. The showing of Whiteman's picture, "King of Jazz," a few weeks ago served as a good forerunner to the jazz wizard's personal appearance and the turnstiles didn't do much loafing when he came to lead the Curtiss-Wright musicians. "Oh Sailor Behave" Songs Going Into Records (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Recording companies have made wax pressings of the three song6 running through the Warner Brothers special "Oh Sailor Behave," and report good sales throughout the country. The songs are "Highway to Heaven," "When Love Comes in the Moonlight" and "Leave a Little Smile." Publishers of the sheet music of this trio of songs. De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Co., Inc., also report a good movement of sales everywhere. 0l6en and Johnson, stars of this Vitaphone picture, are featured on the covers of the sheet music. They are now making a vaudeville tour through every section of the country, and plug the production through the songs in question. Moran and Mack to Make Personal Appearance (Special to the Herald-World) PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9. — Moran and Mack have been booked to make a personal appearance during the week of October 17 at the Warner Brothers Mastbaum theatre in Philadelphia. Joe E. Brown, featured in Warner's football special, "Maybe It's Love" will be seen at the Branford theatre in Newark, N. J., on October 10. Make New Arrangement Of "Kiss Waltz" (Special to the Herald-World) NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— Tom Satterfield, formerly Paul Whiteman's arranger and one of the best known music arrangers in the country, has completed a symphonic orchestration of "Kiss Waltz," which' appears in Warner Brothers special, "Dancing Sweeties." STAGE SHOWS (Continued from preceding page, column 2) is the setting for the next episode. Each girl's reflection, however, proves to be her twin. Each of the five sets of twins entertain in a fine manner, primarily with dance numbers, although one set offer a cello selection with a dance 6natch interposed. The truth of the matter is that there are so many twins that by the time the show is over a person thinks he has been seeing double. At any rate another set offers another dance selection after which C. C. Stroud introduces his twin brother and they both do a dance and comedy tumbling number. Sam Jack Kaufman then takes the stage again and introduces that vivacious French actress Fifi Dorsay. She sings three hot numbers while Sam plays the piano, kisses a number of male members in the audience who happen to be ensconced in the front row and retires to the wings amid a riot of applause. The finale setting is that of a garden scene with swings in the shape of hearts suspended from trees with the various 6ets of twins going through their paces. Portland Fox Broadway Week Ending September 24 Fanehon & Marco's "Wild and Woolly" idea runs the gamut of vaudeville entertainment, including whip snapping, imitation horseback riding, axe throwing, fancy rope work, and plenty of cowboys and cowgirls, with "Lindy" Taft, new master of ceremonies, and his band boys making the necessary quick changes in tempo of some of the old cowboy tunes. There was also a liberal sprinkling of comedy, which put everything over snappily. The act opened with the band boys in the pit playing "Springtime in the Rockies," featuring "Lindy" on the trombone accompanied by two others. "Swinging in a Hammock" was sung by Tom San wall. The ending was spectacular depicting a monster forest fire. At the Wurlitzer Henri LeBelt contributed "Serenade." On the screen "Love in the Rough," featuring Robert Montgomery, and probably a theme song, "Go Home and Tell You Mother." Eddie Cantor Appears at Opening of "Whoopee" When the United Artists film, "Whoopee," opened for its Chicago run at the United Artists theatre here, Eddie Cantor made two appearances, one in the siternoon and evening. His clever chatter charmed the audience, who spent no little effort in applauding him. Eddie was enroute from Kansas City and then Los Angeles. His program consisted of sparkling monologue, interspersed with song, which, incidentally, brought smiles to the faces of Marty Fay and Art Stiller, for Eddie sang respectively, and respectfully, "Ro-Ro-Jiolling Along" (Shapiro-Bernstein) and "A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine" (Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble). Ted Weems to Open Winter Season in Hollywood (Special to the Herald-World) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 9.— Ted Weems and his Victor Recording Orchestra are scheduled to open the winter season at the Roosevelt Hotel here at 9 o'clock tonight. A rousing reception has been planned for this popular leader, and it is expected that his coming will be welcomed by those who seek relaxation and fun in good dance music. Three Little Songs That Look at Though — Jimmy Green has been writing some songs for Milton Weil, and to all intents and purposes they— well, Erwin Barg, office manager of the Milton Weil Music company in Chicago, is all het up about them, and is all set to go. The three numbers are "Come a Little Closer," "Down Back Alleys and Up Side Streets (Looking for Someone I Love)" and "There's One in a Million Like Mary." UNIFORMS FOR HOUSE ATTACHES COSTUMES FOR STAGE PRESENTATIONS BROOKS 1437 B'way N. Y. CHy