Hollywood Filmograph (Jan-Dec 1932)

HOLLYWOOD FILMOGRAPH Jim Londos and Max Baer Head Celebrities Who Visit Eugene Stark's Bohemian Cafe // seems that the spirit of the Olympiad reached the hearts of the World's greatest athletes and from time to time during the big doings here, they have been dropping into Eugene Stark's Bohemian Cafe, and our American athletes, not to be outdone by the foreigners, too, have been dropping into the playspot of Hollywood. Jim Londos, recognized heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, and Max Baer, who just licked Battling Levinsky in Reno, dropped in for a bite to eat and a dance. Buddy Fisher and his dance orchestra and Francis Renault, the slave to fashion, Misses Kirby and Duval, sang and danced gaily. Evelyn Manis sang cleverly, doing their best to please the visitors and when they left they told Eugene Stark that they would be dropping back again shortly to again enjoy themselves. The special show that Eugene Stark has arranged over the Olympiad period is meeting with the public's favor, and there is a belter and finer attendance nightly than the cafe has experienced in many a day. The work of Buddy Fisher seems to improve with each night that he appears with his orchestra, and his boys likewise are working more harmoniously. The latest addition, Jimmy Hatlon, the Irish tenor, creates quite a furore, especially with the ladies. Jimmy came direct from Irving Aaronson's Commanders to the Bohemian. SOME OF THE QUESTS we saw, while looking around, were Robert Armstrong, John Bright, Slim Martin, Waller Fuller, Leo Kent, and many others too numerous to mention at this time. Take a peek into Eugene Stark's Bohemian Cafe any night and at any hour, and you will find Ralph Arnold, the man who knows more about how to conduct an amusement place of this kind and especially how to keep everybody happy, than any other man in the same capacity in Hollywood. The Miss who takes your hat at the door and places it gently in the hat check room, loo, seems to have caught the spirit of "Ralph," and the very courteou: Eugene Stark, whose fame for fine food and treatment of his guests has made his name a household word, whenever anyone talks about visiting any place that he operates as a cafe. • • • • • FROLICS GARDEN TO HAVE GREATER SHOW ERE LONG While Bill Hogan and a variety of acts are holding forth at the Frolics Garden, Moe Morton, who is in charge of the entertainment as Well as looking after other departments that have to do with the fun and amusement of Frolic visitors, is preparing a new show with the 12 beauties who have in the past gladdened the hearts of night life lovers. Jack Lewis, who is the Ceneralisimo of the Frolics Garden and is also looking after the welfare of the S. S. Playa, where nightly amusement seekers sail out to sea for a six-hour cruise of hillarity, is Very well pleased with the way business is holding up at both the Frolics Garden and the S. S. Playa. The Frolics Garden show is still being headed by Milla Sonda, the greatest singing prima dona that has ever struck the local stages. She is doubling between the Pontages theatre and the Frolics Garden. At the "Pan" theatre she is appearing in "Hullaballoo," while at the Frolics she is singing tuch numbers as "Love Me Darling," written for her by her sponsor and discoverer, Al Siegel. Bill Hogan and his band are proving a. g<-eat drawing magnet. Their dance numbers are causing more of the chair warmers to give up their comfortable seats for a shuffle about on the floor with their dear one on their arm. Watch the daily papers as well as these columns for a future announcement about the new show that will soon come to the Frolics Gardens. m <• • • • JOE BERLINER ENGAGES CHARLES W. MURCH AS ASSOCIATE WORKER AS IN DAYS GONE BY During the years that Joe Berliner Was associated with Henry's in Hollywood, he had Charles W. Murch associated with him. They worked well together, each made many friends. Joe left his old post, started in business for himself, and Charles W. Murch soon found the path that led to Joe's front door and went right in and told Joe that he was ready to go to work, and many of the old time friends of both have followed them to the Wilshire boulevard^ restaurant, and it is getting to look like the good old Hollywood days. Wallace and Noah Beery, Rowland Brown, Al Rogell, Zasu Pitts, Rosila Moreno, Neva Gordon numbered among hundreds of friends who dropped in for a bite to eat, and to wish Joe Berliner and his associates the best of success. They also found one of the best equipped of restaurants and delicatessen spots in the hub of activity. It is a stone throw from the Ritz theatre, where film circle workers preview some of their best pictures nightly, thereby making it easy for them to have dinner at Joe's and drop in and witness the preview of their pictures, returning to talk matters over, in a comfortable booth or at a table, about the picture that was just exhibited. Friday evening Joe Berliner staged Griff's fashion review as an added attraction, and proposes to make this a weekly affair. • • • • • DAVE BOICE THINKS THAT HE HAS ANOTHER ART HICKMAN BAND IN TOM CO AKLEY— STARTS WEDNESDAY The formal opening Wednesday evening of the Tom Coakley Band at the Patio Roof, will introduce, according to Dave Boice, the manager of the Roosevelt Hotel, another Art Hickman band. Everyone remembers how "Art" took the country by storm practically over night and became one of the leading orchestras of the country. Mr. Coakley comes direct from the Athens Club in Oakland, where he has been clicking nightly, and is bringing a number of new features with him, which will help make his initial appearance here one that will long be remembered. 200 ROOMS HOLLYWOOD 200 BATHS EL CORTEZ HOTEL 5640 Santa Monica Blvd.— HOlly wood 5801 E. J. CLARK, Manager Splendid Goffee Shop Special Weekly & Monthly Rates FACTS ABOUT MOTION PICTURE RELIEF FUND One of Hollywood's real tragedies was brought to the attention of the Motion Picture Relief Fund not so very long ago. A good looking middle aged man of fine education and back ground had struck a reef as it were. All his life he had been successful in all his undertakings, then all of a sudden things would not go right. Finally he came to the end of his rope and through the kindness of the manager of a club located on Sunset Blvd., arrangements Were made whereby the needed man received his room and meals in return for odd jobs about the club house and the grounds. Then a new manager moved in, and not liking the man, asked him to move. Next he got a job through the cashier of one of the large theatres on the Boulevard, working in the prologue. He had no money for food and a week was too long to get along while waiting for his money. But he couldn't borrow any in advance and so became ill at work and fainted form hunger. The theatre manager fired him without asking the cauie of his illness. Some time after that a Volunteer Worker found him on the street very faint from hunger. The man was fed and then brought to our office where his story Was learned and help was given. • s • PHONE CALLS FROM ALL OVER STATE ASK ABOUT LA VIDA RESERVATIONS There are so many calls coming into La Vida Mineral Springs from all over the Slate for reservations, that Preiider.t W. N . Miller has ordered direct phones to be installed in the La Vida Hotel, so that Resident Manager Rachel Babcock can take care of all the prospective guests who want to come to the springs for rest and comfort, at the same time take advantage of the wonderful mineral spring:. In the past President Miller figured that La Vida Mineral Springs could transact all business that there was to do during the given day lime, but, not so with the way the fame of this resort is fast spreading to all corners of the country, especially California. La Vida Mineral Springs is a nice place for week end parties. First because one can find every comfort that they would al their own home. The cabins are complete in every way, as far as light housekeeping means go, while those who would rather dine in a restaurant can do so with complete satisfaction in the Cafe, operated by Archie Rosenbaum, who with his wife, lail Sunday celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary. These homey folks cook up the best foods of the season until it almost melts in your mouth. Among those who visited La Vida Springs the past Week Were: Mr. and Mrs. Burnett; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burns; May Morris; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Wallace; Mr. and Mrs. Genlery; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Stanley; Nan C. N orris, of the Breakfast Club; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hess, of Altadena; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Herron, of Fullerton; Frank Moffil, of Beverly Hills; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morningthai, of Orange ; Harvey McGuire of San Diego; Richard Donovan, of Seattle, Wash.; Robert Doolitlle, of Providence, R. I.; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rossman, of Yonkers, N. Y.; J. J. Sunderland, of Rock Island, III.; William Fletcher, of Portland, Ore.; James Munro, of Hollywood ; Adam Forester, of New York; Martin Beckman, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keefe, of Rockford, 111.; Miss Susan Meyhoff, of St. Louis, Mo., and many others whose names cannot be recalled at this time — and yours truly, "Dad," is able to get about without a cane. That's wonderful, if you know what we mean. Doing the Avenue (With Land is Buford) Well! Well! Well! We are back on the Avenue, where life in its fullest form is lived and where the boys and girls who do their stuff before the mike, the camera and the human eye get out of life all that there is to be had. A small city in itself, it is not forced to go outside its bounds to enjoy all the pleasures of the normal person. Now that the long leaping and fast running athletes have departed and the political turmoil is about to settle in its usual rut we soon can get back to our everyday living. And boy, how Welcome that will be! The Moving Finger Writes and Having Writ— Zack Williams has landed a part in the picture "Kong." He, with seven others, are cast as dancers. The big fellow was at one time the highest paid colored player in Hollywood., For the last two years he has not been working in the flickers and has just decided to cast his lot with them again. He has had experience on the stage, one of his best portrayals was the interpretation of Crown in the play "Porgy." Leon Herriford is awaiting a good job that is hanging fire — Le> Hite continues to rule al the Cotton Club — Billy Mitchell and Professor Toby play host to Aaron Gales, producer of the Georgia Minstrels, and Tommy Harris also of the show, as the head man of the funmaking. They open in one of the suburban houses in the near future — Nathan Curry had the hiring of 200 men for the play "Kong" at RKO — Petite Baby Mack smiles at a scribe as she steps out of the path of an automobile — Stomp and Sell It (Stompy Cellit) got Step and Fetch It (Stephin Fetchii) his first job in the movies — Kid Herman sees Jack Thompson roll by in his auto and says that the exwelter weight champion of the world has one of the be>t camera faces on the Avenue — and they say that Eddie Tolan, two times winner in the Olympiad, was refused admittance to a parly — / heard that same Tolan had been offered a contract by one of the larger studios al a nice "figger" and also that identical Tolan Was offered a position in Japan. What a life to live as a Champion of the World! Edward Thompcon of Lucky Day passes through the Dunbar on his Way home and greel> the crowd — Edith Spencer graciously pauses in her hurry to rehearse — and a new learn of dancers, girls, loo, are taking this side of town by storm — said girls being Cleo and Billy. And this column must come to an end. I borrow a thought from the Old Maestro and change it as I say, "I Hope You Don't Like It." • • • Political Corner In recognition of the universal interest in the Olympic Games, fifty thousand copies of a distinctive aerial photograph of the Olympic and Swimming stadia, suitable for framing, are being distributed this week throughout the Fifteenth Congressional District with the compliments of Sheriff Wm. I. Traeger, Republican candidate for nomination for Congress. The photograph was especially taken for the Traegerfor-Congress campaign committee. Additional copies can be obtained al the business offices of the campaign, or al any of the branch headquarters including: The Plaza Hotel, Hollywood; 1749 West Adams St.; 4354 S. Vermont; or at the two new branches opened this week at 1012 S. Western Ave., and at 7870 Santa Monica Blvd. GOOD HEALTH I S O F GREAT VALUE LA VIDA MINERAL SPRINGS In Beautiful Carbon Canyon . . . Orange County, California Mail Address: Route I, Placentia, Calif. . . . Phone Placentia 51 50 La Vida Mineral Water Is a Natural Soda Water Finest Cafe, Hotel and Cabin Accomodations at Reasonable Rates W. N. MILLER, President RACHEL BABCOCK, Resident Manager