Inside facts of stage and screen (April 19, 1930)

PAGE TEN INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930 VANCOUVER, B. C. A. K. REPRESENTATIVE 901 Bekin. Bldg. --NORTHWEST <* WA SHIN GTON OREGON Division Offices JEAN ARMAND district manager 502 EASTLAKE AVENUE Seattle, Wash. I DAHO MONTANA Phone: Capitol 1932 PORTLAND, ORE. F. K. Haskell REPRESENTATIVE Postoffice Box No. 16 FOR SEATTLE'S BIZ VANCOUVER By A. K. MacMARTIN SEATTLE. April 17—Summer weather. Lent, the appfoach of Holy Week and advent of the Jewish Passover cut into the ac- tivity around the theatres last week, with practically everyone suffering. Fox's Fifth Avenue and R-K-O's Orpheum ran practically a dead heat, each reporting $15,500 into the coffers for the past stanza. The West Coast house, with "Ship From Shanghai" on the screen and Fanchon and Marco's "Eyes" Idea on the stage was pleasincr all around. The Or- pheum housed "Second Wife," ex- ploited heavily from the sex angle, and the standard four-act vaude show headed hv Nan Halperin and Burns and Allen. Pnhlix's Paramount. reporting $14,250 for the "Benson Murder Case" was nice and profitable. Stanleigh Malotte at the organ and Arthur Clausen's Paramounteers of material worth to this stand. ^ John Hamrick's Music Box again took the lead of this operator's two stands with $7750 for the sec- ond and final week of "Under a Texas Moon." Very satisfactory here. "Vengeance" at the Blue House across the street, profitable with $5500. "Ingagi," wild life film currently in at the Blue Mouse and going heavilv. Edward Everett Horton in "Wide Open" at the Music Box opened satis- factorily. The New Fox. showing "This Mad World." gathered a reported seven grand which was rather heftv for this film. Owen Sweeten's band, with a pleasing concert, un- doubtedly helped. "The Rogue Song" comine for an extended run starting next week. Erlanger's Metropolitan was given over to concerts and road show attractions the past week. Moroni Olsen players, standard fa- vorites here, practically a sell-out for two-day, Fn'dav and Saturday, showine of "White Wings." Con- cer artists filled two additional davs to nice biz at the Metro politan. Night life biz didn't seem to suffer much from the presence of Paul Whiteman and his 'band in the Civic Auditorium. Vic Meyers' Club Victor, featuring Meyers' own recording orchestra and Carolvnne Snowden, showed plenty of activity The Washington-California crew races on Friday brouerht plenty of folks into town. Tinv Burnett and his band in the Olympic Hotel's Venetian Gardens also going great with consistent biz. Coffee Dan's, popular pricec spot, now getting into the proper atmosphere, with the theatre folks in town giving the spot a play livening up the place. Dick Buck- ley, as m. c, well liked, handling the show in nice fashion. Marie Dickerson and Elsie Jewell, fea tured entertainers, plugged along ;ith Gordon Kilbourne's band The R-K-O Orpheum led the pa- rade with the largest gross for the week. A great comedy bill of vaude headlined by Weaver Broth- ers and Elviry, who have many more members of the homespun family from Arkansaw with them this season, was responsible for the big draw. The picture "Such Men Arc Dangerous," with War- ner Baxter, was also good enter- tainment. The Strand and Capitol shared honors for second place with Para- mount's "Slightly ^Scarlet" at the first named house and M-G-M's "Their Own DesirV with Norma Shearer, proving popular at the Capitol. The British Guild Players up at the Empress continued to crush 'em in with "The Adventurous Age." While the only tab show in town, Lee Jaxon and his Com- edy Company at the Royal, had nothing to complain of, the fans depositing liberally and in increas- ng numbers at the b. o. The Beacon did better with arger display newspaper ads anr a split' week policy, with Gloria Swanson in "The Trespasser" the first half and Norma Talmadge in 'New York Nights" following. The Colonial had Dolores Cos ello in "Marriage of Convenience' with Charlotte Greenwood in "So Long, Letty" at the Dominion 30th houses doing well. Business in the suburban spots continued to hold up, all the houses being wired. * * * Heinie Lewis, Dutch comic, has been added to the cast of Lee Taxon's company at the Theatre Royal. * * * The local show shops Tiad stren- uous competition several nights of the current stanza. Thursday night Gus Sonnenberg, wrestling champ, headlined a card which packed the Auditorium, in a grunt and push event. Friday night the Boston Bruins met • Vancouver, Pacific Coast hockey champs, in the first of a series of three matches, pack- ing over 10,000 fans into the big ice arena. * * * The Musicians' Union has or- ganized the Vancouver Profession- al Concert Band, made up of 35 members of the local, all former musicians of local theatres pre- vious to the advent of the talkies. Will Edmunds is conductor.^ They are advertsiing in local publications that they are prepared to accept bookings for garden parties, broad- casting, or any other event. * * * Alterations and new theatre con- struction in this territory include the new F. P. C. Corporation house on Broadway costing $450,- 000, the Edward Guest house on Granvile south, now under con- struction, costing $225,000. A bal- cony is' being added to the Em- FIRST AMUSEMENT PARK FOR SEATTLE Notes Along Fifth Avenue SEATTLE, April 17. —Seattle will have its first amusement park 20 years with the opening, scheduled for May 24, of such a spot at Bitter Lake, just north of the city limits. Sponsored and financed by the Washington Amusement Company, group of local capitalists, Seattle's "Coney Island" will embrace 22 concessions. a 4000-foot scenic railway, roller coaster, free picnic grounds, swimming and bathing arrangements. The park covers 65 acres, which have been landscaped and planned. Construction on the park has been in progress since September. One-fourth of the area will be given over to such accessories of whoopee as the Fun House, the Tumble Bug, the Dodge-'em, the Red Bug. the Merry Mix-up. Sea- plane, Crazy House, Merry-go- Round and other such parapher- nalia, some of which is said to be new to the coast. A mammoth danciner pavilion also will be in operation on the grounds. The scenic railway is declared by the operators as one of the fast- est and longest in America. The entire lay-out was con- structed and designed by C. E. Phare, engineer and designer, who came from the East especially for this venture. Leo F. Smith, president of the Washington Amusement Company, will serve as managing director of the park, with I. E. Dill in charge of advertising, exploitation and entertainment. William A. Logus is treasurer. All three men come from the Jantzen Beach amuse- ment park of Portland, Ore. BAND ENTERTAINS SPOKANE, Wash.—Henry San- trey's Soldiers of Fortune, a 17- piece orchestra, during their en- gagement this week at the RKO Orpheum, also furnished the en- tertainment at the Danvenport Hotel at the convention of In- land Empire Education Associa- tion meeting. DUFFWIN STAYS OPEN PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.— Although originally scheduled for closing here some weeks ago, Henry Duffy's Duffwin Theatre, under the management of Bill Mc- Curdy, is still forte with the pa- trons. Howard Miller and Leona Powers are currently featured in the leads of this popular troupe that is getting heavy play from local audiences. Closing now post- poned indefinitely. April showers obvious by their absence . . . And the girls look mighty classy in their spring ap- parel . . . Al Finkelstcin scans a pile of newspapers . . . Lou Golden is off for the bank . . . John Bowles is among those not around . . . Helen Kruse wears a big smile . . . Art Huot is back on Seattle's film row . . . Hal Elias is off for L. A. . . . Bun Mulligan gets a new assignment, .that of assistant p. a. . . . Everhardt Armstrong lunches in the Green Gate . . - Harry Mills in the Richelieu . . . Dick Hayes works through his lunch hour . . . Art Kennedy erabs a sandwich in a hurry at Fisher's . . . John Sully learns new tricks with a home- made cane while Muriel Thomas looks on. uninterestingly . . . B. N. Hutchinson sits in the box-of- fice at the auditorium . . . While Wee" Coyle waxes the floor . Harry Ponselle dances with a radio singer . . . And Billie Landers gets the break . . . Dick Rickard looks in vain for a partner . Marc Winans uses the typewriter at a rival station . . . Bert Fisher is 'busy on the pbone. but inter views callers . . . Iz Shafer out to lunch in a hurry . . . But takes his time coming back . . . Bob Williams takes care of the standees . . . George Pampel all wraooec up in the boat show . . . Dick Buckley bounces out in new soring finery . . . Nick Schmitz still re lating about the robbery . . . Dave Himelhoch forgetting about it . Earl Gunther reading between shows . . . Helene Hill listening to Paul Whiteman's band with envious eyes on a musician . . . Shelby Cole nowheres around . . . Glen Scholine admits an arduous day . . . Ken Schoenfeld down early for an appointment . . . Joe Cooper passes out membership cards . . . And Dorothy looks for apartments . . . Roy Cooper out of the hospital and feeling better . . . Sam Green watches the cus- tomers flow in . . . Joe Danz and Roland Langer likewise . . . Tames McNabb and Jay Brown rush out to the car, and away . . . Grant Merrill professes his hunger . . . And he has lots of company . . . Clara Pearl posing for pictures . . . Also Genevieve Murray and Pearl Harris . . . Jim Clemmer signs checks . . . Frank McCor- mick hurries to the bank, and then to breakfast . . . Kent Thompson pleased over the attendance . . . Eddie Zollman taking the missus out on a spree . VANCOUVER, April 17.—Offi- cials of Local 145, Vancouver, American Federation of Musicians, deny that the union had anything to do with bringing pressure on the immigration authorities to keep Paul Whiteman and his Band and Phil Baxter's "Texas Tommies" ' rom playing local dance engage- ments. At the Vancouver Hotel a local orchestra was engaged to fill the dance date Whiteman was not per- mitted to play, tickets being cut from $10.00 to $5.00 per couple. Whiteman and his boys were pres- ent, however, and enjoyed danc- ing with Vancouver belles instead of performing. Local dailies carried editorials deploring the action taken by local musicians, or whoever was respon- sible for having the immigration authorities enforce the act under the labor clause. R. E. Chinn, local representative of the Music Corporation of America, who had booked the Texas Tommies for the Happyland date, stated that his company had 70 Canadians em- ployed in their various bands and it was just possible that in way of reprisals they might be dis- missed. CAROLYNNE SNOWDEN OPENS MAY 3rd Regal Theatre Chicago Indefinite Engagement MANY THANKS TO VIC MEYERS for SIX BIG WEEKS at CLUB VICTOR SEATTLE will be erected at Prince Albert, Sask., cost not stated. A. Roth- stein of Winnipeg is building a theatre at Saskatoon, Sask., to be called the Roxy. F. P. C. C. are press, Kamloops, to increase seat inc capacity at a cost of $15,000. buildincr an $80,000 house at Ross- Looks good for continuer profit. A new theatre called the Strand land, B. C MARIE DICKERSON FEATURING BLUES—DANCE COFFEE DAN'S, SEATTLE THE CROONING WALTZ HIT! "ROCK-A-BYE TO SLEEP IN DIXIE" 1 Send for Orchestrations—VOCALS—QUARTETTES S. L. CROSS MUSIC CORP. Seattle, U. S. A. HERMAN KENIN AND BOYS Fox Broadway Theatre Portland THANKS TO FANCHON AND MARCO AND FLOYD MAXWELL