Inside facts of stage and screen (July 26, 1930)

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE SEVEN Harold J. Bock Manager PHONE DOUGLAS 2213 SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND —SACRAMENTO —SAN JOSE KRESS BLDG. 935 Market St., Office Suite 5M ‘BIG HOUSE’ LEADER FOR S. F. WHILE REST OF BIZ MEDIOCRE SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.—While other picture palaces were plodding- along at no spectacular pace, Loew’s Warfield took a speedy sprint with Metro’s “Big House” the stimu- lant. All other houses had mediocre box offices. M-G-M’s “The Big House” opened heavily at the War- field, breaking all Saturday records and grossing that house’s second largest figure, topped only by “The Cockeyed World.” The figure was $42,000 and the picture looks good for at least three more weeks. Fox took its lowest gross in several weks, $38,000 on Fox’s and and to- and “Ro- up- “Good Intentions” with F. M.’s “Country Club” Idea Ann Pennington in person, gether with Walt Roesner concert orchestra. Garbo in mance” holds the screen now. The Paramount took an ward jump with William Powell in “For the Defense” and a stage show headed by Ken Whitmer, m. c. Powell is a good draw in this town and at $19,000 the house was okay. “Queen High” is current. The St. Francis, on the other hand, was a slouch with $6000 on “The Silent Enemy,” a' silent pic- ture. “Dangerous Nan McGrew” with Helen Kane has followed. And the California with the deuce and last week of Richard Barthel- mess in “Dawn Patrol” took $14,000, and now has Ronald Col- man in “Raffles.” Orpheum wasn’t so. hot with “Hell’s Island” bowing out after two weeks to the tune of $7500. “Dixiana” opens with a mid- night premier Friday night and acts from the Orph houses here and in Oakland at a $1 top. Wagnon houses sagged. Em- bassy with $5300 in the safe on Ed Horton in “Wide Open” was very low while the Davies even with two features — “Temptation” and Buck Jones in “Lone Rider” drew only a low $4700. KANSAS CITY, July 24.—Marco closed a deal here this week to play Fanchon and Marco Ideas at the local Pantages Theatre. PHOTOPHONE IN SOUND LEADERS “A LITTLE SMILE” Words and Music by GEO. B. L. BRAUN (A Fox Trot Sensation) CONCORD PUBLISHING CO, 1179 Market St. San Francisco Gamba Since 1905 Theatrical Footwear and Accessories 150 Powell St. San Francisco Phone DOuglas 8268 WHILE YOU’RE VACATIONING this summer WHY NOT LEARN to write, read and execute dances the scientific way, and save weeks of toil preparing new stage rou- tines ? DANCEOGRAPH pupils execute the most difficult and intricate movements with perfect ease. BE PREPARED for the coming trend in professional dancing. DANCEOGRAPH DANCE ART (Incorporated) 555 Sutter Street San Francisco Schools in New York City, Newark, N. J., Chicago, Indi- anapolis, St. Louis, San Fran- cisco, Denver and Sait Lake City. Establishing a record that ranks with the progress of the motion picture, RCA Photophone, Inc., subsidiary of the Radio Corpora- tion of America and manufacturer and distributor of motion picture sound-recording and reproducing equipment, during the first six months of 1930, installed nearly twice as many sound equipments in theatres as had been installed in the previous sixteen months. On October 1, 1928, RCA Pho- tophone, Inc., made its first instal- lation, and up to January 1, 1930, the aggregate number had reached 410. During the first six months of 1930, 775 equipments were in- stalled in the United States, in- cluding, in addition to those placed in theatres, clubs, steamships and other non-theatrical enterprises, 51 of the 60 sound equipments con- tracted for by the government for army posts throughout the coun- try, but not including installations made in foreign countries. In addition to the eight studios in Hollywood that record their pro- ductions by the RCA Photophone system, the majority of motion pic- ture studios in England, France and Italy employ RCA Photophone equipment. Market St. Gleanings STRICKEN ON TRAIN OAKLAND, July 20.—Return- ing to Hollywood from Alaska where he was on location, George Berthelon, assistant director of the Radio Pictures lot, was taken off the south-bound train in an uncon- scious condition and removed to a local hospital where he remained for three days before regaining consciousness. VAUDE TEAM SPLIT SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Kramer and Boyle split their RKO act while in the Northwest two weeks ago and have been replaced by Geraldine and Joe, kid act. TRY SPECIAL STUNTS SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 — Capitol is advertising three special nights w e e k ly , augmenting its regular burlesque show. Chorus girl contest, audition and perfect form nights, they’re called. SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Downtown first run picture the- atres are due for a pow wow this week on Greater Talkie Season which will open August 15. Sev- eral new angles will be utilized on this year’s campaign. COOPER AT FOX George Cooper has been signed to play the role of “Biloxi” in Vic- tor Fleming’s forthcoming produc- tion, “Renegades,” featuring War- ner Baxter -at Fox. NEW DANCE ACT Edward Faye and Betty Ban- nister have new act in RKO vaude called “Dance Patterns,” in which they are assisted by Paulina Arley, Faye and Estaire and Ruth Co- burn. GIRLS WANTED Experienced Chorus Girls With Good Specialties Send photos and details CHARLES and DAWN STAGE ARTS STUDIO 1141 MARKET ST. SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCERS, CAFE MARQUARD SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Night baseball bowed to Los An- geles and Seattle this week, ac- cording to officials of the Pacific Coast League, stationed here. Oakland starts August 5. Sacra- mento has played under arc lights. San Francisco alone remains a day time baseball spot, for the current season at least, and S. F. theatre managers won’t have to do any worrying about what this outdoor attraction might do to box-offices. * * * SPOTLIGHTS John P. Medbury and Hal Horne in town . . . Vic McLaglen in to meet three of his Australian nieces ... Joe Yule, comic at the Capitol, is the dad of Mickey McGuire, juve picture toughie . . . Rose Eliska in F. and M.’s “Coun- try Club Idea,” is really Rose Joyner and the sister of Joyzelle . . . Fat Wendt, who was recently married, has lost 57 pounds . . . dieting did it . . . Ann Penning- ton, who: is a big terpsichorean shot, wouldn’t follow a mixed hoofing trio consisting of two chorines and a male dancer at the Fox . . . Frank Mandel of Schwab and Mandel was here this week visit- ing his mother . . . Hal Roach, in town for a. few days, told Fred Johnson of the Call-Bulletin that the Laurel-Hardy comedies have grossed more in Germany, France and Spain than they did in the U. S. and Canada . . . the reports that stage shows soon will be in Fox houses in Stockton, Sacra- mento, Oakland and other North- ern California cities is denied by A. M. Bowles . . . George Nick- son is a Petylumi, Cal. (U. S. A.) boy who has made good in the city . . . Ethel Moe has just recovered from an operation on her eye . . . Roy Rogers, currently at the Oakland Orpheum, is a former cop and jiu jitsu expert, and will write 10 articles on the j. j. sub- ject for the Hearst papers when he goes to Europe next May . . . the scene now shifts to Rio Nido, along the Russian River, where Jesse Stafford took nine strokes on one hole of the miniature golf course . . . Lawrence Tibbett taking a bow to tremendous hands . . . Chuck Dutton taking gitter lessons from ‘Dave Kane . . . Eddie Bernard doing the m. c. job . . . George Taylor still kibitzing . . . and in the cold for three hours to watch a contest . . . Virginia Spencer ironing out certain diffi- culties with Mr. Taylor . . . Fred- die Heward taking his first barn- yard billiards lesson . . . Arnold Walters taking a long, long , hike in the woods. * * * Famous Lies of Show Business: “I’m sorry you caught this per- formance because last show it was great—took five encores.” GALA OPENING SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— RKO Orpheum opens Radio Pic- tures’ “Dixiana” tomorrow night with a midnight show at a $1 top, all proceeds going to the Call- Bulletin’s health fund. In addi- tion to the picture the show will have acts from the Oakland Or- pheum and RKO Golden Gate here with Jack Sprigg’s orchestra providing the music. WORK TO PINCH HIT SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Cliff Work has temporarily left the San Francisco Orpheum for Los Angeles where he will bat for Frank Vincent, Coast manager, while the latter is ill. Clem Pope, of Oakland, is handling the local house while Work is gone. G. & M. ATTRACTIVE THEATRICAL CARD SIGNS 510 Kress Bldg., 935 Market St. San Francisco TWO NEW LEGIT SHOWS OPENING SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— The current week was marked only by the Monday night open- ings of two top notch shows—-“It’s a Wise Child” at the Curran and “Subway Express” 'at Erlangier’s Columbia. Both got away to good starts and look set to do an okay business. Fay Baimter completed her first week in “Caprice” at the Geary with $13,000 the figure and holds on for 14 more days. Capitol got $8000 on the third week of Warren Iron’s burlesque show. Alcazar, President and Tivoli are dark. Green Street did $1100 on “Hot ’n’ Bothered.” SHIFT IN COMICS SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Billy Fields has closed his four week engagement as comic with the Irons and Clammage burles- que show at the Capitol, return- ing to the Mutual wheel. A week from today Joe Yule closes to join the Eddie Daly show on the Mutual. George Murray and Charles Fritchard, coming from New York, replace Fields and Yule. SHANE LEAVES PUBLIX SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Max Shane has resigned as Coast publicity director for Paramount Publix to join the home office of Fox. No one has yet been se- lected to succeed him and it is pos- sible job will not be filled. FOX AT PARAMOUNT SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— When Maury Foladare leaves San Francisco and his job as press agent for the Paramount in about two weeks Gene Fox will fill the former Foladare shoes. HATRICK VISITS SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 — E. B. Hatrick, vice-president in charge of finance for the Cosmo- politan Productions, was here this week enroute to Los Angeles where he will confer with M-G-M officials. McDonnell to wed SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— William McDonnell of the Fox West Coast publicity department, will be married on August 5 to Dorothy Senger, Foster and Klei- ser secretary. VOIGHT VACATIONS SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Recovering from a recent illness Fred Voight, manager of the Fox exchange, has sailed for Hawaii for a short rest. He will return the latter part of the month. NEW LEGIT SET SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.— Homer Curran will open Gilbert Miller’s production “Candle-Light” at the Geary on August 3, closing it August 23. Eugenie Leontovich will have the comedy lead. Oakland Pickups OAKLAND, July 24. —George Ebey successfully opened four weeks of comedy with music at his Fulton, “Little Miss Blue- beard” with Jane Fooshee provid- ing the initial piece. The change in type of offering has necessitated several shiftings and addition in backstage person- nel. John Wharry Lewis has changed his orchestra from con- cert to jazz, and a vaudeville pro- logue to the show has Chuck Thode at the piano and a line of six girls headed by Billy Doyle. Skeeter Hartwell is doing spe- cialties. “Nice Women” will follow “Miss Bluebeard” and it is possible that “45 Minutes From Broadway” will be revived. * * * Wood Soanes, drama editor of the Tribune, is vacationing. * * * Robert Nurok has been named musical director of the Dufwin. * * * Dufwin, operated by Emil Bondeson, Leo Carrillo and Rich- ard Marshall, opened “She Knew What She Wanted” to okay busi- ness this last Sunday, drawing nice notices. Grace Stafford is op- posite Carrillo in this vehicle, which was directed by Ferdinand Munier, who also plays a part. * * * Dufwin execs deny stories printed in other publications to the effect that Richard Marshall would join Carleton Miles in the production of “Cortez” in Los Angeles, with Leo Carrillo starred. * * * Closing after’ two weeks of “Dracula” at the Fulton, Bela Lugosi has returned to Holly- wood where he will make two pic- tures for Fox. 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