Inside facts of stage and screen (August 2, 1930)

gjSTAGE SCREEN PRICE 10 CENTS Only Theatrical Newspaper on the Pacific Coast RADIO MUSICS ESTABLISHED 1924 EDITED BY JACK JOSEPHS Vol. XII Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927, at Post- office, Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March 3, 1879. Saturday, August 2, 1930 Published Every Saturday at 800-801 Warner Bros. Down- town Building, 401 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, Calif. No. 5 ♦ f Exhibs in Defiance Of Order Health Department’s Rule Is Claimed Interference The infantile paralysis ban invoked by the Los Angeles Health Depart- ment last week on juve- nile theatre attendance aroused considerable i r e among many local exhib- itors. Although the regulations were drafted at a sympathetic meeting between health authorities and a few theatre executives, individual theatre operators point them out as “just one more proof that the theatre is the target for every kind of regulatory officiousness.” Practically none of the exhibit- ors are paying any attention to the restrictions, it is claimed. “If the authorities are going to interfere with -legitimate business,” declared one prominent theatre man this week, “let them not dis- criminate against the theatres. Our houses are sanitary and sci- entifically ventillated. Let the health officers impose their rules on the department stores as well, and on the market places, the churches and Sunday schools.” “Yes, and the street cars and downtown streets,” chimed in an- other. “Seventh and Broadway is a stinking stewpot in the heat of the day. Is the health department going to draw a line around the downtown district and require all kiddies to be kept a certain dis- tance apart, or barred entirely if they have a sniffly nose?” It is claimed the health depart- ment has no authority to enforce its regulations; that there is no legal backing for such medical au- tocracy, and that this point was fully proven during the flu epi- demic of several years ago. MISS LOMA WORTH The One Girl Band—Sensational Exponent of Musical Ornamentation RKO THEATRE—Week August 7th—LOS ANGELES (Only Actress Flying Her Own Plane From City to City) Direction: CHARLES A. BIERBAUER, N. Y. One Style That Gets Attention Some Exhibs Reported Falling for New Sales Method A smart film salesman has figured out a nifty line of subtlety that is get- ting him and his product a lot of sympathetic atten- tion where he was able to make slight impression be- fore. If, when he starts his glib talk about “product,” the exhibitor says, “Nawl Your stuff ain’t so hot, If you get a smash maybe I’ll buy it, but never mind the output!”, Mis- ter Salesman just nods in an off-' hand way and gazes dreamily across the street. “That’s a coupla nice vacant lots over there,” he says. “Well, I gotta be going. I got a sideline brings me in a piece o’ dough—” “Oh, yeah? What is it?” Oh, it’s one o’ these baby golf syndicates. They know I get around the country plenty and know where the folks go for en- tertainment, so they get me to re- port likely stands—” “Yeah?” “Yeah! Well, I gotta—” “Say, the reviews speak well o’ that comedy team o’ your’n in Calexico Kate.’ Are you gonna have some more like that?” ‘ Oh, ye-e-eh! An’ you should see the line-up we got for George Nitwit and Vola Volupto. Why looka these stills—” “Why don’t you bring your book in and show me whatya got? You don’t need to rush away, you don’ come around every day—” Another link in the Fanchon and Marco circuit is the Pantages theatre, Kansas City. “Rose Garden” will be the opening Idea on August 8.