Inside facts of stage and screen (September 6, 1930)

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE SEVEN PUBLIX SHOWS IN THE SOUTH MOVES OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — Opening of Publix units at the Par- amount, Los Angeles, has automati- cally shifted the Publix production department from San Francisco to the Southern city where Harry Gourfain and his staff will be lo- cated. Effective this week, future Publix units will be opened in Los Angeles, continuing then to the Paramounts in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Vancouver may be added later. With Gourfain permanently lo- cated in Los Angeles, Albert Diano is in charge of production here in the capacity of assistant to Gour- fain. Val Nicholai is here as dance producer. Dave Hecker was sent to Portland and Seattle this week where he will stage the line num- bers for the units. Maury Foladare has left the Par- amount publicity desk to act as p.a. for the production department in Los Angeles. Gene Fox is p.a. for the local Paramount. DIRECTOR PINCHED ™ ’ ON CHECK CHARGE AN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — Arrested for the second time on a bad check charge Warren Millais, state director of Andy Wright’s “Philadelphia,” was returned from Los Angeles this week and was planted in the city jailhouse. Millais’ local check activities, when h£ was here to direct “Phila- delphia,” which failed to open at the Tivoli, involve approximately $ 1000 . Ambassador Hotel was one of the heaviest losers. ANN HOFFMANN DANCE STUDIO Announces That Andrew McFarland Is Now Teaching Advanced Acrobatic and Tumbling at her studio, 1151 Market St., San Francisco. Phone Underhill 1122 For Appointments MODEART Permanent Wave Best in the West COMPLETE Medicated Shampoo C& and Finger Wave us Included 5 Ton cannot buy a better wave. Indi- vidual, distinctive, beautiful and last- ing. With or without ringlet ends. A WAVE YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. Your choice of Modeart, Duart. Ring- lette or other celebrated methods. Haircutting by Mr. Yon Medicated Shampoo, including finger wave §1 Dried in 15 to ?o minutes by the Duart Chief French paper curl $1 Marcels 75c Manicure 50c MODEART Permanent Wave Studio 1007 Market St., at Sixth, Entire 2nd Floor Telephone HEmlock 0873 Open 9 to 9 with or, without appt. SAlM FRANCISCO SPOTLIGHTS Thomas D. Van Osten on his way to a conference . . . Homer Le Ballister being taken for a ride i... . on an elevator . . . John Smith din- ing on veal cutlets . . . and reading Inside Facts . . . George Olsen, the Scandinavian band leader and cafe owner, was in town for a day or two . . • Anson Weeks was his host. Fred Johnson reviewing the Golden Gate show as a press agent . . . Mahlon Merrick content plating a game of tennis between his many NBC programs . . . Ron and Don writing that all is well at the Fox, Brooklyn . . . Irving Ack- erman entertained the Maharajah of Pithpuran last week . . . along with his wife, two sons and 18 servants. The busy NBC studios . . . Ted Maxwell rehearsing the Spotlight program'. . . Peggy Chapman warb- ling a sweet tune into the mike . . . Walter Beban directing the orches- tra .. . the Coquettes harmonizing on a chune . . . Bill Royle breaking down and confessing his forthcom- ing matrimonial adventure . . . Rol- and Parker taking it easy on a cushioned bench . . . Joe Hornik scurrying into the studio . , . Neal McKinnon reading over his script . . . Floyd Yoder stopping for a chat . . . George Hall sneaking a drink ... of water . . Bobby Dean on her way home . . . Clarence Hayes strumming his uke and crooning a ditty . . . Irving Ken- nedy continues to crack wise . . . Cecil Underwood polishing his specs . . . Jack Keough prowling down a hall . . . Maynard Jones gives the press a lift. KYA’s Saturday afternoon ama- teur tryout program . . . dubbed the Radio Debut hour ... is a sure- fire laugh . . . swooping sopranos, panicky pianists, giddy guitarists . . .such fun. Dud Williamson conducts . . . and Saturday’s audi- ence consisted of rusty-headed Greta Gabler . . . George Nickson, the Petaluma tenor . , . Emily Eil- ers, financial director of the Fred Eilers Co. . . . Virginia Spencer, accompanist to some thirty-seven vocalists and instrumentalists . . . Fred Heward; who scratches a nasty Strad . . . Jack Plumley . . . none other . . . Tom Smith and his gitter . . . Charlie Concannon . . . Yvonne Peterson . . . Harry Bechtel, who was not m. c. at Vancouver but at Victoria Famous Lies of Show Business: “You’ll probably get 52 weeks if you play this benefit.” SPECIALS STARTED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — By inaugurating a series of special nights together with a talkie policy, Peterson and Drowning are holding the Princess, suburban house, up to ! a good business level. Bill Con- ners’ country store, on Tuesday I night and aturday matinee, is the biggest feature. A. SPlonteau is house manager and George French assistant. CIGARS PASSED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — Lou Shaff, house leader and trom- bonist in the Fox El Capitan orches- tra, is passing out cigars in honor of his new 7j4 pound baby girl. Father is doing as . well as can be expected. FORD GOES UP SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — Henry Ford has been promoted from chief doorman to chief usher at the Fox. He was formerly at the United Artists, Los Angeles. DOUBLE FOR ROUTE Paul E. Burns and James Clem- mons have doubled for an RKO Route. CHAS. and DAWN STAGE AND CLUB PRODUCTIONS—GIRL REVUES 1141 Market San Francisco Phone UNderhill 2608 HACKER SIGNS WITH ‘PUBLIX’ san Francisco, Sept. a . — Paramount Pubix has signed Dave Hacker as dance producer for Para- mount in Portland and Seattle. He takes up his duties Sept. 6, succeed- ing Paul Loke. For the past several years Hacker worked for Fanchon and Marco in their Ideas. He recently allied him- self with Publix as a featured dancer in one of the Harry Gour- fhin units. rena McDonald dies SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— Mrs. Rena McDonald, pianist and former stock player, died last week. She was a sister of Rose Diehl, lo- cal dance teacher. BUSH IN S. F. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — Harry Bush returned from Los An- geles this week to begin his new job as representative for Morse Preeman, music publisher. En route from Los Angeles Bush was in the Southern Pacific train wreck. INGENUES SOUGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—Sid Goldtree is seeking two capable in- genues, one to play the lead, in “Ex- Mistress,” which will be the next production at Goldtree’s Street theatre. He plans on starting re- hearsals about next week, and will put the play on the boards about the end of the month. SCENARIO CLASS Dorothy Yost will have charge of a class in Scenario writing, to be offered Wednesday evenings at University college, University of Southern California night school. The course will begin September 17. Miss Yost has been connected with M-G-M, Fox, F.B.Q., and Universal at various intervals dur- ing the past ten years. WEST AT ROBERT’S SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — West Gilland opened last week at the Beach with a five piece musical combo, succeeding Roland Corne- lius. With Gilland is Cyril Brown, who acts as m.c. and vocalist. Busi- ness at Robert's has been holding up to a good average pace. EDITOR RESTS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4. — Lloyd Thompson, drama editor of the Examiner, is on a vacation. Ada Hanafin and Cleo Braddock are handling the theatre department in Thompson’s absence. KID TRADE WANTED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— Making a play for the kid trade, RKO’s Golden Gate has inaugurat- ed a Payday Saturday for the youngsters, offering prizes ranging from 1 cent to 1 dollar. SUE UNION OAKLAND, Sept. 4—Operator’s Union was being used this week by the owners of the Broadway The- atre who charged that when theatre refused tb employ four operators the labor group blacklisted and pick- eted the house. Geo. T. Hood THEATRICAL MANAGER Address: Inside Facts, Suite 504, 935 Market St., San Francisco GAMBA Since 1905 Theatrical Footwear and Accessories 150 Powell St. San Francisco Phone DOugias 8268 PLEAD GUILTY ON BANK ACT CHARGE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. - Pleas of guilty of violation of the national banking act were made in federal court this week by William J. Casey, former manager of the Excelsior, Mission district picture house, and Garreth Calloty and George Marsh, bookkeeper and teller of the Bank of Italy. Callity and Marsh admitted they had “held up” checks for Casey a.t the bank and in return Casey book- ed their instrumental act into the Excelsior for an occasional one night stand. Bank incurred a loss of $15,111. All three have filed probation pleas. ASS’T HOLDS REINS SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 0. — During the vacation of Gordon Diehl, American Theatre manager, G. W. Johnson, assistant, is handl- ing the house. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4— Anson Weeks and his orchestra have been signed as a weekly fea- ture on the Florsheim program over NBC. This is in addition to Weeks’ nightly broadcasting over KFRC from the Hotel Mark Hopkins where he has been with- his dance band for a Ion grun. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4— Librorious Hauptmann and his or- chestra from Wagnon’s Embassy were featured at the Shrine lunch- eon last week and broadcast over KPO during the luncheon. DORN LEAVES MGM Lou Dorn, for the past several months in charge of talent and music at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, is no longer with that or- ganization. It is reported the mu- sical department is to undergo a complete reorganization. BEAUTY OPERATOR IN THEATRE TRADE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — D. Cowley is making a play for pro- fessional trade at her Modeart Beauty Salon on Market Street, in the center of the theatrical district, where she has a fully equipped es- tablishment for all beauty needs. ANOTHER WEDDING SAN FRANCISCO, ept. 4. — Capt. Bill Royle, NBC authority on airplanes and negro delination, stole away to Placerville last week with Madeline Bernice Kelly, avia- tion puipl of his, and tried to sneak a marriage license on the sly. The news leaked out; so Royle an- nounced. BREHANY IN L. A. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. — After Monday night’s opening of “Birth of a Nation” at the Geary, Jack Brehany, manager, left for Los Angeles where his niece, Harriett Bennett will marry John Garrick. Miss Bennett and Garrick played together in “Wishing Well” where Garrick was known as Reg- inald Dandy. Brehany will return here immediately after the -wedding. ‘BIRTH’ PACKS THEATRE ON S. F. PREMIER SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4— Not an outstanding thing in town except for the Monday night open- ing of “Birth of a Nation” at the Geary where the biggest crowds the Geary has had in months packed the house, the lobby, and were turned away. Playing to a $1.50 top, and two shows daily, this re- rived film put out by Triangle Corp. looks set for a neat four weeks here with some sweet grosses registered. The stage prologue will help. With Jack Oakie in “Let’s Go Native,” the Paramount had an- other good seven'days, $20,000 being the figure. House now has a Fri- day opening day and has to buck the Fox on that. A stage show m.c.’d by Ken Whitmer completes the bill. “Sea God” is next. Marx Brothers in “Animal Crack- ers” closed after two weeks at the California to a final tune of $16,500 and “Top Speed” follows. St. Fran- cis with “Road to Paradise” did $9000. With “Man Trouble” the feature the big Fox grabbed off $46,000, a bit lower than average but still okay. F. and M.’s "Wild and Wooly” Idea and Walt Roesner’s orchestra rounded out the bill. “Last of the Duanes” is current. “Our Blushing Brides" bowed out of the Warfield after three weeks, its final figure being $16,000. John McCormack in “Song O’ My Heart” has opened. Wagnon’s two houses did well enough on the week. Embassy with “Office Wife" grossed $10,400, and the picture holds over. The Davies with the futuristic “High Treason” registered a fair enough $6700. “Outside the Law” did a fair $8500 for the Orpheum, with “Ubangi” following SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— With the Walkathon due to fold this week, at the Golden Gate Ball- room, the winning couple has stum- bled about the floor in a simi-con- scious condition for some 1800 hours. It’s a safe bet that this is the last marathon of its type that San Francisco, as a city, will per- mit. One contestant is in a hospital in a serious condition. Other con- testants are in bad health. Downtown night clubs—and even theatres to a certain extent,—have been hurt by the 24 hour-a-day draw of the Walkathon. While many of the city's finest people have been occasional custo- mers many of the habitual attenders — particularly after 1 or 2 a.m. — have been bums and down and out- ers, all whom found the spot a great all-night hangout. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 — Garrick, Fillmore district house, closed for several years, is being re- opened, but as an indoor golf course instead. Upper floor will be made intoa ballroom. kk tt Special C. A. D. T. Convention Feature Amazing Low Priced Sensation! TRU-VAL TAP SHOES Fine Quality Patent Leather Genuine Hand Turned Soles $3.75 Children’s $3.50 DANCE ART SHOE CO. Theatrica Footwear Headquarters Warfield Theatre Bldg. Phone Prospect 1643 Call, Write or Phone for Our New Catalogue HIRSCH - ARNOLD BALLET MISTRESSES created and costumed all dance numbers now en tour Fox Circuit with F. & M.’s “Brunette's” Idea. STUDIO—545 SUTTER ST. 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