Inside facts of stage and screen (September 27, 1930)

SEPT. 27, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE SEVEN MINIMUM OF DRAW STUFF IN BAY CITY SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— A minimum of box office pictures held down receipts for the week just passed, although most houses were quite satisfactory. Paramount with Gloria Swanson in “What a Widow” was one of the outstanding films of the week. Together with a stage show the United Artists pic- ture drew in a neat $23,500 on the week. Up the street at the Fox, Milton Sills in “The Sea Wolf” hovered between excellent and fair, a figure of $44,000 making everything okay F. and M.’s “Gobs of Joy” with Hermie King conducting the con cert orchestra, rounded out the show. Metro’s “Love in the Rough” now holds the screen. John McCormack bowed out of Loew’s Warfield after three fair weeks to $12,000. “Good News” is next and the present heavy exploi tation campaign ought to sell that flicker if nothing else wilL Publix’s California with Par’s “Monte Carlo” did well enough at $20,000 and it stays for seven days more. St. Francis bowed out “Eyes of the World” with $6000 in the safe, and “The Spoilers” is cur- rent and doing well. Orpheum slipped with Radio’s “Leathernecking,” $8500 being the figure. “Lady Surrenders” is now in. Wagnon houses , did fairly well, the holdover week of John Barry- more in “Moby Dick” _ drawing $8500, while the Davies with “Bor- rowed Wives” got $5700. “Birth of a Nation” closed at the Geary after four weeks and had but $4000 to its credit. GIRLS TO TOUR SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Effective this week, stock lineup_ of girls in the Publix presentation houses will go on the road, covering Los Angeles, Paramount, Portland and Seattle. SUGAR SUBS FOR HOLIDAY OAKLAND, Sept. 25—J. E. “Dinty” Doyle, radio, ed. of Post- Enquirer, has returned from _ an Eastern trip during which he visited the leading statons of the Atlantic coast. 4: * * “Ghost Ship” is to be the next legit offering at the Dufwin, with Francis X Bushman slated to fol- low a week later in “Thin Ice.” * * ^ As a climax to National Radio Week artists from East Bay and San Francisco radio stations will appear at an aritists’ benefit show in the civic auditorium htis week. ^ ^ ^ Charlie Pacheco, KLX pianist, and Pansy May Huse, vocalist, trod the middle aisle this week after a radio romance of several months duration. ^ * Hermie King is at the Fox in San Francisco as c^uest conductor dur- ing the absence of Walt Roesner. John Colletti is batting for King here. * * Jane Urban in “Nancy’s Private Affair” opens at the Fulton Sunday and “Silent House” will follow that production. * * * Neil Buckley, leading man at the Fulton, is mourning the disappear ance of his pet pooch. Whiskers, for whose return Buckley is adver tising heavil”-. SPIER MAKES PLAY FOR COLLEGE KIDS TO OPEN STUDIOS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Pearl Hickman has returned from a trip to Los Angeles and is readying her dancing studios in San Francisco and Oakland for an Oc- tober opening. Her Oakland studio will be located in the Roseroom Academy and the San Francisco school will be in the Trianon Ball- room. RUBINI AT FOX SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Jan Rubini goes into the Fox this Friday to conduct that house’s con- cert orchestra during the absence of Walt Roesner. Roesner will re- turn in another week from New York, where he went to open Mar- co’s production schedule at the Roxy. Hermie King from the Fox Oakland conducted at the Fox this week. PARTNER With $1500 Cash Will take in good live wire, male or female, on a theatri- cal promotion that will net twice the investment in 90 days. Best of references. 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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Casting difficulties have postponed the opening of “Death Takes a Holiday” at “Erlanger’s Columbia, and in its stead Ralph Pincus has booked in Dorothy Mackaye in “A Cup of Sugar,” currently at the' Vine Street, Hollywood. “Sugar” opens Sept. 29. Arthur Greville Collins is still casting “Death,” in Hollywood where he has part of the cast lined up. His last production at the Columbia, “Young Love,” which he put on with George Holland, didn’t do so well. WARD WITH DREYER Walter Ward, formerly of Ward and Dooley, RKO, act for the past ten years, has connected with Billy Dreyer, Hollywood dance director, as his executive manager. Laura Dreyer, wife of Billy, is expected here in two weeks. She is now teaching at Micheals School, N. Y. CANSINOS MOVE Cansino Studios of dancing have moved to 1627 Cahuenga in Holly- wood. The new studios are beauti- fully equipped to handle all kinds of dancing, and will provide showers and practise rooms of a very modern character. The Can- sinos were formerly Orpheum head- liners. GORDON RETURNS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25— Leon Gordon, author of “White Cargo” has arrived from Australia with his bride, Nancy Atkins. Gor- don has been in the Anzacs for three years. GETS PRISON TERM SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. William J. Casey, former manager of the Excelsior, neighborhood house, was given eight years Fed' eral imprisonment oft charges of embezzlement, in a verdist handed down this week by Judge Louder- back. TAirS AT BEACH TO GO GOLF LINKS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— First local night club to go for the microbe golf gag is Tait’s-at-the- Beach where an 18 hole course L being constructed to open for busi- ness in about 30 days. A remote control system is being installed linking the course with the dining room, where Jack Coakley’s orchestra plays, and Henry War- ner sings. Business is on the upgrade at this class night spot where Coakley and Warner are developing into big fa- vorites. FEM BAND SAILS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Three Girl Friends and their fern band sailed this week on the Mat- sonia for Honolulu, where they will fill an eight week engagement for E. K. Fernandez. Girl Friends and Pauline Dubart, Vera Palmer and Lorna Doonemartin. Other mem- bers are Margaret Inge, Dorothy Stewart, Maris Silvera and Martha Linderstrand. Miss Dugart is di- rector. ANN HOFMANN DANCE STUDIO Announces That ANDREW McFarland Is Now Teacking Advanced Acrobatic and Tumbling at her studio, 1151 Market St., San Francisco. Phone Underhill 1122 For Appointments STOCK FOR PLAZA SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25.—Ben Erway and Ben Ketchum are plan- ning a stock company for the dark Plaza here, which has been closed for several months. Union owns the house. Market St. Gleanings DOROTHY ASSIGNED Dorothy Knapp, Ziegfeld beauty and former -“Miss America,” has been given a leading faminine role in “Under the Cock-Eyed Moon,” western burlesque directed by Wal- lace Fox for Pathe. TWINER TO MANAGE STOCKTO'N, Sept. 25. —A. M. Bowles has announced the opening of the Fox California for October 14. Nick Turner will manage. “A LITTLE SMILE” Word.3 and Music by GEO, B, L. BRAUN (A Fox Trot Sensation) CONCORD PUBLISHING CO. 1179 Market St. San Francisco MODEART Permanent Wave Best in the WesV COMPLETE Medicated Shampoo and Finaer Wave Included Ton cannot buy a better wave. Indl* vidua!) distinctive! beautiful and last* in?. With or without Hnrlet ends. A WAVE YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. Your choice of Modeart* Onart) Bin?* lette or other celebrated methods. Halrcuttln? by Mr. Yon Medicated Shampoo. 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George Gatley, made up at a local hospital this week after eight years frigidness ... from Los Angeles comes Mickey Hester and Witmark’s corp of tunes takes an upward leap . . . it’s birthday greetings for Dan McLean, Fox El Cap. mgr.... and Alice Eggleston, sec. in the FWC offices . . . A1 Sather, who was born in South Africa of a Norweigan father and an Irish mother, can’t remem- ber his apartment address. Give credit to Perry Silvy . . . theatre advertising man who re- membered the Jewish New Year in his Embassy advs. ... by means of a greeting in Hebrew . . . Jerry Stewartson, NBC’s premier arrang- er, visiting “Inside Facts” . . . the Kress bldg, isn’t what it used to be . . . there’s a dearth of musickers and an influx of chiropractors . . . Harry Powell with a swell surprise for a couple of friends . . . there are plenty of wire acts in vaude these days . . . “Wire home for money.” John Smith, Par. mgr. and Jim Riley of National Theatre Supply, loading up with scrambled eggs. . . Skeeter Hartwell at the Paramount, Mary Louise Treen at the Fox and Benay Ventua at KPO . . . started out as members of the original Hollywood Beauties at the Holly- wood Egyptian . . . three gals who have made good in the big city. . . The bu.sy Fox publicity offices ... Bob Harvey with a swell adv. idea . . . Bob Gilmour cuttin out paper dolls . . . George Rush working on daylight savings . . . Frank R. New- man, Jack Ryan, A1 Graf, Bert Catley and Orin McLean rushing in for brief business. Dick Foster passing in the press . . . Pat West back from a game of golf . . . blue sweater, plus fours and all. . . . ^ ^ Famous Lines of Show Business: “This is the greatest song we’ve ever had in our catalog.” THREE LEGITS DUE TO OPEN FALL SEASON SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Although the current week in the legit field continued at a low ebb with but one play on the boards, Sunday and Monday will see three openings. Pauline Frederick closes Satur- day night at the Curran in “The Crimson Hour” and Rowland and Pearce bring in “Little Orchid Annie” with Betty Bronson as a follower. Dorothy, Mackaye bows at the Columbia Monday night in “Cup of Sugar” and “Young Sinners” comes into the Geary the same night fol- lowing the picture, “Birth of a Na- tion.” Henry Duffy is rapidly moving forward on plans for the Alcazar re-opening, and Irving Ackerman is planning a stock company at the Tivoli for some time in October. LOU EMMEL OPENS HIS OWN OFHCES SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Lou Emmel has opened a booking office in the Kress building, where he is handling acts for clubs, fairs, pageants and carnivals. Office s next door to where he was formerly located as manager for De Sylva, Brown and Hender- son ,who closed on September 1. Emmel’s wife is associated with him in the office. PUPILS IN RECITAL SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Ann Hofmann is rehearsing _ 75 pupilh for her annual dance recital, which she will stage in Burlingame in October. SUNNY BROOKS IN SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Music Corporation of America booked Sunny Brooks and 11-piece orchestra into the Balconades Ball- roo mfor a two week engagement, opening Sept. 29. Walt Krausgrill comes back in after Brooks closes. DANCER FREED SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Charging that her husband bit her on the arm, Mrs. Overton Roberta van Syck, dancer, was granted a di- vorce from Van van Syckle, pianist and cafe entertainer. BOWER STRICKEN SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— A sudden nervous breakdown caused the removal of Jay Brower to Franklin hospital on Tuesday morning, leaving the Fox El Capi- tan temporarily without a master of ceremonies. SOJIN LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Sojin, Oriental picture villain, sailed from here Tuesday, hound for his native Japan, where he will take the lead in a Japanese film to be produced there. ALLAN KANE OPENS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Allen Kane opens Friday as m. c. at the Paramount succeeding Ken Whitmer who closes after 13 suc- cessful weeks. EXCLUSIVE PACIFIC COAST DISTRIBUTORS FOR SELVA THEATRICAL FOOTWEAR SELVA ©BALLETS The Finest Soft Toe Ballet Slippers Made Black Kid—Child’s, $3.25; Misse’s, $3.50 White Kid—Child’s, $3.50; Misse’s, $4.00 Men’s Black Kid, $5.00; White Kid, $5.50 Our New Catalogue Sent on Request Theatrical Footwear Headquarters _ DANCE ART*SHOE CO Warfield Theatre Bld^r. 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