Inside facts of stage and screen (October 18, 1930)

OCT. 18, 1930 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN PAGE NINE NEW COAST NET WORK OPENS NOV. 1 DENVER SPOT-NEWS L. C. “DUSTY” RHODES Representative 1411 Seventeenth St. TAbor 9901 Holden Swiger, manager of Publix, Denver, is back in town after sev- eral weeks vacation. Swiger visited a number of theatres in the South and reports business was good. The Denver man also attended the re- opening of th College Inn in Chicago, and made arrangements for the personal appearances here of several well-known movie stars, and is now wrestling with the powers that be for the return of Ted Mack, popular master of ceremonies, long at the Denver. Ted is going like a house afire at the New York Paramount, where he got a hurry call to pinch hit for Rudy Vallee as m. c. * * * Business continues to hold its own with the smaller theatres on Curtis Street. These houses, with exception of Publix Rialto and the America, are all second run, and on Saturdays and Sundays it is hard to get in any of them after 7 p. m. Harry Huffman’s Aladdin offers Milton Sills in “The Sea Wolf,” Fox News, Vitaphone Varieties, a fashion film and several other attractions for this current week. Business is always good at this house, which is located uptown. At his downtown stand, the animal life picture, “Africa Speaks,” holds the screen. There is ballying going on as to the opening attraction for the Tabor, now one of Huff- man’s holdings. * * * Empress, legit house, suddenly folded last night after only a three- week stand. People didn’t seem to want the kind of plays offered * * * Eddie Cantor in “Whoopee” is the new show in The New Paramount, with Jackie and Jean offering a novelty at the twin consoles, called “Campus Tours.” This will be representative of leading colleges of the state. Short subjects-and an up-to-date edition of Paramount sound news will finish out the new bill. Lots for the money, fifty cents being the tariff at this beautiful new theatre. * * * _ Fox’s new Mayan theatre, at First and Broadway, is nearing comple- tion and will be ready for its formal opening about Nov. 1. The play- house, on the site of the old Queen, will have 1,200 seats, and represents the expenditure of $200,000. AIR ARTISTS WILL FORM OWN CLUB OAKLAND, Oct. 16. — KROW announces intention of forming an Oakland Club for radio artists, ac- cording to Frank Killinger, chief announcer. Fifty-seven artists form the large payroll of KROW, an independent station unsubsidized by any news- paper or outside agency. HE ‘SPECS’ TOO MUCH Sybil Fulmer, who does the 11:30 p. m. organ recital for KGER on Saturdays, is a Long Beach theatre organist. Dick Dixon, staff organ- ist does program on the other six days. Dick is said to be near sighted and carries around a pair of spectacles for the street, one while playing the organ and a third set for spare equipment. MUTUAL SERVICE OFFERS BUSINESS HELP TO ARTISTS Mutual Service Bureau of 112 West 9th Street, under the man- agement of Philip L. Greenburg, is rendering a valuable personal and confidential service to the theatri- cal and motion picture profession. This service was designed to fit the requirements of stars, players, directors, writers, editors, supervis- ors, dramatists, song writers, com- posers, cameramen, technicians, mu- sicians, radio stars, dancers, artists, playwrights, and the like. These people who may be con- fronted with problems that inter- fere with their personal business and affairs, which has caused many to be in debt, being pressed for un- paid bills, being sued over the pay- ment of bills, and having creditors troubling them, besides being finan- cially embarrassed at times, have found their business and financial affairs have not been properly man- aged, nor have they prepared them- selves a sufficient reserve to pro- tect themselves in the future should their earning power stop temporary. Purpose of this service, is to pro- tect those of the theatrical and mo- tion picture profession from losing money, to keep them away from disastrous schemes, keep them from buying worthless securities, real es- tate, and to keep them from spend- ing money on worthless merchan- dise, from losing their prestige with the public and the amusement pro- fession, keep them in the road of sound credit and business manage- ment, and the control of their in- vestments and holdings, besides the protection of their names from a business, personal, publicity, and ex- ploitation standpoint. Greenburg, who is a thorough business and financial manager, knows the angles of the amusement business, is therefore equipped to assist those that need his help con- fidentially, in a business-like manner. GENE DAVE PINEAU & HOWSE THEATRICAL STAGE LIGHTING CO. WE ARE MOVINC TO 1451 VENICE BLVDt COR. OF ARAPAHOE ST. O BIK WIST OF HOOVER) _IN MUCH BIGGER, NEWER <5 BETTER QUARTERS ‘Vaudeville Facts Emile Boreo, French comedian, is back from Europe and has begun an RKO Circuit tour. * * * Ann Suter, probably the world’s most-traveled vaudeville artiste, has returned to her native America after an absence of five years, dur- ing which she has been twice around the globe. * * * Tom Patricola is scheduled to play RKO theatres, starting next month. * * * Frances White, diminutive sing- ing comedienne, opened this week in Paterson, N. J., to play good deal of time in major vaudeville. * * * Joe E. Brown, funster featured in Warner Brothers football spe- cial, “Maybe It’s Love,” will begin a week’s engagement at the Newark Branford theatre soon. * * * Marx Brothers have been booked for a personal appearance at War- ner Brothers Mastbaum theatre, Philadelphia, during the week be- ginning October 31. * * * Weaver Brothers, with their “Home Folks,’’ are not far from their native heath at the moment, and are booked to appear in the RKO Southern theatres following their engagement in Oklahoma City next week. * * * Jack Pearl, dialect comedian, is to begin a several weeks’ tour of RKO vaudeville, opening in New York October 25. * * * Bernard Granville and Neeley Edwards, new combination for vaudeville, appear this week in New York theatres. * * * Hawthorne and Inglis, A1 Mardo and Jack Janis, the Five Juggling Jewels, Evelyn Dean and the . Boulevardiers, with Dean and Ar- kin, Virginia Rucker, L. H. Gautier and company, Les Urbanis and the Gym Jam Girls also have RKO bookings. FEATURE IN SPANISH Universal will film a Spanish series of “Strange as It May Seem,” newspaper feature by John Hix. Eduardo Arozamena has been signed for speech synchronization. LOWE A GOLFER Edmund Lowe has put'in two weeks filming scenes for Stewart Edward White’s comedy, “The Shopper-Newfounder,” at various golf clubs near Hollywood. Steady practice with the clubs has whittled a half dozen strokes from his game. NAME EASTERN REP. Charles H. Christie announces the appointment of Caroll Trow- bridge as Eastern representative for Christie Film Company interests. MUSE AT COLUMBIA Clarence Muse, colored comedian of the stage and screen, has been signed by Columbia for a comedy role in “Dirigible,” with Jack Holt and Ralph Graves. Frank Capra is directing. LOS ANGELES HOME OFFICE FOR ‘UNITED’ By ART LaVOVE Covering the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Canada, nine popular radio stations will be brought by the United Broadcasting Company into a new network beginning Novem- ber 1, according to an announce- ment issued by Frederick C. Dahl- quist, manager of the corporation. Los Angeles has been chosen headquarters of the new chain. World famous entertainers from stage and screen will be heard on daily programs. The “U” broadcasting company was formed by Frederick C. Dahl- quist, radio authority, and Maurice G. Cleary, former vice-president and treasurer of the United Artists Corporation, with a group of leaders in industries in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Included in the directorate and management of the company are: Louis Davis, Jr.J chairman of the board, American States Public Ser- vice Company; W. E. Vogelback, president of American Engineering and Management Company; Ed- ward Heller, banker, San Fran- cisco; Kenneth Humphries, former executive of Boeing Airplane Com- pany; George Comstock, official of Electric Products Corp., Seattle; Herbert Ihrig, vice president, Liv- ingston Brothers, merchants, Seat- tle, and A. W. Bjornstad, capitalist. Richard Haller, producer of “Cecil and Sally,” and other popular radio sketches will be production man- ager. Mr. Dahlquist states: “Entry of this extensive Pacific Coast chain of radio broadcasting stations, will add greatly to the pro- grams now available. It is our pur- pose to present the best in radio en- tertainment.” The first nine stations in- cluded in the Pacific Coast Chain are: Seattle, KXA; Bel- lingham, KV OS; Medford, KMED; Portland, KXL; Eu- gene, KORE; San Francisco, KTAB; Los Angeles, KFWB; Los Angeles, KTM; San Diego, KGB. Programs beginning November 1, will be three hour broadcasts from 7 to 10 p. m. They will include musical and comedy numbers, news features, addresses and important world events. A large staff, recruited from the ranks of recognized radio artists and technicians, is now being or- ganized, according to Dahlquist. NORWORTHS IN FILMS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norworth, upon their return from Europe, made the third of their Vitaphone Varieties comedies, “The Naggers Go South.” Roy Mack directed. Another of the- Norworth domestic comedies is in preparation. HAZZARD FILM DONE Jack Hazzard, Broadway come- dian, has just completed a Vita- phone Varieties comedy, “The Dar- ling Brute,” directed by Alf Gould- ing with Helen Goodhue, William Halligan and Leslie Adams in the cast. AND OUR PHONE NUMBER WILL BE FItzroy 1241 6720 SUNSET PHONE GLadstone 8364 HOLLYWOOD, CAL. JANET MALBON WE'LL BE lEElN’YOU ABOUT OCT. 20™ WRITE FOR GELATINE SAMPLE BOOK 1347-49 W. WASHINGTON ST. 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