Inside facts of stage and screen (October 25, 1930)

PRICE 10 Only Theatrical Newspaper CENTS on the Pacific Coast RADIO MUSIC NSIDE ESTABLISHED 1924 ACTS 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, October 25, 1930 Published Every Saturday at 800-801 Warner Bros. Down- town Building, 401 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, Calif. No. 17 HOLLYWOOD BAD CHECK CASE LOST BY REALTOR Agua Caliente, with enough bad checks to stuff a mattress, won a test cast in Judge Elias Rosenkranz’ court here this ,—week against a Hollywood realtor to the tune of one grand. Point on which Charles Katz, attorney, won the case was that the realtor cashed his phony at the gambling houses's wicket, and got U. S. coin, not faro counters, in return. Realtor who had stopped pay- ment on the bouncer, made defense that he spent the jack on Agua Caliente tables, after which, all he had was a hole in his pocket. Test case is seen by the gambling house as a precedent, by which thousands of dollars will be ■collec- ted from U. S. citizens, whose fountain pens outran their bank ac- counts, or their good intentions, while in the excitement of the ca- sino. Interesting fact is that Agua Caliente maintains a big suite of offices in the Bank of Amer- ica building, Los Angeles, for the main purpose of endeavor- ing “in a nice way” to collect on bum paper scribbled south of the border. - In filing cases occupying one side of an office room there are reports on hundreds of flivver checks, many signed by noted authors, actors and other celebs, whose names figure prominently in the news from Hol- lywood and elsewhere. Now that the “nice way” has flopped in many instances, and Katz has scored with his test case, Agua Caliente is reported planning to un- leash several hundred civil suits for collection. In addition to the “nice way,” the south of the border casino is understood to have one or two ex- pert “watchers,” around the hotel to pounce on any of the check kit- ers who return to the place. It is “just too bad” when this happens, for Mex. authorities ob- serve no niceties, when prosecuting gambling debts, incurred on Mex soil. A little of this treatment re- sults in quick coverage, particularly when it’s a celeb, who wants to stand, in public print, at least, as a “good sport.” Versatile “Bun” Hillfker and His Rainbow Entertainers now at the RAINBOW GARDENS LOS ANGELES AFTER THE KIDS Series of outdoor romances that Fox has recently turned out, starr- ing George O’Brien, have made big box-office attractions for the kids. One outstanding picture made di- rectly for kid trade is the beloved Mark Twain story of “Tom Saw- _ 5 > SHE FLIES TO WORK Dorothy Summers, who recently completed a single over the RKO, and now under contract with Fan- chon and Marco, just received her transport pilot’s license. She flew her new Stinson here from Texas and is using it in making her vari- ous jumps on the coast. CHORUS WITH ROACH Stude Ethiopian Chorus, colored singing organization of 40 mixed voices, sponsored by Ray Coffin, publicist, has been engaged by the Hal Roach studios to furnish mu- sical embellishments in “The Rat,” starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. lAUGHLIN’S UNITS STAY AT DOLLAR; ‘BIZ’ LEAPS Jack Eaughlin will continue producing stage units at Mil- lion Dollar. Now working on a percentage basis. This infor- mation upset previous reports that vaude was to be restored at the Dollar, due to heavy overhead of the Eaughlin pres- entations. Biz has been considerably on the increase since these stage shows went in. Week before Laughlin opened his first pre- sentation, gross was $9000. First week of Laughlin was $10,000. Second week, last week, with word-of-mouth ad- vertising pulling for the inno- vation got $14,000. This jump of $5000 in box office take was accomplished despite a re- duction in the price of admission. Laughlin has two field men lin- ing up additional houses, as he plans to make the Dollar into an opening house, with as many dates as pos- sible for the shows to play there- after. Strand, Long Beach, which has been playing his presentations, has gone back to vaude, but is expected to renew with Laughlin if vaude does not draw as expected. ORPHEUM CHANGES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.— Arvid Erickson, manager of the Orpheum in San Francisco, has been transferred to the Tacoma house. Jack Gross from South Bend goes in at S. F. INSIDE FACTS comes out ONE DAY LATER with THREE DAYS MORE NEWS Last minute Hollywood News Latest up-to-the-minute Coast Topics You are posted ahead of the other fellow by INSIDE FACTS