Inside facts of stage and screen (November 1, 1930)

NSIDE ACTS ESTABLISHED 1924 EDITED BY JACK JOSEPHS \/_l Ylf Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927, at Post- c J 1 VT Published Every Saturday at 800-801 Warner Bros. Down- iq VOL A.1I office, Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March 3, 1879. ^RtUrCtay* nOVCIllber 1570U town Building, 401 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, Calif. PlO* lo AIR PANIC FOR ‘NAMES’ FOOTBALL SPENDERS L00SEN-UP SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. —Night clubs and hotels, opti- mistically hanging on with an eye to better conditions in the near future, are extending fer- 'erent prayers of thanks to America’s favorite sport—foot- ball. Last Saturday’s gridiron entan- glement between U. 6. C. and Stan- ford was a signal for the untying of some 75,000 purse strings with San Francisco business establishments reaping a neat harvest. Night spots, hotels, cafes, trans- portation companies, gin peddlers and ginger ale manufacturers took in enough coin on that one night to tide them over a flock of bum busi- ness days. Every good hotel was packed to the lobby. Roof Garden, Silver Slipper, Robert’s, Tait’s, Topsy’s Roost, Jo Mendel’s, Marquards, Lido and Coffee Dan’s turned away customers. Palace Hotel sold some 2500 din- ners. Mark Hopkins was jammed with about 1400. St. Francis had two dining rooms running at full blast. Whitcomb, S i r Francis Drake and Fairmont hotels had more customers than they could handle. Every speakeasy in town — and that’s covering a lot of territory— had ’em lined up at the bars, two and three deep, and money flowed as freely as gin. Stanford-California game on No- vember 22 is certain to follow its annual custom of developing into a night of whoopee that rivals New Year’s Eve. On “Big Game” night every col- legian, football fan and gal in this part of the state flocks to San Francisco with but one thought — celebration, regardless of the victor on the football field. Ensenada Kicks Qoal After Qoal In Opening Play Playa de Ensenada, hotel and casino, went into the whoopee grid last night, Hallowe’en, with Jack Dempsey, president, Jean Normille, general manager in the back line. Frank Jones, one of the executives in charge of the casino, handled the pill for the kick-off. The first spin gave Ensenada a shade over Caliente. Crofton, Bowman and Long, the trio of backs who made Caliente a strong winner the past season, were serving out dirty looks to those who questioned Caliente’s strength. Crof- ton in the east likes Madison Square Garden, which points to certain un- certainties regarding control of the Caliente team. However, Bowman and Long have a formidable offensive for dear old Caliente, and, with Joe Zeman- sky in the line-up, the odds are on the table, face up. Bowman is deal- ing the cards, and Zemansky is re- ported ready to listen to offers for his stock. Enters now our Private Nudger, who noses for the strictly up-and- up, and ups and tells us that Cal- iente has a race track, and that’s a flying wedge the Ensenada team can’t break up. But our Special Snooper slips it that the race track wedge needs ex- pert management to put it through for a gain. When they eased Jim Coffroth out of the line-up, they parted with a right tackle, who knew how to handle that play. On top of all this comes the gos- sip that Coffroth may line up with STAGE, SCREEN LEAGUE TELLS HOW TO BALLOT Stage and Screen Voters’ League, in addition to urging the election of William I. Traeger for sheriff of Los Angeles county, made the following indorsements of candidates and propositions on the November 4 ballot, according to Charles Miller, Secretary. Governor, James Rolph, Jr.; Lieut-Gov. Martin I. Welsh; Sec. of State, Frank C. Jordan; Controller, Ray L. Riley; Treasurer, Charles G. Johnson; Atty. Gen U. S. Webb; Equalization Board, H. G. Cattell. Congressman. 10th D'st., Joe Crail; Senator 38th Dist., J. W. McKinley; Assembly 55th Dist., Mil'.on M. Golden. Superior Judges, Dept. 1, Arthur Keetch; 2, Carlos S. Hardy; 5, Hartley Shaw; 6, Edward T. Bishop; 8, Hugh J. Crawford; 9, Walter Har.by; 10, Judge Hozlett. Constitutional Amendments: 1 to 6, yes; 7, no; 8, 9, 10, yes; 11, no; 12 to 20, yes: 21, no; 22 to 25, yes; 26, no. Municipal measures: 1 to 7, yes; 9, no; 10 to 12, including A, B, C, D of the latter measure, yes. (Editor’s Note)—It is of particular importance that the oro- fession vote No on the two i gemously harmful measures, “Day- light Savings” and “Sunday Closing.” No registered voter iden- tified with the studio or stage, should fail to cast his or her ballot to defeat these two dangerous issues. FRANK NEWMAN QUITS SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.— A surprise was handed local theatre men this week when Frank L. New- man resigned as district manager of Paramount Publix. taking effect today. Newman’s shoes will not be lied. MIDWAY MAN HERE Henry Meyerhoff of the Fairplay Amusement Co., N. Y., came out on a trip and returned to New York last week. Meyerhoff will return in April with several midway at- tractions for the edification of the Los Angeles folks. Captain Dempsey of the Ensenada batterv to fill out his back line. The Dempsey lineup offers stop- over privileges when en route to Panama, and the beach at Ensen- ada relieves the heat under the necklace, and tanned legs aren’t keeping any customers away from the roulette tables. The first play got away last night under as many Kleigs as they serve with a Grauman holdup. Interior Decorators grabbed ducats at $15 a plate, with the phizzes thrown in, and said it was worth another saw- buck. Jack wasn’t taking anything him- self; nothing but applause. OAKLAND ORPHEUM PUTS UP NOTICES OAKLAND, Oct. 30. — Notices have been posted for orchestra members at the Orpheum giving rise to rumors that vaude will be jerked from the house. This is de- nied by Jack Gross, district man- ager, who states future plans are not completed, but it is doubtful if vaude will go out. BURCH PROMOTED Johnny Burch, unit business man- ager for RKO Radio Pictures, has been promoted to assistant to C. D. White, general studio manager. OUTSTANDING? LINE OF STEPPERS Acclaimed the outstanding line of ensemble girls, not only on the coast, but in the United States, these Carla Torney trained beau- ties are routed for a Fanchon and Marco tour in “Way Back When” Idea, staged for the producers by Le Roy Pririz. Left to right, these Milwaukee girls are Misses Dorothy Goese, Adele Klug, Tru- dy Pickering, Beatrice Luebke, Gladys Strack, Norlu Loewen- back, Norma Bayer, Marie Don- nelly, Marjorie Goodrum, Adlyn Shaffer, Bobbie Clark and Edna Dean Best. Miss Torney re- cently returned to her school in Milwaukee to train a third line of girls for Fanchon and Marco. RADIO RUSH TO ACQUIRE PIC. STARS By ART LA VOVE For the first time, radio has made a move to put it on a par with the stage and screen. Big names of pictures, legit and opera are being signed by radio on a hitherto undreamed of extent. Heavy dough was reported being advanced this week by Columbia Broadcasting Co., wh.ch releases mainly on the coast through Don Lee net- work. Other leaders in the radio field are expected to follow suit, with National already digging up the cash for the investment in names with voices. Already on the line, are Eddie Cantor, Weber and Fields, Ukelele Ike, Polly Moran, Frank Fay, Genevieve Tobin and Lawrence Tibbetts. This is declared only a starter. Scores of others are re- ported the objects of negotiations now hanging fire. Eddie Cantor broke the ice, when he got $7000 for 30 minutes. It’s harvest time for the big names. When television enters the field, making the stars visible, the rush for celebs is expected to develop into a panic. One broadcast recently cost a manufacturer $60,000 for an hour of coast to coast time, with entertain- ers costing extra. And with studios now out after headline talent, big shake-ups in permanent artist staffs seem immi- nent. Fred Pymm Qoes To Henry Duffy Fred Pymm has gone to San Francisco to direct and produce “Dracula” for Henry Duffy. Pymm is going to play a part in the show, taking the vampire role, which Bela Lugosi essayed when the show was put on by O. D. Woodward at the Biltmore, here. Pymm is thoroughly conversant with the part, having played the bad boy in “Dracula” for Woodward, when the show went on the road, as well as being stage manager for the production. Probably Pymm will tie-up for a long time engagement as director and player with Duffy. It is a peculiar coincidence that Pymm was a director at the Morosco, here, until Duffy took the house over, re- naming it the President.