Inside facts of stage and screen (January 3, 1931)

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Page Fourteen FNSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Saturday, Janury 3, 1931 george rickson STAFF TENOR KYA San Francisco Hoping You Had a Merry Christmas and Wishing You a Most Prosperous New Year HOLIDAY GREETINGS from FRAMK (FNEllLLl Comedian CAPSTOL THEATRE SAN FRANCISCO Hex® Record Corgi. SAN FRANCISCO Wishes Everybody a Happy New Year JOEL COHEN President NOObLES FAGAN Says ^Cheerio Fox West Coast Theatres ‘Harold Bock Caught Me at the Stage Door- Some Hustler, Harold” Season’s Greetings Peter Brescia i Conducting' Fox T. &D. Concert Orchestra Oakland Crystal Gazing 6 Flesli 3 The closing months o£ 1930 wit- ness little i£ any change in flesh demand other than that brought about by a general depression which has affected every branch of entertainment in like degree. The demand for “flesh” lias shown no appreciable increase over that of December, 1929 with the Indies agent and booker on the fence and hopeful as ever that a good old-fashioned hcwl for stage talent will soon be voiced. The protagonists of vaude and legit are prophesying with their usual vigor and optimism but so far nothing to warrant a whole- sale scramble for talent. Leading authorities concede that variety suffered a blow with the advent of the talkies and that It may take another year to recover from. The competition between the major circuits is at the pitch of last year this period, and with real talent just as hard to find. With grosses smaller than they were last season, the stage show is a luxury, and it is reasonable to believe that the weak spots would eliminate vaude entirely if it wasn’t for competition. Loew is still in the flesh market but mainly to balance its screen of- ferings. Fancho and Mar.co have innovated a slightly new type of flesh fare with the Henshaw unit this week at Lowe’s -but no in- dication that the same will be policy over the entire circuit. RKO has made no phenomenal advances in the field. Where spurts indicate more than average activity it is usually a move to strengthen the weak spots. Fox is not out of the field in any sense of the word and- ia really looked at more as a factor that may have to be reckoned with in the distant future. Orthodox vaude outside of scattered independents is still native to RKO with the Fancho and Marco' change the only evidence of a general come- back. Pictures will if they .continue to make the strides they have in the last two months, hold their own and better and vaude will merely continue to augment to the degree that competition warrants. If the Indie agents are making money it isn’t the kind that creates any envy. Act salesmen are as much in evidence in the breadline as actors. Charles “Chuck” Reisner, as a result of his directing three giggle hits in a row, “Love in the Rough,” “Caught Short,” and “Re- ducing,” the latest Marie Dressler- Polly Moran Metro-Goldwyn-May- er vehicle, has just been given a brand-new contract by M-G-M. SEASON’S GREETINGS To All from LOTTI LODER SEASONS GREETINGS Hope You Are All Working OLLIE WALLACE 1-0 ct/re •Zr&Vfc* iZr&Vrrm ewwf 1 - " SEASON’S GREETINGS 3 THANKS H our many friends and patrons for th< M best business year in our history ^ We Pledge Ourselves to Render Even Better ^ Service Plus Greater Values for 1931 'M I DANCE ART SHOE CO. 8 1 WARFIELD THEATRE BLDG. g ||| Phone PRospect 1643 San Francisco ^ 5724 Sunset Blvd. Extends the Season’s Greetings Making Special Low Rates to the Theatrical Profession WRITE* WIRE, PHONE FOR RESERVATIONS THREE i i KADER—VICK—ARMENTO DYNAMOS The Fastest Tumbling Trio in Show Business Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to AH Our Friends sjagay f •gasgtf •&as& FITZROY 1241 GENE DAVE FITZROY 1241 FITZROY 124 1 WRITE FOR GELATINE SAMPLE BOOK 1451 BENICE BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. FITZROY 1241 1 aAdtWfMe • c. 1