Inside facts of stage and screen (Aug 16, 1930)

PAGE TEN INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930 VANCOUVER, B. C. A. K. MacMartin REPRESENTATIVE 618 Homer Street HW SEATTLE, WASH. Roy Oxman REPRESENTATIVE 630 People Bank Bldg. Main 0799 50 PIECE BAND SUBS FOR IDEA SEATTJLE. Aug. 14.—Due to opening^ of the Fox Broadway in Tacoma, the Fifth avenue house in Seattle will be without a Fanchon and Marco stage show next week. In its place will be a 50-piece symphony orchestra, un- der direction of Max Dolin, former NBC star. The Tacoma house, which will get the "Country Club" idea, will open, after having its doors closed for more than a year. Business was considered good at the time it shut its doors, but, doe to some misunderstanding with the union, the West Coast people withdrew from that spot. NO 'RECORDS' KJR ANNOUNCES SEATTLE. Aug. 14.—KJR an- nounces that hereafter all pro- grams released from that station will be in-thc-flesh type, doing away Avith use of the phonograph. It has installed a new studio or- gan, which is the first to be used for the air in Seattle. Warren Wright, Harry Reed and Ivan Ditmars will preside at the con- sole in daily concerts. Additional talent will be used by the station to round out programs, and talent from the Northwest will be used exclusively, it was announced. FEWER, BEHER SONGS COMING (Continued from Page 1) be necessary to use music, but the tunes v/ill not be in the nature of theme songs. There should be no effect on -Famous Music Publish- ing Co. as there will be enough singing to keep them going, Para- mount publicity says. M-G-M, who were among the first to score with music in "Broadway Melody." have one musical in production at present. "New Moon," starring Lawrence Tibbets and' Grace Moore. This will, of course, employ a large en- semble, according to Louis Dorn, talent manager. Dorn believes that this picture will increase business of the Rob- bins Music Co. but admits that music in their pictures will be at a very low ebb. Pat[ie does not intend to make anj' singing pictures at all, ac- cording to Phil Gersdorf of the publicity department. Their lat- est picture, "Her Man," had one song by Helen Twelvctrees, but as this picture has not been en- tirely cut. it is anticipated that the number will go out. Pathe is not using any theme songs although they are retaining Tosiah Zuro, their musical director. Their last singing picture was "Swing High," Pathe had no mu- sic publishing concern under their management, but Sherman and Clay of San Francisco and Sha- piro-Bernstein of N. Y. published their songs. Pathe's experience has been two musical successes and one flop. They scheduled eight musical comedies for next season but ex- hibitors squawked and the idea was abandoned. R-K-O are very optimistic about their musicals, however, although they admit not as much enthusi- asm as of yore. Their pictures since "Rio Rita" l;iave been successful, particularly) with Wheeler and Woolsey. They have in produc- tion "Leather Necking," in which Irene Dunn, Ken Murray and Ed- die Foy, Jr., will sing. They are preparing Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland." Leo Feist publishes their songs. Warner Brothers, who were the first to acquire a music publishing firm and set the vogue when they bought out Witmark & Sons, will make "Children of Dreams," a Sigmund Romberg operetta, star- ring Margaret Shilling and Paul •f" Gregory with Tom Patricola. They are also making Oscar Straus' "Adam and Evening." "Maytime* will also be one of their 1931 productions. The Fox music department is also going in full blast. De Sylva, Brown and Henderson are doing it all. Fox is now making "Just Imagine," and have in contem- plation several others in which music is being used, but admit that musicals will not play as im- portant a part in programs as heretofore. They are employing less singing talent than in many previous months. FAMILY INTACT Cliff Read, publicity for KM PC, smiling today. Wife and kiddies back in town, after vacation in the mountains. Notes Along Fifth Avenue Jim Clemmer holding a confer- ence in his office—and holding his head—like he needed support— Sammy Seigel going to lunch be- fore going to work — pretty soft for a guy who's always wearing a red tie—Dick Rickard over to the Benjamin Franklin—entertain- ing some friends from KHJ—Bill Hartung with his hat on—in Van Schutt's ofiice — wassa matta Bill, do j'ou want to be a bald Bill?— Joe Roberts to his office—and looking like the money—Frances Merwin doing the doings at the Liberty—Tiny Burnett getting a lot of offers — and talking about them nonchalantly—Betty Shilton complaining about the heat—for no reason at all—Harry Mills, the hardest man to find—should join the police force— All quiet on the Pine Street front but still signs of activity^ on the avenue—John Hamrick at a minnie golf course—Jim Clemmer and Lou Golden ditto—Maestro J. Douglas back stage at the Fifth Ave.—wonder who did what now— Owen Sweeten on the subject of sax players — Tex Howard seeing ghosts at the Trianon — Harry MacAllister buying a new set of ciuhs—for the snare drum—Paul Spor finding a resemblance to someone—they both wore sailor caps — Henri Damski making the gob-stick sweat—Stanley Bell just looking—Barney Goodman aboard the mounted harp—a lone fiddle weeping in the dim dark regions backstage at the Paramount — no clews to date—Eulala Dean doing baritone duets with Chet Gathers— Bob Munson on the second T- bone- PACinC FLEET BOOSTS TRADE IN NORTHWBT SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—Just one big week in Seattle that can be classed as being really big, and that's when the Northwest mer- chants and the Pacific fleet get into a huddle and make whoopee. The shows are the factors which benefit niostly from this gathering. The Fifth avenue show shops held the spotlight this week. The Fifth Avenue with William Haines bucking the broncos *in "Way Out West" rang up a neat sum in the figure of $20,000. "Ro- mance" Idea on the stage aided the intake. The Blue Mouse, with the funny Olsen and Johnson opus, "Oh, Sailor, Behave," entered into the fleet festivities, and did some- thing like $15,000, which is really quite a bit for this 900 seater. Across the street, the Music Box, was standing 'cm in line to the tune of $13,000, for "Three Faces East" was on the menu, and the custmers knew this was a widely heralded talkie. Paramount couldn't drag them up the hill for the latest William Powell picture, "For the Defense,' and took in a disappointing toll although this big showshop has seen worse when there was no stage act. The final gate receipts were $15,000. Stage fare wa< Gourfain's "Join the Navy." Orpheum did about average in take, when the cash register sounded for $12,000. The picture was average, and the vaude wa somewhat attractive. Fo: FLO ZEIGFELD IN NORTHWEST SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—"The man who knows his girls," none other than Flo Zcigfeld, and his wife, tlie former Billie Burke, passed through Seattle this week, on their way to Vancouver for (|uiet vacation before going New York for the opening their new musical show. W. B. IN DEAL a to of VANCOUVER, Aug. 14. — A press dispatch in a local daily under a New York date line states that Warner Brothers have concluded negotiations with Famous Players Canadian Corporation for exhibi- tion of Warner Brothers. First Na- tional and Vitaphone pictures in the Canadian chain of theatres. BIG RKO MOVE Launching three $1,000,000 talk- mg pictures and three others of lesser cost, ushers in the heaviest program of film-making at the RKO-Radio Pictures studio since the conipany's organization. STONE GOALS 'EW[ After two score tests for the rol^ of Sol Levy in RKO-Radio Pic- tures' "Cimarron," George Stone has won the part. the week, when it received $11,000 for its efforts of obtaining James Hall to make personal appearances on the last week of "Hell's An- gels." The house has gone back .to continuous performances and should do much better. Dance emporiums are doing just an average business, with most of the rush on the week-end. The Trianon and McF.lroys lead the DPE55 YOUR THEATRE OP YOUP ACT WITH THE FINEST AND MOST ARTISTIC E NE RY^'> DRAPE PIEj^ DESIGNED MADE UP AND PAINTED BY THE LAP6EST AND MOST EFFICIENT STAFF OF SCENIC APTIST5, DESIGNERS AND DRAPEDY EXPERTS IN AMERICAS LARGEST AND MOST BEAVTIPl/L STUDIOS Angeles Scenic Stvdios AFFILIATED WITn (^5/TnOMpSON SCENIC CQ Inc. AT FOUNTAIN AVE. 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