Inside facts of stage and screen (January 24, 1931)

Saturday, January 24, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Page Seven SITTIN’ WITH THE PUBLIC . (Continued from Page 4) back from far away Loudon. Sounds ordinary enough but a con- flict .seethed throughout that kept the audience hushed. This is a great picture. William DeMille, Kay Francis and Kay Johnson and the writers of the dia- logue deserve major credit. “SOIL” FILMARTE (Reviewed Jan. 19) If tliis picture carries a message from U. S. S. R., it is lost in pon- derous and cumbersome manner of handling. Director Dovzhenko may have won the intellectual sym- pathy of his compatriots with tnis, but he can’t get to first base with Americans, who are not used to taking their entertainment seri- ously... All because tempo is so slow and theme so repetitious that vital, humanity. of it is lost long before. the last stolid reel is un- wound. Poetic and epical, it loses out with the American public for above mentioned reasons. Photography is work of art, con- taining obvious exquisite beauty and subtle effects worthy of indi- vidual exhibition. House’s response is to pictorial thrill rather than fates of characters. Amkino presents this Wufku production. Vi. Vaudeville RKO GOLDEN GATE San Francisco (Reviewed Jan. 21) Instead of being one of the regu- lar RKO eastern units this one was assembled _ in Tacoma, Frances White being sent on from New York, Four Covans from here and Rosco Ates and Jimmy Lucas from Los Angeles. Ates and Miss White were co-headlined, Ates by virtue of his excellent comedy work in a flock of ace pictures, ft wasn’t so long ago he played here •with his daughter, Dorothy, as Ates and Darling, doing practically the same act as now. Now he f*as a picture rep, wears sideburns and does the last of his act in an ^ice,Jt>lue dressing,.gown.. At this opening matinee Ates Was' given a neat reception apd gave the cus- tomers plentv of his stuttering comedy,, aided by Judge, the fanny- biting stool pigeon hound, and Dorothy Darling, who contributed a song and a tap dance done in high heeled shoes. The. comic had to encore and did it with a fiddle McCOWN Dancing- 1 ' 577 Geary St. San Francisco Franklin 2562 Acrobatic, Stage, Tap, Rhythm, Ballet and Ballroom Dancing Routines for the Theatrical People Private Lessons by Appointment Children’s Classes Saturday. 11 Young People’s Clases, Eves., 8 to 11 Ann Hofmann Dance Studio THELMA CROCKER Tap and Chorus Routine Andrew McFarland Acrobatic Tumbling 1151 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO Phone UNderhill 1122 for Appointments solo while in his dressing gown. Another old tinier was Frances White working full stage with a pianist for a cycle of songs. Mak- ing her entry to a neat hand Miss White even gave ’em a song with a tag line about her w. k. taxi ride in New York that landed her in the courts. Followed with a racketeer number, one about old time gals and then clinched pro- ceedings by doing her famous kid offering. Closed with “Cinderella Brown” and for her encores dropped down to one where she did two more numbers. She was plenty popular and put over her stuff with a wang. Billy Joyce was at the piano. Four Covans opened the opera with a zippy routine of varied stepping that warmed up the folks and got the show well under way. Have several new routines and some plenty snappy stuff. Jimmy Lucas deuced it, aided by Doro- thy Herbert in a choppy and un- satisfactory comedy, turn high- lighted by much plain and fancy stealing of bows. Claude Sweeten and RKOlians went bolshevik for the week do- ing a medley of Roosian tunes with Sweeten doing a sweet fiddle solo. Picture was “The Royal Bed" (Radio). Business capacity despite damp weather. Bock. LOEW’S STATE LOS ANGELES (Reviewed Jan. 22) The bill this week lacked prac- tically everything that builds for good entertainment. There was lit- tle or no pep, speed or vitality, novelty, color or flash throughout the grind with the exception of the Great Yacopis. It was this trotip of springboard acrobats that saved the day. Mel Klee, black- face m. c. led off with a line of chatter, a tempo and a casualness in his delivery that seemed to hang a dead-weight on the pro- ceedings from the push off. Later oil lie delivered a song that col- lected nicely but it did not bolster up the going in the way that Mel Klee can sell when he’s right. Klee’s, gags with Wells, Win- thrap and Stilly .were _a_jjeriq.a >'f duds. That routine hurts him and the trio both. They would register more isocko if they kept to their hoofing. The Gay Sisters were in- troduced by Klee and did a cute harmony number interlarded with a flirtation bit with the orchestra leader, Bert Holiowcll. This boy has a way of assisting and han- dling comedy business that should be built up. He is a natural as an m. c. with audience magnetism that fixes attention. Incidentally, he has been held over for liis fourth week which is isome indi- cation that be has what an audi- ence likes. The girls were pleas- ing harmonists and filled the eye but the general character of the bill and the tempo took from them. If this is a sample of , what Loew’s State is going :.to give its patrons in their change to the new type of vaudeville it wouldn’t be a bad thing if someone suggested glancing back at the quality o_f stuff Fancho and Marco were shipping in there not long ago. RKO THEATRE LOS ANGELES (Reviewed Jan. 22) A great menu this time, with every dish savory and up to the standard expected of RKO. There (Continued on Page 11.) 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