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

Saturday, January 24, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Page Eleven (Continued from Page 7) was plenty of talent, laughs, mu- sic and personality on that apron from the moment they pulled away to the McCann Sisters, lead- ing off. Incidentally, this classy little trio is nominated for a break in the movies. They put out just enough of modesty, mischief, har- mony and clowning to qualify them for the mike and the cam- era. They are uniform in stature and personality and look to me like a great background for a romantic straight man. ' _Le Gellis, a trio of acrobats with the third member a minia- ture edition, followed the sisters with a routine of torso twisters and a back-to-back around the body spin finish was received with much enthusiasm. Much of the hoke biz for laughs could be dropped or replaced without being missed. Gloria Foy, with the help of two boys, both 'talented, did imi- tations of Garbo, Bow and Lily Damita. Foy can hold her spot in any company and needs no recom- mendation from this column. Lang and Haley finished off the pro- ceedings with the old Who-and- What bit and goaled them. A great show and well received. HIPPODROME LOS ANGELES (Reviewed Jan. 19) An old-time vaude aggregation and “Believe it or not,” off-to- Buffalo, rated a hand. Marie Sweeney opened working on web- bing and got off to applause by reason of a once sensational spin hanging by her teeth. Cochran Duo build up their act with guitar, harmonica and gags, but were at their best when hoof- ing. Reeder and Seager arc still good stufif here, coming in for their share of appreciation with two- piano novelties. Violet Mills, warbling single, of- fered three songs in what used to be- typical vaudeville voice, but nobody seemed to mind, in fact she got across in great style. Johnny Morris and Bob Jones played up contrasting sizes, using brother idea in an act that carried okay possibilities. F.d Sheriff and Company, four saiiors new to the .coast, dispensed rough comedy, gags and tumbling in a hearty manner. Vi. quite a hit for his opening week, singing a love .song with a croon- ing voice that made them holler for more. This lad will become quite popular here. A jam-up program from start to finish. Dusty. Presentations THE DENVER THEATRE DENEVR, COLO. (Reviewed Jan. 14) The box office appeal of Marie Dressier and Polly Moran was de- cisively proved by the capacity business done by this big Publix house through the entire week, their comedy piece, "Reducing,” being the big attraction. Fred Schmitt and the Denver Grande Orchestra also scored with their rendition of a number of old and delightful melodies. The Publix “Gay Paree Unit” vied with the picture for laugh- getting honors, Senator Murphy- going over big with a lot of gab about the condition of the country- today'. The Samuel Triplets, with some mighty fine heel-and-toe work, Brenice Stone with some sensa- tional acrobatic dancing, also got fine hands. The Albertina Rasch Girls of- fered some pretty and difficult en- semble numbers in stunning cos- tumes. Ted Mack’s successor as master- of-ceremonies, Dave Craig, made THE CUPBOARD Broadway at Salmon PORTLAND, OREGON | Portland’s Theatrical Drug Store HEATHMAN HOTEL PHARMACY Mas: Factor’s Headquarters FAT FOLKS Our Reducing Treatments Are the- Talk of L. A. 26 Treatments, §10 MMS. NELL E. ANDERSON Suite 305-7-9-11 j 315 S. Broadway MAdison 3793 SHOW FOLKS’ HOME THE HIGHLAND TAVERN Best Eats 1S7 Broadway Portland, Ore. SHRINE CIRCUS SHRINE AUDITORIUM LOS ANGELES (Reviewed Jan. 22) The second annual circus pre- sented under the auspices of the A1 Malaikah Temple concluded a week’s stand on that night. The display of acts assembled for the occasion by Charles Hatch of the local RKO offices included names that were features in the leading big tops, with several of the big acts having been brought out by Dennie Curtis from the Middle West just for the w-eek. Curtis, in addition to being, in charge of the proceedings, appeared down in display No. 11 in his blackface comedy with his Taximefer mule. Business started out slowly and built up gradually and by the end of the wek the big auditorium held capacity crowds. Due to general conditions the show was sched- uled for one week only. It could easily- have held over for another week or even two weeks. The cir- cus will be an annual feature and it was already announced that next season it is the intention of the powers behind the project to line up at least six \yeeks’ time for the indoor offering. This would include week stands in San Francisco and Oakland wdth the probability of Portland and Seat- tle also included in the line-up. Despite the fact that nearly all members of Shrine acted as ticket agents for the show, the boxoffice sale ran at least five to one over the members’ sales. Music was. provided by William Harold Roberts’ Band with Charles Roderick as Guest Conductor. Display 1 was Iron Jaw fea- tures, comprising Butters Duo, Gladys Stallman, Grace DeGarro, Fleming Sisters, Grace Del Mater and Littlebit Lenhart. Comedy acrobats held the sec- ond number. These included the Bimbos, Hart Brothers- ana Me- Stay and the Three Jacks. No. 3 held trapeze: stunts by- the Great Shubert, Rue Enos, Wil- liam Ricardo and Babe Le Tour- neau. Curtis Animal Athletes and Ru- tons’ Dogs held the next spot. Joe Hodges in equestrian feats followed. Display 6 was the Butters Trio with tight-wire feats and Eberta Beeson dancing on the thin thread of steel. Beeson’s stunts brought sufficient applause to be classified as one of big hits of the evening. Hall’s and Dill’s Eelephants were in Display 7. On the swinging rope in No. 8 were Mme. Louise, Jeanette Mae and Babe LeTourneau. Miss Babe seemed to have a shade here. Walter Jennier and his Sea Lion provided some excellent en- tertainment in the ninth spot. The Walters, The Shuberts, Rue and Laura Enos appeared with acrobatics and contortionist^ stunts. Dennie Curtis held the eleventh place for the comedy hit of the show. Jack Schaller presented The Bell-Thazer Bros, in an impressive equilibristic offering, Jack and Virginia, adagio ath- letes, and the Four Gladiators rounded out Display 12. The Aerial Kellys, the Walters and Ricardo and Ashworth in the 13 hole aroused considerable en- thusiasm. The Joe Hodgini Family ap- peared next-to-last and the Famous Fleming Family closed the exhi- bition in a smash spectacular man- ner. The folks remained to ap- plaud them vigorously. Four acts appeared for the concert. The side show' features and the menagerie occupied the ballroom. Josephs. FOX SAN FRANCISCO (Reviewed Jan. 17) Second week of Fox’s new en- tertainment policy worked out even better than the first, the house having its production department working on a much smoother basis. Walt Roesner and concert orchestra did "Wagnerian Echoes” for an overture and did it mighty- well. Musical offering was made doubly impressive by a male chorus of thirty voices which lent color and volume to -Wagnerian compositions. Full stage held a set of the Fly- ing Dutchman scene while a male vocalist did “Evening Star” segu- ing into the Dutchman sequence with all voices together. Spotlight -to the orchestra then where Thornstein Jensen contributed a violin solo, “Lohengrin,” beauti- fully done. As a closing scene all voices did “Tannhauser.” ' Roesner and his group were forced to an encore of the “Tann- hauser"- episode and could have en- cored again. Joaquin Garay' then sang “To Make a Long Story Short” with Roesner and orchestra and here again an encore was necessarv. Screen held Fox’s “Man Who Came Back," a Charlie Chase comedy and highly popular Mickey Mouse. Bock. LOEW’S WARFIELD SAN FRANCISCO (Reviewed Jan. 21) To Rube Wolf and stage shows still goes the credit for pulling in business, - since “Once a Sinner” is rated a weak sister at the box- office. Rube loaded ’em up with plenty of music and his own com- edy stuff and w'as given an ace re- ception by his fans. Preceding Fanchon and Marco’s “Topical Tunes Idea” Wolf and band were in the pit. Wolf ex- plained he had. a hard time wean- ing the musicians away from jazz but to show how successful he had been they \Vould do “Or- pheus.” Went into the number with the boys occasionally break- ing into hot licks for plenty of laughs. As a second offering the group did “Wah Wah Girl” with horns. Both numbers were wows. “Topical Tunes,” done by' .Sam- my Lee. featured Caligary Bros., Nile Marsh, Bob and liula Bu- roff, Alexander Sisters, Ruth Sil- ver and Don Carroll, the latter a recent addition. Alexander Sisters were formerly three, but reduced to a duo when one dropped out to be married. Show opened with band and Rube on stage and Silver and Carroll singing, followed by Bob Buroff in a rapid whirl dance. Girls on, and then one of the Alexanders contributed a pip of an off-rhythm dance. Nile, Marsh followed with bur- lesque female impersonating that drew great laughs and just about tied up the opera. Then Miss Sil- ver and Carroll in more vocalizing and Bob and Eula Buroff returned for a neat ballroom adagio. Rube stepped up front for a triple tongue cornet offering that took the house by ' storm. Caii- gary Bros, were next, offering a European type of comedy acrobat- ics and pantomime exceptionally well done. One of the Alexanders did an eccentric number going into a drum dance that segued into the finale. Screen feature was F. N.’s “Once a Sinner.” Business excel- lent. Bock. CAPITOL San Francisco A lot of flashy stuff to recom- mend this hurley show entitled, “Powder Puff Revue.” Highlight of the show was a burlesque on the world 200 years from now done by Jack Greenmail, Paul West. Jess Mack, Peggy Reynolds and Jean Lee. Specialties were offered by George Grafe, tenor; Millie Pe- dro, Texas and West, James Yo- man and others. Line numbers were by . Lillian Hunt while James Yoman pro- duced the entire show. Rube. Remember? “Hee t Owls” That Was Us ANNOUNCING DEL MILNE’S BAND MULTNOMAH HOTEL PORTLAND, OREGON RADIO. KGW TWO YEARS DPE55 YOUS? THEATRE OR YOUR ACT WITH THE FINEST AND MOST ARTISTIC —- ENERY** DRAPERIES DESI6NED MADE UP AND PAINTED BY TOE LARGEST AND MOST EFFICIENT STAFF OF SCENIC APTIST5, DESIGNERS AND DRAPEDY EXPERTS IN AMERICAS LARGEST AND MOST BEAVTSFVL STUDIOS los Angeles ScenicStvdios Imc 1315 BATES AVE.1 •as* at FOUNTAIN AVE. 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