Inside facts of stage and screen (January 31, 1931)

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Saturday, January 31, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Page Five Harold J. Bock MANAGER RUBE COHEN Representative SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND, SAN JOSE, SACRAMENTO KRESS BUILDING ©35 Market St. Phone Douglas 2213 [ s E SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.— After a straight sound policy for about a year the Orpheum goes flesh February' 7 with opening of Radio’s smash flicker, “Cimarron.”. Bud Murray, Los Angeles dance director, will stage a prologue with about SO people and an 18-piece or- chestra will be in the pit under the baton of Uzia Bermani. former con- cert orchestra director at the Pal- ace Hotel, Orpheum, operating on a straight sound policy, has fought a losing business battle since RK.O bought the house from- Pantages but with flesh augmenting an okay lineup of pictures, including the LTnited Art- ists crop, better box office results are -anticipated. San Fra ncisco is prettyr well up ou its flesh entertainment by now,, there being orchestra or stage of- ferings in Loew’s Warfield, Fox, Fox El Capitan. RKO Golden Gate, Paramount and California. Only- first run house without an orches- tra is the St. Francis, showing for- eign pictures. GETS APPOINTMENT SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.— Harry Ettling quits show business for at least four weeks when he takes, up his duties this week as assistant superintendent of state highways in Pasadena under a re- cent appointment given him by Governor Rolph. FIttling is a for- mer deckhand here and *<?- the past 17 years has staged the annual New Year’s show for inmates of San Quentin. DOCTOR-WRITER DIES SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Dr. Charles D. McGcttigan, local physician, known also for his -au- thoring of “Quien Sabe" and ‘'Spurs,” both comedies, and co- authorship of “Happy Days,” a musical comedy, died at his home here this week. Market Street Gleanings . SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.—-Jimmy Haley is the new head of Sherman Clay’s employees’ asso- ciation . . . George Beale now here as United Press rep . , . Tiger Thompson and frail inspecting the new Paramount with Dick Spier . . . and what a classy , joint that will be . . . Rufus Freiling has trans- ferred his stage doorman activities from the Fox to the Warfield . . . Frank O’Neill busted out with a new prop mustachio last week ... it is thought that Bob “Three Door” Gilmour was at the Whit- comb last Saturday night . . . but there's no proof. . . Bob Tolies, doorman at the Golden Gate, tus- sled with a taxi and lost . . . he’ll be back to work this week . . . Emil Umann back in town and fit as a fiddle. . . Bill Wolf and Jack Gross in a weighty confer- ence re “Cimarron” . . . Vic Heras (Iieras and Wallace) and Larry Ceballos are old childhood bud- dies . . . May Sewall is now secretary to Selby Oppenheimer . . . she was formerly at the Pantages . . . Herb Rosner of the Columbia Theatre is in L. A. with “Lost Sheep” for a couple of weeks . . . Jim Yoman is always on time . . . you can set your watch on his arrival at the Capitol . . . Gus Temps looks younger every day . . . Bob Spencer and Nat Goldstein double-o’ing the Green Street . . . Gene McCormick now sports a naked upper lip . . . anybody like to buy a half interest in a pee wee golf course? ... a local booking office is selling coffee as well as acts . . . A1 Pinetti, Val Va- lente and Bill Foy in a huddle at the Roof Garden as to whether or not Tommy Harris should work in a spot . . . Joe Mealy’s smiling countenance again graces film row at Educational . . . Walt Roes- ner’s trick chair in his dressing room at the Fox gets another sucker . . . “Buss” McClelland replete from bowler to spats doing a slide in the stage door to make schedule . . . Torrey “Buttercup” Rob- erts gazing at the tall buildings after his return from up-country . . . Joaquin Garay proudly playing a recording of his voice, just another good banjo player gone wrong . . . Don Waite histing his daily seideli of beer at Taits-next-to-the-Davies . . . George Taylor’s usual armful of fan-mail, his only reli- gion outside of poker . . . Bob Drady’s “yes, we have no ducats” at our beloved Civic Auditorium . . . I i OUT S57,11 FOB B. 0. II F0R0PEI SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 — Plans are rapidly progressing to- ward the February 22 opening of Kolb and Dill's show, “Apron Strings,” at the Geary. Frank B. Hill has been signed as manager and Helen Johnson and Clarence Nordstrom added to the cast. Leo Flanders will handle orchestral music. No curtains will drop between acts; instead intermissions will fea- ture vocal ensemble work by a mixed group of singers. A Coast tour is planned to follow the local run of three or more weeks. F .SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.— Dick Parks' colored walkathon has •closed at National Hall after an okay run of some sixty days. Walkathon at the Golden Gate ballroom is still going. ESTELLE REED STUDIO Specifrt Limited Course in ^ew Movement of the Dance Art 466 Geary St. Phone PRospect 0842 ^ SAIT FRANCISCO * In all the West you’ll find no theatrical hos- telry so modern, so lux- urious, so reasonable as the EMBASSY | HOTEL headquarters for artists of stage and radio | FRIGIDAIRE THEATRICAL RATES j NEAR ALL THEATRES Polk and Turk Sts. San Francisco Phone Ordway 1404 “You’ll Meet Your Friends There” SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Roof Garden swings into action this week with a floor show and advertising, campaign that are ex- pected to pull plenty of business for that up and coming night spot. Tommy Harris is doubling in from KFRC to handle the vocaliz- ing and Dot Ray is handling a line of six girls and staging numbers. She was formerly Pearl Eaton’s assistant on the Radio lot. Ah Pinetti put out a flock of 24 sheets this week plugging the cafe, Va! Valente’s music and Harris’ singing. AIDING OPENING OAKLAND, Jan. 29. — Formation of the Eastbay Theatre Guild went through this week and the Fulton is now operating as a guild house, sponsored by some of the city’s social luminaries. George Ebey and Ed Ilog/rty continue to operate the legit house, but Guild members will have a hand in selection of clays and cast. * * * Now well set in his managerial capacity at the Roxie, Lew Osterle is going great guns on publicity for his first-run house, playing United Artists pictures. “HelJ’s Angels” is now in its fourth and last week and will be followed February S with “Lin- coln.” Osterle was formerly with Pantages in Los Angeles.. * * * Leo Carrillo .returns to Oakland February 1 in “Mister Antonio” at the Fulton. * * t- Hermie King will return in three weeks to his music directing- duties at the Fax Oakland. In the in- terim John Colletti is conducting. * * * Nick Sturiale’s orchestra at the Orpheum has been enlarged to 14 men. LEGIT EPEES 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— With successful opening campaigns in Visalia, Turlock and Stockton to his credit, George Roesch, as- sistant divisional advertising man- ager of FWC, has gone to Vallejo to aid in the new Fox opening. OPENS AT BALCONADES IS DIRECTOR SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Antoine De Valley is at the Fox as director of tableaux for the con- densed opera now being staged there. Charles Fallon is assistant. BACK AT CURRAN SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Frank Bruner, here as manager of “The Shyster” has returned to the Curran in charge of “Up Jumps the Devil.” SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Joe Wright opens February 2 at the Balconades Ballroom with an 11 piece dance combo. He will be succeeded at the new Bagdad Ball- room by Johnny Tisserand’s or- chestra. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Taek the sum total of last week’s local legit grosses, add them up, and what have you? Darn little. With four houses dark, two of them temporarily, there wre but three shows running: Mitzi Hajo.s in “Gypsy Adair” at the Columbia; fourth and final week of “Torch Song” at Duffy’s Alcazar, and Sid Goldtree's “Hi Diddle Diddle” at the Green Street. “Torch Song” was plenty weak at §4000 for the Alcazar and Mitzi grossed around $8500 for the Co- lumbia. Goldtree’s tiny Green Street did around $1500 on “Hi Diddle Diddle.” “Porgy” opens Monday night at the Geary and “Up Pops the Devil” at the Curran. PRESIDENT RUMORS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Rumors were rife this week that various operators were taking over the President, former Duffy legit house, but to date none of the many supposed deasl have gone through. United Artists, A1 Levin and others were mentioned as pos- sible seekers of the house, which is owned by the Winship Estate. House is still dark. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— German Grand Opera season closed last night with only a moderately successful, four days to its credit. Current season marked the first severe competition between grand opera groups, when the Chicago Civic Opera Co. unleashed an ad- vance publicity and sales campaign that was a body blow to the Deutschland crew. _ M any German tickets were turned back in preference to the Chicago company* which offered a more impressive lineup of talent and operas. There were a lot of harsh words tossed back and forth. _ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— Emil Umann has returned to the Orpheum where he succeeds Char- lie Leonard as maestro of public relations. Umann was formerly with Rod- ney Pantages at the F'ox Fan, Hol- lywood, and prior to that was at the Orpheum when it was the Pan- tages. The day Umann hung up his hat he plunged into a lot of work on Radio’s “Cimarron” which opens February 7 backed by a gigantic publicity campaign. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.— While other houses held to an av- erage pace, the Fox jumped out of the ranks and turned things topsy- turvy with a smashing business on “Reducing,” minus stage shows, but -with an impressive condensed version of'“Faust” conducted by- Walt Roesner. House was packed early in the afternoons and nights all week long and §57,000 was the figure. Mighty sweet. “Reducing’^ did so well it is being moved down the street to the California, and Garbo in “Inspiration” is current at the Fox. Meanwhile Clara Bow’s latest, "No Limit,” did a very nice busi- ness for Loew’s Warfield with Fanchon and Marco’s “Icy Hot Idea” and Rube Wolf, m. c., ins support. Red-headed “It” gal pulled in §26,000, which is a satis- factory gross. Bancroft in “Scan- dal Sheet” holds the Warfield screen now. Rest of the town wasn’t so hot, Orpheum drawing a mere $10,000 on “Beau Ideal.” It’s being held over for a second week merely to mark time before the February 6 ppening of "Cimarron” with stage shows. “Cimarron” is getting more, billboarding and advance publicity than any Radio picture yet, and it looks like RKO is going out after business for its upper "Market street house. Fox’s California car- ried off a fair §11,000 on “Mother’s Cry” and then temporarily goes second run for "Reducing.” . - , - , AM i BUSY? PICTOGBAPHS — the new and novel in portraiture — is a busi- ness. My art department- being on the verge of strike from over- work and my own nerves (?) be- ing worn to a frazzle. Inciden- tally. can use a few representatives to sell PICTOGRAPHS to the un- initiated. Bee-u-ti-ful women will f’Tt the prefemece. Being funny that way. SUFE BLAlR just had the ton- sils amputated. You should see my scars. .TACK GROSS is all agog over “CIMARRON.” which opens at the ORPHEUM Fehruarv 7th. My pair HARRY STERN, who I raised on EAGLE BRAND, pens me that he will entertain my XOS ANGELES sweetheart for me. The- s n ak/' -in - the -gv ass. GEORGE TAYLOR held a queen full the other nate in competition to four tens. Moral — stick to backgammon. JAY PERRY SILVEY Inside Facts- Temporarily SAN FRANCISCO HIRSCH *> AEMOLD BALLET MISTRESS created and costumed all dance numbers now en tour Fox Circuit with F. & M/s “Brunettes’* Idea STUDIO—545 SUTTER STREET SAN FRANCISCO AVAILABLE HERMAN MILLER’S ESTABLISHED ORCHESTRA Offering Solos—Special Novel Arrangements Just Closed 34 Weeks Clinton’s Powell St. Cafeteria, San Francisco Address: Inside Facts, San Francisco George and Florence Barclay PRODUCERS AND DANCE DIRECTORS n o w associate d DOUGLAS SCHOOL OF DANCING 1417 7th Avenue—Seattle One of the finest theatrical producing dance studios oil the .• Pacific Coast “Regards to our many friends in Los Angeles” SALES RENTALS SCENERY COMPLETE STAGE EQUIPMENT PRESENTATION SETTINGS STAGE PRODUCTIONS FABRICS — RIGGING — SCREENS J. D. MARTIN STUDIOS 4110-18 Sunset Boulevard HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA OLympia 1101