Inside facts of stage and screen (February 21, 1931)

Saturday, February 21, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Page Fifteen I DIRECT DRIVE FOB EDI Rango, astrologist of the air at KELW, is giving the public an idea of what altruistic aid really means. He has dropped his own work for the present and is devot- ing all his time and energy to his charitable enterprise. He has or- ganized the Rango Relief Fund to take care of emergency cases. No cash collections are made except to supply such immediate weeds as food, clothing and shelter for the needy and unemployed. Doctors, lawyers, the C. of C., the Gas Company, in fact all business houses are cooperating with Rango to the fullest extent, and in the most practical way, offering their services and commodities to such cases as have came to Rango's at- tention. He carries out this work on the give-it-to-them-now; cut - out - the- red-tape principle. There are eleven Rango stores and cafes in Los An- geles, Santa Monica, Long Beach, Burbank, Glendale and a new one just opened in Pacoima. There isn’t a cash register in any one of these places. Several undertakers have contributed their services and facilities to desperately needy death emergencies. Rango has courageously attacked the methods of the Community Chbst, criticising them for an al- leged unnecessarily , complex, stall- ing method of assistance. He states that such aid has little value, com- ing as it does when the critical mo- ment has long since passed. Rango recently heard of a down- and-outer who was trying to keep going oil door-to-door peddling in Whittier. The would-be peddler had no license, so he was arrested. Rango, on hearing of the case, im- mediately went out, paid the ped- dler’s fine and made a practical ar- rangement whereb- the man could keep alive until work of some kind was found for him. KELW is lending every effort to help Rango in his worthy humanitarian effort. Mrs. C. L. Rush, wife of the sta- tion’s chief engineer, is working day and night taking care of secre- tarial and detail work in order that Rango may. go ahead with his re- lief measures. W. B. BUYING CHAIN Negotiations between The Strand Theatre Corporation of Kentucky and Warner Bros, by which the latter seek to obtain possession of the former corporation’s holdings in the state are understood to be rapidly nearing completion. Honses involved in the deal are the Em- press, the Opera House and the Bleich Opera House in Owensboro; the Savoy in Princeton; the Prin- cess, Dixie and Lincoln in May- field and the Grand and Orpheum in Fulton. NO LONGER MODEST Whereas once upon a time chain store organizations crept into new territory apologetically because of the fear of arousing local preju- dices, they are now strutting in with bands blaring and flags fly- ing. As note the sign outside the Fox-West Coast realty offices: “Chain Store locations are avail- able in the best cities of the north- west. See Real Estate Department, West Coast Theatres.” MILESTONE’S COMPANY Lewis Milestone has opened an investment company under the name of the New Empire Com- pany. Offices are in the Hollywood Bank building. WITH MORRISON A1 Kingston has returned to the agency business and is associated the Leo Morrison office. Howard Hughes and his entire producing staff have established themselves in the new Caddo Com- pany offices at the U. A. studio. The outfit will occupy the former Douglas Fairbanks quarters. William Powell will make his first appearance under Warner Bros.’ banner in “Heat Wave.” Alfred Green will direct. Irene Rich will play the part of the mother in Fanny Hurst’s “Five and Ten” at M-G-M. Jack Con- way will direct. The Beverly Hill Billies of KMPC are lined up for lots of ex- tra work this week. They are mak- ing personal appearances around town at high schools, clubs and so Studio Production Schedule (Continued from Page 5) PARAMOUNT Voice of Hollywood' TEC ART LOUIS LEWYN STAR PRODUCTIONS All Star Louis Lewyu . Leon Shamroy Shooting Vagabond Series VAGABOND ADVENTURE SERIES Tom Terriss Elmer Clifton Andy Anderson Shooting Detective Shorts G. G. REED PRODUCTIONS • $ Wm. L Burns Cliff Reed iek Reed Andy Anderson Shooting ROBERT E. WELCH Beauty Secrets of Hollywood Robt. Welch Robt. Welch V. O. Smith Preparing HOLLYWOOD SYNDICATE Trapped Nick Stuart Bruce Mitchell Norman Lacy Paul Allen Shooting Nena Quartaro Priscilla Dean Torn Santsebi CHARLES HUTCHINSON Midnight Randolph Scott ( Chas. Hutchinson Leon Shamroy Preparing X Marks the Spot Alone at Last The Barbarian Left Over Ladies Morals'for Women Two Gun Man TIFFANY UNIVERSAL Universal City—-HE. 3131 Seed John Boles John M. Stahl Bob Ross Jackson Rose Shooting Genevieve Tobin Lois Wilson Richard Tucker Jed Prouty ZaSu Pitts Dickey Moore Don & Terry Cox , Gambling Daughters Conrad Nagel Hobart Henley Joe McDcncrugh Karl Freund Shooting Sidney Fox Bette Davis Slim Summerville ZaSu Pitts Humphrey Bogart David Durand TEA TELEVISION III HI SCHOOL Preparing for the coming of tele- vision, the Motion Picture. Sound Engineering School at 246 South Vermont lias installed complete equipment to train for the new science. A new system for the broadcast- ing of television, working through a revolving screen with adequate light transmission, lias been re- ceived, installed and is now being used for demonstration and im- struction. The course in motion picture sound engineering, which includes . mo- tion picture photography and pro- jection, requires a year. The fee is $300 and, while Walter W. Bar- ney, head of the school, does not guarantee positions to graduates, the present dearth of experts in this department makes it a practical cer- tainty that positions will be readily had. Approximately 50 pupils al- ready are enrolled. «SERVICE IS FETCH OF KMPC The Radio News Service of KMPC is a real live service, which; is going after the news-gathering and news-disseminating racket in real style. They have their own corps of news reporters out, and their brag is that they have beaten .the local dailies in several instances ;in the journalistic game of -being first with the latest. When they have an item or story of interest to Dos Ange- Jenoes they break into any program to broadcast it. When a real big story breaks, such as 'the Hickman case or Aimee’s swim in the desert, the station will garner about a 1000 per cent interest on this feature. Glen N. Wilkinson is the news editor, and offices of the service are at KMPC. JOIN ALLIED The Allied Theatres of Iowa, Inc., has joined the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Ex- hibitors, The directors voted to affiliate several months ago, and the action has now been ratified by the membership. Thirty-two inde exhibs in Nebraska have organized into a cooperative, and their board of directors also has voted to join the national group, pending ap- proval by 'the membership. CLAIM NEW MIKE Perfection of a new type of mi- crophone is announced by Lowell V. Calvert, manager of recording operations for R. C. A. Photo- phone. It is claimed the new mike has “directional sound pick- up” characteristics, by virtue of which sounds coming only from certain directions are picked up. “WRANGLERS” ON RKO “The Wranglers”, a local quar- tette, showed recently at the Engle- wood Theatre, Chicago, and have been O. K.’ed for an RKO route, opening at Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 9. Personnel of the act consists of II. F. Ewing, first tenor; Bill Horan, second tenor; Ed Brady, baritone; and Kenneth Kemper, basso. KECA has two new programs .scheduled. One is a musical, Frank Geiger, baritone, assisted by a male quartet, and the other is a series of book talks by Rainc Bennet. - Legal Twist On Dancing Is A Laugh One of the oddities of the law-makers’ minds. Cafes and hotel dance spots in L. A. can continue dancing up to 1 o’clock on week day nights and to 12 o’clock on Saturdays. But the dance halls are re- stricted to two nights a week on which they can have danc- ing after 12 o'clock. Just to make the whole thing funny, the ordinance-drafters stuck in a proviso that the two nights were optional with the managers.