Inside facts of stage and screen (February 28, 1931)

Pasje Two INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Saturday, February 28, 1931; lit Hollywood " Now By BUD MURRAY Another one of those glorious BREAKFAST CLUB mornings, where one gets up at 7 a. m. and really and truly has his Ham and Eggs at an hoiiest-td-goodness hour, and where real men of the business world get together once a week and throw aside the tur- moil of speed, worry, care and strife to renew and retain Friendship. What if this whole world do this once a week, calling it Friendship Day? — and so we bronught our entire RKO Cimarron prologue from the Orpheum to entertain these business men and the guests of honor, who were mainly responsible for the success of this great historical epic, Cimar- ron, notwithstanding the fact that Richard Dix and Irene Dunne were superb in their acting. The guests of honor were Mr. Louis Zarecky, Wesley Ruggles and Howard Estabrcok, associate producer, director and adaptor of the Ferber novel, respectively. Cute little Nancy Dover got up early this Wednesday morning, and the Mob went wild over her—the dear p , old actor, Robert. McWade, got up for a bow— euo Murray^ Roacoe Ates stuttered his way into a bow, and Dr. Clint Wunder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made a very brief speech called 10,000 miles in eight minutes, and how—Then the show, and the following members of the Orpheum stage show did their'stuff—Miss Helen Pacino, soprano—Miss Julane Davis in spiritual songs — Miss Fay Durst and Les Everson in a duet—Edward Del Gaddo, Spanish tenor—Kenneth Rundquist, American baritone—Slava Stanko- vich, Russian basso, and Alphonse Pedroza, Mexican singer of love songs — then the entire Mighty Male chorus of the Orpheum brought a fine finale for a hearty breakfast with a lusty chorus—Bill Adler and Jak Rosenstein of the RKO publicity department got up for breakfast as did Mr., and Mrs. Abel Green. Then to the Brown Derby next day for a little lunch, and we bump into Georgie Stone, whose latest hit is Cimarron—Mary Brian, our pupil, in a booth—Vic Maclagen with his big brother—Wally Beery and his big brother—Mrs. Guasti (our pupil) in town from Santa Barbara—Nic, head man at the Brown Derby, all spruced up in his afternoon, walking outfit, looking very “ritzy”—Larry Ceballos and Dave Bennett, just a couple of marvelous dance directors—and they are all IN HOLLYWOD NOW. To the Olympic Fites Tuesday, and again we see our old boss from Noo Yawk, George White, who now seems to be a fite addict, and we wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he became a California Booster and maybe produce IX HOLLYWOOD NOW. Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Brown are hack in their regular front row seats now that Joe is not playing in stage shows but is back on the Warner Brothers’ lot with a brand new and larger cntract—we also see our dear friend, Macklin Megley and his Mrs.—Frank Fay displaying a very close hair-cut—mite be doing a prison picture—Frank is with his actress wife, Barbara Stanwyck—Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mosconi—and get this flock of the best Noo Yawk dance.directors, and we don’t mean maybe 1 —Seymour Felix at Fox 1 Stu- dios—Sammy Lee at M-G-M Studios—Dave Bennett and Busby Berke- ley at Paramount Studios—Yes sir, here is America’s gift to the hotel world, Mister Patrick F. Shanley, the man with the green gloves and carnation in the coat lapel—We see that Violinsky is still in HOLLY- WOOD,—we wondered what had become of him, as we hadn’t seen a gag printed lately that was credited with being his—Bert Wheeler is back regularly at the fites and so is his Mrs.—Chuck Reisner is an in- veterate fite fan because it’s in the Reisner blood. We took a chance at a “wrassjin” nite at the Olympic and believe it or"not, they sell out for these make-believe “killers”—How-.they, liiawl. one another,—Are they actors, or is this facial expression on the .level?—: if they are actors they mite well be used as instructors in some of the Hollywood Dramatic Schools to teach expression — they had standing room only this nite. However we did notice our bov friend, John Med- bury, who creates Mutter and Mumble—Lew Cody going thru the mo- tions, and Brooks Benedict, who recently returned from N. Y. Ran into Louis Macloon, now producing Paris in Spring—Louis seems to'feel happy about opening .a play oil the Hollywood Great White Way — he mite have made a fine move because they haven't had a play of this sort IN HOLLYWOOD for year—George Ormiston is Mac- loon’s head man as far as scenery is concerned, and how that George knows his stuff—Dick Powell, who played in several N. Y—successes is busily_engaged rehearsing for this play—as is Georgie Harris, who always manages to eke out a show or a picture in between his framing job—IN his HOLLYWOOD store. Then for a lunch, at the Masquers, where it’s as busy, as a Bee-hive, with Willie Collier, Sr., slated as the jester, and how business-like he goes after it—Edward Earle on the Entertainment-Committee confesses to us. everything is O. K. ajid they look for one of the best Revels of the Club's history—rThcy certainly have enough talent in this one to make three; Revels — At all hours you can see the Brother Masquers in every nook* and corner rehearsing line,, and singing and dancing numbers—At one table we noticed a quartette of the finest stage actors you possibly can corral.at one time, and we refer to Charley Winninger,—Paul Nichol- son—Joseph Santley — and Johnny Hyams—and everyone of them at one time or another workt for the Messrs. Shubert—Then in walks Fred Santley, brother of Joseph—They are beginning to lock alike—Robert Armstrong saving farewell to the brothers — he is off for a long trip and Ernie Hilliard, (not Robert) is telling Bob how to pronounce certain words concerning “Femme” — Oh yeah—Glenn Tryon entertaining a guest — Allan Hale back in town wearing the flannels—Billy Sullivan, writer of songs, handler of Fiters and a darn good “hoofer,” staging some Dance numbers for the Revel—and this is all rite in HOLLY- WOOD NOW. Then to the Friday nite Fites at the Hollywood Legion Stadium run by the genial Tom Gallery, and wc cannot help but notice the newly recognized he-man star, Richard Dix, who is making new friends all •over the United States with his portrayal of Yancey Cravat in Cimar- ron—Edward G. Robinson,, another stage player who has “hit” in pic- tures., and How—Mervyn Le Roy, that very big small director at F. N.— Marjorie White, comedienne at Fox Studios, comes in late, with her hubby, Ed Tierney, who runs a darn good dancing school in Pasadena— Jimmy Lucas is. still with us—Ralph Ince on an aisle seat, and B. B. B. rite next to him—John T. Murray gets his usual Fridav nite thrill bv bawling out the fiters—A couple of brother Masquers. Billy Arnold and Walter Weems—We again note the Mosconis at the Friday Fites as well sis Tuesday—Then to Henry’s Restaurant on the Boulevard where the Fite crowds congregate to tell what’s wrong with the Picture and Fite business, and where we notice Tommy Dugan, who has been IN HOL- LYWOOD for some time—Stuart Holmes whom we haven’t seen for «ges, and what a Villyun he used to he in the Silents—Josef Von Stern- berg, the man who was going tp make Marlene Dietrich famous—but the publicity department overdid it—and so we must close, to get ready for a trip to San Francisco, for a business meeting—see you in Frisco so. long, .HOLLYWOOD. , . SEATTLE, Feb. 27. — Lilyan Turner, who recently closed with an F. ft M. unit in which she was a featured specialty dancer, has opened a school of dancing. She is assisted by Helen la Claire, fea- tured R-K-O dancer. The. Fox Fifth A venue Theatre is co-operating with Miss Turner, planning to use proficient and promising, students, in their stage shows. Enrollment is made up of Fox Fifth Avenue Theatre patrons,, the only charge being one admis- BOOKING FOR MEET Jolly Jones and Sol Lowe, of the b - and M. Club Department, are booking talent for an entertainment to be given by the Hotel Men’s Association: at the Alexandria Ho- tel March 20. sion ticket per pupil. Five hundred pupils have enrolled sineg the opening of the school on February 14th, Schedule Salvation Nell Chances Broad Minded You and I Reckless Hour Upper Under World EDUCATIONAL JAMES CRUZE PRODUCTIONS Helen Chandlex' Janies Cruze B. Evevty Ralph Graves Sally O’Neil ^ Charlotte Walker Jason Robards De Witt Jennings Mathew Betts Wdlly Albright, Jr. FIRST NATIONAL Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Alan Dvvan Jack Boland Anthony Bushcll Rose Hobart Mary Forbes Mae Madison Edward Morgan H olmes Herbert William Austin Edmond Breon Harry Allen Jeanne Fenwick Joe E. Brown Ona Munson Wm. Collier. Jr. Marjorie White Holmes Herbert Margaret Livingston Thelma Todd Graycc Hampton Bela Lugosi George Grandee 1 -ewis Stone Evalyn Knapp Charles Butterworth John Harrow Doris Kenyon Una Merkel Oscar Apfel Nell a Walker Uoi oiiiy iViackaill. Walter Huston Doris Kenyon H. B. Warner John H all id ay Dudley Diggcs FOX Charlie Schoenbaum Shooting Ernie Ilallor Shooting Mervync Le Roy Irving Asher Sidney Gox Shooting Robert Milton John F. Dillon Roland B. Lee James Dunn Sol Polito , Shooting Fifi Dorsay, John T. Murray Lucien Littlefield M. G. M, Meet the Wife Vanity Comedy Laura, La Plante Unassigned METROPOLITAN CHRISTIE A. Leslie Pearce Art Black Harold Beaudinc Unassigned QUILLAN FAMILY Chas. Van Eager Shooting Unassigned (Continued on Page 15)