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

Saturday, March 28 , 1931 Page Nine INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN IfE MACK AND HIS )RCHESTRA Year Paris Inn Los Angeles FAMOUS WAITERS CHORUS MARKET STREET ANGELES / (Jajc FRED iRMANO OPERATIC TENOR IE «> I • PEDROLI INN Potosky deal Tap Dancer Francesco Jazz Singer Earle Waterman The Canadian Singing Fool (Toronto) SINGS ANYTHING, ANY PLACE Los Angeles Debut — PARIS INN Address—Inside Facts NORTHWEST RUTH EDWARDS DISTRICT MANAGER 3910 Eddy St. Phone Ranier 3241 Seattle, Wash. IDAHO MONTANA WASHINGTON OREGON Fifth Avenue SEATTLE, March 27.— Seen along Fifth Ave.: A charming fam- ily group strolling along. Johnnie, Mrs. Berkes and their sweet young daughter.—A1 Gordon and Vesta Wallace taking a breath of air be- tween shows. — Gertrude and Helen Keeler emerging from the "Purple Pup” and looking well satisfied. — Helen Tejan proving the statement that gentlemen .prefer . blondes.—- Bert Gy tell in town for rehearsals. —“Doc” Routh looking very dap- per.—Mel Klee passing unrecog- nized sans make-up.—Dorothy Rich and Violet La Plante involved in a discussion o’er their coffee cups.— Dave Blumenthal hustling along with his fiddle tucked under his arm. — Ca! Leighton looking very fit after a week end at Scenic Hot Springs.—Bud Jenkins moving to the lake shore for the summer.— Ken Stuart wandering along with a faraway look in his eyes listening for the flap of Old Man Stork’s wings. — Paul Tutmarc. contemplat- ing leaving town.—Gordon McBean and K. Arden Smith receiving more fan mail than they can take care of—They are the busiest in the N. W, . . . Along Fifth Ave. ON LIBERTY STAFF SEATTLE, March 27.—Johnny Northern has been added to the staff at the Liberty Theatre as ex- ploitation man. LeRoy Johnson is general manager. Jensen & Von Herberg will continue to supervise house management, following resig- nation of Bill Houck. STAGE ROMANCE SEATTLE, March 27.—Donald Peters, 26-year-old member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Eleanor Hirsch, U. of W. co-ed who is supervising properties for the Rep, will wed May 2.. They became engaged during produc- tion of Shaw’s ‘‘Major Barbara.” ON STOCK POLICY HARTFORD- Wash., March 27. —The Fox-Poii bouse here w.li abandon it's film policy and install a stock company. The box office re- turns registered by Bainbridge-Bos- ttlick in Seattle and the McCurdy players in Portland, are making ■stock linstallaton a growing institu- tion in the northwest. NEW ORPH MANAGER SEATTLE, March 27.—Bill Houck, ex-manager of the Liberty Theatre, has been named manager of the local RKO Orpheum, suc- ceeding R. H. Zeller, who has been transferred to Sioux City, Iowa. LEAVES KJR SEATTLE, March 27.—Eulalia Dean has left the KJR staff, and Olive Reynolds is back. ALLEN DOUBLING Reg Allen, KGFJ announcer is doubling from the station to the Montmarte Cafe in Hollywood, where he spiels for Murray Smith’s Cuban Rhythm Orchestra. GORDON McBEAN K. ARDEN SMITH MUSICAL RACKETEERS at Fox-West Coast Theatres KJR - - Seattle Vancouver By A. K. MacMartir VANCOUVER, March 27.—-The Theatre Royal has added a musical tab show to its regular picture pro- gram, consisting of a line of 15 girls and two principals, a comic and straight man. Some of the girls do specialties and work in the bits. A two-bit top and three shows a day is the policy to fair business. A„n evening sheet in reviewing Greta Garbo in "Inspiration,” the current bill at the Capitol, stated “Censored to the extent that in spots the continuity is entirely broken ‘Inspiration’ proved a disap- pointment to the first day audience.” Afraid of the effect of this review on the box office, J. Lloyd Derth, manager of the Capitol, broke the front page of the same daily with a story to the effect that not an inch of the film had been taken out by the B. C. Censors. This is the only case on record that the cen- sors have helped the b. o. total. At any rate business at the big Gran- ville street house is very good this week due either to Garbo’s personal following, the censor, or Derth'a front page denial, take your choice. The Commodore Cabaret, Van- couver's de luxe night spot which opened a few months ago with a big floor show and a 12-piece band, has folded. A notice in a financial paper shows them to be in a state of bankruptcy. As announced in these columns a few weeks ago, the British Guild Players at the Empress will shortly take to the road. A definite an- nouncement states that they will close their present season at the Empress on April 11. After that date the company will produce a number of plays in other centers of Canada, their first engagement be- ing at Calgary, Alberta. They will return to the Empress to open a new fall and winter season on Au- gust 29. Norman Cannon, joint owner with David Clyde of the British Guild -Players, Empress Theatre, announces that the exclusive rights to his play, “He Walked in Her Sleep,” has been purchased by one of the leading British motion pic- ture organizations. The comedy was produced by the British Guild in Vancouver under the name of “Don’t Wake the Wife” and ran on two different weeks to big business. It has been produced in England and South Africa with much success. BOB MONSEN “Always With a Smile” Staff Artist KJR - - Seattle WARD IRELAND Master of Ceremonies “Mardi Gras” KJR - - Seattle ELMORE VINCENT “ALIAS SMILIN’ SAM” Ballads and Novelty Stunts KJR - - Seattle ACTS WITH OPEN TIME Wishing Bookings in the Deluxe Theatres of the Pacific Northwest WRITE OR WIRE JOE DANIELS 300 Fine Arts Bldg. PORTLAND, OREGON WILL AUBREY Making People Happy For F & M Wisecracking 4th to Art Rogers