Inside facts of stage and screen (May 2, 1931)

Saturday, May 2, 1931 INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN A Page Seveii HAROLD J. BOCK MANAGER RUBE COHEN Representative SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND, SAN JOSE. SACRAMENTO KRESS BUILDING 935 Market St. Phone Douglas 2213 Fair But Quiet Is Box Office Report SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— A fair week with no outstanding flicker tapping the bell. Fox with Bob Montgomery getting heavy billing in "Shipmates" drew $41,000 and everything was hokusthetic. Warfield did fairly well at $20,000 on Haines in *'Tailor- Made Man" and stage show. Last week's figure for "Trader Horn" at the Columbia at $21,- 000 was an error. The figure should have been $15,000, and the current week's bit $12,000. "City Streets" grabbed oflf $14,000 for the Fox Paramount; "Last Parade" did but $12,000 for the Orpheum. But Warner Brothers knocked out $12,000 for "Millionaires" with George Arliss, and it holds over. BALLET RECITAL VANCOUVER, May 1—In hon- or of the memory of Anna Pav- lowa, Boris Novikoff, late of the Russian Imperial ballet and now resident in Vancouver, will hold a Russian ballet recital at the Vancouver Theatre, May 29. Ta- tina Platowa and Novikoff him- self will head the cast of danc- ers. W. B.-F. N. western business meeting opened in San Francisco on Wednesday with all managers, salesmen and other officials west of Minneapolis attending. Sears officiated as chairman. All the officials are expected in L. A. on Monday. Market Street SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Bruce Quisenberry and L. Scott Perkins auditioning several pros- pective staff artists for NBC. . . . Jennings Pierce hustling down Sutter with Nelson Case, up from Hollywood and KFWB, . . . Nel- son, we'll have you know, is an old schoolmate and later a jour- nalistic associate of this Inside Facts scribbler. . . . Jerry Stew- artson, taking time off from his arranging, hurries home to din- ner. , . , Harold Peary, colored delineator, baritone and villain ex- traordinary, pulling on a huge nickel cigar. , . . Frank Percy, former RKO p. a,, is now on the Chronicle. . . • Kid Jubilon, resplendent in tux, green tie and tan sport shoes, let- ting such pals as Ben Berinan, Harry Hume, Jack Archer, Phil Harris and Eddie Bush in on a few life secrets. . . . Leo Le Blanc takes it on the chin from a stubborn game of solitaire. . . . Lloyd Yoder will install a new front tooth soon. . . . Edna Pur- viance was here this week to re- cover a flock of stolen jools. . . . A slapstick loaded with a blank cartridge jumped up and hit Ber- nard F. ("Pic" to you) Smith the other day and tnat gent is now taking his meals off the mantel. Hughie Kavanaugh has a swell punching bag in his cellar just to keep in trim. . . . Dick Spier slightly inconvenienced by a frog in the throat, . . . George Wendt always carries his trumpet with him. . . . Frank Wisnia is seri- ously considering wedlock. . . . Mel Hulling hotfooting it into his Fanchon and Marco Route List of "Ideas" Following is the Fanchon sind Marco Ideas route schedule, with the opening and closing dates, a)) of the current month, and next month, in parentheses, beside the name of the town: LOS ANGELES (30-6) Loew's State Theatre • Sketches" Idea "Limberlegs" Edwards Royal Gascogne Angelo, Andre and Sanger Mildred Perlee Frank Hopkinson Allan and Campbell SAN DIEGO (30-6) Fox Theatre "North-South-East-West" Idea Jaclt Wald run and Harriet Helen O'Shea Elvira Tanzi Glen Dale HOLLYWOOD (30-6) Pantages Theatre "Broken Doll" Idea Charles Bennington and Co. Three Comets Mowatt and Hardy FRESNO (7-9) Wilson Theatre The Great Raymond Jones and Wilson SAN JOSE (3-6) California Theatre "Varieties" ld©a Sully and Thomas Flying Flemings Daker, Dove and Allen Norman Thomas Quintet SAN FRANCISCO (30-6) Warfield Theatre "Russian Art" Idea Walters Duo Russian Ensemble Olga and Mishka Eddie Kube Bill Telaak Bud Hanley OAKLAND (30-6) Oakland Theatre "Olympic Games" Idea Paul RemoB Co. Francia Hal Hrig PORTLAND (1-7) Paramount Theatre "Mickey Mouse" Idea Louis and Cherie Chriasie and Daley Three Rolling Stones Helen Fetch Toots Novelle SEATTLE (1-7) Paramount Theatre "Hollywood Collegians" Idea Dorothy Crocker Guy Buck TACOMA (1-3) Broadway Theatre "Submarine" Idea Radcliffe and Bob AerialBartletts Ward and Pinkie Claire and Stuart Robert Cloy Steve Moroni WORCESTER (1-7) Palace Theatre "Prosperity" Idea Lucille Paige Danny Beck Jack La Vier Co. Aaron Sisters HARTFORD (1-7) Palace Theatre "Vaudeville Echoes" Idea Four O'Connors Aerial Rooneys Eight Allisons Bobby Henshaw Ooreen Rae NEW HAVEN (1-7) Palace Theatre "Icy-Hot" Idea Al le Groh Heras and Wallace Blombcrg's Dogs Helen MacFarland BRIDGEPORT (1-7) Palace Theatre "Topical Tunes" Idea Costia and Verdi Alexander Sisters Bob and Eula Burroff Niles Marsh Don Carroll Dorothy Thomas BROOKLYN (1-7) Fox Theatre "The Danco" Idea Everett Sanderson Arnold Grazer Lee Murray Dave Roble Patsy Boland NEW YORK (S-7) Audubon Theatre Tabor and Greene Harry Wooding Harris Twins Betty Martin "Society Circus" Idea PHILADELPHIA (1-7) Fox Theatre "Moonlite Revels" Idea George Br. ,M rst Melvin Brothers Charles e Freda Snilivnn WASHINGTON (1-7) Fox Theatre "Espanola" Idea Mayo, Caruso and Suxanne Harry Vernon John and Harriett Griffith May Packer Abbey Green VIC DE LORY ST. LOUIS (30-6) Fox Theatre "Talent" Idoa The Marinellis George P. Wilson Jean Carr and Family Gay nor and Byron MILWAUKEE (30-6) Wisconsin Theatre "Golden West" Idea Bill and Harriet Hutchins Ben Hur Ponies Chief P-Vjplc Feather Jimmie Ames Valerie Wade Be Ho Gray and Co. Albertina Rasch Girls DETROIT (1-7) Fox Theatre "Love Letters" Idea Nelson and Night Will Aubrey Jeanne Dcvereaux George Ward French's Aeroplane Girls NIAGARA FALLS (1-7) Strand Theatre "Headliners" Idea Mel Klee Great Yakopis Oay Sisters Walter Jennier W- II Winthzrop and Stanley UTICA (1-7) Avon Theatre "African" Idea Ed and Morton Beck Prosper and Maret 3 Brown Buddies Foster's Monkeys Chorie and Tomasita SPRINGFIELD (1-7) Palace Theatre "Top of World" Idea Gene Morgan Russell and Johnson Fawn and Jordan ATLANTA (2-8) Fox Theatre "Gondoliers" Idea Jazzlips Richardson Ben Ali'a Blue Devils Moroand Yaconelli The Romeros HOUSTON (1-7) Loew's State Theatre "Way Back When" Idea Charles Irwin Arthur Turelly Madeleine du Val 3 Bennett Bros. 6 American Belfords Carla Tornoy Girls Peggy O'Neill Opens Revue at Senator SACRAMENTO, May 1—Stage shows return to Sacramento again when Peggy O'Neill's Mer- rymaker Revues open at the Fox Senator May 7. "The state capi- tal has been without flesh enter- tainment^^ since Fanchon and Mar- co Ideas closed there more than a year ago. A. M. Bowles is taking Hermie King out of the Fox Oakland for a few weeks to m. c. the Sacto shows, returning him then to his Oakland stand. Jan Rubini goes from the Fox Paramount, San Francisco, to Oakland. Acquisition of Sacramento as a full week stand gives Peggy O'Neill four full weeks in North- ern California, including Fox El Capitan, San Francisco; Fox Grand Lake, Oakland, and a week split between the Fox California, San Jose, and Fox Wilson, Fresno. Tiffany office with a fat contract. . . . Jim Riley and Elmer Hanks bickering over a purchase. . . . Rex Glissman in a brand new char- iot. . . . Al Garcia passing the time of day. . . . Herman Lub- fin making his office at the unheard of time of 9 a. m. . . .That Dutch Reimer smile. . . . Nick Ayer stil retains the hard hat. . . , Don Crull at his adv. desk. . . . The flu got Fred Johnson this week and he took a few days off. . . . Sid Goldtree is reduing. . . . Claude Waggoner hit a 4 to 1 shot the final day at Tanforan. . . A letter from Bee Montague inluded felicitations to all her coast friends. . • • Bob Drady spends all his time listening to the police radio sta- tion, hoping to hear news about he recovery of his 1917 Ford coupe that recently disappeared. . . . Morgan Walsh is back from an extended trip east. . . . Ril«y, Carey and Franklin in a huddle in the Warner lobby. . . . Claude LaBelle has two desks in the News news room, one for work and one for executive purposes. . . . Just a biggie. . . . Rufe Blair will not endorse straw hat season. . . . Jack Coakley ambling down the Kress building halls. . . . Al Sather humming his "Falling Tears" and Al Burgess countering with "I'm Gonna Get You." . . . Lowell Sherman and a flock of oth- ers driving down Market in a big yellow car. . . . Bob Morton claims he was born married. . . . Bob Gilmour carting Fox publicity around to the drayma desks. . . . Charlie Carter hobbling about on crutches, the result of being squeezed by an auto. . . . Mel Hertz expounding on the merits of being an organist. . . . Gor- don Henderson is back in town. Fifth Avenue SEATTLE, May 1.—G e o r g e Eichhorn doing a Simon Legree. . . . Larry Smaltz on the list of expectant fathers. . . . Bus Green jumping from blondes to bru- nettes. . . . Ward Ireland and Tommy Smith in Wenatchee for the Apple Festival. . . . Roy Ox- man back at Coffee Dan's. . . . Bill and Helen O'Hanrahan back from their honeymoon. , . . John- ny Moore watching a broadcast at KJR. . . . Earl Heroux slated to j o i n the KPCB staff.... Charlie Wellman in town. We offer a hearty welconie. . . . Tex Howard at the opening ball game. . . . Bill Houck in full dress and looking very handsome. . . . Joe Cooper giving birth to a new ex- ploitation idea. . . . Dave Blum- enthal reporting an evening spent in solitude. . . . Carl Reiter inquiring as to the outcome of a boxing match. ...Lew Mahan telling the world about his tulip garden. . . . Betty Shilton the proud possessor of a new fox neckpiece. . . . Robert Cloy aris- ing just in time to make the first matinee. . . . Pinkie and Ward in with the "Sub Idea" and wonder- ing if they will ever have a day off. ...Red Corcoran's mother back stage at the Paramount. . . . Al B. White the envy of the mob as he wanders along with a half dozen beautiful girls. . . . Bob Dickinson tuning in on the Butte Walkathon in the early morning hours. . . . Billy Ullman at Mc- Elroy's. Oakland OAKLAND, May 1.—Don Aus- tin has joined the Orpheum as assistant manager at the local house, succeeding M. Weist, who has been transferred to the Los Angeles Orpheum as assistant. Baron Hartsough is again or- gan soloing at the Fox T. & D., Oakland. The Theatre Managers' Club of the East Bay deserves a hand for the work it is doing, including some excellent tie-iips with the Chamber of Commerce and other luncheon clubs. Meeting at the Hotel Leamington each week. Club's ofificers are Phil Phillips, president; Charlie Carol, vice- president; Ed Stokes, secretary- treasurer; and a board of direct- ors including Frank R. Newman, Mark Keller, Clarence Laws, C. C. Griflin and Mike Cohen. Hermie King bowed out of the Fox Oakland on Thursday for a week's vacation prior to a tem- porary date as m. c. at the Fox Senator, Sacramento. Jan Rubini in here. W. B.-F. N. Meeting Headed by Chiefs SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Execs and salesmen of Warner Brothers-First National are cur- rently in the midst of a three-day pow-wow here headed by Harry M. and Albert Warner, Sam Mor- ris, Jack Warner, M. A. Silver and others. G. L. Sears, western division chief, and Charles Muehlman, local manager, are in charge of the meeting. Company officials announced a pretentious array of new pictures and theatres, including houses in Sacramento, Oakland, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and other towns. TONY KENNA DIES SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Tony Kenna, stage manager at RKO's Golden Gate, passed away Tuesday at Marina Hospital after an illness that had kept him con- fined for several weeks. Kenna had been chief of the Gate's stage crew for a number of years and was very popular around here. GALAXY OF THREE SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Florence Reed, Walker Whiteside and Guy Bates Post will jointly ap- pear in "Typhoon" whihc Ralph Pincus will produce during May at Erlanger's Columbia. BUSH LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Harry Bush and the Los Angeles music publishing firm of Preeman, Howard and Vincent, have parted ways. TOMMY THUNEN WEDS SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— While Anson Weeks' orchestra was at the Los Angeles Biltmore, Tom- my Thunen, bass with that group, was married to Sylvia Mauerhrn, Oakland society girl. CHANGE AT CAPITOL SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.— Mickey Mayes has left the Capi- tol burlesque show, with Peggy Reynolds returning to her former strip job after a two weeks' ill- ness. Seeking 2 Spots For Stock Policy SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.— Current reports indicated that A. B. "Buzz" Bainbridge was nego- tiating here and in Spokane for available houses in which to in- stall a stock policy. Post Street in Spokane and the Tivoli and President here were mentioned. Bainbridge operated stock houses in Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis, but has not hereto- fore attempted to extend his legit activities to California. CAN'T POP PRICE SAN FRANCISCO, May L— Orpheum was cheated out of its pop priced run on Columbia's "Dirigible" when the latter firm exercised its right to exhibit cer- tain flickers at road show prices. The air film opens May 3 at Er- langer's Columbia for a two weeks run at a $1.50 top. 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