Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1932)

72 MOTION PICTURE HERALD April 16, 1932 STAGE SUCWS Baltimore Keith Week ending April 2 The program opened with Vaughn De Leath singing from the wings. She was discovered before the microphone in the center of the stage with a piano and man pianist. She offered a cycle of songs including "I Love the Rain," "I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do," "Good Night Sweetheart," "Pale Moon Shining," "Carolina Moon," with whistling like Downey, then other songs in the style of Bing Crosby, Kate Smith, and so on. She gave a medley of songs as an encore. Next came Murray and Dexter, with comedy dialogue, songs and hokum, but slow moving. Russ Columbo followed with a cycle of songs before a microphone, assisted by Con Conrad at the piano for some numbers and pit orchestra for others. His songs included "I Can't Forget the Night I Met You," "I'm Sorry, Dear," "The Song Is Ended," "All of Me," "Time On My Hands." For encore he did a violin solo. His stage personality is cold. Detroit Hollywood Week (split) ending April 6 Eddie Loughton introduced Bobbie Brooke, soprano, as the " California Nightingale." She wound a petulant voice about "Sweethearts," from Maytime ; "Indian Love Call," from Rose Marie, and "My Hero," from the Chocolate Soldier. The Merrymakers, Hollywood stage orchestra, followed with "Stop the Moon." Interpolations by voice, trombone, violin, piano and clarinet and monkey motions by Eddie Loughton helped to put this number over. Dick Henderson, billed as the international comedian, breezed through a Scotch monologue, passing up the heavy Lauder accent. He burlesqued a couple of popular songs, including "Tiptoe Through the Tulips," and handed out Limey music hall and pub stories. The house went strong for Henderson. Betty Jane Cooper and the Lathrop Brothers was the class act of this bill. Betty Jane is a fair acrobatic dancer. The act opens with two of the Lathrop Brothers on the stage starting to sing "Sweet and Lovely." Betty Jane interrupts the song and declares that she was sent on the stage to sing a song the name of which she has forgotten. She tries several and with each trial removes an article of clothing — old burly stuff. She finally gets into a heavy tap. One of the Lathrop Brothers does what appears to be a difficult jumping split, landing with great force on the stage. The other two, paired, go through a strutting style of tap that needs no apologies. Portland Fox Paramount Week ending April 7 Arthur (Pat) West, with his 225 pounds, returned to Portland as master of ceremonies with Fanchon & Marco's "Gobs of Joy in Bermuda." The snappy stage show opened with a blues song, enhanced by the graceful ensemble of sunkist beauties and a group of youthful funsters. The "Beautiful Lady" chorus was well costumed and the jovial Pat West, with his diminutive donkey drawing a dog cart, were at all times in front and center. Lee and Port proved to be exceptional comedy dancers. Padro put over a sheaf of card tricks in an expert manner. Elmer Heiiing, the singing sailor, has a remarkable voice and used it admirably in selected song numbers. Even "Pat" himself put on a song parody to good advantage. Rose Marie Carter and Myrna Modie complete a strong stage cast. Del Milne and his Paramountiers provided the instrumental music. New Orleans Saenger Week ending April 6 Carmine di Giovanni scores again in his fourth successive week at the Saenger. This week the Metropolitan grand opera tenor sings from "Rigoletto" during the orchestra overture by Lou Forbes and the grand orchestra, a clever and interesting musical melange this week. Charlotte Murrie is also featured with this group. Herbie offers his last songfest before finishing an engagement at the Saenger that has lasted over two years. San Antonio Sadler's Half week ending April 9 The concert orchestra under the direction of Eddie See started off the three new vaudeville acts which were highly entertaining as well as talented. Strongheart, the canine of motion pictures, was put through some clever and fancy tricks by Ruton, the master dog trainer. Roscoe (Nig) Allen, dressed as the oldtime parson, came out with some comic dialogue and songs of a revival nature that made a decided hit with the tent show auditors. The two Ciska Sisters were on next and did two tap dance turns that went over great. These pretty girls are only amateurs but they know their steps. UP AND DOWN THE ALLEY HELLO EVERYBODY! The new firm of Keit-Engel, Inc., is certainly the talk of the whole music industry. . . . Joe Keit, formerly head of Remick's, now has the controlling share of the new firm, with Harry Engel and Harry Link the other partners. . . . Link, formerly of Santly Bros., enjoys one of the finest reputations in the professional field and has just become a partner in the new firm. . . . Some of America's foremost song writers are represented in the firm's new catalogue, headed with the following songs. . . . "When Lights Are Soft and Low," by Arthur Freed and Peter Tinturin; "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue," by Sydney Clare, Charlie Tobias and Vincent Rose; "Every Little Bit of Me," by Al Bryan, Joe Young and George W. Meyer; "There's Romance in the Air," by Joe Young, Carmen Lombardo and George W. Meyer; and "One More Night in Your Arms," by Arthur Jarrett and Mickey Mickel. ... I might mention here that any one who missed the formal opening of this firm missed one of the grandest parties in the past two years. . . . Keit and the two "Harrys" did their darndest to make every one feel the good old days were back again, and did they succeed? . . . Well, I'm tellin' you. . . . V Potatoes are cheaper, etc., and Lou Breese has been playing that song with a lot of other stuff about depression and love, etc., that song writers turn out. . . . And so it was recently announced that the big shot orchestra leader of the Minneapolis Minnesota theatre will be married in June. . . . The exact date hasn't been set; it probably depends on the price of potatoes; . . . but the young lady has been selected and she is Miss Capitola Howe, little blonde. Nothing is said about her being good looking, but she is a model, so we'll take that for granted. . . . Good luck, Lou. . . . V There is another romance in the music business, that of Lucille Tyson and Abe Glaser. . . . Lucille has been with Shapiro, Bernstein for the past eight years and Glaser is the manager of the "ork" department of Con Conrad. ... It was while he was working for Shapiro, Bernstein that the romance budded and bloomed into love . . . you funny thing (plug). . . . LB seem' U ED DAWSON. 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