Variety (April 1932)

22 VARIETY ADVERTISEME N T Tuesday, April 26, KEEPING UP WITH F. & M. What Stars and Grads of the Circuit Are Doing and Where and Why Painters Dorothy Flslier, Esther Bronson, Frances Johnson, Carla. Caldwell and Jane Larkih, F.. & M. beauties ■wlio know their paints (not face), put flnjshlns touches on decora- . tions destined for Seattle Civic Auditorium tc^et off brilliant auto' show there. Naturallv it didn't hurt fTifth Avenue Theatre or F. & M. "Reflections" Idea, which got tre- mendous play on stunt from Seattle Times. Singers Frisco critic asks, "Who are the Rhythmettes?" referring to feature act in F. & M. "Cleap Up" Idea. Personnel this ahiazihg singing trio consists of Ama Lou Barnes and the Dare Sisters, Ama liou handling the solo numbers. Been together for year and half singing for leading. Lios Angeles radio stations. Help Mills and Shea, Alexander Callani, Jimmy Hadreas, Verna, Sylvia and Riith put this Seymour Felix unit over. Joejane .Joe McKenna is entirely recovered from his injury that made hiih miss t/Ut with Sis Jane on a Broadway musical show. Taking funnier and' harder falls than ever with Jane in F.' & M. "Fine Feathers'? Idea. Broke In new specialty In Portland, Me., aiid wUl have in perfect laugh- ing shape while working .New Eng- land bookings thi3 feathery Idea. Rube Rube Wolf, the different m. c. and orchestra director, has offer to produce his musical novelties in big- gest Liondon cinema. British have never seen the weird Rube, although, they've had Horace Heldt and other ■ Tanks who built up under the Rubesque direction. Fanchon and Marco shows are amusement stand- by in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. Lyda ■That famous F. & M. '-'Grad" Lyda Roberti goes back to Coast simi>ly smothered in movie offers. Does two for Paramount and then Into next EddJfs Cantor feature for Sam Goidwyn. Charles Hastings, Brook- lyn Times' famous critic, recalls \io\y Lyda first hit Broadway through Fox Brooklyn engagement, which Rube Wolf, then m. c, extended into run so Broadway producers cojald get line on Roberti. ~~ Murray Buster nnd Brown are the new comedy act in "Greetings" Idea, joining at Skouras Academy of Music, New York. Mae Murray F. & M; creation will have an added feature in Dezzo Retter, the guy who wrestles with hiniself. Initial Murray opus called "Club Maxim," based on famous club where the gorgeous Mite once danced. L'eoni- doff direction and Miaxwell Shane's Jyrlcs. Sis Racquel Torres' sister Renee, whom many think the most , beooti- f«l Mexican blonde In California, made first personal appearance at opening of Skouras-West Coast new Florence Theatie, Los Angeles. Caused audible gasps among males In town that teems with lookers.. Will make iirst F. & M. appearance. In Sister J^acciuers "Malibu Beach" Idea; show that exposes. ITpllywood's hi-hat vacation colony. Find New comic in "Rhapsody in Rhythm" Idea moved up to head- line spot after panicking Loew's State, Loq Angeles, audiences. He's Billy Gray, who turned from prize ring, where he was Mid-West ban- tam champ, to comedy acrobatics and then to howl comedyi Coast reports are he bowls 'em over, a real F. '& M. discovery, Lovely Betty Fras.er, whistling . Johnny Bryant and dancing Crawford and Caskcy other stars til)!5 Idea. you Reri lleri, Taiiitan ZiopRy discovory, goes. On air over WINS, M;inhatta)i, for Jimmy Aswoll, columnist ace Who is also becoming outstanding radio figuro. Kart Whoeler, "Los Angeles Times, describes training of F. & M. Girls in page- Sunday Btory, Illustrated in color. Subhead asks: "Why Is a 'Chorine' Different from a "Hippy Spear Carrier'?" Which Is langwldge that will never b« understood in effete East. STEP UP to your nearest F, & M. Office and do your stuff! From VARIETY, May jth. MNCHON'AURCO INC. Offices HOLLYWOOD • SAN FRANCISCO • SEAHLE • MILWAUKEE • NEW YORK