Variety (Aug 1933)

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so: VARIETY j STATE, N. Y. (Continued from page- 21) tile makings of p. comedienne when expei>lenpe rlpena her style. Just now )ier efCorls are too evident. She ;Wor^9 too hard :-and too- self-con 8ciovfeBly^_-They-idld: .veEX^well 'in. ft 'blackout with Osterraan,. but no ■ Wowi'' .. Diamond Boys eriipted hereabouts and the usual hit, jirith the big laugh wheni: they, gang-up bh the m.c, for the finish. They mark the finish of the_stag6 show a$ juch, With Oster- m^n takrng=tEe fronT to: do His'bit while they set thift! next scenes an- nounced as the Club, Osterman (Adv.). ti^ual cabaret, set With • Ruhy Zwirler's. band, backing- a. Club Os- terinah audience, of . abo.Ut -a dozen people^ whiph Is exaggerating. First, act in the floor show is tlTe Stewart =^istersirt=T:t-hr,e;6fci^0^ bettep thian they' sing'and aire not such ^bad- singers. . .Annette Ames, a kld^/iiinade the hit 'children always seem to scoipe, but she did very coniri peteiiily With two dances. Hal Men- ken. jtNeW, Acts) did some; novel stair ' taps, "and Mai^^ Kelly,' a . 200-, ^peimAfiC,„ formeHy._ of ..Smith, and Kelly^ doea a bri^f with thei Dialn'p»i?lfl for whait was to. have beeh ;-Sthe' exit la^ughi ,■ The "Idea w4s there^:bujb Itlacked speed; Brought the (^rtain. down to a poor hand for a j^how that had been Ii^oldlng ui>' unusually, well. Just go^d .to : show- that jit, show, can be; framed Up with- out avslew of liames ai^.vhold'jap If the picture can . $et :thei|('In. ' ■■ Picjure; In this'Instaiibe Is 'When Ladled. Meet' (Metro). Only other film 14 the irewsreet .. BUsIness- praa- ■ 'tlcMiy^ capacity bti' "thei; first" show idownsjtairs and plent;jr< <>n the .sh^lf, but took a 1Q% cut bn. the. secbnd show.!: Ohio. HOtLYWbOD, L. ' . JIollyw.opd,\Aug, • It's !no.,:easy!;:jpbv^to ifwuthft. a .stagfe- ehow; itiiait will '*pl^er;partrbhB*:Di!~ a^ George"^.Arlis's pilcture. in' i corney • bu^g like Ilollywobd. .Class, .of peb-.^ , jp|e who cpme^ to see /Voltaire* don't know from pratt falls. Most 'any Btage pres^ntatioh . df:.the. hotcha yariety will offend them. Best that <?an bje do' he Is to amuse. politely ; whlchj-is none too jguccess ful . " ^i-^ Hollywood ^ lias struck a happy act has 16 colored performers, and though Arlen is white and there jnay be some ,iresentment down In thls-j Southern'state over the color mix- ture on the stage, that part's okay because the act Is handled in such «. PALACE, N. Y. George Qivot, who used th© radio as his stepping stone. Is one reason for the better than usual auallty of struotlng a jigsaw puzzle that re- I solves itself Into an NRA insignia. To Inaugurate its new show sea- Ison, and tilted b>o, -scale, house Is now Using" wide range projection and a new pubUo address system oecausejne aci nanu^u^^ the current Palace bllL Another that.consId*raWy improves audience fT^e %nU«nSlT^^^^^^^^^^ Hal LeBoy.In a band -ct -cepUo^^Bg.^^^^^^^ week's booking,..which, brings, an oth^r colored show, the Mills Bros,- Pon Redman uhlt, to this stage. • And two weeks of colored < shows, right In succession. Is not good booking for a itaryland theatre. Arlen is closing this five-act show nicely,:; jClettlueraxeceptUnipn^^ audience; who hfever hieiard - Of him until the song clicked, Arlen comes through with his routine, of refcol- lections Of other Arlen tunes and then finishes with .'Weather'-done in spiritual-song manner by the* 16 Harlem graduates; Wghting on IJiIs act was excellently - handled from ?Hie^bDofIivWeplit&A^ bus di^^conhection -from the choir. This choir Idea, shows that, there is something niew in shpw business, revealing at last an .excellen t way in which- to present a composer to the public. It has class written; all over ■It.: ■ Show" is: aces-all the way through, startingf: with the Xee . Twins' dance staged-vfcy -the^ Palacft-liouse man- ager, Harry Weiss. The Pickens listers from NBC and a . five-act layout from the bookinff office also | rate some of the extra bends. In the opening and deuce spbts re two^ew-Acts,- In the past^ew^l acts were common enough''aroUnd this time of the year, but nowadays gettitig^^redlt for the.-df awi - News and third episode of 'Tarzan' serial completed screen program. J7(2toa. RCHtY; N. Y. . ...lil0-,blg.jb.a?r£taln^.h^ this weeic, but^ judging from the ^ ^ good house In evidence Friday night breaking one in:takes cOurage .moW I,and Its reception pf. show on. whole, thaii anything else. To find two on I no caisUalties are expected. Stage one bill, and at the Palace, sounds shOw Includes less talent than has exceptional. They are Barie, Jack M*®6n the habit up here, and no- and Betty, roller skaters, and C3ar- where is there any unusual sock, yet ner, Wolf and Hakins j stoOg e eh- p asses m uster for ^he 26-85-65 t r ade =sem6Ier:On".tfieIr Tecprd here SfSw day afternoon both should .get aiOng. I (RKO), The LeHoy-turn: utlllzeia Charlie Stein and'the pit band and a setting j prbvided by the house< ^'s attrac- I tlvely lighted. With the kid dancer are Raymond Baird, tbie suophonfst single, and a,pair of girls', Dorothy. IDare, singer, :ahd ' Harbarjei' McDohr .al4) dancer. What imipresses first douhtlnig Dave Schooler with his permanent band aiid the Gae Fos- ter Girls, another fixture here, tfie- stage division falls one turn :short Of the .eight hoUise rsgulariy adverr tlses. .::(n a 'way, it lopks like some- thing "of ja cheater this week, with some padding in Order.to,roUnd out flashy ^ opening; act that sent ;iij»d chiefly Is the youthfulness Of ,a,ll .60 minutes Of Tunning time.L the': principals, ,,hOp:e ^ppeai*|ner'- o^er 21. : if the glrici are older thiay do not' look It. The talent and the | ; manner In whlQh It waS staged car,- vrles the act-along iswlfily aQ^'enter- '.talnlngly, surprisingly so for a turn I th^ was tossed together in a huny ifor--this date only. Withi licRoy, 'oye hav^. manner iBatrd and the giris, all of ^honi ferson|aUty an^ per^ idellver oi^-their own)^the stager had thlngS^^^happily. Boy assistants okay but' toip!ped easily by the-rliCe girls' precision .punch; number, thOugh a legomaifta hoofer single took his share of the audlett&e honors. Radio Aces are in the d^upei doing croon- ing, bop-bp^lnir. Impersonations, in- strumeritaiizing and- coniedy for a clean sniack.- ajndNjnate^ial, formance... :.'^--5^^^ ispnikeiChlng'to start out with. With;:\(?Iiiaev there I is. the unit shouldn't be. running a bit over 45 minutes for best results, long< enough.: for .any plctut:e house and above' theV. leverage On ..Broadway until of late. Roxy's long stage bill has grown that way out of a desire, dev^opec^ - with the; reduction to a 36c t<>p sPnle "tlttie' back, to give the public a whole lot more, for that 36c. ORPHEUM, N. Y. Folks up here are easily satisflet so. there'll be jno. squawks this weeS Matter of fapt It's not at all a b^ small time layout Business Friday night (4) for the last show wa« pretty^opd. No tapes or. anything like that, but .about all the down^ stalrEfBeats occupied.— ^' •: •" Show Is one of those slow starters that builds nicely. Four Trojans are okay tumblers who go In a bit tba much for fiash that doesn't. They start the show. Number two are Lynne and Keden <New Acts), weak combination; Man at the piano 'IS.Keden, just an accompanist.and Miss .Lynne. Is a singer who has a great deal to learn about song, selee* tion as well as presentation. With the-centier gropve occupied'' by Walter Walters,' entertainment really begins moving. Verit riloquist' "wag iii^ual^obd "form and had a5~ easy time of .It. Glenn and. Jeiiklns next to shut mopped up, yet blackface team is still dbitig pretty7much Ihe same iict they've been doing for lO these niany years but Its good. stuf^. They've added a couple, colored la^s,. one. for a danced and Blllv Rbblnisbh, takepff and another tp do a novelty tap r6u-« tine with a Sho^shine . cloth. 'Not: bad, but they heed better Introduc^ .. tlon and fitting into the rest of the turn. Guy apd Peari- Megley,. with, tlvelr excellent dance fiash,.dose the 8ho#, leaving the customers with a gppd taste. . 'Jennie Gerhardt* ([Par) on the„ screen ought to mean a c.oiiside^iably added busineiss- -imp'etus at this , house/ KoAiU STATE, L. A. > - . . . % n, L . ..^ -i. i , ^, than Other tJieatres; were for double Chester Fred0riek8rdOe8 too muchl;^^wivot,.ls, the xwxt-to-closdr, and the amount, - Qne result of this has In the trey spot;and oversteps with itbe; bills comedy spcKer. His 18 beisii longer units In competitive hts hands! His handling of the two Inxinutes and three more for an en-^ houses, with shows gener- glrls in the act gOes into the wrong Ucore were too much, l>ut very easy I aUy sliding closer to the vaudeville alley, causing a bad reacUon degpite kto trim, GlV9t is the..Only ^n^w iw$,y^of doing things, the-exuberance. Fredericks Is ahftralght and quiet tklklnk mono- it ™av be irood snowmanshlo to performer and a neat dancet. but llogJat to come along In several sea- try tS^gl^e mSe tharthe^otffi by hla offcolor [f>m ^^^e doesn't use gags, which .J^^^grthSe^ aiwSv^^^^^ ^^r""' *9PS the. stage i ■ . . iimniedlatd?t ta^es:J»lm.piU .of ^fe:Ig^^tgSJ^ ^mostiasHonaTble present, dky. school I * " - - 'and sets him out by himself. At least GiVot wlU have no competlsh. ;He sticks to his Greek dialect until ':the. finish, the laughs coming on a i -11^ J 4.i,„n».»« l.'long succession 'of comic misprp-! Metrotone newscllps and trailers | and re^tayraht phllds- ipphy. ■ From a former sthging and dancing picture house single, with a Ishow or two in between, Glvbt's. re- ;e.6tt!Brafrdir:;infO~ a mbnorogllt,: ana the7big~Scratch-haB'^b©"(nnrTSii?Jid~and' ireinarkable, The radio can be performer and he. V hurtet .^'^imself -^enatbt" " Murphy punched: out a clean sock lu tte*t-to-closlng. Old and new- material, but It dldn^t make any difference- lb "this audi- ence. M< finished.. Los Angeleis, AUer'4. medium, given the patrols good en- tertainment. Only false note is Rena v^hd Rathbun;-'In', the -Teddy * Joyce 'presentation .'Who take notht ~ln^ bupfails^n~a dyim tine.' v.The Arliss Ic^ns'' shlffed a.t —theIr-=elforts;^—Otherwise-^howHIs oke. iVaude opens, with..the Four _ Glovers- fdoliig - a - sertes - ol- teeter I v^ -'''-—'-^^ boardSe^ps to two and three high, ordinarily. Is ^ firbod bet here, but HJ^SJ^^^^^^^ That ma^>^ be- especiiniy true w^ blUS' tvre palpably blowii lip To reach afi hour or mOre despite anythlnj^. It's hard to entertain, the public nowadays. It might be easier if the dai^er Of tlrintg- the tans out Is avolded.^ ' " ^ ; , Acts: on'this week's show are' BuS;^ ter Shaver, Wiil.Osborhe as -tl sin^ gier--Herman--By4br^^bb3F-f-Bl^ler^ and—the-:dance^-trib-^t Kay^-^Katya and Kay. * The Bixler" single and. the Kay, Combination of Dave Hutton on ^hanked for the big push, but GIvot < v the stage and Geb^ee Arliss In Vol- .himself possesses what It talces, else|^f,^y*,?;S";*y^^^^ taire' (WB), :^ tbe^screen is spell- SS^^Ji^^S^^I^- iSSS ^Sffi^S'^b^SJ T^'S^ lngwcapacity.fOr^-eari3^p«t-Pf the week here, withf the first two ;. p^ckens girls, whose looks glve r*^? ,i»? a^ fairly .good^ Interlude days'-lntake^:he^liea;vle8trlhe-housdjhe*ra^^^^ has enjoyed fbr ^me .time. Arliss, harmonizing, were a neat No. a^en- 14*: it s a long-watt foip some- Lads''are''Snappy workers! making the most * of their. short-time allot*, ment. ;Claudia Coleman Is next, with her fauiiUar monolOg,'Whibb'ifr. Well received, v Stopped the.- shbw?' ;and begged bfC.:with a gag;. '""•'•.:;. - Teddy ' Joyce presentation next. House., has wisely Included a"^ line of eight , ballet dancers to add/ Cl I' to ^ the bahd offering. Joyce solos a gylwy .dance , oii the vloun. and does a.'fair iftiitation of George'M. Cohan'ia soft shoe dance.. Don Ray- mond-: and Virginia Carnes take care of 'the vocal end, both' han- dling-vthelr assignments well. - In each-^case-they^tay-aw.ay-frdih-hot numbers. - Loyce Graham,'-control there w^wi .spme que8tlbh,;j|f his pres ent screening'* In a costiiijie picture, would prove b.o'. for the Downtown patronage.^ Booking . of the former Angelus temple baritone, following his week at the Hollywood, looks like a shrewd moy©. . Rbga,rdl6si9 ^ of ' hbw Huttoh m'ay-be CM a vaude actor^ the fact _ ^ . picture, felvjng the Palace a decided cbiiiedy break on the week. ^M^' T ■~ . I PARAMOUNT, L. aI t, Loa Angelas, Aug. 8; • It?s home-coniing week , at the-Par ijurrently,. with Rube Wolf, house |eade]?:. ,and m.c, back on .the job after a week off to permit-the Abe remains thia.t he's drawing a lot of I Lvman band to present Its .War^s, sheke^ and satisfying the curiosity I iEtnd Max Lerner, tenor, again bni of thousands. Following the first performance Thursday (openinjg day) the sin ging husband of Alinee -Semple McPher- son was' nioved ^om next to shut duty after-several weeks- at-.the 9tate, Long Beach. To back : up these two local favs, jTanchon .& itarco"atdded:::Mltcttell~ aijd -Dtti«ftt" and AUeen Stanley . with the fot- ththg- meaty or-^approaching; that* Shaver "^ vi^ent over . exceptionally well wltfc his midg6 team' Friday night.. His Is a go.0d:.little act. reni- nants 6t the > Tlriytb-wn .ReVue Shaver played in vaude for many years; Uii::.lrere hlsiredTiced a»t apr peared: to - bN^tter. adviantag'e than , .on a recent vaude engagement despite the natural dlisa^vantage of such a large house :aiEr this/ Doing ..a* pretty . full; routine,, as much .as--he ever does In vaude. Shaver and his little teani held in- terest at a high; point throughout, getting a deserved, encore Friday eve. Only weakness In the turn .IS in the t alk Ind ulged in . Includi ng that-oldle of-• a-rS"cbtchman as"' a inidge'ig pop. icicklnc' Jnniiq noiiriTv -nrith. n. one I sop was moveo irom next to snut I i7 •-,«>.«»*w -1 miQge s pop. -f5§t-^lir^lb¥ f^ ■ while It S?' «|l«c"<"^ a wise one^. buLjeith. _H5sborne crbb^^^ .._ -«lrl»aa nft? ?n«V« Arnf.hmlAir . .-irAiirt*.! Stanley SOmewhat of a dlsap- I VArV-wAll. -whllfl M^APMlLn -Hvde and ppintment to-thbse -who remember Ruth Haj^laii wor)^; Jn ijllront; of the ballet for a:'short;.tbe-*-dance. I Kick of . the presentation is Char- lotte, a deaf and dumb youngster, who does an Intricate Egyptian dance. ' Novelty' of a gbod looking girl. , unable to hear but keeping perfect' rhythm with the. band, stops the'show cold. • Universal news ': and.. Newman- travel ;:filih complete the bill. House capacity.-.-downstairs for the first show ^'riday. . (7aK. CENTURY, BALTO • Baltimore, Augi 4.^ Afte)r 'some weeks ■ Of stalling; at | the box'office, due lar^el^pi' to uhfpr-- does: not . make - orpthodox ',-vaude ro'utlning; Showed' 'good' judgment, as thei 'pay custbmjers are mPstly in- terested in his appearance, and the other five, acts on the bill mean nothing. i . Couple of local amateurs, Moss and LaRue,.' 'open . with : a straight dancing routine,- oCCerlng' the usual tap and some difficult cbntortipning by thc^giri; Lad IS a' ttifty hoofer and looks ^headedr^biP bigivthings. - Reminiscent iiOf the old^iChautaU her. in vaudeville,. before., shie - went radio. \. Mitchell and Durant, making their first coast appearance In several years, mop up with their bag full of hoke. By way of a productiloh they have enlisted the aid of the ItU^e and several of the line girls for a comedy skit, based on a bf entertainers trying to crash 1 way into pictures^ very-well, while Herman Hyde and Miss Mona,'.'comedy; .Instrumental team,' 'also sicpred at,' shb-vV caught. Not untoppable on punch, this trio of attractions, howevie^, seettied to strike .fancy of aUdlehce-'on hand, but outside of thejoi thbre isn't much to be had, bixler, pint-sized hoofer, leans W^hitles.' It's from a latb Out j&nd but hoke; but iS^ySf^ W^T^^c^ I ihe ipay customers ate Vt yiv^^ ®«tfn5 i£n ?Sp ^^ft'^*^ this afternoon's^itijler, and whistling, :liPIdIng down/the v - .^^ deuce spot^ Mitijhell's best effortH,^?^™,^^^ ooys witn gops or ap is his Imijfatibiil-of a three^tiibed I .radio, with the balance of his act Bterebtyped. Plna^Famlly, comprlS .. ,y . >s. - i . , i:6g father and . three sons, follow tunate . bookings, the< Century. Is r^ijjh rlsl^, acrqbaltitcs and tumbling, right 'ai^ain. For b'iticis :'BeveratTACt would be a ipgical clbser; but weeks the stage show dovetails h?*^?-^^® °* *?*®' **"V ?^"* "^^^ nicely with the screen fare instead ^Thfe* ©loXsQns^e.A-danoini^.paIr^|^^ ^tfnfiaaKiiir:-:ForTHeTIirsf^^H^^ member's contrl-*° an invisible ether some weelts they haven't spotted a j hutlbns running la'rgel'y to comedy and splits which she does expertly Nothing sensational,' but gets " j;;:Uhfortunately' fbr Miss Stanley, since devoting most of her. tal^n^s tio the. air,. she: now concentrates 'heavily on the dlrect-to-mlke type pf.-delivery, .with, the result , that much of the old-time Intimacy Is missing from her routine. Also, her selection of song numbers Seemed kid attraction on :the stagg.and a- etrlctly adult'flicker on the sheet. . ^ThlS; Is' flapper week,-'and how. they're eating it up. There are evi- dently^ enough fiaps around to, fill the. coffers excellently, . since this house had 'em jartinied into the bal-: cony at the first show Friday (4)* the firsts time those upper balcony seats- Aave been in cbntact with by I nicely. Brown and. Rogers, comedy talk, with a bit of stepping, follow, [ girl beiiig a good ffeeder for. Brown, [Who does most of thb gabbing. Huttohi probably as- a ma:tter of protection. atter the egg throwing epiisode at the Hollywood .the previ- ous .week, works •with, all' house lights .Up; He has eliminated all audience than fOr a picture presen 'tatlon house. Comedienne continues rto unleash an exceptionally pleasing voice, - with her closing ditty, " 'East Side to 10th Ave.,' probably her best bflbrt;: ' Opeiilhg has the band- In a com- edy bird number, with Rube and the 16 line girl's all garbed in male evening attire, a la man-about-town routine and third a fast novelty, |.Lad' £rets, the .Gae .iFo^ter line a,s backing, but, thpy, don't help m\ich. As a pictu^re house line tnis 'group can't graduate far. Precision' Is any thing, bill comparable to the/av-) era^b eiiseh^ble of otl^er picture/then atres," nor.Is technique. Individually or C|Olleptrvety, very much ih vevl deiice; Besides 'hUildlng up .for Bix ler, the girls are used in connection with Osborne arid , the Kay-Katya Kay dance triumvirate, Tbev, a;p- pear at their best with Osborne In the 'Shadow Waltiz' number against a shadow screen as the crooner moans the" riumber into a mike Kay-Katya-Kay also work into fin- ish of this production - scene, run ner-up for the finale. ' " " Trio, appears at the opening In connection with a toy doll-soldier routine which, besides being any- ' Los. Angeles, ^ Aug. 3. Donald Novio, 'home boy' tenbr. Who, doubling frbm the Cocoanut show hero credit :fbrv. moat^ot-the—capactty-^draw!.-at :t o. -« L-^ day's opening session. The ballad» ist ties up the show completely, and - could remain on Ihdeflnttely: if the enthusiastlo; customers but front had their way. ~ He Registers the biggest . Individual hit this house has had .lii many a. ~mpnth^ and deservedly. ^ Novis-has a heavy ether follow- ittg7-ana-evldeHe(S~of his popararity— -is~attested -by -the~T)vatlon-^glven— him on his first appearance today." After warbling his >*eguiar routine he favors the mob Out front with-- several, selections of their own choice, and finally is, forced to beg pif.—:Eki" Lo wry, funetlpning-in-big— third week.as m.c- an^: band lesfd* -ei^shares—honors—wlt-h'-the—tenpr,— and -.continues to niake new -friends - -^Ith?—hISr-unlque^peesohalIty,--hl». cPnie'dy,.)iiis; ditties and the manner in which he conducts. Lowry -Is a great bet'-for the State and ..ia rapidly reaching a pppularity peak. 'Gtogo . DeLys, vivacious come- ""dtennerigrabS ithird'-honors ■witlrher - sombwhat. unique style Of Song de- livery, and cute mannerisms- that stamp her as a finished performer. Peggy Hoover, comedienne and dancer, . and' Gus~ Mulcay, vOcallst. complete the stage bill and both acquit themselves satisfactorily. Miss Hoover might be worth-look-■ Ing Over. 'by the Studio boys. Lowry* as usual, works practi- cally all the way through and clowns wlth-weiYbody~ln^hirBlrow:~ Ah amusing blackbut has him and :Mulcayl;a8:«palc.o£.escaped-lunaU^ .with exaggerated.-news of. the..re- covery- period. ----Another --amusingT- blt is LOwry's cracker song, , that must be seen to be appreciated. ■ Finale has Miss Hoover on for a' soft shoe tap routine,, with. spe- cial lighting effects, Novls war- bling and several femmes In a tableau that finishes off well- rounded ..program; .. ; 'Mpohllght Mary' (MG) and' News on- screen^ BiZ; capacity, with a holdout at the end of the first show.. . First time this has liappened here in a long time. Edwa. style. Plenty of comedy injected U^^^^S '^u*^ .<^*'i,elnal, Is^^^ and then Esther Campbell on for a_routl n.e. of blr'^ fi^Ws.^^^^ =inimaSffiesK"TgiHe^e"H6over°^vas=talk-^^^ Ing new- era^ Picture Is 'College Humor"(Par) and that's part of the j.'What, nb eggs?' reasoin^' Those in.for'Humor' have | three nuriibers, heard - plbhty of 'Stormy Weather,' the song and authbr being featured on the stage. It's a nifty comjjo. Only* one unfortnate angle to the Harold ('Stormy ^Weather') Arlen of a query' after his first number,; Baritone, warbles 1 with- plenty Of.| audible, comments- • on . his lacjt of voice, his nerve and his. ego- tism. Plenty • of custoniers walked | after his second- number. News, cartoon and travelog, com- plete screen fare. Biz at opening | booking, and that^s due also to the , „ . , tWOking office's 'oversights Arlen's J mat of second-day-capacUy. -jE;cZw»< I lah,- with the femnies hastily con^ l Lemer and the girts on for a ballad: by the tehorr and then Miss Stanley, followed by. Mitchell and Durant. Going Into the flnale, girls are revealed In a repetition of a bi- cycle routine staged some weeks, agorbut by use of lighting effeqts presenting something new in stage coloring. It's a 'Fourth of JUly' flh- In a very professional manner. That may. be considered. as a disadvan- tage^t0=KayrKatya^^d=^KiEQi*r'<KrHOSfe' routine at the dose,- fairly good, hasn't the drawbacks of their opener. Fpx-Movi'etbne News ahd a Silly Symphony short In color," 'Three tittle Pigs,' All out. The ho.us'e has anothep short billed but didn't pro- ject It. Too much time probably taken up by all those trailers. Char. Golden Gate/Frisco San Francisco, Aug.. 2. Ann Harding and . William Powell in 'pbUble Harness' (Radio) start-., ing this week out nicely, though the stage shPw is a slap at whoever .a.tA.tedithat-ivaUdejs-con\lng_back.' Frank De"Voe iand the acrb team of Irving and ; Lester copped - the show's Only honors. The fact that De'Voe got any^where is a cre.dit to his showmanshlpi for the pit or- chestra might easily have made rfU. omelet of the acti As. it was De'Voe broke off . in the middle of his first song bejcailse of the niuslc,. and went into some chatter, and as he con-^ tinUed'the balance of his act With his own pianist, gradually whipped up to a gbod froth, and. came out of-the=sltuatlon-With^flylng..GOlorflv^ He had nothing to follow except Irving and Lester, who opened with good acrobatics. From the oppn- ing frame on, it was everyone £o>^ himself, let.the customers flee where they may. ' The Gumm Sisters, with Ma^n Gum at the piano, and Papa Gumnj in advance, deuced. Three girls oi (Continued ,pn page 43)