Variety (Sep 1935)

PICYURES VARIETY Variety House Reviews EMBASSY, N. Y. (Continued from page 18) i^FrfiJiCh^. }:igP,nMa..„eml?ai"te.lng ,.fctt\ Devil's Island (Hearst), G-ihen In training (Pathe), Lily Pons in a bathing suit and showing some okay gams (Pathe), destruction of two giant chimneys (Pathe). buHiet proof cloth demonstration (Pathe), Frank "Biiote'ft--axio •• 4P-ath,e,V -rogs^tar. Jr-i Venice (Fox), /Brooklyn ice plant [ Are (Fox), fashion show (Fox), Capt. Bartlett in another promotion talk (Pathe), bronc riding kids ,(Lftl)rv-5o«)>va.;home^:rao;e.xiJ),,It.ai.-^^^ r it^- b^-i-- - - ■ . Ian turntabjfe house (Pathe), new '{^ t'»e(r eex. But the big boost non-rigid- &tniy Blimp • (F6x).'*Vmyl bTTen~-i3'- MI^^^ HuttSn "Avhifr'shot "SaneuveFs" In Tffo^^^ making routine, and soniewhiit slightly moro ^at home In burlesque anyway. Indeed, couple of .lines and bits of business in act when caught are- -t-oo - rough- fot-a- family "h'otige" like the Century. Ina Ray Hutton last stepped across a stage here year and half ago as a single, at that time billed Just Ina Ray and hoofing with feha'S...•Jones' ork lit the Hipiao.. drome. The band (14) is an excel- lent girls' group. The 14 are togged out In green, gowns, and give out Just, about all sorts :oC syncopatlonal u'^r^fi.y^^^ adep^n?g;s, lilv»i.,h^!i Sheridan cavalry stunts, (Piar) Indians fishing salmon (Fox) and O'Mahoney-Savoldl wrassling (U) liOng short subject Is a^ Fltz- patrlck traveler In color on the Grand Canyon, exteremely repltl tlous. Trailer bilis" 'March of Time' No. 6 as coming next week for its 'first Broadway showing.' And that's the tputh, for !Tlme' first runs at the Music Hall on Sixth avenue. Bige. BEACON, NEWARK Newark, Sept. This house, formerly .the Shubert, has been remodeled and is opening with a combo policy at cheap prices, 1O-10-2O-25-30C,.' except week ends, Scale means cutting into the busi- ness of other cheap houses, with vaiide as an aittractlon arid showing nowhere else in town jexcept at the Paramount-Newark. "The trouble is the Beacon connot get good pic tures. "This week it plays Indepen dents, a Master Arts and a Puritan. When caught Saturday mat, the house had a good crowd, though not capacity. The stage show opens with 12 Beth^ Barri Girls, who wel come the audience and do a novelty routine sitting down. All their , rou tines are fresh and, while most are not difllicult, they are all good. They attempt to introduce the acts, but of course can do no more than start the first one, which Is the. Mart trio. This opens in one to give the girls a chance, ot get off and then shifts to two. Awkward, but apparently unavoidable. The Marts, two men and a girl, do bal anclng, excellent. .Girl sticks to sommersaults and spins, ending wjth a whirl that brings a nice hand, Among the stunts of the men is an astonishing long head-to-head. Alfred Latell, as the fanilHar 'dog,' follows with a girl. He is as amus- ing as ever. The girls then do a pretty Blue Danube, six of .them as men. Maude Hilton, with more or less of a looker, follows after getting rid of a man. carrying the remains of his clothes. Much fooling fol lows, relished by the crowd. One or two gags, while harmless, might be eliminated for a family house. They are succeeded by Roy, Lee, and Dunn, who dance with comedy and get across by flnallng with three dummies for a wild dance. The girls close using a single again and then bring in part of the bill to take bows. Show was staged by Maglln Meg ley and it's a good one. front and doubtless cynosure of all eyes throughout. She has the rhyth mic restlessness of Cab Calloway before het bands women, almost constantly doing steps to the musl cal beats awhile whirling the bat- on. Manages to change garbs three times, from evening gown at start to pajamas, to a glittering gold gown again; squeezes in the switches during specialists. Miss Huttori's own trio hoofing excursions highlight the act. Her singing of 'Truckin' Is negligible, but when she shakes through • the dance, she bowls 'em. Later on she does sizzling strut which leaves 'em limp, and serves as ah ideal bit ttf close. The specialists, are not so forte Harmony trio,: O'Hea Sls.ters, after two songs. Invade the imitation field singly doing Mae West, Zazu Pitts I and Durante. Imltaishes are weak Other specialist is a contortionist, Katherlne McKenna. On screen. 'Dai'k Angel* (UA). Also on bill, Harvev Hammord organlog and Metrotone news. Fair house first show Friday. Schdrper from instruments and huddle around the mike for some fancy harmoniz- ing, with swipes playing maJoTTole in arrangements. And from theii on It seems that just about everyone of the boy3..has .fl,..BPD.tllghte,d turn,, and many work t>viee or thrlco. Weoms does nothing but wave the stick and, intro. ^ Many ot the identltleiS of the boys went by the boar^, but the riiajor contributions froni the billed mem- bers of aggregatlbh were: v^lmb Tanneri doubling-from a guitar to mike and. whistling with his rendi- H:ioiro£"WlriBtieir and Dog-,' a""ina3WV- piece In its line. Saxophonist Ited Ingle supplies comedy with some goof actions and mock fiddling: he sort of overdoes it and that-ierases ■bit »T)f luster- iWE ^ts SsftfiPts; 6l«sn;pri. baritones w«U, being flrst- 4 stfing- voeailst- with tmtflt -and - a non-player. Parker Gibbs warbles the w.k. novelty song, 'One Man Band,' which is identified with this crew. Femme specialists are vinlfor ly first class. Frieda SuUivan is a good aoro dancer. Femme singer. Helen -Jane Belhke, gorgeously, gowned,.very classy with light timr bered pipes.. Third girl links up with her brother, Norman, in the team p£ Norman and Arlene Selby, formerly with Whitemian. Bill rounds out with a single reel, Pathe news and too many trailers which, booked «nd .to end, prove somewhat tedious, incidentally, the editors. 0/ 'March of Time' might be interested' in knowing that Addis Ababa is misspelled' in .the trailer to 'Time,' issue ,No.-;6. Biz hotcha'affinal frolic Friday night with standees upstairs and down.- CENTURY, BALTO Baltimore, Sept. 20. Four acts this week, concluding with a band act, as have most of the bills presented in the past three months or so. Show displays a great deal of diversity and after some rough edges are slicked down. It should result in pleasing entertain- ment. The band act, Ina Ray Hut- ton, headlines and is emblazoned out on marquee. First trip through here for outfit and therefore rather unknown, especially handicapped in aggregation is not from radio. But pn performance the group will cause 'em to talk, which Will help at b.o. during last laps of stay. Opening, Clare ahd Sana Sisters, Skaters. Man serves as foundation lor stunts with girls and all have Individual whacks In spotlight. It's a very good demonstration, and the audience liked it. Lighting could be Improved, , Deucer is Little Jackie eller. He wear.s white linen suit, which he might slough for rig of different color since trio Ih. opening act are entirely sheathed in whi^e through- out. ^ When caught, pit accompani- ment was bit ragged, but that prob- acy has been ameliorated by now. weiiers peppery style blends with nu high tenor pipes, and the mob like it plenty. ; Gold a;icl Eernlc next; couple' of cnaps with upturned hat-brims and superrstyli.sh clothing, for some comedy. Most of hits are too pro- tracted, and since some aren't essentially funny, it. cripples to some extent. A sightly blonde is used twice, and perhaps could be on stage bit more since , she would at ORIENTAL, CHI Chicago, Sept. 24. So they tried -to get along without the strippers, Susie, and you should have seen what happened to that gate last week. It was no contest, Oriental stage without strippers is like burleycue without baggy pants, This week they've brought in a gal with some undrape. appeal and the boxofflce is beginning to show , signs of life again. House has trained its custoniers what, to expect and they're coming only when they can be sure of getting It. This week it's Corlnne from the Vanity Fair cafe. She is a neat lit tie dancer both on toe and istralcht work. Has a pleasant figure which should satisfy the most finicky. Dance is tagged 'Bird of Paradise*; not that it means anything, but all dances must have nanies; It*s a dance accomplished with tiny fans. Show is .opened in excellent fashion by the Three Kanes, of whom two do all the work whiU- the third, a girl, adds to the billing' Kanes do ladder, risley .and pole perch balancing In one of most clean-cut acts of this kind any- where. They work fast and with a smooth precision that sends them across solidly. The finale of head- balancing is a sock. Billy Wells of the rippling abdomen and the four Fays are in the deuce spot with ,a jumble of bits and specialties. Toe tap dances and Wells with hiis mon- key imitation all mixed up for fair- ish entertainment' After the Corlnne production number come Ted and Al Waldman, who tear them up with their nov- elty harmonica fifing. Their talk is weak, but they more than make up for that with their clever, mouth organing. A better line of talk and a bit more warmth in selling in- stead of the present yo.u-say-and- I-say routine would build this stan- dard, act into a more effective turn. In the band part of the entertain- ment are Harris and Shore with their regular comedy adagio danc- ing. They are good performers who don't miss an opportunity for a laugh. But the little ladv is. strain- ing, cspedlally in the talk sequen- ces, Froni way back- in burlesque came the material for the Cliff Hall and Sid Marlon. They're doing a money bit, bread In the pants and the femme wrestling routine. All have been tried and proved for years and they didn't miss here either. Picture, 'Calm • Youriseif' (MG). Business fair enough at last show Friday. Gold. IFOX, BROOKLYN This may be a lilw Idnd of show business. The Fox offers currently three professional acts- and six 'or seven , amateurs. The ' prottesional acts open and the amateurs close. The m.c^ is Donn Kerr of WMCA, whose performance resembles the Simon, pures. This" Iq in addition to three short subjects, a newsreel and some trailer footage on the screen, plus a feature, 'Streamline Empress (Rep). • The scale at night- is 35c for bal cony aind B5c for the orch. The box oflflce shingles hide the orch scale Under the balcony price sp that cus tomers may be paying a lower price sometimes, thinking that's general admission. .This happened on the night in question In one case noted. Three professional acts are 'the. Robbins family of dancing dcros Fred Llghtner and his partner, Ro seUe; ahd Natacha Natova. The "regular house line of 12 girls also do a couple of ensemble num hers. When not in actloni the. girls drape the ctialrs and tables on one half of the single set presentation Once when the m.c. misses his en- trance cue, the bandleader summons him stentorlously. Sometloies the m.c. swishes, to tlie wrong wing to address a departing act or an oh coming one bi^t° the f*ox audience, which was meager .enough -when caught, dldn:t seem to mind. But it was notlceattle that the audience did not respond to the insistent sug gestion for applause from the m.c. Llghtner is the high light of the bill and Miss Natova and the Rob bins' troupe also perform satlsCac torily, but all the acts suffer from the manner of presentation. The house band is lifted -m a platform to the side of the stage, to the right of a centre stairway. Kerr atempts a vocal solo as the show's finale and asks the audience to join in the singing of the simple rhyme. This very aptly is done In the amateur half of the show. A couple of child dancers are among the Simon pures. Everybody, amateur and profes- sional, uses the mike and the p.a system at the Fox. This almost constant use of the mike Is hard on the ears, especially -ivhen some of the stuff sounds like it's coming from a ball park megaphone. When so many Inexpert voices try the mike there's very little shading achieved or offered. Bhan, , Stock Market (Continued from page.B). a net loss of 0.742 of a point at the closing level, 3514. Transactions XOC, t,t».ls..griiup„soared,™tCL-_nearl-y-^*-^^.l*i?-^^ merous professionals had,.withdrawn to the sidelines until a better view could be obtained of the European. 540,000 shares, making the greatest volume, for these 12 issues this year and ,100,000 shares greater than next highest week recorded ih August. Several leading} picture stocks staged'a-mthtathri8 ' > iii mjivlcei their own Wednesday (18) as other groups lagged. This movement shot up six stocks, Paramount's three. RKO and two Warner Bros, issues, to-hieSrest"^ pointa this yeat. Pai^lP* mount coramon-hit. aav-.firat prc- -£err«d-soaring-to—l*i%—ead"«eeohd preferred made new high at 14%. Warner common's new high was 8% with the preferred at 46%. Thiese six Isjsues predominated the tape for nearly two hours in this trading. In new outburst of buying Mon- day (23), RKO again pushed up- ward to hit peak at 5%, highest price in two "ears. American Seat-: ing bucked trend the same day. touching a new 1935„high at 14%. Par Leads Advance Best advance in amusement list was niade by Paramount first pre- ferred, which boasted a B%-point, gain at close, -yvhlch wtiS. S9%. Other Paramount issues were ahead only fractionally. Eaistman Kodak also spurted to new peak for 1935 dt 161, but was down five points at Monday's closing, Preferred of same company, went u' two points^ to 157. Manner in which seU-off Thurs- day and Friday hit whole list Is seen by decline in Dow-Jones In- dustrial averages. After slipping down to 127.98 on Friday, indus- trials came, back on. two succeed- ing days to wind up week at 129.55. At this level the industrial aver- ages showed a loss of 3.36 points. Trading activity on Saturday and Monday seemed to indicate that nu- XsT3e~Trdnf "OiiS" picture' feoihpa'riy"" Issues to move Ihto new high ground, amusemetits to sport gains at the close were an exception. One of these was,American Seating, which climbed back from a low of 12»/6 to '-.4,.jQr.i?j[i,.,ajiYflnQe, otflujfoiot.oH the week. All Paramount stocks, RKO and. Warner Bros, comniofi were ahead at the finish. Columbia Pictures certificates continued around low mark for the . weiik; winding up at' er4 ^; a' lo^s "of ' •^/•I'-'-potnts.- ' - Declaration oi: 50 %"' -stock - dtvldemi Tjalme-too' late" MoTTi- day afternoon to infiuence the price of this Issue. Consolidated Film pre- ferred fell off . a point to 16. -rhe common was. down fractionally. Other fractional losers included Loew's common, Pathe, Radio com- moil and Radio A, 20 Century-Fox common and .Universal preferred; Radio preferred B declined 2% polntfi to 643i. It was off more than a points at one juncture after get- ting near its previous; high mark at 68%. 20th-Fox preferred dropped to 24%, a new low since the stock appeared on the big. board. "Warner Bros, preferred was.oft a point to 43. It bad registered a new .top at 46% earlier in trading. Strength Ih Paramount issues was reflected in bonds of the company. Paramount-Broadway B%s, new Isisue due in 1956, hit a hew top at 62^, and showed a gain of. I'A points at the. close. Paramount Pie- tures 6s also made a new high at 97%. These liens were up nearly a point at.the blon:-off. Warner Bros. 6is also made a new peak at 83. Other picture company obligations were steady excepting Keith 6s and RKO debentures. The former dipped 2V& points to 87, while RKO liens climbed 2% points to-;70%,-'fraction- ally away from the best 1935 quota- tion. Summary for week end! onday, Sept. 23: HIPP, BALTIMORE , Baltimore, Sept. 20. Ted Weems, local lad, brings his orchiestra to the hometown for his first visit in something like a decade, and supplies nice supplementary entertalninent to the bill's feature and heaidliner, which is the pic, 'She Married Her Boss' (Col). The band (13)- v/hips through a 45-nilnute presentation that pi'oves popular with the mob. Bandsmen pack a largess of specialty ability,- s,...vc .oi.D .vuuiw «i I and probably because of fact they least provide a very pleasant vista ai'e utilizing their Individual talents V^nen the boy.s' antics .sag too much, too much in a straight succession fjear shut, girl I3 handled by guys of specialty work, tnrough that too, too familiar love- J Right at start six boys step away Metro Holds Stockwell Hollywood, Sept. 24. Harry Stockwell remains at Metro under stock contract- Player drew ticket for his role in the Ted Lewis filmusical, 'Here Comes the Band.' Femme Ezhib's Award Detroit, Sept. 24. Mrs. Bessie Goldstein, Pittsburgh theatre owner, and her daughtier, Rowcna, P.ittsburgh social worker and University of Michigan gradu- ate, were awarded $3,2!)0 damages thl^» week by Federal Judge Ernest A. O'Brien for Injuries received in an accident, involving Harvey A, Westley, Detroit printer, which oc- curred July 1, 1933, hear Johnston, Pa. Mrs. Goldstein suffered a broken collarbone; the daughter's shtiiildei* was dislocated. ■They had sued for ?45,06p. vUgh. Lnw. Sales. laatte and rate. High. 14% 4% 0,800 American Seat.... •X4% 81 Wit 2.100 .Col. P. vtc. (1)« eSH 7% 8% 4.200 Consol. Film 4% 22>,i 14^ 4.300 Consol. Film pfd. (lU)* ..... 17% 161 llO/j 6,500 Eaatflian Kodak: (0)» ...•101 KM 141 110 Do pfd.. .....ir,8 SB 2014 06,800 Qen. Elec. 34H 45Vi 8154 27,700 liOew (2) 44% 108 102 200 Do pfd. (C%)......, 105% 12 8 118,(100 ParaiDount Ma 1019i 84 14,000 Do let pfd....;.. •lOl'^i 1414 OVt 113,000 Do 2d pfd ......14i4 1% 5 7.C0O Pathe m .8%, 4 173.000 Radio .v.; ... 8% 6216 00 1,400 Bad lo pfd. A (8K) 87 08% 84Vi 18,000 Radio pfd. B..... 08% l>% 114 lail.flOO RKO •0% 18-% 13 4,000 20Ui Cent.-Foz 17% 27% 24% 8,000 Do pfd 26% 40% 20 00 UniveTSBl pfd 35 8% 2\4 107,000 -Vtrnmer Broa.... •8% 4«% 1414 1,140 Do pfd. ...♦46% 80% 82% 04,000 -WcstlnRhouBe (00c.)»............ 79% HQ 00 210 Do pfd. (3%).... 118% • New 1033 high. * Plus, stock cztraB. ' Paid this year. ' Plus caah extra. t New 1C33 low. Low. 12% 64% 4% 16 168. 167 . 31% 42% 103% 10% 84 13 5% . 7 B6 62% 4% 16% 7% 41% 78 114% Last 14 64% 4% 16 153 167 : 82% 43% 100% 11% 00% 18% 6 7% ■66% 04% 6 16% 24% 33% 7% 43 74% 114%, 27 3% 10 02% 100 02% 07% 71 83 Bid. 30 40% 02 0% fl7% 103% 01 08 26% 48% Asked. 40% 48% 95 e.flOO Technicolor 4,200 Translux (20c.)t. BONOS »86.000 Gen. Thea.. Rq. '40 , 16% 25,000 Keith Os, '46 80 4».000 I/oew ea, '41.... ..10(5 84,000 Par-Broadway 6'/.s, ' ' •02% 60^000 Paramount fla, '55 ; •07% 17.000 RKO deba tta 70R 803,000 TVarner Bros. ' *8S Y. • New 103.T high, t Paid this year. hcorporatioDs NEW YORK PIayiC0er«, Guild, Inc.; plays, vaude- ville, etc.; capital stock, 200 shnrcs, no par .value. Eiigeno 31 Bibb, Ray K. Bartlett and Isaac B. . Okun, all of 2C0 West C7th street. New York. Ilaton Tliratre Corp.: thcntrlcal busi- ness; capital stock, 10 shares, no par value.- Ruth Bishon. Rose Horn.itock nnd Ida Dorr, all of 1270 Sixth avenue, New York. Hndsbn-DeT.anire Orrheetrafl, Inc.; en- gage In musical business and profe.Lstnn and maintain theatrical nnrt amusement places; r-apltal stock, 100 shoriei,' n(i vnr value; Pen'ariln Np.\v"-?,''n ---r ~- Tiev.v. 29C . Madison, avenue, and HermH« Bo.>ralah, 551 Fifth avenue, all of New Tork. Play UenluN Piny. Iflc: general the- atrical anil motion picture business; capital stock, JOO share;', no par value. IjOuIs H. Aldrlchi Ann Mfti'tiii «ni1 Llliv Rosenthal, all of 321 'WoKt 14th street. New 'York Robam AgeiifleR, Inc.;;rndfo business; raplt.al stock.. 20 «Iiare.»,- no- par- value.' Racliel Blrnbhum, Krcda Ooo'lman and Irene (?ershma;n,' all of 270 Broadway, New Vork. ' • 'Anglo-X«nr Eost Plclvres. Inc.; motion picture theatres, plays, etc.; ranlttil stock, .110 shares—250 preferred at $100 nnd 90 common, no piir value. Syd ICnmmerman, . Philip J, Maron ami A. John Eder. all of 1501 Broadway, New Tfork, ^ ,Crark-t<p, Inc.; theatrical buslni'.ss; capital stock. 99 shares, no par. v.-\lue, Oerson H. 'Werner, Dorothy WelnberK^r and Fred J. Ijeonard, .air of 236 West nth alreet. New York. . S. . E. Opentlnir Co., T.td.; the* atrlcal buainess: capital stock, I5O0.. R. P. Meyers, 638 fltlles avenue, Mnmaro- neck; Harry M. Plmateln, lit Northern avenue, both pf New York, and 'William P. >Vhltman, 3612: 77th street, JacUsoh Heights. Theatre of the Foor Seasons. Inc.; the- atrical business; 'capital stock, 100 shares, no par value. . Charles Hopkins, ■Hotel I.iaurelton, New York; Irvlnn Giiu- mont. Hotel Dixie, New York, and Mar- tin Tlcrncv, Sterling rond. Rye. Orand Amusement Corp.: motion pic- tures, etc.; capital stock, 200 shares, no par value. Marcus KatS!, Morris Schwalb and Chaa. Klblnbcrg, all of 1175 Broadway. New York. emberships Inn(lhit« of the Tlieotrclnr. Statement and cDesignation Morning' Telegraph flports News. Ino.f 19-21 Dover green, Dover, Pol.: transmit news"by telegraph,' radio, etc.: New York offlRC, S5l Fifth avenue; T>. .Stanley Kahn, president; 100 shares, no par value. Filed by Thos. B. MoRntegart, Broadway at 67tli street, N^w York. Screen liroodrast rorp., ClilcHtro;-.nil-, vertlsing dims. etc.;.New- York oflltrp. .505. Fifth avenue:. A. E.' Fair, lircsrl'lpnt; capital, not .stated. Filed by- tlip com- pany. CALIFORNIA Sacramento. . .Southwest Tlieatres Corp,; m'pitnl, 7.000 clnas A anil 7,000 ClaHS B shares, no par, permitted to lasiio nil. Di- rectors: iCtnylon Straub, Txiuise Del- yasso, Harold ."Ttrelght, Lillian Hartley,. Jiiiullta Wai^ascr. ' Moe Morton Produnllons, Inc.; capital, 100 shares, pnr, flOO, permitted to Issue all.' Directors; Moe Morton, .Benny Baker, Jack Morton.