Variety (Nov 1926)

r I, I'- Fim HOUSE REVIEWS GRANADA (SAN FRANCISCO) Ban FkmnolBCO, Oct. 28. Saturday matinee and boainiesH terrible. Looks like the recent price boo»t to 6r.c. Saturday Is cut- tin^j In badly with the townspeople ^unwilling to pay 65c. fur Saturday's matinee whM iPir|i^^« coata Ha.' No parUtftilivr aiiiM or effect on Saturday night busi- ness, 65o. l>efng the prevailing price then In tho majority of th© big Market street show shops. Publix •Will probably have to hold off on the Saturday prlce-klting until after six. Show opened with new* reoi and the nows reel opened with shots of tho new Paramount theatre in Times Squara^ New York, and a semi olose-up' oif Adolptt Zukor flvlnff tho big 26-8tory edifice the onee over from his automobilo. Then a Qrantland Rice Bportllght a\iigh H*t Cartoon comedy and the usval trailers about what's Inlay- ing at the other Publlg bouses in town. Stage act. ''Moonlight on the Ganges." prettr much raglilAtion stuff about average as regards merits and demerits witb tberun of Granada presentatlona itueli for the eye and ear but no laughs. Somehow the comedy in the Granada auge aota la always left to the punch line song singers. And this Is a long way from being sure- llr« in Hijeetlng bumoe. "Puneb lines" frequently lack punch. They did last week with Lee Kent and •van Pissy Barnitf^ wasn'i to snul*r, on the giggles. J^igfy. aatiMIy ''^iS^iSb/^lp^ m IMM. not an that codid be asked In Anesse or artistry and ratber atareotyped In deliVary; but ablo to strvn a ttkn> lele and coon-shout a song for to- sults. On a basis of result-getting aha musters now and iMMrid bnlM for tha future. A year of four and five a day baa a4M tmmaasur^bly to Peggy Bemier'a stature as an artist. Nature gave bar- a squeaky, off- key votos^ but It's affaatlva Ima way she talks a song. Her members are mostly aU about dangerous daddies but tba aiaBilailty ef tbeme does not interfere with ber being tre- mendously popular out b«re as in Chicago wbara aba started. It was a happy exigency that closed the "Big Boy" show in the Windy City •▼er a yaar ago and mada Paggy* Al JoisQU'a.big gifl te .tli#;Mn* bouses. Venetian Rk1e».*' Publix unit staged and devised by Paul O^card. Several short 8Ubj€9ta jMfd News. r Rivou New York, Oct. 30. Corking comedy film feature in W. ©. Fields "Bo's Your Old Man," surrounded by a Mil of mighty good entertainment, makes up a program at the Rivoll Ibis week that runs a little over the usual allotted two hours. The llrst performance Sat- urday afternoon run a.s smoothly as though It b«d b«ea playing tor a HauptauuM is tba laadersblp of tbe orcbeatrft g| tba mnf. 9>^^W«y theatre. Hauptmann comes into this new bouse after two directors have wielded the baton and Is a atralght concert director, flrst, last and al- ways. Portland audiences Uke this form 0f mnsle, aaS at (ha gpaolng show Hanptaann waa gtran an ovation* Tbls waek*a abow oonalatad of "The Amateur Gentleman" (F. N.), together with a Fanchon and Marco revue, and Oliver Wallace, organist. The latter Is causing much talk with his original organ novelties. Opening the review, after a selec- tion of numbers from "The Merry Widow" by Hauptmann's Melody Artists, were the Oib«on Sisters. Theae two girls did nicely with ec- centric and soft'^shoe buck dances. In the deuce spot was Charles Wells in a rural offering who clicked after a few mommta of dull laugbter for Albert MacGal- In addition to the feature picture I his Introduction, the outstandars were Harokl Yates livray delighted bts audltora^ witb a and Coouei^'Xawley (New Acts) few good vdaai nnmbar*. wbila tbe yiano and song, and Murtagh with Crosby Bothers, announced as late a series of parodies to well-known from tbe musical "Patsy," held the melodies, on the organ. Botb tbe- «»xt to abut Jab and ewe through \the 12 corypb atre features geWMIi vbitvUr Wltb Iwlt^ colors on their dancing. 11.11 Aiir^P I I Ending tlie stage show was XeXg the sbW there Was a Warner and Meade, two girls of combination of overture and show- considerable avoirdupois, in a sing- ing of a two-reel Taclvilcolor nov- M"* turn. Miss Warner put ber pop elty entitled •'The vSlon- (Sbort big Films Review), one of the Eugene Meade proyat, SA g^Will^nt Rotb series. Tba prelude w»d the P»«"o accom panist picture running M mlnntiA ' Tatea > and Lawley followed Tbe. iUKoli Movievents ran nine mintfteg with !• shots. Seven were from International; Pathe, three. Murtagh entitled his offering "For No €k^ Baason at All." tak- ing a lot of gag parodies and click •TRAND Nenr York, Got. II. A feature of somewhat over aver- age footage and « Mark Strand FroUo tbat runs half an hour (Pres- feature* ''''4'^: r^^JiL'^St^lJiSml"'f^ entatlo^) l^iVe litur UmV In the about 12 vmum artd pceaeded the variety In the surrounding lUm nro- T^"' I gram. A short magaalne subject called-**Tbe aame*a tbe Thing" was run In at tbe end, while tbe news topical cut down to three or four shots divided between Fox and Pathe. m PRESENTATIONS » (Extra ai i rad i cns in picHtrm ihrnatrms, wkm net pi*efar«g» ii^ffl bm carried and dmecribed in thtM dmpari* meni for thm general informaiion of the trade.) MARK STIUND FROUO 30 Mins. Strand, New York A first rate Specialty show with a wealth of produetion baekgrannd ia hore packed Into half an hour. Many an evening of vaudeville baa had less intrinsic entertainment Fbr tbe starter Kitty MeLaugblin. soprano, doea "Only a Rose" aa a solo before a drop representing a shallow vase filled with flowera. The vaaa la ^ transpavaney. Lighted from 4>eblnd. it d l gc lpsea the ballet doing a lively waits, all In crino- lines and Mme. Klemova leading Jack North stopped the show next with. bla banjo turn. He baa a voeal trick of jassing bla aonga and a ^uiokr way of getting to tbe audi- ence with brief snatches of talk. ahowing "Brick" Bnglish and his band, who played a hot number. Oaaar Mrlor agnta mag, Hite Ubm with a bevy of girls, and then "Rube" sent all three bands Into aotion together. Tl|e tip of t^a pytmmlda opened, ravaallng a pretty girl in a rose bowL For a Saal a double ladder, pyramid shape,*en^> twined with flowers, was lowered from tbe fllea with girls hanging to the rungs, and suspended between the ladders 'the Aerial Bartletta, who did a few feata of twirling and moutb holding Ifa a wbala et m abow. "GYPSY ROMANCE** (36) Si no i no, Da no i no. Patter, Muelo |Q6 Mine.; Full SUge (Spaeial) Rita Owin, again at tbe Strand Chicago ^ and Ita apparent fttv^te. did better! The acene opena in a gypsy eanp #lth her groteaan^^ dancea than layout wVik' WaUer' Fdntlng, m ^o^utw'^'^ '''^^^I'^^^y rtnging -^ypir Jack Dwiny cornea frwm tba Ctab 1®^"!**'*^'^^ *' ^o'^^*"" Frlv^Uty with ^ Un^n r^ » ^^^^^ ^<>»^f- «^ tra. accomplished jassists. in thelj^^*''^*^ ""^^^ J^' more polite kinds of melody. A neat trick, of special raliia for. a bouaa ture b atead. ■tm saoS ^iKAMSAS^OItV • <MIDiliQHT raOLIO) Kansas City, Oct. 27. ''Standing Boom Only and NO Re- funds" doeant seem to mean a thing «^.^«J^ Flrolic Jack Denny with hia Cniib mvolltar orebeatra of ten, billed as a flrst Broadway appear- They bave aeveral very neat ance. of the Strand grade, was the inter- ^ 1'*!?*'*^ JfJiI* weaving n| a popular jass theme * •PeciaWy singer, eute UtUa and phraaea ef a atandard melody girl. In blond, enria, consists of ("Humoresque" and a current nmn. JP"5 dance on "Baby F&ce ' ber). S^mphasis Is placed on the violins and piano for the most part, although there la a capital backing of br as sae, far yrotty aflaat aC lMr* mony. The orchestra playa half ita ron- tina a«t near tha fboU nag tbeA that goes over. Helene Heller, look* ing a^ cbalrfnlng- Ita ever, bad te take three encores with *Td Lova to Call Tou My Sweetheart." Miss Heller's work In t^e B. de K. housea baa brought ahention. Her school* ing with Paul Ash gave her stage- around the .Newmtp bas «Mb at 12 i aiVa'ngeme^ta'Tid ^aSiit ajpw- , . ^^^Jw^HL. *w . ^J*nce that recommend themaehieato «*^*"«^ "P*^® «P^ia"y Poople. iWTien the urat or the /i>dnlgbt {picture houae preaentation. Including. Miss Owin and. Oeorgle S![fJ*u'^£''**"? "^"^ "'^^^ * P'«n*y ^ «£*S* of pace in the • young dancer with gome ^V^S^Jt!M^^2S^Y*.!!'l^^lSSl\^^ ^ sensational remarkable step* in the Russian w5ffd^!liJTS,^SI?t£?^?J.Mii^f^ ^o*- part cut Institution. ^ eccentrks dance by Rita Owen in' "^W*"^ Last Saturday night four lines another return engagement, and a fi*^^!ft& ^» h»nio "Peclalty by Jack North. It tba Ueket wMow, waiting for the I was the latter picked out by the house to clear from the regular | audience Sunday night for « gbow- sho#. Half a dosen policemen and!stopping demonstration a large number of bonse attaches retires back on a movable platform, T'Sk '^nowledge essential in dealing ' 'with picture house audiences. George Riley, affecting a *nithp^ ing" manner and generally gagging ith Paley, geta all the laughs in kept the lines in order. land Covinne Orifflth In "Syncopat Onqa i^flide. however, the bunohling Sue" (First NaUonal) as the fea PYRAMIDS (85) Eoyptian Spectacle 'HViUiam Tell" for the overture I ^ Minsb; Full SUge (Special) „^„^ let lobae, abd from a quiet, dignified I Istoar and Walker, man and wo-J***^^*"* where all proprieties are man. ,sang ballads charmingly, but i««25^ Irtace became later danced unnecei^rily and with- | • ^ almost lao out sufllelettt abUKy to match tbetr ?«[ school kids, cut loose; neatness at song. After looking ?J?^ **!?!? .^*»*^.*f ^f* sweet and prljna donniah in a duet ^"fy eertalnly did go to1t_ the girl reappeared later In the act ^ smashing ■bow the house in a gold fringe costume and did a ^i*S&ISSi^^S^^^^ 21% routine of crawling spliU that lust L'V*" eatefiwa youtb. with icbool didn't go with ber earUar impres- I college yells, wise cracks and #Ion oomedy. Tbia team la item- fgnaffsl I ouier manuaaiauc inw WW ¥> *?^^S^^|feaii3r ramarfcabla. tba ^ (OMIOAOO) Chicago, Oct. 29. Eddie CantOi*'s name must mean aemetbing in tlilg flalntty. With Bennie Krueger absent from tho Tivoli. attendance, waa as good as with the band master theaa. This rotating policy of inreeentatlons, be- tvseen the Chicago. Tivoli and Up- town. Is very much to tbe liking of the' Uptown dfstrlct. It gives All eonatituUng a cunsplcu- ment. 'QARDKN OP DRCA|iS» fl^ ' PubHx Praeertlgllgii. ' ' - 12 Minwtat. / • BoHa Petroff baa devlaed and sUged a very effecUve "sight" of- fering in thia praaentatlon. It is • igtody in ndrUa statuary hi a Ken Franklin, publicity director | moonlit garden, wlQi the subjects for t ^t^N ew^ M^lt, Jta ^ ^j'*. I statuary coming to life in and •aii aa fMMlar M eerenony, | the dream of a little art atudMt although there Isn't much of that; | jhe WbS ^ M pJSTpie.^ » Leaw*a Slade, f jm Anga ld a Fanchon and Marco's "Pyramids" Is a big flauh act, by long odds one ojf the biggest ever attempted here- abouts. Not oai iMit three bands tha show. Rttey ia a good al^« I around, who can sing comedy aong|| as well as ballads. Besides running in and out at iptervala he doubleb with ICIsb Heller hi a ballad, old but still good. Soma downing en* sues during this number, after {which they finish in straight, scor* ing to quite aa axtant. , Rde Cleanor Ball and ber brother, Michael Ball, present a nifty musi- cal bit. using tbe violin and cello las instrutnents; ThIa ntinnber dldked. other manifaatationa, tha affair la Eddie Rogers, the eccentric aero* are used on the stage, playliig dwicer, did but one number.^ simultaneously at one point in the "f^"*^ hurt himself the week pre- program. Dancing girls galore and y*<>««»y- ™« ™* the favoritea. Oeoar T^lor and | **** "^"^ there. Rose vaiyda. maka a aomblMtlon st^^^^^^^^ .^^'^fSl?*?*^®'^®' hard to beat. |ofteil-at the night dumi here, prove It is a colorful spectacle with the |^**^^ much at home and in place on girls attired moetly in or the stage. Their adagio apecialty shimmering veils, and a wrprise 7" •*~*^S^1.^"' finale tbat draw tbundereua ap- platiaa^on tha^pening day. Hube** Wolf and his band played in appearance. Tliegr ai^a also thara at the flnlab, in a fast gy1i>sy dance, with the girls in the Isackground. Aside from Ben Paley, averyone in. the ghaw warfca hard to pwt lha. balbid singer hasn't a abow. but the ^poUo. Venus. Terpsichore, a ^Tfa^^ J^t ,^f^SSlil^« thing over. Mr. Paleys actlvltlea dancera and musiciana put .their «J0MP of thrtm g lrlajm the bearers r^J^» *^^ ^^j, ^ efnC over. . of the yns s lMS at placed up Oriental costume and aeven slave j,^^,^ ^ ^^^^^ Saturday night the show opened stage in the center land two gfx>ups ^*"" standing before sewn g^ingor Hia InaMUtv ta do anv* with a chapter of Ctene Tunpey's of three glrla aaeh aa the beaawsl"*y" ^ containers in two. Lhlnff but stand and look wIha tm serlal. -TI,e Fighting Mbrtne.-and I of to^^^ W | Two dancteg gUrl. from tha Sun-[gl^^jfj;;;* ^^^^ tbe bufich went wild. Commui^ity singing; with Ken Widenour at the organs was next. They would h'ave sung all night, if Ken bad played There Is alao a atiitva et mualc. P^ chorus did an effective Bgyp- formers. those tmable to attend the L.oop for tbero. Talk about your cho and south side hiMMWr a chance to msesl ; When that Newman mid- see the atM gli(i#|. at tha Up- night crowd get started, they sing! town. Following can^e a neat'.dancing Matinee attendance is partlcu- revue by Qlni^w H »ge n and lieg larly good here, considering the sise "Redheads." 10 youngsters present- whlch supplies the excuse for a violin player and for the music which' tba statues dance to after they come to life, afttMggll t^e or- chestra also piaga ga iMportaat part here. tian number, with six "mummies* (scantily clad girls) emecffing from the eaaketo and "Rube** Wolf mak- ing his appearance from the center. "Rube." with Oriental gown and turban, did a brief d&nce burXesque Loop. UNDER MKXICAN SKIES (tO) 8 Mine.; Pull Stags Eastman, Rochester, N. Y. The always popular appeal of Mexican music, girls In flower- colored gowns and youths In tha breeches and gaudy blour^es of fighters has been used to good ^^^^^ ^^^^^ -..w » advantaga In gn elaborate preaaa^ Th<° overture Is "A Gyi^y FflTn-| one^'yem u ""^^ ^t** frequent .applauae I ^^^^^^^^ ^*th another song number, I tatlon feature at the ISastman. " i>rrianirA.i nnH int^cnrotoH • to tHo stcppers, * | Interruption and the man's manner I'®l^**''?<i Dorothy Adair In a| Like all Mexican scenes, there There la 'gvonp daaeing. *aolo that got a lot of langha. dancing, and a most remarkable' ^ blackout uont tha eccne to full tasy," arranged and interpreted by H. Leopold Spltalny. Spltalny did rot appear In the pit at the per- formance of this review and the conductor who replace^ him did very well. Featured in this num- ber was Eugene Cibelli, tenor. Ci belli sang the solo version of "Gypsy Sweetheart" in a smooth Hnd mod ulated voice. Koiio.>in'j: citu'ill. Wal- ker Stewart, x^iophonist, played several selections together with the orchestra and alone. Boyd Senter, who knows' how to handle a clar inet, featured- two solo numbers, both pop. and "Black Bottomea" for an encore. All three aoloists worked from the eleratod platform «f tho orchestra. On the stage, the church scene from "Faust" was colorful and well staged. Marie Herron, soprano, and Arthur Iroparator, basso, played u«rita and M'*p*''«'>«P^'*'«'«' r**- apectively. Miss Herron has a voice of umisuaJ qiuUity and allud- ing, while Imparator Is a finished •Inger. At the organ, . Milton Charles (New Acts) kept in harmony with ttm of the progrnm by pLaylng iHeiir of numbcra Another and Beveral numbera Were given bytof handling the girl is little short i^^^^^'t solo dance in which con- are songs of that plaintive Spanish Paul Tremalne's orchestra, whlclb. of reOMUritaMa T tortious played an Important part. quality, banjo strumn^ing.-galea at also played for the "Redheads." and On the whole tbemfsentatlon Taking his stand at the base of laughter, lively chatter and a eon- then Franklin sprang a surprise by looks decidedly effective, ft at least the pyramid, "liube" stamped his|stant milling about of the char- In trodttdttg the Foursome Quartet on the current Newman bill. Thef^e boys are showmen as well as sing- ers, and the. gang j|albted down, gave MioBft attentioa and wanted more. Following came the Royal Hawal- an Orcht'Htra anil then tho i>rovi«'W of "Aloma of iTio South Seas," Which opens at the house Oct. 80. A lot of Hhow for 60r., but that's what the night owls want. They pack tho house. Saturday night at 1 o'clock they were still bnyinp tlok- has the distinction of being differ- e«t.-' Charlie Morrison, Kelth-Alheo agent, is confined to his home with a cross between appendicitis and Intestinal grippe. Phil Taylor, K-A producer, Is back at his desk alter several months* illness. ets in spite of the "Standing Room I J^?^^^^^' six-yaar-old son omy anii No Refunda'* VngSlaa r' u^l ' ously injured when his thl^h was BR0A 1>W AY (PORTLAND, ORB.) Portland, Ore., Oct. 21. Local Importance wnj< uttachcd to the debut of Liborius Hauptmann. formerly condnctor ef the Rivoii theatre orchestra, when Harry Ar- fractured while at play • and was removed from his Bayslde home to >hc PlushlHK <Ij. I.) IIo.«<plln]. Jackie Tallman (Talluian and Kerwin). In private life Mrs. Pat Kerwin, recovering in Indianapolis from two recent opcrntlona. Vivian Duncan, musical comedy atar. recovering from a minor thtw, general manager of the two,^ . . ^ . hoiMies (North AmerTcan), pii^maM ^ ^ ^* AfifelM. •liube* foot twice, which opened eliding | acters to. give the eflTect of motion doors In the lower section and -re-1 and animation, which at least aa vealod his band. "Rube" and the j the stage Is supposed to represent band boys put over a comedy num- I an atmosphere peculiar to Mexico ber. "Me, Too," that caught on. I or Spain. Angelina Armento, tumbler, lived I Among the principals who have up to his reputation as the fastest | solo bits are Charles Pennlca, banjo tumbler in the world and electrified 1 strummer, who pulled down a good tbe crowd by bis speed. The glrla I hand; Marlon Burbank, jremig eon- flocks of them, came on for another | tralto with a voice unusually full dqnco specialty, after which Rose and smooth, and Clair Kramer, Vaiyda sang "Sleepy Head," getting 1 tenor, newcomer in the Eastman the number over In her usual telling I ranka Another pleaaing aplaoda fashion. Roae and *'Rube" put on is the dance number headed by a comedy dance and acrobatic num- j Thclma Blracrec and Jeanne Hur- bcr which, aided, by "Rube's*' broken I vits. The number consisted of soma garter, had the audience In howla A secona aectlon^r the Pyramids Spanish steps. The mtrste^I ncludes opening revealed Thelma O'Connor's gills' band seated above tbe regu- lar bouse orchestra. Twelve danc- ing girls, aided by four other cho- rines, garbed solely in heads, did an effective number, and then the third ■eetloa gf. tb9. pyciinld axoellent rhythmic Ungo and ather "Cigarette." by J. H. Densmore and an adaptation by Frank La Forge of two Mexican folka aonga ""Tha Swallow" and "Ask of the Stars.'* The act was produced by Ben Webster, presentation director of thd^ JSMtiiMin stgfC,