Variety (Sep 1928)

Reserved for Professional Patrons Two Entire Floors in the Forty-six Story Tower of the The Coolest Location in Town Atop the Tallest Hotel in the World CLOSE to the top of the gigantic Morrison Tower, ^nd cooled byjhe^p^^^^^^^^^ air ever breathed, the 40th and 41st floors are set apart entirely Jo^jheamcal guests. Out of earshot of street noises, you can sleep '^^^"^'-'''^^.^^^^^^^^ late hour of the morning. You can also entertain your friends in perfect seclu sion, secure against interruption. 1,944 Outside Rooms—Each With Bath Rates $2.50 Up Every room is outside, with bath, running ice water, telephone.bed-head r^^^^^^ Swand Servidor. The last named is particularly appreciated by professiona^ ™L prevents contact between patrons and hotel employees when laundry, shoes, etc., are sent out or returned. Nearest Hotel to Downtown Theatres The Morrison stands closer than any other hotel ^^J^f^^^'"^^^^ stations. Yet, at this central location, rooms ^^^^ "^^^^.^JJ ^^^^ so ^a^ble The Terrace Garden and Boston Oyster House A, these two famous restaurants the and after-theatre parties. ♦ . / ALL PATRONS ENJOY GARAGE PRIVILEGES The New Morriwn, when completed, will '"^f*^ •Id ialleat hotel in the world, containing 3,400 room* VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTON, D. C. 416 The Arflonne 1429 Columbia Road, N. W. ToUphona Columbia 4630 By +1ARDIE MEAKIN Gayety—'it" (Stock Burlesque). N a t io n a I (Erlanger-Rapley)-- ♦♦Cradle Snatcher's" (Steven Coch- *^St?aSd-"Dainty Dolls" (Mutual). Pictures Columbia—"Mysterious I-.ady. Earle—"Heart'to Heart." Fox—"Street Angel." Metropolitan—"First Kiss. Pdlace—"Warming Up." In addition to. a chorus of local girls the Gayety burlesque stock has Attle Leeming. Charles Goldle, Robert Snyder, May Janese, Wanda De Von, Ruth Madison, Jean Mc- Coy, Eddie Aiken. Roy Cowan and the Balmer Comedy Four. Steve Cochran's stock finishes up next week with "7th Heaven,' the fourth time the company has done the piece. in Philadelphia. Davis has been getting plenty of publicity locally on his placement of the .orchesU;as in the pits of the three new Fox houses in Brooklyn, Detroit and St. Louis. . A new Chinese restaurant has put in its appearance, the Venus, the second to hit the city. At the last minute the Florentine Choir* was added at Keith's for the showing of "King of Kings (fllm). An advertised daily 15 minutes oyer WRC, local National Broadcasting station, as a plug for the opening dwindled down^ to but ojje JV^ Then it was switched to WMAL.. Meyer Davis is expected to settle down between here, Philadelphia and New York on the regular split week basis beginning next week. This means returning the family from Jamestown, R. I., to the home FOR MODERN SENSATIONAL STAGE DANCING Stretching and Xlmberlng Exercise* Now at 132-136 W. 43d St. New York J5CENERY DETROIT By CHARLES J. RICHARDSON Shubert Detroit—"Present Arms." 'Shubert Lafayette—"Excess Bag- ^Te'iri-rSiic. Theatre (Jessie ^«The^'DeS"lo^^?''l- "^Michigan - "The .First Kiss." "Harem Scarem" (ui)it). Capitol—'The Cardboard Lover , "Cairo" unit. „ ' „ United Artists-"The Tempest. second week. " : " ., . ' ..t i_" Oriental (receivership) — i^>n- eerie," also vaudeville. ^ Madison-"Lilac Time" (3d week); State—"Lights of New York (4th week). \ ^, ■, Adams-"The Water Hole. Cadillac-"Nite Life in Parib ^^eni!^, Palace and National- Stock burlesqu e. The Pier Ballroom was Anally evicted from its f?%*°i^; mer Riverview park (Belle Isle) ^hen ^ity workmen destroyed the ballroom floor with axes The Pfer has been operating for the Past 3:^ months under various injunctions^ The pier management has taiccn over the Moose Temp le. The new Detroit Civic Theatre oneni Sept. 8 with the first local ^?es"entf ti'on of Bob Shei-wg'^^.^ "The Queen's Husband.' The Civic is the former Bonstelle Playhouse, and is under Miss Bonstelle s man- agement. Clarence E. Wilcox, corporation counsel, has ordered the revocation of the license of the Edgewater Amusement park, due to the park being recently enlarged. _ When the original license was ob- tained properly, the addition of de- vices called lor an additional li- cense. Second permit called Illegal because the common council re- cently passed an order requiring the consent of 51 per cent of the prop- erty owners In the Immediate vicin- ity The Jean Goldkette organiza- tion, controlling the iwoperty, has refused to abandon the devices not listed in the original permit. So'usa and band are featured at the State Fair, which opened on Sept. 2. Frank Beaston, definitely out at the Michigan, was replaced by Lpach as master of ceremonies. Re- ported Lou Kosloff may return. J J. Cavanaugh, representing the Aniei loan Bond and Mortgage Com- pany, has brought the entire !< BO list of 33 pictures in the Oriental theatre. MONTREAL By C. W. L. become an u.sher at the Capitol. He takes this job to study methods _or operating a picture house. His father. K. C. Tremblay, is interest ed in a film house in Arvada, Harrv R Dahn, manager Capitol, back from Now York, has arranged for special .stage ensembles to go into his house next month. Bookings are already good at His Majesty's (legit) for George Robey who is appearing this week in a revue. . Hoboy is touring Canada from Monti-eal. Tried without success several times in this city another French company is coming to His Majesty a for a three weeks' show this month. They are the Porte St. Martin play- ers! claimed to he the original com- pany. They will give Rostand s "Chanteclor" and Victor Hugo s "Hernani." neither of them very new play.s. Opening at His Majcstys (legit) in October the Stratfoid-on-Avon players will give eight «bako8- percan plays. They are under the direction of Comstock & Geat and will tour Canada and the U. b Frahm's house, namely Irene Dar- wel), Arthur Picrson, Ralph Remley. New faces include Myra Marsh, Flora Grainley, a 1928 baby Wam- pus star, ingenue, H. C. Robertson, dean : of em- ployes for the old Jeh.sen-vpn Her-* berg circuit, is the new- manager of the Coliseum. Billy Hartford has gone to manage the four West Coast houses in Bellingham. J. B. Reis- man has been transferred from Bel- lingham to Bremerton, where W. C. has three houses. SEATTLE TAP. TOE, ECCENTRIC, BALLET, ADAGIO CHILDREN'S and ACROBATIC C. C. LINDSLEY Room 450, ifiSft Broadway. New York City O r p h e u m — "The Champion' (Stock). , ^ „ Capitol—"The Patriot." Loew's—"Fleetwing." , Strand—"Phantom of the Turf - "Anybody Here Seen Kelly?"-"Back Stage"-"Hello Cheyenne." Imperial—Vaude. , Empress — "The Enchanted Lsland"-"The Coward." . Gayety—"Jazz Time Rcyue (Mu- tual). At the Strand, this week, chil- dren under sixteen and unaccompa- nied were .turned away. No doutjt Managfr F. H. Warnicker i.s intimi- dated by the Montreal police, in- junctions,-, etc.. although Justice Weir has decreed that the courts ^viU not hear charges against man- agers who have illegally admitted cliildron to their theatres. It is f'laim'd that he la waiting for a Ciumz- -pcrmitv- -- ----- --- —— = TlK' Palace theatre reopened Sept. il with .sound films featured. It is the first time tVie talking pictures are to be prc-sented In the Brlti-vli p:mrjire. It is reported Bill Tremblay. a millionaire lumber king's, eon, has By DAVE TREPP p r e s i d c n t — "Torch BcarerB" ^''^Seattlc—"Mating Call"-sUige show Fifth Avenue—•■Sunrise." Coliseum—"Undor the Tonto Rim- Col urn bi a—"King of Kings" 2d Blue Mouse—"Women "They Talk About"-Vita. ' Music Box—"Terror"-VIta. Winter Garden — "Hiding for 1 Fame." ^ „, Pantages—"How to Handle Wom en-Vaude. Orpheum—"Half a Bride"-Vaude. C. P. Scatrs, five years manager of theatro.s in Bremerton, has re- signed to edit the new Bremerton Press. With tho closing of the President theatre in Portland prior to the opening in tlie old Baker as the now President, a nmnbor of the caJit arc in Sf^'Utle appearing at Manager Art Ellcnsburg will have itis annual [rodeo Sept. C-7-8. 'The Fire God," staged at the University stadium, will be rcpojit- ed in Tacoma, imdcr ausp)<;«:s Ta- coma Legion. I Vic Meyers and Jack Bain, band leaders, have gone to New York for several week.s. Meyers has ' been leadthg the orchestras at Butler cafe and Trianon ball room and is a re- 1 cordinfT artist. Bain has been m. of c. at the Seattle and has been alter- nating with Vic at the baton at these two places the past month. Fifth Avenue a,nd Coliseum have united in the biggest prize contest ever given here by a theatre. Screen star identification L-j the Idea. The Pffftt Intelligencer Is co-operating. Contest runs four weeks, showing ten stars weekly on screen and in pictures in the newspaper. No masks, no tricks. List of prizes ag- gregates nearly $7,000, being headed by a motor car valued at $i,6jO. THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 1580 Broadway New York City Mo- LWM.M.m ■ m.mm, I N S T l T U Tl O N e4 iNTEBNA-riONALI Shoes for the S^^g^^^^ Street ^SHOWFOLK'S SHOESHOP- 1552 BROADWAY