Variety (Nov 1928)

62 VARIETY Wednesday, November 7, 1928 VARIETY'S LOS A.^'GELESOFFICE ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge Loew's State Bldg.i Suite 1221-22 , 707 So, Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712 ANGELES Professionals have the free use of Variety's Los Angeles Office for information. Mail may be addressed care Variety, Loew's State Bl^g^ Suite 1221-22, Los Angeles. It will be held subject to call or forwarded^ or adver- tised in Vairiety's Letter List. Orpheum . . For ihi.' Ili'st. time in weeks ihi . Orplunnn wasn't a one way sirccl-- ■ clbsc'd to., .everytil lilt; except song and-(Uinee trallic: .Itesiilt was i)le,Til>' of vai'iely and tlic ciustoincrs .bad a good tioie. Most slayed for tlie trained seals. . ' Cecil Loan arid Cleo IMiiyfieUK . holdover topporss, \vere puslicd up to No. 3 to make way for .Max. I'Msher's ■orchestra and Trixie Frijjanx.a. Fisher came .back with a surpris- ir.gly• g.oofl. staKO routine; Saniaroff and Sonia o)ioriO(l .with ah acrobatic dot; act that .was pood • enough lor tlVe acp. : Fc.iUoWed by Harry 'iientell... and Ilei'en XJOukl, who hoofed and pounded <an xylo- phone .and sphlPtinies^did both. Girl a bit . plump but ha.s a' fast set of toes. Loan ainl >Iayfield had corn- plete change of routine, • with ex- ception of a patter song, reviving isome of their best of past years. Turn, was better than that offered the first week and mob like^d.. Joe MarkSi helped.'by Mai?; Leonard and George BrOwn, is not a natural comic: but his gags are well staged and he works so hard that, com- bined with his hoofing, it puts hirii Orver.' His continual invitation to the crowd to applaud ■ for more wasn't so hot,-but he delivered. . His helper.*! dori.'t.. Fisher has a good- orchestra with the whole band hlosspming out. as vocalists in a comio huinber, • As an- encore., they introduced a. couple varsity .dr.aggists.. said to'ha^•o bee found , in a local dance hall, and they.were pleiity hot. Outfit is good but pretty brassy -at times. Crowd went foi" them and yelled l?or more until the intermission. After the newsreel, Teclc Mui-dock iarid three.girls. Murdock can't sing and his hoofing isn't so hot. Girls not strong either. Turn is a cpm- '6dy..;.nlf sketch with Murdpck ias a lady killtr.. Tri.\ie Fri,ganza, next to . shut, came on looking like the iron.horse, but turned , out .«!he wasri.'t quite'a.*-- fat as that. - She, ..strippocl ■ gowr aiftev gown until down to a bathlhfr .puit, ,T.nd kept herself under a beach robe in the merrriaid rig. Her usual routine but demonstrated she's still there as an entertainer. - Odiva and seals slmt and did just what the act has been. doing for : ars,.held, most of 'em in'.. Pantages Apparently, the new Pantage.« ..policy, using but two or three acts iWlth a talking or sound featiire pic- ture, is the cake, for business . a.* the Pan looks jrreat. The picture "Uncle Tom's Oahlh" last Aveek war largely rosrionslhle for the full house This was its mt^iden sliowinrr at non •prioe.s after a $1.50. flop at the Cri- terion. I Call for— overlooked as busi^ slii.-uld riot be iVi-.'-s. g^Htci s. ]-:ilftho Turnliani and her .Soatherji ."^yiiciiiiaters, colored ■ band, raisci. the curlairi and; laid, the peasant.' ..deep jiuo their seats. . An' eighi- liiece hot niob, these, rind they'blow ."St.; I.oiiis Ulues" .like, .their, very iive.s dei)end on it. I\l jss - Turnhain-. buxcjm; colored perroriner,; get.s. over a few. nice bits of piano work and step.s. down front to - croon, some lipt .'itufC about being ready. for the. ;riv.er, -et -al. .'. ,; A vocal trio, doubling from the hand, is good, a-s is tlifc violin trio leading a few inunber.s. 'Mi.ss Fran-- eis varsity, clrag.s all over. the place, and takes a few legit bows after the .fin;il clash of the eymbah ' ■■J'he other tui-n. DcToregos, bears the closing end in fine shape. Gjien-. ing' on a black "siko" for -a sweet tango, giving the gal a chance to na;sh a neat but not- gaudy paii' of gairis before: whirling into a sure fire adagio catch-as-catch-ca;n fin- .ish.. ;; . A. pianist and a voice solo and duo for-.a costume change and the DeTorego pair pull a Uu.ssian with high kicks, and the way. tha.t lad to.ssc.s the beauty about Is an eye opener. ' ' . ' . Switching from the eye ,into full, an ni'ti.'^tically .simple Indian set; for their last dance, the p.air clinch the perforifiance.. and bovy out, Scnrowhere in between all this, Mifiv ofejjjDoTorego finds time for a tap num- PrtTher. Act is well. dressed and or nlo.ns.nnt pci'sonality.., The girl haf looks and class .and the boy ha'; .all the' eai* mai'K's of a l.ndy Iciller A "Let George Do Tt" comedy Pathe Review .and; Tnternatibnal. Xcwsreel line un the bill. ABSOLUTELY GUARAt^TEEQ. There Se(fms to be considerable differences .between the Motion Pic- ture Theatre pwnei's of Sputhern CalifPrnia, representing indejKjndent exhibitors and West Coast Theatres circuit regarding zoning and clear- ance schedules for the Los Angeles district. ■ Theatre Owners Association re- quested H. . B.. Fra.nklin, head pf West Coast, tP rectify a section of the schedule which they claim does not reconcile with Its basic princi- ples regarding general, admission prices charged. Franklin replied, saying: that he regretted his organi- zation was unable to give any infor- mation , pertaining to zoning and clearance- that affects other thea-; tres, but they thought information could be gotten from film com- panies with whom they did busi- ness; after all, his organization had nothing rto do with theatres other than their own in this situation. As a result of the Franklin reply the organizatiori, by letter, told its member!? It considered Ffanklin had gone on record to. the. effect that zoning and clearance schedule often sent to the exhibitors is not now ai)plic<able , in situiitions wherein West Coast does not operate. : The organizatipn considers that the exhibitor is no longer bound to apply the schedule given them un- der .such conditions and requests the exhilr.itor to refrain from doing so. A copy of this letter sent to. the members of the a.ssociation, was sent to .all sales and district mana- gers and- Los- Angeles, film ex- changes for their inrorni.'Ulim on the situation. »-and, be assurfcd of receiving the best materials properly blended II SOLD EVERYWHERE Miinufncturcd by I Stein Cosme tic Co., N. Y. ox KIONT.XT, COSTUMES ,S('K N E K Y—I) It A I'lOU nCS - ... - KLKCTKlOAi. J5<H'II'MKNT N B D WAV ^ U n N Office Inc. 1841 Krr>ii(lway (at OOMi St.), Now York ■ - riio'iin, coi.uiitbiiH 3560 As its ; latest, the "Workshop of Pasadena Coniniunity Players pre- Monred '"The P.owder Govei-nnient.'.' by I'iinniett Whiivnei-y, Nov. 3, and will show -it Mg:iin .^^ov. .10. Cast inchides Lennox Sexton; Wm. Phcr lori. Cathryn Peck, N1argaret;flilling and Ned I'rather. ' ' John (;*. Frey has been made man- ager, of the .l.^ehnont theatre.. .Tames L. Kendricks succeeds A. -l'''(Uirinet .as m.ariag'er of the irighland. ' ' turning from, duo'k huiit in Kern Kiver county, arid to come back by jilarie.. In a'bank of .fog. the plane smashiHl into a cleared mountain .«;ide in Angeles Forest.' I^ater In the moonlight the machine was able to take off and return to Los Ange- les.. Goodrich was badly bruised. . Results in Paramount golf tourna- ment: Flight 1, Art Smith dcf. Charles Sewell, 3 and 2; H. M. Pugh def. W. T. Wpokey, 8 and 6, and Dr. H. J. Strathearn def. J. J. Gain, 4 and 3. . Flight 2, P. White def. Lane Chandler, 3 and 2; Gordon Jennings def. (Kenneth Ahlberg, 3 and 2, and W. P. MpPherson def. A. Jack, 6 and. 4.: Fred Datig, Paramount casting director, laid up by a badly inflamed eye. While playing with tfiie Datig offspring the child's finger was janim^d in his e.ye. . .... Josephine Lovett, M-G-M picture scenarist,, is in Hollywood Hospital with injuries- received when, thrown froni her; horse in Beverly;; Hills. Miss Lovett is the wife of John Rob- ertson, picture director. J. Darsie (Foxie) Liloyd, father of Harold Lloyd, is ill at the Holly- wood Hospital. Ch.arles M. Pyke, veteran producer of the Pyke Opera Go. of the-'80s, confined to the .Queen of the Angels Hospital here with a severe attack of i'heuniatishi.: ' ; Paul Muni's first assignment for Fox will be "The Valiant," talking short, by Robert Middlemass and Halworthy Hall, Marcel Silver di- recting. The studio street in frpnt of the new sound stagfes at Metropolitan studio has been roped off to prohibit autoriiobile traffic. Howard- Bretherton Is directing the dialog sequences for "The Bark- er," recently producied by First Na- tional, for -whom George Fitzmau- rice directed the silent version: Dia- log is being made at the Warner studio. Increased activity in sound work at the M-G-M studios requires them to taike immediate action in convert- ing two of their present concrete silent stkges for sound wprk. M- G-M just completed btiildirig -two sound stage units, which are In operation now. Joan Crawford la confined'to her home with a; bad cold. She is to play opposite William Haines in '"The Duke Steps Out" for M-G-M. Picture will not be started until Nov. 15. Joe E. Brown has gone to New York for "The Song of Broadway," United Artists. Virginia Le© Corbln for femmie lead in "Jazzland," Quality Picture.«- Gprdon Avil, assistant cameraman for several years at M-G^M studios, has been promoted to shoot first ciunera on King Vidor's next picture, "Hallelujah." . Arthur Meyers, manager pf the Mi.ssion theatre, Monterey Park, su- burb of I.,os Angeles, had his ton- -sils rpniovod, . .T. Leslie Swopo, presidon.t of West Coast-Hollywood Theatres, has .-announced manageinerit of the T^I Portal theatre. North iloltywood. has. heen assuriiod. by Perk .*?wo]ie. P., W. . Garret h.an been .appointed manager of the^'ista theatre. " ; ■ John F. Goodrich, writer, accepted .advice of friends io avoid driving a inachine- over the rid.ge route re- STRICTLY UNION MADE Hartmahn, O'shkosh A' Mendel Trunks^ ALL MODELS—ALL SIZES ON HAND AT <;REATI,Y I{KI)i:CKI> I'KlCEfl ALSO 1,000 IJSED TRUNKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IVE UO BCi-.IIKINO. WKITK FOK CATAhOO. SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 668 Seventh Avenue, botvveen-40th aiid 4lst Streets, New York Citv SOLE A(<J':NXS FOK HAM I'lti'NK.S IN TIIH KASf Plionen; T^ongacro 0107, reniiHylvanItt 1)004 Owing to the length of the. fea- ture, Warners' Hollywood ha.s cut to three deluxe performances a day during -.the run of "Singing Fool." Saturd.'iys and Sundays four shows are .givi>n. With stage show run- ning 18 minutes, deluxe, perforni- ,,ance pla-V.^- two hPurs and a half. Victor iSelory, vocalist, arid bass viol player, signed two-ye.ar con- tract with West Coast. Judy King, . b.ack in Hollywood froni JOurope, will play her nsxt In "Nightstick." Roland West will di- rect'for I'riitcd Artists. First National started producti(jn (.n "The California Mail" with Ken ^^aynard. Albert liogell directing. Supporting ea.st includes p;inl ITurst, Capt.ain Ander.son and ,1. P Mc-now.'t.n. T'nivcrs.'il Is remaking y/art' of "Give and T.-i'kc" with (;ei>rf,'(^ .S'i 1- i^y^; i-n rU,l.c\a.n Jll:alslL^'.lL.-Ii=^^i.Li^J^ Ul'' 1' scv(>ral monlliM ai:o, but will "iTaXv dialog ■;in(l .'^onnd added. Il.'ins ICraly and .('Imrles FUjrth- m;iHn ;ire to write coullnuily I'nr'ii n^nv I';irfimount Janniii.i-rs -piciiir.o when tlie li.'isls oT the stni-y )»:is been ili.-Cmilely sel. liCwis .Mili .'JImuc will direct. Th(^ city council h.'is p.-i-si-il ;m nrdin.'inci- wliifli )>r(ihililts tin' cn-e- tinn (if bilUniDrds, sui-li mm "l-slii-i-i stands In t.he resldt-nthil dlsUii-l. In the ordinance the city h;i.s bc<-n cul up Into three sections; bu-;ln''S-!. seml-busirfess and residential sec- tions,,; Ordinance prohibits sign boards larger than 12 feet square^ which will: elimina;te all advertising display of this sort with pbs'siblo erection of sriiall isigns for the sale of real estate; Dlta Parlo, German screen player, is here for. the femnie lead opposite Maurice Chevalier. She Is under contract tp Ufa and w-^as loaned; to Paramount. Wallace Beery has passed his final test, flight for government li- cense as a;viatioh transport pilot. Columbia's execiitives noi longer w-ill be annoyed by the throngs of 'applicants for jobs as extras crowd- ing about the main Gower . street entrances of the studio. The cast- ing of flee has been. shifted to the next block, Beachwood drive en- trance. ' Richai'd Talmadge Productions, after making; two subjects in San Mateo, near San I}'rancisco, has given up the struggle of attempting to make pictures so far from Holly- wood. The.company is now installed in the,former Gotham headquarters at ."tlniver'sai. Sam Jacobson, publicity director at Universal stijdios, . will vise , hi.'- spai-e time in supervising the pro- duction of "Christriias Carol," di- rected by Torii Teri iss. . - Vilma B.anky has taken out her first paper.s. for United Sta;tes cit- ixenship. She is not content to ac- cept her Aniei'icanization through marriage; wants it on her own. Jack Mulhall has wired, his home in Beverly Hills for talkers. Equip- ment will be iristalled in his 50- seat theatre with stage. Larry Da'rmour's troupe of. kid actors appearing in the ToOnervlllc series,, have organized a footbaU team and challenged the Hal Ro.a,c!: "Our Gang" team, for a game. The ioust is scheduled for Thanksgivlnir Day. Voelkel Brothers, who have been running a tent stock outfit at Haw- thorne, suburb of Los Angeles, for the past two year.s, have taken a lease on the Orana theatre, on the highway between Orange and Santa Ana and closed the tent show. Forrest Taylor, playing leads ir the Savoy stock. San^Die-ro,. hm- ipincd the Pla^.a Players at Sacrn- mento,. Billy /Morgan, juvenile. al!='(- with the Plaza troupe. Paul McAllister suffered a bro- ken nose and a di,slocated shoul- der in an auto crash at Santa Mon- ica, Cal. After treatment at an emergency hospit.al McAllister was permitted to go pn his way. Tom Reed, contract title writer for Universal, borrowed by First National to title "Synthetic Sin, starring Colleen Moore. • An . exploitation g.ag used by the Criterion Theatre is that of offer- ing free ducats to all applicants for marriage licenses durinc: the run of von Strolveim's "Wedding March." Pacific Coa.«?t League hall player.-^ no.w ^playing. in. the winter league here are due for a few TTries Tf"they persist in playing in games pro- hibited by the rulings' of the Na- tional Association, according to Bll' Lane, ITollywood owner. .Tack Stlv.a. projectionist at the Plaza, Los Angelas, was painfully burned about ■: the face and. armo when the film burst into flame.s in the projection machine. Doubl.^ break in the film, was s.-iid to'be the cause.- .Silva was taken tP the Roosevelt Hospit.al, where - physi- cians-said his eyesi.tht would be saved. Chnrlffs Kirstelri,. mariaging th^ California- Theatre ;in Huntington Park for West Coast, has been pro- moted to. the ..TnanacToment of the AA'estlake in t^os .\ng(^lcs, replacin:: Jed Buell, who goes to the house In the sticks which Klrstein va- cates. As soon as "rom Mix cotnpietes his six pictures for F.B.O. he con- temiplates making a 10-month vaude tour In Europe. William Desmond will leave here in about two weeks to begin a vaude-ville; tour for Radlo-Keith- Orpheum, He will appear In a sketch with his wife, Mary Mclvor entitled "The Right Man." Harry D. Wilson, publicity di- rector for Feature Productions, will resume the . handling of Edwin Ca- re we and Dolores Del Rio's per- sonal publicity in addition to his present duties. . .. Arvid E. GUstrom returned from New York, where he made a study of sound recording; and will direct the. first of the Octavus Roy Cohen stories to be produced by Christia in dialog. After dark for. several months Fll- marte,.neighborhpod house in Holly- wood, will attempt a comeback, showing second i-un,s. It rebpena Nov. 9, with "Wings..." . LOUISVILLE Brown—"Wings," second week. : Rialto—"Craig's Wife," vaude. Gayety—"Moulin Rouge GIMs" (Mutual); . . ... Strand'^"The .Sii'iging Fool," third week. ■ Mary Anders6n:-:-"Lilac Time," wired. Alamo—"Beware of Bachelors," Wired. Majestic—^"The Crash." Loew's—'"The Battle of the. Sexes," wired. Walnut—"Irish Hearts," tab. "The Singing iPool" has been so big at the Strand that - 13 .extra ushers have been employed for the last two weeks. George A. Sine, appointed general niaiiager . of the Fourth Avenue Amusement Cp,. last month took* over his duties Nov. 1.' Jarnes Parrish and Dick Brown have been added to the Lehr-Masort Players at the Walnut. Marvin Colyer, 'Rialto d6orinin, is editing a dnama column in Tlie .lef- fersoniani published at Jefferson- town, Columbia Players opened th?ir season- at the Columbia here with "The Patsy" Oct. .29. ' F. j; Dolle, president of the Fourth Avenue Amusement Co., closed Vitaphone deals for all his company's, - Indiana houses last week. He also announced the pur- chase of the; Mars, Luna and Fam-'; ily theatres in Lafayette, Ind. Coni- pany took over the theatres Nov. 1. DOROTHEA ANTEL 226 W 72d St.. 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