Variety (May 1929)

9i VARIETY VAUDEVILLE Wednfeisday, May 29, 19i29 Loews Stage Productions for About 20 Weeks Next Season Looiv'm will play Its own stage productions next season in about 20 of its picture houses. Some of these at present are using the Publix unit slvows. Wlien the Loew's own shows start about August, taking oft from the Capitol, New York, the Publix stage shows will be discontinued in the Loew houses. Included in the Loew's 2C weeks may be some of the Fox deluxes. At present that has not been settled. From reports no arrangements as yet have been made as to the Loew unit producer. It is likely Louis K. Sidney will have this department thrust upon him. He is the Loew Stage director. Levey Chi Office Reopens With No Houses On Books Chicago, May 28. Cert Levey ollice here, Inactive for several months, has reopened with Tommy Sacco in charge. Sacco had been an agent and producer. Understood that Levey's object in reopening locally was mainly to have representation. There Isn't a single house left on the Levey books. Levey, stuck with a lease on his of- flCe in the Woods bldg., figured he may as well keep his name on the door. smFrmo the scabi Fred Allen's brothelr went under the knife for appendi- citis and other sundry abdom- inal repairs. As he told It: "The operation was on me but the scar Is on my brother.'". Keith's Temtile, Detroit, 35c Detroit, May 28. A report here Is that Nate Blum- berg, new western operator for Keith's, has decided upon a policy of eight acts and a picture at Keith's Temple, on a grind at cheap prices. From opening until six, cents and at night 36 cents Is ito be the scale. Temple has beei^ closed of late. It's located In a cluster of burlesque stock and picture hotises. HERE IS A UNIQUE SONG OF STRONG EMOTIONAL AND MELODIC AP- PEAL—FULL OF THE LANGUOR OF THE PHIUPPINES A SURE-FIRE WINNER FOR ANY GOOD VOCALIST OR FOR PICTURES AND RADIO USES THE POPULAR EDITION OF ''ZAMBOAN6A'' is for medium voice only with highly effective orchestral accompaniment Standard . £ditio£i-m ihree Jce-ys..foj:_alLjroicesr-with piano-accompaniment PROFESSIONAL COPIES TO RECOGNIZED PERFORMERS BOOSEY & COMPANY, Inc., Music Publishers. Steinway Hall, New York City 113 W. 57th St. KEITH'S AMATEUR SKITS Little Theatre Entrants Going Into Vaudeville Robert ICasper's "Smokescreen," winner of the last Chicago Drama League tournament, has been booked for vaude by Keith's, open- ing' June' 2 at' the 'Palace,' Chtca'goj Helen Williams', John Oraham and Arthur Blum, Original c^t ' &ienl-l bers, will pl&y it. Winner of the previous Chicago award. Fay Ehlert's "Undercur- rent," Is still In vaude. Another amateur playlet accepted by Keith's Is the St Augustine (Fla.) Little Theatre's version'of William C. DeMIUe'B "Poor Old Jim," runner-up In the recent Belasco cup tournament. Cast'of; three Includes Charles F." Kopklhsj Jr., Hazel HopkliiB;and Fred H6nd.|| erlch. Same script has beeii'' done by others in vaude''before. ' ' ' Indie Agents Also' Hit l^y: Sound Voguei A shlftingr of IhdeDettd^At TElud&' houses of late hisis pladed the Fally, Markus agency far in the lead as; to bookings. Arthur Fisher Is secr ond with A. B. Dow third. A chaii^^; of vaude to sound' affected John B,; Coutts harder than some of thei other indies. Jack LInder also eased oft in book-' Ings due to the move of Harry Ciu:-: lln from his office to the Keith of-' flees. The rest of the independent book-i ers are Just holding on with the' advent of real hot weather certain to reduce their small holdings dras- tically. L A L Sticks to Curtis Lyons & Lyons Is still booking all its acts through Jack Curtis, Report was that It & L had switched to Charles Morrison. N. y. A.'s New Direction Not Yet Organized No movement appears to have yet been made to organize the new dU rectorate and direction of the H, vl.A. .'Pat Casey, pne of the new oftl.. cers and accepted as the general head under the latest and unes< pected switch In the N. 'V. A lay out, says there are so many things to be looked after, he Isn't certain Just when the reorganization may be actually reached. One of the first moves he will make when the time arrives, stated Casey, will be to call a meeting of the new ez'eciitl've committee, com- posed, bt 'William Fox, president, with'Ch'arles Moskowitz and Hiram Brown, besides Casey. Meanwhile no changes of any Im- portance have been announced. Henry Chesterfield remains In charge at the N. y. A. clubhouse. QShtracts were let'.to furnish the ne'ar-completed Vtl V. A. Sanitarium a,t' Saranac, befpiris the current ad- mJnistTfttioit. w^ elected. It 'leaves lio immediate i.haste for attention in that direotlo'pi. ITS AMAZING!! IS WHAT GOVERNOR EMMERSON O F IL LINOjiS SAID AFTEB WITNXSSING A FBIVATE PEBFOBHAMCE 43ITEN AT TJSE EXEGDTIVB MANSION MY "THE BBASON IS OBTIOPS" Pavilion, Glasg^QW» Scotland WEEK OF MAY 27th • American Rep. " FRANK OONNELLY-NORMAN JEFFRIES ' European Rep. REEVES & LAMPOR.T (CORRELL and GOSDEN) ' BROADCASTING ^'AMERICA'S BEDTIME STORY'* NOW PLAYING PANTAGES, LOS ANGELES our Feet With a SinQteTliouQ^r "If these boys couldn't dance, which they can, and plenty, they would rate a hieh percentage in show business on appearance alone." BOSTON "GLOnE" Direction MILT LEWIS ASMclnte, BILL COWAN •MACK" "CHUCK •