Variety (July 1929)

Wednesday, Jx^ly 24, 1929 1 Tw6 Entire Fl66rsi in the Foriy^six Story T6vi)er of the -^The. CoolestCuest koom^^ Atop the Tallest Hb^^ CLOSE tb the top of the gigam rison Tower, and cooled by the purest air ever breathed, the 40th and 4^st floors are set apart entirely for theatric^^^ guests; biit earshot of street noUesV y^ undisturbed until a late hour of the morning. . You cah also entertain your friends in perfect seclu- sion, Secure against interruption. . 1,944 Outside Rates $2^ r-obm is otits The N^u) MoryL^n, vvtien completed, will he the largest and tallest hotel in the world. containing 3yi00 racms ■■ -rith hath, ru nnin g ic6 Water, telephone, bed-head readi ng ; lamp- and Servidor. The last.' narnied is; particularly appreciiated by prpfessionalT guests. It completely prevents contact between patrbrts and hotiel employees when laundry, shoes, etc., are sent out or returned. . ■ ■ Nearest' Hotel to Downtown Theatres■ The Mbrrison stands clbser than any other hotel tb theatres, stores and railroad ;. stations. Yet, at this central location, roomis are rented for $2.50 to $5 that would cost $5 to $8 in any other leadmg hotel; Store sub-rentals here are sb valuable that they pay all the ground rent, and the saving is passed, on to the guests- The Terrace Garden and Boston Oyster House At these two famous restaurants, the intimate, carefree atmosphere has won international celebrity. In the terrace Garden the light, vivacious dance music and sparkling entertainments haye made it a favorite rendezvous for lunch, dinner and after-theatre parties. Programs broadcast daily frbni WBBM. ALL PATRONS ENJOY GARAGE PRlVlL^^^ I VARIETY BUREAU WASHINGTQN, D. C. 416 TIW Argonne 1629 Col ambia ^oad, N. W. • Telephone Columbia 4630 By HARDIE MEAKIN Colnmbirt—"ISvaneoUnc." Kiirle—'■iie^tHerncclj;''■ , • Fox^'Tlcfisure Crjizea": stage show. Mrtf--"Oh Vii\i Show" (3a week). I*ala<e—"Thunder" ; Stngc! sho>V. Local staff of Warner house man- agers in Manhattan with report they .Were intrOciiicecl to the bosses. Bob Long,- years here, first with Keith and then Rialto, back for short sta;y durinp the shut period of his preseiit assiRhment, Aldine in Phllaaelphia.- Mrs. Long is witn him.' Dave Idzal, regularly at the Fox in Philddelphia. but batting, for past several weeks in Detroit for -S. J- Stcbbins during the latter's gettuig • well period, following inn operation, had his 10-day vatatibning period broken into by putting in three of them here at the Fox. C F. Wm- choister, local .Fox manager, did the iisual: suirimer: thing, taking his on : the golf link!3. : jVlet is now going in for a nvid- ; night adyahfce .show on Wednesdays. . Personal appearances of Dolores Del Rio last week at the Columbia were th^-first such in rnany:montlis £6r the town; ' Mobs fought to get Into the house. • : . * J; SAN DIEGO By LOisi JEROME SMITH Spreck«lH—llarjt. runt«igcB—Yaud. - .Savoy—Stock.-. .. ' ■ ' ' Fox Callfornliir^"Broadway Babies ; •tape .ihow, Cubrlllo—"li'nahloh.'i In TjOvc." . l'!ii/.ii^"On With tho Show." Supfirbii—"Noah's Ark." Itrondwiiy—"The Awakening." . MlHHlon-^"Allbl." . <'iiNlno-^"Tho "VVolf of'AVall fftroel. Fov Kfiryptilln—Wild C)r<-hid(5." ■,. ■ , y oxC3Ji>rtli-l>iirk —•JChinatn.W-n-.yiEhts:. . *'ox-Vairmoiint—"I.e.hlherncck.'' .- liberty—Stock burlesfiuc. five of which . are open riovtf. and packing theni. Tom Armstrong, manager of the Mission Beach Amusement Gentet, has a loud speaker: system, which uhoots the miisic from the. ballroom all over the beach aiid midway. More rumors about RKO biiying the Spreckels, but according _ to Dodge & Hayward, lessees, it is just talk, / ] \ . :■; PITTSBURGH By HAROLD W. COHEN I*ilt—Stock.- • • . rcnn—"Man's Mari"; .stage show. . ; Stanley-rr 'Wver of B-omance" ; stage ^'''KnrlBht—"Flying Fool"; stafee show; ftrnnU—"On "With ShoTW." . \l»llnc—")Jangorous woman. HnrriB—"ColKge I.ovc."-^. ^ . hlicrWan Sq.—"Dlfrcrint^Eyes." Xlbertv—"Rainbow Man. Kogent—ricturps. . , Colonial—"llainbow Man, Olympic—rictuvcs. Stiitc-^rictures. The recent sale of the Uush Egyp tian, noighl)drhood house. 16 Fox Kivf's the lattei-.about all the worth- while rp.sidence spots in the .city, llh new liouse downt(*-wn, schodiilod to seat nearly 4.f)00; will lio. roudy in. another month. Has .si.v ihciitres, ATLANTIC CITY By GEO. R. WEINTRAUB AiMlllo—"Wise Child" (drama). Ourdcn .Tier—"Follow Thru"' (musical). Steel . Wer^—,"Bulldog Drummond''; minstrels, ■ AVdrner—"The Gamblers." Stanley-^"The Valiant." Vlrglnlia—-fashions In Love," . Knrle^Vaudfilm. - Strand—"Black Watch." • Cbloniolr-".The Flying Fool." . Million $ rier—'JVaudnim. Cnt»ltol^''Leatherheck." : Aurtitorluin—"Here and There" (stage spcOtacl.e.". [. the tired business irian in office buildings. In pulHng the mitt read- ing stunt, the dames, cojnpel the t. b. m^ to flash his bank roll so as to get the right contact. Then a little lovey-dovey stuff and the ' pinch, with the getaway .made in a fastr stepping auto. A do2:en victinis spil,le<l the sad news to«the local law. .(Cintiy .brdi- nance does not permit fortune tell- ing jointsi but-they operate in Cov- ington and Newport, Ky.; just across the Ohio River. Mae West iri. "Diamond Lil' " 29 for two weekis at Globe. Stanley name off all Warner. Brothers copy around here. Joe Hjller gets his first local fllrh break here this week. Hlller is P"o- lisher of "My Heart Is Bluer Than Your Eyes, Cherie," theme song of Wiliiaim '.Haines' Man's Man,' currently at Penn. James Balmcr has resigned as manager of the Enright (Wa:rher), in TSast Liberty. He goes Svith the Harris chain as manager.of the new Harris hoxise in Butler, P^:,, now under con structioh, ' .: " - • BIRMiNGHAM, ALA. By ROBERT H. BROWN AluWunft—"Dangerous Curves." . Kltz—''Behind That Curtain'i ; -vaude.. Mranfl—"On VVUh the Show'.' (3d wk.) Kmplre—"Idle Rich." ' „ TrtaJion^VIlouKe of Horrors. . Galftx—ChJingc. Blalto—Change. l^mpiife haa. installed cooling sy.s- tem. Business iiiiprbved. ■ gtrarid, Publix. is now turning to long runs and booking the big pic- tures. Scale of prices al.so has boon raised.l_jJ<JwJs(:ale 2;')-35-.5a. Johnson's orchestra succeeds Criwford'.fe at Steel Pier. Capt. Lin J3i. Greene's "Pirate Ship" docked at the Inlet. Aboard is being exhibited a mysterious sea monster, "45 feet long and weighing 30.000 pounds." "Sisters of Chorus" got 16,000 ai the Apollo last week.—First week of "Follow . : Thi-u" at. Garden Pier around $20,000.. The Boston company of "Follow Thru,", replacing, the Ghfcago com- pany for final two weeks at Garden Pier, will have Beth- Meakins, Ar- thur Campbell,. Bobby .Jarvis and Blanche Bow as pdncipals. Motion Picture Owners of New Jer.sey held closed meeting at the Ambassador Friday. ' :■ Al iHill, manager of the Million I Dollar Pier, selected by the Amuse- ment Men's association to serve on the board in charge of thfe operation policy at. the Auditorium- / Louis Lazar, of Philadelphia, suc- ceeds Guy Wonders as gen.'mgr.. of Warner interests here. . Wonders will .stay on for a time, CINCrNNATI ; By JOE KOLUING Xll,ee—''Broadway Babies," vaude. miacc—"On "VVIth the Show." I.yrl<—"Noah's Ark" (2d week), fuidtol—"Xlctraynl." U<»lfh'fi-^"The Flying Fool." Strand—"Tho K.ainbow Man.", riimlly—"<Jlad kag Doll," The city has refu.sod a permit, to the John RoViiiisori Circus for the use of the best t-ircus lot In T ir.- mingham. . City givo.-, as excuse that it'ties up traflU'. Bert Hull.jwoll, nituiagiT. of tho Knipirc, has yone to Floridii for liis health. SYRACUSE, N Y. By CHESTER B. BAHN KinpIre-^Stock^' Wletlng—Dark. Savoy:—Dark. ' Temple—"Behind the German Lines." 1/oe.w'H—Vaudfllm.,. teltli's—Vaudfllm. Strand—"Drag." Eckel—"Man und the Moment." '^Gn charges of releasing stink bombs in the Monte Vista, suburban movie, Ernest Buckle, union projec-. tionisl, and Harry Plolstrom, ma- chinist, were finied. $50 and costs in Municipal Court .Vlast week. .They were rearrested on additional charges of destruction of property, preferred by Elmer A. Shard, hoa»l of a firm operating several neighbor- hood theatres employing non-union operators; SAVANNAH, GA. By W. G, SUTLINE There was much interest here among theatrical people in the an- nouncement of the death in Los Altos; Cal., July 15; of Col: William G. Austin. :' Col; Austin was. a former chief of police and automobile dealer in Savannah. About . 25 years ago he met Mai'ie Shotwell. the. actress, when she came through on a pro- fessiional tour and after .a court- ship of a few weeks, married her. She was his second wife, his first having, died several years before. Later he and Miss ShotweU wcre dir vorcicd and: Col. Austin married again. His third wife suirvi.ves him. Savannah theatre — yerierablc hou.se with, a continuous histbry of more than 100 ^years—has talking pictures. : y. - Bijou is the OTily yaude-film and stock, spot in this section of the state, . Municipal Auditorium, equipped for theatrical performances, is dark most, of the tinie.. About tv/o road shows each seanoh. J-'amily has changed : from silent to sound. f^malUfst .of ■.seven down- jlown theatres in Libsoh chain. All now offfring talkers.; Two trvpsy danicsi nnlxlng pocket- piclung wi'tlv pTiimj.stry) have been doing flourishing, busirif.ss' in this Village ol ia.te. . Their ga:mc is with =Pi et-li r e=h o u ses-^^^^n^Wes^^ .street given over entirely to riegrcj audiVjnces arc having htird sledding. One is j lbscd through litigation of the colored hank with which>;it was. as.'jbci.'ited and annthor is being torn down to make way for a gasoline filling .station. "This' l(!avps hut onr- in o])oraUon,. IndifferentJy initron ized. •■. With a stririg of six. Syracuse houses contemplated, and the addi- tion of others in 'the district .likelyi the Empire Chain Amusement Cor- poration has been launched here by James- Carragien, Texas theatre operator, who/ recently disposed of his Lone Star state holdings; to Wil- liam Fox. The nucleus of the new Independ- ently operated circuit will. be .th- Empire, downtown, now .playink drariiatic stock, arid the Sjavgiy, S. Warren St. bandbox, last .used. fO) . stock burlesque. Two other repeal houses, suburban house and piossibh a first-run theatre, are other pros- pects, according to Carragien. Charles McCleary Is "sitting in'' at Loew's State here in the absence, of .Harry Weiss, vacationing man - a^ng director; Walter Hiers, married to a Syra- cuse girl here several years agOi currently at Keith's. .. . / _ ; , . . OTTAWA By W. M. GLADISH After 10 years as assistant to the director of the Canadian.' Govern- ment Motion Pictures Studio, Ot- tawa, Douglas G. Keith gets the. ap- pointment of Canadian. publicity agent at London, JOngland, at a. sal- ary of $2,040 per annum. P, J.- Nolan, proprietor qf , three, suburban" houses In Ottawa,, com- plains that all recent talkies are too high-broAv and he is losing juve-. niie patronage/: Nolan has put in a request for good.- okl-fashi.oncd Westerns with plenty of shooting .effects. [ While workmen - were raJiing ' the . Majf-'stic, Halifax, N.. >S., a por-.: tiou of thf! .<--.trUcturo collapsed, six ' being, scrioufly injured. ' ; b^W^ltlr^MMMn.i^^v<=:m4U^ y--Ra Ki.ngi^lbn, ■j--rni'.<' the \<!:\t. .M.-inagor . Siiiithi^.'^- of tliri ."(."iiiiiiol. tli.iTc hat-- been .(loiM.ic hi.:,' busirics.s. .ivvery- I'ody in . luvlfoi-m ,a<lniitted at two . bits. l.'riivr-tT.'iI. l);is v,ircd th'> Lyt'CUm a.( \Vint)i in'g with \V.o.«t.ern lOlectrie <;quipjnoaU