Variety (Jun 1930)

W«dnesclay, June 18, 1930 VAUDEVILLE VARIETY 61 Loews Changing 4 Vaude to Sound, Leaves 27 Stage Weeks for Sununer IiOew'8 will have 27 stage weeks remaining, over this summer, after stopping Its vau4e June 28 at Ak- ron, Svansvllle, Syracuse ai)d Kan- sas City.' Of the stage weeks left, Ijoew's win have nine vaudefllms houses outside I>Tew Tbrk, and nine WHITEY ROBERTS Laugh, Tbwn, Laugh —NOW FOR R-K-O— West 'Eafit \m. JACOBS MILES Independent—FBED BOSENTUAL ENOS FRAZERE "Acme of Fineaae" Manage rt -lEE P. STEWART 4' LEWIS M08LEY In the greater city, with nine pres- entation theatres. "With dropping of vaude from the current combination bills in each city, the local Loew's will cut the admission prices. Each switch will bring about a saving on the over- head of from $3,500 or more to $5,500 weekly. This includes the dismissal of the stage, crew and musicians required for the flesh performance, as against all sound for the screen alone. With the decreased admission, Loew's anticipates sufflclent addi- tional trade to show a better net, with the overhead's cut, than either house Is at present making, if still in the black. Loew's is announcing in the towns the policy switch Is for the sum- mer only. That is likely condi- tioned upon the grosses under the altered scale as the new season opens. Should any or all of the quartet make a satisfactory show- ing to Loew's, no doubt the all sound bills will continue indefl- nltely. BOOKINGACENCY General &xecutiue Offices LOEW BUILDING AN N EX 160 WE^X 46^81*" BRYANT 7800 N£W YORK CITY J. H. LUBIN GKNEBAL MANAOEB MARVIN a SCHENCK POO KIMO MAWA OBB OmOAOO OFFICE 600 WOODS THEATBE BID'G JOHNNY JONES D) OAAROB For First Class Representation Give Us a CM WILLIAM AARON R-K-0 ARTISTS' REPRESENTATIVES Room 503, Palace Theatre Bldg., N. Y. C. BRYANT 0239 2 BREAK YOUR JUMP f EAST OR WEST • WEEKS IN WIRE, WRITE OR PHONE DETROIT SOL BERNS 512 Broadway Centisl Bid?., Detroit, lUIch. Cherry 5S;0 ARNOLD—anCKET—CHABLIE—TEDDT FOUR CIRILLO BROS. SXnx B-K-OING IT OPENING JUNE 20TH ON INTERSTATE CIRCUIT BOOKED SOUD DItmUod: JACK WBCNEB—KD. KEIXBB MORE AGENTS REINSTATED R-K-O Lets 3 Cack—"2-HoMr" Man Amongst Them Benjamin David, Henry Bellitt and Franklin Graham have been added to the list of reinstated R-K-O agents by Charlie Freeman. Graham, formerly booking assist- ant to W. D. Wegefarth, has been away from the Organization for about two years. He will be as- sociated with the Lewis & Rose Arm. Bellitt ^d David have been given franchises of their own. David was the agent to whom George Godfrey presented the much discussed and somewhat goofy "two- hour franchise" last year. It per- mitted him to book on the R-K-O floor two hours daily, with no re- strictions on his outside bookings, while the other R-K-O agents were restrained from doing outside biz. SPIEGEL OF SCRANTON INDICTED FOR BOOZE Scranton, Pa., June 17, Harry Spiegel, part owner of the Gaiety, burlesque house here, and manager of Comerford's Academy, former road show theatre, is under $6i000 bail as one of six men In- dicted by a Federal grand Jury for conspiracy to violate the prohibi- tion law in connection with the Mountainside Manufacturing Com- pany, alleged "wildcat" brewery, near Williamsport, Pa. S£m Nagclberg, alleged owner of the "Merchants' Club," local road- house; Ike Seidman, former state Are marshal and city coiincilmen, and Franklin J. Graham,' former assistant government pro.secutor at Philadelphia, are among the others Indiqted. The brewery was "knocked oft" the first day it oi^rated, more than a year ago, and a nominal owner was fined in fedieral court. Wash- ington prohibition offlclals recently reopened-the case with a view to determining ownership and to show Graham's connection with the conr splracy.* F. £ M.-Fox Office Staff Under the new Fanchon & Marco direction the former Fox vaude booking has sultmitted to a complete reassignment with the staff now designated as follows: Jesse Kaye, office manager; Phil Bloom, booker; Felipe Greenberg, cashier and book- keeper; Jennie Mandell, billing clerk; Lucy Dubro, contract clerk; Bert Adler, contacts and publicity; Freda Soloman, secretary to Jack Loeb; John Keller, photographs and press bureau: Miss Keefe, informa- tion desk. This Oxder followed that confirm- ing the Fanchon & Marco control with Jack W. Loeb as booking su- pervisor and E^arl Simmons as east- ern representative for the F. & M. Ideas. Academy Stage Band Fox's Academy, New York, will have a new stage policy June 26. The pit orchestra will be eliminated and a 25-piece symphonic jazz or- chestra will play on the stage. This was decided yesterday, fol- lowing a conference between Major John Zanft, Mike Marco and Harry Archer. A permanent m. c. will also be en- gaged, F. & M. bringing in one of their musical maestros from the west coast. The F. & M. acts and Ideas will appear In front of the stage band. NEW ACTS Jack Conway, George W. Jones and Bob Evans and Co. in "Tele- vision," comedy sketch written by Conway, who formerly did "In the Cellar." Breaking in. After a couple of years apart, Charley Lane and Jack Freeman have re-united and will do a new act. Coast Changes Looked For Hollywood, June 17. Numerous managerial shifts in Fox West Coast are expected fol- lowing the return Monday of Har- old Franklin from midwest tour. George SaVshett has quit the Lyons and Lyons agency here to become manager of the Uptown, replacing Arthur Wenkel who goes to the Westlake. BIG MALOY DINNER IN CHI-LOCAL lATSE REP Chicago, June 17. The testimonial banquet given In honor of Tom Maloy, business agent of the lATSE. MPM Local 110, will be the biggest affair ever held in the local show realm. It Is to be held at the Stevens Hutel at Saturday, midnight, (21) with 3,000 people expected. Already 5,000 tickets sold at $10 a 'copy. At the dinner Maloy will receive a purse of $25,000 .for his visit to England as one of the two Ameri- can delegates to the International trades conference. Dick Green Back to Chi Dick Green in quitting the I. A. exec staff after nearly 14 years of service, having served as a vice- president prior to taking over the treasury work, is going back to Chi- cago, his old home, where for eight years he was business agent of the Chicago stage hands' local, No. 2. Another Chicago I. A. man also turned in resignations. George E. Brown, fifth vice-president, stepped out last week. MORRISON-PERLBERG New York and Coast Agents Form Booking Association Bill Perlberg from Hollywood was In New York last week, and formed a transcontinenta.1 bookinl: associa- tion with Charlie Morrison.' The combination will have k representative In Chicago and at other points. It is inter-bodking for all show divisions. Joe Kornblatt, representing Perl- berg In New York, went Into the Morrison agency this week. Flatbnsh Shorts Warners' Flatbush studio has made the. following shorts: "Jay Walker,"- directed by Roy Mack, with 'Chester :Glute, Ralph Sanford, Jimmy Donnelly and Milt Francis. "Barefoot Days," an all-chlldren cast headed by Royal May. Sybil Lee and Robert Sherwood. This was Harold Beaudlne's first a'sslgn- ment since his arrival from the coast studio. - Hugh Cameron made a repeat ap- pearance at the studio to do "Emergency Case," with Ed Butler, Loretta Shea and Al Ochs. ILL AND INJURED Diana M. Rogovln, secretary to Buddy Irwin in Amalgamated Vaudeville Agency, following an ap- pendicitis operation and convales- ence in Bermuda, has returned to' New York fully recovered. Harold Healy, who closed with "The Tavern" at the Fulton Satur- day, was taken to the hospital Mon- day suffering with arthritis, a rheumatic ailment.' He lost- 26 pounds In weight within three weeks. Burlesque Engagements Among the acts placed via the Mutual Booking Office (Ike Weber) for the new Mutual ^hows for next season are Wiston and Joyce, Judy Butler, Moran Sisters, Roberts, Bent and Driscoll, Warren Bros, and Joe and Ernestine. TEASER STRIPPING GIRL Unless a better offer is forth- coming, Ann Corlo, the Mutual lady whose torso gyrations, symmetrical outlines and personality attracted outside attention, will again be do- ing the old "teaser strip" stuff on the burlesque wheel .next fall. MisS Corio is under contract to Rube Bernstein and Emmett Calla- han. She was with their "Girls in Blue," Mutual opery, last season. BESOBT HOTELS' H. CS In accepting summer engage- ments at mountain resorts, the for- mer m. c, boys become social direc- tors instead. Buddy Walker ot the Village Grove Nut Club will be at the Flag- ler hotel, Fallsburg, N. Y. Marty White, another m. c. boy goes to the same Catskill town but doing the s. d. gag at the Brickman hotel. J. F. Rogers, manager of the En- glewood, Chicago, to R-K-O Orpheum, Tacoma, Wash., succeed- ing Walter Fenny. HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY. SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY HENRY SANTREY