Columbia. Theatre in Longview, Wash. invasion of the phonograph has killed NUGGETS May 1926 (M) GEORGE Y AUNT, the hope of decent organ music in our organist of the Park Theatre in theatres for the present. When this new from the Tacoma, is taking a brief vacation. fad has been exploited a little, it is GOLDEN May 1926 (M) WILLIAM MASKE possible that some of the theatre is playing the Kimball in the D & R organists who have been committing Theatre in Aberdeen, Wash. unspeakable crimes against good Aug. 1926 (M) WEST BROWN and music, will mend their ways." JOHN McCOURTNEY are two of Tacoma's favorite organists, using a big GOLD DUST: 2/20 ALBERT HAY Wurlitzer in the Blue Mouse Theatre. MALOTTE at the Coliseum Theatre Oct. 1926 (J) HENRI A. KEATES, Wurlitzer in Seattle ... 10/23 GLENN who played several years at the Lib GOFF, Pantages and HENRI C LE erty Theatre in Portland, returned to BEL at the 2/9 Wurlitzer, Blue Mouse Chicago for a Mc Vickers Theatre en in Seattle ... 12/24 WILLIAM gagement. Keates has introduced com EVANS at Seattle Capitol's Kimball munity singi.ng, and it has become an ... 7 /25 ERNEST RUSSELL, Port outstanding feature. land's Liberty and DON ISHAM, Nov. 1926 (AO) OLIVER WAL Tacoma's Blue Mouse .. 12/25 CECIL LACE is playing the Wurlitzer in the TEAGUE, Majestic and ERNEST Prospected by Lloyd E. Klos Broadway Theatre in Portland. RUSSELL, Liberty in Portland Jan. 1927 (J) JAMES D. . .. 4/26 SAMUEL P. TOTTEN, Next month, Portland, Ore. will BARNARD opened the Lincoln The Olympia's Liberty; HOMER MAC host the 18th annual ATOS Con atre in Port Angeles, Wash., and is now DONALD, Tacoma Rialto's 3-manual vention. As a salute to the Oregon featured in songologues on the finest Wurlitzer; DOW LE ROI, "The Midget Chapter's effort, Jason and I have Wurlitzer in the state. Organist", Spokane's Liberty ... 7 /26 dedicated this column to the Pacific Jan. 1927 (J) HENRI LE BEL FRANCES TIPTON, Spokane's Clem Northwest with emphasis on the City opened the new Pantages Theatre in mer ... 8/26 EDDIE CLIFFORD of Roses. References were American Portland and will stay for four weeks. Tacoma Blue Mouse's Wurlitzer EARL Organist (AO), Jacobs (J), Melody (M) Jan. 1927 (J) FRED BURNHAM is SEE, Capitol in Hoquaim, Wash magazines and local press. featured on a Wurlitzer in the Irving ington ... 10/26 HARRY REED, ton Theatre, a large Portland house. Fifth Avenue Theatre's Wurlitzer and July 4, 1920 (Seattle Times) AL Jan. 1927 (J) RALPH HAMILTON HAROLD WINDUS, Embassy in Seat BERT HAY MALOTTE at the Wur is the popular organist at Portland's tle ... 1/27 KELLY IMHOFF, Olym litzer in the Coliseum in Seattle, played Hippodrome who knocks 'em over pian's new 3-manual Robert Morton, "American Patrol", Yankee Doodle", every day with his popular sonologues. Port Angeles, Wash.; MARION "Tales of Hoffman" and "Stars and March 1927 (J) CECIL TEAGUE, OLLERENSHAW & JOHN MC CART Stripes Forever." The picture was "The formerly at the Majestic Theatre in NEY, Tacoma's Blue Mouse; BILL Fortune Teller" with Marjorie Ram Portland, will soon be featured at DAVIS, Seattle's Arabian; MARTHA beau. Matinee price was 25 cents, but Loew's State Theatre in Los Angeles. FOOSNESS succeeded MARK DOL after 6:30 P.M., 35 cents, balcony 25 March 1927 (J) EDNA HARKINS LIVER at Seattle's Cheerio; OLIVER cents, with children 11 cents. is presiding at consoles in the Winter WALLACE & BOBBY BURNS, Port Oct. 31, 1920 (Seattle Times) The garden, Portola and Granada theatres land's Broadway; GLENN SKELLEY, new Seattle theatre, the Winter Gar in Portland. Portland's Liberty ... 8/27 HELEN den, includes features such as a March 1928 (J) GLENN SKELLEY ERNST, Portland Pantages Wurlitzer; $25,000 Hope-Jones Wurlitzer organ, is playing the 3/13 Wurlitzer in Port Miss BAKER, Portland's Columbia an elaborate marquee with 2,500 in land's Oriental Theatre. ... 9/27 HELEN ERNST, Pantages dividual lights, a men's smoking room, and LAURA VAN WINKLE, Pantages March 1928 (J) ZACH KALBACH & Bagdad theatres, Portland; EDDIE latest air conditioning and three pro and DOROTHY HUSTON are playing jectors and a stereoptican. (In Decem CLIFFORD, Portland's Bagdad; JOHN Portland's Wintergarden Theatre McCARNEY, Grand in Centralia, ber, Miss IRMA FALVEY, "Cali model 210 Wurlitzer. fornia's leading organist", opened the Wash.; RENALDO BAGGOTT, Mc theatre). March 1928 (J) The Blue Mouse Donald in Eugene, Oregon ... 3/28 J April 1926 (M) CECIL TEAGUE is Theatre in Portland has done away CLARK RUSH & DON MOORE, playing the 4-manual Wurlitzer in the with organists because of Vitaphone Venetian, A K WOLFENDEN, Liberty Theatre in Portland. and Movietone. The orchestra remains Olympic and MYRTLE GILBERT, April 1926 (M) FRANK CLAUSEN because of an agreement with the Madison Gardens in Portland ... 6/28 is playing the Leatherby-Smith organ musicia.ns' union. GLENN SKELLEY, Oriental and in the Liberty Theatre in Enumclaw, March 1928 (J) RON & DON are HOMER MAC DONALD Portland Wash. switching jobs at the Bagdad and (Ore.) Theatre. May 1926 (M) PERCY BUR Venetian theatres in Portland. RASTON is playing for pictures and Feb. 1929 (AO) Frederick W. That should do it until next time. vaudeville in Salem, Oregon while Goodrich, American Organist cor So long, sourdoughs! FRANK EASTMAN is playing the respondent from Portland, says: "The Jason and The Old Prospector
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