Inside Facts of Stage and Screen (August 2, 1930)
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”” ” gjSTAGE PRICE 10 CENTS RADIO SCREEN MUSICS Only Theatrical Newspaper on the Pacific Coast ESTABLISHED 1924 EDITED BY JACK JOSEPHS Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927, at Post- Vol. XII Saturday, Published Every Saturday at 800-801 Warner Bros. Down- office, Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March 3, 1879. August 2, 1930 town Building, 401 West Seventh St., Los Angeles, Calif. No. 5 SMAR1r raiCKET WORKED BY 1muIRE SALESMAN MATIIVEE BA IV STIRS TROUBLE | f Exhibs in One Style Defiance That Gets Of Order Attention Health Department’s Some Exhibs Reported Rule Is Claimed Falling for New Interference Sales Method The infantile paralysis A smart film salesman ban invoked by the Los has figured out a nifty Angeles Health Depart- line of subtlety that is get- ment last week on juve- ting him and his product a nile theatre attendance lot of sympathetic atten- aroused considerable i r e tion where he was able among to many local exhib- make slight impression be- itors. fore. Although the regulations were If, when he starts his glib talk drafted at a sympathetic meeting about “product,” the exhibitor says, between health authorities and a “Nawl Your stuff ain’t so hot, If few theatre executives, you get individual a smash maybe I’ll buy it, theatre operators point them out but never mind the output!”, Mis- as “just one more proof that the ter Salesman just nods in an off-' theatre is the target for every hand way and gazes dreamily kind of regulatory officiousness.” across the street. Practically none of the exhibit- “That’s a coupla nice vacant lots ors are paying any attention to the over there,” he says. “Well, I restrictions, it is claimed. gotta be going. I got a sideline “If the authorities are going to brings me in a piece o’ dough—” interfere with -legitimate business,” “Oh, yeah? What is it?” declared one prominent theatre Oh, it’s one o’ these baby golf man this week, “let them not dis- syndicates. They know I get criminate against the theatres. around the country plenty and Our houses are sanitary and sci- know where the folks go for en- entifically ventillated. Let the tertainment, so they get me to re- health officers impose their rules port likely stands— on the department stores as well, “Yeah?” and on the market places, the “Yeah! Well, churches and Sunday schools.” I gotta—” “Say, the reviews speak well “Yes, and the street cars and o’ that comedy team o’ your’n in downtown streets,” chimed in an- Calexico Kate.’ Are you gonna other. “Seventh and Broadway is have some more a stinking like that?” stewpot in the heat of ‘ Oh, ye-e-eh! An’ you should the day. Is the health department see the line-up we got for George going to draw a line around the Nitwit and Vola Volupto. downtown district and require all Why looka these stills— kiddies to be kept a certain dis- “Why don’t tance apart, or barred entirely if you bring your book in and show they have a sniffly nose?” me whatya got? You don’t need It is claimed the health depart- MISS LOMA WORTH to rush away, you don’ — ment has no authority to enforce come around every day The Girl its regulations; that there is no One Band—Sensational Exponent of Musical Ornamentation Another legal backing for such medical au- link in the Fanchon RKO THEATRE—Week August 7th—LOS ANGELES and tocracy, and that this point was Marco circuit is the Pantages (Only theatre, fully proven during the flu epi- Actress Flying Her Own Plane From City to City) Kansas City. “Rose demic Garden” will be the opening of several years ago. Direction: CHARLES A. BIERBAUER, N. Y. Idea on August 8. PAGE TWO INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1930 GOULDING PANS PRESS CRITICS Film Row Hot Battle Over Miniature Golf Cuttings By FRED YEATES OPTIMISM CITY ORDINANCE Sheriff Traeger AIM FIGURES IN NEEDLES A BIG BRUISE NEW RACKET? NOW PREPARING TWISTED; NEWS Things are more indus- triously optimistic along Film STARTS BATTLE STORIES UNFAIR Row this week.. There is less more following talk of calamity and Bitter warfare broke out this (Editor’s Note : The article Edmund Goulding, prom- work—at least there is more week when the Los Angeles City by Council ordered City Attorney inent film director, discusses some to and fro, from hither walking Werner Tuesday to prepare an phases of the newspaper attitude then on to yon, sober conference, ordinance regulating miniature towards motion pictures. It re- back. The curb convention golf courses here. ceives editorial comment on page six of this week’s issue of Inside has gone into committee. The council’s action was the re- * * * Facts.) sult of a report from its police and exchange is grow- That Columbia fire committee and ordered the By EDMUND GOULDING bill- ing right along. Another new drafting of an ordinance closing What’s wrong with the talkies? start ing clerk was added to the the courses between midnight and What’s wrong with Hollywood? to have this week, and you have 7 a. m., that all lights be ex- What’s wrong with the people send out business before you can tinguished during these hours and who are in, work for, write, di- Dorothy bills. The new girl is no work on the courses be done rect or make talking pictures? scenery is good. pic- Meadows, and the at that time, that all noise-making Everything is wrong . the | * * * machines be silenced and radios tures, the people, the studios and girl, there In addition to the new shut off and also carried a recom- the men and women who earn a Co- was other excitement around mendation that the city health de- living in the nation’s third largest during the week. “Red” industry. If you don’t believe it lumbia . partment conduct a survey of the the alleged cor- Lentz, the Arizona Wildcat, courses with a view to ordering . ask some of showed up with a full new set of proper sanitary arrangements. respondents for eastern news- McCarthy gain of their store teeth. M. J. E. The matter had been under con- papers who most with some new parlor information outside of the studio came in . sideration for several weeks, fol- for tricks he had been rehearsing lowing numerous demands that gates. and honest, newspaper man work- the benefit of country exhibs, something be done to regulate the An ing for a legitimate newspaper has the office manager, Klein, came m pony golf lots. he escaped be- the free and welcome access to with a yarn of how Council’s action provoked bitter Catalina by not be- any studio executive office, to the ing wrecked at miniature golf opposition from the man in charge of the publicity ing on the boat. That reminds us promoters, and P. B. Wand, repre- and advertising for the various of how we missed being mixed up senting President L. J. Key of the film studios and to the men who in the San Francisco earthquake Miniature Golf Owners’. Associa- sit in the high places with the be in Europe. by happening to tion called a meeting for Wed- * * * various organizations operating nesday morning in the Washing- circuits of theatres. Answers to A. Simons, of Needles, Ariz., C. ton and Hill building to formulate their fair questions are fairly of the beautiful new Nee- operator plans for attacking the ordinance given. Theatre in the Shrine building dles and preventing its adoption. The They are shown the pre-views was a visitor on the Row there, Associated Golf Course Owners Sheriff of new picture release, they inter- reported business William S. Traeger, who handles one of the most this week. He was reported joining in the battle. view players, directors and authors. without any baby efficiently conducted departments in the country, covering an as good so far, Hearst newspapers, which have When they inquire from the the- but two courses area golf competition, been devoting considerable pub- of 4159 square miles, with 900 men. During his adminis- atre operating circuit heads as to scheduled to open soon. He are . licity to baby golf as well as stag- tration he has introduced many innovations that have saved business conditions they are given business says if they cut into his truthful ing a series of contests, jumped thousands of dollars answers . and yet, cer- competition by in taxpayers’ money. “Bill” Traeger has he will meet the into the case with news comment tain correspondents h. ging onto his own. many friends in the show business, having once been a stage putting in a course of favoring the anti-ordinance group, the fringe of Hollywood, repeat- = = * * 1 carpenter. He is still a member of the Porterville and the argument is expected to I. A. T. edly, and maliciously, send to their Fred Daniels says we made a reach bitter proportions by the S. E. He studied law at U. S. C. and Stanford and has been various newspaper offices unfair an- accounts mistake last week when we end of the week. admitted to the Bar, is a veteran of the Spanish and World of studio conditions, the brought him value of picture productions and nounced that the stork Beverly Hills already has a Wars and a native Californian. says it was theatre box office receipts. a son on Sunday. He similar ordinance, while Los An- Saturday. Many of these correspondents a girl, and the day was geles county has one in prepara- have been use their newspapers to vent a That’s funny! We may tion.