1! A STAGE PRICE 10 CENTS RADIO SCREEN MUSIC Only Theatrical Newspaper on the Pacific Coast EDITED BY JACK JOSEPHS ESTABLISHED 1924 Entered as Second Class Matter, April 29, 1927, at Published Every Saturday at 6253 Hollywood Boulevard, Vol. XIII ’ office, Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March 3. Saturday, February 28, 1931 Hollywood, Calif. •No. 8 BIGGER STAGE SHOWSTO MEET H-F PRICE SLASH Tie-Up Of Plunkett Coin Hits On Coast Production For Meet “The only studio departments San Francisco, Feb. 27.— •working at anything like full swing meeting here between Joseph at present are the publicity depart- Plunkett and execuive chiefs on the west coast for R-K-O ments—and they’re working over- decided to continue stage time alibying for the slump in pro- shows in all R-K-O coast duction.” houses, and to build them up This statement was made confi- . to a more elaborate scale. dentially this week by a big picture Lines of girls will be added, exec., who was addressing a group and there will also be orches- of exhibitors’ representatives who tral pit shows, with both men were in town to find out what’s and women entertainers work- what for the coming year. ing in them. The exhibs, the stock market and Entry into the exhibition field of the inhabitants of Hollywood are the new Hughes-Franklin combina- | being fed with big stories regarding tion is not going to be taken ly- production, making one judge by ing down by the already establish- these stories that the town is even ed circuits. beyond normalcy for the time of the A few inside facts on a freeze- year in this respect. out policy tow'ard the newcomers, As a matter of fact, the exec ad- whose threat is in the fact that mitted, money is not forthcoming they intend to lower prices, wr ere as j et for the next season programs unearthed this week, and it looks of many of the big studios, and like, the F-H people are out for the works if the opposition can shooting is way off. But this fact is I being covered over, as the deleteri- make it stick. While the Harold B. Franklin os effect it might have on the stock I and Howard Hughes combination market and on exhibitors is feared. I Admittedly in many instances the plan to slice themselves business producers are worried. Thinking from the other houses by hitting they would find easy plucking in heavy on the name and fame of New' York because of the amount their U. A. stars, and lowering the boxoffice scale! the other chains of money lying idle in the eastern W'ill come back with plugging of banks, they went back to the east- the same kind and bigger bet- ern metrop with big programs. But and ter stage shows. they were met with a chilly recep- Adding Draws tion, which still continues. At three Warner Brothers, who are the large studios it is now feared the chief waverers between stage and budget may be slashed from 33 to non-stage enterainmeut, have built SO per cent, and this slash will, if it up a roster of almost sure-fire box- materializes, be aimed at the execu- office names, including their re- tive personnel rather more than at cent raid on the Paramount ranks production costs. when they took Ruth Chatterton The independents are having the and William Powell. And to add same trouble. Any inde who can to this they are borrowing the b.o. make a good picture these days can names irrespective of cost, having sell it, due the to cut-down of prod- recently signed such stars as Ann uct from the big companies. And Harding (at a cost of $30,000 a it is likely that, should the present picture) and Constance Bennett. condition continue, he can do even R-K-O is also very much on the better with his pictures in the near CARLOS job of meeting the newest brother future. But the indes are MOUNO having exhibitor, joe Plunkett is current- about as hard a time as the big stu- ly on the coast as part of Radio’s dios in getting sufficient money, to AND HIS TANGO ORCHESTDA plan to hit into the new situation turn* out good pictures. with the classiest stage shows of All in all, it’s a bad market for the Cocoansit CrerCf Ambassador Hotel any exhib. While details of the picture-makers right now, and sell- plans were not learned, it is un- ing their paper programs is a derstood that the R-K-O policy stickler. Los Angefies will be to get the stage talent re- gardless of cost, and to back it up FIGHTING PULLS ’EM with class lines and dressing that JUMPER SIGNED SHERWOOD CASTING JOINS SILBER will rate them the topnotehers in Fighting and wrestling is the big the stage show line. Among others draw of the Hildebrandt Carnivals, George Sherwood is now casting who attended the Plunkett confer- formerly had now' plaj'ing a two weeks stand in “Novelty” Clinton, a high jumper for an original play, “White Dra- Dixie McCoy, who ence, which is being held in San gon,” which he expects to open in Francisco, are Cliff Work, terri- Glendale. The fighter-wrestler, who who recently arrived here from her own agency in Hollywood, is challenges all comers, is drawing Los Angeles in the near future. torial manager for Radio, and Bud associated with the Arthur Sil- in more than $1000 a week at 25 Europe, will, open for Fanchon and Rehearsals are scheduled to start in now Murray, who is producing the stage and 50-cent admission. Marco in the near future. two weeks. ber Agency. (Continued on Page 3) — s s , . , Pasje Two INSIDE FACTS OF STAGE AND SCREEN Saturday, February 28, 1931; Schedule lit Hollywood " Now By BUD MURRAY T title Players Director Asst. Director Cameraman CARR Untitled Tom Tyler J. P. McCarthy Archie Scaret Preparing Another one of those glorious BREAKFAST CLUB mornings, Lillian Bond Snooting. Ted Adams where one gets up at 7 a. m. and really and truly has his Ham and Eggs J. P. McCarthy Paul Malvern Archie Scout Preparing Frontier Days Bob Custer J. P. McGowan Bill Moke Carl at an hoiiest-td-goodness hour, and where real men of the business world Himm Remarks get together once a week and throw aside the tur- * * sm: ¥ , - . COLUMBIA moil of speed, worry, care and strife to renew and Great . The Air Robbery > N o Qast Christie Unassigned Unassigned Preparing retain Friendship. What if this whole world do this Cabanne - Miracle Woman. : ^Barbara once a week, calling it Friendship Day?—and so we Stanwyck Frank Capra Unassigned Unassigned Preparing The, Gq-xl Bad Girl NoUast Roy Neill , bronught our entire RKO Cimarron prologue from Unassigned Unassigned Preparing Lover Gome Back No Cast ErleX. Kenton Unassigned Unassigned ' Preparing the Orpheum to entertain these business men and Untitled Jack Holt Unasigned Unassigned Unassigned Prepanryj Ralph Graves the guests of honor, who were mainly responsible Virtues Bed No Cast. Unassigned Unassigned Unassigned Preparing for success of this great historical epic, Fifty 1 the Cimar- Fathoms Deep No Cast Un assigned L^nassigned Unassigned Preparing ron, notwithstanding the fact that Richard Dix and Irene Dunne were superb in their acting. The guests EDUCATIONAL of honor were Mr. Louis Zarecky, Wesley Ruggles JAMES CRUZE and Howard Estabrcok, associate producer, director PRODUCTIONS Salvation Nell Helen Chandlex' Janies Cruze and adaptor of the Ferber novel, respectively. Cute B. Evevty Charlie Shooting Ralph Graves Schoenbaum Sally O’Neil little Nancy Dover got up early this Wednesday ^ morning, the went wild over her—the dear Charlotte Walker and Mob Jason Robards old actor, Robert. McWade, got up for a bow— p , Murray^ De Witt Jennings euo Roacoe Ates stuttered his way into a bow, and Dr. Mathew Betts Wdlly Albright, Clint Wunder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made Jr. a very brief speech called 10,000 miles in eight minutes, and how—Then the show, and the following members of the Orpheum stage show did FIRST NATIONAL their' Pacino, soprano—Miss Julane Davis in spiritual Chances stuff—Miss Helen Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Alan Dvvan Jack Boland Ernie Ilallor Shooting songs — Miss Fay Durst and Les Everson in a duet—Edward Del Gaddo, Anthony Bushcll Spanish tenor—Kenneth Rundquist, American baritone—Slava Stanko- Rose Hobart Mary vich, Russian basso, and Alphonse Pedroza, Mexican singer of love Forbes Mae Madison songs—then the entire Mighty Male chorus of the Orpheum brought a Edward Morgan fine finale for a hearty breakfast with a lusty chorus—Bill Adler and H olmes Herbert Jak Rosenstein of the RKO publicity department got up for breakfast William Austin Edmond Breon as did Mr., and Mrs. Abel Green. Harry Allen Then to the Brown Derby next day for a little lunch, and we bump Jeanne Fenwick Brian, our pupil, Broad Minded into Georgie Stone, whose latest hit is Cimarron—Mary Joe E. Brown Mervync Le Roy Irving Asher Sidney Gox Shooting in a booth—Vic Maclagen with his big brother—Wally Beery and his Ona Munson big brother—Mrs. Guasti (our pupil) in town from Santa Barbara—Nic, Wm. Collier. Jr. Marjorie White at the Derby, all spruced up in his afternoon, walking head man Brown Holmes Herbert outfit, looking very “ritzy”—Larry Ceballos and Dave Bennett, just a Margaret Livingston couple of marvelous dance directors—and they are all IN HOLLYWOD Thelma Todd NOW.