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i Joe<br />
: <strong>Feb</strong>ruary<br />
. . Ben<br />
. . Sylvia<br />
. . With<br />
. . . Birthdays<br />
. . Lew<br />
. . Prankie<br />
S IE A T T IL<br />
AT LAST the much needed rain arrived.<br />
IE<br />
For the past month the weather has<br />
been balmy, which did not do the flu epidemic<br />
much good. A number of schools<br />
throughout the state were closed and people<br />
warned not to congregate. Although<br />
this did not affect the shows a great deal.<br />
It might have been worse . the<br />
Orpheum Theatre running smoothly with<br />
its quiz broadcast and prizes every Monday<br />
evening, the Venetian has started<br />
•Spell-O-Win" featuring Professor Whiz<br />
. . Bill Parker, publicity ace for Metro<br />
in this territory, has been assigned to<br />
handle the world premiere of "Northwest<br />
Passage." Bill is now in Boise, Ida., making<br />
arrangements for the personal appearance<br />
of Spencer Tracy and other stars, and<br />
getting the governor and the mayor set<br />
tor their little say-so. The picture was<br />
filmed at Payette Lake and the residents<br />
nice regardless of merit." Von startled<br />
he trade last month with a "bargain sale'<br />
>n two features<br />
. . . Betty Saffle and D071<br />
'London are tellirig their friends along<br />
^ilmrow of their engagement. Betty is the<br />
laughter of Maurice Saffle, local branch<br />
nanager of Metro, ivhile Don is the son<br />
f Dean Herbert Condon of the Univerity<br />
of Washington. Don is in the booking<br />
iepartnient of the Sterling Theatres. The<br />
•ouple plan to be united in about six<br />
nonths.<br />
ice piece of art.<br />
R. T. Cadman, formerly on the local<br />
niversal sales staff and working the Spo-<br />
2716 territory, tvrites that he is now with<br />
niversal loorking out of Omaha . . . Paul<br />
nd Margaret Bangasser are now honey-<br />
:ooning in Sun Valley. She is the daugh-<br />
•r of J. T. Sheffield . O'Neal<br />
Id Al Bloom drove to Portland to meet<br />
rnmy O'Neal, who is returning home from<br />
two-month stay i7i San Francisco. Jimmy<br />
td Sylvia drove back, leaving Al in Port-<br />
On Goodwill Tout—<br />
hi Seattle James Roosevelt, visiting with northwest shovymen. chats with<br />
John Dans and Frank Newman, veterans of more than 25 years in the<br />
theatre field. Roosevelt is seizing every possible opportunity to fly to various<br />
sections of the country, personally contacting theatremen and exchangemen<br />
in behalf of a better understanding of common problems between producer<br />
and distributor. Roosevelt is the youngest producer on United Artists' imposing<br />
roster of film impresarios.<br />
r>{ Idaho consider it "their film.<br />
land to vnnd up some business . . . Mr.<br />
Anne Seljridge was the first prise winler<br />
and Mrs. John Dam, and Mr. and Mrs.<br />
in the Seattle Star-Liberty "Be a Girl Joe Danz have gone to Portland to at-<br />
Reporter" contest. The contest was tied tend the party given to announce the engagement<br />
ip inth -His Girl Friday." The winner<br />
eceived one iveck's icork on the Star as a<br />
of their niece. Ardienne Fisher.<br />
eporter for a salary of $50. The first asngjiment<br />
Betty Sundstrum, secretary in the of-<br />
Anne got ivas to J.<br />
interview fice of General Film, was smacked by an<br />
'07! Herberg. owner of the Liberty, who auto on her way home, but escaped serious<br />
dated -there is one thing he cannot unierstand<br />
injury. In her excitement she forgot<br />
in his business. That is why to get names of witnesses, but with the<br />
aid of a newspaper advertisement she now<br />
•novies must 'go on sale' at the same<br />
has them . Maren is here from<br />
Hollywood doing special exploitation for<br />
RKO Radio. Eddie Lamb is the local<br />
branch manager . . . Tiny Burnett, former<br />
orchestra leader with the Orpheum, has<br />
gone to Bremerton to open up a Smoke<br />
Shop and sporting goods store<br />
Hoidale and Tom Dempsey<br />
. . .<br />
off for<br />
Don<br />
the<br />
east. They will drive back in a new car<br />
came thick around the<br />
Sterling theatres. Murray Peck, manager<br />
of the Rivoli, and Morris Bronston of<br />
the Florence celebrated the same day,<br />
while Jeri-y Ross of the Palomar was a<br />
day ahead. The staff at the RivoH pre-<br />
in Angeles<br />
. . .<br />
Danz is a little puzzled and he has<br />
:. dress on his hands. The dress belongng<br />
to a patron got lost in the theatre (it sented Peck with a cake, handing it up to<br />
vas wrapped up and brand new, smart him over the footlights whUe he was doing<br />
his m. c. chore for the vaudevUle.<br />
leek) . Joe hunted high and low and could<br />
lot find the package. The lady left, weepng<br />
over her loss. A couple of days later, Junior and Dorothy Mercy have returned<br />
rom out of nowhere, the package pops from their trip to New York. They made<br />
p and Joe discovers that the gal forgot<br />
leave her name and address . . . Charles<br />
the round trip by plane. Senior Mercy also<br />
back from the same trip, but stopping over<br />
Los Comfort of the Seattle Star, writing unler<br />
for a few days . . . Eva<br />
Lukan off to San Francisco vnth her hubby.<br />
the name of Leighton Early, is to be<br />
omplimented on his editorial, "Don't Sell L. O. Lukan. ivho will attend the meeting<br />
hort the Short Subjects." Made the showoing<br />
of the Independent Theatre Owners, Pa-<br />
public stop and think, that the one cific Coast Conference. In Portland they<br />
eelers jammed in between two features ivere joined by their son-in-law and<br />
ad to be produced, and are darn good daughter. Bill and Mrs. Cunningham.<br />
ntertainment<br />
. Roscoe being given From Portland the Lukans ivere accompanied<br />
special write-up and being classed as a<br />
south by Mrs. Robert Fundenberg.<br />
aper press agent. He must be, for the mother of Evelyn Oxtoby, and Margo and<br />
,rticle was two-column, 14 inches with a<br />
Continuing<br />
Jariet Lee Cunningham<br />
3X0FFICE :<br />
last week's episode about Al Baker, it was<br />
a daughter, so congratulations are in order.<br />
Dennis von Herberg was in bed with a<br />
severe cold the past week at home on<br />
Bainbridge Island . Peacock up<br />
and about after her spell with the flu . . .<br />
Ben Fish, western division manager for<br />
United Artists, and Pete Higgins to Portland<br />
and back. Ben intends to remain in<br />
this territory for some time Harriet<br />
Lamb is recovering very<br />
. .<br />
nicely<br />
.<br />
following<br />
another operation.<br />
Transier Jerry Meyers to<br />
Seattle Winter Garden<br />
Seattle—Jerry Meyers, for the past few<br />
years manager of the suburban theatres,<br />
the Granada and Portola, has been transferred<br />
to the Winter Garden in Seattle<br />
downtown. FYank Jenkins has moved<br />
from the Colonial to Meyers' spot with<br />
Harry Lester taking over the Colonial.<br />
All houses are in the Sterling Theatres<br />
group owned by Jolan Danz. Switches were<br />
made by William Forman, general manager.<br />
Metro to Make Cartoon<br />
Oi "Romeo and Juliet"<br />
Hollywood—Even screen cartoons are<br />
falling in line with the Shakespearean<br />
trend.<br />
For, not to be outdone by stage productions<br />
of the Bard's famed works, M-G-M's<br />
cartoon department will soon offer the<br />
first "cartoonization" of the world's most<br />
famous love story, "Romeo and Juliet."<br />
Rudolf Ising will produce.<br />
New Lament House<br />
Lamont. Cal. — Bivins-Darling Amusement<br />
Co. is building a new theatre here,<br />
aimed for July 1 opening. It will be a<br />
500-seater.<br />
Co-Direct Universal Serial<br />
Hollywood—Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor<br />
will co-direct "Winners of the West,"<br />
forthcoming Universal serial, which Henry<br />
MacRae will produce.<br />
'Will Be Seeing You<br />
POPCORN SMITH<br />
BOX 284 — SEATTLE<br />
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