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PAUl. A. I.AYMON
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1503 W. Pico Blvd.
DRexel 3209
Los Angeles, Calif.
FOR.
JUNE
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Hollywood Famous in
Panoram Soundi es
CHICAGO-The ardent movie fans and
radio rabids are going to feel as much at
home watching new Panoram Soundies as
the boys and girls "up" on modern orches-
tras.
Bing Crosby's former partner, movie
comedian, Harry Barris, is featured in
"Bend Down, Sister" with Suzanne Ridge-
way. Skinnay Ennis of the Bob Hope com-
pany sings in "Lamplight" which presents
his orchestra and Bonnie Kildare. Dave
Rose, Judy Garland's fiance, and his orches-
tra are in "I Knew It Would Be This
Way" which features a dance specialty by
Clarisse and Ford. Wini Shaw, featured
screen player, makes her Soundie debut in
"The Nautch Girl From Cuba" in which
Mimi Kellerman dances.
Other numbers which the Mills Novelty
Company present in Panoram are: Ray
Kinney and the Aloha Maids in "Ana
Lani"; Will Osborne in "A Feller Who
Plays In A Band," Susan Miller, vocalist;
Herbie Kay, "San Antonio Rose," starring
Ken Nealy and Mimi Kellerman; The
Kidoodlers, "Maybe"; Dick Hogan and
Tanya Widrin and Ethelreda Leopold,
"Pickle Puss"; Florence Pepper and the
Cameo Girls, "You're Unfair to Me"; Del
Casino and Wally Wanger ensemble, "Fre-
nesi"; Maxine Gray and Cameo Girls,
"Rain On The Roof'; Music Maids, " Song
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of The Islands"; King Sisters and Alvino
Rey, "Call of The Canyon"; Will Osborne
and Band, "Stardust," Will, vocalist, Max-
ine and Marilyn, dancer~, and Gray Gor-
don's Band, Art Perry, vocalist, "Ama-
pola."
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NEW YORK - Carousal music, with
changing tempo, has told the story of
changing generations as it played accom-
panist to the click of America's traditional
amusement-the penny arcade. "Ta Ra
Ra Boom de A" of the 90's ... "After the
Ball Was Over" . . . 1910, "My Buddy"
... 1916, "I Can't Give You Anything But
Love" . . . 1927, on down to "Amapola",
1941, and still the pennies brought fun.
Wide, full skirts of girls have given away
to knee length frocks before the fortune
telling machines and, instead of mous-
tached and bearded faces peering in the
Paris pictures, you find smooth ones.
But now, in the excitement of the new
era, comes a radical change in the famed
"Penny Arcade" as one of the nation's out·
standing architects, H. Oberhammer, is
selected by International Mutoscope Reel
Company, Inc., to design penny arcade
machines. Bill Rabkin, president of the
organization known as "Penny Arcade
Headquarters Since 1895", declares, "The
operator contemplating installation of the
Penny Arcade today is faced with many
problems-to quickly win public patron·
age, the operator must build to attract
attention in streamlined fashion ."
Oberhammer, the only architect in the
field listed in Guide to Modern Architec·
ture, designed buildings in the amusement
area at the New York World's Fair, in·
cluding Defore & Rogers' "Believe It Or
Not" and Frank Buck's "Jungle Land",
Mutoscope's Photomatic buildings and
World Fair penny arcade as well as sev·
eral amusement buildings in the Texas
Centennial, Dallas.
Bill Rabkin explains, "Oberhammer will
work directly with the operator about to
open a Penny Arcade. His services are
free of charge."
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Guide: "This, ladies and gentlemen, is
the greatest waterfall in the Alps. May I
ask the ladies to cease their talking for a
little so that we may hear the roar of the
waters?"
W . F. (B ill ) Strub y, A ss't G eneral Manager of Packard M fg. Corp. , was so dumfounded at a
surprise stag held for him in honor of his approach in g marriage in June that he had to take a
shot of milk t o recover. rhe party was given for him b y the de partment heads of Packard
Mfg . Corp. , as fo llo ws: Left to right, W . F. Merchant, E. McKinney, C. Pheasant , Joe Branham ,
Paul Lann erd , Dean Kennedy, W . E. W oodworth, Jerry En smin ger, Paul Gray, Robt. Lannerd,
O. C. Roberts, Geo. Rossebo, E. E. Collison, G. Ericson, B. Bell, W . F. Strub y (standing ) , R.
Greenbaum , M . J. Sm ith, Jr., Frank Standish , Frank G igax, H. E. Capehart, M. J. Smith, Wm .
Brase, D. Mc Shane, H. I. Drollinger, G il Moore and D. 1'. Kenned y.
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