The big news at the RKO Orpheum Theater on Broadway in downtown L.A. isn’t that they were running “The Flood” starring Eleanor Boardman and Monte Blue (oddly, it was from Columbia, not RKO) but the fact they were also featuring eight live acts as well. I’m guessing that it was because the year was 1931 and America was in the depth of the Great Depression and people weren’t going to the movies as much. Whatever the reason, I’d say those movie patrons for their money’s worth.
The eight live acts included: Al K. Hall, Murray & Alan, Madam Olympia, and Jane & Katherine Lee.
The big news at the RKO Orpheum Theater on Broadway in downtown L.A. isn’t that they were running “The Flood” starring Eleanor Boardman and Monte Blue (oddly, it was from Columbia, not RKO) but the fact they were also featuring eight live acts as well. I’m guessing that it was because the year was 1931 and America was in the depth of the Great Depression and people weren’t going to the movies as much. Whatever the reason, I’d say those movie patrons for their money’s worth.
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