Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 4 | Flophouse Fall Hurts Morosco

FLOPHOUSE FALL HURTS LOS ANGELES July 22 UP UP- UP Oliver theatrical producer Who became a multimillionaire b by three hits was In a serious condition today at tho the county hospital hospital hos hos- pital ital from a skull frac fracture ure which h he Buffered after actor falling down the stairs of or a a. cheap rooming house The ve veteran eran impresario was re reported re- re re- re ported by police surgeons to have been drinking drinkin heavily The Tha Main treat flophouse operated by a a. Jap Jap- is less than a block from the theold theold old aId Burbank theater where where- MoresCo Moros Mores co produced such money-making money tage stage hits as 83 The Bird of ot Paradise Paradise Para Para- dise Peg o 0 My Heart and Able Abie's Irish Roses Rose S. S Marasco went to the rooming house Monday evening paid 75 cents and signed the register Oliver M. M Japanese proprietor said the producer arose early and started to leave when he tumbled falling down the flight of 25 23 5 stairs He was taken to the count county general general general gen gen- eral hospital where surgeons today reported he ho showed slight light improve improve- ment nent Marasco came to southern California Cali Call fornia from tram New York in 1899 1890 with about bout 60 SO O in his pockets Ho He took over tho the Burbank theater and in inless less JeSs than three months had cleared a profit of ot S Ho was credited with developing such uch stars tars as Marj Marjorie or Jo Rambeau Douglas MacLean Harlan Tucker and Richard The second Mr Mrs formerly for lor- merly Helen McClure of the tho stage divorced him in 1935 and twice since then he ho was arrested on drunk charges The producer was married tot for the third time less than two months ago ego to Genevieve Wallace 32 an apartment house manager Sk Skull ll Fractured Sc I 1 S. S S p S S 'S 4 i E Ei c. S 1 55 4 Vi 2 r v 3 t J A aB Oliver After hi his fall downstairs