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Published Weekly at 154 West 4uth St.. New York, N. T., by Variety, Inc. Annual subscription |7. Single copies 20 cents. 
Entered aa second clasa matter December 2S, 1I0S, at the Post Office at New York. N. Y.. under the Act of March 8, 1871. 



VOL. XLV. No. 7 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922 



48 PAGES 



FORD CIRCUIT UP 




HAYS 



FIVE BROADWAY PRODUCERS 
STOPPING FOR THIS SEASON 



Bad Conditions and Few Broadway Successes Reason 
for Act — New Spring Shows for Try-outs Only 
Ones in Sight 



A notice has been issued from the 
offices of . Charles B. Dillingham, 
Henry W. Savage, Marc and Joseph 
Xlaw, Edgar Selwyn and William 
Harris that no new productions will 
be mads by them for the remainder 
of ths present season which ends in 
May. * 

The producers in reaching the dc- 
(Continucd on page 6) 



IRENE BORDINI AGREES 
TO APPEAR IN CABARET 



KEITH'S NEW DAYTON 
SELLING BONDS AT PAR 



First Time Keith Circuit Has 

Offered Securities for 

Sale 



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Cincinnati, Jan. 4. 
The B. F. Keith Dayton Theatre 
Co. Is offering $750,000 worth of 
15-year, 8 per cent, first mortgage 
bonds at par, $100 on its theatre at 
Fourth and Ludlow streets, Dayton, 
Palo. This is the first tlm«_ tho 
*£eiin Interests have offered any 
securities in their properties for 
Public sale. Large advertisements 
In Cincinnati papers announce the 
offer. 

The land and theatre cost $1,- 
350,000, and the booking contract is 
valued at $150,000. It is estimated 
the annual income to cover all 
charges will bo $190,000, or about 
°JJ« and three-quarters timer, 
the annual Interest am! risking fund 
requirements. Up to July ], 1923. 
tn * bonds can be redeemed at 105 
and never at less than 101 4. They 
ca n also he converted into 8 per 
c *nt. preferred stoi-k in the .same 
company. 

LIFE INSURANCE 

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"Everything in AUir* SB ' 

• for the Theatre " ^^ ; 

J »«3 Wrst lOlh Street. »w York City ; 

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Opening Feb. 6 at Club Maur- 
ice — Her Show Opens on 
Broadway Same Evening 

Ireno Bordonl has agreed to ap- 
pear as the entertaining feature of 
the Club Maurice, New York, for six 
weeks commencing February 0, The 
new show Miss Bordoni's husband, 
Ray Goetz, is preparing for her, will 
open on Broadway the same even- 
ing. Ilr. Goetz arranged for his 
wife's cabaret appearance with the 
Lannlgan management through 
Davidow & Le Ma ire. 

It is reported Miss Bordonl will 
receive a large gtiarantee based on a 
percentage of the cover charges se- 
cured by the restaurant, with a 
possible share of the gross business, 
not an unusual understanding in the 
case of a single star in a restaurant. 

The Lannlgan mnnagcrnent of the 
Club Maurice had Maurice and 
Hughes under contract. They ap- 
peared there up to a few days ago 
when the dancers re I i red, also from 
tho Dillingham show, "Good Morn- 
ing, Dearie." Maurice and his danc- 
ing partner, Leonora Hushes, -were 
reported ill, securing sick leave for 
two weeks, ?>ut other reports sny 
the*', or Miss Hughes a"}'" "•>'. ni:l 
shortly return to Paris. 

Another restaurant cnga^enu-nt of 
some note in the single star en- 
gaged, Kva Tanguay, at the Folies 
Ihrg« re, <••! ininated shortly lufi.ie 
Christinas. 

Miss r..Td"ni is a'»"Ut t-> statt 
rph.-iiv.'il.s of a comedy wi'h '"ii^ 
to <.p< n .Ian. "'h in \\ a-hinuton. The 
pi. -re is from tin- I'retieh. the trans- 
l.iiion of the title hring 'The IM!e." 
Arlliur .1. Levy %\ lio han-ll- I .Mi-- 
Mordonl during "As You Were' is 
asain in charge of affairs f >v the 
produelion which will be pre -en:.-d 
under the management of Mr. GocU. 



AUTO MAKER SET 
TO REPLY TO 



HEAVY LOSS OF TOWELS 

FELT BY PULLMAN CAR CO. 




If Postmaster General Re- 
signs to Head Picture 
Magnates' Organization, 
Manufacturer Ready to 
Show Democrats or New 
Party How to Offset a 
Screen Propaganda — Wil- 
son Concerned — Salary 

for Hays Less Than $100,- 
000. 



Notifies Theatrical Heads Unlets Towels Are Left in 
Cars, Party Reservations Will No* Be Accepted- 
Car Towels Good Make-up Removers 



TENTS AS THEATRES 



Henry Ford's political plans, 
especially as they relate to the uuo 
of the screen for propaganda pur- 
poses, is Inextricably connected with 

(Continued on page 2) 



CARRYING PATRONS, 
ROCHESTER PLAN 

Fennyvesseys Call for and De- 
liver Audiences in Cars — Fine 
Ballyhoo for Neighborhoods 



Rochester, N. Y. Jan. 4. 

The Fennyvesseys, who operute a 
group of email lime houses and 
slock burlesque here, are making a 
novel bid for patronage by offering 
practically to call for and dull v. r 
pafrons to their theatres. 

The firm charters special ens <.:i 

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PROVINCIAL TO WIT 'BLUE" 

Kansas City, .hm 4. 

At a ^ [ •< ■ ■ i . i ] eh-< lion h< id in 
H|iri!inlh-ld, Mo., (his week, lli" >iii- 
•/. 'tis. li\- a vol.- of «;,0^-..' t.) ;:.l'i'.i. «!••- 
elded in favor of adopting ;i Sand . i y 
• hlue law." 

As a result of th-- <l><;-i\'» \oU« 
all Of thn theatre : t r » ■ 1 p'm'm of 
amusement »\ ill b" < ■'■• •■■ I t i . i ■• 
fcfiiiulays. 



ATLANTIC CITY POOL 
STARTS THIS MONTH 

Globe Will Play Shubert and 
Erlanger Legit Attractions ' 
from Jan. 23 On 

Atlantic City, Jan. 4. 
The pooling in bookings of the 
legitimate attractions to play here, 
coming from the Shubert and Er- 
langer booking offices, as previously 

reported In Variety, will go into 
effect Jan. 23. 

On that day and henceforth the 
Globe will hold the legit attractions, 
while on the same date the Apollo 
will commence playing Shubert 
vaudeville. 

At present the Apollo Is the Er- 
langer booked house here for legit 

(Continued on page 6) 



WEDDING PRESENT 

Winthrop Ames Present* Guthrie 
McClintic with "Dover Road" 



The production of "The Dover 
i;oad"' by*Guthrle McClintic, for 
several years stage director for 
Winthrop Ames, was a wedding 
procont from Mr. Ames on tho an- 
nouncement of iiis marriage to 
Catherlno Cornell, appearing in "A 
lull of Divorcement." 

According to the story, Ames 
handed McClintic tho manuscript of 
i he piece and~»grcerl to finance the 
production as a wedding gift, and If 
successful the groom could have all 
the profits. 

That M< Clintic Is grateful Is 
home out by tho report that, at the 
conclusion of the run of George Ar- 
lhs in "The Green Goddess"' at the 
r.oolh, 'The Dover Iload ' will be 
I moved from the Bijou to the I'.ooth, 
in whit h house Ann's Ins^a Tin unia] 
in lei eat. 



The Pullman Co. has sent a cir- 
cular letter to the heads of all 
branches of the theatrical profes- 
sion to the effect that if the theft 
of towels and other toilet acces- 
sories In the Pullpuyi trains does 

not . re-vs*, the • r»H:na7.-eo. \> i;; •-»■«-• 

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NOT ONE ATTRACTION IN 
VERMONT XMAS WEEK 



Theatres Given Over to Boxing 
and Wrestling— Field for 
"Wildcats" and "Turkeys" 

Burlington, Vt., Jan 4. 
A great many theatres in th.> 
State are holding wrestling and box- 
ing matches once or twice a week. 
Lack of road attractions is given as 
the reason for the show houses pro- 
moting these sports. There was not 
a single road attraction in the .state 
during the holidays, 

Th(rmanagers of movie houses aiv 
on the lookout for anything that can 
bo used as an^added. attraction" to 
increase the box office. 

This Is offering a good field for 
wildcats or turkeys. 

Chandra and Co. was intended to 
be a featuro on tho American Dm - 
leaque Circuit, Hit the idea was 
given up and tho company is now 
playing Vermont moving picture 
houses and making money. Th»> 
company is under the management 
of J. J. (Doe) Wilson and playing 
week stands. 

SINGER'S MIDGETS 

the WorM'i CI*., rv.t Utile r>*T>!« • 

ar«i. of rouisf, r i.ii.i.f.l |.» C« '. 

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VARIETY'S LONDON OFFICE CABLES ** HANWAY ST " OXFORD ST " W - * 



Friday, January 8, 1922 



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HOLIDAY BUSINESS IN LONDON 
FAR LOWER THAN EXPECTATIONS 



In Some Cases Decided Slump After First Two Days 
—Several Shows Will Not Stay as Planned- 
Surprise Substitution in "Lady of Rose" 



London, Jan. 4. 
The holiday season has not been 
as good as was hoped. In some 
casea there was a decided slump 
after the first two days. Several 
■hows will not last as long as ex- 
pected, but now plans are going on. 
George Edwards openfd "The 
Lady of the Rose" at Prince's, Man- 
chester, successfully. It c-.nes later 
to Daly's. A surprise was sprung 
by substituting Ivy Tresmond, a 
young English actress, for Irene 
Pelasty, the Hungarian star. 

"Babes in the Wood" at the Ox- 
ford is a beautiful production, full 
of fun, with the Dolly Sisters the - 
usual success. 

"Jack and the Beanstalk" at the 
Hippodrome Is a fine spectacle, but 
somewhat lacking in humor. George 
Robey as usual was the principal. 
Kiddy Kennedy, a young actress, 
was a success. 

"Cinderella" at the Lyceum Is i 
good all around show up to tradi- 
tions, while Melville's "Alladin" at 
the Palladium was excellent with : 1 
exceptionally good cast. 

"The Speckled Band" *the Roy- 
alty finishes Jan. 14. 

"The Co-Optimists" leave of the 
Palace has been extended until 
June. Jose Collins in a new play la 
to follow "The Lit le Lady in Red" 
at the Gaiety. 

James Whito Is said to 'ave 
bought the Apollo instead of 
rrince's. 

Drury Lane will probably reopen 
with the American "Boccaccio" In 
a few months. This was the pro- 
duction J. L. Sucks planned to do. 
There are alterat' ns going on fig- 
ured to cost upward of £100,000. 



ACTORS KNIGHTED 

Order of Merit, Very High Honor, 
for J. M. Barrio 



PARIS RECEIPTS 

Paris, Dec. 14. 
Business is very weak at the 
legitimate houses here, though the 

ta :ings on Sundays enable man- 
agers to carry on* People are not 

going out in the evening, and even 
on Sunday tho matinee shows the 
better box office result at present. 
The receipts at the principal Pa- 
risian theatres last Sunday were (in 
francs) : 

Matt- Even- 

n*e. Inc. 

Opera (rep ) 2r..B45 JR.75U 

Opera Coiniqu* (rep.) 22,544 20,352 

Comedle Francal.io (rep.).. IS. K4fl 10.874 

Odeon ("Louis XI") 11,015 9.519 

-CXaL.w-fc -5»»ri- tr;rvtrcyTr;-*- 21 . HO - 2«, 45C 

Alhambra (vaudeville)..... 15.200 14.700 

Follet Benrere (revue) 9.706 12.718 

Sarah Bernhardt ("Ulolre") 12,421 5.780 
Vaudeville ("Cbcmln do 

Hamas") 8. 553 4.010 

Varietes (revue) 17.780 17.842 

Pa'.ais Royal {' 'Chasseur"). 10,131 9,225 
Renaissance ("Danseuso 

House") 10.019 7,051 

Thrarro de Paris ('Tas- 

sante") 10,181 B.918 

Oymnase ("Amarus") 11,4«2 9,020 

Porte St. Martin ("Ma- 

•■aire") 13.782 8.220 

A n t o I n e ("Malt>on de 

r Homme") 4.703 4,390 

Ch.v.cW ('Ilound the World 

In KlRhty Days") 18,058 14.511 

Oaite ("BoccaKu") 17,042 13,701 

Amblgu ("L'Epervier") 11.043 8,000 

Athenee ("Parartii Forme") 11.20-1 8.410 

Apollo ("Belle de Paris"). H.nOO 5.907 

B>uffes ("Di'de") 11.224 11.210 

Kdouard VII ("Jacqueline") 5.030 5.5SO 

Trianon (operetta) 10,130 fU.'.S 

D.'lazL-t ("Tire au Flanc"). 0.H3O B.580 

i'luny (farce) 6.818 4.122 

Canuclnes ("Slmonne 

• 'omme Ca") 5.888 4.770 

r.Ki: icrc ("Danse de Mori") 2.405 2, IOC 

Femlna ("Mr. Beverley").. 5.401 8.0O1 

Krala (•'ChamplKnon") 9.438 8.001 

Kldorado (farce) 8,517 7.«79 

Mayol (revue) 6,067 6,958 

Ba-Ta-Clan (revue) 10.002 9.018 

Clgale (revue) T.732 4.678 

K-mveaufc" ("Cfum.Mllennc^) 8.70W 7,368 
M a r 1 k n y I' Peg o' My 

llrarl") 6.900 8.30C 

MoRJidor CT< ti!.« Bnlieme") 0.H0O 7.237 

Vi.'ux ColomMer (rip) 4,017 3.187 

*!:irj..l ('•MiJ«-:iux In. lis."). 2.002 1.538 

Dcui Masqu-s (mlx.l) 2,«I25 1.315 

Grand Gulguol (mix- >])... . 3.1Til 8,110 



Big Holiday Business in Paris 

Paris, Jan. 4. 
There was hip Christmas ;.nd New 
"V firs sincss here, tho Casino 

nlone dragging 1m 38. 00'^ fraiu-s for 
th,c Christmas Eve evning show. 



Paris Vaudeville 

Pari*, Jan. 4. 
Hrigcnb'ck's Elephant; p- 

pearing at th ? Nouvcau Cirque. En- 
rico Hash'lll t'i'-ned at the Alham- 
bra Dec 30. 



Martin Harvey Recovering 

Londo », Jan. 4. 
Martin Harvy, who was op- 
f -rated on for appendicitis la*t week, 
Lad a relapse b .t io now progress- 
lag favorably* 



London, Jan. 4. 
The 'New Year's Honors Include 
knighthoods for Gerald Du Maurier, 
Charles HaWtrey and Landon Ron- 
ald, the composer and principal of 
the Guildhall school of music 

Upon Sir James M. Barrie was 
conferred the Order of Merit, a very 
high decoration given only to 
twenty-four others. 

Dr. Ethyl Smith, composer and 
conductor, waa made a Dame .of the 
British Empire. This same honor 
was respectfully declined by Ellen 
Terry. 



FRENCH PLOT MIXED UP 

Paris, Jan. 4. 
"L'Homme aux Dix Femraes," a 
new four-act piece In verse by 
Miguel Zamacols, was gl Dec. 22 
at the Theatre Antolne. It did only 
fairly with Dubosc, Valee, Gal la - 
mond and-Mme. Methivler In the 
cast. 

In the plot a young married man 
to escape an ill-tempered wife goes 
t » India where' he buys a harem 
with : Inmates only to find his 
troubles multiplied tenfold. This re- 
turns him to France and the one 
t Ife. 

The ldri is more suited to musi- 
cal comedy than drama. 



TEAELE AND BELASC0 

London, Jan. 4. 

There is more than a likelihood 
Godfrey Tearle, who is appearing at 
the Comedy the ro in Monckton 
Hoffe's play *The Fait ft'' Heart" 
will take i'.io piece to .'.merica at 
the conclusion of its run here. 

The A lay is one of the outstand 
ing successes of the current season 
and tho star Is in activo negotia- 
tion with David Belasco to bring 
it to New York under the American 
producer's management. 



PROTEST GERMAN COMPOSER 

Paris, Jan. 4. 
To All the vacancy at the Eden, 
Leon Volterra brought "La Chaste* 
Suzanne" from Lyons with Max 
Dearly and Nina Myral in the lead. 
The cast also included Anna Mar- 
tens, Mllvi. relle, the Jackson 
girls and Henry Defreyn. 

here were some protests because 
Gilbert, the composer, is German, 
but Volterra pointed out that the 
opera plays 'Wagram.** "La Chaste 
Suzanne' is u French version of 
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I do not believe In advertising; 
this is the last advert. I shall ever 
write. Look out for big ad. next 
week. Some people like my adv., 
and seme people don't. I don't care 
whether they do or not; I think 
they are great. 

To be successful in this world you 
must have lots of friends, but not 
too many. Friends will make you 
prominent, but not nearly so promt- 
nent as your enemies will. I was 
a small timer, and I'm for the small 
timer and his troubles, strong. 
Some friends I know, who were 
small timers when I was, have such 
swollen beads that if there is not 
another good hotel in town I stay 
in a Turkish bath. 

FRANK VAN HOVEN 



PARIS REVIVING "WIDOW" 

Paris, Jan. 4. 
The Eden management is consid- 
ering a revival of "The H!*rry 
Widow." Tho Folies Bcrgere, is re- 
hearsing a new revue due at the 
end of Januiry. 



AMUSINGjBUT RISKY 

Improbable Plot in New French 
Comedy 



Paris, Jan. 4. 
Jane Penou.ardt opened the new 
Danou Dec. 30 with "Vn Sacre 
I'etitc ^lon( " by Pierre Wolf and 
/.ndre Pirabeau. It is amusing, but 
risky, domg enly fairly. 

An Improbable plot shows a first 
act with a sixth Ilocr balcony fac- 
ing two Hat.*, r,o ~ up; by a 
married couple, the other by a 
blonde a:i<l In r 'riend. 

The h ' nd. :in iiiw rate flirt, 
is caught by the fri<-nd climbim; 
inl Me y '. lub'.s npa»-' out. He 
says he was called to give assist- 
ance, and, having allayed suspicions, 
proceeds to lay Kiegu to '.lie blonde's 
affections. 

Wishing her husband back, the 
wife sends the blonde an anonymous 
letter pointing out the friend's in- 
lldclity. The blonde yiel «j to the 
husband and eoon the intrigue ter- 
, mluates. The thud u.„l is weak. 



UP TO HAYS 

(Continued from page 1) 

Postmaster General Will II. Hays' 
attitude toward the offer mado him 
by picture magnates to head the 
National Association of the Motion 
Picture Industry, 1922 model. 

That Mr. Ford has long intended 
to make extensive use of the screen 
during the next presidential cam- 
paign has already been told. A 
famous political correspondent, vis- 
iting Ford recently in Detroit, 
brings back word that the extent 
and nature of this plan will be af- 
fected materially by Vhatever Mr. 
Hays decides to do. This informa- 
tion has been conveyed to the Post- 
master General, who says he will 
make known his decision, Jan. 14. 
That announcement will follow ex- 
tensive conferences with political 
Wiseacres in ^Washington, with 
whom Hays has been out of touch 
for three weeks. 

During that time he "has been on 
a vacation at the country home of 
a friend, Col.. Wm. Boyco Thomp- 
son. While he has been away ef- 
fective notice has been served on 
politicians, both Democratic and 
those interested In the new party 
and the agricultural bloc, that a 
deal is on between those in control 
of the picture situation and the Re- 
publican party. 

This notice has proved sufficient 
to unite the opposition on a plan to 
offset what Republicans might do 
on the regularly organized screen. 
This situation is ideal for Ford's 
purpose, and. according t^ the same 
well-informed correspondent, he is 
prepared to lay his scheme before 
the opposition politicians .nd de- 
mand in return whatever political 
crumb or loaf he has In mind, or 
probably all he can get. Whatever 
alliance he may make is said In turn 
to depend upon the attitude of 
Woodrow Wilson, to whom .he pos- 
sibilities of using the screen for po- 
litical purposes havo been made 
abundantly clear by William G. Mc- 
Ad.oo. the former President'* son- 
in-law, who resigned as Secretary of 
| the Treasury to guide the fortunes 
of United Artists. 

rostm.'ister General Hays has to 
decide whether Io aid Ford, who is 
an object for considerable concern 
on the part of Republicans, by ac- 
cepting the proffer of the picture 
people or not. Those politicians 
who favor his doing so, declare Ford 
would be more of a liability than an 
a-s«'t to whatever cjusc he espoused. 

His scheme is merely to give jit- 
ney shows in tents during the sum- 
mer and fall of tho camp, ign, 
drawing patronage with a low 
price, and mingling propaganda 
with entertainment. This could be 
done without hi; assistance, prob- 
lably, but on the other hand he '.$ 
said to have perfected an organiza- 
tion and done ».■> h.--:uVt -able mission- 
ary work. 

Whatever Hays' .'ecision, a picture 
executive in a position to know this 
week Indicated that t.h'» salary of- 
fered was under, not above as re- 
ported, $100,000 a yt-.ir, adding that 
good men CJinc hlj'h. 



SHARP BREAK IN FAMOUS; 
OTHER AMUSEMENTS DECLINE 

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Profit Taking in New Year Depresses Film Leader in 
75%, Off 4V4— Expect Shaking Out to Go Fur- 
ther— Orpheum Touches New l-o>w, 13 1 /? 



A severe break of more than four 
points In Famous Players common 
and a new low mark for Orpheum 
% .re the outstanding features of the 
first two days' trading of the new 
year. Wednesday in the second hour 
the film Issue changed hands at 
76%, within a fraction of its bottom 
since the beginning of the climb 
from 64 last fall, and t . ~ were evi- 
dences that the so-called "corrective 
reaction" might go further before 
the* stock recovered. That it would 
rally later on was the firm convic- 
tion of many Times Square traders 
whose opinions have usually been 
right. Speculative longs expressed 
the idea the stock would get up 
around 85 before it turned to the 
down slope. 

Profits in 1922 

The reaction of the year's first 
day of trading was in large part 
accounted for by the liquidation of 
speculators who had been holding 
for weeks rather than add their 
paper profits to their actual taxable 
Income for 1921. Pressur> from this 
Mnd of realizing was a prominent 
factor nearly everywhere in the list 
and quotations were off fn. n 1 to 6 
points from the previous Saturday. 
The movement had been anticipated, 
but few expected it to go as far as 
it did. Probably the weight of profit 
taking sales was Increased by short 
operations and by the withdrawal of 
support by important banking inter- 
ests who had encouraged the long 
upturn and were alive to the desira- 
bility of a corrective 4 setback. They 
realized that a long, uninterrupted 
climb brings about an unhealthy sit- 
uation in the market and were will- 
ing to encourage a shaking out 
movement at this time rather than 

continue Jhe advance until the over- 
bought condition became so acute a 
serious slump would be necessary to 
readjust the inside position. Famous 
Players fared much better than 
many of the other speculative issues. 

NEW BATAILLE PLAY 



Unpleasant Theme, 8ure of Success 
in Spite of Drawbacks 

Paris, Jan. 4. 

"Procession" by Henry Bataille, 
produced Dec. 22 at the Theatre de 
Paris by Leon Volterra, has caught 
on despite Its theme. 

Jessy, accustomed to luxury but 
without a dowry, fears mediocrity 
if she marries Max, tho youth she 
loves. Consequently she consents to 
become mistress of- a rich, elderly 
duke. In the second act Max fol- 
lows Jessy to Paris. Breaking into 
the house he is aided in preventing 
his sweetheart's downfall by the 
Marquis, son of the duke. Jessy and 
Max leave together, afterward visit- 
ing in Monte Carlo where, in the 
third act, they seek distraction in 
gambling and become stranded, 
Jessy accepting financial assistance 
from the Marquis. 

She becomes his mistress, but Max 
learns of this and insists sho leave 
Monte Carlo with him and begin a 
new life. Instead she elopes with 
the Marquis and Max commits sui- 
cide. In the fourth act we see Jessy 
mourning Max, but ultimately ac- 
ccptl;i£ the apt J duke'a uoi>piu»i!t3, 
thus fulfilling her destiny. 

All the characters are unsympa- 
thetic except Max. "Procession" is 
| an indifferent subject and not Pa- 
| faille's best, but is sure of success 
here. 



DE COURVULE'S PLANS 

Humor lias it that Albert De 
Courville'.s Ioiik threatened invasion 
of tho United St.ites with an Eng- 
lish production wil: shortly be mado. 
lie is reported to bo consummating 
an arrangement to present in New 
York, in association with the Shu- 
berts, his English revue success. 
Pins and Needles." 

De Courville is in Canada at pres- 
ent with one of his English com- 
panies, which is making a tour of 
that country. 



Prices did not at any time get 
of hand and «- good measure of 
port was apparent when profit ta^i 
ing was at its worst 

From the surface aspect the eos* 
rectlve movement was accomplished 
In an orderly manner in Famous 
Players. Apparently, the trade tab 
terests which have all along bee* 
working for an advance saw that 4 
dip was Inevitable and chose rather 
to have it run Its course now In % 
mild way than later, when it mlffct 
be more severe. At the time of write 
ing this report (Wednesday at th« 
close) it 'seemed that the maneuver 
had been shrewdly managed. It had 
accomplished most of th* inevitable 
setback without getting out of eon« 
trol, and although the movement 
might go further, the prospect of a 
panicky slump was minimized, so If 
appeared Wednesday. 

Neat Tax Maneuver 
To the surprise of most observer! 
the year closed with quotations doit 
to the beat. Saturday's close at 78f| 
was about a point under the best dt 
December. Strangely enough, the 
bears held off and the bulls forebore 
letting go. A few well informed opi 
erators stole a march on the major* 
ity by selling out Saturday morning 
in a neat manner. Saturday's sales; 
calling for delivery on the next busU 
ness day, carried the actual trans* 
action over into Tuesday, and the 
foreslghted few had dug up a ruling 
that for tax purposes it was the 
Tuesday delivery and not the Sat- 
urday sale that fixed th profit o# 
the deal as "Income." Thus the* 
profit becomes "taxable Income," not! 
of 1921, but of 1922. Traders who 
employed this device declare it Is 
entirely regular and 'has been m 
established through government 
channels. Apparently, however, only 
a few worked the device; th»>0rtjeJ 
majority waiting until Tuesday, 
when pressure became severe. 

The weakness in Famous Players 
was confined to the common. Deal- 
ings in the preferred ■ wer- at a min- 
imum. On Tuesday only one lot 
changed hands, the transaction be- 
ing at 96, net % higher and within 
a point of the best price for 192L 
Orpheum got Into new low ground 
Wednesday at 13%, but on dealings 
in so small a volume as to lose sig« 
niflcanoe. The only session that 
brought out the stock in large 
amount was Saturday, when 1,606 
shares were sold. This apparently 
was belated selling for tax losses, 
but it was sufficient to drive the 
stock down to 14, its previous low 
level when the passing of the divi- 
dend came out. The small subse- 
quent selling on Tuesday and 
Wednesday probably represented 
surrender of scattered small holders 
who mistakenly interpreted the tax 
selling as a movement to discount 
some discouraging development. 

Orpheum Statement 
Superficially it would appear that 
Orpheum* has now discounted the 
worst that can happen (barring any 
new tax selling for 1922) for the 
present. Last year the annual 
statement to the stockholders, re- 
flecting tho situation as of Dec. Sl« 
was published Jan. 28. Presumably 
tho dato will be about the same, 
th^vt. ♦bir°;«- '^ein"" * r ov« ,, *e£ , d by 
Stock Exchange rule. The Dec. 81 
condition Is pretty fully known now 
and it is fail- to suppose that it has 
been discounted. In casts of this 
sort it is usual for a stuck under 
pressure t-r expected unf.i\orable 
news t ly when the .act.* are 

made puh.ic on tho t icory That the 
worst is known and betterment if 
the probable outlook. 

Loow, Inc., was soft Wednesday, 
touching lL'^i, o/o:.c to it.-. 1- \v since 
the beginning of tho autumn recov-, 
cry. Probably the same influences 
that operated against Orpheiun ex- 
plained the dip. Transact i- ns were 
very nvulerato, both for tin: eiosing 
days of 1921 and the first, s- ssions 
(Continued on page ?,) 



SAILINGS 

Dec. 31 (New York for London), 
William Povis (Olympic). 

Jan. 5 (London to New York), 
Arnaut brothers (Ci-orgc Washing- 
ton). 



Wilette 



KERSHAW 

GLOBE THEATRE 
LONDON 



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Friday, January 6, 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



OS GIRLS WARNED 
mm THE 1ESIERN TIME 



L - - J - 



Chorister Inform* Hot Sister-Workers Through 
Variety, What to Do When Joining Girl Acts- 
Extra Expense on Sleeper Jumps 



The following letter was received 
by Variety from a chorus girl ap- 
pearing with a production act. The 
Writer furnished her name, which 
has heen suppressed at her request. 
„ The Information furnished in the 
letter helow has been -verified by 
Variety: 
Editor Variety: 

I would like to publish this as ad- 
Tice to chorus girls, especially with 
girl acts going over tho Pantages 
time. When they leave New York 
tn route to opening point they don't 
receive contracts, and they are not 
Informed of the sleeper jumps which 
sat up their salaries. 

They are not informed of a cut in 
salary that they all have to take 
while playing Regina and Saska- 
toon, Canada, in addition t > paying 
for three sleepers during that week, 
which mount to not less than $4 
each. Tollowing the cut week, 10 
days of one nightera are played 
during the next two weeks, followed 
by a long sleeper jump to Spo- 
kane. 

I want to tell girls that don't 
know what they are getting into. 
Don't go with any girl act unless 
you have a contract calling for all 
expenses to be paid by the manage- 
ment of the act. If you light for 
your rights after you have started 
the tour, the manager tells you that 
you are not wanted and leaves you 
in the west without friends. 

I am placed in that position right 
now, and I have to keep quiet as I 
need the work and so have to stand 
for the treatment. A Chorus Oirl. 



HELD ON COPYRIGHT 
INFRINGEMENT CHARGE 




Arthur Casey of Phila. to 
Stand Trial — Sold Copy- 
righted Lyrics for 5c. 

Upon the complaint of the Music 

Publishers' Protective Association, 
Arthur Casey of Philadelphia was 
arrested by the local United States 
marshal, Dec. 28, charged with in- 
fringement of the copyright law. 
Casey had caused to be printed on 
song sheets the words only of a 
number of compositions copyrighted 
by members ,of the M. P. P. A., and 
was selling these sheets in front of 
various Philadelphia theatres at 
Ave cents each to people pausing in 
and out of the shows. 

After examination Casey was held 
by the U. 8. Commissioner for trial 
in the Federal District Court of 
Philadelphia. The date of trlal'hab 
not yet been set. 

In this Casey matter the infring- 
ing sheets were printed by M. Otto, 
of 2710 North Fifth street, liiladel- 
phia, and the stock on hand in his 
place, as well as the vendor's sur- 
plus supply, has been seized. 



"Several Interesting poIntsV one 
of the longest and leanest being — 

EDDIE VOGT 

carry the Orpheum bill to some- 
thing like a worthwhile climax this 
week. MR. VOGT, however, lingers 
in the mind's eye as a loquaciously 
quaint figure with a considerable 
gift of staccato comedy and an 
agreeable and lackadaisical way \>f 
tossing himself about."— WILBUR 
W. JUDD, Minneapolis "Tribune" 
"A Musical Comedy Comedian" 
Still Staring in "The Love Shop." 

Direction: MR. GEORGE CHOCS. 



SMALL TIME BOOKERS 



WANT BIG TIME TURNS 



Neighborhoods Educated Up to "Names" — Acts Pre- 
fer Cut in Salary to Traveling — Patrons Are 
Shopping 



THEATRE ADVERTISING 
BRINGS "CENSORING" 



D.D. R TELLS MONTREAL 
FREEDOM IS GIFT OF GOD 



Vaudeville Monologist Makes 
Speech Called "Master- 
piece" 

Montreal, Jan. 4. 

D. D. H., the American monologist, 
at the Princess Monday afternoon, 
when responding to the applause, 
made a speech called by the audi- 
ence a masterpiece. 

He told the residents of Montreal 
seated before him how great he felt 
when getting off the train and 
realizing he was in the land of 
freedom. Concluding. D. D. H. told 
the Canadians to never allow any- 
one to take that freedom away 
from them, for it was a gift of God. 



FARE TAX REBATES 



Claims to Be' Made to Revenue 
Commissioner 



SAXOPHONES WANTED 



Actors' Fund Benefit May Feature 
Them 



The Actors' Fund annual benefit 
performance will be held in New 
York at the Century on the after- 
noon of Jan. 20. Daniel Frohman, 
head of the fund, has asked Variety 
to announce a call for all saxophone 
Players to meet on the Lyceum 
stage at noon next Monday, stage 
entrance on Forty-sixth street. 

Mr. Frohman intends forming a 
saxophone band that will be one of 
the features of the bill. 

Several years ago at the Hippo- 
drome Mr. Frohman framed u «pe- 
clal feature taking in n.any noted 
composers, the massed saxophone 
idea being along similar lines for 
an extraordinary musical feature. 



The procedure to be followed in 
securing rebate of transportation 
taxes paid on railroad tickets pur- 
chased before Dec. 31, 1921, but 
partially unused Jan. 1, 1922, is 
clarified in a letter from A. C. IIol- 
den, acting deputy commissioner of 
Internal revenue, addressed to E. R. 
Woodson, secretary of the Railway 
Accounting Officers' Association. 

The portion of the communication 
of special interest to traveling the- 
atrical people is as follows: 

"(12) Unused portion of passage 
tickets as of Jan. 1, 1922. Where 
there is an unused portion if a pas- 
scage ticket or script book in the 
possession of the public on Jan. 1, 
1922, on which tax has been col- 
lected, the internal revenue bureau 
requires that claim for refund must 
be filed direct with the Commis- 
sioner of Internal Revenue by the 
person paying the tax, using U. S. 
Treasury Department Form 46." 

This form is available in all im- 
portant railroad stations. The per- 
son claiming a refund has only to 
go to a raili ad agent and call for 
the form, which the agent will fill 
out, and this executed form will 
serve as a certificate upon which the 
revenue bureau will make payment 
as demanded. 



SHUBERT CONTRACT 



Vine and Temple Start Suit to 
Recover 



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COMMERCIALIZING "SAWING 

New Orleans, Jan. 4. 
The Louisiana is this week fea- 
! urln G Mystic Earle in "Sawing a 
Woman in Half." Outside the the- 
atre is a hearse with signs reading, 
"if the saw slips, Fred Beit/., the 
undertaker, \n ill burv her." 



DOWLING'S ACT A SHOW 

It had heen about decided early 
'n the week by the Shuberts that 
they would lengthen out the Mabel 
wit h<H>- Eddie Dowling "Mary, Irene 
and Sally" act, this week at the 
Winter Garden, New York, into a 
regular legit musical comedy pro- 
duction. 



Dave Vine and BuiI'd Tciopi*. 
have retained Harold M. Goldblatt 
of Frederick Goldsmith's ©fflce to 
represent them in a breach of con- 
tract claim against the Shubert 
vaudeville agency. The team held a 
20 weeks' contract with the Shuberts 
to be played within 24 weeks. They 
claim the spare four weeks have 
been used up and their enforced lay- 
ing off resulted when Arthur Xloijn 
told the team to come to New York 
from Pittsburgh to lay oft" for a 
week. After that they were instruct- 
ed to jump to Chicago, without any 
further dates. This they refused to 
do, stating their contract provided 
for a full route before t:\cy opened 
the first week. T<» till in, they played 
an independent date for John Kogers 
at the Hospie. Jersey City, during 
their enforced idleness, whieh Klein 
interpreted as a breach of contract. 
Vine and Temple's attorney strifes 
their contract does not prohibit 
them from playing for others except 
In towns where there arc Shubert 
houses. The team played 11 weeks 
and claims nine weeks' salary, to- 
taling over $4,000. 



SHARP BREAK 

(Continued from page 2) 

of 1922. Nothing new has come out 
concerning the company, and its 
stock is in a listless waiting posi- 
tion. 

The compilation of the 1921 year's 
dealings brought out some interest- 
ing figures, the startling detail be- 
ing that total transactions in Fa- 
mous Players reached 1,628,000 
shares. That is to say, open deal- 
ings represented seven and a half 
times the amount of common stock 
outstanding. When it is considered 
that there must be large blocks of 
voting common tied up and not 
available for trading, It becomes ap- 
parent that the floating supply for 
Stock Exchange dealings must have 
changed ownership a good many 
times. It follows that the issue is a 
pretty brisk speculative proposition 

and that a good deal of large scale 
manipulation has been done in the 
last 12 months. The 1.628.000 sales 
stand as against 215,000 shares out- 
standing of common, or seven and 
a half to one. In the case of the 
preferred the year's turnover was 
81,800, compared to 100,000 out- 
standing. The range for the year 
was: Common, high 82^, April 29; 
low 44%. July 21; last. 87%; net 
change for the year, 31 points ad- 
vance. Preferred, high, 97, Dec. 20; 
low, 74%, July 22; last, 95^; net 
change for the year, 20*4 points ad- 
vance. 

Other Statistics 

The statistics for Loew are: To- 
tal sales, 862,820, compared with 
1,060,000 shares outstanding; high 
21^2. March 28; low 10, June 7; last, 
13%; net change for the year, 1% 
points decline. 

The figures for Orpheum are: To- 
tal sales, 140,000, compared to 550,- 
ftOO shares outstanding; high 30%, 
April 29; low 14, Doc. 2 (repeated 
Dec. 30); last. 14; net change for the 
year, 14 points decline. Orpheum 
preferred is listed, but has never 
been quoted. It has a par of $100, 
carries a cumulative 8 per cent, 
dividend and is convertible two for 
one into common. It is obvious that 
the common would have to go to 
$50 before it would be in line with a 
salable price on the senior issue, and 
absence of dealings in the latter Is 
explained on this ground. There 
is about $8,000,000 of preferred out- 
standing. 

Goldwyn got down to 4 flat Satur- 
day and was sluggish around AM 
early this week. There were no 
other transactions on the Curb ex- 
cept that late last week 1,000 Tri- 
angle was reported at 22 cents. 

The mimipanr of transactions Dec. 20 to 
Ja:j. 2 inclusive la aa follows: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thursday— Sales. High. Low. Last. Chg. 

Fam. Play-L... 6100 787, 77V 4 77"i + •» 

l'»o. pf flOO 0j\ WV4 D.V.i — V, 

Loew. Inc 8800 13 «i 13 13\. -f % 

Orpheum 800 13 U\ 13 

Friday— 

Fam. Play-L... 8100 7ft 774; 7A\ + 74 

Do. pf 300 i>.v; »r.^ o:»vi — m 

Locvr. Inc 1100 1.1', V2K 13 — ifc 

Orpheum 200 14' i 14V4 14\4 — Vi 

Saturday— 

Fam. Play-L... V.*O0 7» 78V4 7S«i .. 

Loew. Inc 3S4W 13% IX J.Tfc f "i 

Orpheum 1300 H 1 '. II 14 — '. 

llof-ton sold r>0 Orpheum at 14'.: C!ii-'»B«» 

poid ."><) Orpheum at 14. 

Monday — 



New York Dailies Printing 

Editorials— "Danger" Starts 

Editorials— "Danger" 

Starts It 



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The censoring of theatrical adver- 
tising on the part of the "Journal" 
and the "Times" during the last two 
weeks effected both A. H. Woods' 

"The Demi-Virgin" and Carle Carl- 
ton's "Danger." The "Times" re- 
fused to print the title of "The 
Demi -Virgin" on Christmas, and 
since that time the attraction at 
the El tinge was referred to as "the 
best comedy in New York" without 
mention of the title In its advertis- 
ing section. 

The battle over the ads for 
"Danger' arose when Carl Helm, 
the present agent of the attraction, 
utilized quotations from several of 
the notices regarding the produc- 
tion without quoting them. The 
Shubert oftlce thought the adver- 
tising "too strong" for the play and 
stated that if it was kept at the 
same tempo it could not run in the 
box with the regular Shubert at- 
tractions. This followed the refus- 
al of the "Journal" to run four lines 
at the top of the ad. that were taken 
from the notices of Lawrence Ream- 
er in "The Herald" and R. G. Welch 
In the "Telegram." 

Sunday "Danger'' had a small ad 
in the regular Shubert box and a 
big display ad on the outside of It, 
in which the full quotations from 
the criticisms were given. 

One of the lines that caused 
trouble was that written by Louis V. 
DeFoe of the "World" which pro- 
claimed "Danger" "the sexiest of 
all sex pluys of the season." 

"The Times'* ran an editorial Dec. 
27 in which it was stated that pro- 
ducers were asking for a censorship 
of the stage when they utilized such 
lines as "a timely sex problem" and 
"why waste your time on half-way 
plays when here is a play that goes 
the limit." The "Tribune" reply 
on the following day was that after 
all the public is the best judge of 
what is what on the stage and In 
theatrical advertising, and that they 
did not see any need of raising an 
editorial question over the matter 
at this time. 



Big time vaudeville acts are more 
in demand for the small time than 
the small time turns, according to 
the agents and bookers. The former 
claim that the bookers of the neigh- 
borhood houses have been playing 
"names" and "flashes" at a cut that 
puts them within the reach of the 
neighborhood house booker, until he 
won't look at the ordinary small 
time act when submitted. 

The patrons of the neighborhood 
houses have become educated to 
look for the "names" and remain 
away when an ordinary three -a-day 
show is billed. 

Another factor that has entered 
into the situation is the willingness 
of this type of act to accept a cut 
salary for some of the Greater New 
York houses rather than take to the 
road for regular salary. 

The high costs of transportation 
and living out of the metropolis 
with the usual discomforts of trav- 
elling and the preference of most 
artists for the Rialto as against any 
other location have worked to the 
advantage of the neighborhood 
booker in securing bargains for his 
weekly or split .weekly programs. 



DOUBLE STAGE WEDDING 
WTTHBR0WN AND LEMON 



Two Colored Couples Married. 

Real" Darky Wedding" 

After All 



ACTOR-CENSOR 

Burton Green Named for Mt. Ver- 
non's Censor Board 



New Orleans Jan. 4. 

The Lyric staged the unusual here 
Saturday night by letting its pa- 
trons view a double wedding of 
members of the darker set There 
was a real colored parson and a col- 
ored aspect throughout, odd because 
c* the difference in the real thing 
from the darky weddings presented 
so long by professionals. 

Two of the parties concerned were 
named Brown and Lemon, and their 
complexions corresponded. 



22 KIDS UHDER 12 

Jack Blue's "Foolish Follies," a 
22 -people juvenile revue which 
opened at the Wilson, Union Hill, 
N. J., last week has been booked for 
a four weeks' tour through the 
neighboring Jersey towns, following 
which it will lay off until summer, 
where the show opens in an Atlantic 
City cabaret. The show is com- 
posed of kiddies all under 12 years 
of age. 



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Burton Green (Franklin and 
Green) has been appointed to the 
censorship board of ML Vernon, N. 
Y., one of the few theatrical men 
recognized for that task. 

ML Vernon has had a censorship 
of pictures and plays for about four 
years. 



"HAUNTED VIOLIN" SALARY 

Suit has been filed in the County 
Clerk's office by Charles Edmunds 
against the Bohemians, Inc., claim- 
ing $7,000 on breach of contract 
grounds. 

Edmunds did his "Haunted Vio- 
lin" act in the "Greenwich Village 
Follies." produced b/ the defendant, 
until Oetoher 1, when he alleges he 
wan unjustly dismissed. He claims 
a year's contract, dated July 12, 
1921, with ,i 20 weeks minimum 
guarantee. lie received $350 weekly 
for thp first six weeks and was to 
get $500 per week for the balance 
of the engagement, which was not 
fulfil!.-. I. 



SELBIa"8 new illusion 

Monday at the Empire, Notting- 
ham, England, P. T. Selblt pre- 
sented a new illusion called "Grow- 
ing a Girl," for which he claims 
originality". 

Belbit is represented over here by 
Wirth, Blemenfeld & Co., the agents. 



BUCK IN 'BUDDHA" SKETCH 

Arjan Kelton, for the last four 
years inactive theatrically, studying 
Yoga philosophy, is returning to 
vaudeville with Hilda Honpali in an 
act. 'The Buddha 'Jiti." to he pro- 
duced under the personal direction 
of K. X. Das Gupta, producer of the 
"Buddha" play iu London 




ti Bondt 



"DEMAND THE ORIGINAL" 

MARTIN and MOORE 

TO GKT SUCCESS— 
First. Be thoroughly prepared for 
the work you are undertaking 
to do. 
s?er-ind. Bo your work so well that 
vim vourself can approve of.it. 
Direction, LEW COLDER 
Talk No. 3 



VAUDEVILLE 



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Friday, January 6, 1922 



MONTREAL'S "SUNDAF RULES; 
BURLESQUE PERFORMANCES OUT 



City Officials Make Dec. 25 Starting Time — Box 
Offices Told When to Open on Sabbath — 
Elasticity Suspected 



Montreal, Dec. 26. 

Rigid censorship of other than 
picture shows in this city on Sun- 
days went into effect Dec. 25. The 
municipal authorities have ruled the 
box offices must not open before 
1.15 p. m. All full tights are cut 
out. No dancing is permitted and 
sensational acrobatic acts are 
barred. Burlesque shows are out 
altogether. 

The authorities have issued, 
through the police officials, the fol- 
lowing edict: 

1. No theatres will be permitted 
to give burlesque performances on 
Sunday. 

2. No full tights shall be worn in 
any act. 

3. No acrobatic acts will be per- 
mitted. 

4. No speeches, songs, dances or \ 
actions of a profane or sensational 
meaning will be allowed. 

6. Box office shall not open for the 
sale of seats earlier than 1.15 p. m. 

6. There shall not be displayed 
outside the theatres any pictures or 
other advertising of any nature save 
that contained on the electric or 
house signs. 

7. No band or orchestra shall be 
permitted to play at or near the en- 
trance of any place of amusement 
nor shall the announcers be per- 
mitted to stand at or near the en- 
trance of any place of amusement. 

.The managers are for the most 
complying with the rules, although 
It is admitted the edict may be 
stretched to fit the occasion. The 
one thing that seems certain Is that 
Sunday burlesque is over for a time 
at least. 



"CIRCUS" FLOPS 



Boston Vaudeville Experiment 
Abandoned After First Week 



Boston, Jan. 4. 

The Shubert "Mammoth Mid- 
Winter Indoor Circus" has been 
abandoned, closing Saturday after 
one week at the huge Boston opera 
house. The "circus" comprised the 
Hanneford Family, Robinson's Mili- 
tary Elephants, Mile. Olympia Des- 
vall's horses and dogs, Mme. Ever- 
est's Monkey Circus, Equilll Broth- 
ers, Arco Brothers and Joe Fanton 
and Co. Aside from the Hanneford 
Family, every act has played Shu- 
bert vaudeville in Boston during 
the previous two months with the 
exception of the Fanton Trio, which 
was jumped into the Majestic this 
week. 

A side show and curio hall, free 
sightseeing cars to carry patrons 
from the theatre section out to the 
Boston opera house, the distribution 
of 36,000 circus dodgers from door to 
door in all the residential district*, 
the presentation of thousands of 
toys at the municipal Christmas 
tree the night before Xmas, spec- 
tacular advertising, press stunts, all 
failed to pull the crowds. The flop 
was so apparent plans to 'jump the 
aggregation of spare openers and 
closers Into Chicago and Cleveland 
were immediately called off and the 
entire experiment abandoned. 

Tiia . npprn house Is. renorte . to 
have had three big matinees and 
two good night attendances during 
the week, bringing the gross to 
within $10,000. The cost of show 
and operating, including billing and 
advertising, is said to have been 
between $14,000 and $15,000. 



BABE LEGS INFORMATION 

Artists' reprcscntativer booking 
through the Keith office have been 
notified via a general letter that 
they (agents) will be held respon- 
sible in the event that thoy fail to 
notify all acts on their lists of the 
recently adoptc ' ordinance in Cin- 
cinnati barring bare legs. 

The Keith letter reads: "Kindly 
ndvisc each and every act on your 
list that should they play In Cin- 
cinnati they must obey the city or- 
dinance regarding the wearing of 
tights or fleshings. Should artists 
arrive in Cincinnati unprepared :o 
adhere to this regulation they must 
suffer the penalty imposed by the 
Mayor or City Council of Cincinnati, 
and you as their agent are also lia- 
ble should you f»'I to advise acts on 
four list of the ruling." 



PANTAGES' "2D STRING" 
OPENS IN KANSAS CITY 

Empress There Scores Higher 

Than Regular Pan House — 

Booked from Chicago 

Kansas City, Jan. 4. 

The Empress, announced by the 
Pantages interests as the first of 
a second string of houses for tne 
Pantages, as reported in Variety, 
opened here Dec. 31 to capacity and 
with crowds waiting for admission 
before the first show was over. Un- 
der the personal direction of Louis 
Levand, manager of the Empress, 
Denver, which is owned by Bonfils 
& Tammen, owners of the local 
house, the work of renovating and 
beautifying the theatre has been 
rushed day and night since the own- 
ers secured possession Dec. 15. 

Being the sixth house to ofTer 
vaudcvillo here, its announced pol- 
icy has caused much discussion and 
Mr. I^evand has been given much 
publicity in the Bonfils & Tammen 
paper (Post) as the man who knows 
what the public wants in the way 
of amusement and the prices it will 
pay. 

The scale for the new house was 
not announced until the day b* fore 
the opening and is the moit \aried 
of any theatre in the city, viz.: 
matinees, 10-15-25-35; nights, Sat- 
urday and holiday matinees, 15-25- 
40-55; children at any performance 
10 cents. For the Saturday mati- 
nees children accompanied by par- 
ent or guardian admitted free. Al- 
though announced by J. J. Cluxton, 
Pantages general manager, the 
house would be in the second string 
class the prices are higher for the 
best seats than at the regular Pan 
house, Just across the street; in 
fact, the "hoice seats are scaled 
higher than any house in town, with 
the exception of the Orpheum, and 
even that house is offering 1,000 
seats for the matinees at 25 cents. 

The opening bill was started 
promptly at six o'clock, with the 
heavily advertised feature picture 
"The Little Minister," featuring 
Alice Calhoun. The first act to ap- 
pear was Young and Francis, fol- 
lowed in order by Ward and Cory, 
DeNoyer and Danie, Jim and Irene 
Barlin, O'Hara and Neeley and Vera 
Cercerau and company. 

Mr. Levand announces that the 
policy of the house will bo continu- 
ous from 1 until 11, with the new 
shows opening Sunday afternoons 
for the present. He stated that an 
attempt would be made to so ar- 
range the hooking that it would be 
possible to open the new shows Sat- 
urday afternoon. At present the 
bills are being made up of acts 
booked direct from the Pantages 
Chicago office. 

The management, while carrying 
heavy display notices and readers 
In the local Post, has ignored the 
other three dailies. - A -noticeable 
heavy line topping the theatre's dis- 
play advertisement read "Not in 
Any Amusement Trust." 

The opening of the Empress not 
only means opposition to the other 
vaudeville houses but opened a fight 
with tho leading film houses with 
the very first bill. For several days 
the management has been heavily 
advertising a feature picture for the 
opening, but wi'hheld its name until 
Deo. 30. when "The Little Minister" 
was announced. Frank L. Newman, 
of the Newman picture houses, im- 
mediately KecureJ tho Paramount 
company's "Little Minister," booked 
for his Royal, to open in a couple 
of weeks. In spite of the fact that 
all of the newspapers* Sunday the- 
atrical pages were mad,, up, pres- 
sure was brought to bear and New- 
man succeeded in getting his ad- 
vertising changed and will use the 
Paramounts "Little Minister." com- 
mencing New Year's Day, whilo the 
Empress is showing the other ver- 
sion. As it was, the latter house 
got the jump and has the satisfac- 
tion of getting the first showing or 
the filmed Barrie play. 




ANNE SANDS 

PRIMA DONNA 

HARRY CARROLL REVUE 

This week (Jan. 2), B. F. KEITH'S 
PALACE, N. Y. 



BOSTON FUN HOUSES 
USING FEATURE TURNS 



Gordon's Olympias Playing 
High Salaried Acts as Spe- 
cial Attractions for 
First Time 



Boston, Jan. 4. 

The two Gordon's Olympia houses 
here, houses that cater to the films, 
are carrying as headliners in their 
vaudeville two aets featured at the 
big time Keith's here within a short 
time. 

At the Scollay Olympia Roscoe 
Ails and Kate Pullman and the 
"Jazz" band are featured, while at 
the other house Herman Tlmberg is 
the headliner. These houses arc 
booked by the local office of the B. 
F. Keith Vaudeville Exchange, but 
it is only lately the picture houses, 
especially Gordon's Olympias, have 
been willing to stand the salary of 
acts such as these to bolster up their 
vaudeville. 



CHILDREN AND OHIO'S LAW 

Cincinnati, Jan. 4. 

The Lyric, booked by Pantages, is 
getting publicity as a result of the 
arres; of Maude Daniels, manager of 
"The Younger Generation," a vaude- 
ville act, and Isaac W. McMahon 
and Jerome Jackson, managers of 
the house, on a charge of violating 
the Ohio State labor law prohibiting 
the employment of children under 14 
years of age. 

The children are Domlnick Pa- 
lumbo, 11; Louis Palumbo, 13; Marie 
Blake, 9; Charles Blake, U; Rickey 
Farrinacci, 12; Wayne Willis,'?, and 
Mary Caroline Daniels. 11. 



Pop Policy at Orpheum, Yonkers 
Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 4. 

The Orpheum, a picture house 
here, has been taken over by Sol 
Schwartz, former Keith house man- 
ager, who will install a split week 
vaudeville policy of five acts and 
pictures within two weeks. 

The vaudeville will bo supplied by 
an Independent agency. 



CbTSASSN ADDS 9 1-2 WEEKS; 
ASCHERS^ AND OTHER HOUSES 



John J. Nash Wins Out from Shuberts and Pantages 
— Billy Diamond and Webster Circuit Go Along 
in New Deal 



DRUG HABIT DRIVES 
GIRL TO SUICIDE 



Betty Montgomery Jumps Off 

Steamer New Year's Eve 

— Despondent 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Eetty Montgomery committed 
suicide New Tear's Eve by leaping 
from the steamer "Yaye," while 
going from San Francisco to Los 
Angeles. 

The girl was reported despondent 
through having failed to conquer the 
drug habit after treatment by physi- 
cians for months. • 

She was recently with a vaude- 
ville act on the Pantages circuit, 
and was known in the picture 
colony of Los Angeles. Her mother. 
Mrs. R. J. McNown, resides in Port- 
land, Ore. 



W. C. FIELDS AFTER DATES 

W. C. Fields was one of the offer- 
ings of the current week for time in 
vaudeville. The comedian, who has 
been with the 'Follies" for a num- 
ber of years, had his n .me placed 
before the Keith office bookers by 
Billy Grady. The decision to accept 
vaudeville time comes as an after- 
math to the recent trouble in Chi- 
cago in the "Follies." 

Flo Ziegfeld, Jr., stated that he 
understood that Mr. Fields had ap- 
plied for a vaudeville route. 



Kansas Child Law Enforced 

Kansas City, Jan. 4. 
The Industrial Court of Kansas 
has made a ruling forbidding Margie 
Reed, a flve-year-old girl, from ap- 
pearing in a theatre in Emporia 
Kans. The ruling was the result of 
a protest made by Emporia club 
women, who declared the child's ap- 
pearance would be in violation of 
the State child labor law. 



NEW BRUNSWICK ADJUSTED 

New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 4. 
Walter Reade's new State has 
this town to itself as far as vaude- 
ville is concerned. Before Its open- 
ing Feiber & Shea turned their 
local theatre over to stock, and 
since the State started, the Rivoli, 
built and operated by Aron Schus- 
terman, disposed of it to Herman 
Jans, who will play pictures only in 
the house. Both formerly played 
vaudeville and pictures. 



West Hoboken's New House 
A new vaudeville house in West 
Iloboken, the Roosevelt, will open, 
Jan. 12, with five acts and a picture 
split-week policy. The house will 
he booked by Bob Hutchinson and 
Bob Carlin of the Keith rfflce. It has 
a capacity of 1,300. 







MAY WIRTH with "PHIL" 

Headlining the Orpheum Circuit. 

THANKS TO ALL FOR OKEHTINfiS' 

Direction: "LIL" ALF T. WILTON 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

A vaudeville deal of considerable 
financial and direct booking im- 
portance, as well as tremendous 
strategic effect In Western the* 
atrlcal politics, was swung to a sue-' 
cessful coifcluslon last week when* 
John J. Nash, business manager of 
the Western Vaudeville Managers' 
Association, brought the Ascher 
Brothers' string of houes into his 
organization, and affiliated with 
Billy Diamond and the Webster' 
Circuit, the most important of the 
Independent booking institutions ln> 
this section. 

This not only adds nine and a 
half weeks to the W. V. M. A.-. 
Orpheum Junior string, which it 
highly worth while in this trying 
season, but It marks again the ex- . 
tlnction of Alexander Pantages as 
a Chicago booking factor. A dozc«i< 
times Pantages has broken in here,-, 
as many times to lose out. A year* 
ago he was booking the Great, 
Northern Hip downtown and the^ 
Chateau on the north side and an-, 
other Ascher house on the south'' 
side. Next week he will not have 
an act in this territory by direct 
franchise booking. t "~ 

The departure of Jimmy O'Neil 
from the local Pantages office in a; 
considerable measure oiled the 
wheels for tho Ascher acquisition 
to N^shs circuit. O'Neil had per- 
sonally booked the Ascher theatres. 
When O'Neil went with the Beehler- 
Bryant- Shubert combination here, 
th<* battle was on for the Asehers*- 
to swing along to Shubert. Nasb 
got into tha situation and made the: 
fight three-cornered, with Pantages 
quickly expunged and the W. V. : 
M. A. the ultimate winner. Dia- 
mond, with his tight little Indepen- 
dent route, was sitting back, wait- 
ing to see which way the Asehers 
would jump. Beehler & Bryant 
may still hook up with Carell. the 
nearest to opposition that Diamond 
lew live hereabouts. The Asehers 
have two and a half big- town 
weeks. Diamond has seven. Dia- 
mond is regarded as one of the 
shrewdest bookers in this locality. 

Under the Nash proposition Harry 
Beaumont of the Ascher Bros.' of* 
flees will come into the W. V. M. A. 
office and book his theatres inde- 
pendently. He will be given the 
privilege to select his shows from 
all acts offered In the association 
offices as well as material playing 
the Orpheum Circuit. In this way 
he will be able to show a new class 
of acts In the Ascher houses and at 
the same time improve the standard 
of the vaudeville played In them. 
The Asehers had been booking their 
acts through the Pantages offices. 
When O'Neil left the Pantages of- 
fice here to go with the Shuberts, 
Beaumont found it mighty difficult 
to get the propc- acts In the Pan- 
tages office, and at the same time 
the acts which he was able to get 
were billed to him at a salary in ex- 
cess of what he thought they were 
worth. 

Diamond will handle the books for 
the Diamond-Webster ageivy >» tne 
office of the association. He is also 
to book independently there, having 
the same privileges accorded Beau- 
mont. His time consists of four and 
one-half weeks about Chicago, all of 
the houses being in the outlying dis- 
trict; and three weeks in Indiana, 
all of the better grade of small-time 
theatres. 

CARRYING PATRON 

(Conitnued from page 1) 
l he surface Hues which pass their 
theatres. The cars are pia.udod 
with notices pasjengcrs bound for 
tho Strand, Family and Rialto 
downtown will be carried to the 
theatres free and after the perform- 
ances the same cars will m;il;r the 
return trip. 

In addition to tho banners «>n the 
• •ars each vehicle carries a couple 
of musicians. The scheme i> a pow- 
erful ballyhoo in the neighborhood 
districts for the downtown theatres. 
The cars are started at th" most 
distant point and run all th" way 
through the suburban distam ■•■-■ < ,f 
five miles or more. They ;n" all 
timed to reach the theatre at the 
beginning of a performance ^rf\ M 
the end of each show make ii> '•" 
turn trip. 



Friaay, January 6, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



7 RECORD MAKERS 
TALK OF COMBINING 

Prime Object Overhead— Esti- 
mated Monthly Saving 
of $1,500,000 

According to report conferences 
have been held by representatives of 
at least seven disc manufacturers, 
looking toward a merger that might 
call for a capitalization reaching as 
high as $200,000,000. 

Those appearing to have some 
knowledge of the impending deal do 
not hesitate to say that the Victor 
is not in the proposed merger, but 
will not specify tho seven record 
makers who have thus far lent their 
ear to the proposition. 

The prime object, it is said, of the 
oontemplated merger is the cutting 
down of the overhead expense now 
carried by each of the makers 
through distributing. That saving. 
it is claimed, would amount to 
$1,500,000 approximately each month, 
totaling in any event between $15,- 
000,000 and $20,000,000 annually, 
through a consolidated expense ac- 
count. 

The- overhead economy, according 
to the story, will allow the merged 
concern, operating under one title, 
to reduce the price of the customary 
current 85 -cent record to 65 cents. 
Efficiency would be improved in the 
manufacturing, It is said. One of 
the deficiencies in many disc of 
present times, according to Variety's 
Informant, is the deviation at the 
centre hole of a disc from the exact 
and mathematical centre of the 
record. While this appears on the 
surface to be a matter of mate- 
mathics only, Variety's informant 
stated that the hole, one-one-thou- 
sandth of an inch away from the 
exact centre injures the quality of 
the record. 

From the account, one of the ob- 
jects of the consolidation is to erect 
a record-making institution, at tho 
outset to be big and strong enough 
to be looked upon as a real com- 
petitor to the leading record maker, 
which seems to be conceded is the 
Victor. 



KEITH'S DECLARES AIL EAST 
"OPPOSITION" EXCEPT LOEWS 



Big Time Agents Instructed to Observe — Shubert, 
Pantages, Fox and Miles Circuits Included — In- 
dependently Booked Vaudeville Taken in Whole- 
sale by Order — Operative Only in Keith-booked 
Territory 



The Keith office ha a instructed the 

agents booking through it that any 

theatre excepting a Marcus Loew 

house, operating in a city where 

there is a Keith-booked theatre, is 
to be considered "opposition." This 
order as issued takes in the entire 
territory booked by the Keith office 
which is all that section of the coun- 
try east of Chicago, in all directions. 
Besides the many independently 
booked vaudeville houses that come 
under the opposition instruction, It 
takes in the Shubert, Pantages and 
Fox circuits. Pantages and Fox are 
members of the Vaudeville Manag- 



ers' Protective Association, to which 
the Keith circuit also belongs. 

The Pantages Circuit is included 
through its direct booking into Pan- 
tages theatres at Memphis, New Or- 
leans, Toronto and Wheeling, W. Va. 
It also includes the Pantages-booked 
theatres of C. H. Miles at Cleve- 
land, Detroit, Scranton and Wilkes- 
Barre. 

No explanation was given to the 
agents for the exception of the Loew 
Circuit which has its theatres in a 
large number of cities where Keith 
vaudeville plays. While the other 
circuits or houses included were not 
mentioned by name in tho instruc- 



tions, issued through one of the 
Keith office oltlcers to the agents in 
person, no exception other than 
Loew was mentioned, making the 
opposition order a sweeping one. 

The inclusion of the Shubert time 
was looked for, and the order may 
have been Inspired in so far as that 
circuit is concerned, through the 
Shubert vaudeville contracts for the 
first period of 20 weeks shortry ex- 
piring. 

The Keith order that takes in the 
Pantages eastern theatres (er.st of 
Chicago) said nothing regarding the 
Pantages Circuit theatres west of 
that point. It Is customary on a 
Pantages route for acts to play in 
one trip the eastern as well as the 
western Pantages theatres. 

The order went into effect im- 
mediately last week when issued. 
The procedure in such cases as a 
rule is for Keith agents to advise 
their acts not to play in any non- 
Kelth-booked theatre without the 
act first consulting with the agent, 
when the agent informs the act 
what is looked upon as opposition 
by the Keith office and what is not 



THREE TURNED BACK 



Loow Southern Routo Loses Week 
and One- Half — Happened Jan. 



RECORD MAKERS FAIL 



M. P. P. A. Acts on Alleged Unpaid 

Royalty Claims Against 

Record Makers 

Tho Arto Co., phonograph record 
manufacturer?, with a plant at Or- 
ange, N. J., went into the hands of a 
receiver Dec. 23, when the Music 
Publishers' Protective Association, 
on behalf of its members, brought 
Federal Court proceedings in' New- 
ark, N. J. The petitioners allege 
liabilities of $181), 000, a m-Hor por- 
tion of which is due to the publish- 
ers for unpaid royalties. Assets are 
estimated at 1215,000— $32,000 in 
bills receivable and $900 in actual 
cash. 

Samuel S. Minihan has been ap- 
pointed receiver to continue the 
business. 

The M. p. p. a. is investigating 
ether bad accounts in the way of 
unpaid royalty claims, with a view 
to Instituting similar proceedings. 

FIVE PRODUCERS 

(Continued from page l'» 
cision hase it upon poor business 
conditions throughout the country 
and the present small crop of suc- 
cesses on Uroadway. 

Although no new plays are con- 
♦omplatcd by the five producers for 
the present, they will devote their 
time in some instances to organiz- 
ing road companies of pieces now 
Playing in the New York houses. It 
is also anticipated some new pro- 
ductions will bo got(e M under way 
m the spring for a preliminary out 
°* town showing prior to beum 
brought into p.roadwav theatres in 
the fall. 



LOSS OF TOWELS 

<<'ont inued from pa we 1 > 
Kt:i:iil its agreement with traveling 
ll " al ' ' (, ;il companies. 

' '"' l"tter follows numerous eom- 
l''.'un?s to the company that the 
M .vl,. of towel us. il in the IMiIim.-in 
trains U peculiarly adaptable to the 
V ' '''low; ', of r]( ;,:.-,. paint ;, n.l has 
'" ''" ' he object of 'lUme.oUs ; ■■ ■ 

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h:a-;. ,-, 



The L,oew Circuit turned bach the 
Majestic, Waco, Jefferson, Dallas 
and the liberty, Oklahoma City, to 
their owners Jan. 1. The houses 
have been playing the Loew South- 
ern road shows out of San Antonio. 
With the elimination of the week 
and a half from the Loew books the 
shows are being routed directly from 
San Antonio to Kansas City which 
necessitates a three-day lay off. The 
first road show to make the San 

Antonio to Kansas City jump in- 
cluded Raymond and I.yte. I.iliian 
Hoard man. "MarrinRe vs. Divorce.' 
American Comedy Four. I'rcvost and 
Gillette. 

Three of the last road shows to 
play the Southwestern houses were 
routed, only as far as San Antonio 
in order that the new route could 
be established with the show that 
closed in San Antonio Dec. 1*1. to re- 
open in Kansas City Thursday 
(.Ian. 5). 



TALIAFERRO FOR LOEW 

Mabel Taliaferro was signed this 
week to open on the Loew circuit 
Jan. 23 for a fulL week at the State, 
Newark, N. J., with some of the 
other larger Loew houses to follow. 

She will use the "Rosco of Italy" 
sketch in which she has been ap- 
pearing on the big time. 



COOPER AND MACK, AGENTS 

Joe Cooper and William Mack 
have formed an agency partnership 
and have been granted a franchise 
by Jake Lubin to book with the 
Loew Circuit. 

Joe is a brother of Irving Cooper, 
with whom he has been associated 
for years. Mack is formerly of Re- 
gal and Mack, the vaudeville team. 



TWO SUPREMES 

Couple of Brooklyn Houses of Same 
Name Change Policy 



BOOK MILWAUKEE FROM CHI 

Chicago. Jan. 4. 
bookings "or the darrick, Mil- 
waukee, playing Shubert vaudeville, 
will he switched from the New York 
ottice.s to the Chicago booking office, 
commencing Sunday. The cost of 
the bills, which consist of nine acts, 
will be decreased considerably. 



The Supreme, a new 3,C00-seat 
house in the Brownsville section of 
Brooklyn, which opened in Septem- 
ber with a pop vaudeville policy and 
later switched to straight pictures, 
returned to vaudeville this week. 
Three bills a week are being played 
two for three days each with a spe- 
cial show for Sunday only booked 
l y Jack Under. 

Another Supreme, formerly the 
Putnam, at Grand avenue and Ful- 
ton street, lirooklyn, installed a dra- 
matic stock company Monday under 
the management of Ray Payton. 
The house, recently rei.^vated, re- 
opened with a strait- - picture pol- 
icy which was discontinued in favor 
of the stock organizat' jn which 
opened with "The Storm.' 



LEGITIMATE SENDING 
VAUDEVILLE "NAMEr 



Four Legits Opening in as 

Many Acts This Week — Keith 

Houses Using Up Supply 

The past week paw four former 
legitimate stars debuting for the 
season in vaudeville. Florence Nash 
opened Mondey at Proctor's, Yon- 
kers, in a sketch; Grant Mitchell 
made- his debut for the first half of 
the week at Keith's Fordham in a 
dramatic sketch; Julia Dean opened 
at Keith's Jefferson, and Richard 
Carle in a comedy act appeared at 
one of the out-of-town Keith houses. 

This is in line with the recent 
booking policy of the Keith office 
to take all the headllners in sight, 
preferably from the legitimate or 
musical comedy stages and "draws." 

The present influ:: started with 
Mr. and Mrs. Coburn, formerly fea- 
tured in their own piece, M The Bet- 
ter 'Ole." This couple played the 
Palace, New York, a few weeks ago, 
followed last week by Mrs. Sydney 
Drew, widow of tho late legitimate 
and picture comedian. 

The corrallng of "names" is be- 
lieved necessary on account of the 
season's habit of Keith's to book 
two and three headllners on the lo- 
cal bills and playing all-star bills 
at the Palace. 



OFF OPPOSITION 

Shuberts' Boston Management Posts 
Notice on Call Board 



The Arnaut Brothers will sail 
from England Jan. 5 for this coun- 
try aboard the George Washington, 
and upon arriving will start out 
upoini 30 -week tour of the big time 
vaudeville houses. They will return 
to England in July. 



Boston, Jan. 4. 

Panning the opposition is not good 
business and will not be tolerated 
on the stage of the Shubert-Majes- 
tic, according to an edict posted on 
the call board by Manager Henry 
Taylor. 

This action followed a for.* re- 
marks taken at the Keith circuit by 
acts on the Shubert time in Boston 
recently. 

Manager Taylor would not discuss 
the matter, but It is understood that 
he acted on his own initiative in the 
matter. 



HOLDING UP IN N. W. 

Minneapolis, Jan. 4. 

Usual holiday business prevailed 
here. Vaudeville houses are doing 
fair business, but picture theatres 
are far from normal. 

All downtown theatres, wMth ex- 
ception of small picture houses, did 
capacity business midnight shows. 



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L<E'\SON'S GREETINGS TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS 

TAMEO KAJIYAMA 



Steubenville House Quitting Vaud 
Steubenvllle, O., Jan. 4. 

The Herald Square, the loca> 
vaudeville house, which has been 
playing Keith vaudeville and pic- 
tures on a split week policy, wii; 
discontinue, Jan. 14. The house ma> 
play pictures or go dark. 

Tho closing is attributed to p .at 
business. 



Shubert Vaudeville on 8plit Week 

Detroit, Jan. 4. 
The Do Luxe is now playing Shu- 
bert vaudeville, split week policy, 
with pictures. Gypsy Songsters and 
Nifty Trio featured first half; Ori- 
ental Revue and Joe Whitehead fea- 
ture of second half. Matinees a.e 
given dally, with two shows at 
night. 



ATLANTIC CITY POOL 

(Conitnued from page 1 > 
attractions and tho Globe i- the 
Shubert's local road house. 



Kansas City, 



in. 



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It i s* understood that both syndi- 
cate and Shubert attractions will be 
offered at tho Shubert here from 
now on as a result of the K. &. K. 
booked Opera House being forced 
dark last week through financial 
troubles. The sudden closing of the 
house forced Flske O'Hara to lay off 
his show for the holiday week, but 
it is said the ErlanBfer interests wel- 
comed the chance to end the b:;a!. • 
ip« arrangement for the Op.-ia 
House and enter a booking po d w i ; ' i 
the Shuberts. 

The Ouhinsky brother who rm,. 
trol the Opera House, were bad; i.i 
salaries to st.'i^e hands ami riii-i- 
cians. and tin' dailies refused nd; ■•!■- 
i.Kin^ for tin- O'Hara show Unle ^ v 
set I li'ini'iit of form"!' bills was m.olfi 
A i'ii ,i! barker is .'aid to haw ;;:'. 'i» 
p< r~oi.il chi-i !;*-■ ir; settlement, but 
' I ii "ei| I : -■ rrniid .'i'.d .'topped pay- 
it'.e !; ; . Without a iitiouiicenieiit, 

< > 1 1 n i i ■■!;;'■ i d t o eon.-ider pla\ ing. 
lie i- . [;o» in t"!ieh with I^ipid.i 
■ \-<<\ \.as ad\ise«i that under the civ 
eiair: iiac the show could lay ol 
w.tlioM' salary applying. 



VARIETY'S SAN FRANCISCO OFFICES 



&an Jf ramtsco 



PANTAGE* THEATRE BUILDING 

Friday, January 8, 1922 



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SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS 



NEGRO RESORT CLOSED I 



ORPHEUM, FBISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

The presence of Eddie Foy and 
tho Younger Foya gave the comedy 
bill at the Orpheum this week con- 
siderable px'ominence. The big floral 
pieces camo as usual, and Foy 
seemed much affected, and showed 
it in a speech of thanks which drew 
a tremendous ovation. This vehicle 
is along the usual Foy lines, con- 
taining new songs and dialog. 
Bryan Foy joined the act for the 
local engagement. 

Al Raymond and Tom Schram 
landed solidly in second spot, reveal- 
ing good material and delivery. 
They were received with open arms, 
their Spanish nut number and syn- 
copated opera bringing down the 
house. Moss and Frye repeated 
their big laugh success. Rockwell 
and Fox, next to closing, won from 
the start. Rockwell's individual line 
of nut stuff caught on strongly, with 
Fox fitting the occasion perfectly. 
They finish by playing request num- 
bers on the whistle and banjo 
through notes handed the ushers by 
the audience, thus eliminating the 
usual boisterous shouting. 

Ed Janjs and Co. again scored. 
Worden Bros, gave the show a 
whirlwind start through excellent 
foot Juggling containing originality 
and much novelty and entirely away 
from the beaten bath. Luct. and 
Inez closed the show to an audience 
reluctant to leave because of the 
woman's artistic contortionistic 
poses with the man's support and 
their two-year-old baby, whose an- 
tics brought the audience to com- 
plete attention and full applause. 

Harry Holman in "Hard Boiled 
Hampton." featured In the billing, 
held sixth spot and went over, Hol- 
man bringing heavy laughs and then 
a touch of sentiment. The excellent 
support lent added strength to an 
already strong vehicle. Josephs. 



number getting the most., 

William Darwin and Co. got good 
laughs with a farce suitable for this 
class of house. The Tripoli Trio, 
males, closed the show pleasingly 
with musical and vocal selections, 
the accordeonlst getting most atten- 
tion. Josephs. 



WILL KING SHOW 

Comedy Films Replace Vaudeville 
Portion of Casino Show 



PANTAGES, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Pantages this week, offering seven 
acts and a feature picture, gave big 
value. Dancing comprised the early 
section, with comedy in the latter 
part. 

Noodles Fagen and Elsie took the 
«how's honors next to closing. 
Noodles' intimate style and audience 
Kidding created howls, and Little 
Mary's specialties scored an individ- 
jal success. 

"The Act Different," closing the 
show, made a fine impression with 
elaborate stage hangings and pleas- 
ing song and dance numbers, with 
honors resting with the feminine 
contingent. Morris and Mai Hum- 
phrey, a neat mixed couple, offered 
dances in opening spot before big 
looking drapes. They appeared to 
advantage in a couple of dance num- 
bers, finishing rather abruptly at the 
first Sunday show, not completing 
their routine after the music had 
started for a Bowery number. 

Johnny Small and Co. also left 
unexpectedly after doing very well 
with a neatly constructed dancing 
skit In which songs and dialog arc 
an Important factor. Jack Tralnor 
and Co. in "Help," by Jack Lait, 
went over for the biggest laughing 
success of any comedy sketch of the 
season. Tho vehicle is admirably 
adapted to Trainor's style. Harry 
Van Fossen in blackface was an- 
other big laughing hit. 

Will and Gladys Ahem, having 
good rope spinning and some clever 
talk, held second place nicely. The 
girl's good looks add strength. 

Josrphx. 



San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

A new policy of motion pictures 
and a Will King revue was insti- 
tuted at the Casino theatre last 
week. The former policy included 
vaudeville. The Kini. revue follows 
a feature comedy picture, this being 
a twenty-minute increase over the 
former King shows. A second com- 
edy follows the King show, closing 
the bill. 

Business at the Ellis street house 
continues fair, but behind the heavy 
attendance of last year. 

King's revues seem to gain in 
beauty each week. Nothing has been 
neglected in these productions, and 
if anything, they are classier than 
those of the preceding year. The 
costuming is more elaborate. Clair 
Starr (Mrs. King) wins favor in the 
cast, and again dlspl ye fine taste 
In the selection of gowns. At the 
Casino the costume display goes a 
long way in making business at the 
box office. 

A "Merry Xmas Revue" Is the 
name given the vehicle used last 
week. King took fiye distinct scenes 
to put the Yuletide show over, and 
succeeded emphatically. Scene 1 Is 
a toy shop. King as a modern Santa 
reveals enough material to make 
anyone laugh. He uses Santa's cos- 
tume, but is contented to let his 
familiar beard of reddisli tint serve 
in place of the white whiskers. 

Scene 2 is called Doctor Killem's 
office, showing a doctor who cures 
by killing. More laughs. Scene 3 
Is named "Ten Nights In a Bor 
Room." Here King, his fellow 
comedian, Lew Dunbar, rnd Will 
Hayes, the character man, win hon- 
ors. Hayes* portrayal of a drunk is 
amusing, while Dooley, as a detect- 
ive, Is a riot. "The Tale of a Shirt" 
is the title of scene A while "Romeo 
and Juliet, Not by Shakespeare" is 
utilized in scene 5. 

Each of tho scenes Is neatly ar- 
ranged, tho settings in tho closing 
scene catching the eye especially. 
Baby Lillian Ruggero, a tot of three 
years, won the individual hit. 

Herman King and his jazz orches- 
tra preceded the King revue with 
several numbers. 



HIP, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 
The program at the Hippodrome 
first half of this week is above the 
average, with Salle and Roblcs cop- 
ping the honors next to closing. 
Their exceptionally good voices, es- 
pecially the comedian's, stopped the 
show, and they also revealed good 

laugh Yrtatcrial. 

The Margy Due, a mixed couple, 
didn't arouse much in opening posi- 
tion with ordinary acrobatics and 
some handwork. McKenna and 
Fitzpatrlck scored favorably with 
their singing after starting off 
nicely with dialog, the girl's comedy 



DEMPSEY DRAWS 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Jack Dempsey's personal appear- 
ance brought such demand the early 
part of last week at the local Pan- 
tages that the management in- 
creased the number of performances 
to four a day. 

Tho Pantages bills play three 
shows a day. Business remained 
capacity at each show with the 25 
cents increase in the price of ad- 
mission. 



PAVLOWA m FRISCO 

San Fran -I sco, Jan. 4. 
Anna Pavlowa will bring her Bal- 
let Itusse here for a week at the 
Century, beginning Jan. 16. 



Loew's Salt Lake Man Quits 

San Francisco, Jan'."~<L 
Burton Meyers, manager of 
Loew's State, Salt Lake City, has 
resigned. Terry Turner, of Loew's 
New York publi2lty staff, replaces 
Mr. Meyers temporarily. 



San Francisco Police Seize Pro- 
prietor of Olympia Cafe 



Cafe Marquard 

GEARY AND MASON STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO 

THESPIAN'S FAVORITE RENDEZVOUS 

DINING, DANCING, ENTERTAINMENT 

BIG REVUE FEATURES 



San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

For the first time in many years 
t: e doors of the Olympia Cafe, negro 
resort, are cloned. Thl , is the direct 
result of a campaign conducted 
against the "jazz palace'* by Cap- 
tain Arthur Layne o f tl.e Central 
Police District, who a week ago 
Sunday night arrested Lester Mapp, 
proprietor, and nine of his enter- 
tainers during tho earl: hours ~f 
the morning. 

Mapp Is, now facing a charge of 
violating tlie city dance ordinance, 
lie padloc' 1 the d» rs t- the Olym- 
pia on his own initiative, but this 
failed to satisfy the chief of police, 
who will investigate the cafe. 

The Olympia is known from coast 
to coast. It was formerly known 
as Purcell's, but after :.i* closing 
of the famous San Francisco Bar- 
bary Coast was moved across the 
street on Pacific and Kearney 
streets to its present home. 

Mapp was two weeks ago ac- 
quitted in Federal Court on a Mann 
act charge. A jury vindicated him 
of the white slave charges, after the 
testimony of eight police officers, 
Including a plain clothes man and 
several lieutenants, that Mapp was 
a reputable man. 

Captain Laynes stated that he 
would not rest until he had closed 
the resort -and declared at the Fed- 
eral trial that acquittal would re- 
sult in other arrests. 



OBIWARY 



NICK NORTON 
Nick Norton, manager of Hyde & 
Behman's, Brooklyn, for over 25 
years, during the heyday of that 
house as a variety theatre, died in the 
City Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla., 
Dec. 26. He was 78 years old. Death 
resulted from acute bronchitis, fol- 
lowing an attack of bronchial pneu- 
monia. Mr. Norton was born in Ba- 
varia, Germany, leaving there and 
coming to America at the age of six, 
the family being forced to leave 
their native country because of po- 
litical persecution. Mr. Norton's 
father held views that ran counter to 
the political opinions of the Prus- 
sian Government of the period. 

Mr. Norton's name in private life 
was Nicholas Grist. He entered the 
show business as a juggler as a 
youth, appearing with circuses and 
in variety houses, and was rated as 
one of the best of his time. In 1870 
Mr. Norton retired as a performer 
and became manager of a theatre in 
Chicago. In 1878 he became man- 
ager of Hyde & Behman's Adams 
Street, Brooklyn, remaining there 
until around 1905. when H. & B.'s 
gave up vaudeville for burlesque. He 
next was'manager of the ftrand op- 
era house, Brooklyn, also a Hyde & 



LEVEY SPREADING OUT 

Frisco Booker Opens Los Angeles 
Office Under Bill Dailey 



San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Bert Levey will extend his string 
of offices to Southern California 
shortly, when he opens a branch 
office in the Los Ange'es Hippo- 
drome building. Bill Dailey, at 
present in the San Francisco office 
will have charge of the new field. 

Ben Bently, road man for tho 
Levey interests, has left for Chi- 
cago and other eastern points on 
behalf of the Levey circ.'t. 



IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY 

MOTHER 

Who Departed This Life 
January 9th, 1921 

MAT SHE REST IN PEACE 

WM. LeMAIRE 






CASINO CUTS SHOW 

Loew Vaudeville Out of Will King 
Offering — Films Added 



— AND — 



JACK JOY'S POPULAR ORCHESTRA 

—SPECIAL— EVERY WEDNE8DAY NIGHT— THEATRICAL NIGHT— 



San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Commencing last week the Casino 
theatre, which formerly played the 
full Loew bills Jn conjunction with 
the V>i\l King show and two reelj 
comedies, and lately offering two | 
and some timet- three vaudeville 
acts, Is eliminating tho vaudeville. 

The dropping of the vaudeville 
from the Casino programs was de- 
cided upon to curtail the running 
expenses. The running time cf the 
King shows has been increased, and 
with the two-reel comedic3 comprise 
the new pollcjuand the house will 
continue at the same admission 
prices of 60 cents for orchestra 
seats and 90 cents for boxe3 and 
loges. 

Eliminating the vaudeville will 
also obviate the necessity of re- 
taining so many stage hands, the 
union having insisted on the Casino 
using more stage hands than were 
really required for the work. This 
was partly due to the i.ing com- 
pany being classified as a road show 
despite the fact that the King or- 
ganization has been at this house 
for over threo ye^rs. 



Behman property, torn down sev- 
eral years ago, and operating at that 
time with pop priced combination 
road shows. He returned to Hyde & 
Behman's Adams Street later for a 
short time, his next post being with 
the Keith offices as a scout. 

During his career Mr. Norton was 
manager of the Coliseum i.i Chicago, 
Academy of Music in th \t city and 
Epstean's Museum. 

Nick Norton is credited with be- 
ing one of the founders of what has 
developed into the present day style 
of vaudeville. Ho was a life mem- 
ber of the Elks (Chicago Lodge), 
life member of the Actors* Fund of 
America, Knights of Pythias and 
Gauntlet Lodge No. 4, A. F. of M. 

During his later years Mr. Norton 
divided his time between Mt. Clem- 
ens, Mich., in the summer and St. 
Petersburg in the winter. He owned 
an estate in Mt. Clemens. 

Mr. Norton's wife, professionally 
known as Tillie Antonio, was famed 
as a singer in the early vaudeville 
period. 

A daughter, Mrs. Tillie Grist 
Hull, survives. Burial was at Mt. 
Clemens, Dec. 31. 



HATTIE MOOSER M. C. MOOSEB 

Aladdin Studio Tiffin Room 

36S Sotter St. Phone Douglas 3074. 

8AN FRANCISCO'S 

Oriental Show Place and Headquarter* 
for the Profession. 



RENNOLD WOLF 

Ren n old Wolf, former dramatic 
editor of the Morning Telegraph 
and author of about a dozen plays, 
either singly or in collaboration with 
Channing Pollock, died Jan. 2, at his 
home, 339 West 87th street, .New 
York, from a stroke of apoplexy. 

Wolf was one of the best known 
of the present generation of dra- 
matic critics. Born in Ithaca April 
4, 1872, tho deceased graduated from 
Cornell University in 1892, then tak- 
ing a post-graduate course in the 
college law school, from which he 



TO OCR ABSENT FKIKM) 

MRS. RICHARD LITTLE 

(NBTTIB VON BEIG) 
Who T.eft Ua Suddenly December 21, 
Without a Chance to. Say Oood-Ilye 
to Anyone. 

GOD REST HER SOIL 

Mr. and Mrs. Hank Brown 



received his degree of Bachelor of 
Law, in 1894. 

The Wilbur Opera Co. passed 
through Wolfs native city (he was 
fond of narrating this story) and 
the young lawyer was engaged to 
write book, lyric, etc., for a new 
operetta and travel in advance, for" 
which he was to receive $35 per 
week. Wolf claims he never got all 
of that sum and landed (or 
stranded) in New York in 1898. He 
made several efforts to break into 
the big downtown newspaper of- 
fices with no success; ran into 
Charles T. K. Miller one day. Mil- 
ler learned Wolf was seeking a job, 
informed him he (Miller) was leav-* 
ing the Telegraph and suggested 
Wolf apply for the post. Wolf ap- 
plied to the managing editor, swore 
ho knew everybody in theatricals in 
N*W York and was a competent re- 
porter. He got the Job and hung 
around tho box office of the Cri- ' 
terion theatre where Ray Comstock 
was treasurer, as Comstock was the 
only man in the show business Wolf 
knew. 

Wolf was quick to learn. The 
second week he worked on the paper 
his bill for space amounted to some- 
thing like $89. The managing editor 
then placed him on a salary of $25. 

In 1905 Wolf became dramatic 



IN LOVING MEMORY 

OF OUR DEAR MOTHER 

MRS. ANNIE NEARY 

Who Died December 22d, 1921. 
She Hill Live in Our Hearts Atony*. 

NEARY BROTHERS 



editor of the Telegraph and assumed 
the task of furnishing two columns 
dally of theatrical news on the edi- 
torial page, succeeding Leander 
Richardson, who resigned because 
he refused to permit his copy to be 
edited by anyone. Wolf became 
known as the wittiest columnist in 
theatrical journalism. 

In addition to his reportorial du- 
ties Wolf covered "first nights, 
wrote about a dozen plays and was 
for several years a contributor to 
the Green Book, Ainslee's and 
Smith's magazines. 

Services were held Tuesday aft- 
ernoon at Campbell's Funeral 
Church. An address was made by 
John Pollock, who stated an agree*' 

(Continued on page 7) 



S0USA HONORED 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

John Philip Sousa/'March King," 
gave a series of six concerts with 
his band at the Exposition Audi- 
torium last week. 

In honor of tho 25th anniversary 
of Sousa's march "The Stars and 
Stripes Forever," Sousa as lieu- 
tenant commander of the naval re- 
serve, was honored by the presenta- 
tion of colors by a detachment of 
troops from the Presidio on orders 
received from Washington. He was 
given a great ovation at the open- 
ing concert. 



VIOLA DANA'S RECORD 

San Francisco, Jan. 4. 
Viola Dana's personal appearance 
at the Loew's State in Oakland for 
four days last week made a new 
box office record for that house. 



When in SAN FRANCISCO 
MEET AND EAT With DAVE LERNflt 

ECONOMY LUNCH No. 2 

24 ELLI8 STREET— NEXT TO CENTURY THEATRE 



A SHOW !N ITSELF 



COFFEE DAN'S 

SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS MIDNIGHT PLAYGROUND 



Service and Ralet to the Profession 

HOTEL TURPIN 

17 Powell St., Near Market, SAN FRANCISCO 

One Block from All Theatres 



SCENERY BY EDWIN H. FLAGG STUDIOS 



Friday, January 6, 1982 



VAUDEVILLE 



AVON COMEDY 4 INJUNCTION 
GRANTED TO THE SHUBERTS 



Federal Court Upholds Contract with Smith and 
Q a ]e — Act Now on Keith Time — Judge Hand's 
Opinion 



\ 



• MERLIN 
AID FOR TOMATO 



Con's Great Good Luck— Pa- 
pers Pan Protege 






After considering the matter for 
about two months. Judge Augustus 
Hand of the Southern District 
Federal Court handed down a deci- 
sion Tuesday In the Injunction suit 
of the Winter Garden Co. agalnBt 
Joe Smith and Charles Dale, con- 
cluding a lengthy opinion with the 
Xtement: 

"I have no hesitation in find- 
ng that the skill and personal- 
ty of the defendants had made 
e success of Avon Comedy 
our and placed them in the 
class of unique players. The 
covenant to bill them In their 
own names was an independent 
covenant which did not go to 
the whole consideration. It was. 
In any event, substantially per- 
formed and defendants were not 
entitled to rescind, but were 
obliged to assert any right they 
might have in an action at law 
for damages. 

"Under the circumstances, the 
complainant is entitled to an 
Injunction restraining defend- 
ants from performing for others 
in derogation of their contract 
of April SO." 

The defendants walked out of the 
Winter Garden, New York, which 
opened with Shubert vaudeville. 
Sept. 26 last on tho ground the 
newspaper billing and advertising 
of the Avon Comedy Four were in 
violation of their agreement not to 
be billed under the quartet monjca, 
but under their Individual names as 
a team. Immediately thereafter 
8nith and Dale played for Keith 
aad have completed about 14 weeks 
for the Keith circuit. 

Referring to that. Judge Hand 
opines: 

"The defendants' real position 
and the comparative unimpor- 
tance to them of the clause for 
billing in their own names is 
shown by their immediate en- 
gagement with Keith to play as 
members of Avon Comedy Four. 
How little an effect a few mis- 
takes in advertising during a 
period of less than a week could 
have on a contract lasting from 
two to three years requires no 
discussion." 

Smith and Dale had been working 
for the Shuberts from 1918 to 1921, 
and on April 30, 1921, their contract 
was renewed, calling for $900 salary 
[ the first year with a minimum guar- 
l antee of 30 weeks and renewals for 
\ two more years at $1,000 and $1,100 
f Jointly, the Shuberts to pay the sal- 
\ aries of any other artists supporting 
the defendants. One provision was 
1 that they be billed under their own 
names, and when billboard and 
newspaper advertisements employed 
the old quartet billing of Avon 
Comedy Four they considered it a 
contract breach. However, the 
Judge opined that the Shubert office 
did its best to change the billing in 
a couple of days, stating "the only 
wonder is that so many changes 
were accomplished by the complain- 
ant in so short a time." 

Jules Kendler of Kendler & 
Goldstein, who acted for Smith and 
Dale, states he will appeal from the 
decision, among other thines. to 
disprove Judge Hand's opinion 
about the defendants being "unique" 
on the theory that they are replac- 
able as was proved by the Shuberts 
last summer when they substituted 
the Klein Brothers in the "Belle of 
New York" for the present litigants, 
•'udge Edward E. McCall was of 
counsel for the defense, represent - 
«ng the Keith interests. William 
Klein and Charles II. Tuttlc acted 
f or tho Suuberts. 

Jud^e Hand's opinion also con- 
tains an excerpt that may bean on 
future litigations of this type 
whereby ho maintains that a con- 
tract should not ho too literally in- 
terpreted when no tangible damage 
is don.v. The court said: 

'Kow law is not a men.' game, the 
rules of which are made to surprise 
or confound the participants, but its 
rules are aimed at working out 
Justice in a world where perfection 
and id^al adjustment is rarely pos- 
sible. If a promise in a contract has 
»een substantially performed and no 
ippreciuble damage can result from 
1 s'lght faihjre of performance, a 
i rlflinj; lappe even in limine cannot 



justify rescission. All the more is 
this, the case when the failure re- 
lates not to the main consideration, 
but to a collateral promise. Human 
affairs Co not run so smoothly, and 
business engagements are not so 
perfectly adjusted that any other 
doctrine would be practicable or 
even tolerable. In this case the de- 
fendants did not elect to rescind' 
even if they had had the right to do 
so, when they first discovered -the 
wrong advertising. They insisted 
that the complainant sh -Id correct 
it. The complainant proceeded in 
good faith and with great diligence 
to change the advertising and com- 
pleted the most important change 
which was in the newspapers in 
tlm? to have the full Sunday adver- 
tising in the exact form called for 
by the contract. It woul 1 be quite 
unreasonable to hold that the diffi- 
culty, it not imposcibility of chang- 
ing all the bill posters in such a 
short time as that intervening be- 
tween September 22 and September 
26, would furnish a ground for re- 
scission." 



UCAGO AGENTS BARRED. 
FOR ATTACHING TOUR OF US" 



.Syracuse. Jan. 2. 
Dear Chick: 

You remember Merlin the magi- 
cian? Well, he's back here with me 
and behavln* himself. He aired 
that Jane who vamped him and Is 
goin* to stick around here with me 
and help me steer Tomato to the 
lightweight championship. 

After Tomato and me gummed up 

his act that time the booking men 

give film the needles. As soon as 

the moll skipped a coup la meals 

she took a runout powder with a 
guy who had a route and left egg in 
the bag as flat as a Victrola record. 

He wired me the sai news and I 
rushed him a ducket to this burg, 
for. after all, he ain't a bad mug 
and any of the best of them is 
liable to fall for a skirt. I have 
been layin* off the brass knuckles 
since he blew for he was clever at 
makin' the switch and I was afraid 
of takin* a chance. 

The local papers got pannln' To- 
mato because he wasn't knockin* 
them bow-legged any more and be- 
gan hintin* that he had lost his 
sock. The firsl night Merlin ar- 
rived here he got In just in time to 



Commission Foundation for Boston Attachment — No 
Notice Given Managers 9 Association Cause of Sus- 
pension — Act Paid One Agent 



Smith and Dale are out of town 



to hit them If he has to sneak up on 
them in the dressln* room. 

I am 'dickorin' now with a bur- 
lesque show that wants us to join 
them and let the kid mee' all com- 
ers. We have to guarantee to stop 
any opponent tr forfeit five hun- 
dred berries. 

Merlin wants me to grab it, for 
he can do his egg in the bag stuff 
in addition to -* 3ln* that the t. n. t. 
is in the battler's right glove. I 
Imagine we oulM to clean up, for 
them local tramps never look at 
bandages or anythin* and would 
never thing of lookln* inside a brand 
i.ew boxln' glove. 

The only th.ng I'm afraid of Is 
that Tomato will cop some weak- 
jawed sap some night and croak 
Mm. If they ever prov d that we 
re usin' tho armor plate we would 
all land In stir and they'd throw 
j the key away. 

But it's great while it lasts and 
we are cleanin* up plenty of soap 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

The Schallman Brothers, vaude- 
ville agents, have been barred from 
booking in all agencies affiliated 
with the Vaudeville Managers' Pro- 
tective Association. The barring 
came through the Schallmans turn* 
ing their claim for $600 commission 
against the "Four of Us," a vaude- 
villo act (male quartet), over to a 
local lawyer, who attached the turn 
In Boston without the Managers' As- 
sociation having been notified. 

The Schallmans booked the act 
with Arthur Horwitx of New 7'ork, 
each agent to receive B per cent, 
commission, allowable . der the IN 
llnols agency law. Horwlts is said 
to have collected his 6, but the 
Schallmans failed to receive theirs. 

The Schallmans' suspension fol- 
1 >wed the attachment. They former- 
ly booked with Loew and Pantages. 



slip the knucks in, for Tomato was I bettin* on the knockouts. I have 

boxin* a husky from Albany who to let a guy stay onco in a while 

had never been stopped. I so the gilyagos wont get hep and 

This bird was so tough that he start investigate'. 
atnresentfuinilincKeith bookings u » ed to let steam rollers bump into I'll write and let you know if we singer, died In St. Antolne hospital. 
Whether they will prefer ta remain ' h* 8 stomach Just to harden up his Join out the burlesque troupe^ | Paris, after a long and painful 111- 



Baraban and Qrehs have Joined 
"Tickle Me," playing in St. Louts, 
replacing Grant and Wing. The 
latter couple are going with "The 
Blue Kitten." 



Ferrey, a French cafe concert 



idle for the remainder of their Shu- 
bert contract, or switch back to the 
Shubert circuit is now idle con- 
jecture along the Rlalto. 

Vaudeville people and agents on 
Wednesday were unanimous that 
the Keith's billing of Smith and 
Dale as the Avon Comedy Four, aft- 
er they had objected to such billing 
under the Shubert management, was 
an unwise technical move. 

Smith and Dale went on the 
Keith time as the Avon Comedy 
Four after leaving the Shuberts for 
$1,000 weekly, it is said. Lately they 
replaced the two new members of 
the quartet ith its former mem- 
bers, Eddie Miller and Mr. Cor- 
bett. and. It is said, the turn is now- 
receiving $1,400 a week. 



Mr. Ronchetti, a former Shubert 
manager, last at the Astor, New 
York, is now resident manager of 
Fox's City, New York. 



Msnnie Barkin of the Amalga- 
mated Agency resigned Jan. 1 to 
become associated with Wirth, Blu- 
menfeld & Co. 



Just to harden up 
abdominal muscles, accord in' to his 
manager. Tomato copped him on 
the button in the first round with 
the knucks and mister tough guy 
done the funniest lookin* dance 
standin' up that you ever saw. 

Tomato let him jig around for a 
few seconds and then smashed him 
again. They were still workin* over 
him when we got paid off so we had 
to wait around about 20 minutes to 
see if we were goin' to have a mur- i 
der charge hangln' over us or not. 

So you see Merlin is sure our 
odds and as long as he behaves he 
can have a piece of my hitter. I 
figure If they don't get .ake to the 
knucks for a coupla more months 
.Tomato will have a record of kay 
ohs that will look like the box office 
reports from the battle of Chateau - 
Thierry. 

Can you imagine what would 
happen at Madison Square Garden 
if we could get Leonard into the 
ring and then slip Tomato the brass 
knuckles? I told Merlin about this 
and he says that to knock them out 
you first have to hit them. 

However, I'll have the works down 
on my kid if he ever gets one of 
them New York lightweights In that 
Garden ring. He'll get close enough 



Your old pal. 



Con. I ness. 



OBITUARY 

(Continued from page 6) 



ment between his brother. Chan- 
nlng, and the deceased had been to 
the effect the survivor would de- 
liver the oraticn at the services. 
His brother being seriously 111 and 
held at home by his physician, 
caused him to substitute, said John, 
who then spoke a short eulogy on 



Mount, with a brother, was reputed 
to have put over ftfO.OOO into the 
Bronx property. They came into 
a fortune at the death of an aunt. 
Business worries connected with the 
starting of the venture contributed 
to his illness more than a year ago. 
He had gone to a sanatorium for 
treatment, but nervous trouble de- 
veloped later. Until his Illness he 



the deceased. The remains were wa8 tho act | Ye manager of the en- 
taken to Ithaca, N. Y., for interment. | terprise 
Mr. Wolf was twice married. His 



first wife was Hope Booth; 
second, Harriet Raymond. 



his 



NEWS OF HIE DAILIES 






Edith St. Clair, a prominent show 
girl, 20 years old, died at the State 
Hospital in Central Islip, Long Isl- 
and, Dec. 31. Miss St. Clair died 
destitute of funds due to being a 
cripple through an accidental fall 
which resulted in both he knee 
caps being broken. The funeral 
services were held under the 
auspices of the Actor's Fund. 

Two shows are playing the Man- 
hattan Opera House this week, one 
in:iii£ "In Old Kentucky, " with :. re- 
vival of "Snow White and the Seven 
Dwarfs" taking place in the morn- 
ing for children. 

Carl Hunt has joined the Pro- 
ducing Managers' Association, and 
states that rehearsals are under way 
for his dishing- Kriml musical 
piece, "Bibi of the Boulevards." 

The Kvening Journal is to become 
a five-cent evening paper for Satur- 
day night of each week, beginning 
with Jan. 21. The publication will 
take on the aspect of the usual 
Sunday morning paper and carry a 
supplement of comics in colors, 
with the other magazine features 
usual with a Sunday paper. It is 
stated that W. H. Hearst is con- 
templating the issuance of a daily 
pictorial paper to combat the Daily 
News. 

The Gaiety and Fulton, along 
with a six-story building at -'.fitli 
f.treet am' Broadway, have been 
taken over by the Clevehanna 
Bealt\ Corporation, o' which A. I.. 
Hrlanger, I.. Bergman and J. P. 
Bicker Loti arc directors. The com- 
pany is capitalized at $7&0,000. The 
theatres were acquired by Hrlanger 
last June. In November the Mutual 



Life made a loan of $1,150,000 on 
the property. "" There is also a prior 
mortgage of $450,000. 



The right of the New York Com- 
missioner of Licenses to revoke the 
license of a theatre was upheld by 
Justice Robert L. Wagner in the 
Supreme Court, Tuesday, when he 
denied application by A. H. Woods 
for an ii. Junction to restrain the 
commissioner, John F. Gilchrist, 
from calling in the license of the 
Bltlnge theatre, where the "Demi- 
Virgin" is playing. The regular 



WILLIAM DOCKSTADER 

William Dockstader, widely known 
throughout the show bush, ss and 
especially in the vaudeville field as 
the proprietor and manager of 
Dockstader's theatre, Wilmington. 
Del., for over 25 years." died Dec. 26 
from a complication of diseases. Mr. 
Dockstader was about 70 years old. 
His name In private life was Wil- 
liam Lee, his family being related 
to the famous Robert E. Lee family 
of Virginia. Ho started In the the- 
atrical business n an actor as a 
young man, doing a double black 
face specialty with Charlie Dock- 
stader. Later he did a single turn 
for several years, playing the vari- 
ety theatres of the eighties and 
nineties. He was also a member of 
tho leading minstrel organizations 
from time to time, playing with 
Haverly's, Simmons and Slocum's 
and similar troupes. 

About 25 years ago he took a 
small house in Wilmington and in- 
stalled a continuous vaudeville pol- 
icy, that type of entertainment 
starting to become popular at that 
time. Ten years later the house, 
now known as tho Cnrrlck, was 
built for Mr. Dockstader and he 
later acquired it, operating It until 
a couple of months ago as Dock- 
stader's, when he sold' it to a local 
syndicate and retired. 

Mr. Dockstader will be remem 



ARTHUR JAMES 
Arthur James, a member of the 
"For Pity's Sake" company, the 
book of which': . was credited with 
writing, died New Year's Eve at 
Misericordla Hospital, New York. 
following an operation for appendi- 
citis. His condition was excellent 
48 hours after the operation, but 
death resulted from heart failure, 
from which he suffered since a child. 
Dr. Amy performed the operation.' 



NETTIE VON BEIG 

Nettie Von Beig died In Provi- 
dence, R. I., Friday. Dec. 23. She ap- 
peared in burlesque many years aso. 
Burial was at Putnam, Conn. 



WILLIAM KEOUQH 

William Kcough. aged 62, for- 
merly Milloy and Keough, died at 
Dorchester, Mas:* , Dec. 19. 



performance of the play was given — -. ^ ... na ,„_., 

Tuesday, as no certified word had ^ered by many of the new as well 
reached Gilchrist regarding Justice ™ the older generation of vaudc 



The father of Saul Abrahams, who 
Is mmager of the "Greenwich Vil- 
lage Follies," died, Dec. 31, at his 
home in New York City at the age 
of 65 years. The manager's mother 
died in April of Irjt j'ear. 



Wagner's decision on the case. 
Max D. Steuer, counsel for Woods, 
stated he would move for a rehear- 
ing, and if necessary would carry 
the case to the Appellate Division. 



According to Augustus Thomas, 
at the* conclusion of the tour of 
"Declassee" Kthel Barrymorc will 
appear In the role of Rosalind in the 
Shakespearean comedy, "As Yon 
Like It." 



villc artists as a kindly, agreeable 
man, always disposed to give bud- 
ding talent an opportunity to break 

Me was an El.; and a Mason. A 
widow survives. 



John Kendrick Bangs, author and 
playwright, suffered a relapse .Mon- 
day and was reported to be in an 
extremely critical condition by the 
attending physicians. He was oper- 
ated upon Sunday for acute in- 
testinal trouble. 



In another effort to have the de- 
enr of divorce b-ued to Mary Piek- 
ford against Owen Moore set aside 
AMonoy General Ii. B. Fowler of 
.Wv.id.i declared, in a closing brief 
liled in the Supreme Court, that 
-Tin 



SIR JOHN HARE 

Sir John Hare, the veteran Brit- 
i h actor, died Dec. 28, aged 77. He 
had been oil years on the fctage, 
associating himself mostly with 
Pinero plays, in which he was suc- 
cessful. His best known part in 
America was Lord Quex in Pinero's 
play. Lady Hare and his daughter 
are al- o HI of the Influenza, which 
took him off. His last appearance 
was in "A Pair of Spectacles" at 
U'yndham's in 1917. 



HENRY MOUNT 

Henry Mount, one of the principal 
promoters of Starlight park in the 
divorce was the worst of its Bronx, died in New York fast week 
(Continue. 1 on /ig' 82) following on operation oiy his head. 



Oil/ 



Fred Howarth, managing dc Cour- 
villc's "Hello Canada," and formerly 
house manager of His Majesty's. 
Montreal, died in Victoria, B. C, 
Dec. 24. He was 56 years old, and 
had been 33 years in the' show busi- 
ness. 



Charles McGeschey died Dec. 24 
at his home in New York City. He 
was 62 years old, and had acted as 
company manager for Ethel Barry- 
more and Maude Adams. 



Mrs. F. C. Overton, former bus!* 
ness associate of W. S. Hutterfleld. 
died at her residence In Keokuk, la., 
Dec. 26. 



Johnny Scofield, popular musical 
comedy pantomime comedian, died 
last week in London, aged 65. 



Hans Huber, Swiss composer, 
died In Lucarno, aged 70. He was 
formerly director of the Bale con- 
servatory. 

The father of L. Tiusman (Claire 
and At wood) died Jan. 1 at WiU- 
lamspoi t, Pa. 



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Friday, January 6, 1922 



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CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE SHOWS 



MAJESTIC, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 4. 

Babe Ruth at last! Chicago's fins 
and fanettes have an opportunity 
to gaze upon and listen to the "Kins 
of Swat," and whether or not they 
consider him much of an actor, they 
all seem to any. "Well. I did not 
think he could do that much. But 
Babe did his sharo in consort with 
Wellington Crosp, presenting what 
Tommy Cray conceived to be a sa- 
tirical home run. entitling it "That's 
Good." Being a freak attraction it 
seemed to be "That Good" and even 
"Better," for the holiday spirit 
seemed to prevail with the Monday 
jiight capacity audience that seemed 
to just set their eyes on the "Babe 
and allow them to stray along in his 
direction with every move that he 
made on the stage. If they did not 
like his acting they adored and ad- 
mired him for what he had done in 
bAscbftll 

Opening the show were the La 
Maze Trio, knockabout comedians 
and ground tumblers. It seems ap- 
parent from the manner that the 
trio work In that the routine, though 
good, has not been arranged in 
showmanlike fashion. The attire of 
the comedian does not necessitate 
any comment, but some more uni- 
form style of dress should be donned 
by the other two men. Dressing an 
act of this sort is quite important. 

No. 2 were Millard and Marlin In 
character song cycle. Three num- 
bers, with the costuming blending. 
The sledding opening was a bit hard, 
but when they got into the closing 
number, "The Bowery," the audience 
thawed out. 

Bobbe and Nelson for the trey 
spot, but in their stead the Wilton 
Sisters were moved from next to 
closing, with the latter position go- 
ing to the two men. The Wilton 
girls had to step on high to get 
started, but as their work progressed 
they seemed to progress with the 
audience and scored well with their 
melodies and musical renditions. 

Edith Taliaferro and Co. present- 
ed a love tale of three continents, 
entitled ''Under the Same Old 
Moon." It made a fair impression, 
the consensus of opinion being that 
the entire theme and the manner it 
was presented is lmplausable. 

Clara Howard, on next, had no 
easy task. But she went at things 
in her own way, and with her com- 
edy songs and stories managed to 
hit 'em right on the nose. Bobbe 
and Nelson, with their sure -Are talk 
and song, found the next-to-closing 
spot the proper place for them to do 
their goallng, and this they did and 
did well. Closing the show was 
Schichtl's Royal Wondercttcs, an 
elaborately staged and presented 
mannikin novelty, which managed 
to hold the house in in good fashion. 

Loop. 

APOLLO 

Chicago, Jan. 4. 

When A. II. Woods was making 
one of his periodical trips to Chi- 
cago to smack his lips over the 
gradually developing Apollo, rejoic- 
ing in all its formative stages, 
reveling In each artistic addition 
toward the evolution of his latest 
playhouse, he led this reviewer, then 
a Chlcagoan. through .lazes of 
plaster and pilings, bricks and steel, 
and pointed out every charm, every 
unprecedented advantage that 
should come to his patrons when, 
at last* the first curtain should 
rise on some production worthy of 
such a nest. 

"It will be the last gasp in acous- 
tics, safety, beauty, hospitality and 
practical theatre devising," he said, 
proudly. 

On New Tear's day, this reviewer 
entered the Apollo for the first time 
since its completion. The afternoon 
was crisp and the hangover wasn't 
heavy, so he had his eyes open in 
anticipation; he still carried the 



spirit of Woods, whose enthusiasm 
was always his first forte and whose 
enthusiasm for the Apollo had the 
effluvium of a boy's rave over his 
first sweetheart. 

On the stage was a whiskered 
whistler, imitating a bird. 

Oh. very well — a trade-paper re- 
porter ought to stick to his trade, 
and neither drag in nor remember 
romantic impressions; towns, thea- 
tres, days, shows should be towns, 
theatres, days, shows — there should 
he no Chieagos, there should be no 
Apollos, there should be no New 
Years, there should be no Music 
Box Revues; he should confine him- 
self to what he sees and what he 
hears and keep what he dreams to 
himself. So be it. 

Jimmy Hussey and his Century 
Revue, a return headliner, drew 
them in about two- thirds at the 
Sundry-holiday matinee. They say 
he broke a record last time here, 
and they say Sunday matinees are 
never big. Hussey is perfect vaude- 
ville, especially for Chicago, where 
good girl acts with big names 
aren't recognized as hash. Lew 
Fields scored here with his, after 
he hadn't been so lucky in New 
York. Hussey hit it in both spots. 
To one who saw the original Cen- 
tury Revue, which was built about 
Hussey but in which he never 
opened, it is quite patent why the 
Revue was a flop. Hussey is im- 
mense, the rest of it rather tin-can. 
But for vaudeville it runs neatly 
and stands up. The girls are pretty, 
though they don't register the 
handplcked Century roof outfit, with 
two exceptions. 

Hussey's specialty, three songs, 
made the high spot of the act. The 
boy is there as he always was in 
Hebe character comedy ditties. 
Gladys James, a former Chicago 
cabareter, passed by without a rip- 
ple. Beth. Stanley, in songs and 
In a comedy talking bit, landed. 
The act closed the show, which was 
through at 4.35. 

Maxie and George made their 
vaudeville debut with success. Maxie 
is developing considerable stalling, 
probably necessary to catch his 
breath. If he can cut it down it 
wiji help him. The -two-team was a 
wow at the straight hoofing, which 
has been pronounced by this re- 
porter several times before as the 
par excellence of its type. Maxie, 
also, is an old Chicago cafe worker, 
and Chicago is the high watermark 
of the nation for this species of 
endeavor. 

Lucille Chalfant opened the sec- 
ond half. In fact she opened the 
show, for there wasn't any first 
half as far as any entertainment 
went,' except for Joe Jackson, who 
closed the first section, handicapped 
by an audience wearied from what 
had gone before. Jackson did nice- 
ly, but not like he used to In the 
State-Lake, where the laughs would 
crack against the Masonic Temple. 
It wasn't Jackson's fault. The audi- 
ence was cold, sitting on its hands 
or blowing on its fingers. 

Miss Chalfant Is a divinity. An 
oil painting by Gainsborough. A 
porcelain statue by Ferve. A vision 
of patrician personality, unbending, 
unyielding, unruffled, suffering, If it 
had a flaw, only from perfection. 
Her voice is a trained and highly 
polished soprano. Her technique is 
of the scholastic in aria rendition. 
For vaudeville she commands and 
compels by voice, beauty and dig- 
nity. For light opera or a revue, 
if she is ever correctly cast, she will 
be a 8 tar in an hour; but she must 
be so cast, for she will be destroyed 
if she must depart from her hauteur, 
her frigid finesse. But she has the 
stellar quality, take that as she 
employs it — cold. 

Arco Brothers were slated to open. 
If they did, they went on at 2, be- 
cause at 2:15 Rudlnoff, carded sec- 
ond, was almost through. Rud- 
lnoff was doing his love-birds with- 



out much return. He has an inti- 
mate approach and in a later spot 
might get it home strong. His dis- 
tinctly Central European accent is 
a prpnounced element in his com- 
edy. 

Zlegler Sisters hopped about in 
a huge and spectacular set, all to no 
purpose. An assistant in the pit 
worked a wind and a string interlude 
between lengthy changes. The girls 
toiled and spun, but the sharp- 
shooters failed to rise to it. Hal 
Forde and Gltz-Rice ran along and 
longer. "Pal o'Mine" came as near 
to any audiblo reaction as they at- 
tained. The rest was an obvious 
effort to keep an act that isn't an 
act alive. Forde is English, severe- 
ly so, but he tries American wise 
cracks, and it suggests the great 
line in "The Man from Home"— "Say 
■—don't you talk United States?" 
Their last two bits were done with- 
out applause invitation. Lait. 



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BIALTO, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 4. 

New Year's day was most aus- 
piciously inaugurated here with 
Bert Lytell, the picture star, as the 
headliner. The day was no crite- 
rion as to his drawing power, but 
it is more than likely he will prove 
to be a profitable box-office asset 
before the week is concluded. 

Lytell makes his appearance after 
a few hundred feet of film, showing 
him In a scene from one of his pic- 
tures, are run off. He says the film 
concern he is employed by desired 
to have him tour the country and 
personally narrate some of the in- 
timate sides of the life of a picture 
star while making pictures; and 
also how the picture' actors live. He 
tells them It is necessary to lead a 
temperate and regular life on ac- 
count of the type of work they are. 
doing, for the lense registers the 
truth, and if one were inclined to 
dissipate or carouse, why that fact 
would be easily discernible on the 
screen and register against the ac- 
tor. He also spoke of the fact that 
the impression was out that nine- 
tenths of the hazardous stunts in 
which picture stars participate are 
faked. Lytell assured the patrons 
that this was not the case and that 
they should not believe anything in 
that regard. All of this talk con- 
sumed six minutes, with Lytell say- 
ing tha£ this was the first occasion 
he had to tread on the hpards of the 
speaking stage in three years. Ly- 
tell is personally appearing while 
laying off Metro picture work, re- 
ceiving his regular picture salary 
and expenses. 

Walton and Brandt, man and 
woman, opened the show with a 
comedy singing and talking skit. 
Their routine: of talk is of the smart 
and fly variety, and even though not 
deftly assembled manages to get, 
over. The man does the straight 
while the woman tends in able fash- 
ion to the comedy end of the turn, 
which, got over in good style. Next 
were Pearl's Gypsies. As Gypsies 
this act was billed, but it is a ques- 
tion if they were all Gypsies. There 
was the atmosphere of the Gypsy 
camp, but as far as the dancing in 
the act — which is what the act is — 
is concerned it is all of the Russian 
and folk type, with one of the wom- 
en doing a fantastic barefoot dance. 
The three men and two women 
working on the stage are all capa- 
ble dancers and present a good rou- 
tine of steps. They carry a leader, 
in Gypsy attire, who gives some- 
what tho Impression that he is a 
"Simon Legree," through the man- 
ner he handles the baton and con- 
ducts the orchestra. 

In the "trey" spot were the Mc- 
Intyres, man and woman, with danco 
and acrobatic capers executed in a 
special set of rural type depicting 
the front of a farm house with the 
well in evidence. This latter is used 
for a table fall by the man. The 
entire act is Just an assamblage of 
eccentric dancing and acrobatic bits, 
which are accomplished in fast 
manner to put the act over. 

Carlton and Burke, plump and 
slim brunet damsels, respectively, 
come along next with songs and 
comedy talk. The girls lead one to 
believe that they are probably with 
a burlesque show which has a week 
off and are filling in to get a little 
extra money to start ofr the year. 
Thpir talk routine is most aged with 
ideas purloined from other turns; 
the voice of the "plump" member of 
the team Is tolerabl , while tho en- 
doavor at syncopation by the other 
member is hardly so. She has in- 
clinations toward _ being a come- 
dienne, with probably an idea of 
(Ululating some one of the better- 
known comediennes, but which one 



in particular cannot be fathomed. 
Nevertheless, the girls mean well 
and work hard. 

Dura and Freeley, two men acro- 
bats, work hard and consistently in 
submitting an assortment of ground 
tumbling and head-to-head bal- 
ancing feats. The comedy member 
of the team might speed up the pro- 
ceedings a bit by curtailing some of 
his quips; they are not necessary; 
the act can get by with its routine 
of tricks easily enough without in- 
cidental adjuncts. 

Next to closing were Barr and La 
Marr, man and woman, with a score 
of familiar conversation and a few 
songs. The man is evidently sup- 
posed to depict an eccentric come- 
dian, but saunters into the Dutch 
dialect at at me when he is sup- 
posed to be doing straight for the 
woman in a bit of business. The 
audience here, however, did not 
mind it, as they rather liked the act. 
Closing the show were Cortelll and 
Rogers, two men with a comedy 
talking and singing sk t. One of the 
men doing "wop" makes his en- 
trance from the front selling bana- 
nas, while the other is warbling a 
songj. Naturally the man on stage is 
interrupted, invites the comic on 
stage, goes through a routine of 

omedy and concludes with song. 
The act proved to be tho hit of the 
vaudeville portion of the show, Ly- 
tell not being included in this sec- 
tion. Loop. 



AMERICAN 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

The Yuletlde gift of the bookers of 
this house to its patrons in the form 
of the bill presented was not so 
munificent. It Is Just an average 
type of bill for the three-a-day 
houses. However, thero was noth- 
ing to be feared as far as business 
is concerned, as this Christmas-to- 
New Year week is a good one, re- 
gardless of whether "names" ap- 
peared or not. 

Opening the show were the Bos- 
sinl Troupe, three men and two 
women, presenting a spectacular 
and thrilling equilibrlstic offering on 
the revolving globe. The routine 
consists of hand-to-hand and head- 
to-head work, with a number of 
comedy bits interpolated. It Is a 
good flash novelty turn and most 
acceptable to get a bill underway. 
"Deucing" came Wilson and Wilson, 
two colored men in a comedy sing- 
ing, talking and dance skit. This is 
an old-time standard small-time act, 
with the men doing character por- 
trayals for their comedy. Their talk, 
while humorous, lags In places and 
slows up their efforts considerably, 
with their main failing being that 
they work a bit or piece of business 
up to a point short of the climax 
and let it go at that. 

Le Roy and Mabel Hartt were 
next. The Hartta have a singing 
novelty or romance as they style it 
about "Love in the Southland." They 
open In one, wearing costumes of 
ante-bellum days and singing mel- 
odies of the period. After they have 
rendered several numbers the drop 
goes jp and reveals the interior of 

music room in a Southern home 
where the balance of their cycle is 
dispensed. The entire routine, with 
tho exception of the concluding 
number, is of the sentimental ballad 
type and a variation from the ever- 
present jazz. 

The duo individually have good 
voices, but in the double numbers 
they do not seem to blend or har- 
monize satisfactorily. 

"Pinched," carded as "A Comedy 
Limited to Laughs," telling a story 
of a rural Justice being arraigned 
before a city magistrate for having 
become unruly in a 4rve while he 
was in search of an erring girl who 
had deserted her blind mother. The 
old boy finally comes Into contact 
with the girl when she is brought 
in, charged with having attempted 
to pluck the "poke" of a missionary. 
Tho sketch falls short of Its pur- 
pose. It is enacted by three men 
and a woman, with tho plot of tho 
familiar pathos type, but too talky. 
The opening of the dialog is devoid 
of any humor for at least four min- 
|utes. when the "rube" finally gets 
over a few laughs at the expense of 



his city brother, who fines him time 
and again for various remarks he 
makes about the city police and Ju« 
dicial systems. Then, of course 
comes tho pathos, with the mission- 
ary in a most villainous manner at- 
tempting to have the girl, who has 
made her first mistake, punished. 
The rural Justice recognizes him as 
from the home town, and peddles a 
lot of hokum comedy at his expense 
with reference to his morals and < 
ideals. With the missionary shown 
up, the justice from the little town 
in the Dakotas has the gii turned 
over to him, as well as the fines 
which were exacted from him and 
all are happy. 

Next to closing was Cliff Clark, 
with his character stories and songs' 
getting over in capital manner. 
Closing the show were the Rlgdon 
Dancers, with Grace Fenimore 
Cooper and the Newtons. They have 
a neat and pleasing dance routing 
which should prove a corking good 
flash for the neighborhood houses. 

KEDZIE 

Chicago, Jan. 4. 

Th ; Yuletlde spirit seemed to pre- 
vail throughout in this house; on 
the part of the management, which 
offered an exceptionally attractive 
program; on the part of the actors, 
who rendered it, and on the part of 
the audience that filled every seat 
in the house at both evening per- 
| formances and demonstrated its ap- 
preciation. 

Jimmy Lucas, assisted by Fran- 
clne, had the main spot on the bill 
as well as being the main attraction. 
In his inimitable way Lucas strutted 
about dispensing his nut comedy 
and songs to the edification of the 
patrons and Francine, of course, did 
her share. Lucas evidently is known, 
j in this west side neighborhood and 
knows some of the folks there, too. 
For he had a number of local gags. 
He registered a couple of "wows". 
and then some, stopping the show 
cold and coming on in the closing 
turn to do a little additional clown- 
ing. 

Opening the show were Alex 
Sparks and Co., two men and a 
woman. This turn makes more than 
a general impression on account of 
its novelty. The act opens with the 
woman reading a fairy story about . 
some cats and while reading fall* 
into a state of slumber. Then come, 
on two big cats who go through a 
pantomime routine, during which - 
the girl awakens: then a novelty 
dance is done by the trio for a capta • 
tal finish. 

The Loose Brothers, with their 
song repertoire, next. The melodies 
are all of the popular type ballad 
and syncopation and are put over 
nicely. G. Swayne Gordon and Co., 
two men and a woman, were next 
with the comedy dramatic sketch, 
"The Heart Burglar." This vehicle 
of Gordon's has been seen here- 
abouts considerably and is relished 
by the customers as well today as 
when first seen. Tilyou and Rogers, 
with their routine of talk, acrobatics 
and dancing, had a rather hard task 
at the beginning with the talk. The 
gags are rather aged and might bet- 
ter be shortened with more em* 
phasis on the straight acrobatic and 
dance routine, which are the stellar 
features of the turn and carry It 
over. 

Closing the show were Larry 
Harklns and Co., four neatly dressed 
youths who dispensed a versatile 
and well-assembled routine of Jazz 
music and syncopated melodies. 
Their Instrumental endeavors are 
well selected and appealing, with 
the singing and dancing of the fa* 
dividuals most agreeable adjuncts 
to It. On the last evening show with 
the aid of 'Lucas' clowning they held 
the crowd in. 



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Chicago, Jan. 4. 
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views in the middle west, suffered 
a physical breakdown after a most 
strenuous season and went to Pen- 
sacola, Fla., where he will sojourn 
duiiiiii the winter months. 



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Chicago, Jan. 4. 
-you can lead a home to water 
but you can't force the home to 
drink." The owners, managers and 
"capper*" for oabaretB and restau- 
rants here have been leading the 
actors appearing here into the vari- 
ous cabarets, restaurants, and clubs 
for the past five years, checking 
then in on food, etc., charged to the 
place, and then asking them do a lit- 
tle entertaining for the customers; 
but now it appears there will be no 
more of that. The actors seemed to 
have mounted their "high horse" re- 
cently and Just won't step out and 
visit the places any more. 

With this sudden curtailment of 
the performers' munificence and 
benevolence toward the operators of 
these places, patronage will naturally 
be affected considerably. For the 
period since t^ie so-called "profes- 
sional" night has been in vogue tal- 
ent has appeared In these establish - 
intents on certain nights which, were 
an attempt made to pay these 
artists, would cost $5,000 at a con- 
servative price for their services. 
Many of those places have been run- 
ning along week after week with a 
"theatrical" or "professional night" 
when the performers were lured into 
them. There were never less than 
half a dozen performers in these 
places on any one professional night_ 
and, in some instances, as many 
as 26 were present. Regardless Of the 
number of entertainers that the place 
boasted of, there was always room 
or' time worked into the regular pro- 
gram of the cabaret whereby every- 
one of the- professionals that were 
appearing in the local theatres would 
be called upon to do his bit. 

First Phases 

When the first of the professional 

ights of any significance was carded 

some five years ago, at the time that 

PIsabeli Patricola was hostess at the 
Green Mill Gardens, It became the 
talk t the town. Everyone and 
I anybody of any prominence in the 
f theatrical business playing in Chi- 
r cago was present at the Gatdens to 
^ participate in and see the big doings. 
y It was understood, at that time, that 
j[ Patricola was financially interested 
k in the Green Mill Gardens, and hav- 
ing a large friendship among the- 
atrical people, the place became a 



nightly rendezvous for the people of 
the profession. There was hardly a 
night that there was not a big 
throng coming out from the "Loop" 
theatres after the show to get in on 
the fun. 

At first it was a case of calling on 
a few friends to oblige with a little 
turn, but as the throngs grew so big 
night after night, it was decided not 
to spoil the patrons with a theatrical 
night each evening, so one night 
each week was set aside as the oc- 
casion instead, when the biggest of 
the performers appearing in town 
during the week would journey out 
to the Gardens to do their little 
"bit." Then it was decided to segre- 
gate the people of the profession, so 
that they would not be annoyed with 
curious questions and embarrass- 
ment. A long table was placed at 
one end of the room, and here all of 
the theatrical people were seated. 
Then again a feature of keeping 
them together was the fact that in 
this manner the announcer would 
have little difficulty in getting them 
to respond when called upon. 

Frank Clark, professional manager 
of Waterson. Berlin & Snyder's local 
office, was deputized by Patricola to 
see that each evening the persons 
desired would attend. Clark would 
visit the theatres In the loop, ascer- 
tain what they were doing that even- 
ing, and if they were at liberty he 
would Inform them that directly 
after the performance a taxicab 
would be at their disposal to take 
them to the Gardens. In this way 
Clark always managed to get from 
10 to 15 loads in the machines and 
arrive at the Gardens just as the 
regular entertainers of the estab- 
lishment were finishing for the 
night. The actors were then taken 
to the table, where they were served 
with whatever they desired in the 
food and drink line, and then given a 
few minutes or so to digest the 
viands and liquor refreshments they 
had consumed, before the announcer 
would begin with "Ladles and Gen- 
tlemen: We have with us tonight 
the world's greatest ." The en- 
tertainment would begin and last 
Until the small hours of the morn- 
ing, with the performers in some in- 
stances obliging as many as six 
times with a song, dance or stories. 

Getting what was known as the 



"elite" of the profession, the Green 
Mill Gardens became one of the most 
popular places in town, with envious 
eyes turned on the establishment by 
the proprietors of other resorts. 

Lew Kane, Expert 

When the "theatrical night" was 
at Us height there, Lew Kane stepped 
into the "picture" and commenced 
"lining" up people to appear at the 
Edelweiss Gardens, which was lo- 
cated on the other side of town. 
Kane had a happy faculty of getting 
out among the performers and draw- 
ing a most wonderful picture of the 
establishment, the wonderful oppor- 
tunity that would be afforded to 
those who might be so kind to oblige 
by appearing, and in that way was 
enabled to get some of the biggest 
headllners In vaudeville and prac- 



along with him and t»*e patrons e? 
the place there generally is an over- 
flow of business. But no one is 
compelled to entertain or in any 
way embarrassed if they do not, for 
the "guest" generally brings enough 
talent with him to fill out the even- 
ing's program without being com- 
pelled to call upon any of the pa- 
trons of the place for assistance. 

Ike Bloom, who operates the "Mid- 
night Frolics," has Inaugurated a 
new stunt this season which seems 
to have caught on. Every Wednes- 
day is amateur night. From 35 to 
50 future "headllners" are given an 
opportunity to show their embryo 
talent. The idea at this place Is to 
have the amateur impersonate or do 
a "travesty" on some person who ; 
appearing at a legitimate or vaude- 
ville house during that week. This, 
of course, is a big laugh, and as a 
rule the person who is imitated or 
burlesqued Is generally present. 
Then the opportunity comes along 
for the actor to clown with the imi- 
tator. However, the actors are not 
called upon to make any comment 
or are not pointed out; they do the 
"ad lib" or "clowning" of their own 
volition, as Bloom will not permit 
any of his entertainers or employes 



tlcally every star with a musical or m . 

legitimate show i town to.visit the |° p . 0,nt out an y Performer who may 

place. In that way he gained a rep- m J*™™™', t> # ... „ 

Station which was equalled by none L A " * ^L? I thl " ^"ST adop j ed 

and earned the cognomen of being ** J™ ™ }£?.? . * ^""J 1 X 

•the best free act getter In America." ^* h * b " 1 l^ he " '" ft '?■- ?° 

„ , __ ". „ A . . P°r cent, of the actors playing in 

Ernie Young at that time was in Chicago present at the special per- 

charge of affairs at the Edel- formance, knowing their presence 
weiss, booking professional nights. I w m not be taken ^vantage of 

At the height of tho career of sue- Then agairlf when an artut arrlv<)9 

cess of the Edelweiss Gardens !n town he rece | vea a 8pec i a i lnvl . 

Sophie Tucker and her band were tatlull from Bloom extending the 

the chief regular attraction. This, of courtesy of the "Midnight Frolics" 

course, brought a great many pro- during his stay in town. This Is 

fesslonals to the place who might <j ue to the fact that there is a gate 

have been "wary" of Kane and his charge of $1 for admission to the 
promises. So there were two shots | "Midnight Frolics." 
fired at the same bird, with the re- 
sult that hardly anyone of prom- 



BIG WEEK 

Chicago Vaudeville Theatres 
Overcrowded 



All 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

The vaudeville theatres in the 
"Loop'' had a harvest last week. 
Starting off with a holiday matinee 
and finishing up with an extra mid- 
night performance for New Year's 
all was peaches and cream for them. 
The attendance at the matinees dur- 
ing the entire week was far above 
the average with the Majestic, Pal- 
ace and Apollo doing practically 
capacity on all of the afternoon per- 
formances. The evening business, 
with the exception of one or two 
nights, was capacity in all, resulting 
in the week being the biggest money 
getter of the present season. * 

The . State-Lake more than held 
Its own. At this house there was 
double the regular holdout in line 
from the noon hour to late in the 
evening, with dose to 1,000 persons 
being in line on Saturday night 
waiting to get i.i for the Anal or 
midnight performance. 

Practically all of the houses could 
have more than doubled their as- 
semblage on New Year's Eve, for 
just as many people as were accom- 
modated were also turned away. 



inence in the theatrical field who 



Copy Little Club 
Then there Is the Little Club, an 



visited Chicago was not present overnight upstart, attempting to 
some night or other at Edelweiss JpPJ "»• pol ley and style of the 
and did his bit of entertaining. N fl ew York Lit lo Club. This or- 
Prior to the engagement of Miss ?™'""° n ' " hlch ha f ***** rc " 
Tucker. Ted Lewis, with five vaude- °« n "* »»■ */<*>» * the Hotel Ren- 
ville acts, was the regular features f° £■ «* LI? * Ur E? rt 'Vki,^ 1 th ! 
at the establishment. Sd mU.Thi i. ^ e8t f bli8 * m f nt 
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apologize. It was an oversight, so please feel 
* still am with you in spirit. 

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Ing successful at Green Mill and 
Edelweiss Gardens the idea of pro- 
fessional nights in cafes, restaurants 
and cabarets spread. Wherever one 
would go or look they would see 
"Professional Night" advertised. 

Neck and Neck 

With the places running neck and 
neck in -heir race to get actors to 
appear and many of them running 
the event on the same evening, it 
came to be rather a hard task to 
assemble an attractive group of per- 
formers, with the result that the 
Edelweiss Gardens gave up the 
stunt. Then other places followed 
until only in the smaller and some- 
what cheaper places for a time was 
a professional night given. 

Then the Eitel Brothers, who con- 
duct the Marigold Gardens and the 
Randolph Hotel induced Ernie 
Young to institute a professional 
night in these places. Toung did so 
with much success, having Kane in 
charge of the procuring of the pro- 
fessional talent. Things were run- 
ning along smoothly and success- 
fully as well, when one of the Eitel 
brothers is credited with having 
made a remark that was resented. 
Kane immediately refused to have 
anything more to do with any stunt 
nights in the places operated by the 
Eitels and others associated with 
Young said they would not partici- 
pate in any events of the sort at 
cither one of the places. Young 
withdrew his professional night at 
both places at once, and since that 
time there have b*en no endeavors 
to continue them. 

With these places being thrown 
out of the race f jr professional en- 
tertainers, the Green'Mill and Friars 
Inn started staging these nights 
with new efTortr during the past 
six months. They have drawn a 
good many professionals to these 
affairs, but not the typo nor the 
"names" that attended tho Edel- 
weiss functions. 

The Rainbow Gardens have an- 
other angle on tho professional 
night which they are running in a t 
most successful manner. They ! 
designate some special evening as | 
a night for some particular pT- ! 
former and have that person occupy ! 
the center of the stage only without j 
having other- tresspass on his 
promiFO. 

On this occasion tho "honored" 
guest comes out with a score of his 
theatrical friends and a "herd' of 
music pluggers and stages his own 
little show. The affair is advertised 
i the daily papers nnd on the bill- 
boards so that. as a rule ..vlih the 



his sojourn In Chicago. The prime 
purpose of doing this is to enable 
them to conduct a professional 
night, mostly every night and take 
advantage of the fact that perform- 
ers are in attendance and call upon 
them to entertain. No reimburse- 
ment is given tho performers. The 
entire establishment is run on com- 
mercialized lines for personal gain 
only. The "bait" thrown out to the 
upsophlsticated is most attractive. 
They are told to come up and 
they will get anything they may 
want in the food and drink line and 
will not be compelled to suffer the 
annoyances performers usually en- 
counter in public places and cab- 
arets where they may go after their 
performance to obtain a little rec- 
reation and divereion. 

An establishment of that sort and 
with that policy appeals to the per- 
formers and they fall for the propo- 
sition heavily. They go to the place, 

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Chi. 



Independent Firm Dissolves 
Chicago, Jan. 4. 
Emery Ettelson and Ned Becker, 
independent agents, have severed 
business relations, with Ettelson 
taking over the agency. 



ELEAK0K DAHA DIVORCED 

Chicago, Jan 4. 

George Marshall Marsland, catcher 
with tho Buffalo club of the Inter- 
national League last season, was 
granted a divorce from Eleanc* 
Dana Marsland on the grounds of 
cruelty by Judge McDonald in tho 
Superior Court. 

The couple were marred here 
about a year ago, when Mrs. Mars- 
land was appearing at the Colonial 
with White's "Scandals/' after a 
brief courtship. *Jra. Marsland Is 
now appearing with Ziegfeld's "Mid- 
night Frolics" In New York. 



BECK PARTY TRAVELING 

Chicago, Jan. 4. 
Martin Beck, president of the Or- 
pheum circuit, accompanied by Mrs. 
Beck, Mort H. Singer, general man-.. 
ager of the circuit, and his famHy; 
and Floyd Scott, of the Orpheum 
publicity department, stopped off 
here for several days en route to 
California, where they will attend 
the opening of the new Orpheum 
houses In San Francisco and Los 
Angeles. 



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Friday, January 6, 1922 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



MAIDS OF AMERICA 

Mia* Sourl, from Missouri 

Alfaretta Symonds 

Mrs. Slppi. from the Middle West 

Tcss Howarth 
Phil A. Delphla. from the East.. Ed Grlflln 

Minnie, one of the Appolla Sisters 

' Daisy Harris 

lack Sonvllle, from the South. Leonard King 
Ana. one of the Appolla Sisters.. Jean Fox 
Al Laaka, from up North. . .Dick I'«iras|er 

Dave N. Port, from Iowa Ed Smith 

Little Sippl. a branch of the sippls. . . . 

FF * Eddie Merrigan 

Loois SlppU Mrt. Blppl'e husband^. .^^ 



"Cupid' 



.Bobby Barry 



Bobby Barry la featured In this 
J. Herbert Mack show. He not only 
ia featured— he is the feature. For 
one© a management and an audi- 
ence can synchronize. 

Little Barry, who cornea of an 
honored family of comedians, proves 
something which this unsophisti- 
cated reviewer, in the face of much 
pooh-poohing from the wise eggs, 
has for years timidly maintained — 
that a burlesque comic may be sub- 
tle, subdued, palatable and even hu- 
man, and still be funny and still be 
appreciated. 

Barry has the sure-fire recipe. He 
wears the putty nose, the clown 
clothes and the battleship shoes. 
But he works like a man and not 
like a lunatic* And he Isn't on the 
stage all the time either. And when 
he Is everybody is glad of it, for the 
diminutive jester exudes an appeal 
such as has seldom been seen since 
Joe Weber. He gets sympathy, 
which Is so vital a factor of comedy. 
He uses no dialect and needs none. 
And whenever he is on the center 
of Interest is his, no matter where 
the spotlight aims. He isn't small 
enough to be freakish and he isn't 
rough enough to be offensive and he 
isn't quiet enough to be obscure. 
He has burlesque down to an art, 
for he can rattle the sides of the 
roughnecks who naturally come and 
can tickle the sides of the more ex- 
acting, who would come oftener if 
there were more Bobby Barry s. 

The show Is clean throughout, 
without lacking spice. The girls are 
an exceptionally lookatable lot and 
the costumes are beyond the aver- 
age in class and design. Alfaretta 
Symonds makes a striking blonde 
prima-soubret, and Tees Howarth, a 
statuesque brunet, is a farceur who 
could move a couple of blocks down 
Broadway and be welcome. A 
"stew" scene in the first part that 
Miss Howarth plays with Barry is 
equaled in burlesque only by Kath- 
erlne Crawford's. 

As in all burlesque shows, due to 
the tyrannies of the payroll,, the 
minor principals are apple-sauce. 
Mr. Mack seems to have had unusu- 
ally bad luck in this respect. Fred 
Reeb stands up, though his make- 
up conflicts with Barry's, which is a 
mistake both ways, as it detracts 
from the principal comedian and 
from Reeb, who has individuality 
end a versatile run of talents and 
who should adopt a character quite 
hip own. 

A Chinese scene In the second 
half, entirely legitimate, with the 
chorus on and a little "Clni Chin 
Chow" plot being spilled prettily by 
Miss Symonds, was not amiss in the 
routine. Several farce scenes, 
mainly one of a chain of double- 
crossing love affairs and another a 
night in a weird hotel, were good 
enough to go into a high-priced re- 
vue. William K. Wells (are all the 
liillys becoming Williams these 
days?) is credited with the book and 
staging. If he put on this whole 
show and wrote even half the scenes 
he too can move a couple of blocks 
south. 

Of course only box-office totals 
are really good critics and only 
.shows that get the big totals are 
good shows. But it seems to this 
reporter that this show ought to get 
the money, because it has all the 
elements of burlesque and a few pot 
ones of higher-priced entertainment. 

Lait. 



RECORD BREAKERS 

Flossie Footlights Mable Howard 

Virginia Dare Paulino Hail 

Miss Obert Butler Emily Keller 

Nanette Wilson Jacque Wilson 

Tansy Blossom Josle West 

I'uunt Du Penny Uonham Bell 

-tn*e Manager Bert Hall 

Hank Wallop Tim Healcy 

xtage Door Keeper Ily Jnnsen 

Mike JIahoney Jack Held 



"The Record Breakers" is current 
at the Olympic minus Jark Held, 
principal comedian, who produced 
the show. Rtfid had lu retire after 
Monday night, forced hors du com- 
bat by rheumatism. 

Tuesday night Hy Jansen handled 
Reid's Irish characterization in tho 
first few scenes while Bert Hall 
subbed as "The Information Kid," 
Keld's wise cracking hop head, for 
Jie remainder of the two acts. 

'Record Breakers" is an unusual 
show for the American, ono of the 
best on tho wheel. The chorus dis- 
plays moro wardrobe and more 
changes than any two average wheel 
shows, and in addition are a peppy 
shimmying bunch, on early and 
often. The girls are all generously 
proportioned, with one or two in th«» 
• beef trust" class, but that doesn't 
affect their work. They earned en- 
cores on many occasions by shlni- 
mylajrand pep. The ehange* are 
taate and profuse, running 



to attractive short-skirted costumes 
and lingerie. One attractive Hash 
was a winter scene with eight girls 
in wintry costumes. An invisible 
drop at the back lights up, revealing 
nine models in one-piece suits pos- 
ing in three groups. The finale of 
the number was an announcement 
Wednesday night they will all be 
entered in a model contest, open to 
any one, with a capital prize of $25. 

The show is rich in principals, 
having five principal women in 
Mable Howard, soubret; Pauline 
Hall, prima donna; Emily Keller, 
ingenue soubret; Jacque Wilson, 
soubret, and Josle West, another 
peppery number leader. Miss Kel- 
ler seemed to cop the personality 
honors, with " e others a step back. 
Miss Hall is an experienced artist, 
with a strident voice and a knowl- 
edge of values and the psychology 
of the 14th streeters that helped her 
on each appearance. 

Of the men, Bert Hall in Reid's 
place was deserving of the most 
credit, although all jumped Into the 
breach created by Reid's absence in 
Intelligent fashion. Bonham Bell is 
a tall, good-looking straight, with 
an unusual singing volco for bur- 
lesque. He read his lines and domi- 
nated situations in first-rate fash- 
ion, also holding up tho harmony of 
a trio number with Jansen and Hall. 

Hy Jansen handled an Irish char- 
acter, a bad westerner and a black- 
face bit in clever fashion. He was 
a consistent factor in rolling up the 
impressive total of laughs and en- 
tertainment that the attraction gath- 
ered. 

The book was reminiscent of the 
real burlesque shows of a few sea- 



sons back and gave an at the prin- 
cipals ample opportunity. The seen* 
ery was up to the high average of 
the rest of the production and 
showed a western dance hall eot, 
where a clever comedy dramatic skit 
was nicely handled by the entire 
company. 

In this set a pair of colored musi- 
cians did things to a banjo and 
xylophone for an opener. Both were 
garbed in feathers and war paint 
and programmed as the Musical 
Seminoles. 

A number worthy of mention was 
"A Department Store," led by Paul- 
ine Hall in "one." Miss Hall was 
enveloped in a seal coat, which was 
later removed, disclosing her in a 
one-piece blue silk bathing suit. 
The girls were on in groups as "kid- 
dles," "bathing girls" and "lingerie 
models." The number caught on 
hugely. 

The chorus of 16 at times were 
on so successively that they worked 
in two shifts of eight girls each. 
This made an interesting diversion 
and increased the wardrobe flash. 

"The Record Breakers" is one 
show on the American Circuit that 
has not been misnamed. A capacity 
attendance stayed Tuesday night 
for the amateurs that followed. 

Con. 



MISCHIEF MAKERS 

Horace Dippy Cbas. (Tramp) McNally 

Charlie Wise George E. Puget 

Tony Pardello Johnny Crosby 

Blabber Schulti Chuck Wilson 

Mrs. Pardello Frances Cornell 

Madame Fin Mabel Clark 

BUlle Burke Helen Clayton 

This Is a Tom Sullivan American 
wheel attraction and was at the 
Olympic last week. Business had 
been capacity up to Friday night, 
when the Jackson-Dundee bout at 
the Garden put a crimp in the S. R. 
O. At that there were only a few 



vacancies in the last two rows, with 
the boxes a trifle light for 14th 
street, where they like to set a 
close-up of the girls. 

The show la an average wheel at- 
traction, with a hard-working prin- 
cipal comedian in Chas. (Tramp) 
McNally. McNally does the tramp 
character throughout the two acts, 
at time descending Into the realms 
of double entendre, and is never at 
lose for a "hell." tie carries the 
principal comedy burden with very 
little assistance from Johnny Crosby, 
a wop comic, or Chuck Wilson, a 
Dutch comedian. Crosby livens up 
the proceedings in several Instances 
with solos and possesses the voice 
of the ensemble, but his comedy con- 
tributions were airy. 

Wilson Is a willing worker minus 
personality with a fair singing voice. 
He did a silly Dutchman In both 
acts with helping the comedy aver- 
age much. 

George E. Puget is a neat appear- 
ing, satisfactory straight man. He 
handled his scenes and portions ac- 
ceptably, with but slight opportun- 
ity for anything but a stereotyped 
rendition of his role. 

The show houses three principal 
women in Frances Cornell, the prima 
donna; Helen Clayton, the soubret, 
and Mabel Clark, a wiggly ingenue. 
Miss Clark has a beautiful figure, 
fashioned in one of nature's kindliest 
moods, and she certainly capitalizes 
her charms in this piece. Most of 
her costumes ran to the one-piece 
bathing suit effect. A "cakie" de- 
livery with a touch of shim tacked 
on to a semi-cooch insured her a re- 
call everytime she led a popular 
number that allowed her to move. 
Her only classical contribution, a 
ballad, delivered immobile, flopped, 
but her next number, which allowed 
her to step on H, was greeted with 
the usual enthusiasm. 

Miss Cornell, the prima donna, is 
a generously proportioned woman 



with a strident voice and consider. 
able wardrobe. She is a veterancse 
and didn't muff any opportunities. 

Helen Clayton ia the average 
soubret of the peppy acrobatlo 
dancing type. Miss Clayton has a 
pleasing voice and helped the lulls 
between bits. She should smile more 
often. Her present serious attitude 
towards her work Is swamping her 
personality. 

The book is the usual bit and 
number arrangement, with the dia- 
log mostly of ancient vintage, a 
comedy quartet reminiscent of ante-* 
helium days and several other pre- 
stage coach bits were on tap, with 
the modern touches a "dream" scene 
a "put and take" and an "antl -Vol- 
stead concertina." 

The production is up to snuff, and 
15 average choristers dash on and 
off at frequent intervals. One girl 
with a predisposition for the shim 
accompanied eyen the ballads with 
a gelatin accompaniment. 

A few less specialties and more 
hoke comedy between the numbers 
will speed up the tempo. Con. 



FOLLY TOWN 

Motorcycle Policeman James Hall 

Bhown Buslneaa Harry Bart 

Public James Holly 

Youtb Ruth Roaemond 

Vaudelesque Virginia Ware 

Harmony Benjamin Joas 

Oood Cheer Lucille Harrison 

Folly Leda Errol 

Melody Lynn Cantor 

Gloom . . . . t Leater Dorr 

Messenger Johnnie Walker 

Dr. Joy Gua Fay 

James E. Cooper's "Folly Town* 
at the Columbia last week is practi- 
cally the same as regards th,e com* 
edy bits, scenes and production as 
last season. There has been some 
slight change in principals, and the 
big specialty turn, "Tennessee Ten," 

(Continued on page 11) 



WEBER & FIELDS' VARIETY SHOW 




The group picture above shows the personnel of Weber and Fields' 
variety road show of 1889. Of the 12 artists, or performers, as they were 
called in those days, comprising the road show, Lew. Fields (17) Is the 
only one actively appearing in vaudeville today, Mr. Fields currently 
playing the Shubcrt Vaudeville circuit with his "Snapshots" revue. 

Joe Weber (16) is a legit producer, confining his efforts to that field. 
James F. Hoey (1) has been oat of show business for upward of 20 
years, when last heard from being engaged in the hacking business at 
St. James, Long Island. Hoey, who was, billed as "Young Mule," is a 
brother of the late William Hoey, "Old Hoss," of the team of Evans and 
Hoey. .lamps F. Hoey was among the very first of what has since de- 
veloped into the "nut" type of comedians. He appeared with tho beard 
as shown in the picture, and was rated as one of the cleverest and most 
unique stngo comics of his day. Hoey Is credited with having originated 
a style and blazed a trail for the present day "nut" in vaudeville, 
through establishing a form of comedy single that was revolutionary in 
character from the conventional blackface and tramp singles of the 80's. 

Hilly Emerson (2) died about 15 years ago. Ho was a blackface singing 
and dancing comedian of the neat, swell dressed dandy coon typo and 
noted as a producer of "nigger acts," which always formed a part of the 
cld-time variety bhows In the shape of afterpieccr. 

Lottie Gils.on (3) died about eight years ago. Miss Gilson was the 
"single woman" of the Weber and Fields show, called in those days 
a "singing soubret." She was responsible for the popularization of num- 
berless pop songs covering a period of 20 years or more from 1885 to 
1905 and later. Miss Gilson was one of the first to Introduce the stylo 
of having a singing "plant" in the gallery, usually a youth or boy vocalist, 

ore than likely a newsboy recruit from "amateur night" who, possessed. 

equently a voice much abovo the ordinary. The list of Miss Gilson a 
gallery "plants" who later acquired fame in show business would fill a 



couple of columns. Miss Gilson was also a pioneer with the "audience* 
song— that Is the singing of a light comedy number directly at some 
one sitting In a box, sometimes a plant, and more often not. She appeared 
on the stage in abbreviated skirts, the typical soubret costume of the 
period, also wearing tights at times. Incidentally, the typical soubret 
stage costume of 1889. as far as the length of the skirt goes, was Just 
about a couple of inches more conservative than tho typical street cos- 
tume of the average girl of the present day. 

The Garnella Family (4-5-6) were an acrobatic combination, one of 
the standard variety acts. Weber and Fields introduced for the firft 
time their celebrated pool table comedy act, as two chln-plcced "Dutch- 
men." luck Staley (1) and Belle Burbeck (8) did a scenic transforma- 
tion turn, called "The Musical Blacksmiths." This opened with the team 
in blacksmith garb, with a stage set having anvils and the rest of the 
atmosphere, and changing quickly to a parlor interior, with Staley and 
Burbeck in evening dress. Lavender (9) and Thomson (10) were a mixed 
acrobatic and singing team. Tho Great Roncllcs did a trained bird act. 

Tho salary list is interesting on the light of present-day vaudeville" 
salaries As near as Lew Fields can remember the pay roll was as fol- 
lows: James F. Hoey, $100; Billy Kmerson, $250; Staley and Burbeck. 

f : I-aveiider and Thomson, $75; Lottlo Gilson, $150; The Garncllas, 
$.00; ihe Bundles, $125; "Biggie" Fay (13). the company manager, re- 
ceived $ jo and tho property man (14) ai:d stage carpenter (15). names 
not recalled, received $35 each. 

Weber and Field* owned the show, dividing up the profits or losses. 

The total salary list, exclusive of Weber and Fields, was $1,195. The 

show played such theatres as Hyde & Behmans two Brooklyn house*. 

jtne London on the Bowery, and similar variety theatres throughout tin* 

.larger cjtjcs. on. a Sharing arrangement. The scale wu.s 50 cir.f t«»i» 

for nights, with the boxer '5. Matinees, 35 and 50 cents r. ■ u 



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Friday, January 6, 1922 



BURLESQUE 






11 



AVENUE DETROIT, WITHDRAWING 

FROM AMERICAN WHEEL 



Second Irons & damage House to Install Burlesque • 
Stock Instead — Another Move in American— * k 
Columbia Fight 



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The Avenue, Detroit, controlled 
Uf irons & damage, will stop play- 
ing American wheel shows after to- 
morrow (Saturday), the manage- 
ment installing a burlesque stock 
company next Monday. This is the 
second Irons & damage house to 
drop out of the American wheel 
route this season. The other was 
the Haymarket, Chicago, which 
ceased to be an American wheel 
stand, four weeks ago, also going 
Into stock, its present policy. 

At the American offices it was 
Stated the circuit would not seek to 
keep the American shows in the 
Avenue, Detroit, via legal procedure, 
M In the case of the Haymarket, 
Chicago. "When Irons & Cinmage 
notified the American circuit of the 
can cellation of the shows at the 
Haymarket, the American sought an 
Injunction. The restraining orde^r 
was denied on the grounds the 
American Burlesque Association 
was hot a principal but an agent, 
and as such could not ask for in- 
junctive relief. 

The Avenue was a week stand for 
the American shows... It will remain 
an open week for the time being. 
Irons & Clamage had a show on the 
American wheel early in the season, 
but It was withdrawn a couple of 
months ago. - *f he ' firm operates 
three Columbia shows and are re- 
lated as Columbia allies in the war- 
fare that has been going on be- 
tween the hea> of the Columbia 
and American circuits this season. 

Like the cancellation of* the Hay- 
market, the withdrawal of. the Ave- 
nue, Detroit, is generally looked 
upon In burlesque as a retaliatory 
measure against the American by 
the Columbia. 




•TORONTO HOUSE 

irlcan Burlesque Circuit 
has le^fced the Grand 'opera house, 
Toronto, for its' shows and will open 
It fob., I with an American attrac- 
tion in opposition to the Star, To- 
ronto, which plays Columbia Cir- 
cuit attractions. 

The former Star, Toronto, Canada, 
renamed the Empire since taken 
over by the Columbia Amusement 
Co. recently as a week stand for the 
Columbia snoWs, starts with its new 
policy Monday, Jan. ». Barney 
Gerard's ^'Follies of the Day" will 
be the initial attraction. 

Vhe Columbia formerly played the 
Gayety, Toronto. The Star, con- 
trolled by Mrs. Stair, the Columbia 
leasing from her, has been re-deco- 
rated and the capacity increased at 
on outlay of more than $20,000. 



ANOTHER KAHN STOCK 

The 14th Street theatre at 14th 
■treet and Sixth avenue. New York, 
Will open Jan. 15 with stock bur- 
lesque to bo produced by the widow 
•f Ren Kahn. 

The house has tried various poli- 
ties in the past two seasons, from 
stock attractions to vaideville and 
Pi tures. it recently was reported 
a» going into a receivership. 

Ben Kahn, the recently deceased 
nusband of the present producer, 
conducted a stock burlesque com- 
pany at Kahn's Union Square for 
years. The house was one of the 
landmarks on 14th atrcet and was 
recently closed to be razed. 



LOUIS ROBIE BETTER 

Louis Hobie*, veteran burlesque 
manager and producer, Is convales- 
cing from an Illness which has con- 
fined him to the Somerset hotel 
Since Thanksgiving. 

Mr. liobie was an active bur- 
lesque producer until about 1U0S. 
His Bobie's "Knickerbockers" was 
One of the stan lard Columbia Cir- 
cuit attractions in its day. 

Mr. Uobie was able to leave his 
hotel f,, r a i )rl( .r constitutional, 
Wednesday. 



Gallagher Inspecting American 
C(or K ,. C.alla^hcr, general man- 
ager of the American Burlesque As- 
sociation, left last wvk for an in- 
spection tour of the circu'fs shows 
and hoUses. 



"WHIRL OF GIRLS" 
LEAVING AMERICAN 



HOLIDAY WEEK'S GROSS 
WELCOME TO MANAGERS 



Decided Impetus Hoped to 

Continue— Pre-Xmas Week 

Away Off 



Wm. S. Campbell Gives Up 

Franchise — Show to Disband 

— Bad Business Causes 

Withdrawal 



W. S. Campbell's "Whirl of Girls" 
will drop out of the American wheel 
about Jan. 23, Campbell having de- 
cided to disband the show as a re- 
sult of the continued poor business. 

"Whirl of Girls" for many years 
played under the tltlo of the "Pat 
White Show," with Tat White as 
the star. White did not appear with 
it this season. The withdrawal of 
"Whirl of Girls" carries with it the 
surrender of the American wheel 
franchise it operated under, and 
controlled by Campbell. 

Campbell has the Rose Sydell 
show on the Columbia wheel, which 
will continue. 



RECORD LOW 

$29 and $35 Matinees in Burlesqui 
Columbia's Lowest 



The' present season in burlesque 
appears to be a competition in the 
way of low grosses. What appears 
to be the lowest ever recorded was 
taken Friday of last week (Dec. 23) 
by "Some Show" (American) at the 
Gayety, Louisville, when the attrac- 
tion played to a total of $29 on the 
day. The week previous, "Jingle 
Jingle," a Columbia show, got $35 
on a Saturday matinee at the 
People's, Philadelphia. 

The week before Xmas the Co- 
lumbia, New York, got less than 
$6,000, the lowest gross on the record 
of the house, excepting in the in- 
stance of some of the summer shows 
and very hot weeks there. 



STOCK BIZ GOOD 

Hodges Company at Detroit Build- 
ing Up Daily 



Detroit, Jan. 4. 

Jimmy podges and a company of 
50, playing musical stock at the Or- 
pheum, are doing excellent business, 
building up with every performance. 

A very capable cast has Hector 
Downe, Josephine Taylor and Jazz 
Band, Jean Chapman, Lew Hamp- 
ton, Betty De Sales and HaVmony 
Four. Only 10 shows are given 
weekly, and all seats are reserved. 



HALL'S ALIMONY ARREST 

Buffalo, Jan. 4. 

Edgar C. Hall, comedian with a 
burlesque outfit at the Academy was 
arrested charged with contempt of 
court for failing to pa»y his wife, 
Anna Hall, $15 a week alimony. 

The contempt order wa^ issued in 
New York city and was served by 
the Sheriff here as Hall made one 
of his exits during the performance. 

The comedian was released on ball 
furnished by the manager 'of the 
company. 



Utica Instead of Schenectady 
Utica, N. Y., replaces Schenectady 
as a three-day stand on the* Ameri- 
can wheel route sheets next we n k. 



BURLESQUE MARKS INCREASE 

DURING HOLIDAY WEEK 



ew low -ses for the week pre- 
ceding the holiday week are re- 
ported by producers on both the 
Columbia and American Burlesque 
circuits. 

The American circuit claims to 
have held its own at Cleveland, Chl- 
ca Washington, Brooklyn and In- 
dianapolis but admit .he rest of the 

stands were lower than at any point 
this season. 

Closely following tficse reports 
come optimistic returns for the holi- 
day week, particularly the houses in 
and around Greater New York. 

Business took a decided impetus 
with the best week of the season 
reported at the Fifth Ave Brook- 
lyn (American circuit), and the Co- 
lumbia. New York. The 14th Street 
(Olympic) alto reported a capacity 
attendanco all week." 

The burlesque people believe that 
the numerous lay-offs reported by 
the big department stores and other 
concerns worked to their advantage 
on the holidays receipts. 

Many of the big department stores 
are reported as laying off thousands 
of employes following the holiday 
rush, many of whom were taken on 
for that period. These people re- 
ceived their weekly wages and in 
some cases bonuses which were 
expended at the box offices of the 
moderate priced amusements, among 
them burlesque. 

Despite the good business for the 
holiday week, producers on both 
circuits are far from optimistic for 
the balance of the season. It is 
computed that few of any shows on 
either wheel are making money. 

ColuMbla producers, with an 
average overhead of $2,500 weekly, 
are said to have suffered losses of 
from $3,000 to $7 000 on the season 
thus far -individually. " American 
circuit producers, with a weekly 
net averaging $1,800 an attraction, 
are less harder hit, but also on the 
wrong side of the ledger. 

The general cut in salaries ordered 
by the American some weeks ago 
was productive of some relief for 
the American producer, but has 
been far from evening up the bal- 
ance on the off side of the sheet. 



Columbia, New York, Tops Season With $12,000— 
Columbia, Chicago, Does $10,000 — Bad Spots on 
Both Wheels 



BAD SEASON'S BUSINESS 
FORCES MARION BACK 



Burlesque Star Will Rejoin 

Own Show— Retired After 

40 Years on Stage 



Syracuse, Jan. 4. 

Dave Marlon, who retired from 
active stage work in 1919, after a 
career covering nearly 40 years as 
an actor in various branches of the 
show business, will return to the 
stage within a week or so. Joining 
his own Columbia wheel show (Dave 
Marion's) and reviving his "Snuffy" 
cabman character. 

Marion's decision to get Into his 
own show again came about owing 
to the continued bad husiness this 
season, and in view of his popular- 
ity over the Columbia circuit, it Is 
Marion's belief he can boost the 
business through appearing person- 
ally with the show that bears his 
name. 



M0BE DEFENSES 



COLUMBUS 



Lyceum Again Going on American 
Wheel — Low Grosses 



The Lyceum, Columbus, O., now 
playing the Columbia wheel shows, 
formerly playing American attrac- 
tions, will return to the American 
route Jan. 23. The Lyceum played 
the Columbia shows on a $2,400 
guarantee — 60-40- basis— with the 
weekly grosses seldom reaching 
higher than $3,500. 

Columbus will be a week stand on 
the American route, as it has been 
on the Columbia. 



FOREIGN ACT IN BURLESQUE 

The first instanc • of a burlesque 
show bringing aver a foreign feat- 
ure turn in several seasons will be 
marked by. the engagement of Sila- 
cara, continental male classical 
dancer, who Joins Beatty's "Follies 
of New York," American wheel show 
at the Olympic, New York, next 
Monday as an added attraction. 

Silicara, who has been a feature 
act at the Wintergarten, Berlin, for 
several months past, closed there 
last week, sailing for New York 
Tuesday on the Geurge Washington. 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



(Continued from page 10) » 

tbe outstanding hit of tho :show 
when it last played the Columbia, is 
missing. Cius Kay is still tho prin- 
cipal comic, and Johnnie Walker and 
Lester Dorr likewise repeaters in 
the comedy division. Lynn Cantor 
is the prima donna this se;ison. re- 
placing Franz Marie Texas, and Vir- 
ginia Ware is another new l'aco 
among the principals. 

"Folly Town'' classes as a pood 
Columbia wheel attraction. It has 
net ion. comedy ami (lass, and holds 
plenty of staple burlesque entertain- 
ment, fins Fay ilues his unctuous 
"Butch" in his familiar easy style. 
getting laughs whet ever the bits 
call for ihem and working con- 
scientiously. Lynn Cantor has a 
regular vcicc— a clear vibrant so- 



prano — with a likable personality. 

The production shows no signs of 
wear, .and tho costumes, some of 
I which appear to have been renewed 
I for this season, are bright and at- 
i tractive. The suicide bit, the punch 
bowl business, which has several 
ni'-mbers of the cast exhibiting vari- 
ous styles of souses: the "Hell" 
scene and the vamp bit toward the 
end of the show all landed comedy 
wows. 

The choristers number the regu- 
lation IX, with a fair average of 
looks and shapeliness. The Califor- 
nia Trio, also holding over from last 
se.ison, put over a healthy hit with 
their harmony ringing. 

Billy K. Wells wrote tho book, 
Jesse (!rc«*r i yontr^buted some tune- 
ful special 'music, 'and Hay l'erez 
staged, the dances. BcU. ' 



Columbia Adds Two, on Top of Gen- 
eral Denial, in Irwin's Suit 

Following the Supreme Court's re- 
versal of an order catling for the 
examination before trial of J. Her- 
bert Mack and Sam 8. Scrlbner in 
the Fred Irwin $100,000 damage suit 
against the Columbia Amusement 
Corporation, the - latter filed an 
amended answer to the complaint 
setting Up two separate defenses in 
addition' to generally denying all 
allegations. The first defense is that 
tie agceomjent to renew Irwin's two 
franchises for shows on the Colum- 
bia wheel was not In writing and 
was not to be performed within one 
year from the making thereof. The 
second is .based on a provision in 
tbe Columbia Amusement Co.'s by- 
laws to the effect no franchise was 
to be Issued to anyone unless the 
owner of at least 25 shares of the 
capital stock, which Mr. Irwin did 
not possess. The plaintiff's counsel 
states otherwise, off the record. 

Irwin began his suit in 1919 when 
his franchises for the Irwin "Big 
Show" and Irwin's "Majesties" were 
not renewed for an additional ten- 
ycar period, the first decade dating 
from 1909 havihg expired. 

In answer to the Columbia's mo- 
tion that Irwin file a bond to cover 
the costs of trial, this was done 
and the plaintiff's attorney, Avel B. 
Silverman, of Ilouse, Grossman & 
Vorhaua, will again move for an ex- 
amination before trial of Messrs. 
Mack and Scrlbner. The order for 
this examination was previously 
denied because^ the time for the Co- 
lumbia to file its amended answer 
has not expired. 



Burlesque business generally on 
the Columbia and American circulta 
took quite a jump last week (be- 
tween Christmas and New Year's), 
most of the wheel cities reporting 
a market Increase In attendance 
over any week preceding since the 
start of the season. The Columbia, 
New Tork, with James E. Cooper's 
"Folly Town" as the attraction, did 
slightly less than $12,000 on the 
week, with an added midnight show 
Saturday night (New Year's Eve). 
The Columbia gross Is considered 
very good for the current soason, in 
view of the generally bad theatrical 
conditions. Last year the Columbia 
during the corresponding week be- 
tween Christmas and New Year's 
did $15,000 with Irons & damage's 
"Town Scandals." It Is claimed the 
Columbia broke all previous attend- 
ance records on New Year's Eve 
(Saturday) this year, but that the 
difference In tho admission scale 
between this year and- last account- 
ed for the lowered gross over 1920. 

Barney Gerard's "Girls Do Looks" 
at Hurtlg ft Seamon's (125th St.), 
with an added midnight show, did 
around $9,600. Jersey City (Bon 
Ton) .with Abe Reynolds' Revue, got 
$6,000, and Paterson (Orpheum), 
with Hurtlg & Seamon's "Bbwerys," 
did $6,000. "Follies of the Day" at 
the Star and Garter* Chicago.' did 
about $10,000 on the week without 
midnight show New Year's Eve, a 
Jump preventing It. 

Syracuse and Utica (a split week) 
were both weak spots on the Colum- 
bia circuit despite the holiday week, 
Harry Hastings' "Knick Knacks" 
losing money. It* Is said. In both 
stands. 

The Gayety, St. Louis, with Ja- 
cob! & Jermon's "Flashlights," got 
about $8,000, without a midnight 
show. The Empire, Brooklyn, with 
Al Reeves, did very well, as did tho 
Casino, Brooklyn. 

The American wheel shows with 
the exception of so^ weak spot* 
in the west that have beon bad all 
season, showed a decided improve- 
ment in business during the holiday 
week. 



FAIR MEN MEETING 



Annual Conventions at Many Points 
—To Reduce Rates 



TREASURER HELD 

Columbia Box Office' Man Reports 

Loss of $2,000 — Discrepancy 

in Story 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

C. O. Boyd, treasurer of the 
Columbia Circuit's Columbia here, 
reported a hold-up In the theatre's 
box office, with $2,000 stolen by 
bandits. 

Boyd Is belnR held through dis- 
crepancies in his i-'.'.'iy a ! b-ev-d by 
the police. 



WINDOW AGENT 



"Girls Wanted at Demonstrators," 
Opens New Agency Field 



A theatrical agent of several 
years standing Installed a depart- 
ment In his office this week for the 
employing of girl demonstrators 
for store window work. 

Tbe Increase in that style of ad- 
vertising has created a demand for 
girls of attractive appearance, with 
several concerns havinir requested 
that girls with theatrical experience 
be' supplied them. 



Announcements are out for the 
meeting of many fair associations 
this month. The fair managers 
gather at this time annually to con- 
| tract for attractions, sign up con- 
cessionaires and settle policies to 
rule during the fair season. 

This year the principal topic up 
for discussion is a general reduction 
of the prices for rides and shows. 
From last year's experience a belief 
is becoming general both among the 
fair and park men that the 10 and 
15-ccnt tariffs must be cut, and It is 
likely that next summer the usual 
shows and rides at those scales 
will be offered for a. nickel. The tax 
on park rides and on many agricul- 
tural fair amusements has been 
eliminated under the new revenue 
bill, and this makes the park and 
fair people hope that they can do 
more gross business at the 5 -cent 
scale than under the 11 to 17-cent 
price. 

The Maine Association of Agri- 
cultural Fairs meets In tho Chamber 
of Commeroe^-Bangor, Me., Jan. 17 
and 8. 

The annual convention of the New 
York State Association ©f Union 
Agricultural Societies is set for the 
Capntol, Albany, N. Y., in the room 
of the Senate Cities Committee, 
Jan. 19. 

The annual meeting of the West- 
ern Canada Fairs Association oc- 
curs in the Frinco Edward Hotel, 
Brandon, Manitoba, Jan. L'4 and L'T». 
Tho managers of Circuit "A" will 
meet Jan. L»4, and those of Circuit 
"B" on the day following. The man- 
agers will contract for attract I -ns 
and close concessions for their 
events on these dates. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

WILL UK FOUND OS PAOB 
Thirty-Three in This I**ue 



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NOTES 

The Appellate Division of tho Su- 
preme Court has reversed judgment 
and an order appealing from, and 
denied the motion for Judgment on 
the pleadings In the action of Kath- 

erlne C. Daly against Edward C. 
Klapp, who formerly controlled a 
majority of the theatres in this city. 
Oct. 28. 1920, Mrs. Daley, the wife 

of a former mayor, and Mr. Klapp 
entered Into a contract by the terms 
of which the theatrical manager 
agreed to purchase property In East 
Main stseet, Amsterdam, N. T. f for 
$140,500. The contract provided 
that In the event of default by 
either party the person defaulting 
should pay to the other $5,000 dam- 
ages. Mr. Klapp declined to com- 
plete the contract and consented 
that Mrs. Daley retain the $5,000. 
It is said that a vaudeville circuit 
contemplated purchase of the prop- 
erty for the erection of a theatre 
and that Mr. Klapp's contract to 
buy it was to circumvent this. When 
the theatrical manager refused to 
complete the purchase, Mrs. Daley 
brought an* action to compel per- 
formance of the contract. The de- 
cision ot the Appellate Division does 
not uphold her. 



The Brocks Uniform Co., the the- 
atrical costumers, has entered into 
an agreement with the Travelers' 
Insurance Co. for a group insurance 
policy covering its 150 employes. 
The benefits range* from $500 to 
$3,000 depending upon the length of 
service of the employes' with the 
concern, the amount of the policies 
to be paid to their dependents. The 
policies also Include a permanent 
disability benefit clause. 



The 



hearing* before Referee 



Samuel Falk ln^e Alice Brady di 
vorcc action against James A. Crane 
were completed last week. The ref- 
eree has turned In his report, re- 
ported to be favorable to the plain- 
tiff, but as yet unconfirmed by Jus- 
tice Mullan, who appointed Mr. Falk 
as referee. 



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The Frank Carter Memorial Com- 
mittee will hold a costume ball at 
the Ritz-Carlton hotel, New York. 
Jan. 11, in conjunction with the 
Soldiers and Sailors' Club. The af- 
fair will be In charge of Mabel R. 
IN-ardslcy, with the committee, in- 
eludmg Marilyn Miller, Carl Ran- 
dall, Adele and Fred Astaire Alexis 
Kosluff and Ted Shawn. 



Lewis G. Pollock resigned his po- 
sition with the Loew vaudeville 
booking office Jan. 1 to become an 
independent agent, having bc.?n 
recently granted a Loew franchise. 
Milton Piermont, a brother of Pen- 
ney Piermont, of the Sheedy office, 
has been appointed to succeed Pol- 
lock in the Loew office. 



Tho "Shuffle Along" company. 
h« a<Kd l>y Miller and Lylc and Sissle 
and Plake, furnished 1,000 poor 
children with Christmas dinners at 
tie 135th St. Y. M. C. A. and also 
supplied the entertainment during 
the affair. 

The address of James* Frascr, un- 
derstood to be in vaudeville with 
a musical skit and who was last 
located in Los \ngelcs, Is desired 
by his sister, J...**!*. i-Y;,*,.^ .,i \\ u -> \ 
Institute for the Deaf, Rose street. 
Aberdeen, Scotland. 

James A. Timoney has been aj»> 
pointed attorney for the Independ- I 
rnt Theatrical Agents' Association.! 
Timothy Is also counsel for the J 
Touring Managers' Association, in I 
which capacity he will continue 

Charles Olcott has renewed his 
contract with Mary Ann for a period 
of five years. Mary Ann had been 
under negotiation for the "Midnight 
Frolic." 

Lind, the f> male impersonator. Is 
In South America, where he.' will 
remain until March, when he sails 
■ tor London. 

M\M I , 



PROVINCIALISM HERE AND ABROAD 

The London County Council has set op certain rules restricting the 
scope and style of entertaining In hotels within it* Jurisdiction covering 
six ideally "The Midnight Follies" at the New Metropole and the cos- 
mopolitan Eriton Is up In arms against what he regards and properly, as 

an ass.. ult n gainst his personal liberties. A correspondent of the London 
Sunday Pictorial, who signs himself Lovat Fraser, thinks the council is 
moved by a suspicion of the American institution of the cabaret. 
I entertainment which those Interested sought to establish In the New 
I Metropole," says the Pictorial's contributor, "is called 'the cabaret.' Be- 
cause cabarets are associated in New York with the Idea of late hours 
they are called wicked." 



as 



If London has any idea that Its narrow, self-opinionated reformers 
are any different from the American brand, it Is mistaken. The breed Is 
the same wherever it functions. The reformer Is always limited by his 
narrow vision. One defender of the London County Council points out 
that, if the big London hotels are allowed to give midnight shows, the 
suburbs will demand the same privilege. If the West End has suppers 
and concert parties, Peckham might want them, he complains. The New 
York censor of public morals argues the same way. He objects that a 
Broadway cabaret will develop into late -hour amusements in the Bronx, 
and he conceives that the Br*nx cannot be respectable after dark if it 
has any recreation. Why shouldn't Peckham in London and the Bronx 
in New York have public diversion in the evening? * 



The Pictorial's contributor puts his finger on the situation from the 
side of an impersonal looker-on with no interest either way when he 
observes: "The real residents of Paris and Brussels lead lives as ex- 
emplary as those reputed to be maintained by the dwellers in Upper Toot- 
ing. For example, I never in my life set foot in a night club. My own 
conception of such places Is that they are probably extremely dreary. 
There is a cafe in Venice called Florian's, which boasts that it has never 
closed for I don't know how many hundred years. Once in winter when I 
was much younger and more adventurous than I am today, I sat in 
Florian's until the sun rose, and* it was the dullest night I ever spent. 
I have a pretty long and varied experience of cabarets, and 1 think their 
Introduction would do much to brighten our national life, especially in 
the provinces. I hope the decision of the^London County Council will 
be upset, and that we shall have mirth and gladness in our evening 
hours." 

HOBART'S COME-BACK AT CRITICS 



George V. Hobart has Just circulated a little booklet of his own 
making, bearing his holiday greetings. It contains the introductory sal- 
utation: 

"The Seasons Compliments to You 

And If You Do Not Read it Through— 

The Season's Compliments to You." 

By way of preface, Mr. Hobart reproduces a critical slam at himself 
written in the New York "Sun" by Stephen Rathbun, expressing the opin- 
ion that "Both Longfellow and Hobart have a love of the commonplace. 
They are bromldlc to the nth degree." This was apropos of Hobart's 
play, "Sonny." 

The comment inspired the playwright to the following witty come- 
back: 

4 



RENNOLD WOLF _ 1 

•Ren" Wolf, had he been given 20 minutes' notice, would hare wrlttiti 
his own obituary editorial. And he would have put a classio laugh 
Into It, for he never failed to headlight with wit his every utterance; 
and his sense of humor having never failed him before, would probably. 
not hare failed him as long as his last gasp of strength stood by him. 
Ht* might have written a "Modern Hercules" squib about it, to wind up 
that historic wind-up to a historic column. 

it to us, who are neither dying commentators nor undying humorists, 
toa* of ringing down the curtain on Ren- is a sad assignment. 




the 



cnfjold Wolf was as Integral a portion of Broadway, it seemed, as 
Times Building. He was Its keenest observer and* listener and' Its 



sharpest and shrewdest laureate. He translated the spirit of "The Street" 
in a whimsical wheeze or a reverberating line so that even the Broad* 
wayite understood hia Broadway. He not only spoke the language of It, 
he wrote it in a larger measure. He created from the gleams of his 
imagination and the sparkle of his humor, idols and clowns and village 
idiots, and pompous bullies and vamps of the hour, and stars of the min- 
ute. To him Broadway was a "Main Street"; that theme made Sinclair 
Lewis famous, though he saw only the mean sides of it; what should 
fame do for Ren Wolf, whose alley was Broadway and. who saw all 
sides of It? 



It is customary to say of humorists, when they have passed, that their 
wit never hurt; that it was kindly and sympathetic. Of Wolf thia must 
not bo written. His satire transcended the individual thin skin of 
Isolated persons. He fenced without a rubber foil on his rapier, for he 
was a swordsman par excellence, and when he lampooned one he epitom- 
ized a class. Kindly he was, and generous and sweet; but he was an 
artist, and art treats of things and of beings as it finds them and as it 
sees them. 



Apologia 
You, the dead but living Poet! 
You, tho People's sweetest singer! 
You, who sang your songs at Sunset, 
With the sky ablaze with glory, 
All its signal flres burning, 
Bidding men draw nigh and listen! 
You, who sang your songs at Twi- 
light 
While the stars poured forth to hear 

Should you ask me, should you 

question 
Why I follow lame and halting, 
Follow after, near your footsteps, 
Near your footsteps, never In them, 
I should make reply and tell you, 
I should answer In this fashion: 
You must blnmft it nil on Stephen 
( Man- Who-Throws-A- Wicked- 
Hatchet!) 
Stephen took and done you dirt, sir! 
We arc coupled in the betting! 
You and I and mo and you, sir! 
You and I by Stephen coupled; 
You who trod the field of poesy 
Finding roses, finding lilies; 
I who dumbly follow after 
Finding only mushrooms which 

when 
Tested prove to be but toadstools 
Slightly used and fungnsladen,. 
Stepped on by a cow or something, 
Quite unfit for publication. 
Toadstools only where the Master 
Pound the rarest, fairest flowers — 
Stephen took and done you dirt, sir! 
When he coupled in the betting 
You and I and me and you, sir! 
You who live In Memory's parlor; 
I who haunt the dismal alley 
Ringing bells and seeking hand -outs 
At the door of Fame's cold kitchen. 
Should you question, should you ask 

me 
"Who is Stephen?'' I must answer, 
I must make reply and tell you. 
Dog if I know; maybe someone 
Who while spending his vacation 
l T p in Mainp ju^t heard the legend, 
Heard the talo of Hiawatha, 
From a caribou 'Or Ttioose or 
From an Indian guide and straight- 
way 
Undertook to write it up, then 
To his great dismay, chagrin and 
Other little things like that he 
Found it was already written. 
That ir was completely coveiv-.l. 
Told at length In all Its beauty 
By a poet of the ages, 
So ho looked around and sought to 
Tie a r.in unto your fame and 
When he looked around he saw me, 
Saw me leaning, dazed and d ; zzy, 
With a now-play-katzenjnmmer, 
With a "not ices- wcro-awf ul" 
With a rrit ieism-f' vcr, 
With an alexanderwoolcott 
On my chin all freshly bleediir;. 
With a percyhammond hen's e:;g 
On my koko rising grandly 
Like a peak of the Tyrolem 
Alps without the pleasant yodel; 
Saw me leaning at an angle, 
At the alandalish angle 
With the which he views the Out- 
put — 
One foot in the grave, the other 
Just approaching a banana! 
Saw my ears wersvnll defoed.twh'eh 
i Means that they were cauliflou* r< d : 



Saw me leaning, gasping, moaning, 
Saw me as a loafer leaning 
'Gainst the literary lamp-post; 
Then "straightaway he done you dirt, 

sir! 

I We were coupled In the betting. 
So, if but a rumor reaches 
Your far Island of the Blessed 
Be not chilled by my presumption. 
Blame It not on me, I pray you! 
It was Steve that done you dirt, sir! 
This iconoclastic Stephen 
Got my goat and drove me loco. 
So that I have run amuck, sir, 
In the garden where your roses 
Still are living, still are clinging 
To the heart-strings of the people. 
If in kindness, gentle Poet, 
You'll forgive me, you'll excuse me, 
May our voices chime Logetlic-r 
Just this once and split the welkin 
Whilst we ask this simple question: 
Are wo then downhearted, are we. 
Just 'cause Stevie doesn't like us? 
Asking this we both shall answer, 
We shall answer, we shall tell him, 
We shall hold aloft the banner 
With the strange deyice upon it. 
We Shall say "Excelsior!" and 
On our way to cllnfb the mountain 
Ever onward, ever upward 
Thovgh the shades of night are 

falling, 
Thus confusing simple Stephen, 
He that took and done you dirt, sir! 
While you smile in dim Valhalla 
We shall speak and tell him further: 
Lives of great men all remind us 
We should strive to get us even 
And, departing, leave behind Us 
Foot prints on the back of Stephen. 
Foot prints, that perhaps another 
Playhound who has lost his Iliad. 
Some poor pasted, wise-cracked 

brother, * 

Seeing, may find balm in Gilead. 
Let us then be up and doing, 
Tell grim mis-chance, "Beat It' 

Hike it!" 
Still achieving, still pursuir.tr, 
Learn to take a Joke and like It. 

--(J. V. U. 
\\hioh nifty cone it leads into the 
fallowing lyrical argiim"nt by Mr. 
Hobart ir. the same buuMa", 
titled: 

Nicodemus 

Oil tbo p.- Trie ni . ;u - the f.,t- :f 
Tii i'n- ii;>i.iiit ikiv'M ami »■'.;..■! 

In tiie day:- Ion*; since forgotten, 
Near his wigwam on the praha 
Sat the ancient Nicodemus 
(Man - Who - Hammered - 

the-Hokum!). 
Nicodomus, he the scribbler. 
Sat before his wigwam thin! 
Thinking out a bit of jazzbo 
W: h the which to | le; so his pen-.-lr. 
Smoothing out a hunk of hokum' 
With the which to please his p.o; !• . 
IK) a wow or give a guffaw. 
Sat he there old Nicodemus; 
Sat in silence, never thinking 
That the. Ihethren of the 1 :■ i- -K i -;i * . 
They the lii.rbrs of the harpoon, 
\\"a'"hed him from the ^loom-. 

fores!, 
I"V: red around the 1 ••• t s ;:m •'. 

watched him 
As he Juggled with the jazzbo. 

"\)'atch*d him us he smoothed the 
in ikum. 



e l 



On! - 



an -V. 



As a dinner speaker, Wolf has probably never had an equal In this 
country. He "rode" his subjects without mercy, yet with such fineness 
they laughed as they squirmed and applauded as they smarted. Xs a 
paragrapher he made people famous by poking fun at them, and those 
people are his sincerest mourners now. 



It took a generation such as has but recently faded from Broadway ttf 
develop a Ren Wolf— that period between the gay old days of strutting 
legits and actors' boarding houses, and this bleak season of intolerance, 
and actors' unions. The high peak of the American theatre, of Broad- 
way, of New York and of native life was reached in the heydey of his 
artistic lifetime, and he rose to it and rose with it and often rose above It, 

And when the times changed, It seems that he changed; when Broad- 
way faltered, it seems he faded; and when Broadway turned sear and 
lean and sour, he sighed — and went away. 



Watched him at his work and mut- 
tered 
To each other: "Pipe the Ancient! 
"He is working on another! 
"Leave us throw our tommyhawks 

and 
"Bean him where the bromide 

dwelleth!" 
Thus they muttered, thus they mur- 
mured 
As they watched old Nicodemus 
Gather up his bits of hokum; 
But the wiser of the brethren 
Counseled* patience: "Leave us get 

him 
"After he has shown the peoplo 
"Just how awful are his efforts, 
"Just how commonplace the insects 
"That escape from out his brain 

cells! " 
So the Brethren of the Brickbat 
Skulked behind the trees and bided, 
Put a polish on their axes, 
Poisoned up their arrow-heads and 
Sat them there and bided, bided. 
Presently old Nicodemus 
Went before his waiting people 
With a new one, with a pippy, 
With a new one he'd concocted 
From the old ones he'd remem- 
bered ; 
An«l tho tribe was there assembled, 
Ready, eager, anxious, happy 
In the thought that Nicodemus 
Would amuse then) with his hokum, 
Would amuse and entertain them 
With the Jazzbo and the hokum, 
And would never seek to pester. 
Never pester them nor fret them 
With the highbrow or the subtle; 
For they knew that Nicodemus 
Had no highbrow in his system, 
And they knew they had no systems 
Tn the which highbrow could 

flourish — - 

Fifty-fifty!— thus it .figured . 
In their Indian mathematics. 
Straightway then old Nicodemus 
Opened up the evening's pastime, 
Read a prayer from the book which 
Hears the Indian name, Joe-Mil- 

Ler! 
(Man - Who's - Careless - With-Hls- 

Chestnuts!) 
Read a prayer from Joe-Mil-Ler, 
Then he mother-in-lawed a couple. 
Motlur-in-lawed two jokes and 

straightway 
All the people roared with laughter, 
Laughed the wow and laughed the 

guffaw. 
Sat upon the prairie laughing. 
Xicodomus got a guff with 
Kve.y mother-in-law he uttered. 
Then he prohibitloned several 
And tiie people roared with laughter, 
And the more he prohibitloned 
And the more the people wowed it, 
r- .it upon the prairie roaring. 
L.iughrd the wow and laugh-d the 

guffaw 
Till liieir mi. biffs were exhausted, 
And th" Ihethren of the llrlckbal 
: : it; iag in tiie outer circle, 
Silting silently and sullen, 
K- pt applauding with their l:ne^ 

and 
■Vii, inured one unto the other: 
"INison ancient Nicodemus, 

lui.-on him before he gets me! 
""'i" n I ne.-.rly laughed myself ,-nnl 
"li.nl I done so, had I wowed it, 
"I eeuld nevermore be member 
••<>,• tiie Brethren of the Brickbat: 
"flive me cotton for my ears that 
"i may have no fans,, lor laughter, 
'.live me eh'.oroform that 1 may 
Keep tli- oath 1 took to see iV) 
<b>od in ancient Nicodemus!" 
Thus iho Brethren of the Ihhkb 
Sat ar." murmured to each 
\\ oile iiie ancient Nieudi 
Knleriaiiied the, laughing people. 
KnioT.ained litem and nm/'sed them 
\\ Hh tlv old and, pickled Sfokum, 



With re -vamped and salvage^ 

jazzbo, 
Until presently dissembling 
Nicodemus switched and tried the 
Other styles of hokum on them, 
Tried the lachrymose and tearful. 
Mentioned Mother very often. 
Mother! Mother! Mother! Mother!! 
Told them simple bedtime stories. 
Of a mother and her children. 
Spoke of mothers who were cheer- 
ful 
Under stress of great affliction, 
And tho people there before him "* 
Sitting silent on the prairie 
On their haunches tensed an4 

silent. • 

Wiped the furtive tear, remember- 
ing 
That no hokum ever spoken 
Is as good as Mother-hokum; 
That the hokum of the love of 
One good Mother for her son Is 
Better hokum than the hokum 
Of the Highbrow so exalted 
He forgets he had a Mother 
In his pose of hating hokum. 
And the Brethren of the Brickbat 
Sitting in the outer circle 
Hearing Nicodemus mention 
"Mother! Mother! Mother! Mother!" 
Gnashed their plated teeth and 

shuddered, 
Shuddered as the forest shudders 
When the angry winds of winter 
Seek to tear it all asunder. 
And one muttered to another: 
"Poison ancient Nicodemus! 
"Poison him before he makes me 
"Think about my own dear Mother 
"Making blankets for the tourist* 
"On tho Navajo far distant. '. 

"Years I had forgotten Mother 
"Old and grey and quite rheumatftf 
"I have burned no signal fire 
"To my dear and darling Mother 
"Fifty moons come Michelmas and 
"I have sent not beads nor wampua 
"To my Mother making blankets; 
"I had quite forgot my Mother, 
"My decrepit, ancient Mother 
"Making blankets for the tourists. l 
"And if now I get to thinking > 

"Of my Mother eating snake -root, 
"I shall cry and weep for Mother 
•jWhom I had so long forgotten 
"Andif I but shed one tear-drop 
"For my Mother making blankets 
"Manltou. tho Mighty, help mel 
"I shall nevermore be member 
"Of the Brethren of the Brickbat!* 
Straightaway then old Nicodemus 
Switched again and switched to 

gravy, 
Started in \p dish the gravy* 
Spilled the gravy all about him, 
Nigger-actod for the people. 
Jazzed it up and splashed the gravy 
Till the people roared with laugh- 
ter, 
Shook the prairie with 

ter, 
T.aughed tho wow afTd 

guffaw. 
Laughed the snieker, 

NWiiifr-l^c!;, 
Lauglod ii>«. bend-low, 
sale-!, in. 



Laughed the head -b 

gurg'e. 
r . "'".h'd li»* ebok< 

I he ro'vh-hard. 
I . in :h< d t in* op- n -l'ae. 

• hop, 
A a I i be \. . >v. .: \\ ere P.t 



their laugh- 
laughed the 
laughed the 
laughed the 
. laughed the 
top. laughed 
•, the eh^sfd- 
i mingled 



ha 
other 
leuUeniUs 



v. ii h the cackle. 
while they were 



; old them 



Wi' a the iTUfi' a n I 

'i'ii' a sir.- ight nay 

VHV.'ill',', 

Xiendomu ; MVbehed an i 
< 'f the warriors depaj ted. 
or ib(» B a\. ; who died in battle. 
Spoke of thure who's gone to live 
r. o w 

(Con*, inued < n page 36) 



Friday, January 6, 1922 



VARIETY 



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D 





Now what "do you think of the "closed shop"? 

You've had four months of it and with what results? 

It has thrown hundreds of men and women out of employment. 

It has created disappointment, dissatisfaction, bitterness, and, in 
some cases, hunger. 

And still the red fire officials of the so-called Actors' Equity Asso- 
ciation continue to impose this fool idea on you and several men 
who are desirous of bringing about relief through the aid of imme- 
diate engagements. 

THE ANSWER TO IT ALL IS VERY SIMPLE. "Closed 
shop" in the acting profession is a DIRE FAILURE, But your 
officials are not big enough men to admit it. 

Nine out of every ten actors are absolutely against "closed shop." 

"I didn't vote for it." 

"It's all wrong. It can't work out." 

"It's a crime, a shame, an outrage." 

These are a few of the things they have to say about it. 

Still they accept it — and why? 

Because they don't want that old finger of scorn pointed in their 
direction. 

Because of the hard looks and nasty threats of the well-trained 
mob. 

I have talked to dozens of these men who have told me about the 
"mob," and not one of them figured himself as he really was, ONE 
OF THE MOB. 

What good is that famous contract with all its advantages if you 
are not permitted to reap the benefits of /the thing? 

That great and glorious contract which the so-called Equity 
officials claim to have achieved, but that as a matter of fact I 
myself fought for and won during the strike. 






And fought for it, mind you, when Equity sent out that-famoi; 
cry of theirs: "WE DON'T WANT CLOSED SHOP." That's 
what they yelled during the strike. 

That's the yell that won the strike: "WE DON'T, WANT, 

CLOSED shop: 9 

* * * *-*-* * * * 

But they did want "closed shop," and they've got "closed shop." 

And if you say a word against it the mob will make funny faces 
at you and pull the "Molly Maguirc" stuff until you shake in your 
shoes. 

"The actor must be whipped into line" is a set speech of one 
of the so-called Equity officials. 

• ■ 

"The actor must be disciplined" is another set speech of the 
so-called Equity officials when discussing the matter with certain 
friendly members of the P. M. A. 

Oh, the boys do "hob nob"; there's no secret about that any 
more. Did vou ever take the trouble to read the "closed shop" con- 



tract they tried to force on me? 

If not get a copy and give it a careful looking over. IT'S AN 
EDUCATION. 

* * * * * ♦ * 

SPEECHES! SPEECHES! SPEECHES! 

RED EIRE all over the place! 

INTERVIEWS! INTERVIEWS! INTERVIEWS! 

EXPLOSIONS OE BRILLIANT MINUS! 



"The managers will soon be eliminated altogether. A few ex- 
ceptions, of course," spouted the dashing official in his dandy little 
dinner suit as he stood there addressing the members of what used 

to be the Green Room Club, now known as "Local No. 2." 

« 

CllEERS for the dandy little official. "I am not sure whether 

jCohan is insane or wild." MORE CHEERS from the members 

of a club that I lent my name and prestige to ten or twelve years 

ago (at the earnest request of its president) and helped to bring 

back to life when it was staggering for a fall. 

* 

ALL RIGHT, BOYS, but it was a social club when I joined and 
PAID MY LIFE MEMBERSHIP. 

There is one member of the so-called Equity Council who asks 
for the floor quite frequently, and gets it, too. He not only talks 
like a boiler maker, but actually looks like one. He thunders when 
he gets going and frightens the lining out of all the little* boys in 
the room. Where he gets off to have voice in theatrical affairs I 
do not know. He is a man who has never done anything of any 
account in the theatre and absolutely incapable of ever doing any- 
thing for the theatre. But he, it seems, is one of the prime movers 
and a leader .of the "closed shop" movement. He is the old bo/ 
who pumps the boiler making ideas into the other members of the 
council, and when he gets excited he says some terrible things, sucti 
as "Cohan is the rottenest actor in America," which is probably the 
only absolutely truthful thing he ever said in his life. 

■ 

But let me ask you this : 

■ 

HAS ALL THIS WILD TALK AND SPEECH MAKING. 
DONE ANYTHING TO RELIEVE THE DEPLORABLE 
CONDITION IN THE ACTING PROFESSION AND PUT, 
MEN AND WOMEN TO WORK? 

• 

YOU don't believe in "closed shop" any more than I do. The 
only difference is that I'm not a»fraid to say so. 

My reason for being against "closed shop" is that it's bound 
to work out to the disadvantage of the actor. Where's the so-called 
"little fellow" it was going to protect? 

What's happened to the "little fellow"? 

* 

Most of the big fellows arc working, I'll grant you that. 

But again I ask you, what's happened to the little fellow? 

Since Francis Wilson's famous speech at the Hotel Claridge, 
going on three years ago, I have been against "closed bhop" in the 
acting profession. 

It's the only thing I have ever fought against since the beginning 
of the fight. I said it would prove to be a DIRE FAILURE, and 
it is a dire failure. 

Now the question is, what arc you going to do about it? 

_ There are only two things you can do. Listen to more red fire 
speeches by the so-called Equity officials or make them put their 
cards on the table and acknowledge that they've pulled the biggest 
bloomer ever known in American theatricals, namely, the "closed 
shop." 



GEORGE M. COHAN. 






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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, January 6, 1922 



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HITCHY-KOO OFF WHEN 
BOND IS DEMANDED 



Martin Sampter Holds Re- 
ceipts in Proof He Never 
"Stranded a Show"— 36 
Players Dismissed 
^Through Equity's 
Action 



XMAS TO NEW YEAR'S WEEK 



Refusing to accede to Equity's 

demand that a bond for $4,500 be 

posted to guarantee two weeks' sal- 
aries and return transportation, a 
proposed tour of "Hitchy-Koo" In 
one-night territory which had been 
in rehearsal for a week was called 
off by Martin Sampter. The show, 
which is claimed to have been suc- 
cessful iff the small stands for sev- 
eral seasons past, was to have op- 
ened last Monday. Immediately 
after the company of 36 players was 
dismissed, Sampter was Informed 
by Equity officials that the show 
would be permitted to go out with- 
out the bond, but that the actors 
would be Informed they were going 
out at their own risk. Although 
Sampter claims to have expended 
$2,000, part of which was in loans 
to the company, he stated that 
others Interested with him had 
balked on the bond idea and re- 
fused to go further with the show. 

Sampter's name was printed 
twice in Equity's monthly booklet, 
as one of 32 managers who owed 
money to members, and one of seven 
who had stranded shows. Sampter 
alleges he does not know the basis 
of the charge of "stranding a show'* 
and has receipts to prove that when 
the one-nighter of "Scandals'' was 
closed in Champaign, 111., last sea- 
Bon, tickets to bring the company 
back to New York were bought. 

The raHroad receipt calls for 25 
fares for a total of $1,005.25. He 
also has a receipt from J. Marcus 
Keyes, then the Equity representa- 
tive In Chicago, to whom the tickets 
were given. Sampter claims Keyes 
insisted he would take charge of the 
people and the transportation was 
therefore handed to him. The man- 
ager further alleges that Keyes, 
after taking the company to Chi- 
cago, Informed such players as were 
given fares back that Equity was 
paying the transportation. Whether 
all the company fares were taken 
care of, it is not certain. Since 

(Continued oa page 31) 



BELOW THANKSGIVING GROSS 



Broadway's Legit Attractions Estimated to Have Played to $100,000 Less Than 
in Final Week of 1920— Some Shows Failed* to Get in Holiday Flood- 
Not Optimistic Over Commercial Opinion. 



SMALL PROSPECT FOR 
IMMEDIATE REVIVAL 



Unimportant Railroad Econo* 

mies Only Gain Toward 

Lower Costs 



Broadway's Christmas - to - New business. Wednesday afternoon 
Year's week failed to stand up to I (Dec. 28) eras the biggest draw of 
the record pf that period last sea- J the year. One attraction played to 

$1,800 at the matinee an", got but a 
third of that at night. Tuesday 
night, following Christmas (cele- 
brated Monday) was a heart- 
breaker, the leap In tha matinee 
trade on the next day somewhat al- 
leviating. 

Prlcea were up to the limit of last 
year, two. attractions ("Music Box 
Revue" and "Good Morning, Dearie" 
charging $10) for the New Year's 
Eve performance, while most of the 
non -musicals charged $5 top along 
with the list, which included one $6 
top. A few attractions did not lift 



son, off in aggregate 20 per cent, 
from the record breaking figures of 
the final week of 1920. At that time 
the total takings for Broadway wero 
estimated at $ 1,0c 0,000. Of that 
amount the legitimate offerings 
grossed about $850,000. Last week 
the* "two dollar" houses piled up a 
total gross of less than $700,000, 
while other amusements In the. 
Times Square district, excepting the 
Palace, said to have bro' en its own 
record, were also off. About the 
same percentage of decrease was 
marked in total for the road. 

There were two business records 
established for the holiday week 
this season, as against a dozen for 
last season. The big week of the 
1921-22 season was Thanksgiving 
week, the records showing grosses 
to have been better that week by 
from $1,000 to $7,000 over the tak- 
ings last week. Several offerings 
utterly failed to share in the flood 
of holiday coin, drawing under 
$4,000 for the week. Matinees in 
some cases far exceeded the night 



MYRTLE VANE LOSES 3D 



Divorce from First Husband Never 
Completed 



San Diego, Cal., Jan. 4. 

Myrtle Vane, for a time connected 
with a local stock company, and her 
third husband, Raymond McGann, 
are now legally separated, follow- 
ing a decree of annulment granted 
the husband here by Superior 
Judge E. A. Luce. 

The decree was granted on the 
ground Miss Vane and her first hus- 
band were never divorced, although 
proceedings wero started. Miss 
Vane's second husband. Miller Ba- 
con, an actor, died in 1912. 



TRYOUT POSTS CLOSING NOTICE 
FOLLOWING FIRST PERFORMANCE 



Out-of-Town Theatregoers Accept Reduced Admis- 
sion Scale as Sign of Bad Shows — "Behind the 
Mask" Flops in Syracuse 



Syracuse, X. y., Jan. 4. 

After the first performance of "Be- 
hind the Mask" at the "Welting last 
week tho management posted two 
weeks' notice of closing. The new 
show left here for Toronto, without 
leaving any impression behind. 

It's a plav on the Ku Klux Klan, 
adapted from the book by Major C. 
Anderson Wright, who collaborated 
In the dramatic version with Frank 
Hatch, the producer of the piece. 

Mr. Hatch, while here, slipped on 
nn icy sidewalk, wrenching his leg 



and had to go to the hospital for a 
couple of days. 

The "Wietlng set a new box office 
record New Year's eve with "Behind 
the Mask." Tho ill-fated Ku Klux 
Klan play drew a total gate Satur- 
day night of $14 

"Behind the Mask" had a $1.50 
top. Tho same prico prevailed this 
week for the premiere of "The Salt 
of the Earth,*' but local theatregoers 
went on the assumption that be- 
cause of the price both were in the 
same category and consequently 
business on MonJay was light. 



ASTOR THEATRE LEASE 
BRINGS REALTY SALE 



Greenwich Bank Takes 43d 

St. Plot — Bimberg Regains 

Astor Oct. 1, Next 



The long chase which the Famous 
Players Uve had 'for tho 63-foot 
plot on 43d street, back of the Cri- 
terion, which Max Blumcnthal owns, 
seems to be ended, but not with pos- 
session resting with the big picture 
producing company. Instead the 
Greenwich Bank is reported to have 
secured a lease on the property for 
63 years with the intention of tak- 
ing possession Oct. 1. 

At that time the bank is to va- 
cate the corner of Broadway and 
45th street In the Astor theatre 
building, where it has been located 
for a number of years. 

The lease* on the new property Is 
to be for a period of 21 years at 
$30,000 per annum for the first 
seven, $31,000 for tho second, and 
$32,000 for the third, with two re- 
newal periods of 21 years each. 

Famous Players wanted the prop- 
erty so that It could enlarge its 
New York-Criterion parcel and 
make it available as one large plot 
for either a hotel or a big depart- 
ment store in the event it did not 
want to rebuild on the property for 
theatrical purposes. It offered $500,- 
000 for the three lots but Blumental 
held out for $600,000. 

There are to be other changes in 
regard to the Astor theatre prop- 
erty when Oct. 1 rolls around, but 
B. K. Bimberg, who holds an inter- 
est In the property and to whom It 
(Continued on page 31) 



the scale, tipping at $3 and $3.85, 
and there were a few at $4 top. 

However, in most caaea where the 
demand looked good, the $5 top ap- 
plied. <4t least 10 attractions were 
reported failing to sell out for the 
big night of the year. 

Business prediction for the new 
year has been featured In general 
by the mercantile economist, who 
predict a return to normal before 
spring. Showmen do not share In 
that optimism, and the preparations 
of the two major offices, point to a 
general booking agreement for the 
rest of the season, the idea being 
not to oppose each other, and in 
some stands to confine the bookings 
to one house. - 

This weelc started with intense 
cold, which might have partly ac- 
counted for the drop in business 
along Broadway. The reaction from 
the holidays, however, appeared t> 
be extremely severe Tuesday night. 

Indication j are ft * a group of 
dark houses again before Washing- 
ton's Birthday, and a more general 
closing earlier than last season, 
when the summer season was de- 

(Contlnued on page 30) 



SLIM REVIVALS 



$6,000 Last We.k it M. O. H. For 
"Unci. Tom" 



COAST BUSINESS 

"Bat" Continues Big— Nance O'Neil 
Did $6,000 Second Week 

Son Fran'isoo, J.m. 4. 

Tho 1>. ; k business of "The Bat" is 
holding up at the Century, it did 
over $L'0 r 0<J0 Inst week, while Nance 
O'Neil at the C< lumbia, in her sec- 
ond week got $«I,000. 

The Russian Opera Co. opened at 
the Columbia this week. 



Ralph Long Improving . 

Ralph Long, generahma. ig< r for 
1 1 io ShulMTts, is recovering from 
pre ■nmonia, alt' r heing ill for 10 
da\s. Wednesday lie was permitted 
out of bed for tho first time." 

John Osborne, in addition to his 
other duties, lias been handling 
Long's ueik dunlin his absence. 



TWO PRODUCERS LEAVING 

"Wincholl Smith, accompanied by 
his wife, are sailing this week on 
the .\dri'.tie, bound for Monte Carlo. 
Friend}] kidded tho playwright, 
asking if his trip concerned secur- 
ing data for "Tho Wheel," which 
piay portrayed a roulette game. The 
show closed after a .short run at the 
(.Jaiety. 

Marc Klaw Is also sailing this 
week and wi'.l remain abroad until 
May* His sons, Joseph and Alonzo, 
will be in charge of the Klaw office. 



"HELLO CANADA" IN STATES 

Portland, Ore., Jan. 4. 

The Albert do CourviMe revue 
'Hello Canada," is due for ji coast 
tour, opening here next week. 

The title will be changed for the 
SUUs. 



Because of a diffcrenco of opinions 
between tho house management of 
tho Manhattan Opera Houso and 
the interests represented by Lewis 
It. Wolfe, that have the theatre un- 
der lease for four weeks, the Tuesday 
night performance of 'Iji Old Ken- 
tucky" came near being postponed. 
Tho house was held dark until 8.22 
while Cicorge Plun.^nthal, business 
manager of the Manhattan, and 
Mr. Wolfe argued verbally in the 
former's office over several business 
de-tails that threatened to result in 
a box otr.ee refund — what there was 
of it. 

The house last week with a reviv- 
al of "I'nelc Tom's Cabin' grossed 
near $(5,000, assisted primarily by 
rebate and "two for one" vouchors 
disiributed through clubs and 
schools. Thi. j week, judging from 
Tuesday's slim attendance, looks not 
so go« d with considerable "paper" 
m xed with the cut raters. Mr. 
Wolf'.* lias the house for the next 
two weeks, completing a month's 
stay during which ho intends pre- 
setting old time revivals. 

A quest ion of what should be next 
week s program was also involved 
in the squabble, no play having been 
selected up to Tuesday. 

Mary C.anh n and her Chicago 
Opera Company come into the 
hoio o immediately following tins 
CT.::"i>. ■.::;-. 



CARLTON AND EQUITY 



Point Comes Up Over 8alary Pay- 
ment for "Danger" 



Carle Carlton and " the Equity 
clashed Tuesday afternoon when 
Nick Holde, general manager for 
Carlton, appeared before the Equity 
Council to argue the question of 
paying salaries for the period of 
three days spent In rehearsal in 
New York prior to the opening at 
the 39th Street. Members of the 
"Danger" company are said by 
Equity to be making claim for the 



The New Tear outlook in theatric 
cals la little changed from, that of 
the pessimism expressed during the 
fall, when the season showed all 
signs of a sustained slump. What* 
ever reduction In operating costs 

there Is starting Jan 1 Is considered 
Inconsiderable by showmen, who 
have figured out the railroad rnodi-^ 
flcatlons. From that source came* 
the only break in tho high cost of 
producing. One was a government 
modification, removing the 8 per 
cent, tax on railroad tickets and 
Pullmanes. The other was a change 
in coast tickets conceded by rail* 
road officials themselves. Both be- 
came effective last Monday. 

Showmen say the removal of the 
war tax means little and only a re- 
duction will bring down road expen- 
ditures to a point where touring will 
be made an even gamble. It is 
pointed out that the average weekly 
transportation cost is between $600 
and $600. The tax on that amount 
Is about. $50 per week, and the total 
saving on a season of 40 weeks could 
not be more than $2,000, a sum that 
hardly becomes Important when 
covering an entire season. 

The concession placing into oper- 
ation the "open jaw" coast ticket* 
Is material aid. managers admit, yet 
it affects only such attractions as 
are sent to the far west. They state 
the bulk of theatrical movements 
are made between Chicago and the 
Atlantic seaboard and that a con- 
cession must be secured if anything; 
like the normal number of attrac- 
tions are again to tour. 

The "open Jaw" system for coast 
tickets permits a movement from 
"river to river." That Is, a com- 
pany may tour via the* northwest 
and end the return trip as far south 
as New Orleans. Under the "closed 
Jaw" system a show had to return 
to the starting point, which may 
have bee* Chicago, in order to gain 
any advantage of the round trip. 
Attractions arriving back as far as 
Omaha and then routed for the 
south, found the balance of the tick- 
ets worthless. It figured in such 
cases that the roads were receiving 
money for service unperformed, al- 
though it is known that some 



salary for those three days. Both 

Carlton and Holde state that they I "dosed Jaw" tickets were sold for 

had the verbal permission of the 



Messrs. Trimble and O'Neil of 
Equity to rehearse the three days 
prior to the New York opening 
without pay. 

Among the players making the 
claim -through Equity are two mem- 
bers of the English Actors' Associa- 
tion whom the Equity tried to com- 
pel to show fully paid up cards in 
the English Association or Join 
Equity. 

The managerial stand Is that It Is 
almost a foregone conclusion the 
arbitration would he against the 
producer, who is not a member of 
the Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion, but Carlton Intimates that as 
long as he had the permission of 
the Equity executives in the matter 
he Is going to stand on his rights, 
even to the extent of taking the 
matter Into a court of equity for 
adjudication in the event. 

Just what 9teps Equity will take 
to discpllinc Carlton in the event he 
does not meet with the demands of 
the findings of thou- Council is a 
question. The only possible out for 
it would be to eall a strike on the 
manager of tho production. This 
would in a sense effect the Carl- 
ton's "Tangerine" production as 
well as the "Danger*' show. While 
it is possible that Carlton would 
welcome a test of the question re- 
garding the 'Danger'* cast he un- 
doubtedly would be compelled to 
aececd to the Equity demands 
rather than ciose tho attraction at 
tho Casino. 

Tie re h«'we\-er is the angle that 
shou'd Carlton es*aMi«sh a ease in 
his favor in a court of equity he 
would be in a position to recover 
damages from Equity or these 
otherwise responsible for the loss 
sustained t.y tho (losing down of his 
attract ions. 

A Florenz Ziogfcld, Jr., chorus 
girl question also came up before the 
Equity Council Wednesday with 
Samuel Kingston appearing before 
it and informing it as to the details 
regarding tho recent trouble that 
that producer has had with a mem- 
ber of the association who. Jumped 
one attraction to join the "Follies." 



vaudeville use. Not all shows could 
get rid of the balance of the tick- 
ets, howevc .*. 

The removal of the war tax on 
free admissions is something of * 
Joke on theatricals and means 
nothing tc the markers. The Tat- 
ter believe that those persons get- 
ting something for nothing should 
at least pay the government tax. 



CHICAGO'S LONG RUN 
RECORD GOES TO "BAT" 



Completes Solid Year, Beating 

"Help Wanted's" 39 Weeks 

—Watch for Manager 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 

The Chicago cast of "The Bat," 
presented James F. Kerr, manager 
of the troupe, with a watch in com- 
memoration of making Chicago a 
"year stand," this company having 
been the first to do it. 

The run of "J hip Wanted" (Jack 
Lait's play), 39 weeks, had been 
the previous city record. 

The face of the watch boars his 
name around the dial instead of 
lloman letters or numerals. 



YIDDISH BUSINESS OFF 

I'uffalo, Jan. 4. 
Yiddish show business in these 
parts decidedly in the dumps. To- 
ronto National Co., which has been 
playing Huffalo, Rochester and 
Syracuse, reports conditions vqry 
had. It is mulct stood that appeals 
have boon made to local Xo. 2 In 
Xew York to allow a downward re- 
vision of actors' salaries with clos- 
ing as tho alternative in case of re- 
fusal. February will see tho open- 
InR of tho new National, Toronto, 
which will become the permanent 
home of the Toronto Yiddish stock. 
Tho new house will cost around 
$200,000 and probahly will be most 
elaborate theatre, devoted exclusive- 
ly to Yiddish d:an;a, on this con- 
tinent. 



Friday, January 6, 192* 



LEGITIMATE 



19 



STAGE CREW'S CLAM 
CLOSED SHOW,SAYS HILL 

Minstrels End Season Jan. 5— 

Lost Two Nights Through 

Mix-up in Dates 

Gus Hill's Honey Boy Minstrels 
closed In Bowling Gree-.. Xy., Jan. 
I, following a dispute between the 
management and the stage crew 
regarding wages claimed by the lat- 
ter for two nights the sh.w did not 
play recently. The Hill minstrels 
were booked for two one- nigh ters 
and ibe hbuses carcellec". through a 
m'x-up in bookings. 

Gus Hill, it was stated at h ! . of- 
fice, wired to several other cities' 

trying to fill in the two, cancelled 
dates, but could not do so. In view 
of the cancellation occurring through 
a mix-up, Hill asked the stage crew 
to accept a deduction for the two 
missing nights. The mem be of 
the troupe, according to the Hill 
office, had already agreed to accept 
the two nights* deduction, but the 
crew inristed o"n fu:i payment for 
the week, whereupon Hill decided 
to end the discussion by closing the 
show. 

Aslced whetlu . hi siness might not 
have considerable to do with the 
early closing of the mln: trels. Mr. 
Hill denied such was the case, de- 
claring that business had been sat- 
isfactory and In no way cmc?rned 
the closing. 

PEOPLE'S ON BOWERY 
SOLD BY MINER ESTATE 

P. F. Shea of New England Re- 
ported Buyer — Around 
$250,000 Paid 

The People's, 201 Bowery, was told 
by the Henry C. Miner estate last 
week to Chas. W. Groll. The pur- 
chase price was not given out. but 
was reported as slightly in excess 
of $250,000. Chas. W. Groll, who 
bought the People's, is attorney and 
New York representative for P. F. 
Shea, the New England theatrical 
man. Groll is understood to have 
a:ted for Shea, with the latter fig- 
uring as the real principal in the 
transaction. Shea has Miner's 
Bowery, the other Miner house, un- 
der lease. Henry Clay Miner rep- 
resented the Miner estate in the 
People's sale. 

The People's, built 50 years ago 
by the late Congressman Henry C. 
Miner, is one of the oldest theat- 
rical landmarks in New York. It 
has had a varied career, • playing 
different styles of attractions up to 
the early 90's, when it became an 
established pop price combination 
house for the road shows of the day. 
In 1889 the late Henry C. Miner 
leased the People's to Edelstein, 
Adlcr & Thomashefsky for 25 years, 
and it was operated for years as a 
Yiddish theatre, with Italian dra- 
matic and operatic shows taking 
the house from time to time. 

The Edelstein, Adler & Thoma- 
shefsky lease was taken over a few 
years ago by Joseph Edelstein, who 
will retain tenancy for the remain- 
ing two years of the 25-year lease, 
until 1924, when it expires, the re- 
cent sale not affecting Edelstein's 
aub-lease. 

The People's has a frontage of 
100 feet on the Bowery and 100 on 
Christie street, running through to 
a depth of L'68 feet from Bowery to 
Christie. 



U 



FOLLIES" STRIKE THREAT VNUIB— 
AGREEMENT, ZIEGFELD TELLS P. M. A. 



Manager Retain* Levi Mayer, Active in 1919 Row, to Handle Complaint— W. 
C. Fields 9 Part in Jam Over Chorus Girls — Threatened to Stop Show 
Christmas Night in 



The alleged strike threat of mem- 
bers of the "Follies" cast on Christ- 
mas night at the Colonial, Chicago, 
will be made an issue by Flo Zleg- 
feld before the Producing Managers' 
Association upon the manager's 
claim that the affair was in viola- 
tion of the basic agreement of the 
P. M. A. and Equity, which provides 
for all controversies to be settled by 
arbitration. Levi Mayer, the Chi- 
cago attorney, who was prominent 
in the settlement of the strike in 
11H9. was retained by Ziegfeld and 
will arrive in New York this week 
to give his opinion of the status of 
the ulleged violation. 

The manager affirms that he was 
not notified of the demand that Bes- 
sie Poole, a chorister who was dis- 
missed because she refused to sign 
a contract in Cleveland, be reinjtntr 
ed, but that W. C. Fields, accom- 
panied by Equity's Chicago repre- 
sentative and representatives of the 
stage hands' and musicians' unk>n, 
called on Edward Bosenbaum, com- 
pany manager, at 8:05 and it is al- 
leged thry declared unless the girl 
was given her Job back the curtain 
would not be allowed to go up. Zieg- 



ACTOR'S GRIT 



fcld declares he was In touch with 
Equity officials Saturday afternoon 
(the day before Christmas), but that 
nothing was said about impending 
trouble in Chicago. There was 
$4,500 in the house at the time and 
Mr. Rosenbaum was, Ziegfeld al- 
leges, coerced into acceding to the 
demands. Fields is the Equity dep- 
uty with the "Follies." 

Chorus trouble in the "Follies" 
dates back to a claim for one-eighth 
salary for the extra performance 
weeks, a claim filed by six members 
of the chorus who belonged to 
Equity. By arbitration It was de- 
cided that, although the girls were 
being given more than the chorus 
minimum, the bonus did not figure 



STOCK COULDNT START; 
HOUSE HAD NO LICENSE 



< 



Ernest Glendinning Goes Uncer Op* 

cration Without Anaesthetic— 

Save3 Three Days in Hospital 

Ernest Glendinning spent New 
Year's Eve having his hemorrhoids 
cut out. Dr. Gant. the specialist on 
that ailment at the Lexington Hos- 
pital, performed the operation. It 
was undergone Glendinning 

without nn anaesthetic. Dr. Gar.t 
is reported to have commented on it 
as the grittiest exhibition he had 
ever witnessed. 

Although a hasty operation was 
imperative, through Glendinning 
having allowed the disease to lag 
for several years without proper 
attention, he was civen a choice by 
the surgeon of going under ether or 
undergoing the operation with but 
a hypodermic. Without the anaes- 
thetic the operation would consume 
25 minutes; with ether it would 
take 90 minutes, the patient was ln- 



Ray Payton Refuses to Assume 

Hazard at Supreme. B'klyn 

— Permit Not Secured 



formed, and his stay in the hospital theatre , lcens6 D tne Qwnf T d 
would be prolonged three days 



through the etherized effects. 

Mr. Glendinning elected the hypo- 
dermic only. With a fervid grip 
on the sides of his hospital cot, he 
allowed Dr. Gant to remove the ab- 
normal herorrhoids in exactly the 
25 minutes the doctor had specified. 

Mr. Glendinning is one of the best 
known and most popular of Broad- 
way's leading men in the legitimate. 
His, wife (Marie Home) was in con- 
stant attendance while her husband 
remained at the hospital. He was 
due to leave there yesterday 
(Thursday) sufficiently recovered to 
be removed to his home at 123 West 
10th street, New York. 

Mr. Glendinning has been .n gaged 
to play opposite Marion Davies in 
the Cosuiopul. tan's ~ forthcoming 
film production of "When Knight- 
hoow Was in Flower." V Rtart of 
the special film may be delayed In 
consequence of his illnc. \ 



The B. R. B. Corporation, owners 
of the Supreme, Grand avenue and 
Fulton street, Brooklyn, became 
entangled with Ray Payton, man- 
ager of the Payton Stock Co., to 
whom they had rented the house, 
when It was discovered that the 
theatre did not have a license. The 
Payton company was to have opened 
there Monday with a matinee per- 
formance, when it was found that 
the owners of the house were un- 
able to secure a license. Payton 
refused to allow the curtain to go 
up on the grounds that he would be 
held criminally liable should any 
accidents or fire occur in the build- 
ing. The performances for the 
early part of the week were called 
off, with Payton contemplating tak- 
ing action against the owners for 
damages. 

The Supreme, formerly the Put- 
nam, was recently taken over by 
the B. R. B. Corporation and reno- 
vated, with a straight picture policy 
employed upon reopening: The 
house was operated under a picture 



an application made for a dramatic 
license when the lease with the 
Payton interests had been closed. 



NEW "LILIES" TANGLE 



Shea's Notes and Artists Involved 
in Further Litigation 



CANTOR MISSES 

Cincinnati, Jan. 4. 

Tiie reason given for the failure 
of Kddio Cantor to open his en- 
RageniPMt in "The Midnight Kound- 
ors »" at the Shubcrt Sunday night 
was that one of the two cars con- 
taining the company's baggage and 
fcvencry failed to arrive 'from In- 
dianapolis on time. 

H was reported Cantor was un- 
able to appear as a result of a nor- , 
v «>us condition. A capacity house I 
u as assured. House Manager Fd- 
ward How land refunded. 

The show opened .Morula v :i ft •*!■- 
noon. 

' JEOPARD LADY" WITH MUSIC 

fix 1 Shul»erts have accepted for 
l't-oduction a new operetta < ailed 
The Leopard Lady." John P. Wil- 
son wrote the book and lvrics and 
•u-ilvin Fr.mkHn the score. 



on 



MARCIN SUDDENLY LEAVES 

Max Marcin sailed Saturday 
the Olympic for London, where he 
will stage "The Nightcap" in asso- 
ciation with Willie Fdelsten and 
others. The author-manager's plans 
were hastily formed, following cable 
advices the piece was slated to open 
in the English metropolis. Jan. L'3. 

Mr. Marcin will make a brief visit 
to Paris mid Berlin, and is due hack 
in New York in February. 



SHOWGIRL WANTS DIVORCE 

Mrs. (Jioria Crowell Fasterday 
has re!. third Ki ndler «fc "< loldstcia to 
act for Ium- in divmvc proceedings 
:.i».*« i ii ;- 1 W'ileu \V. Kasterday, the 
Wa: ii::i:t<<ii, J). ('., broker, who is 
Pnpiic; ted with * Nick;." Ai ostein 
in the $.".,00'».0n« Wall street h»»nd 
t heft <. < nspiraey. 

The plaintiff is a Ziegfeld show- 



Bccause of the face "Lilies of the 
Field" has been losing money the 
past two weeks and was unable to 
pay its $250 weekly installment to 
David Freund for properties and 
scenery, the latter threatened to 
close up the show this week. How- 
ever, Joseph Klaw and Kenneth M. 
Spence, the receivers, arranged a 
conference Tuesday to continue the 
show in the hope it will turn a profit. 
Prior to the holidays it had been 
grossing over $11,000 for a couple 
weeks, which means a neat profit 
for the production. 

Simultaneously Herbert Stanton, 
president of the producing corpora- 
tion, began injunction proceedings 
Tuesday against P. F. Shea, who 
holds two notes for $3,300 ar.d $2,200 
against the corporation, to restrain 
Shea from acting on them. The 
notes became due Wednesday, Stan- 
ton's charge being they were usurl- 
ously obtained in exchange for cash 
loans by Shea to the companj\ 
Charles E. Francis Is acting far Mr. 
Stanton in the matter. 



gill 



op 



OWNtR OPERATING VILLAGE 

Mrs. Marguerite Abbott Barker. 
owner of the Greenwich Village the- 
atre, is now personally in charge 
df the house. 

Frank Conroy and Howard Melt- 
zer, who were supposed to be inter- 
ested in the Village house, are out, 
while Barney Gallant withdrew as 
manager some time ago. The house 
the New Amsterdam loof. has been dark most of the season 



and an eighth more must be paid. 
Ziegfeld thereupon paid the entire 
chorus the- pro rata extra. There 
were no contracts with the chorus 
which Equity insisted was against 
the rules so far as their members 
were concerned. Sam Kingston 
was sent to Cleveland and arranged 
for the contracts, which called for 
10 per cent. less. It was explained 
that the reduction, however, only 
applied for engagements where an 
extra matinee would be played. All 
are said to have signed except Miss 
Poole, and the aftermath was the 
affair of Christmas night in Chi- 
cago. 

The manager contends the matter 
should have been arbitrated. He 
claims further interference from 
Equity in the matter of Vera Mlche- 
lena, having received a letter from 
(Continued «n page 30) 



SOUTHERNERS ACCEPT 
"GILPIN, NEGRO "STAR, 






"Emperor Jonea" Plays Ex- 
perimental Dates— Local 
Critics Enthusiastic 



ANSWERJO FORD 

"Rosa Machree" Billed at "Hebrow- 
Irish Comedy" 

"Ilosa Machree," a play which will 
be presented at the Lexington Mon- 
day, is billed as "a Hebrew- Irish 
comedy." Advertising in the Yid- 
dish papers, the billing prominently 
states the play to be "a direct an- 
swer to Henry Ford," with a hand 
pointing to the line. 

The piece was written hy Edward 
E. Rose and is described as a Yid- 
dish "Peg o' My Heart." It is said 
to have been rewritten from a play 
of Rose's called "The Daughter of 
Mother Machree." which Leffler A 
Bratton presented several seasons 
ago on the International popular- 
priced circuit. Other titles 'are 
"Rose of the Ghetto" and •'Rosie." 

"Rosa Machree" will serve as the 
debut on the English-speaking stage 
of Julia Adler. younger daughter of 
Jacob Adler, the Yiddish star. Miss 
Adlcr is featured in the cast, which 
includes Lucy Beaumont. Fuller 
Mellish, Mabel Allen, Harry Green, 
Charles Esdale, Ryder Keane, Sonia 
Merivale. Clarence Derwent and 
Austin Huhan. 

The Hudson Producing Co. is pre- 
senting "Rosa Machree." Lee Mor- 
rison is manager. 



Norfolk, Va„ Jan. 4. 

The playing of "Emperor Jones" 
here last week, considered a risky 
booking, became sensationally suc- 
cessful. It was the first time a seri- 
ous play with a colored player was 
ever attempted in the south. The 
show split the holiday week between 
Richmond and this city, playing the 
former stand, starting Christmas 
day, and grossed nearly $9,000 on 
the week. 

The dailies raved over the work of 
Eugene O'NeU, the playwright, but 
gave even greater praise to Charles 
Gilpin, the Negro star of "Emperor 
Jones," which was amazing even to 
the management. One critic called 
Gilpin the "wonder black man of 
the American drama. There is no 
cause for racial prejudice in Gilpin's 
acting of 'Emperor Jones.' It is 
simply a remarkable piece of art." 
Another said of Gilpin: "He liter- 
ally gives a great performance." 

The invasion of the south by "Em- 
peror Jones" was halted here, other 
managers being afraid to book the 
attraction. As a result of the re- 
markable success of the play, how- 
ever, it is believed "Jones" will be 
in demand from every point below 
the Mason and Dixon line. The 
show,* however, has been sent north 
to play eastern stands for the bal- 
ance of the season. 

Plans now call for a thorough 
booking of the play throughout the 
south next season. A curtain raiser, 
"Suppressed Desires," is being 
given with "Emperor Jones." 



ADIEU'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY 

A testimonial performance wifl be 
given Jacob P. Adler, the veteran 
Yiddish actor-manager, at the Man- 
hattan O. H. Jan. 15. Those sched- 
uled to appear are Al Jolson, Bar- 
ney Bernard, Ed Wynn, Irving Ber- 
lin, Belle Baker, Bertha Kalich, 
Arnold Daly, Boris Thomashefsky 
and other representative actors. 

The benefit is In honor of Mr. 
Adler's 60th anniversary as an 
actor. 



William's "8mart Sst" 
Charlie William's, formerly the 
manager with Gus Hill's Honey Boy 
Minstrels, is to revive the "Smart 
Set" title with an all-colored show, 
rehearsals to begin within a week or 
two. 



COURT HOLDS N. Y. LICENSE 
CHIEF MAY CENSOR PLAYS 



J 



" 



Supreme Court Ruling in "Demi-Virgin" Case Vir- 
tually Makes Gilchrist Metropolitan Censor — 
Has Power to Revoke Eltinge 



A decision handed down by Jus- 
tice Wagner in the New York Su- 
preme Court, Special Term, Part 1, 
on Tuesday denying the A. H. 
Woods Theatre Co.'s motion for an 
Injunction to restrain John F. Gil- 
christ, Commissioner of Licenses of 
the City of New York, from revok- 
ing the license of the Eltinge the- 
atre, where "The Demi -Virgin" is 
now holding forth, includes in it an 
interpretation of the Commission- 
er's powers which virtually is 
synonymous with naming him as an 
individual censor board and sole 
arbiter in questions anent the in- 
decency and immorality of stage 
performance? in the metropolis. An 
interpretation of chapter 475 of the 
laws of 1911. under which the 
License Commissioner's post was 
created, convinces Justice Wagner 
"that the Commissioner has the au- 
thority to revoke the license which 
is the subject of this litigation." 

.Max 1-). Steiier, Woods' counsel, 
who is also financially interested in 
the Fltingc theatre property and 
real estate, on Wednesday made a 
motion to reargue the injunction, 
the argument being returnable on 
Friday. This meanwhile a^ts to 
stay the Commissioner's powers. 

The plaintiff had argued that to 
give a ministerial officer such power 
woujd be to establish him a censor 
over all theatrical productions ancnt 



which Justice Wagner states "The 
power of revocation is an adminis- 
trative function and not an act of 
censorship. For if it be exercised 
capriciously, arbitrarily, upon un- 
reasonable apprehension or upon 
false information, the courts, if ap- 
pealed to, will stay the adminis- 
trator's hand. Nor is the placing 
(Continued on page 31) 



K. A E. TftUCE OFF 

All negotiations to reunite Marc 
Klaw and A. L. Erlanger have «een 
discontinued, the former legit part- 
ners being disinclined to "kiss and 
make up," although several confer- 
ences were called for the purpose c f 
adjusting their manifold legal, busi- 
ness and personal squabbles. 

This has been found impos. ' Je, 
and attorneys, who were set to dis- 
continue a number of pending legal 
actions, have withdrawn from the 
negotiations. 



RECOMMENDS DIVORCE 

Samuel Full;, referee in the Alice 
I'.rady divorce suit against James A. 
Crane, has turned in his findings to 
.Justice Cohalan, recommending the 
granting of an interlocutory decree 
t-j Miss Brady. 

Justice Cohalan has taken the 
mattfr under advisement, reserving 
< decision. 



M 



LEGITIMATE 



Friday, January *, 1822 



SHOWS « Y. AND COMMENT "j™"-, 



"Alias Jimmy Valentine," Gaiety ( trade, grossing $14,000 with aid of 



(5th week). Fourth attraction In 
this house since "Lightnin " left 
and is doing better than others. 
Revivals are having no easy time 
of It but this one should run for 
threo months. 

"Anna Christie/* Vanderbllt (10th 
week). Ono extra performance; 
Wednesday matinee beat out 
night business, as true of many 
attractions. Gross was $12,000, 
which was best since opening; 
Saturda;- night scale $3, one of 
few houses not lofting scale. 
Night trade about two- thirds 
capacity. 

"Bill of Divorcement," Times Square 
(13th week). With extra matinee 
and holiday scales, gross rose 
smartly, takings for last week be- 
ing around $17,000. One of dra- 
matic leaders. 

"Blossom Time,'* Ambassador (15th 
week). With one extra perform- 

' ahco last week and $5 top Satur- 
day, gross went to nearly $25,000, 
beating high of Thanksgiving 
week 

"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Ritz 
(16th week). Around $14,000 last 
week, with aid of extra matinee 
and $5 New Tear's eve. Ran 
about $3,000 under gross of 
Thanksgiving week. Length of 
continuance not certain. May go 
out early next month. 

"Bombo," Jolson (14th week). Holi- 
days provided come-back for Jol- 
son show, it getting well over 
$30,000 after dropping to $21,000 
for the week before Christmas. 
Monday, this week, drew $7,200. 

"Bull Dog Drummond," Knicker- 
bocker (2d week). Opened Christ- 
mas night, sticking to eight per- 
formances for holiday week for 
gross of $13,000. English melo- 
drama with chance, through com- 
edy Interpretation. 

"Captain Applejack," Cort (2d 
week). Opened Friday night last 
week, "Her Salary Man" running 
for first half of week, getting ad- 
vantage of holiday draw. "Apple- 
jack" very well regarded. 
"Chocolate Soldier," Century (4th 
week). Good holiday draw, gross 
for last week going to $25,000 for 
revival. That nearly doubled the 
business before holidays. 
"Demi-Virgin," El tinge (12th week). 
Flurry of excitement over court 
proceedings has died down; farce 
holding up. Holiday trade good. 
Denial of injunction against li- 
cense commissioner may revive 
publicity. 

•Danger," 39th Street (3d week). 
Interest aroused over advertising 
emphasizing sex problem. Mati- 
nees last week indicate feminine 
draw, with little under $9,000 for 
week. Only fair chance to con- 
nect. 

"Dream Maker," Empire (7th week). 
Strung with most of dramas, 
playing nine performances and 
charging $5 for New Year's eve. 
Gross last week around $12,000, 
fair flguro for holiday week. 
Looks like another three or four 
weeks for this one. 

"Drifting," Playhouse (1st week). 
Alice Brady and Robert Warwick 
at head of this new drama, 
brought in by W. A. Brady to suc- 
ceed "Bought and Paid For," a 
revival that only lasted V,<i weeks, 
showing little or nothing. "Drift- 
ing" opened Monday night. 

■Dulcy," Frazee (21st week). No 
extra matinees, la*t week, takings 
totaling llttlo over $11,000. The 
Wednesday matinee biggest after- 
noon since opening, that being 
typical of most of list. 

*Face Value," 49th Street (2d 
week). Had smart opening 
Christmas day but afterwards 
was traveling at between $700 
and $800 nightly. New house seats 
740 and can play to about $1,600 
nightly at $2.50 top. 

•First Year," Little (63d week). 
Had daily mat hue and for 12 per- 
formances this comedy run leader 
went to better than $16,000; Sat- 
urday night scale was $5 top. 
Fine pace for 620-seat house. 
Gross was only $1,500 under New 
Year's of 1921, when dally mat- 
inees were also given. 

"Get Together," Hippodrome (19th 
week). Holiday week just dou- 
bled pace of pre-Christmas weeks, 
gross last week going to around 
$63,000. Top $1.50 except New 
Year's eve, when scale advanced 
to $8 top. Last season's $100,000 
week gained by a $3 scale 
throughout. 

"Good Morning Dearie," Globe (10th 
week). Played four matinees last 
week for total of 10 performances, 
with Saturday nlpht scale $10 
($11 with tax). ross was $43,000, 
topping Broadway (Hip excepted). 
This breaks Globe record estab- 
lished last season by "Tip Top" o.t 
$35,900. 

"Grand Duke," Lyceum (10th week). 
For nine performances and gen- 
eral $5 top Saturday, this piece 
drew over $13,000 last week. Is 
downstairs draw. Will probably 
not stay longer than Washington's 
Birthday. 

"Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- 
bert (lPth week). Last week was 
one of best for this revue, with 
around $24,000 in. Has two more 
weeks to go. opening in Phila- 
delphia Jan. 23. Charged s $6 Sat- 
urday night. V 

"Intimate Strangers," Miller\ (9th 



extra matinee. Normally that 
!>i. .- would bo big business, but 
does not spell capacity draw for 
holidays. 
"Just Married," No. Bayes (36th 
week). Farce promoted most 
successfully in recent weeks by 
application of cut-rate tickets. 
Run still indefinite. 
"Kiki," Belasco (6th week). Again 
proved itself queen of dramas, 
playing capacity for all perform- 
ances last week. One extra mati- 
nee and $5 New Year's eve sent 
gross to $21,000, the top money of 
non -musical offerings. 
"Lawful Larceny," Republic (1st 
Aveek). New Samuel Shipman 
comedy drama opened Monday 
night; presented by A. H. Woods 
with strong cast. Is credited with 
having fine chance. 
"Lilies of the Field," Klaw (14th 
week). Holiday prices and extra 
matinee could not push this one 
up to real holiday money. Tak- 
ings for last week between $10,000 
and $11,000 and extra advertising 
again started Monday. 
"Liliom," Fulton (38th week). Ends 
splendid run that started at Gar- 
rlck and hit real money right 
along here. Will be succeeded 
next week by "The Circle," which 
Ynoves over from Selwyn. 'Lil- 
iom* goes to Chicago. Extra per- 
formances gave it a holiday gross 
of over $13,000. 
"Music Box Revue," Music Box 
<16th week). Four matinees ana 
$10 for New v e ar's eve. that 
onlv being charged by one other 
attraction (Good Morning 
Dearie"), made another new gros< 
for this smash, which went to 
$38 800 
"Nature's Nobleman," 48th Street 
(tfth week). Three matinees for 
holiday week were not enough aid 
to push this show into real gross 
It ^ot around $7,00J, which about 
doubles normal business. ^>\ in 
probably be withdrawn soon, hav- 
ing shown nothing since opening. 
"Sally," Amsterdam (55th week). 
Leaped up into big money di- 
vision, with $33,000 plus last 
week; no extra matinees but lb 
Saturday night; had slipped down 
to $21,000 pre-Christmas week. 
Last week's gross one of four big- 
gest grosses since opening. 
"Shuffle Along," 63d St. (33d week). 
Got best figure last week, with 
nearly $15,000. The all-colored 
revue charged $4 top New Year s 
eve, the box-office record being 
remarkable for show of kind. 
"Six Cylinder Love," Sam Harris 
(20th week). With between $20.- 
000 and $21,000 In last week this 
comedy ran close second for lead 
of non-musical shows. Nine per- 
formances with $5 top Saturday. 
"Squaw Man," Astor (2d week). Has 
been getting society, attending for 
the stage debut of Mrs. Lydig 
Hoyt. Indications for revival, fair 
business for moderate stay. 
"S. S. Tenacity ," Belmont (1st 
week). Opened Monday matinee: 
critics divided In comment over 
show, adaptation from French. 
Some experts flguro show has 
chance. 
"Tangerine," Casino (22d week). 
Without extra matinee holiday 
week gross went to little under 
$24,000. New Year's eve at $5 
brought draw of $5,824.50, claimed 
to be Casino record for single per- 
formance. 
"Thank U," Longacre (14th week). 
Played daily matinee last week 
and on 12 performances got $16,- 
000, top figure for this type com- 
edy. 
"The Bat," Morosco (72d week). No 
extra performances last week; 
leads in point of run. Drew near- 
ly $14,000, charging $4 for New 
Year's eve. 
"The Circle," Selwyn (17th week). 
Five matinees for total of 11 per- 
formances brought gross to around 
$17,000, $7,000 under the business 
of Thanksgiving week. Moves to 
Fulton Monday. "The Blue Kitten'' 
succeeding here. 
"The Claw," Broadhurst (12th 
week). Also ran under pace of 
Thanksgiving week, getting $10,- 
500 last week with aid of extra 
matinee. 
"The Dover Road," Bijou (3d week). 
Started on eve of Christmas and 
won good notices. Holiday trade 
supplied surprise, new Milne com- 
edy nearly $12,300; fine gross for 
this sized house. 
"The Great Broxopp," Punch & Judy 
(8th week). Comedy from snme 
author, planted in one of smallest 
houses on Broadway. Small profit 
possible but hot probable. 
"The Green Goddess," Booth (50th 
week). One extra matinee, but 
Saturday night top kept down. 
Gross around $13,000 figured very 
good for this melodrama, nearly 
year old, going out at end of 
month. 
"The Married Women," Princess (3d 
week). Holiday card that drew 
little attention. Littlo strength 
indicated and run will bo brief. 
"The Mountain Man/* Maxinc Elliott 
(4th week). Came In right before 
holidays and was ono attraction 
not to benefit. Management claims 
better business this week thin 
last. Pace unprofitable to date. 
"The O'Brien Girl," Liberty (14th 
week). Went to best figure last 
week, with extra matinee played 



"Ughtnin"' Gets $31,000 

and "Follies" $45,800 With 

Extra Shows 



£. 



week). Got share of holiday and scale lifted to $5 for New 



Chicago, Jan. 4. 
The last week in tho year of 1921 
was a money-making and a histori- 
cal affair. There are few shows 

which can justly complain of the 
treatment they received during the 
holidays. Kvery show for the New 
Year's, and this means Saturday, 
Sunday and Monday nights, could 
have sold the house twice over, but 
had to be contented with making up 
for the business they had to turn 
away by throwing the holiday prices 
into high, the top price for New 
Year's Eve being $11 for the 
"Follies"; one show got $6.60, and 
the balance getting $5.50. The legit 
shows put extra matinees in. while 
only one, "The Greenwich Village 
Follies." gave a midnight perform- 
ance. Possibly the record for the 
greatest number of performances in 
a week for a legit show goes to 
"Lightnin," which gave 12 shows, 
five matinees and seven night per- 
formances. Each show had a 
capacity house, with the result that 
"Lightnin" tacked up a sensational 
gross for tho week. 

The next highest number of per- 
formances for the week is 10, and 
many shows gave that number. 
Ziegfeld's "Follies" got the headline 
and a column story on page ono of 
the dallies, and with a lower ad- 
mission scale this year than last, 
the gross topped $45,800. The New 
Year tilt in prices contributed 
heavily in box office receipts for all 
shows. The first day of the new 
vear brings with it three openings. 
"The Nightcap," "Chauncey Olcott" 
and ''Little Old New York." 

Estimates for Last Week: 

"Return of Peter Grimm" (Pow- 
ers, 1st week). — In line with David 
Warfleld's policy, it gives no per- 
formance Sundays. With nine shows 
the gross is claimed to have touched 
$22,000. The star's local drawing 
power assures worth-while stay. 

"Elsie Janis and Her Gang" 
(Olympic, 4th week).— Show did not 
get good break in run here. Weak 
point was always mentioned as the 
show meaning little and the star 
comprising entire entertainment. 
Left and made room for Chauncey 
Olcott in "Ragged Roblrt." revival, 
which opened Sunday to the usual 
Olcott clientele. 

"Greenwich Village Follias" (Gar- 
rick, 9th week). — Only one to give 
midnight show, besides having given 
seven night and three matinee per- 
formances. For the midnight show 
$6.60 was charged, and this put over 
good- sized gross for week. 

"Connecticut Yankee" (Woods*, 
I 2nd week).— Film. Continuous run 
I with an extra midnight show. Doing 
I well. 

"Follies" (Colonial. 1st week).— 
Worthy of comparison is data on 
this and last year on the opening 
week of this show.. Last year the 
top New Year's price w?.s |7.™ but 
$11 top for the opening night, with 
weekly gross of $45,500. This year 
top was $11 New Year's Eye, 
with $4.40 for opening night, with 
gross estimated at $45,800. The 



Year's eve. Gross around $25,000. 

"The Idla Inn," Plymouth (84 week). 
Though extra matinee gross for 
holiday week failed to reach $9,- 
000; far from satisfactory. Notice 
of closing posted Monday. 

"The Perfect .Fool," Cohan (11th 
week). $23,000 last week, with 
extra matinee. Saturday night 
scale $4. Indications for continu- 
ance into spring. One of leaders, 
scale being $2.60. 

"The Varying 8hore," Hudson (5th 
week). Good holiday week for 
new drama, the gross claimed 
nearly $16,000. Three matinees 
and $5 for Saturday last week. 
Does not figure to bold up after 
buy which expires at end of 
month. 

"The Whits Peacock/' Comedy (2d 
week). Extra matinees could not 
force this new piece into big 
money. Gross little over $7,000 
for holiday week. Will remain 
about four weeks. 

"The Wild Cat/' Park (7th week). 
About even break last week, with 
from $14,000 to $16,000 grossed. 
Show very costly to operate. 
Likely to go on tour next month, 
with expectation of big money 
through musical novelty (Span- 
ish). 

"Up in the Clouds," Lyric (1st 
week). Opened Monday. Out 
since last spring, doing excellent 
business in Boston and Chicago. 
Tuesday night showed better at- 
tendance than premiere (Monday 
evening). 

National Players, National. Closed 
suddenly Saturday, staying in one 
week and two days. "Trilby'' of- 
fering, plan calling for revivals, 
of which that Teas first. Gross for 
the holiday week was $3,900 at $2 
top. 

"Madras House," Nat inal. Has 
been running downtown (Neigh- 
borhood Playhouse*) for some 
weeka Moved up Monday mati- 
nee upon withdrawal of National 
players. Got $700 at matinee and 
$500 Monday night. 



show ran tea weeks against an 
eight-week run this year. , i 

"Nice People" (Cort l?th week). 
Getting along in tip-top shape, mak- 
ing good money and real hit. 

"The Bat" (Cohan's Grand, 53d 
week). Grand daddy show checked 
out, playing ten shows for week and 
gross of $18,500. It will be many a 
moon before a show can beat this 
run. "Little Old New York" opened 
Sunday. 

"Woman of Bronae" (Princess, 9th 
week). Ten shows . and possible 
$15,000 gross. .Show duo for an- 
other month's stay. Strong demand. 

"The 8kin Game" (Shubert Cen- 
tral. 9th week). Leaves to allow 
Walker Whiteside in "The Hindu," 
Jan. 8, finishing week with 10 per- 
formances and $7,200 gross. 

Sot hern- Marlowe (Shubert Great 
Northern, 1st week). Getting good 
play from colleges, schools and pub- 
lic. Ads carry line this is last ap- 
pearance in Chicago of this duo for 
at least two years. Made no at- 
tempt to crowd in extra shows, giv- 
ing six night shows and one mati- 
nee. 

"Merry Widow" (Illinois. 1st 
week). Opened with $26,000 gross. 
Light opera revival plays here for 
three weeks and likely will have 
good patronage during its stay. 

"Under the Bamboo Tree" (Stude- 
baker, 3d week). Prancing along 
with last week's gross said to be 
$22,000. 

"Enter Madame" (Playhouse, 6th 
week). Left Saturday and closed 
with $13,000. Show had good run. 
"The Night Cap" opened Sunday. 

"Lightnin"' (Blackstone, 17th 
week). Between $30,000 and $31,000 
is what management claims for 12 
shows. Demand for show larger 
than Supply and the extra perform- 
ances were as well attended as the 
regular shows. 

"Daddy's Gone a- Hunting" (La 
Salle, 1st week). Marjorie Rambeau 
has good following and is relighting 
house with good start. $13,000 with 
10 performances. 



GOOD BUSINESS STILL 
IN PHILADELPHIA 



Despite Critics Ethel Barry- 
more Scores in "Declassee" 



Philadelphia, Jan. 4. 

The usual break upwards between 

the week before and the week after 

Christmas was not so noticeable this 
year because of the excellent busi- 
ness done by all but one show dur- 
ing the notoriously off week. 

Ethel Barrymore's "Declassee" has 
been an uninterrupted triumph here 
although much harder hit by critics 
than in other cities she has visited. 
They all lauded the star, but jumped 
on the play. Nevertheless, after a 
first week (before the holidays) of 
close to $14,000, tho show did 
virtual capacity last week, and 
without an extra matinee, cleaned 
up over $16,000. 

"The Passing Show of 1921" had 
a special matinee Monday, and with 
the scale tilted for the holiday 
cleared in the neighborhood of $24,- 
000. There is no limit announced for 
its run, 

"The Wandering Jew," at the For- 
rest, drew most of the critics and 
was well spoken of. It has drawn 
generally very well, thought not to 
positive capacity. "Tho Famous 
Mrs. Fair" claimed satisfactory 
receipts although they were de- 
cidedly off during the middle of the 
week. "Red Pepper," a new show, 
came no where near setting the river 
on fire but claimed a neat profit. 
"Tho Bat" spurted again, but it is 
generally regarded as a mystery 
here how the management expects 
to keep this thriller on till after 
Washington's Birthday, except to 
break the existing record as was 
done in Chicago. 

Threo shows and "Orphans of the 
Storm," Griffith's film, come in Jan. 
9, but this week is an off one In re- 
spect to openings. One of the under- 
lined shows for the 9th is "Only 
38," which will come to the Broad 
when Barrymore leaves and ought 
to be aided by the great records of 
the two preceding shows at this 
house. It is in for only two weeks. 

Will Rogers nnd the Ziegfeld 
"Frolic" come to the Garrlck, which, 
except for Cohan shows and one or 
two others, has always been a house 
for straight shows. 

Estimates for Last Week 

"Declassee" (Broad. 3d week) — 
Triumph here as elsewhere. Has 
never had really an off night. Played 
to virtual capacity last week. Had 
not Christmas matinee, but one 
New Year's Day. "Onlv 38" Jnn. 9. 

"Passing 8 how of 1921" (Shubert. 
2d week)— Hit in pood style, 
although not to capacity except at 
end of week and Christmas matinee 
and night. $24,000. 

"Wandering Jew" (Forrest, 2d 
week) — Expensive show becauHc of 
cast, this one needed good houses 
and got them. Last straiRht attrar- 
tion at houso until March with 
Griffith film in interim. 

"Famous Mrs. Fair* (Garrlck. 2d 
week) — Return not accompanied by 
kind of houses had at Broad. Badly 
off at mid-week, with good but by 
no means capacity Christmas and 
Friday and Saturday. In for only 
I two weeks with "Ziegfeld "Frolic" 



HOLIDAY FOR BOSTON, 
BIG THEATRE WEEK 

All Legit Shows Hit for High 
Spots— "Happy-Go-Lucky" 
and "Irene" Among Leaders 



Boston, Jan. 4. 
The last week of 1921 will be re- 
membered with Joy by those vitally 
interested in the financial side of 

theatricals as far as the legitimate 
theatres in this city are concerned. 
It was a. week when the gross fig- 
ures of every attraction in town hit 
the high spots. 

While the increase in business 
was most noticeable at. the houses 
playing legitimate attractions Inst 
week the reflection of the pickup was 
observed in all other branches of the 
business. 

This week started off real strong, 
with all the theatres getting an extra 
matinee Monday, (New Year's), and 
doing a whale of a business at both 
the matinee and the evening perfor- 
mances. It was claimed the better 
business was good for this month 
at least, and that if the right sort 
of attractions are trotted in and the 
booking period is not stretched out 
too long, that for the balance of the 
winter months the result will be 
satisfactory. 

No changes In attraction at any 
of the local legitimate houses Mon- 
day night, although a couple are 
scheduled for the coming week. On 
that day "The Wandering Jew" will 
come into tho Hollis for a stay of 
three- weeks, and ftfclntyr* and 
Hf»ath will come into the Wilbur. 

The Boston opera house is dark 
at the present time, and there is 
nothing scheduled to come in there 
now. The flivver of the Shuberts 
"winter circus" was another failure 
to be checked up against this house, 
and there is no doubt now that an 
extraordinary strong attraction is 
necessary to put It over, when not 
playing opera. 

For the time being the Tremont is 
out of the list of houses playing- 
legitimate, taken over by Griffith 
for the showing of his film, "Orphans 
of the Storm." 

Estimates for last week: 

"Tip-Top" (Colonial. 6th week).— 
Playing to capacity at practically 
every performance, $3 top; big 
cleanup of city. Going strong this 
week and looks good for at least 
three weeks more, with possibility 
of going further. 

"Mr. Pirn Passes By'* (Hollis, 5th 
week). — While departure scheduled 
for this week, attraction has not 
been disappointment, reverse is fact 
Opened fairly strong for dramatic 
and plugged along well until Christ- 
mas week, when suffering with 
others. Came back last week and 
should close with fair takings. 

"Orphans of the Storm" (Tremont, 
2d week).-— House leased by Griffith 
for the run of hl a big fllm with ca- 
pacity condition prevailing. 

"Dog Love" (Plymouth, 2d week). 
— Hodge's local followfng has not 
deserted him, shown by success in 
first week here. Gross about $14,- 
500 for opening week, very strong 
figure for dramatic. Started off this 
week with two big houses for Mon- 
day and fair advance sale. 

"Afgdr" (Wilbur, final week) — 
Grossed about $15,000 for last week: 
as good as those behind attraction 
expected. 

"Irene" (Shubert, 2d week).— Re- 
peat here justified shown by figures 
first week, $22,500. Better than any 
other show except "Tip-Top." Ap- 
pears at this time as though same 
outfit that sent this show away 
from here last season doing turn- 
away business haa swung Into line 
again to support it with new patrons 
joining. Already enrolled Itself as 
one of the money-makers of seasons, 
and is source of satisfaction to the 
Shubert people here, who have been 
trying to find big winnersfn musical 
show all this season, with varied 
success. 

"Happy-Go- Lucky" (Selwyn. 2d 
week).— In this attraction Selwyns 
find themselves in position to inako 
bid for patronage house deserves. 
Show got away to perfect start from 
critics and did very fair business 
first week, everything considered. 
Showed stronger tendency at start 
of thl. s week. First straight propo- 
sition house has had so far this 
season. 



to follow. About $13,000. 

"The Bad Man," (Walnut, 2d 
week)— Very well liked by critics, 
nnd got enthusiastic reception at 
opener. Figured word of mouth ad- 
vertising will bring bigger houses as 
run continues, although first week 
saw nearly $15,500, with indications 
this will bo beaten this week. In 
for only three weeks, with "Skin 
Gam«j"' to follow. 

"Red Pepper," (Lyric, 2d week) — 
New Mclntyro nnd Heath musical 
comedy, called "old school stuff" by 
critics, but because of holidays did 
pretty good business. Last week 
with "Ladles' Night"' to follow. 
About $13,000. 

"The Bat" (Adelphl, 13th week) — 
Now definitely out to break house 
record and Bhould achieve tlmt 
although forcing may be necessary. 
Was off early in December, held up 
surprisingly well week before 
Christmas, and went up to $13,000 
last week. 



Friday. January 0, 1982 



LEGITIMATE 



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BROADWAY ! REVIEWS 



LAWFUL LARCENY 



Felix Kremns 
Martha Mayo 



judge Perry 

tin Davis -■ 

French Id* Waterm_. 

©ft Hepburn. ...... ^ i/o ... e . . •«*., Ka-J 



Celeate 



r Tarlow Lowell Sherman 

ti.rlon Sylvester Margaret Lawrence 

....Allen Itinehurt 



• •••••• 



..John 8tokes> 



Andrew Dorsey 

French • •• « . 

5r Davis Fraawr Coulter 

Sara Haden 

petec tiv e' Farrel John Sharkey 

After a season or two In virtual 
retirement, so far as Broadway is 
concerned. Samuel Shipman has 
come forth with two plays within 
he pas i two months. The first was 
"Nature's Nobleman." written in 
collaboration with Clara Lipman. 
But his real bid for fresh popularity 
Is with "Lawful Larceny," presented 
by A H. Woods at the Republic 
Jan. 2 . The Republic is long over- 
due for a success. It has housed so 
many near-hits and flops that it is 
likened to an also-ran horse which 
gome day lias its winning race, and 
the new Shipman opus gives it the 
best chance in a flock of seasons. 

"Lawful Larceny" adds to the list 
of Shinjman plays of paradoxical 
title. The play's name, however, is 
not a paradox alone. The author 
has brightly scrolled a drama from: 
the basis of legal fact that the law 
dramatically countenances the theft 
of the spiritual, and since there is) 
no punishment by criminal proced- 
ure, there is actual lawful larceny. 
The always interesting application 
Of this truism Mr. Shipman has! 
worked out alone, whereas with his. 
other offerings he has always been 
coupled with another playwright. 

It's a story of a broken triangle, 
■mashed in part by the husband of 
his own accord and then completely 
effaced by the wife — for the theme 
stands upon the chassis that hus- 
band and wife arc deeply in love 
with each other. She has been to 
California on a visit. During her 
absence he has met and fallen for 
the wiles of nn adventuress, who 
has milked him dry. That is the 
story of Andrew to Marion Dorsey, 
the story he has the courage to tell 
her after a beautiful love scene — 
the fifth anniversary of their mar- 
riage. The scene is the prolog. 

Action for the first two acts is 
within the duplex apartment of 
Vivian Hepburn on Park avenue. 
There the adventuress has staged 
her little affairs with the kind of 
men Dorsey typifies — men who 
might slip now and then — men 
whom that kind of women and her 
associates allude to as "suckers." 
Marlon Dorsey under her maiden 
name applies for and gets the posi- 
tion of secretary to the relentless 
Vivian. She manages to stand off 
her husband when he comes to 
break completely with the woman, 
making him understand that she 
must have a chance. She brilliantly 
wins her way into Vivian's circle, 
pretends to return the love of 
Vivian's own beloved, Guy Tarlow, 
who has been bitten but who is bent 
on trimming trimmers like Vivian. 
Then she gets Tarlow to rifle Viv- 
ian's safe of nil her money and jew- 
els, takes the bag and goes to her 
own home, thereby moro than 
matching the adventuress by steal- 
ing both her lover and her posses- 
sions. 

Comes Vivian. Tarlow and an ex- 
judge to the Dorsey home. There 
Marion confesses to the robbery and 
stands by her act, though the men 
all try to shield her and take the 
blame. The judge tells here it is a 
crime punishable with imprisonment 
for 10 years. Emotionally does the 
wife defend her deed and plead the 
right and damn the apparently legal 
status of Vivian, who can and did 
steal her husband. The judge ad- 
mits that the thing Vivian's kind of 
women do is lawful larceny. Marion, 
typifying the wife fighting for hus- 
band and happiness, cries out 
against the system that provides no 
punishment (other than civil action, 
viz: suit for alienation as explained > 
for the woman who steals husbands, 
merely a t;ort of petty Wuvmy. while 
the taking of cash is* grand larceny. 

That is the sentimental kick of 
the final act, the explanation of the 
title. Hy showing Vivian to be a 
eneat at cards as well as a harlot. 
Marion's act condones itself, and 
latoi' jii,,. promises to send back the 
residue over the sum taken from her 
husband, money that was rightfully 
hers and their boy's, the curtain 
bringing promise of complete hap- 
piness for the Dorspys again. 

Mr. Shipman has coined any num- 
ber of aphorisms to light the dialog 
■ind mold hi s characters until they 
sparkle. In a splendid scene be- 
tween Margaret Lawrence as Marion 
and Lowell Sherman as Tarlow. h<> 
tells h«r that two-thirds of the m- 
rr £>" put forth by man has heon de- 
stroyed by woman. He, too, tells 
her that there is otilv one kind of 
wrong woman— (he on • who doesn't 
•*"ork a man right. Sherman at his 
, : v t portrays the role of a kidding, 
'■niliaiit dihttant. but confesses to 
•Jiirion his mission in lire is l<» 
•livone 'winnings'' from womw like 
yvian who trim "sue l:ers." He is 
'•'•n a thief by destinv. but claims 

VtT a KO,t of Nv ™esis. 
Miss Lawrence is a perfect selce- 
t>an as Marion. She is appealing 
■ma sweet by turn. Mr. Woods has 
| nosen his entire cast with much 
' -T-'e. and there x^ power if names. 



Alan Dlnehart as the husband is the 
good sort who slipped once and has 
the courage to say so, ready to do as 
his wife says because of the posi- 
tion he has been responsible for, but 
determined "to do murder" for her 
happiness. Gall Kane as Vivian the 
adventuress had the thankless role 
that has been her lot in other plays. 
That in Itself was not a deterrent, 
but her fumbling of lines made her 
first night a bit ragged. Felix 
Krembs was the fifth character of 
importance, he playing the ex-judge, 
a mrtn of polish, as were all the male 
roles. Ida Waterman. Martha Mayo, 
John Stokes and Frazier Coulter 
played lesser roles with distinction. 

The settings were very well done, 
having a solidity that was convinc- 
ing. With tlie play in such good 
hands. Ti?rtram Harrison, the direc- 
tor, will have little trouble in snap- 
ping up the tempo in one or two 
spots. 

The Messrs. Woods and Shipman 
have been a winning combination 
before, and with "Lawful Larceny" 
they should repeat. Jbce. 



DRIFTING 



Mrs Coo!; Jane Corcoran 

D.»ac-,n Cook H. Mortimer Whltr- 

l>r. Hepburn Burr Canulh 

Wililt* Hat™ Harry Kit* Patrick 

Erni. Crocket H. D. Bofurt 

Castle Cool; Alice Drady 

Mr». Telly Voo Fiances Florence Short 

Koo Chow Lizzie Blanche Wallace 

Rangoon Rose Winntf red Lawshe 

Number One Mafu..' William Blaladell 

Number Two Mafu Cornelius Bull 

Number Three Mafu Olaf Laven 

Moly neaux Leward Meeker 

Flock Maxwell Qriacoll 

Monsieur Repin Frank I yn Fox 

lia.l l^and* Me Kinney Robert Warwick 

l>r. l.l Shen Kueng Lumsden Hare 

Ijidy Beamish Selene Johnson 

Cyril Trenwyth Leonard Cary 

A China Boy Edwin Thompson 

Woman of Tung Kow 

Marguerite De Marhanno 

A Pi lest of Buddha Edwin Thompson 

A Sorceress Geraldlne McCreery 

A Monger of Lost Dolls Jane Corcoran 

A Holy Beggar Edwin Thompson 

A Ri«d Woman from Nowhere.. Eve Ware 

First Body Servant Barry Fitz Patrick 

Second nody Servant Olaf Laven 

First H unhand I .e ward Meeker 

Second Husband Edwin Thompson 

Thij-a Husband Humphrey Bogui-t 

Coolw Barry Fitz Patrick 

Cliu Che La I.u, the Tongue Flit 

- Millie Bcland 

Tommy Hepburn Jack Grattan 

Wang Allen Atwell 

Komieky Frank Backus 

The Jhanzi Kahti H. Mortimer White 

Capt. Jack John Michel John. .Harrv Duvles 

Ramirez William Blaisdell 

A China Doy Barry Fitz Patrick 



William A. Brady presented a 
melodramatic thriller at the Play- 
house Jan. 2, co-starring Alice 
Brady and Robert Warwick. The 
meller is a spotty one, having both 
good and bad spots, and the chances 
are that as far sas popular appeal 
goes, the good spots will over- 
shadow the bad ones until such 
time as the piece is smoothed out. 
Fror.i the production standpoint it 
does not appear as a play that Mr. 
Brady expects much of, for he seem- 
ingly has "dragged it in from the 
alley." 

••Drifting** is a story of China and 
the usual fate that overtakes those 
of the white race drifting there 
from the four corners of the world. 
In a word, it is a movie thriller that 
has all of the punches, hair-breadth 
escapes and wallops that one would 
expect in a picture serial. 

The program states that the 
authors are John Colton and D. H. 
Andrews. They are give:i credit for 
the six incidents in which the tale 
is told, for it is just a tale relating 
the story of "Cassie Cook of the 
Yellow Sea." 

The opening incident shows 
Cassie (Miss Brady) as a wild little 
New England miss, who plays 
hooky from school and runs away 
late at night when her dad is about 
to punish her for it. That was real 
New England "meller" of the 
"Quincy Adams Sawyer" type and 
tho ono incident that almost 
wrecked whatever else of the play 
that was to follow. 

However, the second incident 
(which seemed like the first act 
l'ollowincr a prolog) had Cassia the 
spendthrift queen of a house of en- 
tertainment in Shanghai. There 
were other "ladies" there, but Cassie 
carried the title of "The Queen of 
Shoha. or The Best Dressed Woman 
in Shanghai." Where "ladles" are 
usually men are to be found, and 
the Hot sum of the men arc on deck. 
Hero the real plot is laid. 

Bad Lands McKinney (Mr. War- 
wick) cashier- d from the army for 
cheating at cards (although not 
guilty), has ma'e his way up and 
down thr China coa.t living as best 
lie might and making a bad job of 
it at t ho best. He is down and out 
to such an extent that he is even 
an undesirable at tin- "house of en- 
tertainment." 

Among ntlv-rs. then- is a real card 
shirk, a scheming Chinaman (one 
who lias (ihtained his education at 
Harvard t. who has returned to his 
own land and prospered. The two 
arc co-conspirators in a plan where- 
by the rrvohitionar." hordes of 
Russia are to he enabled to sweep 
down through China, join with the 
revobit ionist s there and hold the 
world at their unrcy with the 
waking of the Yellow Dragon of 
China and sweeping through India 
Lady Beamish (Selene .Johnson i. 
wife of the head of the English 
secret service, enlists the aid of 
Bad Lands MeKlnn°y to circum- 



vent the uprising, and he starts on 
a chase into the interior of China 
to ervptur* the bad Chink when the 
latter has closed his deal for the 
aid of the hill tribes. 

They cross paths at a distant Inn 
In the hills and the uprising comes 
immediately after. Cassie Cook, 
who is also in the hills on an annual 
pilgrimage to the post of a mission- 
ary who, with his wife and child, 
are from her home town, and Bad 
Lands are thrown together when in 
the uprising the missionary and his 
wife are slain, and the two have the 
child to bring back to civilization. 
Neither knows the true history of 
the other and each mistakes the 
other for what they are not. This 
occurs in the next two incidents. 

The fourth is laid in a tavern 
eight days later after they have 
managed to elude the hill killers 
and come to the coast in safety. It 
Is the rendezvous of the revolution- 
ary schemers, and hither has cornel 
Lady Beamish, the card sharp! 
schemer, the Chink and the two! 
drifters. A boat has been chartered 
for the schemer and the Chink to 
return to Shanghai. The others 
also manage to get aboard, and here 
the last act of the play J3 laid. 

In the scene prior the best bit of 
the piece Is played between Miss 
Brady and Warwick?* It comes to a 
point of confession of love on the 
part of both, but each fearful that 
a disclosure of real identity which 
would thus be a necessity would 
cause a break. Both Miss Brady 
and Mr. Warwick delivered this 
scene most cleverly, and the final 
curtain to it proves Miss Brady has 
tremendous dramatic ability. 

Both of the two closing incidents 
are full of corking melodramatic 
tricks and the big wallop of this 
nature comes just before the tlnal 
curtain of the show. It is a corking 
piece of business and too good o 
give away in print. 

The foregoing will show that the 
story is all meller, with a real kick 
here and there, but with other 
touches that do not hold up. The 
answer is that Mr. Brady did not 
give the play sufficient time to dress 
it up. He would have been able to 
do that had he had faith enough in 
the piece, and with the fixing it 
would have stood a better chance, 
for to live it must be a smashing 
box office success, and the chances 
are that it won't be that, although 
it won't be a flat failure either. 

But without a turn-away at the 
box office "Drifting' can't live, for 
with 40 characters in the play, even 
with the doubling that is engaged 
in it. it is necessary to have 29 
people in the cast, and that means 
money, for there are 14 real parts 
in those 40 that will not stand for 
doubles. 

In addition to Miss Brady and 
Bobert Warwick, those who deserve 
credit for the performance they 
gave are Florence Short, Leward 
Meeker (in a bit), Franklyn Fox as 
tho heavy. Leonard Carey in a com- 
edy bit, Millie Beland as the tongue- 
split China girl, Allen Atwell, H. 
Mortimer White, Harry Davies and 
William Blalsdell. Lumsden Hare 
as the educated Chinaman carried 
himself well and delivered a cork- 
ing performance, as did also Selene 
Johnson as the English lady. 

The authors in the writing dis- 
played something of a knowledge of 
Chinese, as she is spoken with 
flowery phrases for their English 
written speeches, carry that sug- 
gestion very well at times, but as 
playwrights their work is rather 
episodic. Fred. 



business," and says men possess 
"the common gift they share with 
all animals." All of which is a 
glaring bid for sensationalism and, 
if memory isn't tricky, was not In 
the original manuscript. 

The straight story of the piece, 
in brief, is that an ambitious woman 
marries a brilliant barrister (locale 
is England) and when the play 
opens on their honeymoon night she 
tells him she has no time for sex 
indulgence but has brought along 
his secretary so h« can work dur- 
ing the so -called honeymoon. She 
goes on prating on, her "modernist" 
ideas, that she is his partner and 
does not propose to sacrifice her 
youth to bearing him children, and 
kindred twaddle* The barrister 
knows he could have the marriage 
annulled because it was never con- 
summated, but, being an English 
gentleman, he balks at the pub- 
licity of such a court proceeding, 
and we find him in the second act, 
a year later, living a life of celibacy 
under the same roof with the am- 
bitious woman bearing his name. 

At this juncture one cannot help 
remarking that an American gentle- 
man would have walked out on her. 
possibly stopping on the way out 
to aim one full -strength wallop on 
the point of the jaw. 

Just before the fall of the second 
act curtain he takes up a revolver 
to shoot himself, but it is snatched 
from his hand by his meek little 
secretary, who tells him ehe loves 
him, and as such offers herself as 
a substitute cutlet for his pent-up 
emotions. 

That he accepts the offer is re- 
vealed in the third act when the 
barrister and secretary are found 
living together in the country four 
months later and she is already 
making baby clothes, and when the 
wife calls to break it up and offer" 
herself as wife in fact he replies it 
is too late — that he loves said sec- 
retary and he proposes to go 
through with the annullment. 

H. B. Warner sustained the dlffl- 
Cw.. role of the husband with dis- 
tinction; Marie Goff recited the 
bombastic lines of the wife; Kath- 
lene MacDonell is pleasing as the 
secretary, but is handicapped 
through the role being improperly 
drawn; Leslie Howard gives a de- 
lightful performance of a blissfully 
happy English husband; Ruth 
Hammond scored as a comedy 
housemaid and the others were 
quite competent. 

"Danger" Is not likely to succeed. 

Jolo. 



DANGER 

Mrs. Sturfess Olid* Leary 

Percy Sturfess Leslie Howard 

Mrs. Scorrier Marl* doff 

Elisabeth Ruth Hammond 

Mary Hubbard Kathlena MacDonell 

John Fltsroy Scorrler H. B. Warner 

Albert Stapleton Kent 

The Hon. Algernon Meakln. M. P 

Knox Orde 



The Authors' League has held 
several informal meetings of late 
and Is seeking the co-operation of 
other theatrical organizations, with 
a view to establishing some sort of 
supervision, or censorship, on pro- 
pose* dramatic productions. They 
are of the opinion that where a 
piece Is produced, palpably designed 
to pander to the lowest public 
taste, and ..ot to bring home a 
moral or preach a sermon, or pre- 
sent a life problem, or something 
of that sort, that such stage pre- 
sentations tend to destroy the busi- 
ness and should be banned. Just 
how they will arrive at such a point 
the members of the Authors' League 
have not yet determined. In fact 
they would like all the help they 
can get in the way of discussion. 

One of the members of the Au- 
thors' League was present at the 
premiere of Cosmo Hamilton's play, 
"Danger." at tho Thirty-ninth 
Street, Dee. 22, and stated it was 
Just such plays as "Danger" that 
would come up for discussion, when 
its members would pass on the 
ethics of such stage presentations 
and its effect upon the theatre- 
going public. 

Carle Carlton is sponsoring 
'Danger." with If. It Warner 
.star. "d. The author has offered the 
piece to a number of managers in 
New York for the past few years. 
The manuscript of several years ago 
has been altered to make tho har- 
aeter of the wife "a sexless, soul- 
less tlung" (as her husband tells 
her) and she describes herself ns 
"a modernist — lhat fast increasing 
band of women who look with dis- 
taste to that old-fashioned sex 



THE DOVER ROAD 

Dominic George Riddel 1 

(Phyllis Carring ton 
Ann Wlnslow 
...Edwin H. Morse 
.... .George Nolan 

Latimer Charles Cherry 

Leonard Reginald Mason 

Anno Winifred Lenlhan 

tiustasia Molly Pearson 

Nicholas Lyonel Watts 



for whatever period he deems nec- 
essary to make them thoroughly ac- 
quainted with each other. This ac- 
complished, they may go their way 
separately or together, but the in- 
terval is a safety sone in their head- 
long flight from convention and old 
environment 

Hither come a fleeing pair — Ann, 
young. Inexperienced and seeking 
escape from a selfish invalid father, 
and Leonard, driven to distraction 
by a too attentive wife. Latimer 
has bribed their chauffeur to break 
down near by and send them for 
shelter to him. Then begins the 
campaign of enlightening the girl. 
Leonard comes to breakfast next 
morning unshaven and robed in an 
old dressing gown because his lug- 
gage has purposely been mislaid) 
and with a severe cold from his 
draughty bedroom. Breakfast with 
him dims the glamor of Ann's ro- 
mance. 

Another eloping couple — Nicholas 
and Eustasia — diverted from the 
Dover Road under like circum- 
stances, also are in the house. Eu- 
stasia is none other than Leonard's 
too attentive wife, seeking escape 
from the unsympathetio Leonards 
with a young man in whom she has 
aroused pity but who already has 
tired of her too persistent ministra- 
tions during a brief stay under the 
Latimer scheme of mutual reveal- 
ment. 

The inevitable meeting of the two 
couples is brought about as the cli- 
max of the craftily wrought second 
act, and things happen of the most 
riotous kind. Eustasia finds in 
Leonard- with-a -cold a subject for 
her tender care, and files into his 
arms, while Leonard In his illness 
welcomes the wifely ministrations. 
Thus two pairs of runaways are 
turned back. What becomes of Ann 
makes a highly interesting final act. 
but it wouldn't do to reveal it here. 

The characters are keenly and 
amusingly drawn, the talk scintil- 
lates and the faintly sentimental 
background glows warmly in this 
very charming offering of the holi- 
days. It's a cheerful, companionable 
play that leaves no bad taste In the 
mouth, and It should not be missed 
by any follower of the theatre for 
refreshment's sake. RusK 



CAPTAIN APPLEJACK 

Ambrose A pplejohn...... Wallace Edd Infer 

Anna Valeska ...... C. .Mary Nash 

Mrs. Pengard » He tan Laekaye 

Horace Pengard Ferdinand Oottachaik 

Ivan Borolaky....... Hamilton Rerelle 

Palmer »••••••• Maud Andrew 

Dennett ...Walter F. Scott 

Johnny Jason............. .Harold Verml'.y* 



A cheerful* sparkling comedy Is 
this piece by A. A. Milne as present- 
ed Dec. 23 at the Bijou under the 
auspices of Guthrie McCllntic and 
with Charles Cherry heading a con- 
splcuously even and capable group 
of players. It has a wealth of 
shrewd observations of life, much 
profound philosophy, and all done in 
an engaging spirit of slightly cyn- 
ical but always gentle and sympa- 
thetic humor. 

When the discontented British 
husband or wife decides to "bolt," 
as the native term has It, he or she 
always heads for the south of 
France — motor to Dover, boat to 
Calais and chemln de fer to the Ri- 
viera. What could be a better title! 
for a play about matrimonial run- 
aways than "The Dover Road"? One 
suspects that the piece was first I 
conceived in a more serious vein 
than that in which it sees the light, j 

No social comedy could have been 
written with so quaintly humorous 
an attitude toward life if its maker 
had not been keenly alive to the 
more sombre side of his subject. 
Here Is a story told in the rhythm 
of Jazz on the surface, but with an 
undercurrent of plaintive minor 
theme. The situations as they come 
upon the stage are comic, but behind 
them are discernible motives and 
Impulses tinged with very real feel- 
ing. Tnat the sentimental quality 
Is repressed makes It only the more 
vivid. 

That Charles Cherry would acquit 
himself well In a polite comedy was 
to be expected, but that six players 
would be assembled into one cast 
to interpret a play flawlessly fur- 
nished a pleasurable novelty. Mr. 
Cherry did the expected; his sup- 
porting players did the surprising. 
There is not a false note in this 
daintily played trifle. Most of all, 
credit should go to Winifred Lenl- 
han, who comes nearer to realizing 
the high-bred modern young woman 
than any of the newly arrived ac- 
tresses that come to mind. Her per- 
form.! nee was a delight. 

There is only one scene for the 
three acts, described as "the recep- 
tion room of Mr. Latimer's house, 
just off the Dover Road." Mr. Lati- 
mer Is a middle-aged young man 
of wealth who, because he was 
brought up In a home divided 
against itself by warring mates, be- 
comes a philosophical experimenter 
in matrimonial ventures. II y means 
known only to himself he keeps 
abreast of impending family smash- 
ups and by methods of his own de- 
vising shunts the eloping mates 
from the Dover Road to his recep- 
tion room, keeping them in his home 
on terms of enlightening Intimacy 



We are all children at heart, some 
of us more than others, but chil- 
dren, nevertheless* and as such 
rv/el in stories of pirates bold. That 
is why "Peter Pan" was a huge suc- 
cess on both sides of the Atlantic. 
For the same reason we shall prob- 
ably cotton to "Captain Applejack/' 
a fantastic farce by Walter Hackett, 
produced by Sam H. Harris at the 
Cort, New York, Dec. 80. Under 
the title, "Ambrose Applejack's Ad- 
ventures," the piece was produced 
in London last July at the Criterion, 
where it is still running to excellent 
receipts. 

To tell the story In advance would 
be to spoil an evening's entertain- 
ment for those who read thee* lines. 
Suffice to record that Walts* Hack- 
ett's manuscript Is rep t eia with in- 
genious surprise twist* Iwtn melo- 
dramatic and farcical ana that 
throughout three acta yoa at* con- 
tinuously regaled with amusement 
of a superior quality. 

No small portion 6f the probable 
success of Mr. Hackett's piece is 
due to the exceptionally brilliant 
cast of players. With Wallace Ed- 
dlnger and Mary Nash featured it 
is superfluous to go into rhapsodies 
ov'er a supporting cast that includes 
such artists as Marie Wainwrlgbt, 
Hamilton Revelle, Ferdinand Ootts- 
chaik, etc. 

There has never been anything 
quite like "Captain Applejack'' as 
theatrical fare, and the concoction 
Is worth while, Jolo. 



BULLDOG DRUMMOND 

Captain Ilufh Drummond. .A. S. Matthews 

Algy I/ongworth Oeoffrey Millar 

Peter Darrell H. Franklyn Bellamy 

Carl Peterson Sam Llresey 

Dr. Henry Lakinfton.. .C. H. Croker-KInf 

James Handley fit. Clair Ba yield 

W. Hockinf William W. McNeill 

William G. T ravers Ceor<ta Barraud 

Denny Bdwatd M. Favor 

Derbyshire Thomas Olllen 

Mairovitcn Wallace Hickman 

Hrownlow James A. Bosheil 

A Chinese Mute O. Tracy Barrow 

Attendants (John W. •Altwugh, Jr. 

I J. H. Hunt 

Irma Peterson Miss Mary llobson 

Maid Mlsa Aufusta Davis 

Phyllis Benton Mlsa Dorothy Tetty 

In his comprehensive production 
program for this season C. B. Dil- 
lingham has incorporated two Eng- 
lish successes. One, "A BUI of 
Divorcement," which landed in sen- 
sational style after a slow start, ap- 
pears set for the season. "Bulldog 
Drummond" was placed upon the 
metropolitan boards at the Knicker- 
bocker Dec. 26 as Its running mate. 

"Rulldog Drummond" is and out- 
and-out melodrama, made all the 
more so in the American presenta- 
tion. In London it is played in 
more subdued fashion. Here the 
"thrills" of the curtains are empha- 
sized, and in that the producer and 
l«'red Latham, the director, no doubt 
aimed to get a giggle from Ameri- 
can audiences. They certainly did 
on the opening night, when there 
was whistling from the gallery, 
hisses for the villains — but yet a 

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strain of comedy bo far aa the 
auditors woro concerned. 

£_ '. c:r!.'*i:» Un<\s as "By Cod, 
Drummond!" and "If you touch one 
hair of that girl's head, I'll kill you 
with my own hands." were sure to 
attain the ends. The story has to 
do with the "dastardly" machina- 
tions of a trio of schemers, who 
have set up a phoney sanitarium in 
a London suburb. One of the vil- 
lains, Dr. Laklngton, is an ex- 
physician; another, Carl Peterson, 
is a former American con man, 
whllj his feminine consort Is a hot 
and cold aide. They have somehow 
gotten In their toils a young Ameri- 
can multi-millionaire, one Travers, 
who Is carried from a London hotel 
by a variation of the badger game. 
Next door tt the sanitarium is the 
home of Phyllis Benton, whose 
brother was a wartime buddy of 
Captain Drummond. The latter, 
thirsty for excitement, had adver- 
tised for an adventure, and the girl 
answers, telling of her suspicions 
as to the terrible things she be- 
lieves are being done in the house 
next door. 

With his two very English pals, 
Drummond takes himself to the 
scene of the doings, and during the 
four acts of pistol i>hots, chloroform, 
drugged cigarets, secret doors, 
"needles" and the like, he effects 
the rescue of the wealthy young 
man, kills one of the conspirators 
and corners the others. It happens 
that two of the crooks make a get- 
away, but everybody is satisfied, in- 
cluding Phyllis, who puts the 
crusher on Drummond's bachelor- 
hood. 

A. B. Matthews, a skillful English 
actor, is the featured player, and he 
worked like a juvenile. His "big 
scene" came in the third act, when, 
with the reptilian, Dr. Lakington, 
there was a corking stage fight, 
ending with the medic's death by 
strangulation. In the rough-and- 
tumble struggle a glass on the 
doctor's table was broken and Mr. 
Matthews's hand was cut, he work- 
ing through the rest of tho finale 
act with a 'kerchief bandaging the 
member. 

The play was taken from a novel 
called "A Book of Adventure," 
credited to one "Sapper," whose 
writings describe how at least one 
person is placed in a bath of acid 
and how the others see the body en- 
tirely dissolve. That is a "thrill" 
which the play does not attempt. 

C. H. Croker-King as Dr. Laking- 
ton shares with Mr. Matthews the 
playing honors. Mr. Croker-Klng 
portrays a tarnished physician, 
steeped in the wiles of drug effects; 
snaky in action, forbidding in 
manner, cruel at heart. His every 
movement adds to the etching of 
the characterization and commands 
attention. Sam Livesey as Carl 
Peterson, the master crook, made a 
hard, forceful impression, providing 
contrast to the other lead roles, 
most of which are given to English 
players. Dorothy Tetley made a 
pretty Phyllis. The other feminine 
lead was capably done by Mary 
Robson. 

There Is perhaps little change in 
the lines of the play here, and only 
one was noticed. That referred to 
prohibition, described by an Ameri- 
can detective as "Riving us hell. 

Melodrama on Broadway has as 
much chance right now as straight 
drama, as witness the year's run of 
t*>o current "The Green Goddess, 
also of English authorship (William 
Archer), though the latter play is 
by far a more refined bit of writing. 

During the holiday week "Drum- 
mond" drew excellent business, and 
Broadway's opinion Is that it will 
be a money-maker. 



Jlee. 



FRITZ LIEBER 

(Shakespearean Repertoire) 

Fritz Licber, In association with 
Georgo Ford, leased tho Lexington 
on tho East Side for two weeks for 
a short season of the best known of 
the bard's works. Lieber opened Dec. 
"6 with "Macbeth," satisfylngly pre- 
sented in the accepted fashion. 
Licber makes no pretext at invest- 
ing his production with any novelty, 
hut present It "Just as she was 
wrote," reading his lines ponder- 
ously, with some tendency at times 
toward stagey strutting, but withal 
effective. , 

Lights and drapes are the basic 
props employed for the settings. As 
near as possible the star has de- 
cided to follow Shakespeare's Idea 
of the play construction, explaining 
it very concisely with this program 
note: "' 

Inasmuch as Shakespeare 
wrote without the use of a cur- 
tain many of his scenes are 
bound so closely together that 
any appreciable wait destroys 
the continuity of action. For 
that reason Mr. Leiber has ar- 
ranged to make tho intermis- 
sions between acts and scenes 
of a minimum duration. When 
the wait does not exceed half a 
minute the lights will bo kept 
clown in the auditorium in order 
to maintain the flow of action. 
Where there is a change in the 
dramatic progress of the play 
the lights will bo raised and the 
wait will be longer. However, 
no wait will exceed three min- 
utes. 

Mr. Lleber's supporting company 
fs adequate, including in the line- 
up William Daniels, Frank Howard, 
Olive Oliver, Waldron Smith, Louis 
Leon Hall, Philip 1>. Quin. John 
Burke, Constance Kingsley and W. 
lAoaard Gordon. Abel. 



"UP IN THE CLOUDS" 

A new jr ,,, *J' , ft] ptece, presented 
by Joseph Galtes, which opened at 
the Lyric Jan. 2. The show has been 
playing out of town with its present 
status, as witnessed on the initial 
evening, seeming to call for a bit 
more pruning if its New York run is 
to be prolonged a substantial length 
of time, no matter with what success 
the show met while on the road. 
Will Johnstone is credited with the 
book, Tom Johnstone the music, 
Lawrence Marston staged the pro- 
duction, while the dance numbers 
and ensembles are programed as 
having been under the direction of 
Allan Foster, Max Scheck and 
Vaughn Godfrey. 

Two acts shape up the outline of 
tho entertainment, with a quartet of 
scenes inserted into the final stanza. 
The first act is void of any changes 
in location. The script tells of an 
idealist possessing a rich father, 
dreaming of joining labor and cap- 
ital through the medium of the Alms, 
with the old boy opposing the idea of 
forming a producing company for 
the project and the venture about 
to go on the rocks due to the crooked 
director engaged but saved by the 
girl who, supposedly an amateur, 
turns out to be a star of the screen, 
east from the Coast to improve con- 
ditions in pictures. She grabs a hus- 
band with a wealthy father in the 
bargain. 

It's a light theme with not the best 
of dialog to aid m strengthening the 
plot to make it acceptable, with 
times when the action decidedly 
slows down to a degree that comes 
very near the stop sign. The music, 
while not exceptional, is tuneful but 
hardly adequate to the cause of lift- 
ing the piece out of the depths into 
which the script allows it to descend. 
Vaudeville supplied the bright 
moments in Ten Eyck and Weily, 
dancers, and Skeets Gallagher, who 
is doing nobly with a role that gives 
occasion to believe it is below the 
caliber he is capable of handling. 
The statuesque dancing of the for- 
mer pair, who are allowed two num- 
bers together, was more than cor- 
dially received in each instance, un- 
doubtedly partly due, at least once, 
to the previous lull in proceedings, 
made so by a dire lack in action and 
much witless conversation. Gal- 
lagher carried the comedy burden in 
a manner that spoke of personal at- 
tention having been given to the 
meager lines, and displayed enough 
ability to make him a fixture in 
legitimate attractions of the musical 
comedy type. 

The production as to scenery, less 
the set for the first act, which flashed 
forth apparent signs of shabbiness, 
and costumes was acceptable to the 
eye, with the listed 18 principals 
dressing nicely, and also the chorus 
of 16 girl members being above board 
on appearance. 

Other members who predominated 
were Hal Van Rensselaer as the 
idealist, Grace Moore as the film 
star in disguise, Gertrude O'Connor, 
playing opposite Gallagher in the 
laugh episodes, and Dorothy Smoller, 
who had nothing much else to do 
outside of looking good, but did it 
most prominently. 

Whether the show has been doing 
well on the road or not, it's been 
playing out of town since last April, 
and Chicago and Boston were very 
favorably inclined toward the piece, 
there remains the question if 
the previous success it has met with 
will be a criterion for the New York 
engagement. They're getting fussy, 
around here, what they pay $3.30 for. 
"Up in the Clouds" doesn't boast 
of anything special, outside of Gal- 
lagher, to recommend it at that price. 
Especially so if you compare it to 
"Tangerine" at a pop scale. Had 
"Up in tho Clouds" come in for $2 
there might have been a chance, but 
Mr. Gaites should have known he 
did not havo a $3 Broadway cast. 
Perhaps "A Perfect Fool" fooled him. 

Sklg. 



Marguerite Forrest as the waitress 
who yielded to champagne and per- 
suasion; another Claude Coopers 
English sailor. Both wero exclama- 
tion points in a sea of prose. 

The unenlivened tempo at whloh 
this simple study of harbor life was 
played made it seem more like an 
amateur performance for the Ep- 
wbrth League than anything else. 
Two young printers from Paris ar- 
rive to sail for Canada, the more 
boastful of the two being diverted 
from his purpose by love of a girl, 
whom he wins from his friend in the 
second act. They elope, leaving the 
friend to pick up what's left of their 
purpose. All this is enlivened by the 
philosophising of the old boose- 
hound. Hldoux. Such is the play. 
Jacques Copeau produced it In 
Paris and It is done here in his 
manner, that is so naturally you 
almost go to sleep. More than any 
other, this kind of show needs 
theatrically effective devices to 
shove it across. Leed. 

HANKY PANKY LAND 

Playing on the Century Roof, 
which has been converted Into a 
one -floor theatre, "Hanky Panky 
Land" is devised as a holiday at- 
traction for the children, giving 
daily matinee and evening perform- 
ances, with a duo of morning shows 
also Included, during the two weeks 
the piece will hold forth. It opened 
Dec. 26. . . 

The producers of the "Greenwich 
Village Follies" are responsible for 
this show, which may be, in part, 
a revival of "Hanky Panky," played 
several years ago under William 
Morris' management. The title had 
been previously used by Weber and 
Fields. 

According to the program McEl- 
bert Moore did the book and lyrics, 
with J. Fred Coots writing the 
music, and Fred Helder (who plays 
the title role) the staging. The 
show is In two halves, with the con- 
tinuity resting upon a waif who 
starts out for Hanky Panky Land 
and comes into contact with the 
different nursery rhyme namesakes 
while on the way. 

A couple of vaudeville teams have 
been inserted into the running order 
in the forms of clowns and dolls, 
with Helder doing several dancing 
specialties and an ensemble of 24 
girls (of whom none look to be more 
than 16) programmed as being Joe 
Small's Misses, supplying the back- 
ground for "numbers." However, 
it's in Alfred Latcl as the dog that 
the young folks will undoubtedly 
take the greatest delight. Latel is 
doing a corking bit of (if it may be 
so called) character work inside the 
skin and provided the outstanding 
individual effort. 

The piece has been nicely "done," 
which includes costumes and scen- 
ery and is bound to be figuratively 
"eaten up" by the youngsters. 
Business was reported as being 
somewhat off in the evenings, but 
strong at the afternoon perform- 
ances. If the show gave any prom- 
ise of strength it might be sent on 
the road. However, one result may 
be that Bohemians, Inc. ("Village 
Follies") may find another style of 
entertainment for the Century Roof. 
Al Jones, who chiefly promoted the 
kid venture, is said to havo been 
delighted with the Roof theatre ar- 
rangements and ito possibilities. 

Bkig. 



has been so ineptly handled. It 
would eem that ft social satire 
built arc nd a reverse of the Cyrano 
de Rer^n-ao idea -r-^uld promise 
much in the way of diversion. All 
the Dltrlchsteln play gets out of it 
is one sophisticated chortle when 
the self-satisfied husband finds his 
wife in company with the homely 
amateur Don Juan in circumstances 
that would arouse all his jealousy 
If the interloper had been hand- 
some, but which he complacently 
accepts as quite all right. The play 
is like a poorly delivered anecdote; 
tho wearisome elaboration of the 
tale kills Its point. 

Mr. Dltrlchsteln as always Is the 
polished comedian. His manage- 
ment of the trifling part Is interest- 
ing if only as an exhibition of grace- 
ful intellectual fencing. His la the 
outstanding role. None of the oth- 
ers is more than a pale figure dress- 
ing the picture, with perhaps the 
single exception of the frivolous 
wife given to philandering. Frances 
Underwood plays the part neatly, 
with a nicely balanced comedy 
sense. The enlivening moment of 
the play is the scene involving her 
and Dltrlchsteln in an ingeniously 
contrived and spicy episode where 
she unbends somewhat under the 
mellowing influence of an indiscreet 
liqueur, and epigrams crackle as a 
typical daring Dltrlchsteln situation 
is amusingly played out. 

The venture introduces a new the- 
atre to New York's already over- 
powering list. The house belongs 
in the "Intimate" class, with less 
than 600 seats, and it Is a bijou 
beauty, with natural wood paneled 
interior set off with exquisite Ivory 
decorations. It Is located on the 
uptown side of 49th street, half a 
dozen or so doors west of the Am- 
bassador. It is under direction of 
-the Shuberts, Lee Shubert standing 
sponsor for its first production. 
* Rush. 



MARRIED WOMAN 

Mra. Temple Mrs. Edmund Gurney 

Alice Matthewson Margaret Dale 

William Temple Orant Stewart 

Georce Herbert Percy Waram 

Henry Matthewson Marsh Allen 

.Sylvia Temple Beatrice Maude 

George Dellamy Norman Trevor 

Footman Edmond Morris 

Manservant Charles Herbert 

Maidservant Ida Moltnen 



FACE VALUE 

Cecilia Leonard Miss Nellie Hurt 

Henry Mr. M. A. KMly 

Edward Barton Mr. T.ee Millar 

Jose Henriqupz Mr. Leo Dltrlchsteln 

Alexis BorozouS Mr. Alexis Polianov 

Harry Stewart Mr. Hugh O'Connell 

Mrs. Rose Jennings. Miss Josephine Hamncr 

Alma Curtis Miss Frances Underwood 

Dr. Frederick Curtis Mr. Orlando Daly 

Arabella Mapes Mi*s Clara Mack In 

Mlsa Farrell Miss Mary Duncan 



S. S. TENACITY 

Thrive Marguerite Forrest 

Widow Cordior Jennlo Dlckerson 

Bastlen George Gaul 

Separd Tom Powers 

Hldoux Augustln Duncan 

An English Sailor Claude Cooper 

A Young Workman Howard Claney 

Another Workman Robert H. Forsythe 

An Old Workman II. Henry Handon 



Augustln Duncan presented "The 
S. S. Tenacity," translated from the 
French of Charles Vlldrac, with set- 
tings by Robert Edmond Jones, at 
the Belmont Jan. 4. It is a genre 
comedy in the sense "Three Live 
Ghosts" was, but it lacked the life, 
humor and plot twists of that amus- 
ing piece. All it offered was a com- 
ment on life as dull and draggy as 
any conversation in any cafe is likely 
to be. Theatrically effective acting 
might have helped, but the actors 
directed by Mr. Duncan offered 
nothing. 

Mr. Duncan and George Gaul 
headed the cast, and Mr. Duncan at 
least had a make-up. As a workman, 
Gaul with his lily-white handB 
brought laughs in the wrong place, 
and his idea of stago business 
seemed limited to lip-smacking and 
head-wagging. In short, tho man 
was swamped by the simplest at- 
tempt at charactrri/atlon. Tho faet 
strengthens the conviction he should 
have been a curate, devoting himself 
to tho ministry, not the stage, for he 
has a voice of some quality. In any 
rase, in this play, ho should have 
had the sentimental part in which 
Tom Powers' abilities were lost. A 
redeeming performance was that of 



Leo Dltrlchsteln brought his new 
! play, "Face Value," adapted from 
the Italian of Sabatino Lopez by 
(Miss) Solita Solano, to the new 
49th Street Dec. 26. The play has a 
witty idea — that of an extremely 
clever but supremely homely man 
defeating a handsome simpleton in 
a contest for woman's favors — but 
it makes pretty thin material spread 
over a whole evening's entertain- 
ment. And this in spite of the bland 
suavity of Mr. Ditrichstein's acting. 
There is a fifteen -minute passage 
of sublimated comedy leading to the 
delightful climax of the second act, 
but the rest of the three acts is tire- 
some with aimless talk and shuttle- 
cock of verbal fencing, badinage 
and labored repartee instead of dra- 
matic story interest. Except for 
the short Interval noted there is 
but the faintest tension of interest. 
All I:, all, it is a waste of Mr. Di- 
trichstein's talents for keen satire 
and his gifts for deft caricature. 
The disappointment is in no wise at- 
tributable to the actor, except in 
his choice of vehicle, but rather to 
the lack of substance in the play. 

There la a certain engaging hu- 
mor in this shrewd thrust at the 
type Identified as tho "male vamp" 
and in the calm self esteem of the 
placid husband who declines to per- 
ceive the dangerous rivalry of an- 
other man merely because he is 
physically unattractive. Women will 
appreciate the delicacy of the play's 
fun rather than men, but even then 
there Is such a lot of triviality and 
so small a portion of worth while 
entertainment that tho picking of 
tho nut yields too little meat to pay 
for the effort. 



Norman Trevor, with the aid of 
an "Inc." following his name, mado 
his debut as an actor-manager at 
the Princess, New York, Christmas 
eve in a comedy by C. B. Fernald, 
entitled "The Married Woman." If 
memory serves right thero was a 
previous production of the piece at 
one off the neighborhood theatres 
some time or another in the past. 

As a/comedy the play holds up 
nicely^ for \wo acts, the final act 
needing knitting together to make 
it stand up. There is a quality in 
the last act that does not seem to 
Jibe with the previous two stanzas, 
and it becomes a Jarring note. 

"The Married Woman" is intend- 
ed for smart audiences. The pro- 
ducers might bear this in mind when 
looking at the box-offlco statements. 
If the smart audiences do not pat- 
ronize within the first fortnight they 
may as well let the venture go by 
the boards, for the general public, 
and especially those that see plays 
from the popular-priced seats, will 
not care particularly for it. They 
will not And In its humor the broad 
lines jthe average run of farce au- 
thor's pen, and after all the Ameri- 
can public that can enjoy a comedy 
of manners is decidedly limited. 

Mr. Fernald has attacked his sub- 
ject in a manner Shavian, to say the 
least, but without the bite that 
might be expected from the Irish 
author. Had this play been dono 
10 years ago in New York it would 
at that time have created for itself 
as great a vogue as did Shaw's 
"Man and Superman." Now, with- 
out the pounding home of the fact 
that there Is something sensational 
underlying the comedy vein, there 
isn't a chance the general public 
will rush to It. However, it has in 
its comedy a decided understrata of 
birth control propaganda, and that. 
If It Is necessary to make the appeal 
to the masses, will have to be the 
sales point of the publicity. 

The story is based on the right of 
the wife to have children, if she 
wants them. Not having children as 
a work-a-day proposition, but chil- 
dren for the sake of children, and 
what they will mean in their own 
generation. 

The question Is handled In delight- 
ful fashion to tho understanding, 
and those who wish to pose as such 
will come away from the theatre 
with a viewpoint governed by the 



ately. he was not as clever in chos* 
las; the ladles of the company. One 
would naturally think a male star 
would b* certain toJiuflA up hi- «»?aJL 
In those qt the opposite sex and 
that the men would be chosen with 
due regard, not to detract from the 
principal player, who was also the 
dominating business factor in the 
organization. 

But in both Margaret Dale and 
Beatrice Maude Mr. Trevor has se- 
lected two women who, while not aa 
completely satisfying to the eye as 
they might be as stage pictures still 
play with real charm and authority. 
The latter of the two Is the leading 
member of the trio of ladies that 
carry the principal roles. Miss Dale, 
as the secondary lead, was far more 
effective than Miss Maude. Mrs. Ed- 
mund Gurney, as a character grande 
dame, was quite the picture and the 
type. 

The men supporting Mr. Trevor 
are Percy Waram and Marsh Allen, 
who walked away with all the hon- 
ors that Mr. Trevor did not annex. 
Mr. Trevor gave a performance that 
was restrained, but that added to its 
effectiveness. Mr. Waram was a 
blustering British type of hubby, 
while Marsh Allen was simply a 
howling delight in the comedy role 
of the hub who had been led to the 
marriage halter some Ave years pre- 
vious to the time of the opening ^f 
the play. In the finish, however, he 
turns out to be a real brick. 

C. A. de Lima is credited with the 
staging, of the performance, while In 
a business way the credit for the 
promotion of the formation of Nor- 
man Trevor, Inc., may be credited to 
John Tuerk, who Is the general man- 
ager of the company as well as the 
manager of the Princess for Cora- 
stock & Gest, where the play was 
presented. Mr. Tuerk may at least 
be accredited with splendid judg- 
ment in selecting class for hie first 
promotional production venture. 

Fred, 



THE WHITE PEACOCK 

Anna Ludmllla Toretska 

Marietta Doris Carpenter 

Don Miguel Di Rlbera T Bantallos. . . . 

I^eon Gordon 

Rafael Roderisuoz E. L. Pernandea 

Rovette Dl Rlbera Y Santallo* 

Madame Petrova 

The Countess Wyanock Let ha Walters 

Captain Hubert I, an* George C. Thorpe 

Don Caesar Dl Mendosa Gonzales 

Malcolm Fassett 

Jo*ellto Charles Brokaw 

Pedro Judson Langill 



manner In which the "smart" peo- 
ple accept it. Let's hope that the 
Princess will house enough of that 
class each night to impress the rest 
of the audience. 

Mr. Trevor, in addition (o being ul 
the head of tho producing company, 
Is also the star. Hidden away on the 
program is the statement the play 
Is under tho direction of The Sel- 
wyns. Does this mean that we are on 
tho threshold of a new era In tho 
theatre, or does it mean that no mat- 
ter if the actor does manage to fi- 
nance a production, he will not feel 
sufficiently safe unless he has the 
guidance of an experienced mana- 
gerial hand? From common gossip 
prior to the making of this presenta- 
tion, that latter view is the one that 
must be accepted. 

Mr. Trevor has gathered about 
him a supporting company that re- 
flects credit upon himself, inasmuch 
as he has selected actors in his sup- 



After a lapse of several years de- 
voted to screen work, during which 
time a short vaudeville tour was also 
played, Olga Petrova returned to the 
New York legitimate stage Doc. 26 
at the Comedy in "The White Pea- 
cock," a romance in three acts, writ- 
ten by her. The Petrova vehicle 
completed an eight weeks' road tour 
prior to "'being brought into New 
York, and proved a draw in the week 
stand cities on the strength of the 
star's screen prestige and a well- 
managed publicity campaign. Wom- 
en can largely be relied upon for 
what success the pieco may attain, 
both on Broadway and the road, as 
It contains a direct appeal to fern* 
inlne audiences. 

Petrova spent a large portion of the 
past summer in Spain, which country 
is chosen as the locale of the play. 
Undoubtedly the idle time spent in 
that country furbished her with the 
ideas for the piece, which is filled 
with romance, intrigue and melo- 
drama, with the final touch a dash 
of old-time melodramatics which 
does not prove altogether satisfying 
after two Interesting and spirited 
acts. 

The theme deals with the eternal 
triangle idea with a novel twist hero 
and there. The infidelity of Don 
Miguel disrupts his married life, 
forcing a stand of Independence upon 
his wife, who takes up painting as a 
livelihood. In her art work a fond- 
ness for a male model springs up, 
the model in turn proving to be an 
escaped corivlct and the accused 
slayer of his father, a former pre- 
mier. In the development of the 
play the husband and an accomplice 
are brought forth as the real slayers, 
which results in the former's death 
and the Just reward in the shape of 
the dead man's widow for the falsely 
accused youth. 

The greater portion of "The White 
Peacock" is Interesting. The second 
and third acts stand up nicely with 
the first, somewhat talky at tho 
start, which tends to get the play 
under way at a slackened speed. 
Tho star, with a rather interesting 
accent, gives an intelligent perform 
ance in the role of the wife u with 
Malcolm Fassett a capable leading 
man as the model. E. L. Fernandez 
is one of the play's best assets in 
the acting division. The remainder 
of the cast is adequate. 

In addition to the authorship Mme. 
Petrova is credited as the creator 
of two of the three sets, with tho 
third the work of Clifford Peinber, 
he In turn having executed all three. 
In the production end the Petrova 
vehicle Is well fortified. 

The run of "The White reacock" 
on Broadway In all probability will 
be limited, but It should prove a 
sure money getter on the road. 

Hart. 



It's a pity so fascinating a subject port that are clever, but, unfortun 



NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE 

The second subscription perform- 
ance of the Neighborhood Playhouse 
of tho Henry street settlemeni 
opened Saturday with a pantomim* 
program of which "The Royal Fan- 
dango," a Spanish ballet in u\>- 
scenes, with book and mmlc by Oc- 
tavo Morales, was^ tho prime f< ' 
(Continued * page 19) 



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NATIONAL ANTHEM &?£*,&&£"• pUr u 

Washington. Jan. 4. 
baa become the national 



cithern, eaya J. Hartley Manners In 
K, litest play for Lauretta Taylor. 
7«d Mr. Manner* comes mighty 
oinfle to proving- his contention. 
She story is excellently told, equally 
•a well produced under the direc- 
tion of the author and played 
splendidly. 

In Marian, Miss Taylor has a role 
♦hat gives her untold opportunities, 
ghe handles them beautifuMy, run- 
ning the gamut from girlish faith in 
her ability to save the man she 
loves through the lowest dregs of 
drunken degradation. Her drunken 
appeal over the phone to the man 
she threw over to help her was a 
bit of consummate acting. 

Ralph Morgan has done nothing 
that can touch his brilliant per- 
formance as the drunken devastat- 
ing boy husband opposite Miss Tay- 
lor The character is despicable. 
His own father knows there is no 
hope for him and tells the girl so, 
but in her faith she believes she can 
save him from the love of drinking 
and the love of noise, pleasure and 
Jus. 

The story is of a very modern 
boy possessing a violent temper and 
a lovable personality, who wins the 
love of the girl. She also like* a 
good time, but not to excess. In 
response to the boy's question, she 
says sho will marry him. The boy's 
father has come to the country club 
to take him home because of his 
many escapades and tries to show 
the girl what his son is, with the 
result they run away that night 
and are mai.'ied. 

She tries to save him, but he 
drags her down to his level and 
nnally, after months In Paris with a 
continuous round of Jaxs, dancing 
and drinking and abuse heaped 
upon her in restaurants, she pleads 
for him to take her home to Amer- 
ica. Ho refuses and is on the way 
out for more pleasure. She has 
gone to her room and takes what 
she believes to be a headache potion 
which is in reality poison. The boy 
sobers up Immediately and rushes 
for a doctor, is killed on the way, 
and after a ten-day period of agon- 
ising suspense, the doctors tell her 
she will live and the play ends with 
her yet to be told her boy husband 
is dead. 

The story loses in the telling be- 
cause Mr. Manners does know how 
to write a play. Those who see this 
play are going to leave the theatre, 
although feeling depressed, with a 
higher regard for Manners and his 
ability as a playwright. 

As the indulgent, loving father of 
the girl, Richie Ling gives a splen- 
did performance, as does Dodson 
Mitchell as the boy's father. Upon 
these two men fall a great deal 
of responsibility. Lillian Kemble 
Cooper, although there is just a lit- 
tle something lacking, gives a well- 
thought-out performance of the 
friend of the girl, and to Frank 
Thomas, as the rejected suitor who 
stands by to help the girl through- 
out it all, too much praise cannot 
be accorded. Th* balance of the 
case were very capable. 

The producers. A. I* Erlanger and 
George C. Tyler, have mounted the 
play with the realization of just 
what a remarkable piece of ma- 
terial they have. Meakin. 

SALT OF THE EARTH 

Syracuse, N. T., Jan. 4. 
Charlie Gray, in Arlxona for his health. 

Clyde Hunnewcll 
Wine Foo, cook at La Osa Rancho.... 
._ Steve Maley 

Dolores. Pablo* a sweet heart. Leona Hogarth 
Pedro Lopes, leader of Mexican cattle 

thieves Edwin Maynard 

Jim Holbrook. not in Arlsona for his 

health Charles Coghlan 

Little Jack Morgan, owner of La Osa 

Rancho John F. MorHssey 

Curly i Cowboys f Paul Byron 

Stub I fo r J James Phillips 

Maricopa mil J Morgan [ Leslie M. Hunt 

J^ong jo»». Morgan's foreman. Edwin Varncy 

Nora Mi-Vey, herself Emma Cams 

Indian Squaw, wife of Pedro 

- Frances Younge 

Larry McVcy, Nora's brother 

__ Horace Ruwe 

V * 1 *! r«..in -• .- f Erlc Francis 

Jose \ <attlo rustlers.... \ Tom Harding 

J'm AViiBon, Sheriff of Pima County... 

Frank Woods 
~ [Arthur Wllle 

Deputies J Phil Young 

_, I Orant Hoag 

Time— The month of May. 1900. Act 1— 
., J >aa Ra ncho. late afternoon. May 1; Act 
*-Tht» same, nearly a month later; Act 3— 
Aiexienn lute's cabin In the Black Canyon. 
UV i„. T t afternoon; Act 4— La Osa Rancho, 
«nc following day. 



NORTHWEST CULTURE 

A SAD FLOP 




I IX 



Not since "Pollyanna" has there 
been such * "glad" character as 
Nora McVey the heroine; not inc e 
"Arizona" has there been such an 
excellent portrayal of southwestern 
life. And David Belasco must look 
to his laurels, for Frank X. Hope 
has given "The Salt of the Earth" a 
production that for atmosphere is 
realism itself. The two settings 
ring true. 

It is a simple plot. But it is told 
in the Wright way. It unfolds 
easily and naturally, and moves 
smoothly and wit:. out sign of force 
or strain to a logical conclusion. 
There is more than a Cash of pathos 
in the telling; there is a lively dis- 
play of irresistible humor. And 
there Is a dramatic punch to two 
rather unexpected climaxes. 

Mr. Wright's Plot skeleton Is per- 
haps not entirely original — you will, 
probably recall O. Henry's tala of 
the "bad man" who was permitted 
to pose as sheriff because of the 
coming of one who was dear to him. 
The same germ sprouted in Mr. 
Wright's mental garden, but it is 
grafted into a hybrid whose beauty 
e . lipses the more intensely dramatic 
Porter short story. 

To La Osa ranch y comes, one late 
afternoon in May, Nora McVey in 
search of her younger brother, 
Larry, who had preceded her to the 
United States. Larry, however, has 
been missing from La Osa rancho 
for some time, and subsequent 
events disclose that ho has deserted 
Little Jack Morgan, the man who 
befriended him, to run with a gang 
of Mexican cattle thieves who are 
making frequent raids on the La 
Osa ranch. 

Nora Is told that her brother is 
on a confidential mission to the 
south for Morgan, and thus she re- 
mains on the ranch, awaiting Ills 
return. Eventually, she learns the 
truth from a cowboy and she goes 
unaccompanied to the Black Canyon 
headquarters of the cattle thieves 
to save her brother from the hang- 
man's noose. Her own love for 
Morgan Is a joint motive. 

The roundup of the cattle rustlers 
by the sheriff brings startling de- 
velopments and disclosures. Nora 
finds that her brother is really a 
deputy sheriff, although unknown to 
his employer. In addition comes the 
revelation that the chap who is 
about to dispossess Morgan from 
his ranch holdings has been the 
financial agent of the gang. He is 
forced to sell to Charlie Gray, a 
"lunger" on the ranch for his health. 
In return, the 

to stage a successful getaway. So 
there's happiness all around, in 
spite of Morgan's assertion before 
Nora's arrival that "only a woman 
is needed to make our unhapplness 
complete." 

There are several fine comedy 
scenes. The first perhaps is that 
where the ranch outfit turns its col- 
lective back while Nora replaces 
her shoe. Nora's serio-comic earn- 
estness in thanking the Lord that 
she's alone with such a nice lot of 
gintlemen, with no other woman 
within SO miles, brings chuckles. 
Her scenes with the love-struck 
cowboys and her tete-a-tete with 
Morgan add more comedy. And 
there's genuine pathos when Nora 
fears her Larry is dead and again 
when she greets him in the robbers' 
stronghold. The best dramatic mo- 
ments come when Holbrook, the 
caddish villain, draws a K. O. from 
Morgan, the roundup of the rustlers 
and the escape of Holbrook, stage- 
managed by Nora. 

Miss Carus' sermon of happiness, 
preached in her song, " 'Tis Better 
t- Laugh Than to Cry," adds con* 
verts to the fold. It is a line from 
Miss Carus' melody that gives the 
drama its name. A delightful Mex- 
ico lovo feong, which falls to Pablo, 



Minneapolis Won't Support 

"Blue Bird"— Critic Slams 

Public 



melodrama at the Wletlng last week 
failed to Impress as it had appar- 
ently been intended to. 

The play, offered by the Man 
Producing Co., and staged by Frank 



audience to weave into a completed 
story. 

The best work was done by 
Edward Wade, cast as Major Caa- 
slus M. Poindexter; Frances Pitt, as 
Li'.»j .iAvratsujl^y, Lav' .....'C-b.i.. - 
miserably in most parts. But it did Inon as Mrs. Sara Birdsley, and Wll- 
convey the idea that unscrupulous mer Dame as Colonel Cadawalder. 



Minneapolis, Jan. 4. 

Efforts of the Shubert stock 

company to present Maeterlinck's 

"Blue Bird" as the holiday week of- 
fering of the local stock company 
resulted in a financial loss to the 
theatre, a severe panning handed 
to local theatre-goers by a dramatic 
critic, and the withdrawal of the 
piece at the end of last week. It 
was scheduled to hold the boards 
two weeks. 

Buss Bainbrldge's offering of 
"The Blue Bird" received splendid 
press notices, but fell flat as a box 
office attraction. It was discourag- 
ing to the Shubert company after 
spending weeks rehearsing a cast of 
75 persons which was largely ama- 
teur. 

-Lester Rees, dramatic critic of the 
"Daily News" took occasion to pan 
the public ir. ,tead of the show in 
this instance. In part he said: 
"And why is there no encourage- 
ment here for the best in drama? 
Minneapolis boasts of being the 
northwest's cultural center. 

'There are university clubs and 
similar organisations from which 
one naturally expects support. Such 
events surely are sufficiently few 
and far enough between. The fact 
of the matter Is that New York 
managers almost ignore us. It is 
upon the local company, then, that 
we must depend in large part to 
keep alive the best in spoken drama. 



powers operating under cover of 
high-principled Southerners directed 
the activities of the Klan for their 
own gain. 

Of the eight scenes the one really 
Impressive was that laid in the 
Klavern (meeting place of the 
Klan). With a darkened effect, the 
fiery cross glowing, and a spectral 
atmosphere maintained, it scored as 
a real triumph. The vrork of Louis 
Kracke, cast as Jackson, a colored 
lawyer, stood out. 

The opening and the close were 
both weak. The first scene was 
overdone, the last too improbable. 
The final curtain left many strings 
dangling for the imagination of the 



Adeliade Ooundre and Frank I. 
rnyne, Jr., as Aunt Dinah and Uncle 
Noah, were very good. At times the 
work of Langdon Gillet, as Daniel 
Garrett, was pleasing. At others he 
seemed to overplay his part. 

Two weeks' closing notice was 
posted immediately after the open- 
ing. The company left here Satur- 
day, headed for Toronto, for a brief 
siesta in Canada. 

The play was taken from a book 
written by Major C. Anderson 
Wright who participated In the ex- 
pose of the Ku Klux Klan. The 
stage version was written a Mew 
York newspaper man collaborating 
with Frank Hatch. 



BROADWAY REVIEWS 



(Continued from page 18) 
ture. The Festival Dancers are 
programmed as the performing 
artists in the cast of which Irene 
Lewisohn, Marshall Hall, Albert 
Carroll, Bertha Uhr, M. Andre Coy- 
anoff, Shaun O'Ferrls and Anna 
Ledncr stood out with their charac- 
terisations. To better facilitate the 
Interpretation of the Fandango a 
program printed synopsis Is an- 



nexed, although the cast proved aian l ***; 



for antebellum days. And on top ot 
that the jass band "blued" "Strut 
Miss LIssle" and Miss Campbell 
cooed "Tuck Me to Sleep" as a vocal 
solo. That's Jazzing dates up rather 
carelessly! This Incongruity of 
playing and singing modern pop 
songs In a locale and period set dec- 
ades ago was too much for some of 
the wise ones present and was alone 
worth the price of admission they 



themselves excellent mimes in get- 
ting the plot over through sheer 
mimicry minus one word of spoken 
language. This piece is familiar to 
regular patrons of the Playhouse 
downtown on Grand street, but as 
ever seems to interest, as was at- 
tested by the polished, patient and 
polite capacity audience the open- 
ing night. 

'A Fairy Tale," a phantasy in 



presented for its first showing this 
week at the Garrick. The chief 
fault Beems to be with the work of 
vlllun" is permitted the director, John Harwood, no ef- 
fort being made to cover up the 
work of the author, which is ex- 
tremely amateurish. Some of the 
most intense scenes brought 
laughter. 

In this work the author has pre- 
sented a new twist, inasmuch that 
the genius husband would sell his 
wife to further his career. The tell- 
ing is unfolded In an acceptable 
manner, but Innumerable situations 
must be rewritten by an experienced 
writer; also again directed. 

The story opens In a girl's studio 
in Paris. The Russian p!an!«t, re- 
markably well played by Arthur 
Hohl, has just made his initial ap- 
pearance and created a furore. A 
girl who has given her promise to 
another man, who Is away in South 
America making his fortune, has 
fallen in love with *.he genius of this 
man, and, unbeknown to her girl 
chum, married him that morning. 
The lover returns with the fortune, 
but not before a musical producer 
had met and been attracted to the 
girl, giving her a green jade ring, 
which she is to return to him when- 
ever she desires to go on a little 
romantic journey. 

The story properly told has splen- 
did opportunities. Orrin Johnson as 



ture of the program. This was 



* pantomime devised and arranged by 

IVZiZitnZ \** ^^aJZ^'L^C^a' I Roshanara. was the runner-up fea- 
Accordlng to the evidence at hand, tliM nt thA „ r #>^«m vhi« wn* 

however, there are not so very many 

folks in this cultural center who 

care a tinker's damn whether the 

best in spoken drama is kept alive 

or permitted to expire." 

Last Wednesday night Balnbridge 
decided to withdraw the piece, and 
members of the company were 
obliged to work overtime rehearsing 
parts for "Nobody's Money," a T-rce 
comedy which opened Sunday. 



A t'.lc of happiness ... of the in- 
fluoncp of a woman In its achieve- 
ment ami villainy's defeul . . . »»f 
the Orcat Southwest ... of life on 
an Arizona ranch ... of egg-nogs — 
«ueh is Harold Hell Wright's first- 
born drama, "The Salt of the 
•''iii-ili." which had its first perform - 
•>»i<" on any stage at the Wletlng 
( »P<|.\ house .Tan. 2. with Kmma 

(an,s essaying her first legitimate 
rol».. 

Harold Bell Wriga and Emma 
* Carus— it is a combination that is 
KOmg to mean much to theatre- 
Ko.-.rs. for their maiden effort has all 
J •»»• earmarks of n success. liriofly. 
"h.» Salt of the Karth" is the most 
promising comedv drama that has 
»>eo n born In this cltv in recent 
years, with but minor changes- 
,M,> laymen may not even discover 

he » 



is" the only other musical number the Producer was npt convincing. 



in the piece. Wright penned the 



s the wife, Mabel Brown ell gives 



lyric, while J. Walter Leepo.d wrote K«P"2*|« P"£™S* , 11 b £t 'J* »£! 



the music 

The cast Is, in general, highly 
satisfying. Clyde Hunnewell as 
"the lunger," John Morrlssey as 
Morgan, Charles Coghlan as Hol- 
brook, Horace Ruwe s Larry, Ed- 
win Varney as Long Joe, the ranch 
foreman, are typical. Some of the 
finest character delineations ever ; fii4a 
sketched come in Steve Maley's 
Wing Foo. the Chinese cook; Joseph 
Spurin's I'ablo Romero, Leona Ho- 
garth's Dolores, Kdwin Maynard's 
Pedro, and Frances Younge's bit as 
the Indian snunw wife. 

The atmospheric settings for the 



should have been taken by the in 
genue type of leading woman. Of 
the other members, Eleanor Wood- 
ruff is deserving of mention. 

Meakin. 



BEHIND THE MASK 



• ••••• i 



.. .Cora Turner 

I'«*te John Power* 

Mask Rider Fred Ferguson 

Aunt Dinah Adelaide Gunndrc 

T'ncle Noah Frank I. Fravne, Jr. 

Margaret Fran'cea Orayeon 

Forrest Allen Corllaa Giles 

Mm. Sarah ninlaloy Lavlnla Shannon 

Lilly Belle Blr.leley Frances Pitt 

, , , , ^ i Colonel Cadawalder Wl liner Dame 

two exteriors are ideal. La. Osa i„.niei c;«rrrit Langdon cisiet 

rancho, with itF 'dohe r:ineh house.! MaJ. CaMiua M. Poindexter. Kdward Wade 

:, .„.'..._, l :i- ..Mil- I'd Af Inir ; Wn*h Phillip* Ford Fenlmorr 

lU ron-al. iIh cattu«. Its dicing , rhaufreur I- js/llllam Black 

rattlesnake skin. etc.. is no met e ( Ki ,, nPy Poinrteator William Pawley 

stage picture. And the same holds s.imuel Clegg John Clem nun 

true of the FInck Canyon, a won- ' Ma* Orlmea ..Wilbur Co* 

derful study In perspective and JJ}^^^^ JJ-^ 
And the shack of Pedro, I ^ 



capably danced and enacted by a 
cast of four, Lillian Bell, Albert 
Carroll, Blanche Talmud and Ber- 
tha Uhr. 

Marshall Hall did an aesthetic 
dance solo to Rimsky- Korsakoff's 
"Scheresade," accompanied by Mr. 
Warner at the piano. Mr. Hall was 
dressed In characteristic Oriental 
trappings and while his terpal- 
chorean flip-flops might be wel- 
comed rather rudely by the average 
hit-and-run vaudeville fan, the.Rit- 
zy audience seemed to fancy it up- 
roariously. Lillian Katayama ar.d 
Sadie Sussman did a "Japanese 
Dolls" duet pantomime, and an or- 
chestral rendition of Beethoven's 
Quartette, Opus 16, First Move- 
ment, was the overture. 

At $1.60 for the orchestra and half 
that amount for the balcony (minus 
war tax because of the "subscrip- 
tion" idea) the house was capacity 
Saturday night. Abel. 



IN OLD KENTUCKY 

(Revivsl) 

Joe Lorey Frederick Harrington 

Uncle Neb Louis Fierce 

Frank Lyaeon Robert Dunbar 

Horace Holton Charles B. Bunnell 

Barbara Holton Marie Ollmer 

gam Alex Dubie 

joe \ Arte Johnaon 

Pete Hiram Tollver 

Woodlawn Wangdoodle Band. By Them«elve« 
Madge Brlerly Miami Campbell 



Daniel B. Hanlon is programed 
credited for the production, which 
was on a par with the play and 
cast The settings were much the 
worse for wear, and, briefly, if this 
Is the type of revival production 
that is aimed to draw the shekels 
into the box office, all that can be 
said is that it will ruin the chances 
of this and any other management's 
to accomplish that purpose. Abek 

THE SQUAW MAN 

(Revival) 
Henry Wyn negate. Bart of Kerhlll.... 
„, J. Ma loom Duns 

Diana, hie wife. Countesa of Kerhlll.. 

Julia Hoyt (Mra. Lydlg Hoyt) 
Lady Eliaabeth Wyn negate. Winifred Harris 
lAdy Mabel Wynnegate. .Elizabeth Bellalra 
Capt. Jamea Wynnegate, afterwards 

known as Jim Curat on 

William Faveraham 

Malcolm retrla H. Cooper CHffe 

Bates, hli butler Oeorge 8chaeffar 

Sir John Applegate frank Holline 

Mr. Chlawlck Gerald Rogers 

Lieut. Mark wall.. Kaymond Van Rensselaer 

Lieut. Crosby.. Ralph Sumpter 

Big Bill Burr Molntoeb 

Shorty Bmmett Shacklefcrd 

Andy Bertram A. Marburgh 

Grouchy Herbert A eh ton 

Baco White Harold Aalter 

Tab-y-wana ..Riley Hatch 

Nat-U-Rltch Josephine Royle 

Little Hal, her son Bernard Durkln 

Cash Hawkina '...Wlllard Robertson 

Nick, barkeeper of "The Long Horn 

Baloon" '. Edmund Boraghan 

Bud Hardy, county sheriff. William Frederic 

Pete, a cowboy Harry Hanlon 

Parson Frank Lyon 

McSorley, engineer of the Overland 

Limited Chauncey Cauaiand 

Parker, conductor of the Overland Lim- 
ited Murray Darcy 

Mri. Hiram Doollttle Emily Lorraine 

Mr. Hiram Doollttle. . .William T. Hays 
Punk, a Chinaman Cur ley Judge 



Besides cutting out a couple of 
unnecessary characters in the first 
act of "The Squaw Man"— which is 
little more than a wolog — Edwin 
Milton Royle found it necessary to 
change but one line of his play, 
after 15 years. This line referred 

_.„..„... to the Boer war. Otherwise the 

a uahes "LaVeon '. ','. ','. Mathiide Deshon piece is as contemporaneous as it 

Col. Sandusky Doollttle. r^nkci. Campbell waa wn en originally presented at 

Sheriff .•. a 'i? Y au,nm . n Wnllnrk'n lh«nTrA 

Constable John O. Hewwltt waiiaCK S ineaire. 

Rosle Johnson Romona Weaver At tnat tlme the plfty dl<J mQre 

gj!" L? ln " Si SIS h° establish William Faversham as 

cafaijl. ". :::::::::::. '::::::::::& mSleir a popular star than anything he aP - 

pcared in before or since. It also 

Charles T. Dazey's meller, with served to bring Into theatrical prom 



all Its ripsnortlng histrionics, opened 
Jan. 2 at the Manhattan as the sec- 
ond revival of a four weeks' reper- 
tory program. 4, Uncle Tom's Cabin" 
showed the week preceding. Lewis 
R. Wolfe, husband of Georgia Wolfe, 
the casting agent, Is sponsoring this 
short season of meller revivals, said 
to bo representing several other in- 
terests. 

Business has been light and was 
decidedly so Tuesday night, the en- 
tire attendance being capable of 
accommodation in the first 10 rows 
of the orchestra If seated solid, by 
actual calculation. Considering that 
all of it Is "two for one" rebates. 



lnence William 8. Hart in the role 
of Cash Hawkins, and his success 
in that part was probably the in- 
spiration for his career as a picture 
star. Hart was the first man to 
fall forward on his face when shot 
in portraying such an incident on 
the stago and was severely criticised 
for it after the premiere of "The* 
Squaw Man." It started a discus* 
slon which resulted in his favor and 
has since been accepted as correct. 

A comparison of the respective 
characterizations offered by the 
original company with the present 
revival might result in unfair crit- 
icism of the actors now playing the 



coloring. 

with its stritiRs of peppers, its dis- 
plfiy of horsehair l.rii'les and 
"Spick" saddle, is equally genuine. 

Ihihti. 



GREEN JADE 

\V;isJiin^l'in. Jan. 1. 
t'ndorncatli all its so apparent 
crudity there is .still tin- making of 
a jrood play in thl« work of Hrough- 
ton Tall, whieh JuH Iftirtig. in con- 
junction with the Messrs. Shubert. 



Myron IV*il 

J;i<-fc*on L.ouIb Kracke 

O Tver* of in* Klan — 

Kialgrapp Oorjre Wllhur 

Klnkurd Herry DodK'on 

J ijiIr.' Charlee Konl 

l»ry<1oit (.'harlca MunnHI 

I'intrli't Attorney Jack Murroj 

i>:|( of Court Kr*»a Mehnn 

rmiNrmi of Jury Tixl JotinMin 



Syracuse, Jan. 4. 

Willi one rtrong scene standing 

out, and the rest of the play mediocre 

>n f-ome places and weak in others. 

•Uehind the Mask," Ku Klux Klan 



with a fair percentage of paper, it roles. Wlllard Robertson, for ex- 
Is doubtful If that evening's per- ample, who Is enacting Cash Haw- 
formance paid the Kdlson bill, kins, was undoubtedly told to play 
That's about all the house boasted It along Hart's methods. No two 
In tho wav of conveniences, inci- actors are alike, and an Imitation is 
dentally. Heat seemed to be a fac- never quite as good as the original 
tor not dealt with seriously. As one The same comment applies to Riley 



of tho porters in the lobby scoffed: 
"Hent, mister? With coal at $16 a 
ton!" 

If business continues at the Tues- 
day night pare it la doubtful if the 
show sees the week out, although 
the management says they got $6.- 
000 last week with "Uncle Tom's 
Cabin." 

The east did nobly with Its anti- 
quated lines and situations that lis 



Hatch as the Indian chief, who must 
court comparison with Theodore 
Roberts, who created the role. Suf- 
fice it to record that the revival Is 
an excellent one from the standpoint 
of acting. 

Considerable Interest accompanied 
the debut of Mrs. Lydlg Hoyt, a so- 
ciety recruit, in the role of Diana, 
the heroine. All told, she conducts 
herself with the poise of a lady, and 



tened more like burlesque and tra.v- when cast in drawing roles will un- 



esty than anything else, even to the 
most unsophisticated of those pros 



doubtcdly shine upon the spoken 
stage. Slightly taller than Faver- 



ent. The serious efforts of the cast, sham, she Is exceptionally graceful 
particularly Miami Campbell in the for a woman of such extreme height, 
leading female role, saved it from | The revival was made by Lee Shu- 
disaster, although one or two of the bert at the Astor, New York, Dec. 
performers did meet with not a lit- 26*. It is a corking melodrama, not 
tie unlooked-for "rawing." And at all old-fashioned, and should ap- 
•twas strictly their fault. Some of pes I to the present-day theatre- 
the costuming was too awry even ! goers. Jolo. 

"■'.'At ■■_ JL J 



LEGITIMATE 









Friday, January 6, 1922 



EQUITY'S EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 



The Actors' Equity Association girls were very positive that it bad- 



maintains three employment de- 
partments in New York through 
which its members may seek en- 
gagements. These are operated re- 
spectively by the Dramatic and 
Musical Comedy, Chorus Equity 
and Motion Picture Branches of the 
A. E. A. 

The Motion Picture Branch Is the 
only or« of the three making a 
charge for its services when secur- 
ing employment for an applicant. 
It la operated under the Jurisdic- 
tion of the New York Department of 
Licenses. 

The Equity's M. P. Branch em- 
ployment agency charges a fee of 
Ave per cent, of the salary received 
by an applicant placed by it. It is 
located in the same building occu- 
pied by the Chorus Equiry, 229 West 
61st street. The staff Includes a 
manager, field representative and 
stenographer. The weekly expenses 
of operation are said to be around 
$260. If the overhead is correctly 
reported the M. P. Branch Agency 
must do an annual gross business of 
$210,000 in order to break even on 
its expenses at the rate of five per 
cent, on the amount mentioned 
above, which is $13,000. 

Members of both the M. P. Branch 
and Dramatic and Musical Comedy 
divisions flf» both eligible to solicit 
engag*j»a*ts In pictures through the 
agency, which has been in existence 
for about two years. The M. P. 
Branch was recruited almost whol- 
ly from the old Motion Picture Play- 
ers' Union, which affiliated with the 
Equity several months after the 
strike of 1919. Following the affil- 
iation the M. P. P. U. was merged 
into the A. E. A. ai a department. 

As expected, when the M. P. 
Branch agency was established, 
complaints are beard from time to 
time by members of the Equity pic- 
ture division over the selection of 
applicants for parts, those falling to 
secure Jobs they believe they are 
qualified for grumbling over what 
they term favoritism. 

It is held by the more intelligent 
and experienced picture players and 
conceded by a substantial majority 
of Picture Branch and A. E. A. mem- 
bers seeking work through the 
agency that the charges of favor- 
itism are unfounded. 

When the picture agency was in- 
augurated it was predicted it would 
have the effect of eliminating the 
outside ten per cent, picture agent 
from the field. The picture agency 
has been going along and securing 
some work for Equity members, but 
the ten per center still remains, his 
numbers Increased rather than di- 
minished in the two years since 
the advent of the Equity agency. 

The Chorus Equity Branch has an 
employment bureau, free to mem- 
bers. As it charges no fee It has not 
become licensed like the M. P. 
Branch agency. Several weeks ago 
two girl members of the Chorus 
Branch registered complaint against 
the latter's employment bureau, 
claiming they had been sent to 
Mlddletown, N. Y., with the undcr- 
| standing they were to appear in a 
' musical comedy. When the girls 
reached Mlddletown they asserted 
they were informed by the alleged 
musical comedy producer they would 
have to solicit subscriptions for a 
magazine on the public thorough- 
fares. Stating they had been en- 
gaged to work as chorus girls and 
not as subscription peddlers, the 
girls wired to the Chorus Equity 
asking return transportation, the al- 
leged musical comedy producer 
meanwhile vanishing. Notwithstand- 
ing the claim of tho girls that the 
Chorus Equity employment depart- 
ment had told them the manager 
was responsible, the girls stated the 
Chorus Equity refused to send them 
the amount requested to get them 
back to New York, leaving them 
"flat," so to speak, in a strange city. 
Following the return of the girls 
and the publication of their story, 
the Chorus Equity denied its em- 
ployment department had bald the 
manager was responsible. Regard- 
less of whether the Chorus Equity 
had Touched for him — and the two 



the incident evidenced a decidedly 
haphazard method of running an 
employment bureau, showing that 
all an admittedly irresponsible per- 
son had to do was to apply at the 
Chorus Equity for choristers and, 
without any apparent investigation, 
be supplied with girls, merely on his 
own say so that he was to produce 
a musical comedy. 

Another Branch 



FINANCIAL ROW 

DARKENS GRAND 

Kansas City House Closed 
Pending Settlement 



BED-SIDE CHATS 

3Y WTTT E *^YELL 






The Dramatic and Musical Com- 
edy Branch, which takes in the 
membership of the original or par- 
ent organization of the Actors' 
Equity, does not maintain exactly 
what might be termed an employ- 
ment department, the nearest ap- 
proach to it being a "Disengaged 
List." Members may have their 
names put on this list, which is 
made up weekly, on request. Tho 
list is sent around to the different 
dramatic musical comedy, dramatic 
and stock managers, and if any of 
the foregoing desire to engage an 
actor from the list, he may do so by 
communicating with the Equity. 
There is no charge attached to the 
placing of a member's name on the 
"Disengaged List" nor for the ob- 
taining of an engagement through it. 

While the subject of an Actors' 
Equity employment bureau was fre- 
quently mentioned by Equity 
speechmakers during the height of 
the strike in 1919, and it was the 
general opinion that one would be 
provided for the Dramatic and Mu- 
sical Comedy division after the 
strike had been settled, nothing has 
been done in that direction by the 
A. E. A., the "Disengaged List," in 
use for several years before the 
strike, being continued as before. 

The reason why the Equity has 
not established an employment 
agency for dramatic and musical 
comedy people, along the lines of 
that operated by the Motion Picture 
Branch, is readily discerned by 
members of the spoken stage divi- 
sion, who are of the opinion that 
the Equity executives are well aware 
that an employment agency for 
dramatic and musical comedy actors 
and actresses would more than like- 
ly be productive of constant com- 
plaints from members who would 
solicit work through it. 

Kickers 8houting 

No matter how fairly conducted, 
according to the views of many of 
the "speaking stage" members, there 
would be kickers shouting "favorit- 
ism" when not placed as quickly as 
desired. Equity executives, having 
observed the inclination toward 
complaints of "favoritism" in the 
M. P. Branch Agency, and noting 
that they were unfounded, under- 
stand fully what they would have to 
contend with !f operating an agency 
for dramatio and musical show 
members, it being the general opin- 
ion that the condition spoken of 
could not possibly be avoided, and 
In the case of dramatic and musical 
comedy people soliciting work 
through an Equity agency would 
probably be multiplied ten fold, 
with unlimited possibilities for dis- 
sension resulting in the A. E. A. 

A complaint now and then has 
been heard regarding the procedure 
of the M. P. agency by picture peo- 
ple who have claimed they were in- 
duced to join the M. P. branch on 
the understanding its employment 
agency would procure work for it. 
In order to Join they were obliged 
to pay tho annual dues In advance, 
and on top of this, if given an en- 
gagement, to pay 5 per cent, extra 
for it. Some of the actors who have 
complained said it seemed to them 
the payment of the annual dues was 
in the nature of a bonus. One pic- 
ture actor was peculiarly exasper- 
ated through having been given a 
Job when first Joining the M. P. 
branch, but losing that engagement 
shortly thereafter and receiving no 
further attention from the M. P. 
agency. He said he had demanded 
his dues be relumed if another en- 
gagement could not be secured for 
him, but received no satisfaction 
either way. 



Kansas City, Jan. 4. 

The Grand was dark last week 
and will probably remain so for 
some time, on account of financial 
difficulties which beset the Dubio- 
sky Brothers, owners of the con- 
trolling Interest of the Kansas City 
Amusement Co., which operates the 
house.. It was thought the financial 
situation had been ironed out and 
that the house would continue. 

It was reported the Dublnskys 
had turned their interests over to 
A. E. Elliott, who took immediate 
possession. Elliott gave checks to 
William " Gray, representing A. L. 
Erlanger, for the back pay for the 
stagehands and musicians and also 
straightened up some other Indebt- 
edness. The newspaper advertising 
was resumed and all arrangements 

made for the opening Christmas 
night of Fiske OHara in "The 
Ragged Cave Her. Mr. Elliott later 
stopped payment on the checks, 
claiming* that there was several 
thousand dollars war tax unpaid and 
he refused to assume possession 
until it was settled. 

At curtain time Sunday night the 
musicians and stagehands refused 
to work the show until their back 
salaries had been paid and, although 
it is claimed there was much more 
than enough in the box office to 
settle their claims ,the audience was 
dismissed and the money refunded. 
The situation was a peculiar one, 
as both Mr. Elliott and the Dubln- 
skys denied being in possession. 
The latter claimed the war tax was 
not due until the last of the month 
and the former refused to take pos- 
session claiming that if be did do 
so he would be responsible for the 
money due the government. 

Edward Dubinsky later informed 
a Variety representative the affair 
had been settled and that the Du- 
binsky Brothers now owned all of 
the stock of the Kansas City Amuse- 
ment Co. and had absolute control 
of the house. He stated that the 
lease on the ground, on which the 
theatre Is located had 15 years to 
run, and that the company still held 
the booking franchise with the Klaw 
& Erlanger Interests. However, it 
| is quite possible that new arrange- 
ments will be made, as there are 
no bookings for the house, accord- 
ing- to Mr. Dubinsky, until March. 

It has) been stated that Ethel 
Barrymore in "Declasse," Otis Skin- 
ner in "Blood and Sand," George 
White's "Scandals/ Margaret An- 
glin In "Tho Woman in Bronze" and 
"The Gold Diggers" were bookings 
for the house, but no dates given 
out. 

Should the Erlanger franchise be 
dropped and a change of policy be 
made there is a possibility of the 
house going into the proposed Gus 
Hill'olrcult of popular priced houses, 
or more likely being operated as a 
first class stock theatre. As it is it 
leaves Kansas City with but one le- 
gitimate theatre, the Shubert. 



Christmas comes every year, but only once in a lifetime could a 
Christmas like the one I had come to anyone. It was the most wonder- 
ful demonstration of the spirit of the theatre and the fourth estate. Noth- 
ing was overlooked. Nothing left undone by either profession. From 
the cup of sweet butter brought by the girl reporter out of the basket 
she got from home, to the handsome check sent by the owner of another 
paper. From the little handkerchiefs from the three shows a day, three 
towns a week performer, to the handsome present from the head of the 
circuits, from the wardrobe women of the musical shows to the largest 
producer in New York, all seemed to have one interest in common. That 
of trying to make my third Christmas in bed a Merry 6ne. They suc- 
ceeded. 



It was three days long to be remembered, not only by me, but by 
everyone who saw how the theatrical and newspaper people take 
care of their own. Priests, nuns, Jurists, professors and the medical 
profession have somewhat revised their opinion of our people since I 
have been in storage; they have witnessed so many deeds of thought- 
fulness and kindness on the parts of the two greatest professions in the 
world. I am so glad I belong to both of you for I could not choose be- 
tween you. I inherited you both, my father belonging to one, my mother to 
the other. That's why I became a theatrical press agent. It's the only 
business in which I could still be associated with my two loves. And I 
would rather be of the great white way than of the great white house. 



I had two trees, both were dressed before they were brought in. One 
was sent by the Professional Woman's League, The other was personally 
conducted by the Keith Boys.' Band, who, after setting up the tree and de* 
positing a huge Christmas stocking (much too large for me) filled with 
oodles of goodies, they filed in my room (as many as my room could 
accommodate), put mutes on their horns, played a salute and marched 
away. The trees were lighted Christmas Eve and night. There were a 
wreath and a candle in the window and some mistletoe over my bed. And 
It was, as I had predicted it would be, the Happiest Christmas qj my 
Mte. 



The old song. "Just a little rain in the sunshine makes the flowers 
grow" was forcibly brought to my mind by several dramatic Incidents 
which occurred recently in my presence. W T hile my long internment 
has been a deep tragedy in my life, I have not been blind to the 
humor and pathos coincident with it. I was reading a Christmas letter 
from my old city editor now in Sing Sing, and while trying to swallow 
the lump in my throat at seeing the convict's number under a signature 
that so recently represented so much prestige and authority, the Judge 
of the Supreme Court who. had sentenced him, came to wish me a Merry 
Christmas. That same afternoon while Marillyn Miller's mother was 
unpacking the exquisite breakfast dishes which Marillyn sent, a wire 
came from her father, recently divorced from her mother. I stuck the 
wire under my pillow without letting Mrs. Miller know from whom it 
came, because I did not want to make her sad; neither did I want her 
to break my nice dishes. 



Five organizations officially remembered me. The Friars, the Comedy- 
Drama Club, the National Vaudeville Artists' Club, the Professional 
Woman's League and Keith's Boys Band. 



The cold drab walls of the hospital are a drastic contrast to the riots 
of colors in my room. Orchids, polnsettas, heathers, American beauties 
and a large orange plant all tied with gorgeous-hued ribbons, giving 
the place an air of an opening in a futuristic millinery store. 



Authors of beat sellers seem to know what shut-ins like to read. Irwin 
Cobb, Rex Beach, Zoe Beckley, Sophie Irene Loeb, Burns Mantle, George 
Hobart, Robert Simpson, Kenneth Macgowan, George Kaufman and Marc 
Connelly sent or brought their latest books. 



' The screen which all hospital rooms must have makes a beautiful 
background for holiday wires and cables. The Interest my visitors show 
in reading the various messages is a source of great delight to me. Yes- 
terday they found on my screen cables from Peggy O'Neil, Joe and Nellie 
Mercedes, from London, Max and Tillie Winslow, Bermuda, and wires 
from Susie Sexton, Charles Maddock and wife, 8. L. Harris, Lillian Wil- 
son, Samuel Shlpman, Dorothy Dahl, Mr. and Mrs. Louis ttann, Hamilton 
Revelle, Grace Leigh, Lillian Lorraine, Ruby Norton. Gertrude Vander- 
bilt and Marguerite St. Clair, Mrs. Farber and daughters, -Will Goodale, 
Sam H. Harris, Amelia Bingham, Fannie Hurst, Sam M. Dawson, the 
W. B. Sleepers, Caro Miller, J. Edmund Davis, Ralph Belmont, Charles 
and Sadie McDonald, William M. Cressy, Florence Nash, Van and Var- 
rie Avery, George M. Cohan, Esther Lindner, Al Darling, Peter McCork, 
Otto Floto, Theodora Bean, J. J. Murdock, Jenie Jacobs and Pauline 
Cook, Georgle Goodwin, Paul Chute, Nora Bayes, Sydney Shields, Fiske 
and Marie OHara, William Stuart, Edgar Allan Woolf. 



policy from pictures. A. J. Edwards 
is the director; Louiszita Valentine, 
leading woman. 



Toomey & Demara, owners of the 
Colonial, Lawrence, Mass., have 
taken over tho management of the 
dramatic stock company installed 
in the house under the management 
of Eddie Phelan. The company be- 
came Involved in financial difficul- 
ties under the Phelan management 
with the owners of the house decid- 
ing to place the organization under 
their direction. Fay Courtney and 
Leo Kennedy have been added to the 
company to play the leads. 






STOCKS 



NInita Biistow and Arthur Vinton 
appeared as leads with Princess 
stock company, Des Moines, when 
Princess reopened Monday. Vinton 
was leading man at the Princess 

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bert and Geichell have set a new 
scale of price, with $1 top this year, 
instead of $1.25 as last season under 
Adams management. 



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Joseph S. Klein, who contemplated 
organizing a dramatic stock com- 
pany for the 14th Street theatre, 
New York, was notified by the 
Equity that tho organization would 
take steps to stop him opening a 
company at that house until he had 
settled in full claims for $600 due 
members of a company under his 
management, which played at the 
house earlier in the season. Klein 
notified the Equity he would be will- 
ing to pay the amount off at the rate 
of $200 a week after the new com- 
pany opened, but that he was unable 
to pay the full amount at the pres- 
ent time. The Equity refused to ar. 



I gratefully acknowledge receipt of many beautiful and useful gifts 
bearing cards from Karl Hoblitzell, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Donaldson, Ethel 
Hopkins, Julia Raftery, Mary Margaret McBride, Mrs. Edward Able?, 
Mrs. Fred Stone, Margaret Muser, Marie McGlynn, Edith Totten, Mrs. 
Reed Albee, Sadie Hart Davis, Susie Sexton, Alice Rohe, Dr. and 
Mrs. Elwert, Zoe Beckley, Agatha De Bussey, Sophie Tucker, Ada Lewis. 
Charlotto Greenwood, Grace La Rue, Helene Davis, Rose and Nellie 
Beaumont, Karl Bernstein. Mrs. Bert Bernstein, Alta May Coleman, Mrs. 
Justice Weeks, Beatrice Bachellor, Zelda Sears, Drama-Comedy Club. 
Sylvia Hahlo- Whitman, N. V. A. Club, Joseph Moran, Thomas Gorman, 
J. J. Maloney, Marillyn Miller and mother, David Belasco, Mr. and Mrs. 
Wellington Cross, Mr. and Mrs. John Cort. Mrs. J. C. Turner, K. V. 
Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Feder, Mrs. Gus Edwards, Louise llolman, 
Irene Franklin, George M. Cohan, Sophie Irene Loeb, Mrs. Jerry Cohan, 
David Robinson, Adele Rowland, Edna Moran, Thomas J. Ryan, "Sonny ' 
Roberts, E. F. Albee, Sam 11. Harris, W. S. Butterfleld, the Mc Annoys, 
tho Murdocks. the Sleeper's Commander, Wells Hawks, tho Farbers. 
William Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Fellowes, Mrs. Jack Reed, Ham- 
ilton Revelle, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cort, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, 
Jean Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houdini, Oracle Emmett, Bird Mill- 
man, the John Fllnns, Mrs. Morris (icst, Dorothy Dahl, Ina Claire and 
mother, Laura Bennett, Mrs. Dwight Beche, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lauder. 
Louise Dresser, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliphant. Blanche Ring. Esther 
Lindner, Nick Schenck, Ann Sutherland, Herbert Weber, Charles E- 
Bray, Hugh Herbert, Mathew White, ,] r ., Etta Tyndall, Mr. and Mrs, Rex 
Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Kaufman, 
Marc Connelly, Kenneth Macgowan, Burns Mantle, Mr. and Mrs. Bert 
Erroll, Irvln S. Cobb, Robert Simpson, Lillian Wilson, Ralph Belmont, 
Craig Roylston, Dixie Hints. This list i3 not complete because some 
cards were mislaid in the unpacking. So fo-givc me if I do not write ><»> 
personally. 

I am deeply indebted to Mrs. Farber for both hnlidnv dinners. Oi.e 
waa of turkey and the other of frog legs. Wl,,..„ Mrs. Farber e-o.-ks .t 
and Constance or Irene serves it, no dietician on earth could j-revei .: 
my eating it. 



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Judging from the belated hour that some of my New Year's wires ar- 
rived, prohibition was not rigidly enforced as the papers would have v 
■ believe. And Judging from the contents of some of the wires Mr. Vo'- 
|„ter-d noert* * nr» M »p«rt. I r.m r.ure that some of my fronds have r.^*r 



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Friday. January ^ IMS 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



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PALACE 



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The Palace for tha> holiday matl- 
net bad a Jammed kom ud* toiur 
-£><*• The first part lntermlsstun 

Arrived at -«;'&. fc^-a-Wiree :--x«»e h, 
JhV second part, starting ; wUh Hou- 
dini (New Act.) after tha Topics; 
Tn* Cook, next to closing, and 
Alexander Brothers and Evelyn 
the performance. As Hou- 
iJpl did 21 minutes. It was alter 6 
W ben Cook appeared. 

The first part held several long 
turns a couple of new ones there 
not yet having trimmed down their 
acts. They were Lew Dockstader, 
5r 4 and Sophie Tucker, closing 
the first half. Preceding both was 
Harry Carroll revue, another 
long-winded turn that, before it was 
t over, looked as though it would 
k ve next week to finish. Still, Miss 
Tucker did extraordinary; she 

was forced to an encore and a 
gpeech after that, though closing 
he first part, and seemed to hold 
house so thoroughly it didn't 
notice it was Intermission until the 
asbestos started to roll. That clos- 
ing the first part is usually a preci- 
pe for any turn looking for a big 
applause ending with encores 
ready for it. 

Another over-long* act was the 
Mine. Bradna circus act with bare- 
back horses, dQgs and birds. It's a 
mixture of a Circus ring turn and 
an animal sight. act, the latter made 
through released pigeons flying to 
a table and later to a small cart 
labeled "Pigeon Hotel." Mme 
Bradna does some bareback riding 
of a conventional sort at the open- 
ing, leading a dog by a long leash 
throughout. Her best horse work 
vis the putting through one of the 
horses in high school work from 
the centn of the ring, merely using 
the long -lashed whip and its snaps 
as the guider. She does not ride 
this animal in that bit. The ring 
itself is odd. a ono-piece mat made 
in the circular style and without 
the wooden railing. The edge is 
white and slightly elevated from 
the body of the mat. For the finish 
there is a group of all the animals 
around a carriage containing the 
birds, with one of the two clowns 
astride a^horse bringing up the rear. 
The act opens with a pose of Mme. 
Bradna. a clown and the horse. One 
of the noticeable items was Mme. 
Bradna while riding, riding the 
horses the right and the reverse 
way of the ring. A little better 
bunched together for the best of 
the turn, with more speed inter- 
jected int.. the running and the 
Bradna act, which as it stands is a 
nice turn and especially attractive 
to children, will be more fitted for 
the closing than the opening posi- 
tion. 

Peggie Carhart, a straight violin- 
ist, was No. 2, with more space on 
the program than any other act on 
the bill and receiving less response 
on the stage than any other act. 
In fact, Miss Carhart passed away 
No. 2 without taking or being asked 
to take a bow. The programmed 
matter that consumed the spaoe 
was the listed repertoire of num- 
bers she played on the violin. Per- 
haps she played them. No one 
seemed concerned. At the best a 
■mall timer in work und action. It 
ti doubtful if Miss Carhart could 
bold a spot on small time. The 
arm waving with the other inci- 
dentals employed for "showman- 
ship" may have failed here because 
Nonctte used them all up many 
years ago. 

After these two slow and "dumb" 
turns following eaoh other, it was 
easy for the Carroll Revue, that has 
Harry Carroll and the Bennett 
Twins as principal support. Mr. 
Carroll does about 65 per cent, and 
the Twins about 25, leaving the six 
chorus girls, Harry Miller and Ann 
Sands to divide up the other 10. If 
the proportion Is to continue, the 
whole time might be reduced to 
some of Carroll's best songs and the 
Twins' best work, which is, as per 
the Duncans for models, harmony 
in blues. Carroll has a couple of 
corking songs of the breezy type 
that may or may not be new to this 
*ct. The turn, even on this steenth 
retur n* date, went over and was 
Pushed over by Carroll-Twins for a 
regular hit. Biwc. 



clog work Ig featured In her own 
efforts, with her danaing partners 
showing some oorklng steps la the 
secnod of their two dances. Their 

Chinese 



first part. _ 

Sophie Tuckers former "Five Rfngs 
of Syncopation." and Miss Tucker 
is at the Palace,. New York, telling 
the audience there how the boys 
walked out on her. The Winter 
Garden management probably 
doesn't mind, buifit's the first time 
the Palace has permitted one of Its 
turn to advertise an opposition act. 
At the- Winter Garden, the band 
boys, though they played and sang, 
said nothing about Miss Tucker. 
Why should they? Didn't Miss 
Tucker make them? All right. Soph, 
we'll say it for you. 

More newness came to the bill In 
Milton Hayes (New Acts), an Eng- 
lishman and the other monoIogisL 
He came over on a Shubert contract 
for four weeks, obliged to return 
then for engagements' at home, but 
at liberty to come back in the fall, 
which he Will, ' from the Garden 
showing, assuredly do, whether in 
vaudeville or a production. He's 
class all the way. There's someone 
in England with an awful grouch 
against Mr. Hayes, but if they want 
their letters to. carry weight they 
should not make • them anoynmous. 
That stuff doesn't go. on this side. 

The show opened ..with Jolly 
Johnny Jones, a nifty .wire walker 
who needs to build up a finish. He 
Is losing a lot through Its present 
abruptness. No. I held Rome and 
Cullen. who still must depend upon 
their dancing. They should attend 
to the remainder if they expect to 
build up. They got little if any- 
thing at all excepting when dancing, 
as ever. He had the house tippling 
with him in the tippling business, 

Bert Melrose was next with his 
table work, putting in a couple of 
new bits. He had the house tippling 
and the screams came with the fall. 
Melrose's is probably the only 
"dumb" act in Vaudeville that uses 
no music during its running. 

No. 4 was Mile. Anna Codee as 
the former Orth and Cody turn Is 
billed, with Frank Orth still in It 
The act has been changed around to 
give Miss Codee the lead, Mr. Orth 
holding himself in and back for 
that purpose to accord with the 
billing. It's nice entertainment with 
a bit of low comedy when Miss 
Codee picks up Mr. Orth, carrying 
him around the . stage under her 
arm, also spanking him. That 
comes from the training of the 
Three Ahletafl. «Lnd displays that 
Miss Codee has kept herself in con- 
dition. It's asurjB-fire laugh. 

Somewhat late when Mile. Olym- 
pla Desvall closed the show with her 
animal turn. Eddie Dowling, on 
his encore and before speaking the 
final verse, bespoke earnestly the 
attention of the house for the clos- 
ing act. He said audiences too 
often were thoughtless about the 
last turn; that the final act is 
always a good ohe and deserved at- 
tention, ft sounded Well, and was 
much better stage - taste than 
berating the opposition. It also re- 
sulted in the house remaining solid 
for the Desvall turn. 8ime. 



I around fron* Ue afternoon, wben 
"Mary, Irene and Sally- (New Acts), 
the production act Dowling is also 
with, was second after the inter- 
mission, with Dowling as a s ngjl e UAlb «r 'acks JbtlncU** 



and Valerie Bergere, combined to 
pack 'em In. 

Miss Frlgansa dominated the first 
half, appearing fourth and register- 



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dancing 
Miss Ford. 

Two short reel pictures were 

flashed during intermission, with 
Sybil Vane stalling the vaudeville 
of the second half. Miss Vane, a 
well -voiced young woman, gave a 
punch start to the after intermis- 
sion section. Her numbers are 
nicely blended witb sufficient voice 
displaying material. Leon Domque 
furnished polished piano accom- 
paniment. 

Frank Davis and Adele Darnell, 
second after intermission, started 
the comedy work of the second sec- 
tion, the latter portion of the show 
having a strong comedy value, 
starting with this act. The Davis 
and Darnell vehicle, "Birdseed," has 
lost none of its value due to age 
and provides laughs in every line. 

Al Herman (New Acts), next to 
closing, was an additional comedy 
hit. The audience appeared to be 
waiting for the blackface single and 
welcomed him heartily. His stories 
rang true with the returns gathered 
in with each and every one. A new 
ballad by a boy plant In a box 
topped off the turn, which filled the 
bill to a **T" in the late spot. 

Daley. Mac and Daley closed the 
show with roller skating. The turn 
has a clever knockabout comedian. 

Hart. 



COLONIAL 



WINTER GARDEN 

The Winter Garden bill for the 
current week developed into an ex- 
'remely good variety entertainment, 
one of the best no doubt that house 

Sk 8 ^ 1 ' 1 - U ,h Questionable if the 
otjubort circuit has put up a better 
ail-round vaudeville performance, 
inough there -were two production 
jurn.s (both ofllce acts), the show 
w a« Haul around the hou.se Monday 
evmi nR to he comparatively an in- 
expensive one. 

Business Monday night ( hoi Ida v) 
was off. through the weather. A 
mting wind at about 12 above swept 
"own p.rondwuy from late afternoon, 
u arioc ted all theatre business at 
"^ box onico. the window sale 

SiTm k ' ht aH n,on * tho 1,no taking 1 
"i tin. i f . K j t houses. Onlv those with 

«» advance made a showing. 

Un«. of the unavoidable conlUc- 

»ons runic -up through two male 

- "Kits, l-oth mnnologlsts beini; on 

li";i , v .- , J , ' ne '' :,m ' T,, *' y wrro M:,,on 
ij* ' s ' ^'N* Acts), opening innuc- 

■ '"" Iv -'Her tho news reel following 

J'"' illusion, ard Kddie Pawling 

,,•''* Aits), next to doing, Roth 

" *"»•>■ well. Hues doing IX 

in t,. s .,„., Dowling 14. I lot h were 

1 ir ' ' I liin. he •! switched 



The New Tear's week bill at the 
Colonial attracted but fair attend- 
ance for the opening performance 
Monday. The house appears to be 
drawing a balcony and gallery 
clientele, with the* matinee business 
In the orchestra decidedly off at the 
matinee. The regular week night 
scale was placed in effect, which 
from appearances may have been 
largely responsible for the filling of 
the lower priced seats. 

The bill was laid out along the 
lines of an anniversary program 
with three names appearing in the 
lights. Erford'a Qddltieg opened the 
show. The trio of girls got away 
nicely with thcMr acrobatics on the 
revolving apparatus. A n ore showy 
finish would help the turn consider- 
ably, as th* final bit used at present 
is not as spectacular as some of the 
earlier work. Harry and Dennis 
Du For, No. 2, suffered to a certain 
extent during the first performance 
on account of tnt> orchestra, which 
had difflcrlty in keeping up with the 
boys' dancing-. Some cleverly exe- 
cuted steps brought forth applause 
notwithstanding the first show diffi- 
culties experienced with tho musi- 
cians. 

Plisabeth Kennedy and Milton 
Doyle, a clever pair of juvenile en- 
tertainers, went after comedy 
honors in the Xo. i position, which 
they garnered to a satisfying de- 
gree. .Elisabeth, a diminutive miss, 
suffered with the cold Monday after- 
noon, the back stage air currents 
striking her bare legs a frigid blow. 
These kids can be relied upon for 
results with the Colonial audience 
interested during the entire turn. 

Rasil Lynn and William Smythe 
No. 4. added comedy honors, with 
l.vnn jutting o\er his Knglish com - 
edy in a telliur? ;.. inner. Smy'lio is 
an .greeiihV sii. tight man with a 
worth-while singing voi'-e. 

Mable Ford in a dancing turn 
similar to that in which she ap- 
peared with her sister. Pora. closed" 
i In- first half. It gave the proper 
flash fur the spot. Miss Ford em- 
ploys a five -piece jazz band and a 
male 



44TH ST. 

It looks like the Shuoerts made a 
mistake in putting the Frederick 
Beauvais feature picture Into the 44th 
Street this week, with a seven -act 
show. If they intend to utilise the 
44th Street as a house for freak at- 
tractions such as old Hammersteln's 
was, then why go half way — why 
not Beauvais himself? That would 
have been the racket, only the late 
Willie Hammerstein would have had 
him months ago had he been on the 
job. Monday afternoon it looked as 
though the picture pulled some 
money, for those in the audience 
stayed to see the film. A ballyhoo 
of Indians was used in front of the 
house, but Broadway Indians are 
not as Impervious to the cold s 
those of the North Woods. It wasn't 
long before they were In the lobby 
hugging a couple of steam radiators. 

The lights In front of the house 
had Fay Marbe topping, with Nat 
Naxarro, Jr., next, and "The- Indian 
Guide" as the third name. Just 
what Miss Marbe means, as a name 
value for Broadway, or more espe- 
cially the 44th Street, after having 
headlined at Loew's State and later 
In a cabaret. Is more or less of a 
question. But opening the second 
halt of the show she entertained 
nicely. There is one point of sales- 
manship that Miss Marbe has down 
pat, and that is that it is the physi- 
cal appeal that gets over with 
Broadway audiences as far as she is 
concerned,- and she certainly gives 
them what they want 

Miss Marbe and Clark And Verdi 
were the only two acts in the second 
half, the picture, "The Lonely Trail" 
(Film Reviews), taking up the bal- 
ance. The wop comedy team were 
the wallop and walked away with 
the hit honors. 

The Donald Sisters opened the 
show, followed by Mossman and 
Vance. The Jatter act Is a team 
again as It originally was. Miss 
Winefred, who made it a trio for a 
while, having been eliminated. The 
boys found it slow going until they 
got down to a fast-stepping finish. 

The Rlgoletto Brothers with the 
Swanson Sisters on the third spot 
seemed a little early. The would 
have fared better had there been 
something real fast ahead. How- 
ever, the act managed to pull 
through fairly well, all things con- 
sidered. The two double numbers 
of the girls scored, and the "wop" 
organ grinding closing but was a 
sure-fire wallop. 

Emily Darrell had to fight all the 
way for everything she got from the 
audience. Her asides to the leader 
as gag after gag went over and laid 
were twice as funny to the Insiders 
as her regular material. Tnere had 
really not been an applause stir on 
the part of the audience up to the 
time she arrived, and walking on 
cold after the Rlgolettos it was an 
up-hill battle. At the finish Miss 
Darrell left them with a laugh and 
scored the first real applause of the 
afternoon. 

Nat Nazarro, Jr.. with his band 
and his singer nnd dancer worked 
heroically, but not with tho usual 
result. It is an entertaining act, but 
couldn't make it a smash in this 
company. 

As a whole the show was a mighty 
slow one, with the Shubert s evi- 
dently counting too heavily on the 
picture. As a matter of fact, the 
picture was a flop, out and out. 

Frcl. 



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has what appears to be an all new 
monologue. It's packed with laughs 
and she handles It for the best pos- 
sible results. There's a wealth of 
human nature as well as comedy In 
this new talk, which is as sure for 
the highest of brows as the lowest. 
It has accomplished wonders for 
the Frlganza turn. 

Valerie Bergere and Co. closed the 
first part with "O Joy San." This 
is a Japanese playlet on the order 
of and apparently a re-wrlte of 
"Cherry Blossoms," done by Miss 
Bergere several years ago. Miss 
Bergere plays a Jap maiden rather 
unconvinclngly. Tho whole affair 
smacks of stock company stuff, the 
action being stilted and the general 
tone of tho sketch stagey, 
woman playing the heavy, stands 
out. The stage setting is excellent, 
and the piece has been carefully 
produced. Miss Bergere's personal 
popularity put It over for her Mon- 
day, but her talents are worthy of 
a better vehicle. 

• The husband and wife quarrel 
thing is always sure for vaudeville, 
or the legit for that matter. The 
Orpheum has two turns chiefly de- 
pendent on this comedy stand-by 
this week. The first was Ernest 
Anderson and Marjorle Burt, "The 
Dlssy Heights," skit by Paul Gerard 
Smith. Instead of a parlor or street 
setting, Mr. Smith has the bickering 
husband und wife up in the Alps 
Mountains, exchanging get -backs 
and picking on each other In ap- 
proved domestic fashion. The set 
is beautiful ,and while the principle 
of the talk is familiar, the material 
contains a likable and generally 
Up-to-date twist. The act landed 
[No. S. 

The other turn to bring forth the 
old husband and wife quarrel and 
make it a wow, was Douglas Leavttf 
and Ruth Mary Lockwood, who 
stopped the show next to dosing. 
There is considerably more to the 
Leavitt-LockWood act than the jar- 
ring couple bit — smooth kidding by 
| Mr. Leavltt, for instance, that 
stamps him as a dandy light 
comedian, and the most competent 
of "feeding" by Miss Lockwood. 
Some of the gags have been heard 
before, such as "my favorite flower," 
but vaudeville audiences are always 
strong for gngs they aro familiar 
with, and the hoke is so nicely 
blended with the more legitimate 
stuff the veterans are not notice- 
able. 

Frank and Ethel Carmen opened 
with hoop rolling, getting the show 
started nicely. The couple work 
fast, and the rout hie has plenty of 
variety. Applause frequently in- 
terrupted the turn, the trick which 
brought Into play the manipulation 
of hoops on strings receiving de- 
served "appreciation. Bernard and 
Garry, second, entertained with a 
repertoire of pop numbers, receiv- 
ing something for each. 

Mrs. Castle (new act) opened the 
second half, and Else and Paulsen 
closed with skating. The couple use 
patent skates that have some sort 
of roller contrivance which gives 
the impression they are using ice 
skates. Henrlette Wilson. toe 
danced during tho rest periods and 
scored individually. Tho J'jise and 
Paulsen turn held tne house in to 
the finish. Bell. 



ORPHEUM 



1'sual holiday sell-out at Keith's 
Orpin-urn, Itrooklyn. Monday after- 
noon. The return t vaudeville 
In icabouts of Mrs. Irene Castle, the 
celebrating of New Year's Monday 
and a pleasing eight-act show, that 
in addition to having Mrs. C'aslle as 
Its beadliner. held two other favor 



dancing team. Hard-shoe it's ^:>ver here in Tnxie 1'ritfanza I 



CRESCENT 

The curront Shubert-Crescent, 
Brooklyn, show has Bessie McCoy 
Davis headlining tho nine-act bUl. 
Monday night, officially New Years 
(through the first of the year falling 
on Sunday) was bitter cold, a con- 
dition which undoubtedly affected 
the attendance. The orchestra sec- 
tion, however, was compactly filled, 
with the exception of three rear 
rows, and the rest of the house did 
excellently. The show played In an 
average way, the falling out of Palo 
and Palet, scheduled to open the 
second half, brought George Rosener 
into the bill, making three single 
men with talk in the show, a factor 
contributing to an element of same- 
ness. The others were Walter 
Brower and Du Callon. 

Mr. Rosener was accorded a re- 
ception on his entrance and kept the 
laughs nnd applause coming with 
machine-gun regularity throughout 
his character turn. Opening the 
second half, he received the better 
til the break as regards position, 
and made the most of if. Walter 
I.rower. separated from Rosener by 
the Masters and Kraft revue, and 
next to olosiu'.:, made 'em laugh 
while he was on. but .he house bad 
been filled up on talk and he closed 
rath'-r quietly. 

l>u Callon. the Englishman who 
balane -s himself on a ladder, pat- 
terin',' meanwhile, was fourth and 
larehd solidly with his likable ban- 
ter. A fine personal appearance and 
ready wit gives him a certain dis- 
tinctiin, unusual for an act of his 

'ype. 

Mi.;s Davis, assisted by .Jaek 1 
Rirrett and Ernmett Merrill, \\<nt| 
over solidly, (losing the first hall 
Miss Davis' dances and personable} 
clowning met with a ready respons ■ I 
from the holiday crowd. .^Iie made J 
a speech at the fmif-h. s.tying sin- J 
had been trying to de\e|op a ecMiiil 
speech for the I a. ■•'. week, ounc'l 



which she played Boston. It suf- 
ficed better than a set speech. 

The Masters and Kraft revue had 
two dancing boys In Masters and 

uuo oiine Meouy^Davis turn. Sec- 
ond after intermission, the Masters 
and Kraft act had the handicap of 
following the other dancing turn, 
and while the various specialties 
scored, the finish got but little. 

Kremka Brothers opened with 
acrobatics, and Maria Lo closed 
with posing. Adele Oswald was Np. 
2, and put a lot of life Into that spot 
with her songalog. Miss Oswald has 
a singing voice which she knows 
how to use. and her quiet easy 
method of working established her. 

Edgar Atchison Ely and Co„ No. S, 
offered "Billy's Tombstones," tha 
farcical skit presented for years by 
the late Sidney Drew. The sketch 
does not wear welL Compared with 
present -day vaudeville sketch stand- 
ards it seems old-fashioned and 
forced. Among Mr. Ely's support- 
ing company a brunet playing the 
part of his sister stood out promi- 
nently. The others were adequate. 

Be*. 

RIVERSIDE 

A big matinee Up at 96th street 
Monday afternoon, but a little short 
of capacity towards the rear of the 
theatre. Eight acts made up the 
running order, with one, Billy Dale 
and Co., forced out because of ill- 
ness In the cast. Wayne and War- 
ren stepped In, minus any switching 
around of the schedule. Ella Ret- 
ford, in lights on the outside of the 
house, was not mentioned on the 
program, which resulted In a small 
measure of surprise running through 
the audience when her name card 
was flashed. 

Eva Shirley with her band and 
Al Roth cleaned for the early por- 
tion, closing intermission. The mu- 
sicians landed solidly with their se- 
lections. Roth connected decisively 
with his dancing, and Miss Shirley 
registered with her songs, all of 
which totaled a conclusion that dug 
into the time allotted tor the Interim. 
The act is running nicely, with no 
stalling and plenty of action. Some 
attention might be paid by the 
members to the method in which 
they are taking bows. At present 
each is ignoring the other, with this 
especially true after the drop is low- 
ered, when Roth and Miss Shirley 
are on opposite sides of the stage. 
It's a fault that should be corrected, 
as it looks not of the best from out 
front and tends to create an indif- 
ference on the part of the players. 

Previous to that, Leo Beers held 
forth, doing unusually well with his 
whistling and songs. The house 
demonstrated an inclination to pick 
up the "catch" lines a bit late, but 
they got 'era and, outside of retard- 
ing Beers somewhat, no material 
damage was done. 

Samaroff and Sonia opened with 
Marcelle Pallet deucing it. The lat- 
ter played her violin selections to a 
houso far from settled. It was a 
"break" on the wrong side for tho 
girl. Her encore was almost entirely 
lost in the shuffling and moving 
around. 

White and Leigh continued with 
their sketch that brought attention 
through Clayton White's slang 
phrases. Grace Leigh made a song. 
done In French, stand up, -hut the 
remaining members failed to make 
their presence felt, outside of- the 
natural presumption they have 
something to do with the theme. 

Miss Retford succeeded the "Top- 
ics" and "Fa6les" films, doing nicely 
with her initial two songs and 
strengthening with her final effort 
in "one." She later, provided a 
speech th_t was short, concise and 
to the point. 

Wayne and Warren were next to 
closing and breezed on, to deliver 
one of the high marks of the after- 
noon with their wise chatter. The 
cross-fire holds many a laugh, the 
gathering putting the O. K. on K 
right away and to stay. 

Bryan and Broderlck (only three 
acts in the second half) terminated 
the performance with their dancing. 
They exhibited four episodes and a 
duo of melodies. Miss Broderlck 
seemed to be suffering from a cold, 
as her voice was rather harsh. dur- 
ing the opening number and, adding 
some slight trouble encountered 
with the orchestra, it made for an 
unsatisfactory opening though pic- 
turesque with the billboard setting. 
The stepping picked it up, with the 
fast finish closing out. to a solid re- 
sponse. The girl displays some 
striking clothes, which aid a pleas- 
ing appearance, while Bryan ad- 
heres to a tuxedo except in one In- 
stance, when the coat is discarded 
for a Jacket during a dance similar 
to the tango. The turn might have 
been more advantageously placed, 
but proved its strength by holding 
the house intact until the finale. 

Skiff. 



STATE 

Inheriting a seat proved to be tin 
adventure in itKeK ifcw Year's holi- 
day matinee at.Loew's State, and 
judging by the incoming early 
e.ening crowd, such super-capacity 
business prevailed all day. Douglas 
K;ni banks" "Three Musketeers" was 
the magnet ie attraction, supported 
by a five -act vaudeville bill that 
u..v tared through with dispatch to. 
allow fur the five show schedule 
that day within the midnight limit. 

S". .t,:n : Cats and Rats opcnlnir 
wie intermission to ^"Week" on 
(Continued on r> •• 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



Friday, January C, l::* 



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EDDIE DOWLING 

Monolog 

14 Mins.1 One 



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Eddie Dowling. aa a vau»lrvil!i Palact 



AL HERMAN 

"The Black Laugh" (Singing 
Monelegiat) 



LEW DOCKSTADER 
Talking Through His NaT <Mee>- 
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Sonologist, is a dialect story wller. 
lialng Yiddish and Irish storic*. H< 
handlea both equally well, with tho 
atorles well pointed for laughs. In 
the turn he has a couple of recita- 
tions, one a declamatory bit against 
the U. S. presenting Its foreign war 
credits to other nations whilst our 
aoldiers are in want, a regular red 
Are. The other is more in accord 
with the present-day mode of re- 
citing monologists. 

Mr. Dowling is an agreeable hu- 
morist upon the stage, working nat- 
urally and often laughing himself, 
fitting it in nicely with the audience 
and aiding himself thereby. Mon- 
day evening at the Garden he was 
constantly interrupted by several in 
the audience who broke in on his 
stories with laughs. That came 
more than anything else from the 
faithfulness of Mr. Bowling's Yid- 
dish expressions. They are quite 
extraordinary In phrasing and ac- 
cent for one not of that faith. 

Eddie Dowling has established 
himself as a single turn on this 
Shubert trip; probably also In other 
ways, since he appears in vMary, 
Irene and Sally" on the same bill, 
which he wrote and leads, with 
Mabel Wlthee. It's not Dowling's 
first production work. He Is pro- 
grammed as "Late star of Zlegfeld 
'Follies/ co-author of The Velvet 
Lady,' The Greater Love/ 'Hearts 
of the North/ etc." 

Next to closing, Mr. Dowling was 
under a double handicap; he had 
previously appeared in the produc- 
tion act, made himself prominent 
and popular in it, and he was also 
following another male monologist 
on the same program, Milton Hayes, 
a newcomer to this side and of a 
different style. That was taking up 
a burden seldom if ever before oc- 
curring on a big time vaudeville 
bill. Sime. 



Back to vaudeville last week came 
Al Herman, twice, once at the 
Kiverside and again at the Palace. 
Tis called •Doubling" (and at full 
salary). 

Resigning from the "Greenwich 
Village Follies," after a- production 
course of three years that does a 
vaudevillian of the Herman school 
and calibre not a bit of good, since 
they don't need it, Herman returned 
to the stage that he left, liking it 
likely, with some billing for his next 
to closing position, the high spot 
for all vaudeville that can entertain 
in "one." 

Herman came back with perhaps 
a little bit more avoirdupois than 
when he left. Now he looks rotund, 
but wears cork and his red cap. 
Many of his Jokes are new. One or 
two are big laugh-getters. Partic- 
ularly good is his one dollar bill gag. 
Then there is his "baseball bat and 
the home," one of those that is up to 
the house manager, but us this one 
was still in Thursday night, it 
passed the Palace censorship. Oth- 
erwise there was not the slightest 
iota to bring adverse notice, not even 
the young boy plant in the box with 
his smothered enunciation, who car- 
ried Herman's single ballad to a 
heartily demanded encore. 

The Herman habit of kidding the 
players before him on the program 
la adhered to; his "confidential 
talks" are again there, a new comic 
song la near the opening of the 
turn, and the act opens with a Still- 
man gag for a laugh. Maybe it's 
through Herman having been away 
or through the new material that he 
came back v. :.h, or because others 
have passed In and out of "one" 
since he left, but somehow ,1ust now 
and in vaudeville after listening to 
Al Herman for 18 minutes, you will 
conclude he's a very good comedy 




GRANT MITCHELL AND CO. (2) 
-The Future* (Dramatis) 
17 Mine,* Pull Stage 
Ford ham 

Grant Mitchell, lata star or *Vae 



act and in "one. 



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"8ALADOR REVUE" (9) 
Song, Talk, Musical, Dance 
16 Mint.; One and Full (Special) 
68th 8t. 

This is a hybrid offering em- 
ploying a straight man, a male 
comedian, a prior a, sister act and 
a chorus of four. The straight in 
"one" before a nice gold curtain in- 
troduces the cast and then goes into, 
a pseudo-magic exhibition, to be in- 
terrupted by the comedian from the 
audience* who h.\a discovered two 
seats for his girl, Sara, and himself. 
This bit is so much like the Stan 
Stanley act, it must have been li- 
censed to the "Salador Revue." It's 
too close a copy to be otherwise. 

But it is only an incid. tal bit 
and is shortly dropped to make way 
for the ensemble work, the chorus 
showing a number of gorgeous cos- 
tume changes that look as if they 
were Intended for a musical show. 
Other than, that the quartet shows 
little. Its stepping being of the sim- 
plest chorography and crude. A 
chink number Is a feature of the 
ensemble. A dancing girl violinist 
slipped up noticeably on her temi o. 
Whoever heard of 'izz stepping to 
a waltz, even though it is one of 
those modern syncopated things! 

At this stage tho "magic" bit is 
again resorted to, the audience ac- 
complice being invited into the ros- 
trum for the gcta.va.. The act iz 
•till in the raw and requires prun- 
ing and editing throughout, al- 
though its Ingredients are worthy 
itaples. Abel. 



MURRAY and OERRISH 
Singing and Dancing 
18 Mine.; One and Full Stage 
list Street 

Paul Murray and Gladys Gerrish 
call their offering "Studying Stars'* 
by way of Indicating that it is made 
up largely of a series of imperson- 
ations of musical comedy luminaries 
In their best known numbers. Miss 
(Jerrish is a pretty, slim brunette 
and in her own proper person prob- 
ably would be able to do popular 
numbers accompanied by costume 
changes, prettily and gracefully. 

That Is about what she does. She 
announces Marilyn Miller in one 
of her numbers from "Sally*' and 
does a bit of a too dance to go with 
It, but the suggestion of the spright- 
ly Miss Miller is not very emphatic. 
Another is supposed to bo Ann 
Pennington, but the impersonation 
is not particularly startling. Be- 
tween Miss Gerrish's imitations, Mr. 
Murray sings several popular songs 
from the current catalog, and the 
finish Is the duet of "Oh Me! Oh 
My" from "Two Little Girls in 
Blue." 

Two agreeable enough young peo- 
ple with some grace of person and 
voices who sing pleasantly. The im- 

j:.'sh. 



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PAUL BURNS and CO. (2) 
Comedy Sketch 
18 Mint.; Tull Stage 
Columbia (Dec. 25) 

Burns does a modern "Dutch" 
character in this sketch, which is 
built around the adventures of a 
"sap" trying to marry a widow if 
much experience. Applying at the 
marriage license bureau for the nec- 
essary papers, Burns has to sit 
passive while the big good-looking^ 
clerk makes a strong play for the 
widow and convinces her that Burns 
is an a. k. 

The sap is given the bureau as a 
sop for his injured feelings, and im- 
mediately reverses the situation by 
bossing his rival, when the latter 
asks for a license. In an effective 
comedy appeal he wins back the 
widow's changeable affections before 
the final curtain. 

The theme is an old boy revamped, 
but made fairly legitimate farce by 
Burns' excellent characterization. 
Both the other supporting players 
are above the vaudeville average 
for comedy sketches of this type. 

The act just misses being big time 
owing to the age of the idea upon 
which the playlet is constructed, but 
for the three-a-day houses it can't 
miss as a strong comedy feature. 

Con. 

COURTNEY and IRWIN 
"Build Your Own Home" 
17 Mins.; Full Stage (Special 

Props). 
23d St. 

Minerva Courtney, who has Leon 
featured in several acts of her own 
has teamed with Henry Irwin for 
the present farce-playlet, 'Build 
Your Own Home." 

A practical prop cottage, which is 
to be the home of the newlyweds, 
finds hubby in blue denim working 
on the nearly completed "love nest.'' 
Wific is sitting aside on cushions 
toying with a lollypop, until he stirs 
up things, beseeching her aid and 
she climbs into extra large overalls, 
which she describes as big enough 
to be "elephant's pajama*." 

They quarrel about the house and 
get down to the personalities of 
each others families. Eut the 
"house" is eventually gotten to- 
gether and a little sign, "Cottage 
Cheese," hung over the door-jamb. 
She comments on the smallness of 
the shack and suggests they get a 
rug for the entrance for him to 
sleep on. Tho finale finds the pair 
in a hammock on the tiny ppace 
called a porch, while tho house 
through a breakaway device tum- 
bles down about them. That adds a 
touch of no\elty to the idea, the 
Mime used for a skit in "Snapshots'* 
last pummr:'. The turn is a bit over- 
i:mp li':t ytfw* for three a day. 

Ibee. 



Aaron Hoffman baa furnished Lew 
Dockatader with a novel Introduc- 
tory for a monologist and tome 
brilliant material for a monolog 
along current and topical lines. Mr. 
DockBtader does Mr. Hoffman full 
justice In the employment of the 
novelty, but doesn't do ao In the 
material, not having sifted the mat- 
ter by Monday to give It the tinge of 
brilliancy It should have had. In 
other words, Dockstader ran what 
should have been 16 minutes at the 
most into 22, thereby dragging out 
and down what might have been his 
brightest "single" moment in vaude- 
ville. 

When a monologist can secure 
dialog that refers to Mr. Hughes as 
"the Airedale of the Cabinet," to the 
Ku Klux Klan as "the cuckoo clams" 
and other passages aa spontaneously 
laughable as they were at the Palace 
Monday afternoon, he should prune 
his matter and continue to prune it 
until the laughs are better grouped 
and more compact than 22 minutes 
could ever make any talking mon- 
olog. 

The novelty is "wireless telephony." 
Mr. Dockstader appears with a min- 
iature 'phone cabinet on his shirt 
front and a high silk hat on the top 
of which is a wireless attachment. 
The buzz and b-r-r of the wireless 
are heard as Mr. Dockstader ex- 
plains the convenient invention he 
has found. Thinks he will call up 
Mr. Harding. The President is too 
busy. But Dockstader Insists as a 
subscriber to the Marion "Star." 
Other subscribers want to talk to 
the President as well, he is in- 
formed. Very likely, says Mr. Dock- 
stader, but let the other two wait. 
And right there, at his entrance, he 
gets away with a laugh that sets the 
laughing seal upon the turn. If the 
seal is broken thereafter, it's Dock- 
stader's not Hoffman's fault. 

The wireless Is held to for several 
minutes, then the monologist drifts 
away from It to talk generally and 
laughably, but Intermittently, 
through not having bunched the 
talk. For an encore Mr. Dockstader 
again resorts to the wireless, an er- 
ror, for If it should be utilized the 
second time it should be in the act 
proper. Truth to tell — and Mr. Dock- 
stader might know the truth — he is a 
monologist who' should not take an 
encore beyond using it for a speech 
or brief remarks. He Is one of the 
best single topical talkers of the 
current times on the stage; he has 
the best writer of topical stuff aup- 
plying him. and 16 minutes of Dock- 
stader and Hoffman are plenty — 
even less — never more. 

The present Dockstader turn is his 
best novelty act; It's his best act; It 
needs only to be trimmed down. 

Sime. 



Champion," Invade* vaudeville in 
this aketch by Vincent Lawrence, 
produced by Lewis A Gordon. An- 
other male and Kathleen Comegya. 
late of "Man In the Making," are in 
support. 

The playlet opens In a parlor set, 
the bachelor living quarters of a 
cynical author who la dictating a 
book to a dictaphone. The author 
Is a hard-boiled chap who doesn't 
believe in love as reflected by the 
lines he allots his book characters. 
A touch of comedy is the removal 
of a telephone caddy revealing a de- 
canter of whiskey instead of the 
'phone. 

The author is interrupted by the 
precipitate arrival of a male friend I cided impression, more so, perhaps. 



MILTON HAYE8 

Monologist 

11 Mlna,! Two (Parlor Set) 

Winter Garden. 

^ttftsrmi m :* answpciu *»>*> 

llahman of the (late) Clifton Craw* 
ford type, who monologues soma* 
what after the Crawford style la 
one portion of the turn. That i the 
recitative part, while at the opening, 
when Mr. Hayes does his straight 
talking for laughs, he Is remindful 
of the Julius Tannen fashion of cut- 
ting off remarks, suggesting the 
point only or abruptly shifting to 
another sentence or theme, leaving 
that as unfinished. 

Discounting his newness to this 
side, an evident nervousness, the 
huge Winter Garden that no vaude- 
ville artists other than Al Jolson 
and Willie Howard have ever "alien 
in love with, Mr. Hayes made a de- 



who wants $100 in a hurry. He ex 
plains to Mitchell he is eloping with 
a married woman who awaits out- 
side. During the confab she enters. 
The Lothario leaves her in Mitchell's 
apartments while he goes to raise 
the necessary century. 

She is the Aral woman who has 
ever trodden in his home domain. 
He has never had a sweetheart and 
suddenly realizes his loneliness 
when his guest ask 3 permission to 
freshen up her appearance. Ap- 
preciating she J* a good woman. 
Mitchell breaks down her reserve 
with sympathetic inquiries and dis- 
covers that the elopement is in- 
spired by her resentment of her hus- 
band's unreasonable Jealousy. 

When she oocomes faint from ner- 
vousness Mitchell carries her to a 
couch. The friend returns ready to 
claim his flame ind in answer to 
Mitchell's questioning, confesses he 
has no intention of marrying the 
girl. The hero gets rid of him by 
telling him that the girl suffered a 
change of heart during his absence 
and returned home. 

She has been sleeping through the 
dialog of the two men, but awakens 
to become frightened at Mitchell's 
sudden advances and love making. 
After a dramatic moment in which 
Mitchell informs her she Is any 
man's property since leaving her 
husband, he convinces her he has 
been acting a part to portray the 
future for her. 

His sincerity and the horrible fu- 
tuce he succeeds in presenting con- 
vince the errant one there are worse 
things than Jealous husbands. She 
leaves after a hearty handclasp to 
allow the final curtain to descend 
on the author, who is there dictat- 
ing an Inspired chapter. The cur- 
tain descends with the young author 
declaring to the machine, "My God. 
I'm in love with love." 

The sketch Is well written and in 
tho hands of Mr. Mitchell and Miss 
Comegys, convincingly enacted. "It 
is a capable vaudeville vehicle for 
the star. Con. 



DOWNEY and CLARIDGE 

Comedy Cycling 

12 Mins.; Full 8tage 

Broadway 

Miss Claridge is a neat girl, ap- 
pearing first on a bicycle for straight 
work. Downey as a tramp comic is 
the turn's main Idea, he working 
alone. 

In make-up, entrance, work and 
routine it is a copy of Joe Jackson, 
only that Downey goes further 
than Jackson In the loose control of 
his tattered baggy trousers, which 
once slip to his knees. The picking 
up of "coin," spluttering cigar, 
breakaway bike, stepping on the 
horn, and the dangling cuff. It's 
all there, making It look like Jack- 
son had sold the use of his routine 
for threeja-day. 

For the finale the girl Is out on 
roller skates, sings a song and has 
a dance bit, the man entrancing on 
several unicycle devices. The act 
opened the show, without starting 
anything Monday afternoon. 

Jbcc. 

"CATLAND" (2) 
Animal Act 
10 Mins.; Three 
City 

A man and woman work this Mine 
offering, putting the pussies through 
a rather average routine of stunts. 
The mingling of the rodents with 
the cats proved no great novelty, 
particularly so when two of the lat- 
ter showed tendencies of snapping 
at the mice. A whirling quadruple 
aeroplane contraption In which four 
of the cats were seated was the get- 
away trick. Purely a mechanical 
trick, and certainly is no display of 
animal Intelligence. 

The offering appears to be hastily 
framed, and betrays crudeness. Just 
small tfme. Abel. 



TOM McRAE ar.d Co. (1) 
Talk and Song 
12 Mins.; One 
City 

Two men. Straight and comic, 
the latter employing a nasal vocal 
intonation for the wise-cracks. 
After a few minutes of sidewalk 
chatter the team gets down to a 
baseball number, sporting regula- 
tion uniforms. The straight then 
starts In on the chorus of an old 
published number which Mr. McHae 
takes up with a peculiar clucking 
Voice that was responsible for an 
encore. Ho did an imitation of a 
xylophone (announced), employing 
two mallets and his partner's body 
for the instrument. The same cluck- 
ing melody was employed with some 
comedy by-play, such as hitting his 
partner on the head and face. This 
bit is the kingpin of the act and de- 
spite Its brevity and the even tempo 
of the preceding material is enough 
to carry the combination around the 
pop circuits. Abel. 



TOREDA BROTHERS (2) 

Acrobatic 

8 Mins.; Three 

City 

Two male Orientals. One opens 
with some clever pedal juggling. 
The kingpin of the routine is a 
perch stunt in which an Inverted 
bicycle is balanced on the pole and 
supported by the understauder. first 
on the shoulder and then in the belt 
of the kimona. The seat of the 
"bike" Is upside down. The top- 
mor.ntcr propels It with bis feet as 
if he were resting on a sent, and 
then somersaults and revolves the 
pedals with his hands, with his feet 
in the air. It is a spectacular trick 
which, coupled with the rest of their 
frame-up, ought to qualify them ns 
standard openers for any vaudeville 
lay. put. Ab€l 



upon the wise bunch around the 
house Monday than decidedly upon 
the audience. The wlsa ones saw in 
Mr. Hayes possible production ma- 
terial for this side, while the audi- 
ence noted a irfost r.jreeable enter- 
tainer whom they heartily ap- 
plauded for his verses and laughed 
at his witticisms. 

Mr. Hayes is making his first 
American appearance, on the Ghu- 
bert time. He came over for but 
four weeks to see how the Ameri- 
cans might like him. He dresses 
(evening) in grey sack suit, cane, 
soft hat, and wears a monocle. Cf 
medium height on the stage, he has 
an easy bearing, seems fairly cer- 
tain of himself, and evidenced he 
had improved his short while over 
here by commenting upbn that 
national pest, prohibition. He also 
had remarks on the wife, starting 
off the monolotist division by 
briefly mentioning the war (with- 
out saying anything about his own 
part in it). 

The recitations were a trio, com- 
mencing with ' Smiles" . nd ending, 
for an encore, with "Merchandise." 
Yli\ch seemed to perfectly hold at- 
tention, tho latter being used for 
an encore. In fact, two of tho verses 
were encore retun.s. 

Mr. Hayes is an English artist of 
quite some stage standing in his 
own country. He came here on his 
own volition and is entitled to credit 
for that. He can get over in big 
time vaudeville or the first-class 
musical comedy productions and 
possibly straight comedy, allowing 
ho can handle roles. It's his pres- 
ence that will do it. He exudes 
class when on the stage. 

And this seems to be something 
Capt. Hayes kept to himself, told 
by a friend and most singularly not 
in possession of tho Shuberts' press 
department: that Mr. Hayes was a 
Captain in the English army dur- 
ing the war; that his record is 
among the best; that he was 
wounded several times while In 
action and captured more than ones 
by the Huns. 

Sinir. 



ZAZA, ADELE and CO. (1) 
Dancing and Piano 
14 Mins.; Full Cyc. 
Columbia (Dec. 25). 

Mixed double dancing train with 
youthful male pianist. The act is 
opened by the pianist singing a 
number introducing the dancing pair 
in a "skating" waltz a la Maurice, 
an Apache dance well handled, a 
ballad solo by the girl and a fast 
fox trot with difficult looking body 
swings and a trick of the male of 
taking off his coat and putting it on 
again while dancing. 

Between the dances the pi. mist 
solos and sir.gs, getting by nicely. 
A change of costume accompanies 
each dance. Tho tun: started 
slowly at the Columbia, but built 
up to a generous finish. 

It qualifies as a capable dancing 
frame up for f.ie three-a-day 
houses. Con. 



BRAVO, BARRA and TRUJILLO 
Song and Dance 
15 Mir.s.; Throo 
State 

M. f'Joldrn presents this time- 
people turn that Includes in its cost 
a hard working mixed dance team 
and a woman vocalist who can still 
get away with "Kiss Me Again" and 
"Little C.ypsy Sweetheart" as vocal 
solos and win spontaneous returns 
for her efforts from the entire audi- 
ence. 

The dancers open with a Spanish 
cabinet number that clicked, fol- 
lowed by the singer. Tho terps and 
the chirps were alternately mixed 
up thereafter, blending well alto- 
gether. 

Tho combination should easily P 
it once around on this time and d< 
well in the intermediate 1m»mm c . , 

J/</. 












Friday, January 6, 1922. 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



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MRS IRENE CASTLE and CO. 
Danein* Instrumental end Pieturen. 
£ Mins.; Two and FmII Stage (Spe- 

Orp «um, Brooklyn 

Preceding Ireno Castle's appear- 
ance 200 feet of pictures are thrown 

, the screen, showing her in varl- 
>UJ phases of home life, such as 

jrseback riding, swimming and 
living and with her collection of 
Lnlne pets. The JUms ran about 
even minutes. A title next which 

ild this was a year for comebacks 
Lnd Miss Castle had decided to 
make one herself. 

The act proper starts with Miss 
Castle appearing personally in 
«two." announcing she wilMlng and 
characterizing the statement /ith a 
of kidding anent her vocal lim- 
itations. A male pianist, Do llup- 
feld, is the accompanist. The song, 
a simple ballad, was nicely phrased. 
A short dance followed. Accompan- 
ist pianologs song next, following 
whieh act goes to full stage, with a 
black and gold eye and draped 
lighting effects. Piinist becomes 
violinist here, Miss Castle offering 
three dances of the ballroom type 
that made her, the first a waltz, 
second fox trot and third one-step, 
With Wm. Reardon as dancing 
partner. 

Miss Castle still remains a grace- 
ful dancer, each number scoring. 
She received appreciative applause 
at the conclusion, but not enough 
to warrant a speech. As a class turn 
the Castle act nils tho bill. Lcll. 



" has a slight 
girl as the 



SEWELL SISTERS 
.Songs and Dances 
16 Mins.; One and Full Stage - 
6th Ave. 

Here is an act that is a produc- 
tion. The Sewell Sisters are Cissle 
and Georgia, the former having been 
la "The Honey Girl" and the latter 
la "Buddies." They team up in sing- 
ing and dancing somewhat along the 
lines of the Hengler Sisters of 
years ago. Assisting them are two 
Others, a pianist and another girl, 
both unmentione 1. 

The opening in "one 
prolog with assisting 
Goddess Terpsichore, who decries 
the present method of dancing, etc. 
The sisters enter and make a plea 
for an opportunity in song. The 
Goddess appears and conducts them 
to the seat of the Gods, where they 
are to be given opportunity. 

A dance repertoire follows, run- 
ning to solos and doubles, the girls 
performing exceedingly well and 
looking extremely pretty in several 
changes of costume. 

There seems to be a lack of stage 
■pace in the present arrangement of 
the set That is, lack of space for 
the girls to dance in the double 
numbers. There is a throne set at 
the top of a flight of steps In the 
center of the stage and then with 
the pianist at one side of the stage 
the girls . find themselves rather 
cramped for room in the double 
numbers. The baby spot in the 
foots is not a" good arrangement 
and it would be bctu. if it were 
attached to one of the battens so 
that it would light t' e rone, for 
at present when the girls are work- 
ing down stage they are shadowed 
against tl.o back drop and cut the 
light from tho throm?, for which it 
Is evidently intended. 

With a little whipping together 
the act will do nicely in big time 
bills, spotted right. It is a question 
whether or not the position where 
It would have entertainment value 
can stand the expense that this act 
would be. Doth of the girls are high 
salaried musical comedy artistes 
and with two additional people and 
ths production cost, the act must 
carry considerable weekly overhead. 

Fred. 



RAYMOND and LUM 
Talk and Songs 
15 Mins.; One 
66th St 



Kay nm nd may be formerly of Ray- 
mond ami Caverly. Ijum (in bur- 
glars domino) and Raymond come 
rushing on tho sta-, r e complaining it 
Was a close call trying to rob the 
Police station. That le:ids Into tell- 
ing croKo-lire, Al Raymond rmpl°y- 
ing a slight character accent. The 
straight man for his part feeds nobly 
and coos two pop ballads acceptably. 



SOPHIE TUCKER (4) 

"The Syncopated Jubilee" (Songs) 

3* Mins. | Full 8tage (Parlor) 

Palace 

"Sophie Tucker, 'Everybody's 
Favorite/ and her new company in 
'The Syncopated Jubilee,' by Jack 
Lalt; Mr. Al Siegel at the piano; 
Manny Morris, director," la the full 
and fulsome billing. 

Who is this "Mr, Al Siegel?" Isn't 
Jack Lalt a respected citizen? And 
isn't Manny Morris a good director? 
Isn't there a decent mister at the 
Palace this week excepting Mr. Al 
Siegel? There isn't on the program 
and there isn't in any stage act, ex- 
cepting MlsS Tucker's — and the pro- 
gram doesn't even affix the Miss 
before Sophie Tucker's name on it. 
And then when Siegel appears! His 
entrance is made star-like. A 
flunkey says Mr. Al Siegel awaits. 
Miss Tucker repeats, "Mr. Al 
Siegel?" and by that time Mr. Al 
Siegel is at the door, so the flunkey 
announces, "Mr. Al Siegel." And so 
by this time the audience is com- 
mencing to think Mr. Al Siegel is 
quite some guy, but after a little 
airy and intimate persiflage between 
Tucker and_Siegel, Miss Tucker set- 
tles everything by waving him away, 
telling him to go to Work, he's only 
a niano player; she h.is had one of 
her own and knows how to handle 
them. That settled that. 

The intimacy continues in con- 
versation and song. Miss Tucker, 
after referring to her own pi- no 
player of the past, mentions Mr. 
Siegel's "shimmy shaker" and thep 
sings to Siegel a nice little idea in a 
published ditty that says: "I got it 
and you'll get it." Siegel contra- 
dicts by doing the chorus himself, 
taking the "I got it" end. That left 
it to the professionals in front to 
decide. Tho lay audience didn't 
seem highly excited over the marital 
and professional troubles of the 
couple on the stage, even if the lays 
knew of them or had read about 
them or had remembered them. 
'Just how good the memory of the 
lays will be in Washington next 
week is another question. 

The professional troubles of Miss 
Tucker's came out in her remarks 
about the Five Kings of Syncopa- 
tion, a jazzing band that left Miss 
Tucker over a slight difference of 
opinion on value. Miss Tucker has 
a song about them, how they left 
her and broke up; what she did for 
them and so on, but she never even 
told the house among all the other 
confidences that she is receiving 
the same salary from the Keith Cir- 
suit without the band that she did 
with the band — and that is some- 
thing — professionally. And she may 
be overlooked mentioning that the 
Five Kings of Syncopation are this 
week playing at Shuberts' Winter 
Garden with "Harmony Land," a 
production act, the same five, but 
whether at the Tucker or a new 
salary is, unknown. 

Miss Tucker's 36 minutes are too 
long. She's a fine vaudeville enter- 
tainer and has a first-class act if 
this intimate talk isn't so considered, 
but without it, Mr. Lalt has given 
her a lot, in songs as well as dialog. 
The latter is all smart, even the per- 
sonal portion, and it carries Miss 
Tucker, who has never looked so 
well, right' along. Lait's "Boy o* 
Mine" is a specially written ballad 
Miss Tucker sings as her "son" is 
announced. He enters in military 
uniform and she hugs him. He hugs 
her back as she sings the number, 
then he violins with Slegcl's piano 
playing, the one dull moment of the 
act. Miss Tucker sings another 
ballad for the encore, "Granny," a 
published number, setting this song 
with a grey-haired old lady seated 
in a chair. Miss Tucker can sing a 
ballad; that's why she sings three 
in this turn. 

"I'm No One's Fool" was a big 
laugh getter on the closing line, 
but "I'll Listen to Reason" that had 
a big laughing and blue snap for the 
finish went out, as it should, after 
the Monday matinee. Another bal- 
lad, also new and published, "South- 
land" went over right well. 

There is incidental business and 
talk for nearly all of the members, 
even a cleverly arranged snatch of 
"All Ry Myself" to introduce the 
"son." This gives Miss Tucker a 
"son" and a "granny" (grandmother) 
on the stage during the act of which 



ALICe LLOYD 

8ongs 

23 Mins.; One 

This return engagement of Alice 
Lloyd, in Shubert vaudeville, finds 
her in possession of a number, new, 
and as bright a portion of her turn 
as "What Are You Getting At?" was 
when Miss Lloyd stamped herself in- 
delibly with that song in New York. 

The new song is "an impression of a 
music hall singer of years ago," 
probably of England, the "soubret" 
style of singer she who sang a few 
bars and danced a few steps, faking 
both. Miss Lloyd dresses for it in 
the serio-comic fashion as well, and 
in tights. Those who always thought 
well of Miss Lloyd's nether limbs or 
that section disclosed beneath her 
bathing costume of "Splash Me," 
may now see the rest of the sight 
in the tlghted number. The song is 
the hit of her new act, Miss Lloyd 
aiding tr~ *"ric with gestures, step- 
ping and glances. 

"Splash Me" in a new and pret- 
tier- than-before bathing costume is 
one of the encores, recognized from \ 
its opening strains at the Winter 
Garden last week when Miss Lloyd 
started the Shubert tour. (This 
week she is at the Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia). "Getting. At, Eh" 
was also an encore, while another 
of Miss Lloyd's familiars was her 
second number, "Did Your First 
Wife Ever Do That?" 

The turn opens with a new song, 
"The Cosmopolitan Girl. "Baby, 
Good Night," a ballad out of the 
usual Lloyd line, has a catchy mel- 
S ody to stand off its heart's throb as 
| the third song. Then the music 
haller and the rest. 

The Winter Garden billed Alice 
Lloyd as "America's favorite Eng- 
glish comedienne." She is just that, 
now and always; a sure fire on any 
bill, with an American record un- 
equalled by any of her English pro- 
fessional sisters or brothers. And 
that Alice Lloyd is still a magnet 
on the American vaudeville stage, 
iooks the same Alice, and delivers 
her songs in that extremely fasci- 
nating way she had and has of put- 
ting them over, are a few of the re- 
markable stage staples of this re- 
markable English girl that have 
made her remarkable American rec- 
ord.. 

Miss Lloyd again baa a pianist, 
and a high-class one in work and 
looks, Berton Brown. Bime, 



to the accompaniment, in the course ' they are a part and otherwise would 



ef the latter, to Raymond's ad Jib- 
bing from the orchesti stairway 
upon which he squats no.nhalantly, 
cracking a number of nintics. Said 
nlfitlts are only unique In that, de- 
spite their bromidlc antiquity, they 
still fetch returns which is probably 
indirect compliment to the reciter 
thereof for his manner of telling 
thom. 

The combination should get over 
in a feature spot on the better 
thrce-a-<lay bills. Abel, 



have been stage box plants, but it 
aids the singer in doing the ballad 
character work, making scenes. 

The Tucker act is all set. It Ihoks 
as though Miss Tucker truthfully 
said in her speech that while .she 
was nervous appealing "alone" 
(without the band) idio is over it 
now that she knows she's over and 
she's over. The closing the first 
part position gave proof of that, the 
house remaining in their seats wait- 
ing for more. Bime. 



RUBY DARBY (1) 

Songs 

11 Mins. One 

Broadway 

Miss Darby specializes in blues 
songs and with them she Is at home. 
In soubrette rig and Ted Shapiro at 
the piano, she "goes to It." 

One of two of the numbers, all 
published, have been fitted with 
special lyrics. The first number 
was so dressed, the lines saying she 
is partial to the blues. To demon- 
strate, Miss Darby worked in bits 
of raggy numbers and then went 
into ono of the newest of \he brand. 

Special treatment, too, was given 
a number that may be hot off the 
griddle. The lyric imparts the news 
that "somebody else's daddy always 
looks belter to me." Choruses of 
additional blues numbers or those 
fitting were skilfully worked in. The 
next number, "Tell the World He's 
Mine," sounded like another new 
blues, while for the finale Miss 
Darby, though not deviating from 
style, stepped a bit, the dancing 
supposedly representing these odd 
steps referred to in many blues 
songs. 

Miss Darby may have stepped out 
of a cabaret revue, for she knows 
her subject and will please those 
who like thcirg ragged. Ibcm. 

JEAN BOYDELL 

Songs 

11 Mins.; One 

American Roof 

Jean Boydcll Is a singing come- 
dienno with a routine of four char- 
acter numbers, two of which are 
published and tho remaining two 
restricted. Each of tho numbers is 
of a comedy nature, for each of 
which a change of costume is made. 
The changes are made with such 
rapidity that the singer Is off the 
stage but for a few seconds. The 
Howery and comedy Oriental num- 
ber arc tho outstanding features of 
the turn. It is with the. so two that 
Miss Roydell displays her real abil- 
ity as a comedienne. In this line 
the young woman shows real pos- 
sibilities. Her delivery is of suf- 
ficient value to put th numbers 
over with the comedy anfles sure 
fire. 

A bit more schooling and this miss 
will be ready for the best that 
vaudeville can offer. Hart. 



PEQQY PARKER end Co. (4) 

Song and Dance Revue 

30 Mine.; One) Full; One (Special 

Coliseum 

Peggy Parker is the personable 
personality blonde who formerly 
was partnered with Eddie Butzcl. 
She is now on her own in an elab- 
orate offering that will keep her 
featured for many weeks. Assisting 
Miss Parker are four young men 
among whom is recognized Harry 
Kohler, tho former burlesque Hebrew 
comedian. Kohler turns in a neat, 
clean characterization as a dialecti- 
cal salesman who is wooing the 
charming Peggy. The others are a 
lawyer, an artist and a doctor. 
Among the unbilled and unpro- 
gramed support is a good dancing 
team, while the artist possesses a 
corking baritone voice. 

The turn opens in "one" with the 
four males before a special divided 
drop for an introductory song and 
dance. The drop divides on one 'end 
showing a corner lamp post where 
the quartette distribute "Sweet 
Adeline." The other end of the 
drop divides revealing Miss Parker 
on a dias. She informs the house 
lyrically that she is the object of 
the opening song. j 

The drop rises disclosing a eye 
with a prop house In the center, the 
lamp post right and another skele- 
ton set on the left. Around these 
three props the rest of the act 
evolves. Miss Parker makes three 
changes of wardrobe during the ac- 
tion, looking Immense in each, with 
final a white short skirted effect 
that is also utilized for the wedding 
number. 

Each of the quartet introduced 
specialties in an effort to win the 
fair one, with Kohler content to *n- 
Ject a couple of comedy bits until 
near the finish, when he captures 
the damsel's favor by a first class 
exhibition of salesmanship and a 
display of his ladles' lingerie sam- 
ples. " ,. 

The act closes in one with a fast 
quintet song and dance number. 
The songs were written by Harry 
Delf and the production attributed 
to Seymour Felix. The turn /an 30 
minutes without missing on any 
cylinder and looks in for the best 
of the bills. Miss Parker has estab- 
lished herself in this turn and has 
been exceptionally fortunate In 
picking her support. All of the 
males are there with the specialties, 
which include jazz, eccentric and 
buck dancing, vocalizing and read- 
ing lines. 

Kohler handles the comedy end 
capably, being at his best in the 
"proposal" and in a travesty sui- 
cide, where he attempts to hang 
himself from the prop lamp post 
only to discover he Is serving as a 
model for the artist who appears to 
sketch him in the ludicrous pose. 

The turn was one of the hits of 
an excellent bill at this house. With 
a little more playing, the running 
time can be cut about eight minutes 
if desirable, it's a big leaguer. 

Con. 



MABEL WITHEE and Co. (5) 
"Mary, Irene and Sally" 
(Musical Comedy) 

Winter Garden 

A "Musical Romance*' the Mabel 
Wit hoe playlet Is called on the pro- 
gram and it is no misnomer. Writ- 
ten by Eddie DowTing and staged by 
Mr. Dowling and Miss Withce, both 
of whom play the principal roles, 
there is something to this playlet 
that gives proof those who did it 
knew exact values. 

Together with the people, the 
story and the backgrounds, the 
Broadwaylte will see great holes 
where he will think there should 
have been a number, but the holes 
are skilfully covered up in dialog or 
laughs, and the 48 minutes of the 
piece run on to an interesting 
worthwhile turn that as it stt.ids in 
its vaudeville form suggests the ad- 
dltlon of numbers, a few more prin- 
cipals and the necessary choristers 
would easily convert it into a full 
evening's show. 

Mr. Dowling Is the bright star of 
the skit. It opens In the alley 
where "Irene" came from in the 
original, with Dowling the kid 
amongst his three girl friends, the 
other two being Sally and Man'. 
Mary is the particular object of his 
affection and she reciprocates. An 
organ grinder comes into the alley, 
receives a few coppers and in return 
besides the music gives the four a 
fortune telling card. Mary's card 
says she will leave the alley when 
16 and win fame, with the diamond - 
shaped curtain closing in, as in 
"Irene." 

Four years later the second scene 
Is in Jimmy Dugan's (Mr. Dowling) 
home. The girls have vamped, 
Jimmy can't locate any of them and 
he has become a plumber, to make 
his fortune and find his Mary. His 
"Ma" talk with his mother has 
plenty of laughs. The mother dis- 
covered that morning an advertise- 
ment of a Broadway play, carrying 
tho pictures of three principal girls 
in "Mary, Irene and Sally." Jimmy, 
with his Tin Liz, goes to tho theatre, 
for the next scene, a stage door with 
Dan Sullivan (who doubled for the 
grinder) making an effective stage 
doorkeeper. More dialog, with Mary 
appearing, and the next scene eyery 
one all dressed up, in the dressing 
room of the girls in the theatre, 
where each does the song hit of the 
respective plays. Helen O'Shea in 
this scene gets no small score in the 
"Silver Lining" song and dance 
from "Sally." Miss O'Shea is a 
blonde and her Marillyn Miller imi- 
tation is not at all bad. Catherine 






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ROSE GIRLS AND BROTHER (3) 
Song, Dance 
15 Mini.; Four 
58th St. 

A sister act and a clean cut look- 
ing youngster who, despite his evi- 
dent youth, shakes a nimble ankle. 
The girls make a couple becoming 
costume changes for their special- 
ties, one being a toe dancer and 
scoring with a toe jazz. The other 
clicked with a hock number but it 
remained for the boy to start some- 
thing with his eccentric stepping. 
The combination was slated No. 1 
at this house and deserves a spot 
more worthy of their efforts, al- 
though they should make good 
starters for the big bills as pres- 
ently framed. 

With a girl partner, who is more 
than just one of those boy and girl 
opposltes, he should slej out into 
a really high grade double act. His 
stepping alone bhould carry him 
along. AleU 



Mulqueen prettily did "Alice Blue 
Gown" ("Irene") and Miss Withce 
as Mary did "The Love Nest." 

It is in the fourth or dressing rorm 
scene there if a drawn out bit when 
Jimmy tries to tell Mary he loves 
her. This is tho only mar to what 
otherwise, for vaudeville, is an ex- 
ceptionally well written and pro- 
duced act. It will be remarked by 
professionals who see this turn with 
what aptitude and preclseness Mr. 
Dowling has planted his laughs. 
There are many of them and all big 
ones. Dowling has all the fat and 
most capably handles it. All the 
girls look well and their titles. 

Other than the song hits in the 
fourth scenes and a double song and 
dance in the third act there is no 
music to the skit. It's the story and 
the players. The fifth act finds the 
kids back on the fire escape in the 
alley, suggesting tho dream or wish 
thing for the lntcnenlng acts. 

"Mary, Irene and Sally" is good 
vaudeville value, and that is some- 
thing where an act can stay on fur 
48 minutes. Bime. 



MLLE. MERIDA'S PETS 
Animal Act 

10 Mini.; Three (Special) 
58th 8t. 

Dogs, cats and rats. The canines 
are the mainstay of the offering, 
working unassisted on the Btage, 
going through their stunts clad in 
convention human dress and win- 
ning laughs tlic strongest on un- 
locked for comedy by-play, such us 
upsetting a go-cart, etc. So effect- 
ive are th so stunts for laugh re- 
turns that they would le trained 
to apparently mess up a 4 rl<k. The 
animals work before a "public mar- 
ket" drop, employing two other spe- 
cial drops. 

Good sight act of its kind for any 
bill it fits Into. The many children 
at this particular show liked it. 

Abel 



HASLAM and WILSON 
Comedy Sketch 

16 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 
23d 8t. 

Couple In evening clothes. Man 
has lured woman, via automobile, to 
shack in mountains, 15 miles from 
nowhere, telling her rest of the 
party are coming. She is suppos- 
edly engaged to his friend, but had 
been flirting with him. "I'm going 
to teach one heartless girl a lesson." 
She turns the tables on him, calling 
up her supposed fiance to say sho 
won her bet. Ho reverses the situa- 
tion with cave man stuff, with the 
inversion once more in her favor 
when she confesses she really loves 
him. 

Not an especially new idea, but 
cleverly written in tho form of cross- 
fire and played In approved three- 
a-day fashion. The tublcct : es- 
sentially light comedy, and its in- 
terpreters arc a trifle ponderous in 
method, walloping over their lines 
rath'-r than scoring their points 
breezily. Jol . 



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NEW ACTS 

(Continued from previous page) 

Jazz Act 

23 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 
Winter Garden 

"Harmony Land" is mi "ull'n ••• act" 
of the Shubert vaudeville, reported 
to have boon put together in a rush 
by Rufua LeMaire of Daviilow & 
LeMaire. the agents. If Rufua can 
do so well in a hurry with an act, 
the Shuberts should keep him rush- 
ing: all the time. 

The turn holds as principals (and 
has no one else) Hattlo Althoff, 
formerly of the Althoff Slaters (Shu- 
bert turn), the Five Kings pf Syn- 
copation (formerly with Sophie 
Tucker) and Carlos and Inez, danc- 
ers. Miss Althoff looks to bo youth- 
ful and very promising. She 
sings songs of the pop kind, alone 
and with the assistance of the band. 
Its five members are musical enter- 
tainers, that type of musician who 
can do something else besides Jazz. 
And in this turn all of them do very 
well. Since Miss Tucker is adver- 
tising them this week at the Palace 
in a song that tells of their disap- 
pearance, they have gone for some 
reason, "and then thero were four" 
and "then there were three" and so 
on, the boys may regret not having 
remained away from New York un- 
til after Miss Tucker left It Is 
barely possible when Sophie finds a 
song didn't break up the Five Kings 
Bhe will stop advertising them, un- 
less it's a frame, and the way 
Sophie talks ^about her former band 
at the Palace [and the band Is at 
the "Winter Garden^ It's hard to be- 
lieve that *hcre Is any act-love re- 
maining betwt >n them. 

The blonde boy of the dancing 
couple is a whirlor. He's In the 
centre of a finale that brings a solid 
entertainment to a close. The turn 
runs evenly, there Is something do- 
ing all the while and thero Is a stage 
picture during all of this that makes 
it pleasant to look upon. 

Honald Kerr staged the dances 
and the numbers are by Buffano and 
Richmond. 

The break between the band and 
Miss Tucker happened about the 
same, time the Althoff Sisters de- 
cided to separate, with the combina- 
tion then formed showing the fol- 
lowing Sunday at the 44th Street 
and receiving a Shubert route from 
the take off. 

The Shuberts havo made no mis- 
take. They havo a good act in 
"Harmony Land" and some one to 
keep a production eyo oo In Hattie 
Althoff. Simc. 

WM. EDMUNDS and Co. 
"Peg O' My Sole" (Skit) 
19 Mins.; Three (Special}. 
6th Ave. 

"William Fdnnmds, assisted by a 
girl and another man, Is presenting 
a. combination sketch with a song 
and dance Included that has pos- 
sibilities. There Is a special set 
used showing a street with a stage 
d(.or and a cobbler shop adjoining it. 
Tho cobbler is Kdmunds doing 
"«'"P,' while tho piii j s a danco star 
of tho attraction at the theatre next 
door. A throe-sheet poster effect 

^with a picture of tho girl is dis- 

^pia\ed on the side walls or the thc- 

Batre. 

Y T^o cobbler has loved (ho girl fur 
the entire eight months that she has 
played at the theatre and finally has 
< ourago enough to speak to her. He 
dates her up for dinner after the 
matinee performance and she con- 
sents. At the last minute, however, 
she throws hiri down as she is going 
to meet her husband. 

Kdmunds' character Is well done 
a ed the remedy that he furnishes is 
what m;i!;is the a et worth While. 
The girl h.ndlos lines well enough, 
but is shy on dance find vocal re- 
<iuir<nu nis. The offering, however, 
j- a nov. ity In a small way that 
should hold the u<-t up early in the 
bills for oic c aiuunu, at least. 

Fred. 

EDDY and MIRIAM 
Singing and Dancing 
10 Mins.; One (Special Drop) 
58th St. 

Youthful mix"d e<>up'e, open with 
duet aid dance; then announce Hie 
dance lluy d-d with Ceorgo M. Co- 
han's ",M,n\" company, afti which 
she doc- a sub) dance with . vnrhty 
of stepping; a double number with 
hinds and lifts; he aciobatic stop- 
ping; doubb> ariobalie stepping. 
They have seme original steps, the 
Pill is v ry eu;«\ end both are plcas- 
l : i L'. 

If tiny can <h h\or dialog and 
have some spenai'v written they 
might progress Ik > diid the throe-a- 
day. At jut si nf that is the be>t 
they can po sibly aspire to. 

Jolo. 




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Singing Quartet 
12 Mint.; One 
58th St. 

Spotted for the "dein ( " i- about 
the speed of this combination lor 
the family houses, where (hey should 
pet by if the gallery ;;mls don't pet 
to 'cm first, as was the tendency 
when showing at the aKth St. the last 
half of last week. The girls have 
the videos and make a good enough 
appearance collectively, but their 
song routine is all wrong. A num- 
ber that w ill hit hot oil' the bat is 
what is lacking to «■ l.tb.eh them. 

IllSie;ol, though I Id \ i'o g l!lni i o|l- 
sj(biai»!e Spee,| ;,H t)l( V g> I alollg. 

liny a re h.iiidica |>|>< d mun ! b .- ; e i l 
with a poor impn .■-. -ii -n. 

The two-end gaD ■■oini .1 o anu< \ 
a bttie stage presence and poise. 
Tlie two middle "sisters' stepping 
out f<>r a double number, ]ooU'd 
much better than when lost in the 
ensemble. When they get down to 
pop stuff they hi eiried to intere-t. 
'but at inli'i time.-, not. i Atx'l. 



ALLEN and DONEGAN 

Songs and Dances 

17 Mins.; One and Threo (Special) 

Coliseum 

Tie's is a new pair for vauih villc 
They are Francis X. Done an and 
Amelia Allen. 1'oth ha\e be n re- 
cently with legitimate productions, 
but not as a team. They are the 
happiest combination that lias 
struck vaudeville In many a season. 
Miss Allen is a pretty brunot httle 
uiil who dances with undraped 
bmbs lor two unusually po x\ rea- 
sons. As a kicker and contortionist 
•he is about as riifty as tiny conns 
All of her solo dances Mopped the 
.ed cold. Sho does a sn.ulv d.me, 
th it is the realization of the goal 
tb.it all of the otlniH have b<<;i 
shoot i eg a t. 

Donegan i- a showman of (lie »i t st 
v. a t ■ r and a clever, grui ■< f ul ^ ! - pper 
lie u^s marvelous judgtiu ut in let - 
ting t lie pnl walk away with tin- 
act and coupled with an ordinary 
performer he would stick on! liko a 
hore thumb. Donognn makes a mat 



appearance In an etnn Jacket and 
prey trousers worn throughout. 
.Miss Allen exhibits three chances, 
tho first a Knickerbocker o.isiumo, 
the other two short dresses and bare 
legs. 

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handling the lyrics. Tiny closed the 
vaudeville portion of the lull lure 
and were recalled again and again 
until forced lo beg oh' with a speech. 
It is the best combi li : t c ni of im 
hind liiat tho w i ,t« r ha < «■-,-. r 
caught. e,,n m 

CANSINO BROS, acd r,"./\RION 

WILKCNS 
Dancing 

9 Mins.; Full Stage (Special f>et ) 
53th St. 

Two young nun and a r ait i . < i \ <• 
fill, essaying damim; Mi.:! nee 
ni" tly to the Spanish \arbty. T'ne 
trio u|ii n wit h a < avtam t number. 
with indi\idual ciih rind piratiiet tes. 
follow it up directly with another 
Spanish, number employing metal 



"castnnefs- ,;f tlie metal clickers 
■'ie called castanets). The hoys 
'hen do a brii-f lambom inn kicking 
dance, wddle the girl changes to a 
ballet -length dress lor modern jazz 
•'lopping. The trio finish with a 
combination of dar.eis ranging from 
balling the j l( ; n to chorus ensunbb: 

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Sengs and Talk 
14 Mins.; Or.o 
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Colored Comedians 
14 Mins. One 
Columbia (Dec. 25) 

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— UKAtfDr GUIGNOli 

Paris, Doc. 21* 
For tho fust tirae In its lonjf hi»* 
tory tho chamber of horrors la th«| 
Kue Chaptal was iho scene of % 
manifofitation of inotvst by tho free 
critics at iho unnecessary direful 
program. The authors of "Au Petit 
Jour," by A. de Lorde and Jean 
Bernac, have tried to force atten* 
tlon by depleting a capital punlaU^ 
ment, but they have overstepped 
the mark. The third act of this 
drama is the execution of a wretch 
who has lived on his mistress for 
years and finally murders her. Thej 
audience at the premiere saw the 
guillotine in use, and a dummy head 
fell Into the basket of sawdust when 
the knife dropped. It wai realifttlo 
to a degree, so much so that til* 
police have ordered Camille ChOln 
manager of the Grand GuIgnoLidl 
cut out this distasteful flnaL Thtf 
play Is not marred thereby, albelfl 
there Is little now to talk about. It 
Is Just an ordinary drama of no Im- 
portance. Another new 2 -act drama 
in the same bill Is "Knscvells," by 
Paul Arosa. A couple of minora ahf 
blocked In a coal pit; the men are 
old friends and talk while their 
comrades labor for their release* 
They were both In love with the! 
same woman, and when the one who 
married her learns his companion 
has been her lover he seizes a bomb* 
killing them both. To spread *> 
graver atmosphere Robert Dieudonne! 
has written "Du Berber a la BeT* 
gere," one-act farce, telling of Andre, 
who Is about to be married and IS 
about to tell his mistress they most* 
part, when she arrives to confess 
she also has found a husband. Tlien 
Andre gets angry; he was willing to 
quit Hcnrletto but objects to being 1 
turned down by her. A trifle about 
a puppy's pride, quite well devel* 
oped. On the same bill ^e have ei 
revival of Pierre Veber's one-act 
sketch, "Monsieur Mealan." The 
show on tho whole is good end 
should suit the habitues of thl* 
house. ifcndreie* 1 

LA DANSEUSE BOUGE \ ' 

Paris, Dec^ZL 

A successful adaptation of a booJC 
by CharleB Henri Hirsch, "La Chevre 
aux pleds d'or," in three acts and an 
epilogue. It is a mild theatrical 
version of the closing career of the' 
Dutch dancer Mate Hari, who wae 
shot as a German spy during the 
war, but the author has transformed 
the role to that of a Red Russian 
and baptised her Touteha. The 
well-known music hall artiste who 
is alleged to have sold military se- 
crete to the enemy and paid the death' 
penalty therefor by being shot at 
the fort of Vincennes, a suburb oft 
Paris, is painted in sympathetic CdV 
ors. In the first act wc are In hef 
dressing room of the theatre at 
Monte Carlo, where she is surround)* 
ed by admirers. An Intimate friend 
Introduces a young French attorney* 
Bregyl, and the bceiie terminates by 
her falling in the arms of the latter v 

Several years pass, and In the seo^ 
ond act wc arc plunged into a trial 
for espionage in 101G. The court 
martial is faithfully reproduced. By 
a coincidence 1're^yi is lifted to de^ 
fend tho prisoner, the dancer 
Touteha, who Is ac.as< (I of mixing 
wiiii jji in !i vn'ib'i.a ! .anlng of 
their plan.s, ntul communicating' 
them to the Ccrni.'iin, (It is stated 
Mata Ilari actually was defended 
by a former lover, a prominent 
French lawyer.) lie pleads irre* 
sponsibility, describing the dancer 
as a nervous, fantastical, superstl* 
tlous creature, a victim of circum«i 
stunces. Various witnesses are giv*^ 
ing testimony, and the accused con«* \ 
fesses her guilt in pathetic language* 
This is one of the best passages tti( ; 
the rolo ably held by Cora Lapax* ' 
eerie. j 

The third act is the woman's prf* 
■on of St. Liuzare, in Paris, with the} 
sisters of mercy ministering to the' 
wretched prisoners. Ilregyl visits 
his former mistress, and to spare her 
pain invents a sacred lie. He as* 
sures tho girl, who has a terrible) 
fear of death, she will bo spared, but 
in order to satisfy public opinion a 
pretense of execution will be en- 
acted. She uill bo led to the post, 
the soldiers will Ihe, but blank, car* 
trldges will be In the rifles. 

Thus in tho epilogue, whed 
Touteha 1m 1*m1 across the stage (the 
set reproHon-toig an alley within the 
fort of Vim runes) to bo shot the 
db plays inconceivable bravery^ 
There is the sound of the volley, 
and the final pistol nhot signifying 
the coup de caace. Bregyl returns 
weeping; the ^irl has died believing 
she. was to live Thia -drama i° fober. 
rapid, and t In ;it rieul, and Mhould 
in < « t wit h <-ui ii ss, 

bio. Colin is o. K. as tho lawyer;' 
C.irpentier poilra'.s a dignifled gov- 



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ui- • <:• , a f !< r that held 
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im • r. 'Idas is h.-id by Mile. 

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a\ - a her testimony 

jn.ir-ti.il in a most 

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(Continued from page 21) 
house practically and served the 
only good purpose of allowing for 
the scat changing at the conclusion 
of the feature picture. Forrest and 
Church, a polite mixed team in 
ante-bellum cloth , sang, danced 
and banjoed to intermittent atten- 
tion due to the restless and ever- 
changing seat occupants. Bravo, 
Barra and Trujlllo (New Acts) were 
the first to get anywhere and were 
avidiously welcomed by the entire 
house. This is a type of act ideal 



most interesting turns of the eve- 
ning, with the applause winnings in 
tho early spot well above the stand- 
ard. 

tiling's Seals, No. 3, introduced a 
neatly arranged routine that con- 
sists of several meritorious feats. 
Uling has trained his seals with care 
and has developed a turn that can 
be placed well up in the front rank 
in its class. Bennett and Lee (New 
Acts), No. 6, followed by Downing 
and the Bunin Sisters, closed the 
first half. Downing displays neatly 
worked up comedy with his co- 
workers attractive blrls who can 



for the State type. The clicking sing and dance, 
castanets and the colorful Spanish 
and gypsy costuming of this trio got 
to 'em from the first. 

Elsie White is topping the pro- 
gram. Opening with an Indigo 
•'nigger" plaint, she went into "Sec- 
©nd-Hand Rose" and "O'Reilly, I'm 
Ashamed of You" (both from the 
Ziegfeld "Follies"), begging off with 
a wop number that serves its pur- 
pose at least for letting her off, al- 
though not 60 strong lyrically, fur- 
ther handicapped in this big house 
because of the dialect and tempo. 

Phil Adams and Girls closod with 
his familiar hotel tab that he has 
been doing since 1915. Adams now 
has only four gals in the support in 
addition to the bell-hop opposite. 
The ensembles are run through me- 
chanically, suggesting the damsels 
could do them in their sleep, and- 
as for some of the gags, they sound 
as If they were resurrected in 1915 — 
not born then— and given new life 
the six years later. As far as 
small time tabs go. the act will con- 
tinue playing Loew and kindred 
bookings for another half dozen 



Stanley and Winthrop (New Acts) 
opened after intermission, making 
way for Walter Fenner and Co. in a 
bar-room sketch which contains suf- 
ficient comedy value to hold down 
after the intermission 'Spot with 
ease. The Fenner vehicle has sev- 
eral twists which provide the nec- 
essary punch to place it abovo the 
cut-and-dried type of sketch. 

Sherman, Van and Hyman (New 
Acts) walked atfny with the ap- 
plause honors of the evening next 
to closing, with Cross and Sartorls 
providing the vaudeville nightcap. 

Hart. 



I^yndall Laurell and Co- Including 
bug punching, boxing and wrestling 
girls, closed the show. For the 
downtown house the turn was a 
good selection as a clo?'.^ *£Z ^S rjp» - 



Hart. 



COLISEUM 



The huge R S. Moss away uptown 
house was nearly capacity Monday 
afternoon and housed a corking 
vaudeville bill of six acts and the 
usual feature picture and news 
weekly. The bill was ono of those 
happy hooking combinations that 
just happen. Two of the acts — 
Peggy Parker and Co. and Allen and 



for th« gallery, the boxes being 
fl.lt. A bill of usual seven -act 
length was offered, with Ilobart 
Bos worth In "The Storm" as the 

Tm fmr "^ .-sfeU&-«qju<xtra 1 



picture card was added in Hare id 
Lloyd's "High and Dry." Two turns 



another dance for the getaway 
The sketch was "Honor Thy Cha. 
' with Mrs. William I^wreni 
d; a laughable satirical fat? 



dren,' 
featured; a i 

by S^^ui -^V*Si-i^-)-~fl*rd--v i '. li xi2 

presumption* 



man, dealing with 

modern spoiled, children who nJ 



~ — o~ --- , 4 . „„r«„ i Donegan (New Acts) — sent the cus-i 

years, but in all cases the gagging tomera out buzz i ng t h ir praised, 
could stand rejuvenation. AUen and Donegan closed the 

The Douglas I ajrbanks picture vaudevlUe por tion, with the Miss 
eent the old mob exiting and a new" 



colfectlon battling their way down 
the aisles for a squat. Abel. 




FORDHAM 

A complete sell-out at the Ford- 
ham road house Monday night with 
a good vaudeville bill headed by 
Grant Mitchell (new acts). The 
Mitchell turn, a sketch with a male 
and Kathleen Comegys, lute fea- 
tured with "Man In the Making" at 
the Hudson, was spotted fourth and 
found a cordial reception here. It 
looks o. k. for vaudeville and dis- 
plays the Mitchell personality 

nicely. 

Robinson and Pierce, third, took 
the next applause hit with their 
clever talking and singing conceit. 
This pair have a novelty in a man 
and woman offering. Tho girl Is an 
jllent foil for Robinson's comedy. 
X is as clean as a hound's 
rlth not a dull moment. They 
speech. 

in favor was Oscar Boralne, 
closing, with his violin corn- 
Id aided and abetted by a girl 
_ -_ F phiseer In a box. The Lonilne 
frame-up is sure fire for the pop 
houses. His entrance Into the audi- 
ence for intimate clowning with the 
customers was handled inoffensively 
and for big laughs. Boralno Is "nut- 
ting" as ever and will hook It up to 
safe returns on any of the bills. 

The Faynes, a contortionist and 
woman partner, opened. The male I 
Is a marvel in the bending line, 
almost defying t,he laws of gravita- 
tion. A baek bend from atop a table 
to a hand-stand on the stage, and 
then a recovery to tho upright posi- 
tion is ono of the impossible looking 
feats. Another pip was some bends 
With the only support for his bod 
a teeth-hold on a pointed apparatus. 
A pretty full stage set is carried 
with the woman showing three nice 
wardrobe changes. It's a corking 
opener. 

Frank Mullane, second, had no 
trouble with his stories and j;ongs. 
Mullane had them going and coming 
here with his dialects and closed a 
big hit. He has developed a trick 
of following the point of a story 
With a pantomlned explanation 
Which Js unnecessary and liable! to 
antagonize a discriminating gather- 
ing. An audience is quick to resent 
any aspersions cast, on their mental 
perceptions and may misinterpret 
the Mullane gestures for that rea- 
son. 

The MeConnell Sisters, a soprano 
and contralto harmony team, fol- 
lowed everything and landed 
cleanly. The girls have excellent 
voices of evident cultivation and 
considerable production which lifts 
them above the ordinary sister sing- 
ing team. Hassnrfl Short produced 
the act which carried two special 
drops .and invisible drape baek of 
which one sister poses in a flood 
during the rendition of a ballad. 
They held up the feature picture 
for a few raiment*, such was the 
reception of iheir song rvi'lo. 

Con. 



Parker turn up second. 

Every act on the bill got over 
strongly before one of the most ap- 
preciative audiences in Greater New 
Vork. Frank Browne opened with 
his excellent xylophoning and 
started things right. Browne ren- 
dered a number of double and four- 
hammer numbers, blending the 
classical, syncopation and popular 
numbers just right for the public 
taste, and as a result earned a cou- 
ple of legitimate recalls. 

After the Parker act had given the 
show an unusual early push, Bessie 
Browning with her special songs 
and character numbers caught on 
stjrongly after a quiet start. Miss 
Browning has a peculiar personality 
and delivery and was such a direct 
opposite for her predecessor's per- 
sonality It took her a few moments 
to register. After pausing her first 
number she was on safe territory 
and built up to a whale of a hit. 
The Rube and Chinese numbers 
were pips. 

Rice and Werner, just back from 
Europe, in their low comedy riot on 
the scaffold convulsed the house for 
a quarter of an hour. The act. is one 
of those low comedy turns that hap- 
pen once in a decade and is always 
good for a repeat. It's a sure-fire 
laugh gatherer on any bill. 

Mehlinger and Meyers followed 
and kept up the tempo. After a 
couple of plugs for some of George 
Meyers' more recent hits, Mehlinger 
pulled the inevitable succession of 
songs written by Meyers, most of 
which were good for individual ap- 
plause. The lyric writers remain 
unknown, as is the custom. A man 
beside wondered audibly why Mey- 
ers didn't write himself a vaudeville 
act. The pair- landed strongly, how- 
ever, which Is probably the answer. 
Allen and Donegan closed. 

An excellent 16-picce orchestra 
helped the arfists, and the good 
judgment of the management in 
eliminating "milking" for bows 
gave the show a zip that was a re- 
lief. 

The feature picture closed. 

Con, 



81ST ST. 

Within about a quarter of ca- 
pacity for the Monday matinee, with 
everybody staying in for the picture 
feature, Betty Compson in a splen- 
did film version of Barrle's "The 
Little Minister." The bill repre- 
sented quite a sun in salaries, but 
worked out only fairly in vaudeville 
entertaining value, principally for 
lack of speed. The crowd, how- 
ever, was in holiday spirits and the 
show went well. 

It would have been better for 
more good dancing, although its 
musical and "flash" features were 
cared for and the comedy was 
reasonablx effective even if most of 
it was in the polite talking vein. 
Honors were well distributed, with 
Lewis and Dody the laughing hit, 
thanks to their absurd "Hello! 
Hello!" song patter with its infini- 
tude of topical verses and the live 
ventrlloqulal dummy for the cli- 
mactic smash. 

The "Creole Fashion riatc" was 
the production feature, and went 
strong before the matinee assembly 
for its gorgeous stage pictures and 
the surprise of the disclosure that 
Karyl Norman was a young man. 

Jean and Valjean, young woman 
worker on the aerial ringp and 
comedian made-up as Charlie Chap- 
lin, made a catchy opener, winning 
more of a demonstration than 
usually falls to a turn in that posi- 
tion. The best part is the com- 
placent posing of the comedian 
down center wh'b the girl on the 
rings is making wide swings and 
missing him every time she passes 
by a fraction of an inch. It was 
good for a lot of laughs. The girl 
is' a plump, animated little worker 
and gives the act considerable 
speed, doing a spin suspended from 
a trapeze arrangement for the 
finale. 

Paul Murray and Gladys Gerrish 
(New Acts) were a quiet, buLgrace- 
ful pair of singers No. 2, followed 
by Janet of France and Charles W. 
(lamp in the loose sketch arrange- 
ment, "A Little Bit of Paris." Mile. 
Janet puts a good deal of spicy 
business into her flirtaUon bit for 
purposes of neighborhood audi- 
ences, but gets patt on the strength 
of the Frenchy atmosphere. They 



were out of the second show, they their mother until she takes a nee 

being Hlbbitt and Mails, and Valen- husband who puts them in their 

tine Vox. vtocen. The climax has a good h tt . 

B. A. Rolfe sent his revue over morous twist, and the playlet is w«B 

with that musical class that was done for vaudeville In a rather hois. 

ever the feature of his former teroustone. 

Big City Four do a simple singly 



vaudeville appearance. It is an act 
that combined the present -day revue 
features with the mass brajses of 



routine of the familiar male 

sort without essay at comedy, vary. 



former seasons, and yet there Is a ins; their numbers to cover a wids 



have a rather neat opening in "one/ 



GRAND O. H. 



AMERICAN ROOF 



The Roof had its best attendance 
In some timo Monday evening, when 
practically a full attendance was 
played to. All that the Hoof needs 
is a filled house for the shows to get 
their Just returns. This was easily 
demonstrated Monday evening when 
the bill ran through in expert style, 
with the returns gathered whenever 
merit was displayed. 

Cody and Kin*, a dancing couple. 
Started proceedings. The couple 
displayed ability at times, but were 
slow in getting started. One of the 
solp. danolng bits by the ,hoy. it* (t*e 
act's best bet. Jean Boydell (New- 
Acts), No. 2, provided one of the ' audience 



The Grand Opera House, an In- 
dependently boohed pop vaudeville 
house at 8th avenue and 23rd street, 
is considered one of tho hideaways 
of New York. The house employs 
six acts and a feature picture, with 
a comedy picture used between the 
third and fourth act. This style of 
entertainment' appears to meet the 
requirements of tho neighborhood 
clientele, the louse showing a 
proper figure on the right side of 
the ledger weekly. Tuesday even- 
ing,, with business light throughout 
the city, the Grand held a well- 
filled auditorium for tho evening 
show. No outstanding features were 
included in the first half bill re- 
gardless of which each and every 
turn registered strongly. 

Canaris and Cleo, featuring a 
magician of the old school, opened 
the show. Thcrragic created laugh 
after laugh, with a cleverly devised 
bird trick at the finish completely 
baffling tho West SIders. Frnnkle* 
Niblo (Xew Acts) made a song 
routine ring true, with I«a Coste and 
Bonnwe, No. 3. in a silly sketch 
Kaining several laughs. The \\:hlc!c 
provides several red fire speeches 
for tho male member, many of 
which gained applause. The comedy 
picture split the bill at this juncture. 

Alice Nelson, assisted by a 
comedian, followed the picture, and 
experienced no dilficulty due to the 
film Interruption. The comedy em- 
ployed, much of which Is of an 
ancient vintage, had its bright spots 
for the Tuesday nlghters. Brown 
aud Klalne, next to closing, kept 
up the pace with more comedy, the 
still ready for more. 



when the girl disappears through a 
center door in the drop and reap- 
pears at an illuminated window 
above, from which there is exchange 
of talk with -the man, leading to an 
invitation to call and a change to 
a drawing room interior with a 
grand piano for more repartee and 
a song or two by tho French girl. 
The vamp stuff is dangerously 
rough and could be toned down to 
its betterment. 

Lewis and Dodj^wcre No. 4, and 
had the first real go at comedy 
where it was sadly needed. They 
suffered from having to break the 
ice, but once they had got into 
motion the rest was easy. The turn 
kept increasing in laughs to the exit 
and the encore with the ventrllo- 
quial business was an adult size 
wow. After that they had to deal 
out half a dozen verses of the 
"Hello! Hello!" number, taking In 
all close to 20 minutes and leaving 
them still demandnig another topi- 
cal. 

Harry Tlghe had a quiet start, al- 
though tho crowd was framed for 
him, but tho final number wUh the 
comedian at the piano and his two 
girls doing the comedy got him ex- 
cellent rewards. The tall girl has a 
natural knack for comedy. She gets 
over a good deal of smooth, spon- 
taneous fun without resorting to 
grotesque grimacing. Tho operatic 
trio for the finish did nicely, and 
the whole turn piled up a high score 
In spite of the quiet opening which 
has Tighc kidding himself about his 
increasing avoirdupois, both in 
rnonolog and song lyrics. 

"Tho Creole Fashion Plate* Ms 
scarcely the act for the finale of a 
well-balanced vaudeville bill, par- 
ticularly one In which there already 
has been a plenitude of sight num- 
bers and not too much comedy. Of 
course, it is the last word In luxuri- 
ous staging of a specialty, but the 
very nature of the act works against 
quick delivery. There are intervals 
for changes during which many 
audiences would Income restless. 
So placed on most bills the act's ap- 
peal would be Injured, although the 
81st Street afternoon crowd, holding 
a considerable percentage of young 
women, remained interested. It 
may be the consideration that saved 
the day was the fact that many of 
the people were drawn by tho film 
feature and were held In until the 
show got around to that portion. 

Hush. 



change In the way the brasses are 
worked into the week-end party en- 
tertainment idea conveyed by the 
setting. Mr. Rolfe, who was perhaps 
in the pit when the act was first 
presented, is now regularly in the 
routine. His splendid cornet play- 
ing is a revelation these days, for 
that Instrument is a rarity in vaude- 
ville, and Rolfe's fingering and finesse 
are productive of beautiful music. 
That goes whether he is soloing or 
accompanying, as noticed when he 
toyed brilliantly with his instrument 
during the singing of song numbers. 
It is quite likely that Rolfe's love 
for the cornet has brought him back 
to vaudeville. But novelty and 
dash have been made pertinent fac- 
tors in the revue that calls for 10 
artists beside himself. One or two 
familiar song numbers were given, 
yet there were at least two exclu- 
sive melodies. One was "Oriental 
Temple Bells" and tho other "The 
Fan," both having dance specialties 
as well as special drops. In addi- 
tion to Rolfe there are six brasses, 
two being cornets, two trombones 
and two basses. The mixed quartet 
of singers and dancers, all special- 
ists, with both men also being mu- 
sicians, form a capable company. 
Two players are featured — George 
Weist and June Le Vey, the latter 
having most of the vocalizing. 

Chic and Tiny Harvey, on just 
ahead of the headlining Rolfe act, 
which closed the show, brought 
down the heartiest returns of the 
afternoon. That Is, the spry old 
artist, Llda Gardner, did. Some 
weeks ago the gray-haired wonder 
who comes from the audience after 
kidding the Harveys said she was 68 
years of age. Monday she added 
three milestones more. But regard- 
less of that. Miss Gardner is to be 
regarded as sure-fire and "weight 
by age" carries off the stage palm 
for pep. 

Lockett and Linn suffered a bit 
because the orchestra was not fa- 
miliar with the tempo of their score. 
On fourth the dancers won fair re- 
turns with their novelty, which 
should have landed stronger. Miss 
Linn's beautiful toe work was re- 
warded, while Lockett crashed Into 
a personal score with his fleet dance 
specialty. 

Beatrice Morgan and Co., includ- 
ing John Connery, served as No. 3 
with "Moonlight Madness." The 
playlet has one laugh, and that a 
sure one, when "daddy" tells his 
daughter that when ho was engaged 
he would "be seen out with another 
gal." Blgelow and Clinton made 
No. 2 well liked with their routine 
of piano and duet singing. An" 
Eskimo number. "Chief Cool "Em 
Off," and "Fan Tan Man," the latter 
used at the close, were the scoring 
numbers, and probably exclusive. 

Ruby Darby (New Acts) with Ted 
Shapiro pleased on fourth. Downey 
and Claridge (New Acts) opened. 

Ibce. 



range from pop to ballad, and end* 
ing with a capital bit of harmonli. 
lng ot a popular rag melody. Th« 
baritone does a prohibition number 
extremely well, with some funny 
grimaces, but no extreme comedy 
effort, letting the lyrics deliver the 
giggles without forcing— a method 
recommended to a lot of other 
singers. 

Claud and Marlon fitted in neatly 
with their capital comedy talk as4 
the business of tho big woman bul- 
lying the little man. This veteran 
team won the crowd as only that i 
group of old-timers seems able to 
do. The woman Is a real comedl- \ 
enne with her unctuous fun mak- \ 
lug. Her work Is exquisitely funny I 
in a low fl»medy way, but it never I 
becomes vulgar. There urc mighty ' 
few women of her type who can ' 
handle that particular type of fun 
without being rough, but she has ths 
gift. This generation of vaudeville 
can use a plentiful assortment of 
players of the kind. Somehow they 
don't seem to be very abundant 
among the newcomers. 

Jessie Brown and Effle Weston 
put over tho fastest imaginable 
quarter of an hour of variegated 
stepping, running to jazzy legmanla, 
the act being hung together a , the 
, commencement exercises of a danc- 
| ing school and tricked out with 
pretty drapes and gorgeous cos- 
tumes of the prettiest design and 
coloring. The girls are sizeable, but 
do their steps with utmost grace. 
Their forward, back and side kicks 
are striking, and the acrobatic finish 
is immense. 

Moro genuine comedy talk ana 
kidding business in the amusing 
turn of James B. Donovan and 
Marie Lee, spiced up with Miss Lee's 
dancing and a Jig by the hardy vet- 
eran, James B„ a diverting period in ' 
a genuinely entertaining evening. 

Steed's Septet put a whirlwind 
finish to the bill. It isn't ea y to see 
where the Oriental number in "one," 
which . makes the opening, fits in, 
but when they get down to their 
Jazz orchestra music and the fast 
dancing of the man and woman, the 
turn sweeps to a satisfying finish. 
The musicians are getting a bit 
careless about their groom' '«, a dj- 
tail they cannot afford to neglect 

J? USA. 



5TH AVE. 



BROADWAY 

"With the thermometer Just around 
the corner from zero Monday after- 
noon (New Year's day), it was a 
perfect drop-in for those who braved 
frigid Broadway. The first show 
was virtual capacity, and after the 
second show got going, around 3 
o'clock, there was steady box-office 
buying and standees present through 
the matinee. Upstairs it looked as 
good. Prices were 99 cents for the 
orchestra and balcony, with 50 rents 



The first half arrangement at the 
5th Ave. demonstrates one thing 
pretty definitely— that it is hard to 
overplay good dancing in the make- 
up of an exhilarating entertainment. 
Out of the eight numbers there were 
only two that had no stepping — a 
male quartet and a sketch — and of 
the other six several were made up 
entirely of dancing, and all had the 
light fantastic mixed in somehow. 
The stepping was all good, and it 
made for a dlstlnctily enlivening 
performance. Monday evening the 
house was sold out by 7:30, and be- 
fore 8 o'clock the overflow was 
standing five deep behind the or- 
chestra rail. 

Besides the dancing, the bill had 
good values of comedy and a gener- 
ous allotment of pretty stage pic- 
tures, with special settings and 
bright, fresh looking costuming 
throughout. 

Hanlon arid Clifton started the 
proceedings promptly at 8. It is 
hard to say whether this pair are 
dancing and shifting . crobats or 
acrobatic singers and dancers. That 
finish makes the distinction difficult. 
One of tho team sings agreeably, 
while the other poos through a 
slghjly routine of eccentric stepping 
and then go into a smooth, graceful 
series of hand-to-hand feats for the 
curtain, doing extremely well in all 
three departments. It made a crack- 
ajack opener. 

Fred and Marjory Dale hive the 
trimmest kind of a" light little spe- 
cialty. A catchy opening has the 
young man at the piano with the 
girl dressed In solid black standing 
against the face of a rlock worked 
into the drop nnd illustrating with 
leg postures the hours of the day- 
mentioned lyrically by the pianist. 
Tho girl later does a striking con- 
tortionists dance as a solo, dressed 
in a 'Tama Yama" affair of utmost 
abbreviation, a spectacular nnd still 
sightly performance. They use 
saxophones In several combinations 
I for the rest of the routine and do 



CITY 

For a holiday night business wii 
not what one might expect. It may 
be that the neighbors elected 
on this festive occasion to migrats 
uptown for fancier priced enter- 
tainment, but as far as a tight llttls 
big small time vaudeville show Is 
concerned, they could not ha?s 
asked for anything better than tola 

The bill boasted three New Acts— 
Toredo Brothers (opening), "Cat- 
land" (closing) and Tom McRae and 
Co. (next to farewell), the latter 
splitting applause returns with 
Mme. Doree's Operalogue, the top- 
liner. The opera act is familiar 
with tho regulars of this Fox house 
and was welcomed with some ap- 
plause and a couple of walk-outs 
from those to whom the act is too 
well known. 

Ferguson and Sunderland In ths 
deuce dished up a variegated col- 
lection of fancy, Jazzy and pecentrio 
steps mixed with a little Evatan- 
guay-ing by the girl that tickled 
the house. The duo also takes a 
crack at some gagging and war- 
bling, but it's their hoofing that 
hits. 

Arthur Sullivan nnd Cora Hull, 
doing their "Pago from Life'' sketch, 
were a laugh from curtain to cur- 
tain, Mr. Sullivan's "hard-boiled 
characterization winning them 
grudgingly despite Its unsympa- 
thetic drawing. Miss Hull feeds him 
nobly as the wlfo who must go out 
to work while her thriftless lesser 
half warms the bed waiting for "on* 
or two big things to happen one of 
these days." Sullivan feeds hef 
considerable taffy and sacharrins 
chin music for his half of the bar- 
gain, tho woman •complaining s* 1 * 
gave up considerable for a home 
only to get this shack and a ^h'K" 
less husband for her pains. Th* 
dialog is replete with laughs and 
the personation.^ are perfect. 

Burns and Lorraine, u couple of 
clean-cut chaps with a pop song 
routine and some stepping. <h" 
nicely with their stuff. After th« 
opening double number they K et 
down to their singing and stepping 
specialties, the warbler doing Can- 
tor nnd .1 olson for his sin re, and 
the hoofer a Cohan, "White artd 
Kooney. Burns was formerly of 
lUirns and Carry, the latter now of 
Hernard and Curry. The siniilavitji 
in the routines of oth these com- 
binations is explainable through this 
Interchanging of partners. 

Connors and Baynno opened with 
a well lyriclzcd number describing 
their search for a piece of lace in n 
dry goods store, relating a" '! ie 
thlngj offered, them excepting t"° 
lace. They are backed up by a ory 



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Friday, January 6, 1982 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 






~am .tore drop In "one * this lead- 
£ ? into EmTSnging and gigging 
'?*» ni«ased. The man did an "un- 
!£.sC' number that almost got 
fiSESuk but stayed within 
SSn^describf-f what hie wife 

£ht for him on bargain day, 
King off hie tie, collar, shirt, 
-Titcoat, Jacket, etc., reaching the 
™ u £rs. which he motioned to dis- 
SS to be interrupted by a planted 
fUeim from the audience. Their 

art seemed to interest and is away 
Irom the familiar, although not 
Jrong enough for the really big 
bouses. ^________ Alei ' 

S8TH ST. 

•Serenade," an R. A. Walsh pro- 
duction, starring George Walsh and 
Miriam Cooper, was the picture 
feature at the 58th Street Monday, 
with Pathe weekly and six vaude- 
ville turns. 

Hill and Hull opened with an old- 
time act. They are a pair of male 
Fjropean acrobatic and musical 
eccentriques, playing instruments 
concealed in their clothes, dishes 
and other specially prepared props. 
It brings us back to the old Car- 
mencita days. Casino Brothers and 
Marlon Wilkens (New Acts). 

Jarvis and Harrison, with a spe- 
cial drop in "one," have a very 
smart crossnre tu-n. The man has 
a most infectious laugh, gets a lot 
out of some inimitable pantomiming 
and is a really excellent performer. 
He Is ably "fed" by the woman for 
A bright little talking skit, which 
is cumulative In "plot" and winds 
up with a legitimate finish. This 
pair should make good on any bill. 
Eddy and Miriam (New Acts). 

Maud Muller and Edmund Stan- 
ley, reunited, are a felicitous com- 
bination. Stanley remains the same 
classy feeder as of yore. In strong; 
contrast to Miss Muller's "nut" 
, characterization. 

(Jack Roof and Co. have changed 
the scenery of the tabloid from a 
saloon deck to a military camp on 
the Mexican border. That is ap- 
parently sufficient excuse for five 
chorus girls and a leader to prance 
in and out in ballet-length skirts. 
They are so incompetent they arc 
funny. And the comedians perpe- 
trate the "shot at sunrise"' gag. 

J da. 



ORIGIN OF "BLUES" (OR JAZZ) 



...*. 



By THE LEIGHTONS (Frank and Burt) 



In Butte, Montana, when life was harsh, spectacular, percussive, un- 
*!?* £t£l ^^ cllmbed to th * otadere *rom the rode beneath a freight 
VX\„ rUS W t r * f^Z!?** Tne •Wrtwnwrt they packed consisted of a 
i? !E !?jLti a ^ \J hCy - Were P U8hIn * deep ^to the forbidden regions 
2L££L ? «n°* r 1<, ! l t ? en flourishing in every American city and. while 
making a flighty living ae troubadour* from bar to bar. from dive to 

?™~.!T*V °1 tIn * material which gives the clue to the original 
sources of the Jazz wave now rippling over the world. 



Butte received the wanderers well. The silver pieces that flew into the 
cape of the strollers between numbere were of generous proportions. For 
the eongs the boys gave were songs native to the surroundings; songs 
of the Mississippi river traffic, of the railroad, of the mines and the 
cattle ranges. Not one could have been printed. Their most pungent 
verses were marred, according to accepted standards, by phrases of 
medieval frankness. What our old ballads have lost in passing' into 
print, these songs retained. 



In a stuffy room, reeking and rattling with crude revelry, the singers 
found an accompanist on the piano, a mulatto girl, hollow-eyed, who 
turned her back on the throng at Intervals to manipulate a hypodermic 
syringe that flashed against the brown of her lean arm. With her. the 
two singers hushed the racket with such choice outpouring of senti- 
ment a.«: 

Listen now, white folks, while I tell to you, 
Coons without a habit are mighty few; 
Some have a habit of dressing near, 
But my bad habit is to sleep and eat. 
I'll tell all you coons you'll soon be dead 
If you don't stop sniffin' coke in your head. 
There's two bad habits that I have barred, 
That's flghtin' 'bout the gals an' workln' hard. 

Chorus. 
• >\\ that is a habit I never had, 
That kind of a habit is mighty bad. 
I m tellin* you. white folks. I'm mighty glad, 
That is a habit I've never had. 



she. or her mother, or her brother, or her chums, know the real meaning 
of the words they carol. 



Billy Considine. famous in the sporting world, eat In Hammerstein's 
Victoria theatre. New York, and heard, for the flrst time, the Leigh tons 
sing their sterilized version of "Frankie and Jdnnnie." 

"I held my breath," he said afterward; "I thought you boys had gone 
balmy, and I knew if you sang the real verses there would be a riot. I 
laid 'Betsy* (his revolver) on my lap and figured I'd do my best to save 
you from being mobbed.". 

But Mr. Considine had no cause for alarm. The minstrel men who 
discovered the coon song placed it on the market in strongly censored 
form. "Frankie and Johnnie," a standard ballad of dance halls and 
"Joints" from coast .o coast, remained obscure to the polite world until 
published by the Leightons. They have recorded more than 100 original 
stanzas of the ballad. Versions and tunes are varied. How barren and 
how empty are the words In print when once they have been heard to the 
sob and twang of guitar, with a mixed company of harmonists to Join the 
refrain: 






23RD ST. 

F.etly Compson in "The Little 
Minister" was the feature picture 

Monday Maxine Bros, and Bobby, 
eas>\ and graceful acrobats, with a 
dog, for many seasons a pleasing 
opening turn, have developed the 
training of their canine to a fine 
point, securing considerably more 
comedy out of tho animal than in 
the past. As a consequence the act 
is wonderfully improved. They are 
now doing a trick generally con- 
ceded to have been created by 
Jacobs with his dog act years ago — 
that of pretending to do a hand- 
stand on the dog's head, with the 
animal seated upon his haunches, 
with the wooden support concealed 
by the animal's body, then having 
the dog jump away exposing the 
Illusion. 

Ben Harrison, assisted by Miss 
warren, i 8 breaking in a new turn, 
, consisting of a monolog with a bur- 
lesque on Juggling, she bringing on 
thA "nr"ps." He sings, perpetr?to«a 
gags, parodies, etc., and the two 
wind up with a little stepping. The 
act needs a little "tightening up" 
before it runs as smoothly a3 it 
should. Harrison is a magnetic 

^nap. Haslam and Wilson tNew 
Acts). 

George F. Moore and Mary Javne 
offered a very classy turn in "one." 
smartly dressed, Moore opens as a 
monocled "fop," with Miss Jayne 
reeding his nonsense. She sings 
sweetly and they wind up with a 
neat dance. The chatter is smart 
ana brilliantly delivered. They be- 
long i n the better house*. 
i*\Z ? n Broth ^rs, "Dutch" tangle- 
wjk singing and yodling. Attired 
as traffic cops, tho yodler has a 
in ui COIncd y bit— that of blow- 
nnl I s Police whistle and ordering 
?ut of the place those who laugh. 
iJlfw matrri al is of small time 
calibre, such as "The more you 

SP 1 the more we get." 

The Brown Girls ure a good flash 
™i small time— seven girls, instru- 
memaiists — harpist, saxophonist, 
violinist, cellist, pianist, cornetist 

l\tt V n i mmor - Non * is sufficiently 
E'" eu " f or solo work, though the 
II IT! , ' sa *ophonist and pianist try 
J t with iriflifforent results. Julo. 



"Dells- got a song of her own," said the white proprietor, "Let 'em 
have it, Dell." 

The mulatto struck a minor chord and, in a husky soprano, wistful 
and pain-fraught, she voiced the lament of the forsaken woman— 

"I never loved but one woman's roii. 

Tare thee, honey, fare thee well. 
And I hope and trust I never love another one, 

l^re thee, honey, fare thee well. 
T worked out in the rain, I worked out In the snow. 
What all I done for that man nobody will ever know. 
He woke up one mornin' and skipped with all my douvl 

An' Just said— Fare thee honey, fare thee well." 

Chorus 
1 done all that a poor ol' gal could do, 
I fed him pork chops, cooked him kidney stew; 
I even knelt down on my knees and blacked his shoe. 
All for that man, that measly man." 



"He was my man, an' he done me wrong.** 
Frankie she was a good girl, most everybody here knows, 

ent out and spent most a hundred dollars for Johnnie's new suit of 
clothes. 
'Cause he was her man. but he done her wrong. 

Some of the conclusions of "Frankie and Johnnie" are ae followef 

Frankie she dashed around the corner, peeped through a window se high. 
There she saw her 1 jvin' Johnnie raakin* love to Nellie Bly. 
Oh, Lord, my man he's doin' me wrong. 

Frankie came back around the corner, this time It wasn't for fun, 
Underneath her silk kimono, she had a great big 44-gun. 
Look in* for her man. 'cause he done her wrong. 

Johnnie he ran down the hallway, cryin', oh, Frankie, don't shoot! 
But Frankie she fired her forty-four gun five times with a rooti-teot toot. 
She killed her man 'cause he done her wrong; 

The Judge he said unto Frankie, there ain't no use to cry to me. 

The jury done brought in the verdict of murder in the flrst degree. 

You killed your man 'cause he done you wrong. 
Send for the rubber-tired hearses, go get the rubber-tired hacks. 
Take my lovin' Johnnie to the graveyard and never, never, bring him 
back. 

He was my man, but he done me wrong. 
The ballad in its reconstructed shape ie popular In T. W. C. A. parlors. 
"Frankie and Johnnie" is a specimen of the authentic coon song, and 
was taken from a true happening. 



The story of this song's ascent into respectability Is the story of the 
authentic coon song, not the counterfeit produced In tin-pan alley by 
the commercial exploiters. The flrst line Informs the experienced ear 
whether the jazz composition is real or faked. Few white men have been 
able to create the rag- time of the true quality, although many have been 
skilful in adaptation of the tunes created by nameless negroes. 

Tho Leightons, young men yet, represent the only active survivors of 
the pioneers in the discovery of Jazz. With them, two decades or less 
;:go, were Hughle Cannon, Gutter Wilson, Johnny Queen and Ben Harney. 



That was the first time, or one of the first times, that the Lc-ighton 
Brothers conceived the idea of commercializing the pathetic lamentation 
of the unfortunates of the underworld. 



By what miracle of self-respect and good sense they avoided the pit- 
: falls which swallowed up many of then* comrades, they cannot explain. 
! Hughle Cannon, who wrote "Won't Tou Come Home, Bill Bailey," as a 
; sequel to the Leightons* "Bill Bailey, Ain't Dat a Shame," died in the 
charity ward of a hospital in Toledo before he was forty. Hughie's songs, 
which netted publishers tens of thousands, were sold by him in bar- 
rooms where he played the piano for a living. A round of drinks for the 
house and a suit of clothes was the price ha received for "Goo-Goo 
Eyes," the favorite of a season, and ie still remembered as the fore- 
runner of the deluge of coon songs. 



That was an origin of the blues, and the blending of the blues and rag- 
time created the jazz now prevalent, although the authentic composition, 
springing from the deeps of negro woe in haunts of urban vice, is seldom 
found in music shops. 



The explorers, Frank and Burt Leighton, now standard variety 
artists, belonged to a group of American minstrels, most of whom died 
young after going down into strange places to bring up the songs of ne- 
gro outcasts, -of cowboy, miner and gambler. The negro was the true 
singer of that feverish section of America. Before the Civil War, the 
negro population was rural. The black man had hia sorrows and his 
'spirituals" and Jubilee songs were chants of oar oaric 6ombrenes». Thet>e 
are preserved intact. Some of the motives have been ambitously elab- 
orated, but only a chorus of negro voices can capture the primitive swing 
and appeal of them. 



MARRIAGES 

• n* i r i Kddy < T hrcc Kddv Sisters) 
■nu Larl Sharpe, pianist at the 
i-unccss theatre. San Francisco, in 
that city, Dec. 24. 

tuiV 1 , Roye to David Garbllk, non- 
Ynrl eS u l0na1 ' Dec - 2r '. at the New 
bride m ° 0t the P aren,a of lne 

nh«n« P^rry. treasurer of the Or- 
rinl t , An K cI ^s, and Miss Cor- 
«ne Jarkson, Dec. C, at Santa Ana, 



IN AND OUT 

Kt!/»';! lf O Vllito left the bill at Loews 
Monrto, C 'T York ' aftor tn « matinee 
Toi?r «K?? e to "m*". Babe La 

LniM U % b f"U tuted Monday night. 
In k-lV McC ? nni ' n lH "» at h *i' home 
renk*'T2' C !, ,y ' *-e«a Romer has 

T cU h * r '* ^e Lew Fields at-. 



After the war, the negro quarters of industrial cities began to grow\ 
Black folks and yellow huddled in slums and the child nature of many 
succumbed to vice. It is only fair to say that many went up Into re- 
spectability while the few descended, but it is also only fair to state 
that the rag-time melody, which negro leaders are glad to have credited 
to their race, grew in lawless haunts. The negro lives at his worst with 
an abandon utterly lacking in white debaucherie. He never acquired 
the hard cynicism of the white sinner. He laughs, loves, fights, gambles 
with an ardor, the colder race cannot imitate. When the outburst of 
hot animalism dies down, and the dicer has lost his last dime, the gunman 
or the razor wielder is in a gaol cell, the lover and his mistress are 
torn apart by jealousy or death, then the black man's soul is over- 
whelmed with grief which translates itself Into song. 



In Memphis, a colored gambler lost his "high-yallow" girl to a rival. 
He lured the lady back Into his clutches and returned her to the new love, 
dismembered and packed in a trunk. The lover, who beheld the handi- 
work of outraged passion, ran screaming into the street, stark mad. The 
vengeful one was caught, and while the gallows were being prepared 
for him, composed "The Death House Blues," which he played on the 
piano in the shcriff'a^homo, and sang with all his heart a few hours 
before the trap fell from beneath hia feet. The song consisted of num- 
erous verrcs on the order of the following: 

"I'm sittin' In the Jail house behind the stone wall, 

And a brown-skinned gal was the cause of it all; 

In the. morning at half-past nine, hacks and hearses will form in line, 

Friends and relations will gather 'round 

To carry my body to the bnryin' ground." 



"Casey Jones" was given out by the Leightons. They frankly admit 
that their work in connection with this classic consisted of selecting 
a series of clean verses and standardizing a tunc. Many of the negro 
ballads require a variation of the melody with each stanza, and change 
the refrain to nt the unfolding of the story. They sold this song outright 
for $5,000. No one ever identified the author of "Casey Jones." He was 
undoubtedly a negro engine wiper in the railway yards of a Southern 
city in the United States. A haunting tune and a verse or two start 
such a song in rirrulation. Gifted ones add to it; It grows from town to 
town; It produces off -shoots; it would die in a few years if it were 
not preserved, expurgated, by a publisher. Two-thirds of its character 
is lost, of course, when it becomes conventionalized. 

Following arc some of the songs the Leightons wrote which became 
popular: 

"Ain't Da 1 a Shame." 

"Fare Thee, jney, Fare Thee Well." 

"I Got Mine." 

"There's a Dark Man Comin' With a Bundle/* 

"Bill, You Done Mo Wrong." 

"Casey Jones." 

"Steamboat Bill." 

"Frankie and Johnnie." 

"Lonesome Blues." 

And numerous other songs which did not obtain auch wide popularity. 



(Frank and Burt Leighton are the earliest singers of "blues" known 
in vaudeville. That type of song was their dependencesalmost as an act. 
They have grown to be so strongly Identified with "blues/* It Is expected 
of them, especially "Frankie and Johnnie," mentioned by them In the 
above article. But comparatively in recent vaudeville times were the 
"blues" a strange song style to an audience. A minute percentage of the 
audience knew what it was all about. The Leightons had te work harder 
In those days to get across the "blues" than now, when almost all pop* 
ular song-singing turns, even to sister acts, are using one or more. The 
sister acts found the "blues" songs were easy to harmonize). 



To one who *xi* glimpsed the sources of Jazz rnuslc, there is always 
a shock to be received when some sweet, young thing, tinkling the inano 
In the sanctity of a good Amok an Methodist home, sings: 

"Won't you come home, dear daddy, p!ea£e, dear, ccme home. 

She cries the whole day long. 
Ill do the cookln'; honey, 111 pay the rent, 

I knows 1'se done you wrong. 
Remember that rainy evenin' I drove you out 

With nothln' but a fine tooth comb, 
I knows I'so to blame, now ain't that a shame. 

Dear daddy, wont you please come home:"' 



Whosoever name Is on the folio, the scng came to being In the soul 
of some dusky light o' love, dwelling so far beyond the world of the 
sweet young thing that Its esistcn'e Is unv>j«pccted by her. Nor does 



ILL AND INJURED 

Ray Myers, formerly of the Bailey 
and Austin act, is convalescing at 
her homo In New York city after a 
year's illness from a n<i\ou.s break- 
down. 

Charley Grancve will resume his 
Keith route in the .loan (Jranese 
Trio, Jan. Q in Young-stown. The 
Miufctr was fon-od to leave In Co- 
lumbus suffering from laryngitis. 
His sinter continued, doing a single. 
Last week the turn cancelled Pitts- 
burgh and will lay off until the 
above date. 

Harry llolbrook, with Ona Mun- 
son's a«t, was obliged to leave it at 
New Orleans through an infected 
< hcek hone. He went to the Amer- 
ican Theatrical Hospital, Chicago, 
lor treatment. 

Elmer Rogers, managi-'r of the 
Palnce, New York, who was serious- 
ly ill with pneumonia, has gone to 
Lake Placid, N. Y., and is slowly re- 
cuperating. Walter S*-ni, n. \it-l\- 
known >!r.\x num. I* « u!..' ; ii m n l: 



NEW ACTS 

Paul Earle and Jack Edwards; 
who dissolved partnership after ap- 
pearing in vaudeville hereabouts for 
several years in the Middle West, 
have reunited. 

Nola St. Claire in miniature mu- 
sical comedy, three people, special 
scenery. 

Jack Mack and Marie Hollv, iwo- 
act. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Allen, at 
Boyce's Sanitarium, New York city, 
Dec. 26, son. The parents comprise 
the vaudeville team of Belle Mont- 
rose and Billy Allen. 

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hendry, 
at tho Maternity hospital, New 
York, Jan. 1, son. The mother was 
Dorothy Flamm, formerly of the 
Century Roof, and is the daughter of 
Jake Flamm, master 6f properties 

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VARIETY 



Friday, January 6, 102fc 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (JAN. 9) 

IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

(All hoasea open Cor tho week with Monday matlrea, whan not otherwise 
Indicated ) 

The bills below are |roun»4 in division ..r.r.^'-V.r.j *." bcDliir.c ^fP. ., v i>~jH-V -2 
from. 

The manner In which these bills are printed does not denote the relatlre 
Importance of acts nor their program posit ions. 

* before name denotes act is doing; new turn, or reappearing; after absence 
from vaudeville, or appearing; in city where Hated for the first time. 



KEITH CIRCUIT 



KEW YOBK CITY 

Keith's Palace 
Williams A Wolfue 
Morton A Lewie 
"The Fllvertons" 
LAP Murdock 
Harry Carroll Co 
Bert Erroll 
•Mrs Castle Co 
Daley Mac A O 
C Huaaara 

Keith's Riverside 
Max HolTni'u Jr Co 
Ruth Roye 
Olacn A Johnson 
Harry Langdon 
"Two Little Pale" 
Leavitt A Lockw'd 
Paul Nolan Co 
Eight Blue Demons 
(One to All) 



"20th Century Rev" 
Mehlinger A Meyer 
"Tango Shoes" 
Frank Browne 
Sabbott A Brooks 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Fordhnm 

Victor Mooro CO 
Moore A Jayne 
Delay Nellia 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
McLaughlin A ■ 
Leo Beers 
(Others to fill) 

Mom' FrankJJa 
Harry Delf 
Parlor Bedr*m A B 
Princeton A W'ta'n 
Maude Mcintosh 
(TWo to All) 
2d half 
Victor Moore Co 
Edith Claaper Co 
Bernard A Garry 
Frank Ward 
(Two to flit) 
Keith's Hamilton 
A Frledland Co 
Spencer A Wms 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Jefferson 

Sewell Sis 
John McQowan 
Bernard A Garry 
(Othera to fill) 



(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-1&) 
F X Conlon Co 
Gcrtrudo Morgan 
(Othera to All) 

FAB BOCK A WAY 
Columbia 

2d half 

"Trip to Hltland" 
Blglow A Clinton 
C>own Seal 
"Young America" 
(Two to fill) 

BROOKLYN 

Keith's Dasawlck 

Snell .A Vernon 
Mafcelte Pallet te 
Rice A Werner 
Sybil Vane 
Dooley A Sales 
Tracy A McBrlde 
Singer's' Midgets 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Orpbenm 

Sara no ft* A Sonia 
Willie Solar 
Hampton A Blake 
LelgUtners A Alex 
Solly Ward. 
Howard A Sadler 
Irene Bordonl 
Al Hermajr 

Moss* Flataash 

Grant Mitchell Co 
Rudell A Donegan 
Vaughn Comfort 
Locket* A Lynn 
<Two,io fill) 

Keith's Greenpolnt 

2d half (6-8) 
Ryan A Ryan 
Pill A Bondy 
Malley A Cowell 
JAB k Morgan 
Quinn A Caverly 
•'Fantasy Rev" 

1st half (9-11) 
Stanley-* Wlnthr'p 
Walmsley A K'tlng 
Van Horn A Inez 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-16) 
Jean Sothern 
Lord A Fuller 



Ella Retford 
Lewis A Dody 
Creole Fashion Pi 
Harry Wats'n Jr Co 

BUFFALO 

Shea's 

Potter A Hartwell 
Du For Bros 
Willaon Aubrey S 
Raymond Bond Co 
Craig Campbell 
Gallagher A Shean 
Shadowland 

CHARLESTON 
Victory 

Martin A Jaryl 
Cornell A St John 



Brent Hayes 

GRE'NSDORO, N.C. 

Grand 

(Charlotte split) 
1st half 

Chong A Moey 
Wild A Hilla 
W H Armstrong Co 
Wright A Dietrich 
McKee A Clares 

HAMILTON. CAN. 

Lyric 

Bessie Clifford 
Joe Towle 
Chaa Harrlaon Co 
Paber A McGowao 



Ht3 Broadway ToL Bryant SM1-842 

ED. DAVIDOW and 
RUFUS R. LeMAIRE 

PRESENT 

FRED ALLEN 

"BORN 1tt4 M 
Shubert Vaudeville 



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K. HEMMENDINGRR. *-». 

PLATINUM Fll AMORinC 'ftCMOUNTIl 

JEWELRY UIAMUNUO HEMOOELIMQ 

Toi. »71 Joha, 45 JOHN n m N. T. CITY. 



2d half 
Levine* Ordw'y A D 
(Others to fill) 

Moss' Recent 

Jst half 
Weber A Elliott 
A O Duncan 
"Toung America" 
(Others to All) 

Keith's Hist St, 
Marmein Sis Co 
Doyle A Cavan'gh 
Wayne A Warren 
Dotson 
•P Vlsaer Co 
(One to fill) 

Keith's H. O. H. 

2d half (6-8) 
•Two Little Pals" 
Williams A Taylor 
Moore A Jayne 
The Secbacks 
Baskctte A Ellis 
Arthur Hill Co 
(Two to fill) 

1st half (9-11) 
Gertrude Morgan 
Annabcllo 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
•Xmm B' wells Isle 
Princeton A Wats'n 
John McQowan 
Bill A DIondy 
(Others to fill) 
Proctor's 125th St. 

L'd half (j-S) 
Lew Cooler 
Ilcwaril & Sadler 
JAM Nolan 
Aeroplane Girls 
•Build Own Home 
Grace Leonard 

1st half (9-11) 
Ryan A Ryan 
Corbcll Leona A Z 
JAB Morgan 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (12-15) 
Earl A Sunshine 



(Others' to fill) 
Keith's Prospect 

2d half (6-8) 
•J Cumberland Co 
Claude-A Marlon 
Boyle A Bennett 
"Dancing Shoes" 
Harry Delf 
Maxine llros A Bob 

lf>t- half (9-11) 
•I M Chadwlck Co 
Janet of France 
Clown Seal 
(Others to (III) 

2d half (12-15) 
Jack Norworth 
-Profiteering" 
Walmsley A K'tlng 
(Others to nil) 

Moss' Rlvlerta 

Pelle Baker 
McLaughlin A B 
(Others to nil) 

' 2d half 
Belle Baker 
Langford A F'dr'ks 
(Others to Oil) 

ALLRNTOWN, PA. 

. Orpheum 

Martell & West 
Kelso A Lee 
Harriet Rctnpcl Co 
Murphy A White 
"Stay Lively" 
2d half 
Wardclls & LeCosta 
Hood & Tucker 
Smlt-h A Barker 
Arnold & Weston 
Wah Let Ka 

ALTOONA, PA. 

' OrpheOm 

Gillen A Mulcahey 
Jimmy Hodges Co 
(One to fill) 
y\ 2d half 

Damn Bros 
Jimmy Hodges 



ROSS WYSE and CO. 



NOVELTY SENSATION 



Weber A Elliott 
Kd Hill 
(Others to nil) 

Proctor'8 nth Ave. 

2d half (5-8) 
Sonia Moroff Co 
Langford A F'dr'ks 
Mullcr & J'tanley 
I * i 1 1 y Cila.-ion 
•Nora Jane Co 
20th Century Il^v 
•Maud Mcintosh 
Trennoll 3 

1st half (9-11) 
Waiman A Horry 
Ro\' La 1'enrl 
"Dancing Shoes" 
Dill A Blondy 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (12-l r ,) 
•"I'nseen Hand" 
Janet of France 
(Others to fill) 

Proctor's 23d St. 

2d half (0-8) 
Walmsley & K'tlng 
(Jertrude Barnes 
Gilfoyle A I.ango 
Tentell A Cecil 
Cummins A White 
'Mystery Gillette 
Jennings A Howl d 

1st half (9-11) 
Arthur Whlteiaw 
Karl A Sunnhino 
•Mattus A Young 
•S Miller itent'To 



(One to. All) 

AtLANTA 

(Birmingham split) 
l«yric 

1st half 
Pierce A doff 
McCurmick A I 
II B Lester 
Johnston A Mack 
Ardoit Rev 

BALTIMORE 

Maryland 

rrggi^ Carhart 
4 Casting Meiloj 
I Mortons 
KuriiR * Freda 
Mary Itolau t'n 
Trixie I'rig.mz.i 

BIRMINGHAM 

Lyric 

(Atlanta unlit) 
1st half 
Stewart A Harris 
H'mpsnn A Loan 
C AlbTtson Co 
CaiM Hros 
Jos Amoros Co 

BOSTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Chandon Trio 

PiettA 

i has .Ahearn Co 

D D II? 



Barber of Seville 
Allen A Canfield 
Joo St Ong S 
2d half 
Bergman McK A N 
Annette 

Hans Robert Co 
Edwin George 
3 Ander Girls 

CHARLOTTE 

Lyrle 

(Greensboro split) 

1st half 
Jean LaCroase 
Newell A Most 
Ned Norworth Co 
Autumn 3 

CHATTANOOGA 
Rial to 

Sterllgh Rose S 
Gene A Mlnetto 
Stephens A H lister 
Keegan A O'Ro'rke 
Berzac's Circus 

2d half 
Lawton 
F Bradu 

I*ewis A Norton 
Brooks A Morgan 
D Fitch Minstrels 

CINCINNATI 

B. F. Keith's 

The Joannys 
Page Hack A M 
Chic Sale 
Watson Sis 
Dillon A Parker 
Foley A La Ture 

CLEVELAND 

Hippodrome 

Herbert A Dare 
Willie Rolls 
Wilfred Clarke 
King A Rhodes 
Ona Munson Co 
Sig Frlscoe ' 

105th Street 

WAH Brown 
The Harringtons 
Ttcvan A Flint 
Great Leon 
Sandy Shaw 
Sonia Meroff 

COLl'XBl'S, O. 

B. F. Keith's 

Laura Devine 
A & G Falls 
Hyama A McTntyre 
Kllnore A Williams 
Healy A Cross 
Alf Loyal's Animals 

DETROIT 

Temple 

Richard Kean 
V A K Stanton 
Cressy A Day no 
Tho LeVollos 
Florence Walton 
Kay Hamlin A Kay 
Gene Green 
Cook A Oat man 
Clara Morton 

EASTON, PA. 

Able O. II. 

Wardclls A LcCosta 
Roed A Tucker 
Smith A Barker 
Arnold A Weston 
Royal's Klephants 

2d half 
Martell A West 
Kelso A Lee 
Harriet Rumpel Co 
Murphy A While 
"Step Lively' 1 

ERIE. PA. 

Colonial 

Tho L.ampini.i 
Lid<«ll A Gibson 
Perez A Marg'rito 
Howard A White 
Vokes A Don 

GRAND RAPIDS 

EmpreHs 

Reynolds A Dnn'g'n 
Oil* Kdunrds Co 
Hilda Morris 
llazley A Porter 



UARRISBCRG 

MaJosUo 

Damn Bros 
Green A Burnett 
McCormack A W 
Kim City 4 
"Nobody Home" 

2d half 
Josephine A H'rity 
U * J Lewis 
Tommy Martell Co 
Gillen A Mulcahey 
Springtime 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Keith's 

Herman A Shirley 
Ballot Four 
Hope Eden 
Dolly Kay 
Roger Imhoff Co 
Lldell A Gibson 
Clinton A Rooney 

JACKSONVILLE 

Arcado 

(Savannah split) 
1st half 
Pollard 

,Jos Regan Co 
Dewey A Rogers 
Lane A Harper 
Adonis A Dog 

Jersey crrf ,NJ. 

B. F. Keith's 

2d half (6-S) 
•Florence Nash Co 
Wilson Bros 
Ryan Weber A R 
•Diamond A Bren'n 
Powell A Adair 
P Bremen A Bro 

1st half (9-11) 
•"One on the Aisle" 
Jean Sothern 
Elsie A Paulsen 
Ed Hill 
(Two to nil) 

2d half (12-15) 
Arthur Whltelaw 
Hill A Blondy 
JAB Morgan 
Ryan A Ryan 
(Two to fill) 

LOUISVILLE 
Mary Anderson 

Patricola - 
Rome*A Gajut 
Samson A Delilah 
Willie Hale A Bro 
Jack La Vier 

LOUISVILLE 

Keith's National 

(Nashville split) 
1st half 
Doherty A Dixon 
Manning A Lee 
Little Revne 
B A E Gorman 
Valdo Menrs A V 

LOWELL 

B. F. Keith's 

Mmo Reason Co 
Johnny Uurke 
Arll^r A Dunbar 
Gr«>en A Myra 
Hnyatnka Bros 
Lois Bennett 

MOBILE 

Lyric 

(N. Orleans split) 

1st half 
Hart A Francis 
Md'onl A rtarlrk 
Miller A Hrndford 
Polly A Oz 
Melville A Rule 

MONTREAL 

Princess 

(Sunday opening) 
Merles Cockatoos 
Mason A Cole 
Hurt A Roscdalc 
Walter Kelly . 
John Steele 
Shlreen 

Pressler A Klals 
Amaranth Sis 

MT. VERNON. N.Y. 

Proctor's 



Bead 4 Fabrls Osft Rseslrtd. Mail Ortfert Fines'. 



» <• i » 




Id half *>■) 
Msrloa Harrlg 
4 0rtoas 

McLaughlin * ■ 
Rndell A Dnalgaa 
Van nora A Inea 
•Kay Lauroll Co 

••Profiteering* 
Levine Ordw'y A D 
(Others to nil) 

2d half (lt*ll> 
"One on the Aisle" 
•I M Chadwlck Co 
Welch Mesley A M 
(Others to nil) 

NASHVTLUI 



(Louisville spill) 
lit half 
Ms sle Lunette 
Mason A Gwynne 
Matthews A Ayers 
Ben Smith 

NEWARK, N. J. 



2d half (6-1) 
Q Hoffman Co 
Honor Thy Childr'n 
Ormsbeo A Reralg 
Weber A Elliott 
(Others to All) 

1st half (t-11) 
Sophie Tucker Co 
langford A Fr'd'ks 
Mabel Burke Co 
Welch Mealey A M 
(Two to All) 

2d half (12-11) 
Sophie Tucker Co 
"Dancing Shoes" 
(Others to fill) 

NEW ORLEAN8 

Palace 

(Mobile split) 
1st half 
Tho Sterlings 
Lynn A Loraye 
Rice Pudding 
Coogan A Casey 
Kramer A Zarrell 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond split) 
1st half 
Pardo A Archer 
E F Hawley Co 
Ferro A Coulter 
Mannell Mannlklna 

PHILADELPHIA 

If. F. Keith's 

Scotch Lads A L 
Frank Gaby 
Cummin** * White 
Harry Jolson Co 
Mr A Mrs A Rogers 
Norwood A Hall 
Anderson A Burt 
Sidney Landfleld 
Anna Chandler 
Valeska Suratt 

PITTSBURGH 

Davis 

J A E Mitchell 
Tennessee Ten 
BAB Wheeler 
Miller A Capman 
l/ow Dockstader 
Ivan Bankoff Co 
PORTLAND. ME. 

B. F. Keith's 
Fylvla Clark 
Hamilton A Barnes 
El Cleve 



(One to am- 
id half 
Ha City 4 
"Nobody Home/" 
Bert Walton 
(Two to All) 

.. ^JBjrrasjyp 

Lyrte 

(Norfolk split) 
1st half 
Stan Stanley Co 
Mlnettl A Sldelll 
Wm Edmonds Co 
Francis Arms 



EDDIE VOGT 

.*A MUSICAL COMEDY COMEDIAN* 

Management: GEO. CHOOS 
This Week (Jan. J), Syracuse, N. T. 



•■ ■ ,H'tWI», ■■ ■■ u« 



Tesnple 

L A J Archer 
Jf^ok Hanley 
Bobby Pender Co 
Horschel Henlero 
Jean Adair Co 
Rae Samuels 
Valda Co 
Carlisle A Lemal 

SAVANNAH 
BJJaa 

(Jacksonville split) 

1st half 
Martin A Moors 
McConnell A West 
Mary Marble Co 
Lloyd A Rubin 
Wanda A Seals 

SYRACUSE 

B. F. Keith's 

Bob A Tip 
Miss Juliet 
Quixey Four 
' veed A Austin 
Paul Decker Co 
Mr A Mrs J Barry 

TOLEDO. O. 
B. F. Keith's 

JAN Oliao 
Techow's Animals 
Kitner A Reaney 
E Taliaferro Co 
J J Morton 
Buckrldge Casey 

TORONTO 

Hlppodromo 

Marie Sparrow 
The Sirens 
Harrington A C 
Larrlmer A Huds'n 

Sliea's 

The Nagafys 
Millicen Mower 
Jack Uenny 
Holmes A La Vera 
Horace Goldln 
Marry Me 
Fenton A Fields 
Danolse Sis 

UTICA 

Coloninl 

The Norvells 
Carnival of Venice 
(Others to nil) 

2d half 
Spoor A Parsons 
Murray Girls 
I*oney Haskell 
Galletti A Kokln 
(Two to nil) 

WASHINGTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Ella Bradna 
Klrby Quinn A A 
Frank Mclntyre Co 
Martha Pryor 



CHAS. J. 




OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCITTS 

Suite 417, Rom ax Bldg. 

245 West 47th Street 

NEW YORK 

Phong Bryant 1057 



Thos J Ryan Co 
Russell A Dcvitt 
Kuter Trio 

PROVIDENCE 
E. F. Albee ' 

Coradirti> Animals 
A A D Kane 
Fr'klyn A Charles 
Jed Dooley 
Valerie Bergere Co 
Frankle Heath 
Margo Waldron Co 
Will Mahoney 

QUEBEC. CAN*. 

Auditorium 

The Cromwells 
Bay Hall A Dro 
York's Animals 

READING, PA. 

Majestic 

Crane May A C 
Arthur Asiill Co ■ 
Frank Mull a no 
SU-rd Scjdet 



HoudinI 

Canslno Bros A W 

Joe Cook 

Alex Bros A Evelyn 

YORK, PA. 

Opera House 

Josephine A H'rrity 
C A J Lewis 
Tommy Martell Co 
Bvrt Walton 
Wah Let Ka 

2d half 

Arthur Ant ill Co 
Crane -May A C\ .»*,.. 
Rowland A Kelly 
Frank Mullane 
Steed's S.-ptef 

YOUNGSTOWN. O. 

Hippodrome 

Thr^e Lurdon.i 
•lo<» I >arrv 
I'"ish<-r .v Ciltnore 
Owen MrCiviMioy 
•Ii'.'in Gran"se 



Bert Baker c ( > 

POU'S CLBCUIT 



148 We^'l^th Street, TVeW York Clly 



BRIIX.KPORT 
Plnzs 

Musical Hunters 
Howard A Hclene 
Hal Crane 
"Not Yet Marie" 

2d half 
McRac A f:iegg 
Anthony A Arnold 
Riifht Pominoa 
(One to nil) 

HARTFORD 

Copltol 

Thr*»o Fulcons 
Green A La Foil 
Norton A M>*lnottc 
William Ha'llen 
Haverm'n's Anim'ls 

2d half 
Violet A Louise 
Fraser A Dunes 
'Gold Diggers" 



TtarroM v ?- c-.jim n 
Kitty l*r;i nc is Co 

NEW HAVEN 

Bijon 

Vernon 

Maurice Costollo 
Ki^ht Homiiios 
(Two to fill) 

2,1 hilf 
Muslral Hunters 
Howard & Hclene 
Pari mo 
"Not Yet Marie" 

Palace 

MrRae A Clegg 
Will J Ward 
Ilegenus Sinters 
Angel A Fuller 
Malia A Bart 
2d half 
Paul A Pauline 
Green A La Fell 



Dan Colemsn 
William Hallen 
Sowoll ^Slaters Co 

8CHANTON, TA. 

FolFg 

(Wlikes-B'rre split) 

1st half 
Ryan Weber A R 
Heney Lewis A O 
NewhoJT A Phelps 
Montagu Love 
Snyder A Solano Co 

SPRINGFIELD 

PmUce 

Do Voe A Statser 
Carroll A Gorman 
Chaa Keating Co 
Barrett A Cuneen 
Moore's Band 
td half 
Reckless A Arley 
Conn A Albert 
Combo A Nevlns 
(Two to fill) 



Malls A Bart 
Angel A Fuller 
Moore's Band 

W'KBS-B*BRE, PA. 

Ftll's 

(Scranton split) 
1st half 
Moll Bros 
OAR Perry 
Sheila Terry Co 
Redmond A Wells 
I Lunatio Chinks 

WORCESTSB 

Foil 

Combe A Nevlns 
"Oold Diggers" 
Ed Sloan 
(Othera to fill) 

Sd half 
Dean Sis T A C 
Chaa Keating Co 
Ma'rlce Cost el lo Co 
Will J Ward 
Haverm'ns Anim'ls 



ERNIE YOUNG 

AGENCY 

Roy Mack, Booking Mgr. 

Suite 1313 Masonic Temple 
Building 

CHICAGO 

Booking Exclusively with IV. V. 
M. A., B. P. Keith (Welters) ssd 
Affiliated Circuits 



WATERBIRY 

Poll 

Reckless A Arley 
Conn A Albert 
"Lets Go" 
Anthony A Arnold 
Kitty Francis Co 

2d half 

De Voe A Statzer 
Jay Ramond 



Plaxa 

Jay Raymond 
Violet A Louise 
Frazer A Bunco 
Echo A Ryo 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
"Let's Go" 
Carroll A Gorman 
Three Falcons 
(Two to fill) 



BOSTON— B. F. KEITH 



BANGOR 

Bijou 

Danc'g McDonalds 
E Boyle A Da'ght'r 
Stephens A Bord'x 
Black A O'Donnell 
Berlo Girls 
(One to fill) 

2d half 

Carl A Inez 
Berlo Girls 
Karola Bros 
(Three to fill) 

BOSTON 

Boston 

Downey A Clarldge 
Dunham A O'M'U'y 
Rule A O'Brien 
George Teoman 
••Dummies" 
Gordon's Ofympls 
(Scollay Sq.) 
Barry A Layton 
Henry's Sextet 
(Three to fill) 

Gordon's Olympian 

(Washington St.) 
Dallas Walker 
Ormsbee A Renig 
Bessie Remple Co 
Bobby Randall 
Hackett A D Rcy 

Bowdoln Square 

"Gray A Old Rose" 
Howard 

Polly Moran 
Homer Romclne 

BROCKTON 
Strsnd 

Mullen A Francis 
Sargent A Marvin 
"Sawing a Woman" 
(Ono to fill) 

2d half 
Montgomery A A 
Cunningham A B 
Ilerria A Wills 
(One to fill) 

FALL RIVER 

Empire 
McCartonc A M 
Murray A Gerrlsh 
Swarta A Clifford 
Johnson Baker A J 

2d half 
Maud Allen Co 
Miller A Anthony 
(Two to nil) 

FITCH BIRG 

Lyric 

Miller A Anthony 
Hlnkle A Mae 
Four Readings 
(Two to fill* 
2d half 



Major Jack Allen 
Burna A Lynn 
Johnson Baker A J 
(Two to fill) 

HALIFAX 

Strand 

Anna Francis 
Stephens A Bord'x 
Hickman Bros 
Mack A La Rue 

LAWRENCE 

Empire 

Fred Elliott 
Cunningham A B 
Meehan'o Dogs 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
Mullen ATrancIs 
Babcock A Dolly 
Laura Ordway 
"Four Aces" 
(One to fill) 

I^EWISTON. ME. 
Moata Hall 

Mack A La Rue 
Anns Francis 
Carl A Inez 
Hickman Bros 
Karola Bros 

2d half 
Danc'g McDonalds 
E Boyle A D'ghter 
Black A ODonnell 
Ecko A Kyo 
(One .to nil) 

LYNN 

Cordons Olymi.la 

Maud Allen Co 
Bnbcock A Dolly 
Herman Tlmberg 
Patton A Marks Co 

2d half 
McCartonc A M 
Sargent A Marvin 
Four Readings 
(One to nil) 

MANCHESTER 

Palace 

Major Jack Allen 
Burns A Lynn 
Joo Bernard Co 
Laura Ordway 
"Four Aces" 
2d half 
The Gerards 
Fred Ellh.tt 
Murray A Gerrlsh 
Meehan's Dogn 
(One to nil) 

NEW BEDFORD 
Gordon's Olympla 

2d half 
Swartz A Clifford 
Herman Tlmberg 
Patton A Marks Co 
(One to nil) 



CHICAGO— KEITH CIRCUIT 



(HILMCOTIIE. O. 

Majestic 

Johnny Coulon 
Frisco Co 

2d half 
Stratford I 
Clifi.M.l & O Conor 

CINCINNATI 
Pillar* 

Hanley A Howard 
Texas Comedy 4 
Hal Johnson Co 
Loo & Cranston 
Gordon A Day 

DANVILLE. ILL. 

Terrace 

f'laymo 

Copley A Jaxon 



Saxtnn A Parrel! 
Taylor Mary AH 

2d half 
Nippon Duo 
H.-mns Monks 
(Others to AID 

DAYTON 

Keith's 

Lrstor 

Dlllir. Gorber T.Vv 

(Othera to nil > 

2d half 
Cozy Tlovuo 
Itita Gould 
(Others- to fill) 

DETROIT 

LaHalU* Gardens 

Corelli Co 



BILLY GLASON 

"JrST SONGS AND SAYINGS" 

NOW Piscina* Proctor's 5th Ave., 
^ New York 



A O DeMont 
"Summer Eve" 
Washington S 
Jd half 
Knorr Bella On 
Scott A Wood 
(Others to n:i) 

FLINT, MICH. 



Eugene Bras 
Ross A Thorns 
I Hamel Qlrla 
Nifty Trio 

FT. WAYNE, na>. 



LANSING, MUM* 

■ Strand 

Plata A Borla 
Nifty Trio 
• Hamel Glrbj ' 
Ooo Ahearn 

— td hatf 
Maxwell f 
DAB Elliott 
Maurice A Olrl 
(Ono to nil) 



«!. 



Ysmamoto Dao 
Bestty A Bvelyn 
Reynolds Trio 
Sol Boena 
Raff en's Monks 

2d half 
Williams A How'rd 
Oarnett A Hill 
(Others to fill) 

HCNTINOT*N.lND. 

HaaUagtoa 

Msraton A Manley 
BetU Boats 

JACKSON, MICH. 



Roder A Desn 
Garhett A Hill 
Rose A Thorno 
Paul Brgdy 
Knorr A Bella Co 

2d half 
Washington 2 
aeo Ahearn 
McCarver A R'bVn 
Oeo F Hall 
Hanson A Burtons 

KALAMAZOO 

Regent 
Maxwell 5 

A E Elliott 
Geo F Hall 
(Othera to All) 

2d half 
Pinto A Boyle 
Lamey A Pearson 
M Correlll Co 
(Othera to All) 

LAFAYETTE. IND. 

New Mars 
Slgsbee's Dogs 
Beatty A Evelyn 
Taylor Macy A H 
Yamaotto Duo 
(Othera to fill) 



XFXINOTON. 

■ Boa All 

Howard A Atklga 
Cosy Revuo 
Rita Gould 
(Others to fill) 

tdhalf 
Johnny Couion 
Bllllo Oerber Hty 
(Others to nil) 

MTDDLETON, o. 

Oordon 
Harry Watklns 
Clifford A O'Consss* 
Stratford 
(Others to nil) 

2d half 
K. J Moore 
Howard A Altkins 
MC8KBGN, MICK, 

Regent 
Hugene Bros 
Lamey A Pearson 
I Camerons 
(Others to nil) 

2d half 
Paul Brady 
Welaer A Reiser 
O K Legal 
(Othera to nil) 

RICHMOND. IN|fc 



Ernest Hlatt i 

Betta Seals 
(Others to nil) 

2d half , 
I .ester 

Ottllle Corday Co 
(Others to nil) 

SAGINAW. MICH. , 

JeaTrae-Ktrand 

Bob Brady 
McCarver A Rb'a'a, 
Hanson A Burtons • 
(Others to nil) 

2d half 
Roder A Dean 
J A A Riley 
F A O DeMont 
4 Camerons 



OBPHEUM CIRCUIT 



CHICAGO 

Majestic 

Helen Keller 
Avon Comedy 4 
C A F Usher 
Kenny A Hollls 
Weaver A Weaver 
Vincent O'Donnell 
Sharkey Roth A W 



Chas Harrison 
Kramer A Boyle 
Mary Hayncs 
Silvia Loyal 
Jack Joyce 
Ritter A Knapps 

LOS ANGELES 
Orpheura 

Claude Golden 



Official Dentist ts> the If. V. A. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1493 B'way < Patnasa Bids;. ) If. T* 



Bennett Sis- 

Palace 

Eddie Leonard 
Bob Hall 
Ernest R Ball 
Adams A Griffith 
Adler A Ross 
Harry J Conley 
Ruth Budd 
Raymond A Wllbert 

State lake 
Harry Fox 
Flashes 

Rlgga A Wltchls 
Mel Klee 
Dooley A Storey 
Clara Howard 
Rolls A Royco 
France A Jerome 

DENVER 

Orpheam 

Kitty Gordon 
Brown A O'Don'ell 
Matllee Llppard 
M Montgomery 
Stone A Hayes 
Oalletti's Monkeys 
Ben Beyer 

DES MOINES 

Orphenm 

Pearl Regay Co 
Clifford A Johnson 
Wm Ebs 
RAE Dean 
Anderson A Tvel 
Ollle Young A A 
Geo Dameraf Co 

DILCTH 

Orphenm 

Pearson A Lewis 
Alan Hamilton 
Mehlinger A Meyer 
La Bernlcla 
Howard's Pcnles 



Dugan A Raymond 
A A F Stedman 
F A M Brltton 
T A K OMeara 
Jack Kennedy 
May Wlrth 
Santos-Hayes Ro»- ' 

MEMPHIS 
Orpheam 

Ssw Thru Womsa 
Nanon Wei oh Co 
Tom Smith 
The Sharracka 
Wood A Wyde 
Barbette 

MILWAUKEE 

Majestic 

Bushmsn A Bayaa 
Bobbe A Nelson 
Billy Arlington 
York A King 
Wilton 81s 
Jack Rose 
Kara 

Palace 

Sammy Lee Co 
Margaret Ford 
7 Sweethearts 
Jones A Greenlee 
Chabott A Tortonl 
2 Cava no s 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 

Ford A Price 
Stagpole A Spier 
Larry Harklns 
Larry Comer 
Swift A Kelly 
Van Cellos 
Wright Dancers 
Frances Kennedy 

Orphcum 
2 Haley Sis 
Boatock's School 



BOB NELSON 

IN POLITE VAUDEVILLE 
HERBIE HEW80N, at the Piano 



Leo Zarrnll 
Patricola A Delroy 

EDMONTON, CAN. 

Orpheum 

(9-11) 
(Same bill plays 
Calgary 12-15) 
Carrinotu I'.ros 
Flanders A Ilutler 
Lanjj A Vernon 
4 Marx llros 
InniA llros 
La l'ilnrlcii .1 

KANSAS CITY 

Main St. 

I>;inrln»r Kennedys 
Fisher A Lloyd 
Maurice Diamond 
Kuapp A ^'ornella 
Liltlt- Cottage 
Bronson A Bdvv'dti 
Max Itloom Co 
Alice Hamilton 

KANSAS CITY 

Orplieum 

Whiting A Hurt 
Abraham Lincoln 
Robert* A Clark 
Miller A Mack 
Kd Morton 
Mlchon Bros 
Van Ho veu 
LINCOLN, NEB. 

Orpheum 

Lee Children 



Dill Robinson 
"The Storm" 
Gordon A Ford 
Hartlev A IVtrson 
C. A M Lefevi-re 

NEW ORLEANS 

Orplicum 

Vun A Cor belt 
McKay * Ardme 
Chabot A Tortonl 
Vincent O'Donnell 

Curloinn *• ItallcW 
Neal Abel 
Juggling Nelsons 

OAKLAND. CM* 

• Orpheum 

Kd Janis Rev 
Moan A Fryc 
Harry Holinan 
Rockwell & I-'ot 
Rnymond A Scln'm 
Lucas A Inez 
Wonlon'Hi'nx 

OMAHA. M ■:». 

Orpheum 

Tho RioM 

Mrs tforn- Ilni;l" ,,; 

Margaret Hair 

Joe Ilennct t 
«'orine THto»\ i: v ' 
To-ney^ A Xhrir.:- 
Hiibbiu C.orvli'.i 






Friday, January 6, 1922 



VARIETY 



29 



E 



•OBTLAND, 01 

T Orphenm ^ 
»- a Hericmen 

Lillian BB * W 

J^be Sherwood 

sjCRAMENTO 

Orplienna 

(t-U) . 
(Seme bill PW 

Fresno IS; 1 " 
Howard ft Clark 
gun Mann 

SJphle Kassmir 
ordon Girls 

JXrest A Collett. 
ST. LOUIS 
s ©rpbeun* 

*ub« R« th 
SThletl'a Manikins- 
indoor Sports 
jloran ft *f™ 
Bobby La Salle 
Venlta Oould 
Rlalto 
Henry Santry Co 

1 ft A Seymour 

joe Rolley 



Ed Ford 

Lohse ft Sterling 

Margaret Taylor 

SAN FRANCISCO 



Sallto Fiaher Oa 
rrt" -Wnfl^7 
DaHaven ft Nice) 
Kellam ft O'Daro 
Prank Farron 
Muldoon F'k'n ft R 
Ruth Howall 
Eddie Foy Co 

SEATTLE 



Rhoda Bernard Co 
Mumford ft SVnley 
Judge ft Gall 
(Two to nil) 
Id half 
Ints ft HanleF 
Al Noda Co 
IHevens A Jung 



Morton Bra* 
Willing- ft Jordan 
Frod LaRolne Ca> 
jimmy Lyona 

KANSAS CITY 



Nat Naxarro Co 
Cliff Naxarro 
Lydla Barry 
Lane ft Hendrlcka 
Flnk'a Mules 
Beatrice Sweeney 
Eddie Buzzell 

SIOUX CITY 

Orpheona 

Princes* Kalama 

Hal Skelly 

Crawford ft B'rick 

Willis Ollbert 
I Cbaa Seamon 
1 Norris Co 

Ruby Norton 






Harry H. Coleman 

INVENTOR and ORIGINATOR 
OF THE WALKING DOLL 

Toawtaw paxtages circuit 



The Wlntons 
The Duttons 
Hall A West 
I'uhn A Dreis 

ST. PAIL 
Orpbcnm 



Carlyle Blackwell 
Aileen Stanley 
Prosper A Maret 
Shrine r A Fzs'm'ns 
Gautiefs Toyshop 
Llbonati 
Gllfoyle A Lang 

SALT LAKE 

Orpbeum 

Kitty Doner 
'J R Johnson Co 
Green A Parker 
Moody A Duncan 



Nash A O'Donnell 
Dance Fantasies 
Bedford A W'chst'r 

VANCOUVER. B.C. 
Orplieum 

Wm Gaxton 
Cameron Sis 
Lydell A Macy 
Claudius A Scarlet 
Al Woblman 
Rasso 






WINNIPEG 

Orphenm 

Nathanc Bros 
Adams A Barnett 
Dress Rehearsal 
Ward Bros 
Dave Harris 
Falenberg's Anim'Is 
Ben Bernlo 



SHUBERT CIRCUIT 

CLEVELAND 



Lynch, ft Zeller 
(One to fill) 

ATLANTA 

Grand 

Alvln A Alvln 
Mann ft Mallory 
Homer Miles Co 
Burns ft Klein 
Songa A Scenes 

2d half 
Turner Broa 
Mammy 
The Chattel 
Rellly Feeney A R 
Elizabeth Saltl Co 

BALTIMORE 

HJppodromo 
F A A Smith 
Vanning A Hall 
Howard Martell Co 
CAT Harvey 
Casslar A Beasleys 

BOSTON 

Orphenm 

Cross A Santoro 
Wahl A Francis 
Lyle & Emerson 
Ralph Whitehead 
Pot Tourrl Dancers 
Coden A Luken 

2d half 
Obala ft Adrenne 
Casson Bros 
L-»ne Star 4 
Win Morris Co 
Morey Senna A D 
Q Hughes Co 

BUFFALO 

Stat© 

Zleijlcr Pur) 
Ail»-n ft Moore 
The Crisis 
Fox A Brltt 
Ethel Gilmore Co 

CLEVELAND 

Liberty 
Pcscl Duo 
Mack A Castleton 
Al lister Co 
Eddie Cassldy 
One Two Three 

2d half 
Harry Bentell 
Uoyd A King 
'Innocent Eve" 



.Raymond ft. Lyto 
Lillian Boardman 
Marriage va Dlv're 
American Comedy 4 
Provost A Ooelet 

2d half 
Lea Sylvaa 
Norton A Wilson 
Pearl Abbott Co 
Arthur Deagon 
Jack Martin Trio 



Baelfcd Ave. 

Hetty King 

Taylor Holmes 

Brondel A Burt Co 

■meat Evans Co 

Billy McDermott 

Mel-Burnes 
Musical Johnstonea 



PHILADELPHIA 

Chestnut St. 

Bessie McCoy 
"Harmonyland" 
Ryan A Lee 
Marguerite Farrcl) 
The Flemmings 
(Othera to fill) 
PITTSBURGH 
Rhubert 
Alice Lloyd 



LONDON, CAN. 
Loew 

Australian Delsoa 

Octavo 

Friend A Downing 

2d half 
Marvel A Faye 
Mason A Bailey 

L'G BEACH, CAL. 
State 

(8-10) 
Berry ft Nlckerson 
Maidle De Long 
Janet Adler Co 

2d half 
Summers Duo 
Ernesto 

Tallman A Kerwln 
Hall A O'Brien 
l.uckey A .Harris 
Royal Harmony 6 . 

LOS ANGELES 

State 

(8-10) 
Krnesto 
Summers Duo 
Tnllman A Kerwln 
Hall A O'Brien 
I.uckey A Harris 
Royal Harmony 5 

2d half 
Aerial Macks 
Lambert 

Glenn A Richards 
Kennedy A Martin 
Molcra Revue 

MEMPHIS 

Laew 

Alvln A Kenny 
I.aRose A Adams 
Rllla Wlllard Co 
Rlvernide 3 
Kermis Co 

2d half 
Klnc Bros- 
King A Rose 



Lylo ft Emerson 
Ralph Whitehead 
Pot Pourrl Dancers 

SACRAMENTO 

Stat* 

(•-10) 
Llttls Yeshl Co 

AJTtiig * Uteeh 

Warden A Darco'rt 
Harry White 
"Dancing Whirl" 

2d half 
mil ft Qulnall 
Clifford ft Leslie 
Wild ft Sedella 



Wigwam 

(8-10) 
Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal ft Leary 
Mills ft Smith 
Rawleo ft Von K 
LaSova ft Qllmore 

ULsV.'t^-- 
LsRoy Pros 

Flagler ft Malla 

Smith ft Truman 

Cortex ft Regan 

"Snappy Bits" 

BAN JOSE, CAL. 

Hippodrome 



f BOB ROBISON 



A V 1 I 



j RENEE PIERCE 

"NO MORE SALOONS" 



Frank Terry 
Mora A Reckless 



HOLMES and IE VERE 

THE ORIGINAL BOX PARTY 

I N ONE 
ALSO THROWING THE "DUMMY" 

This Wt«k Has. ILSMEA'S THEATRE, 

BUFF ALU N. Y. 

Songa by LEW BROWN 



Go Oet 'Em Rogers I Hannaford Family 
The Plckforda ' (Others to fill) 

loew cntcurr 



FEW FORK CITY 



Valentine ft Bell 
Dodd ft Oould 
O ft B Parka 
Morley A Cheslelgh 
; M Hamilton Co 
Bobby Henshaw 
"Holiday in Dixie" 

2d halt 
R ft L Bell 
Criterion 4 
Roberta ft Boyno 
Sammy Duncan 
Dance Follies 
(Two to fill) 

American 

Haas Bros 
R ft L Bell 
Sammy Duncan 
Bra** ft Mll'na Co 
LaTerre ft Valencia 
Xeene ft Williams 
Jaa Thornton 
Oaby Bros 

2d half 
Valentino- ft' Bell 
Forrest ft Church 
Lloyd A Whlteh'se 
Melody Festival 
Jewell ft Raymond 
Jaa Thornton 



Cody A King 
Josephine Davis Co 
Renee-Noel Co 
Cameron A Meeker 
White Bros 

Orphenm 

A A M Royce 
Dunham A Wms 
Downing A Bunlns 
(Ons to fill) 

2d half 
4 Eugene Boys 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
Mark Hart Co 
Sherman Van & H 

Bonlevard 

Amoros ft Obey 
Forrest ft Church 
Armstronc ft Tyson 
Ashley Dorney Co 
Cullen ft Canto 

2d halt 
Gaby Bros 
Chas Gibbs 
Qrlndell ft Esther 
Tom McKay's Rev 
Bernard A Butler 
3 Walters 

Arenas B 
narry DeVora I 
Criterion Four 
Mysterious Music 



? 



BOB CARRIB 

AUSTIN and ALLEN 

"BROADWAY TO THE ORIENT'* 



/. 



Franchlnl Bros 
(One to nil) 

Victoria 

4 Eugene Boys 
Jack Reddy 
Tower ft Darrell 
Virginia Belles 

2d half 
Miller Kilnt A K 
Herman Berrens 
Morley ft Chesl'lgh 
Cardo ft Noll 

Lincoln Sq. 

Bender ft H*»rr 
Johnson nros ft J 
Lehr ft Bell 
Dance Follies 
2d half 
Amoros & Obey 
Jack Reddy 
Weston & Eline 
Downing ft Bunins 

Greeley Sq. 

T.inw Klmr ft Kb 
* Hrown Olrls 
H To. k &• Y Wah 
Bernard ft Tiuth-r 

M half 
nude's Dop* 
l.ehr ft n«.\\ 
Kddle. t'huk To 
fc rava ft M'hrn. Co 

Belanrey St. 

Aenal DeC.roffs 

Josephine Davli 
Weston ft Klin*. 
lom Mr-Kay'* R.<» 

M half 
Render ft H.-rr 
H To. k A Y W.ili 
>shlry ft Dorn-y Co 
4 Brown Girls 



i 



_, National 
F 'j"lni; Hownnls 
Makarenko Duo 
Mark Hart Co 
Murray Voelk 
*«*i Adams (»:rJs 
:M hn-.f 



(One to All) 
2d half 
Herman ft Young 
(•Elsie White 
Voplcs A Tunes • 
(One to nil) 

BROOKLYN 

Metropolitan 

3 Walters 
Grlndell ft Esther 
JerV \Va?«h »'o 

Sally FleMn 
Dancers IifLuxe 

2d half 
Aerial D'-Uroffs 
A ft M Royce 
Nevins ft tiordon 
Tower ft Darrrll 
Phil Adams ^.'o 

I'ulton 

Cody \- King 

Wni I»lck 
Ronee-Nofl Co 
ShTnian Van ft 11 

INI half 
Krnnt'.ly ft Kr'nvT 
Sossinan «v S:«>;tne 
X'lrifinla I'.-.-ll'-s 
Wilson ft J-nrscn 

U.ates 

Krnn^dy ft Kr'nirr 
Sossnian ft Sioi-ne 
Tardo ft Noll 
Josie Flvnn Co 

2<i half 
Tinas Bros 
ii ft K Tar'.is 
M Hamilton Co 
Sally Fluids 

l'nlace 

Ilrrmnn & ^ ouni: 
Thy lor ft I'.an .3 
Klnlo Whifo 
'Oold>-n Bird - ' 
2d hair 
3 Yaquis 
Murray Vc!k 
J«ck Waiiih Co 

Ifine fr. f.\\) 



TTolden A Herron 
Strassle's Seals 

Metropolitan 

Aerial LaValls 
Howard A Brown 
Hayes A Lloyd 
Smiling B Mason 
II Green A Beaux 

DAYTON 

Dayton 

Harry Bentell 
Boyd A King 
-Innocent Eve" 
Holden ft Herron 
Strassle's Seals 

td half 
Hsahl ft Osal 
Murphy ft Klein 
J B Tot ten Co 
Race ft Edge 
Franclss Ross A E 

DETROIT 

Colonial % 

Monte ft Pari 
Lucclana ft Lucca 
Jas Kennedy Co 
Chase ft LaTour 
Tatiman Kev 

FRESNO, CAL, 
Hippodrome 

48-10) 
Aerial Macks 
Lambert 

Glenn A Richards 
Kennedy A Martin 
Molera Rev 

2d half 
Bollinger A R'n'lds 
Cooke A Hamilton 
E'&dle A Ramsden 
Ccnroy A O'Donnell 
Chalfonte Sis 

HAMILTON, CAN. 
Loew 

Les Plerrotts 
Herman A Brlscoo 
Lincoln Hlghw'nVn 
Ward A Wilson 
Mcintosh ft Maids 



Martin A Courtney 
Hudson A Jones 
Bernice La Bar A B 

MONTREAL 



HOBOKEN, N. J. 

Loew 

Chan <;ibbs 
J K Knimrtt Co 
Gordon ft Healey 
lle'm ft T.ock\voo<ls 
Donnah'lle ft W 

Tfl nnit 
Judge ft Gail 
Irene Trtvette ' 
"Poor «3)<1 .Tim" 
Penator Murphy 
(<3ne to Mil) 

IIOLYOKK. MASS. 

Iitrw 
Swp'n'.H Animals 
<''N'il fll 
Ada .Taljp t'o 
Dohhs (lark A- D 
Musira 1 Jljureris 

half 
T.o.m ft I.Mitzi 
Billy Barlow 
Hilly S Ilall Co 
Tabor % Green 

IIOi'SlON, TEX. 

rlnce 

Ans' IsnVt hit 
rhe .\r-Nauglitons) 
1 1< rh< /'. 1)< nion « 'o 
l.iya:rt .^ Stnvurt 
JatnKi 11 Taylor J 

..1 half 
\V„lbi;r ft (J:ri!e 



Ed Glngras Co 
Jack Symonds 
Chapman A Ring 
Lane A Freeman 
Musical Buds 

NEWARK 

Stato 
Camilla's Birds 
Reeder A Armst'ng 
Chisholm A Breen 
Grace Cameron 
Skelly A Heit Rev 

NEW ORLEANS 

Crescent 

Wilbur ft Girlie 
Morton Bros 
Willing ft Jordan 
Jimmy Lyona 
Fred LaReine Co 

2d half 
Alvln ft Kenny 
LaRose A Adams 
Rllla Wlllard Co 
Riverside 3 
Kermis Co 

OAKLAND, CAL. 
Stato 

(8-10) 
Bollinger A R'yn'ds 
Cook A Hamilton 
Eadle ft Ramsden 
Conroy ft O' Don' 11 
Chalfonte Sis 

2d half 
Margy Duo 
McKenna ft F'zp'k 
Wm Darwin Co 
Salle ft Robleo 
Tripoli Trio 

OTTAWA, CAN. 

Loew 

Slg Franz Co 
Davis A McCoy 
Gossler A Lusby 
Basil A Allen 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 

riTT8BlTR4*H 

Lyceum 

Zclda Bros 
T ft A Carter 
D Burton Co 
Moore ft Fields 
Fred Gray 3 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

Hippodrome 

(*-ll) 
T AT D Lann 
I>e Lyons Duo 
1' ft G Ball 
• 'ollins ft PiManl 
Songc ft D'noe R'.-v 

2d half 
Muslt-ul Rowellys 
» "r'-srent 4 
I-itzer & Pave 
I'rnl W«>bbrr 
"Timely Revue" 

I'ROVIDENCE 
Emery 

Obala ft Adre?:ne 
< 'asson Bros 
Lone Star 4 
Wm Morns Co 
Mony Sfiina ft I> 
g lljgh»s Co 
2d half 
Cross ft Santoro 
Cod^n ft T/Ulirn 
Walh A Franc!* 



ST. LOUIS 

Loew 

Hashl A Osal 
Murphy A Klein 
J B Totten Co 
Race ft Edge 
Francis Ross A D 

' 2d half 
Raymond A Lyto 
Lillian Boardman 
Marriage vs Dlv'rce 
American Comedy 4 
Prevost A Goelet 

SALT LAKE CITY 

Stato 

(8-10) 

Mllo A Blum 
Wheeler A Mack 
Lellla Shaw Co 
Roblnson-McCabo 3 
"Dancing Surprise" 

2d half 
Janet Adler Co 
Maidle Do Long 
Berry ft Nlckerson 
(Others to fill) 

SAN ANTONIO 

Princess 

JAA Kelley 
I Harry Gilbert 
"Money Is Money" 

2d half 
The Anselsmlths 
The McNaughtons 
H Denton Co 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jackson Taylor 3 

SAN FRANCISCO 

HJppodromo 

(8-10) 
T.e Roy Bros 
Flagler A Malla 
Smith A Truman 
Cortes A Regan 
'Snappy Brta" 

2d half 
HAL Stevens 
J A C Mason 
Gruet Kramer ft O 
Jim Keynolds 
Holland D'ckrlll Co 



I (8-10) 

Margy Duo 
McKenna A F'zp'k 
Wm Darwin Co 
Salle A Roblea 
Tripoli Trio 

2d half 
Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal & Leary 
Mills ft Smith 
Rawles A VonK 
LaSova A GUmore 



SP'NGFI'D. MASS. 

Loew 

Leon A Mltzl 
Billy Barlow 
Billy S Hall Co 
Tabor A Greene 
DeMarlo 5 

2d half 
Swain's Animals 
O'Nell Sis 
Ada Jaffe Co 
Dobbs Clark A D 
Musical Queens 

STOCKTON 

HJppodromo 

(8-10) 
Gruet Kramer A O 
Jim Reynolds 
Holland D'krill Co 
J A C Mason 

2dhslf 
Little Tashl Co 
Lalng ft Green 
Warden ft D'court 
Harvey ft White 
'Dancing Whirl" 

TORONTO 



Gordon A Gordon 
J Fulton Co 
Popularity gueens 
Avey ft O'Nell 
Evelyn Phillips Co 

2d half 
The Hennlngs 
Nada Norrlne 
iienry *: .Vioore 
"Rubevllle" 
Watts A Hawlcy 
(One to All) 

CHICAGO 

American 

"One on Aisle" 
Bob La Salle Co 
Hanako Japs 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Samps'n A Douglas 
Evelyn Phillips Co 
(Four to fill) 

Kedsle 

"Wonder Girl" 

"Broke" 

Al Raymond 

Doll Frolics 

2d half 
Austin ft Cole 
Jas Fulton Co 
Yip Yip Yaphankers 

Lincoln 
Harry Haw Co 
"Modern Cocktail" 
Watts A Han- ley 
"8mllcs" 
(Two to run 

2d half 
"One on Aisle" 
Lewis A Rogers 
Bowers W'lters A C 
(Three to fill) 

DAVENPORT, IA. 

Colombia 

Jennler Bros 
Mel ken A Renn 
Billy Miller Co 
"Storybook Rev" 
(.One to All) 
2d half 
Big Jim 
Hall A Dexter 
John T Ray Co 
Anderson A Graves 
"Smiles" 
(Ono to fill) 



KANSAS CITY 
t.lobe 

Petty Reat ft BrO 
Fox A Conrad 
3 Kenna Misters 
Gordon & Germain 
2d half 



Chas Reeder 
Goetz A Duffy 
Around the Clock 
Worth A Willing 
Kerville Family 

WASHINGTON 



M argot A Francois 
Hodge A Lowell 
Betty Wake Up 
Bartlett Smith ft S 
Lovetfs Conc't'tlon 



DECATUR, ILL. 

Empress 

Desxo Better 
Nippon Duo 
Hamlin A Mack 
Fred Hagan Co 
J C Nugent 
(One to fill) 



Buddy Walker 
F'sgersrtd ft Carroll 
Kago Co 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Liberty 

Ross A Fose 
YVIntergarden 4 
Dena Cooper Co 
F'zgerald A Carroll 
"Sawing a Woman" 

2d half 
Joe Melvln 
Gardner ft Aubrey 
"Blossoms" 
Billy Clark 
Lutes Bros 

MADISON, WIS. 

Orphenm 

Dooley A Storey 
Thos Wise Co 
Earns A Alton 
Ollroy Haynes A M 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
'Melo D.insc" 
Yorke A King 
Al Abbott 
The Gellls 
(Two to nil) 

NORFOLK. NEB. 

Andttorlnm 

C A A Glocker 
Cook A Valdaro 
Bally Hoo Trio 

OMAHA. NEB. 

Empress 

Cook A Valdare 
Gardner A Aubrey 
Billy Clark 
"Blossoms" 

2d half 
F.aherty ft Stoning 
Dena Cooper Co 
Bert Howard- 
"Sawing a Woman" 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Orphenm 

1st half 
Charles Ledegar 
L A V-Doherty 
Allen's Minstrels 
Mack A Stanton 
Gotdon A Rica 



Jess ft Dell 
FVnklyn ft Vincent 
Corrine Co 
Jack George Due) 
Hid Lewis 
Sternard's Midgets 

SIOUX CITY, IA. 

••*■'• "OTphi SAY ""•* "~ ' 
R'df'd ft Winch'st'r 
Noml Kalcma 
Hal Skelly 
Crawford A B 
Wills Gilbert Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Dance Fantaslo 
Chas F Semon 
Nash A O'Donnell 
Ruby Norton 
Norris Co 
(One to fill) 

S'TH BEND. IND. 

Orphenm 

Cook ft Rosevcro 
Billy Doss Rev 
Marston ft Manley 
(Three to fill) 
2d half 
Harry Haw Co 
Russ Leddy Co 
Bob La Sallo Co 
J C Nugent 



Hamlin ft Mack 
Alf Rlpon 
Popularity Queens 
Avey ft O'Nell 
Four Valentlnos 

TULSA. OK LA. 
Orphenm 

ananamo*rwtem-«>«»vB*>wfc4sn4ajfe»»Bh*'* . » 

2dhalf 
Charles ledegar 
J> ft V Doherty 
Allen's Minstrels 
Mack A Stanton 
Gordon A Rica 

TOPEKA, KAN. 

Novelty 

F A C La Tour 
PAP Houlton 
Ton Davles Co . 
Cook A Vernon 
"Dreams" 

2d half 

Petty Reat A Bro 
Fox A Conrad 
3 Kenna Sisters 
Gordon ft uerm'n 

T. HAUTE, IND. 

Hippodrome 
(■vanavlllo split) 
1st half 
Alfred Powell Co 



JACK HEISLER 



ECCENTRIC DANCE 

With B. A. ROLFB ft 



CO. 



Hanako Japa 
(One to All) 

SPB'GFIELD, ILL 



The Hennlngs 
Nada Norrlne 
Henry ft Moore 
"Rubevllle" 
(Two to All) 
2d half 
Deszo Rotter 



Ford ft Goodrich 
Warren ft O'Brien 
Blossom Seeloy Co 
Clay Cr6uch 
(Ono to All) 

2d half 
Mclllyer ft Ham't'n 
Holllday ft WllU'to 
Jo Jo Harrison 
Blossom Seeley Co 
Whitfield ft Irelnd 
(Ono to All) 



PAHTAGES CIRCUIT 



CALGARY, CAJC. 



torly Happy Jack Gardner 

JACK GARDNER 

AGENCY (CHICAGO) 

177 N. Stato St. Phono Central 114. 

Booking with Keith. W. V. M. A. and 

all affiliated clrculta. 

Standard Aete Wanted at All Tim— 



"Different Rome" 
Jewell Manikin* 
G Saundero 3 
Burns ft Wilson 
Carmen Three 

MONT. 



GUS SUN CIRCUIT 



ALBANY 

Majoatlo 

Irene Parker Co 
Meegan ft Margie 
Allen ft Hogon 
Smith ft McGary 
T ft A Leo 

2d half 
Martin ft Rogera 
Carl Wllmer 
Conway ft Mack 
Gere ft Dolaney 
(Ono to All) 

CLBVELAND 



Pauletto ft Roy 
(Two to All) 
CLINTON, IND. 
Clinton 

Francis ft Wilson 
Arnold ft Manlon 
Lllette Co 

2d half 
Chaa Delghan 
Walters H'pk's ft C 
Johnny Singer Co 

COLUMBUS 

Orphenm. 

Monte ft Carlo 
Haggerty ft G'r'd'n 
Maud Ryan 
Ford ft Vlctorlno 
Fields ft Wells 
Bird Cabaret 

DETROIT 

Colombia 

Fredericks Co 
A ft N Delmont 
Conn ft Hart 
(Two to All) 

EVANSVILLE4ND. 

Victory 
Kccfe A Lillian 



ZIg Zag 3 
(Two to All) 

INDIANAPOLIS 
Lyrlo 

Pauline ft Francis 
Weston ft Toung 
Earl ft Mullen 
Prince A Bell 
Jack Cam 
Jassology 
OSWEGO, N. Y. 



J ft B Burke 
Gertrude Taylor Co 



Victory 

V ft L Lewis 
Jack Levy ft Glrla 

2d half 
Curtis A Fitzgerald 
Mile Rhea Co 

TERRE HAUTE 

Liberty 

Mowatt ft Mullen 
Irene Meyero 
Corner Store 
3d half 
Koefe ft Lillian 
Ad rain 
Lllette Co 

TOLEDO 

Rlalta 

Electro Co 
Ryan A Moore 
Freddy Sylvers ft F 
Collnl Dancers 
Anger ft Adelon 
Hubert Dyer Co 

WTERTWN, N.Y. 

Avon 
Mack A Dale 



HUGH HERBERT 

Jan. 1. ». 4— Grand, Galveston, Ten 

Jan. 6. 7, . S— Majestic. Austin. Tex. 
ASSreM: 22t WEST 44th ST.. N. Y. CITY. 



Adrian 

2d half 
Movratt ft Mullen 
Corner Store 

I H'T'NGT'N, W.VA. 

Hippodrome 

Adolpho 

4 Florlan Girls 



Mile Rhea Co 
Curtis A Fitzgerald 
Boniscttl Troupe 
2d halt 

V A L Lewis 
Jack Levy Co 
Norton A Faye 
Joe DeKos Tr 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



MAY and HILL 



rr,\'* rr 'i'nvriY WonKiNO 



ATtniSON, KAN. 

Orphenm 

F A C La Tour 
P ft P Houlton 
Tom Davles Co 
Cook A Vernon 
"|>ri'.iniB" 
BL'M'GTON, ILL. 
Majestle 

Tile A Tide 
C.ygl A Vadie 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Gordon A Oordon 
Haines A Avey 
"Storybook Rev" 

CDR RAPIW, IA. 

Ma Jest l« 



Lutes Bros 
"Future Home" 
Howard A Fields 
Big Jim 
"District School" 

CENTRALIA, ILL. 

Grand 
Nelson A Madison 
Kennedy A Burt 
Palermo's Canines 
Three Melvlns 

2d half 
Al Jerome 
Browning A Davis 
Pete Curley Co 
"Rings ft Kalnb'w" 
CHAMPION, ILL. 

Orphenm 
RAW Shattuck 



2d half 
8ealo 

Ford A Goodrich 
Mile Marrlone 
Stone A Gray 
3 Melvln Bros 
(Two to All) 

DUBUQUE. IA. 

Majootie 

Alex Melford 3 
Chamberlain A B 
Wayne M'rsh'l A C 
Cosrl A Verdi 
Rial to ft La Mont 

E. ST. LOUIS. ILL. 

Erbere 

Ray ft Fox 
"The Question" 
Lewis ft Rogers 
Dan Sherman Co 

2d half 
Gordon ft Dtlmar 
John Geiger 
Lulu Coates Co 
(Ono to All) 

ELGIN. ILL. 

Rlalto 

Rlnehart A Duff 

Ben Nee One 

Tip Tip Taphankers 

EVNSVILLE, IND. 
New Grand 

(Terre H'ute split) 

1st half 
Mcllyar A H'lton 
Holliday A Wlll'te 
Jo Jo Harrison 
Whitfield A Irel'nd 
"flawing a Woman" 

2d half 
Alfred Powell Co 
Warren A O'Brien 
"Sawing a Woman" 
(Ono to All) 

FT. SMITH, ARK. 

Jolo 

•Tatches" 
! Van A Vernon 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Tracy Palmer A T 
BAB Conrad 
Zelaya 
Hedley Trio 

GALESB'RG ILL. 

Orphenm 

Dave Manley 
(Three to All) 

2d half 
Foster ft P^ggy 
Watts A RlngKold 
Adelaide Bell Co 

G'D ISL'ND, NEB. 
Majestic 

C A A OlorUrr 
Cook ft Valda.e 
Bally Hoo Trio 

JOLIET, ILL. 
Orphenm 
Hall ft Deiter 
Four Valentlnos 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Cliff Bailey 
Jimmy Dunn 
Stuart Girls Co 

JOPUN, MO. 

Electric 

Pearce A Dunn 
Julia Edwards 
Clifford A B'lhwtll 
(One to All) 



(7-10) 
(Same bill plays 
Anaconda 11, 
Missoula II) 
Aerial Rooneya 
BAB Adair 
"Current of Fun" 
Lazar ft Dale 
Five Potrowara 

SPOKANE 



Daly * Borlew 
LOS ANGELES 



OKMULGEE. OK. 

Orphenm 

Tracy Palmer ft T 
Jean Middleton 
Three Kegels 
2d half 
Helene Collne Co 
Pearce ft Dunn 
Kenny Mason ft S 

PEORIA. ILL. • 

Orphenm 

Austin A Delaney 
Anderson A Graves 
Jimmy Dunn 
Bowers W Iters A C 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Clifford Wayns t 
Billy Miller Co 
Dan Sherman Co 
(Three to All) 

QUINCY, ILL. 

Orphenm 

Foster A Poggy 
Watts A Ringgold 
Adelaide Bell Co 

2d half 
Dave Manley 
(Three to All) 

RACINE, ILL. 

Rlalto 

Jimmy Lucns 
Baby Juno Co 
L ft M llartt 
Rues Leddy Co 
Tilyov ft Rogers 

2d half 
Sinclair A Grey 
Cook ft Rosevere 
Minstrel Monarcbs 
(One to All) 

ROCKFORD, ILL. 

Palace 

"Melo Dance" 
Torke A King 
Al Abbott 
The Gellls 
(Two to fill) 

2d half 
Dooley A Storey 
Thos Wise Co 
Earns A Alton 
Ollroy Haynes ft M 
(Two to fill) 

SIO'X FALLS. 8.D. 

Orphenm 

Bally Hoo Trio 
Flaherty A Stoning 
Charles Heanion 
Norris* FrolUa 

2d half 
Kalatnn, ft Kno 
Kramtr ft lioy'e 
Coscla ft Verdi 
Wills Gilbert Co 

ST. JOE. MO. 
Electrle 
O'Hara ft Nrr-ley 
Fielus A liar'gton 

2d half 
Julia Kd wards 
Winfrgarden Four 

6T. LOUIS 

Colombia 

Slgnbee's Dogs 
John Geiger 
Browning A Davis 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Ray A Fox 
Kennedy ft Burt 
"The Qu^Mtlon" 
Black ft Duniap 

Grand 

Noel T.e*t*-r 
Joe Murtiiil 



Gladyo Webb 
Oklahoma City 4 
Rolland ft Oleon 
Meredith ft 8 
(One to All) 

SEATTLB 



Jack Dempsey 
Lagana 
Chuck Rlsaer 
Terminal Four 
Broadway Rev 
P Conchas Jr Co 

SAN DIEGO 



Swan ft Swan 
El Cota 
King ft Irwin 
Larry Rellly Co 
DunLar ft Turner 
(Ouo to All) 

VANCOUVER, B.C. 



Three Aloaa 
Bernard ft Ferris 
Paialey Noon Co 
Loo Moras 
Arlsona Joo Co 
Byal ft Early 

L'O BEACH, CAL. 

Bays 

Mllo Paula 
Rolland ft Ray 
Sohoftel'a Rev 
Nell MoKlnley 
House David Band 
Creole Fashion Rev 

SALT LAKE 



7 Tumbi'g Demons 
Tybelle Sisters 
nail ft Francis 
Harry La Moar Go 
Cblo Supremo 
Noodlea Fagln 

TACOMA 



Smith's Animals 
Craig ft Cato 
Pantheon Singers 
Benzerv ft Balrd 
Lunatio Bakera 
Sampsel ft L'hardt 

PORTLAND, ORB. 

Pontages 

Class Manning ft TJ 
Hayden O'wln A R 
Danc'g Humphreys 
Al Fields 



Lareto 
Cuba Quartet 
Harry Antrim 
"Tea My Dear" 
Bardwell Mayo ft R 

OGDEN, UTAH. 



(11-14) 
Joneo ft Sylvester 
Genevieve May Co 
"Dixieland'* 
(Two to All) 

DENVER 



Chaa Oerard Co 
Doral Blair Co 
Chunf Hwa 4 
Carl Rosin 1 Co 
(Two to All) 

KANSAS CITY 
Pontages 

Humberto Bros 
Juanlta Hansen 
Ann Suter 
Kennedy ft Rooney 
Braslllan Heiress 
(Ons to All) 



JOHN J. KEMP 
Theatrical Insurance 

M JOHN 8YRRBT, NEW YORK CITY 

Pho no t Bowli ng green 31st 



1 Dr Pauline; 
Travel 
(Open week) 
Pedrick ft Dovero 
Zelda Santley 
Johnson Fox ft % 
Glaegow Maids 
F ft T Hayden 
Iahakawa Bros 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Faatagea 

(Sunday opening) 
1a Toy's Models 
violet Carlson 
Melodies ft Steps 
"N'lgbt Boat" 
Foster ft Ray 
Six Tip Tops 

OAKLAND, CAL. 



(Sunday opening) 
"Act Different" 
Jack Tralnor Co 
Harry Van Fosse n 
Johnny Small Co 
WAG Ahearn 



ST. LOUIS 



Rekoma 

O'Hara A Neeley 
Jerome North 
Little Caruso 
Coleman ft Ray 
Walton ft Brandt 
Kane Morey & M 

MEMPHIS 



"Sawing a Woman" 

Al Bhayne 

Chody Dot ft M 

Jenklne 

3 Kanasaka Bros 

CINCINNATI 

Lyrlo 

La Petite Revue 
Powell Troupe 
Mary Rellly 

Walters A Walter* 
Csrlton A Belmont 
Paul Sydell Co 



IHTEB8TATE CIBCUIT 

DALaJlS, TRX. Bronson A Baldi 

Edith Clifford 
Wm Brack Co 



DALEY, MAC and DALEY 

Comedy and Spectacular Roller Skater*. 
Direction: AI.F T. HILTON 



Tyler A St Clair 

Jean Barrios 

Scanlon DAB 

Toto 

Wilbur Mack Co 

Cecile Weston CO 

Four Lamys 

FT. WORTH. TEX. 
Mujeetie 

Frank \t tlson 
M-iCK ft Maybel'e 
Kdw'd Usmonle Co 
The Volunteers" 



rln 



GALVEST*N, TEX. 

MaJosUo 

(9-11) 
(Same bill plays 

Austin 1.2-15) 
Hugh O'Donnell Co 
Connolly ft Franrts 
Norton A Nicholson 
I*ady Tsen M*>l 
Sully A .Houghton 
David Schooler Co 
Toby ft George 



V 



Continued of» page 30) 



30 



VARIETY 






Friday, January 6, l( 




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yrif 



GREETINGS TO 



MARGARET LAWRENCE 



AND 



FAY BAINTER 




SAMUEL SHIPMAN 



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BROADWAY STORY 



(Continued from page 14) 
claiod on even earlier than for pre- 
war years. 

Four offerings were withdrawn 
Saturday, all more or less new at- 
tractions. "Bought and Paid For" 
was called off at the Playhouse, 
after trying the revival for thre* 
weeks and a half. •'Ambush" was 
taken out of the Belmont. The Na- 
tional Players, an all-star stock re- 
vival Idea, stopped after a week 
and two days at the National, while 
"Hanky Panky Land." designed for 
the Century roof for two weeks, 
was withdrawn at the end of the 
first week. No business was the 
reason for all four closings. 

"Bought and Paid For" is one re- 
vival figured with a chance. Yet 
none of the flock of fall late re- 
vivals has started much. "The 
Chocolate Soldier" did go to $25,000 
for the holiday weeks at the Cen- 
tury, but its stay there is uncertain. 
"Alias, Jimmy Valentine" is doing 
better than other offerings at the 
Gaiety this season, and may have a 
three months' run. Prospects are 
not so bright for "The Squaw Man," 
which came to tho Astor last week. 
The old timers at the Manhattan 
were reported In trouble this week, 
while "Trilby," the National Play- 
ers' try, was the quickest failure of 
the lot. 

"CJood Morning, Dearie" went to 
f-i.l.OOO last week at tho Globe, es- 
tablishing a new Broadway record. 
The Dillingham musical smash has 
been see-sawing with the "Music 
Box Revue," the season's first mu- 
sical sensation, and both shows 
have been playing to standing room. 
The latter attraction grossed $38,825 
for the holiday week. The differ- 
ence in figures Is In house capacity, 
the Globe being slightly larger. 
Both shows played fou. matinees, 
and both charged $10 for New 
Year's eve. Speculators held tick- 
ets for these attractions until the 
last minute for big premiums, and 
some had to be sacrificed. The 
specs' tickets showed stampings of 
as high us $21 for the Saturday 
night performance, indicating a 
premium of lOd per cent Prices of 
$1S, $1$ and $18 were noticed 
•tamped on any number of tlckctt 



presented at the box offices of both 
houses. But it is likely that even 
a higher price was obtained by some 
of the brokers. 

"Sally," at the New Amsterdam, 
was high up In the business stand- 
ing of last week, turning a $33,000 
gross for its 54th week. The star 
musical show of last season slipped 
just before Christmas, but the come- 
back indicates the strength of 
"Sally," whose management figures 
on it remaining until spring. 

"Bombo," tne Jolson show, did -a 
similar box office . orformance, ap- 
proximating the "Sally" gross. "The 
O'Brien Girl" went to $2 000 at the 
Liberty. 

"Blossom Time" did as well at the 
Ambassador, while "Tangerine" was 
close behind with nearly $24,000. 
"The Perfect Fool" at the Cohan 
was a clean soil-out all week for a 
now figure of $23,000. The "Green- 
wit h Fellies'' went to $24,000. 

'Klkl" at the Belaseo led the dra- 
matic Hold with $21,000 as the smash 
of the non -musicals. "Six Cylinder 
Love" at the Harris was close be- 
hind with over $20,000. "A Bill of 
Divorcement" at the Times Square 
and "The Circle" at the Selwyn 
Jumped to $17.0C0, and by virtue of 
daily matinees both "The First 
Year" at the Little and "Thank-U" 
at the Longacre grossed over 
$16,000. 

Some of the new plays did not 
draw during the holidays, but "The 
Dover Road" at the Bijou pulled a 
surprise by getting nearly $12,000. 
"Danger" could not beat $9,000 at 
the 39th Street, nor could "The Idle 
Inn" at the Plymouth, while the 
takings of "The Married Woman" at 
the Princess and "The Mountain 
Man" at the Elliott were' negligible, 
w'th "The Whito Pcucock" at the 
Comedy just managing to beat 
$7,000. "Fac«» Value" at the new 
49th Street wa^ reported doing only 
fairly well. 

Two new ent-ants last week look 
good. They are "Captain Apple- 
jack." nt the Cort, and "Bulldog 
Drummond," at the Knickerbocker. 
The former opened Friday, the 
latter getting $13,000 for a full week. 

This week's new plays counted 
four in number. *;i. S. Tenacity" at 



the Belmont Is in doubt; "Lawful 
Larceny" at the Republic is ac- 
corded a good chance; "Up in the 
Clouds" is showing a little strength 
at »the Lyric; "Drifting," the seventh 
attraction of the season at the Play- 
house, won rather good comment. 

"Llliom" will end its run at the 
Fulton Saturday. "The Circle," 
moving over from the Selwyn for a 
month or so. "The Blue Kitten" 
will take the Selwyn starting next 
Friday. "Rosa Machree" will be 
the new Lexington attraction next 
week, succeeding two weeks of 
Fritz Leiber. Griffith's "Orphans of 
the Storm" film (first called "Two 
Orphans") got away to a dela3'ed 
start at the Apollo Tuesday night. 
"Madras House," running downtown 
in the Neighborhood Playhouse, 
moved into the National Monday, 
the house being left available 
through the withdrawal of the Na- 
tional Players. 

The play crop of the last two 
weeks has added six new buys to 
the list in the agencies, but with the 
falling off of a number of other buys 
with no renewals the total was held 
down to 22 Wednesday. That a*- 
ternoon William A. Brady called a 
meeting of all of the brokers in an 
effort to put over a buy for his pro- 
duction of "Drifting" at tho Play- 
house. The brokers were not en- 
thusiastic and the consensus of 
opinion was that they would not 
buy, and if forced on them a small 
buy was the best that they would 
do. 

The agencies were disappointed 
with the business for the week bo 
tween Christmas and New Year's, 
and the reaction after the holidays 
early this week found them bewail- 
ing the state of business. The indi- 
cations of their advance sheets are 
that there will oc no immediate 
after New Year's revival of business 
which they were expectant of. 

Of the new attractions "Captain 
Applejack" seems to have the bulge 
on the other newcomers inasmuch 
as it received a buy for eight weeks 
of about 250 seats a night. All the 
other buys were of four weeks each, 
with "The Dover Road" getting 200 
a night; "Face Value." 200 a night; 
"Bulldog Drummond." 250 a night; 
"Up In the Clouds." 200; "Lawful 
Larceny," 250. Renewals of the 
buys for "The Dream Maker" ana 
"Bombo" were made for an addi- 
tional four weefca, with the quantity 



for the latter attraction being cut 
down. 

Expiring this Saturday night is 
the buy for "ThejChocolate Soldier" 
and "The Demi-Virgin." which will 
not be renewed, and that for "Inti- 
mate Strangers" ran out last Satur- 
day. 

The remaining buys are "Blossom 
Time" (Ambasador), "Klkl" (Belas- 
eo), "Tangerine" (Casino), "The 
Perfect Fool" (Cohan), "The Demi- 
Virgin" (Eltinge), "Good Morning, 
Dearie" (Globe), "Six Cylinder 
Love" (Harris), "Varying Shore" 
(Hudson), "O'Brien Girl" (Liberty), 
"Grand Duke" (Lyceum), "Music 
Box Revue" (Music Box), "Sally" 
(Amsterdam), "Bill of Divorcement" 
(Time's Square). 

With business bad in the advance 
agencies for the week between 
Christmas and New Year's it was 
Just the opposite in the cut rates, at 
least as to the volume of business 
done compare' to other years, The 
reason was that, in the past if there 
were six or eight attractions on sale 
at reduced prices during the holiday- 
period, the ci.t rates thought them- 
selves lucky. This year they had 
anywhere from 14 to 18 attractions 
on sale nightly. But the business 
this week after Monday night was 
bad, with Tuesday night and Wed- 
nesday matinee decidedly off. 

Twenty attractions were listed at 
reduced prices on Wednesday night. 
They were "The Squaw Man" (As- 
tor), "The S. S. Tenacity" (Bel- 
mont), "The Claw" (Broadhurst). 
"Chocolate Soldier" (Century). 
"White Peacock" (Comedy). "Na- 
ture's Nobleman" (48th Street). 
'Face Value" (49th Street), "Dulcy" 
(Frazec), "Llliom" (Fulton). "Jimmy 
Valentine" (Gaict: ), "Lilie s of the 
Field" (Klaw), "Mountain Man" 
(Maxine Elliott), "Just Married" 
(Bayes). "Wild Cat" (Park). "Idle 
Inn" (Plymouth). "The Married 
Woman" (Prlnco ,«), "Great 
Broxopp" (Punch and Judy), "Law- 
ful Larceny" (Republic), "Circle" 
(Selwyn), and "Shuffle . ng" (63rd 
Street). 

Judging from the list of now at- 
tractions and shows which have been 
standing up as hits listed in the 
eut rates the indication i s that bus- 
iness for the current week has 
dropped to about a* low an ebb as 
possible. 

In the hit division, however, the 



three big leaders that are holding 
up are "Good Morning, Dearie," 
"The Music Box" and "Klkl," that 
trio of attractions are all the de- 
mand in the agencies. 



STRIKE THREAT 

(Continued from page 15) 
an Equity official complaining that 
she was not standing in the right 
spot for the finale of the sbev. 
Fannie Brlce had denied she head* 
ed the "strike" in Chicago, saying 
she was not in the theatre at the 
time. 
A statement by Ziegfeld follows: 

New York, Jan. 4. 
Editor Variety: 

In view of Mr. Gillmore's state- 
ment that I had failed to live up to 
the arbitration decision and that I 
had acted in a high-handed man- 
ner, I wish to state the absolute 
facts as they occurred. 

When the Ziegfeld "Follies" left 
New York for their annual road 
tour I made a special effort to have 
tho company go on the road intact 
so far as the chorus was concerned, 
and as many of,the girls had never 
gone on the road I offered them spe- 
cial inducements to go, and the de- 
mands made by some of them in the 
way of salary was such that I made 
individual arrangements with all of 
them for salary and a bonus, for 
which they were to give all perform- 
ances weekly that had usually been 
given by the Ziegfeld "Follies" in 
the different cities where the Zieg- 
feld "Follies" played. They also in- 
formed me, voluntarily, they were 

BILLS NEXT WEEK 

(Continued from Page 39) 

1st half 

Charlps LoiWif 
Mack A Stanton 
Gordon A Flua 
(Two to nil) 

SAN ANTONIO 

MaJtHtic 
T.cru© A Dupree 
Marie Dorr 
Alexander A Flel« 
Hugh Herbert Co 
Sully A Thutruia 
Julian KltinRc 
I*» Crohn 

Tl'I.SA. OKI.V 

Majestic 

(Oklahoma Ci'f 
split) 
1st Uutt 
Sultan 

Duller A rarkcr 
Jo* Browning 
Robert RHIly C° 
Frederick Bowd* 



HOI HTON. TEX. 

Majeatlc 

Hufrhos Duo 

Taxle. 

narry A Whltlcdfje 

<Jr nwieh Villagers 

Wi.nzor A Palmer 

Jim Cullcn 

Bckefl Dancers. 

LITTLE ROCK 

Majeatlc 

Jack Hedley ?. 
Taylor Howard A T 
Klaa Ryan Co 
McUrath A Deeds 
K A H Conrad 

2d half 
The Llttlejohna 
C-lcott A Mury Ann 
"I'.itchoa" 
I<eednin A Gardner 
(Otic to nil) 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Majestic 

(Tulna aplll) 



, January i, 1W8 



VARIETY 



31 



vi Feature tfthi •« 

I. Miller Semi- Annual Sale 

&(fw in Tropes* 



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Afternoon Slippers 

Formerly $10 and $12.50. 

$8-95 

Other Sale Opportunities 
59 Style. 36 Styles 

*6- 85 $ 10-95 

I. MILLER 

1554 Broadway 
New York 

Slate and Monroe Streets 
Chicago 

"World's largest Producer of Theatrical Shoes 



t members of Equity or any other 
ssociation. 

The "Follies" played an extra per- 
ormanco Thanksgiving week in 
Pittsburgh. I was then informed by 
my manager, Mr. Rosenbaum, that 
Mr. Wm. Fields, on behalf of the 
members of the Equity— six in all 
out of sixty— had claimed they were 
entitled to an extra eighth — which 
afterwards was found to be eleven 
girls. All of these wired me that 
they wished me to understand that 
the deputy of Equity had compelled 
them to sign a demand for this onc- 
eighth, although they knew they 
were not entitled to it— that they all 
made a different arrangement with 
me and were perfectly satisfied with 
the salary they were receiving, 
which was far in excess of what 
-they ever expected to receive, they 
claim, with the exception of two 
girls, Miss Bessie Poole — calling 
herself now Miss Chatterton — and 
Miss Andrews. 

The matter came up for arbitra- 
tion which was decided against me, 
contending that the basic settlement 
of the strike with Equity and the 
contract agreed upon all members 
of Equity were entitled to one- 
eighth extra for the additional per- 
formance given over the eight week- 
ly. I then immediately instructed Mr. 
Rosenbacm to pay every member 
of the company, including the 49 
girls that were not members of 
Equity, and all received the one- 
eighth of the entire amount they 
were drawing, whether bonus or 
salary, as agreed upon when the 
company went on the road. 

I was also instructed that I had 
ho contracts with any girl, and must 

I have a written agreement. I imme- 

: diately sent my manager — Mr. 
Kingston — to Cleveland, made a new 
contract with every member of tho 
chorus, deducting thB 10 per cent. 
from salaries and bonus they were 
receiving, but agreeing with the 
girls I would only deduct the 10 

Ser cent. In those towns where we 
ave extra performances, which all 
readily agreed to, and as before 
. mentioned they all agreed they were 
, receiving more salary, including 
bonus, than they ever expected to 
get on the road. 

All signed with the exception of 
Miss Andrews and Miss Poole, 
Whom I had placed in the company 
Jt the special request of Mr. Fields 
the Equity deputy. I went to De- 
troit the following week — the second 
week of theia engagement there — 
they all having received one-eighth 
additional for the extra perform- 
ance given in Detroit the first week, 
and there had been no complaint 
Whatsoever from anybody, and as 
Miss Poole would not sign a con- 
tact with me, I naturally gave her 
two weeks' notice, although I think 

I I was entitled to dismiss her with- 
j out notice since I was Instructed I 
* must have contracts with every 
I member, and sho refused to sign 
j one, naturally that ended her en- 
f Kagement under my management. 
[ * saw every member of the com- 
j Pany and no complaints of any na- 
[ jure were made to me by any mem- 

"er whatsoever there, nor by the 
^J'ty ai my office In New York, 
5! no "* n * had occasion to speak to 
f ,r Trimblo on the telephone, noth- 
ing whatever was said to me at the 
tim<\ 

Much to my surprise, on Sunday 

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IACTfl, SINGLED, ETC. J> 
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A\l> OPENINGS ARHAXii*/ 



night, a few minutes before the cur- 
tain went up, Mr. Fields, who had 
been responsible for putting Miss 
Poole in the show, the Equity law- 
yer, Chicago representative of 
Equity, representatives of the Mu- 
sicians' Union and of the Stage 
Hands' Union — although knowing 
the company arrived early Sunday 
morning — they walked in a few min- 
utes before the curtain was to rise, 
and demanded of Mr. Rosenbaum. 
who had no authority to sign con- 
tracts for the Ziegfeld Follies, Inc., 
that unless he signed contracts — not 
the usual with the two weeks* 
notice, but a contract for the season 
with Miss Poole and Miss Andrews 
— the latter, who had been dismissed 
for failing to do her work properly 
and failing to come to the theatre 
in Detroit — that they would not 
allow the show to open. With a 
$4,500 house already in the theatre, 
Mr. Rosenbaum naturally decided, 
after consultation with Mr. Harry 
Powers, the manager of tho theatre, 
that he would have to be coerced, 
and signed the contracts demanded, 
excepting with Miss Andrews. Mr. 
Rosenbaum said he preferred their 
closing the show. 

To show how absolutely impos- 
sible it is to govern actors and 
actresses by union rules and clock 
punching methods and regulations — 
although the principals of the com- 
pany, who were members of Equity, 
who stood behind Mr. Fields and 
others representing Equity in mak- 
ing a demand which I claim should 
have been made to mo in New York 
at my office, the following Saturday 
wired me: "Dear friend — We have 
an opportunity of making live or 
six hundred dollars New Year's Eve 
by playing a certain club in Jhi- 
cago, and trust you will grant your 
permission." Returning good for 
evil, I granted their request. 

Miss Fanny Brice "ailed me on 
the telephone, saying the news- 
papers gave her credit for being the 
ring-leader of the strike, but that 
sho was not in the theatre and knew 
nothing of what had occurred. 

I further received a letter from 
Mr. Trimblo in tho case of Miss 
Vera Michalena, who had a con- 
tract for "The Follies," and I let her 
out to play a ten weeks' engagement 
for Mr. Morosco, as she had abso- 
lutely nothing to do in "The Follies," 
and when the ten weeks were up I 
was compelled to put her back in 
"The Follies," as"she refused to play 
on the Roof or in any other attrac- 
tion, demanding going with "The 
Follies" in Chicago, as sho said her 
husband was there, and she would 
be willing to just "hang on the 
back drop," and would insist on the 
contract being carried out. I have 
since had a letter from the Equity- 
Mr. Trimble— stating that Miss 
Michalena was not standing in the 
right spot in the finale; so you see 
Equity is also stage manager as 
well as compelling me to make con- 
tracts with peoplo for the season 



I ACCUSE 

Demarest and Collette 

TOM SMITH Says: 

That he and RALPH AUSTIN started playing as a team and showed their art to the manager* at. Ketth'a Union Square 
Theatre, October, 1913. The critic lam is on fllo at Variety office. In the act we did a tough aong and dance. On the end 
of the dance we went for a, nip-up and missed It. which waa a big laugh. We only did the trick once In the act. We 
■eparated aix week* later. I joined with Harry Madison of MADISON and THURBBR. Auatin went with JAMES C. 
MORTON. Both acta uaed the nlp-up. Madison and I aplit after aix weeks. I went back to a alngle turn. Later I waa 
engaged by Mas Hart to play at the Empire Theatre, London, England, and I joined with PHIL DOT LB to play aa a team. 
We did the dance with the nlp-up for (SIR ALFRED BUTT, and he eald. "the dans* la vary pretty, bat why da yea fall?" 
That was in the aummer of 1914. 

T came back and joined with Austin again in January. 1915. We played along for a few yearn and on our second 
trip to the Interstate time war was declared between "weuns" and the Hermans — that was In April. Itl7. Coming north. 
four weeks later, we opened at Chattanooga and Knoxvtlle anil on the bill were CHARLES LEDEGAR, bounding rope; 
HELEN SMILES DAVIS, DEMARBST and COLLETTE, and SMITH and AUSTIN,— and, ladies and gentlemen of our noble 
• rofesslon, that ia the week Demarest tookThe nlp-up. 

I saw each act on that bill and no one but ourselves did anything resembling a nlp-up, but I waa Informed two 
montha later that thia Demarest person wn doing the trick. He started playing fui SHUBERT a year »r ao later. TTa 
likewise started for Jake and Lee, "the boys." We were engaged to appear at the Century Theatre, New Tork, at a 
Sunday night concert and Demarest waa alt-o a!l!jd. I said, "Now this matter will be aettled once and for all," and I 
waited for Mr. Demarest, to talk words with him. but he never showed up. 

Austin and I were extremely nervous and very agitated. We kept peeking around the scenery, looking for a 
gentleman with aandy hair and bowed legs. We stood ready to crown him "King of the Nip«upa." I will never forget the 
sad look on Austin's face, aa he said with teara In bla eyes, "Do you think anything could have happened to him?" 

We opened In "CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY" two weeks later and had the proud honor of being the first two 
to be poured back In the barrel. I then atarted to think of the alngle. I ahowed It at the 6th Avenue In New Tork. 
STME said I was doing Demarest' s nip-up and Demarest got to thinking that Instead of hWn taking It from me, I took It 
from him. and lo, and behold, bs writes MR. CHESTERFIELD and tells him that he haa been doing It. six years and 1 most 
cut it out. "How sbout that, eh?" The truth of the matter Is. he has been doing It for four years and seven months, and 
that's all. I informed Slme the other day that I saw my old partner's act with a young man named Seed, and I laughed 
Immeasurably. I also told Slme they are doing the trick in question which I believe Austin has a perfect right to do, as 
he did it before he ever worked with me. And I did it in "Tho Merry Whirl" in 191Z. Frank Moors would stand over 
me and say "go" and go I would, only to fall on my back aa tho curtain waa descending for ths finals. That's nine years 
sgo. 

To every manager that Demarest and Collette play for I want you to know bs Is doing a trfck which ha took 
from TOM SMITH and RALPH AUSTIN. 



(S gncd) 



TOM SMITH 

An artist, a gentleman and a scholar. 



T. S - To every artkt that this man Demarest has bulled Into believing he has been doing that trick for six years, 
just think back when we declared war en Germany, and see if you can make yourself believe that you saw him do It 
previous to that date, and you will find TOM SMITH is right; that Demarest never did it before May, It 17. 

TOM SMITH, Personal Direction HARRY FITZGERALD, Longacre Theatre Building. 48th St. and Broadway, N. T. City 

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ? M 
COUNTS' OF ALLEGHENY J 

Before me, tho undersigned authority, personally appeared To.M SMITH, above named, who. being duly sworn, 
according to law, deposes and says, that th« allegations contained in the foregoing btalcment sf facts, are true and correct, 
us he verily believes. TOM SMITH. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22d day of December, 1921. 
[SEAL] 



BESSIE M. BARKLBT. 

Notary Tubllc. 
My Commission expires starch 11th, lttf. 



who had two weeks* clause con- 
tracts originally. 

For these reasons, and these 
reasons alone, I feel 1^ have been 
very unjustly treated, and condi- 
tions existing in the theatre today 
aro deplorable, and no self-respect- 
ing manager can tolerate them. So 
whop the Equity Shop goes through 
in 1924 I am through with the show 
business in America. 

The facts herein stated aro ex- 
actly what occurred, and I will leave 
it to any fair-minded person 
whether such conditions should 
exist in America. 

Flo Ziegfeld, Jr. 



ASTOR LEASE 

(Continued from page 14) 
is to revert at that time, refuses to 
disclose his plans. The Shuberts 
have the lease on the theatre at 
present, it having passed through 
the hands of two other managerial 
firms successively since he origin- 
ally leased it to "Wagenhals & Kem- 
per for |40,000 annually. Cohan & 
Harris leased it from that firm at 
an advance of $20,000, bringing the 
rental to $60,000, and then the Shu- 
berts paid them $80,000, another ad- 
vance of $20,000. 

The original lease caused a legal 
row between Bimbcrg and the Shu- 
berts in which the latter were vic- 
torious. They held they had an 
option on tho leasing of the theatre 
at $23,000 annually, but that Bim 
turned It over to Wagenhals & 
Kemper at an advance of $15,000. 
Inside indications are that Bimberg 
never forgave this court decision 
and when the property reverts to 
him he may drive a stiff bargain 
with the present lessees in the event 
that they want to continue. 

The ground on which the theatre 
and office building stand was trans- 
ferred from the Astor Estate to a 
downtown firm at the auction sale 
of Astor properly about 18 months 
ago, subject to tho 99-year ground 
lease. 



"HITCHY K00" OFF 

(Continued from page 14) 
then Keyes has been dismissed from 
the organization. 

"Hitchy-Koo" in the one-nlsrhters 
was a money maker. At the end 
of two seasons, players were given 
a bonus when the show returned to 
New York, which fact „was com- 
mented on in Equity's monthly pub- 
lication, which lauded Sampter for 
tho example he had set for other 
m'anagers. Last season "Hitchy- 
Koo" was playing commonwealth. 
Sampter said several players ad- 
vanced money when needed and 
that might have been true when 
cash was needed to bring the show 
in. He declares that all such loans 
were refunded, though admitting 
that some money may have been due 
players for sularies. 

To counter Equity's "pounding" 
of him, Sampter alleges a number of 
contract breaches. and unprofession- 
al conduct by Equity members, and 
that he was never able to get action 
by Equity officials. 



Motion denied. Settle order on no- 
tice." 

This litigation establishes -a prece- 
dent, the eclsion being the first one 
to' Interpret the powers of the Com- 
mUblcmer of Licenses. Justice 
Wagner, In handing down his de- 
cision, has acted solely on the 
phrasing and provisions of the stat- 
ute itself as Incorporated in the 
municipal legislature, which reads: 
"The commissioner of licenses shall 
have cognizance and control of the 
granting, issuing, transferring, re- 
newing, revoking, suspending and 
cancelling of all licenses in relation 
to theatres and concerts." 



LICENSE OFFICIAL UPHELD 

(Continued from page 15) 
of the power to revoke in tho hands 
cf a delegated official an abridge- 
ment of the right to the free ex- 
pression of thought, as Is contended. 
It may only bo exercised to prevent 
the production of what In his judg- 
ment is an immoral or indecent play 
and offensive to the public con- 
science. The power cxMInr, Us 
threatened exercise under the cir- 
cumstances will not be restrained. 



ZTEGFELD'S BOAD 'FROLIC" 

Zlegfelds "Midnight Frolic," an- 
nounced to open at the Garrlck, 
Philadelphia, next Monday night, 
will have its premiere there Tues- 
day evening, as the principals will 
not be ready. The numbers, pro- 
duced by Leon Errol, are all set. 

The cast includes Will Rogers, 
Jimmy Duffy, Arthur West, Bran- 
don Tynan, Jack McGowan, James 
B. Carson* Eva Shirley and band, 
Lotta Miles, Annette Bade, Miss 
Harmon, Pearl Eaton, Marcel la Earl. 
Miss Ellsworth, OUle Osborne, Doris 
Lloyd and Beulah McFarland. 



r 



Johnson Disappoint* 

Jark Johnson, who was scheduled 
to appear in the "In Old Kentucky" 
revival at th* Manhattan O. H this 
week, did not fulfill the engage- 
ment. 



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COOK 



"ONE MAN VAUDEVILLE SHOW" 

Open For Engagement After June, 1922 



32 



VARIETY 



Friday, January 6, 



AMERICA'S CHERJE 





a 



THE LADY OF THE FACE AND FORM DIVINE 



99 



HEADLINING THIS WEEK (Jan. 2) AT THE 44th STREET 

IN A REPERTOIRE OF SONGS, DANCES AND A GORGEOUS SARTORIAL EQUIPMENT 



HEWS OF THE DAILIES 

(Continued from page 7) 
kind and should t» the last of Its 
kind." The controversy was re- 
oDened by Fowler, who charged that 
the present Mrs. Fairbanks' divorce 
had been gained through "deceit, 
fraud and trickery." 

The Moorehead Producing Co. 
will soon be Incorporated for 150.- 
000 under the Federal laws. The 
company Is becoming nationally 
known for the "home talent" shows 
it has been producing throughout 
the country. The Moorehead sisters, 
originators of the company, are in- 
corporating due to the amount of 
business they receive and in order 
to handle it. The company is at 
present working on a P*™ 1 ™* 1 ™ 
called "Don't Park Here," which wit! 
be produced in West Virginia early 
in the spring. Officers of the cor- 
poration are: F. L. M°ores. presi- 
dent and treasurer; A. J. Bath, vice- 
president and business manager; 
L C. Cusac, secretary; Meda Moore- 
head playwright; Edna Moorehead, 
producing manager; Myra Bath, as- 
sociate producing manager, and 
Elizabeth Moorehead, designer. 

The New York American's Sun- 
day magazine section, Jan. 1, car- 
ried a story of the Duncan sisters 
attending a ball given by Mrs. 
Nelly Vanderbllt in London as 
entertainers with the Prince of 
Wales and the King of Spain 
also present The original story 
stated that the Dolly sisters were 
there, but the facts are the Duncan 
girls were the sister team on tap. 
During the evening they were dis- 
covered by the Prlnco and King 
with the girls spending the remain- 
ing portion of the evening talking 
over the world's problems with 
royalty. The discourse was so ani- 
mated, it is said, the Prince and the 
King entirely forgot all about the 
Vanderbllt party. The "American 
is to run another article, according 
to accounts, telling what the quartet 
talked about "behind the palms." 

The Rev. Harry Dwight Miller, 
pastor of the Hanson Place Meth- 
odist Church, Brooklyn, caused a 
bit of pro and con commotion 
amongst the Methodist congrega- 
tions of Greater New York by 
speaking against the ban the church 
has always placed upon theatre- 
going and dancing. Harry Daven- 
port, of "Thank You," now playing 



in New York, spoke from the pulpit 
following the minister's address on 
the subject of cleaner plays. 
Whether or not it' was * publicity 
stunt It brought out that the 
Methodist Church is beginning to 
incline more favorably towards the 
theatre (outside of the usual plea 
to the stage for benefits), though at 
their annual convention they still 
continue to forget the more amiable 
attitude and manage to take the 
usual "pan" out of the actor. 



Miss "Joe" Jefferson Rolfe. grand- 
daughter of the famous actor who 
immortalized the character of Rip 
Van Winkle, was married on Jan. 
1 to Lamar Washington. Miss Rolfe 
appeared at various Intervals on the 
professional stage. 

Three employes of the 14th Street 
theatre, an usher, doorman and 
ticket taker, were injured Monday 
night when the celling in the lobby 
gave way and fell upon them. The 
audience was not aware of the acci- 
dent until after the performance 
which was going on at the time. 



better for each of the firm's attrac- 
tions. It was reported several weeks 
ago in Variety, with Syracuse and 
Atlantic City mentioned. 

It was stated that the purpose of 
the merger lb to avoid direct com- 
petition between the two offices. 
The placing of vaudeville by the 
Shuberts Into any of the controlled 
theatres which happen to be dark 
does not appear to have entered into 
consideration. 

Also reported was the fact that 
some of the Independent producing 
managers were slightly apprehen- 
sive in regard to the amalgamation 
as too dose an alliance, r. is 
thought, would lead to a combina- 
tion controlling the majority of out- 
of-town theatres, and hence capable 
of dictating terms to the producer. 



The Authors' League, the Ameri- 
can Dramatists and the Actors' 
Equity have held meetings recently 
to forward a voluntary censorship 
of plays. It is hoped this action 
will forestall a political censor ap- 
pointed by the State. 



Nil H RIVER SAVINGS BUNK 

SI W«st S4tb Street 
lltTH BEMI-ANNUAt DIVIDEND 

The Board of Tru»te*» ha« declared 
a Semi-annual dividend at the rate of 

FOUR PER CENT. 

and after January Itth. "**•_, 
Deposit* Made 0« er Before 

January 13th 

will draw laUreet tram i '•"■•'J Ui 
BANKING BY MAIL 

CTTART.E8 ROH«l. Pw»el**«t. 
GROROE T. CONNBTT. Sec. A Treai. 



Morris Gest has closed negotia- 
tions with Nlkita Balleff, head of 
"The Theatre de la Chauve-Goris," 
or The Bat Theatre of Moscow, 
which is an offspring of the famous 
Art Theatre of Russia, to bring the 
organization to America. A year 
ago the group of players moved 
bodily to Paris and then to London 
for a series of engagements. The 
company will- sail for this country 
Jan. 17 and will open at a Broad- 
way theatre during the week of Jan. 
30. Though previously reported as 
coming over to the States, it was 
not understood that the "Chauve- 
Soris" would be under the manage- 
ment of Comstock ».c Gest during 
their stay here. Ray Goetz an- 
nounced the troup as his own some 
time ago. The Gest announcement 
was sent out this week. ^ 



"Love for Three Oranges," a novel 
grand opera, had its premiere at 
the Chicago Opera House after hav- 
ing taken three years to produce at 
a cost of $100,000. Serge Prokofieff 
is the author; also conducted the 
orchestra at the initial performance 
of the piece, which Directress Mary 
Garden inherited from the previous 
management and produced in an 
effort to get back some of the money 
spent on the production. She, how- 
ever, refused to risk any of her first 
run stars during the presentation. 



The National Players. Inc., headed 
b. Wilton Lackaye, George Nash 
and Charlotte Walker, disbanded 
Dec. 31 following the evening per- 
formance, after having played a 
Jittle over one week with a revival 
of "Trilby." The commonwealth or- 
ganization was formed because its 



members were in need of employ- 
ment in a bad season. An outbreak 
of artistic temperament was one of 
the reasons advanced for the failure 
of the project, but this was denied 
by the business end. "The Madras 
House," Granville Barker's play, 
will switch from the Neighborhood 
Playhouse to the National to All the 
vacancy. 



Helen Ingertroll. two years w4th 
the Theatre Guile* as business man- 
ager, and also managing the Gar- 
rick, New York, has resigned from 
the organization. She will be com- 
pany manager for "The Madras 
House." „ 



The Alvlene Players, Inc., is a re- 
cently formed group which will pre- 
sent play of the intimate type in 
New York. Six plays will be staged 
during the season, the first to be 
"The Value of Content," by Her- 
mann Sudermann. 



An English girl calling herself 
Mile. Eleonora says she will attempt 
to walk across Niagara Falls on a 
tightrope next June. At present 
she is performing in the Crystal 
Palace Circus in London. 



Under a head, "The Year In the 
Theatre," the New York Herald 
published an editorial having to do 
with the attitude of the public 
toward the theatre which sums up 
its viewpoint on the situation in the 
final paragraph reading: "With the 
talk of the public's strike against 
buying theatre tickets there are 
always plays drawing every week 
houses which would have been con- 



sidered impossible ten years ago. 
So the lesson of the year, in spite 
of the murmur* of d is satisfaction 
from the impresarios, is encourag- 
ing. The public, in spite of the 
times, has ample funds t patronUra 
what is best In the theatre. But 
the public has set a high standard." 

The engagement of Clare Kames, 
the actress, to marry Sidney Co* 
Howard, author of "Swords," lias 
been announced. 



The New York Grand Jury last 
week refused to indict A. H. Woods 
for produc'ng "The Demi-Virgin." 

William A. Brady opened a new 
crook play in Stamford, Conn., Dec. 
30. called "The Law Breaker." 
Jules E. Goodman is the author, 
with John Cromwell. Faire Binney 
and Laura Walker included in the 
cast. 



Sadie Wood, who declared herself 
an actress, was arrested last week 
on suspicion of being implicated in 
a $10,000 burglary. In her apart- 
ment was found a $3,000 sable coat. 
a $250 beaded bag and other articles 
which were declared part of the 
material stolen from Maud Hanlon 
at 740 West End avenue last July. 
Miss Wood stated the articles were 
Labor Day gifts from an admirer. 

The New York Sun announces a 
plan to turn over a theatre to Soth- 
ern and Marlowe r.ext season for $6 
weeks to be given over to three 
week offerings of productions, in- 
cluding Shakespearean, with which 
they have been identified. 






According to the London Mirror, 
Ellen Terry has requested permis- 
sion to decline the honor of "Dame 
Commander of the British Empire," 
to have been conferred at the New 
Year's honors in recognition of her 
talent and long services to art. The 
Order of the British Empire, which 
Includes that of Dame Commander, 
was instituted in 1917 and ranks 
immc.liatHy after the Royal Vic- 
torian Order. It is given for *m- 
portant services rendered to the 
empire. 



A verbal agreeme between the 
El-lancer- Dillingham-Ziegf eld group 
and the Shubert interests was ac- 
knowledged by both parties to have 
been reached concerning the book- 
ing of shows in Philadelphia. The 
combining of the two factions will 
probably be extended to their book- 
ings in other citie.i with New York 
declared to be outside the remedy 
snupht in making "road" conditions 



REEDER «• ARMSTRONG 

The original and only two piano act in one 

Comedy Songs 




NEXT WEEK (JAN. 9) 
PLAYING 

Loew's Newest State 
NEWARK, N. J. 

Personal Direction: 

J. H. LUBIN 




CY PLUNKETT 

"THE DARK CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING" 

Principal Comedian for Mollie Williams 

Opening at Columbia Theatre January 9 

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: 

DAYTON "DAILY NEWS" 
(Sept 12th. 1921). 

i i. Her only comedian Is c y Plunkett. a refreshing, original, black face comedian, who la good for ft 
laugh every time he opens his mouth or goes through his marvelous, gliding movement as a part of his dancft 

.1AMES Ml r IR. 

"GAZETTE." MONTREAL 

(November 28th, 1921). 

^ ,,Vi? \ A \ Jolson /' of burlesque— Cy Plunkett. provides most of the comedy, and his Interpretation^ 
are delightful change from the usual tactics employed by comedians. His dance and song numbers were well 
executed. ° 

"POST -EX PR ESS" 

ROCHESTER. N. Y. (December 13th, 1921). 
™ , J n the * ine of comedians. Cy Plunkett. a black face entertainer hits with one hundred per cent force. 
Plunkett was funny at all times, and roamed through the many scene* much to the delight of his audience. 

UTICA "OBSERVER" 

(December 23d. 1921). 

Cy Plunkett played a big part in making the show go over big. supplying the fun making part of 
the entertainment. He is without a doubt the very bfst comedian on the Burlesque State playing the part 
of a lazy nigger, he kept the audience in an uproar from the beginning of the performance right through 
to the era*""! !'. n ?le. 

"POST-STANDARD" 

SYRACUSE. N. Y. (December 20ih. 1921). 

Cy Plunkett has all the ear-marks of a coming star, and was a rim in all se.-m.-s. 

ALBANY "EVENING JOURNAL" 
(December 27, 1921). 

~ 7 ] ?? comedy is in the hand* of Cy Plunkett and Johnny Philliber. the former being the comedy 
sar and the latter his assistant. Plunkett is one of the best black faced comedians o the itase. He 
stopped the show at both performances yesterday, not once but s.-veral times. Plunkett pleased immensely. 

KNICKERBOCKER PRESS" 
(December 27th. 1921). 

Cy Plunkett. who compares favorably with Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson is a black faced comedian 
who knows what to do. and how much to do to please his au.lifi.ro. He n.-v, • ' K r s ros ,me ee ule he 

■thc^show 9 y ° Ut Wll,IOUt ,,rapBinR U Aln "*' In lhe mmstn ' 1 *'•"">> ™™*** made hi" "biggest l hit of 

"TI M ES - U N I O N. A I . P. A N Y, 

(December 28th, 19JI). By MARIE AVERY MYERS 

Cy Plunkett, the chief funster, is the funster who gets the In,..].* i.i„„i. . . i , r ,,,<ils 

on the burlesque stage. His jazz numbers never fail to stop the J.ow. ' a "- 

MY CONTRACT TERMINATES WITH MISS WILLIAMS AT THE CLOSE OF THIS SEASON. 



■ - S - J " 



NOTE NEW ADDRESS 

B EH R ENS LIPSHUTZ CO. 

THEATRICAL COSTUMES 

Robertson Cole Blag., 721-723 7th Ave., New York City JA^c",. LIPSHUTZ, Manager 



Friday, January «, 1W» 



VARIETY 






CORRESPONDENCE 

1h# «itlM ynd«r Correspondence In this Issue of Variety are 
M fellows, and on psgeei 
ATLANTA ••••»• • •.» • •*•«••»• J 



AUSTRALIA ♦ ... 
gALTIMORK ,..< 

BOSTON 

BUFFALO ». 

CLEVELAND...., 
D E3 MOINES ... 
DETROIT 



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83 
... 35 
«H 34 
... 35 
... 37 
... 35 
... 35 



KANSAS CITY 37 



MONTREAL .....* 37 

NEW ORLEANS ...*... 38 

PHILADELPHIA ..*«.*, 39 

PITTSBURGH 40 

PORTLAND, ORE..,:*,.. ...... 40 

ROCHE8TER „ 38 

BAN DIEGQ ........ ............ 39 

SYRACUSE 39 

TORONTO -..J* 39 

WASHINGTON 41 



IN AUSTRALIA 

By ERIC H. GORRICK 



HER MAJESTY'S — "May time" 
/revival). Next, "The Boy." 
CRITERION — "Wedding Bells," 

rith Joe Coyne. 

ROYAL— "doing Up" (revival), 
show la doing big business. Al 
ji and Maud Fane each make 
trsoncl bit. Show may stay over 



.ACE— John D. O'Hara re- 
rned to this city Nov. 19 in a new 
by H. F. Maltby entitled "The 
lughter of Fools." The play is a 
The story is very weak. The 
bisy owes its success to the acting 
Mr. O'Hara, Miss Kendall and 
Lorna Helms. Acts one and three 
tre too talky and carry no action, 
fh© end Is sudden and unexpected. 
The story is of an old man (played 
y Mr. O'Hara) considered by his 
mily ss old-fashioned. His only 
end is his niece (splendidly acted 
Doris Kendall). The old man 
:ya an old house at a price that 
rly ruins his family. A railroad 
Wires the land and O'Hara sells the 
perty at a profit. The cast in- 
udes Cyril McKay. Rodger Barry. 
l>irie Bush. J. Atholwood. Eileen 
Bparks and Nellie Mortyne. Will- 
iamson-Tait present the show. Grc- 
fan McMahon producer. 

TIVOLI— Despite the very hot 
weather this house is still doing very 
big business twice daily. Harry 
Musgrove Introduced "The Frolics of 
The piece needs one good 
comedian badly. Leyland Hodgson 

r scored an emphatic success. He is 
young, has looks and works hard. 

i Moon and Morris are the featured 

i dancers. Hector St. Clair does but 
fairly. Ray McLean pulled a riot 

[with his solo dance. Ciesie Vaughn 
la the one weak character in the 

"■how. The chorus are corkers. 

' Spencer Barry produced. Will Quint- 
rell conducted. Esther Walker 
opened the vaudeville portion with 
songs. Very poor. Ridiculous Recco, 
acrobat, one of worse acts seen here. 
Hats McKay Just got by with banjo 
playing. Why this performer blacks 
up is a mystery. Claude Dampler 
and Hilda Attenboro closed first part 
to big hit. 

FULLER'S— Business away off. 
waiter George and company, pre- 
senting tab revues, havt> about 
played themselves out. The songs 
ere old, likewise the various bits in- 
troduced through the show. Jim 
Gerald is the only performer worth 
mentioning. Ross Bros, opened and 
tot by. Edwards and Parkes in 
•ongs and talk need new material 
badly. Passed. Gart! and Kenny in 



JAMES MADISON says— 

*y beacon-light for 1921 shall be great- 

•JT • ri « , n*Hty, brighter material and 
jnore palns-taklng effort than ever be- 
i4M » retur n to my New York Office, 
*"i Broadway, on January 15th. 



songs are without a doubt one of 
the poorest acts to ever play this 
house. Bradley and Hamilton went 
well in sketch. Maud Courtney and 
Mr. C. went over big. Talk and 
songs mostly all red fire. Rastus and 
Banks in songs and dances were the 
legitimate hit of the whole show. 

LYCEUM— Passing Through" and 
"The Soul of Youth." 

APOLLO— "Damaged Goods" (re- 
vival). 

HAY MARKET — "Scrambled 
Wives" and "You Can't Kill Love." 



Wilkle Bard returns to the Tivoli 
this month under Musgrove direc- 
tion. 



Union Theatres, Ltd. (pictures), 
have cut their prices for the summer 
to 12 and 25 cents for matinees. 



HAPPY NEW YEAR 



FROM 



RAWSON. CURE 



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AND 



fit 



OSWALD 



n 



NOW REHEARSING (WITH GREAT SUCCESS) THEIR NEW ACT 



ENTITLED 



Joe Coyne is to tour New Zealand 
this month under Williamson-Tait 
direction. Mr. Coyne will present 
"Wedding Bells," "Nightie Night," 
"His Ladv Friends" and "Hit the 
Trail Holliday." 



Ella Shields opened big in Mel- 
bourne last week. She is appearing 
under direction of Harry Musgrovc. 



Granville and Fields have arrived 
under contract to Fuller's, Ltd. Act 
opens in New Zealand. 



"Smilin' Through" is to be pre- 
sented by Williamson-Tait this 
month. Maud Hannaford and Frank 
Harvey well play leads. "Enter 
Madame" and "The Great Lover" 
are also listed for early production. 



Lance Lester is to star in "The 
Boy," opening at Her Majesty's 
Dec. 17. The play is adapted from 
Pinero's famous comedy, "The Mag- 
istrate." 



William J. Kelly has made a big 
success in "The Sign on the Door" 
in Melbourne. 



u 



HOLDING HER 



lie 




WINTERING AT ONE OF OUR SUMMER HOMES 



CALL! WRITE! WIRE! SLEDGE! OR SKATE! 



WilUamson-Tait panto ->pens at 
Criterion Dec. 17. This year's piece 
is "Sinbad tho Sailor." Jennie 
Hartley has been engaged as prin- 
cipal boy. Kelso Henderson is the 
featured dancer. 



Gladys Moncrieff has made a big 
success in "May time" at Her Maj- 
esty's. The revival of this favorite 
play Is drawing big business. It is 
played by the same company that 
put on "Maid of the Mountains," 
with the exception of Reggie Rob- 
erts. 



Naughty Princess," "Tho Beggar's 
Opera," "The Garden of Allah," 
"The Wanderer," "French Loave.l* 
"Ambrose Appleton's Adventure," 
"Tho Bat," "Sally," "Honey Girl," 
"Mary," "Pitter Patter," "Daddy 
Goes a-Hunting," "Only 38," "Smilin* 
Through." "The First Year," "A 
Prince There Was," "The Meanest 
Man in tho World." Louis Bennison 
[has been engaged to appear in 
"Johnny Get Your Gun." 

Joe Coyne appeared in "Hit the 
Trail Holliday" at the Criterion" 
Nov. 26. The piece only ran one 
week. Subject not popular in this 
city. Mr. Coyne tried his best to 
get the show over. 



Hugh J. Ward arrived home after 
a trip abroad. Plays secured by 
him for Williamson-Tait include 
"Sybil," "The Peep Show," "The 
Dutch Girl/' "A Night Out," "The 



AD NEWBERGER'S 



Newest Prodigy 



a. 



DANNY'' DARE 

DANNY can sing 

DANNY can act 

DANNY plays Piano and Saxophone 

And, Oh, how DANNY can dance ! 

DANNY is just sixteen 

ADDRESS: 

200 West 86th Street, NEW YORK CITY 

Phone Schuyler 3437 



Fire destroyed the building owned 
by the Oversea Film Co. Many 
thousands of feet of film were de- 
stroyed. The blaze destroyed six 
buildings. 



During the act of Apdale's Zoo, 
with Wirth's circus, the big ape be- 
longing to the act broke loose and 
attacked a boy. The lad was saved 
before he was seriously hurt. 



Odiva's Seals are proving a big 
attraction over the Fuller circuit in 
New Zealand. Act opens in Sydney 
this month. 



Harry Musgrove extends his cir- 
cuit to Adelaide Dec 10. Acts will 
play the Theatre Royal. Only high 
class English, American and Aus- 
tralian acts will be played. 



Tho success attending the tours 
of Mischa Levltizki and Jascha 
Heifetz has encouraged a number 
of busin< ss men of this city to form 
a company with a capital of £25,000 
for the purpose of bringing to this 
country tho great arists of the 
world. This company is called In- 
ternational Tours, Ltd. Directors 
are Harry Musgrove, Al Edwards 
and Fred Shipman. 



Mr. W. Howe, president of the 



WARDROBE PROP. 
TRUNKS, $10.00 

T\'r P..i renin*. Have be»»n u***<1 At.-o .1 
f< w S'ffiml JTaml Innovation and Kil>r« 
\V.'ir«lr«il)«» Trunks, |20 «nrl $2J. A few 
pxtra Inrno Property Trunks. Also old 
Tnylor nii'l Hal Trunk* 26 W.-nt 31st 
Strict. I!chv»if'n Broadway and ith Ave.. 
New York l.'lty 



Showmen's Association, made the 
following statement in connection 
with the revision by the House of 
Representatives of film duties: 
"The position of picture houses and 
admission prices is as follows: 
The Federal Parliament increased 
the duty on film 100 per cent It 
was passed on to the exhibitor by 
the film renter with the understand- 
ing that the moment the duty was 
taken off the increased passed or 
would cease. To meet this increase 
the showmen adopted a minimum 
price of nlnepence plus one penny 
tax. The exhibitors promised 
that if tho government brought the 
tax back to its original rate they 
would reduce their old rate, eight- 
pence. The tax hao been removed. 
All showmen are returning to the 
old prices. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



(Jsn. 9— Jan. 16) 

"Baby Bears" 9 Capitol Washing- 
ton 16 Allentown 17 Easton 18 
Reading. 

"Bathing Beauties" 9 Olympic 
New York 16 Star Brooklyn. 

"Beauty Revue" 9 Century Kansas 
City 16 L O. 

"Big Jamboree" 9 Gayety Kansas 
City 16 L O. 

"Big Wonder Show" 9 Gayety 
Pittsburgh 16 Lyceum Columbus. 

"Bits of Broadway" 9 L O II 
Gayety St Louis. 

"Bon Ton Girls" 9 Empire Brook- 
lyn 16 L O. 

"Bowery Burlesquers" 9 L O 16 
Empire Providence. 

"Broadway Scandals" 9 Penn Cir- 
cuit 16 Gayety Baltimore. 

"Cabaret Girls" 9 Academy Buf- 
falo 16 Avenue Detroit. 

"Chick Chick" 9 Knglewood Chi- 
cago 16 Garrick St Louis. 

"Cuddle Up" 9 Gayety Rochester 
16-18 Bastable Syracuse- 19-21 
Grand Utlca. 

Dixon's Big Rpvup 9 Huymarket 
Chicago 16 Park Indianapolis. 

"Flashlights of 1921" 9 Gayety 
Detroit 16 Gayety Toronto. 

"Follies of Day" 9 Gayety To- 
ronto 16 Gavety Montreal. 

•■Fi.lllen nf Now York" 9 Lyric 
Newark 1;> Olympic New York. 

"Folly Town" 9 Empire Newark 
1*» Casino Philadelphia. 

"French Frolic:*" 9 L O 16 Acad- 
emy Buffalo. 





CYCLORAMAS, STAGE SETTINGS IN THE NEWEST MATERIALS. EACH 8ET EMBRACING DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. 



AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES. 



CURTAINS ON RENTAL BASIS IF DESIRED. 



NOVELTY SCENIC STUDIOS 220 w «. JrsHJFIbw york 



"Garden Frolics" 9 Hurtig £ Sea- 
mon's New York 16 Orpheum Pat- 
erson. 

"Girls de Looks'* 9 Majestic Jersey 
City 16LO. 

"Girls from Joyland" t Qayety 
Baltimore 16 Capitol Washington. 

"Greenwich Village Revue" 9 Em- 
pire Toledo 16 Lyrlo Dayton. 

"Grown-Up Babies" 9 Gayety 
Milwaukee 16 Hay market Chicago. 

"Harum Scarum" 9 Orpheum 
Montreal 16 L O. 

"Harvest Time" 9 Gayety Omaha 
16 Gayety Kansas City. 

"Hello 1922" 9 Hyperion New 
Haven 16 Hurtig & Ssamon's New 
York. 

Howe Sam 9 Gayety Montreal 16 
Gayety Buffalo. 

"Hurly Burly" 9 Avenue Detroit 
16 Englewood Chicago. 

"Jazz Babies" 9 Gayety Minne- 
apolis 16 Gayety Milwaukee. 

"Jingle J ingle" 9 Lyceum Colum- 
bus 16 Star Cleveland. 



MUSIC MEN 



Billy Rose has been algned by Fred 
Fisher. 



Waterson, Berlin & Cnyder have 
taken a 19-year lease on a store In 
the Crllly Building. 26-28 West Mon- 
roe street. Chicago, at a rental of 
$25,000 a year, beginning May 1. It 
will be used as one of their rh^in of 
retail stores. 



The Music Publishers' Protective 
Association has mailed a form letter 
to all tho manufacturers of phono- 
graph records That hereafter, pur- 
suant to the provisions of (he Copy- 
right Act of 1909, the music m-n will 
hold tho actual manufacturers of 
these records responsible for unpaid 
royalties. Meaning that where a 
record brand markets a musical com- 
position and defaults on royalty pay- 
ments, the owner of the copyright 
will demand his Income from tho 
firm that did the actual recording 
and pressing of the gutta-percha 
disks. 



REISENWEBER'S 

COLUMBUS CIRCLE & 58th St. 

DINNER $2 

INCLUDING 

VODVIL 
DANCING 

Mf.MTLY FROM 7:30 TO ( I OSINft 



AFTER THEATRE 

RENDEZVOUS 

IN PARADISE 



VARIETY 



Friday, January G, ltyfe I] 




"Randy Kid*" • Oayety Brooklyn 
1« Fifth Avenue Brooklyn. 

"Keep Smiling" 9 Grand Hartford 
If Hyperion New Haven. 

"Knick Knacks" 9 Oayety Boston 
It Columbia New York. 

"Lid Lifters" Allentown 10 
Easton 11 Reading 16 Lyric Newark. 

"Littla Bo Peep" 12-14 Plaza 
Springfield 16 Howard Boston. 

"London Belles" 9 Lyric Dayton 
18 Olympic Cincinnati. 

"Maids of America" 9 Casino 
Brooklyn 16 Empire Newark. 

Marion Dave 9 Empire Albany 16 
Casino Boston. 

"Mischief Makers" 9 Empire Ho- 
boken 16-18 Cohen's Newburg 19-21 
Cohen's Poughkeepsie. 

"Miss New York Jr" 9-10 New 
London 12-14 Academy Fall River 
16 Gayety Brooklyn. 

"Monte Carlo Girls" 9-11 Cohens 
Newburg 12-14 Cohen's Poughkeep- 
sie 19-21 Plaza Springfield. 

"Pace Makers" 9 Empress Cin- 
cinnati 16 L O. 

"Parisian Flirts" 9 Park Indianap- 
olis 16 Gayety Louisville. 

"Passing Review" 9 Gayety Louis- 
ville 16 Empress Cincinnati. 

"Peek-a-Boo" 9 Gayety Washing- 
ton 16 Gayety Pittsburgh. 

"Pell Mell" 9 L O 16 Empire 
Cleveland. 

"Puss Pus's" 9 Long Brnach 12-14 
Van Curler O H Schenectady 16 
Orpheum Montreal. 

Reeves Al 9 Palace Baltimore 16 
Gavety Washington. 

•Record Breakers" 9 Star Brook- 
lyn 16 Empire Hoboken. 

Reynolds Abe 9 Empire Provi- 
dence 16 Gayety Boston. 

Siarer Jack 9 Gayety Buffalo 16 
Gayety Rochester. 

"Social Follies" 9 Garrlck St Louis 
16 Century Kansas City. 

"Some Show" 9 Empire Cleveland 
16 Penn Circuit. 

"Sport in# Widows" 9 Casino 
Philadelphia 16 Miner's Bronx New 
York. 

"Step Lively Girls" 9 Gayety St 
Louis 16 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Strolling Players" 9 Olympic 
Cincinnati 16 Columbia Chicago. 

"Sugar Plums" 9 Miner's Bronx 
New York 16 Casino "Brooklyn. 

"Sweet Sweeties" 9 Fifth Avenue 
Brooklyn 16 Bijou Philadelphia. 

"Tlng-a-Llng" 9 Bijou Phila- 
delphia 16 Long Branch 19-21 Van 
Curler O H Schenectady. 

Tinney Revue 8-10 Berchel Des 
Moines 16 Gayety Omaha. 

"Tit for Tat" 9 L O 16 Palace 
Baltimore. 

"Town Scandals" 9 Casino Boston 
16 Grand Hartford. 

"Twinkle Toes" 9 Star Cleveland 
16 Empire Toledo. 

Watson Billy 9 Columbia Chicago 
15-17 Berchel Des Moines. 

"Whirl of Gayety" 9 Orpheum 
Paterson 16 Majestic Jersey City. 

"Whirl of Girls" 9 L O 16 Gayety 
Minneapolis. 

"Whirl of Mirth" 9 Howard Bos- 
ton 16-17 New London 19-21 Acad- 
emy^aU River. 



Williams Mollle 9 Columbia New 
York 16 Empire Brooklyn. 

"World of Frolics" 9-11 Bastable 
Syracuse 12-14 Grand Utlca 16 Em- 
pire Albany. 



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ATLANTA 

By L. K. STARR. 

ATLANTA (Week Dec. 26)— 
"Irene" with Irene Dunne in title 
ihole. Excellent business; even bet- 
ter than for same show last season. 
"Broadway Whirl" booked for re- 
turn cup: cement week of Jan. 2. 

LYRIC (Keith Vaudeville)— Dan 
ritch African Opera headlined first 
lialf with unusually good minstrel 
act. (Miss) Bobbie Brooks, formerly 
Brooks and Phllson, in new act with 
male partner named Morgan, scored 
big. Al. Garbell. in "The Little 
Revue/' toplining last half with two 
clever singing girls. 

GRAND (Loew's)— Fred LeReine, 
Electrical Wizard, headlining. Vio- 
let Mesereau film, "Out of the 
Depths." 

HOWARD — "Connecticut Yankee 
in King Arthur's Court" all week. 
Business good. 

METROPOLITAN — "Molly O" 
with Mabel Norma nd. Business 
average. 

FILMS — Criterion, Anita Stewart 
in "Her Mad Bargain"; Rialto, Har- 
old Lloyd in "Sailor Made Man"; 
Forsyth, "Fall of Babylon," Griffith 
feature; Tudor, Herbert Rawlinson 
in "Cheated Hearts." 



BOSTON 

By LEN LIBBEY 

Ksith's 

With the weather ideal for indoor 
amusements, the last day of a 
double holiday. And with a bill that 
would hold up to good advantage 
with any vaudeville show that has 
been trotted out here for some 
years, both on paper and as it ran, 
the local Keith house turned them 
away at three performances on 
Monday. 

Early la the day, when the first 
show was about to open, ."specs" 
made their appearance in front of 
the house and had no difficulty in 
getting rid of whatever tickets they 
had at good prices. The appear- 
ance of "specs" in front of a local 
theatre, especially the Keith house, 
is the best indication that the draw 
of the show is exceptional, for In 
this city, more so tbin in many 
other large cities, the crusade 
against this form of scalping has 
been very severe, and the chances 
the ticket purveyors take are many. 



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"Despite the fact of the extra per- 
formance the show ran off on time 
each time and the night show closed 
according to schedule. There were 
several encores during the perform- 
ance, but nothing developed that 
interfered with the timing of the 
acts. 

Baker, Johnson and Baker opened 
the show with their hat trick act. 
and for the eight minutes it ran 
this act had them going. In other 
times this act has been further up 
on the bill, and the way it was re- 
elved Monday night indicated that 
the opening position was not due to 
the act slipping, but rather that the 
rest of the show c:.lled for it start- 
ing the works. 

Jed Dooley in "The Cameo Comic" 
was on next. His opening is such 
a quiet one that it gave the house 
a bit of a set-down after the pre- 
vious act, and it was a little 
while before the audience adjusted 
themselves to the change of pace. 
But when they did and gathered his 
stuff of poking fun at himself and 
his partner, instead of at the 
patrons, as so many acts of this 
sort are prone to do, they fell for 
him hard. He got more laughs than 
he did applause, but It is fair to say 
he scored well. 

Marga Waldron with her dancing 
act is in No. 3 position. This act ip 
put on quite pretentiously without 
much of an expense and the stage 
setting is a work of art, providing 
her with a novel entrance and a 
good background for her dancing 
numbers that follow. She has a 
pianist, George Haprin, with her, 
and he helped the act out some. 
Her dancing is well worth while, 
without being sensational, and to 
her credit it must be said that she 
helped things out by quick costume 
changes, something that all dancers 
of this character don't do. 

"Will Mahoney had them coming 
to him all the time. Starting off 
with his 'Hortense" number, which 
got him away from the barrier to a 
flying start, he worked better and 
better as he went along. His clos- 
ing burlesque on a Russian dancer 
is one of the best things of its kind 
ever seen here. He was a riot all 
the way. 

Fritzi Scheff was here for the 
second time this season. She head- 
lined the show the second week the 
Shuberts played vaudeville here but 
was forced to withdraw from the 
show after a few performances be- 
cause of illness. She has an en- 
thusiastic local following and per- 
haps her appearance this week Is 
better timed than it was the other 
occasion, for at that time she had 
just finished a summer run with 
"The O'Brien Girl" at the Tremont. 
August Kleinecke is musical direc- 
tor for her this trip and works from 
the pit, using the orchestra piano 
for one of her numbers. She Is 



using the same act, with a cooi 
of fresh numbers, and got a go 
hand and could have taken sevei„ 
encores with a bit of encourage 
ment from herself. 

Olson and Johnson "nanced" an< 
clowned their way through seven, 
interesting minutes. At the finis] 
of their act they ran in Georg< 
Williams, a stage-hand of no men 
ability as an actor, and Jed DooU 
for a "nut" specialty which w| 
strong when it started but whi< 
lost some of its punch when it n 
a bit too long. 

Mrs. Sidney Drew in "Predestlnj 
tion ' had no difficulty holding doi 
the strong spot on the bill. The ski 
is cleverly written, everybody in 
knows the game thoroughly and th< 
even tenor of the entertainment 1 
not a sufferer from the hokum 
the sketches that ordinarily adon 
the vaudeville stage. It is clean am 
snappy, with just a bit of a moral 
attached. It has a place in the big- 
time vaudevill- that it can hoi 
without trouble. 

Belle Baker got a reception wht] 
she came on. indicating that in tjj 
holiday audience there were sever: 
wise ones. She r.id not do so mucj 
wi;h her personal introductory 
number and really got going whei 
she put on her Italian song, alwayj 
a hit. She romped through her acl 
to good applause and closed ve 
very strong. Perhaps yhe should 
adjudged the real headliner of tn< 
bill, but the balance of the program] 
is so strong that it cannot be truth-l 
fully raid that she runs away with] 
things. 

Thalero's Circus, a speedy animal] 
act. closes the show. 
Majestic 

With Shubert vaudeville only 
quarter of a year old, the New Yeai 
holiday bill showed six repeat act 
in a nine-act bill. The three nex 
acts started the show off. whicl 
meant that at 8.40 the "subscrip- 
tion seat" patronage might reason- 
ably have been expected to start foi 
home to spend the rest of the even- 
ing writing letters of endearment t< 
one Arthur Klein. 

But it didn't work out accordini 



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dlejl to get a rise out of the house 
„Jth« entire repeat bill went over 
| a crash, and it is doubtful if 
ikbouse will be off by more than a 
and dollars from its capacity 
date. The advance sale also 
this probability out. 
feature repeat on the billing 
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/terial and suffered as a result. She 



■•"" """' - -A k/inb ,._ man was suffering with the same 

,e" tab. a sure-fire re-booking M h seemed to have affected 

lng like clock-work and closing - — 

first half even stronger than 
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act has had and the welcome it 
tved must have been reassuring. 
Jorgie Price returned with quite 
It of fresh material, and while 

any more of a blushing violet 
heretofore, he put it across 

Wly. His deft handling of his 
iblan" ancestry, and the con- 
it use of "Arabian" in place of 

j\sh" won him a lot of clean 
^is. He is still announcing that 
"his parodies are his own crea- 

, and to prove it he gave a 

ly on "The Raven" and abanr 
Md it half way hrough with the 
tement that he had not quite fln- 

. writing it. "Moonbeams" was 
jged but not sung, "Angel Child" 
jg used instead with all the pat- 
that went with "Moonbeams." 

tired of plugging tho other fel- 
fn successes," ho announced 

lly, "and being a little Arabian 
I'm boosting my own from 
on." 

.Igal and Mooro after intermls- 

started things going big.^clos- 

'as usual with their feet-to-feet 

ling -somersault catch, which 
upletely killed the same stunt 
by Joe Fanton and Co. In clos- 

-allhough Fanton did the stunt 

Jfolded. 

?ette, with Eddie Cook and Kino 
rk, brought back no new ma- 



everybody on the act except Ford's I principals and 30 choristers. 

dog, and in taking her bow to a. 

silent house, she announced, "I ^he Maryland ana Academy gave 
thought I could do' as well as the three shows Now Year's day. The 
dog, even with a cold." One lone palace gave a midnight show at 
. enthusiast, apparently a holiday ■ 12#30f Jan> 2 . All did a splendid busl- 
celebrant, applauded this announce- | neg3 witn tne extra shows. Business 
ment lustily, liking it much more laHt week waa ROod in a n t h e houses 
than Manager Taylor, who talked exccpt the legitimate, tho public 
long and earnestly to her after the nere 8tI n apparently holding back 



went well enough, but not as strong 
as she could had she revamped her 
act and added some newer numbers 
than her feature vocal solo of "Tuck 
Me to Bleep." A. Robins in next to 
closing in the first half went over 
as neatly as though he had never 
seen Boston before. 

Harrah and Rubino opened, fol- 
lowed by Ford and Truly, and Llora 
Hoffman in third place. Miss Hoff- 



and Wallace, Loew, Feely and Stella, 
Arena Bros, and Three Weber Girls. 
ACADEMY (Shubert).— Vaudeville 
of a type new to Baltimore is offered 
Here this week, and. If the standard 
Is kept, will prove successful. It Is 
really the old-time variety show, 
with the afterpiece dignified in mod- 
ern parlance "Revue." It Is a con- 
densed version of the Winter Gar- 
den success, "The Whirl of New 
York." The last half of the show 
Is given over to the revue, which is 
In two scenes and has above 15 



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AUDITORIUM.— "The 
ten." • 
FORD'S.— "Tho Easiest Way." 
LYCEUM.— "The Green Jade." 
LOEWS HIPPODROME. — Mar- 
got and Francis, Hodge and Lowell, 
Frank Ford and Co., Bartlett. Smith 



until the admission is back to nor- 
malcy. The future of the Lyceum Is 
still In doubt. Nothing is booked af- 
ter Jan. 9, when Walter Scanlan will 
appear. 



The Boulevard theatre scandal 
still holds much space in the daily 
press, rumors pro and con being 
heard on all sides. In legal and po- 
litical circles doubt Is expressed as 
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and Sherry, "Concentration,'! W. S. ' turn an indictment again. Harry 
Hart In "White Oak." film feature. ! Nice and his partner, Edwin Dick- 
GARDEN. — Arthur Miller and : eraon, despite the fact that both 
"Baby Grands," Daly's Army. Ott'have been presented, their political 



and Nelson, Charles Lloyd. and Co., 
Pack and Butler, Tom Mix^ In 
"Trailin'," film feature. 

CENTURY.— "Dont Tell Evcry- 
thlng.'* film. 

NEW. — "A Connecticut Yankee," 
film. 

R I V O L I. — "Loves Redemption, 

film. 

P A R K W A T.— "The Conquering 

Power," film. 

PALACE.— "Jean Bedinl's "Peek- 
a-Boo," burlesque. 

GAYETY.— "Baby Bears," bur- 
lesque. 

MARYLAND (Keith Vaudeville). 
—Bessie Clayton and her company 
top one of tho best all-rcjnd vaude- 
ville bills seen here In many moons. 
Val and Ernie Stanton follow and 
scored solidly. The balance included 
Frances Arms, Great Leon and Co., 
McCormlck and Wallace, Powers 



Influence having much to do with It. 
Nicj is way up In the Republican 
ranks and Dickenson is 8 staunch 
henchman of the local Democratic 
bosses. The State'e Attorney has not 
presented the case as yet, givinr as 
an excuse for the delay that the 
holidays have tied up his office r\nd 
he has not been able to reach them 
as yet. 



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By 9!DNEY BURTON 

Past fortnight has seen business 

here from lowest ebb to nighest 

P9ak. Closing of both legitimate 
houses for week before Christmas 
marks first dark mid-season spell In 
years. All houses badly off before 
holiday. Christmas Sunday brought 
them back strong with remainder of 
week hitting on high. "Lightnin' " 
(Milton Nobles Co.) nt Majestic 
hung up a record. Nine perform- 
ances on week at $2 50 top and the 
S. R. O. sign dustfd off for first 
time this season. "R^e Girl" at 
Teck turned in n*\it gate. Burlesque 
looking up. Gayety (Columbia) 
among the leaders. Pictures and 
vaudeville showing signs of genuine 
strength, heavy bills being featured. 

With unconflrmetl reports having 




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the Criterion opening with American 
burlesque early In February, the 
Academy Is being placed in the 
market for sale at $300,000. Several 
weeks of pictures are In prospect 
which leaves no time for remodeling. 
Extensive alterations will have to 
be postponed until summer, and it 
appears most likely that the switch 
will be postponed until next season. 
Until sold, the Academy will proba- 
bly be held open with a pop -price 
picture policy. 



This week at the picture theatres. 
—Criterion, "Over the Hill" (2d 
week); Hippodrome, North Park 
and Elm wood, "Way Down East"; 
Palace, "Theodora"; Strand, "Little 
Lord Fauntleroy" (second week); 
Olympic, "Vendetta"; Loew's "Son 
of Walltngford." 



Current legitimate offerings in- 
clude "Welcome Stranger," drawing 
heavily at Majestic, and "Irene" 
(Dale Winter Co.) at Teck for third 
visit but still tip-top business. Elsie 
Jan is following at Majestic, with 
Shubert house announcing its second 
Buffalo week of vaudeville Jan. 9 
headed by Lew Fields, substituting 
for Nora Bayes previously* an- 
nounced. 



eve. Dorothy Day, former press 
agent for Elbert and Getchell, and 
recently with the A. H. Blank en- 
terprises and editor *f the local 
movJe weekly, is manager. The 
house, which is owned by the Bank 
interests, closed a month ago for re- 
pairs, and has been completely re- 
decorated. The Rialto will be A 
second-run house Instead of a first- 
run as formerly. The price will be 
20 cents top. 



Pekin Cafe opened New Tear's day 
in the building formerly occupied 
by the Cotillion ball room. Dinner 
and supper dances. 

Carlyle Blackwell, star at Or- 
pheum last week, missed two days' 
performances because of an attack 
of quinsy. 



"Adam and Eva," which opened 
the Princess this week, is getting 
away fine. "Buddies" next week 
for this stock house. 



"Take It From Me" at Berchel 
next week. Dark this week. 



The Shea Amusement Co. was as- 
sessed $500 damages in an action 
brought by Vincent J. O'Neill, aged 
3, for $5,000 for injuries sustained on 
May 7, 1920, when a monkey 
scratched his face while attending a 
performance at Shea's Vaudeville 
theatre. The testimony showed that 
the child was seated in the front 
row at tho afternoon show when the 
monkey, part of the act, Padrlni's 
Animals, leaped from the stage to 
the brass rail surrounding the musi- 
cians pit and then onto the child, 
scratching his face. Manager Henry 
Carr and Orchestra Leader Herman 
Schultz testified the monkey was a 
tame one, and Schultz said it had 
often climbed on his shoulder. He 
denied ever having complained to 
the management about the animal. 

Vivian O'Neill, father oitho plain- 
tiff, was formerly employed in the 
theatre's box office. 



Films — "Rent Free." at DcS 
Moines; "Sailor Made Man," at 
Strand; "Her Mad Bargain" at 
Garden. 



With *he arrest of William Parson 
!rt Chicago, further details of the 
million- dollar film th^ft from United 
Artists In Buffalo were made public. 
The plot has been shown to bo In- 
ternational, involving T. Shima, a 
Jap, arrested in Seattle, and R. Kub- 
ley. now held at Honolulu, Morris 
Taitus. now in Jail here, purloined 
the films in Buffalo and shipped 
them west, where they were to be 
disposed of In Mexico, South Amer- 
ica and the Far 'East. Taltus says 
he was promised $1,350 from the 
sale of "The Three Musketeers." but 
was double-crossed by Pearson. 



The exceptional Realty Corpora- 
tion of New York City, former own- 
ers of the Criterion, this week filed 
Incorporation papers In tho Erie 
County Cl*Mk's ofllco. Capitalization 
is giv«-n as $1,000,000 and tho dlrect- 
«»rs are Adolph Ztikor. Jesse Lavky, 
Arthur l-'ihnd. Eb-k Ltidviyh, Emil 
Sliirirr and Ralph Kobn. 

DES MOINES 

By DON CLARK. 

Pis Moines' first wom.in tli^i'i- 
rn:in;i^'T in.i'l^ 1m r bow wit I i Hi' !••- 
opening of lh<; KiuMo New Year'. 



DETROIT 

By JACOB 8MITH 

"May time" at Shubert Michigan. 
>> T ext, "Emperor Jones." 

"Gold Diggers," Xew Detroit. Next, 
"Mr. PIm." 

"Last Waltz" at Garrlck. Next, 
return of Eddie Cantor show. 

Another good bill this week at tho 
Shubert-Detrolt. Arthur Terry good 
opening; Musical Avolos, very good; 
"Cave Man Love"; pretentious mus- 
ical comedy; Clayton and Lennie, 
laughs; Georgia O'Ramey in good 
sketch; Joe Niemeyer, excellent 
dancing; Dickson and Dcagon, liked; , 
"Behind tho Mask." with Fletcher 
Norton and La Sylphe, who Is in a 
class all by herself, dancing. 

The Temple had a very good bill 
last week headed by King and 
Rhodes, Roger Imhof & Co.. Ivan 
Rankoff, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry, 
The Mondels, Nlobe, Bessyo Clifford, 
Kltner and Reancy. 

The body of Nick Norton, aged 78, 
who died last week in St. Peters- 
burg, Fla., was brought to Detroit 
for burial. He was Detroit's first 
billposter, and suped with Thomas 
Edison In the old Metropolitan the- 
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Iittbe Happy Hunting Grounds, and 
[ Spoke of those who dwell among us 
' 3attle scarred and maimed and 

weary. 
JThey were heroes grand In # war- 
time, 
Now in peace they're forgotten. 
."When they had their warpaint on 

them 
And they flaunted fancy feathers 
They were cheered unto the echo. 
Now that guns no longer frighten 
They are with the mists of morning 
When the sun is high at noontime. 
Nloodemus told the people 
He would speak about the Buddies, 
Speak about the Braves as brothers; 
While to him this life is granted. 
With his poor, uncertain language, 
With his manner so bromldlc, 
JB6 would writo of them on birch 
bark, 

[He would glorify them always 

' And would strive to keep them liv- 
ing 

I In the hearts of all the people. 
For he cheered them on in war- 

j time 

, When they started out to do things. 

f And he cheered them now in peace - 

t time 

; yor the deeds they had accom- 
plished. 
Then one Brother of tho Brickbat 
Muttered to another Brother: 
'"Suffering Kabisha, the Wood- 

chuck! 
''Stop him! Stop old Nlcodemus! 

, P*Now he's pulling war-stuff on us! 
PPulilng bunk and war -stuff ho- 
kuml 

ifW&r ain't made to bo remembered! 
•"I've forgotten all about tl 
t r*Just as I forgot mv Mother 
^Making blankets for the tourists 
/On the Navajo far distant. 
TXeave us go and think it over! 
r"£eave us think of things to call 

* him 
rXeave us think of something scath- 
ing 

; t^Wlth tho which to scathe him 

nicely! — 
_*Leave us tap him on the topknot!" 
k Echoed all the other Brethren, 
k Then they gathered up their har- 
poons, 
•Took their tommy hawks and spear- 
heads, 
Veiled out Into the forest, 
. Searched the forest for the birch 

tree 
' JTOUnd the white birch, tore the bark 

* off, 
Slot them charcoal sticks to mark 

with, 
Making symbols on the birch bark. 
All the Brethren of the Brickbat 
Making symbols on the birch bark. 
One drew WiJ-a-wish, the Weasel, 
Meaning that old Nicodemus 
Was a bit of Gorgonzola; 
That one drew the Coof, tho Night - 

Bird, 
Meaning that old Xioodrmus 

• Was a wooden -head od (iimma, 
j JThis one drew Oof-Oof, the Dog, 

which 

Meant that ancient Nicodemus 
, Was a harmless hunk of Hdam. 

Jhat one drew Hie Squid, the Ink- 
fish, 

• Meaning that old Nicodemus 
1 Was a protoplasmic fiibbot. 
f This one drew the Hoof, the Swamp- 
I rat. 



Meaning that old Nicodemus 

Was a nifty slice of Roquefort! 

That one drew the Feff, the Snake- 
Bee, 

Meaning that old Nicodemus 

Was the Father of the Futile; 

This one drew the Wush, the Pig- 
Fly, 

Meaning that old Nicedomus 

Had the mental apparatus 

Of a pre-hi8toric beetle; 

That one drew the Grump. the Ice- 
Wdrm, 

Meaning that old Nicodemus 

As an author was an onion 

From the distant land, Bermuda. 

That one drew the clam, the Talk- 
less, 

Meaning that old Nicodemus 

Had a shredded-wheat half-portion 

In his egg instead of bralncells. 

Others drew the Goat, the Eat- 
Much, 

Meaning that old Nicodemus 

Lost the one he had and could not 

Ever hope again to find it. 

Thus they drew their scathing sym- 
bols 
Tn the forest. In the moonlight. 
They the Brethren of the Brickbat 
Scathed till they were rendered 

Scatheless. 
Then they took the bark of birches 
Straightway unto Nicodemus, 
Unto Nicodemus sleeping, 
Piled it up around his wigwam. 
Piled It there and then departed. 
Laughing gaily, all believing 
They had rendered him uncoi.scious 
Through such life as lay before him. 



In the morning ere the sun had 
Lighted up the sleeping prairie 
Nicodemus found the symbols 
Drawn upon the bark or birches. 
Read the message of the symbols. 
Read and had no sleeve to laugh in; 
So he laughed into the forest. 
And the forest, dark and gloomy, 
Laughed through all its depth and 

darkness, 
Laughed and echoed Nicodemus. 
Straightway then he also tore, the 
White bark from the willing birches, 
Got him charcoal sticks and sat him 
Down to make his answering sym- 
bols 
Which when finished read as fol- 
lows: 
"Beauteous Brethren of the Brick- 
bat! 
"Loved ones! Friends and Boon 

Companions! 
"Guardians at the Tomb of Get- 
Back! 
"Dearest Doges of the Drama! 
"Sweethearts All, and Angel Faces! 
"Listen to your Nicodemus; 
His old mind is so bromldlc 
That, perhaps, he misinterprets, 



I He may read your symbols wrongly, 
I But ho takes them and their mean- 
ing 

As the scolding of a Mother, 
As the sweet -voiced gentle scolding 
Of a Mother to her first -horn. 
Of a Mother, Mother, Mother! 
And he loves you for your scolding, 
For his heart Is so bromlded 
And his brain so platituded 
That but one emotion functions— 
That of Love and Love unending 
For his fellow -men. Including 
All the Brethren of the Brickbat, 
All the Hurlers of the Harpoon. 
So he sends you love and kisses, 
Sends* you thanks and Joyous greet- 
ings. 
Merry Christmas, Happy New Tear! 
Masseltof and sweet Goot Yontiv! 
Meanwhile hearken to the Ancient! 
Nicodemus bids you hearken! 
Listen to your Nicodemus! 
Dearest Brethren, please remember 
You don't even have to write them, 
All you have to do Is Pan Them ; 
Writing Is a Task— a Penance! 
Panning is a pleasant pastime! 
Listen to your Nicodemus! 
Dearest Brethren, please remember 
You don't coat them nor Rehearse 

them! 
All you do Is En-brochette Them! 
Catting them aad Qrim Re- 
hearsals — 
Stuff that frightful dreams are 

made of 1 — 
En-Brochetting Is a pleasure, 
Both a pleasure and a pastime, 
Bringing recompense in wampum. 
Listen to your Nicodemus. 
You, dear Brethren, never have to 
Leave the home fires dimly burn- 
ing, 
Hike away across the prairie. 
O'er the wide and weary prairie- 
Hunting one -night stands for try- 
outs. 
Holding try-outs where the gophers 
Sit and watch you with suspicion, 
Where the muskrat and the weasel 



Are tho intellectual judges .You the dagger, we the wound an 

Whether you be flop or ten-strike. You the dinner, we the check and 

Strange adventures such as these | Vou the welcome, we the doormat, 



are 
Not in your Itinerary; 
All you do is hunt your tepee, 
Sharpen up your tommyhawks and 
Walt the weary souls returning 
With the Remnants from the Bad 

Lands, 

Whereupon you carol gaily. 
Sing the glorious Anvil Chorus, 
Pound the drums and sound the 

tom-toms, 
Lightly strike the soft Carona. 
Hammer loud triumphant music 
From the Underwood and play the 
Deadest march in Saul upon the 
Remington with obbllgatos 
On the Fountalnpens, thus working 
Up Into a fevered frenzy 
In the which you hurl the hatchets, 
Sink them in the cerebellum 
Of the Lad with an idea. 
Sink them deep and sink them 

deeper; 
Then while yet a breath is loft him 
Pick him up and urge him onward 
Unto Cain's, whose ancient store- 
house 
Holds the fruits of your endeavors; 
Unto Cain's, that musty storehouse, 
Temple of the Flop and Flivver, 
Where the ghosts of Happy Endings, 
Where the wraiths of Bad Con- 
struction, 
Where the spirits of Poor Business 
Gibber through a night unending, 
Swapping alibis forever, 
Wondering how in hellit happened, 
There in Cain's, that ancient Store- 
house. 

Listen, Brethren, hearken further 
To your friend, old Nicodemus. 
Though the Law of Compensation 
Sometimes brings us low-voiced 

laughter 
When the thing you hate hath'pros- 

pered 
Still this simple fact remalneth, 
You the Judge and we the sentence, 



You the hootch and wo the he 
ache, 

On and on, ad infinitum, 
So it is and so it shall be 
Till you all as Honest Injuns 
Play the game with dice unloadc 
All believe in Cive and-Take and 
All are strong for Fifty-Fifty; 
Then you'll realize that helping 
One another is a pastime 
With amusing moments in it 
When the helping Isn't done by 
That which farmers call a pitch 

fork. 
Hail! Farewell! my friends an 

comrades. 

Jolly Doge and Boon Companions! 

Love and Kisses! — Nicodemus." 
# # • 

And the foresi, dark and gloomy. 
Murmured through its depth 

darkness, 
"Love and Kisses! Love an| 

Kisses!" Qeorge V. Hobart 
Vantnor, Atlantic City, N. J. 






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B. F. KEITH'S ROYAL, THIS WEEK (JAN. 2) 



nans •* ths Stown" (film). 
*BRA HOUBB— Two little 
£ jn Blue." Me^s Ethel Barry- 

SHUBERT-COLONIAI- — -Enter 

one.- Next, -The Rose Girl/* 
STAR— "Greenwich yillafe Re- 

^BMPIBE— "Broadway Scandals." 

I "Japanese Romance," 

rhailei McGoodes and Co., Irving 

Camwood. Panzer and Sylva, La 

££n#teand Co., and pictures. 

PH1BCIL.LA — "Fads and Fashions 

[," Greta Lazarus, Rainos and 

^Metropolitan — Fred Gray 

TrlT Moore and Field* Dorothy 
iurton and Co.. Tees and Ann Car- 
*L> Zelda Brothers and pictures. 

GORDON SQUARB— Harry Hay- 
•ard and Co., Capaline and Wells, 
Bora Hilton and pictures. 
?FILMS — Allen, "Jaw-a-Week ': 
"The. Sailor-Made Man"; 
Sand'ard, "The Fire E&ter"; Mon- 

«h "Doubling for Romeo"; Or- 
Seum "Bar Nothing"; Strand, 
*the Mysterious Rider"; Lincoln, 
-The Three Musketeers"; Lorain - 
Jtalton, "The Fox"; Rlalto, "The 
Child Thou Gavest Me." 

r The Priscilla has changed owner- 
Ship. Mack Carrig, who has oper- 
ated the house for several years, has 
Jold out to S. W. Manheim and Bert 
i'H Todd. Manheim is at the head 
©f a circuit of small houses in Ohio. 
Scarrlg has gone to Florida on a two 
months' vacation. 
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[ The theatre bandit has put In an- 
tther appearance here. After blnd- 

ig four cleaners early on Monday 

loming three cracksmen broke 
>n the safe In the Metropolitan 

ieatre and got safely away with 

1,865. 

Keith's Hip 

Synthetical aptly describes the 
jrrent bill at this house; the com- 
ment parts are so mingled that the 
irg e holiday audience at Monday's 
matinee gave the entire program its 





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Two boys In artist costumes sing introductory Song before divided 
silk drop. The song, "Bohemia," carries a studio theme. 

The act goes to a full stage box set depicting artist's studio with 
easels, etc. At the back is a curtained miniature stage used to intro- 
duce Miss Neilson after the dancers step a bit to the accompaniment 
of three female musicians, who are standing in line, instead of dressing 
the stage. 

The act is a dance revue after Miss Neilson's opening song, deliv- 
ered in clear Boprano voice. She surprises by her toe and acrobatic 
rwork in solos, showing everything in the routine with several "flash" 



stunts of her own, one of which was a hopping split that is original. ' 
The principal makes two changes, stopping the act cold on eaclt 
appearance with unusual dancing talent One bit was the boys doing 
solo buck and wing steps, which Miss Neilson Imitates on her toes. Bhej 
has a plastic pair of ankles and perfect elevation. 

The rest of the cast are capable, the boys qualifying as a pair ofi 
standard hoofers plugging In the waits between the star's appearances- 
The women musicians handle a trio musical number satisfactorily. 

Miss Neilson. is unquestionably the most remarkable dancing dls* 
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spot with some smart, snappy dia- 
log, donorng and hokum that brought 
applause. 

Craig Campbell sang to a good 
hand, but his work "was somewhat 
marred by staglness and manner- 
isms, 

Bert and Betty Wheeler had a 
rousing reception. Bert is a good 
and capable showman and delivers 



unmistakable stamp of approval, 

'and another winner was recorded. i*mw cui»Mm Biiim«uau ***** uw»no 
The headline offering of Florrle his goods effectively, but some of his 



[Millershlp and Al Gerrard reached 
le heights; their work throughout 
intitled them to it Seed and Aus- 
in were liked. Another success 
ras credited to Bert Baker and his 
>mpany In "Prevarication." A 
lever cycling turn by Larimer and 
ludson opened the bill, while Han- 
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Some good Juggling and hat 
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Ohio (Shubert) • 

Shubert vaudeville started off In 
the new year with some snap and 
vigor, and Sunday's matinee audi- 
ence bore testimony that variety is 
the spice of life. Considering all the 
circumstances, the attendance was 
good, and the entertainment first- 
class. 

Adele Rowland, ranking as head- 
liner, won high favor with her varied 
selection of songs. 

Bert Earle and his eight musical 
girls scored heavily. Their offering 
was snappy and attractive, and the 
number ran close for 'premiere 
honors. 

Ernestine Myers put on an elab- 
orate dancing act that for grace and 
artistic beauty ranks with anything 
seen at this house. While she has 
excellent support from Bertram 
Bailey, Ceorge Clifford, Lovey Lee, 
and Alice Weaver, Miss Myers dem- 
onstrates her dance creations with 
exquisite skill. 

Equilll Brothers opened with a 
neat and clever equilibrist Ic turn, 
and Frank Jerome worked hard, and 
succeeded. 

Charles T. Aldrlch paid a return 
visit to his home city and exhibited 
some new tricks in his protean act. 



Harry Hines had no difficulty in 
registering. His entire act was 
clean, clever and effective. 

Callahan and Bliss repeated; 
splendid dancing team, but material 
is unworthy. 

Alfred Naess and Miss Sigfrld put 
on a clever and graceful skating act, 
the drollery of the clown adding 
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Keith's 105th 8treet 

Manager Brown seems to have hit 
his stride as an entertainment pur- 
veyor, and the program submitted at 
Monday night's show was Indeed 
vaudeville in the superlative degree. 

Frank Dobson and his "Sirens" 
loom as the big number, and Dobson 
cuts loose in great shape. A big hit 
was scored by Blanch and Jimmy 
Creighton. The material is bright 
and witty, and Jimmy ranked high 
among "Rubes" seen around here. 

The opening act is badly placed. 
Billed as a versatile beauty, Laura 
Devine easily fulfills this title. Piano 
and xylophone, playing, dancing, 
singing, and some daring and grace- 
ful acrobatics are embraced in her 
work, in all of which she proves an 
adept. She deserves a better spot. 

A high-grade musical act is of- 
fered by Young and Wheeler — piano 
and violin, while Llddell and Gibson, 
in their female Impersonations, re- 
peat their former success of a few 
weeks ago at the Keith downtown 
house. 

Bernlce Howard and Jack White 
scored heavily with their comedy 
bit, "The Gadabouts." The piece was 
amusing and well acted, and hilarity 
prevailed throughout the act. 

Joe Sulley and Matt Kennedy of- 
fered an entertaining "wop" turn, 
but the number lacks pep at the 
finish. 

Some hand balancing by the Burns 
Brothers made a good closer. 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 

SHUBERT — Jane Cowl 
'Smilin* Through." 
CENTURY— "Whirl of Girls." 
GAYETY— "Bits OL' Broadway. 



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Holiday week rnn true to form in 
the theatrical business and all 
houses reported heavy returns. At 
the Shubert Fay Balnter in "East 
lo West" enjoyed capacity business 
with several turn-aways. With the 
burlesque houses tho Gayety had 
some the best of it with several 
sell-outs, and all of the vaudeville 
theatres were well patronized. The 
big splash in the latter liHd wan 
made by tho Main street, which was 
unable to accommodate all who 



Sir Harry Lauder will commence 
a three-day engagement at the Shu- 
bert Jan. 12, giving five perform- 
ances. Top prices will be $2.50. 
Following the house will get "Take 
It From Me" and "Mecca." 



The Century, American burlesque 
circuit, commencing Jan 2. will ad- 
mit ladies to week-day matinees 
for 10 cents. 

• 

Harry Port man, assistant man- 
ager of the Globe, has been appoint- 
ed manager of the new Empress, 
which opened New Year's Eve. 

According to their usual custom, 
the circus people wintering here 
contributed their services at the 
Mayor's Christmas tree for the poor 
and helped to make the occasion a 
merry one. Among the acts to ap- 
pear were Alton's acrobats, Pete 
Coosens' Clown Band, Behee and 
Planet, the Aliens, Gipe Brothers, 
Phil Darling and the Aerial Utts. 
A number of dancing specialties 
were contributed by 86 pupils from 
the Europe School of Dancing. 



MONTREAL J 

By JOHN M. GARDINER 

HIS MAJESTY'S.— Corliss Glial 
and Frances Grayson in "Behind the 
Mask"; Jan. 9 for two weeks, Marie 
Lohr and Co. 

PRINCB8S. — Lorraine, Cagwlrf 
and Fitsgetald; W. O. Fields; D. Du 
H.; Rae Eleanor Ball and Brother;) 
Hamilton and Barnes; The Crom- 
wells; Gold and Edwards; Ma* 
York. Picture — Charles Chaplin 1* 
"The Idle Class." 

ORPHEUM.— Burlesque, 'Tr.nctf 
Froli cs." 

GAYETY.— Jack Singer's Show. 

LOEWS. — Choy Line Foel 
Troupe;; Gossler and Lusby; Basil 
and Allen; Davis and McCoy; Big 
Frans and Co. 

CAPITOL*— Capitol Opera Co. M 
"Carmen"; feature— Betty Cempsoai 
in "The Little Minister." 

ALLEN. — Allen Concert CO.J 



The patrons of tho Century are 
waiting patiently for Jimmy 
Cooper's show next week. Jimmy 
is a local product and has a great 
following hero. The house manage- 
ment hopes to hand up a season 
record with this show. 



Floyd O. Williams, formerly man- 
ager of the Kansas City office of the 
Western Vaudeville Managers' As- 
sociation, has been appointed as- 
sistant manager of the Globe, suc- 
ceeding Harry Portman, who goes 
to the Empress. Mr. Williams was 
with the Globe in a similar position 
in 1917, resigning the position to 
enter the service and go overseas. 



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Greater New York. 

Preferred by live wire formerly 
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Orayce Brewer and Sirens; feature, 
Norma Talmadge in "The Sign on 
the Door." 

IMPERIAL. — Creatore, guest con- 
ductor. Feature, Charles Chaplin in 
"The Idle Class." 



The local press paid tribute to the 
memory of the late Fred Howarth, 
formerly manager of His Majesty's 
theatre, who passed on In Victoria, 
B, C, last week. The critics spoke 
©f him as a "good showman, a good 
friend and a good man." 

Stewart Llthgow, who succeeded 
Mr. Howarth, aa manager of His 
fcy*s, baa fevered hls^crm nee - 
,that house. Mr. Llthgow 
the press that he could 
sympathy with the 
lowed at the theatre 
resignation to the 
Vment. Lithgow 
with the patrons 
the mom as a 
•If tendiy Wlatlons 
critics. He is 
r ork to renew some 
connections. Mr. 
Lithgow was at one tlmo manager 
of the Dominion, Ottawa, and lat- 
terly ahead of Gn i* George. 




ifc to New 
his former 



Charles Holdstock, L.L. D., news- 
paperman and lawyer, and who. 



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the publicity department of His 
Majesty's theatre, will take charge 
of the house until another resident 
manager is appointed. Mr. Holdstock 
is also acting in a legal capacity. 



W. A. Edwards, lessee of His Ma- 
jesty's, who for some time has been 
very seriously ill, is rapidly recov- 
ering. Mr. Edwards is one of the 
pioneer theatrical men in Montreal. 



Local shows are now running on 
Sunday in acordanc* with police 
regulations, which call for drastic 
censorship of acts and costumes. 

Harvey Hayes, formerly of the Or- 
pheum Players, has been engaged 
locally by Loew's for picture pro- 
logue work. 



It Is reported that another stock 
company will soon be opened here. 
The names of William McNaughton, 
Harvey Hayes and other ex-mem- 
bers of tho now defunct Orpheum 
company are mentioned in connec-* 
tlon with the new project. 



LYRIC— Bennett's Colored Car- 
nival. 

STRAND.— "Little Lord Fauntle- 
roy" (111m). 



The Lafayette opened Sunday with 
pictures after closed for almost a 
year. 



"Chu Chin Chow" broke all records 
for this seadon at the Shubert St. 
Charles and has been retained for 
second week. Walter Hampden fol- 
lows "Chu" in his first visit South. 



The Tulane now has solid book- 
ings for remainder of tho season. It 
b-*s had several open weeks which 
* jessitated the playing of pictures, 
4 nd one when it was dark altogether. 



Larry Kuqua, who eerved his ap- 
prenticeship at Loews, is the new 
manager of the Louisiana, begin- 
ning Sunday. 



Fred Beauvals, of "The Lonely 
Trail" fame, is thoroughly disgusted 
with the action of the New York au- 
thorities in canning liis film. Fred 
is a Montrcaler. It is understood that 
thj picture will be shown here in 
the near future 



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NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL 
SHUBERT ST. CHARLES.— "Chu 
Chin Chow." 

TULANE.— "Theodora" (film). 
LAFAYETTE.— Pictures. 



New Orleans was very "wet" dur- 
ing the holidays, oceans of "hootch" 
flowing about the town in all places 
at all hours. If the "prohibs" think 
they can dry up this, tho speediest 
burg on this side of the pond, they 
certainly have a Job on their hands. 

Ben Piazza, manager of the Or- 
pheum, is making quite an ado of 
tho theatre's 20th anniversarv, the 
booking ofTlce sending him a bill of 
nine acts, headed by "Sawing a 
Woman in Half." Anniversary Week 
begins Jan. 16. 



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Loew's began the new year pros- 
perously, being host to four capacity 
assemblages Sunday and turning 
away several thousand. The show 
held but threo acts, the headllner, 
"Money Is Money," running 40 min- 
utes, whieh accounted. Tho feature 
picture. Dustin Farnnm in "The 
Devil Within." contained the ele- 
ments that seldom fail to please the 
average picture fan. ' 

Jean and Arthur Keeley were In 
almost instant favor, as much be- 
cause of the smart setting carried as 
the athletic endeavor. The girl en- 
livened the turn throughout working 
up the boxing bout, used to conclude, 
in such manner as to bring vocifer- 
ous applause. 

Harry Gilbert was liked because of 
his pleasing voice and specially 
written material. The latter was 
specially written for other people, 
but the auditors were not nware of 
the fact, applauding the sallies as if 
hearing them the first time. 

"Money Is Money" was something 
of a flash for Loew's with its nine 
people and colorful make-up. It 
contained an Idea with a manager 
trying to sell his show to a mer- 
chant, but the comic possibilities 
were neglected In an effort to follow 



Friday, January 6, 1928 



the accepted form rather than lean 
to originality. The comedian play- 
ing the merchant proved extremely 
able, making the most of the meagre 
stuff given him. The crowd liked 
the dancers and violinist, awarding 
them the palm at odd and various 
moments. The act, even as now 
framed, could be made productive of 
better results with the lapses elimi- 
nated, the opening In m om" omitted 
with essential attention to 
dressing. The costumee worn by 
the girls at the beginning look cheap 
and tawdry from the front, and 
there is no excuse for the ill-fitting 
clothes worn by the two straight 
men. "Money Is Money" nee'ds some 
sort of "punch" for the final curtain 
also, either in tableaux or through a 
comedy surprise, 

The Marcus Show, after experi- 
encing all sort of travail in the West 
jumped direct from the Coast to this 
city, where it begins a Southern 
toiir. The show opens at the Tulane 
Sunday. 

Smart vaudeville at the Orpheum 
this week, with several of the acts 
projecting matter as new as the 
year. In lieu of a distinctive head 
liner three turns are featured— 
Sarah Padden, William Seabury and 
Flanagan and Morrison. 

The Rectors got the Bhow away 
on the right foot, disclosing feats 
removed from the conventlnoal, but 
not pyramiding their stuff in such 
form as to bring forth the applause 
deserved. The crowd evinced ap- 
preciation, but not of the demon- 
strative sort. 

Don Alfonso Zelaya was In direct 
antithesis. The pianist who has 
l>cen up and down has now arrived. 
Given the second position, he ac- 
complished the seemingly impossi- 
ble, proving not only the hit of the 
bill but the surprise success of tho 
season. 

Sarah Padden hi her newest ve- 
hicle, "The Charwoman." held sway 
until the closing minutes, when the 
sketch wobbles through not approx- 
imating the strength of the situa- 
tion evolved. Tho climax fell flat 
because of the ♦ deficiency, which 
should be remedied. 

Flanagan and Morrison proved a 
breath from the open, with their 
golfing gibes bringing to view what 
was accounted here the most re- 
sourceful moment of the sort yet 
displayed because of its natu/alness. 
They were second in point of es- 
teem. 

Seabury, with a different dancing 
interlude since last around, begot 
considerable attention through his 
appealing sets, graceful girls and 
fiis own turbulent ste*I>pmg. 

Charles Olcott and Mary Ann 
tried hard, but did not strike in the 
manner expected. The songs em- 
ployed are rather pale, and but for 
Mary Ann's renditions might have 
sunk into innocuous desuetude — 
whatever that means. 

The Littlejohns held them nicely 
at the end. The couple are always 
thinking and trying, with their 
striving ever earning Just reward. 



though losing something by «.»„ 
an untoward topical number £ 
close. *• 

Al Garbell was more active th*» 
artistle, which resulted in his 
attracting but mild response, Th 
girla carried were at one with 
principal, which made It unanimon? 

Billy and Eddie fcorman wS 
overly Ingratiating, and bowed 
milked, but, devoid of talent < 
bereft of personality, the trie! 
fooled only a few. Most of the moh 
seemed palpably bored. The boy. 
offered their own songs, one stviiLi 
"We Never Got Nothing at All" 
which is worse than the terrlbis 
English we of Variety employ. 

Valdo, Meers and Valdo closed 
capable, the comic lifting the turn 
when it commenced to sag. The 
dressing is not propitious. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. 8KEFFINGT0N. 

LYCEUM— "Lassie." first half- 
"The Salt of the Earth," second halt 

QAYETY — Billy Watson and 
"World of Frolics." 

FAY'S— Murdock and Kennedy 
Ford and Hewitt, Kishl Duo 
Thompson - Trio, Paul Petching' 
Mack and Redding; "Theodora," film 
feature. 

AJtCADE— Kinsey Stock Com- 
pany in "Ten Nights in a Bar 
Room." 

FAMILY — Musical stock and 
vaudeville. 

PICTURES — Douglas Fairbanks 
in "The Three Musketeers." Kialto; 
second week of "Over the Hill'* 
Star; "Don't Tell Everything," Re- 
gent. 



Tho Temple is time tabling all 
acts in its ads. 



"Llghtnln'" returns next week. 



The Rochester Theatre Managers* 
Association has decided to continue 
a tax equal to the war tax on all 
passes, this money to be donated to 
the fund the managers raise to 
finance a portable projector, opera* 
tor and films for shut-ins, hospitals 
and other institutions. 



The Park at Bath is to close while 
extensive remodeling is done. 
Among other things, additional seat- 
ing capacity for 200 will bo "rovlded. 



A line that stretched for half a 
square was waiting to see the final 
performance at the Talace Tuesday 
night, with a packed house already 
seated. It is tho usual condition at 
this time of the year with the 
South's greatest money-maker, re- 
gardless of the merit of the pro- 
gram. The show was glaringly re- 
miss, proceeding in desultory vein 
for the most part, with drab periods 
that spelled its doom. 

Doherty and Dixon, two girls, 
giving the appearance of appren- 
ticeship in the accredited vaudeville 
workshop, tapped the applause 
meter but lightly owing to a lack 
of knowledge. Attention to light- 
ing especially at the end, would 
probably augment the returns 

Manning and Lee, with light, airy 
chatter, received major award al- 




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i R F. ALBfiE, President 



J. J. MURDOCK, General Manager 



F. F. PROCTOR, Vice-President 



B. F. Keith's Vaudeville Exchange 



B. F. KEITH 




(AGENCY) 

(Palace Theatre Building; New York) 

EDWARD P. ALBEE PAUL KEITH 

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PHILADELPHIA 

By ARTHUR B. WATER8 

Nixon's Grand, for several seasons 
a three-a-day house, becomes a 
[ ttro-a-da> house this week, booking 
T through the Keith agency. There 
will be no boost in the scale, which 
remains at 17 and 25 cents for mati- 
nees and 25 to 40 cents at night. A 
film program lasting nearly an hour 
will be part of the bills. 

Films at downtown housos: "Dis- 
raeli," Aldine, first week; "Peter 
Ibbetson," Karlton, second week; 
-Connecticut Yankee," Stanton, sec- 
ond week; "Little Minister," Ar- 
cadia, first week; 'Wonderful 
Thing," Stanley. 






Mabel Ballin is to come to Phila- 
delphia in connection with the 
showing of "Jane Eyre" at the Ar- 
cadia in the near future. She will 
be accompanied by her husband and 
director, Hugo Ballin, who will make 
a short film here showing historical 
places in and around Philadelphia, 
in which his wife will act. Sho is 
a graduate of the School of Indus- 
trial Art here, and will be enter- 
tained there during her visit. 



"The Broken Wing," which played 
fn New York last season, is being 
played by the Mae Desmond stock 
players here this week for its first 
Philadelphia appearance. There 
was some difficulty in obtaining the 
play for stock presentation, but 
negotiations were finally completed. 



TORONTO 

PRINCESS — "LightninV with 
Milt Nobles. Next, "Two Little 
Girls in Blue." , 

ROYAL— Shubert Vaudeville, Jean 
Bedini's "Chuckles of 1921" and 
other acts. 

GRAND— Film, "Out of the Dust." 

UPTOWN — Glaser Players in 
"Turn to the Right." 

GAYETY — Sam Howe's New 
Show. 

SHEA'S — High-class vaudeville, 
fJohn Steele, Walter C. Kelly, Lor- 
' faine Sisters and other acts. 

HIPPODROME— Vandcville and 
11m feature, "Alias Lady Fingers." 

LOEWS— Vaudeville and film fea- 
ture, "Fine Feathers." 

LOEWS WINTER GARDEN— 
Film, Mary Pickford, in "Little Lord 
Fountleroy" (second week). 

PANTAGES— Vaudeville, Jimmy 
Duffy and other acts; film, "The 
Call of the North." 
t MASSE Y HALL— Film, "Evange- 
line." 

REGENT— Film, "Disraeli." 
ALLEN— Film, "Molly O" (second 
Week). 

STRAND- Film, "Disraeli." 



Business during the holiday week 
^ was very good, despite election 
[ meetings, hockey games, etc. Tho 
L surprise of the week was the good 
i business done by "Irene" on second 
J appearance here, with Dale Winter 
[' in the title role. Press comment 
; Paid a compliment to this lady by 
- aaying if she had not returned with 
| the show she would have been 
missed. Marie Lohr, on second ap- 
[ pearance this season at the Princess, 
I Presenting "Her Destiny" and "The 
voice from tho Minaret," drew well 
and made herself solid with Toronto 
natrons. Jack Singer's show at the 
* Uayety with stiff opposition did 
well and was a relief after bnd 
business of the west. It is a par- 
ticularly good burlesque show and 
half may be said to be high -class 
vaudeville, getting away from the 
old shop burlesque of which the 
Public is tired. There were no mid- 
night shows held, as the law here 
■erlctly prohibits any entertainment 



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after 12 o'clock Saturday night. 



On the Trans-Canada time very 
few shows are making a profit, and 
those who are fortunate are "The 
Dumbells," "The Winnipeg Kiddies" 
and "Hullo Canada." The American 
Burlesque Circuit broke into this 
time, playing one and two-night 
stands between Montreal and To- 
ronto, and Joo Wilton's "Hurley 
Burley" doing tho pioneer work did 
not have to worry about exchanging 
Canadian money going into Buffalo. 

Monday openings were a little 
light, as it was a municipal election 
day in Toronto. The night perform- 
ances were largely attended. 



Although unofficially denied the 
rumor is persistent that the dra- 
matic stock company now playing 
Loew's uptown may be transferred 
to Detroit or another city and the 
Shubert vaudeville bills will be pre- 
sented at this house in a short time. 

Tho New Empire, burlesque the- 
atre, will open next week with Bar- 
ney Gerard's "Follies of the Day." 
and Gayety will close as No. 1 
house. 

SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

By ALLEN H.WRIGHT 

PICTURES.— Plaza, "Three Mus- 
keteers"; Cabrillo, "Don't Tell 
Everything"; Rialto. "The Foolish 
Age"; Supcrba, "Rip Van Winkle"; 
Pickwick, "The Millionaire" * 

way, "The Man of Stone"; 
"What Do Men Want?" 



Bookings at Spreckles include 
"The Bird of Paradise" New Year's 
day; Tony Sarg's Marionettes Jan. 
4; Sousa's Band*Jan. 6-7. 



At the Strand the stock players 
presented for the holiday week the 
comedy, "Pot Luck," with Winni- 
fred Greenwood and Fred Raymond, 
Jr., leading. The Strand has played 
stock for four years continuously. 



Broad 
Colonial, 



May Robson and company in "It 
Pays to Smile'' got a packed house 
opening hero. 

Unprecedented December rains 
damaged highways ;is well as rail- 
roads. It Interfered seriously with 
theatre attendance. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

WIETING.— First half, "Salt of 
tho Earth," with Emma Carus. Last 
half, "Lassie." Next week. "Irene." 

B A S T A B L E.— First half, Dave 
Marion's Own Show. Opened to 
good business Monday evening. 
Casper is more clever than ever; 
Will Ward, his foil, is able; support- 
ing company fairly capable, but 
there's something the matter some- 
whei with entire production. Last 
half, "Ten Nights in a Bar Room." 

ICEITH'S. — Headlined "Sawing a 
Woz«*an in Two" with Horace Goldin 
iu person. As an illusion J's good, 
but the act is hopelessly padded. A 
picture of Irene Vanderbilt, who ap- 
pears with Goldin as the woman, 
aided and abetted by a trick cur- 
tain, is used to introduce It. The act 
as it now stands disappoints. It was 
circused here, with an ambulance in 
front of the theatre. 

E M P I R E.— All week, "Over the 
: -:i." 

SAVOY.— "Rip Van Winkle." 

ROBBINS-ECKEL.— « White Oak." 



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S T R A N D . — ' * T h e Wonderful 
Thing." 



Sim A. Allen, for the last five 
years representative of Wilmer & 
Vincent and in charge of the Co- 
lonial and Gaiety, Utica, left tho 
firm Dec. 31 and will Join the staff 
of the Robbins Amusement Co. The 
Robbins company has houses in 
Utica, Watcrtown and Syracuse. 



a compound fracture of the right 

ankle when he slipped upon the 

walk in front of th~ Yatea hotel 

here while on his way to the "Wic- 

tlng for . rehearsal of "Behind the 
Mask." Hatch, gaining hla feet* 
made his way unaided to the thea- 
tre. There the pain became so great 
thnt a physician was summoned. 
Hatch was removed to tho Good 
Shepherd hospital for treatment. 



John Shlggs, held on the charge 
of first degreo murder for the al- 
leged shooting of Harry Wallace, 
[vaudeville producer and actor, at 
the Hotel Langwell, Elmira, N. Y., 
Nov. 30, will have a hearing Jan. 16 
heforo Acting Recorder Harry 
I Markaon. Delay in tho arraign- 
Iment of Shlggs, a colored hotel 
I porter, who shot Wallace after a 
ro*v in which whiskey played a part, 
was at the request of the alleged 
slayer's counsel. The district at- 
torney's ofllco consented. 



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The Lyceum, Ithaca, N. Y., closed 
for weeks, reopens Jan. 7 with a 
one-night engagement of "The Love 
Nest." The next booking is Jan. 
11-12, when "Lassie" will be the x.t- 
tractlon. 



Frank Hatch, producer, sustained 



"Overcoat matinees," held by B. 
P. Keith's theatre hero and the 
Stone opera house at Blnghamton, 
will probably be made annual 
events, it was announced today. 
The contributions at the two thea- 
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needy in the two cities. The Blng- 
hamton collection was for the needy 
in general; contributions at Keith's 
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Recalled to Albany to assume a 
berth of larger responsibilities, 
Walter M. Powers, for the past 
three months manager of the Ma- 
jestic, Elm Ira, N. Y., severed his 
relations with the Elmira playhouse 
Jan. 1. 



CHESTNUT ST. (ShubertsV— The 
Hannefords came pretty near run- 
ning away with the bill. Known 
only by name to many Philadel- 
phia variety patrons, these six 
equestrians put across their act with 
a spirit that won thorn what almost 
amounted to an ovation. "Poodles" 
naturally was the popular favorite. 
Alice Lloyd wan another stranger, 
but the audience warmed to her ;is 
in the old days after the first couple 
of numbers. Circolini was in good 
voice and was lik»>ol by oil except 
the Jazz hounds. The rest of the 
bill contained a number of quick- 
action farce comedy numbers which 
met with fair success. Throe per- 
formances Monday. 

H. F. KEITH'S.— Harry Langdon 
was the bright spot on a generally 
clever holiday bill. Ethel Levey, the 
headliner, was not so successful. 



Her song numbers were uneven in 
quality, and the old-timers who 
came to renew acquaintance with 
her seemed to miss her old dancing 
ability. Frank Kills and his "Dress 
Rehearsal" burlesque went well. 
Some unusually entertaining acts 
in "one," and the bill as a whole 
was above par. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

HEILIG.— "Are You a Mason"? 

P.AKKR— 7 taker Stock Co. in 
"Penrod." 

LYRIC— Lyric Musical Comedy 
Co. in "The Census Taker." 

OHPHKKM.- Sallie Fisher & Co., 
and Fred Lindsay headlined. 

PICTURES— Liberty, "The Call 
of the North"; Columbia. "Don't 
Tell Everything"; Rivoli. ' R. S. V. 
P."; Blue Mouse. "A Sailor Made 
Man"; People's, "Jane Eyre"; Ma- 
jestic, "Rip Van Winkle.* 



David Brill, for more than a year 
manager of the Universal exchange 
here, will leave on Jan. 7 for New 
York to take up special sales work 
out of the New York office, from 
which he came to Portland. Brill 
has been succeeded by J. L. Frazier, 
heretofore attached to the San 
Francisco office. 



Billie Bingham, soubret of the 
Lyric Musical Comedy Co., has been 
confined at a private hospuc*'. for 
several days, following an operation 
for the removal o£ an infection that 
set in when she sat on a crochet 
needle, which pierced her leg. 



PITTSBURGH 

By COLEMAN HARRISON 

PICTURES.— Aldine, "Chivalrous 
Charlie"; Grand and Liberty, 
"Love's. Redemption"; Lyceum, 
"Without Limit"; Camera phone. 
"Girl from Porcupine"; Savoy, 
"Connecticut Yankee"; Olympic, 
"Get Rich Quick Wallingford"; 
Regent, "A Prince There Was"; Al- 
hambra, "There Are No Villains." 



and the removal from that house by 
the Felt Brothers to the former 
Sam S. Shubert, now the Aldine. is 
believed by local wiseacres to con- 
stitute a significant move, with 
chances for greater success likely 
for both. 



New Year's Day saw capacity at- 
tendance in practically every the- 
atre here. Contrary to original 
plans, the Shubert Duquesne ran a 
third vaudeville performance Mon- 
day, a midnight show, while the 
Davis ran its extra show at 4:30 
p. m. 



"The Rose Girl." with Fred Hill- 
debrand at the Alvin, received good 
notices in all the local dailies. 
"Maytime," ninth time, next. 

C. A, Wagner, manager of the two 
largest theatres in Connellsville. 
near here, helped fill Christmas 
baskets there by allowing admis- 
sion to either house on presentation 
of a potato and a penny at several 
matinees. 



The current weqk marks the most 
important change of the season on 
the local theatrical map. The 
Shubcrts' transfer to the Duquesne, 



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Shuhert bill after the Friday mati- 
nee last week, no tme substituting. 

ITarry Steppe, featured comedian 
with "Jingle-Jingle" at trie (JayOty 
this week, was lead vCitli C.porge 
Jaft'e's stock burlesque company 
here last season. 



"Walker "Whiteside pulled a big 
carriage draw in "Tlu» Hindu" at 
the first two performances at the 
Shubert Pitt. "Miss Lulu Rett," 
next. 



Duquosne (Shubert) 

The new Shubert vaudeville move 
Is an Important theatrical event 
here because the house is ideally 
located, well equipped and the beat- 
suited medium of deciding whether 
this city really wants a second 
twice-daily theatre. The slse of 
three holiday crowds Monday 
seemed to answer affirmatively, 
though there was no overflow at 
any performance, and the orchestra 
capacity is much smaller than the 
former home; in fact, the smallest 
in town. But this smallness at least 
lends a homey atmosphere to the 
situation, pleasing both to patrong 
and performers, and sadly lacking* 
heretofore. 

Holiday rates were risky, wtth 
regular evening top boosted to $2.20, j 
despite the Davis' $1.60 and tho laM 
ter's classier offering. The orrhea*. 
tra, nevertheless, was filled at thii 
show and only a few were va*»nt 
above, while attendance at the after- 
noon and midnight tfhows were Just 
as good. Taylor Holmes was forced 
to a speech, and Nonette would havo 
been gladly listened to after a half- 
dozen curtains. Holmes makes a 
fine vaudeville single in this day of 
ad llbbing in efforts to be original. 
His artistry Is founded on pure elo- 
cution. Just four or five attempts, 
Including comedy to "Coots," but all 
smacking of cleanness, calmness and 
the subdued delicacy of the great 




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CONTINUOUS 10 A. ■• t» MIDNIGHT 
VAUOCVILLC REQINS AT NOON 



REPUBLIC 

A. H. WOODS Present a 

MARGARET LAWRENCE 
LOWELL 8HERMAN 
ALLAN DINEHART 

in "LAWFUL LARCENY" 

A New Play by SAM BHIPMAN 

— - TIK]r p THEA.. W. «d 8U Era. 8:30. 
kLIINvjE' MaUa Wed . a nd Sat. 2:30. 

THE MOST FAMOUS PLAY IN NEW YORK- 

THE 
DEMI-VIRGIN 

By AVERY HOPWOOD 

5t" 8AM H. HARRI8 Attraction* 

/lADT West 48th St. Kve». at 8:1C 
tUKl Mate. Wed. and Sat. at 2:15 

WALLACE . MARY 
EDDINGER ■" NASH 

ia "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK 

II1T\C/MU Theatre. Went 41th Street. 

lUUdV/IN Mr-. Mrs. II. D. Harris. 

Eveninjjs at 8:15. Mala. Wed. & Sat. 
SAM HARRIS Announces 

ELSIE FERGUSON 

In ZOE AKIN'S New Play 

["THE VARYING SHORE" 

Sam H. HfUTis tci.: drtant 0344. 

Ere*. 8:20. Mats. Wed. and Sat. at 2:30 

Six Cylinder Love 

A new comedy by Wm. Anthony McOuire 

!' with ERNEST TRUEX 

MI IQIi** DAY West 45th Street. 
IVlUOHw DUA Tel. BRYANT 1470 

Evea 1:15. Mats. Wed. and Sat. at 2:16 

••Beet Musical Show Ever Made In 

Aaneriea."— Globe. 

IRVING BERLIN'S • • 

MUSIC BOX REVUE 

[With a "Cast of Metropolitan Favorites. 






ITT AW THEA.. W. 45th ST. Era. 8:30. 
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MARIE DORO ■ 

"LILIES of the FIELD" "MSB" 
Frederick Perry gR^BBS 

GAIETY B'way * «• St. Eva. at 8:15. 

BIGGEST CAST OF THE SEASON 

Headed by Otto K rarer, Emmett Cor- 
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In Paul Armstrong's Famous Play 

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CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents 



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DIRECTION JOHN CORT 

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LYHFIIM WESTI Eva. 8:30. Mats., 
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DAVID BELASCO Presents 

LIONEL ATWILL 

in "THE GRAND DUKE" 



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GEORGE M. COHAN'S 

LAST PRODUCTION 

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THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER 
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Direction Joseph Flnnkett 

NORMA TALMADGE 

"LOVE'S REDEMPTION" 

6TKAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

CARL. EDOUARDE. Conductor 

|*»| fiDl? BROADWAY, 

ULVDL— and Forty-alxth St. 

Evenings 8:30. Mats. Wed. and Sat. 2:30 
CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents 

'GOOD MORNING 

With a Cast of 
N. T. Favorite* 



DEARIE' 



To Readers of VARIETY— 

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with FOKINE and FOKINA, CHAR- 
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"The Perfect Fool" 



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In "SOME SIMP" 

Originator of tha Faka Talascope 
Astrominist. 

pirection EARL & PERKINS 



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ULIS and CLARK 

Personality and Songs 

Playina Leew Circuit Thasks ts Mr. Lssie 
Direction: AL GROSSMAN 



BACK IN THE KENNELS 




A VER8ATILE COMEDIAN 

How Appearing in a New Act 
by HUGH HEEBEBT 



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A REAL VAUDEVILLE NOVELTY 

PAUL PETCHING 

"THE MUSICAL FLOWER GARDEN" 

Permanent Address* 16 Packard Ave., Lymansville, R. I. 

HARRY MOONEYS' COMEDIANS 

(PONIES AND CATS) 

"JUDY," Beat Comedy Mule in Vaudeville 

Orpheum and Keith Representative— HARRY BURTON 



LAURIE ORDWAY 

IRENE FISHER, At Piano 



orator, make him a welcome head- 
liner. 

Five of the nine acts were repeat- 
ers. Of these Mr. and Mrs. Mel- 
Burne's act still has a few blue 
spots. Go Get 'Em Rogers, not pre- 
viously billed, opened up, specializ- 
ing in dancing. Brendel and Bert, 
minus the revue, filled No. 4, the 
latter singing, the former clowning 
and dancing. Musical Johnstons, 
dancing, smacked the xylophones for 
a couple of bows. Ernest Evans, 
with seven good female assistants, 
has a good singing and dancing act. 
Billy McDermott opened second half 
with routine too long stretched, and 
the PIckfords wound up to a solid 
seated house. 



Davia (Kaith'a) 

Regular patrons argue current 
lineup is the best ever presented in 
this house. Chic Sale, Miss Juliet, 
Doyle and Cavanaugh, Frank Mc- 
Intyre, Vaughn Comfort, Gallagher 
and SMean represent two-thirds of 
the outfit and a nice salary list. The 
nut flavor Willie Hale inserted in his 
juggling act made a good opener 
Tuesday afternoon; Foley ana 
Leture, singing and dancing, deuced 
well; Mclntyre's "Wednesday at the 
Ritz" carried No. S In fine shape, 
and Vaughn Comfort with Jay West 
Jones at the piano (the latter good 
enough to do a single) took four 
bows; James Doyle won applause on 
entrance, as did Sale and Miss Juliet 
in the order named, and each help 
up proceedings. The Doyle-Cava- 
naugh offering la a brilliant com- 
bination of color, songs, dance and 
wit. The other two atars do most 
stuff already shown. Mr. Gallagher 



JOHN OOLDEN ATTRACTIONS 
Staged by WTNCHELL SMITH 

L0NGACRE ZJl'b.Vi **." 

Thank You 

A Comedy by Ifosara. Sndlb and Cuabina, 

— . — ~- AND — .— _ 

I ITTI P Weit "tn St. Eves. 1:30. 
LI I I l>U Mats. Wed. & Sat. 



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The 1st Year" 



By aad Wltb FRANK CRAVEN 



LITTLE 

PIPIFAX 

THE FUNNY LITTLE SAILOR CLOWN 

Aaslated by 

Mill Eliie and Eddy PANLO 

"FUN AT THE BEACH" 
— PANTAGE8 CIRCUIT — 



and Mr. Shane were the real show 
stoppers, and had to hold the stage 
for a minute while the three Lordens 
closed with their bounding bar work 
and kept most of 'em in. 



Dvrvr * ** MaUnoaa Wed. and Sat. at 2 



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GEORGE 



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The Green Goddess 

1NA CLAIRE 

IN THE OAT FARCE 

BLUEBEARD'S 
8th WIFE 

THEATFR W. 4t «f. 
Ifatimaa Wed. A J»au 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 
Belaeco 

To Johnny Dooley, assisted by his 
father and two girls, with abbrevi- 
ated costumes, the Madison Sisters, 
must be accorded the comedy honors 
of the new bill of Shubert vaude- 
ville. Dooley has a keen sense of 
burlesque comedy values, and his 
offering was liked. His acrobatic 
bit, as well as t:.- bareback ma- 
terial with "Gertie," could not have 
been better, although he could be 
censored a little for two or three 
touches' In questionable taste. 

The bill this week has excellent 
playing value. There are two re- 
peats, inasmuch as Marie Stoddard 
and the musical number, "In Argen- 
tine," were seen here just a few 
weeks ago. 

Leach Wallin Trio of three women 
did some exceptionally good acro- 
batics in the opening spot. Marie 
Stoddard was No. 2, being followed 
by the Gaudsmiths. This act has 
been seen here at Keith's, and they 
repeated their previous success. 

Dlero, with his piano accordion, 
went over big. Johnny Dooley fol- 
lowed, closing the first part. Fol- 
lowing the interesting news weekly, 
which disclosed ex-President Wil- 
son for the first time standing alone 
for the photographers, and which 
brought forth an ovation, a new 
addition in Alms was offered, comic 
selections from newspapers along 
the lines of the Literary Digest's 
"Timely Topics'* in this instance 
being sponsored by the Washington 
Evening News. 

Following the films came Lee 
White assisted by Clay Smith. Miss 
White has some dandy material, 
some suggesting the other side, but 
with much American also. A solid 
hit was registered. 

"In Argentine" followod; then 
Harry Kranz ar. Al R White. 
These two boys know how to put 
a number across, and thHr comedy 
was a winnor. Lucy Gillftt and 
Co. in "The fJlrl from Delft," an- 
other act seen hero before, Honed 
the show. Miss (Jillett's offering 
can always stand repeating. 

Manager La Motte gave an 11 
o'HoHc show o« New Year's Eve 
whieh brought out capacity, and 
Sunday night's house disclosed 
every se.it taken, with a few 
standee • in the back. 

Keith's 

A splendid bill. Vi»le;-;ka Suratt 
heads it in Jack I^ail's excellent 
sketch, "The White Way." and she 
plays it most capably and has a 
very good supporting cast. The 
sketch holds throughout, with the 
little country girl running true to 
form and the lines allotted to Miss 
Suratt surely have a punch to them, 
she handling the slang with just 
the proper touch. 

The hous^-Moi lnv muht w;is'ca- 




FOR THE WINTER 

My folks will 

kave te> »• to 

work now. 



Oswald 



' WOODSIDE KENNELS 

THE KIDDIES' "STAR" 

Entertained at a dosen Children's 
Hospitals. Orphanages and Cripple 
Homes Chrlatmaa. 

GRIFF 

Waa klaaed and hugged by the Found- 
ling Klddiea la Waahlngton for giving 
them a show. I would not exchange 
those kisses for all the contracts la the 
world. 

One of the most beautiful traits In the 
American character is the love and care 
which they lavish on their children. 

Good Old A merle* 1 It's a treat to be 
here. 

VFIBTII, BLUMENFELD A CO.. Ageats 



Waal (Das. II). stalastla, Meeetea. Texas. 

nrxt to CLoanra. 

HARRY WIRIR. RearaaMtatwe 
Many an act baa striven bard to reach fortune 

and fame, 
c ountlcM acts hare failed and •nails aavs up 

tha gaaas. 
Qr»at are the ones that stick thsugh. and batUs 

for feature billing. 
Real good sets don't bass te tsbt. because they 

are estbKloua sad wHlksg. 
And one of these 111 mantta* to each one she 

by chance h e eds . 
The clever set I apeak of new Is known ss 

HeARATN sag OIIDS. 
H"!ng the honor of their acquaintance tbesa 

worda 111 ast ts boot 
AND 

QerrralAed ptrfomcrs both, the bookers beg ts 

route 
E T *>7 place they alas they are the talk of the 

town. 
Enormous offers and eoatrecta they are always 

turning down. 
Dora good feilowa are these two, I wish thesa 

both success, 
ficven reare en the Out Run tfcne sad stents of 

happiness. . (TRY AND OBT TT). 



paclty. The bill was given a start 
with the remarkably well trained 
seal. "Sealo." Harry Jolson stated 
he had followed everything but • a 
seal, and now he had dona that, and 
then proceeded, with tha aaalstanee 
of an un programmed girl and boy, 
to score an emphatic hit in tha sec- 
ond spot. This Is tha home of tha 
Jolsons, but Harry made good on 
merit alone. 

^KLallen and Carson In "Whoa, 
Sarah," got over finely in the third 
spot, the man's work on the roller 
skates being out of the ordinary, 
and he is the possessor of an ex- 
cellent manner of getting comedy 
across. His talk being a valuable 
adjunct, although when going into 
their final trick on the skates the 
talk between them should be con- 
siderably reduced, it being entirely 
too long. 

Burke and Durkln with their 
songs followed. The man had a real 
Negro dialect and puts hie very soul 
into his songs. They also went over 
fine. They were followed by Miss 
Suratt, who closed the first part. 

Rogers and Allen most convinc- 
ingly brought home that vaudeville 
audiences do like good music of the 
higher order. Possessing two excel- 
lent voices, they offered individual 
numbers and duets that earned for 
them an encore after what really 
seemed a dozen curtains. 

Ed. Lee Wrothe of burlesque fame, 
with Owen Martin, produced laughs 
with their race track, sketch. In 
the closing spot waa Lola Girlie 
and Solomonoff Senla. Mlsa Girlie 
Is the personification of grace, and 
her work on her toes is truly re- 
markable. Mr. Senia also is an ex- 
ceptional dancer, and they held thr.t 
entire house. 

The news weekly was omitted due 
to the length of the bill, the final 
curtain descending at 11:10. 



The attractions of the week In- 
cludes Laurette Taylor in a new 
play by her husband, "The National 
Anthem," reviewed elsewhere in this 
issue: Poll's has "The Bat," first at 
the Delasco last season. It is do- 
ing big business. The Oarrick has 
•Desert Sands," the first attempt of 
Wilson Collison to write something 
along serious lines,. . The piece was 
fairly well received by the local 
critics, who hold out possibilities 
for it. 

The Cosmos and Strand are 
showing vaudeville and continuing 
to attract good business. Burlesque, 
"Big Wonder Show," Gayety; "Lid 
Lifters," Capitol. 

The picture houses have: Colum- 
bia. "Little Lord Fauntleroy"; Pal- 
ace, "Pent Free'; Rlalto, "Queen of 
Sheba"; Metropolitan, "Tol'able 
David." 



The film. "Determination." In 
which so many Washington people 
have invested their money a \4 
which has been through all sorts of 
difficulties, finnlly saw the light at 
The 'iimlen. The house has been 
closed for a considerable period, 
proving a heavy handicap, but the 
extra advertising is helping and the 
pirture is now in its second week. 



48 



PICTURES 



Friday, January 6, 1922 



"ORPHANS OF THE STORM" 



Henrietta G Irani Lillian Glsh 

Louise Dorothy Glsh 

Chevalier de Vaudrey. . .Joseph Schlldkraut 

Count de Ltnleres Prank Lam** 

Countess de Ltnleres Catherine Eramtit 

Marquis de Presle Morgan Wallace 

Mother Frochard Lucille la Verne 

Jacques Frochard Sheldon Lewis 

Pierre Frochard Frank Puglta 

Plcard Crelghton Hale 

Jacques-Forget -Not Leslie King 

Danton Monte Blue 



Robespierre Sidney Herbert 

King Louis XVI Leo Kolmeri 

The Doctor Adolphe L^stlna 

Sister Genevieve Kate Bruce 



Griffith "showed it" Jan. 3 at the 
Apollo, on 42d street, at $2 top*. Its 
"The Two Orphans" canned In the 
Griffith way, which means every- 
thing there could be in that story 
the Master Genii brought out. Some 
call Griffith the Master Genius of 
pictures, but as he is the only one 
among them all, let the Genii ride 
whether it's right or wrong. 

The "Orphans of the Storm" is 
set in the days of France's Reign of 
Terror. There are the mob scenes 
of the Revolution, the French char- 
acters as mentioned on the program, 
the two little girls in the persons of 
the Glsh sisters amidst all the pil- 
lage and plunder, and the picture 
has all the angles, all the detail and 
all the scenes that any one human 
could bring out 

What a break those two orphans 
got! About half - way through the 
film it looked as though their streak 
would be a tougher one than Nellie 
Revell has had. They were the so- 
near-and-yet-so-far-apart twins. 
Bobby? Wow! The guy that gets 
the handkerchief privilege in the 
lobby will win a fortune. 

And yet between and among all 
the sentiment [and it's a super - 
sentimental picture that the women 
must adore], all of the fights (in- 
cluding a sword duel and knife bat- 
tle), all of the galloping horses, all 
of the handsome scenes and equally 
beautiful photography, Griffith 
brought out & great thought that 
was not in the picture — it was in a 
caption. It opened the second part 
and said lo effect that America 
might profit by the experience of 
France in not permitting fanatics to 
become leaders. That's pretty time- 
ly Just now. And another brilliant 
thought was the momentary intro- 
duction of Capt. Napoleon. 

Had Griffith lived in the darkened 
ages he would have been called a 
philosopher, as all of those days 
with advanced thought were called 
long after they were dead. For D. 
W. Griffith la the advanced thought 
of pictures — always has been. Grif- 
fith has never made his best picture. 
It's questionable if the public will 
ever permit him to. They know him 



too well; they expand everything 

he announces; they almost antici- Sidney Herbert as Robespierre are 



revolution, the storming of the Bas 
tile and the wiM period of polltlcar 
unbalance that followed, with spe- 
cial reference t<» the rise of Danton 
and Robespierre, and the Committee 
of Public Safety which guillotined 
everybody that did not think the 
way Robespierre did. 

The plot in brief carries the two 
orphan girls, one blind, into Paris. 
Dorothy Glsh has been given Kate 
Claxton's role of the blind girl, and 
this step from comedienne roles 
into a role of unlimited emotional 
possibilities, such as when the blind 
girl is thrown into the rat -infested 
cellar, reveals new capabilities in 
the less famous of the two Glsh 
girls. The abduction of Henrlette 
occurs, she is saved from ravage at 
the nobleman's festival, the blind 
girl falls into the hands of Mother 
Frochard and is sent out on the 
streets begging. 

The climax of the first half is net 
based on spectacle, but is hung on 
the dramatic episode of the noble-] 
womnn learning that her daughter: 
is the blind beggar girl, and with 
Henriette under arrest being led to' 
the prison for fallen women just as 
she sees the blind girl being dragged 
away by Mother Frochard. 

The picture then jumps directly 
into the French revolution, where 
Griffith begins filming with a lavish 
hand but with a historical fidelity 
that really constitutes a challenge 
to the foreign films which until now 
have been supposed to be the last 
word in historical re-visualizations. 

Henriette is sent to the guillotine 
for harboring her noble lover, Ma- 
dame Frochard's crippled son kills 
his brother and saves the blind girl 
from ravage, and then Danton. in 
an appeal to the populace, secures a 
reluctant reprieve for Henriette and 
her noble lover, after which comes 
the cavalry ride to the guillotine 
and the rescue. After the first night 
Griffith cut one of the guillotine 
decapitation scenes as too grue- 
some, although the entire film was 
passed by the censors, which was 
probably the main reason why Grif- 
fith gave Boston the picture ahead 
of the Apollo. 

Griffith Is using a clever play to 
get the Interest of college and high 
school students by laying stress on 
the historical visualization of the 
picture as it concerns the French 
revolution, using the name and en- 
dorsement of Prof. F. Humphrey of 
Trinity College In the program. 

His experiment with Joseph 
Schlldkraut as a hot-blooded juv- 
enile more than came up to his 
expectations. The* entire cast is re- 
markable all the way through, but 
Lucille La Verne as Mother Fro- 
chard, Monte Blue as Danton and 



pate everything he does. And "Or- 
prans of the Storm" is not Griffith's 
best to date, but it's among his best, 
and still leaves "The Birth of the 
Nation" in front 

But "Orphans" has a stronger hu- 
man nature appealing force in the 
troubles and terrors of those two 
little girls that the Glsh sisters play 
so perfectly than anything In a 
similar vein this picture creator 
ever before has done. That makes 
it its box-office attraction, if the 
rata in the cellar and the guillotine 
scene that is so suspenslvely pro- 
longed do not interfere. 

In film making and picture tak- 
ing, over and above or below any- 
thing for or against "The Orphans" 
is as fine an example of the picture 
art as may be seen, and after see- 
ing it, if those stewed students of 
the drama again say there is no art 
in picturedome they must be off 
their nut Bime. 



Boston, Jan. 4. 

It probably cost Griffith in excess 
of $25,000 to make his eleventh-hour 
title shift from "The Two Orphans" 
to its present pirate-proof title of 
"Orphans of the Storm," the chief 
loss being In paper prepared by the 
ton for a national release. The 
night that he gave the film its met- 
ropolitan premiere at the Tremont 
theatre, a German "Two Orphans" 
was being shown In Lynn at a four- 
bit top as compared with Griffith's 
$2 top to a genuine turn-away. 

That Griffith has a olgger money- 
maker than "The Birth of a Nation" 
seems to be a certainty. He has 
tossed the two orphans onto the 
tempestuous sea of the French 
Revolution and is using the rlde-to- 
tho-rescue for a finale, with an 
orphan under the guillotine and 
"Danton five miles away." This 
scene is drawn out agonizingly but 
does not let down in any spot The 
cavalry ride through the town, the 
storming of the moated guillotine 
gates, the last minute reprieve and 
the hesitating release trigger on the 
guillotine all make for a dramatic 
final reel with a Griffith thrill that 
will compensate those who are not 
won by the unbellevablo fidelity of 
the entire film historically. 

Apparently Griffith used France 
only for research work, leaning 
mainly on M. Louis Allard of Har- 
vard and the Marquis de Tollgnac 
of Paris. Mamaroneck was appar- 
ently the spot where the France of 
1790 and the Paris of Louis the 16th 
were reconstructed. 

The first portion of the film fol- 
lows "The Two Orphans" quite 
closely, with credit being given to 
Kate Claxton, but after intermission 
the film swings into the French 



the outstanding characters. 

In curtain speeches made while 
he was here whipping the orchestra 
into shape Griffith spoke of the 
similarity of the conditions which 
prevailed during the French revolu- 
tion and those In certain parts of 
the world today, indicating that the 
film in a strong weapon against 
Bolshevism. Libbey. 



killing of David's dog and the re- 
sultant crippling for life of Allen, 
David's older brother, by one of the 
visiting Hatburns, with the father of 
the Kinemon family passing away, 
due to a heart attack when about to 
begin the feud thence started be- 
tween the two families. David, the 
only remaining capable male mem- 
ber of the Klnemons.is stopped from 
carrying out his father's purpose by 
his mother, and while later work- 
ing in the village secures an oppor- 
tunity to drive the mail hack. On 
the trip the convict cousins get the 
mail bag, which forces David into 
the house of the Hatburns, where he 
kills two of the visitors, while the 
third is chasing the granddaughter 
who has run away to secure aid for 
David. The fight between David 
and the last of the cousins, who re- 
turns from the chase when the girl 
faints, leaves him the victor, but 
barely able to get the bag into the 
wagon and back to the village, 
where a posse is about to start out, 
the girl finally having reached her 
destination with the new-i of the 
struggle. 

There is considerable heart inter- 
est, emphasised at different point j, 
but that which will probably at- 
tract the most attention is the fight 
between David and Luke Hatburn 
(Ernest Torrence), the "third cous- 
in." It's one of the best battles, if 
not topping anything of its kind that 
has been screened around these 
i parts lately. Direction and cutting 
have played no small part in the 
effectiveness of the struggle;— -es- 
pecially so in the way the climax is 
reached — showing the dropped pistol 
under a bureau with both men striv- 
ing for it; the switching to the scene 
of the girl reaching the village with 
her information: then back to the 
exterior of the shack where the fight 
is going on with the door slowly 
opening, closing and wavering open 
again to admit David, dragging the 
bag behind him. A smashing bit of 
business that, while not possibly 
original, was well enough executed 
to draw a substantial outburst of 
applause from the Strand audience. 
Next to Bart helm ess stands Tor- 
rence as the oldest son of the Hat- 
burn cousins, whose hobby it is to 
destroy anything which crosses his 
path. His playing was strong enough 
to make the character positively re- 
pulsive on the screen — proof enough 
of the ability he lent to it. Others 
who made their efforts count were 
Edmund Gumey and Marion Abbott 
as David's father and mother; Pat- 
terson Dial as the wlfqjof Allen, and 
Laurence Eddlnger as the owner of 
the village store. 

The photography is excellent, 
though r.j one either on the program 
or in the first few feet of film is 
given credit for it. 

"Tol'able David" Is a "sweet" ve- 
hicle for Barthelmess in which to 
Inaugurate his campaign as a 
"name" In pictures, and should 
prove a means of strengthening his 
present following, which past efforts 
have gained him, besides opening 
the way for many another film pro- 
duction of his. m Skiff. 



never proved a successor to Mark on, with another line running 
Twain, his mind would seem fitted seen him oomln' half way down rh£ 

street.- It la the wail of a wait™2 



for titling; but somehow he does 
not strike the necessary octave of 
humor. In his writing for- the screen 
there is always a bint of digging up 
what suits him and forcing it into 
the picture, 

Mr. Carpenter's story was a bright 
bit showing a barnstorming troupe 
stranded on the one hand, and some 
Kansas farmers who inherit a for- 
tune on the other. The ingenue 
(Miss Martin) takes a Job as a maid 
with the Kansans, who are trying to 
break in socially, and gets accused 
of theft for her pains. But she 
clears herself by unmasking the real 
crooks incidentally winning for a 
husband a famous actor she has al- 
ways admired from a distance. All 
this was helped by the acting. 

Miss Martin was bright and ap- 
pealing, while Ralph Tearsly as 
Zeke got a laugh just from his looks. 
The photography was excellent. 

Leed. 



MORALS 

Carlotta May McAvoy 

Sir Marcus W. P. Carltcn 

Pasquale W. IS. Lawrence 

Mrs. Mainwarlng Kathryn Williams 

Hamid Effendi Nicholas de Ruiz 

Stenson 8ldney Bracey 

Antoinette Brldgetta Clark 



TOL'ABLE DAVID 

David Kinemon Richard Rarthelmess 

Esther Hatburn Gladys Hulett 

Incah Hatburn Walter P. Lewis 

Luke Hatburn Ernest Torrence 

Luke's brother Ralph Tearsley 

Grandpa Hatburn Forrest Robinson 

Senator Gnult Laurence Eddlnger 

David's father Edmund Gumey 

David's brother, Allen. ...Warner Richmond 

David's mother Marlon Abbott 

The Doctor Harry Hall.im 

Rose, Allen's wile Pattorson Dial 



Richard Barthelmess, in his initial 
release through First National, has 
turned out a program feature 
worthy of presentation in any of the 
more pretentious film theatres. It 
may be said "David" is a corking 
getaway for him on his First Na- 
tional career. Surrounded by a cast 
which lends particularly efficient 
support. Mr. Barthelmess plays a 
role that is in Borne ways similar 
to his "Way Down East" character- 
ization. He does it convincingly, 
with an added appeal which makes 
this performance come pretty close 
to being the best effort he has ever 
made before the camera, "Broken 
Blossoms" included. - 

It's a tale of the Virginia hills, 
taken from the Saturday Evening 
Post story of the same title, written 
by Joseph Hergesheimer. Henry 
King did the directing and has 
turned in one of the best bi i of 
work of the season, as demonstrated 
in the latter stages of the picture, 
with the possible exception of allow- 
ing the action to be tardy in getting 
under way. King brought the sus- 
pense up to a point where the house 
actually squlrme'*. with the unfold- 
ing of the climax to the situation, 
bringing forth applause from the au- 
dience. 

The narrative tells of David (Mr. 
Barthelmess), youngest son of the 
Kinemon family, wanting to under- 
take a man's responsibilities with 
special aspirations to his older 
br ther's job of driving the hack 
which carries the government mall, 
but being held, due to his age, in 
subjection by his relatives. Nearby 
the Kincmons live the Hatburns. an 
old man and his granddaughter, who 
are forced to undergo an extended 
visit from three cousins. They have 
been in jail and are chased across 
the state line. The visit entails the 



PARDON MY FRENCH 

Polly Vivian Martin 

Bunny George 8pink 

J. Hawker...* Thomas Meegan 

Mrs. Hawker Nadine Beresford 

Zeke Hawker RaVph Tearsly 

Countess Carstalrs Grace Studlf ord 

Marquis de Void Walter McEwen 

MacGlllicuddy Wallace Ray 



This Realart, directed by William 
D. Taylor and featuring 'May Mc- 
Avoy, Is just about a perfect pic- 
ture. Based on "The Morals of Mar- 
cus Ordeyne," by William J. Locke, 
which Famous did once before back 
In 1915, each scene is given Its 
proper value. The cutting Is clean 
and effective, and the direction sat- 
isfactory in the best sense. Miss 
McAvoy seems to have the happy 
faculty of inspiring her directors 
to their best, and she certainly 
gives of her best. The cast is right 
with her in that respect, too. 

Carlotta, daughter of English par- 
ents, is left an orphan and adopted 
and reared in his harem by Hamld 
Effendi. but when he comes to marry 
her to an old Turk she rebels and 
runs away with an English lad, who 
brings her to London only Lo meet 
with a deadly accident. In her di- 
lemma' she appeals In a public park 
to Sir Marcus Ordeyne, who is em- 
barrassed and dumfounded. Lots 
of fun here, but gradually Sir Mar- 
cus yields to her charm, deciding to 
marry her. In the way is his former 
attachment for Mrs. Judith Main- 
waring, separated from her husband. 
His free-and-easy friend, Sebastien 
Pasquale. also falls for Carlotta, 
and when Hamld threatens to re- 
cover her, persuades her, with Ju- 
dith's help, that the life of Sir Mar- 
cus is in danger. So Carlotta elopes 
with him. But she soon learns his 
purpose, escapes and supports her- 
self by sewing, returning to Sir- 
Marcus, when Judith, repenting, 
seeks her out with the truth. 

Effective acting and cutting fair- 
ly shot this story across. The prin- 
cipals gave their usual finished per- 
formances, but details were enliv- 
ened In particular by Brldgetta 
Clark. Mr. de Ruiz brought an 
Oriental dignity to his role and Mr. 
Bracey was the kind of butler they 
make only in England. Leed. 



. „ _ 'ai tress 

in a beanery, called upon to Bern 
as patrons the man who jilted he! 
and his new sweetheart. This 
practically; the gist of the storv of 
"Firstk Love." ^ ot 

The chap with whom the waitress 
believes she is in love turns out 
be a bounder, a type who tells every 
girl he encounters: "Honest kid 
you're the only girl I ever loved? 
He takes the heroine's money, pre- 
tending to buy medical books with 
which to complete his schooling for 
the profession of doctor, and squan- 
ders it on other women. In the end 
she marries a rich man who really 
loves her, and all ends happily. 

The sincerity with whicn Miss 
Binney enacts the role and the di- 
rectness of the narration are pleas- 
ing to the patrons of houses who 
pay to see the so-called program 
features. Jolo. 



SHADOWS OF THE SEA 

Capt. Dick Carson Conway Tearle 

Shivering Sam Jack Drumler 

Andrews Crauford Kent 

Ralph Dean Arthur Houseman 

Dr. Jordan J. Barney Sherry 

Dorothy Jordan Doris Kenyon 

Molly > Frankle Mann 

"Red" Harry J. Lane 

Capt. Hobbe Win. Nally 



Messmore Kendall presented Viv- 
ian Martin in this feature film, a 
farce by Edward Chllds Carpenter, 
at the Capitol Christmas week. 
Distributed by Goldwyn, It proved 
an amusing little venture with weak- 
est points the titles by Irvin S. Cobb. 
While Mr. Cobb in the Saturday 
Evening Post and elsewhere has 



FIRST LOVE 

A conventional story Is "First 
Love," by Sonya Sevlen, a Realart 
production, directed by Maurice 
Campbell, scenario, by Percy Heath 
and Aubrey Stauffer, starring Con- 
stance Binney. 

But it is convincingly plcturlzed — 
that is, convincingly for the prole- 
tariat. There Is an anonymous bit 
of versification on file in the public 
library at Flfr.i avenue and 42d 
street, entitled "He had the nerve to 
bring her here to eat," which goes 



Selxnick production starring Con- 
way Tearle. based upon the story 
by Frank Daxey, from which the 
scenario was devised by Lewis Allen 
Browne. Alan Crosland did the di- 
recting. The author has turned out 
a script strongly resembling the 
dime novel type of story, not over 
effectively worked out as to details, 
but sufficiently Interesting in a mel- 
odramatic way to prove entertaining 
to the average picture audience in- 
clined toward that style of enter- 
tainment. 

Capt. Dick Carson Is a sailor of 
fortune who possesses a fast yacht 
in which he encircles the world and 
makes hair -breadth escapes from 
various ports just as he Is about to 
fall Into the hands of the authori- 
ties. Just why the authorities are 
after him Is not made clear, but 
nevertheless there wouldn't be any 
story if they were not after him. so 
that is apparently the reason for it 
After a quick getaway from Hong 
Kong he puts in an appearance on 
the California coast, where the coast 
guards are waiting for him. A bat- 
tle ensues upon his reaching shors 
and a bullet cripples him, but not 
fatally. He finally makes his way 
to a doctor, who treats his wound. 
Meantime the captain had seen 
the doctor's wife In another man's 
arms. To repay the M. D. he de- 
cides to make the trespasser pay. 
The latter tries to make a quick 
getaway, but is met at the dock by 
the husband, with a shooting fol- 
lowing In which the doctor drops. 
The captain forces the woman and 
man into a launch and takes them 
to the yacht. He obliges them to 
share the same stateroom, with the 
woman pleading Innocence, which 
she finally convinces him is the 
truth. A mutiny occurs on the ship, 
with the captain finally winning 
over a faction headed by one of his 
mates, with the finish having the 
girl in his arms, which was what 
was expected from the start For 
the screen patron who does not de- 
sire a plausible story but plenty of 
action this picture will fill the bill. 

A capable cast supports the star, 
with Doris Kenyon having the lead- 
ing female role. Direction and pro*, 
ductlon help to make it a Ratisfaw* 
tory feature for the middle-grade 
houses. Hart. 

s 



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INGRAM 



DIRECTOR 



METRO-REX INGRAM PRODUCTIONS 



Latest Creations 



"TURN TO THE RIGHT 1 



AND 



"PRISONER OF ZENDA" 



Friday, January 6, 1922 



PICTURES 






iIAN GUIDE" FEATURE 
"WILL DIE IF LET ALONE" 






Variety'* Reviewer (Fred) Says No One Need 
Trouble About "The Lonely Trail"— "Saddest 
Bit of Screen Production Shown Anywhere" 



Tbe Shuberts played the Fred K. 
Beauvais feature picture, "The 
Lonely Trail" at the 44th 3trcet this 
week as one of the three heavily 
filled attractions of the vaudeville 

km. 

Because of the part Beau va Is is 
/playing In the Stlllman divorce 
•scandal, the picture wao barred by 
tbe exhibitor organization in Great- 
er New York, the individuals of the 
pembership refusing to play it. The 
picture trade press undertook to 
Condemn the producers and distrib- 
utors of the film, and Anally the 
production was offered outright to 
Lewis J. Selsnick for $1,500. He 
turned it down. 

C. B. Price, who now has the pic- 
ture, is said to have disposed a part 
Jof it to one of the Hurtigs who, in 
'•return, arranged the Shubert dates 
tor the film. It was originally in- 
tended to play it at the Winter Gar- 
lien, but this da was switched to 
44th Street. 

Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. 

The Lonely Trail," featuring 
Fred Beauvais, the Canadian Indian 
who gained notoriety when named 
as co-respondent In the Stlllman 
livorce case, will not I shown in 
the picture theatres o: the District. 
This was decided upon by the the- 
atre owners here after considerable 
discussion for and against the show- 
ing of the film. 

Sidney Lust, a local picture house 
owner, issued a statement in con- 
nection with the refusal of tho man- 
agers to show the film: "As long 
as we can get clean plays in which 
wholesome and respectable actors 
and actresses appear, I do not be- 
lieve that it will be neces3ar. to fall 
back upon persons who possess ab- 
solutely no histrionic ability, but 
are featured solely because they 
have figured in a nauseous scandal. 

The Beauvais film has already 
been boycotted In New York, ac- 



JUST ABOUTO THE CORNER 

Ma Blrdsonr? Margaret Seddon 

Jimmie Birdaong Lewis Sargent 

Kssie Birdsong Slgrld Holmqulst 

Joe Ullman Edward Phillips 

The Real Man Fred C. Thomson 

Lulu Pope Peggy Parr 

Mrs. Finshreibcr Mrae. Rose Kosonova 

Mr. Blataky William Nally 






Enter Sigrid Holmqulst! 

Here is a girl who is going to de- 
▼e^p into one of the stars of the 
screen and, Incidentally, she is going 
to make a number of star ingenues 
Btep to keep up with her. 

In "Just Around the Corner," a 
new Cosmopolitan feature released 
by Famous Players, Miss Holmqulst 
displays acting ability coupled with 
good looks, a pleasing personality, 
and an infectious smile. Incidentally 
this production of "Just Around the 
Corner" is not to be confused with 
a stago comedy of the same title 
produced about three years ago with 
Marie Cahill as the star. The film 
production is from a story by Fanny 
Hurst, adapted for the screen and 
direct* d by Frances Marion. 

It is a story of New York's Ghetto, 
there being three principal charac- 
that carry the tale, wnich in it- 
self is almost as compelling sob pro- 
ducer as "Over the Hill." There are 
moments when the screening is 
rather draggy, but in the main the 
interest holds. 

Margaret Seddon plays a widowed 
mother with a young son and daugh- 
ter on her hands. The old lady is 

ling and knows that her days are 
lumbered. Her solo wish Is to see 
that thero is someone who will keep 
in eye on her offspring after she 
passes on. The boy, a husky 

ungster, works as a messenger 
&oy. The girl has been working in 
a flower factory but later blossoms 
out as an usheretto at one of the 
yieatres. Here a flip young ticket 
JPcc starts rushing her about the 
cneap dance halls, and although the 
Ju-l tries to get him to visit her 
nome with her he always sidesteps. 

one night when the mother is very 
ill ho gots to the doorstep and again 
makes excuses. The mother has been 
jaitiii K and the younger brother in- 
,.' sts that the sister go after her 
"•end" so not to disappoint mother. 
* n " Knl rushes forth, but she is un- 
"uccrsHfui in getting the ticket spec 
( > i« turn. She falls exhausted on 
,n,> way home and is picked up by 
* N«"»ng man who takes her-bnek to 
'" T house, and on being toltk the 



cording to reports, as well as In 
several southern and western states. 



Appended below is the review of 
thu Beauvais featuio, turnr.O in by 
Variety's reviewer (Fred) : 



THE LONELY TRAIL 

The big wallo. of "The Lonely 
Trail" is that Fred K. Beauvais, 
"the Indian guide" of the Stillman 
case, is the featured flayer. That 
is all there is to the feature, which 
has been cut so as to take up about 
40 minutes in running time. If there 
Is enough curiosity regarding "the 
Indian guide," the picture will pull 
in money, which it evidently di< at 
the Shubert 44th Street Monday 
(holiday) afternoon, but It will not 
entertain. 

As a picture it is one of the sad- 
dest bits of screen production shown 
anywhere near Broadway in a long, 
long time. 

The story, at least that part of it 
that an attempt has been made to 
convey, is of a wealthy man and his 
daughter camping in the woods. 
Beauvais Is their Indian guide, and 
saves the girl from the hands of the 
heavy. Finally, as the two part, the 
girl slips him a note telling him she 
loves him and that when he wants 
her she will return. Whether she 
ever did or not is Ft ill a mystery. 
However, the Indian had a good rea- 
son to want to square himself with 
the heav; , for years before the 
heavy ruined and deserted the In- 
dian's sister. 

The girl with bobbed hair must 
have been picked with an eye to re- 
semblance to Mrs. Stlllman, but it 
ends right there. As long as the 
program did not give her name it is 
just as well it remain a secret, a 
the i.ames of the other four or five 
supporting characters can likewise 
remain dark. The heavy is about 
the poorest excuse for an actor ever, 
and hardly any one of the cast had 
anything on Beauvais when it came 
to trouping. As a "guide" Beauvais 
may be. a world beater, but he was 
never cut out for the screen. 

No one need rave about this pic- 
ture, either In the trade press or the 
dailies, for if it is let alone it will 
die before the week is out. 



first rate use has been made of mist- 
ed photography. Those passages 
that take place in the establishment 
of the medium, K.ne. Mysteria, 
showing the mechanics of the spir- 
itualist faker, are particularly well 
done, with their weird light effects, 
trick cabinets and the other para- 
phernalia of the professional "scer- 
tss." 

An exceptionally good cast has 
boen assembled for the production. 
Alice Lake is an appealing heroine, 
playing quietly but effectively the 
part of Jean Oliver, driven unwill- 
ingly into an underworld career. 
Frank Brownlee as Llmpy Jim has 
a striking role of a cripple, one of 
those parts with which Lon Chaney 
has been identified, and Brownlee 
plays it convincingly. Allan Forrest 
makes a fine, manly reporter-de- 
tective, and Charles Clary is hand- 
some as the "gentleman crook." 

The screen story has good sus- 
pense, as is commonly the case with 
adapted stage plays, and its com- 
bined underworld and mystic at- 
mosphere is fascinating. The pic- 
ture is designated a, Maxwell Karger 
production and June Mathis is cred- 
ited with the adaptation. 

The story follows closely the stage 
version. Jean Oliver, newly released 
from Sing Sing, where she has 
served a term on an unjust accusa- 
tion of theft, comes to the head- 
quarters of a band of crooks oper- 
ating under the leadership of Mme. 
Mysteria, a medium who learns 
from her clients where they keep 
their jewels, and tips off the thieves. 
Mme. Mysteria has just been killed 
in a train wreck, and Jean is pre- 
vailed upon to take her place. 

Gordon Grant, a newspaper re- 
porter specializing in the detection 
of crime, investigates the operations 
of Mme. Mysteria and her band, and 
at the climax learns that Jean is his 
former sweetheart who disappeared 
when her father, a Boston banker, 
fell into disgrace. The title comes 
from the circumstance that Jean, 
in the course of her "spirit readings" 
develops a strange spiritual power 
by which she at times can actually 
get occult mesages and an awed 
conviction comes upon her and 
J Grant that actually there may be a 
"hole in the wall" that separates 
this world from the world beyond 
through which the departed may 
communicate with their loved ones 
still living-. 

The theory is dealt with in an en- 
tirely serious way, and the play Is 
done with a good deal of sincerity 
and dignity. jj,^/,. 



Orient is its theatrically gripping 
murder incident as it is worked up 
by ghostly "atmosphere." This may 
be enough to put the picture over, 
but it seems a pity the thing was 
not consistently worked out in its 
entirety. Rush. 



THREE LIVE GHOSTS 

Ivl.x Anna Q. Nllaaon 

Hilly Foster Norman Kerry 

Spoofy Cyril Chadwlck 

Jimmy Gubbln* Edmund Oouldlng 

I'eter Lame John Miltern 

Mr*. Oubblns Clare Greet 

Miss Woofers Annette Bo neon 

The Duchesa Dorothy Fane 

Hriggs Windham Qulae 



What is evidently a foreign plc- 
turlzation of Frederick Isham's 
farce, "Three Live Ghosts," has been 
made by Director George Fits- 
maurlce during his recent visit to 
England — or at least those outdoor 
scenes showing the streets of Lon- 
don. Oulda Bergere has prepared 
an excellent scenario for the direc- 
tor and Paramount has supplied an 
adequate company of players— es- 
pecially Cyril Chadwlck for the 
role of Spoofy, which he played In 
the spoken version in New York. 
One of the outstanding hits of the 
stage presentation, Chadwlck is 
even more prominent in the cellu- 
loid counterpart. Edmund Gould - 
lng has the role of the cockney 
"ghost," played here by Charles 
MacNaughton, but falls to get the 
same amount of humor out of the 
part. Norman Kerry is the third 
of the trio of "ghosts'* and is suffi- 
ciently good-looking for the straight 
lead. Anna Q. Nilsson, featured in 
the billing, has little to do and pic- 
turlzes with her usual set "Swede" 
smile. Clare Greet . scored a* 
strongly as Mrs. Gubbins as did 
Beryl Mercer, the clever character 
woman who created the part on the 
stage. 

The sub-titles have been some- 
what Americanized, probably to 
come within the mental range of the 
average American plcturegoer. The 
direction Is admirable and the fea- 
ture is one of the few designed for 
laughing purposes that holds inter- 
est throughout. 

"Three Live Ghosts" Is the feature 
of thin week's program at the 
Rivoli. It. is separated by only a 
brief turn by a solo ballet dancer 
from Buster Keaton's latest comedy, 
"Tne Playhouse." As a result the 
Keaton comedy suffered. It is .like 
having two comedy sketches follow 
each other in vaudeville— a rldlcu- 
ilous piece of booking. Jolo. 



>g 



situation poses as "Joe," making 
promises to the mother just before 
she passes out. This naturally paves 
the way for a hany ending as far 
as the young folks'are concerned. 

For detail the picture is as near 
perfect as it can be. The dance hall 
touches and the Ghetto stuff are all 
corking. 

Lewis Sargent plays the young son 
and puts the role over with a wallop, 
a combination of real drama and 
comedy being his lot. Edward Phil- 
lips is the ticket spec sweetie, one 
of those "pineapple" cake -eaters to 
perfection. He could walk out on 
the corner of Forty-seventh street 
and Broadway and be "just the 
type." 

Fred C. Thomson Is the young 
hero for the final few scenes of the 
picture, looking the part, but not 
measuring full-up on acting. Peggy 
Parr as one of "the smart girls, 
also an usherette, wno Mkes to step, 
got over nicely. 

Miss Marion is to be congratulated 
on both her adaption of tho story 
and the manner in which she di- 
rected it. It just falls a mtle #l.ort 
of being worthy of tho title of "spc- 
ciri." rrcd - 

HOLE IN THE WALL 

rimny j i m Frank Brownlee 

Th! Fox . . Charles Clary 

Delgon. .7.7. William De VauU 

Mn Ramsey ^r, 1 ; 6 ,! 1 * , 

Donald Ramsey *.arl ""ft™ 

Inspector of Police • . • • John Ince 

Cora Thompson Claire Du Drey 

Metro's screen version of Fred 
Jackson's play, "Tho Hole in the 
Wall," issued under the mark of the 
Metro-Classic series, makes a story 
of many points of appeal. For thoso 
of faith In spiritual manifestations 
it deals with tho mystic in a serious 
sense and in an earnest way, and 
for the unbelievers it has Interest in 
an expose of tho methods of char- 
latans who prey upon tho credulous. 
Ovrr all this basic themo It has a 
gripping crook tale and a well-told 
story of heart interest. 

Out of these many angkn. m«Tg--d 
into a direct and compelling narra- 
tive, it would be strange if pretty 
nearly any grade of audiem-** s-howM 
not find an absorbing eh-nvnt. The 
direction is excellent and the pho- 
togiaphy especially expert. It is ap- 
propriate to the subject to play up 
the mystic slant, and to this end 



FIFTY CANDLES 

Mary- Will Telfair Marjorl- r»aw 

!i u g »V hln Chun «? Bertram Oranabv 

" al l ,h , <-oi.liduc Walter Hums 

., * ar , ker Ueargp Webb 

Henry Drew.» William fan-oil 

-V ar , k .. Dr ^. Wade Iiotekr 

i-ailotta Drew Kuth King 



THE WOMAN'S SIDE 

Mary Orav Kalherine MacDonald 

Th'V'loi* Vnn N"fs, Jr Edward burns 

Theodore "Van Nesa, Sr Henry Barrowa 

Ju lgo Gray Dwiirht Crittenden 

.Mr*. « ;rav Orra Devcreaux 

•Big Bob" Masters Wado Boettler 



A mystery tale o! Oriental pride 
at times fascinating is this transla- 
tion to the screen of Earl Derr Big- 
ger's story from the Saturdav 
Evening Post under the direction of 
Irvin V. Willat. The central idea 
deals with a proud, stoical China- 
man of good birth who is bound in 
virtual slavery to an unscrupulous 
American for 20 years; serves out 
his time in unspoken rage at the 
humiliation, and when the last day 
is over, murders his master in 
stealthy revenge. 

It aims at "kid glove melodrama" 
with its creepy atmosphere worked 
up to a high degree of tension by 
tricky handling. The sinister pas- 
sages of the murder have their set- 
ting in San Francisco during a thick 
fog and the camera record of drift- 
ing mist is weirdly effective. The 
whole atmosphere of mystery here 
is splendidly managed, building up a 
strong emotional shudder for the 
climax. 

Bertram Grassby's work as the 
spooky Chinaman who moves 
through the story as a silent, shad- 
owy figure adds a powerful element 
to the mystery quality of the story. 
The only detail that misses la the 
failure of the director to establish 
adequately the overpowering griev- 
ance of the Oriental against his 
master, a grievance which shall 
justify his smouldering fury. Noth- 
ing in the picture makes this plain. 
Th« big effect of sinister mystery is 
moving in its mere mechanics, but 
the preparation in story elements is 
faulty and for this reason the punch 
is weakened. The Chinaman's im- 
pulses ind motives are vague, for 
as far as the picture shows the 
American master has been reason- 
ably kind to his servant. One would 
be disposed to regard him as a 
weak and nervous old man rather 
than a persecuting demon. 

Some of the scenrs are puzzling. 
For instance, what did the episode 
mean in which the American 
reached for a weapon, picked up an 
ink well instead and smeared the 
ink all over his face? So striking 
a" detail ought to have some sig- 
niflranco. That nothing came of it 
was distracting to the spectator. 
This Is not expert direction. 

A mild little romance run 

through the story, having to do 

with the love affair of a young man 

nr.d a girl in tho employ of tho 

lAnu-ricnn. Pome n<nt tourh* s jf 

Irnmedy are worked into this suf. - 

|l>lot, but nil the picture's cx>:< -U> iifvn 

J;tre injun-d l<y ih«» failure of the 

j director 'o reducp :1k-. t.i;..> to a •!« ar. 

[simple, ilnine arid work that our 

J straightforwardly. So th.it nil that 

I remains of what might hav»j b'-^n 

an absorhing mjst< ry drama of the 



"The Woman's Side," Katherine 
MacDonald's newest production, 
made by Preferred Pictures and dis- 
tributed by First National, comes 
close to banging the bull's eye of 
popularity. It Is easily "the best (in 
so far as regards its drama) story 
Miss MacDonald has had for a long 
time. It gives her exceptionally 
good opportunities to prove her 
worth as an actress, quite aside from 
her physical beauty. Not only does 
she contribute a portrayal of power 
and much dramatic intensity, but 
the others of the cast have chances 
for individual tiiumphs as well. It 
is one of the best all 'round acted 
screen plays that recently has 
reached the public, and is sure to 
odd to "the American beauty's" pop- 
ularity. 

John A. Barry wrote and directed 
"The Woman's Side." The story 
contains much mystery, and not un- 
til the final scenes is it made cer- 
tain the play will turn out pretty 
much as the average audience would 
have it. There are sudden twists 
and surprising turns to the unfold- 
ing that tend to keep the interest at 
a high tension and to baffle specula- 
tion as to the ultimate ending, al- 
though, of course, It la certain that 
Mary Gray, heroin*, is going to 
triumph over the scheming politician 
who seeks to defeat her father by 
unscrupulous means. 

Miss MacDonald has tho role of a 
young girl, Mary Gray, whose father, 
Judgo Gray, seeks gubernatorial 
honors. Ills opponent is a wily poli- 
tician named Masters, who has been 
brought up in the school that holds 
everything Is fair in the political 
game. 

Mary meets Theodore Van Ness, 
son of the publisher of a powerful 
newspaper. It is a case of lovo at 
first sight. Young Van "So an' par- 
ent is against Judge Gray in his fight 
for governor, and when, at the elev- 
enth hour of the political struggle. 
Masters seeks to have the Van Ness 
paper print a scurrilous story about 
tho Judge, a story that is sure to 
rause his defeat, Mary learns of the 
trick and visits Masters at his office. 
There is a highly dramatic scene in 
which the girl threatens to shoot 
herself if Masters follows his an- 
nounced course. At that moment 
Judt;o (I ray comes to Masters' office 
and at the point of a revolver makes 
the latter telephone to the Van Ness 
1'ip'T to kii] the story. Then It de- 
velops that Mary is the daughter of 
JiuIkc Gray's dead brother, and tha*, 
after all, there was nothing of a 
scandalous nature that uutwfnlly 
rouhl have lu in printed rihoiit him. 
It all end> h.ippily with M.nv ;ii,d 
youriK Van \« v s in • ;i <n <>: h« ; ■< . i"n,- 
in the movr ;ippfr«d < :, ! ■.!'-■!:•- 
pid tire f.ishiuc. 

1'hot e^'i :i pi: let !•■> , "'!'!'•■ W-.-r ■"'-■ 



Side" is a delight, some of the scenes 
being unusually beautiful. The work 
of Wade Boetler as Masters, the 
politician, is worthy of all praise. 
Ho offers a strongly drawn picture 
of the powerful political leuder, gruff, 
domineering. arroRantly heedless of 
the rights of any and all that oppose 
him. Edward Burns Is happily cast 
In the role of the young son of the 
newspaper publisher, and Dwlght 
Crittenden, as his screen father, pro- 
vides a characterization that is well 
sketched in its many details of light 
and shade. Jolo. 



RENT FREE 

Buell Arnlater. Jr Wallace IUI«I 

Barbara Teller Lila Let 

Buell Arnlater, Br Henry Barrowa 

JuatlneTat* Gertrude Short 

Maria Tebba Lillian Lelfhton 

Count de Mourney Clarence Oeldart 

Counteas de Mourner Claire McDowell 

Betty Brltga Luc 1 en LlttleAeld 



The long arm of coincidence is 
pretty thoroughly stretched in un- 
folding the "plot" of "Rent Free." 
It is a story by Isola Forrester and 
Mann Page, directed by Howard 
Higgin— a Paramount release star* 
ring Wallace Held. 

Running but (0 minutes, it peters 
out as it approaches the clinch, and 
were it not for the uniformly high 
grade acting and painstaking direc- 
tion would fall to hold interest half 
way through, As it is. you laugh 
heartily several times at the ludi- 
crous situations, which would bo 
well nigh Impossible in actual life, 
but the moment your thoughts re- 
sume their functioning you realise 
how far-fetched it all is, and it be- 
comes necessary to win you back all 
over again. 

Wallace Reid is one of our most 
popular male picture stars, but he 
won't continue so unless he is given 
more consistent stories to appear in 
than "Rent Free,* which is nothing 
but another variation of the "strug- 
gling young* painter" plot. Jolo. 



TRAIUN* 

Starting with an old-fashioned 
stage coach hold-up, then riding to 
hounds in the effete east, and Jump- 
ing back once more to the wild and 
woolly, is the curious admixture 
called "Tallin','' a Fox release star- 
ring Tox Mix, story by Max Brand, 
adapted and directed by Lynn Rey- 
nolds. 

Anyone coming in after the picture 
started couldn't possibly figure out 
what it is all about Besides, even 
if one Is In at the jump-off, the 
scenario Is so designed to lead up to 
a surprise finish. 

Mix plays two roles, one of which 
Is disposed of early in the footage, 
after which he Is shown as .a bril- 
liant country-club horseman riding 
to hounds. When, later, he goes 
west, he Is physically able to cope 
with the bad men of that section 
and always comes out the winner in 
fisticuffs and gun plays. 

For the average program picture 
patrons "Trallln* " is an absorbing 
story* full of action, well played by 
a group of western types, all of them 
hard riders, even to the heroine, In 
the person of Eva Novak, who 
mounts her steed to ride to the res- 
cue of her hero. In the popular- 
priced cinemas the feature will give 
satisfaction. Jolo. 



i 



MY BOY 

The Boy Jackie Coogan 

Cap'n Ltlll Claude OUIIngwater 

Mrs. Blair Mathilda Brundage 

They say that Chaplin taught lit- 
tle Jackie Coogan to act before the 
camera. May be he did, and if so, 
Jackie hasn't forgotten. In "My 
Boy," a Sol Lesser production, di- 
rected by Victor Heerman and Al- 
bert Austin, released by First Na- 
tional. Jackie is the same wistful, 
lovable kid, still unspoiled, who 
looks dlrectlr Into the eyes of the 
actors who play opposite to him. 

There Is a pretty, simple heart in- 
terest story. Jackie Is shown as a 
lovable orphan arriving at Ellis Is- 
land via steerage, detained, but 
escaping and following an old sea 
captain who has been kind to him. 
When, later, Jackie comes into his 
own by being taken up by his 
wealthy grandmother, he insists that 
the old captain be included in the 
adoption or he won't stay. This Is 
the basis for a series of alternately 
humorous and sentimental scenes 
between the two. All that Is neces- 
sary to record in the way of praise 
for the feature is that Claude Gll- 
llngwater Is cast for the role of the 
old captain. One would have to be 
without a heart not to be moved by 
the love of the "old man" for the 
child and its reciprocation. 

"My Boy" will chalk up a hit with 
any kind of an audience anywhere 
In the world. j \o. 

Crescent, Syracuse, Reopens 
Syracuse, N. T., Jan. 4. 
Closed for weeks, following the 
collapse of tho film policy inaugu- 
rated by Buck & Smith, the Crescent 
reopened New Year's day under the 
Sardlno directorship, with the Ca- 
ll I Up, who own tho property, behind 
tho guns. Sardlno brothers have 
h( c n in charge of the Hippodrome, 
<:i\i\ to bo operated by the Cahills, 
toy :i Jong time. Tho Hippodrome's 
li<>i;r.im runs to tho shorter and 
V i < 'i" inexpensive films, With a 10- 
<••• -ill Mlniiysion charge. 



44 



PICTURES 



Friday, January 6, lfcjfc 






NEWS OF THE FILMS 



The New York State Motion Pic- 
ture Commission has ordered the re- 
moval from advertising all reference 
to the Btlllman divorce case for the 
feature, "The Lonely Trail," starring 
Fred Beauvais. The Primex Pic- 
tures Corporation is handling the 
picture at Shubert's 44th Street, 
New York, this week. The contro- 
versy over the film brought forth a 
statement from William A. Brady, 
president of the Motion Picture As- 
sociation, which says in part: "If 
Clara Hamon and Roscoe Arbuckle 
are barred by popular sentiment 
from appearing on the screen the 
same holds good In the case of 
Fred Beauvais," and "If one can 
become famous through murder, di- 
vorce or scandal, then encourage- 
ment only goes to spread the pres- 
ent wave of crime." 



abroad next month In 
of the latter concern. 



the interests 



J. Gordon Kdward*, who i« in Italy 
directing the Fox production of 
"Nero," has rented from the Hagen- 
beck Zoo in Cologne 38 lions to be 
used in what is promised to be a 
"realistic scene." 



Two Flags'* as 
vehicle. 



her next starring 



Harry Carey will leave for New 
York within the next few days on a 
brief vacation trip. His Universal 
contract Is closed. 



After being delayed for more than 
two weeks by rain* Maurice Tour- 
neur has started "Lorna Doone." 
Frank Keenan, Madge Bellamy and 
John Bowers are in Important roles. 

Edward A. Smith, managing direc- 
tor of the Kinema theatre, has re- 
signed. 



band, Eugene Riley, also Identified 
with pictures, had married a pretty 
17 -year-old cashier of a downtown 
department store. The husband 
was taken. Into custody on a charge 
of bigamy. Mrs. Jean Riley read of 
the alleged second marriage in the 
newspapers. She said her husband 
had squandered $6,000 of her money 
during the few months since their 
marriage. 



JUDGMENTS 



There has been some talk in film 
circles that J. 8. Woody, until re- 
cently sales manager for Realart, 
was to occupy a similar post with I 
First National, but small likelihood I 
he would accept, even if the position I _.„. _ ' . 

were tendered him. Woody has In „ William DeMille 
mind directing his activities toward 9*°**?. Broadhursfs 
the producing end. 



Marshall Nellan has completed 
"Penrod," Booth Tarkington's kid 
story with Wesley Barry in the title 
role. 



Buck Jones, Fox star, who was 
severely burned several weeks ago, 
is out of the hospital. 



George Melford's next Lasky fea- 
ture will be "The Cat That Walked 
Alone," by John Col ton. Dorothy 
Dalton is to play the lead. 



Without any announcement to the 
trade, Milton Work, president off 
World Film, was married in Phlla- 

A report from Los Angeles stated I &i^* ,a "* J™* r * turn,n * t0 Ne * 



has started 

"Bought and 

Paid For" at Lasky'*. Jack Holt 

and Agnes Ayres are In leading roles. 



that Lottie Pickford and Allan For- 
est would shortly be married. Miss 
Pickford was previously married, 
but secured her divorce about a year 
ago. Mr. Forest is at present play- 
ing opposito Mary Miles Minter in 
pictures. 



York Immediately thereafter. 



Eddie Polo Is in New York and 
about to sign a contract for a se- 
rial. He left the Universal with 
which he was identified as a serial 
star for a number of years. Sher- 
man 8. Krellberg* who made a Helen 
Holmes serial a couple of years ago, 
is negotiating with the former U. 
star, 

The Selsnlck local exchange has 
moved from ISO West 46th street to 
the home office, 720 Seventh avenue. 
The home office will remain in Its 
present quarters. The press depart- 
ment has taken offices in the Hooven 
building on West 46th street 



Ruth Goodwin, a niece of the late 
Nat C. Goodwin, formerly a dancer, 
has joined the Fox organization and 
will have a part in William Far- 
n urn's next picture. 

An order of preclusion has been 
awarded Herbert Rawllnson in his 
$4,600 breach of contract claim 
against the Oliver Productions, Inc., 
which denies the defendant any fur- 
ther privilege to interpose a defense. 
The Oliver had answered that Raw- 
llnson was discharged because of the 
fact he did not show up at the 
studio, the actor asking for a bill of 
particulars as to the dates he did 
not report. His prayer was granted, 
but the Oliver Co., having defaulted 
on the filing thereof, an order of 
preclusion was moved for. Rawlln- 
son was to do a series of detective 
twin-reelers based on stories written 
by William J. Burns, of the U. S. 
Secret Service. 



The Palace, a 900 -scat picture 
theatre, opened at Troy. N. Y., re- 
cently. Caspar Battaglla is the 
owner, also of two other small pic- 
ture theatres. 



The proposition made to Will H. 
Hays by the picture industry to 
become "high arbiter" for the indus- 
try which has been hanging Are of 
late will come to a head at a con- 
ference to be held in Washington 
around Jan. 14 between Hays and 
the heads of the various picture 
companies. It looks as If Hays 
were favorably inclined toward ac- 
cepting the position that would pay 
$150,000 annually under a three- 
year contract with the Postmaster- 
General if his salary is guaranteed. 



The Treasury's figures at Wash- 
ington Dec 10 showed that the gov- 
ernment is collecting $6,000,000 year- 
ly in taxes on leased films in addi- 
tion to the tax paid on admissions 
Taxes on admissions rose from $76,- 
000,000 to $80,000,000 during 1921. 

A new picture house is to be 
erected in Dallas, Tex., by Harry 
Simon. 



The Ministerial Alliance of Tulsa, 
Okla., haH started an active effort 
to close the Sunday shows in their 
city. 



Fire destroyed the Liberty, Ty- 
ron, Okla., last week, with an esti- 
mated damage put at $17,000. 



Charleston. W. Va., has a new the- 
atre in the building of the Capitol, 
which will include numerous feat- 
ures for a picture house located in 
that vicinity. The placing of loges 
across the entire balcony is a new 
item, while outside of those speci- 
fied chairs there will not be a re- 
served seat in the house. John Firn- 
koess has been installed as resident 
manager. He formerly acted in the 
finmc capacity at Louisville's, Ky., 
million-dollar house. 



The Lyric, at Farmintfton. W. Va.. 
has closed, due to poor business and 
the closing of the coal mines. If 
the mines do not resume shortly it 
is planned to strip the house of its 
equipment. Other picture houses In 
the vicinity are also experiencing a 
drop in business due to the laying 
off of the mines. 



COAST PICTURE NEWS 

Victor Herbert Is to appear at the 
Kinema theatre here for two weeks 
In January, according to Sol Lesser, 

i.ja ho £** Me! *nan has commenced 
The Proxy Daddy." his latest Para- 
mount starring vehicle. The sup- 
porting cast Includes Leatrice Joy. 
Maude Wayne, Adele Farrlngton 
Laurence Wheat and Charlotte 
Jackson. Alfred Green la directing. 

Joseph Franklin Poland, Ince 
scenarist, is adapting "The Sunshine 
Trail,* a short story by William 
Wallace Cook. It will be filmed as 
a Douglas MacLean starring ve- 
hicle. * 



Allen Holubar is to make six pro- 
Sim 1 . 011 * *£ a . rrln * his wUe * Dorothy 
Phi lips. The first is 'The Soul 

*. eke . r :'V by Harv «y Gates. The sex- 
tet will be filmed at United Studios. 

„ Ch , ar i. es .Conklln. formerly with 
Mack Sennett, is to be starred in a 
series of two-reel farces produced 
by his own company. Harry S. Ha- 
ven is president of the new concern. 

George Broadhursfs play, "Bought 
and Paid For," is to be William De 
Mine's next production. Agnes Ayres 
and Jack Holt will play featured 
roles. 



Dustln Farnum will commence 
"When Iron Turns to Gold," his next 
Fox starring vehicle, within two 
weeks. Edgar Lewis will direct. 



J. Parker Read's "Pawned," from 
Frank L. Packard's stor, has been 
completed for First National. Irvih 
V. Willat directed. Tom Moore, 
Edith Roberts, Joseph Swlckard and 
Charles Gerrard are in the all-star 
cast. 



Robertson-Colo is to co-star Pat 
O'Malle; and Marjorie Daw. Robert 
Gordon will also be starred by R-C. 

William P. Carlton is supporting 
Katherine MacDonald in "Domestic 
Relations," now being filmed under 
the direction of Chet Wlthey. Others 
in the cast are Barbara La Marr, 
Frank Leigh and Frank D. Ormston. 



Frank Keenan and Lloyd Hughes 
have been chosen for leading roles 
of Ince'r "The Brotherhood of Hate," 
soon to enter production under Lam- 
bert Hillyer's direction. 



Douglas MacLean will complete 
"The Hottentot." an Ince produc- 
tion, next week. "The Sunshine 
Trail" is to be his next. 



Thomas Melghan and the La sky 
company filming "The Proxy Daddy" 
have returned from Arizona, where 
they have been making exterior 
scenes. 



House Peters, Josef Swlckard, 
Virginia Valll, Matt Moore, Frank 
Lanning, Gordon McKee and Jean 
Perkins are appearing in "The 
Storm," which Reginald Barker is 
making, for U. 



Charles Ray has returned from his 
tour of the East. He will start his 
next picture immediately. 



Mabel Normand's next Sennett 
feature is to be "Suzanna." F. 
Richard Jones will direct. 



J. L. Frothlngham's latest pro- 
duction, filmed as "A Bride of the 
Gods," will be released under the 
title of "Shattered Idols." 



Ralph Kohn, who, in addition to 
his various duties with Famous 
Players, is also treasurer of the 
Hamilton Production Corp., will go 



"Angel Face" will be Alice Cal- 
houn's next Vitagraph chicle. David 
Smith wil direct. 



Ben Turpin has finished a Sennett 
two-reclcr, "Bright Eyes." 



Thomas II. Ince's "The Hotten- 
tot" has been completed under the 
direct ion of Del Andrews and James 
XV. Home. Douglas MacLean has 
the leading role. 



Thomas H. Ince's "The Hotten- 
tot," with Douglas MacLean in the 
leading role, is completed. Del An- 
drews and James W. Home directed. 



Barney McGill will 
Maurice Tourneur's "Lorna Doone 
Because of the unusual size of many 
interior and exterior sets, four 
cameras will be used during most of 
the production. 



Conway Tearle will play opposite 
Norma Talmadge In "The Duchess 
of Langeais," her first West Coast 
production. Frank Lloyd will direct 
and Tony Oaudio photograph. 

Rudolph Cameron, Anita Stewart's 
husband, is to play opposite the star 
in her next picture, "Rose of the 
Sea." which Fred Niblo will direct 
for Mayer. 



Mrs. Jean Riley, from the Holly- 
wood picture colony, broke Into the 
limelight here a few days ago when 
she notified the polios that her hus- 



Claude Henry Wolos, veteran cam- 
eraman with the Ince Studios and 
the Chester Comedy Co., died sud- 
denly from heart disease at his home 
In Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 11, aged 
39. He was a native of Indiana. In 
the photoplay studios he was famil- 
iarly known as "Buddy" Wales. His 
wife and mother survive. 



The following judgments ha». 
been filed in the County Clerk's 
flee. The first name is that of ins. 
ment debtor; judgment creditor 
amount follow: 

• S. arVty t l L\ 0rr L Ar j 9.°-? 967.S6. 

Playwrights Production Com* 
City of N. T.; $94.41. orp< * 

Adroit Prod. Co. i same; same 

Haroold Ajnus. Co.; same; samt. 

World Wide fvlms, Ino.j'^ 
same. 

Vounq Low Co* Inc.; same; same. 

Beatrice Gibson, known as Mrs, 
Wm. Preston Gibson; Jay-Thorn* 
Inc.; $1,408.03. rp * 

George Lederer; Anna Spencer 
Inc.; $176.47. 

I Masterpiece Film Dist Cora* 
Nathan Vidaver; $22,188.96. 
John W. Gray; I. B. Catz; $39.20. 

Harry Reichenbech; S. H. Tahar 
$435.20. 

Edgar P. 8mith; R. W. 
$476.03. 

Helen Freeman, Inc.; E. 
$390.20. 

Betty Bond; Lewis Pub. Co* 
$326.80. 

Demetrius Boovss; E. F. Chilton* 
$168.11. 

Rsy H. Lesson; W. U. Tel. Co.: 
$47.70. 



Pitch; 
Stroock; 



ers 



F. P. Holding Over Executives 
Eight executives of Famous Play- 
whose five-year contracts ex- 
pired the first of the year have been 
retained by that company, none of 
them receiving renewals, but con- 
tinued on the old basis indefinitely. 



Stanton Signs for London 

Richard Stanton, the director, has 
signed with the British Interna- 
tional Film Corporation to make 
pictures in London ''suitable for the 
United States and other countries." 
He sails Jan. 4 on the New Amster- 
dam, proceeding from England .o 
locations in Switzerland and South 
Africa. 



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Uert Lytcll lias left on a six-week 
person.nl appearance tour of the 
Fast and Middle West. 

P'-iHcilla Dean is 1o make "Under 




"Three Live Ghosts, 
as a play, was the out- 
standing comedy hit of 
last season in New York. 

Remember that — then 
read the criticisms of the 
picture ! 

From the play by 
Frederic 8. I sham 

Scenario by 
Ouida Berg ere 

Three Col. adv. Mats, at 
Exchange* 



Better Than the Play ! 



'This proves again that pictures have it all over the spoken drama." 

- xi:\i' YOHK Xi:\Vi: 
"Good as the play was, it is elaborated and expanded in the film and every chance 
Is an improvement. Fit to rank among the bc^t films ever made in America.'' 

TV hat a pleasure to see this play on the screen with all its humor and pathos intact:" 

"The picture Is more interesting than the play." -^H YOItK AUKRICA.X 

i.v ••. . 4 ., 4 L ^ ,- — :V/;U' YORK CAT.L 

lou 11 bo starting the Now Uar right if yen sec this. x ot often is heard such con- 
tinuous laughter as that which rippled over the audit net-s > est ."day." 

— -Yk'ir yoi;f\ TKiJiaiiAPii 

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Friday, January 6, 1922 



PICTURES 



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A TOUGH YEAR ON THE COAST 



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factions as to who should have 
jurisdiction over the studios for a 
Utt'e extra graft. Maybe In the 
latter case it was all graft that ac- 
uated them, but the desire that 
there should be some sort of a rea- 
son to keep them In their soft jobs 
(which in themselves were prac- 
tically graft appointee jobs) that 
led them to stir up trouble which 
in the end added an extra burden 
on the producing end of the game.] 
The shylocks that infested the 
loan end of films, gathering unto 
themselves wealth through insur- 
ance premiums as a bonus for loans 
made through banking circles; the 
bankers who grafted and were final- 
ly burnt by their own fire through 
investing- In pictures; the promoters 
who went out and worked every- 
thing but "the wire* to hook live 
ones, and the others who peddled 
female stars as the.'r baitl What a 
fine gang to lope that with the 
sinking of the boat they will all for- 
pet to try to leave until the mid- 
stream is reached. 

Another hope is that the rug on 
which the tales of millions were 
spun time and time again in the 
lobby of a Los Angeles hotel will 



never be able to lay it again to 
serve as an inspiration for the 
grafters, and still another hope is 
that the day of the director who 
burns up all the money in the world 
trying to make himself a good fel- 
low, to cover his ignorance at the 



Los Angeles, Dec. 2S. 

it's been a tough year on the 

•Way back in December of 

the Golden Goose of Movieland 

Jlran to moult and seemingly the 

never got its feathers back 

iin so when moulting time 1921 

rived there were no feathers to 

fall Those who had been plucking 

tie bird and grabbing the golden 

are seemingly facing a long 

lean New Year. At the present time 

t looks as though it Is going to be 

-all wet" for the boys and girls of 

Camera-nia, even though the rainy 

ieason is about over. 

During the last twelve-month Old 
jjan Retrenchment has stalked 
through the studios of Hollywood, 
Culver City, Edendale and Santa 
'Monica, rutting and slashing left 
wul right, and even at Universal 
City up throuch the pass, his tracks 
re seer on the salary roll, while up 
llahirv way things are not at all as 
the olden days. 

As a mat er of fact the dear old 
•den Goose is dt 1 near dead! 
Right at this moment it is a pretty 
'safe bet the little i.aymates of. the 
screen are nut going to Invest in 
Lon Dee bodies for their Tolls Lolls 

durin- the spring, and the bungalow be so moth eaten that they will 
wd rancho markets arc going to re- »—" y - "^ ♦" , -" lf •""»'- ♦" 
ain pretty stationary for the time 
ing, at least as far as movie dol- 
rs are concerned. 

In Los Angeles, homo of the in- 
llment 'plan, the sheriffs have 
n working overtime taking back 
motor cars that have been 
riven under chatel mortgages and 
.jctioning-ofl bungalows bought on 
the dollar down and a dollar a week 

plan. 

It has boon a case of scratch for 
fodder for the poor little screen 
chickens and extra boys, while the 
higher pnld players have been be- 
wailing their lack of forcsighted- 
ness i • * having put some ^ the^ 
eggs uf the Golden Goose away 
against that rainy day which is now 
a stern reality on the coast. 

They all thought that the golden 
•tream was going to last forever. 
Not only the players but the execu- 
tives In film. There wasn't a cloud 
on the horizon and the days as they 
.reckoned without end were to be 
marked with spreads of milk and 
honey. Money flowed like water, 
for what was money? Nothing ex- 
cept something that was to be easily 
obtained from stockholders or "suck- 
ers" who were tumbling over them- 
selves to invest in the film game. 

Grsft was rampant! Everybody 
from the highest to the lowest was 
getting his or hers as the case might 
be, and their vision saw nothing but 
a continuance of that easy money 
flowing into their pocketbooks. 

That same graft was the one that 
"snuk up one dark and stormy night" 
and slew the golden goose. 

Graft wasn't a great big gold de- 
stroying animal when he first made 
his appearance in the films. He was 
| a timid little fellow trying to sneak 
alon^' here and there and nibble 
from the cheese that seemed soft of 
rind. But he grew stronger as he 
was adopted y the heads of com- 
panies and he multiplied prodigious- 
ly under the feeding and strength 
given him through his general ac- 
ceptance and the lack of traps and 
poison to wipe out his existence. 
Finally he got so big he wiped out 
the whole supply of cheese and there 
was nothing left against the ]STn 
years that are staring films in the 
face. 

There Is one thing, however, that 
everyone who manages to weather 

I' the lean years may bo thankful 
|for, and that Is without the golden 
Igooso continuing to lay the graft 

frat will have to die of starvation, 

|*nd when the business comes back 

Ion its f.M.t again it is safe to as- 

.sume that the rodent plague will 

|have passed, for they will have found 
it unprofitable to continue on a sink- 
ing shin. That is one of their well- 
Known traits, the desertion of the 
leaky vessel. 

> l»»it while they were on the scene 
they ,ij,i i nan ., KC to , n;i ] i0 the most 
of th«>'r moments. 

Th" heads of the distributing 
( 'ornpanies, the producers, the direc- 
tors, the agents, the authors" agents. 
the authors themselves, the seen uio 
department heads, the carpenters, 
'he I'n.pertymen. the electricians, 
the <x.(uti\es of the various :is- 
•yx'laiinns built on the needM of the 
Indus; i \ 
for 



expense of the backer of the com- 
pany, or the one that hires a chorus 
girl In New York and takes her 
across country to make a star of 
her (also at the expense of the 
backers) will all be wiped out .in 
this deluge of poverty. That the 
director who tried to turn out a 
stupendous spectacle at the expense 
of the producer's bankroll so that 
his own reputation might be en- 
hanced and his salary raised by 
outside offers will also pass with 
the general shut-down in the in- 
dustry. 

The shut down Is here, or rather 
In Los Angeles! Within the last 
few weeks the studios have been 
shutting down right and left. Those 
that haven't shut down entirely 
have curtailed production to such an 
extent they will lay off a great num- 
ber of their mechanical staffs as 
well as cutting down the number 
of players. 

When are they going to resume 
again? That is one of the ques- 
tions only going to be answered at 
the box offices of the picture houses, 
and so back through the channels 
of the distributor to the producer, 
with the outlook at the box offico 
none too bright at present for an 
early resumption of production. 



"SMOKER FILMS" RAID 

Women Vigilantes to See Offending 
Pictures Are Destroyed 



San Francisco, Jan. 4. 

Harry Brown, motion picture 
operator, of this city, arrested Nov. 
4 In a raid by the police on a Mason 
street club, where a "smoker" was 
in progress, and motion pictures 
alleged to be Immoral were being 
exhibited, entered a plea of guilty 
in tho Superior Court lere to a 
charge of showing indecent films. 

He originally plead not guilty and 
was indicted by the grand Jury fol- 
lowing which he changed his plea. 
A motion for probation has been 
made and is being considered by the 
district attorney's office, which in 
turn has advised the court that* a 
city ordinance calls for the destruc- 
tion of any such films. Three mem- 
bers of the Women's Vigilant Com- 
mittee are to witness destruction of 
the films. 



"FOOLISH WIVES" ON P. C. 

The I", decided mat their super 
feature "Foolish Wives" is to be re- 
leased on a percentage basis with 
the exhbitors, after the New York 
exploitation run. Ralph Proctor has 
been placed in charge of the book- 
ings. Jan. 11 is the date set for 
the premiere showing of the picture 
at the Central, New York. 



CHICAGO'S GRAFTING 

CABARETS SHUNNED 



WABREN & GREEN GO. 

F. B. Warren and Walter Greene 
have formed a film distributing or- 
ganization. 

Since his return from the coast 
a fortnight ago Warren has been 
engaged in organizing his staff of 
exchange managers and salesmen. 
Directly this Is completed he will 
make an announcement of his plans. 



accused nr felh tA 

San Francisco, J a* 
Joseph Kubey, who formerly 1 
ducted a film exchange in this 9K 
was brought back from Honolulu re- 
cently to face a charge of being im- 
plicated in tho theft of films. Kubey 
made denial of the charge. 

He was released on $10,000 bond, 
furnished by George Chamberlain of 
the Independent Film Exchange, 
Thomas O'Day and Herman Xubey, 
his brother. Kubey said he went to 
Honolulu to open a film exchange 
and if he b >ught any stolen films he 
did so innocently. 



WAR VETERANS RUN HOUSE 

Portland, Ore., Jan. 4., 
Members of the American Legion 
at Walla Walla, Wash., have taken 
a four-year lease on the Liberty 
Theatre there, paying Oscar Drum- 
heller $12,000 for the furnishings and 
assuming responsibility for the In* 
terest on a $30,000 mortgage 
against It. ' 

The Legion boys will conduct the 
House as a motion picture enterprise, 
with Robert W. Cram of Seattle, a 
former Walla Walla theatre man, as 
manager. 



Henley Going Abrosd 

Los Angeles, Jan. 3. 
Hobart Henley is scheduled to 
make a big European production 
during the year. He vtil leave hero 
to go abroad during March. The 
title of the picture is being kept 
under cover at the U., where he is 
now directing Priscilla Dean. 



Billy West Autos In 

Billy West, the screen comedian, 
motored into New York from Los 
Angeles, arriving here Monday* He 
made the trip in 1ft days. 

West is here to negotiate a new 
contract for his services. 



Animal Serial 

Warner Bros, have started work 
on a new 16 -episode animal serial 
at their coast studios. Grace Dar- 
mond will be featured. 



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pay the gate charge of $1.10 and are 
seated to enjoy what they believe an 
uninterrupted evening of pleasure. 
After being there a few minutes 
Lowell Moore, who manages the 
place, comes over, shakes hands and 
welcomes them to the establishment. 
The performers call for Ice and 
ginger ale and are enjoying them- 
selves immensely until they are in- 
terrupted by Moore or some one 
else appraising the patrons of the 
place that "so and so" Is here, and 
surely would be glad to entertain. 
Having accepted the little "gift," the 
performers though reluctant to ap- 
pear, feel as though they have the 
goods on them and that they might 
as well be good fellows and come 
through with a song or dance. After 
having had the stunt put over once 
the performers shun the place and 
tell others about the "gag" used to 
get them to entertain. 

"Really, this thing is getting to 
be terrible," said one victim. "A 
performer cannot go into a first- 
class restaurant after the show 
to get something to eat without 
suffering embarrassment through 
being called upon to do some- 
thing. Performers are human and 
want their recreation as well as 
laymen, and :lK-*»fo-e go to thi .e 
places to be entertained by the reg- 
ular entertainers, not expecting to 
be humiliated when they may refuse 
to do a little entertaining them- 
selves. For me now, when I leave 
the theatre I shun those places, go 
to a restaurant where they have no 
entertainment and then to my hotel 
to bed. I must do that or otherwise 
I might find myself trapped into do- 
1ns something I do not want io or 
gt-t into an argument for refusing to 
do it. So 1 prefer t: 'ornvr and 
lead the simple life." 

Professional night when first start- 
ed in Chicago was a novelty and 
was carried on in such a manner 
that no one was offended if he did 
not oblige, But the way it is bjblng 
done now is an isult to the pro- 
fessional people, with the result that 
th wiser performers are keeping 
away from the cabaret traps and 
tho unsophisticated ones are still 
falling for the mercenary cabaret 
proprietor* who com nercijilize on 
their talent and drawing power. 

Se.r.il theatre managers became 
very indignant about these tactics 
recently. Notice has been posted on 
the boards back stage with a warn- 
ing that if .any of the artists appear 
at any of the cabarets, balls and 
cafes without the consent of the 
house manager, their engagement . t 
the theatre will be subject to sum- 
mary cancellation. This looks like 
tin- only means of putting an end to 
this medium of "petty" graft at th«* 
expense of the performer. 

The caliber of the talent which 
would be procured was of the high- 
est standard. "'One could see persons 



in all walks of theatrical life at 
these places: ' There were the chorus 
girls, Ingenues, prima donnas, come- 
dians, comediennes, singers, dancers, 
monologists, and stars, and of the 
latter, Home of the biggest names in 
both the musical comedy and vaude- 
ville fields. 

Wednesday was set aside as profes- 
sional night, and Kane, Immaculately 
clad In dinner Jacket and wearing a 
"tuxedo" hat, would appear at the 
various theatres in the "loop" and 
ascertain who would visit tho Edel- 
weiss that evening. To each per- 
former whom he Invited he would 
give a written order which would 
entitle them to free transportation 
in any taxlcab they chose to the 
Gardens. As far as expense was 
concerned there waa no stinting, and 
the performers were made to feel 
that they were Just having a little 
midnight party among their friends. 
So as to make a clear road for the 
"guest" performers the last of the 
shows given by the regular enter- 
tainers would start at 11 p. m. and 
finish at midnight. At that time 
Kane, acting as announcer, ' would 
take the center of the floor and state 
that the patrons of the establish- 
ment were being highly honored by 
"So and So and So and So." These 
people, he would say, were not ap- 
pearing as entertainers, but as 
guests who wanted to make merry in 
their own inner circle, and as the 
management of Edelweiss Gardens- 
were Included in that circle they 
would also consider the patrons of 
the place to be numbered among 
their friends and permit them to re- 
main while they were having their 
little party. 

This speech of Kane's would set 
the performers at ease, and they 
would have no fear that the owners 
of the shows, or the heads of the 
vaudeville circuits for whom they 
were working, could have any ob- 
jections to their appearing. They 
were just doing "something among 
friends.'' It appears that this reg- 
ular cut-and-drled speech of Kane's 
made such an impression with the 
performers that when they met 
others on the road and heard these 
folks were going to Chicago, they 
would say, 'Don't forget to go out 
to ridr'.v. ( ::t, Cardcns on professional 
night." Tho way was paved for 
Kane, and he had llttlo difficulty in 
completing his weekly list of acts. 

At th'-se gatherings it was the ex- 
ception to be called upon and to re- 
fuse to oblige. In fact, it was the 
talk of i lie "loop" for someone to 
re:'usr> to go on. These affairs were 
real home-like and chummy, and 
after the regular patrons had V f t at 
2 a. m. tic 4 theatrical bunch would 
get together among themselves, 
clown and ad lib, and, in some in- 
stances, conceive new comedy bits 
and business which afterward found 
their way into vaudeville and pro- 
ductions. 




MARK 

XRAN 






BROADWAY, AT 47TH STREET 

Beginning Sunday, January 8 




Come Away ! 

Come away from tlie Winter blasts 
to the glistening 

Tropical Date 

WITH 

Norma Talmadqe 



IN 



"LOVE'S REDEMPTION" 



Adapted by ANTHONY PAUL KELLY. 
From ANDREW spAUTAR'S Novel, 
"ON PRINCIPLE" 

A First National Attraction 



There'll Be a Franchise Everywhere 




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PICTURES 



Friday, January 6, 1922 



HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON 

ON GERMAN RAW FILM 



Senate Committee Hears Statistics on Picture Indus- 
try — Increase of Duty Pleaded For — Eastman 
Co. Attacked 



Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. 
Between $760,000,000 and $1,000,- 
•00,000 Is spent annually by the 
American people to see motion pic- 
tures was told the Senate Finance 
Committee during hearings held the 
past week by producers and direc- 
tors of the film industry. These men 
stated further that but 96 per cent, 
of those employed In the industry 
were receiving a living wage. 

The hearings were held for the 
purpose of taking testimony on an 
Increased duty on imported films. 
Paul M. Turner, of New York, 
speaking for the Actors' Equity As- 
sociation, and John Emerson, who 
styled himself as an independent 
producer, speaking for himself, as 
well as D. W. Griffith urged that 
the duty be increased to from 60 to 
60 per cent, ad valorem in place of 
the 30 per cent. In the Fordney bill. 

These men stated that the indus- 
try was in bad shape, with many 
studios and a large number of the 
18,000 picture theatres throughout 
the country closed. It was stated 
that $260,000,000 was invested in the 
Industry in this country, and that 
employment was given to about 250,- 
000 persons. They declared that a 
high tariff was the only thing that 
stood between the -industry and ex- 
termination. Fifty-four German- 
made pictures were being shown in 
this country at present. It was 
stated, and four or five of these had 
brought to the exhibitors approx- 
imately $2,500,000. That the Amer- 
ican producers could not compete 
with the Germans was another state- 
ment made. Turner, who added that 
pictures made here that would cost 
from $200,000 to $300,000, could be 
produced in Germany for from $10,- 
000 to $12,000. 

John Emerson, who directed Doug- 
las Fairbanks in "The Three Musk- 
eteers," disclosed information re- 
garding Mr. Fairbanks and this 
star's financial condition. "Doug" 
Fairbanks hasn't $100,000 to his 
name. I don't think he had $50,000 
up to the time he put on 'The Three 
Musketeers/ when he morrowed 
$750,000 to put on this picture," 
stated Emerson, who added that the 
reported fabulous salaries of stars 
were only for the consumption of 
the public. 

One of the features cf the hear- 
ings was an attack on the Eastman 
Kodak Co. William A, de Ford, of 
New York, counsel for the Inter- 
national Film Service Co.; Fred- 
erick R. Coudert, of New York, 
counsel for the Pathe Exchange, and 
others charged that this company, 
through a monopoly of the raw film 
product, would be able to control 
the motion picture industry if Im- 
ports were shut off. They conse- 
quently opposed the 20 per cent, ad 
valorem duty on raw films pro- 
posed in the Fordney bill. 

That the agreement which he be- 
lieved had been made between the 
Eastman company and several la- 
boratories as a "club" to keep the 
others in line be investigated, was 
requested by Mr. de Ford, he charg- 
ing that, after the laboratories had 
opposed the proposed duty on im- 
ported films, this "club" had been 
made. Threatened with an invasion 
of their field, the witness said the 
representatives of the laboratories 
entered into a written agreement 
among themselves Sept. 9 last to 
U3e only American raw film. 

The Eastman company was also 
attacked by Daniel E. Forbes, rep- 
sentlng the Seneca Camera Co. He 
charged the Eastman concern con- 
trolled 90 per cent, of the produc- 
tion of rolled films. Mr. Forbes 
hoped that such films would be re- 
tained on the free list, although he 
requested protection for cameras, as 
the imposing of a duty on roll film 
would practically force his concern 
out of business. 



14 MUSIC FEE SUITS 
STARTED IN NEW YORK 



'TWO ORPHANS" WITHDRAWN 

Boston, Jan. 4. 
It's reported here that Fox in- 
tends withdrawing his "Two Or- 
phans" film, made some years ago. 
He opened it here to run ngalnnt 
Griffith's special. It looked foolish 
in comparison, which may have de- 
cided Fox. 



Publishing Concerns Proceed- 
ing Against Picture Exhibit- 
ors — Damages Asked 

Fourteen separate Federal Court 
actions have been begun in the local 
District Court by several of the 
local music publishers against as 
many picture theatres that have 
been performing certain of their 
compositions for profit, without 
license. 

These actions were instigated by 
the American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers, which de- 
mands a tax for the privilege to 
perform Its copyrighted music for 
profit. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder 
are plaintiffs in two i.uch suits; 
Remick in five actions; Wltmark in 
two; Broadway in two suits; Harms 
in one; Fred Fisher in one; the 
Broadway Music Corporation in two 
and G. Rcordi in one suit. In each 
case a minimum of $25) damages 
allowable under the Federal copy- 
right statutes is asked. 

This is the first time such actions 
were ctarted locally, although the 
American Society of C. and P. has 
long been waging a campaign 
against picture exhibitors out of 
town. 



CORPORATION RECEIVER 
FILES Nil IN EQUITY 

In Attempt to Collect Judg- 
ment's Balance, Richard 
Campbell Makes Allega- 
tions 



RIALTO'S DOUBLE BILL 



Second Program, with Cosmopolitan 
Feature and "Carmen" 



The Rialto is running the. second 
of the double feature bills this 
week. The success that the first 
venture of this sort made at the 
house led to the presentation of a 
30-minute version of the Gcraldine 
Farrar "Carmen" made by Famous 
Players some years ago, with Wal- 
lace Reid as Don Jose and Pedro 
de Cordoba as Escamillo. The Bizet 
"Carmen" score was played to the 
picture. 

Some weeks ago Pauline Fred- 
erick in "Tosca" was given with the 
score of that opera, and the inno- 
vation made money. 

In addition to the operatic fea- 
ture the Cosmopolitan production, 
"Just Around the Corner," was pre- 
sented, as well as a Sennett comedy, 
thus eliminating the weekly and the 
usual scenic. 

Sunday night's business, despite 
the cold, was terrific at the Rialto. 



FIRST NATIONAL SWITCHES 

Ralph Clark, manager of First 
National's New York exchange, 
generally believed to be retired the 
first of the year, will retain his 
present post. Joe Unger, Associ- 
ated Producers manager, who was to 
succeed him, will be transferred to 
other activities with the organiza- 
tion. 

A number of the First National 
exchange managers will be elimi- 
nated shortly to take care of some 
of the Associated Producers man- 
agers. The overhead will not per- 
mit the retention of both. 

At the present time there is con- 
siderable "lobbying" in First Na- 
tional. Some of the members are 
backing Al Lichtman for the post of 
sales manager, whereas Schwalbe 
and Williams, backe' by some of 
the influential franchise holders, are 
desirous of appointing Jack Woody, 
erstwhile Realart general manager 
for the job. 



Gumbiner Buys Another 

Chicago, Jan. 1. 
Abe Gumbiner, who conducts 
eight picture houses here, last week 
added another to his string when he 
leased the Argylc, at Argyle and 
Kcnmoru avenues, for a period of 
five years, with an aggregate rental 
of $52,200 for the term. The lease 
takes effect April 1, 1923, and tc ob- 
tain Immediate possession Gumbiner 
purchased the unexpired term of the 
lease of Applebaum & Katz, —ho 
are now operating the theatre. 



Richard Campbell, as receiver of 
the Associated Exhibitors, Inc. (the 
New York corporation) has filed a 
bill in equity in the local Federal 
District Court against the Pathe Ex- 
changes, Inc., Associated Exhibitors, 
Inc., Art Players, Inc., Paul Brunet, 
Lewis Innerarity, Samuel Harding, 
Paul Ousdanovlc, Herman H. Wei- 
lenbrink, Harry M, Crandall, Joseph 
H. Cooper, Hugo C. Lambach, 
Charles Olsen, Harold B. Franklin, 
Harry Stearns, Elliott C. Bostwlck, 
Dennis Harris, Isaac Upson and 
Frank H. Dowler charging the de- 
fendants. Including the Associated 
Exhibitors, Inc. (the Delaware cor- 
poration; not the New York com- 
pany In receivership) with having 
unlawfully diverted the assets of the 
plaintiff to its own use. 

The bill of complaint alleges the 
the Associated Exhibitors, Inc., is a 
subsidiary practically of the Pathe 
Exchange, Inc., and is dominated by 
Paul. Brunet and Lewis Innerarity, 
• respectively president and secretary 
of Pathe, averring "at about the time 
of the incorporation of the New 
York corporation (Associated Ex- 
hibitors, Inc.), and for some time 
prior thereto the condition of the 
motion picture business was such 
that the control by certain and very 
large producers of motion pictures 
had gone Into the hands of certain 
persons or corporations who or 
which also controlled motion pic- 
ture exhibiting theatres of the first 
class throughout the country, and it 
was exceedingly difficult and even 
impossible at ti es for independent 
producers to secure in certain dis- 
tricts theatres of the first class 
wherein to exhibit their feature pic- 
tures." This statement sounds not 
unlike the Federal Trade Commis- 
sion allegations in its procedure 
against the Famous Players-Lasky 
Corporation. . 

Ostensibly this suit is for the 
purpose of satisfying a $1,681.95 
judgment claim of John P. McCar- 
thy for services rendered. Having 
been paid $700 only there is still 
the major portion due and no assets 
to satisfy it. Mr. Campbell, acting 
through Zalkln A Cohen and A. 
Spootswood Campbell, his solicitors, 
charges that the latter named de- 
fendants, formerly directors of the 
Associated Exhibitors, Inc., and who 
were indebted to the corporation, re- 
signed "fraudulently, and for the 
purpose of carrying out the illegal 
scheme to relieve themselves from 
their liability under said contracts 
and to defraud the said creditors of 
said New York corporation"; and 
that their places were filled by a 
"dummy" directorate consisting of 
employes of the Pathe Exchange, 
Inc., which board attempted by reso- 
lution to ratify the alleged illegal 
transfer of the New York corpora- 
tion's assets and releases. After this 
transfer, Mr. Campbell alleges the 
corporation ceased transacting busi- 
ness, charging that the original of- 
ficers and directors knew of the im- 
minent insolvency of the corpora- 
tion, knew that such stripping of 
the corporation's assets was unlaw- 
ful and realized that the organiza- 
tion was in a "seriously embarrassed 
financial condition" and without 
funds. 

These assets specifically Included 
the Harold Lloyd comedies and the 
contracts thereto; "The Riddle: 
Woman" (Gcraldine Farrar), "What 
Women Will Do" and "The Devil" 
(George Arllss). 

The receivership of the Associated 
Exhibitors, Inc., resulted from John 
P. McCarthy's petition to satisfy his 
Judgment claim. 

The receiver prays that the as- 
signed assets be declared invalid, 
void and set aside; that an account- 
ing of the profits from these trans- 
ferred assets be rendered; that the 
defendants account for their conduct 
in the official management and dis- 
position of these funds; that a re- 
ceiver for the Associated Exhibit- 
ors, Inc., be appointed or that the 
receivership of the New York cor- 
poration be extended and that the 
pictures named be placed in receiv- 
ership. 



BEAUVAIS FILM ADVERTISING 
AROUSES STATE CENSOI 



■JL J a X 1 1 



Chairman Cobb Threaten* to Revoke License fof 
"Lonely TreU'V-Jurudiction Claimed Over Film 1 
and Advertising j 



WRITER ASKS COURT 
TO PROTEa RIGHTS 



Clarence E. Mulford Seeks In- 
junction Against Pearson's 
and Others 



Readjusting F. P.'s Stars 

There may be a good deal i.f re- 
adjustment in the continuance of 
Famous Players' Stars. It has al- 
ready released Wanda Ilawley and 
Constance Rinney, former Realart 
stars. 



A. question of the unauthorized 
sale of picture rights to an author's 
stories by a publication is involved 
in the injunction suit begun by 
Clarence E. Mulford against Pear- 
son's Magazine, Inc., Alton Play 
Bureau, Inc., Magazine Syndicate, 
Inc., Joseph Sciden and Hugh 
Weir, in the Kings County Supreme 
Court. Motion to show cause why 
a preliminary injunction should not 
be granted has been postponed to 
next week. 

Mr. Mulford sets forth he sold 10 
stories to Pearson's Magazine dur- 
ing the years 1909, 1910 and 1911, 
disposing of the serial rights only 
and reserving all dramatic and 
other rights. At that time picture 
rights were not taken into con- 
sideration. He states that while 
engaged in disposing of two of his 
stories recently for $3,000 and $4,000 
each, he was advised by the pro- 
spective film producer that certain 
of Mr. Mulford's stories are being 
peddled around by the Alton Play 
Bureau at from $250 to $500. The* 
author charges Messrs. Seiden and 
Weir with having acquired the film 
rights from Pearson's Magazine and 
knowing that such assignment was 
invalid organized the' Magazine 
Syndicate, Inc., (which it is alleged 
they control), to lend the appearance 
of Innocent purchasers. In turn the 
syndicate commissioned the Alton 
bureau to do the actual selling of 
the stories at low prices. His 
prayer for immediate injunction be- 
comes necessary, the plaintiff con- 
tinues, because his film market is 
thus being destroyed. John Thom- 
son, then an associate editor of the 
publication, has filed a supporting 
affidavit substantiating Mr. Mul- 
ford's claims. 

Kendler & Goldstein, who repre- 
sent Pearson's Magazine, state that 
Mr. Mulford's allegations are cor- 
rect. That he did reserve the dra- 
matic rights and that none have 
ever been ceded to anybody else. If 
such stories are being sold they are 
done so without authority from this 
defendant. 



SUIT F OR 88 FILMS 

Distributor 8ays Famous Players Is 
Withholding Property 



Syracuse, Jan. 4. 
The Better Service Film Co. has 
started suit in the Supreme Court 
here against the Famous Players - 
Lasky, Charles T. Jordan and Irving 
L. Brown, charging illegal seizure, 
wrongful detention and illegal con- 
version of 88 reels of motion pic- 
tures, and asking for $50,000 dam- 
ages. 

They charge that F. F.-L. and the 
co-defendants held the reel" in- 
volved from June 19 to Nov. 15 last, 
preventing the local corporation 
from distributing them. 

Eleh John Ludvlg, representing 
the defendants, with Cobb, Macken- 
zie, Smith & Edgecomb as local 
counsel, have asked for a bill of par- 
ticulars setting forth the titles of tho 
reels, their number, value, subjects 
and tho producers. The court grant- 
ed the order, with the exception of 
the necessity of tho naming of the 
producers. 



JACK JOHNSON FILM, M. 0. H. 

The picture starring Juck John- 
son, colored ex-champ, produced re- 
cently by the Blackburn Yuldi and 
carrying the tentative title "For His 
Mother's Sake," goes into the Man- 
hattan opera house, New York, t.i 
Sunday (Jan. 8) f a run. 

The film will alro be ployed at the 
Douglas, an uptown picture hou^e 
devoted to negro patronage, begin- 
ning Jan. 8. 



Albany, Jan. 4. 

Former Senator George H. Cobtt 
chairman of the New York Stati 
Motion Picture Censorship Comml* 
slon, served notice on the producer* 
of the film, "The Lonely Trail," in 
which Fred Beauvais, the Indian 
guide who figures as a co-re* 
spondent in the James A. Stillman 
divorce scandal, is the author and 
star, that unless certain ad vert is* 
ing matter now being used in ex- 
ploiting the picture is withdrawn 
the license for the presentation of 
the film in this state would be re 
voked. Senator Cobb announced 
that he had sent a telegram to the 
producers of the film In which he 
had set forth the purpose of the 
commission. 

"I And," he stated, "that the law 
gives us control over advertising 
matter and that It is our duty un 
der the law in this case to prohibit 
the picture entirely by revoking the 
license unless the advertising now 
used is withdrawn. The law gives 
us jurisdiction to the extent that 
the corruption of morals must not 
be allowed eittK.' in the film or in 
the advertising. 

"The capitalization of crime, par 
ticularly when the actor has no 
claim to prominence except his con 
nection with some scindal or crime, 
we deem improper. 

"We asked for copies of the ad- 
vertising m-lter used by the com- 
pany producing the film and find 
that reference is made to the fact 
that Fred Beauvais, the Indian 
guide, is v j-respondent in the'Still- 
man divorce case. This reference 
must be suppressed or the license 
will be revoked." 

Senator Cobb said there was no 
doubt in his mind that the courts 
would sustain the commission in its 
position should an appeal be taken 
from the ruling of the censors. 

"The question of the propriety of 
the film itself is not involved," 
Senator Cobb said, "for the bare 
fact that Fred Beauvais is featured 
in the production does not of itself 
make the film immoral or give it 
tendency to corrupt morals. The 
moment the management draws 
patronage through special adver- 
tising of the fa$t that the hero of 
the picture is involved in the Stilt- 
man divorce scandal, then there is a 
reflection upon the morals of the 
man which we consider objection* 
able, and which renders the pres- 
entation of the picture improper." 



Montreal, Jan. 4. 

Fred Beauvais, the screen -acting 
co-respondent and first time hero 
of "A Lonely Trail" on the film, is 
much perturbed because the New 
York exhibitors don't seem to like 
Ms work through barring the film. 

Beauvais is a resident of Mon- 
treal, fairly well known around, 
more so of late. 



CATHOLIC BISHOP 
AGAINST SUNDAYS 



Urges Priests' Activity Against 
Repeal of Ordinance 



Albany, Jan. 4. 

EiHhop Edmund F. Gibbons, of 
the Catholic Diocese of Albany, has 
written letters to all pastors in bis I 
district suggesting they oppose the 
repeal of the ordinance prohibiting 
picture shows on Sunday. The new 
Common Council, Democratic, may 
attempt this. 

That a "promise" might have been 
made for Sunday shows by the Re-^ 
publican chieftains in the event of 
victory was indicated on election 
day when several local theatrical 
magnates worked at the polls for 
the Republican ticket. 

Mayor-elect "William S. Tlaokett, 
the first Democrat elected in twenty- 
two years, entertains liberal vicv.s 



Worseley Not with Universal 
The report that Wallace "Wors^ 
ley, Goldwyn director, had sigf. • 
with Universal is denied by him. 



i 






f ttta*r> Jarnwy •. MM. 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 42 to 47 

PICTURES 



17 



A MILLION DOLLAR LIBRARY 



i igon Johnson's Unknown Accumulation of 1,500,- 
4 000 Titles — Inestimable Value to Stage — Four 
• Years to Record 



The history of drama la, on the 

«bole dry, aavo when the matter 

BTsonalities is injected, and the 

-naJl call for stories on that art 

oves it That auch writings have 

i^aliy intrinsic value *obably 

g their placid position on the 

•helves. But within the 

_jt four years a painstaking work 

^recording all the titles, author- 
ship* production date, ownership, 
casta a*" 1 rights of known plays, 
pictures, books and short stories 
■reduced, written and published in 
£• United States, England, France 
jpul Germany, has be* accom- 
jliahed. So complete is this work, 
ihich has no parallel, it Is known in 
fiie Amusement world already as 
Hhe million dollar reference 

"library" 

Tbe statement that such a library 
exists may be dry enough in itself, 
is was the task. But the accom- 
plishment is one of the most valu- 
able contributions to V ^ stage, both 
ken and picture, particularly the 
tier. It is materialistic, and that 
ne gives the accomplishment an 
terest far above dry dissertations 

il the drama itself. 
The data blanketing thi~ vast title 
asembling is- to the practical per- 
lon interesting, though ' o may not 
have use to th- valuable mine of 
^formation concerning any known 
title. The filing cabinet- contain a 
total number of 1,550,000 titles. 
Motion pictures demand the use of 
Bore titles now than all the p*ays on 
the world's stages. Yet there 
have been but 41,000 pictures pro- 

E:ed since 1911. In that year the 
yrighting of picture titles started. 
_. only one picture in four has 
been copyrighted, for the simple 
reason that many of the pictures 
tore short reelers. The total num- 
of pictures copyrighted is 12,005, 
■most of them features. In the last 
fr- or five years, four out of every 
five features have been copyright*. ". 

40,000 Plays in U. 8. 
There have been 40,000 plays pro- 
duced in the United Jtates within 
the last 100 yea. . Within the 
period England has produced 
j 14,000 plays. Right now we are 
producing much faster than Britain, 
itut the early dramatic activity there 
ccounts for the present difference 
in total. The copyrighted number 
ef plays In the copyright archives 
Washington totals 70,000, which 
»hows that only *omo of thi Eng- 
lish plays were listed here. There 
have been 3,500 plays printed and 
published in the Unit' - States. 

(The numb-.T of btooks and booklets 
•^meaning Action works— printed in 
this country amcunts to 280,000. Of 
i that the number of short stories 
[Printed in book form amounts to 
I SUM. There have been 270,000 
•hort stories and serials published 
to magazines. Englanu k hot much 
ahead of the United States in the 
total number of Action books and 
Plays printed to date, for her total 
k 290,000. France's total is a little 
l«ss, It being 260,000, while Germany 
approximates England with a total 

290.000. 

I0f tho number of plays produced 

to the United . t tes up .to 1909, 

those for which a copyright was 

scured averages less than one in 

5 - From 1909 to 1912, when the 

copyright act was enact \ more 

a n one half the play a produced 

ere copyrighted. Since then four 

of every five plays produced 

copyrighted. But of the plays 

ered for copyright, le-s than 

in 23 were actually produced. 

That explains the innunicrat 

5unt of mripts that have streamed 

and out of managerial olllces 

«ar in and year out. 

Ligon .lohnson. whoso keenness of 

c 2 'ccognlz.u tl.j growing ne- 

b . • of a bureau whercfrom the 

Producer, particularly of moving pic- 

tlon C0UkI sccuro exact informa- 
°n relating to a play produced or 

*r«JL°> ry nrint cd. Mr. Johnson is 
^omimnt in the American amusc- 
the UOlkl a9 an arbitrator between 

th! « a , n , ,lal and Iabor divisions of 
"•e Held, a? 

form* 



Ls a livo w,re always in- 
ln« t u° ° f tho m °vements relat- 
s jo the theatre, within tho legis- 

ixi..^ alIa and without. As the 
l»W 7 0cu,lv e of the United Man- 
LhYhu Assoc 'ation, his value was so 
pKniy regarded that he was imme- 



diately made the acting executive, of 
the more inclusive International 
Theatrical Association, Inc., when it 
was formed last summer. 

Mr. Johnson's knowledge of the 
world's copyright laws led to him 
beginning the vast assembling of 
play, book and story data, that has 
just been. completed. He has tested 

for some months. Heads of the 
big picture production. offices have 
sought and received information as 
to the rights on such works and 
x uthorltative facts which have left 
no doubts as te just what the condi- 
tions of authorship, ownership and 
copyright are. 

8ervice Bureau 

The value of copyright in the pro- 
tection of high cost productions may 
be all important. Few legitimate 
producers trouble themselves about 
titles, assuming that a title devised 
by them is sufficient in that it is 
original. For pictures, however, 
there Is a danger, since much money 
could be expended, and the feature 
exploited, only to find an author or 
manager holding up the product by 
lawsuit. The reason ls plain, for 
most of the current features are the 
picturized version of a play already 
produced or a book already pub- 
lished. The picture folk are grow- 
ing more cautious about the rights 
that might attain to others and their 
own rights; In fact some producers 
are insistent that the accepted 
script or scenario shall be shown to 
bx. proof against legal entanglements 
before ordering the studio to pro- 
ceed. 

A picture producer can imme- 
diately be Informed upon a mere re- 
quest to Mr. Johnson. The latter 
has. made no actual charge for the 
service he has already rendered. It 
is likely that the big picture cor- 
porations will retain the Johnson 
title reference library under an an- 
nual fee basis. Or It may be worked 
out to advantage for a picture pro- 
ducers' association to arrange for a 
service to all its members. Mr. 
Johnson, however, will not sell his 
library, and it is doubtful if it will 
ever be reproduced. 

The idea is an aftermath of his 
collection of copyright cases made 
in order to answer an occasional 
Inquiry as to whether such and such 
a title was open to appropriation. 
Ofttimes it was found that copy- 
rights had long ago expired and 
were open to v.se by anyone. The 
compilation also proved that titles 
had been used a number of times 
r . plays and books. Queries 
started increasing. Some picture 
people after acquiring a script de- 
sired to know their full rights; 
whether there were prior claims 
here or if anyone in foreign lands 
possessed rights that might hold up 
the productl or exhibition. Queries 
as to whether a story would plc- 
turlze well have been frequent. In 
that conneoMon it was found that 
out of 500 books so far examined 
only 25 promised weM for picturi- 
zatlon. 

Information as to old stories which 
picture people have heard about, 
published in an old magazine per- 
haps, is sought — whether it can be 
found in printed form. Or if such 
and such an actor appeared in a cer- 
tain play. It is in tho more or less 
old works that the greatest suc- 
cesses in the picture field have been 
found, and the bureau is as highly, 
efficient in supplying protective data 
as is possible. It Is pointed out that 
"The Birth of a Nation" was taken 
from a book that was to he found 
then among few book sellers' shelves, 
and a play no longer on the road. 
That applies equally ta "Way Down 
East" and "Over the Hill to the 
Boorhouse." There is much material 
in the old stories for tho.se who set k 
for it. I'.y way of illustration \-- 
•The Old Homestead."' 'Pr. dekyll 
and Mr. Hyde," "The Devil." Mini 
the Penman," "Kip Van Winkle,' 
"East Bynne." "The Corsica n Profil- 
ers," "The Two Orphans," "Little 
Lord Eauntleroy," and a host of 
others. Some have been produced 
under the original titles, others put 
on camouflaged by new names. 

It Is but lately that the basis for 
claims against picture producers are 
becoming known to authors and 
play producers. There have b»-« n 
secured from the courts char limit- 
ations of a picture's right under 



prior established titles and copy- 
rights, and the point has been 
reached where the picture producer 
who does not prepare to safeguard 
his rights, his literary and dramatic 
purchases, his titles and that entire 
phase of his business, not only 
stands a chance to lose heavily un- 
der injunctions, but also to be 
mulcted in damages or forced, when 
profits are made, to give up all prof- 
its, even including compensation for 
his own work. 

The Johnson library in its legal 
phase, compiled every copyright case 
ever decided in the U. S. court or 
the state courts, all cases being di- 
gested and indexed together with a 
collection of every work on copy- 
right ever published in the United 
States or England. There are also 
compiled all cases on titles, trade 
names, unfair competition and mo- 
tion pictures generally. Also all 
cases Involving contracts in the mat- 
ter of stage and picture engage- 
ments,, affording precedent in stage 
and motion picture law. The work 
of indexing the whole has occupied 
the time of several clerks for the 
past two years. Ibee, 



CENSORS IN SALE 

Claim Mads for $2,000 on Film Be- 
cause All Censors Failed to 
Pa«« It 



A unique provision in film dis- 
tributing contracts came to light 
this* week when Joe Horwits filed 
his answer to the Cinema Distribut- 
ing Co.'s breach of contract claim 
for $3,000 balance due on a series of 
notes for the purchase of the "Dol- 
lars and Destiny" feature film. Mr. 
Horwits counterclaims similarly, 
stating that he bougl . the picture 
on the understanding it would ass 
the censors in all States. Because 
it did not, he asks the $2,000 he paid 
on account of the purchase price 
be returned to him. 

The defendant leased the picture 
for five years dating from last Feb. 
21 for a consideration of $5,100. 



M0HTREAL SUOTAY TRUCE 

Montreal, Jan. 4. 
Sunday shows continue to run full 
blast here, despite the controversy 
between the showmen and the 
municipal authorities. The latest re- 
port is that the whole matter will be 
shelved until it is raked up again by 
some "blue law" crank. 



INSIDE STUFF-PICTURES 



Attention ls called anew to the violent cutting of average negative 
costs by a survey of some of the new output by independent producers, 
notably William Nigh's State rlghter, "School Days," which created Quite 
a stir and ls touted to make a clean-up. It is declared among the wise 
ones that the picture represents, outside of rights to the title paid to Gus 
Edwards, less than $25,000. Some of the Arthur S. Kane pictures with 
Charley Ray are reported to have stood around $30,000, and even some of 
the Thomas Ince productions are reported to represent around $40,000. 

This sudden change of policy by the Independents haa caused the re- 
vision of the program people, who now are faced by a new dilemma. If 
investment figures are drastically cut they find a demand on the part of 
exhibitors for a proportionate reduction of rental figures and valuation 
of negative, and many exhibitors are expressing dissatisfaction at the ex- 
tent to which distributors are maintaining prices of rights. From the 
exhibitor viewpoint, production economies ought to be passed along 
almost In their entirety. The argument of the theatre men ls that the 
prosperity of the producer and distributor is altogether dependent upon 
the Btate of the exhibitor's box office. High admission is the* present 
problem of the whole Industry, and until the exhibitor haa been able to 
revise his scale downward, the whole Industry cannot go\ ahead. The 
producer, however, takes the view that his economies represent his own 
earnings, and what he cuts from rental scales ls hla fee gift to the ex- 
hibitor. 



Tho crowing on the part of the "New York World** staff responsible 
for the picking up of the atory of the "New Film Combine" has led to 
the disclosure of how the yarn was worked up for them by the picture 
people who were most anxious to keep it under cover. When the story 
was picked up by the street man of the "World's" dramatlo department, he 
wrote it to the extent gf about a stick of matter. Then his dramatlo 
editor thought It might be a good idea to have some sort of a verification 
from Adolph Zukor. The latter was called on the phone and his answer 
to the query was to the effect that there was some little matter under 
discussion that did not amount to much. With that the story aa written 
was sent through. About a half hour later a call came into the "World" 
office from Gabe Hess, of Goldwyn, and he was so Insistent no mention 
of the story be made the World staff finally woke up to the fact, that 
they had a atory, and the result was that they went to work hook, line 
and sinker Wednesday night and spread it for two columns. It was a 
break for the "World," as Variety went to press that same night with 
the story, but did not get on the street (being a weekly) until a day after 
the dally publication appeared wltlf the yarn. 



Getting around to the situation in the so-called co-operative concerns, 
like the First National, the trouble has been that the sub -franchise people 
have overplayed the "special." They have all been willing and anxious 
to play the big draws, but when an ordinary program feature came along, 
they laid off and booked in a special from outside, leaving the ordinary 
film on the hands of the distributor. In the course of issuing a program, 
these unused mediocre films, taken over by the distributor in blocks under 
contracts arrangements, have accumulated to a point where they represent 
a considerable total and where the inactive capital Invested haa been 
burdensome. It ls said that the distributors on the territorial rights plan 
have to a large extent got their shelves cleared of average pictures and 
aro In better condition as regards salablllty of stock than they have been 
in several years. 



D. W. Griffith, like many others, evidently has no faith In film 
trade publications. Directly there appeared a commentary in Variety 
anent the acceptance of advertising copy from sharpshooters for 
versions of "The Two Orphans" other than the Griffith production, 
the producer's office was notified by practically all tho so-callod trade 
publications they would accept no more copy from the free-trader*. But 
CJrifTHh decided to take no chances, and had changed tho title of his pic- 
ture to "Orphans of tho Storm," whereupon one publication immediately 
felt no further obligation to protect tho man who invested about $1,000,000 
in his pieturc and published another piece of copy offering a Mm version 
of "The Two Orphans." 



CIVIC LEAGUE IN WRONG; 
DR. MILLER CALLED 

State Senate May Ask Head 
of League to Explain — 
Mentioned Senator Lusk 

Albany, Jan. 4. 

The State Senate may ask the Rev. 
O. R. Miller, State Superintendent 
of the Civlo League, to appear be- 
fore the bar of that house and ex- 
plain what he meant when he said 
recently that, in his opinion, the 
move te unseat Senator Clayton R. 
Lusk, introducer of the Film Cen- 
sorship Law, from the Republican* 
majority leadership emanated from 
the ''political underworld," and that 
the enemies of the Senator wanted 
to put a "bad man" in his place. 

Some of the Senators here today 
for the opening of the 1921 legis- 
lative session are curious to knew 
where and how the "political under- 
world" Is represented in the Senate* 
They would also like to know, they 
say, the Identity of the "bad man** 
Dr. Miller referred ta The majority 
leader of the Senate has to be m 
member of that body, and the Sen* 
atom seem unanimous in the sen- 
timent that ouster proceedings 
should be started at once rg ot "ii 
"bad men'* in their midst. 

"We may not be perfect, but 1 
hope we are reasonably pure,'* said 
one legislator. If we are working 
under a delusion In the latter re- 
spect, I am sure that we would all 
be very grateful to Pr. Miller. If he 
were to pull the wool from our eyes.* 

The statement made by Pr. Miller 
was contained in last month's "Re- 
form Bulletin." of which he ls the 
editor, Pr. Miller claims Senator Lu,sk 
refused to "sell out" to the movie 
men for $100,000 when he chain* 
pioned the Film Censorship act 
through the Senate last winter. 

EXCHANGE MEN 

The Paramount organization, on 
amalgamating Realart, offered to 
take over the Washington help , of 
Realart, providing said employe* 
agreed to accept «• 25 per cent, re- 
duction in salaries, which was de- 
clined. C. C. Wallace Is the Wash- 
ington Paramount manager. 

Harry Lots, erstwhile manager of 
Buffalo Realart exchange, has made 
a new exchange connection In that 
city, effective Feb. 1, but will not 
divulge the company. 

Newton B. Levy, former Paclflo 
division manager for Robertson- 
Cole, ls visiting in New York. 



Ben B. Simpson, ex -Realart Sasj 
Francisco manager, has Joined an* 
other distributing organization la 
that city. 

Jim Rellly, late Realart manager 
In Cleveland, has accepted a similar 
post with Robertson-Cole. 

Harry W. Wlllard is now Chicago 
manager for the Gunning corpora- 
tion. 



Louis Relchcrt, former Washing- 
ton Realart manager, is in Net* 
York giving it the "once over." 

Mark Goldman, prior Cincinnati 
Realart manager, passed through 
New York this week on his way to 
Boston to look over his various 
theatrical enterprises In Maine. 

Walter R. Seates, ex-offlclal of 
Boston Realart, has been appointed 
Paramount manager in that city. 



For tho information of those looking up the pcdlgrco of the brldo of 
William S. Hart, her namo ls (or was) Winifred Weitnvrr, and her 
latest appearanees on the screen have been in Selznlek pictures, as lead- 
ing woman for Kugeno O'Brien and Conway Tcarle. With O'Brien eho 
played in 'Is Life Worth Living." With Tearlo *die has appeared in 
'The Fighter" and "Bucking the Tiger," and will be In "Love's Mas- 
qurade.' still to be released. 



{■M>me of the local Keith. Moss and Procter houses have booked the 
Frid Stone feature, "The Duke of Chimney Butte." Its qjerlts as a pic- 
turo has raised considerable discussion among the various house man-' 
agers as to why it missed a Broadway run. The picture, It has devel- 
oped, has been on the shelf In the Bobcrtson-Colc vaults for over two 
years, pending the settlement of a legal tilt in which Andrew J. Callaghan. 
who produced it, was involved. 



Universal is experiencing some snags in its efforts to book "Foolish 
Wives" in the legitimate houses throughout the country. Instead o! 
hiring a man familiar with that kind of work the film (uiinm i.--: < nl' iv- 
oiing to do it through its own executives. 



NEW BUILDINGS 

The following buildings are con- 
templated and bids are being asked 
templated and bids aro being asked: 

Cedarhurtt, L. I. Owner, Cedar- 
hurst Construction Co. Approximate 
cost. $350,000. Architects, Beilly & 
Jlal!; general contractors, Max Sha- 
piro & Son, 103 West Hth sireet. 

Hoboken, N. J. Washington street, 
between Fifth and Sixth. Owner, 
F. niumenth.il, 1058 I'.rondwny. Ap- 
proximate cost, $. r ,nn,noo to SGoo.auO. 
Architect. Kugene DeKoii. 110 Wert 
4()th street; preliminary sketches in 
progress. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. Drlggs avenue, 
southeast corner Russell street, 
Brooklyn. Owner and builder, Kus- 
sell Theatre Co., Sigmun.l Solomon, 
president, 217 Ifavemeyer jdreet, 
Brooklyn; architect, Charles It. 
Meyers, 31 Fnibn Square: on*' story. 

New York. The.itre. Turk iso- 
baths, stores and otlices. A\« nue A, 
west side of street, ftom .'M t<« ,ih 
streets; approximate cost, $l,0i»o,(!(i0. 
Owner's name withheld; cue Mor- 
ris .1. Stahl, real estate, LVj Grand 
street. New York. 

Jersey City. Theatre. Jackson 
and orient :iv<thm, Approximate 
co- t, $.-150.1)00. Owners, Baring & 
r.lmnenthal, 1058 Broadway. New 
Yoik. Architect. Fugi-ne Be Rosa, 
110 West 4oth street. Preliminary 
sketches in jm n^reiss. Two stores, 
i.il.k and stub Archil-.-, t, T. C 
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PICTURE HOUSES COT PRICES; 
ONE DULUTH SCALE AT 5C 




Highest Priced Picture House in City, 35c — 1 

Stock Entertainment at 25 Cents— Finkelstein 
St Ruben House at Nickel and Dime Rate 



Duluth, Jan. 11. 
Local theatres are in a price- 
cutting war. Cuts have been made 

.at several of the large and smaller 
theatres. The Clinton-Meyers com* 

rpany announced a 12% per cent 
cut at tour of its houses. The Sun- 
beam theatre, conducted by this 

. firm, has returned to a S cents ad- 

■ mission. This is the lowest admle- 

- slon that has been charged in 
Puluth in years. 

The New Astor, controlled by 

- Finkelstein & Ruben, la down to 5 
•and 10 cents. The Lyceum, the 

largest Clinton-Meyers house, is 
down to 35 and 25, instead of 40 
' cents. 

The Grand, musical stock, has 
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ARBUCKLE 2ND TRIAL 
LONGER THAN FIRST 



Trouble Expected in Locating 

Jurors Who Have Not 

Discussed Case 



San Francl9co, Jan. 11. 
Th'- second trial of Roscoo Ar- 
buckle through the death of Virginia 
Rappe is to start today. It is antici- 
pated this trial will be longer than 
Arbuckle's first, when the Jury dis- 
agreed. 

Delay in securing a jury is looked 
for. due to inability to locate suitable 
Jurors who have not talked about 
or hold an opinion on the Arbucklo 
case. Attorney Gavin McXab for 
Ar'ackle is reported desirous of se- 
curing a mixed Jury in order that, if 
Arbuckle Is acquitted, the finding 
may be wholly Impartial. 

*\oe Blake and Zey Trcvon, wit- 
nesses for the prosecution, called at 
the District Attorney's olllcc Mon- 
day, demanding fees and expenses 
they declared were due them from 
the first trial. They waited several 
m™' but were unable to see any 
officials, who were said to be busy 
esewhere, in reference tc their 
/ aims. 



GEO. ROSENER'S "PAN" 
CONFISCATED BY POLICE 



Magistrate Issues Warrant on 

Obscene Literature Charge 

--•Geo. Wetzel Arrested 



POLITICAL PLEDGE 




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Resent Zukor's Manipula- 
tion —Postmaster-General 
to Accept Film Job To- 
morrow — Democrats in 
Arms Against Scheme- 
Theatre Men Not Con- 
sulted — Censor Repeal 
and New York Vote Re- 
ported in Bargain 



On complaint of the Society for 
the Suppression of Vice, three de- 
tectives raided the offices of George 
Rosener's "Pan/ 'a quarterly maga- 
zine, at 1400 Broadway, New York 
City. John Sumner, secretary of the 
society, signed the complaint. 

The police confiscated all of the 
third Issue of the magazine found 
on the premises and arrested George 
Wetzel, manager of the office, on a 
warrant issued by Magistrate Corri- 
gan, charging Wetzel with selling 
obscene literature. 

George Rosener, the editor of 
'Tan" is a vaudeville artist, this 
week at the Majestic. Boston (Shu- 
bert). His wife is known profes- 
sionally as Adele Oswald and is also 
playing the Shubert circuit as a 
single turn. 

Wetzel was arraigned In the mag- 
istrate's court and was held for spe- 
cial sessions. Max Grecnberg repre- 
sented him and waived examination. 

"Pan" was first published by Rose- 
ner in July. 1921. It has been issued 
quarterly at no particular time. 

A list of the folios of the pages 
mentioned in the complaint included 
about three-fourths of the book. 
One story, c.uitlcrt "La maze," is 
said to have been the actual basis 
for the charge. There was a lurid 
poem in the No. 3 -ran," with 
authorship credited to "Pan." 



PROTEST SALARY 



MAN OF DOZEN LANGUAGES 

Kullscuta. said to be an Abys- 
sinian, has a vaudeville turn during 
which he will sing any popular son«; 
in any language requested. Kail- 
scuta is a linguistic baritone who 
speaks a dozen languages. 



Will H. Hays Is going to say "yes" 
to a group of motion picture men 
in Washington tomorrow. His suc- 
cessor In the cabinet of President 
Harding will be either James Good- 
rich, ex -Governor of Indiana, or 
U. S. Senator Harry S. New of 
Indiana, That much Is settled. But 
a battle has started In Washington 
with the Democratic faction in both 
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CHICAGO PICTURE CIRCUIT 
OFFERS ACT 16 WEEKS AT $3,000 



Balaban & Kata Make Offer to Henry Santrej— 
Eight Weeks in Chicago end Continuation if Act 
Changed for Return Dates 



"DRAMATIC MIRROR" NO 
LONGER WEEKLY PAPER 



IRENE CASTLE RETIRING 

States She Will Leave Stags For- 
ever at End of Present 
Engagements 



Irene Castle will leave the stage 
forever, following her present en- 
gagement, which has three more 
weeks to run. Miss Castle made the 
above statement to a Variety rep- 
resentative this week. 

The dancer is also appearing at 
Joe rani's "Knickerbocker Grill," 
Broadway and 42d street, at a re- 
ported salary of $2,000 weekly. She 
receives $2,500 weekly in vaudeville. 

Miss Castlc-Tremalne is directly 
connected through marriage with 
the Tremalne family of Ithaca, one 
of the wealthiest In that section of 
New York state. Her return to the 
professional dancing platform was 
in the nature of the test of her pop- 
ularity, it is said. Last week at 
Keith's Orpheum, Brooklyn, with 
Miss Castle the headliner, the thea- 
tre established a new record for the 
gross receipts, according to report. 



Oldest Theatrical Journal Is- 
sued Monthly Hereafter- 
Management Unchanged 

The current week has marked the 
the passing of "The Dramatic Mir- 
ror" as a theatrical weekly. The 
regular Issuance day, yesterday 
(Thursday), found the publication 
suspended as a weekly after having 
been in existence eince 1880, making 
it the oldest theatrical weekly ex- 
tant In the future "The Mirror" 
will be issued as a theatrical and 
film monthly, general In scope, and 
catering to the public, getting out 
its first issuo c?xly In February. 

"The New York Mirror," as the 
publication was originally named, 
was first Issued In 1875 by Stephen 
Fiske. It was at that time a society 
journal. Harrison Grey Fiske took 
the publication over in 1880 and 
changed its policy, making it the- 
atrical. 

About a year later Josh Hart 
started "The Dramatic Nows." Le- 

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SMALLPOX IN OKLA. 

Warnings Sent Out to Theatrical 
Companies 



Oklahoma City, Jan. 11. 

An epidemic of smallpox having 
spread to an alarming degree in 
Okmulgee and other towns of Okla- 
homa county, has necessitated the 
enforcement of a strict quarantine 
In that part of the State. 

All theatrical attractions booked 
Into the quarantined territory within 
the Immediate future have been 
notified bookings have been cancelled 
until the order is lifted. 

Any theatrical attractions which 
should happen to get Into the quar- 
antined territory while the ordrr Is 
In force will be detained there until 
the epidemic has subsided. 



Chicago, Jan. 11. 
An offer of $8,000 weekly for If 
consecutive weeks has been made 
by Balaban & Katz, picture men, to 
Henry Santrey, vaudeville, for Ban- 
trey and his band to appear as a 
special attraction on top of the film 
bill In the firm's theatres. 

The offer guarantees eight weeks 
in Chicago with the firm further 
providing that if Santrey will 
change his act for return dates or 
holdover weeks he can hare 16 Chi- 
cago weeks. 

Mr. Santrey is considering the 
offer. Before entering vaudeville 
with a band Santrey, alone, was an 
attraction for two consecutive 
years In a picture house 1*. Detroit. 

The .local picture circuits here 
having the larger theatres have 
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REVIVALS IN NEW YORK 
PROVING UNPROFITABLE 



Biggest Hits of Other Days 

Can't Come Back— "Merry 

Widow" Best 



Revivals in the legitimate have 
not been over-profitable this sea- 
son, though the selections thus far 
made were from the biggest hits of 
other days. 

Starting with "The Merry Widow," 
which enjoyed a few weeks of par- 
tial prosperity, the more recent ones 
proved far from satisfactory. They 
Include "Bought und Paid For." 
"Alias Jimmy Valentine." "Trilby." 
"The Squaw Man" and "The Choco- 
late Soldier." 



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BUT UTTLE LADT IS CLOSED 



Company Told to Come Back for Monday Perform- 
ance — New Backers Back Out and Theatre It 
Dark— Chorus Partly Paid— Edith Day Again 



London, Jan. 11. 
There was no end of a stir in the 
West End this week as the result 
of a mix-up over "The Little Lady 
in Red." Notice of closing Jan. 7 
had been posted, then the company 
waa informed more money had been 
put in and the show would go on. 

When the company appeared Jan. 
9 the theatre was in darkness. The 
backing had not materialised and 
the owners of the theatre had 
stepped in. 

Most of the chorus have bean 
paid, but not the principals or the 
orchestra. The Yearsley manage- 
ment states it hopes to meet most 
of the claims this week and may 
reopen. 

The Duke of Tosk cut the first 
sod for the Empire exhibition Jan. 
10. It la hoped the show will be 
ready by summer. 

"The Nightcap" will be produced 
at the Duke of York Jan. 23 with 
Robert Lorain e and Margaret llal- 
stan in the leads, 

"Will Shakespeare," the new play 
by Clemence Dane, finished at the 
Shaftsbury Jan. 7. Cochran &. 
Hutchinson will produce "The Rat- 
tlesnake" there' Jan. 10. Viola Tree 
produces "The Eleventh Command- 
ment" at the Royalty, Jan. 16. "The 
Thing That Matters" at the Strand 
will shortly be followed by "Old 
Jig," a sensational drama. 

Edith Day Reappearing 

J. I*. Sacks, producer here of 
"Irene," will offer a musical comedy 
called "Jenny" at the Empire within 
a few weeks. Edith Day and Rob- 
ert Hale will be featured. 

C. B. Cochran sailed Jan. 7 for 
America. He will follow "Babes in 
the Woods'* at the Oxford with a 
, revue called "Mayfair and Mont- 
martre" and will present the Dolly 
Sisters in a comedy at the Apollo 
about the end of April. 

"My Nieces" at the Aldwych, and 
"Edge o* Beyond" at the Garrlck 
close Jan. 14. R e n e e Mayer 
Pierrots at Queen's Hall ran less 
than a week. "The Qreat Big 
World" at the Court finished sud- 
denly Jan. C. 

William Boosey has acquired the 
rights to "Blossom Time," now 
showing in New York, for produc- 
tion here at the Lyric. 



ILLNESS DETAINS DE MILLE 

Other Americans Arrive in Paris or 
Are leaving 



Paris, Jan. 11. 

Cecil B. De Mille is kept from 
returning to America by illness. He 
is going about on crutches. 

Don Hancock and Russell Muth 
have gone to London, but return 
here for an indefinite sojourn next 
week. 

Pearl White sailed Jan. 7 for New 
York. 

Frederick Latham has arrived. 

Barrett H. Clark, with his wife, 
has decided to remain In ZTrance in- 
definitely. He has translated 
French plays for the New York 
stage. 

Tom Walsh Is at present In Vi- 
enna, Austria. 

Peter Bernard, vaudeville per- 
former, has left Paris for London. 

George Bowles has gone for a 
holiday trip to the South of France 
and expects to visit Algeria before 
he returns to Paris. 




LONDON'S BOOKING COMBINE 

FORCING DOWN SALARIES 



Belief Vaudeville Acts Abroad Will Be Held Down 
in Salary and Length of Route — Stoll Not 
Bidding 



HEAVY GAIETY LOSSES 

London. Jan. 11. 
The losses at the Gaiety last year 
were nearly 30,000 pounds, mostly 
because of "Faust on Toast" 



Last week spent with my dear 
old pal, Joe Erber, Bast St. Louie. 
Slept at his house, had breakfast 
with stuff ho had down stairs many 
years, stood on the back porch, 
looked over the beautiful country, 
played the gramaphone ("Poor But- 
terfly"), and nearly kept Dad Haley 
on the train. 

Mrs. Erber cried and dad wasn't 
feeling too good either. Then I 
went and sat with the porter. When 
I get 'em I get 'em bad. 

Jun. 15, Omaha; 22, Des Moines; 
cut St. Paul, and so on until June 
10; then Ned Norworth and all 
pals, good-bye for sure. 

FRANK VAN HOVEN. 



CHICAGO PICTURE CIRCUIT 

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been 'making al! klnda of offers of 
late for special attractions of the 
vaudeville or legit style. The other 
circuit Is Asher Brothers. 

Balaban A Katx have the new and 
large Chicago theatre on State street 
near the State -Lake (vaudeville). 
Their other Aim houses are of large 
capacity. Balaban & Katx, It is 
said, are agreeable to pay up to 
$10,000 a week for any attraction 
they might deem worth that amount. 
Five thousand dollars a week is 
common offer from them. In local 
picture circles as showmen they are 
ranked in the class that is admitted 
to be led by Sid Grauman on the 
Coast, with no other exhibitors as 
far as known in that class. 



LONDON 



London, Dec. 26. 
The first of London's special 
Christmas shows was Elder Hearn's 
"Minstrels of 1922." This entertain- 
ment is an attempt to come back to 
the old Christy minstrel days of 
cork, tambourines and bones. It is 
quite good entertaiment, if mild and 
unexciting. It will not give the 
censor a single moment's unrest and 
is Just the thing for maiden aunts 
to take little boys to. True, the 
little boys will be bored stiff and 
think longingly of what they've 
heard of "Cairo." but the aunts will 
enjoy themselves. The company is 
a capital one, headed by Oene Ger- 
rard and Gus Chevalier as "end 
men," and the show is varied and 
well produced. The burlesque pan- 
tomime, "Bluebeard and His Forty 
Chu Chin Chows," which has a star 
position in the program, could with 
advantage make way for something 
else. One of the old minstrel 
sketches in its place would buck 
up things immensely. 



REVUE WITH FILMS 

Paris, Jan. 11. 

L. Gaumont will produce at the 
Gaumont Palace (Hippodrome) next 
March a big revue in two acts by 
Paul Cartoux and E. Costil with an 
important cast. 

Pictures, as usual, will form the 
first half of the program. The revue 
will be played by picture stars who 
will personally appear, supported by 
operatic artists. 



AT PARIS THEATRES 

Paris, Jan. 11. 

A one -act sketch by Giaffert and 
the lato Louis Bonnicr's three-act 
comedy "Collcho and Giffelin" con- 
stitute the new bill at the Odeon. 
It opened Jan. 6. The Bonnier com- 
edy tells the story of two misers and 
somewhat resembles Moliere's 
"Avare." 

Tho Apollo in remaining closed 
with its future policy unknown. 

"The Beggars Opera" is staying a 
week longer at the Theatre Ciiumar- 
tin because of favorabln V.usiness. 

Roll Demarest's Swedish Ballets 
with Jean Berlin returned to the 
Theatre Champs Elysee Jan. 9. 

A new revue called "Paris Snean- 
dales" by Rellevre and Varna was 
produced at the Concert Mavol .Tan. 
7 and went over nicely. 



The revival of "Peter Pan" at the 
St. James* inspired the same en- 
thusiasm which has greeted previ- 
ous productions of Sir J. M. Barrio's 
fanciful masterpiece for the last 17 
years. If Peter refuses to grow up, 
his adventures with the Darling 
family never grow old, Many of the 
cast have played their parts for 
years, but the three chief characters 
are in new hands. Joan McLean 
follows Nina Boucicault, Patriine 
Chase, Zena Dare, Georgette Cohan 
and Edna Best in the title role, but 
scarcely lives up to the great asso- 
ciations of Barrle's creation. She 
is miscast, and although an excel- 
lent actress and the part Is actor- 
proof, she fails to convey the at- 
mosphere. Ernest Thesiger is the 
new pirate chief, Captain Hook (a 
part played last year by Henry 
Ainley) and he. too, suffers from 
comparison, although in other re- 
spects his performance is excellent. 
Sylvia Oakley is a delightfully nat- 
ural and sympathetic "mother," 
Wendy. The smaller parts are all 
played with the exceptional clever- 
ness which characterizes this re- 
vival, and the staging is as fine as 
ever. "Peter Pan" will again be the 
most popular Christmas show in 
London for "children of all ages." 



also well boosted the paper Rean- 
dean looked upon as their saviour. 
The second result was-that a sec- 
ond "first night" was given when a 
revised edition was presented. In 
this Shakespeare still deserts his 
wife, who is about to become a 
dulla Arab troupe (whose progen- j mother, and Mary Fitton, "The 
ltors appear to have been as prolific j Dark Lady of the Sonnets," is still 
as those of the Palaco Girls), a host little better than a common prosti- 
of clowns really funny, and the Clr- tute. The only real difference is 
cus Schumann. The last act is of ( that the poet is acquitted of the 
Swedish origin and Includes over 70 i charge of killing Marlowe, with 
horses, but the mechanical precision ; whom Mary has an intrigue, it 
of Oscar Schumann' 
act is apt to detract 

ness by becoming monotonous. Par- j ern with his paramour dies acci- 
ticular attention has been paid to ' dentally and by his own hand, 
tho band, which is under the di- | Meanwhile tho theatre has lost Its 
rectlon of Merle Evans, long a ' dignity in its desire for gain. The 
musical director with the Barnum ' front of the house is beplastered 
& Bailey show. Apart from the clr- ' with 'streamers'' and posters, 
cus proper, there is a huge Christ 



's "school horse'* j being made perfectly clear that tho 
from its clever- poet's rival when caught in the tav- 



London, Jan. 11. 
It looks tike 1122 will be a good 
year for everybody in vaudeville 
here— excepting the actors. The 
days of fancy salaries over here will 
soon be over. Aa soon as some of 
the old-timers reach the end of their 
present bookings they will have to 
cut for future work. 

The system of booking ahead will 
come to an end. One year ahead 
Is aa far as the combined circuits 
Intend to go, and then bills will be 
left so that there will be room for 
new things as they crop up. 

Charles Gulliver, managing direc- 
tor of London Theatres of Varieties 
and also Variety Controlling Co. 
circuit, is credited with having made 
the statement, privately that, with 
few exceptions, the "tops" of bills 
will be limited to 100 pounds salary, 
"bottoms" 50 pounds and the re- 
mainder of the acts from 15 to 25 
pounds. There is a prevailing opin- 
ion here, however, that he will not 
be able to bring about such a state 
of affairs. ' 

The impression is also around 
town that, although the Stoil Cir- 
cuit is not in any way affiliated with 
the new booking combination, there 
wll % be no competition for acts be- 
tween that tour nnd the amalgama- 
tion. 

The new booking amalgamation is 
already in operation. Several acts 
booked at salary increase.;, with , 
contracts issued but not confinned, 
have been notified, the confirmations 
were not forthcoming excepting on 
the .basis of the old Kala: i-r\ 



mas fair, where every conceivable 

type of attraction, side show and 

try your luck" stunt can be found. 



Up to now the "Old Vic." recon- 
struction fund has reached the 
grand total of £800. Twenty thou- 



In this part of the building Nicholas . sand pounds have to be raised if 
Chifalco risks his neck "looping the j the theatre and its fine company are 
loop" and doing other aerial cycling to be saved for the public. At the 



SAILINGS 

Jan. 21 (Aquitania. New York to 
London), Mr. and Mrs. \i> 1 1 Frrol, 
Ella Retford. 

Jan. IS (New York to London), 
Ralph Kohn (Ciiy of Paris). 

Jan. 7 (London for New York), 
C. B. Cochran, Pearl "White. 

Jan. 7 (New York to London), 
Mr. and Mm. Earl dinar; Jack 
Chapman (Finland). 



Bertram M. Mills' big Interna- 
tional circus was opened at Olympia 
by His Worship the Lord Mayor of 
London. The show, which has Jean 
Houeke as equestrian and ring di- 
rector, is an exceptionally fine one 
from every point of view. The art- 
fists comprise the pick of the circus 
world and have been collected from 
all parts of the? universe. The 
American contingent is particularly 
good and includes the Hilbon Sis- 
ters, Relling and the company of 
» lowns in a burlesque bullfight, and 
Lillian Leitzel. described as "Amer- 
ica's greatest gymnast," a descrip- 
tion London is prepared to accept 
as true in substance and in fact. 
Among the other turns are Lock- 
hart's Elephants, Duncan's Collies, 
Three Comrades, Jackson and Mc- 
Laren (Australian wood cutters), 
Seigrist-Silbons, Heastelli (remark- 
ably rlever juggler who recalls the 
best days of Cinqucvalli), the Ab- 



tricks immediately after the big 
arena show is over. He is daring, 
clever, but his act is not one to 
recommend to pleasure-seekers with 
weak hearts or nerves. Both in the 
arena and In the fair America seems 
to predominate. The Bertram M. 
Mills show is only scheduled to run 
a month, and how he expects to 
get his money back in that time is 
not the least wonderful thing under 
Olympia's great roof. The enthusi- 
asm shown on the opening makes it 
all tho more surprising that since 
the days of Hengler London has 
never been able to support even a 
moderately expensive circus. 



moment the chances "for" seemed 
to bo rather weighed down by thoso 
"against." Still £800 Is not a very 
bad figure in a city where the Old 
Vic. is always extolled by the lay 
press and where any amount of 
money almost can be found for the 
bolstering up of some more or less 
dubious "leg and girl" show. This 
presents the finest proposition in 
London for a showman who is one. 
The theatre doesn't want tho money 
to pay its . ay. It was it to enable 
it to rebuild certain portions owing 
to the L. C. C.'s arbitrary and auto- 
cratic demands. 



In 1911 at about the time when 
the Melville brothers acquired the 
Lyceum theatre, which had by then , 

fallen on very evil days, they built | concerned, its successor is already 
the Princes, with the intention of 'settled. ™«- -«» *- «™- « — • 



Although there Is yet no sign of 
rii abatement in public interest 
where tho Haymarket revival of Sir 
J. M. Barries "Quality Street" Is 



providing London with another first 
class melodrama house. Princes, 
which has a seating capacity of 
nearly 2,000, is one of the largest 
theatres in London and has been 
successful with many different 
kinds of theatrical entertainment. 
At the moment Rupert Doyly Carte 
and his company arc packing it with 
Gilbert and Sullivan revivals. Now 
the brothers have decided to sell, 
and It is more than likely that the 
house will become a perm merit 
home of light opera. Speaking o; 
the brothers, the announcement that 
tho pantomime, ' Cinderella." Is 
produced by Walter and Frederick 
Melville" )>olnts to the fact that the 
hope expressed by the Judge in 
their last legal struggle has been 
realized and peace has been declared 
between them. 



During the Irish Players' season 
at the Everyman, Hampstcad. they 
will produce Svngc's "The Shadow 
of the r;ien," William Bovle's "The 
BOilding Fund'* and "The Playbov 
of the Western World." Sara All- 
good and Fred O'Donovan wdl be 
the leading people. 



The first result of the wail rained 
by Basil Dean and the Rcandean 
company at the failure of "Will 
Shakespeare" at the Shaftesbury 
resulted in a crusade in its honor by 
an evening paper, followed by a 
well-advertised increase of busi- 
ness. This was advertised to the 
public by methods which reminded 
us more of a "penny *aff" than a 
West End theatre, methods which 



This will be "The Great 
Broxoupp," by A. A. Milne, a mem- 
ber of the Punch staff and the au- 
thor of "Mr. Pirn Passes By." The 
new play contains an exceptionally 
strong character part for Henry 
(Continued on page 45) 



FATHER BYRNE DIE8 

Boston, Jan. 11. 
Rev. Michael J. Byrne, Catholic 
chaplain of the Atlantic Federal 
prhon, died here Monday following 
a surgical operation. He was a 
brother of the Byrne Brothers who 
tourned for years in "Fight Bells." 
Before he entered the priesthood he 
was advaneo agent for his brothers' 
show, ills home was in Norwich, 
Conn. 

PICTURE HOUSES CUTTING 

(Continued from Page 3> 
dropped from 35 to 25 cents. 
k The highest price charged for 
pictures here now is 35 cents. 
Theatres charging that scale have 
large orchestras and the best lirst- 
run features. 



DRAMATIC MIRROR 

(Continued from Page 1) 
ander Richardson and ' C. Alfred 
Byrne were on that publication, but 
later they started their own paper, 
"The Dramatic Times." At that 
time tho "Mirror" and the "News" 
both had officer on Union square 
within a few doors of each other. 
Later Edwin Bettleheim took over 
the "Times" and Luander Richard- 
son returned to the "News," which 
for a number of years conducted a 
fight against Fiske and the "Mir- 
ror." 

Harrison Grey Fiske continued to 
run the paper until about 10 years 
ago, when the publication wont into 
bankruptcy and the Williams 
Printing Co. took it over f an in- 
debtedness amounting to almost 
$50,000. The printers continued the 
paper with Frederick F. Schrader 
(not the Fred Schader of Variety) 
as editor until H. A. Wyckoff bought 
it a few years ago. 

Under the Wyckoff management 
the paper ran .'tlong for several 
years until Johnny O'Connor and 
S. Kay Kaufman started the "Thea- 
tre World," which after a few 
weeks of existence was merged with 
the "Mirror." 

Wyckoff and Kaufman will con- 
duct the "Mirror" in its new form. 

"The New York Clipper" is the 
oldest theatrical publication now in 
existence, but "The Clipper," first a 
sporting paper, became exclusively 
theatrical after "The Mirror" had 
adopted that policy. 



IN PARIS 



Yvonne Printemps was out <»f the 
bill at the Theatre Kdouard VII for 
a few days around Xmas, and the 
house closed two nights. The 
young actress (Mine. Sacha C.uitry) 
was scratched on the eye by her 
dog, and it was feared at first she 
would lose her lght. The mana^c- 
inent announced Mile. Printemps as 
being Indisposed. She Is now back 
in her roles in "Jacqueline" and 
"Fairons \m rove" at the sides of 
her husband and Luclen (Juitry. 



Wilette 



KERSHAW 

GLOBE THEATRE 
LONDON 



Max l)ear:y lias arranged with 
Francois de Crolsset .iiid Robert de 
Flers to adapt "Romance." \\hi< 1> '><' 
intends producing in Fran •••. "'' 
has listed Mme. Slmone for a p ''• 
but the lady has not yet signed. 



"La (Jlrouette" (The We.a t !'•■!- 
Coek), to be tdiortly mounted ;.u ; !»«• 
Theatre Femina, is by Andr-- «' ' 
Fouqiileres (brother of the chief ef 
the protocol), and Raymond S: ' •' 
an electrical sign maker. Roth .■'■ ■ 
• Continued on page !."•» 



Friday, January 13, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



AMUSEMENT STOCKS IMPROVE 
AS SELLING PRESSURE EASES 



r i. 



Realizing of Profit* Appears to Have Run Course — 
. F. P. Dividend Meeting Feb. 13— Orpheum Ral- 
u lies Sharply to 14 — Loew Listless 



CUVHUER WOULD 
LEGALIZE 8 PER CENT. 

» i 

Also Wants Dollar Top for the 
Race Tracks 



jtor the first time since the first 
*f the new year selling pressure 
inM lifted from the amusement 
Ifoup of stocks on the New York 
y I te fcange, and it appeared that the 
sfrptioui realising of profits In 
flg tat ous Players had about run its 
teettlVe. At the same time Orpheum, 
T^fcjch had sunk to a new low for all 
HiBK at 12H. rallied briskly 
Wednesday, when it touched 14, 'an 
(advance of 1% in less than a week. 
sparing these movements Loew ap- 
Ipeared to be uninfluenced, holding 
,JOT the most part Just under 13. 
... While the position of Famous 
Flayers had not developed definitely 
t&ough to furnish an index of its 
'probable cours* for the Immediate 
a fttture, partlsars of the speculative 
MS 8 * de were breathing easier at 
the close Wednesday. During that 
r jetsU>n the trend, had been continu- 
ously upward after a downward 
tendency which had all the ear- 
marks of cau* '»us liquidation by 
important Interests. It was almost 
Inevitable that the coming of the 
7 mew year would bring In profit 
'taking In the film stock which has 
enjoyed a continuous advance, and 
( tl was merely a question of how 
lenf and how far it would go. 

q Famous Earning $23 

. Probably this kind of selling was 

accompanied by short r Ing to test 

out the possibilities of the F. P. 

property for a bear drive, an ele- 

nent which appeared to be balanced 

4& part by company or pool support. 

jThe working back and forth of 

tytose various influences carried the 

Rotations to an extreme lew for 

the movement of ~b% Tuesday, but 

t(>s u rebound the following 

to£77K, within a point of its 

the year so far. 
if famous Players board meets 
IS for dividend action on the 
and it is taken as a matter 
l£ the regular disbursement 
declared. The stock Is un- 
Eood to be earning at a rate of 
in a share of common, as com- 
pared with the rate of $21.75 for the 
last business year, and Inasmuch as 
the company has an unbroken rec- 
ord for dividend payments, it was 
believed the next dividend was in- 
sured against any possibility of 
change. That being true, there 
seemed every prospect that the 
January course of prices would be 
lelatlvely even with a probable ad- 
(Continued on Page 45) 



FINED IN CINCINNATI 
FOR PLAYING CHILDREN 



Maude Daniel Assessed $50 

by Judge — Court Expects 

Decision Appealed 




Cincinnati, Jan. 11. 

Judge Arthur Spiegel has fined 
Maude Daniel $50 and costs for en- 
gaging children of school age to ap- 
pear In the vaudeville act "Younger 
Generation." The court stated 1* ex- 
pected the decision would be ap- 
pealed for a final ruling from the 
higher court. In a similar complaint 
some years ago against Eddie Foy 
and his children Mr. Foy won. 

The charge agalnr-t Miss Daniel 
w.is under the Ohio child labor law. 
The act has played at the local 
Lyric for tlie- past two weeks. The 
same charge against McMahan & 
Jackson, managers of the theatre, 
was dismissed. 



Albany, Jan. 11. 
f Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvilller, 
Democrat, of New York, announced 
today that he has had a bill dr fted 
designed to permit the sale of wine 
and beer of an alcoholic content not 
to exceed 8 per cent in hotels and 
restaurants. 

The measure, which will be intro- 
duced this week, provides for an 
amendment to the public health law 
in relation to licensing hotels and! 
restaurants to sell non -intoxicating 
beverages. Although Mr. Cuvllller'a 
: leasurt would legalize the sale of 
wine hnd - beer, no provision was 
made in the bill to legatee its man- 
ufacture. 

Mr. Cuvilller also announced .ie 
will offer an amendment to the race 
track law to make admission fees of 
more than $1 Illegal. This measure, 
he explained, was to put a stop to 
the activities of ticket gougcrs. It 
would affect all racing associations 
in the State. 

The New York Assemblyman's 
wine and beer bill would atlthoriz .■ 
the commissioner of health to issue 
to persons or Arms licenses to sell 
be rages to be drunk on the prem- 
ises. A fee of $100 would be charged 



GOLDIN STOPS BICHABDS 

•«fc Chicago, Jan. 11. 

Richards the Wizard must stop 
"saving women in halves" for at 
least twonty days, according to a 
tomporary Injunction granted by 
Judge Louis Fitzhenry in the United 
States District Court at Springfield, 
111., to Sam Margulis, secretary to 
Horace Goldln. Margulis claims the 
Richards act Is an infringement and 
violation of a patent right held by 
Qoldln. 



VAN HOVEN'S PRESEN 
TO ERBER'S SHOW 



TANGUAY'S 16TH 

Eva Has Another Facial Operation 
Before Leaving for Pan Bookings 



Another and her 16th facial opera- 
tion was performed on Eva Tan- 
guay this week, before she left to 
take up deferred Pantages bookings. 
Miss Tanguay opens at the Miles 
house, Cleveland, next week, follow- 
ing with Miles', Detroit, then pro- 
ceeding to the Pantages circuit 
proper to take up the engagements 
she contracted for late last summer 
and but partially completed. 

Upon returning to New York in 
the fall. Miss Tanguay had her face 
again operated upon. Its success 
was marked, and the beauty special- 
ist who operated widely advertised 
the fact, using "past and present" 
pictures of the vaudeville star. The 
latest operation Miss Tanguay in- 
sisted upon was to remove some 
slight imperfections not included in 
the previous operation. 



EXTRA LEVY FAILS 



BUSHMAN MAY RETURN 
TO PICTURE MAKING 



Film Star, Now in Vaudeville, 

Stirs Up Northwest— Takes 

Record in Orpheum, 

Duluth 



Duluth, Jan. 11. 

Francis X. Bushman, who, with 
Beverly Bayne, headed the bill at 
the local Orpheum last week, was 
Slven more publicity during his visit 
*ere than that given ~ny other 
Player to visit the city. It started 
When Mr. Bushman became im- 
pressed with the Zenith City as an 
Ideal territory for making pictures. 
An interview given by Mr. Bush- 
man to the Duluth Herald, and 
carried by the Associated Pre.s 
throughout the northwest, acclaimed 
Duluth as a coming Hollywood. 

Mr. Bushman made numerous 
visits to places of interest here and 
W M try to arrange for the making 
°f a series of big pictures when 
he finishes his present vaudeville 
tour. 

Patronage at the Orpheum last 
Week s.'t a new record for the 
■eason. 



Oregon Solont Decline to Put Extra 
Tax on Amusements 



Portland, Ore., Jan. 11. 

The hope of certain Oregon leg' - 
lators to put another crimp in the 
show business, which hasn't been 
any too good in this country the last 
season, Is completely dead as a result 
of the defeat at the special legisla- 
tive session of a measure designed 
to enforce a tax of 10 cents on every 
admission to any amusement enter- 
prise, regardless of the admission 
charge. The bill was one of several 
proposed to finance the contem- 
plated 1925 exposition. 

It would, showmen told the Sen- 
ate, oe the most severe Jolt the in- 
dustry in Oregon ever had to assess 
an additional 10 cents for every ad- 
mission Just at a time when strenu- 
ous efforts are being furthered to 
do away with the war tax and other 
burdens on the theatre patron and 
the showman. Senator Jay Upton 
was the father of the bill, and it 
was he also who ardently advocated 
motion picture censorship before the 
last regular legislative session. All 
efforts to devise a financing fcheme 
for the proposed fair failed at the 
special session, and fair commis- 
sioners are at work on other plans. 



for the license and the appliction 
for license would have to be In- 
dorsed by ten reputable, taxpaylng 
citizens, who would be bonded for 
$10,000. The license would be f r 
one year. 

The measure will have plenty of 
opposition if the "Reform Lobby" 
has anything to say about it Will- 
iam H. Anderson, superintendent of 
the Anti-Saloon League, who took a 
New Year's resolution for a "fight -o 
the finish" on the wets, has-been 
much in evidence about -the Capitol 
corridors since the Legislature con- 
vened. Mrs. Ella S. Boole, head of 
the Women's Christian Temperance 
Un*on, has taken her stand near the 
doors of the Assembly chamber. 
Both have announced their Intention 
o" strengthening the State enforce- 
ment laws. Rev. O. R. Miller of Al- 
bany, superintendent of the New 
York State Civic League, also has 
Joined the "lobby" ranks to back up 
the drys. 



WOULDN'T GAMBLE; 
COST MANAGER $1,500 

Preferred $1,800 Guarantee 

at People's Rather Than 

60-40 Split . 



Al Reeves unintentionally crossed 
himself while making arrangements 
to play the People's, Philadelphia, 
last week. The theatre is controlled 
by Jacobs & Jermon. It is an op- 
tional week on the Columbia wheel 
this season with the usual plan for 
Jacobs & Jermon to "buy" the 
Columbia show playing the house 
for $1,800. Some shows have passed 
up the People's rather than play for 
what about figured as expenses. 
Others have played on the $1,800 
basis rather than lay off. As an il- 
lustration of the poo/* business pre- 
vailing at the People's "Jingle Jin- 
gle" rated as a good Columbia show, 
did ;35 gross at a Saturday matinee 
recently preceding Christmas* and 
business generally has been bad all 
season. 

Reeves knowing of the condition 
in discussing the playing of hie show 
at the house last week, prior to 
opening, with his usual modesty, 
made a few casual references to the 
current Al Reeves show, as "the 
best I have ever had," etc. Jacobs 
&■ Jermon, on the listening end of 
the Reeves flowery description, sug- 
gested that Reeves play the People's 
on a straight 60-40 basis instead of 
selling it for $1,800, Jacob & Jermon 
taking the stand that if the Reeves 
show was as good as he said it was. 
Reeves would be foolish to sell it 
for $1,800. 

The 60-40 plan did not sound so 
good to Reeves, however, despite his 
(Continued on page 11) 



YEOMAN'S MARITAL AFFAIRS 

George Yeoman was arrested in 
New York on charges made before 
the Domestic Relations Court of 
non-support, was bailed by his at- 
torney, Harry Saks Hechhelmer, and 
appeared for hearing Monday before 
Judge Bruff. The Yeomans have 
been separated since 1917. Yeoman 
declared his willingness / to support 
his two sons, 9 and 12 years old, who 
are in their mother's care, but as 
Mrs. Yeoman had been able to sup- 
port herself, he did not feel she 
was entitled to support by him. A 
daughter, Catherine, is in the the- 
atrical business. 

The court reserved decision. Yeo- 
man has begun a divorce action in 
Chicago. 



ATE CHOP SUEY WITH A LADY 

Cincinnati, Jan. 11. 

Elizabeth Y. Ryan, a salesgirl and 
former actress, has been granted a 
divorce from James Ryan, former 
vaudeville actor. 

Mrs. Ryan said her husband left 
her suddenly at Laredo, Texas, and 
she later found him In a chop suey 
restaurant with a lady on his lap. 



"Dippy Magician" Remembers 
Old Friend at New Year's 



Chicago, Jan. 11. 

Frank Van Hoven never forgets 
his old time friends. New Year's 
week the "Dippy Magician" was 
headlining the bill at Joe Erbcr's 
theatre, in East St. LouIj, for four 
days. It was an unusually expensive 
holiday bill with the business very 
big. Van liked it and so did Joe 
Erber. They were congratulating 
each other about it. Erber then be- 
came reminiscent and talked about 
the days when Van was skating on 
thin ice and Erber was one of the 
few friends Van had. Van said, 
"Joe, I will never forget it, and any 
time I can do anything I will show 
my appreciation." But when Erber 
came around with the pay envelope 
Van took a look at Joe and said 
"Pass on. old pal I do not want any 
money." 

Erber said, "What do you mean, 
Van." 

"Well, it is just this way, Joe," re. 
torted Van. "I worked for you at 
a time when work was very scarce 
for me. You were one of the few 
persons who had faith in me and 
my act and kept me from want I 
have not forgotten. So this being 
the Yuletide season I want you to 
buy yourself a box of cigars with 
the money, and by the way, give me 
the bill for the ice; I will pay for 
that, too." 

Joe thought a bit. hesitated twice, 
but Van was Insistent, and Joe had 
to stick the little brown envelope 
In his pocket and say nothing. 



PARKS ROBBED 

Their Three Trunke Stolen it 4 A 
M. from Loew'e State's Stage Door 



PEGGY MARSH IN DANCING ACT 

Peggy Marsh, former wife of 
Marshall Field, 3rd, of Chicago, and 
her prosent husband, Albert John- 
son, son of the former mayor of 
Cleveland, may appear in vaudeville 
in a dance production. 
. They are under the personal di- 
rection of Lionel Heln. 



HARKINS' 15-LB. BABY 

James llarkins, at the Palace. 
New York, this week is informing 
Wends of the arrival at the llarkins' 
Home at Davenport, Ohio, of a 13- 
Pound daughter. 

The llarkins' have another child, 
■on, also claimed by James to have 
Weighed 15 pounds at birth. 



WEGEFARTH'S POSITION 

W. Weytnn Wegefarth, formerly 
manager of Keith's. Syracuse, has [ 
been transferred to the New York 
Keith office, where it is said ho will 
fill an executive capacity on the 
Keitli staff in a position closely al- 
lied to R F. A lboo, who is re- 
sponsible for bringing him In re. 
. Just what the ratine of Mr. Wcro- 
farth's new duib-s will be has not 
been divided, but the transfer to 
the local ollice is a promotion. 

It was denied Mr. Wegefarth was 
to have a supervisory position over 
the Keith house managers and be 
associated with J. J. Murdock. gen- 
eral manager of the Keith circuit. 




Grace and Eddie Parks were 
robbed ot personal belongings, 
clothing and stage scenery. Including 
costumes and drops, when three 
trunks disappeared from In front of 
the stage entrance of Loew'e State, 
New York, at 4 a. m. Monday morn- 
ing. 

The artists had shipped the trunke 
from Philadelphia. They were 
hauled to the theatre by Shelley's 
Express and left outside the stage 
door, after the house employee had 
been notified. In the short space of 
time it required to move some other 
baggage into the house, the trunks 
disappeared. 

The Loew office notified the team 
they could play in street attire 
without scenery and they finished 
the week at Loew's Victoria. The 
baggage contained about everything 
movable the Par*«i possessed, as 
they had been awa, jiom New York 
on an extended stay and took every- 
thing with them. They were off the 
bill at the State the first half of thin 
week. 



TWO JUGGLERS 

"Follies" Now Has Fielde and 
Hanley 



MAY WIRTH with "PHIL" 

• SACRRMKNTO P.EE, Roy V. Bailey savs . . "Hcadlinlne the bill 
is Mav Wirth. formerly of Itingling Urns'. Circus, and members of her 
familv in n. riding act which recalls the best thing seen under the big 
top. The stage is transformed into a ring with settings which win in- 
stant npplause as the curtain rises. Phil Kiipplies a fine mixture of fun 
and skillful riding; while May and her Hister show they can sing as well as 
ride. Much of the success of the act, it must be admitted, is due to the 
(harming personality of Miss Wirfh herself. Her winsomonpss. her laugh- 
ing dark ryes and the absence of theatriealness make her at once n 
favorite. The offering of the Wirths could not be improved on. . . 

Direction: ALF. T. WILTON. 



Jack Hanley, a juggler, who ap- 
peared in one of the "Midnight 
Frolic" shows, joined the "Follies" 
in Chicago Monday. He was sent 
ostensibly to fill the spot left by 
O'Donnell and Blair, the latteY team 
being forced out temporarily, physi- 
cians ordering Charles O'Donnell to 
the hospital for a nasal operation. 

Flo Ziepfeld stated that Hanley's 
engagement did not reflect the 
difficulty in the "Follies" through 
the activity of W. C. Fields, who as 
the Equity deputy nearly called a 
strike In the show Christmas night. 
The trouble was over a choristers 
contract. The manager explained 
that with Hanley In the "Follies" 
there would be two jugglers, but 
that "one Is not juggling," meaning 
Fields. The latter is jeported for 
vaudeville. 

The manager stated he had a 
season's contract with Fields, but 
implied ho was not anxious to ho'd 
him. 



SHUBERTS' JAMAICA HOUSE T 

The Shuberts are reported as 
having purchased the Rlalto. 
Jnrmaie:i, Long Island, Tuesday. The 
Kialto has been piaying pictures. 
It may be converted into a vaude- 
ville house. 

The Jamaica theatre, playing Fox 
vaudeville, is tho only vaudeville 
house In the Long Island town at 
pre ent. 



V A U D E V ILL E 



Friday, January 13, 1888 



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so: 



NEW SHUBERT ENGAGEMENTS • 
FOR NEXT VAUDEVILLE UNITS 



Giving Contracts Ten Week* in Twelve — "Name*" 
Show Playing May Be Held Over — Fillers-in 
Leaving 



The Shubert vaudeville circuit has 
begun to engage for the new units 
which will be assembled in about 
two weeks. By that time the first 
batch of contracts Issued will have 
expired and the new dhows laid out 
from new material and holdovers. 
' Most of the "names" now playing 
the Shubert circuit will be retained 
with the fill in acts in most cases 
dropped as fast as suitable replace- 
ments can be secured. 

The Shuberts afe issuing contracts 
for 10 weeks to be played in 12 and 
when necessary on account of the 
importance of the turn, 20 weeks to 
be played in 24. 

Many of the acts signed in order 
to get the new circuit under way are 
scheduled for replacement at the 
expiration of the present contracts. 
This accounts for the number of 
"dumb" acts on the bills, that type 
having been available when the cir- 
cuit began securing turns. 

The present "unit" system of book- 
ing will be retained. The Shuberts 
express satisfaction with the method 
.of sending a complete show around 
the circuit. 

This week the Shuberts have 16 
houses playing vaudeville, two more 
than their usual cycle. Two of the 
houses, Buffalo and New Haven, 
have been playing vaudeville inter- 
mittently. 



JEWISH STAGE UNIONS' 
JUftlSMCITON SCRAP 



MISS KING INSISTED 

Refused to Co-Headline at Ohio, 
Cleveland 



Local No, 3 Complains Against 

Nos. 1 and 2— Members 

of Four A's 



Cleveland, Jan. 11. 

Heorge Henshall, Shubert repre- 
sentative here, was called Sunday to 
enact a role that might have made 
even Lloyd George shudder, familiar 
as he is with bringing order out of 
chaos. It all started through a 
woman, too. 

When Hetty King, headlincr at 
the Ohio op the current bill, struck 
town, she was evidently in a peevish 
or temperamental mood, for she im- 
mediately got in touch with Hen- 
ehall, and in language unequivocal, 
informed him that inasmuch as she 
had not been accorded full headline 
honors in the billing, she refused to 
appear at the Ohio as per agree- 
ment. 

Then Henshall's nervous system 
ran into high gear. Ue tried to 
explain he had done everything 
possible to let Cleveland know there 
was only one Hetty King; that she 
was the bright star — above all other 
luminaries — on the Shubert bill this 
week; that her name was on the 

electrics"; billboards carried her 
cognomen throughout the length 
and breadth of Moses Cleveland's 
bailiwick — but all to no purpose; 
Hetty was obdurate! 

Knowing, however, that women 
are accused justly of changing their 
mind, George stuck to his work of 
persuasion, and finally succeeded in 
reconciling the peevish Hetty, 
solemnly promising t*iat all short- 
comings would be overcome. Other 
Napoleonic tactics won the day and 
Hetty appeared at the evening show, 
and went over to a big hit. Then 
the tactful Henshall wiped his 
perspiring forehead and was heard 
to mutter, "Well what's next?" 

During the negotiations Miss King 
threatened to sue for damages, 
claiming that by being billed as co- 
hoadliner with another artist, her 
reputation has been injured. Doubt- 
!»>ss, however, this matter will be 
.smoothed ever by the said George, 
who is a much wiser man today 
Than be was a week ago. 



The Four A's, the parent body 
that Includes the Equity, has had 
a complaint filed with it by Local 
Xo. 3 of the Hebrew Actors* Union 
against Local Nos. 1 and 2 of the 
same union, all members of the 
Four A's. 

Xo. 3 has alleged Xos. 1 and 2 
are invading its jurisdiction. It is 
not dissimilar to the contro :rsy 
raging at one time between the 
Equity and the Vaudeville Branch 
of the Four A's as to jurisdiction 
over respective members. It means 
the collection of dues by whichever 

local members are apportioned to. 

Local No. 3 of the Hebrew group 
is the variety or vaudeville division. 
Locals Nos, 1 and 2 embody the 
legits of the Yiddish acting stage. 
The vaudeville local alleges the two 
legit locals have taken on members 
who rightfully belong to No. 3. 

The Four A's has appointed a 
committee of three to hear and pass 
upon the complaint. The expense 
of the committee, which may hold 
unlimited hearings on daily salary, 
will be borne by the losing side. 




DEMAND THE OKKHNAL" 

' —PHILIP 

MARTIN and MOORE 

If you and the audience approve 
of your act — reach out for success 
in a hopeful mood — think success, 
hope success, believe success — and 
you will succeed. 

BOOKED SOLID 
Direction LEW GOLDDR 

TALK No. 4 



LUCILLE CHALFAHT COLLECTS 
The adjustment of the XjuoIIU 
Chalfant contract with the Shu- 
berts, which became eff ectlre the 
first of this : month, provides 
for the'singer's services for the next 
eight consecutive weeks. When 
consulting counsel on the matter 
she claimed a breach of u 20 weeks' 

contract, .of which only four weeks 
were played. The Shuberts have 
made a cash settlement with her 
for* the time lost during her en- 
forced lay-off. 



"UTTLE MINISTER" IN 
MINNEAPOLIS WAR 

> 

Pantages and F. & R. Battlft 
with Films 



MANY NEIGHBORHOOD 
HOUSES TWICE DAILY 



''Supper Show" Fails to Draw 

—One-third Cut in 

Salaries 



PROFESSORS OF YALE 
STRONG FOR THE LEGIT 



Reported Advising Students 

Danger of Losing 

Drama 



DIVORCES HERBERT ASHLEY 

Mrs. Minnie Ashley, wife of Her- 
bert Ashley, secured a decree of di- 
vorce in Pittsburgh Monday. 

Ashley was arrested several times 

when he appeared in Pittsburgh at 
the instance of his wife. Harry 
Saks Hechheimer represented Ash- 
ley. A- H. Kauffman, of Pittsburgh, 
was attorney for Mrs. Ashley in the 
divorce action. 



Xew Haven, Jan. 11* 
Shubert vaudeville has not been 
taken to kindly here by at least a 
portion of the complement of Yale 
University. Inside sources report 
that several professors have advised 
students 'they did not believe at- 
tendance at the vaudeville per- 
formances was to be encouraged. 
The reason given was that the 
Shubert was the only house offering 
legitimate shows, and if vaudeville 
was well patronized, legitimate at- 
tractions might be discontinued. 

So far as is known there is no 
intention to play Shubert vaudeville 
here regularly. The Shubert has 
received several units from the 
'Shubert office, but such bookings 
are believed to be stop gaps, through 
a shortage of legitimate bookings. 
At the same time Xew Haven is 
used to take up the slack in the 20- 
week contracts held by a number of 
Shubert turns. 



The- Installation of a two-a-day 
policy in several small time neigh- 
borhood houses, which formerly 
played three shows a day, has 
necessitated a cut in salaries for 

acts playing a number of these 
theatres. 

The pop houses changing "from the 
regulation three-a-day policy did 
so when the supper show failed' to 
draw business. 

The majority secure bills through 
independent agencies and are of- 
fered acts at their regular salaries 
with a pro rata clause in the con- 
tracts. The pro rata scale is based 
upon 21 performances a week, the 
regulation small time policy- with 
the two-a-day houses giving but 14 
performance on the week, necessi- 
tating the acts taking a 33 1-3 per 
ZQTit. cut in order to play them. 



BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES 

Three benefits for the families of 
Detectives Buckley and Miller, the 
slain policemen who met their 
deaths while conveying Luther 
Boddy, the colored youth, to the 
135th street police station, are 
planned for this week. 

The Keith Exchange will stage 
two benefits Friday morning at the 
Harlem opera house and Keith's 
Alhambra in Harlem, under direc- 
tion of Sol Levey and Herman Phil- 
lip?, the house managers. 

A monster benefit is being ar- 
ranged by the colored business men 
of Harlem for the families of the 
two dead men. It will be staged at 
the Douglas, a colored vaudeville 
and picture house at 142d street and 
7th avenue. 



.; Minneapolis, Jan, X& 1 

Pantages' and Finkelstein & Ru« 
ben are having a preliminary battle 
here this week pending the much 
heralded arrival of Shubert vaude* 
vllle, which theatrical folk say wlQ 
mean a real war for box office, 
honors. Lyrio theatre, a Finkel* 
stein & Ruben holding, which closed 
a few weeks ago. suddenly reopened! 
this week, showing Paramount ver» 
sion of "The Little Minister." 

Pantages, Just a few doore awayfc 
also opened with "The Little Mlh* 
later," showing a Vltagraph version 
as an added attraction. - : 

Bewildered theatregoers anxloo* 
to see "The Little Minister** «f 
course are picking best box office) 
buy and are taking the Pantages 
offering, with vaudeville as added 
attraction. 

Reopening of the Lyric, one of thej 
theatres mentioned in proposed shift 
to make room for Shubert vaude* 
vllle, does not mean that the vaude* 
vllle move haa been abandoned*. 
Finkelstein & Ruben stated. These 
plans are slowly maturing, they aai4 
yesterday. 

Benjamin Freidman, who is com* 
peting with Finkelstein & Rubent 
interests in St Paul with his 
theatre, Is showing "Way 
East" to capacity business for tfc* 
third week. The Friedman tbeatiri 
is the only Important downtowti 
theatre not controlled by F. & B> 

SABBATH REGULATION <! 

Albany, N. Y., Jan. lit 
Assemblyman Dlcksteln of New' 
York this week reintroduced his bllj 
of last session permitting the trans* 
acting of business on the first day of 
the week in cities of "more thaij 
l.QOO.OOO" (New York,) by persona- 
observing according to their retff> 
ious beliefs any other day of the] 
week for worship. 

It provides that "No person who] 
belongs to a religious faith, eto* 
shall be liable to prosecution foxj 
carrying on any trade, manufacture^ 
agricultural or mechanical employ* 
ment or for the public sale or of* 
fering for sale etf any property o4 
Sunday," but "nothing herein shall 
be construed to permit any personi 
to carry on business . . . fOf| 
more than six days in each week *J 
any place of business where bua1« 
ness hr.s been carried on during anjt 
part of each of the preceding «tt 
days." 



INJUNCTION DISSOLVED 

Baltimore, Jan. 11. 
The injunction secured by Horace 
Goldin in November, restraining the 
Sam Howe show from performing 
rhe "Sawing a Woman in Half" 
trick, was dissolved last week. 



EDDIE KANE DIVORCED 

Eddie Kane (Kane and Herman) 
was divorced by his wife, Maude 
Goldman, in the Brooklyn Supreme 
Court last week. Justice Kapp'-r 
signing the in'erloeutnrv decree. 
Kane was sued under his real namr. 
An unknown woman was nannd in 
tYif proceedings. 




ARYAN KELTON 

(The Psychologist) 

HILDA RAN JAU 

- in "THE BUDDHA GIRL" 

A love story of the Far East with many laughs and a true sense of OCCULTISM 



Friday, January 13, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



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STANDING ROOM UPSTAIRS 



CALLED S3AI1 TIME SIGN 



Reverse Condition of Piwious Prosperity f When 
Box Seats Sold First — Now Balcony and Gallery 
Have Call, With Standees in Balcony 



FLOODS DELAY BILLS 



Kitty Gordon and Others Hold Up 
Twenty-four Hour* 



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The bouse managers of email time 
or pop vaudeville theatres in and 
around New York claim to see the 
trend of the theatrical times in the 
manner their houses fill up. For the 
first time In years, since the days of 
"prosperity" and the war, the upper 
portions of the popular scaled the- 
atres have had the first call, they 

say. 

The standees are now in the bal- 
cony, the managers state. Often it is 
the gallery that fills first The or- 
chestra secures its occupants to- 
ward the last, if the rush Is suffi- 
cient to send the crowd downstair 
•In the former days boxes were the 
flrtt to All., then the orchestra and 
after that upstairs. 

One of the pop time theatre man- 
agers, noting a party of six neatly 
dressed young women starting from 
the box office to the gillery steps, 
called his superintendent to inquire 
why the girls had not been Informed 
bew to reach the balcony. The man- 
ager wax told the girls had asked 
lor gallery seats. 

, While the managers are chary In 
deductions from this condition, one 
opined it at least indicated no im- 
mediate revival of big or former 
normal business. He would not ex- 
press an opinion, but stated he did 
not think the "good times" so often 
foretold and which are still holding 
off will arrive by spring. 



AVON^ PLAYING THIS WEEK 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 

The Avon Comedy Four are at the 
Majestic (Orpheum) this week. Up 
to today they have not been served 
with a certified copy of the injunc- 
tion secured against them by the 
Shuberts last week in New York in 
a Federal court decision. It restrains 
them from appearing under other 
management than that of the Shu- 
berts. 

It is understood here the Keith j 
and Orpheum booking offices were 3 
instructed if the Avons were served J 
at any time during the engagement, j 
they were to be paid full salary for* 
the v 

It 4b u.80 understood the Shuberts 
expect to recall the Avons to reopen • 
for them next Monday, Jan. 16. | 
Whether the Avons will return to 
the Shuberts is not known; neither 
Is It disclosed whether the Avons 
Intend to hold their present per- 
sonnel, Smith, Dale, Miller, Corbett, 
or go to the Shubert time with the 
formation they had before, Smith 
and Dale and a couple of "stooge*." 

Now the Avons receive $1,400 
weekly—their Shubert contract calls 
for $000 a week. 



PANTAGES CUTS 

Lyric, Cincinnati, Reduces 
from 50 to 40 Cents 



Scale 



Cincinnati, Jan. 11. 
The local Pantages-booked vaude- 
ville theatre, Lyric, has reduced its 
top admission scale from SO to 40 
cents. 



SLEEPER REDUCTION, 6% 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 

In a letter received by the Or- 
pheum Circuit office here from the 
Orpheum, Winnipeg, it has been In- 
formed of a reduction in sleeping 
car rates* throughout Canada, aver- 
aging about six per cent. 

It is also advised the Canadian 
Pacific is now operating a 14 -sect Ion 
tourist car between Winnipeg and 
Edmonton, with the berth rate ap- 
proximately one-half of the stand- 
ard berth rate between those points. 
The drawing room rate between 
Winnipeg and Edmonton has been 
reduced to $28.60, from $54.05, in- 
cluding war tax. 



Salt Lake City, Jan. 11. 

Kitty Gordon, headliner of the Or- 
pheum theatre at Salt Lake City 
last week, after a day's delay in 
Nevada because of railway wash- 
outs, causing a 24-hour postpone- 
ment in her opening, stepped off the 
Pullman car in which she and other 
members of her company and artists 
on the Orpheum bill had been housed 
for more than three days continu- 
ously. 

The Orpheum actors and actresses 

left Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 2, 

at 10.30 a. m. for Salt Lake, where 

ttuy were scheduled to open their 

regular weekly engagement on 

Wednesday evening. Their train was 

stopped by reports of washouts 

ahead near Caliente, Nev. They 

\7ere forced to turn back and were 

carried to Barstow, Cal., and 

switched there to the Southern Pa- 
cific tracks from the Salt Lake 
route. 

Consternation prevailed when reg- 
ularly scheduled vaudeville bills at 
the Orpheum, Pant ages and Leew's 
State theatres failed to appear. The 
Orpheum bill was postponed until 
the next evening. Loew's State 
managed to put on a program of 
feature pictures, while Manager Ed 
Diamond of Pantagea rustled to- 
cether eight acts of local vaudeville 
artists for the day and the next 
matinee. 



HAMILTON'S STRAIGHT BILL 

A change of policy wlu be In- 
stalled at B. S. Moss' Hamilton, 
145th street and Broadway, Jan. 23, 
when an Anniversary bill of ten 
acts will inaugurate the new regime. 

The feature picture will be elim- 
inated for the future nd a straight 
vaudeville bill substituted. The 
house v/ill remain a week stand as 
before, and will continue on the 
books of Dan Simmons o: the Keith 
office, who has been handling It for 
the last six weeks. The present 
Policy is six acts and a -feature pic- 
ture. 



Repairing New Bedini Show 
The new Jean Bedini "Frolics" or 
kiddle show, made up for Shubert 
vaudeville, had its initial showing 
last week at Atlantic City. The 
company will have a few substitu- 
tions before the performance is pro- 
nounced all right. 



Beck Party on Way Back 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
The Martin Beck party that has 
boon touring the Orpheum Circuit 
left here Monday for Los Angeles, 
where they will spend a week, en 
r oute to New York. 

/ — 

Schiller Coming East 

San Francisco. Jan. 11. 
The Loew's general rcpresonta- 
*"' , K. A 
fur N« v ,- 
Sea U U-. 



Schiller, is leaving today 
York, via Portland and 



FAITHFUL DOG ACTOR MAKES FINAL CURTAIN CALL 

FREDERICK BOWERS, musical comedy star and song writer, on 
current bill at the Majestic Theatre, and his dog. Don, who was a pro- 
fessional actor, too. appearing in every performance with Mr. Bowers for 
the last nineteen years. The lower picture shows Don in his stage attire. 

"Don" passed away Christmas morning in San Antonio, leaving a 
theatrical record of nineteen years without missing a performance In 
which his master took part. "Don" was getting very o d. but received 
the tender care of Mr. and Mrs. Bowers and never neglected his stage 
duties Even if his legs did tremble, he was always at hand for his cue 
and Although he wavered at times with the weakness of age, he never 
fulled to respond to a curtain call. 

"Don" received everv attention during his final hours by his master 
and mistress who paid the respect due him for long and faithful service 
and that utter lovalty that only a thoroughbred of dngdom knows how to 
vleld. lie bad belonged to the i:ou<-r.s sine* puppyhood and had led a 
patrician life. He never associated with common canines, hut shared 
the quarters of his master and mistress at home and on their travels. 
"Don" was buried near San Antonio in a white satin casket and bis neat 
little grave was dressed with flower:*. 



SHUBERT BILLS 




THIS WEEK vJAN. 9), 
NEW YORK CITY 

Winter Qarden 
General Ed Lavlne 
Ben Lynn 
Olga Mlshka 
Du Callon 

"Sally Irene & Mary" 
James Barton Co 
John Charles Thomas 
Eddie Dowllng 
Kremka Bros 

44th St 
Jolly Johnny Jones 
Beck ft Stone 
General Plsano 
Marie Stoddard 
Mason ft Keeler 
Belle Story 
Bogannl Troupe 
Carl McCullough 
Horlick ft Sarampa Sisters 

BROOKLYN* 

Crescent 

Harrah & Rubin. 
Rome & Cullen 
Llora Hoffman 
A Robins 

Whipple Huston Co 
Regal ft Moore 
Yvette & Co 
Georgle Price 
Olympla Desval 

BALTIMORE 

Academy 

Leach Wallin Trio 
Griff 

Gaudsmiths 
M'mselle Codee 
Johnny Dooley Co 
"In Argentina" 
Krans & White 
Lucy Gillette 

BOSTON 
' Majestic 

Donald Sisters 
Mossman & Vance 
fWgoletto Bros 
Milton Hayes 
Clark ft Arcaro 
Emily Darrell 
Nonette 
George Rosner 
Lupinsky's Dogs 

BUFFALO 

Took 

Selma Braatz 
Harper ft Blanks 
Jack Conway Co 
Ethel Davis 
Lew Fields Co 
McConnell ft Simpson 
Klein Bros 
Brengk's Bronze Horse 

CHICAGO 

Apollo 

Arthur Terry 
Musical Avollos 
"Cave Man Love" 
Cleighton & Lenny 
Georgia O'Ramey 
Moran & Wiser 
Joe Niemeyer & Girls 
Dickinson & Deagon 
La Sylphe Co 

CLEVELAND 

Ohio 
Go Get 'Em Rogers 
Musical Johnsons 
Mr & Mrs Melbourne 
Brendel & Burt 
Ernest Evans & Girls 
Billy McDermott 
Hetty King 
Taylor Holmes 
"The Plckfr-ds" 



DETROIT 

Opera House 

Equilll Bros 
Frank Jerome 
Bert Earle & Girls 
Harry Hlnes 
Charles T Aldrlch 
Ernestine Meyers 
Adele Rowland 
Callahan ft Bliss 
Three Nesses 

MILWAUKEE 

Qarriok 

Forde ft Gits Rice 
Major Rhodes 
Swayne Gordon 
Jim ft Irene Marly n- 
Foz ft Barno 
Hebertha Bessoa 
Walaer ft Dyer 
Hodglnl Troupe 

(Most of bills At Garrlck, Mil- 
waukee, booked from Shuberts' 
Chicago office) 

NEWARK, N. J. 

Rialto 

The Scrantons 
Ford ft Truly 
Torino ft Co 
Bob Nelson 
Bernardl 
Nip ft Fletcher 
Frances White 
Milo 
Petersen Bros 

NEW HAVEN 

Shubert 

Sensational Togo 
McCormaok ft Regay 
Libby ft Sparrow 
Buddy Doyle 
Schwarta Bros Co 
Mullin ft CorelU 
Nora Bayea 
Fred Allen 
Robinson's Elephants 

PHILADELPHIA 
Chestnut Street 

Bert Sheppard 

Armstrong ft James 

The Fleming* 

Marguerite Farrell 

Bessie McCoy Davla 

Walter Brower 

Kings of Syncopation Co 

Ryan ft Lee 

Jack ft Kitty Demaco 

PITTSBURG 

Duquoane 

Roode ft Francis 
Sailor BUI ReUly 
The Glorlaa 
Clccollnl 

Hanneford Family 
Kajiyama 
Alice Lloyd 
Charles Howard Co 
The Paldrens 

TORONTO 

Royal Alexandria 

Arco Bros 
Rudlnoff 
Zlegler Sisters 
Jock McKay 
Joe Jackson 
Lucille Chalfonte 
Mazle ft Georgle 
Jimmy Hussey Revue 

WASHINGTON 
Shubert- Masco 

"Whirl of New York" 






JACK WILSON'S HEABOTG 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 

Jack Wilson, blac!.face comedian 

now playing the Orpheum circuit, 
who was arrested on u serious 
charge made by Helen Murray Mac- 
key, an actress living at the Raleigh 
hotel here, will have an opportunity. 
Feb. 8, to prove to Judge Asa G. 
Adams in the Domestic Relations 
court that the charges are un- 
founded. 

Wilson was arrested here in De- 
cember while at. the Majestic, and 
had several hearings. At the last 
hearing his attorney requested 
Judge Adams to grant an adjourn- 
ment until the February date, so 
that he could present additional evi- 
dence to prove Wilson's Innocence 
of the charges. 



WENZEL BUYS PLANTERS 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 
The Planters Hotel on North Clark 
street was purchased this week by 
Erwin L. Wenzel, principal owner 
of the Washington Hotel, which ca- 
ters largely to theatrical patronage. 
The sale price, including furnish- 
ings, good will and personal prop- 
erty, approximated 1200,000. 



Brown and O'Donnell Dissolving 
Russ Brown and Connie O'Donnell 
now playing the Orpheum Circuit 
will dissolve their vaudeville part- 
nership after the week of Match 19 
nt the State-Lake, Chieago. 

Brown will team with lilv wife, 
Jean Whltaker, last with Mit/i Ha- 
I Jos in "Sari" five years ago. Slnci- 
J then she has been in retircrnen!. 



WIND FLIRTS WITH SIGNS 

The high winds prevailing on 

Wednesday created havoc with the 

huge electric signs in the theatrical 

district The big sign atop the 

Woodward hotel, Broadway and 56th 
street, was blown flat to the roof, 
where It rested, a mass of twisted 
Iron. 

Several of the other big electrics 

were rocking In the wind menacing 
pedestrians and tenants of the 
buildings beneath. 

In the lower down sections of 
Broadway the traffic police halted 
all traffic until the wind had abated, 
it being impossible for pedestrians 
to advance against the velocity of 
the gale. 



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No Vaudeville Sundays 
Mt Vernon, N. T., Jan. 11. 
Sunday movies are permitted here 
under law, but vaudevllh acts dis- 
guised as "concert" turns will not 
be tolerated. That is the edict of 
Mayor Edwin W. Flske, who took 
office on Jan. 1, and who has been 
mayor here nine times. 

12-. edict came when Alderman 
Buck of the Fifth ward, Mount Ver- 
non's fashionable section, protested 
to the Mayor that Proctor's theatre, 
which has a vaudeville policy week- 
days and movies on Sundays, was 
ringing in a few "singing" acts. The 
poi'"y was introduced two weeks ago 
and on the first Sunday went over 
without comment. 

Poolrooms aro permitted to be 
open or. Sundays nnd baseball and 
football are played here in season on 
Sundav.s al-o. 



VARIETY'S SAN FRANCISCO OFFICES 



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PANTAGES THEATRE BUILDING 



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Friday, January 13, 1922 



SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS 



ORPHEUM, FRISCO 

Sa:i Francisco, Jan. 11. 

I^tltiio l-'oy and the Younger Foys 
In their stvond week here proved 
Hie outstanding? feature of a pro- 
gram devoid of pep and running 
short. An afterpiece labeled "Three 
Flying tJinsburg.s," with Do Haven, 
Nice and Kellam participating, fol- 
lowed the closing turn, hut their 
burlesque ncrobatlcs and posing 
stunts failed to hold the audience. 
Sallio Fisher and Fred Lindsay di- 
vided the top billing. 

Miss Fisher did not seem to arouse 
the Interest expected from a feature 
act, although her singing and some 
of the comedy of tho familiar vehicle 
("The Choir Rehearsal") was re- 
ceived with pleasure. Lindsay of- 
fered a remarkable exhibition of 
whip cracking in a pretentious man- 
ner. Ho carries a couple of attrac- 
tive girls and an announcer. The 
latter is capable, but seemingly 
unnecessary. Lindsay himself re- 
veals wonderful control, sight and 
strength, executing difficult stunts 
with apparent ease, winning fine ap- 
preciation. 

Johnny Muldoon, Pearl Franklyn 
and Lew Rose in the regular closing 
spot preceding the afterpiece, gave 
the show a fast finish. Muldoon s 
nifty acrobatic stepping registered 
solidly, while his work with a danc- 
ing partner In Bowery and shimmy 
dances also got big returns. Rose 
scored on his good voice. 

Frank Kellam and Patricia O'Dare 
found much favor next to closing. 
Kellam's nut antics and natural 
comedy ability got howls and Miss 
O'Dare's cute appearance and good 
song delivery received fine recog- 
nition. Do Haven and Nice were 
also strong contenders for comedy 
honors. Their burlesque dancing 
got screams and their legitimate ef- 
forts at the finish brought heavy 
returns. Frank Farron. occupying 
second spot, was among the heaviest 
applause winners and Farron ad- 
mitted the oldest gags got the big- 
gest laughs, which was true. His 
second department store girl bit had 
them rocking in their seats. He has 
a line personality, and puts songs 
over well, but is too emphatic with 
his gestures. 

The Ruth Howell Duo started the 
show well with a varied routine of 
acrobatics, trapeze and ring stunts. 
The woman's back flip into a toe to 
toe brought big applause. 

Josephs. 



deserves much credit for her big 
sue ess with her improvised single, 
her burlesque operatic bit and her 
impressions of various stars singfhg 
the same song stood out in a neat 
routine. 

Le Roy Brothers gave a good ac- 
count of themselves in opening spot 
with line muscular lifts and well- 
executed poses. Flagler and Malfa, 
a mixed couple with piano, songs 
and comedy, did well in second spot. 
Flagler's straight singing and dou- 
ble number finale with the girl as- 
sisting stands out in the present 
routine, which should hold more 
singing and less burlesque comedy. 

Smith and Inman, with rural 
comedy, talk, songs and a little sur- 
prise coming with some brief wire 
stunts by the woman interested in 
third position. 

"Snappy Bits," having Long and 
Gibson with their piano and songs, 
and the Van Dell Sisters in dances, 
closed satisfactorily. Josephs. 



SAVOY'S FUTURE 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 

Despite several offers for the 
Savoy and rumors that Grossman 
will dispose of the house, Gross- 
man has just announced he will hold 
the lease which has more than five 
years to run. 

It is his plan to make slight al- 
terations on the interior. Inci- 
dentally the Savoy is in the heart 
of the new theatre district which is 
springing up around Market, Sev- 
enth and Sixth streets. 



RUSSIAN OPERA CO. 

Has 96 People and Bookings Offer 
Many Difficulties 



CHORUS APPLAUSE RACE 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 

"With the elimination of vaude- 
ville at the Casino two weeks ago 
the running time of the Will King 
revues was lengthened and the com- 
edy picture policy made stronger. 
It is the plan oi King, who person- 
ally supervises each division of his 
productions, to offer novelties each 
week. * 

Next week King will feature a 
chorus girls* contest in which he will 
give prizes to the applause winners 
of the week. 



San Franciauo, Jan. 11. 

The Russian opera company, car- 
rying 9C people, arrived in Seattle 
a few weeks ago $10,000 in debt, 
$5,000 of which was for transporta- 
tion, the company having traveled 
from Russia to the Orient and then 
to this country. At that time the 
company was without bookings of 
any kind. George T. Hood, north- 
western representative for Klaw & 
Erlanger, met the boat and arranged 
with the immigration authorities. 

Little time was lost Jr securing 

an engagement for Seattle, and 

Hod"d arranged for a week there. 

He then secured the San Francisco 

engagement, which is in its second 
and iinal week, closing this Satur- 
day night. Los Angeles has been 
secured by Hood for a week's stand, 
although there are three weeks open 
between the local engagement there 
and the southern. 

Because of the size of the com- 
pany and the inability of the small 
tow i*a to support such a large or- 
ganization none of the smaller Cali- 
fornia towns has been dated. Frank 
Hood, brother of George, is manager 
of the company. Efforts are being 
made to get Oakland for a week 
stand during the layoff before the 
southern engagement. 

The company enjoyed good busi- 
ness for the San Francisco engage- 
ment. 



OBITUARY 






KATRINA TRA3K 

Katrina Trask, philanthropist, 
poet, dramatist and novelist, died 
on her estate, Yaddo, Saratoga, 
N. T., Jan. 8, from bronchial pneu- 
monia, with which she was stricken 

a few days before. She was the 
widow of Spencer Trask, the banker, 
and married George Foster Peabody, 
millionaire banker and noted inter- 



IX LOVING MEMORY 

OF OUR DEAR 

MOTHER 

Who left ua January 9th, 1921. 

We were with her constantly and »he 
will live in our hearts always. 

George, Rufus, Sam and 
Ida LeMAIRE 



JUDGMENTS 



national lawyer, last February. 
Mrs. Trask was in her 69th year, 
and for more than half of her life 
she had been an invalid, confined to 
her rooms. 

Mrs. Trask began to sink rapidly 
Saturday, and died early Sunday 
morning. Her family physician, Dr. 
John B. Leslie, was with her almost 
constantly, and Dr. Butler, a New 
York specialist, made frequent trips 



PANTAGES, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
Average bill. Tho house filled 
slowly and the early acts suffered 
accordingly. 

Violet Carlson scored the hit. Miss 
Carlson is cute and a showman from 
her finger tips, possesses a good 
voice, cute appearance and lively 
mannerisms. Her impressions of 
opera stars made her a ready fa- 
vorite. 

Mile. La Toy's Models opened ef- 
fectively. The dog posing turn is 
well presented, but somewhat drawn 
out. "Melodies and Steps," with the 
Wynn Sisters, Alvia Baker and 
Dorothy Brower pleased with 
dances, songs and piano, the danc- 
ing team overshadowing the others 
In results obtained. "Six Tip Tops" 
closed the show with a mediocre 
routine of acrobatics, the tumbling 
at the finish getting most. 

Foster and Ray, offering "Wilbur 
Mack's "After Dinner Talking Suit," 
landed a good-sized hit. The talk is 
smart and nicely handled. 

Hazel Hickey and Co. in "The 
Night Boat," headlining, supplied 
plenty of good laughs through the 
situations in the sketch. The sup- 
porting cast, excepting tho Captain, 
is only fair, but Miss Hickey's good 
work and tho vehicle brought de- 
sired results. Josephs. 



Actress Wins Divorce 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
Claire Flurette Burnett, who was 
a member of the "Aphrodite" 
company, which played here re- 
cently, was granted a divorce from 
John Laurence Burnett, an adver- 
tising man in New York city. Mrs. 
Burnett is a San Francisco girl, and 
is at present residing her 3 with her 
mothec 



Musicians Elect 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
At the annual election of the 
Musicians' Union No. 6 here Walter 
A. "Webber was chosen president, 
defeating Arthur A. Morey. Other 
officers elected were: Vic •president, 
A. J. Haywood; recording-secretary, 
Albert Greenbaum; financial secre- 
tary and treasurer, Clarence .1. 
King. 



HIP, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
The Sunday business showed no 
Improvement. Neither did the cal- 
iler of the show. Honors went to 
Miss Ryan of Cortez and Ryan. 
She appeared alone after announc- 
ing her partner'3 inability to show, 
due to a sprained ankle. Miss Ryan 



Coast's "Finnegan" 
San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
The Loew State, Los Angeles, 
which opened with a full week 
vaudeville and picture policy and 
later changed to a split week policy, 
has returned to the original full 
week program. 



Everyone Carries Key 
San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
The Hippodrome has eliminated 
Its doorman. In the future each act 
has its own key for the stage door. 



A SHOW IN ITSELF 



COFFEE DAN'S 

SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS MIDNIGHT PLAYGROUND 



Service and Rales to the Profesrion 

HOTEL TURPIN 

17 Powell St., Near Market, SAN FRANCISCO 

One Block from All Theatres 



The following judgments have 
been filed in the County Clerk's 
office. The first name is that of 
judgment debtor; name of creditor 
and amount follow: 

Ferdinand A. Dahme; A. H. Flint; 
$68.47. 

Earl Carroll, Inc.; G. B. Mc- 
Cutcheon; $4,651.58. 

Fred Fisher; Western Electric Co., 
Inc.; $40.04. 

Ethiopian Amusement Corp.; H. 
W. Fairfax Advertising Agency, 
Inc.; $412.99. * 

Burr Mcintosh; II. Law son; 
$701.70. 

Bernard Spero, also known as 
Bernie Spero, and Frank H. Brody; 
J. A. Cantor .Printing Co., Inc.; 
$326.55. 

Carey Wilson; M. S. Glotz; 
$113.70. 

Harry McRae "Webster; Lewis 
Publishing Co.; $168.70. 

Zlegfeld Cinema Corp. et a!.; In- 
ternational Bank; $14,536.35. 

Marsan Amusement Corp.; J. J. 
Sal!:e; $3,036.12. 

William J. Hartley (Author Com- 
posers Service Co.); Met. Advertis- 
ing Co.; $269.11. 

Snyder Song Service Syndicate, 
Inc.; N*w York Tel. Co.; $93.44. 

Sunrise Pictures Corp.; Ritchcy 
LItho. Corp.; $2,226.38. 

Clara Kimball Young; D. Levy; 
$14,780.89. 

Attachment 

Shubert Advanced Vaudeville, 
Inc.; James Allman; $5,650. 

The following list of judgments 
has been filed in the County Clerk's 
office. The first name is that of the 
judgment debtor; name of creditor 
and amount follow: 

Wendell McMahill; Norden Elec- 
tric Sign Co.; $1,034.41. 

Variety Amuse. Co.; City of N. 
Y.; $29.19. 

Johnny Dooley; B. Macdonald; 
$264.41. 

Gretchen Eastman; J. Heine; $85. 

Preston Gibson; Avignon Restau- 
rant Corp.; $81.43. 

Elisabeth Marbury; M. Downey; 
$1,374.46. 

Ziegfald Cinema Corp.; U. S. Fi- 
delity & Guar. Co.; $616.20. 

Broadway Music Corp.; Filmar 
Holding Corp.; $419.20. 

Modern Yiddish Theatre Co., Inc.; 
W. F. Irish ct al.; $100.99. 

Harry T. Hanbury; E. Hunsbedt; 
$59.20. 

William W. Howland; Remington 
Phonograph Corp.; $131.38. 

Jos. M. Gaites; Van Deman Auto 
Co.; $178.66. 

Daniel Casler; Reisenweber's, Inc.; 
$129.97. 

Cameroscope Press, Inc.; Mason 
Moore, Inc.; $45.28. 

Hurry 8aks Hechheimer; A. Han- 
sen; $27.20. 

Walter Donaldson; Tyson & Bro. 
United Theatre Ticket Offices, Inc.; 
$147.77. 

Modern Yiddish Theatre, Inc.; 
National Dlst. Tel. Co., N. Y.; $101.57. 

Herman L. Roth and Samuvl W. 
'Altman (Roth oV Altman); E. V. 
Elchler; $250.40. 



J*. 



IN MEMORY 

OF MY LOVING WIFE 



EDITH (BUNNY) BURCH 

Who Passed Away January 9th. 1922. 

:jay she rest in teace. 
BILLY DALE 



bers of men and women prominent 
In the nation's affairs, Mrs. Trask 
had been seen by only a very few 
persons sinco she was a young 
woman. She first went to Saratoga 



IN FOND MEMORY 
OF'oiin DEAR FBIENIr 

BUNNY DALE 

Who Passed on January 9th. 1922. 
Our Heartfelt Sympathy to BILLY. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Princeton! 



nearJy half a century ago as the wife 
of Mr. Trask. They had four chil-, 
dren, but none lived to maturity, 
and it is believed that this caused 
the "Lady of Yaddo," as she was 
known, to shut herself away from 
the rest of the world. 

She hardly ever left her bedroom 
and study, although she kept in close 



IN LOVING MEMORY 
Or MY PEARLY BELOVED 

MOTHER 

Who Passed Away January 2d. MM, 
Hone But Ntvar to Be Ferfettea 

WINIFRED STEWART 



touch with current events through- 
out the world. 

Writing under the name of Ka- 
trina Trask, the "Lady of Yaddo* 
gave the world a number of novels, 



to Saratoga in consultation. With 
her when she passed away were 
Mr. Peabody and her confidential 
secretary and companion for many 
years, Miss Alena O. Pardee. The 
death of the mistress of Yaddo 
caused profound sorrow among 



IN MEMOR1AM OP 

THOMAS F. MORAN 

Who Departed Thla Life January M, 1952. 
BELOVED FATHER OP 

BILLY LA VAR 

(DANCING LA VARM 

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 






dramas and books of poetry, includ- 
ing "Under King Constantine/* 
"Sonnets and Lyrics." "Free, Not 
Bound," "Mors et Victoria?' "King 
Alfred," "Jewel," "In the Vanguard" 
and "Without the Walls." 

If a plan announced by Mrs. Trask 
In an interview several years ago 



'.'BUNNY" 

(MRS. BILLY DALE) 

We lored you very dearly, and will always 
(hrrlnlj the mail? happy hours we spent to- 
Bet her. 
May God Seat Your Bleated Soul la Peaee. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Allen 



those who had been associated with 
the authoress and had learned to 
love her. 

It is a coincidence that about 13 
years ago this time, tho master of 
Yaddo, the late Spencer Trask, lay 
dead in the mansion overlooking the 
hills of the beautiful Trask estate. 
It was while Mr. Trask was on busi- 
ness connected with the State Res- 
ervation, of which he was the first 



IN LOVING MEMORY OF 

RUNNY DALE 

Whe Departed This Life Jaayary 8th. 1*22. 

Gone But Not Forgotten by Those Who Knew 

and Loved Her. May Her Soul Rest in Peace. 

Dear little Bunny, your troubles are o'er. 
Your next stand now Is the Golden shore. 
You're done your chare with might at.d main. 
So God be with you until we meet again. 

BILLY, accept our heartfelt sympathy. 
BERT and HAZEL SKATELLE 



and decided before the death of Mr. 
Trask, is carried out, the beautiful 
Trask estate will be dedicated to the 
use of artists and authors. Details 
of the plan are not known. 

Mrs. Trask wrote a poem on dis- 
armament a short while before her 



IN MEMOR1AM 

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF OUR 
DEAR WIFE and MOTHER 
Who Died January 4th, 1922. 
More and more each day we'll mlsa you. 

Though friend* may think the wound Is healed 
But they little know the sorrow 
That lie* In our hearts concealed. 
CHA8. B. YOUNG and children. 
MYRTLE. DAISY. DUNCAN. ALTHKA. IVY 




IN FOND MEMORY OF 
MY ESTEEMED FRIEND 

RICHARD DORNEY 

Died In New Fork. Jan. 16th. Ittt 
MAY HI8 SOUL REST IN PEACE 

HARRY M. KAISER, 

Dannemora, N. Y. 



death. She called it "The Conquer- 
ing Army." 

Her funeral took place Tuesday. 
She was buried on her estate. 



HAROLD VICKER3 

Harold Vickers, a musician of 
note, and well known in the the- 
atrical world, died at the Crown 
Hotel, Providence. Jan. 10, of pneu« 



commissioner, that he was killed in mc-nla*. following 'the contraction of 
a railroad wreck near New York. | a cold la8t week whUe directlng the 

music of "Marjolaine," the new 
Russell Janney production at the 



The railroad company paid $60,000 
for the death of Mr. Trask, but his 
widow refused to accept it, and re- 
quested that it be used to create a 
memorial for Mr. Trask. As a re- 
sult, the beautiful fountain, "The 
Spirit of Life," stands In Congress 
park, Saratoga, as a monument to 
Mr. Trask. The oration at the un- 
veiling of the monument was made 
by former Governor Martin W. 
Glynn, who highly praised Mrs. 
Trask for her noble spirit. 

Although known to hundreds of 
Saratogans and to countless num- 



Shubert Majestic. He was forced 

to leave the production the latter 

(Continued on page 7) 



HATTIE M008ER- 



-M. C. MOOSEB 



Aladdin Studio Tiffin Room 

303 Sutter St. Phone Dooglae 3974* 

8AN FRANCI8CO'S 

Oriental Show Place and Headquarters 
for the Profession. 



ATTACHMENTS 



Ruth Helen Langford; Harry F. 
Pierson; $2,2*3. 



When in SAN FRANCISCO 
MEET AND EAT With DAVE LERNER 

ECONOMY LUNCH No. 2 

24 ELLI8 8TREET— NEXT TO CENTURY THEATRE 



SCENERY BY EDWIN H. FLAGG STUDIOS 



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Friday, January 13, 193* 



VAUPEVILLE 



TOMATO KNOCKS OUT 
BATHE AX DUGAN 



ARTISTS' FORUM 

Letters to the Forum should not exceed one-hundred and fifty word*. 
m\Z must be signed by the writer and not duplicated for any other paper, 

' »■ 

New York, Jan. 5. 
E 4itor Variety: 

There appeared in Variety a r«- 

.* to the effect the undersigned, 

ho is the father of the Arnaut 
J-o- performed an act in all re- 
Z~' t ' s similar to that now per- 
formed by the Arnaut Bros, with 
the father of the Novello Bros. 

That statement I desire to con- 
tradict. Many years ago I per- 
formed a violin act with my brother. 
T«*L but never with the father 
oftho Novello Bros. The Novello 
Bro,., who are performing an act 

, all respects similar to that per- 
formed by the Arnaut Bros., claim 
the right to use much of the ma- 
terial which they are now using 
upon the fact that their father 
| etaims to have done the same act 
god used the came material In con- 
junction with me many years ago. 

A. Arnaut. 




OBITUARY 



New York. Jan. 9. 
Editor Variety: 

- Will you correct a rather errone- 

ous impression given by "Jbee" in 

Phis review of our act at Proctor's 

* 2S4 St. (supper show), as published 

I In your current issuo. 

In the first place, Miss Minerva 
[ Courtney and myself have been 
\ playinc together for seme time, and 
' In two or three acts, all covered by 
your j paper. Second, in speaking of 
our present offering. "Ibce" says 
[ "the eame as used in 'Snapshots' 
bujt summer." I have felt your ..taff 
kept themselves better Informed. 

We first produced our present act, 
■Own Your Own Home," on May 1. 
llfl. while on the coast and played 
It on the way east, closing at 
Keith's, Indianapolis, last spring, so 
if "Snapshots" used anything like 
our vehicle a suggestion might have 



Boxing Ad for Plug Tobacco — 
Con Hep — Rings in 
Sneezing Powder ° 

Syracuse, Jan. 11. 
Dear Chick: 

Tomato boxed a bird i.p here last; 
week called Buttle Ax Dugan and 
thanks to Merlin and me he stopped 
him in four rounds. This Dugan 
was the toughest guy that we have 
met in many a dfufeand if Merlin 
hadn't been of an mqulrln turn of 
mind their is no doubt that he 
would have gone the distance. 

Merlin went down to the station 
to meet Dugan and his manager 
when they hopped off the rattler 
and stuck to them until they hired a 

flop in a local hotel. Of course i j^ w York ^ents this week re 
Merlin gabbed his head oft as usual, I ported the appearance of the circus 
but in askln Dugan's manager how man's annual inquiry for acts. The 
he cum to name the kid Battle Axe|? in « Un « Bro »' aild the . Muggivan 



JANET MARTINE 

(Known as "JANET OF FRANCE") 

An Outstanding Comedy Hit at 
Keith's 81st St. Theatre. Last Week. 
Maryland Theatre. Baltimore, Next 

Week. 
Direction: 

E. K. NADEL, Pat Casey Agency 



(Continued from page €} 
part of the week and failed sol 
respond to treatment. Mr. Vidtoer* 
was a native of England, and gained 
a reputation there before oeantag 
to America more than 16 jh are mga. 
Ho has ueen associated with tthe 
productions of Charles Dillingham 
and Charles Frohman. and .asso- 
ciated with the late Reginald Dte 
Koven in some of his musical snorfe. 



wife aims awi> «ttnu*ctttwn»L 



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BUNNY BUHCN 
Bunny Burch of the vaudeville 
team of Dale and Burch <Mrs. J >aW 
In private life), died of pneumonia 
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. *lem 
York, Jan. 9. Miss Dsbb si ka4 feeem 



CIRCUS PRELIMINARIES 

More Diroet Booking of Acts Than 
in Other Years 






he found out that it was because 
Dugan hud been chewin Battle Axe 
plug tobacco since he was old 
enough to move his jaws. 

Merlin left them at tho hotel and 
reported back to me that Dugan was 
one tough looking bird with a rec- 
ord of havln fought all the top 
notch lightweights without ever 
taking a tank. 

We were afraid to use the knucks 
on this mug on account of his rec- 
ord and for fear the local bugs 



in MEMon em 

MT DEAR BBLOVKD WIPE 

IGEORGIE WESTBROOK 

I Who Departed This Life I>ec «. 1*21. 

fiONK BIT NOT POSMJSnrTK* 
i*y Her HcartbewlM ■■>»■■! 

JIM 8WOR 

Oh? Ceorgie. How I Mtew Too 

In vaudeville for eight 

since wedding Billy Dale. 

that she was In musical 

being a skilled dancer. 

had been ill for the past yeac a 

pea ring only at times in the met. 



owner off a\ 




sfld. 



LAURENCE M. 

San Francisco, Aaai 
LQurcnce McClure Wetier, twins'] ■me 



been obtained from our eklt. whereas | might get he" if we continued 



••Ibee" really comes out flat-footed 
and says we have "llffed" (?) a 
scene from "Snapshots," which was 
not even written at the time we 
were .already playing th act. 

As to his statemei.: that we "will 
serve on the three a da)-/' wc cer- 
tainly hope so, for there are many 
clever people to be found on such 
time, but as we have already played 
a few of Keith's larger houses, we 
hope to "relish" p few more. 
Since* L.y yours, 

Courtney and Irwin. 



Ballard concerns were In the mar- 
ket for material, taking acts from 
pretty much all agents and doing 
more direct booking than has been 
the custom. 

The Ringllngs' plans for the 1922 
tour are being held closely and no 
hint has come out as to the nature 
of the novelty, but it was noted that 
bids for turns were drawn rather 
fine as to money outlay and from ho , d fwith military honors. WT^anw! 




MM 3; White 

f Kmns; Genevan 

4 aft law- homa in 

Mb*. WhiBe was 

sssg («Moor(» 

ii — 

died here two weeks ago* seas for- 
merly in vaudeville out UbAu s^awfl 
and well known locally. He v.am tiibe |J 
son of Colonel and Mrs. T. sVjj 
Weaver. The funera* wsm bcill" 
from the family home at PaesJkc 

Grove, with interment at the en ; | «»fl*«nr mC BUIfe • EsjWsnr <d*sns*s« 
Carmelo Cemetery. The funeral was! * wrr.9.. 




FL 9Bsnsrc <iHiffdV JT.tw. 2v set 
m iRfcmtiUbtm. flsfflMKlng: as 
ttjur torn sat) aoW 
Br wum tho» 



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New York, Dec. 17. 
Editor Variety: 

In regard to Lalt's review of the 
8ablnl act at tho Broadway I would 
like to know why we are under new 
acts. We have been doing this act 
since last June and were never yet 
referred to as a "good No. 2 act," 
etc., as he say - 

Slme caught the act on our return 
engagement at the Fifth Avenue a 
couple of months ago, when we were 
next to shut. Would like Lait to 
look It up and read his report on 
the act. 

We have been holding down late 
positions and next to shut on every 
olll and have been reviewed by all 
the rest of the staff critics long ago. 
flo you see. Lait, you are late. 

We were deuclng It at night at 
the Broadway and next to closing 
at the matinees. Every act is moved 
around so as not to meet them- 
selves coming back. I suppose that's 
the reason he considers us a No. 2 
act. 

Here's hopli.j that some of the 

acts Lait is the aut.ior f will flit 

along as merrily and go over the 

way we do. Mrs. Frank Sabini. 

(Frank and Teddy »Sablnl). 



London, Der. 10. 
B'.lltor Variety: 

In Vu. cty of Nov. 21 BSl, in re- 
viewing Paul Hill x.nd Co. at G8th 
js having «&n "unfamiliar opening 
bit, viz., making entrance through a 
door in scenic flat a stage hand car- 
ries on Mage." 

Hill worked with us as Hill and 
Ackertnan at Hull, England. Febru- 
ary 2, 10J0. when wc wore doing this 
b ». 't'ul mt i t . did I think they would 
Pinoh it. 

Wc stopped Morgan and Gates 
from doing this as will as other 
Parts .if our act. and we hone it will 
bav.- the desired effect on Paul Hill 
and eo. 

^ «' I»ut an advert'scrmnt In vour 
Paper l.rfore Hill went back to 
-Arn.-ri.-a. <lcv<( rlblng all of our bits, 
Parti,-, Marly the "door bit." of whb-h 
1 ar;i ih,_. originator. 

C/ia<?. Daly. 
(Daly and Healy.) 

21G Hrixton road, London, Eng. 



knocking them all for a row of bath 
towels, so easy. M ?rlin and me got 
talkin the thing over when he 
cracks about why they named this 
bimbo Battle Axe. That give me 
the big ^dea which I proceeded to 
„hep Merlin "up to. 

We sent Tomato out in the first 
round to see what the sap had and 
he found out that he had plenty. 
He would sock like a middle-weight 
end could take it. Tomato hit him 
on the button hard enough to rattle 
the roof but Dugan never took a 
backward step and kept sallln in, 
and all the time he kept massagln 
that plug of Battle Axe. Between 
rounds he would bite off another 
slice until by the fourth round he 
had a lump in the side oi his cheek 
as big as a grape fruit. 

Tomato kept bustin him on the 
cud but it didn't bother him so we 
told him to try and cop this yegg 
with a punch on the adams apple. 
He tried hard but couldn't seem to 
connect right for Dugan kept 
chewin. 

We were beginnin to get worried 
for we never figured that Tomato 
would have any trouble hittin this 
guy in the apple but he was one of 
them bhort necked pugs and aint 
got no neck. 

I suddenly remembere«1 how we 
stopped a bird who insisted on 
wearin a rubber mouth piece as a 
tooth protector so I sent Merlin on 
the lam to our dressin room for the 
old sneezin powder. 

Between the third and fourth 
round we slipped the powder into 
Tomato's hair and sprinkled plenty 
of it on his gloves. As soon as the 
bell rang Tmnrto walked into a 
clinch with Duran and rubbed his 
head all over the battler's nose. 
Then he stepped back and took a 
look. 

Sure enough Dugan's nose began 
to wrinkle up and in a second he 
opened up his yap and tilted his 
head back to sneeze exposln his 
adatns apple for the first time. To- 
mato pulled one from his heels and 
smacked Dugan <»n the target. 
Dugan swallered his cud hit the 
deck and before the referee had 
time to begin a count, jumped out I 
of the ling and dashed for the door 
knockin down his manager and two 
seconds who were trying to stop 
him and ilnd out what had hap- 
pened. 

That settled Hatty A :.e DiiRiir. 
and bis pet ><n. J'«- pr<>:»ably has 
signed tin- p'edye by this time and 
will switch to WrlgVy's for th ivst 
of hi.- jaw ex"n is: s Hut it «;i> tie 
old !»<». iid <»f stra^-u.v tl.at «-*-i>i»--«l 
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tnoi-e «uys than will < \<i licU hini. 
if li»> st<»ps chewin. 

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this it was inferred that some sort 
of expensive feature had been decid- 
ed upon. 

At one time during the autumn 
the report was circulated that the 
big top firm had decided to restore 
the spectacle and had negotiated 
with costumers and property makers 
to that end. Nothing more has come 
of the story. 

Neither Andrew Downey nor his 
general manager. Edward Fink, has 
appeared around the New York of- 
fices so far this year, although a 
year ago Downey was one of the 
first to negotiate for acts. 



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IMPRESSIONS OF KUHN 

Straddling a Bass Viol Can Now Bo 
Done by Harris With Originat- 
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Chicago, Jan. 11. 

Controversy Is off between Dave 
Harris, now playing the Orpheum 
circuit and "Bob" Kuhn of the 
Three White Kuhns, playing the 
Pantages circuit, over the use of a 
bit used by the Kuhns for more than 
20 years, and which Kuhn originat- 
ed. The bit in question was strad- 
dling a bass v'ola, *hlch Harris has 
been using this season. 

Both acts were playing In Kansas 
City last week, Harris at the Main 
Street and the T Cuhns at the Pan- 
tages theatre. 

Kuhn visited the Main Street 
house and sought out Harris. He 
told the latter that he conceived the 
Idea when the act was the Five 
While Kuhns, about 20 .years ago, 
and that he had been doing it ever 
since. 

Harris informed him that he had 
seen him do the bit at Atlantic City 
about 12 years ago for the first time, 
and thought that Kuhn would have 
no objection to it being done at this 
time. 

Finally Kuhn told Harris that he 
would allow him to do it under the 
condition that Harris announce at 
each performance that he was giv- 
ing an impression or imitation of 
Kuhn. This Harris has done, and 
there is peace in both camps. 



Meyers Bask in Minneapolis 

Minneapolis, Jan. 11. 
lauton M«yers returns to Min?.«- 
apolis this week t » succeed Jael: 
(.Juinlan as Pontages manager. Mey- 
ers left the job a year ago. and has 
Iwen on the roast. Quinlau ge*-s 
now to the S-altle Pan offlee. later 
opening the new house in K.iii^.im 
Citv. 

TORONTO -BUFFALO SHUBERTS 

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Delineator of fevninino foiMAfis, isifS jw sMiltn sjr hmsM w«dt air. SUiUmmi's 
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manager, Clarence S. GJUeajate. 



RESUME IM BMNK 

Houss st Wsbster and Tremortt 

Avsnuss Begun and HalHad, tte 

Restart in 8sw*ing 

The proposed house ot WobKt'T 
and Tremont avenues. Bronx, w hidki 
was begun over 18 months ago anfl 
halted after a brief section of 1be 
foundation was completed, <tec *© 
claimed theatrical depresHitro sung 
building dillleulties nt that 
will be started again in the 

The proposed structure is *m Hbe 
site lor nier ly occupied by the «Od 
Hush mansion, which was for snany 
jcurs 'i'.«- of the leading 
plaees in the Tremont sectioii. 

Th< property was bought flirm 

: e; ; i.- aqo by the IS. K. Moss Bfi'^r- 
l»n .-••s. with plans calling far the mi- 
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Chicago, Jan 11. 
Current bill one Hash, loads of 
beautiful costumes, scenery and 
more than the usual display of the 
undraped form. In one sense it Is a 
sort of a dance carnival, with three 
of the Weber-Friedlander produc- 
tions. In the other sense it is talk- 
fest, due to Clayton and Lennie, 
Cieorgia O'Ramcy and Dickenson and 
Deagon. Not what can bo called 
typical variety in a vaudeville sense, 
but at same time consistent worth- 
while entertainment. 

Starting off the show Is Arthur 
Terry, who swings a lariat and tells 
stories. Ho cleared the barrier. 
Then the Three Musical Avalos. with 
their xylophones. They present a 
repertoire in masterful fashion. 
"Cave Man Love" is No. 3, presented 
for two seasons on the Keith Cir- 
cuit, with Dill Rhodes featured. Now 
In his stead is Richard Bartlett, a 
more matured person. Bartlett 
has surrounding him a capable 
quartet of women, especially the two 
principals, Zella Rambeau, who 
plays opposite, and Helen Coyne, a 
sweet, winsome miss who is a mar- 
vel dancing. Anna Duane and Ethel 
Edmunds do the incidentals. 

Clayton and Lennie gave the first 
comedy touch with their talk and 
incidental song. It was well liked. 
Closing the llrst part was Georgia 
O'Ramey and Co., in the comedy 
playlet, "Suzio from Sioux City," a 
Fred Jackson product. Jackson's 
idea Is conventional; it .has been 
seen before in the legitimate and 
vaudeville, but nerves as a vehicle 
whereby the eccentric comedienne 
lias an opportunity to comic and 
•"mug" around. She does that and 
does It well. The balance of the 
cast, which includes Bernard Thorn- 
ton, Florence Crowley, Francis Pier- 
lot and Helen Carrel, are just ac- 
cessories. 

Moran and Wiser followed the 
News Weekly, and as usual tossed 
the bats around until the folks were 
in a wakeful mood — quite an accom- 
plishment in this theatre on Sunday 
afternoon. They left the stage for 
Joe Neimeyer and his Dancing 
Maidens. The Neimeyer turn is a 
pretentious dancing revue revealed 
in seven scenes. Neimeyer Is a 
most worthy pilot for the' quartet of 
dancing misses. Marco Raff aro, one 
of the quartet, is a most versatile 
little tripper. Her "Incense Danse" 
and "Spanish" numbers are rendered 
in superb fashion and prove them- 
selves as outstanding features of the 
offering. Maida Du Frayne, Mar- 
geret Davis and Billlo Mayo do 
nicely in their specialties. A new 
wrinkle is shown when Neimeyer 
makes a curtain speech announcing 
that besides the four dancing girls 
ho is carrying four other girls, and 
when the curtain arises the mothers 
of the four come forth. It is a red- 
fire from an applause standpoint. 

Dickenson and Deagon aro mik- 
ing a return trip. Their knic-knacs 
of comedy song and talk seemed to 
suffice nicely. 

Closing the phow was the third of 
the W. and F. dancing products. It 
goes without saying that when 
things come in "threes" the last is 
always the best. Tradition is not 
upset here, for W. and F. have pro- 
duced in the I,a Sylphc and Fletcher 
Norton dancing cycle, which they 
call "Behind the Mask." an artistic 
net. The story is in four episodes 
with interludes during which Norton 
as the man behind "The M:isk" nar- 
rates the incidents and story of the 
various episodes. Loop. 



consisted of songs, 
more songn. Every ■ 
opening did some mvtt 
some good, some baid.uh 

Raymond Wilbert jj*_ 
besides juggling u nitti 
laughs. Sharkey, Kotti 
three men and a piaMj 
with songs that \v«tt 
easy No. 2 hit. Ttoettei i 
the best selection u#f 
though scoring. 

Harry J. Conley i«ai 
laugh wow, and watt 
strong. Conley 
quips in his talk, 
the act up. He isaa* 
man and puts orrr 1 
songs in great style. 
wanting more of Msli 
Miss Ray. who assi4taM 
f clever foil and drew 
style, keeping within till 
the act. All in all (MDm 
act that is different and 
relief for any btg-tiaeefll 
Ernest R. Ball isaiwmm 
never takes things'-'farji 
comes out and dees) tite! 
'there you are" attitwfce 
was for him and ga-vell 
tion before and after, 1 
to a speech of thnnflM,\et 
a laugh for the pro! 
Ruth Budd, with* 
duction, followed, 
piano lamp and tnbosMI 
bers, then into a djiet 
player had his innhagraftt 
but did not Lake aid-was 
Just passing by,! 
to pick up the t« 
a short bit with aibatfio. 
full for about threen 
that were chuck fiilloJI 
is marvelous Ute maty I 
miss holds In i pi i mmilUpj 
which is never Mt.\«M 
ing the most dJBtatttl 
air. 

Felix Adler. ititti 
stuck his finger < mtt 
laughed; he matte. a. i 
laughed more. Vtas W 
was there, no matttr 
it was sure -fire, H 
with Stewart aaatf 
m a i nstay, milked" 
holding: up the iafeow 
ruining the < other t twea 



acts. Leonard 
his encore, whereinl 
great beyond add 
This is even going < 
his famous war 
years ago. Bob! Hall 
Brown, Oard titer aaki 
dancing- actvwtth.a. 
This act could i ndtt he 
entty. although drita 
fate 



PALACE 



Chicago, Jan. 11. 
Kddie I..eunard headlined, with 
several rows of empties, besides 
space in the boxes. This week's bill 



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The reconstruction tfl 
is not in any wayi 
the shows. The 
ing rooms have been) 
temporary rooms ;cn«^ 
Most of the rebUiUhK 
night. On the first 
the balcony and 
more people than tohei 
boxes. The main 
just a handful of< 

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would cause a fraoas 
encore. Stanley audi 
woman, started the 
utes behind time. fTteet 
10 minutes, tho groaa 
which is used in lumtaofl 
which doesn't even OHM 
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wire-walking mutinevsttai 
an doing nothing eslaMst 
on. The pantomime eai 
real wire work would! toe 
K tin. Knowles artd 
th^ lack of matcriala— 
Siifaing and talking ureej 
but not savoring wfrtfth! 
ship. The man is 
and the girl has y 
that is all there isttotL 
side of a good chanatfeei 
man and woman «ti 
hounds. This th<ry 
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Friday, January 13, ISM 



Chicago 



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|k* Bloom'* Midnitc Frolic, Chl- 
haa a show running along 

ippily. wlth a cafit that 8tandl 
l for a good share of commenda- 
tion. The Broadway Saxo- Harmon* 
jpts fill the air with the dance and 
show music, doing so in a manner 
♦j^t la different. The music is 
coaxing for the dancers, while their 
show music is of the best. Claudie 
jTrscy, comedienne, is a new face to 
the regulars. She sticks to her 
billing, and could add "Classic" and 
It would speak the truth. Miss 
jpracy in much in avoirdupois as 
W ell as ability. Eddie Matthews, 
acrobatic dancer, is held over for 
the third engagement, which speaks 
of his ability. Matthews' trick In 
pleasing the audience is his variety 
of stunts and showmanly method of 
selling them. Effle Burton, prima 
donna, chooses operatic songs for 
her entertainment, and is a familiar 
performer, both here and in local 
cabarets. Dick Sheppard started 
on his second engagement. Shep- 
pard impresses more with the ec- 
centricity of his comedy than the 
character work he does. He shows 
his versatility by doing ns many as 
four comedy characters In one frolic. 
Sheppard \s work is artistically 
funny, and lands heavy with the 
crowds. Klla Golden, ingenue, is 
making a comeback, having been 
off the st ape for a number of years. 
Hiss Golden is a well built, good 
looking miss, who adds a touch of 
vaudeville in her style of interpo- 
lating numbers. She flashed a nifty 
wardrobe, which she wears well. 
Lucille White, danseuse, is almost a 
protege of Blooms, appearing here 
yery frequently. She is just a 
young miss, but displays ability that 
Stamps hw for the higher rungs In 
the ladder. Miss White has much 
to look forward to. Harry Max- 
field, tenor, selected ballads for his 
high pitched voice and found him- 
self in favor. 

The chorus of ten are well re- 
hearsed and nicely costumed. The 
high spot of the show is a dazzling 
fashion revue that would easily hold 
its own in a production. 

Charles H. Doll is responsible for 
ths directing, while Virgil Ben- 
nett's f-taping measures up to his 
Individual, masterful genius. The 
four frolics go on at 11:30, 12:30 
a. nr. and 1:30 and 2:30, with the 
crowd staying until the wee hours. 
In discussing the cabaret situa- 
tion, whirh is at its lowest ebb at 
present, a New York restaurateur 
said: ' Fo..<l these days is only a 
side issue. People want to be en- 
tertain^! as well. Above everything 
else tiuy want to dance, but this 
necessitates expensive show and 
orchestra costs beyond tho popular 
means, as a result of which the bus- 
iness sufi'« is. Minus tho trimmings 
which have become necessary as a 
sort of makeshift for the lacking 
liquid thrills, the cabaret becomes 
an ordinary restaurant and patron- 
age Is certain to drop off. In all" 
cases those that can afford to 
patron i/.o the white light institu- 
tions are compelled to pay heavy 
toll for th«'ir epicurean I leasurcs. 



If not adding more than $10 a case 
for their own buying they are not 
mulcted. However, with so much 
bootlegging and so many leggers 
It's often hard to tell how many 
ways the money for the purchase 
must be split. 

A Canadian runner says he buys 
in Montreal for about $50, or if buy- 
ing on this side of the border (which 
more frequently occurs) the price 
is $60. This and that person must 
be staked so that the gross cost 
to him upon reaching New York 
reaches around $90. Included in 
this are the wear and tear on tires, 
gas and incidentals, besides a couple 
of drivers. The price varies in 
bringing it down by car, according 
to who must be seen en rouft. In 
New York there is a dock traffic 
going on. Not heavily and more for 
private use. Insiders may get the 
best Scotch on the docks at around 
$90 or $100 if they know someone. 
Some even buy it cheaper when it's 
more of a friendly deal. Large lots 
are not dealt with on the docks, but 
even in the small transactions some- 
one must be seen. The usual way is 
for the first buyer to pay the man 
on the boat who has It, then stake 
someone on the pier or split it with 
him, minus cost of delivery. 

Rye this week touched $105 a case 
— a good rye. Gin held around $45 
@>60, with some asking $60®65, 
without any assurance of quality. 
The $45 a case gin ( has been pro- 
nounced the best in' the market. 

Good whiskeys, whether Scotch or 
rye, are being diluted more now 
than previously. It may be detected 
when drinking. The awful stuff is 
still around in quantities and un- 
less buying from- someone known 
to the purchaser, chancet are being 
taken. The best guarantee at pres- 
ent In New York is the original 
package bottle stamped "Quebec 
Liquor Commission." That is gen- 
uine as the bootleggers have not yet 
commenced to forge this package or 
label. It testifies the liquor is a 
direct importation from Canada. 

High prices are being quoted for 
empty wine bottles with the orig- 
inal labels. It doesn't sound plaus- 
ible but one sale has been reported 
for $4.50 each. The former highest 
price quoted for old liquor bottles 
with label was $1.50. With the forg- 
ing of labels the demand for the 



there. They haven't enough money 
to stop liquor selling when booze 
will bring from $8 to $10 a bottle 
over the bar and $20 or more in 
cafes while liquor men are willing 
to split with whoever may be super- 
vising in their district. It would 
be necessary for the drys to. pay tho 
inspectors more money than the 
liquor men do. And then they would 
be crossed, and liquor selling go 
right on. There are men in New 
York State who will guarantee the 
delivery of liquor in any quantity 
if there's enough money in it for 
them, and none of them i<* cennected 
with a federal department. 



the downtown area and far from 
the city's original "barbary coast," 
the Mason street cafes are in the 
central police district and under the 
jurisdiction of Captain of Police 
Arthur Layne, who is responsible 
for the vigorous campaign being 
waged against the Olympia and 
other notorious cafes. 



Blossom Heath is being kept open 
by Joe Susskind on the Merrick 
road. Mr. Susskind may go through 
the winter. Pavilion Royal, near 
by, closed right after New Year's 
leaving only Blossom Heath open 
around that section. Blossom Heath 
has a band for Saturday and Sun- 
day, but gets nicely along during the 
week with a Yictrola. Its week's 
patrons like the idea of dancing with 
canned musio evidently, as they 
have taken to it perhaps because in 
that way they can secure as many 
encores as they want without pay- 
ing anyone anything for any of 
them. 



Not much business is reported at 
any of the road houses. The Casln i 
in Central Park, looked upon as a 
road house, has not appeared to 
have started anything under its new 
management. The place has been 
altered somewhat but the interior is 
much the same; there is a big sign 
atop the building that is attracting 
the attention of the Park Depart- 
ment, but the Casino is closing 
around 11 nightly and seems to be 
glad when the day is over. 



Out in Chicago there is a restau- 
rant that is famous for its pan- 
cakes and Its ceffee. It is the stop- 
ping off place for the transconti- 
nental traveler, for who, going from 
coast to coast and laying over in 
Chicago for a few hours between 
trains, can resist the lure of that 
Henrici Special pancake if he has 
ever tasted of it? Henrici's has 
grown in the last decade and it is 
still growing. Within the next few 
months there is to be a radical 
change architecturally in the estab- 
lishment. The lo-ver floors, al- 
though they have a tremendous 
seating capacity, have no . been large 
enough to accommodate the crowds, 
so during January the upper floors 
will be thrown open, increasing the 
seating space by more than 60 per 
cent. 

It is only within the past few 
years that Henrici's has been open 
in the evening. The usual closing 
hour was 8:30 p. m., but friends of 
the management finally prevailed 
upon Mr. Collins to remain open to 
cater to the after-theatre patronage. 



SCHENCK-S EXERCISE 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 
Joe Schenck, of Van and Schenck. 
appearing here with the "Follies,"' 
has been carrying a colored spar- 
ring partner and athletic trainer 
with him for several years on the 
road. This season the colored chap 
is with Schenck again. But Joe 
does not seem to be able to get suf- 
ficient exercise from dabbling 
around with the lad, so he has taken 
himself to Forbes Gymnasium, on 
Madison street, where every after- 
noon he boxes with some of the local 
"pugs." Among, some of the men 
Joe went four rounds with last week 
were "Sailor" Friedmann. "Babe" 
Ascher, Charlie White and "Midget" 
Smith. m 



Announcement has been made of 
the opening of the Balconnadcs 
Ballroom at Healy's. without Tom 
Healy mentioned. A "Dance Prom- 
enade" is featured, under the direc- 
tion of William H. Hardey. "Ad- 
mission One Dollar," the card says, 
with dancing continuous to the mu- 
sic of Castle's Society and Memphis 
Jazsband Orchestra. The Balcon- 
nades Ballroom seems to be in line 
with Tom Healy's previously an- 
nounnced Intention of disassociating 
himself from the restaurant busi- 
ness. 



Liquor telling around New York 
seems to have resolved itself Into a 
"system" of "giving up" by the sell- 
ers that equals any system in effect 
before prohibition. One section of 
Brooklyn that now has more saloons 
than it did prior to the no-licensed 
selling, is eaid to have a system in 
operation that calls for a scale ac- 
cording to the closing hour. Some 
of the saloons close around 10 in the 
evening and others at other hours 
up to two or later. 



Some idea of the extent to which 
bootlegging is practiced along the 
_ . Canadian border line may be gained 
empties seemed disappeared. Bot- j from a pcrusa i f reports for the 
ties with names blown in the glass ycar 192l( j ust i g8Ue d by Aforce- 



or those of an odd shape might have 
value at all times. 



A captain at Reiscnweber's was 
taken into custody last week on a 
liquor selling charge. The story is 
tho captain served an unknown man 
at a table, and the diner was a rev- 
enue agent. 



Liqior held up in price after the 
new yen- opened. Some thought it 
Would recede. The lowest price of 
the week for Scotch was $102.50 a 
caso for a delivery of 60 cases, made 
to a 1 iroad way restaurant. The 
Same Suiidi in 10 cases or more was 
held at $110. while for one. two or 
three ca.^s. the price was $115. 
Single cases of late, however, have 
been l>iii,<;in<; more than formerly 
With tlie pi ice being a matter of 
barRuinioK. Tho liquor prices Va- 
riety quotes are those as a rule 
paid he i rsi.i hi at( in s. Outside and 
small liu\ i is may jiid.ue accordingly. 



The federal Judges in New York 
now trying liquor cases have done 
away with fines upon pleas of guilty 
or conviction. A plea of guilty now 
Is followed up with a sentence of 
14 days and upon conviction the 
Jail sentence is 30 days or more. 

The enforcement department In 
New York intends nn attempt to 
close up a place convicted of sell- 
ing liquor, under an injunction, pre- 
venting it from again operating for 
a year. Some similar action was 
tried in Chicago a few months ago 
but without any actual result, as 
Chicago is reported wide open, like 
all other cities in the Ea~t. There 
are some saloons right In the center 
of New York openly selling over the 
bar with whiskey at 50 cents a drink 
by the glass. The drys may have 
a plethora of funds and may have 
spent a lot to put over prohibition 
but that's all they did— just put It 
over— and as Tinney says, it laid 



BERT KELLY'S 





ment officials at Malone and Rouses 
Point. According to records at the 
former place, 62 liquor-laden auto- 
mobiles were seized and 1,235 
cases, or more than 14,800 quarts, 
of booze were confiscated. Among 
the cars caught in the dragnet were 
5 Cadillacs, 4 Packards, 2 Hudson*. 
1 Pierce Arrow, 1 Marmon and 1 
Nash. The record for seizures at 
Malone was bettered at Rouses 
Point, dubbed "Liquor Point." One 
hundred and seventeen machines 
and 18 rigs were bagged, and ap- 
proximately 2,000 cases of booze 
were taken away from rum runners. 
The seizure of so many horses and 
wagons was a surprise to many, but 
the wise bootleggers sometimes use 
this antiquated means of convey- 
ance because it does not attract sus- 
picion. As a result of the enlarged 
force of agents on duty at the Point 
an almost continuous stream of 
liquor bearing cars has flowed into 
the government storehouses the last 
four months, and officials in charge 
there say that it will continue dur- 
ing 192L\ 



An altercation between Harry 
Hoch of Waterson, Berlin 4b Snyder's 
music publishing staff, Roscoe Ails, 
the jazz dancer and Marty Cross, 
the welter weight pugilist, recently 
occurred at the Little Club, New 
York, an all-night cabaret, and re- 
sulted In Hoch going to a hospital. 
According to eye witnesses, Hoch 
entered the cafe and found Ails and 
Cros3 together. An argument start- 
ed between Alls and Hoch with Ails 
taking a punch at the pianist. Hoch 
protested to. the management and 
followed it by returning Ails' punch, 
whereupon Cross sailed into Hoch 
and damaged him to the extent 
where medical aid was necessary. 

The trouble Is said to have arisen 
over a dispute between Hoch and 
Sally Fields about a piano player In 
her vaudeville turn. Hoch and Miss 
Fields severed business relations. 
Miss Fields and Ails were reported 



HOUSEMAN HEADS CLUB 

Chicago. Jan. 11. 

Lou Houseman, general western 
representative for the A. H. Woods 
enterprises, has been elected presi- 
dent of the Chicago Press Club, suc- 
ceeding Clyde Morrison. Houseman 
has been prominent in newspaper 
and theatrical circles here for more 
than 30 years and when a successor 
to Morrison was sought he was 
picked unanimously. There was no 
opposition candidate to him In the 
field. 

At his installation, which takes 
place Feb. 1, Houseman intends 
holding a theatrical night and in- 
viting his many friends playing the 
local theatres to be present as his 
guest. 



COLORS TO MUSIC 

Chicago, Jan. 11. 
Lighting effects are being us^d 
at the Palace and Majestic theatres 
here during the \ laying o* the over- 
ture at each performance. The 
lights are blended in. various colors 
and flashed against the act curtain 
making a most pleasing sight. 



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431 RUSH STREET 

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CHICAGO 

DERT KELLY (Himself) 
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The violation charge against 
Jack's (Dunstan) was tried last 
Friday and the Jury disagreed. Dur- 
ing the same day revenue men 
raided Jack's on 6th avenue, re- 
moving about 300 cases of liquor 
found in an enclosed vault adjoin- 
ing Dunstan's living quarters. A 
waiter at Jack's is said to have fur- 
nished the information concerning 
tin- vault. 

A blockade las bom di-rlar«-d by 
tho police on tlio Frcn h and Italian 

• lfe. formerly the Black Cat, on 
Mason street. In the old tenderloin 
district of San I-Yanelsco, as the 
aftermath of a New Year's eve 
'•••lrbr.i! ion. Myer Cohen, proprie- 
tor u.is twice arretted within .hrce 
hours during th.» (Vstivit i<-». and 

liiiL'eil Willi violating 1 1 1 * - fity 
>i .Ii nance !•>' permitting daneinir 
...liiout ;i li< ( im". A nhort whih 

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If applause is any criterion Joseph 
K. Gorham's winter revue, "The 
Cave Follies," appearing currently 
in the unique cave restaurant 'neath 
the Grunewald hotel, New Orleans, 
is a certain success. The entertain- 
ment Is In three parts with Inter- 
missions. Harold Orlob composed 
tie music. George Stoddard pro- 
vided the lyrics, with orchestral ar- 
rangements by Carlton Kelaey, who 
Is personally conducting. The ele- 
ment of the revue la Its speed, for 
Gorham has keyed this one on high. 
While the first three numbers were 
well received, the fourth was the 
first to strike resoundingly. It is 
called "Making Babbles of Tour 
Troubles," with Alma Barnes lead- 
ing. The girls made an odd pic- 
ture In their balloon trimmings 
with the puncturing of the globules 
at the end hitting from all angles, 
an old Ziegfeld "Frollo" bit Miss 
Barnes shone like the singing celeb 
with a voice of splendid tonal quali- 
ties. She should be given a sing- 
ing solo alone. 

The dress flash occurred with 
"Oriental Nights," sung by Mario 
Villanl, ideally attuned to cafe 



BURT ON VACATION \ 
Chlcago, Jan. 11. 
Glen Burt, booking manager of 
B. F. Keith (Western), is spending a 
two weeks' vacation at West Baden. 
Ind., to restore his health. Mr. Burt 
has been in ill health for some time, 
requisites. Villanl carried the num- 
ber easily, with the necessary un- 
dulating sweep augmenting the ap- 
peal of the whole. The' bizarre 
costumes displayed in "Oriental 
Nights" must have cost a pretty 
penny. , Frank Bacon and Nina 
Fontaine scored tremendously with 
a slotting interlude, handsomely 
dressed, Bacon coming back later 
to veritably "steal the show" when 
showing a "drunk" on roller <. 
"Everybody Step" was a swift con- 
ceit, bringing Burt Hall to the fore. 
while running to black and white. 
Hazel Chesley and Talsey Darling 
contributed two dancing moment* 
that rocked the crowd, the latter 
being especially well conceived. 
Gorham reaches his apex in .«peed 
with the finale, "Le Pere La Vic- 
tolre" ("The Father of Victory'), 
containing a marching swing that 
eventuates Into a rising burst of 
enthusiasm, engulfing both prin- 
cipals and auditors with its martial 
strains, the girls wearing the smart- 
est of smart military frocks to 
properly implant the picture. 'The 
Cave Follies" easily transcends its 
predecessors, ranking as something 
of an ach.evement. 

Tho girls Include Jewel Lynn. 
Stephanie Love, Rosa Lee. Rae 
Keller, Anna Ryan, Dorothy Wilb**r. 
Bobble Frazer, Queen le 1'ear, I til lie 
Wilding, Helen McCarthy, Dorothy 
Morrison and Florence Christie. 
Parcnti's Augmented Saxophonlan 
Orchestra rendered the uccompani- 
ments. 

The revue is scheduled to run 
nine weeks. It might proceed fur- 
ther, for it gives more than value 
received for the dollar couvert 
charge, surpassing many of the 
musical attractions sent Into New 
Orleans theatres at double the 
price. 



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BURLESQUE 



Friday, January 13, J 922 



1 



"PULLING OUT WHEEL SHOWS 
LATEST IN FACTIONAL FIGHT 



Bijou, Philadelphia, Dark Monday, Dropped by 
American in Retaliation — Columbia-American 
War on to Finish— 'Tubs Puss" Off American 



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The refusal of I. H. Herk, presi- 
dent of the American Burlesque 
Association, to permit Billy Vail to 
substitute his American wheel show, 
•'Sweet Sweeties," for James E. 
Cooper's Columbia show, "Keep 
Smiling." at the Grand, Hartford, 
Conn., Monday, notwithstanding that 
Cooper had offered to guarantee the 
"Sweet Sweeties," started an in- 
volved mix-up in bookings that In- 
cluded the following series of 
events. 

1. "Puss russ," rated as a Hurtlg 
A Seamon American wheel show, 
but recently acquired by Cooper, 
Instead of opening at Long Branch, 
Monday, as per its American .heel 
schedule, jumped the New Jersey 
one nighter and opened at the 
Grand, Hartford. 

2. The Bijou, Philadelphia, which 
has been an American wheel stand, 
was dark Monday, Instead of open- 
ing with Chas. Franklin's "Ting-a- 
Ling," the latter show going to Long 
Branch instead to replace "Puss 
Puss" and take up the 4, Puss Puss" 
routing for the rest of the season. 

3. Through itj action in failing 
Jo fill the Long Branch date, Mon- 
day, the "Puss Puss" show, it was 
stated at American headquarters, 
automatically forfeited its American 

franchise. 

4. The Bijou, Philadelphia, con- 
trolled by Jacobs & Jermon, is 
definitely off the American wheel 
and will play burlesque stock for the 
balance of the season*, opening this 
week with Rajah as an added at- 
traction/ the latter having been 
scheduled to play the Bijou as a 
feature act with "Ting-a-Ling" as 
the regular wheel attraction. 

The "pulling out" of the "Puss 
Puss" show from the American list 
by Cooper, and the American's re- 
taliatory move of pulling the "Ting- 
a-Ling" show out of the Bijou, 
Philadelphia, and leavln B that house 
without a show Monday is taken as 
an indication that the Columbia- 
American feud which ha3 been a bit 
quiet for-tho last couple of weeks, 
is now on to a finish. Another pro- 
ducer with a Columbia show and an 
American show has been oidered to 
pull out his American whec" attrac- 
tion next week, it is said, with sev- 
eral more American franchise hold- 
ers without Columbia affiliations, 
but friendly with the Columbia fac- 
tion, also having received requests 
of the same nature. 

The Franklin show, "Ting-a- 
Ling," played Long Branch Mon- 
day, laid off Tuesday, Gloversvillc, 
N. Y.. Wednesday, and Schenectady 
the last three days of the week, 
continuing thereafter on the "Puss 
Puss" route. 

It is expected that legal .action by 
the American will follow the fail- 
ure of "Puss Puss" to open at Long 
Branch Monday. 

The Grand, Hartford, Ik controlled 
by Max Spiegel. 

The Columbia Issued a statement 
Monday regarding the switching 
about of "Puss Puss," which said 
James E. Cooper had notified Max 
Spiegel some time ago "Keep Smil- 
ing" would not play the Grar , 
Hartford, owing to the poor busi- 
ness the Grand Las been doing i.ius 
far this season, unless Spiegel gave 
"Keep Smiling'* a guarantee. Spie- 
gel, according to the Columbia 
statement, refused to guarantee 
"Keep Smiling," and Cooper offered 
to substitute Billy Vail's "Sweet 
Sweeties." 

According to the Columbia side of 
the story, when I. II. Hcrk hoard of 
the plan to substitute the Hilly Vail 
show for 'Keep .Sniling" he rcfust d 
to agree to the proceeding and in- 
structed Vail no to piny the date in 
Hartford, whether guaranteed or 
not. 

Unable to get the Vail show. 
Cooper put in "l'uss Puss" instead. 
The Columbia statement further 
continued that the withdrawal of 
the Bijou, Philadelphia, by the 
American wa.i perfectly satisfactory 
to John Jermon and the latter's as- 
sociate In control of the house. 



had declared he had been bound and 
the theatre safe robbed of $2,000, 
was released on the robbery charge 
after his attorney, Frank J. Tyrcll, 
had obtained a writ of habeas corpus 
from Judge David in the Criminal 
Court. Upon his release Boyd stat- 
ed that he would begin both civil 
and criminal action against the 
police officers responsible for his 
stay In jail. While In jail he de- 
clares he was manhandled in an 
effort to make him confess to the 
robbery. 



ANOTHER AMERICAN 
WHEEL SHOW CLOSES 

Bad Business Forcing Kelly & 

Kahn's "Cabaret Gicls" Off. 

Weekly Deficiency 



Kelly & Kahn's "Cabaret Girls" 
(American) will terminate its season 
Saturday. It Is the second American 
wheel show to cut short Its tour this 
season. The- other was Irons ft 
damage's "All Jars Revue." 

The early closln of "Cabaret 
Girls" is the result of the unprece- 
dentedly bad business suffered by 
most burlesque shows this season. 
Last season and many previously 
"Cabaret Girls'' was operated as a 
joint property by Herk, Kelly & 
Damsel. At the expiration of last 
season the Herk, Kelly 6 Damsel 
firm dissolved ana Mike Kelly be- 
came the individual owner of "Cab- 
aret Girls" in the settlement 

At the beginning of the season the 
late Ben Kahn, then operating the 
burlesque stock at the Union Square, 



arrest. 



COCHRAN'S DAT OFF 

Boston, Jan. 11. 

Billy Cochran, a member of the 
"Whirl of Mirth" burlesque com- 
pany playing the Howard, this city, 
reported to the police last Monday 
that he had been the victim of a 
daring holdup and kidnapping. 

Cochran claimed that he was held 
up on the Common by four men 
who forced him to take a drink of 
some stuff out of a bottle. He then 
claims the men robbed him and 
held him a prisoner until late Mon- 
day. He was. unable to appear at 
the night show. He did not appear 
at the afternoon show either. 



Later Boyd sued local police of 
fleers for $300,000 damages for false | New York, bought in on the Kelly 

franchise, securing a half interest 
in an American wheel show. Mrs. 
Kahn, Ben Kahn's widow and heir, 
continued the partnership with 
Kelly following her husband's death 
In November. 

While Mr. Kahn was alive the fact 
that "Cabaret Girls" was going at a 
loss did not figure materially, it is 
said. His death put a different face 
en the operation of "Cabaret Girls" 
as a losing venture, since it was 
necessary for the Kahn estate to 
make up the weekly deficiency. It 
was finally decided to give up the 
uneven battle this week. 

As announced last week, W. S. 
Campbell's "Whirl of Girls" (Amer- 
ican) will close its tour and disband 
Jan. 23. 



SOUTH AFRICA 



By H. HANSON 



Cape Town, Dec. 9. 

OPERA HOUSE — "Chu Chin 
Chow," under direction of African 
Theatres, Ltd.; opened Dec. 2 to a 
capacity house. The play is essen- 
tially a burlesqued panto, with 
elaborate scenery, stage setting and 
dresses. The musical numbers are 
pretty. There is no scope for act- 
ing of any outstanding feature, and 
the whole show depends on its 
staging to pull the crowd. The 
African Theatres gain credit for 
producing this play. The cast do 
tholr best with poor material in 
the dialog. The burden of comedy 
making falls on Frank Foster as 
All Baba, Miss Blllle Bell makes a 
dainty Marjanah, and her vocal 
numbers are well rendered. The 
chorus makes a feature in giving 
some spice to the whole outfit. The 
box office is busy for some days 
ahead. Manager W. F. Woodman is 
in charge of the front of the house. 

TIVOLI— Manager John 8. Gold- 
stoae is a busy man with his Angers 
on the keys, working the powers 
that be for good acts. Week com- 
mencing Nov. 30, Alda Campbell, 
comedienne and eccentric dancer; 
Hall and Menzies, in comedy sketch, 
"Photo Bits"; Holden and Graham, 
in dancing, singing and shadow- 
graph; P. T. Selbit's Illusion "Saw- 
ing Through a Woman," demon- 
strated by Harry Holt, mystifies the 
audience; Dawn and Derriss, 
musical dancers; Senorlta Zorondo 
La Belle, billed as "The Beautiful 
Mexican Girl," in a song scene. The 
act pulled for the elaborate dresses 
alone, the singing and business 
being nothing unusual, with the ex- 
ception of the artist disrobing to 
skin tights behind a transparent 
screen, and only too easily seen by 
the audience. Letters appeared in 
local papers objecting to this part 
of the show. After this f the artist 
disrobed behind the same screen 
with the electric slightly dimmed, 
but it did not need a pair of opera 
glasses to see what she was doing. 
Cole and Rags, comedy juggling, 
singing and dancing; a real 
laughter-getter. Week Dec. 7 the 
following acts came into the bill: 
Charles Ancaster, juggler; Henry 
do Bray, Anglo-French comedian 
and dancer, assisted by May Vivian. 
Some of the comedy could be cut 
out and more dancing give-. R. A. 
Roberts, the well-known protean 
aetor, in his quick-change sketch. 
"Dirk Turpin"; clever act and went 
big; Harry and Edgar Martell, ec- 
centric comedians. 

ALIIAMBBA— Week Dee. R. "Co 

and (Jet It," a sensational film «»f 

newspaper life. 12-14, 11* x Reach's 

'The Silver Horde." 

GRAND- Dee. 5-7. "Tile Blue 



BOYD RELEASED AND SUES 

Chicago, .Tan. 11. 
Claude Boyd, treasurer of the Co- 
lumbia theatre, a burlesque house, 
who was arrested last week aiicr he 



ily Skeleton." 8-10, "The Source." 

GLOBE (.Woodstock)— Dec. 5-7, 
"Eye for Eye," starring Nazimova. 
8-10, "Virtuous Wives." 



"The . Starlights," a troupe of 
pi Ism artists, are giving shows 
around the seaside places. 



The Cape Province Board of Film 
Censors during October viewed 78 
films, of which 73 were passed, four 
were passed subject to certain alter- 
ations, and one was condemned. 



The summer season has begun 
and a big crowd of visitors is ex- 
pected. This is good news for man- 
agers of shows. 



JOHANNESBURG 

EMPIRE— Capacity business at 
this variety house. Week Nov. 28, 
tha Jollity Seven, musical and vocal 
show; Frank Whitman, the dancing 
fiddler; Yost and Glady, clay model- 
ing; the Lottos, comic football on 
bicycles; Dawn and Derriss, musical 
dancers; Florence Yaymen, comedi- 
enne, a clever artiste. 

STANDARD THEATRE— S. L.: 
Leonard Rayne. Sir Frank Benson, 
the famous Shakespearean actor, is 
playing to capacity business under 
the direction of Leonard Rayne. 
Week NOv. 28, "Twelfth Night." 
Dec. 19, "Hamlet." 

HIS MAJESTY'S — The well- 
known English actor, Horace 
Hodges, is doing big business with 
"Grumpy." 

ORPHE TM — Week Nov. 28, 
James Teddy, Jumper. Pictures. 

NEW BIJOU— Pictures. 

CARLTON— Pictures. 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



MOIIIE WILLIAMS' SHOW 

Mollle William* Herself 

Kb O. Nee Cy Plunkett 

U. I. Dies* Edward Klrby 

Ann Kelt Jean Steele 

Miss Burnllgbt Vivian West 

I. Vory Johnny Phllllber 

Prof. O. Cnlt Salvatore Zlto 

Tom A. Toes Jerry Ross 

Selma Cheape Isobel Blackburn 



Prince Arthur of Connaught. the 
Governor-General of South Africa, 
has become the patron of the The- 
atrical Benevolent Fund of South 
Africa. Sir Frank Benson has do- 
nated £25 to the Fund. 



The African Theatres will pro- 
duce, Deo. 23, at His Majesty's the- 
atre, the pantomime, "Red Riding 
Hood." For the information of 
Variety leaders the Christmas in 
South Africa is the hottest part of 
the South African summer. 



Mollie Williams rs another fast 
burlesque show, richly dressed artd 
equipped and delivering an evening 
of sprightly light entertainment. 
There are 14 scenes, 10 Incidents 
being packed Into the first half and 
making the swiftest -ort of kaleido- 
scopic arran^emc .t, and the other 
four comprising a second act. 

The show ripples along, right up 
to the end of Miss Williams' spe- 
cial ^around 10.30, but drags a lit- 
tle at the finale, where the injection 
of ginger would do no harm. It 
seemed a pity that a dandy show 
should maintain so fast a pace and 

then slacken at the last minute, tak- 
ing something from the nnal im- 
pression. 

This year's production would earn 
classification as a novelty In Wheel 
ideas on the introductory plan alone, 
a refreshing variation after the un- 
broken succession pf singing and 
vamping choristers. The proceed- 
ings start in "one" before an illu- 
minated drop showing a row of 
houses on what might be a city 
street of modest residences, and 
here is staged under dimmed lights 
"The Ballet of Dally Life," a panto- 
mimic little every-day pageant of 
commonplaces. The crook dances 
on and off, the boys and girls step 
through a sidewalk game, cop flirts 
with sauntering girls, all without a 
spoken word. 

This neat bit of stage picture is 
an arresting bit o*." novelty and the 
audience comes to attention In- 
stantly, the way being paved for the 
next sce.-.e. a change to the interior 
of a haberdashery for a comic inter- 
lude occupying probably seven min- 
utes. This bit works into a number 
involving eight gfrls at the finale, 
and scarcely are they off than Ed- 
ward Kirby is out in "one" again for 
another sprightly girl number, 
"When the Girls Dness Like Boys," 
one of the best arrangement of the 
show, although simple and unpre- 
tentious. 

That is the way the whole show 
is framed. Instead of one setting 
being used for a succession of bits 
and numbers, the sets are switched 
and the comedy bits take on the 
character of little productions, each 
distinctive and holding something of 
a story, und the numbers are inter- 
spersed between these episodes as 
well as being incorporated in them. 
It makes a particularly effective 
structure upon which to hang the 
variegated talents of the company, 
one especially fortunate in specialty 
people. Everybody gets a chance 
individual effort and no single 



fo 



Mme. Page], of Pagel's circus and 
menagerie, was charged at the 
Criminal Court In Durban, Natal, 
with fraud In connection with the 
entertainment tax. She admitted a 
previous eonvlctlon. and was lined 
110, with the option of 14 days' 
hard labor. 



Nicola, the man of magic, re- 
cently did .r stunt in Johannesburg 

,,. , „ , , . ,, , „ ., , ,n;,L hroiiKht the public running 

Lird, featuring .ula I'.ehe and !.,,.,„, ,„] t ]„. st rerts. He Issued a 
Robin Maedmigall. S-10. -Lord a ud i rhali.-nge offering a reward of £5 
Lady Algy," starring Tom Moore. j; f any on „ rou]< \ spot him ,n^' u |.sed 
WOLFRA I'S— Dec. 3-7, "Noth- In the streets. Numbers of people 
ng Else Matters." 8-10, "The ; were stepped by anxious hunters 



Rescuing Ange]," featuring Shirley I after the 



Mason. 12-14. "The A\a'anch#- 
starring Elsie Ferguson. 



MAJESTIC— Dec. 5-7, The l\im- Hifted the reward. 



declared 
kind of 



wealth. Eventually Nicola 

himself, disguised as a 

railway porter. No one 



person is allowed to monopolize the 
center. Even Miss Williams gives 
way to her aides from time to time 
so what the succession of bits may 
be quick and snappy. The system 
is recommended to other stars — in 
burlesque as well as the more rari- 
fled altitudes of Art. 

Miss Williams has two big pro- 
duction numbers opening the second 
act, staged with elaborate dancing 
effects and beautifully dressed, and 
comes to bat again with a dramatic 
sketch called "The Signal," done in 
her familiar stylo of vigorous if 
none too subtle drama with a touch 
of comedy in the climax that saves 
it from crudity. Her dramatic 
method may not be very delicate, 
but "The Signal" gets a n amazing 
amount of theatrical "kick'' into 12 
minutes of action, action that Is 
bound to register on Wheel audi- 
ences. In that short space of time 
th. sketch evolves four characters 
distinctly, works up a hold-up of a 
railroad agent, the threatened wreck 
of a train by bandits, rescue by the 
heroine, who burns apart the ropes 
which bind her to a chair, and the 
shooting of the chief bandit. These 
are the high lights of action. There 
is, in addition, a complicated story 
of a runaway wife and her recon- 
ciliation her deserted husband. 
Some action for 12 minutes! 

Cy Plunkett, one of the few prin- 
cipal comedians in burlesque work- 
ing entirely in blackface, has three 
little scenes, each with a special set. 
in which be works out as many 
amusing comedy bits, developed al- 
most to the point of sketches. One 
Is a shoe shining bit, one a grocery 
store travesty and ihc other is an 
Indian burlesque, all three first-rate 
miniature comedy vehicles. Plun- 
kett has modelled his blackface 
method on Bert Williams' tvpe of 
lazy darky and puts a dial of unc- 
tion into his characterization. He 
has some bright talking material, 
gets over a number or two in easy 
style, and does a few steps of loo.-.e 
dancing in a way to suggest he 
could make this kind of stepping an 
important feature. 

It would never do to dismiss the 
show without special reference to 
two or three details «,f unusual note 
Edward Kirby, who does what 
would be straight in an orthodox 
burlesque show, has one of the most 
agreeable voices braid in a Wheel 
show this taug Uuo uud conducts 



himself with better manners than 
any player of the kind that has come 
to view at the Columbia this year 
There are six dancing girls among 
the 18 who could hold their own for 
looks and stepping with a like half 
dozen in almost any musical comedy 
you care to name (not forgettinn- 
"the widow" in Miss Williams num- 
ber, "A Full Week of Girls"). And 
the show is splendidly dressed. Miss 
Williams wears several eye -open- 
ing costumes, of which the one with 
the red tights was the most star- 
tling and the arrangement of pink 
and black net the cleverest in de« 
sign. 

Jean Steele Is a likable, gingery 
dancing soubret of the plump squab 
order, making one of the show's 
substantial hits with her number 
"I'm Susceptible," a typical set of 
lyrics and incidental business with 
a touch of spice. Vivian West was 
rather colorless as a number leader, 
but wore some wonderful frocks. 
the model in orange being one of 
the prettiest things in the perform- 
ance. Jerry Ross came to the fore ' 
as a nice looking young man with 
some sprightly dancing and an 
agreeable voice, while Johnny Phll- 
llber worked hard In half a dozen 
utility comedy characters. 

There are a lot of other things 
that should be mentioned, but tl2f\ 
is a show that is easier to watoh* 
than to write about. Rush. '. 

BATHING BEAUTIES 

Wllber Jack Hpst 

Lotta cia« Loia Asm* 



I. Rumoften Fred .__ 

Grace Phull Grace Furnatfa 

Alex. Smart Harry Via 

Speed Marie Marie Drvrfts 

Ginger .• Fred Bailey, Jr. 

Pep Margie CUpa 

Gallagher A Bernstein sponsor 
"The Bathing Beauties," an Amer- 
ican Wheel production, at the Olym- 
pic this week. Tuesday evening; 
with amateurs as an added attrac- 
tion, the show drew capacity in the 
small downtown house. 

A general summing up of the 
show places it on a par with 
the average American production. 
It contains no outstanding fea- 
tures, but proves sufficiently en- 
tertaining for a popular-priced 
show. The producer has gone to no 
great expense in costuming his or- 
ganization, the show in this line be- 
ing below the average of its other 
departments. From all appearances 
the chorus costumes have seen 
usage in seasons past, and in all 
probability were used in the Bern- 
stein American attractions in days 
gone by. Bare legs are the out- 
tandipg feature of the chorus dress-, 
ing. At no time during the piece 
do the girls appear other than sans 
limb covering. This style of dress- 
ing apparently appeals to the bur- 
lesque clientele such as the Olympic 
draws. From general appearances it 
must be admitted that the girls do 
not look as well with the bare legs 
as they would in fleshings. 

Jack Hunt Is the featured come- 
dian, playing a tramp character in 
both s-viens. Fred Mosher carries 
a Dutch character through both 
parts of the burlesque. Harry Van 
is the straight man and Fred Bailey, 
a Juvenile, Is used for bits and as 
a number leader. Lola Austin handles 
the prima donna role. Grace Phull 
the ingenue, Margie Catlin, soubrette, 
and Marie Dreves, an added num- 
ber leader. The cast is sufficiently 
strong to carry the show along at a 
good clip, notwithstanding the book 
has many shortcomings. Hunt. wlUi 
the proper material, should find bur- 
lesque audiences made to order for 
him, with Fred Mosher sufficiently 
convincing as a second comedian. 
Margie Catlin is a new addition to 
the cast. She has had considerable 
experience in burlesque and is ca- 
pable of handling situations in thS 
proper style. Of the other women 
Marie Dreves Rtands out conspicu- 
ously. She is untiring in her efforts 
and discloses the neatest dressing? 
in the show. No great attempt has 
been made to work up the vocal 
numbers with the principals In 
practically every Instance, with the 
exception of Miss Dreves. allowing 
the songs to float bv with no pro- 
nounced efforts on their parts'. 

No program mention is made aS 
to the authorship of the two bur- 
lesques. It can easily be conceded 
that a special writer was not. called 
In to do the work. Both "Travel 
Trouble" and "Moonshine Hays" dis- 
close nothing in the way of material 
that would suggest an author's 
work. Apparently the comedians 
have been called unon to furnish 
their own ideas for the show which 
has nothing to rely upon but bur- 
lesque bits of years' standing. 

Sixteen girls comprise the rlmviif 
With more attractive costumes tiny 
could be made a feature of the at- 
traction, as their tendencies are to- 
wards bard work. The pr<>du< tic's 
end has been well looked after. The 
three sets have class. * 

Gallagher & Bernstein have the 
makings of a good show in 'The 
Bathing Beauties," but have f.nhd 
to give the attraction the attention 
it needs. Ha. >- 



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Friday, January 13, IMS 



BURLESQUE 



11 



HASTINGS' SHOW OUT 



sMarwm ScarunT Petple Reoalva 
NotiTe-Her k Orde r* Shew Off 

Orders were sent out Tuesday by 
Un American wheel, through X. H. 
g^rk, president. Instructing Harry 
Sittings' "Harum Scarum" to close 
m t Montreal tomorrow (Saturday). 
TlM Herk order closing the show 
foPowed the giving of two weeks' 
notice by Hastings to the "Harum 
goarum" company at Montreal, 
Mo nday, which would have been 
dftotlve" Jan. SI. The Hastings 
!2ow would have laid oft the week 
of Jan 16 and played Buffalo the 
w#0 k of Jan. 28. if following the 
regular American routings. 

Berk, when informed of Hastings' 
dosing order for Buffalo, which, 
according to authentic information, 
**« decidedly adverse to Herk's 
withes ordered the show to close 
immediately. "Harflm Scarura" has 
been doing an average business 
slnpe the season started, but is re- 
ported to have been considerably on 
the wrong side of the ledger. 

Hastings is rated as a Columbia 
ally. He also operates Harry Hast- 
Ings' show on the Columbia wheel. 






COLUMBIA DIRECTORS SOLIDIFIED 
THROUGH ANTAGONISTIC INTERESTS 



Sam A. Scribner Given Full Control of Big Burlesque 
Wheel at Columbia's Meeting Jan. 5— L. Law- 
rence Weber Intervening Reported Probable Rea- 
son — Max Spiegel's House at Hartford Dropped 
from Columbia — I. H. Herk Talks of Leaving 
American Wheel and Forming New Circuit 



The meeting of the Columbia 

Amusement Co.'a board of directors 

Jan. 5, which virtually amounted to 

a vote of confidence in Sam A. 

Scribner, general manager, and con- 
tinuing Scribner in full charge of 
the Columbia wheel, *as followed 
by some of the inside matters of the 
past few months in burlesque being 
revealed. These matters for several 



weeks after the opening of the sea- 
son led to reports of a possible 
change of officers In the Columbia 
circuit, with the American circuit, 
of which I. H. Herk is president, 
severing its friendly affiliation with 
the Columbia. The latter was 
thought t> control the American be- 
fore Herk announced his intention 
of converting the America., from the 
(Continued on page 29) 



SHOWS EXCHANGE BOUTES 

E. Thos. Beatty's "French Frolics" 
and "Follies of New York," both 
American wheel shows, will ex- 
change routes beginning Jan. 23. 
The "French Frolics' will play the 
Olympic, New York, Jan. 16, under 
the title of "Follies of New York," 
and "Follies of New York" will play 
Buffalo under title of "French 
Frolics" the same week. The 
"French Frolics" will resume Its 
regular title when playing the Star. 
Brooklyn, Jan. 2S> and "Follies of 
New York" will do likewise at the 
Englewood, Chicago. 

The switch in the time of tho two 
Beatty shows came about through 
the "French Frolics" jumping in 
from Cleveland around Dec. 1. to 
open the F'th Avenue, Brooklyn. 



PEARL NOT SERVED 

Judge So Decides in Herk's Suit 
Against Comedian and Shuberts 



Louis Wortheimer has started a 
theatre in Peekskill, N. Y. 



In the Iaidor H. Herk Injunction 
and damage suit against Jack Pearl 
and the Shuberts, charging the for* 
mor with breach of contract and 
the latter with enticing the con- 
edian away from Herk's service in 
an American burlosquc show, Justice 
Giegerich, Jan. 10, granted the de- 
fendants' motion to set aside the 
service on Pearl. The court found 
that service was made on the wrong 
person and not on Pearl, as the 
process-server misbelieved. 

The suit was originally begun in 
the Federal Court, but later trans- 
ferred to the Supreme Court. Herk's 
attorney. Loon Laski, states that 
new efforts to serve Pearl will be 
made. The comedian is at present 
touring with the "Whirl of New 
York" show. 



Changes in Howe's Show 
The following cast changes have 
been made in Sam Howe's Columbia 
show: Leo Hoyt, replacing Harry 
Laff; Gertrude Ester, replacing 
Loretta Afaearn, and Henry J. Coyle 
replacing Frank Mallahan. 



PLAYERS IN TEEK-A-BOO* 
CT TO MANAGER AND QUIT 



10c. MATINEE FOR WOMEN 

Manager Koenig of Qsyety, Min- 
neapolis* Trying Them 



Send Ultimatum to Show's Owners — Latter Stand 
with Manager — Direction of Performance and 
Salary Cut Reported Figuring 



Following an ultimatum served 
on a representative of Hynlcka & 
Herk by seven members of the 
*Teek -a -Boo" cast in Baltimore last 
week, that they would quit the show 
unless the management dispensed 
with company Manager Arthur 
Harris, the management decided to 
keep Harris and accepted the ultl- 
(Continued on page 46) 



"PU8B PUSS" UTILITY SHOW 

"Puss Puss," controlled by Hur- 
tig ft Seamon interests until taken 
over recently by a corporation 
headed by James E. Cooper (and 
said to be closely allied with Co- 
lumbia interests), will become a 
"utility" show on the , Columbia 
wheel. "Puss Puss" was on the 
American circuit until last week, 
when It jumped to the Columbia 
this week by playing the Grand, 
Hartford, instead of playing Long 
Branch as per its American wheel 
schedule. 

"Puss Puss," up to Wednesday, 
had not been booked anywhere next 
week (Jan. 16). The present plan 
appears to be to keep •'Puss Puss" 
Intact to be played wherever, needed. 



MAJESTIC, SCEANTOK, BACK 

The Majestic, Scranton, returns 
to the American wheel route, Jan. 
16, with "Sweet Sweeties" as the 
opening show. The Majestic, con- 
trolled by Louis Epstein, was on 
the American wheel last season and 
several previously, but left the 
American last summer when the 
burlesque Interests announced the 
*'open shop" plan would prevail. 

When the "open shop" was aban- 
doned the Majestic sought to return 
to the American, but the Scranton 
stand had already been filled in 
tvith another house, Miles' Academy. 



FIFTH AVE. DR03S OUT 

The Fifth Avenue, Fifth avenue 
and Third street, Brooklyn, stopped 
as ai. American wheel stand Sat- 
urday, following five weeks of bad 
business. Charle- Franklin's "Ting- 
a -Ling" was the final attraction. 

Billy Vall's "Sweet Sweeties," 
scheduled to play the Fifth Avenue 
this week, laid off. 

The American shows played the 
Fifth Avenue a full week. Before 
becoming a burlesque house it had a 
varied career with stock, pictures 
and pop vaudeville, with frequent 
changes of policy. 

HERK GETS WATSON 

Joseph K. Watson has been signed 
by I. H. Herk for next season, for 
burlesque. Watson will probably 
appear in a revised version of "The 
Toung Turk," a musical show In 
which Mar Rogers of the Rogers 
Bros, starred several years ago. 

Wa;son has been co-starred with 
Willie Cohan, with Barney Gerard's 
"Girls de Looks." on the Columbia 
wheel for the last three seasons. 

HACK'S SHOW, NEARLY TEN 

The Columbia, New York, did 
$9,900 last week with J. Herbert 
Mack's "Maids of America." 

Avenue'u 8tock 
The Avenue, Detroit, the Irons & 
Clamage house which dropped out of 
the American routo Saturday, start- 
ed with burlesque stock Sunday. 
The company is headed by Pat 
White. 



Minneapolis, Jan. 11. 

With the elimination of the war 

tax on tickets sold for 10 cents or 

less, William Koenig, manager of 

the Gayety, American wheel bur- 
lesque house here, has established 
a 10-cent matinee for women. 



3-SIDED COMBINATION 

A new three-sided producing 

ccmbinatlon In which D. W. Grif- 
fith, Winchell Smith and John L. 
Golden are to be interested Is under 
way. The deal Is closed, and the 
final details are to be arranged In 
April, when Smith, who is now 
abroad, returns. 

John L. Golden left New York last 
Wednesday for Florida. Before 
leaving he refused to give out any 
details of the plans of the new com- 
bination. 



The Rivoli, Rutherford. N. J., a 
2,200 -seat pop vaudeville house re- 
cently erected by the Rutherford 
Amusement Co will open Feb. 22. 
The new house Is controlled by 
Harry .Heck, owner of the Garden, 
Passaic, N. J. 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

WILL BB FOUND ON PAGE 
Thirty- five in This Issue 



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COLOMBIA PRODUCERS TOLD 
TO BRING SHOWS TO STANDARD 



Scribner Warn* Them at Special Meeting — More Col 
operation Advocated — Other ^Suggestions Made 
— American's Shows Ordered Out of Star and 
Gayety, Brooklyn, and Gayety, Baltimore 



AMER. TRANSFER IF BALTI. 

The American wheel shows will 
stop playing the Gayety, Baltimore, 
next week, and the attractions will 
be transferred to the Playhouse, be- 
ginning Jan. 23. The Playhouse Is 
but three blocks from the Colum- 
bia's Palace, in that way becoming 
closer opposition to the Columbia 
shows. 

Wade Morton will manage the 
Playhouse. 



POLO UNDER C0NTRAQT 

Eddie Polo has been placed under 
contract by S. S. K re 11 berg and is 
now in Florida starting work on a 
15 -episode serial of two reels, each 
based on Robinson Crusoe. 

The star and J. Marshall will co- 
direct. 

Nathan Burkan arranged the con- 
tract between the star and Krell- 
berg. 



IN AND OUT 



Grace and Eddie Parks were un- 
able to open at Loew's State, New 
*ork, Monday, due to their baggage 
having boon lost in transit. Al Carp 
substituted. 

The O Neil Sisters were out of the 
[Mil at the Victory, Holyokc, Mass., 
jne first half on account of illness. 
w>ywy nml Lacey replaced them. 

Jean Granese Trio failed to open 
« tho Davis, Pittsburgh, Monday 
'Jan. 2), Vaughn Comfort substitut- 
es". Charley Grnnese is suffering 
"■°m u throat ailment, forcing the 
ranooTlatlon. 

«fc Kl f i,J White was out of the bill at 
Jije State. New York, Wednesday by 
» inosR. she had been bonked for a 
juil week at the house and was re- 
Placed by Babe La Tour. 

L 



"Town Scandals" Final st Hartford 

Tho Grand, Hartford, will play 

•Town Scandals" next week, Jan. 

16, after which it is scheduled to 

drop off the Columbia wheel. 

WOULDN'T GAMBLE 

(Continued from page 3) 
opinion of his show as a drawing 
card, Reeves remembering the hard 
luck stories he had heard from other 
Columbia producers about bad busi- 
ness at the People's, and he decided 
he would accept the regulation 
$1,800 buy and let it go at that. 

To the surprise of everybody con- 
cerned, and more than any one. 
Reeves himself, the Reeves show 
proved on excellent magnet at the 
Peoples, totaling $5,500 on the week. 
The net result of Reeves' lack of 
confidence as far a* playing terms 
were concerned, was that instead of 
taking $3,300 ns his share, Reeves 
Instead received the $I.S00. 

Reeves is usually more than will- 
ing to back his opinion on anything 
from a spavined two-year-old to the 
amount of business he export* to do 
on the season 




clotilDw. '.vrror.iA 

GALLARINI SISTERS 

"Musicisto Di Mjlano" 
IN VAUDEVILLE WITH THE SHUBERTS, TO WIT: 

"The Gallarini Sisters, two young girls of niee appearance, have been 
doing an act for three or four seasons, but this seems to he their first 
week in the metropolis. . . . Their music goes toward a substantial 
success, as they please nil portions of the house. Theirs is not the rol- 
licking, hip swinging, feet rocking cabaret musical performance, hut a 
classy and clean-cut specialty, such as genuinely entertains and phases 
. . . it's different, that's why. in the composition and personnel. It's a 
very placeable turn for the Shiihi-rl circuit, displaying good booking judg- 
ment." — St me. 



• 



The Columbia Amusement Co. 
served notloe onLE Herk, presi- 
dent of the American Burlesque As- 
sociation, on Wednesday that the 
Star and Gayety theatres, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., would not play any more 
American Wheel shows after Satur- 
day (tomorrow) night, Jan. 14. The 
corporation controlling the Gayety, 
Baltimore, which Is alUed with the 
Columbia interests, likewise served 
notice on the American Burlesque 
Association ordering the .American 
shows out of that house after 
Jan. 14. 

The Columbia people based their 
action In ordering the American 
shows ou*. of the two Brooklyn 
houses and the Baltimore Gayety on 
the allegation that the American 
Burlesque Association had violated 
the 30-day agreement heretofore ex- 
isting between the Columbia and 
American by the American "pulling" 
the "Tlng-a-LIng" show out of the 
Bijou, Philadelphia, on Monday and 
leaving that house without an at- 
traction. 

Tho 30 -day agreement referred to 
by the Columbia provided that if 
the Columbia desired the American 
to vacate the Star or Gayety, Brook- 
lyn, the Guyety, Baltimore, or any 
other Columbia controlled house, 30 
days' notice must be given, the 
agreement likewise providing that 
tho American must serve SO days' 
notice on the Columbia if vacating 
any of the houses played by it. 

It Is probable that orders will be 
Issued by the Columbia people very 
shortly pulling out the few remain- 
ing Columbia controlled houses still 
playing American shows. 

The decision to pull out the Star 
and Gayety, Brooklyn, and Gayety, 
Baltimore, was arrived at by the 
Columbia officials Wednesday after- 
noon. 

Plans were formulated at the Co- 
lumbia producers' meeting Wednes- 
day whereby all of the shows play- 
ing the Columbia circuit will be 
produced on a much more lavish 
scale than any season heretofore. 
the producers being so instructed 
by Sam Scribner. 

A special meeting of Columbia 
producers was called for 2 p. rn. 
Wednesday in the offices of the 
Columbia Amusement Co. Sam 
Scribner presided. 

Mr. Scribner during a lengthy talk 
to the assembled producers informed 
them they would have to Jack up 
their shows. While no threats were 
made, Scribner stated in effect the 
producers understood the Columbia 
had the ilejit to cancel franchises 
of showj- below standard. The pro- 
ducers a. ■■■. pied the remarks in the 
light of ; , warning that if any pro- 
• lueer who b.i.i a .show below stand - 
•'"'' '"I «li«l r.nt ohey the order given 
'" V ■'■ ":e,.tir-c to bring the show 
. fC-mtlnued on page 46> 





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When the lights went out for 16 
minutes the night of Jan. 2 during 
an entertainment being given be- 
fore an audience of several hundred 
inmates of Auburn (N. T.) prison, 
practical demonstration was had of 
the self-restraint which is the 
fundamental principle back of the 
Mutual Welfare League. Ellen 
ffsnnsn was giving readings of some 
Df Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poems 
when the big hall became dark. Not 
a man stirred. There had been some 
restlessness before, but it stopped. 
The shuffling of feet ceased and 
there were no whisperings. Miss 
Hannan went on, as if every light 
was lit, And the words of Dunbar's 
Southern verses were the only 
sounds heard. Elsewhere prison at- 
taches were busy trying to discover 
the trouble and restore the lights. 
Guards were .ready, but the precau- 
tion was unnecessary. When the 
lights went on, every man was in his 
seat Just as he had been, intently 
listening to the reader. 



There sre a number of cars ex- 
hibited in hotels for the automobile 
show in addition to the official salon. 
A truck drove up the Astor last 
Saturday and four men carried a 
nifty little roadster Inside. Great 
things are claimed for this newest 
car, which Is air cooled. Because 
• of Its lightness a gallon of gas la 
.said to be good for over 40 miles. 
Not only Is the price less than 
Ford's "tin lissle." but on appear- 
ance it has that brand beaten off the 
boards. The tip-off on the new car's 
pop price is its name — the "Sun." 
Vaudeville people spotted that right 
off, but Gus Sun denies responsi- 
bility. 



Elisabeth Marbury, an executive 
of the American Play Co., play brok- 
ers, was ordered by court last week 
to pay Margaret Downey $1,874 
damages for injuries Miss Downey 
sustained two years ago. Although 
not in the car at that time. Miss 
Marbury's machine ran the plaintiff 
down at Lexington avenue and 41st 
street, causing her bodily Injuries. 



The recently erected Roosevelt, 
West Hoboken; N. J., with capacity 
of 2,200, opened yesterday (Thurs- 
day), with a five-act bill and a fea- 
ture picture. The house will be 
booked by Harry Carlln and Bob 
Hutchinson, of the Keith office, 
playing 5 acts and a picture with a 
semi-weekly change. 



Fred VVillard, former manager of 
the Strand, White Plains, N. Y., is 
playing pop vaudeville in the State, 
Middle town, N. T., which he re- 
cently acquired. Four acts each 
half with two shows a day Is the 
policy. 



Belle Baker opened at the Riviera, 
Brooklyn, Monday, for the full 
week. She is the first artist to play 
a full week at the house since open- 
ing four weeks ago. The Riviera is 
a new B. 8. Moss house, playing 
split week Keith vaudeville. 



Mr. and Mrs. Bert Errol sail for 
England Feb. 7 on the Aquitania, to 
open at the Coliseum, London, Feb. 
27. Ella Retform, the English come- 
dienne, may return to England at 
the same time. 



Hsrring A Blumenthal, owners of 
the Central Ave. theatre, Jersey 
City, have purchased a plot of 
ground in the business section of 
Hoboken on which they will erect 
a vaudeville and picture house. 



Isabelle Jason, who has been ap- 
pearing in Chicago cabaret revues is 
to return to New York to open a 
tearoom. 



Elfie Fay has permanently retired 
from the stage and is making her 
home with a brother in California. 



THE ENGLISH BOOKING COMBINATION 

The "working agreement" of the leading English variety or vaudeville 
circuits is tantamount to a combination in booking between the respec- 
tive parties, principally the Moss Empires, Gulliver, Variety Controlling 
and Syndicate halls. Outside the combine are the Stoll houses, now not 
locked upon as an important factor in English vaudeville, since Stoll's 
has but one prominent London theatre for vaudeville — Coliseum. The 
other time outside the combine is the smaller houses, ranking quite some 
below in calibre our small time over here, so it can cut no figure in 
whatever operations the English combination decides upon. 



The English artists believe and with good right, according to all re- 
ports, that the combination intends to cut salaries. That may be one 
of its intentions. Inside reports from abroad say that salary cutting 
already has been attempted over there since the combination formed. It 
is quite likely there will be one booking head for the combination, the 
other bookers following his directions. The English bookers claim the 
salary cutting, if put into effect, will be for the high-salaried acts; that 
what we call the standard turn (medium priced, up to 100 pounds weekly) 
will not be greatly affected, if at all. 



In England acts are booked for years ahead. Contracts up to 1927 or 
192S or longer over there right now are not uncommon. Just how the fa- 
mous "play or pay" English contract can be voided to permit of the en- 
forcement of a salary cut is not understood over here, unless the Eng- 
lish "play or pay" contract carries some kind of a cancellation clause. 
It would be a peculiar "play or pay" agreement if it did so. The under- 
standing over here has been the play or pay contract of the English halls 
was "hard and fast," unbreakable in other -words, other than for extra- 
ordinary cause. However, the English artists have an alert organization 
in the V. A. F. that can, and no doubt will, look after the contractual 
end. Also, the high-salaried English acts are not booked ahead for five 
or six years, and even with the medium or standard turns so far in ad- 
vance contracted for, there is some open tune, necessarily, on the long- 
term routes that take in different circuits on the way. 



The combination, however affects American acts, which Is the object 
of this. That the English managers foresee an American influx oyer 
there may have been another reason for the combine. It was only a few 
months ago when an English booking manager in New York complained 
because, as he said, Variety had printed American acts were not 
properly treated last summer in England. We then pointed out on this 
page the danger of listening to the lure of the English trip, without 
full protection before sailing from New York. That full protection was 
something more than an optional contract for four weeks, that gave the 
English manager the right to terminate the engagement at the end of the 
fourth week, but did not prevent him from informing the American act 
it could continue at a reduction in salary. That was steadily done over 
there, regardless of how solid a success the American act might have 
been It tricky in a way and the English manager when in New York 

admitted it had been done with forethought, but, he said, It was neces- 
sary as the English halls were limited in salary appropriation through 
being loaded up with the long-term English contracts. 



The English hslls want American acts; they need them. It's up to 
the American act how It will meet this combine. The Americans cannot 
meet it by listening to persuasion or a glowing description of what will 
happen if they make good over there on a short-term contract. When 
they point to this or that American act that went over for four weeks and 
is still there or going over again ,and so on, let that run for Sweeney. The 
price (for the English) must have been right. If the English vaudeville 
manager or his representative sees an American act over here, oblige 
the manager to back his judgment with a substantial contract that will 
be entirely satisfactory to the American. The short-term contract should 
be avoided. Once over there the English manager thinks he can "handle" 
the American. One of his thoughts Is that the American won't leave 
the other, side after four weeks, through fear of bis professional 
friends here believing he has failed on the other side. But that has been 
discounted on this side for a long while. The tactics of the English man- 
agers are known. Some of the biggest hits by Americans in English halls 
during the past two years came back home because they would not re- 
main abroad at the reduced salary the English managers offered to pro- 
long the engagement. 

With the English managers standing together In a booking combine 
the American act may conclude it will not have a chance, once In England, 
to protect Itself or secure the time and money It Is worth and wants, 
unless it protects itself at home before leaving. The protection should 
be demanded In three ways: In money f salary), time and contract It 
will be just as well from now on for an American act to show the proposed 
English contract to his attorney before signing it, though an English 
contract completed in England is as binding in law as ever. If It is com- 
pleted in New York, it may be as well to have the English Consul here 
stamp (vise) it The contract would be completed in New York if the 
English management first signed It, with the American act's signature 
to be affixed In New York or elsewhere on this side. 



English sgents now offering acts for bookings to members of the com- 
bine have found that a certain figure set in one London office Is held to 
in the other offices of the Interlocking circuits. That same mode will be 
most likely followed for American turns. The only way for the Amer- 
icans to beat it is to hold out for satisfactory terms, individually or by 
common understanding. 



ADVERTISING IS AN OFFSET 

Variety is in receipt of a letter from a vaudeville actor, asking 
for a voucher from Variety's suditor for the total amount of his 
advertising during the year 1921, for purposes of deducting the 
sum, with ether exemptions, in computing his nst taxable income. 

This is the first time Variety has received such a request It 
occurs that, perhaps, players have not been keeping sccurate 
account of their advertising expenditures, or, perhaps, forget- 
ting to claim exemptions for the smount spent in advertising, 
at all. 

Advertising is a legitimsts snd legsl offset against taxable 
income. An sctor has as much right to advertise as a depart- 
ment store, and as much right to deduct money spent in adver- 
tising from his scheduled income. 

Variety will be glad to furnish, on request, information in the 
form of a signed ststement from the auditing department, of 
the amount spent by inquirers in Vsristy for advertising dur- 
ing 1921. This can be had by msil or in person. Address Auditor, 
Variety, 154 W. 46th street, New York city. 


















AMONG THE WOMEN 






By THE SKIRT 



Mrs. Irene Castle received a nice welcome at the Palace Monday after- 
noon. She has lost none of her charm and remains our best 'professional 
ballroom dancer. 

In dressing, Mrs. Castle always had a way of her own. Her first cos- 
tume looked an old-fashioned picture; a white brocade coat-like dress, 
profusely trimmed with white fox. A dancing frock was in several shades 
of blue chiffon hung with long yellow tassels. A Russian head dress of 
brilliants was perched on an auburn wig— or has Mrs. Castle dyf.d her 
locks? 

The girl of Daley, Mao and Daley appeared on rollers dressed in span- 
gled red chiffon, changing to a purple sequin dress trimmed with red 
feathers. The Bennett Twins (with Harry Carroll) are adorable and the 
applause getters of the act. In short mauve chiffon slips, they sang their 
first song. A Chinese number was done in gold coats elaborately em- 
broidered. A third change was a gypsy costume of many colored chiffons. 
Ann Sands, the act's soprano, wore a straight crystal robe and carried a 
highly colored fan. The six slick chicks appeared first in gray, hung with 
blue ribbons. 

Bert Errol In his female Impersonation wore a rose net heavily span- 
gled. Blue feathers hrng at the sides. The wedding dress is the same 
as last season. 

Ray Hartley dances in orange chiffon. 

Flo Lewis (with Paul Morton) is showing the wardrobe seen earlier in 
the season. "*" 

The Palace audience Monday matinee were given an extra bit when 
Harry Cam,.* dragged Pat Rooney on the stage and induced Pat to do a 
bit of his famous waltz clog. 









Marie Stoddard walked away with the applause hit Monday night at 
the 44th Street. The audience was exceedingly cold for all but Miss 
Stoddard, who did her several impersonations in a blue sequin dress hung 
with velvet panels. 

The woman with Qen. Pisano looked very smart In a gray uniform, 
but would look even better were her pants cut fuller. 

Belle Story, in a badly hung coral velvet gown,, did quite well, and 
Marguerite Culcr was nicer than ever In her sketch with Homer B. Mason. 



"The White Peacock," at the Comedy, written by Madam Petrova, 
its star, Is interesting melodrama. The play falls down only at the 
very finish, where Petrova Is shot, but that has probably been altered 
by now. 

Mme. Petrova was radiant in the first act In a close-fitting gown of 
green and silver brocade. Narrow trains were lined in blue. The 
much -talked -of negligee worn in this act was of white chiffon, having 
a silver over-dress. The silver starting from a point in the back 
fitted the hips tightly and flowed away to a lengthy train. A boudoir 
cap of lace hung well over the ears. A white georgette dress in the 
last act was the essence of richness. Over a tight skirt, a second 
skirt hung full banded deeply in ermine. The plain bodice had wide 
square sleeves. A white mantilla of real Spanish lace was draped over 
a high comb. 



The Liberty, New Castle, Pa., 
formerly known as the Coliseum, 
baa been completely renovated and 
will open Jan. 16, booked by William I 
Delaney, of the Keith office. The 
policy will be 5 acts, changing semi- 
weekly. 



THE "OPERA HOUSE REPORTER" QUITS 

Equity seems nettled every time Variety intimates that the small- 
fry in the profession Is suffering while the Moguls draw salaries and 
make red-fire speeches on "loyalty" and other things that you can't eat. 
Now comes word from Iowa that the "Opera House Reporter," the 
veteran organ of the rep and one -night troupers in the mid-West, has 
suspended publication. Quite naively, the correspondent who wrote the 
item, observes: 

"The 'Opera House Reporter* prospered as long as the very cheap 
shows kept alive. But attractions of this calibre were the first to be 
hit by the Equity rules. The owners were not members of the big 
and powerful Managers' Association of New York, so were 'in- 
dependents,' and, therefore, had to post bonds before they could take a 
troupe on tour. This they could not possibly do. Therefore, these 
troupes did not go out at all." 



Thst is the kind of aid and uplift that the poorest class of per- 
formers has gotten from Its Equity — "therefore, these troupes did not 
go out at all." Whenever a troupe doesn't go out at all, It means that 
so many actors don't work at all. And when enough such cases happen 
in one locality to call off a newspaper that has thrived for years, the 
condition is no Isolated or remote instance, or no "horrible example" 
for purposes of driving home a partisan argument. 



The Chicago producers have been almost without exception run out 

of business by Equity. They had shows of slightly higher grade than 

the Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, etc., outfits. Now these have 
been wiped out, too. 



"The Demi-Virgin" at the Eltlnge is Just one of those unnecessary 
plays, hanging on through publicity. The players themselves seemed 
bored with the rleque dialog given them. 

Hazel Dawn wanders through and not enjoying it a bit, with Con- 
stance Farber following her a close second. Alice Hegeman over- 
plays a comic aunt. 

Miss Dawn wears some good-looking clothes, the first of which was 
a tailored suit of torquolse blue duvetyn, trimmed in black lynx. A silver 
cloth evening frock was combined with silver lace and tulle. Miss 
Farber's party frock was dainty in orchid silk, the skirt cut up the 
front with pale green turned back over a lace petticoat. She also 
wore a smart blue velvet suit made with a short coat. 

The undressing bit was meant to be vulgar and it probably was, 
but it was so superfluous. 



Mollle Williams^ can always be depended upon to show something 
different in the way of burlesque. There were a series of sketches with 
song numbers by the chorus in between at the Columbia this week. It's 
a melodramatic sketch. Miss Williams wore a brown riding habit. For 
her specialty pink crystaled bloomers were worn under a Jet and silver 
robe. Blue satin pants, reaching to the ankles, had huge bunches of 
feathers at the hips. 

It may be said Miss Williams has gathered as good. a looking bunch 
of young chorus girls as has been at the Columbia this season. They 
are dressed nicely in all the numbers, especially so when they backed 
Miss Williams' number. There were three distinct designs in silver 
cloth. 

Fringe played a prominent part in one set of costumes. Six girls 
wore good-looking taffetas in the light shades, made with petal effect 
over lace'. A dancing number had the girls in long, white satin pant?, with 
coats that frilled at the hips. 

Jean Steele is the soubret. Hor short dresses were of sequins of the 
familiar model and one of ruffled ribbons. 



At the Strdnd this week Norma Talmadge la in "Love's Redemption." 
Tho scenes 4 r o laid in Jamaica and England. It tells a pretty love 
story, with Harrison Ford playing opposite Miss Talmadge. 

As a housekeeper, the star wears two figured house dresses, but in 
the English scenes a splendid wardrobe is displayed. There was a coat 
of cloth trimmed with mink, and a baby lamb coat having a sable collar. 
Two evening frocks were beautiful. One was of crystal and the other 
of chiffon, heavily embroidered in pearls, while long pearl chains hung 
from the shoulders. 



"Don," the French bulldog, ap- 
pearing with Frederick V. Bowers 
for 1^. years on the stago, diod Xmas 
day In Ssfi Antonio. 



The Meterole, Brooklyn, owned by 
Sol Brill, has installed specialty 
singers in addition to its picture 
pelloy. 



William Rsynor is now managing 
Feiber & Shea's Jefferson, Auburn, 
N. Y. He was formerly ttt the same 
firm's house in New Brunswick, 



George Holloway, formerly man- 
ager at Fox's City, assumed a sim- 
ilar post at Moss' Broadway, Ntw 
Tork, this woek. 



Friday* January 13, 1S22 



LEGITIMATE 



ia 



COHAN REIMS 




P.M. A. 



SHUBERTS TAKE FORMER 
TAX FOR EMPLOYES 



Attraction Managers Object 
and Demand Their Share 



MARCUS ATTACHED" 

$6,000 Claim Placed Against Marcus 
Show at Tulane, New Orleans 



An order from the Shuberts, di- 
recting nil box offices in their the- 
atres in New Yoi*k. arid outside to 
continue the coaled ton of 10 per 
cent, on all passes, has started a 
many sided controversy with pro- 
ducers of attraction-, playing Shu- 
bert houses. The tax on free ad- 
missions, which was a part of the 
regular admissions war tax law, 
was declared off by the government, 
starting t>he first of the year. In- 
structions to Shubert* trcasurera 
however, woa that the free admis- 
sions tax be continued and sent 
personally to J. J. Shubcrt. the ob- 
ject being for a benefit fund to: 
Shubert employes., 

Tha*. immediately brought pro- 
tests from managers of vieitlrc at- 
tractions, who took the position that 
any ■ such collection of moneys 
should rightfully be classed as ad-r 
missions and therefore subject to 
sharing at the mmc terms as for 
regular receipts. In New York one 
attraction manager demanded 60 
per cent, of the admissions taxes 
collected (terms were «0-40). The 
new Shubert rule Includes the cour- 
tesies granted by the producers 
themselves, and that aggravate", the 
situation. The collection of free 
admissions "taxes" started last 
week. Early this week a company 
manager refused to sign the nightly 
box office statement, with the. Shu- 
bert office answering the attraction 
would be ordered cut. 

Company managers of attractions 
on tour queried home offices on the 
matter of the show's claim for a 
share of the moneys collected from 
passes. Instructions from one pro- 
ducer were telegraphed to the ef- 
. feet that if such .money was to be 
devoted to the Actors' Fund no ob- 
jection was to be made, but if the 
"taxes" were to be sent to Mr. Shu- 
bert the attraction rightly was en- 
titled to its share, in that case 70 
per cent The theory further ad- 
vanced was tha^ no person attended 
a theatre for the love of the house, 
but to see a show. There was no 
sharing in, the free admissions 
money collected out of town, and a 
special slip detailing the number of 
passes for the week and the money 
collected on them was sent into New 
York, and the producer will make 
Claim for the attraction^ share of 
that sum from the main office of the 
Bhuberts. 

That the money collected on free 
admissions run3 i.ito considerable 
amounts is indicated by the pass list 
in one house in New York amount- 
ing to som ln^ like $300 in taxes 
last week. In a big musical show 
out of town last week the 10 per 
cent, tax collected on the passes 
amounted to $38. That was a 
minimum amount because of the 
holiday. Ordinarily, with lithograph 
« (Continued on pag^ 34) 



New Orleans, Jan. 11. « 
An attachment under a claim for 
$5,000 has been sworn out against 
"The Marcus Show," this week at 
the Tulane. The claimant is Jack 
Lait. He is locally represented by 
Attorneys John P. Sullivan and 
David Sessler, 

, The claim is founded on an agree- 
• merit' held by. ,Lnlt under which 
Marcus was to have paid him $200 
weekly royalty for 25 weeks. He 
seeks to recover the amount lapsed 
for 25 weeks so for this season. 

"The Marcus Show'' last season 
when here did $20,000 on the week. 
It was estimated before the show 
came it will do $15,000 thin week. 



RE-ELECTION IS 




Managers, Authors and 
Fidelity League Unite in 
Plea for Him to Produce 
Here .Once More— He 
Can Now Avoid Dictates 
of Equity and Closed Shop 



WOMEN FAILURES 

Shubsrts Dissatisfied with Incompe- 
tency of Female Treasurers 



The Shuberts have about decided 
to abandon women treasurers and 
replace them with men, the experi- 
ment having proved a failure. 

An executive of the Shubert busi- 
ness offices says the women are 
quite impossible^-that their ac- 
counts are never straight, not be- 



"LASSIE" STRANDS; 
NON-EQUITY SHOW 

People Left in Syracuse— A. 6. 
Delamater, Manager 



Syracuse, Jan. 11. 
The musical comedy "Lassie" 

cause of dishonesty but through | J^f^,^* _™ anaf f m _' nt . .?* "- A !_.? b 
sheer incompetency. 



PLANS UP TO COCHRAN 



NOVELTY FROM LONDON, 
DE COURVfllE'S REVUE 



English Producer Will Show 

'Tins and Needles" at 

Shubert Jan. 23 



Albert deCourville returned to 
New York Tuesday after a hasty 
visit to Seattle to have a look at 
his "London Follies," originally 
titled 'Hello Canada." which is now 
touring the Canadian circuit. 

Ho has arranged with the Shuberts 

for the presentation of "Pins and 

Needles" at the Shubcrt, New York, 

opening Jan. 23, following the run 

of "The Greenwich Village Follle$." 

A company of 70 is on board the 
Megantic, due here this week. 
Among the principals are Edith 
Kelly Gould, Harry Pilcer, Jack 
Morrison, Maisie Gay. Tommy Mob* 
tol. Amy Verity. Rupert Hazelli 
Ewart Scott. Alice Pollard. i - 

"This is not a specimen of the 
big London Hippodrome shows that 
I produced for years," said deCour- 
ville. "but something entirely dif- 
ferent from what I have put on 
before. It enjoyed a run at the 
Gaiety, which is not a revue house, 
for a year because of its peculiar 
humor, and I hope Americans will 
.accept it as a novelty, from London, 
but one quite common on the other 
sidY" 



3 THEATRES MAKING 
MRS. COUTHOUI PA 



ZIEGFELD SAILING 

Going Abroad— "Midnight Frolic* 
Opens in Philadelphia 



San Francisco, Jan. 11. 

The original route of De Cour- 
ville's "Hullo Canada," renamed 
"London Follies" for the States, was 
canceled, and first intention after 
company played Spokane was to 
close. Later it was intended to re- 
turn to Canada after appearing in 
t: o three Northwestern cities. Now 
this route has been rearranged, it is 
said, through Harry Tate, the 
show's principal, an English come- 
dian, taking a financial interest. 

The voute at present calls for 
Denver after Spokane, with the 
"Follies" due at the Columbia, San 
Francisco, Feb. 13 and Los Angeles 
March 6, then back to Canada. The 
open time between Frisco and Los 
Angeles is to be filled in. 



Philadelphia, Jan. 11. 

Flo Ziegfcld opened his first road 
"Midnight Frolic" with Will Rogers 
at the Gurrick last night. Though 
the premiere was an hour overtime, 
the producer thought so well of it 
that he stated he intended taking 
It into New York after the local en- 
gagement Instead of continuing on 
the road. 'The opening performance 
grossed $3,246 and it is claimed the 
advance sale approximates $16,000. 
Not all the scenes are from former 
"Frolics." One of the new bits Is 
a travesty on the armament confer- 
ence at Washington. 

Zlopfold will sail for London be- 
fore the end of th.> month. His wife. 
IMlie Utirke, is going - on tour wiUi 
"Intimate Strangers." The manager 
'Xpeets to be away about four weeks 
and will be present fo.- the premiere 



P. M. A. TAKES IN CARL HUNT 

Carl Hunt has been elected to 
membership in the Producing Man- 
agers' Association. He has com- 
menced rehearsals of ' Blbi of the 
Boulevards," the new Cushlng-Frlml 
play with music. The cast in- 
cludes Dorothy Maynard. Rose 
Coghlan, (lertrude Maltland Elsie 
Lawsdn, Dorothy Day. Marcelle 
IVArvlllo, Margaret Sutherland, 
William Holden, Burton Lenlhan, 
B. N. Lewis, Roy Pur via nee, Al. 
Roberts, Albert Derbll, Thomas 
Morgan. 

Another newly elected member of 
the P. M. A. is Charles I . Wagner, 
producer of "Th" Mountain Man." 



to 



f 



AUTHORING "SCANDALS" 

Andy Rice has been commissioned 
supply the book for the forth- 

n ( f (;eorg>"» 



the book 
Silly" in r.nis early tn-xt month, j « oming 10J-* ed.ii 
He stated In- bad not pissed up | White's ' Sea idals. ' 
Palm Reach, his usual \vinl«vlng 
nuarters. but that he would probably 
strike for the s„uth after ret urnir.^ 
from Europe. 



Rice ai:tho:ed the two pro'ijus 
editions. Aithur Jackson will (I i 
the lyi i -s an I (;cr;rr-e d r-I.wn the 
More. 



George M. Cohan was unani- 
mously re-elected to the Producing 
Managers' Association Tuesday aft- 
ernoon, when one of the best at* 
tended meetings in months was 
held. The actor-author-manager's 
name was proposed following an 
appeal to Cohan by representative 
managers of the P. M. A., the au- 
thor's organization and the Actors' 
Fidelity League Sunday last, the 
delegation asking that he remain in 
America and produce here. This 
came on the eve of his departure for 
London to produce there in associa- 
tion with C. B. Cochran. 

It was a victory for the Actors' 
Fidelity League, of which Mr. Cohan 
will continue as vice-president, the 
weight of the appeal being carried 
by Fidelity, keeping Cohan on this 
side of the water and giving the 
promise of renewed producing activ- 
ity, a matter which Equity appeared 
to be uninterested in. 

It is an open secret Mr. Cohan 
regarded the P. M. A. with not the 
highest esteem. He was keenly 
critical of the tendency of members 
to pull in opposite directions rather 
than work as a unit Now that 
Cohan is within* the P. M. A. there 
is a jubilant feeling among .mana- 
gers the organisation will present a 
solidity that seemed to be lacking. 

Faots of Case 

The point of Cohan's rejoining the 
managers' association is that by so 
doing he will be able to produce 
without meeting the dictates of 
Equity in its closed shop policy. It 
was the alternative. Either he 
joined the P. M. A., submit to the 
closed shop, or quit producing. (The 
P. M. A.-Equlty strike agreement of 
Sept 6, 1919 guarantees open shop 
for a period of five years). 

Cohan chose the latter course. 
Early in June he ordered off all pro- 
duction, going ahead with "The 
O'Brien Girl" only, for which show 
he had given run of the play con- 
tracts. The sensation of Cohan's 
withdrawal was matched by his de- 
cision to go to England and enter 
theatricals there, which was fol- 
lowed by a trip abroad late in the 
fall. His determination never to 
concede that closed shop has a 
rightful place in the American the- 
atre is as firm as ever. The victory 
of Fidelity in keeping him active 
here will not, therefore, entirely 
alter his plans for London. It is 
possible the productions intended 
for this winter may be put over 
until spring, but Cohan stated* he 
would bow into English theatricals 
sooner or later. He frankly said 
that he would not be caught in a 
closed shop maze now or two sea- 
sons hence, regardless of how other 
managers acted. 

Advices from London this week 
were that Mr. Cochran had sailed 
for New York, although Mr. Cohan 
had received no confirmation of the 
departure. It is believed the Eng- 
lish manager and Cohan will 
quickly come to an arrangement 
changing their present schedule for 
London production. 

That Cohan will not rush Into 
production here Is certain. Wednes- 
day he said he had no definite 
plans and explained that what he 
might do depends on what Mr. 
Cochran agrees as to postponment 
of the English program. 

The speed of the Cohan produc- 
tion machine before Is indicative 
(f what he might do when once 
started. When dissolving from 
partnership with Sam 11. Harris 
'<'ohan accomplished the production 
' of 14 attractions In one season, 
^Continued on Page 14) 



Box-office Price Demanded— 

Premium from Public — 

Colonial, Cort and Apollo 

Give Terms 



Chicago, Jan. 11. 
Mrs. Florence Coiithoul, "Queen 
of the Scalpers," seems to be losing Merest 
her grip on the "loop* theatres. The 
iron hand with which she has ruled 
the local houses seems to have been 
compelled to relax considerably by 
the fact that three of the theatres 
here are not willing to allow her to 
handle their tickets on a commis- 
sion basis. These houses insist that 
Mrs. Couthoul pay the regular box 
office price and exact a premium 
from her customers, to whom In the 
past she has been selling the tickets 
at box office prices. 

The houses to which she must now 
pay the regular scale to are the 
Colonial at which Z!egfe!d's "Fol- 
lies" Is appearing; Cort, "Nice Peo- 
ple." and the Apollo. Shubert vaude- 
ville. 



closed here Jan. 7 with 
salaries due the members and no 
transportation furnished back to 
New York. Several left town by 
paying their own railroad fares, with 
others remaining here until funds 
could be secured. 

"Lassie" was an Independent pro- 
duction, with a non-Equity cast. 
Equity notified Its members with 
the organization it could not be held 
in any way responsible, although 
some of the people claimed the or- 
ganisation had informed them that 
they could accept positions ic the 
piece. 

Although the piece was under the 
management of Delamater, it ia 
understood he held but a minor In- 



BILL SILL'S HOTEL 

Murray Hill Hotel of Flushing Pop 
utar Among Show and News- 
paper People 



William Raymond Sill, better 
known to Broadway as Bill 8111, is 
still holding forth at his own road- . . _ A1 _ , , _ 

house down on Long Island. His I had th , e " m l ,l ? l ? a, !i Eteanor Dan- 
place is located in the Murray Hill I le,B - Rutn Welcn ' Hcnr * Mowbray. 



The plight of some members of 
the company was desperate when 
the company smashed. Marie Stu- 
art, of the original company, had 
journeyed from Winnipeg to Roch- 
ester to join. Others paid their own 
far from New York to Rochester, 
where the show opened, and. as a 
result, lahded in Syracuse "broke." 
Some of the men had nothing to eat 
from Wednesday noon until late 
Thursday, night after the opening 
performance here. 

The company was rather unkindly 
received by the local critics. This 
materially cut down its chances of 
making a winning here. 

Manager Oeorge A. Chenet of the 
W feting, was caustic in his com- 
ments on treatment by the papers 
generally. He declared that if the 
acribes had used one-half the apace 
in behalf of the company before the / 
opening as they did after It went 
on the rocks the show might have 
lived. 

The company, which included 
many who were In the original 
"Kitty McKay" and "Lassie" troupes. 



i 



section of Flushing and 1j celled the 
Murray Hill Hotel. 

The establishment has 17 rooms, 
three dining rooms and a bowling 
alley. Sill has a lease on it for five 
years and during the past eight 
months he has re-established the 
place and made it a rendezvous for 
the theatrical people, writers and 
managers who live in the vicinity of 
Flushing and Bayslde. The newspa- 
permen also living on that part of 
the island make Sill's the regular 
hangout. Ring Lardner, James 
Montague and Grantland Rice are 
listed with the regulars. John Gol- 
den, who also lives at Bayslde. Is 
a Sill frequenter, also a number of 
other managers from the vicinity. 
Mrs. Sill, who is remembered as 
Frances to those who were inti- 
mates of Bill in the old days, con- 
ducts the hotel while Bill personally 
supervises the books and general 
business management. 

Special arrangements for dinners 
or parties In numbers from 20 to 
30 can be made a day In advance, 
with a spccUs) private dining room 
placed at the disposal of the party. 
Smaller parties can make reserva- 
tions for smaller dining rooms. 



Joseph McCalllon. Marjorie Burgess, 
David Glassford, Ada Sinclair. 
Henry Grelg, Kitty Arthur, Marie 
Stuart, James Noone, Tom Burton, 
Gladys Burgess and Dan Dawson. 

The buslnesa staff was: Business 
manager, A. A. Athenson; ntnge di- 
rector, F. Gaterly Bell; press repre- 
sentative, F. P. Sagerson. 



RECEIVER FOR GRAND, K. C. 

Elliott Appointed, Says He Will Re* 
open House* 



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Kansas City, Jan. 11, 
The affairs of the Grand, which 
has not been open since the middle 
of December, still continue in a very 
much unsettled state of affairs. 
Last week Judge Nelson Johnson of 
the circuit court appointed as re- 
ceiver of the Kansas City Amuse* 
meht Co., which controls the house. 
Ambrose E. Elliott, vice-president of 
the Home Deposit Trust Co. of In 
dependence, ajo* The court's actio; 
followed a hearing on an applica 
tlon for a receiver filed by Mr. El 
llott, who stated that he owned two- 
thirds of the company's $80,000 capi- 
tal stock. 
This claim was In direct contra- 



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diction to the assertion made to a 
During 7ho"»7ummer" the" bowling 'Variety representative by Edward 



alleys are to be converted Into a 
dance pavilion which will virtually 
be an outdoor ballroom, for the 
room can bo opened on all sides. 
There isn't a dance hall in all of 
Flushing and the innovation should 
be a p'pular one. 



CLAUDE GEENEKER WEDS 

Claude Greneker, general press 
representative for the Shuberts, has 
been a bridegroom for six weeks, 
although the matter has teen kept a 
secret for that length of time. 

In the Shubert ofllces It Is gen- 
erally admitted the publicity man is 
a ben diet again. lie personally re- 
fuses to comment on what he calls 
"a rumor" and then states nt record 
anywhere in the neighborhood of 
New York will d.:-:close whether he Fay expects to again land his 
Is nwrird or not and who the bride J pioduelion on Broadway, with no 
is, if bu li v.v.s the ca e. ' house as yet definitely set. 



Dubinsky, secretary -treasurer of 
the Amusement company, who said 
the company owned the entire stock 
and had control of the house. In 
his petition for the appointment of 
a receiver Elliott alleged that 'the 
Dubinsky Brothers [Maurice and 
Edward], who owned one-third of 
the ^company's stock, had run the 
house In* debt and sbandoned it, and 
have refused to pay the government 
some $5,000 war taxes collected by 
them. He alleged that the com- 
pany's debts amounted to $21,000. 
After his appointment Mr. El'iott 
announced that he expected to re-- 
open the theatre. 

FAY'S "FABLES" ONCE M0IIE 

The 'Fables" show Frank Fay 
produced some months ago at the 
Cort, New York, started rehearsals" 
this week at the Park theatre. 



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Friday, January 13, 1922 



COHAN RETURNS TO P. M. A. 



(Continued from Tagc 13) 

something of a production record. 
He has been out of active produc- 
ing just six months. But that he 
could as quickly get into high 
gear, showmen do not doubt. It is 
likely he will proceed less speedily 
in light of the bad legitimate seasoif. 
The dissolving of the Cohan office 
meant the loss in engagements of 
800 actors for this season. How 
much of the work slack he will be 
able to take up is a matter of con- 
jecture. 

The winning of Cohan back to 
the theatrical fold by his consent 
to join the P. M. A. dates from 
last week, when Henry Miller, presi- 
dent of Fidelity, waa in touch with 
him several times, asking that he 
change his plans for London and 
produce here. Sunday the delega- 
tion which called on Cohan was 
made up of Mr. Miller, Otis Skinner 
and Howard Kyle for Fidelity; 
Winthrop Ames for the P. M. A., 
and Owen Davis as representative 
for the dramatists. 

Retains Fidelity Membership 

Mr. Cohan at once made his posi- 
tion clear. He said under no cir- 
cumstances would he consent to his 
name being proposed at the P. M. A. 
meeting unless it was agreed by the 
P. M. A. Cohan be permitted to re- 
tain his membership in Fidelity. 
The. P. M. A. rule stipulating that 
its members cannot belong either to 
Equity was waived aside. When it 
was known that an exception would 
be made Cohan accepted. But it 
was not known that the rule had 
been waived until Tuesday morning. 

At the meeting that afternoon Ar- 
thur Hopkins proposed Mr. Cohan 
for membership. A. H. Woods 
quickly seconded it. The election 
was announced jubilantly. Then 
Woods called for "three cheers for 
the kid" and the cheers came. 

The position of Cohan regarding 
his membership in Fidelity was that 
he would never relinquish it. He 
realized he could not successfully 
flght the closed shop and the domi- 
nation of theatres by labor union- 
ism alone. That made the proposal 
he* join the managers association 
agreeable if he could join on his 
own terms. Mr. Cohan declared a 
year ago he would continue that 
standing If he were the last member 
of Fidelity and reiterated the state- 
ment at the conference Sunday. 

Mr. Cohan acted characteristically 
during the actors' strike. The for- 
mation of the Actors' Fidelity 
League was a signal for him to re- 
sign from the P. M. A., in which he 
was a member as the producing 
partner of Sam H. Harris. He was 
unanimously elected the first Fidel- 
ity president and from his position 
in the chair announced the now 
noted standard contract for actors. 
The contract held many provisions 
that exceeded the demands of 
Equity, but full provlsios for better 
treatment of the actor was de- 
manded by Cohan of the P. M. A. 
and acceded to. This contract was 
adopted when the strike was settled 



a few weeks later and since has 
been used by Equity and Fidelity. 
The same provisions are carried in 
the standard forms of both organi- 
zations, although Equity has sev- 
eral other contract forms. Including 
the closed shop contract. That form 
was the agreement which Cohan 
most bitterly objected to and it 
cemented his decision to quit rather 
than produce under closed shop 
conditions. Since then, however, (he 
obnoxious "superseding" clause No. 
18 has been wiped out of the 
Equity's closed shop form. 

The influence of Fidelity Is clearly 
set forth in the correspondence be- 
tween its board of directors and 
Cohan. The Fidelity letter was de- 
livered early Tuesday morning, and 
the reply was made by noon, the P. 
M. A. being duly informed prior to 
the meeting in the afternoon. The 
Fidelity letter was: 

"Dear Mr. Cohan — 

"We, the board of directors of 
the Actors' Fidelity League, 
have decided to approach you on 
the subject that lies nearest the 
hearts of . our organization, 
namely, what Is best for the 
American stage. In this period 
of general depression we be- 
lieve that your practical retire- 
ment from producing activities 
has been an especially severe 
loss to our stage, and we keenly 
realize that as a result of your 
whole-hearted generosity in 
responding to our call for your 
leadership in 1919 — which in 
your judgment necessitated your 
withdrawal from membership in 
the Producing Managers' Asso- 
ciation — we have placed you in 
a position of some embarrass- 
ment owing mainly to the mag- 
nitude of your operations. 

"In serving what you consider 
to be- the best interests of your 
fellow actors you have been 
steadfast in your adherence to 
the league, but we now desire 
to apprise you of our conviction 
that the common cause of the 
American stage can best be 
served by your return as a 
manager to membership in the 
Producing Managers' Associa- 
tion. We realize all too well 
that such a step on your part 
might necessitate your with- 
drawal from membership in 
our organization, but we pray 
that no fear of any possible 
petty misconstruction of your 
motives or of ours will influence 
your determination in this 
matter. 

"In view of all the circum- 
stances, it is not improbable 
that the Producing Managers' 
Association will make you an 
exception to any rule they may 
have which would run counter 
to your membership in the 
Fidelity as an actor. 

"We shall a 1 ways remomber 
with love and gratitude the 
many great sacrifices you have 
made in the fight for principle, 
and we are confident tho future 



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SJBJMMi 



NMBH 



MARIE SABBOTT 



A dainty, dimpled darling of vaudeville, whom the captains of ih" 
celluloid industry almost overlooked, is now being sorely tempted to have 
the speaking stage. 

Appearing with Geo. Brooks, this week (Jan. 9). nt Mass* Brondwnv. 
Kew York. Direction: LEWIS o\ GORDON. 



wfll prove that these sacrifles 
were not made la ▼aim." 

Cohan** reply, addressed to How- 
ard Kyle* Fidelity's secretary, was: 

"In answer to the letter sent 
to me by tho Fidelity League,' I 
can only say that I am most 
anxious to serve you In any way 
that might prove best for the 
common cause, but I will not 
give up my membership in Fi- 
delity under any condition. If 
the Producing Managers' Asso- 
ciation can see their wa. cle--r 
to allow me to remain a mem- 
ber of Fidelity and ~;1U elect :.ie 
to membership In their orjanl- « 
cation I shall bo glad to line up 
with them and flght 'closed shop' 
to the very end. 3ut I will have 
to know immediately on ac- 
count of my plans, which will 
be kicked from under me, so to 
speak. Always yours, 



NEWSPAPER ATTACKS 
"WANDERING JEW" 



Boston Daily Goes After Pro- 
duction Along Religious 
Lines 



Boston, Jan. 11. 
.Despite an attack launched against 
the "Wandering Jew** play by the 
Telegram, the infant dally paper of 
Boston, born last spring, the show 
was run off at the Hillls Street the- 
atre Monday night before a capacity 
audience. Official Censor John Casey 
was in attendance at the show, but 
saw nothing to bolster up the claim 
of the paper that the show tended 
to "stir up racial prejudice and sow 
the seeds for discord." 

The attack was started In the 
paper the last part of last week. 
Among other things, it was claimed 
Catholic clergymen and other* of 
the city were adverse to the show- 
ing. No clergymen of this denom- 
ination were quoted in this regard, 
however, and tho Pilot, the official 
newspaper organ of the Catholic 
Church here, did not touch On the 
subject, an Indication that the feel- 
ing was not so intense as the Tele- 
gram 7ished to make out. A past 
officer of the K. of C. was quoted 
In the paper as against the pres- 
entation but a perusal of his inter- 
view indicated that he had not seen 
tho production, was not familiar 



SHOP SUEY 



Anglophobia is breaking out again In tho several Important the* 
atrical clubs. Something of the spirit that invades man's normal con« 
sciousness in North Pole quests, where the rations run low, is the cur* 
rent seething beneath the shirt frpnts of the American players against 
British competitors for the few jobs for players for which the present 
season Is notable. Imminence of concerted action of some sort from 
the native players out of work threatens the surface harmony between 
the two factions at two of the most popular of the retreats. Tho native 
antipathy has gone beyond the sneer and scowl stage already. Three 
American producing managers during the past week received missives 
from American players without engagements since the season start- 
ed, decrying the disposition of producers to give parts to Englishmen 
rather than Americans. One of the complaining notes supported the con- 
tention of its writer that the British player was favored in the selections 
by turning In with his Idck programs of New York productions since the 
beginning of the present season, with over 600 British actors listed in the 
casts against less than 200 native players of the same standing. Among 
tidbits of information vouchsafed by one of the epistles was that, "Charles 
Cherry's best London salary was 12 quid, or the equivalent of $60 per 
week; Lionel Atwell's 4 quid, per week, or the equivalent of $20; Norman 
Trevor's 12 quid, per, and that before becoming one of the best English- 
speaking actors ih America, William Faversham wac a plumber." 



Clyde Firth, when at the senith of his career as a playwright, said 
there was a spot In the author's efforts for managerial consideration, 
when he feared that, after all, he had mistaken his calling. This spot 
was when Fitch, as be told it himself, used to "take the 50 cents I could 
afford for dinner, and sit In at Mouquin's old place on Sixth avenue in 
the hope of meeting someone who might further my efforts to get a hear- 
ing for some of the things I'd written." Fitch's success with "Captain 
Jinks" started him. At the close of his career, with fame and fortune 
his, he said he'd never written a play after his first effort succeeded. 
The plays that followed, he said, he took from his trunk where he had 
kept poking them during his banqueting days at Mouquin's. 



The general acceptance of the published statement that Paul Arm- 
strong wrote "Alias Jimmy Valentine" In one week's time, revives interest 
in the playwright methods of work. Conceded the most difficult of all 
forms of writing to master — Prof. Baker of Harvard and William Archer, 
noted dramatic critic, among authorities for the judgment — yet records 
give some astonishing examples of dextrous playwriting. Oscar Ham- 
mersteln's "Kohinoor Diamond" operetta, written, libretto, lyrics and 
score, within 24 hours, on a wager, is probably the craft's most sensa- 
tional example of swift delivery. Hamraersteln lost his wager, though 
fulfilling the time conditions, made by himself. The winning of the 
wager, however, depended upon a committee's approval of the work as 
good enough for a Broadway production. The committee of Ave voted 
two affirmative, two negative until George W. Lederer, one of the de- 
ciders, cast a blackball. Hammerstein, piqued, later produced the piece 
himself. It failed signally. 



Dion Boucicault, of the old-time playwrights, seized distinction at 22, 
with his "London Assurance," written in eight weeks; Bartley Campbell 
tossed off "The White Slave," "My Partner," "Separation." "The Galley 
Slave" and other creations at an average of three weeks each, with, of 
course, long gestatlve intervals. The methods of Boucicault, whose 
"Shaugraun" made the first long-run record in New York, and Campbell, 
when writing, were similar. Each arose at € a. m. when pursuing the 
muse, stuck at the grind until noon, then quit until next morning, spend- 
ing the interval in relaxation, and hot permitting anyone to revive the 
sleeping fires until the hour arrived for the next day's stunt Each began 
the day with a meagre breakfast of rolls and strong tea. 



Wlllard Mack tossed off "Smooth as Silk" In the lobby of the Lexing- 
wlth the play, and that summed up ton theatre within the two weeks that the company that later appeared 



he was against plays that would stir 
up religious strife or bigotry, an at- 
titude that is very general always in 
Boston. 

The explanation of the attack in 
this paper on the play may be found 
in the fact that the theatrical ad- 
vertising columns contain no ad 
from tho Hollls or the Colonial, the 
other syndicate theatre. While the 
picture is being run Griffith's peo- 
ple are advertising In the paper, but 
under ordinary conditions the Tre- 
ment ad does not appear. The Shu- 
berts advertise in the paper, as do 
Keith's and the Selwyn, with some 
of the less prominent houses. In 
this paper the Shuberts are allowed 



in the piece was rehearsing the lines literally as fast as Mack could turn 
them out. The feat was perhaps the most spectacular of all the pro- 
lific outputs of Mack, although it is in the files of the Keith office that 
when told Friday night he might have a week's date at the Palace. New 
York, if he had a new sketch, he set about writing one overnight, and 
rehearsed and put a new playlet on on time. Poole A Donnelly, man- 
agers of the old 23d Street and 8th avenue Grand Ope-a house, suggest 
Mack in the speed of making something out of nothing for playgoers' 
consumption. In the 70's the firm controlled theatres In New York, 
Brooklyn and Newark. Will IJarklns, the youngest oldster of them all, 
still doing yeoman's service in stock acting and directing, says it was 
a common experience for Poole, the playwright of the firm, to assemble 
a company late of an afternoon and say: "Rehearsal tomorrow morning 
at 10. Can't tell you anything about the play, because I haven't written 
it yet" 



It took two years for "The Green Jade," shortly to be produced by the 
Shuberts, to travel from its file case in a playbroker's office to its emer- 
gence now set Accepted originally shortly after being first submitted, 
to box In their ads, something the (the play ran a gamut of minor and major play readers, official and unof* 



other papers won't stand for. 

Strangely the attack was not con- 
tinued Monday, the day the show 
opened. It was reported proper 
steps had been taken to squelch the 
attack. As a matter of protection 
in case of an emergency, officers 
from the nearest station under a 
sergeant were on duty at the the- 
atre entrance at opening time. There 
was a small crowd on band at one 



flclal, connected with the firm, and was then turned back to the play- 
brokers, rejected. Through another agency it again found its way to the 
Shubert play reading squad, was again approved, again reached the pow- 
ers higher up, and was thi.» time calendared for realization in the flesh. 



fleers was in aiding the regular 
officers in controlling traffic condi- 
tions. 



"The show business won't look the same a decade hence." The pro- 
ducing manager making the statement the other day qualified as an 
authority. "The age limit will wipe out most of the present big lenders 
in ten years. Movies, making for much of the holdup stuff now grabbing 
front page space, is quickening popular desire for life on the stage in- 

_ _„. — _._„_ „.. __„_ __ _. stead of the pap morals that chemicalized playwriters and scenario 

time, but they were merely curious, ) writers are offering. The pap type of love making, bank burglaring, 
apd the only work for the extra of- wife stealing, wild-west killing will go, or the stage and films will go. 

This season's misfortunes for screen and footlights Isn't due so much 
to coin scarcity as it is to merit scarcity. The most subtle innuendo 
in the spoken play of today or in the offering of the screen Is seized 
Instantly by the expanded Imagination of today's generation. Play- 
wright's audiences today are more astute than the men who provide their 
play fare. Woo to tho film or play today that doesn't recognize this. 
If the men who write the plays or Mime would but sit in with tneir audi- 
ences today they'd see that only the truth will serve in plays designed 
for modern consumption. A trick situation, an ill-developed characteriza- 
tion, a clumsy line or sub-title, and things thought to be tense arc for 
tittilation. Many of the expert playwrights of the speaking stage must 
answer the reaper's call if the biblical span prevail. Ditto, critics and 
producing managers. As Chauncey Depew says, "Tho world will still go 
on, but it will be a changed world." Who will be the reigning playwrights 
of 1930? Tho successful producing managers? Tho leading critics?'' 



"LILIES" INJUNCTION 

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P. F. 3 lies Restrained in Action of 
Henry 8tanton's 



The injunction asked for by Henry 
Stantion, president of Lilies of the 
Field, Inc.. against P. F. Shea to 
restrain him from disposing of cer- 
tain holdings and stock in the 
"Lilies'* show was granted last week. 
Meantime, hearings before Special 
Master ex-Judge Lecomb are being 
continued, the next scheduled for 
Monday, in which the petitioners in 
tho bankruptcy proceedings against 
the corporation must provo their 
statements. Arthur F. Driscoll 
(O'Brirn, Malevinsky & Driscoll) 
contends tho corporation is not a 
bankrupt. 

Business of tho show has been 
hovering about $8,000 which Joseph 
Klaw, the co-receiver, states is a 
profitable figure. Klaw has found 
that what has hurt business most is 



Shrunk to 20 weeks, where it used to be 40, is the fat theatrical season 
now, and with the 20 of great financial risk and doubtful profit outside 
of favor that New York or Chicago may give. The Intermediate citit s 
are mostly soft coal burners since high railroad costs came in and the 
blg-audlence habit went out. 

Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit— pood oM 
standbys for standard traveling shows in the past— arc vouchsafing bir 
timid patronage these lean months. 



this bankruptcy petition, patrons 
coming to the box office asking if the 
show is running. By court order the 
company is making payment to cer- 
tain preferred creditors. 
A sidelight on the situation was 



in the nature of a personal wrangio 
between Joe Klaw and P. F. Sh« « 
and "William Hurlbut, the author, tho 
latter two making certain ' *••'- 
cuaations that legal counsel a. 
were nonsensical. 



Friday, January 1$ 19» 



LEGITIMATE 



15 






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STOCK PLAYING COMPANIES 
IN JESSIE BONSTELLE MATTER 



P. M. A. Standing Behind Member— Wants to Play 

Jv Miked Company in Providence — Hilda Spong 

Told $300 Necessary to Reinstate her in Equity 



SOCIETY OF SINGERS 
IN BOSTON PASSES OUT 



The Producing* Managers' Asso- 
ciation, after re-electing George M. 
Cohan to membership Tuesday, 
proceeded with a protest from Jes- 
g ia Bonstello against a demand by 
Equity she become a member or 
engage an all Equity company for 
the ■tock she recently opened in 
Providence. Miss Bonstelle is a 
member of the P. M. A. The or- 
ganisation voted to stand behind 
Miss BonBtelle's refusal to comply, 
and what amounts to an ultimatum 
to Equity the matter would not be 
considered one for arbitration, may 



Her check was not returned, how- 
ever. Miss Spong refused to con- 
sider the "suggestion." 

This is in line with the threat in 
Equity's monthly booklet recently 
to the effect that "deserting mem- 
bers" would be harshly treated If 
they applied for reinstatement. The 
f 300 "request" is tacitly considered 
to be a week's salary. "Equity" 
published a list of around 20 players 
listed as "defaulting members." 
Later the list was reprinted under 
the caption of "deserting members." 
In all cases the players — all but two 
are actresses — resignations are said 
to have been sent to Equity, but the 
latter refused to accept, making the 



It was specifically explained that 
the rules permitted expelled mem- 
bers to rejoin by payment of back 
dues, but that members not 'In good 
standing, which Included those 
whose resignations were not acted 
upon, would be treated as the 
Equity Council might see fit, there 
being no rule covering such coses. 
Only one other instance of a "de- 
serting" member applying to rejoin 
is known. Charlotte Granville is 
reported to have made an arrange- 
ment with Equity's Council plac- 
ing her in good standing. It is im- 
plied she paid a week's salary as 
a "donation." 




HELEN MENKEN MAY 
APPEAR IN "DRIFTING" 



Florence Reed Declines — To 
Go Into Vaudeville 



result in throwing into the courts 

the basic agreement the P. M. A- 

Bsuity signed at the termination of, statement instead that the "desert 

the actors' strike. J"*" Players were not in good stand 

A further test of the agreement 
Is promised when the claim of vlo- 
_ latlon in the matter of the alleged 
Strike threat against Zlegf eld's "Fol- 
lies" In Chicago Christmas night is 
considered. 

. .Equity took the position that the 
basic agreement does not cover the 
.stock field and contends It has com- 
plete domination of stock. The 
•P. M. A. is opposed to any such 
Claim, taking the position that stock 
-presentations are clearly legitimate 
productions, and that any stock 
manager becoming a member of the 
managers' association has the same 
standing under the basic agreement 
guaranteeing open shop, as though 
producing new shows. The man- 
agers point out traveling organiza- 
tions like the shows of the Touring 
* Managers' Association are of the 
same rating as stock, in that they 
aft notMiew productions as a rule. 

.V4( a. managers are entitled to 
membership, and its full 
|dn. 
ionstolle opened her Provi- 
d|jboe Iloc*k last week. She appeared 
iiVtlM) attraction. This company Is 
still ^playing, though Miss Bonstelle 
Is not In the cast. It is her custom 
to appear several times each season 
lb her companies, but not regularly. 
Her supporting players are reported 
fearful the company may be forced 
to close through Equity's attitude. 
• The P. M. A. turned the case over 
to a special committee made up of 
Wlnthrop Ames, William Harris, 
Jr., and Charles D. Coburn. This 
committee Is empowered to dispose 
cf the matter in any way it deems 
St That the controversy may reach 
the courts was plainly indicated. 
Miss Bonstelle as a P. M. A. mem- 
ber will proceed to produce her 
stock shows with a mixed cast if 
•he so desires. 

The "Follies" complaint as not 
taken up at Tuesday's meeting. Mr. 
Zlegfeld was in Philadelphia, and 
stated * - desired to present his 
Case to the association in person. 

The first tangle between a .iem- 
ber of the P. M. A and Equity over 
the latter's closed shop in the stock 
field, was noted some weeks ago. 
At that time John Mcchan tried out 
a new show with the Lowell Play- 
ers, he appearing In the company 
for that week. Equity informed 
Meehan he must apply for mem- 
bership if he wished to play, and an 
application form was sent him. 

Meehan disregarded the com- 
munication. Frank Glllmore finally 
reached him by telephone and "ex- 
plained" the necessity for becoming 
an Equity member. Meehan replied 
he was a member of the P M. A. 
and that ho would not comply. Gil- 
more answered that in his case an 
exception would be made. 

Equity is also charged with tight- 
ening methods toward those mem- 
bers who resigned as opposed to 
closed shop and have applied for 
reinstatement. Hilda Spong, who 
produced "The Fan" with an inde- 
pendent company during the fall, 
recently planned to produce In 
stock. She was advised she would 
he compelled to join Equity. Miss 
Spong sent an application, accom- 
panied by a check for $12, the an- 
nual dues. 

It Is alleged Miss Spong received 
a reply from Equity stating that 
Players had been asked for an 
eighth of a week's salary Thanks- 
giving week, but that was insuffi- 
cient, and In her case a donation of 
$300 would be required before her 
application would be considered. 



$36,000 Lost at Arlington 
Theatre— Opera in Eng- 
lish at Pop Prices 



Boston, Jan. 11. 

The Boston Society of Singers, 
which took over the Arlington, a 
short distance uptown, at the be- 
ginning of the season, and has been 
running operas in English, passed 
out of existence Saturday. It Is 
said about $36,000 has been dropped 
in the attempt to put over the idea. 

The company was incorporated 
under the laws of this state and 
was backed by Boston capital. It 
played grand opera in English at 
popular prices when it started the 
season, Oct. 10. At the start busi- 
ness was encouraging. 

Then the tough spots were struck 
and it was decided to substitute 
light operas Instead of the heavier 
ones. Several of the higher sal- 
aried singers took their departure 
when this new policy went Into ef 



THREE ffWAY HOUSES DARK; 
MORE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW 



Theatres Holding Onto Current Attractions Rather 
Than Chance Loss With New Plays— "Captain 
Applejack" Best of Holiday Crop 



Three houses were doused In 
darkness Saturday when a trio of 
attractions came to a sudden halt. 
At least 15 attractions, which means 
more than 20 per cent, of the total 
list, will move off Broadway— either 
to the road or storehouse — before 
the end of the month. It Is Uncer- 
tain whether there will be enough 
new offerings available for presen- 
tation, and the indications are for a 
considerable number of-tfark houses 
by early February. Some showmen 
comment it looks like the season 
was over for some theatres in New 
York. It's a foregone conclusion 



feet and it was hoped that with this the >«B^imate season will actually be 
economical measure the venture over earller than last Beas ™» «»- 



would get by. But business did not 
pick up and it was decided by Ed- 
ward Beck, general manager, to 
close. 

It is said members of the com- 
pany had not been paid in full, but 
it Is understood the failure to pay 
in full was no surprise, as they real- 
ized they were taking a chance, on 
continuing with the company and 
had told Beck they were willing to 
see the thing through, in the hope 
that conditions might Improve and 
the chances of a reorganization pull- 
ing the fat out of the fire. 

While the leads were brought 
here from other places, the chorus 
was recruited entirely In this city. 



precedentedly early ending. 

The speed with which new attrac- 
tions were brought in from Labor 
Day onward, appeared to have 
"burnt up" production machinery. 
Failures averaged three a week, and 
half a dozen managers have declared 
themselves off of producing until 
spring. Instead of a theatre short- 
age Broadway faces a worse play 
shortage than in the fall. 

That even a greater number of 
current plays would disappear from 
New York this month if promising 
new attractions were in the offing is 
a certainty. Shows listed to 'move 
will remain until it is imperative to 
leave. Managers are holding at- 
tractions in as long as they show 



Sudden illness of Alice Brady, who 

suffered an attack of- appendicitis, 

forced the closing of "Drifting" at 

the Playhouse Jan. 6. The show 
opened Jan. 2 and was the brightest 
prospect offered by W. A. Brady 
this season. 

Florence Reed was offered Miss 
Brady's role but declined to under- 
take the engagement. There was 
no specific statement forthcoming as 
to the successor to Miss Brady, 
with the probability the show is 
through unless some immediate 
action is taken. Robert Warwick 
is the co-star of the piece. 

Miss Reed is scheduled to begin 
a vaudeville engagement for the 
Keith Circuit Jan. 23. breaking in a 
"period" or "costume" sketch out of 
town previous to tho New York 
showing. She Is said to have dis- 
liked the "Drifting" role. Helen 
Menken is mentioned for the show, 
but the Playhouse will probably not 
reopen this week. 



TWO BIG SHOWS CLOSED 
BY COMSTOCK & GEST 



"Afgar" and "Aphrodite" End 

Poor Season — "Mecca" 

and "Chow" Remain 



DITRICHSTEIN ON ROAD 

Leo Ditrichstein will close "Face 
Value" at tho 49th St. and imme- 
diately set out on a tour to the 
Coast, presenting "The Great 
Lover." In certain towns both "Tho 
Great Lover" and "Toto" will be 
presented. The former was origin- 
ally produced under the manage- 
ment of Sam II. Harris and Georgo 
M. Cohan some years ago. 

Scheduled to open at the 49th St. 
Jan. 23 is the Comstock & Gest com- 
pany of Russian players known as 
the Cauve-Louris, which presented 
in Paris last spring a series of plays 
at the Theatre Femina, being under 
the management of Nikita lialieft. 



WATER SPECIALTIES AT HIP 

Water specialties, including div- 
ing girls, will again be made a part 
of the Hippodrome show. It will be 
the first time that ice and water 
features have been presented In the 
same show at the Hip. Special 
tanks, similar to that used by An- 
nette Kellcrrnann, will be employed 
and rolled onto the Ice surface. . 

"Get Together" will bo bolstered 
by other novelties Rehearsals for 
the *vater section slarted this week. 
Business at the matinees for the 
holiday weeks was excellent, but 
night attendance was reported off. 
/ 



Comstock & Gest have ordered off 
two of their four shows which have 
been on tour. "Aphrodite" will 
close next Monday in Illinois. This 
show was out to the coast, and 
except around Frisco and Los 
Angeles, found conditions very bad. 
"Afgar" closed Saturday in Boston. 
The managers planned to close the 
place at the end of the Chicago rufi, 
but were compelled to play it 20 
weeks, the length of time guaran- 
teed Alise Delysla. 

Dependent on business, "Mecca" 
and "Chu Chin Chow" will be kept 
out. These attractions but partially 
made* up for the heavy losses of 
"Aphrodite" and "Afgar." 



SEVERAL B'WAY 

HOUSES TO RENT 



$40,000 and Taxes for New 

49th "St. — National 

Another 



25 FOREIGN PLAYS 

Since the current season began, 
In August, there have been 25 pro- 
ductions in New York of foreign 
origin. Of the 60 productions, 
dramas and musical comedies, now 
current in the metropolis, 13 of them 
are foreign made. 

Those from England are "The 
Circle," "Dover Road." "The Madras 
House," "The Married Woman," 
"Bulldog Drummond," "A Bill of 
Divorcement," "The Great Brox- 
opp," "Captain Apple Jack"; from 
the French: "Bluebeard's Eighth 
Wife," "The Grand Duke," "The 
Claw," "Kikl." Spain contributed 
two— "Face Value" and "The Wild 
Cat." 



Several Broadway theatres are 
again reported offered for long-term 
rental. One is the new 49th Street, 
which the Shuberts recently com- 
pleted. The price asked is quoted 

at $40,000 per year, plus taxes, which 
would approximate the annual 
rental at $55,000. The National, 
built by Walter Jordan and located 
on 41st street, is also reported avail- 
able for renting. 

There is but one more new house 
to be completed this season, the 
Earl Carroll, due for completion 
soon. 

The 49th Street opened for the 
holidays with "Face Value." Leo 
Ditrichstein, it is understood, asked 
to be permitted to close the attrac- 
tion, but it will be retained two or 
three weeks longer. Ditrichstein is 
planning for a coast trip In "The 
Great Lover." "Theatre de la 
Chauve-Souris," emanating from the 
Bat theatre, Moscow, will be the 
next attraction at the 49th Street. 
The imported offering Is a Russian 
novelty show, brought over by Com- 
stock & Gest It has played Lon- 
don and Paris. 



any margin of profit. They figure it i 
safer to continue at mediocre busi- 
ness than take chances on new at- 
tractions that might fail. That rea- 
soning has kept some plays which 
were not actual money makers go- 
ing through the fall. 

Last Saturday "The Idle Inn" was 
stopped at the Plymouth, after try- 
ing but three weeks. The house went 
dark, but is due to reopen with a 
revival of "The Deluge," a drama 
produced by Arthur Hopkins several 
Beasons ago. "The Great Broxopp" 
slipped out of the Punch and Judy, 
which went dark also. v tfhe Play- 
house gave no performances of 
"Drifting • Saturday, and was forced 
into darkness this week when Alice 
Brady was suddenly taken 111 and 
no substitution could be made. 
"Drifting" looked the best try of 
W. A. Brady's this season and will 
probably be resumed, though noth- 
ing definite was decided up to 
Wednesday. 

The exodus of plays begins this 
week. "Alias, Jimmy Valentine" 
goes to the road, Elsie Jan is re- 
placing it tit the Gaiety with "Her 
Gang." "Valentine" was regarded 
as having the best chance of the fall 
revivals, but the weight of its cast 
demanded bigger gross. It will have 
stayed six weeks. "Nature's Noble- 
man" will quit the 48 th Street. It 
never flashed strength at the box 
office. Frits Leiber, who played the 
two holiday weeks at the Lexington, 
will succeed for another two weeks, 
the following attraction not being 
in sight 

The finale of next week will find 
half a dozen shows leaving. "The 
National Anthem" will replace "In- 
timate Strangers" at the Henry Mil- 
ler. "Marjblahe" will enter the 
Broadhurst following "The Claw." 
The Chauve-Souris. an imported 
Russian company, will succeed 
"Face Value" at the 49th St., if it 
arrives in New York |>y then; if 
not it will open a week later. Suc- 
ceeding attractions for other houses 
are not settled on. 

When the "Greenwich Village Fol- 
lies" leaves the Shubert next week 
the English "Pins and Needles" will 
replace it. The Astor Is offering a 
revival of "The Squaw Man." but 
business is reported away off and 
there is nothing in view for it 
There are four or five musical pieces 
eligible, however, including "A 
Regular Girl" with Lean and May- 
field, "Red Pepper" (Mclntyre and 
Heath), "BibI of the Boulevards" 
and "Under the Bamboo Tree" (re- 
ported having caught on In Chicago). 
A controversy is reported between 
(Continued on page 34) 



"CIRCLE'S" COAST TRIP 

The Selwyn A Co. production of 
"Tho Circle" has three additional 
weeks at tho Fulton, where it moved 
from tho Selwyn Monday. After 
that the original rnmpnny with the 
group of stars is to make a coast 
to coast trip with a special clrcuslng 
to make Its engagements along the 
line an event. 

Originally it was believed a sec- 
ond all-star aggregation would be 
organized for the trip, but this was 
called off with the original company 
scheduled for the trip. 



AAR0NS' MUSICAL COMEDY 

"For Goodness Sake," a musical 
comedy under the management of 
Alex Aarons, opens Jan. 2T In At- 
lantic City. The piece will play but 
one week out of town, when it will 
be brought Into a Broadway house. 

The cast Includes Marjorle Gate- 
son, Charles Judel, Jack Hazzard, 
Thomas E. Jackson, Fred and Adele 
Astaire, Vinton Frledlln. 



TW0-F0R-0NE IN NEW YORK 

The Shuberts are distributing in 
tho downtown business offices spe- 
cial tickets for "The Chocolate Sol- 
dier" and "Just Married," entitling 
the holder to two seats for cither 
attraction for the box office price 
of one 



''SILVER FOX" GOING OUT 

"The Silver Fox," which played at 
the MaxJne Elliott, New York, dur- 
ing the fall and was withdrawn. 
Will be sent on tour. At the time 
the show was taken off William 
Faversham stepped Into the lead of 
"The Squaw Man" revival, now at 
the Astor, and also reported going 
to the road soon. 

Another player will be used for 
"The Silver Fox." It will retain the 
others of the original cast. 

The "Fox" is due at the Central, 
Chicago, next month. A hacker 
new to theatricals is said to be in- 
terested. 



More Numbers for Marjolaine 
"Marjolalne," the musical ver- 
sion of "Pomander Walk," opened 
In Providence last week. 

The reports from there said the 
piece needed more numbers. 



Lyceum, Ithaca, on the Fence 

Ithaca, N. Y., Jan. 11. 
The Lyceum, the only playhouse 
booking legitimate attractions here, 
is on the n arket and slated to be 
sold to picture interests unlo.sg a 
community movement for the pur- 
chase of the theatre meets with 
, success. 



"ANTHEM" AT MILLER 

BUlle Burke In "The Intimate 
Strangers" leaves the Miller, in two 
weeks and will probably be suc- 
ceeded at that house by Lauretta 
Taylor in "The National Anthem." 



Miss Greenwood Dissatisfied 

Charlotte Greenwood is under- 
stood to be dissatisfied with her 
present starring vehicle. "Let *Er 
Go Letty," regarding the piece as 
altogether too "slapstick." Oliver 
Morosco Is seeking a new piece for 
her. 



Hnbart Called in for Rogers Show 
Friday last, the eleventh hour, 
George V. Hobart was called m by 
Florenz Zlegfeld to inject some ad- 
ditional comedy in the "Midnight 
I Frolic"— Will Rogers show. 



M 



L E G I T I M ATE 



Friday, January 13, 1928 



SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 









Figures estimated and comment point to some attractions being 
successful, while the same gross acci edited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance it explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the size of show 
ca6t, with consequent difference in necessary gross for a profit. 
Variance in business necessary for musical attraction as against 
dramatic attractions is also to be considered. 

These matters are included and considered when comment below 
points toward success or failure. 



BUSINESS IN BOSTON 
SHU. HOLDING UP 



Managers See Clear Road 
Ahead Till Lent 



"Alias Jimmy Valentine," Gaiety 
(6th week). Final week for this 
revival; pace fairly good but not 
strong enough to carry weight of 
name oast. Goes on tour. Elate 
Janls and "Her Gang" succeeds 
Monday. 
"Anna Christie,'* Vanderbilt (11th 
week). "With extra matinee (New 
Years' day) last week's went to 
little over $10,000. Gross for 
drama considered satiafactroy. 
Cast small. 
"Bill of Divorcement," Times Square 
(14th week). Continues to stand 
up among dramatic leaders, though 
not pulling as well as first sensa- 
tional weeks. Big draw on lower 
floor. Last week around $13,000 
with extra matinee. 
"Blossom Time," Ambassador (Mth 
week). Extra matinee sell-out 
and balance of last week held to 
excellent business for around 
$22,000. This operetta pipe for all 
season. 
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Kits 
(17th week). Figured to go on 
tour next month, but business 
continues profitable and dates on 
road may be set back. Was one 
of autumn's big money getters. 
"Blue Kitten," Selwyn Cist week). 
Muslcallzed version of French 
farce, "The Chasseur of Maxim's." 
Produced by Arthur Hammerstein. 
Opening put over to Friday night. 
Good road reports. 
"Bombo," Jolson (16th week). Star, 
Al Jolson, real draw. Big figures 
during holidays. Off at mid-week 
jj matinee but doing well nightly. 
"Bull Dog Drummond," Knicker- 
bocker (3d week). Looks like this 
English meller has kick. Agency 
demands report growing last 
week. Comedy treatment impor- 
tant factor in show getting draw. 
Around $13,000 last week. 
"Captain Applejack,** Cort (3d 
week). Again Sam H. Harris has 
four attractions on list. "Apple- 
jack" is English comedy and ac- 
counted one of best frolics in 
town. Cast lead by Wallace Ed- 
dinger and Mary Nash. Nearly 
$15,000 for first week. 
"Chocolate Soldier," Century (5th 
week). Business slumped down 
sharply after holiday week and 
two-for-one ticket plan now used. 
May be replaced soon. 
"Danger," 39th Street (4th week). Is 
feminine draw, Saturday matinee 
holding up to big business but 
nights only fair. Last week with 
extra matinee gross around $6,500. 
Must build to stick. 
•Demi -Virgin," Eltlnge (13th week). 
Agencies have renewed buy for 
four week 9. Legal tangle over 
license commissioner lend fresh 
publicity last week, which prob- 
ably had reflex at box office. 
"Dream Maker," Empire (8th week). 
Around $11,000 last week with ex- 
tra matinee. Two more weeks to 
go t then Doris Keane due in 
"Csarina," 
•Drifting," Plavhouse. House sud- 
denly forced dark Saturday. 
Large-cast show and accredited 
with being excellently acted melo- 
drama. Is seventh attraction 
for Playhouse. Alice Brady taken 
HI and show withdrawn after six 
performances. 
"Dulcy," Frazee (22d week). Com- 
k edy riding along to profitable tak- 
I ings. Not hit big figures but 
f looks good at around $9,000 week- 
ly Tor balance of winter. 
"Face Value," 49th Street (3d week). 
Not given much of run and will 
probably he succeeded before end 
of month. Leo Ditrlchsteln due 
to go to coast. Between $7,000 
and $7,500 last week. 
•First Year," Lfttre («4th week). 
Bettered $11,000 last week with 
extra performance. < Pace means 
nice profit weekly. Cast small and 
gross close to capacity in this 

"Get Together," Hippodrome (20th 
week). Big house pulled great 
matinees during holidays, but 
night business not up to expec- 
tations. New novelties being 
readied. Around $35,000 claimed 
for last week. 

"Good Morning Dearie," Globe (11th 
week). Musical smash and 
teamed with "Music Box Revue" 
in leadership of Broadway. Ex- 
tra matinee at holiday priors sent 
gross to $33,000— about $4,000 over 
normal. 

"Grand Duke," Lyceum (11th weeio. 
$11,000 or little under last week. 
one extra performance. Figures 
to continue to "Washington's 
Birthday and then on tour. 

"Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- 
hert (20th week). One more week. 
Latest of "Village" series has done 
well but considerably under gross 1 
necessary to make money. Nor- 
mal between $17,000 and $18,000. 

"Intimate Strangers," Miller (10th 
week). Between $9,000 and $10,- 
400 last week, with extra matinee. 
Was expected to last well Into 
winter, but will start touring after 



another week. Laureate Taylor In 
"The National Anthem" probably 
succeed 

"Just Married," Nora Bayes (37th 
week). Counts as winner. Farce 
opened in summer and made good. 
Cut rates have been profitable for 
house and attraction for most of 
fall, but no doubt of show's popu- 
larity with that class of clientele. 

"Kiki," Belasco (7th week). Smash 
of dramas, with demand and ca- 
pacity business indicated . until 
warm weather. One extra mati- 
nee last week sent grosTta -$19,500, 
over $3,000 better than normal. 

"Lawful Larceny," Republic (2d 
week). Comedy drama, excellent- 
ly acted, that ought to connect. 
First week disappointment, gross 
not much better than $7,500. 

•Lilies of the -' Field*," Klaw (16th 
week). Backers continue to liti- 
gate. Takings for holiday week 
under expectations and last week 
gross of around $8,000 probably 
left Mttle profit. If business does 
not again build, run will be cut. 

"Musi© Box Revue," Music Box (17th 
week). Holiday scale applying 
for extra matinee brought nearly 
$4,000 additional, for gross last 
week of around $33,000. Call for 
this wonderful draw unabated and 
sure to run Into summer going, 
possibly longer. 

"Nature's Nobleman," 49th Street 
(9th week). Goes ofT Saturday. 
Fritz Lei be r goes in for two 
Tveeks. 

"Sally," New Amsterdam (56th 
week). Last season's musical 
smash stayed right along last 
week, with $28,000 gross, planting 
it easy third to "Music- Box Re- 
vue" and "Good Morning Dearie." 

"Shuffle Along," 63d St. (34th week). 
Nothing has stopped this all-col- 



Boston, Jan. 11. 

Business at all the legitimate 
houses in town held up last week. 
Box office receipts Were close to, 
and, in some cases, on a par with, 
those of the previous week. This 
condition, though very satisfactory 
to those Interested In legitimate 
theatricals around nere, was not un- 
expected, as practically the same 
patronage that made the business 
good the previous week, those home 
for the holidays from the schools 
and colleges around here, were still 
In town. *'■ 

This week the story Is expected 
to be a bit different, and, as was in- 
dicated at the vaudeville houses 
downtown Monday afternoon, light 
business at the first of the Week 
with a stronger play at the finish 
will probably be the story. This is 
the way things have been running 
so far this season, until the advent 
Of the holiday season, and nothing 
has occurred that would indicate a 
change. From now until Lent a 
good break, when everything is con- 
sidered, is expected, but some of the 
managers can't carry their opti- 
mistic spirit far enough to believe 
that the Lenten season won't give 
them a worse crack than has been 
the case .for the past three or four 
seasons. 

There were two new openings in 
town Monday, and both got a good 
play, but from widely different 
classes of theatregoers. Mclntyre 
and Heath opened with their new 
show, "Red Fepper," at the Wilbur. 
When the curtain went up the house 
was Jammed, every box being filled 
and a full quota of standees. The 
house was sold on a two-for-one 
basis, it la understood, for the open- 
ing. As both comedians are local 
favorites, and their show this season 
compares favorably with their of- 
ferings of seasons past, it is be- 
lieved It is in here for a run to extra 
good business if the booking condi- 
tions will allow. The other new 
show was at the Holjls, where "The 
Wandering Jew" came in for a stay 



ly this latest offering of Griffith's 
has got over here, evidenced by the 
fact that business last week ran to 
$15,000. Very big business for any 
sort of film. Reported steady stream 
of buyers at box office during day, 
always considered excellent sign 
here. 

"Dog Love" (Plymouth, 3d week). 
No sign of any dropping . off and 
Hodge's local following sticking 
strong. Claimed takings last week 
were within few hundred dollars of 
preceding week, when gross was 
$14,500. - . 

"Red Pepper" (Wilbur, 1st week). 



CHICAGO'S GOOD WEEK 

* HELPED BY HOLIDAY 



Pessimistic Over Future BusU 
ness— "Night Cap's" Suc- 
cessful Start 



Chicago, Jail. 11. 
All shows kept to their holiday 
Packed house at opening seemed to prices Monday. Thle covered up 



enjoy itself thoroughly. When last 
this pair played here with "Hello 
Alexander" they did whale of busi- 
ness, extending over several weeks. 
Nothing to show they won't repeat. 
"Afgar" wound up fairly strong. 

"Irene" (Shubert, 3d week). An- 
other repeat; proved big money- 
maker. After first couple of days 
last week house capacity and. gross 
about same as previous week, 
Vicinity of $20,000. Big money for 
musical show here, especially with 
general slump considered. Every- 
body connected with show fee\s 
pretty good over it. 

"Happy Go Lucky" (Selwyn. 3d 
week). Business continues to pick 
up with tip going out daily this 
comedy is real show. Business last 
week around $8,000. 



fflfmD IN PH1LLY 
ASKING $3 FOR FROLIC 



Mixed Notices About "Bat's" 

Run in Quaker City— - 

Out for Record 



ored revue, which opened as sum- of three weeks. The same "car- 



mer show. Big money maker and 
looks good for rest of winter. 
"Six Cylinder Love," Sam Harris 
(21st week). Came back strongly 
at holidays and last week saw re- 
turn of fall pace. Takings be- 
tween $15,000 and $16,000. This 
week, with auto show, demand ex- 
ceptionally strong. 

"Squaw Man," Astor (3d week). 
Not able to build, and after holi- 
day draw of moderate proportions 
being readied for road. Business 
this week reported away oft. 

"S. 8. Tenacity," Belmont (2d 
week). Around $4,000 last week. 
At that gross it is claimed both 
house and attraction can break 
even, cast being small. Curtain 
raiser "Critics*' added Monday. 

"Tangerine," Casino (23d week). 
Leader of $2.50 musical shows of 
season; business last week con- 
tinued excellent, going to $22,000, 
without extra performance 
(Wednesday matinee switched to 
Monday, New Year's). 

"Thank U," Longacre (15th week). 
Draw of this type comedy for reg- 
ular performance will decide 
length of run. Show an in and 
outer, taking surprising spurts at 
times. Last week was profitable 
at nearly $9,500. 

"The Bat," Morosco (73d week). 
Run leader, might stay until 
spring. Last week around $12,- 
000; unless house can land smash 
mystery play will remain in run- 
ning. Last week's takings beat 
out many of newer offerings. 

;'The Circle," Fulton (18th week). 
Moved over from Selwyn Monday. 
"Lillom," which ran at Fulton nine 1 
months, went out to capacity 
business, indicating it could have 
rounded out year's stay. 

"Ths Claw," Broadhurst (13th week). 
Leaving after next week. Started 
off well at around $12,000 but 
dropped around $8,000 and dipped 
under that lately. "Marjolane," 
musical version of "Pomander 
>Walk," will succeed. 

"The Dover Road," Bijou (4th 
week). Milne comedy (English), 
seems to have, landed smartly. 
With extra performance last week 
beat $10,500. Capacity for house 
little over $10,000 for eight per- 
formances. May move to Booth 
early next month. 

"The Great Broxopp," Punch and 
Judy. Hou.so dark, show having 
dropped out suddenly Saturday 
after sticking for two months. 
Hngllsh comedy that sce-sawed, 
though not reported having strong 
draw at any time. Low gross in 
LMVJ-house. 

"The Green Goddess," Booth (.list 
wcol<). Fltfiirr.s to leave for road 
February 18. Melodrama of Eng- 
lish authorship consistent win- 
ner and will have turned solid 
year at end of next week. Very 
good last week with around $12,- 
000. 

"The Married Woman," Princess 
(4th week). Best thin could do 
for holiday week was $4,200; last 
week about the same. Does not 
ligure to stick and may be with- 
drawn after this week. Matinee 
show. " 

"The Mountain Man," Maxlnc El- 



riage" trade, for it seems out of 
place to substitute the motor for 
the carriage at this house, was on 
band for the opening with a good 
advance sale registered. The line- 
up at the ticket office just before 
curtain time was a big one. 

As things stand now all the shows 
that are in town at the present time 
are good for at least two weeks 
more. None of them has shown 
any signs of weakening sufficiently 
to call for their withdrawal. 

Estimates for the week: 

"Tip Top" (Colonial, 6th week). 
Capacity every performance. This 
has been conditipn since show 
struck town, and it will go out 
probably as taking away more 
money than any other show here 
this season. In for about nine 
weeks more, according to dope, and 
is ean joying remarkably big advance 
sale. Last week $33,400; $3 top 
Week nights. 

"The Wandering Jew" (Hollls, 1st 
week). Opened very strong. Final 
week "Mr. Pirn Passes By" got 
about $8,000. Fifth week, and as 
straight dramatic gross satisfac- 
tory. 

"Orphans of. the Storm" (Tre- 
mont, 3d week). Film. Undoubted- 



Philadelphia, Jan. 11. 

There Is not a little Interest lo- 
cally over the attempt of Zlegfeld to 
bring back the $3 top scale with his 
"Frolio" show, which opens at the 
Garrick this week. 

The season here has been almost 
consistently noticeable for low- 
scaled shows, with $2.50 as the top 
and several $2 attempts. There 
have been a few exceptions, notably 
"The Love Letter," which was a bad 
loser here; "The Merry Widow," a 
decided success, and 'The Follies," 
which cleaned up, especially in the 
second week. The Shuberts have 
been fighting any of the higher- 
scaled shows. 

Three shows opened this week. 
They were "Ladies' Night" at the 
Lyric, "Only 88" at the Broad and 
the Zlegfeld Frolic at the Garrick. 
Griffith's "Orphans of the Storm" 
opens Jan. 11 at the Forrest The 
TurJflsh bath farce comes into a 
house which has had an in-and-out 
year. Some very good shows, such 
as "Enter Madame" and Ditrlch- 
steln, have done passably, and such 
shows as "Afgar'- and "Cornered" 
have lost money at the Lyric. 

The Broad, on the other hand, has 
had two shows that coined money 
just before the "Only 88" engage- 
ment. They were Skinner and 
Ethel Barrymore. Nothing is un- 
derlined to follow the Mary Ryan 
comedy, which stays only two 
weeks. 

The Zlegfeld Frolic will stay 
three weeks, and will be followed by 
"Welcome Stranger." The Frolic Is 
the first musical show to play this 
house since "Mary." 

The Walnut has done well with 
"The Bad Man" and could have 

stood another week or so of the prove big money maker and hold 
jBlinn engagement, but Brady's *"" * nnr * — •« m««.«.i _.,.~i. -mw 
had been booked in 



liott (5th week). Little draw to 

. date. Changes made after show 

i opened' reported to have im- 
proved it. _ - „ . 

"The O'Brien Girl," Liberty (15th 'Love •show WO uld como into the 

week). Pulling fine business with Adelphi the latter part of Janu- 



"Skin Game' 
for the 16th 

Considerable stir was made by an 
announcement In aU the Sunday 
papers that Hodge and his "Dog 



little over $19,000 last week; one 
extra matinee. Draw almost en- 

• tirely at box office. Looks cinch 
for rest of winter. 

"The Idle Inn," Plymouth. With- 
drawn Saturday, staying but three 
weeks.. Failure reported costly 
one for Arthur Hopkins. House 
dark. 

"The Perfect Pool," Xohan (12th 
week). Went past $21,000 last week 
with one extra matinee. Has been 
smash $2.50 musical show, and 
strong agency demand. 

"The Varying Shore," Hudson (6th 
week). With extra matinee, $13.- 
♦>00. On.; of f»«w dramas with $3 
top this season. Ought to run to 
Washington's Birthday at pro lit. 

"The White Peacock," Comedy (3d 
week). Played extra matinee; 
takings were $5,000 or littlo under. 
Publicity out of town not followed 
up here (birth control). Two 
weeks more to go. 

"The Wild Cat," Park (8th wc-k). 
Readied for road. Takings claimed 
to have made even break but not 
counting production. 

"Up in the Clouds," Lyric (2d week). 
(Jaltes* musical show well regard- 
ed by critics. First week's busi- 
ness around $14,000, with current 
eall reported strong. 

"Madras House," National. Second 
week uptown for this piece, pro- 
duced by Neighborhood Play- 
house. $2 top attraction. 

"Orphans of the Storm," Apollo (2d 
week), Opened last week, win- 
ning general praise. Griffith film 
is doing splurge advertising. In- 
dications for $20,000 this week. 
Sunday's gross claimed to have 
leached $3,000. 



ary," succeeding "The Bat." A no 
tice fca this effect was sent out by 
;the local Shubert office, but Towns- 
end Walsh, with -The Bat" com- 
pany, sent letters to all the dra- 
matic editors to the effect that he 
had just had a talk with Wagen- 
hals, one of the producers of the 
show and had been told that "The 
Bat" would stay indefinitely and 
that "Main Street" would be the 
next attraction at the house. "The 
Bat" will have to remain about five 
more weeks to break the long run 
dramatic record here. 

"The Greenwich Village Follies" 
is underlined to follow "The Pass- 
ing Show" at the Shubert, begin- 
ning Jan. 23. 

How long the Griffith film will 
stay seems problematical. The Grlf- 
flth office says late Into the spring 
if well received; others hero say 
only until the first of March. 

Estimates of the week arc: 

"Only 38" (Broad, first woo];). 
Mary Ryan show opened mildly. 
Figured helped hy success of pre- 
decessors. "Dcclasseo■ , did about 
$13,500 last week, completing run, 
which was a knockout from start to 
finish. 

"The Passing Show" (Shubert, 
third week). Did big business 
Christmas and New -Year's weeks, 
but was noticeably off at the be- 
ginning of this week. Will stay 
two weeks and make room for 
"Greenwich Village Follies," $20,000. 

"Orphans of the Storm" (Forrest, 
first week). Film. Opened Wednes- 
day. Started local advertising late, 
but has big advance sale. Griffith 
and Gishes at opening. Run indef- 
inite. "The Wandering Jew'' did 



the real conditions of the week. In« 
dlcationa point toward a slump 
from this week on. 

"Little Old New York" and "Thei 
Night Cap" opened ' successfully 
from^e box office ar well ae any 
other angle. The critics found these! 
new ones in favor, even comparing 
"The Night Gap" as a likely succes- 
sor to "The Bat." Chauncey Olcott 
humped up against a brick wall and 
is facing an unfavorable run, 

The incoming shows are "The; 
Last Walts," at the Garrick," start* 
ing off with a substantial advance] 
sale; "The Hindu," ^ with Walker 
Whiteside, into the Shubert Central. 
Whiteside la a society favorite and 
drew them in flocks for his 
ing. 

Estimates for last week include 
Sunday and Monday of last weaki 

"Return of Peter art mm" (Power* 
2d week). Sale verjr heavy, steady 
line of advance ' patrons. Warneld, 
following very big. Possibly J2e>* 
200. 

"Ragged Robin" (Olympic, 1st 
week). Receipts almost negligible* 

"Greenwich Village Follies" (Gar- 
rick, 10th week). Finished to best 
week since arrival. Closed Satur- 
day. "The Last Waltz" in for un- 
limited run. 

"Connecticut Yankee" (Woods*, to! 
week). Film. Continuous grind} 
grossed close to $12,000. 

"Follies" (Colonial, 2d week). 
Gross estimated at $37,000 wiU* 
steady demand. Publicity strong. 

"Nice People" (Cort, llth week). 
No leaving date announced, wbicbi 
speaks of the success of this show, 

"Little Old New York" (Cohan's 
Grand, 1st week). Critics gave lit- 
tle space but complimented it, 
Started with gross of between $14,- 
000 and $15,000. 

"Woman of Bronze" (Princess, 
10th week). One of favorites; $12,- 
000. Leaves Feb. 6. "Li Horn" due} 
to follow in. 

"The Skin Game" (Shubert Cen- 
tral, 10th week). Run phenomenal* 
Scheduled to leave after first week* 
Wm. A. Brady circulated slam at 
Chicago's lack of appreciation of 
good shows. Then he tagged line 
"The Much Abused Success" to this* 
show's ads. "The Hindu" opened 
Sunday night. 

Sot hern- Marlowe (Shubert Great 
Northern, 2d week). Said to have 
grossed $16,500. Leaves in two 
weeks, when Sir Harry Lauder 
takes the boards for a week, then' 
Griffith's "Orphans of the Storm,*? 
indefinite run. 

"Merry Widow" (Illinois, 2d 
week). Good break, with fair, 
gross. 

"Under the Bamboo Tree* 
(Studebaker, 4th week). Felt after* 
the holiday effects to the extent of 
$8,000. Business dropped materi- 
ally, rounding out a gross of about 
$14,000. Still big money. 

"Ths Night Cep" (Playhouse, let 
week). Started off at fast ellpw 
Press mentioned better than "Thet 
Bat." Lester Bryant, lessor of thle 
house, owns half interest In pro* 
duction. Indications this show will 

Id 
for long run. Closed week with* 
$11,000, and tickets on sale for tea 
weeks in advance. 

"Lightnin" (Blaekstone, IStV 
week). Now holds record run for, 
shows in town. Tacked up a $23,* 
000 gross for week. 

"Deddy's Qone A-Huntnig" (L4 
Salle, 2d week). Strongly adverw 
tised, helped to boost gross. Fioe 
ished with probably $12,000. ^ 

MINNEAPOLIS BUCKS TO \ 

Minneapolis, Jan. 11. 1>- 
"Greenwich Village Follies" com* 
pany, which recently closed at Gar- 
rick, Chicago, holding boards here 
this week at the Met. It's the first 
musical show this year and drawing 
wonderfully. 

The attraction opened to $1,000 
Monday night, only $200 below what 
it got last year for the opening per- 
formance. 

poorly second week with a scant 
$14,000. 

"Ziegfeld Frolic" (Garrick, first 
wrJt). Opened Tuesday. Three- 
do. lar top. but advance sale big. 
"Famous Mrs. Fair" off on return 
engagement here, with only $8,000 
last week. 

^ "Bad Man" ("Walnut, third week). 
Second only to Lauder as a draw- 
ing card at this house. Could stay 
longer, but must conclude Saturday. 
'Skin liamii" coming in. "Cad 
Man" did $17,500 last week- 

"Ladies' Night" (Lyric, first week). 
Much expected of this Woods farce. 
No attempt being made here to use 
"Demi -Virgin" business and Hop- 
wood's connection with it to boom 
"Ladies' Night." "Red Pepper," 
one of weakest of holiday shows, 
did only $12,000 last week. 

"The Bet" (Adelphi, sixteenth 
week). Question as to whether this 
thriller will sta>- through to beat 
record, but latent statement Is to 
the effect that it will; $13,600 last 
week. 



Friday, January 18, IMS 



LEGITIMATE 



17 



BROADWAY ! REVIEWS 



ROSA MACHREE 

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££os Marley Charles Ksdale 

&H1 Lardon Harry Qreen 

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"Rosa Machree/' with Julia Adler 
of the Yiddish theatre featured, 
epened Jan. 9 at the Lexington 
opera house to little or no sustained 
enthusiasm, though labeled for pub- 
licity purposes "a direct answer to 
Henry Ford." An astonishing 
thing about it — the evening's only 
thrill— was that Edward E. Rose 
wrote and dlreoted it. But this was 
-hardly entertaining. Rather than 
have signed his name to such vulgar 
rubbish he should have infinitely 
preferred his well-earned retire - 
■lent. 

The show Itself was sponsored by 
Hudson Productions Co., Inc., be- 
hind which imposing frontal dis- 
play lurks the personality, it is un- 
derstood, of one Will Morrison, 
whoever he may be. His efforts 
provoked the suggestion that one of 
those who shared the expense with 
him might well have been Henry 
Ford, if the motor maker is cor- 
rectly credited with genuine, inclu- 
sive hostility to Jewry. 

The acting presented was little 
superior to the story, but what a 
tale those performers had to unfold! 
Lord Ragdon's son elopes with a 
Hebrew servant girl, which dis- 
pleases his father, who years later 
offers to adopt the daughter if the 
mother will stay away. This ar- 
• rahgement is effected by a lawyer 
rascally in the good old ten, twent', 
thirt' style and without the 
daughter's knowledge. She goes, 
w.eping. expecting soon to see 
"Mamma" again and promising a 
young Irish lad to find his lost 
sweetheart. And who should this 
sweetheart be but Lord Ragdon's 
niece. 

The second act is given over to 
accustoming Lord Ragdon and the 
British aristocracy to the peculiar 
diction and mannerisms of the 
young girl from Dclancey street. 
The lawyer addresses the head of 
the house as "me lord," and the 
grand -daughter is told she, too, 
should so address him — such out- 
dated nonsense, no longer effective 
even In the. middle west since "Rug- 
gles of Red Gap" is a sample of the 
humor. Another Is the girl's com- 
promise on "O, Lord." 

But humor is not all this play 
has — tragedy also! This shows up 
in the third act 1.000-watt lung 
power strong. For in this act the 
girl's mother crosses the seas, talc- 
ing a job In Lord Ragdon's kitchen 
Just to be near her daughter. The 
young Irishman hasx brought her, 
and he faces daughter, bitterly re- 
proachful, the lawyer having 
brought about a misunderstanding 
regarding daughter's love for 
mother. But daughter proves her 
love! She finds mother, and when 
she does she begins such a scream - 
lhg and yelling as has not been 
heard in the theatre since Mrs. 
Carter showed how it could be done 
properly l n "Zaza." But here it was 
not done properly and the" effect 
was more awful by reason of its 
contrast to the restrained, very 
truthful and heart-touching per- 
formance given by Sonia Marcelle 
as the mother. 

The last act straightens things 
out. The young man masquerading 
as a butler clears his name and re- 
veals himself as really an English 
lord set on marrying Rosa. Down 
comes the curtain with a strident 
yell that "it is hard to beat the Irish 
and the Jews," and so ended the 
answer to Henry Ford. It is "no 
Jewish 'Peg o' My Heart,'" as its 
promoters fondly imagine, but in 
more capable hands, with a believ- 
able plot, from a mind sensitized 
to good taste and discretion, what 
a play could be written based on 
Hebraic family solidarity, on the 
mother love of that race! The ef- 
fect was approached in "Humor- 
esque," but in "Rosa Machree" it 
was made worse by acting unsuited 
to Broadway, though the backers' 
attempt to recast showed they 
realized at least something of this 
difficulty. 

Certainly Miss Adler's perform- 
ance was hoydenish and strident 
to an extreme without redeeming 
graces or appeal. It is true the 
American public likes to sec tables 
turned on a foreigner, Americans 
fresh yet generously triumphant, 
but redeeming humor and under- 
lying respect for the realities in 
others must redeem these flip pleas- 
antries or they fall flat. Here the 
sympathy went to the foreigners. 
ft was impossible to credit their 
being won over by the girl's im- 
pertinences. Fuller MelUsh is too 
Rood an actor, and showed it, not 
to hold his audience despite his 
lines. Charles Esdale as the villain 
"ad the easiest time of all. though 
«n amusing characterization of a 
J»ah-Jove Englishman was given by 
Harry (Ireen. Mabel Allen and 
I-ucy Beaumont offered caricatures 



might afford, while Ryder Keane 
and Clarence Derwlnt played 
straight and let it go at that. 

Leaf. 



HE WHO GETS SLAPPED 

THI/l ( PhUlp Leigh 

Polly J Musical Clowns \ Edgar Stehll 

Briquet, Manager of the Circus 

Ernest Cosaart 
Manclnl, Consuelo's Father. .Frank Relcher 

Zinlda. a Lion Tamer Helen West ley 

Angelica l Trapeae f Martha Bryan Allen 
Eatelle ) Performers ( Helen Sheridan 

Francois Bdwln R. Wolfe 

He •••• Richard Bennett 

(Courtesy Sam H. Harris) 

Jackson, a Clown Henry Travers 

Consuelo, the Eqoestian Tango Queen.. 

Margalo GUI more 
(Courtesy George C. Tyler) 

Alfred Beaano, a Bareback Rider 

, John Rutherford 

Baron negnard Louis Calvert 

A Gentleman John Blair 

Wardrobe Lady Kathryn Wilson 

Usher Charles Cheltenham 

Conductor Edwin R. Wolfe 

Pierre ,- Philip Loeb 

A Sword Dancer Renee Wilde 

Ballet Master Oliver Grymea 

f Vera Tompkins 
[ Anne Tonnettl 

Ballot Girls \ Marguerite Wernlmont 

[Frances Ryan 
Actresses In Circus Panto* f Adele St. Maur 

mime I Sara Enright 

Thomas, a Strong Man Dante Voltaire 

A Snake Charmer Joan Clement 

A Contortionist Richard Coolldge 

A Riding Master Kenneth Lawton 

A Juggler... Francis O. Sadtler 

( Sears Taylor 
Acrobats X Lulgl Belastro 



The latest Theatre Guild produc- 
tion opened Jan. 9 at the Garrick, 

"He Who Gets Slapped." a play ln 
four acts by Leonid Andreyev, trans- 
lated from the Russian by Gregory 
Zilbobrg, directed by Robert Milton. 
It is a -fair question to propound 
to the Board of Managers of the 

Theatre Guild, Inc., whether they 
would have produced "He Who Gets 
Slapped" If the manuscript had been 
submitted to them as the work of 
a native author? As the cockney 
woman says in Bernard Shaw's 
"Pygmalion"— "not bloody likely." 
The board may not, personally, be 
snobbish, but they know the Guild 
is more likely to attain their kind 
of success by catering to the "snob- 
bishness" of our dear New York 
public by giving them entertain- 
ment bearing a foreign trade-mark. 
Some of them may recall that in 
this self-same Garrick theatre the 
late Richa.d Mansfield was unable 
to play to paying patronage for an 
indefinite period with a repertory 
of carefully selected plays, rang- 
ing from Shaw td Hawthorne and 
back to Shakespeare, and they have 
probably learned -in their compara- 
tively brief experience that only by 
presenting bizarre plays of foreign 
origin can they reduce their chances 
of non -success to a material extent. 
Hence such presentations as "He 
Who Gets Slapped." which is noth- 
ing more than another variation of 
the familiar "Punchinello" story so 
dear to the heart of foreign play- 
wrights. And in its unfoldment, oc- 
cupying nearly three hours, divided 
into four acts, with its stilted dialog, 
most of which sounded like a lit- 
eral translation from the Russian, it 
seemed endless. 

AU four acts are laid in what is 
apparently the green room of a small 
traveling circus in France. You are 
asked to believe that a total stranger, 
refusing to give himself a name 
other than "He," well-dressed, 39 
years old, never before a performer, 
can apply to the proprietor of a cir- 
cus and immediately secure em- 
ployment as a clown— a branch of 
the profession to Which children are 
apprenticed in continental Europe — 
and what Is more, become at once 
a favorite with the public. This 
rings about as true as everything 
else In the play, despite the recruit- 
ing of such prominent performers as 
Richard Bennett. Margalo GlUmore, 
Louis Calvert and John Blair, in ad- 
dition to their own Frank Relcher, 
Henry Travers and Helen Westley. 
"He Who Gets Slapped" will 
probably enjoy a vogue, due to the 
patronage of that large coterie of 
would-be highbrows who will pre- 
tend to fathom the "hidden mean- 
ings" of the Russian dramatist's in- 
volved dialog — a coterie that would 
have you believe they are in sym- 
pathy with Bolshevism, but who are, 
in reality, quite harmless. 

RAGS 

(In Yiddish) 



Jolo. 



Monl-Tjl Man** 

Kachel-l.oah, his wife. 

Hurry 

Annie their children. 

Sadie J 

Altrr Levi 

Morris I.<*\ I. Ills boil. 

A Foreman 

Abraham M.tlitz 

]>alen 

Iteb Kll 

It7.e 

Chnim 

Zalmnn workers 

Matttii'is } In the { 

Nnhutu rag shop 

Hen«l 

Noun 

HchmuM 

Chntzkul 

larall 

Moishe 



. . . . Maurirf Swart* 
. .Jjina Abramowit* 
(Zvl Josi-ph Skuler 
•! nesnle Mogulesco 
1 Anna Apol 

Ilyman Mei«el 

..Samuel Hernsteln 

..Morris Strousbrrg 

Jachlel CJoldsmlth 

Irving Honigman 

Mark Schweld 

Julius Adler 

Israel Srhoen 

Ph. Ynskowltz 

Km II Hlrsch 

Albert Mohel 

Ilcnzlon Katz 

I. Hoperatein 

iSamu"! Tr*Mbusch 

Isaac Orc»»nb»*rg 

Joseph Ilos^nb^rg 

Levi Shapiro 



Schwarts presented H. Leivlck's 
"Rags" at the Jewish Art theatre 
downtown on Madison avenue and 
27th street The press representa- 
tive of the production eulogised the 
piece as a "new step forward 
in the Jewish theatre, as It is 
the first genuine drama of Ameri- 
can life to be presented on the 
Yiddish stage." Just how true that 
may be is beyond this reporter's 
ken, but the lobby comment and the 
audience's enthusiasm did suggest 
this was an epoch-making offering 
in Yiddish theatricals. Joseph 
Barondess, a local attorney and 
Jewish leader, in a speech at the 
end of the third act in which he 
commended Mr. Schwarts's efforts 
towards the elevation of the Jewish 
drama, also waxed eloquent on the 
subject. 

The play Itself Is the story of Mor- 
decai Maaze (Maurice Schwarts), 
an immigrant whose children were 
reared ln America. He is the lead- 
ing character and it is about his 
unyielding spirit that will not adapt 
itself to the new surroundings that 
the play revolves. Mordecal is an 
old world aristocrat and scholar 
who has been transplanted to Amer- 
ica, which he cannot see as the land 
of opportunity and happiness as do 
his children. As one of the lowly 
cogs ln old Alter Levi's rag shops, 
he sticks to his dally grind with 
hopeless -bitter stoicism. His pride 
and sensitiveness turn him inward 
upon himself. He is unable te ad- 
just himself to his environment; in 
his own home he grows more and 
more a stranger to his son (who 
he thinks hates him bitterly) and 
his daughters. The American boy 
and girls, trying to live for them- 
selves ln their own America, con- 
stantly wound him even when they 
attempt to show him kindness and 
love. 

From this short analysis of Mor- 
decai's soul the theme is more of 
an exposition of a man's character 
than straight drama, although It 
should not be interpreted that the 
dramatic is lacking. 

Monjecai's pride is touched when 
his daughter elopes with his "boss* " 
son. He feels that the class differ- 
ence is too wide. The girl, Annie, 
who looks up at the Levis as her 
superiors, thinks her beau to be a 
great catch. This grates on the 
proud, scholarly old man. Mentally 
he knows they are far beneath him, 
but when at the ceremony and feast 
they introduce him in such con- 
descending, half-shamed manner to 
the more Americanized guests he is 
compelled to leave the place and 
return to his home. Later when his 
co-workers decide to strike for $3 
per week more wages he advises 
them not to, likening their exist- 
ences to the rags that they are 
compelled to sort for their meagre 
stipend, just fragments, cast-offs, 
always to be consigned to the most 
obscure and inconspicuous corners 
of the world about them. What 
matters It to them if they do win 
their raise. They will still be as 
inconsequential ln the scheme of life 
as ever. However, they decide to 
leave, and Mordecal out of loyalty 
to his co-workers slowly decides to 
do likewise after they have all de- 
serted the loft. As he is about to I 
exit they return, stating that by the 
time they reached the corner of the 
street their ardor had waned and 
they decided to come back, at which 
Mordecal, enraged, shouts, "Once 
you have humiliated yourself into! 
going out — stay out I" 

In Act IV his children have pro- 
vided for the old man ln order that 
he may not be compelled to work 
any more ln the old rag shop. He 
does not feel happy living on their 
bounty, which is given him with ill 
grace. Unaccustomed to this en- 
forced ldlenoss and loafing and to 
his Sabbath clothes, at which he 
looks ever and anon sbllloquislng, J 
"This is not a holiday, why am I 
not in the shop?", he makes a final 
effort to return to the rag shop, de- 
spite his wife's outcries, a wretched 
soul doomed to be forever a part of 
that existence. There the play ends 
without any definite conclusion but 
complete ln its import. 

The casting was perfect, as was 
the mounting with Its tenement in- 
terior for the setting for the first, 
second and last act and the rag shop 
setting for the third act. Mr. 
Schwartz was ably supported by 
Rina Abramowitz as his wife, al- 
though the cast on the whole sums 
up equally in its respective roles. 

This play is presented Friday, 
Saturday and Sunday at a $2.50 top. 
II was almost capacity last Fri- 
day's performance, which was not 
the opening night. The piece had 
been running a couple of weeks be- 
fore the press was invited. Abel. 



OUT OF TOWN REVIEWS 



RED PEPPER 

Boston, Jan. 11. 

Juniper Berry James Mclntyre 

Jimpson Weed Thomas Heath 

Lilly Rose Mabel Elaine 

Nokomis ...Vivian Holt 

Minnie Ha Ha Lillian Rosedale 

Col. Shelby Bright Dan Qulnlan 

Sally Edna Bates 

Richard Pitney Barrett Qreenwcod 

Dolly Pitney Fern Rogers 

Lord Oathe-Coyne Charles Brown 

Scotty Jack Ryan 

Rahe Stringer Uiadys Fooshee 

Blllie Bull Sybil Fooshee 

Jimmy Swift Dan Brennan 

Tommy Dodd Hal Sands 

Lariat Ike Bee Ho Oray 

Nan Ada Summerville 

R. R. Attorney George Voungman 

Lucy Strike Lottie Bell 

Armonda Escamlllo 



NEW ORLEANS BUSINESS 



Marcus Show and Walter Hampden 
Appearing There 



Before a specially invited audi- 
ence last Friday evening, amongst 
whora were included representatives 
of both the Kngl1sh and Yiddish 
°t English gentlewomen "to "bring press and foremost lesders of the 
out whatever humor the situations Jewish literary world, Maurice 



New Orleans, Jan. 11. 
The Marcus Show, presenting 
"Cluck Cluck," opened to standing 
room at the Tulane Jan. 8, with 
business receding thereafter. The 
show will probably get around $12,- 
000. It now shapes up like what was 
once a good attraction detracted 
from with incompetent handling. 
Stanley and Birnes and the Run- 
away Four stood out above the 
others. Walter Hampden in reper- 
toire at the Shubert-St. Charles 
looks like $8,000 for the week. 
Hampden ln his first appearance 
South is being generally praised. 



In "Red Pepper," the new Mcln- 
tyre and Heath show, these two old 
campaigners have got something. 
The manner in which the show was 
put over at the Wilbur Jan. 9 dem- 
onstrated that. 

The show opened ln Baltimore in 
November and toured on the road, 
being brought into this city for the 
metropolitan premiere. Both Mc- 
lntyre and Heath have been favor- 
ites for years here and their past 
shows have never failed to come up 
to the expectations of their host of 
followers. At the first night the 
house was a turnaway. Though it 
was sold on a two-for-one basis, the 
results showed this action was not 
necessary, and many were unable 
to get seats when they appeared at 
the box office window just before 
curtain time. Another big house 
was registered on Tuesday, and it 
looks as though the production is 
good for a long money-making run 
here. 

A complete disregard for the 
I esthetic, as stage matters go, with 
the accent being on music, comedy 
and action, is responsible for the 
show being one of the best things 
of its kind for some time. There 
are two acts and seven scenes. Ed- 
gar Smith and Emily M. Young are 
responsible for the book; the lyrics 
are by Howard Rogers and Owen 
Murphy and the music by Albert 
and Owen Murphy. Frank Smith- 
son staged the show and Allan K. 
Foster arranged the dancing num- 
bers. 

More attention was paid to the 
ohorus than to the principals out- 
side of Mclntyre and Heath. The 
chorus for action has not been 
beaten ln this city this season and 
probably won't be. They work like 
demons from the opening number 
to the finale and are responsible for 
putting over strong the two big 
song-and-dance hits of the show, 
"Strutt Your Stuff" and "On the 
Levee," which are used for curtain 
numbers on the tjpo big scenes. 

Naturally Mclntyre and Heath 
handle the comedy end of the show 
without difficulty. Their following 
is a large one and one that is dis- 
tributed through all walks of life, as 
was demonstrated by the fact that 
an Episcopal minister, the son of an 
Episcopal bishop, occupied a seat 
well down front. It can truthfully 
be said that ln the show he saw 
nothing or heard nothing that could 
be construed as at all offensive, and 
when one considers the whirlwind 
character of the show and compares 
it with the standards set by other 
musical comedies, this ln itself is a 
compliment to those responsible. 

The play has a plot which is al- 
lowed to roam at large through the 
two acts, being used when it is con- 
venient and discarded when it isn't. 
It revolves about Juniper Berry and 
Jimpson Weed, played by Mclntyre 
and Heath, a couple of colored wait- 
ers serving the guests at the Casino 
Cafe In Havana. Juniper falls vic- 
tim to the games of chance sug- 
gested by Jimpson, and while be 
eventually comes out on the best 
end, the play between the pair fur- 
nishes much comedy. A race scene 
is used to good advantage ln the 
show. 

Next to the two comedians the 
honors go to Mabel Elaine, who is 
also in black face. She works with 
the chorus to good advantage, sup- 
plying the only real dancing work 
of the show, and was a big hit Bee 
Ho Gray, with a Western makeup 
and stage setting, takes up several 
minutes at the start of the second 
act putting over a bit that is a com- 
bination of tho rope work of Will \ 
Rogers and the knife-throwing stuff 
of the old side-show days. The bal-J 
ance of the cast take care of their | 
parts without any difficulty. 

Lib bey. 



a 

promenade, such as one finds in the 
suburbs, ln front of Ave little houses. 
The scene painted by Jos. Wlckes 
is splendid. The story concerns the 
love of a sailor for a French girl, 
whose mother has been jilted by his 
father years before. And both the 
mother and father seek to prevent 
the love match of their children. 
Peggy Wood as Marjolaitle is a 
revelation, and it has been a decade 
since a musical comedy lead has 
displayed such histrionic ability as 
Miss Woods. Lennox Pawle as the 
ex-butler is a comedian of race 
ability. The rest of the cast is uni- 
versally good, with no exceptional 
voices, although Worths Faulkner 
displays a splendid range at times. 
"I Want You, Marjolaine," "Woman. 
Woman," and "Old Brown Coat" will 
doubtless prove popular numbers. 
The chorus is well drilled and with- 
out displaying legs or backs prove 
an acceptable background and pret- 
tily costumed in the gowns of 1808. 

Qretmack. 



MARJOLAINE 

Baltimore, Jan. 11. 

.\lmiral Sir Peter Antrobus 

Albert G. Andrews 

Mrs. Pamela Poskett Daisy n.' I more 

Jim Royal Cutter 

Jerome Iirooke-Hoskyn Lennox Pawle 

Mr. liasil Prlnfle Maurlr* Hollanl 

Madame Lucie Lachesnais. .. .Nellie Htrong 

Nanette Olga Tre»kofT 

Mile. Marjolaine I*achesnn.ls. . .Peggy Wood 

John Sayle, tenth Daron Ottford 

Worth** Faulkner 

Miss Barbara Rternroyd Mary Hay 

Rev. Jacob Sternrnyd, D. D. .Colin Campbell 
I. lout, the Hon. Jack Sayle.. Irv ig ll*«be* 



This new operetta is tiken from 
Louis Parkers 'Pomander Walk," I 
and in the musical setting it has I 
lost none of its charm and delight- J 
fulness. The entire action, ns in the I 
comedy, taka* place on u bmnli 



THE LAW BREAKER 

York, Pa., Jan. 11. 

Father Spalding Joseph MacCauley 

Swing Fowler Clifford Damps** 

Walter Homer %..... John MerkyI 

Tom Fowler Fred Biekel 

Jim Thorne John Cromwell 

Bill Dobbs Morgan Wallace 

R icord I Marcel Rousseau 

Donovan John Milton 

Orlggs Herbert Rathk* 

Joan Fowler Laura WaHccr 

Kit Grey Fair* Blarney 

••The. Law Breaker/' by Jules 1 
Eckert Goodman, presented here by 
William A. Brady, in one way is 
comparable to "The Bat." Nothing 
is left out to make the audience 
happy, but it has none of the in- 
gratiating technique of the Rine- 
hart -Hop wood play. With few ex- 
ceptions, the wheels go around ob- 
viously; in fact, it takes one along 
very much like a roller coaster, one 
minute dashing up to heights of 
sincere and interesting playwritlng. 
the next dropping Into depths of 
over-stressed sentimentality. 

There is a confusion of themes. 
One after another they are brought 
forth and started on their way to 
dramatic development, until con- 
flicting interests are so Interwoven 
that it is difficult to follow any 
single one with the tenseness and 
one-thought emotion that is proof 
of a good play. In other words, the 
secondary plots are not sufficient- 
ly subordinated and co-ordinated to 
the main theme, with the result il- 
ls difficult to tell just what idea 
Mr. Goodman was trying to work 
to a convincing conclusion, but 
there Is excellent material for a real 
play. 

Confusion was caused by John 
Cromwell's methods with the part 
of Jim Thorne. Fairs Binney had 
a role unsuited to her fragile and 
dainty charm. Laura Walker 
worked courageously and well with 
a priggish part. Fred Blckel 
sketched in the weak younger 
b ther pretty accurately. And 
Morgan Wallace succeeded in ex- 
pansively over-stressing a charac- 
ter that might have been more ef- 
fective otherwise. The rest of thi 
cast ably indicated careless allotting 
of minor roles. 

As to the story. It Is almost im- 
possible to give more than a frag- 
mentary sketch out of the four over- 
loaded acts. There is the society 
girl, with ideas of reform, clashing 
with the young lawyer (in love with 
r r), rigidly believing in Infrangible 
law. There is the clever gentleman 
crook, the crook's loyal girl and the 
treacherous pal from the under- 
world, the weak younger brother 
innocently mixed up with them, the 
money stolen from the father's bank. 
And then the lawyer attempting to 
prove the validity of his knowledge 
of law and order, the girl trying to 
prove her belief that not only should 
justice be the same for her brother 
and a criminal at opposite ends of 
society, but that crooks can be re- 
formed by awakening in them a 
sense of responsibility. This lost 
comes nearest to being a clear defi- 
nition of the best situation in the 
play. To demonstrate her faith ln 
this theory the girl manages to buy 
Thorne off from arrest for the bank 
robbery and tries to keep him from 
sinking back to the old level by this 
slender mental thread. It is diffi- 
cult to estimate her success, though 
the final act very definitely sug- 
gests that a society girl Is always a 
society girl, and crooks are crooks. 

The question is: Will Broadway 
stand for a melee of mixed motives 
and another crook who, at the end 
of Act II, is "going to play the game 
on the level to the end?" UcrslK 

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BENVENUTO 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 
Louis Bennison, for several sea- 
sons leading man at the Alcazar 
stock house in this city, and of late 
in pictures at Los Angeles, re- 
turned to the Alcazar last week to 
head the cast ln "Benvenuto," a 
melodrama in fpur acts spiced with 
comedy. Adapted for the stage by 
Hennett Musson and Louis Benni- 
son. the play is taken from Cellini's 
memoirs dealing with the activities • 
of Henvenuto Cellini of Florence, 
Italy, Uuriijj the last years of the- 



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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, January 13, 1922 



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Renaissance, early in the 16th cen- 
tury. 

The authors inject a note in the 
program which reads: "In writing 
*Benvenuto' there has been no at- 
tempt to preserve the chronological 
order of events as set down in Cel- 
lini's memoirs, but rather to catch 
the spirit and personality of the 
great goldsmith and sculptor who 
lived in a time when art was a pas- 
sion and murder a pastime." 

The play has Buro appeal. It 
holds interest throughout after 
starting slowly. Inasmuch as this 
single week engagement at the Al- 
cazar was the premiere, there is 
reason to bcllevo tho authors will 
brush up the opening and also a 
poor closing before presenting the 
play on the legitimate stage. As 
the play stand?, it should be a win- 
ner. 

The first act opens with a group 
of players singing and making 
merry, mere pictorial stuff. As the 
first curtain draws near, the dra- 
matic action becomes stronger and 
stronger until ine climax, which has 
Benvenuto in a spirited fight against 
four swordsmen. From this point 
on until half of the closing chapter 
there is much action, some senti- 
ment and touches of good comedy 
•from the hero. The llnish, however, 
is slow. 

Benvenuto is a dashing young 
Italian sculptor and goldsmith of 
handsome face. He takes what he 
desires and follows his own sweet 
will, even though he arouses the 
wrath of Cosimo De Medici, Duke 
of Florence. His love for Felicia, 
ward of the Duke, and his hate for 
Count Stroxxl, the meanest man in 
Italy, to whom Felicia would have 
been wed but for Benvenuto's in- 
terference, give the hero many 
spirited adventures. The killing of 
Giovanni, Benvenuto's brother, by 
Ramano, a giant bravo of Count 
Strozzl's guard, adds interest to the 
plot and allows Benvenuto to 
avenge his brother's death. The 
climax is reached when Romano ar- 
rives in the workshop of Benvenuto 
to kill the latter, who is weak from 
days of labor and worry, but is him- 
self killed by the intended vi:tim, 
and in place of adding discourage- 
ment to Benvenuto, who "as but 
three hours to cast his statue of 
Perseus or face death, helps the 
sculptor, who uses the brass shields 
of the guard for metal. 

Louis Bennlson's work as .ben- 
venuto was excellent. He played 
every c ;ene with vigor, doing well 
as the rushing gallant protector of 
Felicia and again as the goldsmith 
who never knew what it meant to 
fail. Bennlson as always makes a 
fine commanding stage figure. As 
the play really has but one impor- 
tant character, Bennlson has wide 
scope for acting. 

Gladys George, regular leading 
woman at the Alcazar, made Felicia 

I stand orft as well as possible, al- 
though the pi»rt is of minor impor- 
tance until the closing chapter, 
when she appears in boys' clothing 
and has a few Interesting scenes. 
Charles Yulo as Count Strozzi had 
the second most important part and 
filled it exceptionally well. 
Ben Erway as Giovanni, although 

^only in for the first act, wins from 
the start Frank K. Wallace made 
a convincing duke. Romano was 
done in masterly style by Richard 
C. Allan, who is well suited for this 
type. Benvenuto's apprentice was 
well played by William Tripp, the 
Alcazar Juvenile. 

Hugh Knox, Alcazar director, has 
a minor part in the cast, along with 
Frederick Green, the stage manager. 



Burnaby suddenly remembers a 
pound he lent Stanley Holloway. 
He demands Its return in a harsh 
whisper. Despite the attempts of 
tho rest of the company to pacify 
the disputants they nearly come to 
blows, whilo Chllds still tries to 
hand over his "Last Shot" amid in- 
describable chaoF Tho end comes 
when the entire company leave the 
stage to collect evidence as to the 
alleged loan from the box office, 
leaving the reciter in a state of 
collapHe, almost inarticulate, but 
still struggling to do his job. 

"My Lady's Eyes" is quite a good, 
well-handled skit on a certain type 
of pluy, but unfortunately no revue 
or light entertainment seems com- 
plete without something on the 
same lines. In the rest of the long 
program, which comes to an end 
when a photographer tries to get a 
picture of the company with a 
faulty flashlight apparatus, but 
only succeeds in turning them into 
a negro minstrel troupe, Phyllis 
Monkman, Davy Burnaby, Gilbert 
Childs, Babs Valerie (a lazy ;-oung 
lady this, whose chief Job seems to 
bo to sit round and watch other 
people work), Stanley Holloway, 
Melville Gideon, Laddie Cliff, the 
stage manager and the orchestra 
(with a partiality for playing "Put 
and Take ' when they should be 
discoursing sweet music) do yeoman 
service. 

The success of this second edition 
was never in doubt for a moment. 

Gore. 



NEWS OF THE DAILIES 



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The 



Nellie Revell is writing a feature 
story three times weekly for the 
New York Evening Mail. 
Mail's announcement read: 

"If you had been flat on your 
back for three years in a hospi- 
tal, and even then did not have 
all the hopes you might that 
things might be different, could 
you still smile and joke, and 
see all the humor of every- 
thing? Perhaps .iot, but Nellie 
Revell, called the bravest 
woman in the world by those 
who know her, can do these 
things, and is writing a three- 
times-a-week feature for you, 
beginning tomorrow, on this 
page in the Evening Mail." 




fc THE CO-OPTIMISTS 

^p (Second Edition) 

London, Dec. 20. 

The second edition of the enter- 
tainment provided by Laddie Cliff 
and his comrades at the famous 
Cambridge Circus house is, if pos- 
sible, even better than the first. 
Many of the old numbers are re- 
tained, and even prosperity has not 
altered the happy-go-lucky fellow- 
ship existing among the company 
or the wonderfully intimate feeling 
which unites the players to their 
audience. The Co-Optimist motto 
is still "One for all— All for one." 
The show is the nearest thing to the 
great days of Pells: ier's "Follies" 
London has ever seen, although 
many other managements have at- 
tempted to achieve success in that 
direction. 

Of the old numbers the grand 
''spectacular" semi-finale "Camden 
Tow.." by Betty Chester and the 
"Very Pull" company is still a re- 
markable bit of burlesque, while the 
same artist still scores heavily in 
"Sea Fever." Gilbert Chllds sings 
of the roast beef of old England, 
tho dripping and the grlsel as elo- 
quently as ever, and Laddie Cliff 
presents the negro melodies of 
which his audience never seems to 
tire, while Melvlllo Gideon and 
Phyllis Monkman still hand out 
their own peculiar ideas on amatory 
fidelity. Miss Monkman dances as 
well as ever. 

The new things, adapted for 
Xmas or any other season, include 
many vocal numbers and dances, 
and a front of tho houso "stunt" 
which is even more hilarious than 
tho old one. In this Gilbert Childs 
essays a strong dramatic poem, 
"The Last Shot." All goes well for 
about half a dozen lines; then 



LA POSSESSION 

Paris, Dec. 30. 
Leon Volterra presented the new 
four-act piece by Henry Batallle at 
the Theatre de Paris Just in time to 
catch the Xmas holidays. While 
being a great work, it is not his 
best. As usual, Bataille's charac- 
ters are not sympathetic, excepting 
perhaps the young student Max. 
"La Possession" might be also en- 
titled "The Desire." 

Jessy is a girl of 21, whose great- 
est concern is' to live in luxury, and 
her mother, almost ruined by bad 
speculations, does not disguise her 
approval when the daughter decides 
to become the mistress of the rich 
Duke de Chavres. Jessy is a sort 
of deml -virgin, willing to sell her- 
self to the man who will pay the 
price. But she passionately loves 
Max, the companion of her child- 
hood, with whom f"ie has carried on 
a flirtation during the past few 
years. Max tries to prevent his 
sweetheart's departure. When he 
learns she has gone to Paris in the 
duke's car he follows to the resi- 
dence of the duke and prevails on 
her to leave. In this he is aided by 
the duke's son. Serge, opposed to 
his father's love intrigues. 

So Max and Jessy go south and 
have a good time, existing on the 
proceeds of gambling until the luck 
runs out, when Jessy is constrained, 
unknown to her plover, to accept 
money from Serge for favors re- 
ceived. Max discovers the truth, 
and In a violent temper declares he 
will live correctly, if modestly (the 
poor but honest business), there- 
upon ordering Jessy to get ready to 
quit the hotel with him. But the 
girl, while adoring Max, elopes with 
Serge for the sake of the money, and 
in despair Max shoots himself. 

In the fourth act (same set as 
first, but mid-winter) Jessy returns 
home from the youth's funeral and 
has a fit of the blues. Both the 
duke and his son call to express 
condolence, evidently having a sort 
of longing to possess the distressed 
creature. The former succeeds, for 
Jessy listlessly consents to sojourn 
in his lonely villa to nurse her grief. 
Thus we see her ride away again 
In the duke's automobile, to the 
gratification of the mother. 

Yvonne de Bray is strong as the 
luxury blessed Jessy, and much of 
the success of this drama depends 
on her interpretation of the role. 
Mile. Sylvle made good in the small 
part of a lady addicted to drugs 
and who serves as a hyphen be- 
tween Jessy and Serge during the 
sojourn of the characters at Monte 
Carlo, when Max unconsciously 
lives on the ill-earn .d gains of hlj 
mistress. The other roles are well 
sustained. This latest effort of 
Henry Batallle is a success and will 
attract fashionable crowds to the 
Theatre de Paris. Needless to say, 
Leon Volterra has mounted the 
work In the finest style. 

Kendrrw. 



An indictment charging failure to 
file proper tax returns resulted in 
lines being imposed upon several 
ticket speculators of the Broadway 
district. Tho "specs" pleaded guilty 
before Judge John C. Knox in the 
Federal District Court, who refused 
tho prison sentence asked for by 
Assistant United States Attorney 
P. J. McCoy because of the pleas. 
The Judge stated a second offense 
would send the defendants to jail. 
The fines imposed were: M. Suss- 
man and Tyson & Bros., $200 each; 
Broadway Theatre Ticket Office, 
Equity Ticket Office, New York 



secured. The controversy came to 
a head when the members of the 
Motion Picture Operators' Union 
demanded a 15 per cent, increase 
in wages. The managers claim they 
have been the target for the labor 
unions and business agents gener- 
ally. 

i 

George Neiman will erect a pict- 
ure theatre in New Rochelle, N. Y., 
having a seating capacity of 1,200. 



alarm, with the firemen dispersing 
the crowd by turning a hose on 
them. The Fire Department win 
probably investigate other east sid« 
picture theatres of the type, which 
have no firemen detailed to them, 
as a result of the incident. 



Students of New York University 
will present "Thank You" * in the 
same theatre in which that piece is 
now playing Monday afternoon. 
Feb. 6, the proceeds to go to the 
university's endowment fund. John 
Golden, producer of "Thank You," 
will defray the, expenses of the spe- 
cial performance. 



The New York "V r orld," Jan. 5, 
slipped one over on the rest of the 
dallies by carrying a front page 
article stating that Postmaster Gen- 
eral Will H. Hays had accepted the 
three-year contract offered him by 
the picture industry, going on to say 
that Hays had signed his signa- 
ture to the agreement more than a 
week previously and would make 
public his decision Jan. 14 at a con- 
ference to be held in Washington, 
a folio- /-up item, under a Wash- 



Theatre Library, Arrow Theatre ington date line, the "World" had 



Ticket Office, J. S. 
Neuman and Louis 
each. 



Jacobs, Leo 
Cohen, $400 



Dorothy Jardon was rescued from 
the third floor of a building on West 
45th street when a blaze broke out 
on the first floor, bringing fire ap- 
paratus to the. scene. Miss Jardon 
was in the offices of the Sam Fox 
Music Publishing Co. at the time 
and was trapped by the smoke until 
firemen led her down the stairs. 



it the acceptance by Hays of the 
screen proposition strengthens the 
impression a lack of harmony ex- 
ists between him and Attorney Gen- 
eral Daugherty. Also that "inside" 
Information reported one or the 
other of the men was scheduled to 
resign from the Cabinet within the 
near future. 



The Mayor of Lowell, Mass., has 
decreed that all theatres will bo 
closed between • and 8.15 o'clock 
Sunday evenings, stating that he 
wished the theatre shut during the 
period so that churchgoers would 
have the opportunity of attending 
Sunday evening services. Previously 
all amusement places In the city 
had been giving continuous Sunday 
performances. " 

Klaw & Erlanger have started suit 
against Alf Hyman's estate to recover 
$300,000. The case is the result of 
the former partners having come to 
the financial assistance of the en- 
terprise.! of the late Charles Froh- 
man following his death when the 
Lusitanla was sunk. Mr. Hayman 
was at that time associated with 
Frohman. 



.Edward Goodman, formerly di- 
rector of the Washington Square 
Players, will become a producing 
manager, with his initial effort the 
taking over of the Greenwich Vil- 
lage theatre for John Galsworthy's 
"The Pigeon." The play was pre- 
sented here a few years ago by 
Wlnthrop Ames. 

A new corporation, headed by 
Louis Schneider, has taken over the 
East Side theatre at Second avenue 
and 1st street. 



At a meeting of picture theatre 
managers 4* Paris it was brought 
to light that unless taxes are de- 
creased every cinema house in 
France may have to close within the 
next six months. French picture 
theatres are at present subject to 
three taxes — state, municipal and 
for the support of the poor in the 
smaller towns. It was said that the 
combined taxes represented more 
than 60 per cent, of the receipts, 
and unless drastic measures were 
taken the whole French cinema in- 
dustry would be jeopardized. Nego- 
tiations are now under way between 
the theatre owners and the govern- 
ment and municipal authorities to 
seek a remedy to the situation. 



In lieu of the many misunder- 
standings which have arisen over 
the theatre tax the International 
Theatre Association has pointed out 
that the 10 per cent, tax on tickets 
remains the same. 



An impersonation of Christ has 
been permitted, for the first time, 
on an English stage with the pro- 
duction in London of the symbolic 
play, "Advent." Several plays, in 
the past, were refused licenses be- 
cause they Included Christ as one 
of the characters. Moving pictures 
are said to have had no small part 
in the leniency the censors demon- 
strated on this point. 

Mary Lygo, formerly a Zlegfeld 
"Follies" girl, has brought suit 
against Gordon C. Thorne for $100,- 
000 on a charge of breach of prom- 
ise and has filed another action 
Nora Morgan. professionally against the defendant's mother for 
known as Nora Howard, and who slander for another $100,000. Both 
was a member of "Chu Chin Chow," suits were filed in the Superior 
was married to Gonuoske Komai, a Court at Chicago. Miss Lygo has 



Following Justice Wagner's de- 
cision last Saturday denying Max 
D. Steuer's motion for a re-argu- 
ment of the A. H. Woods Theatre 
Co., Inc., suit against John F< Gil- 
christ, the attorney stated he will 
carry the matter to the Appellate 
Division. Earlier last week the 
plaintiffs motion for an injunction 
to restrain License Commissioner 
Gilchrist from revoking the license 
of the Eltinge theatre, where "The 
Demi -Virgin" •- Jjoldlng forth, was 

(Continued on page 29) 



Japanese poet, in London. 

Mrs. Madge Hart, wife of Max 
Hart, vaudeville agent, has filed a 
new suit for separation and alimony 
through her attorney, Harry 8. 
Hechhelmer, stipulating that she be 
paid the sum of $1,000 weekly. In 
previous actions Mrs. Hart alleged 
that she was responsible for the 
foundation of his fortune, which in 
papers filed in the Supreme Court, 
she says, amounts to $750,000, and 
established his business on Broad- 
way. The Harts were married In 
1905. 



fully recovered from her second at- 
tempt at suicide. 



M. 0. H. DARK 

Revivals 8top in 8econd Week- 
Johnson Film Alto Cancels 



After a poor second week's busi- 
ness of "revivals," Lewis '. Wolfe, 
who had the Manhattan opera house 
for four weeks, discontinued the 
project. The house grossed $$,000 
the first week with "Uncle Tom's 
Cabin" and after the Tuesday night 
performance for tho second week, 
with "In Old Kentucky" showing, 
the houso was ordered "dark" for 
tho balance of ue four weeks. Cut 
rates, rebate tickets, "two for one" 
tickets and paper were unsuccessful 
in drawing substantial attendance. 

A Jack Jo:.nson feature picture, 
supposed to open at the Manhattan 
Sunday, was also cancelled. The 
house awaits the Chicago Opera Co., 
opening Jan. 28. 



Marguerite Clayton, film actress, 
has filed suit against thePathe Ex- 
change and George B. :3eitz, Inc., 
for $50,000 for injuries received 
during a rescue scene which was 
being "shot." Miss Clayton alleges 
she received a disfigurement of the 
face which will greatly reduce her 
earning capacity. 

A theatrical company has been 
incorporated in Columbus, O., by 
five men for $100,000. The incor- 
porators are: Attorney A. A. George, 
S. E. Lind, F. W. Davis and G rover 
George, of Zanesvllle, and E. F. 
Felton, of Cleveland. The company 
is under the name of Mysteries Pro- 
duction, and will operate and man- 
age theatrical plays and perform- 
ances pertaining to illusion and 
novelty attractions. 



Pat. F. Liddy, who has been en- 
gaged in the theatrical business 
around Charleston, W. Va., for 
about seven years, will become 
manager of the Poll house In 
Waterburyt Conn. 



A new plan for handling New 
York's increasing traffic problem 
has been set forth by Dr. John F. 
Harriss, Special Deputy Police Com- 
missioner, who is responsible for 
the light signals which are now 
placed along Fifth avenue and in 
Times square. The plan calls for 
the Installing of more powerful 
lights along Fourth avenue, from 
34th to 110th street on Broadway 
and on the Sixth avenue elevated 
structures between 23d and 59th 
streets, with the control station 
situated at Times square. The 
Bronx will also receive a set of the 
light control signals. The installa- 
tion of the lights will be made week 
by week with the final equipment 
permitting of a traffic dictator, 
seated in the middle of the city, 
controlling all pedestrians and ve- 
hicles along Manhattan's most 
crowded streets. It will take two 
or three months to install the com- 
plete system. 



Ralph Holmes, for eight years 
dramatic editor of the Detroit 
"Journal," has Joined the staff of 
the Detroit "Times" in the same 
capacity. He will also have charge 
of the screen department of that 
paper. 



Houdini, Walter Neal, Palace 
manager, and Walter Klngsley, who 
handles the publicity for the Palace, 
were summoned to appear In court 
accused of blocking traffic. Hou- 
dlni earned $1,000 for the K. of C. 
in escaping from a straitjacket 
while suspended by . the heels in 
front of the Palace theatre Thurs- 
day morning. 



Fire was discovered during the 
matinee at Proctor's Fifth Avenue 
on Friday afternoon, but was ex- 
tinguished without alarming the 
audience. Tho blaze was in the 
paint room at the rear of the the- 
atre. 



Managers of picture houses In 
Chicago will attempt to force the 
"open shop" policy by closing half 
the houses Jan. 11, with the others 
running under a vaudeville policy 
until non-union operators can be 



Alice Brady was forced from the 
cast of "Drifting," at the Playhouse 
theatre, following the Friday even- 
ing performance, due to an attack 
of appendicitis. Through arrange- 
ments made by W. A. Brady with 
the Selwyns, Florence Reed was se- 
cured to fill Miss Brady's role, the 
piece resuming at the Wednesday 
matinee. 



LEGIT ITEMS 

Nat Roth has been delegated by 
the Shuberts to manage "Lillom" 
on tour. While the attraction is 
playing the subway time, Frank 
Wilstach is handling the publicity, 
but it is understood Helen Hoerle 
will handle it on the road. 



E. C. Ranck, formerly connected 
with the Brooklyn Eagle, and more 
lately of the editorial staff of the 
Herald, has been added to the New 
York publicity staff of the Shuberts 
as assistant to Claude Greneker. 



Sim Williams' "Mutt and Jeff" Is 
slated to close In Peoria, 111.. Jan. 
15. "Behind the Mask," the Ku 
Klux Klan play, closed in Montreal 
Saturday. Blaney's Stelnway, As- 
toria, L. I., will close Saturday in* 
definitely and his Orpheum, New* 
ark, has been dark a week. 



"The Great Broxopp," which 
closed at the Punch and Judy Sat- 
urday, will be sent on tour opening 
on the Subway circuit. An interest 
in the piece has been taken by A. L. 
Erlanger, it having been controlled 
during the New York run entirely 
by Iden Payne. 



"Cornered" ends Its road tour Sat- 
urday in Atlanta. Madge Kennedy 
has been appearing as the star. 



Oliver Morosco is organizing a 
company for a musical version of 
"Maggie Pepper." 



The Shuberts have placed In re- 
hearsal "A Regular Girl," in which 
Cecil Lean and Cleo May-field are 
to be starred. The libretto is by 
Sigmund Romberg. 



Charles Dillingham will install a 
smoking-room exclusively for the 
use of women. The saloon is at the 
Globe, with Its premier Monday 
night. 



Sunday concerts will be once more 
installed in the opera house at Lor- 
raine, O., and will be continued If 
the public support them. The house 
plays burlesque one night weekly, 
the shows coming from the Ameri- 
can wheel. 



The Waco, a small theatre on the 
east side of New York, got into the 
headlines of the New York dailies 
through a fight starting outside the 
house in the c. >wd which was wait- 
ing to be admitted, and the false cry 
of "Fire!" going through the audi- 
ence inside, which nearly resulted 
In a panic Some one turned In an 



Melville B. Raymond, who has 
been directing the tours of Guy 
Bates Post In "The Masquerader," 
has signed with Arthur Hopkins to 
handle the road tour of Lionel Bar- 
rymorc ("The Claw"). 



"What Every Girl Knows," under 
management of O. E. Wee, closed 
Saturday in Rutland, Vt. "Tho 
Girl from Greenwich Village," owned 
by Gus Hill, closes Saturday. The 
piece originally started its road tour 
under the title of "Boob McXutt" 

Corse Pay ton and Edna May 
Spooner aro to do a co-starring tour 
of the small towns. The opening 
dato is Jan. 20 at Easton, Pa., with 
"Over the Hills to the Poor House" 
as their vehicle. The old meller was 
revived a little over a year ago by 
the stock company at the 14th St. 
theatre at the time that the picture 
of the same title was being shown 
by Fox. The Payton-Spooner com- 
bination believe that there has boon 
sufficient Interest roused by <'»•> 
picture to warrant them presenting 
the play In the one-nlgliters. 



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Friday, January 13, 1982 



LEGITIMATE 



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BED-SM CHATS 

BYHStLEB EEVELL 



pear i>ocLc 2*>rc-£2r take bact yoa? advice, I viltlaushing lor nearly 

a day* 

The world seamed so drab, the ami turned to Ice and loat its warm lus- 
trous ray. 

The nurse didn't smile, was silent and cold, the sky was a battleship 

The doctors came In but left stories untold, and my friends had to hurry 
away. 

perhaps yon are right, but your treatment's too hard, I either must laugh 

or. Ill cry, 
And crying I loathe. It's a coward's trump card, and tears always blister 

my eyes. 
I'll do all the rest, anything that you say, and then If I can't stand the 

gaff, 
I'll meet Rennle Wolf on Heaven's Broadway and together we'll have a 

good laugh. 

After a fleet of doctors, operations, consultations, plaster of parts 
easts, every kind of surgical corsets, leather and iron braces, it looks 
like my cure will ultimately be effected through a good stone mason, 
as the bed prescribed for me Is of mortar and must be built around 
ne while the mixture Is soft, and will dry In order to hold me ab- 
solutely rigid. It sounds like a viaduct to me. I know I feel like the 
Lincoln Highway. Why didn't some good, kind ouija board tell me, two 
years ago, it was a hod carrier I needed Instead of a doctor. I hope the 
walking delegate la a good Elk and doesn't try to call a strike with the 
job half finished, and leave me suspended Just after getting the corner- 
atone laid. 

I have often said I 'was glad to have my bouquets and eulogies while 
I was alive and can enjoy them, but they might have left this mausoleum 
until after I was through — laughing. 



Doctor Sayre won't let me cry. Dr. Loron* won't let me laugh, the 
nuns won't '*»t me cusa — and you think you've troubles. 



I am reminded of the old story about the poor immigrant whose wife 
was In the hospital. Each day when he went to inquire about her, he 
was told there was "a great improvement." Day after day tho anxious 
husband heard the same bromldlc reply. Finally, one day they told 
bun she was dead. When later asked by a friend what she died of, he 
said: "Too many Improvements." I am afraid of too many restric- 
tions. They cramp my style. 

Our own beloved Will Cressy, whose clean humor, prolific pen and 
beautiful domestic life have done more toward lifting vaudeville up from 
variety than we press agents have, honors me by devoting nearly a 
page in Mr. Hennessey's New York "Star" to me, in which he intimates 
I am not hampered by facts, when I deny that I am brave, and says that 
he was in the thickest of the recent misunderstanding on the other 
side; saw a lot of suffering and wounded and knows bravery when he 
sees it. Now listen, Will, as I have said before, "the worst coward in 
the world will fight for his own life, and that's all I am doing. And 
how in the Sam Hill can you mako a hero out of me for fighting for 
something I want? I wish I could live up to all the nice things you 
have written about me. If I do, though, I would be divine instead of 
human, and I want to be a regular human being. I enjoy your letters 
Immensely. Thanks for many comedy lines which I can use in my 
column, that "pruning" one was a nifty, as was the one about medical 
scenario directors. I won't have any trouble getting out a column if 
you write often enough. You say I should be billed as "Nellie, the 
Beautiful Doctor's Model," and be a headliner In vaudeville. I don't 
know about headlining, but you must admit I attracted a lot of at- 
tention as an "opening" act. 

One of the most touching and pleasing tributes I have ever received 
was when Frank Oould, art editor of the "Metropolitan Magazine," came 
In last Saturday to Introduce his bride of 15 minutes. They had just 
been married and stopped on their way from the church to the train, let 
the wedding party wait In front of the hospital while they ran in to let 
me kiss the bride (yes, I kissed the groom, too) and to leave the bridal 
bouquet with me. I have had many proofs of sincere friendship, and 
When people stop at the biggest and happiest moment in their life to 
give a thought to me, whose only claim is comradcry, then I have not 
lived in vain. 

Irene Franklin brought me a bathrobe. And I haven't been in a bath- 
tub in over two years. The bathrobe is about four sizes too small for 
me. Thanks, Irene, for the compliment. 

I wish all washrags were round instead of square. Then the nurse 
wouldn't let the wet corners trail over when she is washing me. 

I received a watch and three bedroom clocks. My friends seem to 
think that time will pass quicker if I have a lot of clocks on the job 
helping it. 

Irvin S. Cobb brought me his latest book, "Back Home," and Inscribed 
it, "To the games t guy I know." Irvin, dear friend, that is some 
billing, for I know you were through it all "over there" and met many. 
I have a tough spot on the bill, but Just look at the supporting casts 
I get. Plaster of paris ones. 

George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly brought their book, "Dulcy," 
Which contains by far the nicest bromides ever given to any patient. 

Eugene Kelcey Allen defied the injunctions of Doctor Lorenz that I 
refrain from laughing by coming in with a cluster of new stories. My 
door was closed when he arrived. The nun explained the nurse was 
bathing mo. When Kelcey was finally admitted, the first thing he saw 
was a vacuum cleaner, all hitched up, ready for action near my bed, 
where it had been left by the porter, who was interrupted in his work 
by the entrance of the nurse. "My Lord. Nellie," said that incorrigible 
Friar, still eyeing the apparatus, "do they have to use the vacuum 
cleaner on you?" 

Walter S. Butterfleld sends a box of assorted breakfast foods from 
Rattle Creek, where they grow 'em. I had no Idea cereals were so tasty 
until I noted the difference between the kind we have been getting und 
those that came direct and fresh from the packer. They might even 
Please Burgess Johnson, who says in "Life," that, if a shredded wheat 
biscuit reminded him of anything else on earth, he would put that any- 
thing else out of his life forever. 

(Soortre M. Cohan's efforts to help me out of here ure greatly appre- 
ciated. But sending un orange tree to an Irish hospital looks like he 
might be trying to get me out before I am well — get me thrown out. 

Every conceivable make of toilet articles came to me in profusion- 
soaps, powders, talcums, perfumes, costly boxes of dressing table acces- 
sories. Yet, when Zoe Reckley, of the "Evening Mail." came in to write 
a story about my Chrhtmos tree, I asked her to run down to the drug 
store and get mo a tube of tooth paste. 

Bosic Crouch did not know that nine oV'ook at' night was too late to 
bring a hot apple pie to a patient in u hospital. 

It's t.isy enough to be pleasant when li'." rolls aloii- like a sorm. but 
*h> girl worth while is the girl that can .smile wlim tin- mo:;»< drops ;i 
hill und picks up a holly berry and give:; it to you by mistake 

I wish srmeonc would invent a noiseless carp-t sweep; , a. id a noise- 
less non -bed-bumping nurse to run it. 

The Treasurers' Club of New York. < (imposed of tlo- woi:,.- nvu wh>> 
smile so sweetly at ym and my. "All sold out." when you exp-eted front 
seats, or say, "Don't forget your chung<\" paid their ollbial resp. ets to 
me Tuesday, through their new sick eommi'tee. Clarence .Ta< obsnri, of 
the S;ini li. Hurr'.s theatre, and Bluteh Sch'.eifhtein, of the l.il>ert\. 



STOCKS 



Clara Joel, leading woman with 
the Proctor Players* narrowly es- 
caped a "trip $n the flies" last 
Wednesday night at Harmanus 
Bleecker Hall. Albany, N. Y.. where 
the company is appearing in a sea- 
son of stock. Playing the role cf 
Mary Turner in "Within the "aw," 
Miss Joel scored heavily and re- 
ceived a dozen or more curtain calls 
at nearly every performance. She 
played this role in the original Chi- 
cago company several years ago. 

After the first act Miss Joel was 
vociferously applauded and an- 
swered half a dozen curtain calls. 
She also received a large share of 
applause at the end of the second 
act and was called to the footlights 
to receive a floral piece from an ad- 
mirer. As she stepped to the foot- 
lights the curtain was dropped and 
when Miss Joel started to back 
trward the stage after receiving the 
flowers, she naturally ran against 
the dropped curtain, which began to 
rise. Miss Joel caught her finger in 
one of the rings at the bottom of 
the drop, being lifted nearly a foot 
off the stage before she succeeded in 
releasing herself. Although cutting 
her finger slightly, she held her com- 
posure, but several in the audience 
became excited as the artist backed 
against the curtain. 



The Corse Payton stock in Tren- 
ton. N. J., closes Saturday. 

The stock at the Orpheum, New- 
ark, N. J., under the management 
of Harry and Charles Blaney, closes 
Saturday. The Blaneys contemplate 
closing their companies at the 
Prospjct, Bronx, and Steinway, As- 
toria. Long Island, a week later. 

The dramatic stock company or- 
ganised by Frank Cassin, a boxing 
promoter, for the Auditorium. Free- 
port, L. I., was called off, Jan. 4. 
Cassin conducts the boxing 'shows 
at the house Monday nights, and 
contemplated putting hij own stock 
company in to replace the present 
PIckert stock. The promoter dis- 
covered, after organizing the com- 
pany, that PIckert could not be 
forced out of tho house. 

Adelyn Bushnell, leading woman 
at the Majestic. Utica, N. Y., has 
Joined the Vaughn Glasser stock at 
Loew's Uptown, Toronto. 



M. W. McGee has leased the Ma- 
jestic, Detroit, from Famous Play- 
ers and will play dramatic stock, 
opening Jan. 15 with "Scandal," 
under the name of Woodward Play, 
ere. Frances Carson and Walter 
Davis will play leads. Cyril Ray- 
mond will be stage director. Mr. 
McGee originally managed the Ma- 
jestic for four seasons while play- 
ing a picture policy. Then Famous 
leased it to the Shuberts. 



The stock company, under the 
management of Ray Payton, opened 
Jan. 7 in "The Storm" at the Su- 
preme, Brooklyn. The opening 
scheduled for Jan. 2 was postponed 
due to the failure of the owners of 
the house to secure a license. 



B. L. Feinblatt, who took over 
the Westchester theatre (stock) in 
Mt. Vernon and the Westchester 
Players, Jan. 1, made a charge of 
malicious mischief against Daniel 
Bagnell, retiring director, but failed 
to appear in court Feinblatt al- 
leged in his complaint that the erst- 
while director had destroyed two 
advertising posters erected at Feln- 
blatt's * direction. Bagnell claimed 
the new lessee had no right to post 
them and also claimed that he 
didn't tear them down. Bagnell 
was in court twice, but Feinblatt 
did not appear at any time. Bag- 
nell told Variety's correspondent 
that he lost an opportunity to close 
a contract for 2C weeks at $200 per 
week on the day he was first haled 
to court. 



PRESS AGENT MUST GIVE UP 

As an aftermath of a publicity 
stunt Harry Reichenbach put over 
for the Universal Flm Mfg. Co. in 
behalf of Its "Virgin of Stamboul" 
film, the publicity promoter has 
been ordered by Justice Guy in the 
New York Supreme Court to pay to 
Sheik Tahi 10 per cent .tf his $625 
weekly salary until a judgment for 
$435.20 is satisfied. The Sheik ob- 
tained judgment for that amount in 
the Fifth District Municipal Court 
recently for services rendered in 
conjunction with the press stunt 
Vvhieh r.ecessitated his registering 
\vi;b a retinue in the Hotel Majes- 
tic-. I'poh presenting his bill to the 
I'liivprsa! tiny paid part but .slated 
Ki-i-licubat'h was responsible for the 
rest. 

.Icstirc (iuy's order officially gir- 
r. :.'l'.o(d I'.cic -henbach's salary under 
the supervision of the County sheriff. 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON LEGIT 



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The ticket agencies have taken unto themselves special slang expres* 
slons for tho current attractions now playing around Broadway, with 
most of the boys having listed the attractions in their vernacular as 
follows — Tangerine, "Oranges"; The Dream Maker, "Hops"; Ths O'Brien 
Girl, "The Irish Dame"; The Bat, "Babe Ruth"; A Perfect Pool. "The 
Damn Fool"; The Chocolate Soldier, "The Candy Kid"; The Grand Duke, 
"The Russian Guy"; Wandering Jew, "The Hiking Kike." 

There la a Broadway box office which prides Itself on being uniformly 
courteous. Though the rule of most treasurers Is to pass up any offers 
of checks In payment for tickets purchased In advance, this house Is an 
exception. But the ticket genlua presiding Is a wary agent The num- 
ber of the seats Is written upon the checks in case it should be returned 
unpaid. Should that happen the check Is placed In an envelope and 
given the door-keeper. The latter, when the tickets art presented, takes 
them up and gives the bearer the envelope Instead. No comment 'and 
no fuss. It has happened several times. 



May Yoho, following In the footsteps of Evelyn Nesbit, Is fitting up a 
tea room in one of the side streets just off Times square and proposes, 
she says, to specialise In the serving of some special Japanese dlshea 
lllss Tohe spent several years In Japan. 



In recording the death of Ada Oilman, once a well-known actress, not 
one of the papers mentioned the fact that she was the first wife of the 
late Leander Richardson, though she was several years his senior. 



A future active week In the theatres will be that of Sept 24, next, 
when the American Bankers Association will hold Its annual convention 
here, the first time in New York for 20 , years. There are about 
1,000 members and all theatregoers. 



The presumed reason why George M. Cohan has arranged to make 
his English productions through Charles B. Cochran Is Income tax, or 
theatre tax, whatever the English term it. There are two scales of return 
to the English Government from theatrical managers. One la pre-war, a 
rather low percentage of the gross to be turned over by the theatrical 
men engaged in producing over there before the war, and who have 
continued. The rate of income demanded from those since the war Is 
almost prohibitive, it is said, and Cohan, producing by himself in London, 
would have been entered In the latter classification. 



Display advertising ordered for "The Blue Kitten," the new Arthur ♦ 
Hammeratcin musical play, for the Sunday editions of the metropolitan 
papers, holds a new line coined for tho chorus. It Is: "And a chorus of 
40 pussies." the phrase being ordered to be In the same size type as the 
credit lines for Joseph Cawthorne and Lillian Lorraine, who are featured 
in the show, which opens Jan. 13 at the Selwyn. 



Though A. H. Woods was denied his application to make permanent 
the Injunction against . License Commissioner Gilchrist, who ordered 
"The Demi-Virgin" closed some weeks ago after the grand Jury re- 
fused to indict, it is understood the manager plans Inserting Marie Lohr 
in the Eltinge early next month. 

The "Times" has not carried "The Demi-Virgin" title for several 
weeks, the publication refusing to print the name. Its withdrawal wu 
an agreeable arrangement with the manager. The Eltinge "Times" ad 
meanwhile has inquired which is the best show In town? 



"Nature's Nobleman," with Louis Mann at the 48th Street, Is backed 
by a merchant who controls a string of stores specialising in women's 
wear. The backer arranged for the first-night crowd, and salesmen do- 
ing business with him made up the bulk of the audience. That was the 
Llggest evening's gross since the show opened. Its draw has been one 
of the lowest on the Broadway list, if not the lowest Recently the mer- 
chant has supplied data to the show's press agent as to the salesmen 
in the ready-to-wear trade, and that clientele has been urged to attend. 
The attraction is said not to have had a winning week. It Is closing 
Saturday. 



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A. E. Matthews, who Is featured in "Bull Dog Drummond," Is credited 
with having spontaneously given the premiere at the Knickerbocker last 
week a comedy tinge, which factor counted much In the show's faver. 
There was a difference of opinion as to how the lead should be played, 
and it Is said he "kicked over the traces" on the opening night, stating 
to the director and management he would enact "Drummond" lightly 
instead of the heavy style used on the road in the try-out performances. 
Mr. Matthews is said to have replaced Gerald Du Maurler In the original 
lead for several weeks last summer in London. 



The American representatives of continental authors are In a particu- 
larly receptive attitude with regard to the cutting of advance royalties on 
the rights to plays. They claim it is now an easy matter to mako deals 
wih the European authors as, say a payment of $600, reduced to foreign 
money, looks like a huge sum. On the other hand, the American man- 
agers, desirous of disposing of foreign rights to even successes, find diffi- 
culty In getting any formidable sums, owing to the difference in exchange. 



It may not be uncommon for a producing manager to hold out wires 
addressed to members of his company, but the manager of a musical 
comedy production recently held out for three weeks, two wires each sent 
to two members of his show at the theatre where it was playing. 



"The Music Box Revue" through William Collier received a unique 
appreciation of the performance, when last week a letter reached Mr. 
Collier, signed J. Frank Darling, and enclosing a check for $100 to be 
donated to any worthy theatrical charity. Mr. Collier sent It to the 
Actor's Fund. Mr. Darling wrote he had witnessed the performance a few 
evenings before, and had immediately ordered seats for 100 members 
of his business staff. The letterhead indicated a commercial line. 



The Equity seems to be doing press agentlng. It has cropped out two 
or three tunes lately. Ordinarily there should be no more objection to 1 
the Equity obtaining publicity for itself than any other organisation in 
the show business, but when, as recently, it takes the pains to foretell of 
a "world-wide affiliation of theatrical associations," that is tending to 
mislead its members, although even that would do no harm in this 
particular instance. But it might leave a thought with Equity members 
that when going abroad, they would receive more protection than could 
be given under an affiliation. For that reason an international affiliation 
of actors' societies should be explained. 

The Equity has an affiliation with the Actors' Association of England. 
Though Equity affiliated with every other actors' association In the 
world, Equity could have no stronger alliance than the A. A. And still 
that affiliation is limited In reality to members of tho Equity and the A. 
A. agreeing that in the other's country they will never act as strike- 
breakers (replacing a member of the affiliated society.) There la nothing 
more it could amount to other than to have the foreigner Join the home 
organization more cattily through the affiliation, his good standing In 
the affiliated body recommending him. 

American players going abroad and requiring the full protection of 
i he A. A. would have to join that English organization; English A. A.'s 

(Continued on page '29 ) 



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NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



Friday, January 13, 1922 



WHEN PRESS AGENCY WAS YOUNG 



A It. Erlangcr popped out of the 
old Euclid Avenue opera house to 
press agent Effle Ellsler In "Hazel 
Klrke," the big Madison Square suc- 
cess of the early 90s, and the writer 
In the early 1900*8 trekked New 
York's newspaper alleys piloting Sam 
'Shubert into dramatic editors' sanc- 
tums, with the founder of the pres- 
ent Shubert Syndicate then doing 
his own press agenting for the pro- 
jects he had brought from his home 
town, Syracuse, to the metropolis, 
starting with the lease of the Herald 
Square theatre. Marc Klaw met Er- 
langer while Klaw was press agent- 
nlng the Madison Square theatre in- 
terests, a post that evolved out of 
Klaw's legal relation to the old Mad- 
ison Square theatre interests. 

Napoleon more than a hundred 
years earlier had pretty well struc- 
tured the principles of press agency 
in his war bulletins, in which fact 
and fancy were so nicely blended 
that the bulletins starred the Cor- 
slcan lad always. But history In its 
reach for the primeval of press 
agency dips back farther and falters 
before the tomb of Barneses II, from 
whose incised stone face In the old 
Egypt of so long ago that it molds 
archaeologists decipher the perky 
little bird and fish figures as press 
puffs for Bam, writ by Bam, as the 
Cleo needle stabbing the sky in Cen- 
tral Park carries ancient press agent 
fulmlnatlons of the toga'd and san- 
daled gang that were wont to watch 
Cleo use her ox-blood lipstick along 
the banks of the Clydnus. 

It's a big job, this of digging back 
to find out where the denied thing 
of telling puffery lies on papyrus, 
cuneoforms or tablets, began, but the 
ancient vellums in the 



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Induct rather than write. News- 
paper mer of all sorts in the show 
game and out, could always go to 
Harry and get a buy for any idea 
that looked explosive. Harry was 
of the mixer school and knew all the 
places along Park Bow and Broad- 
way that Andy Volstead's forbears 
didn't. Almost everything that 
Harry's Judgment endorsed as a cir- 
culating idea, Harry could get print- 
ed. He is to be classed as a p. a. 
of the mixer type, a class distinct 
from the several other kinds of 
publicity men that made his day and 
those intervening picturesque and 
profitable for employers. 

Channing Pollock, a contempo- 
rary of^ Schwab's, wasn't in the 
Schwab class. Pollock, now a play- 
wright, had blown to New York 
from a dramatic chair on the Wash- 
ington Times, the least influential 
of the Capital's sheets. Pollock had 
met the rank and file of road pub- 
licity men who week after week 
passed under Pollock searchlight, 
each agent with a way and a bud- 
get of facts and fancies of his own 
to try to jimmy into the show page 
of the Times. Pollock left the Times 
flat one day and grabbed a job 
with William A. Brady in New 
York as a p. a. and muffed so bad 
at first that for several weeks his 
blue envelope lay on Brady's desk. 
But the new Brady boy turned the 
tide in his own favor when fate 
sent him on a tour for W. A., with 
W. A. glimpsing the former dramat- 
ic guy from Washington loading 
his pockets with electrotypes and 
shouldering some of the printing. 
Brady liked, the scorn that the new 
lad showed for taxi's and expense 
accounts. Channing's luck turned. 
A couplo of ideas he put on the 
trucks at this time for Grace George 
landed, and thence on until he se- 
British ceded t° be p. a. for the Shuberts 



LA TERRE and VALENCIA 

Musical 

10 Mine.; One 

State 

A mixed couple In a musical act 
that should find no trouble in 
registering throughout the smaller 
houses. The glr!, adhering to a 
violin, is accompanied by the bo> at 
the piano who also plays a guitar 
and flute. The couple dress nicely 
with the girl in an augmented gypsy 
costume and the boy wearing a 
tuxedo. The quartet of numbers 
are worked entirely under a spot, 
with a different color for each. It's 
probably the only detriment. The 
pair could better use the footlights, 
subdued. 

A class act for the small time. It 
did unusually well at a supper 
show here. 8kig. 



CHAN TOCK and YEN-WAH 
Singing, Dancing, Crosstalk 
12 Mins.; One 
Greeley Square 

A pair of youthful looking China- 
men in native costumes. They 
enter haranguing In their own 
tongue, after which they lapse into 
English, with little or no accent. 
The straight in a throaty tenor 
voice sings a ballad, the comedian 
warbles a brief ''chink" ditty, 
switches to a jazz song in English, 
with a bit of stepping, then does 
a good imitation of Frisco; the 
straight offers another ballad and 
they finish with an English conver- 
sational number. Amiable person- 
alities, a bit different from the gen- 
eral run of turns and will pass 
neatly on a small time program. 

Jolo. 



museum, so powdery with age that ne was a™** 11 * the art's headliners. 

they may not be touched lest they Pollock unlike Schwab wrote his 

crumble and disintegrate, undoubt- own 8tuff - He wasn't of the temp- 

edly were the first forerunners of the eminent that could mix anti-Vol- 

Barnum and Bailey wheezes. To 8tead things in the Schwab fashion, 

enter the consecrated precincts of Dut he Dullt U P a system of para- 

the Babylonian isn't the purpose of graphing and mailing, using as his 



this monologue, which has no loftier 
aim than to effulge tersely the in- 
spiration, development, And present 
•range of press agency as a fine art, 
from the dim and distant ages to 
the present hour. 

Bamura had a lot of fun with the 
newspapers of his day, and his 
hoaxes that dug deep and wide into 
the press columns of the country 
numbers hundreds from the Cardiff 
Giant — manufactured and passed on 
as an exhumation that deceived even 
scientists — to the White Elephant— 
handpalnted. The newspaper men 
of Barnum's day had perhaps a 
broader sense of humor than the 
managing editors of now. and Bar- 
num's axiom that the public likes to 
be humbugged was In a measure 
conspired in by the genial show- 
man's press allies who slyly winked 
while they printed the Barnum pab- 
ulum. 

America was the first of the coun- 
tries to openly court the develop- 
ment of press agency, and Edgar 
Allen Poo in one of his earlier pub- 
lished myths showed he knew the 
value of an Idea for circulation as 
fact, when he catapulted his fiction 
of signals from the moon. 

The Civil War blazed with bril- 
liant press agent yarns, with the 
South holding its own in its war 
bulletins of successes intended for 
Northern consumption while the 
South Itself devoured the finely doc- 
tored reports in Federal newspapers 
recounting Southern defeats and the 
North's victories. 

Gettysburg was a great source of 
inspiration for the puffers for both 
sides in this kind of press work un- 
til the fourth day of the battle re- 
vealed the truth that Lee had moved 
along and Meade stuck, but for 
weeks after the contention still ob- 
tained in Southern papers that while 
Lee had moved, he had done so in 
pursuance of his purpose before the 
fearful encounter. 

But war bulletins and propaganda 
aside, the great world war Just 
ended proving all former efforts in 
that line child's play, the press 
agency field of America's circus and 
theatre is rich in cunning achieve- 
ment and gaiety. 

Harry Schwab one of the ablest of 
the guild of the middle period who 
like many brilliant editors was gift- 
ed rather with vision than tech- 
nique, had the town, and the county 
for that matter, listening in on al- 
most every dream ho released for 
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advent of Lederer who was to be 
succeeded by the Shuberts. 

Charles Dillingham succeeded Si 
Goodfrlend as Frohman's star pub- 
licity man, leaving his berth as 
dramatic editor of the Evening Sun 
toedo so, after he had himself writ- 
ten a farce comedy Intended for 
Montgomery and Stone entitled "12 
P. M.," which failed merely because 
two song and dance players he was 
forced to employ Instead were un- 
known and unsulted to the. roles. 
Dillingham scored at once as a box- 
office noise maker for Frohman, 
with a prolonged kiss he ascribed 
in the press to a then Frohman star, 
Olga Nethersole, an idea— "The 
Ncthersole Kiss," that still sticks to 
that player. 

Down in old Harrigan and Hart's 
on Broadway near Broome a quar- 
ter century earlier Harrigan himself 
was no bungler at deciding just how 
the Theatre Comique announce- 
ments to the press should read, and 
across the street at the same timo 
Theodore Moss was wont to consult 
his youthful box office assistant, 
Charles Burnham, the present house 
manager of the Gaiety where Frank 
Bacon lately abode, as to how the 
Lester Wallach paragraphs should 
read or Dion Bouclcault ads. be set. 

To ignore "Yours Merrily, John I 
B. Rogers," In a review of this 
early period of press agency's evo- 
lution in New York would be to ob- 
scure one of its then shining stars. 
Rogers was a pioneer cross country 
torn torn beater with a soft pencil 
and a head full of ideas, Mary An- 
derson and Minnie Palmer stars of 
his tooting both owing much of their 
success to his Ingenuity and daring. 
To include a touch of erudition in 
a summary of the early publicity 
game in the theatre in America we 
must bring in Walter Wyckoff, 
American Consul In England in the 
50'8. who despite himself become the 
sponsor in America for Fannie Ells- 
ler, premiere danseuse, the first to 
como to America, the rival of Tag- 
lionl, and the first big foreign star 
to lift to immediate popular social 
success the old Park Theatre, with 
Wyckoff, globe trotting companion 
of Edwin Forest, her personal un- 
salaried press agent from whose 
fancy came the label "Our Fanny," 
that rode the visitor to metropolitan 
and cross country popularity, a form 
of affectionate introduction by tho 
way thaf "Yours Merrily" used a 
generation later to boost "Our Mary" 
Anderson and "Our Minnie" Palmer. 
Charles Burnham, with half a cen- 
tury of familiarity with New York's 
press agency behind him, recorded 
from his perch as house manager, 
told the writer recently that in the 
old days of tho press agent no one 
apprehended the subtleties or brill- 
iancy the newer kind o^ newspaper 
publicity getter goes after and often 
gets. Paragraphs with an occasional 
cap head, now and then an Inter- 
view, and here and there a reference 
to some phase of the play about to 
be produced or running, was all 
managers of the earlier regimes got 
small town stuff even then. It had| or expected, Burnham avers, 
taken a quarter of a century for its Tne newer, restless type, repre- 
iv.frrrv t>, in move from Union sented by the Hamiltons, and later 

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HILL, ERMIN1E and BRICE 

"A Night on Broadway" (Skit) 

15 Mins.; One, Four, One and Four 

(8pecial 8ets) 
6th Ave. 

To change the . scene four times 
within 15 minutes would suggest 
sp»«?d. But speed isn't there. There 
are three people, Jtay Hill, Edith 
Erminle and Louise Brlce. One of 
the girls plays a violin, the other 
the piano. That's about all they do. 
other than take walking parts at 
the opening, after Hill makes a 
momentary entrance in "one" for a 
single laugh as a doubled up figure 
straightening out. 

The second scene is the best, a 
lighted panoramic drop of Times 
Square at night, with the rolling 
electric sign on the 42nd street and 
7th avenue corner showing; also the 
elevated trains, with the Palace 
getting a special display. That in- 
dicated plenty of confidence for the 
big time. The drop is attractive; 
more so out of town than in New 
York. It is not unlike the similar 
drop carried by "A Rounder of 
Broadway." (These "Broadway" 
titles are growing common; two 
were on the first half bill at the 6th 
Ave.) 

The other and finishing bit is by 
Hill alone, though the girls play an 
accompaniment. He sings a jazz 
song while riding a unlcycle. keep- 
ing the single wheel moving in time 
and doing as far as that may be 
done, jazzing "steps" made by 
manipulation of his feet on the wheel 
while riding. It is difficult work, 
well executed, and the most appre- 
ciated of the turn. In the first open 
stage section Hill did a song and 
dance. 

The act needs more than it has 
now for the biggest time, but be- 
tween that drop and Hill's wheeling 
dance there should not be much 
delay about Ailing in the required 
matter. After that is accomplished 
Mr. Hill can play the turn with one 
girl as well as two and keep It In 
the Times Square set all the time. 
The second "one" spell with the 
violin playing was superfluous as 
Well as the later port or set. evi- 
dently for the other girl to do her 
left handed piano solo. Sime. 



DALEY, MAC and DALEY 

Roller Skaters 

7 Mins.; Full 8tsge 

Palace 

Opening the soow this trio man* 
aged to give the program a corking 
start The act is a fast moving frame 
up of the regulation stuff on the 
rollers with a boy and girl working 
straight and the third member doing 
comedy. 

He puts over a series of flops 
In the early part of the act 
that establishes the comedy and 
when the three get dovrn to fast 
whirls on the wheels the house was 
ready to hand them applause for a 
couple of bows. They were wise In 
cutting time and going to speed at 
the Palace for that is what that 
house must have opening the bill. 
If it doesn't get It in the opening 
act it takes the edge off of the two 
following turns. The combination 
is a corking act of Its type. Fred, 






base the best of the ideas he had 
himself enoountered when sitting in 
as a dramatic editor on the receiv- 
ing end of the Washington sheet to- 
gether with ideas of his own of 
which he had plenty. But Pollock, 
Schwab, Erlanger. Klaw, Sam Shu- 
bert were themselves, at best, but 
followers of able men who had laid 
the first forms. Notably among 
these was, perhaps, first, in point 
of equipment, James Ford, whose! 
press agency in New York went 
back to the time when the town 
was called Gotham and Jake Aberle 
ran a theatre in East Eighth street 
called the Tlvoli with Lena Aberle 
his daughter as Its particular shin- 
ing star, Ford being then a staff man 
on the Herald. And going far- 
th back than Ford brings us to 
Ford's model, the elder James Gor- 
don Bennett, whose fertility of in* 
vention, readiness of resort and au- 
dacity of propulsion literally made 
the New York Herald. Bennett may 
be starred in a class by himself as 
a press agent for the newspaper that 
he founded was made a success by 
the original Ideas for making the 
paper known that Bennett conceived 
and executed. Charles A. Dana, 
rival publisher on the Sun, ran Ben- 
nett a close second for published 
new ideas to pres^ agent his sheet, 
but Bennett won by bold adventur- 
ing where Dana succeeded by stick- 
ing to the human side of every 
story. 

The Hamiltons — Tody and Jack — 
trailed In almost parnll 1 with James 
Ford. Tody, tho boon fellow well 
met Jack, the breezy and personally 
attractive. Today's gift for unusual 
invention easily paralleled Barnum's 
for whom ho worked. Indeed, many 
of the Barnum credits really belong 
to Tody Hamilton. 

The game was young in New York 
in the d ys of the Hamiltons and 
Ford. Jerome Eddy bobbed up at 
this time with a desk in the newly 
leased K. & E. ofllces, with Jerome 
commissioned as p. a. for life oy 
K. & E. and holdir e commissions 
as well of Joseph Murphy, Joseph 
Jefferson and kindred stars who 
then moved in and out of New York 
acrosj tho country under the K. & 
E. wing. 

Chirlcs Frohman had moved up to 
1265 Broadway at this time. Arnold 
Daly was then his office boy and Si 
Goodf. lend his press agent. The 
theatre game in New York 



ZECK and RANDOLPH 
"Grooming the Groom" (Comedy) 
17 Mins.; Full Stage (Special set) 
Greeley Square 

A rather superior mixed couple 
with a singing and talking skit that 
would have qualified for an early 
spot on two-a-day bills a few years 
ago, but which, in present day 
vaudeville la best fitted for a late 
spot on a good three-a-day pro- 
gram. The man patterns his work 
along the lines of Ed. Wynn and 
has a distinctive comic personality 
while the woman is likable as a 
feeder, piano accompanist to his 
song and with a sweet voice of small 
volume. 

There is a modicum of story, 
about a man who applies to the 
woman for instruction to qualify 
him to become a bridegroom and go 
through the church ceremony with- 
out making any errors in etiquet. 
He remains long enough to miss his 
train for the ceremony, asks the 
instructress to marry him, she ac- 
cepts, etc. They have evidently 
been playing the act for some time 
for it is thoroughly worked out and 
the finish is sequential. The open- 
ing might stand a bit of brightening 
up. Jolo. 



MYSTERIOUS GILLETTE (3) 

Illusions 

12 Mins.; Full Stage 

23d St. 

Gillette is a specialist in illusions, 
though starting off with a card trick, 
and carries considerable apparatus. 

Three selected cards are supposed 
to be "shot" from an old-fashioned 
pistol by a person In the audience, 
who later turns out to be a plant, 
partly employed for comedy pur- 
poses on the' stage. A trunk, bag 
and cabinet illusion, with Gillette 
exchanging places with a girl as- 
sistant who is supposed to be 
spotted upon a buspended platform, 
is well done. An assisting youth 
and the plant work with another 
bag trick, the routine closing with 
what Gillette says is his own illu- 
sion, called the "twentieth century 
mystery." This has him secured 
within a glass-sided box within a 
cabinet, "sailing through the air" 
to a similar box, also within a 
cabinet. 

Gillette works fast, and that aided 
him getting the attention of the 
house. He closed the show well, 
supplying a good mystery turn for 
three-a-day houses. lbcr. 



JOHN McGOWAN 
Monologist 
22 Mins,; One 
Jefferson 

John McGowan is a monologist of 
Celtic origin, as the name would 
suggest, with talk delivered at the 
utmost speed. McGowan possesses 
exceptional ability as a fast clear 
talker and is In all probability rec- 
ord holder for the number of words 
delivered on any stage in the same 
space of time. For some houses 
this exceptional speed will not have 
the desired effect in securing proper 
returns. The Jefferson prpved a 
good example, as a large portion of 
the early talk was delivered with 
such rapidity the audience failed 
to get It. 

The neighborhood chatter coming 
somewhat later and the musical bits 
with a violin and cornet are worked 
in nicely and should bring results, 
as they did downtown. 

For an encore a red fire recitation 
j is used, immense for some localities. 

John McGowan is a monologist 
with a salable vehicle. Hart. 



8ABBOTT and BROOKS 
Dances, Chatter, Songs 
19 Mins.; One (Special) 
Broadway 

Marie Sabbott and George Brooks 
have been out for several seasons. 
Their present routine carries with 
it quite a flash in stage dress for* a 
turn on one. A tableau curtain is 
used. On either side is hung a 
"portrait' 'of each, done In silk, mak- 
ing the drop a novelty. 

Their entrance has Brooks carry- 
ing Miss Sabbott under his arm, 
much the way a man is supposed 
to carry an infant. That was used 
before by them. There has been 
some additions to the routine. 
If the stories told by Brooks are 
part of the new matter, they ap- 
peared to have no value other than 
killing a wait while Miss Sabbott 
changed. 

Tho punch is in the fast dancing 
at the close, the speed of the work 
surprising and winning tho team an 
encore. Miss Sabbott's costuming, 
liko the hangings, were effective, 
and aided ;n the flash. They filled 
the second spot but take chances 
by being on too long. Jbce. 



The Victoria, Ossinlng, N. Y., 
switched its vaudeville bookings 

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BENNETT and LEE 
Comedy, Singing and Dancing 
15 Mins.; Full 
Lincoln Sq. 

An act along the lines of the old 
style variety turns. It combines a 
comedy skit with singing and danc- 
ing. The combination is a man and 
woman team, with the latter work- 
ing along soubret lines and the man 
doing mugging comedy. 

Working in full stage tho old idea 
of a professor in acting 1j used for 
the comedian, while the girl is the 
applicant who wants to "go on the 
stage," with the dialog being, "I'm 
Just crazy to act" and the usual re- 
tort, "You must be." The pair put 
over a couple of numbers in good 
shape, and the turn generally Is of 
the type that the average small time 
audience enjoys. Frrrt. 



MATTIS and YOUNG 
Song and Dances 
8 Mins.; One 
23rd St. 

Youns couple, the boy attired in 
Eton Jacket nd high hat; the girl 
bare-lcgped in short skirts*, opens 
with double popular song, followed 
by ordinary doublo dance. 

An eccentric dance Is soloed by 
him while the girl changes to knick- 
ers for a wooden shoe routine, which 



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on every other cylinder. He fol- 
lowed and hopped a buck in the iron 
dogs, topping her effort a trifle. A 
double-hard shoe finish let them 



off quietly. 
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JOHN CHARLES THqMAS 

,gs 
14 Mine.; One 
Winter Garden 

accompanist at a grand piano 
olayed for the etar of aeveral light 
jera aucceaaea. Ha entered dressed 
•iformal evening attire, with dignity 
that approximated pompousneea. It 
WM Just the way to eater at a con- 
cert and Just not the way It Is 
usually done at a vaudeville house, 
but he got a masaive reception, and 
those who were not predisposed to 
worship already were captured aa 
soon as he released the first of his 
truly golden notes. 

j^s a romantic barytone Thomas 
lisj no equals this side* of grand 
opera, and If he has any there they 
are wasting their time - ttnd God's 
•race* on highbrows and garlic eat- 
sts when they could be edifying the 
great middle class public with 
healthy pop stuff. 

Mr. Thomas sang about six num- 
bers. The first two or three were 
folk songs of the kind best Kked at 
nigh school entertainments, when 
the 8 tar warblers of the graduating 
class show how their voices are 
changing. Then he essayed the 
great barytone selection from "Pag- 
Jaocl." and did it in a masterly 
planner, as a true artist, and swept 
the theatre. For return he did 
"Mighty La'.c a Rose." and. without 
pausing, went Into "Sweetheart," his 

Cit hit from "Maytimc." encor- 
on the terrific appreciation with 
a few choruses or fragments of 
Other songs that were first identified 
with his career. 

Such a voice could not be amiss 
anywhere. In vaudeville it could 
never fall of o welcome. And per- 
haps the exotic showmana ip of Mr. 
Thomas, which Is impressive and 
grandiose, gets him over better than 
would that charming simplicity 
which Is so beloved In George Mac- 
Farlanc or the majestic hcakum that 
did so much for Clccolini. 
In any event, John Charles Thomas 
Is a headliner as well as a star. 

Lalt. 



NORTH and HALLIDAY 
"Wellington Post Office* 
» Mint.; One (8pecial 8e ) 
Broadway 

Frank North/ formerly of Howard 
and North, a standard comedy team 
of years ago, has come back with 
Bill HaJUday, also well known in 
vaudeville. The appearance of North, 
with his little turned-up shoes, his 
brown dicer and harmonica, bring 
back memories of Hammerstein's 
Victoria in "the old days." Show- 
men will be interested in that, and 
also in the way the audiences of the 
new decade take the old style skit 
that tickled the now mature wise 
ones in their kidding days. , 

North has been in retirement for 
some years. His characterization Is 
aa keen as ever. Whatever may be 
lacking from the original presenta- 
tion probably connects the missing 
Howard. Perhaps not the same dash 
of sentiment is present, but it is a 
tough comparison for Halliday. 

The selection of "The Wellington 
*ost Office" appears the best. That 
was a cequel to "Those Were the 
Happy Days," a skit that waa 
known the length and breadth of 
Vaudeville. Just what chang j have 
been made over the original will be 
noted by those of exact memory. Tet 
there must have been something 
added, for the present turn la run- 
ning 25 minutes, as against 17 min- 
utes when in Howard and North's 
hands. 

The baby carriage entrance is 
used. Everyone will remember the 
return of Frank's old pal, come back 
from New York, where he claims to 
have cleaned up as a bookmaker, to 
settle up his uncle's estate, only to 
find his girlhood sweetheart married 
to Frank. Whereupon he turns over 
, the deeds of Frank's house as a 
Present for the kid. The harmonica 
hit is Rtill there, Frank being the 
"champ." So is the penknife from 
Paris— the kind you look into and- 
aee pretty pictures. The postmaster 
bit at th opening, however, may be 
the added section. Mrs. North is said 
to be playing the wife bit. 

The art was placed next to clos- 
ing. It was in violent contrast'wlth 
the maze of silken hangings that 
Preceded and followed, the painted 
drop being the only one of the even- 
ing. Yet. in spite of the excess run- 
ning tlm.\ "Wellington" was sent 
across. At the Broadway, except for 
a few hooking men who wandered 
in to witness the revival, few pa- 
trons were in the know. So It is to 
be oxpenti-d that when North and 
Ilalliday appear in tlu« other houses 
Where lovers of vaudeville are pres- 
ent in moro or less mi in hers, the 
turn will have a special significance. 
And when boiled down to smarter 
Hinnlng time It should prove quite 
■atisfactory. ibee. 



FLORENCE NASH and CO. (SI 
"A Breath of Freeh Air" 

(Comedy) 
1t Mlne.| Three (Parlor) 
Alhambra 

Florence Nash from the legiti- 
mate atage was last aeen In 
vaudeville several seasons ago 
In the Willard Mack playlet, 
"Pansy'a Particular Punch." Flor- 
ence Nash in any field of hist nic 
endeavor has been unheard of dur- 
ing the past couple of years any- 
way, but if she chooses to accept 
vaudeville In preference to legit she 
should find a convenient niche with 
this pithy and pointed playlet au- 
thored by Edgar Allen Woolf. Not 
only is It replete with modernisms, 
but It carries a double punch; one 
aimed at the so-called small town 
morality and secondly a neat point 
scoring race prejudice. 

Alice (Miss Nash) is expected 
home from the city by her mother, 
sister and brother, all of whom have 
been wondering where she has been 
getting all this money which she 
sent them periodically for their 
pecuniary convenience. Alice ar- 
rives and uncorks a few jazzy re- 
marks. She selects a "coffin nail" 
for a soothing smoke and is sur- 
prised to hear her little innocent 
sister demand one too. The young- 
ster has also acquired the nicotine 
habit and strangely enough It was 
the village parson's daughter who 
taught her that. No, mother knows 
nothing of It. 

Exit sister and enter kid brother 
Andy, just as Alice is spilling her- 
self two fingers of liquid courage 
from a hip flask. Andy, too, invites 
himself to a drink and discloses 
that he is $300 in debt to a boot- 
legger. That's shock No. 2 for 
Alice, but she gives the boy a check, 
for her mother's sake. x 

I All this hypocrisy is a disgusting 
revelation te the city girl, who 
knows she is no angel, admits it and 
lets other people know of it openly 
and does not camouflage it sneak - 
Ingly as do her younger brother and 
sister. On top of that she shows up 
a machinating male who had 
planned to run off with her younger 
sister. This male Is described as a 
rosy cheeked, bemoustached and 
crimson-cravafed Individual who 
paradoxically is a bootlegger by vo- 
cation (or is it profession?), but 
since he only owns a Dodge he 
couldn't be much of a bootlegger 
at that, Alice opines. 

For the climax the enraged Andy 
accuses his sister of hoaxing him, 
showing him the check which she 
signed with the surname Goldberg, 
which she explains is her Christian 
name. She recalls the local small 
town prejudice years ago against 
one Abe Goldberg, who, because he 
was compelled to fight his way. all 
the way, all the time, developed into 
a professional pugilist and recently 
won a championship belt — and is 
her husband, adding that she Is 
worth a quarter of a million. This 
accounts for her desire to explain 
it all personally to them, winding 
up she has come back to take away 
to a place where there is really a 
breath of fresh, clean a!r — the city! 
What a plug for the city it is. 

The sketch almost plays itself. 
Coupled with the excellent casting, 
which includes Minnie Stanley, 
Lygla Bernard. Frank McDonald 
and Herbert Delmore, the playlet is 
set for all bookings. AJfeU 



JOHN CUMBERLAND and Co. (2) LEAVITT and LOCKWOOO 

Comedy Songs. Talk. Piano 



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"The Fall of Eve" (Faroe) 

18 Mine.; Full Stage (8pecial Set) 



"ON Y REMONTE" 

Gaite Rochechouart 

Paris Paris. Dec. 30. 

A witty revue entitled "On y re- 
monte" was produced last week at 
the Kalte Rochechouart by Leon 
Volterra and Louis Gentil, the pres- 
ent managers of this popular hall. 
The authors, Paul Briquet and Saint 
Granler, have compiled a cre'ditable 
show, and furnished good material 
for the company headed by Dor- 
vllle, Harry Wllle, Gabaroche, Marc 
Dcrrls, Mines-. Marguerite Deval, 
Charlotte Martens, Alice Soulle. 
Fabris and Heine Guyot. 

A scries of tableaux deals with 
America since Us discovery. With 
such a program the Gaite Roche- 
chouart should once moro become 
a fashionable resort, and may even 
compete with the Marletcs, where 
the revue is no bettor an a mirth 
provider. Kcudrcw. 



Prospect, Brooklyn 

John Cumberland has been Identi- 
fied with bed room farces for a 
number of seasons, and it was but 
a natural sequence he should be 
fitted with a vehicle of the bed room 
type when making a vaudeville 
plunge. Arthur Eckersley and 
Gordon Bostock co-authored "The 
Fall of Eve," and Mr. Cumberland 
has the assistance of Mabel Cam- 
eron and C. Carroll Clucas Jn its 
presentation. The playlet carries 
an excellent Idea, in that it reverses 
the customary plan of having an 
aphasia victim forget, and instead 
become obsessed with a hallucina- 
tion. 

Mr. Cumberland Is a bachelor, 
about to marry a woman he has 
never seen. He Is about giving up 
his apartment and take temporary 
quarters at his club, turning over 
his own rooms to his aunt and 
fiancee, as the action begins. Doctor 
friend (Mr. Clucas) drops in for 
chat, which duTog serves to plant 
the story. 

Knock at door, following de- 
parture of doctor, and woman 
(Miss Cameron), who *>aya she is 
looking for room 16, enters. She 
haa made a r istake. and after a 
few moments of conversation, dur- 
ing which Mr. Cumberland at- 
tempts a mild flirtation, leaves. 
Loud noise outsld Cumberland's 
apartment. Woman has fallen down 
stairs. Cumberland rushes out of 
room and returns with her in his 
arms. Lays her on sofa. She re- 
vives shortly. Usual query of 
••Where am I"? It is at this point 
that action tokes different twist 
mentioned. Woman turns to Mr. 
Cumberland and declarer he is her 
husband. They have Just been mar- 
ried, she says. Cumberland tries to 
persuade woman she Is mistaken* 
but she persists, continuing to ex- 
tent of saying she Is tired and will 
retire. 

Woman leaves room for bed room. 
Returns in lacy negliget. Asks if 
Cumberland is not going to retire 
soon, upon leaving room saying 
"Don't be long dearie," or something 
like it. Woman sees mouse In bed 
room, rushes out again. Cumber- 
land In trying to calm her down 
mentions the word "Darling." Sud- 
denly woman returns to senses. De- 
mands to know why she is In 
strange man's room, and in negligee 
at that. 

Cumberland explains. Doc on, and 
he presumes Cumberland is having 
quiet little affair. Woman, it de- 
velops, Is really fiancee. Mutual ex- 
planations and happy ending. 

The act is risque in spots. The 
situations, however, have been well 
managed, so as to include' the 
risque business in an Innocent sort 
of way, and while getting near the 
line the piece never oversteps. It 
has more than sufficient laughs to 
put it over for vaudeville. 

Mr. Cumberland gives his usual 
smooth, capable performance as the 
engaged man. Miss Cameron is 
equally convincing at the fiancee, and 
Mr. Clucas playc the doctor in an 
experienced manner. The piece has 
been mounted with a full stage 
brocaded gold eye. and pretty blue 
drape in one. "The Fall of Eve" 
should fill every requirement for 
Mr. Cumberland. It's a little ging- 
ery, but unquestionably funny. 

Bell. 



18 Mint.; Three and One 
Riverside 

Douglas Leavltt and Ruth Mary 
Lockwood comprise thlj team. Leav- 
ltt Is Abe Leavltt of burlesque and 
more recently a. Douglas Leavitt o/ 
"Take It From Me." Miss Lockwood 
was probably in the same cast She 
Is a pretty plump little bob-haired 
miss and makes a splendid foil for 
Leavitt's clowning. 

A pianist who sings and handles 
a "preacher" bit is programed as 
Brother Ray. The turn opens In 
"three" with a special drape aet 
Ray goes to the piano for a song 
anent "how to start the act." This 
cues Leavitt's entrance. 

A "Before and After Marriage" 
lyric by Leavltt and Miss Lockwood 
allows the rotnnd one opportunity 
for a comedy bit reminiscent of bur- 
lesque, but slightly modernized. A 
special drop accompanies the lyric, 
which is draped around t'.ie cooling 
of the ardor Idea. Ray haa a bit in 
this as a male flirt It waa good for 
solid laughs aa handled. 

Leavltt and Ray double a parody 
on Omar Kayyam about single 
blessedness, followed .by a duologue 
with Leavltt and the girl getting 
laughs by a play on the names of 
automobiles. 

She sings a classical song with 
Leavltt interrupting and ad llbblng 
for comedy purposes. Next a double 
by the two, with Leavltt handling 
baby talk for results, and a final 
singing medley leading Into a bridal 
number, with the pianist aa the 
preacher. 

The turn qualifies aa a satisfac- 
tory vehicle for Leavitt and his cute 
partner; It la almost a straight 
singing act. with special sounding 
lyrics, most of which are parodied. 

At the Riverside they landed 
strongly and on that showing should 
have no trouble duplicating around 
the big time circuits. Cou. 



MARION WEEKS and HENRI 
BARRON 

8ongs 

15 Mine.; Two (Special) 

Alhambra 

Marlon Weeks has been doing a 
single vocal turn since 1915. Mr. ' 
Barron was formerly tenor with the . 
Chicago Opera Company. The com- 
bination on merits is big time in 
value, although the routine itself is 
familiar and conventionally framed, 
excepting for Miss Weeks' rendition 
of the "Doll Song" from "Tales of 
Hoffman." This number has been 
identified with her, however, for the 
past six years, and is lent further 
prestige by a little program note to 
the effect she is the only artiste in 
vaudeville rendering the number, 
"possessing the highest soprano 
range in the world, singing 'G' above 
high 'C with perfect ease and clar- 
ity." The balance of the routine is 
"Remember the Rose" and "Tour 
Eyes Have Told Me So," both pub- 
lished numbers and standards for 
better class vaudeville singers, cori- 
cludlng wHh an operatic double. 

In Variety's review of Miss Weeks* 
act in 1915 comment waa made on 
her youthfulneaa. Six years have 
since elapsed and the change in ap- 
pearance haa been but alight She 
still is a comely lassie, appearing to 
be only 18 years old, and her fine 
features are no email asset to her 
vaudeville value aa a vocalist Her 
partner is a more mature appearing 
man, of good tenor voice and, ex- 
cept for purposes of contrast, either 
could appear Individually with aa 
much effect aa teamed. Abel. 



MAUD MacllMTOSH 

Violinist 

12 Mins.; One 

Fifth Ave. 

Maud Ma'-ln'^li I* a < on^ert 
violinist ib-voting her p!a\ iiur en- 
tirely to Mandard miinln'i-.i with tho 
exception of one oC tli«» popular 
variety. Th<» niwor outlined is 
lilted only for tlu» contort or 
chautauu.ua platform*:. 

Miss Macintosh la-ks showman- 
ship In presenting it for v.imlcville, 
where little can be expected by this 
young woman. Hart. 



COURTNEY and IRWIN 

"Build Your Own Morns" (Comedy) 

17 Mins.; Full 8tage (Special) 

Jefferson 

Courtney and Irwin, a man and 
woman team, are credited with the 
authorship of "Build Your Own 
Home," a light comedy vehicle based 
upon a novel idea. The rising of 
the curtain discloses an Incomplete 
portable bungalow being erected. A 
ncwlywed couple occupy the stage. 
The man Is busily engaged on the 
bungalow while his wife idles her 
time. He calls for her assistance 
which necessitates her donlng 
unlonalls which starts the comedy 
proceedings. The girl develops some 
strong comedy In hindering the male 
member in getting the bungalow as- 
sembled. Dialog Is Indulged in dur- 
ing the foolery which helps comedy 
matters. 

The final bit has the bungalow 
completed with the couple seated in 
a hammock on the porch when the 
entire thing collapses. There arc In- 
numerable laughs in this vehicle 
which should develop us- it ages. 
One or two old gag* crop up here 
and there which should be eliminat- 
ed immediately as the ir.ajor \> ntion 
of the chattel" is fre h t n<L s;ji to 
date. J 

Courtney and Irwin should l.-md 
in the better houses. Hart. 



POWERS and WALLACE 
"Georgia on Broadway" (Talk and 

Songs) 
17 Mine.; One 
5th Ave. 

Opens as a "bench and flirtation 
act" with quite some talk of a slow 
laughing nature until after ' a 
"Georgia" song, the couple come 
forth In a wedding number for the 
finish that holds up whatever there 
is to the turn, Slapstick stuff for 
laughs in the wedding bit Is the hit. 
A musician throws an old,, ahoe at 
Vernon Wallace as he is stooping to 
kiss his radiant looking brunette 
bride. For the conclusion she. 
throws her bouquet into the front 
rows of the orchestra, saying "to the 
next bride," and Wallace gets an- 
other laugh as he remarks, "for the 
next groom," picking up the ahoe. 

Mr. Wallace Is a mixture of a 
Southerner and Tank. This com- 
bination seems to make him a re-, 
fined boob. Maud Powers plays a 
nice straight with her peculiar 
voice adaptable to vaudeville ballad 
singing. There isn't much to the 
opening talk, with "This is Mary 
Garden, $5 an ounce," to the man 
replying as he waves his bandana, 
"this is Halg & Haig, $14 a quart," 
a gag heard the same day in * bur- 
lesque sho." and often before that 

The present frame up should carry 
the act Into the Intermediate big 
time bousea and the beat of the 
small time, aa much through Mr. 
Wallace's pereonallty aa anything 
else, though that wedding bit should 
be credited, even if It la following 
all of the others. 

The same couple played around 
with a slightly different turn two 
years or so ago. 6'frn*. 



JENNING8 and HOWLANO 
Comedy and 8ongs 
10 Mins.; One 
23d 8t. 

A special painted drop fdiows a 
country clubhouse, Jennings enter- 
ing with a golf bag. Ilowland sup- 
plying contrast with his silk topped 
and English fop character. The lat- 
ter was probably of the team of 
Lynn and Howland. 

His "silly ass" is carried through- 
out the routine, which had him 
singling with "They Were Spoofing." 
Jennings demonstrated exceptional 
ability to sing Irish songs, giving 
"Old Irish Mother of Mine," an- 
noujved as one of John McCor- 
inack'fl. That number won an en- 
core. Ilowland's comedy lyric, 
"Whitewash," drew laughter. Some 
of the chatter material i. doubtless 
norn the former act, for It sounded 
familiar. 

A duet, "Always Wailing for To- 
morrow." at the close earned a re- 
peat which was a parody medley 
on golf. The men can take a spot 
in three-a-day bills but are now 
staying on too long. Ibco* 

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GERTRUDE BARNES 

Songs. 

19 Mine.; One and Two 

23d St. 

Miss Barnes was in vaudeville 
some time ago as a single but for 
the last few seasons has been in 
retirement. 

For her re-entry before the foot- 
lights she haa secured an exclusive 
song routine, as waa true of her 
original appearance and likewise la 
again possessed of a rich wardrobe. 
For the opening there waa a nov- 
elty costume, Miss Barnes attired 
as a lady's boudoir lamp, a design 
of spacious skirts. The number was 
"If Your Uttle Lamp Should Ever 
Tell on You." For the second 
chorus little electrio lights were dis- 
closed underneath the dress and at 
the bosom. There was an elaborate 
cloak and "Intimate" ailken pa- 
Jamae for a chorus girl number thut 
followed, "Don't Believe It's True." 
One verse told of the things the 
Sunday papers wrote about choris- 
ters—the pearl necklaces and such. ' 
By way of illustration she went into 
"two," showing first the show girl 
getting gifts with the morning mail, 
the way the papers would have it, 
and then in a klmona, the lyric gives 
the auppoaed "low down," this chor- 
ister being an ex-laundry maiden 
and sorry she ever quit the Job. 

"When Will Those Guys Get 
Wise?" is cued in. A quick change 
Into a glittering, clinging gown and 
circlet of ostrich plumes fcr a head- 
dress, had Miss Barnes out as "The 
Temptation Girl," the lyric being 
reclted'rather than sung. The lines' 
had her aa the girl who didn't care, 
the original vampire whom Kipling 
wrote about The number was sen- 
tlmental at the close, venturing the 
declaration that woman loves for- 
ever but man only for a day. 

For the finale Miss Barnes came 
forth with another costume, this 
time a abort -skirted frock, for a 
song which told something about 
"girls will be boys and boys will be 
girls." It is a satire on the srylt-s 
and customs of the day. 

Miss Barnes Is classy in appear- 
ance, with classy duds. Her num- 
bers are not particularly melodic 
and though she isn't blessed with 
personality, Misa Barnes shouM 
make the big tlmo bills. Ii-cc. 



LA FLEUR and PORTIA 1 

Aerobatie 

Mins.; Three 

Harlem O. H. 

The woman Is a contortionist uuJ 
Iron jaw specialist. The man does 
some stuff on tho rings and closes 
with the kingpin of the routine, the 
"human top." Tcrched aloft well 
above the stage, he grips the bit 
with his teeth and revolves at an 
unusual speed for fully two minutes. 
His fast revolving figure almost fas- 
cinates the audience at the furior.s 
pace and the length of time he can 
maintain che grip. The woman haa 
a k. o. of a* trick. Gripping an an- 
chored pedestal with her teeth, she 
supports her whole body In that 
fashion, feet in the air and contor- 
tion-twisted above her head. 

For feats of this type thin conu-i 
nation Is far ahead of Its competi- 
tors in ability and display, AbcL 



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NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 






Friday, January 13, 1928 



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INSIDE STUFF 



ON VAUDEVILLE 



The Keith office gutb-iv-d \xn agents in meeting a week or bo ago. 
The purpose seemed to be to find out why the agents had addressed let- 
ters to their acts, suggesting that it would be opportune for the acta to 
advertise in the Anniversary Number of Variety without submitting the 
letters to the booking office. E. F. Albee spoke to the agents about It. 
They truthfully replied they had been solicited to do so by a representa- 
tive of Variety, as they had done in former years for Variety's Anni- 
versary Numbers. 

Vaudeville agents for years have been writing to -their acts on occa- 
sions, suggesting a special number of Variety might be advantageous to 
the acts and their agent. It dates back to when Pat Casey smarted his 
booking agency. The Casey agency at that time had a flat and reduced 
rate from Variety on a guarantee from the Casey agency it would secure 
at least 30 pages. The first year the Casey agency fell short a few pages 
and itself made up the deficiency. Pat Casey stated at the time It was 
more than worth It. The following year the Casey agency exceeded its 
guarantee under the same arrangement. Thereafter, no guarantee was 
requested by Variety, and the Casey agency continued the practice for 
several years. 

For the last Variety Anniversary Number, besides the Keith office 
agents, the Shubert booking office, and agents also sent out letters to acts, 
making a similar suggestion, while in the past the Loew office, whenever 
asked by Variety, immediately agreed its agents might do so. 

About five years ago the other theatrical newspapers, thinking Variety 
too progressive, protested to the Keith office against Variety being put 
forward by the agents as the best theatrical Advertising medium. For a 
couple of years, Mr. Albee listened to the other theatrical paper*, advis- 
ing the Keith agents not to mention the name of any theatrical paper 
when writing about advertising to acts. The third year Mr. Albee was 
asked by representatives of Variety not to instruct the agents, but to 
Inform complaining papers he had nothing to* do with It; that it was a 
matter of business with the papers and they could do as they pleased, on 
their merit, as long as they did not involve or use the name of the 
Keith office. He stated at that time the method proposed was more 
pleasing, as the letter writing had grown to be a nu'^ance in the office 
(Keith's) through other papers protesting. This went on a couple of 
years and up to the present season. 

It never amounted to more than a matter of business. Agents believe 
they secure their best advertising when mentioned by acts known to have 
vaudeville routes. This is a theory among agents in vaudeville, and has 
been ever since there were vaudeville agents. When the agents honestly 
believed «s they have for years that the only worth-while theatrical medium 
ij Variety, they did not hesitate to so inform the acts, something the 
acts already knew, as vaudeville bookings often have been made not 
alone in the United States, but all over the world through a Variety 
advertisement. 

The interference of other theatrical papers, their manner of "following 
up," Variety's advertisements, their apparent chagrin at their own failing 
circulation and the growth of Variety's, have cost Variety thousands of 
dollars every year for the past 10 years, in advertisement diverted from 
it through envious competitors. Professionals and showmen who would 
have advertised in Variety in years pa&i, did not do so through the be- 
lief if they did in one paper, they would have to insert the same ad In 
three or four. It brought about a series of advertising articles in Va- 
riety on duplicated advertising, wherein it was shown no theatrical ad- 
vert Iser could secure the circulation Variety gives, and other papers 
merely gave a small part of Variety's circulation at best. ... ♦ 

The idea the Keith people seem to have is that if an act, working 
out of the Keith office is written to by an agent, the act accepts that as 
a letter instigated by the Keith office. Variety's results from these let- 
ters of recent years have utterly dlsproven that belief, as any Variety 
Anniversary Number of late years easily witnesses. 

This is printed in "Inside Stuff," as any other news matter would be 
that cannot well be placed in news form, and for the purpose of making 
it known at large, there has been nothing underhanded in approaching 
agents or booking offices to induce business into Variety,- if that may be 
done. It will be continued, resting with the agent or booking office 
whether such letters aro to be written. As a rule, Variety always solicits 
direct as well. 



Maurice Costello, a picture star, most recently with Selznick and for- 
merly a well-known stock actor, is making his bow to vaudeville with 
Ada Carter, formerly of Vincent and Carter. Their playlet Is "Ananias 
Outclassed," by Norman Stadiger, who makes his bow as a vaudeville 
writer. Mr. Stadiger was once a star dancer in the U. P. dramatic so- 
ciety, the Mask and Wig Club, also writing and directing shows of the 
Paint and Powder Club, another Philadelphia amateur organization. He 
la associated with the Joe Paige Smith agency. 



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Welby Cook, a youthful Australian, is wit' the Wirth Family, touring 
the Orpheum. His parents 'were noted bare back riders. They tried to 
divert the boy's activities by sending him to college, but his bent for the 
tan bark finally landed him here with his relatives, the Wlrths. Like 
other Australians, snow was a novelty, and he had his first taste of it 
when the act recently appoared in Vancouver, B. C. Out of Auntie's 
hearing, Stella Wirth carefully instructed Welby that when he went out 
of doors he must make a snow ball and throw it a*, the first man passing, 
otherwise the latter would heave one at him. The youth did as told. 
His wing was true and he got his man, but the man, who was pedaling a 
bicycle, surprised Welby by giving him a whipping. Finding many things 
new to him in this land, the kid is game to try anything once, but there 
will be no encores on the snow stuff. 



tract was with tha company It was not binding op tha reoeivar. Bert 
thought otherwise and threatened legal action. The matter was Anally 
left to adjudication. Meanwhile Bert continued to report as understudy 
with the understanding that if he wins he Is to receive tha part and be 
reimbursed for the time pending the adjustment. 



Henri Gressitt Is no longer manager for the Doris Keane "Romano*" 
show. He was standing on the stags in some town when he injudiciously 
the remark that the star was the "toughest" one he had ever 



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handled. Miss Keane's husband, Basil Sydney, overheard him and it 
became necessary for Lee Shubert to shift Gressitt to another attraction. 



The several reports spreading for the past few weeks that the 
Al Jolson show might move from the Jolson to the Winter Garden was 
emphatically denied the other day by J. J. Shubert. Mr. Shubert said he 
had no such Intention; that he'never intends to put on another produc- 
tion at the Winter Garden, and that vaudeville will continue there, ex- 
cepting possibly for a period of six months, If he decides to go through 
with the building plan In mind for the Garden's site. That is a large 
office building with the theatre In It, turning the theatre around so the 
entrance will be on the side street. While it might take two years to 
complete the building, Mr. Shubert said the interference with the Gar- 
den's stage - would not run over six months and take in the summer 
time. 



The Shuberts are evincing no haste in giving out second-term 20-week 
contracts for their vaudeville. The /first batch Is shortly expiring. Sev- 
eral of the- Shubert booked acta are now playing return dates to com- 
plete the agreements. It la thought few will be held over for a second 
term, and those that are will play on a week-to-week basis, a system 
now in effect with acts lately engaged by the Shubert booking office. 
The Pantages Circuit Is reported having gone light on booking of late, 
in the belief the Shubert acta will soon apply to Pantagea for time. 



The Shuberts' Lyric on 42d street may yet play vaudeville. It waa 
intended to open that house about thia or next week with vaudeville, but 
one of the Shuberts is reported to have opposed the plan. Since then it 
is said he has lessened his opposition to the removal of the vaudeville 
from the 44th Street to the 42d street house. 



While Martin Beck was in Seattle on his last trip over the Orpheum 
Circuit, he announced an Orpheum, Jr., theatre will be built in that city. 
He made a similar announcement in Portland, Ore. 



The attendance at the independently booked theatres throughout the 
city which play Sunday vaudeville only has fallen off to a marked de- 
gree during the past few weeks, with Sunday (Jan. 8.) bringing forth 
the lightest attendance of the season in several. A number of houses 
which play burlesque during the week have been playing the Sunday 
vaudeville at $1 scale, which is given as one of the principal reasons 
for the falling off in business. Several of the houses are in localities 
which have regulation small-time theatres which adhere to the regular 
scale which seldom exceeds 75 cents. 



A stiff independent vaudeville battle has developed In Jersey City and 
Hoboken between the Harring & Blumcnthal interests and Frank G. 
Hall. The Hespe theatre, Jersey City, was recently purchased by Hall, 
the house being direct opposition to Harring & Blumcnthal's Central 
Avenue theatre, with the latter firm Immediately purchasing a plot of 
cround in Hoboken on which will be erected a vaudeville house to oppose 
Hall's United States theatre. 



"General" Plsano, the sharp-shooter, la at the Shuberts' 44th Street, 
New York, this week, after a series of events leading up to it, that in- 
cluded, according to report, fisticuffs between Plsano and Harry Mount- 
ford. Pisano is working under a consecutive contract for 13 weeks, 
given him by the Shuberts in adjustment of his original 20-in-24 agree- 
ment. 

As the weeks passed and Pisano did not work under his contract with 
the margin of four open weeks more • than taken up, the "General" 
grew restive. He was a member of the A. A. F., the branch of the 
Four A's that is leagued with Equity. Mountford is the presiding or 
executive officer of that organization. Pisano had paid his dues and 
was In good standing. He called on the A. A. F. and asked about its 
attorneys, the names of whom are on the A. A. F. letterhead. Mount- 
ford said the attorneys were too far downtown and advised Piasno not 
to proceed against the Shuberts. Plsano insisted ho was entitled to 
certain rights under the Shubert agreement, principally work, and that 
it was necessary for him to have. After learning his plan to induce 
the artist to lay off the Shuberts had proven fruitless, Mountford gave 
Pisano the address of a firm of attorneys he said would represent him, but 
added that he would have to make his own terms. The firm, when visited 
by Plsano, would not fix any cost, said Mountford had no authority to 
speak for them, and they would inform Pisano of the charge after finish- 
ing the case. Mountford had told Pisano the firm would charge 10 or 15 
pe cent, of any amount collected. Pisano, dissatisfied with the firm's 
attitude, returned to Mountford, who, after some further talk, referred 
him to an attorney for Equity, saying it was all the same; that the A. A. 
F .and Equity were working together. The Equity attorney told Pisano 
there would be a slight charge for services rendered, If not too extensive. 
After obtaining an adjustment of PIsano's contract with the Shuberts, 
with the IS- week consecutive agreement one of the results, he charged 
Pisano |30. Pisano was agreeable to and did pay that amount. 

Returning to Mountford, Pisano, who had been kept In a state of ex- 
asperation throughout by Mountford's stalling tactics, informed Mount- 
ford of the outcome, whereupon Mountford told Plsano he would also 
have to pay the firm of lawyers he (Mountford) had first sent him to. 
Plsano replied the firm understood It was not to handle his .case; he had 
told them so, also Mountford. Mountford answered Plsano would have 
to pay anyway, as he (Mountford) had cajled up the firm, telling them to 
go ahead, notwithstanding Mountford had also sent Plsano to the Equity's 
attorney. This led to words. Plsano expressed his opinion of the A. A. 
F. In general and Mountford in particular; called Mountford several com- 
prehensive names; Mountford in turn grew aggressive and advanced to- 
ward Pisano, who landed his right without any stalling; Mountford land- 
ing in a corner from the impact. 

Shortly after leaving the A. A. F. offices, Plsano arranged to furnish 
ball If Mountford should prefer a charge of assault he was prepared to 
defend, but up to the early part of this week Pisano had heard nothing. 



The Shubert vaudeville circuit has a William B. Frledland-L. Lawrence 
Weber .show traveling over it. The producing combination has three 
acts of its own on the bill, and pays the remainder of the show, playing 
the time 60-40, the Fame as the Bcdini show, "Chuckle." The Friedland- 
Weber group play< d the Shubert house, Cleveland (Ohio), New Year's 
week, giving an extra performance for the holiday. 'It is said that when 
settlement time came around the show's directors found tho receipts of 
the extra performance were missing from the total. Lee Shubeit is said 
to have replied their 60 per cent, did not figure on extra performances, 
as their contract did not call upon them to pay nets for an extra holiday 
show. Though Weber Insisted jrvoss N gross, nnd that all moneys taken 
In 'during th«- wc.k constituted the truss, Shubert held to his theory, 
and prevailed. 

With the coming of tho new year it is understood Harry Davis, the 
Pittsburgh theatrical manager, will have his property restored to him. 
He Is understood to have owed tho banks something like $500,000, of 
which more than $300.(»f>0 has been repaid, the banks taking an active in- 
terest in the conduct of the Davis theatres in that city. 



Anna Held, Jr., why recently acquired possession of her late mother's 
personal estate, placed' in trust for her, may shortly come into possession 
of the ancillary estate, vhich involves certain pieces of property in sev- 
eral of the Western States, besides the large Paris estate, which Includes 
the luxurious home of the deceased. Cornelius J. Sullivan has been re- 
tained by Miss 'Held, Jr., in an endeavor to secure the property from 
Charles F. Hanlon, who was appointed executor of the ancillary estate. 
Miss Held is preparing a production act for vaudeville. 



Fred B«rf, understudy for the Norman Trevor role In "Lilies of the 
Field" had a eontraet with the company to assume Trevor's part on the 
retirement of th*> latter from tin cast. The company went Into the hands] 
of a receiver. Joe Klaw was appointed to administer its affairs. Klaw 
told Bart he wanted Frederick Terry for the part and that as the con- I 



Henry Ford's anti-Semitic campaign has broken Into vaudeville, after 
touching with more or less rancor upon the picture and the music 
publishing business. A whole page of the "Dearborn Independent," 
dated Jan. 7, is devoted to a reprUit of the bitter anti-Jewish writings 
of Patterson James, in the "Billboard." The searchlight of publicity 
thus playing for the moment upon Patterson James, it is in order to re- 
peat the report that this monicker is the nom do plume of none other 
than James William Fltspatrlck, erstwhile president of the White Rats 
of America, and now president of the American Artists' Federation 
and member of the Executive Council of the Four A.'s. One curious de- 
tail of Fitzpatrlck's situation Is, that as executive committeeman of 
the Four A.'s, he is concerned in a judicial way with the problems of 
the Jewish Actors' Union, which derives its American Federation of 
Labor charter from the Four A.'s, Just as Equity, the A. A. F. and the 
oth» r bodies do. There are certain fees connected with this executive 
committee capacity. 

It appears from the record as reprinted in the Ford weekly that Pat- 
terson James or Fitzpatrick saw two shows — the Riverside (Keith vaude- 
ville) in New York, aid "Bombo" at the Jolson theatre — and didn't like 
the performers of Jewish birth in either performance. Specifically he 
objected to Anna Chandler (without mentioning her name) at the River- 
side, whom he described as "the red-haired, rotund, coirsetless lady in the 

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81 ST ST. 

With the Fairbanks "Musketeers* 
special out in lights before the the- 
atre they flocked in Tuesday night 
to a total which registered business 
as excellent. A five-act bill, pre* 
ceding the film, held sufficient en- 
tertainment to be classed as a favr» 
orable first half for the evening that 
had the celluloid feature as Its mala 
attraction. 

The house enjoyed a. pleasingly 

Sut together vaudeville portion that 
ad the Marmeln Sisters holding the 
final position and who personally 
carved a separate niche with their 
dancing In an act which shouts 
"coin," and Is particularly note- 
worthy aa to the manner in which 
the girls are dressing. At various 
times the costuming and settings 
brought forth complimentary ap- 
plause, with the footwork of tha 
couple strengthening each occasion, 
resulting in a finishing outburst. It 
tops, by far, any previous vehicle 
the sisters have had and in addi- 
tion shows them to two-fold ad- 
vantage above their former offer- 
ings. According to the way they 
were received the act can repeat in 
this neighborhood at will. 

Wayne and Werner, immediately 
ahead of the "flash" episode offered 
by the sister team, worked- up to a 
solid response with their patter and 
crossfire slang that gave them tha 
comedy honors for the first half. 
The couple are using a line of con- 
versation that figures to become 
part and parcel of any "flapper's" 
vocabulary who hears the knights 
of the soft hats, camels-hair muf- 
flers and exaggerated scarfs. The 
collegiate atmosphere, particularly 
heavy between 80th and 96th 
streets, stands to blast forth with 
many another sidewalk and parlor 
replica of Wayne and Werner's dia- 
logue with the Dots, Maries, Sallys 
and Emilys of upper Broadway's 
outdoor "peacock alley." 

Dotson, a colored boy, held the 
No. % spot and breezed through 
easily with his dancing and talk. 
Presenting a neat appearance in a 
tuxedo, he, in addition, got across 
a manner of personality through 
complimenting the orchestra and 
kidding himself, which found dis- 
tinct favor with the audience. With 
the fast stepping offered and his 
willingness to work it summed up 
as a pleasing "single" that con- 
nected just right in the position 
assigned. Following were placed 
Doyle and Cavanaugh, who gained 
instant recognition and Improved as 
they progressed. Miss Cavanaugh, 
as always, is far from hard to gaze 
upon and with a new gown and a 
bit more dr.ncing than she pre- 
viously did in the act. aided the 
turn materially. Doyle's one In- 
stance of solo stepping is not of tha 
eccentric or "flash" style, though hia 
method listens as being one of the 
best Instances of softshoe tapping; 
that has been heard around. 

Vesser and Co., acrobatic, with a 
fast whirl on a pole which has a 
man at each end for the finish, gava 
the evening its start. Skiff, 

BROADWAY 

Wish the Jackie Coogan produe* 
tlon, "My Boy," the picture feature, 
Monday matinee started off smart- 
ly. The nlgnt business did not 
build to capacity downstairs, tha 
rear third being but partly tenanted. 
Upstairs looked satisfactory. 

Last week quite an elderly artist 
made a sudden and welcome appear* 
ance from the audienco (Lida Gard* 
ner with Chic and Tiny Harvey)* 
This week there were a flock of old- 
timers tripping up the steps from 
the steps from the aisle to partic- 
ipate in "Tango Shoes." But most 
Interesting to showmen was the re- 
appearance of Frank North, now 
teamed with Bill Halliday (New 
Acts) in "The Wellington Post Of- 
fice." North is of another decade 
and so is the skit, yet it was placed 
next to closing successfully. 

The bill was flashy, with special 
drops, the silken hangings In one 
loading the lines and aiding in giv- 
ing the show a dash of class. A 
bit more laughter would have been 
used to advantage. Peggy Parker 
with four assistants of juvenile 
range was the headliner. Miss 
Parker is delectable. «he has a 
singing youth who would have been 
more prominent with nnmbers more 
to us liking, a comic who fits with- 
out being boisterous, and two danc- 
ing chnps who are exceptional. The 
settings for the Parker turn sug- 
gest the "compressed" scenery used 
by Elsie Janis and "Her Gang" when 
here last and who, by the way, be- 
comes a Broadway attraction at the 
Gaiety next week. Miss Parker 
made a sweet appearance in the 
white frock at the close, showing 
dainty 'nickers, and she had a 
catchy melody, 'Which One Shall It 
Be.'**cnsily the prettiest of the spe- 
cial score. 

"Tango Shoes" made n good num- 
ber thr.'p. The straight in his an- 
nouncement was thinking of the 
spring and the circuses when he 
said the special shoes were invented 
by "Walter L. Mains, of Geneva, 
Ohio." The hooting of the "old 
boys" who "volunteered* from tho 
audience showed up the apron. 
Dust arose and floated over the or- 
chestra. The seemingly eldest of 
the men and" tho young lady 'hippo'' 
who turned a handspring at tho 
finale, took tho fancy of thf crowd. 

Bessie Browning was No. 4, using 
a pianist and offering with little 
change the routine of the past .sea. - 
son, or two. The ujxstajrs bunch dJU 
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Friday, January 18, litt 



THIS WEEK 



PALACE 



r^n« Castle rttuntA to Brotd- 
Jfano 1 MnSianito at the Palace 

T week It was an event. That 

♦ least would be the conclusion 

£•!££* the line at the Palace all 

2f SSSday and the audience that 

the houie tha* night It 

Jed like the old daye with * 

X«T line of standee; acrpae the 

5k of the theatre. Mies Castle Is 
?o be aettln» tt.MJ for the 
Si at the Klace and the Indica- 
nt; are that ahe Is earning it at 
the box office. 

The entire bill, however, la prov- 
inr to be great vaudeville entertain- 
ment It i» * s now that n&8 every - 
E» Lots of "comedy, a flock of 
i any amount of dancing, and a 
Die of novelties at either end of 
Se program. What more oould any 
audience ask for? 

In comedy the strength of the 
•how stands up wonderfully. Next 
to closing Williams and Wolfus 
with their "From Soup to Nuts" 
offerinK were a veritable Johnstown 
Hood of laughs. It has all the old 
hokum, the smashing over the head 
with a baseball bat and all the 
others. That that ts what vaude- 

Ule audiences want seemed proven 
by the manner in which the Palace 
audience ate up the offering. 

The first part likewise had a 
laugh wallop in "The Family Ford." 
formerly known as "The Fliver- 
tons." On fourth, following a clean- 
up by the Harry Carroll act, it had 
the audience rolling with laughter. 
The Carroll revue is held over, and 
though on third pulled down aa big 
a hit as anything else. The result 
was that the turn after 48 minutes 
had the audience asking for more. 

That two fast -moving acts held 
the opening and second spots of the 
program helped a lot. Daley, Mac 
and Daley (New Acts), a roller 
skating trio, opened and got laughs 
and applause with seven minutes of 
fast work and some comedy. Lew 
and Paul Murdock, second, with 
eight minutes of neat stepping de- 
livered with a sense of comedy 
values. 1iit those in front hard. 

Closing the first part, Irene Castle 
appeared after about six minutes of 
film showing her at home, etc. She 
made a speech and informed the 
audience that she was going to sing. 
"Some people come out and cough 
a coup! of times and apologize for a 
cold; with my v?lce it makes no 
difference whether I have a cold or 
not. it's just as bad either way." 
With that bit of kidding directed at 
herself she made the grade with the 
audience, for she put the number 
•ever rather nicely in a quiet way. 
But It was when the act got to full 
stage and *he started dancing with 
Wm. Reardon that she shone. The 
first two dances were received nicely 
withradpreclatlve applause, but with 
the "Castle Walk" for the encore 
dance there was nothing to it, the 
house went wild. A solid minute of 
applause followed the conclusion of 
the dancer's efforts. 

Bert Enrol had the task of pleas - 
lag 'em Immediately after intermis- 
sion. He did* It with ease. He had 
the women sitting down as close as 
the stage box guessing in the bridal 
costume, one going so far as to ask 
whether or not he was Leon Errors 
sister, but the "wig oft'' at the finish 
was the tip off. 

Paul Morton, Flo Lewis and Co. 
(the "Co." being the name colored 
ghi that the comedienne used in 
her single) were another comedy 
fowl with "Broadway Butterfly." 
Morton does a corking souse at the 
opeuing and Miss Lewis made the 
second, score of the show for the 
Teds." Miss Castle is also red as 
yell as bobbed, a reminder it was 
Irene Castle who started that fad 
•ome years ago. 

Then came Williams and Wolfus 
and with them came shouts, screams 
and shrieks of laughter. 

Closing, the Six Hassens. a fast 
Arab troupe, ran through a series 
•^ pyramid formations and then the 
wheels, doing four minutes that held 
the audience. Fred. 



WINTER GARDEN 

The house was slow In Ailing up. 
The late comers didn't miss much. 
¥ they got in Just in time to see 
Olfa and Mlshka, especially Olga, 
Uiey got in Just in time. If they 
f**ne earlier they beat tho barrier— 
beat two barriers. 
•'General" Ed La Vine, who pub- 
lics that he has "soldiered all his 
"fe, • soldiered through No. 1 spot 
Js a sailor. His juggling didn't sup- 
a?I . tne comedy and the comedy 
<»dn t alibi the Juggling. He walked 
°« on a missed trick with the hat 
and cigar. If he intended to miss it 
l0 » 8 reviewer has no sense of humor 
or the humor had no sense. 

Benn Linn seconded the lack of 
{notion. Ren weighs in tho neigh- 
borhood of 250— in the neighborhood 
°t. He is mildly amusing and has a 
iair voice and his elephantine efforts 
At dancing come under tho head of 
■o-»o entertainment. Linn ought to 
»na n ready spot in a good quartet 
°r a three 7 act. As a loner., he's a 
gather. He started heavy and fin- 
ished ii pht 

Then on tripped Olga on her tors, 
,f,p <\v as a rainbow, this little beau- 

!>. assisted by Mlshks, one of those 
*tralc»ht" mon to a feminine dancer. 

jiisnku may be a needed stage brace 
n tin- art, but he could be spared 

'" *"«• billing. John Alden. leader. 

n ™> double with pash fiddling. 

•■"•MMK a mor<1 n kelv candidate ^or 

'"♦• racial,,, j ohn Alden is iff even 

*l>okr-n of, and Longfellow wrote a 
epic about man named John 



Alden who didn't speak for him- 
self. Olga is a dainty little darling 
and handles herself about as well as 
any one on her tootsie-tips, Pavlowa 
not especially barred. A little astute 
showmanship would make her a 
celebrity. 



are other acta using the some song 
but they miss by a mile In getting 
out of It what Burke does. Miss 
Durkin. aa usual, flashes a note- 
worthy appearance, and proves a 
corking accompanist for her partner. 
Monkin the 



Du Calion got the An* .Is.jjh. jei^FTMt^mSSS^A^ 

the evening. This Britlshereteps 
out with a keen line of slang, a 
strange combine of real English and 
unreal United States, and spill* 
many a wheeze while tottering 
about on his weird ladders. He kept 
himself right side up and pulled 
himself up on the right side of the 
assemblage for a hit. 

Mabel Withee and a pleasant lit- 
tle company with Eddie Dowling, 
author of the act— "Mary, Irene and 
Sally"— repeated this week, as did 
the versatile and pleasant Eddie 
later in his next-to-closlng single. 
The big act closed the first half and 
ran on and on — but on pneumatic 
tires. Eddie knows his east side and I 
he knows his Broadway, and he in- 
termingles the heart of the one and 
the nerve of the other to make aj 
fascinating little playlet. The laughs 
roared and the sympathy sustained. 
Miss Withee, as Mary, was charm- 
ing and frequently on the key. 
Catherine Mulqueen, as Irene, came 
In by a whisper, and little Helen, 
O'Shea, as Sally, did a great Imita- 
tion of Ann Pennington in her Mari- 
lyn Miller dance. It was a dandy 
act, with nobody hurt and every- 
body tickled. A few strong men 
used handkerchiefs at Dowling's in- 
termingled pathos and homely wit. 
That's a Winter Garden novelty. 

John Charles Thomas, tailored im- 
maculately and bearing the air of a 
concert appearance rather than 
vaudeville, came through as a strong 
feature of the second half (New 
Acts), between James Barton and 
Eddie Dowling's reappearance. Bar- 
ton opened the siesta, holding 
through a stew scene that struck 
this reviewer as much funnier than 
the audience appeared to think it. 
Maybe the audience wasn't as Inti- 
mate with true stew humor. But 
It mattered little, for Barton went 
into his series of trick laugh dances, 
at which he need not take off his 
comedy hat to anybody on this here 
globe, and he went home dripping 
with gravy. 

Dowling, now dressed* "neat." got 
chummy with his audience rapidly. 
His flip talk established him, and 
his Hebe and Irish dialect nifties 
breezed him in and held everybody 
in. Kremka Brothers closed, an act 
with a fast getaway for' the spot, 
which saved them most of the audi- 
ence. The eccentric gymnastic nov- 
elties did the rest. 

The booking of this show ran so 
preponderantly toward men, single 
men especially, that It was one- 
sided. The opening act was a male 
single, so was the second, so was the 
fourth, so was the seventh, so was 
the eighth. Barton had a man and 
woman as assistants, but it was to 
all intents a one-man turn. The 
Kremka Brothers were two men. 
The women were in Dowling's big 
act, and Olga, and the girl who 
never said a word in Barton's, and 
Du Cal Ion's "hand-me" assistant. 
In all seven women entered, one of 
them a character woman, one a si- 
lent straight, one a prop. Lait. 



solidly, with Leon Varvara and his 
pianolog following. Leon came very 
close to arousing the wrath of the 
powers that be on high with his 
slow start, and which also gave evi- 
dence that the Colonial gallery, 
whose members have given more 
than one act "the works," but has 
been extremely quiet of late, is com- 
ing back into its own. Varvara 
managed to pull out to a fair enough 
degree with his rendering of the 
"popl* melodies, but It was close — 
awfully close. 

White and Leigh succeeded the 
piano player and amused for the 
period they were present, as always, 
due to White's slang and the man- 
ner in which he delivers. Miss 
Leigh came very near repeating 
Varvara .s unintentional invoking of 
the voi< i-n from above with her 
French ditty and "prop" laugh, but 
the storm passed over before com- 
ing to a head. Ames and Winthrop 
concluded immediately ahead of the 
interval, drawing laughs all the way 
and closed out to sufficient and 
satisfactory results. 

The best part of intermission was 
the eliminating of the "Fable" film 
that has become prevalent of late. 
Bessie Clayton and her company 
opened proceedings for the second 
time, holding sway for almost 40 
minutes. You can't say much about 
an act which is classified as being 
the best In vaudeville today, except 
that it's so and that as such it was 
one continual rpund of applause 
from beginning to end. Miss Clay- 
| ton displayed an abundance of 
"pep," the same being true of the 
I remainder of her gathering, which 
carried the house right along with 
it, and with the volume of music 
I coming from the band on the stage 
augmented by the cornet player in 
the pit, and the building up of the 
applause finish, the action moved so 
fast it approached being a difficult 
task to fojpow the episodes. 

Kane and Herman assigned to fol- 
lowing the clean-up, walked on to 
a reception and did nobly with the 
position allotted them. They held 
the audience seated which, let it be 
said, is no mean feat following the 
Claytor act at 10.45. 

The Whe»ler Trio finished. 

Sklg. 



COLONIAL 

A nicely put together show which 
ran according to the program and 
demonstrated «ts ability to hold its 
head up during the first half, which 
was all that was necessary, as with 
the Bessie Clayton act placed in the 
latter portion it didn't make much 
difference what else was contained 
therein. The Clayton name, out in 
lights with a big display besides, 
was undoubtedly the cau*>e tor the 
near-capacity house that was pres- 
ent. And they were In before the 
end of the second act at that. 

Burke and Durkin, No. 4, ran riot 
with the bill for the early half. 
Burke got to 'em easily with his 
singing, and made the most of his 
"hard-boiled" lyric, which never 
seems to weaken. It took him up 



44TH ST. 

Business took a nose dive at Shu- 
berts' 44th St. Monday night. The 
rear of the orchestra showed rows 
of vacancies, the mezzanine section 
upstairs held but a handful, and the 
boxes looked lonesome. Two of the 
acts of the nine-act bill were re- 
peats. Belle Story having played 
here when the house first opened, 
and the Joe Boganny troupe repeat- 
ing within Ave or six weeks. No 
Individual name was featured in the 
lights, the electric sign carrying the 
monikers of Mason and Keeler, Belle 
Story. Carl McCullough, Marie 
Stoddard and Boganny Troupe. 

It was an average show playing 
rather slowly and strictly along 
conventional lines. Marie Stoddard 
carried the first part by storm, 
spotted fourth and knocking over 
a hit that shook the rafters. Miss 
Stoddard offers an act consisting of 
familiar types, most travestied blue 
in the face in vaudeville for years, 
but through giving them a touch of 
distinction makes 'em stand up. 
The announcement that goes with 
the burlesque queen isn't a bit 
clubby. Everything Miss Stoddard 
offered went right over the plate, 
the house falling for the English 
Johnny version of an American pop 
song as if they had never heard of 
rfuch a thing before. 

General Plsano, preceding, held up 
the third spot splendidly with his 
shooting turn. Plsano handles a 
rifle like a wizard, some of his tricks 
including the running off of 24 sue- 
to a quartet of encores, and ex- cesslve bull's-eyes shooting at a 
hausted the supply of verses. There target on a pendulum, shooting the 



ashes off a clgaret held in the mouth 
of his assistant, and playing 
"Suwanee River" on a steel xylo- 
phone. The shooting from the aisle 
of the theatre, however, looks dan- 
gerous for the audience, should any 
nervous spectator suddenly decide 
la.RlL'jA-U.q.and take a flash at the 
marksman. The shooting of heads 
of." matches, thus igniting them, and 
then shooting tho matches out 
again, made a corking trick. The 
act is very well staged, the Alps 
mountain set furnishing excellent 
atmosphere. 

Homer Mason and Marguerite 
Keeler, presenting "Married," rang 
up a good total of laughs. The act 
Is a revival and has been seen 
around New York quite frequently. 
so much so in fact the edge has 
been taken off. Both Mason and 
Keeler play with the sure comedy 
touch of experienced vaudeville 
sketch people. 

Jolly Johnny Jones opened with 
wire walking, using a wire for 
some first-rate bounding stunts. 
Jones had the usual difficulties of 
an opening turn, only more so Mon- 
day night, the house filling up very 
slowly. Beck and Stone, two young 
fellows, working in a manner that 
suggested recent cabaret experience, 
made a goou No. 2 turn. They spe- 
cl*4>i~e in doubles, with a bit of 
comedy business Interpolated after 
each song. The boys have a piece 
of business that has them whack- 
ing each other over their respective 
domes with newspapers, it's funny, 
but rather strenuous punishment 
for laughs. 

Belle Story, opening the second 
half, did Ave high-class numbers, 
finishing with a likeable Italian 
ditty. Miss Story was In good voice, 
her high tones being especially clear 
and tuneful. She pleased the whole 
house, upper and lower sections, and 
scored a sizeable applause hit. 

Joe Boganny was programed for 
the "Billposter" turn, but offered the 
"Lunatic Bakers" instead. The fast 
ground tumbling and'rlsley work 
landed and put life into the show. 
Carl McCullough, next to closing, 
cleaned up with a mixture of songs, 
stories and Imitations. Mr. McCul- 
lough presented his usual dapper 
appearance, and his singing voice 
has improved. McCullough is best 
when Imitating, doing a fair impres- 
sion of Jolson, and a decidedly good 
one of Warf! eld. His Irish stories 
are marred by a very poor brogue. 
He handles a rube accent much bet- 
ter. The phone conversation went 
for a wow. It's familiar, but well 
done by McCullough. 

Horllok and Sararapa Sisters 
closed with their nicely produced 
dancing turn, holding In most of the 
house. Betl, 



INSIDE STUFF 



(Continued from page 22) 
short skirt und ermine clonk," and to Al Jolson, because he made a 
reference to Christian Science and Ford, although Patterson James- 
Fitzpatrick didn't quote the gag. What Patterson James-Fitzpatrlck 
said was: "In the course of his continuous performance 'Bgrnbo,' Jolson 
remarks that 'it is hard to get jokes.' Is that any reason for dragging 
in Henry Ford and s: coring at Christian Science? It may not have 
dawned upon Mr. Jolson that there are people who do not belong to the 
Christian Science Church who resent religious belief being made the 
target for any blackface comedian's defective sense of humor." 

Tho Ford-Chrlstlan Science reference, which Patterson James-Fitz- 
patrlck so bitterly resents, but which be did not describe, looks mild 
enough when it is examined. Jolson in "Bombo" described several ar- 
rivals before St. Peter. One owns a Cadillac and was classified as a 
Catholic; another drove a fitutz and was ticketed a Presbyterian, while 
the arrival who admitted he was proprietor of a. Ford car was told to 
sit down with the Christian Scientists. Maybe Patterson Jamcs-Kitz- 
palrick looks upon Ford's business as a religion. He appears to have 
some odd conceptions of doctrine. For example, It was Patterson James - 
Fitzpatrick who was shocked by the "blasphemy" of the heavenly police 
court scene in "Llliom," which he seemed to regard as a slur upon his 
own personal paradise. A pretty parochial aspect of a harmless stak r « 
fancy. k 

This super-sensitive resentment looks absurd to a lot of people, al- 
though all references to religion that could, in any way be regarded as 
doubtful, have been forbidden by several theatrical managers. J. J. 
Khuhert for one has ruled out all reference to religion by comedians 
to which anyone could object. He even forbade the singing of a compo- 
sition based on Jewish church music, and banned the use of any re- 
ligious music on the stage when it might be looked upon us inappropriate. 



RIVERSIDE 



The bill ran as programed at the 
Riverside Monday night. It was a 
satisfactory entertainment contain- 
ing considerable comedy, which 
seems to be the answer for the 
vaudeville layout problem. 

The first half contained five^acts, 
the last half three, with comedy 
punches 1n both Sections. The earlier 
entries held Harry Langdon in one 
of vaudeville's best comedy acts, and 
Ruth Roye in her usual song cycle. 
Miss Roye, after a couple of en- 
cores, asked, "Do you want a speech 
or the 'Robert E. Lee ?" Although 
half the house requested the speech, 
the singer crossed them with the old 
warhorse. Miss Royo breaks all 
mugging records and seems to have 
one off-color punch line In nearly all 
of her song selections. However, 
they voted large applause to her 
delivery. She was fourth. 

Langdon closed the first part In 
his "After the Ball," a satirical 
travesty on the golf and auto crazes. 
Langdon is an artist and can get 
laughs by the turn of a hand. His 
"boob'' character is one of the 
classics. The new act embodies all 
the merit of the former standard 
and some new ones of Its own. It 
will play for seasons. 

Max Hoffman, Jr., and Norma 
Terris were the artistic winners of 
the bill, in the third spot. This 
combination will be heard from. 
Miss Terris is a girl of many talents, 
a singer, classical and acrobatic 
dancer, contortionist and a mimic 
of no mean ability. Her Imitations 
of Lenore Ulrio, Marilyn Miller and 
others were of the nigh lights of the 
act. Young Hoffman puts over a 
song and eccentric dance, plays the 
violin and doubles in the closing 
classical dance that is as well exe- 
cuted as anything of its kind. The 
act has been speeded up and the 
running time cut down to vaude- 
ville proportions, ft looks like a 
fixture for the bi^-timc bills. 

Leavitt and Lock wood (New 
Acts) opened after intermission In 
comedy talk and songs nnd a few 
drops." Levitt is Abe Leavitt. for- 
merlv of burlesque, but more lately 
A. Douglas Leavitt of "Take It from 
Me" and still more lately Douglas 
Leavitt of vaudeville. In this turn 
lie i-; assisted by Ruth Loekwood 
and a pianist 

Olson and Johnson, following, took 
one of the corned v hits of the even- 
ing With hokum clowning and songs. 
This pair have solved the bladder 
problem by substituting inflated bal- 
loons in place of the former too's of 
the burlesque comedians. They also 
enlist the services of a eoupie of 
stooges, who cavort on nnd off in 
burlesque attire for porno clowning. 
One funny bit was all four with a 
foot on a prop bar rail singfn;; 
. "Sweet A del in'*'" to bum harmonv. 
Olsen and Johnson Uiiow what they 



want and give II to them la soup 
ladles. 

"Two Little Pala," tho George 
Chooe act, closed the show and 
played to a continuous stream of 
walkouts. It features Jack Henry, 
Edythe Maye, Charles Oribbon and 
Estelle McMeal. In addition there is 
a dancing team— Harry Pearce and 
Estelle Crete. The book and lyrics 
are not up to the usual standard of 
the George Choos acta. The dialog 
is draggy and punchiest. The spe- 
cialties alone make the turn worth 
while. It has been given a fair pro- 
duction, but can't follow the other 
Choos starters around and stand 
comparison. 

The Eight Blue Demons opened 
with their Arab tumbling and pyra- 
mid formations, followed by Paul 
Nolan, the comedy juggler. Nolan 
is showing the usual routine of hat 
and cigar juggling, with the "cup 
and saucer" trick featured as an en- 
core. He took several healthy re- 
calls. About three-quarters of a 
houseful present. Can. 

ALHAMBRA 

Because of the lengthy Gertrude 
Hoffman ballet production the bill 
this week runs one act under the 
usual nine quota. Miss Hoffman's 
terp offering is the sole topllner, the 
house marquee being clrcused with 
a couple effigies of ballet dancers, 
upon which a baby spot plays ef- 
fectively just before show time. The 
show itself, excepting for Miss Hoff- 
man's and Billy Glason'e names, 
looked inauspicious on paper, al- 
though it played surprisingly well. 

Siegel and Irving (billed on the 
anunclators as Segal and Irwin) in- 
augurated proceedings with their 
hand-to-hand stuff, which they have 
dressed with silver cloth -spangled 
costumes a la Roman gladiators or 
something on that order. The lifts 
are not extraordinary or unique, al- 
though neatly executed with pre- 
cision and dispatch. The getaway 
stunt of whirling tHe topmounter on 
the understander's back in baton 
fashion stood up, further enhanced 
by a real or assumed dizziness by 
the propelled one. He played it up 
by stumbling over a chair, reeling 
off seasick fashion and stalling the 
applause until he acknowledged it 
Whether real or assumed it's sure 
fire in its effect and is an asset. 

Helene "Smiles" Davis, backed up 
by a pretentious Integral drop and 
curtain effect, showed her chorus 
girls types to strict attention that 
grew in Its enthusiasm from the 
Florodora Sextet coryphee right 
down to the final modern Zlegfeld 
"pony." She acknowledged a quin- 
tet of curtains with a well-chosen 
four-line verse. 

Jones and Jones, typical southern 
levee types, presented a ludicrous 
'•hobo" appearance and msde con- 
siderable of their characterisations 
with a line of cross-gagging that 
was a relief as compared to the fa- 
miliar "sure fires" so often dished 
up by two-man talking acts. If 
memory serves right this colored 
duo some years ago labored hard 
around the local smaller houses as 
a straight hoofing combination, and 
their graduation rrom the laboring 
class into these lolling, nonchalant 
characters that shoot the funny talk 
at each other Is all the more credit 
to their progressiveness. 

Marion Weeks and Henri Barron 
and Florence Nash and Co. (New 
Acts). 

During intermission he manage- 
ment announced the sale of tickets 
for the special Friday morning ben- 
efit at this house and the Harlem 
O. H„ around the corner, for the 
widows of the slain detectives. Mil- 
ler and Buckley, the victims of the 
negro Boddy. The martyred police- 
men hall from^hls section, and the 
"Harlem Home News" arranged 
these benefits at both those Keith 
houses. 

Gertrude Hoffman and her Ameri- 
can ballet was a revelation In varie- 
gated styles of dancing. Toe, hock. 
Impressionistic, ballet j&ss, shim 
and what not are embraced in that 
40-mlnute dance melange. And 
what a soothing concoction It nil 
proves to be! What probably Is the 
most striking. Is that the stellar 
dancer is almost literally submerged 
by the efforts of her assisting octet, 
for Miss Hoffman appears only in 
doubles with Leon Harte. For a 
sight act Miss Hoffman's newest 
and certainly most pretentious of- 
fering fills the bill. 

Billy Clason. coming after Miss 
Hoffman'* long session, set himself 
right as soon as he whipped across 
his very first ditty, and then kent 
'em warm right until the "Matri- 
monial Handicap." At eleven bells 
sharp he was still going strong, beg- 
ging off because of the late hour, 
not without goaling them with a 
new "Olga from the Volga" vodka 
ditty and responding to a request 
for "Dapper Dan." It wan apple 
sauce for Glnson, nnd to him may 
be accorded the applause honors of 
the show, filason has a great line 
of new lingo that must be Neal 
O'Hara's stuff. O'Hara and Glason 
are program credited for the chatter. 
G In son's hand is obvious, with n few 
old reliables that have been Identi- 
fied with the monologfst for *ome 
months. They are so certain of re- 
turns one cannot censure him for 
their antiquity. 

It remained for Miss .Teanette and 
Norman Brothers to bottle all the 
wav with a continual homeward- 
bound nudjence, but all things con- 
sidered. 4n$upinK he late hour. Ihey 
held 'ern 'nt^-cstihg in their variety 
stuff surprisingly well. Abet 



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VARIETY 



Friday, January 13, iO>r, 






NEW SHOWS 

(Continued from page 22) 
not "make" this quiet working 
comedienne, and were a bit fr«»e with 
unattached handclapplng. But at 
the close Miss Browning won out. 
Looks like a mistake for the pianist 
to be used so late in the turn. A 
simple twist, declaring him In 
earlier, would help. Miss Browning 
had what sounded like a new num- 
ber at the opening. It was "Old 
Fashioned," the lyric showing her 
ignorance of the slang of a modern 
wooer but that she fully understood 
his command, "kiss me," that's old 
fashioned. Her other original num- 
bers, "Since Maude Took Up Physi- 
cal Culture," the rube number, 
♦China Girl Vamp" duet, and Green- 
wich Village number, all w^re In- 
cluded. 

Marie Sabbott and George Brooks 
furnished a silken number two (New 
Acts). The fast working Roland 
Travers, with stage also hung with 
silken stuffs, provided a good closer. 
His entire bag of tricks was turned 
out In less than seven minutes. His 
appearances at the opening were 
anything but mysterious, but two 
illusions were worked much better 
than formerly, especially his con- 
cluding cabinet stunt Travers has 
the idea-speed. The always inter- 
esting Tuscano Brothers opened 
with their battle ax manipulation. 
The boys prove the blades are 
cleaver-like, and that supplies the 
atmosphere that the work is daring. 
x Tom Martin in "Jed's Vacation." 
and Frank Brown were not in the 
last show Monday night Ibee. 



AMERICAN ROOF 

The Loew pop bill the first half 
on the American Roof held a pic- 
ture attraction for the films in "The 
Three Musketeers" (Fairbanks), and 
another draw for the vaudeville, 
James Thornton, each remaining for 
the full week. 

As Loew is paying $2,000 for the 
Fairbanks picture, along with the 
eustosnary cost of the weekly vaude- 
ville at the American that runs 
around $1,800, the show there costs 
for the week between $3,700 and $3,- 
900. That's not so bad for pop time 
«ben it is figured a straight big 
time vaudeville house nowadays 
playing a split week can hardly get 
away on the salary list under $4,- 
500. It isn't every week, however, 
the Loew houses get a "Musketeers," 
and so they don't have to pay that 
much. 

Tuesday night the downstairs and 
the roof held a good crowd, but not 
capacity In either auditorium. The 
upstairs bill ran with eight acts, the 
Fairbanks film taking two hours to 
run off the 12 or 13 reels. It started 
upstairs around 10 and downstairs 
around 9.30, obliging two prints. 

Outside of Thornton there was 
little entertaining value to the 
vaudeville, regardless of what it 
cost Besides the score made by 
Thornton next to closing, Sammy 
Duncan, in kilts and doing Scotch 
stuff in songs, on No. 3, got as much 
as anyone, holding up the show for 
a moment until he consented to 
another number. 

Following were Bravo, Bara and 
Truelly, a dancing and singing 
number, with Miss Bara (formerly 
of the Bara Sisters), vocalizing. It 
made more of a sight turn than 
anything else and fits in one of the 
small time for that reason. After 
intermission came LaTerro and Val« 
entla, a musical number v/ith the 
girl in Gypsy dress, colors that con- 
flicted with the costuming of the 
three- act. The man played several 
instruments, including the piano. 
There were solos and duets, the 
woman sticking to the violin. They 
were liked and can get along on an 
otherwise lively bill. After them 
were Keene and Williams with the 
boob comedy of the girl that the 
small timers in front liked. That's 
all there Is to the turn. Thornton 
followed, with Gabby Brothers clos- 
ing. Opening were the Haas Broth- 
ers, and No. 2, Rose and La Belle 
(formerly Bowers apd Sands). 

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A strong film feature, "The Three 
Musketeers" (Fairbanks), proved 
quite sufficient as a draw the first 
half. The house was at capacity be- 
fore 8 o'clock and they soon were 
standing five deep. The crowd did 
not diminish up to the second nlcht 
show, remaining* in even after the 
first running of the picture, through 
the weak vaudeville bill of four acts 
and to the beginning of the second 
screening. 

The bill was particularly light, 
especially In the comedy depart- 
ment, where it would seem good pol- 
icy to build it up. Johnson Bros. 
and Johnson were out of the show, 
replaced by Walter West, a black- 
face singing monologist, who put in 
a perfunctory ten minutes and 
passed along mildly. This left the 
comedy burden on the shoulders of 
JiChr and Belle, a young singing and 
dancing pair who were scarcely up 
to the task. The other two acts 
were severely straight, hardly the 
sort to furnish a neighborhood au- 
dience drawn from tho I-ineoln 
Square locality. 

Bender and Ilerr, hand to hand 
nrymiiasts, made a capital opener, 
l'or a pair of straight workers in 
llieir mode they have an acrobatic 
style approaching perfection. Thr 
routine is nicely laid out for the 
hand-to-hand feats, with sevval 
striking formations in swings and 
lifts to the equilibristic positions 



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and smouinly .uiinkd out ap- 
proaches. The understandcr is a 
big, powerful fellow, but performs 
several agile tricks on the flying 
rings, while the mounter does an in- 
teresting strength exhibition in spite 
of his slightness. They look well 
in white uniforms. 

Walter West is all hokum. His 
opening Axes his status. "I'm gon- 
ner sing you eighty-seven songs or 
bo, people," he announces on his en- 
trance, "beginning with the sweet 
ballad, «If the Wedding Cake Is 
Heavy, the Candles Will Make It 
Lighter.' " That is the music cue 
for a "mother" ballad sung in a 
super-sympathetic whine. Then 
there are three minutes of talk and 
gags, including the one used by Jack 
Osterman, "If I meet a girl on Mon- 
day, she's sure to have a birthday 
Tuesday." and more stuff in the 
same vein. It leads into a medley 
of popular ballads with what prob- 
ably nre homc-mado lyrics. He 
could have gono away at th^ end 
of this, but came back without any 
compulsion ts.sing another number., 

Lehr and Belle go In more for 
grotesque clowning than they did 
in the early days of their appren- 



ticeship, and for small timers have 
bettered their turn. The man man- 
ages to garner quite a fair collec- 
tion of laughs with his knockabout 
antics. It's pure, labored slapstick, 
but it serves its purpose. The dd 
polite dancing finish has been re- 
placed by a comedy flirtation bit 
that serves better than the former 
arrangement. There Is nothing 
clever about this boy and girl, but 
they get something by Just hard 
work and deliberate buffoonery. Far 
from real, spontaneous comedy, but 
better than no comedy attempt. The 
man's classical dance burlesque and 
the girl's straight legmania arc the 
best bits of the turn. 

"Dance Follies" Is a mediocre girl 
act produced at some expense, but 
with no distinctive skill in staging. 
A singing prima donna warble's a 
few introductory bars in "one' and 
tho full stage is disclose 1 in rather 
a pretty set of drapes wher3 four 
young women do a painstaking 
dance without special grace, but 
with abundant energy. They give 
pjace tp a woman toe dancer of 
rather full figure,' attractively 
dressed, who does, a short solo 
dance. The quartet are back for 



more of the same kind of stepping, 
ditto the toe dancer, who executes 
a snake dance number, the most 
elaborate and the longest bit of ihe 
routine. The four are back again, 
each equipped with a tambourine, the 
banging of which as the girls are 
seated in a row, makes tho 4nish, 
topped off by another song by tho 
soprano. The act has little merit 
aside from the fact that it fills the 
stage with brightly colored costumes 
and moves rapidly from one thing to 
another. 

It was well that the show had 
a good film feature. The vaudeville 
unsupported would have been a 
poor entertainment buy at the 40 to 
55 cent scale, even for a theatre 
drawing from a tenement house 
district. Rush. 



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JEFFERSON 

The Jefferson appears to have tho 
edge of the other 14th street the- 
atres in the way of attendance, pro- 
viding the Monday night business 
could be taken as a criterion. On 
that occasion the Jefferson, was 
packed on every floor. The Douglas 
Fairbanks' featura, "The Three Mus- 



keteers," was the special full week 
attraction, and was deserving of 
credit for drawing a large portion 
of the exceptional business whicn 
prevailed early In the week. A six- 
act vaudeville bill was used in con- 
Junction with the long feature pic- 
ture. 

The Roma Duo, a mixed dancing 
team, opened the show. The couple 
devote their time exclusively to 
skating and Russian steps, both 01 
which they handle capably. The 
team got the show under way at a 
good clip, with John McCJowan 
(New Acts) who announced him- 
self as a boy from the neighborhood, 
getting a strong play with some g° oa 
neighborhood material. 

Bernard and Garry, with an up- 
to-date routine of published num- 
bers, had little difficulty in keeping 
up the fast pace. Applause greeted 
their efforts, necessitating an en- 
core in which they disclosed some 
nifty stepping. Courtney and Irwin 
(New Acts) No. 4, provided a com- 
edy punch which was added to by 
Robinson and Pierce, next to clos- 
ing. The latter couple 1 have some 
exceptionally Ripdjuctive material, 
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Continued from page 20) 

to justify sending news of the oc- 
currence to the newspapers. It had 
been discovered by Hamilton and . 
observed by Pollock and his con- 
temporaries that If something that 
was interesting to the general public 
could be thought of and the thought 
made to reflect some phase of a 
play to be press -agented, the news- 
papers would publish the item or 
article. This field was virgin, al- 
most, SO years ago, and newspaper 
men attracted to the easier work 
and greater reward for their ideas 
to be found in the business of the- 
atre attraction publicity one after 
another seceded to the fast grow-' 
lng playhouse gallery of ballyhoo 
men and the mad dance was on for 
newspaper theatre' fiction. George 
Tyler was one who came into the 
field at this time, espousing the 
newspaper cause effectively of Bar- 
ney Fagan's musical comedy. "A 
High Boiler.'* managed by Alex- 
ander Comstock. and backed* by W. 
J. Arkell, then editor of Leslie's and 
Judge and then and still one of the 
ablest Journalistic visloners In the 
country. 

It's a long road to Tipperary, and 
a tome as fat as a city directory 
would be required to pile up the In- 
finite fertilities of fancy evolved by 
publicity men of v then and now 
marking the growth of the art from 
its first crude forms in Barnum'a 
hour to the polished concepts of to* 
day, when to belong in 4 the Inner 
hall of fame of the press agents' 
guild is to 'prove one's self an in* 
tellectual aristocrat. 

James Ford got $6 per week,, 
promised for press tooting, for Lena 
Aberle; Jerome Eddy used to get 
from $10 to $25 per star per week; 
Harry Schwab got $60 for puffing 
Bostock; Pollock $71 for scribing 
Brady attractions. 

And . jrther emphasising the profit 
and value of the new school against 
the old as well as a change on the 
value of the dollar is Melville Ray- 
mond who typifies the live wire 
brand of today's press agent and 
gets $210 per week and percentage. 

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Ronooe Ails, with Kate Pullman, 
closed the show, their dancing and 
comedy work being eaten up by the 
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A very good small time bill of five 
acts jtnd the feature picture the 
nrst half. Tuesday night the attend- 
ance was Just a bit under capacity 
in the balcony, with the lower floor 
standing them up. The bill dropped 
one act from the usual quota on 
account of the feature, "The. Three 
Musketeers." 

Mattla and Young (New Acts), a 
Jinan time dancing double, opened, 
followed by Earl and Sunshine, two 
women with a good pop house 
vehicle build around the contrast of 
»»e past and present. The "Girl of 
yesterday," a grey-haired lady, 
makes a "dream" entrance from a 
Picture frame. Dances of long ago 
are contrasted with the ones now in 
TK gue ' llkewJ se songs and speech. 
a ne comedy punch is the old-fash- 
ioned dame illustrating the present . 
anlmmy" and "jass.? They liked J 
the turn at this house, 

Burtce, Walsh and Nana followed 4 



and cleaned up. The Western 
Union and Postal messenger get- 
ups of the two boys, coupled with 
the dancing and hick dialog, proved 
an unbeatable combination here. 
Miss Nana, a pretty plump brunet 
girl, handled a maid bit nicely and 
brightened up the offering with two 
changes of costume. The tr' are 
standard for the intermediate bills. 
8. Miller Kent in "The Mysterious 
Mr. Q.," was the dramatic moment 
in his surprise finish sketch. Kent 
is an experienced artist and has a 
good playlet that holds interest. 
The story is about the adventures of 
"Q," who is a thief specializing in 
robbing doctors. A detective who 
reports at the doctor's house is bent 
on trapping "Q" and secretes him- 
self after framing with the doctor. 
A "dope fiend" calls for treatment 
and Is arrested by the detective 
after he beats the doc for his turnip. 
The doc leaves for the theatre. The 
dick and the cokey return to rob the 
Joint as they are both phoneys and 
in cahoots. As they are about > 
exit the doc steps out of a bedroom 
and sticks them up. After getting 
his potato and Jack back he an- 
nounces they are a couple of small 
time pinchers and that he Is the real 



"Q." At this stand the denouement 
was a complete surprise. The act 
Is o. k. for the three-a-day but a 
trifle too far-fetched for the cred- 
ulity of the more discriminate gath- 
erings. It is in very capable hands, 
however, and entertained from cur- 
tain to curtain. 

Arthur Whltelaw closed the bill 
In hurrah fashion with his monolog 
and topical songs. Whltelaw fin- 
ished with "Come On Over Here," 
and had to sing about a dozen 
verses before the alibi. He goaled 
them. 

The feature held like a vise. 

Con. 



HARLEM O. H. 

The show played sweetly the first 
half, summing up as a well-balanced 
entertainment, with a couple of the 
acts qualified for real big-time 
bookings. The six-act bill was 
pi ched so nicely to ascend the 
grade $ith each succeeding turn 
that it aid not appear as if any of- 
fering stood out head and shoulder? 
above the' Others, although, of 
course, M Annabelle/' a six-people 



tab, and Flo and Ollie Walters did 
click a bit above par. 

The feature, "The Child Thou 
Gavest Me" (Film Reviews), con- 
cluded at shortly before 8.30, which, 
coupled with the news reel and the 
"Topics," did not bring the first act 
on until about quarter of nine. This 
and Sol Le Voy's "plug" for a pub- 
lished number and the announce- 
ment and sale of tickets for the 
benefit performances of the Miller- 
Buckley fund concluded the show at 
half after eleven. 

Melnotte Duo opened. A couple 
of "stews" in formal evening wear, 
they start with some equilibristlc 
work on the ladder, going into their 
acrobatic taut-wire stuff for the 
second half of their offering. The 
wire leap over two chairs is stalled 
and worked up, but it becomes ex- 
cusable because of the comedy busi- 
ness entailed. The turn should be- 
come a standard Introduction act for 
the bigger bills. 

Gertrude Morgan, a big-eyed blonde, 
curled sweet little lady with a flock 
of published numbers and oodles of 
personality, clicked No. 2. Miss 
Morgan carries her own pianist (in 
the pit), although the regular house 



pianist oould have done just as well. 
He doesn't even speak lines, so if 
it's for effect; why not bring him. 
onto the rostrum, give him the baby 
grand, the lamp shade, a Tux and 
the rest of the "class" and be done 
with it. Be that as it may. Miss 
Morgan can sell her popular ditties 
with the best of 'em and hold down 
the deuce nicely on bills of the 
H. O. H. grade. 

"Annabelle," a six-people tabloid, 
treyed. The act carries two men, 
both doing straight, and four spe- 
cialty women, including a prima or 
leading lady playing the title role, 
a toe dancer and nifty sister team 
that does wicked tricks with a 
"blues" double number. They can 
step out by themselves and develop 
into a Duncan Bisters type of turn. 
The men look nice and clean-cut, 
although the comedian is" careless 
with the cosmetics somewhat. An 
old "Follies" number was the theme 
song of the skit that fitted the ac- 
tion nicely, which concerns the win* 
ning and wooing of one of the Wig* 
gins sisters, who is only distin- 
guished by her penchant for olives. 
This act incidentally may have been 
known previously Under the name of 
"Olives." The plots of both are not 
unlike. 

After the sale of the benefit tick- 
ets for the two slain detectives' 
widows [the audience responding 
generously to a surprising degree], 
Flo and Ollie Walters resumed the 
"vodvil." When it comes to pep 
and magnetism Ollie sure is a mean 
job, and the contrast is all the more 
striking as compared to Flo's de- 
mu.eness. Ollle's Tanguay antics 
and Chaplin toddle and her sister's 
severe politeness is a personality 
asset In Itself. The routine proper 
Is perfectly fitted to their types. 
They almost stopped the show, leav- 
ing them hungry. 

Lloyd and Christie then cross - 
fired in the old Avellng and Lloyd 
style, employing a Dixie brogue. 
The boys bit on one or two racy 
topics in their discourse on "wom- 
en," which seems to be their favor- 
ite subject and mutual weakness, 
but never degenerate Into vulgar- 
isms, although one or two of the 
points on the knight of Queen Elis- 
abeth's Order of the Bath were so 
brazenly plain they lost their kick 
in iaugh returns. Phrased finer the 
audience's reaction would be more 
spontaneous. At any rate, whoever 
authored the boys' lingo deserves his 
royalties regularly. It is packed 
with laughs. 

La Fleur and Portia (New Acts) 
closed. Abel. 



STATE 

If Tuf-sday night's business here 
was representative of the regular 
box office traffic at this house (and 
there was no reason why Tuesday 
night should have been extraor- 
dinary, If It was), then • itotot State is 
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VARIETY 



Friday, January 13, 198t 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (JAN. 16) 

IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

(AH houses open for the weak with Monday matlr.ee. when not otherwise 
Indicated ) 

The bills below ara grouped In divisions, according to booking ofllcea supplied 
from. 

Ttaa manna* In which theaa bllla ara printed doea not denote the relatlye 
Importance of *u*ta nor their program positions. 

* before name denotea act la doing new turn, or reappearing after abeence 
from vaudeville, or appearing in city where listed for the first time. 

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KEITH circuit 



NEW YOBK CUT 

Kelth'e Fame* 
Beaale Clayton Co 
Lewis A Dody 
Mrs Irene Castle 
•Flanagan A M 
Qulxey 4 

Oleon A Johnson 
Clayton White Co 
(Two to fill) 
Keith's Riverside 

Rae Samuels 
Preesler A Klalss 
Edith Clasper Co 
•Va leaks. Swralt Co 
Jed Dooley 
Arnaut Bros 
Frank Ward 
Baell A Vernon 
(One to fill) 
Kelth'e Boyal 

•John Steel 
Langford A F* ricks 
•Howard A Lewis 
HWmi A Taylor 
•Harry Rom 
Harry Langdoo Co 
•Manikin 
The Lusters 

Keith's CaJonlal 

A Friedland Co 
Franklyn Chaa Co 
Bert Errol 
Dooley A Bales 
H La Vale A Sla 
Mme Beeson 
Bernard A Garry 
Frank Browne 
Jack Osterman 

Koltk'e Alhamhra 

Belle Baker 
Mabel Ford Rev 
Herman Timberg 
"Profiteering" 
Davis A Darnell 
Powers A Wallace 
Leon Varvara 
S Falcons 
(One to fll) 

Moss' Broadway 

Brown A Weston 
Spencer A Wma 
•Gilbert Wells 
Glllen A Mulcahy 
Grace Huff 
Qalnn A Caverly 
4 Ortona 
(One to All) 

Moan' Coliaeaaa 
•DeLyla Alda Co 



Hale Norcross Co 
(Othere to nil) 

2d half (l»-22) 
Howard A Sadller 
•Marsh A Wma 
Mason A Cole 
(Others to fill) 
Frsctsr'a 125th St. 

2d half (12-15) 
Earl A Sunshine 
Weber A Elliott 
Ed Hill 
rot hers to fill > 

1st half (16-11) 
Herbert Lloyd 
Frank Markley 
Lord A Fuller 
R udell A Dunigan 
•Qulnn A Farnum 
(One to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Roblson A Pierce 
Jonea A Jonea 
Elsie A Paulsen 
(Other* to fill) 
Proctor's SSth 81. 
Howard A Sadller 
Van Horn A Inea 
Manners A Laurie 
•Splwena Corners 
•Gordon A Gates 
•Fantasy Rev 
Cornell Leona A Z 

2d half 
Cahlll A Romalne 
•Edna if Foster 
Welch Mealy A M 
Ed Hill 
Maurice Mora 
(Two to nil) 

Praeiar'a fttli Ave. 

2d half (12-15) 
Courtney His Co 
Swor Bros 
Janet of France 
Lew Wf Ich 
Ryan Weber A R 
Roblson A Pierce 
•"Unseen Hand" 
HAG Ellsworth 
Leddy A Leddy 

1st half (15-18) 
Graco Nelson 
•Henderson A II 
Flying Mayos 
"Build Your Home" 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
McFarlane A P 
Victory A Dupree 
Burke A Durkln 



McCarthy and Sternard 

In "THE DIVORCE COURT" 
Direction: FRANK EVANS 



Daisy Nellie 
The Seebacks 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Llghtners A A'<*x 
McLaughlin A K 
Bob Albright 
(Others to nil) 

Kelth'e Fordham 

Llghtners A Alex 
"Jed'a Vacation" 
HAG Ellsworth 
Bob Albright 
(Two to nil) 
2d halft 
Swor Bros j 
HLeo Edwards Rev 
•Biglow A Clinton 
Reddinglon A Gr'nt 
"Young America" 
Ida Chadwlck Co 

Maes' Franklin 

"Love Shop" 
Billy Glason 
Biglow A Clinton 
The Erfords 
Walmsley A K'ting 
(One to fill) 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Moore A Jaytio 
Offlcor Hyrr.au 
The Seebacks 
(Two to nil) 

Keith's Hamilton 

Ella Retford 
Kaufman Bros 
(Othere to fill) 

Kelth'e Jefferson 

Sophie Tucker Co 
Moore A Jayne 
•Leo Edwards Rev 
McLaughlin A B 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Harriet Rempel Co 
The Erfords 
"Love Shop" 
Walmsley A K'tlng 
(Others to fill) 

Mesa' Regent 
Welch Mealy A M 
W A II Brown 
Sabbott A Brooke 



(Others to fill) 
Proctors Std St. 

2d half (12-15) 
F X Conlon Co 
Quinn A Caverly 
Page A Green 
Gertrude Morgan 
(Others to nil) 

1st half (1C-18) 
Cahlll A Romalne 
JAB Morgan 
Geo Schreck 
Elsie A Paulsen 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
•Sidney Jarvis Co 
Milton Pollock Co 
Frank Markley 
"Dancing Shoes" 
Kane A Herman 
(Others to fill) 

FAB ROCKAWAY 

Columbia 

2d half 
B A Rolfe Co 
Bessie Browning 
(Others to fill) 

BROOKLYN 

Keith's Buahwlrk 

Glenn A .Tonkins 

"Dummies" 

Faden 3 

Ethel MePonough 

SamaroR & Soma 

Will Mahonoy 

Frank Mclniyrc Co 

Ruth Rove 

8 Blue Demons 

Keith's Orpheum 
D D H? 

"Two Little Pals" 
Msrgo Waldron Co 
Harry Watson Co 
Marcelle Fallette 
Marion Harris 
Wma A Wolf us Co 
Althea Lucas Co 
Coradinl's Anlmnls 

Moaa' Flatbash 
Mosconl Bros Co 
Bert Fltsglbbona 
Martha Pryor Co 
The Faynee 



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"Young America" 
Ida Chadwlck Co 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Crennan A Rule 
•Da Lyla Alda Co 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's 81st 8t. 
Singer's Midgets 
Joe Laurie Jr 
C A M Dunbar 
Duval A Symonds 
1'aul Nolan Co 

Keith's II. O. I». 

2d half (12-1&) 
♦Paul Hill Co 
Princeton A. W'tpon 
John McOownn 
Lcwe FeHey A 8 
Maurice A Mora 
7 Brown (iirls 
(Two to fill) 

1st halt (16 18> 
29th Century Rev 
Arthur Whltelaw 

ewkirk A Faynee 

vine A Gould 



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Rice A W< rnrr 
(One to nil) 

Keith's Creenpolnt 

2d half (12-li) 
Jean Sothorn 
Ix>rd A Fuller 
•"Buttons" 
(Others to Til) 

lat hnlf (16-1S) 
Burke Walxh & X 
Rucker A Winifred 
MorrlH & Fly mi 
Wayne * He! 
(Others to till) 

2d hnlf (lit -•:■:) 
Ryan Wibor * K 
Kennedy Bros 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Prospect 

2d hulf (12-10) 
"Profltoerinw" 
Jack Nor worth 
Walmsley A Iv'tir.g 
Jean A Val Jean 
(Others to nil) 

1st half <16-m 
\ it tor Moore Co 



Shields A Kane 
Jones A Jones 
Ryan Weber A R 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (19-22) 
Harry Carroll Co 
Rudell A Dunigan 
Weber A Elliott 
Cook Mortimer A H 
(Others to nil) 

Moaa* Riviera 

Harry Carroll Co 
Reddington A Gr'nt 
Harriet Rempel Co 
Burke A Durkln 
(Othera to nil) 

2d half 
Watson Sis 
I A J Kaufman 
HAG Ellsworth 
Ella Retford 
Billy Gin on 
(One to fill) 

ALLENTOWN. FA. 

Orpheum 

Damn Bros 
Keene A Williams 
Sheila Terry Co 
Dixie 4 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Sylvester & Vance 
Tommy Marteli 
Bt-rt Wulton 
Mack A Brantley 
(One to Oil) 

ALTOONA, PA. 

Orpheum 

Josephine A H'rlty 
Frank Mullane 
Jimmy Hodp -s 

(Two to nu» 

2d half 
Monde 

Jimmy Hodajes Co 
(Three to fill) 

ATLANTA 

Lyric 

(Birmingham split) 

lat half 
Will Crutchneld 
Gene A Mlnettl 
Columbia A Victor 
Duffy & Keller 
Derrick A Hart 

BALTIMORE 

Maryland 

Ames A Winthrop 
Frank Gaby 
Harry Jolson Co 
klla Bradna 
Janet of France 
Houdlni 
Lola A Senla 

BIRMINGHAM 

Lyric 

(Atlanta split) 
1st half 
Tollard 

James Regan Co 
Dewey A Rogers 
Laue A llai |»«-r 
Adonis A l>og 

BOSTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Kate A Wiley 
Willie Soiar 
Emmet Cilfoll A L 
McConuo" Pis 
Learltt A Lockw'd 
Gertrude Hoffman 
AI Herir.'in 
El Rey Sm 

BUFFALO 

Shea's 

The Norvclla 

llobson A Be;tttle 

Pert Baker Co 

Pletro 

Seed A Austin 

Censino- & W'tklns 

Daphne Pollard 



Three Lordens 
Dress Rehearsal 
Buckrldgo Casey Co 

105th St. 
Elly 

Reckless A Arley 
Mr A Mrs J Barry 
Tip Tip T'hankere 
Sharkey Roth A W 

COLUMBUS. O. 

B. F. KeRh's 
Beaale Clifford 
JAN Olmo 



•Victoria es Daprsa 

14 naif (lt-11) 

Jaok Norton Oa 
Lord * Fuller 
•Zack A Randolph 
Morris A Flynn 
Claude A Marlon 

LANCASTER, fA. 
Colonial 

The Patricks 
Dolly DumpIIa 
Dixie 4 
Weber A Rldnor 

2d half 

Dell A Gllsa 
May A Hill 
Margaret Padula 
Toy Ling Foo 

LOUISVILLE 



The Ballots 
Clinton A <Rooney 
Reck A Rector 
Dillon A Parker 
Jim McWllllams 



Well* Virginia A W 
A Cola 



(Others f tU> 

M half (lt-tf) 
•Diamond A B 
Courtney 81s Ca 
Low* Feeler A ■ 
Lea S*-£suu*lo^*~— 
(Others to fill) 

KBW ORULANS 



SAVANNAH 



(Mobile split) 

lat half 

Stewart A Harris 
Simpson A Dean 
C Albartson Co 
Celts Broa 
J Amoroa Co 

NORFOLK 



(Richmond split) 
lat half 
Wilbur A Adams 
Strand S 
Oertmde Barnes 



(Jnokaonrllle stilt) 
1st half 

Bergman MoJC as at 

Annette 

Haas Roberta Oft 

Edwin George 

* Attuti uiiw 



at Waltos 




I (Oaa to 111) 
id half 



Poxworth A PVads 
Dials Hamilton 
Marde A Roma 
Loads Hart Co 

2d half 
Llssetta A Rooney 
Androwa A B*rnetU 
Lowry A Prlaos 
Binne A Grill 

SYBACUSH 

• aV F. Ksfth's 

Orrea A Drew 
Bewail 81a Co 
Great Loon 
Slg 



ltftS BROADWAY TELEPHONE BRYANT Ml-Mt 

ED. DAVIDOW and RUFUS LeMAIRE 



KINGS HATTIE 

SYNCOPATION ALTHOFF 

IN SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 



CARLOS 

AND 

INEZ 



= 



Furman A Nash 
W A J Mandell 
Sllber A North 
Josephine Victor Co 

DETROIT 

Temple 

Geo MacFarlano 
J A K Mitchell 
Norwood A Hall 
Edwards Song Rev 
Reynolds A D'neg'n 

EASTON. PA. 
Able O. H. 

Sylvester A Vance 
Wah Let Ka 
Bert Walton 
Mack A Brantley 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Damn Broa 
Keene A Williams 
Phella Terry Co 
Dixie Four 
(One to nil) 

ERIE. PA. 

Colonial 

Parsheir 

Theresa A Wiley 
Dolly Kay 
Elinorc A Wms 
Bryon A Halg 

GRAND BAFID8 



Techow'a Cate 
Fontlno Sis Co 
Harry Delf 
Howard A White 
Haig A LaVere 

GRE'NSBORO, N.C. 
Grand 

(Charlotte split) 
1st half 
Great Johnson 
Tadro A Archer 
R F Hawley Co 
Ferro A Coulter 
Mantell Mannlkins 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Lyric 

Juggling Mc-Banns 
Valda A Co 
Burt A Rosedalo 
Banders A Melllss 
The Sirens 

HARRISBURG 

Majestic 

Monde 

Arthur Astlll Co 
Lou Dockstader 
(Two to mil 
2d half 
Josephine a H'rlty 



DALEY, MAC and DALEY 

Thla Week (Jan. §), Keith's Palace, 

New York 

Direction: MAX HAYES 



CHARLESTON 

Victory 
Chong A Moey 
W H Armntrong Co 
Wright* Dietrich 
McKee A Clares 

2d half 
Hip Raymond 
Joan I-uCroNse 
Newell & Most 
Ned Norworrh Co 
Aumtuui Trio 

CHARLOTTF. 

Lyric 

(Grccnnboro split) 
1st half 
.TooDcLler 
Frances Arms 
Wm Edmonds Co 
Stan Stanley Co 
Minetti A Sldelll 

CHATTANOOGA 

Rlalta 

Doherty A Dixon 
Manning A I<ce 
Matthews A Ayers 
B A E Gorman 
Keno Keys A M 

2d half 
Sterling Rose 3 
The Gllfoylcs 
Tolly & 07. 
Melville & Rule 
The Llttlejohn* 

CINCINNATI 

R. F. Keith's 

Herman * Shirley 
Willie Hale & llro 
l'atricola 
.Turk l.a \'\cr 
Ivnn H.mkiifT Co 
B & B Wheflcr 

CLF.VELANB 

Hippodrome 

Pearson N'port A V 
K Taliaferro Co 



H Lewis A Grace 
Frank Mullano 
(Two to fill; 

HAZLETON. FA. 

Feeley's 

I.lzzett© A Rooney 
Andrews A Barn'te 
Dowry St I'rlnco 
Blnns & Grill 
2d hair 
Foxworth * F'nels 
Dixie Hamilton 
Mardo A Rome 
Louie Hart Co 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Kelth'e 

Frank J Sydney 
F^ley & LaTur? 
Jack Hanley 
Rome A Gant 
Loyal's Dogs 

JACKSONVILIJC 
Arcade 

(Savannah split) 
1st hair 
Martin A Jaryl 
Cornell A St John 
Barber of Seville 
Allen A Canfleld 
Joe St Ong 3 

JERSEY CITY 
II. F. Kelth'e 

2d half (Il-IR) 
Arthur Whltelaw 
Nora Jane Co 
J & B Morgan 
II Beresford Co 
!' van A R> l an 
•fill & Blondy 
(»'»thers to Til) 

1st half (16-18) 
Maude Fenley I'o 
John McGowan 
Robison A Fierce 
■"Dnni.'ing Shoes" 
•Wilson A Kelly 



BOB CARHIB 

AUSTIN and ALLEN 

"BROADWAY TO THE ORIENT" 



Keith's National 

(Nashville split) 
let half 
The Sterlings 
Lynn A Loraye 
Rice Pudding 
Coogan A Casey 
Kramer A Zarrell 

LOWELL 

B. r. Keith's 

Sylvia Clark 
Hamilton A Barnee 



Hunting A Francis 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. F. Keith's 

Peggie Carnart 
Joe Cook 
Alex Bros A E 
Unusual Duo 
Frltiie Scheff 
Klrby Quinn A A 
Valerie Bergere Co 
LAB Dreyer 
Holmea A LeVere 



CHAS. J. 



FREEMAN 

OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

Suit* 417, Romax Bldg. 

245 West 47th Street 

NEW YORK 

PHONE; BRYANT 8917 



Musical Oeralde 
Clayton 

Murray A Gerrlsh 
Jack Hanley 
T J Ryan Co 

MOBILE 

Lyric 

(N. Orleans apllt) 

lat half 
Pierce A Goff 
McCormlck A Irv'g 
Bohemians A No' by 
Johnston A Mack 
Adroit Rev 

MONTREAL 

Prlnceaa 

(Sunday opening) 
The Nagafya 
Jack Benny 
Horace Goldln 
Mlllicent Mower 
"Marry Me" 
Fenton A Fields 
Danolso Sis 

MT. VERNON, N.Y. 
Proctor's 

2d half (12-15) 
"One on Aisle" 
Welch Mealy A M 
I & J Kaufman 
Ida Chadwlck Co 
Vadl A Gygl Co 
•WAH Brown 
(Others to All) 

1st half (16-18) 
'Diamond A B 
McFarlane A P 
Ix>we Feelcy A S 
(Others to All) 

2d half (19-22) 
Victor Moore Co 
Grace Nelson 
Shields A Kane 
Cummins A White 
(Other* to fill) 



PITTSBURGH 

Davia 

Laura Devlne 
Clara Howard 
Four Mortons 
Mrs Sidney Drew 
Fisher A Gllmore 
King A Rhodes 

PORTLAND, ME. 

B. F. Keith's 

OAR Perry 
Berllo Girls 
Hayataka Bros 
Johnny Burke 
Hlckey A Hart 
Grey A Old Roso 

PROVIDENCE 

E. F, Albee 

Dancing M'Donalds 
Russell A Dovitt 
Earl A Sunshine 
Sidney Landflcld 
Meehan's Dogs 
Ben Welch 
Creole Fash Piute 
Anna Chandler 
Amaranth Sis 

QUEBEC. CAN. 

Auditorium 

Merles Cockatoos 

Marie Sparrow 

Shireen 

McCloud A Norman 

Larrlmer A Hudson 

READING, PA. 

Majestic 

Reed A Tucker 
Tommy Marteli 
Kelso A I*eo 

1(Two to All) 
2d half 
LaDora A Beckman 
Conn A Albert 



ANDY RICE 

Vaudeville Author 

LOEW BUILDING 

46th 8tr*et and Broadway 
NEW YORK CITY 



NASHVILLE 

Prlnceae 

(Louisville split) 
1st half 
Lawton 

Florence Brady 
Dowia A Norton 
Brooks A Morgan 
D Fitch Minstrels 

NEWARK, N. J. 
Proctor's 

2d half (12-16) 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Ford A Cun'ngham 
Powers A Wallace 
F A O Walters 
I/oMaire Hayes Co 
Oilbert Wells 
"Dancing Shoes" 
(One to All) 

1st half (16-1S) 
B A Rolfe Co 
Claude A Marion 



Springtime 
Newhoft A Thclps 

RICHMOND 

Lyric 

(Norfolk Hplii > 
let half 
Two I.adMlas 
F A K Carnwn 
Nola St Claire i o 
Rdna Dreon 
Lloyd A I'hriBti.' 

ROCHESTER 
Temple 

Richard Kean 
V A E Stanton 
Cressy A Dayne 
The LeVollos 
Kay Hamlin K 
Cook A Oat man 
Clara Morton ' 

Gene Greene 



TOLEDO, O. 

B. F. Keith's 

Peres A M'rguerlte 
Jennie Mlddlcton 
Baxley A Porter 
Healy A Croaa 
Wilfred Clarke 
A A O Falls 

TORONTO 

Sbeav'a 

Potter A Hartwell 
DuFor Bros 
Wilson Aubrey I 
Raymond Bond Co 
Craig Campbell 



-,. «■»• *Jotjfc&a3 . 

Wright * Oaymon 
MoAroy A Wilson 
PasJ Decker Co 
Bankers A Bllrerg 
(Oaa to fill) 
2d half 

• Musical Noases 
Lalpalg 
(Three to All) 

• WASHINGTON 

B. F. Keith's 
Casting Halloa 
Masoa A 8haw 
Ts4 Laralne Co 
Hampton A Blake 
Floroaea Naah Co 
Wayna A Warren 
■thai Levey 
Scotch Lade A L 

YONKKRS, N. T. 



•B M Foster Co 
Weber A Elliott 
Maurice A Mora 
(Othera to All) 
2d hair . 
Tango Shoea" 
Dave Roth 
(Othera to fill) 

YOUNGSTOWN 

Hlppodraaao^ 

Willie Rolls 
Miller A Capman 
Herbert A Dare 
LAO Archer 
Vokea A Don 
Bevan & Flint 

YORK. FA. 
Opera Hi 



Lodora A Beckman 
Cbnn A A inert 
"Springtime" 
Newhoft A Phelps 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Reed A Tucker 
Kelso A Lee 
Lou Docketader 
(Two to nil) 



POLIOS CIRCUIT 



BRIDGEPORT 

Poll's 

Patrice & Sullivan 
Will J Ward 
"One on Aisle" 
Fields A Fink 
Kitty Francis Co 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Cliff Gordon 
Combe A Nevins 
Bradley A Ardlne 
Meara A Landis 
Hegeoua Sis 
Denno 81s T A C 
Goullet A Racera 



Fay A Robs 
Ceeare Rivoll 
Ryan A Ryan 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Violet A Lola 
Carl A Ines 
Vlllanl A Vlllanl 
Maurice Costcllo 
Tempeet A Wateon 

HARTFORD 

Capitol 
Denno Sis T A C 
Ed Sloan 
Hegeoue Sis 
Anthony A Arnold 
Arman Kallz Co 

2d half 
S Kltaros 
Will Ward 
Louise Fazenda 
7 Dominoes 
(One to fill) 

Palace 

Karola Bros 

Paramo 

Carroll A Gorman 

Bradley A Ardine 

Anger A Packer 

"Not Yet Marie" 



Loulae Fasenda 
Conroy A Tates 
4 Readings 
(One to All) 

2d hair 
Karola Bros 
Fields & Fink 
"One on Aisle" 
Barrett A Cunneen 
Kitty Francis Co 

SCRANTON. PA. 

roll's 

~ (Wilkes-Barre 
split) 

1st half 
McRao A Clegg 
Andrews A B 
Virginia Romance 
Angel A Fuller 
J C Mack Co 

SPRINGFIELD 

Palace 
Paul A Pauline 
Jay Raymond 
Sunehlne Girls 
Schwarts A Cllfrd 
Haverman's Anlm's 

2d half 

Patrice A Sullivan 
Ed Sloan 
Chaa Purcell Co 
Babcock A Dolly 
4 Readings 
Arman Kallz Co 

WATERBUBY 

Pall's 

Tommy Dooley Co 
Temple A Watson 
M Costello Co 
Barrett A Cunneen 
Goullet A Racera 

2d half 
Carroll A Gorman 
Paramo 
Chaa Keating Co 



ROSS WYSE and CO. 

REAL SHOW STEPPERS 



Loney Haskell 

2d half 
Ryan A Ryan 
Jay Raymond 
Sunshine Girls 
Conroy A Tatea 
"Step Lively" 
Loney Haskell 
(Ono to All) 

NEW HAVEN 

Hljon 

Menrs A Landis 
Violet A Lois 
Combo A Nevins 
"Step Lively" 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Fay 8z Ross 
Stone A Ioleen 
Cesare Rivoll 
Anthony ft Arnold 
(One to All) 

Palace 

Chas Keating Co 



Anger A Packer 
Haverman's Anlm's 

WILKES-BARRE 

Poll'a 

(Scranton split) 
1st half 
Willie Lange 
A A L Belt 
Dan Coleman Co 
Exposition 4 
Royal's Elephants 

WORCESTER 

Plaza 

Cliff Gordon 
Vlllanl A Vlllanl 
Carl a met 
Babcock A Dooley 
7 Dominoes 

2d half 
Tommy Dooley 
Schwartz A Clifford 
"Not Yet Marie" 
(Two to All) 



BOSTON— B. P. KEITH 



BOSTON 

Boston 

Musical Hunters 
Green A La Fell 
Walter Manthcy Co 
Harry Cooper 
"Making Movies" 

Oardon'a Olympla 

(Scollay Sq.) 

Arena Broe 

I^e Malre A Haynes 

Frankle Heath 

Steed's Septette 

(One to nil) 
Gerden'e Olympla 
(Washington St.) 

Peggy Parker Co 

Honry Co 

(Three to nil) 



RROt KT'N. MASS. 
Strand 

Tyrell & Mack 
Rule A O'Brien 
Silver Duval 4 K 
Fern Blgelow A K 

2d hnlf 
Charles Tobias 
McCartone & M 
Brownlee (ok/ 
(One to All) r 

C'MBR'GE. MASS. 
Gordon's Cent. Sq. 

Selblnl A Grovinl 
Burns A Lynn ' 
I'cseie Remplp Co 
Montgomery A A 



MAY and HILL 

CHASTE COKEDT COtJPLl ' 
Direstlea: JACK LfWtt 



Wheats*? * Fitter 
Tharntasa Fljaa Oa 
Pre* ataDett 
Fear Aeas 

FAIX 



Joe Alloa 

D*ah'na A CMalley 

U S Jaaa BiaA 

(Oaa to flU > 
td halt 
▼anion 

Craddock A 8 
"Sawing a Woman" 
(Oaa to fill) 



MAM. 

Ltrfra 

Masoa A Morris 
Craddock A 8 
Hal Sprlngford 
Laura Ordway 
Boko A Kyo 
td half 
Joe Allen 

Black A 0*Doaasll 
Rule A O'Brien 
El Cleve 
Sffiblnl A Grovinl 

nAV'HILL, MASS. 



Downey A Clarldge 
Smith A Nelraan 
Ormabee A Renlg 
Fred Elliott 
Four Aces 

2d half 
Herrle A Wills 
Roger Gray Co 
Laura Ordway Co 
Ramsdells A Deyo 
(One to nil) 

LAWRENCE 

Empire 
McCartone A M 
Miller A Anthony 
Barry A La>tcn 
Brownlee Co 
(One to nil) 

2d hulf 
Josle O'Mejrs 



Smith A Neimaa 
Ormsbee a Reals 
AAlag A Dunbar 
Chas Aheam Co 



Is Han 



^BLPLClAT*. Oe 
Vhee'er a Potter 
Maaas Bros 
(Oaa to nil) 

td half 
Knox Bros 
Tnok A Clara 
(Three to nil) 

LYNN, MASS. 

GsvAaa's Olympla 
Tack A .Claire 
Black A O'Donnell 
Margaerlte Padula 
Chas Ahaarn Co 

td half 
Barns A Lynn 
Bessie Remple 
Silver Daval 
tOth Century 



AK 

Rev 

TBI 



Josle CMeers 
Bi Cleve 

Thornton Flynn Co 
Adler A Dunbar 
Ramsdells A Deya^ 

Id half 
Downey A Clarldge 
Norton A Noble 
Miller A Anthony 
Cnh'm A O'Malley 
Johnson Baker 4 J 

NEW BEDFORD 

Gordon'o Olympea 

2d half 
Montgomery A A 
Hackctt ft D Co 
(Two to HID 

NEWPORT. R. L 

Colonial 

Vernon 

Johnson Baker A J 

2d half 
Marguerite Padula 
U 8 Jazz Band 



CHICAGO— KEITH CIRCUIT 



CHJIXICOTHE, O. 

Majestic 

Howard A Altkina 
Reynolds 3 

2d half 
Blllie Oerber Rev 
Jessie Miller 

CINCINNATI 
Palace 

West A Van Slcklin 
Marks A Wilson 
Jchnny Coulln 
"Cotton Pickers" 
Hall A Shapiro 
Ben Smith 
'Melody A Art" 



Maxwell 5 
Mabel Phillips 
Maurice A Girlie 

2d half 
Sol Berna 

Hanson A Burtosf 
(Othere to All) 

KALAMAZOO 

% Regent 

George Akron 
Sol Berna 
4 Camerons 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Mabel Phillips 
Maurice A Girlie 
(Two to nil) 



Official Dentist te> tfca N. V. A. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1408 B»wap (Pataana Bit*.) N. T. 



DANVILLE, ILL. 

Terrace 

Tamamoto Duo 
| Billy Doss Rev 

Betts Seals 
E (Others to nil) 
2d half 

Popularity Girls 
| Gordon A Delmar 

(Othera to nil) 

DAYTON 

B. F. Kelth'e - 

Claymo 
I J C Nugent 
I Owen McGlvney 

Ot title Corday Co 

(One to nil) 
2d half 

Reynolds S 

Calts Bros 

Bobby O'Neal Girls 

Taylor Macy A II 

4 Camerons 

DETROIT 

La Salle Garden 

Eugene Broe 
3 Hamel Sis 
Rose A Thorne 
(Two to All) 
2d half 
Knorr Rella Co 
Corrlne Co 
(Others to nil) 

FLINT, MICn. 

Palace 

George F Hall 
Lamey A Pearson 
McCarver A R 
(Othera to nil) 

FT. WATNE, IND. 

Palace 

Tom Mills 

Jack Lee 

Lewis A Henderson 

Hal Johnson 

Joyner A Foster 

2d half 
Billy Doss Rev 
Chas Itwln 
(Others to nil) 

HAMMOND. IND. 

Parthenon 

O K Legal 



LAFAYETTE, IND, 

New Mara 

Tom Malls 
Joyner A Foster 
Whlttteld A Ireland 
(Others to nil) 

LANSING, MICH. 

Strand 

McCarver A R 
T P Jackaon Co 
Lamsy A Pearson 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Rose A Thorne 
Fields A La Adelea 
J A A Rellly 
(One to nil) 

LEXINGTON, RT. 

Boa All 

Calts Bros 
B O'Neal Girls 
Lester 
(Others to All) 

2d half 

Claymo 
J C Nugent 
Ottllle Cordi-y 0* 
Owen McOlveny 
(Others to nil) 

MIDDLETOWN, 8e 

Gordon 

Taylor Macy A H 
Blllie Oerber ReV 
(Others to nil) 

2d half 
Lester 

"Coay Revue" 
Scott A Wood 
(Others to AH) 

M'SKEGON, MICH. 
Begent 

McMahon Sis 
Chas Frink 
(Two to mi) 
2d half 
FAG DeMont 
Gllroy Haynes A M 
(Two to nil) 

RICHMOND. INB» 

Murray 

Saw Thru WoroaR 



BOB NELSON 

IN POLITE VAUDEVILLE 
HERBIE HEWSON. at tha Pi*"* 



Baby June Pals 
F. Barbour Co 
Sazo Six 

JACKSPN. MICH. 

Orpheum 

Fields A Adelea 
Joe A Agnes Rellly 



Gordon A Day 
Clay Crouch 
"Cosy Revue" 
Saw Thru Womaa 

2d half 
Jack T#ee 

Lewis A H'nd'raoa 
Hal Johnson 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 



CHICAGO 

Majestic 

Bushman A Bayn«- 
Venita Gould 
Swift A Kelly 
Bowers W'ters A C 
Jean Granese 
Olcott A Ann 
GAM LaFevro 
The Duttons 

a/ 



Babe Ruth 



B Arlington Co 
York & King 
Jnck Ko.so 
Wilton His 
Bobby LaSalle 
The OHII* 
The Von Cellos 

State Lake 

"Indoor Sports' 
Bii|y Soabury 
Joe Rolley 
Dooley A stdnv 
Jo nee A Green. •• 



Friday, January 18, 1999 



VARIETY 



27 



DENVER , 
Orpheum 
CJttr IX>n«r 
Jr Johnson 
*£. * Parker 
JZaj* Dunce. 

!fhse * Sterling 
yargard 'a* 10 ' 

DCS MOINES 

Orpbeom 
Abraham Lincoln 
IUmb Stanley 

J^arice Diamond 

The * 10 * -. , 
J^mer A Boyis 

DUMJTH 

Orpbeom 

«The Storm 1 ' 
Llbonatl 

Ollfoyle A Lang 
Bill Roblnaon 
glford A W'ch'Cr 
Gordon ft Ford 
EDMONTON, CAN. 

f • Orpheam 
(16-18) 
(Same bill plays 
• Calrary 11-22) 
JlatbaM Bros 
Adam* ft Barnett 
PreM Rehearsal 
Ward Brp» 
Dave Harris 
ftleoberg's Bears 
Bin Bernle 

KANSAS CITX 
Main St. 

Ball ft Dexter 
Motors Cocktail 
Butler ft Parker 
111 Bean 
Blossoms 
Cordon ft Rica 

Orpheam 
Cortne Tilton Rev 
Chat Harrison 
Jo* Bennett e 
Mr* Oene Hughes 
B Genevieve & W 
Bobble Oorflono 
Toney ft Norman 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Orpheam 
Kitty Oordon 

Srown ft O'D'nell 
att Llppard 
M Montgomery 
Itone ft Hayes 
Galettl's Monks 
Ben Beyer 

LOS ANGELES 

Orpheam 
Howard ft Clark 
Lyons ft Tosco 
, Bam Mann 
Jordan Girls 
Joaeffion's Iceland 
May Wlrth 
Dogan ft Raymond 
Claude Golden 



OAKLANDy CAL. 



Bddlo Foy Ce 
Fred Lindsay 
Kellam ft O'Dere 
DaBaren ft Mies 
Prank Farron 
Maldoon 1-kl'n ft R 
F.a*£ Howell 

omaha, neb. 



Adelaide ft Bushes 
MfCormlck ft W 
Jack Joyce 
Mary Haynes 

i tlttar ft Kneppe 
llvla Loyal 
"Van HoTtn 

PORTLAND, ORE. 



Cliff Naxarro Co 
Lydla Barry 
Lane ft Hendricks 
Kink's Mules 
Beatrice Sweeney 
Eddls Bussell 

SACRAMENTO 
Orpb< 



(16-18) 

(Sams hill plays 
Fresno 11-22) 
Ed -Janls Rev 
Moss ft Frye 
Harry Holman 
Rockwell ft Fox 
Raymond ft Schr'm 
Locas ft Ines 
Worden Bros 

. n. lows 



Franklyn Ardell 
Bailey ft Cowan 
Ruth Budd 
Msl Klee 
Harry J Conley 
Ernest Ball 
Blalt*) 

Thos Wise 
Joe Browning 
Sammy Lee 
Dancing- Dorana 
Cook ft Vernon 
Bennett 81a 

ST. PAUL - 
Orphei 



Dense Fantasies 
Harry Kahne 
Ruby Norton 
Hal Skelly 
Boatock's School 

SALT LIKE 
Orpheam 

Santos- ft Hayes Co 
F ft M Brltton 
A ft F Stedman 
Sophie Kassmlr 
T A K O'Meara 
Jack Kennedy 



= 



OEO. CHOOS 



FRANK Ell 



aft* 



in "A DRESS REHEARSAL" 
ThU Week (Jan. •), Davis, Pittsburgh. 
Next Wk. (Jan. 16), Hippodrome, 
Cleveland 



MEMPHIS 

Orpheam 

tabs A Dries 

achlcb.tr* Manikins 
Pred Bowers Rev 
Moras A Mack 
..(Others to fill) 

MILWAUKEE 

Mojestlo 

Adler A Ross 
Henry Santrey 
[ A A Beymour 
weaver A Weaver 
Kenny A Hollls 
Oaatler's Toyshop 



Haley Sis 
Bobbe A Nelson 
Berk A 8ann 
Bewey A Rogers 
Ward A Dooley 

I MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 

Wills Gilbert . 
Princess Kalama 
Anderson A Graves 
Mmstrel Monarchs 
Pearl Revay 
*Prin»time Follies 

_ Orpheam 

Rooney A Bent 
Bhriner A F'ss'm'ns 
Ann Gray 

nm h £ O'Donnell 
OHIe Young A A 
Crawford A Bdrlck 
Prosper A Maret 

"EW ORLEANS 
_ Orpheam 
■aw Thru Woman 
Nauon Welch 
Jaai Smith 
JaeSharrocks 
^•od A Wyde 
Barbette 

. tf* n, » * Griffith 
*<* Wilson Co 



SAN FRANCISCO 

Orpheam 

(Sunday opening) 
Clark A Bergman 
Morris A Campbell 
Tarzan 

Rodero ft Marconi 
Lillian Shaw 
Nihla 

B Sherwood A Bro 
8allle Fisher 
Demarcst ft Clettc 

SEATTLE 

Wm Gazton 
Cameron 81s 
Lydell A Macy 
Claudius ft Scarlet 
Al Wohlman 
Rasso 

SIOUX CITY 

Orpheam 

Ford ft Price 
Perone ft Oliver 
Wm Ebs 
Larry Harklns 
Miller ft Mack 
Anderson ft Yvel 
Rsymond Wllburt 
Clifford A Johnson 
Wayne M'shall ft C 
Howard A Fields 
Whiting A Burt 
Dsnclng Kennedys 

VANCOUVER, B.C. 

Orpheum 

4 Marx Bros 
Innla Bros 
Flanders ft Butler 
Lang A Vernon 
La Pllarlea 3 
Garcincttl Bros 

WINNIPEG 

Orpheam 

Leo Zarrcll 
La Hern it- 1 • 
Ttoyce Coo in bo 
Patrlcola & D'droy 
Howard's Tonics 



ftUGH HERBERT 

**• Jan Ift—Mujeatle, Little Rock. Ark. 
Care ss; g? fl West 4 All, St.. N. Y. < :tv. 

LOEW CIRCUIT 



te W YORK CITY 
' State 

1 * J Altkon 
■oldie * \v :ir j 
fc°no Sta- 4 
f »» r>avls 
Car.lo & No „ 

W^ton & K| ino 
*»>e| •Jilmore Co 

n »"ng-„ s..«i B 

Jlmborl.y & VaR0 

«°y«l VVn.-t.an I 
»*o to fill) 

American 
ijlroy a M,N, CC e 
P 1 , 1 " * Miller 
jakarenko 2 
•»">' s yk«s 
l*rk Walsh Co 
>«d ft L UMy 
t n«e Noel Co 
rfbby Hsashaw Co 
f» 4l » ft Adrlenns 



2d half 

T.tin t'.'rcttos 
Mack ^ Minn 
Lrlir A: 11, il 
Holiday In |>lx> 
Xolar ,t Ktiitx 
Whall.-n & Kmtf 
ElHi.' Whit.} 
3 lt'liiiont.s 
(Ono to fill) 

Ylrtoriit 

Thfniliiro Tr.i) 

R *. \. n. :i 

B Swod<> llnM r.j 
Toplrw & Tnn<M 
(Ono to fill) 
2d half 
Bender & llcrr 
Grlndrll A Esther 
Mnrk Hart Co 
Fo» A Britt 
■ Oil more Co 

Llncola Sq. 
Whilto Bros 
OrlAdell A Bather 
WheJUs ft KJ^n* 



JACK HEISLER 

ECCENTBJO DAMCBB 

With B. A. ROLFB A CO. 



■r 



Elsie White 
Q Hughes Ce 
AU nail 
Zlegler Duo 
S Tock ft Y Wah 
A Sullivan Co 
Tabor A Greene 
Virginia Belles 

Greeley gq. 

The Rackos 
J Davla Co 
Taylor ft Franda 
Golden Bird 
Morey Senna ft D 
Variety d'Dance 

2d half 
Valentine ft Bell 
Phil Davis 
Morley ft Cheslelgh 
Jack Walsh Co 
Sherman Van ft H 

Delaneey S»» 
Just Friends 
Forrest A Church 
Mack ft Dean « 

Chlsholm A Breen 
Sally Fields 
Royal Venetian » 

2d half 
Ohala ft Adrienne 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
Renee Noel Co 
Bobby Henshaw Co 
Downing; ft Bunlns 

Natftsoml 

F ft M Hughea 
Billy Barlow 
M Hamilton Co 
Sherman Van ft H 

2d half 
J ft B Altken 
Harrington ft T 
Cardo ft Noll 
Q Hughes Co 



T Wilbur Co 
Henshaw A Aveiy 
"VCy land " s^ToLcaT 

BALTIMORE 



Vslentine ft Bell 
S Tock ft Y Wah 
Gordon ft Healy 
J Thornton 
Stovers ft Love Joy 

td half 
Basse's Dogs 
J Davla Co 
Roberta ft Boyno 
J Thornton * 
Topics ft Tunes 

Boulevard 
Bender A Herr 
Rhode Bernard Co 
Lehr A Bell 
Dance Follies 
2d half 
Theodore Trio 
Taylor A Francis 
M Hamilton Co 
Eddie Clark Co 

A venae B 

Lea Perettos 
Arthur Lyons Co 
Downing A Bunlns 
Senator Murphy 
Virginia Belles 

2d half 
Aronty Broa 
Al Rlckard 
GAB Pa£ks 
Grace Cameron Co 
Colonial Sextet 

BROOKLYN 

Metropolitan 

Royal Trio 
O A B Parks 
Roberta A Boyno 
Carl Nixon Rev 
Eddie Clark Co 

2d half 
F A M Hughes 
Harry Sykes 
B 8wede Hall Co 
Weston A Ellne 
Golden Bird 

Palace 
Kennedy A Kramer 
Herman A Berrens 
Skelly A Helt Rev 
Morley A C'slelgh 
S Walters 

2d half 
Leon A Mitzl 
R A L Bel] 
Regal A Mack 



Lynch A Zeller 
A A L Wilson 
Joselyn ft Turner 
McCormack ft W 
lorn McKay'a Rev 

BIRMINGHAM 

Bljoa 
Turner Bros 
Mammy 
The Chattle 
Reilly Feeney ft R 
Elizabeth Saltl Co 

2d half 
Foosy ft Spartan 
Ulls ft Clark 
Hodge ft Lowell 
Josephine Harmon 
'Getting It Over" 

BOSTON 

Orpheam 

Cody A King 
F Shepperd Co 

4 Brown Glrla 
The Crisis 
Sossman A Sloane 
Miller Kllnt A K 

2d half 
Swain's Cats 

5 Castle Sis 
Johnny Raymond 
Ada Jaffe Co 
Dobba Clark AD 
Musical Queens 

Bl'FFALO 

State 
Sis; Frans Co 
Davla A McCoy 
Dossier A Lusby 
Basil A Allen 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 

CHICAGO 

MeVleker'o 

Harry Bentell 
Boyd A King 
'Innocent Eve" 
Holden A *Herrpn 
Strassle's Seals 

CLEVELAND 

Liberty 
Hashl A Osal 
Murphy A Klein 
J B Totten Co 
Race A Edge 
Francla Ross ft D 

2d half 
Raymond A Lyte 
Lillian Boardman 
Marriage vs Dlv'ce 
American Comedy 4 
Prevost A Goelet 

Metropolitan 
Monte A Parti 
Lacclana A Lucca 
Jaa Kennedy Co 
Chase A LaTour 
Tollman Rev 

' DAYTON 

Dayton 

Raymond A Lyte 
Lillian Boardman 
Marriage va Dlv'ce 
American Comedy 4 
Prevost A Goelet 

2d half 
Lea Sylvas 
Norton A Wilson 
Pearl Abbott Co 
Arthur Deagon 
Jack' Martin 3 

DETROIT 
Colonial 

Walter Baker Co 
Al Tyler 

"Oddities of 1921" 
Phllbrick A DeVoe 
Dura A Feeley 

FRESNO. CAL. 

Hippodrome 

(15-17) 
Margy Duo 



HOLMES and LE VERE 

THE ORIGINAL BOX* PARTY 
IN ONE 

ALSO THROWING THE "DT7MMT" 

This Week (Jan. 9), Shea's Theatre, 

Toronto , Ca nada. 

Songs by LEW BROWN 



Senator Murphy 
Dance Follies 

Fulton 
Flying Howards 
Monte A Lyons 
Mark Hart Co 
Tabor A Greene 
P Adams A Girls 

2d half 
Just Friends 
Forrest & Church 
Morey Senna & D 
Sally Fields 
Brnva Barra A T 

Warwick 

Melroy Sis - 
Connors & Boyne • 
Rural Four 
LnFlour * Tortla 

2d hnlf 
Maknnuiko Duo 
.Tack Roddy 
Ii rn.-ird .v Meyrs 
3 Walt, rs 

Gntce 

Bus.t-'.s 1 ">">?* 
(Vnper \- l..'in»» 
Klniborly A- 1'aRO 
Vox * l'.ritt 
Brava Mirr.i &. T 

2d hnlf 
CamMla'n Birds 
Monte A Lyons 
C'liifholtn At Hr> < n 
Carl Nix>n R«\u^ 

(Dnn to n;n 

ATLANTA 

<irnnd 

Fo!"V A- Spartan 
I'lli .t CiarU 
Hodl,"* & I-n\v.<!l 
JO!»f|dl:II % Ha riii"tl 
'•Gettintr It Ovi.t" 

•:>\ half 
Hanlon .fc Clifton 
Jack i'a«o 



McKenna A F 
Wma A Darwin Co 
Salle A Roblea 
Tripoli Trio 

2d half 

Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal A Leary 
Rawles A VonK 
Mills A Smith 
LaSova A Gihnore 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Locw 

Chns ReodiT 
Gortz A Duffy 
Around th»> flock 
Worth A Willing 
Kervillt) Family 

IIOIIOKFN. N. J. 

liOCW 

Owens Whit" f. C 
Klnjr ^- Payinn 
St«'V< ii.s \- Kiinc 
(li'n A nii'!r«iii' 
HuliriK'M So. lis 

2,1 half 
Mor: iiin r X- B .'Iv'r 
Kviiik .v >idrn y 

su <■;:>• & ii' t i:» •■ 

A fdi.i v .<!• I » • . r u * y « '»» 
3 Mar?. ::-< 

HOrVOKF. M\ k S 

I^M"'V 

I'.ro".'.!! j ,■.- I'.i ,,\\ 'i 

( has < i I-!.-; 

II. iin .v I.- ■ ..^ >'■ ■ ■ 

frit, r.-:: 4 

D.t rv ■ rn I '• ' i; ' • 

M 1: ..f 
f m-s A S.i -i : • r \ 
Wal'.i A- l-'raii' m 
Lyl<- A.- Fin- r> >,n 
Ralph U'h t- h ...| 
Dot I'tiurrl 1 >.' ■'. •■■ u 



HOi 8TON, . TEX. 

Frftncv 

Alvln A Kenny 
LsRose A Adams 
Rllla Willard Ce 
Riverside 3 
Kermis Co 

2d half 
King Dros 
'KTrig'A Rose 
Martin A Courtney 
Hudson A Jones 
B LaUar A Beaux 

KANSAS CITY 

Loew 

JAA Keeley 
Harry Gilbert 
"Money la Money"" 

2d half 
Anaelamlths 
The McNaughtona 
H Denton Co 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jackson Taylor 2 

LONDON, CAN. 

Loew 

3 Baiters 

T A A Carter 

Moore A Fields 

2d half 
The Haynoffo 
Challls A Lambert 
Fred Gray Trio 

L'G BEACH, CAL. 
State 

(16-17) 

Ernesto 



SACRAMENTO 

State 

(U-1T* 
TAD Lane 
PAG Hall 
Collins A Plllard 
Song A Dance Kfev 
DeLyons Duo 

Musical Rowells 
Pltser A Day 
Crescent Comedy 4 
Fred Weber 
Timely Revue 

SALT LAKE CITY 

Stoto 

(15-17) 
Berry A Nlckerson 
Maldie De I^ong 
Janet Adler Co 
(Others to nil) 

2d hair 
Aerial Macka 
Lambert 

Glenn A Richards 
Kennedy A Martin 
Molera Revue 

ST. LOl'IS 

. Loew 

Les Sylvas 
Norton A Wilson 
Pearl Abbott Co 
Arthur Deagon 
Jack Martin 3 
2d half 
A A Keeley 
Harry Gilbert 



t BOB ROBISON 
| RENEE PIERCE 

I "NO MORE SALOONS" 



BILLY GLASON 

•\M*T. SONCS AND. SAYI^.S'* I 

NOW Playing B. F. K'i-U.i Aih.i:i». a. I 

Ki,w Tetk M 



Tallman A Kerwln 
Hall A O'Brien 
Luckey A Harris 
Royal Harmony 

2d half 
Margy Duo 
McKenna A F 
Wma A Darwin Co 
Salle A Robles 
Tripoli Trio 

LOS ANGELES 

State 

Cook A Hamilton 
Eadle A Ramsden 
Conroy A O'D'nell 
Chalfonte Sia 
(One to nil) 

MEMPHIS 

Loew 

Alvln A Alvln 
Mann A Mallory 
Homer Miles Co 
Burns A Klein 
Songs A Scenes 

2d half 
Turner Broa 
Mammy 
The Chattle 
Reilly Feeney A R 
Elisabeth Saltl Co 

MONTREAL 

Loew 

Lee Plrrotta 
Herman A Briscoe 
Lincoln H'hw'ym'n 
Ward & Wilson 
Mcintosh A Maids 

NEWARK 

State 
GAL Garden 
A A M Royce 
Josle Flynn Co 
Betty Boud 
Wilson A Larscn 

NEW ORLEANS 

Crescent 

King Bros 
King A Rose 
Martin A Courtney 
Hudson A Jones 
B LaBar A Beaux 

2d half 
Alvln A Alvln 
Mann A Mallory 
Homer Miles Co 
Burns A Klein 
Songs A Scenes 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

State 

(16-17) 
Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal A I^eary 
Rawles A VonK 
Mills A Smith 
LaSova A Gllmore 

2d half 
LeRoy Bros 
Flagler A Malta 
Smith A Inman 
Cortez A Ryan 
Snappy Bits 

OTTAWA, CAN. 

Loew 

Ed Gingrns Co 
.lark Symonds 
Chapman & Bin* 
I.ane A Freoman 
Musical Duds 

PITTSBl RGII 

Lyceum 

Atrial l.aValls 
Howard & I'.rown 
l?a\"s & U««yd 
Smiling R Mason 
H C.ro»n <t l»".;iux 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Hippodrome 

('.;.- 1 t ) 

T'yr-la .!::pf 

J >;i na ,V l.oilir 

«) ll.iii'lnv' r:h 

I u \" Thui'il'V 

W;i:dr..o .V: Winrh'l 

Ld half 
!';•■ «tnM \- l.sab< i'.T 
.l.. K .'i'iy l^itv 
\".i :i .v Cirri'^ Avry 
l:.i ' u> r \- 1 >'inn 
IIhIiIiv Jarvis Co 

ritOVIDKM K 

- Fmrry 

Sua n <• A n.ma's 
.1 » ' a .« ' 1 o S ' s 
Johnny Ra \ Miorjil 
Ada .laff<.» •'» 
l>i. Ids "'lark K- D 

.*.' IJ-. -Ii 1 QU>" in 

L"d half 
''(■■! v \' KltiK 
F Sh"i | nrd Ct 
4 Ilrnw n Gir.s 
The i'r'.«> 
So^siprn R ^Irpaoe 

!;;■ r i:;int A K 



"Money Is Money" 
SAN ANTONIO 

Princess 
Wilbur A Girlie 
Morton Broa 
Willing A Jordan 
Junmy Lyons 
Fred LaReine Co 

2d half 
Alvin A Kenny 
LeRorti A Adams 
Rllla Willard Ce 
Riverside 3 
Kermis Co 

SAN FRANCISCO 

. Hippodrome 

(15-17) 
Little Joshl Co 
Lalng A Green 
Wardell A D'court 
Harry White 
Dancing Whirl 

2d half 
Hall A Qulnell 
Wild A Sedalla 
Frank, Terry 
Mora A Reckless 2 

Wigwam 

(16-17) 
HAL Stevens 
J A C Nathan 
Gruet Kramer A G 
- Jir.i Reynolds 
Holland D'krlll Co 

?d hnlf 
Little Joshi Co 
Lang A Gr^en 
Wardell A D'court 
Harry White 
Dancing Whirl 

SAN JOSE, CAL. 

Hippodrome 
(16-17) 
LeRoy Bros 
Flagler A Malla 
Smith A Inman 
Cortex A Ryan 
Snappy Bits 

2d half 
HAL Stevens 
J A C Nathan 
Gruet Kramer A G 
Jim Rcynpld* 
Holland D'krlll Co 

SEATTLE 

Hippodrome 

(15-17) 
Preston A Ise.belle 
Johnny Dove 
Van A Carrie Avey 
Barker A Dunn 
Bobby Jarvis Co 

2d half 
Faber Bros 
Beatrice Barlow 
Fox A Kelly 
Edw Standlsh Co 

SPCFILD, MASS. 

Loew 

Crows A Santoro 
Wahl A Francis 
Dyle A Emerson 
Ralph Whitehead 
Pot Pourrl Dancers 

2d half 
Broplu* A Brown 
Chas Gihbs 
H»d:n . r I.oi kwoods 
ii .-• '.. n 4 
Dili.- • rs DrLuxe 
.STOCKTON 

Pint* 

(15-17) 
Hall A QuinHl 
Wild & Scdaha 
Frank TVrry 
Mora k- R.'cklcss Z 
(One to fill) 

I'd half 
TAD I,nti.' 
I 1 Ar »; Hall 
Coll In* A- Filiard 
Son.; A-. huri'i! It*. v 
l)( l.yoris I i» , 

TORONTO 

• liOCW 

AiiK'ralia ii I > . i - n ^ 
Ma.-i.n A: Uasii<-y 
D lltirton Co 
Vv • ii'l A- 1 1'iwn.iii,' 
.Vt c.a.r Tw.iih <'o 

WINDSOR, (AN. 

Th»; II. i \ r.oft^ 
ChaJiis A- I...:, 1.. If 
Fr< d (Ir.iy 'I": . t 

.d hajf 
.1 llaii.-r.t 
T K A far', r 
Moore A- I'm ids 

WASHINGTON 

Strand 

F & A Sr-.'th 
Manning A I{*"1 
Ho \v .i rd \' a r; r ; . i "», 
C Ar T 1'nrvry 
Gosf-: u r A U«S4>yH 



Hairy H. Coleman 

INVENTOR and ORIGINATOR 

OF THE WALKING DOLL 
Touring PANTAOES CIRCUIT 



OUS SUN CLECTJIT 



ALBANY 

Mnjestle 

Earl A Mathews 
Gertrude Taylor Co 
Alexander Duo 
Poat A G:Oaon 
Arthur Houston Co 

2d half 
Don Carney 
Byron A Alleen 
Eva Weatcott Co 
Hallen A Goes 
Otto Buss A Otto 

CLINTON, IND. 

Clinton 
La Rose A. Lane 
Adrian 
klowatt A Mullen 

2d half 
Ala Rajah 
Monte A Carlo 
"Corner Store" 

COLLMBLB 

Orpheum 

Francla A Wilson 

Carolyn 

Walters H'klns A C 

LUetta Co 

Arnold A Manlon 

Margot Fr'nclus Co 

DETROIT 

Colombia 

Paulette A Roy 
Keefe A Lillian 
Conwell A Mack 

EVNSVILLE, IND. 

Victory 

J Singer Dolls 
Prince A Bell 
Weston A Toung 

2d half 
Pauline A Francis 
La Rose A Lane 
. Earl A Mullen 

GL*N8 FTX8, N.T. 

Empire 

Don Carney 
Byron A Alloen 
Eva Westcott Co 
Hallen A Ooss 
Otto Buss A Otto 

2d half 
Ear* A Mathews 



Kennody A Wynn 
Alexander Broa 
Post A Gibson 
Arthur Hoston Co 

HTGTON, W. VA, 

Hippodrome 

Ferguson A S'dl'nd 
"Mary's Day Out" 
Heggerty A Gord'n 
Bird Cabaret 
(One to nil) 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyrle 

Electro Co 
Ryan A Moore 
Freddy 8ylvers A F 
Collnl's Dancera 
Anger A Adelon 
Hubert Dyer Co 

ROCHESTER 

Vlctoty 

DeLlsIe Vincent Co 
Tommy Allen Co 

2d half ' 
The 8avages 
Miller A Rock 

TH HAUTE, END. 

Liberty 

Pauline A Francis 
Earl A Mullen 

2d half 
Prince A Bell 
Weston A Toung 

TOLEDO 

Rlolsa 

Willie Broa 
Mack A Dale 
Curtis A F" age raid 
Mile Rhea Co 
Roberts A Fowler 
Don Velarlo Co 

WrRTOWN, K.Y. 

Avon 

Stone A Hallo 
Harry Hayward Co 
Miller A Rock 
The Savages 
2d half 
Lester A Vincent 
Southerland Six 
Stanley Doyle A R 
Tommy Allen OS 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



ALTON, ILL. 
Hippodrome 

Knapp A Cornelia 
Pete Curley Co 

2d half 
Block A Dunlap 
Hedley Trio 

ATCHISON, KAN. 

Orpheum 

Ross A Fobs 
Bud Walker 
Fitzgerald A C'rr'll 
Rago Co 

B'LESYILLE, OK. 

Odeen 

"Dreams" 
Mack A Stanlon 

BL'M'GTON, ILL. 

Majestic. 

Foster A Peggy 
Watts A Ringgold 
Adelaide Bell Co 

2d half 
John Gelger 
Jack George 3 
Cautlcr'a Brklyrs 

C'D'R RAPHES, IA. 

Mojestlo 

Alex Melford Trio 
Daniels A Walters 
Buddy Walton 
Carlyle Bl'kwell Co 
Marjorle Barrack 



2d half 
Nippon "Duo 
Cliff Clark 
Henry Catalano Co 

Kedsie 
Embs A Alton 
"One on the Aisle" 
Larry Comer 

2d half 
The Hennli.gs 
Storybook Revue 
(Ono to Al>) 

Lincoln 

Margaret Ford 
"4 Jacks A Queen" 
Jo Jo Harrison 
Har.ako Japs 
(Two to All) 

2d hslf 
Carlyle BlMwell Co 
(Five to nil) 

DAVENPORT, IA. 

Columbia 

RIalto A La Mont 
Gordon A Gordon 
Alice Hamilton 
"Modern Cocktail'* 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Marjorle Barrack 
Henry A Moore 
Buddy Walton 
Teas Sherman Co 
(Two to fill) 



Jimmy Dunn 
Doll Frolics 
2d half 
Nada Norrlne 
•Rubevllle" 
(One to fill) 

G'D ISLAND, NED. 

Mojeetlo 

Julia Edwards 
Charles Semon 
"Future Home" 

JOLIET, ILL. 

Orpheum 

La. Rocco Bros 
Jack George 2 
Clifford Wayne 3 

2d half 
"Wonder airl" 
Warren A O'Brien 
Adelaide Bell Co 

JOFLIN, MO. 

Electrle 

F A C La Tour 
Fields A Harr'gton 

2d half 
Petty Reat A Bro 
Gordon A Germ'ne 

KANSAS CITY 

Globe 

Joe Melvln 
Wlntergarden 4 
Five Chaplns 
3d half 
Gardner A Aubrey. 
Flaherty * Stoning 
Lutes Bros 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Liberty 

C A A Gloeker 
Cook A Valdare 
Wayne M'rahall A C 
Coscla A Verdi 
Bally Hoo Trie 

3d half 
Elliott Johnaon Rev 
Joe Martini 
Fred Hagen Co 
Kahne A Boone 
"Oldtlme Darkles" 

MADISON, WIS. 



Evelyn Phillips Co 

2d half 
Sampson A D'uglas 
John T Ray 

ROCKFORD, ILL. 

Palace 

Harry Haw Co 

Evelyn Phillips Co 
fclrnest Hlatt 
Kara 

(Two to jn ) 
2d half 
K i E Kuhen 
Cook A Hose vera 
Stuart Girls 
Hon Dave Manley 
Jonnler Broa 
(One to till) 

ST. JOE. MO. 

Electrle 

Saw Thru Woman 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Bud Walker 
Rago A Co 

ST. LOUIS 

Columbia 

Noel Lester Co 
Helen Collne Co 
4 Popularity Queens 
Nelson A Madison 
Rising Generation 

2d half 
Clifford A Both well 
PAP Houlton 
Bmbs A Alton 
4 Flying Valentons' 
(One to All) 



Orphi 

BAB Kuhen 
Cook A Rosevere 
Helen Keller 
Hor Dave Manley 
Jennler Bros 
(One to All) 
2d half 
Harry Haw Co 
Helen Keller 
Ernest Hlatt 
Kara 
(Two to fill) 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Orpheum 

1st half 
Tracy Palmer A T 
Taylor How'rd A T 
Roberts A Clark 
I^eedom A Gardner 
Kenny Mason* A 8 



Wlnton Bros 
Hall A West 
B A W Shattuok 
Alfred Powell Co 
Fisher A Lloyd 
Van A Vernon 
•lie Marrlone 
Bloom A Bher 
Bronson A Bdw'rds 

SIOUX CITY, IA. 



Ford A Price 
Wm Ebbs 
Larry Harklns 
Parrone A Oliver 
Miller A Mask 
Anderson A' Yvel 

2d half 
Raymond Wllbert 
Ilo-rard A Fteldi 
"The Intruder" 
"Rube" J Clifford 
Whiting A Burt 
Dancing Kennedys 

SO. BEND, IND. 

Orpheum 

Mclllyar A H 
Pinto A Boylo 
Gllroy Haynes A M 
Rita Oould 
B A J Crelghton 
Mason A Burtons 
3d half 



Bead A FaVls Bats Resalrtd. Hall OraVs Filles. 

e 




EDDIE VOGT 

"A MUSICAL COMEDY COMEDIAN" 
Mgt. GEORGE CHOOS* 
This week (Jon. •). Anmny and GIov 
Vllle. New York. 



OKMULGEE, OK. 

Orpheum 

Sultan 

Kennedy A Davles 
Gordon A Germalne 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
P A C LaTour 
Fields A Harrlngt'n 
LaRue A Duprce 

OMAHA, NEB. 



148 West 46th Street. New York City 



CENTRAUA, ILL. 

Grand 

Gordon A Delmsr 
Johh Gelger 
Blocdt A Dunlap 
Howards A F Mlns 

2d half 

Helen Cnllne Co 
Tife A Tide 
I.lghtelle A Coffm'n 
Emmett Briscoe Co 

CHAMPAIGN. ILL. 

Orpheum 

Palermo'* Canines 
Ford A Goodrich 
Alf Ripen A Jiggs 
Stuart Girls 
Colvln A Wood 
(One to fill) 

M hnlf 
Clay Crouch 
Watson A: Rr.indt 
Capt BrttV .«■. als 
(Throe to fill) 

CHICAGO 

American 

Rny Conlin 
1 F i v v to Ti i i > 
2d h.Cf 
Jo .To If nrr! ^.n 
"» J;nd,« A- Qiji f-u" 

(Vow to ni; ) 

Empre<>4 

Th > IliTiri. :■;:•< 

I'.it ;■••! A- cia\ : <-\ 

i »!: v •■ R. ;i:«iti 
?\ • 1 1 : i ' ■ d y ,Ki Hv.r'. 
R-dlK A- Unyci" 
R"rMii': Troupe 

Td ha if 
R< no .^:»t< r* A A 
Mori rm* A- • Ira t tn n 
I'.n:.i A- l!n) Ii- 
Riairun A I. a Mi n'. 

(Two • .j n : ; ) 



DECATUR, ILL. 

Empress 

Hollld'y A Wlllette 
Warren A O'Brien 
Whitfield A Ireland 
4 Ffying Val'ntlnos 
(Two to All) 

2d half 
Alf Rlpon A Jlggs 
Clifford Wayne 1 
Avey A O'Neal 
Hanako Japa 
(Two to fill) 

DUBUQUE, IA. 

Majestle 

Dan Sherman Co 
John T Ray Co 
Howard A F Mlns 
Ed Morton 
"Smiles" 

E. ST. LOl'IS, ILL. 

Erbcr* 

Nippon Duo 

Drowning A Davis 

('•Trine 

"SuwlriK a Woman" 

2d half 
"Sawln* a Woman" 
Rite Curley Co 
l'.dnno's Canines 
Knapp A: Cornalla 

IT. SMITH. ARK. 

dole 

.1 K'-Tin.i Cirls 
Fox St. Conrad 
llnln rt It' Illy Co 
Foi.ette I'earl A W 

2d half 
Char>H Ledog^r 
Kennedy A: Davis 
A;«iand«r A Fudds 
■■Dreams" 

GALKSIK RG, ILL 

Orpheum 

Cliff Hall.y Djo 



Old Time Darkles 
Our Future Home 
Charlea Semon 
Lutes Bros 

3d half 
C A A Gloeker 
Coscla A Verdi 
Bally Hoo 3 
(One to fill) 

PEORIA. ILL. 

Orpheum 

Henry A Moore 
Story Book Rev 
Watts A Hawley 
Cautlcr'a B'klayers 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Watts A Ringgold 
Colvln A Wood 
Fox A Curtis 
Robblna Family 
(Two to fill) 

QU1NCY. ILL. 

Orpheum 
Nada Norrlne 
Rubevllle 
(Ono to All) 
3d half 
Cliff Bailey 3 
Jimmy Dunn 
Doll Frolics 

RACINE. WIS. 

RIalto 

"Wonder Girl" 
Lewis A Rogers 
Hob Hall 
Melo Dan.e 



Bealo 

Rolls A Royce 
Bob Hall 
LaFrance Bros 
(Two to fill) 
SFRIftGM'D, ILL. 

Majestle 

Sealo 

Blossom Seeley Co 
Watson A Brandt 
3 Melvln Bros 
(Two to fill) 
3d half 
Margaret Ford 
Holllday A Wllle'te 
Blossom Seeley Co 
Watts A dlawley 
(Two to All) 

TERRE HAUTE 

Hippodrome 
Nalo A Rlzao 
Hamlin A Mack 
Avey A O'Nell 

Sternad's Midgets 
(Ono 10 fill) 
2d half 
Noel Lester 
"One on the Aisle" 
B A J Crelghton 
Sternad's Mldgete 
(Ono to All) 

TOPEKA. KAN. 

Norelty 

Rosa A Fobs 
Bud Walker 
Fltsgerald A C 
Rago A Co 

2d half 
Joe Melvln 
Winter Garden 4 
Saw Thru Woman 
(One to All) 

TULSA, OKLA. 

Orpheum 

2d half 
Trary Palmer A T 
Taylor How'rd A T 
RohfHs A Clark 
Deedmn A Gardner 
Kenny Nason A B 



LA MAZE, TRIO 

Direction: EDWARD S. KELLAB 

n i • i » ; « • . 



JOHN J. KEMP 
Theatrical Insurance 

65 JOHN STREET. NEW YORK CITY 

Phone: Bowling Oreen 3100 

— . . ■ ■ ■ ■ — — . I I MM — ■ » — i^— ^M 

PANTAOES CIRCUIT 



WINNIPEG 

Pontages 

'Ryes ot Buddha" 
"(id Night Nurse" 
Klaus A Brllnnt 
BiMon City Pour 

CALGARY, CAN. 

Pantages 

r.i!»o,ii:ill Rro.i 
.Tap Ha. y den 
Hr.il A Sny.hr 
.T a e k Hall »* n 
King A lr\< *n 

G'T FIAJ*, MONT. 

I'anfugm 

(17 IS) 

>'*?sri." toil i.:..\s 

ii. :■ n.i i* > 
i hit. r- »ir R- vu.< 

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Run..H A \\ Lxon 
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(Continued 



Llllle J. Faulkner 
BtTTE, MONT. 
Pantngrs 

(14-17) 

(Sair.o bill plays 

A n.i (»>iida lit, 
Mi.»si)ula l'i) 

"A't Dlff-rinf 
T..-i :ii^;.)ii Sruii Ii ft L 
1'.\h I'.i 1 1 •■ wars 
yv ■■-■ ..ii i{niTi»>ys 
\ k : t 1 .yon* 
H .v »: Adair 
.Mi,-- R' •"» 

SEATTLE 

Pa nt ages 

i - . .-d; H W.-Ml 
» >i> !.i Iioid .1 City 4 
Ri>:. ind .■;• (linen 
M--|. d!'»i A- S 

(•jiie to n:i) 
on p.ige 2S) 



VARIETY 



, January 13, 1988 1 



SPORTS 



Basketball tennis representing tht 
X<oew and Keith offices will clash 
Ifor a series of games, the first ©o- 
{sarrlng Friday night, Jan. 27. at the 
armory. Sixty-eighth street and 
Broadway. It was selected as a neu- 
tral court, one of the conditions of 
the agreement. Another calls for a 
aeries of three games, the winner 
Df two to be the victor, while an- 
other condition agreement is that 
two arbitrators, already chosen, are 
to settle controversies that may arise 
between the teams. Each side is to 
submit Its list of players to the ar- 
bitrators and managers two w eks 
before the Initial game, when their 
eligibility will be passed upon. To 
be eligible, each player must be a 
bona fide member of the team and 
la theatricals, the means taken to 
bar ringers. 

No admission will be charged and 
admittance will be by invitation 
Only. The succeeding game or games 
■rill bo held on successive Friday 
Bights, 



ated for roaming w.cmn«'.<y.^o.mrades 
under machine gun Are. 



the commission. If Albany will 
stand for it we may soon hear Jos 
Humphries announcing, •In this 
corner Corporal Jack Brit ton; over 
there Private Benny Leonard," ac- 
cording to Fullerton. 



With the New York State basket- 
ball league about to go on the pro- 
Terblal rocks ^following several 
months of play, up-State men have 
•topped to the front and suggested 
a reorganisation of the circuit to 
keep the sport alive in the cities 
Where it formerly held sway during 
the winter period. Lou Stolz of 
6ohenectady, who acts as president, 
secretary and treasurer of the 
league, and the various managers 
have accepted the plan outlined, 
with the reorganization to take 
place at a special meeting Sunday 
afternoon in the Mohawk hotel, 
Bohenectady. 

According to the plans, Captain 
George 8. Dutton of the State 
Troopers will act as the "Landts of 
basketball." Captain Dutton will be 
appointed commissioner, ana the 
move should prove popular, as the 
league managers have already 
agreed to have him look after the 
Interests of the circuit He will 
serve without salary. The reorgani- 
sation for the second half race will 
probably see the Albany club, twice 
ia pennant winner, back in the fold. 



Jabes "White, Albany's contender 
Cor the bantamweight championship, 
bas cancelled his proposed trip to 
London with Johnny Puff. The 
Albany youth had several offers for 
matches in England and France 
during the trip, but has decided to 
remain here and light his way Into 
a titular match with Duff. White 
Is scheduled to meet Carl Tremnlnc 
In Windsor, Can., Jan. IS, and has 
matches pending with Terry Mc- 
Hugh Danny Kramer and Jack 
Sharkey, whom he dofoated in a 
decision bout at the (I anion in 
October. 



N. T. State Senator James J. 
Walker, father of the present boxing 
law, would be named "high commis- 
sioner" of basketball, if plans spon- 
sored by officials of the Eastern 
Basketball league are carried out 
The league officials have been for 
some time endeayorlng to unravel a 
number ef snarls in the organisa- 
tion's affairs. Though the circuit 
has prospered to some extent this 
season, especially since the admis- 
sion of the New York Celtics to 
membership, there have been quite 
a few "jams." Accordingly, Presi- 
dent Fury of the Celtics, at a league 
meeting last week, suggested that 
the name of Senator Walker be con- 
sidered as a possible "high commis- 
sioner," who would do much the 
same for basketball as Judge Lan- 
dis does for baseball. Action on the 
matter was deferred for a week. 



William D. Scoville, fifty-nine 
years of age. widely known as a 
promoter of wrestling and other 
sports, died at his home in Kansas 
City New Year's day. He had been 
in poor health for several years, but 
had only been confined to his home 
for a few weeks. Mr. Scoville was 
head of the National Athletic club, 
of Kansas City, and before Jack 
Curley's entrance into New York, 
handled practically all of the 
championship matches, having pro- 
moted many of the events In which 
the late Frank Gotch defended his 
title. In addition he found time to 
manage the Idle Hour theatre, a 
prominent film house in Kansas 
City. 



The Eastern League, at the an- 
nual meeting handed Dan O'Neill, 
Its president and secretary, a 
Christmas present in the form of 
a raise. In salary from $4,000 to 
$€.000. The league will make a de- 
mand upon the railroads for spe- 
cial concessions during the coming 
season, and If they ^re not granted 
all the clubs will travel by automo- 
bile. Over $80,000 was paid to the 
railroads In fares last year. Among 
those who attended the meeting 
were "Wild Bill" Donovan, new 
manager of the New Haven team, 



and "Stteat" John . Hummel, new 
boss of the Springfield club. Both 
men are former big league stars. 



Barney 0edran and Marty Frled- 

stars in the country, have been 
signed by the Mohawk club of the 
New York State league. 



Colgate will have three new foot- 
ball coaches next year. E. C. Hunt- 
ington, Jr., head coach; Bart C. Car- 
roll, line coach, and Tom T. Sulli- 
van, end coach, will not return. 



been placed' on exhibition at 
New York Publfo Library thiJi? 
the courtesy of Mrs. Elisabeth 
Spalding, who has turned over 
collection to the library in m 
of her husband. The data, 
c<jiu>UIm ot 2,000 objects, has i 
catalogued with the present sho 
lng being the first given here j 
the public. 



The collection of early data con- 
cerning American baseball assem- 
bled by the late Albert O. Spald- 
ing, which qgntatns photographs, 
score books and written records, has 



WITH THE MUSIC MEN 



Eugene West has connected with 
Charles K. Harris us professional 
manager. 



The Bert Grant Muoic Publishing 
Co. has taken New York City 
offices. 



Walter Donaldson has signed with 
Feist. 



Ruth Propp, of the Harry Von 
Tilzer professional staff, is home 
recovering from an operation. 



Harry Von Tilzer has bought 
"High Crown Blues" from Jack 
Yellen and Milton Agcr. 



Jess Willard, ex-heavywelght 
champion, sold his Kansas ranch, 
consisting of 55 acres of property 
and his home to Sherwin F. Kelly 
at a price said to be $37,000. 



Stern. Marks & Hammond have 
written a "picture song" around the 
Foolish Wives" film. 



usually an advance of from $2,000 
up. The publishers have In mind 
other days, when from $25 to $100 
might buy all the writers rights to 
a song. 1 or. if royalty, one cent, and 
no advance. 



Dan Dougherty has connected 
with the Goodman & Rose profes- 
sional staff. 



Although Edward G. Nelson, 
Harry Tobias and Fred Mayo con- 
sulted H. S. Hechtaeimer some weeks 
ago with a view towards bringing 
proceedings against the A. J. Stasny 
Music Co. because of unsatisfied 
royalty claims, no such action was 
commenced. Instead the music pub- 
lisher settled with Mr. Nelson and 
Buddy Cooper, another songsmith, 
both of whom had previously begun 
civil actions against Stasny to re- 
cover back royalties on their songs. 
Mr. Hc:hhcimcr, acting for Nelson 
and Cooper, arranged the settle- 
ments. 



A body of leading sporting men 
have taken title to the Dyckman 
Oval property, . near; the Dyckman 
street subway station, and have 
Issued plans f «. . the erection of an 
amphitheatre to be known as the 
Carnival Sporting Palace, according 
to Sol Davis, ono of the most in- 
terested of the group, It will be 
so constructed to handle boxing, 
'.atlng and all branches of col- 
legiate athletic events with the 
completion expected about March 
4, 1922. The oval has been used for 
the past five years by semi-pro 
baseball team under the tutelage of 
Jeff Tesreau, former pitcher' of the 
Giants. 



Edgar Leslie and Grant Clarke 
have signed to write for Stark & 
Cowan. 

Lew Brown is back in the Broad- 
way Music Co. offices after several 
weeks' illness from pneumonia. 



"Dinny Danny." originally pub- 
lished by Alma Sanders and Monte 
Carlo, has been taken over by Fred 
Fisher, Inc. 



The Broadway Music Corporation 
has finally taken possession of its 
new quarters on the ttfth and sixth 
floors of the Robertson-Cole build- | Wagner, 
lng. 



The Sunshine MusIc_Co. (Harms, 
Incorporated) this week took over 
"I Never Had a Mammy" from the 
B. D. Nice Co. while the song was 
yet In manuscript. Lee David, who 
wrote the number, happened to men* 
tion the title to B. D. De Syiva, who 
collaborated with Al Jolson on some 
of the "Bombo" songs, as a result of 
which Jolson has incorporated the 
number in his routine. 



The Walter Donaldson $75,600 suit 
against Irving Berlin, Inc.. for ac 
crued royalties of "My Mammy,' 



Tired of Me,"* "Sahara Rose" and 
other compositions, has been for- 
mally discontinued by an order 
signed by Supreme Court Justice 
the litigants' differences 
I having been privately adjusted 



Joe Moore, of Now York, inter- 
bational ice skating champion, met 
with some hard luck in the New 
Tork State championships held at 
Endlcott, near BInghamton, Sunday 
afternoon when, with 80 pclnts to 
his credit, a foul In the, final event 
of the day cost him first place. 
Moore 'cut in" on Paul Forsman, 
of the Tremont Rink Club, and was 
disqualified. Charles Jewtraw. of 
Lake Placid, national amateur 
champion, walked off with first 
honors with a total of 90 points. 
Moore finished second, Forsman 
third, Leslie Boyd, of Lake Placid, 
fourth, and Bolby II oar n, William 
Murphy, Valentine Biallias and Don 
Robinson all tied for fifth. Moore 
and Jewtraw, meeting for the first 
time this season, monopolized honors 
with the Lake Placid flash/living up 
to his reputation by leading home 
the field in the 220, 440 and half- 
mile events. Moore took first place 
In the mile and three-mile events, 
and finished second In the half-mile 
contest. The latter race was the 
closest of the day, only Inches 
separating Jewtraw and Moore at 
the finish. 



"Amby" McConnell. former big 
lcr.gue infielder, has signed as 
player-manager of the Ludington 
team in the Michigan State league 
for next season. McConnell has 
been piloting minor league teams in 
the east the past two or throe years. 
He broke into baseball from the 
Belolt College nine in Wisconsin. 



A ball Is bcinff promoted for Ser- 
geant Mike Donaldson, war hero 
and well-known Broadway charac- 
ter, by Johnno Reilly and Mike's 
friends. The affair will be staged 
at Manhattan Casino, at 155th street 
and 6th avenue. Jack Dcmpscy, 
heavyweight champ, has promised to 
lead the grand march. An enter- 
tainment with a flock of headlincrs 
expected to appear will precede it. 

Donaldson was a member of 
"The Fighting 69th" and wasaward- 
ed the Distinguished Service Cross, 
Croix De CJuerre and Belgium War 
Cross for unusual bravery and hero- 
ism. He captured a' whole German 
machine gurrft-ew single hahdod on 
occasion,' and was later decor- 



Edward McAvoy, alleged head of 
the "Louisiana Lottery'* and "Cana- 
dian Lottery," and John J. Pappalau 
and Alfred M. Hull, alleged agents, 
were Indicted by the Federal grand 
Jury at Utica, N. Y., on the charge 
of being lottery swindlers. All 
three men are out on ball pending 
trial of their cases. Pappalau was a 
well known pitcher in the minor 
leagues a few years ago. 



Joe Macey has connected with the 
Jack Snyder Music Co. professional 
staff. He was last with the Broad- 
way Music Corporation. 



William Colllgan is the newest ad- 
dition to the Keniick professional 
stafT. 



Irwin Dash, last week with Fred 
Fisher and more recently in the 
wholesale shirt business, returned 
to the music business when this 
week. Joning the Itc'mlck & Co. staff. 



Ballard Macdonald. songwriter, 
recovered judgment for $264.41 last 
week against Johnny Dooley for 
services rendered writing the 
comedian special material. 



Following the word from Albany 
that the armories were to be thrown 
open fur the promotion of boxing 
bouts between professionals, comes 
the ruling of the Athletic Board, 
which is the Boxing Commission, 
that no more licenses will be issued 
by that body. This blocks Messrs. 
Curley, Gibson, Coffroth and Buck- 
ley, the anti-Iticknrd combination, 
that were ready to promote big 
bouts In opposition to the Madison 
Square Garden, at one of the local 
armories. It also shows how strong 
Rlckard stands with the local com- 
mlsh, which even overrules the Gov- 
ernor on the subject. Hughie Ful- 
lerton, sporting editor of the New 
York "Mail," in an article on the 
subject, says that the squabble 
sounds the death knell for boxing 
in New York State. The other New 
York sporting writers passed up the 
Itickard angle almost entirely, which 
may be a tip-off on how Rickard 
"stands" in the local papers. Da- 
mon Uunyan is another exception. 
Runyan has been calling a spade 
by its proper name in his sport 
editorials in the New .York "Amer- 
ican." Despite the ruling it is believed 
that the board can be outgeneraled 
by the rule that armories can con- 
duct bouts 'between National 
Guardsmen without a license from 



Max Prlval, songwriter and ex- 
muslc publisher, has gone into the 
retail music business on his own ac- 
count. George Edwards, formerly 
an executive for several music firms, 
is associated with him. 



About the same time, a suit begun by 
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. against Mr. 
Donaldson and Edgar Leslie was 
also discontinued. The action was 
to recover an advance royalty on a 
song authored by the defendants, 
this claim being unique and without 
precedent. The matter was adjusted 
without reaching trial. 



Will Vodery, the colored arranger 
and composer, has been appointed 
bandmaster of the 15th Regiment, 
New York National Guard, to suc- 
ceed the late James Reese Europe. 
With the appointment goes a sec- 
ond lieutenancy commission. 



The American Society of Com- 
posers, Authors and Publishers will 
declare its last quarterly rovaltv 
dividend for 1921. About $35,00*0 
will be divided among the writer 
and publisher members of the 
society, or an increase of about $10,- 
000 over the preceding quarter. This 
last dividend includes new license 
fees as well as unpaid balances long 
due from big picture house circuits 
which, because of the poor summer 
seapon. delayed ity tax payments un- 
til now. 



The Joe Raymond Music Co. is 
the name under which the Kovats ec 
Reginelll Publishing Co. are doing 
business under now. The new com- 
pany has been capitalized at $10.- 
000, and has established oHlccs in 
Chicago. The officers are: Joe C. 
Kovats, president; Raymond Regi- 
nelll, vice-president, and Buddy Wil- 
son, formerly with the Music Pub- 
t labors' Exchange, general manager, 
jco P. Anzi. formerly of the Os- 
borne Serenaders (vaudcville>>will 
be in charge of the sales and pro- 
fessional departments. 

Edna CJlads'onc* hrxn connected 
with the Jack Mills professional 
staff. 



The M. P. P. A. Is encountering 
considerable difficulty with a large 
number of newly-formed record - 
making companies, several of which 
have proved to be fly-by-nlght prop- 
ositions. Considering the fact that 
anyone with $150 can go into the 
record-making business, the associa- 
tion has instructed the various rec- 
ording companies that they should 
safeguard themselves by ascertain- 
ing whether license has been granted 
to any individual or firm for that 
purpose. Heretofore the publisher 
granted recording license to any in- 
dividual demanding it, figuring that 
the more record makes In the field 
the greater the gross royalties at the 
rate of 2 cents per record. How- 
ever, this fallacy has been disproved 
with the number of recent bank- 
ruptcies and receivers, the publish- 
ers finding that not only have they 
not received royalty income, but 
that the sale of these small disks 
have hurt the standard product in 
popular favor. 



A persistent rumor last week to 
the effect Irving Berlin was slated 
to nail Saturday f\.r Europe reached 
the writer's ears this week. He does 
not know how the rumor started, 
although his five days' absence from 
"The Music Box'* cast because of 
illness may have had something to 
do with it. Berlin rejoined the show 
last "Wednesday. 



Publishers are saying song- 
writers' demands r.re growing more 
Irritating. Writers, r <rfcy v say, flow 
ask for four cents royalty, an equal 
split on all mechanical returns and 



The music publishers Inaugurated 
a new idea recently for the me- 
chanical companies, marking n re- 
lease date on their compositions, no 
that all phonograph and roll com- 
panies issue the number simulta- 
neously. This was done primarily 
for the purpose of eliminating the 
serious evil of late whereby the 
smaller record and roll firms made 
recordings of a certain number, oft- 
times as many as three months be- 
fore the larger and more substan- 
tial companies did. All this tended 
to take the wind out of the sales of 
the big firms, the lesser companies 
proving that not only do they dim- 
age their bigger competitors 'to that 
extent, but find themselves not 
financially able of paying royalties 
for the privilege, many being "fly- 
by-nlght" concerns at best. This 
fixing of a "elease clato on a popular 
song by a publisher will also tend 
to pitch the mechanical display' at a 
time when the song has been gauged 
to reach its height of popularity. 



urougfc 
►eth <; 
rer uJj 

id 



In the report just Issued by 
boxing commission it is shown , 
the' receipts of ^tae fight dubs* 
Boston during the year 1921 
$$02,310.2$, and that 287.047 pen 
attended the bouts held here, 
one time there were 10 clubs 
nlng in this city, when boxing 
was legalised. One by one t 
have dropped by the wayside us 
now there are three clubs runali 
There ia no regular schedule car* 
rled out by the clubs, although tt» 
Armory does try to run a shot 
every week. 



BILLS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from page 27) 



VANCOUVER. D.C. 



Swan a Swan 
El Cota 
Kin* * Irwin 
I<arry Reilly Co 
Dunbar A Turner 
(One to All) 

TACOMA 

Paatagea 

Tumbling Demons 
Ty belle Sisters 
Hall A Francis 
Harry Umour Co 
Chic Supreme 
(One to AID 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Paatages 

Smith's Animals 
Craig a Cato 
Pantheon Singers 
Benserv A Baird 
Lunatic Bakers 
Sa rupee I a L'hurdt 

Travel 

(Open week) 
Class Manning a C 
Hayden G'win & R 
Danc'g Humphreys 
Al Field. 
Dr Pauling 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Fmntoges 

(Sunday opening) 
Pedarlck Ac Devere 
Olasgow Maids 
F a T Hayden 
Ishakawa Bros 
Harry Lamore 
Mrs Roy Gardner 

OAKLAND. CAL. 

Paatagea 

(Sunday opening) 
La Toy's Models 
Violet Carlson 
Melodle* A Steps 
, "Night Boat" 
Poster A Ray 
Six Tops 

LOS ANGELES 
Paatagea 

Jack Tralnor Co 
H Van Fossen 
Johnny Small Co 
W A O Ahearn 
M A M Humphrey 
Noodles Fagln 

SAN DIEOO 

Paatasea 

Jack Dempsey 
Lagana 
Chuck Rlsner 
Terminal Four 



Broadway Rev .1 
P Conchas Jr Ca, 

L'O BEACH, CM* 

Hoyt 

Three A less 
Bernard A Ferrii 
Paisley Noon Ce ' 
Lee Morse 
Arlsona Joe Ce 
Byal A Early 

SALT LAKE 

Pantages 

Mile Paula 
Rollaad A Ray 
Scheftel's Rev 
Neil McKiiiley 
House David Bsai 
Creole Fashion Rtr 

OODEN. I TAB 

Pantages | 

(19-21) 
Lareto 

Cuba Quartet 
Harry Antrim 
"Yes. My Dear" 
Dardwell Mayo A B 

DENVER 



Jones Sylvester 
Oenevleve May Ce 
"Dixieland" 
(Othera to All) 

KANSAS Cm 



Chas Gerard Ce 
Chung 11 wa Fear 
Carl Roainl Cs 
(Two to fill) 

ST. LOOTS 

EHipveM 
Humb«»rto Bros 
Juanita Hansen 
Ann 8ut*r 
Kennedy A RooMf 
Brasillan Heiress 
(One to nil) 

MEMPHIS 

Paatagc* 

Rekoma 

O'Hara * Neeley 
Jerome North 
Little Caruso 
Coleman A Ray •> 
Walton A Brandt 
Kane Morey A M 

CINCINNATI ' 

Pantages 

"Sawing a Womir 

A l Bhayne 

Chody Dot A U ; 

Jenkins 

S Kanazaka Rrat 



SHUBEBT CIBCtflT 



CLEVELAND 

Ohio 

(Sunday opening) 
Alios Lloyd 
Hanneford Family 
Clcoollni 
Kajlyama 
Chas Howard 
The Glorias 
Sailor Reilly 
Roods A Francis 
4 Paldrens 

PHILADELPHIA 

Chestnut St. 
Nat Nazarro Jr Co 



Nonetto 
Bob Nelson 
Milton Hayes 
(Others to nil) 

PITTSBURG* 

* Daqas— 



Whirl New Tor* 
Nancy Glbbs 
Kyra 

Bard A Pearl 
Pur eel la Bros 
Roy Cummtng ■ 
Billy Shaw 
(Two to BID 



INTERSTATE CIRCUIT 



DALLAS, TEX. 

Majestic 

Frank Wilson 
Mack A Maybelle 
ftdw'd Esmonds Co 
The Volunteers 
nrnnson A Baldwin 
Kdlth Clifford 
Wm Brack Co 

FT. WORTH. TEK. 

Majestic 

Throe Rcgals 
Follls Sisters 
Sarah I'atMon Cn 
Carson A- Willard 
The Canstnos 
Claudia Coleman 
Lady Alice's l'ets 

G'LVESTON, TLX. 

Majestir 

(16-H) 
(S.-tm^ bill i»'nj\«i 

Austin 1 •»-'_' 1 ) 
Tluifhcs Duo 
T:i\ie 

Harry ,?• Whii;.'d*«» 
"'Jr'nWch Villu "iV 
W;in7.or A l\il:,i.r 

.'llll <'ull«Ml 

H< Kofi Dane ■■:■■* 

HOI'STO.N. TKX. 
Majewtlc 

Tyl r *• St CUir 
.T«'Hii JtarrloH 
Scanlon Dennos A S 
To*to< i • 

Wilbur Mack Co 
Cella Weston Co 
Four Lamys 



LITTLE BOCK 

Majestic 

Marie Dorr 
Hugh Herbert 0» 
Alexander A Field* 
Julian Eltinge 
Lo Grohtf 

2d half 
Roht Reilly Ce 
Sully A Thomas 
(Three to AID 

OKLAHOMA CfTf 
Majestic 

(Tulsa split) 

1st half _ 
Kenny Mason • i S 
Taylor Howard* 1 

Roberts & ^'* r *, 
T.oedom & GaroW 
Tracey Palmer m * 

8 AN ANTOSIt 

Mojewtlc 
Hugh Odorinell » 
Connolly & TrsneSJ 
Norton * Ni'-h'IsH 
l.ady T"-n M*" 7 " 
Sullv & H iur:htm 
D.-tvi I s.-h..il-«r C9 
Tuny & <". «rtf« 

Tl I.SA. OKLAi 

MHJeniir 

(0»I.i. Ci'y «P ,i0 
1st lnl f . m 

McCrath * D"eM 
Pllsa By a-- Co 
Zelaya 

■ A B r,u r.vl 
Wilfred pi!--"' 



Friday, January 13, 1922 









V A R ET Y 






29 



a-a: 



COLUMBIA DIRECTORS UNITED 



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seco* 



(Continued from page 11) 

d to the flret class end In com- 
Za ttKH ♦«« Columbia. w _ 
'"within the past ten days Herk If 

I to have stated ha might leave 

American circuit to formulate 

tor circuit that, while it would he 

burlesque of tne toeat brand » would 

h»ve a nusical comedy title for uni- 

Lai use discarding the name of 

artesque. Beyond that Herk would 

ia ke no statement other than to 

B y he thought It as much work to 

elnvigorate tho American as It 

*ould be to build up a new chain. 

t the money essential for the lat- 

r Herk said, was available. 

The inside stuff In burlesque 

ings Into it the name of L. Law- 

nce Weber, now a minority stock - 

jlder of the Columbia Amusement 

o. (holding about 75 shares of it3 

tock). Several years ago when the 

olumbia was in its infancy Weber 

He floated sev- 



words, what he has to say, goes, as 
directing manager representing the 
board of director* 'ho are behind 

him t*> * c-u^j* •■■»» 

Drop •pleaal't Grans) 
The Columbia managerial crowd 
la now reported upon a more cordial 
and closely associated basis than 
they have been at any time within 
the past year. The open shop move- 
ment last summer stirred up feeling 
of one kind or another, and the 
troubles following that, together 
with the stand taken by the Amer- 
ican through Herk, further aggra- 
vated the situation, relieved by the 
Jan. 5 meeting that seemed to be 
accepted by all of the Columbia men 
as denoting peace had arrived In 
full flight and at the proper time. 
At the same time the Grand, Hart- 
ford, Conn., owned by Spiegel, was 
dropped from the wheel. 

There is some speculation at pres- 
ent as to who may succeed Herk, 
•if he carries out his intention to 
abdicate from the American. No 



was its treasurer, 

cral of the new theatres of the Co- 
umbla wheel, including the Colum- 

iT on Broadway. After Weber left one seems aware whether Herk will 
Se Columbia, a controversy arose I Positively follow that cour £ e. al- 
^tweon The Columbia people and thou * h Variety's information con 
Jimself, leaving a bitter feeling. In 
the meeting of the Columbia direc- 
tors last Thursday, it is said, the re- 
flex of that feeling may be found in 
the action of the directors in regard 
to Scribner. 

The story is that when Herk con- 
eluded to break away from the Co- 
lumbia affiliation he interested his 
business partner, R. K. Hynlcka, 
also Max Spiegel, and that Spiegel 
approached Weber. Weber, accord- 
ing to the account, was agreeable to 
again delving into burlesque, but not 
the American. Tho Weber idea was 
to reorganize the Columbia circuit. 
To this end he Is said to have talked 
with Hynlcka, who is an influential 
member of the Columbia's direc- 
torate, also its present treasurer and 
a large stockholder (though not a 
ghowman in a business way). Weber 
in likewise said to have talked to 
Herk. These talks, together with 
conferences with Spiegel, brought 
about the Intention of swinging 
enough Columbia directors to bring 
about the resignations of Scribner. 
Charles Waldron of Boston and Wil- 
liam 8. Campbell, all Columbia men 
and looked upon as of the Scribner 
faction, or force their elimination 
from the circuit. 

Mack and Herk 
The plan was reported to have 
been to have J. Herbert Mack, In 

! that event, combine the office of 

I general manager with that of his 

f current office as president of the 

i Columbia, and have Herk made 
Mack's assistant. That was the 
line-up proposed for Herk when he, 

I with Scribner, earlier in the season 

I had discussed a scheme to place the 

I Columbia and American wheels 
under one operating head In addi- 
tion to Herk In the Columbia's ex- 

I ecutive staff, Spiegel was to join the 

I staff, also Ed. Beattie, a producer 

| on the American wheel. 

Weber figured out that if he could 

I induce Mack to Join with himself 

I end Hynlcka, Weber could influence 
Jules Hurtig on their side and on 

[ thia frame control the Jolumbia's 

I board. Weber is thought to have 

[ believed he could "handle" Hynlcka, 
who left for the Coast. Shortly after 
Weber is reported to have had a 
conference with Mack. Mack is said 

j not to have committed himself, but 
Weber, believing Mack and Hynlcka 

i would stand together on any prop- 

| ositlon, placed Mack on his credit 

! eide, at the same time wiring Hy- 

| nlcka on the Coast to return to New 
York for the meeting last Thursday. 
Meanwhile the Weber story had 
circulated among the burlesquo 
managers with a common feeling 
seemingly prevailing when hearing 
the Weber connection, besides the 
'activities of Herk in securing other 
houses for the American while los- 
ing theatres removed from the 
American circuit through the Co- 
lumbia, influence, that, if Weber 
were trying to again associate him- 
self with Columbia burlesque there 
would be a solid front against that 
Man. 

Such a solid front presented itself 
•t the Jan. 5 meeting of the Colum- 
bia board. Shortly before that 
meeting, it lv said Weber, Spiegel 
and Herk discovered their plan had 
failed. The sense of the meeting 
was that, to bring to the attention 
°f the show business exactly how 
the Columbia felt, full power should 
be giv c . n to Scribner In all direc- 
tions. i n t h e following statement 
ef the meeting sent out by the Co- 
lumbia ofnees this paragraph oc- 
curs: "Mr. Scribner will have com- 
plete control of the houses and the 
sho Wa (Columbia) and will -as here- 
from hnvi»,fvpai nord in tho mnn- 

I 



• * . 



cerning the inside stuff of the tangle 
came from a man supposed to oe 
close to Weber and Herk. Nor does 
it appear to be known whether, if 
Herk leaves, the American will 
again revert to the domination of 
the Columbia, or gain or lose any 
of the theatres that have been 
shifted about through the events of 
the past couple of months. 

The Columbia's official statement 
of the board's meeting reads: 

Sam A. Scribner, general man- 
ager of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment company, continues su- 
preme in the affairs of burlesque, 
as far as the Columbia Amuse- 
ment company is concerned. This 
was confirmed at the regular 
meeting of the board of directors 
last Thursday, held in the offices 
of the company, at which every 
member of that body was pres- 
ent. And all stor.'es as to dis- 
sension among Columbia officials 
were given a quietus. 

Mr. Scribner will have complete 
control of the houses and the 
shows, and will, as heretofore, 
have final word in the manage- 
ment of the circuit. In other 
words, what he has to say goes as 
directing manager representing 
the board of directors, who are 
behind him to a man. 

One of the first things he did 
was to cancel the contract the 
circuit had at the Grand theatre, 
Hartford. This house closed as a 
Columbia Amusement company 
house last Saturday night with 
James E. Cooper's 'Hello 1922." 
The Berchel, Des Moines, will 
close this week with the Frank 
Finney Revue. Both of these 
towns will be filled later. 

The management of the Ly- 
ceum, Columbus, wants to dis- 
continue giving the shows a guar- 
antee. The owners took the mat- 
ter, up with Mr. Scribner, who 
told them they would have to do 
business direct with the show 
management, and the shows could 
do as they pleased about playing 
there; they could make their 
own arrangements, as the Colum- 
bia Amusement company would 
not book the house under any 
other arrangement than the one 
they now have with the house. 

Mr. Scribner has started out to 
Inject new life into the house 
managers of the circuit. He wants 
them to get out and hustle for the 
business. If it is found that it Is 
necessary to start a campaign of 
billing they must go after it. lit 
fact, the officials of the circuit, 
as well as Scribner, think that a 
number of the managers on the 
circuit are beginning to "lay 
down" Just because the business 
is not as good as heretofore. If 
they don't begin to show some- 
thing, it is said, very soon, there 
may be a lot of managers looking 
for Jobs. r ;' 

Tho following letter has be^n 
sent to tho local managers over 
the circuit: 

In regard to the business in 
your city I shall export you 
hereafter to be more arf?re8Hlve 
and get out and flglu for your 
share of the business. I am not 
finding fault with you, but bur- 
lesque is in a class all by itself, 
which probably you realize by 
now, and you must keep up an 
agprcssivc fight all the time. 

Keep your theatre in the pub- 
lic eye and see that it is well 
and properly billed. I don't 
think I would depend entirely 
on my advertising aj?ont, but I 
would oversee this branch of 
tho business myself, as it N 
very important, and you should 
be in close toucli with it at all 
times. An houi or two In tho 
morning devoted to your billing 
brigade is time miphty wed 
spent, and will in all probability 
get you better results. 
The franchise holders of the 
poor shows on tho circuit have 
received final notice that unless 
their shows are made satisfactory 
to the Censor Committee within 
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tho Columbia Amusement com- 
pany has reserves under its fran- 
chise agreement. 

Since the start of the current sea- 
son tho following houses have 
dropped from the American wheel: 
Haymarket, Chicago; Avenue, De- 
troit; Academy, Pittsburgh; Oayety, 

dropped out last week, tho American 
refusing to permit "Ting-a-Llng" 
to play because of the refusal of 
"Puss Puss" to play Long Branch. 
The Empress, Cincinnati, is also 
scheduled to leave the American 
circuit Jan. 23, the house having 
been purchased by a local picture 
exhibitor. The Gayety, Baltimore, 
leaves the same week. 

The Haymarket, Chicago, and 
Avenue, .Detroit, credited with hav- 
ing been "pulled out" of the Ameri- 
can by Irons & Clamage, have not 
been replaced. Neither has the 
Academy, Pittsburgh, which left be- 
cause of bad business, and the Gay- 
ety, St. Paul, also credited with 
leaving for the same reason. The 
Bijou, Philadelphia, has not been 
replaced yet. This house was "pulled 
out" by the American itself. 

In Baltimore the American will 
replace the Gayety with the Play- 
house. The American has acquired 
the Orpheum, Montreal, and Grand 
opera house, Toronto, since the sea- 
son started, having had no house in 
either city before. 

The American also lost several 
one-nlghters, but these have been 
replaced as soon as leaving. 

In shows the American has lost 
"Puss Puss." "Cabaret Girls" (clos- 
ing Saturday) and "All Jazz Revue" 
(closed early in the season). Harry 
Hastings' "Harum Scarum" and 
W. S. Campbell's "Whirl of Girls" 
both close within a week or so. It 
is understood Jacobs & Jermcn con- 
template closing their American 
wheel show shortly. 



and birds, the girl's ocrnet solos and 
Henshaw's yodling got over. The 
nifties didn't goal anybody. Hen- 
shaw has the personality, but he 
picks all the lines that all the other 
pickers pick, and some are off key 
and the rest are apple sauce. It's a 
rattling good vaudeville act. because 
Hens haw's sp ecialties are s kilful. 
taV' fc*iTPpT8 y VUFSTTy"" SreirSmT Tfiey 
both look good. Less talk or bettor 






were also haled Into court. The 
court ordered a view of the original 
live ballet production to bo given, 
with music, at a theatre. The gen- 
eral public was excluded from the 
room but reporters and representa- 
tives from children's welfare organ- 
izations were admitted. 



JoKnT 'jvendrick" JuarigsT who*1asf~' 

#.iir »k A ...u , i* *.--„--- i week wai reported to be in a critical 

talk, though, are requisite before condition at the Atlantic City Hoa- 
these young folks get the most for.pital, is slowly recovering and has 
selling themselves. * - 

From a logo seat In the front of 
the State balcony a vaudeville fan 
can smoke and have a crowded three 
hours in comfort, even In luxury. 
Those loge seats are the percentage 
at the State. They are placed just 
at the best show-seeing angles, and 
they are certainly do luxe chairs. 

Lait. 

NE\^S Oil THE DAILIES 

(Continued from page 18) 

denied. The commissioner was up- 
held in his powers to close a the- 
atre. 



showed a marked improvement for 
the past several days. 

The presentation of "Thank You" 
at the Longacre, New York, by stu- 
dents attending New York Univer- 
sity marks the first time in New 
York a collegiate dramatic society 
has attempted to interpret a strictly 
professional play in the same the- 
atre in which it is running. The 
comedy was selected because of its 
theme having to do with the under- 
paid humanitarian professions which 
the endowment fund being raised 
by the university aims to correct 
for the teaching staff of the univer- 
sity. John Golden, producer of the 
play, fyrnished a professional coach 
for the occasion in P. E. McCoy, 
general stage director, as well as 
granting the use of the manuscript 
to the students. Golden is .the 
founder of the original New York 
• Dramatic Society, which produced, 
' its first play under his direction 



Dr. R. Talt McKenzie, head of tho 
physical instruction department of 
the University of Pennsylvania, who 
caused some consternation amongst 
the fair sex by receiving press space 
on his lecture which declared all 
women to be knock-kneed, was i 

made the subject of a "scoop" bv lls ? r8l , fl p " n " 

a Philadelphia press agent. P The I ',* ™ J*™ a £°; J^-^J 
publicity gatherer pounced on the mft K J 2 1 iX 

Doc's statement as a means for *® D ' B * 
gaining space in the local papers 
by taking a quartet of chorus girls 
from his show up to McKenzle's 
office and showing him wherein he 
was wrong In at least four cases. 






NEW SHOWS 

(Continued from page 25) 

a bonanza. Without a deadline 
name, and with what played like a 
typical Loew bill, every seat was 
full by 9 o'clock, when the last show 
rang in. 

The cMfeer, "Holiday in Dixie- 
land," was apparently the top fea- 
ture. It is a darkey act, with 11 
people. The holiday Intended was 
probably fourth of July, because the 
act ran largely to noise. The col- 
ored performers' idea of a great 
finale, with everybody going to it 
somehow, got it over heavily. The 
start was not so efficacious, con- 
siderable time being shot away in 
needless and aimless wind-Jamming. 
After the performers got to their 
specialties they pulled Into high, and 
for that style of work made the 
grade. There is a superfluity of 
strutting and entering and exits, 
and a broad overplus of Lenox Ave- 
nue Barnumism. But it is Innocent 
enough, and, perhaps, forgivable, 
for the performers in the main are 
skilled and versatile, the hoofing is 
spectacular, and the hubbub is ter- 
rific. 

It wasn't the only noisy act. The 
No. 3 effusion, carded as Morley 
and Chesleigh, Introduced a pair of 
girls with brassband pipes. The 
comedienne sings louder than Fay 
Courtney and is as true as a flre- 
gong. What the girl could do as a 
big time single will yet be discov- 
ered, for she will get a try at It. 
She might be a sensation if directed 
with vision. The Palace bookers 
should listen to her. They can do 
that without leaving their offices, 
for the State is only a block away. 
The other girl is almost as audible, 
but she Is shrill and penetrating 
where the plump bimbo Is melodi- 
ous and voluminous. The act failed 
to murder the audience only because 
of impossible material all the way 
in talk, Ideas and song selections. 
On natural talents, especially as to 
the calliope comic, it commanded at- 
tention, though. 

The turn that pulled ahead of the 
bltl came No. 2, when Al Carpe, a 
likeable chap, who Trovatos a vio- 
lin, whizzed through a routine worth 
the same or even a later spot in the 
best houses. Carpe fingers a fiddle 
with anybody and teases blues such 
as haven't been heard since RInaldo 
came, conquered and vanished. He 
gets a heap of body out of an ordi- 
nary violin and abuses it but never 
tortures it. Ho .works without run- 
ning on and off or begging bows, 
though he does take returns at the 
end with bow outstretched in one 
hand and the violin in the other. 
On the whole, however, he isn't raw, 
and If he were he could be that ad- 
mired and pestilential thing, the 
vaudeville show-stopper. 

Valentine and Bell opened, a sweet 
bike trick act, with an uncanny 
rider who mounts all the stage props 
and cycles them off, assisted by a 
shapely and diffident doll who leaps 
from a baby trampoline to a shoul- 
der perch several times whllo Val- 
entine rocks precarious on tall uni- 
cyclcs. It got strong appreciation, 
and should. Martha Hamilton and 
Co. played a familiar sketch, played 
it broadly and well enough. Who- 
ever said the State couldn't play 
sketches had a bad dream. 

Bobby Henshaw and a petite girl 
made strenuous efforts to be classy. 
vcrsTtile tnd wise. « After all, the 



Mrs. Izetta Brown, widow of Con- 
gressman W. G. Brown, and who 
was Izetta Jewel, has announced she 
will enter politics. Her desfre is to 
represent the Second Congressional 
District of West Virginia. As Izetta 
Jewel before her marriage she ap- 
peared with Otis Skinner in "The 
Honor of the Family" and as the 
heroine in "Your Humble Servant." 
She was also at one time leading 
lady in the Poli Stock Co. in Wash- 
ington, D. C. Upon her husband's 
death she inherited a fortune of 
$3,500,000. 



Nake*l dancing went trial In 

the Criminal Court of Berlin Jan. 
10 when Celly de Rheydt and her 
ballet of live young girls were hailed 
into court to witness the showing 
of the films depicting the dances 
which caused tha objection. When 
the case was called five 'Judges were 
on^Jfce bench* while eight lawyers, 
for the defense, were placed in front 
of the accused. The picture pho- 
tographers and also camera men 
who made "stills' 'of the dances 



Elaborate plans are being under- 
taken for the Actors' Fund benefit 
to be held at the Century, New 
York, Friday afternoon, Jan. 20. 
Daniel Frohman, president of the 
Fund, will adhere to his previous 
policy of offering especially written 
pTaylets, which include a skit com- 
prising 20 of New York's society 
maidens. Those who are down to 
appear in the playlets as well as 
by themselves and in pairs and 
trios are A. E. Matthewes, Wilton 
Lackeye, Charlotte Walker, May 
Vokes, Hamilton Rcvolle, George 
Nash, Frederick Perry, Edmund 
Lowe, Harrison Hunter, Edward 
Mills, Harry Mestayer, Frnak Mor- 
gan, Theftsa Conover, H. Cooper 
Cliffe, Florence Eldridge, Mme. 
Petrova, H. B. Warner, William 
Faversham, Vincent Serrano, Grant 
Mitchell, Frank Sheridan, Ina Claire, 
Robert Warwick, Maclyn Arbuckle, 
Al Jolson, Will Rogers, Oscar Shaw, 
Louise Groody, Harlan Dixon, Peggy 
Kurton, Franks Crumlt, John Steel, 
and Joseph Cawthorn, Julia Sander- 
son and Donald Brian will resume 
their Joint appearance, doing the 
number, "Donald and Julia and 
Joe." The stage direction will be 
handled by Alexander Leftwich. 
Louis Silvers will direct the orches- 
tra. 



INSIDE LEGIT 



(Continued from page 19) 

coming over here, to accomplish the same purpose, would have to Join 
Equity, though atill an affiliated member whether they Joined or not. 



As soon as a show scores a hit in New York there follows in Its wake 
a series of yarns about the managers who turned it down. Now that 
"Captain Applejack" has "clicked," it Is reported that Charles Dilling- 
ham turned It down — that Sam H. Harris only produced it at the earnest 
pleading of Wallace Eddinger, and that George Cohan cabled Harris to 
forfeit his deposit, as he did not believe the show would get over in 
America. Eddinger is said to have a 25 per cent interest In the 
production. 



In the Sam H. Harris production of "Mary," Julian Mitchell Is said to 
hold an interest. 



The story of tho Duncan Sisters and their appearance at the home of 
Mrs. Ncely Vanderbilt in London for a private entertainment, during 
which the girls met the Prince of Wales and the King of Spain, as pub- 
lished in two installments in the Sunday Magazine of the New York 
"American," has given the Duncans, who are with "Tip Top," a great deaf 
of publicity. Publicity is all the girls got out of the story. The "Ameri- 
can" Magazine dug it from outside sources, It is said, and the Duncan 
Sisters verified It. Mrs. Vanderbilt is reported to have been displeased at 
the story and made a vain attempt to have the second installment sup- 
pressed. 



The gross receipts of the half dozen or so companies of '"The Bat" now 
out under the management of Wagenhals & Kemper totaled Christmas 
week $108,000, with a profit of over $25,000. 



A production manager of popular-priced shows lately stated the 
gross business now being done by his shows equals that u£ before the 
war (1914), but that expense of operating had so far Increased over 
those days, loss was almost inevitable, excepting in exceptional re- 
turns. A vaudeville manager when informed of the producer's state- 
ment said the same thing applied to his theatre. With the vaudeville 
theatre, however, there was an advanced scale of admission to account 
for the comparison, while tho producer claimed his shows were still 
holding to their prc-wa. prices. 

There seemed a little better tone to the vaudeville business around 
New York this week. It started with the Monday matlnco at the 
Palace, and at the same time the Columbia (burlesque) had its best 
Monday matinee of the season thus far, barring holidays on Monday. The 
vaudeville .sign was more readily accepted than the business of legitimate 
theatres, owing to the Auto Show in New York this week, helping the 
legit houses. This is the first clear week without a holiday since Xmas. 



The much legally and otherwise discussed "Dcml-Virgln" at the 
Eltinge, New York, may tell more by a personal visit than hearsay. A 
glance at tho night audience there reveals it is almost wholly "stag." 
The percentage of women in fspnt is about one to twenty-five men. Prob- 
ably there has been no attraction in recent years to so solely interest th« 
men since the notorious days of burlesque. If tho men are attracted bj 
the "strip poker" scene, they must feel foolish after seeing It. Other 
i than screaming by the girls participating, the /scene amounts to even 
less than an ordinary undress number in a,njf musical production, , 





















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Friday, January 18, 193 



The 1922 "NEW ERA" Song 





By JOS. SANITY and JOHN W. BRATTON 

a Sure-fire applause winner for every act, everywhere 



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CHORUS 



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HELLO PROSPERITY, HELLO PROSPERITY, 

HARD TIMES COME AOAIN NO MORE. 

CLOUDS MAY SEEM GRAY— PUSH THEM AWAY, 

AND LET THE SUN SHINE BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE. 

FOR WE'VE LED ALL NATIONS, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN BORN, 

SO THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER AND QO BUY A HORN. 

JUST SMILE AND QET THAT HAPPY FEELING; 

BUZZ AROUND JUST LIKE A BEE, 

AND BOOST MORNING NOON AND NIGHT; 

SHOUT OUT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT, 

HELLO PROSPERITY, HELLO PROSPERITY. 

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CORRESPONDENCE 

The cities under Correspondence in Ihis issue of Variety are 



as follows, and on pages: 

BALTIMORE 30 

BOSTON - 32 

BUFFALO 32 

CLEVELAND 39 

DETROIT 37 

DULUTH 37 

INDIANAPOLI8 37 

KANSAS CITY 34 

MONTREAL 31 



NEW ORLEANS 33 

PHILADELPHIA 40 

PITTSBURGH 40 

PORTLAND, ORE 39 

ROCHE8TER 32 

SALT LAKE CITY 30 

SYRACUSE 37 

TORONTO' •.. 31 

WASHINGTON 35 



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FORD'S.— "The National 
them," with L.aurette Taylor 

LYCEUM. -"Irish 
Walter Scanlan. 

AUDITORIUM. — 
with Pi'Kgy Wood. 

GAKDKN. — Simon 
Co.; Little Lord Roberts; Philbriek 
and Dcvop; Crafts and Healy; 
Ossie and Jussle; Jack Holt in "The 
Call of the North" film. 

LOEWS HIPPODROME. — Fred 
and Al Smith; Manning and Hull; 



Eyes, 
"Marjolane," 
Meyers and 



Hovard Matell and Co.; Chic and 
Tiny Harvey; Dan Caslar and the 
Beasly Twins; Prisrilla Dean in 
"Conflict." mm feature. 

PALACE!.— "Al Iteeves' Beauty 
Show" (burlesque). 

O A YET Y.— 'Girls from Joy land" 
(burlesque). 

CENTURY.— "The Last Pay- 
ment," pictures. 

NEW.— "Over the Hill," pictures. 

PARKWAY.— "The Speed Girl," 
pictures. 

RIVOLI.— "All for a Woman," 
pictures. 



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STRAND.— "A Trip to Paradise," 
pictures. 

BOULEVARD.— "The Little Min- 
ister," pictures. 

MARYLAND (Keith Vaudeville).— 
Mrs. Sidney Drew and Co., the "our 
Mortons and Trlxie Frlganza split 
the lights position, the applause hit 
going to Bryan and Broderick in 
their snappy dance offering. Trixie 
gathers the only real laughs of the 
bill. Mra> Drew's sketch, "Predes- 
tination," is an ordinary domestic 
playlet and she is worthy of a better 
vehicle. Others on the bill are 
Burns and Freda and Peggy Car- 
hart. Santiago Trio open and Cast- 
ing Mellos close. 



ACADEMY (Shubert Vaudeville). 
— This is a bill of repeaters and 
business is suffering in consequence. 
"In Argentina" and Johnny Dooley 
are the featured ones. The former 
played here a short while ago, as 
did Lucy Glllett and Griff, while 
Orth and Codee were seen at one 
of the pop houses a short while 
back. Johnny Dooley id also some- 
what of a repeater, having tried out 
his show here and during the sum- 
mer played an extended engagement 
in one of tie packs. The bill for 
all that Is pleasing and included in 
addition to the above named, Kranz 
and White, Leach Wallin Trio, and 
the Gaudsmlths. 



SALT LAKE CITY " 

—The Salt Lake theatre, where all 
big legitimate shows are staged, 
went dark Jan. 7 with the close of a 
three day's run of Victor Herbert's 
"Angel Face," starring John E. 
Young, Marguerite Zender and Nora 

Kelly, to remain so until Feb. 16. 
when Ethel Barrymore comes. This 
is the longest period of non-activity 
in the history of the local theatre, 
according to Manager George Pyper. 
However, excellent bookings have 
been made for February, March. 
April and May. bookings which have 
not been equalled for shining lights 
for some years locally. These in- 



clude Chauncey Olcott In "Ragged 
Robin," the "DeCourville Revue," 
"Irene," "Greenwich Village Follies," 
Walter Hampden. David Warfleld in 
"The Return of Peter Grimm/ Leo 
Ditrichstein, Charlotte Greenwood 
and John Drew and Mrs. Leslie Car- 
ter in "The Circle." 



While the audience that did hear 
them was overly warm, business the 
past week at the Salt Lake was not 
what it should have been for Fan- 
chon and Marco's "Sun-Kist" and 
Victor Herbert's "Angel Face."' 

Wlllard Mack, playwright and ac- 
tor, who has worked as leading man 
for the stock company at the Wilkes 
theatre In Salt Lake City the past 
six weeks, closed Saturday night, 



Jan. 7, with his own production, 
"The Big Chance." He expects to 
go to Los Angeles immediately to 
start rehearsals on "The Scarlet Pa- 
trol," his latest drama. Mr. Made 
wirt— be replaced at the Wilkes by 
Robert Cralk, who has gained son* 
reputation In stock. Miss Iva Shop- 
ard, the leading woman, will con* 
tinue In her roles. 



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ONE OF THE WORLD WONDERS 

MAN-KIN 

B. F. Keith's Colonial, New York, This Week (Jan. •) 
B. F. Keith's Royal, New York, Next Week (Jan. 16) 



Direction ALF. T. WILTON 



ED 



H. BART McHUGH 



BLANCHE 




a«d KLAISS 



NEXT WEEK (JAN. 16)— B. F. KEITH'S RIVERSIDE, NEW YORK— AND NEXT WEEK 



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rrWay, January 13, 1922 



TyETY— Sam Howe's Show. 

t week, "Follies of the Day." 

oew'8.— Five Musical Buds, Lane 
Freeman, Chapman and Ring, 
5c Symonds, Ed Oingras and Co. 
r'APlTOL — Capitol Opera Corn- 
Feature. "Quo Vadis." 

S'pERIAL— Zilia Simpson, solo- 
A Jean Thomson, Scottish dancer; 
Jture picture, "The Bonnie Brier 

jjjj__ Stephanoff and Stella, 
Grayce Brewer's Jazz 
Feature, 
p Iron." 



MONTREAL 

By JOHN M. GARDINER 

MAJESTY'S^— Marie Lohr 

London company in varied re- 

rtoire, two weeks, commencing 

•RiNCESS— John Steel. Pressler 
& Klaiss, Frank A. Burt, Walter C. 
Siv Mason and Cole, Amaranth 
Ijterf and Co, Mme. Merle and Co., 

^TpHEUM— Harum 



Scarum 



Charles Ray In 



hind the Mask," the attraction 
Jying His Majesty's during the 
Jc of Jan. 2, has Montreal's rec- 
0op to Its credit. The show was 
rtised as an expose of the Ku 
Klan tribe, but the critics, fol- 
ng the opening, panned the life 
of the show and referred to It as 
rate" cheap "mellerdrammer." 
show starved to death. 

Fiddes, moving picture man- 
has announced that his house, 
Holman, will hereafter be known 
he System. The policy is cheaper 
es and four changes of program 
♦kly 

bireen, the psychological mys- 
efcr, playing at the Princess, is 
€ ting some good publicity at the 
it ids o£ the house manager, Abbie 
wflght. Abble, accompanied by 
een, her manager, a represen- 
ve from Marinelli's Agency and 
a dozen press agents, toured 
newspaper offices yesterday, 
re Shlreen put on a little indi- 
ual act and hypnotized the news- 
ermen into some special front 
■ stuff in the Saturday editions. 



Berg, publicity man with the Co- 
lumbia people, is in town boosting 
lard for the Follies of the Town." 
planted some good stuff and 
went so far as to get a pulpit 
ch for one of the fair damsels, 
o told a perfectly respectable 
thodist congregation just what 
lesque meant in their young 



George Lefevbre, an actor, appear - 
Iff in one of the local small time 
houRes, committed suicide here in 
U« apartment by hanging himself 
tlth his braces In the bathroom, 
isfevbro had been down and out for 
»me time and couldn't stand the 
tfrain. He was doing a monologue 
act in French and English. 

The Independent Amusement Co. 
to opening its sixth theatre, the 
Plaza, next week. 



: 



Jascha Helfetz, violinist, played to 
pacity houses during his Montreal 
gagement at the St Denis. 



The Clarldge, a local cabaret, is in 

rouble. The revenue officers swoop - 

down on the place during the 

J ew , Y ear celebration. The case 

Bi being appealed, with all Montreal 

on and boosting for 



the 



TORONTO 

touf» I ' NCESS ~" Two LlttIe GIrla ln 

ROYAL ALEXANDRA — Jimmy 
gussey and Century Theatre Revue. 

1921* FIeld8 in " Sna P shota <* 

fcS^-P OPE RA HOUSE— Rem- 
ston film, "out of the Dust" fsec- 
fnd week). 

UPTOWN THEATRE — Claser 
SoJae" " Th ° Ll0n and the 

wS??^' 8 — High-class vaudeville, 
•n? Harry Holmes, Florrie La Vere 
*nd other acts. 

HIPPODROME — Marie Sparrow 
S. «? ur £ ther vaudeville acta. Feat- 

pf l%F* arl Wh,tG in "Any Wife." 
ot L ANTA pES— The Crom wells and 

w?nf.. ?w,d , evl,,e act8 « Feature film, 
S •• n iir«m e8m ? nd ,n "Fighting 
in L,« WI1 ! lam Desmond appearing 
turT conjunction with pic- 

oCvlr . T , Ick ' TQck Revue" and 
Shei 7 audevn e acts. Film feature, 

toPwT;. ,n " Exlt the Vamp." 
HaS X?r WWTER GARDEN- 
Sunfi.J l0kf0r<1 ,n " LIttl ° Lord 

4£d [ ht T ^ Mu8lcal fc8tIv *» con- 
The t Tm Cr « at °re. Feature film, 
Jmnson le MinIster '" with Betty 

ttw%e- fCatUre ' " Why 

.iSWSfha? ' featUr *' " ThG 
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VARIETY 




31 



A little late, but my best wishes to everyone 



IRVING BERUN 



The past week was only a fair 
business veek for local theatres, the 
only show having anything like a 
uniform attendance being the 
"LightnhV " company featuring Mil- 
ton Nobles, at the Princess. Shu- 
bert vaudeville, featuring Jean Be- 
dlni's "Chuckles of 1921," did not 
do nearly so well as other vaudeville 
bills, the patrons of this house not 
yet getting used to changes of pol- 
icy. The last week at the Gayety 
drew fair houses to Sam Howe's 
show, a really good burlesque. 
Hockey matches crimp this class of 
show on Saturday nights. George 
Arllss in "Disraeli" (film) packed all 
houses showing it. 

The Shuberts are after the vaude- 
ville business, as they are advertis- 



ing heavily in the press, using car- 
toons of acts by the page. They are 
also using this form of advertising 
in window display cards. Jimmy 
Hussey's personal following here 
helped out the opening. The show 
is billed as Shubert Winter Garden 
Vaudeville Holiday Festival. 



The Barney Gerard "Follies of the 
Day" company opened to capacity 
at the new Empire Theatre Jan. 9- 
Promlnent citizens who attended the 
opening were surprised at the class 
of burlesque show and no doubt will 
attend other shows later on. The 
house had been remodeled by the 
former occupants at a cost of $70,- 
000, and the Columbia Amusement 
Co. spent an additional $20,000 to 
rectify slight mistakes and make 



alterations to such an extent that 
the theatre has been beautified 
throughout and has had the advan- 
tage of bringing the audience and 
performers closer in touch. Inasmuch 
as the floor has been raised and new 
seats installed that do away with 
those ln orchestra seats having to 
look up at the stage, as they are on 
a level with It. In remodeling, too, 
ladles' washrooms have been in- 
stalled, and hereafter thero will be 
no smoking allowed In the orchestra 
seats or boxes, which will be a dis- 
tinct advantage to patrons and per- 
formers alike. The Empire, situated 
as it Jg tnd with good shows and 
good mara^ment ought to popu- 
larize burlpsque. Singularly enough 
(he first show to play the house is 
managed by Fred Bussey, erstwhile 



manager of the Gayety here, just 
closed. 





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The Glaser Players had a great 
opening at Loew's Uptown Theatre, 
as the Rotarlans here bought the 
entire house. This) house has the 
largest floor seating capacity in To- 
ronto. 



Lewis J. Selznlck, picture pro- 
ducer, is visiting Toronto on a tour 
of Inspection. Karl W. Klrchwey, 
his attorney, accompanies him on 
his trip. Mr. Selznlck in an inter- 
view stated that the motion picture 
business is overproduced. 



Monday night openings xvora very 
good, vith "Two Littlo Girls in 
Blue" about the best, as the Fair- 
banks Twins are idolized In this city 
and always draw heavily. The New 
Empiro packed them In to the "Fol- 
lies of the Day," and Shubert 
vaudeville had good matinee. 




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Friday, January 13, 



ITS AN INSTANTANEOUS SUCCESS 
Another Al Jolson song hit in Bombo . 







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BOSTON 

By LEN LIBBEY 

Keith's 

After a couple of week* when 
business was at capacity the Indi- 
cations at the Monday matinee at 
this house were that the patronage 
had resumed the normal trend that 
has characterised it this season. 
The inclination has been toward 
light business the first part of the 
week with a good break at the close. 
But the past two weeks the box 
office receipts have shown quite a 
jump and capacity business ruled at 
IS shows last week, everything 
being sold out long before the cur- 
tain went up. 

The bill this week Is quite differ- 
ent from the one of last week. Then 
the strong play was on women's 
names and acts as a drawing card, 
but this week there is but one 
woman featured on the bill, and 
with the exception of two others 
who take minor parts she holds 
down the female end of the pro- 
gram. The current bill is also 
itrong- on music, with some dancing 
sprinkled through and with a strong 
comedy vein running throughout. 

The Chandon Trio open the bill, 
&nd as these two women and a man 
travel along with their trapeze work 
the Indications are that they could 
easily hold a better place on the 
bill if the program could stand a 
rearrangement. They got a good 




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Classes row forming and Mr. Shawn 
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Special emphasis is being placed 
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hand, especially with their closing 
number, which is well staged and 
has a few thrills that are unusual. 

In next position is Pietro with 
his accordion. Under ordinary con- 
ditions this act would have a tend- 
ency to be tiresome, but the way 
Pietro put it over made it register 
quite a hit at the matinee. He has 
chosen his numbers well, mixing 
classical and popular numbers, and 
puts them over quickly, without any 
loss of time to gain some pet effect 
As a result he took several bows 
and could have taken more encores. 

Charlie Ahearn's act was startling 
from the start. There was nothing 
in the billing to indicate that a 
tramp comedian was going to trot 
out such a pretentious act as he did. 
His comedy and the comedy of those 
with him Is well within the lines of 
propriety and got over well. At 
the matinee the girl dancer wore 
very little clothing with a plentiful 
display of bare flesh of the legs and 
abdomen. Undoubtedly after this 
matinee it was changed, for it can- 
not be held that her number was a 
classical dance offering, because of 
the comedy injected, and that is the 
only kind of an offering that will 
be permitted the bare leg privilege 
in this city under the present censor 
rules. 

D. D. H. was a riot from the start. 
He got the houso without giving 
them a chance to become set after 
the Ahearn turn, but it needed 
somebody like D. D. H. to hold them, 
for they had been pretty well fed 
up on comedy, and that Is what his 
monolog consists of. He ran to 
continuous laughter for 17 minutes 
and in going off still had them call- 
ing for more. 

Ella Retford was on next, and as 
a singing comedienne and imper- 
sonator she registered. She uses 
four songs and didn't clog up the 
works, but bounding off stage for 
a costume change, having regulated 
her act so that she can make what 
few changes are necessary on the 
I stage. Her choice of songs is good 
and her two imitations scored 
heavily. 

Lewis and Dcdy couldn't afford to 
let down a minute, considering the 
high spot they occupied. If they 
did they would have flopped for the 
house by this tmie had got quite 
used to good stuff. Their act is 
somewhat along the lines of the 
Gallagher and Shean act, which was 
such a hit at this house a few weeks 
back, and has the same power to 
compel encores through the use of 
a patter song. True, the boys took 
a couple of encores that they might 
have gone without, and perhaps 
later in the week they will prefer 
to close their act when it is going 
big instead of hanging on until there 
are signs of a let-down. Perhaps 
at the Monday matinee they wanted 
to assure themselves and others fhat 
they were able to cope with their 
good position. 

Karyl Norman, "The Creole 
Fashion Plate," had the headline 
position In next to closing. His dis- 
play of gowns is a lavish one, bound 
to attract and please the women, 
and his range of voice that allows 
him to sing popular songs instead 
of numbers written especially for 
him helps out considerably. 

Harry Watson and Co. close the 

show. He is using his same comedy 

1 numbers with as good effect as ver. 



CHIC - TINY HARVEY 



IN A SURPRISE FEATURING 



LIDA GARDNER 



The show did not run late, and 
probably this saved him from a 
walkout because there are some 
filling in places in his act that would 
work against him holding a house. 

Majestic (8hubert) 

He was a Keith clocker, and as 
he stood in the lobby of the Majes- 
tic Mouday night he soliloquized to 
a newspaper man thusly: "Six of 
the nine acts have played Boston in 
the last 15 weeks; two of the acts 
are offensively blue, the orchestra 
was off, the bill was laid out rotten 
and ran ragged, the big novelty act 
flopped, and yet it was good vaude- 
ville with a $1 top, and the house 
loved it!" 

All of which was top-o'-the-deck 
truth and very little of the poetical. 
It was the second week in succes- 
sion that out oTTa nine-act bill, six 
were repeats, something not nor- 
mally welcomed in a vaudeville 
house that has been open 15 weeks 
and has plugged the subscription 
seat sale to the limit. The orches- 
tra, which had emerged from the 
depths for nearly two months, got 
in over its head several times. 

"Blue" stuff stood out boldly, with 
City Censor Casey two blocks away 
trying to And out what was racially 
offensive in "The Wandering Jew" 
after reading a newspaper article in 
a daily not used by the Hollis Street 
theatre as an advertising medium. 
Emily DarreH exhumed the ice -Ash- 
ing burlesque veteran about sprink- 
ling peas around a hole in the ice 
and "when the Ash come up to take 
a little — er — green vegetable," etc. 
The male contingent guffawed so 
heartily she added to her asides, 
"Guess I'll tell it right tomorrow if 
it goes as good as that." 

Milton Hayes preached on raising 
large families, "even if you have to 
call on your friends for aid," and 
also used another veteran about the 
old man with a young wife being in 
the position of the man who couldn't 
read and who bought a book, only 
to have his friends read it. 

Just why the Rlgoletto Brothers 
were given third spot instead of well 
up in the bill is a question, al- 
though the Keith clocker insisted it 
was been use they had not played 
the house more than once in 15 
weeks and it was feared that they 
might not be remembered distinctly. 
He had another theory that it was 
necessary in order to bill Milton 
Hayes directly ahead of Clark and 
Arcaro, thus enabling the audience 
to compare two types of English 
comedy. 

The second half of the bill went 
across with a wham, Miss Darrell 
knocking the house cold despite the 
fact that her professional nifties 
were lost to the bush league. Non- 
ette followed and is the type e*f 
repeat that apparently gains 
strength. She held the house as r*> 
violinist thus far on the Shubeit 
time has been able to do in Boston. 
Neatly costumed, a good singing 
voice, and an inoffensive pianist. 
she furnished most of the class to 
the bill. 

George M. Rosener also scored 
heavily, despite a premature repeat 
in bookings. Lipinaki's Dogs closed 
to the heaviest walk-out of the sea- 
son, due in part to the lateness of 
the show and in part to the fart 
that the act was part of the ill- 
fated Shubert Indoor Circus which 
tried it out during the holiday week 
at the Shubert's Boston opera 
houue. The Donald Sisters opened, 
followed by Mossman and Vance, 
both repeats. 

Hayes, to the great surprise of 
the Shubert gang, was a Aop, hav^j 
ing been reported strong at the 
Winter Garden and being given 
lobby displays in the other Boston 
Shubert houses. Billed as "The 



King's Jester," his patter was filled 
with reminiscent junk that indi- 
cated he had been listening to fel- 
low professionals' advice as to 
"sure-fire stuff to use in the States." 
He lost himself entirely in an Irish 
dialect poem, sinking in its midst, 
stopping the orchestra, and finally 
in desperation called for the chorus. 
His only poem was "The Whitest 
Man I Know," which did not make 
a dent in the house and elicited no 
evidences of interest in hearing his 
other numbers, all of which were 
played up on the program as bait. 
His nervousness was excusable, as 
was his listening to too many ad- 
visers in a flying visit to a strange 
country. He seemed enough of a 
showman to realize his -llstake, and 
In the week or two more he plans to 
remain over here it is probable that 
he will whip his own single into line 
and And his own place in the big 
time, where he undoubtedly belongs. 

BUFFALO 

By 8IDNEY BURTON. 

BAJESTIC— Elsie Janls and Her 
Gang. Bang-up show sailing along 
to neat business. "Two Little Girls 
in Blue" following, 

SHUBERT TECK— Lew Fields 
Vaudeville Unit. Second Shubert 
vaudeville week in Buffalo. Doing 
well, largely because of novelty. 
Nora Bayes next. 

PICTURE THEATRES — Cri- 
terion, "Over the Hill" (third 
week); Hipp, Elmwood and North 
Park, "The Iron Trail': Strand, 
"Man's home"; Palace, "Theodora"; 
Loews. "Any Wife"; Olympic. 
"Grand Larceny." 



Unit advertised as the "New Ye 
Winter Garden Holiday Festh 

Motion picture thieves are 
active in Buffalo, preying on di 
ery trucks near Aim exel 
Five reels were stolen this m% 
and several a week ago from 
American Express truck, 
police believe that another 
lzed ring is working hereabouts 



ROCHESTER * 

By L. B. 8KEFFINQT0N. 
LYCEUM— •Xlghtnin'." 
TEMPLE— Vaudeville. 

FAY'S — La Follette and company 
Levey Trio, Adroit Bros., 
Le Clair and company. 
Brooks. Carter and Buddie, 
Man from Lost River," Aim feati 

GAYETY— "Cuddle Up. rt 
ARCADE — Kinsey Stock 
pany in "St. Elmo." 

FAMILY— Family stock in 1 
cal comedy. ' 

PICTURES— "Over the 
Star (third week) ; "The Little Min*| 
ister," Regent. 



The Rathbun and Pepper Muti 
cal Comedy Company will open 
indefinite engagement at the Ft 
next week. 



Strong bills and heavy business 
at picture houses outstanding fea- 
ture of week. "Over the Hill" in 
third week at Criterion to overflow; 
biggest business house has seen in 
months. Second run of "Way Down 
East" turned in capacity at Hipp, 
North Park and Elmwood flrst of 
week. "Theodora" opened strong at 
Palace, though hampered in pre- 
sentation by size of house. "Faunt- 
leroy" (Strand) ended two-week 
run to fair business. 



Rae Samuels, headliner at the| 
Temple, and her pianist. Mis* 
Walker, entertained the members 
the Press Club to the number 
more than a hundred on Wednei 
night. 



Pop and big-time vaudeville still 
sending 'em in for consistent gates. 

Rex Beach is appearing In person 
at Shea's Hipp this week In con- 
nection with his feature, "The Iron 
Trail." 



In legit, "Irene" proved real sen- 
sation at Teck, going to sell-out re- 
peatedly, though in its third visit 
here. Any show that can survive 
that deserves success. "Welcome 
Stranger" fell short, apparently 
having limited appeal here. 

Shubert vaudeville has the Fields 



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"THE YOUNG TURK 

The Show of Laughs and Novelties 



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VARIETY 



43 



j NEW ORLEANS 

By 0, M. 6AMUEL 
TUJ-AN^-r-Marcus Show. 
V SHUBERT ST, CHARLES— Wal- 
er Hampden in repertoire. 
LAFAYETTE— Pictures. 

.STRAND— "Get Rich Quick Wal- 
fcford" (film). 
\ LYRIC— Clarence Eennett's Col- 
Carnival. 







ence Bennett, manager of the 

c, was elected president of the 

tre Owners' Booking Associa- 

when the proprietors of colored 

tres throughout the country met 

tj convention at Chattanooga the 

t>aer day. 

[O'Shaugnessy, formerly connected 
nth the dramatic department of the 
Jpr York World, is here exploiting 
M» more pretentious of Fox fea- 
tures. 



Wolf Hopper appears at the 
klane next week in "Erminie." He 




WHY BE BALD 

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•nd Gentlemen a Natural Lux- 
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IA totally nrw invention lias broiiflit un- 
Nd hopt and cm. fort to tho**. who are 
"K>»y or partially HALO. PLASTIC Is act 

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Is being presented by George fTyler 
and William Farnum. ''Greenwich 
Village Follies of 1920," Shubert -St 
Charles. 



The Louisiana played to Its first 
profitable week of the season last 
week. "Sawing a Woman in Half" 
turned the trick. 



The Lafayette has not created a 
stir with its picture policy at re- 
duced prices. It appears the loca- 
tion of the theatre still remains its 
worst detraction. 



It looks like a busy injunction sea- 
son for Horace Goldin if the illus- 
ionist proceeds in trying to stop all 
the people who are "sawing women 
in half" in various parts of these 
United States. It is only the pre- 
sumption of a natural outcome that 
shortly they will start "sawing 
men." 

However, and none the less. Hor- 
ace is to the fore this week with 
orders to the Orpheum's local attor- 
ney to restrain Mystic Earle, who 
is "sawing" at the Louisiana, from 
continuance in point of "human dis- 
integration." Goldin will have a 
trif)e more "injuncting" here than 
he approximated, for another saw 
will be propelled at Loew's the last 
half by the Great Kermiss, and 
there are others in the offing. 

Goldin's activity here can be at- 
tributed to the fact one of his own 
"sawing" acts, with Servius Le Roy 
featured, headlines the pretentious 
anniversary bill at the Orpheum next 
week. Mystic Earle and the Great 
Kermiss will have taken the edge 
off the novelty by the time Goldin's 
arrives. The Louisiana is making 
capital of the fact it was the first 
to show the "sawing" stuff here 
with its advertising. 



Loew's filled earlier than usual 
for the first performance Sunday, 
the Tom Mix picture attracting sev- 
eral hundred boys who seemed to 
be all over the theatre. Mix hae be- 
come the screen idol of the young- 
sters. The vaudeville section had 
Fred La Heine occupying the prom- 
inent position, the electric fallow 
closing the show. 

Wilbur and Girlie, opening, were 
received warmly. The club Jug- 
gling, much the best part, did not 
please as much as easier but showy 
stuff. 

Morton Bros, b^gan well with har- 
monica playing but lost something 
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would have more speed with the 
paper stuff to begin and the mouth 
organs to close. .Willing and Jor- 
dan begot but moderate attention. 
The first song holds ▼«ry little. The 
following number about a amntry 
l&ss was the peak. The two num- 
Ws after that are ultra familiar 
now. The man needs a modern 
evening suit and essential trappings 
to keep pace with the handsome 
frocks worn by the girl. 

Jimmy Lyons provoked uproarious 
laughter with matter and method 
after the late Cliff Gordon. Several 
of Cliff's former sallies strike with 
the force of other days. Lyons of- 
fered a few of his own that cannot 
be denied. Lyons with his person- 
ality and knowledge values might 
land somewhere by cutting out an 
original path for himself. 

Fred La Heine was In a soft spot 
and had his plants well oiled. The 
electrical jazz Is old stuff now, but 
La Reine Injected enough comedy 
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The usual throngs were at the 
Palace Tuesday evening to witness 
the poorest show of the season. The 
bill was frowned upon, as it well 
deserved to be, many wondering 
how and why some of the acts were 
booked. 

kay and Lorene Sterling, imma- 
ture skaters, were first to take the 
count. Lynne and Lorayne ran 
along In leaden manner, causing 
many to doze with those remaining 
awake showing impatience. The 
agent for this one should have his 
bust placed in Westminster Abbey. 
"Rice Pudding," the feature, proved 
apple sauce, just four precocious 
youngsters who seem to have been 
wished on the show business with 
no noticeable reason . for being on 
the stage. A pianist made It harder 
for the moo, .who about this time 
were nearly exhausted. 

Coogan and Casey did something 
when taps was about to be sound- 
ed for the program. The chatter 
was easy to listen to for a while, 
but when they exhumed a few like 
prunes being raisins with inflam- 
matory rheumatism, the skids were 
placed in position for them also. 

Kramer and Zarrell could not 
hold them at the end through the 
slow set method of Sam Kraemer, 
who retarded Zarrell, a lithe athlete 
of the modern type. 






ORPHEUM — Intimate vaudeville 
this week, with several of the earlier 
acts expatiating as to their personal 
leanings. Concluding was a revue 
concocted by George McCay; In 
which members of the various turns 
did their utmost to please. McCay 
helped out, the juggling Nelsons 
dominating the performance and 
proving a life -saver. The show 
needed one. 

Les Kellers, with an appealing 
introduction that should be main- 
tained throughout, were especially 
liked. The man received due recog- 
nition for his bally-hoo, while MJsa 
Kelller grew in affection as the act 
proceeded. 

Carleton and Ballew just man- 
aged to slip through. The opening 
numbers held little meat and could 
be replaced. A jazz dance to con- 
clude awakened them. 

Higgins und Braun were dis- 
countenanced roundly. In their 
opening ditty the girls aver they 
might be better and they might be 
worse, which tells everything. They 
perished smilingly. 

Neal Abel was compelled to work 
hard to provoke such applause as 
was bestowed. The latter part of 
his routine is much the best, and In 
not landing the first three minutes 
it takes the following six to recoup. 
Two or three bell -ringing wheezes 
would have paved the way for Abel. 

McKay and Ardlne were all over 
the place hitting them fore and aft 
and swiping the show with some- 
thing to spare. McKay proved one 
of the surest of the sure-fires, get- 
ting away with murder and making 
them like It. He is the original 
"it's-the-way-you-do-it" guy. 

Corbctt and Van had no easy task, 
although getting a healthy recep- 
tion upon appearance. Eventually, 
though, the pair extracted their just 
need when spilling wise comedy, 
sending forth smart matter when 
recognizing it was demanded. They 
laughed loudest when Van remarked 
he was a splinter hunter for a bare- 
foot dancer. 

Juggling Nelsons were not In their 
best form Monday evening, muffing 
several feats through npparent 
nervousness. They seemed espe- 
cially anxious to please and did that 
easily when becoming more com- 
posed. 

McKay's hokum revue at the end 
did murh to lift the general impres- 
sion. The ero\01 remained seated to 
tlr-» final curtain, displaying interest 
and enthusiasm. 

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They had us — we had nothing, which tl}ey knew and showed 
us by their treatment. 



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Like many /other artists, wc did not appreciate until now 
what a wonderful thing 

MR. E. F. ALBEE 



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did for the artist when he spent so much money and energy in 
getting the artist the "Play or Pay" contract. Knowing this, 
we foolishly went and signed a Shnbert contract which we 
know now was a foolish move. 



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THE DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACTS 



The B. F. Keith Play or Pay contract is like money in the 
bank. 

The Shubert contract — we played 11 weeks and had to get a 
lawyer. 

We signed a Shubert 20-week contract to be played in 24 
weeks; we played 11 weeks, laid off 4. While we were at 
Pittsburgh on our 11th week, we were informed we laid off 
the following week. We called up the Shubert office and 
asked them where we went following our lay-off; we were 
informed in m :t probabilities somewhere around New York; 
so we told them we would come in. When we came in. we 
laid off two weeks instead of one. Meanwhile we filled in 
three days in Jersey City. We were then informed on Friday 
of the second lay-off week that we were to go to Chicago. I 
reminded them that I had made one jump from Chicago to 
the 44th Street, New York, and asked them where I Would 
play after I went to Chicago, and they told me they did'.not 
know. Then I was informed that they had learned that I had 
played three days in Jersey City (where they have no, house) 
and that my contract was broken. 

You know what it says at the railroad crossings : 






Yours in plenty trouble, 



DAVE VINE 



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P. S.— Don't forget that we are not (he only aiticte that are in the 
.same predicament, which again proves "BARNUM' WAS RIGHTS 
But th^y are not going to get away with it, as we have tet&Jneck 
FREDERICK E. GOLDSMITH a« our lawyer. He has already 
started suit against the SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT Xor 
BREACH OF CONTRACT. 



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Friday, January 13, 



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offer "A TETE-A-TETE IN SONGS" 

This Week (Jan. 9)— B. F. Keith's Colonial, New York 
Returning to Proctor's Fifth Ave. Theatre for third time within four months by popular request 

Direction HARRY WEBER 



BBOADWAY STOEY 

(Continued from page 15) 
th« de Courvllle management of 
"Pina and Needlca" and the Shu- 
berts. 

Sam H. Harris again has four at- 
tractions on the list. His latest of- 
fering, "Captain Applejack," appears 
to have connected for a hit Charles 
Dillingham will also have a quartet 
of shows, with the arrival of Elsie 
Janis next week. 

The holiday flock of entrants ap- 
pear to have returned' no real win- 
ners outside of "Applejack" and 
"The Dover Road." which Is pulling 
smartly at the Bijou. "Drifting" is 
a potential money getter, however. 
"Up in the Clouds" started to fairly 
good business at the Lyric and may 
land. 

This week started off with a The- 
atre Guild production, "He Who 
Gets Slapped," a tragic adaptation 
from the Russian. It was given fa- 
vorable reviews. "The Blue Kit- 
ten," a musical piece that has 
aroused interest, postponed its pre- 
miere until Friday. 

Special showings of feature pic- 
tures again take an important place 
in the going. Grimth's "Orphans of 
the Storm" ("Two Orphans") is 
playing to big business at the 
Apollo, but not capacity. Universal 
opened "Foolish Wives' 'at the Cen- 
tral Wednesday, while Fox is ready 
with another special. All three films 
are carded for a $2 top admission. 

Twenty-six buys, the top mark of 



Mtt OIBLE SANDWICH! 



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AUSTIN, TEX., 
AMERICAN 

"For pure excellence, the "best 
action the bill is the last, which is 
brought by Wilfrid DuDols, billed 
o» a 'jong'cur.' He is splendid and 
a great surprise." 



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WILFRID DUBOIS 

"Jongleur" 

Doing His Best 

Standing the Test 

"Sounding the tocsin 
for a better spot." 



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the season are recorded In the agen- 
cies, with the Automobile Show 
looked upon as the life r.ver of the 
agency business this week. The 
agencies are howling over a number 
of the buys being forced on them 
with the shows not holding up. The 
final howl came this week when the 
Shuberts insisted on a renewal of 
the buy for "The Chocolate Soldier," 
a compromise being made with the 
brokers taking only a few seats, the 
entire buy being about 100 tickets 
a performance. 

The complete list includes "Blos- 
som Time" (Ambassador), "The 
Squaw Man" (Astor), "Kikl" (Be- 
lasco), "Dover Road (Bijou), "Tan- 
gerine" (Casino), "Chocolate Sol- 
dier" (Century), "Perfect Fool" (Co- 
han), "Captain Applejack" (Cort), 
"Demi-Virgin" (Eltlnge), "Dream 
Maker" (Empire), "Face Value" 
(49th Street), "The Circle" (Fulton), 
"Dulcy" (Frazee), "Good Morning, 
Dearie" (Globe), "Six - Cylinder 
Love" (Harris), 'Varying Shore" 
(Hudson). "Bombo" Molson's), 
"Buldog Drummond" (Knickerbock- 
er), O'Brien Girl" (Liberty), "Grand 
Duke" (Lyceum), "Up in the Clouds" 
(Lyric), "Music Box Revue" (Music 
Box), "Sally" (Amsterdam), "Law- 
ful Larceny" (Republic), "Green- 
wich Village Follies" (Shubert). and 
"Bill of Divorcement" (Times 
Square). 

With business down in the greater 
part of the theatres on Broadway, 
a circumstance is that the demand 
in the cut rates is for the higher 
priced seats that are offered. It 
is only when all the top priced loca- 
I tions are disposed that the cut rate 
' patrons will take the cheaper seats 
these days. That condition has been 
\ prevailing for »about three weeks 
with those that watch the cut-rate 
business closely being unable to ac- 
count for the switch in the public 
pocketbook. 

1 This week the cut-rates had about 
20 shows listed, varying one or two 
attractions in number from night to 
night. Usually during automobile 
6how week in past years eight or 
j ten shows would be top. Those 
listed Wednesday (stormy) were 
, "Squaw Man" (Astor), "S. S. 
Tenacity" (Belmont;, "The Claw" 
(Broadhurst) , "Chocolate Soldier" 
(Century), "White Teacock" (Com- 
edy), "Dream Maker" (Empire), 
"Nature's Nobleman" (48th Street), 
"Faea Value" (49th Street), -Dulcy" 
(Frazee), Circle" (Fulton), "Jimmy 
Valentine" (Gaiety), "Lilies of the 
Field" (Klaw), "Grand Duke" (Ly- 
ceum), "Mountain Man" (Elliott), 
"Just Married" (Bayes), "Wild Cat" 
(Park), "Married Woman" (Prin- 
cess), "Lawful Larceny" (Republic), 
"Shuffle Along" (63d Street), "Dan- 
ger" (39th Street). 



emergency fund. The fund appear* 
to be a new idea, not having been 
known before. 

A Broadway manager stated he 
believed that 10 per cent, should be 
collected on passes and given to the 
Actors' Fund, but only the Shubert 
houses are known to have continued 
the collection. The government. In 
withdrawing taxes on free admis- 
sions, it Is understood, took the po- 
sition that comparatively little rev- 
enue was derived therefrom, and it 
was removed from the revenue law 
as a "concession." 

A letter sent out by the Actors' 
Fund and signed by Daniel Froh- 
man, Joseph Grismer, Samuel 
Scrlbner and Frank McKee makes 
the suggestion that all theatres con- 
tinue to collect 10 per cent, on free 
admissions and all. such funds be 
turned inte the fund. This idea was 
indorsed by Sam H. Harris andiwill 
probably be officially acted on by 
the Producing Managers' Associ- 
ation. 



NOTES 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUQHE8 

SHUBERT— Harry Lauder, three 
days, Ave performances, commenc- 
ing Jan. 12. 
GAYETY— "The Big Jamboree." 
CENTURY— "Beauty Revue." 

New Year's week opened big, flat- 
tened out in the middle and came 
back strong for the. finish. Jane 
Cowl, at the Shubert, .had a profit- 
able week and was held over for 
extra performance Sunday. The 
Mainstreet continues to get the 
crowds in the popular-priced field, 
and the Gayety (Columbia bur- 
lesque) business is holding up be- 
yond expectations. Just what the 
remainder of the season will bring 
forth is problematical, but the man- 
agers are predicting that the aver- 
age will be better than before holi- 
days. 



James Say re, of Cambridge, form- 
erly manager of Gordon's Central 
Square theatre, Cambridge, has as- 
sumed his duties as manager of 
Gordon's Olympia theatre, Lynn. He 
succeeds Daniel Finn, who was re- 
cently promoted to special expert 
for the Gordon chain of theatres 
throughout New England. Mr. 
Sayre has been In charge of Canobie 
Lake Park, Salem, N. H., an amuse- 
ment park, for several seasons 
past. He* was formerly connected 
with the old Haverhill club of the 
New England Baseball League. 



With the Grand out of the running 
the Shubert management announces 
some of the Erlanger bookings will 
come to the latter house, the first to 
be Frances Starr in "The Easiest 
Way," Feb. 12. Following the 
Lauder show the Shuberts will have 
"Take It from Me," "Mecca," Soth- 
ern and Marlowe, "The Bat" (return 
date). With attractions coming from 
both Shubert and Erlanger books It 
looks as though this city would get 
some of the choicest morsels In the 
amusement menu. 



record this week that will be 
to beat. For the three dayg 
mencing Dec. SI the box office" 
ords show that 35,000 adml 
were sold. 



Two dollars and a half for the I 
seats seem to be the eatabl 
price at the Shubert now. 
the price charged by both Jane i 
and Fay Balnter and is the 
nounced top for Harry Lauder 
"Mecca," the coming attraction*? 

With Harry Lauder at the Shut* 
commencing Jan. 12 vaudeville ta 
burlesque will be the only ant* 
ment offerings in town for the cm 
rent week. 



When Benjamin Corn, on 
the Prospect, one of the lar 
neighborhood film nouses, drove 
his garage Monday night he 
held up and robbed of /IU 
valued at over $1,000. His wife* 



The Cooper family will be well 
represented in the burlesque game 
here the current week. James E. 
Cooper's "Big Jamboree" is the at- 
traction at the Gayety and Jlmmle 
Cooper's show, "The Beauty Revue," 
will be at the Century. Jimmie is 
a home product and his friends will 
be out en masse to greet him and 
his collection of beauties, and he'd 
better have 'em. 



BY 'THE BIRD," 
HOUSTON EXPRESS 

Houston, Texas 

(Each review was written 
in letter form) 

Listen, Wilfrid DuBois: 

You're the best juggler I ever 
saw. Your stuff is "uniqucr." 
You should have been given a bet- 
ter spot on the bill. 

II ow do you like my plume? 

BIRD. 



SHUBERTS COLLECT TAX 

(Continued from page 13) 
tickets in. there were several hun- 
dred passes weekly or. the road. Es- 
timates call for about $100 weekly 
on pass taxes, and there wi'* bo ap- 
proximately $3,000 weekly collected 
by the Shuberts for their employees' 



Beautify Your Face 

You mutt look good to mako 
iood. Many of th« "Profes- 
sion" hiivs obtained and re- 
tained better parts by havlni 
•no correet their featural Ira- 

fiorfeetlons and remove blew- 
ehes. Coniultatloo free Foot 
reasonable 

F. E. 8MITH. M. D. 

347 Fifth Avenue 
N. T. Cltj Opp. Waldorf 




AL SANDERS 



BOOKING 



CLUBS, BANQUETS, CABARETS 

CAN USE A FEW SINGLE GIRL ACTS and SISTER TEAM8 

245 W. 47th St., New York City 



•'Billy" (William P. Connery, Jr.), 
mouologist and well known Y. D. 
performer, has been chosen as 
private secretary to Mayor Har- 
land A. McPhetres, of Lynn, him- 
self a veteran of the World War. 
He toured Keith's Circuit for one 
year. He was for six seasons with 
George M. Cohan, and for three sea- 
sons was actor-manager of the Em- 
pire Theatre Stock Company, Salem, 
Mass. He graduated from Holy 
Cross college, class of 1908, and is 
the son of ex -Mayor William Con- 
nery, of Lynn. 



ed <rpm Los Angeles 
j&jOiq Bridges, who 
headed the -HyTjinks company, are 
leaving to hear! one of their own. 



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An attempt is being made by a 
number of business men to revive 
the Priests of Pallas celebration, 
with its attendant parades and fes- 
tivities, discontinued several years 
ago. This was one of the greatest 
fall celebrations in the country and 
brought thousands of visitors. 



A. P. Waxman has retained Leon- 
ard R. Hanower of Frederick Gold- 
smith's office to represent him in an 
$803.44 salary claim against William 
Moore Patch, in connection with a 
theatrical enterprise sponsored by 
Patch, for which Waxman acted as 
general manager. Waxman claims 
seven weeks' salary at $150 per; 
also $100 cash, which he loaned to 
Patch, and $46 expenses. He ad- 
mits receipt of only a small part 
thereof. 



The Shubert is making some repu- 
tation as a matinee house. Last 
week Fay Bainter gave three and 
Jane Cowl appeared at three. Al- 
though there was but 50 cents dif- 
ference In the top prices for the 
afternoon and the night perform- 
ance the house was sold out for all 
performances, and that's going some 
for this season. 




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A dispute between the manage- 
ment and employes of the Grand, 
Auburn, N. Y., which resulted In 
new stage hands, musicians and a 
new operator belfTg engaged, was . 
amicably settled last Friday with j 
the men, Intact as to personnel, re- | 
turning to their former places. I 
Neither Hide stated what the terms ' 
for the return were except to admit I 
that it was a compromise. 



New York got its first real snow- 
storm of the winter Wednesday. It 
started snowing and blowing around 
4 a. m. By nine o'clock the streets 
were covered, and Broadway was 
filled with flying hats. 



Wanda Ludlow and W. B. Fred- 
erick* opened on the Fox time at the 
Crotona Jan. 12 in their comedy 
sketch, "Boom 515." 




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^ gt W er« also relieved of Jewels 

The Century <An^ric« burlwiue) 
•J* I house record with th*tald- 
Kft .how New Tear-, eve. One 
Sundred and seven more admissions 
!S^ «old than for any other pre- 
vlous periormiaz^. 

iTddie Kuhn, who presides over a 
mnn* shop here, has framed an act. 
She Harmony Artists," around 
tivmond Baird, claimed to be the 
f^unjrest saxophone player in the 
world. The act has been accepted 
by pantages. 

A few weeks ago, when the Eddie 
nantor show was hero at the Shu- 
t5-t and "The Passing Review," 
lunerican burlesque attraction, was 
Saying the Century, Variety report - 
i the incident of members of both 
shows using the same material— 
•Idfe Insurance Examination" com- 
ely bit. Frank Lowe, the Shuberfs 
al representative here, was noti- 
as soon as the item was printed 
immediately commenced action 
Inst the offenders. It was not 
essary to bring; any legal pro- 
_tn?», as the bit taken out 

the burlesque offering as soon as 
management's attention was 
called to the scene, which Cantor 
chimed. 

WASHINGTON, D. C 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 
Keith's 
I Joe Cook! Nothing else on the, 
11 that had gone before seemed to 
tter, even Houdini, for this man 
k is the possessor of a keen 
lization of comedy values, how 
create it and then put it over. 
Houdini is heading the bill and 
fees the same 'water- tank trick 
ich always Impresses. One serl- 
i objection was a 10-mlnute talk 
ted to his various trips into the 
lea. But In spite of that Hou- 
will continue to mystify with 
cleverly handled escapes. 
Aesop's Fables (film) is develop- 
g into a real attraction. The 
ning spot was assigned to Mme. 
ridha, and the act ia beautifully 
one. Kirby, Qulnn and Anger, fol- 
owing. gained much laughter. 
Prank Mclntyre in "Wednesday at 
be Kits" has an unusual sketch, 
one very well. Mr. Mclntyre is 
plendid in it. His leading woman, 
oan Storm, is worthy of special 
ention. 

Martha Pry or, although lacking In 

imation or personality, whichever 

the better term. Just over a rag 

mber well, but If she would just 

osen up and get under her songs 

would soon create a niche for 

srself. Houdini followed Miss 

*ryor, closing the first part. 

Cans! no Brothers and Marlon 

tViikins in Spanish dancing are 

ly supreme artists, the brothers 

rpassing anything that It has' yet 

n our good fortune to see in their 

►articular line of dancing. Miss 

wilkins is also exceptional. The 

act went over big. And then came 

Joe Cook and laughter. 

Shubert-Belasco 
Not a vaudeville show {his week, 
but mighty good entertainment, and 
[the house Sunday night left the the- 
fcti-f in a very satisfied mood. The 
Bhuberts have condensed "The 
hirl of New York," taken the 
rincipals, letting them do their 
->ecialties for the first half, the lat- 
r^half being devoted to scenes 
om the musical comedy. 
Some mighty big hits were put 
er in the first part. To Roy Cum- 
tags, with his falls, must be ac- 
rded unstinted praise. Florence 
Hubert and the chorus do a num- 
acceptably, being followed by 
ank Purcella and Brother Ray. If 
hese boy 8 would confine their ef- 
orts to dancing alone there would 
* no question of their success. They 
ere followed by Joe Keno and 
oaie Green, who created a lot of 
n, and then came the truly re- 
adable dancing Kyra. 
Ben Bard and Jack Pearl brought 
first comedian with a German 
•sleet since the war. They created 
Jds of fun and earned the first 
ctual "stopplng-the-show" honors 
r the new vaudeville house. 
Nancy Gibbs with Pierre De 
fm at the piano and with his 
lin offered musical moments that 
?re appreciated and then came 
^rnmings. 

Following intermission the con- 

nsed version was shown, running 

show late but creating plenty of 

anusement. One of the outstanding 

of thiR included J. Harold Mur- 

jjs Ringing of "Mandalay." The 

ale thing as put together offers 

optionally good value as enter- 

nnv nt. 



The Hat" is being held over for 

irond week at Poll's. Tills show 

JJs opening here last season at 

> Belasco and has accomplished 

J unusual aR to length of its New 

run and the business being 

on the road. The company of- 

n*t It here is very acceptable. 

• * fauces Starr in revival of "The 

**«lest Way" at the National. This 

<Sn fi ,° ,a hnv| ng a good week of it. 

«»da Varesl in "Enter Madame." 

with Honry Stephenson, is nt the 

■nub..rt-Gnrrick i aiding the cx- 

•equer considerably when it is 

«en into consideration this house 

5fiE r , e80ntcd "othnig but the "un- 

"«u for many a week. Incidentally 

^anagcr L. Stoddard Taylor has 

F«ne this "drawing-room" theatre 

|u o a most attractive little haven 

P* the artistic. 






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The Cosiiioa u.*» c.-..~-~..~ ui '.r'lir- 
tation," Peck and Butler in "The 
Toreador," Charles Lloyd and Co. 
in "Speeding," Newell and Santley 
Trio, Page and Page, the Tellacks 
and Brennan and Wynne, with the 
usual feature film. The Strand is 
offering George Lovett and his men- 
tal act, "Concentration"; Margot 
and Francois, Frank A. Ford and 
Co. in "Betty, Wake Up!" Hodge 
and Lowell, Bartlelt, Smith and 
Sherry, and the feature film. 

The Cayety has "Pork a Boo," 
while the Capitol is offering "The 
Baby Bears." 

The picture houses— Columbia, 
"Theodore"; Palace, "The Conquer- 
ing Power"; Riulto, second week of 
"The Queen of Sheha"; Metropoli- 
tan, 'The Invisible Fear." 

Marguerite D'Alvnrez is appear- 
ing in concert nt tho National Jan. 
13 under the direction of T. Arthur 
Smith. She has also been engaged 
to sing tho leading role with the 
Washington Opera Co. under the 
direction of Eduoard Albion in Feb- 
ruary. This is the organization that 



caused such favorable comment last 
ueason when presenting "Aida." 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 



(Jan. 16— Jan. 23) 

"Baby Bears" 18 Allentown 17 
Easton JS Beading. 

"Bathing Beauties" 1C Star 
Brooklyn. 

"Beauty Revue" 16 L O. 

"Big Jamboree" 16 L O 23 Cayety 
St. Louis. 

"Big Wonder Show" - 16 Lyceum 
Columbus 23 Star Cleveland. 

"Bits of Broadway" 16 Gayety St 
Louis :'3 Star and Garter Chicago. 

• Hon Ton Girls" 16 L O 23 Palace 
B.-iltimore. 

"Bowery Burlcsquers" 16 Empire 
Providenco 23 Casino Boston. 

"Broadway Scandals" 16 Gayety 
Baltimore. 

"Cabaret Girls" 16 Aveneie Detroit. 

"Chic Chic" 16 Garrlck St Louis. 

"Cuddle Up" 16-18 Bastablc Syra- 
cuse 19-21 Grand Utlca 23 Empire 
Albany. 



"Dixon s Big Revue" 16 Park In- 
dianapolis. 

"Flashlights of 1921" 16 Gayety 
Toronto 23 Gayety Montreal. 

"Follies of Day" 16 Gayety Mon- 
treal 23 Gayety Buffalo. 

"Follies of New York" 16 Olympic 
New York. 

"Folly Town" 16 Casino Phila- 
delphia 23 ilurtig & Seamen's New 
York. 

"French Frolics" 16 Academy 
Buffalo. ^ 

"Garden Frolics" 16 OrpheunT 
Paterson 23 Majestri Jersey City. 

"Girls.de Looks' 16 L O 23 Em- 
piro Providence. 

"Girls from Joylund" 16 Capitol 
Washington. 

"Greenwich Village Revue" 16 
Lyric Dayton 23 Olympic Cincin- 
nati. 

"Grown Up Babies" 16 llaymarket 
Chieago. 

"Harum Scarum" 16 L O. 

"Harvest Time" 16 Cayety Kansas 
City 23 L O. 

"Hello 1922" ITurtig & Seamon's 
New York 23 Empire Brooklyn. 

Howe Sam 1 '. Gayety Buffalo 23 
Gayety Rochester. 

"Hurly Burly" 16 Englewood Chi- 
cago. 



"Jazz Babies" 16 Gayety Mllwau- 
kce. 

"Jingle Jingle" 16 Star Cleveland 
23 Empire Toledo. 

"Kandy Kids" 16 Bijou Phila- 
delphia. 

• Keep Smiling" 16 Hyperion New 
Haven 23 Miner's Bronx New York. 

"Knick Knacks" If Columbia New 
York 23 Casino Brooklyn. 

"Lid Lifters" 16 Lyric Newark. 

"Little Bo Peep" 16 Howard Bos- 
ton. 

>SLondon Belles" IZ Olympic Cin- 
cinnati 23 Columbia Chicago. 

"Maids of America" 16 Empire 
Newark 23 Casino Philadelphia. 

Marlon Dave 16 Casino Boston 23 
Cclumbia New York. 

"Mischief Makers" 16-19 Cohen's 
Newburgh 19-21 Cohen's I'ough- 
keepsie. 

"Miss New York Jr" 16 Cayety 
Brooklyn. 

"Monte Carlo Girls" 19-21 Plaza 
Springfield. 

"Pace Makers" 16 L O. 

"Parisian Flirts" 16 Cuyeiy Louis- 
ville. 

"Paselng Review" 16 Empress 
Cincinnati. 

"Peek -a- Boo" 16 Gayety Pitts- 
burgh 23 Lyceum Columbia. 



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"Pell Mell" 16 Empire Cleveland. 

"Puss Pussj" If Orpheum Mon- 
treal. 

Reeves Al 16 Gayety Washington 
21 Oayety Pittsburgh. 

"Record Breakers" 16 Empire 
Hoboken. 

Reynolds Abe 16 Gayety Boston 
23 Grand Hartford. 

Singer Jack 16 Gayety Rochester 

23-25 Bastable Syracuse 26-28 
Grand Utica, 

"Social Follies" 16 Century 
Kansas City. 

"Some Show" 16 Penn Circuit. 

"Sporting Widows" 16 Miner's 
Bronx New York 23 Orpheum Pat- 
erson. 

"Step Lively Girls" 16 Star & 
Garter Chicago 23 Gayety Detroit. 

"Strolling Players" 16 Columbia 
Chicago 22-24 Berchel Des Moines. 

"Sugar Plums" 16 Casino Brook- 
lyn 23 L. O. 

"Sweet Sweeties" 16 Academy 
Scranton. 

"Ting -a -Ling" 16 Majesty Utlca. 

Tinney Frank Revue 16 Gayety 
Omaha 23 Gayety Kansas City. 

"Tit for Tat" 16 Palace Baltimore 
23 Gayety Washington. 

"Town Scandals" 16 Grand Hart- 
ford 23 Hyperion New Haven. 

"Twinkle Toes" 16 Empire Toledo 
23 Lyric Dayton. 

Watson Billy 16-17 Berchel Des 
Moines 23 Gayety Omaha. 

Whirl of Gayety" 16 Majestic 
Jersey City 23 L O. 

"Whirl of Girls" 16 Gayety Min- 
neapolis. 

"Whirl of Mirth" 16-17 New Lon- 
don 19-21 Academy Fall River. 

Williams Mollie 16 Empire Brook- 
lyn 23 Empire ^Newark. 

"World of Frolics" 16 Empire Al- 
bany 23 Gayety Boston. 



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By JACOB SMITH 
Eddie Cantor at GaxricK. Big 
usiness at |2jjfip. First musical 
tow this season to play at this low 
■Ice. Previous engagement earlier 
season played to 43 top. Next, 
lose Girl." 

"Emperor Jones" at Miphigan- 
ghubert. Big business although 
' house is small. 

"Mr. Pirn Passes By" at New De- 
troit. Next week, Irish Players in 
•White -Headed Boy." 

New Capitol opens Thursday with 
"The Lotus Eater/* film attraction. 
House seats 4,250, fifth largest the- 
atre in country. 

Bert Wnliams anjl associates have 
leased the Tuxedo theatre and will 
continue with vaudeville and pic- 
tures. Mr. Williams ndw books for 
four Detroit theatres, three of which 
Ire is general manager. 

Governor Groebeck ; has put a ban 
on open-air prize fights in Michi- 
gan. He will allow the small indoor 
bouts to continue. 



"Hail the Woman," film, at Gar- 
rick, drew big crowds. 

Beverly Bayne fast week (with 

Francis X. Bushman) at the Orphe- 

um is suffering from tonsilitis and 

was forced to rest part of the week. 

* — . 

"Saucy Baby" . returned to the 
Grand after four weeks in Minne- 
apolis. The company has leased the 
Grand for indefinite period and will 
present a new musical comedy tab- 
loid every week. 



special 35 and 50 -cent price scale 
for the run. 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By VOLNEY B. FOWLER 

MURAT- Dark first half; "Lom- 
bardi, Ltd.," last half. 
. ENGLISH'S— "Scandals of 1921." 

BROADWAY — - Gordon - Kelley 
stock company. 



The Indiana Indorsers of Photo- 
plays indorsed 25 out of 36 films 
viewed last month. Among those 
declared specially worthy of men- 
tion were: "The Sheik," "The 
White Oak," "The Serenade," "The 
Way of a Maid," "My Boy," "The 
Boat," "Get-Rich-Quick Walling- 
ford," "A Prince There Was," "Little 
Lord Fauntleroy," "Molly O," 
"Labor Lost," "Rent ?re^ and "The 
Sailor-Made Man." The annual 
meeting of the indorsers will be 
held at the Claypool hotel April 
4 and 5. 



"Peter Ibbetson" will play many 
of the big Michigan theatres at $1 
and $1.50. At Grand Rapids it wity 
play the Powers at $1.60 top for 
Charles Seaman; in Detroit Phil 
Glelchman of the Broadway- Strand 
will play it at $1 top. 

\ DULUTH 

By JAM E8 WATTS 

ORPHEUM— Vaudeville. 

NEW GRAND— Musical stock. 

NEW GARRICK— "Queen of She- 
ba" (film). 

LYCEUM— "J. Rufus Walling- 
ford" (film). 



At the movies: Circle, "Theo- 
dora"; Loewte State, "Back Pay"; 
Alhambra, "Miss Lulu Bett"; Ohio, 
"The Little Minister"; Colonial, "At 
the Stage Door." 

! — • 

Loew's State announced a price 
reduction last week. The balcony 
has been 30 cents afternoon and 60 
cents niglK, and the first floor 50 
cents matinee and night. The new 
schedule is balcony, 15 cents after- 
noon and 2£ cents night, and first 
floor, 30 cents afternoon and 60 
cents night. The cut had a tonic 
effect upon attendance the first 
week, Manager Walter David said. 



The new year opened in Duluth 
with revival in theatre patronage. 
Big attractions and almost capacity 
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Miss Juanita Wicker, 23, concert 
singer, died at Fletcher's sanitorium 
here last Friday after a nervous 
breakdown. Burial was in Fort 
Wayne. 



"Mecca" was enthusiastically re- 
ceived by the critics, but not by the 
public, at the Murat last week. Sup- 
port languished after the first two 
nights. Manager Nelson G. Trow- 
bridge, of the Murat, got some extra 
publicity for the show by having 
four Indianapolis artists as his 
guests to pass upon the scenic ef- 
fects. The artists were very favor- 
ably impressed. 



The first action of the new city 
administration touching theatres 
came last week, when Chief of 
Police Herman F. Rikhoff sent word 
to Fred B. Leonard, president of the 
Lenwood Amusement Co., that the 
Rial to, Broadway and Lenwood the- 
atres must not be opened until 1:30 
o'clock on Sundays. . These houses 
have been opened at 10:30 Sunday 
morning heretofore. The adminis- 
tration, having taken in all of the 
"No Parking" signs used by down- 
town business houses to keep 
entrances clear for customers, is 
trying to work out a suitable way 
to keep theatre entrances open. 

The Central Amusement Co. en- 
tertained 25 local newspaper men 
and Mayor Shank at dinner at the 
Columbia Club last Wednesday 
evening. Henry K. Burton was in 
charge of arrangements. 



Mr. Smith's held "Way Down 
East" over for the second week this 
week. It is the third time the film 
has been featured by downtown 
houses in a year. Smith's has a 




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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHE8TER B. BAHN 

WIETING— All week, "Irene," 
with Dale Winter. Opened to very 
poor business Monday night, in spite 
of heavy advertising and the show's 
hit in this city last season. Critics 
generally praised the production as 
better than the original presenta- 
tion, and business took an upward 
movement Tuesday. Wieting will 
be dark after this week until last of 
month. Fiske O'Hara and Charles 
Gilpin next attractions. 

BAST ABLE.— First half, "World 
of Frolics," with "Sliding Billy" 
Watson. Old-time burlesque of the 
better sort. Last half, dark. 

B. F. KEITH'S— Top notch laugh 
bill, headed by Miss Juliet and Mr. 
and Mrs. Jimmie Barry. Paul Decker 
in "I Heard!" strong moral preach- 
ment and good comedy values, but 
the "punch" Is weakened by ref- 
erences to Charlie Schwab and 
Woodrow Wilson. The skeptical 
will swear it's subsidized propa- 

' EMPIRE— "Over the Hill," second 

vtaaIc 

STRAND— Triple feature bill. 
SAVOY— "Her Face Value." 
BOBBINS -ECKEL — "Dangerous 
Curves Ahead." 



makes his services necessary. Lewis, 
who organized the company, will 
join at Dalesburg, 111. 

Funeral services were held Tues- 
day for Fred O. Vermilyea, for 14 
years trap drummer in the orches- 
tra at the old Grand opera house. 
Vermilyea was 63 years old and had 
been in ill health for several months. 
Death occurred at his home last 
Saturday. Two brothers, three sis- 
ters and a daughter survive. 



A check for $360 from Equity 
came to the rescue Monday night to 
stranded members of the "Lassie" 
company which went on the rocks 
here. The production itself is still 
at the Wieting, awaiting disposition 
by its owner, H. H. Cushing. 

Edgar Weill, manager of the 
Strand, is back on the Job after a 
trip to Little Rock; Ark., for the 
holidays. It was his first visit home 
in years. 

W. Dayton Wegefarth, manager of 
B. F. Keith's here since its open- 
ing two years ago, left Wednesday 
for New York. Feb. 1 he takes up 
his post at the Keith main offices. 
He is replaced here by John Burnes 
who, like Mr. Wegefarth, came here 
from Philadelphia. Mr. Wegefarth 
was president of the Syracuse The- 
atre Managers' Association. His 
successor will be named shortly. 

Boar's Head, the Syracuse Uni- 
versity dramatio society, will give 
"Secret Service" at the Wieting 
Jan. 24. It was originally scheduled 
for Opera Hall. 

Syracuse gains a new periodical 
that will carry a theatrical depart- 
ment this week when the first issue 
of the "Syracuse Jewish Monthly" 
makes its appearance. Bernard 
Kaufman, until recently of the edi- 
torial staff of the Journal, Is editor. 
Kaufman was a major in the Eng- 
lish army during the world war and 
wears nine medals and orders. 



Charged with assault in the sec- 
ond degree Thomas Doody, of the 
Manhattan hotel, was arrested here 
after he had knocked over a ladder 
on which Roy Fay, of 608 Mont- 
gomery street, a house attache of 
the Bastable theatre, was standing 
to switch bulbs in the Bastable's 
electric sign. Fay crashed 30 feet 
to the street and was rushed to the 
hospital. Physicians who at first 
feared the man was fatally injured, 
later announced he would recover 
quickly. According to the. story 
told the police by Lee Mackey, also 
of the Bastable, Doody came along 
the street while Fay was on top of 
the ladder and pulled It from under 
him. Doody, it is said, started to 
run away. Mackay caught him and 
turned him over to a policeman. 
Some witnesses told the authorities 
that apparently Doody lurched 
against the ladder. 

B. F. Keith's Syracuse theatre lost 
a third popular house attache Tues- 
day when the promotion and trans- 
fer of Wm. J. Tubbert, treasurer, to 
Cleveland as assistant manager of 
the Keith 105th street theatre there, 
was announced. Mr. Tubbert has 
been affiliated with local theatres 
since his boyhood days, starting as 
an usher at the Wieting opera house. 
Later he was treasurer at the Em- 
pire and went to Keith's when that 
theatre was opened two years ago. 
At Cleveland Mr. Tubbert will be 
assistant to William Brown, who re- 
cently took charge of the 105th 
street house after long service at 
the Temple and Keith's theatres 
here. Mr; Tubbert left for Cleve- 
land Thursday. 



Opera hall is now the home of the 
Opera Association. It is owned by 
the Syracuse Poet Standard. Dur- 
ing its last years as a regular play- 
house it was operated by the Shu- 
berts and played Keith vaudeville. 

BaBBBaaaSaBBBSI 

The Syracuse Symphony Orches- 
tra, sponsored by B. F. Keith's, will 
make its first appearance publicly 
at a noonday concert at the Keith 
house Jan. 21. 



The question of Sunday movies 
undoubtedly will come before the 
Common Council of Binghamton at 
its first regular meeting next Mon- 
day night, in the form of an ordi- 
nance fixing the license fee for all 
picture theatres. The theatrical li- 
censes expire Jan. 31 and the Coun- 
cil must fix the amount that shall 
be paid during 1922. 

When the Sunday movie question 
came before the Council two years 
ago the proprietors of the various 
theatres presented a proposition to 
the Aldermen that if Sunday pic- 
tures were permitted they would be 
willing to pay a license scale of 
$750 each for the stone opera house 
and the Armory Theatre, $500 each 
for the Star and Symphony, with $375 
and $250 each for the others, accord- 
ing to their seating capacity. The 
Common Council refused to sanction 
Sunday shows and fixed the license 
fees at $225, $175, $100 and $75, 
based on the seating capacity of 
the house. 

It is now said by those in favor 
of Sunday amusements that the 
Sunday movie ordinance can be car- 
ried by one vote this year. They 
have interviewed the Aldermen and 
believe they have a majority of one. 



TJtica Local No. 337, of the Inter- 
national Alliance of Theatrical Stago 
Employes and Motion Picture Oper- 
ators, dined at the Belvedere, Utica, 
Monday night. E. R. Terrill wus 
chairman and toastmaster. 



Thurston T. Lewis, of Watertown, 
cornetlst at the Avon, leaves Jan. 
19 to rejoin the cast of "Rubeville," 
vaudeville, in which he has played 
for 10 years. A vacancy In the cast 



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1493 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 

SKEJ US FOR BIO TIME RESTRICTED 

MATERIAL. SKETCHES, COMEDY 

ACT8. 8TNOL.ES. ETC. 
ACTS REWRITTEN, REHEARSED 

AND OPENINGS ARRANGED 



The Palace, Watertown, N. T., 
recently sold to Nathan L. Bobbins, 
will be devoted to pop vaudeville 
as soon as alterations are com- 
pleted. The house closed Saturday 
to permit the changes. 

With Utica already scheduled as 
one of the battlefields for the "war" 
between the American and Colum- 
bia burlesque wheels, further exten- 
sion of the opposition to this city 
is forecasted by moves made here 
by the American backers to secure 
a lease of the old Grand opera 
house, now ..nown as Opera hall. 
Max Speigel has been conducting 
the negotiations for the American. 



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EDDIE MACK TALKS: 



No. 65 



Paul Morton, who, with Flo Lewis, is a big hit at Keith's 
Palace, New York, this week (Jan. ?), believes in the 
saying, "Like fattier, like ion." Hie father, 8am, hat 
always been a wearer of EDDIE MACK'S clothes and 
Paul, who is a chip of the old block, is another EDDIE 
MACK booster. 

EDDIE MACK'S clothes satisfy. Suits and over- 
costs for father or son. 



1582-1584 Broadway 

Opp. Strand Theatre 



722-724 Seventh Ave. 

Opp. Colombia Theatre 






NOTE NEW ADDRESS 



BEHRENS LIPSHUTZ CO. 



Robertson. Cole; Bldg., 721-723 7th Ave., NeV York City 



THEATRICAL COSTUMES 



JACK L. LIPSHUTZ, Manager 






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VARIETY 



NEW YORK THEATRES 



HENRY MILLER S im w. «m »*♦* 

L*VEH. IJiO. UATISEKB THURB, A SAT. SJS. 

BILLIE BURKE 

In BOOTD TAttKIN'CTON'S Greatest Comedy 



U 



ft 



The Intimate Strangers 1 



DCDIIRE If* THEATRE. W. 4M BtrwtT 
nCr UDL.IU Etm. 8:30. Mats. Wed. A Sit. 

A. H. WOODS Present* 

MARGARET LAWRENCE 

LOWELL SHERMAN 

ALLAN DINEHART 

in "LAWFUL LARCENY" 

A New Plaj fa* SAM BHIPMAX 



|7f TIM/"* ■*" THEA -* w - 4W St - Et *- S:3 °- 

£•1* 1 UIVSE* hju,. jved. tBd 8 »t. S:M. 
—THE MOST FAMOUS PLAY IN NEW YORK— 

THE 
DEMI-VIRGIN 

By AVERY HOPWOOD 



SAM H. HARRI8 Attraction* 

CORT 



West 48th 8t Etos.. 8:15. 
&UU. Wed. A SaL at 2:13. 



WALLACE , MARY 
EDDINGER «■ HASH 

in "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK 



HUDSON 

Ereolnss at 8: IS. 



-ooo - 

Theatre. W. 41th Street. 
Mtt.. Mm. H. B. HarrR 
Matinees Wed. and SaL 



SAM HARMS Announcea 

ELSIE FERGUSON 

In ZOE AKTS'3 New Play 

"THE VARYING SHORE" 



-ooo- 



Sam H. Harris SSffiS^It 

Cvoa. 8 2t. Mat*. Wee\ ana* Sat. at 2 38. 

Six Cylinder Love 

A New Comedy by Wm, Anthony McCulr* 

with ERNEST TRUEX 



-ooo- 



MUSIC BOX 



Wait 4.*.th Street. 
Tel.: Bryant 1470. 

Eres. 8:15. Mats. Wed. and Sat. at 1:15. 

"Beit Mualeal Shaw Ever Matfa la Aneriea." 

— C.LOHE. 

IRVING BERLIN'S 

MUSIC BOX REVUE 

— With a Cast a* Metraaalttaa FavarltM — 



Kf A HT THEA.. W. 45th 8T. En. 8:34. 
LA TT Mats. Wed. and Sat. 2:20. 

MARIE DORO 

"LILIES of the FIELD" %SSr 

Frederick Perry 



AND SMARTEST 
CAST IN TOWN 



Eva. at 8:15. 
d Sat at 2:16. 



UK IE. I I Mata. Wed. an 
— BEGINNING MONDAY. JANUARY If — 

ELSIE JAMS 

AND HER GAN6 IN A NEW SHOW 
"SAME CUNT." — "XFW STIH ■"' 

KNICKERBOCKER Theatre 

IT way. 38th St. Eves. 8:30. 
Matlneea S»at. and Mon. 

(•HAUI.ES DIIJ.INUHAM Presents 

"Bulldog Dnraunond" 

A Real Melodrama, by "Sapper," 
with A. E. MATHEWS 



T 
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CCI lAfVftJ West 4Sd St. Evw. 8:1V 

OuLfflll Mat'. W>.l. A Sat., 2:1.". 

AltTIIUU II.WfMEKSTEIN Presents 

JOSEPH LILLIAN 

CAWTHORN and LORRAINE 

in "THE BLUE KITTEN" 

tiii: rorssE cafe of musical shows 

WITH A CHOIU'8 OF 28 PUSSIES 



BClsfClTU ^6-W YORK 
rrvci i n theatres 



B.FKEITH* 



I THEATRES 

VAUDEVILLE 



D Win MaHaeea Wed. and Hat. at •■*. 

GEORGE 

/ARLISS 

la 

The Green Goddess 



SELWYNS PRESENT 



SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S Comedy 

"THE CIRCLE" 

with the BEST CAST In AMERICA 

JOHN DREW MRS. LESLIE CARTER 

ESTELLE WIMWOOO - ERNEST LAWFORO 
JOHN MALLIOAV — - ROBERT RENOEL 
PI II TnM THEATRE. W. 48 ST. 
rULlUH Matinee* Wad. ami 8at. 
MATINEES WED. (POP.) and SAT. 



TOM HANOIRS 

ami { 

DAVE THUR8BY announce* 

Room and Bath.»..3*wt~'$& Wask 
Room and Showsr, % 14 to $17 Wk 
Suites -....tit to 140 Wf>k 



HOTEL JOYCE 

31 West* 71st Street 

CENTRAL PARK WEST 



RAINES nl AVEY 

la "SOME SIMP" 

Originator of tha Faka Talaaeopa 
Astromlnlst* 

Direction' EARL & PERKINS 



HERMAN— 



—MINERVA 



ULIS -i CLARK 

Personality and Songs 

Playtat Lsaw Ckealt Taaato U Mr. Labia 
IMrectlon: AL ORO0SM AM 



Friday, January 13, lfc$ 

MX W THE fits 



M TNE WINTE*. 




HEW AMSTERDAM SkifVS: 

tf ATINEES WEDNESDAY A SATURDAT 
50C tO $2.50 —NO HIGHER 

ZIEGFELD TRIUMPH 
MARILYN MILLER, LEON ERROL 

SALLY 



HOQOSGO 



***»SAT?30 



THE BAT 



JACK NORTON 



in "RECUPERATION/ 9 by HUGH HERBERT 

Direct, on: CHAS. MORRISON 



A REAL VAUDEVILLE NOVELTY 

PAUL PETCHING 

"THE MU8ICAL FLOWER GARDEN" 

Permanent Address, 16 Packard Ave., Lymansville, R. I. 



WOOPSIPE KENNELS 

On returning; to the Academy, Bu. 
timore, I am a much bigger success 
than ever, which goes to prove that 
the Public likes repeats from artlati, 
they admire. 

GRIFF 



Expecta the "Grand Order of the Pwaa" j 
from Shuberta on January 23d, — a very 
appropriate date too. Waa a DIG HIT 
at Jolaoii'a Theatre, Sunday night. Ha« 
a food apot. 






WIRTII. BMMRNFELD A CO., \«eate 



JOE 






BELASCO 



West 4«iii St Ktea. 8:15. 
Mat*. Thura. A SaL 2:13. 



OAVIO BELASCO Pratta** 

LENOREULRIC 

KIKI 

A New Character 8tud» by ANTMIE PICARD. 



LfCEUM 



WEST! Eva. 8:30. Mata.. 
46th 8t.| Thura. and Sat. 



HARRY MOONEYS' COMEDIANS McGRATH 



(PONIES AND CATS) 
JUDY/' Best Couiedy Mule in Vaudeville 
Orpheum and Keith Representative — HARRY BURTON 



and JACK 



4< 



Fiske 



and 



Fallon 



DEEDS 



Direction HARRY WEBER 



DAVID DELASCO Preaeata 

LIONEL ATWIL 

in THE GRAND OUKE" 
N >W — NOW — NOW — NOW 

TIMFQ CH THEATRE. W. 4M SlraaL 
A AlVlCek? OV£« Mala. Taar. (Pat) A tat. 

ALLAN POLLOCK 

la "THE GREATEST PLAY OP THE YEAR" 

— "A Bill of Divorcement" — 

With JANET BEECHER 

FMPIRF B'waj a 40th St. Eres. 8:15. 
EalVIA AIYA* Uatlneea Wed. A SaL. 1:15. 

WilliamGillette 



TOURING LOEW CIRCUIT 




nnMfi 



liLilIIlJji 



QI5TREET 



Mrs. IRENE CASTLE 

IVrt Errol: . ll«rry rarmU A To. 

Paul Mnrb>n & Klo I*wh: Thr 
I-'ninilv fi.r.l ; Wllliann AWoIfu^ 



KITH II HARRY 

KOYF. '! T.AMiDON 
r^nrllt A l.ockwo«Ml : OI*en A 
Jiihi-oii: T«n |. mi,. i»a]»: otli-. 




MarmriT) S'-t-r- ,^. ( o : Imyl.. 
tc Caxniimijili ; Wn>ne Jfc War- 
ren : « ih«. : Deuglai Falraaaht 
Aim, "The Three Mu»keteeri" 

fiERTRUDE HOFFMAN AND 
lUIUd: FLORENCC NASH; 
Hilly CJUson; Ilnrko &. l»«ir- 
kln ; and oUierx 



IN HIS 



PLAT 



The Dream Maker 

Baaed on a Story ay HOWARD E MORTON. 

I I RFPTV Thea. W. 42 8L Ev. 9:10. 
*-» llja:-IV * ■ Mata. Wed. A Sat. J:20. 

GEORGE M. COHAN'S 

LAST PRODUCTION 

"The O'Brien Girl" 

THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER 
THE SUPERVISION OP MR. COHAN. 



S 



-MARK- 

T R A N 



D 



"A National Institatioo"— R'war at 4? St. 
Direction Joaeph Pluokett 

THOMAS H. INCE'8 Super Product Ian 

"HAIL THE WOMAN" 

WITH TIIK f!HK.\T>:sT PAST EVKR 

AXSK.MW.EI> (K THE KCUEEN 

STRAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

CARL EDOUAHDK. Conductor 



fll ORF BROADWAY. 

UbVULi an<1 Forty-sixth St. 

Evenlng-a 8:20. Mata. Wed. and But. 2:30 
CHARLES DILLINGHAM rrcsenta 

'GOOD MORNING 

With a Cast of 
N Y. Favor! tea 



LAURIE ORDWAY 

IRENE FISHER, At Piano 



NEW ACTS 

Harry D. Squires and Bob Schafer. 
songwriters' piano act. 

Wood and White, men. Wood was 
formerly with the late John ,Lorenz. 

Bothwell Brown is organizing a 

company for a new version of his 

former bathing girl act, The piece 

which will be headed by Brown will 
have a cast of ten, including the 
Browne Sisters. 

Tierney and Downey, with Marie 
Lawlor, song and dance. 

Harry Ross and Sid Clark, two- 
act. 

Bert Wilcox and Josephine Croix 
In a comedy sketch with three peo- 
ple. 

"The Second Tear/' comedy sketch 
with two people* 

Fred Roche* press agent of the 
Boston Keith house, has written an 
act which he hopes will be put on 
in vaudeville. The title is the 
"Hooch Hounds," and Roche claims 
that it has several laughs for those 
familiar with the game of seeking 
liquor nowadays and will also ap- 
peal to the leas initiated. It will 
be offered to the Keith people first. 



INA CLAIRE 

IN THE OAT FARCE 

BLUEBEARD'S 
8th WIFE 

TTTEATItn W. 41 Sf 
Matinees Weil. A Sat. 



DEARIE' 



To Render* of VARIETY— 

WE RECOMMEND 
CITARLES DILLINGHAM'S 
Slitb Annaal Wonder Show 

GET TOGETHER 

with FOKIXE and FOKINA, CHAR- 
LOTTE und many other International 
atara. 

rr.„,cu. H |pp 0DR0ME ,....«. 



in Two 



Dull/ 



ORDHAM 



mm 



Uii-CA^TLl 



PATRON8' 
REQUEST WEEK 

10 — IIIO ACTS — 10 

Victor M<><>ro; Kiniiin UttlefleM 
& Co : M<»i.re & Jain-: otli-. A 
00UGLAB FAIRBANKS Him 
•The THREE MUSKETEERS ' 

TIOSCOK AIIS A f'O! Ti-.l'l- 
Min St Pleri'i-: llernanl A «;.irjv 
nthv A Oouflai Falrbanki rt!m 

"TftftfE MUSKETCEPS' 



•:•• COHAN 5" £ * T « * 



Itroariway and 43d Street 



Eves. 8:15. Mats. Wed. and Sat. 

ED WYNN 

"The Perfect FdoP 

HIS NEW MUSICAL RIOT 



JOHN GOLDEN ATTRACTIONS 

Staved by WIXCIIELL SMITH 

L0NGACRE Mata. Wed. A SaL 

Thank You 

A Comedy by ifasrs. Sniltli nnd Cu&tilng. 

— — — AND — — — 

I |TTI C West 4tth St. Eves. 8:30. 
LI I I L-t Mata Wed. A SaL 

"The 1st Year" 

Dj and Wltb FRANK CRAVEN 



LITTLE 

PIPIF AX 

THE FINNY LITTLE SAILOR CLOWN 

Assisted by 

Miss Elsie and Eddy PANL0 

"FUN AT THE BEACH" 
— PANTAOES CIRCUIT — 



MARRIAGES 

Ward Morris, manager of the 
Fresno (Cal.) Hippodrome, and 
Mabel Luethge, of Chicago, were 
married at the raisin city last week. 
The bride had been visiting here 
for the past year. Morris is u 
cousin of Mrs. Ella Weston, booker 
at the Ackerman-Harrl8 office. The 
couple will live in Fresno. 

John Tait, Jr., son of John Tait. 
cafe owner of this state, and Kitsie 
Wright, daughter of a San Fran- 
cisco attorney, at Monterey last 
week. They are honeymooning at 
Pebble Beach. 

Morris Rose to Gladys Logan, at 
Atlantic City, Jan. 5. The groom is 
an insurance man who has been in- 
terested in stage and film produc- 
tions. His wife was formerly in the 
Zlegfeld "Follies." 

Loring Smith ("Springtime"), re- 
cently divorced from Peggy Parker 
(vaudeville), married Natalie Dugan 
In Philadelphia. Jan. 6. Miss Dugan 
is also of "Springtime.". 

Betty Bond to Samuel Silverstein. 
non -professional, in Cincinnati, 
Dec. 25. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. und Mrs. Harry O. Chaffee 
(Helen Ray), Dec. 17. son. 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Allen, Dec. 26, 
son. Mrs. Allen in professionally 
known as Belle Montrose 

Mr. and Mrs. William Kurtz, at 
their home In New York, Dec. 17, 
son. The father is treasurer of the 
Criterion, last season having occu- 
pied a similar position at the 4*th 
Street. 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kane, at St. 
Louis. Dec. 26, twin boys. The 
father is of the vaudeville team of 
Norton and Kane. 



M B 8 ,, BROADWAY 4 ,? 8T . 

CONTINUOUS 10 A. M. to MIDNIGHT 
VAUOEVILLE BEGINS AT NOON 



ENGAGEMENTS 

Norman Hackett, by the (Jllloc 
Production Co. for the leading role 
in Kenneth O'Hara's new plav. "The 
Town Mouse," which opened ut 
Stamford, Conn., Jan. C. 

Johnny Stanley joined Bedini's 
"Chuckles" at Washington this 
week, replacing one of the Kelso 
Bros, in a principal comedy role. 

Hiram Brazil joined the Bessie 
McCoy Davis act this week. Brazil 
was of Boyle and Brazil, dancing 
team. 



"HOLLY" 

THE GOLDEN VOICE 

RIALTO, CHICAGO 

This Week (Jan. 9) * 
SAM ROBERTS, Representatire 



ILL AND INJURED 

The 12 -year-old son of J. P. Kellfc 
the Ringlings' attorney, has beea 
pulled through a serious siege of 
pneumonia by Dr. J. W. Amey. The . 
boy was in New York with his 
father when attacked by the disease.' 

Bedell, bicycle wire act, broke his 
ankle last week and was forced te 
return to his home in Paterson, N. J. 

Walter Percival, following an 
operation, has left New York for 
Saranac Lake for an extended stay* 
Percival had been doing a sketch 
with his wife, Rene Noel. She will 
continue in vaudeville as a "single." 

Donovan and Lee cancelled this 
week's engagement at Keith's Grand, 
Philadelphia, through Miss Lee'l 
nervous breakdown following S 
throat operation. 

Mrs. Matilda L. Riley, aged %% 
mother of Mrs. Helen Kdgecomb, of 
the Kdgecomb Players, Lynn, was 
fatally burned Tuesday when hef 
clothing caught fire while she watf* 
working about the kitchen stove. 
She was badly burned about the 
upper part of the body and is be- 
lieved to have inhaled flames. 

Her son, James E. Riley, was also 
badly burned while trying to extin- 
guish the flames which enveloped, 
his mother. 

Olive Briscoe (Briscoe and Rauh) 
was out of the State-LAke. Chicago, | 
bill for the first three days of this 
week. A trunk fell on Miss Brit-™ 
eoe's foot, Injuring her toes. 
. Leo Singer (Singer's Midgets) B 
recovering at his New York home 
from a severe attack of pneumonia. 
He sat up New Year's eve for the 
first time since taken ill some weeks 
ago. 

Char>s O'Donnell (ODonnell ana 
Blair) with Ziegfeld's ••Follies," ab- 
sent from the cast this week at the 
Colonial, Chicago, due to having an 
operation performed on his nose. 

The wife of "Anthony." the whis- 
tler and ac?ordion player, was suc- 
cessfully operated on Jan. 10 at tn* 
Choate Memorial Hospital, Woburn, 
Mass. . 

Dorothea Antel. who has not 
walked for two years since her ac- 
cident at Poll's. Hartford, is bacK 
from the Hartford Hospital ana 
would be glad to sec her friends at 
612 West 178th street. 



B. F. KEITH 

VAUDEVILLE 



MADAME B0GART 

Exclusive Style* in Gowng and Millinery 

AT MODERATE PRICES 

123 West 45th Street . NEW YORK CITY 



I 



Friday, January 18, 1922 



VARIETY 



39 



g f # ALBEE, President 



J. J. MURDOCK, General Manager 



F. F. PROCTOR, Vice-President 






8. F. Keith's Vaudeville Exchange 



B. F. KEITH 



(AGENCY) - 

(Palace Theatre Building, New York) 

EDWARD F. ALBEE PAUL KEITH 

Founders 



F. P. PROCTOR 



« 



Artists 



jfte GEO. H. WEBSTER 

VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

801-303 Hulet Block 

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

Canaeentlve lloutr« 1 6k Standard 
Aetm 

PLAY OR PAY CONTRACTS 




CLEVELAND 

By J. ILSON ROY 

IIO.— Ethel Barrymore in "De- 
e"; capacity Monday. Next 
Jt, "The Gold Diggers." 
HANNA. — "Orphans of the 
orm'' (film). 

gHUBERT-COLONIAL. — "The 

Rose Girl." Next, "Emperor Jones." 

PRISCILLA.— "Gambols of 1921"; 

Psulette and Roy; Camerette Bros., 

tad pictures. 

MILES. — Gleesonj and Houlihan; 

ppino and Perry; Irene Renee and 

rl Bronson; Cant well and 

alker; Bernivici Bros., and pic- 

METROPOLITAN.— Smiliag Billy 
Jdaaon; Hazel Green and Co.; How- 
ard and Brown; Hays and Lloyd; 
La Vails, and pictures. 

GORDON SQUARE.— Al Lewis 
tand Belle Meyer; Three Rianos; 
Lyla Kllloran and Emma Heberlcin, 
and pictures. 
STAR.— "Twinkle Toes." 
EMPIRE.— "Som^ Show." 
FILMS.— Allen, "Jane Eyre"; Or- 
pheum. "The Ruse of the Rattler"; 
Btrand, "Winning with Wits"; Eu- 
clid, "The Parish Priest"; Rlalto, 
•Two Minutes to Go"; Standard, 
•Playing with Fire"; Lorain -Fulton, 
•Tropical Love'; Terminal, "The 
JBcarjet Letter." 

Trixie Frlganza at Keith's Hip 
and Alice Lloyd at the Ohio (Shu- 
bert) are headliners next week. 



Ben Beck has been appointed 
tousical director at the Capitol. 



Three short plays will . be given 
at the Play House Jan. 13-16. The 
pieces are "How He Lied to Her 
!Iusband," "Miles Dixon," and 'The 
Portrait of a Policeman." 



D. W. Griffith and Lillian and 

Dorothy Glsh appeared in person at 

the opening of the new big film, 

-Orphans of the Storm," at the, 

4Lmna Monday. 



Keith's Hip 
Jack Royal's strategy in securing 
Daphne Pollard for a return visit 
here this week proved that his Judg- 
ment Is sound regarding amusement 
attractions, and the little lady clown 
responded by coming through with 
one of the biggest successes regis- 
tered here this season. While 
Daphne's turn is typical of the Lon- 
don " 'alls," she has a style and per- 
sonality that demand commendation. 
Her selections are varied, her work 
i genuine comedy, and her heavy 
Plaudits are earned by merit. 

Another big feature is the preten- 
tious singing and dancing revue of- 
fered by Ona Munson and her male 
supporters. This is a smart, grace- 
ul, peppy number, in which some 
good vocalism is given by a quartet, 
and some nifty hoofing by Miss Mun- 
and Shean and Phillips. 
Charh a King and Lila Rhodes 
nave a singing and dancing turn in 
scenes, in which a couple of 
vaudevillians are overtaken by nn 
auto breakdown and have hardly 
time to reach the theatre for their 
Performance. The skit is nothing to 
rave over, but it gets its full quota 
appreciation. 

Wilfred Clarke and Co. have a 

ajHH.dy playlet depicting the domes- 

tangle, in which some amusing 

J«d farcical situations are featured. 

£ots of laughs are collected, and 

,Uarke is well supported. 

Ed Lee Wrothe and Owen Martin 
'ad t,o difficulty in scoring. Wrothe 
the janitor and Martin as the 
»'acn track tout hand out pome 
fconxdy that lands th.m a big win- 
ner. 

Willie polls opens the bill with 
*orno cN'v«t roller skating, embrac- 
ing jugging, dancing and acrobatics. 
*rank Defoe and Harry Hosford put 
°ver the second spot with a scream. 
*ney have a string of peppy songs 
»»n<l some smart talk; tho harh -squo 
VHrnp hit bring* many laughs. 

Another hit was mad.- by Signor 
IM :;■•,,.., w j JO w i,.i,] s ,, foinsome of 
eeiini,)^ hummers on th" x\ hipbone, 
niid Herbert and Hare ,!om d will) 
a *''■>"': athlui.j n,-t. 



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Ohio (Shubert) 
°'ie of the snappiest bill* sab-, 
H-cd so fur Una season by ihe 



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E E ORPHEUM si 

MARTIN BECK ' MORT H. SINGER 

President General Manager » 

CHARLE8 E. BRAY 
General Western Representative r 



FRANK W. VINCENT, 

GEORGE A. GOTTLIEB, 
Managers' Booking Dept. 

FLOYD B. 8COTT 

Publicity and Promotion 



BENJ. B. KAHANE, 
Sec'y. Treas. and Counsel 
S. LAZ LAN3BURGH 
Associate Counsel 
JOHN POLLOCK, 

Press Department 



O. R. McMAHON, 
Manager Auditing Department 

GENERAL OFFICE3 

PALACE THEATRE BLDG., NEW YORK CITY 



BERT LEVEY CIRCUITS 
VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 

PAUL GOUORON 
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE. WOODS THEA. BLDG., CHICAGO 



Shubert vaudeville interests opened 
to a good audience at the Sunday 
matinee, and not a dull moment was 
recorded during the performance. 
While premier honors were ascribed 
to Taylor Holmes, who put on an 
act that proved him an entertainer 
of high caliber, some of the other 
numbers followed in very close 
order. 

Holmes' attractive personality won 
immediate favor, his impersonation 
of Wilton Lackaye as Svengali 
brought a big hand, his monolog 
scored heavily, and as an encore he 
recited Kipling's "Boots" brilliantly. 

El Brendel and Flo Burt were 
billed for their revue — seen here re- 
cently — but Brendel proved himself 
a good showman by offering new 
material, and with his nimble danc- 
ing and eccentricities he garnered 
enthusiastic plaudits, while Flo Burt 
earned her share of approval. 

Go-Get-'Em Rogers opened with a 
blackface and dancing act, followed 
by some skillful xylophone selec- 
tions by the Musical Johnstons. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mel-Burne repeated 
their booze playlet, "On the Sleeping 
Porch," to appreciative results. 

Ernest Evans and his girls offered 
their "Wedding Bells" singing and 
dancing revue to substantial plau- 
dits. This was full of snap and vim, 
with beautiful costumes and effec- 
tive settings. 

Billy McDer ott ceturns with his 
medals and hokum, his best bit be- 
ing the burlesque imitation of Sousa 
and Creatore. 

As a closer, the Pickfords had a 
unique tumbling and juggling 
number. 

Hetty King, hcadliner, did not 
appear at the matinee. 



while the singing and hoofing of 
his queens brought thunders of ap- 
plause. The "Poker Game of Love" 
is a good bit, leading up to a whirl- 
wind finish. 

Leon put over some mystifying 
stunts in magic, his big number 
being the Are and water illusion. 

Sandy Shaw brought down the 
house with his Scotch characteriza- 
tions. Ho has a line of comedy that 
! is clean and clever, his work is 
'snappy, and his personality enables 
him to score heavily. 

Frank J. Sidney has a good jump- 
ing and tumbling act, while two 
girls — Sheldon and Earle — have a 
neat and pleasing song cycle that 
puts them over. 

Bevan and Flint have a good 
comedy turn, In which Bevan's di- 
versions bring results, and the Har- 
rington's offer some clever and dar- 
ing acrobatic stunts on a revolving 
ladder. 

The organ recitals and screen 
prelude and postlude v are features 
at this house. 



Keith's 105th Street 

Keith's uptov. n house has the 
spice of life— variety— in abundance 
this week, and at the Monday even- 
ing show the big audience showed 
their approval of the current bill in 
unmistakable form. George Mac- 
Farlane is still a headlincr; then 
there is Bobby O'Neill and Leon, 
each of whom is entitled to rank 
high on any bill, and the surround- 
ings are well worthy of commen- 
dation. 

MacFarlanc was in excellent voice 
Monday night and landed big. H<> 
is always willing t give plenty and 
^rood measure of his wares, and all 
his numbers were .splendid. 

Bobby O'Neill nnd his girls— 
"Four Queens and the Joker '- -went 
over with a bang. Bobby has a 
great act. and be gets admirable 
support from bis face cards. As a 
dancer O'Neill is a top-noteher, 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

HEILIG— DeCourville's "London 
Follies." 

BAKER.— Baker Stock Co. in 
"Three Live Ghosts." 

LYRIC— Lyric Musical Comedy 
Co. in "Nearly an Elk." 

ORPHEUM.— Lillian Shaw; Clark 
Bergman and Co., headlined. 

PICTURES. — Liberty, Richard 
Barthelmess in "Tol'able David"; 
Columbia, "Don't Tell Everything"; 
Rivoli, Anita Stewart in "Her 'ad 
Bargain"; Blue Mouse, Harold 
Lloyd In "A Sailor Made Man"; 
People's, Griffith's "Way Down 
East "; Majestic, Doris May Ml "The 
Foolish Age"; Hippodrome, Alice 
Lake in "The Hole in the Wall." 



Ben Dillon, one of the most popu- 
'lar character actors the pioneer 
'Lyric Musical Comedy Company 
ever had, has returned to Portland 
'and will publically rejoin the Lyric 
'cast next Sunday in "Four Sweet- 
hearts." Dillon and Al Franks were 
a team for four and a half years on 
the local stage, but with Dillon's 



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N. w Yorl: «'ity. 



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The Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association 

John J. Nash, Business Manager. Thomas J. Carmody, Booking Manager 

5th Floor State-Lake Theatre Bldg„ CHICAGO, ILL. 



return there will be three in prln-, 
cipal comedy rojes, with Eddie 
Wright aa the third man. Dillon 
has just come from Southern Cali- 
fornia, where he has been directing 
construction of a beautiful home on 
his country place. 



Mrs. Viola Jane Lee, native of 
Indiana and for 33 years a resident 
of Portland, died here on Wednes- 
day evening. Mrs. Lee was the 
mother of William Lee, popular 
Baker Stock company actor, who 
was not advised of his bereavement 
until after the show that was about 
to start when death came to his 
parent. 



David Brill, heretofore manager 
of the local Universal exchange, de- 
parted for New York last Weunes- 
day, leaving J. L. Frazler of San 
Francisco as manager of the local 
offices. Brill will, for the present at 
least, sell Universal features out of 
the New York exchange. His wife 
has been in the east for nearly two 
months. 



E. George Wood, whose wife Is 
touring Keith time, has been named 
assistant to Manager A. C. Raleigh 



at the Columbia theatre. Wood has 
had much experience in staging 
musical revues and motion picture' 
prologues. 



Arthur Sullivan, former Portland 
newspaperman, has been appointed 
associate editor of Screen land, Jen- 
sen & Von Herberg house organ, 
and press agent for the local theatre 
interests of the J. & Von II. Arm. 



T. B. O'Neill has closed his Star 
theatre at McMinnville. O'Neill also 
owns the Rainbow, a larger house. 
Both were devoted to pictures. 



A new 750 -seat picture house, 
planned as one of the most modem 
in the state, will be built soon by 
Partridge & Morrison, owners of the 
Qem theatre, at Tillamook. 



WARDROBE PROP. 
TRUNKS, $10.00 

Bis Bargain*. Have been lined. Also a 
few Second Hand Innovation and Fibre 
Wardrobo Trunks, $20 and 126. A few 
4xtra larga Property Trunk*. Alao old 
Taylor and Bal Trunk* 1* Went Hat 
Street. Between Broadway and 6tb Ave., 
New fork City. 



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WHAT THE CRITICS SAID 



About the 8cenery Used by the "FOLLIES" 

at the Shubert Theatre, Kansas City: 



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KANSAS CITY "TI.MKS" (Dec. 8)~ 

IWoro tho n>Yuo was ton seconds old Inst nlghf. tlm ri < nl i • ■?• 
"(.lis" ami "ahs" of approval for tlw ^nipous ;_'«'ld ami silvr ■■urt.tin. irnp^rtrd from 
New Yoik ♦ sp«, i.illy f»»r this show. A f» w mmu^'H lat-r. ^i.'iins of applause canu: 
Jiom \}.o sphndid silver and «old hack <_utain that, hut hulliam-< and harmony. No 
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Power"; Arcadia. "Bride's riay." 

Shubert Vaudeville. — Bessie Mc- 
Coy Davis, who was injured here 
two years ago when playing In a 
revue at* the Shubert theatre, went 
with a snap, although not quite the 
whirlwind she used to be. A pecu- 
liar thing occurred Monday matinee 
in light of her previous Injury. As 
she was taking a recall she tripped 
and came very nearly falling head- 
long into the orchestra pit. 

"Harmonyland." with its jazz 
tunes, strung one after another, hit 
the popular fancy after a rather 
slow start. Marguerite Farrell, 
with her film to help out her act, 
put her songs over in good style. 
Carlos and Inez put on dancea that 
pleased. The bill as a whole was 
a bit long, and appeared to hit the 
fancies of the only fair-sized au- 
dience in a mure or less spotty fash- 
ion. 



B. F. Keith's.— Yahjfka Surratt's 
new playlet, "The White Way." is 
a good bit less bloody and more dig- 
nified than any in which she has 
appeared it) a long time and she was 
given a warmer reception as a re- 
sult. Jack Trait's sketch contains 
more humor than Sur/att generally 
carries in her playlets, but it went 
over handily. Anna Chandler, with 
her songs and chatter, was another 
decided hit. Allan Rogers and Ix?- 
nora Allen have old songs and new 
wol| combined, ami the rest of the 
bill has snap and go. even if there 
i.s nothing remarkably original. 



Regent "Sea Lion"; Olympic, "Miss 
Lulu Bett"; Aldine, "Way of a 
Maid"; Lyceum, "De Luxe Annie"; 
Caraeraphone, "Virginia Courtship"; 
Blacks tone, same; Alhambra, "Un- 
der the Lash." 



"While "Miss Lulu Bett" is proving 
a good draw at the Pitt, the Olympic, 
running the piece in films, is pack- 
ing 'cm in. "Orphans of the Storm" 
goes in for indefinite run next week. 



The Aldine, started last week by 
Felt Brothers with six vaudeville 
acts and feature film, on continuous 
show plan, is reported success so 
far. Original 60 -cent top has been 
reduced to 44 cents, with women and 
children admitted for dime in after- 
noons. 



Tli« l j.-hotonlays at downtown 
tiouses this week an 1 : Aldin \ 
"Disr.K'ir (sfcomi u< i iU>: Karlton, 
•*Peter Il.h^tson" (third week): 
JStnnton. ' ■Coiim M ieut Yankee" 
(third \vp-'k); Stanley. "Conquering 



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1'iVtures — rirand and Liberty. "My 
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operating pretentious cabarets, both 
featuring the largest revues ever 
seen here. Earl Lindsay is produc- 
ing the show in the former house, 
which is the classier offering, though 
the other one la bringing business to 
the place, which has been on the 
verge of bankruptcy. Inspired by 
the success of these two ventures, a 
local cafe man has hopes of intro- 
ducing a cabaret fashioned along 
lines of the more famous metropoli- 
tan places, contingent on his being 
able to secure a permit to dance un- 
til 1 a. m. from the new city admin- 
istration. 



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and office space. It will be copied 
after the Regent theatre here. 



"Maytime" Is back 
still pulling a goodly 
Bad Man" next. 



at the 
crowd. 



Alvln, 
"The 



Bob Lewis, local singer, is the 
mysterious annoyer in the audience 
for Harry Jolson. 



bar'a Tennessee Ten were back, ma 
a good starter. Miller and Capoaa 
got a fair hand for aoroe good dig. 
cms:. Frank Ellis put a high tan 
on the low quality of entertauuneit 
of hla "Dress Rehearsal'* and 
one of the hits, then helped 
and Betty Wheeler goal 'em 
good comedy. Ethel Levey 
across a couple of pop 
among others, all effectively, 
walked off with four bows. 
Bankhoff took applause honors with 
his "Dancing Master," but the ea- 
core speech wasn't so good after 
what proceeded. Lew ltockstafer 
geta as many laughs as he em 
did, now with his wireless telephone 
bit. generally good material, wis- 
ning four bows. James and Etta 
Mitchell, with their ladder an4 
trapeze act, failed to hold many in. 

Duqueene (Shubert) 

Shubert business, after a good 
opening; week, took a turn for tat 
worse with the start of the current 
offering. A couple of good legit read 
attractions will deal effective blows 
even against vaudeville, in peer 
times especially. A few minor or- 
chestral defects didn't matter jneeh 
to a lethargic Monday matinee g ath« 
erlng, though the ahow as a whole 
wasn't half bad. Roods and Fran. 
els opened with slack wire mildly, 
and Sailor Bill Rellly, second time 
here, got over to a couple of bows, 
despite a sore throat. The Glorias, 
another repeater, filled No. 8, after 
a short wait, the skating dance 
again registering. The pictures wen 
shown in advance of their ustnl 
time, then the Hannefords sudden* 
ly injected some enthusiasm into 
the morbid mob. Eighteen minutes 
of good entertainment this, with 
Poodles entitled to the extra bows he 
earned here. Ciccollni followed for 
I five bows, and Kajlyama, back 
again with slightly changed routine, 
scored heavily. Alice Lloyd wu 
well liked, but her encore bit failed 
to take as well as it might Charles 
Howard and Co. in "How Things 
Have Changed" got scattered 
laughs, and the Four Paldrena, with 
lifting feats, ended to a moving 
house. 



Davis (Keiths) 
Crowd and ahow were just nor- 
mal twice Monday, neither up to 
last week's mark, one of the biggest 
in the history of the house. Dun- 



JAMES MADISON says— 

My beacon-light for »2J shall bs great- 
er originality, brighter material and 
more pains- taking effort than ever be- 
rore. I return to my New York Offlce. 
Rroadway. on January 16th. 



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PICTURES 



41* 




FILM PANIC AND FEAR 



Lob Angeles, Jan. 11. 
the year 1887, Thomas A. Edison, Frieze -Greene, William Muy« 
hridKe or one of the many others who, according to varying reports, 
the first to conceive: the idea of motion pictures, started something. 
Ko less animated than the photography which then took birth is the 
iicussion and/ controversy cs to the identity of its creator. When the 
tion be^ar^e as Involved as an afternoon's Idle chat at the Dls- 
naroent Conference, and with the passing of time and dividends, the 
iue was r. legated to the bourne of unsolvable things, such as the 
ncient hangln^ gardens and modern censorship, and ave way to debates 
over the "igin of the flash-back and the writer of the first motion 
.icture scenario. That is, until Christmas, 1921, were these questions 
Promulgated an & variously r <swered; but now, on the eve of 1922, there 
Irues a " deeper Inquiry : » the minds of those engaged in the picture 
Industry. In thi Klleg-like light of the dying year, the one general intcr- 
louation that circles its qu wior.i-g demand fr. .1 729 Seventh avenue to 
-Bollywood, Cal., is, "What Do tie Public Want— and Do They Know It?' 
After a prosperity ne-cr before paralleled in the history of the Amer- 
ican theatre, the kind, generous public which so loyally supported the 
new great flicker-industry in every town and hamlet in the juntry and 
• in countless after-dinner speeches in the city, suddenly becam , by quick 
nnd successive stages, :. "discriminating public," "the usual summer lull," 
•«ne w-loptr-nt of natural rift," and Anally "a menace to the fur- 

ler progrcsj of the art," if no: Indeed of the income tax. ITirst it was 
ipposed to be a logical reacts to the mad spending that had followed 
termination of tho war, as a campaign against spending, In which 
the public would give no quarters; then as an indictment against the 
public's knowlc" ' what i wants. 

The public wants novelty, anu it has not bad no. elty In its motion pic- 
ture diet since Hector Turnbull was a pup. "The Cheat," which he wrote, 
.was novelty. Since then the producers have co-operated completely with 
the censors in eliminating that Important ingredient from the screen bill 
of fair — if not mediocre — stories. 

INFALLIBLE PUBLIC 

The public Is always right, even if it is inarticulate. There Is a mis- 
ten habit of reasoning by induction, instead of by deduction, in re- 
rd to the public. We have a habit of casually passing on the mean- 

igless generality that rublic opinion if created by newspapers; but how 

>ng does the newspaper which does no* upply what the public wants 

ist? How long can.lt "create the opinion" that it is giving its readers , . 

,hat they want when it is not doing soT Moot general statements are they are being taken advantage of for the gain of the others; 
wrong, but none so far from the truth as that public opinion can be institution founded and built as Associated 



asily molded and permanently made to conform to that mold. For 
wenty million years, approximately, people have been told and taught 
and tempered to the belief that monogamy is, or should be, the prevailing 
rule of life; religions have been built upon that tenet, but the tenet 
still, however, has so few customers as to crowd court and composing- 
rooms with the penslsting news that the Great Twenty-Milllon-year-Sex 
Serial is still being cast Euclid knew a lot of mathematics, and Thucy- 
dides was no bum when it came to figures, and Lewis J. Selznick knows 
plain geometry (if it is very plain — as it has to be to make one and one 
equal three), but neither they nor Bernard Shaw, nor all of them in col- 
laboration with Governor Miller, can change the triangle from angling. 

From David Wark Griffith to the humblest property man in the bus- 
iness, the public has been underestimated; and the worm is turning. The 
public has been more patient with the projecting machine than it has 
ever been with any of Its amusement gods in the past. We have always 
loved pictures; and it was this elemental attraction for the pictured story 
which has come down to us from Darwin's original cast which has per- 
mitted the picture maker to get by all these years with so little call 
upon the truly imaginative, the really artistic motive or development, 
sad which has at the same time lulled him into a mistaken sense of 
security that it would be ever so. 

RIDING HOOD WONT GROW UP 
There is no doubt that the accepted formula of the screen drama 
must give way to a wider range of thought and dramatic philosophy. 
"Little Red Riding Hood" la a fascinating story for children, and they 
can listen to it* over and over again; but when they grow up, they 
want fiction of a little different sort; they will still stand for "Little Red 
h Riding Hood," but they want the character to be involved in more com- 
plexes of action and reflexes of feeling. We have been giving the mo- 
tion picture public "Little Red Riding Hood," until they, too, have grown 

: up and begin to close their eyes, as the tired child, when they hear the 

1 story being told to them all over again. There is no more suspense 
In the motion picture theatre today than in Hans Christian Anderson. 
People will always want fairy-tales; they will always hunger for the un- 
attainable, for the happiness and sweetness of the pure unadultery-ated 

i love of Prince Charming for the Beggar Maid; always will they yearn for 
the power of Aladdin's lamp to do the will, whatever the command; al- 

( ways the heart will flame with rage at oppression and exult over the 

humbling of the tyrant (or villain) at the feet of his victim, now found 

to be the real king, or as translated by the correspondence schools, a 

captain of industry. These are the meat and drink of the mind; but give 

| us chefs, not dishwashers to prepare this food; here is material for nectar 

* and ambrosia, if it is but mixed with the touch of genius, or at least, 
f because genius is so rare, with understanding and sympathy; without 

them, alas, they turn into sandwiches! 

• The star with the simper and the pucker is worried; the public, which 
r of yore so loved to see her simp and puck is getting sick of the simp 

»nd all puckered out. The pretty man, who strode forth with rising 
courage and eye-brow, is now striding fifth or sixth, or even further 
down the list. The war taught us a better ideal of men, and the movie 
ke-vamps will soon reach the last; too long, already, they have been 
•tanding in the other fellow's shoes. Tho screen has talked to the public 
lor a long time, and now the public is talking back to tho screen. "Give 
Ui, men and women," it cries (th public always cries when it speaks, but 
this time it is Justbled), "men and women, not mannikins and flappers; 

I give us hope and truth, not hokum and honey; give us feelings and cour- 
■ge, not cold cream and beautiful dentistry; give us reality dignified and 
Idealized as we loved it when we were creeping out of tho branches of 
our family tree as baboons and again out of the cradle as children; give 
, tis this day our daily screen bread— but let it be well-bred; give us a 
change, and wc will give you ours." 

Here, in Los Angeles, there is panic and fear. The director is perplexed. 
•'What do they want?" he asks. "Everyone says melodrama; I gave them 
J a crook story, full of wile and deception, with the hero abused and the 
•heroine menaced, and the two coming to a lining and final triumph over 
adversity and suspicion, and the villain left to expiate his crime with 
poetic Justice; but they come not to the theatre; it is not a house of 
*nirth, it is a morgue of drama, and Doss Distributer and' his son, dear 
1 ttle Percentage, wax roth (compos ins -room: please be careful not to 
make tho "w" nnd "m" and the first letters capitals— for the phrase is 
not Jewish), nnd in strange language which I do not understand write 
me "the pill that made that flivver ought to be in a beanery, not in a 
studio"; su.cly a. pill should not be in a beanery any more than it should 
he In a studio, but only in a drugstore— or a palate. It is all very myste- 
rious to me. I do not seem to understand people any more. I who once 
*new them so well." It means only that the people have changed — be- 
wildered, puttee-wearing and putty-moulding director, and that you 
have not changed with them; the procession has pasM.l you. and soon 
l hc trucks will be along, and then perhaps you can again take the reins. 

THE STARLET'S REACTIONS 

And the starlet, thus: "People are certainly getting economical; they 
cv en think about buying stamps these days. I can tell br. cause I used 
|° receive 300 letters a day praising my work, and proving their since* i:y 
by asking mf Ivhat brand of cosmetlv^ I U.se, and now I rectivo only 20. 



I think I'll show that I'm in sympathy with this new thrift movement 
and have my press agent announce that I believe in thrift and that 
people on a pedestal, like me, should set a good example for honest 
working girls, and, therefore, I have "Stored three of my cars, and from 
no./ on wi.l eep only two cars and chauffeurs, and the Rolls, which really 
isn't a car, but an advertisement. Of course, my press agent won't 
make it sound so that I am keeping the chauffeurs — he can fix that up, 
because he knows English." 

Oh, little star, up above tho world so high, will you ever be able to 
climb down to earth again and live without stifling by coming in con- 
tact with people? For you will have to, really, to remain a star, cr the 
people will not look for you, either in the sky or the marquise. 

Seriously, though, those of the producers who see the signs of the 
time, and set themselves to their task, may not only bring the public 
back to the deserted lobbies, but secure the interest of "the better peo- 
ple," which means those who miss a lot in life by not rubbing elbows 
with the others; and retain the support of all permanently. Those who 
insist "We're giving the public what they want," and refuse to change 
will find that they were right after alL and were giving the public what 
they want, which is primarily only those producers who can accomplish 
that. 

The "foreign invasion" of film has had a very salutary effect in bring- 
ing home to us the truth that there is no real prejudice on the 
part *>f the American public toward the costume play, if intelligently 
constructed and devised. Fairbanks has been the flrst of the American 
stars to apply this new-found knowledge, which he has done in the 
shape of "The Three Musketeers," and to the tune of three million 
dollars. Others should follow his good example. Wc should, for instance, 
love to see Katherlne MacDonald in "Romeo and Juliet" — the one out- 
standing classic beauty of the screen should give the world at large 
a new standard as its conception of the great Italian heroine of the 
drama; or William S. Hart or Lewis Stone as "Captain Debonnalre," or 
John Barrymore as almost anything costumy. 

M. P. T. O. and First Nat'l 

Of the many expected combinations, none nave materialized, which 
is after all u. good thing for the independent market, which in turn, is 
a good thing (or as the independents would term themselves, "the" good 
thing) for the business. The M. P. T. O. have changed their minds 
about Fame us. Players-Lasky, their erstwhile enemy, and now believe 
Zukor to be Jake, and have turned their attention to Associated First 
National Pictures. The latter do not seem to be greatly disturbed by 
the investigation. Their producers are solidly lined, up with them, and 
the great . >rlty of their franchise and sub-franchise holder.] still look 
upon j the organization as the greatest movement toward economic free- 
dom and co-operative association ever undertaken in the business. In 
every organization of thousands there are bound to be a few who think 

but an 

bound 

to withstand the criticism of these few and tho inves.tigatn-y seal w?th 

which the M. P. T. O. seems to be imbued. 

In Hollywood, a few producers, and a philanthropist, 
H. Ince, have formed what they call the Cinema Finance 
finance worthy independent producers. These producer 
enough to have one -third of the production cost, the 
supplying other two-thirds, upon certain conditio] 

o that the pr Auction be xuade at Inceville. The independent producer 
may still be saved from this possibility of being financed, however, be- 
cause there is a bare chance that Motley H. Flint, of the Los Angeles 
Trust and Savings Bank, whj is an important factor in the Finance cor- 
poration, or Mike Levee, now head of the Brunton Studios, who is also 
an impor: r.t factor in the Finance corporation, or Mack Bennett, who 
Is also an L lportant factor l.i the Finance corporation, or the others who 
are important factors in the Finance corporation, may suddenly de- 
termine, discover, think or guest that Thomas H. Ince is making a profit 
through the lease of studio space to the independent producer without 
dividing it with them, or if he does divide it with them, the Los Angeles 
Trust and Savings Bank will discover — but, oh, these attempts of in- 
dependent lucers to finance independent producers are always too 
confusing even for the parties of the first and second part, let alone 
for those who are trying to take the part of either of them. 

In tho' meantime, the back t-j nature movement at Hollywood has be- 
gun, and ra~iy actors are beg ing to cut the grass beneath their feet— 
at forty cen'.j wi hour. Th-> thing we have heard so much about, the sur- 
vival of the fittest, is happening. A great many haberdashery clerks and 
electricians will be returned to place and powerhouse; many bird-cages 
will leave Los Angeles, the exodus will take place, and many actresses 
who have in the past selected their parts will now be selected for parts 
unknown. But those who remain will be the people who havo proved 
themselves to be true, loyal, earnest workers, before or behind the 
camera. They will truly be the chosen people— and Henry Ford, if this 
be treason, make the most of it. 



end as a hero, winning the girl in 
approved feature film style. The 
question is. Has Talmadge the per- 
sonality for the finer shadings re- 
quired by less regular out-of-door 
stuff than he Is compelled to show 
in bis athletic pyrotechnics? 

It looks as if chat part of him 
could be brushed up all right. Cer- 
tainly from a flrst appearance he 
would seem to have as much to 
show In that respect as Tom Mix 
or Buck Jones had In the beginning, 
and Jack Dillon has charge of his 
next picture. This should settle the 
matter. Grover Jones directed this 
one competently. Loed. 



THE LANE THAT 

HAD NO TURNING 

Madelinette Agnea Ajrrca 

Louis Racine Theodore Kosloff 

George Fournel Mahlon Hamilton 

Jue Lajeunease Wilton Taylor 

Tardirr Prank Campeme 

Marie .Lillian Lelfbton 

Havel ....Charles West 

M. Poire ..Robert Bolder 

Governor General Fred Vroom 



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GIVE HER ANYTHING 

Rather an amusing comedy, this 
Fox flve-reeler, although the prin- 
cipal character played by Eileen 
Percy Is rather spoiled by inept act- 
ing. As the spoiled daughter of the 
rich broker who turns the business 
office of her fiance upside down, she 
is too utterly saccharine to be 
human. The quality of kittenish 
hoyden has to be Intelligently bal- 
anced. Too much of It is cloying, 
and Miss Percy lays it on fear- 
somely thick. 

The tale is one of those farcical 
stories which roll up complicated 
situations to a final tangled maze 
and then smooth them out in a 
minute. Enid Is engaged to Henry 
and in order to be a helpful wife 
insists that she be given a position 
in his office so that she may be 
acquainted with hlb business prob- 
lems and thus a helper during their 
married life. 

Of course she throws a monkey 
wrench into the works. All the of- 
fice help fall In love with what they 
suppose is the new stenographer 
and Henry has to tire most of them. 
Heads of departments become em- 
broiled and resign and finally 
Henry's head clerk dates up Enid 
for dinner at a roadhouse. When 
H*»nry learns of this he gives chase. 

At the roadhouse there are fur- 
ther complications. Everybody is 
mistaken for a crook and tho Jam 1m 
completed when the head clerk and 
Knid escape and become embroiled 
with the clerk's wife and six chil- 
dren. In the end Enid is taught 
that there is no percentage, in mid- 
dling with business and all 1m well 
ayain. These tangles are skilfully 
'turned and swiftly developed for 
laughs. The story deserved better 
acting than it got at the hands of 
Miss Percy and her supporting com- 
pany, who were artificial and ob- 
viously scree*n actresses and aetorr.. 
and the audience never could avoid 
tho conviction that it was Just fic- 
tion. There was no background of 
i-ality to varry the interest.- 

Rush. $ 



THE UNKNOWN 

The Unknown Richard Talmadgo 

Sylvia Sweet Andre Tournler 

Parker Talmadge Mark Font on 

J. AIulco:m Sweet J. VV. Early 



This is a first-class novelty for 
houses whose programs are not set 
to frame first runs. Phil Goldstone 
made it solely for the purpose of 
offering Richard Talmadge in some- 
thing which would chiefly serve to 



A Sir Gilbert Parker story, adapt- 
ed for the Famous Players* screen 
and released through Paramount, 
featuring Agnes Ayres. Victor 
Fleming did the directing, with Eu- 
gene Mullin receiving program 
credit for the scenario and Gilbert 
Warrenton the photography. 

Tho tale, as flashed upon the 
screen, is mediocre. While It may 
satisfy as a straight program fea- 
ture, it will neither add to the 
laurels of Miss Ayres or Sir Gilbert. 
It tells of a girl, living in a French- 
Canadian province, who possesses a 
rich singing voice, marrying a 
young French lawyer of her com- 
munity (who is in mortal dread of 
an hereditary affliction of becoming 
a hunchback), then going to Europe 
and realizing a vocal triumph, re- 
turning to And her husband de- 
formed. She gives up her career in 
favor of the husband, and in addi- 
tion discovers the legal right to the 
position which he holds in the prov- 
ince rightfully belongs to another, 
which leads to a complication, ter- 
minating in tho husband accident- 
ilJv finding proof of tho situation, 
killing the man who has attempted 
to fxpo.se him and later shooting 
himself so as not to disgrace his 
wife who had tried to shield the 
knowledge from him by a plea to 
the man who was willed the position 
but did not need it. An antl -climax 
reveals the girl as having once more 
taken up her career with the ulti- 
mate proposal of marriage coming 
from the benefactor who had waived 
his rights to her former husband's 
legal place. 

As in her previous pioture, "The 
Sheik," Miss Ayres is relegated to a 
secondary position as regards prom- 
inence by another member ^of the 
cast In "The Sheik" it was Valen- 
tine who outshone her, and in this 
release the honors go to Theodore 
Kosloff as the deformed husband. 
Kosloff has appeared on the same 
rollcall with Miss Ayres before, but 
generally as a villain, though always 
coming through with a creditable 
piece of work. This dancer, for such 
he was, has taken kindly to the film 
art, and since the days when he ap- 
peared under De Mllle has contin- 
ually turned in performances which 
brought pi . -leular attention, and 
with screenings oftener should 
threaten the reputation of Robert 
McKim as the best "dirty dog" of 
the Alms. 

Miss Ayres lends a pleasing ap- 
pearance, but is not called upon to 
do anything out of the ordinary 
during the script. It's mostly a mat- 
ter of Interiors, with not an over- 
abundance of aetion within the seta 
What Interest there is centers 
around the husband (Kosloff), his 
dread of the affliction and his sensi- 
tiveness to it after it is visited upon 
him. The aftermath, of the girl re- 
marrying, might have been done 
sway with, but the proverbial rule 
of a happy ending evidently took 

stronger finish 



pave the way, by showing his stunts, 

fpr feature stellar work. Talmadge precedence over 

is a stunt man who puts about which would have materially bene- 



everyone else in that class slightly 
In the shade. 

The story deals with profiteers 
who are putting up the price of food. 
An Unknown is striking terror into 
their hearts and leading their de 



fited a weak, as screened, theme. 

Skiff. 



State Senator James J. Walker of 
New York, counsel for the National 
Theatre Owners, journeyed to De- 
tectives a merry chase, the chase trolt to act as toastmaster Tuesday 
giving tho opportunities for sensa- evening for the dinner given by the 
tlonal stunts. There are leaps. Michigan state association as a sort 
somersaults, a collection of stuff of love feaRt to the exchangemen of 
alone worth the price of admission, 'Detroit. The dinner was held in the 
with the Unknown unmasked In the Statler hotel, Detroit. 



COAST PICTURE NOTES 



Los Angeles. Jan. 11. 
"Tin: DirUiwi-," by liichard Hard- 
ing Davis, will be Wallace Reid's 
next tor Paramount. Waller Woods 
is adapting it to the s.-reen. James 
Cruzc will direct. 



A new producing unit, known as 
the Irving Cummings-Krncst Smith 
Productions, is to make "The Man 
from Hell's Kiver," a James Oliver 
Cur wood story. 



crack cameraman, has been loaned 
to Maurice Tourneur to shoot 
"Lorna Doone," which the director 
is making. 



Thomas Melghan's next La sky 
feature will be "Four Leading Citi- 
zens," an original by George Ade. 



Another new unit, formed by 
Hugh P>. Kvans, Jr.. will s;ar Hoy 
Stewart in "Jtidin* Wild," by II. H 
Van Loan. lioth companies will 
distribute their product through the 
Western Pictures Exploitation Co. 
of Los Angeles. 



Dorothy Dalton'e next Lanky 

starring vehicle will be "The Cat 

Who Walked Alone." George Mel- 
ford will direct. 



1ft 



cirv 'Shar'pl Thomas 11. Jnce'e, 



Anna Luther is due to arrive from 
New York next week to do an orlg- 
inojjor Lasky. 



Marguerite de la Motte will play 
the leading feminine role in "The 
Urotberhood of Jiatc," an. Ince spe- 
cial Uirected by Lambert HUlycr, 

. esssJ 



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PICTURES 



LOVE'S REDEMPTION 



Friday, January \13, 1( 



Jennie Dobnon ("(J Inter" ). Norma Talmadf* 

Clifford StHndlsh.. Harrison Ford 

I.'"«4eri'-k K-.si^, ,. —v.r. .*-'cr.lasu Levc 

John Standish.*.* Cooper C'llffe 

Jir». Blandish , Ida Waterman 

Captain H«tin«s*jr Michael M. Barnes 

Htandish'H Overseer E. Fcrnandes 

fltewart o£ Club , Fraser Coulter 



There are many arresting novel- 
ties of romantic story involved In 
the new Norma Talmadge feature, 
current at the Strand. The tale de- 
parts in many respects from the 
orthodox love theme, and haa as its 

central character a rather unusual 
heroine, "Ginger" (Miss Talmadge). 
a waif of the island of Jamaica, with 
a passion for mothering all the 
spiritual cripples that drift her way 
until a homesick English boy comes 
under her care and in helping him 
toward his reformation she wins his 
love. 

A curiously sympathetic role is 
this part of "Ginger/' which Miss 
Talmadge plays with a high degree 
of sincerity. There is nothing about 
the work of the cheap sentimentality 
that so often injures the screen plays 
of popular women stars. All the 
appeal Is addressed to an Intelligent 
characterisation. There is no "talk- 
ing down" to the supposed level of 
film audiences. The thing is direct 
and earnest, and all its sincerity 
registers. Miss Talmadge, by the 
way. has achieved a miracle of 
youthful slenderness, and makes her 
"Ginger" look the part of a girl in 
her early teens. 

The direction is as simple and di- 
rect as the appeal of the tale; the 
tropical locale offers large possibili- 
ties for picturesque settings, and 
these incidentals have been skillfully 
managed. Finally the play has ex- 
cellent contrasts in comedy touches, 
effective suspense, and enough of 
dramatic strength to sustain interest. 
Anthony Paul Kelly adapted the 
story from the novel. "On Principle.'* 
by Andrew Soutar, and Joseph M. 
Schenck stands sponsor for the of- 
fering which bears the First Na- 
tional mark. 

Clifford 8 tan dish is one of those 
younger son British exiles running 
a plantation in Jamaica. Loneliness 
drives him to tippling, and he is rap- 
Idly going to smash, neglected and 
imposed upon by his lazy native 
servants. Jennie Dobs on, "daughter 
of a Spanish beauty and an English- 
man of vague identity," known as 
"Ginger" for her household efficiency, 
has been running the household of 
a roving sea captain, but his de- 
parture on a long voyage leaves her 
without an occupation. Straightway 
she goes looking for some other crea- 
ture to mother, and the secretary 
of the Foreigners' Club puts her in 
the way of Standish. 

She first makes his house clean 
and, armed with a revolver, hustles 
the servants around to their work. 
The bachelor establishment is re- 
organized on a capable basis. The 
next step is to break the boy's drink- 
ing habits, and the energetic "Ginger" 
goes about this task with the same 
cheerful courage. Standlsh's fam- 
ily has ignored him all this time, 
but the death of an uncie brirgs 
him fortune, and the fashionable 
family at home suddenly become 
Interested in his welfare. 

With his impending departure for 
borne Standish suddenly realizes 
that he is in love with his little 
housekeeper, and they are married. 
The family in England lias other 
plans for his social advancement, so 
when he arrives with Little Miss 
Nobody there is the inevitable closh 
between the bride and the young 
husband's women relative?. Here 
are some of the most interesting 
passages of the story. '-Ginger" is 
the same efficient, capable, depend- 
able creature in this new warfare 
and comes out on top in tho clash, 
but at length becomes weary of the 
fight and is about to depart when 
Standish, with a sudden insight into 
the situation, packs up and departs 
with her. young romance stepping 
out together into a world of their 
own to work out their individual 
destinies together. 

Miss Talmadge's supoonln^ com- 
pany is first rate, including Montapa 
Love as the heavy. Business at the 
Strand Sunday evening was big, a 
notable demonstration of the star's 
loyal following among the metro- 
politan film fans. Rush 

FIVE DAYS TO LIVE 

Tal Leung- Seeaue Hayakawa 

Ko A1 Tauru Aokl 

Chonic Wo Goro Kino 

La (Mandarin) Mica* Sekl 

Younjr Too Toya FuJIta 

Hop Sing II. Konlahl 



Tal, only to find his wife dreaming 
toward death from an inhalation 
she bad kept with her to save her- 
self from tho mandarin. Fresh air 
revived her. 

Norman Dawn directed and can 
be credited with excellent handling 
of individual scenes. The photog- 
raphy stood up, but the chief fault 
was unavoidable: How are you go- 
ing to work up enthusiasm about a 
lot of Chinese characters? Not an 
American face! A secondary fault — 
had it been absent the picture would 
have been greatly Improved — lay in 
the scenario, credited to Eve Unsell 
and Barrett Elsden Fort. These two 
seemed to be in a conspiracy to rob 
the picture of action. It got a slow 
start, given over to creating atmos- 
phere. The Canton Wolf was inex- 
pertly introduced; about as much 
action characterized the attempt to 
rescue the girl as is present at a pink 
tea, and the Griffith save -her- from - 
death ending was allowed to flop. 

The acting was better, realistic 
and full of punch, though It would 
seem bad business to present Haya- 
kawa and his wife in the same pic- 



ture. That must have an effect on 
the choice of story* Moreover, dol- 
lars are going sadly to waste trying 
to make the Jrapanese star into a 
washed-out Imitation of an Ameri- 
can screen hero. The man has un- 
limited ability, particularly as a 
heavy. Why not let him loose on a 
lot of sweet Americans who foil him 
in the end? Maxe him a George 
Arllss of the screen. But perhaps 
Mr. Hayakawa objects. Leed. 



ANNE OF LITTLE 8X0KEY 

Some one must have suspected 
there wag something all wrong with 
this picture before it was released, 
for there isn't the slightest indica- 
tion as to who wrote or directed the 
production on either the film or the 
paper used in connection with It. It 
Is a Wisteria production released 
by the Playgoers Pictures through 
Pathe. This week it served as part 
of a double feature program at 
Loew*s New York in conjunction 
with "Burn *Em Up Barnes.** It is 



a lucky thing the latter was a fairly 
strong feature and thus balanced 
"Anne." 

The shortcomings mus* *«. laH.-t** 
the story. It wasn't really strong 
enough, and also poor direction. The 
cast is a rather good one as far as 
names are concerned, with two 
women featured in the production, 
Wlnnifred Westover and Dolores 
Cassenllli and a supporting cast 
headed by Frank Sheridan. 

Draggy in the extreme is the 
story, going on and on forever and 
never getting anywhere. Laid in a 
mountain section of the country, a 
forest ranger is the heroic figure of 
the yarn. The territory of Little 
Smokey is the ground that he covers. 
Mr. Sheridan is the head of a 
family which considers the moun- 
tain as their personal hunting 
ground, with Miss Westover as his 
daughter. There is a love affair 
between the daughter and the 
ranger. It is love and duty about 
which the picture is built 

The father is caught poaching by 
the ranger and in the end is forced 



to choose between the girl and i 
law. The latter wins, but later 1 
girl decides he did right. th * 

.Miss Cassenllli is a w-*— « B - 
gypsy dragged into the story hJ 
main force, If It hadn't been thai 
her presence added another nam- 
to the cast and her work helped 
fill in some of the rough spots, thai 
portion of the story could have 
eliminated. 

Outside of the amount spent on 
the cast the picture seems to have 
been made rather cheaply, for the 
greater part the scenes are exteriors 
and those that are not are chat 
interiors. 

At a price the picture will do in 
the smallest houses, but that is all 
It Isn't strong enough to standi 
even as part of a double feature bill 
In the bigger houses. Fred. 



George Fitsmaurlce. Paramount 
director, has finished "The Mas 
from Home,** which he made 
Italy, and will do his next produc- 
tion in Egypt — an original story by 
Oulda Bergere, not yet titled. 




Sessuo Hayakawa stars in this 
R-C special. The story, by Dorothy 
Goodfellow, shows him as a young 
Chinese sculptor. The girl he loves 

is adopted daughter of the money- 
grabbing Chong Wo, and is over- 
worked. Chong Wo resents Tai's 
attentions and attempts to marry 
the girl to a mandarin. She refuses 
this financial blessing and is locked 
up for her pains. Tal attempts a 
rescue, fails and the girl is dragged 
to the mandarin. 

The punch is Tai's offer to the 
condemned Canton Wolf to take his 
place at the block in return for the 
bandit's cached wealth. With the 
wealth he buys off the girl, they arc 
married and have five days before 
the execution. Tai departs to keep 
his part of the bargain, but the 
Canton Wolf is dead of cholera, the 
ends of Justice served. Back rushes 




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Times, December 27, 1921, and syndicated in important newspapers through- 
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NEWS OF THE FILMS 



*WW 100 exhibitors of Maine at- bribes, 
A i£i the state convention at to the 

cSfriMcot; w i*«t week - The y 

RS To disband the old organlsa- 
Sifknown as the Allied Theatres 
^nutation and to form a new unit 
Ttt* Theatre Owners of America. 
&!?e officer* were elected: Presi- 
Charlos Stem. Bangor; vice- 
«Ment Wendell Hone, Presque 
K5 treasurer, Willllun McPhee, 
RJStown: secretary, A. S. Goldman, 
SSEor and executive committee, 
MS Stitham (chairman), Pltts- 
SIm. Wilbur Shea, Lubec; Charles 

Charles Uson, 



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Bangor, 

! Wilbu 
«Th MUHnocket; 
gff Orchard; Richard Flora, Cari- 
Harriman, Portland; C. 

ion,'. Camden; Robert King, 
Hpsworth. 

^Raymond L. Schrock left Jan. 11 
to the Coast with Edwin Carewe. 
kennie Zeldman and B. P. Flneman. 

Joseph A. Gclden, owner of the 

Cstai Film Corp. and Allgood 

fctureH was married Jan. 10 at 

Jmonicos to Margaret Weiss, 

la-professional. The couple have 

ioked to sail for Europe Jan. 17 

r a three months' honeymoon. 

At the opening of the Senate in 

Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 4, Minority 

Leader J. J. Walker demanded that 

mator Clayton R. Lusk deny the 

barge that fie, Lusk, had been of- 

ired $100,000 to kill the screen 

#*isorship bill by the picture inter- 

««tfl. The charge was made by the 

H«v. O. R. Miller. The clergyman 

hts previously charged the Lcgls- 

iture at Albany with being offered 



of his complaints being 
. :hat there was a large 
sum advanced to paas the Sunday 
baseball bill in 1911. Senator 
Walker alleged Dr. Miller stood dis- 
credited in the records of the Sen- 
ate, and since 1905 had not a con- 
gregation nor officiated as a minis- 
ter of the gospel. 



During a meeting of the Theatre 
Owners' Chamber of Commerce, 
held at the Hotel Astor,. Jan. 4, 
President William Brandt deplored 
the salaries picture stars were re- 
ceiving, stating they .were out of 
proportion to the receipts at the box 
offices and that the salaries are 
sending the price of the pictures 
beyond the mark theatre owners 
can meet. As a member of a com- 
mittee recently appointed to % learn 
the reason for the excessive cost of 
production, Brandt said almost 
everything in the making of "pict- 
ures had been reduced except the 
salaries of the stars. As a remedy 
Brandt believes if :he producers 
would inform the "stars" of the 
theatre receipts being out of pro- 
portion to their pay they would ac- 
cept less money. 



The Solax Studio, in New Jersey, 
burned 'to the ground Friday night 
with a loss estimated at around 
160,000. The nre was reported as 
having started in the drying room. 

A new lens, designed to eliminate 
the eyestrain and irritation when 
watching moving pictures, has been 
brought to this country by M. B. 
Bloom of London. 



EXHIBITORS NOT FOR HAYS 



(Continued from page 1) 

the House and Senate lined-up 

inst what appears to them on 

surface a deal between the 

esld^ptial administration and the 
picture^ industry, with, jfche latter 
pledging to the Republican party 
the screens of the country in return 
lor favors for the industry. 
[Just how the exhibitors are going 
to take this pledging of the screens 
m their theatres to political usage is 
i?a question. At present some of the 
^exhibitor organization heads are 
Jltatlng that the situation is not 
serious in this regard, but the exhib- 
itors of Greater New York didn't 
know anything about it when the 
screen's were pledged to Tammany 
Hall in the recent election and they 
*were delivered. The producer who 
pledged them saw to that. 

Undoubtedly the deal that will be 
closed tomorrow with Mr. Hays be- 
coming the head of the National As- 
k soclatlon of the Motion Picture car- 
jries with it something of a promise 
regarding the present situation in 
New York State. The pledge given 
In the Greater New York mayoralty 
carried with it something regarding 
the fight in the state for the Gov- 
ernorship next fall. The Democratic 
lid* has been informed that in re- 
turn for an anti-censorship plank 
the next city fight would have the 
support of the screen. It is natural 
Mr. Hays, the former head of the 
Republican National Committee, 
would not want to see a Democratic 
Governor in New York State which 
1* actually the keystone of the 
political situation of the nation. Mr. 
Hays in coming into the Industry 

ay be carrying a promise of some 

tod regarding New York. 
Favored Individuals 

What else the industry expects 
Politically is a question. The in- 
dustry as a whole may not get any- 

hing but certain individuals may 
•ecure favors and those individuals 
^ not the ones appearing on the 
•urfaco in the offer made to Hays. 
hUntil late last summer- Mr. Hays 
«ew but two people in the picture 
■dustry. One was Lewis J. Selz- 
M whom ho had met casually and 
»e other was Adolph Zukor. Mr. 

ay 8 has held conference after eon- 
enee in the Zukor office since last 

rM. but his acquaintance between 
• two predates those talks. 
During the summer when the 
ederal Trade Commission was in- 
vestigating the Famous Players- 
•Laaky combination, there was a 
"Kht between the Sidney Cohen 
I L ex * ,bltor > organization and the 
I Zukor interests. A meeting be- 
f jween tho representatives of the Co- 
nen organization and Zukor was ar- 
^"ged, jt it was postponed until 
Jjch time as Zukor received from 
«a»hingtcm private advices as to 
*"at charges the Trade Commission 
rps going to present four days 
•Mor to ;Iip general release of the 
k^Mdimrs. Tlien lh0 mootlng . wlth 

■ ,0 'xim.itors was held. Overnight 
■"« attitude of Cohen toward Zukor 



changed, and the present attitude of 
Cohen depreciating the seriousness 
of the promises regarding t" ) 
screen and politics seems to war- 
rant the oft-repeated query recently 
voiced as to exactly where Cohen 
stands at present. 

New York exhibitors are up in 
arms over the Hays appointment to 
head the industry. They say that 
while the Postmaster General was 
tendered the offer c.3 coming from 
a united industry, in reality the ex- 
hibitors were not consulted regard- 
ing the appointment. The producers 
and distributors went ahead with 
their own plans regarding the for- 
mation of an association to replace 
the N. A. M. P. I. and Hays was 
offered $150,000, which is coming 
out of the exhibitors' pockets, and 
the exhibitors' screens are pledg' 1 
without their consent. All this for 
possible future fV/ors to individual 
producers and distributors, and the 
general dubious outlook that the 
combination effected will be able to 
compel the exhibitor and the player 
to walk 'the chalk line which the 
producer and distributor will draw. 

No Bet Overlooked 
Right no-/ Zukor is aware, and 
has been for some time, that the 
scope of the Federal Trade Com- 
mission inquiry Into the affairs of 
his company is broadened consid- 
erably. The matter as it now 
stands is to be brought to a head 
and trial under a law other than 
which the question now stands. 
What weight Mr. Hays will have in 
swaying matters one way or an-, 
other is a question at this time. 
However, Zukor isn't overlooking a 
bet In any direction it seems, for 
he has Joseph Tumulty, form* sec- 
retary to ex-President Wilsor, on 
his legal staff fo the case, and <. - 
Governor Joseph Folk of Missouri 
has also been retained for the fight. 
Governor Folk represented the 
-vaudeville interests at the final 
hearing in Washington before the 
Federal Trade Commission on the 
vaudeville investigation, when that 
case was thrown out by the Com- 
mission. 

Promoters of Hays' leadership 
still insist Hays Is being drafted 
from the cabinet of President Hard- 
ing, not primarily for political pur- 
poses, but to head a company to be 
formed by the producing and dis- 
tributing interests of the country 
acting in association. The business 
of this company will be to distribute 
pictures. It Is intended that this 
concern shall grow out of the Na- 
tional Association of the Motion Pic- 
ture Industry, as the head of which 
Hays will start in a merely nominal 
activity. 

As the head of the distributing 
concern, it Is figured he will earn 
his pay, as th» combination is de- 
pended upon to save at least $-'0.- 
000,000 yearly. This amount \*ill g«» 
equally to tho producers (in eco- 
nomics) and exhibitors (in lower 
rentals), a promise calculated to in- 



duce united effort on the part of 
both major factions and the con- 
tending elements within each. 

No difficulty Is foreseen coming 
from the direction of Sydney S. 
Cohen and the Motion Picture The- 
atre Owners of America on similar 
organizations. Directors are- com- 
plaining bitterly of the failure of 
Cohen's scheme for backing produc- 
tion and for an exhibitor-owned 
distributing organization. 

To save the money spent by com- 
peting concerns in the mere physical 
handling of pictures has, for some 
time, been the main problem of effi- 
ciency men and financiers connected 
with pictures. They united In say- 
ing the chief difficulty to be over- 
coming was finding a responsible 
head all would trust. It la claimed 
Hays would be that^ 

Cut Distributing Cost 

Where formerly distribution rep- 
resented from 35 to 50 per cent, of 
cost, it is figured that cost could 
be cut by a central company under 
15 per cent. Loss from theft, ac- 
count, etc, would be at least partial- 
ly eliminated by delivery to a cen- 
tral controlling company, whose re- 
sponsibility was guaranteed by a 
personality like Hays and financial 
control similar to banking control. 

Hays himself specifically denies 
that he will allow politics to cut any 
Ice in his work. 

It is pointed out that his three- 
year contract would find him on the 
Job during the next campaign, a 
fact sure to arouse Democratic con- 
cern. Attention is already being 
directed to these possibilities by na- 
tional voices opposed to Republican 
policy. How Hays could use his po- 
sition f ov. propaganda is not perhaps 
realized fully except by ex-Presi- 
dent Woodrow Wilson, no mean 
diagnostician himself and fully 
aroused to the situation by William 
G. McAdoo, ex -Secretary of the 
Treasury and his son-in-law. Mr. 
McAdoo in serving Plckford and 
Fairbanks learned thoroughly the 
Ins and outs of the game. 

That a campaign against the blue 
laws will start with some general 
national pressure is accepted as a 
fact That this national pressure 
wUl be used further for Republican 
benefit Is feared by the Democrats, 
who point out fear of Woodrow 
Wilson and his "screen reply" to his 
critics .first directed opposition at- 
tention to the possibilities of pic- 
tures. 

The few film men it is possible to 
sound on this subject affect to fore- 
see no such controversy. They point 
out that Adolph Zukor a few months 
ago is reported to have said: "You 
all accuse Famous Players of dom- 
inating the National Association to 
Its hurt. We'll step bac' . Revise 
It yourself. We don't care about 
anything except a united front 
against censorship." 

Whatever he said, a committee 
dominated by Laemmle, Cochrane, 
Goldwyn and Cole set about reform- 
ing the association, and out of the 
efforts of this committee grew the 
offer to Hays. 

As to Over- Booking 

If the central distributing plan 
goes through, probably the first task 
that will be tackled by Mr. Hays will 
be the formulation of a system for 
the correction of over booking which 
many film men believe Is the real 
obstacle to prompt readjustment of 
the Industry. 

Exhibitors all over the country 
have contracted for more playing 
dates than they can possibly handle, 
the excess running as far as agree- 
ments to play two years supply of 
pictures within a year. Competi- 
tion is so keen between rival ex- 
hibitors that they take almost every- 
thing in sight in order to hold fea- 
tures which they regard favorably 
away from their local rivals. 

The result is that the mass of 
playing dates has backed up enor- 
mously and there seems to be no 
possibility of the producer and dis- 
tributor enforcing a play or pay 
arrangement. Attempts have been 
made to compel exhibitors to make 
good on playing contracts, but dis- 
tributor rivalry Is too Intense to 
make this possible. If one dis- 
tributor undertook to cut on? the 
service of every exhibitor who threw 
back a playing date, his distributor 
competitors would snap up the bus- 
iness, leaving him holding the bag. 

The wholo problem thus gets 
down to the necessity for some kind 
of legal agreement among the dis- 
tributors for exchange of credit data 
and an understanding for tho hand- 
ling of contract enforcement. Rome 
wavering attempts have been made 
in this direction by associations of 
exchangemen in the big towns under 
the form of (iiamliors of commerce, 
but these movements have b^en un- 
certain and in. flbienf, progress be- 
ing ehci*l;'»d by the fierceness of dis- 
tributor rompf ' it ion. 

The problem of over pi-odui tion 
is allied with that of over booking 



FRENCH NOTES 



The local representatives of the 
United Artists (G. Croswell Smith) 
offered a - special trade show last 
week at the Cinema, ftoax Linder to 
present D. W. Griffith's "Dream 
Street" ("La Ruo des Reves"), 
which met with a good reception. 
Also the Erka Co., controlling the 
Goldwyn pictures, presented at the 
Salle Marivaux "Flat 33" ("L'Ap- 
artement No. 13") with Pauline 
Frederick, which likewise pleased. 



Faris, Jan. 4. I which to calculus the new ad 



During the week ended Dec. 31 
there were shown to the trade 28,300 
metres of films (compared with 32,- 
996 metres the previous week), re- 
leased by United Artists, 1,250 
metres; Erka, 2.37J5 metres; W. Fox, 
2,000 metres; Paramount, 2,500 
metres; Super Film, 1,500 metres; 
Grand Productions, 2,200 metres; 
Gaumont, 4,080 metres; Phocea, 
2,000 metres; Harry, 2,235 metres; 
Eclair, 2,500 metres; Agence Gen- 
crale, 3,370 metres; Grands Films 
Artist lques, 2,435 metres. Pathe 
Consortium weekly program was 
carried over to the following week 
because of the special meeting of 
the Exhibitors' Syndicate. During 
the month of December (five weeks) 
166,320 metres of films were pre- 
sented at the trade shows, compared 
with 161,310 for December, 1920. 

The Mutuelle du Cinema, a chari- 
table organisation to assist stranded 
picture workers, has been definitely 
instituted as a recognized society 
of public utility. It has an initial 
capital of 31,000 francs, subscribed 
by the various associations con- 
nected with the industry and the 
proceeds of fines Inflicted on mem- 
bers of syndicates guilty. of not ob- 
serving by-laws. Moreover, many 
exhibitors, at the request of tho di- 
rectors* union, collected an addi- 
tional It centimes on all seats; sold 
on New fear's Day for the benefit 
of the new mutual benefit society 
for the cinema trade. 



valorem duty of ;:0 per eent.:l. Sen- 
sitized films, unexposed (a) posi- 
tives, 75 centimes per metre; (b) 
negatives, 1.50 francs per metre. 
2. Exposed negatives (developed or 
not), 15 francs per metre. 3. Ex- 
posed positives, 2 francs per metre. 
It Is probable the French Treasury 
Department will accept these as 
tho. present market values, subject 
to changes due to the costs of raw 
material and labor. 



Following the threat of the Mayor 
of Lyons to Impose the compulsory 
use of uninflammable films next year, 
the authorities of the city of Lille 
have decided to apply this regula- 
tion on July 1, 1922. The producers 
and renters are protesting, claiming 
a longer delay to enable them to 
dispose of their stocks of ordinary 
celluloid films. 



The Motion Picture Syndicate of 
France baa now suggested, after 
having come to an understanding 
with Pathe Consortium (which for- 
merly demanded a higher basis) 
that the customs officials accept as 
the dutiable value of all films im- 
ported the following figures on 



By a recent decision of the 
French tribunal moving picture per- 
formers, victims of accidents during 
the production, may claim compen- 
sation under the provisions of the 
employers' liabilities law. How- 
ever, the law does not apply to 
acrobats and artiste? specially en- 
gaged to perform special business 
having a personal risk. They are 
supposed to have leased their serv- 
ices, and cannot claim damages for 
accidents which may happen dur- 
ing their performance. On the other 
hand, if It is proved the accident 
was caused by the producer not 
having taken necessary precautions, 
acrobats, actors, supers and others 
specially engaged for any profes- 
sional business may claim damages 
under the provisions of the civil 
code. 



Griffith's "Way Down East" has 
been sold for Holland and Swltser- 
land by George Bowles. The French 
rights have not yet been settled. 

The Jupiter Finns Co. Is now exe- 
cuting the exteriors in the South of 
Franco for tho screen version of 
Alfred do Musset'a "MargoV for 
which Guy du Freanay baa written 
the scenario. He is producing. The 
lead Is held by Glna Palmer, a 
French film star who had been play- 
ing in British studios last year. 
This production will bo distributed 
by the Compagnie Francaiso dea 
Films Artlstlques. 

The Eclipse Co., now one of the 
most important in France, Is exe- 
cuting "Un Monstre," staged by G. 
Mourn do Lacotte, from the scenario 
of Maurice de Marsan, with the 
actor Alexandre and Mile. Qabrlelle 
Robinne, both of the Comedle 
Francalse, as principals. 

Pathe Consortium Cinema offered 
a banquet to the press and artistes 
of the company to commemorate 
the passage of Lea Trois Mousque- 
talres In a thousand picture halls. 
Denis Ricaud, president of Pathe 
Consortium, made a telling speech, 
explaining what the French cinema 
industry should be capable of ac- 
complishing. 



and both evils go hand in hand. 
It Is obvious that there could not 
very well be over booking if there 
was not a surplus of production and 
Mr. Hays will be looked to to devise 
a remedy for both. 

The film men on the distributing 
side argue that an agreement to 
enforce the pay or play contract 
could not be construed as In 
restraint of trade. They hold that a 
distributor agreement to compel the 
carrying out of playing agreements 
would check what is growing to be 
an iniquitous trade practice. The 
exhibitor who books a picture he 
has no intention of playing does 
so for the single purpose of keeping 
the picture away from his exhibitor 
competitor and the argument Is 
seriously advanced that this policy 
is actually In restraint of trade. 

Many of the distributors go so 
far In their denunciation of the 
excess booking habit as to declare 
It would be a detriment to the in- 
dustry and to the producing and dis- 
tributing ends of the business, even 
If the exlhlbitor paid regular rentals 
for the pictures he booked and did 
not play. The exhibitor shut out 
from playing a desirable picture 
because his competitor has been 
allowed to tie It up becomes resent- 
ful of the distributor who ho holds 
Is responsible for the transaction. 

Leaders of the trade are said to 
regard the proposition of Hays' 
leadership as well worth while If it 
accomplishes this single reform. 
Once the first step has been made 
to bring the competing units of the 
trade into agreement it is hoped that 
other problems can be handled in 
like manner. 

How It Works 

One film man put 1 lie idea this 
way: Business rivalry has cost the 
industry vast sums already prin- 
cipally because the picture business 
has never secured a leader of suffi- 
cient prestige to place him above 
any suspicion of self-interest. 

"T^ake the Mary Plckford case," 
h*. continued. "Miss Plckford had 
been playing under the Famous 
Players' banner for some years to 
her own and the company's profit. 
1'irst National corner to Hie front 
with a bill for li< r scrvic. ■- when 
her contract with F;nn«»>i<- Players 
expii'<il. Both compa niev« rai-e th> 
anto until Miss I'p-MomI kcllnt > 



both and decides to go Into the pro- 
ducing business on her own account. 
Famous Players loses money; First 
National doesn't make anything, 
and it is an open question whether 
the final arrangement was more to 
Miss Plckford's advantage than If 
she had continued under the Famous 
Players' banner. 

"If there had been at that time a 
leader in the industry who could 
have brought the three parties in- 
volved Into a fair position to discuss 
the situ talon in terms of plain busi- 
ness a mo. . satisfactory arrange- 
ment might have been made." 

The over- booking trouble Is one 
of long standing. As far back as 
last June, during the Minneapolis 
convention of the Theatre Owners 
of America, Marcus Loew, himself 
an exhibitor and the controlling 
factor in Metro, addressed an' 
earnest plea to the assembled ex- 
hibitors to stop the practice. He 
said that in the first thirty days of 
1921 Metro had contracted for more 
playing dates than It would com- 
plete during the entire year. Others 
In the trade declsre that the posi- 
tion of Metro is typical of all the 
other distributors. 

The situation is particularly tense 
In the state rights market, where 
territorial buyers are hampered by 
exhibitors who contract dates and 
then throw them back on the dis- 
trict man's hands, entailing a com- 
plete loss in a business whose very 
life Is quick turnover. 

William Brandt, head of the 
Chamber of Commerce, stated this 
week that the Greater New York 
exhibitors would battle to the turn- 
ing over end against their screens 
for political purposes, no matter 
what the producers and distributors 
have promised the administration. 
The matter of Hays' salary, he 
stated, was outrageous at this time, 
for It did not reflect actual condi- 
tions In the Industry. The picture 
theatres aro doing the poorest busi- 
ness in their history, and the offet 
to Hays of $150,000 annually is 
creating an impression the theatre 
is still doing a tremendous business, 
which is not the case. 



Charlie Wahn, brother of Herman 
Wahn, manager of the State St. 
i beat re. Trenton, has been appointed 
manager of tho Sou'h Broad St. 
'liearre. Trenton. u 



14 



PICTURES 



Friday, January 13, lj 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON PICTURES 



Rev. O. R. Miller's charge that somebody in the film business wanted 
to slip Senator Lusk $100,000 to choke off the censorship bill in the 
New York Legislature has been laughed to death. There is not even 
any likelihood it will be investigated. Senator James J. Walker's 
demand for an inquiry is understood to be in the nature of a hint to 
the reform lobby in Albany that there is a limit to Senatorial patience, 
and that reckless charges of the kind will, some day, cost Miller and 
his associated busy-bodies the privilege of the floor. Anybody who tried 
to buy off Senator Lusk would be a fit subject for an alienist Sen- 
ator Lusk is Governor* Miller's spokesman and his hand-picked leader 
in the Senate. Lusk does exactly what the Governor tells bun- to do 
and nothing else. ^The Governor framed the censorship bill as an ad- 
ministration policy? and the last person in the Legislature who could 
bars been used to block its passage was Senator Lusk. The whole 
controversy did nothing more than raise a quiet grin among the po- 
litically wise in the State capital. 



the typo play a rubs part in a country store scenV Was It that the 
director didn't know smart tailoring when he saw it, or that the tailor 
didn't know how to dross a city feller? 



The future affiliation of Al Llchtman with particular reference to 
the reports which have connected his name with a sales executive ca- 
pacity with First National is still uncertain and conflicting rumors 
are in circulation. Llchtman was due back from the Coast yesterday 
(Thursday), but even those closest to him were in the dark as to 
what would bo disclosed on his arrival. The first story that went the 
rounds was that Llchtman would join First National as sales ex- 
ploitation manager, although his province would in no way change 
the status of J. D. Williams as general manager. That was before the 
first of the year. 

The next report was that Llchtman had made the proposition to rep- 
resent the interests of the Associated Producers in the First National 
homo office on a basis of 5 per cent of the gross. After this proposal 
had been made to the circuit, Llchtman is reported to have started 
for the Coast to negotiate with the A. P. group along the same lines. 
It was presumed that the deal would rest, to a great extent, upon 
the decision of Thomas H. Ince, the important financial factor in the 
Associated coterie. No word has come from Los Angeles about the 
reported conference, but the trade In New York this week affected to 
look upon the retirement of George Unger from the First National New 
York exchange as a significant circumstance. Unger is regarded as a 
"Llchtman man," and the argument was advanced that, if Llchtman 
was to become prominently identified with First National affairs,- Unger 
would probably have remained in the staff llne-uo. 

There has never been any Inference that the regime of J. D. Wil- 
liams was likely to change whatever happened in the case of Llchtman. 
It is- declared on good authority that the general manager's salary 
was increased January 1. 



Reports say thero will be several switches In the distributing per- 
sonnel at Famous Players. One is that Sidney R Kent general manager, 
department of distribution, Is to receive the lengthy title of "Vice-Pres- 
ident in Charge of Distribution"; George Weeks, present, general man- 
ager of Canada* to become general manager of the United States and 
Canada; Harry G. Ballance, general sales manager, may leave. Canada 
was formerly under the supervision of the foreign department of which 
E. B. Shauer Is director, and will hereafter be handled as an American 
exchange branch. la the departments coming under the control of the 
general manager sales manager, a drastic shake-up is on the cards, owing 
to considerable over-lapping of duties, with no 6ne in complete knowledge 
of their specific duties. 



An amalgamation of a number of film distributing concerns may be put 
through before many moons. A couple of years ago this thing was at- 
tempted, but nothing came of it because the head of every organization 
wanted to be president Those back of the present movement report 
that, strange to say, the heads of most of the distributing corporations 
are not only willing to forego that honor, but have welcomed the Idea 
with open arms. Another factor contributing to the facilitation of the 
combination of Interests is that none of the concern is asking any 
money consideration to join. They profess themselves as willing to 
listen to any suggestion that will immediately relieve them of the 
enormous selling expense incident to the maintenance of exchanges 
throughout the country, and are apparently 100 per cent, in favor of pool- 
ing the selling cost and even operating studios on a pro rata basis. 

Matters have not yet progressed to a point where anything definite 
can be given out 



The raw film proposition appears to be agitating the larger dis- 
tributors of pictures. They are for a low tariff, to let in the German 
raw stock in the hope the monopoly will be removed from the Eastman's. 
The picture makers ere quietly propagating along that line. Meantime, it 
is said, the Duponts are proceeding with their plan to manufacture raw 
film, having erected one building at Wilmington, Del., with the expec- 
tation active operations will start next July. The Duponts anticipated a 
large output of a reliable stock that will place them in immediate com- 
petition with the Eastman product. 



The engravers going on strike in New York held up everything in 
cuts, excepting for a few small unaffected shops. It was dally expected 
that an agreement would be reached between the men and the shops, 
but the settlement only arrived Wednesday. 



An omlnlus sign on the road happened last week, when the Sam H. 
Harris production of "Mary" opened its road tour at Feiber A Shea's 
New Brunswick, N. J., house. The firm bought the show, paying $1,400 
and expecting a gross of at least $2,000. The gross was $1,200. 



Thomas B. Walsh of the Walsh-Fielding Productions writes his attor- 
ney, Samuel Schwartzberg, from Vienna, advising him he has contracted 
as producing manager and director with the Sascha Filmundustrie 
Aktiengesellschaft Walsh went abroad primarily to be operated on 
by a Vienna surgeon, and during his recuperation this offer 
came to him. He will make several productions and then co-ne to New 
fork to dispose of them. Incidentally, Mr. Walsh writes of the periodical 
Bolshevik outbreaks in the Austrian capital, the last one just before 
Christmas resulting in a general ransacking of the hotels and pillaging 
of the guests' property. At the Krantz Hotel, where the director is stop- 
ping, the Bolsheviks destroyed a number of gift parcels belonging to the 
film man addressed to friends over here, although his room was spared 
otherwise. 



It is understood in diplomatic circles a representative of an organ- 
ization called the United Balkan League will shortly appear here to 
make offers to American film stars and directors to produce in Balkan 
territory outside Bulgaria. This has long been, according to advices 
from the other side, a pet project of the Queen of Roumania who has, 
herself, offered to appear in pictures for the benefit of Roumanian 
charity. 

Included in the league to afford facilities to Americans and even 
make them financial offers are the kingdoms of Roumania, Greece 
and Jugo-Slavia. The plan is to make the best bargain, but furnish 
capital where necessary, though this will not be evident in the first 
tentative offers. The idea is, of course, to advertise the countries, 
but in a possible way. This scheme of doing the advertising has been 
evolved by a woman who has been over here representing the Queen. 

The situation in the Balkans figures consciously in the whole mat- 
ter. Bulgaria fought on the German side in the war. It is left out 
for that reason, and the Balkan League also purposely fails to avail 
Itself of German film tr.lcnt right at its door. The idea is to gain Amer- 
ican sympathy. The money and the loans are here. 

Back beyond the great war further bitterness existed against Bul- 
garia, Greece, Servia (now included in Jugo-Slavia) and Bulgaria 
together beat the Turks. Then Bulgaria tackled Greece and Serbia 
over the spoils and lost. She joined the Germans to recover from 
Greece what Greece took from her. 



BLUE BLAZES 

Doubleday Productions has turned 
out a flve-reeler here which assays 
only fair In total, the score being 
somewhat reduced In the average 
because the story does not hold 
strictly to its main thread. Prop- 
erly told It should be a plain cow- 
boy/ romance, with a wealth of ac- 
tion and melodramatic incidents in 
abundance, but for no special rea- 
son the scenario writer has rung in 
the altogether extraneous circum- 
stance that the cowboy hero is in 
fact a champion pugilist. 

It's a curious thing about these 
frank melodramas that the makers 
thereof appear to bo ashamed of 
them and veneer them with some 
pseudo-philosophical aspect In this 
case the picture starts out with 
several long titles having to do with 
the artificiality of the city, with its 
"painted lips and false faces," and 
the contrasting nobility of life and 
people in the open plains. 

To this end the champion la dis- 



closed as the center of a lot of para- 
sites in a cabaret. He becomes 
weary of their fanning and in a 
small riot casts- them all aside, walks 
out and takes a train for California} 
Somewhere in the southwest lie 
takes a • walk while the train is 
waiting, is waylaid, robbed and left 
friendless, hurt and ragged in a 
strange world. Here the real story 
begins about the end of reel one. 



lessness of minor detail which 
boisterous nature of the sub? 
generally accepted JfrpentrffiZ 

It la, of course, pretty unrei 
able to have even the prist 
champion fight off nearly a sc 
husky cowmen in a barroom 
and it seems a little unreasm 
to have the prizefighter of the c 
take command of a crew of cowl 
In an expedition against cattle 
laws, but for the elemental pun 
of this kind of picture it is per 
allowable, because it is fair 
sume that the spectator is in 
to accept these things. 

But if the idea Is to do a riot 
melo, why not do it frankly? Ei 
pretense of moral precept or 
philosophical meaning lestroys. 
frank romance. The thing shoul 
one or the other. 

Lester Cuneo plays the hero 
ly. He has good appearance 
pair of shoulders that help* 
vince in the rough -and -tirtnble 
ties. Charles W. Mack handled' 
direction. . The distributor is Ir 
M. Lesser. The subject was st 
aa half of a double bill at Lo«*4 
New* York theatre, New York, 
for the lesser grade of houses. 



« *w * ^ ^ * * v. whose purposes it will serve 
From that the hero gets a job on I enough. Ru* 

a widow's ranch, learns that she Is 



being ruined In a business venture 
by an unscrupulous neighboring 
ranchman and takes up her fight, 
assisted by a group of cowboy 
friends whom he becomes associated 
with. He Is arrested, breaks jail, 
fights with the heavy and. his cattle- 
rustling adherents and in the end 
wins out being rewarded with the 
hand of the widow's beautiful 
daughter. This Is all fine, vivid 
melodrama of the robust sort sure 
to make powerful appeal to the fans, 
capably directed for a maximum of 
dramatic effect but with that care- 



McHUOH MAHAGING CAXKf 

B. S. Moss' Cameo on 4 2d st 
New York, has as manager, 
MoHugh, formerly in charge of 
B. S. Moss press department. 

Vita graph has arranged to pli 
several of its more important pn 
ductiona in the Cameo, the produce 
ing company to expend a consid< 
able sum of money on each 
sentation for special exploit 
expenses. 



Adolph Zukor presents 

cranes 
cdvres 



LANE THAT 



This should start something between the tailoring fraternity in New 
York and the M. P. Directors' Association. A young man, who was 
grabbing off a flock of soft money about three months ago, went out 
and tailored himself to the extent of a suit at $150. Last week he 
walked into a picture studio to see, a .friend and a director picked him 
•lit Of a crowd on the strength of the suit, telling him he was Just 

m 1 hi i isiaaVtirfBlssi 




Story by Sir Gilbert Parker— Directed by Victor Fleming— Scenario by Eugene Mullin 
Cast includes Theodore Kotloff, Mahlon Hamilton, Frank Campeau 



The New York Times said: 



'One of the most promising works of the year." 
"A pic*"— - — --»---'--«• - ... ~ ... 

parture from anything ever done before. 



And the New York Tribune: "A picture emphatically to ouV'likmg. A distinct* de- 



CI (paramount Qicture 



— — ~- • 




*m Ott.ft.Ml 









Friday, January 18, IMS 



PICTURES 



49 



AMUSEMENT STOCKS IMPROVE 



day believes hi acknowledging hist THE CHILD THOU GAYEST ME 

errors and cutting bia losses at once. 



(Continued trapi 



3) 



*nce as the dividend action was 
^'discounted in advance. 
Small Account* Eliminated 

All the amusement issues ap- 
L^La to be in vastly improved 

Son by reason of the clearing 

. - ./•AAiinti r<vnr»«pntlnp 



business week covered by this re- 
port la the smallest on record since 
the stock was listed on the Ex- 
change, totaling less than 2,500 
shares, as compared to a normal 
volume between 10,000 and 20,000 
shares. Nobody seems concerned 
in the stock either on the buying or 
the selling side. Prices have been 



T«f minor accounts representing the selling siae. races nave Deen 
*££%£ which h61dings.itwa. Us low a. 12* and a. high a. IS* 
^n«S had been absorbed by I but the course has been aimless and 
!* interests. This seemed espe- | apparently under no guidance. In 
ffivthe case in Orpheum. Trad- »ome financial circles the old story 
r . t« that stock had been quiet, of a Loew-Famous Players alliance 

to* *n »** ._.. __*_•.,, -i. 1 -* i_ ho> haon ravlvail lint with ft ft w#»W 



rie "low of 12% was established In 
session when only 400 shares 
tlfcnged hands. The whole Or- 
nbeum selling slump may well have 
{ton based on the retirement of 
sattered speculative longs. , Out- 
JTtown transactions were small. 
Sere was no Chicago selling of any 
gecount, and only one Boston trans- 
action of 400 shares at IS came out. 
No intimation is to be had of what 
tbt annual Orpheum financial state- 
ment is likely to disclose, and its 
publication is being more or less 
JJJregarded. It is always difficult 
for the outsider to appraise the 
actual condition from these state- 
ments, and traders chose rather i o 
fadge the current situation by price 
Eoveroents lha n to try to analyze 
tke accountants' statistics. The 
tkeory Is that long before the state- 
ijjent Is given to the public its real 
ii terpretatior will have been re- 
Slcted In the course of prices. 

Seen Its Worst 
v Ihe income and profit and loss 
unt report for the first six 
ths of 1021 showed a deficit, and 
body on the outside knows what 
earnings for the June-December 
od. have been. It la. said., that 
e of the things that made the 
uly report so poor was the neces- 
"ty of charging off large deprecia- 
on items, but this may clear the 
ay for a more cheerful aspect in 
he annual statement. Company in- 
erests express the conviction that 
the stock has seen its worst." 
The sluggishness of Loew is a 
tie. . The total turnovelk for the 



The public did not want to see an 
fdealJv**\_.T..ftjcri_ Fyn'v ...They VKtx. 
ferred him evidently as a sort of 
modern satire, a male "vamp," mov- 
ing from one broken-hearted, woman 
to another, and having a real high 
old time amid the amorous wreckage. 

"The Lady In Ermine" will after 
all not see its original production 
in London; Manchester will be the 
town. In the meantime Christmas 
will see a revival of "The Maid of 
the Mountains," with Jose Collins in 
her original part. Oscar Asche will 
superintend the production, and the 
run will be limited to six weeks, the 
prices of admission being "pre-war." 



has been revived, but with no new 
details, except that the rumored 
line-up of the film industry under 
the leadership of Postmaster Gen- 
eral Will H, Hays might be expected 
to bring about readjustments in 
trade practices that would work to 
the benefit of a powerful exhibitor 
interest. 

The dullness that characterized 
the Stock Exchange trading was 
even more emphatic on the Curb. 
Goldwyn got back close, to its, previ- 
ous bottom at 4, but none of the 
other film stocks in the outside list 
came out at s4L - 

The ■enmisnr-ef transaction! Jan. * 
11 Incloslw 4s as ta*lew»: « 

STOCK EXCHANGE 

Thursday— Sales. Hlsk.t<aw.r^a«t. Cbg . 
Fern. Pler-to.. 73» TO4 TJ> 7M» .. 

Laew. Jac go IS* lj If* ,. 

Orpheum ...... 600 13 12tf 12* .. 

Friday— 
Fan. ftay-I*).. 7500 7014 7 

POi. pf 300 tft»4 

Lowe, Ino...... 400 12% 1 

Orpheum *...... 400 12*4 12 

Saturdays- •, 

Fam. Play-I.... 3400 77U 70 76H 4- \k 

Do. pf........ aoo »6H fto* tan .. 

Loev. Ino 100 J274 J2J4. 12% - tf 

Orpheum 20» 1*H 1*V 12* -* 

Chicago sold 30 Orphevm at 12}fc. 

Fam. D< piay-L... 3300 77H 76\ 7S — }4 

Loew. Inc 600 13 12*4, 13 *4fc 

Orpheum 400 13 12* 13 ; + 

* Tuesday— 

Fam. Play-L... 2200 76H 75H.W% + % 

Boston aold 300 Orpheum at 18. 

Wednesday— » ■» * v 

FAm. Play-L... 5300 77% 70** 77H +1^ 

Do. Pf 100 »ft 95 Brt — »i 



Andre Chalot also announces a re- 
turn to normal conditions and will 
reduce prices at the Prince of Wales 
after Christmas. Meanwhile the 



This is First National release, 
Louis B. Mayer produced r.r.fl C!- 
rected by John M. StahL An all- 
star cast is featured, including Bar- 
bara Castleton, Lewis R. Stone, Wil- 
liam Desmond and the most pre- 
cocious and natural screen baby yet 
unearthed fo*' a child of his ago 
which couldn't be more than three 
years old both actually and accord- 
ing to tho film version. Perry N. 
Veckroff supplied a story that snips 
and Is only handicapped by its lurid 
title that listens like one of Ivan 
Abramson's old "sex" pictures aimed 
primarily for the humpty-dumpty 

picture houses where such titles at- 
tract. For the intelligent patron 



Sisters Tri* and "A. to Z.- With | Jfi£ ***«£**. LSftPS ftSft^ 



Laveen and Cross, still runs with- 
out lessening of popularity. George 
Carney has joined the cast. 



+ % 




C. B. Coehran's pantomime at the 
Oxford, "The BabeS hi the Wood," is 
one of the most interesting itoma In 
London's immediate future program. 
The Dolly Bisters will appear as the 
"Babes" and will distribute toys to 
the children at the matinees. Also in 
the cast are A. W. Baskcomb, Al- 
bert Bruno, Tubby Edlin, George 
Hassell, the Fratellinis, who will 
have another chance of making good 
In the West End; Nellie Taylor, 
lately in "Fantasia," and Joyce Bar- 
bour. 



title hints too much of hectic his 
trlonles when as a matter of fact It 
is all "society" with a ton of human 
interest stuff via the kid. 

Barbara Castleton, playing the 
heroine, almost jilts her fiancee 
(Mr. Stone) on the eve of the formal 
wedding ceremony. She lias had a 
baby which ber mother has led her 
to believe is dead, although in real- 
ity being kept wit^h a poor family 
in the tenement district. Just after 
the ceremony the child shows up at 
his mother's home and her newly 
husband mistakes the situation, 
vowing to kill tho father of the 



I 



I,oew. Inc. 



•00 12* 12* 12* — 



Orpheum 800.14- 13Vi 14 +1 

THE CUftB ' 

Friday— Sales. High -Low. Last. Car. 

Goldwyn 400 , 4* 4<§ 4* ... 

Tueaday— 
Goldwyn 300 4% * • 1 #- % 

Wedneaday— 
Goldwyn 200 4% 4*4* +» 



IN LONDON 



(Continued from page 2) 
Linley, and Athene Seyler will alao 
in the cast. 



Many changes have lately taken 

Rlace among the personel of the 
audeville Club. Dave Carter re- 
signed as managing director, al- 
ough he still remains a director, 
hile W. H. McCarthy is retiring 
om the secretaryship. 

Six months ago an American 
cer, Laurka Kurylo, created a 
sensation with a story of vitriol 
throwing. Professional jealousy was 
the motive, a bottle containing 
"fluid" was found (what the fluid 
was never announced), but the 
police failed to find the villain or 
rillalness. Now Laurka has made 
another and extremely unpleasant 
bid for limelight. She wai the 



nard, Nelly Taylor and Eric Blore 
are out of the show. Claude Hul- 
burt is now the front legs of an ele- 
phant, although he still does well -In 
a dance, and Rebla, while being 
much funnier than formerly* has to 
get along without a free hand at 
clowning, and his excellent juggling 
act has been cut to make way for 
other stuff. Ivor Vintnor is still one 
of he best things in the show. Ar- 
thur Finn has much more effective 
work without having to make up like 
a miniature Oscar Asche, and the 
Palace Girls, as formerly, carry all 
before them. 



The principal new-comers are 
Josephine Earle, a sweet singer, who 
first came to London in the dark 
days of air raids and miserable un- 
certainty for the production of "The 
Lilac Domino" at the Empire; Jack 
Morrison, a clever revue comedian 



Bert Coote will produce "The 
Wind Mill Man" at ' the Victoria 
Palace as a holiday attraction, with 
Oswald Waller in the title role. . The 
Court will also have a special kid- 
dies' attraction in "The Great Big 
World." - ' 



Jose Levy has substituted his 
Grand Gulgnol horror, "Fear," for an 
even nastier playlet, "Crime," at the 
Little. This last pleasant little trifle 
tells how two men kill a street- 
walker for her savings. They hide 
her th a Irunk. The police become 
suspicious? .and question them, at 
which the more cowardly of the two 
criminals, mad with terror, blurts 
out the truth. 



friend, which la the cue for the 
Wife's explanation of how it all 
came about. In flash-back fashion 
she relates how in Brlglum three 
years ago doing Bed Cross service 
in tho war hospital, ahe nursed back 
to health a Hun who was caught in 
the American lines and brought to 
the Allies' hospital on his statement 
he waa really an American and was 
anxious to return to the States. His 
thanks for the nurse's Samaritan 
efforts were typical of all the Hun's 
bestial practices, as a result of 
which a baby was bolrn to the nurse 
which she did not know was alive 
until after she had married her 
husband. Of course, the punch Is 
that the present husband really Is 
the child's father, explaining that 
he was dragged away from his Al- 
sace to fight against his own French 
people and marching with drink- 
erased beasts, he, too, became one 
that night. He descends the stairs* 
stating that, now that he has found 
the father of the lad, he will keep 
his vow and kill him. meaning sui- 
cide, which the wife stays, saying 
she will try to forget the beast and 
rememtor the man. It all ends hap- 
pily, ths mutual friend having sus- 
tained only a slight-flesh wound. 

Mr. Stahl's direction and the baby 
boy's wonderful antics more than 
make up for any plot . inconsisten- 
cies. Of all the greatest film hokum 
what Is there more sure-fire than 
ringing In a lovable child for the 
central character. Here it was done 
with a vengeance. The picture ia 



• Another worry has just been added 
to 'he -woes of artists. Just recently 
an actress was. haled before the 
magistrates and fined and so waa 
man. . She possessed a revolver tor 
stige purposes, he had sold it to her, 
but they had neglected to register 
, these facts properly with the police. 
These were the first-prosecutions of 
the. kind .under the firearms act, but 
now that a start, has been made 
others will probably follow. 






Another -attempt is to be made to 
brighten, up London, and a site has 
been acquired within a minute of 
Oxford street for the erection of a 
hug< Ice palace. Eighty girls will be 
taken to Berlin and trained. The 
promoters of the company are — well, 
they're neither Americans, British, 
French, or other allies. 



PARIS 

(Continued from page 2) 

really influential amateur play- 
wrights. 



fnat f nr^ neS H In a « n ° l 2, B K alley K rI T I "wn to be seen In America; Anita 

inal prosecution in which a school- X£r_ L " f JUT t>«Wa "Whirlieie" 
[master was accused of an Indecent E,son ' of tne ™«<» 
F "J***" 11 upon her son. In her evi- 
dence she. stated that the boy was 

the son of her first husband, a man 

hamed TY ar, ng, wbom she divorced 

n> Nevada In 1915. She then mar- 
ried Kurylo, a member of the Rus- 

*»n ballet, Who she clntmed waa a 

Jathenian count. Ev:<2 nee for the 

"ffwe T disputed eveijthtnpr, the 

evidence rather • showing she had 

ttade overtures of friendship to the 

•fioolmaster and had been turned 
wn'. • The lury tound the prisoner 
ot guilty" without leaving the 



Mile. Mlstlnguett (who may visit 
New York next season) is now In- 
terested in the Frolics cabaret be- 
sides attracting at the Casino de 
Paris. She has 10 per cent, on the 
takings at the Frolics, appearing 
after* the Casino revue for a short 
fact. 



lad. He refuses her any oppor- \ worthy of bookings Into first class; 
tunlty at explanation in accepted ho-ises. AbeJ, 

screen fashion which must be de- 
layed until the final reel, but this Is 
plausibly smoothed over by Mr. 
Stahl's excellent direction. The 
husband makes her live the he he 
has accused her of living when he 
first courted her. William Desmond 
personating the friend of the family 
is suspected by the husband as the 
paramour because of a former fond- 
ness each bore for the other. Jealous 
crazed, the husband shoots his best 



BETTY BLYTHE 

The Fred Warren -Walter 43reen4 
combination in Pyramid Pictures 
have secured Betty Blyth* a* one 
of their stars. Kenneth Webb is di- 
recting her and the production is 
beln? made at the Whitman Eon net t 
studios under the supervision of; 
Bennett. • 1 -^ 



One o/ the Season 9 s 
Biggest Productions 



fame, and Charles Brooks, a clever 
dancer and comedian. Josephine 
Earle took up her part at only two 
days' notice, and the others had 
little more time in which to "get 
the lines" and go on. 



After showing at the first per- 
mance of the second; edition of 
I "Co-ontimlsts" at the- Palace, 
adie Cliff had to rush off to Man- 
>ster, in which city he is to be 
pantomime. ; In his absence 
•tin Melford will optimistically 
*e his place. Three of the best 
bers in the new show were the 
r k of Herbert Fordwych, more 
'mmonly known in London as 
ordwych of Aldwych," who was 
^llssler's partner in tho original 
jollies." The numbers are "Sneeze, 
lease" (Davy Burnaby), "Tangle 
mguea" (the whole of the Very 
*uii company) and the great front 
°* tho housp stunt, "The Last Shot." 



Put and Take," which has risen 

tun the chaos and ashes of the 

«f ♦l!"' Cllff -Berry revue "Fantasia," 

t the Queen's, shows every sign of 

ng a success. The new show, 

prouuord in four days by Albert de 

Epurvllle, is In the same setting as 

°}d, but the book, the business, 

pa the atmosphere are new. What 

lof t of the old "Fantasia" has 

ruthlessly operated m and 

'eked into shape. Dorothy May- 



The Reandean production of Clem- 
ence Dane's "historical invention," 
''Will Shakespeare," should have fin- 
ished on December 10, but a some- 
what hysterical outcry on the part 
pf thoso concerned and a press ap- 
peal lo the public ha-3 succeeded in 
gaining a reprieve. The piece is 
sheer melodrama In blank verse, and 
shows the great poet as a tavern 
roysterer of the worst type, Mary 
Fitton as a mere light o' love, and 
Marlowe as a false friend. The set- 
ting and production of Basil Dean 
arc superlativo, but the play is not 
tho thing. This new play by the 
authoress of "A Bill for Divorce- 
ment" by no mraiis justifies the 
promise of the St. Martin's piece. 

"Two JacRs arid a Jill." at the 
Royalty, which marked H. V. Ks- 
mond's return to London as actor 
and nuthor, also was among the 
damned, but was reprieved, and is 
among the damned again. It will 
be followed on Boxing Day by Lynn 
Harding and Dennis Grayson's re- 
vival of the Arthur Conan Doyle 
piece, "The Speckled Band." This 
piece was put on at the St. .Tames 
merely as a "stop gap" until another 
show could be got ready to follow 
a disaster. It has now ben doing 
well for some months. 



Sarah Bernhardt will journey to 
Brussels in January to appear in 
the play by her grandson-in-law, 
Louis Vcrneuil. This is the work 
mentioned some weeks ago . in 
Variety dealing With, the life of an 
actress/ Mme. -Bernhardt will then 
visit Marseilles and .other French 
cities, after which she will prob- 
ably appear In London for Cochran, 
who . ' now negotiating for her re- 
appearance in England. . 

Ermcte Zaoconl, the Italian actor, 
who has had a successful trial at 
the Theatre des Champs Etyaees, 
will possibly visit London after his 
tour in Belgium. Ho has received 
from the French government the 
Legion of Honor ribbon as a mark 
of sympathy. 

Baron Henri de Ytbtlisohiid ' is In 

Touch with Wagenhals &. Kemper 

for a French version of "The Hat." 

which it ia proposed to give al the 

Gynmase next season. 




and 



Thomas H. luce's 



Greatest 

Dramatic 

Achievement 



Hi* Presentation of 






HAIL *e WOMAtf 



With One of the Strongest 
All-Star Casts Ever Assembled 



Olympia — Aguinlskala and Kir- 
leif, Ronato Troupe, Pepino's circus, 
Line Marjuc, Grotty Garganl. Rouge 
Deen, Les Meteores, Ghezzi Troupe, 
Maurice Andre, La Talma, NIot.na. 

Alhambra — TCnrico Rastelli. Parish 
and Poru. Van Dock, Sacques 
Inaudi, Eldons. Theo. Carlys. Simms 
and Betty, Saracco, L^s Ruby. 
Numa duet, Three Methens, Miller 
and Canning, La Regina. 



Yet another fiasco. Phillip Mi<ha* 1 
Faraday's production at the Duk* of 
York's of the Byronic play. "A Pil- 
grim of Ktrrnity," hr?* vanished after 
an Ignohlp career of «ix days. Fara- 



Ths Palsce, Passaic, N. J., re- 
crntly damaged by fire, will not be 
razed by its owners, Harris Bros., 
as originally Intended. The house 
is to be rrmodHled and reopened 
with its former pop vaudeville 
policy. 



Lloyd Hug be* 
Madge Bdlamy 
Charles Meredith 
Vernon Dent 
Mathilde Brundage 



Florence Vidor 
Theodore Roberts 
TuHy Marshall 
Edward Martindel 
Gertrude Claire 

By C. Gardner 

Directed by John Griffith Wray 

Distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Inc. 



Exhibitors and critics every- 
where hail this as one of die 
biggest box office attractions 
of the year. 



Watch It Clean Up at the N. Y. 

Strand Next Week 

Released on the Open Market 




u 



PICTURES 



Friday, January 13, 192B 



ARBUCKLE PICTURES LISTED ON 
CONTRACTS SENT TO EXHIBITORS 



Famous Players Still Figures on Cashing in — Fea- 
tures to Be Played as Released in Event Comedian 
Is Acquitted— Possible Loss About $3,000,000 



FAILURE TO INDICT 
ENDS BALTIMORE ROW 



Plan Now Is to Refinance the 
Boulevard Theatre 



Famous players Is still figur- 
ing on the possibility of bookings 
for the three Poscoe Arbuckle pro- 
ductions it has on hand. In all the 

exhibitor contracts that are being 
drawn at present the Arbuckle pic- 
tures are Included with a stipula- 
tion made that the picture* are to be 
played as released in the event the 
■tout comedian is acquitted of the 



charges now pending against bun. 

In the event that Arbuckle is not 
turned out by the next jury that he 
faces the pictures are going to lay 
on the shelf as far as Famous are 
concerned. The loss that the three 
pictures would represent, together 
with the reissue dates that some of 
the older productions might have, 
is said to represent about $3,000,000 
to the company. 



CENTS AND COMMON SENSE 



And a decade or more ago it came to pass that a strange child was 
born into the land. And it was a strange attractiveness, both to old and 
young. And multitudes quickly began to gather where the child could 
be seen. And the nurses reaped a harvest by charging dimes and nickels 
for the privilege of looking at the Infant. For it was clothed in strange 
raiment. And it was a novelty. And it made the houra pass quickly. And 
It brought forgetfulness of pain and of sorrow. And it gave glimpses of 
Joy to many who saw none elsewhere. 



And so the child grew rapidly. It quickly attained maturity, and In ten 
years reached a stature that other children of many times its age had 
not attained. 



And it became a source of much wealth for those who cared for It, 
and great was the Joy and the prosperity of its, guardians. 

And then the guardians began to disagree as to the best food and care 
for the youth, so that each one had a different idea, yet still the child 
that ha/1 become a youth, grew to giant size. And the tutors disagreed, 
and lo and behold, in the course of but few years the child was towering 
above all others, even over those that had attained full manhood, 



And the law, and the government, and the tutors, and the guardians, and 
the nursemaids, and all the others who felt they should say something, 
began to exercise restrictions, and the youth rebelled against the cur- 
tailment of its liberties and cried out aloud and aloud, saying: "I cannot 
reach my full development unless free." 



Baltimore, Jan. 11. 
The bribery scandal growing out 
of the promotion of the Boulevard 
theatre here, which brought five offi- 
cial investigations and indictments 
ajainst Alfred O. Buck, the general 
director; City Councilman John J. 
Carroll, Bernard Dundon, treasurer 
of the American Theatres Corpora- 
tion; Edwin Dickerson, member of 
the law Arm acting as counsel, and 
a presentment against E. J. Wiley, 
promoter, has collapsed so far as 
the prosecution angle' is concerned. 
First, because the indictment against 
Wiley was refused "~y the grand Jury, 
which exonerated him of the charge 
of using Illegal stock sales methods; 
second,«because the grand jury re- 
fused to indict Harry W. Nice of 
the Dickerson & Nice firm, and 




AID TO BAD WESTERN BUSINESS; 
EXTRA DATES WITHOUT PA1 



Offers Result from Concerted Effort by Exhibitors to 
Get Lower Rentals— Plea Discounted by "Giving 
Away Films' 9 — Lynch Houses Try It 



GREENE-WARREN FORM 
AMER. RELEASING CO. 



Sales Organization Exclusively 

—All Stock Owned by 

Organizers 

Official announcement has been 
made of the organization of the 



third, becaune the City Council I American Releasing Corp., with 



found it impossible to gather evi- 
dence of ordinance bribery. The 
four now under indictment find 
themselves facing charges of misap- 
propriation of funds, but since Nice 
was equally involved) It is said, the 
State's case has been weakened to 
such an extent that the State's At- 
torney has stated he will not make 
any more moves toward bringing 
judgment upon those involved. 

The next move In the case — which 
promises to be the final move — is 
contemplated by the stockholders, 
who, after a receivers' report, find 
that in order to regain control fol- 



Walter E. Greene as president and 
F. B. Warren .vice-president. 

The company is to be exclusively 
a sales organization and will not 
enter into the production or owner- 
ship of pictures. It Is privately 
owned by its officers, Messrs. Greene 
and Warren; all of its stock is held 
by Its principals. 

American Releasing intends to dis- 
tribute 26 pictures a year, com- 
mencing the end of the current 
month. Whitman Bennett is under- 
stood to have placed one of his pro- 
ductions with the new concern. 
Bennld Zeldman and B. P. Fineman 



lowing bankruptcy proceedings $135 - ^ turned h Wan 

0C0 must be raised to liquidate the ; derlng Boy „ feftture> A complete an 



more menacing indebtedness. 

Pending these arrangements, the 
United States Court is withholding 
an order for the sale of the prop- 
t y. This delay is being made more 
on the overtures of creditors, who 



nouncement will probably be made 
next week. 



indict Harry W. Nice brought forth 
an emphatic protest from State's 
otherwise stand to collect only about j - ttorney Leach, who has hinted that 
1 . per cent, of their claims, but who, ' the omission is founded upon Nice's 



And so th&^youth, now a man, was given many responsibilities. But 
prosperity made him arrogant, and he said to those who had been his 
devotees and had supported hln since Infancy: "Now behold, you people, 
no longer may I permit you to see me as you did, but must you dress 
yourself in your best garments. And set aside certain, hours of the 
day or night and pay more -uoi ey and otherwise verily endure discom- 
forts. Else you may not look at me. And you must pay, and pay, and 
pay, even generously, even extravagantly. ^No longer do I care for the 
modest temples you have erected for me; you must build finer temples. 
Luxuries must bt secured for ir.c Harps and Addles and orchestras and 
drums, instruments of resounding brass, and all the harmonies of the 
opera. Otherwise I shall not delight your eyes. And forsooth, you must 
have singers. And you must have dancers and ballets, and even, too, that 
wonderful i.vc tlon you call 'prologue,' must be used for me, or you shall 
see me no more." 



under the optimistic program of the 
stockholders, will be guaranteed at 
leas fa 40 per cent collection. 
The failure of the grand jury to' 



political prestige. Nice, two years 
ago, was the candidate of the Re- 
publican party for Governor, and 
1 t the election by only 29 votes. 



keepers, and the holders of the funds, and the beasts of burden called 
"stockholders" veritably shrieked aloud for help. But the wise men 
and the priesthood and the temple-keepers could do nothing. And then 
behold, the child cried out, "Oh, restore you me, the nurses of my child- 
hood, that they who raised me from infancy to strength may keep me 
from destruction and death." And so the nurses were once more called 
back. 



"And I sa; to you, that all these things you must surround me with, 
or you cannot appreciate my beauty. And you, my public, must pay 
for these embellishments, even though you don'* agree with me and don't 
like them. And you must take time to -listen and to look at them, even 
though you prefer to see only me. For they are my step-brothers and 
Ay step-sisters and my relations, whom my god-father, 'The Showman,' 
has adopted for me.' And you cannot resist, for I have become a habit 
with you and you are my slave. And verllj you must do my wllL And 
you must pay, and then PAY." 



And so from the highways and by-ways, even from the distant places 
of the earth, and from the islands and territories thereof, came the 
disciples of the new power. And great was the volume of wealth derived 
from the worship of the idol. Until lo, from out of .he west, the God- 
dess of Reason began to light the sky and the people began to think. 



And in meekness and humility, the keepers of the temples and the gate- 
holders saw their errors. And in eagerness and sincerity they followed 
tho advice given to them. And once more the multitudes were welcomed, 
even those of scanty means. 



And so the populace rebelled and refujed to pay tribute and refused 
to yield to a habit. But ruthcr did exclaim, "Tho will that created this 
habit will break it, for when wj do come to your temples, we do not 
receive what wj crave; we see but little of you, arrogant as you are. And 
we arc compelled for many minutes and more minutes, to our discom- 
fort and suffering, to look at things we care not for, to listen to things 
we care not for, that your showman may cater to hla own vanity, in 
a display of what he has adopted as your step-brothers and stcp-slsters, 
for he now numbers you only one of his own family, whose name is 
Program. 



"We will not have your ballet — there are other places for the dance; 
we will not have your special mualc — there are concert places where 
lovers of music may be regaled; your opera do s not satisfy those of us 
who know opera and bores Those of us who do not. So you must re- 
store yourself to the shape in which we first attended your worship, 
otherwise we shall remain away." But the tutors said and the priests 
of tho temple said, "No, you cannot stay away; for in truth you have 
the habit now and you cannot have enough enjoyment without my help." 



And they said, "Our child has been pampered; It has been allowed 
to forget the lessons of its upbringing. We will give It the same care 
L.nd sustenance that we did in the beginning, and all will be well. 
Put not your faith in these great temples alone. If you must have them, 
do away with those other things which take from our child the homage 
which the multitudes offer. Remember the lessons of the beginning. 
Permit the people to see what they pay to see. Compel them not to 
endure what is not wanted. Do this and the people will gladly pay their 
dimes and quarters to see their idol again. But bring ye not back your 
wlerd programs and your prologues and your costly orchestras. And 
make you the prices reasonable so that crowds may come, so that chil- 
dren may come, and so that those of small wordly means may come. And 
make it so that visions of the idol may be ordinary events, like other 
happy and pleasurable hours, and not extraordinary events, to bo paid for 
only by much self-denial and tribulation. Do this and all will be well." 



And so it came to pass that the child became vigorous again and once 
more grew to big stature, and the multitudes again clamored for ad- 
mittance to its temples, And all was well again. 



And so tho issue was Joined. On the one side, the idol with its priest- 
hood and ita servants; and on tho other side the populace which wor- 
shipped it but refused to support strange idols with It And so it came 
to pass, that lacking the substenance which the populace had contrib- 
uted, the Idol began to weaken and even to become smaller. And in 
course of time It became still less robust and healthy. And it cried out 
In lta agony for help. And forth came the doctors and the physicians of 
the land from all over; even from the temples of Wall Street they came. 
But alas, to no avail. 



And then a cry went up from the priests of the temple for the wise 
■ken of the earth. And this called forth the greatest sorcerer of all, 
which, with its magic wand called "advertising," had saved many from 
deaths. And this sorccror did its best, but could not fight the will of the 
people nor make the masses submit longer to discomforts. And so this 
help was only transitory. And behold, again the idol, and the temple- 



TO THE M. P. I.: 

In plain language, admission prices to places of mass entertainment 
must follow the line of mass earnings and mass living costs. For no in- 
dustry can succeed which takes from its customers more than they can 
afford to pay. Figure for yourself the per capita wealth, earnings and 
costs of living of the country. Adjust your prices accordingly. If, to 
reach those prices, it becomes obligatory to cut investments, overheads, 
costs of production, or costs of distribution, DO SO AT ONCE. Your 
Industry was built on a foundation of nickels and dimes, combined with 
quick turnovers and reasonable costs. It will survive In the measure 
only in which you readjust your affairs, so that the American family may 
again adopt the motion picture as a family entertainment, available to 
all in prices and convenience of time and opportunity for its enjoyment. 



500.000 70c. 

3,000,000 25c. 

5,000.000 20c. 

CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVESI 



$3. r ,0,000 

750,000 

1,000,000 



Jolo. 



SEVEN PLATERS 

(Continued from page 11) 
matum. Those serving the ulti- 
matum, who leave the show in 
Washington tomorrow (Saturday) 
aro Florence Darley, Kelso Bros., Ed 
Quigley, Mr. Morrlsey, Mr. Cura- 
mings, and one other member play- 
ing bits. 

Johnny Stanley, who has played 
In vaudeville with a number of part- 
ners during the past few years; 
George Carroll and Sam Bennett, 



wero the three recruited to fill the 
parts of those leaving up to Wednes- 
day. They will Join the show next 
week, as will the other foui re- 
quired to All the vacated parts. 



Picture distributing comp 
are establishing a precedent 
northwest by "giving away I 
to certain circuits in that terri 
The plan has been evolved to f 
stall the asking for a reduction 
rental* oh the part of the cxhibj 
The latter because of the terrifl 
bad business conditions have 
trying to secure a reduction in flha 
rentals, but the district manager* 
are giving extra dates without pa; 
for certain pictures and thus com 
batting the asked -for cut in prl 

The general representative, who 
the follow up man to the straig! 
film salesman, is the one that 
been putting over the scheme in the' 
St Paul and Minneapolis territory. 
In that section the exhibitors have 
been squawking for a reduction in 
rentals for several months. The, 
plan of operation is for the genera^ 
representative to call in the circr 
manager and ask just how many 
the houses are playing the pictu; 
of the company that he represen 
In the^vent that the circuit hast 
houses and but six of them play th 
pictures of his companj, he wi 
generally make an' arrangemen 
whereby the pictures can play th 
other four houses without any ad 
dltlonal revenue to his company, 
that way he beats the reduced 
rental plea. 

Lynch Tries It 

Recently the Lynch houses in the 
South have been getting away with 
playing pictures on that plan, and 
the Spyorus Brothers have also 
been placing pictures on a some- 
what similar arrangement. 

The inside on the plan is that the 
exhibitors are tipping each other, 
and the exchange managers are 
getting nothing lately except a con- 
tinuation of hard luck stories as 
argument for a rental reduction, 
with the result that the exhibitor 
usually walks out with a free data 
for one of his houses. 

There is, however, the question at 
to Just what pictures the exchange 
manager is i ermltted to send out oa 
the no-pay basis. The chances an 
that the pictures that are controlled 
by the company that is at the head 
of the organization all go out on a 
pay basis, but the producer who Ji 
releasing on a sharing basis mil 
find that it. .is his productions that 
are being Included on the free lift 
in the exchanges located in certais 
parts of the country. 



^Ll^XVX* I "™ 0bJ ° Ct ;? n ? f ,lng were James E. Cooper, Ja 
the seven people to Manager Harris and Jormon Julca Hurtig> j. Hef 



COLUMBIA PRODUCERS 

(Continued from page 11) 
up to requirements, cancellation 
would follow. 

Mr. Scrlbner also told the pro- 
ducers in effect they should observe 
a more fraternal spirit and co* 
operate more. This was interpreted 
to refer to the practice of certain 
Columbia producers signing actore 
while under contract with other Co- 
lumbia producers. 

The Columbia shows In generdl 
were described as too similar in thl 
entertainment offered, by R. R. Hy* 
nlcka, who also spoke at thl 
meeting. 

Other matters advocated were the 
cutting out of forced encores an 
the equipment of each Columbia 
show .with an individual music 
score, rather than using published 
numbers, the latter as a means 
doing iway with the sameness 
suiting from frequent repetition o 
songs each week. 

Seribner in speaking of the neces- 
sity for bringing the shows up < 
standard mentioned that the Colum- 
bia houses had granted the prodsc 
ers Increased sharing t n rms th 
season, in the expectation that 
shows would show an improveme* 
1- accordance with the advance 
terms. 

Among those attending the meet* 

JacoW 



was to the latter's directing per 
formances. Friction arose from 
what the seven objectors considered 
undue interference. 

While not so stated, It Is reported 
that a salary cut figured to a cer- 
tain extent In the decision of the 
seven objectors to quit. 



and Jermon, Jules Hurtig 
bert Mack, Jack Singer, I*ari 
Gerard, Dave Marion, Warren 
Irons, Arthur Pearson, Harry Hast 
Ings and R. Hynicka. 

I. II. Ilerk, who Is a Colum* 
producer through association wl 
Mr. Hynicka In four shows, was I 
present. 






f 

Trid«y, January 13, 1988 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 41 to 47 

PICTURES 



47 



ARTUNG PESSIMISTIC STATEMENT 



» -• i» ii« in - 



4- 






- w0 wa llops came out as the re- 
jult of the weekly meeting of the 
Tfeetre Owners' Chamber of Com- 
merce Tuesday. Ono was the state- 
ment by William Brandt, president 
of the organization, that 75 per cent, 
the picture theatres li. Greater 
TO* York would be compelled to 
JbM before summer if the prices of 
4L rentals did not come down to 
dptble the exhibitor to meet the de- 
rawion at the box office. The other 
*** an after the meeting query 
voiced by a quartet of exhibitors as 
t* whether or not Sidney Cohen, 
president of the Theatre Owners of 
America, is over-friendly to Adolph 
^lor and the Famous Players- 
Luky interests. 

The query came as a direct result 
if the activity in the meeting of Co- 
£r. in discouraging w the Junket to the 
caast on the part of a committee » ! 
exhibitors to plead with the pro- 
ducers and stars to economize in 
prtduction. eliminate graft and 



AT NEW YORK EXHIBITORS' MEETING 



President of Organization Says 75% of City Film 
Theatres Will Have to Close Under Present Con- 
dition — Query on Cohen's Attitude Toward Zukor 



waste and get rental prices down to 
; basis where the exhibitor will have 
a chance to live. 

Exhibitors have been crying for 
months business conditions in the 
picture theatres have been such that 
they could not live. Since last sum- 
mer, notably the worst period in the 
histt ry of the exhibiting game in 10 
years, the picture box offi js have 
steadily been recording a falling off 
in business. 

Brandt, in speaking after the 
meeting, stated that in the event 
producers and stars did not come to 
a realization of what the exhibitor 
was facing and take steps to help 
stem the tide, the eventual result 



would be disastrous to the picture 
business. 

Graft and inefficiency in produc- 
tion are the causes for the constant 
increase in the cost of pictures to 
the exhibitor. The fact stars under 
an annual salary of, say, $5,000 a 
week are turning out but four pic- 
tures a year when they should be 
doini; at least six is one of the 
causes of high rentals. 

Gain the co-operation of the stars 
and the producers and a general get 
together working agreement be- 
tween those two factions with the 
exhibitors of the country in an ef- 
fort to speed up production, and with 
a greater number of pictures turned 



out, a decrease of the overhead on 
each production, in turn, will mean 
lower rentals for the exhibitor and 
a chance for him to continue during 
this time when box office figures are 
at their lowest ebb in history, said 
Brandt. 

That was the gist of the argument 
placed before the exhibitors in the 
meeting with an idea of the ap- 
pointment of a committee to meet 
stars and producers all over the 
country and confer with them on 
vays and means of cutting the 
overhead. 

Coher is said to have combatted 
the committee idea without offering 
a substitute suggestion. After the 
meeting a number of the exhibitors 
were liberal in voicing their opinion 
of Cohen's attitude, with the result a 
discussion following the Zukor 
query was anen. the turn of attitude 
that Cohen had taken in the matter 
of the Famous Players -Lasky in- 
vestigation, .which on Cohen's part 
occurred over night. 

Cohen left the hotel immediately 
I after the meeting. 



quitting m\m 

FOR STOCK TRIAL 



Baltimore Exhibitor Claims 
Good Films Are Scarce 




Y TWO STARS 
LEFT WITH METRO 



Rim Concern Appears to Be 
Abandoning Production — 
Some Go to Famous 

I. os Angeles, Jan. 11. 
All the Indications point to the 
■ore or less permanent abandon- 
Bent of production activities by 
lletro. With the announcement 
swne weeks ago of a temporary ces- 
ettion of production, the plant 
keased operation on the completion 
tit the several pictures. 
" The only stars known to be under 
contract at present are Bert I-ytell 

and Alice Lake, both of whom have 
gone on extended tours of "personal 
appearances" at their contracted 
Metro salaries, and the others have 
no knowledge when they will be re- 
called for duty, if at all. 

Rudolph Valentino, loaned by 
Metro to Famous Players a while 
tgo, has signed a three years' con- 
tract to become a Paramount star. 
His first picture under the new con- 
tract will be "Blood and Sand." 
playing the toreador created on the 
American stage by Otis Skinner. 
Bebe Daniels will be his principal 
support as the "vamp," and May 
McAvoy will be his wife. June 
Mathis, erstwhile Metro- scenarist. 
has also been taken over by Para- 
mount, and will make the film ver- 
sion of the Ibanez story. 

There is also a circumstantial re- 
port here Rex Ingram will be taken 
over by Paramount to direct Val- 
entino's stellar pictures. 



TROT'S NEW STRAND 

Troy. N. Y., Jan. 11. 

Work will be started next week by 
the Mitchell Mark llealty Co. on 
the Strand, In Rover street, between 
Fulton and Grand. The house, which 
will seat 2,000, will represent an in- 
vestment of about $400,000. 

The Mark Co. has leaded the site 
for 2) years, from River Front, Inc., 
composed of Edward Murphy. Jo- 
reph J. Murphy and Frank P. Dolan 
of Albany. John Shapiro & Sons 
are the contractors. 



LUB1TSCH SERIAL CUT 
TO FIVE EPISODES 



Famous Players to ls$ue 

"Mystery Woman" in 

Short Form 



Marcus Locw was elected last 
*<sek to the presidency of Metro, 
Mceeding Richard R. Rowland, and 
illiam E. Atkinson, former gen- 
eral manager, was chosen vice- 
resident. Announcement of this 
»»ne from the home offic.s o. Metro 
New York this week, with no 
ntion of Joseph Engel, former 
asurer of the corporation. Engel 
due in New York some time this 
nth. 

J The Metro announcement stated 
election of officers disposed of 
jy stories of a contemplated Metro 
Pliwtion. 



STRIKE MAKES BUSINESS 

(The present strike of the gn rment 
has proved a stimulant to 
» In the small time theatres 
t. Lower East Side. New York, 
nd the Williamsburg section of 
°oklyn. The managers of the va- 
rl «is hous<.. s hav noticed their . ■- 
filling oarly in the day and re- 
J*'nin K in the same condition un- 
the rlosin* hour. 

1 many instances it has bom nee- 

r y for the house employes to 

pea snin«> of the pa. ions out, many 

Wi-.om enter the theatres at the 

, "lug hour, bring their lunch with 

» and remain to see tne sho vs 

[ » ««nd three tlmo^ before leaving. 



The 60,000-foOt serial made In 

Germany hy Ernst Lubitsch and 

imported by Famous Players, has 

been cut and recut until It is now 

reduced to five episodes of four or 

five reels each, and will be Issued to 
run in five episodes, one each week. 

It . originally was in 60 reels of 
1.000 feet each, and at the first cut- 
ting was reduced to 12 episodes of 
three reels each. This has been fur- 
ther condensed. It is said the huge 
production has been so burdensome 
to handle that some of the Famous 
Players officials considered for a 
time the scrapping of the whole 
thing. 

The Zukor company has never Is- 
sued a serial production. 



INCE ILL AT BANQUET 

San Francisco, Jan. 11. 

Despite the absence of th: guest 
of honor, who was taken ill in Los 
Angeles, the luncheon for Thomas 
H. Ince planned by iiio Associated 
First National Pictures and Turner 
& Dahnken wa held as per sched- 
ule at the St. Francis hotel last 
week. More than 100 representative 
citizens were present. 

Ince took to his bed after Incom- 
ing suddenly ill while hoarding a 
train and was represented hero by 
Clarke W. Young, general manager 
for the Tlnmas H. Ince Co. 



SEN. WALKER MOVES 
TO REPEAL CENSOR LAW 



Introduces Measure in N. Y. 

Senate to End State 

Commission 

Albany, N. Y., Jan. 11. 
Senator James J. Walker (Depa). 
general counsel . for the Theatre 
Owners of America and minority 
leader of the senate. Introduced a 
bill In the New York State senate 
Monday night calling for the repeal 
of the law, enacted last year, creat- 
ing a film censor commission. 



The film trade in New York was 

divided In opinion as to whether or 
not the action of Senator Walker 
was not premature. One view was 
that it was rather early to raise the 
issue almost at the outset of the 
session, and practically without 
preparation. 

Supporters of the maneuver held 
the situation justified prompt ac- 
tion, and it was better the initiative 
should come from the exhibitors, 
who represent the largest group of 
the Industry and are closest to the 
public, rather than from the pro- 
ducing or distributing interests. 

The candor of the exhibitors in 
openly sponsoring the repeal bill 
takes away any suspicion of lobby- 
ing. The trade generally is dis- 
posed to applaud this method of 
getting at the matter. 

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F. P.'S 10TH 



Picture Concern Celebrating Birth • 
day with Selling Campaign 



The Famous Players will celebrate 
Its tenth birthday by inaugurating 
a two weeks' solid booking of Para- 
mount features, commencing on 
March 5. 

Advertising space will be pur- 
chased in about 6U0*papers. 



MOLIERE FOR THE SCREEN 

Paris, Jan. 11. 

To commemorate the tricentenary 
of the birth of Moliere, for which 
fetes are being organised in France, 
a special film shov mg the various 
characters in Moliere's plays fs now 
being produced, to be released in all 
French conemas next month. The 
picture is now being shot at the 
Comedie Francaise, with the artists 
of this national theatre and the 
Odeon in the different roles. The 
film will be sent abroad as propa- 
ganda for French literature. 



ACCOUNTING FOR 
"ONE ARABIAN NIGHT" 



Pola Negri Film Alleged Pla- 
giarized Version of "Su- 
murun" — Elvvood Sues 



LORAIN HOUSE IN TROUBLE 

J,orain, O., Jan. 11. 

The John !?. lfalpin Ci of Klvria 
today asked tin- Common I'leas 
Court to appoint a receive:- for the 
Geoi.reople Theatre Co. of \'n'\< city 
ti dispose of the ne.\]y ii.it«tl 
Grand. 

The pet;:i..n filed a?r.-iii^t tli" 
(ii'or h 'iMi|i!c Tlu.'.tre Co.. I-:. G. 
Georgeople and Sam Sadari*. states 
that on I'eh. S, 19:M, the plaintiff tn- 
tered in'o a contract with r 1 * • * de- 
fendants to erect the : he.; ire for 
I $07,000. Of this amount, the pe; 4 'jon 



Louis Green Dies at Albany 

Albany, N. T., Jan. 11. 

Louis (I:»en, 35, manager of the 
local Fox Film Exchange, died at 
his home here last week after a 

I short illness, of pneumonia. Mr. 

I Green went to Albany, Oct. 1. from 
New Haven, Conn., w'.« "* he was 

[manage.- «»f the Select Film Kx- 

I change, and before that time was 
connected with the same firm in 

I Boston. 

He is survived by his widow and 
two chiV.ren. The body was tk»u 

I to Pom on fnr burial. 



The El wood Amusemen* Corpora- 
tion, a Famous Players subsidiary, 
has filed its complaint in the New 
York Supreme Court against the 
Associated First National Pictures, 
Inc.. Mitchell H. Mark Realty Cor- 
poration, David P. Howells and 
David P. Howells, Inc., charging the 
defendants with producing and ex* 

hibiting "One Arabian Night" (star- 
ring Pola Negri) alleged to be pla- 
giarized from Frederich Von Fres- 
ta's "Sumurun," which the com- 
plainant controls. 

The El wood company, whose af- 
fidavit is signed by Jesse L. Lasky 
as vice-president, recites the his- 
tory of the "Sumurun" dramatic 
rights to the effect that the author 
in 1912 ceded them to Max Rheln- 
hardt and the Deutsche Bloscop 
Gesellschaft, which In turn assigned 
them to Nathan Burkan, the attor- 
ney. Mr. Burkan turned them over 
to the plaintiff. The latter asks for 
an injunction and accounting of the 
profits of "One Arabian Night." 

The Mark Realty Co. is involved 
hy virtue of having first shown the 
picture at the Strand, New York, 
which it owns, week Oct. 8, last. 
Howells owns the production and 
First National is the distributor. 



Baltimore, Jan. 11. 

C. E. Wbitehurst, operating sev- 
eral theatres in Baltimore, by con- 
templating the Inauguration of a 
stock company for the New Theatre, 
which heretofore has specialized in 
filmt of the better class, has ex- 
pressed great disappointment in the 
film business. Mr. Wbitehurst claims 
that if hi» plans for stock are ex- 
ecuted, It will be due to his. being 
driven to this expedient because 
good Alms are scarce. 

Mr. Whitehurst's views, however, 
are not shared by a majority of ex- 
hibitors here, who believe the screen 
productions are holding their own, 
if not' actually improving. The real 
situation seems to be that vaudeville 
houses, of which there are two, be- 
sides the Keith house, run films In 
conjunction with vaudeville.'' and 
lately the type of films shown in 
these places has improved to such 
a degree that, with vaudeville added 
to then- programs, they are naturally 
detracting from the profits of the 
exclusive film houses. Mr. White- 
hurst, who operates the Garden, 
which is one of the "mixed" type — 
Loew's Hippodrome being the other 
—is not willing to concede this, hold- 
ing to his belief that the palatial 
movie palaces are unable to find 
productions in keeping with their 
luxurious and impressive appoint- 
ments, • % 

However that may be, Mr. White- 
hurst is seriously contemplating the 
Introduction of stock at the New 
during the winter months, and a 
few high-class musical comedy pro- 
ductions for the summer. And his 
program la not the first hint of 
stock for Baltimore next season. 
For several months a stock organ- 
ization for the Lyceum, operated by 
Frederick C. Schanberger, and at 
which legitimate shows have ap- 
peared, with little patronage, has 
been rumored. William Brady's 
name haa been linked with this lat- 
ter project, but nothing tangible 
has as yet developed, although Mr. 
Schanberger is believed to be con- 
sidering the idea. 

Returning to Mr. Wbitehurst, he 
said today that he has frequently 
changed his mind relative to the 
future of the New Theatre. At 
times he haa favored the stock 
project, and at others regarding the 
continuance of motion pictures. 
Lately, though, he has been inter- 
viewing several leading men and 
women in New York, am: has been 
sounding out the public on the prop- 
osition. It Is believed thajt he has 
finally become convinced that a 
stock venture will pay. 

Lowell Sherman, former Poll star, 
more recently In the movie field, 
has been approached on the Lyceum 
project, it la maid, and if Schan- 
berger puts through his plans, a 
company headed by Sherman prom- 
ises to be the result Schanberger 
persistently denies these stock ru- 
jnors. but they persist, nevertheless, 
most of them filtering down here 
from New York. 



states. $20. .107. 37 is still due. 

The theatre was opened Dec. 21. 



ZUKOR'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY 

.Mr. -u.d Mrs. Adolph Zukor e.-i.- 
hrauil :-.<i.- .'.'Hi wddir.g anni\'T- 
;ary Tim sday evening in a i > r : ^ ; 1 1 • • 
hallrooin ;i ! \)i>- Ambassadors, with 
■ >n!y the immediate family ]>n-< tit. 
nuniln.rint» ahout 40 people. 

Mr. Zui;or spf-cially requested that 
no prcs< nts be sent. 



Lichtman and Schulberg Bound East 

Los Angele.w, Jan. 11. 

Al J.iehtman left here early this 
wech for New York. The indications 
| are ho has arranged for a modifica- 
tion of his agreement with Associ- 
ated Producers, permitting him ^o 
accept the po-t of j-v'ieral manager 
in eharf;e of distribution for First 
Nat lonal. 

P.. P. S.-haliM-ric also left here this 
\,' ei< for New York for a general 
■ onf' n nr e with his business asso- 
eiati-s iii tin* Kast. and will remain 
for a fortnight. 



L. I. STUDIO TO REOPEN 

!♦. I* npor'ed in tiio film Irad" 
1'aliioiiv Play v- plai^ I') l • "jx n It* 
lamer is'and <":ty :-tud:o in March. 
It has In-n shut down o\er fcix 
months. 



PRICE REMAINS 



Likes Pictures After Experience of 

Three Year*— A. P.'s 

President 



Oscar A. Price, *ho will retire as 
president of Associated Producers 
when the affairs of the corporation 
are wound up, has decided to re- 
main Jn the picture industry. 

'•yes," he said this week, "I sup- 
pose I have the fever like every- 
body else. After three years I feel 
I now know something about the 
picture business and have decided 
to remain in it. My plans for the 
future have not been settled, but I 
feel confident I shall fit in some- 
where, somehow." 



GUNNING M£N ON C0MMISH 

The Gunning film distributing con- 
cern last .Saturday wired its ex- 
changes that, commencing the cur- 
rent week, all tho sales employes 
would be paid on a comml ; «ioi 
basis. 

The rate quoted was 10 per cent. 
of the grosH of th offices for ex- 
change managers and 8 per cen'. to 
salesmen. 



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OL. XLV. No. 9 



NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922 



40 PAGES 



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ROBING THE HAYS MYSTERY 



"VAUDEVILLE IS INVESTMENT; 
TART OF BUSINESS'-StoBERT 



Lee Shubert Comments on New Venture — Satisfied 
with Results in Generally Bad Season — Better 
Next Season and Better Still Season After That 
Toronto and New Haven Surprise Manager 




S [ [ E. F. ALBEF/S OWN PAPER IS 



A VICTORY IN 



SOLICITING ADS FROM ACTORS 




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"Shubert vaudeville is an invest- 
ment," said Lee Shubert, speaking 
of their latest departure. "It's a 
part of our theatrical business, as 
much so as anything else we are 
Jiandling," added Mr. Shubert. 

"Vaudeville has proven satisfac- 
tory to us, in this, a very poor thea- 
trical season generally.' We have 
Hot gone into vaudeville for a 
■eason-— we are in It to stay," con- 
tinued Mr. Shubert "We did not 
go into it blind, we did not expect 
to make money from the start, we 
were not ouite that guileless. We 
■lay not make any money this 
■eason, in fact we never expected 

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PAY AS YOU LEAVE 
TRIED IN OREGON 



Patrons Give What They Think 
Is Show's Value 



SUNDAYS FAIL TO 
FAY IN NEW JERSEY 



Five Weeks Ordinance Lapses 
— Tax Too Much 



The city ordinance legalizing Sun- 
day amusements in Jersey City has 
been rescinded after having been in 
effect for five weeks. ^ 

The ordinance was of a temporary 
nature. It permitted Sunday per- 
formances for five weeks with an 
option of five more. 

The theatre owners failed to make 
use of the option as the five-week 
period during which the houses were 
permitted to remain open on Sun- 
days had not proved sufficiently 
remunerative to cover a 10 per eent. 
clause in (ho ordinance had been an 
instrumental factor in its passing 
the Hoard of Councillors. 



HAYS GREATEST POSTMASTER' 

Minneapolis, .Tan. 1 8. 
I'M ward Purdy, Minneapolis Dem- 
ocratic postmaster, whom Post- 
master <»eneral Hays pronounced 
'The greatest postmaster in the 
country, " is resigning his post to- 
da y. 

The dopesters says Mr. Purdy 
may enter into the pietuiv business 
With Mr. Uavs. 



Portland, Ore., Jan. 18. 

A "pay as you leave" theatre, In 
which the patron enjoys the show 
and then pays what he feels it has 
been worth, has come into being at 
Seaside, Oregon's summer resort, 
under the management of B. J. 
Callahan. 

Callahan operates the Strand, a 
picture house, and since the nrst 
of the year has been working under 
his new scheme. 

Whoever chooses may enter the 
house and as he leaves he drops the 
"value"' of the show in a box. 

Callahan testifies that the plan 
has brought in a greater revenue 
than he got under the old plan of 
a stated admission collected at the 
entrance. 



"SAWING" COLOR 

New Orleans' Colored Theatre Ad- 
justing Turns to Patrons 

New Orleans, Jan. 18. 

The Lyric, the largest colored the- 
atre in this country, managed by 
Clarence Bennett, is going to give 
its patrons the latest illusions and 
has adjusted the turn to suit the 
color of the audience. 

The house is announcing for next 
week, "Sawing a Colored Woman in 
Half," locally termed "black magic." 



Impression Zukor Dominat- 
ed Move for Hays Ap- 
pointment Now Prevails— 
Secret Sessions and Mo- 
tives Questioned— What 
Do Statements of Pres. 
Harding and Former Cab- 
inet Official Mean? 



FEDERAL CENSOR MOVE 

Will H. Hays has accepted the 
position to head the motion picture 
industry. He made public his ac- 
ceptance Saturday and Monday of 
this week conferred with a commit- 
tee representing the industry in 
New York. Now that he has in- 
formed the picture people he will 
consent to take over the $150,000 a 
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S. BEND WITHOUT LEGIT; 
FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS 



Palace Theatre Last to Pass — 

Oliver Also Gone Over 

to Films 



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[Uestionnuirc a>< to its Import. 



Indianapolis, Jau 18. 

Absorption of the Palace at South 
Tend by^ the Orpheum circuit last 
month leaves the city, with a popu- 
lation of 75,000, without theatre 
offering legitimate attractions, al- 
though three, erected at a total cost 
of about $2,500,0CO were originally 
designed for that policy. . 

It is the firsjt time South Bend has 
been without legit road attractions 
for almost 50 years. 

All legit attractions hooked at the 
Oliver have been cancelled since the 
movies Swallowed it up reeently. 



D. D. H.? 

SIOOO. (HI 

A WEEK 

KEITH'S ROYAL. NEXT WEEK 



Mr. Albee" Occurs Frequently in Conversation of 
Solicitor — Music Publishers Approached Look 
Upon Attempt to Make Them Advertise as "Hold 
Up"— "Vaude News" known as 'Throwaway* 



LICHTCAN DEMANDS 
PERCENTAGE OF GROSS 



Refuses Yearly Salary of $75,- 

000— First Nat'l Ooinq 

$400,000 Weekly 



Early this week all signs pointed 
to an agreement being arrived at 
between First National and Al 
Lichtman to head the sales depart- 
ment. 

At the daily meetings being held, 
25 of the 26 franchise holders were 
reported to favor such an arrange- 
ment, the only one holding out be- 
ing Harry Schwalbe, who votes as 
the representative from Philadel- 
phia. 

The only thing that prevents the 
immediate ratification of the pro- 
posed Lichtman contract is the per- 
centage of the gross sales of the 
organization which Lichtman is 
asking. Although offered a salary 
of $75,000 a year,; he refuses to con- 
sider salary, preferring a percent- 
age. The concern is doing a busi- 
ness of about $400,000 a week. 

While on the coast recently, 
Lichtman had a line-up of present 
First National producing units, 
which Included those controlled by 
Joseph M. Schcnck, Thomas H. 
Ince, Mack Sennett, Katherine Mac- 
Donald Corp., and several others, 
under a reorganized Associated 
Producers alliance, in the event he 
was unable to come to an under- 
standing with First National. 



"The Vaudeville News/' accepted 
as E. F. Albee's own paper, has 
started soliciting advertisements 
from actors and* musio publishers. 
The latter look upon the solicita- 
tion as a "hold up." They report 
the use of "Mr. Albee" at frequent 
intervals during the course of the 
conversation of the paper's solici- 
tors. 

"The Vaudeville News" is known 
as a house organ. It is given away, 
to a mailing list and can not secure 
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ANTI-PROHIBITIONIST 
ROUTED ON ROAD 



STAGE HANDS TAKE CUT 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 
A wage cut of IVt per cent, was 
voluntarily accepted by stage hands 
of San Francisco and Oakland last 
week. 



Will King Out By llliness 

San FranciSCO, Jan, IS. 
Will King I. ad to l«>avt hi* show 
at the Casino Saturday through 
illness. " • may be out of the cast 
for t.wo weeks. 



G. K. Brown Will Tell It All, at 
25c. Admission — One- 
Night Stands 



O. K. Brown, the vaudeville pro- 
ducer and actor, has severed his 
connections with the stage to be- 
come an anti-prohibition lecturer, 
opening "Wednesday (Jan. 18) in 
Hackeusack, N. J. 

A one-night stand route has been 
laid out for the speaker, who will 
deliver an address on the evil* 
which have developed from the 
present dry laws and methods which 
may be followed to have them re- 
pealed; 

The halls In each town have been 
taken on a flat rental basis with an 
admission charge of 25 cents made. 

The Brown lecture is being billed 
the same as a road attraction, and. 
special publicity campaigns carried 
on in newspapers in towns which 
have snti -prohibition tendencies. 



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"BIRD OF PARADISE" IN WEST 
END HEADS LIST OF REVIVALS 



Wilette Kershaw to Play Lead in Tully Drama — 
Galsworthy Plays for Reshowing — Lady Tree in 
Cochran Revue— List of Shows Closing 



London, Jan. 1S. 
"The Bird of Paradise" is to be 
revived again, following ''The Edge 
of the Beyond" at the Garriek. 
AVilette Kershaw will pla; the load. 
Following the present season at tho 
Court, .1. B. Fagan and Leon M. 
Lion will start a series of revivals 
cf plays by John Galsworthy, be- 
ginning with "Justice." 

Following his appearance in "The 
Speckled Band," Lyn Harding will 
work in a picture in America, re- 
suming West Knd management in 
April. 

"Splinters" at the Quern's, "The 
Thing That Matters" at tho Strand, 
and" The Speckled Band" at the 
Royalty closed Jan. 14. Scheduled 
to finish Jan/ 21 are "Babes in the 
Woods" at the Oxford, "Charley's 
Aunt" at the Duke of York's, "Thank 
You, Phillips," at the Apollo, "Alice 
in Wonderland" at the Garriek, and 
the present series of Grand Guignol 
plays at the Little. 

The run at the Kingsway of When 
Knights Were Bold" has been pro- 
longed indefinitely. jj 

Lady Tree in Revue 
C. B. Cochran has engaged Lady 
Tree, widow of Sir Herbert Reer- 
bohm Tree, to appear in his revue, 
•'From May fair to Montmartre." 

The melodrama, "The Old Jig," 
will be produced at the Strand 
Jan. 10. 

Phyllis Neilson Terry has secured 
tho lease of the Apollo and will 
shortly produce there an Oriental 
drama called "The Wheel." 

"Way Down Fast" finishes at the 
Empire Jan. 28 and J. L. Sacks will 
produce "Jenny" there during the 
following week. Hutchinson is re- 
hearsing a patriotic naval drama 
called "In Nelson's Day" and also 
has a new R. C. Carton comedy. 



POLICY AT PALLADIUM 
CHANGING TO MUSICAL 



Commences in Feb.— Pre-War 
Prices — Formerly Vaude- 
ville Stand 




VAUDEVILLE AN INVESTMENT 



X 



(Continued from Fage 1) 
to. We are now establishing Shu- 
bert vaudeville. Next season we 
expect to do better, but even next 
season we may not make money, 
for to open and operate and con- 
tinue a circuit such as we are 
doing, with vaudevlllo that must 
draw its particular clientele, has 
never been an instantaneous suc- 
cess. Vaudeville must be built up. 
That is what we are doing. We will 
keep at it this season .and next 
•season and by the next season you 
will see 'Shubert Vaudeville' all 
over the map, and by that time we 
shall operate at a profit. 

"This is a big country. There is 
plenty of room for all good vaude- 
ville. We do not consider ourselves 
as 'opposition' to any vaudeville 
interests; we do not look upon any 
vaudeville interests as 'opposition.' 



ACTORS' ASSN. TO HEP 
5,000 OUT OF WORK 



London, Jan. 18. 

The Palladium will be conducted 
as a twice nightly theatre with re- 
vues and musical plays at pre-war 
prices, commencing in February. 

This may be one of the agree- 
ments arrived at by the recent 
booking amalgamation of the music 
hall circuits. The Palladium has , 
been playing vaudeville twice 
nightly, with three matinees a 
week, and was one of tho most 
profitable on tho Gulliver circuit. 
Kccently it has played vaudeville 
only at night — two shows — and giv- 
ing daily matinees of the "Aladdin ' 
pantom.'me. 



Sammy Lee. Ned Norworth, Benny 
Ryan, Rubs Luts, Joe Krber, Flan- 
agan and Morrison, Mitch Pershing, 
my business manager, Ben Schaef- 
fer, Joe Shoebridge, Lloyd George, 
Dad Haley, the Barmaid at the 
lUirse and Groom, in the Four Ale 
Bar. Harding, George Barclay, drop 
little Frankie a line. 

Jan. 22, Dcs Moines; Jan. 20, Min- 
neapolis; Feb. 5, Duluth; Feb. 12, 
St. Paul; Feb. 19, Winnipeg. 



McGLYNN ON LINCOLN 



Actor Addresses. Washington City 
Club on Martyr 



Situation to Be Met by Charity 
Drives — Stock Possible 



London, Jan. 18. 

It is estimated 5,000 players are 
out of work and in very serious 
straits, With this serious situation 
facing them the Actors' Association 
is making strenuous efforts to cope 
with the unemployment problem, 
and sweeps, whist drives, etc., are 
belr.g planned to rTiise funds for the 
relief of the unfortunate. 

It is also proposed to run stork 
companies to provide work. . 



Washington Jan. 18. 
Frank McGlynn, appearing thia 
week in the role of Lincoln at the 
National theatre, addressed the 
members of the Washington City 
club yesterday, being one of the 
first speakers to be invited since 
the completion of the beautiful elub 
house on G street. 

Mr. McGlynn stated that Lincoln's 
family was wronged in history, add- 
ing that Lincoln's father was not 
the illiterate, shiftless man he had 
been made out to be. "Both 
Thomas Lincoln' and his great son 
taught a lesson that should be pre- 
sented to every youn:; man in 
America today. 

"They knew how to work with 

their hands and were not afraid to 

do it," said Mr. MeGlynn. who went 

into considerable detail on the his- 

| tory of the president he presents 

! in his characterization of John 

| Di inkwater's play. 



MANAGER PRISONED 

IN BOX OFFICE 



It's just a straightaway, plain bust* 
ness matter with us. to product 
entertainment for trie public 
whether dramatic, musical or va- 
riety. Our business is solely thea* 
trical and vaudeville is theatrical." 
Mr. Shubert seemed quite frank 
in mentioning tho condition of bus- 
iness |njthe several Shubert vaude- 
ville theatre8 r his statement coin- 
ciding with the general report of 
the Shubert and Keith business at 
the points mentioned. Mr. Shubert 
added he had been much surprised 
at the business drawn by the Shu- 
bert vaudeville shows in the one 
week stands, the cities where the 
Shuberts had placed vaudeville for 
a week and a return week or so 
without playing it regularly in 
those towns. He especially named 
Toronto and New Haven as the 
towns giving the surprising returns. 




CIGALE REVUE ONLY FAIR 

Paris, Jan. 18. 

The new proO iction of 11. "Plateau 
at the Cigale, awaited with interest, 
mainly from the fact that the star 
is Firmin Gemier, the future direc- 
tor of the Odeon, was presented 
Jan. 14 under the title of Ratig- 
nolles-Cigale-Odeon (a reference to 
the itinerary of a line of omnibus), 
the various roles being held by 
fJ.mier, (,'arlus, Castel, Georgette 
Delmares, Miles. Berthe Platitude, 
Alice Meva, Madelienc Andral, Su- 
/;rrine Raymond, Jane Dorsay, Jane 
Farny. 

The authors, Clement Vautel and 
Max Kddy, are lucky boys to have 
such a cast and should have done 
better. The revue is only fair. 
Another revue, by Rene Fauchols, 
is to follow in March. 

LEARNS TO LOVE 

Paris, Jan. 18. 

"Calixte," a thr» e-avt comedy by 
Gabriel Nigond, opening at the 
Potiniere Jan. 12. did nicely with 
Henry Krimer and Madeleine Daiftl- 
roff. The plot deals with an episode 
during the French Revolution. 

Calixte, an aristocrat, is saved 
from tho guillotine by Jacques, a 
young revolutionist and former farm 
hand, Who loves the girl. Of too 
placid a disposition to understand 
love, she walks in her sleep into 
Jacques* "bedroom as he sleeps and 
thereafter reciprocatM his love, 
though here only a kiss occurs and 
ahe struggles and escapes. 



YEARSLEY AND BANKRUPTCY 

London. Jan. 18. 

Receiving orders on bankruptcy 
have been issued against Claude 
Years ley. 

It is understood the reason the 
new backer of "The Little Girl in 
Red," now current at the Gaiety, 
withdrew was that he was swamped 
by creditors, whereas his agreement 
was that he was to continue the 
show without assuming any of the 
former debts. 



Fed from Alley in Melnotte, 
Faraday Said 

London, Jan. 18. 

Owing to a disagreement with 
Faraday, Miss Melnotte gave orders 
that no employee of his was to 
enter the Duke of York's, and pick- 
etted all doors. Faraday's manager 
barricaded himself In his office and 
held the fort, being fed through a 
neglected window in tho passage 
next the Garriek. 

Returning from tho country, 
Faraday secured an injunction pre- 
venting Miss Melnotte from enter- 
ing into possession of her own 
theatre. Then the pickets were, 
withdrawn and the keys returned. 
Faraday sajjf Miss Melnotte holds 
6,000 pounds advance rent and he 
personally holds the theatre's 
license from the Lord Chamberlain. 

After the end of the .run of 
"Charley 8 Aunt," January 21, Fara- 
day is planning the production of a 
new Pinero play, but so far he has 
not been consulted about the an- 
nounced production of "Tho Night 
Cap* with Robert Loraine. 

The trouble spems to have arisen 
over Faraday's delay, in doing deco- 
rations stipulated for in his con- 
tract. 



LONDON MANAGERS 
START TAX PROTEST 



AMERICANS IN PARIS 



Sonya Michel, pianist, has gone 
to Vienna, Austria, where she will 
give a series of concerts. 

Barton Gray, composer, is so- 
journing In the South of France. 
Joseph A. Jenkins, tenor, is in Paris. 

Mrs. Etta Pound, wife of the 
American author, has been ill in 
the American hospital, Nouilly, 
near Paris, and is now out. 



Say Public Can't Stand Pres- 
sure — Ruinous to Theatri- 
cal Business 



"11TH COMMANDMENT" POOR 

Ixmdon, Jan. 18. 

The production of "The Eleventh 
Commandment" had its premiere at 
tho Royalty Jan. 16 and met with 
a good reception at the hands of a 
friendly audience. 

The play is very poor and its suc- 
cess improbable. 

_ j 

Play from Maupassant 

Paris, Jan. 18. 
At the Nouvoau theatre (Musce 
Grevin) the new bill comprises 
"L'Heritage," three acts by M. 
('.luck, from the story of Guy Mau- 
passant; also "Dans rOmbre," two 
acts, hy Jose Germain. The present 
season of Ireneo Mauget has not 
been brilliant. 



Victoria Palace Dividend 

London, Jan. 18. 
A 23 per cent, dividend has been 
proposed for the Victoria Palace. 



London, Jan. 18. 
The London theatrical managers 
are organizing to start a public pro- 
test for the abolishment of the en- 
tertainment tax on the ground the 
public la unable to Stand the pres- 
sure of the additional price on 
tickets and it is proving ruinous to 
their business. 



RECEPTION. FOR STRAUSS 

London, Jan. 18. 

Strauss, the composer, had a big 
reception at Albert Hall, January 
17, when he conducted the London 
Symphony orchestra. 

The vocalist for the occasion was 
Ethel Frank, an American, who also 
registered a big success. 



CHARLES HANNAN DIES 

London, Jan. 18. 
Charles Ilannan, dramatist, novel 
ist and author of "A Cigarette Mak- 
er's Romance," died Jan. 12 In Lon- 
don. 



Chariot's Brother's Theatre 

Paris, Jan.' 18. 
It is reported here that Andre 
Chariot's brother Jean la taking a 
theatre hero with Higglns. It Is 
further understood that Andre 
Chariot has applied for his English 
naturalization papers. 



E. F. ALBEE'S OWN ' 

(Continued from page 1) 

the second class postal privilege. 
Up to date it mostly has contained 
letters either written by or to E. F. 
A I bee. 

It is said that members of the 
National Vaudeville Artists, found 
in the clubhouse of that organiza- 
tion, are solicited by representatives 
of the "News' ; and other artist- 
members fhrough mail to their ad- 
dresses held by the club. Solicita- 
tion to adycrtiHo in the sheet is 
being made likewise on the stages 
of the Keith Nap York theatres. 

The actors seem to think if they 
are asked to advertise in "Mr. 
Albee's paper" they should have 
an immediate return. Otherwise, 
they ask, why should they adver- 
tise in "The Vaudeville News." 

Music publishers say if they are 
"pressed" they suppose they will 
have to advertise in the Albee paper 
now and then. They appear to be 
of the opinion they have been 
"pressed* for their first advertise- 
ment, through the soliciting meth- 
ods. 

The "News" solicitor is reported 
to have expounded the virtues of 
the "News" as a medium by say- 
ing: "You know this is Mr. Albee's 
paper. You ought to advertise in 
it, not on account of Mr. Albee, 
thougli/l_ If the publisher inquired, 
as did happen in almost each in- 
stance, of what benefit a "throw- 
away" (as the weekly is called, 
through being given away) could 
be to an advertiser, the solicitor 
answered: "Well, let this be un- 
derstood. Mr. Albee told us not to 
force the issue, but you are nof 
going to turn us down, are you?" 

When asked the price of adver- 
tising the solicitor answered, "$150 
a page. Mr. Albee wanted to charge 
$300 a page but we made it $150." 
According to the publishers, the 
"News" has an elastic rate card. 
Publishers have reported they have 
been asked from $175 to $125 a 
page to advertise in it. 

The Vaudeville Managers' Pro- 
tective Association is said to have 
induced the business manager of the 
Music Publishers' Protective Asso- 
ciation to give the "News" solicitors 
a letter recommending the "News" 
and telling the publisher-members 
of the M. P. P. A. the "News" is an 
advertising medium and not a 
"house organ," though given away. 
The M. P. P. A. believed it was 
under the protection of the V. M. P. 
A. up to the time of tho Federal 
Trade Commission investigation of 
vaudeville conditions. 

Last week Variety published a 
story of E. F. Albee calling the 
Bgetitfl bonking through the Keith 
otllec before him and informing 
then) they should not have sent 
letters to their acts advocating an 
advort"soment In Variety's Anni- 
versary Number, without having 
shown the lejter to the Keith office 
for approval. 

With Albee's Consent 
A member of tho 'News" staff 
made a statement to a Variety rep- 
resentative that the "News" * h 
"accepting" ads fmni actors, agents 
and music publishers with the con- 
sent of Mr. Albee." .. 

Last week Albee sent the follow- 
ing letter to qots that had been 
written to by jfcjetth 
corning advertising: 

New York, Jan 

My dear 

I understand there 
ter sent to you by your repre- 
sentative, requesting you to put 
an ad in the "Variety" showing 
your loyalty to the Orpheum 
and Keith Circuits. This letter 
was not advised by this office 
in any way. In fact, it was 
strictly against my orders. I 



have no objection to any artist 
advertising in the "Variety ' or 
any other paper, but I do object 
to anyone in this office or con- 
nected with the office writing to 
the artists and giving them the 
impression that the request 
eomes from this office. 

What called my attention to 
this was the receipt of one of 
these letters from a lady artist 
who wrote that she could not 
afford to put an ad in "Variety" 
as she did not have much work 
and she hoped that I would not 
. be offended. I want the vaude- 
ville artists to understand that 
I have no connection with any 
newspaper. Any consideration 
shown them must be entirely 
voluntary on the artist's part. 

I am sorry that Mr. 

sent this letter out and I have 
reprimanded him for the same. 
In fact. I have given orders to 
the representatives of all 
vaudeville artists in this office 
not to use this office in any way 
that would give the impression 
that we are interested as to 
what the artists do or do not do 
as far as putting their ads in 
any dramatic paper. 

Sincerely yours, 

E. F. Albee. 

"The Vaudeville News" is edited 
by Glenn Condon, formerly a state 
senator of Oklahoma, and indirectly - 
connected with theatricals through 
relatives. Mr. Condon was brought 
east to act as' personal press repre- 
sentative for Albee. After a period 
in the Keith office, "The News" was 
inaugurated under Albee's direction - 
with Condon in charge. It solicited 
advertisements for a time from 
tradespeople around Times square 
but secured only a few small ad- 
vertisements at an excessive rate. 
A number of Keith agents were 
"induced" to advertise by way of 
small carols. 

Mr. Albee has stated he never 
intended -to permit the "News" to 
solicit advertisements generally, and 
especially from actors; . that the 
"News" was being published for the 
benefit and information of actors 
and managers with its scope limited 
to promoting a better feeling be- 
tween the acting and managerial 
fraternities. 

The inside stuff in connection 
with the "News" soliciting on the 
strength of the Albee name is that 
the "News" was found to mount up 
to a yearly loss of some magnitude. 
The advertising solicitation was 
proposed, it is said, as the only 
means to prolong the life of the 
weekly. 



"RATTLESNAKE" FINE DRAMA 

London. Jan. IS. 

"The Rattlesnake" at the Shafts- 
bury, Jan. 10, proved to be a fine 
draina with scene set at the time of 
the mnerican war of independence. 

Tkira is a strong love interest, 
with the revolutionary hero mar- 
ried to a royalis* wife. 

Full of fine situations, splendidly 
product d and acted, it won a big 
reception. 



agents con 
12, 1922. 
was a let - 



Broken Heart Brings Death 
Londo .', Jan. IS. 
Fred Leoville, famou.i did pan- 
tomimist, aged 65, dropped dead in 
the street following the death of his 
wife. At the in uest doctors testi- 
fied he died ot a broken heart. 



Wilette 



KERSHAW 

GLOBE THEATRE 
LONDON 






Friday, January 20, 1988 



• 

VAUDEVILLE 



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■■* 



FAMOUS PLAYERS AT DOUBLE 
TOP, OVER PEAK OF LAST YEAR 



i 
i 






+T- 



profit Taking "Stops" Appear at 84V£ and Check 
Long Advance— But When These Are Executed 
Progress of Stock Goes On — Orpheum Down 



Famous riayera made a "double 
too' 1 this week at 84 and a fraction, 



getting 



into new high ground for 



, 









nearly two years. Its 1921 peak was 
Ljt over 82. One new top waa 
Lade Monday and another Wednes- 
day, the dip and recovery repre- 
senting the passing of a new phase 
of the price movement. 

Immediately upon the tarn of the 
aew year there was a considerable 
volume of long liquidation repre- 
senting the closing out of specu- 
lative profits, so .that they would 
come into the 1922 taxable year. 
This movement drove the issue from 
about 80 to a low of 75. Prompt 
tellers who got in early in the 
movement got back on the long side 
on the way down. 

Stops Appear 

Apparently they realized again 
this week. It was reported In brok- 
erage offices that the swift climb 
from 75 to 84 ran into profit taking 
stops as soon as the "quotations 
Monday crossed 84. It had been 
generally reported in Times square 
that the stock was headed for 85. 
Nearly all the board players seemed 
to be in possession of this tip, and 
the burst of selling that appeared at 
84 would indicate that the speculat- 
ors had protected themselves with 
stops Just under the tipped figure 
Ai it developed, the execution of 
the stops ran its course about the 
same time as the rest of the list 
broke sharply consequent upon the 
advance of the call loan rate from 
tft to 6, and for this reason the 
price went lower thaji it ordinarily 
Would have done. 

However, pool support counter- 
acted the pressure to some extent, 
aflfl when realization had been com- 
pleted the recovery was prompt and 
swift. After dropping Monday- 
from 84% to-82% in the single ses- 
sion, prices held nearly even for the 
Tuesday trading and moved up 
again Wednesday. It is a sort of 
fetish among ticker players that a 
new high is not really established 
until It has been set twice. The 
' Idea Is that a substantial advance 
cannot be taken seriously until the 
tone between high and low has been 
crossed more than once. In the case 
of famous Players the break from 
84^4 disposed of a considerable vol- 
ume of "stops" and cleared the way 
for the stock's advance beyon that 
point While the stops stood on 
brokers' books, of course, they acted 
M a bar to progress higher. 

Dealings of $9,000,000 
The whole movement involved the 
Changing hands of an enormous 
Quantity of common stock. Roughly 
85,000 shares were dealt in on the 
New York Stock Exchange, and 
*ith the Bmaller blocks which 
passed on the Consolidated it is 
probable that total transactions 
would represent $8,000000 at cur- 
rent quotations. This is a record 
tor turnover in this issue since it 
h*» been on the market. Dealings 
In preferred were also close to the 
record. Probably between 8,r,00 a"nd 
WO shares changed hands, close to 
another $1,000,000. 

The course of preferred prices 
Tvas not so sensational as the com- 
mon, but the senior issue got to 
n *w high for all time at 99 on Bat- 
Jrday, the Inst day it carried the 
$- quarterly dividend. The stock 
has reached price* since the first 
of the year which for the first time 
since the notation would permit the 
original Underwriting syndicate to 
liquidate at a profit. When the 
"sue was put out holders of com- 
mon did not exerclss their rights 
to take it up and the whole flotation 
*M thrown l»;i<k upon the syndi- 
cate. From .then Until this nmnth 
the price has never n ached a level 
Where they could diapo e of it with- 
out loss. 

There a belief, how well 

founded ro on knows, prnong the 
tr;i,lt ' that the preferred will not 
cross i. i r for th» firesoiiL The un- 
■erstnnding is that the company is 
Jpxlou- : i take Uu> stock Up by 
Purchases \\\ th*; Open .ivn*k< ; t for 
M,l 'i" ■■-■ » < t cancellation. Naturally 



execution of this plan makes 



th< 

low prices desirable and it .wou'd 
FU| PrhM nobody if a spectacular 



operation would be staged some 
time this year to get it into lowey* 
ground. Many difficulties surround 
this campaign. The company's ob- 
ject Is pretty well understood and 
that makes the senior stock a good 
buy. Knowing that the company 
is in the market, holders will be 
likely to hold on determl edly, tie- 
log up the supply for a price. 

Ten Per Cent. Attractive 

Another consideration makes for 
the stability of the preferred. Sev- 
eral times since Jan. 1 the call loan 
and renewal rate for funds on the 
Exchange has gotten as low as 3% 
per cent. The rate for commercial 
money is holding at 4*4 per cent. 
.."his means cheap and plentiful 
money. It scarcely needs sayirg 
that the cheaper money becomes 
the more attractive will u stock like 
Famous Players preferred look to 
investors. It carries a guaranteed, 
cumulative dividend of $8 which 
takes precedent over the common 
dividend. The common has the 
same yield and has never missed a 
egular payment. Film stock would 
hardly be regarded as an invest- 
ment, but a yield of nearly 10 per 
cent, (on the basis of $8 on a cost 
of $80) is attractive wl.en money 
commands less than 5. These con- 
siderations may have ccounted for 
investment buying during the last 
ten days. One* of the outstanding 
phases of the market for some time 
has been the brisk demand for 
bonds and preferred stock through- 
out the list. 

Orpheum Sinks Back 
Orpheum's improvement appeared 
to have worn itself out. After get- 
ting up above 15 the middle of last 
week it suffered a sinking spell and 
was back below 14%. Trying to 
figure reasons for Orpheum's er- 
ratic behavior is fruitless. It seems 
to depend very slightly upon the 
forthcoming statement which should 
have been discounted by this time. 
One of the things that may have 
some bearing upon the course of 
prices is being discussed among 
showmen. The building of the new 
Hennepin In Minneapolis appears 
to have worked out unsatisfactor- 
ily to the old Orpheum. That town 
is over-theatred already and the 
big new house with huge seating ca- 
pacity and a G5-cent scale is tre- 
mendous opposition to the old prop- 
erty with higher scale, lesi; capacity 
and more expensive shows, as it is 
to the other Minneapolis theatres. 
Effect on Profits 
The Hennepin is one of five 
Junior Orpheums built or building 
and the same situation Is at least 
a« possibility in other towns. All 
these things have weight when 
translated into actual earning 
power and profits of the whole 
business. Also the first half of the 
season is over and the half to come 
promises to be rather hard sledding 
for the" whole theatre business. If 
the earnings for the first six months 
of Orpheum operations do not look 
bright the^NOUtlook for the next half 
year must be discouraging, indeed. 
lioew's Drifting 
This last consideration likewise 
applies to Loew's which has drifted 
listlessly for the past 10 days. Last 
Friday and Saturday Loew did not 
come out at all. The stock sc<yns 
to have settled permanently into 

insiders' hands. While there are no 
buyers, it is evident that there 1s 
no special nervousness on the part 
of major holders. The range for 
the week was 12% low rfnd 13'/* 

hfgh. 

Griffith at 7' 8 

Griffith came out for the first 
time in quite a while in Curb trad- 
ing, a single transaction being 
quoted at 7%. about unchanged. 
(Continued on page 5) 

FLORENCE REED'S SKETCH 

Florence Reed has been booked for 

vaudeville by M. S. BenthiUn, open- 
ing for a live weeks' tour of the 
Keith time at Chicago, Jan. 30, with 
St. Louis, Cleveland, Washington 
and New York to follow. 

Miss Herd's vehicle will be a cos- 
tume playlet called "The King's 
Knave," by Edgar Selwyn. 




FLOOD OF PICTURE "NAMES" ASK 



VAUDEVILLE HIGH SALARIES 



Nothing Under $2,000 Weekly Mentioned— Salary 
Demands Run Up to $3,500 — Bookings Scarce at 
Any Price — Too Many Acts Idle 



"Demand the Original" 
BRTTY — — PHILIP 

MARTIN and MOORE 

As you are w r orking for success, 
make a high resolve to be a man. 
Nothing will compensate -for lack 
of character or moral fiber. Booked 
solid. 

Direction, LEW GOLDER 

TALK No. 6 



BANDIT STAR MIXED 
UP WITH KAN'S WIFE 



From t!ie "names" of picture 
players on the lists of vaudeville 
agents in New York it would, be 
suspected there is not a star left 
to perform before the camera. Sal- 
ary quotations by the "names'" 
never fall under $2,000, a week for 
vaudeville. Several run as high as 
$3,500 weekly. 

Few of the picture people have 
found vaudeville engagements. The 
same can be said of tho people from 
the legit stage who Seek vaudeville 
time during the depression of their 
own branch. One of the male stars 
from the legit with a desirable 
sketch can not secure a regular 



salary week, let alone a route, while 
a female legit star has been wait- 
ing for six weeks to obtain a big 
time opening for her playlet. 

One of the Times square vaude- 
ville agencies has 20 picture 
"names" on its books, and, has 
made no effort to place any. The 
agent considers seeking vaudeville 
engagements will be time wasted, 
with 8.0 many acts now laying off, 
unable to secure consecutive work. 

Few of the picture players hold 
yearly film contracts now. Between 
pictures they have been Idling with- 
out salary. With no screen playing 
assigned to them, vaudeville looks 
like a kindly light. 



AI Jennings, Reformed Train 
Robber, Pulls Gun on Hus- 
band—Police Hunt Him 



r St. Louis, Jan. 18. 

Al Jennings, former train robber, 
and now picture actor, who arrived 
here a few weeks ago at the Em- 
press (Pantages) and has been ap- 
pearing at local vaudeville and pic- 
ture houses in conjunction with a 
picture in which he is starred ("The 
Lady* of the Dugout"), is now being 
hunted by the police, following a 
charge being placed against him by 
Harry Kerr, of Kansas Cit,y, who 
states Jennings induced his wife to 
leave him and that when he discov- 
ered Jennings in his wife's roetn at 
a local hotel the actor drew a gun 
on him and threatened his life. 

The husband wfil be alone in his 
intended prosecution. His wife re- 
fuses to be a party to it. According 
to her story, she met Jennings and 
he promised her a chance to become 
a movie star. 

"In Kansas Cify," she said, "Jen- 
nings showed me the manuscript of 
his super-photoplay, 'The Voice 'in 
(Continued on page 7) 



1ST RUN B'WAY HOUSES 
MAY HAVE ANOTHER 



U. S. FILM HISTORY 
STARTED BY YALE 



SAILINGS 

Jan. 18 (Now York to Havre), Al- 
ice Delysla, William Passpart 
(Paris). 

Feb. 7 (New York for London), 
Max Burkhardt, H. W. Rosenthal 
(Aqultanla). 



Warner Bros. Plan New The- 
atre — How B'way Houses 
Are Hooked Up 

With options on two sites be- 
tween 42d street and 49th street, on 
Broadway, Warner Bros. are 
financially prepared to begin within 
a month building a film theatre .to 
cost $1,000,000 exclusive of the Bite. 
The firm is known as a producer of 
pipture serials and have recently 
begun the production of features as 
a continuous policy. 

The first run situation In New 
York City, it was pointed out, is 
peculiarly d+fflcult for independents 
with three of five houses tied up to 
Famous Players. The Car'tol, Gold- 
wyn-owned, tajces on im •»•* ' .ts 
occasionally, but they indie*, w. It is 
a question of price. Naming the 
Capitol, they bring up Fox's con- 
tract with that theatre wherein he 
reserves his right to produce his 
offering first at a legit house. 

"Only by that policy," it was 
stated, "did he get into the Capitol 
at all. The pictures Rothafel is 
showing were shown first last win- 
ter at some legit house." 

The Strand has the call on First 
National product, but has to equal 
the bid of any other house, the 
Capitol, for example, outbidding 
the Strand for the first Now York 
showing of "Passion" which ran two 
weeks and broke the big theatre's 
record for takings. 



University's Council Sanctions 
Making 100 Reels of His- 
' torical Pictures 




New Haven, Jan. 18. 
George Parmly Day, treasurer of 
Yale University and president of the 
Yale University Press, has issued 
a statement for publication on Fri- 
day which is a complete verification 
of the exclusive story that Variety 
printed several months ago, to the 
effect that a film history of the 
United States was about to be made 
by Yale. 

Production has been entrusted to 
The Chronicles of America Picture 
Corporation, organized for this ex- 
press purpose and incorporated un- 
der the laws of the State of New 
York, with offices in New York City. 
George Parmly Day, treasurer of 
Yale University and president (and 
founder) of Yale University Press, 
is president of the new company. 
Dr; Max Farrand, Professor of 
American History at Yale, and Dr. 
Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Sterling 
Professor of School Administration 
ar.d head of the Department of 
Education In the same institution, 
have been appointed editors-in- 
chief. The editors will represent 
Yale's Council's Committee on Pub- 
lications, inspecting every step of 
the project from preparation of 
scenario to finished picture. 'Not 
one foot of film will be released 
until it has had the official sanction 
of Professors Farrand and Spaul- 
ding, who will be assisted in an 
advisory capacity by eminent au- 
thorities representing public school 
as well as university opinion. 

The Chronicles of America Pict- 
ures, it is believed, will serve as a 
valuable adjunct to teaching. They 
are not designed to supplant present 
methods of instruction, but to assist 
thorn and to inculcate ideals of good 
citizenship. 

All material used in the fifty vol- 
umes of "The Chronicles of Amer- 
ica" has been placed at the disposal 
of this new motion picture corpora- 
tion. The producers will have at 
(heir command the sources and his- 
tory treatment of such distinguished 
authors ns Allen Johnson, Blisi 
Perry, Stewart Edward White, 
Ralph? D. Paine, John Moody, Em- 
erson Hough, Constance Lindsay 
Skinner* Nathaniel W. Stephenson, 
Burton J. Hendrick, Charles Sey- 
(Continued on page 7) 

* Spindly III 

Paris, Jan. 18. 
Mme. Spindly is so^ll she has 
gone to the Pyrenees xor a rest. 
Zacconl, the Italian actor, was taken 
so ill in Brussels he could not ap- 
pear, and consequently the whole 
troupe returned to Italy. 



LEE CHILDREN 



The above Is a photograph of Jane and Katherine Lee. tho Lee Children, 
posing for their picture with Wesley ("Freckles' ) BafTy, at the .Marshall 
Ndlan studio in Los Angeles a fortnight ago when they played at the local 
O r£>h e um tyeatre. 



Stoll Proposes 15 Per Cent. 
London, Jan. IS. 
Tho Stoll Film report profits for 
the year to be £5.669, and propose a 
15 per cent, dividend. 



Cochran in Paris 

Paris, Jan. IS. 
C. B. Cochran Is here on business, 
having postponed his trip to Amer- 
ica announced for last week. 



VAUDEVILLE 



Friday, January 20, 1922 






THREE NEW UNIT-SHOWS FRAMED 
FOR SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 



Two to Come from Cantor's "Midnight Rounders," 
Now Disbanded as Legit Attraction — Avon 
Turn to Head 



INDEPENDENT HOUSES 
BARRED BY SHUBERTS 



The Shubert vaudeville executive 

department has deluded upon three 

new unit-travelling bills. Two of 

the units will be made up from the 
Kddie Cantor "Midnight Rounders" 
show now disbanded as a Shubert 
travelling legit attraction, to per- 
mit Mr. Cantor to rehearse for the 
new production the Shuberts are 
preparing for him to star at the 
h« ad of. 

The other unit-bill will have the 
Avon Comedy Four as the feature.* 
As the Avon*' unit will be new, it 
may be necessary for the Avons to 
rehearse with it for four weeks or 
so before that unit can start out on 
its Shubert vaudeville travels. 

The decision to form new units 
of the Cantor show outfit came 
through the extraordinary success 
attending the Shuberts "Whirl of 
Xew York" vaudeville unjt. That 
unit has taken the lead among the 
Shubert .1* vaudeville travelling 
units. According to report, it is 
the cheapest bill in salary on the 
Shubert time. When "The Whirl 
of Xew York" suspended jiMJk road 
attraction, the Stuberts took over 
several of its principals, choristers 
and production bits for the vaude- 
ville unit. It opened at the Winter 
Garden, New York, and since start- 
ing over the Shubert tour has been 
taking box office records. The Shu- 
berts produced the "Whirl" unit 
and play it as a regular bill, as 
against the percentage plan with 
the Bedini "Chuckles'' and the 
Weber-Friedlander units which take 
CO per cent of the gross, furnishing 
the entire program. 



The Avon Comedy Four has been 
ordered not to play tinder any 
management other than the- Shu- 
berts by a federal court decision. 
The Shuberts have the optional 
right to direct the Avons to appear, 
and if designating a unit that calls 
for rehearsals, it will mean the 
rehearsal period the Avons are to 
spend in the unit preparation will 
be without salary. 

Judge Hand has appointed ex- 
Judge Lecomb»as special master to 
ascertain the difference in salaries 
the act received on the Keith time 
as, compared to their stipulated .sal- 
ary from the Shuberts. Meantime, 
Smith and Dale have filed notice of 
appeal, 

The act is laying, off this week, 
peflding consultation to decide 
whether they v^ll continue working 
for Shubert or lay off altogether. 
William Klein, attorney for Shu- 
berts, states that the renewal op- 
tion on Smith and Dale's services 
will be exercised for the next two 
years. 

The Shubert offices claim that un- 
der the decision rendered in their 
favor in tlie matter of the Avons, 
they are entitled to secure from the 
Avons the excess in salary received, 
by the quartet in the Keith hjmses 
over toe amount the Shuberts had 
contracted to pay. The Shuberts' 
contract calls for $900 weekly. The 
Avons were receiving when the de- 
cision came down against them 
$1,500 a week from the Keith office. 

Kddie Miller, who temporarily re- 
joined the Avons, has left the act 
and may return to the Keith time in 
his former single. 



Booking Office Says Acts Can 

Only Appear Under Its 

Management 

The Shubert office has issued an 
uW-imatum to the effect that they 
will immediately cancel the book- 
ings of any act that plays an inde- 
pendent house- during the life of a 
Shubert vaudeville contract, unless 
the booking has been arranged 
through the Shubert vaudeville 
office. 

According to Arthur Klein, Shu- 
bert booking head, this includes the 
Fox circuit, houses booked by Fally 
Markus. John Robbins and all other 
independents. 

Agents booking through the Shu- 
bert office have been instructed to 
notify their acts that in the future 
the above rule will be enforced. 

The independent agencies when 
questioned as to the effect the Shu- 
bert order would have on them were 
extremely indifferent, making the 
point the Shuberts needed the inde- 
pendents to take up the slack on 
the Shubert contracts more than 
the independents need them in a 
season when material is plentiful. 

One independent branded the os- 
der as propaganda by the Shuberts 
to influence the owners of houses 
now booking with, the independents 
to place houses in the Shubert 
office for future attractions. 

Shubert acts nave t>een playing 
the independent houses since the 
opening of the Shubert circuit. Last 
week the Shubert office cancelled an 
act for playing the Hespe, Jersey 
City, an independent vaudeville 
house booked by Robbins. 

One independent claimed that be- 
fore Frances White opened at a 
Shubert vaudeville house he was of- 
fered the act at his own figure and 
p'.ayed her in an out of town theatre 
under" another name. 



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OPENING SATURDAYS 

Pantag&s Trying It in K. C. and St. 

LoaT3-J3ecai.se of Jumps 



WHO IS SHE? 

THE POSTER GIRL? 

People say she comes out of pictures. The above picture of THK 
POSTER GIRL, is just one of her character studies. 

Managers are inVited to see this original novelty that is now appear- 
ing at Proctor's 58th Street. Xew fork. 

Not a riot, but THE POSTER (URL is considered a classy production 
of real merit, • 

Protected by Copyright and patent. Serial Xo. 460050. 



MINNEAPOLIS MEN COME EAST 

Minneapolis, Jan. IS. 

1. Rettben and M. Finkclstein 
(Finkelstein & Reuben ) left here 
early In the week for New York* 
to consult wiiii the Shuberts. 

The propo se d B Hubert -F. A n. 
vaudeville jJenl f<»r the linn's local 

homes seems to be up in the air 

at present, n Is suspected that Is 

the object el the western Blah's 
eastern \ b:it. 



TWO FIDDIEPS DOUBLE UP 

Sara n off tfnd Violinaky, U L 
violinists ;.i.i! «,f vaudeville t 

before, ha\- agreed to do a «» ,. . 
turn. 



HIPS CONTRACTS RENEWED 

The 20-week contracts held by 
vaudeville acts with "Get Together" 
at the Hippodrome, Xew York, which 
terminated last week, have been re- 
newed for 10 weeks by C. B. Dilling- 
ham. 

Tim producer has notified the acts 
the show will not necessarily close 
at the expiration of the renewal 
period, but from that time on the 
a»ts will b«> placed under two weeks' 
contracts until the closing date. 



Kansas City, Jan. 18. 
Commencing Jan. 14 the bills at 
the Pantages houses hero and at 
St. Louis open with the Saturday 
matinee, instead of Sunday, as has 
been the custom for some time. The 
change was made for the purpose 
of tightening up a little and also 
in order to insure ample time for 
the acts to make the jump from 
St. Louis to Memphis, without dan- 
ger of missing the Sunday opening 
there. 

Heretofore the acts have played 
Colorado Springs Monday and Tues- 
day, out of Denver, then missed a 
day and put in Thursday fnd Fri- 
day at Pueblo, and using Saturday 
to make the jump to this city. 

Under the new arrangements the 
open day between Colorado Springs 
and Pueblo will be eliminated and 
the acts brought here Fridays for 
the Saturday opening. , 



PRICES CUT, KIDDIES FREE 

Kansas City, Jan. 18. 

After a two weeks' trial of "popu- 
lar priced" vaudeville, the prices 
being scaled higher in some in- 
stances than any house in town, 
with the exception of the Orpheum, 
the Empress, today announced a 
cut to 10 and 20 cents for matinees 
and 10, 20 and 30 for nights, all 
prices to include war tax. The an- 
nouncement was made with a full 
page advertisement, printed in red 
and black, in the Sunday Post, the 
house not using any other daily 
paper. In addition to these prices 
the management states that the 
policy of admit tint? the kiddies free 
at Saturday m- tlness frill be con- 
tinued* 

For the last two weeks, in addi- 
tion to giving the children free ad- 
mission the house has been Kivinf; 
sacks of candy to their little guests. 



SILLY PROPAGANDA SKETCH 



SHOWS IN KEITH HOUSE 



Small Time Playlet and Playing Seek to Promote, 
"N. V. A."— Dialog: "1$ N. V. A. Bigger Than 
God?" Answer: "Well, N. V. A. Is Young Yet" 



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The propaganda sketch, called 
*The Unseen Hand," appeared at 
the 5th Avenue, New York, a Keith- 
booked vaudeville house, the last 
half of last week. It had been re- 
ported in Variety, when first pre- 
paring as a propaganda act for the 
National Vaudeville Artists, the club 
of yaudevillians given especial At- 
tention by E. F. Albee, head of the 
Keith circuit. 

According to the review below 
turned in by Con of Variety's staff, 
the playlet was all that the advance 
reports said it would be, and quite 
some worse. Con concludes his re- 
view by intimating the author or 
producer used dialog to clinch a 
route in vaudeville, with the ensu- 
ing conversation between a theat- 
rical manager and a child, the child 
saying: 

««I think Mr. N. V. A., who helped 
my mamma, is the hlggest man in 
the world." 

Manager— "Bigger than Charlie 
Chaplin?" 

Child— "Yes." 

Manager — "Bigger than Go 

Child— "Well, the Mr. N\ V. A. 1st 
young yet." 

The Keith office denies having In- 
spired the playlet. 



i speech, a^d announcing Ja 
tat" lff*-Tiaa a tough time get* 



Max Burkarclt (Vaudeville) and 

Han \ Wilfred Rosenthal. comp< 
:.ud i ••• N-vtra leader, sail «>n tin' 
Afjui'vii '.:•• I • eruary 7. 



COMEDIANS IN TAN TAN" 

"Fan Tan Frolics." a production 
turn put on by Jean Bedini for the 
►Shuberts, is being rewritten and re- 
Cast after playing a week and a 
half. 

Geprpe Monroe and Fred Heidor 

have hem engaged, one of the leads 
calling for a "dame" character to 
».»• handled by Monroe, lie will also 
use his specialty, 

Moriis and Towue. who left the 

"Frolics,*' have returned to taude« 

\ ille as a team. 



Con's review of the act reads: 

"THE UNSEEN H.lND" (4) 
Dramatic Sketch 

18 Mins.; One and Full Sta$,3 (Spe- 
cial Set) 
Fifth Ave. 

This is the propaganda sketch the 
Keith office deny inspiring. The 
story is constructed with a view to 
acquainting the vaudeville public 
with the benefits accruing to the 
actor from membership in the Na- 
tional Vaudeville Artist. 

Faulty construction robs it of any 
slight chance it may have had to- 
ward fulfilling that destiny. The 
act is reminiscent of Cameron and 
Flanigan's "On and Off'' of a decade 
ago. 

The story tells of a small time 
vaudeville couple touring the tanks, 
opening the shows. Their Infant 
accompanies them. The curtain 
rises on a dressing room in a small 
time western theatre. The mother 
is tidying up. The small boy ar- 
rives. He and mother discuss 
daddy. From the conversation one 
may deduce that daddy is partial to 
the flowing howl, gambling and other 
ills of the flesh. 

The author has saddled the kid 
with some wise cracks that would 
be sophisticated enough for the wis- 
est of the adult wise crackers. A 
sample was, "Why does your father 
always win at cards and lose on the 
races?" 

The child: "Well, mother, he 
can't shuffle the races." (Inciden- 
tally, this gag belongs to Spencer 
and Williams.) ' 

Other portions of the dialog are 
reminiscent. Father arrives. He 
and the wife have'an argument, she 
pointing out the futility of paying 
$10 a year to the N. V. A. She 
contends it's all right for eastern 
acts and head liners, who get the 
benefit of the club house, etc. He 
de/ends the organization. 

A bearded stage manager Informs 
them that they are late, and they 
go into "one" as the baby lies down 
to sleep In the trunk. 

In "•one" the couple offer a song 
and dallCe, fairly Well delivered, and 
follow with a mind reading song, 
Ringing verses about thoughts of 
different members of the audience. 
This bit is well handled. At the 
conclusion of the song the male is 
suddenly stricken ill, and they leave 
i he stage abruptly. The stage man- 
ager explains the act can't continue 
on account of the illness of the 
artist. 

The act goes hack to the dressing 
room. The mother is Weeping pro- 
fus.ly over the death of the father, 
with the child trying to comfort her. 
she is frh ndlesa and alone. 

The manager enters and reads a 
telegram Of condolence from Henry 
Chesterfield, and informs her her 
husband's $1,000 Insurance has been 



forwarded, for which he hands here 
check. 

After a second's black out, the 
parents are back at their dressing 
tables; the baby suddenly awakes, 
and from the trunk wails for his 
daddy. They explain to the child 
he must have been dreaming, which 
explains •everything. 

AS a vaudeville act on its merits, 
it's small timey in theme and play* 
ing. As propaganda, it is punch- 
less. The big moment, when the In- 
surance money arrives, leaves the 
audience befuddled. That the dues 
covered the insurance also had not 
been previously planted by the 
dialog. 

The beat moment was the child 
stepping into "one" at the finish for 
a travesty on the usual vaudeville 
curtain speech, 
part tha 

ting the act together. He also re- 
marked he has had three mothers 
and four fathers since opening. His 
final line was: "They were Jewish 
and I'm Irish." 

The producer may have dreamed 
of a long route for this playlet oa 
the strength of the story, but unlesa 
the "office" adopts It for the appeal 
of fhe propaganda, his dreams will 
probably dissipate. TITe" ambition 
of the author may be gleaned from 
dialog between the kid and the man- 
ager. The latter has handed over 
the check, and the youngster is 
thanking him. The manager ex- 
plains he should thank the N. V. A, 

The kid counters with, "I think 
Mr. N. V. u . who helped my 
mamma, is the biggest man in the 4 
world." 

Manager — "Bigger than Charley 
Chaplin?" 

Kid— "Yes." 

Manager — "Bigger than <3od?" 

Kid (thoughtfully)— Well, .Mr. N. 
V. A. is young yet." 

Con. 



HILL-SHUBERT 

Gus Will Condense Into Tabs for 
Vaudeville 



Gus Hill will start vaudeville pro- 
ducing, having arranged with* the 
Shuberts to condense a number of 
his former musical farce successes 
into tabs. 

The first Hill production to be 
boiled down for vaudeville purposes 
will be "A Hot Old Time" with 
Frank Lalor playing the part taken 
by Johnny Ray for so many years* 

"Mutt fcnd Jeff in Chinatown,'* 
with a Chinese chorus which Hill 
already has prepared for vaudevhie, 
will open shortly on the Shubert 
time. 

Other T I ill pieces will follow in 
order. 



CASE OF "MISTERS" APPEALED 

The Shuberts have appealed from 
the decision denying them an in- 
junction to restrain Gallagher and 
Shean's appearance in the Keith 
houses. Charles H. Tuttle and 
William Klein, arguing In the" 
Shuberts' behalf, contended that 
the actors' services are unique and 
that they were induced to breach 
their contract with the Shuberts 
and go over to the rival circuit at 
a larger salary. 

The respondents' argument at the 
appeal late last week was to the 
effect they are not considered 
unique and extraordinary and that 
the plaintiff, having failed to live 
up to the terms of a contract where- 
by they were to appeal' in a' musical 
comedy production, the defendants 
are released from all further obliga - 
tion or liability thereunder. 



PALACE'S CHANGED STAFF 

Fred Wagn« r, whii lias been treas- 
urer of the Palace, Xew York, for 
the past two season*, is now act- 
ing assistant manager to Walt 21 * 
Neal, who has heen in charge pt the 
house since the Illness of Klmer 
Rogers. • 

Bill Milne, formerly manager of 
Keith's .1. i - 1 v City, sue '• eded W'^S' 
ner, with Harry Cair. formerly of 

the chestnut- Street «.; era bousci 
Philadelphia, assistant treasurer. 



Friday, January 20, 19*2 



VAUDEVILLE 



HAMMERSTEDfS VAUDEVILLE" 
MAY RETURN TO BROADWAY 




Shuberts Have Plan, Aided by Arthur Hammerstein 
—Join Lyric and Republic with Gross Capacity 
of 2 500 — Six Prospective Shubert Vaude Houses 









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Broadway may have another 
wCT^mmftrateln'a" vaudeville theatre 
by next season. A plan has been 
proposed between the Shuberts and 
Arthur Hammerstein to bring the 
adjoining Lyric and Republic the- 
atres on 42d street into one build- 
ing, seating 2.500. 

There are some details to be 
worked out. but the managers in- 
terested appear to feel confident 
there will be no definite obstacle to 
the movement. Mr. Ilammerotcin 
is to have » full interest in the 
proposition, with the Shuberts sub- 
merging their name of Shubert 
vaudeville in favor of the estab- 
lished and nationally known name 
of Hammerstein* in the vaudeville 
field. It will be the first Hammer- 
stein theat.e since th? demolish - 
ment of Hammcrsteins Victoria at 
Broadway and 42d street, if the 
venture evolves. 

The Lyric is held by the Shuoerts 
for the next five year*, v.hon the 
lease goes to H. H. Frazec. Fra~.ee 
is reported having offered to sell 
his tenancy term to the Shuberts 
for their continuouo occupancy of 
that house. The Republic is owned 
•by Mr'Hnmmerstein and rented by 
A H. Woods, with 'Lawful Lar- 
ceny." the Samuel Shipman play, 
produced by Woods mvW on its 
stage. The Lyric has the Gaites 
show. "Up in the Clouds.** which 
moves next week to the 44th Street. 
After its departure pictures may 
take the Lyric, but on. a basis mak- 
ing the theatre avaifcol:? to the Shu- 
berts upon short notice. 

The Shuberts about decided this 
week that though the new Ham- 
merstein's could not be made ready 
for next summer's opening in New 
York, they woui 1 play six. of their 
present circuit of big time vaude- 
ville houses right through the sum- 
mer, weather warranting. The same 
scale and gride of bill will be main- 
tained. The summer cities selected- 
by the Shuberts are New York 
(Winter Garden), Boston. Philadel- 
phia, Washington, Detroit and Chi- 
cago. 

Marcus Loew has closed a deal 
with the Shuberts for the presenta- 
tion shortly at the Lyric of the 
screen version of "Turn to the 
Right,'* recently completed on the 
coast under the direction of Rex 
Ingram. Loew is guaranteeing the 
Shuberts fur the engagement, which 
will be of four weeks duration, at 
least. 



KANSAS EXHIBITORS 
AGAINST ROYALTIES 




PENNA. BOARD UNDECIDED OYER 
CHILD ON STAGE AGE LIMIT 



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State Law Says None Under 14 May Be Employed — 
Board Reached Decision Juniors with Tutors 
Could Appear — Opposition to Be Heard 



Will Play Old-Time Music- 
Suit Brought 

Kansas City, Jan. 16. 

Opposing what they consider a 
holdup, six hundred motion picture 
theatre owners, members of the 
Kansas State Exhibitors' Associa- 
tion, have announced that they will 
instruct their musicians to play old 
tunes before they will pay a roy- 
alty of ten cents a seat annually for 
the right* to Ittt popular music in 
their houses. 

The action of the managers was 
taken at a meeting held this week, 
and after a suit had b?en filed 
against J&arttfl Van Bragg, presi- 
dent of the association, by attorneys 
for the Broadway Music Corpora- 
tion, alleging violation of the 
United States copyright law. 

The petition in the suit alleges 
that the defendant, who is manager 
of a picture house in Kansas City, 
Kan., permitted the use of a song, 
"Wait Until I See You. My Made- 
leine," without permission of the 
publishers. The suit was brought 
in the United State.i court on the 
Kansas Bide. 



I.I-.O— — GENEVK 

FLANDERS and BUTLER 

"A VAUDEVILLE CONCERT" 

"To those hankering for a few 
minutes of genuine enjoyment, we 
recommend the act of Leo Flanders 
and Geneve Butler. It is many a 
long day since a vocalist on th ■ 
circuit has given as much peal 
pleasure as Miss Butler. . . Mr. 
Flanders is more than an accom- 
panist. He is an act in himself. . " 
—EDMONTON JOURNAL. 

ORPHKUM CIRCUIT 

Direction, BURT CORTELYOU 



SHUBERTS' 44TH ST. TO 
BE REPLACED UPTOWN 

Downtown Vaudeville Houses 

Oppose Each Other— "Two 

Weak Spots" on Circuit 



"PRE-WAR PRICES"; 
LOEWS, HAMILTON 



Price Cutting Starts in Cana- 
dian City— 11-16 Cents 
at Matinees 



Hamilton, Can., Jan. 18. 

Loew's has reduced its scales here 
to 11 and 16 cents at matinees, with 
25-40 the top night prices. Each 
scale includes the war tax, also 
takes in Saturdays and Sundays. 

Loew's cut is looked upon as the 
start of a price slashing campaign 
among the local houses. loew's is 
advertising the reduction as 'pre- 
war prices." 



TWO CLOSE 



VICTOR DISK PRICE CUT 

Publishers Look for Jump in. Cales 
and More Royalty 

To meet competition of the many 
new phonograph recording firms 
that have come info existence the 
past-few months, the Victor Talk- 
ing Machine Co. on Wednesday an- 
nounced a reduction in its record 
retail price from 85 to 75 cents. 
The Victor is the leading record 
maker on the market today and the 
music publishers look forward to a 
proportionate increase in gross 
sales with the new retail price. 

Of late record making companies 
have come into existence at the rate 
of one a day, marketing disks at 
from 35 to 65 cents. The low price 
as compared to the 85-cent figure 
has tended to wean away record 
buyers from standard makes. These 
cheap records through experience 
have proved disappointing in qual- 
ity, with the result the public has 
lost faith in any disk, much to the 
detriment of the music publisher, 
who has lost royalty returns. 



STAMM'S WINDFALL 

Athlete Left Home and Insurance 
by Former Backer 



Vaudeville Houses at Waterloo and 
Marshalltown, Iowa 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 

The Capitol and Waterloo the- 
atres, situated at Marshalltown and 
Waterloo, la., respectively, have 
closed. Roth were -operated by the 
Bard Amusement Co. 

The Capitol was forced to become 
dark through the Bard Co., lessee, 
being sued by the owners (Bdsby 
Theatrical Co.) for failure to pay 
rent, while the Waterloo closed be- 
cause of high operating expense. 

No disposition has been made 
with either house to date. 



FAMOUS PLAYERS 

(Continued from page 3) 

Coldwyn has been moving in extra- 
ordinary volume, five days includ- 
ing Tuesday totalling nearly 6.000. 
The movement in Famous Players 
may have accounted for the bulge 
to better than 6, but only part of 
the advance was maintained. 

Thf* summary of tranrlictions Jan. It to 
IS inclusive is as follows: 



17 PANTAGES LAPS 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 
Noodles Fagen is the new "trav- 
eling* champion of the Pantages 
circuit. His trip herje last week 
was No. 17 over the circuit, thus 
besting Tom Kelly's mark of 12 
established last year. Noodles is in 
,Los Angeles this week. 



Watts a Shubert Act 
Jamei Watts will become i Shu- 
bert vaudeville act next week. He 
lately loft the "Greenwich Village 
Follies." 



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White-Smith Return to London 
We White and Clay Smith, hav- 
,n K Completed their contract in 
Shubert Vaudeville, sailed for Lotl- 
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The 44th Street concludes with 
Shubert vaudeville Saturday. Mon- 
day *Tp in the CloudK.'' Joseph 
Gaites' musical show which opened 
two weeks ago at the Lyric will 
move in, the 44th Street's policy 
calling for legitimate attractions 
from now on!- The Lyric is under- 
stood to revert to special picture 
showings. William Fox being after 
the house. Reports are that Fox. 
who used the Lyric for the better 
part of two seasons, his arranged 
to take over the house under a sub- 
stantial guarantee. 

Shubert vaudeville at the 44th 
Street has been an in and outer as 
to business since opening. It was 
one of the original string of houses 
opened September 19 last with Shu- 
bert vaudeville. When the Winter 
Garden swung into Shubert big timo 
a consensus of opinion along P./oad- 
way was that the houses were ton 
close together and were opposition 
to each other. Another disadvan- 
tageous feature was that when acts 
played the 44th 'street ahead of the 
Garden, as first attained, the edgo 
was taken off. Also, the 44th Street 
could not expect transient business. 
It is claimed* that the 44th Street 
has not been actually a big loser as 
the house has been "sold" for* at- 
tractions under guarantee arrange- 
ments that made it a big profit 
maker. That the house with vaude- 
ville was not a real winner Is 
readily admitted. It was estimated 
the weekly gross necessary for an 
even break would call for weekly 
takings of around $13,000. That 
counted in tho cost of the bills 
during the carry weeks of Shubert 
vaudeville and figured In around 
$5,000 weekly to carry the house 
(rent and operation). 

With Fox offering a guarantee for 
tho Lyric, the deal to deliver the 
house to him made for a quirk do- 
eislon over the week-end and the 
subsequent change of berth for "Up 
in the Clouds. ' 

The decision to close vaudeville at 
the 44th Street was reached by Lee 
Shubert, who declared he is with- 
out vanity as far as vaudeville in- 
terests him. "Just a matter of fact 
show business," said Mr. Shubert. 
"We concluded the 44th Street could 
be left off our vaudeville list with 
the Winter Garden taking care x.f 
all tho business downtown. In its 
place we will shortly announce an 
np-town house that is about to be 
closed for. 

"Any other of our vaudeville thea- 
tres we decide can't be put over will 
be put out," said Mr. Shubert. "We 
have a couple of weak spots on the 
Circuit and are trying the best we 
can with them. If we can t wo 
can t, end next season they will bo 
replaced with better theatres in 
better locations." 

While Mr. Shubert did not name 
the cities he considered "the weak 
spots," it is believed he referred la 
Pittsburgh and Baltimore. 

The 44th Street Will continue to 
^iv<> vaudeville shows on Sunday 
nights, following the ■witching \>\<< 
to lb'* former legit policy next 
week. 



Cincinnati. Jan. 18. 

Orville Stamm. vaudeville actor 
appearing fcere, was nc,'.if.cd this 
Wi ' '< Vs. J. Kroncke. Chicago pol- 
itician and promote^, had died leav- 
ing Stamm his home and life in- 
surance valued at over $25,000. 

Stamm was once a \ rofesslonal 
boaer and Kroncke his backer. 



WINTER QUARTERS AT PERU 

Cincinnati. Jan. 18. 
.Now that the ifagenbock- Wallace, 
Sells-Floto. Howe's Great Loridon 
and John Robinson I hows had been 
combined by the Muggivan group, 
with headquarters at Cincinnati, 
and capital stock of $2,000,000, a 
report says all of the shows will 
winter at Peru, Ind. 

The Robinson and I love organi- 
zations are now* at Pern. 



Hai -risburg, Pa . Jan.. IS. 

i\ nnsylvania has been called upon 
to decide whether or not the child 
labor act prevents small children 
from ai ting. For months the State 
Industrial Roard, a branch of the 
Department of Labor and Industry, 
has been trying to settle the matter. 
It now has before it six petitions of 
parents, or guardians, of children 
who are on the stage. 

Under the provfslons of an act of 
191S no child may be. employed in 
any occupation in Pennsylvania if 
under 14 years. The board, several 
months ago. had about reached the 
decision that exceptions could be 
made if the stage children were ac- 
companied by tutors and given daily 
schooling. Opposition to this came 
from muny sources and tho board 
haw now decided to hold hearings In 
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before 
making a formal ruling. The board 
has obtained data from organiza- 
tions in this State on the subject 
and from labor departments of other 
States. 

Five States have no law on tho 
subject; prohibitive laws are pro- 
vided in 22 States and exemptions 
under certain conditions are granted 
in 10 States. The Pennsylvania 
board was informed by 13 States 
their laws on the subject are en- 
forced. 

Consult Women 

The Industrial Board has con- 
sulted its Advisory Council of 
Women. It was found 12 of the 
members favor enforcing the law 
with exemptions in specific cases, 
nine would prohibit all children 
under 14 years of age from acting, 
and four are uncertain. 

The committee which the board 
has asked to assist in solving the 
question is composed of representa- 
tives of the Department of Public 
Instruction, the Department of 
Health, the Deportment of Public 
Welfare, federated welfare organiza- 
tions and various children's service 
societies. • 





FRANCIS RENAULT 

"AS IS" 

A Sensational Hit This Week (Jan. 16) at ■hubtrt'l Winter G aid n, 

New York. 

Direction JENIE JACOBS 



"WHIT" RAY IN PITTSBURG 

Philadelphia, Jan. 18. 

The Shuberts' local vaudeville 
manager, Whittaker Ray, has been 
transferred to the management of 
the Shuberts' Dusquene, Pittsburgh. 
His removal leaves the Chestnut 
street opera hous" without a local 
manager. The Shuberts, it is said. 
expect to operate that house through 
the assistant manager and its stags 
manager, plus the NOW Vork office. 

Mr. Kay made mi irni>-< sstvn on 

the show pcopi<« here I :• hie handl- 
ing of the opera bom '■ 



LOUISIANA, N. 0., CLOSED 

New Orleans Jan. 18. 
The Louisiana, locally booked 
with pop vaudeville, suddenly closed 
Monday. Business dropped to a 
level that could not be overcome. 



Gordon and Pitcher Through 
Tommy Gordon and Walte Hoyt, 
the Yankee pitching ace, dissolved 
tlu-ir vaudeville partnership afi»r 
playing Kelth'S, Syracuse, January 
1"». Tie- pair had boOfl together ftl 
a vaud<vil!e team Co* about nine 
week* 



VARIETY'S SAN FRANCISCO OFFICES 




PANTAGES THEATRE BUILDING 

Friday, January 20, 1922 



3C 



SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS 



ORPHEUM, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The Orpheum this week has a 
fast moving:, nino-act bill contain- 
ing a lot of comedy. Five acts 
dominated, with the edge probably 
going to Lillian Shaw in sixth po- 
sition. She shared top billing and 
got the house strong with her Yid- 
dish vampire number, getting laughs 
throughout and ilnishing with her 
familiar baby carriage number, 
which returned her for a speech. 

Gladys Clark and Henry Berg- 
man, assisted by the Dale Sisters 
and Jack Landauer, landed smash- 
ingly. Their distinctive personality 
and class made their song and dance 
routine easy to register. The Dale 
Sisters fill in acceptably with danc- 
ing and costume changing during 
waits, while Jack Landauer from an 
upper box sings well and dialogs 
with Bergman interestingly. 

Ben Rodero and Ernest Marconi 
proved big applause winners in 
second spot with violin, accordeon 
and tin whistle, with comedy inter- 
jected. Joe Morris and Flo Camp- 
bell delivered a hit next to closing. 
Sure-Are laughs came as usual from 
his kidding from a box, and his 
skate-dance finish scored excep- 
tionally. Miss Campbell's good looks 
-equalled her able support. 

William Demarest and Estelle 
Collette were a big laughing suc- 
cess in fourth. The business of 
nip-up by Demarest is a big factor 
in an act replete with good comedy 
and musical accomplishment. Nihla, 
with posing, closed the show well. 
Blanche Sherwood and Brother gave 
it a fast start with speedy trapeze 
work, and Sallie Fisher repeated in 
good stylo. 

Tarzan had bottom billing, and 
with* Felix Patty as • the trainer 
proved a first rate feature that had 
the house howling and a lot of them 
guessing. An unprogrammed fea- 
ture, having Bergman, Miss Shaw, 
Patty and Landauer appearing at 
the conclusion of the Morris and 
Campbell act was a laughing stam- 
pede, with Patty displaying his 
old-time ability at upside down 
stun*. The stage was cleared by 
Tarzan, whose appearance put them 
to flight. Josephs. 



PANTAGES, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The Pantages bill this week, 
lamentably weak on comedy, 
dragged accordingly. 

Fred and Tommy Hayden pro- 
vided the only funny stuff of the 
show with their piano, songs, com- 
edy and dancing. The Englishman's 
impression of baseball got howls, 
and the clever dancing brought 
down the house. 

The Glasgow Maids made a good 
impression with dances .and Miss 
Stirling's singing also found favor, 
but the bagpipes #nd drums at the 
finish won the real hit. Harry La- 
more, with clever slack wire work 
in opening spot, received deserved 
appreciation. His souse pantomim- 
ing and numerous comedy props 
entertained. Zelda Santley, with 
songs and impersonations, did quite 
well in second spot, getting more 
for her straight singing than with 
impersonations. Although the Nan 
Halperin impression is good, the 
Larue and Fanny Brice bits got 
little. Miss Santley displays keen 
ability and has appearance, but 
needs a more suitable routine. 

IshJ Kawa Bros, held attention in 
closing spot. Pedrick and Devere, 
a mixed couple witll attractive 
drapes, did not arouse much with 
ringing and dancing, but pep at the 
finish served to win some getaway 
applause. 

Mrs. Roy Gardner (wife of the 
mail robber) was cordially greeted 
next to closing, following about 
1,000 feet showing her notorious 
husband at his trial and in jail in 
Arizona from which he made his 
sensational escape. Mrs. Gardner is 
a young and comely woman, and 
delivered her two minutes talk sur- 
prisingly well, stating that the 
earnings from her theatrical en- 
gagement would l>e devoted to se- 
curing an operation and in aid of 
her husband, whom she contends is 



insane. Her appearance here In 
her homo town is creating quite 
some Interest and should prove a 
good freak attraction in other coast 
towns. Josephs. 



HIP, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The Hippodrome bill Sunday 
showed no improvement over that 
of the previous week, but the audi- 
ence seemed to enjoy the entertain- 
ment. 

The bill started well with Little 
Yoshi and Co., whose contortion 
equilibristics found ready apprecia- 
tion. The Japanese is assisted by 
a pretty white girl. 

Laing and Green scored the show's 
hit in two spot. The elderly couple, 
jbiUed as the youngest of the old- 
-timers, displayed good singing 
^voices with old tir.ie songs and 
dance for comedy, succeeding ad- 
mirably. Wardell and Doncourt. 
with a sketch labelled, "Election 
Night," typically farcical, c used 
laughter. Henry White, in black- 
face, talked about marriage to good 
laughs and yodeled away success- 
fully. 

"Dancing Whirl" have three girls 
and two men, with a typically con- 
structed small time dance offering. 
They didn't turn loose any great 
applause or much dancing ability. 

Josephs. 



IMPROVEMENT NOTED 
IN COAST BUSINESS 



Revives Since Jan. 1— Russian 

Opera Company Coming 

East 



San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

Business at the Hippodrome is 
off. The night show January 11 
found a two-thirds audience down- 
stairs for the early part of the bill, 
but the house filled up later. Last j 
year at this time even standing 
room was at a premium for the 
first show nightly. 

The calibre of the jlrogram con- 
tinues ordinary. The pictures of- 
fered include^ a Harold Lloyd 
comedy and a late Selznick feature 
which was entertaining. The vaude- 
ville end of the bill didn't inspire 
much enthusiasm. 

Harry and Lola Stevens in the 
ace spot told a couple of stories 
that didn't bring results, sang a 
song of two and then did some hard 
shoe dancing in which they both 
showed well especially the male. 
They established themselves as a 
neat pair of hard shoe dancers and 
should confine their offering more 
along the lines of a simple specialty. 

Joe and Clara Nathan rely entirely 
upon Joe's cartooning for results 
which came after each picture. 
They open in "one" and go to 
"three" for the cartooning.. 

Gruet, Kramer and Gruet offer- 
ing "A Circus Day in Georgia" 
brought some laughs for their joke 
and showed ability as musicians at 
the finish of their act. 

Jimmy Reynolds with nice per- 
sonality and much familiar chatter 
including a few good gags, a few 
raw ones and some so so, got plenty 
laughs next closing. The applause 
didn't come at the finish because of 
Jimmy's abrupt getaway. 

Holland-Doekrill Co. mixed team 
and three well trained horses were 
easily the honor winners of the bill 
in closing position. The busincs in 
the circus ring by the man with one 
of the animals that "danced," posed 
and showed remarkable training 
was good for applause. Some bare 
back riding by the man and woman 
completes the turn. 



San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The opening month of the new 
year has been a good one for the 
legitimate on the coast. The Rus- 
sian Opera company exceeded its 
first week's business at the Colum- 
bia, this city, by $2,000 in the second 
week, which terminated Saturday 
night. The first week got $12,000, 
while the final week did over 
$14,000. 

This is the company that recently 
came* to Seattle from the Orient 
after running heavily in debt for 
transportation. Without an Amer- 
ican reference it stepped into the 
Columbia after a short engagement 
at Seattle and did excellent busi- 
ness. A route through the valley 
and coast towns has been arranged, 
with a final California stand for Los 
Angeles. The company will then 
go direct east, playing K. & E. 
houses en route. A New York en- 
gagement is said to be assured. 

The "Bat" completed its third 
and final week Saturday night, get- 
ting over $60,000 for the engage- 
ment. So heavy was the business 
at the Century that the orchestra 
pit was utilized to seat patrons. 
The third week was the biggest, 
eclipsing the receipts of each preced- 
ing week. 

May Robson, in "It Pays to 
Smile," played to more than $30,000 
in the two weeks' stay in Los An- 
geles. 

The return date of the "Bird of 
Paradise" at Fresno, a one-night 
stand, brought over $1,700 for the 
single performance, which maiked 
the sixteenth performance for this 
show in the Raisin City. 

The Alcazar stock, San Francisco, 
which is showing many first re- 
leases on regular road attractions, 

is enjoying fine business. 

I -'* 

MARCUS TRIMS SAIL 



Company Cut Down and Scale Re 
duced to $1 



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-M. C. MOOSKK 



Aladdin Studio Tiffin Room 

363 Salter St. Thone Douglas 3974. 

SAN FRANCISCO'S 

Oriental Show Place and Headquarters 
for the Profession. 



BUYS SHOWS AT STOCKTON 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The Russian Opera Co., Kolb & 
Dill's "Give and Take" and David 
Warfield have been purchased out- 
right for the Strokton engagements 
by W. A. Rusco. 

In his February bookings for the 
Oakland Auditorium Rusco has the 
Russian Opera Co.. "The Bat," May 
Robson in "It Pays to Smile" and 
the San Carlos Grand Opera Co. 



"ROBIN HOOD" STRANDS 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 
Ralph Dunbar's "Robin Hood" 
closed in San Diego Saturday, Jan. 
7, after suffering a stretch of poor 
business. Many of the members of 
the company arc said to have been 
stranded. 



San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

Following the New Orleans en- 
gagement the Marcus show will cut 
down its company and replace the 
present $2 top admission prices 
with straight $1 prices. 

The show recently toured the 
coast at the $2 figure. "Kid" Long 
has replaced Ned Alvord as general 
agent of the enterprise. 
1 

. FRISCO ITEMS 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 
Reginald Travers, former Unlver- 
sity«pf California dramatic star and 
well known as director of the Play- 
ers theatre, has left the Players 
company. Frank Darien is now di- 
recting. 



Ben Dillon was here last week on 
his way to Portland, where he will 
rejoin the Keatijjg & Flood com- 
pany at the Lyric. 



Jim Post contemplates the organ- 
ization of a new show to open at 
Astor, Ore. 



Solly Carter and George X. White 
are doing a double for Bert Levey's 
circuit. 



CANCEL PASADENA 

, San Francisco. Jan. 18. 
Because of the excessive demands 
of the stage hands, all road attrac- 
tions booked fcr Pasadena have 
been cancelled. 



When in SAN FRANCISCO 
MEET AND EAT With DAVE LERNER 

ECONOMY LUNCH No. 2 

24 ELLIS STREET— NEXT TO CENTURY THEATRE 



Negotiations for a special show 
for the Wigwam in the Mission dis- 
trict are being carried out by 
O'Brien & West with Manager Jo- 
seph Bauer of the house. 

DaveLerner, formeny of Bixley 
& Lerner, now proprietor of Econ- 
omy Lunches here, and little Aileen 
Miller, formerly a principal with 
Fanchon & Marco's revue at the 
Casino, celebrated their wedding 
anniversary last week, being hosts 
to a number of the profession at a 
dinher party. 



# TOMMY'S TATTLES 

By THOMAS J. GRAY 



Loa Angeles, Jan. 13. 
Government has taken tax oft Pullman cars, but it is still Just as hard to 
climb into an upper berth. 



Whoever started that slogan, "America for Americans" should start 
another one called, "Greek restaurants for the Greeka." 



California is divided Into three parts, Actors "Between Pictures," 
"Parking Space" and Cafeterias. 

Government wants the Isle of Yap to have prohibition, too. Probably 
to find out just how many Yaps are "there. 

Railroads going to the coast have the right ideas. They make the pas- 
sengers eat at a lunchroom so they will get used to the big cities west of 
Arizona. 

Principal Japanese problem in California is, how to look at them 
dressed in "store clothes" without laughing. % 

Florida grapefruit is not allowed in California. This was put over 
against the opposition of all the eye doctors in the Golden State. 

English authoress, who is writing articles about how bad America 
really is, might remember that there are boats going the other way, too. 

She probably laughs at us when she thinks how much^ money a very 
close member of her family received per week in American vaudeville. 

Show seen recently in Los Angeles had some of the be?t lines from 
Frank Bacon's •Lightnin'," in a courtroom .scene. Which shows that 
"Lightnin' " is liable to strike any place. 

There is one thing the picture producers nrj.ee on, they are all making 
"Bigger and Better Pictures." 

Letters from Exhibitors. - ^ . 

Dear Editor: Last week while playing Gill Quigley's dramatic* produc- 
tion, "Schnops," I had my lobby tastefully decorated with barrels of good 
old-time Haig and Haig. I dressed six ex-bnrtenders as Harry Lauder 
and did a turnaway business. It took 73 policeman to get one patron 
up to the ticket office. If any fellow-exhibitor play this picture they are 
at liberty to use my idea. Yours for help, ZOF TICK, 

Owner of "Happy Hour Theatre^" Chun. Mich. 



Dear Editor: While playing "Cutiie" Mea -el In 'Poison Ivy Days," I 
had my entire theatre covered with poison ivy, in ling the seats. There 
are 20.000 doctors and medical students in our titfi When they heard 
of this they all came to the? theatre and stayed for every show. ThiJ 
made me do a turnaway business, combined withy the fact that the doc- 
tors all gave me ten per cent, of their business maUe it a very profitable 
week. Fellow -exhibitors play this picture, here is your chance. 

Manager of Luxx Theatre, Stalling City, Ohio 

CARR BONN A, 



Dear Editor: I played Slam Bang's latest comedy, "Feathers," last 
week. My. business was very "light. I decorated my lobby with 200 
feather dusters and six feather beds. My patrons did not buy tickets, but 
they were all tickled. Sometimes you can play a bad picture and still 
please vour customers with your lobby display. Call .on me anytime at 
all for ideas. - CY FREFLY, 

S Advertising man for "The Nighmare, I ipp, la. 



Everything has its bright side. Bad business in burlesque saves us 
from reading those advertisements about which show is doing the most 
business. 



While all the theatres were doing a great business, many burlesque 
managers had their eye on Broadway. Now they are having * hard time 
looking towards Third or Eighth avenues. 

Christmas reports show that "Sadie" wasn't so good to "Gus." 

This New Year has a chance because it has such an easy year to follow. 

— ^-^^ 



in that capacity since the house's 
opening, is now conductor of the 
orchestra at the T. & D. theatre, 
that city. It is reported Ash is a 
good attraction and is generally 
aiding the box ofllce. 



Harry Lambert, who came out 
here a year ago with Edna Good- 
rich's show, is now an assistant 
purser on a vessel operating be- 
tween San Francisco and Australia. 



Walter White, of Beed and White, 
is visiting here before leaving to 
join a stock company in the north- 
west. 



Anne Berryman, ingenue with the 
Wilkes stock at Seattle, Wash., re- 
places Laura Lee as ingenue at the 
Alcazar stock, this city. 



Robert Reed, formerly of Reed 
and White in vaudeville, is now 
doing juveniles at the Alcazar. 



• TOMMY GRAY AWAY 1 

Broadway's Humorist Has Taken 
Liking to Coast 

' Los Angeles, Jan. 18. 

The picture people of tho Coast 
may persuade Tommy Gray to re- 
main here. He has been head- 
quartering at tho Buster Keaton 
studio at Hollywood since arriving 
in Los Angeles. 

Mr. Gray likes this part of the 
country. Ho may listen to per- 
suasion but can't decide whether to 
accept a continuous contract to 
write or divide his time between 
Hollywood and Broadway. 

Tommy says that at first he 
couldn't see tho humor of arlslr - 
at eight each morning, but now that 
ho has grown accustomed to going 
to bed earlier, it's not so bad. 



A SHOW IN ITSELF 



Emly Pinter returns (/ to the Al- 
CMftf as second worn flu after an 
absence of nine months, during 
which time she played at the Wilkes 
in Seattle. 



J. M. Busby's colored minstrels 
opened In Los Angelas Feb. 6. fol- 
lowing which the smaller California 
cities and towns will bo played. 

Paul Ash, who resigned from the 
leadership of the orchestra at the 
Loew State in Oakland after serving 



COFFEE DAN'S 

SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS MIDNIGHT PLAYGROUND 



Service and Rates to the Profession 

HOTEL TURPIN 

17 Powell St., Near Market, SAN FRANCISCO 



One Block from All Theatres 



SCENERY BY EDWIN H. FLAGG STUDIOS 




Friday, January 20, 1982 



VAUDEVILLE 



REPEATING ACTS DISPLEASES 

PATRONS OF VAUDEVILLE 



greater New York Theatres Particularly Affected, 
But Complaint General — Distinction Gone of 
"Big" and "Small Time 1 



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The present system of vaudeville 
booking r« en of repeating acts 
!Jound the houses of Greater New 
York iB advanced as one of the 
chief reasons for the slump at the 
Ijox offices by a well-informed 
vaudeville official. 

The vaudeville house has a steady 
clientele "wire" to the standard acts 
and who object to seeing the same 
faces week in and out. 

This applies to the neighborhood 
houses or "small time" as well as 
the two-a-day houses, as the pres- 
ent system of booking acts into all 
types of houses has wiped out the 
former distinctions between small 
and big time, except in the matter 
of salaries paid to artists and ad- 
missions charged at the box office. 

The neighborhood vaudeville fan 
who ventures downtown occasion- 
ally and attends one of the Times 
square vaudeville houses objects to 

- a bill mule up of "names" and 
"standards" that have played the 
•neighborhood" houses at an ad- 
mission scale considerably -lower 
than asked in the downtown stand. 
The brokers have educated the 
public to big time standards and 

-must continue giving tluom the best 
obtainable, the vaudeville man said. 
In this manner they use up the sup- 
ply of available standard acts be- 
fore the season is half over. Any 
attempt to retrench by booking in 
typical smalt time bills is promptly 
discounted at the box office, so they 

(are forced to begin repeating the 
stronger acts, which also cause dis- 
satisfaction to the regular attend- 
ants. 

The comn'aint is not alone in 
New York, it is nearly all over the 
country . 



KEENEY DEITIES MOVING 

A report was circulated this week 
that the Keeney vaudeville houses 
would ■Witch their bookings from 
the Amalgamated Agency to the 
Fally Mark us office Feb. 1, which 
was denied' by the parties concerned. 



ANOTHER NEWARK P0*" 

Newark, N. J., Jan. 18. 

The Strand one of the downtown 
picture theatres will be converted 
into a pop vaudeville house Feb. 6. 

Although decided that the Strand 
would play vaudeville no booking 
arrangement had been entered into 
early this week. 




$150 IN "ADVANCE COMMISSIONS" 
PAID TO AGENTS ASSISTANT 



Forged Contracts Said to Figure — Agent F?res As- 
sistant Upon Learning Facts — !n:!: pendent 
Agent Must Stand for Offender 



LIBERTY AT NEW CASTLE 

New Castle. Pa.. Jan. 18. 
The Liberty, having a seating ^ asa ' 
capacity of 1,100, opened Monday. 



Alex Carr with Shubcrts 
Alexander Carr has signed with 
Shubert vaudeville and will appear 
In "Tablitsky's Old Shoes." used by 
him in vaudeville formerly. 

Carr will open at the Apollo, 
lantic City, Jan. 30. 



At- 



BANDIT STAR 



ILL AND INJURED 

While playing at the Palace, 
fcockford, 111., Mrs. Clayton Conrad 
(The Claytons) fell down tho steps 
of" the stage door entrance and suf- 
fered a compound fracture of the 
left leg. ^ho was removed to the 
Rockford Hospital, where she is 
progressing. Mr. Conrad completed 
the engagrment alone. 

David Wallace, general repre- 
sentative for William Harris. Jr., is 
confined to his home, threatened 
with pneumonia* 

Ralph W. Long, general manager 
for the Skuberts, has gono to At- 
lantic City to recuperate from an 
attack of pneumonia and nervous 
breakdown. He Is expected to be 
away for a month. 

Leo Biager, manager of Singer's 
Midgets, has recovered from his at- 
tack of double pneumonia* and left 
Tuesday for Lakewood for a rest. 
.• Mme. Waltz Fames, formerly of 
Watertoun and once an operatic 
singer of note, is critically ill with 
paralyse at Long Beach, Cal. 

' NEW ACTS 

"Eyefuls and Earfuls of 1922," 
eight people tab, with the Janet 
Twins. 

Jimmy Rosen in a new five -people 
musical act. 

Grace Sinclair and Winona Shan- 
non in comedy sketch, originally 
produced in England. 

Janet Sister* with a band, includ- 
ing Fred Kelly and Jack Walsh. 

Florenze Tempest (Tempest and 
Sunshine) and Hobby Watson, two- 
. act 

L -Maude Fealy in one-act version of 
JPnir and Warmer.'* Cast includes 
.JJUton Byron, Hilda Vaughan, 
Craig Kesson. (M. S. Bentham.) 

**,^ ftmtnle Mann (Avon Comedy 
<Four) single. 

fl Peggy Hope and two men in dance 



(Continued from page 3> 
the Choir,' and said I was to be his 
leading lady and the picture was to 
be made in California. "We've been 
good friends, that' all, and I will not 
appear against Mr. Jennings. I am 
determined to till my part of the 
agreement." 

Kerr says he will apply to the 
Federal authorities for a warrant 
against Jennings for violation ol the 
Mann act. He told how he had 
served in the navy, and through bad 
luck had been out of work for some 
time. He trailed his wife and Jen- 
nings from Kansas City to St. Louis, 
where he said he found her regis- 
tered with Jennings in a local hotel. 

Kerr stated Jennings offered him 
$50 a week and expenses to Cali- 
fornia if ho would go to work for 
him. 

The police have been unable to 1 
locate Jennings. During his recent 
stay hero Jennings granted a num- 
ber of interviews and was the guest 
of honor at a luncheon givfn by the 
Chamber of Commerce. 

The dallies In reporting the mat- 
ter mistakenly said the Kerrs were 
of the stage.. Neither ono Is a pro- 
fessional. 



JANET RETRACTS 

Qualifies Her Opinion of Superior 
Court Judge 

(SFAV BEDFORD "STANDARD") 

If Janet Martine, who is known in 
vaudeville circles as Janet of 
France, ever said that Judge Henry 
T. Lummus of the Superior Court 
'hard -boiled egg." she has 
all lack. Judge Lummus 
attributed the statement ta the act- 
ress in a speech before the New 
Bedford llotary Club. Janet, who 
had been appearing in this city, was 
in Worcester at the time and a re- 
port of Judge Lummus' speech w;us 
submitted to her there. * 

"In mentioning my name, he con- 
ferred an honor upon me," the young 
woman observed, "and I Wtract the 
statement made to the eflfnrt that 
His Honor was a 'hard boiled egg*.*' 

Mile. Martine proceeds to analyze 
the phrase 'hard -boiled egg" to 
prove that the judge is not deserv- 
ing of the characterization. 

"First." she says, "we have the 
■adjective 'hard'. It cannot be ap- 
plied to the Judge, for his is such h 
winning personality that I am con- 
vinced he has a nature soft fund 
tender. 

"The second word 'boiled' or 
stewed' cannot be attached to a dig- 
nified emissary of the law. Mr. Vol- 
stead fixed that." 



QUIMBY'S FAMILY AFFAIRS 

The Fred C. Quimb/ marital dif- 
ferences with his wife reached the 
courts last week on one angle, 

when he sued Beatrice W. Quimby 
and the Centra] Union Trust Co.. to 
restrain the latter from, paying out 
any money to Mrs. Quimby. The 
film man has some $30,ooo on de- 
posit there. 

Justice Wbitaker grant < d the mo- 
tion for an injunction on the filing 
of a bond by Quimby. The amount 
of the bond bus not been lixed as 
yet. I 

O'Brien, Malevinaks &, Driseoll, 
attorneys for Quimby./ state divorce 
proceedings may begun shortly. 






MARRIAGES 

_Jewel Moore (Mclntyre and 
"eath Co.) to Willis Conn ( non- 
Professional), Dec. 24, in New York 
City. 

■William "vYinslow to Laura Jean 
Carlisle. New York, Jan. 11. Both 
»*e professional ice skaters and are 
. JJid to have met at College Inn, 
Chicago. The bridegroom is of Steele 
*Jd Winslow at the Hippodrome, 
^bile tie- bride has been appearing 
on the ;■ , at Healy's. 

U. S. IHLM HISTORY 

(Continued from Page 3) 
mour, William B. Shepherd. Bits- 
^th Huntington, William Wood. 

William Bennett ftftinro, Mary 

Johnst,,,,. rharles M. Andrews, 

°*>rg" m. Wrong. Carl Becker, Ed- 

Ward s Corwln, Herbert E. Bolton, 

■■win i: Slosson, and Harold How- 
land. 



WHO IS IT? 



The most flagrant violation of 

booking ethics in the history of 

vaudeville occurred litis week when 

an independent agent discovered 

that one of his assistants had re- 
ceived $150 in advance commissions 
from a vaudeville act after showing 
the act forged contracts for a long 
route over one of the largest of the 
independent circuits. 

The assistant, who doesn't hold 
an agent's franchise, but who was 
booking under the franchise of his 
employer, had been in the new office 
about two weeks when his culpabil- 
ity was discovered. 

The facts came to light when the 
act adopted a proprietory attitude 



toward (he franchUe holder. The 
latter became suspicious and ques- 
tioned the act, learning it had paid 
his assistant the advance commis- 
sions, in itself an unprecedented 
procedure for his oillce, and that 
furthermore the act had seen con- 
tracts for a long term of weeks to 
open in about two weeks more. The 
turn was trying to fill in the open 
time before the beginning of the 
supposed route when the discovery 
was made. 

The agent promptly ordered the 
assistant to clear out of the oifice, 
assured the act that restitution of 
the sum paid would be forthcoming 
and reported the affair to the book- 
ing manager of-the circuit. 



OBITUARY 




A. TOXEN WORM 

A. Toxen Worm, for over 20 years 
identified with the Shuberts in an 
executive capacity, died in Paris, 
France, Jan. 12, of apoplexy. Worm 
had been ill for about six months, 
having suffered a slight stroke in 
Boston, where he was acting as the 
general representative of the Shu- 
berts. He came to New York and 



IN LOVING MEMOBY 

of my welt beloved Mother, 

BEATRICE DIAMOND 

who departed from un Jan. 28, 1919. 

THINKING ALWAYS OF YOU. 

Your Daughter, 

CARLENA DIAMOND 



then went abroad for his health. 
Late advices from Paris wer€ to 
the effect that he had decided to 
spend the rest of his life there. He 
was a native of Denmark, having 
been born there 55 years ago. 

His full name was Conrad Ilen- 
rik Aage Toxen Worm. As a boy 
he was the playmate of William 
HohonzoUcrn. In this country h« 
made his mark as a theatrical pub- 
licity man and is credited with hav- 

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IN MEMORY, 

4 ' 

or my r.r.oTfii.n 

WILLIAM R. WATSON 

I Med. Jamurr 11th. U12 In B>sU>n. kku. 

HARRY B. WATSON 



JOHN T. KELLY 

John T. Kelly died in Fordluim 

hospital Jan. 16. Death resulted 

from Brights disease. Mr. Kelly was 

born in South Boston and was 70 
years old. He entered the the- 
atrical profession at the ago of 20 
or thereabouts as a variety enter- 
tainer with a singing and dancing 
turn. In those days he was rated 
as one of the best clog and reel 
dancers in the business. 

In 1873 he teamed with Thos. J. 
Ryan, the latter for many years of 
Ryan and Richfield, and the act 
being known as Kelly and Ryan. 
The act quickly became established 
as a topnotcher among the numer- 
ous Irish comedy turns of the 
period. * Later Mr. Kelly formed a 
variety partnership with Dan 
Mason. 

In 1S86 Mr. Kelly and the late 
Qui Williams co-starred in "U and 
I," a farce comedy, In which they 
toured successfully for many sea- 
sons. 

Mr. Kelly was the first member 
of the celebrated Weber & (fields 
stock company to be Mtgaged when 
Weber and Fields took over the o'd 



ing hopped the famous Anna Held 
milk bath story and the tan bark 
in front of the Republic theatre on 
42nd street while Mrs. Patrick 
Campbell was playing an engage- 
ment thero so that tho rumbling of 
vehicles on the street would not 
annoy her during the performances. 

Dudley Field Malono, who is in 
Faris, had charge of the funeral 
arrangements under cable instruc- 
tions from Thelan Beale. Worm'.j 
attorney in New York. 

The size of Worms estate, ac- 



I wish to extend my sincerest 
thanks to all my friends for their 
kind deeds and words of sym- 
pathy in this my hour of deep 
trouble, the loss of my dear, be- 
loved wife, Gcorgie Westbrook 
Swor. 



Found by Lewis and Dody in an ash can between 14th st. and Boston. 

Sam Lewis sayi its Winslow, as ho can tell by the pan'-. 

Joe Young savs he is positive it Is Tillie Winslow's husband, Max. 

Jack Curtis says he knows it is Wir.slog, as he heard ban hotter those 
songs at Tony Pastor's, 

Lewis apd, Dody sav tb. -v'.- -are it's Window. 1 . got bid 

and blue plugging Mainm>." 

p. B.— Murray RJttej **• he ,;nm \- s "'■ M ' ,x n " £/H * • y , ,Vv» 
eyes. What * break, tins li not an ad., but come up and hear branny 

anyhow. , • , 

We know the other fetter is tadell, who has a cigar stand at a hotel 

(in Boston. 



She will 
ever. 



live in my heart for 

JIM SWOR 



a 



fording to Mr. Beale, is unknown. 
Ho said that the residue was left 
to Mr. Worm's niec3 in Copenhagen, 
u Itn the exception of several per- 
sonal articles distributed to other 
members of tho family. There is 
also a clause in the will leaving J"00 
to an Institution for tho benefit of 
members of the theatrical profes- 
sion and to an institution for iji- 
[diizent newspapermen 



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■SMSSMBlSSSSMSMSMSSi li II 1 i I 1 1 ?~Z •> 

Imperial Music Hall, Uroadv* .. and 
29th street, New York, in 1898. T' e 
deceased became a 
at the Weber & I ■'. Id VI J J til, 

remaining with the • col 
throughout the 12 years of i: • it- 
istenco. Mr. Kelly's Irish chai i 
was of tin* natural, Uhexagg< rati i 
typo, and his Comedy method \ 
marked with the sure toiieb thai 
comes of inherent ability as an 
artist and comprehensive experi- 
ence. Following tho disbanding of 
tho Weber & Fields company, Mr. 
Kelly played In musical CORtedy an d 
vaudeville. Ho also appeared in 
pictures a few years ncjo. 

In addition to his ta'ents as an 
actor he was also a clever t >\\x 
writer, writing several bits, h. hal- 
ing ono very popular 2" years ago, 
entitled "The Girl I Left Behind." 

In August, 1915, Mr. Kelly mar- 
ried Florence Moore Rques in ]'■< - 
onne. Mrs. Kelly played for two 
years in her husband's sketch, ' A 
Came of Con." in vaudeville, bul 
1918 tho couple separated under an 
agreement. Mrs. Kelly la now liv- 
ing with her mother In Blmhurst, 
L. L 

Besides Mrs. Kelly, a son; ffj ■• 

Kelly, a Si ter who lives in '.on.'c. 

(Cuntluued M page 24> 



VARIETY'S CHICAGO OFFICE 






Cfjicngo 



STATE-LAKE THEATRE BUILDING 

Friday, January 20, 1922 



! 



CHICAGO VAUDEVILLE SHOWS 



MAJESTIC 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Grant Mitchell, who has been fea- 
tured, starred and otherwise pre.ss- 
agented in this town, was the head- 
liner. Mitchell has a sketch that 
In any other hands might not shine 
as well, but there is many a vaude- 
ville sketch artist who could im- 
prove on Mitchell's style for Vfttlde- 
vilk\ His female support, Kath- 
leen Conaegys, is sweet to look at 
and also a credit to the aet, hut 
Kobert 'Toms almost ruined the 
playlet by his appearance and talk. 
Imagination is a great asset to 
vaudeville, but, by the widest 
stretch, one just can't imagine Miss 
Comegys leaving a husband for 
him; it is asking .00 much. 

The Three Rubes opened, and they 
were an asset. Jean Granese 
and her two plants put over 
songs and talk with laughs. 
For a second the two plants, 
arguing in the audience, looked real, 
and even when one got on the stage 
to sing it was done so well, it looked 
on the level, and when he started to 
sing it was all off, just to wait for 
the returns, which came in salves, 
and many bows. Ed. Lee Wrothe 
and Owen Martin put over their 
racetrack talk to many racetrack 
fans; in fact, in a town that has not 
had racing for a good many years 
It was surprising how the wise 
cracks went. Dooley and Storey 
found the going easy and stepped 
right into it with both feet. William 
Seabury and Co. more than held up 
the production end of the bill, plus 
dancing and action. Charles Ol- 
cott and Mary Ann ran through 
their numbers to applause. Mitchell 
followed. Venita Gould came on 
at 10.45, but gave her impressions 
to a stand-pat audience that ne\'er 
moved. James Dutton and Co., 
equestrians, closed to a standing 
crowd. Loop. 



APOLLO 



> 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 

The Shubert cycle of houses be- 
ing limited this week, sees a prac- 
tical repetition bill. Of the nine 
acts offered here six have been seen 
here within the past few months. 
That fact is not to the detriment of 
the acts, for they are all substantial 
worthy offerings, generally speaki" t 
from a vaudeville standpoint, a: 1 
blended with the three previously 
unseen at this house — Adele Row- 
land, Ernestine Myers and Co., and 
Alfred Naess and Co. — make prob- 
ably one of the best all-around 
variety vaudeville bills submitted at 
this house. As a show on the whole 
It gets a remarkably fast start and 
keeps going that way right to the 
Jlnish. It seems as though Shubert 
vaudeville as far as this house is, 
concerned has hit its proper stride 
with the arrangement of bills, with 
respect to position value, for now 
they seem to run smoothly. 

On this bill Frank Jerome in the 
■•deuce" spot comes out first and tells 
the hom-e it was quite apparent to 
him, from remarks he heard in the 
t wing, at a previous performance, 
that the audience was not getting 
his comedy talk. He tells them they 
are a hard audience, and that they 
did not seem to get half of his 
"gags"; however, he knows differ- 
ently, as their applause inform s^him 
so. This is just a starter, fo^JRurt 
Earle in the spot comes along re- 
marking that he had told a gag or 
two at the matinee which the audi- 
ence did not get either, and then, to 
rivet the matter down strong, Harry 
Hines; on next, chimes in. Hines 
tells them he knows they knew he 
Is good, and that Jerome is only 
jealr/us, so he makes the remarks 
before he (Hines) comes on, there- 
fore he requests they show Jerome 
up and give him the ovation and 
approbation which he knows that he 
Is entitled to. But perhaps the first 
two did it to kid Hines. 

Then Charles T. Aldrich, another 
repeater, takes up a full two min- 
utes of denouncing the opposition. 
Adele Rowland occupied the head- 
line position, appearing second after 
intermission. The spot was Just 
built to order for h«T, Most of her 
numbers have been identified with 
her for some time and have not been 
hackneyed in the song-grist mill. 
She is assisted at the piano by Mil- 



dred Brown, an accomplished 

pianist e. 

Opening the show were the Eqiiillo 
Brother*, who again presented their 
remarkable equilibristic feats in 
smart, snappy fashion, without 
waste of time. They do just five 
minute*, but it Is all work and hits 
home. Frank Jerome, on next, got 
over nicely with his eccentric and 
acrobatic dancing as well as stunts. 
Jerome could, however, stick a little 
more to his acrobatic work and cut 
his talk, for as he remarked, "the 
audience does not get half of the 
'gags,' and the other half are not 
worth while getting." 

Burt Earle and his eight musical 
maids scored the success they /lid 
on their previous appearance, with 
their well-selected and rendered 
routine of instrumentation. Harry 
Hines, on next, outside of his audi- 
ence appeal seemed to get over in 
great fashion. Hines was the hit of 
the first section of the show. 

Ernestine Myers and her quartet 
of aides were next in Miss Myers' 
new dance creation. The dance 
routine is well arranged and pre- 
sented. It is served^ up in seven 
stanzas, with most of it accompanied 
by song on the part of I^at Genes. 
This act is a class flash, but some- 
one was a bit negligent in permit- 
ting Lovey Lee and Alice Weaver, 
her two little aides, to come tiut in 
the "Dancing Days" number with 
dirty white socks and shoes. Had 
this been at the opening matinee it 
might have been condoned, but not 
at an evening performance. 

Opening the second half was 
Aldrich with his "peculiar special- 
ties." His lightning change work 
and impressions scored immensely, 
as they did in the past, as d' his 
grotesque pantomime, and if he will 
only eliminate his "peculiar curtain 
speech" when he departs his stand- 
ing with the audience will be 180 
per cent, instead of being discounted 
by his vindicative speech. 

Callahan and Bliss, with their 
satirical comedy skit, in the next to 
closing spot, found things mighty 
easy and hit over on high from the 
start. Closing the show was Al- 
fred Naess, assisted by Miss Pig- 
fred, in an ice skating novelty, which 
managed to hold the house in al- 
most in its entirety. 

PALACE 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Comedy predominates. Plenty of 
it, but not too much, resulting in 
the entertainment running off in 
smooth and snappy fashion. Bush- 
man and Baytie have the top spot 
on the bill and held it down in 
most creditable fashion with "Poor 
Rich Man." At the conclusion the 
applause was tumultuous and ne- 
cessitated a curtain speech from 
both of the former picture stars, 
each saying but a few words, but 
driving them home. 

Chick Yorke and Rose King, who 
followed, in the next to closing spot, 
with their comedy skit, "The Old 
Family Tin Type," are new to these 
parts and their quaint»?and gro- 
tesque comedy was keenly relished. 
They, too, were compelled to make 
curtain speeches and in do^ig so 
burlesqued that of Bushman and 
Bayne. 

Opening the show was Van Cello, 
assisted by Mary. Van Cello seems 
to bo the foremost exponent of 
pedalogy on the vaudeville stage. 
He has a corking assemblage of 
juggling feats, ttie rendition of 
which necessitates the incessant use 
of his pedals. The offering is built 
up in such a manner that each stunt 
is more difficult than the preceding 
one, running along to a sensational 
climax which carried the act off in 
great fashion. During Van Cello's 
endeavor to demonstrate the art of 
pedalogy Mary makes three changes 
of costume, all of which are smart 
and attractive in appearance. 

Nate Leipzig came next with his 
card tricks. Leipzig has a manner 
o*. bewildering his audience, result- 
ing in them liking hia offering im- 
mensely. 

Billy Arlington and Co. were next. 
The comedy-travesty -skit, "Mis- 
takes Will Happen* which he is 
using, is a sure-fire hokum and low 
comedy affair. The business in- 
dulged in by him is funny and were 
he only to get some legitimate fin- 
ish, instead of the song finish, for 
the offering, it probably would im- 



press in mora wholesome manner 
than at present. Of course the song 
travesty registers in good style, but 
it is quite obvious that it is only a 
subterfuge for Arlington and his 
two male and one female aide to 
make their getaway. 

Mae and Rose Wiltoff despite that 
one of the girls had a heavy cold, 
get over in good stead. Their in- 
strumentation always registers and 
their sfweet and winsome way of 
rendering songs is an advantageous 
asset too. 

Kenney and Hollis are no strang- 
ers in this house. The second their 
comedy drop was revealed applause 
broke loose and kept going until the 
two satirists on "Medicine" made 
their exit. The folks liked the act 
in the past and still like it. 

Closing the show were the Three 
Gellis, with their equilibrism and 
ground - tumbling. It seems as 
though the audiences here are get- 
ing in the habit of seeing the clos- 
ing act through, with the result that 
there were very few walkouts on 
the lower floor while this trio were 
furnishing their part of the even- 
ing's amusement. Loop. 



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■5 •' • • • . • 

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RAINBO GARDENS 

CLARK at LAWRENCE. Continuous Dancing— Vaudeville. 1 

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516 N. Clark Street CHICAGO 505 W. Madison St. 

PROFESSIONAL WEEKLY RATES 

CHANGE 01 KATES: l horon K h l > modern. 

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McVICKER'S 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Wise business men, Jones, Linick 

& Schaefer. They're in business to 

mak"e money. So they choose a 
he<tf)liner small-time audiences like. 
Sometimes it is good vaudeville, 
sometimes not, but the box-office 
speaks in loud tones of the success 
of theirTpolicy. 

Freaks, current people in the lime- 
light of the public' have proven to 
be a sensation for the Rialto and 
McVicker's, the two vaudeville 
houses of this firm. Last week th 
dailies gave much space to the ar- 
rival in town of Rosa and Josefa 
lllazck, the grown-togethe^ twins. 
Jones. Linick & Schaefer have the 
Blazek twins headlining, drawing 
tremendously and reaping the har- 
vest from the whirlwind of curi- 
osity. 

The houseful added pep to the 
performance, and (Jraee Ayres and 
Hrother roller skated. Harry Webb, 
in blackfaee, covered a wide field of 
topics in his monolog. Webb got 
them from the start and finished 
with % song. Holden and Harron 
presented a hoak act that wowed 
them. Harry Holden is a showman 
and makes his hoak an art. Top- 
ping this, Holden boasts of a voice 
tli »t alone would get him ovor. Lucy 
Harron feeds in a delightful man- 
ner and works with him like a cog 
in a machine. 

"Innocent Eve" has three princi- 
pals in the act. two of them men 
and one girl. The act in this spot 
ran along with a snappiness not 
common with this type of act. The 
comedian somehow gets a burlesque 
style of disposing of his comedy, 
while the straight man is of the 
ordinary. The girl is a clever toe 
dancer, worthy of development. An 
animal impersonator completes the 
cast. 

Royd and King haVe a refinrd of- 
fering, with no comedy. King en- 
ters before a special drop and plays 
a number on the piano. Then Miss 
Boyd slips in from the center of the 
drop and does character work. Both 
work in a clean-cut and showmanly 
manner, yet were a trifle too classy 
for those present. Howard and 
i Cross played banjos and chided each 
j other. The turn is a good novelty 
and ends with the woman singirffc: 
operatic selections, accompanied by 
the orchestra, and the man playing 
the banjo. 

Willie Dunlap and Bessie Merrill 
were next-to-shut. Miss Merrill's 
work was a piece of art. She han- 
dled the biggest and hardest portion 
and savored it with personality and 
charm.' Dunlajp's personality and 
method of working were slipshoddy. 
It was not surprising, therefore, to 
have him bear out the impression 
he gave by cracking the messy bar- 
room gag about the salesman who 
slent at the farmer's house. Miss 
Merrill was out of place In this turn, 
and would make a good big-time hit. 
The act in this important spot fell 
short. The Blazek twins were next. 
With a circus-like billing, throw- 
aways and canopy banners, they 
appeared before an anxious crowd. 
First a man in evening 'dress ap- 
peared before an interior set and 
made a few introductory remarks 
The twins. 42 years old according to 
th* man, are confronted-^wTth the 
fear that when one dies the other 
must die. Most of t^»e entertain- 
ment consisted of the man telling 
facts ..l.out the twin* and th*>1i the 
son of one of the t\ ins was brought 
before the amazed iTOWd. The son 
is well formed and has no defe vts 
QOtlceablc. The man then allowed 
the twins to demonstrate how they 
walk, one leading, the other follows 
They showed how they ate and that 

the artioni nf one did not Interfere 
with the other. Topping this the 
man Introduced * midget two 'feel 
high who was brought 'to Chicago 
with the twins. The midget danced 
and created laughter. The act Is a 
novelty and a draw beyond doubt. 
Hice Brothers and Harry Bentell not 
y • it at this show. 



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Chicago, Jan. 19. 
Opening the show last half were 
ifa:» and Mary Gardner, with a nov- 
elty xlre- walking turn. A* nmi 



to be the custom with this type of 
act, most of the time used is appor- 
tioned to dialog and! as little as 
possible to feats. This is a mighty 
good idea, providing the • dialog is 
worth while, but where it is mean- 
ingless and the woman is practically 
a "prop," it might be better to cur- 
tall the talk, add a little more work- 
ing routine and abdicate from the 
rostrum as fast as possible. This 
should have been done by the 
Gardner turn; probably in time it 
will. Fox and Smallcy, No. 2, strug- 
gled along with a bit of this and 
a bit of that, assembled in unshow- 
manlike manner and fashion. The 
man's main asset is mimicry of 
birds and animals. IIo also sings, 
and the woman disposes of most of 
her time on the stage in' playing the 
saxaphone. As the act rates at 
present, the smaller houses will 
take it. 

Harrison and Howley, two colored 
comedians, in a talking, skit, had 
rather a hard time to get started 
with their droll humor, but man- 
aged gradually, finishing in good 
fashion. One is also a capital ec- 
centric dancer. • 

Following was "The Golden But- 
terfly," a posing act consisting of 
two women. It is a pretty turn. 
Next to closing were Goulet and 
Hall, with instrumentation, song 
and talk. The man is an accom- 
plished banjoist, who feels talk is a 
requisite, but has not chosen the 
proper kind, or that sort which will 
entertain. The woman does charac- 
terization which registers on a par 
with the man's talk. If these people 
need to talk, other material should 
be procured, and instead of the 
woman doing 'characterization, it 
might be more to her advantage to 
do straight. It would mean more. 

Closing -The show were the Mar- 
riott Troupe, a rr n, three women 

d a colored man assistant. Their 
wbrk consists of juggling heavy, 

mbersome articles and then 
ishing the act with stunts on a 
whirling monoplane. This finish is 
sensational and allows the act to 
get away with a favorable impres- 
sion. It is a great flash sight act 
for any of the three-a-day bills. 

AMERICAN 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Business seems a bit off of nor- 
mal, probably the aftermath of the 
holiday business, somewhat abnor- 
mal. The show was of the average 
type last half, with a flash and sight 
act thrown in for good measure. 

Spanish Goldens, a man and two 
women, in somewhat antiquated 
European novelty. It consisted of 
cloth spinning on a pole, the old 
spark fire dance and finishing with 
the man spinning one of the women 
around on a pole. This finish was 
the sensational portion, and on that 
alone it can clear the barrier. 

Linden and West, two smartly at- 
tired chaps, were pext with a 
musical skit on the piano and violin. 
The boys are adept musicians and 
have a repertoire which is well 
chosen. Their impression of a two- 
piece orchestra in a movie house, 
fitting "appropriate" music to a 
picture, sc^ne by scene, got whole- 
some laughs. 

Devoe and Dayton, man and 
woman, have a smart, snappy rou- 
tine of talk Condensed into a skit 
called "The Tree Doctor." A spe- 
cial drop in "one" shows the various 
types of trees with a numeral in- 
scribed on each. The woman asks 
the man questions about the various 
trees. It is dialog of the light sort 
and should have a place in the bet- 
ter class houses. A finish is needed. 
The punch line is "acking, with the 
team ending without reason and 
going into an eccentric dance for 
the finish. They have the goods, 
but should have a climax. 

Evelyn Phillips and a quartet of 
energetic hoofers came next. The 
boys do plenty of good buck and 
wing. They sing a little, but not 
too much. Miss Phillips makes up 
for them in this department. She 
also can dance. The act is a fine 
flash offering for the three-a-day 
domain. 

Next to closing came the real 
comedy wallop, Sampson and Doug- 
las. They stopped the show.* Clos- 
ing were the Ben Hasten Troupe of 
seven whirlwind acrobats. They 
howled, shrieked, built human pyra- 
mids and whirled around the stage 
until they ended to a solid hit. 



BROKER WINS IN 
ROW OYER PREMIUM 

Wopter of Illinois at First Re- 
fused Dump Back 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 
A very peculiar situation aros* 
here between Edward Wopler, man- 
ager of the Illinois theatre, and on* 
of the independent ticket brokers, 
due to the fact that $5,000 worth of 
tickets had been sold to the latter 
at a premium of 35 cents on each 
ticket. When he found that he had 
been stuck on. them, he tried to 
dump back. Troublo was averted 
through Wopler listening to the 
threat of the broker and sending 
his treasurer to the man's office to 
pick up the "pasteboards." 

The independent broker had pur- 
chased these tickets at a premium 
over box office price of 35 cents. 
None of the Powers houses ha* 
been doing business with the inde- 
pendent brokers direct so that 
when this man wanted to do busi- 
ness the premium was exacted from 
him. 

The attraction for which the tick- 
ets had been purchased did not 
prove to be, the hit anticipated .so 
the broker called upo • Wopler to 
take back the "stuff." At the time 
the broker told Wopler that he 
would be willing to lose 10 to IS 
c, nts on a ticket beside the extra 
premium he had already stopd for. 
However, Wopler replied that If he 
wanted to turn the tickets back he 
would have to stand a 35c. penalty 
on each ticket. 

The broker got very, indignant 
over this fact and told Wopler that 
as long as he assumed that arbi- 
trary altitude he would give him 
more than he was looking for in the 
line of trouble. Ho informed the 
manager that ho was going to have 
a three-sheet sign made which he 
was going to post in front of his 
place of business on Randolph street 
announcing the Tact that $3.30 tick- 
ets for the Illinois theatre would be 
on sale at his place far $2.50." Thla 
threat evidently had the effect de- 
sired by the broker, for within fif- 
teen minutes Wopler had de- 
spatched his treasurer to thes brok- 
ers' office and all of the tickets 
were picked up and returned to the 
box office without the broker sus- 
taining any additional loss but th* 
original premium. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knapp, at 
their home in New York City, Dec 
31, son. Tho parents were formerly 
with "Peek-a-Boo" (burlesque). 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDonald, 
son. The mother is, professionally. 
Dollle Day; the father is leading 
man of the Victoria Theatre Stock, 
Chicago. 

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Donohoe, 
at their home, 214 West 109th street. 
New York, Jarf* 11, son. The par- 
ents are professionally known a* 
Carey and Stampe. 



IN AND OUT 



Quintette and Hughes were out of 
the Lincoln Square, New York, the 
first half through illness. La Hoen 
and Dupreece substituted. 



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Friday, January 20, 1922 



Chicago 



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WITH NO MORE BOOKINGS EAST 

Nat Kalcheim Recalled to Sam Kahl's Chicago Office 
Booking Mid-West from New York Again Is 
Proven Fallacy — Off From Now On 



FLYING BIRD'S WIFE 



fcourt Gives Chief Clear Title After 
Divorce Tangle 









Chicago, Jan. W. 

Nat Kalcheim has returned to 
Chicago, and will not go to 
New York as the representative of 
the Western Vaudeville-Keith West- 
ern books in the east. He was 
Jointly paid 1> V both offices, but 
henceforth will be employed by the 
W. V. If. A., in Sam Kahl's Chicago 
department. 

Booking the mid-west in New 
York has thus again, and pet*hap.} 
Anally, been proven a fallacy. It 
has long been the hope and plan of 
"Tink " Humphrey and John J. Nash 
to have all contracts made in Chi- 
cago, exclusively. The Kalcheim 
experiment verified their argument. 
Of the acts sent out by Kalcheim 
less than half were retained beyond 
the minimum pay-or-play period 
signed by Kalcheim. In some in- 
stances the acts did not even play 
out their minimum time, but were 
paid off and released. 

Chicago has long claimed to be 



a field of its own. It has been 
proven repeatedly the amusement 
tastes of the middle west are very- 
different from those of the east. 
Acts of merit that have succeeded 
in the Chicago territory have been 
total flops east, and vice versa. It 
was thought that by sending a Chi- 
cago man east, ho would retain and 
represent the home ideas, but it 
didn't work out that way. In Nfw 
York even Chicagoans get the New 
York spirit, it seems, and judge by 
what is around them rather than 
what is behind them. 

The associated Chicago offices will 
have no direct representative in 
New York from now on. 

The appointment of Kalcheim 
gives the Orpheum. Jr.. circuit two 
bookers, the other being Willie 
Herger. Both of these bookers are 
working under the direct supervision 
of Sam Kahl, who is the general 
booking manager for the Orpheum, 
Jr., circuit. ' 



INSIDE STUFF 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Chief Edward Flying Bird, Sioux 
Indian circus rider, obtained a clear 
title to his wife. Emma I-add Wish- 
art Flying Bird, in the Superior 
Court, from Judge McDonald. At 
the same time Chieftainess Flying 
Bird, on her part, was freed as to 
all doubt concerning the status of 
her marriages. 

A decree annuling her marriage to 
T. W. Wishart in Cleveland in 1890 
was handed down when evidence 
was produced that she married 
Wishart at that time under the mis- 
taken notion that F. fl. I«idd, her 
first husband, had secured a di- 
vorce. 

Her present marriage was an out- 
come of a circus performance on 
the 101 Haneh, where Mrs., Flying 
Bird was also a performer. 



DANGER OF STRIKE AVERTED 
WITH OPERATORS' VICTORY 



With 100 Organization and Local Law Aiding 
Union Might Have Won Hands Down — Wage 
Increases •Total More Than $65,000 Yearly 



JOE'S SURE WAY 

Niemeyer Marries Dancing Partner 
in Chicago 



WANT B. & K. FEATURES 



F. &. R. Negotiate for Chicago 
Offerings 



ON VAUDEVILLE 

A follow-up happened in the General Pisano matter, as reported in 
this department of Variety last week. It then related how Pisano had 
secured an adjustment of his Shubert vaudeville contract, after con- 
sulting the A. A. F., of which he was a member, and receiving no as- 
sistance from it. Pisano says he was not advised by Harry Mountford 
to consult the Equity's attorney, but that he sought the Equity attorney 
who handled the Pisano matter as an independent case. Piasno not 
belonging to Equity but to the vaudeville branch of the Four A.'s. 

The Equity attorney charged Pisano $30 for arranging everything, in- 
cluding a cash payment of $130 to the sharp-shooter, besides giving him 
a contract for 13 consecutive weeks to settle the former 20 -in -24 weeks 
contract Piasno held. 

Pisano thought the Equity's attorney's fee extremely reasonable, and 
has paid it, though he first requested Mountford, representing the A. A. 
F., to pay that $30 bill charge on the ground the A. A. F. providing no 
attorney for its members, as it should, might at least pay the necessary 
legal expense it was obligated to take up, if made by another lawyer. 
Mountford expostulated and thundered, saying he had told a firm of law- 
yers Pisano had called upon (and walked out upon because the firm 
would not make a specific charge) to go ahead with Pisano's matter. 
This lead to blows between Pisano and Mountford, with Pisano on the 
winning end. 

After Pisano had paid the Equity's attorney, he received a bLi from 
the Mountford Arm of lawyers for $468, for ''services rendered," without 
any detailed item. Pisano knew of no services rendered him b;, the firm, 
had not authorized it, and contrarily had told the firm he did not want 
if to act for him, he says. 



Chicago, Jan. 13. 

Finkelstein & Rubin, who have 
controlled the theatre and motion 
picture situation in Minneapolis and 
St. Paul, were here last week con- 
sulting with Balaban & Katz with 
reference to having the picture 
presentations made in the latter's 
houses here taken to their theatres 
in the Middle Northwest intact. In 
addition to the presentations they 
also desired that B. & K. send on 
the special features used with the 
presentation. At the present tim» 
eight weeks are used by B. & K. for 
their presentation specialties and 
should they accept the F. &. K. 
proposition four more weeks will 
be added. 



* Chicago, Jan. 18. 
Joe N'emeyer, at the Apollo last 
week, visited the marriage license 
bureau to obtain a license to wed 
Margaret Davles, 18, appearing with 
him in his act. ^Thev were later 
married in the City Hall. Niemeyer 
told the officials at the marriage 
court that he felt the only way to 
hold a good dancing partner was to 
marry her. He said that he had 
had five partners previously — Gloria 
Fay, Nina Payne, Billle Allen, Jes- 
sica Brown, Elsie Bordon — all for- 
saking him for the matrimonial 
voyage. 



BEBAN'S $17,000 

Paid Him by Balaban & Katz for 
Three Weeks and Three Days 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 
George Beban. who appeared here 
with his original company from Los 
Angeles in conjunction with his pic- 
ture "The Sign of the Rose," re- 
ceived $17,000 for three weeks and 
three days of appearances in Bala- 
ban & Katz houses. The cast whieh 
Beban brought here enacted the 
"Rose Shop" scene while the pic- 
ture was being shown, a fade out 
of the picture being made while 
the actors in the flesh went through 
the scene. 



Jack Osterman had an "Osterman Clown Night" at the N V. A. Tues- 
day. Young Osterman, the son of J. J. Rosenthal and Katheryn Os- 
terman, put the show together. One of the skits was "His Father Did 
That." Jacks father, Jake, was there and heard it The description of 
the skit is quite funny, to those who know the father and son and also 
know the son is somewhat sensitive over the theatrical popularity of 
his parents. The son has done remarkably as a single act in vaude- 
ville, all on his own, but Jake can't overcome his natural publicity in- 
clinations, with the consequences young Jack has received much of 
Plenty and good publicity. That is why they named the kidding skit 
"His Father Did That." Ono of the bits in it was the backdoor keeper 
••king who had the No. 1 dressing. "That Osterman kid," was the 
•newer. "Oh. yes," tho doorman replied, "You can bet his father did 
that Otherwise he would be climbing four flights of stairs twice a day." 

No thought has been given by the Shuberts to the end of their vaude- 
ville season, they say. Those houses not remaining open over the summer 
will end the season according to the weather and business. Unless vaude- 
ville decidedly picks up and in faster tempo than it has done so far, a 
general early closing is looked for. "While many vaudeville managers 
now believe they may be able to run into May, if not through that month, 
April closings will surprise no_onc. The Shuberts agree that is about 
how it stands with their houses, also. They are giving contracts accord- 
ingly. The Shuberts have men playing some acts of late without con- 
tracts beyond the current weeks, playing them from week to week, and 
finding that to work out nicely, they claim. The first 18 weeks of the 
original Shubert contract for 20 have run off. leaving possibly 10 to 12 
weeks more of what they may call their regular season. While reported 
the Shuberts have been issuing 10-in-12 weeks contracts for the second 

(Continued on page 10) 



"THI3 SIDE OF PARIS" 

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HODKINS WITH CARRELL? 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 
Charles Richard Hodkins, eastern 
representative for Alexander Pan- 
tages, with headquarters here and 
in charge of the local office since 
the resignation of Jimmie O'Neil, is 
said to be leaving the Pantages 
forces to affiliate with Charles L». 
Carrell, the "Woolworth" vaudeville 
agent of the middle west. Hodkins 
is contemplating extending the 
Carrell agency to the south, where 
Hodkins controlled a number of 
theatre bookings prior to the time 
they were taken over by the Marcus 
Locw circuit. Hodkins feels that he 
can regain these houses and add 
them to the Carrell string. 



AT AMERICAN HOSPITAL 

Chicago. Jan. 18. 

Harry Earles (Circus) operated 
on for hernia. 

Kathlyn Swift (Swift and Dale) 
operated on for tumor. 

Martin Johanson (musician) ope- 
rated on for appendicitis. 

Fay Chapman (Frank Rich's Re- 
view) operated on for appendicitis. 

Dollie Day, Cacsarean section 
operation, girl. 

Mrs. I. I. Stary, Bonita theatre, 
abdominal operation; doing well. 

Hope Maynard (•'Margie*) ope- 
rated on for tumor. 

Marjorie Smith (Harrison Dean 
show) operated on for tumor; doing 
well. 

Ed Walker, advertisting man for 
Blackstone theatre, rheumatism; 
improving. 

Agnes Wir.cman (Harrison Dean 
show) under medical care. 

Mrs. Joe Rome (Rome and Gaud) 
under observation, nervous break- 
down; left improved. 

Gypsy Myers (vaudeville) ope. 
rated on for tumor; left cured. 

Miss Callies, grand opera singer, 
under medical care; improving. 



PEFPLE BARRED 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 
T. Dwlght Pepple, a local inde- 
pendent producer, who has been 
supplying both the YV. V. M. A. and 
Western Keith Vaudeville circuit 
with acts for several years, has 
been denied the booking privilege 
on both exchanges. 



Mrs. Bessie Gollings Disappears 
Chicago. Jan. 18. 

Mrs. Besyie Gollings, 22 years old, 
cashier of a loop theatre, is tofejng 
sought by the local police following 
her failure to return to h&r'nomc 
Monday. 

Mrs. Gollings, whose husband is in 
New York city, was last seen at the 
theatre Sunday, accord in- t<» i e!a- 
tives. 



Apollo Permits Smoking 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 
Shubort's Apollo, local vaudeville 
house, now permits smoking on the 
mczzinine floor. The seats on this 
floor arc scaled at tho same price 
as the orchestra. 



Chicago, Jan. 18. 

Danger of a tie-up of movie 
theatres was removed when Thomas 
E. Maloy, business agent of tho 
Motion Picture Operators' union, 
signed a new agreement with the 
Allied Amusements association and 
the Motion Picture Theatre Own- 
ers' association. As a result of the 
new agreement motion picture oper- 
ators will receive wage increases 
totaling more than $65,000 a year. 

The new agreement which averts 
probability of a strike provides for 
an increase in pay of all operators 
in the city receiving less than $7G 
or $80 a week. In loop theatres 
operators are to get a minimum of 
$80 a week. The old minimum was 
$66.65 a week. Many receive more 
than $80 a week, the pay being 
based on the seating capacity of the 
house. In nouses outside of the 
loop the new minimum is $75 a 
week. The old scale was $49.50. 

It was also agreed six hours 
should constitute a day's work.^tn 
some of the theatres operators 
worked eight hours. Under tho new 
arrangement a week's work is set 
at not more than 42 hours. 

Unions Asked 15 Per Cent. 

Prior to the settlement the unions 
had asked for a 15 per cent, increase 
in wages. Tho owners at the same 
time Issued an ultimatum that un- 
less the unions signed the old wage 
scale without increase in wage that 
05 per cent of the small theatro 
owners in the city would be forced 
to close their houses. 

After a number of conferences be- 
tween Maloy, Thomas Reynolds, 
president of tho union, and Peter 
Schacffer and Nate Ascher, repre- 
r,cnting the owners, the compromise 
scale of wages was agreed upon. 
The only houses in which the scale 
did not take the upward tilt were 
the de luxe houses such as the Ti- 
voli, Stratford. Howard, Senate, 
Broadway Strand, Central Park and 
Kiviera, where the scale will remain 
at $75 a week. 

Had the matter come to an issue 
and a strike been called the unions 
would have had the upper hand 
here, for they were organized 100 
per cent., white the owners were no* 
thoroughly organized, and accord- 
ing to a city ordinance no one but 
a licensed operator can enter a mo- 
tion picture booth, and to obtain 
this the applicant must pass an ex- 
amination before a board which has # 
among its personnel members of th«> 
picture operators' union. 



Advice by Franeine Larrimors 
Chicago, Jan. 18. 
Franeine Larrimore, star of "Nice 
People" at the Cort, is conducting 
a column in the Evening American 
and giving advico to girls with an 
aspiration for a theatrical career. 



QUIGLEY PUBLISHING MUSIC 

Chicago, Jan. 18. 
Thomas J. Quigley, for many 
yeurs in charge of the professional 
offices here for M. Witmark A Sons, 
has embarked in the music publish- 
ing business on his own hook. Quig- 
ley is vice-president and general 
manager, with J. Louis Guyon func- 
tioning as president and Ben Caret- 
son as secretary. 



Requisition Ted Snow 

Chicago, Jan. IS. 
Governor Lem Small, at Spring** 
field, issued a requisition for tho 
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Glenn Hurt the Western Keith 
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His condition has not been re- 
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BURLESQUE 



Friday, January 20, 1922 



DEVELOPMENTS PILING UP IN 
BURLESQUE'S BIGGEST SCRAP 



Six Different Instances of "In and Out" This Week- 
Shows Switched Around — Burlesque's Longest 
Jump 



Developments In the Columbia- 
Americans burlesque fight, which 
reached the stage of full-fledged 
warfare last week, when the Colum- 
bia trained its uuns on the Ameri- 
can and sent over a devastating 
barrage, which took the form of 
pulling- out American shows and 
houses right and left, include the 
following: 

1. In addition to "pulling out" the 
Star and Gaycty, Brooklyn, and 
Gayety, Baltimore, the Columbia 
interests also ordered the Capitol, 
Washington, to oust the American 
•hows. 

2. The "Bathing Beauties," a Rube 
Bernstein^ and George Gallagher 
show, routed to play the Star, 
Brooklyn, Journeye^ to the Star, 

(Continued on page 37) 



BUFFALO JEWELERS 

ARREST MANAGER 



MARION KEPT FROM 
TAKING TO VAUDEVILLE 



Columbia Officials Forbid Dip 
Into Two-a-Day 



SHUBERT NEED OF MUSICAL TABS 
BRINGS OFFERS TO BURLESQUERS 



Michael J. Kelly Charged With 
Conversion of Diamonds— 



"imLTTY SHOWS" NOW 
SUBJECT TO CALL 



All Former American Wheel 

Attractions— Now Linked 

With Columbia 



Irons St damages' "Whirl of 
Gayety" will be taken off the Co- 
lumbia wheel at the end of the 
week by the Columbia people and 
utilized as a "utility" show, the 
same as Hastings' "Harum Sc ar- 
um," Kelly A Kahns "Cabaret 
Girls," Cooper's "Puss Puss" and 
Jacobs & Jermons "Grown Up Ba- 
bies," all of the latter former Ameri- 
can wheel shows. The five shows 
will be booked out of the Columbia 
offices, with Tom Henry 'handling 
the routing. 

"Whirl of Gayety" will play the 
Gayety, Brooklyn, next week. The 
four ex-American shows will play 
as follow: "Puss Puss," Star, 
Brooklyn; "Harum Scarum," Gay- 
ety, Baltimore; "Cabaret Girls," 
Capitol, Washington, and "Grown 
Up Babies," Bijou, Philadelphia. 



Fred Foletts Replaces Busey 

Fred Folette has been appointed 
as temporary successor to Fred 
Busey, road manager for Barney 
Gerard's "Follies of the Day." Fol- 
ette joins the show at Montreal this 
week. Mr. Busey. is retiring be- 
cause of ill health. 



Buffalo, Jan.18. 

The civil arrest of Michael J. 
Kelly, owner of "The Cabaret Girls," 
by the Peerless Jewelry Co., of this 
city, was followed by bail of $10,000 
being given after Kelly had spent 
a night in jail. Conrad Brunner, 
manager of the Empire, and Ed 
Bonny, a former theatrical man, 
furnished the bond. 

The jewelry concern charged 
Kelly with having converted dia- 
monds sold him under an install* 
ment lease, amounting in value to 
$3,650, with $2,150 remaining due. 
No payment had been made to it 
since last March, the company said. 
It is alleged by the jewelry people 
Kelly has pawned the stones. 

Kelly left Buffalo, Monday. "The 
Cabaret Girls" is an American wheel 
show and played the local Academy. 



Everything was all set for the 
entry of Dave Marion and a com- 
pany of eight into vaudeville last 
week, but the Columbia Amusement 
company officials refused to give 
their sanction to Marion's proposed 
dip into the two-a-day. Earlier in 
the season Sam Howe wanted to 
enter vaudeville, but the Columbia 
People, as in the case of Marion, 
refused to grant Howe permission. 
The Columbia officials at the time 
of HowVs intending vaudeville ap- 
rule against Columbia franchise 
holders, such as Howe, Dave Marion 
or Al Reeves, whose shows carried 
their names as a burlesque trade 
mark, entering vaudeville. While 
not so stated, it was presumed at 
the time of Howe's refusal to enter 
vaudeville, that the Columbia offi- 
cials took the stand that any bur- 
lesque "name" such as Marlon, 
Reeves or Howe, should be used for 
burlesque exclusively, and in the 
event of a burlesquer taking a dip 
into vaudeville playing *a city which 
held a Columbia wheel house, the 
burlesquer would bo playing "oppo- 
sition' to himself, a condition not 
desired by the Columbia officials. 

Marion has two shows on the 
Columbia wheel, the Dave Marion 
Show and the former Liberty Girls, 
renamed "World of Frolic,'' which 
Marion operates conjunctively with 
Drew and Campbell. 



But Columbia Officials Continue to Frown on Vaude- 
ville Work by Their Producers— Other Wheel 
Busy with Own Financial Problems 



HARRY CLARE DIES SUDDENLY 

Harry Clark, treasurer of Billy 
Watson's Orpheum, Paterson, N. J., 
died Jan. 13 of acute indigestion. Mr. 
Clark, who was a son of William S. 
(Biff) Clark, and nephew of the late 
Peter S. Clark, was 32 years old and 
had been in the show business ever 
since his majority. 

His death was sudden. Complain- 
ing of illness at 2 o'clock Friday, 
Mr. Clark became worse rapidly and 
died within three hours after the 
attack started. Prior to holding the 
treasurership of the Orpheum, Pat- 
erson, Mr. Clark was company man- 
ager for the Sam Howe show, and 
before that was connected with 
Peter S. Clark's burlesque interests. 



SHRINE'S WINTER CIRCUS 

St. Paul. Jan. 18. 
John A. Agee, winter circus man- 
ager, is here arranging the annual 
shrine circus which will be held at 
Kenwood Armory. Twenty circus 
agents, including All Ben Hassan's 
troupe of Arabs and John Robin- 
son's performing elephants, will ap- 
pear. Music will be furnished by 
the Shrine band of 75 pieces. The 
circus last year was a great success. 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



COAST BURLESQUE STOCK 

Monte Carter to Run Company in 
San Diego 



San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

Monte Carter, who for many sea- 
sons was a familiar figure in the 
San Francisco bay region burlesque 
circles and more recently in the 
shoe business at Los Angeles, re- 
turns to the profession in March, 
when he will open with a new com- 
pany at the Spreckles theatre, San 
Diego, for a temporary engagement. 

Carter will have a company of 34 
people, Including a jazz band, which 
will be featured. He has signed 
contracts for a run in Honolulu to 
commence June 1. { 



FOREIGN ACT UNSUITEfl 

Silacara, foreign male classical 
dancer, engaged as a special attrac- 
tion with 'Follies of New Yorkj" 
who arrived from Germany Satur- 
day, joined the show at the Olympic 
Monday, and after playing two per- 
formances, matinee and night, de- 
cided to close. 

A mutual arrangement made be- 
tween Beatty and Silacara dissolved 
the contract under which Silacara 
was brought over. The act was said 
to be unsuited to burlesque, 
i Silacara may stay over and play 
vaudeville. 



"THE CABARET GIRLS" 
IS QUICKLY SHIFTED 

"Break" for Kelly, When Co- 
lumbia Scout Meets Man- 
ager — American Too Late 

The old saw, "It's an ill wine that 
blows nobody good," was exempli- 
fied last week when Mike Kelly, 
who had been informed by the 
American that his show, "Cabaret 
Girls," was no longer wanted on 
the American circuit, was about to 
close, was approached by the Co- 
lumbia people just as lie was about 
to send his show to the stcr^ouse. 
It seems the pulling out of the four 
American houses, Star and Gayety, 
Brooklyn; Gayety, Baltimore, and 
Capitol, Washington, left the Co- 
lumbia hard put for attractions to 
nil them, and the Columbia bunch 
were just as glad to do business 
with Kelly as he was to have them 
(Columbia) book his shew. 

The "Cabaret Girls" was in Buf- 
falo last week. Tuesday Kelly was 
called to New York by the American 
heads and informed his show would 
be off the American circuit Satur- 
day. Kelly, it is said, requested 
further time, but the American 
would not extend the closing date. 
The game day Kelly ran across a 
Columbia scout who had been look- 
ing for him and an arrangement 
was entered into within an hour 
whereby Kelly receive^ enough 
financial aid to keep his show mov- 
ing. Booking for the week follow- 
ing Buffalo was arranged by the 
Columbia people also, and the 
"Cabaret Girls" was accordingly 
routed into the Gaycty, Baltimore. 

Meanwhile, so the story goes, the 
American people had a change of 
mind and sought Kelly, offering to 
keep the "Cabaret Girls" on the 
American wheel. It was too late. 

(Continued on page 36) 



FRENCH FROLIC 

T No It All Hal Sherman* 

Inrong Rite Ben Burtt 

William Perm William Mack 

Johnnie Gay Eddie Burke 

«:iorla Meloday ....Margaret Hastings 

Dolly Dimples Bonnie Lloyd 

Lillian Joy Lillette 

The second of E. Thomas Beatty's 
organizations to get around to the 
Olympic this season turns out to be 
a fair average American Wheel 
outfit, painstakingly but economical- 
ly put on and with experienced 
players, but it has no definite point 
of distinction to make it stand out 
from the generality of shows in its 
class. 

Four principal men and three 
principal women make up the cast, 
led by Hal Sherman, a major league 
dancer, but set apart from the in- 
different comedians only by the fact 
that he does work hard and mar. : 
ages to get over something like 
(Continued on page 36) 



KNICK-KNACKS 

Zeke Silver*, the boy Tom Hownr.l 

Adam Lux, his guardian Phil Peters 

Dick Hammond, owner of the ranch.... 

John Mack 
Kate Hammond, his cousin.. . .Irene Leary 

Jack Pierce, movie director Lew Denny 

Frnnk Haynea, his assistant Joe Lam: 

Pete. Maurico Coir 

The Real Crook Frank Vetnnn 

The Girl Mattie Billie Qui.m 

The Cop George Namoh 



BOOKING SWITCH 

Minneapolis, Jan. 18. 
A switch in the booking system 
for the Orpheum and Hennepin, 
Junior Orpheum, which promises a 
greater variety in entertainment, 
has been announced here. Booker 
for Chicago theatre will devote his 
time to Minneapolis and St. Paul, 
while man supplying the Twin Cities 
in past will look after Frisco and 
Los Angeles bookings. 



! 



Just what a worthy, hard-workinp; 
experienced talented principal 
comic can do for a burlesque ag- 
gregation Is aptly demonstrated this 
week at the Columbia, where Harry 
Hastings* "Knick-Knacks," featur- 
ing Tom Howard, is holding forth 
the current week. 

Howard, who was principal fun- 
maker at Kahn's Union Square stock 
for many seasons, is all over the 
show, getting legitimate laughs with 
delivery and his excellent 'hick' 
(Continued on page 36) 



INSIDE VAUDEVILLE 

(Continued from page 9) 

term, the Shubert people say very few of those have gone out of their 
office, and they are not inclined to issue them, preferring the shorter 
terms and then holding over. 

The story of Gus Sun returning to the Keith office Is again around, 
Now it is said Sun \\*i 1 1 go back there with his bookings within two Weeks 
or so. The action appears to follow the Keith offi.'e t.tKing over the 
Rivoli, Toledo, in which Sun is Interested* It is in lino with a former 
story published in Variety to the effect Sun would return to Keith's 
sooner or later. At that time Gus Sun sent a denial of that story to. all 
theatrical papers excepting Variety, which was the only paper to print It. 




LEyV 



TURAH 



VAN and TYSON 

in "SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT*' 
Now playing with K v. Keith Circuit and meeting with bin succeee, 

At Keiths Hamilton, X<w York, this Week (Jan. lu). 
Directum. BILLY GRADY 



The Shubcrts have injected them- 
selves into the burlesque mixup 
now existing between the Columbia 
and American wheels by renewed 
offers to producers of both factions 
to supply material for the Shubert 
vaudeville circuit. What the Shu- 
berts appear to want principally are 
producers who can readily supply 
musical comedy tabs running from 
45 to 60 minutes, with a couple of 
comics, soubret and chorus of eight. 

The burlesque men understand 
(Continued on page 37) 

BURLESQUE'S HOT SCRAP 
BREAKING FRIENDSHIPS 



Adherents of Either Side Won't 

Ride With or Speak to 

Each Other 



The Columbia-American scrap 
has reached such a stage of bitter- 
ness between partisans of the op- 
posing factions that several Colum-. 
bla adherents refuse to ride in the 
same Columbia Theatre building 
elevator at the same time the car 
is occupied by American cohorts. 

This was noticed particularly 
Tuesday, when one of the biggest 
of the Columbia moguls passed up 
a car containing one of the Ameri- 
can leaders, the action being so no- 
ticeable as to attract attention. 

Both men were friends of years' 
standing until the events of the 
past weeks added so much red 
fire to the burlesque scrimmage, and 
both until last week, while oppos- 
ing each other in a business way, 
had passed the time of day when 
meeting as usual. 

Neither spoke Tuesday. 

MLNSKYS AND THE PARK 

Minsky Brothers, owners of the 
National Winter Garden on Houston 
street, are reported to have sub- 
leased from John Cort for next sea- 
son the Pajk on Columbus Circle for 
stock burlesque. The rumored lease 
is subject to the agreement held by 
B. K. Bimberg for the Sunday shows 
for a period of three years. 

Cort is paying a rental of $50,000 
a year, plus taxes, which amount to 
$18,000 more, for 15 years, whils 
Bimbcrg's agreement is for $10,000* 
year for the Sundays. 

The house seats about 1,500. 



ARSON CHARGED TO HINE3 

St. Paul. Jan. 18. 
Jerry Hines, Pipestone, Minn* 
theatre owner, has been indicted by 
the Pipestone County Grand Jury 
on a charge of arson. The charge 
holds that Hines attempted to de- 
stroy his $100,000 theatre on the 
night of Nov. 14 last. Hines was 
arrested several weeks ago in Den- 
ver, Colo. 



New Empress Management 

Cincinnati, Jan. 18. 

Harry Hedges, formerly manager 
of the Empress here, left this week 
to manage the Gaiety, Baltimore, 
Md. 

Charles Burns/ treasurer of the 
house, took charge, with Sam Daw- 
son, manager of the Olympic, su- 
pervising. 



Jack Russell's Stock 

San Francisco, Jan. 18. 
Jack Russell, /formerly principal 
comedian at Will King's Oakland 
company No. 2, opens at the Cen- 
tury in Oakland with musical com- 
edy stork. The house will also show 
feat wro pictures. 



Orpheum, Montreal, Off 
The Orpheum, Montreal, which 

started with American, wheel shows 

four weeks ago will drop off the 
American route Saturday (tomor- 
row). "Ting-a-Ling" will be the 
closing attraction. 



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BURLESQUE ROUTES 

WILL BE FOUSD OS PAi ■ 
TvXUtV-eigkt in This l$*W 



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WILL H. HAYS' TOUGH JOB 

Will H. Hays may mean It when he says he will divorce hlmJfclf from 
politic* when he takes the leadership of the picture industry. The sus- 
picion the Postmaster-General was chosen for his strong party In- 
fluence was general and, on the face of the record, justified. The method 
of the film people in negotiating the business created suspicion. Mr. 
Hays did nothing to allay it. His announcement that he would retire 
from the Harding Cabinet to take the new Job left a lot to be desired. 
Why all this mystery about what should have been a simple business 
transaction? 



VOL. LXV. taJKSp&Mifo 



No. 9 



The parents of Ben and Charlie 
Barnett celebrated Sunday, January 
15, their golden wedding anniver- 
sary. 



• 



3am Lewis and Joe Young have 
been on a trip to southern parts. 
While in Mexico XJUy they wore 
hailed as among the foremost song 
writers and in return the writing 
twain promised the newspapermen 
upon their return home, they would 
dedicate a song to Mexico that that 
country could use as its national 
anthem, if it wanted to. Messrs. 
Lewis and Young asked for no 
pledge In return. The newspapers 
printed it. 



W 

ffatr^PBh 



the Hays ap- 

thorities that 

dging of the 

an undesir- 



Willingness to accept the belief that there is no joj 
pointment is due entirely to the express opinion of 
have command of the inside situation. The secrec 
preliminary dealings have surrounded the whole affaf 
able atmosphere of mystery which will only make Mr. Hays' task the 
harder, unless he himself takes things In hand and, by a statement so 
frank as to make his sincerity unimpeachable, clears the air of <hls taint 
of Intrigue. This sort of declaration ought, of course, to come from some 
group of representative film companies, but such a thing is scarcely to 
be expected. Mr.- Hays probably will have to- do it himself, and the 
sooner he goes about it the better for his future career in the films. 



INSIDE STUFF 

ON LEGIT 



Louis Spielman, the foreign agent 
In New York who books through 
the Keith office, is traveling with 
Harry Mundorf in Europe. Mun- 
dorf is the Keith representative. 
now abroad in quest of acts. 

W. T. Spofford is playing vaude- 
ville In the Liberty, Madi on, X. J., 
two days a week. 



The job of film trade dictator is going to be one surrounded by manifold 
complexities, and Mr. Hays is going to get very little help from the film 
business itself. The producers and distributors are paying him $150,000 
a year, and they are going lo hand him all their problems to make him 
cam It. The new dictator has got, in the first place, to create something 
like an esplrit do corps in an industry which is rent by infinite business 
and personal rivalries. He must as well earn tlje public respect for 
an institution that is on trial before the country. He can make no 
better start than laying his pesition on the table with absolute candor 
and in convincing detail. Gum shoeing at the outset will involve dangerous 
consequence.", later on. 



Max Sherman is returning to the 
vaudeville agency business after an 
absence/of three years. For rev* 
eral years Mr. Sherman was con- 
nected with prominent agencies. At 
the outbreak of the war he enlisted 
in the IT. S. Cavalry and wa i later 
commissioned a lieutenant of Field 
Artillery and assigned to the regu- 
lar army, receiving his discharge 
one year after the armistice. 



W. J. Mac FSrland has completed 
the erection of a new 1,200 seat 
theatre in Canandaigua, N. Y., 
which will open with a split week 
vaudeville policy in February. The 
same interests control the Liberty 
there. 



A biography of H. R. Jacobs, 
theatrical manager and former 
owner of the Grand theatre, Syra- 
cuse, will be published soon by his 
widow, Mrs. H. R. Jacobs. Jacobs 
was long associated with the 1 Shu- 
berts. 



June, the seven-year-old daugh- 
ter of N. T. Granlund, publicity 
director for Loew, made her thea- 
trical debut at Wickford, R. I., In a 
song and dance specialty that 
"landed" so solidly Granlund states 
he'll have another star for some 
producer in about 10 years. Gran- 
Iuq/1 also says, "The girl is a per- 
fect Swede, yellow hair, amber eyes 
and has begun to affect an accent 
which annoys my wife, who hates 
Swedes." 



The Roosevelt, situated in West 
Hoboken, N. J., opened Saturday 
with a split week vaudeville policy. 
Five acts will be used each half. 
Bookings will be supplied by the 
Keith office, Harry Carlin being as- 
signed the Roosevelt. 



Interest was aroused over the ap- 
pearance in the Poll Bills Xext 
Week of the name of Cliff Gor- 
don. At first It was thought some- 
one had lifted the late monologist's 
name. The Poll office, however, 
explained it was an error on the 
books, the act intended being Cliff 
Jordan, an equilibrist. 



i 



Edgar Allen, the Fox booker, has 
been appointed receiver in the Sol 
Green accounting suit against Ed- 
Rar Dudley arising from the for- 
mer's claim of a one-third interest 
in the former Edgar Dudley Agency 
assets. Dudley has since entered 
the employ of Davidow f LeMaire. 
to whom he turned over his con- 
tracts. Green asked a receiver be 
appointed to take care of tbe assets 
accruing from these contracts, staf- 
fing he owns one-third thereof, hav- 
ing paid $300 therefor in August 
last. Justice Whitaker in appoint- 
ing Allont remarked that it is ■ wise 
tiling to select a theatrical man in 
■uch matters, which respective 
counsel agreed was commendable In 
Itself, judging from previous ex- 
periences where presiding justices 
picked out a layman unversed in 
matters theatrical. This ofttimes 
tended to hinder justice rather than 
aid it. ' 



Indeed, unflinching publicity would be one of his most powerful 
weapons. As Mr. Hays* job shapes up his task is to reconcile conflicting 
elements In the t...\ e branches, producing, distributing and exhibiting. He 
must have some power to enforce his findings, and no such authority is 
tvident. Here is a sample of what he will face: A long time- ago, 
before the settlement cf the Edison patent litigation, there was in New 
York a body known as the Film Service Association, to which all the 
independent film exchanges subscribed in a sort of "gentlemen's agree- 
ment" to regulate credits. Some 10 metropolitan exchanges, such as 
Fox, Waters, Miles, Vitagraph and others, were supposed to co-oper- 
ate, so that no exhibitor could jump from one exchange to another until 
all its obligations had been met. A Pennsylvania exhibitor taking serv- 
ice from Miles couldn't switch to Waters unless his Miles bills were 
paid, and no exchange would cut prices to get a customer away from 
another in the association. That was the theory, and the exchangemen 
met at intervals to consider disputes that arose under the system. They 
discussed these affairs gravely and then went out to cut each other's 
throats. The scheme wouldn't stick because nobody Qould enforce the 
rule. As a matter of fact, exchanges were bidding for their rivals' cus- 
tomers and agreeing secretly to pay outstanding service bills still owed 
to competitor exchangemen out of service charges. The association dis- 
integrated. 



Equity In Its weekly bulletin In mentioning that George If. Cohan 
had rejoined the Producing Managers' Assoi iation, commented sar- 
castically and apparently purposely misquoted Cohan, by omission, in 
the newspaper statements made by the actor-manager anent his atti- 
tude towards the closed shop. The bulletin stated Cohan said: "I am 
going to fight harder than ever, and I expect the other managers to line 
up with me." The- paragraph proceeded to comment that if Cohan 
so spoke it "branded" him as an enemy of every member of the as- 
sociation. 

What Cohan did say to a representative of the New York "Herald" 
In Atlantic City last week and verified by him upon his return to New 
York, Monday, was: "I have been making the fight on the closed 
shop alone. The other managers were protected until 1924 by their 
agreement. The program is to enforce the closed shop on everybody in 
1924, but they will find a solid front if they (Equity) attempt It. I 
don't believe they will, for I don't think there will be an Actors' Equity 
Association in 1924." The omission made in the Equity bulletin was 
the fact that Cohan's opposition is to the closed shop, which he is un- 
alterably against. 

Cohan's statement held his opinion that 95 per cent, of Equity's 
membership is opposed to closed shop in the theatre. He also reiterated 
his stand that the Federation of Labor made a mistake In trying to or- 
ganize actors into a labor union. Througl. error, one newspaper quoted 
Cohan as saying there were 50,000 actors out of work. This was derided 
by Equity in a statement the next day, an official stating there were , 
not that many actors in America. What Cohan did say was that easily 
5,000 players in the legitimate field were without engagements. 

Tuesday Cohan stated he would produce another "The O'Brien Girl'* 
show for the road. He will also send out one company of "The Meanest 
Man in the World" and one of "The Tavern" to protect, his rights in 
those plays. He will also produce a new comedy which he has written, 
but it is doubtful about other new shows for this season. "The Bronx 
Express," the rights of which he disposed of to Charles D. Coburn, may 
possibly reach the boards, however, with both managers participating. 
"The O'Brien Girl" was cast this week. It will go into rehearsal next 
week and is due to open February 27. 



Competition perhaps is not so crude today as back in 1905, but the 
spirit of the thing is only slightly modified. Ultimately Mr. Hays will be 
called upon to handle the distributor-exhibitor contract and rule upon 
endless disputes as between dislributor and producer arising out of serv- 
ice to exhibitors. in bad standing. Expulsion from the association as a 
last resort will mean nothing until the industry has evolved something 
like a force of opinion. The whole situation is beset with many compli- 
cations which can be met only with constructive pen dealings. 



Hays will earn his salary many times in any event. Already several 
progressiva reforms have been formulated which, alone, should make the 
Hays leadership worth while. It is proposed to organize a permanent 
force to deal with film thefts with a rogues' gallery and an elaborate 
system for the dissemination of information. Every time a film thief on 
the receiver of stolen film is convicted his photograph will be put on 
file and the trade will be circularized. The thief will be identified for all 
time. It is estimated that th; elimination of this illicit trade in films will 
save the Industry $1,000,000 a year. A clearing house of film company 
employes nay be established as part of this service. One man is now, 
employed In an executive capacity with a film company who was dis- 
charged from two other concerns because of grave irregularities Involv- 
ing the misuse of money ($1,800 in one case and nearly $20,000 in an- 
other) because there has never been any system for the exchange of 
references as between the picture companies, A central filing bureau 
would make this kind of thing impossible. 

These matters are set down here as samples of the constructive work 
the new arbiter is expected to do, but nobody outside the small group 
of film men who have talked with Mr. Hays knows anything about them. 
When announcement was made from Washington that Mr. Hays would 
take the new post all details of the transaction were held back. It 
was not even made known officially what salary the position would pay. 
The Washington dispatches to the New York newspapers gave not an 
inkling of what the Postmaster-General would do in his now capacity, a 
sample of the pussy -footing that has characterized the whole affair. • 

The only detail of the new Job that \£as made known In Washington 
was that Mr. Hays would inaugurate a Saturday morning picture display 
for boys, "which he believes can be welded into as potent an institution 
for good as the Boy Scouts." Having in mind the political complexion 
which was put on the job in the first place, was it any wonder that the 
New York "World," which Is independent Democratic In its leaning, 
should put undue emphasis upon this paragraph, carrying the sarcastic 
imputation that the Postmaster-General was giving up a cabinet min- 
istry to promote nature study pictures for Boy Scouts. 

Hays, by the very nature of his former position as Republican National 
Chairman and his record as a brilliant, political leader, must face a 
keen partisan press and a public made suspicious by too much secrecy 
from the picture people. He cannot get himself straight on the record 

too soon. 

— — — • 

And yet there is going to be a political aspect to this Hays appointment 
that must spring up sooner or later. Mr. Hays Is no novice to the value 
of the moving picture. His knowledge dates back to the days of the 
old World Film Co., before he became National Chairman of the Repub- 
lican Party, and Vhen President Woodrow Wilson was then getting and 
taking all the benefits the film news weeklies could give him. It was in 
tliosoVays Mr. Havs must have seen and appreciated what the moving 
picture meant to politics. Later he became National Chairman, and lined 
up for his next Congressional campaign. The picture exhibitor may have 
been a part of that campaign. And after that, not so very long either. 
the Republican nomination for President— and Harding. That was Hays' 
best and he put it over. 



This is where the political surmise will get in its work. Mr. Hays 
•is a leader In his party (Republican) could take reasonable means to 
promote that party without consulting the whole National Committee or 
any of Its committemen. The impression surely went forth, when Pres- 
ident Harding said he could a*e no reason to interpose an objection 
Against his Postmaster-General accepting the proffered picture position. 
that the President, M the nominal head of the same Republican party, 
was in accord with the Hays movement. Should Mr. Hays, in person 
or by intimation at any future time, allow the National Committee of the 
Republican party to know that the picture Screen of America Is now for 



It was first reported that "Lassies," which recently stranded in Syra- 
cuse, was an independent non-Equity show, though apparently it was 
all-Equity. In the weekly bulletin to deputies Equity states that an 
effort was made to have the management provide a bond covering the 
company's salaries, but the bond was refused by the management. 
Equity also failed to "establish" financial responsibility for the show. 
The players were then informed by Equity that, If they accepted the 
engagement, it would have to be at their own risk. The tendency of 
the actor to take a chance in engagements is given by the bulletin as 
the reason for "fly-by-nlght" and "shoe-string" managers. 

The backer of "Lassie" is said to be Nicholas Coutoucas, a newcomer 
in theatricals. He was asked by the Chorus Equity to pay the back 
dues for the chorus, and to advance initiation and dues for cholsters who 
were not members of Equity. He refused, saying that the association did 
not trust them, but expected the manager to do so. 

Arthur G. Delamater, mentioned in a news dispatch from Syracuse last 
week as manager of "Lassie," denies he had charge of the show. As 
a personal favor to H. H. Cushing, husband of Catherine Chlsholm 
Cushing, author of the play, Mr. Delamater says he booked time for the 
attraction, and at the request of the management superintended dress 
rehearsals at Rochester. He was paid a salary. Mr. Delamater explains 
that'in Syracuse A. A. Athenson, the company's manager, could not be 
found, and he was requested to take charge of the front of the house. 



the Republicans, it's difficult to contemplate that there is a Republican 
National Committeeman anywhere who will gainsay Will H. Hays is a 
shrewd politician. Whether the Republican Committeemen are in con- 
clave or in their home cities, there could hardly be a dissenting voice 
among them to a plan that removes the Democrats from the screen and 
keeps the Republicans on it. 



But there goes with that the exhibitor of this country. Has he been 
pledged and by whom? Who now controls the exhibitor? But who may 
control the exhibitor in the future? Politics, the film distributor, the pic- 
ture producer or the exhibitor as a body. .Time will tell that Neither 
Mr. Hays nor the National Association of the Picture Industry can answer 
that question at the present moment. \ 



Presuming that the picture screen will go to the Republican party, or 
as the show business calls it, "gets the exclusive rights," what does the 
picture business secure in exchange, or what can It secure for that Re- 
publican party fealty and Hays' $150,000 yearly salary? What has been 
promised, if anything has been promised? Can it be the picture produ- 
cers and distributors as represented in the National Association are 
gambling the Republican will remain in power in Washington for the 
next 20 years as it did before Wilson broke its record? Will the Re- 
publicans see that there is no Federal censorship of moving pictures 
while there is a Republican national administration? Will the Re- 
publican party guarantee a tariff against foreign-made films, to protect 
the native made? And If so or no, will the Democratic party, Its leaders 
or its press, stand by quietly? 



Or if It may be possible or permissible to have the national film dic- 
tator, if Mr. lfays will ever reach that pinnacle, say what the exhibitors 
may exhibit and what the exhibitor may not exhibit, thereby, perhaps, 
making Mr. Hays the National Association's choice, the national censor? 
In that case, would Mr. Hays at the request of Mr. Zukor, of the Famous 
Players, and upon the acquittal of Fatty Arbuckle In San Francisco, in- 
form the exhibitors and the public that the Fatty Arbuckle films now 
held by the Famous Players may be released without fear of prejudice? 
That seems a question to the industry, for the Famous Players is reported 
to be now holding on its shelves films made by Arbuckle approximating 
$3,000,000 in rental values, inclusive of those Arbuckle films taken off 
when the comedian first became involved in his unsought notoriety. 



And what power would be given Mr. Hays to act on a feature film like 
"Foolllih Wives," now showing at the Central theatre on Broa"way, New 
York? Could he question as to how and why that film had passed 
the New York State board of moving picture censorship? Could he 
ask why the Universal had outlayed an expenditure of $40,000 on a 
Junketing trip of censors to Hollywood to see a film and pre-censor it in 
their opinion, knowing that film would come before them later for official 
action? 



Then again for Mr. Hays Is the exhibitor! The picture exhibitor be- 
lieves he controls the picture business. It's not a silly belief by any 
means. The exhibitor has the theatre, but not alone, for the distributor 
hold many as well. But the exhibitor is the power — the distributor is 
the super-director of the picture business, made so by the laxity of the 
exhibitor; the exhibitor's inaction for his own self-protection and the 
exhibitor's inability to assert himself as a showman, though operating 
theatres where showmanship must count in the long run. And pictures 
have had a long run thus far without showmanship. 



The exhibitor is the man In the picture business the National Associa- 
tion and Mr. Hays must reckon with. The exhibitor is not selling Wall 
Street stock on quotations; he If nol setting the rental price of films; 
atid he is not producing pictures. l*Ut he pays the freight for everything 
and Is the supreme power of the picture industry. Unit] Mr. Hays shall 
have corrah-d the exhibitor, Mr. II iy Is the arbiter of pictures in name 
only. 






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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, January 20, 1922 



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NATIONAL PLAYERS 
PAID ALL DEBTS 



Statement by Wilton Lackaye, 
One of Incorporators 

The National Players, *.n all- 
Kquity stock organization, which 
ran one week and two days at the 
National during the holidays, dis- 
integrated because of poor patron- 
age. The stork revival idea of the 
organization failed similarly to the 
fall revivals presented by a num- 
ber of managers. All creditors of 
the National Players were paid in 
full. 

Salaries to the cast were paid for 
the* number of performances played, 
with the usual two weeks' clause 
said to have been waived by the 
players. A report that salary claims 
(Continued on page 3?) 



MANAGERS, ACTORS, AUTHORS UNITED IN 
FIGHT ON LEGITIMATE STAGE CENSORSHIP 



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MANAGERS OBJECTING 
TO LAMB'S CLUB NOTICES 



Say Equity Using Social Club 

as Branch Office Through 

Use of Bulletin Board 



Movement Understood to Have Been Inspired by 
Society for Suppression of Vice — This, with 
Allied Bodies, Prefers Plan Now Being Worked 
Out Instead of Interference with Drama by Gov- 
ernment Authority 



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The posting of Equity notices on 
The Lamb's Club bulletin board is 
reported as having caused consid- i 
erable dissension among the mem- 
bers. In addition to its actor- 
members the Lambs includes sev- 
eral theatrical managers. 

In commenting on the notices the 
managers have made it clear they 
do not feel the club should be used 
as a branch of the actors' associa- 
tion. 

The principal complaint Is that 
the majority of the notices are hu- 
miliating to the managerial branch. 



ACCUSED OF AUTO THEFTS 



A movement to forestall censor- 
ship in theatricals, which already 
has won over the anti-vice society 
of New York, has been started. A 
program of action which combines 
the efforts of managers, dramatists, 
actors working on one committee, 
rates the movement within show- 
dom as one of the most important 
in years. Representation of vica 
suppression bodies on the commit- 
tee makes it doubly powerful. 

This representation of outside in- 
terests, concerned with th.e evolu- 
tion of the drama, is a fusing of 
some 30 different organizations de- 
signed along "public morality" 
principles pursued by the late An- 
thony Comstock, whose influence in- 
spired the societies. 

These bodies aligned with the So- 
ciety for the Suppression of Vice 
in New York, have gone on record 
as opposed to censorship and pre- 
ferring such *a plan as now being 
worked out by the consolidated 
committee. Such interests are out 



for clean or better plays, but they 
have agreed with showmen and pro- 
fessionals that a permanent censor- 
ship, either by individual or board, 
would be a mistake, since it would 
set a precedent and likely suppress 
rather than foster the drama. They 
conceded censorship would tend to 
crush artistic effor\ by crowding or 
limiting it. 

Meetings Held 
Several meetings have already 
been held. The Producing Man- 
agers' Association sent as its repre- 
sentatives Winthrop Ames, C. D. 
Coburn and II. W. Savage. The 
(Continued on Page 32) 



"WANDERING JEW" 
CLOSING IN BOSTON 



"LIFTING" MANAGER 
SUED BY AUTHORS 



Fined for Using 'Lightnin', 

Wm. A. Grew Must Also 

Defend Civil Action 



MAY IRWIN'S INN 



Converting Farm on St. Lawrence 
River as Road Retort 



Mrs. 



Uribe Claims She Was 
mer Follies Dancer 



For- 



St. Liouis, Jan. 18. 
Mrs. Katherine Uribe, 26 years 
old, who told the police she was 
formerly a solo dancer with Zeig- 
feld's Follies and Al Jolson's revue, 
was arrested here with her husband 
on a charge of having stolen auto- 
mobiles in their possession. All of 
the cars were of expensive make 
and the police believe the couple 
operated witli several New Yorkers 
in disposing of cars stolen in the 
east. Both, according to reports, 
admitted they had driven the cars 
from New York here, but denied 



Clayton, N. Y., Jan. 18. 

The May Irwin farm, about three 
miles from here on the road to Alex- 
andra Bay, will be called May Ir- 
win's Inn next summer. It will be 
converted into a roAl resort by June 
15. Miss Irwin will be in personal 
"charge, and her husband, Kurt 
Eifeldt, is to be the business'' man- 
ager. 

Five or six bungalows near the 
water's edge will be built and rented. 
The present barn will be altered into 
a restaurant-dansant. 

Miss Irwin's cottage will not rent 
rooms nor will any attempt at run- 
ning a hotel be made. 

The St. Lawrence River lias no 
first class hotel. Miss lr<Vin has 
been asked to assume the manage- 
ment of a new and big hotel that 
will be erected, if she consents, but 



they were paid to dispose of them.' it is unlikely she would care to take 
When the police arrested the couple up the task, 
they found 12 sets of Missouri 



Yo'rk S plate!s CS "^ lW °. Scts ° f Ncw Staging "O'Brien Girl" in Australia 



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Mrs. Uribe stated that they had) Gene Richards, of the "Mary" 
bought two of the machines in New company, who returned recently 
York and brought them here. The from London, after staging "The 
case was turned over to the Depart- (Gypsy Princess" and 'The Riviera 
ment of Justice head here, who will Girl" for J. L. Sacks, sails Feb. 10 
take the case as a violation of the from Vancouver to put on "The 
Dyer act, which prohibits interstate 'O'Brien Girl" for J. C. Williamson, 
traffic in stolen automobiles. |Ltd., in Sydney. 



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Belasco-Erlanqer Production 
Does $12,000 at Holli 
Not Enough for Profit 



Hamilton, Ont , Jan. 18. 

William A. Grew of the Grew 
Players, Grand opera house,*, who 
was fined $200 in the municipal 
court here last summer for infrac- 
tion of the Canadian copyright law 
by using the play "Lightnin* " with- 
out permission, is being sued by the 
authors of that play, Smith, Golden 
and Bacon, for putting on an un- 
authorized production. 

A high court writ has also -been 
issued against Grew • by George 
Broadhurst, charging he produced 
"She Walked in Her Sleep" without 
authority. 

Grew in his police court defense 
claimed he had rewritten "Light- 
nin'," as a "poor show" put on for 
summer audiences. 



. Boston, Jan. 18. 

"The Wandering Jew," the Bcl- 
asco-Erlanger show, which came 
into the Hollis Street a week ago, is 
due to go to the storehouse when it 
winds up the local engagement Sat- 
urday. The show was advertised to 
stay here three weeks In the ad- 
vance "ads," but it Is now under- 
stood it was decided to only play 
hero two weeks and then to close. 

It is reported the big salary list of 
the company, coupled with the fact 
that it is next to impossible for a 
dramatic show to make enough 
money weekly on the road to show 
a profit when the payroll is so big 
is responsible for this action. 

Last week the show did about 
112,000, a very good figure for a dra- 
matic show in this city, but which 
is not enough to clear any money 
worth while. 

Following' the departure, the house 
will be dark for a week, due to a 
ehange in the booking of Billie 
Burke, and will then open with 
William Gillette in a two weeks' en- 
gagement of "The Dream Maker." 

It is also understood that from 
now on two weeks will be the time 
limit for any show playing the Hol- 
lis, as only straight dramatic offer- 
ings are shown there during the sea 
son, and this is about as long as 
such shows can draw them in. 



CECILE BARTLEY OUT 

Girl Shot by Stage Manager Leavee 
Hospital and Renounces Stage 



Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 18. 

Cecil© Bartley, shot three times 
whilo a member of the "Under the 
Apple Tree" at the Lyric here Nov. 
25 by Harry Grubb, Brooklyn stage 
carpenter, who immediately com- 
mitted suicide, was dismissed from 
the local hospital Jan. 12. 

The reason given for the crime is 
that Grubb jealously resented Miss 
Bartley's intention of joining the 
Ziegfeld chorus. 

Miss Bartley on leaving the hos- 
pital is said to have renounced the 
show business forever. She is re- 
ported to be still in Hamilton. 



WHITE'S "SCANDALS" BACK 

c.eorge White's "Scandals" is re- 
ported to be doing a complete 
come-back since starting on tour 
from Chicago, where business was 
disappointing almost from the open- 
ing. It is understood an adjust- 
ment of admission scale, which was 
revised downward during the Chi- 
cago stay, aided in "Scandals' " big 
business in St. Louis and Kansas 
City. 

Andy Rice will write the book of 
White's new "Scandals." Rice did 
the first two shows of the series. 



CHANGES IN TWO LEADS 

Monday will see two changes in 
the leads of both Carl Carleton plays 
current in New Vork. Richard Carle 
will replace Hansford Wilson in 
"Tangerine" at the Casino. The role 
was originally handled by Jack Hax- 
zard. • 

Marie Goff will leave "Danger" at 
the 39th Street, being succeeded by 
Tallulah Bankhead. 



"PARTY RA1F COMING, 
WASHINGTON REPORT 

May Not Happen Until Next 

Season — Labor Meetings 

and Conferences Will 

Precede Grant 



Washington, D. C, Jan. lg. 

Inside sources say that a party 
rate will again be made effective by 
the railroads this year. It is believed 
if that concession, much needed by 
the amusement world, is again 
placed in vogue it cannot happen 
before next season. 

During recent meetings of the . 
railway passenger associations here 
and in Chicago, the appeal of the- 
atrical interests for a rate was con* 
sidered by the transportation ex- 
ecutives. It was deemed necessary 
the contemplated settlement of rail. 
way labor wages must first be ac- 
complished before any matters of 
passenger rate revisions are to be 
finally acted on. Meetings scheduled 
this week In New York between 
railroad executives and representa* 
tives of railroad labor may have an 
indirect influence upon the party 
rate matter. 

The probable force holding back 
the grant of party rates is that It 
must apply generally and not to a 
class and also the uncertainty over 
the labor wage discussions. 

According to the rules of the 
Interstate Commerce Commission, 
there can be no class rates pro- 
vided. A party rate must apply 
generally before the war. and ad- 
vantage of such a rate would be 
available to athletic teams, con- 
ventionites and other groups of per- 
sons traveling together, equally as 
well as theatrical companies. The 
party rate ticket has been mostly 
used by attractions. Reports from 
some railroad heads is for a down- 
ward revision of rates generally to 
bolster traffic. The railroads, how- 
ever, will act in concert, dependent 
on present conferences. 



ACTOR SENTENCED 

Cincinnati. .Jan. 18. 

Jack Ford, aged 56, actor, was 
sentenced to a year in jail here for 
contributing to the delinquency of 
a minor. The charge was he had 
taken a 17-year-old Memphis, Ind., 
girl to Lockland, and introduced 
her as his daughter, Elsie. 

The girl Is ill and the Associated 
Charities are looking after her. 



"APHRODITE FORCED TO CANCEL 
3 DES MOINES PERFORMANCES 



Creditors of Coliseum and Manager Royal McCurdy 
Precipitate Situation — Bond Releases Show— t 
Closes for Season After One Nighter in Iowa 



MAY WIRTH with "PHIL" 

HEADLINING THE ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

LOfl ANQKLBfl EXPRESS. By Charles A. Cos*. That condition that 

vaudeville press-agents like to talk about — that every act is a headliner-— 
comes pretty close to being a reality at thoOrpheum this week. Of 
course, the real honest-to-goodness headliner Ts May Wirth. formerly 
with our largest circus and now presenting a tabloid offering with all tike 
thrills of a three ring show, not only is she an accomplished equestrienne, 
but a songstress us well, and also the possessor of a most pleasing per- 
sonality. Her brother! and sisters ar»» skilled performen and Phils" 
lamoue clownish activities do not overshadow his daring riding." 



SUCCEEDS MISS GREENWOOD 

Oliver Morosco has been looking 
for a successor to Charlotte Green- 
wood in "Let 'Er Go, Letty,' a new 
piece produced by Mr. Morosco last 
week, when it played Springfield, 
Mass. This week the show is in 
Providence. Miss Greenwood is 
meantime rehearsing in the musi- 
cal version of "Maggie Popper," the 
chorus girl play Hose Stahl ap- 
peared in several y ars ago. 

An offer was made by Morosco to 
Eva Tanguay to take the star role 
of "Letty * with a change in title to 
"I Don't Care." •:» Tanguay 

visited Springfield last week, but 
eould not accept the offer through 
having Pantges circuit vaudeville 
^nntra^ts to fill. 



Des Moines, Jan. 18. 

"Aphrodite" was forced out ab- 
ruptly here Friday morning,' can- 
celing the last three performances 
of a week's engagement at the Coli- 
seum. Creditors of the house were 
owed $16,000. Royal McCurdy. local 
manager, and his associates are 
heavy Josers. McCurdy's loss will 
be about $4,000. 

It became known Friday morning 
local receipts from the box office 
would not be as great as antici- 
pated. Several of McCurdy's credi- 
tors started attachment proceedings 
to get possession of box office re- 
ceipts. Jacques Pierre, manager of 
the show, became alarmed, and de- 
manded an advance on his 75 per 
cent of receipts called for in the 
contract. When McCurdy couldn't 
pay this Pierre wired Comstock & 
Gest, who ordered the show out. 

Manager Pierre filed a $3,000 bond 
in the municipal court to release 
the property, A. 11. Blank, local pic- 
ture man and personal friend of 
Morris Gest, signing the bond. 

"We were doing ample business," 
Pierre said, "but McCurdy was op- 
plying a part of receipts to satisfy 
personal debts dating as far back 
as 1912." 

McCurdy left town Friday and 
could not be located. His lawyers 
said he had gone to raise money 
and would return. 

Advance sales for the last ^per- 
formances will be refunded, M< - 
Curdy's attorneys say. Receipts for 
four days* engagement here were 
Monday, $1,536; Tuesday, $1,435; 



Wednesday matinee. $1,634; Wednes- 
day night, $1,637; Thursday, $1,092; 
total, $7,473. McCurdy spent $6,000 
alone in promoting the spectacle 
here and in fitting up tho Coliseum, 
a convention hall seating 10,000, but 
not well suited to theatrical per- 
formances. 

Creditors who precipitated the 
crash were Stoner-McCray (outdoor 
advertisers); Daily Capital and Win- 
gate Company. 

Prices for local performances were 
$3 top. War taxes of $700 arc still 
unpaid. 



"Aphrodite* closed its season after 
playing a one nighter guarantee at 
Iowa City Monday and was due hack 
in Now York Wednesday evening. 
The Gest & Comstock office stated 
that the >.how had received all but a 
few hundred dollars of its share of 
the gross at Des Moines. It is said 
the attraction is deeply "In the box'' 
after a coast trip. 



SAM BERNARD ON VACATION 

"The Music Rox Revue" will IdM 
Sum Bernard for a month or s«> 
When the comedian leaves within A 
few <lays -> tr»ke a vaeat'on. Mr. 
Bernard has been restless for sev- 
eral weeks. He ascribe* it to ner- 
vousness. 

During Bernard'! ■beence Roll) 
Ward will take tip his role, 

Irving Berlin, '111 the same show 
for a single appearance, may maU' 
his annual trip to Palm Beach dur- 
ing this month. 



I Friday, Janu ary 20, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



13 



ROAD CONDITIONS SLOWLY 













MASS. BILL TO STOP 
SAT. NIGHT BOOST 

Another Proposed Law Would 

Prevent Women's Public 

Smoking 



Boston, Jan. 18. • 
In the largest number of bills 
Hied at the opening of the Massa- 
chusetts Legislature the theatre is 
only affected by one of them. That 
jg a bill which would prohibit the 
theatres from increasing their prices 
for shows given on Saturdays and 
holidays. It will l>e some time be- 
fore action, if any, is taken on this 
bill* and from present indications 
the theatres will have taken care of 
the matter themselves by that time, 
m the tendency to do away with 
the increased prices for special per- 
formances is on the increase. 

It would not be the Massachusetts 
Legislature if a couple of "blue" 
law bills did not appear in the list. 
One filed seeks to make it compul- 
sory for all residents of the State to 
attend some church on Sundays. 
This bill was introduced by Frank 
P. Bennett of Saugus, a prominent 
Republican leader in the Legisla- 
ture some years ago. The bill pro- 
vides for the civics or towns to fix 
the penalties for violation of the 
law, if such it becomes. No excep- 
tion is made in the case of Jcwm, 
which gives a fair idea of how much 
real consideration is behind the fil- 
ing of a bill and what a chance it 
has to become a law. 

Another bill prohibits smoking by 
women in hotels and restaurants 
and provides a penalty of a $100 fine 
for the proprietor* of any such place 
where a violation is found. 



TRAVEING REP. CO. , 
WITH 83c ADMISSION 



Oswego, N. Y. t Notes Low 
Scale for Champlin Stock 

—In Tow for Week 

» 

Oswego, N; Y., Jan. 18. 

The Charles K. Champlin Stock 
Company is playing this week at 
the Richardson at a top scale of 
It cents. 

The Champlin repertoire company 
la one of the best known traveling 
on the road. Its scale Is the lowest 
for an organization of that nature 
that has been noted locally for 
years. 



Out in the Stick* People Prefer Farce With Music— How to Average $500 a 
Night at $1 and $1.50 Top— Melle r Can Be Given Better on Screen Than 
Stage — Some Places Now Are Asking for Shows — Dearth Seen 



EQUITY'S RESERVATION 
ON HOLY WEEK PLAYING 



Road conditions are slowly better- 
ing, according to several of the 
bookers who hold the road pulse and 
note instantly any changes that 
occur. Last week's showings around 
the country indicate there is a slow 
but nevertheless sure trepd to re- 
turn to the box office on the part of 
the public. 

Right now the public taste as far 
as the small stands around the 
country are concerned is toward 
';-rce and farce with music, the latter 
having the greater demand in the 
one-jiighters. 

The surprising thing is that the 
public in the one night stands is 
lighting shy of the old line hits, 
that is. the musical comedy success 
of four or five years ago on Broad- 
way. These Shows do not get the 
patronage when they play a stiff $2 
or $2.50 scale, and when the scale is 
lowered the public stays away from 
them because they believe that there 
must be something wrong with the 
show. 

Against that the little shows with a 
chorus olj 12 girls and about 6 prin- 
cipals, aftd a jazzy title are going 
into the small towns and playing at 
$1 and $1.50 top and averaging 
around $500 a night usually grossing 
somewhere in the neighborhood of 
$3,600 to $4,000 a week, which isn't 
bad when the "nut" on the show is 
held down, as most of {hem do, to 
about $2,200 a week with company, 



railroading and paper included. 
Playing to that amount of money 
with the chances of a 70 per cent, 
break in the terms, the little shows 
are making money. 

What They Want 

As an instance of the types of the 
two attractions: those they want 
and those they don't want, "The 

•Rainbov* Girl" closed Jan. 14 in 
Erie after having triee" to make 'em 
come, while a little show called 
"Honey Bunch" has just gone into 
the south after having worked 
through the Pennsylvania and sur- 
rounding territory and is cleaning 
up. 

The reason that the public do not 
want the meller type of attraction in 
the smaller towns is that they get 
so much bettor melodrama on the 
screens, but the screen is beginning 
to lose its power in the one?nighters 

i and ever since Dec. 1, last year, 
there has been a general opening up 
of one night stand time to attrr. - 
tionsv where prior to the picture 
slump it was impossible to get a 
date foj* a* traveling attraction. 

Towns that for the last four or 
live years have passed up all travel- 
ing shows. in favor of pictures are 
asking that shows be -allotted them. 
The teVritory between Cumberland 
and Wheeling is one instance. It 
has been closed to shows for five 
years, but now it is possible to book 
in anywhere from one to two weeks 
through that section of the country. 



At this time the picture public has 
fallen to such an ebb it is even pos- 
sible to get Saturday night dates in 
those towns that formerly would 
take an attraction on that night if 
the show wanted to guarantee. 

Dearth Noticeable 

With the time opening up around 
the country the dearth of attractions 
on tour is more noticeable and in a 
number of the towns stock organ- 
izations are already getting under 
way. In eastern Ohio stock is the 
lifp saver for the house managers. 
U ith no road shows coming in, the 
stock companies are keeping the 
houses open and making money. 

In Akron, O., the Jack X. Lewis 
Players have been at the Music Hall 
for two months, playing to corking 
business. The Pauline MacLean 
Players are at the Grand O. II. Can- 
ton, O., where they have been since 
Oct. 8, and still playing to capacity. 
At Columbus, O., Maude Fealy and 
her company have been playing suc- 
cessfully siuce last fall, and there 
are companies now in Toledo, Zanes- 
ville and Dayton. 

The placing of permanent stock in 
some of these Jowns has forced the 
road shows to pass them up with 
the result that some of the smaller 
neighboring towns are getting the 
advantage of th f , situation as far as 
road show's are concerned and play- 
ing the better attractions that usual- 
ly ^passed them up for the bigger 
places. 



PLANT SUIT OFF 

"Follies" Girl Reported Reconciled 
to Millionaire 



Appoints "Pins" Manager 
The show manager for Albert 
deCourvilles "Pins and Nc dies," 
to go on at the Shubert, is Dave 
Lewis. 

While the premiere is slated for 
Monday, it may be postponed to 
some other night next week. 



Seattle, Jan. 18. 

Helcne Jesmer, formerly of the 
"Greenwich Village Follies," has for- 
given Philip M. Plant, and will 
drop her $250,000 damage suit 
against him, according to report 
here. Miss Jesmer was driving 
with Plant from New Haven to 
New York on the night of Nov. 
1, 1920, when their car suddenly 
hurtled from the track and crashed 
into a tree, and the "Follies" girl 
was injured and for 4ays was not 
expected to live. 

Upon her recovery she returned 
to her homo in Seattle, where she 
spent the spring and summer con- 
vnleselng^ at the home of her father, 
H. B. Jesmer. Last week came the 
news that Miss Jesmer had entered 
suit for $250,000 damages against 
Phillip Plant. Evidence that the 
young millionaire had proposed 
marriage to the girl before she was 
disflaured was believed to be one 
of the mainstays of the plaintiffs 
rase. Now comes the rumor that 
the $250,000 suit will be dropped. 



THEATRE OWNERS UNITE IN SUIT 
TO ESTABLISH LICENSING POWER 



2,009 CHORUS GIRLS SWAMP 
CENTURY FOR NEW CANTOR SHOW 



* 

Call for Choristers Reveal Number Seeking Engage- 
ments — Downtown Merchants say- Chorus Girls 
Applying for Situations as Models or Anything 



The number of chorus girls out 
of engagement and in New York 
was brought to light Monday, *when 
over 2,000 young women answered 
a chorus call issued by the Shu- 
berts for the new Eddie Cantor pro- 
duction, to start rehearsals at the 
Century. 

The Cantor show did not want 

ROSENTHAL RESIGNS 



Jake Leaves Cohan Staff — John 
Meehan Back 



Willianj Klein Files Brief with Appellate Court of 
New York — Primarily Represents Shuberts — P. 
M. A. Not Concerned, But Its Members Are 



On behalf of the majority number 
©f theatro owners of Greater New 
York, "William Klein Tuesday sub- 
mitted to the Appellate Division of 
jhe Supreme Court briefs in a 
friendly decision (amicus curia) 
flu It to that body contesting the 
constitutionality of the License 
Commissioner's unabridged power 
te revoke theatre licenses. 

While Mr. Klein represents the 
Shuberts primarily, this action 
arises from the recent decision by 
Justice Wagner interpreting Li- 
cense Commissioner John F. Gil- 
christ's powers in the A. H. Woods 
Demi-Virgin" court tilt. 

The P. m. A. officially* as a body 
■ not concerned in the action, al- 



though practically all of the asso- 
ciation's members are represented in 
this suit. 

Argument on the briefs took place 
Tuesday, the Appellate Division re- 
serving decision in the customary 
manner. The matter is the raising 
of a competitive question as to 
whether Mr. Gilchrist's powers as 
accorded him under the 1914 stat- 
ute are not too arbitrary, thus 
questioning the constitutionality of 
a municipal law which Is In Itself a 
precedent 

Meantime, Max D. Steuer has 
taken the "Deml-Vlrgln" matter to 
the Appellate Division on appeal, 
after Ms motion for a reargument 
of the Wood* suit was denied. 



J. J. Rosenthal resigned as man- 
ager of "The O'Brien Girl," at the 
Liberty, Saturday/ following a dif- 
ference of opinion with George M. 

Cohan. Edward W. Dunn is now 
handling the company. Mr. Cohan 
stated he was sorjry to have severed 
relatioru with Rosenthal, consid- 
ered one of the most expert show- 
men In the legitimate field. 

John Meehan is back with the 
Cohan ofllce as general stage di- 
rector. Julian Mitchell Is staging 
the numbers for the road company 
of "The O'Brien Girl," being readied 
for the road. Helen' Raddy remains 
as secretary and Max Massonovltch 
as master of properties. 

Cohan hag not determined on new 
offices up to Wednesday, but will 
not return to the building on 45th 
Street used by him last season. 



over 40 girls and had its pick from 
the large selection. Some of the 
men present who witnessed the 
demonstration of *tho unemployed 
choristers related that in bulk the 
gathering possessed plenty of good 
looks, with the girls smartly dressed 
but all urging they badly needed 
work. 

Statements were made during the 
week by downtown New York 
wholesale manufacturers of ladies' 
wear that they had received an un- 
usually large number of applica- 
tions from former chorus women 
who wanted jobs as models or any- 
thing the wholesalers could place 
them to work at. 



Lay Off or Play at Full Salary 

—If Laying Off Must Play 

Two Weeks After Easter 



Equity has Informed the Produc- 
ing Managers' association and the 
latter its membership that P. M. A. 
attractions are given the alterna- 
tive of laying off Holy Week. If 
Played full salaries are to be paid. 
There is a reservation attached to 
the concession of Holy Week laying 
off, Equity stipulating, that where 
shows lay off, at least two weeks 
after Easter must be played. 

For the week before Christmas, 
attractions were given the alterna- 
tive of laying off or paying full 
salaries, without reservation. 

The P. M. A.-Equity agreement 
calls for no laying off during the 
weeks mentioned, but the concession 
was offered by Equity because of 
the bad season, with the idea that 
attractions might be forced to close 
if required to play. 

Managers consider the reserva- 
tion of the Holy Week lay-off fair, 
but several object to the implied 
dictation by Equity. 

The P. M. A,-Equity agreement 
continues to furnish points of con- 
troversy, new contentions asked to 
be arbitrated by Equity almost con- 
tinuously. The latest matter to be 
ruled on concerns the matter of 
extra performances. Equity con- 
tends that such performances are 
not to be counted as numbering 
with the regular eight, so far aa 
two weeks' notice of closing Is con- 
cerned. That Is, while a pro rata 
amount applies for performances In 
excess of eight, the extra perform- 
ances should not be applied as a 
part of any other week. The only 
importance of that view is in the 
matter of closing an attraction or 
giving of notice to players. Should 
an attraction open Tuesday and 
close the following week. Equity 
contends that even though an extra 
performance be played the second 
week, making a total number of 16 
performances, it should not apply 
on the first week. If that view is 
upheld, an extra eighth salary 
would be due the eompany. 



FANCH0N & MARCO AT $2 

New Show by Aaron Hoffman Has 
Good Start 



San Francisco, Jan. 18. 

The premiere of Kolb & Dill's new 
show, "Give and Take," by Aaron 
Hoffman, took place at Eureka, 
Jan. 12. Prices were at $2 top. 

It was the first time in the his- 
tory of Eureka that a $2 show was 
presented there. The company, al- 
though booked for two nights, gave 
a third matinee to good business, 
the house having sold out for both 
night shows several days before the 
play was due to open. 



EVERYTHING BUT— 

War Veteran Defeats Sunday Open 
ing Play 



Indianapolis, Jan. 18. 
A move of the theatres of Frank- 
fort, Ind., to open Sunday and give 
the profits to one of the town's 
wounded World War veterans in 
order to get around the blue law, 
came to a sudden stop when the 
veteran announced he would not ac- 
cept the money. 




VERSATILE SEXTETTE 

AARONSON, D'ALESANDRO, HYDE, HAMILTON, 

KAHN and LENZ 

Now appearing with Dewle Clayton at Keith's Palace, New York. 



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LEGITIMATE 




Friday, January 20, 1923 


















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SHOWS IN N. Y. AND COMMENT 



Figures estimated and comment -point to some attractions being 
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the size of show 
cast, with consequent difference in necessary gross for a profit. 
Variance in business necessary for musical attraction as against 
dramatic attractions is also to be considered. 

These matters are included and considered when comment beiow 
points toward success or failure. 



SHOWS HOLDING THEIR 
OWN IN CHICAGO 



• 



"Anna Christie," Vanderbilt (ItUi 
week), Is holding to profitable 
pace, with last week over $s.ooo. 
Profit lor house and attraction. 

"Bill of Divorcement," Times Square 
(15th week). Better than 113,000 
las week, providing nice profit for 
fellOW ami hou.-e. Should run 
through winter. 

"Blossom Time," Ambassador (17th 
week). Holding up to excellent. 
business, having natural draw. 
L.ast week gross nearly $20,000, 
about $1,000 BVer normal eight - 

performance pace. 

"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Ritl 
(16th week). Gfolng out end of 
n''Xt week. Stood w th non -musi- 
cal leaders in fall going. 

"Blue Kitten," Setwyn (2d week). 
Opened Jan. 13. Saturday matinee 
sell-out. Should enjoy vogue; 
sealed at $3.50 top, with Saturday 
nights priced at $5. Played to 
$11,000 in three performances. 

"Bombo," Jolson (16th week). Auto 
Show week furnished fresh de- 
mand for Jolson show; night per- 
formances last week sold out on 
lower floor and business total 
close to leaders. Takings claimed 
to have gone as high as $38,000 
for holiday weeks. 

"Bull Dog Drummond," Knicker- 
bocker (4th week). Around $13,- 
900 last week. Gross is winner for 
attraction, which Is English melo- 
drama. Pace .■ t rung enough for 
good stay. 

"Captain Applejack," Cort (4lh 
week). Looks the class of recent 
non-musical entrants. Last week 
gross again went to $15,000; big 
money in this house. 

"Chocolate Soldier,'* Century (6th 
week). Dived down to pre-holiday 
pace; gross last week around $14,- 
000. Claimed house can break 
even at slightly better takings. 
"Rose of Stambotil" ordered in re- 
hearsal this week. 

"Danger," 39th Street (3th week). 
About $7,300 in last week; man- 
agement encouraged over attrac- 
tion's chances. Show made profit 
for first time Jast week, increase 
over nine performances of New 
Year's week being about $1,900. 

"Demi-Virgin," Eltinge (14th week). 
Excellent taking place this farce 
among non-musical leaders. Scale 
advanced to $3 top some weeks 
ago. $14,000 and over weekly. 

"Dream Maker," Empire (9th week). 
Another week, then Doris Keane 
succeeds with "Czarina." Gillette 
played to $10,500 last week, pull- 
ing strongly after Wednesday. 

•Drifting," Playhouse (2d week). 
Keopened Monday night; house 
dark last week. Show had been 
fiosed end of first week through 
illness of Alice Brady. Helen Men- 
ken in feminine lead; Robert War- 
wick other feature. 

"Dulcy," Frazee (23d week). Around 
$8,500 last week, about all show 
can play to with cut rates allotted 
percentage of tickets. Profit at 
pace. 

Elsie Janis and "Her Gang," Gaiety 
(1st week). Opened Monday night, 
succeeding "Alias Jimmy Valen- 
tine," which went out with name 
cast. Only premiere of week. 

"Face Value," 49th Street (4th 
week). One week more to go, Dit- 
richstein going to coast with one 
of former successes. "Chauve- 
Souris," Russian specialty com- 
pany, succeeding. On way here. 

"First Year," Little (65th week). Ca- 
pacity hast week, with exception 
of Wednesday matinee, when 
tierce storm. Auto Show crowd 
figured, dross went to $10,883. 
Eight performance capacity little 
over $11,000. * Last week biggest 
for normal going this season. 
<Jood for seeon,d season. 

Fritz Leiber, 48th Street? (1st week). 
Shakespearean star played at 
Lexington for holidays and in 
Brooklyn last week. Will remain 
two weeks here. 

"Get Together," Hippodrome (21st 
week). Around $29,000 last week; 
fiuestionable if bi^ house turned 
profit. New features expected to 
liolst«'r interest. 

"Good Morning Dearie," Globe (12th 
iveek). Dillingham winner, rating 
with "Music Pox ReVUe" as sea- 
sonal musical smashy*». Both 
shows around $30,000 last wet k. 
that gross meaning standing room 
jittendanee. "Dearie" is $4 top; 
• Music Hox" $5 top. 

"Grand Duke," Lyceum (12th Week). 

$11,000 last week. Rare consistent, 

'Variance not great and profit right 

along Indicated. Four weeks more, 

then on tour. 

"G.-eenwich Village Follies," Shubert 
(21st week). Final week, revue 
opening tour In Philadelphia. !»«• 
Courvllle*! "Pins and Needles" fig- 
ured to iticceod; house probably 
dark for few da vs. 

"He Who Gets Slapped," Oarrlck (2d 
Week}, \"e\v«>sf Theatre Guild 
pioduction. Clitics favored sln.\v 



Nothing Unusual Marks Last 
Week's Business 



The week 



Chicago. Jan. 18. 
ended without any 



Adapted from Russian tragedy of 
Andreyev. Due to move to FUlffen 
In two weeks. 

"Just Married,'' Nora Bares t3Sth 
week). Farce stands chance ot 
making year's stay. Popularity 
among cut rate trade is pullins» 
profitable business. 

"Kiki," Belasco (8th week). Capacity 
since opening, with takings for 
normal < fight performances) week 
over $16,000. Last week gross 
went to around $16,^00. Smash of 
seasons dramas. 

"Lawful Larceny/' Republic (3d 
week). Jumped $1,000 last week, 
reaching close to $8,500. That 
gross probably makes little for 
show, but not profitable for house, 
because of sharing terms. 

"Lilies of the Field," Klaw (13th 
week). Matinee strength helped 
materially last week in reaching 
better than $8,000 gross, claimed 
profitable. Show still in litigation. 

"Music Box Revue/' Music Box 
(18th week). Demand leader and 
sale could extend until summer. 
Last week biggest since rise of 
scale to $5 for eight -performance 
week. Takings of $29,800 mean 
largest number of standees yet. 

"Sally," New Amsterdam (67 th 
week). Musical winder probably 
got. more benefit from auto show 
crowd than any of others. Virtual 
capacity for week, nearly $32,000. 

"Shuffle Along," 63d Street (35th 
week). All-colored sho,w continues 
winner, although reported to have 
dropped somewhat after holidays. 
Figures to remain through winter. 

"Six Cylinder Love," Sam Harris 
(22d week). Auto show crowd 
pushed up demand for this comedy 
tost week, when gross went to 
around $16,000. Indications are 
for season's continuance. 

"Squaw Man," Astor (4th week). 
Closing Saturday and house may 
go dark; business for revival 
no better than others. Next at- 
traction may bring "Under the 
BambOO Tree" with Bert Williams. 

"S. S. Tenacity," Belmont (3d 
week). Adaptation of French 
drama. Mixed comment on pre- 
miere, but play credited by some 
experts as excellent performance. 
Figures to build; starting pace 
potter than even break for small 
house and cast at .-.round $5,000. 

"Tangerine," Casino (24th week). 
Weekly profit maker. Last week 
was off about $1,0Q0 with gross 
around $19,500. That leads list 
for musical shows topped at $2.50. 

"Thank U," Longacre <l6:h week). 
Last week encouraging here, tak- 
ings reaching nearly $10,000; best 
gross foil eight performances since 
opening. 

"The Bat," Morosco (74th week). 
Mystery smash despite half dozen 
companies on tour continues to 
win on Broadway. 
$11,000 or little more 
not in sight .'or run 

"The Circle," Fulton 

Moved over here last week, scale 
for four- wok engagement being 
reduced to $2.50. Gross over 
$11,000 last week. Show with star 
•cast will start trur after two 
weeks more. 

"The Claw," Froadhurst (14th 
week). Final week. Lionel Tarry - 
morr: feature of tin show's early 
strength. "Marjolane" succeeding 
attraction; If musical version of 
Pomander Walk." "Claw' got 
$0,000 last week. 

"The Dover Road," Bijou (5th 
week). One of successes of holi- 
day crop. Played to around $10.- 
000 last week, which at $2.50 top 
la not far under capacity. Will 
remain in house instead of mov- 
ing to Booth as first mentioned. 

"The Green Goddess," Footh (52d 
week). Landed solid year's run 
this week. Has two weeks; more 
to go. starting on tour Feb. 4. 
Succeeding attraction not settled 
on. 

"The Married Woman," Princess 
(5th week). Grossed little under 
$4,000. Cast small and house 299- 
seater, with little better ffian even 
break claimed for theatre. 

"The Mountain Man," Maxine Kl- 
liott (6th week). Some two for 
ow sales, but management now 
claiming steady climb in business 
and predicts success. 

"The O'Brien Girl," Liberty (ICth 
week). Business last week went 

to aroUhd $10,000. Oood gross for 
$2.50 top and provides } >»•• • ri t for 
Cohan musical piece. 

"The Perfect Fool," Cohan M3th 
week). No stopping this musical 
lilt, which got all it could at $2.50 
top last Week, gross being $18,000* 
Capacity except for Wednesday 
matinee when terrific Weather 
hurt all attract ions. 

"The Varying Shore," Hudson (Tih 
wcekf. Going to road after next 
week] when sgency buy expires. 
Top flropped :«• $2.50 from $:i last 
week but takings not ttp to ex- 
>>♦■« i. it ions for show of kind. Last 
u*<-k urOUt.ll $12,000. M.i lie Lo!n 



Last week 
Knd of stay 

leader. 

(19th week). 



unaual Incident marking it. Most 
of the show*- which came in for a 
run met with successful openings 
and did as well as those who have 
-eon many performances In town. 
The theatre condition seems to have 
slipped into a rut similar to the one 
experienced in the summer months 
for those shows then running. New 
attractions seems to be taking 
mu. h of a chance and are limiting 
their runs, which brings the in- 
coming attractions in sooner in 
some cases. It is now a case of the 
survival of the fittest, which means 
a big drawing card, in order to get 
a half way break. 

"Return of Peter Grimm" (Powers, 
3d week). Finished its run Satur- 
day with a possible gross of $20,- 
000. Seats have been hard to get, 
and with the original announce- 
ment that the stay would only be 
three weeks the Wartield admirers 
flocked to the box office. "Mr. Pirn 
Passes By" opened Sunday. 

"Ragged Robin" (Olympic, 2d' 
week). Olcott is having a very dis- 
astrous run. Leaves next week to 
allow Robert P.. Mantell to open 
Jan. 22 for a three weeks' run. 

"The Last Walts" (Uarrick, 1st 
week).. The show opened up pretty 
well, getting a good break from the 
critics. It is in for an unlimited 
run. 

"Connecticut Yankee" (Woods, 
4th week). Film. With its 11 to 11 
schedule managed to round out a 
$9,000 gross. (Jot the gravy of the 
holiday business. 

"Follies" (Colonial, 3d week). 
S< ins to be able to stand condi- 
tions and selling to capacity. The 
run of right weeks probably will 
hold to capacity. 

"Nice People" (Cort, 12th week). 
Francine Larrimore drew a lot of 
attention by getting .daily space in 
one of the local evening papers ad- 
vising those with stage aspirations. 
Show has been getting along first 
rate. 

"Little Old New York*' (Cohan's 
Grand. 2d week), One of the in- 
coming shows that has caught on 
like Wildfire. Rounded out between 
$14".000 and $15,000 on the Week. 

"Woman of Bronze" (Princess, 
llth week). One of the few shows 
that have had anywhere near a run 
at this house. Slipped into a 
$11,500 gross. Announced to leave, 
allowing "Llllbm," with Joseph 
SchlMkraut, to be the tenant, stall- 
ing Feb. 0. 

"The Hindu" (Shubert Central, 
last week). Walker WfHtestde 
brought home a $8,000 gross the 
first week of hi* run, Lot Of prCSS 
work. advertising and display 
helped materially. Critics found In 
Its favor. • 9 

Sothern- Marlowe (Shubert Great 
Northern, n^j week). f« :t the after 
holiday drop to a "pnsiderable de«- 
gree. Harry Lauder occupies the 
house week of Jab. 23, in hich 
time he Will give four matinees. 
Wednesday, Thursday, Fridiy and 
Saturday. 

"Merry Widow" (Illinois. 3d 
week). This revival only did fair. 
Left Saturday. Jluth Chatterton in 
"Ma'ry Rose" Opened Monday. Bill- 
ing reads "Only twenty-four per- 
formances'." 

"Under the Bamboo Tree" (Stude- 
baker). Though not getting as 
much money as during the holi- 
days, is more than holding its own, 
doing between $ 10,000 and $17,000. 

"The Night Cap" (Playhouse, 2d 
Week). The big hit of all incoming 



under A. IT. Woods' management 
mentioned to succee d . 
"The White Peacock," Comedy (4th 
Week). Though this show has 
pulled small grosses, is claimed to 
turn small profit. May remain for 
another month. _ 
"The Wild Cat," Park (9th week). 
Started off like real winner and 
exceptional musical work with 
brilliant Spanish score. Reported 
readying to tour, however, with 
revue in rehearsal as succeeding 
attraction. 
"Up in the Clouds," Lyric (3d week). 
Looks like GaiteS 1 musical show, 
which did so well on tour, should 
connect .for profitable stay. Busi- 
ness last week improved, takings 
bettering $13,000. Of that $4,800 
drawn Saturday. Show Is at $2.50 
top. Moves to 44th Street next 
week; Lvric In pictures. 
"Madras House," National. With- 
drawn Saturday, remaining two 
weeks uptown. Show originally 
1 nod need here by Neighborhood 
Playhouse. 
"Orphans of the Storm," Apollo (3d 
Week). Last week Hist full week, 
DOS Office attracting; $14,000. Pig 
money at top, $2, although lower 
HOOT also has $1.50 and $1 seats 
raj. i city is around $19,000 or lit- 
tle more. Griffith picture claimed 
to be going right along. House 
has little over 1.200 seats, gross 
indicating; tine business. 
"Foolish Wives," Central (2d week). 
L'niversaTi much advertised fea- 
ture picture opemd Wednesday 
last week. Comment mixed, some 
iu\ '.< ft f rs panning 11m. 



shows. On Its merits struck a 
$13,000 stride, which is an Increase. 
The only show to increase Its gross. 
If indications mean anything this 
will prove to be a knockout, money- 
maker and close to a crackerjack 
run. 

"LightnhV* (Blackstone, 19th 
week). Slapping up a record that 
is* enviable. Back to Its steady 
stride of $21,000. It is hard telling 
if anything; can stop this pace. 

"Daddy's Gone a- Hunting" (La 
Salle, 3d week). Leaves next week. 
The run was cut short, with a de- 
cline in gross. Probably $10,500 
for the week. This was the first 
legit show to open the season for 
the La Salle, which was the original 
musical comedy house. "The Rose 
Girl" will succeed Marjorie Ram- 
beau. 



BOX OFFICE SPURT 
SURPRISES PHILLY 



Three New-Comers Do Well, 
and Holdovers Prosper 



Philadelphia, Jan. 18. 

Only one opening here this week, 
with two in the offing for next Mon- 
day. "Skin Game" at the Walnut 
was the new one. 

sj 

Business for the week just closed 
was, on the whole, surprisingly 
good. The three openings. "Zieg- 
feld Frolic," "Only 38," and "Ladies' 
Night,' have all done excellently. 
"The Bad Man' has held up through- 
out its third week as few shows in 
town have this year, and the Grif- 
fith film, "Orphans of the Storm," 
also a last week's opener, has had 
hardly a vacant scat since that 
time. 

Nobody can quite explain the 
good news. Shows, some of them 
much better, have been flopping 
dismally here all year, and every- 
body expected that with the holiday 
boom over, things would flatten out 
worse than ever. 'Only 38" is a 
case in point. The opening night 
was the best *he Broad has had fhis 
year, with the two exceptions of 
Skinner and Ethel Barrymore, and 
the show held up all week with a 
total figure of about $12,000. 

"Ladies' Night" had a sell-out at 
the opening performance, and has 
done well since, although a state- 
ment that it will stay ten weeks is 
generally ridiculed bv those who 
have been watching the situation 
here this year closely. When Dit- 
rlchsteln, booked for at least six 
weeks* with the expectation of stay- 
ing eight, was forced to get out 
after four (despite the presentation 
of a new show the last week) no- 
body believes this Turkish bath 
farce can stay a full ten. 

After the mix-up, it is now gen- 
erally understood that "The Bat" 
will stay on for some time. Wagen- 
hals & Kemper, it is understood, are 
very keen that the show will break 
the existing dramatic long-run rec- 
ord. "Main Street'' is mentioned as 
its possible successor, although that 
booking may be changed. 

Speaking of changes in bookings, 
Laurette Taylor, billed to come to 
the Broad in her new play, "The 
National Anthem,'' will go to New 
York instead, and "The Intimate 
Strangers' was suddenly booked in 
to till the gap. It will be the -first 
engagement of the Billie Burke play 
outside of New York. 

The Ziegfeld Frolic will stay three 
weeks (though it could undoubtedly 
stand several more), and will be 
followed by "Welcome Stranger" on 
January 30. This will mean that on 
that week, anyway, the Syndicate 
people will have no musical show in 
the city— something that has not 
occurred for a long time. The 
status of the Forrest, now running 
"Orphans df the Storm," has not 
been decided. 

"Only 38" (Broao, second week). 
Agreeable surprise. This comedy of 
A. ]•:. Thomas well liked here and 
had fine houses throughout week 
with great deal of class play. This 
is last week. $12,000. 

"Passing Show of 1921 ' (Shubert, 
f ninth week). Final week for this 
one, which cashed in heavily holi- 
day weeks because of no opposition 
in Its line. Has not dono so well 
lately, but counts stay profitable. 
$18,500. 

"Orphans of the Storm" (Forrest, 
second week). Film. Opened 
Wednesday night, and got good 
breaks except weather. Not unani- 
mously praised by all critics, but 
has been complete sell-out since it 
opened. 

"Ziegfeld Frolic" (Garrick, second 
week). This show, which on open- 
ing last Tuesday night, ran until 
12.13 r has been cut down by almost 
an hour. After lauding reviews, real 



UNEXPECTED JUMP IN 
BOSTON BOX OFFICES 

Grosses All Climb Where Drop 

Was Looked For— All in 

Spite of Storm 



Boston, Jan. 18. 

While it would not have surprised 
any of those interested in theatri- 
cal affairs in this city if business 
had taken a sharp drop last week 
such was not the case. In fact all 
of the shows In town, both musical 
and dramatic, got a good play dur* 
ing the last part of the week and a 
stronger play for the first part of 
the week than they expected. This 
good break was all the more aston- 
ishing when it is taken into con- 
sideration that a severe gale and 
blizzard which struck town last 
Wednesday put a big crimp into the 
business that night. 

The box office receipts were off a 
bit one the opening night of this 
week and the forecast was that they 
would continue low until about the 
middle of the week When they would 
begin to build up. 

There were no changes of attrac- 
tions. For once this season the 
musical and straight dramatic rhows 
are evenly divided, three of each 
being shown. For the coming week 
there is but one change in bill in 
sight that is "Back Pay" which 
comes into the Selwyn to replace, 
"Happy Co Luckly." 

"Tip Top" (Colonial. Tih week). 
Still playing to capacity at every 
performance and shows no rigns of 
falling off. It did more than $30,000 
last week, which is a packed house 
at every performance at a $3 top. v 
The show will certainly run out the 
time limit, understood to be 15 
weeks, and as usual it will be one 
of the big money makers of the sea- 
son, if not the biggest. ; 

"The Wandering Jew" (Hollis. 2nd 
and last week). doing to close 
down St the finish of this week and 
go into the storehouse, simply be- 
cause enough money can't be taken 
in on the road to pav operating 
cost. It did $12,300 last week, a very 
good figure, but not enough. House 
dark after departure for a weok and 
then reopens with a two w< "k's en- 
gagement of Wm, Gillette In "The 
Dream Maker." 

"Orphans of the Storm" < Tremont, 
4th .Week). Business Wist week not 
up "o the standard that character- 
ized the first two weeks, although 
still quite good. The gross for last 
week was $13,000, which is about 
$2,000 less than was done the pre- 
vious Week. Last Sunday the film 
was rhown. for the first time on a 
Sunday, and the business at the 
Sunday performance s was satis- 
factory. 

"Dog Love" (Plymouth, 4th Week). 

While not Jacking them in at the 
night shows business at tho mat- 
inees li excellent and play seems to 
have found a soft spot. Takings for 
last week $10,000, much better than 
the average run at this house lately. 

"Red Pepper" (Wilbur. 2nd week). 
Second only to "Tip Top'* in the 
business last week. It got ..way to 
the best flying start registered at 
the theatre this season and grossed 
$17,500 for the first week. 

"Irene" (Shubert, 4th week). This 
Is the last week. Show grossed 
between $7,000 and $8,000 last week. 

NEW ORLEANS BUSINESS 

New Orleans, Jan. 18. 

"Greenwich Village Follies of 
1920" fs getting a dandy break at 
the Shubert St. Charles. The show 
opened big Sunday, dropped Mon- 
day, only to pick up again Tuesday. 
The week should bring $ 12,000. 

DeWolf Hopper is not attracting 
largely with "Ermirik," which 
seemed very out of date and 'slow 
moving. The old Opera will get 
only $7,000, probably. 

Mayme (Jehrue is the outstanding 
member of the "C,y> er.wich" cast 
through her splendid dancing. 



draw became apparent and h s been 
almost a sell-out. With one night 
out and $3 top, show did about 
$19,000 first week. 

"The Skin Game" (Walnut, first 
week). Opened without opposition, 
and is figured to get big play from 
universities. "Bad Man' did best 
of any show this year at the Walnut 
except Harry Bander in his stay of 
one week. The Hotbrook Blinn com- 
edy started with a rush despite 
heavy opposition,..nnd did not allow 
after-Christmas slump to pull it off 
very noticeably. $14,000. 

"Ladies' Night" (Lyric, MCOnd 
week). Did lug business first week, 
with no very gr«;it advance sale 
noted. Critics liked it, and only one 
spoke of its risque character espe- 
cially. John Arthur always a tti* 
vorite here. $12.r.00. 

"The Bat" (Adelphl, seventeenth 
week). Did about $10,000, and 
claims to bOg*)M« t" run with profit 
well into February, maybe to Wash- 
ington's birthday. 



Friday, January 80, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



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I 



NEW DOLLAR CIRCUIT 
REPORTED FORMING 

Some Burlesque Managers In- 
terested — Looking for Shu- 
bert Houses 



The initial steps were reported to 
have been taken at a meeting held 
in a Broadway hotel Tuesday night 
for the formation of a new dollar- 
top musical comedy circuit. The 
circuit, according to report, is to be 
aponsored by several men in bur- 
• lesque at present. Among the 
names mentioned are I. *H. Herk, 
Max Speigel, George Gallagher and 
T. E. Beatty. 

Herk is the president of the 
American circuit and has interests 
in several Columbia Wheel shows. 
Speigel has a Columbia show and 
an American show. The others are 
American Wheel partisans. 

The plan, it is said, calls for the 
acquiring, by lease or playing "ar- 
rangements, of several Shubtrt 
houses as spokes In the new wheel. 
The circuit, so the story goes, is to 
be incorporated. 

Max Speigel was out of town 
Wednesday, and I. II. Herk was 
non-committal when asked about 
the new circuit. Lee Shubert said 
he was not Interested financially, 
but that Speigel had spoken to him 
this week about taking over some 
Shubert houses. Shubert said noth- 
ing definite had been done in the 
matter. 

Another report said the new cir- 
cuit would probably take quarters 
_ in about a month. 



B'WAY HOUSES DARK AS SHOWS GO OUT 

IN HOPE OF BETTER BUSINESS ON TOUR 



Scarcity of Metropolitan Successes On Road Gives 
Prospect of Getting Better Returns Than New 
York Runs, Booking Experts Conclude 



Booking experts in the legitimate 
field have arrived at the conclusion 
dramatic attractions that can run 
from 15 to 20 weeks on Broadway 
to profit are to be counted a satis- 
factory run tills season. Shows 
which remained "in high" through 
the fall slipped off in a number of 
instances with the advent of win- 
ter, and managers with a keen eye 
to box office fluctuations ordered 
such attractions routed out, flgur 
Ing. that a scarcity of Broadway [ both of which 
shows on tour will work toward big road. The V 
takings on the road. 

Routes have been askec! for so 
many of the current attractions on 
Broadway a surplus of offerings has 
been thrust at the bookers and a 
congested condition is claimed 
starting late this' month and 
through February. That will prob- 
ably continue into the spring. 

The supply of fresh attractions to 
fill the dark spots oh" Broadway 
now and the predicted increased 



UNCLE SAM STARTS 
AFTER TICKET GYPS 



10% ADMISSION TAX ON 
PASSES-ADMISSION? 



Questions Arise from Shuberts' 

Order — Shows Can't 

Frank Paper 



TOLLIES" EARLIEST CLOSING 

IS THIS SEASON, APRIL 9 



Ziegfeld Says Show Stopping Through "Equity An- 
noyances" — Last Season's "Follies" Closed Late 
in May— Ziegfeld's Rogers' "Frolic" Headed 
for Chicago 



number of closed houses has not 
visibly increased. Controllers of 
several New York houses which 
have been unfortunate in bookings 
this season are accepting offers of 
new shows with reservations. The 
attitude is one of reasonable care, 
the object of the manager being to 
keep his house clear of entangle- 
ment, that something that looks 
good may be snapped up. 

Price changing has been effected 
with several attractions, a down- 
ward revision being made on two,' 
are leaving for the 
arying Shore" at the 
Hudson, which opened at $3 top, 
was reduced to $2.50 last week.. 
This attraction has been held up 
mainly through the agency buy ex- 
piring next week. At that time the 
show moves out. "The Circle." 
which played a' the Selwyn to big 
takings during the falL was al i 
$3 top. but was droi ped to $2.50 for 
the present engagement at the Ful- 
ton. "The Circle* 'has two weeks 
more, then starting on tour, the 
scale for which, however, will be 
$3 top. "The Plue Kitten," which 
opened last week at the Selwyn, is 
scaled at $3.50 top for .tight per- 
formances. Saturday evenings the 
top is lifted to $5. This is a mu- 
sical show produced by Arthur 
Hammerstein, the agencies taking a 
big allotment fcr four weeks. The 
piece in three performances (opened 
Friday night) drew nearly $11,000. 
There was one other upward shoot 
in. prices recently. That was for 
'The Demi -Virgin," which is now 
$3 at the Eltinge, as against $2.50. 
the original top. Only that attrac- 
(Continued on page 31) 



Checking Up Excess Charges 
on Daily Return for Per- 
jury Evidence 



The Internal Revenue Department 
expect* the detailed report forms to 
be filed by theatre ticket agencies to 
enable the government to detect 
fraud in the matter of excess 
premium returns. Failure to make 
the returns caused the arrest of a 
number of brokers recently. They 
were fined as high as $400, the court 
warning the defendants if they were 
again brought up on the same vio- 
lation jail sentences would be im- 
posed. . 

The forms are supposed to show 
how many tickets each agency buys I centage 



(Continued on page 32) 



I 



Now angles in the participation 
claim of visiting attractions in Shu- 
bert theatres, which are collecting 
tax on free admissions for a re- 
puted benefit fund for Shubert em- 
ployees, may bring the government 
into the matter, although the new 
law eliminates the war tax on 
passes. One manager contends that 
if a custom is made in Shubert 
theatres no admissions are to be 
permitted without the payment of 
10 per cent of the face value of the 
tickets, such a payment on * free 
tickets actually becomes an ad- 
mission charge and as such is sub- 
ject to 10 per cent tax by the 
government. 

In other words, If a pass for two 
persons is good- for two $2 50 
tickets (or $5 in total) and the 
Shubcrts collect 50 cents, that sum 
becomes an admission fee upon 
which the government is entitled 
*4o five cents. That such a per* 
amounts to considerable 



(Continued on page 31) 



THEATRE BUILDING BEE TO END 
WITH NEW EARL CARROLL HOUSE 



End Foreseen of Boom for Some Seasons to Come— 
Shuberts Most Prolific — Theatres Reported for 
Sale at Less Than Cost — Many on Long Leases 



All indications are for ,a virtual 
cessation of theatre building. That 
applies in New York and outside 
ami concerns all classes of houses. 



Philadelphia, Jan. 18. 

The Ziegfeld 'Follies" will close 
April 9 in Washington, six weeks 
^earlier than last season's "Follies" 
closed, and marking the earliest 
seasons stop this standard Ziegfeld 
production has ever made. 

Flo Ziegfeld gave out the infor- 
mation here today, while watching 

his new Will Rogers' "Frolic" pro- 
duction. Mr. Ziegfeld gave as the 
reason for the early stoppage, "an- 
noyances by Equity." Ziegfeld re- 
ferred to the trouble started in 
•The Follies" recently at Chicago, 
through a chorus girl named Bessie 
Poole, whom the Equity insisted he 
reinstate. What annoyances the 
•how's management may have suf- 
fered since, Mr. Ziegfeld did not 
state. 

The "Follies" for 19*2 will go into 
rehearsal shortly after the present 
show closes. Other than Ray Dooley 
ond Odenis Shawn, none of the 
present principals will be retained. 
Fannie Brice will remain under con- 
tract to Ziegfeld, however, and be 
starred at the head of a new piece 
Ziegfeld will produce for her. The 
new company for the "Follies" will 
have 48 chorus girls for its New 
York run. 

Mr. Ziegfeld will sail for Europe 
between now and Feb. 15. He is 
"setting" the Rogers* "Frolic," ac- 
cepted here as a hit show. The 
"Frolic* will head for Chicago and 
may go through a summer run there. 
When leaving here, it will- go to 
Baltimore, then Washington Slid 
Boston. • 



CARUS SHOW CLOSING 

'The Bait of the Earth," a drama 
hy Harold Hell Wright, starring 
Emma Cams, closes Saturday in 
St- Louis. Miss Cams is interested 
in the production, which may not 
'"' PUt on again until next season 
The settings o* the piece were highly 
praised in the out of town showings, 
bui a revision 
wal cast 
necessary, 

This is the play thai was gtVCti 

M ;t benefit performance last M-a- 

80,1 »'» Tuscan, Arte. Miss Cams 
Played the lead, with several of the 
town officials appearing. 



of the hook and sev- 
changes ore said to be 



"MARY" IN ALBANY 
GETS $4,000 IN 2 SHOWS 

Manaqer Ash by Expects $20,- 
000 Week Upstate 

Albany, Jan. 18. 

George M. Cohan's "Mary'' is be- 
lieved to have established a record 
at rroctor'a Harmanus Bleccker 
Hall Monday, when it played to 
over $4,000 at two shows, the night 
performance being sold out several 
days before the company arrived in 
town. It was the second time 
"Mary" played in this city, having 
been here for three days last March. 

As a result of the unusually good 
business here, George Ashby, man- 
ager of the company, told Variety's 
correspondent that he expected the 
week's receipts to hit around the 
$20,000 mark. The show played to 
two capacity audiences at Johns- 
town yesterday and appeared at 
Proctor's, Troy, today. Manager 
Kmde of the Troy house announced 
that both shows were "eel I outs." 

Beth Wirth, a vivacious blonde in 
the chorus, wrenched an ankle when 
she accidentally slipped during the 
"Tom. Tom, Toddle" lumber in the 
first act of the night show in Al- 
bany. As she slipped to tho floor 
Gypsy Grey grabbed, her arm, 
breaking he r fall. Miss Wirth did 
not play at Johnstown owing to the 
injury, but rejoined for Troy. 

Eddie Girard, an old Albany fa- 
vorite, who plays the butler in the 
show, was given a big reception on 
his first appearance at both shows. 
He has many friends in Albany and 
has been coming to Albany in musi- 
cal shows for years. 

The leads, in the company an- 
James It. Marshall and Edna Morn. 
Others in the east an 1 Clara Palmer, 
Joe Smith Marha. Joe Herbert J".. 
EddlO Girard. Norma n Hrown and 
Frank Shea. 



f? 



ZIEGFELD AND THE EQUITY 



Arthur's Tonsils Removed 
Arthur I lamin'-rstem retired t<» 
Dr. Stern 'i Banltariufn Wednesday 
to have his tonsils removed, Pr, 
Joseph K. Abraham performed the 
operation, 



J. C. FISHER ESTATE 



Producer Supposed to Have 

Left $100,000, Seller's 

Statement 



(Reprinted from "The Cincinnati Times-Star" of January 2, 1922) 

HAMPERING THE PRODUCER 

The announcement that Florenz Ziegfeld is to follow 
George M. Cohan to London because of the impossible 
demands made upon him by the Actors' Union, otherwise 
known as the Equity Association, and the petty strikes 
called by that organization, is more serious than it seems. 
For Mr. Ziegfeld is a producer of real distinction — in his 
way His shows may be "Follies" and .in the early days-OLjJQJ |VfOR£ THAN $1,000 
of Mr. Ziegfeld s producing career they may have been T 

copies of the Folies Bcrgere, somewhat deodorized and 
more clothed, according to our less Gallic standard of 
morality. But Mr. Ziegfeld was not content with the 
French prototype. With the help of Joseph Urban and 
other craftsmen of the theatre, he lias gone much fur- 
ther in beauty of scenery and of costume. Today Zieg- 
feld means more than "Follies" and beautiful women and 
costumes and scenery. The name means to the public 
"value received" in the theatre. 

For Mr. Ziegfeld has kept the faith with the public. 
So did George M. Cohan, now of London. So has Mr. 
Belasco, who already has investigated London as a pos- 
sible field where he might produce unhampered by the 
burdens imposed by the Equity Association. These 
three producers have made possible the prosperity of 
many men and women of the theatrical profession. With- 
out them the American theatre would have been a very 
different institution during the past two decades. And it 
is evident that the present manner of administering the 
affair* of the Equity Association, if continued, is going 
to deprive the American stage of such men during the 
coining years. 

The Equity Association had a real mission. There 
were abuses which were rectified by its demands. But 
to convert collective bargaining, an excellent principle, 
into collective bullying and hampering of American 
producers is not going t< benefit the theatre. It will 
lead to the survival of the UU fittest, whose ideas of art 
arc on a par with the Equity Association's idea of "stage 
discipline* 



The group of new theatres added.. 
to Broadway within the past sea- 
son includes but one more house, 
the Earl Carroll, practically com- 
pleted. So far as is known there 
are to be no additions in the theatre 
zone and it may be some seasons be- 
fore the building bee will again 
hit Broadway. 

The Shuberts were the most pro- 
lific in building theatres on Broad- 
way and erected a number of houses 
in the principal cities out of town. 
Upon the completion of the 49th 
Street last month, it was announced 
that the building program had been 
completed. Whatever other plans 
there were are apparently shelved 
with the prospect of dark houses in 
considerable number. House ran- 
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St. Louis, Jan. 18. 

The estate of the late John C. 
Fisher, New York theatrical pro- 
ducer, supposed to have amounted 
to $100,000, will not be worth over 
$1,000 when the appraisal Is made. 
according to William J. Seller, of 
St. Louis, whose wife, Ollva Depp 
Seller, was named as chief bene- 
ficiary. Seller bases his assertion 
upon the recent visit of hid father- 
in-law, Harry Depp, to Chicago, 
when he attended the funeral. 

"At one time Fisher was wealthy," 
Seller said, "but like most theatrical 
people he was a poor business man- 
ager and had financial reverses, re- 
sulting in the loss of most of his 
property Jn recent years. When the 
will was mnd'.' he might have been 
worth $100,000, the amount men- 
tioned in It." 

Seller said that Fisher was an old 
friend of tho Depp family and was 
very fond of Mrs. Seller and her 
younger lister. Virginia Depp, who 

i» named as beneficiary In tho 

event of Mrs. Seller's death. Mrs. 
Belter f»nd her sister are now in 
California villi her mother, who is 

In poor health, 

Tho will cuts * ff Planar*! daughter 
and two ■tateri with $i each. Mrs. 
sHier vras awoclatad With one of 
Fisher*! plays for a etiart time and 
Virginia Depp played in the movie* 
under the name of Virginia W; 

Wit K. 



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LEGITIMATE 



Friday, January 20, 1022 



.1 



BROADWAY REVIEWS 



ELSIE JAMS 

Elsie Janis and h«r "Ganc" in a revoe 
written by Miaa Janis. Principal*: Jurien 
Thayer, Charlie Lawrence. Monk Watson, 
Duane Nelson, Lane McLeod. Q«a Shy. 
Bradley Knoche, Herbert Hoff. Frank 
Miller, James F. Nanh, W. Domfeld. Red 
Murdock, Lewis Held, Dan Walker, 
Chester Grady, Elizabeth Morgan. Mau.le 
Drury, Inez Iiauer, Elva Magim*. Margaret 
Bouea, Eleanor Ladd, I'aulette Winston, 
Florence Courney, Buddy Merrlatn. Asta 
Valle, Alda de St. Clair. Fatri< La Mayer, 
Claire Daniels and tbe Eight Bobs. 



American star who would ever have 
l tried that — and he has decided not 
to try anything in England. Lait. 



Elsie Janis hadn't heen in New 
York in a couple of year?. She had 
been abroad. The revue she 
brought back, slightly shuffled up 
and revised for American consum- 
ers, has the earmarks of England 
and France. Over there it would 
seem wartime conservation is still 
the order, for Miss Janis' produc- 
tion will not turn the "Music Box 
Revue" green v ith envy or pale 
with fear. 

It is a somewhat more sumptuous 
"investiture" than her first "gang" 
show c joyed. This one must have 
cost as much as $1,700, net. One 
scene, depicting Broadway at its 
most hectic corner, shows two prop 
Ujnp-posts, a cardboard set-up of 
th t Times building and a blue cyclo- 
rama. This is typical of the entire 
presentation. The show might hcyve 
been named "Just a Suggestion." 

Miss Janis rather prides herself 
on her economy of scenery. She 
utilized the war-made type of show 
when it was pat to instant advan- 
tage and has adopted it. She seems 
to have no worries getting away 
with it. Not only in the physical 
properties does she conserve; in her 
er.tire support there are eight 
chorus girls, and not a "name" any- 
where in the cast. Ed Wynn at 
least goes more heavily on chorus. 
If Wynn is "the perfect fool," Miss 
Janis is the perfect economist. 

Had she surrounded herself with 
all the masterpieces of the studios 
and all the treasures of the shops, 
she couldn't have played to a bigger, 
finer or more boisterously friendly 
audience than that which over- 
flowed tMe Gaiety Monday night. 
They applauded in turn and out of 
turn. The Janis shows thrive on 
speed, and encores are out; so the 
amiable appreciation at times 
threatened the progrers of the rou- 
tine. 

There are numerous scenes, step- 
ping on each other's heels in 
kaleidoscopic succession. The inter- 
acts are piffling, being largely juve- 
nile "satire" by Charles Lawrence, 
who drawls like Frank Tinney, 
which is his sole distinction. W. 
Domfeld does a small-time magic 
bit, and here and there the full 
stage scenes are either started or 
begun In "one"; otherwise the 
elisions are so brief as to constitute 
virtually instantaneous changes. 
This is simple enough, since there 
is little to change from and little to 
change to. _ 

Two of the sketches are clever. 
A Montmartre jibe, while not a new 
idea, is as well done as it ever has 
been, and Miss Janis sings "My 
Man" in French, around which it 
seems to have been built. An em- 
ployment agency skit, with nine ex- 
service men in line looking for a 
job, which finally goes to a. Heinle, 
is biting and too pungently true to 
be just funny. 

There are plenty of old bromides 

and not a scene is strained for the 

spectacular in anything, scenic or 

k otherwise. There are no real spe- 

m cialties, except Miss Janis', though 

W here and there the performers are 

W assigned individual moments. There 

is very little important dancing. In 

truth, there is very little in the 

whole of any importance. 

Yet— 

It is a rr.ttling good show and an 
evening's an usement, and will got 
the money here. First of all, it has 
Elsie Janis, who has a theatrical 
horseshoe and two rabbits* feet. 
Second, it's clever. Thirtl, it's fast. 
And the third cannot be over-esti- 
mated in its value. 

After 11 o'clock the star does her 
specialty of imitations. One need 
not now discover or even reiterate 
that Miss Janis is the single-handed 
queen of imitators" of all times. 
This year she does Bert Williams, 
Sam Bernard, Ethel Barrymore, 
Fannie Brice — an ordinary enough 
routine, it sounds. But the 20 or rj 
minutes that she pu*s into her de- 
licious mimicry, which is as much 
lampoon as it is imitation, can take 
its place with any 20 minutes on 
any stage, anywhere. Without no 
ensemble of American light theat- 
ricals could call Itself "all-star." 

Coming in the "next-to-closing" 
spot as it were, it rooks the theatre 
and punches home the impression. 
It is followed by a red-white-and- 
blue effusion of drapes and cos- 
tumes that doesn't get a quarter as 
much applause, proving either that 
Miss Janis I* greater than the flag 
or that the Broadwayites have had 
their fill*of cheering the grand old 
symbol through half a decade of 
war, Liberty bonds, elections, in- 
come tax and prohibition. 

Not that Americans aren't patri- 
otic; but they can't quite see the 
idea of springing that stuff in thea- 
tres, where they have come to laugh 
and cry, not to cheer or enlist. It's 
a safe bet Miss Jnnis didn't use 
that Amerioan flag in England for 
a Vlnale. There was only one 



THE BLUE KITTEN 

r>ouis Dill Hawkins 

(tigiais. a Parisian Victor Morley 

Theodore VanuVrpop Joaeph Cawthorn 

Durand George Le Solr 

Octave ». .Robert Woolsey 

Kifl Betty Barlow 

Cri Cri Marion Sunshine 

Marcciie Carola Parson 

Totoche Lillian Lorraine 

Armand Davella Douglas Stevenson 

Mme. Lucile Vanderpop. .. .Jean Newcombe 
Madeleine Vanderpop. ..*-. Lorraine Manville 
Popinet Dallas Wclford 



In its original form "The Blue 
Kitten" was a French farce, played 
in a little theatre in Paris, its title 
being "Le Chasseur de Che* Max- 
im's," literally "the- porter at Max- 
im's." As a Parisian delicacy it was 
far too racy for American adapta- 
tion in play form, and so it was 
used as a basis for the book of "The 
Blue Kitten." Otto Harbach and 
William Carey Duncan turned out 
the lines and lyrics, Rudolph Friml 
the score. Whatever the original 
story may have been, the adapters 
so denatured it that it wouldn't 
harm a kitten, certainly none that 
hibernate along Broadway. 

But Broadway did turn out in its 
befurred best to greet the return to 
the footlights of Lillian Lorraine, 
who has been off the boards for a 
season or so. Miss Lorraine was 
the victim of a painful accident a 
year ago and was long abed. She 
exhibited no trace of the injury and 
was radiantly pretty, gorgeously 
gowned and a perfect choice for the 
role of "Totoche." a bewitching 
habitue of "The Blue Kitten" cafe, 
location in Paris. 'To her was given 
"Cutie," the outstanding song hit of 
the score. 

Joseph Cawthorn was coupled in 
th i electric lights. His was the role 
of "The Blue Kitten's" porter, Pa- 
risian but without a French accent 
because of his Flemish origin. The 
job of porter,, he explained, was a 
most lucrative one, bringing., him 
something like 250,000 francs a year. 
But Theodore's family, whom he has 
established in a fine country house, 
never did know what his real job 
was. They thought him night edi- 
tor of the "Figaro." That is why 
he contended he really led a double 
life, or, as he qualified it, a least a 
life and a half. 

Theodore's 18 -year-old daughter 
has fallen in love with Armand, a 
marquis, well known around "The 
Blue Kitten," and whose favorite 
has been Totoche. That lady had 
been a charmer, too, of Theodore. 
The latter, though technically the 
porter, it is to be explained, is 
pretty nearly the whole works 
around the cafe. He aids the ladies 
in their little supper engagements, 
places bets on the ponies for the 
sporty youths uid is confidant of 
everyone. It's a rather bright line 
which he speaks — that "he makes 
his money on tips he gives and 
takes." Theodore raises a racket 
when he learns the identity of his 
daughter's fiance, but when his 
family gets the low down on him 
everything comes out even. 

Douglas Stevenson was a very 
fashionable Armand, and though not 
blessed with an exceptional voice 
did very well with "A Bud Among 
the* Roses," one of the best of the 
numbers, always topped by "Cutie," 
however. Lorraine Manville in the 
daughter's role impressed as likable 
as the performance wore on. But 
the reports she was possessed of 
h/iftlantly vocal charm, cultured 
abroad, did not bear out. She 
danced lightly and did please, how- 
ever. 

It was Friday, the 13th,. for Vic- 
tor Morley, who had the first num- 
ber and danced with May Corey 
Kitchen, whom he neatly dropped in 
making the exit. Mr. Morley came 
back with a corking number at the 
opening of the third and final act 
with "Smoke Rings." The scene 
was the interior of "The Blue Kit- 
ten" and the prettiest flash of the 
settings. A smoke effect, with the 
aid of a scrim drop, lent a splendid 
illusion. 

In this same scene Grant and 
Wing appeared for a legitimate hit, 
winning the sincerest volley of ap- 
plause. This dance team was 
brought on by Arthur Hammerstein 
from "Tickle Me." The girl is really 
an athlete, and the precision with 
which they accomplished the tricky 
stunts in the action dance provoked 
the plaudits. Miss Kitchen was the 
only other dancer in the show. She 
looked especially good at the open- 
ing. 

Robert Woolsey and Dallas Wcl- 
ford were the eomical aids to Mr. 
Cawthorne. Welford's role as Ar- 
mand's tutor fitted him. He sput- 
tered ..so faithfully the crimson How 
to his puffed cheeks looked very 
natural. Woolsey was amusing as 
the r.mhitious youth who would suc- 
ceed Theodore as the chasseur at 
the "Kitten." He came fast with "I 
Could Do a Lot for You" in the last 
aot, the number providing a spe- 
cialty for him. Marion Sunshine 
teamed with Woolsey with "A 
Twelve o'clock CJirl in a Nine 
o'Clook Town" and Jhigh -kicked her 
way to favor. Mr. Cawthorn's spe- 
cialty number came in the second 
act with "The Best I Ever Get Is the 



Worst of It," and he sent it over for 
laughter, using his full complement 
of extra verses. 

One of the vivid bits that lighted 
the rich last act was the waltz 
number by Miss Lorraine with Mr. 
Stevenson. Her frocks showed a 
full back. Miss Lorraine chosing the 
mode of longer skirts to center all 
attention on the dip of bodice and 
the full flash in back from shoul- 
ders to waistline. 

Edgar Selwyn staged the book. 
Leon Erroll and Julian Mitchell put 
on the numbers, the outstanding 
chorus movement coming with the 
surefire "Cutie." Mr. Hammerstein 
did not have a chance to repeat the 
premiere sensation of "Tickle Me" 
by having the chorus pass out little 
bottles of the stuff that put the 
Anti-Saloon League on the map. 
But "The Blue Kitten's" advertising 
has aroused attention, describing its 
choristers as "playful pussies." The 
choristers were mediums, the pro- 
ducer appearing to favor that type 
to the exclusion . of ponies. He 
dressed them exceptionally well, 
and in the cafe scene the frocks of 
silver and lace made for a richness 
that fitted the occasion. 

"The Blue Kitten" ought to land, 
for though its first night did not 
establish it as a blue ribbon winner 
there is thoroughbred in its make- 
up. That goes for the players and 
the others concerned. Ibee. 



OUT OF TOWN REVIEWS 



ZlEGFELiyS FROLIC fif k ' n ,S,& ,,g ^!" n ' "H» c --. 



SAHGENT SCHOOL'S PLAT 
"KITTY MACK AY' 

(Special Matinee) 

Angus Ifacffregor Jerry Isaacs 

Sandy afcNab Gerald Lundegard 

Lieutenant David Graham 

- Kenneth Dalgneau 

Philip Grayson Alfred Alexandre 

Lord Inglehart William H. Van 

Thomas Acille Angtine 

Mra. afeNab Agnes Grant 

LU ale Nab Blaine Polak 

Mag Duncan Martha Madison 

Kitty alackay Lulu Mae Hubbard 

Mrs. Grayson •Janet Short 

J**n .Dorothy Haines 



This was t!--e first matinee this 
year given by the Sargent School, 
known officially as the American 
Academy of Dramatic Arts and Em- 
pire Theatre Dramatic School, and 
now in Its 38th year. It was given 
Jan. 13 at the Lyceum, and revealed 
encouraging dramatic talent soon to 
be available for Broadway. Espe- 
cially was this go of Martha Madi- 
son, a daughter of Magistrate 
O'Dwyer; but Miss Madison, while 
her performance was a gem, had 
the luck of a comedy part, and in 
si illed observers' eyes did not out- 
shine Lulu Mf.r Hubbard as Kitty 
in "Kitty Mackay," by Catherine 
Chisholm Cushing, the play pre- 
sented by the school. Miss Hub- 
bard brought a blithe gaiety to the 
earlier portions and read the last 
act scene with unusual charm. "Like 
Cinderella, my clock has struck 
twelve," requires no little delicacy 
to render so it lift:; to the spec- 
tators' eye. the veiling tears. Miss 
Hubbard managed that. 

The play is remembered from its 
Broadway showing, and it was suffi- 
ciently well mcunted for the pur- 
pose and skilfully directed. In 
Kenneth Daigneau, a former Ameri- 
can officer, the screen at least has 
a future lead, while Acile Angline 
got a lot from a butler's part. Agnes 
Grant made a good deal of a cross 
old Scotch woman, and lesser roles 
were for the most part adequately 
assumed. • Lccd, 



DRIFTING 

With the withdrawal of Alice 
Brady from "Drifting" at the Play- 
house and the substitution of Helen 
Menken (after Florence Reed had 
rehearsed the part for a couple of 
days and then reneged) renewed in- 
terest was created for the play and 
it enjoyed a second "opening night" 
on Monday evening. 

It Is hard to visualize Florence 
Reed in the part pf Cassie Cook, 
and it is easy to believe that Miss 
Brady might readily be seized with 
an attack of appendicitis after por- 
traying Cassie before New York 
audiences for a brief spell. It is a 
"fat" enough role, Judged from the 
standpoint of melodramatic enter- 
tainment catering to the proletariat, 
but the play is so theatric — so 
supinely inconsistent it won't stand 
the acid test of analysis to be placed 
upon it by the patrons. 

A second review is superfluous, 
but it is necessary to chronicle the 
interpretation of Cassie Cook by 
Miss Menken after about five days' 
rehearsing. In her big scene, which 
occurs in the fifth of the six acts, 
she was very nearly "great," but 
not quite so. Her main fault scorned 
to be that she played too much on 
a single key, very much like a 
vaudevillian attempting to extract 
music from a one-string violin. She 
is supposed to portray a woman of 
many moods, but seemed to be lack- 
ing in the artistic temperament 
requisite to the depiction of a per- 
son of a variegated nature — partially 
good and alternately wicked. The 
author has tried to create the char- 
acter of a girl marked with a love 
of life and adventure, driven to a 
life of immorality through a chain 
of circumstances and who is re- 
deemed through the love of a man 
in a similar situation. She- is sup- 
posed to be the victim of fior own 
temperament, but this *he fails to 
convey with sufficient conviction. 
Possibly when more familiar with 
her lines Miss M*»nkrn will bring 
to the part that which was lacking 
Monday night. Jolo. 



Philadelphia, Jan. 18. 

On its opening night last week the 
new Ziegfeld "Frolic" ran until 
nearL 12.30. A week's cutting and 
arranging go cut it down that Mon- 
day night the final curtain fell at 
11.10. All that seems to be neces- 
sary at present is the smoothing of 
some rough edges, speeding up in 
one or two places and plenty of 
practice for the ensemble numbers, 
some of which seem to lack the 
Ziogfeld polish. 

As seen at the Garrick the "Frolic" 
looke like a sure-fire hit despite Will 
Rigors' remark that Ziegfeld, having 
made much money with such suc- 
cesses as "Sally," "The Follies" and 
' The Intimate Strangers," was put- 
ting on the "Frolic" to save himself 
from paying a government surtax. 
"As long as those other shows make 
money," declared Will, "we'll stay 
out." 

Many of those who have seen both 
here prefer the "Frolic" to this 
year's "Follies." Rogers* monologs, 
while not exactly fresh in material, 
have not been heard for three years, 
whereas there were many criticisms 
of a sameness in the gags pulled by 
Hitchcock in the "Follies." Then, 
too, Rogers does not take up a great 
deal of time for his intimate stuff. 

Just why Jack McGowan, who was 
well spoken of at the opening per- 
formance, is no longer with the 
"Frolic" is unknown, but Alexander 
Gray, the substitute Juvenile tenor, 
while he obviously wor'-- hard, has 
neither the voice nor the personality 
to warm the audience. Luckily, each 
song he is required t» sing is ac- 
companied by an unusually beauti- 
ful ensemble effect, to his faults are 
likely tc be forgotten. 

The comedy, outside of Rogers, is 
in the hands of James B. Carson 
& :d Arthur West. Carson has 
dropped his "Securing an Auto Li- 
cense" skit, which went rather flat 
t N j opening night, and has substi- 
tuted a monolog which, despite a 
few clever cracks, is a weak spot 
on the program. Weet. with another 
r.onolog, placed after one of the 
show's biggest hits, started mildly, 
bwt warmed the audience into en- 
thusiasm as he went along, mainly 
b: his repeated requests that they 
should not laugh at his jokes. In 
many cases,- be it said, they would 
never have thought of laughing 
without the exhortation. His patter 
song on the crime wave question 

as a scream. 

Rogers' comedy (he included his 
rope stunts, of course) included a 
number of clever shafts at local 
items such as the bridge and the 
"L," but he also paid his respects Xj 
the Disarmament Conference, the 
Irish question and others. The for- 
mer was also the subject o. a long 
skit (one of the featured bits)', which 
has been speeded up since the open- 
ing and now has flashes of hilarity. 
Rogers was Hughes, Brandon Tynan 
a splendid Balfour, West an amus- 
ing China and Jimmy Duffy a clever 
Japan. The antagonism of Japan 
and China and the long-windedness 
of England were the points stressed 
especially i.. the funmaking. 

Another was a' fairly amusing bur- 
lesque thriller, "The Curse of Gold," 
by Clyde North. Rogers played the 
heroine, but the real hit was scored 
by Brandon Tynan as David Belasco, 
its producer. Thai impersonation, 
well known in New^itork, went sur- 
prisingly well here. Tynan had a 
seat in the second row r.chestra 
when the curtain went up and Rog- 
ers made his first remarks. Rogers 
introduced him to the audience and 
asked him to comment on the show. 
Later, Rogers brought out Eva Clark 
as "a young girl who wants to meet 
the great Belasco." Tynan goes up 
on the stage and the two stage a 
very funny rehearsal, in which Be- 
lasco uses physical force to make 
her say "I hate you" as he wants 
her to. The "Curse of Gold" sketch 
was then staged. 

Jimmy Duffy's "Horrors of 1921," 
cut to the bone, got only a fairly 
warm reception, but deserved more. 
Some of the prettiest of the chorus 
girls appeared wearing freak cos- 
tumes of the style of 1860 or there- 
abouts. The act had some crude 
stuff, but is generally clever. "A 
Double for Trouble," with a "David 
Work Griffo" and a movie rehearsal 
background, had amusinr; moments, 
thanks to Rogers, Duffy and beauti- 
ful Barbara Dean. 

Far above the comedy In It? effect, 
however, was the appearance of 
Way burn's "Dancin* Dozen." Their 
clogging to old and new songs 
Warmed the audience to the highest 
pitch of the evening. Nearly as suc- 
cessful were the California Ram- 
blers, with Oscar Adler as their di- 
rector and Eva Shirley and Al Roth 
as added attractions. Here was jazz 
at its best, With a little interlude of 
grand opora medley, well sung by 
Miss Shirley, and some excellent 
dancing by Roth. Next to the 
"Dancin* Dozen" it received the 

Oft applause 

Musically the "Frolic" is about 
-average. "Hello, Springtime," well 
sung by Lotta Miles, was about the 
best number. The rest were notable 
mainly for the go\ ns of the chorus 
and the lighting and posing effects. 
Theso wero all remarkable — the 



die, electric, lantern, etc.). 
"Beautiful Feathers Make Fin. 
Birds" (In which the girk were 
dressed to represent many -colored 
parrots and parrakeets) were th* 
best. 

Three Ben All Haggin tableaux 
were, if anything, above the average 
of these. Simplicity reigned in nearly 
eve.y setting, and the opinion was 
expressed that scenlcally this show 
is abovo the high Ziegfeld average. 

Waters. 



LONDON FOLLIES 

Portland, Ore.. Jan. 18. 

Albert deCourville's "London Fol- * 
lies," which came from London 
through Canada under the name of 
"Hello, Canada,'* closed a highly 
successful engagement here Jan. 14 
despite It made this its second stand 
in the United States, practically un- 
heralded. DeCourville has some- 
thing new, novel and elaborate in 
this show. 

• "London Follies," opening woefully 
cold, took Portland by storm after 
the first night, when it was dis- 
covered that here was a most re- 
freshing combination of the sublime 
and the ridiculous — comedy, vaude- 
ville, burlesque and spectacle. 

The redoubtable Harry Tate won 
rousing plaudits for his fun -mak- 
ing; Henri Rosen with his weird 
violins got a fine reception, and half 
a dozen other funmakcrs were ac- 
corded honors. But it remained for 
pretty little Connie Browning and 
tall and gracious Lillian Coles to 
take the lion's share. These girls, 
on very short notice, replaced Shir- 
ley Kellogg, the American girl, 
counted out by illness a week be- 
fore. 

Miss Browning was proclaimed 
the daintiest girl who has been on 
the Heilig stage since Marguerite 
Zender. She was the central figure 
in an entrancingly beautiful num- 
ber. "The Rag from Home," in which 
a fair-faced chorus wove a British 
union jack from streamers of bunt- 
ing with which they danced. v Miss 
Coles took the spotlight in "The 
Rainbow of Flowers" number, which 
was proclaimed one of the most col- 
orful and well staged spectacles this 
town has ever seen. It's only rival 
for color and splendor was in "Chu 
Chin Chow." 

An interesting feature was the 
precision and the harmony in which 
the chorus worked throughout. The 
"Follies" boasted no singing voicep, 
unless Miss Browning's might be 
so termed, but from start to finish 
the show held its audiences, and 
every line was wholesome humor. 
"Let's All Pull Together" was the 
most important number. 

Harry Tate, author of a number 
of vaudeville acts that have been 
over here, is Just a little overdone 
as to makeup, but he is a whiz with 
his British humor — a style that 
Portland fully appreciated. 

Brounh f. 



LEGIT ITEMS 



Justice Cohalan has affirmed 
Referee Falk's recommendation for 
the granting of an Interlocutory de- 
cree of divorce *o Alice Brady 
(Crane) in her suit against James 
A. Crane. No alimony was -sked. 



Talulla Bunkhead replaces Marie 
Goff as leading womar with H. B. 
Warner in "Danger" at the 39th St. 
theatre, New York, Monday. The 
change was made in order to bolster 
the piece and prolong its run on 
Broadway. 



"S. S. Tenacity" closes Saturday 
at the Belmont, New York. The 
piece, which completes a run of 
three weeks at that time, will not 
be sent on the road. 

The departure of the "Greenwich 
Village Follies" from the Shubert, 
New York, this week, gives the pro- 
ducers three companies of the "Fol- 
lies," each of a different year, on the 
road. The original company Is 
playing a southern route, with the 
1920 show in the middle west and 
the new show opening in Philadel- 
phia for a run. 



A dinner to celebrate Ralph Trier's 
30th anniversary as a publisher of 
theatre programs will be held at the 
Biltmore hotel Feb. 4. Trier's activ- 
ity in this field covers the period 
from 1892 to 1922. Originally the 
company with which Trier is asso- 
ciated had the opera glass rental 
machines in the theatre and also 
a number of candy vending devices 
as well as publishing programs. It 
was then known as the Frank V. 
Strauss Co., Several years ago a 
change in the firm brought about 
the formation of the New York The- 
atre Program Publishing Co., Which 
now practically control the program 

"Rivers of the World." "Lovelight" I WlntlUg of every legitimate theatre 

(in wbi«h the girls' represented varl- in New York City, 



Friday. January 20, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



17 



BED-SIDE CHATS 



BY NELLIE RETELL 



One whiff of ether makes us all Jekyll and Hydes. "What did I say™ 
yhat seems to be the all-important question which very few omit when 
coming out of the anesthetic^ And their anxiety until they are assured 
that they have in no way committed themselves bears out the old saying 
that "there's a family skeleton in every closet." Most all call for the 
parson nearest related to them. Others talk on subjects they are chiefly 
concerned in or the last thing they hear In the operating room. Some- 
times the people you would least expect it from hurl the most out- 
landish profanity, even vulgarity at those in attendance. Refind, cultured 
women, from excellent families, frequently use language when under 
ether that would do credit to an uprising in the Tombs. 

On the other hand, some of the patients in emergency cases brought 
in after a shooting or stabbing affray in the underworld, take the ether 
without resistance and come out of it without a murmur. Were it not 
for the presence of the policeman, who must be stationed near patients 
who are prisoners, one would never surmise that this mild-mannered, 
submissive, polite person was a notorious: gangster with a crimson 

record. 

« 

Many are the tales that could Le told, but few ever are. It*« a viola- 
tion of professional ethics to disclose anything one hears while the 
patient is Jo: an anesthetic. It has never affected me twice the same 
vny. I am informed that once I came out saying a prayer and calling 
for my favorite nun. and my cries of "Sis-ter-Flav-i-ana"— "Sis-ter- 
Flavi-ana" could be heard above everything else. Another time I in- 
quired: "Is my Doctor Sayre here?" «and "Is John here?" I was expect- 
ing no one, have no relatives named John; never did have anyone named 
John in my life any closer than a boss or a pal. And who the "John" 
was that I was calling for is another one of the mysteries attached to 
my illness. 



Just before my last onslaught I had been reading about a new ether 
discovery by some scientists that, when given to a criminal suspected 
of a crime, would, if he had any knowledge of the crime, cause him to 
confess all he knew. It is called, "truthful ether." Dr. Flagg, who is the 
chauffeur on my trips to slumbcrland, says I urgently requested he did 
not use truthful ether on me, as I was afraid I might tell the whole bunch 
what I thought of them. rf 



The last thing we say before we take ether is the most interesting 
to the doetors. Most of us try to assume a stoic pose and affect great 
composure; want to startle the medical world with our bravery; want 
to Impress the people in the operating room with our self-control. We 
don't fool them for a minute. They can see we are pale behind the gills. 



NEWS OF THE DAILIES 



The operating room and my rbom are on the same floor. I frequently 
hear the sounds of people going under and coming out of ether. I 
know the patient is unconscious and not suffering, therefore, their shrieks 
do not terrify me. , 



Whenever anyone of the nurses-have an operation and most all of 
them do, In fact, I don't believe there's a tonsil or appendix among them, 
the rest of the staff have much fun at their expense before and after 
the operation. A pocket edition of Conroy and Le Ma ire's "Old Doctor 
Shop" is staged for the occasion, and the poor girl mercilessly third de- 
greed about what she is supposed to have said when under ether, and 
all sorts of jokes are perpetrated on the victim. Of course this only 
obtains where the patient is one of the staff and among friends done in 
spirit of comradery. 



The nurses' sick room is across the hall from me and, as I know all 
of the nurses, I usually am lot in on the Joke. One nurse in coming 
out of ether was proclaiming her love for one of the^lnternes.. Another 
was calling for her sweetheart. Ono said, "Wouldn't it be wonderful to 
die?" This morning one, who had just had her tonsils removed, said in 
all seriousness while under ether, "Oh, I am so sick; that's the last 
time I'll evei* have my tonsils out." 



"Do you theatrical people pray?" was the question put to me by one 
of the nurses here. She was no: a student nurse r.or an uneducated girl. 
She was a graduate nurse and had charge of a hall filled with patients. 
I inquired If she were asking that seriously. She replied she was, and 
repeated that she did not know of theatrical people ever prayed. I 
told her yes, but that most of us book direct, and I wish I had found 
a« much real religion and humanism in this institution in the two years 
confined here as I could find behind any stage curtain In the world, and 
suggested she drop into St. Malachay's Church any Sunday at 11 o'clock 
mass, or to the Morosco Theatre any Wednesday noon or Sunday morn- 
ing. It is appalling how many still believe that thactrieal people are all 
"Haythen Chinee," as Mr. Bret Ilarte would say. 



From the way the doctors describe my belligerent spine to me. It must 
be like Leon Krrol's knees when he docs his funny dance and throws 
them out of joint. I wonder— no! no! that wouldn't do. • 



Trixie Friganza writes mo from Philadelphia she Is lonesome in 
that town, i don't blame her. I would be lonesome, too, in a town 
Where their proudest claim to distinction is the Liberty Ilc11_and that's 
cracked. 



Someone Sent mc a toy camel. I haven't any idea what; the significance 
la. Goodness knows, I had nothing to do with this prohibition. That*! 
something that was put over on you since I have been away. All I know 
about a Camel is that he went eight days without a drink and they 
named a Cigarette, a soup and an undertaker after him. 



Resident* of Detroit are to erect 
a theatre by means of backing the 
project themselves and a bond is- 
sue. The house is situated within a 
contral neighborhood locality, and 
will have a seating capacity of 
3 ; 500. The architects are C. w! and 
G. L. Rapp of Chicago, with the plan 
stipulating the opening be held in 
August. The policy will call for a 
slx-rtel six-act vaudeville show 
nightly, at all times subject to 
change, depending on the preference 
of the stockholders, who at the pres- 
ent time number 1,100. The stock 
sold at par of $10. 



Eugene J. Cardos. an Austrian 
picture producer, was re a rr es ted In 

New York on an old liquor fraud 
charge Which dates hack to Octo- 
ber, 1920. 



Andreas Hippie has announced 
that he intends to form an organi- 
zation which will produce grand 
opera throughout the country. It 
is to be called* the United States 
Qrand Opera CUlb, and will rive 
performances in all i\\v larger cities. 
Dipple, who was formerly manager 
of the Chicago Opera Companv and 
administrative- manager of the 
Metropolitan Opera Companv, claims 
to have received permission from 
various mana«< rs of the more pre- 
tentious type of picture theatres in 
which to present the operas, with 
the presentations to be given once 
or twice a mouth. 



A bill has been filed in the Massa- 
chusetts Legislature, which would 
require every resident of the state 
to attend church Bun days if phys- 
ically able. Frank P. P.ennett. for- 
mer senator, introduced tho pro- 
posal, which only neglects naming 
the church to receive the-compul- 
sory patronage. 



Musical instrument dealers of the 
country have assigned their will- 
ingness to aid in tho raising of 
$1,000,000 for the Caruso Memorial 
Foundation. R. B. Aldcroft. presi- 
dent of the Music Industries Cham- 
ber of Commerce, has appointed a 
committee to enlist the aid of the 
dealers. 



AMONG THE WOMEN 



By THE SKIRT 



"The Blue Kitten.- at (he Selwyn. starring Joseph Cawihorne and Lil- 
lian ljoiraiuc. is as frothy ait a cream puff and just as harmless. But, 
nevertheless, u is worth seeing, if only for the display of bare backs. 

Miss Lorraine was covered in but one dress. That was a yellow satin 
panelled skirt with a sleeveless coat of brocade in blue and gold with 
mauve facings. A mauve dress made with a full skirt to the ankles had 
the sides trimmed with feathers. The crystal material composing the 
bodice only existed in front, while the back was bare to the waist line 
1 |S not a graceful fashion. Her ermine and sable cloak was sumptuous 
enough to be given special mention in the program. Miss Lorraine's 
other gown was of solid brilliants, cut in points* at the hem. It was 
very gorgeous. 

Jean Newcombe. one of the best dressed women of the stage, was 
stunning in a brocade gown with a semi-detached train. A yellow chiffon 
sparkled with crystals and had a purple tide sash. 'The last act dresses 
of the chorus were of white lace over silver made with absolutely no 
hades at all. How these half bodices stayed put was a mystery. 

Summery frocks in the second act were in four sets, blue, yellow, mauve 
and pink. The skirts were edged la corresponding flowers and cut 
away in front, showing flowery trimmed lace petticoats. Two other 
sets of costumes completed the chorus wardrobe. White cloth had side 
panels of colored > thching, and the opening found the girls in all different 
models of evening gowns. 

A girl made a brief appearance in a long trailing dress of a leathery- 
Uke satin. The effect was splendid. 

May Cory Kitchen did some specialty dancing in silver cloth dresses. 



Jack Osterman was a real cut -up at the Colonial Monday matinee. 
After finishing fairly well with his own act, he walked into Anatol Fried - 
land's act and helped out in several numbers. 

Madame Besson, in her sketch, "The Woman," wears ah'tftflfning gown 
of flame-colored velvet trimmed down one side with black velvet flowers. 
A wrap was black velvet and mink. 

The Franklyn and Charles^ act was the best liked of the bill. Zella 
Goodman at the pia.io wore a crystal robe belted with mauve feathers 
and tulle. 

Corinne Sales (with I» Francis Dooley) wore a silver dress embroid- 
ered in steel and trimmed at the sides with orange velvet. *A fan waa 
of orange feathers. 



Tho City Council of Berlin has 

endorsed an ordinance which places 
a tax on any sightseer or patron of 
a cafe who remains out after one 
o'clock in the morning, the official 
closing hour. 



Inmates of the Sing Sin? "death 
house' will be she n a picture for 



their amusement, some n? 

week. The title of the fi'm is 
Last Laugh." 



"The 



St. Luke's Lutheran church for 
47 years situated on 4*d street be- 
tween 7th and 8th avenues, is to be 
torn down in favor of a four-siory 
building. The Selwyn theatre ad- 
joining the church, will house tho 
congregation and its pastor on all 
Sundays until next October, when 
St. Luke's will havo its new home. 

The freshman class at Princeton 

recently held a vote amongst its 
members for the favorite poems. 

ie drama contest 

am- 



The Riverside this week has the ideal bill of the season. Valeska 
Suratt is at the head of it, with her clothes, always Miss Suratt'a 
strongest asset. A dress of gold was* hung with green tassels. Over the 
gown was a rose chiffon mantle edged with kolinsky. A white kimona 
lined in flaming red was also shown* and also a chinchilla coat. A little 
girl in the act was simply dressed in grey satin. Miss Suratt dolls her up 
In a white ermine cape and cap. William Roselle in the sketch wore a 
badly fitting tuxedo. Miss Suratt wears her hair unbecomingly. 

Cal Samuels was one nice riot. Her tangerine-colored dress trimmed 
with Persian lamb is wearing well. Blanche Kin is* (with Ed Pressler) 
had a gold cloak, worn over a blue beaded dress. Miss Klalss' other 
change was a mauve chiffon made with a silver belt. 

The girl with Jed Dooley was in her mauve tights and short mauve 
skirt, tied with a huge black bow. 

Ernestine Vernon (with Bob Snell) showed a pretty flguro in white 
tights with a sash at the hips. 

Edith Claspcr isn't wearing any now clothes. 



'Macbeth" received 31 votes. "Ha 
et 14, and the "Demi-Virgin" £>. 

Stepping Into the place of a Co- 
lumbia freshman who was ill, Louis 
Calvert, coach for the college club 
played Orlando at the Plata last 
week in ordinary evening clothes 
He could not get into tho college 
youngster's costume. The lad was 
too ill to appear, it was announced 
and the Theatre Ouiid excused Mr 
Calvert from 'He ^ . ho Cots 
Slapped" to replace him. 



The Tom Howard show, "Knlck-Knacks," at the Columbia this week Is 
all Tom Howard. Women seem a second consideration, ns the only OAes 
are Irene Leary and Mattle Blllie Quinn, hardly strong enough for bur- 
lesque. But Miss Leary and Miss Quinn put over their numbers nice!... 
and the latter is a stepper of more than ordinary ability. 

The clothes of the chorus show a long and strenuous season. Tl e 
opening numbu in which tho girls wore Western cow-^irl dresses of 
white were about the cleverest set. In their day tho fruit and Jew* !'• I 
costumes must have been good looking. Miss Leary flreised in I 
usual BOUbret style, with a number of feather-head dresses. Mi^s Qui;::) 
drs Bed her rpccialty dance in a swandown union suit in pure white. 



A nearly -capacity audience filled the Winter Garden Tuesday matinee.. 
*The splendid orchestra, by way of a change, played, for the overture, one 
of Sousa'd marches. Frances Renault's elaborate wardrobe was well aj - 
predated by the women, judging from tho "ahs." Lillian Fltzgi raM 
looked well in a simply-made white satin frock. Tho full skirt Was I 

with crystal frlngo, while the girdle was of steel. 

Dolly Connolly was nicely gowned in a bluish mauve velvet, made \ 
tight-fitting bodice and full skirt. Sleeves were of chiffon. The Mftdi <<n 
Sisters (with Johnny Dooley) were two Scotch lassies first, an. I ,t1 i 
Oriental dancers, In goid and silver. The four girls with George / i; t 
were chambermaids m coral dresses faced in blue. 



Following a storm of protest fed 
by Mis. Edith Rockefeller McCor- 
mick, Mary Garden has announced 
there will be no further perform- 
ance! of "Salome" in Chicago. 



Maude Adams received front page 
space in a majority of the New 
Y«.rk dailies, Tuesday. When it was 
announced that she had given h'fer 
country estate at Lake. Itonkon- 
koma to the Roman Catholic Sis I I ■- 
hood of Our Lady of the Cenaclo. 
Miss Adams has. for nome fun i 
A Woman writes me from San Antonio thatrfdio had suffered for years boon Interested in the work of the 

*'ith the same malady as mine. But had an i VoperailQfl by a New York 

doctor, and that now she is entirely well; that she has taken on L»0 

Pounds, also has become B mother. All since thai operation five years 

Q go. Inasmuch as I already weigh nearly 200 and afn a grandmother, I 



•The Law and the Woman," a picture at tho Rivoll, featuring Belty 
Compson, has an old -fashioned plot, but affords Ifisa Compson plenty 
of opportunity to exhibit a splendid wardrobe. Starling with a go'll 
costume, a nc??lig?e of some soft material follows. A one-piece serge 
dress was worn with a small hat and fox scarf. Elaborate cv . . ( 
gowns were worn by Miss Compson and Cleo Hidgely. 



Hospital suffering from a broken 
arm. She received tho injury upon 
falling in front of an automobilo. 

Through her mother, Louise 
Oroody has announced she will 
marry Frank ItcGOC of K. M Fuller 
& Co. when she has obtained a final 

'1 . roe of divorce from William 
H irrigate the actor. 



by the Provincetown Players, at 
whoso Macdougai street house the 
western company will present "Mr. 
Faust," by Arthur Davison Flcke. 



reckon r l better let well enough alone. 



Joe Moran, the handsome Irishman who owns the Vanderbilt theatre, 
*ends Rome apples with the information that "An apple a day keeps the 
doctor away." Thanks for the apples, but who wants to keep my doctor 
»Way? i don't. 



sisterhood, The estate consists of a 
large Stone residence, several out- 
buildings and Includes 300 acres 



w'th the 
$130,000. 



whole being valued at 



looking 



Anyoni 
Wallace Hopper 

WOUld glvj you 



a 



for someone to play a very young part, page Edna 
She would fill the role Ideally if the Gerry Society 
permit for her to work. She had diliicu'.ty en con- 
vincing me that the youthful flapper standing alongside my bed was 
Hi* famous musical comedy star of a decade ago. Getting the face 
lifted is much more satisfactory than the ordeal I am undergoing. 



Lillian Russell has been appointed 
an inspector of immigration by 

James Davis, Secretary of Labor. 
Miss Russell received the position 
through her previous interest in the 
problems of immigration, and will 
sail for Kuropo where she will study 
the existing conditions on the other 
side. She will sail with her hus- 
band. Alexander P. Moore, publisher 
of -'The Pittsburgh Leader/' to be 
i;one until next Man h. 



I>o Stark's divorce suit was tried 
last week, testimony being offered 
by his wife, an opera Singer, to 
having found him in his apartment 
with a small blonde woman, who 
was concealed under the bed clothes. 
The wife asks tho custody of their 
five -year-old son. Stark's real name 
is fKi\C'n as Leopold Albert, Baron 
Stack von Goltzheim. 



Mr*, riare Sheridan, the Engli h 
sculptress, whose diary has bet >< 
running in a Ipagnsine. .» s hot to 
marry Charlie Chaplin, according to* 
him. He wired: 'Wot married. Mi §. 
Sheridan is old enough to i» my 
mother." 



lT"i.'>r> Le*» Worthing last week 
obtain.- I In Boston a divorce from 
Charles J. MacOonald. 



Th 



newsboy Is always a welcome part of the daily routine. Every- 



Jacob P. Adler, the Yiddish ttCtOf, 
was presented with a r i ■ of 
$i"».ooo following the performati 



0,,< ' who can n;d at all reads the newspapers. If one cannot afford given .In his honor at the Ma nhattai 



••■■• »»M ■ ' . ' ■ I ill till I ''ill 19 l 1H III" »l . |<t *.(»*.» .». M «. will *i». v ...... 

to buy. everyone is willing to divide the topics of the day which an 



us- -,i an d 
n r that th 



aa 



Mj 






i port ant questlonsi are decided in about the sa 

ire arouu the stOVe In the village r.« - » i fj I - ; ' 

. ~..o» -r 
Is off to Zoe P.c /f ihc "Mail," 

as practic three/f" Con ' '• ' 



mat 



■■: h rc BliC 



Ope- a House hjst Sr- 
caslon served al>o as 

appearance of Mr. Adler. 



Tho oc- 

far v. •:• 



I, 



Mary T.awton. who 1. i 1 

misitod by her friends f«>r tour 
I \w.s found »** bo in the ltd 



r;h>rii Toy has brought suit for 
divorce against William Easterday, 
in i til In Washington In connection 
With tho Nicky Arnsteln cise. He 
announce* he will contest the suit. 



'M.rv ■- and "The O'Brien Girl" 
Will Im» produced in Australia for J. 

C. Williamson by Qehe Richards, 



' Rosa M.three" a* th.^ kexlngtdn*. 
N'".v York, has been retitled "Tin 
it -i . . Ihetto." 



Mrs. Stella Keating and Mrs. Hose 
fevin, daughters of Oscar Ham- 
merstein, are again seeking to oust 
their father's widow from the Man- 
hattan opera house, where h!i^ 
clings onto her apartment despite 
the sale to the daughters by fore- 
closure. The case was postponed to 
enable the widow to obtain com. 



Samuel Insull, head of several 
large public utility concerns, was 
last week elected to bead the < } i . - 
cago Opera Association, succeed in ; 
Harold I<\ McOorrnick, recent!; I 
vorced from ids wif«. Mary C 
den will continue as director. 



The le Lltth 



V 



e 



Vh »atre Co. h 

Del D II !i 



"The Playeraft .men" has been or- 
ganized at Yale to develop fit 

dramatic talent of all kinds in un.- 
vcr.sity upper classmen. 

The original of "Over There," t] 
war song by George M. 4*>han 
now on exhibition In the tre« 

room of the Harvard public hlx n . 

along wll h mapwsi npm <■ «■ 
dl fuii lit J peo] !o. 






18 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



Friday, January 20, 1922 



• 



PALACE 



Tin >• cheer< i Bessie Clayton and 
her artist* Monday night, not am-. 
but several time*. Coming at the 

end of a 40-minute revue that neans 

tome thing, ►<<> enthused was the 

audi- : o i hat the plaudits comin- 
ued no less than three minutes, and 
Miss Clayton ofi the Verge *-■• 
hysteria called out her company, 
thrilling ".»*t ' to poms before the 

curtain. That finny ol exciten* 

came at n o'clock and there v 
m '.«• show to « oroe, t b C ytor. ai t 

befi ■ • \ < •:'!). it was p. rhaps t 

of the l'i. •• • 1 1 i ; Mi 

Tlnyion's career. 

I \ t<.u turn, bfil< <l as " The 
T.< x Parti * was ti.. high lu:h; of 
a gtri it , pne that 

held n. until tho 

finals .it n "• •. Th- .-. might have 
been a few box I 1< It upstairs 

but the bous< looked virtual cap- 
acity) " 

Certainly this is the best of all th 
Vaudiviile productions credited to 
Miss Clayton. This Week is the 
fourth time it has played tho Palace 
within two months. She has 
gathered about her a group of..sterl- 
ing artists. Kvery one is "there" 
in his or her specialty. The Temple- 
ton brothers singly and as a team 
drew down smashing applause. . So 
did the giddily whirling Guy and 
Pearl Magley. The spot on the 
back of Miss Magloy's kimona in 
the Jap number was the only trifling 
marring note.. ^ 

And the all important Versatile 
Sextette "tore 'em wide open" sev- 
eral times. This is a noted musical 
Punch. One from which Ted Lewis 
and Hector Downs are graduates. 
j\\ Lentz, tho character singer per- 
haps scored over the others with 
his Yiddish .humorous lyric. Sam 
Kahn and Herman Hyde danced and 
played at the same time to real suc- 
cess and the others of the sextette 
doing their work cleverly were Irv- 
ing Aaronson, at the piano, John 
D'AHesandro and Andy Hamilton. 

Yet amid the wonderful pace car- 
ried throughout, Miss Clayton 
twinkled her toes with the grace 
of yore. Hers was and is a re- 
markable performance. Her act is 
the season's vaudeville sensation. 

Brilliancy in dance had it this 
wr . k. Mrs. Irene Castle, who is 
Mrs. Robert Tremaine in private 
life, held over from last week and 
closed intermission as the class fea- 
ture of the performance. There is 
a reason for Mrs. Castle's excel- 
lent work, for with the late Lieut. 
Vernon Castle she appeared in 
Vaudeville before going abroad, 
\\ here they really won fame as a 
ballrOOm couple. They 
originally from the obscurity of a 
musical show chorus. It seemed odd 
to see tho titian tinge to Mrs. 
Castle*S hair, when her pictures al- 
ways gave the impression of raven 
tresses. Class in stage settings and 
costumes matched the work of the 
artists herself. Mrs. Castle looked 
the thoroughbred in the film shown 



hit 



number 
•» 



out of the 



Flowers" a 
"Music Bos Revue 

"Everybody St« p," from the same 
>]n>w w.;s used for a dance number 
in tho Clayton act. 
. lhios Fraserc opened with his dar- 
ing exhibition of heel gripping of 
the trapses bar, wjiile swinging in 
a wide are. Franzere is chattering 
quite some and some of the talk 
could be made bcightcr, especially 
that at tho opening. The news film 
showed spilling pjt confiscated liquors 
into the s.wa ra and also the feces 
of prohibition chiefs. One or the 
other was the occasion for hisses 
by spme of the audience. Ibi'. 



COLONIAL 



They 
mix- 
that 



before the act and in person. She 
was given such hearty applause that 
she appeared before the curia irt, 
saying she was so much pleased be- 
cause her mother was into see the 
act for the first time. 

Tho turn ahead also used a film as 
a prelude — Flanagan and Morrison 
(New Acts). 

Lewis and Dody opening inter- 
tftisslOQ, delivered the comedy hit 
of the evening, this being their 
Initial Palace showing with the 
present turn, holding the "Hello" 
eong, which they call "Chera 
Bochcha." Tho ventriloquist bur- 
lesque won laughter and pulled down 
a heavy hand. But it was as "Mike 
and Ike," the singers of comedy 
lines that shot them across. They 
came out six times for choruses of 
the number at tho close. 

To take up the running after the 
idayton act, was the job ably 
handled by Ole Olson and Chic 
Johnson, the "Swede nuts." 
were "right after 'em" with a 
ture of fast song nonsense 
diverted the house after the Clayton 
incident. Laughter greeted the 
clever telephone bit, which sent the 
vornedlan-pianist sprawling all over 
tho instrument shaking in mock 
rrerriment much to the amusement 
of the crowd. The bar rail bit and 
number also lande"d strongly and 
after that it was easy for the team. 
Clayton White, Grace Leigh and 
Co. made a capital number three 
in George V. Hobart's "Cherio," 
which Is now so pleasantly dressed 
With an Interior which lends atmos- 
phere of a Long Island bungalow. 
Jf the legitimate revivals could stand 
up as well as this vaudeville re- 
vival, there would be less complaint 
along Broadway. M Cherie" is in 
Skilful hands and it is made amus- 
ing from curtain to curtain, show- 
ing that some vaudeville values are 
long enduring. 

LVArmors Franklyn and Douglas 
Charles, assisted by SSells Goodman 
closed the long show, necessarily 
rutting the opening song number 
and M'»ing immediately into the 
tough dance. The stairway feat was 
also out. the boys performing their 

spectacular hand to hand routine 

nfter one song by Miss Goodman. 
Despite the lateness, the act won 
gov* ral curtains and held the house 
with comparatively few walk 

The Quixy Potlf made a strong 
Ki. ?. winning enough admirers to 

get a 'Toss for a hit. That was ma- 
terially aided by the Instrumental 
f< tture. One thing the instrumental 

" • I T >: 
the pa:. Inj 



WINTER GARDEN 

/ 
An average nine-act running order 

, insta'hd th.s week that neither 

•'.nod one way nor the other and 
ted to develop any undue en- 
thusiasm at BhubertS' Winter Gar- 
den until late in the evening, when 
Georgie Price showed. Previous, to 
that time the audience seemingly 
enjoyed itself, though in no instance 

i did they approach that point which 
registers an outburst of popular ac- 
claim. Price garnered unto himself 
top honors and encountered very 
little difficulty fn doing so. En- 
tering at 10:34, he recited, kidded 
and sang his way to large re- 
sponse which brought blm back for 
a trio of encores before the gather- 
ing was satisfied to call it quits. It 
was a soft spot for Georgie, with his 
showmanship taking full advantage 
of it. 

Business was good on the initial 
evening of the week, though at 

j scattered intervals there were many 
vacant chairs to be seen. Slow in 
assembling, coming down the aisles 
as late as 8:45, they proved a ma- 
terial offset to the first trio of acts. 
Francis Renault, No. 3, was last in 
feeling the awunt of the stragglers, 
though he succeeded in holding the 
attention through the medium of 
his costumes. This boy is wearing 
considerable raiment, with each in- 
dividual dressing of a number call- 
ing forth a hand. In actual work 
Renault falls shy of equaling the 
mark set by his clothes, and espe- 
cially does his finishing number, an- 
nounced as that of Ruth St. Denis 
in the death scene from "Madama 
Butterfly," smack of a snicker to 
tho knowing. Whether it's an ex- 
cuse to wear a splendid Japanese 
robe or not, Renault would do well 
to find some other pretense, for 
when did St. Denis, a dancer, ever 
do "Butterfly?" Whoever has seen 
the opera or knows the story will 
have to have a pretty lively imagi- 
nation to picture "Butterfly" sprin- 
kling a few blossoms around, thence 
going into a dance (accompanied by 
ged fcy*nbals strapped to her fingers) 
tossing a few more blossoms about 
and killing herself. 

Tho Seven Blue Devils opened 
with their pyramid building and 
fast finish, being followed by Moss- 
man and Vance, who put over a 
coupfe of melodies and some step- 
ping of which their^oft shoe tap- 
ping, minus muslcr* gained "them 
sulficient recognition to score as an 
acceptable two-spot offering. 

It's a return engagement for Lil- 
lian Fitzgerald at the Garden this 
week. She was reported as about to 
join a legitimate production, but 
the rumor later carrying the state- 
ment that tho sho t was not in 
readiness, hence her adherence to 
the twice daily. Miss Fitzgerald 
drew attention through her appear- 
ance, but was a long time getting 
under way, and not until she did her 
cat mimicking was her head en- 
tirely above water. That one inci- 
dent did it, which allowed for an 
abundant closing encore. 

Johnny Dooley, originally slated 
as second after intermission, was 
moved up to closing the first half, 
and clowned through a 20-minute 
interval that pleased. Dooley is 
ad libbing all the way and gets 
enough comedy out of a vehicle 
which is minus a wallop to make it 
acceptable and keep him busy. 

George Mayo, with his Herman 
Timberg tab, switched places with 
tho Dooley act and did nicely. They 
hopped* on Mayo's phone business 
for considerable laughter, while the 
action and girls supplied additional 
advantages which were not over- 
looked. A particularly s noteworthy 
item in the act was Ruth Valle. In 
a schedule which calls for all four 
girls to specialize Miss Valle has 
been allotted the major portion bf 
the assignment and handles it in a 
style which predominates through- 
out. Being not hard to gaze upon, 
as a beginning this young woman 
goes to work in a manner generally 
labeled "cute," and, with some 
coaching, gives promise of develop- 
ing into something more than a 

specialty member of a production 

turn. The act continues to look 
well with the clothes and setting, 
while Mayo's efforts are capable of 
•upplying the comedy values 
needed. 

Dolly Connolly and Percy Wen- 
rlch put under way the latter half 
of the performance with a sextet of 
songs, added to which was Wen- 
i .« h's reminiscent medley. Miss 
Connolly's nppearaneo, backed by 
an >easy manner of delivery and 
■ongfl which were all special and 
above the average, breezed through 
easily, connecting solidly enough to 
outs. ^ permit of the Introduction of s new 
melody for an additional bit. A 
pleasing couple, this pair, with ma- 
terial worth listening to in lyric as 
w< II as melody. 

Following was Georgie Price's 



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44TH ST. 

The last week of Shubert vaude- 
ville at this house does not frame 
up as a very by jingo entertain- 
ment, although certain acts In spots 
stood out like eameos in comparison 
to the rest >of the program. It is 
little wonder that this house as one 
of the links in the Shubert chain 
failed to catch on if this ia the sort 
of stuff they have been feeding 'em. 
The lay-out is not at fault; the 
switching of acts could have* proved 
but very little more effective, but 
whoever sent this show into the 
41th Street had no sense of vaude- 
ville (proportions. Two musical acts 
of the "dumb' order, a mis-spotted 
woman single, ditto male solo per- 
former, a mild two-man cross-talk 
dam, a Sketch, a mental telepathist 
turn, a Wlllrogeresque monologlst 
and an animal act comprised the 
program. And each was handi- 
capped through poor running order 
made so only through unbalanced 
booking, # 

Arthur Terry with his talk and 
lariat gave the show a good start 
that the two ensuing acts could not 
maintain Terry's style of Working 
is not Unlike th .t of Will Rogers, 
but the fact he knows it- and makes 
sport of it alibis him. As he refers 
to it. "Some people say I'm a rank 
imitation of Will Rogers, but tho 

only difference li about $2,tl0 a 
week; Rogers has a tough time of 
it and l don't (sarcastically), and 
we both chew different brands of 
tupv" Terre is a coital monolog- 

Ist in h :, : emploj n j 



Minus an outstanding name on the 
program or any action which threat- 
ened a tie-up, the show-ran along a,n 
ev.-n plane. The patrons gathered 
for a figure that marked business as 
being good though not sensational, 
and it might have been much worse 
for a bill relying upon Up collective 
ability to draw at the box office. .The 
nine acts ran mostly to comedy, and 
in this respect Jack Osterman, with 
Dooley and Sales, reached forth to 
grab the most abundant allotment 
of approval. 

Osterman. placed next to closing in 
the first half, encountered little diffi- 
culty to getting to the house early, 
and eared along well up to a 'finish 
which permitted him to predominate 
over the remaining members of his 
section. In returning just once for a 
brief encore Osterman displayed 
head work, as the forthcoming re- 
sponse would have sponsored an ad- 
ditional- bit if taken advantage of. 
but he sensibly allowed it to go at 
that. 

Frank Browne put the evening un- 
der way with his xylophone playing 
and registered abov/; average for 
the early position, Bernard and 
Garry sang a trio of songs winding 
up with a medley of imitations, 
which were pro and con, to accept- 
able returns. The boys present a 
neat appearance, with their double 
numbers outranking their individual 
efforts. 

Mme. Besson in her divorce sketch 
followed and, mainly due to her ovtn 
accomplishments, succeeded in up- 
holding the interest to the finish, 
which has a twist to It. Allan Kelley 
as the lawyer produced a mediocre 
piece of work in his conception of 
the role, and should get away from 
the stereotyped manner of delivery. 
It would be of material value were 
he to eliminate the sing-song man- 
ner, as at present it throws the en- 
tire burden upon Mme. Besson, with 
the remaining two women in the 
cast having too little to do in order 
to be classed either way. 

Anatol Friedland terminated ahead 
of intermission with his production 
offering, which had Osterman run-' 
ning on and off the stage at intervals 
for laughs. The act remains as ap- 
pealing to i'e eye, with the girls 
also attracting attention. Outside of 
a decided tendency to "plug" a par- 
ticular number (which had the 
leader in the pit warbling the re- 
frain, Ofterman doing a chorus and 
the orchestra playing as a selec- 
tion, preceded by mention of the 
phonograph recoct), there was ulfi- 
cient action to keep the pot boiling 
until the closing out, which was of 
ma: " ed approval 

Dooley and Sales walked In with 
an abundant majority over the lat- 
ter half of tho schedule. Miss Sales 
is wearing two dresses which are 
most becoming to her, while Dooley 
realized on his clowning and the 
mention of the boys 'way up being 
his gang. 

Following the "Topics" film was 
placed Bert Krrol, who did five songs 
and proceeded to steal a bow or two 
with an added speech to make it 
sure. It was out of place, but might 
have been warranted if the routine 
had been abbreviated. Backed by a 
most attractive setting, the female 
impersonator connected for appre- 
ciation on various costumes, though 
detrimental are his masculine man- 
nerisms, which aje so forced, when 
in costume, as to appear unnatural. 

Franklyn and Charles won ap- 
proval with their versatility that 
had the burlesque Apache dance and 
the chair lift standing out as the 
most prominent bits. The hand-to- 
hand balancing continues to be the 
main item, with Franklyn departing 
from the arrogant and posing atti- 
tude displayed when on the floor at 
the Palais Royal, which adds credit 
to the act. 

Harry La Vail, and Sister closed, 
working on an aerial bar to appre- 
ciation from those who remained. 

Skio. 



an effective line of "wise" small talk 
that starts with a soliloquy he is 
supp osed to entertai n the orchestra 
only anyway, while the audience is 
getting seated, and from then on 
gathering speed with comment on 
national topics, etc. That line 
about his once knowing a lot of re- 
porters in New York, but since all 
the saloons have closed up, etc., 
seemed to tickle the house en masse. 
The crack is far from libelous to 
the members df the Fourth Estate, 
but the way the majority of the 
laymen took it they must have the 
impression Volstead took particular 
vengeance against the scribes. 

Three Musical Avollos could have 
exchanged spots with Terry to ad- 
vantage. Being a xylo turn, it 
would have been to Terry's advaiu- 
tage on the patter end to have been 
moved down a spot, thus ascending 
the grade, whereas the musical act 
seemed to let it down. Vinic Daly, 
too, would have been better in that 
fashion instead of following her 
singing act right on top of a 
musical offering. Miss Daly was 
further handicapped by orchestra 
miscues, although she got by strong 
on the finish. Opening with a 
"pirate" number, she sports a strik- 
ing skull and crossbones designed 
costume, which was only marred 
(and the women will bear witness 
to that effect) by a tubby appear- 
ance because of a lack of proper 
dress line?. 

Clayton and Lennle next to shut 4 
the first half with a crossfire routine 
which had considerable to do with 
the straight's silly and logically un- 
called for tactics of discommoding 
his English chappie partner's top 
piece ever and anon. It was pro- 
ductive of laughter, but grew tire- 
some toward the end. And as for 
that "green grass grew all around" 
number, it doesn't belong. Nor did 
the duo in that spot, somehow or 
other lending the impression of not 
fitting just right into the niche. 

Emily Ann Wellman's "theatrical 
storm in ten dramatic flashes," fea- 
turing Richard Gordon in the sup- 
port, proved to be the cream of the 
first half. The production act top- 
lines, and if the house will draw 
anybody because of any individual 
act, Miss Wellman's offering will be 
the lodestone. Out in the lobby 
during Intermission the men were 
talking about it, including not a few 
professionals, and a few of the 
women raved over* it. The act not 
only is a miniature "meljer" in it- 
self gripping on its story alone, but 



than two hours, with a 
and dances and a flash or 



'ew songa 

a pretty girl or so and some 55* 
strained laughs, is a relief. 

Bofhwell Browne topped. Both 
well has trimmed his support dowa 
to four girls and the Browne SIm 
ters. The cut wasn't noticed 
— he could reduce the 
down 



ncss 
and. have 



much 

whole busl. 
to the Browne Sisters 
probably a better turn 
The little accordeon-playing confec- 
tions got the whoop-it-up apniaul* 
of the act and the show, if - 
feld ever stumbles into 



the 



Zieg 

way while this troupe is there, rood"" 
by Bothwell's act. The girls tool 
two bows on the star "hand' 
night, and Bothwell took six 
per cent as much. 

Gilbert Wells, as a single, pre 
ceded the Browne "review and did 
smartly. He is the dancing, singine 
comedian of Lloyd and Wells 
separated from Llovd and 



took 
of the 
on ten 



its wise chatter, the playlet within 
a playlet idea, and the surprise twist 
goals them. Mr. Cordon's acting 
was really of a grade to be com- 
pared to the legit, standing out par- 
ticularly in the quarrel scene with 
his wife, where he tears her gown 
off in anger, suspecting she did not 
get it legitimately. The last scene 
twist of addressing each other by 
their real names, such as Miss Well- 
man, Mr. Gordon, Franccsca Rotoli 
(doing the vamp part), etc., the set- 
ting being the home of the leading 
man after the show is over proved 
novel. Miss Wellman is program- 
ing each of the .ten scenes, which 
aids materially in Clarifying the 
action that is inclined to confuse at' 
times. 

Palo and Palet. musical buffoons, 
reopening the second stanza,*walked 
off with the hit of tho evening, if 
stopping the show is any criterion. 
After acknowledging two bows 
though the lights for Leona La Mar 
were up, they were forced to an- 
other rendition on their manifold 
wind instruments. Opening double 
on piano accordeons, the team 
switches off with each number in a 
continuous medley, employing at 
least a dozen different instruments. 
Each is a capable performer, but 
what establishes them so strongly 
is their intelligent repertoire selec- 
tion, including up to the minute 
musical and pop numbers and 
classics that are sprightly and fa- 
miliar. 

, }? n on * La Mar> " ,he Hrl with the 
1,000 eyes," interested with her 
mental telepathic act. Describing 
several people's individual appear- 
ances in rotation, starting from one 
end of a row to another, tellini? their 
names, foretelling a few things and 
so on is among her accomplish- 
ments. The act Is a novelty in its 
construction and preset] I ition. 

Buddy Doyle, blackface comedian 
handicapped by a late hour, came 
on to a show-palled audience, but 
succeeded in holding 'em interested 
Doyle is a corked dude in appear- 
ance, eschewing the eccentric sar- 
torial getups so dear to so many 
other blackface performers Hla 
opening number fits as if specially 
written for him. | Songs and stories 
KS g * 10 ' 8 routine, topping it 
orr with Impressions that clicked 
Ho responded with one encore, but 



wisely bowed off to mako way for 

idplnski's canines, which 

11 Sharp and 1 1 borej h 

the hasty audlehcc 

about 50 per cenl . which is not ucl 

ba*i rating at that. 

In summary, however, 
frames up as > rratlc 



started at 

mrd to hold 
It succt eded 



the show 

entertainment. 
A brl. 



BROADWAY 



Ni< 



CO shOW, This Broadway com- 
bination of little and big time with 
■even acts makes Just the right 
ning time and gradation for 

tired show-business man 
dull bill is a bore 
a humdinger 



IS wearing, too. But 
program with the 



run- 

the 

A very 

and a hardship; 

uccession of wallo: s 



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pictures for a time. Then ho broke 
in as a single on the west coast 
His kosher southern accent gets 
him right to an audience. And he 
dances niftily ui eccentrics and floor 
shift. He tells two stories that he 
ought to have left on the coast or 
sold to someone for two film spe- 
cials — they're stupid enough. With 
some snappy lines Wells will d 
well, and can scarcely be denied a 
place on the best time. 

Grace Huff and Company of three, 
surrounded by an unusually neat 
manicure parlor production, trem- 
bled on the verge of a big hit and 
didn t just make It. Miss Huff la 
a darb; she has pe/sonality, hearti- 
ness, perfect vaudeville enunciation 
and a laugh-generating stage dis- 
position. Her support is uniformly 
excellent, three accomplished play- 
ers, each perfect to type, and the 
whole presentation intelligently and 
even subtly staged and played. The 
idea, too, is more than commonly 
acceptable. But the finish was tame 
and lame, abrupt and as flat as a 
punctured inner tube. There is 
much corking material In both the 
script and the company, and Miss 
Huff is strong enough to gild the 
apex of both; but the situati' n is 
allowed to peter out when it should 
climax. There is room for a dozen 
more big laughs, too— such obvious 
room that It makes one nervous not 
to have them bob up. Whoever 
wrote this vehicle is no amateur; 
hut he must have gone away when 
he had it almost ready, leaving the 
last minute of it to his valet. With 
that last minute pulled up. Miss 
Huff has a corking skit, and she 
should have, for she is a vaudeville 
gem. 

OlUen and Muleahy, pianist and 
romantic tenor, deuced all right. 
Muleahy is the singer. lie is more 
than six feet tall, ami does an im- 
pression of John McCormack as 
well as several other Intense ballads. 
Gillen is a bearcat pianist, and runs 
to chimes in his specialty. The act 
did very well for the spot. Quinn 
and Caverly furnished the other act 
in "one." In costume, makeup, 
manner, material, ethics and ideals, 
this team delivers exactly the sort 
of "two-act that used to be heard in 
Coney Island In 1890 with a nickel 
glass of beer. Woeful and vulgar 
puns are followed by two dirty 
parodies, the whole tiling passing 
by without much recognition. The 
best thing in the act is a comedy 
drop that doesn't belong, and that 
is terrible enough. 

The Four Ortons closed, and 
whanged in a hit. Two boys and a 
girl on the tight wire performed 
amazing stunts, while a clown ran 
in and out with one-ring circus 
props, a trained goose and the like, 
and flew across for howls with the 
bird on a Collins find Hart wire. 
The turn drew reusing appreciation. 
Roma Duo opened, a man and 
woman doing skating dancing with- 
out skates and some desultory ef- 
forts at Russian and figure si 
Got nothing and earned it. Lait. 



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JEFFERSON 

- This eight-act bill is probably the 
costliest show ever booked into this 
house since the Inception of its 
vaudeville policy. With Sophie 
Tucker in lights they were standing 
fivo deep before oit;ht o'clock Tues- 
day evening, with the congestion 
unrelieved until the concluding fea- 
ture picture, after 10 o'clock. Ditto 
capacity prevailed Monday, and 
though the show cost totaled heavy 
the house more than broke even on 
fhe gate. Sophie Tucker, Dave Roth, 
McLaughlin and Evans, a new Leo 
Ed wards llve-peoplo turn, and a 
neat supporting lay-out isn't such 
bad value for 60 cents. 

Tho fcpuse being seated solid by 
the time the first act came on, the 
Mclntyros* shooting turn command- 
ed strict attention. The closing 
marksmanship test of shooting at a 
target through the hole Of B phono- 
graph disk It a good Hash for the 
getaway. The audience responded 
nobly, Spontaneously raising an ap- 
plause barrage that can only bs 
likened to the crack of a whip in 
its elaeqneing shrillness. This un- 
usual enthusiasm was a feature 
throughout the evening, each act 
scoring and acclaimed with similar 
enthusiasm. 

Parana, a nice-looking violinlste, 
fiddled effectively for some 15 min- 
utes, gosling them with tho pop 
medley getaway, although faring 
mildly at the beginning. Miss 
Pagans could stand coaching on 
taking bows and making exits, to 
discard her mincing, skippm*.: stylo 



off. But there are 
essential elements v cw Yt worse violinistes extant P 
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Friday, January 80, 1922 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



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VALE8KA SURATT and I Co. 
ZSL White Way* (Comedy Drama) 
80 Mm. ; Full Stage (Special Set) 

Hiverside 

The second playlet of the current 
-aaeon for Valeaka Suratt will do. 
!£Ta jack Lalt output, an entirely 
new writing for Mlse Buratt, bear- 
ue no relation to nor recollection of 
JJJt "Green Jade" thing Mies Suratt 
atarted off the season with. 

-The White Way" la crisp, yet 
lengthy, with Miss Suratt handling 
• mass of Lalt dialog, always in the 
center of the stage, with her assist- 
ing players acting aa feeders or 
"straights." In the support is Will- 
iam Roselle, a legit leading man who 
gires a certain tone to the substance 
through the finesse of such re- 
strained work as he performs in it. 
for Mr. Roselle acts but little here. 
Neither "does the star, for that mat- 
ter. Hers is purely a speaking role. 
She comedes and emotes* as the 
dialog sways. Miss Suratt can draw 
a laugh much easier than a tear, 
equivalent to saying she swings over 
the comedy points but muffs the 
dramatics. 

Still the story carries along the 
players. During the telling. Miss 
Suratt moralizes, preaches, recites 
her theories gained from experience 
and mingles in timely slang at time- 
ly times. It's about herself as Jac- 
queline Mnlone. a prima from '"The 
Follies" who doesn't sing in this 
sketch. She had noticed a little cutie 
from the country, Gertrude Meyer 
(Viola Frayne) in the chorus and 
.missing her one evening in the line, 
learned from the stage doorman she 
had taken a ride in Billy Van Deu- 
een*? (Mr. Roselle) car. Billy was 
Jacqueline's former husband, a mil- 
lionaire she had walked out on after 
marrying, taking up a divorce en 
route, but she knew her Willie and 
hied to his apartment to save Gertie. 
As the prima walked in, the ex- 
husbnml had the country girl 
wrapped in his arms. Jacqueline 
told them both a lot. enough to make 
Billy wrathy and Gertie repentful. 
Gertie became homesick after hear- 
ing what the prima donna had to 
say about shows, choristers and 
Johns, and Billy got a hunch he had 
lost something when Jacqueline left 
him. So Gertie got her carfare In 
one of Billy's biggest bills presented 
to her by Jacqueline, and the two 
former life partners had a drink be- 
! fore the prima left, answering her 
ex-husband's remark that she was 
"all Wool and a yard wide" with the 
reply: "No. I am all bull and yard 
wide." 

This playlet has its teachings and 
Its place in vaudeville, through the 
cleanliness of that lesson, for though 
it does not relate an oft -told tale. It 
is told in a new way and written to 
fit Suratt. That it does so perfectly 
fit her is what makes her possible in 
It and will carry her over all the 
circuits, gathering laughter and ap- 
plause, albeit at the Riverside 
Tuesday evening the very full house 
laughed more than it applauded. 
But as a writing architect Mr. I*ait 
has built around Miss Suratt a 
playlet that matches in its conform- 
ity to her. the handsome wraps and 
the single magnificent gown she 
wears. Bime. 



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FLANAGAN and MORRISON 
-A Leeeon in Golf" (Comedy) 
10 Mine.* Full 8tage 
Palace 

Here Is a real novelty, both In- 
structive and amusing. It is as the 
billing aays a lesson in golf. There 
la a oyo of heavy canvas painted 
green and from little patent tees 
spotted upon a mat, which takes the 
place of a golf green, balls are 
swatted as though out of doors. 
The stage setting is virtually t'xe 
aame aa an indoor golf studio. 

There is an introductory film, the 
titles saying Morrison is or was a 
champion of California. Flanagan 
is shown doing a bit of hoofing on 
the grass. "Pro and Con" are the 
sub-titles for the pair. Slow mo- 
tion bits shown Morrison swinging 
at the ball and the ball taking flight. 
As comedy relief there Is Flanagan's 
dancing in the eyes of a slow mo- 
tion camera. The pair agree to meet 
in Morrison's golf studio. 

Upon the rise of the curtain. Mor- 
rison, a neat chap in flannels, first 
enters. He makes no pretense of 
being an actor, but Flanagan with 
his kidding while taking the lesson, 
delivers the laughs. The various 
clubs are explained and some golf 
expressions, so that the act is nicely 
proportioned as to comedy and in- 
terest. 

The film's titles said that Flana- 
gan was roped into playing golf. 
That was an excuse for using the 
lariat. Upon entrance he said his 
doctor told him it was a cure for 
lumbago. In getting the proper po- 
sition he gave the impression of 
contracting back trouble. 

A number of trick shots were 
shown by Morrison. One had him 
teeing a ball on top of a watch and 
sending it on its way without in- 
jury to the ticker. For the first try 
Flanagan's Ingersoll was used, Mor- 
rison purposely striking the watch 
and sending it galley-west. Another 
ball was safely hit from a resting 



THE POSTER GIRL* 

Songs and Imitations 

22 Mins.j Three (Special) 

State 

A personable young woman this, 
with a capital vehicle offering pos- 
sibilities for the big time. The 
stage is set with a black drop show- 
ing a city in the distance and in 
the foreground a practical billboard 
with three life size posters. 

Enters a billposter with pail and 
brush from one side and girl in 
street costume from the other. They 
fall into conversation disclosing in 
exchange of bantering talk that the 
girl is a burlesque queen. She de- 
parts on her way to the theatre and 
the billposter sings a short bit of 
introductory lyrics while hanging a 
three sheet of Fay Bainter. This is 
done by rolling up the poster dis- 
closed at the opening and revealing 
the Bainter "paper" beneath. 

The girl then appdfcrs and does 
the Bainter Chinese love song from 
"East Is West." While she is oft 
for a change to black knickerbock- 
ers and tights the billposter has 
another bit of song and the girl re- 
turns for her soubret, a sprightly 
bit of lyrics and a glimpse of 
sightly Frankie Baileys. There 
comic business on the part of the 
billposter in disclosing the third 
figure on the board which turns out 
to be "The Creole Fashion Plate." 
Stage is dark for an instant and the 
girl is revealed in place of the 
poster When the lights come up. 

She does Karyl Norman's vamp 
number, not very close copy as to 
voice, but with a good reproduction 
of his mannerisms. At the finish 
she doffs her black wig, showing 
smooth "patent leather" hair under- 
neath and in this sings the 
"mammy" song as done by Norman. 
For a moment there is uncertainty 
whether the singer is a boy or a 
girl, but the finish is another twist 
when she takes off the boy's wig 



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"FANTASY REVUE" 

Girl Act 

14 Mint j Full Stage (Special 

Drapes) 
58th St. 

Four girls and a man T rise 
of the curtain finds three o. the 
girls in a routine of legmania, girls 
young and fairly graceful steppers 
for the type of turn. Two principal 
dancers, girl and young man, appear 
from divided drop back stage and 
go into a composite of old-time 
Bowery spiel «.nd Apache ma- 
noeuvres to the accompaniment of 
a medley of airs popular 20 years 
ago such as "Sidewalks of New 
York." Both principals first rate 
dancers, the girl making an espe- 
cially good showing with contortion 
and acrobatic steps. 

One of the three girls on next 
with a snake dance in Oriental cos- 
tume, merely perfunctory dance to 
fill a wait. Other two girls take 
up the running in a series of Rus- 
sian steps, beim, later Joined by the 
young man, oddly attired in green 
frock coat and silk hat. The prin- 
cipal girl back for a short session 
of toe dancing and all together for 
a finale, the young man changing 
to Tuxedo. The billing does not 
reveal the name of the producer or 
the persons concerned. 

Lively little production, r.eat and 
attractive in unpretentious, small 
time way and far that grade satis- 
factory. Rush, 



LEO EDWARDS (5) 
Song and Dance 
IS Mine.; Three 
Jefferson 

Edwards, a brother of Ous, does 
not even accord the five people with 
him a "Co." billing. As a matter of 
fact they are the whole act. Edwards 
rests on his laurels in several num- 
bers he composed for various 
stars. Ills company does imper- 
sonations of those stars, including 
Adelaide and Hughes (twice), Fan- 
nie Brice, Willie Howard, the late 
Ralph Hers. Jlmmie Ilassey, Nora 
Baycs, Lillian Russell, et aL Each 
personation is introduced by a slide 
of the composition title and original 
singer thereof on a screen behind 
the folded drapes in three-quarter 
stage. 

Edwards accompanies at the 
piano throughout, .winding up with 
his latest number rendere* vocally 
and super-plugged right down the 
line by each of the five supporting 
members, the prima re-renderlng it. 
another dancing to it. a box plant 
singing it. etc. The Hera recitative 
number, "The Mills of the Gods." 
doesn't belong and falls to grip 
through poor delivery by the Juve- 
nile. The girl doing the Fanny 
Brice and Nora Bayea impressions 
is a fairly clever performer, stand- 
ing out above the others. 

The production is nicely dressed 
• and mounted^ but falls short of the 
real big time mark. Abel. 



place on top of a half-pint flask. 

For the close each lined up half j and shows her own fuzzy blonde 
a dozen balls and shot them sue- < locks. The whole thing is a neat 
cesslvely against the cantas stop. : bit of bright and amusing entertain - 
Morrison was blindfolded for the ment. . Jiuah. 

stunt, which is designed to show 
that rhyme is the keynote of driv- 
ing from the tee. Flanagan used a 
phoney bandage. 

"A Lesson in Golf is a smart and 
amusing novelty. It went over eas- 
ily on fourth. Jbee, 



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FRANCES ROEDER REVUE 
Songs and Dances 
11 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Cyc) 
»rd St. 

Francos Roeder is a vocalist, as- 
sisted in her present offering by 
Mae Lubovesce and Bob Heft, both 
dancers. Miss Roeder opens the 
turn with an introductory number, 
during which she Introduces her 
partners as her brother and sister. 

A fast Spanish dance by the 
couple start proceedings, they mak- 
ing way for a vocal selection by the 
featured member, who displays con- 
siderable ability with high notes. 
Solo dances by the boy and girl 
follow, with the latter combining 
high kicking and contortion work in 
a capable manner. Combined sing- 
ing and dancing closes the turn. 

Opening the show at the 23rd St, 
the returns were adequate. The 
turn displays sufficient strength to 
be placed in the closing spot on 
Mis of that grade. Ilnrt. 

OBALA and ADRIENNE. 
Acrobatic and Contortion 
8 Mins.; Full Stage 
American 

Voting man. garbed an bellboy, 

Birl In lights, short skirt. He front 
somersaults t0 handstands like the 
■Arab troupes; she a few contortion 
stunts on pedestal; he handstands 

and front somersaults; she bends 

backwards from table to floor and 

u 'k'. he pin wheels handstands. 

•he following! doing the same trick 

With one hand stands; he dives over 

chair* to handstand and over: she 

eenda backwards from two chairs, 
drinks from glass while he does 
more Arab stuff. 

• a.st nfovlug attractive thrcc-n- 
oay closing act. Jolo. 



McCOY and WALTON 
Comedy Talk, Sengs, Dances. 
18 Mins.; One 
Columbia 

Man and woman knockabout pair 
with a sure-fire low comedy frame- 
up for the pop house bills. The 
man's first entrance is a flying 
slide from the first entrance, from 
which he is supposed to be ejected 
by the stage crew in response to 
her "Send my husband out here." 

It starts them strongly, and. bar- 
ring a few intermissions between 
slaps or falls, the turn maintains 
the fast pace. Most of the comedy 
is derived from the rough handling 
of the woman by the man, with she 
countering several times with real- 
istic slam* on tho jaw that were 
good for roars. 

There is considerable dialog on a 
bench, with the male slapping the 
woman resoundingly on the back to 
illustrate a funny story, followed by 
her pushing him off the seat for a 
get -back. 

Two solos and a double song and 
dance are worked in, both proving 
capable steppers. 

The turn is sure fire for the three- 
a-day houses or wherever they like 
low comedy for that matter. At 
present they are on too lo:ig. They 
were a bam at this house. Con. 



GRACE NELSON 

Songs 

10 Mins.; One 

5th Ave. 

It seems a lapse of quite some time 
since the beauteous Grate Nelson 
graced vaudeville. Miss Nelson is 
the same handsome girl JU» look 
upon. Since appearance means so 
much in vaudeville Miss Nelson may 
depend more upon her looks for 
safety along the vaudeville route 
than her SOQgS, or even her voice. 
Neither, of the latter need be re- 
proached and th^ whole composes 

a likeable combination, but first 

with Miss Nelson It's her itage love- 
liness. 

Hilled in the lobby :»s carrying a 
male accompanist, Miss Nelson sang 
only with the orchestra. No expla- 
nation was vouchsafed ,or ,h '" ; ' 1 '* 
sence of the billed assistant. 

The Nelson a >ng repertoire i* a 

mixed one. ..f classical and seml-SOi 
Where 'hey want looks well dolled 
np, Grace Nelson ms a singer will 
do; where they Insist upon every- 
thing else that Should go With 
singer, that may be a matter 
opinion. But vaudeville univen 
isn't so fastidious. 



WHELAN and KING 

Comedy Sketch 

15 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 

State 

Whelan and West, a man and 
woman team, have a fast farce 
comedy vehicle with several situ- 
ations of good comedy value and 
dialogue of equal worth. The set 
discloses two. hotel bedrooms di- 
vided by a bath. One room Is occu- 
pied by a young woman and the 
other by a man. Both believe that 
the bath is connected with their 
room. They enter it at the same 
time. A corking comedy situation 
is worked up at that time, with the 
dialog employed getting several 
laughs. 

There is plenty of pep to this of- 
fering, which, together with its 
other assets, should make it a capa- 
ble contender for a late spot in the 
better three-a-day bills. Hart. 



FIVE HARLEQUINS 

Acrobatic 

Full Stage 

State 

Three men working as whlteface 
clowns and two boys one in sim- 
ilar makeup and the other a natural 
pickaninny. The pick Is the feature 
of the turn, a whirlwind acrobatic 
demon in straight ground tumbling, 
Arabian^ stuff and top mounter in 
some first rate hand to hand tricks. 
Tho second boy Is a dandy contor- 
tionist and tumbler. 

The three men, except for the less 
spectacular function of understand - 
ers, are fillers although two of 
them do some Arabian tumbling 
which helps to give the stage action. 
The closing is the usual Arabian 
whirlwind feats, straight - ahead 
pinwheels, butterflies and '•Arabs" 
in series, with a variation for the 
climax. One of the older men an- 
nounces the feature leaps of the 
small colored boy. The others, first 
in threes and at last In a four 
formation, stand one behind the 
other, and the boy makes a running 
dive over their heads, landing on 
his hands and coming up forward 
on his feet. 

The finale Is a whale of an ap- 
plause winner, built up during the 
preceding routine by the fine dis- 
plays of the same youngster. Hush. 



ETHEL GILMORE and Co. (5) 
Dances 

12 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Hang- 
ings) 
State 

Ethel Gilmore is a toe dancer as- 
sisted by a young woman partner 
and four girls used for ensemble 
work. In her specialty work Miss 
Gilmore displays ability. Her danc- 
ing is the outstanding feature of 
the turn. The dances by the four 
girls are used merely to M>»|25^ii^lJ B ~I^~3fcS 



time while sho is making changes 
Several costume changes are made 
during the turn, in all of which the 
girls appear in tights, something 
out of the ordinary for dancing acts 
of this kind. 

A dancing act which will suffiec 
in the houses for which it has been 
framed. Ilart , 



LONE 8TAR FOUR 

Songs 

12 Mins.; One (Special Prop) 

State 

The Lone Star Four is comprised 
of three men and a girl costumed 
in white cowboy regalia, whi h 
gives the turn a decided flash. The 
routine Is largely patterned after 
that of male quartets with the 
young woman possessing a pleas- 
ing contralto which fits In nicely 
with the group singing. The vocal 
selections are largely of the popu- 
lar variety, convincingly developed. 

The present layout contains but 
one comedy number used at the 
finish. A song along those lines 
earlier would help materially. A 
quartet that should expeilence little 

bill any- 



CONLAN and GILMORE 

Playlet 

15 Mine.; Three (Parlor) 

23d St. 

A two-act playlet that has plot 
and action with the talk virtually 
a monolog, the woman handling the 
lines and the man pantomlnlng the 
action. The setting is the home of 
Peter Hudsons. T,he wife opens 
a verbal barrage when her spouse 
enters two hours late for dinner. 
Every time he makes a motion to 
expostulate, she Interprets his ac- 
tions as threats to beat her; when 
he toys nervously with a fork, she 
accuses him of Intent to malm her. 
Thus the action progresses for IS 
minutes of laughs without a word 
from the man. For the finish when 
she accuses him of forgetting this 
happens to be the day of their 
first wedding anniversary, he 
dumbly produces a piece of jewelry 
as a token of his homage, to wh'.ch 
his wife replies something to the 
effect she knew all along he would 
not be so thoughtless without am- 
ple reason. 

It makes for a sweet curtain fol- 
lowing which the man in a witty 
after-curtain speech remarks (still 
in his stage character of Petei 
Hudson) that now he will have one 
word, stating the skit has a moral. 
If a married man disbelieves it is 
possible to come home and not be 
permitted to have one single word, 
here is the proof thereof, moralizing 
to the effect it pays for the wife to 
give her husband a chance to ex- 
plain. The skit has a chance on 
tho better bills. Abel. 



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GEORGE SCHRECK 
Songs and Talk 
12 Mins.; One 
23rd St. 

George Schreck is off«-rii ig a 
single aet built exclusively fur 
comedy purposes In whkh he 

discloses himself as a comedian 
acrobatically Inclined. Bchreck has 
developed several good Comedy 
Ideas which, at tb^ present time. 
have not been routined in such a' 
manna? as to get the bent results. 

Much ol the chatter is amusing; 
rtf 9) songs are humorous and the 
dancing sure- lire. 

No. 2 at th> downtown house, lbs 

return* were meager at the start. 
but took a brace as soon ns Ijtc i»<>'. 
:•..( under way A,iut«r spot would 
• helped to a large degree. This 
single should develop rapidly. 

Hart. 



MILLS and MILLER 
Acrobatic 
6 Mins.; One 
American 

Two men, straight and 'boob," 
open with brief double dance and 
then go into their tumbling. Straight 
does front and back somersaults and 
says: "Try to do that." Iioob never 
spunks, merely affects a silly look 
and then tops the stunts performed 
by the straight man. He then "un- 
stands" for the straight with funny 
pantomiming; acta frightened, does 
somersaults with half twists, then a 
brief double routine; straight does 
a aeries Of front pinwheels, boob 
I doc* front somersaults with straight 
on his back, Bxcellent three-a-day 



turn. 



Jolo. 



Harry Shafter has resigned from 

th ■ offic of Arthur J. Ilorwlfi and 
is now connected With Irving 
C per. Bhafter Is formerly of Chi- 
'r<«, coming here with Lee Kraus 
when th*» latter joined with Hor- 
wlts in forming a vaudeville 



SAMMY DUNCAN 

Charscter Singer 
12 Mins.; One 

State 

Sammy Duncan Is a single on tho 
style of Harry Lauder, kilts, crooked 
walking stick and Scotch burr, 
singing a quartet of special num- 
bers In the Scottish character. The 
opening has him as a gay young 
Scot singing a love song resembling 
"She Is My Daisy" in type, although 
no infringement in music or lyrics. 

The second, with a partial chango 
of costume. Is a comedy song with 
a weeping lover and the third has 
Duncan as a white whiskered old 
boy with an appropriate song-story. 
The characterizations are clean cut 
and neatly done, but the tunes are 
rather flat and mechanical in lilt. 

At the State the turn was rather 
mildly received. American vaude- 
ville has had a long aeries of 
Scotch character singers. Few 
have become conspicuous. The truth 
of it would appear to be that vaude- 
ville is not particularly drawn to 
the Scotch comedian type unless he 
is one of overpowering prestige 
such as Lauder. 

Duncan gets down to about this 
basis: he Is an agreeable enter- 
tainer in his style and will please 
moderately but will scarcely achieve 
feature honors. • Hush. 



LAWSON and NOBLE 
Flying Rings 
8 Mins.; Threo 
Jefferson 

Two men. Straight and clown. The 
flying rings are employed in differ- 



agency several seasons ngo. Ifor-jenl manners, including an "iron 
wir/. and Kraus both are On Hie'riJaw" getaway trh-k. along familiar 

J lines. Thnc-u-day closers. AbcL 

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Friday, January 20. 1022 



BILLS NEXT WEEK (JAN. 23) 



IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 
for the week with Monday matliee, 



when not otherwise 



<A11 houses oren 
Indicated ) 

The bills below are grouped In divisions, according; to booking; offices supplied 
from. 

The manner In which these bills are printed doea not denote the relative 
Importance of cits nor their program positions. 

* before name denotes act is doing; new turn, or reappearing; after absence 
from vaudeville, or appearing in city where listed for the first time. 



KEITH CIRCUIT 



*EW YORK CITY 

Keith's Palace 

Valeska Suratt Co 
Gallagher A Shean 
•Hackttt A Deliuar 
Vernon Stiles 
•Chas "urcell Co 
Dave Roth 
Glenn A Jenkins 
L A B Dreyer 
•La Graclosa 

Keith's Riverside 
Wms A Wolfus Co 
Prank Mclntyre Co 
Sybil Vane 
Peggy Carhart 



rroctor's 125th St. 

2d half (19-22) 
Burke Walsh ft N 
Robison ft l'iorce 
Jean Sothern 
Jones A Jones 
Elale ft Paulsen 
(One to till) 

1st half (23-25) 
Milton Pollock Co 
Payton it Ward 
"Dancing 8hoes" 
Frank Mullane 
Hartley A Joe 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 



E. II EMM ENDING ER, Inc. V 
PLATINUM ni A MONnQ REHOUNTIi j 
JEWELRY WIAWlljWUa REMODELING 
Tel. 911 John, 45 JUUN ST., Hi. Y. CITY. 



Mehliager A M 
Young; America 
Will Mahoney 
4 Ortons 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Grace Hun* Co 
Robison it Pierce 
Hartley it Lee 
Mr Far lane A P 
(Two to All) 

Mom' Riviera 
"Profiteering;" 
Wells Virginia A W 
George Jessel 
Saw Thru Woman 
Bob Albright 
Artistic Treat 
2d half 
Sylvia A Clark 
Vaughn A Comfort 
Rice ft Werner 
Sabbott A Brooks 
(Two to fill) 



Xay Hamlin A Kay 
Langford A F'rlcks 
Great Leon 
Qulxey 4 
,<One to fill) 

Keith's Royal 
D D H? 

Mabel Burke 
"Tango Shoes" 
Gallagher A Shean 
•DeVoe A Hosford 
'Florence Nash Co 
Ruth Roye 
Mme Hermann 
El Cleve 

Keith's Colonial 

Belle Baker 
Parlor Broom A B 
Leavltt A- Lockw'd 
Shells Terry Co 
Frank Gaby 
Morton Jewell Co 
Samaroff A Sonla 
Powers A Wallace 
(One to fill) 

Keith's Alhambra 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Harry Langdon Co' 
Bernard A Garry 
Beaumont Sis 
Redmond A Wells 
Wilson Bros 
The Lusters 
(Two to fill) 

Moss' Broadway 

Joe Laurie Jr 
Moore A Jayno 
I^ee 4k Cranston 
Boyle 4k Bennett 
(Others to fill) 

Moss' Coliseum 
Gilbert Wells 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
•Profiteering" 
Johnny Burko 
P 4k M Dale 
Casting Campbells 
(Two to fill) 

Keith's Fordham 

Singer's Midgets 
Johnny Burke 
F A M Dale 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Ringer's Midgets 
Gilbert Wells 
Ormsbee 4k Remlg 
(Others to fill) 

Moss* Franklin 
A Friedland Co 
Sabbott 4k Brooks 
Reddington A Gr't 
Pert Fltzglbbons 
Princess Wahlitka 
Vaughn Comfort 

2d half 
••Dummies" 
Kane A Herman 
Princess Wahlitka 
Spencer 4k Wms 
3 Dennis Sis 



Ford A C'nlngham 
Hendricks A McL 
Ryan Weber A R 
Erford's Oddities 
(Two to fill) 

Proctor's 58th St. 

•Flora Finch Co 
J 4k B Morgan 
Jones A Jones 
•Russian Rev 
Morris 4k Flynn 
Renard A West 

2d half 
Walmsley 4c K'tlng 
Theo A Dandies 
Waiman 4k Berry 
Way Down East 4 
F 4k O Walters 
Lord 4k Fuller 
Proctor's 5th Ave. 

2d half (19-22) 
Geo Jessell Co 
Burke A Durkin 
Jack Inglis 
Norton 4k Melnotte 
Merida's Pets 
McFarlane 4k P 
Victoria & Dupree 
•Her Color Scheme 

1st half (23-25) 
Grace Huff Co 
Weber 4k Elliott 
Shields 4k Kane 
Stcry A Clark 
Erford's Oddities 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (24-29) 
H Rempel Co 
Bert Walton 
Gllfoyle 4k Lang 
•Cevene Troupe 
Donegan A Allen 
(Others to fill) 

Proctor's tSd St. 

2d half (19-22) 
Milton Pollock Co 
Sidney Jarvls Co 
Kane 4k Herman 
"Dancing; Shoes" 
Frank Markley 
Archie Onrl A D 

1st half (23-25) 
Ford 4k Cnlngham 
Anthony A Arnold 
Henry 4k Lizzie 
Leon Varvara 
•Steed's Septet 
(One to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Ben Meroft Co 
Bud Snyder Co 
Kane 4k Grant 
(Others to fill) 

FAB ROCK AWAY 

Columbia 

2d half 
Llghtners 4k Alex 
Jones A Jones 
Wells Virginia A W 
Saw Thru Woman 
The Seebacks 
Bob Albright 



ALBANY 

Proctor's 

Spoor & Parsons 
Mnrie A Marlowe 
Signor Friscoe 
Jas Bradbury Co 
Flnley A Hill 
6 Belfords 

2d half 
Homer Romaine 
Hightower A Jones 
Walter Fenner Co 
Murphy A Lachmar 
Tom Keller 
Carnival of Venice 

ALLENTOWN, PA. 

Orphcum 

Abbott & Healy 
Green A Burnett 
"Nobody Home" 
Angel A Fuller 
LaDora A Beckm'n 

2d half 
Sargent A Marvin 
"Springtime" 
Glllcn A Mulcahey 
(Two to fill) 

A I. TOON A. PA. 

Orphenm 

Dell A Gliss 



Strand Trio 
Hunting A Francis 
Gertrude Barnes 

CHATTANOOGA 

Rial to 

Hart A Francis 
McConnell & West 
McCool A Rarick 
Barbette 

2d half 
Kramer A Zarrel 
Lynn A Loraye 
Rice Pudding 
Coogan A Casey 
Gordon A Rica 

CHESTER, PA. 

Adgement 
Sylvester 4k Vance 
Murphy A White 
Royal Elephants 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Geo Stanley A Sis 
Singer Girls 



Newhoff 4k Phelps 
(Two to fill) 
Id halt 
Dell A Gliss 
Maker A Bedford 
Malta A Bart 
(Two to fill) 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Keith's 

Reck A Rector 
Sandy Shaw 
Ellda Morris 
Joe Tow!* 
Gordon A Dsy 
(Others to fill) 

JACKSONVILLE 

Arcade 

(Savannah split) 
1st half 
Hip Raymond 
Jean LaCrosse Co 
Newell 4k Most 
Ned Norworth Co 
Autumn Trio 

JERSEY CITY 

B. F. Keith's 

2d hslf (19-22) 
Jack Norton Co 
Zack 4k Randolph 
Morris A Flynn 
Wallen 4k Le Favor 
Claude 4k Marion 
(Others to 11)1) 

1st half (23-25) 
Gllfoyle A Lange 
Jean 4k Val Jean 
Mme Ellis 



Sd half (26 29) 

Mehllnger 4k M 
Build Own Home 
•Vivian Siegal 
Will Mahoney 
•powney A Clar'ge 
(Others to fill) 

NASHVILLE 

Princess 

(Louisville split) 
1st half 
Simpson 4k Dean 
Polly A Oz 
C Albertson Co 
Melville A Rule 
Little Johns 

NEWARK, N. J. 

Proctor's 

Sd half (19-22) 
Courtney Sis Co 
Hall Ermlnie A B 
Lowe Feeley A S 
Lee Cranston 
•Diamond A B 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (22-25) 

Bert Walton 
Llghtner Sis 4k A 
Pulld Own Home 
The Faynes 
(Others to fill) 
—Love Shop" 

2d half (21-29) 

Leon Varvara 
•Steed's Septet 
(Others to fill ) 



1 



EDDIE VOGT 

-A MUSICAL COMEDY COMEDIAN" 
Mgt. GEORGE CHOOS 
This week (Jan. 16), Franklin and Jeff- 
erson, New York. 



Sidney Phillips 
O Hoffman Co 
Connell Leona 4k Z 

QUEBEC, CAN. 

Auditorium 

The Nagifys 
Hlckey 4k Hart 
Valda 4k Co 
(Others to fill) 
BEADING, PA. 
Majestic 

Keene 4k Williams 
Maker 4k Bedford 
Dixie Four 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Monde 

H Lewis A Grace 
Holland Kelly Co 
Grace Doro 
(One to fill) 

RICHMOND 
Lyric 

(Norfolk split) 
Jst half 
Black A Whits 
Frank Ward 
Ed Hume Co 
Cooke 4k Oatman 



1493 BROADWAY TELEPHONE BRYANT S41-842 

ED. DAVIDOW and RUFUS LeM AIRE 

PRESENT 

BILLY HARRY WALTER 

McDERMOTT HINES WEEMS 

IN SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 



Wilson A McAvoy 
Jack Norton Co 

CINCINNATI 

B. F. Keith's 

Ballots 

Bessie Clifford 
Jim McWilliams 
Clinton 4k Rooney 
Wylie 4k Hartman 
Roger Imhoff Co 

CLEVELAND 

Hippodrome 
Jack Hanley 



McCarthy and Sternard 

In "THE DIVORCE COURT" 
Direction: FRANK EYANS 



"Feather Your Nest" 

By Paul Keno. 
/ V Presented by 

Van and Yorke 

Sam Roberts is selling the feathers. 



(One to fill) 
Keith's Hamilton 
Beth Berl Co 
Frankle Heath 
Hall Ermlnie 4k B 
Davis 4k Darnell 
Oliver A Olp 
Wm Lee 
Keith's Jefferson 
••Dummies" 
Rice 4k Werner 
Spencer A Wms 
Cevene Troupe 

2d half 
A Fricdland Co 
George Jessel Co 
Pierce 4k Ryan 
Welch Mealy ft M 
(Two to fill) 

Moss* Regent 
Kane A Herman 
Sylvia Clark 
Brown 4k Barrows 
8 Dennis Sis 
(Two to fill) 
Dtrt Fitzglbbon 
Reddington & Gr t 
(Others to AH) 

Keith's 81st St. 
Holmes 4k LeVcre 
Stella Mayhew 
E A J Connelly 
Bert Errol 
Marcelle Fallet 
Blue Demons 
Keith's H. O. II. 

2d half (19-22) 
Howard A Sadler 
Marsh 4k Williams 
Oscar Lorraine 
Lorner Girls 
W A H Brown 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (23-25) 
"Love Shop'* 
Kane A Grant 
Robison ft Pierce 
• Downey ft Clar'ge 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Weber ft Elliott 
Johnny Elliott Co 
Frank Markley 



BROOKLYN 
Keith's Bushwick 

Franklyn Chas Co 
Rae Samuels 
Al Herman 
Harry Watson 
L ft D Murdock 
Jack Osterman 
Kate ft Wiley 
Mme Beeson 
Coradlni's Animals 

Keith's Orphenm 

Bessie Clayton Co 
Clayton ft White Co 
Jed Dooley 
The Stanleys 
Arnaut Bros 
Juliet 

Olsen ft Johnson 
Pressler ft Klaiss 
(One to fill) 

Moss' Flat hash 
Margar-t Y 'ing 
McLaughlin ft E 
Leo Boers 
Saw Thru Woman 
(Two to fill) 

Keith's Greenpolnt 

2d half (l'j-:'2) 
Ford ft C'ninghatn 
Lcddy ft Leddy 
F ft O Walters 
Kennedy Bros 
Ryan Weber ft R 
(One to fill) 

1st half (23-25) 
Williams ft Taylor 
•Diamond ft Bren'n 
W ft H Brown 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Story ft Clark 
Eary ft Eary 
John McGowan 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Prospect 
2d half (19-2L) 

Harry curroii Be? 

"Buttons" 
Rudell ft Dunlgan 
Ccok Mortimer ft II 
Weber & Elliott 
(One to fill 



Beban ft Mack 
(Three to fill) 
Reed ft Tucker 
(Four to fill) 

| AMSTERDAM, N.Y. 

Rialto 
Josephine & H'rity 
Gilbert ft Arnette 
Robt II Hodge Co 
Bowman Co 
"Love Bungalow" 

2d half 
Lawrence Bros ft T 
Adler ft Dunbar 
Baroness DeHollub 
Trovato 
Lockett ft Lynn 

ATLANTA 

Lyrlo 

(Birmingham split) 

1st half 
Martin ft Moore 
Mary Marble Co 
Lloyd ft Rubin 
Wanda ft Seals 

BALTIMORE 

Maryland 

Frank Browne 
Joe Cook 
Alex Bros ft E 
Scotch Lads ft L 
I Fritzl Scheff 
Doris Duncan 
Wm Rock Co 

BIRMIN4.il \M 

Lyrle 

(Atlanta split) 
1st half 
Martin & Jaryl 
Cornell ft St John 
Barber of Seville 
Allen A Canfield 
Joe St Ong 3 

BOSTON 

B. F. Keith's 

The Cromwells 
Greenlee ft Drayt'n 
Bryan ft Brodlreck 
Lew Dockstader 
King ft Rhodes 
Wayne ft Warren 
Ethel Levey 
Victor Moore Co 
Koban Japs 

BI'FFALO 

Shea's 

Unusual Duo 
Handers ft Milllss 
Sewell Sis 
Elinore ft Williams 



Page Hack ft M 
Four Mortons 
Foley ft LaTure 
Paul Decker Co 
V ft E Stanton 
Ivan Bank off Co 
Gus Edwards Rev 
Sandy McGregor 

103th St. 

Lockhart ft Laddy 
Connor Twins 
Chic Sale 
Tennessee Ten 
Tracey ft McBrlde 
Richard Keane Co 
Allan Rogers Co 
Al Raymond 

COLUMBUS, O. 

B. F. Keith's 

Rome ft Gaut 
B A Rolfe's Rev 
Dolly Kay 
Bevan ft Flint 
Jack LaVler 
LAO Archer 
The Jannys 

DETROIT 

Temple 

Jas J Morton 
Clara Howard 
Binns ft Grill 
Daisy Nellis 
Haig ft LeVere 
Eddie Leonard 
Gibson ft Conelll 
"Dress Rehearsal" 
Brown Gardn'r ft T 

EASTON, PA, 

Able O. H. 

Sargent ft Marvin 
"Springtime" 
Gillen ft Mulcahey 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Abbott ft Healy 
Green ft Burnett 
"Nobody Home" 
Angel ft Fuller 
Ladora ft Beckman 

ERIE, PA. 

Colonial 

Bob ft Tip 
Herbert A Dare 
Healy ft Cross 
Ruckrldge Casey Co 

GRAND RAPIDS 

Empress 

The Van Cellos 
Bobby ft Nelson 
Burt ft Rosedale 



Bud Snyder Co 
Frank Markley 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (26-29) 
Rudell ft Dunlgan 
Cahtll A Romaine 
Mme Ellis 
4 Ortons 

Wlnlock Van Dyke 
(Others to fill) 

LANCASTER, PA. 

Colonial 

Vlssar Co 
Mardo ft Rome 
Kelso ft Lee 
"Miss Cupid" 
2d half 
Martele ft West 
Davis A Walker 
Willie Smith 
Anna belle 

LOUISVILLE 

Keith's National 

(Nashville split) 
1st half 
Stewart ft Harris 
Celts Bros 
Miller ft Bradford 
Billy Beard 
Jos Amoros Co 

Mary Anderson 
Herman ft Shirley 
W ft J Mandell 
Loyal's Dogs 
B ft B Wheeler 



NEW ORLEANS 

Palace 

(Mobile split) 
1st half - 
Will Crutchfleld 
Joe Regan Co 
Columbia ft Victor 
Duffy A Keller 
Derrick ft Hart 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond split) 
1st half 
Mr ft Mrs Darrow 
Henry Sis 

Monarch Comedy 4 
Harry Hayden Co 
McRae ft Clegg 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. F. Keith's 

Brennan ft Rule 
Dooley ft Pales 
Ames ft Winthrop 
Watson Sis 
McDonald Trio 
Ella Retford 
Ella Bradna 
Houdlnl 
McLellan ft Cars'n 

Glrard 

Singer Girls 
Willie Smith 
Alma Nielsen Co 
(Two to fill) 



ROCHESTER 

Temple 

Geo McFarlane 
J ft E Mitchell 
C ft F Usher 
Norwood ft Hall 
Reynolds ft Done 
Lewis ft Dody 
Stephens ft H'lister 
Denno Sis ft Co 

SAVANNAH 

Bijou 

(Jacksonville split) 
1st half 



Johnny Burns 
Dak Coleman Co 
FlnleSt Hill Co 

Pinkie 

(One 'to fill) 

TOLEDO. O. 

B. F. Keith's 

Willie Rolls 
Vokes ft I>on 
811ber ft North 
Josephine Victor 
Joe Darcey 
Three Lordens 

TORONTO 

Shea's 

Louis Leo 
Hobson ft Beattie 
Bert Baker Co 
Pletro 

Seed ft Austin 
Canslno Bros ft W 
Daphne Pollard 
The Norwelles 

Hippodrome 

Laura DeVine Co 
Qrren ft Drew 
T Dnbsnn's Sisitha 
Ja Da Trio 
The Levollos 

TROY. N. Y. 
Proctor's 

Homer Romaine 
Eraser ft Dunce 
Walter F< nner Co 
Maxion Harris 
Tom K*My 
Carnival of Venice 

2d half 
Spoor ft Tarsons 
Marie & Marlowe 
Signor Friscoe 
Jas Bradbury Co 
Marion Harris 
Six Belfords 

UTICA, N. Y. 

Colonial 
Leddy ft Leddy 
King ft Irwin 
Travera Douglas Co 
Adler ft Dunbar 
(One to fill) 

2<1 half 
Stars Record 
Nestor ft Baynes 
(Three to fill) 

WASHINGTON 

R. F. Keith's 

Enos Fraz* re 



Burke Walsh ft N 
Clifton ft De Rex 
Vadie ft Gygl Co 

2d half 
Paramo 

Lowe Feeley ft 
Violet ft Lois 
Conroy ft Yates 
"For Pity's Sake" 

WATERBIRY 

Poll's 

LaClaire ft Samson 
Smith ft Nleman 
Violet ft Lois 
William Hallen 
"Spirit Mardl Gras" 

2d half 
Paul Le Van ft M 
Al Carpe 

"One on the Aisle" 
Babcock ft Dolly 
(One to fill) 

W'KES-B'RE, PA. 

Poll's 

(Scranton split) 



Janet of France 
Combo ft Nc\ in- 
Family Fords 

W'CESTER, MASt, 

Poll's 

The Arnauis 
Stevens ft RrunneM 
Mary Lawlor Co 
Polly Moran 
Chas Ahe«rn Co 

2d half 
Bohn ft Bohn 
Harry Waruvll 
Fields ft Fink 
Chambers ft All** 
North ft Holllday 
Mabel Ford Revue 
Plaza 

Paul Le Van ft if 

Paramo 

Will OVlaire Co 

Carrol ft Ilelvey 

Paul Plnus Revue 

2d half 
Warden ft Lacosta 



ROSS WYSE and CO. 

•FECIAL SCENERY. 
GOING BIGGER THAN EVER. 



1st half 
Baby Edna Ke'.r 
Ja* Raymond 



Stone ft loleen 
Barrett ft <:uneen 
Seven Humwiis 



BOSTON— B. F. KEITH 



BOB NELSON 

IN POLITE VAUDEVILLE 
HERBIE HEWSON, at the Piano 



CHAS. J. 




OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

Suite 417, Romax Bldg. 

245 West 47th Street 

NEW YORK 



PHONE: BRYANT 8917 



Chong A Moey 
Fargo A White 
W Armstrong; Co 
Wright A Dietrich 
McKee A MoClares 

SCHENECTADY 

Proctor's 

Juggling McBanns 
Hightower A Jones 
Trovato 

Baroness de Hollub 
Lockett A Lynn 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Josephine A H'r'ty 
Gilbert ft Annette 
Praser A Bunce 
Robt H Hodge Co 
Bowman Bros 
"Love Bungalow" 

SYRACUSE 

B. F. Keith's 

Beaggy A Clauss 

Miller A Carman - 

Niobe 

Fenton A Fields 

Walter C. Kelly 

Creole Fash'n Plate 

Proctor's 

Lawrence Bros A T 

Murphy A Lachmar 

Havana 

Nestor A Haynes 

Tommy Allen Co 

(One to fill) 

2d half 
Lcddy A Leddy 



Official Dentist to the N. T. A. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

140.1 Il'wnf (Putnam Bid*.) N. Y. 



Kaufmnn Bros 

■ Taliaferro Co 

Bon Welch 

Morak Sis 

CHARLESTON 
Victory 
Great Johnson 
Pardo A Archer 

■ r Hawley Co 

Ferro A Coulter 
Mantel! Manikins 
2d half 

Joe DsLler 
Francis Arms 
Wm Edmonds Co 
Stan Stanley Co 
Minettl A Sidelll 
CHARLOTTE 

Lyric 

(Greensboro split) 
1st hslf 



1st half (23-20) Walton Duo 



Fisher A Gllmore 

C.REENSBORO.N.C. 

Grand 

(Charlotte split) 
1st half 

Two Ladellai 

Edna Drcon 
Nola St Clair* Co 
Lloyd A Christy 
F A E Carmen 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Lyric 
Larry Comer 
HojreduH Sis 
Shlrocn 
(Others to fill) 

HARRISBI RG 

Majestic 
Reed A Tucker 
Rowland Kelly Co 



Owen McOlveney 
LOWELL 

B. F. Keith's 

Willie Solar 

OAR Perry 

Vernon 

Mack A LaRue 

Grey A Old Ro«e 

"Not Yet Marie" 

MOBILE 

Lyrlo 

(N. Orleans split) 

1st half 
Pollard 

Gene A Mlnettl 
Dewey A Rogers 
Lane & Harper 
Adonis A Dog 

MONTREAL 

Prim-ess 

(Sunday opening) 
Potter A Hartwell 
DuFor Boys 
Wilson Aubrey t 
Raymond Bond Co 
Craig Campbell 
Florence Walton Co 
Lew Brlce Co 
Shadowland 

MT. VERNON, N.Y. 

Proctor's 

Sd half (19-22) 
Victor Moore Co 
Grace Nelson 
Shields A Ksne 
Cummins A White 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (23-25) 
H Rempel Co 
Ryan Wrber A R 
Claude A Marlon 
Rudell A Dunlgan 
McFarlane A P 
Donegan A Alien 
(Two to nil) 



2d half 
Medley 3 
"Miss Cupid" 
Burns A Lynn 
Mack A Brantley 
(One to fill) 

Keystone 

Henry A Adelaide 
Dolly Dumplin 
J T Merrick Co 
Rowland A Me'han 
Honey Boy Minst'ls 

Wm. Penn 
Geo Stanley A Sis 
Crane May A C 
Wilson & McAvoy 
Jack Norton Co 

2d half 
Koroll Boys 
Sylvester & Vance 
Murphy A White 
Royal Elephants 
(One to All) 

FITTSRt RGH 

' Davis 

4 Casting Mcllos 
Cressy A Dayne 
Jack Norworth 
Hershel Henlere 
Burns & Freda 
O Munson A Boys 

PORTLAND, ME. 

B. F. Keith's 

U S Jazz Band 
Jos Bernard Co 
Musical Geralds 
Weber Girls 
Milllcent Mower 
Ilinkle A Mae 

PROVIDENCE 
E. F. Albee 

Lexey A O'Connor 
Bezazln A White 
Casey A Warren 
B Bernard Co 

Burke 4 Durkin 



Juliette DIka 
Billy Glasen 
Valerie Bergere 
Mrs Irene Castle 
Rae Eleanor Ball 
Swor Bros 
Jay Velle A Girls 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

Proctor's 

Murdock A Ken'dy 
Welch Mealy A M 
"Honor Children"' 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
"Dancing Shoes" 
JAB Morgan 
Morris A Flynn 
Frank Wilcox Co 

YORK, PA. 

Opera Honse 

Monde 

H Lewis A Grace 
Annabeiie 
Grace Doro " 
Malla A Bart 
2d half 
Keene A Williams 
Dixie Four 
(Three to fill) 

YOCNGSTOWN 

Hippodrome 
Sharkey Roth A W 
Thersa A Wiley 
Wilfred Clarke Co 
Venita Gould 
Gene Green 



BOSTON 

Hi ton 

Victoria A Dupree 
M Padula 

Hamilton A Barnes 
Step Lively 
(One to fill) 

Gordon's Olympla 

(Scollay SQ.) 

3 Kitaros 

Howard & Sadler 
(Three to fill) 

Gordon's Olympla 

(Washington St.) 
Roland Travers Co 
Millard A Marlin 
Mailer A Stanley 
20th Century R?v 
(One to fill) 

Bowdoin Sq. 
Hayatul.a Bros 

Howard 

Ryan A Ryan 
T & K Burns 
Cook M rtimer A H 

BROCKTON, MASS. 

strand 

"2 Little Fals" 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
Lucy Bruch 
Miller A Anthony 
Murray & Gerrish 
(One to fill) 

CAMBRFGE..MASS. 

Gordon's Cent. Sq. 

Arena Bros • 
Black & O'Don'ell 
Miller A Anthony 
Bessie Browning 
Dancg' McDonalds 

2d half 
Faber A McGowan 
Frozlni 

"2 Little Pals" 
(Two to fill) 

FALL RIVER 

Empire 

Valentine Vox 
LeMalre A Hayes 
Green A LaFell 
W Manthey Co 

2d half 
Danc'g McDonalds 
Goldie A Thome 
Fred Elliott 
Four Aces 

FITCHB'G, MASS. 
Lyric 

Anna Francis 
Stevens A Towel 
Faber A McGowan 
Frozlnl 

Fern BIglow A K 
2d half 



HAVERHILL 

Colonial 

Turk ft Clare 
Dunham ft OM 
Conlln & Glass 
Hickman Bros 
Johnson Baker A i 

2d half 
Fern Biglow A K 
Wheeler A Potter 
Anderson ft Burt 
Rucker ft Winfred 
McCartone ft M 

LAWR'NCK. MASS. 

Empire 
Ecko ft Kye 
Rucker A Wlafrei 
Thornton Flynn Ce 
Silver Duval &*!£, 
Berlo Girls 

?d half 
Anna Francis 
Tuck ft Clare 
Conlln A Glass 
Illckn>nn Bros 
Berlo Girls 

LEWISTON. ME. 

Music Hall 
Theima De Rona 
Ormsbee ft Renif 
Stephens & B'deaux 
Jarrow 
McGee ft Anita 

2d half 
Harry Fisher Co 
Hanvry ft Francis 
(Three to fill) 

LYNN, MASS. 

Gordon's Olympla 

Musical Hunters 
Anderson ft Burt 
Harry Cooper 
Peggy Parker -<Co 

2d half 
Johnson Baker ft I 
Barry A Layton 
Bessie Browning 
Henry Co 

MANCHESTER 

Palace 
McCartone A M 
Stone A loleen 
Geo Yeoman 
Barry ft Layton 
Henry Co 

2d half 
W Manthey Ce 
Green A LaFell 
Stephens A B'deaua" 
Harry Cooper 
Arena Bros 
NEW BEDFORB 

OK nip i A 
2d half 
Peggy Parker Ce 
(Three to fill) 

NEWPORT. R. I. 
Colonial 



P0LTS CIRCUIT 



BRIDGEPORT 

'Poll's 

Mankln 

Barrett A Cunneen 
COnroy A Yates 
J C Mack Co 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
La Claire Tft eVRsssll 
Carrell A Helvey 
Burke Walsh A N 
William Hallen 
"Spirit Mardl Gras" 

Plasa 
La Carde Bros 
Al Carpe 

"For Pity's Sake" 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Maxon A Morris 
William Sisto 
Anger A Packer 



Cradd'k A Shadney 
Paul Dinus Revue 
Polly Moran 
Chas Ahearn Co 

NEW HAVEN 

Bijon 

Maxon A Morris 
Oredd'k ft Shadney 
Anger A Packer 
William Slsto 
"Pearls of Pekln" 

2d half 
La Cardo Bros 
Pearco & Ryan 
Chambers A Allen 
Smith ft Nleman 
J C Mack Co 

Palace 

Bohn ft Bohn 
Jack Benny 
Murray ft Gerrish 



BOB CARRIE 

AUSTIN and ALLEN 

BROADWAY TO THE ORIENT* 



Dunham A O'M 
Thornton Flynn Co 
Geo Yeoman 
Mann Bros 
(One to fill) 



Fred Elliott 
Four Aces 

2d half 
Black A O'Don'el 
LeMaire A Hayes 



CHICAGO— KEITH CIRCUIT 



JOHN J. KEMP 
Theatrical Insurance 

05 JOHN STREET. NEW YORK CITY 

Phone: Bowling Green 1100 



"Pearls of Pckin" 

BARTFORD 

Capitol 

Sablnl & Grovlnl 
Babcock A Dolly 
Mabel Ford Rcvuo 
Howard A Lewis 
Seven Hasscns 

2d half 
Mankln 

Stevens A Brunncll 
Jack Benny 
Vadle A Gygl Co 
(One to fill) 

Palace 

Maxlne A Bobby 
Lowe Feeley A 8 
"One on the Aisle" 
Schwarts A Cllff'rd 
B thw'll Browne Co 

Id half 
The Arnauts 



North A Holllday 
Armand Kaliz Co 

2d half 
Maxlne ft Bobby 
Clifton A Do Rex 
Mary Lawlor Co 
Schwartz ft ClifT'rd 
B'thw'il Browno Co 

BCRANTON, PA. 

Poll's 

(Wllkes-B're split) 

* 1st half 
The Clown Seal 
Conn A Albert 
Arthur Abstlll 
McCoy A Walton 
Eva Shirley Co 

SP'GFFLD, MASS. 

Palace 
I Warden A LaOosta 



1 Field* A Fink 



CINCINNATI 

Palace 

Marlcttes Manikins 
Scott A Wood 
Correne Co 
-6UUe Corday Co 
Joe Browning Co 
Berzac's Circus 
DANVILLE, ILL. 

Terrace 
The Russells 
Johnson A Parsons 
Rings A Rainbow 
Ross Kress 2 
2d half 
Alf Powell Co 
Brent & Hays 
Kitner & Rainey 
Nada Norrino 
The Camerons 

DAYTON 
B. F. Keith's 

F J Sidney Co 
"Cotton Pickers" 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
West ft VanWinkle 
Dillon ft Parker 
Hall ft Shapiro 
Bobbins Family 
DETROIT 
LaSulle Gardens 
Fields A Adclaido 
Maxwell 5 
Jonnny Coulon 
BilUe Gerber Rev 

2d half 
Maurice A Goldie 
Bafel A Marshall 
McCarver ft R 
(One to^ fill) 

HINT, MICH. 

Palace 
as Frink 



J A A Riley 
Raines A Gilvert 
Sol Berns 

2d half 
Howard Nichols 
Delbridge ft O » 
Fields ft Adelaide 
Marion Gibney 
FT. WAYNE. iNRr 

Palace 
Jessie Miller 
Kitner ft Rainey 
Popularity Queens 
Ward ft Dooley 
Crville Stanirh 

2d half 
The Russells 
Van ft Vernon 
Maxwell 6 

Lester 

Rose Kress t 

HAMMOND, INB, 

Parthenon 

Berrio ft Bonnie 
Gibney ITyn's ft R 
Walton ft Brandt 
Hanson ft Burtons 

JACKSON, MICH, 

Orplieum 
Howard Nicholi 
Roth ft Slater 
3 lfamrl OirlB 
Marion Gibney 
Violet A Charles 

2d half 
McMahon Pis 
Lamey^ P»arsci 
N 8 KclloKK 
Joyney A Porter 
KALAMAZOO 

Regent 

jj '.• ' Kellofc* 
nnfieid A Noble! 
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Ffiday, January 20, 1922 



VARIETY 



21 



T«vner A Foster 
JSfl. of Altitude 
2d half 

j a a R»«y. 

gessenger Trio 
Hill A Crest » 

jobnny Coulon 
(On© to AH) 
g^FATETTB, IN1>. 

A dam« A Guhl 
nifty Trio 
Harry Watklns 
iillly Gerber Rev 
I valentinos 

UlKSlNG. MICH. 

Strand 
MeUahon S^ 
Brown A Simmons 
C 8 Keith. Co 
Hank Brown Co 
" 2d naif 
» A P Houlton 
Both A Slater 



Cleveland A D'ney 

Johnson A Parsons 

MIDDLETON 

Gordon 

Claymo 

Knight A Sawtelle 
Austin A Delaney 
Yamoto Duo 

2d half 
Boeihby A E'rd'en 
(Others to fill) 

MUSKEGON 
Urgent 

Rose & Thome 
Bobby Van Horn 
Al Gamble 

2d half 
Bonnie A Berrl 
Harris A Gilbert 
Saxo 6 

RICHMOND, IND. 

Murray 

Van & Vernon 



Phono BRYANT 6S77 



DR. M. HERBST 

DENTI3T 

NRAY DIAGNOSIS 
1482 BROADWAY, Suit* 408, Cor. 43d St. 
NEW YORK 



NIAY and HILL 

•'Strsntthr* any man's kill."— VARIETY 
Direction: JACK LEWIS 



Baby J8ne A Pals 
Infield A Noblet 
"Girls of Altitude" 

LEXINGTON, KY. 

Ben' Ali 
_ A VeuSykJyn 
Fill ion A Parker 
Hall A Shapiro 
(Others to fill) 

2d half 
F J Sidney Co 
Taylor Maey A II 
Ward A Dooley 
"rotton Pickers" 
(Others to fill) 

LOGANSP'RT.IND. 

Cole trial 

Geo F Hall 



The Camerons 

Taylor Mncy ft II 
(Others to fill) 

2d uii If 
Jessie Miller 
Fox A Conrad 
Rings & Rainbow 
YM*»i».U».puu 

SAGINAW. MICH. 

.lefTras-Strnnd 

Maurice A; Olrli" 
Lanicy & Pearson 
Delbridg© A O'm'ne 
Meat* nfe-er Tr'.o 

2d half 
Chas FnnK 
Brtfwn *i Itmmona 

Berrl A Bonnie. 
Sol Berns. 



SALT LAKE CITY 

Orpheum 

8am Mann 
Lyons A Yosco ' 
May Wirth 
Dugan A Raymond 
Claude Golden 
Johnson Joseffson 
Jordon Girls 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Orpheum 

Cliff Nazarro 
Beatrice Sweeney 
Morris & Campbell 
Eddie Du*7ell 
Fink's Mules 

c lark a Bergman 

Lillian Shew 

SEATTLE 

Orpheum 

I Marx Bros 
linis Bros 
Flanders «c riutler 
Lang A Vernon 
I .a I'ilarl.-a 3 
c.ar.-imttl Bros 

SIOI X CITY 

Orplienm 

Oaleiti's Monks 
Chamblin A Earle 
Ja£k Joyce 
Van A Corhett 
Mary Haynes 
Bobbie Oordone 
Foster A Peggy 
R A E Dean 
Minstrel Monarchs 
Mauriee Diamond 
.^tlolphus Co 
Ales Mel ford 3 



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8T. LOUS 

Orpheum 

Bushman A Bayne 
Billy Arlington 
York A King 
Wood A Wyde 
Wilton Sis 
Sultan 

Rialto 

Raymond A Sehr'm 
Ross A Foss 
Kenny Mason A S 
Palermos Circus 

ST. PAUL 

Orpheum 

OWe Young A A 
Clifford A Johnson 
Whiting A Burt 
Abraham Lincoln 
Evelyn Phillips 
Lynn A Smythe 
Crawford A Brick 

VANCOVVF.R. B.C. 

Orpheum 

Dave Hurfis 
"Dress Rehearsal" 
Wo/d Bros 
Ben Bernie 
Nathan Bros 
Pallenberg's Bears 
Adams A Harnett 

WINNIPEG 

Orpheum 

Libonati. 
Bill Robinson 
The Storm 
Gordon A Ford 
Radford A W'ch'ter 



Mossman A Vanes 
(Two to fill) 

CHICAGO 

Apollo 

(Sunday opening) 
Taylor Holmes 
Brendel A Burt Co 
Hetty King 
Mr A Mrs Mel -Burns 
The Pickfords 
Go Get 'Em Rogers 
Evans A Girls 
Musical Johnstons 

CLEVELAND 

Ohio 

(Sunday opening) 
Whirl of New York 
Nancy Gibbs 
Florence Shubert 
Kyra 

Purcella Bros 
Clarence Harvey s 
Dolly Haekett 
Bard A Pearl 



Keno A Green 
Roy Cumminga 
J Harold Murray 

PHILADELPHIA 

Chestnut St. 
Georgia Oramey 
James Watts 
Whipple A Huston 
Kranz A White 
DuCalion 
Milo 

Kremka Bros 
Olympia Desval 
Seymour A Jean'te 

PITTSBURGH 

Duquesne 

Bessie McC Davis 
Kings Syncopation 
Ryan A Lee 
Walter Brower 
Margaret Farrell 
The Flemings 
Ford A Truly 
Burt Shepard 



LA MAZE TRIO 

Direction: EDWARD 8. KELLAR 



LOEW CIRCUIT 



NEW YORK CITY 

State 

3 Marte])s 
Reed A Lucey 
S Tock A Y Wah 
Lehr A Bell 
Sam Liebert Co 
Betty Bond 
Jack Powell 5 

2d half 
Camillas Birds 

Mack A Desn 

Stevers A Lovejoy 

Betty Bond 

Choy Ling Foo Tr 

(Two to filU „ ^ 
Anteriran 

The Braminos 

Josephine Davis Co 

Frank Shields 

Morley A Chcsl'gh 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 



CHIC At iO 

Majestic 

Frsnkiyn Ard.-Il 

£ammy Lee Co 

Harry Pelf 

The Rios 

Pearson N'port A P 

Gautier's Toys-hop 

Palare 

Pearl Regay 

Jack Rose 

Corinne Tilton Rev 

Weaver A Weaver 

Gaatier's B'klayers 

Kelaya 

G A M LeFevre 

State lAke 

Henry Santrey Co 
II A A Seymour 



Rockwell A Fog 
Raymond A Shram 
Lucas A Inez 
Moss A Frye- 
Word"n Bros * 
Howard A '.'lark 
Demareet A cictte 

MEMPHIS 

Orplienm 

Ernest R Ball 
Harry Conley 
Mel Klee 
3 Bennett Sts 

MILWAUKEE 

.Majestic 

*He]en Keller 
Olcott A Mary Ann 
Jean Granese 



SHUBERT CIRCUIT 
This .Week (Jan. 16) 



Barron A Burt 
Golden Bird 

2d half 
JAB Aitken 
Robert Giles 
G A E Parks 
Renee Noel Co 
Tabor A Green 
Melcdy Festival 

Avenue B 

G A L Garden 
Jean Hoy dell 
Skelly A Heit Rev 
B* Henshaw A Sia 
3 Belmonts 

2d hair - 
Kennedy A Kramer 
Harrington; A T 
Jack Walsh Co 
| Ralph Whitehead 
Ziegler Duo 



■Mtf L Fasrlc Bats Pepa're J. Mail Orders Filled. 




148 Best 46th Street. New York City 



Adler A Ross 
4 Haley Sis 
Butler A Parker 
Stacpole A Spier 
Techow's Animals 

DENVER 

Orpheum 
Santos A Hayes Rev 
P A M Britton 
A A F Stedman 
Sophie Kassmir 
T A K O'Meara 
Jack Kennedy 

DBS MOINES 

Orpheum 
Kitty Gordon 
Chas Harrison 
Jee Bennett 
Van Hoven 
L Bill Ge'lvleve A W 
Marjoris Barrack 
Toney Norman 

DULUTH 

Orpheum 
Jtooney A Bent 
Nash A ODonnell 

Bhriner A F'zs'm'ns 
Crawford A Br'rick 
Ana Grey 
Prosper A Merrltt 

EDMONTON, CAN. 

Orpheum 

(23-25) 
(Same bill plays 
__ _ Calgary 26-29) 
Leo Zarrell 
La Bernlcia 
Biyce Combe 
Ksane A Whitney 
. Patrlcola A Delroy 
Howard's Ponies 
Mrs S Drew Co 

KANSAS CITY 

Main St. 

Bally Hoo 3 
Ben E One 
Elsie Ryan 
Brlsco A Rauh 
Old Time Darkies 
Prances Kennedy 
Anderson A Yvel 



Swift A Kelly 
Ruth Hudd 
The Sharrocks 
Bowers W'ters A C 

Palaee 
Bailey A Cowan 
Modern Cocktail 
Kenny A Mollis 
3 Melvln Bros 
Lewis A Bovers 
The Hennings 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 

Dance Fantasies 
Ford A Goodridge 
Howard A Fields 
Wayne M'shall A C 
"Little Cottage" 
Alice Hamilton 
Boetock's School 

Orpheum 

Hal Skelly 
Ruby Norton 
Miller A Mack 
Ed Morton 
Harry Kahne 

NEW ORLEANS 
Orpheum 

Zuhn A Drels 
Schichtl's Manikins 
Fred Bowers Rev 
Moran A Mack 
Wright Dancers 
Fred Hughes 2 
Hurio 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

Orpheum 

Sallie Fisher 

Tarzan 

Rodero A Marconi 

Nihla 

B Sherwood A Bro 

Lane A Byron 

Lydia Barry 

OMAHA, NEB. 
Orpheum 

Julian Eltlnge 
Wm Ebs 

Mattylee Lippard 
Stone A Hayes 
' Raymond Wilbcrt 



NEW YORK CITY 

Winter Garden 

Seven Diue Devils 
Mossman A Vance 
Franc-Is Renault 
Lillian Fitzgerald 

"The Bridal suite" 
Connolly A; W'nrich 
Johnnie Dooley 
Georgia Price 
Jcc Panto* Co 

44th St. 

Arthur Terry 
Three Avollos 

Vlnie Daly 
Clayton A Lennle 

Emily A Wellinan 
PalO A Palet 
Leona l<a Marr 
Baddy Doyle 
Lipinski's Dogs 

BROOKLYN 

Creseent 

Spillers 

Earl Rickard 

Rials A Lindstrom 

White Way Trio 

Libby A Sparrow 

Permaine A Shelly 

"Chuckles" 

BALTIMORE 

Academy 

Moll Bros 
Ford A Truly 
Bernardi 
Green A Bleyler 
Jas Barton Co 
Rath Bros 
Masters A K Rev 
Bernard A^Townes 
Brenk's Horse 

BOSTON 

Majestic 

Marie Lo 
Ben Lin 
Pisano Co 
Marie Stoddard 
Mason A Keeler 
Belle Storey 
Boganny Troupe 
Carl McCullough 



DETROIT 

Opera House 

* Go Get Em R'g's" 
Musical Johnsons 
Mr A Mrs Meiburn 
Brendel & Burt 
Ernest Evans Co 
Billy McDermott 
Hetty King 
Taylor Holmes 
The Pi.kfords 

IIRTFRl), (OXN. 

Parson's 

Pedersrn Dros 
1'Udinoff 
Ziegler Sis 
Jock McKay 
Joe Jackson 
Lucille Chalfonte 
Maxie A Oeorgie 
Jlmmle Hussey 

MILWAUKEE 

Ciarrlek 

Dickinson A D'gOn 
Royal Pekin Tr- 
Chief Oskomon 
Mr A Mrs SiegfYied 
Rose Boys A Girls 
Owen A Bloom 
Tai Ling Sing 
Jack Gregory Co 
NEB ARK, N. J. 
Rialto 

Francis A Frank 
Harper A Blanks 
Fay Marbe 
Du Caiion 
Olympia Desvall 
Aileen Bronson 
John C Thomas 
A Robins 
Kremke Bros 

PHILADELPHIA 

Chestnut St. 

The Sorantons 
Harris A Santley 
Bert Melrose 
Milton Hayes 
Nat Nazarro 
Nip A Fletcher 
Nonette 



' BOB ROBISON 
j RENEE PIERCE 

Ir "NO MORE SALOONS" ! 



VITTORIA^" — CLOTILME 

GALLARIN1 SISTERS 
"Musiciste di Milano" 

la Vaudeville with the Shubert s. 
Direction ; J EN IE JACOBS 



Harry H. Coleman 

INVENTOR and ORIGINATOR 

OF THE WALKING DOLL 
Touring PANTAC.ES CIRCUIT 



Dainty Mario 

Orpheum 
Adelaide A Hughes 
Harry F ox 

Chabot A Tortonl 
« Montgomery 

silyla Loyal 
*ramer A Boylo 

UNCOIL, NEB. 

Orpheum 
*'tty Doner 

■ B Johnson Co 
■Wtll A Parker 

Moody ft Duncan 
f d E Ford 
[^hse A Sterling 
Margaret Taylor 

*OS ANGELES 

"». _ Orpheum 

J? Jams Rst 
^■fry Bolmaa 



Ben Beyer 

Brown A O'Don'ell 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Orpheum 

Wm Gaxton 
Cameron Sis 
Lydell A Macy 
Claudius A Scarlet 
Al Woblman 
Rasso 

8ACRAMENTO 

Orpheum 

(23-25) 

(Same bill plays 
Fresno 26-29) 
Eddie Foy Co 
Fred Lindsay 
Kellara A O'Daro 
DeHaven A Nlca 
Frank Farron 
Muldoon Fklyn A R 
Rata Howell I 



Horlick A Sar Sis 

BCFFALO 

Teck 

Sensational Togo 
M'C'mack A Regay 
Gen Ed Levine 
Beck A Stone 
Schwartz Bros 
Mullen A Correlll 
Nora Baycs 
Fred Allen 
Robinson's El'ph'ts 

CHICAGO 

Apollo 

Equlllo Bros 
Frank Jerome 
Bert Enrle A Girls 
Harry Hlnes 
Chas T Aldrich 
Ernestine Myers 
Adele Bowland 
Callahan A Bliss 
Alfred Naess Co 

CLEVELAND 

Ohio 

Roode A Francis) 
Bill Reilly 
The Glorias 
Clccollni 

Hannaford Family 
Kajiyama 
Alice Lloyd 
Charles Howard Co 
The Tauldrens 



Torino 
Bob Nelson 

PITTSBURGH 

Duquesne 

"Whirl New York" 
Nancy Gibbs 
Kyra 

Bard A Pearl 
Purcella Bros 
Roy Cummings 
Billy Shaw 
(Two to fill) 

TORONTO 
Royal Alexandria 

Tafian A Newell 
Griff 

Jack Conway Co 
Ethel Davis 
Lew Fields Co 
McConneii A S 
Klein Bros 
Moran A Wiser 

WASHINGTON 

Shubert-Belaseo 

Burt Sheppard 
Armstrong A J 
The Flemings 
Marguerite Farrell 
Bessie McCoy 
Walter Brower 
Kings Syncopation 
Byan A Lee 
J A K Do Maco 



Next Week (Jan. 23) 



NEW YORK CITY 

Winter Garden 

"Chuckles of 1121" 
Klein Bros 
Joe Jackson 
Lucille Chalfant 
White Way I 
S'elma Braats 
(Others to fill) 



ATLANTIC CITY 

Apollo 

(Sunday opening) 
Frances White 
Clark A Arcoro 
••Sally Irene A M" 
Eddie Dowllng 
A Robins 
Jolly J Jones 



HUGH HERBERT 

Next Week (Jan. tS), Majosile, Tolaa, 

Oklahoma* 

Addreost ttt Wee* Aftb W.. IT. T. City. 



Carl Nixon Rev 
Ector A Powell 
Mark Hart Co 
Fox A Hritt 
JAB Aitken 

2d half 
Apple Blos'm Time 
Seymour A Jean'te 
Montombo A Nap 
Olive Bayf m 
Jack Powell 5 
S Tock A Y Wah 
Chisholm A Breen 
Senator Murphy 
The Newman 

Victoria 
Forrest A Church 
Morley A Mack 
G A E Parks 
Senator Murphy 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 

2d half 
Royal Trio 
Wahl & Francis 
Kimberley A Page 
Lehr A Bell 
Carl Nixon Rev 

Lincoln Sq. 

Flying Howards 
A A L Barlow 
Gordon A Healy 
Sherman Van A H 
Brava Bara A T 

. 2d half 
Valentine A Bell 
Zolar A Knox 
Roberts A Boyne 
Fox A Britt 
Golden Bird 

Greeley Sq. 

White Bros 
Wahl A Francis 
Cooper A Lane 
Kimberiey & Page 
Cardo A Noll 
Camilla's Birds 

2d half 
Forrest A Church 
Mack A Lee 
Mark Hart Co 
Barron A Burt 
Ethel Gllmore Co 

Delaneey St. 

Ziegler Duo 
Countess Nardlnl 
Morey Senna A D 
Jack Welsh Co 
Tabor A Greene 
F A M Hughes 

2d half 
Eugene Boys 
Harry Sykes 
Jas Grady Co 
Sherman Van A n 
Dance Follies 



BROOKLYN 
Metropolitan 
4 Eugene Boys 
Makarenko 2 
Renee Noel Co 
Jas Thornton 
Hazel Green Co 

2d half 
Flying Howards 
Josephine Davis Co 
Whallen A King 
Brava Barra A T 
Palaee 

Pot Pourri Dancers 
Ralph Whitehead 
LaFleur A Portia 
(Two to fill) 
3 Martells 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
A. A M Royce 
Mumford A Stanley 
Hazel Green Co 

Fulton 

Cross A Santoro 
Seymour A Jean'tte 
Billy S Hall Co 
Dobbs Clark A D 
Musical Queens 

2d half 
F A M Hughes 
Morley A Mack 
Ashley Dorney Co 
Eddie Clark Co 
Cardo A Noll 

Warwick 
Kennedy A 'Kramer 
Jimmy Collins 
A A M Royce 
Harrington A T 
Virginia Belles 

2d half 
Harry Walman 
Armstrong A Tys'n 
LaCoste A Bonawe 
B Henshaw A Sis 
Newkirk A Faynes 

Gateo 

Royal Trio 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
Stevers A Lovejoy 
Ashley Dorney Co 
Melody Festival 

2d half 
Frank Shields 
Goldie A Ward 
Gordon A Healy 
Morley A Chesl'igh 
Virginia Belles 

ATLANTA 

Grand 

F Mansfield 
Ferguson A S'd'l'nd 
Martha Russell Co 



BOSTON 

Orpheum 

Theodore Trio 
Grindell A Esther 
Zeke A Randolph 
Elsie White 
"Holiday in Dixie" 

2d half 
Brosius A Brown 
Chas Gibbs 
Heim A Lockwoods 
Criterion 4 
Dancers DeLuxe 

BCFFALO 

State 

Ed Gingras Co 
Jack Symonds 
Chapman A Bing 
Lane A Freeman 
Musical Buds 

CHICAGO 

MeVlcker's 

Raymond A Lyte 
Lillian Boardman 
Marriage vs Div'ce 
Amer Comedy 4 
Prevost A Goelet 

CLEVELAND 

Liberty 
Norton A Wilson 
Pearl Abbott Co 
Arthur DeAgon 
Jack Martin 3 
Les Sllvas 

2d half 
J A A Keeley 
Harry Gilbert 
"Money Is Money" 

Metropolitan 

Walter' Baker Co 
Al Tyler 

"Oddities of 1921" 
Philbrick A DeVoe 
Dura A Feeley 

DAYTON 

Dayton 

J A A Keeley 
Harry Gilbert 
"Money Is Money" 

2d half 
The Anselsmlths 
The McNirughtons 
Herbert Denton CO 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jackson Taylor Co 

DETROIT 

Colonial 

Grace Ayres A Bro 
Oeo Heather 
"Tid Bits" 
Is W Gilbert Co 
Hubert Dyer Co 

FRESNO, CAL. 

Hippodrome 

(22-24) 
LeRoy Bros 
Flagler A Malta 
Smith A Inman 
Cortez A Ryan 
"Snappy Bits" 

2d half 
HA L Stevens 
I A C Natban 
Gruet Kramer A G 
Jim Reynolds 
Holland D'krill Co 

HAMILTON, CAN. 
Loew 

Australian Delsos . 
Mason A Bailey 
Dorothy Burton Co 
Friend A Downing 
St Clair Twins Co 

HOBOKEN, N. J. 

Loew 

Ada Jaffe Co 
Mack A Dean 
3 Walters 
(Two to fill) 
, 2d half 
Leon A Mltzl 
Jean Boydell 
Regal A Mack 
"Dear Doetor" 
(One to fill) 



"DANNY" DARE 

DANNY CAN ACT, 
DANNY CAN SING, 
AND On! HOW DANNY CAN DANCE; 

Every Night You Can See at 

CAFE de PARIS 

AD. NEWBERGER'S PRODIGY 

200 W. 80th St. Schuyler 3437. 



National 
Valentino A Bell 
Robert Giles 
Roberts A Boyne 
Eddie Clark Co 
Dance Follies 
2d half 
T' e Braminos 
A A L Barlow 
Carle A Inez 
Grace Cameron 
Leach LaQulnlun 3 
Orpheum 

Bender A Herr 
Zolar A Knox 
Billy Bs,rlow 
Carl A Inez 
Sally Fields 
Ethel Gilmore Co 

2d half 
Makarenko Duo 
Cooper A Lane. 
Billy S Hall Co 
Sally Fields 
White Bros 
(One to fill) 

Boulevard 
The Rackos 
Goldie A Ward 
Harry Sykes 
Chisholm A Br ten 



CAT Harvey 
Casslar A Beasleys 

2d half 

Ella LaVall 
Davis A Bradner 
"Marys Day Out" 
Babe LaTour 
I Musical Queens 

BALTIMORE 

Hippodrome 

Col Dlmond Co 
Curry A Graham 
Josle Flynn Co 
Monte A Lyons 
Harvard A Bruce 

BIRMINGHAM 

Bijou 

Hanlon A Clifton 
Townsend Wllb'r Co 
Jack Case 
Henshaw A Avery 
Toyland Frolics 

2d half 
Frank Mansfield 
Ferguson A S'd'l'nd 
Martha Russell Co 
CAT Harvey 
Casslar A Beasleyg 



Howard A Brown 
Arthur DeVoy Co 

L'G Hi: \< II. CAL. 
State 

( 2°-24) 
Bollinger A R'yn'ds 
Cook A Hamilton 
Eadie A Ramsden 
Conroy A O'Don'ell 
Chalfonte Sis 

2d half 
LeRoy Bros 
Flagler A Malta 
Smith A Inman 
Cortez A Rysn 
•Snappy Bits" 

LOS ANGELES 

State 

Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal A Leary 
Rawles A Von K 
Mills A Smith 
LsSova A Gllmore 

M KM PHIS 

Loew 

Foley A Spartan 
Ulis A Clark 
Hodge A Lowell 
Josephine Harmon 
'Getting It Over" 

2d half 
nanlon A Clifton , 
Jack Cass 

Townsend Wllb'r Co 
Henshaw A Avery 
Toyland Frolics 

MONTREAL 

Loew 

Chas Reeder 
Goetz A Duffy 
Around the Clock 
Worth A Willing 
Kerville Family 

NEB ARK 

State 

Ruling's Seals 
Phil Davis 
M Taliaferro Co 
Tower A Darrell 
Downing A Bunins 

NEW ORLEANS 

Creseent 

Turner Bros 
Mammy 
The Chattell 
Reilly Feeney A R 
Elizabeth Saltl Co 

2d half 
Foley A Spartan 
Ulls A Clark 
Hodge A Lowell 
Jcsephlne Harmon 
"Getting It Over" 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

State 

(22-24) 
HAL Stevens 
I A C Nathan 
Gruct Kramer A G 
Jim Reynolds 
Holland D'krill Co 

Id half 
Little Yoshl Co 
Lalng A Green 
Warden A D'court 
Harry White 
"Dancing Whirl" 

OTTAWA, CAN. 

Loew 

Les Plrrotts 
Herman A Briscoe 
Lincoln H hw'ym'n 
Wnrd A Wilson 
Mcintosh A Maids 

PITTSBURGH 

Lyceum 

Monte A Parti 
Lucciana Lucca 
Jas Kennedy Co 
Chase A LaTour 
Tallman Rev 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Hippodrome 

(22-24) 
Faber Bros 



Morton Bros 
Willing A Jordan 
Jimmy Lyons 
Fred Le Reins Co 

SALT TAKE CITY 
State 

Ernesto 

Tallman A Kerwin 
Hall A O'Brien 
Luc-key A Harris 
Royal Harmony 4 

2d half 
Margy Duo 
McKcnna A F'zp'k 
Wms Darwin Co 
Salle A Robles 
Tripoli Trio 

SAN ANTONIO 

Princess 

King Bros 
King A Rose 
Martin A Courtney 



Clifford A Leslie 
Wild A Sedalla, 
Frank Terry 
Moro A Reckless 1 

SEATTLE 

Hippodrome 

CL'-24) 
Bentley Banks A Q 
II A K Sutton 
"Playmates" 
Lew Hawkins 

3 Raymonds 

2d half 
Peso! Bros 
Adams A Gerhus 
Mack Co 

Lambert A Fish 
Kee Tom 4 

SP'NGFTD, MASS. 

Loew 

Cody A King. 

4 Brown OirU 
The Crisis 



DALEY, MAC and DALEY 

Direction: MAX HAYES 



Walter Newman 

in "PROFITEERrNG" 

Keitli Worlds Best Vaudeville, 

Direction W. S. H EN N Ess Y 



HOLYOKE, MASS. 

Loew 

Aerial DeGroffs 
Margaret Merle 
M Hamilton Co 
Weston A Ellne 
Topics A Tunes 

2d half 
Cody A King 
4 Brown Girls 
The Crisis 
Sossman A Sloans 
Miller Kllnt A K 

HOUSTON, TEX. 

Prince 

Alvln A Alvin 
Mann A Mallory 
Homer Miles Co 
Burns A Klein 
Songs A Scenes 

2d half 
Turner Bros 
"Mammy" 
The Chattel 
Reilly Feeney ft R 
Elizabeth Saitl Co 

KANSAS CITY 

I /new 

Wilbur A Girlie 
Morton Bros 
Willing A Jordan 
Jimmy Lyons 
Fred LaRtlne Co 
2d half 

Alvin A Kenny 

LaRose A Adams 
Rilla Wiilard Co 
Riverside Trio 
Kcrmlss Co 

LONDON, SAN. 

Loew 

8!g Franz Co 
Davis A McCoy 
Smiling B Maton 

2d half 
DePlerre Trio 



Berntce Barlow 
Fox A Kelly 
Fox A Evans 
Ed Stnnlsloff Co 

2d half 
Bentley Banks A O 
H A K Sutton 
"Playmates" 
Lew Hawkins 

3 Raymonds 

PROVIDENCE 

Emery 
Cody A King 

4 Brown Girls 
The Crisis 
Sossman A Sloano 
Miller Kllnt A K 
Aerial DeGroffs 

2d half 
Theodore 3 
Grindell A Esther 
Z'.ke A Randolph 
Elsie White 
"Holiday in Dixie" 

SACRAMENTO 

State 

(22-24) 
Uyeda Japs 
Waldron A Wlnsl'w 
Dave Thursby 
O-Handsworth Co 
Dana A Loehr 

2d half 
Johnny Dove 
VAC Avery 
Barker A Dunn 
Rdhby Jarvls Co 
Preston A Tsobei 

ST. LOUIS 

Loew 

The Anselsmlths 
MeXaughtons 
Herbert Denton Co 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jackson Taylor Co 

2d half 
Wilbur A Girlie 



BILLY GLASON 

It was apr'e *suee for Glason and to 
hlTi may be accorded the aruiau.se honors 
of theibhow. -Abel, VARIETY, Jan. 13, 
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Hudson A Jones 
Bernice LaBar Co 

2d half 
Alvtn A Alvln 
Mann A Mallory 
Homer Miles Co 
Burns A Klein 
Songs A Scenes 

SAN FRANC ISCO 

Hippodrome 

(22-24) 

De Lyons Duo 

TAD Lane 

PAG Hall 

Collins A Plllard 

Song A Dance Rev 

2d half 
Musical Rowellys 
Pltzer A Day 
Crescent City 4 
Fred Weber 
"Timely Revue ,r 

Wigwam 

( 22-24) 
Hill A Qulnnell 
Clifford A Leslie 
Wild A Sedalia 
Frank Terry 
Moro A Reckless 2 

2d half 
DeLons Duo 

A D Lane 

A O Hall 
Collins A Pillard 
Song A Dance Rev 

SAN JOSE, CAL. 

Hippodrome 

( 22-24) 
Little Yoshl Co 
Lalng A Green 



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Sossman A Sloans 
Miller Kllnt A K 

2d half 
Aerial DeGroffs 
Margaret Merle 
M Hamilton Co 
Weston A Ellne 
Topics A Tunes 

STOCKTON, CAL. 

State 
(22-24) 
Musical Rowellys 
Pltzer A Day 
Crescent City 4 
Fred Weber 
"Timely Revue* 

2d half 
Dana A Loehr 
O Handsworth Oe 
Dave Thursby 
Waldron A Wlnsl'w 
Uyeda Japs 

TORONTO 

Loew 

The Hnynoffs 
Maldie DeLong - 
Hayes A Lloyd 
Moore A Fields 
Fred Gray S 

WASHINGTON 

Strand 

Lynch A Zeller 
A A L Wilson 
Jocelyn A Turner 
McCormack A W 
Tom McKay's Rot 

WINDSOR, CAN. 

Loew 

DePlerre 3 



HOLMES and LE VERE 

THE ORIGINAL BOX PARTY 
IN ONE 

ALSO THROWING THE "DUMMY" 

This Week (Jan. 16), B. F. Keith's. 

Philadelphia, 

Songs by LEW BROWN 



Warden A Donco'rt 
Harry White 
"Dancing Whirl" 

2d half 
Hill A Quinnejl 



Howard A Brown 
Arthur DeVoy Co 

2d half 
Sig Frans Co 
Smiling B Mason 



0US SUN CIRCUIT 



ALBANY ' 

Majestle 

Emmett A M'Clan© 
Kennedy A Wynn 
Arthur Bernard 
Klski Duo 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Kelfer A Scott 
Chas Henry's Pets 
(Three to fill) 

CLINTON, INB. 

Clinton 

Prince A Bell 
Weston A Young 

2d half 

Pauline A Francis 
Earl A Mullen 

COLUMBUS 

Orpheum 

Electro Co 
Mowatt A Mullen 
Irene Meyers 
"Corner Store" 
Adrian Co 
Johnnie Singer Co 

DETROIT 

Columbia 

Chas Delghan 
Haggerty A Gord'n 
Eagle A Vaughn 
(One to fill) 

EVNSVILLE, IND. 

Victory 
Ryan A Moore 
Freddy Fuller A S 
Monte A Carlo 

2d half 
Anger A Adelon 
Gertrude Taylor Co 

II'T'GTON, W. VA. 



INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyrio 
Willie Bros 
Mack A Dale 
Barrett A Harris 
Mils Rhea Co 
Marston A Manley 
Don Valerlo Co 

OSWEGO, N. Y. 

Strand 
Stanley Doyle A R 
Walmsley A Lliton 
Sutherland Saxo • 
"Pardon Me" 

ROCHESTER 

Victory 

Choy Ling Foo Tr 
Weiser A Reiser 

2d half 
Whynot A Brady 
Cinderella Revue 

TR HAUTE, IND. 

Liberty 

Anger & Adelon 
Gertrude Taylor Co 

2d half 
Ryan A Moore 
Freddy 8y!vers A F 
Monte A Carlo 

TOLEDO 

Rialto 

Esther TrJo 
Stone A Hallo 
Miller A Rock 
"According to Law" 
Pantzer A Sylvia 
The Savages 

U-T'RTOU N. N.T. 

Avon 
Whynot A Brady 
"Pardon Me" 
Frank Bush 
Rlnaldo Bros 



JACK HEISLER 

ECCENTRIC DANCER 

With B. A. ROLFB A CO. > 



Hippodrome 
La Rose A Lane 

Caroline 

Arnold A Manlon 
Margot Fr'ncols Co 



2d half 
Weiser A Reiser 
Hallen A Goss 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 
(One to fill) 



WESTERN VAUDEVULE 



ALTON, ILL. 

Hippodrome * 

Clifford A Bothw'll 

Valletta Pearl a w 

2d half 
Ernbs A Alton , 
Emmett Briscoe Co 

DTI, 'MVILLE, OK. 

Oil. -on 

Jo©*-Mefvin 
'Sawing a Women" 

Id half 
Wln^rgarden. 4 -, 



Frank A Cert!© Fay 

nELVIDERE, ILL, 

Apollo 

Pe«zo Rltter 
Tld Bits of 1322 
Cleveland A Dowry 

BL'MINGT'N, ILL, 

Majestlo 

Al Stryker 
Nada Norrlns 
"Itub< ville" 

2d half 
R'nlto A La Mont 










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BOSTON 23 

BUFFALO 22 

CLEVELAND .27 

DETROIT 29 

INDIANAPOLIS 25 

KAN8A8 CITY 28 

MONTREAL 30 



NEW ORLEAN8 22 

PHILADELPHIA 26 

PORTLAND, ORE 28 

ROCHE8TER 28 

8T. LOUIS 24 

8YRACU8E ...25 

TORONTO 38 

WASHINGTON 24 



made it impossible for Leopold to 
give the theatre his entire attention. 



BUFFALO 

BY SIDNEY BURTON 

Majestic— "Two Little Girls in 
Blue." Excellent business. One of 
most favorably spoken of produc- 
tions of season. "Gold Diggers," 
next. 

Shubert Teck — Vaudeville. 



Vaudeville competition feature of 
week. Shubert vaudeville Teck did 
capacity, Lew Field's unit, but had 
no apparent effect on Shea's. Suc- 
cess of Teck apparently deciding 
Shuberts to continue vaudeville 
policy as a third consecutive week 
with Adele Rowland is announced. 
Shea's bolstering bills. Much of 
Teck patronage due to novelty. 
Local critics bewailing, that by tak- 
ing one of the only two available 
theatres, Shubert vaudeville is keep- 
ing meritorious shows away from 
the town. 



As previously announced, the 
Academy, which is to be abandoned 
as a burlesque house, will go into 
a pop-price picture policy. Rumor 
has the switch scheduled for Feb. 
5. It is understood Samuel Carver 
will manage the theatre with I. H. 
Herk, the owner, also interested in 
the operation. Carver en'joys the 
distinction of having put over the 



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The FOUR FRASERS 

SCOTCH MUSICAL ACT 

Saxophones, Bag •Pipes* Cornets, 
Banjos. Singing— Daneing. 

Direction ELMER JEROME 



Empire with an 11 -cent policy, after 
that house had been practically 
abandoned. 



Vincent McFall, manager of the 
Criterion, has been transferred by 
the Shea Co. to the Hippodrome. 

Gus Shy. with Elsie Janls at the 
Majestic, was recognized by a host 
of P.uffalonians as Augustus Scheu, 
a former local boy. Gus started his 
professional career hereabouts as a 
trick trap drummer. 



NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL 

TULANE.— De Wolf Hopper in 
"Ermlnie." 

SHUBERT- ST. CHARLES— 
"Greenwich Village Follies, 1920."/ 

LAFAYETTE — Pictures. 

LYRIC— Bennett's Carnival. 

STRAND— "The Little Minister" 
(film). 



Grace Schoen, last year in the 
Orpheum's box office, is now the 
treasurer of the Shubert-St. Charles. 
Harry Jackson is doing remarkably 
well with the Shubert house. It 
will proafebly show a handsome 
profit on the season. 






The Orpheum is using about 10 
different ballyhoos in sending over 
"Sawing a Woman in Half." 



Max Fink's orchestra is discours- 
ing splendid music at New Orlean's 
newest restaurant, "The Oriental." 



Noel Strauss has returned to again 
take up dramatic duties on the 
Times-Picayune, but will not handle 
the work exclusively. The paper 
has abolished the post of dramatic 
editor. 



Arthur B. Leopold is not now ac- 
tively connected at the Louisiana, 
although retaining his financial in- 
terest. The press of other matters 



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Almost an ideal small timer at 
Loew's Sunday, with speed, comedy, 
youth and smart appearance the 
high lights. Business was tremen- 
dous; The feature film, "A Private 
Scandal" liked. -r - 

King Bros, gave an excellent start. 
King and Rose were retarded some 
by a blue line at the beginning that 
should go out, but lifter showed 
enough stuff to register soundly. 
There is a sprinkling of "hoke" with 
the newer matter, all nicely routined 
with the returns mounting right up 
to the end, where the turn falls 
some. The young men need some- 
thing for an exit and probably real- 
ize it. 

Martin and Courtney had little, 
trouble connecting, getting laughter 
without half trying, the male mem- 
ber quickly bridging over the sag- 
ging spots. His method of taking 
bows might be considered pompous 
in places. A dark stage and "spot" 
would be preferable in the sofa bit. 

Hudson and Jones looked like a 
couple who were trying with their 
riding dialog that is an attempt to 
do something away from the con- 
ventional. The girl's charming per- 
sonality was no small %sset in send- 
ing the act over a solid success. She 
holds production possibilities. 

Bernice La Barr, who followed, is 
another who could do something in 
a show. With her four male assist- 
ants she romped in an easy winner. 
The boys in the school room portion 
could throw away the ancient gags 
now used. They are the one jarring 
note in an act that is classy most 
of the way. 



twentieth anniversary this weak by 
giving the "natives" a nine-act pro- 
gram that in scope is far in excess 
of the usual layout. Horace Goldln's 
Illusion of "Sawing a Woman in 
Hair* forms the pleqp de resistance, 
although splitting the top position 
with Jack Wilson. The booking de- 
partment has the "Sawing" turn 
seventh, with Barbette closing, not 
a happy arrangement. Manager 
Piazza switched the turns, sending 
the. show forward thereby. The 
Goldin mystery turn should be 
spotted last. 

Reo and Helmar bowed in hand- 
somely. Real athletes, these, minus 
pose and Btall, who sent their feata 
across in masterly manner. Nanon 
Welch in "Baby Mine** disproved the 
efficacy of the boiled down comedy 
f~r vaudeville. Only the broadest 
lines and business aroused atten- 
tic .. 

Adams and Griffith, the old- 
timers, felt their way during the 
first minutes, ascending as they 
progressed and ultimately achieved 
certain success. Harry and Emma 
Sharrock are pausing too long dur- 
ing the opening minutes with dress 
hooking, running to unreasonable 
lengths. The farceurs were sure as 
always when getting into the mind- 
reading stuff, scoring easily. 

Wood and Wide were a distinct 
surprise in their travesty, "All 
Right, Eddy." contributing the 
smartest buffoonery of the year. 
The pair are second only to Wil- 
liams and Wolfus in the melange, 
and can be accredited as having 



fully arrived after struggling for 
years. A bright conceit, this, and 
welcomed with open arms. 

Tom Smith ^uched the heights 
with low comedy, elaborating the 
chuckles into v "it able gales of 
laughter, and eventually earning the 
applause hit. Smith has come to 
be a vaudeville Chaplin with a com- 
edy vein that should lead him far. 
■ Barbette went the aeriallsts of the 
standard sort one better, doing 
everything they have done, with an 
addenda of a whale of a feat to 
close, coupled vith a surprise re- 
vealment, showing him to be a 
female impersonator. Here they 
thought his moment the best of the 
kind. 

Jack Wilson was but moderately 
successful. Perhape it was his as- 
sistants, who are but fair in point 
of ability, or it may have been his 
material was less meaty than is cus- 
tomarily the case. 

Servals Le Roy presented "Saw- 
ing a Woman in Half" with supreme 
suavity, disporting with the debo- 
nair seriousness expected of illu- 
sionists. The feat is a masterpiece 
as offered by him, and created a 
stir. 



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It looked like everybody in New 
Orleans was trying to get into the 
Palace Tuesday night. The bill was 
of the superior sort, ranking the 
best in months. 

Coit Albertson in what looked like 
a new act was headliner. Stuart 
and Harris did something right at 
the start. The burlesque juggling 
and other foolery set them nicely 
for the others following, and might 
have achieved even more with at- 
tention to routining. The prise 
guffaw comes with the hurling of 
the prop ball into the audierce. The 
bovs should exit on it. 

Fa-nie Stimpson and Earl Bean 
had a corking idea to open, which 
had them watching intently while 
highly amusing, and could get some- 
where by calling in an author to 
keep the atmosphere throughout. 
Fannie Is the works of the act, get- 
ting salvos at the end with an ec- 
centric dance that can't miss. The 
central portion of the turn could 
stand smoothing out. 

Frances Nordstrom authored "The 
Tale of a Sail." the Coit Albertson 
vehicle, pleasing in its way at pres- 
ent, but capable of being elaborated 
with attention to demands; at pres- 
ent it is just litrht vprbiage between 
a man and a girl sailing to Bermuda, 
with the deck of a steamer foimlng 
the locate. Tt tfl interspersed with 
two songs which merely shift things 
s'nng to the old aonlesauce climax. 
Caits Brothers, appearing for the 
third time at the Palace, were a 
success. 

JoFonhlne Amoros made a cork- 
ing closer, hoifline them whilt* reg- 
istering in all parts of the house. 
The prettv girl now used might look 
better in female attire. 



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By LEN LtBBEY 

Keith's 

Although they straggled in rather 
late, there being a couple of long 
Mnes at the box ofHce windo\ys Just 
before the scheduled curtain time. 
When the show finally did get un- 
der way at tho Monday matinee 
there was about an 80 per cent. 
bouse. The show was lato in get- 
ting started, altboughf there was no 
apparent reason for this, aJTrt it was 
1:11 before the overture and 2:30 
before the show Itself started. As a 
result the last act finished at 6 
•'clock to a big walkout. 

This week the bill has for a draw 
Gertrude Hoffman and her company 
•f dancers. But It Is perhaps one 
Of the saddest bits of booking, as 
far as variety is concerned, of the 
season. Of the eight acts, six de- 
pend on either singing or dancing 
^r a combination of both. The situa- 
tion might have been saved if the 
show was put together as a song 
and dance festival, and the several 
•cts of this character put on 
together to bolster up the Hoffman 
*ct. But as it stood it was a most 
unusual condition for Keith time, 
•specially at this time In Boston, 

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where, apparently, extra solicitude 
has been displayed in the matter of 
combatting opposition, and in the 
city that was the home of big time 
vaudeville. t 

Kate and Wiley open the show 
with an act that is very graceful. 
The act was w«ll staged and got a. 
very fair reception for -an opener. 
It was followed by the first singing 
number of the program. Willie 
Solar, single. He has popular son^s 
that he puts over quite well. Gil- 
foyle and Lange followed in a little 
over 20 minutes of singing and a 
display of gowns, with the woman 
carrying off this end especially well. 
At the start it looked as though 
Oilfoylo was In over his head with 
hij stuff, it being lost out front to 
as great extent, but he stuck to it, 
worked hard and managed to get 
the act by the bad places and closed 
it fairly strong. 

Harriet and Marie McConnell 
were over from the time they 
stepped out. They use a trans- 
parent drop for some of their num- 
bers and got several encores. 

Leavitt and T^ockwood, with 
"Brother Bay" at the , iano, have a 
saving grace in the act. It never 
hesitates. As soon as one idea has 
been trotted out and exploited the 
pair swing into anotlssivand in 20 
minutes of comedy and song got by 
without a weak spot. 

Miss Hoffman's act is put on with 
the usual simplicity that character- 
izes her dancing turns. This time, 
however, the members of her com- 
pany have all but forsaken the 
esthetic stuff that hrretoforeT^cTis- 
tinguished her offering, and the 
change has bee n for the best. In 
this act the shimmy in all its glory 
is lW«d, and as far as could be ob- 
served nobody was offended. Time 
works wonders! 

Al Herman found things to his 




liking when lie came oa. The Jiouse 
was ready for his brand of humor, 
and he put it over well. His "blue" 
talk Is saved by the comedy it car- 
ries with it. H«i got good support 
from his plant singer in the orches- 
tra pit. 

The El Bey Sisters and Murray 
Meneher close the show with tho 
girls doing a dance revue on roller 
skates and the man putting the 
finishing touches on the act at the 
pia o. Although they stared at a 
considerable walkout, they didn't 
deserve it, for the act runs off 
swiftly and has novelty. 



Majestic (Shubert) 

Business was off Monday night, 
the lirst air-pocket Shubert vaude- 
ville has encountered thus far in 
Boston. The slump was due and 
deserved. It was the third week in 
succession that practically the en- 
tire main bill was repeats, and the 
dent in the house and the crimp in 
tho box office came as no surprise 
to the local Shubert executives. As 
a matter of fact, their main surprise 
was that it was not worse than it 
was. 

„ With the exception of the first 
two acts, the bill came in from the 
44th Street intact and in accordance 
with the original "show booking" 
plans. Tho two openers were Maria 
Lo's posings (repeat) and Ben Linn 
in his corpulent single, who went 
over surprtsingly well in a tough 
spot to a late house. 

Mason and Keelor clos-ed the first 
half, and practically saved the show, 
havin r every tiling their own way 
and apparently being conscious of 
the fact that they and Carl Mc- 
Cullough were about all the bill had 
to offer the subscription patrons. 
Marie Stoddard woke things^ up 
ahead of Mason and Keeler, and as 
a repeat scored. General Pisano, in 
third spot, staged his sharpshootin^ 
act snappily. l'lsano Is carrying an 



THE DANCING XYLOPHONIST 

This Week (Jan. 16)— McVICKERS', CHICAGO 

BOOKED SOLID LOEW CIRCUIT 

Direction DAViD R. SABLOSKY 



REISENWEBER'S 

COLUMBUS CIRCLE &. 58th St. 

DINNER $2 

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cartridges. 

Bell© Story,,, without pianist, 
opened the se.. nd half, her first 
number going neatly^ followed by a 
flop, but closing strong. A semi- 
popular number with lighter lyrics 
and less vocal strain would make a 
markedt improvement In Miss 
Story's repertoire, especially on a 
repeat. 

Tho Boganny Troupe, who used 
their newer paper-hanging routine 
here a few weeks ago. were sched- 
uled to switch to their lunatic-baker 
stand-by to take the curse off a bill 
mostly repeats. As a result they 
played to a blank set, and despite 
this handicap and a shortened rou- 
tine, they went ovec well. 

Carl McCullough, a trifle Inclined 
to getting set 'for his specialties 



with rather flowery concert stage 
sort of introductions, warmed the 
house up late, but effectively, when 
he switched onto his "woman in 
the telephone booth," which he han- 
dled well, and which went across as 
though it had never- been pulled 
He closed strong. 

Horlick and the Sarampa Sisters, 
the fifth repeat, closed, holding the 
house well, due mainly to a short 
bill and a prompt overture. 

The house is steadily using slides 
after the pictures now to announce 
the other Shubert attractions, and 
while it does not add to the dignity 
of the entertainment, it -is effective 
advertising. 

This week's slump, following last 
week being off by nearly $1,000, is 
generally regarded as ominous, as 
it was on Lhe subscription patronage 
that the Shuberts had banked heav- 
ily, and It la here that the falling 
off is the most apparent. 



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I hU whips, who opened **he show 
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Walter* Brower. "the Lone Come- 
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Farrell. with her songs and changes 
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H.irriotte Lee. another repeat, were 
a laughing hit. They followed the) 
Jazz Kings, when every one felt 
they had had their money'a worth; 
hut that did not stop them; they 
won out from the ry start. 

The Flemings, with their artistic 
posing and closing acrohatic work, 
presented an offering* that is the 
personification of grace. 

Milton Armstrong and \\ ilham 
James in blackface went over well. 
especially with their closing bit. It 
was Just a little. broad at times, but 
not enough to mar. and in the sec- 
ond spot they earned five calls. Jack 
and Kitty De Maco. with their un- 
usual work on the rings, held the 
house seated in the closing spot. 






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ST. LOUIS 

By GEORGE W. GAMBRILL 

Eddie Sullivan, manager oi the 
Orpheum, this week went right into 
the Mayor'ft office to pull a press 
stunt. Eddie has "Sawing a Woman 
in Half" on the bill, and so Eddie 
thought up the bright iiloa of per- 
forming the stunt In the Mayors 
office and having the doctors and 
newspaper men on hand to witness 
it. This is the first time in the his- 



tory of St Louis that any one got 
away with any stunt for publicity in 
the Mayor's office. 



George Leighton of the Shubert- 
Jefferson reports that Frank Tin- 
ney in "Tickle Me" drew record at- 
tendance throuyllout the week. 



For a third time John Drink- 
water's "Abraham Lincoln." with 
Frank MeGlvnn. returns to Wash- 
ington, this time at the National, to 
good business. 

Poli's has the musical version of 
"Pomander Walk." un.l^r the new 
title of "Mariolaine." Peggy Wood 
and Lennox Pawle are featured. It 
opened last week In Piltimore. and 
iudging from the comments of the 
local critics considerable work has 
yet to be done to "whip" the piece 
into shape before there cm be a 
possibility of its going over into the 
hit class. 

Walter Sfanlan In "Irish Eyes'* at 
Shubert -Garrlck. Indications the 
week will be a profitable one. 

Cosmos (Vaudeville* — "Ye Pong 
Shop," Kaufman and Lillian Eckert 
and Francis. Bobby Heath with 
Edythe Sperling nnd Charles King. 
Kitamure Japs. Kd Armstrong and 
Gilbert Sisters, film. 

Strand (Loew Vaudeville").— Din 
Caslar and BeaslevvTwins. Fre ' 1 an l 
Al Smith. Manning and Hall. How- 
ard Mar tell. Chic and Tiny Harvey, 
film. 

Capitol— "Puss Puss" 

Gavety — Al Reeves' show. 

Picture Houses — Palace. "Just 
Around the Corner": Columbia. 
"What Do Men Want": Rialto, "The 
Silent Call"; Metropolitan. "R. S. 
V. P." 

Metropolitan Opera Co. is appear- 
ing in concert Sunday night in the 
New Willard Hotel ballroom, under 
the direction of Milton Kline. Sophie 
Braslau Jan. 24, New York Sym- 
phony Orchestra 17 at National. _* 



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Ed "Spike" Howard, strong man 
and former trainer for Jack Demp- 
sey. gained a good deal of publicity 
while playing the Garrlck with 
"Beauty Revue" by pulling a ten- 
ton automobile truck with his teeth 
in f^ont of the theatre. "Spike" J IV 
then issued to the papers a chal- 
lenge to Jack Dempsey and again 
gained some publicity. 



WASHINGTON, D. C 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 

Shubert-Belasco 



outstanding 
tins week, 
Davis In 



There are two big 
offerings on the bill 
namely, Bessie McCoy 
"Castles in tho Air," a delightful 
dancing production, mounted most 
beautifully and artistically, and the 
Five Kings of Syncopation, sup- 
ported by Hattle Althoff and Carlos 
and Inez.. Tho hand surely did go 
over big. Mi.*s Althoff was likable 
in her numbers, while tho dancing 
of Carlos and Inez was splendid. 
The rapid revolving finish staged 
by the male member of this team 
brought to tho band and himself 
many curtain calls. 

Of the nine acts four are repeats, 
being here but a few weeks ago. 
Among these U Burt Shepherd with 



Keith's* has splendidly balanced 
bill this week, bended by the only 
Ethel Levey, who more than repeat- 
ed the success she scored here last 
season. 

The Four Casting Mellos opened 
and did sensational work as well as 
presenting a dandy appearance. 
Mason and Shaw have rather quiet 
offering until the last moment, when 
the fact is brought home that one 
of the cleverest of male imperson- 
ators seen In a mighty long time has 
been before us. Ted Lorraine. Jack 
Cagwin and Emily Fitzgerald of- 
fered a singing and dancing creation 
well worked out. Followed by 
Hampton and Blake, two of the sort 
comedians you just cannot get 
enough of. Their natural manner of 
delivery put them over to a big hit. 

Florence Nash and Co. in "A 
Breath of Fresh Air" gives Miss 
Nash opportunities worth while, and 
the supporting east Is deserving 
mention, particularly Bgyia Ber- 
nard as the younger sister. 

Billy. Wayne and Faith Warren 
followed Intermission in their clever 
slang episode. They earned one 
continuous laugh, which grow into a 
big hit for them on the finish. Next 
Miss Levey and then tho Scotch 
Bads and Bassies. This act has 
repeated untold times, but again got 
over. 

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You can fool some of the acts some of the time. 
But you can t fool ail of the acts all of the time. 

In the Sluibert press sheet,' Shubert claims so far as the 
Shubert play or pay contract is concerned, its provisions are 
the same as those in the Keith contract. THEY MAY BE? 

BUT THE KEEPING OF THE CONTRACT IS NOT 
THE SAME. 



EDDIE MACK TALKS: 



No. GG 



Keith Vaudeville Exchange and Shubert Select Vaude- 
ville may be opposition in the vaudeville field, but when 
it comes to buying clothes acts playing either circuit 
agree that EDDIE MACK is the only place. The Ar- 
naut Bros., who are at B. F. Keith's Riverside, New 
York, this week (Jan. 16), have just returned from a 
tour of England and France, say that their return to 
this country will again put them in the well dressed 
class. They have already been in to see EDDIE MACK. 
General Pisano is hitting the bull's eye in his sharp* 
shooting act, with which he is now touring the Shubert 
circuit, and his clothes, bought at EDDIE MACK'S also 
hit the bull's eye. , 



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The Proof of the Pudding Is the Eating 

'The Vaudeville Managers' Protective Association will pay 
you or collect for you dollar for dollar on a Keith Play or 
Pay contract, or any other play or pay contract issued by any 
member of the V. M. P. A., but the Shuberts do not belong 
to the V. M. P. A. Still, Shuberts claim in their, article in 
their weekly press sheet that their contract is the same as 
Keith's. You know the old saying: 



"You can teach a parrot to say just as good, 
But he don't know what he's talking about." 



They also claim In their article that when they advised us to go to 
Chicago that we had informed them we had Just opened our home here. 
Furthermore that we would, sooner stay here and lay off than go to 
Chicago. This they know is NOT THE TRUTH. The real facts ire: 
They advised us to come here from Pittsburgh. We came. We laid oft 
here two weeks. Nothing was said to them about opening our home. 

On Friday of the second lay-off week they informed us we played 
Chicago. We then acquainted them of the fact that they advised us to 
come here from Pittsburgh. So what was the idea of bringing u"s here, 
laying us off two weeks and not playing us here, and then advising u* 
to go to Chicago. 

They told us to let the matter rest until the following morning a.id 
they'd see what they could do. 

THEY FOUND OUT WHAT THEY COULD DO, THEY 
ADVISED US OUR CONTRACT HAD BEEN BROKEN 
BY PLAYING THE HESPE THEATRE IN JERSEY CITY 

IWUME THE SIHBERTS no NOT otfratk a ttteatrb> 



The clause that they refer to in the Play or Pay contract state! 
clearly: IF YOU FLAY IN A CITY WH&RB THE SHUBERT3 AP.B 
OPERATING A THEATRE, THEY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO 
CANCEL THE CONTRACT. 

BUT THEY DO NOT OPERATE A HOUSE IN 

JERSEY CITY 



The Shuberts claim In their article that we are whining and looking 
for sympathy, and how wonderful they treat tho artists who livo up to 
their contracts. So far as the sympathy is concerned, we find that after 
playing eleven weeks for Shuberts, and Jeopardizing our good standing 
in tho vaudeville business wo need sympathy and plenty of it. And we 
are not the only artists who are" having trouble, for if you put your ear 
to the ground you will hoar dissatisfaction all along the line. 

AS FAR AS THE SHUBERTS TREATING TttE ARTISTS RIGHT, 
THEY .DID NOT TREAT US RIGHT, AND WE ARE HERE TO 
TELL THE WORLD. THERE ARE NO YELLOW STREAKS UP 
OUR BACKS, AND WE ARE BIG ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND 
FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY COMING TO US. 



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and Otis Skinner in "Blood and 
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Mayor Lew Shank is trying to 
get an ordinance establishing a 
boxing commission through the 
City Council. Boxing matches may 
be the means of pulling a couple of 
the old houses out of the depression 
fire. Tommy Dillon, Ray Bronson 
and some of the old-timers who are 
now promoters are in close touch 
with the situation. 



The usual cry for the enforcement 
of the Sunday closing law which 
comes with every change of city 
administration in Indiana is about 
to be raised in Indianapolis. Re- 
ports that the W. C. T. U. and 
church federation are preparing to 
ask Mayor Shank to close the the- 
atres Sunday have been printed in 
the dailies. Nothing serious is ex- 
pected to result. 

Publication in Variety of the an- 
nouncement the city of Indianapolis 
will have its own stock company 
playing in the parks this summer 
has resulted in a flood of applica- 
tions for jobs coming to G. Carlton 
Guy, whom Mayor Shank has. put 



MANAGER 

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Knows the vaudeville and picture game. 
Young, full of pep, high cla*« references. 

No objection to leaving New York. 

Address: Box 154, Variety, New York. 



WALTON and BRANT 

In a comedy skit, entitled 

I "HUH" 

Booked Solid: B. F. Keith (Western) and Orpheum, Jr., Circuits 

Direction EARL & PERKINS 



in charge of dramatics in the re- 
creation department. Mr. Guy said 
the company will be composed of 
professionals entirely. 



The Nellesen Amusement Co., to 
operate picture houses in Fort 
Wayne, was incorporated, with $20,- 
000 capital and T. II., F. T. and 
Marie Nellesen as directors, last 
week. 



Films. — Circle, "Love's Redemp- 
ton"; Ohio, "Enchantment"; Col- 
onial, "Shadows of the Sea"; Loew's 
State, "Thunderclap." 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

WTETING — Dark 

B. F. KEITH'S— This week's bill 
sized up Monday afternoon as one 
of those "satisfaction guaranteed or 
money refunded" affairs, inasmuch 
as four of the acts were repeaters. 
Friscoe, the xylophone crack, in the 
next-to-closing spot, was the indi- 
vidual hit. Cissie and Georgie 
Sewell, playing their third week in 
vaudeville, have as pretty a dancing 
conceit as has been seen here in 
some seasons. It's original, too. 
There's Just one drawback — the 
Sunday-school entertainment voice 
of the young woman who plays 
Terpsichore. 

BASTABLE— First half, "Cuddle 
Up"; up to the Bedinl average. Last 
half, dark. 

EMPIRE— "R. S. V. P." 

STRAND— "All for a Woman" all 
week. ' 

SAVOY— "Hush Money." 

ROBBINS-ECKEL— "The Little 
Minister." 

CRESCENT— "A Child for Sale." 



Syracuse must satisfy Its theat- 
rical appetite this week with vaude- 
ville, burlesque or pictures. The 
Wieting is dark all the week. 

The Park, Utica, opened with 
American Wheel burlesque Thurs- 
day, Jan. 19. First time that the 
American, shows have played Utica. 

William Allen, of this city, now 

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touring with "The Rainbow Girl," 
charges his wife, Rot E. Allen, of 
this city, with unfaithfulness and 
names Frank La Burke, also of 
Syracuse, as the co-respondent in 
his divorce suit. La Burke came 
to the attention of the local police 
last July, when, after a deep gash 
had been inflicted in his neck by 
Charles Moore, gro, one Leo Mc- 
Vey saved his life by pinching the 
ends of the severed arteries with 
his (McVey's) fingers. Police say 
that La Burke had an argument 
with Mrs. Allen and slapped her. 
She began to scream, and the negro 
rushed in to her assistance. The 
altercation resulted in the cutting 
affray. 



Because they claim that the new 
management of the Crescent has re- 
fused to hire a union stage erew 
since the first of the year, leaders 
of Moving Picture Operators' Union 
No. 376 have withdrawn their mem- 
bers from that house. The union 
charges that the Crescent manage- 
ment, which also controls the Hip- 
podrome, has discharged Its union 
operators in the latter house as a 
result. 



Because members of a girls' class 



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that was presented at Hope Grance, 
Oswego County has a theatrical war 
of its own, with the right of the 
girls to don 'em in the future as the 
moot issue. 



Retirement of Mitchell Fitzer 
from the Fitzer interests operating 
the Empire under lease from W. 
Snowdon Smith of this city has been 
announced. 



Josephine Dunfee of this city, so- 
prano, who lost her voice two years 
ago after touring in vaudeville, has 
staged a comeback and will shortly 
return to the vaudeville stage. Mrs. 
Dunfee's retirement two years ago 
was caused by a nervous break- 
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This Week: 
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This Week (JAN. 16), McVICKER'S, CHICAGO. Tourinfl Loew Circuit. 



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This Week (Jan. 16)— KEITHS ROYAL, NEW YORK 



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VARIETY 



Friday, January 20, 1922 




ATTENTION ! 
ATTENTION S 



ATTENTION ! 
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FILM MEN! CAMERA MEN! EXHIBITORS! PICTURE 
THEATRE OWNERS! ACTORS! MANAGERS! PRO- 
DUCERS! MUSICIANS! STAGE HANDS! BOOK- 
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THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO EVERYONE 



From the "ANYCITY DAILY NEWS" 



There is a young man travelling 
around the country just now, he is 
accompanied by another young 
man, they were in this city last 
week at our local Keith Vaudeville 
Theatre, and were an immense suc- 
cess, just singing simple, beautiful 
songs. "When they visit your city, 
be sure you hear them. 

George MacFarlane is the singer, 
and Herbert C. Vnve is bis accom- 
panist. Hate to talk about oui - 
s Ivts. but Gee! they w*>re great. 
Thanks very much for your atten- 
tion. 



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ATTENTION ! 



HEAR YE! HEAR YE! 



HEAR 



PHILADELPHIA 

BY ARTHUR B. WATER8 

k Whitaker Ray, manager of the 
1 Chestnut Street Opera House, the 
W local Shubert vaudeville theatre, 
" has been transferred to the same 
position at the Duquesne, Pitts- 
burgh, recently acquired by the 
Shuberts. 

Mr. "Wray has been manager of 
the Chestnut Street Opera House 
since that theatre Time under the 
management and ownership of the 
Shuberts three years ago. 



Victor Herbert will play a return 
engagement as "guest conductor" at 
the Stanley theatre during the week 
,)f January 30. This is the ilrst an- 
niversary of the house and a special 
program will be arranged. The pic- 



FRED 
HUGHES 

"The Welsh Tenor 



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Takes This Means of Thanking 

Mr. E. F. ALBEE 
Mr. J. J. MURDOCK 
Mr. MARTIN BECK 
Mr. MORI H. SINGER 
Mr. S. X. H0DGD0N 
Mr. C. S. HUMPHREYS 
Mr. FRANK VINCENT 
Mr. GEORGE GOTTLIEB 
Mr. EARL SAUNDERS 
Mr. ARTHUR DENMAN 
Mr. SAM KAHL 

For the Wonderful Route Over the 

ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

OrcniriK Jan. 13. I*. wked aollO' until 102::. 

BILLY JACKSON, 

Exclusive Representative 



ture will be "Rent Free" with Wal- 
lace lleid. The new Aldine theatre, 
Felt Brothers' house, will also have 
a special conductor in the person 
of Guiseppi Creatore for the week 
of the 30th. Hex Bourn's "The Iron 
Trail" will be the feature. 



Films at the Principal Houses 

"Connecticut Yankee," Stanton, 
fourth week. 

"Way Down East," Aldine, first 
week. 

"Peter Ibbetson." Karlton, fourth 
week. 

"Lotus Eater." Stanley. 

"Doubling for Romeo." Arcadia. 

"Wonderful Thin*." Palace. 

KEITH'S. — This week's bill 
classed by many as the best the 
house has had in a long time. Joe 
Cook's comedy number took fust 
place away from the headliners a«id 
hi. turn seemed new and*amusinpr 
to a good -sized house. Frttil Scheff 
was welcomed ba k after a rather 
prolonged absence and Bang some 
songs in her acchstomed way. Val- 
erie Bergere's skit was pretty gen- 
erally liked. The rest of the bill 
had good comedy moments, but 
otherwise must be classed as about 
so-so. 

8HUBERT VAUDEVILLE.— Nat 
Xazarro, Jr.. did his cello playing, 
singing and dancing in such a way 
as to win a very coid audience after 
he had l>een on a few minutes. It 
was a difficult situation for the 
young man. but at the end of his 
get he had the satisfaction of know- 
ing he had won them over. Milton 
Hayes, an Englishman, is decidedly 
good. His novel bodgc-podge of 
chatter caught the audience's fancy 
slowly at first, but finally in *uch a 



manner as to get the entire house. 
Xonette returned to a moderately 
enthusiastic reception, and the other 
acts struggled along against the 
frosty audience in nolle fashion. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. SKEFFINGTON 

LYCEUM— "Irene." 

TEMPLE— Vaudeville. 

GAYETY— Jack Singer show. 

FAY'S— Frank Bush. Great How- 
ard, Mclntyre and Holcomb, Dekos 
Troupe, Rogers aid West. Francis 
and Day; "Show Blind," film feat- 
ure. 

ARCADE— Kl use v Stock Co. in 
"The Warning." 

FAMILY— Rat hbun and Pepper 
Co.. opening in musical comedv. 

Pictures— Star. "Over the Hill"; 
Piccadilly, "Little Lord Fauntle- 
roy." 



On Wednesday night, through the 
courtesy of Mickey Finn, of* the 
Temple, se . ral of the acts enter- 
tained the members of the Press 
Club at a dinner. 



"Over the Hill," it the Star this 
week for the fourth week, estab- 
lishes a record for pictures in 
Rochester. Only one or two films 
have ever gone three weeks. 



evelyn BLANCHARD « M 

1193 nROADWAY. VIEW YORK (ITT 
SEE US FOR RIO TTME RESTRICTED 
MATERIAL. ACTS REWRITTEN RE- 
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BALTIMORE 

FORD'S.— "The Czarina." 
AUDITORIUM.— ••Maytime." 
LYCEUM.— 'Dark. 
PALACEs— u Tit for Tat." 
CENTURY. — "Peacock Alley" 

(f NEW— "Over the Hill" (film). 
PARKWAY.— "Morals" tfilm). 
RIVOLI.— "Stardust" (film). 
MARYLAND (Keith vaudeville). 

—Harry Houdini is the feature, but 
far from being the favored one, 
from applause or entertaining. 
Houdini's acttor the most part now 
is a boost for his pictures which 
compose the greater part of his turn 
and show signs of considerable 
usage and a lot of talk, telling how 
good he is or was. The hits of the 
ordinary bill were Harry Jolson, 
who kindly acknowledges his 
brother Al's greatness, Frank Gabby 
and Janet of France. Others are 
Ames and "Winthrop, Margaret 
IfcKee, and T^ola and^Senia. Mme: 
Bradna with her horses opened and 
Houdini did his Chinese water tor- 
ture cell escape for the finale. 

ACADEMY (shubert).— Four of 
the nine acts this week hart ap- 
peared bore this season. The re- 
peaters are beginning to work havoc 



with the business, as It fell off con- 
siderably last week and the houses 
this week are far from good. James 
Barton tops the bill and scored. 
Sharing honors with the headliner 
are Green and Blyler in songs and 
Rath Brothers. Arturo Bernardi in 
his lightning change act was also 
well received. The acts making a 
return appearance are the Masters 
and Kraft Revue. Brengks Bronze 
Horse, Ford and Truly and Bernard 
and Townes. 






The stockholders of the Circle 
Theatre Co. at a meeting Tuesday 
decided to continue the erection of 
tho theatre, which is located* oppo- 
site Carlin'b Park. Objections were 
raised about the elaborateness of 
the project, but were overruled by 
the majority of the stockholders 
present. This project has bcc*ft ly- 
ing dormant for some time due to 
the fact that E. J. Wiley and A. F. 
Buck, who were mixed up in the 
Boulevard theatre scandal, are here 
interested in th d stock promotion of 
the proposed Circle theatre. 




A. Jimesley of New York, one of 
the Three waldanos, while appear- 
ing at the Ciayety in an aerial act, 
as an added attraction to the "Cab- 
aret Girls" burlesque show, fell and 
broke his left leg. He was taken to 
St. Joseph's hospital, where it was 
said he nustained a compound frac- 
ture and will be laid up for several 
weeks. 



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The first gun in the announced 
war between the Columbia and 
American Wheel was* fir ed Saturday 
when the paper for the "Some Girl*' 
show was refused the agent by the 
manager of the Gayety and not re- 
leased by him until Monday. Mean- 
while Wade Morton, who claims to 
be the American Wheel representa- 
tive, had the front of the Playhouse 
plastered with signs telling of the 
"new home of American burlesque" 
and announcing the admission of 
ladies to all matinees for ten cents. 
This will no doubt affect the Palace 
(Columbia Wheel), for they (the 
Palace) have built up quite a mati- 
nee trade of women and the popular 
"dime" will doubtless bring results. 



CLEVELAND 

By J. WILSON ROY 
OHIO. — "The Gold Diggers"; 
capacity Monday. Next, Milton 
Nobles in "LightninV 




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HANNA. — - "Orphans of the 
Storm" (film), second week. Good 
Ihjs in €*ss 

SHUBERT - COLONIAL. — "The 
Emperor Jones." Next, "The Silver 
Fox." 

STAR.— "Jingle- Jingle." 

EMPIRE.— "Bell Mell." 

PIUSCILLA— Harvey Orr and 
Co., Vera E. Walton, Pete Terkins, 
Miller, Gorman and Steadman, and 
pictures. 

MILES.— Zeno, Carl and Mull, 
Carter and Cornich, "The Highway- 
man," La Pine and Emery, Zaza 
Adele and Co., and pictures. 

METROPOLITAN. —.Marie Toll- 
man Revue, James Kennedy and 
Co., Chase and La Tour, Luccianna 
Lucca, Monte and Parti, and pic- 
tures. 

GORDON SQUARE.— "The Lost 
Melody," Howard and Gramm, 
Mitchell and Po<t, and pictures. 

FILMS.— Allen, "The Poverty of 
Riches"; Circle, "Rip Van Winkle"; 
Heights, "Experience"; Euclid, 

Battle -»f the Century"; Rialto, 
"Her Social Value"; Standard, 
"Across the Deadline"; Strand, 
'God's Country and the Law"; Or- 
pheum, "Crossing Trails"; Lorain- 
Fulton, "The Secret of the Hills"; 
Stillman, "Queen of Sheba." 



son put on a turn *hat bristles with 
pep; the Pearsons are overloaded 
with dancing and acrobatic stunts 
that border on the uncanny, und 
they win easily. 

Buckridge and Ca^ey have an In- 
teresting singing and dancing num- 
ber, the hoofing of the Trado Twins 
being a feature of the act. 

"A Dress Rehearsal," by Frank 
Ellis and a company of good as- 
sistants, is a scream. Ellis carries 
the principal comedy part from the 
orchestra floor, while his actors help 
considerably in putting the turn 
over to hearty plaudits. 

The Three Lordons offer a good 
closing number with some clever 
trapeze and bouncing stunts. 



closing turn, in which somtj, unusual 
jumping is offend. 



The Yanks 
ten by the 
houses here, 
night at the 



are not being forgot- 
Kelth and Shubert 
Monday was Legion 
Ohio, where a per 



eentago of the receipts for that 
(\»ning wis for the benefit of the 
local posts, ant* Jack Royal enter- 
tained one hundred "buddies" out of 
work at the Hip the sam»; evening. 



Keith's Hip 

Headlinera run wild this week at 
this downtown house, and the big 
audience at Monday's matinee had 
about everything in the vaudeville 
menu, all served up in tip-tot) 
courses. Trixie Friganza, Jack Nor- 
worth and Edith Taliaferro lead the 
talent, and each in their respective 
place is accorded well merited re- 
ward. 

Trixie, a native Buckeye, has 
some new things in her bag of 
tricks. As a comedy artist she 
stands on a pinnacle; her fun Is 
clean and refreshing She had her 
audience from the start, and while 
they clamored for more the wily 
Trixie knew when to shut 'em off. 
Riot spells her result. 

Jack Norworth scored one of his 
biggest hits here; his material Is 
well worthy of- his big reputation, 
while his personality and cleverness 
enabled him to grab off a big share 
of the premier honors. 

Edith Taliaferro offered a pre- 
tentious three-scene number, "Un- 
der the Same Old Moon,*' that was 
delightful in every detail. The lcrve 
theme throughout was portrayed 
effectively; the settings were good, 
and Miss Taliaferro has surrounded 
herself with four actors who are 
real Thespians with a complete un- 
derstanding of elocution, quite a lost 
art in many modern productions. 
The turn won high appreciation. 

Herschel Henlere got a hearty 
welcome with his planolog; the act 
has been changed to some extent, 
new material added, and Henlere 
has no trouble in registering heavily. 

Miss Ely showed speed and dex- 
terity in her juggling as an opener, 
while Pearson, Newport and Pear- 



Ohio (Shubert) 

Charming Alice Lloyd, undoubt- 
edly England's premier comedienne, 
is the bright and glittering star in 
the Shubert vaudeville firmament 
this week, and right worthily does 
she unhold the headline position. It 
is moot. whether her new songs are 
more attractive than some of her 
former numbers, but mutual satis- 
faction is secured by an even dis- 
tribution of old and new. At Sun- 
day's matinee Miss Lloyd scored 
heavily with her "First Wife" and 
"Kiss My Baby Goodnight," and 
there was a ring of true sincerity 
in the applause that greeted her 
old-timers, "What Are You Gettin' 
At, Eh?" and "Splash Me." Miss 
Lloyd is an artist to her finger-tips. 

"Poodles" Hannaford, assisted by 
the members of this talented family, 
easily held his title as the world's 
greatest riding comedian. The ) ig 
turn stopped the show. 

Tameo Kajayama repeats with his 
mental sensations and got over big. 

Ciccolini pays another visit here 
and renders some high-grade vocal 
selections in Italian and English 
with gratifying favor. 

Roode and Frances open with 
some good work on tho slack wire, 
and Sailor Bill Reilly uncorks his 
oft -repeated war and prohibition 
numbers. Really ought to know the 
war is over and tliat prohibition 
may be here to stay, yet some sym- 
pathizers stayed with him. 

The Glorias put on a clever danc- 
ing act with a whirlwind finish that 
earns good returns, and Charles 
Howard, assisted by James Graham 
and Alberta Fowler, get over in 
good shape with their anti-VoIstead 
skit. 

The Four Paldreos have a dandy 



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No signs of diminution In popu- 
larity are noticeable at this new 
house. Manager Brown seems to 
have surrounded himself with & 
clientele of "regulars," and the en- 
tertainment is maintained at stand- 
ard. A good audience greeted the 
current bill on Monday night. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry are 
headlined and this capable pair ex- 
tracted full measure of success. 

Hilarity was the watchword dur- 
ing the turn of the Yip Yip Yap- 
hankers, who put over their military 
camp comedy act to thunder* of 
applause. John Rothang and Frank 
Melino stand out for mention. All 
the "buddies" perform "heir parts 
well. 

A graceful and artistic dancing 
turn is that of Fordo and Sheehan, 
who arc ably assisted by Marlon 
Forde. Six special numbers axe 
presented, each in splendid style, 
and the act scores heavily. 

The musical act of the Rozellas Is 
unique and diverting; the lady is a 
good harpist while the male of the 
team gets a lot of comedy from.. his » 
bassoon number. 

Booth and Nina have a clever 
cycling novelty as an opener, and 
Nina shows some skill as a banjo 1st. 

Sharkey, Roth and Witt have a . 
rollicking act of music and fun, and 
Murphy and Joseph ne carry on 
with some hokum that pleases. 

Some aerial thrills are offered by 
Reckless and .'.rley in the closing 
spot. 



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BURLESQUE ROUTES 



(Jan. 23— Jan. 30) 

"Baby Bears" 23 Lyric Newark. 

"Bathing Beauties" 23 Empire 
fioboken. 

"Beauty Revue" 23 Gayety Minne- 
apolis. • 

"B|g Jamboree" 23 Gayety St 
Louis 30 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Big "Wonder Show" 23 Star 
Cleveland 30 Empire Toledo. 

"Bits of Broadway" 23 Star & 
Garter Chicago 30 Gayety Detroit. 

"Bon Ton Girls" 23 Palace Balti- 
more 30 Gayety Washington. 

"Bowery Burlesquers" 23 Casino 
Boston 30 Grand Hartford. 

"Broadway Scandals" 23 Capitol 
.Washington. _ ■ 

"Chick Chick" 23 Century Kansas 
City. 

"Cuddle Up" 23 Empire Albany 30 
Casino Boston. ' 

Dixon's Big Review 23 Gayety 
Louisville. 

"Flashlights of 1921" 23 Gayety 
Montreal 30 Gayety Buffalo. 

"Follies of Day" 23 Gayety Buffalo 
10 Gayety Rochester. 

"Follies of New York" 23 Engel- 
Srood Chicago. 

"Fo!ly Town" 23 Hurtig & Sea- 
tnon's New York 30 Orpheum Fater- 
»on. 

"French Frolics" 23 L O. 

"garden Frolics" 23 Majestic Jer- 
sey /City 50 L O. 

df Looks" 23 Empire Prov 
IdenYJ^^^Tiayely Boston. 



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From Joyland" £3 Allen- 
Easton 25 Reading, 
iwich Village Revue" 23 
Oly triple Cincinnati 30 Columbia 
Chicago. 

"Harvest Time" 23 L O 30 Gayety 
JBt Ix>uis. 

"Hello 1922" 23 Empire Brooklyn 
10 h O. 

Howe Sam .23 Gaiety Rochester- 
t-1 Bastable Syracuse 2-4 Grand 
Utica. 

"Hurly Burly" 23 Garrick St 
Loins. 

"Jazz Babies" 23 Park Indian- 
apolis. 

"Jingle Jingle" 23 Empire Toledo 
t0 Lyric Dayton. 

"Kandy Kids" 23 Academy Buffalo. 

"Keep Smiling" 23 Miner's Bronx 
Kew York 30 Casino Brooklyn. 

Kelly 'Lew 23 Gayety Toronto 30 
Gayety Montreal. 

"Knick Knacks" 23 Casino Brook- 
lyn 30 Empire Newark. 

"Lid Lifters" 23 Olympic New 
York. 

"Little Bo Teep" 26-28 Academy 
Fall River. 

• "London Belles" 23 Columbia 
Chicago 29-31 lie-rebel Des Moines. 



"Maids of America" 23 Casino 
Philadelphia 30 Miner's Bronx New 
York. 

Marion Dave 23 Columbia New 
York*30 Empire Brooklyn. 

"Mischief Makers" 26-28 Plaza 
Springfield. 

"Miss New York Jr" 23 L O. 

"Monto Carlo Girls" 23 Howard 
Boston. 

"Pace Makers" 23 Empire Cleve- 
land. 

"Parisian Flirts" 23 L O. 

"Passing Revue" 23 L O. 

"Peek a Boo",, 23 Lyceum Colum- 
bus 30 Star Cleveland. 

"Pell Mell" 23 Penn Circuit. 
.Reeves Al 23 Gayety Pittsburgh 
30 Lyceum Columbus. 

"Record Breakers" 23-25 Cohen's 
Newburg 26-28 Cohen's Pough- 
keepsie. * 

Reynolds Abe 23 Grand Hartford 
30 Hyperion New Haven. 

Singer Jack 23-25 Bastable Syra- 
cuse 26-28 Grand Utica 30 Empire 
Albany. 

"Social Follies" 23 L O. 

"Soms Show" 23 Gayety Balti- 
more. 

"Sporting "v^dows" 23 Orpheum 
Paterson 30 Majestic Jersey City. 

M Step Lively Girls" 23 Gayety 
Detroit 30 Gayety Toronto. 

"Strolling Players" 22-24 Berchel 
Des Moines 30 Gayety Omaha. 

"Sugar Plums" 23 L O 30 Palace 
Baltimore. 

TJnney Revue 23 Gayety Kansas 
City 30 L O. 

"Tit for Tat" 23 Gayety Washing- 
ton 30 Gayety Pittsburgh. 

"Town Scandals" 23 Hyperion 
New Haven 30 Hurtig & Seamon's 
New York. 

"Twinkle Toes" 23 Lyrie Dayton 30 
Olvmpic Cincinnati. 

Watson Billy 23 Gayety Omaha 
30 Gayety Kansas City. 

"Whirl of Gayety" 23 L O 30 Em- 
pire Providence. 

"Whirl of Girls" 23 Gayety Mil- 
waukee. 

■-"Whirl of Mirth" 23 Majestic 
Scranton. 

Williams Mollie 23 Empire Newark 
30 Casino Philadelphia 

"World of Frolic" 23 Gayety Bos- 
ton 30 Columbia New York. 



George Charles 
Uessler Mr C 
Qullia Helen 
Ooetz Billy 
Gordon Nathan 
Goulson Harry 
Green Cliff 
Gross Mr S 

ITamel Estell 
Harris Maris 
Hartman Maris 
Hill Olive 
Holt Alma 
Howard iSnnic* 
llyams John 

Jansen Mas 
Jeffcott Tom 
Jcssell Geo 

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Kaufman Mrs A 
Koith Eugene 
Keith Kenneth 
Kennedy Marcclla 

Lady Tony 

La Vail Ida ' 

Lewis SheidoD 

McCoy Lula 
McGee Jan*» 
McGowan A Faber 
McNutt Mr C 
Mack Hazel 
Mack Neil 
Merlin Baby 
Merwood IWty 
Miller Irwin 
Miller Madgl* 
Mower Mlllls 
Mullaly Hon 
Mullen James 
Murray Lola 

Qullan Pan 
Qulntrell Mr F 



Bedford Billy 
Kehan A 
Reeves Jeaza 
Reynolds Bills 
Rollins R 
Robinson Rob 
Robinson A Pierce 
Roltner Richard 

Seville Inea 
Shapiro Al 
Sheridan Eileen 
Shields Harry 
Shubert Hughle 
Sohmer Edward 
Stater Leona 
Stirk Clifford 
Stuart Austen 

Travers Mr M 
Turner A Grace 

Valdo Bess 
Van Gus 
Vaugan Ethel 
Vernon Irons 
Vi^an Ada 

Wakefield Frank 
Waletka Princess 
Wallace Mr B 
Walker Ray 
Wamsli'y Frank 
Watson Knthloen 
Wllliama Irene 
Williams Jack 
Williams Paul 
Wilson Blllle 
"Wilson Fr^nkls 
Wilton May 
Winona Miss 
Worth Grace 

Young Margaret 

Zimmerman Willy 
Zukor Dave 



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Arnenberg Geo 
Artols Mrs J 

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liartels Leon 
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Beach George 
lirnn.-tt Billis 
Blssett Billy 
Boyitf Hazel 
Hrock L»»e 
Uronson Jimmie 
Browning W 
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Cavanas Two 
Chapman. Jr-.in 
Clayton Luct-lle 
Cole Ruth 
Connell Mr 
Connors Foggy 
Corel 11 Kd 
Cowels Marie 



Crlghton Blanche 
Crowell Mabel 

Dale Blllle 
Dare Jess 
Bean A Reed 
BeVoe Frank 
I'eVoy A Daytom 
DeWinter J 
Donahue* Isabella 
Donegan A Allen 
Dudley Edgar 
Dunn Beanice 

Eddy * Marlon 
I'M wards Julia 
Kmerson Chas 
Kmmett George 
Emmy Carl 

Fnrnsworth Robert 
Plaids Flo 

Fitzsroralrl Jack 
Flan'gan A Morrls'n 

Garcey Muriel 



Austin A Delaney 
Anderson Rhea 
Archibald Jack 
Austin Dob 
Allen Edna 
Abey Charlotte 
Arnold Biliie Mr 
Appier A A 
Allar<l R M Miss 

Belmont BHle 
Barrett Lillian 
Beils Lillian 
Burnett A Lee 
Beck Valeria 
Bloom M Mr A Mrs 
Bentley Chas A 
Bentley A Walsh 
Burns Victor 
Birmingham V Miss 
Booth A Nina 
Braase Stella 
Bally-IIoo Trio 
Betts C H Capt 
Burton Dick 
Blondell Mabel 
Barbour & Jackson 
BogdonofT Troupe 
Balmaln Edna Deal 
Bra>r O A L 
Burgee W S 
Badall Paffle 
Brown Geo 
Blake Helen 
Binns A Burt 
Baa/ies Stuart 

CorWn Gllmore 
Calvert Margaret 
Cavanaugh Earl 
Cook A Vernon 
Crelghton Chas M 
Cavanas Two 
Cook A Oatmaa 
Carboni Mario 
Conevln Josephine 

Davis A McCoy 
DeOnsonne Nellie 

Earl A Edwards 




Folsom B >bby 
Furman Phil 
Fioretto A O 
Fiske A Lloyd 

Goodwin Mr A Mrs 
Green Billy 
Geiger John 
Green Al 
Great Howard 
Gehan Albert 

Houlton Pat A Teg 
If arris Joseph 
Happy Harrison 
Holly M 

Hackett Margaret 
Holdon R T 
Howard Edna 
Hagen F Mr A Mrs 
Havard F Mrs 
Hartley Arthur 
Holmes Fred W 
Hale Willie A Bro 
Hammond Jack 
Henderlckson Jas 
Hall Vera 

Ing)>e Jack 

Johnson Olive 
Jameson E Mrs 

Kraemer Clifton 
Kane A Norton 
Kalamos The 
Kail Sam 
Klpple Vina 

Lester Bell A O 
Le Grohs- The 
Little Joe 
Lee A Cranston 
Larkin Charles 
Levitt J M 
Lubln Jack 
Lewis Speaker 
LeVers Vest a 
LaMert Louis 
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Mudge L H 
McCullough Carl 
May A Killduff 
McDougal Mae 
Moore Ruyh, 
Mack Al 
Morrell Frank 

Norrls Jr C 
Nifty Trio 

Ostrowsky L Mils 
Oshea Timothy 

Patterson Hel?n 
Patton Jeanette 
Patton Joan Miss 
Powell Ada Mrs 
Pfeiffer Richard 
Poshay Bob 
Patrlcola Tom 

Quintrelle Fred 

Raymer^ Whyte 
Rankin Wlter Mrs 
Rannals Jean M 
Ryan Elsa 
Rogers Wilson 



Rawson A Clars 
Ranalng Augo 

Sampson A Do'glas 
Swift A Daley 
Suzette Miss 
Spahan Albert Mrs 
Smith Tom R 
Sherman Dorothy 
Sapf Ruth 
Selger Lillian 
St Leon Geo 

Thornton Estelle M 
Twyman A Vincent 
Thomas Joe 
Transfleld Sis 
Trado Twins 
Thirty Pink Toes 

Valentine BAP 
Valero Don 
Valll Arthur 
Ve rebel 1 Mtne 
Vert Hazel 

Wnstlka A C'study 
Watson Evelyn 

Zira Lillian 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

HEILIO— "The Bird of paradise." 

BAKER— Raker stock in "tip in 
Mabel's Room." 

LYRIC — Lyric Musical* Company 
in "Four Sweethearts." 

PICTURES— Liberty, "Tsove's Re- 
cVmntion"; Columbia, "The Little 
Mirfister"; Rivoll. "Playing with 
Vim"; Blue Mouse, "The Last 
Trail"; People's, "Under the Lash"; 
Majestic, "The Beautiful Liar"; 
Star. "The Cabinet of Dr. Cailcjari"; 
Hippodrome, "The Journey'sJSnd." 

Word .received this week from 
Robert Bruce, maker of picture 
scenics for Educational, advises that 
he hag si^netf a new contract with 
Educational and will return to Ore- 
gon in the spring to snend the sum- 
mer picturing natural beauties here- 
abouts. 



i —^—i I SJSS^SJSJSJSJ ■ ■^■^ a 

with the business of the exhibitors 
or their in ests. 



C. S. Jensen, head of the Jensen 
& Von Herbert; c rganizatlon, ia 
spending a fortnight In California 
with Mrs. Jensen. 



KANSAS CITY 

BY WILL R. HUGHES 

Shubert— "Take It From Me." 
Gayety — "Harvest Time." 
Centu y— "Social Follies." 
Photoplays — "Rent Free," New- 
man; "Molly O," Liberty; "Lovet 
Redemption." Royal; "Enchant- 
ment." Doric; "Wife Against Wife," 
Twelfth Street. 

Vaudeville and burlesque had 
things their own way here last 
week. Lauder gave five perform- 
ances in the three days he was at 
the Shubert and although extra 
chairs ware installed and every 
available inch of standing room sold, 
many were turned away. The main- 
street, in spite of its immense ca- 
pacity, could not accommodate the 
crowds at some of the performances. 

Robert MrKim. famous villain of 
the screen, is the featured act at 
the Pantages. and Vicla Dana is at 
Loew's Garden. 



E. A. Schiller, representative of 
Loew's circuit, conferred with W. 
W. Ely, manager of the local house 
last week. Hippodrome artists are 
now required to jump without a 
stop from Minneapolis to Seattle 
and from there to Portland. All 
one-night stands have been elim- 
inated. 



The Motion Picture Exhibitors' 
League of Oregon has adopted a 
resolution to refuse to exhibit slides 
and other advertising matter for 
any cause that directly conflicts 




Guerrini & Co. 

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Is the Unites States. 
Ths on I j Factory 
that make* an* set 
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With the burlesque houses thia. 
week, the Century, American circuit, 
with Jimmie Cooper and his "Beauty 






NUGENT ON WILSON 

J. C. Nugent finishes his monotonia with three 
one minute talks on subjects suggested by ths 
audience, at his request. A recent talk on Wood- 
row Wilson haa startled the West The preas 
referring to It variously as a "gem." a "master- 
piece." an "Inspiration." » "prophecy." Several 
editorials hare commented on It and publicly 
asked Mr. Nugent for a copy of the talk. Ths 
Variety has secured tt and publishes It herewith, 
with the understanding that the stage rights are 
reserved by Mr. Nugent, as the request for It U 
now coming st almost every performance. It 
follows: 

"If I may become ecrlous for a minute, be- 
tween the bunches of persiflage, may aay that Mr. 
Wliann has now, perhaps, receded sufficiently ts 
be regarded aa historic rather than contemnora- 
ncous. which keepa me out of politics. Into which 
I have no desire to Intrude. Bo I may say that 
I have lately finished the Orpheum Circuit of 
theatres, which tour takes one through NorttWn 
Caiijpmla. a world of mountains, contemporane- 
ous mountains of the mln".te. If one may aay that 
like that, melting away In the haze as you recede 
from them, aa soma great men do. But one 
mountain seemed to gruw larger as you loft IU 
stmdlng alone — deserted. majesUc, eternal Mount 
Shasta. 

"And while It has become fashionable for some 
plnheada to attempt to kid that great man. Mr. 
Wilson, still I have dared to think that to us and 
to our children, as time goes on. and particularly 
as the idea gaina ground, that this world can ns 
longer exist as separate nations, but must sooner 
or later act all for one and one for all— and with 
all due regard to Mr. Hughes, ths originator of 
the horseless race track and lately of the shlplese 
navy, and with all due regard to everybody else, 
the time must come when this world will pass 
iryond the savagery of war and its unintelligent 
waste— and some phase of the World State Drears 
be realized. "tnd when thst tune comes, history 
will not give credit to <Mr. Walls or Mr. Tumulty 
or Mr. r.ryan. or Mr. Lansing, or Mr. Harding, 
or any other Mister of the Moment, but to ths 
originator— who now stands alone— de.serted. m*« 
Jestic, eternal, but stands now and always for the 
highest Ideals of world statesmanship— • nusj 
whose dreams were greater than his mistakes-- 
Wondrow Wilson 1" 



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AT MODERATE PRICES 

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THE NEW YORK BRANCH. WITH THE IDEA OP GIVING HIS PATRONS 
OLD AND NEW, THAT INTIMATE ATTENTION SO NECESSARY FOR 
THE PRODUCTION OP SATISFACTORY STAGE SETTINGS. IF YOU HAVE 
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STUDIOS 

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NEXT WEEK (JAN. 23)— B. F. KEITH'S ORPHEUM, BROOKLYN— AND THE NEXT WEEK- 



Friday, January SO. 1M8 







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Lets Than Wholesale Price 

you who know style must ap- 
preciate these smart furs. The 
most appropriate piece for every 
occasion is here priced at one- 
third leas than you would have 
to pay wholesale. 

SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO THE 
PROFESSION 

A.RATKOWSKY 

34 West 34th Street 

Fur* r e m odeled and 

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Revue" had the heat of things, as 
far as number of admissions were 
concerned. Jimmie is Sx local boy 
and very popular as wa7 shown by 
the business. He had the satisfac- 
tion of breaking the house record 
for number of women patrons dur- 
ing one week. At the Gayety, James 
EL Cooper's "Big Lamboree" en- 
joyed a fair business but not as big 
as usual for this house. 



Heavy advance advertising has 
been commenced for the Sothern- 
Morlowe date at the Shubert com- 
mencing January 30. Only seven 
performances will be given. 

The Linwood, Gillham and Ells- 
worth, three large residence neigh- 
borhood, film houses, have cut their 
prices to 10 and 15 cents, including 
war tax. 



The Orpheum has just announced 
a reduction in prices on Sunday 
matinee tickets from SI to 75 cents. 
For this date the scale is now from 
IS to 75 cents, The change was 
made on orders from Martin Beck. 









Four of the first five acts on the 
Orpheum's bill this week featured 
singing on the program. Roberts 
and Clark was. used for an opening 
act. According to the Management 
the act cost 1450, but regardless of 
cost is a little out of wie ordinary 
to see an offering of ihis calibre 
Used for an opener. 

DETROIT 



BY JACOB SMITH 

The Majestic, under the manage- 
ment of M. W. McGee, opened Sun- 
day with the Woodward Players in 
dramatic stock. "Scandal" was the 
first The subscription list for sea- 
son reservations is big and there 
is no doubt as to the success of the 
new venture. Mr. McGee was the 
first manager of the Majestic start- 
ing in when that playhouse pre- 
sented high-class film features. He 
has gathered together an excellent 
company of players, is presenting 
entertainment on a very high -class 
order and plans to give Detroit the 
very latest in plays. The p aycrs 
include Fiances Carson, George 
Leach, Robert Strange, Richard 
Taber, Walter Davis, Jane Darwell, 
Diantha Pattison, Myna Mont- 
gomery, Hope Sutherland and 
Geraldine Barras. Cyril Raymond is 
the director. The spoken drama in 
a large theatre away from the 
downtown section is an innovation 
in Detroit. Next attraction, "The 
Night Cap." It is the first time 
this script has been let out for stock 
as the legitimate attraction was here 
three weeks ago and is now playing 
in Chicago. 



VARIEfT 



"Mutt and Jeff" in Chinatown at 
Michigan -Shubert, big business at 
♦1 top. Next week, "Lulu Bett." 

Jimmie Hodges In "Buddies" atj 
°rphcum. Splendid business. Pro 
auctions well directed and well pre 
sented. 



Taylor Holmes headlining at 
Shubert -Detroit this week. Big hit. 
u oe8 his favorite "Boots"- for an 
encore. Sunday night he spied 
jMldie Cantor in the third row as 
be was taking a final bow. After 
Rating Cantor insisted he get up 
and .say a few words. Brendel and 



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Bert, return ongapement, goinff 
better than ever. Hetty Kinj; as 
a male impersonator is splendid. Mr. 
and Mrs. Mel -Burn offer pood en- 
tertainment with sketch; Billy Me- 
Dermott well liked. Other pood acts, 
Musical Johnstons, Krnest Evans. 
The IMckfords. 



New Cnpitol, John H. Kunsky's 
latest entefpri.se. opened last Thurs- 
day. Seats 4.250 and is fifth largest 
house in United States. Theatre 
hill a tremendous first floor, mez- 
zanine and balcony. Opening pro- 
prom consisted of Paths 
Pathe Review, Bruce scenic 
Carey, soloist; Smith and 
operatic; feature, "The 
Rater," and Snub Pollard 



First show opening nipht 



. Kstellc 
Griffith, 

Lotus 
comedy. 

late in 



pet tins' started and after midnipht 
before second show out. Policy will 
he week runs on pictures opening 
at upon each day and showing con- 
tinuously until 11 1*. M. Prices 85 
"onts for mezzanine seats; 60 cents 
first floor and 40, balcony. Orchestra 
comprises 45 men under direction of 
ESdward Werner. Thomas D. Moule 
in charge of Capitol, formerly at 
Madison and Adams for Mr. Kun- 
sky. Howard O. Pierce in charge 
of advertising and presentations. 
Opening program will be shown for 
first ten days. Next, Georpe Brban 
in person in "The Sipn of the Rose." 
Michigan exhibtors and exehanpe- 
men attended the first get-to-pether 
at Hotel BUtler Jan. 10. About 400 
in attendance. Senator Jam* s 
\Y;illcer, Sam I. Berman and Marcus 



Loew sat at the speakers' tables. 
Senator Walker acted as toastmas- 
ter and he lauded the exhibitors for 
refusing to show pictures with Fred 
Beauvais. Clara Ilumnn and others 
who had been in sensational 
scandals. Marcus Loew remarked 
he hftd built 27 theatres last year, 
had three to complete this year and 
then he was through building for a 
while. He said that seven different 
censor boards had each picked en- 
tirely different scenes to be elim- 
inated from "The Tour Horsemen," 
showing they could not agree. He 
urged exhibitors not to book more 
pictures than they could play as 
overbuying of pictures by exhibitors 
was one of greatest evils in the in- 
dustry. 

This Week'j vaudeville at TV Luxe 



(Shubert) Includes: (Victoria Web- 
ster & Co., Marie jCorella & Co., 

Charles Gill & Co., Weisser & 
Keisser. 

Palace (B. W. W ill lams, Mgr.) — 
Kinkaid Kilties, Estelle, Bob llardv, 
Princess Minstrell Misses. Tom & 
Chubby, Ray & La Hue. W. B. Pat- 
ton & Co. 

Tuxedo (B. W. Williams. Mgr.)— 
Harry Catalano. Nifty Trio and 



oad- 



Blida Morris, Orvillo Stamm. 

Pictures'^ "ForevW," st Br 
way-Strand, due to stay at leas* two 
weeks; "Thunderclap," second week, 
Washington, to be followed by "Why 
Girls Leave. Honw"; "Four Horse- 
men," third week. Adams, to be fol- 
lowed by ''Theodora '; "line's )U - 
d«mption," Madison* 



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NOTE NEW ADDRESS 



OEHRENS L,IF»SHUTZ CO. 



j Robertson Cole Bldg., 721-723 7th Ave., New York City 



THEATRICAL COSTUMES 



JACK L. LIPSHUTZ, Manager 



VARIETY 



Friday, January 20, 1922 



► 




BILLS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from Page 21) 



Kita Oould 
Doll Frolics 

C'D'K B'PIDS, IA. 
Majestle 

"Smiles" 

Mellon A Reno - 
Henry A Moore 
Gordon A Gordon 
C ft H Olocker 
Dan Sherman Co 

C'ENTRAIJA, ILL. 

Grand 

Chan Leger 
Mack ft Stanton 
Roberta ft Clark 
Medley ft Dupree 
RtfO Co 

2d half 
ClifTrd ft Bothwell 
Cook ft Vernon 
Allan's Minstrels 
(Two to fill) 

CITMPAItiV. ILL. 

Orpneum 

Lewis ft Henderson 
Hamlin A Mack 
Rita Oould 
Flying- Valentines 
(Two to nil) 
2d half 
Hall ft West 
Lew Wells 
Carlyle Blackwell 
(Three to fill) 

CHICAGO 

American . 
Ernest Hlatt 
Carlyle Blackwell 
(Four to nil) 
1 2d half 
Stuart Girls 
Tllyou ft Rogers 
(Four to nil) 

Empress 

Sealo 

Cutner A Hoffman 
T Brown's Sax Six 
Jo Jo Harrison 
Hanson ft Burtons 
Cleveland ft Dow 



2d half 
Lavine A Lavlne 
Scotty A Provan 
Wills A Bobbins 
Billy Doss Revue 
Amaranth .Sisters 

Harper 

2d half 
Clifford Wayne t 
Buddy Walton 
(One to nil) 

Kediie 

Gibson A Betty 
Hughes A Debrow 
Melo Dance 
(Three to nil) 

2d half 
Jack George Duo 
Lester A Moore 
"Rubevllle" 
(Three to nil) 

Lincoln 

Tllyou A Rogers 
Stuart Girls 
Coley A Jaxon 
(Three to nil) 
2d half 
Henry Moore 
Anderson A Graves 
Warren A O'Brien 
(Three to nil). 

CLINTON. ILL. 

Cltntonlan 

Harry Wat kins 
Earl A Bartletts 
Three Bangards 

DAVENPORT. LA. 

Columbia 

"Blossoms" 
Al Abbott 
Anna Eva Fay 
(Three to nil) 
2d half 
Sealo 

Block A Dunlan 
Adelaide Dell Co 
Anna Eva Fay 
(Two to nil) 

DECATl R, ILL. 

Empress 

Lew Wells 



Max Bloom 
"One on Aisle" 
Rassow Midgets 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 

Noel Lester 
Margaret Ford 
Russ Leddy Co 
The Rozellas 
Watts A Haw ley 
Reynolds Trio 

DUBUQUE. IA. 

Majeetie 
Foster A Peggy 
Daniels A Walters 
"Prediction" 
Hall A Hotter 
East A West 

E. ST. LOUIS. ILL. 



fjy/ T he Sta^e \<.\ 
T/ror The BoudoiiAS 



STEINS MAKE UP 



* s#\sTEIN COSMETIC CO./Af* 
S\^X«30 broome srXltv 



Embs A Alton 
Cook A Vernon 
"Sawing a Woman" 
Sampson A Do'glas 

2d half 
Mack A Stanton 
"Sawing a Woman" 
Ernest Hlatt 
Lightelle A C'ffm'n 

ELGIN, ILL. 

Rialto 

Warren A O'Brien 
Adelaide Bell Co 
(One to fill> 
2d half 
Jo Jo Harrison 
Jack Hedley Trio 
(One to nil) 

FT. SMITH. ARK. 

Jole 

Dot Marsell 
Sully A Thomas 
(Three to nil) 
2d half 
Wilfred Dubois 
Connelly A Francis 
Sully A Houghton 
Norton A Nich'ls'n 
Tony A George 

GALESBUBG. ILL. 

Orphenm 

Jimmy Savo Co 
'Wonder Girl" 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
L Coates A Boys 
Cliff Clark 
Booth A Nina 

G'D ISLAM). NEB. 

Majestic 

Mann'g A Mannette 
Bud Walker 
Mudge Morton t 

JO LIFT. ILL. 

Orphrum 

Watts A Ringgold 
(Two to nil) 



Sd half 
Capt Betts' Seals 
John Geiger 
Dan Sherman Co 

KANSAS CITT 

Globe 

Cook A Valdare 
Joe Martini 
Fred Ha gen Co 
Coscia A Verdi 

2d half 
Tracey Palmer A T 
"Our F't're Home" 
Chas Seamon 

2d half 
Kitty Thomas 
Adams A Thomas 
Larry Harklns Co 
Ford A Pries 

MADISON. WIS. 
Orphenm 

Marcel le Hardls 
John T Ray Co 
Blossom Seeley Co 
Avey A O'Nlel 
La France Bros 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Colvln A Wood 
Blossom Seeley Co 
Bob Hall 
Pierlot A Scofleld 
(Two to fill) 

NORFOLK. NEB. 

Orphensn 

Mann'g A Mannette 
Bud Walker 
Mudge Morton I 

OKLAHOMA CITT 
Orphenm % 

F A C La Tour 
Kennedy A Davles 
Fields A Harr'gton 
"Dreams" 

OKMULGEE. OK. 

Orphenm 

Wilfred Du Bols 
McGrath A Deeds 
BAB Conrad 

2d half 
Dot Marsell 
Weadick A La Doe 
(One to nil) 

OMAHA. NEB. 

Empress 

Elliott Johnson Rev 
I.arry Hark ins Co 
Bud Walker 
Ford A Price 
2d half 
Petty Reat A Bro 
Ted McLean A Bro 
Gordon A Gordon 
Molera Rev 

PEORIA. ILL. 

Orphenm 

Two Rozellas 
Doll Frolics 



THEATRE FOR SALE 

Comparatively new. nre-proof theatre of 
1.200 seats located on one of the main 
thoroughfares of Brooklyn, Is offered for 
sale. Wonderful opportunity for stock, 
burlesque or other form of entertain- 
ment. Can be bought on reasonable 
terms. ADDRESS 

Bargain, Variety, New York 



Jack George Duo 
Capt Betts' Seals 
(Two to nil) 

2d half 
Alf Ripon 
Dooley A Storey 
Espe A Dutton 
(Three to nil) 

QUINCT, ILL, 

Orpheum 

Lulu Coates Co 
Cliff Clark 
Booth A Nina 
2d half 
Jimmy Savo 
"Wonder Girl** 
(One to 111) 

RACINE, WIS. 

Rialto 

Wills-Gilbert Cs 
K A E Kuhen 
Billy Doss Revue 
Bob La Sails 
Kara 

2d half 
Nippon Duo 
Flashes" 
(Three to All) 

ROCKFORD. ILL. 
Palace 

Pierrot A Scofield 
Colvin A Wood 
Bob Hall 
(Three to nil) 

2d half 
Marcelle Hardls 
J T Ray Co 
"Blossoms'* 
Avey A o Nell 
LaFrance Bros 

SIOUX CITT. IA. 

Orphenm 

Galetti's Monks 
Chamberlain A B 
Jack Joyce 
Van A Corbett 
Mary Haynes 
Robbie Gordons 

2d half 
Foster A Peggy 
Minstrel Monarchs 
R A E Dean 
M Adolphus A Co 
Alex Melford t 

SIOUX FALLS.S.D. 

Orphenm 

Kitty Thomas 
Minstrel Monarchs 
Alex Melford Co 

2d half 
Fries A Wilson 
T Brown's Yachting 
Chamberlain A B 
Gallettl's Monks 

SO. BEND, IND. 

Orphenm 

Lester A Moors 
Walton A Brandt 
Anderson A Graves 
Gilroy Haynes A M 
Amaranth Sis 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
Hamlin A Mack 
Ray Conlin 



Factory Prices! 

PROFESSIONAL 
WARDROBES 



Immediate Shipments! 



HM 



THEATRICAL 
TRUNKS 



FAMOUS HERKERT & MEISEL MAKE, OF ST. LOUIS 

CAN NOW BE BOUGHT IN N. Y. CITY. 

' $55 to $90 

MAIL ORDERS FILLED F. O. B. NEW YORK CITT 
USED TRUNK8 AND SHOPWORN SAMPLES 

EVERY Hartman, Indestructo, Belber EVERY 

1/1 A If 17 Taylor, Oshkosh, Murphy, Bal, CTVI E 

MAIVt Never break, Central, Besbilt 01 1 IX 

SAMUEL NATHANS 



SOLE AGENT FOR HAM TRUNKS IN THE EAST 

FitzRoy Ml I ill AVC, R0W IOrK 39th Street 

1873 Circle 10u4 uTOaWMaJ 51st & 52nd Sts. 



OLD TRUNKS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE OR REPAIRED 
HOTII STOKES OI'EN l-'NTIL MIDNIGHT 



Lucas A France no 

Kara 

(Two to fill) 

SP'INGFI'LD, ILL. 

Majestic 

Noel A Lester 
Hall A West 
Russ Leddy Co 
Dooley St Storey 
Espe St Dutton 
Clifford Wayne t 

2d hslf 
Cook St Rose vers 
Cecil Grey 
"One on Aisle" 
Max Bloom 
The Gellls 
(One to fill) 

ST. LOl 19 

< olumbla 
Fox St Conrad 
Alf Ripon 
Allan's Minstrels 
Emmett Briscoe Co 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Ra» o Co 

Earl St Bartletts 
Roberts St Clark 
Coley St Jaxon 
J Berzac's Circus 

Grand 

Tile St Tide 
L St V Dohcrty 
Bis; Jim 
The Dorans 

2d half 
Holllday St Wlll'te 
Knapp St Cornelia 
"Little Cafe- 
Clay Crouch 
Kanaka Japs 

T. II At TK. IXD. 

Hippodrome 

Rialto St Lamont 
Margaret Ford 
Hal Mordant Co 
Watts St Hawley 
Trixle Friganza 
The Gelils 

Sd half 
Gibson & Betty 
Walton A Brandt 
Hal Mordant Co - 
Trixie Friganza 
Winton Bros 
(One to fill) 

TOPEKA. KAN. 

Novelty 
Gardner St Aubrey 
Flaherty St Stoning 
Ted McLean Co 
Pearce A Dunn 
Lutes Bros 

2d half 
Cook & Vahlars 
Joe Martini . 
Fred Hagon Co 
Coscia St Verdi 

TULSA. OKI.A. 

Orphenm 

2d half 
P St C LaTour 
Kennedy St Davles 
Fields St Harr'gton 
"Dreams" 



Six Tip Tops 

BAN DIEGO 

Pantages 

Jack Tralnor Co 
Harry Van Foasen 
Johnny Small Co . 
WAG Ahearn 
MAM Humphrey 
Noodles Fagin 

L'G BEACH, CAL. 
Hoyt 

Jack Dempsey 
I.agana 
Chuck Rlsner 
Terminal Four 
Broadway Rev 
P Conchas Jr Co 

SALT LAKE 

Pantages 

Three Alcxs 
Bernard St Ferris 
Paisley Noon Co 
Lee Morse 
Arizona Joe Cs 
Byal St Early 

OGDEN, I T\II 

Pantages 

(26-28) 

Mile Paula 
Holland St Ray 
Scheftel'a Rev 
Neil McKinley 
House David Band 
Creole Fashion Rev 



DENVER 

Pantages 
Lareto 

Cuba Quartet , 

Harry Antrim 
"Tes My Dear" 
Bardwell Mayo A R 

KANSAS CITT 

Pantages 

Jones >& Sylvester 
Genevieve May Co 
"Dixieland" 
(Others to fill) 

ST. LOUIS 

Empress 

Chas Gerard Co 
Doral Blair Co 
Chung Hwa Four 
Carl Rosinl Co 
(Two to fllf) 

MEMPHIS 

Pantages 

Humberts Bros 
Juanita Hansen 
Ann Suter 
Kennedy St Rooney 
Brazilian Heiress 

CINCINNATI 

Pantages 

Rekoma 

O'Hara A Neeley 
Jerome North 
Little Caruso 
Coleman A Ray 
Walton A Brandt 
Kane Morey A M 



INTERSTATE CIRCUIT 



DALLAS. TEX. 

Majestic 

Three Regale 
Follis Sisters 
Sarah Padden 
Carson A Willard 
The Cansinos 
Claudia Coleman 
Lady Alice's Pets 

FT. WORTH. TEX. 

Majestic 

Michon Bros 
Perrone A Oliver 
Edd A May Ernie 
Fiske A Lloyd 
Lee Children 
George Morton 
Five Chapins 

GALVEST'N. TEX. 

Majestlo 

(23-26) 
(Same bill plays 

Austin 27-29) 
Tyler A St Clair 
Jean Barrios 
Scanlon A Bros A S 
Toto 

Wilbur Mack Co 
Cella Weston Co 
Four Lamys 

HOUSTON. TEX. 

Majestic 

Frank' Wilson 
Mack A Maybells 
F.dw'ds Esm'nde Co 



pantages cntcurr 



WINNIPEG 

Pantages 

Ellzab'th Nelson Co 
Hazel Morgan 
S'thern Harmony 4 
J A H Marlln 
Ward A Oorl 

CALGART, CAN. 

Pantages 

"Eyes of Buddha" 
"G'd Night Nurse" 
Klass A Brllant 
Bison City Four 

G'T F*LLS, MONT. 

Pantages 

(24-26) 
(Same bill plays 

Helena 26) 
Pasquall Bros 
Jap Sayden 
Hall A Snyder 
Jack Hallen 
King A Irwin 

BUTTE, MONT. 

Pantages 

(21-24) 
(Same bill plays 
Anaconda 26, 
Missoula 26) 
Different Revue 
Adama S'ders A R 
Burns A Wilson 
i.iilie J Faulkner 

SPOKANB 

Pantages 

Act Different 
Langton Smith A L 
Five Patrowars 
Aerial Rooneys 
Violet Lyons 
E A E Adair 
Mile Bunell 

VANCOUVER.JI.C. 

"" Pantages 
Gladys Webb 
Oklahoma City 4 
Holland A Olsen 



Meredith A Snoozer 
(Ose to fill) 

TACOMA 

Pantages 

Swan A Swan 

El Cota 

Larry Rellly Co 
.ininbar A Turner 
"TOne to fill) 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

Pantages 

7 T'mbling Demons 
Tybelle Sisters 
Hall A Francis 
Harry 1. amour Co 
Chic Supreme 

Travel 

(Open week) 
Smith's Animals 
Craig A Cato 
Pantheon Singers 
Benzerv A Balrd 
liUnatic Bakers 
SampsH A L'hardt 

SAN FRANC ISCO 

Pun* age* 

(Sunday openirfg) 
Class Manning A C 
Haydn Gdw'n A R 
Danc'g Humphreys 
Al Fields 
Dr Pauling 

Oakland: cal. 

Pantages 

(Sunday opening) 
Pedrick A Do vers 
Glasgow Maids 
F A T Hayden 
Ishakawa Bros 
Mrs Roy Gardner 
Harry Lnmore 

LOS ANGELES 

Pantuges 

Latoy's Models 
Violet Carlson 
Melodies A steps 

"Night Boat". 
Foster A Hay 



"The Volunteers" 
Bronson A Baldwin 
Edith Clifford 
Win Brack Co 

LITTLE ROCK 

Majestir 

Hugh Odonnell 
Connolly A Frances 
Sully A Houghton 
Norton A Nlchols'n 
Dave Schooler 
2d half 
Wood A Wyde Co 
Adams A Griffith 
Hio A Helmar 
(Two to fill) 

8AN ANTONIO 

Majestic 

Hughes Musical 2 

Taxie 

Barry A Whltledge 

"Gr'nwich Villag's" 

Wanzer A Palmer 

Jim Cullen 

Bekefl Dancers 

TULSA. OKLA. 

(23-26) 
(Sams bill plays 
Oklahoma City 
26-29) 
Larue A Duprs 
Marie Dorr 
Hugh Herbert Co 
Alexander A Fields 
Legrohs 



ORPHEUM— "Tingr-a-Ling." 

LOEWS.— "The Lincoln Higij. 
wayman," Ward and Wilson, Les 
Perilots. Herman and Briscoe, Mc- 
intosh and Maids, "Get-Rich -Quick 
Wallingford (picture). 

ST. DENiS.— McCIoud and Nor- 
man, Larimer and Hudson, Mary 
Sparrow. Dancing. Mitchell, Frank's 
Dogs. Ieature pictures. 

CAPITOL — Capitol Opera Co. la 
"Merrie Wives of Windsor "; feature, 
"Just Around the Corner." 

ALLEN. — Allen Concert Co., feat- 
ure film. "Salome." 

IMPERIAL.— Zilla Simpson, so- 
prano; feature. "Wet Gold." 

Plans to send a company of "Ths 
Maid of the Mountains'' on the road 
from this city have been shelved. 
Viva Daron, leading woman with 
the original Trans-Canada Theatre 
Co., is filling an engagement at ths 
Venetian Gardens, a local cabaret. 



Marie Lohr, the English star, 
closes this week in Montreal, prior 
to her New York opening. It is ru- 
mored that several changes will bs 
made in the cast before the com- 
pany opens at the Hudson, New 
York. 



Gerard's "Follies of the Day," 
playing the Gayety. is packing them 
in and playing to the biggest busi- 
ness in record of the house. 



"Camille." Nazimova's great pic- 
ture, has finally passed the Quebec 
Board of Censorship and will bs 
featured at Loew's shortly. 



MONTREAL 

By JOHN M. GARDINER 

HIS MAJESTY'S. — Marie Lohr 
and English company In repertoire. 
Next week, "The Great Broxopp." 

PRINCESS.— Goldin's "Sawing a 
Woman in Half," Voyer and Eley, 
Fenton and Fields, Holmes and La 
Vere, Jack Benny, Millicent Mowerl, 
Three Danoise Sister3, the Nagfys. 

GAYETY.— "Follies of Day." 



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without a teacher. Tou can easily learn 
from "T.rfe Clog Dance Book" by Helen 
Frost of Columbia University. Music 
with each of the 28 dances. Illustra- 
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Price $2.60 delivered. Catalogue free. 
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New York City. 



As announced in Variety some 
weeks ago. the Sunday law observ- 
ance in Montreal is petering out 
Burlesque houses remained closed, 
but other dramatic attractinos run 
Sundays as usual, without change 
in policy. 



Good business is reported by ths 
management of the Summer Garden, 
Montreal's latest cabaret. Graves 
Brewer and her jazz band and Mar- 
garet Hackett are being featured. 



L. Ernest Ouimet, president anl 
general manager of the Specialty 
Film Import. Ltd., handling ths 
Pathe releases in Quebec, has re* 
signed as geiieral manager of tin 
company. J. A. Thibert, formerH 
secretary -treasurer, succeeds Mrj 
Ouimet as general manager. AN 
thur Larente, a former Montrest 
newspaperman, has been appoints! 
branch manager in Montreal, to 
succeed Charles Lalumiere, who hM 
resigned from the company. Mr. 
Ouimet retains the presidency of Us 
company. 



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DEAR MANAGERS and CRITICS: 

// you didn't see our act at Moss' Regent, Xeto York, this week, iremf 
you please come to Moss' Franklin, New York, or Moss' Rivcria. BrooklV** 
next veekf We just love Uoncst-to Goodness ciiticism. We are going on 
our tour soon, and if we liave a tot of faults, you see ire can correct thtf* 
while tee are aioay. 

Most sincerely yours, 

MARIE SABBOTT 

(S ABBOTT and BROOKS) 



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I, BESSIE MERRILL, of DUNLAY and MERRILL, have been using Galoushes on DUNLAY'S entrance since Ferbuary 12, 1921, and have 
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VARIETY 



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BROADWAY STORY 

(Continued from page 15) 
tlon and "The First Year" are so 
scaled among the non-musical of- 
ferings. The balance is at $2.50. 

Several offerings topped at $2 dur- 
ing the fall failed to stand up, all 
be ; r"* failure* 

That lights will be out for a num- 
ber of houses late this month, eVen 
2 temporarily, is now certain. 
"Face Value" goes out of the new 
48th street next we«k, the house 
going dark until "Chauve-Souris," 
the Russian specialty company, ar- 
rives early next month. "Blue- 
beard's Eighth Wife" starts touring 
from the Ritz at the end of the 
coming week. That house will 
doubtless be dark for several weeks, 
*a William Harris, Jr., only started 
Rehearsals of Brieux's "Be3 Hamc- 
tons" this week, as the succeeding 
attraction. "The Varying Shore" 
fluits the Hudson, too, next week 
for the road. Marie Lohr will be 
tne next attraction, but in that case 
there may be no darkness, she being 
•Be to open in "The Voice from 
tno Minaret." But 'The Squaw 
Man* quitting theAstor for the road 
Saturday leaves that house with no 

"carl niesse 

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attraction announced for next we*>k. 
"The Squaw Man" will have stayed 
but one month. 

This week "The Claw" departs 
from the Broadhurst, with "Marjo- 
lane" succeeding next week. The 
"Greenwich Village Follies" goes 
out of the Shubert, but no attraction 
is announced. De Courville's "Pins 
and Needles" Is slated for the house. 
This is the final week of "The Inti- 
mate Strangers," which will be suc- 
ceeded at the Henry Miller by "The 
National Anthem." 

Next week will see further with- 
drawals. "The Dream Maker" 
leaves the Empire to make way for 
"Czarina." "The Wild Cat" is listed 
to depart from the Park soon, and 
Frank Fay's "Fables," which was 
planned for last summer, listed to 
follow. The new offerings for next 
week, in addition to "The National 
Anthem" and "Marjolane," will in- 
clude "The Deluge," which relights 
the Plymouth. Thin drama was 
offered by Arthur Hopkins several 
years ago, but was abruptly with- 
drawn. 

"Up in the Clouds," which started 



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on hand the buyers find Jt difficult 
to chose what they want. 

Elsie Janis and Her Gang open- 
ing at the Gaiety Monday pulled & 
buy of 260 a night for the engage- 
ment here. Other attractions on th© 
buy list are "Blossom Time" (Am- 
bassador); "The Squaw Man" (Aa- 
tor); "Kiki" (Belasco); "The Dover 
Road" (Bijou); "Tangerine" (Ca- 
sino); "Chocolate Soldier" (Cen- 
tury); "Perfect Fool" (Cohan); 
"Capt. Applejack" (Cort); "Dream 
Maker" (Empire); "Face Value" 
(49th St.); "The Circle" (Fulton); 
"Good Morning Dearie" (Globe); 
"Six Cylinder Love" (Harris); 
"Varying Shore" (Hudson) ; "Bombo" 
( Jolson's) ; "Bulldog Drummond" 
(Knickerbocker); "O'Brien Girl" 
(Liberty); "Grand Duke" (Lyceum); 
"Up in the Clouds" (Lyric) ; "Music 
Box Revue" (Muslo Box); "Sally" 
(New Amsterdam); "Lawful Lar- 
ceny" (Republic) "Blue Kitten" 
(Selwyn); "Greenwich Village Fol- 
lies" (Shubert); and "A Bill of Di- 
vorcement" (Times Sq.) f 

The 20 ahows listed as regular at 
cut rates are "The Squaw Man" 
( Astor) ; "S. 8. Tenacity" (Belmont) ; 
"The Claw" (Broadhurst); "Choco- 
late Soldier" (Cer ury) ; "The White 
Peacock" (Comedy); "Face Value" 
(49th St.); "Dream Maker" (Em- 
pire); Leiber Shakespearean Re- 
pertoire (48th St.); "Dulcy" (Fra- 
zee); "The Circle" (Fulton); "Lilies 
of the Field" (Klaw) ; "Grand Duke" 
(Lyceum); "Mountain Man" (El- 
liott) ; "Just Married" (Bayes) ; "The 
Wild Cat" (Park); "Drifting" 
| (Playhouse) ; "The Married Woman" 
(Princess) "Lawful Larceny" (Re- 
public); "Shuffle Alone" (63d St.), 
and "Danger" (39t* St.). 



satisfactorily at the Lyric, will move 
to the 44th Street next week, the 
latter house abandoning vaudeville 
and taking on legitimate attrac- 
tions, while the Lyric reverts to 
pictures. The "Clouds" show built 
upward las.t week and should con- 
nect "Rosa Machree" lasted one 
week at the Lexington, no longer 
than expected. Monday. "Drifting" 
relighted the Playhouse, forced 
dark by cast Illness, and the call 
was reported good. 

The automobile show benefitted 
some attractions more than others. 
"Sally," at the New Amsterdam, In 
particular, gained in gait and went 
back into the $32,000 gross class, 
that leading the field. Jolson's with 
"Bombo" also drew the visitors. 
"Good Morning Dearie," at the 
Globe, and "Music Box Revue," at 
the Music Box, continue to stand- 
ing room business, both getting 
around $30,000 for normal eight per- 
formance weeks. 

"Orphans of the Storm," the 
Griffith film at the Apollo, played to | 
around $14,000 last week (first full ( 
week). It Is scaled at $2, there be- 
ing but 90 seats at that price, the j 
balance of the lower floor being | 
$1.50. At matinees the top is $1. 



Capacity business for 14 perform- 
ances would mean something 'over 
$19,000. Comparisons aro being 
made with "The Three Musketeers," 
which ran at the Lyric in the fall. 
The pace there of around $20,000 is 
to be figured onl> slightly better 
than "Orphans." The scale was 
differently arranged, being $2 top, 
and the Lyric holds over 200 more 
seats than the Apollo. "Orphans" 
is said to be building steadily. 

The score between the buys and 
the cuts for the current week stands 
26 to 20. The brokers who sell at an 
advance howling about the fact that 
business is bad, although last week 
the auto show crowds managed to 
hold up their selling average for 
them. In the cut rates business is 
going along at a rather even tenor, 
although with two score attract! s 



10 PER CENT OK PASSES 
(Continued from page 15) 
money may be comprehended from 
the alleged total free admissions 
"tax'' collected which ia aaid to he 
$3,000 weekly (Shubert houses 
counted in) and the percentage to 
the government would be $300 
weekly. 

A ruling is said to have been 
asked from the internal revenue 
department. 



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VARIETY 



Friday, January 20, 1922 



E. F. ALBEE, President 



J. J. MURDOCK, General Manager 




F. F. PROCTOR, Vke-President 



B. F. Keith's Vaudeville Exchange 



B. F. KEITH 



(AGENCY) 

(Palace Theatre Building; New York) 

EDWARD F. ALBEE PAUL KEITH 



F. F. PROCTOR 



Founder* 



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Artists can book direct by addressing S. K. HODGDON 




ORPHEUM 



CIRCUIT 



MARTIN BECK MORT H. SINGER 

President General Manager 

CHARLES E. BRAY 
General Western Representative 



FRANK W. VINCENT, 

GEORGE A. GOTTLIEB, 

Managers' Booking DepL, 

FLOYD B. SCOTT 

Publicity and Promotion 



BENJ. B. KAHANE, 
Sec'y. Treas. and Counsel 
8. LAZ LANSBURGH 
Associate Counsel 

JOHN POLLOCK, 

Press Department 



O. R. McMAHON, 
Manager Auditing Department 

GENERAL OFFICES 

PALACE THEATRE BLDG., NEW YORK CITY 



BERT LEVEY CIRCUITS 
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ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 

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department. If the decision up- 
holds the contention the free ad- 
mission collection would thereby be 
legally established aa part of the 
admission to theatres and attrac- 
tions would be unable to collect a 
share, ae ding to the percentage 
jtatcd in the regular sharing con- 
tract. 

If, as it has been suggested, such 
collections on passes are turned 
over to the Actors' fund, the gov- 
ernment may not be interested in 
collecting the percentage. The law 
is that only when the total admis- 
sion is to be devoted to charity or 
for educational purposes, • the 
regular 10 per cent, war tax 
dropped. That was the original 
form of the exemption, now added 
to by the free admissions, the gov* 
srnment tax on which was removed 
the first of the ye*.r. 

Last week there were several 
conflicts over the percentage col- 
lection on passes. One producer 
with an attraction in a Shubert 
house, marked his passes *'N. T." 
(no tax). When reported to the 
Shubert office, an order was sent 
out to treasurers 10 per cent must 
be collected on all passes. It was 
said the Shuberts put in tabs on the 
passes which got by without the 
payment of 10 per cent, and that 
such sums would be deducted from 
the company's share at the end of 
the week. 



NATIONAL PLAYSBS PAY 

(Continued from page 12) 
had been filed with Equity for four 
performances which would have 
completed two weeks could not be 
verified, Tha company did three 
performances the week before 
Christmas and nine performances 
during Christmas week, for a total 
of 12 performances, for which sal- 
aries were paid. It is said the com- 
pany manager was advised to pay 
claims for the additional four per- 
formances (half a w^ek) if players 
demanded it, but only two are said 
to have done so. 

The National Players. was formed 
and incor. -atrd by "Wilton Lack- 
aye, «(Jeorge Nash, Edmund Lowe 
and Harry Mestayer. Each invested 
$1,000. but decided not to go fur- 
ther than the $4,000 capital. For 
the holiday week the gross for 
"Trilby," which was the first at- 
traction on the program, grossed 
$3,900. The scale was $2 and $1.50 
top. 'Madras House," produced 
downtown by the Provincctovvn 

JAMES MADISON says— 

I have retifrrr-d from my Const trip and 
am spl. n;'...l!> ready to writ** nrtn thru 
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Players, was moved into the Na- 
tional New Year's Day but lasted 
only two weeks, the house now 
being dark. 

Anent the National Players' clos- 
ing, Mr. Lackaye said: 

"The management of the the- 
atre and the players agreed that 
•Trilby . showed no signs of future 
success. As the Provincetown 
Players wished the theatre, it was 
mutually agreed that they should 
be allowed to open with the New 
Year's matinee. 

"The National Players hope to 
produce a new play now under con- 
sideration. The reason for the clos- 
ing was simply an economic one — 
the public did not come. A sugges- 
tion in one of the dailies that in-, 
ternal dissension had a part in the 
change of plan is an absolute false- 
hood. 

"Not only were the four incor- 
porators entirely agreed, but there 
has never been more wholesome co- 
operation than the attitude of those 
employed. 

"The selection of the opening bill 
was a mistake. Mistakes have been 
made before in theatrical life. They 
may be again. If there is anyone 
who can absolutely determine v/h'at 
the public is sure to like, I know 
several astute managers who will 
guarantee him a million dollars a 
year salary." 



pAGAINST DRAMA CENSOR 

V MContinued from Page 12) 
acVprs were represented by John 
Emerson, Frank Giilmore and 
Florence Reed. The two dramatist 
organizations sent to the sessions 
Owen Davis, Jesse Lynch Williams 
and Edward Childs Carpenter. Rep- 
resentation from tho better play 
bodies was headed by George Creel. 

It is understood that the dramat- 
ists originally fostered the new 
movement at the suggestion of the 
vice suppression chiefs, who were 
at tho meetings?' That a!l factions 
are thoroughly In earnest there can 
be no doubt. Several plays are re- 
ported having been listed by the 
anti-vice people as being objection- 
able, all being of this season's mak- 
ing. During the fall correspond- 
ence between the anti-vice head, the 
P. M. A. and International Theatri- 
cal Association was noted, and the 



AMALGAMATED 

VAUDEVILLE 
AGENCY 

1441 Broadway, New York 

i'honk brAnt sees 

BOOKING 12 WEEKS 

New York. Philadelphia. Washington. Baltimore 

and intermediate towns 



BEN and CITf I 17 D AUSTRALIAN 

john r U Li L H Iv circuit 

VAUDEVILLE, MELODRAMA AND PANTOMIME 

American Representative, A. BEN FULLER 



DELGER BLDG. 
SAN FRANCISCO 



1005 MARKET ST. 

Phone PARK 4332 



The Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association 

John J. Nash, Business Manager. Thomas J. Carmody, Booking Manager 

5th Floor State-Lake Theatre Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



matter was taken up at managerial 
meetings. 

Consolidated Committee 
The formation of a consolidated 
committee representing all the in- 
terested factions is the result. 
Several meetings have been held, 
with the views advanced said to be 
in accord. A sub-committee meet- 
ing is scheduled for this week and 
it may be several weeks before the 
plans are matured and announced. 

During one of the sessions the 
question of sudden forced closings 
by authorities was brought up as to 
the relation to salary regulations. 
One committeeman wanted to know 
if in such a case a manager would 
be expected to be held to the two 
weeks' salary rule. One of the 
Equity committee qualified his opin- 
ion. From another came the sharp 
comment that a forced closing 
meant sure loss to the owners of the 
production and that the actors 
would not rightly hold claim to the 
two weeks' clause. 



BUILDING BEE OVER 

(Continued from Page 15) 
agers in an endeavor to protect 
themselves continue to seek guaran- 
tees, but if darkness this spring 
extends, it is likely th will be 
passed up. Discussion of the off sea- 
son include the contention that New 
York and other cities are over- 



theatred. With not enough profita- 
ble attractions to go around, the 
idea that the building limit has been 
reached is seriously tenanted. 

The booking agreements between 
K. A E. and the Shuberts lend 
further color to the stoppage of 
building; of new theatres. The latter 
are known to have called off the 
building of one house in Chicago, 
and that is said to similarly apply 
to A. L. Erlanger's plan for a new 
Philadelphia house. There are two 
houses being put up in Chicago, by 
Sam H. Harris and the Selwyns. 
Offered For Sale 

Reports of houses for sale at con- 
siderably less than the cost of build- 
ing are current, while a number of 
houses in New York are for rent 
on long term leases. 

There are reports of new houses 




Beautify Your Face 
V»b wu«t loon »Mtf to aak« 
••eS. Miry of the -Profes- 
tlto" have obtain* and ra- 
talaetf hotter oarts by bavtaa 
m« eorroet th.tr foatoral 1«. 

Corf actios* ana* remove bloat- 
ibat. Caoenitatloa freo Fee* 
reatonebla 

F. E. SMITH, M. O. 

347 Fifth Avenue 
N. T. City Opp. Waldorf 



The GEO. H. WEBSTER 

VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT 

301-303-Hulet Block 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

ron.rcullve Koatro for Htnndar* 
Ac to 

PLAY OR PAY CONTRACT8 



planned for vaudeville and pictures 
in the west. In the east however, 
some showmen are convinced the 
building: boom is over. One is of the 
opinion that there are plenty of 
well erected picture houses, the 
owners of which would jump at the 
suggestion of playing road attrac- 
tions, and that a new circuit cou'd 
be easily formed thereby, if the 
proper interests so desired. These 
houses are all equipped with stages. 



UNCLE SAM STARTS 

(Continued from page 15) 

from each theatre and the amount 
of money each ticket is sold for. It 
is understood the collector's idea is 
•that when the forms are filed regu- 
larly it will be possible to detect 
whether excess premiums are re- 
tained or whother the government 
is receiving its rightful percentage. 
The method anticipated by the gov- 
ernment is to send a number of 
agents into the theatre district with 
instructions to purchase tickets 
from brokers at whatever price 
asked. If such sales are not re- 
corded perjury would be charged, 
and those guilty be sent to jail. 

A tax expert stated that where a 
broker makes affidavit he is not sell- 
ing for more than 50 cents premium 
it is not necessary to file the de- 
tailed form. The 50-cent agencies 
state they are unaware of the rule 
and are filing the forms regularly. 



BLANCHE RING ILL 

Atlanta, Jan. 18. 

Blanche Ring left here Monday, 
preceded by "The Broadway Whirl'* 
Saturday. Miss Ring was 111, and 
while reported here in the dailies to 
have had a nervous breakdown, it Is 
understood Miss Ring was suffering 
from ulcerated teeth. 



A report In New York this week 
said "The Broadway Whirl" will re- 
vert to its original title, "The Belle 
of New York." 

Irving O'Hay Is joining the show 
this week. 



I WANT PERFORMERS 

to know that my photos are clear, 
sparkling an<l full of pop. Reproduc- 
tiona from any photo with every detail 
preaervod and ©very defect of original 
corrected. 

Results guaranteed. Double weight 
paper. 

Standard lobby alze, 8x10, $3 for til 
$10 per 100. 

I'tioto postals, up to four photos on 
onn card, $1.75 for GO; $12.50 for GOO. 

Sample, any alae. $1. credited on flrit 
order. lettering photos 6c. per word. 

Submit your own Idea of slide", large 
paintings and mounted photos, for price* 
i'rompt service. 

V. BARBEAU REPRO. CO., 

OS W BOO, N. Y. 



WARDROBE PROP. 
TRUNKS, $10.00 

nig Bargains. Have been used Also n 
few Second Hand Innovation and Fibre 
Wardrobe Trunks, $20 and $2$. A few 
»xtra large Property Trunks. Also old 
Taylor and nal Trunks. 26 West 81st 
Street, Between Broadway and 5th Ave. 
New York City. 



Kimm 



FOR STAGE AND STREET AT MODERATE PRICES 

J. GLASSBERG ooc w 

Catalogue T Freo Cm£m%J N 



42d St. 

ew York 



STACK LASTS. 

l'umps. Fiats. 

Roll^ta— Box or Soft Too. 

Reliable Mail Order t>ut. 



Bunrus & Lewis 

SCENIC STUDIOS 

245 W. 46th St., N. Y. 
Bryant 2605 • ' 



WHAT THE CRITICS SAID 



About the Scenery Used by the "FOLLIES" 

at the "shubert Theatre, Kansas City: 
KANSAS CITY "TIMES" (Dec. 8) — 

«^«,- e „ f « l i c .. t, i .. n '* U0 was V'". HvcnluU *M last nlaht. the audience wan lasplng its 
ons and ahs Of approval for the ROWOU* gold and silver curtain. Imported from 
New lork specially for thin show, a fcW minutes later, storms of applause came 
from the splendid silver and gold hark curtain that h-m brilliance and harmony. No 
othor revue outside of New York this season has presented .such cosily staging. 

DROP CURTAINS FOR SALE AND RENT &££WX[1 

OF MATERIALS 



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Friday, January 20, 1922 



■ 



VARIETY 




33 



!OE 



YORK THEATRES 



R E 
Street 

2:20. 



HENRY MILLER'S J*V %T 

«« I 20 MATISKES TUL'HB. & 8AT. 

BEGINNING MONDAY, JAN. 23d. 

LAORETTE TAYLOR 

«. J HARTLEY MANNER'S New Play, 

"THE NATIONAL ANTHEM" 



TIIKATKE. W. 42d Strett. 
KTf9. 8"30. Mats. Wed. &. fe'at. 



REPUBLIC 

A II. WOODS Presents 

MARGARET LAWRENCE 
LOWELL SHERMAN 
ALLAN DINEHART 

: n "LAWFUL LARCENY" 

A Now Play ^ SAM BH1PMAN 



8KLWYNS PRESENT 



SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S Comedy 

"THE CIRCLE" 

with the BEST CA8T In AMERICA 



JOHN DREW MRS LESLIE CARTER 

ESTELLE WINW00D - ERNEST LAWFORD 

HALLIDAY ROBERT RENOEL 

THEATRE. W. 46 8T. 

Matinees Wed. and Sat. 
MATINEES WED. <I>OP.) and 8AT. 



FULTON 



NEW AMSTERDAM 



_,- rnxTS^C TUBA.. W. 42d 8t. Evs. 8:30. 
&LlliNV»I-< Mate. Wed. and Sat. 2:30. 
ItmE MOST FAMOUS PLAY IN NEW YORK- 

THE 
DEMI-VIRGIN 

Bv AVERY HOPWOOD 

SAbT'H- HARRIS Attractions 

***%«»¥• West 48th St. Eves.. 8:15. 

COR I Mai »- WeU - * Sat - at 2:I5 - 

WALLACE . MARY 
EDDINGER and NASH 

in "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK 



W. 42d St. 
Evea. 8:15. 

vIATINEES WEDNESDAY A SATURDAY 

50c tO $2.50 —NO HIGHER 

2IEGFELD TRIUMPH 
MARILYN MILLER, LEON ERROL 

SALLY 



TOM HANDER3 

and 
DAVE THURSBY announces 

Room and Bath $18 to $25 Week 

Room and Shower, $14 to $17 Wk. 
Suites $18 to $40 Week 

HOTE JOYCE 

31 West 71st Street 

CENTRAL PARK WEST 



JOE 



EVicGRATEJ 



and JACK 



DEEDS 



BACK IN THE KENNELS 



FOR THE WINTER 

M> folks will 

have to go to 

work now. 

Oswald 




Direction HARRY WEBER i WOODSIDE KENNELS 



-0<H) 



HUDSON 

Swings at 8:13 



Theatre. W. 44th Street. 
Mat. Mm. H. B./tarrls. 
Matinees Wed. a£d Sat. 

LAST TWO WEEKS * 

ELSIE FERGUSON 



In ZOB AKIN'S New-Play 

"THE VARYING SHORE 



»> 



-O0O- 



G- . TT U nM .ir. Theatre. W. 4%\ St. 

Sam H. Harris t c i. : Bryaoi «344. 

Evas. 8 30. Matt. Wad. tad Sat. at 2 :20. 

' Cylinder Love 

A New Comedy by Wm. Anthony McGuire 

with ERNEST TRUEX 



in "RECUPERATION," by HUGH HERBERT 

Direction: CHAS. MORRISON 



The VARIETY" correspondent for 
Washington said. "They liked his 
quiet and easy style." 



JACK NORTON \, COJ griff 

iw «<RCri IDI7D ATIHN »» U.. UU^LI urDDrDT ^^ SI m W W 3 



BELASCO 



-<x>o- 



MUSIC BOX 



W.-st 4."th Street. 
Tel.: Bryant 1470. 

Eves. 8:15. Mat*. Wed. and Sat. at 2. 15. 

Beit Musical Shaw Ever Made la America/' 

IRVING BERLIN'S. 

MUSIC BOX REVUE 

I— With I Cut af Metropolitan Favorites — 



KLAW 



THKA.. W. 45th ST. Evs 8:fl«. 
Mats. Wed. and Sat. 2:30. 



MARIE DOR 



III 



"LILIES of the FIELD" ffi ra 

Frederick Perry 

GAIPTY B'way & 46 
vjmi_ i i Mata> Wed 



AND SMARTEST 
CAST IN TOWN 

Kvr. at 8:15. 
and Sat. at 2:16. 



Elsie Janis 

AND HER GANG *IN A NBW SHOW 

"SAME GANG" — "NEW STUFF'* 



T 
H 
E 
I 
L 
1 
8 



KNICKERBOCKER Theatre 

B'way, 38th St. Eves. 8 30. 
Matlneea Sat. and Mon. 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents 

"Bulldog Drummond" 

A Real Melodrama, by "Sapper." 
with A. E. MATHEWS 






<vPI VA/YM We«t 42d st Era* 8 15. 

OLLW I IM Mats. Wed. & Sat.. 2:15. 

ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN Presents 
JOSEPH LILLIAN 

CAWTH.ORN and LORRAINE 

in "THE BLUE KITTEN" 

THE POUSSE CAFE OF MUSICAL SHOWS 
WITH A CHORUS OF 30 PUSSIES 



JOHN GOLDFN ATTRACTIONS 



Staged by WINCH ELL SMITH 

LONfiAPRF W 4S St. F.vos * ? 
UUIXUMUnQ Mats. NV«d. &. Sal 

lhank You 

* Coimdy by Ilea**, Sn.l'b and CMfcUlf 
— — — AND — — — 



Weat Uih St. Kv-s. 8:30. 
Mais Wad. A; Sat. 



LITTLF 
"The 1st Year" 

R* ar.j With FRANK CRAVEN 



D. S. 



I 



„oss BROADWAY 41 * t st 

CONTINUOUS 10 A. M. to MIDNIGHT 
VAUDEVILLE BEGINS AT NOON 



B. F. KEITH 

VAUDEVILLE 



West 44th 8t Eves. 8:15. 
Mats. Thurs. A Sat. 2:15. 
OAVIO BELASCO Preients 

LENORE ULRIC 

KIKI 

A New Character Study by ANDRE PICARD. 



LfCEUM 



WEST I Eva. 8:30. Mata., 
45th St I Ttaura, and Sat 



DAVID BELASCO Pretests 

LIONEL ATWILL 



in "THE GRAND DUKE" 



N )W — NOW* — NOW — NOW 

XI MFC CO THEATRE. W. 42d Strset. 
1 1 1V1CO OVc« Mats. Thur. (Pea) A Sat. 

ALLAN POLLOCK 

la "THE GREATEST PLAY OF THE YEAR" 

-r-'\<4 Bill of Divorcement 9 *' — 

With JANEY BEECHER 



B'way A 40th SL Eves. 8:15. 
Matinees Wed. A Sat. 2:15. 



EMPIRE 

William Gillette 



IN niS NEW PLAY 



The Dream Maker 

Based on a Story by HOWARD E. MORTON. 



Thea. W. 42 St. Ev. 8:20. 
Mats. Wed. & Sat 2:20. 



LIBERTY 
GEORGE M. COHAN'S 

WHOLESOME MUSICAL COMEDY 

"THE O'BR IEN GIRL" 

GLOBE— and Forty-alxtto St 

Evening. 8:30. Mata. Wed. and Sat. 2:30 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Present* 

I 



GOOD MORNING 
DEARIE? 



With a Caat of 
R T. Favorltaa 



A REAL VAUDEVILLE NOVELTY 

PAUL PETCHING 

"THE MUSICAL FLOWER GARDEN" 

Permanent Address, 16 Packard Ave., Lymansville, R. I. 

HARRY MOONEYS' COMEDIANS 

(PONIES AND CATS) 
"JUDY," Best Comedy Mule in Vaudeville 

Orpheum and Keith Representative — HARRY BURTON 



The Kiddies' "Star" 

The first and only artist to enter- 
tain the crippled children of the 
William Plant Memorial Home, the 
sick children of the Robert Garrett 
Hospital and the Nursery and Chil- 
dren's Hospital of Baltimore. 

Wirth, Blumenfeld 6 Co., Agents 



TORONTO 

ROYAL. ALEXANDRA.— Shubert 
vaudeville, with Lew Fields' "Snap- 
shots of 1921." Next, Nora Bayes, 
headlining vaudeville bill. 

PRINCESS.— Dark. Next week, 
Irish Players in "The Whiteheaded 
Boy." 

GRAND.— "A Little Girl in a Big 
City." 

UPTOWN. — Glaser Players in 
"Tess of the Storm Country." 

SHEA'S. — High-class vaudeville, 
featuring Raymond Bond mpany, 
with Eleanor Magnuson; Craig 
Campbell, Florence Walton, Gal- 
lagher and Shean and others. 

HIPPODROME. — "Pinkie" Eden, 



.Lew Bryce and Co. and other vaude- 
ville acts. Film featured, Tom Mix 
in "The Night Horsemen." 

PANTAAGES.— "The Jazx Revue" 
and other vaudeville acts. Film 
featured, "Women Must Live." Com- 
edy feature, "Hard Knocks and Love 
Taps," featuring Charles Murray, 
who appeared in, person. 

LOEWS.— St. Clair Tevins and 
other vaudeville. Film feature, "The 
Elot" 

REGENT.— Film feature, "Just 
Around the Corner." 

STRANDr-Filra feature, "The 
Fox." 

ALLEN.— Film feature, "Queen of 
Sheba." 

EMPIRE.— "Flashlights Of 1922." 



AMERICA'S FOREMOST THEATRES AND HITS.— Direction. LEE and I. I. SHUBERT — 



To Reader* of VARIETY— 

WE RECOMMEND 
CnARLES DILLINGHAM'S 
Slith Annual Wonder Show 

GET TOGETHER 

with FOKINE and FORINA. CHAR- 

inTTE .....I n.unv other International 



LOTTE and many other 
atara. 



Matinee 



r :'"T". c "'HIPP0DR0ME *££ 



In Two 



G M E0 - COHAN Lad^\Id R 43 E d"s^ 
Eves. 8:15. ^Mats. Wed. and Sat. 

ED WYNN 

"The Perfect Fool" 

HIS NEW MUSICAL RIOT 



OCMTI IDV TriKATRB. 62.1 RT. and 
VxUll 1 UK I CENTRAL PARK WrsL 

Evenings 8:30. Matt. Wed. and SaL at 2:30. 

THE CHOCOLATE 
SOLDIER 

WITH 

Donald Brian — Tessa Kosta 

AND A TRULY GREAT CAST 

JOLSON'S 59th ST. i^SSsSE 

Evenings 1:20. Matt. Wed. and SaL at 2:20. 

AL JOLSON 

in "BOMBO" 

% 

AMBASSADOR ^'&*gk 

Evenings 2:30. Matt. Wednesday A Saturday. 

The Musical Sensation 





nnumv HatSt A». Bftmy. Evea. i:20. 
LUIVlLU T Top. Matt. Thurs. A SaL 230. 

PETROVA «*" 



la 



"THE WHITE PEACOCK" 

By MME. PETROVA 
• "Many people In New York eejey The White 
Peacock.' "— wuullcott. Times. 



I3T 



NEW YORK 
THEATRES 



B.FKEITHrS^VAUDE 




Mrs.IRENECASTLE 

BESSIE CLAYTON 

& Strong Support Inn 



mil 



.ViMiltJIlH VALESKA SURATT 

'Jii«!£ I J AM) HER PLAYERS, 

W;Vil l 1 ItMUT IIIMITIIKIO 




SINGERS MIDGETS 

Children m ijr visit Bienagerleaftet 
matt. oiii". nim. M' < Lulu Bail 



ilMHIl cii 







BELLE BAKER 

MABEL FOB REVTE 

IIIKMW IIMUl K«i 

TrTi»le Headline 1*111 
JOHN MISS HARRY 

STEELl JULIET iLANGDON 

AM> OTIIKKS 

2T~HTlf of Week— LtO Ep. 

RDS REVUE; IDA MAY 
DWICK A DAD: 8W0R 
RROS : Otherj. A Photoplay. 
'^M IS S LUL U_._BE T_T^ . 

S^rond Half of Weeh-^TME 
LOVE SHOP'; WALMSLEV 
A KEATING: Harriet Remple: 
Otlu.. A f»ln» The Serenade 
with GEORGE WALSH. 



Maxine Elliott's ffiik"*8kS! I£ 

CLARE KUMMER'S New Play 
THE 

MOUNTAIN MAN 



SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

WINTER GAEDEN ^twiceVaxly- 

WEKR OF JANUARY 23d. 

CLARK A McCULLOUGH 
1 LUCILLE CHALFANT 

JOE JACKSON 
WHITE WAY TRIO; Others 

NIGHTS. 900 ORCHESTRA SEATS AT $1.00. 



49THST.ES.Sa-', 



B*y. Circle 382fl. 
Matt. Wed. A SaL 



MR. 
LEU 



DITRICHSTEIN 



In the smart romedy that 
has capthated New York 



TACE VALUE' 



LAST TWO WEEKS 

INA CLAIRE 

INiTHEflAY FARCE 

BLUEBEARD'S 
8th WIFE 

Ttjeatre. w. 41 St. 
MaUneea Wed. * SaL 



M »■ 



BOOTH 



Won 4.'ith 8(reet. Eves, at S :»0. 
Matinees Wed. and SaL at 2:30. 
LAST THREE WEEKS 

GEORGE 



/ARLISS 



In 



Fresh, oVIicioui and unapproachaftle." 

- Kenneth Macttowaa. 



Clohe. 



,, n ^^ 'i | I0W i ;tii st . W. f'f H'y 

Nora Bayes Lrs^StaT Vau-sat, s>si 

THE FUNNIEST FARCE OF TWO SEASONS 

JUST MARRIED 

With VIVIAN MARTIN and 
LYNNE WERMAN 



BIJOU 



I IIKATKK, 4'.lli St . W. r»f H'y. 
Kvt*. 8. JO. MaLi. Wcl.. Sat. I ■". 



—THE— 



DOVER ROAD 

v.r a a milne «*. q^^ cherry 



The Green Goddess 

ai/^Trij cilP Thca.. v.t B'way, Bvea«:3i. 
<MIn O 1 • Blata. V\i»l. and .-.»•. 

H. B. WARNER 

in "DANGER" 

TIMELY SEX PROBLEM 
A Carlton Production. Oast Seats $2.50. 



Bi 8 Best Seats $2 50. 

IhU. Wed. A SaU. 2. JO. 



CASINO 

t 

A Carlton Production 

JULIA SANDERSON 

IN A MI'SI^AL COMEDY RATIKH 

TANGERINE 




LVLS 850^:^10 
*>SAT.2.30 



THE BAT 



LITTLE 

PIPIFAX 

THE FUNNY LITTLE SAILOR CLOWN 

Analated by 

Mill Elsie and Eddy PANL0 , 

"FUN AT THE BEACH" 
— FANTAOE8 CIRCUIT — 



UURIE ORDWAY 

IRENE FISHER, At Piano 



YOUR CHILDREN 

need not be carried with yosj on Jumna. 
Sand for FREE CATALOGS of U. SL 

Frlvato Schoola. 

AMERICAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION 

!H$ M a»onlc Temple, CHK'AflO; or 
1102 Tlmea Bulldlna;, NEW YORK. 



LOEWS UNITED GARDEN.-*. 
Film feature, "Forever." 

The business on the whole* last 
week was good, "Two Little (Sirla in 
Blut.," featuring the Fairbanks 
Twins, diong top business, with. 
Barney Gerard's "Follies of the 
Day" at the New Empire next Shu- 
bert vaudeville did a fair business, 
although press wasn't enthusiastic 
over the bill. Shea's and other 
vaudeville houses did fairly well, 
and the Regent, with the film "The 
Little Minister," and Creatore lead- 
ing the famous Regent orchestra, 
had fair matinees and a turnaway 
at night. 



% ■ 

Audrey Hart of this city, who ap- 
peared with the lionstelle Players, 
the Robins Players and at the Hart 
House productions here, is now ap- 
pearing in Ian Hay's comedy, "Hap- 
py-Go- Lucky." Miss Hart is versa- 
tile and is as good in drama as in, 
comedy. 

The advent of the American Bur- 
lesque Circuit into musical comedy 
at popular prices slated for th4| 
Grand Opera House here to com- 
mence in February is off, as a sat- 
isfactory arrangement could not be 
arrived at between the circuit and 
the Irons-Canada Co. of Montreal, 
controlling the locnl house. * 



Josef Hofmann in recital, billed 
for Massey Hall here Monday, was 
canceled on account of the illness oC 
this artist. 



The "Winnipeg Kiddies," a com- 
pany of clever enlldrSn now touring 
Western Canada, will close next 
week, owing to scarcity of houses 
where the show could be given. 
Activity against children's shows in, 
the Western States is probably the 
reason, as the organization was a 
big hit and made money so far this 
season. Little Dorothy Maekay, the 
thirteen -year-old versatile leading 
lady, and her Bister "Babs" will re- 
turn to Toronto and maybe seen In 
w big production soon, as they are 
exepptionally clever. Dorothy has 
been featured Since sho was threo 
years of age. 



The Toronto Operatic Chorus, un- 
der the leadership of Signer Car- 
bonl, will give a performance of 
Verdi's "A Ida" Saturday, with a 

well-known cast. 



Afonday matinees werr- light, but 
niuht performances were better at- 
tended, While not so K"'"i ft* last 
week ut any hou 



s 



—MARK— 



T R A N 



O 



I'll u '.r <ji.u.iu jjo.iii.iK 



•W National Institution"— ll'wny nt 47 St. 
I >ir. ■«•!■■. n J— »» ■ I'lunkeM 

GEORGE 

ARLISS 

in "The R iling Passion" 

M'KWO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

CAUL, UDOliAJ.L>U. Conductor 



• 



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PICTURES' 



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Friday, January 20, 1922 



1 



NEWS OF THE FILMS 



f 



Dimitri Stcphon titled the forth - 

r tuning foreign offering. "Lady CJo- 
iva," sponsored here by Wistaria 
End Associated Kxhibitors. In writ- 
ing these titles, he arranged the syl- 
lable accents to conform to the mu- 
sical beat of the orchestral accom- 
paniments. 

Albert Smith returned from the 
Toast last week and says four com- 
panies are now working at Vita's 
California studio. 



resulted when the Warner Brothers 
announced the release of a screen 
version of the play, produced by 
Harry Rapf. The matter has been 
adjusted out of court, George II. 
Nlcolai being the complaining party. 
Nlcolai set forth he controlled all 
rights to "School Days." having 
purchased them from Stair & Hav- 
lin. who in turn acquit .d them from 
Ed wards. 



Weiss Brothers have produced a 
fcO-reel serial of the Old Testament. 



Homer Howard, salesman for Nil- 
'Art Pictures Corp. in Buffalo for 
several years, has resigned. 



B. J. MoManus, formerly manager 
if or Famous IMayers exchange at St. 
Xouis, has been switched to Kansas 
City, suet ceding S. McCracken. 

W. W. Hodkinson left for the 
Coast hist week. 



Bert Moran, manager of Pathe 
Exchange at Albany since 1918, has 
been switched to the Pittsburgh ex- 
change and has been succeeded by 
James Loughborough, a former 
newspaper man. 

Cosmopolitan Production's has re- 
organized its producing department. 
"William LeBaron, playwright, Is 
now director-general, and will pass 
final judgment upon stories. Verne 
Porter is scenario editor. 



L. W. Kniskern, formerly man- 
ager of Realart's contract depart- 
ment, now occupies a similar post in 
the Hodkinson offices. 



For carrying films on passenger 
trains in New Jersey, the Grand 
Jury there last week indicted Harry 
Matz and George Burse, owners of 
the Lyric, Plalnfield. N. J., and Els- 
ton Leonard and William Mazur, 
rharged with carrying out the orders 
of the two theatre owners. 



The First National Executive 
Committee was in session at the 
home office all this week, and vari- 



ous of the concert's out-of-town 
executives came before the meeting 
on local business matters. J. J. 
McCabe, Canadian supervisor, and 
W. J. l >rummond, Toronto exc hange 
chief, were among them. " 



Lesley Mason, of ths First Na- 
tional publicity department, has 
been confined to bed for two weeks 
with an attack of pleurisy. 



Cecil Hepworth, the London pro- 
ducer, who has been in this country 
for four months preparing for pro- 
ducing here and looking the field 
over to arrange for a distributor on 
this side, sailed for London Tuesday, 
Jan. 17. He probably will- return 
later in the year. He would make 
no announcement of his distribution 
plans. 



FILM REVIEWS 



HAIL THE WOMAN 

redlth B«wford Florence Vldor 

Oartd Bereetord. Llrod Hughes 

silver Beresfbrd. — ...... Theodor* Roberta 

Mrs. Berwford -.... Gertrude Claire 

Wan HISTtns... Madga Bellamy 

•Odd Jobs Man'* Tulljr Marshall 

loo llurd... •••••« Vernon Dent 

Wyndham Orejr ...Edward Martindel 

rtietaard Stuart .Charles Meredith 

Ifrs. Stuart Mathilda Brundnire 

rh* Rehjr Eugenie Hoffman 

David, Junior Muriel France* Dana 

"Hall the Woman." at the Strand, 

is a Thomas H. Ince production, 

story by C. Gardner Sullivan, di- 
I 



WHAT WILL AND CAN HAYS DO? 

(Contributed to Variety by a Picture Man) 



The Wichita Falls (Tex.) Amuse- 
ment Co., owner of the Strand 
theatre, has filed a voluntary peti- 
tion in bankruptcy. Total liabilities 
scheduled at $112,457. 



Joe Davenport, manager of the 
Waxahaehle (Tex.) Amusement Co., 
was killed and Ray Anderson badly 
hurt in an automobile accident near 
that city last week. The car in 
which the two men were riding 
turned turtle from an unknown 
cause. 



The new Melba, Dalian, will be 
ready to open February 1. 



The Apollo, Belvidero. 111., opened 
January n. Stating capacity. 1,000. 
Frank Khinchart is manager. 



A questionnaire sent out through 
six of Chicago's high schools to se- 
cure Statistics on how many times 
each student attends picture shows 
weekly discloses the figures that 
out of the 3,000 girls and boys ques- 
tioned 87 per cent, go from one to 
seven limes a week and spend $920 
in admissions, which totals a sum 
of $46,000 a year that the pupils 
part with in watching the films. 



The east selected by Ooldwyn for 
the lilming of Peter B. Kvne's story, 
"Brothers Under Their Skins." in- 
cludes Helens Chad wick, ltichard 
Dix,' Claire Windsor, Jacqueline 
(Xogan. Hoy Atwell. 13. Mason Hop- 
per will dlrectt For Rita Weiman'i 
story. "The Grim Comedian/' Gold- 
wyn has Phoebe Hunt. CiToria Hope, 
Jack Holt, Bert Woodruff. Laura 
Zjavarnie, Mae Hopkins. John Har- 
ron, Joseph J. Howling. It will be 
directed by Frank Lloyd. 

ICuriel Spring, film actress and 
"Follies'' girl, who lives at the Am- 
bassador, New York, was last week 
indicted, charged with failing to de- 
clare $£,000 worth of jewels and 
personal apparel, and fined $100. 



A Berlin court last week Insisted 
on viewing In person a dance by the 
celebrated felly, in which the dan- 
seuso disrobes, to decide whether or 
not it was immoral. The court re- 
fused to accept the police testimony 
without a personal view, Decision 
was resei k*ed, 



Much misinformation is going the rounds as, to what Will H. Hays, 
stepping from President Harding's Cabinet to the presidency of the Na- 
tional Association of the Motion Picture industry, will be able to do 
in his new position. 
Among the statements made are the following: 

He will be able to compel producers to put out pictures that are 
entirely free from mny features or elements that would fail under the 
ban of censorship boards. 

He will be abls to compel ths industry to yield to the insistence of 
reformers who advocate Sunday closing. . . 

He will be abls to force distributors to reduce their rental charges 
to exhibitors. 

He will be able to deliver the motion picture screens of the nation to 
worthy objects sought by various organizations and individuals who 
desire to extend the use of ths screen as a free educational medium. 

As a matter of fact, Mr. Hays will have no power whatsoever that 
will enable him to do any of these things. 

Producers wilt proceed precisely as they are now proceeding. Their 
p'cture output, arranged and scheduled far in advance, will not be 
altered. Its general character will undergo no change. Mr. Hays will 
not know what sort of pictures are being produced until the pictures 
a^e finished and ready for distribution. What is more, if he attempted 
to see all the pictures produced by the members of the National Asso- 
ciation, he would spend mors than four-frfths of his time in the pro- 
jection room. He would have no time for anything else. 

When it comes to Sunday closing, Hays will be powerless -to do any- 
thing except follow the dictates of his employers, snd they are, of course, 
unmovably opposed to Sunday closing. What is mors to the point, the 
exhibitors, over whom Hays will have no control whatsoever, since they 
»rm not a part of the National Association, will have something to say 
in this subject, snd what they say will be the final word regarding the 
matter. 

As for reducing rental charges, Hays sgain will be powerless. He 
will take orders in this respect — not give them. Can anyone imagine 
Hays issuing orders to Zukor— -especially in view of the personal friend- 
ship existing between the two, and also in view of the fact that Hays' 
appointment was first suggested and advocated by Zukor? 

And, finally, he will be able to deliver the theatre screens of the na- 
tion for any purpose whatsoever, only provided the owners of the the- 
atre screens, individually or collectively, voluntarily turn them over to 
him for that purpose. 

It has also been said that Hays will act in the role of arbiter. No 
doubt he will. But he will be able to arbite only such differences as 
arise between members of his association, between producers and pro- 
ducers and distributors and distributors. These differences; as every 
one knows, are few and far between. When it comes to acting as 
arbiter between producer or distributor and exhibitor, the exhibitor 
naturally will look upon him as the hired employe of the producer-dis- 
tributor group and will, quite as naturally, have none of him In that 
capacity. 

It is further, stated that, if some of the Hays' plans are carried 
out, some small, independent producers will be driven out of business. 
It is announced, for instance, that Hays has. become an advocate of the 
Motion Picture Owners' plan to exhibit educational subjects on Saturday 
mornings free of charge. If the exhibitions are given free of charge, 
then, of course, the films must be furnished free of charge. Such sub- 
jects are now being produced at mighty lean profits and under great 
difficulties by small independents. They cannot afford to make these 
productions for nothing. If they are to be made at all, they will have 
to be made by big producers and handed over to Hays for nothing. This 
procedure, obviously, will drive the little fellows out of the field, and, 
also obviously, this wilj greatly please the big producers and establish 
them in stronger monopoly than they a^e now. 

Independent producers, big and small, look upon Hays' elevation as 
a positive and serious menace. They believe that Hays, in his new 
job and wholly unacquainted with the intricacies and intrigues of the 
business, hired by the big concerns and knowing absolutely nothing 
about the growth of the independent movement, will be the tool of the 
big concerns, whether consciously or unconsciously, and, doing their 
bidding, will make the lot of the independent absolutely impossiblej 
Which, again, is precisely what the "leading lights" of the industry who 
engaged Hays want to see effected. 

In short, as light begins to illuminate the whole secret procedure that 
resulted in Hays' appointment, the independents are awakening to a 
realization of the serious nature of the situation created by Hays' eleva- 
tion to the leadership of the industry. 

Already there is talk of forming an opposition organization which 
shall be mainly for protection against Hays. This organization would 
include the producers and distributors and makers of non-theatrical 
pictures — industrials and educationals — whose business, if Hays and 
the big fellows control, as they are now prepared to control, will be 
completely ruined. 



found the spot applesauce for them 
once they got started on their 
Bowery crossfire. This two -act bids 
fair into becoming a standi u. 
Repetition of their stuff never grows 
tiresome, although it is far from 
brilliantly witty. What probably 
counts strongest is the faithful im- 
pression of Just euch characters as 
they impersonate. 

Lawson and Noble (New Acts) 
closed to a fairly big attendance. 
Hobart Boswortha "Sea Wolf was 
the feature picture. Abel. 

OBITUARY 

(Continued from page 7) 
ticut, and a daughter, who lives in 
New York, survive. 

Mr. Kelly was an Elk, burial serv- 
ices being held In No. 1 Lodge, New 
York, Tuesday evening. 



TRIXIE RAYMOND ALDR1CH 
Mrs. Trixle Raymond Aldrich died 
at the French Hospital, New York. 
Jan. If. Mrs. Aldrich is survived 
by her husband. Jack Aftlrieh, with 
the Mclntyre and Heath "Red Pep- 
per" show. ■ 



MRS. PEARL KLEIN 
Mrs. Pearl Klein (Klein and Clif- 
ton) died in Philadelphia Jan. 8 
after a long illness. Funeral ser- 
vices were held in the Universal 
Funeral Church Jan. 10, with In- 
terment in Mt. Kensico cemetery. 
The team of Klein and Clifton, 



a 



IN LOVING Ml MOKY 
OP 

BUNNY" DALE 

I Who Passed Away January Sth, 1»22. 
Oar llrnrtfrtt Sympathy to Her Be- 
reaved IIuhIhukI unit Mother. 

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Bobbe 

composed of the deceased and her 
husband, was a standard act of 
several y< uS standing. 



CHARLES H. ACKER' 

Charles H. Acker of Acker and 
Gilday (and also with Sam Mann 
in "Tho New Leader") died Jan. 4 

MY DlirUf SYMPATHY TO 

BILLY DALE 

Who Lost a Wonderful Wife and Fal 

BUNNY DALE 

ALWAYS THEIR FRIEND 

RAY CONLIN 

at his home in New York. The 
deceased was 45 years old. A wife 
and a 6-year-old son survive. 



Alice Brady, granted nn Inter- 
locutory decree of divorce from her 
husband, James Crane, by Justice 
Mullan of the (Supreme Court, last 
week, and who was recently taken 
ill and forced to Withdraw from the 
cast of '•Drifting." will be unable to 
roappear on the stage for two 
months. 



An editorial which appeared In 
the New York "World," commenting 
on Postmaster Hays' transgression 
to the film Industry, was favorably 

Inclined toward the acceptance of 
the position by Hays b .t went on 
to take a slap at Landis for main- 
taining his connection with the Ju- 
diciary while ruling baseball. 



Because Gus Edwards forgot to 
reserve th# picture rights of his 
"School Days" an involved tangle 



JEFFERSON 

(.Continued from page 18) 

present-day pop vaudeville houses, 
and this henna-tressed lady gets 
by with a little more than the others. 

Leo Edwards und an unbilled 
company of live (New Acts) treyed. 
Waimbly aftd Keating were next, 
followed by Dave Koth, who im- 
pressed doubly on his versatility 
and proficiency in each line. Start- 
ing with a sure-lingered impression 
of Paderewskl on the grand he fol- 
lowed up his "Hungarian Rhapsody" 
with a ragged version, later mixing 
his ivory work with a comedy im- 
pression of a picture house piano 
pounder. 

Then Sophie Tucker; assisted by 
Al Siege!, a pscudo "son" and 
"granny," a special orchestra leader, 
a pick maid and a flunkey charac- 
ter, probably the "son" doubling. 



But it was all Tucker from start to 
finish, although she switched the 
calcium intermittently to Siegel and 
his marital troubles with a shimmie 
shaker, which th,© Jeff customers 
soemed hep to, and then her "son" 
in an effective "Boy of Mine" ballad 
that was showmanly productioned 
and proved sob stuff that couldn't 
miss. Another relative was brought 
out for the encore in her "granny" 
ballad, but that was all Sophie cared 
to do, although she couldn't bow 
off without a few sincere words 
about being compensated for this 
date, although she has to play three 
shows daily, etc. For the re. t Miss 
Tucker does a coupl- "blues" nnd 
rags, attempting one comedy lyric as 
a double with Bi*gel, Miss Tucker 
did about 25 ralnjcs and could have 
stayed out as long had she chosen. 

McLaughlin and F.vans, doing the 
next to shut aftor tflse Tucker, 



actress at the Odeon, died in Paris 
recently. 



The mother of Mary H. Kirk pat - 
rlck, theatrical producer, and John 

IN LOVINQ MEMORY 
| Of the Dear Hajban.! ami Our D<ar Father 

CHARLES H. LAVIGNE! 

W!w Pas^d Aw»y January 21th. 1920. 

LAVIGNE SISTERS 
and MOTHER 

A. Kirkpatrlck, playwright and 
stage manager 



Mme. Gabriella Rose, formerly 



IN LOVING MLMOKY 
OF MT DKAItl.T MLOYBD 

MOTHER 

Who rawed Away lirtOMSj January ?. ISSSJ 
MAY GOD REST Iliat Son, gj PK.U E 

FLORENCE REHAN 



Dominique Ourandy, French 



IN I OMNI. M1MORY 

of my dear little friend 

MABE HAMILTON 

who pisiftd away January 22, 1319 

ROSA ROMA 

writer, dierf at Nice (France), aged 
54 years. He was also known in 
political circles. 



rooted by John Gr'fflth Wray, re* 
leased by First National. It has a 
strong dramatic story built about 
the text "The sins of the father shall 
be visited," etc., and is powerfully 
played by a cast of extraordinary 
merit 

The absence of a star with % 
metropolitan following may have 
accounted for the indifferent at- 
tendance Sunday night. But the 
picture made sure appeal. It is 
done with unmistakable sincerity 
and some of its moments of pathos 
brought a flutter of furtive hand- 
kerchiefs from women's wrist hags 
Real tears from a theatre full of 
Broadway film fans ought to be 
sufficient testimony to the strength 
of the photoplay. 

It would be a daring prophet who 
would attempt to forecast the prob- 
able fate of the offering. It gets 
away from the direct romantic tale 
which is the accepted basis of film 
fiction and takes the rather femin- 
ist argument that tyranlcal man 
specifically the unjust father, is re- 
sponsible for unhappy marriages 
and old maids. The picture will be 
made or unmade by the women and 
the question is whether they will be 
interested in this departure from 
the story of direct romantic appeal. 
Its sentiment is genuine in spite 
of many passages of frank theatri- 
cal device. The bringing together 
of the weak son, the disowned 
daughter and" the hypocritical 
father in the home of the daughters 
fiance is pure Actional contrivance. 
So is the climax when the spineless 
son meets his own child for the 
first time before the congregation of 
the country church. Here the hand 
of the playwright seeking a "sit- 
uation" is too obviously disclosed. 
In like manner, the dramatist is too 
intent upon proving his point by 
one-sided argument. The men are 
all too bad and the women are all 
too good. All pure white on one 
side; all too black on the other. 
There is no convincing shading to 
give the poople reality. 

On the other hand, the drawing 
of Nan. the victim of an ill-advised 
marriage, is tremendously effective. 
It was during the moving scene of 
her death beside her- crowing baby 
that the handkerchiefs came out. 
Its all old stuff, this death scone of 
the persecuted and outcast wife, but 
it is supremely well done by Madge 
Bellamy, who stands out as an emo- 
tional actress of exceptional gifts. 
The picture is rich in fine touches 
of telling detail. The spirit of the 
story is outlined at the beginning in 
a sor^ of prologue showing a group 
of Puritans. One of the village 
maids smiles and blows a kiss to a 
passing youth and is punished for 
a Sunday flirt by means of the 
ducking stool. In the story proper. 
It is desired to indicate the protec- 
tive Instinct of the heroine's mother. 
The family row is on over the con- 
duct of the heroine. The mother is 
fondling the household tabby and 
drops the cat to go to her daugh- 
ter's defense against the bullying 
father. The cat symbolizes the 
whole situation by scuttling to her 
kitten. When the son is con- 
fronted with his child whom he has 
never seen, the baby's face fades out 
and in its place the sorrowful face 
of the dead mother appears as the 
father gazes, the screen dramatiz- 
ing what is passing in the man's 
mind. • 

These are small detail* cited as 
Illustration of the excellent manage- * 
ment of Incidental effects which 
typify the spirit of the whole direc- 
tion. The photography by Henry 
Sharp is notably line. Tho misty 
effects are capitally handled, partic- 
ularly in the sentimental scenes in- 
volving Nan, Miss Bellamy's wide- 
eyed, wistful type of beauty lending 
itself especially to .."-lis kind of treat- 
ment. The picture is full of beauti- 
ful rural scenes and the closing 
"shots" showing the heroine going 
through the farmhouse doorway 
into the fields have splendid "com- 
position," as a painter would *iy. 

The story has to do with Oliver 
Beresford, a hard and dogmatic 
New England farmer with severe 
religious Ideas. His son, David, 
studying for the ministry, and the 
subject of the old man's ambitions, 
marries Nan secretly. Oliver learns 
that Nan Is nbeut-to have a child by 
David, but, because Nan is true to 
her promise not to reveal tho mar- 
riage, believes they are unmarried, 
lie buys off Nan's father and Nan 
is cast off. She goes to the city, 
whore she falls into evil ways. 

Judith, Oliver's daughter, refuses 
to agree to marry a yokel picked 
out by her father and also is cast 
out. The two women nioet In the 
city and Judith cares for Nan's 
baby when the mother dies from 
privation for the baby's sake. There 
begins Judith's fight for the recog- 
nition of the child until she forces 
the reluctant David to acknowledge 

his parenthood, 

Florence Vidor as the emanci- 
pated woman makes a splendid 
heroine, forceful without forcing. 
It is enough to say that Theodore 
Roberts, best of the screens char- 
acter men, plays tho father. Tally 
Marshall has his usual dltagreeabl* 
bit as Nan's blackguard father. 
Lloyd Hughes is much too g«^'J 
looking and manly for his part of 
the \%oak son. ftUin* 



Friday, January 80, 1922 




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FOOLISH WIVES 



. m. m j. Hughe* (U. B. 8p«c!al Envoy 

AaA £ Monaco) ' Rudolph Chrl.tlan« 

- i^ his wif« MlB " Dupont 

STftitaS* Prince.. Olfa Pe*chnl- 

B irt»* Maude George 

««r Couain. Prince*. Vera *>et.chnt- 



»hJir Cousin. Count Serglua Karamzin. 
(CADtain 3d Huasara, Imperial Rus- 
sian Army) Erich von Stroh 

lf.ruechlta, a maid Dale Fuuer 

pTwl Pavllch, a butler Al Edmundsen 

fw«are Ventuccl, a counterfeiter 



C * <- * J * '.'..... Caeaare < 

Marietta,' hi. half-witted <fcwhter 

nr Juddi" "Th. couple 
Hli Wife i from home' 



, Mai vino Polo 
J Louie K. Webb 
( Mrs. Kent 

Albert I Prince of Monaco C. J. Allen 

£J£«ta.r , y of State of Monaco. .Edw.Reinach 
"^ TECHNICAL STAFF 

iMlatant Director..... S Edward A. Sowders 
A91 ' Uack R. Proctor 

Architects \ Elmer Sheely 

i Captain Day 
f William Meyera 
iwhnlcal Department. \ Jamea Sullivan 
r I George William. 

•pities Marian Alnalee 

Chl'*f Engineer (illumination and light 

effecta) Harry llrown 

Costumes and Uniforms 

Western Costuming Co 

Mailer of Properties .C. J. Rogers 

Hoeolc Artist Van Alsteln 

Assistant In Research J. Lambert 

Sculpture Don Jarvis 



1 After more than a year and a half 
of extravagant bally-hooinr, "Fool- 
ish Wives" finally reached public 
presentation, Jan. 11, at the Central, 
New York, where it is now playing. 
According to the Unlve cal's press 
department, the picture cost $1,103,- 
736.3S-; was 11 months ar.d days 
in course of filming; sir months in 
process of assembling and editing; 

consumed 320.000 feet of negative 
in the making, which footage was 
cut to 32,000 feet, and ultimately 
boiied clown to H.000, and employed 
as many as 15.000 c;:tra people for 
..atmosphere. The rets are announced 
as costing J421.000. 

A simple operation in subtrac- 
tion, using the l\'s figures at fnce 
value, Would plaee the cost of di- 
rector and actors' salaries, script, 
film stock, exploitation, etc., at $682,- 
736.CS. Sources cf information out- 
side the U.'s publicity bureau esti- 
mate the total cost at between 
$600,060 and $700,000. 

Allowing for the usual bunk at- 
tending all published statements as 
to picture costs, there is no ques- 
tion but that the U. shot an enor- 
mous bankroll in producing "Fool- 
ish Wives." The picture shows it 
in the sets — beautiful backgrounds 
and massive interiors that carry a 
complete suggestion of the atmos- 
phere of Monte Carlo, the locale of 
the story. And the sets, together 
with a thoroughly capable cast, are 
about all the picture has for all the 
heavy dough expended, for as Carl 
Laemmle probably realizes, it takes 
more than money to make a good 
picture. Serving a hamburger 
steak on a gold platter doesn't make 
the hamburger quail on toast. But 
comparing "Foolish Wives" to ham- 
burger is a bit tough on the ham- 
burger. Maybe chuck steak would 
be better, and tainted chuck steak 
at that. 

Obviously intended to be a sen- 
sational sex melodrama. "Foolish 
Wives" is one of the funniest bur 



the amorous Count chasing every 
woman in eight, a better title would 
have been "The Villain Btlll Pur- 
sued 'Em." 

The idea of a foreign gent, pro- 
grammed as a Russian Count, but 
looking like a cross between a Ger- 
man officer and a waiter at one of 
the Broadway hotels, making a 
strenuous play for an American 
woman, with the latter apparently 
just managing to keep from falling 
for the foreigner more by good luck 
than discretion, isn't particularly 
edifying, and as carried out in 
"Foolish Wives" is revolting. That 
is to say, from an American stand- 
point; but probably "Foolish 
Wives" was produced with a view 
to distribution possibilities in other 
countries as well; certain European 
countries, for instance, where the 
weakness of the American woman 
depicted in "Foolish Wives" for a 
titled foreigner will be taken for 
granted as the usual thing among 
American married women. 

And the husband of the woman, 
played excellently by Rudolph 
Christians. What a sap this hus- 
band is, and what a conception of 
an American diplomat, entrusted 
with an important mission to the 
Prince of Monaco, von Stroheim 
hag of an American diplomat. 
Imagine a man of 41, no matter 
how raised or born in the smallest 
backwood3 town of Americ-4, who, 
upon being presented to the Prince, 
doesn't know what to do with his 
hands, and who, as Mr. von Stro- 
heim has conceived him, gene/ally 
suggests a rube storekeeper, rather 
than a member or the diplomatic 
corps. 

To be r,ure, Mr. Christians played 
him thr.t way; but von Stroheim 
directed, r.nd it is expected that if 
Carl l^aenimJe let Von shoot that 
million, Von aleo exercised jurisdic- 
tion over the characterization he 
I wrote into the story. The sam* 1 ap- 
plies to Misj Dupont, who gives a 
vivid picture or the silly wife of the 
elipJorr.at. SI 's struck on t'.?e 
Count, and doesn't make any benes 
about it. 

The best characterization in the 
picture is offered by Dale Fuller, as 
a chambermaid, who make.; the fact 
that the Count has betrayed her 
poignantly convincing." It's a minor 
role, this maid part, but Miss Fuller 
makes it stand out remarkably. 
Mae Busch and Maude George give. 
splendid performances of two 
pseudo noblewomen; Caesare Gra- 
vina plays an old counterfeiter ex- 
cellently and Louis K. Webb and 
Mrs. Kent contribute eomnotent 
bits. The woman playing thr old 
hag handles it pe.fectiy. 

But no amount of good acting 
could make the story stand up. 
There isn't a moment it convinces. 
It's just the regulation trash, such 
as the U has been grinding out 
since the days of the niekelojjiebns. 



characters conceived aa a pair of 
unadulterated asses by the author 
and the foreigners by contrast 
shown as smart slickers who make 
monkeys out of the Americans at 
every turn, "Foolish Wives" stands 
as a leering insult to Americans In 
general, and American womanhood 
in particular. If written by an 
American, it would be pretty rough, 
but when stuff like this is handed 
out by a foreigner (von Stroheim is 
an Austrian), it's aggravating. 

That the U should turn out such 
salacious junk as "Foolish Wives'' 
isn't surprising. They've been spe- 
cializing in junk ever since the days 
of the store shows. What is sur- 
prising is that the U spent so much 
money on "Foolish Wives." It could 
have been done just as well for the 
U's clientele for $200,000 or less, and 
with correspondingly better chances 
for a profit. -Some he-vamper, that 
von Stroheim ruy, if it was he who 
got the U to unbelt tore than a 
million for "Foolish Wives." 

That white slavery classic of the 
U's early days, "Traffic in Souls," 
and its more recent "moral uplift,'' 
"Where Are My Children?" were 
both produced cheaply, and both 
made slathers of money, not to men- 
tion "The Virgin of Stamboul." 

Bctl. 



roles of the piece that are worth 
while and others are but bits. 

About three small interior sets are 
used but the picture for the greater 
part has been shot outdoors, with 
the lumbering stuff counted on for 
the thrills. The felling of the giant 
trees and their toppling to the 
ground is highly picturesque. 

The picture does net, however, I 
rank in the class that is entitled to ' 
a week's run in the best of the 
Broadway picture houses. Fred. 



THE LAST PAYMENT 

Pedro Maun;: Leopold von Ledebpur 

IN-nri Durund Albert l'a'iy 

Paul J>urand H«'nry Ltattke 

Jules Lambert RtinboM Schunz 1 j 



clashes with the uncle, who has 
taken a girl who was found in the 
woods by the boy during the big 
storm into the dance hall. The boy, 
follows and rescues her. but his 
father turns him from the house be- 
cause he has entered the dive. But 
in the end there is a reconciliation, 
and the boy and girl go home with 
the father after the uncle has been 
slain by a demented old man, whose 
granddaughter took the easiest way 
via the dance hall route. 

Not a particular wallop for the 
better houses, but in the small 
neighborhood places it'll get by. 

Fred. 



THE LAW AND THE WOMAN 

Margaret Rolfe Betty Compson 

Julian Rolfe William T. UarlKon 

i^lara Foater Cleo Rtdff ly 

Phil Lone Caason Ferjruaon 

JudRo Thompson Henry Barrows 

I \unt Lucy , Helen Dunbar 

Rates Clarence Burton 

Detective J. S. Stembrldjre 



ufir. 



A try for suspense is made near the 
finish, the betrayed chambermaid 
(doesn't that sound like burlesque 
drama?) setting fire to a house, to 
the tower of which the Count (von 
Stroheim) has lured the American 
diplomat's wife. The diplomat's 
wife and the Count are shown 
standing on the balcony, trapped by 






lesque dramas ever screened. Mack tne flames. The scene is^ clumsily 
Sennett at his farcical best never 
wade a funnier one. Unintention- 
ally funny. "Foolish Wives," how- 
SPi at the R ame time frankly 
t?! aCi0US - So disgustingly so at 
times that if the rawest "turkey" 
ouricsque show ever attempted any- 
inmg hke tho scene where Erich 
*h2 ^^eim, as Count Karamzin, 
■us beside the sleeping figure of 

SShiHjP 01 . 1 (Mr& Hushes) and 
graphically depicts undisguised lust 
J2 th u woman he has been pursu- 
it™ • e refor mers and vice sup- 
thf u n sociotI es w-ould descend on 
the show in Jig time. 

*iof^ tr T as , ter General Will II. Hays, 
weo to leave the cabinet shortly 
in,?,. . ecome the boss of the picture 
head ,!?\u nd whose engagement as 
thA *? l he Na tional Association of 
vcL i , P \ 'ndustry at $150,000 a 
Di a hi»l U Udear * according to the big 
lift I e executives, the general up- 
bniini d Waning up of the film 

Pooi e .?\. Wou,d do w ell to take a 
Pe f. k at "Foolish Wives." 

serin* .i« Von st roheim wrote the 
PlaZ; dlre eted, and is the featured 
HE? \ n i, Foolish Wives." Talk 
SE3L ho * Bin K the show — Von 
actor T n, l s every other author- 
Me'« » ? r beat en to a whisper 
ute tx:„ ovrr the ^t every min 
the" 



whisper, 
over tne lot every min- 
iiis character, according to 
CanH«° gr ? m T ' T is that of a Russian 
thlnl « ° f " USJ, ars. That Russian 
form m ns u f0r Sweeney. The uni- 
lS may bo Russian, but von Stro- 



heim' 



apnonr/ C ' ncral facIal nnd Physical 
tyE n £° Clearly suggests the 
with I Prussian military officer, 
ner? e xtra Y a Kantly polished man- 

cooC* air of studied insolence, 

sivo iV RWa raorlng strut and repul- 
teristica r aS ^dominating cliarac- 

kin!i < il a ;, nc_vam P ot the vampiest 
g M in tho picture. 

dipi 



I 



Not only does 
Pin sue the wife of the American 
•umat but chambermaids, nurse 
Cnu nt a £ d half -wits as well. As 
Plavo • Karam zin, Mr. von Stroheim 
no ,rrr° m a11 h1pfh and l0 "'; it makes 
Wornnn er0 ^u° a * lon * a * they are 
•■\Tn \ *7> tltle ,s *- misnomer. 
therJ'J V) lVQa " Is wron * anyway- 
re " bu t one foolish wife. With I 



handled and misses by a mile. 

The Monte Carlo fire department, 
with the firemen standing at atten- 
tion before answering the alarm, 
and again standing at attention 
when they reach the fire, makes a 
picturesque series of scenes, photo- 
graphically, somewhat similar to 
topical weekly stuff, only more 
beautiful. Some colored fire effects 
and night photography, showing the 
fire apparatus en route and at work 
at the fire, were particularly artistic. 
Scenes shot in a driving rainstorm 
were also marked with a fine sense 
of composition. The detail is fault- 
less. Moro the pity in such a ridicu- 
lous yarn. Von Stroheim's man- 
agement of detail comes to light 
particularly in the gambling house 
scenes. If the story were half as 
convincing it would be a knockout. 
Several big ensembles are also ex- 
pertly handled. 

In a scene near the conclu- 
sion, where Von, as the Count, is 
given the gate by his two female 
conf derates, he meets a black cat 
and kills it with his cane. Later the 
Count is killed by the old counter- 
feiter while attempting to approach 
the bedside of the latter's sleeping 
half-witted daughter. [Another de- 
lectable scene for the attention of 
Mr. Hays.] Having killed the 
Count, whose intentions toward the 
counterfeiter's daughter were never 
in doubt, the counterfeiter tosses 
the Count's body into the street, 
picks up the dead cat and throws 
both down the sewer. Pretty! 

The story starts with a flirtation 
between tho Count (von Stroheim) 
and the American diplomat's wife, 
continues along with his obvious 
attempts to possess her, right under 
her husband's nose, and with tho 
woman's evident liking for the 
Count's attentions, and Winds 'Jp 
with the sewer burial business. 

One of the scenes along the route 
has. the Count beating up one of his 
women friends; another has him at- 
tempting to assist tho diplomat's 
wife to disrobe. Still another has 
tho Count using a Hand minor to 
peek at the woman disrobing. 

With its two principal American 



A Penrhyn Stanlaws production 
presented by Famous Players at the 
Rivoli. Direction is credited to Mr. 
Stanlaws and complete supervision 
to Thompson Buchanan. The conti- 
nuity was written with his usual 
skill by Albert Shelby Le Vino, who 
adapted Clyde r itch's play, "The 
Woman in the Case," on a star- 
ring vehicle for Blanche Walsh. 
Photographic credit goes to rtarl 
Struss, and credit is the right word. 
Despite so many cooks, the broth is 
excellent. The offering is frankly 
melodrama. Mr. Stanlaws and Air. 
Le Vino have managed some throat - 
pumping suspense. 

Julian and Margaret are Jutt mar- 
ried, but Julian has had a previous 
affair with Clara Foster, whom he 
supported when other men weren't 
helping. Happy in his own mar- 
riage, Julian is horrified to learn 
that his ward, the wealthy young 
Philip Long, intends to marry 
Clara. Doing his best to prevent 
this, Julian is in a fight with Philip 
before he learns the two are already 
, married. He exposes Clara, return - 
| ing to his own house only to be ar- 
rested as the murderer of Long. He 
is saved from execution only at the 
last moment when his wife tricks, 
in dramatic fashion from Clara, a 
confession that it was she who mur- 
dered Long. 

All this action shoots along with- 
out waste of footage and is helped 
by the acting. Miss Compson as a 
quiet little wife probably withholds 
all that is in her in the way of* act- 
ing, and in the scenes the night of 
the murder her hair was done un- 
becomingly, but she still has her 
moments. Mr. Carleton, as always, 
was an extremely valuable addition 
to the personnel, while Casson Fer- 
guson as Long raised high hopes of 
a successful future. He dresses 
like a well-bred man and behaves 
with a simple dignity that contrasts 
pleasantly with much of tho postur- 
ing dono by men in pictures or on 
the stage. Helen Dunbar as a busy- 
body, the tale-bearing sort all fami- 
lies seem cursed with, kept up the 
comedy relief. Lecd. 

THE MAN FROM LOST RIVER 

Barnes House Peters 

Marria Fritzi Brunct t c 

Posdick Allan Forront 

Rossiter James Gorton 

Mr. Carson Monte Collins 

Mrs. Carson Mllla Davenport 



Pola Negri is once more before us 
for judgment as a screen actress at 
the Rialto the current week in "The 
Last Payment," a Ufa production 
released in this country via Para- 
mount. It was written by John 
Brennert and C.corge Jacoby, di- 
rected by the latter. 

When one lakes into account her 
work in all the pictures in which 
she has been shown in America, the 
conclusion must be reached that 
Miss Negri shines indoles depicting 
her a.4 a woman of no morals — an 
unmoral rather more than an im- 
moral screen female. Hers is not 
the doll type of beauty we worship 
in this country, and her acting is of 
the kind that demands "strong' 
roles visualizing women of the 
people. This limits her charac- 
terizations and debars her from 
enacting modern society women; 
and, as every one knows, the pict- 
ures that draw the most money in 
America are those portraying our 
heroines residing in mansions. Up 
to now, though, we have seen Miss 
i Negri only in massive super-pro- 
ductions made in Germany. 

In "The Last Payment" she is a 
conscienceless French model, who 
has had a string of lovers; marries 
a man who embezzles to pay for her 
extravagances; divorces him while 
he is in prison; marries a wealthy 
South American cattle man whom 
she hates; accompanies a wealthy 
young man to Parte when her sec- 
ond husband is killed; rejects the 
young man's offer of marriage so 
she can lure his father into her 
clutches, and so on. Her end is 
tragic, and the tale is altogether 
too foreign for general native ap- 
proval. I 

The production is a massive one — 
not as gorgeous at* "Passion," "De- 
ception" or "One Arabian Night," 
but admirable in the matter of de- 
tail and with a Bal Tabarin fete 
scene that is a model of mob direc- 
tion. 

Besides her splendid performance, 
Miss Negri is supported by four 
actors whose names are mentioned 
in the cast heading this review, 
whose artistry is on a par with that 
of the star. In their respective 
roles they shine with an effulgence 
equal to that of the featured player, 
and they are not branded with the 
mannerisms usually characteristic 
of German actors. 

"The Last Payment" will prob- 
ably be acclaimed by the critics as 
a tine photo-drama, but it is not 
likely to enjoy popular appeal in 
our insular country. Jolo. 



FLOWER OF NORTH 

Phillpp WhHtomoro llonry K. Walthall 

J-anne D'Areanibal Pauline Stark 

Thorpe Harry Northrup 

Pierre Joe Rtekson 

lliake Jat-k Curtis 

i »' Arriiniii.il Cumin t Kins; 

.MacP vjgal Walter Rodders 

CassWly William McCall 

OftChtfO * Vincent Howard 



"Flower of the North" is a Vita- 
graph special, the first of a series 
Vita has arranged to play at the 
Cameo, New York, for indefinite 
runs. It was adapted from James 

Oliver Curwood's novel of the same 
name, directed by David Smith, fea- 
turing Henry Walthall and Pauline 
Stark. 

It is another of the "strong stories 
of the Canadian Northwest," and 
hence is mostly exteriors. Despite 
its continued melodramatic action, 
it is atmospheric to a considerable 
degree, due to the selection of 
a competent cast and made-up 
types. Made up of regulation situ- 
ations, such as New York capital- 
ists endeavoring to steal the right- 
of-way to a railway in construction 
by the hero, the wife who runs 
away with the villain and returns 
two years later with her child — and 
a locket — the faithful half-breed 
who dies in the end after bringing 
up the child, surrounding of the 
cabin by the villain's gang of thugs 
and their rescue at the eleventh 
hour by the honest Indians, who 
are warned by a signal fire lighted 
by the heroine — it is, nevertheless, 
thrlllingly interesting to the pro- 
gram picture patron and makes for 
an interesting feature of that cal- 
ibre. 

Henry Walthall, with his expres- 
sive face, is convincing as the hero; 
Pauline Stark is interesting; Harry 
Northrup is sufficiently villainous as 
the chief rascal; Joe Rickson does 
not overact as the faithful half- 
breed, and the remainder of the cast 
are all competent film players. 

Jolo. 



ACROSS THE DEADLINE 

John KMtfer Frank Mayo 

tfnorh KWldVr Russell Simpson 

A a run Kidder Wilfred Lucas 

Charity Kidder LjrdU Knott 

Ruth Molly Malone 

Lucas Courtney Frank Thorwald 

Old Abel Josef Swickard 

(Jillls William Marion 



A Goldwyn release of a Frank 
Lloyd production shown for the cur- 
rent week at the Capitol, New York. 
The picture is rather draggy at 
times, but for a lumber camp story 
it is fairly interesting, with the per- 
formance House Peters gives being 
the strong feature of the production. 

"The Man from Lost River" was 
written by Katherine Newlin Burt 
and Frank Lloyd directed the screen 
version. 

There have been better stories of 
the same type adapted to the screen 
and better lumber camp pictures 
have been seen, but this one will get 
by as one of the regular program 
productions without any* special 
strength to It. 

House Peters plays the role of the 
foreman of the lumber camp with 
Frits! Brunette as the little orphan 
of the outfit. He Is In love with her, 
but she falls for a "city feller" who, 
after marrying, deserts her and re- 
turns to the bright lights. Later 
when he Is cast off by his wealthy 
uncle and discovert that the land 
which his wife owns is part of an oil 
fieldi ho returns, only to fall a vic- 
tim of an illness that sweeps the 
camp and brings about tho death of 
a number of those there. After he 
dies the road is clear for the man 
who loves the girl and the two 
clinch for the final fadeout. 

Peters and Miss Brunette'. carry 
tluir roles exceedingly well and Al- 
lan Forrest, who plays the youi.g 
I heavy, puts the character over In 
good shape. This trio has the three 



The melodrama is released by 
Universal, wHh Frank Mayo as star. 
It Is meller pure and simple, so 
much so that a Broadway audience 
at Loew's New York laughed at it 
time and again last week, when it 
was part of a doublo feature bill. 
Jack Conway directed the feature, 
the story having been done by 
Clarence Budington Kelland and 
adapted for the screen by George C. 
Hull. 

Conway has the knack of getting 
his productions pepped up with ac- 
tion, and this feature is not an ex- 
ception, but tho story is illogical at 
times, and that is where the wise 
Broadwayites got their laughs. In 
ordinary change of program dally 
houses the picture may get by with 
fair success. 

Mayo has an unusual supporting 
cast for a Universal production. 
Wilfred Lucas plays the heavy, giv- 
ing a good performanee, while Pus- 
sell Simpson in a character role also 
contributed to the acting success of 
tho production. Molly Mfttone was 
tho lead opposite the start, filling 
the role without doing much that is 
worthy of comment one way or an- 
other. 

One set is big, but it is the U 
stock dance hall. Other than that 
there is nothing that speaks of ex- 
pense. The majority of the shots 
are exteriors. 

A corking 1 s;.orm scene and a 
rouple of fights figure prominently 
in the telling of the story. 

Lucat and BimpsOh portray the 
rok's of brothers who practically 
own a town. The former runs the 
dance halt, while the latter Is the 
church member of the family. He 
his a son (Mayo) who as a child 
was lured into the sitloon-dance 

hall by his nncle. The boys father 

makes the announcement th<m and 
there thnt a deadline divides the 

town, nnd if his brother »\>v lur«'S 
the boy aCTOSS that line again he'll 
kill him. Yens later, When the 
boy has grown to manhood, h*"- 



RECKLESS CHANCES 

One good picture, offered by Play- 
goers Pictures through Pathe, with 
J. P. MacGowan starred and Doro- 
thy Ward in the feminine lead. Mac- 
Gowan 'is also put down as director 
, and scenarist. He adapted a story 
by Anthony Coldewey, but would 
probably have done better to let 
some one with an eye more trained 
on the general effect. Despite vir- 
tues and sharp cutting, basically the 
motives of the story could have been 
better introduced and forwarded. 

MacGowan himself has a forth- 
right personality and, properly han- 
dled, could make most any type of 
part effective. His name isn't any 
too well known yet, but, properly 
advised, he should go far. Here he 
is seen as a railroad man. Thieves 
have been lifting gold ore shpiments 
and through a mistake he is sus- 
pected of complicity. A running 
escape, cleverly conceived and pic- 
tured, follows. In the backwoods he 
rescues the daughter of the division 
superintendent, who gets him a Job 
in the division yards. His identity 
with the escaped man is not dis- 
covered (a bit unlikely) till after he 
has eloped with the girl, but every- 
thing is cleared up in a final row in 
which the real bandit :j are caught. 

This final action was a bit hard 
to follow. Either it was cut too 
close or caught from a bad angle to 
begin with, but .is a whole the pic- 
ture rings true and is a worthwhile 
bet. Jjfrd. 



DON'T GET PERSONAL 

ratririn Marl* Prevost 

Kmily Walnwright Daiay Robinson 

Horace Kane Hoy Atwell 

John Waltiwright T. Hoy Parnea 

Mai»i<- <; Del I,orlc« 



A rollicking five-part comedy by 
Universal. The photography, by 
Milton Moore, is especially rich, and 
Clarence Badger's direction kept 
I. P. Ving's story moving at a fast 
comedy pace. Doris Scluoeder made 
the scenario. Marie PreVost is 
featured, but certainly equal honors 
go to T. Roy Barnes, while a pet 
dog added to wholesome' fun far 
away from the slapstick style. ' 

Patricia, on a visit to the Wain- 
wrights, starts «"'Ut «~*s a match* 
maker. Th3 village vimp, Ma isle, 
has been mukin^ trouble with other 
girls' beaUX and Pat sets out to re- 
claim them. In doing so her heart 
becomes involved and John Wain* 
wright reciprocates, Jealousy stuff 
rules tho roost from then on. with 
Horace Kane, Emily's sweetie, saved 

from a forced marriage by Pit, for 
Which Pat gets no thanks, only, in 
the end, to Win her heart's desire. 
Chan fun. t'p to the best house 

standards. Lrcd. 



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PICTURES 




Friday, January 20, 1922 



NEW YORK CENSORS DEMAND 
MORE MONEY AND MORE POWER 



Report to Governor for First Six Months Asks 
Amendments to Law, Inspectors to Enforce It and 
Larger Appropriation for Next Year 



The Now York. State Motion Pic- 
ture Commission has presented its 
first annual report to Governor 
Miller, covering its operations for 
the period from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1. 
Its outstanding features are: 

A demand for the appointment of 



a corps of ir.spet tors to watch the 
1,700 n!m theatres of the state for 
violations. 

Amendments to the existing law 
creating the censor body, providing 
five speeifie enlargements of its au- 
thorities, among them authority to 



FRENCH FROLICS 

(Continued from page 10) 

genuine fun by his very energy. 
When a comedian hadn't the gift of 
spontaneous fun his best asset is 
hard and fast work. It's the near- 
est thing to a satisfactory substitute 
and. as a matter of fact, the great 
majority of modern burlesque come- 
dians haven't much more. 

But his dancing is the determining 
factor. Sherman springs his special- 
ty for the first time pretty well 
along In the evening. Tuesday night, 
with the house at capacity, it being 
amateur night, Sherman's curiously 
interesting eccentric stepping was 
the turning point, and the item that 
really got the performance Over with 
a bang. That bit of clever dancing 
put the audience in a genial spirit, 
and from then on it was easy. The 
whole troup probably has found this 
true of most of its stands, for they 
work from then on with noticeably 
added vim right up to the final cur- 
tain with a rising tempo, building 
up the bits to effective climaxes 
and finishing with a whoop in a 
burlesque boxing scene. For com- 
edy bits this flnale and the "souse" 
bit earlier by Bonnie X.loyd were 
the low comedy hits of the proceed- 
ings. 

The women are a little disappoint- 
ing in all details except their cos- 
tuming. They have clothes in star- 
tlingly elaborate and rich array for 
organizations of the grade— clothes 
that are substantially fine and must 
have cost a considerable sum. Fine 
appearance goes a long way in bur- 
lesque, and all three women prin- 
cipals were extraordinarily well 
equipped in this department, but 
none of them can really dance. Miss 
I.loyd did some rather grotesque 
acrobatics and got herself all 
mussed up on the none too neat 
Olympic stage. This was rather a 
remarkable performance for a wom- 
an of her chunky build, and it got 
the crowd by its tomboy roughhouse. 
Miss Lloyd works throughout in the 
•'good fellow" style, and it estab- 
lished her firmly. 

Margaret Hastings and Lillette 
'did the polite and haughty, and rode 
through strictly on their dizxy 
frocks, although Lillette displayed 
a knack of getting over "blues' 



KNICK-KNACKS 

(Continued from page 10) 



> 



numbers In the familiar "coon shout- 
ing" style, in spite of an apparent 
cold that made her tones grate sad- 
ly. She had a specialty midway of 
the first act with Eddie Burko at 
the piano, where the rag »umbers 
won something but the talk drooped. 
That first act was a sample of a 
group of practiced players working 
without material. There was talk 
without cease, and to make it sound 
better they rushed it through like 
a picture machine operator anxious 
to get home. Experience may have 
taught them that the stuff wasn't 
there, for when they got to the ef- 
fective bits later they did some ex- 
cellent smooth team work and made 
the bits score. This was true of 
the prize fight and the bit where 
Sherman, as the tramp, tries in vain 
to get arrested. . Burke is the extra 
man of the troupe being the second 
straight and utility man, and, as 
usual, being' lost in the shuffle ex- 
cept for liis piano specialty in the 
Burke-Lillette turn. 

Something like the same situation 
applies to Ben Burt, who does an 
indefinite Hobo ns an assistant comic 
to Sherman. An assistant comic 
and an assistant straight man ap- 
pear to belong to burlesque tradi- 
tion and are accepted as necessary 
without question, but in nine cases 
out of ten they could be spared. 
William Mack was the regular 
straight, a big fellow with a com- 
manding stage presence and entirely 
adequate for all the straight work. 

The "book" was conspicuously 
free from the shopworn bits of 
money changing, gambling devices 
and cafo table scenes. Instead the 
prize fight was fresh in idea, al- 
though there is an epidemic current 
this season of the bit. The doctor's 
office stuff was done smoothly and 
in a really amusing vein. 

The production runs all the way 
from good to dreadful. The choris- 
ters' outfits for the nnwiing of the 
second act recalled the designs of 
15 years ago. meaning that they 
were in the lust degree shabby and 
dingy, but most of the other models 
Were sightly without any pretense to 
richness. The 16 girls Were a will- 
ing lot and a good average for 
•omeliness. Rush. 



characterization that he builds up 
until the house can't get enough of 
him and his quiet methods. 

The book is also by Howard. The 
10 scenes and two acts contain 
many comedy punches all directly 
attributable to the Howard person- 
ality, and his sure knowledgn of 
values in assembling the comedy 
scenes, many of which are veterans. 
An example is "The Misfit King," 
scene 10, which is the old Conroy 
and LeMaire "King of Blackwellis" 
vaudeville act done over slightly. 

From the rest of the male cast 
Howard gets adequate support, but 
he dominates at all times. Pbil 
Peters helped the comedy average 
along with a quiet, old-school 
"Dutch" characterization, opposite* 
Howard's "hick." John Mack turned 
In several punchy character bits, but 
was slightly off on enunciation at 
times. His "Jekyll-Hyde" eontrihu- 
tion was tip top, also his "West- 
erner" and "Ring Master," in the 
circus scene. The latter was one of 
the comedy toppers, with Howard 
as the "African Dodger" confronted 
by a big league pitcher who had 
killed hiH predecessor the day before 
with a fast one. 

Lew Denny handled a straight 
role cleverly, made a neat appear- 
ance and foiled Howard throughout 
most of his comedy scenes. Frank 
Vetrano, Joe Lang and Maurice Cole 
turned in singing specialty as "The 
Three Syncopators** that helped, 
also handling minor roles through- 
out both acts. George Namoli as a 
"cop" in a burlesque on the present 
"stick up," with Howard as a "boob" 
strong-arm aspirant, helped the 
scene to a smashing comedy finish 
with his intelligent portrayal. 

Of the women, Mattie Billie 
Quinn, the soubret, deserved the 
palm on ability and personality. 
She sang and danced acceptably and 
won the house with a magnetic 
smile that was working overtime. 
Miss Quinn stopped the show with 
a hard -shoe dancing specialty on 
one occasion, led numbers in pep- 
pery fashion and looked immense in 
her many changes. 

Irene Leary, the ingenue-sowbret, 
a pretty brunet, slightly shy on the 
pipes, looked classy in her wardrobe 
assortment, with Helen Fordyce not 
living up to her "Galli-Curci" bill- 
ing but exhibiting an exceptional 
voice for burlesque. 

The chorus of 18 were about the 
best-looking bunch that could pos- 
sibly be assembled at the prices. In 
addition tho girls could sing, and 
did. The dancing of eight of the 
girls was so much above the bur- 
lesque average that suspicion is 
aroused that a former ocret out of 
some dancing act is mingled among 
them. They ran to all sizes, with- 
out a patsy in tho gang. The cos- 
tuming of the chorus was unusually 
good as regards colors and designs, 
two of the numbers allowing for 
extravagant costume p trades so 
much in vogue this season. The 
prize-winning costume was a red 
One-piece sheath knickered effect 
over tights. Red leather boots 



forbid "unpatriotic or seditious mat- 
ter." 

An increased appropriation for 
the next fiscal year. 

Charges that exhibitors are vio- 
lating the law and "certain ex- 
changes, undoubtedly with the 
connivance of soma producers," 
have undertaken to escape the pay- 
ment of the prescribed fees. 

A financial statement showing re- 
ceipts of $158,085 and operating 
costs amounting to about $80,000, 
including salaries. 

Statistics showing: Five features 
condemned in toto; licenses issued, 
1.330; permits granted without ex- 
amination (released prior to Aug. 
1), 6,194; films approved without 
eliminations, 1,170; films from 
which eliminations ordered, 160; 
number of eliminations made, 745 
(scenes cut, 477; titles ordered out, 
268); number of reels examined, 
3,630. 

The amendments the commission 
asks are: 

"1. The law should be amend- 
ed so as to ajU-horize the com- 
mission to furnish the film for 
the exhibition of the serial num- 
ber as a part of the license or 
permit leader. 

'2. The law should be amend- 
ed, giving the commission 
power to refuse the granting of 
a license or permit for films 
which contain unpatriotic or 
seditious features or matter. 

"3. Hfee statute should be 
amended in such manner as to 
clearly define educational, sci- 
entific, religious or charitable 
films in such a manner as to 
make clear what films are ex- 
empt from the payment of the 
required fee. 

"4. The law should be amend- 
ed so as to make clear the right 
of the commission to charge 
producers of films which are ex- 
empt from payment of the fee 
a price sufficient to reimburse 
the state for the permit or li- 
cense leader. 

"5. The law should be amend- 
ed so as to empower the com- 
mission to retain the fee paid 
for the original of a film con- 
demned In its entirety for the 
purpose of reimbursing the 
state, particularly for the ex- 
pense it has incurred in re- 
viewing the film." 
"It might be stated." the report 
sets forth, "that since the organiza- 
tion of the commission there has 
been a material improvement in the 
films presented. ... It has been 
demonstrated to the satisfaction of 
the producer that clean and whole- 
some pictures are the ones that 
bring the largest financial return, 
and while there are a few producers 
who evidently desire to cater to the 
lower instincts of the human race, 
and present unclean, immoral and 
salacious films, yet we are glad to 
report that this number is in the 
great minority." 

In another place the commission 
observes, 'The producers themselves 
recognize the fact that a very sub- 
stantial improvement in the charac- 
ter of the films presented is already 
apparent, but those opposed to cen- 
sorship or regulation, of course, at- 
tribute this change to their own ef- 
forts rather than to the creation of 
and work of tho commission." 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON PICTURES 



So much "stuff" has been printed with the appointment of Hays us 
"dictator of pictures" that it has brought out more sharply to the insider* 
all the inside stuff there is to that business, that somehow never gets 
published. To say that Hays or anyone else can dictate to pictures is fooU 
ish, but since the distributors were the ones to chose Hays, maybe the 
dictator can make the distributors act on the level with the inde* 
pendent producers. 

The exhibitors have been given an awful trimming by distributors, 
but the producers have fared Just as badly. There are not over one 
or two of the distributors that have established a reputation for honest 
statements. One of the larger distributors is notorious for trimming, 
with two of its officers reported standing in. The producer with that 
distributor gets trimmed before and after. Another distributor equally 
as big isn't as notorious because it doesn't get caught as often, but when 
caught the other one blames it on the bookkeeping department and settles. 

With the exhibitors, one double-crosses the other. If an exhibitor has 
enough influence or enough houses to secure a low rental price, or pref- 
erence he crosses his associates by accepting and promising not to tell, 
allowing the little fellow in the sticks to be hung up, but demanding 
the support of that little fellow when he wants to put over a job of some 
sort. 

Trimming by the distributor leaves the producer without a haven; 
the exhibitors grow to suspect even themselves and their power lessens. 

The picture business, internally. Is worse today than it ever has been. 
It never will amount to anything as a stabilized industry free from 
hold-ups and legislative restraint until it gets on the level, and there 
are too many people connected with the industry just now who have no 
desire to be on the level, to permit that dream to come true. 

The picture business holds just one man at the present time, who, 
if he would, or, if he had, could have been at the head of it — a man who 
is absolutely honest, too much ho for the business he is in, and a man 
who has the full confidence of the people who know him, for Integrity 
and reliability. He is a man who would take a personal loss rather than 
be accused of trimming anyone. There's no use guessing. It's not Zukor, 
nor Goldwyn, nor Williams, nor Schwalbe, nor any of that particular 
bunch. 



According to a theatrical manager who visited Adolph Zukor with a 
proposition to take over the Hivoli, New York, the reply was that both 
the Rivoll and Riulto were losing money, but were, nevertheless, not 
for sale. 



WAIT! 



THE CABARET GIRLS' 

(Continued from page 10) 
Kelly informed the American he 
had already made arrangements 
with the Columbia. The show is to 
be revamped, it is said, with money 
advanced by the Columbia. 

Had it not been for the burlesque 
battle between the Columbia and 
American the "Cabaret Girls" would 



topped off this one, with the assem- | have been forced to close 
b age heavy on the red. • mL A „ iuiceu io ciose. 

The first act had a novel finish in , ™ e a ™ n * ement with «•* 



a "Bridal Number" with a Pullman 
car effect. The bride and groom 
after the ceremony enter the car. 
which drops a side, disclosing them 
in lingerie and pajamas seated on a 
berth. The eight girls ring the wed- 
ding bells melodiously as an intro- 
duction, each girl handling a bell. 

Another parade number of lavish 
costuming was "Best Jewel of Them 
AM," led by Miss Quinn and Joe 
I/i ng. The choristers, hi costumes 
representing different N precious 
stones with colonial wigs to match 
the costumes, paraded about the 
stage a la Ziegfeld. 

"K nick -Knacks" is a good even- 
ing's entertainment containing all 
tho essentials for a burlesque show. 
The girls are there In abundance 
with pep and costumes. Howard 
takes care of the comedy portions. 
The specialists are all capable per- 
formers, the scenery is new and at- 
tractive and the production up to 
the best of the Wheel. 

If this show doesn't do business 
around the Columbia circuit it looks 
like breakers ahead for burlesque. 
About SO per eenr. of capacity Tues- 
day night. Con. 



Colum- 
bia and the Baltimore bookings 
didn't end Kelly's troubles, for when 
he got to Baltimore Rube Bernstein 
brought injunction proceedings 
Monday, seeking oust the "Cab- 
aret Girla" and install the "Broad- 
way Scandals'' in the Gayety. The 
"Cabaret Girls" opened at the Gay- 
ety, Baltimore,^ Monday but the 
house was dark .Monday night, 
through Bernstein receiving the in- 
junction asked. Tuesday Judge 
Stein granted a stay and following 
the posting of a $5,000 bond by the 
Baltimore Gayety Theatre corpora- 
tion, the "Cabaret Girls* went into 
the Gayety at the Tuesday matinee. 
Bernstein's plea waj for injunc- 
tive relief over an alleged breach 
of contract, it being claimed the 
"Broadway Scandals" was booked 
for tho Gayety, Baltimore, Aug. 21, 
1021. Leon LaskI represented the 
Baltimore Gayety Theatre Co.. a 
Columbia subsidiary. Bernstein 
was represented by Arthur Hamm 
and Stephen McDonough. 




Marshall Neilan's 



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with 



Freckles Barry 

The Greatest Picture of 
Boy Life Ever Screened 

Adapted from Booth Tarkington's celebrated 
book and play. Co-directed by Marshall Neilan 
and Frank O'Connor. 

A First 

National 

Attraction 

There'll Be a Franchise Everywhere 








Friday, January £C, 1C22 



PICTU RES 

BROOKLYN PUBLOCH00L ffifTANJT 

FINANCES ITS OWN FEATURE PICTURE 



37 




Three-Recler with 2,500 Youngsters Has Real Hu- 
man Interest, Teaches Wholesome Moral and 
Arouses Interest in School Work — Epicode of 
Boy Bully Who Gets Licked ' 



Public School No. 9. Yanderbilt 
avenue and Sterling place, Brook- 
lyn, holds the honor of being the 
first elementary public school in the 
world to turn out a full-fledged mo- 
tion picture feature with its own 
pupils for actors. Tho film runs 
yiree reels and was directed by Ar- 
mand Robi. Dr. William M. Rainey, 
principal of No. 9, financed the film 
personally and is responsible for the 
idea. Dr. Rainey also assisted in 
the production of the picture and 
wrote the titles. The latter aVc par- 
ticularly good, comparing favorably 
with the best of the professional 
title writers. The picture was shown 
for the first time Monday night to 
•n Invited audience at the National 
theatre, Brooklyn. 

Following an explanatory title. 



the pupils of No, 9 art soen going to 
school, with a splendid dash of com- 
edy arising from the usual strag- 
glers arriving late. This section 
met a responsive chord among the 
adults in the audience. It will do 
the same anywhere. No. 9 is a 
mixed school, boys and girls, num- 
bering 2,500 pupils. To the credit of 
Director Robi and the kids, who 
range in age from 6 to 3 5 years, 
there was little or no self-conscious- 
ness 'shown by the children when 
before the camera, but one of the 
2.500 appearing in the film looking 
directly at the camera. 

Sport Trophies 

Succeeding scenes show the boys 
and girls in scout costumes, romp- 
ing and playing the games of child- 



DEVELOPMENTS PILING UP 



(Continued fiom page If) 

from the Olympic, New York, and 
upon reaching the Star, Brooklyn. 
Sunday night, the mapagement, act- 
ing on orders from the Columbia 
interests, which control tho house, 
refused permission to the "Bathing, 
Beauties" to enter, likewise refus- 
ing to admit scenery and props. 

3. The Co!umbla people mean- 
while in order to provide an at- 
traction for the Star for this week, 
jumped Harry Hastings' ' llarum 
Scarum'* from Montreal, where it 
played its final week as an Ameri- 
can wheel show, to the Star, where 
it opened Monday. "Harum Sear- 
urn" occupies the statu.' of an un- 
attached attraction. It will con- 
tinue in that way lor the present, 
playing in the American houses 
such as the Gayety, Brooklyn; Capi- 
tol, Washington, and Gayety, Balti- 
more, or any bookings the Columbia 
may arrange for it until the end 
of the season. "Bathirrg Beauties" 
laid off this week. 

4. Jacobs & Jermon's Grown Up 
Babies" was pulled out of the 
American at a day's notice^ by the 
Columbia, , and , rushed from Mil- 
waukee Saturday night to the Gay- 
ety, Brooklyn, making one of the 
longest jumps on record for a bur- 
lesque show, and opening Monday 
at the Gayety. This move was the 
result of the refusal of the Gayety 
management, acting under Colum- 
bia orders, the same as the Star, to 
allow Joe Oppenheimer's "Miss New 
York, Jr.," to bring its stuff into 
the house, "Miss New York, Jr.," 
having been regularly" routed for 
the Gayety by the American wheel. 
"Miss New York Jr.," jumped from 
Fall River to Brooklyn. It is also 
laying off. 

5. The same situation as that ob- 
taining In Brooklyn was brought 
about in Washington and Baltimore 
Sunday night. Sim Williams' 'Girls 
from Joyland," tho regularly listed 
American wheel show for the Capi- 
tol, Washington, was refused ad- 
mission when reaching there from 
Baltimore. "Puss Puss," tho James 
E. Cooper former American wheel 
show, opened at the Capito: Mon- 
J»X, Instead* Williams stated he 
had received no notification he 
Would not be permitted to open at 
Washington, from any source, until 
m reached there Sunday. 

( % in Baltimore Rube Bernstein'i 

"Broadway Scandals," scheduled 
American wheel attraction, was re- 
used admission to the Gayety, and 
*jUike Kelly'fl "Cabaret Girls," ousted 
•'J' the Atnericajl wheel, was placed 

ln the Gayety by the Columbia peo- 
. We Instead. 

One moVo American wheel show 
JJ listed to stop Saturday Charlie 

''•"« nki in'.s "Tlng-a-imgl 1 having de- 
nned to give up the light againnl 
toting i.usiiK'ss. At American bead- 
quartern it was elated Franklin was 
closing his -how of Ins own volition 
; " 'i nith the conm M «»: the Ameri- 
1 " ' !'•»!!< s )lU i afl ociation. 

• • on tfi • pulllnn out 
• Star am] Gkrjrety, Brooklyn; 



Capitol, Washington, and Gayety, 

Baltimore, Saturday by the Colum- 
bia interests was revealed this 
week when it was learned that the 
American Burlesque association had 
served notice on the Columbia about 
Dec. 21 that the American would not 
'play any shows in any of tho houses 
men turned after Jan. 21. No word of 
the American's cancellation of the 
four houses was given out by I. H. 
Herk or any of the American peo- 
ple, nor did the Columbia interests 
i*suo anything on the matter for 
publication. 

It seems Sam Scribner. handling 
the four-house cancellation matter, 
for the Columbia, had it in mind to 
wait until the American's notic > 
had expired and allow the houses to 
depart in the regular way. But the 
rumpus over the failure of Billy 
Vail's American wheel show, "Sweet 
Sweeties," to op.n at Hartford, for 
the Columbia, with subsequent re- 
fusals of "Puss Puss" to play Long 
Branch, and Charlie Franklin's show 
jumping the Bijou,. Philadelphia, 
and leaving that house dark last 
week, on orders from I. H. Herk, 
aggravated Scribner and he decided 
to make a retaliatory move. As a 
result, Scribner didn't wait until 
Jan. 27, but cooked a little surprise 
for the American by waiting until 
Saturday of last week, and on a 
day's notice pulling out the Brook- 
lyn, Baltimore and Washington 
houses a week ahead of tim<\ 

The first intimation the American 
people had of Scribner's intended 
move on the four houses pulled opt 
was when they read it in Variety 
last Friday. Even th^n most of the 
American people didn't believe it, 
as Scribner for. some reason or other 
had not notified the American of the 
pulling out plan up to Friday. It is 
presumed Scribner's waiting until 
Saturday to formally advise the 
American of the pulling out of the 
four houses was to fort stall any 
legal action such a* injunction 
measures the American might have 
taken if advised by Scribner Friday 
i .■ earlier in the week. 

The four "pulled out' American 
houses now comprise a "little Co- 
lumbia wheel*' which arq. to be sup- 
plied with attraction! consisting Of 
the shows that have left and been 
pulled off the American wheel 
through the Columbia offices. 

One of the proposed plans Which 
is under consideration calls for 
the leaving of the different choruses 
of the four shows playing the Star 
and Gayety, Capitol, Washington, 
and Gayety, Baltimore, right in the 
houses they are now playing. This 
would mean permanent or Mock 
chorus in ea< h house. With the re- 
sultant rcductt • of travelling ex- 
penses, through the money ■ayedHn 

transporting the <horist< v.- tft m 
st;tnd to stand. The principals of 

the f«nnur American showi -would 

travel fTom stand to stand, as 
formerly but the .-horns* s would re- 
main fixtures, ;.fter the fashion of 
sto»k burlesque, with a mixture «>f 

t'l • o!d- 1 .;..• \ • (ting itar i«:» a, < 
amplified, Included in th» plan. 



hood; the tots in the kindergarten, 
the latter scenes holding excellent 
human interest stuff, fire drill, st t- 
ting-up exercises, and other calis- 
thenics. 

The various trophies won by the 
school are also shown, J\ s. No. 9 
being the baseball and football 
champ among the Brooklyn' ele- 
mentary schools. Numerous other 
trophies for athletic prowess are- 
shown in a series of scenes. 

One of the most interesting bits is 
a scene that has a bully, typical of 
school life, nagging another kid, dis- 
inclined to fight. The boy finally 
mixes it up with the bully, and the 
latter licks Mr. Good Boy. Monitors 
take the bully to the principal, who 
gives the bully the option of having 
his father sent for or boxing any 
other kid, opponent to be selected by 
bully. Bully picks out opponent, 
and in turn receives a neat licking. 
Not real but well acted, and a dandy 
object lesson unmarred by copy- 
book heroics. 

The girl.s are shown In dancing 
exercises, and cooking everything 
from staple dishes to making bon 
bons. Drawing and singing lessons, 
and geography taught by stereopti- 



- --J C=rz=Z 



con are also shown. Some effective 
comedy Is derived from the arith- 
metio lesson, which has a Seven- 
y ear-older surreptitiously changing 
his blackboard figures when he find* 
that 2 and 3 really make 5 rather 
than 6, his first answer, the discov- 
ery being made via the kid's neigh- 
bor. 

Manual training with a practical 
carpenter shop, and both boys and 
girls making practical things, such 
as lamps, cabinets, etc., are among 
the other interesting scenes making 
up the film. 

The picture concludes with a view 
of the school's war memorial. Dr. 
Rainey intends to continue the pro- 
duction of pictures for bis- school, 
his next being devoted t<> athletics. 
The P. S. No. 9 film holds interest 
not only for the pupils and parents 
of that school, but should make an 
entertaining film for any picture 
house, no matter where situated. 

Bill. 



SHUBERTS NEED 

(Continued from page 10) 
this type of tab probably better 
than producers in any other theat- 
rical field, and the Shubert s are 
likewiso aware of the burlesque 
people's knowledge, hence the re- 
newed casting about for burlesque 
producing allies. 

While the burlesque people of 
both circuits are more than keen to 
consider the Shubert producing 
thing, most of them needing money 
through the bad season, the Colum- 



bia officials still frown on any o:;t- 
side production by Columbia pr<>- 
duceri for the Shubert s, and the 
burlesque nun are still remindful «.f 
BOdini'a disciplining When booking 

the renamed "Peekaboo" with tho 
Shubert vaudeville at the b- ginning 

of the season. 

Within the past wee* all of tho 
Columbia produoera approached by 
the Shuberts several weeks ago 
have again been tendered offers of 
Shubert time for anything they 
might like to do in the tab line. In- 
quiry at the Columbia offices by ono 
of the Columbia producers sought 
by the Shuberts recently, disclosed 
that the ban is still on against Co- 
lumbia producers dabbling in Shu- 
bert vaudeville. 

Just at present most of the Amer- 
ican producers are having their 
hands full keeping their wheel 
shows going, and lack the money to 
engage in vaudeville production. 



SCHENCK'S CRITERION 

Joseph M. Schenc*. has taken 
over the Criterion, New York, from 
Famous Players for two weeks with 
an option, commencing Sunday, 
when he will present there the 
Emcrison-Loos production "A Red 
Hot Romance" — a First National 
release. 

It is claimed there is no special 
significance to the playing of a First 
National picture at the Paramount 
house other than Famous haa noth- 
ing big enough to put for a few 
weeks. 



^Betty 



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and the 

woman 



"A many-sided tri- 
umph. Compelling dra- 
matic intensity that 
grows more gripping 
with every foot of film. 
All the dramatic force 
of the spoken drama." 
— New York Mail 



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(paramount 
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A Pcnrhyn Stnnlaws Production — Scenario by Albert S. Lc V'lfi'O 

Presented by Adolph Zukor 

Adapted from 'The Woman in the Case," by Clyde Fitch 

— - ■ — — ■ ■ — ,.,_-- — — . t 

All the Critics Support What We Said - 

The Greatest Dramatic Picture Ever Made! 



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PICTURES 



Friday, January 20, 1928 



"FOOLISH WIVES" RE-CENSORED 
AFTER FIRST PRESENTATION 



Universale Special at Central Eliminates Through 
"Suggestions" — Laemmle Denies Board Inter- 
vened — Stroheim's Idea, 32 Reels 



The New York State Board of 
Censorship has exercised its alleged 
right to censor a photoplay after It 
had officially approved same and 

permitted it to be shown. 

This occurred In the case of Unl- 
Versal's "Foolish Wives" now play- 
ing at the Central, New York. The 
picture lias been cut from 14 reels 
to 10. Carl Laemmle, Wednesday, 
issued a denial the deletion was 
caused by any objections registered 
on the part of the Censor Board. 
His official denial Is as follows: 

"The changes that have been made 
and the scenes that have been 
eliminated, were cut out as the pic- 
ture was too long, and not because 
•f any action by members »of the 
Board of Censors. There was so 
much to the picture we had great 
difficulty condensing It to 14,000 feet 
as originally shown. I cannot 
emphasize too strongly the cuts 
made after the first showing were 



entirely voluntary on our part and 
that the board's original review of 
the picture and its approval, stood 
unquestioned and met with our com- 
plete approval." 

At the offices of the board in the 
Candler Building Wednesday after- 
noon it was stated the board had 
'recommended" a number of changes 
in the feature and the board had 
also requested Universal to submit 
its advertising matter for approval 
before publication. The board de- 
clined to go into details, claiming 
these were private. 

Eric von Stroheim, producer of 
the picture, is reported to have 
stated to friends this week that he 
had turned over to Universal "a 
perfect story" in 32 reels and that 
all that was now left of it was "the 
bones." Asked how it was possible 
to present 32 reels for an evening's 
entertainment he is alleged to have 
replied: "That is a detail I hadn't 
time to bother about.* 




PROBING THE HAYS MYSTERY 



k- 



(Continued from Page 1) 



is 



year that they offer him, what 
Mr. Hays going to do for them to 
earn it? 

A survey of the situation in Wash- 
ington shows that all that the pic- 
ture industry can expect from Mr. 
Hays' appointment is considerable 
Interference with the business. 

It seems certain motion pictures 
are headed for national censorship. 
The reform socieites are now se- 
curing pledges from Senators and 
Representatives who are coming up 
for re-election binding them to sup- 
port a national censorship meas- 
ure. Blue Laws are also In for a 
revival in a great many localities 
and the pulpit Is already aligned 
wlta the reformers against the 
screen. There is a campaign now 
laid out which Is the biggest in scope 
since that which brought about 
prohibition. To launch that cam 



Hays to head the industry. Some- 
thing of this sort did happen, out 
not in the manner described. The 
idea did not originate then and 
there; it did not materialize out of 
thin air. The fact seems to be it 
had been carefully planted in the 
minds of the individual members of 
the group long before they began 
to sound each other out. « 

They are said to have expressed 
themselves at the time to the effect 
that the N. A. M. *P. I. was dom- 
inated by Famous Players. This 
report subsequently reached Adolph 
Zukor who immediately let it be 
known that if such an Impression 
prevailed he would instruct alj 
Famous Players employes serving 
on Na-tkmal Association committees 
to withdraw. As far as the records 
show none has withdrawn to date, 
but the conspirators thus encour- 
aged proceeded with their plan (or 
rather what they thought was their 



paign a certain Sunday has been I plan) to invite Hays to the presl 



> 



designated, and on the chosen day 
every pulpit in the nation will be the 
scene of the unleashing of an attack 
on the screen. 

Significance of Retirement 
In Washington the real signifi- 
cance of the retirement of Hays 
from the office of Postmaster Gen- 
eral to assume the duties of the 
president of the National Associa- 
tion of the Motion Picture industry, 
is gradually disclosing Itself. That a 
good many of the ordinarily well- 
informed producers and distributors 
who are not of the self-appointed 
and chosen few who conducted the 
negotiations with Mr. Hays, have 
been somewhat perplexed "by the 
whole move is not to be wondered 
at. It wa*s conceived in secrecy, 
carried out in secrecy and the act- 
uating motives were kept so care- 
fully under cover that even now 
some of those of "the inner circle' 
who conducted the negotiations and 
who, therefore, believed they were 
the actual originators of the idea 
do not yet realize that they were 
nothing more than stalking horses 
in the game that was being played. 
Every effort was made by those 
directly engaged in the negotiations 
to prevent the industry at large and 
the public from becoming acquainted 
with the facts. Their efforts at con- 
cealment were as nothing to those 
who first conceived the idea and 
then quietly and ingeniously con- 
trived to remain in tho background 
and yet will reap the lion's share 
of such benefits as may accrue from 
Hays' administration of the indus- 
try's affairs. 

The Prevailing Impression 
The impression has prevailed (hat 
four ,or five leading producing and 
distributing orgrnizations managed 
In some manner to "get together," 
their thoughts as one and their 
hearts beating together in unison 
and with one accord, speaking and 
acting as well as thinking as one, 
became suddenly inspired at tho 



dency of tho association, without 
consultng Zukor, or at least with- 
out attaching the Famous Players' 
signature to the invitation. 
• Hsys Got Proposition 

Long before this step had been de- 
cided on, it is reported on reliable 
authority, the proposal had been 
submitted to* Mr. Hays and that he 
hacT not expressed himself as reluc- 
tant to consider it In well-informed 
picture circles, it is generally con- 
ceded the Initial invitation was first 
presented to Hays by none other 
than Zukor, and that, in so broach- 
ing the subject to the Postmaeter 
General, Zukor took no one in his 
confidence. Later when he saw that 
Hays was not unwilling to listen, 
It is further said a subtle propa*- 
ganda was launched, of which the 
Idea that the Famous Players con- 
trolled tho National Association was 
a part, and which had for its ob- 
ject tho ultimate idea of inducing 
other producers and distributors, 
now believing that they were acting 
on their own, to agree to the ex- 
tending of the invitation to Hays. 

Thus the Famous Players would 
achieve its object— tho election of 
Hays as president of the N. A. M. 
P. I. — without appearing to take 
any hand in the movement. In this 
connection it is pointed out that 
Hays and Zukor had been in con- 
f( Tcnce on several occasions, some 
of tho conferences dating back to 
last Juno, and that long beforo any 
formal proposition of any sort had 
been submitted to Hays, except that 
submitted by Zukor, himself, the 

latter luul ordered his organization 
to makjb a big picture of the post 
offlcb department, "featuring" Mr. 
Hays anojiis work, and to do the 
work free of charge. 

Secret Post Office Picture 
At the time that the filming of 
this production was in proffMM con-i 
slderablo secrecy was maintained^ 
Zukor said nothing about it and 
Hays likewise remained mum on the 



same Instant with the self-^amc J subject. Zukor, when asked about 
Identical determination .to. invite 1 this production at tho time by an 



outsider replied that It "didn't 
amount to anything," and that It 
was in reality only shooting some 
"stock" negative which might sub- 
sequently be used in some Famous 
Players productions. Similarly Hays 
is said to have discounted the work. 
Yet it is known that it cost several 
thousands of dollars, was shot from 
a prepared scenario; that several 
Famous Players employes were ex- 
clusively assigned to the task and 
that the resultant production was a 
real feature production of the usual 
length. 

Hays' Govt. Film Plan 

Shortly before this production was 
undertaken Mr. Hays had expressed 
himself as interested in a plan 
whereby the millions of feet of film 
owned by the United States Gov- 
ernment might be made better 
available to the public at large. 
Hays at the time proposed in a 
Cabinet meeting that the govern- 
ment picture activities be surveyed, 
co-ordinated and centralized, and 
finally brought under >his depart- 
ment for distribution to the people. 
'He had various plans under con- 
sideration whereby his idea could 
be carried into effect. These plans, 
it is said, were submitted to Zukor. 
Shortly after this conference it is 
said Hays suddenly became luke- 
warm so far as this proposition was 
concerned. Current gossip has it 
that Hays, full of enthusiasm' for 
the idea, found Zukor opposed to 
it, not openly but rather greeting it 
as impracticable. Zukor, it is said, 
saw in the scheme formidable com- 
petition and decided to discourage 
it. He was fearful Hays might go 
ahead with the plan despite his 
negative attitude and thus only in- 
duce competition, but also obtain for 
the Harding administration a great 
credit, which, while H would prove 
a good thing fpr the Harding ad- 
ministration, would prove a bad 
thing for the motion picture indus- 
try at large. 

Zukor's Decision 
With this conclusion In mind 
Zukor is said to have decided that 
no more time could be wasted in' 
inducing Hays to accept the presi- 
dency of the National Association. 
If Hays could be induced to accept 
the office naturally his government 
picture plans would come to naught 
as far as the government was con- 
cerned, but would be carried over 
to the National Association and, if 
put' into effect under Hays' presi- 
dency as a move fostered by the 
industry than by the Harding ad- 
ministration the former would get 
the credit of a big philanthropic 
move which would cost the indus- 
try nothing and at the same time, 
in addition to the Influences that 
Hays would personally sway, ally 
the administration with the in- 
dustry and thVis virtually control 
the government output and elimi- 
nate all dangers of competition. 

In short, it is held that Hays was 
not asked to head the industry 
merely because he was a whirlwind 
organizer, but because he had some 
good schemes in mind, because he 
could act as a sort of Liaison officer 
between the Harding administration 
and the industry and bo particu- 
larly useful because of his political 
knowledge In combatting censorship 
and all legislation, national and 
State, and all movements of any sort 
inimical to the industry. 

It Is pointed out that when the 
Federal Trade Commission returned 
its indictment against tho Famous 
Players, the movement to induce 
Hays to leave the Cabinet and head 
the industry took definite shape and 
form. This may have been a mere 
coincidence. In any event the 
Federal Trade Commission investi- 
gation is a fact and it is said to 
have caused Zukor a good many 
anxious moments and not a little 
maneuvering. It is also a fact there 
Is a measure pending before the 
Senate Judiciary Committee calling 
for a Congressional Investigation 
of the political activities of the mo- 
tion picture industry. Jt Is under- 
stood the Federal "Trade Commis- 
sion contemplates probing into the 
affairs of other large producers and 
distributors. 

The Blue Laws and Reforms Figure 
Then there is the move on tlie 
part of the blue law and reform 
organisations now will developed 
and backed by millions of dollars 
and exacting pledges for tho enact- 
ment of censorship laws. The re- 
formers are exceedingly active and 
at the same time the activities of 
the Federal Trade Commission have 
increased and now throughout the 
country talk of censorship Is in- 
creasing instead of decreasing. 

These are all jobs that can best 
bo tackled at the present moment 
hy a man well known to the Repub- 
lican leaders everywhere, for at the 
present moment the Republican 
party Is not only uppermost na- 
tionally, but In a number of States 
as well. Ways carries into his new 



TRADE CHIEFS VISITING HAVANA 
TO GET CUBAN FILM CONCESSION 



William A. Brady There— Howell's Visit— Laemmle 
on the Way — Censorship as a Smoke Screen— * 
Need of Funds Actuates Island's Government 



i» Havana, Jan. 18. 

The fact that the Cuban Govern- 
ment is about ready to issue a con- 
cession that will cover the import- 
ing of all Alms into the island has 
brought a rush of film people here. 
At present William A. Brady is on 
the ground, with Carl Laemmle re- 
ported on the way. A few weeks ago 
Ben Howells was here and tried to 
start negotiations in behalf of his 
brother's film exporting company in 
New York, but was unsuccessful in 
doing so. 

The government Is badly in need 
of funds and the film concession is 
looked upon as one manner in which 
the revenue of the island may be 
swelled. 

A censorship board which will 
work ostensibly to prevent any ob- 
jectionable lllm subject from being 
brought into the island will be the 
guise behind which those control- 
ling the concession will operate. 



Laemmle has been active in the 
island and has an interest in a cou- 
ple of theatres there. His local rep- 
resentative has been working on 
the concession plan for some little 
While^but there seems to be some- 
thing of a prejudice against the 
Universal for some reason or other. 

Brady, who is now here, is work- 
ing on the matter at present, and' 
as former head of the N. A. M. P. K 
his advice regarding the picture sit- 
uation in the country is regarded 
very highly by those about the 
President. 



WALLACE REID'S "DICTATOR" 

Wallace Reid will next make 

Richard Harding Davis' play, "The 

Dictator," directed by James Cruze. 

It is being adapted by Walter 
Woods from the spoken version in 
which Willie Collier starred. 



office not only the prestige of being 
an ex-Cabinet officer, but he comes 
as the former National Chairman of 
the Republican party under whose 
administration most of the Repub- 
lican Senators and Congressmen 
were elected. 

It is openly claimed in Washing- 
ton Hays must have pledged cer- 
tain screen assistance, to the Ad- 
ministration. Whether the Admin- 
istration has in return made cer; 
tain pledges through Hays is a 
matter of conjecture. In this con- 
nection those who are speculating 
on the subject point to the official 
announcement of both President 
Harding and Mr. Hays given out 
when the latter's retirement from 
the Cabinet was f romally announced. 
The President's formal announce- 
ment says: "If the arrangement 
proves to be, when the details are 
worked out, what It seems to be, I 
cannot well interpose any objec- 
tions to Mr. Hays retiring from the 
Cabinet to take up a work so im- 
portant. It is too great an oppor- 
tunity for a helpful public service 
for him to refuse — we have agreed 
to look upon the situation from the 
broadest viewpoint and seek the 
highest public good." 

Mr. Hays' official announcement, 
approved by the President, says: 
",With the P resident's consent I 
have decided to undertake a work 
suggested by the motion picture 
producers and distributors." 

The Veiled Statements 

What is the "work so important"? 
What is the "helpful service"? 
What is "the highest public good' 
that will bo served by Hays' ac- 
ceptance of the job? What does 
Mr. Hays' utterance "with the 
President's consent" imply and 
signify? 

Washington is asking If this 
phraseology, so mysterious in its 
veiled meaning, doesn't point to 
some exchange of pledges made or 
contemplated between the Repub- 
lican Administration and the pic- 
ture Industry. Mr. Hays' says: 
"No contract has yet been executed." 
The President refers In his state- 
ment to details to be "worked out.'" 

Another leading question is: HOW 
can Hays, as president of the N. A. 
Ml 1'. I. made up of only distributors 
and producers of prominence, hand 
over the screNis which are controlled 
by the theatre owners or exhibitors? 

The M. P. T. O. A. Angle 

Wine ones say this Is easy. They 
point to the sudden flop of Sidney 
Cohen, president of tho Theatre 
Owners of America, who on Friday 
at the last minute came to the fore 
with a brief statement the exhibitors 
were against having their screens 
Pjfdgod, his stat.nvnt Cloning only 
umpv Variety had sounded the key- 
note Friday nvrning from the ex- 
hibitors themselves. Cohen about 
t^e time the Hays movement was 
started was breathing fire and sul- 
phur attacks against Zukor and the 
Famous Players. Ho went about 
formally declaring what evidence he 
had against Famous Players, de- 
tailed it in speeches delivered and 
promised to hand it over to the Fed- 
eral Trade Commission. Suddenly 
he turned about. Tho Federal Com- 



mission has had no evidence from 
Cohen tc date. 

All these strange moves, coming 
so closely together: the Hays-Zukor 
secret conferences, the return of the 
Federal Trade Commission indict- 
ment, the introduction in the Senate 
of a resolution to investigate the "> 
political activities of the industry, I 
the gratuitous production of a Post 
Office Department picture by Fa- 
mous Players, the reversal of Sidney 
Cohen, the plan to ask Hays to head 
the industry, the formal invitation, 
the effort to prevent the facts of 
leaking to the public, the pressure 
brought to bear on the subsidized 
trade press and the pressure sought 
to be exerted on thu daily press and 
on Variety when It discovered the 
facts, not t* print them — are they 
moves without relation? 

A Triumph for Reformers 

Out of all the mass of facts and 
conjecture, one thing loones sure 
and that is that reform societies and 
organizations greet Hays' elevation 
to tho head of the picture industry 
as a triumph for their cause. What- 
ever others may believe regarding 
the tie-up' between the Republican 
administration and the picture In- 
dustry, tho reformers look upon It 
as an actual fact, and they propose 
to make tho best use of it. It is 
easier for them, tl^py declare, when 
their issues are strictly moral as 
they say, too, through no effort o£ 
their own, have them suddenly con* 
verted into political issues. 

Hays' appointment has brought 
about this change. If he goes forth 
to fight censorship anywhere his 
very presence will immediately con* 
vert the Issue into one between Re« 
publicans and Democrats. When 
the issue has thus become partisan, 
pledges can be exacted and it can 
be taken, as the prohibition issue 
was, straight to the polling booths 
of the nation. That Is what the 
reformers want. 

It is something of a question 
Vhether Hays' former political bed- 
fellows won't look at him as a pretty 
lucky chap to have $150,000 a year 
handed to him on a silver platter, 
and also note he is the one getting 
all tho best of it. 

Hays' Task in NeV York State 

One of tho first and immediate 
|0bs of Mr. Hays will be to bring 
about a change in the status of at* 
fairs In New York State. Here tlie 

screen is pledged to the Dcihocratio 
party. Tho pledge was m.'ide when 
the Democratic State Committee 
was Induced to institute a plank 
against censrrshlp in its platfort*" 
Hays, as one of the shrewdest 
politicians in the country, watched 
with interest the recent mayoralty 
campaign in New York city: be 
knew that the screen were pledged 
to Dylan, he saw what o huge ma- 
jority Hylan rolled up. How ' !! '" h 
of that was due to the power of l) ' 
screen no one knows, but H •> 
not the sort of man to dlscoui 
thing that contributes to p 
success. 

Political Perty Question Again 

The Republican party doesn't ^ 
the Democrat ; to win in New YotK 

(Continued on page 39) 



January SO, 198£ 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT— Pages 34 to 39 

PICTURES 



39 



3JSH GOVERNMENT ASSUMES CONTROL 
OF ALL PICTURE THEATRES IN BRITAIN 



Home Office to Issue New Regulations Expected to 
Make Impossible Situation for Exhibitors — An- 
nouncement Held Back — Causes Consternation 



CENSOR REPEAL UP 



Bill Introduced in New York Assem- 
bly to Wipe Out Board 



London, Jan. 18. 

Astonishment and bewilderment 
bive assailed the few picture peo- 
ple here who are aware the Home 
Ojjtee will take over tfce regulation 
of all picture theatres in the United 
Kingdom at the end of the weeK. 
Hew regulations have been framed. 

If these are carried out without 
extensive alteration it will make 
the position of every exhibitor in 
Great Britain impossible of tenure. 
Some regulations show great ig- 
norance of the apparatus and re- 
quirements. 

That the Home Office would take 
the kinematograph exhibitors in 
hand has been so far unsuspected, 
and when word of the new -authority 
reaches the trade consternation will 
result. 

The Home Office governing Eng- 
land and Scotland is represented in 
the British Cabinet by the Secretary 
of State for Home Affairs. 

The above dispatch from London 
describes regulation, not censorship 
as it is understood over here. That 
the same thing might be possible in 
this country with every picture the- 
atre subject to general regulation 
has been thought of in the picture 
industry, but they saw no way to 
accomplish it even should the prop- 
osition- be seriously advanced by any 
group or body. 

In England the government is dif- 
ferent. In some ways it corresponds 
to the government of the District of 
Columb'a, including the city of 
Washington. This square of land is 
under federal control and was ceded 
to the Federal government by Vir- 
ginia and Washington. Its govern- 
ance is legislated by Congress, and 
it has its own courts, police and 
so on. 

In England general authority is 
ceded by Parliament ' to the Home 
Office, but this is not the case with 
'Congress and the District. As a 
result of the English situation, the 
Home Secretary has power to issue 
rules which become the law and this 
is what has happened in regard to 
the regulation of picture theatres. 



CARTOON DISPUTE 

Argument Over Booking of "Dream"' 
at Strand 



Injunction proceedings are threat- 
ened against the Strand (New York) 
theatre management by J. Austin 
Pynes, to prevent the continued 
showing of one of the Winsor Mc- 
Cay series of animated cartoons, 
"The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend," 
part of the current week's pro- 
gram. 

The cartoons were produced by 
McCay, in association with Harry 
Marks, of New Brunswick, N. J., 
who vested the New York State 
rights in Fynes and B. K Bim- 
berg. The latter, in turn, authorized 
Lou Rogers to handle the bookings. 
It is claimed McCay and Marks 
placed the present release with the 
Strand without their sanction. Jo- 
seph Plunkett, of the Strand, says 
it is a matte*) for adjustment be- 
tween McCay and Marks and Fynes 
and Bumberg. 



"ELI ELI" IN 1 1 REELS 

Rowland's Production, Shown in 
Ph. la., to Be Cut to 7,000 Feet 



Albany N. Y., Jan. 18. 

Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier 
(Democrat of New York county) 
presented a bill Jan. 9 designed "To 
repeal chapter 715 of the Laws of 
1921, creating a Motion Picture 
Commission of the State of New 
York, licensing motion picture film, 
regulating foes, permits and the du- 
ties of the commission." 

This is the Measure erroneously 
imputed to Senator James J. Walker 
in the State Senate. The Assembly 
proposal was referred to the com- 
mittee on ways and means. 

Senator Walker's bill, presented 
Jan. 10, proposed an increase in the 
state tax exemption from $1,000 to 
$3,000 for single persons and from 
$2,000 to $5,000 for married persons 
(applying jointly to husband and 
wife). This measure went to the 
committee on taxation and re- 
trenchment. 



FIRE RULES DEFERRED 

Washington Exchange Men* 'Must 
Move or Remodel Mather Bldg. 



Washington. D. C. Jan. 18. 

Managers of the local film ex- 
changes have requested the District 
Commissioners to postpone for six 
months tho enforcement of the re- 
cently adopted regulations for the 
District of Columbia to prevent 
fire in buildings where films are 
stored. 

The Mather building , wherein 
most of the exchanges are located, 
Is on G street, and it would require 
a heavy expenditure to remodel the 
building along the lines of the new 
regulations. This building alone 
holds the offices of 25 of the local 
3G exchanges. 



FILM THEFT BILL 
UP IN WASHINGTON 



Makes 
Stolen 



Transportation 
Prints Prison 
Offense 



of 



ABDUCTION CONVICTION 

Buffalonian Lured Young Girl With 
Promises 



GRIFFITH^ NEXT 

Decision in Abeyance, but He Won't 
Do South American Film 



Philadelphia, Jan. 18. 

"Eli Eli," a film production .re- 
cently made, independently at Betz- 
wood by George Rowlands, had its 
first private showing Sunday night 
at the Betzwood Inn. 

It was in 11 reels, but will prob- 
ably be cut to seven, according to 
Mr. Rowlands, who directed the 
film. * 



"The Orphans of the Storm," hav- 
ing been set in New York, Philadel- 
phia, Boston and Cleveland, D. W. 
Griffith's next undertaking is still 
in abeyance. He will not make 
known his decision until at least 
six weeks hence. Applicants for 
casting at the Griffith office are be- 
ing told this, i 

But the producer probably will 
not accept the invitation delivered 
to him by a delegation from one of 
the South American republics to 
do a Latin-American patriotic sub- 
ject for which the government in 
question la willing to provide the 
finance. 



Buffalo, Jan. 18. 
Love whisperings, promises of 
untofd riches, and a movie-stardom, 
were features of the trial of Robert 
De Long, 40, former superintendent 
of the Regent, charged with ab- 
ducting bobbed-haired Mildred 
Wambach, 17, an usher at the the- 
atre. De Long lured the girl from 
Buffalo to West New York., N. J., 
with offers of picture stardom. 



DRINK PICTURES IN DEMAND 

The State-righting of the filmiza- 
tion of "Ten Nights in a Bar-Room" 
having caught on, is to be followed 
by others with title as similar as 
may be thought of. 



LeBARON, DIRECTOR-GENERAL 

The Cosmopolitan *his week ap- 
pointed William Le Baron its di- 
rector-general. Verne Porter suc- 
ceeds to Le Baron's former position 
as scenario editor. 



CHAUTARD ENGAGED 

Will Direct Pauline Frederick 
"Clementina" 



in 



Considerable interest was ex- 
pressed this week when It became 
definitely know • Emile Chautard 
had signed with R-C Pictures at a 
large salary to direct Pauline Fred- 
erick. The largeness of the salary, 
it was learned, was 'the result of 
former overtures made to this for- 
«ign director, which did not come 
through. Signing him was the re- 
sult of a summons from Miss Fred- 
erick. 

No announcement has been made, 
hut it is said her next picture will 
he "The Glory of Clementina," by 
William J. Locke. This story has 
been avoided heretofor by stars 
hecause the leading character is a 
middle-aged woman. 

An understanding has been 
reached whereby the K-C forces 
*H1 concentrate on Miss Frederick's 
ne »t picture. Gasnier was not re- 
engaged by R-c and ha> formed a 
working partnership with B. P. 
Schulberg, hvwiig the big coast 
Jtudlo to Miss Frederick, llaya- 
k *wa ar.d Doris May. 



PROBING HAYS MYSTERY 



Congressman Joseph Walsh, of 
Massachusetts, has introduced in 
the House of Representatives a bill 
known as the Film theft bill, which 
makes it an offense punishable by 
a fine of $5,000 or five years' im- 
prisonment to transport in inter- 
state commerce a stolen fllm, or to 
transport such film "without ascer- 
taining by diligent inquiry that the 
person delivering or selling the 
same has a legal right to do so." 

The measure was Introduced on 
behalf of the National Association 
of the Motion Picture Industry, and 
was drawn by Chairman H. Minot 
Pitman, of the association's film 
theft committee after a conference 
with Department of Justice officials. 
Prosecution of film thefts under 
State penal codes for larceny has 
been unsatisfactory! and the move 
is designed to break up illicit traffic 
in stolen or duped films by a Fed- 
eral enactment. 

"In the proposed law I have in- 
serted a clause," said Mr. Pitman, 
"making a person guilty of a crime 
who deals in stolen films, which 
constitutes interstate or foreign 
commerce without ascertaining that 
the person selling or delivering the 
property has a legal right to do so. 
I consider this the most important 
section of the whole bill, as every 
film bears on its face evidence of 
the owner, and anyone dealing in 
films can easily ascertain by Inquiry 
at the nearest branch office whether 
the person selling the film haa the 
right to do so. 

"Usually when a film Is stolen it 
is at the instigation of a receiver 
of stolen property. It frequently 
happens that the actual thief, who 
is often a mere boy, receives from 
$10 to $50, whereas the receiver who 
exports it gets from $500 to $1,000." 



MUSIC LICENSES 

American Society Starting Legal 

Drive Against Theatres and 

Restaurants 



D *i«ion Reserved in Spiegel Claim 

Schenectudy, Jan. 18. 
Decision has been reserved in the 
*™°n brought against William M. 
Shirley^ local motion picture ex- 
hibitor, hy Max Spiegel, of New 
y °rk, w ho alleges that Shirley's the- 
* tr e. the Strand, is named in viola - 
ion of an agreement between the 
w °- Spiegel's new theatre, the 
Strand, |g We)] under way here, and 
he tiled Shirley to restrain the let- 
ter from using the name on his re - 
c «ntiy remodeled Palace theatre. 






Agner Ayrcs in "The Ordeal" 

AgtH's Ayres will be 

T ho Ordeal/* by W 
H »ugham. 



starrer in 

Somerset 



(Continued from page 38) 

State, so Mr. Hays will, on taking 
office, have one political problem 
facing him directly. Perhaps this is 
one of Vthe details" to be "worked 
out," as the President said. 

Incidentally, where is Mr. Hays 
going to stand on the question of the 
Arbuckle pictures which Mr. Zukor 
has on his shelf? No matter which 
way the present trial turns in re- 
gard to the comedian, there is going 
to be something of a question re- 
garding tho Arbuckle pictures after 
the trial is over, and they represent 
something like $3,000,000 to Zukor. 
Will Hays in the position of "the 
Landis of pictures" be big enough 
to swing public opinion in favor of 
the pictures the Famous Players was 
compelled to withdraw from cir- 
culation? 

In the connection of "working 
out the details," it is asked, if 
the reason William A. Brady was 
replaced as the head of the N. A. 
If. P. I. by Hays, is that Brady is 
a Democrat and Hays a Repub- 
lican. Brady was head of the as- 
sociation, but not consulted re- 
garding the Hays* move, it is said. 
The final question the trade asks 
is, what was there to conceal? 
And must the industry, with Hays 
at its head, redeem pledges, made 
by whom? 

$600,000 Yearly Expense 

The expense of the Hays admin- 
istration of pictures, including his 
personal salary of $150,000 annually. 
baa been figured to reach $500,000 
a year. It includes the office and 
staff of assistants and clerks. 

A clause in the Hays contract 
with the National Association, that 
was to have been signed Wednesday 
night, is said to provide that Hays' 
fiVst year's salary of $150,000 shall 
be deposited in a bank, from Which 
IIa> ^ will draw monthly the pro 
rata portion. As the monthly salary 
is withdrawn from the bank the re- 
port is that the clause obligates the 
association . to deposit a sufficient 
amount to keep the balance at 
$150,000. the equivalent of Hays 

rtnal third year salary under the 
agrei ment. 



Exhibitors around New York have 
not changed their attitude toward 
the Hays appointment. While op- 
posed to it as before, they are grow- 
ing more firmly of the opinion that 
whatever expense is incurred 
through the Hays administration of 
pictures, and whether they are a 
party, willingly or otherwise, to any 
Hays movement or orders, they will 
still be called upon to pay all the 
expenses of the Hays reign through 
added tax on the rental price of 
pictures from the producers who 
are members of the N. A. 

Sidney Cohen's Statement 

A statement this week from the 
New York office of the Theatre 
Owners of America indicates the ex- 
hibitors' organization is maintain- 
ing what in diplomacy or practical 
polities would be called a "trading 
position." The declaration comes in 
the form of a report of the board 
of directors' meeting Jan. 12 in 
Washington to complete arrange- 
ments for the national convention 
next May at the capital. 

These excerpts pretty well out- 
line the attitude of the theatre 
owners: 

"No political propaganda of any 
kind will be permitted on our 
screens, except where the welfare 
of the theatre-going public and the 
progress of our industry is threat- 
ened. . . ." 

•If the advent of Mr. Hays or any 
other capable man into the manu- 
facturers' division will c< rrect some 
of the unsatisfactory business rela- 
tions now prevailing, it will' meet 
With the approval of every theatre 
owner and real friend of the in- 
dustry. . . ." 

"The month of November Is con- 
sidered the banner month in the 
motion picture business. Conse- 
quent to the efforts „f the theatre 
Owners to bring this form of enter 
talninent within the rea« h of all the 
people, bos olfice receipts were ap- 
proximately $12,000,000 less in No- 
vember, K)L'l, than in the sam- 
month In 1 1»20, while motion picture 
producers exacted from motian pic- 
ture theatre owners nearly $4,000,- 
i : i. lore for their pictures in No- 



vember, 1921, than In the same 
month of the previous year. This 
fact is clearly substantiated by gov- 
ernment reports. . . ." 

"We also want to mak • the the- 
atre owner the solo judge, guided* 
by the people of his community, of 
what shall appear on the screen of 
his theatre and we hope to be able 
at all times to guarantee this kind 
of service to the public. We, there- 
fore, stand in an Independent posi- 
tion and would be opposed to any 
moves, no matter how well intended, 
which militates against this gener- 
ally accepted American attitude." 

The statement wa inspired by the 
speech Senator Harrison of Mis- 
sissippi in the U. S. Senate imply- 
ing that the screen might be used 
for political propaganda if Post- 
master General Hays were at the 
head of the industry. 

Present at the Washington meet- 
ing were National President Sidney 
S. Cohen and Executive Of.'.cers Bu- 
ford, True Fay, O'Reilly, Collins, 
Manheimer, fc'teffos, Harris, Lustig, 

Peters, Pramer, Vartter, o'Toole, 
Whitchurst and Schmidt 

HAYS STATEMENTS 

Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. 

Will H, Hays, head of a national 
association of the motion picture 
companies, when approached by 
Variety's Washington representative 
with a. request for a statement, said 
through his secretary, 'I feel 1 
should make no statement until 
such time as the formal contract Is 
signed, but I am entering this work 
with a set purpose in view." 

The Postmaster General said that 
he had Ave purpoes in view, first, 
Americanization, he believed the 
films offer the greatest of opportuni- 
ties for this so important work; 
second, moral development by the 
presentation of films of clean moral 
■torlea; third, the widest possible 
use of the educational advantages 
and possibilities; fourth, a realiza- 
tion of the great field for real con- 
strue live work, nnd lastly it ir* Mr. 
Hays' belief that by elevating the 
films to a higher plane the proaperitj 
of the. Industry will i" • urcd. 



The American Society of Com- # 
posers, -Authors and Publishers is 
starting a legal drive against the 
picture houses and restaurants 
using the musical numbers of the 
members of the association without 
having been licensed by. it. 

Nathan Burkan, the attorney for 
the society, is preparing to proceed 
against over 20 picture theatres in 
Greater New York. The damages 
in each case is a minimum of $250 
allowable under the copyright law 
of 1909. and the crusade will bring 
about $5,000 into the coffers of the 
society. 



BEAUVAIS QUITS 

Canadian Saye He's Guide, 
•n Actor 



Not 



Montreal, Jan. 18. 

Fred Beauvais will not try pic- 
ture acting again, according to his 
own statement. 

Asked by a Variety representa- 
tive if he Intended making another 
picture to follow his "I^ontly Trail' 
(decried by the exhibitors In the 
States), Beauvais said: "Never. 
I'm a guide, not an actor." 



PICTURE MEN WED 

Jack Hyland, assistant director 
of Hope Hampton Productions, was 
married January 15 to Dorothy 
Manning, non-professional, at the 
Church of the Annunciation, New 
York. 

Haskell II. Master, sales manager 
of United Artists* branch office at 
Winnipeg, Can., was recently mar- 
ried to Lillian Isman. 



B'KLYN'S NEWEST HOUSE 

The latest theatre projected for 
Brooklyn is in the Platbush section, 
at Church and Platbush avenue 
It is to -be -erected by Jn<ob Frank»l, 
who owns tho Warwick, Brooklyn. 
The theatre will bo on a f-Ite 300x 
4e0 and seat 2.500. 

The neighborhood now holds two 
or three theatres < ' large capacities. 



Holt and Daniels Co Stars 
lack Holt and Bebe. Daniels will 
bo c o-starred in a n< w story of 
Alaska by Monte M. Kstttrjohn. 



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NEW YORK CITY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922 



48 PAGES 



THEATRE BUSINESS JUMPS 



DOLLYS PLAY 10 WEEKS IN 5 
FOR $25,000, NEW HIGH MARK 



Open at Palace, New York, Feb. 20, Booked by 
Marinelli — Double Houses Each Week — Have 
Been Abroad Two Years— $2,500 Weekly 





MAY 






*i 



:*. 



Dolly Sisters (Roszica and V -nc- 
*0. playing in Europe for the last 
^two years or more, have been 
booked over here by the Marinelli 
office, opening at the Palace. New 
York, Feb. 20. 

| The Dolly Sisters -cooking calls 

!»r ten weeks of Keith time, but it 

1 will be played in five weeks, the act 

Hbubling each of the five weeks, 

Which includes the Palace booking. 

The sisters will receive $2,500 

weekly for each of the five houses 

played, with a similar Balary for the 

bouse doubled each week. 

j { The booking totals slightly less 

: &an $25,000 In salaries for the sister 

act, in the five weeks of playing, a 

record both in the amount of money 

received and the fact of playing ten 

Weeks in five, and at but five houses. 



AL TRAINS TO 
BOOM PATRONAGE 






PLAY'S BROADWAY REPEAT 

. The Selwyns have decided on a 
.Jibvel booking experiment which 
fwill bring Jane Cowl back to Broad- 
way in "Smilin' Through." This 
drama ran at the Broadhurst two 
seasons ago. This season the repeat 
'engagements played attracted big- 
ger business than the first dates and 
the managers expect the same re- 
sults for a Broadway repeat. 
• It is planned to bring "Smilin* 
Through" back about Easter time, 
flhe Times Square probably being 
assigned the attraction. That book- 
ing depends on the run of "A Bill of 
Divorcement" which is still pulling 
strongly at the Times Square. 



M 



GALLERIES AT 50 CENTS 



Chicago. Jan. 23. 
Prices of admission at the Powers 
-Shd Illinois hero for admission into 
♦he galleries of these houses have 
**«n cut fi-om $1 to 30 cents. 

Harry J. Powers, who operates 
these theatres, says he mads the re- 
duction to conform to the spirit, of 
Jho times, which is a dsslrs to get 
hack to "old fashioned prices" and 
V> make the second balcony seats 
or.ee morn attractive to the public. 

Kuth Chatterton is appearing in are reported to have wired * ..i i 
•Mary Rose" at the Illinois, and "Mr. j LA*»nml« flom h "' oflfcri "? V."" 
gm Passes By" is the attraction atUtJ.00* tot the CUta from loo U 
»tl1i* Powers. - ; . WlTtft! 



Up-State Small Timer Goes 
After Outlying Territory 

Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 25. 

The answering barrage of the 
Avon theatre in the Sesonske-Emp- 
sall vs. Nathan L. Robbins "war," 
resulting from the Robbins invasion 
of this city through the purchase of 
the Olympic and the Palace, came 
this week when the Avon pulled its 
long-heralded "30.000 Week," so- 
called because Charles Sesonske 
claims the Avon must play to 30,000 
admissions during the week to 
break even. 

The Avon's big stunt was to ar- 
range for. a special train to run 
through from Carthage nightly, 
making all intervening stops, with 
a return schedule after the last Avon 
night performance. V 

The Avon bill for the fitst half 
featured the Agnes Ayres £lm, "The 
Lane That Had Nd^Xufning," ad- 
vertised as "first time outside of 
New York"; the musical farce, 
"Pardon Me," and four vaudeville 
acts. 

For the last half, the film feature 
is Doug. Fairbanks' 'Three Muska- 
teers," with five other vaudeville 
acts completing the program. 

The two Bobbins' houses offered 
strenuous opposition, the Olympic 
booking the Cosmopolitan-mad<' 
"Oct Rich WalllOgford" and Larry 
Semon's "Rent Collector. The Pal- 
ace had William Duncans "Where 
Men Are lien" and Jive acts of 
Vaudeville at 20 cents top. 




Improvement Appears Prac- 
tically Country-Wide — 
Broadway Receipts En- 
courage Optimism — "Cap- 
tain Applejack" Leaps to 
Van— Combing Road for 
Broadway Attractions 



SALES OF 100,000,000 TALKING 
RECORDS, FORECAST FOR 



Music Publishers Bound to Prosper by Boom Looked 
For Following Cut in Retail Price of Standard 
Disk Makers — Must Sell More Pianos 



PRODUCTION SPEEDED 



UNIONS "TAKE ALL" 
FN YIDDISH THEATRES 

Agent in Box Office Collects 
Show's Share for Division 



'FOOLISH 1VI7ES" CUI3 OFFER 
Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 
Che ;.-r rjennett. he id ot Bonnet! 
Film Luboratoi I •■-. and Fran!; Law- 
rence, for r L'nhersal Mm < dttor. 



An upward movement In box 
office figures in virtually the entire 
Broadway list was the feature of 
the legitimate field last week. 
Dramas in many cases enjoyed a 
boost in gross of $1,000 and more 
over the normal pace those attrac- 
tions had been going. Following 
the statements from the road a 
week earlier that business was bet- 
tering, it supplied for the first time 
this season a note of confidence 
that the slump was ended. Particu- 
larly from Thursday on last week 

(Continued on Page 2) 



CALLS ON CHURCHMEN 
TO ELEVATE STAGE 



"Support and Advertise the 
Lord," Plea of Minister 

Mt Vernon, N. Y., Jan. 25. 
TIarry Davenport, of the "Thank 
You" company, who has been ap- 
pearing and preaching at New York 
churches, read the scripture lesson 
at the First Presbyterian church 
here yesterday and Rev. J. Hollister 
took the occasion as an appropriate 
one to- preach regarding the evils 
of the present day stage. He blamed 
\« opie lor not taking a hand to cor- 

( Continued on page 11) 



The Yiddish theatrical unions 
have been paying some attention to 
Equity tactics. The latter body has 

been known to appoint a special 
deputy to represent the company, 
when the manager was behind in 
salaries, in order to see that the at- 
traction's share of the gross went 
to the players. That has* usually 
been done with the consent of the 
management. The Yiddish unions 
have taken the idea and "improved" 
on It, the show's director (also a 
member of the union) sitting in the 
box office of a current attraction and 
pocketing every penny that comes in. 
The gross is split up among play- 
ers and other members of the union 
who are employed In the house, 

there being a union for ticket sell- 
ers as well as, stage workers. As 
the agreement in the Jewish theatre 
provides for the manager guaran- 
teeing a season of 38 weeks, he can 
do nothing to interfere. His only 
"out" is that the players will be- 
come dissatisfied with sum allotted 
to them and bring about a closing 
of the house. There is no^news- 
paper-ndvertising, since there is no 
one who will pay for it. One of the 
critics of Hie downtown union meth- 
ods explained the closed shop had 
virtually closed the house. 



STATE CONVENTION IN FEB. 

The convention of the Ne.v York 
State men ' rs of the M. P. Theatre 
owners of America is to be h^'d in 
Albany lub. 14-16. 



LOS ANGELES, JR., MARCH 1 

I«os Angeles, Jan. 23. 

The opening of the Hill Street 

Junior Orpin-urn is set for March 3. 

Martin BeMt, Mort N. Singer and 
Ployd B. S"ott, general i ■esi repre- 
sentative, are expected to return 
here for the Opening of the new 

theatre. 



The "mechanical" situation frames 
up more optimistically for the 
music publishers than has been the 
case th3 past several months. With 

the Columbia and Victor records re- 
duced to 75 cents retail, it is only 
a question of time before the other 
standard makes such as Paths, 
Okeh, Edison, Emerson and Bruns- 
wick will also come down to 
the "six bits" figure, at which price 
a really good recording can be mar- 
keted. The other less costly rec- 
ords have cut in on the sales of the 
standard make., who at least can 
guarantee the publisher royalty re- 
turns. 

A questionnaire sent out by tltj 
National Retail Dry Goods Associa- 
tion regarding the phonograph end 
of the business estimates that 100,- 
000,000 records will be sold during 
the year 1922. There are six million 
talking machines in use in this 
country, with a prophecy by the in- 
dustry that one and a half million 
more will be sold this year, making 
an average of one talking machine 
to every 72 American citizens. The 
royalty returns on such increased 
(Continued on page C) 



''FORGOTTEN ACT" 

Agent Htsrs from Lay-off Turn- 
Couldn't Remember New Act 



The big time agents have been 
telling one another and others of a 
story lately coming to their cars of 
an agent who notified an act that 
had laid off for 15 weeks of an en- 
gagement for the following Monday. 

The agent received this reply: — 
"Never mind the date. We have for- 
gotten the act." 



ELSIE JANIS 






and her Rang in their all 
American aervlce revue 
were completely "Ureas 
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Kvrrifthino in Attire 
for the Theatre 

113 Went 40th Street. New York City 

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Friday, January 27, 1922 



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GENERAL CLOSING OF THEATRES 
FORESEEN FOR SUMMER MONTHS 



Gulliver to Shut Up Eight — Suggests V. A. F. Take 
Them at Nominal Rental — Federation Consid- 
eration — West End Production News 



London) Jan 23. 

Owing to taxation and bad busi- 
ness, together with increased ex- 
penses, it is more than likely that 
many theatres and halls will close 
throughout the country lor the sunir 
mer months. Gulliver has already 
announced the closure of eight, but 
he has suggested that ther V. A. F. 
take them over at nominal rentals 
and the Federation is considering 
the scheme. 

"The Old Jig" at the Strand Jan. 
19 Is an ordinary crook mystery 
play built around the solution of a 
missing diamond mystery by an old 
magistrate whose hobby is mechan- 
ical toys. Sidney Aynsworth was 
excellent in the part. It was pre- 
coded by a brilliant playlet, "Mc 
and My Diary," satirizing indiscre- 
tions in the. shape of diaries. It is 
an obvious caricature of Mrs. As- 
miith and was received with en- 
thusiasm. 

"Clothes and the Woman" at the 
Ambassadeurs finishes Jan. 2S, with 
the production of "My Son" to fol- 
low, Jan. 30. 

"Where the Rainbow* 1 Knds" goes 
Into the evening bill at the Apollo 
until the theatre is required for "The 
Wheel," Feb. 1. 

There was a 'provincial tryout of 
Arnold Bennett's "The Love Match" 
.Jan. 30, with Arthur Bourehier in 
the had. It will succeed "The Lady 
of the Rose" at Daly's Feb. 11. 



BERLIN 



:j. 



FOUQUIERE AUTHOR 
Paris, Jan. 
'Vn Chien Dans Un Jeu de 
Quilles" (a dog in a game of skit- 
tles) was given at the Femina Jan. 
L'O and did fairly well. It is by the 
fashion arbitrator Andre de Fou- 
quiere and Raymond Sylva, the sign 
maker. In the plot a modern Cyrano 
loves his friend's wife platonically 
and helps his intelligent friend to 
become a politician until he finds the 
wifo involving herself in a love af- 
fair with another woman. 



By C. HOOPER TRASK 

Berlin, Dee. 30. 
A drama entitled the "The Play of 
an Km press" (Die Spielerei einer 
Kaiserin), by Max Dauthcnday. Is 
now running with success at the 
Le.ssing theatre. The fine musty, 
rusty old Scribe-Sardou tradi- 
tion is followed with a delicate 
feeling for unimportant details 
which is positively religious. But 
Sardou had Sarah Bernhardt as his 
excuse and even justification, and 
so Dauthenday has his Tilla Du- 
rieux. When she Is on the stage (at 
least four-fifths of the time) she 
gives as perfect an evening of pure 
theatre (yes, artificial theatre, if you 
will) as is to be found fluttering 
about the continental stage. As 
Catherine I of Russia she is given 
opportunity to play the peasant and 
the aristocrat, the tiger and the 
clinging vine, the sceptic and the 
fanatic, and she brings them off 
completely. In looks she is strange- 
ly like the divine Sarah in her prime, 
and a comparison of the two comes 
Irresistibly to mind. Lacking that 
eel-like body, those strange dia- 
bolical contortions, the effects of 
half tone, the Berlin goddess gives 
In their place a straight dramatic 
force, a physical energy of lung, 
limb and sensual power, which is at 
climax positively overwhelming. In- 
deed, it would not be unjust to call 
Tilla a German Sarah. 



AMERICANS IN EUROPE 

Walter Damrosch, director of the 
New York Symphony orchestra, has 
left London for Stockholm, to con- 
duct a concert on Feb. 1. He will 
return to England Feb. 13 for a con- 
eert and will sail for New York Feb. 
16 by the Homeric. 

George Middleton Is at present in 
Paris, and proposes reluming to the 
United States within the nest -Uh^o- 
months. 



> 



PARIS BUSINESS POOR 

Paris, Jan. 23. 
The Apollo reopened this week 
with local vaudeville, but shows no 
signs of success. It is still under 
Goldberg's management. Theatrical 
business is poor here, with few ex- 
ceptions. 



LORRAINE IN NIGHT CAP" 

London, Jan. 23. 

When "The Night Cap" is pro- 
duced here Robert Lorraine will 
h ive the leading role. 

Max Marcin has come over to 
stage the piece which h'i wrote. 



BANS GUIGNOL SHOW 

London, Jan. 25. 
The Vice-Chancellor, over the 
protests of the towns people, has 
issued a ban forbidding the touring 
Grand Gulgnol company to appear 
at the local theatre. 



LYN HARDING DUE 

London, .Ian. 25. 
Lyn Harding Hailed Jan. 21 on the 
Carmania for New York. lie nil) 
appear as Henry VIII In "VYlvn 
Knighthood Was In Flower." 



NEW HOUSE AT LILLE 

Paris, Jan. 25. 
The Hippodrome, a new variety 
theatre, was inaugurated at Lille. 
franco, last week. It has a capacity 
of 2,700, and the largest stage in 
the French provinces. 



Forbes Robertson III 

Loudon. Jan. 25. 
S!r Johnstone Forb<»s-Roh« rtson Is 
111 with influenza though expected to 

recorcr. 



At the Trianon and Resldenz the- 
atres the Rotter Brothers have two 
new productions: "Death and Devil," 
by Wedekind, and "The King." by 
Calllavet and de Flers. At the Tria- 
non the Wedekind piece, an early 
work of the dramatist. Is badly 
played by a east including Heinrieh 
Schroth, Kaethe Haak and Ida 
Wuest, and, moreover, this satire Is 
far from b«ing a masterpiece of any 
sorts. It is preceded by Wedeklnd's 
one-aeter. "The Singer," so bril- 
liantly played by Frank Conroy with 
tho Washington Square Players; 
Erich Kaiser-Titz, however, lacks 
the .-donic delicacy for the lead- 
ing role and Ida Wuest as Helens 
is utterly unthinkable. 



"The King," at the Resident, re- 
ceives better treatment. Titz hero 
as th'j King (he doubles with the 
Trianon nightly) gives finely the 
heavy but not unsympathetic sen- 
suality of the role. Of the remain- 
ing parts the Therese of Lotte Klin- 
der, the Boudier of Richard Senius 
and the Blond of Eugen Rex stand 
out: but Olga Llmburg as Marlhe 
is far too sure of her abilities. 

The play itself, practically literal- 
ly translated by Julius Ellas, re- 
mains sure-tire — a model farce-com- 
edy. One remembers the Dltrleh- 
stein "adaptation" of year before 
last— a semi -failure. And no won- 
der, for the good Leo had succeeded 
In "adapting" out almost all Its 
value. In order to make it a star 
vehicle, which it isn't, he wrote out 
excellent charaeter studies, such as 
Bourdier and Blond, and wrote up 
(and spoiled) the King. Then, as 
the piece was far too fr~ nk for the 
American taste and as the entire 
motivation hinged on this frankness, 
he had, of course, to remodel the 
whole plot, leaving almost one brief 
scene completely intact. Yes. It 
must always remain a dark mystery 
why ^-seemingly intelligent human 
beings come to Franc or Germany 
and there pay out gold of the realm 
for farces or musical eomedies 
whlc depend for their effect on a 
baudiness unproducible in the 
American theatre. To mention Just 
one case out of hundreds, the sen- 
sational Paris success, "Phi Phi." 
Is now beintr done in America with 
Frances White, and what will be 
left in of the French original will 
probably be worth upward of thirty 
thousand American dollars. Tho 
movies are using efficiency experts; 
Isn't it about time the legit hired at 
least one? 



Ben Jonson's comedy. "Tho Silent 
Woman" (professionally unproduced 
In America), has lately been revived 
at* the Neues Volkes theater. About 
the superiority of this farce to the 
(Continued on Page 5) 



SAILINGS 



May 21, Elsie La Bergere. S. J. 
Paris (NeW York to Paris). 

Feb. 7 (New York to London), 
George Che os (Aquitania). 

Jan. 28 (London for New York), 
Ceeil B. DeMille (Aquitania). 

Jan. 21 (London for JS'cw York) 
Lyn Harding (Carman'a). - ' 




THEATRE BUSINESS JUMPS 



Harry Lauder said he would be 
the highest salaried and the best 
Scotch comedian, and he is. Vesta 
Tilly said she'd be the best and che 
was. Julian Eltinge said there 
would be no one that would even be 
a good sample of him and he was 
right. W. E. (Bill) Ritchie said he 
would hold more real jobs with real 
shows for more years than any oth- 
er comedy bieycle rider, and he more 
than made good his boast. There 
are thousands of funny? (I mean 
jugglers that don't work straight), 
but Zicgfeld being a wonderful 
showman picked on W. C. (Bill) 
Fields. Thousands and thousands 
of piano acts* but try and get Zieg- 
feid to give up Van and Schenck. 
There's a million Harry Foxs, but 
the big managers only book the one 
I know. I know a lot of good ven- 
triloquists, but when I heard over 
the phone by accident how much 
Arthur Prince got I nearly fell dead. 
I've heard a lot of people tell the 
pea and fish hunting story, but not 
like Frank Tinney. I've seen lots 
of people try to do Ned Nor- 
worth's act, but I'll still go and see 
him and laff and Ian*. Am I right, 
Mr. Gallagher? Absolutely, Mr. 
Shean. It's the same way with 
Frank Van Hoven, there's a million 
comely magicians hut there's only 
one Frank Van lloven so far ahead 
of the rest that to even think of 
them in the same year would be too 
foolish for words. While some of 
them sit out front stealing. I'm 
thinking of the things they will be 
stealing a year from now when I've 
worked them dry. 



IN PARIS 



for a 

ma sk 



By E. G. KENDREW 

Paris, Jan. 5. 

'Plage d' Amour." a farce by Leon 
Huret and Jean Dormot, will c 
mounted shortly by Marcel Nancey 
at the Theatre Comoedia. 

Miguel Zamacois' poetical piece, 
"La Fleur Merveilleuse,'' is to be 
mounted this season at the Odeon. 

The east for Marcel Lat tie's 
operetta. "Monsieur 1* Amour," at the 
Mogador Palace, will include Rollin, 
Kraneell. 1 1 y. Defreyn and Miles. 
Exiane, Denise Grey and Brigitte 
Regent. 

The costume* and accessories of 
the revue "Pif-Paf, ' produced by 
Albert de Courville at the Marigny 
and left by him In Paris, have been 
sold, the management of the Folies 
Bergere having purchased the 
greater portion. 

Grace Cristie Is appearing 
short engagement, in her 
dances, at the Folies Bergere. 

The Colyseo of Lisbon, Portugal 
(one of the largest theatres in 
Europe, playing vaudeville), has 
been sold by the widow of the for- 
mer owner, Lantos, to a corpora- 
tion under the direction of Covoes. 
Leonard Parish, of Madrid, is the 
booking 'agent, with Hughes Ryner 
handling acts in Paris. 

Tenol, controlling tho 
atro and Moulin Bleu, 
the latter small house 
from Jan. 9. for a revue 

"Lorsqu'on Aime," the 
Andre Pascal (Baron 
Rothschild), has already 
drawn from the Gymnase and re- 
placed by a revival of "Alain, sa 
Mere et sa Maitrcsse," by Armont 
and Gerbldon. 

Alexandra Bulachova and Victor 
Smolzoff 1. ire given a series of 
dances at the Femina theatre, after 
the retiring of "Mr. Beverley,'' 
awaiting the production of the new 
program. Likewise Clotildc and 
Alexandre Sakharoff are danei. .. at 
the Mogador Palace special mati- 
nees. 

The new work of Charles Mere, 
"La Dame Rouge," is being re- 
hearsed at the Ambigu and is due 
the end of the. month. 

Alfred Machard (author of Les 
Gosses dans les Ruines, introduced 
by Cochran In "The Better 'Ole") 
has assumed the difficult task of 
directing the Theatre Albert I. 

"Les Romanesques," by Edmond 
Hostand, is to ' be revived at the 
Porto St. Martin, with Debucourt as 
Percinet. 

Reports from Russia indicate the 
tricentenary of Moliere was cele- 
brated in Moscow by "I>»s Prccieuses 
Ridicules," and the "Medecin Malgre 
Lui" at the Dramatic Theatre, with 
special scenery painted by Benoit. 



Cluny the- 
litis leased 
to Talllcn. 

comedy of 

Henri de 

been with- 



(Continued from Pago 1) 

takings leaped, that applying both 
in town and out. 

Managerial circles at once re- 
sponded to the bettered patronage 
which commercial circles had pre- 
dicted would be apparent through- 
out the country after the first of the 
year. Opinion that the jump in 
business was a flash and would 
not continue longer than tho advent 
of Lent was expressed in some 
quarters. 

The impression is that If last 
week's business increase is not 
merely a flash it will continue right 
on into the spring period. This 
week will probably not count as a 
criterion, the thermometer flirting 
with the zero mark and hurting at- 
tendance Monday, Tuesday and 
Wednesday. It will therefore be 
another week before prediction will 
have a definite guide. It looked 
certain that whatever was gained 
in takings last week would be lost 
back again this week, with the 
grosses perhaps going less than nor- 
mal. 

If business does hold up to the 
signs of last week, it is believed 
managers will hustlo production 
again. Attractions already set for 
tho road are leaving a number of 
houses in doubt as to what is com- 
ing in. In any event it is a cer- 
tainty that the winter will see not 
a few dark houses, if but tempor- 
arily. The problem of tilling them 
is a tough one. It isn't a matter of 
rushing attractions in from the 
road. There are actually few new 
shows operating out of* town, or at 
least too few to fill the gaps. Thit 
there will be a few houses unten- 
anted is expected, for managers 
have aTrived at the idea that it will 
be exceptional if all the fifty odd 
theatres are kept lighted at the 
same time, the id°a being base A on 
the belief that Broadway is overlhe- 
atred. That New York cannot sup- 
port all its theatres is not conceded, 
but the view is there are not suffi- 
cient attractions of merit for the 
whole list. 

Perhaps the most remarkable 
business record last week was made 
by tho seven companies of "The 
Bat,'' which turned in a total groat 
of $112,000. That includes the origi- 
nal company on Broadway, which 
wen: to $12,000 in its 74th week. 
Tho Washington company led with 
takings amounting to $24,000 for its 
second week there. In .' i Fran- 
cisco the coast company played to 
$21,000; in Cincinnati the company 
visiting there grossed $22,000, and 
in the same territory the Indianapo- 
lis show got $17,000 in seven per- 
formances. There is an eighth 
"Bat" company now in action, the 
show having opened to excellent 
notic z in London Monday night. 

Fresh interest attaches to the 
dramatic group by the jump in 
busines of "Lawful Larceny" at 
the Republic. Agencies n port an 
increasing demand and the box 
office shows the leap In gross over 
the opening. he second week the 
show jumped $1,000. Last week 
there ivas a further increase of 
$1,500. and it is now prophesied the 
attraction will jump to capacity, 
emulating the sky-rocketing of "A 
Bill of Divorce- ant H after its initial 
week. At the scale of $2.50 top 
"Lawful Larceny" can beat $12,000 
at the Republic. Last week it 
grossed over $10 000. 

Big business is predicted for "He 
Who Gets Slapped," another of the 
Theatre Guild productions. "He" 
is now berthed in the (luild house, 
the derrick, where it i.< selling out. 
capacity there being around $9,000. 
It will move to the Fulton in two 
weeks. Agenrd .ave bought the 
entire lower llcnn- at the Fulton for 
eight weeks for "He." The Guild 
continues its ambitious schedule, 
now preparing G. B. Show's "Back 
to Motrusalah." wl.\ 
the Garriek late In 
one of the world's 
and will be givt a in 
starting Feb. 27. The final section 

will go on March 8 and then the 

"cycle" wilMte repeated. 

"Good Morning Dearie." "Music 
Br.x ReVUe" and 'Sally" are the 
musical leaders, with no con teal as 
to grosses drawn week.y. "The 
Blue Kitten" has landed smartly at 
the Selwyn, however, th: .: attraction 
getting between $20,000 and $20,500 
last week which placet it a: a win- 
ner. "Marjolalne" the newest mu- 
sical entrant at the B.oadhurst 
(Tuesday night) is highly regarded, 
"KiUi" is Under the wraps as the 
dramatic leader, with the pace 
flfl.500 spelling absolute capacity 
at the Bc!asco last week. It has 
an advance sale of $60,000, which is 
the record for any attraction at the 
Belasco. "Captain Applejack" at 



li is aimed for 
ebruary. It is 

longest plays 
three sections 



the Cort is running a close second. 
It is getting th© smartest kind of 
draw and last week went to $16,000 
— not much under capacity. "Bull 
Dog Drummond." the English melo- 
drama, is a surprise success at the 
Knickerbocker. 

This week "The Dream Maker" 
leaves the Empire with "The Czar- 
ina" succeeding next week; "Face 
Value" closes at the 49th St., the 
house going dark for a week or so 
until "Chauve-Souris," the Russian 
specialty Company on its way here 
arrives; "The Varying Shore" goes 
to the road from the Hudson, with 
Marie Lohr starting next week with 
"The Voice from the Minaret"; "The 
Wihi Cat" leaves the Park, the sue- 
ceeding attraction not being an- 
nounced but probably being "Frank 
Fay's Fables.*- Fritz Lei hers en- 
gagement r f the 48th St; ends Fri- 
day of this week, W. A. Brady open- 
ing "Tho Nest" thero Saturday 
night. 

In addition to "Marjolaine" and 
"The Nest," this week's premieres 
were "The National Anthem" at the 
Henry Miller and "Tho Deluge" at 
the Plymouth. The latter's opening 
date was set for Friday evening, but 
may be put off until next week. 

"Pins and Needles," the de Cour- 
ville revue, was listed to open at tho 
Shubert Thursday even g. but the 
premiere of the English attraction 
was put over until Monday next. 
The Chicago Opera Association be- 
gan Its annual ix eeks' engage- 
ment Monday at the Manhattan, 
much interest being manifested. 

Amo— the special picture show- 
ings. Grimth's "Orphan j of the 
Storm," at the Apollo, leads with 
$14,000 last week. "Foolish Wives," 
at the Central, started off strongly 
but fell down last week. ' Turn to 
the Right." at the Lyric, was re- 
ported a very weak draw. 

Two of the new attractions of the 
week were the objects of buys on 
the part of the brokers this week. 
They arc "Marjolaine," which 
opened at the Broadhurst on Tues- 
day night and Laurel te Taylor in 
"The National Anthem" at the M.l- 
kr. There were 300 seals a Dig hi 
taken for the fcrmer attraction and 
250 for the Taylor piece. 

Listed on the brokers sheets th!s 
week are 24 buys, with business re- 
ported bad generally for the first 
two nights of the week. The com- 
plete list of buys are "Blossom 
Time" (Ambassador), "Kiki" (Be- 
lasco). "The Dover Road" (Bijou), 
•'Marjolaine*' (Broadhurst), "Ta - 
gerine" (Casino), "Perfect Fool" 
(Cohan), "Captain Applejack" 
(Cort), "Demi-Virgin" (Kltinge). 
"Dream Maker" (Empire). "I'p in 
the Clouds" (44th St.), "The Circle" 
(Fulton), Elsie Janis and Her (Jang" 
(Gaiety) "The National Anthem" 
(Miller), "Varying Shore" (Hudson), 
"Bombo" (Jolson), "Bulldog Drum- 
nond" (Knickerbocker). "Music 
Box Revue" (Music Box), The 
O Brier. Girl" (Liberty), "'"he 
Grand Duko" (Lyceum), "Sally" 
(New Amsterdam, "Lawful Lar- 
ceny" (Bepublic), "The Blue Kit- 
ten" (Selwyn) and "A Bill of Di- 
vorcement" (Times Square). 

In the cut rates one of the sur- 
prises of the week was the with- 
t :awal of the Samuel Shipmar. play 
from the list 01 attractions offered. 
All iast week "Lawful Larceny" 
was one of the steady offerings at 
reduced prices for the balcony seats 
but with Monday of the Current 
week a turn In the busine.s.-. of the 
attraction came along that made 
it possible for the management to 
pull out of the cut rates and soil 
the show over the window. 

The total attractions listed at re- 
duced prices was cut to IS this 
Week as against 20 of left. The 
Bhdwi offered on Wednesday of the 
current week were "S. S. Tenacity*' 
(Betmcr.t) The C ,col:.te Sol .:cr" 
(Century), -The White Peacock" 
(Comedy). 'The Dream Maker" 
(Empire), Fiitz Leiber < »sth s* ). 
"Face Value" (4!tih St.). ••Pulcy" 
(Fratee), "The Circle (Fulton). 
The Varying Bhore" < Hudson), 
"LUKea t»f the Fle!d M (Klaw), "Bull- 
dog Drummond' < Knickerbocker). 
"The Grand Dule" (Lyceum). Just 
Married" (Bayes), "The W.ld C*T 
(Park), "Drifting" ( Playhouse). 
"The Married Womar." (Princes). 

"Shuffle Along" (63d st ), and 

"Danger" (39th St.). 



Wilette 



KERSHAW 

GLOBE THEATRE 
LONDON 



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Friday, January 27, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



FAMOUS PLAYERS AT 78; 



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SEEN AS NEW SHAKEOUT 



Pool and Insiders Reported Holding and Controlling 
Prices — Rest of Market Waiting for Assurances 
Advance Is Basically Sound 






Ifamous Players common sold off 
gradually duringr the six business 
Salons up to Wednesday, getting 
into a n pw low Tuesday at 78 K, its 
lowest bottom since the recession 
just after the New Year. Prices 
milled slightly Wednesday, but the 
trend was not definitely indicated, 
inasmuch as the whole market is in 
* state of uncertainty as to how 
much fundamental backing the De- 
cember and January climb has be- 
tides the operations of powerful 
pools. 

The view among trade observers 
In Times Square is that the pres- 
ent decline is merely a shakeout of 
weak speculative holdings which 
were not eliminated the first week 
in January, or which had been ac- 
cumulated in the climb from 76 to 
84. This argument presupposes that 
the weakness is merely momentary 
and is being permitted or encour- 
aged by the big operators behind 
the issue. If this is the case the 
outlook Mould be for a prompt re- 
covery as soon as the decline has 
accomplished the purpose of clear- 
ing away the small accounts and 
the bull movement would be re- 
sumed for a level between 83 
and 90. 

Factors Against Bears 

Every time the common of the 
tun concern drops back the small 
players jettison their holdings. The 
possibilities of a bear drive against 
the common in order to draw out 
preferred at bargain prices carry a 
lot of weight among the ticker fol- 
lowers and they are alert to retire 
before such an operation gets under 
way. 

But there are a number of fac- 
tors just at this time against the 
likelihood- of such a move. The 
speculative community has fared 
well on the long side those two 
months past and players are not 
pressed for money. Funds are 
plentiful and cheap and it would be 
hard to dislodge the preferred, 
which pays 8 per cent. Besides 
which there is a pretty sturdy belief 
that the broad advance in the list 
rests on fairly solid foundation ^n 
an improved commercial situation. 
Some market authorities have 
sought to cast suspicion on tho bull- 
ish trend by pointing out that pools 
have been prominent and no major 
upturn la likely to be substantial or 
permanent if It has no impetus but 
speculative groups, no matter how 
Well financed. 

. There may be some uncertainty 
en those grounds, but sentiment 
throughout the list is not sufficiently 
nervous to be stampeded easily. If 
the rest of the list holds as it has 
been holding since the middle of the 
month in the faco of wild fluctua- 
tions in such spectacular pcrform- 
ars as Gulf State Steel, which moved 
UP from 43 to 90, and then in half 
•> .session did a nose dive to 62, it 
it is no time to undertake a drive 
*gainst an individual specialty like 
famous Players. The surrounding 
sentiment is too strong to invite 
*n isolated bear operation. 

Ditching Trailers 

What appeals to ticker students 
as more likely is that tho syndicate 
la the common merely wants to 
•hake off trailers. If lower prices 
bring out the preferred, so much 
the better, but that is not believed 
to be the principal motive. As a 
Matter of fact, dealings In the 
ienior issue ceased entirely as the 
tommon receded from its recent 
high. The la*t transaction appeared 
•round ;»4'/ 2 when the common was 
**tter than 82. The belief is gen- 
ftr «l that the preferred has settled 
Pretty well into strong hands and 
efforts to force it out will present 
^any difficult!**. 

OrpluMini and' Loew eased fur- 
ther, Orpheum getting down to 
within a point of its bottom of 12% 
•nd Loew slipping bock at times 
Just below 13. The Loew security 
Jjach (he better showing of the two. 
For the most part it held firmly at 
** and better, with general see -saw- 
ing Inside a narrow range, while 
the tendency of Orpheum was pro- 
Joaslvely down' ard. The offering 
°* Orpheuin aroused no interest and 
Mara were at a disadvantage. 



266 QUESTIONS ASKED 
IN HART-KEITH SUIT 



Defendants Won't Answer All 

Interrogatories — Motion 

to Have Stricken Out 



In the Max Hart $.",250,000 Fed- 
eral Court damage action against 
the B. T. Keith Vaudeville Kx- 
change, Orpheum Circuit, Inc., Ex- 
celsior Collection Agency, Ine., Ed- 
ward F. Alhee, John J. Murdock, 
Frederick F. Proctor, Morris Meyer- 
feld, Jr., Martin Beck, Frank Vin- 
centT Reid Alhee, Harry Jordan, 
Maurice Goodman and Harry W. 
Ougler, a motion Is scheduled for 
this (Friday) morning in the local 
Federal District Court, wherein the 
defendants will move for an order 
that they be not required to an- 
swer the interrogatories of 266 
questions which Mr. Hart, through 
Eppstcin & Axman, ha* proposed. 
These interrogatories may be lik- 
ened to an examination before a 
trial were the action a state suit. 

The defendants object to answer- 
ing certain questions propounded 
which are for the purpose of dis- 
closing the inner workings of the 
booking "floor" and any agreed 
working understanding between the 
Keith and Orpheum circuits. 

Each of the defendants has fded 
answer to some of the interroga- 
tories. The others they want to 
avoid answering. This becomes 
necessary else the defendants are 
open to having their answers 
stricken out and further forfeiting 
any further right to the answer. If 
the court holds that Keith, Albee 
et al. may not answer certain of the 
questions their answer stands. 

Tho interrogatories consist of 
written questions submitted to each 
of the defendants, Mr. Albee an- 
swering certain questions, such as 
which theatres the Keith circuit 
books and what the official name of 
tho holding corporation is. He does 
not, however, reply to what per- 
centage interest ho or the Keith cor- 
poration has in each theatre, ob- 
jecting to that part of the interrog- 
atory. Similarly, Mr. Beck does not 
state who owns the majority stock 
in the -Orpheum circuit, other than 
that he or his family do not. stat- 
ing there are 07,250 shares of pre- 
ferred stock and 549,170 of common 
stock. Mr. Proctor objects to the 
Interrogatories generally as "fish- 
ing expeditions" and too general, 
too involved, and not specific in 
their phrasing. Each respondent 
employs different counsel. 

Hart, who formerly held a Keith 
booking franchise, is suing for 
$1,750,000, which, under the Federal 
statutes, totals triple damages, or 
$5,250,000, charging that in Novem- 
ber, 1920, "the defendants entered 
into and at all times maintained an 
unlawful conspiracy and combina- 
tion: the purpose, motive and effect 
of the said Combination was to un- 
duly restrict competition and unduly 
obstruct the course of trade." His 
COtnplaint is lengthy. 

This motion wilt probably last 
several days in its adjudication, with 
actual trial not to occur for Tl few 
months. 



Not hi 



ng came out by way of news 



(Continued on page 11) 



FOX-CURTIS WEDDING 

Chicago, Jan. 23". 
The marriage of Beatrice Curtis 

and Harry Fox took place in Akron, 
Ohio. Miss Curtis has been appear- 
ing with Fox in Vaudeville, She is 
the daughter of Jack Curtis, (if Rose 
Ac Curtis, the New York agents, lb r 
mother is professionally Anna 
('handler. 

Mr. Fox lately secured a divorce 
in Brooklyn, N. v.. from Yancsi 

Dolly (Dolly Sisters), who went 
abroad a couple ot years ago. 

The engagement of Miss Curtis to 
Mr. Fox iiis been known among 
their friends for quite sorn tune. 

Next week they ate d •■■•■ to play 
at Akron, Ohio. 







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WEBER and ELLIOTT 

Information to Hookers. 
This week (.Tan. 23-25 », Fifth Ave., 

New York. 
NOW, (Jan. 20-29*. Hark-m O. H., 

New York. 

If you have not seen us, see us NOW 

Then see MAX E. HAYE8 



SAME BIG BILL AT 50c 
SHUBERTS' NEWARK TRY 



Price Reduction at Rialto Next 
Week— Present Scale $1 



Newark, N. J.. Jan. 25. 

The scale of admission at Shu- 
berts' local Rialto will be reduced 
next week to 50 cents top with the 
same big time vaudeville bill that 
has been playing there since the 
season opened at $1 top. 

Tho management of the Rialto 
says neither the quality nor the 
quantity of tho vaudeville will be 
cut; nothing bu f . the price, with the 
capacity ample at the lowered scale. 

Tho prevailing opinion is the 
Shuberts have been forced to the 
price cut through the advent of 
Loew's new State with its pop 
vaudeville policy that has dented 
business in all local variety and 
downtown picture houses since it 
opened a few weeks ago. But the 
Rialto has been accounted one of 
the Shifbert poor vaudeville stands 
since it started. The house formerly 
played straight pictures and was 
converted into a vaudeville theatre 
through the addition of a stage for 
the Shubert bills. 



STAGE WEDDING OVER 



Christcnsens Separated After Seven 
Years by Court Decree 



The final decree of divorce in 
Tova Christensen'a suit again3t 
Ivan Christ ensen (professionally 
Ivan Christy) was signed by Jus- 
tice MacCrate in tho Brooklyn Su- 
premo Court Monday, awarding her 
$15 weekly alimony and custody of 
their child, Tovelil. Christy, who 
was with Valerie Bergere's "The 
Moth" (vaudeville) at the time of 
the suit, has been doing picture 
work of late, last completing "The 
Prodigal Judge" for Vitagraph. 

Christcnsen was sued on statutory 
grounds In which Blanche Mower, 
of Doc Baker's "Flashes" (vaude- 
ville) was named. The Christys 
were married seven years ago, 
publicly on the stage ,as part of a 
show Christy was with at that time. 
Mrs. Christy is a non -professional. 
Joseph Betehesky, of Silverman &. 
Tolins' ofllec, acted for the plain- 
tiff. 

RAIL FARES CUT 



Middle West Lines Publish Special 
Fare-and-Half Rates 



Kansas City, Jan. 25. 

As an indication that the railroads 
really want business the roads be- 
longing to the Western Passenger 
Association today announced a rate 
of one and a naif fare for the round 
trip for a number of events In th.s 
city, viz Millinery Exposition Jn rt. 
S0-.11. Spring Buyers Week Feb. 6-11, 
'Spring Market week Feb. 1'7-Manh 
14. 

The territory embraced in the re- 
duced tare z<»ne is Kansas, Ne- 
braska, Western Missouri and 
Southwest Iowa. It is expected thai 

the Southwestern Passenger Asso- 
ciation will announce a similar re- 
duction at onee. 



JANUARY'S SIX BEST SELLERS 



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VICTOR RECORDS 

"Dapper Dan" and 

"Tho Sheik" 

"Everybody Step" and 

"Ka-LuA" 

"Weep No More, My Mammy" and 

"April Showers" 

"June Moon" and 

"No One's Fool" 

"I Want My Mammy" and 

"Mandy 'n' Me" 

"When Francis Dances With Me" 

and 
"Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little 

Toes" 

Q. R. 3. WORD ROLLS 
"Ka-Lu-A" 
"The Sheik" 

"Georgia Rose" » ^^Pi 

"Bow Wow Blues* ' ':< V 

"Arithmetic Blues" 
"By the Old Ohio Shore" 



COLUMBIA R?t :RD3 
"Wabash Blues" o 
"Tuck Me to Sleep" 
"Ten Little Fingers," etc., and 
"Everybody Step" 
"Kentucky Home" and 
"It's You" 

"April Showers" an J 
"Weep No More" 
"Na-Jo" and 
"Jabberwocky" 

"A Dream of Your Smile" and 
"Love Will Find the Way." 

SHEET MUSIC 
"Weep No More. My Mammy" 
SHuck Me to Sleep in My Old 

Tucky Home" 
"I Want My Mammy" 
"I'll Forget You" 
/'When Shall We Meet Again* 
"My Sunny Tennessee" 



The music publishers will tell one that business is not what it should 
be, although admitting "it's picking up." And they should know. 
The jobbers, on the other hand, speak enthusiastically of conditions. 
And they should know. The publisher says he is not selling as much 
music as he used to. The jobber says he is making as much money 
though because of the thirty-cent scale compared to the ten-cent 
music formerly prevalent. There the matter rests, although it is a 
fact that the public is paying stricter attention to its popular music 
tastes than has been the case the weeks before the holidays. 

Other good sheet music sellers in addition to the featured sextet, 
which is big and small according to certain sections of the country, 
are "Leave Me With a Smile." "Ten Little Fingers," "The Sheik of 
Araby," "Dapper Dan," "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. 8hean," "Canadian 
Capers," "When Francis Dances With Me," "My Mammy Knows," 
"Which Hazel," "There Is More Musio in a Grand Baby," "By the 
Old Ohio Shore," "Who," "Granny* (getting very big), "Remember 
the Rose," "Just Like a Rainbow," etc. The production end is the 
same with a couple new additions in "I See Your Face" from "Up in 
the Clouds," and "Cutis" from "Blue Kitten." ."Say It With Music," 
"April Showers," "Yoo-Hoo," "Sweet Lady, and other hits of current 
Broadway attractions maintain an even pace. 



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JACK JOHNSON'S CAKNIVAL 

Jaek Johnson, the colored heavy- 
weight, who appeared as an added 
attraction with burlesque shows for 
several weeks, has organized a road 
show, which was scheduled to open 
Thursday, Jan. 26, in Hoboken, billed 
as Jack Johnson's Athletic Carnival. 
The company, in addition to its star, 
will lne!ude boxers, wrestlers and 
other athletes, with a route of one 
night stands laid out for the show 
through Pennsylvania. 



FIRST NIGHT'S GROSS ENOUGH 

George K. Brown, who opened as 
an anti-prohibition lecturer oa 
Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Hackensack, 
N. J., canceled his proposed road 
tour after the opening night, the 
gross on that occasion at a 25 -cent 
admission scale being insufficient to 
warrant the continuation of the tour 
over the one-nlghtcrs. ■ 

The lecturer this week took over 
the management of a theatre la 
Shenandoah, Pa. 




MAY WIRTH with PHIL 

HEADLINING THE ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 

The above picture just a reunion of two 'Australian Pols. 

CLYDE COOKE, 1- ox Flltt Star; and MAV WIRTH. 

J J. Id over in Lea Angeles. Direction: ALF T. WILTON 



EVA PUCK AND S. WHITE WEDf AMBULANCE OPENING 



Henrietta Byron Seriously III 
The wife of Harney Pagan, j>ro- 
resiiionally Henrietta I'.yron, was 
operated upon lor cancer, Jan. 21. 
She Was reported in a serioUf con- 
dition. 



Chicago, Jan. 21. 

It is said the marriage recently 
occurred oi IBvji fuck and Bam 

White, both now with the Bert Wil- 
liams "rink s'ip" production. 

Bach of the couple has been mar- 
1 b*. fore. 



GRIFFITH LECTURES 

Pittsburgh, Jan. If, 

n. W. Griffith and Hop.. Hampton 
entertained thousands of peraons by 
means of the radio station here, 
when both were In town in conjunc- 
tion with their latent pictures, Mr. 
C.rifTUh flayed Bolshevism and Miss 
Hampton bang and mad" a : hort 

speech, 



Mabel Taliaferro Opens on Time at 
Loew's, Newark 



Mabel Taliaferro 14 reported to 
iave been Htrieken with pneumonia 
while playing un engagement at 
Fox's, Jamaica, L. I., Friday of hurt 
week and had to have the bill. Miss 
Tallaf«rro was removed to rft. 
Mary's Hospital, Jamah a. 

The Loew office, for whom tho 
artist wai to open a tour of one- 
week -\ands Monday at Newark. 
rushed Dr. David R Alexander from 

New York City to the hospital. Tho 
doctor and two nurses worked over 
Miss Taliaferro until Monday, wlit-n 
he was conveyed to Loew's state, 
Newark, in an ambulance to open - 
as advertised. 



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Friday, January 27, 1922 



KEITH OPPOSITION BAN LIFTED 
PROMPTLY FROM FOX TIME 



J. J. Murdcck Declines to Comment on New Develop- 
ment — Fox Pictures Booked in Moss Chain — In- 
structions Issued to Act in Booking Tangle 



The order issued from the Keith 
office declaring "opposition" against 
every vaudeville houso in the Eaeti 
except the Loew circuit theatres hao 
been modified in regard to the Vox 
circuit, according to rep or t. 

The general manager of tbsj K« ith 
office, J. J. uVlurdock, refused to af- 
firm or deny the "report, taking the 
position the Keith people had not 
released the news about the orig- 
inal order, therefore would not deny 
or affirm the amendment to it. 

It is authoritative, however, the 
Fox circuit Is now in the exempt 
class with the Loew circuit as re- 
gards the "opposition" boundaries. 

This leaves the Shuberts and the 
other independents outside the 
Keith pale. 

According to the story, a Keith 
act was instructed by its agent it 
would be playing "opposition" if it 
filled a couple of open weeks in the 
Fox houses. The act notified the 
1-Vx people it couldn't play and re- 
lated the circumstances. The Fox 
people took it up with the Keith 
office, where it was said there was 
no intention to include the Fox cir- 
cuit in the "opposition" mandate 
and instructed the turn ii could play 
the Fox dates. 

"The Connecticut Yankee," a Fox 
feature, is playing the 13. S. Moss 
houses, with other Fox features to 
follow. 



BOULEVARD SOLD 



Ba 



Itimore House Which Had Scan 
c'al, Brings $145,000 



Baltimore, January ?«>. 
The Bou!< ...rd, which has h»ld the 

tliote light here t^r tho past two 
months owing Id the scandals of al- 
leged bribery of city officials In the 
passing of ihe ordinance, was sold 
at public auction Monday for $143,- 
000 to Harry Jewett, Frederick "W. 
Xeetseman fend Frank A. Crist, r< p- 
pd tenting about 2on of the stock- 
holders, 

For the f.me being the property 
will remain In the names of Jewett. 
^ecHemaii and Crist, as individuals, 
instead of represtnting a portion 
of the stockholders. As soon as 
the transfer is completed the house 
will continue to run as a motion pic- 
ture house. K. J. Wiley, who was 
the promoter and was sought as a 
witness in the conspiracy and 
bribery ease, is among tho missing 
and State Attorney Leach contends 
that without him there is no case 
against Edwin T. Dickerson, Wilson 
J. Carroll nor Arthur Dundon who 
were indicted by the Grand Jury. 
Wiley 4 ! office furniture was sold 
at public auction today by Consta- 
ble J.ewie of the Peoples Court, to 
satisfy a judgment of his landlords 
for $843 unpaid rent. His effects 
brought under the hammer $698.90. 
Wiley s wife claimed that her hus- 
band would return to Baltimore this 

I week. 




THEATRES FLATS? 

Up-State Town Talks Terms With 
Discouraged Showman 



Xo 



Play 



Matter Where They 

YOI *l£ 1IM) 
BLANCHE — -r\.\T 

FRANKLYN and VINCENT 

in MONTH. 

t UK nt c.uiin.Nx; STAR is 

- 1UKT CORTKT.YOU 

Chicago. Routed Solid. 

Keith Western and Qrpheum. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 25. 
Carthage Interest! unxious to 
save the Carthage opera house as 

an amusement center today have 
three propositions before them for 
consideration, submitted by owner 
Jasper Giglio, who, his offers fail- 
ing to acceptance, will remodel the 
block for apartment house purposes. 

Py the first proposition, the 
present owner will sell .' >r $33,000, 
taking 15,604 stock in a stock com- 
pany to be formed to purchase and 
operate, and taking a $5,000 second 
mortgage in addition. The com- 
pany would be called upon to sub- 
scribe $10,000 in cash, the remaining 
$15,000, an existing mortgage, being 
continued. 

By the second offer, (Jiglio is will- 
ing to take $20,000 in stock if the 
others forming the company will 
lake $13,000. By a third proposition, 
the present owner requires the pro- 
posed ror.ipany to subscribe $17,000 
in cash, Ciglio carrying $13,000 as 
first mortgage. 

A mass meeting will be held be- 
fore a decision is announced* by the 
Chamber of Commerce committee 
to Which the offer* were submitted. 



WESTERN FARES LOWER 

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Erie and D., L. 6. W. Publish Slight 
Rat© Reductions 



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BOB LA SALLE 

Knocked a home run at each performance: next to closing, following 
Babe Ruth, .State-Lake, Chicago. Direction, ROSE & CURTIS 



JUDGMENTS 

The following Judgments have 
been filed in the County Clerk's of- 
fice. The first name is that of judg- 
ment debtor; creditor and amount 
follows: 

General War Feature Film Corp.; 
City of X. Y.J $277.02. 

Hepworth American Film Corp.; 
same; $146.58. 

National Educational Film Co.; 
same; $277.02. 

Motion Picture Securities Corp.; 
same; $110.38. 

Todd Earton; Sake & Co .; $108.G0. 

Jackson Film Studio-: Corp. and 
W. H. VVeisoager; L. Marks et al.; 
$805.27. 

Same; Bell & Krou'iVn, Inc.; 
$1S.S.GG. 

Allen Caruthcrs; A. A. Harris; 
$130.27. 

P. W. Pictures, Inc.; Tanney Ftg. 
& Pub. Corp.; $o07.20. 

Claudia Preston; Howard Gowns, 
Inc.; $15S20. 

Russell Janney; IT. -Pissing. 
$302.30. 

Cinema Plays, Inc.; Tanney Ptg 
& Pub. Corp.; $784.2*. 

Max Ehrenreich; Fox Fi'm Corp.; 
costs, $.13.85. 

Henry Stanton; Hat tie Carnegie, 
Inc.; $:j, 579.42. 

Zieofeld Cinema Corp.; F. II. Wit- 
comb; $1,034.20. 

Same; C. Peck et al.; $273.10. 

Leslie H. Cooke (Cook & Co.); S. 
Lubur et al.; $111.30. 

Irwin Rosen; Rogers Peet Co.; 
$11:8.70. 

Catherine Curtis or Catherine 
Taylor Myers; P. MacCormack; 
$110. S3. 

Rube Bernstein; J. II. Steinberg 
et al.: $242.71. 

Filmland Players, Ine. (Delaware 
corporation); It. J. Riley; $960.40. 
■ Carl A. Holstetn; Russian Sym- 
phony Soc'y, Inc.; costs. $187.37. 

Inspiration Studios, Inc.; M. Le- 
vine; $72.45. 

Emmy Destinn and Ottakar Bar- 
tik; C. L. I'elgram et al., trustee; 
$626.61. 

Mary Murillo; Thos. Hindley & 
Son, Inc.; $30.72. 

Sunrise Picts. Corp.; Van P.euren 
& X. Y. Billposting Co.; $1,310.88. 

International Church Film Corp.; 
"Western Union Tel. Co.; $212.45. 

Fine Art Picts., Inc.; L. W. Scud- 
der et al.; $916.09. 

Edward B. Marks; floodman & 
Hose; $1.065 .20. 

Jackson Motion Picture Corpora- 
tion; Wright Lumber Co., Inc.! 
$1,682.52, 

Baldwin A. Sloanf Black ft White 



SUN BOOKS LAFAYETTE 

Buffalo, Jan. 25. 

The new Lafayette, aimed to open 
Feb. 20, will secure Its bookings 
Trom tlo l.us Sun office. It will re- 
place th-i Olympic in the vaudeville 
field*,' the latter house now being 
»<r><.';.d )>y Bun, The Olympic '4 ill 
iike on a picture policy. 

Seven acts each ball will !><> the 
policy of the Lafayette. 



Two new southern houses Will 1>< 
added to the Sun Circuit starting 
S\ b. 20 and will be supplied out of 
r ho Xew York exchange. On that 
«ii'e the Pack »t Ashville, N. C. 
and the De Jaixe at Johnson City* 
T< nn., will be added. Each hOUSC 

will use three acts each halt* and 
pictures, The houso will spit with 

i .ieh oih< r. 



Keeney's Twice-Nightly House 

Keeney's }?,iy Ridge, Brooklyn, 
fo r me rl y playing two shows a day, 
now keis ;t three -a -day vaudeville 
policy, The bouse is playing mati- 
nees and two shows at night 



McDERMIT LEAVES HIP 
Baltimore, January 25. 

George A. McDormft, who for the 
past five years bail been manager 
of Loews Hippodrome here, sever d 
his connections with that firm Sat- 
urday and has taken B position vith 
the C.\ K. Whltehurst Interests here. 

Mr. licDerioit Wjll act in a genera] 

supervisory capacity in the Garden 
and New Theatres. Root. Wayne 
who formally managed the Colonial 
Xcw York and the Mat;/ Anderson 
In Louisville for the Keith interests, 
i« McDermifs successor al the Hipr 
podroroo. 

Bugs Baer on Screen 

1 ja iv*" Beer, the "wise rra«JtciV 
made in- debut as an animated car- 
toonist this w» ek at the Rivbll, when 

IhS fir-: of his seiie* was ilinwii. 

They ore being released by the En- 
voy Pictures Corporation. The ani- 
mated cartoons are along the llnei 

of hid humorous paragraph! la the 
daflj ]■ i" 1 1. 



Cab Co., I in 



$7:1.10. 



Diree- 
L. 



Arthur Hunter; Classified 
lories Corp.: $87.95. 

Parox Film Co. and Wiiliam 
Sherry; Irving Nat. Hank of X. v.; 
$1U«.S0. 

Amelia Stone, known as Arman 
D. Kalis:; A. B, VVeiblin; fi\C46:Sti. 

Carl Wagne*; .M. Lukushok et al.; 

$i«o.cs. 

Seena Auen: R. Ftclr : $fl»5.62. 

John Carlcon: I ■"■■ « I .a < 
$528.84. 

Rose Lindsey; 



'■v;> 



phi' 



t. 



Film Co.. Inc.; N. V. Tel Co.; 

Inc.; 
nroidway 



Am 

$::a.io. 

Talking Motion Pictures, 
H. \V. Miller: $146.35. 

Joseph Mittsnthsl; 
Music Corp.; $3S4.lt. 

George W. Meyer; II 
,)i\; $2,040.tt. 



EFFICIENCY IN THEATRE 



Expert Emphasizes 
play in Elmira, 



Electrical Dis* 
New York 



i:imira, N. Y., Jan. 25. 

Management of the Majestic the- 
atre here rests with licnjamin M. 
and Harry L, Berinstein of Albany, 
sons of William Berinstein of the 
Capitol City, who recently pur- 
chased the playhouse. The new co- 
mana.cers sueceed Walter M. Powers, 
recalled to Albany b£ the Berinstein 
Interests, Both young men have 
been associated with their father in 
the theatrical panic In Albany in 
the past, while Harry Tj. Berinstein 
was last with the American Tobacco 
Co. as an efficiency expert. 

A policy of intensive electrical ad- 
vertising is to be inaugurated here 
by the Berinsteins. One large sign, 
extending across the street, has been 
placed, and six other electrical signs 
are to be placed at other points in 
the o,ity. 



The first railroad passi nger fare 
reductions affecting territory from 
Buffalo west have been made ^ffec* 
tivo. Circulars issued by the Dela* 
ware, Laekawanna & Western state 
the new schedules actually became 
effective Jan. l, but 'it was not until 
last week, that theatrical pj vies were 

Officially Informed. 

Only the D., L. & TV. and the Erie 
have inverted the lower rates, which, 
mark the differentials allowed. The 
reason being that those roads ter-. 
minal on the New Jers< y shore, 
Other roads bringing passengers Into 
New York, either at Grand Cen« 
tral Station or the 1'. m.-ylvania 
Station are not permitted to reduce 
at this time. 

Tho actual mileage on the two 
roads is greater than others, but 
the difference in terminal points ac- 
counts for the diiTVivnti.tls, Actual 
saving per person is not great, but 
measures up in percentages) The 
fare to Chicago is $io.?6. on the 
Lackawanna as against $:1l\70 for- 
merly, the reduction being $i\ From 
Xcw York to Cleveland the saving 
lis $1, the new tariff being S19J&5, 
as against $20.f>5. There is slightly 
more of a reduction noted to St, 
Paul, the li., L. ft W. tare being 
$44.97, as against $47.3t>. although 
the trip if taken via the Illinois Cen* 
tral is $ 15.36. The new tare on these 
roads to San Francisco is $109.20, 
as against $111.70, the founer fare. 
To Portland the rate U MeS.n, as 
against $110.13, that also applying to 
Yancouver. 

The new schedules also concern 
the Nickel Plate and Wabash roads, 
through- trains to Chicago having 
Iloboken at L.20 p. m. 



$10,000_FOR ACT 

Marx Brothers Make ^Purchase 

from Herman Timberg and 

Bonny Leonard 



The Marx Brothers, due to tour 
the Orpheum Circuit in their latest 
act at a weekly salary of $2,750, 
have raid $10,000 in cash, for the 
turn to Herman Timberg and 
Benny Leonard, who produced it for 
them. 

Leonard Is the . lightweight 
champion boxer. He was Tim- 
berg's partner in the production. 

Timberg Is now writing a double 
act for his sister, Hattie Darling, 
and brother, Sammy Timberg. 



. PALACE NEIGHBOR 

The two three-story buildings lo- 
cated on the southeast corner of 
Broadway and 47th street will be de- 
molished May 1 to make way for a 
modern olfice structure. The build- 
ings are known as 1658-70 Broad- 
way and are adjacent to the Palace 
Theatre building which forms a 
practical "L" around them. The 
property Is in the hands of a cor- 
poration which but recently acquired 
title. The plans will call for a 12- 
stoiy office structure. 

It is understood that negotiations 
have been started whereby the Keith 
interests, which control the Palace 
building, Will lease ihe six upper 
ftoors of the new buildiivf when it is 

completed. The present occupants 

of 1he buildings have been notified 
as to the contemplated construction. 



TOLI'S NEW WATERBURY 

New Haven Jan. 25. 

S. Z. oli. head of the Poli vaude- 
ville circuit, will add another big 
theatre to his chain of amusement 
enterprises on Saturday evening, 
Jan. 28, when he opens his new 
Palace at Waterbury, Conn. It 18 
located In the most central spot in, 
the.Bras.s City. 

The opening attraction is Cohan's* 
"Mary," but the policy of the house 
starting the week of Jan. 'J'.) will be 
three -a -day vaudeville. Poll now 
operates four theatres in Waterbury 
— the Poli house. Strand, Cardan 
and new Paluce. 



BAYES' CONTRACT ENDING 

The Shnbert vaudeville 20-weelc 
contract at $3,500 weekly, held by 
Nora Bayea, terminates In two 
weeks. The Bayes contract in- 
cludes an option for 20 additional 
weeks, the option to be taken up by 
the end of the 18th week, which she 
completes this week in Toronto. 

At the Shubert office early this 
week no mention was made whether 
the option would be taken up. 

The Shubert office notified Jcnle! 
Jacobs, the Bayes representative, 
Tuesday that the option contained 
in her vaudeville contrail would, 
not be exercised. 



Satisfied Judgment 
Kelwyn Amus. Corp.; 



I. !•»!/.- 



Potlek 



,|.- 



« o . 



I.M- 



Ac'dtd to W. V. M. 



A. Books 

Ctilcai «• .lan. 2fr. 

-i ; .i.i n , < 'hiragi ., :\nt\ Apollo, 



Hi., have ben addeil 1o 



l.i>. 

Bel vitli r< 

Western Vaudeville Books, Bolh 

hous< • :-'.i> n> e . - pill a - ek, 



DAVE SABI0SKY WEDS 

The wedding of Dave Sablosky, 
the av.-.ii. to Catherine Segal, Tues- 
<lay, in Philadelphia, nece.s.sitated 
the switching of the booking day 
this week for the Amalgamated 
homes from Tuesdsy to VVednes- 
it.. tii" entire booking rorce of that 
office being in attendance at the 
' • » i •niony. 

The bridegroom Is of the Sablosky 
family Interested In f Stanley 
Co., which controls the majority of 
t 1 " houses booked through the 
a • . . guniat< d. 



Sentenced to Three Years 

Buffatos Jan. 2:.. 
Itobt t t>*f..ong, former manager 
of the Wt!<l«n theatre, convicted of 
abduction, Wa»j sentenCWd Friday to 
1 1 i ■• • j tii In Auburn prison. 



44TH ST. SUNDAYS 

The 14th Street which has aban- 
doned vaudeville and started this 
week with * Up In Tiie Clouds," 
which moved over from the Lyric, 
will continue to play Sunday con- 
certs. That will keep tho Shubert 
concerts up to four in number, Jol- 
son's and the Century playing Sun- 
days and the Winter Garden offer- 
ing its regular bill. 

HARHY KLEIN TO MARRY 

Harry Klein (Klein Bros.) vaude- 
ville act, announced this week that 
he will be married to-morrow (Sat- 
urday) to Balms) lleathcote, non- 
professional, and a native of Eng- 
land, at the Pennsylvania Hotel, by 
the Ray. !>!'. Krass. 

The marriage celebration will also 
mark the 15th anniversary of the 
Klein team In vaudeville. 



Henry Clive Marries 

Chicago, Jan. 25. 
Hi my Clive, who was divorced 
Saturday, and Helen Cunninghanit 
who obtained her decree from Alex. 
Carr on Tuesday, were married to- 
day (Wednesday) at ('.own Point. 
Miss Cunningham la-t appeared in 
"The Demi-Virgin." The couple 
are on th< |r way eanl by way of 
Canada. 



Harry Hawks Reported Deed 
Ogdensburg, N. v , Jan. 25. 
Harry Hawks a native of this city 
for H.'i years and for 40 years 
vaudeville as a dancer 



ha\ iig died ibis week in 



is reported 
r.nffalo, 



Friday, January 27, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



THE BOOKING BETTING"; 
VAUDEVILLE PRIZE REVIVAL 



Oldest "Graft" System Known Among Booking 
Managers — Acts Bet Booking Man Can't Give 
Them Route for Circuit — Old Scale Boosted 



and Others 



•j»et you $200 you can't book me | ASS N TAKING 

over the circuit," said the act 

to the booking manager of the same ' Shuberts May Lose' Logan Square 

circuit. 

It has never been known when 
the booking manager accepted the 
wager, that he lost. The act be- 
lieves it wins, since securing the. 
circuit's route by so simple a de- 
vice. As a rule the act figures if it 
had asked the booking manager 
how much cash he wanted for a 
route the booker might have in- 
creased the amount named in the 

be*. 
1'hls "hooking bettin?," known ?s 

vaudeville's prize revival and the 
oldest system of graft among agents, 
Is now reported to be in operation 
in a circuit's booking office in New 
Tork City. One act has related its 
experience with the booking man- 
ager, showing a route over the cir- 
cuit in proof. 

The 'betting" dodge wi*.3 em- 
ployed a great many years ago for 
the first time. The betting scale 
then seldom exceeded $21, and only 
'next week" was the subject. of the 



Chicago. Jan. 23. 

The Logan square which Jimmie 
O'N'eil took with him into the local 
Shubert office for booking is going 
into the association for its bills. 
The house is one of Lubliner & 
Trintz, and it is understood other 
houces under iheir control may 
switch bookings again. 

Jack Amick, formerly with the 
Carrell ofllce. has left the Shubert 
forces here. The half dozen houses 
brought to the Shuberts by him, are 
under contract to Amlek and it is 
said all are being withdrawn from 
Shubert booking. Unless there are 
fr>sh acquisitions to tiie Chicago 
olllce for the Shuberts, there will be 
Utile time remaining for it to book. 




LOEW TIE WEST ABOUT 5 WEEKS 
WITH F.-R. CONTRACT CANCEL!!! 



BERLIN 

(Continued from rage 2) 



wager. In those days there were minor knockabouts of Shakespeare, 



independent bookers of a house or 
so giving a week's engagement each. 
An act aware of the soft spots 
would make bets with the bookers 
whether he would work the follow- 
ing week, and then, as now, the 
bookers, upon accepting the wager, 
never lost. 



AHACHMENT LIFTED 
IN BALTIMORE ROW 



such as, for instance, "The Comedy 
of Krrors," there has never been 
doubt to any student of the Eliza- 
bethan age (and the play in ques- 
tion is only one among many; uno 
needs merely to mention the names 
Beaumont and Fletcher, Middlotoh; 
or, shilling to the field of tragedy, 
Marlowe, i/ord and, above all, Lie 
Webster of the "Dutchess of Malfi"). 
L'ut this lack of production is un- 
derstandable; Shakespeare is a 
"name." one might almor.t say a 
well advert. sed trade-mark. 

Of Jonson as dramatist be it 
briefly said that, as against Shake- 
speare, be tends more toward the 
creation of types rather than the in- 
| dlvidualization of his plot factotums 



This is the wife and eight months' 
old son of 

HARRY BURNS 

(Burns and Freda) 

Will he be another balloon peddler? 
Mrs. Burns says "NO!" 

LOEW IN CLEVELAND 
SHIFTS VAUDEVILLE 

Loev/s Southern Shows (Going 
Into Metropolitan 



Dissolved, with Year to Run, by Mutual Consent 
Effective March 2 — Result of Junior Orpheum 
Competition — Lubin West for Conference on Gap 



M. U. PLAN 



mm 



Keiiy'S ShOW PlaVS When i ,Jut .* taa **er of f irc<? technique he 

* . ' i surely was. as the present example 



Cleveland, Jan 
Loew's Liberty, now playing split 
week live acts and pictures, will dis- 
contimc vaudeville, Feb. 20, and 
adopt a straight picture policy. The 
Loew southern road shows will 
hereafter play Loow's Metropolitan 
instead of the Liberty. 

Loew has nine other houses ! ere, 
all playing straight pictures. The 
Liberty is closely adjacent to the 
new Keith's 105th Street, which will 
continue a straight vaudev'lle pol- 
icy. 

The Liberty has fallen off stead- 
ily in attendance since the 105th 
Street ope ned. 



Holding Corporation to Take in 802 
and 310 Members 

The plan of adopting an amend- 
ment to the by-laws of Mutual 
Musical Protective Union, formerly 
Local No. 310 of the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians, reported sev- 
eral months ago in Variety, is well 
under way. 

The M. M. P. U.. according tq re- 
port, will very shortly become a 
holding corporation, only its union 
features being abolish d. 

It is likely that an arrangement 
will be made whereby members of 
Local No. 802, the successor to No. 
310 in the American Federation of 
Musicians, will effect a plan with 
the M. M. P. If. that will give 
membership in both organizations 
to all members of No. 802. This 
would extend the sick and death 
benefit features to No. 802 mem- 
bers through the payment of $8 a 
year, whereas now musicians be- 
longing to 802 and 310 pay double 
that amount, $8 a year in each or- 
ganization. 

The annual morting of 310 is 
scheduled for early ih .March, when 
the newly-elcctc;! officers and board 
of directors will put the flushing 
touches on the plan of making tjie 
M. M. P. U. a holding corporation. 
The M. M. P. 1'. owns its own 
building on SGth .street, near Third 
a venue, said to be worth $600,000. 
This will remain an M. M. P. U. 
property, according to the plan, 
with 802 taking over the building 
en rental. 



Bernstein's Claims Are 
Bonded 



Baltimore, Jan. 25. 

Rube Lernstein succeeded in 
keeping the CJayety and Palace dark 
here Monday, Jan. 16, by injunction 
proceedings brought to prevent the 
house from playing Mike Kelly's 
"Cabaret Girls," instead of Pcrn- 
stein's "Broadway Scandals," an 
American circuit attraction. The 
house put up a bond Tuesday which 
allowed it to open with the Kelly 
show. Saturday afternoon (Jan. 
21) Bernstein's attorneys secured 
an attachment, claiming damages 
for $1,431.31. 

Saturday afternoon all the DOttd- 

(Continucd on page 11) 



Married at 16, Now Freed 
In the Jean Jarvis (Cunningham) 
annulment action against Edward 



J amply proves. 

The present performance Is in- 
ferior; only ihe Morose of Fritz 
Lion and the Carion of Rose Licit* 
cnsteln are even probable. Ben 
Lachmann's adaptation was excel- 
lent and deserved better treatment. 

At the Kleines Schauspielhaus 
they have been digging out some old 
French stuff, "Kikl," by Andre 
Picard, translated by Robert Blum, 
a choice evidently made on account 
of its starring possibilities for Kaete 
Dorsch, who plays the title role. To 
an American mind, however, this 
would be far from sufficient com- 
pensation for tho play's imbecility. 
Miss Dorsch is, to speak gently, 
plump and thirty, and, of course, 
lacks the lightness of body work 
utterly necessary to portray tho 
ilitty ingenue here required. In 
America wo have developed this 
type to a complete perfection (Mary 
Pickford, Helen Hayes), but in Ger- 
many, as it is seldom called for, it 
is almost universally murdered. 



"Marriage in a Circle" (Die Ehe 
lm Kreise), tho latest Hermann 



Cunningham, picture actor, a deci- j "aller- and - Rideamus -music -by- 
,i nn in „ ', , .~, . V .„„l Eduard-i.uenneke operetta, has Just 

«ion in the plaintiff's favor has been had |tg premiere at Theatre am 

ftanded down. Miss Jarvis, a show , Ndlendorf Platz. Here the libret- 

Rirl, formerly with the "Follies," the | tista have reverted to the burles- 



'Magic Melody" and "Broadway 
Brevities" alleges that five years ago 
"when she married Cunningham she 
was only 16 and he 19. Tho annul- 
ment action was not brought sooner 
because of her continual traveling 
with tho musical shows. Harry 
Saks Hechheimer acted for the 
Plaintiff. 



SALES OF 100,000,000 

(Continued from page 1) 

record sales is not to be lightly dis- 
missed. 

The roll situation is understood 
to be picking up also, according to 
sports, piano salesmen showing an 
increased percentage of player piano 
x-dos. That has been the cause of 
the word roll depression of late. 
There were not enough pianos in 
use. The Q. R. S. Roll Co. the past 
few months has been advertising 



quing of the Greek drama which 
Offenbach made popular in "Fair 
Helen" and "Orpheus in Hades." 

Sut the book is in no wise compar- 
3lo to those now historic master- 
pieces, and Mr. Kuenncke is far, 
far from being another Offen- 
bach. His last two scores, "When 
Love Awakes" and "The Cousin 
from Dlngsda," were superior Jobs 
of their class, but in the present he 
vacillates between taking himself 
too seriously and not seriously 
enough — at one moment pretentious 
but hollow opera-comique and the 
next shoddy "Jimmy" (i. e., the Ber- 
lin version of shimmy music). 
The orchestration is efficiently han- 
dled but generally killed by tho 
abominablo "time beating" of the 
conductor, Max Roth. 

The plot was suggested by Moll- 
cre's "Amphitryon" and concerns 
the visit of Jupiter and Mercury to 
the earth for the purpose of gaining 
tho loves o* Alkmene and Charts, 
wives of .»mphityron and Sosias, 
Theban generals. Leda, whom Jup- 
iter onco wooed in the form of a 



extensively in the national period- 
icals, advocating tho purchase of ™ ™ gJ-|£trodncii aa a char 
Player pianos without boosting the i ggf S£S role-the proprietress 

saies of their rolls. They realize j of ft da nco hall. This part and that 
inat en more pianos are in use in ! f Sosias aro the better written of 
American homes the roll sales will the ensemble. 
Jump accordingly. The Leda of Claire Waldoff stands 




nechanicals* for additional rev- J as'Alkmene is weak vocally and in- 



D: *ue t.» balance matter 



1 sipid from the acting angle 



ILL AND INJURED 

Marcia Hamilton, suffering ex- 
treme i ain from a broken ankle re- 
ceived just before her pe. tol mam 
of "fcJhow Me,** comedy skit at the 
Gaiety, Ctica, N. V.. playing Keith 
vaudeville, went to the theatre and 
rehearsed a young woman from an- 
other skit in her lines. The bones 
broken from a fall on a slippery 
sidewalk have been set and Miss 
Hamilton is at the Hotel Martin in 
Utica for live weeks. Mrs. Margaret 
Vaughn of Utica completed the 
work in Utica with the act and goes 
on the road until Miss Hamilton re- 
covers. 

Maurice Diamond (Diamond and 
McMahon) will resume playing Feb. 
6. The dancer has been off since 
Jan. 2, when he fractured a rib 
while dancing. 

•Snnwif" Maybelle Phillips, con- 
fined to her homo in Chicago with 
pneumonia. 

While performing their act in the 
Salinas theatre, Salinas, Calif., last 
week Upton and Junius, wire act, 
suffered an accident in which Upton 
received a broken leg and Junius 
was badly injured about the head. 
The stage of tho theatre is said to 
have collapsed. 

Joe Riley (Joe Riley and Co.) 
playing tho Orpheum Circuit and 
booked at the Kansas City house 
week of Jan. 2d, reached there "last 
Friday and was taken to the Re- 
search hospital for an operation. 
He will be unable to work for some 
time. 

Shireen left tho Lyric, Hamilton. 
Ont., on Monday with an attack 
of flu. 

Wells, Virginia and West were off 
Monday at the Riviera, Brooklyn. 
Leo Beers doubled into the vacancy 
from the Flatbush. 

Carl Cameron, a member of the 
Al. O. Fields Minstrels, has been 
successfully operated on for appen- 
dicitis at the Moore Overton Hospi- 
tal, Binghamton, N. Y. 



NEW ACTS 

Jimmy Francis' Revue, four peo- 
ple, singing and dancing (Jack 
Lewis). 

Anna Held, Jr., in "French Pas- 
try," with two men and two 
women. 

Frank Francis (Kennedy and 
Francis) and Sam Ross tAl. G. 
Fields Minstrels). 

Bob Higgins, four people, musical 

skit. 

Boris Fridkin producing dancing 
act featuring Leo Flidkin and Syl- 
vaine. 

Leon Lawrence (Lawrence and 
Beasley) and phlllls Oakland (Oak- 
land Sisters) in a two act. They 
open OUt of town Monday. 



The Strand, Newark, N. J., plays 
five acts of vaudeville, commencing 
Jan. ao, booked by Pally Mu'ati. 



The Plnkelsteln eV Hubin Palace 
theatres, Minneapolis and St. Paul, 
will l(jJTVe the Loew booking office 
March 2, dissolving a booking ar- 
rangement by mutual agreement 
which has still one year to run. 

The opening of the Hennepin, the 
new Junior Orpheum house in Min- 
neapolis is believed to be the cause 
of the withdrawal, business falling 
off in such proportions at both . 
F. & R. houses that a change of 
policy and tho cutting down of the 
overhead were deemed imperative 
by the northwestern owners. 

The houses will play a combina- 
tion picture and vaudeville policy 
after that date. Ten reels of pic- 
tures and one or two vaudeville acts 
Is said to be the plan for the future. 

The possibilities of the Shuberts 
being asked to supply the vaudeville 
turns is considered remote, although 
F. & R. are reported as having noti- 
fied the Shubert office that they 
would play the big names for two 
or vnore weeks, surrounded by a 
straight picture bill, the stars to be 
chosen at the discretion of Finkic- 
steta & Rubin. 

The withdrawal of the twp houses 
necessitates Loew acts toing west 
to jump from Chicago to Seattle, 
and cuts the Loew western weeks 
down to about five, not consecutive. 

J. H. Lubin, Loew booking man- 
ager, left New York for Chicago 
Tuesday to confer with Ed Schiller 
about the Loew western sltuatlo • 

At the New York Loew headquar- 
ters it was denied the balance of the 
western Loew circuit was to be 
booked out of the Loew Chicago of- 
fice. 




LE VERE 



of Holmes & Le Vote, .-coring "a knockout" with their novel ( •• I d/ 
turn entitled. "THEMSELVES" at R I'. Kelth'S Hist Street No.-/ •' .v.i. 
This Week (Jan. 2S). Direction: HARRY FITZGERALD 



Landers Stevens r.ack in Vaude 



Los Angeles, Jan. 



< r. 



Landers Stevens, late 01 Metro's 
l<»cal studios and well-known char- 
acter, man around the neighboring 

lots, returned to vaudeville Sunday 
with "The New Chief of Police," at 
the local Pant axes theatre. The 
sketch is headlining here th ; s week. 



Wood Film F.xecutivc 
Bah Francisco, Jan. 25. 
E. George Wood, a pn due* t of 

cabaret shows, has I n engaged i 

assistant manager f< t Jem en A Von 
Her berg, owners of one Of the l->r;;- 

est chain, of motion picture UVoatrea 

in the Northwest. Wood wrlll m 
his headquarters In the CoHimb'a 
theatre, Portland, Di e. 

Harry Singer East en Virit 
• Harry Singer, ■■ * i\ ma 
t he Orpheum Cir< nil hi Ch 

rlve*d :i» SN »' Yo: ( 

I vi-M. 



PRICES ON NW. FAIRS 
Eastern vaudeville and fair a gents 

have lost interest in the North\cr<L- 
ern Canada fair circuit upon re* 
ceivlng a schedule of appropria- 
tions. There are two groups of 
events known*** Ofrcuit A and Cir- 
cuit iJ. * r>" chows will b? played a 
week and must total not more than 
la.SOO, There are 16 events on Cir- 
euit ]'., Involving a semi-weekly 
change of show or 20 in all, ;\',t\\ for 
ii: si- only . i - nil is provided. 
At these limits the bills cannot 
booked • "t ut the east and W.iM 
lu'obubry be i indled from Chi i 



Jack Dcmpsey Vacationing 

i .-<•'; 1 "•!!,!> icj . of the Kei of- 

I ' for Lnkewo< <l, ^N. J., this 

. ■ he will §i» nd $ \ i rai 

'■•*. 

!••: ! :.!« will handle the 



VARIETY'S SAN FPANCISCO OFFICES 



B>m Jf ranctsco 



PANTAGES THEATRE BUILDING 

Friday, January 27, 1022 




SAN FRANCISCO SHOWS 



Vivy 



ORf HEUM, FRISCO 
San Francisco, Jan^ 
Tiu- Orpheun turned qui a 
entertaining program this wa !« with 

plenty of life and eon>id< rablo « "tn- 

tdy. 

Eddie Busteli la "A Man of Af- 
fairs," by Daniel Kuscll. is niiew out 
lure, but the house held iho usual 

Sunday capacity. Slussell as a wise- 
cracker from a small town estab- 
lished himself tram the start and 
bad the house JatfJniiUs' continually 
through the vnrfouT peonr^, which 
fairly bristle wit a smart materia] 
Which contains heart interest as 
well. The supporting east was good 
and the act was voted a big sir.-ecss 
by the Sunday night* is. 

Nat Nazarro: with Buck and Bub- 
bles, a couple of colored lads, proved 
the surprise feature, arousing more 
enthusiasm than anything els*-. Tin- 
phenomenal dancing of the tall 
darky and piano ability of the other 
abetted by the Nazarros tied the 
show up in a knot. 

Cliff Nazarro and the Darling Sis- 
ters alro won popular favor in sec- 
ond f:pot. Cliff easiiy establi ;hed 
himself with his songs and ifty 
stepping. The sweet-lo.king Dar- 
ling Sisters also stand out in a 
pleasing routine, but an firi' able 
mule stopped the exodus. 

Beatrice Sweeney with contortion* 
and aerial feats starts the show off 
rapidly. Miss Sweeney has a npvel 
opening and dandy finish Jaw whirl 
in mid-air, with her nether extreme 
itTes entwined around her neck. Joe 
Morris and Flo Campbell, held over, 
repeated next to closing in great 
style, as did Gladys Clark aim 
Henry Bergman with their same 
routine. Iallian Shaw alflO holding 
forth for a great hit. Josephs. 



PANTAGES, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 

Pauline, headlining, dosed a 
meager five-act bill Sunday and pro- 
vided the only laughs. Billed as an 
eminent French scientist, he an- 
nounced emphatically ho is not a 
hypnotist, and after gathering nine 
plants from the audience puts them 
through a lot of funny stunts In a 
master showman's manner. Howls 
\v< re the result. 

Pantheon Singers is a mixed 
quartet, with a woman alternating 
at piano and violin and receiving 
excellent appreciation for an excel- 
lent singing routine running to bet- 
ter class numbers. 

JIayden, Goodwin and Bowe gave 
a good account of themselves with 
popular numbers in second spot and 
an operatic bit In rag time got them 
away nicely. A ballad by the pian- 
Irt is weakly put over, and the 
routine should be freshened. 

Class, Manning and Class started 
t*»e bill with wire stunts getting lit- 
tle. Josi pka. 



HIP, FRISCO 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 
Pretty good entertainment first 
half. 

De Lyons Duo made a good opener 
with strength feats, and Ted and 
Daisy Lane, song and dance team. 
vary their routine with comedy talk 
nicely handled. Tho man did some 
fancy acrobatic stunts for a good 
finish. 

Paul and Georgia Hall fiddled and 
sans? entertainingly. Bird imitations 
on the violin by the man and atmos- 
pheric song numbers by the girl 
round out a pleasing act. 

Collins and Pillard scored a big 
hit next to closing. The comedian, 
besides being a good comic, plays 
ihe cornet and clarinet and dances 
exceedingly well. vSong and Dance 
Heview" concludes the show. There 
are two girls, a woman at the piano 
and a man dancer. The thin girl 
stands out on her good kick (larn.M 
and acrobatics and also delivers a 
song acceptably, but the Yiddish 
number is ununited. The others 
arouse little, especially the male, 
wlr» appears to be breaking in. 

Josephs 



CASINO 

S.m Franeiseo. Jan. -•"»• 

Will King scored a comedy knock- 
out with bis, chorus girl contest thai 
drew big business last week at 
Loew'a Casino In connection with 
his musical extravaganza, 'The 
Spark Plug." The contest occupied 
more than an hour, while the main 
shOW was boded down to 30 minutes. 

Chorus girls' contests are no un- 
usual thing for San Francisco, but 
none in the past has been ataged 
with the elaborateness with which 
King presented this one. Bach act 

was staged in a special stage set- 
ting with special costumes, and de- 
veloped an amazing amount of talent 
among the girls, A large score 
beard was kept on the stage on 
which the verdict of the audience at 
each performance was recorded and 
Upon which tin- final winners were 
awarded the prizes. King hung U P 
a purse of $l!00 for the girls. 

Th«' Knight Sisters with "A Night 
on the Bow< :\v" carried off first 
honors. This was an exceptionally 

amusing character singing skit. 
.Jackie Adair, offering' "Blue" num- 
bers, was a big favorite, but owing 
to her position on the program was 
handicapped. If she had been placed 
further down she . probably would 
have had a much better chance. 

Another act presented by Alice 
Morris, Jewel Lorraine, Nellie Chick. 
Jessie Perry and Vera* Pollack, and 
entitled "Forty Pink Toes," proved 
a corking good act. It dealt with 
life in a theatrical boarding house 
and the relationship between chorus 
girls and landladies. With another 
title it probably could be utilized as 
a vehicle for vaudeville. An acro- 
batic act recently played Pantages 
time was called "Thirty Pink Toes." 

The other acts were: Clella Van 
Pelt, in a classic dance; Jessie Col- 
lins, character songstress; Kitty 
Biuuch and Florence Thorpe, &ong 
and dance; Lucky Pollack and 
Vivian Banff, "A study In Black 
and White"; Evelyn Jordan, "In 
Jazz"; Ethel Burr and Ruth Phtpps 
in "Now and Then"; Bernice Stuart, 
"A Sunshine Minstrel"; Ethel Bur- 
ney and Clare La Valle, "Just Chat- 
ter," and "The Dance of All Na- 
tions." featuring Peggy Green. Bva 
Wilkinson, Georgia Richards, Claire 
Hollo way, Beita Boyet, Dolly Am- 
buhl, and Gladys Medford. 

King himself has been o t of the 
cast, confined to his room with III- 
aeas. He is under the doctor's cure. 
During his absence Lew Dunbar Is 
being featured in his "Doolcy" char- 
acter. 



'FRISCO BUSINESS 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 

P.ivlowa did close to $38,000 on 
her week's engagement at the 
Century theatre hero as against 
$4:\i»00 on her engagement last year. 
Much comment has been caused by 
the fact that during her Los An- 
geles and Fresno engagements Pav- 
lowa charged but $3 top, while dur- 
ing her San Francisco engagement 
she boosted the price to $4 

May Robson, appearing in "It 
Pays to Smile." at the Columbia 
theatre* opened to but fair business. 
The play seemed to catch on, how- 
ever, as the week progressed and 
business is picking up gradually. 



FILM STAR'S SKETCH 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 

Louise Lovely, the picture star, ig 
booked to open in Fresno on Febru- 
ary 1 for personal appearances in 
the Loew houses, presenting a 
sket ;h that is being written for her. 

She will play all of the Loew 
houses except in San Francisco, 
where she is scheduled o play the 
Strand in conjunction with the 
showing of "Life's Greatest Ques- 
tion, '• a picture made in San Fran- 
cisco and in which she co-starred 
with Boy Stewart. 



WIGWAM'S STOCK 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 

Kd Redmond is preparing to open 
at the Wigwam theatre in the Mis- 
sion, presenting a musical comedy 
stock in conjunction with a vaude- 
ville bill. The vaudeville will be 
shown the first half of the week 
and will be booked by the Bert 
Levey circuit. 

Heretofore the Wigwam has been 
playing pictures and vaudeville, 
usirg acts from the Loow circuit. 



YOUNG FULLER'S RETURN 

San Francisco, Jan. L'5. 

Benny Fuller, Jr., son of Sir Ben- 
jamin Fuller, head of the theatrical 
firm in Australia bearing his name, 
will leave here March 3 to return to 
the Antipodes. 

Ben, Jr., has been attending to his 
father's business In San Francisco 
for the i>a>t two years. He will be 
succeeded by Brodie Mack, who is 
being sent from Australia and who 
is expected to arrive sometime In 
February. 



FRISCO ITEMS 

Sin Francisco. Jan. 
Jack Joy, orchestra leader 
Marquad's Cafe, is leaving. 



for 



Bryan Foy. of the Foy Family. 
playing the Orpheum t.ime, has been 
engaged by Bailie Fisher, appearing 

on the same circuit in "The Choir j 
Rehearsal/' to write a new act for j 

her. 



CAPACITY AT $o 

San Francisco Jan. 25. 
Leslie McCabe opened the new- 
California theatre in Coalinga last 
week presenting* "The Bat," which 
he bought outright for the occasion 
and for which he charged a top 
price ° 1 ' M, The house, which seats 
1.400, m a modern and beautiful 
theatre and was packed for the 
opening. 



The Wilkes Stock Company in 
Sacramento closed Jan. 21 after an 
engagement of several months. The 
Salt Lake Wilkes house is also re- 
ported to be closing. 



Following its San Francisco en- 
gagement of the San Carlo Opera 
Company the organization will play 
a week at tho Century theatre in 
Oakland. Jack Bussell, heading a 
musical comedy, was scheduled to 
open, but owing to the San Carlo 
booking his engagement has be» n 
B< I back a week. 



ROOF FOR WILBUR 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 
Dick Wilbur, facetiously styled 
'The Frohman of the Foothills," 
who has been presenting a tent 
show in Honolulu, has so caught 
the fancy of Hawaiian theatre- 
goers that he has been engaged to 
abandon his ttnt an.', present his 
future shows in the new Hawaii 
theatre in Honolulu. 



NEW PRODUCING CONCERN 

Los Angeles. Jan. 25. 
With the election of officers by the 
recently formed National Picture 
Finance Corporation, a million dol- 
lar company organized to finance in 
dependent stars and producers in 
and around Los Angeles, . ive op- 
erations are to commence. In addi- 
tion tO Laurence A. Lambert, presi- 
dent, the directors are F. 1). H. 

Moots, w. w. Damron, B. J. 

Schroedcr. Alfgred G. Roberts, II. 
I?. Cook, Karl Merris, R. L. Caru- 
therS and M. Parcel!. Schraeder is 
also vice-president and treasurer, 
Ho was formerly a banker of Mis- 
souri. 



A SHOW IN ITSELF 



COFFEE DAN'S 

SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS MIDNIGHT PLAYGROUND 



Service and Rates to the Profession 

HOTEL TURPIN 

17 Powell St., Near Market, SAN FRANCISCO 



One Block from All Theatres 



"SUNSHINE MARY" SUED 

Los Angebs, Jan. 25. 

Mary "Sunshine" Anderson, an 
ingenue at the Vitagraph studios, is 
made defendant in a suit for divorce 
filed here last week by Phlnny 
Goodfriend, assistant director, who 
charges her with desertion. 

They were wed in 1 'Jl 6 after 
Goodfriend, then an assistant cam- 
eraman, had rescued "Sunshine 
Mary" from a real snowstorm dur- 
ing the filming of some scenes in 
Truckee. 



VALENTINO'S CONTRACT 

Tho contract between Famous 
Players and Rudolfo Valentino is 
for three years at a salary of $2,500 
a week, giving the star the right to 
pass on all stories. 



"Sheba" at Pop Scale 

Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 
After pTaying hero for a run at 
$1.50 prices, the Fox feature, "The 
Queen of Sheba," is back at the Al- 
hambra in tho fourth week of ita 
second local run, doing good. 



WITH THE MUSIC MEN 



Although not appearing on tho 
stage at any time. Laurette Tay- 
lors new "National Anthem" star- 
ring vehicle, authored by her hus- 
band, J. Hartley Manners, carries 
an orchestra which plays off-stage 
in the course of the action. 



Judge Augustus X. Hand has for- 
maiiv discharged the recelvera W 

equity of the Otto Higel Co., Inc., 

music roll manufacturers. 



The Q. R. S. Music Co. has ab- 
sorbed the catalog and imtents of 
the Imperial Roll Co.'S catalog. The 
Imperial, located in Chicago, will 
continue marketing its electric roll. 



J. Milton LVleamp. songwriter 
and music roll recording artist, has 
connected with the Ampico Co. in 
charge of the wholesale department. 

The "songwriters' union" reor- 
ganization appears to be "cold," 
according to the songsmiths. Though 
business la somewhat better than it 
was last summer, when the song- 
writers first conceived the idea of 
organization, for some reason or 
other the majority of the writers 
seem unwilling to identify them- 
selves with the project. Many con- 
cur that the negotiation of con- 
tracts is a matter of individual 
bargaining and not collective busi- 
ness dealing on the theory that an 
established writer deserves better 
terms than a novice. Two meetings 
that were Called shortly before the 
holidays both fell under the 25 
quorum attendance, although the 
Lyric Writers* and Composers' 
Guild of America boasts almost 200 
members. Some free lanoe writers 
not contractually pledged to liny 
publisher still Insist that another 
reorganization meeting will shortly 
be called. 

Noble Sissle and Eubie R'ake 
have written a new "b in. s, ' which 
Witmark will publish, 



The Edward P. Marks Music Co. 
is publishing the music of t'om- 
stock & Gest's forthcoming presen- 
tation of "Lq Theatre de la Chauve- 
Souris ' (Russian Bat Theatre), 
with Nikita Palieff. The music in- 
cludes a Composition titled "The 

Parade of tin- Wooden Soldiers," 
well known iti Europe as "La Pa- 
rade dea Soldaa de Hois." 



charges that the title, song, melody 
and construction Infringes on ths 
Remick song 1 . Berlins state they 8 e. 
cured permission to use the title 
from Remick, but that other than 
that it never saw the other song 
Jentes' attorney, who is preparing 
the papers in a Federal Court ac- 
tio, i. is naming Remick, Berlin and 
Perlin, Inc., as co-defendants. Tho 
action will involve a point of law 
in that under his contract with 
Remick, Jentes- transferred and as- 
signed his right, title and interest 
in the song and its copyright to 
Remick. Jentes* attorney has also 
taken up the alleged infringement 
of "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 
'Tucky Home'' with Berlin, Inc. 
Jentes says that in lfllS Fe'at pub- 
lished a song. "Take Me Pack to 
That Old -Fashioned Shack," writ- 
ten by Billy Jerome, Milton Ager 
and himself, claiming "Tucky 
Home" is a melody infringement on 
his song. Berlin, Max Winslow and 
Saul Bornsteiu state that if any- 
thing "'Tucky Home" i, adapted 
from "When You and I Were Young 
Maggie." 



Bel win, Inc., have turned over two 
more songs to Shapiro. Bernstein & 
Co.. titled "Never Mind," by x at 
Sanders and Louis Rr»a\!, and 
"Lola-Lu," by Breau. The latter 
also wrote "I Want My Mammy." 
which the S.-B. house ia now ex- 
ploiting. 



Cecile Silvers, a Sister of Louis 
Silvers, composer, is now connected 
with the Harms professional staff. 



Judgment for $1,065.20 was en- 
tered Fast week by Goodman ft Hose, 
music publishers, against .Edward u. 
Marks, another music man, for aheet 

(Continued on Page 7) 



OBITUARY 



FREDERICK GUEST 
Frederick Guest. Shakespearean 
actor, died In New York Jan. St, of 
heart trouble. He had played a 

great variety of roles in companies 

headed by Mme. Mojeska. Julia 



Otto Motzans controversy with 
Slgmund Romberg, which threat- 
ened to teach the courts, has been 
adjusted. Motzan claimed thar a 

"Wetonah" song In the current 
' ■p.ombo" show was lifted by Rom- 
berg from a melody which he and 
Romberg jointly composed for the 
"Passing Show "of lt)l7." The Sun- 
shine Music Co. « Harms) has 
agreed to put M6tgah*8 name on the 
current song and gave him a royalty 
contract. 




IN LOVING MEMORY 

of our uVar l>r< ; n» r 

PHILIP KAUFMAN 



Fred Fish< is well known Den* 
•iiant for adopting classical mel- 
odies for popular songs brought to 
light a funny development recently 
In the matter of the publisher -com - 
poser'a latest, "When the Honey- 
moon Was Over." composition. A 
minor Philadelphia publishing com- 
pany accused Fisher of infringing 
on one of their numbers on the mel- 
ody end. Fisher in turn produced 
the original Chopin melody from 
which both songs were taken. 



Jack Neal has temporarily con- 
nected with the Perlin professional 

staff. 

Jimmie Monaco's suit agiinst 
Morris Gest for royalties was ami- 
cably adjusted last week for $5oo. 
Monaco sued for $1,500, at the rate 
of $50 weekly for 30 weeks, for serv- 
ices rendered In composing the 
s-ore of the 1920 Century Grove 
.show in collaboration with John 
Henry Mean and Alfred Bryan 
(both on lyrics). (Jest rejected the 
music and lyrics, stating it was not 
what li" wanted and retailed each of 
tho writers $100 checks In settle- 
ment for their services, Bryan ac- 
cepted, Mears collaborated with 
Pud De Sylva and George Gershwin 
on tho score for the drove show, 
which proved acceptable to (lest! 
but Monaco brought suit In the City 
Court through Abner Qreenberg, 



v h-> i-aptcil away January 24th, IC-IC. 
«'.t>no but not forgotten. 

iRVING and JACK KAUFMAN 



Marlowe, Marie Wain Wright, Otis 
Skinner. Henry Miller and others. 
Interment was in Calvary Cemetery 

Jan. 23. 

Hans Kroriold, one of the greatest 
'cello players in the world, was" 
buried from his Bronx home, fol- 
lowing a brief illness with pneu- 
monia, this week. The deceased 
was born in Poland and was 50 
years of age?. Ho came to this 
country when only a youth and 
played with a number of leading 
symphony orchestras .a this eoun* 
try. His parents were also of the 
musical typo and prominent 
throughout Europe. He is survived 
by ; wife and two daughters. 



The mother, age 70. of Olj nn ( 'on- 
don died Jan. 22 at her home in 
Tulsa, Okla. 



Harry Jentes has retained Abner 
Qreenberg to represent him in a 
song infringement suit against Ir- 
ving Perlin. Inc., arising over the 
song, "All By Myself.' Originally 
Jente s and Kugeno West had a song 
by that title published in 1920 by 
Jerome H. Remick & Co. Jentes 



Jane Harry, French lyrical artiste, 
at Bordeaux, aged 35 years. 

Lewia Levy, aerent for Cirque 
Pindar; France, aged 49 years. 



Max Cardiff, partner Of Pelissar, 
died Jan. It of pneumonia following 
influenza. 



The mother of Ooff. Phillips died 

Jan. 21, In Cincinnati, at tin- Bgi 
of !' 2. 



The mother of "Texico" died .it 
lnr home in Atlanta. Ga. 



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<rica/> January 27, 1922 



VAUDEVILLE 



REFORMERS START DRIVE FOR 
BLUE SUNDAY IN N. Y. STATE 



Albany Reform Lobby Reported Out to Repeal AH 
Laws Permitting Sports and Amusements 
First Day 



on 



Albany, X. T., Jan. 25. 

What i.< looked i pon as the opon- 
L- gun for Sunday blue laws in this 
State was liivd this week with the 
introduetion in the Legislature of 
bills carrying out some of t_ie pro- 
gram of the organizations which j 
have become lnown as the "In- 
form Lobby" group. From present 
indications, before the 1022 session 
is a month eld bills will be intro- 
duced making more rigi 1 the stat- 
utes pertaining to gambling at race 
tracks and other forms of gam- 
bling, particularly crap shooting; 
the- repeal of all laws permitting 
spirts and amusements on Sunday; 
the rep.-al of the boxing law and 
the introduction of a bill designed 
|t close all business places on Sun- 
day 

Vh* bills of Senators Seymour, 

Lovvman a ad Assemblyman John J. 
Richtord. ot Chemung County, 
known as the ••Triplets" of the 
Anti-Saloon League. authorizing 
cities, towns and villages to enact 
©rdinnnces for the enforcement of 
the prohibition lawn, were intro- 
duced yesterday. 

At the same time Assemblyman F. 
W. Miller, Democrat, of Brooklyn. 
presented a bill repealing the Mul- 
lan-GaRe act. 

Robert O. Davey, former right- 
hand man of Williar \ H. Anderson, 
the dry czar in the days prior to 
prohibition, but now counsel for the 
Lord's Day Alliance, which is ad- 
vocating a puritanical Sunday, sur- 
prised political observers at the 
capitol and legislators alike when 
he announced that he is also in 
Albany in the interests of an asso- 
ciation which aims to bring about 
the repeal of thj boxing law. The 
organization is tnown as the "Leg- 
islative and Law Enforcement Com- 
mittee of Citizens" and interesteu 
in other 'moral issues." 

"The righteous people will stand 
by our efforts to bring about the 
repeal of the prize fight law of this 
State." declared Mr. Davey. 

"Not only will w seek to have 
that statute wiped off the books of 
the State, but we will direct our 
attention to bringing about an end 
to the gambling that is going on at 
race tracks. 

"Crap .shooting will also receive 
not a little attention. Many so- 
called billiard and pool rooms are 
In reality nothing but crap shooting 
resorts." 

The bill introduced, by Assembly- 
man Paul "Westerbeke, Republican, 
of Suffolk County, licensing billiard 
and pool rooms, has the support ! 
the new organization, Mr. Davey 
■aid. Last year a similar bill was 
introduced, but failed to pass. It 
is reported the Westerbeke meas- 
ure is vastly different from last 
year's bill, one < * the principal 
•changes being the requirement that 
the rooms close on Sunday and ex- 
Pose the interior of the establish- 
ments as was the case with saloons. 



PROTEST TRUCK RATES 

Traveling . Salesmen Assure Con 
mission $1.25 Is Too Much 
Even in New York 



KEITH'S DEFENSE 

R«ply to Shubert's $1,000,000 Suit 
in Syracuse 



Twelve years delay of the Shsi- 
borts in pressing any claim or mak- 
ing any demands for a half interest 
in Keith's vaudeville interests in 
Syracuse is pleaded in the Keith 
answer to the pending $1, J.000 
suit as having invalidated any pos- 
sible interest in the two years oper- 
ation of the Keith property and 
theatre in South Salina s'reet. 

Maurice (ioodman served the reply 
Upon William Rubin of the Shubert 
legal staff, it raff ths statute of 
limitations. 



Eleanor Bordman Settles » 
Eleanor Bordman, who wasp fast 
J Eddie Russell's act, "A Man of 
Affairs,.' has adjusted her M.950 
J£h*ry elaim against Laurence 
^hw.ih, producer of the act. Miss 
HoMman claimed she was dismissed 
^justly although she held a sea- 
son's contract at $65 a week. She 
SU J'<1 In the City Court fc 30 weeks* 
salary, through Samuel W. Tannen- 
'•auni, but adjusted th? litigation 
throng a cash :ettlement out of 
court. 



An ordinance of Interest to pro* 
fessiounls coming into the me- 
tropolis is now being threshed 
out before the local Public Service 
Commission under the chairman- 
ship of Commissioner of Accounts 
Hirschrield. appealing from the ex- 
cessive transfer rates charged by 
the NV\v York trucking companies. 
The present minimum rate is $1.25 
per trunk. An interrogatory mailed 
to over a score of cities throughout 
this country shows that the rate 
ranges f.cm GO to 75 cents per 
trunk with an average of 62 cents. 
According to this, the New York 
truckmen exact more than double 
f c r carrying a trunk from the rail- 
road station to a hotel even if it is 
but live blocks distant or even less. 

A traveling salesmen's organiza- 
tion is behind the investigation, the 
i\ S. C. promising action shortly. 
Meantime the data introduced by 
the road men fa being investigated. 



NO SONG PLUG PAY 

Publishers Reaffirm Pledge Not to 
"Salve"' Acta for Using Numbers 



At a meeting at the rooms of the 
Music Publishers' Protective Asso- 
ciation for three hOttrlr the pro- 
fessional managers of all the asso- 
ciation's members rep'edged their 
words to K. C. Mills not to assist, 
directly or indirectly, in prying 
vaudeville and musical comedy per- 
formers in order to "land' a num- 
ber with any act. 

Rumors to the effect that certain 
Influential arts and performers were 
looking for payment in money or 
gifts from the must men in ex- 
change for "plugging" certain num- 
bers have been about in "Tin Pan 
a*lley." 



HART ANSWERS WIFE 

Max Hart on Wednesday tiled an- 
swer through Townsend Scudder 
and George Mortion Levy to Mrs. 
Madge Hart's separation action ask- 
ing $1,000 monthly alimony, in which 
he generally denies all allegations, 
only admitting he does support Mrs. 
Hart but not a retinue of servants 
or entertains lavishly as alleged. 
For a second defense he states there 
is another action still pending in the 
State Supreme Court for divorce on 
similar grounds and asks that the 
complaint be dismissed. 

The hearing on the motion for 
alimony and counsel fees has been 
adjourned from today (Friday) to 
February 2. H. S. Hechhcimer, at- 
torney for Mrs. Hart, states this 
action will he tried, although sev- 
eral suits his client has begun were 
dropped. 



HUGO MORRIS MARRIES 

Hugo Morris (Morris & Feil). 
vaudeville agent, residing at 1G2 
West 54th street, New Yorok, was 
married, Jan. 12, to Lillian' Char- 
lotte Stacy, registered trained nurse 
and a native of Rochester. 

The froOtn gave his age as 42. 
while the bride is 25. The marriage 
was performed by Deputy City 
Clerk Joseph McCormack in the 
marriage bureau of the. Municipal 
Building. 

The couple returned from their 
honeymoon, which . they spent at 
Lake wood. X. J., this week. 

His bride attended the agent dur- 
ing his convalescence recently, after 
h« underwent an operation for ap# 
pendicttls. 



INCORPORATES HIMSELF 

Ted Lewis has incorporated un- 
der the style and name of "I Am 
Ted Lewis, Inc.," for the purpose of 
protecting his business Identity. 
Lewis claims that several people 
have been trying to trade Ofl his 
name. H. S. Heehheimer, counsel 
for Lewis, and (ieorge A. McCor- 
mick are i n the directorate with 
Lewis. 




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CiENKVi: 



FLANDERS and BUTLER 

"A VAUDEVILLE CONCERT" 

Leo Flanders and Geneve Butler 
presented the most enjoyable, Clevel- 
and artistic singing and piano act 
seen thus far the current season. 
etc.— "CALGARY ALBERTAN." 
Orpheum Circuit. 

Direction BURT CORTELYOU 

CHORUS GmiLflfELEASED 

Practically Acquitted of Passing 

Money Order Given Her by ex- 

Asst. Postmsster 



EARLY CLOWS, SALARY CUTS 



LOOM 




SS TIMES IMPROVE 



Show Business Looks Hopefully to Washington to 
Remedy Unemployment— Regarded as Worst of 
Present Ills 



KEITH EXCH. SEEKS FAIRS 

Kollins. of Boston, Bids for Maine 
Circuit Evonts 



Stuart Kollins, Keith Exchange 
manager of Hoston. appeared last 
week before the Maine Association 
of Agricultural Fairs and bid for 
the booking of shows. No business 
was done, Kollins intimating that 
the Keith establishment would not 
handle the business in association 
with any other agent and would not 
submit shows in advance. 

Kollins argued that his organiza- 
tion was better equipped to book 
the shows, the quality ot which 
would be based on the amount sf 
the appropriation. 



Mobile, Ala., Jan. '_'5. 
Daisy Wolfe, 22, New York choruf? 
girl, is back on her way to Broad- 
way, via New Orleans, to repent, 
the Cnited States Government hav- 
ing virtually nolle prossed a charge 
against her of passing a forged 
money order for $100. 

The young woman, who said she 
was here with C. L. Doran, ex- 
assistant postmaster of Harding 
Grove, who died a few days ago at 
a New Orleans hospital, stated that 
Doran gave her the order to cash 
one day when he was too ill to 
leave his room, and that she had no 
knowledge that it was a forged or- 
der. She said it was the first ordt r 
she had cashed, and she did not 
know that Doran had any more in 
his possession until their room was 
raided by the postal authorities at 
New Orleans recently, .\nd Doran 
charged with violating tl postal 
laws. She testified that Doran 
stated to the postal authorities at 
New Orleans, in the presence it 
witnesses, that she had no connec- 
tion with or knowledge of the or- 
ders. No charges were preferrc .1 
against her at New Orleans, al- 
though she testified that she cashed 
one warrant in that city under the 
samo circumstances as at Mobile, 
when he was too ill to leave his 
room. 

Pale and suffering irom an attack 
of appendicitis, the young woman 
took the stand and persistently de- 
nied her guilt, answering all ques- 
tions without hesitation. She told 
of how she met Doran in New York 
last June at a cafe with a gay party 
and believed him a millionaire, and 
of their visits to other cities since 
that time. She said Doran seemed 
always to have plenty of cash on 
hand. He gave her his card, which 
she produced in court. 

She said they camo to Mobile 
some time ago, and stopped at the 
Battle House. One day when Doran 
was too ill to leave his room she 
declared he gave her a money order 
for $100, which was made out in 
his favor, and told her to cash it. 
He designated her as the person to 
whom the money was to bo paid, 
signing the order in tho blank pro- 
vided for this. She went to the 
postofTice, and was told that she 
must have someone to identify her. 
She returned to the Battle House 
and asked the clerk to cash the or- 
der, she testified, telling him that 
she had no one to identify her. The 
house detective then volunteered, it 
was brought out, to go with her to 
tho office, and she "was paid the 
monoj'. 

United States District Attorney 
Alex. D. Pitt* recommended that 
she be bound over to court and re- 
leased upon her own recognizance, 
and this was done by Federal Com- 
missioner Anstill. 



MUSIC MEN 



(Continued from Page C) 

music sold and delivered on a re- 
leasing agent agreement. Marks is 
acting as selling agent on four 
Goodman & Rose songs, the latter 
selling the copies to Marks and the 
latter distributing them to the trade. 
Professional exploitation occurred 
from both offices. Goodman & Hose 
claimed there was some money due 
them which Marks was slow in sat- 
isfying and began suit, Marks in- 
terposing a defense about fraud 
that did not hold. 



Hay Walker has decided to do ac- 
tive orchestra work and resigned 
from the Berlin professional staff. 



Ben Bcrman. piofe^sional mana- 
ger in Frisco for Jerome Uemick, b ft 
last week to take charge of the Los 
Angeles office. He was accompanied 
by Harry Leavitt also of the S:.n 
Francisco staff. • 



Salary CUtS ai an early closing 

of middlo western vaudeville houses 
is anticipated shortly unless li:si- 
ness takes an unlooked for jump. 

Numerous houses are wavering in 
the face of the decreasing attend- 
ance and operating at a loss in the 

expectancy something will be done 
at Washington to alleviate unem- 
ployment, regarded as the principal 
reason for the present depression. 

Tho I.oew circuit announces the 
closing of three houses in middle 
we.iteyn cities which will ivduoe 
that circuit's western time to about 
five weeks. 

Several of the Pantages houses 
are said to be wavering over closing, 
particularly the' Pantages homo in 
Minneapolis, where the opening of 
the Junior Orpheum's Hennepin has 
worked havoc with all of the other 
vaudeville theatres. 

The Hippodrome, Youngstown and 
Colonial, Krie. two Keith booked 
houses, are considering an early 
closing or asking acts to accept sal- 
ary cuts that will allow the houses 
some margin of profit. 

In the eastern vaudeville houses 
business has been snotty outside of 
Greater New York, but in marked 
contrast to the poor reports ema- 
nating from the central portions of 
the country. 



a picture edition of Will Cobb and 
Gus Bdagarda' "School Da\s" num- 
ber in con junction with the \V \sley 
Barry "School Days" picture. 



Bay Hibbeler. Chicag.t song 
writer, is in Frisco this week prior to 
icturning cast. He has returned 
from his first visit to L* ■> Angeles. 

Fied Mayo (Fox and Mayo) has 
joined the Stark A Cowan profes- 
sional staff. 



G( orge Whiting and Roland EL 
Blab (Krnest K. Ball inverted) havo 
written a mock balfUd which Wit- 
mark Is publishing. 



Alex Gerber has affected a settle- 
ment with Leo Feist, on "Ain't 
Nature Grand," Gerber proving he 
had previously .written and copy- 
righted a song of that title and con- 
struction which was later re-written 
with Billy Jerome for Witsriark pub- 
lication. Witmark did not issue the 
song other than copyright copies 
because of Feist's current number. 
The settlement was arranged by 
Arthur F. Driscoll (O'Brien. Male- 
vinsky & Driscoll). B provides for 
a royalty interest in the Feist num- 
ber by Gerber although the latter 
is signed with Witmark. 



Harry Akst's $000 suit against the 
Aeolian Co. for not permitting him 
to complete a contract to record 48 
word roll numbers at $25 each has 
been adjusted, the company agree- 
ing to allow him to finish the period 
of employment. After making 12 
out of a stipulated 48 recordings the 
Aeolian Co. let Akst out. 



reissuing 



Bert Grant, of the Bert Grant 
Music Publishing Co.. underwent an 
operation for appendicitis at the 
New York Hospital (Thurdayi 
yesterday. Doctor Seward Efttttttftn 
performed the operation. 



MILES' FOR SALE? 

Report Vaudeville Manager to Dis- 
pone of Circuit 

Detroit, Jan. '_•. 

It is reported Charles H. Mi!< 
has offered to sell or rent his the- 
atres, now playing vaudeville. Tho 
Miles houses are located in this 
city. Cleveland and Scranton, Pa. 

The Shubctts are among the 
vaudeville operators to whom MtU I 
is said io have submitted his pro- 
posal. 




The music men are busy rushing 
out Hawaiian numbers again. It 
looks as if that type of t:ong is "in" 
again judging from the reception of 
th'> Hawaiian melody from "3ootl 
Morning, Dearie." 

The music publishing Industry l* 

developing a new type of song pub* 
Usher whose aim Is a quick ' t;i n 
ov<>r" to a bigger house. That 
counts for a number of now fin n 
that have come into existence each 
of which is intent on "starting" a 
number toward popularity with the 
orchestras and acts and th »■ tutll 
it over to the big firms for "big 
money'' as they have it. Th!:< f "'. 
came into existence when Jack 
Bobbins of the - Richmond company 
started "Tell Me," "Smites." Ln 
Veeda" and a number other son •>* 
later turning them over to Uemi k 
for large royalty advances. Betwln, 
Inc.. is another house that has ben 
working on that basis with Porster, 
and Shaplro-lJernstein. Both these 
firms admit it rather boastlngly for 
it is no easy stunt f >r a small flv*u 
to pick a winner and plug it suc- 
cessfully until the re illy S*fi Arm 
who can exploit it t ikes the >o.»g 
over. Kcndis and Brocknr n is a 
Bongwriting-publishing Combination 
that has ^probably had as nun!) suc- 
cess as any of them. Recognising 
their limitations for properly push- 
ing •"■ song to its Utmost they 
splurge big on publicity andjntei 
a biK lorn in their product. 



•i»i:u.\m> Tin: OKIGINAI/* 
BETTY— —PHILIP 

MARTIN and MOORE 

We found that SUCCCSS is not mcie 
LICK nor PULL, but the largest, 
hardest job we evr tackled. Hul 
We nre aatl.dled--.'ind 

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Alleging that Collins ft Roach, 
Inc.. are non-existent as a corporate 
combination, Sam Ward has brought 
suit in the Second District Municipal 
Court against Johnny Collins ami 
Irwin Itosen, individually, for $250. 
Ward claims that i mount lor 1L'»i 
weeks' royalty at $i!0 a week for 
having written tho Harris rind 
Santley act which Collins arid 
Rosen own. Ward is a staff writer 
connected with Irving Berlin, Iuc. 



A default judgment of SL'.oui.n 
was entered against Oeorg< W. 
Meyer, songwriter, by Harry •'• 
E»*itsgerald, th" agent. The action 

Was on a not*'. 



Syracuse Indictments 

Syracuse, X. Y.. Jan. 'J". 

An Onondaga County Urand Jury 
returned ten scattf Indictments to- 
«: . .'.m ;» result <»' Ita Investigation 
or immorality in h»< n i dance hall?. 



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Friday, January 27, 1922 



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APOLLO, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 23. 

A last minute shift in this unit 
show with the taking out of **• bill 
of Brerulel ami Bert ami the sub- 
Btltution of Cieeolini in their place 
sort of throws the first part of the 
entertainment out of kilter, making 
it most slow and listless. This por- 
tion of the show was void of any 
real comedy, the only element be- 
ing the Mel Hurnes, and there was 
not enough of the comedy element 
in their offering to carry this portion 
of the entertainment over. The lasr 
part of the bill fared much better 
with the "heavy artillery," Tayloi 
Holmes and Billy McDermott, car- 
rying that portion over with flying 
colors. With the exception of Hetty 
King, Taylor Holmes and the Musi- 
cal Johnstons, the entiro bill are 
repeaters, making their second lap 
Within a few months at this hou-e. 

What success the first part of the 
bill had can easily be attributed i<j 
a small blond youth, Alex Hyde, 
the orchestra leader of this unit. 
Hyde wielded his baton in master- 
ful fashion and practically carried 
the Johnstons over through his work. 
He also proved a salvation for Cie- 
eolini and Miss King as well, and 
again coming in most handy for 
McDermott. A man like this should 
not be relegated to traveling, as 
vaudeville leaders of his type are 
few and far between, and it seems 
that he would be a more valuable 
asset in a permanent post than hav- 
ing him touring. 

Hetty King, who headlined this 
show, was on to close the Artt part. 
Following Cieeolini the road was 
none to smooth for the Engli:h 
male impersonator. Miss King is 
not known in these parts, and noth- 
ing was done to make her so in ad- 
vance, so on her appearance theie 
was not a stir of applause Sunday 
night. This, however, did not deter 
her, for she started in with her rou- 
tine of songs ami as her work pro- 
gressed her impression with the 
audience became more favorable, 
enabling her to acquit herself in 
capital fashion. 

Her catalog of offerings consisted 
of four numbers, with a change of 
costume for each, the first being the 
naval cadet, then the man about 
town followed by the sailor and 
concluded with a Scotch number. 

Taylor Holmes really proved to 
be the bigger attraction here than 
the headliner, demonstrating thai 
fact by a solid round of applause 
accorded hirn on his entrance. 
Holmes was here last summer at 
t'.e Cort theatre, across the street 
from this house, in "Smooth as 
Silk," and Is accredited with a high- 
class Chicago following. Evidently 
a good portion of them were in the 
house Sunday night. 

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vaudeville cannot be conceived. He 
is offering what he terms a charac- 
teristic monolog, which probably he 
assembled on short notice. Never- 
theless, he gets away from the reg- 
ular routine of monologists and of- 
fers a most wholesome and worthy 
routine of talk, song and recitations, 
all of the character nature. His 
opening is a bit crude, but work will 
no doubt permit him to link this 
portion of his offering in better 
fashion, and then he will have what 
can be termed a "100 per cent, plus" 
vaudeville vehicle which he can sell 
whenever he has a mind to. His 
rendition of Kipling's "Boots" 
proved to be the piece de resistance 
of the evening, and the house was 
carried away with it. It brought 
forth spontaneous applause, which 
lasted for several minutes, stopping 
the show. In a curtain specel* 
Holmes explained that he was sim- 
ply exhausted after the recitation 
and therefore could "say no more." 

Opening the show was Fred 
Rogers, who is styled "As the Go 
Get 'Km Kid," a colored singer and 
dancer. His billing is a most proper 
one for an opening act, for Rogers 
can go and get 'em with his dancing, 
but he endeavors to devote a bit too 
much of his time to a song. Rogers 
is a dancer, but not a singer or 
monologist. and vdrro he to do a 
straight "hoofln* " turn he would 
stand out more prominently. 

Next came the Musical Johnstons, 
two men, very adept players of the 
xylophones. They have a conven- 
tional routine which they present in 
good fashion, Mr. and Mrs. Mel 
Burno appeared in the comedy 
sketch, "On the Sleeping Porch." 
Mel Burns is most resourceful in 
assembling new material and gags 
for his act. Since last here he has 
eight or nine new* gags which went 
over in splendid fashion. With the 
action based on a "tippler," and a 
Sunday night audience having the 
"bull staring them in the *f ace." but 
not knowing how to get him, there 
was plenty of enjoyment obtained 
from the act. 

Cieeolini, the grand opera tenor, 
had a repertoire of four songs, two 
in Italian and two in English. He 
managed to get them over in good 
style, but it appeared that his voice 
is just a bit off, probably due to a 
cold. His rendition of "Out of the 
Shadows" and "Your Eyes Told Me 
So" made a more favorable impres- 
sion than the operatic numbers. 

Opening the second part of the 
proceedings Billy McDermott. "Only 
Survivor of Coxey's Army," started 
things off at a rapid gait. McDer- 
mott is well known here and was 
accorded a reception on his entrance. 
He started in with his hobo stories 
and mugging, had the crowd in fine 
fettle, fed them his toreador trav- 
esty, and concluded with his or- 
chestra conduction, scoring second 
best to Holmes on the evening. 

Next came Ernest Evans and 

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Girls, seven of them, in his singinp 
and musical skit, "Wedding Bella," 
which was well relished. Closing 
the show, following Taylor Holmes, 
were tho Pickfords, with their com- 
edy juggling turn. Even though 
seen here before they managed to 
hold the customers in very well to 
the finish of their act Loop. 

PALACE, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 25. 
Opening tho show were George 
and May L.e Fevre in a dancing nov- 
elty, "12 Oclock at the Masque 
Ball." This couple have a good 
dance routine and get it over in ac- 
ceptable fashion. Next were Ann 
Butler and Hal Parker in the com- 
edy skit, "Don't Make Me Laugh." 
Dan Husso, the orchestra leader of 
the theatre, got a good many hearty 
and wholesome laughs doing 
straight for Miss Butler and helped 
the turn considerably. 

••Xreying" it was Don Alfonso 
Zelaya, who offered his music and 
philosophy on music. Zelaya is a 
remarkably good showman as well 
as pianist. After presenting his 
"Waltz Dramatic," Zelaya delivered 
a eulogy on the "Psychology of 
Jazz," which proved to be a stellar 
factor of his offering, so much so 
that it qualifies him to tread on the 
boards of the bigger houses. In his 
eulogy he narrated the fact that 
60 per cent, of tho performers were 
of such a frame of mind that they 
resorted to the "humdrum" jazz to 
carry them along, while the smaller 
percentage tried to submit the 
artistic and flopped badly as a re- 
sult. He stated : that music was 
vibratory, affecting the brain and 
spine and not the hearing. Then he 
told that it was his purpose to up- 
lift good music and therefore would 
only render it. This he did with 
four selections and after being re- 
peatedly called upon to "encore," 
played his conception of "Jazz," 
which seemed to carry him over in 
great fashion. 

Following him was Moore and 
Megley's protege, Corinne Tilton, 
with her "Chameleon Revue." Miss 
Tilton and her crew have been seen 
hereabouts on many prior occasions 
and seem to be as favorably re- 
ceived as heretofore. 

Weaver Brothers found them-* 
selves in the "slot" following the 
Tilton revue, which ran close to 30 
minutes. But these rural type mu- 
sicians with their peculiar instru- 
ments had no difficulty in stepping 
out a »d "goaling," for this they did 
and did well, registering the first 
legitimate hit of the show by stop- 
ping it. 

Following them was Pearl Regay 
with Ward De Wolfe and a quin- 
tet of jazz harmonists who style 
themselves "Tho Royal Versatile 
Five." Just to what extent the 
versatility of the musicians is does 
not seem obvious. In the harmony 
line they just clear the barrier. As 
for dancing, they might just as well 
sit and hold their instruments. 
They would appear more natural. 
Miss Regay seems to bo departing 
from the dance and turning toward 
vocalization. Were it for one num- 
ber or two, it would bo most ac- 
ceptable. But tho patrons have 
known Miss Regay as a dancer and 
would like to see her step around a 
bit more and vocalize less. De Wolfe 
proves to be a good aid. He has a 
good appearance, can tickle the 
ivories, sing and dance. This act 
ran 31 minutes Monday night, drag- 
ging considerably in spots. It might 
be easy to overcome this by Miss 
Regay stopping around a bit more 
and she and De Wolfe vocalizing a 
bit less. If this were done the im- 
pression with the audience might be 
a bit better. 

Jack Rose In the next to closing 
spot, coming on at 10.35, did not 
have much of a task In corraling the 
audience. Jack started off on "high" 
and kept stepping along at that 
pace throughout. Rose has achieved 
the distinction of polishing his of- 
fering up and giving it that touch 
of finesse which is relished in tho 
high -class vaudeville theatres. His 
"bit" of leading the orchestra seems 
to go as strong as ever. It seemed 
as though the folks could not get 
enough of Rose and Jimmy Oteiger, 
his accomplice, for at 11.05 he 
stopped the show cold and the audi- 
ence were still insisting on Jack 
coming out and "clownin* " some 
more. But Jack in a speech showed 
good showmanship by calling tho 
attention of tho audience to the 
lateness of tho hour and the fact 
that still another act was to appear. 
Closing tho show were Leonard 
Gautiw's "Canine Bricklayers," wl o 
managed to stem the passing throng 
considerably. 



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STATE-LAKE, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 25. 
This house still sets the attend- 
ance records of Chicago. It keeps 
gving at a consistent and steady 
gait, playing to practical capacity at 
all performances, week in and week 
out, regardless of bills or weather 
conditions. It is an institution which 
has been established and is known 
to give more entertainment for mod- 
crato prices than any house in this 
section of tho country. 

The shows here are always of 
standard r caliber, with a few names 
of headline merit being used on each 
bill. For the current program Henry 
Santrey and his band are given the 
stellar honors, with Harry and Anna 
Seymour occupying second position. 

Santrey, a corking good showman, 
is always out to improve and var.- 
his act. Thero is never a time that 
he appears in a local theatre that 
Santrey does not introduco some 
marked change In his repertoire of 
music and song. For the present bill 
he has new lighting effects, songs 
and musical selections. They give 
the turn a crisp, wholesome and in- 
viting appearance, so much so that 
31 minutes of running time was 
taken up, and had Santrey desired 
t-j continue for an indefinite period 
he might have done so. At this 
show, however. Miss Seymour did 
not appear with him, due to a cold. 

The Seymours, who preceded 
Santrey, had things all their own 
way with the singing and dancing 
of Harry, the mimicry of Anna, and 
the dialog of the pal.'. Miss Seymour 
had the audience in spasms of 
laughter during her endeavors at 
mimicking Grace La Rue and Ig- 
nore Ulric. and kept them in that 
frame of mind throughout the turn. 

Open.ng the show were Davis and 
Pelle, with a consistent and spec- 
tacular routine of hand balancing 
feats. They got the show off to a 
good start, which was upheld by 
L' 'dell and Gibson, female imper- 
sonators. These boys are exception- 
ally good and registered well. 

Next was Billy Miller and Co. in 
Harry Holman's former comedy 
sketch, "Adam Killjoy." Miller and 
his two aids seem to accomplish as 
much with this vehicle as Holman 
did, with respect to the comedy end. 
They plau^the sketch for all it is 
worth ana get everything possible 
for their endeavors. 

Following Santrey were Stagpole 
and Spier in the next to closing spot. 
Stagpole is a superb dancer, contor- 
tionist arid acrobat and performs 
many thrilling feats in dancing and 
contortion. His partner is just in- 
cidental, but the man's work is suffi- 
cient to carry her along. They reg- 
istered well. 

Johnn/ Ford and His Dancers 
were in the closing spot. The Ford 
turn is a classic. Ford has arranged 
a routine which is most appealing 
and hits over like a house afire. Not 
alone is the dancing of himself, one 
male and two female assistants en- 
ticing, but the costuming and scenic 
investitures are as well. For the 
closing scene Ford uses a pianist 
who opens with a solo and plays the 
accompaniment for the finishing 
number. Ford has a turn which is 
deserving of big house showing and 
will always fare well in them. 

Felix Adler and Gautier's "Toy 
Shop" wero not seen at this per- 
formance. Loop. 



BIALT0, CHICAGO 

Chicago, Jan. 25 
Five years ago this week the door, 
of the Rialto theatre were opened 
to the public. At that time thu 
house was the only vaudeville the 
atre on State street. The building 
of this theatre, at the south end of 
the business district, was a strateiria 
movo, as it gets the wave of pedes" 
trlans and public who pass the the- 
atre before getting a chance to visit 
others. Today the Rialto stands al- 
most alone in the extreme south end 
of the business district. The house 
has been doing very good business. 
The bill arranged for the celebra- 
tion was excellent entertainment 
The house filled slowly, and toward 
the middle of the bill a good -sized 
attendance was on hand. J, rj 
Nugent headlined. J. c. carried 
with him all of the witticisms that 
big time r.idiences heard. He is a 
monologist of unusual caliber, one 
who can talk entertainingly. The 
last three minutes of Nugent's time 
was given over to extemporaneous 
humor on any subjects the audience 
asked for. The Roof Garden Trio 
followed the pictures. 

The big feature in the turn has 
been and still is the work of the 
pantomime comedian. The other 
man and woman stalled and filled 
in with song and talk. Hilton Sis- 
ters were all upset, due to things 
not being just right, and showed 
their anger, in fact spoke of it above 
stage whispers. The girls work be- 
fore a beautiful drop in one, with 
a canopy hanging over the piano. 
They choose raggy and novelty 
numbers for their entertainment, 
singing them in a cabaret, coon- 
shouting style. Some of their num- 
bers are old popular ones, with spe- 
cially written verses and choruses. 
Swift and Daley returned with their 
vehicle, which always starts laugh- 
ter and applause. Swift has thought 
up a novelty of tuning automobile 
horns, extracting harmony from 
them. He has other horns scattered 
about his person, which he uses for 
comedy purposes. Lubin and Lewis 
handle their cross-fire talk welL 
Lubin, in blackface, enters on a 
dimly lighted stage with a live 
chicken, and as he gets toward the 
exit there are shots off stage. Lewis 
then comes on for his "Knot Hole'* 
gag. What seemed missing was the 
dancing of Lubin. His hoofing is a 
big standby. Lester Bernard and 
Co., in "George Washington Cohan," 
Aaron Hoffman's skit, were next. 
The original principal in this vehi- 
cle was Harry Green. This cast 
acted their parts well, with the act 
going over to four curtains. Nelson 
and Madison sent home a solid hiu_ 
The old man, as a messenger, got" 
them from the start. J. C. Nugent 
came next and let the "Story Book 
Revue" close the show a little he- 
hind schedule. The revue is differ- 
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VARIETY'S CHICAOO OFFICE 
Friday, January 27, Ml 



Chicago 



STATE-LAKE THEATRE BUILDING 



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CABARET 



S.lver Lakss Comedy Club [ saving institutions before and 



grand opening 
when Auby Keo. 



The 

ytM inaugurate 

Jl stag Feb. S 
J3<* Butler, former assemblyman, 
adJ. F. McKenna, the new own- 
Si. throw open the doors of the 
Jict to the public. The club is at 
jarhitestone, L. I. 

John W. Sanders, detained on 
niia Island because of a contro- 
JLflJy over his passport, will return 
la Antwerp, Belgium, where he will 
•ike charge of a cabaret orchestra. 

A music publisher had an experi- 
ence In one of the "take 'em" Broad- 
way restaurants last week that con- 
flrmed everything he had heard. 
fl"hi§ publisher stopped in the res- 
taurant of an afternoon. There 
were four people in the party. 
Nothing was doing in the cabaret. 
Nothing was there, but a waiter 
or so and the look-out man. The 
publisher a*ked about the music. 
w"hy not the band? Not until ^/e- 
ntag. Send for it, said the pub- 
Usher. The band came, the party 
resiained two or three hours and 
with the afternoon drawing to a 
close, they left. Just before leav- 
ing the publisher received the check 
— SS64. He didn't pay it. 



The show which open c. I Monday 
•t the Cafe de Paris includes Blllie 
Shaw's i>aiie«« Review, Eddn- Cox, 
Phoebe and Sally Fiel Is. 



Receipts from the oale of cars 
taken from bootleggers aiv increas- 
ing at a rate that causes federal 
enforcement officials to smile with 
Joy and rum runners to gnash their 
teeth in rage. For a time after pro- 
hibition went into effect the expense 
of its enforcement was a steady 
drain on the federal treasury, with 
no appreciable monetary return, but 
the revenue derived from the sale 
of seized cars and liquor, plus that 
collected in penalties levied against 
hotels and saloons convicted of sell- 
tag the prohibited stuff, now partly 
compensates for the enormous out- 
lay entailed in attempting to clamp 
down the ud. A recent report of 
the deputy marshal at Malone, 
N. Y., illustrate! part of this point 
in a small way. During the period 
between April 1, 1921, and Dec. 81, 
1921, the deputy marsl al turned 
over to the government $15,342.98 
from the 5ile of seized automobiles 
and liquor (the latter to hospitals). 
Forty-Hue^ machines, a number 
high-pri< < d make)!, still remain In 
his custody. These should bring 
the government an additional 
$25,000. Ths machines are Fold at 
public nv.c.ion. In the beginning 
those on the "inside" cleaned up 
tidy sum* on tho purchase of cars. 
Few people paid any attention to 
the auctions and the automobiles 
Went for almost a song. At pres- 
ent bargain hunters watch with an 
eagle eye for notices of auctions and 
turn out en masse for them. Not- 
withstanding this, the prices bid are 
often under tho market value. In 
BH>re than one instance a bootleg- 
ger is said to have bought back his 
own automobile through a third 
party attending the sale. 



Another conference to devJ 



ise ways 

end men, of checking illicit rum 
traffic between tho provinces of 
Canada 
Will be 
the five 



provinces 
and the State of New York 
hold shortly by oflieials of 
l" rdor counties. Some time 



•go the county officials met and 
tapped out plans for closer co- 
•peration i ctu<cn enforcement 
author]-; j « n apprehending violat- 
ors of the 1 iw. and the haw confer- 
ence is i i furtherance of this idea. 
*■• district attorneys declare that 
Bootlegging has be c o m e a menace 
not only to the order., Of border 
Counti. |,ut to t! eir peace and 
safety. The ground kac been turned 
,r, to a i nttlefiehl, on which gang- 
sters and others dash about In auto* 
mobiles a| wild speed and shots are 
"red without any regard for the 
rights of inhabitants who must 
travel^.- n,,. roads In tin rourse 
tneir regu ...■ business. 



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Prohi 



•ib -on statistics were gath- 

1 by ths New York World in its 
Hunda\ edition as rpitomi/.ing 
•sci >ttd year since the dry 
•Jendtnem went Into effect. The 
Wprld presented a painstaking 
ai Th.le that entirely covered the 
•wjQct l.ut developed little in favor 
or the drys. ^ho story went Into 
j*j**lhs of quantity of liquor im- 
]^JJj d < . p\anufactpre4 , and con- 
comparative balances In 



since, violation arrests, trials, con- 
victions and acquittals; arrests for 
Intoxication; morality and minors, 
besides a multiplicity of Items that 
could be gauged on a liquor basis. 
In toto the World summed up pro- 
hibition - not as a preventive 
either in consumption. Importation, 
morality or savings. la fact the 
article bore testimony to many 
points distinctly against this coun- 
try's most successful failure, and 
without including the national 
group of respectable criminals pro- 
hibition has evolved out of decent 
Americans. 



Paul Salvin has left for Tampa. 
Fla-, on a health trip. 



by other liquor he had paid as high 
a« (150 a case for. After trying one 
of the pinch bottles he sent back the 
two cases as phi ney. 



Old Maxim's on 3Sth street, that 
reopened a short time ago under 
new management, has again closed. 
Liabilities of the latest lessor are 
reported at around $20,000, mostly 
due dealers. 



Is laid 
of the 



The Carlton Sisters, formerly of 
vaudeville began an indefinite en- 
gagement at the Hampton Hotel, 
Albany. N. V., last week] They are 
assisted by the California Trouba- 
dours, the first orchestra of its kind 
ever to play at an Albany hotel. 
Frank J. Hartley, 
New York, has 
manager of the 
rooms. 



late of If ur fays , 

been engaged as 
Hampton dining 



A complication of politics 
as the cau.-e of the closing 
Fulton Cafe cabaret. Pittsburgh, 
last week by the police. The place 
hi still operating, but without danc- 
ing and entertainment. Charges 
that liquor was beig sold are al- 
leged by the proprietors to be a 
frame-up by the landlord. The 
place was becoming on»' of the most 
frequented in town, with the Blue 
Ridge Trio, Grace Nelscn and the 
wife of Joe Pe ry, former lessee, of 
! the Academy burlesque theatre here, 
I providing amusement. The man- 
agement had sent Perry to Xew 
York last week to obtain a revue, 
when the police stepped in. One 
story of the affair lias it that 
Walter Lloyd, a deposed police 
magistrate who has an interest in 
the cabaret, and a political opponent 
of the present superintendent of 
(Continued on Page 11* 



Mike Fritzel's, Friars* Inn, Chi- 
cago, has not as yet felt a material 
slump in business. This loop 
cabaret manages to get its fill 
nightly, and entertain those pres- 
ent as well as serve meals. The 
entertainers are Herbie Yogel and 
Sid Erdman, two old stand-bys of 
Fritzel's. Madge Kiefer and Helen 
McDonald syncopate in a winning 
fashion. Billy Myers, well known 
locally, is taking a fling at enter- 
taining. He is the possessor of a 
fine voice and knows how to se.l 
songs. Mm ma Lewis is a new ad- 
dition. 



fi'imod 



The Moulin Rouge Cafe, Chicago, 
is the latest restaurant to be 
turned Into a cabaret. Albert 
Bouche manages it. Bouche Is 
better known for his work while 
with the Rainbow Gardens in town, 
originally monickered "Moulin 
Rouge." The new cafe is a novelty. 
The color scheme is red, and is 
offset with a low and colored light- 
ing schem i. The place has a 
soothing air about it. The main 
floor has a dance floor as well as 
the balcony. Two orchestras sup- 
ply the music; in the early part 
of the evening a four-piece band 
entertains, and the better part 
of the time Jack Sharpe's eight- 
piece band offers the syncopation. 
Tho Moulin sltouge is more of a 
restaurant than a cabaret, and it 
has four entertainers: Bessie Ham- 
ilton, contralto; Gertrude Jeffries, 
soprano; A. W. Asmal, tenor. Mary 
Stuart acts as hostess. 



CHICAGO SHOWS 

(Continued from Page S) 
ent from the girl acts umkiIIv seen. 
The curtain goes up to a full stage 
setting, with prop Volumes piled 
high. Al Wcymer, the Straight man, 
sings a number explaining that he 
is a bookworm, and then from the 
piled volumes come four girls, 
dressed and acting types appro- 
priate to the book from which they 
came. Wcymer has a high tenor 
voice and pleasing'appearance. The 
outstanding member of the r ist is 
the comedienne. "Buster" Edwards, 
who scored. She is a knock -about 
type and has a marvelous manner of 
putting a musical comedy touch to 
her lines and action. Helen Vermil- 
lion, the prima donna, also had her 
moments to grab off her share of 
applause, while Elsie Dale in a toe 
dance specialty scored, as did Pcr- 
iey Gaddla in an Oriental number. 
All in all. it is a worth-white flash 
act for any time. Cordon and Del- 
mor and P.icknell were not se n at 
this show. 



comedy talking, slngh .; «><•! musical 
skit, "Mon Chapeau." gave the first 

comedy tOUCh t- <»:<• !. . This 
couple had a hud road to t.iwl. 
due to their predecessors, but man- 
aged to make i most favorable im- 
pression under the circumstances. 
On a regular bill this team in the 
"deuce" spot would hive registered 
well. 

Closing the show was a fantastic 
song and dance .kit, "The Tate Of 
Three Cities.*' It was presented by 
'wo men — Stone and Manning— and 
tour women — the Blroy Sisters. 
({race Moy and Grace Chester. It is 
one of the light type <>t flash acts, 
with fair scenery, but little merit 
otherwise. The men da ice. the 
Klroy Rirls sing, dance and play the 
Hawaiian guitar, and the other two 

Kiris sing. But the routine is ar- 
ranged in such .manner that it de s 
not build up as it goes along, and 
with a rather weak li-nie tho turn 
just docs not seem to be m the run- 
ning. 



KEDZIE 



Jan. 



The Agents" and Representatives' 

Association, consisting of cabaret 
and club booking agents, contem- 
plate filing a series of suits whol - 
sa 1 • against hotels and cabarets 
failing to remit commissions. James 
A. Tlmoney, as a result of a meet- 
ing last week t collected al! the data 
from each of the 30 members. The 
A. & R. A. will also hold a re-elec- 
tion of officer* the middle of Febru- 
ary to succeed the present tentative 
line-up. , 

Harry Walker has opened a new 
12-poople sh»>w at John's Restau- 
rant, liTtii Street and Broadway, 
Now York. 



Cafe Lorraine^ PhiUdelphl «, un- 
der the management of Charlie 
Jeter, opened Monday with four 
acts. 



Shanley's filth street), New 
will discontinue Its cabaret 
this week. 



York, 
after 



The selling price of whiskey has 
mounted Since New Year's. Scotch 
has gone to $120 and over, and rye 
as high as $105-$110. There 's so 
much phoney liquor around that if 
tho illicit bootleggers, if they are il- 
licit, don't stop peddling the bad 
liquor they will do more thai) the 
enforcement act to r.top the pur- 
chase of it. Even phoney liquor is 
coming in from Canada, *nd it U 
covered over by the 'Quebec Liquor 
Commission" label and covering. 
When not phoney the bo..;:.« is being 
diluted so low it's almost as poor. A 
man in Times Square the other day 
bought two cases of Half and Hug 
in the original pinch bottles for J- 1 ™ 
a case. He paid $500 for the two 
cases, believing it was genuine 1r 
that bottle and having beeti Mung 



CHATEAU 



2-1. 



Chicago. Jan 
This house for some time has 
been noted for presenting a good 
and consistent vaudeville bill. The 
current program, however, as 
fallen way below that standard. It 
really seems an Improbability 
have a 
here. 



Chicago 

Tt was one of the ideal l»ox office 
days' with the weather husk and 
cold, coupled with a bill that stood 
up to this house's standards. » The 
entire main floor was occupied, 
white the balcony got a good play, 
but not capacity. The Hennings, 
with their neat comedy juggling 
turn, gave tho show a pood start. 
Both of the people displayed plenty 
of showmanship and did ttietr tricks 
without any stalling. Browning 
and Davis gave the biggest portion 
of comedy on the bill, springing 
their cross-fire gags with resound- 
ing response. Both men work in 
blackface, and welt. "Story Book 
Revue" is a girl act out of the ordl- 
narv and proved a good flash. 
Charles Irwin. last with "On Fifth 
Avenue," has returned to a single, 
offering an interesting, not sticking, 
style of dialect. His routine con- 
sists of the fly kind, that requires a 
wise audience to grasp. He was 
obliged to take an encore. The 
Stratford Comedy Four followed. 
They have been on the small time. 
Theirs is a school type of act with 
singing and comedy talk. The Im- 
pressive member of the act Is the 
one who does the Dutch comedian. 
The others were suffernig with a 
cold or something, which proved 
more noticeable when they did 
singles. The harmony wont big in 
some numbers. ' Closing were the 
Hanaka Japs, puzzling with their 
magic, which, though seen often, 
still mystifies as much as before. 
The cast of two men and one 
woman do their stunts as few others 
do who take this method of enter- 
taining. 



to 

slow of this type on view 
There is nothing about it 



which denotes smartness, comedy 

or class In comparison with the. 
regular run of bills In this "de luxe" 
neighborhood theatre. It falls short, 
and way short at that. Not only 
are the acts below the standard 
quality, but the show has been se- 
lected with as little care as pos- 
sible, making it Impracticable to 
blend it in a manner to get the most 
of it in presentation. 1: is just a 
"faux pas." 

Opening the show Prince Xloshl, 
billed as "The Japanese Wonder," 
gives a demonstration of hi.i power 
as a pedalogist by juggling a barrel 
on the flat of his feet tor a few 
minutes and then completing his 
turn by a slide on a tight rope from 
the balcony to the stage. The latter 
part of thr» act, of course, Is sensa- 
tional, but has been seen performed 
here by B< veral other Japs, 

In the "deuce" position were the 
Four Harmony Boys. Tho only 
thing which indicates hirmony is 
the title of tho act. As far as the 
blending and harmonizing of the 
four voices in any of their numbers 
was concerned, it could not be 
achieved. And again, these lads 
evidently nre returning east from 
a Coast trip with a number of songs 
of the popular type which have 
entered the "passe" class. "hey 
also have two numbers of a risque 
type, which are not of a type that 
should be permitted in a theatre 
catering to women and children. 
These numbers did them no good 
as far as the audience was con- 
cerned, for there was no enthusiasm 
manifested in their rendition. 



FROM TWO TO FOUR 

Carrick Changes Policy — Continu- 
ous Policy, 11 to 11 

Chicago. .Ian. 27}. 
The Harrlck theatre* Milwaukee, 
Which originally opened with Shu- 
bert vaudeville bills that came di- 
rectly from the Apollo, Chicago, and 
then altered It by hawing a few of 
the Apollo acts, with others booked 
out of the western Shubert offices, 
i3 now mnking a radical change in 
its policy by going from t»vo to four 
shows a day. Beginning Sunday, 
Feb. 6, the house will run continu- 
ous from 11 a, m. to 11 p. m., with 
Six acts and a picture. One of the 
acts, probably the headliner, will 
come from tne Apoilo btii in Chi- 
cago, and the others booked from 
the Shubert Chicago office. The ad- 
mission price will be altered to a 
r>0e. top. 



SCHALLMANS RESTORED 

Get Back Independent Status, but 
Give Up "Four of Us" Commission 

Chic igo, Jan, 55, 
ScttsJIman Brothers, independent 
tgents, were restored t«» full i» tun- 
ing privileges in the l.oew. l'an- 
fnges and other independent offices 
ugaln last week by the Vaudeville 
Managers' Protective association* 
following a three weeks' suspension. 
The barring of the Bchallmaus 
grew out of attni hmeni i roceedlngs 
for $-"''>o brought against "The t-'our 
of t's" in Boston, several weeks ago. 
by Leon Berexnlclc, Behallmans' at- 
tornev, after the V. M. P, A. had 
decided against the Hchallmuns in 
a dispute between then, and "Th» 
Four of l r s - ' over commissions al- 
legcd to be due for booking. The 
"Four of Us" contended it had paid 
Arthur Horwits 5 per cent, for the 
bookings in dispute, anl the Sohatl- 
i.ians worj usked 5 per cent, addi- 
tional for thomselv a. 

Leon Berezniak journeyed from 
Chicago to New York last week, and 
following several conferences with 
the V. M. V. A. succeeded in having 
the Schallmans restored to standing. 
It was agreed by Lkrcsniak that the 
Schallmans would pass up the $500 
commission claim against the "Four 
of Us," in view of the V. If. T'. A. 
restoring the Schallmans* booking 
privileges. 

FLAN THEATRE CLUB 

Chicago, Jan. t!.~. 

A new club for people in the the- 
atrical business has been started 
here. It Is known as the Chicago 
Amusement Club, and Is the first 
organization of theatrical people 
since the disbanding of the stroll- 
ers Club six years ago. 

Membership books of the club 
will be open to actors, managers, 
agents, film men and anyoue 
connected with the show business. 
Club rooms will be opened in the 
"Loop" shortly. In charge of the 
new movement are H. W. Peters, 
Jules Epstein and Klmer Watson* 

CHECK UP THEATRES 

Chicago. .Tan. tl 
Timothy A. llo- 
City Council that 
>:U theatres in the 
Avre ignoring the 
laws it was de- 
building, commit - 
investigate all the 
oop" to i oee ''". In- 
law were com- 



Kitty [lagan, who were 
present M a fast and classy terpsl- 
chorean offering." ''Class iness* 1 can 
be granted them as fir a" the Scenic 
and light effects Jsed with the att 
are concerned, l.ut as far as the 
art of Terpsichore goei the couple 
were "nil." They w-.tia d In a slow 
and amateurish way with ■ routine 
of ballroom eps blended wrlth sorni 
acrobat ic fe its. Thei >• . too much 
of a somen .«s in the dan< •■]>■+ of 
the couple* and Ihe map • n • to 
be nu>sr i a tceful and nwks ird 
In their ••>•< ntion. Th>- bous" Sal hi 

a most noh'/nn mood during Ihl* 
without B i ippe- ot : pplause !»• a j 
extended :it the conclusion. From 
the demeanor of the audience it 
seemed a.s though they were id 
to condole. - 
AmorOs and Jean-.'.ie, in ll 



I. A. T. 8. E. Head HI 

Chicago, Jan. 25. 
Richard Green, head of the stage 
hands' un!on here and third vice- 
president of the I. A. T. S. E. of 
United States and Canada. Is con- 
fined to his homo serio ly 111. 
Several weeks ago Green was oper- 
ated on at a local hospital* and 
this reek removed to his horn* 1 , 
where It Is expected he will '»o con- 
fmrd for a month. 



After Alderman 
gan informed the 
many of the larg< 
downtown section 
tire and building 
elded to have the 
tee of the council 
theatres In the ' 1 
fractions of the 
mittcd. 



BLACKWELL STEALS INGENUE 



... 



Banquet for Bergman 

ChfcagO, Jan. 2.". 

i.eoi.ird Dcrgman, treasurer of the 

Xew Amsterdam Theatre, New 
In the middle spot weir 1 rani; and * , , , ,. .' , T , , 

bUled to' iotr ' s 1 " 2C *' s lnc ^ uest of **d 



Hosenbaum, manager of Zlcgfdd's 
"Follie.*.." Rosonbaum and Tollo 
TimponI tendered a banquet In 
honor of n< rgman at tho Sherman 
Ilot'-l on Mondiv, with all of the 
mend' ' of th» "Folle-s" present as 



Chica •; •. Jan. 

"While Carlylc Blackwell was :•' ty- 
ing Minneapolis, he saw Mury 
Mead in the Maude Ad.rm-; role ia 
"Bluebird," and he cn^ a ;• I ! for 
his vaudeville vehicle, M i21gh! Six 
Four." 

In the lialnbridgo 8toe!<. at the 
Shubert in Minneapolis, aha built 
up a big drawing powt r. Mi. I 

joins Blackwell at the Anna in, 
Chicago, this week. 



SWITCH MANAGERS 

Chicago, Jon. :'. 
General rearrangement In Orpwe- 
um houses here takes Mdd l and 
Gibson from the State-T.ake to the 
Majestic with Sheldon brooks going 
from the Majestic to the State -La'U« 
and Zelaya from the Palace to ttpe 
Majestic and Four Hah?) Bt lets 
Majestic to Palnc^ to streh ill 

around. 



Last 



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4 with $6*,(XW in 

Chicago, Jan. 

The seat sale for the last i<>ur 
weeks of the local engagement of 
Zlegfeld'n "Follle-." at the Color, ill 
theatre, begnn this week WHh »$69,.« 
000 In the theatre's roffers at the 
opening of tho pair. The show has 
played to capacity nt every perfor- 
ance since its opening, which is 
around $37,000 without ertra prices 
or extra shows. 



Isabel Neill Divorces Jack 

Chicago, Jan. L'.". 
Isabe] Kellli an actrssSj profes- 
sionally known as "June Knight," 
n*aa granted a decree ft divorce 

from. Jack ^e^ll. !,n •'» fit '- by . v>\^o 
ftabat h in the Superior Court She 
accused Neill of extreme cruelty on 

wap*4 f>M*3le«i i ei/vre t fiiUt MW1 
riuge, Sept. G, 1*12. 



Young's New Booking Agent 

Chicago, Jin. 25. 
Frnle Young has appointed a n -.v 
booking- manager fur liis agency. 
fleorge Mence has SUCCOeded Itoy 
Mack In that capacity. Mack has 
beep asslgnad by Young to produce 
r< vues in Chicago and Baltimore. 



Esberg's New Job 

Chicago, Jan. :'",. 
Ai thur Esberg, formerly treasurer 
of a number of legitimate theatres 
here and more recently manngei of 
a William I ox road tilm show, has 
Vw fan pJ utedT *t*feu at ft rafwJfct 

of iu£ Aud.Loi'ium. 



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BURLESQUE 



Friday, January 27, 1923 



SEVEN WHO QUIT "PEEKABOO" 
WILL NEED SCRIBNER'S 0. K. 




That Is, if They Apply to Columbia Producers for 
Jobs — General Manager Issues Ukase — All Had 
Trouble with Manager Harris Over Cuts 



A general le'-f-r sent oul to Co- 
lumbia wheel producers this week, 
signed by Sam Bcribner, general , 
manager, cont tins the full*. wing in- ; 
struetions relative to engaging pco 
pie formerly with ' Feek-a-Boo': 



'In case 
(Harry ami 



the Kelso 



Brothers 

Joe), Ed. Quigh y 
Harry Morrisey, Mauriee Cum 
mings. Babe Mullen or Florence 
Darley apply to you • Columbia pro- 
ducer) for positions kindly consult 
this office (Columbia, Amusement 
Co.) at once before doing anything 
In the matter.' 

The seven people Scribner names 
following continued disagreements 
with Arthur Harris, road manager 
for "Feek-a-Boo," finally put an ul- 
timatum *o Hynlcko. & Herk, in 
which they declared they (the 
seven) would leave "Feek-a-Boo" If 
Harris was retained. The manage- 
ment decided to retain Harris, ami 
the seven performers accordingly 
turned In their notices. It is un- 
derstood that one of the principal 
causes leading up to the trouble be- 
tween Harris and the seven people 
who quit "Feck-a-Boo" was that 
Harris had requested them to take 
a salary cut. It was explained, it Is 
said, by Harris that he was acting 
for the owners of the show in ask- 
ing the cut, but the cut thing only 
served to increase the feeling that 
had arisen between Harris and the 
seven over matters pertaining to 
the presentation of the show. 

Sam Scribner was out of town 
Monday, having been called to hi* 
home in BrookviTle, Pa., through the 
death of a relative. 

The barring of the seven "Feck- 
a-Boo" people by the Colum- 
bia is said to be In accordance with 
a new plan of dealing with actors to 
be employed by Columbia producers 
hereafter in any similar case that 
may arise. At the meeting of the 
Columbia producers last week a 
Columbia executive read the pro- 
ducers a lecture on taking actors 
from each other while these actors 
were under contract. 



AMERICAN'S ONE-NIGHTERS 

Tit nton, X. J., goes back on the 
American wheel route again this 
week, after 10 weeks' absence from 
the circuit, the shows playing the 
| Grand opera house Saturday*, Long 
1 Branch, another American, one- 
nighter, has been switched from 

Mondays to Thursdays. As the 

week °f New Jersey one-nlghters 
now stands, the American shows 
play Allentown, Fa., Monday; Eas- 
ton. Pa.. Tuesday; Reading, Ta., 
Wednesday; Long Branch, Thurs- 
day, and Trenton, Saturday. Friday 
the shows lay off, but Asbury Fark, 
a former one-nighter, may be put in 
for Fridays. 



SEEK TO OBVIATE 

SONG REPETITION 



BURLESQUE REVIEWS 



Exchange of Programs for 
Columbia Shows 






An exchange of programs con- 
taining the musical numbers listed 
in tluir shows is suggested for Co- 
lumbia producers, as a means of 
"doing away with the song repetition 
evil, in a general letter sent out by 
the Columbia Amusement Co. this 
week. The letter mentions a case 
in point as regards song repetition 
wherein a "Tennessee" song was 
sung ten times successively in as 
many weeks by Columbia shows in 
a New England Columbia stand. 
"Old Kentucky Home" Is also men- 
tioned in the Columbia letter in ef- 
fect as being overdone by constant 
repetition with Columbia wheel 
shows. 

At the Columbia producers meet- 
ing last week J. Herbert Mack sug- 
gested that next season all Colum- 
bia producers have original scores, 
or but one or tw r o published num- 
bers at least, as a method of elimi- 
nating the song repeat thing. 



DAVE MARION SHOW 

Phi mm!.. F« »»...... Emit fJaxs) Casper 

Philip Riddle , "Will H. Ward 

Daluy l>asta ......... ...Inex de Verdlor 

Katty Smart «r«. Hose Bernard 

Mandy • Myrtle Franks 

Jack littiiUv George Mack 

Captain Kldd Albert Dwlnell 

Fr*d Belmont Jack Honeywell 

Clarence Harvey...... James Hasxard 

Tom Sawyer • Jack Spellman 

John Roberts.... Fred Hancock 

Anarchists Havens, Bailey, Hazzard 

and Spellman 

May Sterlmsr Marietta Sharkey 

Lillian Thomas LilUau jDwlncil 



Gladys. , 

Ism belle. 



LID LIFTERS 



VI PtnjJ 



$453 



.75 BILL FOR 
ONE TAXI RIDE 



From Montreal to Times Sq. 
and Mildred Gilmour's Gen- 
tleman Friend Is Charged 



Montreal, Jan. 25. 
When aiildred Gilmour, manager- 
ess of the now defunct Actors' So- 
cial Club in this city, drove to New 
York from Montreal in a taxi and 
ran up a bill of $453.73, she did not 
realize that her gentleman friend 
who ordered the taxi might have to 
settle. 

It all happened when Mildred was 
sentenced by Judge Decarie last No- 
vember to a fine of $3,00«\ Paying 
$3,000 was out of the. question, so 
she took counsel with one Valentine. 

Valentine called up the Kennedy 
Taxi Co. and engaged a car to rush 
Mildred from Montreal to New York. 
The Kennedy people were quite 
willing nnd sent around the car. 
Mildred an<l lady lend embarked. 

Nineteen ho i - fetei th:- car drew 
up . t the eon ef of Forty-second 
street and Broadway, «<Mildred In- 
structed the driver to take them to 
the Crystal Apartim hts. TJhe driver 
did and then awaited developments. 
He was told to ea'l back in the 
morning for his money. 

The morning came. The driver 
front, Mildred had gone. 

Tor three days the ta'g'l driver 

New York. He Hi tr a 

to Montrea for funds 
He got the funds and 
to return at once to 



hung arour d 
frantic wire 
nnd advice, 
was order* d 

Monti' al. 

Last Saturday night Detectives 
Tieroey and Gautliier, armed with a 
warrant f< >f "Frank Valentine's ar- 
rest, located the ol»j«et of their 
■carca), with the result that Valert- 
tine app< ;ir« «'t in court on Monday 
morning charged t\uu defrauding 



TOMMY'S TATTLES 



By THOMAS J. GRAY 



Los Angeles, Ja:i 
If Henry Ford succeeds in buying all the old battleships, rlVer*. 

and ponds various nations do not want, b« will have to have 
big "prop" room to keep them all in. 



an 



lakes 
awful 



uh< 



Heads of big business concerns telegra] 
1922 would make a new mark In the hist.. 
gave "two weeks* notice" to a few thousand more ♦. 



1 to all the newspapers that 
ry of prosperity, Then they 

npl. yes. 



Some .people thought lack of production on part of 
would bring out a flock of "actor-managers." Guess 

sound good in speeches. 



regular manage rs 

those things only 



Hardwear stores throughout the country report 
bigger than ever. This was probably eauatd by 
saws by magicians sawing ladies in half. 



their business has been 
the hicav> demand for 



One magician spoiled the edge of three 

to toll his plant not to wear any Jewelry. 



sawa at one 



}\\\ lie forgot 



Next season all those poor actresses who were "sawed hi half*' will 

only be good for "split'* week*. 

Papers all over the country arc using up a lot of space Celling their 
readers "What prohibition has done.** This is probably done to remind 
the public that, our country is supposed to be dry. 



There Is more action in this peppy 
show than in fhe run of the wheel 
attractions. And there is a flock of 
talent, too. Jazz Casper and Will 
H. Ward are featured, and Inez de 
Verdier and Rose Bernard ought to 
bo with them in the heavy type. 
These four would make any show, 
for they combine Casper's sterling 
character comedy abilities, dear old 
Wards uhctlon from the old school, 
Miss de Verdier'* dignified and tune- 
ful and statuesque prima donna 
qualities, and Miss Bernard's lithe, 
animated, rippling figure and per- 
petual motion. 

The show steps along with an al- 
most unbroken whizz. Marion knows 
how to spiirt scenes into a burlesque 
routine and how to invest them with 
sets and ensembles to make them 
stand up as spectacles as well as 
farces. iTtte chorus is handled just 
right, not on too much yet on often 
enough, with plenty of change an d 
a broad range of wardrobe as well 
as the frequent switches of it. The 
specialties are not pushed hard, 
most of thetti being brief interludes 
between sets. Of these there are 
fewer than in most shows, but they 
are, »>y the same token, far better. 
The last half is played in one scene 
' and is a hummer for this division 
of theatricals, a fanciful island with 
a practical volcano up-stage and a 
tire-destruction transformation for 
the finale, 

Th<> book is never rough, though 
it sustains a gingery t«mp(K Ward 
ean spill almost any line and keep 
it, lik<- himself, toothless* He is 
one of the grand old men of bur- 
lesque, a smiling and willing worker 
In the ranks, yet an outstanding 
figure by his mellow personality and 
his immediate affable contact with 
I an audience. 

Ward, who has,* m»n h more >>it- 
| ing delivery*, seldom employ** it to 
| punctuate anything even approach- 
ing suggest ivem sS. In one low-down 
darkey duologue with Myrtle Marks. 
one of the few unashamed character 
clowns of her s« x In this industry, 
he swings comedy that ha* all the 
effect |vene 
rise* Car i>« 
value. 

Miss de Verdier ii one of the most 
striking divas in her field. She is a 



Jack Conn jjrad BwS 

Oswald , fha. AIS* 

Beatrice. Qtri ru.ie RalnS 

Abraham Cohen , . . jj t rt BertlSj 

Lew Talbot's "Lid Lifters'* at 
the Olympic this week, is an averaia 
American Wheel show, fa r betteJ 
than many of the junior circuit! 
frolics but not quite so good as tha 
three or four really good showg on 
the American tour this season. "Lid 
Lifters" tries for nothing unusual in 
the way of burlesque entertain- 
ment except in one instance and 
that is in the scenic division. ' This 
is an effect which shows an airplane 
traveling at night, with cloud «f, 
fects. The stage limitations of tha 
Olympic prevented a staging of this 
properly, but it showed up very well 
at that. 

The regulation bit and number 
thing is followed in a show that is 
as conventional as a gingh.tm apron. 
There is more than enough laughs 
to put the show over in a comedy 
way. Many of the bits are familiar 
but they're all handled In a work- 
manlike manner. In Bert Bertrand 
the featured comic "Lid Lifters" has' 
a principal comedian who toils tire- 
lessly every minute he is on the 
platform. Bertrand carries hi* He- 
braic character throughout both 
sections of the show, making it en- 
tertaining all the way. 

Assisting Bertrand as the second 
comic is Chas. Cole, doing a tramp 
of the traditional type and manner- 
isms. Brad Hut ton is a good-look- 
ing and well -dressed stiaight, who 
evinces a complete understanding 
of all of the little kinks of burlesque 
comedy. Albert I la ha is the char- 
acter man. He handles a stage 
Frenchman and a couple of other 
I character* all capably. Oertrue* 
[Ralston, the principal woman, singi 
! much better than the average prima 
[and works generally it an expert- 
I eneed way. Vi Penny, the sabret, is 
[extremely plump, with ;. smile that 
gets 'em and a pair of Krankis 
Baileys that muki s tin focu* at- 
tention pn her whenever slip's in 
sight. Miss Penny dances well and 
handles numbers with io*s of pep. 

Doty B*te*, a cute little 1 londe 
girl, makes an excellent ingenue. 
She is essentially a dauc* \ although 
sh.' sings acceptably. The horns 
contain* considerable tal n: and the 
girls are given a chance to sujll it 
In a number near the finish, a min- 
strtl show with the choristers in 



Dry people want prohibition joke stopped OU 
what jokes did for a certain man in Detroit! 



the stage. Foolish. Look 



Now that Will Hays is "The King of 
should get their "fan" mail quicker. 



the Movies'' our picture stars 



If Mr. Hays follows In the footsteps of Judge L;indis, who is the Base- 
ball Buler, we may expect to see something like this In the newspaper: 

Lighty Flicker, the famous pink haired movie miss, was suspended 
from the studio by Will Hays, for ten days. Miss Flicker finished up one 
of her pictures without a close up of herself and the hero of the picture 
in a loving embrace. This is considered an unpardonable crime In small 
towns, and the ex-Postmaster received many complaints. Besides being 
suspended, Mr. Hays ordered $17, C34. ID deducted from her last week's 
salary. 

"Gob"' Gilky, the popular film comedian known ;is "The Whole World's 
Funniest Fellow," was taken off the lot of the No-Laughs Comedy Com- 
pany by an order from Will Hays. Mr. Gilky made two comedies in 
which he did not use bathing girls and also b ft off the "chase." The 
Neverwet Bathing Suit Company and the Wearquick Punning Shoe Com- 
pany made the complaint. His sentence will arrive tomorrow. 

C. Amera Hogg, star of the Rardputt Harrier* Productions, In<\, was 
sentenced to sit through four of his own pictures by Will Hays, the movie 
boss. Mr. Ha\s saw one of them himself, by accident. 

Will Hays, the "Judge Landis of pictures," today suspended Guzzle and 
Glutz, makers of Somedarn Brand Picture:-, for failing to have their sub- 
titles written in Knglish. Mr. Cnzzle and Mr. Glut* expressed surprise 
at this as they both thought till their tub-titles were written in Knglish. 

Iva Eyebrow, "The .Screen's Worst Heart breaker," was fined $56,000 by 
Will Hays for failing to smoke any mors than MOO Cigarette* while 
playing a villain in a five-reel drama. The tobacco trust is said to be 
behind the complaint. 

Will Hays has issued orders to the mothers of all female screen Star*, 
telling them not to have any more than 1,000 picture* taken in any one 
Wetk depicting scenes of 'home life." 

A bill was sponsored In Congress by Will Hays making it a crime, 
punishable by life imprisonment, for any patron of a moving picture 
theatre to knock down another patron's hat, or step on another patron*! 
feet while finding a seat In a darkened theatre, if this bill is signed by 
the President it will go a long way towards relieving the congestion in 
many of our motion picture houses. 



i of hokum end still | J hc circle and seven. 1 of the bunch 
ond it in honest satirical doing special tie*. Mary De Veaux, 

! one of the merr-y meiry, plays * 
violin solo here that would do credit 
to a concert hddl»n\ Then there's 

.. dancing 

pal over, 

inging spe« 



Juno in stature and ean look regal j Scott and La Toy m 
for purposes of straight background ; double that's splendid! 
to fast comedy and In leading num- Be Veaux sisters In a 



bers, but she ean and doe.* also herd 
and tackle no few laughs herself. 
The. action seems to pivot around 
lur most of the time, and in this 
entertainment, she is invaluable. 

Then there is Rose Bernard. 
There Isn't a snappier bundle of 
curves in any Stage class. One 
could look at her easily if she were 
in repose, for she always r"ikes an 
inviting picture— but who ever saw 
her In repose? .She is a pretty mos- 
quito, buzzing and bubbling all the 
time, and when she talks her words 
are as cute and restless as her lines. 

The rest of the troupe fits into the 
niches here ond there and all 
through, with easily the standard 
of the game. The incidental prin- 
cipals far outstep the average of 
burlesque. The whole outfit does. 
And, with uncommonly intelligent 
yet always light, material, with 
business-like staging and a spirit of 
true enthusiasm in the work that is 
most refreshing. Have Marion's 
"The Land of the Impossible" ranks 
With the half dozen picked leaders 
of the Columbia string. Business 
was excellent Tin sday night. 

Latf. 



cialty, Marie Wilson In a skipping- 
rope dance, Alma Ralston in a raggy 
number and others, In first-rats 
specialties. The ehoru< fcirl soloing 
thing lias been done l« tore, but 
stands out as present < 1 in this 
show. 

"Lid Lifters'' has a ft w gingery 
moments, but in the m iin is clean. 
No bare legs for the choristers i* 
this show, one of the first that ha* 
hit the Olympic in weeks, where ths 
bare legs were not all over tha 
show. The costuming is away from 
the burlesquy type and there is in 
abundance of changes, most of then* 
very pretty as regards color schemes 
and materials. The production «»« 
could not be Judged properly at ths 
Olympic, as the show could nan * 
but a part of its stuff on the small 
stage. Bell 



COAST TRIP 



Little Tina* re movement! 
name. 



are gradualty being cut down to their fust 



Managers announce they are through producing for Ihc season, a iid - 
lences stopped buying without any announcement. 



Where do people park themselves evenings? 



SHUBERT BILLS AT HARTFORD 

The Grand, Hartford, Conn., op- 
erated by Max Spiegel, wound up 
its career as a Columbia wheel 

Spoke Jan. L'l, with Irons & Cla- 

1 mage's "Town Scandals." Max 

Bpelgel*s own Columbia show, "Abe 

Reynolds* Hevue/* would have 
played Hertford this week, as per 
the regular Columbia routing, the 
Reynolds' Hevue laying off instead. 
The Grand will open with vaude- 
ville shostly, with the Bhuberts 
mentioned as probable tenants. 

BURLESQUE CHANGES 

Margie Pat lin left the" east of 
•'Bathing Beauties*' (American), 
Jan. 21, and joirvd "Peekaboo" 
(Columbia), .Ian. 2$. Other new 
membe/a of "Peekaboo" which un- 
derwent Cast revision |*St Week are 

Corinne Arbuckle, George Carroll 
Sam Bennett, Billy Wallace, .steve 
Balser and if any Wilde. 

i 



the taxi company out. of $453.75. 
He if released on bail. 

Valentine is still out on pail on 
a ci.jrtc of bcixtiiit up a forater 



frequenter of the Actors' Social 
rhib known IS *'Aime the Count." 
This case will be i i. urd at the March 
;crm. cf the King's p n< h. 



= N\ 



BURLESQUE ROUTES 

WILL BE FOUXD ON PAGE 
THIHIY-TWO /.V 771/flf ISfiVE 



Gerard's Burlesque Show Going It. 
San Francisco 

Barney Gerard's "Girls I»e Looks" 
will continue to the PacinC coast 
at the expiration of the Columbia 
circuit burlesque season, playing *H 
week stands on the way out, ter* 
initiating In a run at a Ban Fran- 
cisco theatre. 

This will be the firs: time on rec- 
ord a burlesque gttractloi has ne- 
gotiated or attempted a trip across 
the continent, The show will P^ 
independently book, d legitimate 
house* playing a week stand in eacn 
town at a $2 top admission s^ale. 

An early closing of the burlesqus 
season has been provided against* m 
the show will journey to the coast 
immediately following the end P 
the season, regardless of T> at ***•■ 



25. 



Theatre Helping Hand 
Utica, N. V., .T :in. 

Much good in a oJQlet wgy waS 
done here through Julius Fogclmaj 
manager of Wilmer & Vim • its Co* 
lonlal, when he admitted to thajj 
theatre for three days all wM 
brought second-hand pveTCOgti * or 
the poor. ^ 

These were distributed to ad *JJ 
applied and no questions wsfj 
asked. The burlesque, "Cudd 1 * yft 
and "Theodora" were the attrgctl*P 
the overcoat bringers • I :°. 






... 



Friday. January 27. 1922 



BURLESQUE 



n 



AMERICAN STOCKHOLDERS CALL 
FOR FULL FINANCIAL SURVEY 



George E. Lothrop, Jr., of Boston Howard Examines 
Circuit's Records — Presents Findings to Asso- 
ciates — Committee Appointed 






TOMATO FINALLY FALLS 
WHILE MERLIN SAWS 



Con Regrets Protege's Weak- 
ness for Lame-Brained 
Dames 



m response to a call sent out 
J George K. Lothrop. Jr.. an in- 
Lnal meeting of American Bur- 
forn»» !'"•-•!*» atnfkhfililrrs was 



e -association stockholders was 

helc 

'discussion of the af 



, the Columbia theatre build 



NEW BOOKING CONCERN 
FOR STOCK BURLESQUE 



Thursday afternoon last week, 
imwii- ft discussion of the af- 
f.ira of the American, a committee 
SrtrtU* of Peter Carey. Gus Hill 
S SUy C. Jacobs was appointed 
f 3 wait upon the American Bur- 
Laue association officials and re- 
,u«t a financial statement of the 
condition of the organization. The 
rtockhoUers* committee was in- 
structed to report to the stockhold- 
ers at a meeting to be held Wcdncn- 

dty. , . 

The cad for the meeting last week 

ftmo about following an examina- 
tion of the American Brulesque as- 
sertion's affairs by Lothrop, a di- 
rector in the A. B. A., and manager 
of the Howard. Boston, an American 
wheel stand. 

Dividends Passed 

That *he American har paid no 
dividends for some time is said to 
have actuated Lothrop'a poroonal 
investigation, made through an as- 
countant engaged by him. 

Among those attending the Thurs- 
day Hoc): holders* meeting were 
Henry C. Jacobs, Phil Shoridan. 
Harry Hastings, Louis Gerard, rep- 
resenting Barney Berard; Wm. S. 
Campbell, James E. Cooper, Chas. 
Franklin, Henry Dixon, Leon Laski, 
Judge Michael Muller (several years 
ago president of the American Bur- 
lesque association and nr. under- 
stood to be representing the Ru- 
(Continued on page 29) 

TWO MORE SHOWS 
OFF AMERICAN WHEEL 



Burlesque Booking Co. Formed 
— Handles Former Ameri- 
can houses 



AMERICAN STARTS AT 
PLAYHOUSE, BALTIMORE 

Replaces Gayety, Making the 

Fourth Local Burlesque 

Stand 



CABARET 

{Continued from Pago ?) 

police, wis the r&uee of the police 
Interfereii •>•. 



The Burlesque Booking Co , a 
new concern, with John Q. Jermon, 
president; Warren B. Irons, vice- 
president and secretary, and Thos. 
R. Henry, treasurer, was incorpor- 
ated at Albany this week. The firm 
is a booking combination independ- 
ent of the Columbia Amusement 
Co.. according to its members, and 
Will book the Star and Gayety, 
Brooklyn; People's. Philadelphia; 
Capitol. Washington, and Gayety, 
Baltimore. 

The policy will be similar to stock 
burlesque a; tried out in the west 
by Irons, but will differ in some 
respects. A permanent chorus that 
will remain at on: house is one of 
the new features. Principals and 
costumes will move around the 
new circuit, playing week stands at 
each house. In this manner the 
traveling and musical directors will 
be eliminated. 

For repeat engagements, which at 
the present routing, will occur every 
six weeks, a new 
shown 



hook will bc» 



Hamilton, Jan. 23, 
Dear Chick: 

Merlin, Tomato and me are with 
the "Humpty Uumpty Girls," a 
burlesque show playin' this burg 
this week. Merlin is doin* "Sawin' 
a Woman'' and Tomato is mcetin' 
all comers and forfeit in' 88 smacks 
if he fails to stop his man in 6 
rounds. 

The peasants are eatin* it up, and 
with Merlin slippin' in the brass 
knucks in Tomato's gloves at every 
show to date we haven't paad out a 
dime. 1 

You never saw so many pugs* 
knocked bowlegged in your life as we 
have bowled over with the aid of the 
knucks. However, I ain't stuek on 
this show business racket, for To- 
mato is gettin' awful chummy with 
one of the Janes in this outfit, and 
when he starts makin' a play his 
mind wanders from work. It usually 
spells trouble, for he's so stupid that 
the average skirt could give him 
seven in the rack and then run pool 
while he's try in' to figure out what 
it's all about. 

This moll thinks that he's the 
comin' champion, for of course, she 
ain't hep that he is usin' the brass 
knucks in all his bouts with these 
saps, and she sees a chance to grab 
oft a big league meal ticket and 
throw away the grease paint for 
life. 

I wouldn't kick if he would only 
fall for a sensible dame, vho would 
make him stick to his knittin' and 
keep on fight in', but he picks out 
a bag with a lame brain, and the 
first thing you know he is tryin' 
to save His pan and begins coverin' 
up and tryin' to be clever with some 
tramp he would knock seasick if he 



The American wheel shows started 
at the Playhouse, Baltimore. .Mon- 
day, the Playhouse replacing the 
Gayety in the same town, the latter 
"pulled out" by the Columbia in- 
terests last week. The addition of 
the Playhouse gives Baltimore four 
burlesque theatres, the Gayety, now 
playing as part of the "Little Co- 
lumbia" stock wheel; the Palace, 
playing Columbia shows, and Folly, 
stock. 

The Folly, which is the old Monu- 
mental, and the Gayety are in the 
\oame neighborhood. 

The Palace and Playhouse are 
also near each other, both located 
about a mile and a half from the 
other two houses, and in a different 
section of the city. The American 
also replaced the Capitol, Washing- 
ton, with the Howard this week. 



Luck has been with the prohibi- 
tion enforcement authorities the 
la^ two weeks. The sero weather 
and heavy snowfalls have impeded* 
the rapid movement of cars so 
necessary to the .success of rum 
running. While the main highwa/ 
from Canada down the State is 
open, the side roads, over which the 
bootleggers were wont to travel, are 
blocked, and traffic is confined to 
the one road. The entire prohibi- 
tion force may, therefore, be con- 
centrated on a single highway, 
which the bootleggers must take in 
tru importing their onrgoee. 



GROSS AT COLUMBIA 

The Harry Hastings show. 
"Kniclc Knacks," got Slightly over 
$9,300 at the Co'umbia, New York, 
last week. 



the Burlesque Booking Co. are the 
former. American stands that have 
been vacated since the burlesque 
war between the Columbia and 
American circuits started. 

John Jermon is of Jacobs & Jer- 
mon, Columbia burlesque producers; 
Warren Irons, Clamage & Irons, 
Columbia producers and western 
theatre owners. Thos. Henry is an 
employe of the Columbia Amuse- 
ment Co. 

The bookings for the houses next 

week are aa follows: "Puss Puss," 

Gayety. Brooklyn; "Whirl of Gay- 

etv" Star. Brooklyn; "Grown-Up 

Billy Vails "Jwcet Sweetie B / bies - Gaye ty, Baltimore: "Har- 

Girls" dropped off the American um . Scarum/ » Capitol, Washington; 

wheel last week, following its en- .. Swe€t sweeties," Bijou, Phlladel- 

gagsment at Scranton, and W. S. V ia 

Campbella "Whirl of Girls" will -cabaret Girls" is not listed, as 

leave the American Saturday (to- I tncrc are DU t five houses. 

ajwrrow) at Milwaukee. Tno p i an f having the chorus re- 

The defection of the two shows main permanently Li the Burlesque 



"Sweetie Girls" and "Whirl of 
Girls" Out 



mentioned raises the list of Amer- 
ican shows that arc credited with 
having been "pulled out" by Co- 
lumbia interests as a result of the 
•crap between the Columbia and 
American, to six. The others were 
Mart Babies," "Puss Puss," "Harum 
Bearum" and "Grown Up Babies." 

the "Sweet Sweeties" is playing 
the People's, Philadelphia, this 
week. Next week the "Sweeties" 
will play the Bijou, Philly, the lat- 
ter one of the newly formed Bur- 
lesque Booking Office houses, com- 
prising a stock wheel, with the 
Gayety, Baltimore; Capitol. Wash- 
ington; Gayety and Star, Brooklyn. 



The houses now being booked by J only waded in as usual. 

I got a letter from Willie Con- 
nors down at Madison Square Gar- 
den .the other day and he is tryin' 
to get Hickard to put Tomato in one 
of the Friday night shows. If we 
ever get past the first one in New 
York and get away with the knucks 
we will be set for life. 

Yon can knock over set-ups out 
in the stocks for a lifetime and not 
get as much publicity as you would 
for beatin' a one-armed guy in New 
York city. 

But talkin' about what a sap my 
hitter is, the other night the man- 
ager of the show happens t9 crack 
to mo that we can't play Coining 
Sunday night as we intended be- 
cause Billy Sunday has got the 
Opera house. Tomato gets an ear- 
ful and says to the manager, "Don't 
let that stop you, I'll box Sunday no 
matter what he weighs." 

That's just a sample, so you can 
see what a Chance he has with a 



Booking Co. houses becomes effec- 
tive Feb. 6. 

The traveling orchestra leaders 
and stage crews will also be 
dropped. This, added to the plan 
of a permanent chorus, will result 
in a considerable cutting down of 
overhead through the saving of 
traveling expenses. 



19 to 



FAMOUS PLAYERS 

(Continued from page g) 
in cither issue. The Curb was ex- 
tremely quiet, with Goldwyn easily 
steady and Griffith coming out In 
small lots at 7 unchanged. It was 
noticeable that Boston and Chicago 
trading had come to an end for the 
time being. No transactions came 
out in either center. 

Th<» summary of transactions Jan 
?r. Inclusive arc as follows: 

8TOCK EXCHANGE 
Thursday— isles.Hlfa.Law.tAst. 

F»m. riay-L... 7100 8Sfc 81* 9X% 

IX,. pf 800 Kt>« «4'« 

Loew. Inc 800 IVi If 

Orphftum 800 14"« II 

Friday— 
Fnm. PUy-b... 8100 82' i 81 i 

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COL PRODUCERS' MEETING 

A special meeting of Columbia 
Amusement Co. producers is 
scheduled for 2 p. m., Tuesday. Jan. 
31, in the office of the Columbia. 



ATTACHMENT LIFTED 

(Continued from page 5) 
ing companies were closed and for 
* time it seemed the Bernstein at- 
tachment could not be vacated. Lee 
Heckt, a local attorney and a direc- 
tor in the house, succeeded in get- 
ting Deputy Sheriff Heinle to accept 
h is personal check for Sl.fiOO in lieu 
°* a bond, thereby vacating the at- 
tachment. 

Bernstein's attorneys. Stephen 
fccDonouKh und Arthur H?iuim. will 
ask the court to hold the check as 
1>art payment of the damages 
claimed \vj Bernstein, contending 
"le sheriff had no legal right to *C- 
cept a cash or cheek settlement 

v! 10,,t tne conK(,r,t of tho plaintiff. 

Monday the C'olumhia Amusement 
"o. nUd a t K)nt i f or double the 
J amount of the damages. The Bern- 
" cln attraction laid off last week 
a5> , «i result of the legal tangle, but 

planed at the Howard, Washington. 

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CALL ON CHURCHES 

(Continued from page 1) 
the evils and upholding 
good features. 

In introducing the actor. Rev. Mr. 
Hollister referred to him as "One 
not ordained by the hands of men 
but set apart and mightily used by 
the hand of God." 

Kev. Mr. Hollister declared in 
part, "We do not often think of the 
stage as one of those things whose 
character and influence ownership 
determine. We are in the habit of 
thinking of it as one of the prize 
agents of evil whose hand can do 
no good and whose heart i3 black. 

"We have believed those who said 
it is all bad and we have taken the 
bad as typical of it all. The church 
in particular has v,vaeuated and the 
Canaanite has moved in and is in 
possession. And the Canaanite will 
keep possession as long as the other 
folks stay out. 

"The Canaanitrs ai •• «tiil in the 
land. They are all about us. They 
own too much of out newspapers, 
too much ot our legislatures, too 
much of our politics, too much of 
our fields of amuBeirtents. too much 
of our Church organizations. They 
possess the land b< ranse Wf IcaV* 
it in their hands. 

"That means, expect t > find r."'"l 
upOA the stage, and having lonnd it. 

stand by it. patroniae It, ad**rtl*c itj 

let those kltOW who produred it and 

who played in it. that it did you 
n<>od and thus enhearten them.' 



dame who has lade a few tours 
over the burlesquo wheels. He's 10 
to 1 before he puts on a white collar 
and tie. 

I am tryin* to break It up by 
sickin' Merlin on the dame, for he is 
a .400 hitter in the male vamp 
league and can take plenty of pun- 
ishment. He is a good lookin' bird 
and a magician, which will give you 
the low down on him in one sen- 
tence. If he can't show her how 
they do the "egg In the hag'* stuff 
and cop her out on my big-fared 
meal ticke* I will have to fi ;ure an 
out some way else. 

We only had cne hit of excite- 
ment since joinln* the show, and 
that happened Monday night. I 
made my fpeech as usual and chal- 
lenged anybody in the audience on 
behalf of Tomato, offering to forfeit 
$25 if he failed to knock them 
cookoo in six rounds. 

A tough-lookin' gilyago climbed 
on the rost m and Tomato and hm 
went to it. Merlin should have been 
there to lac*j up their gloves and 
slip In the knucks, but he couldn't 
be found, so I took a chance and 
sent them on their way without the 
usual odds, for the house was gettin* 
restless. 

This bird could take it. fo we 
had to pull the old jo jo of bukin' 
him into a drop, behind which I was 
plan ^1 with the sap. I IhIp.mI him 
on the conk when the lump showed 
and Tomato let fly with a rigid hook 
that landed at the same time. The 
poor yegg war out for 13 minutes 
I bawled Merlin out good and plenty 
when he showed up. He was down 
under the stage piavin' poker with 
a couple of stage hands while we 
were up above and Standing to lose 
_'.". fish While hes arnusin' himvlf. 

Mote next weeU from the n'\t 
stand. 

Your old pal, 

('un. 



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Griffith 100 

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Fanchon and Marco of "Sun- 
Kist" fame arc again breaking into 
the limelight with a new idea, for 
San Francisco at least, which they 
style Fanchon and Marco's "Jdttle 
Club," located on tho top floor of 
Tail's Cafe, San Francisco, and 
which some years ago was exploited 
by Tait under the name of "Pa»'o 
Real." incidentally, it was in this 
same place that Fanchon and Marco 
made their bow in San Francisco 
during the days of the Panama- 
Paeiflo Exposition, when they first 
presented their ballroom dances. 
The revue is run off In two sections, 
the first being staged at 10:30 and 
the second at midnight. Between 
these sections, or "Frolics" as they 
are termed, the guests are per- 
mitted to dance. Among the prin- 
cipals arc Fanchon njn.d Marco, who 
head the show. Nat Carr, late star 
of "Angel Face." appeared during 
the opening week at the special re- 
quest of Marco, being styled "Mas- 
ter of Ceremonies." Ho is to be 
succeeded by Charlie Rose. Van 
Ness Jardiniere and Helen Gilmore 
are leading dance numbers. A 
bevy of chorus beauties has been 
assembled by Fanchon. The girls 
are all of the statuesque type and 
have plenty of pulchritude. As it 
stands iow the "Little Club" is fast 
catching the fancy of San Francisco 
because of its novelty. The prin- 
cipal fault with the show is that it 
lacks principals. Nat Carr did not 
seem to fit in. Lester Stevens is 
leading tho "Little Club" orchestra. 
The plan under which the "Little 
Cliib" is run is similar to the usual 
cabaret. Light refreshments are 
served as well as drinks between 
each "Frolic" and to each check is 
added a $1 charge, which Is not 
designated as a couvert charge. 
The place appears to be an effort to 
revive the old-time San Francisco 
night life, and this is believed to be 
one reason for its popularity. A 
huge colored canopy has been hung 
from the ceiling, giving an air of 
intimacy to the place and providing 
a wealth of colors that harmonize 
nicely with the spectacular 
costumes. Society is giving the 
"Little Club" considerable play. One 
party last week was held by George 
Gordon Moore, who had as his 
guests Lord and I.ad.s Rodney. 



Liquor arrests have been frequent 
around the cabaret belt of late. 
Several Broadway places have suf- 
fered pinches for selling beone, 
Vive people implicated in a recent 
raid at Reisenwcbcre were held in 
$1,000 bail each for examination in 
tho Federal Court. A sentence of 
60 days was imposed In tho same 
court within the week upon Die 
headwaiter at Joe Pani's Knick ir- 
bocker Grill, New York, for idling 
liquor in the restaurant. 



IS JANET SAD? 

oh mv. no. the movie director just 
asked her to look "serious." and the 
little ^comedienne proves that sin- 
can. 

Winn appearing at the New Albec 
Theatre, Syracuse, the Pout-Stan- 
dard said: "Janet of Prance is with 
us and her vocabulary auggeats 
that she took Engllah lessons from 

a doughboy. Janet parley* a.wick- 

ed Anglais and she's a cut< litlh- 
triek. Charles \\ . Hamp, Who as- 
sists her in beguiling S\ raeus* 
audiences to forget their sorrows, 
has a line singing roice and a per- 
sonality which flts in nicely with 
the piquantnesa of Janet ami her 
• ii.e-. song and conversation." 



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LUCILLE MANI0N DIES 

Lucille Man ion died in Kl I'aso, 
Tex., Jan. 12, following a long ill- 
ness. Death resulted from tubs- 
culosis of the throat. 

Miss Ma n ion was well known as 
a principal in burlesque, having 
played with several wheel shows. 
She was stricken last season while 
with the Lew Kelly show and forced 
to stoj) playing, going to Saranae 
Lake. Failing to obtain relief in th* 
northern climate, Miss Manion. on 
the advice of physicians, went 
Texas. 

Burial was in El Paso, .T.m. 11. 



AMERICANS ONE OFF AND ON 

The American wheel lost the 

Kuipn- s. Cinclnnatli this week, the 
house h.iving been sold time ago to 
a local picture man. The stand had 
not been filled In, t«» Wednoaday« 

Tito N'eebitt, Wllkeabnrra. for- 

meriy playing Mock, started as «\ 

Split >.< u Willi American KhOWl 

tin- \\.-«'k. getting t|K sho\vs I'ollow- 

ii • Scranton. 



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THE SEWER IS THAWING 

The Sewer of Show Business is beginning to thaw itself out for the 
forthcoming spring. Though the red ball Is still up on the ponds and 
Kikes, the Sewer is beginning to stir Itself out of winter lethargy. The 
hibernating grifters, steerers, yeggs, roustabouts, trimmers, shell-shift- 
ers, monto-manipulators, cooch-wigglers, barkers and miscellaneous 
mountebanks are beginning to stretch, limber up and rub their eyes. 



Which means that the 1922 carnival season is coming to life. 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON VAUDEVILLE 



VOL. LXV. <^«» 



No. 10 



Arman Kaliz and Amelia Stone 
(Mrs. Kaliz) are appealing from a 
$2,646.82 default Judgment secured 
against them by Abner S. Werblin 
for moneys loaned as a result of a 
vaudeville producing project Kaliz 
attempted three years ago. H. S. 
Hechheimer is appealing from the 
judgment on the ground Kaliz cou]d 
not be present at trial because he 
was playing a date in Syracuse. 



Cincinnati and Chicago, which are to the carnival mob what Palm 
Beach is to the wire-tappers and the "Lilies of the Field," and Cuba 
to the touts and bookies, report that the guerilla outfits are organizing 
and laying out routes. 



Rufua Le Maire, Inc., attached 
Ina Hayward's salary playing with 
the "Passing Show" In Newark this 
week. The claim is for $350, moneys 
alleged as loaned. 



A booking head received four bottles of champagne as a holida 
»nd gloated over the wine which he parked in his office desk. To ^ **" 
bottle a vaudeville agent, concerned in production engagements i2 * 
turned a neat little stunt It was staged in the cafe of a Broad ' * 
hotel where both lunch, though usually at different tables. Withl? 
aid of the head waiter the agent sent tho booker a message on the ha J 
of a card, stating a woman single engaged for a two-day holiday sh 
by the booker, could not fill the engagement. It was but two hou* 
before the opening performance. The booker fell for it, loudly express 
himself and beat it to the table of the agent, who handled the sine! 
He demanded, then implored the agent to "get to" the single, promising 
a bottle of the Christmas wine if everything was fixed up. The axe t 
• was Just attacking an entreo and had to risk the food growing cold 
From remote corners of Canada and the South, as well as from the I while he left the room and stalled outside, pretending to make a phone 
more populous centers, Variety has. had a flow of correspondence during call to the artiste. He returned saying everything was alright. Later 
the winter. There have been mafry^requests for copies of the articles in the afternoon he called on the booker for the bottle and got it. Even 
published last summer. Variety referred all these inquirers to its files; now the booker doesn't know it was a frame, 
what has been published is public — otherwise this newspaper has side- 
stepped any hostile activities, for it is, as has been so many times pointed 
out in this connection, a reporter and commentator, but not a crusader. 



Thia activity Is Immediately reflected by Inquiries which are Altering 
into the Variety mail from farmers* bodies, civic societies and rural 
newspapers. It seems that the opposition — or, rather, the defense — is 
waking up, too. 



Melissa Ten Eyck and Max Weily 
have re-engaged for the Folies 
Marigny, Paris. The dancers are 
now with "Up in the Clouds" at the 
44th Street. The Paris engagement 
starts July 1. 



However, it appears that Variety will be compelled by the urge of 
its conscience and the mandates of its duty as a newspaper to resume 
its now-famous chronicles of the national carnival life. Variety has 
identified itself in the minds of public institutions, officials, and organ- 
izations, and private citizens, who realize the nation's shame and danger 
through these marauding bands of pillagers and putriflers, and these good 
folk have come to look to Variety as their champion — at least their 
megaphone — in their disorganized but crystallizing movement against 
such vile prostitution of the profession under camouflage of entertain- 
ment. 



'Sawing a lemon in half" is the new title for Jarrow's "lemon trick" 



ty at the northwest corner of Broadway and 57th street 
g Broadway to 5Sth street, has been sold by Dr John i/ 



A fire last night damaged the Lib- 
erty, Syracuse, a picture house, to 
the extent of $10,000. The Bastable 
waa threatened at the same time 
when a fire broke out in the rear of 
the theatre. Both flres were caused 
by overheated furnaces. 



So Variety, though it doesn't relish the assignment, will probably have 
to take up the malodorous job where It laid it down last fall. 



The proper; 
running along Broadway to 5Sth street, has been sold by Dr. John 
Harriss, the traffic commissioner. Dr. Harriss intended to erect* a theatr' 
and office building on the site, which he cleared for that purpose. Later 
he changed his plans to a hotel and theatre. The report now is a hotel 
alone will be erected there. 



A company has been organized to 
erect a community theatre in Union 
Hill, N. J. f a former school site in 
the center of the iown having been 
purchased for the project. The 
present plans call for the erection 
of a building to include two thea- 
tres, one of which will be devoted 
to vaudeville and the . other to 
straight pictures. The vaudeville 
policy has not been definitely de- 
cided upon for the larger house, a 
legitimate policy also being under 
consideration. 



The winter has surely accumulated a fund of material for It. Not a 
week has gone by in r.ionths during which not a line about carnivals 
was published, without additional volunteered data from somewhere. If 
a day or two slipped along without bringing In exposures and inside 
stuff about the Sewer, Variety wasn't allowed to entirely forget Its pet 
abomination, for there was sure to be a voice anxiously asking what the 
policy would be in the spring, and what advertising Variety was trying to 
drive at by persecuting the poor carnivals. 



The Interstate's newest addition is the Majestic, Dallas. The house 
opened last month and several features attracted the Interest of^show- 
men of the Southwest. Of particular note is a children's playground 
In the basement of the Majestic and their mothers, attending the per- 
formances, may "check" the kiddies. Tho playground is completely 
equipped, there being dolls, a slide, caged monkeys and other child 
diversions. It is said that during the holiday, when the attraction was 
the Gentry Brothers Circus, something like 15,000 children used the in- 
door playground at the Majestic. Managers from other towns in the 
section visited the house to note tho improvements. Carl Hoblitzelle, 
head of the Interstate Circuit, is said to control a majority Interest in the 
Majestic. 



Reports are spreading of impending changes in the Shubert vaudeville 
staff in New York. Nothing definite is rumored, but surmises seem to 
run in peculiarly similar grooves. 



Variety could get a lot of advertising if St wanted to use its editorial 
columns as a soliciting medium, not to say a blackmailing vehicle. If 
carnival people advertise in Variety they are crazy. And when Variety 
asks them to adverti.se in it, Variety will be crazy. 



Doraldina has been booked to 
open aa a single act at Loew's 
Gates, Brooklyn, Monday. The 
dancer will play the Loew houses. 
for a full week as a regu'ar act 
playing the customary three shows 
a day. She formerly played for 
Loew as added attraction in con- 
nection with her pictures. 



The Orpheum, Tonkers, opened 
Monday as a vaudeville house, play- 
ing five acts on a split week booked 
by Fally Markua. The house was 
recently taken over by Sol Swartz, 
who installed the new policy. 






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The Liberty theatre, at Oklahoma 
City, classed as being among the 
handsomest theatres in the south- 
west, closed for an indefinite period 
last week. The Lyric, of the same 
city, has abandoned its stock policy 
and reverted back to vaudeville and 
pictures at popular prices, while the 
Criterion has cut its admission scale 
to a pre-war basis. 



Milton Harris was appointed man- 
ager of the Central, New York, this 
week by the Shuberts. Harris has 
been connected with the Keith-Moss 
forces as assistant to Manager Ed- 
die Riley of the Flatbush, Brooklyn. 

Tom Gorman, formerly manager 
at the Jefferscr, New York, has 
been promoted to the pdsl of super- 
vising director of the Franklin and 
Hamilton. Burns O'Sullivan, former 
assistant to Mr. Gorman, is now in 
charge at the Jefferson. Joe Mur- 
phy, former treasurer of the Jeffer- 
son, is the new assistant manager 
there. * 



Variety is a theatrical newspaper. It chooses its news more or less by 
its own standards, but much more so by what happens that la beyond 
Its control. If carnivals work the touch-andrgo, tip-and-toss, gyp-and- 
trim and knock-down-and-drag-out, and call themselves "shows," Va- 
riety must publish the news about it. If an acrobat misses a handstand 
or a single act hits a blue note, Variety mentions it; then how can it 
fail to publish the facts when people who call themselves showmen and 
performers ride over the land, robbing, rapeing, swindling, slugging, 
badgering bootlegging and other wise making entertainment and its 
people odious and infamous In the eyes of millions, millions who have i 
voices in the legislatures, not to say in the broad evolution of public 
opinion? 



As the time drew near for Jean Bedini's "Chuckles" to play the Winter 
Garden, Mr. Bedini was informed by tho Shuberts the show could not go 
in that house on tho Bedini sharing terms, C0-40. Instead, the Shuberts 
said, they would guarantee Bedini $4,500 for his* week at the Garden. 
Bedini asked In return for a written waiver of hi3 contract for the single 
week, In order tlrat the guarantee should not follow the Garden's en- 
gagement. 

Marcus Loewyis thinking of building in St. Louis, but doesn't want 4o 
build himself or invest in (he theatre. A construction company is 
negotiating with him to erect the house. The company owns a St. Louis 
site. If Loew is agreeable to tho location, the company will put up the 
building. Otherwise the construction people are disinclined to interest 
themselves other as builders. 



SPORTS 



Benny Leonard is to fight Rocky 
Kansas February 10 at the Garden. 
They fought last summer at Harri- 
son, N. J., just across tho Hudson, 
with the bunch who saw it about 
the sorest ever returning from a 
mill. Even those aware it was one 
of those things went over. Leen- 
ard carried Kansas along, much as 
he did Sailor Friedman at Phila- 
delphia some weeks ago. According 
to Kansas' fight with Tendler re- 
cently at the Garden, Kansas won't 
be able to put a glove on Leonard 
unless the latter Is agreeable, but 
a fight between Kansas and Fried- 
man, a couple of sluggers who know 
nothing else, might be an interest- 
ing bout. With tho Garden looking 
for new divisions, it might split up 
the fighters into boxers and slug- 
gers. The example was at the Gar- 
den last Friday night, Madden and 
Fulton as the sluggers and the 
Tunney-Levinsky battle, ono of the 
prettiest exhibitions of scientific 
boxing tho Garden has seen. 



Fox's City, New York, is now fea- 
turing its picture in conjunction 
with the vaudeville. The house 
always maintained they drew them 
because of the vaudeville, the pic- 
ture being incidental) leaving It to 
the Academy, another Fox house 
across the street, to attract the film 
fans. The success of the opposition 
Jefferson, a Keith house, further 
down the street, Is said to have 
necessitated this move by the City. 
The Jefferson gives the East Siders 
Keith vaudeville and features at 
a scale a little u^ ler the City's. 



Sam L. Tuck has been appointed 
manager of Proctor's, Port Cm I t< r, 
2*. Y. 



Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvilller 
of New York City Monday night in- 
troduced a bill amending the mem- 
bership corporations law by provid- 
ing that the maximum admission to 
be charged to running and steeple- 
chase meets in this State shall not 
exceed $1 for adults and 50 cents 
for children under the age of 14 
years. 

The bill also would curtail the 
pass or free ticket abuse, which has 
prown to enormous proportions, all 
legislators, congressmen, police and 
municipal officers being the recipient 
thereof, and would permit the is- 
suance of such complimentary 
tickets only on the approval of the 
State racing commission. 



The crowd present would like to 
see Bartley Madden who beat up 
Fred Fulton in tho same ring the 
samo evening fight Tunney. Mad- 
den weighed In at 177, while Tunney 
was 172 and Levinsky 17C 1 i, V/ 2 
pounds over the light heavyweight 
limit. Tunney waived the forfeit. 
Madden was 35 pounds under Ful- 



ton's 212, while Fulton towered 
above his opponent and had all the 
best of the reach. That forced 
Madden to close in all the time. 
Madden made Fulton look like the 
awkward boob fighter he is. While 
the decision was a draw, Madden 
so far outfought Fulton the de- 
cision goes with the rest of the 
funny things that come off at the 
Garden. At one time it wa j only 
the post in Fulton's own corner 
which kept him up. By that time 
though (10th round) Madden's ex- 
traordinary exertions has sapped 
his strength and he could not finish 
the tall pug. In one of the prelims 
Ray Keiser got a severe beating 
from Joe Darcy, who won the de- 
cision. Keiser was out half of the 
time but wouldn't fall down. The 
scale was $5 top, a popular one as 
proven by the attendance, with 
about $40,000 gross. 



Larry Bankhart, under whose tu- 
telage Colgate's football teams ad- 
vanced to a premier position, has 
been named chairman of the foot- 
ball advisory committee at Dart- 
mouth which will aid Coach Jackson 
Cannell. Bankhart is a graduate of 
the New Hampshire institution. 



Joe Schwarzer, former Syracuse 
star athlete, is now playing basket- 
ball with the Mohawk team in the 
New York State League. Schwarzer 
is end coach on the football staff at 
the Orange University 



Gene Tunney became the light 
heavyweight champion of America 
through the decision in a 12-round 
fight with Battling Levin.iky. 
Neither the fight nor the decision 
aroused the immense crowd to any 
enthusiasm. Nor did Levinsky ap- 
pear cast down at his loss. He 
chatted with Tunney after the 
scrap was over and on the surface 
It looked as though Levinsky was 
as much pleased as tho winner. The 
"wise money" had gone on Tunney 
and maybe the crowd had heard 
about that too. But there was little 
betting. After Carpentier pu*. 



The Twin City Reporter, a paper issued weekly in Minneapolis which 
seems to specialize to a large extent In the Intimate scandals of Minne- 
apolis and St. Paul and some of the surrounding territory, is at present 
devoting considerable of its spaco to attacking vaudeville acts. At 
least the editor of the publication in tho issue dated Jan. 20 devoted 
practically all of his front page to an attack on two vaudeville turns 
that played the Hennepin and the Orpheum theatres there. Norrls' 
Baboons was the turn that he flayed horribly, stating that the trainer 
cruelly beat the animals on the stage, and then he turned on the 
Bostock's Riding School act, which was at the Orpheum a short time 
before, and stated that that was another exhibition of animal cruelty 
that called for the Intervention of societies for the purpose of pre- 
vention of such cruelty to dumb animals. Just the why and wherefore 
of these attacks is questionable, but it is noticed that the same issue 
contains an editorial defense of burlesque and an advertisement of the 
Gayety theatre. The publication does not contain any advertisement of 
the two vaudeville houses. If It Is an advertising fight that the publi- 
cation has with the local theatre management, It seems rather poor 
editorial policy to make the acts which are playing the houses the 
sufferers in the battle that is >ing waged. 



The agent who was charged with securing advance commissions from 
several acts last week after showing them phoney contracts for a 
western circuit, was reported missing lato last night. It is said he got 
into a jamb over losses in a "craps" game In the Putnam building. 
His wife who appears as a single, is said to have cashed a forged check 
for him to tho amount of $100 and the advance commissions reported 
to have been secured for the "40 weeks' bookings" are alleged to amount 
to $1,000 more. At the office of the booking representative of the circuit 
concerned, It was denied the agent had any of its blank contracts but 
that the agent typed a letter form or agreement and forged the booker's 
name. One of the acts said to have been mulcted, is a woman artist who 
is reported to have pawned her jewelry in order to pay the advance 
demanded. The agent is supposed to have told the act it was necessary 
to mako the commission payment in advance, because he had to split 
with the booker. 



vinsky a w ay last spring, the 300- 
battles man wasn't looked upon as 
long to go as a fighter. Tunney 
did all of the fighting excepting 
when keeping after Levinsky, which 
forced him to fight back. 



"Snooks'* Dowd, who performs on 
the diamond with the Buffalo In- 
ternational League team, is devot- 
ing tho winter to basketball. Dowd 
is the bright shining light of tho 
Springfield Red Tops of tho Inter- 
state Basketball League. The Red 
Tops made a world's record at Ak- 
ron, Ohio, by playing and winning 
five games in 24 hours and captur- 
ing the industrial Championship of 
America. 



President Lowell of Harvard 
started something when ho issued 
his proclamation concerning the 
serious problem collegiate football 
I? facing. Various heads of univer- 
sities throughout the country pub- 
licly answered the statement Which 
had about a fifty-fifty split as to the 
Lc- 1 opinions of those who were for and 



against the Harvard president's" 
theory. But how is a college to 
maintain its sport program minus 
tho gate receipts that football 
brings? The larger institutions 
generally carry about 17 varsity 
teams on their rosters, all requiring 
coaches that would read something 
like this: football, baseball track, 
crew basketball, hockey, swimming, 
wrestling, boxing, tennis, gymnastic, 
la crosse, soccer, golf, shooting, 
cross-country and polo, with most 
of these departments of athletics 
being a total loss so far as ilnancial 
consideration is concerned. The 
salary in coaches, alone, according 
to what they are now receiving 
would run somewhere between 
$40,000 and $60,000 yearly beside* 
tho equipment necessary to each • 
the sports. 

That every college Is so heavily 
endowed that it coald assume the 
expenses of so pretentious a sp° r 
program year after year without 
reaping some reward at "th« P ate 
seems beyond the realm of P 08- 
(Continued on png^ 26) 



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Friday, January 27, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



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10 PLAYERS FORM 
NEW REPERTORY CO. 

First Offering Will Be Daring 

Version of Paris Play 

Monte Martre 

A new repertory company has 
^en formed, its members being 
well-known Broadway players who 
have banded together because of the 
'slowing down in legitimate produc- 
tion by managers. The new or- 
ganization will probably be called 
the Players, though it has no con- 
nection with the theatrical club of 
that name. Its official name is the 
Players Assembly, which is incor- 
porated. - 

There are ten founders, all taking 
stock in equal amount. All will ap- 
pear in the planned productions and 
the agreement is that none is to 
have salary, h founders splitting 
profits in equal amounts. Tho cap- 
ital Is tc be used for production 

outlay. 

The first offering will be "Monte 
Martre, - ' the premiere performance 
beiag by invitation at $5 per ticket. 
"Monte Martre," was a Parisian 
sensation. It was written by Pierre 
Frondie and was tho starring ve- 
hicle for Polaire. A literal transla- 
tion of the daring dialog has been 
made and it is said ;he play will 
be shown here without deletions. 
The same piece was tried out some 
time ago with Jane Cowl at Los 
Angeles, but an American version 
was used. 

Helen Lowell is president of the 
Players Assembly, Clark Silvernall 
is vice-president, Frank Doane, sec- 
retary, and Brandon Hurst, treas- 
urer. All will appear in "Monte 
Martre." tho *ast also inc'ui'ing Ga- 
lina Kopernack*, a Russian actress 
who is making her first American 
stage appearance; H^len Ware, 
Mabel Frenyer, Wini.ifred Harris, 
Arthur Hohl and Frank Ccnnor. 



WARNING SOUNDED AGAINST HALF-WAY 
MEASURES TO FIGHT PLAY CENSORSHIP 



Observer of Tuesday's Meeting Declares Proposed 
Citizen Jury Would Fail — Reformers Ready After 
Elaborate Preparations 



MEN TREASURERS IN 
SHUBERT BOX OFFICES 



The bogie man of stage censor- . 
ship of America is going to catch} 
the forces of the playhouse napping 
if they don't watch out. This was 
apparent last Tuesday at a meeting 
held at the Belasco theatre to op- 
pose any stage interference with 
plays. 

Only one constructive suggestion 
illumined the afternoon. 

The single measure proposed as 
in preparatidn concerns a board of 
Ave jurors to be selected from a 
panel of 500, the jury to be from 
non -professionals of any sort, and 
their thumbs up or down to say 
whether a play under suspicion 
should quit or stay. The commis- 
sioner of licenses to be empowered 
to make the drawings. 

This provision, it was urged by 
its sponsor, Charles Coburn, repre- 
senting the Producing Managers 
association, would effectively get 
between the forces that would tell 
managers what they should and 
shouldn't produce, authors what 

MRS. HAMMERSTEIN OUT 

Widow of Oscar Must Surrender 
Manhattan O. H. Home 



DELAMATER SLAMS 
SYRACUSE EDITORS 



HALF MILLION WANTED 
BY REINE DAVIES 



Gradually Replacing Girls — 
Inadequacy Admitted 



Men treasurers are being gradu- 
ally assigned to the box offices of 
Shubert theatres again. A majority 
of the girl treasurers placed in 
charge at the start of the season 
failed to measure up to the effi- 
ciency required. Frank Halllgan, 
who was managing the Central, is 
now treasurer of the Lyric, the girl 
treasurer there becoming assistant. 

Benny Stern, assistant at the 44th 
Street, is in charge at the 39th 
Street, and Willie Kur'. . quit the 
Criterion to take the Ambassador 
box office berth. In the latter 
houses the girls also continued as 
assistants. 

"Warren O'Hara, formerly of 
Providence, is at the Central box 
office, and Maurice De Vrles, at the 
44th Street for a time, han the 49th 
Street ticket assignment. 

The switch in policy at the 44th 
Street, which gave up vaudeville 
and reverted to attractions this 
week, did not disturb the staff, 
Sam Tauber remaining manager 
*nd T immy Peppard treasurer. 

The sale at one of the Shubert 
houses recently on the occasion of a 
premiere was too much for the girl 
treasurer. She walked out, refus- 
ing to sacrifice her dinner hour. 



Mrs. Stella Keating Hammerstein, 
the widow of Oscar Hammerstein, 
has been ordered to vacate the three 
or four rooms she is occupying in 
the Manhattan Opera House, Jus- 
tice Hlnkley on Tuesday handing 
down a decision in the New York 
Supreme Court criticizing Mrs. 
Hammerstein for the manner 'in 
which she gained and retained pos- 
session of the structure. The order 
directs Sheriff Nagle to oust Mrs. 
Hammerstein from her living rooms 
in the building if she does not 
vacate voluntarily. The order was 
obtained by her step-daughters Mrs. 
Rose Tostevin and Mrs. Stella Pope 
because Mrs. Hammerstein refused 
to recognize an order signed last 
summer for theasale of the Manhat- 
tan. This order was obtained under 
an agreement with the late im- 
presario providing for the support 
of his two daughters, Rose and 
Stella. 

Justice Hlnkley takes the view 
that Mrs. Hammerstein's continued 
possession of the Manhattan prop- 
erty prevented its sale, she arguing 
that she would thus be evicted from 
her only home. Her claim to the 
three rooms is based on a five-year 
lease to the building held by the 
Temple of Music, Inc., of which she 
is president. 



they must and musnt write, players 
what they could and couldn't play, 
and theatre owners what they 
might and mightn't present. 

There was a remonstrance by the 
Drama League, that took the form of 
an approved motion against any 
any form of stage censorship; 
there were citations of the introduc- 
tion of censorship in France and in. 
England; there were seasons of 
sentiment, trade and art adduced 
to prove that stage censorship was 
stultification of spiritual expansion. 

Rut the net, tangible, single- meas- 
ure of the symposium came to 
nothing but the public jury buffer 
proposed. 

The Wilbur Craft forces advocat- 
ing stage censorship were seen here 
and there among the audience in 
untagged emissaries. The meeting 
emphasized one thing urgently; the 
theatrical business as a whole will 
have to get together, stick together 
and fight together harder than they 
(Continued on page 26) 



STRANGER GYPPED AND 
HURT BUT SATISFIED 



Milked by Scalpers But 
Tended by Music Box Sa- 
maritans When Hurt 



FIDELITY CONCERT 

The first concert of 1922 of the 
Actors' Fidelity I,eague will be held 
at the Henry Miller theatre Sunday, 
Jan. 29. Among those who will ap- 
pear are Holbrook 31inn, In a nov- 
elty as yet unannounced; Mr. and 
Mrs. Coburn in the comedietta, "Old 
Bill," an abridged version of their 
success, "The Better 'Ole"; Charles 
Leonard Fletclu in character 

studios; Caryl Bensel, soprano solo- 
jst; Olive Wyndham, in a sketch. 
"The Nocturne," and Marguerite St. 
John and Frank Sylvester in "The 
Dyspeptics." 

A feature of the bill will be two 
scenes from "As You Like It." with 
the following cast: Howard Kyle 
asJaqucs; Curtis Cookscy, Orlando: 
Btn Johnson, the Banished I>uk»-; 
«t»U West. Adam, and Kenneth Lie. 
Amiens. 

The Ma\ibattan Quartette will 
*ing the original Shakespearean 
•ongs in the presentation 



CANTOR'S NEW REVUE 

"Kiss Me" Probable Title of Comic's 
Shubert Vehicle 



Eddie Cantor is rehearsing in a 
new revue in which he is to be 
starred by the Shuberts. It prob- 
ably will be called "Kiss Me," 
though there is some likelihood of 
the title "Laughs and Ladies?' 

It opens at Atlantic City, and 
goes to Philadelphia, headed for the 
Astor or the 44th Street, New York, 
about March 13. 

In the company will be Lew 
Hearn, Joe Opp, Lillian Fitzgerald, 
Mabel Burke, John Byam and a 
two-man dancing team to be se- 
lected. 

A taxi Scene with the Claridge 
corner of Broadway, is the comedy 
high spot, Cantor acting as a 
driver -bootlegger. 



Though he paid $5.50 each in an 
agency for two tickets in the ninth 
row balcony of the Music Box, scaled 
at $2.75 at the box office, there is 
one visitor to Broadway who de- 
parted for his home in Deadwood, 
S. Dak., with an impression of 
courteous managerial treatment. 
The patron started dow . the stairs 
to visit a friend seated on the or- 
chestra floor last Friday evening, 
tripped over his cane and cut a deep 
gash in his forehead by crashing 
into the banister rail. A doctor 
was sent for and it required 14 
stitches to close the wound. 

The physician called for sevefel 
wash basins, a request that stumped 
the house manager and treasurer 
who had applied first aid. But the 
latter quickly vamped to the stage 
and "robbed" the props used in the 
kitchen scene, and the doctor at- 
tended the patient. Several times 
the visitor apologized for the trou- 
ble he was causing, and fainted 
twice during the operation. Irving 
Berlin extended solicitations to the 
man and invited him to the perform- 
ance, half of which he had missed, 
on Saturday night The seats were 
obtained by Lep Solomon, who dug 
them out of an agency, though the 
visitor was first afraid he might of- 
fend others with his bandaged head. 

The seats obtained for him were 
In the third row, downstairs. 



Says Town Is Suicide to Shows 
and They're to 3lame 

Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 18. 
Arthur G. Delamater, of 1457 
Broadway, wants it distinctly under- 
stood that he was not the manager 
of the "Lassie" company which hit 
the rocks at the Wleting here less 
than a week after tho show had 
opened. 

Further, Delamater thinks that 
Syracuse dramatic critics are the 
Cat's Meow and several other things 
to boot. 

Add to that Delamater's opinion 
is that Syracuse spells financial sui- 
cide to any theatrical attraction 
daring to come here. 

All thosi things Delamater says 
under his own signature in letters 
sent to the local papers. Curiously 
enough, there was no special men- 
tion of Delamater in connection 
with the stories used on the "Lassie" 
blow-up here. Says Delamater: 

"I understand you published an 
article stating that 'Lassie,' which 
terminated its career in your city, 
was under my management. 

"I trust you will correct this, giv- 
ing it the same amount of space 
and display that you gavo the orig- 
inal article. 

" 'Lassie* was not under my man- 
agement. I was simply engaged by 
the Coutoucas Producing Corpor- 
ation to book a route for the at- 
traction, and I must regret that one 
of tho cities included In the route 
was Syracuse. Judging by the re- 
ceipts played to by other attrac- 
tions, previous to the performances 
of 'Lassie/ it is financial suicide for 
any musical or dramatic offering to. 
appear in that' city, and I may fur- 
ther add that it is common gossip 
in New York that the attitude of the 
local press is largely responsible for 
this condition. 

"Judging by the way the three 
dramatic critics contradicted each 
other in their criticism of 'Lassie,' 
I believe there is some truth in the 
rumor. Arthur Delamater," 



RE-ARGUING DIVORCE 

Kenneth Harlan Alleges New Evi 
dence Against Flo Hart 



Damage Action Started in Su- 
preme Court — Briarcliff 
Manor Ass'n and 
Sime Silverman 
Defendants 

The trial of the damage action 
started by Reine Davles against the 
Briarcliff Manor Association and 
Slme Silverman, of Variety, was in 
its third day Wednesday, with the 
prospects the case could not be con- 
cluded before early next week. 

Miss Davles is asking $500,000 
damages from the co-defendants 
through having been seriously in- 
jured and incapacitated from fur- 
ther stage engagements when the 
automobiles of the defendants col- 
lided, June 18, 1919. on the Albany 
Tost Road, at the intersection of 
the Scarborough station road, be- 
tween Ossinning and Scarborough. 
Miss Davles was riding with Sil- 
verman in his car, driven by a 
colored chauffeur. Both of its pas- 
sengers were thrown over the top of 
the other car. None of the pas- 
sengers in the Briarcliff car, takin ; 

them to the station, was injured. 
The trial opened Monday in the 

Supreme Court, Part H, New York. 

before Justice Finch and a jury, the 

latter drawn last Friday. 

The plaintiff opened her case by 
calling two passengers in the Briar- 
cliff car, Charles-Strauss, a prom- 
inent attorney in New York, and 
Edward N. Burns, formerly con- 
nected with the Columbia Phono- 
graph Co. Each testifier the fault 
of the accident was with the Briar- 
cliff driver. The two drivers of the 
respective cars followed, both be- 
coming confused under cross-ex- 
amination. 

Miss Davies took the stand Tues- 
day morning and underwent easily 
a searching cross-examination, con- 
cluding Wednesday noon. 

Wednesday afternoon the Briar- 
cliff defense opened, with some of 
its first witnesses testifying they 
knew something in connection with 
the accident, swearing they were 
being paid by the day, usually $10 
and expense, for their attendance. 

Julius Baer and John O. Robison 
represented Miss Davles; the co- 
defendants were represented by ac- 
cident insurance companies, with 
Herbert Smytho the trial attorney 
for the Briarcliff, and Frank Her- 
wig for the company insuring Silver- 
man, M. L. Malevinsky, of O'Brien, 
Malevinslty & Drlscoll, is In con- 
stant attendance at the trial as the) 
personal counsel for Silverman. 



Chorister Seeks Divorce 

Pittsburgh. Jan. 23. 
Divorce 'proceedings have been 
revived hefe by Florence It. Man- 
ville, a former chorus girl, against 
Thomas F. Manvilie, Jr., im-iiilw r of 
a wealthy family. Desertion is the 
charge of the wife, who says they 
were married In 1911. Bl« allow- 
ance was cut off and he was forced 
to support himself. He m^t her 
while she was appearing at a local 
theatre, the marriage causing a so- 
ciety sensation at the t me 



"IRENE" REPEATS USED UP 

Boston Company Called in For 
Lack of Booking 



"Irene" will be closed In Boston 
Saturday and brought in, witfi no 
further repeat time in the east 
available. The only important stand 
not repeated with the show Is Chi- 
cago and no bookings are in sight 
there for "Irene." Cities like Buffalo 
and Toronto have becjn played three 
times. Two companies will remain 
on the road 

Pattl Harold, who is leading the 
cast in the Boston company will 
be switched to the coast company. 
She will feplace Dale Winter who 
has played 72 consecutive weeks 
and will rest 



Motio.i to reargue the Florence C. 
Harlan (Flo Hart) divorce suit 
against Kenneth Harlan, picture 
actor, was granted the defendant 
who will take the matter to the Ap- 
pellate Division, acting through 
Nelson Ruttenberg of the J. Robert 
Rubin office. Mrs. Harlan's $100 
weekly alimony and $700 counsel fee 
award still stand. 

Harlan took the appeal for the 
purpose of introducing new evidence 
in his counter-divorce suit against 
Mrs. Harlan. The latter meantime 
has filed a reply generally denying 
the allegations, through Walter It. 
Herrick. 

Harlan's new evidence concerns 
the mention of his wife's name as 
the third angle in a separation suit 
which a Mrs. Olga Levy haa begun 
against Arthur Levy, a shirtwaist 
salesman. 



LEGS AND CIGARETTES 

Emporia, Kan, Debates "Carmen's' 
Pills and Pavlowa's Knees 



"Blushing Bride" at Astor 
"The Blushing Bride,'' with Cecil 
Lean and Cleo Mayfleld, is due to 
follow "The Squaw Man" into the 
Astor, New York, early in Febru- 
ary. William Faversham has been 
out of "The Squaw Man" for the 
past week. 

"The Bride" opened Monday In 
Washington and will stay out of 
town until <.he Astor premiere. 



CHAUVE-SOURIS FEB. 9 

Gest Bringing Moscow Players to 
49th Street 

"Chauve-Sourls," the Russian spe- 
cialty company from the Bat thea- 
tre Moscow, which is being brought 
here from London, sailed last Sat- 
urday and is due early next week. 
The attraction will likely open at 
the 49th Street, Feb. 6. It will be 
under the management of Morris 
Cest. ' 

A number "of private perform- 
ances for society people have al- 
ready been booked. The ookings 
result from tho reputation made 
abrond by tho Russian players. 



Kansas City, Jan. 25. 

Emporia, Kansas, in addition to 
being the "homo town" of William 
Allen White, is the home of the 
Kansas State Normal. With thou- 
sands of students there during the 
school term, many of the best 
amusement attractions play the 
town, in spite of its size. Recently 
a town discussion was started be- 
cause some of the players in "Car- 
men" smoked cigarettes on the 
stage, tbere being a law prohibiting 
the sale of cigarettes in Kansas. 
Now the citizens have a new topio 
of discussion. 

Pavlowa and her Russian ballet 
appeared there for a single perform- 
ance this week and the entertain- 
ment was promptly branded as a 
"leg" show. The supporters of 
Pavlowa say the display was art, 
while the opposition maintain that 
"legs is legs" and that the dancers 
should cover them up. 



PALM BEACH, VIA CUBA 

Sam H. Harris and Arch Selwyn 
are leaving for Havana next week 
to remain for several we?ks. They 
will bo accompanied by their wives, 
and may stop off at Palm Beach on 
the return journey. 

Several managers now in Florida 
are aimed for Cuba also. 



MAINE HOUSE DARK 

Portia- d, Me., Jan. 25. 

Edgar F. Healey, who for the past 
20 years has been connected with 
the Shuber' and Brady interests, 
and who for the past four months 
has been resident manager of the 
Shubert -Jefferson in this city, was 
re ailed the New York offices of 
this conr. rn Saturday night. 

The Shubert-Jefferson, which had 
a long list of attractions slated or 
the present season, has failed to 
house any attractions since the holi- 
days and has been ark. What the 
policy will be in the future is a 
question, as all employes have been 
discharged r od no other manag'r 
is slated to follow Mr. Healey in 



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LEGITIMATE 



H Friday, January 27, 1922 



FROLICKING FRIARS 
SPILL THE NIFTIES 



Mr. Bugs Baer Tells 'Em and 

Will Rogers Runs Out 

of Gum 



$186,000 AND NO INTEREST 

Get Principle in New York Theatre 
Action, but Will Appeal 



Friar Anthony Paul Kelly, play- 
wright and dean of the Monastery, 
stepped on the accelerator last Sun- 
day night, bowing in as Frollcker 
for the first club house Friars* 
Frolic. It was an evening of 
laughs, Arthur "Hugs'' Baer, tin- 
announcer, serving up "nifties" as 
much as any of the humorists on the 
special bill. 

Last Sunday, by the way, held a 
flock of benefits. Some of the en- 
tertainers told about it. WW 
Rogers on arrival stated he had 
played so many benefits during the 
evening that he ran out of chewing 
gum and asked for assistance. Six 
packages and single pieces were 
heaved upon the stage, for without 
gum Will is gone. That ought to be 
a tip for Will to nick Wrigley or his 
twins out of tribute — try it anyhow. 
Speaking of benefits, Rogers said 
there were so many these days that 
he has stopped asking what they 
were for. He believed that all good 
Friars wanted amusement cheap, 
hence the Frolic. 

Florence Moore, billed as a 
"Friaress," was a sweep in a finely 
attuned specialty for the occasion. 
Her stories and songs held a strain 
of uproarious comedy. Elsie J mis 
was the other feminine single of 
the Frolic, telling stories, singing 
and dancing. 

Louis Silvers figured dually. He 
was at the piano, leading the or- 
chestra and also wrote the parodied 
number on "Hello, Hello, Hello," the 
Lewis and Dody number. A chorus 
of Friars sang the lyrics, which had 
cut-ins of club life. One of these 
introduced three of the world's 
worst actors — Jack Lait, Bugs Baer 
and Walter Hoban. They were sup- 
posed to be seen In "action" writing 
tho club monthly paper. All were 
asleep or "lickered" up — according 
to the scene. Lait was saved by 
his role, which called for bim snor- 
ing; that was all. 

Joe Laurie and Harry C. Green 
kidded themselves with sidewalk 
conversation and there was some 
inside stuff pulled. The chatter 
turned to alimony at one point, 
Green starting it. Laurie said he 
knew something about the topic be- 
cause he was on the paying end of 
it, giving him a chanco to explain 
that Bugs Bacr's definition of ali- 
mony was "buying oats for a dead 
horse." 

.••hind Dixon, with songs and 
dances, went over for a smash, and 
Lewis and Dody, with their "Hello" 
song, tickled. D. D. H.? monologized 
brightly, after a clever introduction 
by Baer. Harry Ruby, Bert Kal- 
mar and George Jessell did "The 
Boys From tho West" stunt for the 
finale. Will Rogers, Baer and Ho- 
ban insisting on viewing the trio 
from stage chairs. 

^here were two sketches. One by 
Bide Dudley, called "Sold," had Clay 
Carroll, the third girl in the show, 
with Carlo De Angelo playing the 
lead. Also in the turn were William 
Bonelli and J. O. Clemson. H. L. 
I Menken's travesty on the custom of 
| the wake, called "Death," had eight 
players, all Friars. They were 
Frank Norcross, George W. Samis, 
Joseph W. Smiley, Peter M. Lang, 
Jack Kelly, Henry P. Dixon, Joe 
Laurie -and- Harry L. Broguthon. 
The turn was staged by Argyll 
Campbell. lltee. 



The two-year-old New York The- 
atre Corporation dissolution matter 
i "ime up again this week in the 
courts, when Justice Whitaker con- 
firm*, d the appraisal of tho corpora- 
tion stock, but refused to allow in- 
terest to the minority stockholders. 
In this litigation A. L. Erlanger and 

Joseph 1*. Bickerton, Jr.. and Wil- 
liam Harris, Jr., as executors of the 
estates of William Harris and F. 
Nixon-Nirdlinger, respecti. «!y, rep- 
resenting the minority stockholders 
of the corporation, claimed that the 
3,000 shares of stock were worth 
more than $160 each, which the ma- 
jority stockholders of the corpora- 
tion paid them. The appraisers 
placed a valuation of $222 per share 
on the stock, which represents a 
difference of $186,000 to the minority 
stockholders. 

Justice Whitaker affirms this ap- 
praisal of the Valu tioii of the prop- 
erty which the majorit:* stockholders 
hold is too high, but refuses to al- 
low Erlunger ct al. the interest they 
claim is due them ci the $186,000 
difference, which was not forth- 
coming for over a year. Mr. Uick- 
erton will appeal from this angle of 
the decision. 



LATEST "TJT.TE8" ANGLE 

The newest angi~« in tho many 
i angled -Lines of the Field" legal 
tangle occurred late Wednesday 
afternoon before Judge Knox In the 
Southern District Federal Court 
when he dismissed the petition of 
Joe Shea and other creditors of the 
corporation to remove Joseph Klaw 
as one of tho receivers and punish 
him for contempt. Judge Knox 
threw out the motion as groundless. 
Shea, et. al., through H. S. Hech- 
heimer, alleging Klaw retained in 
his possession $6,000 belonging to 
the show. "Lilies of the Field" at 
present is showing at the Klaw. 

The claim of the creditors is that 
Klaw violated an injunction order 
and took the $6,000, representing a 
week's gross receipts, on accoifht 
of a loan made by the Klaw theatre 
to the Lilies corporation. 

Klaw and Kenneth M. Spcnce, by 
this decision, continue as co-receiv- 
ers. Meantime, hearings before 
Judge Lecomb, who was appointed 
special master, arc being continued. 
Dittenhoefer & Fishel, who are the 
disinterested attorneys merely rep- 
resenting tho receivers, state that 
the corporation, through O'Brien, 
Malevinsky & Driscoll, is trying to 
dismiss the bankruptcy petition. 
The corporation has not yet been 
adjudicated bankrupt, the petition- 
ers pressing their claims very 
mildly. 

Las tweek there was filed a 
summary judgment for $3,579.42 
by Hattio Carnegie, Inc., cos- 
tumers, against Henry Stanton, 
president of the Lilies corporation. 
Carnegie, Inc., claims it furnished 
costumes amounting to $5,000 for 
the play, $1,000 of which was paid 
down and another $500 after suit 
was begun. Stanton generally de- 
nied the complaint, but on the plain- 
tiff's motion for a summary judg- 
ment because of no tangible defense, 
Justice Cohalan granted it. 



U. S. MUSIC LOVERS' 
CLUB, DIPPEL'S IDEA 

Proposes Five Grand Opera 

Circuits Backed by 

Public 



Pittsburgh, Jan. 25. 

Andreas Dippel, former general 
director of Chicago Grand Opera 
and .Metropolitan Opera companies, 
made his first mid-western appeal 
to Pittsburgh toward formation of 
the United StaU-i Grand Opera 
Company, which he proposes to or- 
ganize in the near future. 

According to the outline of his 
plan, the United States will be 
divided into fi\e circuits, the first 
to be known as the mid -western, 
embracing Pittsburgh, Cleveland. 
Cincinnati, Detroit and other cities. 
There will also be Pacific, eastern, 
western and southern divisions 
formed in succeeding years. 

The company, under present 
plans, will make its premiere here. 
The route mapped out will be ar- 
ranged on the same basis as that of 
a vaudeville circuit. The cost of 
conducting the operas will be met by 
funds raised through the United 
States Grand Opera club, which will 
be organized contemporaneously, 
membership in which will cost $10. 
Others contributing will bo grouped 
into tlio following classes: Donors, 
$100 contributors; patrons, $50; 
supporting members, $25. 

Opera stars will bo paid by per- 
formance instead of by salary, with 
drawing power as a basic. The 
same opera will not be presented 
twice the same season in any city; 
in fact not unti! It has been given 
in all five circuits, which means five 
years mqst elapse before its return. 
Tho program calls for two operas 
every four weeks. The season will 
continue for 20 weeks. 



TO MARRY FRANCES WHITE 



Raymond McKes's Hurry Thusly 
Explained 



Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 
That Raymond McKee, of the local 
film colony, and Frances White, also 
well known in the profession and 
now in New York, are to be wed 
soon is the report current on the 
rlalto as the result of McKee's hur- 
ried depart uro for New York last 
week. The reported bride-to-be has 
been married twice before, once to 
the late chief of police of Culver 
City and later to Frank ITuy, pro- 
fessional. 



HACKETT NEXT YEAR? 

James K. Hackett, who still is in 
London, sought advice here as to re- 
turning and presenting "Macbeth," 
but was advised to wait until nc::t 
season. 

21r. Hackett was a sensation in 
the English metropolis last season 
when he appeared in tho Shake- 
spearean role and he scored as nota- 
bly in Paris, where ho won unusual 
honors, being tho only English 
speaking actor to receive the Legion 
of Honor. Parisian critics said of 
Hackett that he was establishing a 
new school of tragic acting. 



NO. 2 "SHUFFLE ALONG" 

A number two "Shuffle Along" is 
being readied by Harry L. Cort, de- 
signed for one-nighters in the east 
and due to open Feb. 13. 

The original company now play- 
ing at the 63rd Street will he held 
for the big town stands. 

The colored revue is expected to 
run until spring and may fill out a 
year, it now having broken records 
for a company of colored players. 



COHAN'S TEMPORARY OFFICE 

George M. Cohan has 3tted up one 
room in his former offices on West 
45th street for temporary use. The 
building is under lease to the man- 
ager but ho has been attempting to 
sublet since his announced with- 
drawal from production last sum- 
mer. , 

Other offices will bo secured ns 
quickly ss possible, Cohan dis- 
liking the 45th street quarters. 



RALLY'S NEW THEATRE 

The tenants of the Gaiety build- 
ing, New York, have been requested 
to -sign new leases with the Er- 
langer syndicate, which recently 
purchased the Gaiety and Fulton 
theatre property. 

Oliver D. Baily's lease of the Ful- 
ton expires June 1. He says he will 
build a new house on a side street 
off Times Square, having secured a 
site. 



GUS HILL'S MIDGETS 

Gus Hill is to have an all midget 
and dwnrf show n :t season. Ike 
Rose is now assembling the people. 

The troupe which will be ..lonj 

„he lines of the old T.osenfeld LIU- 

putians, will play a musical comedy 

with a story, and will include d varf 

] ponies and a baby elephant. 

A giant will be carried for con- 
trast to the littl • folk. 



AMATEURS OF AUBURN, N. Y. 

Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 25. 

Auburn has a new amateur dra- 
matic club formed for the purpose 
of elevating dramatic tastes and 
bring out histrionic talent in Auburn. 
Thoms s Mott Osborne is president 
of tho newly formed club; B. Don- 
aldson Clapp, treasurer, and Mis. 
H. Dutton Noble, Jr., secretary. 

The club will have two perform- 
ances this year; the first Feb. 17 In 
Osborne hall. It will consists of a 
satire, a dramatic sketch and a 
pantomime. The satire and sketch 
will be directed by Mr. Osborne, 
who originated the plan of Mutual 
Wclfaro league shows and has had 
considerable experience as director 
of amateur dramatics. 

Mrs, Samuel Hopkins Adams, wife 
of the author, comes from New York 
especially to conduct rehearsals. 
Before her marriage she v»as one of 
the leading women for David Bc- 
lasco. 

The sketch is "In Honor Bound," 
and Harry R. Melone has the leading 
role. 



OKLAHOMA CITY QUIETER 

Strikers Under Control and The- 
atrical Business Is Resumed 



Oklahoma City, Jan. 25. 
The belligerent actions of strik- 
ing meat packers, which have 
necessitated the cancellation of the- 
atrical attractions at tho local the- 
atres during the past month have 
subsided to such an extent that 
shows have again been booked, 
commencing next week. The strik- 
ers seriously affected the small 
vaudeville and picture h'uses with 
tho managers of legitimate attrac- 
tions warned that they would enter 
the city on their own responsibility, 
as the authorities were experienc- 
ing difficulty in quelling the rioters. 

The first traveling attraction to 
play a local theatre since the start 
of the strike is the musical piece, 
"Take It From Me," which opens 
next week with the "Greenwich 
Village Follies'' to follow. 



LEO STARK DIVORCED 

Alma Gene Stach von Goltzheim 
(professionally Gene Stark) secured 
a divorce decree by default last 
week from Leopold Adelbert Stach, 
Baron von Goltzheim (known pro- 
fessionally as Leo Stark). The de- 
fendant, who is descended from 
German royalty, was charged with 
illicit relations with other women 
during April and May, 1920. The 
Starks, married Oct. 3, 1912, have 
been living apart sineo September, 
1919. Justice Lehman gave Mrs. 
Stark custody of their three-and-a- 
half-year-old child, Karl Fried- 
erich Victor. 

No alimony was asked but this 
was amicably adjusted out of court 
between counsel, Kendler & Gold- 
stein acting for Stark. 



MARIE SHOTWELL'S $100,000 

Marie Shotwell, a legitimate and 
motion picture actress, has fallen 
heir to a fortune estimated well into 
six figures. 

Some 12 years ago she met Miss 
Mary J. Piedson, for 40 years a 
teacher at Public School No. 63, 
and an acquaintance sprang up that 
lasted until the school teacher's de- 
mise last November. 

On the death of Miss Piedson it 
was found she left an estate of over 
$100,000, mostly in int^re^t bearing 
securities, and had bequeathed ^he 
fortune to Miss Shotwell. Deceased 
had no relatives. 



ACTION ON "OVER THE HILLS ,, 

Darcey & Wolford have started 
action to restrain** Corse Payton 
from appearing in 'Over the Hills," 
in which he opened for a road tour 
Monday In Easton, Pa. The play 
brokers say the version used by 
Payton is the same as that written 
by Lynn Osborn and controlled by 
them. Payton claims his version 
was specially written and is not an 
infringement on the Osborn script. 

A representative of Darcy & 
Wolford witnessed the performances 
of the Payton company early this 
week and proclaimed the Payton 
version a duplication of the Osborn 
script. 



GRACE GEORGE'S NEW PLAY 

Grace George has rehearsal plans 
for her nrw play called "The Perfect 
Hour" and adapted from the French 
play, "L'Heure Exquise." Arthur 
Hopkins ia understood to have an 
interest in the venture. Edward 
Eisner will direct and Claude King 
has been engaged as leading man. 



YIDDISH PLAY IN ENGLISH 

"Broken Branches," originally 
produced as a Yiddish play, has 
been rewritten in English to be pro- 
duced on Broadway. 

Hyman Adler, who appeared with 
the Yiddish company, has written 
the English version and will be in 
the cast. 



MADGE KENNEDY CLOSES 

Bluefields, Va.. Jan. 25. 
Madge Kennedy in "Cornered"' 
closed here last Saturday, Jan. 21. 



"WILD CAT" GOING OUT 

"The Wildcat" is due to close at 
the Park, Jan. 28. 

Frank Fay's "Fables" goes there 
at a $2 top scale. Georgie Hewitt 
has l)ccn added to tho "Fables" 
show. 



TWO CANCEL COAST 

San Francisco Jan. 25. 
Otia Skinner and Eddie Cantor 
showa have cancelled their coast 
* tours 



Canadian Theatres Burns 

Toronto, Jan. 25. 
The new Regina Theatre on the 
Trans Canada time was badly gut- 
ted by firo a week ago Saturday 
night or early Sunday morning. It 
had just been newly refitted, every- 
thing up-to-date. All scenery and 
stage properties were destroyed. 



MILEAGE RATE UP 
TO INTERSTATE C. C. 



Traveling Salesmen's Bill 

Passes Senate — Affects 

Theatrical Profession 



The "mttcage" bill pending before 

the Senate at Washington, D. c., 

the past few weeks unanimously 
passed that body Saturday. Sen- 
ator Cummings, who was among the 
three prime dissenters to tho pro- 
posed amendment for a reduction of 
railroad rates to all traveling men, 
including salesmen and performers, 
accepted the amendment, which re- 
fers the fixing of the mileage rate 
to the Interstate Commerce Com- 
mission. These mileage books are 
to be Issued for not less «.han 1,000 
miles and not more than 5,000. The 
Senate also ruled that should the 
Commission not act within 30 days 
they will legislate further on that 
point. This Is unlikely, since that 
was the prime purpose of the Na- 
tional Council of Traveling Bates* 
men's Associations, which was be- 
hind this new bill all the while. Tho 
National Council, which consists of 
some 26 or 28 individur.l salesman 
organizations, had proposed three 
new amendments to the mr.c::ge 
system, one calling for a L ~> ic- 
cent, reduction to travelers, r.n .'...c • 
for a 33 V& per cent, reduction, nn<! 
the third proposal being that thr 
Interstate Commerce Commission 
affix this rate. 

Since the National Council al- 
ready has had a man from their 
ranks appointed by President Hard- 
ing to the I. C. C. in reciprocation 
for certain Republican campaign co- 
operation, the I. C. C. will most 
likely affix the rate within the speci- 
fied month. 

In advising the National Council 
of the, Traveling Salesmen, Cer.ator 
Robinson of Arkansas ulso wired, 
"Expect Pullman repeal action in a 
few days." 

This is another suit pending be- 
for the U. S. Commissioner at 
Columbus, O., to withdraw the Pull- 
man taxes and the prevalent high 
rates and give them preferential 
Pullman rates. 



FILM AND PLAY CLASH 

Boston. Jan. 25. 

The arrival here of "Back Pay," 
tho Woods production from the 
Fannie Hurst novel, housed at the 
Selwyn, was under most unfortunate 
circumstances. It opened Monday 
night and at the same time the two 
Gordon picture houses in town 
sprung the same thing in a feature 
film. 

Tho American is boosting the film, 
running a serial story during the 
week, and advertising for the pic- 
ture Is heavy. Most of the advertis- 
ing for the play itself was concerned 
with stating that it was NOT a 
picture. 



AFRAID OF HIS WIFE 

Boston, Jan. '_';». 

Mark S. Reinsteln, 69 years, an 
auctioneer of this city, was granted 
a divorce by a judge sitting in the 
Divorce Session of the Superior 
Court here from his wife, Agnes M., 
a concert singer. Reinstein charged 
cruel and abusive treatment and 
told the judge he was afraid of his 
wife. 

He testified that when he pro- 
tested against her being in tho 
company of a woman he believed 
was teaching her Bolshevism she 
slapped his face. 



Railroad Agent Retires 
Frank Meyers, city passenger 
agent of th« New York Central 
Railroad for the past 38 years, dur- 
ing which time he handled all the 
theatrical movements over his lines, 
is about to retire and will settle 
down at his home^in Utica, N. Y. 

Dillingham's Tonsils 

C. B. Dillingham underwent a 
tonsil operation Monday at his home 
in New York. Tho operation was 
pronounced a success, with the wife 
of tho producer delaying her de- 
parture for Palm Beach until he 
has fully recovered.. 



L0RING ASKS FREEDOM 

Boston, Jan. 25. 
Benjamin C. Loring, an actor and 
proprietor of the Loring Stock com- 
pany, asked a judge In the divorce 
court to annul h^is marriage to 

Stephanie C. Perry of Bridgeport, 
Conn., on the grounds that she was 
tho wife of William D. Hamilton of 
New Jersey when she married him. 

He also stated that he had mar- 
ried her before the necessary six 
months' period following his divorce 
from his first wife had elapsed. 



ATTACHMENT VACATED 

Now Orleans, Jan. 25. 
Judge Percy Saint, in the Civil 
District Court of New Orleans, is- 
sued an attachment against 'Tho 
Right Girl," current at tho Tulare. 
on Tuesday, the claimant .»eing 
Dana T. Bennett of New York, who 
alleged $1.088.29 was due him for 
paper supplied tho company mat*- 
ager. Tom Campbell pf th» Tulane 
paid tho bill and t'le sheriffs with- 
drew. 




Friday, January 27, 1922 



LEGITIMATE 



15 



MEMBERS OF "PINS AND NEEDLES" 
STANDING OUT AGAINST EQUITY 



Decline to Join Actor*' Organization Over Here — De 
Courville Management Won't Interfere — Equity 
Man Calls American Managers 'Crooks and Jews' 



PHILA BUILDING PLANS 
ARE BOTH CALLED OFF 



Equity has changed its attitude 
towards foreign players appearing 
here. Heretofore English profes- 
sionals playing engagements in this 
country were welcomed to register 
irlth Equity and received a six 
months' card giving them the same 
protection as regular members. 
After the six months* period such 
visiting players were expected ^o 
join Equity. 

Now Equity asks that English 
players immediately join the asso- 
ciation. Attempts to force the mem- 
bers of Albert de Courville's 'Tins 
and Needles," an all-English pro- 
duction, are reported but with no 
success. A report is around of the 
reason for the Equity's change, but 
if Is unverified. 

"Pins and Needles," due to open 
this week at the Shubert, has been 
rehearsing at the Astor and like all 
Shubert theatres, Equity representa- 
tives ^«rere given entree .during re- 
hearsals. "Various members of the 
show were approached by a deputy 
and asked to Join Equity. All 
replied that they were members of 
their own organizations in England. 
Since Mr. de Courville had placed 
them under contracts which called 
for passage to New York, a definite 
engagement here and passage back 
to London, there was no necessity 
to apply for Equity membership, 
they said. 

Crooks and Jews 

It is reported the Equity worker 
finally took the stage manager for 
"Pins and Needles" aside and 
warned him that many American 
managers were crooks and the 
American show business Was run 
by Jews. The English professional 
laconically remarked: "You're in a 
terrible way over here, aren't you?" 
and walked away. 

Mr. de Courville was finally 
Tisited by an Equity representative, 
Who asked that the English manager 
advise his players to join. The 
visiting manager stated that while 
he had no objection to the com- 
pany joining, he could not say that 
they must Join, because all were 
tinder contract, with guarantee 
transportation to and fro. The 
English manager sought«the advice 
of Sam II. Harris, who told d? 
Courville that Equity had no right 
to force any actor to Join the asso- 
ciation. 

The matter was also placed be- 
fore Loo Shubert, in whose Shubert 
theatre "Pins and Needles" / is 
booked, Mr. Shubert stated that 
While his houses had been open to 
JSquIty representatives, that was 
done to prove his open .indedness 
to Equity. He- told de Courville the 
Astor was in his charge during re- 
hearsals and anyone could be ex- 
cluded. Thereafter no Equity- 
Worker was permitted back stage. 
That probably also applies to the 
Shubert. 

Classed as Independent 
•'Pins and Needles" is classed 
here as an independent attraction 
and therefore open to proselytizing. 
There is no provision in the Pro- 
ducing Managers' Association- 
Equity agreement covering foreign 
Players. Though there i re several 
A— riran players in the "Pins" 
cast, they class as foreign profes- 
sionals because of their long ap- 
pearances abroad and Celr con- 
tracts, which are similar to those 
of the native English people in the 
•how. . 

In the chorus thAe are some 
American choristers. De Courville 
Was asked by an Equity represen- 
tative to collect dues of choristers 
Who wire behind in payi nt to the 
Chorus Equity Association. The 
■Matter refused to do s The 
chorus was called together and It 
Was explained to thorn that though 
the management had no feelings 
against Equity, If there were any 
Present who did not care to appear 
With the English girls because of 
not being Equity members, they 
(Continued on page 26) 



TWO CLOSINGS, SOUTH 
MAY TAKE IN 'ERMINIE' 



De Wolf Hopper Waiving Per- 
centage Agreement— "Right 
Girl" Stops Wobbling 



New Orleans, Jan. 25. 

"The Right Girl." which has been 
wobbling along through the South, 
closes here Saturday, The members 
have been receiving full salaries all 
along. 

Another show about to throw In 
the sponge is ' Ermlnie" with De 
Wolf Hopper starred. Hopper has 
been in for $750 weekly and a per- 
centage, but last week stated he 
would withdraw his percentage bit 
to help the management keep the 
old opera afloat. 



PETROVA HOLDING ON PLAY 

Hopes to Continue "Peacock" in 
N. Y. Until Easter 



Both Shuberts and Forrest 
Owners Abandon Projects 



Philadelphia, Jan. 24. 

Announcement was made hero 
this week of the definite settlement 
reached by the Shuberts and the 
syndicate offices whereby the For- 
rest theatre does not go to the Shu- 
berts March 1 ,for vaudeville, but 
will continue to book musical shows 
of the same character as heretofore. 

Tho Fidelity Trust company, 
which several years ago acquired a 
lease of the property, has changed 
its plan of building a multiple 
storied building there, and some- 
what similar plans of the Shuberts 
have been abandoned with the 
booking agreement recently entered 
Into between the Shuberts and the 
Dillingham, Nixon-Nirdlinger, Er- 
langer forces. 

The real estate end of the deal Is 
in the hands of Mastbeaum Broth- 
ers & Fleisher. It is announced that 
the present tenants of the property, 
which extends on Broad street from 
Sansom to Walnut, will be given 
new leases now that the plans for 
the demolition of the present build- 
ings and the erection of the sky- 
scraper have fallen through. 

The Forrest Is at present occu- 
pied by the Griffith film, "Orphans 
of the Storm," but when that pic- 
ture, concludes its run, probably in 
March, it is expected that some Dil- 
lingham or Erlanger musical com- 
edy will be booked dn, as at the 
present time the syndicate has no 
house here really well fitted for that 
kind of show. 



SHUBERTS AND SYNDICATE POOL 
ROAD STANDS AND SPLIT GROSS 



Booking Agreement Now Understood to Involve 
Sharing of Receipts in Whole Theatre Line-up in 
Certain Towns Outside of New York 



"APHRODITE" BACKER 
IN DES MOINES BROKE 



NAN HALPERIN'S NEW SHOW 

Nan Halptrfo Is to be starred by the 
Shuberts In a short cast and small 
chorus typ- of musical comedy, with 
Augustus Thomas' "The Witching 
Hour" as the story, songs interpo- 
lated. 



Mme. Petrova will take over "The 
White Peacock" from the Selwyns 
this week. The piece was produced 
by them early in the season and 
toured with fair success, coming 
into the Comedy Christmas day. 

Under her management Petrova 
expects to continue here until 
Easter. The pace has been around 
$5,000 weekly with a lKtle less drawn 
last week. That is said to provide 
a profit, the show having a small 
cast. 

"The White Peacock" was written 
by Petrova who has cancelled time 
laid out for the show starting next 
month. The arrangement for the 
Comedy is said to call for a limited 
guarantee. 



28 IN ROAD COMPANY 

Ditrichstein's Tour in "Lover" 
Across Continent 



Leo Ditriohstein. who closes In 
"Face Value' Saturday, at tho 49th 
Street, and starts on a trans-con- 
tinental tour in "The Great Lover,'" 
Will carry one of the biggest dra- 
matic companies ever sent to the 
eoast. The company will have 28 
people, traveling with two baggage 
cars. Eight of the "Lover's" orig- 
inal cast are In the show, being 
necessary because of the dialects 
employed in the opera scene. 

Gilman Haskell will be back with 
the show. Frank A. Lea will be In 
advance, «9Fltbj Arthur Kellar two 
weeks ahead. ■ 



"SQUAW MAN" STILL ON 

"The Squaw Man" continues this 
week at the Astor although it was 
first ordered off last Saturday. Ads 
in tho dailies were ordered In and 
out, with the management deciding 
Saturday to hold over the show until 
another attraction could be brought 
in. The revival has pulled but 
fairly but is expected to get a 
better break on tour. Just when 
the show will go to the road de- 
pends on William Faversham, whose 
illness forced him out of the cast 
last week. It is possible the piece 
will lay off a week or two after the 
Astor date. 

Louis Hector, stage manager and 
understudy, Stepped into the lead 
role upon Mr. Faversham's indis- 
position. He was accorded generous 
applause, his performance being 
lauded by professionals also. The 
substitution was announced from 
the stage. 



"BLUSHING BRIDE" OPENS 

"The Blushing Bride," a musical 
piece written by Edward Clark and 
Cyrus Wood with the musical score 
by Sigmond Romberg, opens Feb. 2 
at the Globe, Atlantic City. The 
Shuberts are producing the piece as 
a starring vehicle for Cecil Lean 
and Clea Mayfleld. with the cast in- 
cluding Tome Lewis, Clarence 
Nordstrom and Edith Baker. Frank 
Smithson did the staging. 



Roland McCurdy Files Bank- 
ruptcy Petition— t)wes 
$12,032 



NEW CATHOLIC GUILD 

Work of Organizing Branch 
Washington is Begun 



in 



Washington, Jan. 25. 

The Catholic Actors' Guild of 
America is to have a Washington 
branch, this is to be done with the 
approbation of Archbishop M. J. 
Curley and Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas, 
who have appointed Rev. Francis J. 
Hurney, of St. Patrick's church, to 
do the work of organizing. The 
object of the Guild here will be 
along tho same lines \s in New 
York, to minister to the spiritual 
needs of touring members oT the 
Guild, to promote social activities 
of the Catholic actors and actresses 
while In this city and to care for 
those of the profession who may be 
ill. 

The St. Patrick's Players will give 
occasional matinees in the well 
equipped "Little Theatre" of Car- 
roll Hall when plays with profes- 
sional visiting artists portraying the 
leads and the small* r roles intrusted 
to members of the players, as a 
means of raising the financial sup- 
port for the local Guild. 



TALK OF STAGE CENSOR 

Councilman Says Indianapolis May 
Move to Censor Theatre Morals 



Indianapolis, Jan. 25. 

A report that a city ordinance 
establishing censorship over morals 
iu all kinds of theatrical produc- 
tions will be introduced in the city 
council soon by one of the wings 
Of the blue law crowd was current 
last week. 

The rumor was traced to a city 
councilman who said he had heard 
that such a measure might be in- 
troduced at the next regular meet- 
ing on Feb. 6. 



JANIS FOR SIX WEEKS 

Plans have practically been com- 
pleted whereby the Elsie Jan is show 
entitled "Elsie and Her Gang" will 
terminate Its ei gagement at the 
Gaiety, New York, In b\x weeks, 
after which it will be sent to Bos- 
ton for a short run. Upon the com- 
pletion of the Boston engagement 
it is planned to route tt e sl.ow to 
the coast, after which Miss Janifl 
intends to return to England. 



FIDELITY'S NEXT SHOW 

The next of the monthly series of 
Actors' Fidelity League shows will 
be gi en at Henry Miller's theatre, 
next Sunday night (Jan. 29). 

The program listl the following: 
Hoi brook Blinn^ in recitations: Mr. 
and Mrs. Coburn, Olive Wyndham, 
Robinson Newbold, Caryl Bensel. 
Marguerite St John, Chas. Leonard 
Fletcher, Kahlmar nnd Ruby. 
Howard Kyle, Curtis Cooksey and 
Ben Johnson in a scene from "As 
You Like It"; Manhattan Quartet, 
Lark Taylor, Marlon and Day, 
Robert Vaughan and Earl Gilbert. 



Des Moines, J *n. 25. 

Roland McCurdy theatrical pro 
moter, who undertook the exploita 
tion of "Aphrodite" at the Coliseum 
here, filed a voluntary petition in 
bankruptcy late last week, following 
his failure to raise money to meet 
his obligations. One of the largest 
items of his indebtedness is the 
$2,100 owed for ticket refunds due 
to patrons who purchased seats for 
the three canceled performances. 

McCurdy ts liabilities of $12,- 
032 and assets of $6:0. He attrib- 
utes the failure o". his enterprise to 
the .tightness of money in the Iowa 
territory and to the lack of interest 
hero in sensational shows. 

Among he debts are: Orchestra, 
$342; I. M. Hunt, chattel mortgage, 
$3,700; Leavltt Loan Co.. $100; 
Stoner-McCray System, $317; Win- 
gate Costume Co., $123; Iowa Elec- 
trical Supply Co., $193; The Capital, 
$299; News, $206; Register and 
Tribune, $700; George Gib-son, elec- 
trical work, $272; Coliseum, rent. 
$400; University Press, printing, 
$700. There is another item of $737 
due to the government on tax ac- 
count which will become due in 
February. Frank Comfort is ref- 
eree. 



TYLER'S^NEW ONE 

Contract with Helen Hayes Forcing 
on "To the Ladies" 



Rehearsals were started thi* week 
for a new comedy called "To the 
Ladies." It will feature Helen 
Hayes and Otto Kruger,. the cast 
also holding Mary Poland and Tom 
Douglas, the latter a picture player. 
The new piece Is by George S. 
Kaufman and Marc Connelly. k the 
newspaper men who wrote "Daley," 
with George Tyler presenting. 

Mr. Tyler had planned no further 
production this season, but localise 
of a contract with Miss Hayes for 
the season, it was necessary to put 
the new play on. Miss Hayes rt - 
cently closed on the road with "The 
Golden Age." She earlier appeared 
in "The Wren," which also failed. 
Kruger has been In three plays in 
New York this season so far. Most 
recently he played in the revival of 
"Alias " Jimmy Valentine," which 
closed two weeks ago at the 
Gaiety, the show not going out as 
first reported. 

"To the Ladies" is due on Broad- 
way next month. It may be as- 
signed the Liberty, if "The O'Brien 
Girl" is ready for touring by that 
time. 



"TENACITY" IMPROVES 

A new curtain ra4eer will be used 
for "S. S. Tenacity" at the Belmont 
starting next week, when "The 
Monkey's Paw" will supplant 
"Critics. ' The new playlet is a 
thriller by W. W. Jacobs, dramatized 
by Louis N. Parker. It was origin- 
ally shown here by/an English cast 
at the American, when William 
Morris vaudeville was offered there. 

"S. S. Tenacity" is showing a 
steady bettering in takings. Last 
week found a jump of more than 
$1,000. t' at meaning a greater per- 
centage In this small house than 
for the other attractions. Its gros* 
was around $6,000. 

C00LEY CASE SOON 

Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 23. 
A Broome county grand jury this 
week will consider the manslaughter 
charge against John Sap, alleged to 
have been the driver of tho auto 
which killed Poenette Id Cool* y, 
noted theatrical manager of other 
days, last November. The county 
authorities say they hold a confes- 
sion from Sap. Cooley was long 
manager for Modjeska. Later, he 
managed theatres here. 



The agreement between A. L. Er» 
langer and the Shuberts to book 
attractions in the Shubert and 
"syndicate" houses Is now stated to 
be a pooling arrangement. Nego- 
tiations point to a further elabora- 
tion of that system employed by 
two major legitimate offices some 
seasons ago. As originally stated 
In Yariety, the plan at first was to 
get the best results outside of New 
York by booking to eliminate at- 
tractions from opposing each other 
in the same stand. This called for 
limiting road shows of the $2 calibre 
to one house in some cities, the 
other houses being changed in pol- 
icy; some, it being agreed, were to 
take Shubert vaudeville. 

By making the plan a pooling 
scheme, however, they will divide 
receipts in all cities agreed on. 
That is, • here the Shuberts have 
four houses in a stand against two 
for the syndicate, the entire gross 
will be thrown into a pool, and in 
that case the Shuberts would re- 
ceive two-thirds of the total and 
the Erlanger attractions one-third. 
Or if the syndicate has three houses 
and the Shuberts two, the division 
would be three-fifths for the Er- 
langer office and two-fifths for the 
Shuberts. Whether that would in- 
clude the takings of the vaudeville 
houses is not certain. But it as as- 
sumed the same system of dividing 
grosses would apply to the booking 
fees to each office, such fees being 
arrived at by a percentage of tho 
takings. 

There Is an economy In the book- 
ing agreement idea. Making a pool 
out of the out-of-town bookings in 
important stands is claimed to be a 
fairer way and a guarantor that 
neither office has an edge on the 
other. In a city like Chicago op- 
posed musical attractions are not 
so much an issue as in other stands, 
where it was noted last 6eason that 
the less popular show suffered. 

• Difference in Terms 

There is a difference in the termi 
given allied managers in the tw« 
offices. Where the actual sharinj 
percentages may not vary, con- 
tra ft s from one office are said te 
make stipulations which call foi 
added expense of the attraction, 
and it is claimed to work out that 
the attraction's share is actually I 
per cent, legs.' Whether the neSJ 
pooling plan will make the contracti 
similar is not known. 

Allied producers are Interested fi 
that possible development. Somi 
are skeptical «s to the outcome, 
saying that the scheme will lasl 
only until business grows better. 
Others mention the possibility ol 
conditions being made harder as fai 
as the individual manager is con- 
cerned, for with all the booking! 
under a joint agreement, the indi- 
vidual producer has no alternative 

Houses in some of the important 
stands will be limited to musical at- 
tractions, If that is possible.' otheri 
getting only the dramas and com- 
edies. The latter will as a rule h« 
assigned the smaller capacity the- 
atres. In Philadelphia, for in- 
stance, the Garrlek is to be given 
only musical shows and the Broad 
Street only dramas. Bookings of 
dramas from the former house to 
the latter have already been made. 
That will force off Broadway at 
least one musical show which could 
remain until May, but will go out 
next month. 



Kansas City, Jan. 23. 

Although it is generally under- 
stood here that the Shubert theatre 
will get a number of the attractions 
v/hieh were originally Intended for 
the Grand, which has been closed 
and is In the hands of receivers for 
the Kansas City Amustment com- 
pany, the Kansas City Star runs a 
story under a New York date line 
wheh says in part: "The Erlangcr- 
DUlinghatn offices, through Victor 
Dayton, booking manager will say 
nothing about the Kansas City situ- 
ation except 'We are booking no at- 
tractions into Kansas City for the 
present.' " 

This Is contrary to the announce- 
ment that tlie first of the Erlanger 
bookings to play the local Shubert 
(Continued on page 36) t 



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LEGITIMATE 



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SHOWS IN N; Y. AND COMMENT 



Figures estimated and comment point to some attractions being 
successful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained in the difference in 
house capacities, with the varying overhead. Also the sire of show 
cast, with consequent difference in necessary gro'.s for a profit. 
Variance in business necessary for musical attraction as against 
dramatic attractions is also to be considered. 

These matters are included and considered when comment below 
points toward success or failure. 



CHICAGO RUNNING AT 
ENCOURAGING PACE 



Has Average of Hits and Tak- 
ings Above Rest of Country 



> 



"Anna Christie," Vauderbilt (13th 
week). Looks like this Arthur 
Hopkins drama had connected, 
ricked up $1,000 last, week with 
$9,000 lofted. Expected to score 
lino run. 

"Bill of Divorcement," Times Square 
' <l6th week), "Well over $12,000 
last week. Knglish • drama con- 
sistent winner from second week. 
Present gait sirong for this season. 

"Blossom Time," Ambassador (18th 

v week). Splendid business that 
appears to lead Shubert list, bar- 
ring Jolson's "Bombo." Made up 
for bad break of Wednesday mati- 
nee of previous week and grossed 
$19,000. 

"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," Rltz 
<19th week). Final week for this 
money maker, right with leaders 
©f non-musical bunch during fall. 
•vLes Hannctons," Brieux drama, 
being readied to succeed. House 
probably dark until new show 
arrives. 

"Blue Kitten," Selwyn (3d week). 
Proved musical class by beating 
$20,000 last week (first eight- 
performanco week). Figures to 
ride for run at smart money pace. 

"Bombo," Jolson (17th week). Very 
good business claimed for Al Jol- 
son show, which placed the new 
Jolson's theatre on Broadway 
map. .Question whether It will 
run through season. About $23,000 
last week. 

"Bull Dog Drummond," Knicker- 
bocker (5th week;. Excellent play 
last week, with last half attend- 
ance especially big. Between 
$14,000 and $15,000 claimed. 

"Captain Applejack," Cort <5th 
week). Winner; this drama play- 
ing to »big money and turnaway 
late last week. Grossed around 
$16,000, not much under capacity. 
Getting smartest kind of draw. 

"Chocolate Soldier," Century (Sth 
week). Several stars in this re- 
vival, listed for "Kose of Stam- 
boul" to succeed. -Soldier" will 
probably not be sent out. 

"Danger," 39th Street (6th week). 
Held own and better # lay t week. 
Ki-o.ss hitting around $7.400 — about 
$100 belter tha previous week. 
Pace profitable for this show. 

"Demi-Virgin," Eltinge (15th week). 
Only attraction among non-musi- 
cals that lifted price from $2.50 
to $3 after opening this season. 
Only "The First Year" is getting 
same top among dramas. 

"Dream Maker," Empire (10th 
week). Tinal week for Gillette 
show, which goes to road. Doris 
Keane in "Czarina" succeeds next 
w eek. 

"Drifting," Playhouse (3d week). 
With cast changes forced by ill- 
ness, show got going again last 
week. Draw around $700 nightly 
with cut rates pushiag up takings 
after reopening. 

"Dulcy," Frazee (24th week). Run- 
ning to profit; cut rate aid now, 
with attendance strong and gross 
between $7,000 and $8,000. 

Elsie Janis and "Her Gang," Gaiety 
(2d week). GiVen cordial greet- 
ing by critics, with show getting 
good play during limited engage- 
ment. Six weeks booked for 
Broadway: four to go. Drew be- 
tween $11,000 and $12,000 last 
wck. Good figure for this house. 
"Face Value," 49th Street (5th 
week). Final week, attraction 
closing and Leo Ditrichstein, star, 
taking to road in "The Great 
Ivover," aimed for coast. House 
♦lark week or so; "Chauve- 
Souris," Russian company, the 
next attraction. 

"First Year," Little (66th week), 
dirking along close to capacity 
irade right along, with gross 
around $10,000 and only mid-week 
matinee having unsold seats. 

Fritz Leiber, 48th Street (2d week). 
In for two weeks as stoprgap; 
withdraws for road tour Friday 
night. W. A. Brady offer* "The 
Nest" Saturday (tomorrow) night, 
• with heavy cast. 

"Get Together," Hippodrome (22d 

week). Around $30,000 last week. 

lAt this season's top of $1.50 that 

may be comparatively satisfactory 

but hardly means nroiif. 

"Good Morning Dearie," Globe (13th 
week). Dillingham's ace attrac- 
tion tied with "Music Box Kevin" 
in weekly business. Over $29,500 
right along. Other Winn en of 
manager en list are "Bull Dog 
Drummond," "Bill of Divorce 
men!" and Klsio Janis. 

*'Gr»nd Duke," Lyceum (13th Week). 
Held to Its mark of $11,000 lasl 
week. Another month to • 0. 
Succeeding attraction not decided. 

"He Who Gsts Slapped," Gftrriek 
<3d week). Getting excellent 



In this limited capacity 

WT.l be third Theatre 

attraction to move uptown 

Fulton, th on mo\ ing in 

w< ■ k*. .-a •• . ding ""!'. • 



draw 
house. 
Guild 
to the 
two 

Circle." 

"Just Married." Nora r 
*cek), s. 1 1' to lioJdovt r. 



i: - 



ness has not been big but gross 
profitable, that aided by cut rate 
plana. 

"Kiki," Belaaco *9th week). Draw- 
ing abspiutf, capacity at all per- 
formances. I^tst week's gross, 
$16,300. Advance biggest In his- 
tory of house and mentioned 
around $C0,ug0. 

"Lawful Larceny,'* Republic (4th 
WOOk). Jumped again and last 
WOefc went over $10,000. Agencies 
report strong demand and elimb 
in busings noted with interest in 
show circles. 

"Lilies of the Field," Klaw (16th 
week). Increase last week gives 
encouragement for run. Oross 
lifted about $1,000 for total of 
around $t).000. Knd of litigation 
should help. 

"Marjolaine," Broadhurst (1st 
week). Musical version of "Po- 
mander Walk."* Succeeded 'The 
Claw," which went on toi*r. 
Opened Tuesday night. 

"Music Bex Revue," Music Box 
(19th week). Leads Sam II. Har- 
ris' list of four attractions, goipg 
to standing room for weekly gross 
not much shy of $30,000. other 
hits by same manager are "Cap- 
tain Applejack" and ".Six Cylinder 
Love." 

"National Anthem," Henry Miller 
(1st week). New play starring 
LaureLie Taylor; succeeded "The 
Intimate Strangers," which took 
to road this week. New show 
opened Monday nigJit. 

"Sally," New Amsterdam (58th 
week). Musical Wonder stays right 
with money leaders. Last week 
grossed over $28,400. Only "Music 
Box" and "Dearie" got more, and 
'margin of difference not great. 

"Shuffle Along," 63d Street (36th 
Week). Aimed for a year's run, 
which would make one of the most 
unique records in theatricals, this 
attraction being colored revue. 
Last greek claimed to have jumped 
$1,400, with night trade very 
strong. 

"Six Cylinder Love," Sim Harris 
(23d week), $14,00.) or better, that 
keeping comedy within leadership 
division. Should k st out season. 

"S. S. Tenacity," Belmont (4th 
week). Picking in and manage- 
ment encouraged run will be at- 
tained. Around $€,000 last week, 
Jump In pace from $100 t $-'50 
nightly. 

"Squaw Man," Astor (6th week). 
Hrld In though was to have ^one 
out Saturday. "Blushing Bride" 
succeeds Feb. 6. 

"Tangerine," Cafi.o ( 2 .". t b week). 
Slightly UcUer than normal going 
last week, 'takings reaching $10,- 
600. Top money getter of musical 
shows at $-.50 top. 

"Thank- U," Longacre (17th week). 
Close to $10,000 last week for this 
comedy, which was in doubt dur- 
ing fall. Management now claim- 
ing continuance until Easter. 

"The Bat," Morosco (75th week). 

Broadway's mystery play marvel. 
Peat $1L\000 gross last week — ex- 
ceptional gross considering six 
companies of this play on road. 
London premiere this week. 

"The Circle," Fulton (20th week). 
Brilliant Maugham comedy with 
star cast closing strongly. Better 
than $11,000 last week. Might 
have remained through winter. 
but road prospect figured more al- 
luring. "He Who Gets Slapped" 
moves up from Carrick Feb. 13. 

"The Deluge," Plymouth (1st week). 
Arthur Hopkins again presenting 
piece offered several seasons ago 
and quickly withdrawn. Will re- 
light Plymouth Friday night, ac- 
cording to announcement*. 

"The Dover Road," Bijou (0th week). 
Light Millie comedy that s'tm^ to 
have caught on. Takings last 
week again approximated $10,000, 
big business n%th!s limited c 

ity house. 
"The Green Gcddecs," Booth (63d 

week). Another week to f.o. 
Sprinting to fast bueihi ss for 
close of fine run. Last week 

. around $10.0«»0 and this week indi- 
cated bigger. No succeeding at- 
traction yet named. 

"The Married Woman," Princess 
(6th Week). Flaying on basis of 
Week to week. Taking-- MiiaH, 

though possibly providing narrow 
profit margin. 

-The Mountain Man." Aluxlno Hlli- 
ott <7th week). Started handi- 
capped by coming In during pre- 
holiday slump, Picked up since 
X< W Ve n-'s and claims $6,500 !a*t 
w< « !<. 

"The O'Brien Girl," Liberty (17th 

week). Holding up excellently, 

; Week's gross being $17,200, 

tart bu* • •« In ; h's house with 

\-|> : * <:' 50 1 op, 
"The P. r feet Fool," Cohan (14th 

\ • ■ • •'; . ("«.•;• u» • to buhl up to 
• • • .• nee until 



heap 

"epla 



apac- 



Chicago, Jan. 2". 

Comparing grossos^and conditions 
tile Country' over, Chicago IS doing 
very well, In fact boasts of a tew 
big hits. The grosses of most of the 
local shows just strike the average, 
but the same shows have done and 
are doing much better in this town 
than they have done in most in- 
stances while in other cities. 
"Lightnin"* is going over like a 
cyclone. The show most likely will 
break every record Chicago bpasts 
Of, for even after the long run )t 
has had, seats can not be had for a 
premium. "The Woman of Bronze'* 
had to extend its engagement here, 
three times, besides being a repeal. 
Of the new corners, "The Night Cap" 
offers the best bet for endurance on 
Michigan Ave. Though it is not 
likely that this show will ever do as 
much business as "The Bat," owing 
to seating capacity, but there- is 
every encouragement that it will 
tack up a long run record for the 
Boulevard playhouses. Three shows 
unTold their tents this week. "The 
Hose Giri" succeeds Marjorio Ram- 
at the LaSalle, Robert Mantell 
ices Chauncey Olcott at the 
Olympic, and Harry Lauder elbows 
out Sot hern and Marlowe at the 
Shubert Great Northern. Managers 
seem to realize Chicago won't pay 
excessive prices, for most shows are 
getting $2.50 and $3 holidays. 

"Mr. Pirn Passes By" (Powers, 1st 
week). Clot varied opinions by the 
press. Show generally is well 
spoken of, particular praise being 
showered on its star. Gross touched 
$13,000 which is good » but not 
unusual. 

'Ragged Robin" (Olympic, 4th 
week). Left with a dire experience 
behind it. Robert Mantell comes in 
for a limited run. The run of 
Sothern-Marlowe may reduce the 
receipts of the Mantell stay. 

••Last Waltz" (Garrick, 2nd week). 
Holding up to excellent business and 
drawing a healthy gross. Advertis- 
ing strong and press work doing its 
bit to help things along. 

"Connecticut Yankee" (Woods, 5th 
week). Many stories concerning the 
future of this house have broken 
out. Pictures will likely be the 
future policy; until "Ladies Night" 
is due some time in April. "Yankee'' 
film, has been clipping along with 
about a $f»,ooO gross. 

"Follies" (Colonial, 
Making a play to hold 
to capacity due to its 
Playing the limited 
weeks strong in their 
Followers slowing to eapacitv. 

"Nice People". (Cort, 13th week). 
Getting a wonderful play. Show has 
held its own against incoming at- 
tractions. 

"Little Old New York" (Cohan's 
Grand, 3rd week). Picked up and 
closed the week with a $16,000 gross. 
Not capacity but speaks of big draw. 

"Woman of Bronze" (Princes*?. 
12th week). One of the survivals 
of the lit test. Considerating the 
length of the run and the house it 
is at, the gross of between $11,500 
and $12,000 is very big business. 
"The Claw" will follow. 

"The Hindu" (Shubert. Central, 
2nd week). Management claims 
gross touched the $12,000 mark, 
which would be unusual. Walker 
Whiteside has an army of admirers, 
and with the big space in the dailies 
it ts likely the show will out step 
tho gross of any show which has 
played at this house. 

"Sothern-Marlowe" (Shuberi 
Great Northern, 4th week). Much 



4th week), 
business up 
limited run. 
number of 
advertising. 



spring likely. Over $18,000 last 
week. 

"The Varying Shore," Hudson (Sth 
week). Going to road at end of 
week. Show neve.- fell b^low 
$1»\000 gross, agency buy materi- 
ally aiding. Rut an even break 
CSHed for at least $13,000. Marie 
Lohr in "The Voice Prom the 
Minaret. " which toured Canada 
successfully, follows. 

"The White Peacock," Comedy (5th 
week). Little under $5. 000 last 
Week, hut at that figure, house can 
make money; also attraction nn- 
der arrangement calling for star 
(Olga P< trova) to take over show. 
New plana call for continuance 
until Raster 

"The Wild Cat," Park (0th week). 
Kin .1 week for this musical nov- 
elty that was first regarded hav- 
ing great chance. Probably poes 
on tour. Next attraction, revue, 
"Kay's Kables," originally due list 
summer. 

'Up in the Clouds," 44lli St. (4th 
week). Moved over from Lyric last 
week. VailAfeVlile withdrawn from 
this house and Lyric back In plc- 
tnrea. Around $ir.ouo claimed, 
winning pace for his musical piece 
topped at $2.50. 

"Orphans of the Storm." Apollo (4th 
week). Griffith picture drew 

around $14,000 last week, ai- 
il.oiir'.h bigger business possible, 
that gait is to be considered big 
for Dim this season on Broadway. 
"Fcoli?h Wives," Central (id week). 
First six performances film is said 



to have 
Reported 
w« ek. 



groesed 
having 



nearly 
dropped 



$14,000. 

oT last 



editorial space and school attend- 
ance has contributed to spur pat- 
ronage to a possible $22,000 gross 
on Its last week. Much fuss was 
made during the entire stay and 
business spurted forward only in 
the last two weeks. Harry Lauder 
is in for a week's run, followed by 
Griffith "Orphans of the Storm." 

"Mary Rose" (Illinois, 1st week). 
The general Impression is that this 
is a ypUitualisTic play and this may 
be. the cause. of the gros»s being only 
fair. Lu for a short run. 

"Under the Bamboo Tree" GStude- 
baker, tiih Week), Wedged in be- 
tween a $l."»,u00 and $10,000 gross. 
This show has a cast of Chicago 
notables ami will stand a good 
chance of getting a good break. 

"The Night Cap" (Playhouse, 3rd 
week). The tremendous way this 
show is getting over is surprising 
to the entire Rialto. Smashed home 
a $13,000 gross. 

"Lightnin"' (BUiokstono. 20th 
Week). Even fo\ir weeks In advance 
tickets are sold for most all per- 
formances. This winner looks good 
for a stay that will wipe out all 
Chicago records. 

"Daddy's Gone a Hunting" (La 
Salle, 4th week). "Was booked for a 
longer stay but is cutting its run, 
leaving to allow "The Rose (Url" 
to open Sunday night. RambeaU 
show finished with a $10,000 gross. 



BOSTON'S BOX OFFICE 
SPURT SUSTAINED 



PHILA'S BUSINESS 

STILL HOLDING UP 



Ziegfeld "Frolics" First Draw 
at $3 in Long Time 



Philadelphia, Jan. 25. 

Two openings this week, one a 
Shubert revue and the other a 
straight comedy at a syndicate 
house, the definite announcement of 
the end of "The Rat's" run in two 
weeks, and the excellent business 
of the Ziegfeld •►Frolic" at the Gar- 
rick. arc outstanding features. 

•The Greenwich Village Follies" 
comes into the Shubert at a $2.50 
top following out the Shubert policy 
of avoiding any $3 scaled "shows in 
Philly. Rillie Burks and "The Inti- 
mate Strangers" moves into the 
Rroad, coming directly from the 
Henry Miller in New York. It is 
also scaled at $2.50. 

The Ziegfeld 'Frolic," which was 
the first here in some time to ask 
$3, has been doing big business. 
Some held off the first few nights 
while the new show was Whipped 
into shape, but beginning last Mon- 
day the houses were close to S. R. O. 
every night, with capacity Friday 
and Saturday. Indications are that 
this week's figure will not fall far 
below last week's. 

It has just been decided to I.eep 
"The Skin Game" In the Walnut for 
another two Week*, making four in 
all. instead of Brady bringing in his 
"The Man Who Came Back" com- 
pany. "The Skin Game" has done 
big business at tho "Walnut, and 
after first announcing the end of its 
run Saturday, the prolongation was 
decided on. x 

Other coming shows are "The 
Squaw Man," with Faversham, 
coming into the Lyric; "Fnder the 
Bamboo Tree," with Bert Williams, 
to the Broad (both dates not set); 
"The White-Headed Boy," to the 
Broad, Feb. C; 'Welcome Stranger." 
to the Garrick. Jan. 30; "The Gold 
Diggers," Broad, Feb. 20. and South- 
ern and Marlowe, no date set. 

"The Intimate Strangers" (Broad, 
1st week). Opened well. Was sud- 
denly switched in here when "Na- 
tional Anthem," previously booked, 
went to New York. "Only 38" 
dropped to about $9,500 for its last 
week, but made nice money, due to 
its big first week. 

"Greenwich Village Follies" (Shu- 
bert, l8t week). Opened big. Has 
$2.50 top with length of stay unde- 
cided. Will have no musical comedy 
opposition after first week and 
figured to do great business. "Pass- 
ing Show of 1«J21" did about $1S,000 
last week. 

"Ziegfeld FrN>lic" (Carrick, 3d 
week). No question of show's suc- 
oess; big houses and everybody 
comparing it favorably to "Follies," 
Could have stayed on Indefinitely. 
About $2^.500 in this house; not so 
large as Forrest. 

"Orphans of the Storm" (Forrest, 
3d week). Scale now $1.50 top. Has 
done well, but not figured it will 
stay beyond March 1, when, by new 
agreement, the Syndicate people 
hold on to house InsteAd of turning 
it over to Shuberts for vaudeville. 

"The Skin Game" (Walnut, 2d 
week). Got high praise from critics 
and had class houses right along, 
but Brady, who had hou*o for fojnr 
weeks, was not satisfied with re- 
turn and |s to bring "Man Who 
Came Back* 1 In after this week- 
$13,000. 

"Ladies' Night" (Ly-lc, Id week). 
Very big business in spots and 
average higher than expected. Sev- 
eral helped a lot. \n iii probably 



Town Looked for Rej^pse But 
Taking — Even Improve 



Beaton, Jan. 23. 
There was very little change in 

the business done at the local legiti- 
mate houses last week compared to 
the business of tho previous week, 
and in no case, according to the re- 
ports, did the difference iu figures 
run over a few hundred dollars, 
with the tendency being toward 
better grosses. Thig in itself was 
encouraging, because nobody would 
have been surprised if there had 
been a very noticeable slump. Most 
of the shows in town last week had 
been here for a time and had lost 
some of their drawing power be- 
cause of this, it was reasoned, and 
as a slump is momentarily expected 
it did seem that if it was coming, 
last week was the time for it to ar- 
rive. 

The Shuberts report* d that at 
their houses business was a bit 
better than it was the week before* 
even the vaudeville house not drop- 
ping off the way it was figured it 
might because of the poor business 
on the opening night. Much sur- 
prise was evidenced at the way the 
Hodge show is holding up. 

There was but one new opening; 
Monday night, "Back Fay/' at the 
Selwyn. The Hollis was dark, due 
to the closing of "The Wandering 
Jew." This condition will exist for 
a week, alter which Gilletta will 
come in ror a couple of weeks. 
There will be a shift of attractions 
at three of the Shubert houses In a 
couple of weeks, when "Irene" and 
Hodge's show, "Dog Love." are due 
to depart. From tho present indica- 
tions the Mclntyre & Heath show, 
"Red Pepper," will be held longer 
than thut and may be shifted to one 
of the other Shubert houses from 
the Wilbur, where "Liliom" is due 
to come in. George Arliss in 'The 
Green Goddess" is due to come into 
the Plymouth. 

"Tip Top" (Colonial, 8l.b week). 
Still the big money-maker of the 
time, due in part to the fact that it 
is the only show that is getting 
away to a $3 top. Capacity the rule 
.since the show struck here. 

"Orphans of the Storm" (Tre- 
mont, 5th week). Although the 
gross is not as large as it was m 
the first weeks of ttte film, a natural 
condition, still the/ bu*in"ss is big 
enough to warrant the belief that 
it will stay on for some weeks to 
come. 

"Dog Love" (Plymouth, "th week). 
Held firm last week, when a slump 
would not have been out of order, 
and now tl .^ belief is that it will 
finish the other two Weeks' stay, 
allotted it to good business. 

"Red Pepper" (Wilbur, 3d week). 
The hit this show registered when 
it struck here has held Up well, and 
it is probably good for al least -three 
weeks more. 

"Irene" cShubert, Sth week). This 
show is snowing some signs of. 
tiring. 

"Back Pay" (Selwyn. 1st week). 
Opened Monday night, bucking op- 
position because a film of the same 
name opened at moving "picture 
houses on the same night. 



COHAN BOSTON PLANS 



Reported Summer Piece in "Mary' 
"O'Brien Girl" Series 



Boston, Jan. 25. 

It is announced that George M. 
Cohan has taken a lease of the 
Tremont Theatre from the middle of 
May to the first, of September. 

For the past two seasons he ha» 
done this, two years ago producing 
"Mary," which ran all summer to 
big money, and last season "The 
O'Brien Girl," which duplicated and 
bettered the success of the other 
show. It is said a third new musical 
show wiH/be shown there during the 
summer months. 



slay hve weeks in all; $n,<in0; not 

far from capacity. 

"The Bat" (Ad el phi 
Ends FH>. 4. with 
oming in. Mystery 



ISth week). 

■|>»'K Lots" 
thriller has 



•lone I'm.' since holidays: about 
« $v.:,(»n. 



INDIANAPOLIS GOOD 

Both "Flood and Sand." at Eng- 
lish's the last half, and "The Bat" 
at the Murat from Tuesday on, did 
splendid business last week. Get- 
ting oft to a poor start Thursday 
evening Otis Skinner built up to 
capacity in the next three perform" 
ances, while "The Bat" was prac- 
tically sold out by noon of the first 
day. It was one of the best w«eks 
of the season. There were indica- 
tions, however, that increased pa- 
tronage for the legltfl could not be 
taken as a sign that general con- 
ditions are hiuch bettor. Several of 
the movie houses reported that busi- 
ness was not as good as*usual, mak- 
ing it apparent that the two etags 
attractions had drawn! pctter than 
the photoplays, 

NEW ORLEAN^BUSINESS 

New Orleans, Jan. 25. 
The legitimate houses are doing 
but fairly this week. "The Right 
Girl," at ihe Tula nc, will probably 
get srouhd $S,000. ■ -Irene" looks like 
about $!t,0(io ;ti th< Hhubert it 
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OUT OF TOWN REVIEWS 



"THE CZARINA" 

Washington, Jan. 25. 

Th* Csarlna - I>orl« Keane 

Annl« Jascnivoka, lady in waiting 

Anm * J I^>ls Meredith 

Marie lady In waiting Phyllis Alden 

Th- Chancellor Frederick Kerr 

The French Envoy Ian Keith 

Count Alexia raerny Basil Rathbone 

Nicholas Jaschikoft Kenneth Thompson 

£„nikv William Devereux 

{5«now. Richard Malchjen 

vischumowsky Edwin Nbel 

slakoff William H. Thompson 

yy nne Blanche Oervais 

Maids— Jane Page. Miriam Stoddard, Vir- 
ginia Trabue and Elisabeth Collins 
Lackeys— William Marr. Bertram Hanuer, 

Stuart Kemp and Charles Frank. 
Guards, courtiers, etc. 

•The Czarina" was not meant for 

Doris Keanc, but because of artistry 

she surmounts a handicap before 

which many others would have 

fallen. ■ 

Her handicap lies in the lick of 

physical strength to "top" (to revert 

to the parlance of the theatre) the 

scene when the ruler in Catherine 

asserts itself. The masculine side 

of this great ruler of the Russians 

is not done convincingly by Miss 

Keane. It would seem more that 

the star were playing at being the 

Czar in these moments rather than 
presenting the true Catherine, whose 
real self is the masculine side of her 
character, whereas she but surren- 
ders to the passions of the woman 
in her nature when she cares to lay 
aside the burdens of state. 

It is here that the splendid direc- 
tion of Mr. Miller asserts itself. His 
work is done so exceedingly well 
that this weakness, which might 
otherwise be magnified to such an 
extent as to mar, is so covered in 
the presentation of the p!ay as a 
whole that it be?omes subordinated 
in the engrossing interest of it all. 

Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bird. 
the authors, present a most inter- 
esting study of Catherine, and with 
it have constructed a play that never 
for a moment lacks interest. It is 
true that spots of the second act 
appear to be weak, but these only 
lead to great moments and must be 
forgiven. Catherine is ruling Rus- 
sia with a stern hand which is tem- 
pered with justice and love for her 
people. She has but recently dis- 
missed a lover when a young lieu- 
tenant, nephew of her very able 
chancellor, without whom Citherine 
would fall, arrive/; after a two-day 
ride to disclose to his Czarina a plot 
against her life. 

She likes the strength and the 
youth of this loyal soldier, and re- 
wards him not only with .advance- 
ment in rank but with her favor; in 
other words, to quote the others of 
the palace, he becomes the "wife" 
of Catherine, there to please her 
when she desires to be pleased and 
to amuse when she would seek 
amusement. This is not to his lik- 
ing. Conspirators in the palace play 
upon this and finally win him over 
to betray her, which betrayal is 
stopped by the ever-present fore- 
sight of the chancellor. She sen- 
tences the lover and the ohers to 
death. She would repent in her 
lover's case, but he prefers death. 
He leaves, and here the chancellor 
brings forth the next one, in the 
person of the youthful French am- 
bassador. Catherine repeats her- 
self, and the play ends with the 
Frenchman repeating the words she 
so loves to hear: "What a wonder- 
ful, wonderful woman you are." 

The cast, English, is adequate. 
To Frederick Kerr as the chancellor 
must be accredited the outstanding 
characterization of the performance. 
Under an exterior that is very hu- 
man Mr. Kerr gives us a gem -like 
portrait of the crafty statesman. 
Ian Keith as the French ambassador 
who waits so very long upon the 
wishes of the chancellor for the 
right moment to rhe presented to 
Catherine to take his place also 
Rives an excellent performance. He 
is the polished lover, the Frenchman 
to his finger tips, creating just the 
contrast Mr. Miller must have de- 
sired against the roughness and 
strength of the soldier lover, so very 
admirably presented by Bisil Rath- 
bone. 

Lois Meredith is delightful as the 
first lady in waiting to Catherine, 
the betrothed of the soldier, whom 
he casts aside in his infatuation for 
the Czarina, but whom ho really 
loves because he is the master, and 
who are united because of the joy 
brought to Catherine in her new love 
*or the Frenchman. 

The play is told in three arts with 
but one set depicting the Inner au- 
dience chamber of the imperial pal- 
ace at St. Petersburg during the 
year 1765, and is beautifully mount- 
ed, while the costuming is such that 
°ne is deeply impressed. Mcakin. 



The leas* of the Steinway, As- 
toria. Long Island, held by Charles 

and Harry Clay Blaney, was taken 

tvor this week by John Holly, who 
n Pened a picture policy Monday. 

The stork company under the Bla- 
ney management closed there Sat- 
urday, The new management con- 

templates installing valid- villc 
. within the near future. 



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GOODNESS SAKE 

Atlantic City, Jan. 24. 

There was pretty music, always 
present if rather restrained humor, 
and a tremendous amount of real 
stage charm in "For Goodness Sake," 
the new musical comedy, latest pro- 
duction of Fred Jackson, of "Two 
Little Girls in Blue" fame, which 
opened at the Globe Monday night. 
The usually rather callous board- 
walk crowd took to the new pro- 
duction with seeming enthusiasm, 
and there is every reason to believe 
that the latest musical venture is 
due for profitable growth. 

Its plot, if plot it can be called. 
is a plain story of a young married 
couple, of whom the feminine mem- 
ber is inclined to flirt. There is a 
planned death scene which, being 
overheard, comes to a rather in- 
glorious end. 

Altogether it was a pleasant even- 
ing. The music was delicately fas- 
cinating, as William Daly and Paul 
Lunnin had composed it. Some of 
the melodies were richly entranc- 
ing, especially the motif of the first 
burs of the second act waltz. There 
were songs that were -effective with 
voiceful volume, and yet no complex 
in composition, duets and choruses 
that harmonized easily and fittingly 
with swinging rhythm. • 

In the lyrics there was more 
humor than usual, and a plain spoken 
freshness of phraseology that made 
them attract in almost every in- 
stance. Fred Jackson's book suc- 
ceeded splendidly in not colliding 
with either Arthur Jackson's lyrics 
or the musical program. The latter 
had the advantage of the successful 
Allen K. Foster, who devised some 
of his best effects for the dance 
numbers of "For Goodness Sake." 
Priestly Morrison had the credit of 
staging the offering. 

The burden of the p?rformance 
was well shared, but Fred and Adele 
Astair had so much to do with keep- 
ing the pace lively and constantly 
moving that they were foremost in 
the public eye. providing dances 
that were eccentric as well as intri- 
cate, and offering a variety of so- 
ciety steps rich In effect of terpsi- 
chorean delicacy. 

Marjorie Gateson was once more 
with us with another phase of her 
diverse personality; Vinton Freedly 
was nervous; the diminutive and 
pretty Helen Ford pouted and 
smiled; Charles Judcls muddled the 
English language when he did not 
forget his mission, and John Haz- 
zard kept his place with festive cele- 
bration as of yore. That was "For 
Ooodneafl Sake," with accent on the 
"Goodness." Schcuer. 



BLUSHING BRIDE 

Washington, Jan. 25. 

Possessing moments that posi- 
tively scintillate wit', brilliant com- 
edy and a truly tuneful score, this 
latest production of the Shuberts by 
Edward Clark and Cyrus Wood, who 
supplied the book and lyrics, and 
Sigmund Romberg, who wrote the 
music, had its first showing at 
Poli's here Sunday night. Between 
these bright moments, however, are 
many gaps that come close to boring 
one, but these can be brightened, so 
there remains nothing to do but 
concede that "The Blushing Bride" 
has splendid chances for success. 

"ceil Lean and Cleo Mayfield are 
starred. Fifteen minutes after the 
curtain rises Mr. Lean makes his 
first entrance, and then things com- 
mence and bright spot No. 1 Is 
brought out. Here Mr.. Lean has the 
funniest racetrack chatt.r that has 
been put together in a Ions; time, 
and he handles it beautifully. He 
was interrupted with applause on 
numerous occasions throughout this 
bit. To Miss Mayfield is entrusted 
a song that is bound to go over, 
namely, "A Regular Girl." It pos- 
sesses a dandy set of lyrics and a 
catchy melody of the sort you want 
to whistle, but there are many 
others in Mr. Romberg's score that 
hold this attribute also. 

e story, too, is better connected 
than in most musical comedies. It is 
rather light, but it serves to bring 
many really funny moments. What 
more could be asked? There is a 
supper scene in the first act that is 
moment No. 2. It is a positive gem. 
but in this as well as throughout 
the entire evening Mr. Lean cannot 
be accorded all the credit by any 
means. Tom Lewis is there. Need 
more be said? 

The greatest burden falls upon 
Mr. Lean and Mr. Lewis. They keep 
things going in fine shape when they 
are on the stage, but it is when they 
are off that strengthening has to 
be done. The second aet is superior 
to the first. In this second act "Dif- 
fereht Days" is offered, a satire on 
what the restaurants used to be and 
what they are now. Mr. Lean must 
have had a hand in conceiving this 
number, for when he was hers last 
in vaudeville the act presented by 
Mr. Lean and Miss Mayfield was 
made up of stories told in nc. and 
this is what was done in this num- 
ber. 

Supporting -the stars, th • Shu- 
berts, aside from Mr Lewis, have 
gathered together* a good company 
of i inclpais and a fairly likable 
ChOrUfl. Clarence Nordstrom i^ I 
lag the naturalness that was once 



hii greatest asset Everything he 
does now is too studied. This will 
explain why numbers allotted to him 
did not bring the returns merited. 
Harry Corson Clarke, a name that 
brings many memories, has a bit of 
a small town judge, and he does it 
splendidly. Robert O'Connor gets a 
good deal out of the Frenchman, 
while Gertrude Mudge handles the 
n ther well. The rest, though, are 
open to objection. Edythe Baker, ex- 
cept during a very capable piano 
specialty, proceeded to walk through 
the ingenue role, while the Swanson 
Sisters depend entirely upon their 
blond loveliness to put over what 
they have been allotted. A dancing 
team failed to impress, possibly be- 
cause of nervousness, during the 
opening of the second act, while 
Harold Gwynne endeavored to be 
sincere as the man who would steal 
for the girl. 

What little faults have been set 
forth can be so easily remedied that 
they should not be overlooked. Mr. 
.Romberg's score is chockfull of 
tuneful melodies, and in addition to 
the two set forth above, "Bad Little 
Boy and Bad Little Girl," as well as 
"Springtime," are bound to prove 
their worth. 

The Shuberts have mounted the 
two acts beautifully and the cos- 
tuming also leaves nothing to be de- 
sired. 



BROADWAY REVIEWS 



MARJOLAINE 

Admiral Sir Teter Antrobus 

Albert O. Andrews 

Jtro Hoyal Cutter 

&fVa. Pamela Poskett Daisy Uelmore 

Rev. Jacob Sternroyd, D. D.Colin Campbell 

The Eyesore B. L. De Urocq 

Punch and Judy Man Paul Warren 

Barbara Sternroyd Mary Hay 

Mr. Basil Pringle Maurice Holland 

Jerome Brooke-Hoskyn Lennox Pawle 

Jane Merle Stevens 

Madame Luele Lachcsnals. .. .Nellie Strong- 
Nanette O.ga Treskoft 

Lieut. Hay Ic Irving Ilvebe 

Tom % Irving 8. Finn 

Joe Addeson Youngs 

John Sayle Worthe Faulkner 

Marjolaine I.achesnals Peggy Wood 



LEGIT ITEMS 



Judgment for $3,875 was secured 
by Laura Walker last week against 
Stanley Sharpe on a breach of con- 
tract suit for services rendered in 
"The Ghost Between," a legit at- 
traction of last season. She claimed 
14 weeks' salary at $350 .per, ac- 
knowledging receipt of $1,025. 



Marc Klaw, who held an option on 
the American rights to "The Little 
Dutch Girl," a foreign musical 
comedy, has permitted his right to 
lapse, as he believed the piece too 
pretentious for use In his Klaw 
theatre. Before sailing for England 
last week, Hans Bartsch, who repre- 
sents the foreign author and com- 
poser, executed a new option to 
George W. Lederer. 



Milton Harris, formerly assistant 
manager of the Flatbush. Brooklyn, 
X. Y., joined the Shubert staff this 
week, assigned to the Central, on 
Broadway. 



Louis J. Hartman succeeds him at 
the Flatbush, nnd Frank Halllgan 
moved from the Central to the Lyric. 

The Jefferson, Portland, Me., play- 
ing Shubert attractions for the past 
year, closed last week. It is said 
that the house will plov pictures. 

"Maytime> ends It road tour 
Saturday <ht the n -\x O. H., 
New York?*— 



Ralph W. Long, general manager 
for the Shuberts, was ordered away 
from Atlantic City where he went 
to recuperate from pneumonia. He 
is now in Lakewood, N. J., and is 
reported growing stronger. 



Henri Baron's "The Rubicon" will 
open out of town within, the fort- 
night. Violet Heming Is featured 
in the cast. Baron is making the 
production himself and is atT>resent 
arranging a booking agreement. 



Richard P. Carroll and John Mul- 
grew have written a new edition of 
"Happy Hooligan," which Gus Hill 
will send out shortly. It is titled 
"Down on the Farm." 



"Erminle" with De Wolf Hopper 
closes its road tour Saturday in Cin- 
cinnati. The piece has been play- 
ing to an average gross of $12,000 
on the week for the past few weeks, 
which has proved insufficient with 
the heavy salary list. 



A. H. Woods Is reviving "Getting 
Gertie's Garter" for a road tour, 
starting Feb. 20, over the Subway 
Circuit. The piece, which will have 
its original cast with the exception of 
Hazel Dawn, will play five weeks 
around New York, after which it 
will go to Philadelphia for a run. 



"Happy Go Lucky" closes Satur- 
day in Boston. The piece has been 
given two trys on the road since the 
start of the season. 



"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" closes 
at the Ritz Jan. 28. The piece will 
play the subway time around New 
York for about four weeks and then 
go into Chicago for a run. 



Joe Leblanc left Broadway this 
week. He is headed for Nassau in 
the Bahama Islands and then Is 
going to Havaaa for a few weeks. 
The Florida season will find Joe at 
Miami for a month's stay 



William Harris has accepted for 
production a new play by Eugcno 
Brieux, which he will place in im- 
mediate rehearsal. The new piece, 
which has been adapted from the 
French, has a case of six people. 



The Orpheum. Newark. N. J., 
which closed with a dramatic stock 
Saturday, will, be reopened January 
30 with a popular priced legit 
policy. The house will play travel- 
ing attractions at $1 top, opening 



NATIONAL ANTHEM 

Marian Hale T.aurette Taylor 

Madeline Trent Lillian Kemble Cooper 

Maud Kthel (Miss) Jo Wallace 

Etta Until Kemble Cooper 

Arthur Carlton Ralph Morgan 

John K. Carlton Dodson Mitchell 

Tom Carroll Frank M. Thomas 

Reuben Hale Ritchie Ling 

Jim Picket Robert Hudson 

Ned Scoofy.... Ray Wilson 

Dr. Virande Paul Porcasi 

Waiter s]k . .William Armstrong 



Some years ago — maybo it was 
20, maybe less — there came to us 
from England an artiste who could 
sing, dance, act and was pretty. Her 
name was Evie Greene, and unless 
memory is faulty we have not had 
another until now — in the person of 
Peggy Wood in the name part in the 
musical version of Louis N. Parker's 
"Pomander Walk," as presented at 
the Broadhurst Tuesday night. 

Whatever differences of opinion 
there may be as to the merits or de- 
merits or predictions of success or 
failure of the production, there can 
be no two ways about Peggy Wood. 
From her first appearance dellver- 
ir.j the prolog in recitative form, 
wherein she asks you to follow the 
players, and you will be sent far 
away from turmoil, to the days when 
George IM was King of England, 
down to the finish, she entertains to 
the full, alternating with a Very 
sweet singing voice, neat dancing 
and always characterizing with a 
legitimacy worthy of a play without 
music. As to her pulchritude — that 
is always a matter of individual 
taste, but it is safe to assume she 
will be voted "eye-pleasing" to the 
average. 

Russell Janney presents the new 
musical play, which is entitled 
"Marjolaine." The book is by Cath- 
erine Chisholm Cunning, lyrics by 
Brian Hooker and music by Hugo 
Felix. It was staged by Oscar 
Eagle, dances and ensembles by 
Bert French and program acknowl- 
edgment is made of the assistance 
of W. H. Post "in the preparation of 
the play" — whatever that means. 

Miss Chisholm has adhered close- 
ly to the original piece, retaining ™*„?Z^i* ^*"r* 
the atmosphere and gentility of the 
Parker comedy. Only it does seem 
odd to hear the heroine, residing In 
isolated Pomander Walk, a secluded 
little nook on the river in the out- 
skirts of London in 1805, remark 
that nobody young ever comes that 
way, and then have oodles of chorus 
maidens appear and make merry. 

Brian Hooker's lyrics are excel- 
lent and the music always- dainty 
and in keeping with tno story. There 
are not likely to be any outstanding 
song hits, despite the insistent de- 
mands for encores which carried the 
show through to 11.45 on the open- 
ing night. Did you ever look around 
to see who does the applauding at 
a metropolitan premiere? It is a 
reasonably safe wager three-fourths 
of them came by invitation. 

The piece is well cast. Lennox 
Pawle is featured equally with Miss 
Wood, and deservedly so. Ho con- 
tributes an admirable character role 
as Brooke-Hoskyn. Mary Hay as 
the ingenue is all that could be de- 
sired; Irving Beebe, the tenor-hero, 
is manly and sings well; Worthe 
Faulkner as the_father of the hero 
also sings well but acts atrociously; 
Marie Strong sustains througnout 
the dignity of the role of the hero- 
ine's mother, and Albert G. Andrews 
as the old admiral is as good an ac- 
tor as he was in the days when he 
supported Richard Mansfield. 

"Marjolaine*' bears the marks of a 
substantial hit Jolo. 



with Gus Hill's colored "Mutt and 
Jeff," recently brought in to be re- 
vamped. | The Orpheum will play 
musical attractions of the popular 
priced variety whenever available 
in preference to dramatic shows. 



The Payton stock company, which 
opened at the Supreme, Brooklyn, 
last week, closed after one week. A 
company headed by Ethel Rosemon 
and W. O. McWatters opened at the 
house Monday. 



Betty Linley will replace Estclle 
WInwood in "The Circle'' when the 
Maughn comedy leaves the Fulton 
for a two-years' tour, starting Feb*. 
13. John Drew, Mrs. LeslfV Carter, 
John Ilolliday and Ernest Lawford 
will remain in the cast. Miss Linley 
has the title of countess, having 
been the wife of an Austrian noble- 
man. She has appeared in several 
well known legitimate attractions. 

"French Leave,* which played all 
Canadian territory during the fall, 
was closed lost month in Vancouver 
and lumped back *o New York. It 
is .•■aid the rinht 'and of paper was 
not prepared foi us" in Western 
American stands The Canadian 
tour was prod t\e. Marc Klaw 
had the show out 

The Shuberts' production of 
"Maytlme" closes at the conclusion 
of its week at the RfOWC opera 
house, January 28. ttu /1ft h suson. 



iry 28, Its /.I 



J. Hartley Manners wrote a play 
for Mrs. Manners (Laurette Taylor), 
dramatizing the classic tragedy of 
the young feminine film star who, 
at the breaking-point of a series of 
wild nocturnal Paris escapades with 
her young husband, took a deadly 
poison. He elected to adopt the 
accident version of the deed. But 
he reversed fact for fiction then, 
and killed the husband off-stage, let- 
ting the wife live physically and 
perish with a dose of anti-climax 
artistically, on stage. 

The last act, ruining what had 

until then been a crashing success, 

was a deplorable thing. When the 

third act curtain came down and 
the thrilled audience whacked its 
hands together in boisterous and 
honest enthusiasm, Miss Taylor and 
Mr. Manners stood three down and 
one to go toward a mutual ringing 
triumph. 

When that fourth act rang up 
there was a foreboding in the air — 
that sense of danger which fanciful 
people Imagine they sensed before 
a tragedy — in telling of it after that 
tragedy. That third act had been 
so terrific, and what had gone be- 
fore had lifted the climax so high, 
that any fourth act was dangerous; 
then began this fourth act. It be- 
gan flat and became ghastly. 

Mr. Manners had been a great 
reporter for three acts; he had turned 
a poor romancer for one. 
, The tale differs from the movie- 
couple's sad melodrama in that the 
principals are not of the stage, and 
that the girl is unusual to liquor 
and jazr until after the marriage, 
when she slips along in the Influence 
of the young scapegrace whom she 

New York 
grows stupid despite its mad post- 
prohibition life. They seek Paris to 
put a bead on the booze and to gild 
the champagne corks. They quarrel, 
they lush, they degenerate. Then 
comes the poison-by-mistake. Then 
comes that awful fourth act. Then 
comes — no one knows what, now, 
whereas before Act 4 was revealed 
it seemed that a* mighty masterpiece 
of stagecraft in its every element 
was being unveiled. 

The fourth act: 

The girl has been ill for 10 days. 
The besotted husband has been 
killed in an auto accident while 
driving madly to fetch a physician 
for the wife. She does not know he 
is dead. The audience is kept In 
suspense as to whether she, herself, 
will live. A doctor goes through an 
examination lacking in only one 
standard essential exactly what they 
do when examining an applicant for 
Insurance. He says she will live — 
she doesn't look it, but he says so. 
The boy's father laughs and talks 
hard facts. The girl's father smiles 
and seems glad about something. 
She is about to move from the hotel. 
At the end she takes a wrap and 
walks off. That's the way it ends. 

The audience walked out with 
chins on breasts, tut-tutting and 
bemoaning. Something had been 
done to the audience, the audience 
which had come to welcome Lau- 
rette Taylor, had mounted with her 
to elevations of exaltation. 

Never in her entire fascinating, 
romantic stage .life did Laurette 
Taylor give a greater performance 
than she did for those three acts, 
and the fourth, for that matter; her 
only culpability in that last episode 
lay In exaggerated make-up and 
that she consented to play It at all. 

Where was' George Tyler — where 
was A. L. Erlanger — when that 
sheer drop into twaddle from the 
heights was suggested or propound- 
ed or ventured? Where was Miss 
Taylor's great good taste? Whero 
was Manners' known and so often 
proven skill and resourcefulness as 
a playwright? 

Let it be said in kindness — as it 
was of that unfortunate girl in Paris 
whose whole life had been so bril- 
liant a romance until the curtain 
rang down after she had swallowed 
poison — that it was a mistake. 

Let it be hoped that— as in this 
instance of the playwright's imag- 
ination — that mistake does not prove 
deadly. 

The girl was too beautiful and 
beloved and young and sweet to die. 

Tills play is all of those things. 
too, until the-poison and its stomach-, 
pumping after-reaction, and it 

should not die. 

Laurette Taylor establishes her- 
self in "The National Anthem" as 
America*! most brilliant, most able 
and most worth-while artiste of the 
Stage. Manners adds many laurels 
to his record of play construction 
and exposition for three corking, 
masterly acts. 

One fourth nef, even as deplorable 
as this one is. should not be allowed 
to overbalance so much that Is so 
admirable. Lalt. 



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STOCKS 



^ n y time wo imagine for a moment that we cannot be re-placed or 
that we are indispensable, or when we refused to lay off and take a rest, 
believing' we could not afford it, that we couldn't be spared, we are 
riding for a fal1 * * nad not taken a vacation in nine years, thought I 
could not afford it as I had tremendous financial responsibilities. I 
have been in bed thirty months as a result of not taking \ neat ions and 
have spent many thousands moro than I earned by my ovorzealousness. 
[ also imagined I was indispensable to show business, thought I meant 
something to it, thought tho boss could not spare me, thought no one 
else could get his show out. But I find that the sun continued to rise in 
the east and set In the west, that show business not only went on fine 
without me, but they have built eleven new theatres, started a new 
vaudeville circuit, all since I have been ill, and the shows enjoying the 
record runs are shows I have never even seen. And my boss put over 
a big hit without being aided or abetted by me. So maybe I could have 
had vacations had I only not believed myself so important. I am writing 
this in the hope that scmo of you who perhaps arc laboring under the 
game hallucinations will not only profit, but profiteer by my unfortunate 
mistake. 

While I am glad to chronicle the many wonderful things that are 
done for me by the -profession, *. am not tha only recipient of their 
generosity. Ada Lewis heard in n most toundabout way (I think it 
was through her maid) about a family of five in destitute circumstances 
and surprised them Christmas morning by equipping them with fuel, 
money, clothes and toya. No, she didn't tell tho house press agent about 
it; she doesn't even know I know it. 

The psychology of human nature wan akvays interesting to me. I 
have had more opportunities to study it uince I have been here than 
I could possibly have had any other place. Visitors are a source of 
endless interest. No two are rllko. Kae*> olte reems to havo a dif- 
ferent Idea of a sick room, a hospital, or a patent. One woman asked 
me if they read my mail here before they give t to me. Another 
asked if they had tried to make a Ofitholie. of me. Several have 
brought different remedies and prescriptions, not knowing that u patient 
in a ho.pital cannot take anything not prescribed by the doctor I.i 
charge. People frequently telephone and imi. t that I be put on the 
wire, that I eomc to the phone. 1 cannot go to the phono. When I 
do it will be to ask some of you to curae and get mo. 

A patient walking imst my door cne Ony, attracted by my Christmas 
tree, came in. Sac immediately began to tell of her hospital expe- 
rience- ; !.d M.id that she cum-: f.o near fainting wh'le having her hand 
lanced that lh?y had to give her automatic ftplrits of pneumonia. 

It's ears enough to be p!ca:ant when life rolls along lil:o a song. 
but the feirl Worth while ia tho girl that can rmil * when the nnr : c 
U803 a hypo nood'.e that 1 a.^ a poinl turned up like a fish hook. Or u: os 
an Icepick t > open a glass of jelly and Icta In ken glass in your favorite 
jam. 



The rolf-appolntod flayers of the theatre who like t > prate about 
the instability of domestic life among show folks will receive another 
shock on learning that Chas. and Sadie McDonald of vaudeville fame 
celebrate their thirtieth wedding anniversary next Thursday. And have 
never spent twenty-four hours apart since they havo been married. 
And incidentally the fame date is their son's twenty-ninth birthday. 
They will all three be at homo Thursday afternoon, Fob. 1, St. Prances 
Hotel. (Refreshments.) 



Clara Joel and her husband, Will- 
iam Boyd, leads with tho Proctor 
Players, at Harmanus Blceoker 
Hall, Albany, N. Y., will terminate 
their engagement in Albany with 
next weeks show. Both have been 
here since October, Miss Joel pre- 
ceding Mr. Boyd by one week. 

Miss Joel captivated the Albany 
playgoers. What was conceded Miss 
Joel's best vehicle was "Within tho 
Law." 

Mr. Boyd did not "take on" so 
well with local playgoers. Although 
he gave creditable performances 
every week, he failed to win his au- 
diences and by no means touched 
tho heights of popularity attained 
by his predecessor, Ralph Kellard. 

It is reported that Miss Joel and 
Mr. Boyd made a demand for a 
salary increase in asking for a re- 
newal of their contract, which will 
evpire next week. It is reported the 
pair received $700 weekly, which is 
easily tho highest salary ever paid 
rtock leads in Albany. During the 
height of Ly toll's popularity here 
it is doubtful if he received a salary 
of $200 a week, although he shared 
in the profits of the house, accord- 
ing to his contract. At that time 
Cormtock, Ray & Gest were lessees 
of the hall. 

In announcing that Miss Joel and 
Mr. Boyd would end their engage- 
ment here next week, the theatre 
management rtated that "they 
are leaving Albany to Appear in 
Broadway productions." It is 
known, however, that they have no 
prospective New York engagements. 

A professional chorus from New 
York, six pippins, was brought hero 
last week. The choristers are Belle 
Flower. Margaret LaPierre, Jean- 
nelte Bickaby, Mercedes Nelson. 
Marie Abomtly and Rena Brown. 

Walter Connolly, a favorite in tho 
Fasi*ett Players, unexpectedly joined 
the cast in 'The Broken Wing" last 
week when George Parsons, stage 
director, who had been playing a 
role, v as taken down with Hit* 
grippe. 



INSIDE STUFF 



ON LEGIT 



Wiiat In believed to be the record holiday gross for one performance 
was made at the Globe by Dillingham's 'Good Morning Dearie" on 
New Year's eve, when tho takings were $8,358. This was secured 
through the $10 top admission scale, that price going for tho entire 
lower floor, which holds 674 seats, and thereforo netted $5,740. Tho 
balcony was sealed at $5 top, the first three rows at that price bringing 
in about $700. The gallery was $2 for admission and added nearly 
$600. Standing room was $3, while the boxes holding six persons 
sold for $75 each, the revenue from that source being over $400. The 
Globe holds a little over 1,254 seats, there being several rows added 
on the lower floor this season. Additional seats are to be placed in the 
balcony next week. The biggest gross drawn by the house before was 
on New Years eve of last year (Dec. 31. 1920), at which time Fred 
Stone in "Tip Top" drew $G,458. Tho scale for that performance 
was $7. It v.:s figured that both the Globe and the Music Box would 
get $7,500 on New Year's eve, both houses charging $10 top. Both 
boat the figure. The "Music Box Revue" went to $7,832. That waa 
possible by charging $5 for the entire balcony, there being no gallery. 
The Music Box holds slightly more than 1,000 seats. New records were 
established by l>oth attractions for the holiday week, "Dearie" getting 
over $40,000 and the "Music Box Revue" $38,800. The only difference 
is that of house capacity, although the latter show is topped regularly 
at $8 and tho Globe at $4. 



From Dundee, Scotland, comes a letter from Daly and Ilealy saying 
they had read in Variety of my promised recovery. Tho came day 
brought a letter of congratulation from Melbourne, Aui5tral:a. signed 
by fiixteen American performers now playing there. It isn't because 
I am me that I receive sO much attention. 1; is because you are you. 
No other people in the world are so thoughtful, kind and sympathetic 
is our people, and while other walks in life can boast of a few who 
possess those qualities, they are exceptions, not the rules. 



Alice Rohe, my good friend of the Denver Post days, came in to 
Interview me for a Cleveland paper. Alice already knows more about 
me than she dare print. But she quotes Rita Colyer, who said: 
•'Nellie is a spiritual pearl diver and every time she submerges to the 
depth she brings us up a pearl." Y'es, girls, that all sounds very pretty 
and I appreciate "them kind woids," but I'd just as leave find my 
pearls in an oyster shell, and I am not very enthusiastic about this 
pearl diver's outfit I am wearing either. It wrinkles under the arm. 
But I will admit it is individual. 



No doubt many of you recall the sister team in vaudeville known 
*s the Ramsey Sisters and can stil! chuckle at the way the comedienne, 
who was the smaller one, used to stick her gum on the side of the 
■cenery. I had a visit from May (the taller one). She retired from 
the stage at the death of her sister, four years ago. took a business 
course and is now the secretary and companion to Mrs. Jerry Cohan, 
mother of our own George. 

Speaking of Geo. M., I note by the Boston papers that he, Sam II. 
Harris and Frank Otto (of Merril & Otto) are to havo a new brother- 
in-law (Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Cohan and Mrs. Otto are sisters); their 
Elves' name was Nolan. Another Miss Nolan is to wed a son of Taula 
Patterson, that prolific writer on the Boston Post. 

Ned Alvord, one of the best billposters that ever stole a daub or 
flitched a bundle of snipes under the culvert on a country route, writes 
that he is glad I survived all the "blow -downs." "Hey, Rubes!" 'wet 
lots," "long hauls." "split-tips" and "sloughing of the joints" and ex- 
presses the hope that I will soon bo able to "Sheet them five high 
with a foot-streamer." "Put it up and take it down." If you want 
this reduced to English just ask Ed. Giroux, manager of Morosco's 
theatre; Thos. Gorman, manager of the Hamilton, or Mr. Sullivan, man- 
ager of the Jefferson theatre, to translate it for you. 

Do*r Phil Benedict: You must not think I no longer like you 
because I have not given you any business lately. I have been having 
my cuts made some place else. But I do not like their work as well 
as I do yours. They are much more expensive and it takes them too 
J °ng to deliver the finished work. So I hope to get a new cut trunk and 
n ave all of my cuts made by you hereafter. Seems funny that alter 
b ^ing in advance for so long that now 1 am only a cut colleetor. Guess 
J*M have to have a new cut trunk before I leave here to hold the 
trophi.-s of my battles. Therapeutically, 

NELLt£ REVELL. 

|f m glad the milk strike don't include the milk of human kindness. I 
haven't noticed any falling oft in that luxury. 

" actors missed their cues as Often as nurses do. wiiat a will the 
r yni<s would put up about the lack of business method* theatricals. 
Whether it's the acute shortage of muses or the shortage of CUtC 
nurses, the result is the i-amc. 

I regret very much having omitted some names f<<>m my list of 
friends sending gifts. The nurse found several cards today winch 
p ame in Christmas packages and had been mislaid. I hasten to thank 
*£, ftnd Mrs. E. K. Pldgeon. Alta May Coleman. YVm. Moms, Frank 
g™**, A. Aarons. Norma Talmadgo. Max and Tillie WlnslO.V. Martin 
Herman. Mrs. Ralph Belmont. Thos. Gorman. Julia McCarthy. Jean 
Hewcoibb, Bulla McCloary. Prank Van Hove... Mrs. Carl Bernstein. 
l'»tta Bj nl Morgan. Rosie Crouch. Maurice C. Raymond. Phil Benedict, 
*"><>. V. rtODUrt, Mrs. Fred Thompson. Mattie Mean and Carney Maweii. 



Consideration of concessions proffered by Equity in the matter of 
laying for the weeks before Christmas and Easter, brought a tale of 
managerial concession by a showman who was with Henry Miller at 
tho Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, some years ago on Christmas day. 
'The Great Divide" was on tour and Mr. Miller had received the 
company statement which showed an unexpected profit. Sensing the 
reason, Mr. Miller got the show's manager on tho long distance phone 
and verified the suspicion that half salaries had been paid. "Call 
your company together," he ordered, "and give them the full salary." 



Seattle. Jan. 2.". 

A stock company tinder the 
direction of T. Daniel Frawley Ins 
been organized and incorporated for 
WUkea theater, presenting a prom- 
ising cast in "The Brat.* The new 
company Which will include many 
former Seattle stock favorites and 
others new here is being launched 
under a novel plan. » 

Almost every one connected with 
tho theatre owns "a piece of the 
show." All members of the cast, 
the orchestra, and the mechanical 
crafts and the majority of the ad- 
ministrative staff are share holders 
in the enterprise. According to the 
plan no salaries will be paid until 
the current expenses are met from 
the box office. 

A reduction of prices' is an- 
nounced from the Wilkes regime, 
and during the two weeks that the 
house is dark it is undergoing a 
thorough % rcnovating. 



Writers of musical show scores never really know what the hits 
are until the rhow is put on. Often it is the director who detects 
the number or numbers* which are best and builds around them. A 
composer was recently asked to write a new number for a current 
success. When the director heard the plan to drop one of the songs 
he exclaimed: "My goodness, don't throw that number out It's been 
fired out half a dozen times in a's many years." That was a little 
evidence of song writers digging into the trunk. 



Z.'egfeld and Wayburn are together once more. Ned was called In to 
help out with tho "Midnight Frolic" road show, and may continuo to 
stage the attractions produced by Ziegfeld. 



The wife of a prominent comedian, who has been appearing in a 
Broadway play, is temporarily out of tho cast, having gono to Chicago 
to secure a divorce 



Henri Gretsitt, who is at present business manager for William Hodge 
in "Dog Love," denies any misunderstanding between Doris Keane and 
himself as reported. Ho was ahead of the star during the eight-weeks' 
tour of "Romance," and after the attraction closed, was transferred back 
to the William Hodge show. Miss Keane wiring him she regretted ho 
was not to be with her ahead of "The Czarina," and hoped that he would 
be assigned to her attraction when the starts on her transcontinental toun 



A report again comes from Chicago the Shuberts may remove their 
vaudeville in that city from the Apollo to either their own Garrick or 
Great Northern Hippodrome. The Apollo Is A. II. Woods', Woods waa 
in Chicago last week with the report starting while he was there. No 
date, is set for the removal, though It is unlikely it will occur bofore the 
end of the Shuberts' first vaudeville season. 



The musical comedy stock at the 
Lyceum, New Britain, Conn., closed 
Jan. 21 after 22 weeks. A dramatic 
stock under the management of Ray 
Payton opened Monday in "The 
Storm." 



A season of stock, under Robert 
Sherman, was inaugurated at the 
Grand. Evansville, Ind., starling Jan. 
16. The house previously ran under 
a vaudeville policy of five acts and 
pictures and was a split week, in 
conjunction with Tcrre Haute, on 
the Junior Orpheum circuit. 



Charles K*. Champlin Stock Co. 
at the Auditorium. Auburn, opened 
with "Turn to the Right" at lfic. 
25c, S5e. and 00c. Matinees will be 
given every day, starting Tuesday. 
Other plays in the list arc "Scan- 
dal." "The Crimiiul Alibi," "The 
Love Tiger." "My Lady Friends." 
"Sex Against Sex," and "Johnny 
Get Your Gun." 



The Auditorium. Lynn, Mass., 
which closed a few months ago ow- 
ing to labor troubles, will reopen 
.Ian. 'JO. according to an announce- 
ment by Edward Heffeman, who 
has leased tho house to Casey & 
Mayden, successful operators of 
stock companies In Brockton, Ita**., 
and Dnluth, Minn. 

A first class stock company, com- 
posed of entirely new players, will 
present stoek. The personnel of tho 
new company is being engaged in 
New York. 

The opening play will be "The 
Storm." Others contracted for early 
presentation are. "Scandal." "Cor- 
nered." "Honey Girl," "The Broken 
Wing" and -Daddies." 



The death of A. Toxcn Worm last week removed one of the unique 
characters of the old-timo press agency ranks. Of dogged determination, 
almost to what we call pigheadedness -at times, Worm spent many years 
in the interests of the Shuberts. He made enemies for himself and for 
them, but he got results and never seemed to care much about the 
enemies. Tho Shuberts liked him, and for several years Lee 8hubert 
stood behind Worm. Worm's last post for the Shuberts was as their 
general representative in Boston, where ho did his usual excellent work, 
but ill health finally forced his retirement. 

Variety, many years ago, published an anonymous item In one of its 
departments, stating a certain press agent in New York was exchanging 
theatre coupons in payment of his trades bills in the neighborhood of 
his home. Worm accepted that item as referring to him. The writer of 
It was never asked to whom it referred. In those days it may have 
taken in half a dozen or so. For years after, and up to the time Worm 
filed a libel action against Variety, he never overlooked an opportunity 
to vent his anger at Variety or any member of its staff. He thought he 
was justified, and as he never asked for on explanation, none was prof- 
fered. 

Worm sued Variety for stating, when he was sent to Boston by the 
Shuberts, that he was the most unpopular press agent in this country. 
As the case was being prepared for trial, Variety's attorney asked Mr. 
Worm's attorneys if they were really serious in their suit. Worm's 
attorneys replied they did not believe Worm wanted to prosecute the 
action, but he thought he was entitled to a retraction, as the publisher 
of Variety had a personal grievance against him. Tho lawyers for Mr. 
Worm and Worm himself were informed through Variety's attorneys 
that Variety's publisher had never met Worm; was confined to his home 
through an accident when the alleged libel was r Jblished, anU had not 
seen it until several days after the publication. Thereupon Worm noti- 
fied his lawyers to discontinue the action at once, and Variety informed 
its attorney to have Mr. Worm's lawyers draw up any retraction they 
saw fit and Variety would publish it. There was no bickering or bar- 
gaining. Neither Mr. Worm nor his attorneys asked for anything other 
than to set Worm right, and Worm's notice to discontinue was as direct 
as possibly his instructions to sue had been. It gave a clearer Insight 
into his character and possibly why he had carried for many years an 
unreasonable "grouch" against Variety and its people. 

W. F. Conner Is credited with having put Worm in the show business, 
though Worm was handling dramatics on the Pittsburgh "Dispatch" prior 
to meeting Connor. It was about 1891 that Conner arrived in Pittsburgh 
with James O'Neil in "Monte Cristo," and Worm's appointment as ad- 
vance man for that attraction is said to be his first bit of theatrical 
press work. 

Worm wrote his own obit. mAnifolded It and tu.nod it over to his 
: attorney here with instruction., to release it upon his death. The 
Shuberts had nothing to do with the obituary notices. 



Stuart Walker is planning to in- 
clude Cincinnati in his stoeit com- 



pany plans for next summrr. Un- 
opened negotiations there this week 
with House Manager Kdward Row- 
land, with a view to leasing the 
Cox from Raster until the fall 
season J "gin*», a period of ten 
preekA 

Walker put on stock for som- 



weeks at the Lyric, Cincinnati, sev- 
eral years ago. but tho venture was 
only mildly successful. He went 
?.. Indianapolis, started summer 
stoek «.* the Murat and did well. 
Walker >*«* i^rn and raised at Cov- 
ington. Ky., educated here in Cin- 
(Continued on page 26> 



NEW ACTS THIS WEEK 



Friday, January 27, 1922 




ARTISTS' FORUM 

Letters to the Forum shotfld not exceed one-hundred and fifty words. 
They must he signed by the icritcr and not duplicated for any other paper. 



Xew York. Jan. 14. 
Editor Variety: 

A review on our act at Proctor's 
23rd St. by Con had it listed under 
"New Acts." The act he saw is over 
■ix years old. We have a new act 
In preparation and hope Con will 
review it. 

Matt us and Young. 



Kew York, Jan. 17. 
Editor Variety: 

Referring to the letter of Mr. A. 
Arnaut. published Jan. 13, I draw 
your attention to certain inaccurate 
statements. 

Mr. Arnaut states in reference to 
the acts of Arriut Bros, and No- 
velle Bros, that he did perform 
many years ago a violin act with 
his brother Jean. 

There havo been and are five liv- 



ing brothers Goudsmit, with names 
as follows: 

Leon Goudsmit, by and under 
whose direction Arnold and Oscar 
Goudsmit first rehearsed this act. 

Adolf Goudsmit, the father of 

the Goudsmit Bros. 
Oscar Goudsmit, the father of the 

three Jeanettes. 
Arnold Goudsmit, the father of the 

Arnaut Bros. 

Jules Goudsmit, the father of the 
Novel le Bros. 

I cannot help but express sur- 
prise at Mr. Arnaut's return to ac- 
tion, being given the fact that his 
illusory claim to originality of the 
Arnaut Bros, act has been disposed 
of decisively by competent author- 
ity and not in his favor. 

Julius Goudsmit. 









JOHN80N and MACK 
Songs and Talk 
15 Mins.; One 
Palace, New Orleans 

New Orleans, Jan. 25. 

A new combination working but 
a few weeks and breaking in 
through the South. Keller Mack 
was formerly of Mack and Earl. 
Johnny Johnson is familiar to vau- 
deville. The pair are in one. 
There is a "Birds in the Wood" 
opening by the orchestr. to vacant 
stage, followed by the entrance of 
the two middle-aged, rotund com- 
ics, who shoot first with a ditty 
about Terry and Jerry, who were a 
couple of gay dogs. 

Come next a brace of hokum son- 
nets; familiar. The act then drifts 
to chatter about Johnson's wife 
and wives of a sort or sorts. Exit 
Mack, while Johnson strikes out 
with a mock ballad sung with trav- 
esty Inflection, after which Mack 
does a topical number, Johnson 
clipping In to aid and abet in the 
second chorus. The turn has been 
framed for popular consumption, 
slanting it to the small time, where 
It should be very sure. Samuel. 


















"HENRY and LIZZIE" (3) 

13 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 

23rd St. 

William PInkham and C. W. God- 

dard produced this comedy vehicle 

* , . _ . ' _. Trampolin and Casting 
centered around a Ford car. The « *«." ^_ 72 : 



MARSHALL and MILDTCD 

SISTERS (2) 

Piano, Song and Dance 

15 Mins.; Three 

58th St. 

Henry I. Marshall, songsmith, 
was last teamed with Ina W T illiams. 
In this new combination he opens 
the same as with Miss Williams, in 
the orchestra trench arguing with 
the vocalist about a cue. The or- 
chestra boys decide to quit on Mar- 
shall's suggestion, saying he has a 
prescription he could have lots of 
fun with, but after all the musicians 
leave he decides to come up and help 
the singer. 

He does, this "sister" making way 
for the other, a neat jazz stepper. 
Marshall C. es his pop medley as 
before and gets in a plug for a new 
mother ballad that clicked. The 
singer comes back for an effective 
solo to the effect sho could skate 
rings around Barrymore, Pickford, 
Bara et al. "if I had a crack at their 
parts." She is a peppy worker and 
whipped her stuff over with a bang. 
Tho getaway te a double dance by 
the girls, Marshall, as throughout 
the act, presiding at the baby grand. 

It's a good act for the interme- 
diary houses. Abel. 



FLORA FINCH and CO. (2) 

Sketch 

15 Mins.; One and Three 

58th St. 

Flora Finch, one of the pioneers 
in screen slapstickery dating from 
the old Vitagraph days when she 
and the late John Bunny were the 
leading flllum funsters isj debut ting 
in vaudeville. A young c juple sup- 
port her. The skit oper.^ in "one," 
with the boy and girl arguing, he 
finally agreeing to phon her at 1 
a. m. after some party or other. He 
does, but gets the wrong number 
and an old maid. Believing the o. m. 
to bo his sweetie he makes an ap- 
pointment for the following after- 
noon. 

In the name of farce that's ex- 
cusable, bringing the action to 
"three," where, according to the 
natural course of vaudeville sketch 
plots the action should be resumed 
by the surprise meeting of the 
young man and the old maid. But 
no, Mr. Juvenile must first do a 
song and dance in that setting be- 
fore that is permitted. The trio 
meet and Miss Finch starts in a line 
of crazy patter anent the transmi- 
gration of souls to the effect she 
possesses somebody else's homely 
form and face, and that somebody 
else is keeping her svelte f. and f. 
She says something about having 
been on this earth four times be- 
fore, and that the man was also 
previously created but in the form 
of a dog and the woman as a -cat. 
Each starts barking or meowing. 
As if to excuse all this clowning, 
Miss Finch for the curtain says she 
"got that way trying to [ et a phone 
number." 

The production is slovenly. A 
cheap curtain hanging in "one" is 
employed with sectional openings at 
either end to denote the boy's and 
the old maid's home as they are 
phoning. The silhouettes of the 
stage hands are visible through the 
scrim material as they are holding 
the ropes. A slide projected on this 
same curtain to denote the passage 
of time presumably could not be 
read because of the wrinkled cur- 
tain. 

Miss Finch should consult a 
sketch specialist. * Abel. 



KAY, I i AM LIN and KAY 
"The Billposter" 



cast is comprised of two men and a 
young woman. A man in unionalls 
is busily engaged In tinkering with 
a delapidated flivver. 

A love sick couple enter and sit 
behind a wall. The Ford owner 
keeps up a steady chatter with his 
machine, using the names "Lizzie" 
and "Henry" which correspond with 
those of the couple. His remarks fit 
is as answers to questions asked by 
the other two, the comedy being 
worked up in this manner. 

The skit at present needs work. 



8 Mins.; One (Special Drop) and 

Three 
Riverside 

Three men with a capital aerial 
act, consisting of casting work, in- 
cluding tho usual trampolin somer- 
saulting. The act opons in "one," 
representing the stage entrance of 
an "opry house," with one of the 
men in billposter get-up for the pur- 
pose of engaging in a couple of wise 
cracks with an actor character. 

That part of it is snappy and got- 
ten through with fast enough, going 



It is jerky and ineffective. The man to f "{J 1 ™" for , the casting work. Two 

of tho men dress straight, and one 



at work on the car develops all of 
the comedy. 

Vaudeville has had Innumerable 
automobile acts with this latest 
greatly in need of strengthening to 
make it a contender for the better 
houses. The comedian has the goods 
with the ingenue and juvenile but 
ordinary. Hart. 



MAURICE and MORA 
Musical Act 
12 Mins.; Full Stago 
58th St. 

Man and woman, both in clown 
garb, man eccentric facial clown 
make-up, and woman straight, in 
novelty musical turn of the type 
familiar In the old variety days. 
They open with double on two staffs 
containing pitch pipes, with musical 
chairs to follow. The chairs have 
bellows concealed in the arms and 
when these are pressed they emit 
a musical sound. Man has electric 
bulbs on end of nose and in front 
of eyes. These are lighted up oc- 
casionally for comedy. Man plays 
concertina, first straight, then 
fancy, one hand. Violin next by 
man, playing behind back and other 
trick styles. Double on beer mugs 
with bells inside for finish. Style 
of turn so old it will be new for 
present generation. Good openers 
for pop houses. Bell. 



A thief entered the dressing room 
of Harry ana* Crajc Ellsworth at 
the Riviera, Brooklyn, Thursday, 
relieving the couple of a gold watch 
and several other arti* 1 ' r value. 






Oscar Harrino, manager of the 
Lincoln, Union Hill, N. J., has been 
switched to the Central, Jersey City. 
W. O. Liefer, formerly at the Cen- 
tral, has been placed in charge of 
the Lincoln. 



sports a comedy get-up. The aerial 
casting is neat and flashy looking, 
productive of good returns through- 
out. Good opener anywhere. 

Abel. 



MORRIS and FLYNN 

Songs 

13 Mint.; One 

58th St. 

This two-man singing combina- 
tion was the introduction act at the 
58th St. Possessed of quite pleas- 
ing voices, they are sadly lacking 
in the knowledge of vaudeville 
values and sense of proportion, not 
to mention showmanship and stage 
presence. Both men wear Tuxes 
and the inevitable straws. An idea 
of their choice of song material 
may be gathered from the three 
Dixie songs they use out of the five 
total. There's no variety. 

Their voiccs.-which are sufficient- 
ly pleasing, arc th '.• ost assets. A 
stage director of experience, with a 
continual view towards doctoring up 
their stuff and stage presence, could 
do much for them. Abel. 



JOE BARTON 

Talk and Bike 

12 Mins.; One and Four 

58th St. 

Barton is dressed in rube get-up. 
In "one" he monologs for a min- 
ute or two in a semi-nut snif- 
fling style for some giggles, going 
to full for the bike work. He fea- 
tures the fall-apart cycle finishing 
with a familiar stunt on the tall uni- 
cycle, mounting it from a stop- 
ladder on the stage. The stuff is 
familiar, the comedy-business being 
the occasional s.erping on the bike 
horn and the exaggerated starting 
at the sound of it. 

Pop house speed. Abrl. 



RENARD and WEST 
Talk, Song and Dance 
15 Mins.; One (Special) 
58th St. 

Nat Renard has discarded the 
bellhop vehicle he has been doing 
with Miss Jordan and later with 
Miss West, and has mounted his new 
talking act in a fashion worthy of 
some regular bookings. Before a 
striking sheer silver curtain Miss 
West as the Princess of Song heralds 
the approach of the Prince of Com- 
edy. 'The Prince enters in medieval 
period dress and sword. He also 
brings with him a ludicrous accent 
and a comedy expression that al- 
most requires no lines to commer- 
cialize it. 

Coupled with that, the team have 
a line of lingo that's a bird. Who- 
ever authored the act did a good 
job for the team. Laughs come one 
on top of the other, Kenard em- 
ploying 'Til tell the King on You" 
for a catchline. His solo is "Second 
Hand Mose," a paraphrase on Fan- 
nie Brice's "rose" song. The girl 
comes back in cute tights regalia as 
the king's page for some more cross- 
fire with Renard, finishing with a 
neat specially written double num- 
ber. 

The act is a top-notch frame-up 
for the better thrice daily. Abel. 



DE VO~ and HOSFORD 
Comedy Songs, Talk, Dances, Piano 
19 Mint.; One 
Roy: l 

Two man song and piano duo. 
The pianist who also vocalizes Is 
a heavy weight billed a.: late pianist 
of Annette Kellerman. The other, 
De Voe, is programmed as late com- 
edian with Fritzi Schcff. Miss 
Scheff's last appearance in vaude- 
ville was unaccompr nied if memory 
serves. 

The pair are fair vocalists and 
have assembled a sure fire assort- 
ment of hokum and crossfire that 
lands solidly. A double song serves 
to start followed by a jazz dance by 
De Voe with Hosford at piano. He 
proves a good stepper with "slides to 
split" and other popular stepping in 
the routine. 

Another popular song by De Voe 
anent his yen for the girl is followed 
by some bright crossfire th: sounds 
new. A double parody on a popular 
song with a patter chorus harr.-on- 
ized next, followed by De Voe solo- 
ing a number that is beyond his 
vocal capabilities and should be 
supplanted. A jazz dance follows, 
well executed. 

Hosford solos a ballad at the piano 
while De Voe changes to green 
dcroletto gown for a "dame" f bit 
with a wig. He and Hosford have 
a crossfire love making "vamp* bit 
reminiscent of Rockwell and Fox. 
It got over strongly. 

"The Vamp," sung and danced 
with Egyptian travesty by De Voe, 
let them away strongly. It's a good 
comedy vehicle barring the one jarr- 
ing moment. The pair have selected 
a routine within their scope and 
should prove a strong addition to 
the two- man and piano entries. Can 
hold an early spot on the biggest 
kills. Con. 



FLYING HENRYS. 

Aerial. 

4 Mins.; Full (Special). 

Broadway. 

Very much along a circus routine, 
and reminding of the "big top," 
though condensed into four mir.utes, 
this mixed couplo literally fly 
through their trapeze offering, 
which keeps the orchestra just as 
busy as themselves playing pronto. 
The action is well mapped out, al- 
lowing for nary a let down, wit! 
various parts of the balancing and 
hanging drawing applause from the 
audience. 

Surrounded by a set. of black 
drapings, with an opening in the 
center for the equipment, the pair 
go at it dressed in pure white to an 
appreciable effect. 

For speed this act comes very 
close if not topping anything of it.s 
kind and for that same reason 
should be able to step in on either 
end of a bill with it being evident, 
if holding the final spot, they'll be 
on and off before any of those who 
generally walk on the elosing act 
are out of the theatre. The hit and 
run method, though opening the 
show, drew a solid return at tho 
finish. Hkig. 



"HER COLOR SCHEME'' (5) 

Comedy Sketch 

22 Mins.; Full Stage 

6th Ave. 

An identity mixup fornix the main 
thread of the sketch which carries 
two women and three men. It deals 
with a young woman divorced from 
her husband desiring to secure a 
second matrimonial partner due to 
an impending visit from her 
mother, with the suitors named 
Black and Gray, and her married 
namo having been White. The 
mother arrives earlier than ex- 
pected. That leads to a tangle be- 
tween the two aspirants, along with 
tho soused former husband who 
hangs around the household due to 
a well stocked cellar. The finish is 
tho remarrying of the couple and 
the mother taking one of the men 
for herself. 

The playlet shapes up as a fair 
enough comedy interlude for the 
smaller houses with the company 
adequate to the occasion, which is 
nothing exceptional. In the No. S 
spot the farce gathered fair amuse- 
ment returns and closed accordingly, 
though a stronger finish could be 
substituted to advantage. Sklg. 



LEONARD 
Colored Dancer 
16 Mins.; One 
Columbia (Jan. 22) 

Leonard makes a neat appearance 
in grey tuxedo and derby hat. He 
is a clean cut colored chap with an 
act framed similar to Dotson, the 
colored stepper. 

Leonard opens with a jazz song 
and a bit of "cakie," stepping, fol- 
lowed a combination Jazz eccentric 
"hoch" and slide exhibition, followed 
by a corking triplo time buck dance 
with real "winging." 

A fast eccentric and acrobatic bit 
for the finale. Leonard gags a bit 
between dances, but didn't get much 
with the talk at this house. Tho 
dancing is so strenuous he has 
dlaphrammatical- difficulties that 
crob the monolog. 

As a dancer Leonard is w'ay up 
among the nifty steppers. He will 
entertain them in the deuce spots 
on the best of the big-time bills. He 
stopped the show toeing it here. 

Con. 



SHEILA TERRY CO. (3) 

Songs and Dancing 

23 Mine.; Full (Special) 

Colonial 

Titled "May and December'' ana 
programmed as a romance in seven 
scenes Sheila Terry has . new skit 
by Harlan Thompson Harry 

Archer did the music an<\, Seymour 
Felix the dances. The "romance" 
tells of a girl on her wedding day 
viewing different gowns in her 
wardrobe and recalling incidents 
that happened while wearing them 
with the scenes switching back to 
the action involved, meanwhile car- 
rying along the theme of the girl 
being forced into marriage with an 
old man because of a request in her 
father's will until the sweetheart 
makes a final plea which proves the 
elderly fiance her father's lawyer 
who has been instructed to see that 
she marries the man she loves. 

The set is split into ihree parts 
that has Miss Terry, assisted by a 
maid, changing her costumes in tho 
middle sector while the side open- 
ings are used for a telephone bit 
along with tho entrance and exit 
for the various numbers. It makes 
an attractive stage picture enhanced 
by the clothes Miss Terry is wear- 
ing, while, incidentally, she flashes 
forth as sweet a personality and 
appearance as has been seen In tho 
twice daily houses for a consider- 
able periojl. 

Paul O'Nell and William Ooodall 
are cast as the lover and disguised 
lawyer, with bcth takir.g part in 
the numbers as well as being al- 
lotted solo bits and lines. Both 
work in nicely with the routine of- 
fering capable support t- tho girl, 
whose main unaccompanied number 
is a toe dancing effort that regis- 
tered for marked approval. 

Summed up, K*i a light and breezy 
playlet not void of crmedy that 
lends itself admirably to the per- 
sons involved in its presentation. 
The setting and dressing of the act 
will gain instant recognition, while 
the work of the trio is up to tho 
mark that should carry on to con- 
sistent routing. A little smoothing 
out, the act net being more than 
three weeks old, here and there, 
with a slicing of the running time 
to 20 minutes, should help to round 
out a turn that can't be classed as 
anything but "standard." Bkig. 



RUSSIAN REVUE (6) 
Dance 

15 Mins.; Full 
58th St. 

Three men and three women in 
this dancing act, one of th© men 
acting as special orchestra leader. 
The five on the stage run through 
a varied routine of Spanish and 
Russian stepping, a short fellow 
showing a collection of "hock" steps 
that outdistance tho others. He is 
a whirlwind dancer and stands out. 
A mixed team did nicely with a tam- 
bourine dance, and ...e rest pre- 
sented colorful pictures in their solo 
and ensemble work. 

They should get plenty of work 
either closing a three-a-day show 
or in a spot. They were No. G at 
this house. Abrl. 



FRANKIE HEATH 
Special 8ongs 
20 Mine.; One 
Hamilton 

Miss Heath was in "The Passing 
Show of 1919," and is making her 
first vaudeville appearance in three 
years. Her present cycle of songs 
is credited to Blair Treynor and 
Eben S. Litchfield. The latter is 
also her pianist. 

Opening with "Types," Miss Heath 
looked charming in a green evening 
dress. The song has a dramatic 
twist and allows for some real dra- 
matics which tho girl handled flaw- 
lessly. As a gold digger who 
wheedles $5,000 out of a middle-aged 
chump for the ostensible purchase 
of a mink coat, she shows a quick 
transition by a dramatic bit at the 
phone, when she calls the hospital 
that shelters her little girl, to no- 
tify them to go ahead with the ex- 
pensive operation as she' has secured 
the money and is told that the child 
has died. 

"I Love to Sit and Think About 
Myself," followed by "Leaving ::. 
Home in tho South Sea Isles," then 
a slang classic sung at the pianist, 
"Where Is Your Gratitude?" and an 
encore number, "Atta Boy." 

Miss Heath has a radiant person- 
ality and the best material heard in 
seasons. She is la a class by her- 
self as regards single woman, and 
should be an object lesson to all 
singers of popular and donc-to- 
death songs. 

She stopped the show in the next 
to closing position on a ten -act bill, 
and will duplicate In that spot any- 
where. She is a find. Con. 



HERAS and WILLES 

Acrobats 

9 Mins ; Full Stage 

23rd St. 

Two male comedy acrobats open- 
ing with string instruments In "one" 
for some brief strumming, following 
which they go to full stage for tho 
acrobatics, a large portion of Which 
is along burlesque lines topped off 
with some straight feats. 

The men are dressed as sidewalk 
entertainers With the speeial eyelo- 
rama employed representing tho 
court yard of an apartment house. 
It is a good idea for a turn of this 
nature. The burlesque work Ikis 
value with the straight acTObatlCi 
capably handled. 

An opening turn for any house. 

Jhnt. 



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CHARLES PURCELL and Co (11) 

J? Mint. J Full Stsge 
(Special Hangings) 

^Charles Purcell has been In vaude- 
ville before, but his present offering, 
I production affair with nicely 
!h«5e4 silken hangings, is his first 
rtSly sincere try at the twice daily, 
nd from the impression conveyed 
Monday evening he will fee in vaude- 
fJnJefor quite some time to come, 
prior to this season most of his 
professional appearances have been 
Jrith musical shows. One thing 
about the latter so fur as Purcell is 
concerned, is that he could not select 
his numbers and therefore not all 
were to his liking. For the vaude- 
ville act, every song fits and he 
ianded with all. 

That doesn't mean that the rur- 
cell offering is given over to song 
alone nor song of the high brow 
class. There is a balanced mixture 
of dancing and jazz, which, as a 
whole, works out excellently. 

PurceH was on at the opening in 
frilled shirt and cufTs, to Ling 
"Sweethe art" from "Alaytimo." the 
attraction which gave him his big- 
gest succ- as in the legitimate field. 
Accompany 'ng was Leroy Smith's 
colored Jasa orchestra. Purcell 
went, aim < st immediately into •no.se 
of the World.* a ballad rtlcely fitting 
him, the number being given atmos- 
phere by Martha Shelby, with whom 
he waltzed. 

Following a band number Hubert 
Kinney (Kinney and Corinne), fea- 
tured in the hilling, appeared in 
black tights and mask, holding a 
jeweled dagger and performing a 
striking dance number. Miss 
Shelby joined them, doing fine 
work on her toes. If this pair are to 
team, they will bear watching, for 
both are away from the ordinary. 
Both may have worked In the last 
Raymond Hitehcock show. 

Purcell with a special lyric, "I 
Never Talk About Myself," gained 
smiles, that preparing for a bit 
later announced as "Gratitude." It 
was a lyric with a comedy finale 
fine and went for a laugh. His 
rendition of numbers sung In suc- 
cesses he appeared in were from 
"The Chocolate Soldier," "The Magic 
Melody," "May time" and one or two 
others. But the winning vocal ef- 
fort cam 9 with a new mammy song, 
one in which he worked in some 
strains of 'The Swanee River," 
reaching nhe heights and crashing 
over for a solid hand. 

Both Miss Shelby and Kinney fol- 
lowed with singles, the lithe girl on 
her toes in a ballet number, the 
boy running to a show of high kick- 
ing. The pair were dancing Jazz 
together when Purcell appeared for 
the finale. He stopped the players 
and Warted singing something 
operatic. Suddenly the colored 
musicians went Into Jazz and Jazz 
had it, Purcell dancing with the 
others for a bright curtain. If for 
that alone the special orchestra was 
worth while. The house was com- 
pletely won by the Purcell turn. 

lbce. 



SIDNEY JARVI3 (1). 

Songe and Talk. 
1 5 Mine.; One. 
23rd SL. 

Sidney Jnrvis has been off of the 
boards for several seasons. He was 
well known as a vaudevillian. also 
Wearing in several legitimate at- 
tractions. He returns to the two- 
a-day, with the aid of a pianist ac- 
companist, with songs nnd talk. In 

J way resembling the Skit idea of 
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HACKETT and DELMAR Co (6) 

"The Dance Shop*' 

27 Mina.; Full Stage (Special) 

Palace 

Jeanette Hackett and Harry Del- 
mar teamed several seasons ago, 
appearing in a act which had been 
presented by William Seabtiry. The 
present offering is an elaboration of 
that idea, but is actually, new 
throughout, the turn being staged 
by Delmar. Four elevated choristers 
are introduced in one following an 
opening lyric by the principles, the 
act going into full stage, with the 
routine from there on entirely 
changed. 

The first of the girls introduced 
displayed surprisingly plump legs 
for a dancer, yet into full stage 
where the quartet tripped little 
specialties, that tame Miss drew 
down the applause edge and earned 
it. Weeks and Marwick, a sister 
dance team, got into the going early. 
They had a If'rio which few could 
hear, but the girls' forte is step- 
ping and there they deliver, giving 
a pretty exhibition of synchronized 
dancing. In addition their work has 
the novelty or originality. 

Mr. Delmar, as a French officer, 
had a sons, with Miss Hackett en- 
tering for the second verse, looking 
quite Frenehy in feathers and net 
tights. Delmar singled with a fast 
dance number. Ilia appearance as 
the olHcer would be more complete 
with care as to polish of shoes and 
Sam Browne belt. 

All six girl aids next entranced 
from back stage, where steps 
mounted to a tableaux curtain. Bare 
legs were featured but the exotic 
costumes, each of varied design, 
furnished a flash and supplied the 
setting for Miss Hackett's big sin- 
gle number, an Egyptian dance. It 
was especially effective. 

Again Delmar singled, his song 
amounting to little, and that apply- 
ing to his other vocal tries. But the 
dance specialty here was excep- 
tional, the routine being both eccen- 
trie and acrobatic. A bridal number 
was used for the close, Delmar doing 
daring stunts in a dancing way. He 
accomplished a series of splits, 
making a leap from one split to 
another and down the steps, afford- 
ing a strong curtain. 

The Hackett and Delmar turn can 
be relied on for an important spot in 
the big bills. Ibcc. 



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presentations, 
perhaps isn't a stronger 
more resonant baritone on the 
American stage. Mr. Jarvis' heroic 
stature adds to the impression of 
v ocai pitver. He opened with an 
Jrish mini:,, r. which sounded new. 
Jt was i;; t of Tlpperary. Mary, on 
"la Broad way*** the number pos- 
*"**"£ a ,), mic KVvin .. chatter 
followed, he announcing himself as 
eaadldatc for the presidency In 1924 
°n the tuff rage ticket. He promised 
to make ostrich plumes flve cc.'s a 
o^zen, j, .; maximum on the price 
° r »dii a' h as, and even pass a law 
termltting ladies to exchange hus- 
Oanda with their neighbors and. if 

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\ Mandalay H made n splendid 
contribution next, nnd that was fol- 
Bervics's "i<poii of the 
a poem Mr. Jarvis an- 
• his Javot it ri "at ion 
reason*. He did well with 
< ticorlng with a number 
d v is written for him by 
, George m. Cohan and similar to a 
*°ng he once handled ii a Cohan 
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"YOUNG AMERICA" (4) 

Comedy Drama 

20 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set) 

Fordham 

A condensed version of the play 
at the Astor, New York, a few sea- 
sons ago. The act features Denny 
Sweeney, who created the barefoot 
ragamuffin role in the legit version. 

The act la talky treatment of the 
methods used by humanitarian 
judges in dealing with and disposing 
of cases of juvenile delinquency. 
The story tells of an orphan street 
urchin arrested for stealing chickens. 
A man and wife are the complain- 
ants. The wife intercedes for the 
boy but the husband insists on pun- 
ishment. The kid is a second of- 
fender. Sweeney, ns the chicken 
pincher's pal, pleads for his chum 
and testifies to' a fictitious experience 
with an account of their doings on 
the night in question that prove an 
alibi. This is shattered by a last 
minute twist, but the wife saves the 
kid from a year in a reformatory by 
offering to give him a home. The 
husband is finally won over when 
the kid pleads for his dog, hubby 
being a fancier of animals. 

A comedy finish with Sweeney 
getting boyishly familiar with the 
kindly old judge terminates the 
sketch. It will have an appeal for 
the younger patrons, but whether the 
grown tips will perceive much in it 
beyond Sweeney's excellent imper- 
sonation of the- Booth Tarklngton 
"Pernod"' type Of self -reliant young- 
ster, despite fin excellent east, just 
depends. Cotl, 



OE LYLE ALDA (6) 

Satirical Revue 

35 Mins.; Full Stage (Special) 

Hamilton 

The late prima donna of Ziegfeld's 
"Follies" is featured in this Rosalie 
Stewart production, with book and 
lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom and 
special music by Carey Morgan. 

Edward Tierney and James Don- 
nelly, the dancers late with Trances 
Pritchard, are also prominent, and 
four more people and a leader com- 
plete the cast. 

The book attempts a satirical 
revue of the season's Stage successes 
and adequately allows for three 
pretty scenic effects and the special- 
ties 6f Miss Alda, the dancing team 
and a clever tinprogiammed girlie 
deserving of billing. 

'The act is preceded by a picture 
sheet announcement of the cast and 
producers, followed by a drape in 
"one" where Tierney and' Donnelly 
double an introductory gong as the 
"hero" and the "waiter." The drapes 
part revealing a restaurant scene. 
The. hero ^ is a millionaire and is 
"vamped" by a bobbed haired 
brunette chicken, but' tails to re- 
spond. Miss Alda makes her en- 
trance as a ragged baie-!~>ged 
newsy to sing the song hit oi the 
piece, "Duy a Taper," a cute lyric 
With a haunting melody. 

The each youth falls 'heavily and 
decides to introduce her to his 
mother as the daughter of a pro- 
fessor friend of his. To full stage 
where we see Miss Alda brilliantly 
arrayed befaig sponsored by the so- 
ciety dame. The bobbed haired 
damsel and the male dancer do a 
specialty when all exit to allow the 
hero to make love to his lind 
Bobbed locks overhears them and 
discovering the girl's lowly origin 
calls in the assemblage and de- 
nounces her. She leaves only to re- 
turn in the next scene more lavishly 
gowned as Sally Cinder, star of the 
season's hit who has been invited by 
the woman who turned her out. The 
action allows for the inebriated 
dance and the travesty Egyptian 
double of Tierney and Donnelly and 
the sweet contralto of Miss Alda. 
She has several solos that are tune- 
ful and worth while, and an oppor- 
tunity to display her physical 
charms, which are abundant. 

The act follows stereotyped lines 
despite an evident effort to get away 
from the conventional revue for the 
very good reason that about every- 
thing that could be done to twist 
this type of entertainment has been 
attended to. ■ 

If Miss Alda can draw the turn 
should prove a success financially. 
Otherwise it seems the production 
will have tough sledding to get back 
the original outlay added to the 
present salary list. A leader is also 
carried. Miss Alda would have 
meant just as much In "one." 

Con. 






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CARL NIXON REVUE (5) 
16 Mins.; Full Stage 
American, Roof 

The minstrel idea is employed for 
this singing and dancing turn com- 
prised Of three girls and two men. 
The latter are in blackface and 
handle the better part of the chatter 
together with songs and dances. 
One of the men presumably Nixon 
does a wench impersonation which 

prt>vidrs the strongest comedy 
punch of the turn. The girlf Are 
used for specialties in which they 
display the necessary ability* for an 
act of this nature. As a flash turn 
that can be offered at a price the 
Nixon revue will do for the threc-fl- 
day. The special set which the • 
(Cjyrles w i* not used on the Roof 
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GEORGE JESSEL (2) 
Song3 end Talk 
23 Mins.; One 
5th Ave. 

Minus the girl revUS 
Jessei m breaking in a 

assisted by a girl that bids fair to 
keep him continuously busy though 
it's doubtful if his present vehicle 
is strong enough to regularly under- 
take the assignment of the next to 
closing position, which was bis 
allotment for the Gth Ave.'s last 
half show. 

Wearing a business suit, ac- 
companied by a cane. JessOl opens 
with that which practically amounts 
to a monologue, the remarks hold- 
ing a few gag! anil some ineidental 
sayings as to his production act 
having paaaed out. Follows a song 
with a phone interruption that per- 
mits of enough comedy material, as 
done by him. to gain applause at 
its AonciUslon, With the return to 
anothj.r attempt at the melody 
Which bads Into one more Inter- 
ruption by. the gjfl from out front. 
She eventually Rets on the stage to 
offer a short dance and then be- 
comes the subject for the remainder 
of the conversation, a song which 

can Ctand strengthening is used as 
a means of bowing out. 

Mr. Jessei presents a neat ap- 
pearance and is enough of a show- 
man to secure all possible advant- 
ages his material offers. With his 
easy manner of delivery, he -en- 
counters little difficulty in getting 
to the audience. What particular 
advantage the girl is, is doubtful, 
except possibly to open up the way 
for various remarks concerning the 
show business. They listen as being 
a' bit reminiscent of previous 
dialogue used by him. 

The turn, as framed, should con- 
nect for 'appreciation in any of the 
larger twice daily houses, f and 
especially will it register before a 
gathering familiar with Jessei. 
Mt agre pruning and slicing should 
see Jessei well able to begin travel- 
ing, the current presentation run- 
ning SO minute with the remain- 
ing three taken up by a medley of 
former songs, written by Jessei. as 
an encore. 8kig. 



POWELL QUINTETTE 

Musical 

Full Stage (Parlor) 

Loew'* State 

Two girls in evening gowned two 
straight men nnd a blackface/ come* 

dian in pierrot costume, make up 
this combination delivering an ex- 
hilarating routine Of jazz music on 
brass instruments — French horns, 
cornets, saxophones, trombones and 
alto horns in numerous combina- 
tion! — the comic gelling a lot of in- 
eidental noheenee 0UL Of his manip- 
ulation of the traps, braes drum and 
cymbals. 

This little band gets remarkably 
soft, but infectious, syncopation in 
all its combinations, a sort of White- 
man outfit on a brjnu scale and it 
delivered 100 per cent, plus at the 
hig Loew house, even when it was 
called upon to close a particularly 
long show. It was just Jl o'clock 
when they bowed off after doing an 
encore and taking a flcok of bends. 
That record fixed the status of the 
turn. The reception was genuinely 
earned by excellence of the real 
music, brightened up by Just the 
right touch of low comedy by the 
blackface worker, comedy that was 
merely incidental antics that »did 
not Interfere with the straight spe- 
cialty and were not overdone or 
forced. 

Right for an appropriate spot 
higher grade shows than the small 
time average. JtttsJl. 



SHUN TOCK and YEN VVAH 
Singing and Dancing 
12 Mins.; Ono 
Loews State 

Two men of dark complexion, who 

wear Chinese togs and have come 

oriental appearance, do what 
amounts to a Negro specialty, sing- 
ing "blues" flTimbers with a lilt and 
swing sufficiently authentic to mark 
them as colored men and executing 
a cakewalk finish with character- 
istic fervor by way of corroborating 
evidence. 

The names and gelup are Chinese 
and nothing appears to disclose 
their real origin. It doesn't mat- 
ter, although probably most of 
the audience were convinced that 
they were Celestials. They do very 
nicely with their singing and danc- 
ing, into which they put a world of 
speed and enthusiasm and it makes 
a satisfactory item on a small time 
bill. The gagging Is negligible. 
They do the familiar question fol- 
lowed by a long sputtering reply 
which turns out to mean "No." The 
rest of the dialog doesn't figure 
either. Brightly dressed and neatly 
handled, the turn Is a satisfactory 
small time novelty. Hush. 



EVA GRIPPEN 

Prima Donna 
11 Mins.; One 
Orpheum, New Orleans 

New Orleans, Jan. !)". 

Madame Grlppen has something 

of a reputation in operatic Held*. 

Several seasons ago she eras at the 
French opera bouse here. 

Tor her vaudeville debut she 
using two ariaS arid Tostl's H ffood- 
V.yo." Of the operatic Selections, 
that from "Madama Butt rfly" :*p- 
pcahd most. She disclosed little 
acquaintance with vaudeville and l« 

minus the tricks and showmanship 
essential to Implant her *o\ 
popular consumption. Samuel 



HALL, ERMINE and BR1CE 
Songs, Dances, Music 
16 Mine.; One and Full Stage (Spe- 
cial Set) 
Hamilton 

Ray Hall, Kdith Ermine and 
Louise Brief comprise this novelty 
three act. Hall was formerly of 
lialfrey. Hall and Iirown. 

The act opens in "one," with Hall 
doing a "dwarf" dance; then to full 
stage, where a special set wilh ef- 
fects showing lighted elevated train 
and the exterior of a theatre with 
the names of the acts on a moving 
electric sign. 

This serves aj a background for a 
ariSp of plot when the two girls meet 
and announce they are short one 
member for the act. This cues 
Hall's entrance in an alpaca suit 
to sing "Broadway Rluea" in the 
spot light a la Lop head. Hall gets 
an effect by planing a lighted match 
in his pocket and extracting it still 
lit and secreting a lighted cigarette 
In his mouth and puffing out smoke 
at the end of every line of the song. 
An acrobatic dance follows, well 
executed. 

In "one." one of the girls handles 
a violin solo. Full stage again with 
a Cyclorama drawing room effect, 
Miss Brice at the piano for a well 
rendered classical selection played 
with the left hand to some clever 
fingering. Hall enters on a unl- 
cyclc, dancing to violin 'and piano 
accompaniment. His manipulation 
of the solo wheel was good for 
applause. 

The trio have a real novelty well 
presented. The act represents con- 
siderable production, the costuming 
being neat and pretty and the sets 
in good taste. This coupled with 
their individual talents should in- 
sure it for anywhere. Con. 



OLIVER and OLP 

Comedy Sketch 

18 Mine.; Full Stage (Special Set) 

Hamilton 

Clarence Oliver and Georgie OIp 
have discarded "Paradise Closed," 
the rainy day playlet, and are o*ffer- 
ing a gem in "Wire Collect," by 
William Anthony McGulre. 

The sketch opens full stage, a spe- 
cial set showing the railroad station 
at Clinton, N. Y. The girl telegraph 
operator is phoning a girl friend 
anent the purchase of a near seal 
dbat for which she has saved $100. 
An offstage train effect announces 
the 6:15, followed by Oliver's en- 
trance in evening clothes, slightly 
inebriated. He has been ejected 
from the train. 

An acquaintance is struck up, und 
the girl helps him out by allowing 
him to wire hie father for $100 to 
get out of Clinton. They progre- i 
considerably while waiting the an- 
swer to the wire. 

It arrives, and Is "No," but the 
girl conceals this and slips him h-r 
own money. He leaves 'on the last 
train o-it, which will get him home 
in time to have Xmas dinner viu» 
the folks. A song, "Only Time \\ .1 
Tell," is worked into tho dialog, 
aided by a wall clock which denotes 
the passing of the hours bftfreen 
trains. Ae he exits she phones tint 
she Wont want the coat. 

A calendar on the wall demotes t' ts 
passing of several months which IS 
augmented by a scene switch c." v 
back drop revealing that it Is sum- 
mer and flowers ar^ blooming. 1'he 
young man steps back into the pic- 
ture confessing that he wants to 
take the girl back to his home, and 
expressing his thanks for h*v ; 
>of kindness when he was down and 
out. Tlu^y leave for the train to ( 
slow natural finish. 

The act is a gem and Ideally y^i' - 
ed to the personalities of the ;u. 
The lines fairly sparkle, and \ i 
it all have a simple and natural . - 

peal. The principals are to I <> •• 

gratulated, as is also the aul 
for bringing a new act to raud k 
that is fresh and breezy. II . I 
in by special drops, eyes and 
dancers, it stood out on this bill I - 



MARK HART and Co. (2) 
"Hie Daughter's Husband" 
(Comedy Sketch) 
14 Mine.; Full Stage 
American Roof 

Mark Hart has selected a time- 
worn idea for his present vehicle. 
Kxcept for a twist at tho finish is 
familiar to any number of comedy 
•ketches, It is based upon a young 
woman endeavoring to secure the 
consent of her father to marry. The 
61d gent considers the boy in ques- 
tion, a lightweight, and is opposed 
to the match. A business deal put 
over by the young man secures the 
consent. Tn this case the father 
frames the deal, which Is the only 
novel twist to th^ entire affair, II n: 
does well enough fVitli tho father 
i ■>.-• wiiii the !>'>> and «iri ( harm I 
acceptably handJ < : Only r a fair 
.-!>••!, -h for th<* i ote. Hart. 



the obelisk in Central Park. 



It 



should develop Into one of v ud< 
ville's standards. Cut. 



SHIELDS and KANE 
Sengs and Talk 
12 Mine.; One (Special Drop) 
Fifth Ave. 

Two young people, boy' and ; -.'»•!, 
who open as kids with the girl bar - 
legged. A ft or a single Sohg by i e 
girl about a "vampire," the boy %*- 
turns for a single dance. Then tlv / 
rejoin with the girl as the Chh 
of "East Is West" and the boy reap- 
pears as Frisco. 

There is some entertainment hers 
through "Frisco" attempting i ♦ 
teach the shimmie to the Chink ti. s 
leading up to rather a light eingij ; 
finale. 

The couple have some person ility 
and appear to have talent, a like? 
ablenesa about tho girl aids i> r 

quite nice (.Ihinese impei s.ji. 1 1 . .t. 
and th n boy may be a good dan 
notwithstanding' the Prises try 
rained that thoucht. They \ 
probably drift about f<»r a v\hi- j 
vaudeville and then find th-i is. :. 
It won't be in this a<\ but the ! t 
id"a .- houhl be c ii r • '■ alongi . 
the special drop. Akmc. 



n 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



Friday, January 27, 1921 



— - v. - *. 



NEWS OF THE DAILIES 



Charlie Chaplin had a credit bal- 
ance Of $100,000 \\;lh the stock 

brokerage firm of K. W, \Vagn< r & 
Co. when the concern waa foi 

i. to bankruptcy, D.e. 30. 



Flo Zicgf.id waj fined |25 by 
Magistrate, House In the Traffic 
Court on a charge of In Ing in his 
automobile while the chauffeur was 
traveling at the rate of 29 miles ]>. r 

hour. The chauffeur was fined a 
like amount. Magistrate House 
also sent r. w. Burnslde, Jr., pro- 
fessionally known as William B. 
Fredericks, toenail or 10 days on a 
charge of (ip 'din;/. Fredericks had 
failed to respond to a previous sum- 
mons, 



Warwick, Ina Claire, Edmund Lowe, 
Maclyn Arbuckle, Marie i>oro, John 

Steele, Ada Mac Weeks. Andn iW 

Tom best Harland Dixon, Marie Cal- 
lahan, Jane Wheat ley, J. Cooper 
Cllffe, Beatrice Leslie, Theresa 

Maxwell Conover, Walter Abell, 
Estelle Corcoa, Florence Eldridge, 
Dooley and Bales, Arnaut Brother*. 
"gpOrtj of the World." done by 
society frmininc member*, and 
hands from Port Jay and the Brook - 
Ij Q Navy Yard. 



STATE 



Mrs. Ka:herl..o S. White, alleged 
to be a vaudeville actress, filed suit 
for divorce in the Supreme Court at 
White Plains, N. Y., against her 
husband, G. C. White, who is a 
salesman and 63 years old. Mrs. 
White is 21,. and was married to her 
present husband in November, 1917. 



r< ggy Thayer, a m» mber of the 
younger society sei of Philadelphia, 
[has received an offer from Charles 
Dillingham -to appear in musical 
comedy. MPs Thayer has been 
noted for her achievement* in ama- 
teur theatricals, and is a daughter 
Of the late John B. Thayer who 
was lost in the 'Titanic" disaster. 



The New Jersey property left '.vy 
the late Knrleo Caruso includes his 
contract with the Victor Phono- 
graph Co., under which he or his 
personal representative was to re- 
ceive royalties amounting to 10 per 
cent, of the catalog price of all his 
records. The amount is estimated 
at $250,000 yearly. 



Charles Dillingham has bought 
the American rights for a new Lon- 
don detective play called "Old Jig." 



An inquiry Is under way In the 
Supreme Court of Brooklyn to de- 
termine the cause of the collapse of 
the American theatre on Bedford 
avenue, Nov. 29, when seven work- 
men were killed and 17 injured. 



Rochester is about to erect the 
largest school building in the world, 
which Includes provision for a stage 
that will be double the size of any 
other theatre in the city. The build- 
ing will cover almost four acres and 
have 211 rooms. The estimated cost 
is put at $4,000,000. 



A speed ordinance regulation was 
re-lntroduced before the new -Board 
of Aldermen by Peter J. McGuin- 
ness which would limit all trucks 
and taxicabs in Njw York to 15 
miles an hour. The ordinance pro- 
vides a timing device shall be car- 
ried by each vehicle, which would 
be subject to Inspection and scaling 
by the Police Department. 



The Players' Assembly, a co- 
operative organization of actors, has 
been incorporated in Albany with 
the following oMIeers: Helen Lowell, 
president; Clarke Silvernail, vice- 
president and art director; Frank 
Doane, secretary, and Brandon 
•Hurst, treasurer. John Brunton 
will be the technical director. The 
ultimate aim of the players Is to 
establish a permanent company in 
New York, with the first play sched- 
uled to go into rehearsal this week. 

Willard Mack was married to 
Mrs. Beatrice Stone by a justice of 
the peace at Los Angeles, Jan. 21. 
It is Mr. Mack's fourth marriage. 



C. B. Dillingham is getting ready 
a new musical show for presenta- 
tion next fall. The piece is to be 
called "The Bunch and Judy," and 
will have Jerome Kern and Anne 
Caldwell collaborating on the book 
and music. 



Frank Fay's "Fables" show, which 
Is scheduled to follow in "The Wild- 
cat" at the Park theatre, will carry 
a sextette of red-headed show girls, 
with the cast Including Olga Steck, 
Helen Groody, Georgiana Hewitt, 
Nina Olivette, Loui.i Cassavant, 
Eddie Carr, Bernard Granville and 
Herbert Corthell. Fay is rehearsing 
the company. 



Kdrauarf Gwenn, C. M. Hallard 
and Vane Fetherstone have arrived 
in Montreal from London to join 
Mario Lohr's company in "The 
Voice from the Minaret," opening 
at the Hudson, New York; Jan. 30. 



Charles H. Morrell, playing in an 
act called "The Littlest Girl" at the 
Follies, Brooklyn, was arrested on 
a charge of exhibiting a minor. The 
sketch carries Rita Fryer, nine 
years old, in its cast, which brought 
about the charge from an agent of 
the Brooklyn Children's Society. 
Besides Morrell, Harry Lefkowitz, 
manager of the house, was also ar- 
raigned in the Bridge Plaza Court 
on a similar charge, both being held 
in $500 bail. 



Dixie Dixon, said to have been a 
vaudeville actress, .died in the Har- 
lem Hospital, New Y'ork, . Sunday 
night. No definite diagnosis of the 
cause of her death was made, 
though she was taken to the hospital 
suffering from an alleged attack 
upon her made by the chauffeur of 
the taxi she was riding in. The at- 
tending physicians believed she had 
also taken an overdose of morphine. 
Martin Ryan, the driver, was held 
without bail. 



Karl Carroll's new theatre. New 
York, is scheduled to open Feb. 20 
with the initial attraction to be 
named later. 



Evelyn Nesbit has been forced to 
give up her tea room on 62d street, 
New York, because of unpaid rent. 
Miss Nesbit was declared by a reaj 
estate agent for Lee & J. J. Shu- 
bert, who own the building, to be 
two months behind in her rental 
dues, which amount to about $300 
monthly. The former dancer stated 
she would attempt to reopen the 
establishment if another location 
were available. 

Before the legislative committee 
on social welfare in Boston four 
policewomen testified the dancing 
in the hotels and cafes was "sug- 
gestive, vulgar and immoral," with 
the committee proposing that the 
bean town hotels and cafes be re- 
quired to obtain dance-hall licenses. 



The National Retail Dry Goods 
Association recently undertook an 
investigation into the phonograph 
departments of the larger stores to 
secure data on the matter with the 
Bureau of Research and Informa- 
tion issjing a report that in part 
'says: "Although there are more 
than 150 phonograph manufacturers 
[that have been producing machines 
I for the past four years, less than a 
(dozen are known to the laymen." 
One authority on the subject esti- 
mates that 1,500,000 machines and 
100,000,000 records will be sold in 
the next twelve months, with avail- 
able information showing that 
6,000,000 phonographs have already 
been sold in this country, and that 
if the estimate for the current year 
holds true, there will be a new ma- 
chine for every 72 inhabitants. The 
1910 census discloses that 2,226,000 
phonographs were produced in that 
year. 



Letraunik, known in 
a.s "Senator Murphy," 
for a decree of annul* 
his wife on the grounds 
widow at the time of 
their marriage, though she stated 
it was her initial matrimonial ven- 
ture. 



Samuel 
Vaudeville 
lias asked 
ment from 
r-he was a 



A small fire on 42"d street around 
10 o'clock one night last week was 
the cause of an Unusual piece of 
work by the fire department wh» n 
they were order* d to "tone down" 
because of the hear proximity of 
the theatres" and their Inhabitants. 
No bells, whistles or cutouts wen 
used, with the men work as quietly 
as possible as a precautionary 
measure against starring a panic 
amongst the theatre patron-. Act- 
ing Deputy Fire Chh f Janus Sher- 
lock was given credit for having 
"staged" the noiseless n -pond to 
the alarm. 



The Actors' Fund benefit, held at 
the Century in the afternoon of Jan. 
29, is reported to have realised $-0,- 
ciiO In receipts. The total amount 
Include* the souvenir program. 
Those who appeared were: Donald 
r ..m, r, ■: : C ■ \ 
Utwthome, It B. W nier, lloocrt 



Agitation arising from so-called 
objectionable shows produced on 
Broadway this season and which 
threatens legislative censorship of 
stage plays was the cause for a 
meeting of managers, actors and au- 
thors held at the Belasco theatre 
Tuesday afternoon. A plan for vol- 
untary censorship was proposed 
which calls for a contract between 
producer and manager to submit to 
the play in question being closed 
without notice if a jury decides that 
it violates any of the decencies. The 
jury would be chosen from a panel 
of j00 citizens, excluding those con- 
nected with the theatre or a reform 
movement, drawn by the Commis- 
sioner of Licenses when a sufficient 
number Of objections to a play have 
been filed. The sponsors Of the plan 
are the Drama League, the Drama- 
tists' Guild, the Producing Man- 
age :s* Association, the Actors' 
Equity Association and the Better 
Plays Association. Charles i>. Co- 
burn la credited* with having orig- 
Inated the proposed action. 



Tuesday afternoon "Bulldog 
Drummoml" was presented at the 
Knickerbocker for a professional 
matin* e. In the evening the per* 

formulae was given for the benefit 

bivji . .ft of i * ■ • I • L 



Another typical state bill, small 

time In all" its dimensions. The huge 
State was filled to its uttermost 
rows downstairs Monday evening, 
(live the credit to the temperature 
of 14 al ave, which doubtless drove 
many idlers into the newest and 
haftdsonv st theatre in Times square. 
They gave every evidence of enjoy- 
ing the ShOW from start to finish. 
The entertainment was well worth 
the modest price at the gate at that. 
It WOUld have been a bargain with- 
out the Six arts of vaudeville. 

The picture section alone was a 
good buy. It hid Tom Mix in the 
best western adventure film seen in 
a lone time; it had a capital Fox 
kno kabout comedy, the news week- 
ly with a lot Of interesting items, 
one Of "Tod's" absurd animated ear- 
toons and a laughable "Mutt and 
Jeff." If that Isn't worth anybody's 
four bits let's go back to the nickel- 
odeon. It was possible to sit in a 
comfortable chair from 7.30 to 11 on 
the dot without getting a repeat 

Three Martells, bicycle riders, 
opened the variety portion around 
0.30, Three men, two working 
straight, In a well-handled routine 
which has little extraordinary in it, 
while the third does indefinite com- 
edy in grotesque getup, part fat 
Dutch, part tramp. The best o - the 
straight work was a ride around the 
stage on a high mono-wheel by the 
two straight men in hand-to-hand 
balance. For the finish the forma- 
tion was head to head, which may 
be more difficult but is less spec- 
tacular. 

Shun Tock and Yen "Wah (New 
Acts), something of a novelty as 
coon shouting and cake walking 
specialists in Chinese costume, were 
brief and lively enough. Lehr and 
Bell, girl and boy singing and talk- 
ing pair, were on and away in less 
than a quarter of an hour. They 
laughed at the grotesque antics of 
the comedian, who is rough shod 
in his comedy method. He appears 
in "travesty dame" makeup, with 
lurid ballet costume of wild colors, 
and does a minute or two of bur- 
lesque on the interpretative dance. 
There was a good low-comedy laugh 
here, but the rest was Indifferent 
gaggirr^- and mugging on his part. 
The girl Is pretty, but a colorless 
singer of published songs. Her first 
dress is rather dingy, but the second 
one, a black jet affair, is sightly. 

Sam Liebert and Co. in "The Shat- 
tered Idol" took up a profitless "5 
minutes of talking sketch. The 
briefer and bolder a sketch is the 
better for the spacious State. Mr. 
Liebert 's playlet has tough going. 
The girl in the act appears to be 
new. She was unintelligible for* the 
most part, but enough of her lines 
carried to demonstrate that she is 
not gaited for playing ingenues at 
this stage of her career. The quiet 
finish of "The Shattered Idol" re- 
quires ease of playing and delicate 
handling. In the big State, of 
course, it was lost. 

Betty Bond used up nearly 20 
minutes and could have departed 
earlier, although they accorded her 
strict attention and a fair return, 
but It required careful nursing to 
make the applause stretch over for 
several returns. She has a first-rate 
delivery and a knack of handling 
comedy lyrics. The lyrical descrip- 
tion of the Woolworth store song- 
stress who finally landed in a mus- 
ical comedy chorus was her best. 
This bore marks of special design. 
The others were selected from the 
current catalog. As a single she 
made good next to closing. 

Powell Quintet (New Acts), three 
men and two girls, in jazz on the 
brasses, provided the specialty hit 
of the evening, holding them in at 
11 o'clock and rounding the even- 
ing off at its maximum of entertain- 
ment speed. Hush. 



o 



AMERICAN ROOF 

Good booking judgment was dis- 
played in the layout of the first-half 
bill at the American. It was a 
genuine vaudeville bill with no con- 
flictions and ran without a hitch 
from the start. It contained all of 
the elements which go to make up a 
real show. 

The Braminos, a two-man novelty 
musical turn, opened the show*. The 
team appeared In the same spot at 
this house ten years ago and follow 
practically the same routine. The 
returns started with this turn. 
Josephine Davis appeared No. 2. 

Frank Shields with some nicely 
arranged rope spinning displayed 
some feats with the lariat that place 
him well up in his line. The rope 
work on the ball . id laddi r are 
two of the outstanding features of 
the -turn and can be considered real 
assets. The real bang of the first 
half was landed by Alhe Morley 
nnd Irene Chesleigh in No. 4 spot 
These piiis have a turn framed 
largely along the lines of the for- 
mer Morley Sisters a< t at. 1 can look 

for the proper returns in the b* ' 
houses the three-a-day has to offer 
it is one, of the few two-girl com- 
binations , that contains rial Comedy 
value. In the comedy work Alice 
Morley display* ability. In Mis." 
Chesleigh she has n)\ easy working 
partner who firs hi Well with the 
foo1ery< Next to eh sing H the 
proper spot for these gins in pop 
bills and Ihey can be relied upon 
to get a Pig t;:ne hill Upd'T WjtJ I 
; jir t ,rn< il plan d No. 1! it) the bl I 

IgPr hOfJf"**, CsifJ Nix m Revue t.Ri I 

I A »ts| eios» d i lie first half. 

' !' •« «' I'ov i #.?•< Mil sfter 

■ • i a 



musical routine practically the same 
as that offered by Ector and Dena, 
Miss Powell is a contralto with a 
good idea of syncopation who can 
deliver with straight singing. Her 
singing and the instrumental work 
by her partner top the turn off In 
good style. Mark Hart and Co. 
(New Acts) followed, digging up a 
few laughs with a vehicle that is 
based upon an old idea. 

Fox and Britt, the customary two- 
man next to closing act, had little 
difficulty in that position. The 
comedy chatter gathered in the 
laughs, with the vocal work secur- 
ing the desired results. James and 
Besiie Aiken, a standard closing 
turn, provided the proper finishing 
touches Hart. 



BROADWAY 

A seven-act running order, topped 
by the Barthelmess "Tol'able David" 
picture, got under way at 8.45 
and closed up at ten thirty. The 
continued cold snap didn't seem to 
effect the Broadway's usual attend- 
ance either one way or the other, 
though the nip in the temperature 
had 'em dropping in until fairly 
close to ten o'clock. 

Hot or cold, the house showed *a 
distinct friendliness towards the 
performance, and augmented by a 
couple of boisterous laughs located 
In different sections of the theatre 
it kept the majority in good humor 
throughout the evening. Particular 
advantage was taken of the dis- 
played mellowness on the part of the 
patrons by Frank Gaby and Joe 
Laurie, on second and fourth, re- 
spectively, with both boys sailing 
along easily to solid responses at 
the finish. Gaby, with his imper- 
sonation of Ed Wyhn, tore things 
up early in his routine to a total 
that demanded more but displayed 
a marked inclination to dodge the 
issue of returning until actually 
forced into It. Laurie walked on, 
13 minutes later, ad libing his way 
along with considerable success 
that Improved upon his bringing 
forth of the old folks, who are as 
fine a looking elderly couple as one 
could wish to see. .It's a nice piece 
of- sentiment, tapered with Laurie's 
kidding and the way ho does it, 
staying away from intruding on the 
moral respect due, that is bound to 
connect and registers as a corking 
piece of business. 

Between Gaby and Laurie came 
the Dawson Sisters, adhering closely 
to their former routine outside of 
having substituted a girl at the piano 
for the boy who was formerly car- 
ried. The pianist is covering up 
the waits between numbers, by 
vocalizing and a selection upon a 
saxophone, which brought approval. 
The sisters offer an average step- 
ping routine, while costuming them- 
sleves attractively which, with the 
special setting, makes for a sufficient 
"sight" act to be an asset on the 
smaller house bills. 

The Flying Henrys (New Acts) 
opened, with Kitty Francis and her 
revue holding the No. 5 position. 
The production tab took its quota 
of appreciation mainly through the 
comedy efforts of Miss Francis clos- 
ing out to appreciable returns. Moore 
and Jayne followed, breezing through 
with the responsibility of the next 
to shut position in no uncertain 
manner. Moore's clowning along 
with a tendency to get away from 
the text pleased the assemblage out 
front, while Miss Jayne handled her 
solo melody well enough to repeat 
for an earned encore. -Familiarity 
with the routine and the addition of 
a couple of new songs has aided the 
pair to the point where they ease 
through their schedule without un- 
due effort to marked appreciation, 
and with the girl's appearance 
should continue to find little opposi- 
tion in gaining enough prominence 
to permit of the act fitting In nicely, 
no matter in what company placed. 
Moore took exception to the taxa- 
tions the orchestra was lending to 
the score, especially the eornctist, 
but it's not a bad idea to allow the 
boys in the pit, when capable, to 
step on it. as a good orchestration is 
never detrimental, and the Broad- 
way band did well enough with their 
improvising of the ''pop" selections 
— though it's horrible to think what 
some of the musical combinations 
In the vaudeville h < .. > could do 
to an act supplying tin exaggerated 
accompaniment' 

The El Key Sisters concluded. 



value developed in connection wttu 
her slight build. The comedy %L 
turns were forthcoming for this a* 
from curtain to curtain, with "Henri 
and Lizzie" (New Acts) No. 4 keen- 
ing up the laughs. v 
A dash of the big time was of- 
fered by Ford and Cunningham 
next to closing. The couple hare 
class and hat* little difficulty with 
the pop audience. A hokum comedy 
turn is the customary next to closer 
here, with Ford and Cunningham a 
pleasing relief from that style. 
Steed's Septet comprised of a jaza 
band. Anne Mae Bell and Ralph 
Hertlalfl closed the show, it is a 
corking Jazz combination, with the 
musical work above the average for 
turns of this order. The dancing 
tops it off in an effective manner. 

Hart. 



23RD ST. 



Business was off to a marked de- 
gree Monday evening, with the sud- 
den eohl snap perhaps to blame. 
The six-day vaudeville section con- 
tained a name here and there of big- 
tun*' caliber, With the picture di- 
vision bolstered by a two-reel com- 
edy in addition to the customary 
feature, the latter, however, of less 
prominence than the general run of 
ph t ur«*x at this house. 

Herat and Wlllcs < New Acts) 
Opened the vaudeville section fol- 
lowing the customary news red, 
Willi I eon Vai vara No. 2. The lat- 
ter has been playing some of the 
larger houses and appeared annoyed 
down here. His act was carried on 
In a kidding manner, unbecoming 

and Which detracted. His ability as 
a pianist Is pronounced, and the 
23d Ktreet audience sppreclated it, 
regardless of h|«« jarring manner. 
No. '1 In d lie I.e. i and Orma, a 

man and woman comedy team, Who 

got along fi'eeP, (it ;ill stages. Tilt, 

woman, an thmfcated person, is tP" 



ROYAL 

Tuesday night the Royal sold out 
at 8 p. m. It is expected that the 
present week will break the attend- 
ance records for the house. The 
draw isn't credited to any one act, 
but a bill that contains such Bronx 
favorites as Gallagher and Sheah 
and Ruth Roye cannot fail to pack 
them In. 

Gallagher and Shean closed the 
first half and sang their usual allot* . 
ment of 15 or more verses of ''Mr. 
Gallagher." They finally begged off 
to double down to the Palace. This 
topical song which has caught the 
popular fanoy has made this pair 
the — ost talked of act in vaude* 
vllle. Three-quarters of the house 
were singing it as they exited after 
intermission. Bryan Foy wrote it, 
but, according to the rumor, made 
them a present of the ditty. Now 
it is on the records and also pub- 
lished by a local publisher, which 
should teach Bryan to be very care- 
ful. 

The other laughing wow of the 
first half was Billle Burke's "Tango 
Shoes," a sure-fire piece of hokum. 
The act is one of those peculiar 
"naturals" that nit the funny bone 
of any gathering on account of the 
"types'' employed. The cast is rich 
and shouldn't represent much of a 
salary outlay, which makes it a val* 
uable piece of vaudeville property. 
It has been killing them in all Kinds 
of houses for the past six years. The 
turn was canceled Its opening week 
at Bayonne. 

Mabel Burke, assisted by Helen 
Rush was third. Miss Rush is a 
strong accomplice, having an excel* 
lent contralto voico and being a 
good pianist. Miss Burke was one 
time house soloist at Proctor's Fifth 
Avenue. She is spoiling her present 
offering with an unnecessary plug 
for a popular song via a picture 
slide and a plugger In a box. Miss 
Burke holds on sheer ability and 
personality and doesn't need artifi- 
cial stimulants. 

D. D. H.? clutched the customers 
with his clever, witty line of talk in 
the fourth spot, softening it up for 
Gallagher and Shean's entrance. The 
Initialed monologist is about ripe 
for a production, having a real nov- 
elty and a unique delivery. He is a 
glib talker on any subject and has 
a talking routine worked out that 
embraces a sure-fire appeal to any 
class of auditors. At this house hej 
convulsed them time and time again, 
and had to alibi off with speech. 

Opening after intermission, Frank 
De Voe and Harry Hosford (New 
Acts) were in a soft spot. The pair 
registered with comedy songs and 
hokum and probably held the spot 
on account of the doubling of D. D. 
H.? and Gallagher and Shean. IX 
D. H.? doubled the Royal and Colo- 
nial. 

Florence Nash and an excellent 
cast were next in Edgar Allan 
Wbolf's "A Breath of Fresh Air." 
Miss Nash was splendid as the 
worldly wise city lass who marries 
a prize fighter and returns to the 
old country homestead to discover 
her kid sister addicted to cigarettes 
and love affairs with city slickers 
and the kid brother a bootlegger and 
a lover of the hooch. She irons out 
the family tangles, shows up the 
kid's lover for the villain lie is and 
saves her '.rother from jail. Miss 
Nash handles slang in her own In- 
imitable style. It's a fr^sh. whole- 
some little playlet for vaudeville 
and should keep Miss Nash active 
v.til her next legitimate role is 
ready. 

Ruth Roye entered to a reception 
which proved her a "fave" here and 
rolled up her usual total. A new 
dress was the only new thing in the 
act. The popular songs which were 
fresh several weeks ago are becom- 
ing frayed with usage which hasn't 
been augmented by (epeat engage- 
ments ground Greater New York. 

Adelaide Herrmann in her inter- 
esting magical offering luld np ino6t 
o. the walk out. The flash of the 
turn is the 'Noahs Ark,' 1 f»*<> n ) 
which is produced an assortment 
of live stock and a woman. 

El Clove, a fair xylophoni-t but an 
excellent showman, op» ned and took 
an uncalled fog-encore after ponaja* 
arable stalling for bows. t.©*> 



vsck J. McNevin has been ap- 
pointed manager of the Bor© r ar ' c 
theatre, Brooklyn. 



Dudley Wilkerson, 
who was forced out 
Bayes act three w • el 
44th st. theatre, n« -w 
a heart attack, hae 



j.^ntet, 

of 'the Nora 

h .!--• at tne 

v ,. , due to 

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turn. Harry 
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Fri day, January 87, 1922 



NEW SHOWS THIS WEEK 



23 



PALACE 

* was like a holiday around the 
JLce Monday night. Guard* were 
1 Jouncing no seats were available 
ZL«t boxes a few minutes past 
*££♦ Every niche In the house 
S occupied, and th > rtandee line 
••1^ dense as the law allows. 
m *• JJ " a ten-act bill on tap. 



eight o'clock starter, perhaps open- 
ing ahead of that hour, with the 
crowd pouring in out of the cold. 
It was a bit too much to expect the 
girlish Lura and the exceptionally 
clever Billy Dreyer to hold the house 
at 11.10. Half of the lower floor 
started walking when Gallagher and 
Shean escaped. Yet the dancers held 
a good percentage in all, and their 
work won its reward. ibco. 



3*S only had length but power— 
l \ "Slmes and sure-fire comedy in- 
*K5eT-and it ran in holiday 
Srft the house being generous i al- 
"S to a fault. There were three 
"Shictlon acts in the going, as 
^v comedy successes, and there 
!£S\wo male singing stars. Times 
VHn being lessened by one vaude- 
^X house (41th Street) may have 
Iffsdtothe Palace draw, but it is 
S» likely the weight of the show 
SS5 accounted for the crush. 

Ed Gallagher and Al Shean. away 
A«*n next to closing, tore through 
forthe smash of the evening. When 
K card bearing the name of the 
Survivors of the "Mister" song was 
gSJi there was a big hand. For 
fh« present repeat the comedians 
«*r* loaded with new choruses that 
££ at the close. These lines 
touched on the topics of the day. 
with every one good for a laugh. 
The team encored wiih these spe- 
cial chorusey a doxen times, or near- 
ly that. Betwoen the exit and 
Mitrauces the orchestra romped 
lion* with a different melody, that 
in itself a comic touch. "Mr. Gal- 
laiher and Mr. Sh«an" is doubtless 
the most cU-veiiy developed vaude- 
ville souk of the times. It's a twin 
six perfectly geared, and Its exploit- 
ers keep it in racing form by the 
expedient of fresh material. 

Directlv ahead was Charles Par- 
cel! (Xew Acts), who has caught the 
vaudeville idea at last, and the spirit 
with which he performed well 
earned the bell -ringing succe.s 

acored. _, _ ., 

In the early section Vernon Stilcn, 
with Tom Hughes as the accom- 
panist, was the first of the two tenor 
turns. Mr. Stiles found plenty of 
favor. One of his numbers sounded 
a hit risque, its lyric getting more 
dangerous as he proceeded. It is 
called "I Kissed Her." and there was 
tittering throughout the house, the 
number being quite a surprise. But 
the final lines squared everything, 
because the object of the kisses was 
his six-months' baby strl. 

Majestically Valeska Suratt made 
her entrance closing intermission 
(six acts in the first portion) for the 
first Palace showing of Jack Lalt's 
"The White Way." It's a playlet 
made to order for her, just like the 
other playlet delivered to her by the 
same author. Miss Suratt is so 
melodramatic she makes the "White 
Way" all that way. Put the moral 
of the turn perhaps tickles her as 
much as anything. That is, after 
her Pittsburgh appearance. Six 
policewomen of the smoky burg 
wrote a letter to the captain of de- 
tectives giving a report on the turn 
and highly recommending it for its 
moral teaching. A reproduction of 
the letter was made into a throw- 
away and used at the Riverside last 
week 

"The White Way" Isn't all drama. 
There are half a dozen laughs, per- 
haps the best when Miss Suratt says 
"I was 17 — and not so many years 
•go.* Mr. Roselle, chief in support, 
was permitted to express merri- 
ment at that, which 'helped the 
bouse laugh, too. It's a cinch that 
the script did not call for the two 
expensive wraps laying about the 
apartment, but discovery and use 
of them is the player's perogatlve. 
Besides the fur affair is good to look 
upon. "The White Way" ran over 
30 minutes. It should have occupied 
about five minutes less. But as 
Miss Suratt has hitched her star to 
Bthel Barrymore there can be no 
snapping up. The stage is dressed 
With a richness that is typical of 
Miss Suratt. Hand painted linen 
colored baby blue gives the interior 
a class appearance, with exquisite 
Wet lace and a hung tapestry pro- 
viding other costly touches. And 
tbe house liked "The White Way" 
without question. 

Glenn and Jenkins made No. 4 a 
comedy wow. At the opening it 
Jooked like the colored boys had left 
the routine untouched. Certainly 
they have retained the best of the 
cross-fire, for it was a succession of 
kughs. Half way through the 
musical section In revised form sup- 
plied an evenness of pace that was 
lacking before, despite their ability 
to land last season. A banjo solo 
was inserted. It was played by a 
[bird member, but that was not no- 
ticed until Glenn and Jenkins ap- 
peared from the opposite wings. 

he new "boy" was out for the 



name cards, which brought Ha"ry| They clicked on all cylinders. The 
Jolson with a song recital, assisted Quixy Four held down tho "ace" 



WINTER GARDEN 

The banner unit of the Shubert 
vaudeville circuit is at the Winter 
Garden, New York, this week. It is 
the Jean Bedini "Chuckles of 1921." 
It may be called the "Chuckles of 
1922," for the laughs are there this 
year as last. 

To the studious — and this takes in 
the Shuberts as well as their booa- 
ing office — "Chuckles'' as a box-office 
power should make tliem think. It 
is in line with the Hussey show and 
the "Whirl of New York," but with 
a difference. The . "Chuckles" was 
made up by Bedini with its own acts. 
Some time the Shuberts inserted 
extra attractions as this week at the 
Garden, where there are three ex- 
tra acts. "The Whirl, 1 * extracted by 
the Shuberts out of that legit at- 
traction, has more real vaudeville 
acts than the Bedini show, but it's 
a question if it has a better revue 
or burlesque portion. 

Tho "Chu:kles" end now runs 80 
minutes instead of 150, an in bur- 
lesque. It makes tho show faster 
and funnier. "Chuckles" is the sec- 
ond Bedini prize-winner for the 
Columbia theatre, New York, sum- 
mer season. The Bedini manage- 
ment wanted to send its show on 
the road to make money. The Co- 
lumbia people objected, throwing 
Bedini and his show ofi' the wheel. 
That wus tho Columbia's short- 
sightedness and misfortune. The 
Shuberts got Bedini on a 60-10 per- 
centage of the gro:s. And that 
made the Shuberts think. What it 
may lead to must have the Colum- 
bia hunch also thinking, for it's in 
the air. 

There's no better vaudeville com- 
bination policy at $1 top thaii this 
burlesque and variety show? It's 
just a matter of balancing the 
vaudeville with the afterpiece. In 
the Bedini show the afterpiece i~ far 
ahead of the vaudeville. Still, Bedini 
can afford to come into the Garden 
on a guarantee of $4,500 (waiving 
his percentage for this week) and 
knowing he is to make a profit. 

"Chuckles" has the same princi- 
pals, with a chorus of 18 as pretty 
young girls as could be seen at any 
Broadway house, in that quantity. 

The vaudeville is opened by Selma 
Braatz, who seems to have substi- 
tuted for the Musical Spillers. The 
latter were in the revue, but not In 
the olio. No. 2 held the White Way 
Trio, a singing act from tho show. 
Joe Jackson was next, another of 
his many return dates, but he seems 
to be Joe Jackson anywhere. 

The Klein Brothers had the house 
from the outset Monday night. The 
Garden held a party from the Israel 
Hospital, with Judge Hartman tm» 
big moment. Instead of the usual 
News Weekly, the space was given 
to a film of the Judge and the hos- 
pital. The hospital bought the house 
at a price and sold at its own scale, 
with the box-office top $1.65 for that 
evening. 

After Lucille Chalfante had sold 
her high notes for their best value 
and lost out on her lower register, 
came intermission; then Bert Han- 
lon. Soft for Hanlon. His "Lee- 
beer-tee" bond speech did the trick, 
forcing Hanlon to respond with the 
removal of his new fedora hat. 
After that came "Chuckles" with all 
of its best laughs and numbers. 

The house held nearly capacity all 
over. Bime, 



COLONIAL 

Displayed as a "Midwinter Car- 
nival" in lights outside the theatre, 
the show at the Colonial for the cur- 
rent week Is taking up considerable 
time, three full hours, and a bit 
more, to be exact. Belle Baker was 
scheduled to head the program for 
the occasion and was so billed, but 
a card in the lobby stated that "due 
to sudden illness, etc.," which al- 
lowed for the appearance of Her- 
man Tlmberg and D. D. H.? in the 
second half. As laid out the con- 
cluding portion of the evening had 
a distinct "edge" on its predecessor, 
with Tlmberg, Loavltt and I.ock- 
wood. 1>. D. H.? and Samaroff and 
Sonia following each other in the 
order named. 

Intermission came" at 10.0"» after 
a fair enough opening portion ?o far 

in- 



by a "plant," that just about eased 
by. Jolson impressed as being at a 
loss what to do with himself while 
singing with a continuous repetition 
of gestures carrying out the impres- 
sion. Also his habit of singing with 
his eyes closed is harmful. The 
"plant's" voice doesn't give Jolson 
any of the best of it, either. 

"Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" took 
up a considerable amount of time, 
but pleased with its spicy theme. 
Eda Luke and Sager Midgley do 
nicely with the skit though the 
whole suffers in comparison with 
either the show or the picture that 
was made of it. Tho length it takes 
to get the general story across per- 
mits a decided slowing up in the 
action, though once under way the 
laughs come frequently and loud 
enough. Sheila Terry (new acts) 
concluded tho opening portion with 
her "May and December" offering 
that registered substantially on her 
looks and dancing. The two boys 
assisting work easily while gaining 
their quota of recognition. With the 
finish bringing forth all that could 
be expected. 

Timberg ushered in after the in- 
terval with his liddle. dancing and 
a piece of business with a partner, 
done for an encore, that placed him 
as being "in" long before he finished. 
They wanted more but he let it go 
at that opening tho way for Leavitt 
and Lock wood who dug in and en- 
trenched themeselves for consider- 
able appreciation. Its a corking act 
that has Leavitt clowning all the 
way to results, with Miss Lockwood 
doing equally as well with the as- 
sets of beauty and voice. 

It was rather late for D. D. H.? 
but the monologist caught attention 
promptly, held 'em, and walloped 
across at the finish, around 11.15, to 
a solid outburst. Samaroff and 
Sonia held the closing spot topping 
off a second half that registered four 
successive times and made up for 
any deficiency that was apparent 
during the two hour duration of the 
initial stanza. Rkig. 



spot of the first section, doing 
straight harmony work in straight 
Tux get-up and finished with banjo, 
sax and piano ensemble. The quar- 
tet has gauged its stuff to a nicety, 
with the result they stopped pro- 
ceedings for an extra bend and a 
getaway speech. / 

Mclntyre's sketch closed intermis- 
sion. Following "Topics" and 
Aesop's Fables, came Miss Vane, a 
prim little lady with a prima donna 
set of pipes. She was the first hit 
of the trio of hit acts the last half 
boasted. Williams and Wolfus fol- 
lowed, and Leon and Co. with a 
"magic" routine closed. Leon's act 
is fast and snappy, not to say mys- 
tifying, running principally to cabi- 
net illusions, making Edith Packard, 
his subject, disappear and reappear 
in various cabinets and casks. The 
act is a fast one of its kind, includ- 
ing several effects thnt are truly 
mystifying. As a closing act it is 
certain cf not losing a soul under 
ordinary circumstances. Abel. 



RIVERSIDE 



The cokl snap Monday night evi- 
dently kept a goodly, portion of the 
neighbors off the street, with the re- 
sult the Riverside attendance was 

fully ?5 per cent, under par. How- 
ever what they lacked in nur ers 
they balanced with enthusiasm. The 
audience was in good humor, and 
the show nice and serene, excepting 
for a display of pianist's tempera- 
ment — or was it temper? — in the 
course of the Syvll Vane act, re- 
opening after intermission. Leon 
Domque, presiding at tho grand, in- 
dicated that the pedal extension was 
awry, but instead of smoothing over 
the matter bowed off at the end of 
the singer's operatic selection, so 
that when she returned for her rou- 
tine encore with a "mammy" song 
she had to wait at the piano until 
her accompanist made his reappear- 
ance. For a second encore Miss 
Vane thanked the audience and re- 
marked casually about something 
having gone wrong with the grand, 
but that she will call on Neville 
Fleeson, the song -writer, to render 
one of his newest compositions, an- 
other "mammy" number, reading the 
lyric off a paper. It may have all 
been a frame at that, since Fleeson, 



81 ST STREET 

The show starts off with a bang 
at the 8lst St. this week. After the 
Pathe Weekly and "Topics of the 
Day," the opening turn is the Eight 
Blue Demons, an "Arab" act of the 
familiar pyramiding, somersaulting, 
handstands, whirlwind spins, etc. 
it is a lovely act, full of life. 

It is in extreme contrast to Mar- 
celle Faliet. who has a slide telling 
she is a French refugee who played 
her fiddle while war raged. She is a 
legitimate, straight musician, play- 
ing her violin with orthodox cor- 
rects udo for a couple of classical 
numbers, thereby revealing her dex- 
terity, following it up with a medley 
of popular ditties, and for an encore 
"Dear Old Pal of Mine," with a 
splendid orchestral arrangement for 
accompaniment, finishing with a 
sure fire international patriotic 
medley. * 

Erwin and Jane Connolly have re- 
vived their comedy skit. "The Tale 
of a Shirt." with all references to 
the war deleted. The story runs 
along the lines of the plot of the 
Mary Pickford photoplay "Suds," 
and if there is any charge of plagi- 
arism or infringement, the blame is 
with the film, as the Connelly sketch 
antedates the photoplay. The act 
went over neatly. 

That cheery comedienne, Stella 
Maybe w, with an admirablo selec- 
tion of ditties and chatter, written 
for her by Paul Gerard -Smith, is a 
treat to the vaudeville patron. She 
is blessed with what, for want of 
another word, must be described as 
"personality." She put over a good- 
sized hit in a not very well filled 
auditorium. 

Fa? and away the applause hit of 
the evening (Monday) were Holmes 
and La Vere, with their comedy skit, 
"Themselves," marred only by two 
very ancient jokes— "Y/ou'll go blind 
if you keep on drinking" — "I've seen 
enough," and "You talk in your 
sleep" — "That's the only chance I 
get." Otherwise it i« a genuinely 
original act — real vaudeville novel- 
ty — something entirely different. It 
is corking hokum. * 

Bert Errol is a female imperson- 
ator who doesn't attempt to deceive 
his audience, slightly burlcsqueing 
tho impersonation and resorting to 
his natural male voice early in the 



show plenty of timber where it was 
needed. 

Carl MeC nl lough, next to .losing. 
did very well with stories, imitations 
and songs. With an appearance 
suggesting that he had just stepped 
out of the proverbial bandbox, Mr. 
McCullough lent class to tho show 
that helped a lot. He is still telling 
the same two decrepit Irish stories, 
with the same unconvincing brogue, 
that he used at the 44th St. a couplo 
of weeks ago. The 'phone bit was Just 
as big a wow at the Crescent as at 
tho other Shubert houses around 
New York. He handh < it in great 
shape, squeezing every ounce of 
comedy possible out of it. The imi- 
tations of Lauder, Warfield and Jol- 
son also landed. McCullough closed 
to heavy applause, but miscalcu- 
lated by stepping back for an en- 
core, a published pop song, well 
done, but dragging out the turn a 
bit too long. 

Marie Stoddard went over solidly 
No. 4 with her travesty bits, the 
house according her marked appre- 
ciation for each of the numbers. Ben 
Linn, second, pleased with a singing 
turn, with some stepping interpo- 
lated, and the Leach Wallin Trio, a 
classily costumed and produced wire 
walking act, opened. 

The Joe Boganny Bakers were 
third, with acrobatics and clowning. 
A burlesque boxing bout between 
two of the dwarfs stood out among 
the comedy stuff. The fast acrobat- 
ics, always sure as done by the Bo- 
gannys, were characterized with the 
pep that is a Qoganny trade mark. 
Vardon and Perry opened the second 
half with double songs, the rube 
cross fire featuring the routine. They 
landed their usual quota, pleasing 
the whole house. Horllck and Sar- 
ampa Sisters closed with their ar- 
tistic dancing turn, holding 'em 
splendidly. Business was about 
four-fifths capacity Monday night, 
a theatre party helping to swell the 
total of Monday regulars. BeVL 



although in street clothes, came out 

of the opposite side of the stage on act - Hc now changes to male at ire 

o „™r,H'„ „,»»<*.<»• K„f it ,iwi i«,.v for a song in his natural tenor voice. 



finish with his instrument, accom-- as entertainment goes, though in 
panying the team for a new version cllncd to drag at Intervals, in 



of the sweeping song and dance that 
■ better than before. Applause 
continued after the lights were out, 
no Vernon Stiles was forced to 



JJ>e colored team made a reappear- 
ance and how. 

Billy Wayne and Ruth Warren 
«nh their "gentle" routine, "The 
*jast Car," supplied the humorous 
•Jj»rt for the second section. Not 
the Wise talk landed, but the 
Jjam had landed by the tirtK; the 
aanclng lesson close arrived, and 
wi;it bit p m them across. 

.Jcan.rt.. Hackett and Harrv Del- 
mar and Co. with The Dance Shop" 
J*ew Acts) furnished a big flash on 

lnl - Dive Roth singled on second 
""h I'i.iiio, Kong and dance, with a 
*» na '•• ot 
h mi 



a sustained hand the next 
Thalero's Circus was an 



absence of Miss Baker, noted in the 
hilling, may have caused the some- 
what disappointing patronage. The 
box office spaced the ticket holders 



femain in the entrance until one of, nicely, but it couldn't cover up j the 



vacancies towards the rear or down 

the Bides. . . 

The house was friendly, with tin- 
gang in the gallery making their 
presence felt through remarks on 
two occasions. Powers and Wallace, 
No. 4, did about as well as itiy- 
thing that ^preceded or followed. 
Wallace's personality was response 
ble for most 61 it. though Miss 
Powers lent Impetus t.» the jurn 
through Iter appearance and idng- 

ina 

Morton Jewell and company fol- 
lowed the film weekly to a re ii>onsc 
that was only stopped by th< ow- 
ing of ihe lights and Ibe sw. > I] oi 



a second's notice; but it did look 
genuine. 

Williams and Wolfus co-toplined 
with Miss Vane, the former breez- 
ing away with the honors. The two- 
act has expanded its original "Hark! 
Hark!" stuff into a number ot 
scenco and bits that total some 25 
minutes of solid laughs. Williams 
is a euper-hoke artist of the purest 
ray serene, who exacts more honest- 
to -goodness wows from the most 
inconsequential props than any of 
his confreres. , 

The remaining highlight of the bill 
was Frank Mclntyre's sketch, "Wed- 
nesday at the Ritz." The star es- 
tablishes a precedent for debutting 
legit comedies through the selection 
of his vehicle. Gordon Bostock, who 
wrote and staged it, has fitted the 
corpulent comedian with a piece 
that could hardly be surpassed con- 
sidering the star's style of work, 
with not a little thought for physi- 
cal limitations. Mclntyre is capi- 
tally assisted by Joan Storm and 
throe men, one of whom is ducked 
in the practical bathtub as part of 
the business. The skit is not bed- 
room farce or racy comedy, but car- 
ries a certain snap and zest that is 
bound to interest. 

Kay, Hamlin And Kay (Now 
Acts) opened. I'eggie Carhart 
deuced with her "concert violinists" 
routine, its only fault being it is too 
much "concert." Concert and vaude- 
ville are far from synonymous, and 
.Miss Carhart could really please the 
popular taste so much the better by 
.forgetting 4 rhc was ever with the 
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and 
Just fiddle nicely for the vaudeville 
customers. There is no\Ienylitg she 
. a capital Instrumentalist, but her 
present ropcftolro frames up only 
for polite n turns, l?l • \\ ■• •« nicely 
with the pop nvd.<y for tiff f"p - 
well, but her three, bo ero forced. 
Howard Langford nud Ina Fred- 
erick Went •Shopping" in No, :\ and 
nnnexed a nice ccJI'/ctlon if Biggies, 
lutigha and applau '- with their talk 

ad stepping. La ng ford has w»it- 
t n himself s ne.it line of airy per*!- 
fl re. topping it off hand ;omc!y with 
11 travesty and itralght stepping, 



»g - 

While his female characterizations 
are good, there is no suggestion of 
absence of masculinity. His finish is 
the announcement that the little 
danseuse is his wife. 

Aesop's Fables, animated cartoon, 
followed, and the second part was 
consumed with a screen presenta- 
tion of Hobart Bosworth in "The 
Sea IJon." Jolo. 



CRESCENT 



rieaslng show at the Shubert- 
Cresce/vt this week, with strategic- 
ally placed comedy values working 
wonders for the ensemble effect. Six 
of tho nine acts have played the 
Crescent before this season since 
the Shuberts started with vaude- 
ville. Tho repeaters were Ben Linn, 
Joe Boganny, hero last with the 
Billposters, but offering the lainatie 
Bakers this time; Marie Stoddard. 
McConncll and Slmpron, Vardon and 
Perry and Horlick and Sarampa 
Sisters. 

El I'.rendel and Flo Bert, second 
after Intermission, whooped things 
up in the second hah'. Here's a real 
vaudeville not Brondel is a corking 
character comic, his Swede being as 
natural as it is funny. Additionally. 
he's a dandy hoofer. Miss Bert 
cashes in strong on appearance and, 
beside* stepping niftily. owns a con- 
trallo voice that has genuine quality. 
The singing of counter harmony by 
Miss Bert while » phonograph rec- 
ord no - her singing the melody of 
the same song makes a unioJtTs bit of 
entertainment. A double stepping 
bit gOSled 'OIH tiear the finish. Heal 
In lent marks, everything the pair 
offer. Tin y were a deserved hit. 

Lulu McConncll and Grant Blmp- 
■i ■-) worn n comedy wow with their 
familiar farcical skit, "At Home," 
J i tfl M< Conned is o:.o of the few 
women In vaudeville who can secure 
laughs without Mtaitiiu'; for them. 
\ nattn al comedh nne, v ht need * 
nothing to >«• ik<- hoi mark In the 
;« -it but the i.yht opportune y. The 
McConnell -SinvpVofi lui n r.l i e<1 the 
in st hull nnd gavt the middl • <o the 



HAMILTON 

This week marks a change of pol- 
icy at the Hamilton with a straight 
vaudeville bill of ten acts Instead 
of the former six acts and a feature 
picture. 

The opening bill showed a strong 
assemblage of acta that played aa 
smoothly as silk. Not an act In the 
lino-up failed to draw heavy ap- 
plause. It was one of the best bills 
ever put together at this house. 

The Sensational Valentines opened 
with a pretty aerial routine featui - 
ing a loop-the-loop on a special ap- 
paratus that started things swiftly. 
Herbert Brooks, second, did nicely 
with his card tricks and chatter. 
Brooks descends into the audience 
on two occasions, extracting consid- 
erable comedy thereby without of- 
fending. His palming, passing ana 
manipulating measure up to any of 
the "stripper'' stunts. Brooks has a 
likable personality and is an excel- 
lent showman In addition. He oiled 
his way to nice returns. 

Hall, Ermine and Brie. (New 
Acts), third, In a novelty singing, 
unicycle, dancing and musical turn, 
picked up the tempo and landed sol- 
idly. 

James B. Donovais and Marie I -co 
followed and tied the show into bow 
knots. Miss Lee hooked them with 
her opening song and "cake" move- 
ments, and Donovan put on the pad- 
lock with his__roonolog and Irish 
stories following. The cross- lire 
kidding and Miss 1>e's Irish jig at 
the finish mlled them out for u 
speech. 

Clarence Oliver and Georgie Olp 
(New Acts) next in a sketch, "Wire 
Collect," by William Anthony Mc- 
Ouire^were away from the conven- 
tional and found instant favor with 
their fresh human interest playlet. 
It Is a welcome addition to the local 
bills. 

Beth Berl, assisted by Oil Squires 
and William McLeod, danced her 
way to an artistic hit. Miss Berl 
has developed wonderfully since 
first seen around here, both artis- 
tically and physically. She is a rani 
beauty and as graceful as a panther. 
Not since Dorothy Dixon set the 
present fashion for the dancing sis- 
terhood has such a favored daugh- 
ter of tcrpslchoro flashed across tho 
local stages. She was accorded an 
ovation at the finish. 

Davis and Darnell opened after 
Intermission and added a large sties 
to the evening's total in "Birdseed." 
The act is an admirable vehicle for 
Frank Davis' light comedy person- 
ality and Miss Darnell's charming 
opposite. Davis is a fluent exponent 
of the rapid persiflage and can han- 
dle this style of dialog with cny one. 
They breezed through on the lunge 
rein. ' 

Dc Lyle Alda (New Acts), former 
prima donna of Ziegf eld's Follies, 
assisted by Tierney and Donnelly 
and four other priori pals, was fol- 
lowed by Frankle Heath (NeW 
Acts), who did remarkably in a late 
spot, getting on about 11:1"» nnd 
holding the house unanimously. 

koma Duo held the walk -out with 
their opening "skating" dance per- 
formed in realistic fashion without. 
the skates. The Kussian dance fol- 
lowing failed td grip, and the march 
Oil the exits began. It's a corking 
turn when it has a chance, but was 
wasted <»n this long bill. 

The house did just under capacity 
with the new policy, which is a con- 
siderable improvement over last 
Monday night*s attendance, accord* 
in-; to the management. Cnn. 



24 



VARIETY 



Friday, January 27, 1922 












BILLS NEXT WEEK (JAN. 30) 



IN VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 
for ths week with Monday math ee. 



when not otherwise 



(All houses open 
Indicated ) 

The bills below are grouped j n divisions, according to booking offices supplied 
from. 

The manner tn which these bills ars printed does not denote the relative 
Importance of acta nor their program positions. 

* before name denotes act is doing new turn, or reappearing after absence 
from vaudeville, or appearing in city where listed for the first time. 



KEITH CIRCUIT 



4. 
1 



NEW YORK CITY 

Keith's Palace 

Johnny Burke 
Corradlnl's Anlm'ls 
McConnell Sis 
Sylvia Clarke 
Johnny Cumberland 
Wm Rock A Girls 
Ella Retford 
Jed Dooley 

Keiths Riverside 
Bernard A Garry 
Meehan's Dogs 
Kennedy A Berle 
Walter C Kelly 
Aileen Stanley 
Rice A 'Werner 
G Hoffman Co 
The Stanleys 

Keith's Royal 

Preside r A Klalss 
Harry Rose 
"Marry Me" 



Princess Wahlltka 
Schwartz A Clif'rd 
(Two to fill) 

Keith's 81st St. 

Hackett A Delmar 
McClellan & Cars'n 
"Artistic Treat" 
Faber A McGowan 
Miller A Capman 
Arthur Hill 

Keith's H. O. II. 

2d half (26-29) 
Frank Marckley 
Walsh A Edwards 
Buttons 

Weber A Elliott 
J Elliott A Girls 
Wyatt's Lads A L 
(Others to fill) 
Proctor's 125th St. 

2d half (26-29) 
Ford A Cun'gham 



i J 



E. HEMMENDINGER. Inc. 
PLATINUM r)I A MONDC; "*»»OUNTI 

JEWELRY *JIAm\/P6nA3 remodeling 
Tel. 971 John, off JOHN ST., N. Y. CITY. 



Musical Hunter* 
Tyrell A Mack 
Travers A Douglas 
Sybil Vane 
Al Herman 
Marvel 

Keith's Colonial 
Mabel Burks 
McLaughlin * B 
El Cleve 

Brown A Weston 
Harry Watson Co 
Rao E Ball A Bro 
Snell A Vernon 
• Flo re nee Nash Co 

Keith's Alhambm 
Mine Beeson 
Henry A Adelaide 
King A Rhodes 
Vaughn Comfort 
M'Devltt Kelly A Q 
Margaret Young 
Frank Gaby 
Horace Goldln Co 
Murray Girls 

Moss' Broadway 

Jim Doherty 
Wells Virginia A W 
Ames A Wlnthrop 
Jean Southern 
Bob Albright 
Grant A Wallace 
McCarthy Sten'd Co 

Moos* Coliseum 
Leon Varvara 
Jones A Jones 
Frltsi Scheff 
(Others to All) 

2d half 
Kay Hamlin A K 
Renard A West 
Fllvertons 
Lewis A Dody 
(Two to fill) 

Keith's Fordhnm 
Dave Roth 
Roma 2 
Fllvertons 
J &H Morgan 
Joe Laurie Jr 



Malloy A Cowell 
Ray Hughes Co 
Erford's Oddities 
Ryan Weber A R 
Hendricks A McC 

1st half (30-1) 
Hoffman A Hughe* 
Sunshine Girls 
Vis Quinn Co 
John McGowan 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-5) 
Emma O'Neil 
Healey A Cross 
Theo A Dandies 
The Seebacks 
(Two to nil) 

Proctor's 58th St. 

1st half (30-1) 
Allman A Woods 
Nora Jane Co 
Weber A Elliott 
B A Rolfe Rev 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
E A E Redding 
•F A A Whitman 
Jack Norworth 
(Others to fill) 

Proctor's 6th Ave. 

td half (26-29) 
Gllfoyle A Lange 
Marino A Martin 
MAT White 
Gilbert Wells 
Covene Troupe 
Bttly Dale Co 
Selbinl A Grovlnl 
Harriet Rempel Co 
Bert Walton 
Donegan A Allen 

1st half (30-1) 
Ed Hill 

Cahlll A Romalne 
Mullen A Francis 
•H Beresford Co 
Downey & Claridge 
(Others to fill) 
2d half (2-6) 
W & H Brown 



Walter Newman 

In "PROFITEERING" 

Keith World's Best Vaudeville 

Direction W. S. HENNE8SY 




2 Denolse Sis 
2d half 
Mehlinger A M 
Kay Laurel Co 
Beth Berl Co 
Enos Franzere 
(Two to fill) 

Moss' Franklin 

F A M Dale 
Ida M Chadwlck 
Wilson Bros 
Reth Berl Co 
Kay Hamlin A K 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
GUlen A Mulcahy 
JAB Morgan 
Quinn A Caverly 
LIghtners A Alex 
Roma 2 
(One to All) 

Keith's Hamilton 
Hibbit A Malle 
Sheila Terry Co 
Frawley A Louise 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Jefferson 

Marcelle Fallet 
Schwartz A Clif'rd 
Margo Waldron Co 
Mehlinger A M 
Davis A Darnell 
Enos Frasere 
Holland Kelly Co 
2d half 



S Lunatic Chinks 
Rudell A Dunlgan 
Welch Mealey A M 
(Others to nil) 

Proctor's 23d St. 

td half (26-29) 

Kane A Grant 
Ben Meroff 
Coffman A Carrol 
Snyder Melino Co 
LaFleur A Portia 
Thos Holer Co 

1st half (M-l) 
Wm A Weston Co 
Theo A Dandles 
Sidney Taylor Co 
Cornell Lcona A Z 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Nell O'Connell 
Joe Laurie Jr 
(Others to fill) 

FAR ROCK AWAY 

Columbia 
2d half 

Margaret Padula 
Ida M Chadwlck 
Bert Walton 
Sophie Tucker 
Reddington A G.r't 

BROOKLYN 

Keith's Bnshwlck 

"Profiteering" 



JACK HE1SLER 

ECCENTRIC DANCER 
With B. A. ROLFE A CO. 



3 Denolse Sis 
Mayo A Ford 
F A M Dale 
Jules Jordon 
(Others to till) 

Moss' Regent 
Stevens A Burncll 
Jules Jordon 
Bert Errol 
Trlncess Wahlltka 
Fowler A Carson 
(One to nil) 
2d half 
Marcelle Fallet 
Walmsley A K'ting 
Walsh A Bentley 
1st half (30-1) 
McFarlane A P 
Fizzled 

Rudell A Dunlgan 
"Dancing Shoes" 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-5) 
Lee A Cranston 



Kane A Herman 

Leo Beers 

DDHt 

Leavitt A Lockw'd 

Eva Shirley. Co 

Victor Moore Co 

Peggy Car hart 

Keith's Orpheum 

Williams A Taylor 
Lsngford A F'dr ks 
Donovan A Leo 
7 Honey Boys 
Way no A Warren 
Ethel Levy 
Mabel Ford Co 
Luster Bros 

Moss' Flntliuhli 

Harry Jolson 
Oliver a < Up 
Spencer & Wine 
A Frleedland c'o 
'1 he Vali nil i< s 



Keith's Greenpolnt 

2d half (26-29) 
John McGowan 
Eary A Eary 
Story A Clark 
A A M Havel 
Wm Weston Co 
Bentley Davey Co 

1st half (30-1) 
8 Lunatic Chinks 
(Others to fill) 

2d half (2-5) 
McFarlane A P 
Eert Fltzgibbon 
"Dancing Shoes" 
(Others to fill) 

Keith's Prospect 

2d half (26-29) 
McFarlane A P 
•H Beresford Co 
Martha Pryor 
Paul Hill 
itartley A Lee 
Diamond A Bren'n 

1st half (30-1) 
W A H Brown 
Lee A Cranston 
Sophie Tucker Co 
Ford A Cunnlngh'm 
Welch Mealey A M 

2d half (2-5) 
Cahill A Romaine 
Grace Huff Co 
Bevan A Flint 
Downey A Claridge 
(Others to fill) 

Moss' Riviera 

Margaret Padula - 
Lewis A Dody 
Bert Walton 
Singer's Midgets 
Dare Bros 

2d half 
Weber A Elliott 
Leon Varvara 
Davis A Darnell 
Singers Midgets 

ALBANY 

Proctor's 

Aeroplane Girls 
Fid Gordon 
Jack McGowan 
M'tgomery A Allen 
Byron A Halg 
Clown Seal 

2d half 
Miller Girls 
James Grady Co 
Rule A O'Brien 
Boyle A Bennett 
"Love Bungalow" 

ALLENTOWN. PA. 

Orpheum 
Davis A Walker 
Carnival of Venice 
Herbert Duo 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Heney Lewis A G 
Janet of France 
"Stars Record" 
Claude A Marlon 
(One to nil) 

AMSTDAM, N. Y. 

Rlolto 

Leddy A Leddy 

Rappl 

Kitty Francis Co 

Faden Trio 

2d half 
Aeroplane Girls 
Farrell Taylor Co 
Wilson Aubrey 3 
Jack McGowan 
Marie A Marlow 

ALTOONA, PA. 

Orpheum 

1st half 
Joe Armstrong 
Osakl A Taki 
(Three to fill) 

ATLANTA 

Lyric 

(Blrhingham split) 

1st half 
Bergman McK A N 
Annette 

Hans Robert Co 
Edwin George 
The Autumn 3 

BALTIMORE 

Maryland 

McDonald Trio 
Vernon Stiles 



CHARLESTON 

Victory 

Two Ladellas 
Edna Dreon 
Nola St Claire Co 
Lloyd A Christy 
F A E Carmen 
2d half * 
Walton Duo 
Strand Trio 
Hunting A Francis 
Gertrude Barnes 
The Veronicas 

CHESTER, PA. 

Adgement 
Wright A Cammon 
Florence Brady 
Burns A Lynn 
Royal Gascoynes 

2d half 
La Dora A B'ckm'n 
Keene A Williams 
Dixie Four 
Dan Coleman Co 

CHARLOTTE 
Lyric 

(Greensboro split) 

1st half 
Mr A Mrs S Darrow 
Henry Sisters 
H Hayden A Co 
Monarch Comedy 4 
McRae A Clegg 



Black A White 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Lyric 
Raymond Bond Co 
8lg Frlscoe. 
Burns A Freda 

HARRISBURQ 

Majestic 

Sherman A Rose 
Keene A Williams 
Blackstone 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Samsted A Marlon 
Klrksmith Sis 
Murphy A Whits 
(Two to nil) 

HAZELTON, PA. 
FosJey's 

Helen Morettl 



LANCASTER, PA. 

Colonial 
Mack A Brantley 
Callahan A M'th'ws 
GUlen A Mulcahy 
Klrksmith Slstersj 

td half 
Bobbo Folsom 
Hal Johnson Co 
Adams A lM'chette 

MOBILE 

Lyrio 

(N. Orleans split) 

1st half 
Martin A Moore 
LaFrance A Harris 
Ottille Corday Co 
Lloyd A Rubin 
Wanda A Seals 

MONTREAL 
Princess 

(Sunday opening) 



THE STANLEY AGENCY 

INSURANCE 

FOR THE PROFESSION 

H. TROWBRIDGE HARRIS 

GERTRUDE C. HK'KKY 

Hsesi 508. TIMES BLOff. Tel. BRYANT 488. 



McCoy A Walters 
Lawrence Bros 

2d half 
Frank Marckley 
Conn A Alberto 
Big Three 
Lorlmer Hudson Co 

INDIANAPOLIS 

B. F. Keith's 

Bessie Clifford 
BAB Wheeler 
W A J Mandell 
B A J Crelghton 
Owen McGlveney 



Louis Leo 
Hobson A Beattle 
Bert Baker Co 
Pietro 

Daphne Pollard 
Casino A Wllklns 
Seed A Austin 
The Norvells 

MT. VERNON, N.Y. 

Proctor's 

td half (26-24) 
Mehlinger A M 
Build Your Home 
•Vivian Segal 



Weeks A Baron 
Gladys Delmar Co 

PORTLAND, ME. 

B. F. Keith's 

Not Yet Mario 

Jack Benny 

Vernon 

Stephens A^B'rdeau 

Dunham A O'M 

PHILADELPHIA 

B. F. Keith's 

Frank Browne 
"Dummies" 
Olsen A Johnson 
Powers A Wallace 
Irene Castle Co 
Doris Duncan 
F Mclntyre Co 
The Kltaros 
Klutlng's Animals 

Gerard 

Baroness de Hollub 
Jack Roof Co 
(Three to nil) 
2d half 
Jones A Jones 
Ben Smith 
Jack Roof Co * 
(Two to nil) 

Keystone 

Golden Gate Trio 
Willie Smith 
Jack Norton Co 
Wilson A McAvon 
Royal's Elephants 

Wm. Penn 

La Dora A B'kman 
Dixie Four 
Dan Coleman Co 
F A O Walters 
Morton Jewell Co 

2d half 
Flo Brady 
Baroness de Hollub 
Burns A Lynn 
Royal Gascoignes 
Wright A Common 



1493 BROADWAY TELEPHONE BRYANT 841-842 

ED. DAVIDOW and RUFUS LeMAIRE 

PRESENT 

LUCILLE ALEEN MARIE 

CHALFONTE BRONSON . STODDARD 

Irv SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 



CHATTANOOGA 

Rlalto 

Stewart A Harris 
Miller A Brsdford 
Caits Bros 
Jos Amoros Co 

3 Ander Girls 

2d half 
Sterlings 

Colt Albertson Co 
Fred Bowers Rev 
Simpson A Dean 

CINCINNATI 

B. F. Keith's 

Charles Irwin 
Reck A Rector 
Primrose Semon Co 
Richard Keane 
Loyal's Dogs 
Elida Morris 
Sandy Shaw 

CLEVELAND 

The Joannys 
Joe Towle 
Gene Greene 
Harry Carroll Rev 
J A E Mitchell 

105th St. 

Techow's Cats 

B A Rolfe's Rev 

Norwood A Hall 

Niobe 

Loney Haskell 

COLUMBUS, O. 

B. F. Keith's 

Willie Rolls 

4 Casting Mellos 
Patrlcola 

Dillon A Parkes; 

Clinton A Rooney 
Morgan A Moran 

DETROIT 

Temple 

The Ballots 
Sharkey Roth A W 
"Shadowland" 
Babe Ruth 
Venlta Gould 
Paul Noland 
J Thompson Co 
Stephens A H'llster 
Wellington Cross 

EASTON, PA. 



MAY and HILL 



'Strenjtban asy 
Direction 



man's bill."— VARIETY 
: JACK LEWIS 



Billy Glason 
Valerie Bergere 
Watson Sis 
BAP Valentine 

BIRMINGHAM 

Lyric 

(Atlanta split) 
1st half 
Gordon A Rica 
Jean La Crosse 
Newell A Most 
Ned Norworth Co 
The LIttleJohns 

BOSTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Mankin 

Murray A Gerrish 
6 Hassans 
Fenton A Fields 
Hyams A Mclntyre 
line Samuels 
Arnaui Jlcps, 
Williams A Wolfus 
Great Leon 

BUFFALO 

Shea's 

Betty Washington 
Reynolds A Doneg'n 
Mr A Mrs J Barry 
Creolo Fash Plate 
Harry Lnngdon Co 
Tom Smith 
Four Acfs 



Able O. H. 
Heney Lewis A O 
Janet of France 
Claudo A Marion 
"Stars Record" 
(One to 1111) 

2d half 
Davis He Walker 
Carnival of Venice 
Herbert Duo 
(Two to fill) 

ERIE, PA. 

Colonial 
Page Hack A M 
Spirit of Youth 
Furmnna A Nash 
Paul Decker Co 
Reed A Tucker 

GRAND RAPIDS 

Empress 

Booth A Nina 

Alexander Bros 

Joe Cook 

Riggs A Witchle 

Vokes A Don 

M & M McFarlane 

GREENSRORO.N.O. 

Grand 

(Charlotte split) 
1st half 
Lord A Fuller 
Frank Ward 
Ed 1 1 ii 1 1 1 o Co 
Cooko A Oatman 



BILLY GLASON 

•MIST SONGS AND SAYINGS'* 

This Week (.Inn. M), Keith's 

Washington, If. C. 



Vincent O'Donnell 
Fantlno Sis 

JACKSONVILLE 

Palaco 

(Savannah split) 
1st half 
Joe DeLler 
Francis Arms 
Wm Edmonds Co 
Stan Stanley 
Mlnettl A Sidelll 

JERSEY CITY 

B. F. Kolth's 

Id half (26-29) 



Sylvester Family 
Will Mahoney 
Downey A Claridge 

1st half (30-1) 

The Seebacks 
Frank Mullane 
Robison A Pierce 
Grace Huff Co 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (2-5) 

Combe A Neins 
Peggy Parker Co 
Ford A Cun'ngham 
Heras A Wells 



CHAS. J. 




OFFICES 

BOOKING WITH ALL 

INDEPENDENT CIRCUITS 

Suits 417, Romax Bldg. 

245 West 47th Street 

NEW YORK 

PHONE: BRYANT 8017 



W A H Brown 
Wlnlock A VanD 
Mme Ellis 
Rudell A Dunlgan 
Harry Rose 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (30-1) 
•Hartley A Jee 
Crouch A Henry 
M Pollock Co 
Healey A Cress 
Nevins A Guhl 
(Others to fill) 
Id half (2-6) 
Griffith A Dow 
Wm Norris Co 
Sunshine Girls 
Moore A Jayne 
W A Weston Co 
(Others to fill) 

LOWELL 
B. F. Keith's 

Henrys Melody • 



NASHVILLE 

Princess 

(Louisville split) 
1st half 
Barbette 
McCormick A I 
Bohemians A No'by 
Johnson A Mack 
Adroit Rev 

NEWARK, N. J. 

Proctor's 

2d half (26-29) 
Leon Varvara 
"Love Shop" 
Robison A Pierce 
Grace Huff Co 
Cahlll A Romalne 
Steeds Septet 
(Others to fill) 

1st half (30-1) 
Heras A Wills 
Moore A Jane 
Peggy Parker Co 



Besd 4 Fabrls Bags Repaired. Mall Orders Filled. 




14S West 40th Street. New York City 



Glenn A Jenkins 
Jos Bernard Co 
Cromwells 
Weber Girls 
Norton A Noble 
Mllllcent Mower 

LOUISVILLE, KY. 

Mary Anderson 

JAN Olms 
Gordo- A Day 
ChloSale 
LAO Archer 
Hershel Henlere 

Keith's National 

(Nashville split) 
. 1st half 
Pierce A Goff 
Joe Regan Co 
Columbia A Vlrtor 
Duffy A Keller 
1 Derrick A Hart 



(Others to fill) 

2d half (2-6) 
Shields A Kano 
Frank Mullane 
Frltzl Scheff 
(Others to Oil) 

NEW ORLEANS 

Palace 

(Mobile split) 
1st half 
Martin A Jaryl 
Cornell A St John 
Barber of Seville 
Allen A Canfleld 
Joe St Ong I 

NORFOLK 

Academy 

(Richmond split) 
1st half 
Ward A Dooley 
Lowry A Prince 



PITTSBURGH 

Davis - 

Wilfred Clarke Co 
Gus Edwards 
Ella Bradna 
Sandy McGregor 

PROVIDENCE 
E. F. A I bee 

Thelma De Rona 
Loew Feely A S 
Geo Yeoman 
Quizey Four 
Princeton A W 
Bessie Clayton 
Karola Bros 

BEADING 

Majestic 

Samsted A Marlon 
Green A Burnett 
Sargent A Marvin 
Malia A Barth 
(One to mi) 

Zd naif 
The Fayncs 
Whitfield A Ireland 
Monde 
(Two to fill) 

RICHMOND 

Lyric 

(Norfolk split) 
1st half 
Mack A Holly 
Jean A Val Jean 
Stella Mayhew 
Ben Meroff 
Paul Hill Co 

ROCHESTER 

Temple 

Jas J Morton 
Binns A Grill 
Clara Howard 
Halg A LaVere 
Daisy Nellls 
Eddie Leonard 
Brown Gardn'r A T 
Sameroff A Sonia 

SAVANNAH 

Bijou 

(Jacksonville split) 

1st half 
Great Johnson 
Pardo A Archer 



Tom Kelly 
Farrell Taylor I 
Denno Sisters Co 

2d half 
Laurie De Vino 
Wild A Hill 
Dixie Hamilton 
Jas Bradbury Jr 
Sully A Kennedy 
Kitty Francis Co 

SH'N'NDOAH, PA. 

Strand 

Frank Marckley 
Big Three 
Conn A Albert 
Lorlmer Hudson 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Helen Morettl 
McCoy A Walton 
Lourence Bros A T 
(Two to fill) 

SYRACUSE 

B. F. Keith's 

The McBanns 
Juliet Deka 
C A F Usher 
Du For Boys 
Elsie A Paulsen 
Gallagher A Shean 

TOLEDO, O. 

B. F. Keith's 

The Van Cellos 

Dotson 

Wylie A Hartman 

Rogers A Allen 

Finher A Giluiore 

Bobby Pandor Tr 

TORONTO 

Shea's 

Unusual Duo 
Handers A Melllss 
Sewell Sisters 
Elinore A Williams 
Kaufman Bros 
B Taliaferro Co 
Ben Welch 
Norok Sisters 

Hippodrome 
Hickey A Hart 
Larry Comer 
Shireen 
Adler A Dunbar 

TROY, N. T. 

Proctor's 

Miller Girls 
Boyle A Bennett 
The Come Backs 
Sully A Kennedy 
"Love Bungalow" 

2d half 
Clown Seal 
Byron A Halg 
Fid Gordon 
Byron A Halg 
Bradley A Ardine 
Finley Hall Co 

UTICA, N. T. 

Colonial 
Wild A Hills 
Lockett A Lynn 
Finley A Hill 
Wilson-Aubrey 1 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Gilbert A Arnett 
Tom Kelly 
6 Belfords 
(Two to fill) 

WASHINGTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Thalero's Circus 
Jack Osterman 
North A Holliday 
Ruth Roye 
Mansfield A Wilbur 
Dorothy Jardon 
Dooley A Sales 
Glgg Vardie Co 

YON K KRS, N. T. 

Proctor's 
Ryan A Ryan 
Sylvester A Vance 
Walmsley A K'ting 
Levine Ordway A D 
(Two to fill) 
2d half 
Crane May A C 
Snyder Melino Co 
Robison A Pierce 
Nora Jane Co 
Cornell Leona A Z 

YORK, PA. 

Opera House 

The Faynes 
Monde 

"Nobody Home" 
Murphy A White 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Sherman A Rose 
Green A Burnett 
Maker A Redford 
Sargent A Marvin 
Blackstone 



BOB NELSON 

IN POLITE VAUDEVILLE 
HERBIE HEYVSON, at the Piano 



E F Hawley Co 
Forro A Coulter 
Mantcll Manikena 

SCHENECTADY 

Proctor's 

Harry De Coe 
Marie A Marlowe 
Rule A O'Brien 



YOUNGSTOWN 

Hippodrome 

Willie Hale A Bro 
Tracey A McBride 
Dolly Kay • 

Gibson A Connelll 
Will Mahoney 



BOSTON— B. F. KEITH 



BOSTON 

Boston 

Van A Tyson 
Anderson A Burt 
Martha Pryor 
Barrett A Cunnecn 
Berlo Girls 
Gordon's Olympla 
(Scollay Sq,) 
Jarvls A Harrison 
Ja Da Trio 
(Three to fill) 

Gordon's Olympla 

(Washington St.) 
Johnson Baker A J 
Hampton A Blake 
Annabclle 
(One to fill) 

1 tow d<> in Sq. 
Kane A Grant 
Spoor A Parsons 

Howard 
Frozlnl 
Valentine Vox 



BANGOR, ME. 

Bijou 
Helen Vincent 
Mathews A Bl'k'n'y 
Worden A Burke 
Clay A Robinson 
Victoria A Duprce 
(One to fill) 
2d half 
Lenox Sisters 
Joe B Hurl 
Penn A Roma 
Rucker A Winfred 
Peters A La Bluff 
(One to fill) 

BR'CKTON, MASS. 

Strand 
Mark A La Rue 
Green A La Fell 
Hickman Bros 
"Tango Shoes" 

2d half 
Black A O'Donnell 
Bessie Rempel Co 



HUGH HERBERT 

Week Jan • ?£-Maln St.. Knnsa* City. 
Address: 2i0 West 4Gth St.. N. Y. City. 



Arena Bros 
(One to fill) 

PL R1VKR, MASS. 

Empire 

Millard A Marlln 
Marie A Ann Clarke 
Kavan'gh A Ev'r'tt 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Stone A loleen 
"Grey A Old Rose" 
Hickman Bros 
Great Koban 

FTHH'RG. MASS. 

Stone A loleen 
Barry A Layton 
Howard A Sjadler 
Roland Travers 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Marie A Ann Clarke 
Greenlee A Drayt'n 
(Three to fill) 

HAVERHILL 

Colonial 

Arena Bros 
Worth-Wayten 4 



1 



LEWISTON, ME. 

Music Hall 
Lenox listen 
Joe B Hurl 
Penn A Roma 
Rucker A Winfred 
Peters A La niuft 

2d half 
Helen Vincent 
Mathews A Blk'n'v 
Worden A Burke 
Victoria A Dupreo 
(One to fill) 

LYNN, MASS. 
Gordon's Olympla 
Roger Gray A Co 
Lew Dockstader 
Steed's Sr.pt. t 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Millard A Marlln 
Howard A Sadler 
K'v'n'gh A Everett 
(One to fill) 

MANCHESTER 

Palace 

Anna Francis 
Goidie A Thome 



"I saw something new In vaudeville!** 

"What was It?" 

-'Feather Your Nest'' 

"Oh! Yes, That's Van and Yorke't 

act." 

Said Sam Roberts to Mr. Booker. 



Bessie Rempel Co 
Black A O'Donnell 
Cooke M'rtim'r A H 

2d half 

Maxon A Morris 
Earl A Sunshine 
Green A La Fell 
Barry A Layton 
International 7 

LTVR'NCK, MASS. 

Empire 

Manns Bros - 
Earl A Sunshine 
Geo A Rae Perry 

Willie Solar 
Two Little Pals 

2d half 

Cooke M'rtim'r A II 
Worth-Wayten 4 
"Tango Shoes" 
(Two to fill) 



Hamilton Ml Barnes 

Cripps Co 

A) Moore's Band 

2d half 
Manns Bros 
Geo A Rae Perry 
Walter Fenner Co 
Willie Solar 
Roland Travers Ce 

NEW BEDFORD 

Olympla 

2d half 
Alma Neilsen Ce 
Lew Dockstader 
Two Little Pals 
(One to fill) 
NEWPORT. R. I. 

Colonial 
Greenlee A Drayt'e 
The Great Koban 

2d half 
Roger Gray f*o 
Steed's Septet 



CHICAGO— KEITH CIRCUIT 



CINCINNATI 

Palaco 

Rose Kress 2 
Popularity Queens 
Jack Lee 
Silber A North 
Taylor Macy A H 
Reynolds Trio 
Billy Doss Rev 

DANVILLE, ILL. 

Terrace 

2 Kenna Girls 
Hall A West 
Nifty Trio 
Gerber Revue 
Geo Hall 
Tarpos Bros 

2d half 
Melvilles 

Nash A Thompson 
Stuart Girls 
Lew Huff 
Adams A Guhl 

DAYTON 

B. F. Keith's 

Jsck Stanley 
Cleveland A D 

3 Hamel Girls 
Geo McFarland 
Egyptian Fantasies 



Marlette's Manikins 
J'KS'NV'LE, MICH. 

Orpheum 

Craw fords 
Bonnl A Berrl 
Brown A Simmons 
Messenger 3 
DeWinter A Ross 

2d half 
Shattucks 
Hill A Crest 
Jesn Metcalf Cs 
Vsn A Vernon 
Cliff Bailey 2 

LAFAYETTE, IND. 

New Mars 

Chas Frink 
Adler A Clark 
Rose A Thomas 
6 Little Darlings 
Lester 
Carpos Bros 

LANSING, MICH. 

Str.tna 

Shattucks 

Hill A Crest 

S Todeling Tr'bad's 

Van A Vernon 

T Brown's Saxo I 



DALEY, MAC and DALEY 

Comedy and Spectacular Roller Skaters. 

DAVIS, Pittsburgh, NOW (JAN. 23) 
Direction; M AX HAYES 

* 



2d half 
Knight A Sawtelle 
Maxwell 5 
Melva Sis 
Keno Keys A M 
Girls of Altitude 

DETROIT 

LaSalle Gardens 

J A A Riley 
Gordon A Delmar 
Bobbe A Nelson 
Sol Berns 
Beatrice Morrell • 

2d half 
McMnhon Sis 
Harris A Gilbert 
Hal Brown 
Rose Garden 
Todeling Troubad's 

Tuxedo 
Nalo A Rlzzo 
Engel A Marshall 
Cato S Keith Co 
Austin A Delaney 
Melody A Art 

2d half 
J A A Riley 
Gordon A Delamar 
Bobbe A Nelson 
Sol Berns 
Beatrice Morrell 6 

FLINT, MICH. 

Palaco 

Spanish Goldinls 
PAP Houlton 
Baby June Pals 



2d half 
Messenger Trio 
De Winters A Rose 
J C Nugent 
Melody A Art 
(One to fill) 

LEXINGTON. KT. 

Ben All 

Les Rays 
Scott A Wood 
Knight A Sawtelle 
Correnne Co 
Keno Keys A Mel 
Elsie LaBergerle 

2d half 
Cleveland A Do'nef 
I Hamel Girls 
Geo McFarlane 
DeLyte Co 
Egyptian Fantasies 
Jack Hanley 

LOOANSP'T IND. 

Colonial 

Claymo 

Austin A Delaney 

Maurice A Girlie 

MIDDLETON 

Gordon 

Frank Sidney Co 
Brent Hayes 
Ferry A Hawth'rne 
Johnson A Parsons 
Saw Thru Womas 

2d half 
Elsie LaBcrgere 



GEO. moos Presents 

FRANK ELLIS 

m*J*. " A 1>RESS REHEARSAL" 
Thi» W eek (Jan. 23), Temple, Detroit 

p— — — i^^— — — 



Joyner A Foster 
Russell* 

2d half 
Nalo A Rlzzo 
Berri A Bonnl 
Harry Haw A Sis 
Hugh Johnson 
Eldrldge B'l'w A E 

FT. WAYNE, IND. 

Pnlnce 

Chas Frink 
Adler A Clark 
« Little Darlings 
Lew Huff 
Adams A Guhl 
Princeton S 

2d half 
The Crawfords 
Engel A Marshall 
Rues Leddy 
Tilyou A Rogers 
Ferry A Ha\vth"ne 



West A Van S 

Geo F Hall 
Correnne Co 
(One to fill) 

RICHMOND. INB, 

Murray 
Harry Wntklns 

Maxwell 5 
Rose A Thorne 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Scott A Wo.-ds 
Fox A Conrad 
John T Ray Co 
Frank Sidney Ce 

SAGINAW. MICH. 

Jeffros-Strnnd 
McMahon Si*. 
Harry Han « > c '» 
Eldrldge U'l w *• ■ 
Hugh Johnson 



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VARIETY 



25 



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2d half 
iP »n!eh Goldinla 

SHUBERT 
This Week 

jrjrff YOKK CITY 
W lnter Garden 

White Way » 
xm Jackson 
j^cille Cbalfant 
Chuckles 
Klein Bros 
t*lma Braata 
Bert Kanion 
BROOKLYN 

Crescent 

Brcndel A Bert 
Branny Troupe 
<£rl jicCullough 
Herllck A Sarampa 
£arie Stoddard 
Ben Linn 
Lesch Wallin 3 
Vardon A Perry 



PAP Houlton 
Daby June A Pale 
Joyner & Foster 
F * B Russell 

CIRCUIT 
(Jan. 23) 

CLEVELAND 

Ohio 

(Sunday opening) 
Whirl ot New York 
Nancy Qibba 
Florence Shubert 
Kyra 

Purcella Bros 
Clarence Harvey 
Dolly Hackett 
Bard A Pearl 

DETROIT 

Detroit O. II. 

Alice Lloyd 

Charles Howard 

Forde A Rice 

Griff 

Sailor Reilly 



Official Dentist to tke If. V. A. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

1493 D'nay < Putnam Uldjc.) IV. Y, 



McConnell A S 

ATLANTIC CITY 

Apollo 

Jolly J Jones 
Mossraan A Vance 
Sally Irene A Mary 
A Robina 
France* White 
Bddie Dowling 
Clark A Arcaro 
BALTIMORE 

Academy 

fcrantona 
Harris & Santley 
Joveddah 
Bilton Hayes 
Bert Melrose 
Nip A Fletcher 
Nat Nazarro 
Bob Nelson 
Torino 

BOSTON 

Majestic 

Bmlly A Wellman 
Dolly Connolly 
Palo A Palet 
Clayton A Lennie 
Masical Avoloa 
Arthur Terry 
Aleen Bronson 
Johnny Dooley 
Walter Weems 
Beck A Stone 

BUFFALO 

Tock 

Adele Rowland 
Novell Bros 
Callahan A Bliss 
Bquilli Bros 
General Pisano 
Ernestine Myers 
Jeek McKay 
Leena La Mar 
Jack Strouse 

CHICAGO 

Apollo 

(Sunday opening) 
Go Get 'Em Rogers 
Masical Johnstons 
Mr A Mrs Mel-Burn 
Ciccollni 

■ Evans A Girls 
Billy McDermott 
Hetty King 
Taylor Holmes 
ThejPlckfords 



Hanncford Family 
Roode A Francis 
4 Paid re ns 

NEWARK. N. J. 

Itlalto 
Nonette 
Bridal Swept 
Everett's Monks 
Delro 

Geo Rosemer 
Apollo Trio 
Rome A Cullcn 
Armstrong A James 
Taflan A Hewell 

PHILADELPHIA 

Chestnut St. 

James Watts 
Whipple Huston Co 
Georgia O'Ramey 
Kranz A White 
ruCalion 
Milo 

Kremka Bros 
Olympla Desvall 
Seymore A Jeane'te 

PITTSBURGH 

Duquesne 

Bert Shepherd 
Ford A Truly 
The Flemings 
Ryan A Lee 
M Farrello 
Walter Brower 
Kings of Syne'p'Cn 
John C Thomas 

TORONTO 

Royal Alexandra 

Nora Bayes 
Togo 

McCormark A R 
Broken Mirror 
Gallerini Sisters 
Mullen A Corelll 
Fred Allen 
Gen E LaVine 
Alfred Naess Co 

WASHINGTON 

Shubert -Belnseo 
Bernardl 
James Barton 
Rath Bros 
Masters A Kraft 
Bernard A Towns 
Green A Blyler 
Pcderson Iftoa 
Maria Lo Co 



• ■ 



BRYANT 537T 

DR. M. HERBST 

DENTIST 

XRAY DIAGNOSIS 
I4S2 BROADWAY, Solto 408, Cor. 43d St, 
NEW YORK 



Next Week (Jan. 30) 



CLEVELAND 

Ohio 

flanday opening) 
Alea Carr Co 
Rattle Althoff Co 
Jarlos A Ines 
Jyan ft Lee 
waiter Brown 
The Flemings 
Marguerite Farrell 
Ford ft Truly 



Bert Shepard 

PITTSBURGH 

Duquesne 

Rath Bros 
Bernardl j 
Green A Blyer 
Bernard A Townes 
Masters A Kraft 
Pederson Bros 
Maria Lo 



POLTS CIRCUIT 



RRIBGEPORT 
Plaaa 
A J Lewis 
Rowland A Meehan 
fear Readings 
Laurel Lee Co 
2d half 
Joan A Bohn 
"•ban A Mack 
Babcock A Dolly 
»»nr Lawlor 

HARTFORD 

_ . Capitol 
fobn A Bohn 
{fw Brlce A Co 
«ail Ermlnle A B 
Fields A Fink 
D * Lyle Alda 



Burke Walsh A N 
Babcock A Dolly 
Century Girl 

2d half 

C A J Lewis 
Lew Brlce Co 
Rowland A Meehan 
(One to All) 

SCRANTON, PA. . 

roll's 

(Wkes-B'rre split) 

1st half 

Dell A Gllss 
Jack Goldie 
"Jed's Vacation" 
Elm City Four 
Annan Kaliz Co 



LA MAZE TRIO 

Direction: EDWARD 8. KKLLAR 



2d half 
Fields A Fink 
Hall Ermlnle A B 
Polly Moran 
De Lyle Alda 
Four Readings 

W'KES-B'RE, PA. 

Poll's 

(Scranton split) 
Wardells A L'o'cta 
Carrol A Gorman 
Miss Cupid 
Trovato 
Bothwell Browne 



WORCESTER 

Poll's 

Clifton A De Rex 
Fay A Ross 
"One on the Aisle" 
John Steele 
Musical Nossea 

2d half 

Mack A La Rue 
Anger A Packer 
Conlin A Glass 
Conroy A Yates 
20th Century Rev 



ORPHEUM CIRCUIT 



JOHN J. KEMP 
Theatrical Insurance 

m JOHN STREET. NEW YORK CITY 

Phone: Bowling Green 3100 



- . 2d half 

aft * Kyo 

Clifton A De Rex 
f°hn Steele 
J^rel Lee Co 
'*ul Dlnus Rev 

«.. Palace 

■«»>an A Mack 
**B»tat A Watson 
*J M " r l< Co 
fJVhOft A PhollpB 
J «ernatlonal Rev 

2d half 
J 1 Carpo 
j^ntury Girl 
f n'gh'm & Bennett 
'-•clalre A Samson 
L *esar Rivoll 

new haven 

Al n ,llJon 
Al Carpe 



SFR'GF'LD, MASS. 

Palme 

Laclalne A Samson 
Smith A Nleman 
Anger A Packer 
Polly Moran 
20th Century Rev 

2d half 
Fay A Ross 
"One on the Aisle" 

Newhoff A Phcllp?> 
Chas Ahearn Co 
Frazer A Dunce 

WATERHI RY 

Palace 

Mary Lawlor Co 
Frazer A Bunee 
Conlin A Glass 
Conroy A Yatr* 
Chas Ahearn Tr 



CHICAGO 

Majestic 
Florence Reed 
V A ■ Stanton 
Joe Darcy 
Hop*) Eden 
Ruth Budd 
OUie Young A A 
Karc 

Palace 
Flon ncc Walton 
4 Mo, -tons 
Jack Wilson 
Brown A O'Don'ell 
Burt A Rosedale 
Dance Fantasies 
Swift A Kelly 
Sultan 

Bailey A Cowan 
Olcott A Mary Ann 

State Lnke 

Jack Rose 
Jean Granese 
Brbby O'Neil 
Nanon A Welch 
Modern Cocktail 
Adams A Griffith 
Harry Delf 

DENVER 

Orphrnm 

Sam Mann 
Dugan A Raymond 
Lyons A Tosco 
May Wlrth 
Claude Golden 
Joseffson's Iceland 
Jordan Girls 

DES MOINES 

Orpheum 

Margaret Taylor 2 
Princess J Q Tal 
Burke A Saun 
Chabor A Tortonl 
M Montgomery 
Van A Corbet t 
Robbie Gordone 
Princess Kalama 

DILI Til 
Orpheum 

Daniels A Walters 
Harry Kshne 
Ruby Norton 
Hal Skelly 
Miller A Mack 
Bostock'a School 
Kinso 

EDMONTON. CAN. 

Orpheum 
(30-1) 
(Same bill playa 
Calgary 2-4) 
Llbonatl 
Bill Robinson 
"The Storm" 
Gordon A Ford 
Redford A W'ch'ter 
"Pedestrianism" 
Keegan A O'Rourke 

KANSAS CITY 

Main Street 

Louse A Sterling 
Ed Ford 
Larry Harklns 
McGrath A Deeds 
The Shsrrocks 
A Bell Co 
Wm Seabury Co 
Hugh Herbert 

Orpheum 

Ben Beyer 
Jack Joyce 
Mary Haynes Co 
Millershlp A Ger'rd 
Joe Rolley Co 
Kitty Gordon 
"Young America" 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Orpheum 

Santos A Hayes 
F A M Brltton 
A A F Steadman 
Sophie Kassmir 
T A K O'Meara 
Jack Kennedy 

LOS ANGELES 

Orpheum 

Eddie Foy Co 
Fred Lindsay 
Kellam oc u Dare 
DeHaven A Nice 
Frank Farron 
Moss A Fry© 
Ruth Howell 
Ed Janls 

MEM THIS 

Orpheum 
Bushman A Bayne 
Billy Arlington 
York A King 
Andrleff Trio 
Wilton Sis 
Leipzig 

MILWAUKEE 

Majestic 

Franklyn Ardell 
Bob Hall 

Gautier's B'klayers 
Rlnaldo Bros 
Palace 
Pearl Regay Co 
Joe Browning 
Butler A Parker 
Dan Sherman Co 
Henry A Moore 
Plelert A Scofleld 
Jo Jo A Harrison 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Hennepin 
Dezo Rotter 
Louis Bennett 
Anna Fay 
Chan Harrison 
Joe Bennett 
Adolphua Co 
Toney A .Norma n 
Mrs S Drew Co 

Orpheum 

Clifford A Johnson 
Abraham Lincoln 
Whiting A Burt 
Van Ilovcn 
Weston's Mortals 
R A E Dean 



Bill Genevieve A W 

NEW ORLEANS 

Orpheum 

Ernest R Ball 
Harry Conley 
Mel Klea 
3 Bennett Sis 
Millershlp A Ger'rd 
Rhinehart A Duff 
Bronson A Edwards 

OAKLAND, CAL, 

Orpheum 

Clark A Bergman 
Raise 

Morris A Campbell 
Beatrice Sweeney 
Fink's Mules 
C Nazarro Co 
Lillian Shaw 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Orpheum 

Galletti's Monks 
Ed Morton 
Moody A Duncan 
Green A Parker 
J R Johnson 
Elsa Ryan Co 
Dainty Marie 

PORTLAND. ORE. 

Orpheum 

4Marx Bros 
lnnis Rrntt 



WINNIPEG 

Orpheum 
Ann Gray 
Naeh A O'Donnell 



Shrlner A F'zs'm'ns 
Pat Rooney 
Crawford A B'der'k 
Davis A Pells 



L0EW CIRCUIT 



NEW YORK CITY 

State 

Brower Trio 
Chad A M Huber 
Mahoney A Auburn 
Herman Berrens 
B Swede Hall Co 
Cardo A Noll 
Joe DeKoe Tr 

2d half 
Sterling Rose S 
Monte A Parti 
Bart Doyle 
Grace Cameron 
Regal A Mack 
Cardo A Noll 
Dance Evolution* 

American 

Goldie A Ward 



Lucille DuBoIs 

Bennett A Lea 

Phlna A Co 

Helm A Lockwoods 

2 Kundles 

Wally Ferraro A W 

2d half 
A A L Barlow 
Herman Bcrrena 
Carle A Inez 
Sally Fields 
Jack Powell 6 

Avenue B 

Mills A Miller 
A A M Royce 
Bally Fields 
Pot Pourrt Dancers 
(One to All) 
2d half 



: BOB ROBISON 

A N P ' 

| renee pierce 

"NO MORE SALOONS" 



McCarthy and Sternard 

In "THE DIVORCE COURT" 
Direction: FRANK EVANS 



Manning A Gould 
4 Brown Girls 
Bernard A Meyers 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
Ed Farrell Co 
Bart Doyle 
4 Eugene Boys 

2d half 

Just Friends 
Dodd A Geld 
Joe DeKoe Tr 
Demarest A Wms 
Phina A Co 
Mahoney a Auburn 
B Swede Hall Co 
Hughie Clark 
Hall A Guilda 



Furman A Falrman 
The Crisis 
,Tabor A Green 
Ethel Gilmore Co 
(One to fill) 

BROOKLYN 

Metropolitan 

Sterling Rose 3 
Cooper A Lane 
Mark Hart Co 
Fox A Britt 
De\Volf<lirls 
2d half 
The Braninos 
Morley A Cheslelgh 
Klmberley A Page 
Sossman A Sloane 
Choy Ling Foo Tr 



A A L Wilson 
"Betty Wake Up" 
McCormack A W 
LaFollette Co 

BOSTON 

Orpheum 

Bender A Herr 
DeNile Don A B 
G A E Parks 
Renee Noel Co 
Barron A Burt 
Dance Follies 
2d half 
Aerial DcGroffs 
Bronghton A T'rner 
Margaret Merle 
M Hamilton Co 
Weston A Eline 
Topics A Tunes 

BUFFALO 

State 

L«?s Pirrotts 
Herman A Briscoe 
Lincoln Hi'hw'ym'n 
Ward A Wilson 
Mcintosh A Maids 

CHICAGO 

MeYIrkrr's 

.T A A Kceley 
Barry Gilbert 
"Money Is Money" 

CLEVELAND 

Liberty 
The Ansulsmiths 
The McNaughtons 
Herbert Denton Co 
Bryant A Stewart 
Jackson Taylor Co 

2d half 
Wilbur A Girlie 
Morton Bros 
Willing A Jordan 
Jimmy Lyons 
Fred La Heine Co 
Metropolitan 
Grace Ayres A Bro 
Geo Heather 
"Tid Bits" 
L W Gilbert Co 
Herbert Dyer Co 



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Flanders A Butler 
Lang A Vernon 
LaPilarlca Trio 
Gorcinctti Brc» 

SACRAMENTO 

Orpheum 

(30-1) 
(Same bill plays 
Fresno 2-4) 
Sallie Fisher Co 
Tarzan 

Modero A Marconi 
Nihla 

B Sherwood A Bro 
Lane A Byron 
Lydla Barry 

ST. LOUIS 
Orpheum 

Grant Mitchell 
Wood A Wyde 
Adler A Ross 
Weaver A Weaver 
Watson A Hawley 
The Rios 

Pearson N'port A P 
The (Jt Ills 

Rialto 

Corlnne Tilton Rev 
3 Haley Sis 
Amaranth Sis 
Petty Reat A Bro 
Hugh Herbert 

ST. PAUL 

Orpheum 

Mattylie Llppard 
William Ebs 
Julian Eltlnge 
Pinto A Boyle 
The Duttons 
Raymond Wllbert 
Rice A Werner 

6ALT LAKE CITY 

Orpheum 

Howard A Clark 
Harry Holman 
Raymond A Schr'm 
Lucan A Inez 
Demarest A Collett 
Worden Bros 
Rockwell A Fox 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Orpneum 

William Gazton 
Cameron Sis 
Lydell A Mary 
Claudius A Scarlet 
Eddie Buzzell 
Al Wohiman 
6 Avalons 
Nat Nazarro Co 

SEATTLE 

Orpheum 

Dave Harris 
"Dress Rehearsal" 
Ward Bros 
Ben Bernle 
Nathane Bros 
Falenbcrg's Bears 
Adams A Barnett 

SIOUX CITY 

Orpheum 

Rltter A Knappe 

Ben E One 

McCormick A W 

Kitty Doner 

Kramer A Boyle 

Sylvia Loyal 

Scalo 

Hall A Dexter 

Evelyn Philips 

Frances Kennedy 

Smiles 

Brlsco A Rauh 

VANCOUVER, B.C. 

Orpheum 

Ln Bernlcla 
Patrlcola A Delroy 
Boy<"e Combe 

I Leo Earn n 
Howard's PonlfB 
Keane ft Whitney 



Victoria 
F A M Hughes 

Criterion Four 
Regal A Mack 
Frank Hurst Co 
Skelly A Heit Rev 

2d half 
The Rarkos 
Rhoda Bernard Co 
Whalcn A King 
Bobby Henshaw Co 
Carl Nixon Revue 

Lincoln Sq. 
Huling's Seals 
Robert Giles 
Btevers A Lovsjoy 
Eddie Clark Co 
Jack Powell fc 

2d half 
J ft B Aitken 
A A M Royce 
Makarenko Duo 
Lane A Freeman 
H Green A Band 

Greeley 8q. 

Frank Shields 
Dodd A Gold 
Bobby Henshaw Co 
Whalen A King 
Eddio Bond 
Brosius A Brown 

2d half 
4 Eugene Boys 
Goldie A Ward 
Marie Russell Co 
Roberts A Boyne 
Criterion Four 
Stevers A Lovejoy 

Delancey St. 
J ft B Aitken 
Monte A Parti 
Lyle A Emerson 
Marie Russell Co 
Senator Murphy 
Brava Barra ft T 

2d half 
Cross A Santoro 
Cooper A Lane 
Rita Shirley 



Palace 
Montambo A Nap 
Armstrong A Tys'n 
Tabor A Green 
T Brown Girls 
(One to All) 

2d half 
Zlegler Pno 
Gordon A Healy 
Betty Bond 
Tzigane Tr 
(One to nil) 

Fulton 

Valentine ft Bell 
Chas Gibbs 
Gordon A Healy 
Lane A Freeman 
Melody Festival 

2d half 
Frank Shields 
Bennett A Lee 
Burke A Toohey 
Bernard A Meyers 
DeWolf Girls 

Warwick 

Prince Cherze 
Furman A Falrman 
The Crisis 
Sossman A Sloane 
Zlegler Duo 

2d half 
Mills A Miller 
Ackland A May 
Mark Hart Co 
Frank Hurst Co 
Everett's Monkeys 

Gates 

Wally Fe'raro ft W 
Carl A Inez 
A ft L Barlow 
Demarest ft Wms 
Doraldlna 

2d half 
Valentine A Bell 
Harry Sykes 
Wahl ft Francis 
Barnes A Worsley 
Doraldlna 



Harry H. Coleman 

INVENTOR and ORIGINATOR 

OF THE WALKING DOLL 
Touring PANTAGES CIRCUIT 



Pot Pourrl Dancers 
Eddie Clark Co 
Huling's Seals 

National 

The Rackos 
Harry Sykes 
Lehr A Bell 
Burke A Toohey 
Ethel Gilmore Co 

2d half 
Marvel A Faye 
Chas Gibbs 
Brower Trio 
Fox A Britt 
Jack Walsh Co 

Orpheum 

Flying Howards 
Phil Adams 
Wahl A Francis 
Klmberley A Page 
Morlo yA Chesl'gh 
Jack Walsh Co 

2d half 
Brosius A Brown 
4 Brown Girls 
Helm A Lockwood 
Senator Murphy 
Brava Barra A T 

Boulevard 

The Braminos 



ATLANTA 

Grand 
M Francois Co 
A A L Wilson 
"Betty Wake Up" 
McCormack A W 
LaFollette Co 

2d half 
Dennis Bros 
Turner A Joselyn 
Billy Barlow o 
McKay's Rev 
(One to nil) 

i BALTIMORE 

Hippodrome 

Forrest A Church 
Jean Boydeli 
M Taliaferro Co 
Murray Voelk 
Franchinl Bros 

BIRMINGHAM 

RIJou 

Ella LaVall 
Davis A Bradn^r 
"Mary's Day Out" 
Babe LaTour 
I Musical Peaches 

2d half 
M Francois Co 



ANDY RICE 

Vaudeville Author 

LOEW BUILDING 

45th Street and Broadway 
NEW YORK CITY 



DAYTON 

Dayton 

Wilbur A Girlie 
Morton Bros 
Willing ft Jordan 
Jimmy Lyons 
Fred LaReine Co 

2d half 

Alvln A Kenny 
LaJtase ft Adams 
Rllla Wlllard Co 
Riverside 3 
Kermiss Co 

DETROIT 
Colonial 
Milo A Blum 
Robinson McCabe 3 
Lester Bernard Co 
Bayes A Fields 
Royal Harmony S 

FRESNO, CAL. 

Hippodrome 

(29-31 ) 
Little Yoshl Co 
Laing A Green ■ 
Wardcll A Doncourt 
Harry White 
Dancing Whirl 

2d half 
Hill A Quinnell 
Clifford A Leslie 
Wild A Sedalla 
Frank Terry 
Moro A Reckless 2 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Locw 

The ITaynoffs 
Maidie DeLong 
Hayes A Lloyd 
Moore A .Fields 
Fred Gray Trio 

HOBOKEN, N. J. 

Loew 

Homer Girls Co 
Balado Duo 
Jack Symonda 
JAB Bage 
H Green Band 

2d half 
Cody A King 
Donal A Donald 
I Musical Queens 
The Harlequins 
(One to fill) 

HOLYOKE, MASS. 

Loew 

H Glngras Co 
Mark A Lane 
Golden Bird 
Basil A Allen 
Downing A Bunlns 

2 half 
Theodore Trio 
Grindell A Esther 
Zeke A Randolph 
Elsie White 
"Holiday ln Dixie" 

HOUSTON, TEX. 

Prin re 

Foley A Spartan 
Eulls A Clark 
Hodge A Lowell 
Josephine Harmon 
"Getting It Over" 

2d half 
Hanlon A Clifton 
Jack Case 

Towns'd Wilbur Co 
Henshaw A Avery 
Toyland Frolics 

KANSAS CITY 

I-oew 

King Bros 
King A ROM 
Martin A Courtney 
Hudson A Jonffl 
B La Bar A Beaux 

2d half 
Alvln A Alvln 
Mann £• Math 
Horn' r II Ilea I ' > 

Burns & Kh n 

Song? .' 



LONDON, CAN. 

Loew 

3 Cliffords 
Jack Lyle 
Guiliana Trio 
2d half 
Hartz A Evans 
I. iil« n A Lewis 
Class A Jazz Rev 

L'G BEACH, CAL. 

State 

(29-31) 
Kennedy A Nelson 
Dugal A Leary 
Rawles A Von K 
Mills A Smith 
LaSova A Gilmore 

2d half 
Little Yoshl Co 
Laing A Green 
Wardell A Donco'rt 
Harry White 
Dancing Whirl 

LOS ANGELES 

State 
HAL Stevens 
J A C Nathan 
Gruet Kramer ft G 
Jim Reynolds 
Holland D'ckrilT Co 

MEMPHIS 

Loew 

Frank Mansfield 
Ferguson A 8'd'rrd 
M Russell Co 
CAT Harvey 
Cosslar A Beasley 2 

2d half 
Ella LaVall 
Davis A Bradner 
"Mary's Day Out" 
Babe LaTour 
6 Musical Peachea 

MONTREAL 

Loew 

Australian Delsos 
Mason A Bailey 
Dorothy Burton Co 
Friend A Downing 
St Clair Twins Co 

NEWARK. N. J. 

State 

3 Martells 
Taylor A Francis 
"Let's Go" 
Jas Thornton 
Q Hughes Co 

NEW ORLEANS 

Crescent 
Hsnlon A Clifton 
Jack Case 

Towns'd Wilbur Co 
Henshaw ft Avery 
Toyland Frolics 

2d half 
Frank Mansfield 
Ferguson A S'd'rl'd 
M Russefl Co 
CAT Harvey 
Cosslar A Beasley 2 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

State 
(29-31) 
Hill A Quinnell 
Clifford ft Leslie 
Wild A Sedalla 
Frank Terry 
Moro A Reckless 2 

2d half 
De Lyons 2 
TAD Lane 
PAG Hall 
Collins A Pillard 
Song A Dance Rev 

OTTAWA, CAN. 

Loew 

Chas Reeder 
Goetz A Duffy 
Around the Clock 
Worth A Willing 
Kervllle Family 

PITTSBURGH 

Lyceum 

Walter Baker Co 
Al Tyler 
Oddities of 1921 
Phllbrick A DeVoo 
Dura A Feeley 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Hippodrome 

(29-31) 
Pesci Duo 
Adams A Gehrue 
Mack A Co 
Lambert A Fish 
Kee Tom 4 

2d half 
Stanley A Elva 
Mack A Castleton 
Al Lester Co 
Eddie Cassidy 
'One Two Three" 

PROVIDENCE 
Emery 

Aerial DeGroffs 
Broughton A T'rner 
Margaret Merle 
M Hamilton Co 
Weston A Eline 
Topics A Tunea 

2d half 
Bender A Herr 
DeNile Don A E 
O A ■ Parks 
Renee Noel Co 
Barron A Burt 
Dance Follies 

SACRAMENTO 

State 

(29-31) 
Fab< r Bros 
Bernlce Barlow 
Fox A Kelly 
Fox A Evans 
Ed Stanisloff Co 

2d half 
Three Raymonds 
H A K Sutton 
I >ntley Banks A G 
Law Hawkins 
' 'Playmates" 

ST. LOUIS 

Loew 

Alvln A Kenny 
LaRoeS A Adams 
Rilla Wiilard A P 
Riverside Trio 
Kermiss i'o 

2d half 
King Bros 
King A Rose 
Marl >n ft Court n< y 
Hudson I .Tones 
B La Bar X. B< aux 
SALT LAKE CITY 
Msite 

(29 M 
ft It'yi 



3 



Cook ft Hamilton 
Eadie ft Ramsden 
Conroy A O'Don'ell 

Chalfonte Sis 

2d half 
LeRoy Bros 
FlaKler A Mails 
Cortez A Ryan 
Snappy Bits 
Smith A luman 

BAN ANTONIO 

Princess 

Turner Bros 
Mammy 
The Chattel 
Reilly Feaney ft R 
Ellz Saltl Co 
2d half 
Foley A Spartan 
Eulls A Clark 
Hodge A Lowell 
Josephine Harmon 
Getting It Over" 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Hippodrome 

(29-31) 



SKITTLE 

Hippodrome 

(29-31) 
Stanley A Elva 
Mack A Castleton 
Al Lester Co 
Eddie Cassidy 
"One Two Three" 

2d half 
Hashl A Oasl 
Fiske A Fallon 
Douglas Flint Co 
Maley A O'Brien 
Kalaluhis H'wlians 

SP'INGFI'D, MASS. 

Loew 

Theodore Trio 
Grindell A Esther 
Zcke A Randolph 
Elsie White 
"Holiday ln Dixie" 

2d half 

Ed Glngras Co 
Mack A Lane 
Golden Bird 
Basil A Allen 
Downing A Bunlns 



ROSS WYSE and CO. 

Just Finished Pantagea Tour. 
Hooked Balance of Season. 
EAST: WRHT: 

ALF T. Wn/TON WILLIAM JACOBS 



Uyeda Japs 
Dnaa A Loehr 
O Handaworth Co 
Dave Thursby 
Waldroa ft Winsiw 
2d half 

Preston Ysobel 
Johnny Dove 
V ft C Avery 
Barker ft Dunn 
Bobby Jarvls Co 

Wigwam 

(29-31) 

Musical Rowcllys 
Pltaer A Day 
Crescent City 4 
Fred Weber 
Timely Revue 
2d half 
Uyeda Japs 
Dana ft Loehr 
O Handsworth Co 
Dave Thursby 
Waldron ft Wlnsl'w 

SAN JOSE, CAL. 



Hlppodroi 

(29-31) 
De Lyons 2 
TAD Lane 
PAG Hall 
Collins ft Pillard 
Song ft Dance Rev 

2d half 
Musical Rowellya 
Pltser A Day 
Crescent City 4 
Fred Weber 
Timely Revue 



STOCKTON, CAL, 
State 

(29.31) 
Preston ft Ysobel 
Johnny Dove 
U ft C Avery 
Barker ft Dunn 
Bobby Jarvls Co 

2d half 
Faber Bros 
Bernlce Barlow 
Fox ft Kelly 
Fax ft Evans 
Ed Stanisloff Co 

TORONTO 



DePIerre Trio 
Howard ft Brown 
Arthur DeVoy Co 
Billy Mason 
Tollman Revue . 

WASHINGTON 

Strand 

Dlmond ft Da'ghter 
Curry ft Graham 
J Flynn'a Minstrela 
Monte ft Lyona 
Howard ft Bruce 

WINDSOR, CAN. 



Harts ft Evans 
Lubln ft Lewie 
Class ft Jazs Rsv 

2d half 
3 Cliffords 
Jaek Lyle 
Guiliana Trie 



- •>- 



GUS SUN CIRCUIT 



ALBANY 

Majestic 

Adeline Randolph 
Williams ft Mitch'l 
Rickus Trio 
Harry Bulger Co 
Leoni Trio 

2d half 
The Stanleya 
Eugene Glxetta 
Dane Martin ft D 
Shelly ft Fletcher 
Grant ft Wallace 

CLINTON, IND. 

Clinton 
Ryan ft Moore 



HTOTN, W. TA. 

Hippodrome 

J Singers ft Girls 
Irene Meyera 
Earl ft Mullen 
Adrian Co 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyrle 

Bather Trio 
Stone ft Hallo 
Miller ft Rock 
"Accord' g to Law" 
Pantzer ft Sylvia 
The Savages 

OSWEGO, N. T. 



EDDIE VOGT 

"A MUSICAL COMEDY COMEDIAN" 
Mgt. GEORGE CHOOS 

This Week (Jan. 28), Harlem O. H,, 
New York, and Proctor's, Newark. 



Freddy Sylvera ft F 

2d half 
Anger Adleon 
F'zgcrald ft Carroll 

COLUMBUS 

Orpheum 

Pauline A Francis 
Weston A Young 
Gertrude Taylor Co 
Prince A Bell 
Marston A Manley 
Don Valerio Co 

DETROIT 

Columbia 

Marr A Evans 
Alaf Rajah Co . 
Lester A Vincent 
Columbia Com Co 

EV'NSV'LLE, IND. 

Victory 

Daley A Burch 
Mme Rhea Co 

2d half 
Mack A Dale ' 
Barrett A Harris 

GL'NS F*LLS, N.Y. 

Empire 

The Stanleys 
Kelfer A Scott 
Dane Martin A D 
Walmsley A L'ton 
Chas Henry's Pets 



Strand 

Al Rlckards 
Owen Twins 
Cinderella Revue 
Novelty Minstrels 

ROCHESTER 

Victory 
Five Musical Buds 
Haggerty A Gordon 

2d half 
Ben Harney Co 
Gosler ft Lusby 

V. HAUTE, IND. 

Liberty 
Mack A Dale 
Barrett ft Harris 

2d half 
Daley A Burch 
Mme Rhea Co 

TOLEDO, O. 

Rialto 

The Mlllettea 
J A K King 
Whynott ft Brsdy 
Tommy Allen Co 
Frank Bush • 

Kitamura Japs 
"Charming* Revue" 

WAT'RT'WN, N, Y. 

Avon 

Cinderella Revue 
Ben Harney Co 
Gosler ft Lusby 



BOB 



CAR RIB 



AUSTIN and ALLEN 

"BROADWAY TO THE ORIENT" 



2d half 
John A Babe Mills 
Williams A Mitch'l 
Rickus Trio 
Harry Bulger Co 
Leoni Trio 



Novelty Minstrela 

2d half 
Cantwell ft Walker 
Seven Sweethearts 
Haggerty A Gord'n 
Flvo Musical Buds 



WESTERN VAUDEVILLE 



ATCHISON, KAN. 

Orpheum 

2d half 
Tracy Palmer A T 
Chas S< anion 
Landolf A Dohn 

B'TLESVILLE, OK. 

Odeon 

Gardnt r A Aubrey 
Bally Hoo Trio 



2d half 
Cook A Valdara 
Mario Doro 

BL'M'NGTON, ILL, 

Majestle 

Lulu Coates Co 
Cliff Clark 
(One to fill) 

II half 
Jimmy Savo Co 



(Continued on page 30) 



26 



V A R I £ t Y 



Friday, Jahitiry 27, 1022 



WARNING SOUNDED 



(Continued from page 13) 

ever have before for any single 
cause if they are to ward off the 
new impending Albany bludgeon. 

Testimony was adduced at the 
meeting proving the activity and 
determination of the reforming 
forces to prevail in the regular play- 
house as they recently entered 
scrcendom. Proof was furnished 
that any attempt by any body of 
biased individuals to attempt to 
judge the decency of a play from 
their own standards must be ruin- 
ous to effort. Facts were presented 
to convince that all the tumult 
made by screen objectors against 
censorship had bulked enormous 
cost of money and effort without 
effecting prevention. 

And as the Belasco theatre hear- 
ing closed, the audience that Hied 
out typified a cortege and the 
speakers an the stage the near rel- 
atives of the deceased, the personal 
liberty of the American playhouse, 
because despite what hopeful things 
had been voiced that censorship of 
the stage wouldn't come in New 
York pretty much everybody who 
had listened and heard felt that so 
.far as restriction of stage fare in 
the state was concerned, the act 
only needed Albany's jugglery of 
politics to make it an early law. 

One of the livest of the country's 
play producers who was present 
said, at the close of the meeting: 
"Prohibition was whipped over be- 
cause the consumers and purveyors 
didn't know what was coming off 
until the Volstead bill had become 
a law. Screen censorship in New 
York State was passed by wily an- 
tagonists of the screen, and when 
the f.lm world's advocates for non- 
interference appeared at Albany to 
protest, the discovery was made 
that the objection was without 
'Order and too late. Precisely the 
same situation prevails in regard to 
the stage censorship bill. The other 
side, working guerilla fashion as in 
its other pronounced Instances, has 
massed evidence accumulated dur- 
ing the past three years, with no 
less than 70 reform societies of one 
sort and another, bonded in a com- 
mon cause for stage censorship. 
The Albany representative of the 
people gets and holdj his job by 
votes. The legislator asked to vote 
for stage censorship is up against a 
solid fighting machine when he 
looks the censorship bill makers in 
the face, disposed to exercise his 
own judgment. .That's what hap- 
pened with the film censor bill. 
That's what's going to happen to 
this unless there is a five -alarm 
sounded throughout the entire pro- 
fession and the est minds and the 
strongest fighters, legal and guerilla, 
are brought into solid array. 

"The effect upon the theatre of 
America is incalculable if the bill 
for staga censorship becomes a law. 
Staggering already under a dis- 
heartening load created by economic 
and other conditions, only the worst 
can happen. The theatre is com- 
posed in its producing elements 
largely of business men. The thea- 
tro will no longer be a business, for 
investors will not be found willing 
to undertake the losses of enter- 
prise; tha any Tom, Dick or Harry 
of any other line of 'mslness salaried 
k ;is a censorship official may restrict. 
m The. buffer mea^ re proposed by the 
W Producing Manager**' Association is 
W crass, folly. It simmers down, to a 
public censor board, volunteered, 
without pay. Didn't the films have 
such a Boprd of Review, composed 
of representative men and women, 
wives, motl.ers, church allies, and 
did that stop the censorship of the 

lilmsT 

Easily the outstanding figure of 
the Tuesday conclave was Augustus 
Thomas for the things he said and 
the way he said them. Ellis Parker 
Butler, speaking for the lieague of 
Authors and opposing any form of 
censorship, and Owen Davis, speak- 
ing for the American Dramatists, 
were the group's best reporters of 
censorship doings upstate. George 
v , Arliss added accounts of England's 
censorship situation, past and pres- 
ent; S. M. Tucker, for the Drami 
League, contributed the decision of 
the League to oppose restriction" of 
any sort, and John Emerson ap- 
peared for the Equity. 

"David Wark Griffith." said But- 
ler, "made an able and impassioned 
speech before the lawmakers at A1-. 
baity in the mass meeting of Mm 
men who jumped in front of the film 
censorship juggernaut. It was 
ureat stuff. And as soon a* Mr. 
Griffith sat down the legislators 
passed the bill." 

'So group represented here is 
more concerned than the play- 
wrights,' recorded Owen Davis 
"The men behind the stage censor- 
ship bill are the same two men and 



two women who captained the cru- 
sade against film censorship. There 
have been too many dirty plays 
produced in New York this season. 
This is sure to bring censorship 
unless some action is taken. The 
people who brought film censorship 
and would now bring about stage 
censorship are not mere cranks. 
They have been moved to their cru- 
sade by the license certain pro- 
ducers are taking and have been 
taking for the past several years in 
the presentation of salacious plays. 
I am permitted to say officially as 
president of the American Drama- 
tists that we no longer cure to re- 
tain in our membership any man or 
woman who is not willing to co- 
operate in the matter of giving to 
the stage and its patrons better 
things." 

"Napoleon III. made censorship in 
France a law. A dance " was for- 
bidden to show bare legs. This 
condition obtains in Boston today. 
Pavlova must betigh*. herself when 
playing there." said Charles Co- 
burn. Personally, this speaker said 
he saw nothing indecent in nudity. 

But a single play of the admit- 
tedly censurable . lass was named 
at the meeting. This was 'The 
Demi-Virgin," now In the courts, 
with the piece continuing while the 
lawyers pro and con fight the case 
out. 

"I have seen 'The Demi-Virgin,' 
said Augustus Thomas," and I have 
met its author. admire Avery 

Hopwood's technical skill. A play 
requiring the inclusion of a certain 
scene for the furtherance of its plot 
would he weakened by the modifica- 
tion of such scene, but in 'The 
Demi -Virgin' there are objectionable 
scenes in many spots that are not 
necessary for the development of 
the plot. The strip-poker scene in 
particular, showing a group of girls 
playing poker, where the loser di- 
vests herself of an article of rai- 
ment, it seemed to me was not in 
any way essential to the true se- 
quence of the story." 

A. H. Woods wasn't presen.t nor 
was Engene O'Neil, whose "Anna 
Christie" is among the season's 
Camelias being looked askance at 
by some of the reform societies re- 
gardless of the concession by the in- 
formed that in its story of sjffering, 
struggle and final uplift it is besides 
a work of fine art and an effective 
deterrent against the kind of gi:l 
sex life it reflects. 

David Belasco, whose production 
of the Paris playglrl "Kiki." is 
running at the theatre used for the 
anti-stage censorship meeting was 
also among producing managers not 
present. 



f fused to join, each claiming to be 
of good standing in his home or- 
ganization and under no require- 
ment to become an Equity mem- 
ber. After threatening to close the 
show unless they did join, Equity 
suspended immediate judgment 
when the players remained un- 
yielding, Equity saying it would 
write to England to ascertain 
whether they were In good stand- 
ing in the A. A. 

4 

STOCKS 

(Continued from page IS) 

cinnati, and believes he can still 
make stock go. 

Rowland says two other managers 
arc after the Shubert for the same 
purpose. 



Leona Powers, last season's lead- 
ing woman with the Baker Stock. 
Portland, Ore., is returning to re- 
sume her work with the company, 
replacing Frances Woodbury, who 
will close hens Feb. 4. Miss Powers 
recently suffered loss when the the- 
atre in which she was playing with 
the Broadway Stock company at 
Dallas, Tex., was burned. 



FIRST NIGHTS 



The Supreme, Brooklyn, discon- 
tinued its dramatic stock policy this 
week, reverting to straight pictures. 
The house played stock for two 
weeks, the Payton Stock and the 
Ethel Kosemon Players occupying 
the house one week each. The Su- 
preme will play Sunday vaudeville 
booked by Jack Linder. 

The Blaney Players, at the York- 
ville, New York, will appear in a 
new play next week, entitled "Back 
to Home and Mother.' The piece is 
a rural drama which has never been 
presented on the stage before. 



SHITBERTS AND SYNDICATE 

(Continued from page 15) 
house would be Frances Starr in 
"The Easiest Way" week of Feb. 12. 

The New York story also said 
"One person who knows the Kansas 
City situation says, 'that the Shu- 
berts have been planning a new 
theatre there for some time,* and 
that they probably will go ahead 
with it now and rent the present 
playhouse to the now friendly 'op- 
position.' " 

The Shuberts expended some 
$40,000 on their house here last 
summer and there appears but little 
likelihood of their giving it up to 
any one, at least for several years. 
The Grand is still dark and there 
is but slight chance of it getting 
open again this season. 



SPORTS 

(Continued from page 12) 
sibility. Football is the only logical 
means, with its stadiums of enorm- 
out seating capacity which are in- 
adequate at that It's pie for the 
small college that plays a larger in- 
stitution in a stadium and is strong 
enough to attract around thirty or 
forty thousand people "Under an 
equal split guarantee. Minus the 
numerous minor sport teams that 
are a total financial loss, the small 
college can make a handsome profit 
from a single gridiron contest year- 
ly with enough surplus to go out 
and offer a desirable coach a large 
sum and still be on "veh-et," Imt 
the larger seat of learning continues 
to be up against it and actually 
operates its teams at a financial loss 
year after year— football or no foot- 
ball. 

If arranging football schedules is 
becoming a business proposition 
with America's colleges and through 
that the undergraduate athlete is 
learning to capitalize his ability, it 
seems from where we sit that about 
the only remedy would be for the 
colleges to cut down on their t>port 
programs to the point where the 
financial gains of football aren't so 
necessary to permit the lesser teams 
to thrive. 



WONT JOIN EQUITY 

(Continued from page 15) 
should say so. The answer 
that the girls needed work 
would stick, also that Equity would 
do nothing for them if they walked 
out. 



was 
end 



Foreign Affiliation 
Equity has an affiliation with the 
Actors' Association of England. 
That affiliation amounts to mem- 
bers of either society being obli- 
gated through their respective as- 
sociations' affiliations not to en- 
gags as a strike breaker in the 
other's country; in other words, an 
Equity member in England would 
be obligated not to take the place 
of a member on strike of the Actors. 
Association; the reverse in America. 
Other than that the affiliation 
agreement or Understanding affords 
a visiting member no w. tection 
from either society unless joining 
such society while the foreigner is 
in its country. 

Equity r^eoiitly attempted to force 
two English players, both members 
of the Actors' Associ..ti< * Eng- 

land and now playing in a Broad- 
way dramatic piece, into Equity as 
members. Doth Englishmen re- 



Troy and Albany were admitted 
to membership In the New York 
State Basketball League at a meet- 
ing in Schenectady. The two teams 
decided that they would take a 
week in which to consider the mat- 
ter and then announce their de- 
cision. In the meantime they arc 
permitted to dicker for players in 
the league, but this must be through 
the managers and not direct. In 
case the two cities decide to Join the 
league, their teams will not play 
until the second half of the pen- 
nant race begins. This is slated to 
get under way about Feb. 1. Troy 
dropped out of the circuit about 
three weeks ago, following a Change 
In management and a dispute over 
unpaid salaries of players. Attend- 
ance was away off and quite a little 
money was lost Glens Falls will 
remain in the league, according to 
present plans. "Snooks" Dowd and 
Tommy Sheehan, members of the 
Springfield Interstate League club, 
havo been signed and Manager 
Fairman is making further efforts 
to strengthen the team. 



George II. Mains, president of the 
Hamilton Baseball Club, of the 
Michigan -Ontario League, was mar- 
ried this week to Maxine Brown, 
professional, formerly with 'Floro- 
dora," and at one time a partner to 
Jack Norworth. She was born in 
Denver, Colo. George M. Cohan was 
recently mentioned in a deal with 
Mains for the purchase of a certain 
club in the Ontario League. 
—i . 

The amphitheatre proposed at 
Dyckman street ai d Broadway, two 
blocks north of th* Dyckman ■tree! 
subway station, by a ■yndloatC 



A Broadway first night Is at once 
a sideshow, circus and New York's 
prlxo who's who congress. Any Im- 
portant gathering will Include the 
town's best and worst elements. 
Conspicuously, the body will repre- 
sent most of the urban folk who are 
alive — human chop suey. 

A call from the stage as the cur- 
tain is about to go up for anyone 
well known In the going ranks of 
art, the theatre, the press, big busi- 
ness, politics, socle*.: or Its shadowy, 
less chaste parallel strata, bohemla, 
and someone would be found present 
who could get in swift touch with 
the summoned, if not bow to the 
call in person. A plainclothes man 
seeking a distinguished member of 
the moded fingerprint family, too, 
might go to a less hop ,-ful place for 
his quarry. Prizefight promoters of- 
ten chance expectation of commun- 
ion with their fellows at the same 
mart. The social shrimps or under 
fry of all the other arteries, while 
less conspicuous, are surely on hand. 
And the playwrights, players and 
general hangers-on of showdom! 
Bless you, no first night would be 
complete without them any more 
than it could be without the rival 
r* onagers present at tlieir compeers' 
ventures. And, oh. yes, the ticket 
speculator. Forget him, and forget 
the show, for It's what he will think 
and do after the exposition that will 
determine in large measure what's 
to happen to the whole. 

First nights in New York haven't 
changed much In charact .* during a 
generation. The Individuals that go 
change, but tho mass and its char- 
acters remain pretty much the same. 

New York in the making would 
have been i good title for the first 
night of a generation since, or, for 
that matter, two generations back. 

New Generation 

When the comparatively recent 
"Black Crook" spectaclo obtained, 
the Academy of Music, that housed 
its premiere, entertained as first 
nlghters the brains, brawn and 
beauty of the town. Today the sons 
and daughters of those first nighters 
are represented in the premieres of 



now, the Goulds, tho Vanderbilts, the 
Astora, the others of varying 
equality. 

The law Is one of the most certain 
of first night components. Relaxa- 
tion following the strains of litiga- 
tion is the lure, In the old days it 
was the Roscoe Conk lings, the Jo- 
seph Choates, the Howe and Hum- 
mel a. Now It Is — btit the list is too 
long, Just as are the name lists of 
well known figures in the other 
channels of the town's activities that 
now help to make a Broadway first 
night a thing of beauty, life and 
color. 

No one has ever dramatised a first 
night, but some day someone will. A 
collodioned eye at the door, and 
drama after drama would fight for a 
place on the shifting iris. Balzac 

would suffer from fatigue trying to 
pile up his ideas as the file goes by 
the ticket gate. O. Henry gives us a 
glimpse now and then that he sensed 
the rich mines of the exhibition. 
Wives who aren't, millionaires who 
ain't, playwrights who would be, 
brokers broke, beggars rich, girls 
adventuring, girls through with the 
problem of treasure trovinr. brush 
by one another — Camilles and Joans 
of Arc, Jimmy Valentines and North 
Polo explorers, clothing salesmen 
and Charles Dana Gibsons, scrib- 
blers and Heywood Brouns, arrived 
or gestative. And the critics! My 
word! Ignore their presence and 
shut up shop, even though you still 
have the co-operation of the ticket 
broker. 

Power of the Rounders 

The rounders of tho town revel 
in tint nights. They're good spots 
to swan ennui and cynicism. I May- 
ers hall them with eagerness. 
They're symposiums for the release 
of suppressed emotions. Play- 
wrights welcome them. Ths occa- 
sions furnish excitement greater 
than they may obtain in many 
other ways. 

Through them society keeps 
abreast of the things of the play- 
house. Through tticm the ticket 
broker survives. Through *em the 
(Continued on page 28) 



New York's leading sporting men, 
has been more or less speculation 
talk, according to the controlling in- 
terests of the property. Recently 
the papers were full of talk anent 
the contemplated structure, men- 
tioning the fact that it will house 
various collegiat skating and 
hockey matches, track contests, be- 
sides figuring very prominently in 
housing the proposed Leonard- 
Britton match. Following the an. 
nouncement of the Leonard-Britton 
affair, Billy Gibson, manager of the 
lightweight champion, was men- 
tioned as one of the leading men of 
the syndicate. The property in the 
past has been used by semi-pro- 
fessional baseball teams, and ac- 
cording to the owners it will con- 
tinue for that sport next summer 
for the site has already been leased 
by representative managers of sand- 
lot aggregations. 



As a result of the postponed 
match between Pinkey Mitchell and 
Benny Leonard, the Wisconsin State 
Boxing Commission suspended 
Pinkey Mitchell, his manager, and 
the Cream City Athletic Club of 
Milwaukee for a period of 30 days. 
Mitchell postponed the fight, claim- 
ing that he had hurt his arm while 
training, but the commission 
charged that the Mitchells were very 
negligent in reporting the fact and 
could have saved the champion go- 
ing into extensive training at his 
qwn expense and at the same time 
saved many fight fans their travel- 
ing expenses. 



Jules C. Formel, the only man who 
was sent to prison as a result of 
the Saratoga gambi:ng crusade, was 
released by the parole board last 
week after serving ten r.onths. 
Formel, who was convicted of being 
a common gambler, declares that he 
was kept in prison If days beyond 
the time he was eligible for parole 
because affidavits were filed that 
there wa.s fpar he might harm Dis- 
trict Attorney Wyman S. Baseom 
and Former Senator Edgar T. 
Braekett. who directed the Investi- 
gation, ar.d the United States Dis- 
trict Attorney Hiram ('. Todd, who 
v. as then associated with' Mr 
Braekett. 



A new racing policy was adopted 
at the convention of Maine Assoei.i- 
tion of Agricultural Fairs held in 
Bangor last week. The refunding of 
the entrance fee to all horses finish- 
l llȤ in the event of the free-for-all, 



with a $2,000 purse. The fairs at 
Presque Isle, Houlton. Lewiston and 
Bangor will try this experiment, 
while the fairs at Gorham and 
Waterville will try it in the free- 
for-all for $1,000 purse. 

A uniformed entrance fee was 
adopted, and it was decided to' open 
stalls to all registe.ed stock instead 
of selected breeds, as in the past, 
with a provision of limiting 
premiums to a class where no com- 
petition results. 



Down in New Orleans, according 
to reports, horses are being run 
"hot" and "cold" this winter. The 
judges are doing their best to in- 
sure clean racing, but seem power- 
less to stop the practice. There are 
a hundred alibis to protect owners 
and trainers with enough handy 
witnesses to substantiate the charge 
or excuse. The condition has 
cleaned up a host of bookmakers, 
as they sense the trail of the "wise" 
coin usually too late. The horse 
slated to win can be any price. Of- 
ten a nag opens at 10 to 1, Is ham* 
mered down to 2-1 in five minutes, 
and trips down to win by many 
lengths Over a field of stake horses, 
where only several days before it 
had finished last behind a lot of 
platers. The other day a horse that 
was "in" before the barrier sprung 
was left flat at the post, but the other 
steeds were extremely polite, wait- 
ing for It to catch up and eventually 
pass them In the stretch. Some 
insist the hprses are educated and 
at times decide on the winner after 
leaving the post. 



Joe Melanson, of Dorchester, died 
at the Boston City hospital from a 
fracture of the skull received when 
he was knocked out by Joe St. 
Hilaire of Somersworth, N. H.. in 
the third round of a bout held here 
under the direction of the Carlisle 
A. C. Monday night. St. Hilaire was 
held by the police but a judg«» re- 
fused to grant a warrant for man- 
slaughter when the facts were P*0" 
sented by the police. This is the 
first occurrence of this nature » n 
this city since boxing has been 
legalized and 1» id been under the 

direction of the boxing commission. 

Melanson had substituted for an- 
other boxer who was overweight 
and could not go on. Melanson had 
been examined by the comrne -ion's 

physician before he went on to light 

and pronounced O. K. It is l.rlievod 
he sustained the mortal Injury when 
his head struck the mat, follow; 'is 
I the knockdown 



Friday** January 27, 1922 



VARIETY 



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27 



THE SHUBERTS NEEDED PEP 

AND SO THEY SENT 














As the DAYTON DAILY NEWS put it:— 

a — ALEEN BRONSON, the petite and clever comedienne, was then secured to add lustre to 
the vaudeville bill at the Liberty (Shubert) — " 



As JACK LAIT put it:— 

"-If MISS BRONSON isn't the best and cutest Kid Comedienne in the world, then son 

sand or more people who were in at the Monday matinee would like to know the name of the 

girl who is. No headliner ever could expect more recognition in howls and applause- 



» 



As "ZIP' put it:— 



"—There is only one ALEEN BRONSON and it will be many a moon before there will be an- 
other. I am glad to have the power to shout her praise — " 



CORRESPONDENCE 

The cities under Correspondence In this issue of Variety are 
as follows, and on pages: 

BALTIMORE 38 

B08TON 37 

BUFFALO 36 

CLEVELAND 35 

DETROIT 35 

INDIANAPOLIS 29 

KAN8A8 CITY 34 

MONTREAL 27 

NEW ORLEANS 34 

NORFOLK 38 



PHILADELPHIA 33 

PITTSBURGH .., 31 

PORTLAND, ORE 38 

ROCHESTER 34 

SALT LAKE \ 32 

SAN DIEGO, CAL 33 

SEATTLE 33 

SYRACUSE 27 

TORONTO 37 

WASHINGTON 36 



MONTREAL 

By JOHN M. GARDINER 

HIS MAJESTY'S. — - "The C.reat 
Broxopp" with Iden Payne. Next 
week, Irene Bordoni in "The French 
Doll." 

PRINCESS.— Florence Walton and 
Co., Harry and Denis DuFor, Ray- 
mond Bond and Eleanor Magnunson, 
"Shadowland," Lew Brice and Co., 
Wilson Aubroy . Trio, Potter and 
Hartwell, Craig Campbell. 

GAYETY. — Flashlights of 1922. 
Burlesque. 



WANTED: POSITION AS MAID. 

New York location preferred. Formerly 

at siifu's Buffalo for nine years. 

CTARA JONF.S 

A^l li ***** «»» ■li f t , NOW York 

Apartment 7. 1'hone Circle 4? II 



ORPIIEUM.— Closed. 

LOEWS. — "Tick -Took Revue," 
Charles Reeder, Goetx and Duffy, 
Worth and Willing, Kerville Family. 
Pictures. 

CANADIAN FRANCAIS.— Lucien 
Bovcr and French -Canadian stock. 

CAPITOL.— Capitol Opera Co. in 
"Japanese Nights,' feature, "Satur- 
day Night." 

ALLEN.— Allen Concert Co.. Sig- 
nor Aresoni, 'Why Girl's Leave 
Home." 

IMPERIAL.— Greek Evans, bari- 
tone; "Don't Tell Everything." 



American Wheel burlesque proved 
a failure III this city. The attrac- 
tions booked at tho Orpheum dur- 
ing the last four weeks have been 
mediocre and after the opening 
week, tho patronage petered out. 



FOR R€N T 

Jefferson Theatre 

Formerly THE BUCKINGHAM, LOUISVILLE 

WHALLEN BROS. LOUISVILLE, KY. 



Manager Moss stated to a Variety 
representative that while no definite 
plans had yet been made, owing to 
Lessee Ilevia's absence in New York, 
it was practically -assured that the 
house would not remain dark. 



Luoien P.oyer and the members 
of the Canadian Francais stoek 
company are reporting good bus- 
iness. French stock has always been 
an institution in Montreal, with an 
80 per cent, population. 



Manager Conover, of the Imperial, 
scored when he engaged Greek 
Evans, the operatic baritone for a 
week. Mr. Evans is very popular in 
Montreal, having sung for tho two 
past season'* with the Scotti Opera 
Co. during its engagement here. 



A move Is under way In the city, 
fostered by Jack Elms, of Loew's, 
to reduce prices. The move is bound 
to be a popular one and will result 
in better business for all the the- 
atres. The constant plaint of the 
local press has been against pre- 
vailing high prices and "boosted" 
admissions for special attractions. 



Jimmy Parker's Summer Garden 
is doing capacity every night. It 
is an up-to-date cabaret with a 
goo'd program — and a license to 
serve liquid refreshment. 



Persistent rumors again are heard 
in theatrical circles that Pantagei 

time will be brought into Montreal. 
This mo^ wac announced Ju*t be- 
fore the Capitol opened her'? but the 
project was apparently shelved. 




stage in the eity 
This } is been Montreal's worst 



season, so far, for road attractions 
in the legitimate field, The public 
are howling for good shows, but to 
date their howls have not been 
heard. 



SYRACUSE 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

B. F. KEITH'S— Second Anni- 
versary Week." The bill was in-> 
creased one act this week, giving 
a total of eight. Josephine Dunfee, 
Syracuse soloist, and, until sho lost 
her voice, a Keith attraction, filled 
t extra spot on tho bill. Mrs. 
Dunfee's voice shows a surprising 
come-back, and she will return to 
the footlights, it is understood. 
Karyl H< rman, "Creole Fashion 
Plate," topped the program, going 
over big, as did Walter C. Kelly, 
the "Virginia Judge." also a re- 
peater. 

WIETING— Monday only, "Secret 
Service," creditably produced by 
Boar's Head Dramatic Society of 
Syracuse University. 

BASTAKLE— First half, Jack 
Singer's Show; last half, "Uncle 
Tom's Cabin." 

STRAND— "I Accuse." 

EMPIRE— "Conceit." 

HOBBINS-ECKEL— "Just Around 
th« Corner." 

SAVOY— 'The Mistress of Shen- 
stone." 

CRESCENT — "Oh, Mary, Be 
Careful." 



Fiske O'Hara in "The Happy 
Cavalier" opens a three-day en* 
gagement at the Wieting Jan. 30. 



The Mummers, tho Iramatlo 
society of St. Lawrence University, 
will tour the State with "Grumpy,* 
opening at Massena on Feb. 10. 

Tho Goodwill theatre, Johnson 
C!f , owned by George F. Johnson, 
the multi-millionaire shoo king, is 
back to a pictures only policy, drop* 
ping the vaudeville because of lack 
of financial support. Manager Har- 
old L. Albert celebrated the return 
to a film policy by giving a theatre 
party to all school children of the 
city. 



TItK i|l tl.H'Y WORKM %NSHI1> 
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Mhort notice at a moderate prl< <•. 

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WANTED: 5 GIRLS 

to play Cornet and Saxophones 

B'-;« v ;|.iif, aM, ai'd acrid photo- -v.-i?l return fjmie. Writo .it once. 
7U<J VAl.'DKVlM.E ATT. A'Mr. 

FRED GRAY TRIO 

Next Week (Jan. 29), LOEWS THEATRE. HAMILTON, CANADA 



(WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM) 

ISABELLA PATRICOLA, 

KEITH'S THEATRE. CINCINNATI, OHIO: . * 

DEAR PAT: |UST HEARD YOUR VICTOR RECORD. 
CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S GREAT. SINCERELY WISH 
YOU GOOD LUCK. 



A1LLEN STANLE 



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VARIETY 



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30 — Keith's Riverside, New York 
6— KEITH'S PALACE, NEW YORK 
13 — Keith's Bush wick, Brooklyn 
20 — E. F. Albee, Providence 
27 — B. F. Keith's, Boston * 
Week March 6— Keith's Alhambra, New Yon: 
Week March 1 3— Keith's, Philadelphia 
Week March 20— Keith's, Washington 
Week March 27— Davis', Pittsburgh 

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PIRST NIGHTS 

(Continued from pace -•> 
frtayers endure. Through them the 
-critic swells his paunch, his coffers 
and his self -esteem. Through them 
Jthe manager lives. 

While the manager promotes 
them* he deplores them. He'd like 
them to be different. Ee'd like new 
tdood. He quails when he views 
the gatherings. His wares need 
stimulation, even when normal. 
When subnormal, the first night 
audience Is as exhilarating as 
cyanide. 

Prom, time out of mind t ho cntrc- 
peneur has striven to change the 
eubsiance of his Initial audience. 
Only once did ho succeed. William 
McConnell, a producing manager of 
a generation ago. Introduced Amelia 
Bingham In a new play at the old 
Princess theatre to an audience free 
of any of the blase element insep- 
arable from compositions used to 
the consumption of caviare at every 
meal. McConnell through indefatig- 
able enterprise got every one of his 
first night seats gold to people who 
had never attended a Broadway first 
night. In his premiere audience 
there wasn't a critic, a rounder, a 
ticket speculator, a bone. man, a 
playwright, a J> layer. The stunt 
proved the play a bowling success. 



Off to a running start, the later ad- 
verse criticisms of the critics and 
the regular first nighters couldn't 
stop the box office r .n. 

The lobby of the theatre of an 
opening is the city's town square 
for the informed. There before the 
curtain rises all that is known of 
the play about to be tried is cir- 
culated and discussed. Any gossip 
of the producer, author or players is 
given free current. After the second 
act it's the lobby again for the paid 
reviewers and the variously inter- 
ested other factors. Here, again, 
the play's history is piecemealed, 
its author ventilated, its players 
considered and prospects appraised 
for success or failure. Rounders, 
speculators, players, playwrights, 
critics, nondescripts of all sorts Join 
in the Informal conclaves and share 
in the judgments of the self-elected 
juries. When the curtain rises upon 
the new play's second act critics in 
groups know by their lobby ex- 
changes romething of what their 
fellows of the guild feel aifd think 
of the submitted material. When it 
rl'.s upon th > third act the Judg- 
ment Is already^ seeking form and 
character of express" a as it is to go 
down on paper after tho curtain on 
this act falls. If the author hasn't 
Vised his critic during his first and 
second acts of a three-act piece he's 



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FACE SURCION 
Face Lifting 
F*os Correct* ant 
Crowtfret ^ 

Eyelid* Yeutnified 



DR. PRATT 

(40 West 34th St.) 

(I'hune 25 Perm) 



a miracle worker if he ever gets the 
critic's interest in the play later. 
Conscientious Critics 

Some of the city's list of critics 
are conscientious. Scrupulously, a 
few of them attack their responsi- 
bilities with a knowledge of the 
theatre and its functions. Truth is 
the aim of these. They temper their 
adverse opinions often with mercy 
and sympathy. These are the hope- 
ful elements that the theatre cannot 
afford to lose. More of the review- 
ing scribes are mere verbalist i<* 
mountebank*. A survey of the origins 
of the city's reviewers of the town's 
plays and deductions is odious. Hu- 
man elements enter largely into 
much of the character of the re- 
views. The critics of morning pu - 
pers must have their matter on ti 
way to the composing room by mid- 
night or shortly thereafter. T 
average play of account ends a 
eleven. A thousand words nn hour 
is speedy inditing, self written or 
dictated. The critical faculty isn't 
happy when rushed. A start with 
A weak phrase or a cul de sac of ex- 
pression or opinion when writing the 
rriticism and the critic for whom 
presses are waiting is uneasy. lie is 
his own editor. He cannot, mani- 
festly, fail to meet the time limit 
set fof his copy. Whatever he Is to 
do he must do expeditiously. More- 
over, he isn't paid merely for opin- 
ions, it's a manner In his report 
that counts for his esteem and hi» 
hold on his berth. If he be of the 
designedly facetious school and have 
not anticipated the comic possi- 
bilities Of the play under considera- 
tion he is In a bad way. The clock 
j calls, the muse halts, and yet some- 
iiing must go down on paper, and 
hat swiftly. Cut the critic, design- 
dly facetious and the critic con- 
( ientious and equipped, solve their 
roblem by resort. 

Expert's Job 

At the close of the new play's pe- 
nultimate act the critic's judgment 
is grounded. He knows he will not I 
alone in his opinion for good or ' 
ill, for his lobby exchanges have pro- j 
tided that. So, with two hours in- 
i stead of one, from 10 to 12, instead 
I of from 11 to 12, he can do better 
I with the Job in hand. And so it is, 
! i he thing's , done, usually. And sur- 
I prising as the thing may be to lay- 
' men, the result isn't so often wrong 
as one might think it would be. The 
comic critic in his interval has had 
time to fuse his expressions to mean 
i* not arouse ridicule, and the seri- 
ous contemplator time to analyze, 
construct, inform and at the same 
time entertain. 

It's an expert workman's job, and 
only expert workmen can get away 
with it. 

The critic for afternoon sheets i i 
untroubled by openings. If he Is J 
one who aims at expressing his own 
convictions and these only he has 
until next morning to shape his 
thoughts. If he have any doubt of 
tho authority for his judgment he 
may seek counsel from the opinions 
of tho critics of the morning pa- 
pers. In contrast with the stress of 
the reviewers for the morning pa- 
per the evening man's task is child's 
play. 

Producing managers have long 
considered plans for the abolition of 
critics. The lack of echelon among 
the guild is the managers' most fre- 
quent complaint. Within the month 
the critic of the morning edition of 
one of the town's most Important 
dailies was flatly opposed at almost 
every angle of a new play reviewed 
by the critic of the evening issue of 
the same newspaper. 

A proposal was considered by" pro- 
ducing managers recently to com- 
bine in a request for the scrapping 
of what tho managers tcrnv-d the 
fossils of the calling. The managers 
claim that life's complexions Changs I 
with generations, and the old-time 
critics now still at the work of play 
[reviewing are Voicing T, °t what is 
true of today, but what may hav6 
been true of yesterday. 

To which the antiques retorted 
that truth is ever the same. 



WHAT 




THINKS OF NOVELTY ACTS 



V«n Cellos Take Floto Back to 8awdust Ring 

Th* lure of the circus! llust be In the blood for I can't shake (t off. Went 
to the Orpheum the other night and saw the Van Cellos In their act, performing 
marvelous stunts. EASILY THE CRKATKST ACT OF ITS KIND IN T1IK ftVOKlJ). 

As we eat back and recalled the many years of practice it requires to perfect this 
act, and then iiaten to some monologlst spiel his rot, his pattern and Jokes taken 
from the comic papers, we wonder why folk don't enthuse over an act like th* 
Van Cello* more^than they do? The lady In the act is not only marvetously 
gowned, but her pretty flsrure goes a 'long way in putting it over. "Whenever I see 
one of these nets I feel I've had my money 1 * worth, for the Ivre o! the cirrus Is 
In me. 



KEITH AND ORPHEUM CIRCUITS 



A'tl. 
AUf. 
AM*. 
Aug- 
Kept, 
S»-i>t. 



I— BlrtraUe, N. Y 

1 »— Hlj«l>«M Ironic, ('levr'and 
» OnwiettBa. Sioux t'ity 
M -Orpheun, St. Paul 

4— Or|>heum. Mlnneupoli* 
11 — Orpheum. ] tulutli 



K«i»f. l'» — Orpliouiu. Winnipeg 

Sei»t. M OfPfmil. fc»lmont«»n snJ Citfars 

<»ct. .1 — orplieum. Vancourer, l>. C 

Oct. J»— Mo.re. Seattle 

oot. lrt — ittslig. Portland, Ore 

Oct. 2.:— Orplietini. San r'ranclseo 

Oct. .>(» - Orpnium. Oakland 

Ne*. « — Orpheum, S»oramciito in I I'rtsfto 

Nov. it— Orpheura. lis* AiiK»1e« 

Not. 2:<— orplieum. S.ilt Lake <Vr 

Nor. 2!>— Orphetnii, Denser 

1>*« . 7— Orphcum. U»< -'hi 

I>ec. 11— Omheum. Oraatf* 

l>ec. IS— Orpheum, Kassaa CM? 

I>e<\ |.V— Mnii-tic, Ce<!ir n»pi- « 

Jan. J- Orpbsum, Jirs M.-lne-' 

Jan I— Heiin?piu. Mk tia 



Jan. 16 -Pa'aoc. Chirac* 
.1 hi. j : - fcmi>i--.«. Urand Rapi-u 
.Ian. ."0 -KetthN. Tallin 
!>)•. C— -Keith"". Uejrtnta 
Feu, U— Keith's. I'otmuiMis 
Ieh. JM— Hart*. Pittsburgh 
I Vl>. 27 — lllpptulrome. Yeuiigst<>w*< 
M.inh fl — Temple. Oetrolt 
March 13 — Temple. Ki»'he-l«T 
alarch 2-)— Colonial. Krie 
March -T— Keith"--. Syracuse 
April 3— Lyric. lUmiti . Out 
AprU li)-->*hsa"a. Tocnto 
Api II 17— Princess. le»n»r.-al 
April 24— Keith's. I,owrU 
>1mt 1— Keith's. Itoston 
Vsv I— Kelih's, Port I w I 
M;iy l.V— Bushsrlcfc. Beeoklre 
M>v M— Jf»rplk»um. Bmokt.M 
>l v 5 'i Royal. Ne«v V. r . 
.tune 5 K.-i'Ii'. tt'i hi:,.- r 
Jaus 12 Keith's, PhltaUe' i 




Direction HUGHES & MAN WARING 



-— mi 



Revised plans for the buildins of 
the Tremont theatre in the Hronx 
by B. S. Moss have been filed and 
work will bo started immediately. 
The structure is a year behind pn 
schedule, due to high construction 
costs. The SSSting capacity will be 
2,500 and the bouse will cost around 
$1,000,000. It will open under a 
straight picture policy. 



Trof. Thomas "Vy". Smith, nn in- 
structor in a Uurlington, Vt., high 
school, was dismissed by the Board 
of Education for having "jazzed up" 
a minstrel performance given In the 
guild house of St. Mary's Protes- 
tant Episcopal Church. The "prof,"' 
who was acting as nn end man, w.is 
charged with tolling stories th.tt 



wore "out of 
of thnt sort." 



place at a gathering 



Maxim's restaurant, which was 
forced into bankruptcy last June, 
has Mod a schedule that sets the 
liahHltios at $*-'0,h£>< and the assets 



it 56,791. 



P6r a genera] idea as to hosvinnh 
tlio recent financial depression h.u* 
affected large commercial concerns 
a report shows that Sears -Itoebuclc 
lost $16,4*5,461 during 19^1. From a 
gross sales total of $254,505.0f.'» ia 
1920 the amount of business done bf 
the concern last year dropped to 
J17S.014.981. Tho reason given 
t lie decline in prices. 



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mmiE s 




IN VAUDEVILLE 




EI) 



H. BART McHUGH 



BLANCHE 




and 




NEXT WEEK (JAN. 30)— B. V. KEITHS ROYAL, NEW YORK— AND THE NEXT WEEK— 



Friday, January 27, 1922 



VARIETY 




20 



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TAKES THIS MEANS OF CONGRATULATING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HAMILTON THEA- 
TRE ON ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY AND FOR THE CAPACITY BUSINESS BEING DONE THERE 

THIS WEEK. 



P. S— Sailing for Europe shortly. All communications c|o JOHN C. PEEBLES, 1562 Broadway, New York 



jick McGee lms been appointed 
Msiatant manager of the Franklin, 
New York. 

Cohen's Opera Houte, Vow burg, 
N. tm wnl nave vaudevi,,0 » com- 
mencing Monday (Jan. -3). 



George Chooe is to produce an 
English version of his vaudeville act, 
•The Dress Rehearsal," for a tour 
ef the Moss Circuit in England. The 
producer will s-il Feb. 7 on the 
Aquitania for London and will re- 
cruit an all-English cast. Choos 



"A Visit Decomet m Habit" 

YORK CAFETERIA 

Far*, wholesome food, tastefully 
prepared. 

Popular prices. 
158 West 44th Street 

(Adj. Hotel Clsridge) NEW YORK 



will return 
March 11. 



on tho same ship 



Thieves broke into feveral dress- 
ing rooms at the Palac •, ' >uth Nor- 
walk, Conn., last Frit a- night and 
made off with wearing parel be- 
longing to George Alt :ander Fields 
and Fink and Joe Laurie, artists on 
the bill 



The benefit performance held at 
the Harlem opera nouso Friday 
morning netted $11,000 for the fami- 
lies of Detectives Miller and Buck- 
ley, killed by Luther Boddy, the 
colored youth. 



Sidney Blackmor, star of "The 
Mountain Man," at the Elliott, ad- 
dressed the members of the Eclectic 
Club at the Waldoi f- Astoria for a 
noon talk on Wednesday of this 
week. He chose as his subject, "Na- 
turalness in Acting." 



^« < ^^^« 




That Workers May Work 



To keep the I. Miller factories 
at steady production I. Miller 
announces the ?ontinuance of the 

Semi- Annual Sale 



Every Slipper in Every Store 
Sharply Reduced — Evening Slip- 
pers, Dress and Walking Slippers 
all at unprecedented values. 



$6.85 Styles**! 
•U stores except 
Fifth Avenue. 



Over Fifty 

Smart Styles 

$A.85 



6 



Other Styles at 
the surprising 
•values of $8.95. 



Quality Compared 

•I. Miller price* 

are incom p arable* 

I. MILLER 

1554 Broadway 
New York 

State and Monroe Streets 

Chicago 

World's Largest Producer of Theatrical Shoes 



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MARRIAGES 

Marguerite Calvert, dancing vio- 
linist, and W. D. Harris (non-pro- 
fessional) Oct. 6, at Salt Lake City. 

Irving Aaronson, pianist with the 
Versatile Sextet, to Christie Mar- 
sons, professional, Jan. 21, by the 
deputy city clerk in New York. 

Josephine Beck, daughter of Mar- 
tin Beck, and Dr. Nicholas S. Ran- 
sohoff, Jan. 23, at the bride's res- 
idence New York City. 

Eva Esmond and Marinos Byron, 
Jan. 19, at Ellston, Md. 

Regina Wigley, 19 years old, one 
of the Wigley Sisters, vaudeville, 
while appearing in Joliet, 111., on 
Jan. 19 was married to Vernon Mc- 
Manus, 24 years old, son of Peter 
F. McManus, a Joliet banker. 

Willard Mack to Beatrice B. Stone 
in Los Angeles Jan. 21. 

Frank Melino, owner of "Yip Yap 
Yaphank," to Rosebud Wilde, for- 
merly of Rose Sisters, in Chicag », 
Jan. 24. 

E. R. Smith, press agent, "Dulcy," 
to Vera Remington, non -profes- 
sional, in New York, Jan. 19. 

Louis Hayman to Loretta McDon- 
ald, Jan. 18, in New York city. Hay- 
man has been with the Shapiro- 
Bernstein publishing offices for 
seven years and received a chest of 
silver from his fellow employes. 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lynn, at their 
home in New York City, Jan. 17, 
daughter. The father is of the 
vaudeville team of Burns and Lynn; 
the mother, Sue Creighton (Three 
Creighton Sisters). 

Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Capps (Capps 
Family), daughter, making four 
boys and four girls. Newecomer 
named Annette after Annette Bar- 
bour (Five Musical Queens). 



IN AND OUT 

Eilly Swede Hall and Co. out of 
the Fulton, Brooklyn, Monday, due 
to the illness of Jennie Colburn. 
Harry Brooks and Co. substituted. 

Archie Onri and Dolly withdrew 
from the Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
last Monday afternoon, following an 
alleged personal altercation. Onri, 
completed the day by doing a single 
at the night performance, and was 
replaced by Danhorn and Inez, for 
Tuesday and Wednesday. 

JerHette out of the Orpheum 
theatre, Brooklyn, this week: illness. 
Replaced by Chas. King and Leila 
Rbodqs> 

ENGAGEMENTS 

Florentina Gosnowa, dancer, with 
"Greenwich Village Follies," for 
new production. 

Thelma Harvey as understudy to 
Dorothy Smoller in "Up in the 
Clouds." 

Henry Hull for "The Cat and the 
Canary." 

Olga Steck, formerly with *Iolb 
and Dill on the Coast, by Harry 
Cort for Frank Fay's "Fables." 

Sue MacManamy, for "The Pi- 
geon," opening in New York Feb. 2. 

Robert Toms, who was billed as a 
member of Grant Mitchell's sketch 
at the Majestic, Chicago, last week, 
was in New York and files objec- 
tion to comment on the perform- 
ance of his successor under his 
(Toms') name. Toms was a mem- 
ber of Mitchell's sketch when It 
played Far Rockaway, N. Y., somc 
time ago, but retired by agreement 
with the owner after playing one 
week. The act was then known as 
"The Future." 



AMERICAN STOCKHOLDERS 

(Continued from page 11) 

dolph K. Hynicka interests) Gus 
Hill, George Dresselhouse, Peter 
Carey and Dan Guggenheim (repre- 
senting Billy Watson). I. H. Herk, 
Georgo Gallagher, president and 
general manager, respectively, of 
the American Burlesque association, 
and E. T. Beatty were not present 
at the meeting. 

The Lothrop letter calling the 
stockholders together said: — 

"As a director of the Ameri- 
can Burlesque association, I 
have just completed a careful 
examination of the company 
and fully acquainted myself 
with tho management thereof 
by the majority of those in con- 
trol. I would liko to present the 
results of this investigation to • 
you and for Uut purpose ask 
that you attend an informal 
meeting tO| be "held on Jan. 19, 
1922. This is of the utmost im- 
portance to ycu. so do not fail 
to attend. (Signed) 

"George E. Lothrop. Jr." 

The meeting of the committee 
scheduled for Wednesday was post- 
poned until Thursday (yesterday). 

That I. fit. Herk, president of the 
American, has been out of town 
since Mondaly, having been called tJ 
Toledo through the serious illness 
of his mother, called a temporary 
halt on the work of the committee 
representing the stockholders. As 



soon as Herk returns to New York, 
probably the latter part of the week, 
the committee will continue the in- 
vestigation. 

The three committeemen and Leon 
Liiski, said to represent Columbia 
interests holding stock in the Amer- 
ican, refused to comment on the in- 
vestigation or any possibilities it 
might lead to. 



INDIANAPOLIS 

By VOLNEY B. FOWLER 

"The Famous Mrs. Fair" at Eng- 
lish's first half and "Declassee" last 
half. Murat was dark first half. 
"East and West'* on. the last. 

Otis Skinner is to do a film of 
Booth Tarkington's "Mr. Antonio" 
next Hiinime . 



Chic Sale, who was at Keith's 
last week, also is going to work in 
the studios again this summer. He 
had a scenario writer with him. 



Mrs. Hence Orme, member of the 
Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays, 
who aided Indiana exhibitors in 
their fight against censorship in 
1921, died in Indianapolis Jan. 20. 



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"THE AMERICAN INDIAN SEERESS" 



After her sensational success in Europe has returned and is playing week stands in all the B. S. Moss Greater 
New York Theatres, This week (Jan. 23)— B. S. Moss' Franklin, New York. Next week (Jan. 30)— B. S. Moss* 

Regent, New York. 

Management HENRY BELUT 



BILLS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from Page 16) 



Four 

(i 'no 



Yalentinos 
to flll) 



t it R i:\nix. I A. 
Majestic 

■Oslo 

Watts A Ringgold 
Bloom A Imniap 
• Prediction" 
Stone A Hayes 
Molere Revue 

CKNTRALIA, ILL. 

Strand 

Thi f»orans 
J'.xbi A Altoi 
A: Abbott 
Kenny Mason A S 
A "jxur.der A Fields 

2d half 
Unas A Foas 
t'l.fT CMark 
"da wing a Woman" 

C'HAMPAION, ILL. 

Orphenm 

Noel Lcater 
Margaret Ford 
Anderson A Graves 
Max Bloom Co 
Unit on Bros 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Ttialto A La Mont 
Roberts A Clark 
Trixie Friganza 
(Three to nil) 

CHICAGO 

American 
Tlamlin A Mack 
Jack George Duo 
••Rubevllle" 



(Thtec to AH) 

2d half 
Fisher -» Circus 
I^ewla A Rogpm 
"Short A Sweet" 
Clay Crouch 
3 Melvin Bros 
(One to All) 

Fmprrss 

K A B Kuhen 
Howard A Fields 
Tilyou A Rogers 
L Mayer A Girls 
Georgo Newton 

2d half 
Hennlng A Davis 
John Oeiger 
L Mayer A Girls 
(Other* to fill) 

Kedzie 

Avey A O'NeM 
Warren A O'ltrion 

2d half 
Howard A Fields 
(One to fill) 

Lincoln 
"Short A Sweet"' 
Colvin & Wood 
3 Melvin Brow 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
Nippon Duo 
Ray Fern A Maree 
"Doll Frolics- 
Four Cameron* 
Capt Betts Heals 
(One to fill) 

CLINTON, ILL. 

CTlntonian 

Hanley A Howard 
Austin A Colo 



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llWKM'OKT. IA. 

to'umh'n 

Hose Bills A K 
"Doll Frolics' 
Drowning A l • • . • 
Bspe A Buttsa 

(Two to flll» 
I'd half 

R night's Roosters 
Watts a Ringgold 
Let* Wells 
H S!-e!oy f: Boyi 
Stone A- Ilnyrs 
"Wond ■-• Girl" 

DE( ATI It, If I. 

L'mprea* 

K fi C La Tour 
Clay Crouch 

(Koor to fiin 

2d half 
Austin A Cole 
Hall A West 
Anderson A QrSves 
Knspp a Corns Its 

llanako Japs 
(dnc to fill) 

m Bl'Ql K. IA. 
Majestic 

Julia Kil.vaM ;i 
Kahn A Boone 
IV d McLean 
Mellon A Renn 
"Dunce Flashes" 

K. ST. LOUS. ILL 

Krber's 

Kennedy A Davis 
Roberts A Clark 
Coley A Jaxon 
llanako Jap* 
2d half 
Hanley A Howard 

Billy Oerber Rev 
Walten A Brant 
Berzac's Circus 

ELGIN. III. 

sUsJtS 
I Cspt Bolts s. lis 
I John (Jejjtrr 
ROSS Wys«- Co 

2d half 
A I SJryker 
Buddy Walton 
"Rubeville" 

IT. SMITH. ARK. 

Jets 

Gardner &- Aubrey 
Barry & Whlttedge 
Wenser & 1'iinicr 
I.e Groli.s 

(.ALKSIURd, ILL. 

Orphrum 
Rita Gov Id Co 
Jark Hi-ili.-v 3 
(One to fill) 

I'd half 
Norris KoveRy 
Fisher £• Llov.l 
R & It Conrad 



Ryd Walker 

T ltn.wn'.H Yachting 



(.'!) ISLAND. ILL. 

Majestic 

Cord A I'ackard 
Ben N'ee One 
rhaniber'.ain A E 

JOLIF.T. ILL. 

Orphrum 

All Ripon 
Dooley A Storey 

i « »u,. io mi) 

Id half 
Kitner & Reaney 
Rosa Wyse Co 
(One lo AID 

KANSAS CITY 

Glob:> 

IV.Iiott A Johnson 
Adams & Thomas 
.las Fulton. Co 
Ford A Price 
2d half 
Kitty Thomas 
H< nnington & i\coti 
Tile A Tid • 
(Otic to nil) 

LINCOLN. NEB. 

v Liberty 

Cordon A Gordon 

L'riscoe A Raugh 
Aerial Macks 
2d half 
Manning A Man**'te 
Minstrel Monarch* 
Lawrence Johnston 
Abx Melford 3 

MADISON. WIS. 

Orphenm 

Monroe Bros 
Franklyn A Vincnt 
Wayne M'shall A C 
•Story Itook Rev" 
Rob I.aSall.- Co 
Hanson A Burtons 

2d half 
Th^ Hennlngs 
Nsds Norralne 
Welters BWrs a C 
(Three to fill) 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Or pi ten in 
Lstes Broa 
( oniully A Frances 
Bttlly & Houghton 
Sully A Thomas 
Tony A Georgo 

2d half 
H ODpnnell Co 
Norton A Nicholson 
Dave Schooler Co 
(Two to till) 

OKM'GEK. OK LA. 

Orpheum 

Cook A Valdare 
Marw Doro 
(Ore to nil) 
2d half 



Orpheum Opens 20th Anniversary Week 

With Nine Act Offering of Merit 



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TOM SMITH TOPS 

ORPHEUM BILL 



"Sawing Woman in Half" Create? 
Amazement and Brings Queries 



BV GEORGE COLLIN WOOD 

"How is it done? Please t«ll me" 
pleaded a sweet faced, gray haired 
woman to Manager Ben Piazza, in 
the foyer of the Orpheum Theatre, 
Monday, at the conclusion of the 
chow. 

And that query is put every min- 
ute o£ the day. They all want to 
know just how the pretty and 
buxom woman is "sawed— in half," 
light before their eyes and then 
patched together again. And so 
realistically is the feat performed 
that amazement is general. It is the 
outstanding feature of a remarkably 
fine bill. 

This is twentieth anniversary 
week at the Orpheum. Just 20 years 



ago next Friday the Bock branch of 

its circuit trail opened in the build- 
ing now known its the Shubert St. 
Charles Theatre. What vaudeville, 
and especially the Orpheum, has 
meant to New Orleans since that 
memorable day. is too well known to 
require the telling. 

Manager Piassa has arranged a 
fine program to <•♦ lebrate the event. 
Torn Smith easily tops the nine 
amusement acts, though the sep- 
arating of a woman from herself 
creates the most f a1k. My estimate 
of the aet. using 100 per eent. as the 
basis of enjoyment, puts Smith at 
the top. 

Tom Smith Ilr's just a "nut," 
but stich a welcome relief from the 
numerous alleged 'nuts'* inflicted 
of late, that one }s thankful for Tom 
Smith. A dancer of genuine merit, 
whoso "fa lis*' are a feature of Cach 
bit. Smith Keeps one guessing. His 
mind reading stunt is mirth pro- 
voking add lils dancing the fastest 
seen here. 1<>0 per cent. 

"All Right Eddy" Except for one 
character, "All Bight Eddy" would 



Flaherty A St'nlng 
Coscis A Verdi 
Dally Hoo 3 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Empress 

Kitty Thomas 

Minstrel Monarchs 
Chamherlain A K 
Alex Melford ii 

2d half 
Aerial Mack-., 
Joe Martini 
Tracey Palmer A T 
T Brown's Yachting 

PEORIA, ILL. 

Orpheum 

Itlalto A LaMont 
Duddy Walton 
C Blackwell Co 
Kitner A Kesney 
"Wonder Girl"' 
(One to nu> 

2d half 
Noel Lester Co 
Margaret Ford 
Jimmy Lucas Co 
(Three to All) 

QIINCY. ILL. 
Orpheum 

Norrls Follies 
Fisher A Lloyd 
K A B Conrad 

2d half 
Rita Gould Co 
Jack Hedley 3 
(One to nil) 

RACINE. WIS. 

Kinlto 

Bobbe Gordone 
Fern A Ma rot- 
Lewis A Rogers 
Karl Emmy's Pets 

2d half 
Gibson A Hetty 

ROCK FORD, ILL. 

Palace 
The Hennlngs 
Nada Norraine 
Walters B'w'rs A C 
(Three to fill) 

2d half 
Monroe Bros 
Franklyn A Vinc'nt 
Wayne M'rshall A C 
•Story Book Rev". 
Bob LaS.il le Co 
Hanson A Burtons 

ST. I.Ol IS 

Columbia 
Joe Melvin 
Wintergarden Girls 
Berzac's Circus 

2d half 
Hart A Francis 
Max Bloom Co 
Kennedy A Davis 
Kenny Mason A S 

Grand Opera 

Palermo's Canines 

Cook A Rose vera 

"Dreams" 

Fields A ILirr'gton 

"One on Aisle" 

Johnnv Coulon 

"Night in Dixie" 

Ernest Hiatt 

Saw Thru Woman 

SIOLX CITY, IA. 
Orphenm 

Rltter A K nappe 
Ben Nee One 
Mcf'ormack A W 
Kitty Doner Co 



Kramer A Boyle 
Sylvia Loyal 
2d half 

Boats 

Hall A Dexter 
Briscoe A Rauh 
Evelyn Phillips 
Frances Kennedy 
"Smiles" 

SIOl'X FALLS 

Orphrum 

osier A Peg>ty 
Evelyn Phillips Co 
Hall a Poster 
•Smiles" 

Id half 
Marshall A Conner 
McCormaok A W 
Mellon A Renn 
llite Re flow Rev 

SO. BEND. 1ND. 

Orphrum 
Giooon A Betty 
Alice Hamilton 
Stuart Girla 
Jack Lsvter 

Gautier Bros 
(One to nil) 

2d half 
K A K Kuhen 
llw\«.nd A White 
Colvin A Wood 
Av.y A O'Wil 
(Two to fill) 

M'KIM.H'U, II. I.. 

Majestic 
Stack A Stanton 
C Burkhardt Co 
Trlxle Friganza 
(Three to 1111) 

2d half 
F A C LaTour 
A I Abbott 
C Blackwell Co 
Moran A Mack 
Winlon Bros 
(one to Mil) 

TERRE HTE. IND. 

Hlppodromo 

Fox A Conrad 
RMSS Leddy Co 
Great Lester 
Jimmy Lucas 
Four Cameron* 
(One to fill) 

2d half 
Fred Httflfeea <"*<> 
AIlOS Bamiltori 
C Burkhardt Co 
Oauthii r Bros. 
(Two to llll) 

TOPEKA. KAN. 

Novelty 

Tracy Palmer A T 
Our Future Home 
Chsp Seamon 
Landolf A Dohn 

2d hatr 
Elliott Johnson Rev 
Adams A Thomas 
James Fulton Co 
Ford A Pries 

TLLSA, OKLA. 

Orpheum* 
If 6'Donnell Co 

Norton A Nicholson 
I»av«» Scbooler Co 
(Two to All) 
Id hnlf 
Lutes Bros 
Connolly A Frances 
Sully A Houghton 
Sully & Thomas 
Tony A George 



PANTAGES CIRCUIT 



CALGARY, CAN. 

Pantages 
■Itsab'tli Kelson c<\ 

Hazel Moran 
South'n Harmony 4 
J A H Merlin 
Ward A Oori 

G'T 1*1X0, MONT. 

Pantnges 

(31-1) 
(Same hill plays 

Helena 2) 
"Kye.s of Buddha" 
"(Jd Night Nurse" 
Klass A Brilant 
Bison City Four 

BITTE, MONT. 

Pantnges 

ftl-Sl) 

(Same bill j>' \y 

Anaconda, 1; 



Mlssouts 1) 

Pesssetl Bros 
.Ii p Sayden 
Hell a Snyfler 
Jack Heilon 
Ring & Irwin 

SrOKANE 

Pantages 

"l»i/ferent Revue" 
Adsms S'nd-rs \ R 
Burns a Wilson 
Llllle FsslkSer 

VANCOI VEIL B.C. 

PuntagCM 
"Ait Different" 
I«SRgton Smith A L 

Fiv>" Petrowert 

Aerisl Rooney.H 

Violet Lyons 

R ft K Adair 
Mile Bati"ll 



TACOMA 

Psntsges 

Gladys Webb 
Oklahoma City 4 
Holland A Olsen 
Meredith A Snoox'r 
(One to All) 

PORTLAND. ORE. 
Pontages 

Swan A Swan 
El iota 

Lurry Re illy Co 
Dunbar A Turner 
(One to nil) 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Pentoges 

(Sunday opening) 
Smith's Animals 
Crslfl A cato 
BenSee A Raird 
Lunatic Bakers 
Sampsel A Leonh't 
F« rris Hartman Co 

OAK I AND. CAL. 

Pantages 

(Sunday opening) 
('Jars 'Manning A C 

[fejrses O'dw'n a r 

Fl -Ids A Sheldon 
Or Rauline 
Pantheon Singers 

LOS ANGELES 

Pantages 
Pederick A Devere 
(•lasgow Maids 
g * T Hayden 
Dhakswa Bros 
HerSg I. a more 
Sfrs Roy Gardner 

SAN DIEGO 

Suvoy 

I.a'oy'a Models 
Violet Carlson 
Melodies A Steps 
•Night Boat" 
Foster A Ray 
Six Tip Tops 

I/O REACH. C\U 

Pantages 
Jack Trninor Co 

Harry Von Posses 

Johnny Small Co 
W A G Ahearn 
M A M Humphrey 



Noodles Fagin 

SALT LAKE 

Pantages 

Jack Dempsey 
Lagans 
Chuck Risner 
Terminal Four 
Broadway Rev 
P Conchas Jr Co 

OGDEN. VTAH 

Pantages 
19*4) 

Thre« Alexs 
Bernard A Ferr's 
Paisley Noon Co 
Lee Morse 
Arizona Joe Co 
Bye I A Early 

DENVER 

Pantages 

Mile Paula 
Holland A Ray 
Scheftel's Rev 
Nell McKinley 
House David Band 
Creole Fashion Rev 

KANSAS CITY 

Pantages 

La re to 

Cuba Quartet 
Harry Antrim 
•Yes My Dear- 
Bard well Mayo A R 

ST. LOUS 

Empress 

Jones A Sylvester 
Ctnevkve May Co 
"Dixieland " 

MEMPHIS 

Pantages 
Chas Gerard Co 
Doral Blair Co 
Chang Hwa Four 
Carl Rosin i Co 
(Two to fill) 

CINCINNATI 

Pantnges 
Humberts Bros 
Juanita Hansen 
Ann Suter 
Kennedy A Rooney 
Brazilian Heiress 
(One to fill) 



Sampson A Douglas 
Neal Abel 
McKay A Ardine 
"Sawing a Woman" 

GALVEST'N. TEX. 

Msjestle 

(30-1* 

(Seme bin glaya 

Austin 8*1) 
Frank Wilnon 
Mack A^Maybelle 
Ldw'd Esmonde Co 
"The Volunteers" 
Bronron A Baldwin 
Edith Clifford 
Wm Brack Co 

HOCSTON, TEX. 

Majestic 

Three Regals 
Follls Sisters 
Sarah Paddeu 

Carson A Willarfl 

The Can<<ino8 
Claudia CeleagS 
Lady Alice's Pets 

LITTLE KOI k 

Miijestir 

Hush Musical Duo 

Jim cull. -ii 

Wanxer«A Palmer 

THr.le 

"Grnwich Viirg'rs" 



2d half 
Hurio 

Bekell Dancers 
I*erue A Dupre 
(Two to nilj 

OKLAHOMA CIT1 

Mejestie 

(Tulsa split) 
1st half 
Lutes Bros 
Connolly A Frances 
Sully A Houghton 
Sully A Thomas 
Tony A George 

SAN ANTONIO 

Tyler A St Clair 

Jean Barrios 

Scanlon D Bros A 3 

Toto 

Wilbur Mack Co 

Celia Weston Co 

Four Lamys 

TILSA. OKI A. 

Majestic 

(Okla. City split) 
1st half 
Hugh Odonri'M Co 
Helen Staples 
Morton A Nicholson 
(One to fill) 
Dave Schooler Co 



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DALLAS, TEX. 

Majestic 

Miches Bros 
Perrone A Oliver 
Bd A May Krnie 
Piske A Lloyd 
Jane A K'thr'n Lee 



George Morton 
Five Chapins 

FT. WORTH. TEX. 

Majestic 

Juggling Nelsons 
Carleton A Belleir 
Wm Halligan Co 



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This week (Jan. 23)— Shubert's Winter Garden, N. Y. 



Direction RUFUS Le MAIRE A ED. DAVIDOW 



JAMES 



HARRY WEBER Presents 



ELEANOR 



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DURKIN 



"A TETE-A-TETE IN SONGS" 

WEEK OF (FEB. 6)— KEITH'S ALHAMBRA, NEW YORK 



«BR-R R, ITS COLD IN NEW ENGLAND NOW" 



"REGARDS TO HARRY KUH" 



[day, January 27, 1922 



VARIETY 



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JED DOOLEY Gets Another Letter 




JOHN HUTCHINSON, M. D. 
Four forty ore Park Avenue 
• NEW YORK 

SO August, |i)<h 
Mr. Jed Doolcy, 
Fifth Avenue Theatre, 
M v dear Sir: 

After Seeing your act I am disposed to tak-e the 
liberty of telling you how much it is enjoyed as 
pleasant humor, diverting and abounding in a.giee- 
ablc surprises. It is acts the quality of yours that 
interest the intelligent public instead of the noisy 
sort in which the coarse boisterousness completely 
obscures any possible merit. 

I wish you and artists of your character and 
merit could convince managers that there is a large 
public ready to patronize vaudeville for real re- 
freshment, but who rarely do so because they have 
to sit through vulgar turns that are really often 
quite unworthy of the actors who present them. 

Jt is the light touch which is best enjoyed, or 
when great emphasis is used it ought to be about 
something. I hope to see you many times and am 
keen to thank you now for the pleasure you give. 

Very truly yours, 

(Signed) JOHN HUTCHINSON, M. IX 
Dictated. 





Continuous 

Publicity 
Carries 
A Punch 




NEXT WEEK (Jan. 29) at B. F. Keith's Palace, New York 



PITTSBURGH 

By COLEMAN HARRISON 

PICTURES.— Q RAND and LIB- 
ERTY— "Song of Lift--*'; OLYMPIC 
—"Law and tho Woman"; REGENT 
and BLACKSTONE— "White Qak'- 
SAVOY— "Di earn Street"; O-YM^jCttiff 
ERAPHOXE— 'At the StaKO* ftoojf jOfttli*.- 
LYCEUM— "Alia s Lady fingers" lAEfc 
HAMBRA— "Don't Tell Everything"; 
PITT— "Orphans of the Storm"; AL- 
D1NE— "Don't Cet Personal." 



The Oish sisters and P. Yv". Grif- 
fith were present the first three 
showings of their new 'Orphans" 
Picture, which drew capacity. It is 
maintaining a good gait, going into 
lis first full week. 



men: at the Duqueene Shuhert 
vaudeville theatre here, one of t Ik* 
best weeks since that policy v, as in- 
augurated here was recorded, with 
•Whirl of New York" unit. The 
iy night .show of the week In- 
\\as called off Suddenly, when 
water pipes flooded parte of 

theatre. 



Thurston, In the many years he 

has played here, is for the first lime 

at the Alvin. heretofore given oyer 

to high class legit. "Main Street" 
next. 



George White's "Scandals" is 
drawing close to capacity with $2 
top at the Nixon. "Ziegfeld Frolic." 
$3 top, next. 



The New State, Rowland & Clark's 
newest theatre in the heart of the 
Riaito, will soon be opened, as will 
another by the same firm in the 
Squirrel Hill district. 



With the advent of now manage- 




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Hindley Holders are supplied 
in three finishes: 

Gloss Black White Enamel 

$14.00 $18.00 

Nickel Plated 
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John Charles Thomas whs substi- 
tuted ii« taeadiitier at the Shubert 

Duquesne this week, after Bessie 
McCoy Davis had been announced. 



After announcing $2 top for "Or- 
phans of the Storm," an advertise- 
ment in which D. W. Griffith ad- 
dressed and signed a statement to 
the local public advised a drop to 
$1.50 for best'^Seats. 



Jerry Martin, several years ago Of 
the double team of Miller and Mar- 
tin, is now in tho advertising de- 
partment of tho Pittsburgh Dis- 
patch. 



Pel , 

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A well-arranged, diversified offer- 
ing, that looked 100 per cent nifty 
on paper, drew about four rows less 
than capacity Monday night, Hums 
mid Freda, one of the IVw repeaters 
at this house this season, back after 
four months, have touched up their 

turn with the addition of a worn. in 
harpist of brilliant technique and 
ire doing a little take -off of Galla- 
gher and Shean. 

Jack Norworth. Ilerschel Henlere, 
Harry Carroll and Co.. Will If. Civs- 
sy, besides the "wop" charact is, 

Bil got the lights. The lineup \v;is a 
brilliant array. Carroll, local prod- 
uct, K«>t ft reception <»n entrance, as 
did Meniere and Norworth. But fol- 
lowing Henlere*i execution on toe 
k»ys, in his elassical work at least, 
Carroll's piano work may have suf- 
fered sonv. otherwise Carroll's 
revue »;ot over on artistic, merit. 
Henlere worked alone, though billed 
us Henlere and Co* Since his last 
showing here, a year and a half a^'o. 
he has eliminated the bURlneas In 
the pit, but the bulk <>* his act re- 



nains substantially the same, in 
general a brilliant pianolog, except 

for a f.v recognised witticisms, as 

a song by two brokers, buy low 
and si II high." 

X»u worth's single is well balanced, 
the presence of Emma AdelphI at 
ihc piano more than holding its 
share of the turn. A couple of nut 
Bonga and some broad humor reg- 
ister effectively. Will M. Cressy 
and Blanche Day no. in "The Man 

SVho Butted In," were a good No. 3. 
.Bert and Hobble Walton pot little in 
'he deuce spot, while the Four Cast- 
ing Mellos, opening, and Daly. MacK 
and Daly, closing, both got mild ap- 
plause. The latter held most of the 
patrons in. 

Shubert 

John Charles Thomas and iht> Viw 
Kings of Syncopation divide head- 
line honors and are drawing a size- 
able attendance, with fair prospect 
of pulling crowds so large as saw 
"Whirl of New York" last week. 
Two successive weeks of pood busi- 
ness will equal the Shubert vaude- 
ville record hero for the season, and 
in the face of strong Opposition it is 
noteworthy. 

John Charles Thomas hns enough 
class to compensate for tive re- 
peaters, who have not changed their 
offering in the least Hurt Bbepperd 
opened with his whip cracking, fol- 
lowed by Ford and Truly, both turns 
faring mildly. Marguerite FarrHl 
goaled 'em next to intermission, 
while Ryan and Lee, after the pic- 
tures, were forced to four bows. 
Then camo Thomas, who had the 
mob fairly enthralled with the qual- 
ity and volume of his voice, superior 
to anything of the kind vaudeville 
knows. Walter Hrower, next, bad a 
tough assignment, but aside from 
stretching his matter out needless 

ly and injecting a few blue ones, 
went over big. The "Five Kings' 
act. with llatti*» Althot'f and Carlos 
and Inez, affords each unit of the 
group greater opportunity to regis- 
ter individually than when last seen 
here. Tiny hold the house Intact. 



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(Jan. 30— Feb. 6) 

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York. 

"Bathing Beauties" 30-1 Cohen's 
Newburgh 2-4 Cohen's Poughkeep- 

"Beauty Revue/' 30 Gayety Mil- 
waukee. • 

"Big Jamboree" 30 Star &. Garter 
Chicago 6 Gayety Detroit. 

"Big Wonder Show" 30 Empire 
Toledo 6 Lyric Dayton. 

"Bits of Broadway" 30 Gayety 
Detroit 6 Gayety Toronto. 

"Bon Ton Girls" 30 Gayety Wash- 
ington 6 Gayety Pittsburgh. 

"Bowery Burlesquers" 30 L O 6 
Hyperion New Haven. 

"Broadway Scandals" 30 Allen- 
town 31 Easton 1 Reading 2 Long 
Branch 4 Trenton. 

"Chick Chick" 30 L O. 

•'Cuddle Up" 30 Casino Boston 6 
Columbia New York. . 

Dixon's Big Review 30 Park In- 
dianapolis. 

"Flashlights of 1921" 30 Gayety 
Buffalo 6 Gayety Rochester. 

"Follies of Day" 30 Gayety Roch- 
ester 6-8 Bastable Syracuse 9-11 
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"Folly Town" 30 Orpheum Pater- 
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"French Frolics" 30 Empire Ho- 
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"Garden Frolics" 30 L O 6 Empire 
Providence. 

"Girls de Looks" 30 Gayety Bos- 
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"Girls from Joyland" 30 Lyric 
Newark. 

"Golden Crook" 30 Gayety Omaha 
6 Gayety Kansas City. 

"Greenwich Village Revue" 30 Co- 
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"Harvest Time" 30 Gayety St 
Louis 6 Star & Garter Chicago. 

"Hello 1922" 30 L O 6 Palace Bal- 
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Howe Sam 30-1 Bastable Syracuse 
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"Hurly Burly" 30 Century Kansas 
City. 

"Jazz Babies" 30 Gayety Louis- 
ville. 

"Jingle Jingle" 30 Lyric Dayton 
6 Olympic Cincinnati. 

"Kandy Kids" 30 Engehvood Chi- 
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"Keep Smiling" 30 Casino Brook- 
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Kelly Lew 30 Gayety Montreal 6 
Gayety Buffalo. 

"Knick Knacks" 30 Empire New- 
ark 6 Casino Philadelphia. 

"Lid Lifters" 30 L O. 

"Little Bo Peep" 30 Majestic 
Scranton. 

"London Belles" 30 L O 6 Gayety 
Omaha. 

"Maids of America" 30 Miner's 
Bronx New York 6 Orpheum Pater- 
son. 

Marion Dave 30 Empire Brooklyn 
6 Km pi re Newark. 

"Mischief Makers" 30 Howard 
Boston. 

"Miss New York Jr" 30-1 Wilkes 
Barre 2-4 Utica. 

"Monte Carlo Girls" 2-4 Academy 
Fall River. 

."Pace Makers" 2D . I'^nn rirouit. 
"Passing Review" 30 Garrick St 
Louis. 

"Peek a Boo" 30 Star Cleveland 6 
Empire Toledo. 

"Pell Mell" 30 Gayety Baltimore. 
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Singer Jack 30 Empire Albany 6 
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"Social Follies" 30 Gayety Minne- 
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"Some Show" 30 Howard Wash- 
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"Sporting Widows" 30 Majestic 
Jersey City 6 L O. 

"Step Lively Girls" 30 Gayety To- 
ronto 6 Gayety Montreal. 

"Sugar Plums" 30 Palace Balti- 
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Finney Frank 30 L O 6 Gayety St 
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Mcadvilk-. Pa., Dec. 24, 1<>21. 

BYRON and LANGDON played a three days' engagement 
for us this week, closing tonight. I consider it one of the BEST, 
if not the best comedy, act which ever played our house. 

It is a pleasure to commend an act of this character, and if 
more were built as the act of BYRON and LANGDON, vaude- 
ville would recover what at times appears to be a lost art. 

(Signed) FRANK C. TRURAN 

fceade I ; of Music Theatre, 

MendviHc, Pa. 



Abbott Arthur 
Adams Mark 
Adams Ted 
Aldert Joe 
Allen Florence 
American Quartet 
Anderson William 
Armstrong Lucille 
Arolo Charles 
Arthur D 

Pangors Four 
Bar-pain 
Darren Pat 
Bergan Thurlow 
Hernard Hobby 
Bonner Lynn 
Bonnie & Benie 
Brade Miss S 
Preen Harry 
Brooks Sheltoa 

Call Dorothy 
(Hair Doris 
Claremont Bros 
OilTord Larry 
Clifton Ethel 

Doan Evelyn 
Dean Phlllbj 
Deen Marty 
Delancy Edgar 
Delmore Geo 
DeRex Bille 
De Verne Do! Ms 
Dicks Lucille 
Difrnam Mina 
Donahue Frank 
Drew Beatrice 
DuFranse Maldle 
Dyer Victor 

Fables Lawrenos 
Fields Al 
F'olds Billy 
Fisher May 
Foster .1 
Franz Sig 

Bayden Harry 
Mayos & Lloyd 
Helrrlek Helen 
Herman Jay 
Hill Chas 
Hindson Will 
Hold -n Jack 
Honeysuckle A V 
Koreilck Albert 



Jones Irving 
Johnson Sydney 
Judd Jappie 
Judy Mrs J 

Keeley Jean 
Kervitle Jese 
Kiien bam 

Leary Ted 
Lester Nat 

Madison Geo 
Madison Ruth 
Maker Jessie 
Major Madge 
Major Ruby 
Major W 
Mantell Lee 
Martin Owen 
Mason Edgar 
Maynard Dorothy 
McAdler Owen 
McCullough Tat 
McDonald Trio 
McGuirke Fred 
McKinnon Sisters 
Miller Rose 
Morris A Crane 

Nevlns A Gordons 
NewhofT Jacob 
Newport Mrs 
Noe Mr J 

Nobel Herman 
Norton Ned 

Randell Carl 
Rich Fred 
Fobertson Ghlta 
Ross Cecil 
Ross Mary 

Van Horn J*aa 
Varley Mrs F* 
Vernon Irene 
Vert Ilszel 
Vollmmcr Ruthae 

Walters Frank 
Ward John 
Webb Miss Y 
Webster Esta 
Weiland Emanuel 
West Lillian 
Wheeler Arthur 
Williams Conatsnce 
Wilson Claudette 



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Appier A A 
Austin A Delaney 
Arnold Billy Ce 
A bey Charlotte 
Allen Edna 
Austin Bob 
Anderson Rhea 
A Hard R M 

Balmatn Edna Deal 
T'.ell Jessie 
Bell Florence 
B-ntley Chas A 
Dadall Same 



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Bally Hoo S ■* 

Brown George 
Beck Valeria 
Belmont Belle 
Bogdonoff Troupe 
Blnus A Burt 
Blake Helen 
Burnette A Lee 
Booth Jim Mrs 
Pirnlngham V'glnla 
Braasn Stella 
Betts Capt C H 
Hello Lillian 
Burton Richard 



Bray O A L 
Blondell Mabel 
Burns Victor 
Barnes Stuart 

Cook A Oatman 
Carbonl Mario 
Clifford Wayne • 
Cook A Vernon 
Calvert Marguerite 
Coneven Josephine 
Cavanaugh Earl 
Cavana Duo 

Dohn Robert 
Davis A McCloy 
De Onsonne Nellie 

Edwards Julia 
Earl A Edwards 

Folsom Bobby 
Fioretti Gustavo A 
Fisk A Lloyd 
Fiulay Bob 
Furman Phil 
Flske A Fallon 

Green Ales- 
Green Billy 
Great Howard 
Genung Gene 
Griffey Sadie Mrs 
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Gibson Hardy 
Gelger John 
Gt- han Albert 

Haste Billy 
H.'tmmond Jack 
Holly M 
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Harris Joseph 
Holden R T 
Hackett Margaret 
Hovard Florenz 
Hngan Fred 
Harrison Natalie 
Hale Wm Bros 
Mendriekson Jas 
Hall \>r;i 
Happy Uolden 
Happy Harrison 

Trglis Jack 

Klpple Vina 
Kali Sam 
Kalamos The 
Kane A Norton 
Kramer Clifton 



Lee A Cranston 
Little Joe 
Le Vere Vesta 
Larkin Charles i 
Lester Bell A Q 
Lackey Evelyn 
La Mert Louis 
Leach LaQulnlan 3 
La Mert Sam 

McDougal Mae 
Mack Al 
Moore Ruth 
McCullough Carl 
May A Kilduff 
Mudge Leland 
Morrvil Frank 

Norrls C Jr 

Oshea Timothy 
Ofttrowsky Mile L 
Oismith Mary 

Patton Joan 
Purcell Pete 
Patterson Helen G 
Powell Ada Mrs 
Pfeiffer Richard 
Poena y Bob 
Patrlcola Tom 

Rnmlevev Ango 
Rogers Wilson 
Rawson & Clare 
Ryan Elsa 
Raymer * Whyte 
Rankin Walter 

Pusette Miss 
Sherman Dorothy 
Sieger Lillian 
Safp Ruth 
St Leon G.'or^<» 
Spahman A Mrs 

Thomas Joe 
Trado Twins 
Thirty P.nk To<-s 
Thornton ISstella M 

Velky Roy 
Vert Hazel 
V'alli Arthur 
Valeno Don 

Wastika & Vstudy 
Watson Evelyn 
White Joe 

Tonle A Fugl 



SALT LAKE 

Norman E. Beck, dramatic critlo 
of the Salt Lake "Telegram" for 
several years, has resigned to accept 
a publicity position with William S. 
Swanson, who operates the Amer- 
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the "Telegram" by Waide Moore 
Condon, recently returned from 
Athens, Greece, where ho served for 
two years in the American diplo- 
matic service. 



Robert Craik, who came here two 
weeks ago to succeed Willard Mack 
as leading man for the stock at the 
Wilkes, closed Jan. 21. He will go 
to another Wilkes theatre, suc- 
ceeded here by Brady Kline. 





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PHILADELPHIA 

ARTHUR B. WATERS 

Samuel Epstein, uho recently ac- 
quired the Pasohall and 58th St. 
theatres in West Philadelphia, and 
■who, by arrangement with Marcus 
Benn, has still more recently taken 
over the Eenn theatre, will build a 
,$226,000 theatre at 52d and Poplar 
•treets. The building program pro- 
vides for breaking ground early 
next month and for the completion 
of the theatre by September. It 
Jill have a seating capacity of 1,500. 
Mr. Epstein changed the name of 
t»e Benn to the Bell. 



Next tveek the Stanley company 
*"1 celebrate the firat anniversary 

JJ Its new Stanley here. Victor 
Herbert will couduct the orchestra 
end the feature will be Wallace 
Keid in "Rent Free**' 

;. T *>e 69th St. theatre, recently birilt 
y the end of the Market etreet ele- 



vated, gets a good bit of Its patron- 
age from the suburban town of 
Lansdowne. A bus operator running 
from that place agreed before the 
building of the theatre to reduce his 
juice from 15 to 10 cents. He failed 
to keep his agreement and Herbert 
Efflnger, manager of the theatre, is 
now running his own bus line. The 
passenger, on entering the bus, buys 
a ticket and gets return coupon. 
This is good also for admission to 
the theatre, all at the regular price. 



was especially insistent in Its ap- 
preciation of Huston's song, ."Why 
Mention It.'' I)u Calion's act was 
rather more novel than funny, but 
parts of it succeeded well. Milo was 
a repeat (each week here has one or 
t *o repeats now), and the rest of 
the bill had no very weak spots and 
no especially high points. 



Principal pictures at downtown 
houses:— "Way Down East/* Aldlne, 
second week; "Law and the Wom- 
an," Karlton, first week; "Four 
Horsemen of the Apocalypse," Stan- 
tun, first week; "Lane That Had No 
Turning," Stanley, first week; 
"Judgment," Arcadia; "The Con- 
quering Power," Palace; "Virgin 
Paradise," Victoria. 



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B. F. KEITH'S.— It seems to be 
the general opinion of Monday's au- 
diences and the critics that there 
was a lot of Houdini's act that was 
superfluous, but the big stunt, the 
Chinese water torture cell, got its 
merited applause. Ella Retford's 
songs and impex*sonations were will 
liked also, but only on her "Belle 
Baker" did the house really rise to 
great enthusiasm. Fanny and Kitty 
Watson in their "Hors« pitality"' RCt 
went well, and the rest of the bill 
had a general hi^h average. 

SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE. — An 
average bill, stronger in comedy 
than anything else, Is topped by 
Georpie O'ltamey. Her playlet is a 
r*'al howl and went as well as any- 
thing of its kind in a lonp time here. 
Bayone Whipple and Walter Huston 
ami tluir supporting company got 
the most applause, and the nouia 



SAN DIEGO, CAL. 

By ALLEN H. WRIGHT 

S II P E R B A. — "The # Journey\s 
End." 

RIALTO. — "Why Girls Leave 
1 1 ome." 

CABRILLO.— "Miss Lulu Rett." 

BROADWAY.— Normal Tadmadgc 
in "Poppy." 

PLAZA.— Harold Lloyd in "The 
Sailor Made Man." 

COLONIAL.— "Hail the Woman." 

SAVOY ( Pan tages).— Bill Jan. 16 
includes the Broadway Beauties' 
Revue; La Cauda, dancer, and the 
Terminal Four, vocalists. The 
Savoy is the only vaudeville house 
now running here. Mrs. Roy Gard- 
ner, wife of the mail car bandit, 
was recently on the bill for a week, 
telling the story of her husband's 
life. 

Bookings at the Spreckels theatre 
include Terry Duffy In the comedy, 
"Wait Till We're Married," and 
Nance O'Neil in "The rassion 
Flower/' carli three nights. 



tribute to the bandmaster, who was 
for many years with the marine 
corps. 



At the Strand the week's bill In 
stock has been the comedy, "Adam 
and Eva," proving a very popular 
attraction. 



Pavlowa and her Ballet Russe are 
hooked for the Spreckels Feb. 1 for 
matinee and night, with $3 top, plus 
war tax, ^or both performances. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

By LULU EASTON-DUNN 

LIBERTY (Jan. 16).— Lon Chaney 
in "Ace of Hearts." COLUMBIA.— 
Frank Mayo in "Across the Dead- 
line." COLISEUM.— "JLust Around 
the Corner." WINTER GARDEN.— 
A double bill of strong photoplays, 
Nazimova in "Camille" and Norma 
Talmadge in "Poppv." 

BLUE MOUSE.— "A Connecticut 
Yankee." 

COLONIAL— William Russell In 
"The Lady from Lingacre." 

STRAND.— Mabel Norma nd In 
"Molly O," starting a two weeks' 
engagement. 



ty-six actors, musicians, stage] 
hands and members of the admin - 
istration staff have formed tfcia> 
company. 



Numerous eurpriet numbers wer^ 
presented in th* new edition of El- 
mer Floyd's "Revuo of Revues/*- 
opening at the Butler Cafe Satur- 
day evening. Jean Wilkie, "jazz'* 
soloist," and Edna Hair as the 
"Tin-Type Girl' are among the 
principals. 



With a cast headed by Zanetta 
Whiting, Patsy Pfoiffer, Pearl Rlan- 
ton and Jack Love, the Bungalow 
Revue" promises many colorful nov* 
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Charles E. Wildish, formerly with 
the Tom Gleason Co. in Chicago, the 
Sherman Brown and Edwin Than* 
ha user companies in Milwaukee 
and with "The Beast," has joined 
the Strand Players here in stock, 
succeeding .lames Dillon as char- 
acter comedian. 



When John Philip Sous* arrived 
In re with his band for an engage- 
ment of three concerts at the 
Spreckels theatre he was preeted at 
the Santa Fe depot by an immense 
crowd, Including a detachment of 
marines and the marine band, the 
latter being sent by Eritf. (Jen. .lo- 
m I'll if. Pendleton, commanding th<- 
io<ai marine base, as a special 



Flashing for the time Saturday 
night, the mammoth new electric 
Columbia sign added its Incan- 
descence to Second avenue's "white 
way." "Columbia" weighs more 
than two tons. 

WILKES. — Announcement was 
made Saturday by Director T. Dan- 
iel Frawley of the engagement of 
James Blaine as leading man for 
the new Seattle Co-operative Stock I 
Co., which made its first bow to the 
public at the Wilkes Saturday af- 
tcrnoon in "The Brat," with Mary I 
Thome in the lending part. Twen- 



Madame Ernestine Schumann- 
Heink was heard Monday night at 
the Metropoliton before an audi* 
enco that filled every seat* 



Richard Walton 'fully'* popular 
drama, "The Bird of Paradise/' 
comes to the. Metropolitan for one 
week beginning Jan. 22. 



Harold Bauer, pianist, will make 
his appearance in Seattle for the 
first time since 1917 Jan. 2i) at the 
Metropolitan. 



Seeking to recover the value of a. 
six-reel photoplay, "The Nut," 
which they claim was lost in transit 
between Taeoma and Seattle, the 
United Artists' corporation led 
suit against the Puget Sound, Elec- 
tric railway for $304. 



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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By L. B. SKEFFINGTON 

LYCEUM.— Park, "Gold lagers" 
and Fiske O'Hara Split tinf next 
week. 

TEMPLE.— Vaudeville and pic- 
tures. 

GAYETY — "Follies of the Day." 

FAY'S.— Royal Venetians. Frank - 
line Four, Vye and Tallcy, Pickard's 
Seals, Leonard Kufus, Faigu and 
Richards; l'earl White in 'Any 
Wife." 

FAMILY. — Rathbun and Pepper 
company In musical comedy s f oek. 

ARCADE.— Dark. 

RIALTO— 'Way Down East." 

REGENT. — Constance Talmadge 
Jn "Woman's Place." 

STAR.— "A Connecticut Yankee." 



the popular-priced vaudeville field 
the big noise was made by Loew's 
Garden, where capacity was the 
rule. Viola Dana was the film at- 
traction. The Main Street, with its 
immense capacity, probably played 
to ns many admissions, but did not 
look so full. 



The Kinsey Stock Co. closed its 
season at the Arcade Saturday, 
making a longer stay than any com- 
pany since Columbia burlesque was 
taken out of that house. The Kra- 
mer Stock Co. will open in 
weeks. Jacob Silbert and Co. 
sented a Yiddish play, "A 
Without a Home," on Monday. 



two 
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Comnv-nring Jan. 22 the Shubert 
will have "Mecca" for a week, and 
the mail and advance sale indicates 
a big week. Following comes the 
Sothern-Marlowe engagement for 
seven performances, and then "The 
Bat" for a return engagement 



The Builders' and Contractors' 
Exposition and Convention starts 
here Feb. 6, to be followed Feb. 11 
by the Automobile Show, with a 
number of other big conventions 
coming later. 



tapes ...leatre and the Kansas City 
"Star" have been patched up and 
the theatre's advertising and 'read- 
ers" are back.Jn the paper after a 
number of months. 



NEW ORLEANS 

By O. M. SAMUEL 

TtTLANE.— "The Right Girl* 

SHUBERT - ST. CHARLES. — 
"Irene." 

LYRIC— Bennett's Colored Car- 
nival. 

LAFAYETTE.— Pict ures. 

STRAND.— "All for a Woman" 
(film). 



Stewart B. Sabln, for many years 
music critic for the Post -Express, 
has joined the staff of the Democrat 
and Chronicle In a similar capacity. 
Mr. Sabin also is publicity man for 
the Eastman School of Music. 



KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. HUGHES 

SHUBERT.— "Mecca." 
GAYETY.— "Frank Finney's Re 
rue." 

CENTURY.— "Chic Chic." 



Joe Gaites' "Take It from Me" 
tycned the trick at the Shubert 
again this week. Coming back for 
its third season and fourth week, 
the jingly musical comedy packed 
them in for nine performances. In 

Harriott Mono Troupe 

FEATURING 

MISS NANA MARRIOTT 



After a week's trial of vaude- 
ville at ten-twenty-thirty, the man- 
agement of* the Empress declare 
that they have found "what the 
people want." According to their 
reports, the house had 4.600 pnid ad- 
missions last Sunday, the day the 
new jcale was inaugurated, and that 
business throughout the weok has 
shown a decided increase over the 
preceding week at the higher scale. 
Harry Portman has resigned as 
manager, only staying on the Job a 
couple of weeks. Louia Levand, 
manager of the Empress, Denver, 
who came here to get the Kansas 
City house open, is in charge until 
a new manager is selected. 



As an illustration of the good 
conventions do the theatres, the 
Western Hardware Association here 
this week brought a number of 
parties t » the different houses and 
sent one party of 450 to a matinee 
at the Orpheum. 



Sothern and Marlowe will occupy 
the home of Mr. James L. De Long 
during the Sothern-Marlowe en- 
gagement at the Shubert week of 
Jan. ISO. 



John McCormack will give a sin- 
gle concert in Convention Hall Feb. 
1. 



The difficulties between the Pan- 



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JONES, LINICK and SCHAEFER 

McVICKER'S THEATRE 
CHICAGO 

BOOKED THE QSLY NKW AND MDNSATIONAL ACT IN VAUD1 Vlf.I.B. 

WKKK OF JAM WRY in. 

ROSAiJOSEFABUZtK 

The Crown Together Twins and Their Son, Franz, in a 

12- Minute Act 

TO THE BIGGEST BUSINESS IN THE HISTORY OF McVICKER'S 
THEATRE, STANDING FOUR DEEP UP FROM BOX OFFICE TO 
DEARBORN STREET IN ZERO WEATHER. 

DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK ANY MANAGER, ACTOR. ARTIST 
OR AGENT IN CHICAGO. THE TALK OF EVERY ONE IN 
CHICAGO. BOOKED IN CHICAGO FOR ONE WEEK. 

REMAIN FIVE MORE 

RIALTO THEATRE, CHICAGO, next week (Jan. 30) 



Kerry Meagher of the W. V. M. A. 
came down from Chicago to escape 
the cold, spending a week In New 
Orleans as the guest of Manager 
Piazza, of the Orpheum. 



Griffith's "Orphans of the Storm" 
opens for a. week at the Shubert- 
St. Charles beginning Sunday. It 
will be followed by "Take It From 
Mo." 



the first burst of comedy, for lack 
of which the bill suffered. Eccen- 
triques who hop into favor at once 
through their unctuous method slip 
back some while exhuming several 
puns that have been warmed over 
too often. They exit to esteem by 
preceding their leave-taking with 
fresher humor. 

The "Wright dancers struggled 
hard the first few minutes, achiev- 
ing their fiist show of recognition 
in an Arabian bit. Then Helen 
Pachaud inserted her American 
Indian dance, the best solo shown 
here this season, and incidentally 
swerved the turn into high favor. 
It was quite easy after that. Mor- 
gan and Mack romped along pleas- 
antly. The jargon is broad humor 
of the sort that engages and amuses 
through its hokum. 

Schictl's "Wonderettes were the 
surprise and hit of the bill, holding 
them easily. It is an act that de- 
serves stellar prominence, for it is 
the top of all marionette endeavor. 



crude, the talk in one being much 
too long. The country boy and girl 
are dressed Ritzily and in many 

.ways do not keep within the picture. 
Their reception was quite moderate, 
although in their favor be it said the 

-position may have been responsible. 



Betty Blythe and a film company 
are here making the exteriors for a 
picture called "The Rose of Sicily." 



"Three Wise Fools" at Tulane 
next week, followed by "Dear Me." 



The Orpheum garnered $14,000 
during its twentieth anniversary 
week, only missing Eltinge's record 
for this season by a few kopecks. 

The Loew's first-half program 
was far from a tumultuous panic, 
just managing to appease. That 
old playlet of Valerie Bergere, "The 
Chattel,", was the booking ace. 
Turner and Turner, acrobats and 
dancers, opened and tho crowd gave 
the boys credit for their turn. "The 
Chattel" was sweet to the Loew 
clientele. The vacillating wife, her 
tempting girl friend, the villain who 
would swipe her virtue, and the 
falling curtain pole which beaned 
her just when she was about to give 
the babe and her first half the air, 
sending a vision of what tinsel 
really meant, was mental Xood that 
digested rapidly. 

Reilly, Feeney and Beilly did not 
achieve much through disclosing an 
act of the rubber stamp sort, as per 
prescription, so to speak, even to 
tho removal of the lids for tho bow 
after each song. They might have 
done something with matter and 
method of their own. Just stereo- 
typed foljpwers. Elltabeth Solti 
and Co. awakened but minor inter- I 
est. Rather an indefinite interlude 
minus comprehensiveness, flash or j 
precision. Fair was the verdict, and 
rightly. 



The vaudeville served to the pa- 
trons at the Palace the first half 
was indifferent in several instances, 
but two turns being noteworthy. 
Wijfred Berrick and Lily Dean 
Hart occupied the headline position. 

Will Crutchfleld appeared initially. 
He follows Will Rogers, but was not 
relished, perhaps because his gag- 
lets smothered his lariat work. 

Joseph M. Regan won commenda- 
tion for his singing interlude, but 
the tricks were not proJific of re- 
sults. Regan's tenor Is not half bad, 
but the audience does not warm up 
to his stilted manner. Columbia and 
Victor ensnared the honors, al- 
though familiar to most of those out 
front. The couple have improved in 
dancing. 

Duffy and Kellar were rather 
6mart for the Palace patrons, al- 
though they were received boun- 
teously. Miss Kellar is quite a 
looker, the gang on Tuesday voting 
her a sight act all by her lonesome. 
The Duffcy-Kellar Interlude is suit- 
ed to big time. Berrick and Hart 
closed with an act that encompassed 
a trick horse. The framing is rather 





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Tlv composite Impression of the 
Orpheum's current program is not 
felicitous, the early section working 
more harm than could be overcome 
by the three concluding acts, al- 
though be it here chronicled they 
strove valiantly and artistically to 
save the ship. 

Hurio, performing aerial feats of 
the conventional sort, proceeded at 
a quiet tempo, suffering by compari- 
son with Barbette, who appeared 
before practically the same people 
last week. 

Fred Hughes, deucing It, picked 
up the running and set them nicely 
for Fred Bowers, who followed. 
Fred Bowers, ever ingratiating, did 
not nake the most of his oppor- 
tunities. He cannot hope for much 
with the present coterie. His offer- 
ing was received quietly. 

Eva Grippen (New Acts) was 
fourth. Zuhn and Dreis provided 



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ADAM, of ADAM and EVE, the team that opened tho' 
big show, wore a fig itaf. The reason that he did not 
wear an EDDIE MACK suit was because EDDIE MACK 
was not in the business then. Since then tvry team 
that has acquired a reputation for wearing the best of 
clothes are customers of EDDIE MACK. Joe Laurie, 
Jr., the pint size comedian, at Moss' Broadway, this 
week (Jan. 23), when asked by Bert, EDDIE MACK'S 
understudy, how many suite would he have, Joe re- 
marked, "Whaticare." 



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Direction MR. RALPH FARNUM, Ed. S. Keller Office 



CLEVELAND 

By J. WILSON ROY 

HANNA — "Orphans of the Storm" 
(film), third week. Good business. 

SHUBERT - COLONIALL— "The 
Sliver Fox." Next, Cleveland Opera 
Co. 

OPERA HOUSE — "Lightnin' " ; 
two weeks' engagement. 

STAR—"Big Wonder Show." 

EMPIRE — "Pacemakers." 

PRISCILLA — Lewis and Leclcrq. 
McKee and Saffer. Kelly and 
Mackay. Zumate and Summitt, and 
pictures. 

MILES— "Whirl of Mirth," Paul 
fiydell and Co., Mary Rellly, Carl- 
ton and Belmont, Walters and Wal- 
ters, Powell Troupe, and pictures. 

METROPOLITAN — "Oddities of 
1122," Phi brick and Deveau, Al 
Tyler, Walter Baker and Co., Sam 
and Mike Feeley, and pictures. 

GORDON SQTJXRE — Peppino and 
Ferry. Stuart, the Milletts, and pic- 
tures. 

FILMS— Allen, "A Man's Home"; 
Orphum. "God's Country and the 
law"; Standard, "Don't Get Per- 
sonal"; Lorain -Fulton, "Playing 
"With Fire"; Capitol, "Don't Tell 
Everything"; Strand, "Lucky Car- 
son"; Monarch, "After Your Own 
Heart"; Rialto, "The Branded 
Woman"; Circle. "Received Pay- 
ment." 



Clevelander, will be presented at the 
Playhouse Jan. 27-29 and *\b. 1-5. 



Cleveland Opera Co. will be the 

(feature at the Shubert Colonial 
Beit week. "The Highwayman" and 
•The Bohemian Girl" are the attrac- 
tions. 






"Whappin* Wharf," a new comedy 
by a new author, Charles S. Brooks, 



A single act, Al Wohlman. in 
Monologue, character songs and 
▼ocal impersonations of such 
celebrities as Eddie Foy and Al 
Jolson was recalled to the foot- 
lights so often that he ran out of 
material, and at length concluded 
his number with a brief expres- 
sion of appreciation and thanks. 
—Seattle, Wash. 



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Which the East Has Yet to Seo. 



Keith's Hip 
That Clovelanders retain a warm 
spot in their hearts for Sam and 
Kitty Morton — and this goes for 'he 
other members of the family too — 
and also for Gus Edwards was en- 
thusiastically demonstrated at Mon- 
day's matinee. The large audience 
was loath to let the veterans go, and 
it looked as if Gus Edwards could 
prolong his revue ad '.ibltum. The 
current bill, . however, Is crammed 
with good things! not a weak spot 
is apparent. 

Years mny hive demanded a les- 
sening in the agility of Sam Mor- 
ton, but he is still there with his 
nimble stepping and spontaneous 
humor, while Kitty is a sweet dear 
-old mother, who makes an excellent 
support for the genial Irishman and 
long-time sweetheart. Joe and 
Martha are following in their par- 
ents' tracks, and the family put over 
a singing and dancing act that is 
cheered to the echo. 

Gus Edwards and his aggregation 
of youthful entertainers till the pre- 
mier position to perfection. While 
the burden is placed on the producer, 
Edwards has some worthy assist- 
ants, particularly Chester Frederick 
and Alice and Hazel Furness, whose 
singing and dancing equal anything 
seen in former years. The entire 
turn is snappy and travels at a 
speedy tempo, while the costumes, 
staging and lighting are especially 
good. 

Val and Ernie Stanton registered 
strongly; their act Lj high grade 
throughout. Foley and Leture are 
easy winners with their peppy gongs 
and smart talk that is fresh and 
timely. 

Paul Decker and his assistants 
score with a humorous skit exhibit- 
ing the folly of attempting to mix 
scandal and gossip with domesticity. 

"Sandy" — a new protege of Gus 
Edwards and billed as a little Scotch 
immigrant — is a youngster that 
shows the earmarks of a Harry 
Lauder successor. His accent is un- 
mistakable, and he puts over three 
Scotch characterizations in splendid 
style. This laddie, under the tutel- 
age of Gus Edwards, will be worth 
watching for development. 

Ivan Bankoff and Beth Cannon 
hav« a classy and artistic dancing 
number that earns high honors. Jack 
Hanley opens with some clever jug- 
gling, and Pake, Hack and Mack 



have a good athletic turn as a 
closer. 



Ohio (Shubert) 

"The Whirl of New York" cy- 
cloned into this house Sunday after- 
noon, sweeping everything before it. 
A large audience full of expectancy 
welcomed the long promised tab, 
and last year's Winter Garden suc- 
cess was accepted as the best offer- 
ing seen here in Shubert vaudeville. 

Preceding the musical revue, the 
principals indulged in various spe- 
cialties, and this paved the way hi- 
lariously for the big *ent. As an 
opener, Purcella Bros, stepped off 
w i some nimble hoofing, including 
their .shackle bit. which went over 
O. K. 

Joe Reno and Rosie Green bright- 
ened up things considerably with 
their "Saturday Evening Postman" 
bit, and Keno drew a lot of laughs 
for his "Father's Coat" item. This 
is a nifty team and their heavy 
plaudits were deserved. 

Kyra injected some Oriental real- 
ism Into her sinuous dances, partic- 
ularly "The Spirit of the Vase," and 
she carried off a good slice of the 
honors of the bill. 

A budget of nonsense was put 
over conspicuously by Ben Bard and 
Jack Pearl; the latter scored with 
his dialect eccentricities, and the 
team's chatter was one of the gay 
spots of the day. 

Roy Cummings once more brought 
down the curtain in his "mutty" 
career of disaster, and, with the as- 
sistance of Billie Shaw, demon- 
strated his claim as a good funster. 

After intermission the "Whirl" Is 
released, featuring J. Harold Mur- 
ray, the he vamp, who shines as a 
feminine heart breaker. His princi- 
pal assistant is Dolly Hackett. who 
shares honors with the idolized 
"Harry Bronson," played by Murray. 
Once more Roy Cummings cuts loose 
as a polite lunatic, and complete dis- 
order of the apartment is the result. 
Keno and Green as a pair of East 
Siders stood out prominently, and 
Jack Pearl's flirtation with Florence 
Shubert brought a big hand. 

The closing scene in Chinatown Is 
an effective setting, and vivid rem- 
iniscences of "The Belle of New 
York." In which Nancy Gihbs earns 
prime favor as the Salvation Army 
leader, are high spots in this pre- 
tentious rovue. 

A special word of praise Is due 



the chorus, which is pretty, well 
trained and competent. 

Keith's 105th Street 

Diversified entertainment con- 
tinues to be the ruling passion at 
this new house, and the current bill 
measures up to any of its prede- 
cessors. There was a good audience 
Monday evening, and everything ran 
along as merrily as the proverbial 
wedding bells. 

Charles (Chic) Sale, although seen 
here on several occasions, is always 
good for a big reception. His Sun- 
day school entertainment bit is a 
scream, while his impersonation of 
the rural preacher is a sure-fire hit, 
and Sale scored tremendously. 

There are no more artistic or 
meritorious musical acts on the 
vaudeville stage than that offered 
by Allan Rogers and Leonora Allen. 
Their selections were a triumph, 
whil the setting for their "Love's 
Old Sweet Song" number was very 
effective. 

The legit, actor, Richard Kean. 
gave a masterful interpretation of 
Shy lock, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 
and the Miser, and excellent sup- 
port was given by -Robert Redmond. 
The turn was given a very cordial 
reception. 

An outstanding feature was the 
offering of Stella Tracey and Carl 
McBrlde, who scored a big hit with 
their divorce bit, while Miss Tra- 
cey's "movies" stunt provoked a lot 
of laughs. The burlesque Spanish 
dance brought the team big results. 

Lockhart and Laddie opened with 
some clever dancing and acrobatics, 
and a neat and smart singing turn 
wag given by Velma and Thelma 
Conners, two of Gus Edwards' pro- 
teges. • 

Al Raymond gave an interesting 
and humorous rnonolog on general 
topics that went over solidly, while 
Ralph Dunbar's Tennessee Ten hav<» 
m dUUldy closing act, consisting of 
plantation songs, dances and jazz.. 



George White's Scandals, second 
lime this season. 



Woodwanl Players in idoek at 
Majestic. "The Nightcap." Next 
week, "Conftnon Clay." This com- 
pany is giving very creditable per- 
formances, productions are well 
staged, and list of season reserva- 
tions on the increase. 



George Beban making personal 
appearance with Helens Sullivan in 
"The Sign of the Ross* at New 
Capitol in connection with picture. 
Novelty seems to be taking well. 

Lionel Barrymore In "The I^aw" 
at Garrlck. Next, "The Silver Fox.* 



"Miss Lulu Bett" at Shubert- 
Mlchlgan. Next, "The Unloved 
Wife." 



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Forever" concluding two weeks 
engagement at Broadway -Strand. 
"Theodore" opens two weeks run at 
Adams. "Why Girl's Leave Home" 
finishing ten day run at Washington, 
"Molly O" at Madison. 

Detroit Auto Show on all week. 
Finest display of cars in country. 
Drawing large crowds and orders 
being placed* far beyond expecta- 
tions, indicating a good season 
ahead for the motor makers. 



DETROIT 

By JACOB 8MITH 

"Two Little Girls In Blue" at New 
Detroit. Fair business. Next week, 



Jimmy Hodges presenting "Broad- 
way Jimmie" at Orphcum this week. 

J. J. Shubert was a visitor here 
last week, in conference with Dave 
Nederlander, who operates Shubert - 
Detroit and Shubert -Michigan. 




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THIS WEEK 
(JAN. 23) 



CHARLES PURCELL 



assisted by 



LE ROY SMITH'S SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA 

featuring 

HUBERT KINNEY with MARTHA SHELBY 

Direction M. S. BENTHAM 



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Two new plays are holding forth 
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tion, "The Rlushlngr Hride." is 'at 
Poli's, having had a Sunday night 
opening, and Doris Keane in her 



i w play. "The Cearina." 



The Cosmos and Strand wi:h 
popular priced vaudeville continue 
to attract excellent business The 
Cayety has "Tit for Tat." while tha 
other burlesque attraction at the 
Capitol is Mike Kelly's "Cabaret 
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Vaudeville continues to occupy 
center of stage. Shuberts doing 
phenomenal business at Teck with 
Shea's going one better. First big 
weeks of season at Shubert house. 
Shea strengthening bills noticeably 
and entrenching for a siege. This 
week's card strongest in months. 
Shubert shows still hampered by 
ur^evenness, lack of co-ordination 
and poor management. As a result 
of the first Saturday night pell-out 
at the Teck, the Shuberts boosted 
the top to $1.50 Saturday evenings. 



showing improvement. Neighbor- 
hood business continues good. 

William Pearson, one of the gang 
of international moving picture 
thieves recently convicted of robbing 
United Artists, was sentenced to 
from 3 to 7 years at hard labor in 
Auburn prison. As a result of a 
letter from ex-Oovernor Dunne of 
Illinois, asking that leniency be ex- 
tended the prisoner, Pearson re- 
ceived only the minimum sentence. 



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The picture 
the following 



houses 
Loew's 



are offering 
Palace, Bert 



Lytell in 'The Idle Rich"; Loew's 
Columbia, Mae Murray in "Peacock 
Alley": Moore's Rialto, -Miss Lulu 
Rett," with a return engagement of 
Creatore directing the orchestra; 
Crandall's Metropolitan. Harold 
Lloyd in "A Sailor-Made Man." 



The musical attractions for the 
remaining days of January include 
Helena Matsh and' Roszi Varady, 
urftier direction of T. Arthur Smith, 
on Friday the 27th, and Vladimir 
Rosing with the Rubensteln Club on 
the 24th, also under the direction of 
Mr. Smith. 



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person; Strand. "Her Mad Bar- 
gain"; Loew's "Greater Than Love"; 
Olympic, "Mother Eternal." 



Universal has leased the Criterion 
at the expiration of Paramount's 
run this month and will present 
"Foolish Wives" for an indellnite 
showing. From present indications, 
it appears that the Criterion will 
continue with pictures for the bal- 
ance of the season. 



"The Gold Diggers" with Gertrude 
Vanderbilt at the Majestic, the only- 
legit offering in town, started the 
week off strong, with indications of 
a perfect week's business. Show 
reports phenomenal business all 
along the route. "Follies of the 
Day" at the Gayety drawing heavy 
gates on its past performance and 
present strength. The picture the- 
atres offering this week features as 
I follows — Criterion, "Queen of 
Sheba" (second week); Hipp, "Alias 
Lady Fingers" with Bert Lytell in 



Although the New Lafayette is 
supposed to have definitely decided 
upon a policy, it is understood that 
negotiations with the Shea Amuse- 
ment Co. were resumed last week. 
At the end of the week, unofficial 
reports had the parties failing to 
agree. 



Majestic now only legit house 
operating. Getting good attractions 
and turning in real business. Pop- 
price vaudeville houses still running 
heavy, with pictures still off except 
for the big features. Burlesque 



JAMES MADISON says— 

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am splendidly ready to write acts that 
measure up to the highest standard* of 
originality and laugh efficiency. 4 A MEM 
MADISON. 1198 Broadway, N. V. City. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

By HARDIE MEAKIN 

Belaaco (Shubert) 

It goes without saying that James 
barton and his company in the 
( omedy "Meeting All Comers" is the 
big outstanding feature of the bill 
this week. Although Barton's 
"drunk" has been seon here before 
at Poli's in one of the Shubert mu- 
sical shows, it surely can stand re- 
peating and it was a positive, em- 
phatic hit. 

The show is rather slow getting 
started. The Pederson Brothers, al- 
though presenting acceptable work 
on the rings, are no* of the sort that 
arouse enthusiasm. Allele Oswald In 



a song cycle failed to register, not 
even returning for the, one call she 
could have taken. 

Arturo Barnard! in his protean 
offe.-ing was a trifle slow in getting 
started, but when getting into the 
orchestra pit and presenting the va- 
rious composer-conductors h p regis- 
tered the first hit of the evening. 
He was 'ollowed by Jano Green and 
Jimmie Blyler, who also Wont over 
well. The spice of the songs had 
much to do with it. James Barton 
closed intermission. 

George and Dick Rath opened af- 
ter the news pictorial, a. 1 their 
demonstration of strength surely 
does entitle them to this spot. They 
are marvels. A repeat of a few- 
weeks ago, Masters and Kraft in 
their revue. "On With the Dance." 
went over well. The small member 
of this team is developing into a 



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WHAT THE CRITICS SAID 



About the Scenery Used by the "FOLLIES" 
at the ihubert Theatre, Kansas City: 
KANSAS CUT* "TIMES" (Dec. 8j — 

Ueforo the revue was ten seconds old last nlfht, the audience was .gasping Iti 

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Keith's 

Irene Castle is giving: all evidences 
that her appearance here is going 
to come close to piling up a record 
for the house. Tuesday matinee was 
near to capacity, and at the close 
of the matinee those leaving had 
trouble getting through the crowd 
buying for the coming performances, 
Mrs*. Castle's offering is handled 
just right. The motion pictures of her 
home were interesting, and the song , 
wiffi Huppfeld went over well. Her 
dancing with William Reardon is a 
charming, graceful performance. 

The booking office has not stinted 
on the supporting bill, which is 
opened by Enos Frazere, whose aerial 
work is splendidly done. Mile. Juli- 
ette Dika has the second spot. Her 
French mannerisms and diction got 
her over well, and then came Valeria 
Bergere and company in "O Joy 
San," a clever sketch cleverly pre- 
sented and played. Billy Glasoo, 
with no apparent effort but with ex- 
cellent material, stepped into the hit 
class next, and then came Mrs. 
Castle, closing the first part. 

Intermission was omitted, and fol- 
lowing the Topics was Rae Eleanor 
Ball and her Brother, two true 
musicians, whose selections on tha 
violin and 'cello left the crowd wish- 
ing for more. The whistling bit of 
the brother is particularly effective. 
The Swor Brothers followed, and, 
as usual, went over big. the show 
being closed by Jay Yelie. assisted 
by a number of girls, In "Mignotte," 
which gave a big flash to this clos- 
ing spot. 



'riday, January 27, 1922 



VARIETY 



E. F. ALBEE, President 



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J. J- MURDOCK, General Manager 



F. F. PROCTOR, Vice-President 



B. F. Keith's Vaudeville E 




B. F. KEITH 



(AGENCY) 

(Palace Theatre Building, New York) 



EDWARD P. ALBEE 



PAUL KEITH 



F. F. PROCTOR 



Founders 



Artists can book direct by addressing S. K. HO DGDON 



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ORPHEUM 



CIRCUIT 



MARTIN BECK MOriT H. SINGER 

President General Manager 

CHARLES E. BRAY 
General Western Representative 



FRANK W. VINCENT. 

GEORGE A. GOTTLIEB, 

Managers' Booking Dept. 

FLOYD B. SCOTT 

Publicity and Promotion 



BENJ. B. KAHANE, 
Sec'y. Treas. and Counsel 
S. LAZ LANSBURGH 
Associate Counsel 
JOHN POLLOCK, 

Press Department 



PALACE 



O. R. McMAHON, 

Manager Auditing Department 

GENERAL OFFICES 

■DC, NEW YORK CITY 



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ALCAZAR THEATRE BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 

PAUL GOUORON 

EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE, WOODS THEA. BLDO.. CHICAGO 



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AGENCY 

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BOSTON 

By LEN LIBBEY 
Keith's 

Ethpl Levey was underlined last 
week, but there was a last minute 
change and the headline position 
was divided between Lew Dock- 
stader, John Steel and the Courtney 
Bisters. 

Steel emerged with the honors on 
Monday night, and in fact the house 
was quite insistent for his offerings. 
Evidently Steel's plans called for 
Ave regular numbers, three when 
he comes on, then an intermission, 
during which his pianist holds the 
house, followed by two others as a 
sort of finale. But Steel had to do 
«[ght songs at the Monday night 
show and then apologize for not 
doing more. 

The Courtney Sisters registered 
next to Steel. Even though they 
had been here before only a few 
months ago, when they used practi- 
cally the same act, they were over 
from the time they stepped on the 
stage. 

Lew Dockstader at the afternoon 
show was supposed to be in fourth 
position, but at the night show he 
*as shifted to No. 6, and in this 
spot had no difficulty. His monolog 
■ well put together and ho showed 
inat he had studied i\> on the local 
situation for sure-fire hits and com- 
edy cracks. Although Dockstader 
only uses up 15 minutes' time, he 
amn t produce a sof spot in that 
Period. 

Victor Moore-Emma Littleflekl 
Md Co. were next to closing. This 
r,* 8 about the only place this act 
would at. Moore kept them rock- 
* n & in their seats from the curtain, 
ana he proved to be a comedy hit. 
»oo Larson and Bart Grady both 
watched and enjoyed Moore's act 
Monday night, and seemed to get 
as much fun out of it as any in the 
audience. 

The Cromwell*, with their jug- 
jnng and comedy act, opened the 
JJSr and g°t away well after a 

fin r , 8low 8tart - Th o ei»l who 
"oes the straight work won the 
nouse. Tho note carried in the pro- 
«i^ m about where tho act had 
anowed abroad looks like tho ports 
n Li I ot a Cook's Tourist aprency 
ana is putting it on a bit thick. 
Greenlee and Drayton, colored 



boys, were In next position. The 
answer to why they are on a big 
time bill at all seems to lie in the 
fact that the audience liked them, 
although to the reviewer it seemed 
as though their stu** was pretty 
poor. 

Bryan and Broderick, with Lucille 
Jarott at the piano, proved to be 
one of the speediest dancing acts of 
its kind seen on the Keith time 
lately. "Whether the people who 
divide the cost of this act with a 
prominent clothing firm ' and a 
stocking firm, ads for both firms 
being displayed prominently in the 
novel opening of the act, is some- 
thing else. 

Harry Breen with his nut stuff 
put his act across by sticking to 
the foolish stuff until It just sank 
in. He gets the giggles from the 
women with his children rhymes 
and songs, and from then on it is 
easy sailing for him. A Jap team, 
the Great Koban and company, in 
a series of acrobatics closed the 
show. They got a bad break be- 
oause of the lateness and only a 
handful saw their really good stage 
setting, not to mention their act. 

The attendance was off Monday 
night, several empty seats showing. 



BOOKING 12 WEEKS 

New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore 

and intermediate towns 

BEN and CITf I 17 D AUSTRALIAN 

john rULLLIv CIRCUIT 

VAUDEVILLE, MELODRAMA AND PANTOMIME 

American Representative, A. BEN FULLER 

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SAN FRANCISCO Phone PARK 4332 

The Western Vaudeville 
Managers' Association 

John J. Nash, Business Manager. Thomas J. Carmody, Booking Manager 

5th Floor State-Lake Theatre Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 

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Majestic 

It was the leanest Monday night 
since thv3 regeneration of local 
Vaudeville In Boston by the Shu- 
berts, due in part to weather close 
to zero and in part to tho fourth 
dose of repeats. The booking was 
a bit weird to top it all, the first five 
acts being all talking with the ex- 
ception of Beck and Stone in sec- 
ond place, who deserved a better 
break. This was true of every act 
until after intermission, the back 
stage chatter being that it was im- 
possible to move the audience off its 
hands. 

But after intermission Palo and 
Palet woke 'em up with a wham, 
getting a rousing hand, and deserv- 
ing it. The younge: of tho two 
musicians gavo an extraordinary 
demonstration of versatility, switch- 
ing as ho did from single reed in- 
strumonts to the bassoon, along 
with tho piano accordion. A real 
musician, working witli a wind in- 
strument partner apparently his 
father, tho younger man carried the 
act. The repertoire was cleverly 



arranged, stepping from classic into 
syncopation both true-toned and 
"blued," and the novelty of keeping 
practcially all of their instruments 
off stage added novelty. Billed as 
clowns, they have dropped all facial 
make-up except the spots and a 
suggestion of palor, and it is an 
open question as to whether this 
was not a shrewd move, as the older 
musician's serious manner is un- 
consciously funny at times, but not 
enough to take the edge off the in- 
terest in the real music they turn 
out. 

Once the hOuso was thawed out, 
the balance of the bill had easy sail- 
ing, Dolly Connolly and Percy Wen- 
rich in next spot going across ex- 
ceedingly well. 

Walter Weems ambled on and off 
to his customary clean-up in his 
customary manner, and when 
Johnny Dooley pranced on to a late 
last act, Weems, Clayton and Len- 
nie all Joined in for one of the wild- 
est closing acts yet seen in Boston. 

Dooley ran wild. He had them 
shrieking at one spot when he shed 
his female garb and pranced around 
in his St. Denis travesty nude from 
his belt up. It was quite Inoffensive. 
Weems couldn't keep off, and at the 
final curtain he and Dooley's hoary- 
hoofed cab horse were clumping off 
together. 

Arthur Terry opened early to a 
late house, followed by Beck and 
Stone. Alcen Bronson, early on the 
bill, had a tough spot and did re- 
markably well to an apathetic 
house. Clayton and Lennie also 
struck tho same frigid reception, 
and the Emily Ann Wellman theat- 
rical storm dragged because a re- 
peat and because of the general 
dcadness of the house. 



TORONTO 



PRINCESS— Irish Players In "The 
White-Headed Boy." Next. Henry 
Mil'. and Blanche Bates in "The 
Famous Mrs. Fair." 

ROYAL. ALEXANDER — Shubert 
Vaudeville, with Nora Bayes and 
other acts. Next, vaudeville, with 
Adele Rowland and other acts. 

GRAND OPERA HOUSE.— "Boob 
McNutt," musical comedy. 

SHEA'S — High-class vaudeville, 
with Daphne Pollard, Bert Baker 
and Co. and other acts. 

HIPPODROME — Frank Dobson 
and his Sirens and other vaudeville 
acts. Film feature, Eileen Percy in 
"Whatever She Wants." 

VANTAGES— Vaudeville. Ara Sis- 
ters and four other acts. Film fea- 
ture, Thomas Meighan in "A Prince 
There Was." 

LOEWS— Fred Gray Trio and 
other vaudeville acts. Film feature, 
Wm. S. Hart in "Tho White Oak." 

LOEWS WINTER GARDEN — 
Film feature, "I Accuse." 

UPTOWN THEATRE — Glascr 
Players in "When We Were Twen- 
ty-one." 

EMPIRE— "The Lew Kelly Show." 

REGENT— Film feature. "The 
Conquering Power." 

STRAND— Film feature, "Miss 
Lulu Bett." 

ALLEN— "Queen of Sheba," film 
(second week).* Bandmaster Philip 
Pelz leading Allen orchestra. 



The business after a slow opening 
picked up wonderfully well, with 
Keith, Shubert, Loew and Pantages 
vaudeville bouses doing very much 
better than for several weeks. 
Shea's did good business with a 
novelty bill, and little Miss Sherwin 
Kelly made herself solid by her 
clever and fast work In singing, 
dancing and bicycle riding. Flor- 
ence Walton was well liked and Gal- 
lagher and Bhean got the laugns. 
At the Royal Alexandra Lew Fields, 
with his "Snapshots," Jack Conway 
and~Corand Lulu McConnell, witn 
Grand and Bunk Simpson, was a 
scream. Ethel Davis, characteristic 
song offering, was appreciated. The 
audience was not a vaudeville audi- 
ence at any time and did not get 
half tho stuff put over. Tho opposi- 
tion houses — Shea's and "Hipp" 
(Keith), Loew's and Pantages — re- 
tain their own clientele, so Shubert* 
have to build up their own, as regu- 
lar patrons of this house are not 
patronizing vaudeville. Charley 
Murray in person at Pantages drew 
heavily all week. Toronto is strong 
for personal appearances of film 
stars. The Trans-Canada put on a 
melodrama at the Grand with an ex- 
ceptionally clever company, but 
nowadays patrons think a play is a 
picture and vice versa, and thereby 
miss plays. 



The death of Mr. Hans Kronold, 
the eminent 'cellist of New York, 
caused deep regret among the musi- 
cal colony here. His demise will ne- 
cessitate rearranging the program 
of the Orpheus Society, where the 
artist was scheduled to appear to 
assist th" chorus of the society in 
their annual presentation. 



The Mendelssohn Choir, a national 
musical Institution, which caused a 
sensation on their visit to American 
cities several seasons ago, is now 
arranging an elaborate program for 
their twenty-fifth anniversary on 
February 20, 21 and 22. 



The new Empire burlesque house 
here on the Columbia Circuit, which 
eliminated smoking in orchestra 
seats and boxes, has been successful 
in efforts to build up the female end 
of the audience, and each day in- 
creases tho number of female pa- 
trons of the house. 



Fred Busey, recently resigned as 
manager of the "Follies of the Day" 
company on account of ill health, 
passed through with the company 
on the way to New York. Fred 
Folette was In charge of the show, 
which opened in Buffalo Monday. 

■sbhsssMmssssj 

Monday matinees were slightly 
better than last week and night at- 
tendance about the same, good. If 
shows do as well as last week they 
will have little to complain of. 
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VARIETY 



Friday, January 27, 1022 



BACK IN THE KENNELS 




FOR THE WINTER 
My folks wUl 

l>rt\l» tO (O tO 

work now. 



Oswald 



WOODSIDE KENNELS 



GRIFF 



The Kiddies' "Star" 



Wirth, Blumenfcld & Co., Agents 



TRIXIE 



INTERVIEWED BY 

EDDIE CORN FED 

(THE BWHiAGK MAN) 

Lit He Kuck, Ark. 

NcGRATH md DEEDS 

Do ,i Rreat net -why. they carry three 
trunks. One in full of wrlteups — and one 
carries contracts that Harry Weber sent 
— while the otht*r holds the dropH — a* 
the office pays you well for good drops 
DoWS>days>— sad they add more claas and 
gives the actor more courage. Another 
good BCt Is Wilfred J>u Hoi*, a juggler, 
who is trying to get a spot — and I don't 
tiiiime him. for the spot he was working 
In last night was terrible. Why. the wife 
and I could hardly fee the tricks |)6 was 
doing from the nailery. 

P. B.— Did not catch Fred Allen. 



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Springfield and Champaign, 111. 
Next week (Jan. 30) 

LITTLE 

PIP IF AX 

THE 11NNI UTTI.E SAILOR CLOWN 

Assisted by 

Miss Elsie and Eddy PANLO 

"FUN AT THE BEACH" 
— r A NT AGES CIRCUIT — 

BALTIMORE 

By QRETMACK 

FORDS— "Abraham Lincoln." 
AUDITORIUM— "The Bad Man." 
LYCEUM— "The Unloved Wife." 
CENTURY— Film. "Rent Free." 
RIVOLI— Film, "Why Girls Leave 
Home." 

NEW— Film, "The Four Horse- 
men." 

PARKWAY — Film, "French 
Heefe." 
PALACE— Burlesque. "Bon Tons." 
OAYKTY — Burlesque, * Harum- 
Scarum." 

PLAYHOUSE— Burlesque, "Some 
Show." 

GARDEN— Armstrong and Gilbert 
Sisters; Leonard and Willard; 
Ecktrt and Francis; "Ye Song 
Shop"; "The Lady of Longacrc," film 
feature. 

LOEWS HIPPODROME— Col. 
Diamond and Granddaughter; Curry 
and Graham; Josie Flynn's Mins- 
trels: Monte and Lyons; Harvard 
and Bruce; "The Ten Dollar Raise," 
Jilm feature. 



HARRY MOONEYS' COMEDIANS 

(PONIES AND CATS) 
"JUDY," Best Comedy Mule in Vaudeville 

Orpheum and Keith Representative — HARRY BURTON 



A REAL VAUDEVILLE NOVELTY 

PAUL PETCHING 



"THE MUSICAL FLOWER GARDEN" 
Permanent Address, 16 Packard Ave., Lymansville, R. I. 



LAURIE ORDWAY 

IRENE FISHER, At Piano 



represents an additional expendi- 
ture of $150,000. 



Leo Carrillo in "Lombard!. Ltd.." 
after playing an engagement here 
last fall to only fair business, has 
been booked for a return to the Co- 
lonial theatre for the first half of 
the week of Jan. 30. Last fall's ap- 
pearance here was his first, and he 
has booked the return in an effort 
to get the business he believes is 
due his play. The Colonial, the only 
legitimate house, has been dark for 



two weeks except for local amateur 
performances. 



The Darrows, Mac Hue and Clegs;, 
the Monarch Comedy Four, the 
Henri Sisters and "The Love Game," 
presented by Harry Hayden and a 
company of thrco, filled the bill at 
Keith's Academy of Music for the 
first half of this week to moderate 
business. The severest cold weather 
of the season is cutting in on the 
week's totals. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

BAKER — Baker stock company in 
"The Detour." 

LYRIC— Lyric Musical Comedy 
Co. in "Oh. Doctor." 

PICTURES— Liberty, Jackie Coo- 



AMERICA'B FOREMOST THEATRES AMD HITS — O.raetia*. LEE aaa* J. J. SHUBERT 



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MARYLAND (Keith vaudeville).— 
The features of this week's bill are 
William Rook. Joe. Cook, and Anna 
Chandler, the latter replacing Fritzi 
^cheff, who is reported ill. Cook 
walks away with the applause hon- 
ors, seconded by Rock, ably assisted 
by Nancy Welford, Helen Eby and 
Ernest Golden. In Miss Welford 
Mr. Rock has found a worthy suc- 
cessor to Frances White. The bal- 
ance of the extremely good shov.* 
consists of Doris Duncan; Jack 
Wyatt's Scotch Lads and Lassies; 
Dillon and Milton; Frank Browne; 
Alexander Bros., and Evelyn and 
Sidney Landlield, who also appeared 
with Miss Chandler. 

ACADEMY (Shubert vaudeville). 
— Despite four repeat acts the bill 
this week is well up to the standard. 
Nat Nazarro, Jr., and his company 
share top line honors with Milton 
Hayes, the English comedian. The 
repeaters are Joveddah Dc Rajah; 
Bert Melrose: Bob Nelson, and Har- 
ris and Santley. The rest of the 
bill includes Nip and Fletcher; 
Torino; Harry and Anna Scranton. 
Bttsiadfl Monday night f as 

Application was made this week In 
the City Council by the Ambassador 
Theatre Corp. for a permit to build 
a theatre on North and Fulton ave- 
nues, at a cost of $lf»0,000. to bo 
run as a high class Mm theatre. 



rUMTI 1DV TnEATRE, «2d ST. and 
V^L-Pl 1 UI\I CENTRAL PARK West 

(.'wing* till, Mats. Wed. and Sat. St S:3S. 

THE CHOCOLATE 
SOLDIER 

WITH 

Donald Brian — Tessa Kosta 

AMD A Tltfl.Y GREAT CAST 

JOLSON'S 59th ST. Jg":- &JFd£ 

Evening « 29. Mats. Wed. and Sat st 2:20. 

AL JOLSON 

in "BOMBO" 

AMBASSADOR 4 th st nr B w " 



Evenings 8. Z0. 



Thone: Circle t'ol. 
Mats. Wednesday A Saturday. 



The Musical Sensation 

BLOSSOM TIME 



SHUBERT VAUDEVILLE 

WINTEK GARDEN ^twTck^daily 8 - 

— WEEK OF JANUARY SO — 

NORA BAYES 

REGAL St MOORE 

CARL McCULLOUGH 

— dr— AND OTHER STAR ACTS — d> — 



A A tH ST THEATRE, nr. Bway. Erg. 8:20. 

**■* »*■>• Matinees Wed. and Hat.. 2 2'). 

Only Musical Ceatedy Hit St TSsSS Prleae. 

UP A CLOUDS 

"CORKING GOOD FUN."— World. 



M. 



COMEDY 



<lst St. nr. ll'way. Eves. 8:tO. 
Poo. Mju. Thurs. A Sat. 2:30. 



MME. 



Is 

PERSON 

Is 



PETROVA 

"THE WHITE PEACOCK" 

Ity MME. PETROVA 

"Masy propU is New Ytrk eajey 'Tka White 
Peaceck ' "—Woollrott. Tlmea. 

Maxine Elliott's ffit" r w5f :.E 11 

CLARE RUMMER'S New Play 
THE 

MOUNTAIN MAN 

'Trass, dslieious a«rf u*aa»rea*haal* ' 

—Kenneth Mar(k>wan. Globe. 



NORFOLK 

By J. A. LESLIE 

PlaflS for the new Granby street 
niovie house now being dtdcted by 
the Wells Amusement Co. havd been 
enlarged t> tiuk*' the building cost 
approximately $400,000. nccordinp: to 
announcement by otto Walla, man* 
ajfer £01 the company here. This 



M/\no DawflC TllfS.. 41th St.. W. Of II y. 

Nora bayes B-m#. Malta-tat. am. 

THE FUNNIEST FARCE OF TWO SEASONS 

JUST MARRIED 

With VIVIAN MARTIN and 
LYNNE OVERMAN 



ROOTH Wml 45th Street. E-fs. it I. 
DV ** vr ■ " Mat*. Hat.. Weil a I rl.. l«b 

LAST TWO WEEKS 

GEORGE 

/ARLISS 

In 

The Green Goddess 

OafVTLI CT Thea.. nr. IV way. Eres. 8 :".«. 
S^J »*»•-'*• M » 1 *- Wed. and Hat . 

- H. B. WARNER 

in "DANGER" 

TIMELY SEX PROBLEM 
A Csrltss Product!**. Beat Seats 12.50. 



PAQINH Kn 8 '■' Beit Seats $2 50. 

■ -r*>0111\-F MaU. Wed. a Hat . 2. SO. 

A Carlton Production 

JULIA SANDERSON 

LN A MCSICAL COMEDY SA1IKI. 

TANGERINE 



BIJOU 



THEATRE. 4.ih St.. W. ri It'r. 

I. •■ . I ;». Mm.'. Wrd.. Sat. ..;<•. 



—THE— 



lOTAn Th-atr- 1 5th .*. R'wey Krj * :>» 
AX 1 1 IK Matinee* Wed. anj .s ,,, . :•.<). 

WM. FAVERSH AM 

And the Orcatert CM of s DaYtdl la 

THE SQUAW MAN 



g&n in "My Boy"; Columbia, "Just 
Around the Corner"; Rivoli. "Love 
Novcf Lies"; Blue Mouse, "No 
Woman Knows"; People'a, "Cabl- 
ria"; Majestic, Lionel Barrymore in 
"Boomerang; Bill"; Heilig*. "Quo 
Vadis?" Hippodrome, Bert Lytell in 
"The Idle Rich." 



Durinfir the first show of "Way 
Down East" at the People's theatre 
a son was born to Mrs. John Britz. 
wife of the orchestra leader. Mrs. 
N. Golden, wife of the drummer, 
bore a child. 



Bobby Jarvis, booked for the last- 



half show at the Hippodrome laat 
week with Van and Carrie Avery 
was stricken with illness at Reattla 
and couldn't make the trip to Port- 
land. He was sent to a hospiiai. 

B. A. Schiller, gjeneral represonia. 
tive of Loew's, Inc., was in confer- 
ence here with W. W. Ely, manages; 
of the local house, last week. He 
says that Loew still has hopes of 
building a new theatre here, al- 
though the deal probably will ni,t be 
undertaken until the present lease 
expires and Alexander Pantages 
takes over the Hippodrome. 



[NEW YORK THEATRES] 



MOROSCO 



tyts.fi;ornr*.w!> 



10VER ROAD 

iJ&'fta&SSMHdS: Chaa. Cherry 



THE BAT 



HENRY MILLER'S 7»V t»\te 

FIVES. I 20. MATI SEES THUItS. A SAT. 2:20. 

LAURETTE TAYLOR 

in J. HARTLEY MANNER'S New Pl«r. 

"THE NATIONAL ANTHEM" 

DCDltimO TIIKATRE. W. 4*«1 Street. 
ntrUDLIU Krca. 8:30. Rata. Wed. aSut 

A^n. WOODS Preaent* 

MARGARET LAWRENCE 
/f LOWELL SHERMAN 
&"; ALLAN DINEHART 

in "LAWFUL LARCENY" 

A .New Play by SAM SHIPMAN 

171 TIMPT TIIKA.. W. 42dSt. Ets. S:30. 
H.L. I ll^lOEa M.U9. Wed. and S*t. 1:30. 
-THE ROST FAMOUS PLAY IN MEW YOBK— 

THE 
DEMI-VIRGIN 

By AVERY H OPWOOD 

i 8AM H. HARRIS Attractions 

I r^g^nT* West ifith st y>t*.. 1:13, 

V^Vifx 1 Mats. Wed. & Bs4 tt |:1A 

WALLACE . MARY 
EDDINGER "" NASH 

in "CAPTAIN APPLEJACK 



-ooo- 



Sam H. Harris $£%£&& 

Eves. 8:20. Mats. Wad. s*4 Sat st 2 20. 

Six Cylinder Love 

A New 'Comedy by Wm. Anthonr MoGu'.rs 

with ERNEST TRUEX 



-ooo- 



West 4oth SUeet. 
Tel.: Dryatit 1170. 



MUSIC BOX 

Erea. I:1S. MaU. Wed. and Sat. si 2:15. 

••dsat Msstesl Sksw Cesr Mads is Asjsrica." 

IRVING BERLIN'S 

MUSIC BOX REVUE 

— Witll a Cait of Mstresolitss Favorites — 



Kf A Hr TinC A.. W. 45th ST. Bra. 8:30. 
L A YV Msts. Wed. and Sat. 2:30. 

MARIE DORO 

"LILIES of the FIELD" 1SBT 
Frederick Perry S8r'fi A SSg5 

fiAIFTY B'way A 46 St. Kva. st S:15. 
UMIL.I I Mats> Wc d. and Sat. at 2:15. 

Elsie Janis 

AND HER GANG IN A NEW SHOW 

"SAME GANG" — "NEW 8TUFF•• 



T 
H 
R 
I 
L 
L 
S 



KNICKERBOCKER Theatre 

B'way. 38th St. Eves. 8:30. 
Matinees Sat. and Moil 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents 

"Bulldog Drummond" 

A Real Melodrama, by "Sapper," 
With A. E. MATH KM* 



OLTI UIYK1 Wwt 42d St. Eves. 1:18. 

OlLW I IM Matt. Wed. A Sat.. 2.15. 

ARTHUR HAMMEUSTEIN Tresenta 

JOSEPH LILLIAN 

CAWTHORN and LORRAINE 

in "THE BLUE KIHEN" 

THE rolSSE CAKE OF MUSICAL SHOWS 
WITH A CHORUS OF 30 PUSSIES 




SaL 



JOHN GOLDEN ATTRACTIONS 
Stared by WINCH ELI. SMITH 

LONG ACRE M r?s. wad. * sa - i 

thank You 

A Comedy by Messrs. Smith and CusV.ng. 
— — — AND — — — 

I ITTI C **••< 41th **■ BVfjg, 8:C0. 
LI I I LC Mats. Wed. & Sat. 

"The 1st Year'* 

lit ind Wits FRANK CRAVEN 



SELWTNS PRESENT 



SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S Comedy 

"THE CIRCLE" 

with the BEST CAST In America 

JOHN DREW MRS. LESLIE CARTER 

E8TELLE WIMWOOO - ERNEST LAWF0R0 

JOHN HALLIDAY ROBERT RENOEL 

FIJI TON ™ EAT *E. W. 4C ST. 

MATINEES WED. IPOP.I and S.tT 



NEW AMSTERDAM 



W. 4«d St. 
I ATINEES WEDNESDAY A SATURDAY 

50c to $2.50 —no iik.iii r 

ZIEGFELD TRIUMPH 
MARILYN MILLER. LEON ERROL 

SALLY 



BELASCO 



Weat HthrKt. Eves. 8:13. 
Mats. Thura. A 8at 2:13. 



OAVID BELASCO Praiea.e 

LENORE ULRIC 

KIKI 

A Nest Character Study by AN'DRE PICARD. 



I iTFIIM WEST I Evs. 8:30. Mats 

LILCUnn 45th St I Thurs. and S*" 



s*u 



DAVID BELASCO Presents 



LIONEL ATWILL 

in THE GRAND DUKE" 



N >W - NOW — NOW - NOW 

TIMES SO L MEAT »» E . W 42d Street. 
* ******»•* •J\£* Hats. TSur. <Pe*> 4 Sst. 

ALLAN POLLOCK 

is "THE GREATEST PLAY OF THE YEAR" 

— H A Bill of Dfvorcemenl ,, — 

With JANET BEECHER 

EMPIRF Hway A 40th 8t. Eves. % AT.. 
^ " **^«- Mstinecs Wed. A SaL. 2:15. 

William Gillette 



IN RIS NEW PLAT 



The Dream Maker 

Dwed on a 8tory by HOWARD E. MORTON. 



I f RFRTY Thea ' w - <J st. ev. 82S. 
GEORGE M. COHAN'S 

WHOLESOME MUSICAL COMEDY 

'THE O'BRIEN GIRL" 



BROADWAY, 

and Forty-sixth SL 

Mat*. Wed. and Sat. S:St 



GLOBE— 

Evenings 1:30. ] 

CHARLES DILLINGHAM Presents 

'GOOD MORNING 
DEARIE' 



With a Cast of 
ft. T. Favorites 



To Ken d em of VARIETY— 

WB RECOMMEND 
CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S 
Sixth Annnal Wonder Show 

GET TOGETHER 

with FOKINE and FOKINA, CHAR- 
LOTTE and many other International 
ntarn. 

'^"HIPPODROME "Bar 



GEO. pAUAMT M E A T R E- 
H. V*VFnr\Il Rrosdway and 43d Street 

Evas. 8:15. Mats. Wed. and Sat. 

ED WYNN 

"The Perfect Foor 

HI8 NEW MUSICAL RIOT 

S— MARK— 
T R A 

"\ National Inet Ration"— B'way at 47 St. 
Direction Joseph Plunketl 

WESLEY BAPRY 

in "SCHOOL DAYS" 

STRAND RYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

CAUL EDOUARDE. Conductox 




, 



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. . t 1 1 > 1 



ridav. Tanuary 27, 1922 



PICTURES- 



39 



SATURDAY NIGHT 

a •oolety girl. 






launJrew. 

.Edith 



• t • • • 

Jtolwt* 



ft? %#nti»> Richard'* lister. .Julia Faye 
5" 1 * p3l£'.\ . . . • • • • • • -K<lyth. Chapman 

S^inra van rfuyilam.... Theodore Roberts 

5STo W. » washwoman.. Sylvia. Aahton 

Another of DeMille's "society" 
♦Alee backed by magnificent settings 
whenever the story calls for in- 
Jiriors of the van Suydam and 
Prentiss homes with the subtitles 
being equally embellished. The 
titles provide- the usual amount of 
descriptive reading matter plua a 
certain amount of philosophy per- 
taining to the theme that deals with 
In engaged boy and «irl bom to 
the purple*' marrying their laundr eai 
aid chauffeur, respectively. The 
social and domestic situation become 
impossible to both couples and the 
inale, Jumping, to "Seven years 
iwcals that the working 
duo have united. Another 
in scene disclose that the 



later, 
class 
switch 



two members of tin- "IW" have be ^-^ Admirably cut. 



com* re-engaged— though minus the 
proverbial clinch. 

Incidental to tracing tho destinies 
of the coupk s, DeMIHe has contrived 
amusing action which bads to the 
pairing off of the quartet, the 
reasons therefore and the ultimate 
progressiva incidents that brings 
about tho conclusion with its axiom 
of each to his kind, birds of a 
feather, blood will tell, cr whatever 
you will. The picture has a couple 
of thrills through the incidents of 
the young heiress, accompanied by 
her chauffeur, driving her car across 
a railroad t restle only to be trapped 
by an oncoming train and being 
saved by her chauffeur. About three 
reels later me heroine again i^ the 
subject of a rescue Mom a tenement 
fire by her former fiance — her 
chauffeur husband having left her 
to see that the \ leh laundress wl"e. 
whom he is now driving g< ts to 

safety. 

The remainder of the picture la 
taken up with the social Waterloo 
that Shamrock O'Daj meets as the 
wife of Pr< ntiss In a series of scenes 
that display DeMllle's ideas of bow 
a pretentious; home rhould be 
decorated, and that shrieks extrava- 
gance. The path that Iris van 
Suydam lias set nut t > tread as the 
wife of her former servant furnishes 
the counter plot. 

Lcatrice .ioy and Conrad Nage.] 
stand out from the cast In ttich 
relts of, th< wealthy couple' having 
oppof' i hem Edith KobCtta and 
.'afA iiowt-r who at linns are nut 
altogether convincing. Theodora 
Roberts is practically hurled, being 
allotted scarcely L'oo feet of film, if 
that, with the oih- r raemWa:*s giving 
an average performance. 

Thu story is credHed ^o .Teahb 
Wai'pherson and is presented bj 
Jess*' Lanky through Paramount 
There's no doubt the picture can 



by one Peterson, Alclen, under the 
name of Grant, takes his supposedly 
last $500 and with his young partner 
proceeds to open a garage on the 
state road opposite Petersen's new 
one. How they beat Petersen is 
Interesting and equally so Is the 
love interest, amusingly interwined 
with Alden's attempt to hido his 
real identity from his young partner 
and his family, particularly his 
daughter with whom the younger 
man falls in love. 

Mr. Arliss's influence was felt all 
through the performance. His own 
restrained methods need no descrip- 
tion. With the slightest means, he 
accomplishes much. Suggestion 
takes the place of elaboration and 
the cast followed suit. Doris Kenyon 
has charm, beauty, the air of a 
slender darling and her frocks were 
well chosen, setting her off to ad- 
vantage. Ida Darling gave one of 
those rare performanc s that are 
delightful because you recognize in 
it a transcription to tho s een of 
pleasant and agreeable traits you 
have met in life. Edward J. Burns 
was straightforward and attractive. 



through the rathe exchanges. It \b 
better than the ordinary run of pro- 
gram features and was tho better of 
the two pictures offered on a double 
program bill at Loews New York 
with the r. "Across the Deadline" 
being the oilier feature. 

Grace Darmond, with her striking 
blonde beauty, !g the star of the 
cast, which In. several corking 
names in if, including Harry Myers 
and William Courtlelgh. Philip B. 
Rosen directed from the script of 
Will M. Ritchie, Charles Hclmont 
Davis having contributed the orig- 
inal story. 

^; 10 v, <i,~ n Miss Darmond there 
but one woman, Patsy Kuth Mil- 



is 



but everyone's hit 



stood out. 
the picture 



fur- 
nisned as pleasant an hour as pos- 
sible at this stage of the screen's 

development. Lccd. 



TURN TO THE RIGHT 

gnris Tiiiinser ah.-p Terry 

B*»coua Jack ^talball 

Harry* My' r* 



<Hlljr 

Mu^kc 

I,» aeon Tilling*'!- 

Mrs. Has. r>m. . . ^ .. . 
U. : t y B« BOOM . .-vr-rt 

.1 s .• .SiroriK 

Sammy Martin 

Mr. Marfan 

t.< si. i Morgan 




. . .tfforni' • *QOper 
Kdwanl Connelly 
«IIa Knott 
Hetty Alkrr 
.Margaret I»«>mln 
.William Rl.-t»-h*r 

F.ric Ma> n* 

Ray It»i»l«?y 



A clean,' vtdtelesome picture, that 
would easily hold up at any first - 
run house for a couple of weeks. 
Instead, John Golden and Marcus 
Loew brought it to the Lyrk) Jan. 
L'3 under the Metro trade mark for 
a special run. If, as reported, they 
paid $200,000 to Winchell Smith and 
John E. Hasaard for the screen 
rights to their Stage success, the 
decision as to opening is under- 



standable, 
carry the $1.65 

as described 

exquisitely don« 



lake its place as a bos o 
for DeMille's ? »me and 
nefis with v.l.i.ii h< h. 
home life of the "Hi:::' 



fllce feature 
the lavish- 
es don« the 
charucti rs, 
though somewhat reflective of 
former palatial resid* ncos as con- 
ceived hy him, Will satisfy. Also 
tlie pictorial narration of romance 
connect" d with the interciass mar- 
riage id. a will always nppeal 
strongly to the majority of the fair 
•ex. t5kl0. 



RULING PASSION 



#»n-.r 8 Aid' n 

Ang\« AUlm 

''Bill" Merrick.. 

Mr*. Aldt-r. 

Ptte r*on 

f»rt*r Andrew*. 

Dr. wiungV.'.'.V 



• • • • • 



...... 



. . . .Oeorge ArPti 
. . . .lVnn K.irji'n 
ISdward J. BO 

bis DarlitfK 

. .,?. W. Johnston 
. .Erntat Hilliar.l 
.Harold \Vrtl«lriR< 
.... Itr:.iii L>ar)« y 

s is! Certainly, 



What a picture this 

It pleased the Strand audi* nee Jan. 
*2, when United Artists brought it 
there with George Arliss starred. 
>>om Kan Derr Biggera' Saturda) 
Evening Post story Forrest Halsey 
has written a photoplay that is Just 
that. You recognize a controlling 
hand in the whole that seems t«» 
have devised a complete play and 
not patched together pieces, and this 
recognition has a singularly satisfy- 
ing effect. Harmon Wright is a 
young director who has made the 
most of specially advantageous cir- 
cumstances afforded him by Mr. 
Halsey 's story and .a first rate cast, 
and Harry A. Fishbcok't photo- 
graphy and Clark Kobinson'S art 
work supplemented the r» st very 
happily. 

Janus Alden, overworked, is pre- 

v «^iletl upon by nis doctor and family 
to retnv on his fortune, but cnfor< • d 
re «t gets on his nerves and it is 
orought out amusingly that those 
"ho have worked, deprived of that 
"lain diversion, In effect a ruling 
Passion, are precipitated toward 
jaeir grave rather than saved from 

h ♦♦ ' ^ U,tn hi geltiriK w<»! 
^'tter, when an insurance 
suggest* to him to get rome small 
ouatnesfl as a hobby, a dlveraion. 
ig leaving his i>ig company, he said. 
noneMy was the best policy, that 
""honesty worked 
and now In a small way 
why. 

From the picture standpoint this 
was a change for the better. Bring 
jour moral down to everyone's cap- 
* c, 'y to understand and you g*t a 
dl«i e i rcal ro *Ponfte than when >ou 
gai in millionaires and their doings, 
oowevrr gorgeously. Finding him- 
partner In a garage with n 
Jian, both ha\i: \g been stung 



lot from 

followed 

was ex- 

the in- 



mi 



e. not 
agent 



policy 

own loss," 

he shows 



Perhaps the name will 
top. but it remains, 
above — in addition, 
?. Rex Ingrarp. who 
directed-, puts the rellning touch of 
the artist to his work. June Mathis 
and Mary O'Hara turned out si 
workmanlike scenario, and .lohn F. 
Seitl's iihotograph was A-l la grade. 

Prom the stag*' showing th.^ sto-y 
is well known. If ere again- *oa lias- 
com i* s« en leaving home, the farm, 
his widowed mother and orphans! 
sifter to make a fortune in the city 
wherewith to marry Elsie. Deacon 
TlfUngev's daughter, the deaeon op- 
posing the match. In the city .Joe 
turns to th. left, takes up with the 
ponies, gambles, and in a year or 
SO, oil the Verge of a big turnover, 
is nabbed for crime, Sent innocent 
to Jail, he < omes out resolved to 
turn to the right ihereafter and 
make* hi^ way home in time to 
sa\e his mother from being cheated 
by the (Paeon. Two prison pals 
show up. and country intlu •> • - |. - 
form them. Joe, loo, In .he end is 
vindicated. 

The comedy, due to the crooks, is 
rieh in this screen version. Harry 
Myers and George Cooper, as <; 
and Mu^«. got an equal 
their pans. Heal laugh 
laugh, but the whole cast 
rellent. Alice Terry was 
genue, a very much younger p t 
than in "The Four Horsemen," and 
Lvdia Knott as Mrs. Ba scorn looks 
eally like hef enough to be her 
ther. The suggestion was in- 
escapable. Clean-cut performances 
were offered hy Jack Mulhall and 
Others In straight roles, while Wil- 
liam Bletcher assisted in building 
up the laughs. From sheer mastery 
ESdward Connelly scored as the 
deacon. Eric Mayne, too, brought 
real dignity to his role. 

The bass drummer sought to en- 
liven the evening with interpretative 
discords, but with him suppressed 
things should run smoothly. If any 
suppressing is done it also should 
include the program's blurb calling 
Hex Ingram "a young man conceded 
to be the genius of tho screen." 
Youth will be served, but this silly 
piece of enthusiasm written by one 
young man about another is not 
only absurd. It is offensive, recall- 
ing" CrifhMh, Neilan, lnce, Lubitsch— 
a halt* dozefl of the illustrious. In- 
gram has a nice talent, discretion, 
above all a sense of form, being a 
S< ulptor, but this sense of form to an 
« gterft crimps the fullness of his 
work. It doei not How freely. It 
divides itself into groups, eptftOdefl 
of arrangement, and never yet 
he caught the spectator in a 
pelling grip that forces out 
thunder of heart-felt applause. 

Nor could he do it at the Lyric 
opening. The claquers were busy, 
but by exaggerating the applause 
and applying it Indlaeriminately to 
. •. . rv name flashed on th" »cre< n 
the audience kidded the claque - ret 
us hope— off the payroll. 

Meanwhile this; Ifl a first -rate 

merclal picture, it has tears 
laughter, adequate mounting 
finished charm. L 



Jro'jp^ 



has 
com- 
the 



oin- 
and 
and 
td. 



HANDLE WITH CARE 



r.i.-p Dsrmond 

Harry Myen 

j.4inf» Morrison 



P a nn« ,> Lee; 

\« >t Plesrd. < •« 

Phil Hurnhsm • 

t>a vl.l N-rn- l^. 1 ?* '1 B r2* t * 

i'. • . r i*ATter. ..*. 

.... 



iv.r r*rter v ^ • • " " Jt JGLft5gS 



by 



Rocket t production, distributed 
the Associated Pr« 



ler. All of tlie other roles are male 
characters with five types of men 
Shown. The quintet woo the star 
and she selects one of them and 
after two years of married life de- 
cides she lias made a mistake be- 
cause her husband has forgotten to 
recall their wedding anniversary. 

She upbraids her better half and 
he makes a strange pact with her, 
consenting to let her have a divorce 
if any of the four former suitors 
will agree to elope with her. Thbi 
brings about a corking comedy sit- 
uation well played up. in the end 
husband and wife are reconciled and 
take a second honeymoon trip. 

Tho locations and sets are par- 
ticularly good and the photography 
splendid, for which Philip Hum de- 
serves credit. 

Myers and Courtlelgh gave splen- 
did performances with Myers hav- 
ing a shade the best. Landers 
pfevena playing the lead opposite 
Miss Darmond, while seemingly 
rather too old for the role, played 
admirably. 

The exhibitor can go out after 

this picture with tho all-star state- 
ment and get away with the claim. 

anywhere 
Fred. 



the scene fades back to the rull- 
man, and the listener to the story 
discovers from a ac;i r on the tellers 
hand that he is tho "man in the 
case." Hut the sympathy won't go 
down. Kor one thing tho character 
of the rounder Is pretty average 
rotten on the face of it, and any 
plea for him is utterly insincere 
even under the loose literary ethics 
of screen llctionists. Any theatre 
gathering would have to be alto- 
gether infantile in mind to accept 
the tale as anything but a travesty 
on life. The prim comedian In this 
case is not "Lire," as the high- 
faultin' title writer would have it, 
but the .scenario reader* who failed 
to stand between the maker of the 
story and the fan public. Hush. 

NO "DEFENSE 

J'.l.n V.mninp Willlnm r>unr>i\n 

Ethel Austin liMi'ii Johnson 

i-v.-.fc rh u Apthorpe .la. k 111 "tardson 

Muton Hulet li.-iny Hebert 

Mrs AuMiii Ifsthltde Brundass 

MacBobert* Cnarlea Dudley 



The picture will stand up 
for a couple of days. 



THE GRIM COMEDIAN 



Mario l.ainontf . . . . 
Ha. Vey Martin. . . . . 

Dueothy 

Old T>ad 

«JrHiir> Mi" re 

Bill.- Pas« 

Geoffrey Hstchina. 
Carieton Bvtcnlsa* 



. .Pho> be Hunt 

Jack Holt 

. .Gloria Hope 
Beit Woodruff 
. . .Laura I>avarlnc 

Mae Hopkins 

John Harron 

Joseph J. Dowling 



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The Gjftfn Comedian is none other 
than Tafe, "which turns the laugh 
on all of us." according to a title in 
this r.oldwyn picture current at the 
Capitol. Tru story is by Rita Wei- 
man, and the production is desig- 
nated ;ts- Frank Lloyd's. It's a curi- 
ous sort of story, filled with naive, 
almost childlike sentiment which 
sets Up all kinds of objections in the 
mind of the grown-up spectator. 

The character of Martin Harvey, 
played by .tack Holt, is an odd 
compound. He Is an Utter cad in 
the beginning of things, a spend- 
thrift i Her loafing about the musi- 
cal comedy back stage. He pro- 
vides a luxurious apartment for 
Marie LamontS (Phoehe Hunt), a 
queen of the meny-merry,- with 
motor ear Incidentals and the rest 
Of the equipment, and lords it over 
:bis intimate domain. Marie has a 
daughter In the convent, and when 
the girl pleads to come home, Marie 
decides to revise her mode of life. 
Martin, who has always made cyni- 
cal sport of Marie's maternal af- 
pcTions, becomes enraged at her 
determination to leave him and live 
with the girl. His attitude is that 
if there is to be any casting off, the 
privilege is his, not the woman who 
ha? been living on his bounty. Not 
a very agreeable person, this. 

Nevertheless, when Marie's daugh- 
ter does come home, disclosing her- 
self as a charming young person, 
Martin falls desperately in love with 
her and pays secret court. He says 
it with anonymous flowers and Jew- 
elry. When Marie learns of the in- 
trigue, she forbids tho daughter to 
s» e Martin, who thereupon brings 
the girl to his apartment by a tele- 
phone message. Marie confronts 
the pair there and there is a clash 
between the woman and her former 
lover in which she wounds him with 
a pistol shot through tho arm. 
Martin is cured of his infatuation 
and agrees to send tho girl back to 
her young sweetheart The strange 
part of tho tale Is that Martin, who 
is at first pictured in a most un- 
favorable light, is later presented as 
honorably in love with the younger 
woman, and the auditor's sympathy 
is invited to his pathetic situation. 

If this were not sufficiently dis- 
torted fiction, the situation of a 
mother in conflict with her own 
(laughter over the ownership of a 
i vnical rounder is not particularly 
» lifying. Of course, mother and 
• laugh t» r are not rivals for the man. 
The emphasis is entirely upon the 
older woman's instinct to protect 
her daughter from life's dangers; 
but there is about the whole situa- 
tion on unwholesome flavor. This 
kind of oblldue romance is all out 
of order. Some day some enlight- 
ened maker of fh-tion is going to set 
a clean, unstudied story of romance 
in the surroundings of the theatre 
back stago where a manly man 
loves a womanly woman and they 
get married. Somehow the locale of 
tlie theatre invites the imagination 
of the uninitiated to self-conscious 
inventions of lurid loVtA 

In the present case there Is a 
labored effort to win sympathy for 
the no account hero. He is lirst in- 
troduced In a railroad Pullman, 
where a card game brings up a dis- 
cussion of fate, and he rreites the 
history of Marie Lanmnte to illus- 
tra e hi* point that life \n the grim 
comedian, At the end of the tale 



A Vitagraph production In six 
reels, adapted from the story 
"Pardon," by Clarence Davies; 
scenario by Graham Raker, directed 
by William Duncan, who is co- 
starred with Edith Johnson. 

Another variation of the "Enoch 
A i den" tale, wherein a husband, 
supposed to be dead, returns home 
to And his wife married to another. 
In this instance ho Is accused of 
killing a man who is trying to black- 
mail the wife, stands for the con- 
viction to shield the woman he 
loves, and so on, until it all turns 
out happily for the original husband, 
whom she loves, and herself. 

The continuity runs along so 
smoothly that it makes for an ab- 
sorbing photoplay, and it is still 
further made interesting through 
the artistic work of Jack Richard- 
son as the second husband of the 
double-married woman, who is an 
unrelentingly ambitious politician 
and in the end permits the woman 
he married to return to the man she 
loves. 

William Duncan is sufficiently 
melodramatic as the sacrificing hero, 
while Edith Johnson is adequately 
emotional in the role of the woman 
about which tho .tale revolves. 

Excellent program feature. Jolo. 



EXIT THE VAMP 

Wlf*» .....,.•* Ethel Clayton 

Husband. T. Hoy Hmnn 

r.t Ji i I, . . . Theodui e Robert I 



The 
The 
Th* 
The Vamp 



'••»••# 



.Funiaiue La Hue 



Taramount release, starring Ethel 
Clayton, based upon the story by 
Clara Beranger and directed by 
Frank Urson. This Lasky produc- 
tion was not built for the bigger 
picture houses. Shown at a pop 
vaudeville theatre, tho picture sec- 
tion had to be bolstered by a strong 
comedy, which makes certain the 
fact that the feature la being sold 
at a moderate price. 

The story will suit women. It has 
been designed along the proper lines 
for that. Tho old eternal triangle 
idea is its foundation. The slaving 
wifo turns the tide by becoming a 
vamp and allowing her spouse all 
the leeway he wants in l)is atten- 
tions with another woman. This 
causes him to sicken of his new 
acquaintance, with the customary 
reconciliation at the finish. 

It Is a short cast production with 
a light story, done before in many 
ways. In this not over effectively. 
It has a slight homey appeal, but 
with little else to commend. 

The cast does well enough with so 
light a vehicle. Few opportunities 
for the director to display initiative. 

Picture exhibitors who demand 
bargain productions from the big 
exchanges are the onlv ones who 
will consider "Exit the Vamp." 

Hart. 



on a continuous plan. This change 
of policy might account for tho lack 

of attendance at the late show, for 
surely the names of John Emerson 
and Anita Loos have been looked, 
upon as of s«nie box-ofllce power in 
the tllm world, and both of these 
names were displayed prominently 
in lights in front of the theatre. 

Tho cast in tho production Is a 
corking one, and the picture on tho 
whole is well portrayed by the ar- 
tists. Basil Sydney plays the lead, 
Ho is the gay son of a life insur- 
ance millionaire, whose dad has died 
and left a peculiar will. The boy is 
given the home and a spending ac- 
count of $50 a week until he reaches 
the age of LT>, then his father prom- 
ises him something further. When 
the time arrives the endowment 
proves to be a job at $25 a week as 
a lifo insurance solicitor, with tho 
proviso that if lie makes good for a 
year the entiro fortune falls to him. 
He is in love with the daughter o* 
a seeker after a political Job. Tho 
girl played by Mae Collins and her 
father being Edward Connelly. Tho 
latter is not so sure that the boy 
can make good, and finally, when, 
as the result of a revolutionary plot, 
the father is appointed Ambassador 
to Eunkonia, he Informs the hoy 
that when ho receives his fortune, 
he can come there for the girl. 

When the hero receives the news) 
that ho has to work for a year 
grabbing risks for his late dad's) 
company, he choses Bunkonla as tho 
scene of his soliciting activities, 
which brings him on the scene just 
at tho moment that the revolution 
is going to break, and he manages 
to do the grand heroic all over tho 
lot, defeat the conspirators and win 
the girl in time to havo her in his 
arms for the final fadeout. 

It is all presented in an exag- 
gerated manner, with a battalion of 
colored marines arriving on the/ 
scene to handle the situation. That 
is presented in the light of bur- 
lesque, but It Is doubtful if the au- 
dience south of the Mason-Dixon 
line are going to accept it in that 
light, especially when the colored 
boys start prodding the white about 
at the business end of their rifles* 
Incidentally there are one or two 
other touches of the color question 
that crop up In the picture that will 
be certain of censorship in the> 
southern states, especially when tha 
darky major domo of the hero is) 
shown as the bailiff In a court room 
scene ordering tho court to be) 
cleared in the following language: 
"Oct out »er here, you miscoiorea 
white trash.'* 

Other than that, for northern rer« 
ritorles where the race question isj 
not as decided as it is in the «outh t 
the picture is a fair burlesque corn* 
edy of the program caliber. Frcd % 



RED HOT ROMANCE 

Rowland Ptone. Basil Sydney 

Lord Howe-Urecne ,. Henry Warwick 

Kins *'.'«.» a n ilia the Thirteenth. .Frank Lrfilor 

General de Castanet Carl 8to<-k<]nte 

Madame PulofT de Plota Olive Valerie 

Colonel Casslue I)jn*d Edward Connehy 

Anna Mae Pyrd Mae Collins 

Jim Conweli.. Roy Aiwii 

Thomaa finow. ....,«..«.. Tom Wilson 

Mammy •••••••••. ...D'llan liflghton 

Ulgnor Frijols fenlls Edwards 

The authors of this burlesque are 
John Emerson and Anita Lpos, with 
the former also assuming responsi- 
bility for the direction Inasmuch as 
the picture, according to the screen, 
was directed by Victor Fleming un- 
der the personal supervision of Mr. 
Emerson. Tho story Itself li noth- 
ing more than a broad burlesque of 
"The Soldier of Fortune" or "A 
Man's Man," with the burlesque for 
tho greater part effeeted through a 
mass of sub-tiths, and these not 
particularly funny. 

Joseph M. Hcbenck is sponsor for 
the picture, although the screen in- 
forms the public that tho Emerson- 
Loos combination presents it. Mr. 
Schenck made an arrangement with 
the Famous Players whereby he 
rented the Criterion for the presen- 
tation, so, although tlie production 
is a First National attraction it is 
not playing the Ktrand, which holds 
tho first National franchise in New 
York for first runs. 

Monday night, the seennd that the 
pleturo was being presented, tie 
house for the two nightly shows 
could not havo held over 1T>0 people 
from a short time before nine until 
the final flicker The Criterion h« re- 
tofore has bee^ playing a regular 
two shows a d;iy policy, but the 
"ItCd Uoi Kviiik;j'.«. ' la o- :ii£ hho\V.n 



WHY MEN FORGET 

Richard Ituthaer Milton Ro«m*» 

Mrs. Mutimcr Mary Jtioura 

Alice Maud Mutin.ir Vivian Vinson. 

Kmma Vine Evelyn Hrent 

Rflt** , Ji'i'ii'* Foster 

Adela Walthum Beltlmi ('amphelt 

Mrs. Wnltham Dal«y Campbell 

Hubert ■Me* Gerald McCarthy 

Mre. Kldon Hald<e Wripht 

nantel rabbe olof Hyttent 

Jim < 'iii'Ti Jarnea U. Butt 

Rtephpn Txmrwood Leonard R< bnon 

gillie Rodman Warwick Ward? 

K«»ne , (;»•.. i ro Travers 

Coues Thomaa B. Moniauu-Thacke* 



I\ohertson-C\ilo released "Whjf 
Men FoiK't," n screen version t)f tha 
Cleorgo dissing novel, "Demos.** 
written and directed by Denisonj 
Clift. The production was made In 
England with an English east and] 
released in this country under the> 
".All-Star Cast" billing. 

The screen version is not in many 
respects sufficiently interesting tcj 
hold the attention of the average" 
American audience. The story has 
Its effective parts, but In the screen- 
ing loses in comparison with the 
American program picture. 

The story deals with the r.cquisN 
tlon of sudden wealth by a man oC 
the working class, the money caus- 
ing him to forget his former 'friends} 
and to fall in line with other cao- 
ltallsts rather than to help tlie lower 
class as he had promised to tin. 

The su ess of a picture In this) 
country is largely based upon thfT 
popularity of its pliyers. It Is in 
this respect that "Why Men Forget* 
will experience difficulty, as the) 
cast, regardless of its value in act- 
ing, contains no players of any 
prominence over here, slthougn 
known to a large degree In England* 

"Why Men Forget'* is a fore'gn 
picture of Insufficient pretentious* 
ness to Kan recognition In tiig 
count! y. Hart* 



WESTERN FIREBRANDS 

Hilly F:irpo.. P'j- T! y WltHtltU 



M.iiir«<i Stanton. 

' . 1 1 • . i r i „' 

r. it 

lo-.i i'V itiicr. . .. 
H'.txn t Htanton. . 
John Fargo 



>•••••• 



• * • • • 



. Ada p 
. . . J ii ' l cairn 

!!•■ I Aid • * 

. . If. ' i Y r 

. Wil mi Itoi i.4 

.j. J'. :.. • Jjianqi 



Released bv A\ Won and produced 
by Charles It. S< ling. With not 
much money spent « *ri it, it could 
still have been j/im.i with bettetf 
direction, cutting and photography* 
As it stands, i r i- mm- of.thos* half* 
way failures, The story itself wag 
ail ritfht, but arranged so it | 
failed to tret you an ir went ilonpr. 

Lanning is up In the lumber terri* 
lories trying to gel the i». l< •• of x 
mill down, rn he can share on th«» 
rake-off. ftribing lumber-Japki to) 
net forest flies, he starts Kargo *>i% 
a still hunt f< r the perpetrators 

who have li. ■ i •;• . ; i u- .Hid fright- 
ening his catl • Robert Stanton^ 

I.ftnning'i b^.-^, -onas iu»o iu« iu*« 






40 



.PICTURES 



Friday, January 27, 19^2 



fritory, ami largo saves his train 
from wreck, winning Mildred's 
gratitude. J-'he ltd been engaged 
to Lannir ig, hut banning has been 
flirting will Little Red Feather, and. 
In the end, to further his schemes, 
kidnap* Mildred. The rescue is the 
punch of the picture and worth 
while. A glimpse of Ked Feather 
hathing w;is another pretty touch. 

The acting was unexpectedly good. 
."Williams. I newcomer, has a whole- 
some, pleasant personality, and 
should improve with direction, and 
tVirginia Adair was away from the 

usual and pleased, showing delicacy 
In her portrayal. Helen Voder came 
through vi:ii some excellent panto* 
mime and the men tie-manned their 
parti sathtfactorHy. i red. 



> 



, THE SEA LION 

r No extended comment is called 

for in the case <»f this absurd rehash 
Of Jack hondons "The i>ea Wolf" 
put out by Kobar? Bosworth lec- 
tures, with that star and producer 
In the principal part. Mr. Hosworth 
made his ki eat screen success some 
years ago in a Mm version Of Lon- 
don's powerful sea tale. This garbled 
invention adds nothing to his 
reputation. It is sponsored by First 
National. It was the current attrac- 
tion at Proctor's 58th Street over 
on the Fast Side where a typical 
neighborhood audience declined to 
get stirred up by its crude fiction. 

The data furnished by the billing 
Is to tin- effect that the story is 
by Kmelie Johnson, scenario by 
Joseph Franklin Poland and direc- 
tion by Rowland V. I-.ee. Bessie 
Love plays the lead in the sup- 
porting organization. The players 
are excellent with lirst rate types 
Of rough seamen and Bosworth 
would be his authentic self if the 
travesty of a tale would give him 
jhalf a chance, 

But how could any actor <lo in 
the part of a rough .-.id cruel sea 
captain who is seri ously referred to 
by the title as "The Sea Lion" and 
Ids ship casually introduced as the 
^Vsea lions lair?" And that ain't 
the half of it. The story piles 
ridiculous detail upon mock heroics 
until the whole affair runs into un- 
intended travesty. The film started 
Out interestingly enough with some 
capital marine scenes about the 
three-masted whaler, with a real 
whale hunt, probably cut in from 
tome educational subject. Interest 
was fairly well sustained when it 
iappearcd that the captain was an 
embittered man, his wife having ap- 
1>arently deserted him while he was 
at sea on a previous voyage, running 
Off with another man. 

On his arrival in San Francisco 
% new chapter opens. We are shown 
Si gaudy eabaret (is there any dram- 
Otic film that does not somewhere 
fret itself in a cabaret?) and the high 
flying young man. described as "a 

5 aster" is revealed at his revels. 
S is cast off by his family and in 
desperation ships with "The Sea 
Lion," on his next trip. Here's where 
the blow off comes. The Sea Lion 
fs be ca lmed and tru* water supply 
rutts out. The crew mutinies at its 
cruel master who takes all the re- 
maining water, but he meets them 
Oil by ■quad* and platoons and 
t>eats them down with his bare fists. 
Just then land Is sighted. It seemed 
O little out of order that the Whaler 
should find himself in tr • ^i< al 
Waters, but such is the case. 

In the offing lies none other than 
the well -known South Sea Islands 
Inhabit, il by an old man and a 
beautiful hue legged girl, and we 
have as t»nse and serious drama? 
the exact situation * liich .Mickey 
Nciian made into a rollicking bur- 
lesque in "The Lotus Eater." Only 
the Bos worth drama in its intensity' 
Is twice as laughable ns the travesty. 
There are many adventures after 
the discovery of the Island and its 
Quaint dwellers, all leading up to 
the startling disclosure that the 
beautiful girl is the Sea Lion's o\\ :i 
daughter. It appears that the Sea 
Ubn's wjfe was kidnapped sixteen 
years before by an old suitor and 
carried off to SSS while the Sea Lion 
jfhis name is John Xeison) was away 
On a cruise. 

The kidnapper's ship was wrecked. 
All hands we're lost (presumably a 
lot of rugged sailor men) u id only 
the frjiil woman, about to become 
O mother and an old steward were 
saved. The baby was born on the 
Island and grew up tinder the care 
Of the ancient steward, although the 
mother, having serv< d the scenario 
writer's fell purpose., perished. Put 
sixteen years after this whole his- 
tory Is made known lo Kelson by 
the written record of the wife in 
her family bible, which the beautiful 
daughter brines aboard the "J>air." 
That amazing detail Sught to be 
enough to indicate the sort of trash 
this "Sea Lion* 1 Is. The rest doesn't 
matter. Some of the marine shots, 
particularly the approach of . a 
Violent storm across the water, and 
some spirited shots from «h«> dee*. 
Of the notiOOnVr showing the rush- 
ing billows, were cxtreim-iv inter- 
bating. The pfiotogranher dealt 
fclndlv with the ocean. The rest of 
the picture \n a total loss RsSO* 



as the heroic 
simple but ab- 

s escapes and 



Splendid action filn., direct, unpre- 
tentious, but plausible and interest- 
ing in story and characters, and 
packed with truly sensational 
". tunt" material. It's a breath-tak- 
ing tale In the gorgeous settings of 
the real Crand Canyon of Arizona. 
Its backgrounds alone as a pic- 
torial would be sufficient to hold in- 
terest, out in addition it hold* a cap- 
ital adventure tale and pl.nty of 
thrilling feats by the audacious cow- 
boy In to. Out of the opulent wealth 
<>f MPsatjona, it is enough to de- 
scribe the achievement of the hero, 
who is shown in an aeroplane flight 
Over the actual canyon. The plane is 
seen in its soaring flights abort the 
wills of the abyss, tipping below the 
rim of tht awesome crater and as a 
Climax apparently 'dropping the ero 
to the end of a long, trailing rope, 
from which be pinner* into t' e 
river. Probably the landing is trick 

I stuff, but it u so well managed that 

it would convince even the most so- 
phisticated. TO ofl intents and pur- 
SOSes it is a real feat. 

A series of tit!es at the outset 
make:- it appear that the stunt was 
done In reality, at least as far as tlie 
aerial flight was concerned* and 
there is nothing in the lihn to raise a 
doubt oi the truth of the statement. 
If that aero thrill was not enough. 
Mix does a horsel Si - dash up what 
appears to be mile- of almost perpen- 
dicular, twisting trail, a hair-rais- 
ing performance. Almost as thrill- 
ing were his many climbs on a f len- 
der rope up the straight sides of 
lofty precipices. Much 0( the action 
takes place On a narrow shelf of 
rock along the Side of the cliff's face, 
surrounded by heights almost terri- 
fying to behold even from the se- 
curity of a theatre seat, and with 
the distant peaks 
background of the 
sorbing tale. 

There urc endle 
pursuits, with men on foot climbing 
the dizzy /altitudes of the walls and 
sprinting about on perilous footholds 
\ ith Riddy distances stretching be- 
low them. Hardly o moment passes 
but has its thrill. It's as well sus- 
tained a Western melodrama as has 
been seen in many a day. Of its 
kind, the production matches any- 
thing that comes to mind as a yro- 
gram release. 

The film has a brisk beginning. 
Mix rides into the picture from the 
surrounding forest in time to inter- 
cept a limousine speeding through 
the mountains. He holds it up. lin- 
ing up at the roadside a group of 
what appear to be women tourists, 
but who are revealed as smuggled 
Chinese coming over the Mexican 
border. He is an immigration bu- 
reau agent sent to check th • run- 
ning ot Chinese. 

"The man higher up." the govern- 
ment le'irns. has concealed a whole 
army of Chinese In the CJrand Can- 
yon, awaiting a chance to get them 
into the States, and Tom is picked to 
ru;. the band down. He gets himself 
employed by the runners by a clever 
trick and is among the fugitives in 
the canyon when the girl ward of 
"the man higher up." on the way to 
Join her guardian, gets lost among 
the cliffs of the mountains nearby. 

Mix finds her on a narrow shelf 
halfway up the wall and takes care 
of her until the outlaws learn his 
real Identity and attempt to do 
away with him. Here is the begin- 
ning of the sensational fight and 
chase which runs through three or 
four reels to it.? breathless finish. 
To attempt to detail its incidents 
would be a task, but it provides an 
hour and a half of gripping a 1 ven- 
ture and net ion well worth anyone's 
time. Jans Novak is the pretty 
heroine, and there i< a magnificent 
horse. 

It's n picture for anybody's the- 
atre. The marvel i* that it was not 
h Id out as a Special and given the 
exploitation it deserves. The picture 
Is a credit ts everybody concerned 
in its making, and that go**s double 
for Mix. the best rough and tumble 
stunt film actor that ever took a 
chance. One picture hero !t!:e this is 
more credit to the business than all 
the sorrowful, introspective screen 
ladles that ever struggled with'a 
broken heart or stubbed her toe on 
th« Double Ktandard. Move power 
to (he i reed! '.*■■«•*. 



LITTLE EVA ASCENDS 



SKY HIGH 



A f- \ !• ■'• tses like Ihfs Western 
M venture st..ry with Tom MiK as Its 
hero will make up for a lot of medi- 
ocre, and worse. s*u f " from the Fox 
:StaMishmeiit. "Skv H ; «h" which 

bear^ the rams of Lynn It >vno1ds as 

ocer-.r'.-* writer and director, It a 



kindp.t:d of the dust 

The most drastic adverse com- 
ment to be made with respeci to u. 

A. Walsh's film prcducti . of Peter 

B, Kyne's story. "Kindred of the 
Dust." of which Director Walsh has 
mads n special feature for First 
National. i-< that while he condensed 
the tale and yet followed the book- 
in its essentials; be tried tp er.com- 
i»ass too milch of the interesting 
details. As a result he submitted at 
a |ire -view showing at the Bits- 
Carltoa'lnst rYidsy evening (Ian. 
*?o> po minutes of footage, which 
should he ruthlessly cut to seven 
reels, when he will have \ Splendid 
drama, well played, esccHentty 
photographed, admirably directed 
and fnu of romance and suspense. 

The director has carried to ureat 
lengths the practice of ultegorl <lly 
visualizing i \\c poetically descriptive 
rah-tltles. The story would sound 
trite in its summary here, but as 
enacted by Ralph Graves as the 
hero. Miriam Conner ns the long- 
suftermg heroins, Lionel IVlmors as 
the stubborn father, and W. J. Fer- 
guson a* a comedy character, it 
Makes for hi • ■>' -e enter- 

tainment. Jolo. 



Hoy St. George (Little Era)..Gar»Ui Hustes 

Muttit Moore Eleanor l*1»lde 

I'riMlU Trie* Mar ColUss 

Blanche Bt. o*or»» Unira Via Moore 

John Hi. i^orf Ben Hararerty 

Mr. Wilson Edward M&rtindal* 

Junius Jlru'.us. ............. .Harry I^oraloo 

Mr. M •>•»!•' .......••••>. .Jierk Foaton 

Mr. Trice .....John Prince 

Mon tg* unorw Mun>liy Trod Warron 

Rictiard UansnelJ W. H. lirowu 



S-L (Sawyer - Lubin) Pictures 
produced 'Little Eva Ascends" un- 
der the direction of George D. Baker 
for release through Metro. 

The pieture is an adaptation of 
the Thomas Beer story of the same 
title, published in the 'Saturday 
Evening Post." The action centers 
around a barnstorming troupe play- 
ing -t.'ncfe Tom's Cabin." The 
manager is a woman, whose two 
sons are in the company, the 
younger playing "Little Eva." His 
objection to playing the girl p4rt 
causes trouble in the organisation, 
the mother overruling his protest. 

Reaching a small California town 
the father, deserted hy hts wife 
while the children weie*\ery young. 
is found to be the proprietor of the 
hotel. The younger boy, so be will 
not leave the show, is not informed 
the friendly proprietor is bis father 
until after the performance, which 
ends in disorder, when the two boys 
are taken under the wing of their 
pater and given a home on his 
ranch* with a cash settlement made 
to the wife to have the boys remain 
there 

Gareth Hughes has been ereU cast 
for the juvenile lead, developing 
sirong comedy. The supporting cast 
has been well laid out. As screened 
the story is draggy In s|h>!s. too 
much time being devoted to the per- 
formance of "I'ncle Tom's Cabin.*' 
In otber respects it Is Intsrasttna; 
and well mounted. JInrt. 



killed by a tragic tojcio pollsa In- 
digenous to Afiiui. 

Maurlco Elvcy, who directed the 
subjects, may plums himself confi- 
dently upon his success with the 
first firs shown here, EUly Nor- 
wood, as Sherlock, Is an Ideal selec- 
tion. No alien or native player sug- 
gests so faithfully the grim, 
thoughtful physiognomy the public 
of this country is wont to identify 
with the character because of the 
portrait broadcasted hers of William 
Gillette in the stage version of the 
same role. The photography is 
comparatively without flaw, the 
London and other British exteriors 
shown proving as interesting as a 
travelog. The spots cameraed are 
said to be actually those recorded 
in the Doyle stories. 

The Alexander firm has dolled up 
the imports in native sub-title 
clothes, and here and there snapped 
up the original action by recutting. 
But tlie credit ot the transfer of 
the adventures from tho printed 
form to the screeu expression be- 
longs to Klvey and Norwood; not 
for*getting St oil. The bay of the 
Alexander firm is advantaged by 
the new Holmes series Doyle has 
Mtarted with syndicate publications 
throughout the world carrying again 
the Sherlock advertising. 

Although in tVo reels, any of the 
five phown is big enough drama to 
bill as a feature. If the produc- 
tions are anything, they're box office 
stuff for fair. 



THE ROOF TREE 

K**n Thornton William Kuaselt 

Sail < McTurk Florence LVrabon 

Dorothy Harper Sylvia Iireumer 

<':tl.*l» ll»rp«*r Rob«>rt I>aty 

Basi Kowtett Arthur Morrison 

Mn\ n-»wsl a tt At Fremont 



SHERLOCK HOLMES 

The occasional fluke that hops up 
filmville with a dash of the wholly 
unexpected every once in a while 
has occurred again. Tho pictures 
made by Stoil of London haven't hit 
very high standards of concept or 
production since that enterprising 
Britisher decided to add picture 
making to his manifold other 
amusement outputs. Aecordingly 
when some time since it was an- 
nounced that the prodm-.cr had 
evolved 15 of the Sir Arthur A. 
Conan Doyle adventures for screen 
consumption, the informed smong 
the trade of his own and other coun- 
tries Bomehovr couldn't seem to 
whip themselves into any consider- 
able degree of enthusiasm, this de- 
spite that the rich Holmes material 
was Virtually all new soil for the 
camera. Stoil got craekerjack re- 
turns from London and British 
centres generally where he started 
to exhibit the results of about two 
years of studio and laboratory work 
on the Holmes material, but the 
smart ones outside the £>toll en- 
virons credited all v the interest to 
the fame of the author and the 
backwash the famous Sherlock 
Holmes fiction Feries had created. 

Attempts of agents on this side to 
open a market for the production 
failed. Prices offered w ere negli- 
gible. Just at about the time the 
Stoil folk had about decided there 
wasn't any more film business* in 
America the Alexander Film Cor- 
poration, either very astute or very 
lucky lately in picking out dark 
horses, grabbed the 13 adventures. 
One has but to see the iinrt five 
they have made ready for release, 
commencing Feb. J, to discover tills 
spread-eagling firm has put its J 
elamps down on a real live buy. and 
that whatever the judgment of 'he 
American market has been regard- 
ing the Stoil productions, this Sher- 
lock Holmes series must r^vl^e it. 

Tiie five subjects viewed comprise 
in their separate two-reel subjects 
a quintet of the most exciting mys- 
tery detective series thus far to iind 
th^ir way to tho screen. 

•The Man with the Twisted Lip" 
vibrates with the color and drama 
of thp printed version, with the de- 
nouement startlingty effective when 
Neville St. C'lalr, gentleman, is re- 
vealed as n beggar with a trick of 
transforming bis identity by old 
ciotb"s and n distorted mouth, 

"The Dying Detective." the 
Holme: adventures where a noted 
criminal undertakes to trap lbs de- 
tective, also follows the original In 
almost complete detail* sug testing 
Alias Jimmy Valentine*' In its 
p«»liee and underworld revelations, 

"The Beryl Coronet* 4 fashes its 
audience among London's drawing 
room elements, there to pit the wit 
of Holmes against a wilj thief, same 
as in the story, with <!;•• stolen heir- 
loom nnd it* trail seaming intinitely 
mors vcii\ in celluloid. 
% Perhaps the mo-t treis.- of the 

(ir.st fi v .• is The Kesi, !.•;.» l'.i t i.-nt ." 

the mystery ol •■ sti mp.- invalid and 
his stranger death, told with a 
wealth of finesse, In type, but h< re 
compacted with situation^ so elec- 
tric with drama th.'> must living 
observers to nnht .iooml ntt< ntion. 

Further variety of subject is 
offered In the filming of the famous 
Doyle tale of "Tin Devil's Foot." the 
mystery story of Ihree Ntrange 
deaths the criminologi u i«i,.it r- 
takes to solve after professional 
crime experts have failed. iSsw 
situations in films or the spoken 
drama have affected the reviewer 
more gruesomely than the sight of 
the three victims of the singular 
tragedy seen sitting l»olt upright at 
a dinner, and such ston stark ii I 



Fox program feature at Loew's 
New York lust Friday, where it was 
part of a double feature program, 
though strong enough to stand up 
alone. Charles Neville Buck wrote 
It, Jack Dillon directed, and the 
BceUtirto is credited to Jules G. 
Kurthman. It runs about 4,£00 feet 
and is a corking offering, well 
act*»d, with considerable emotional 
value lent to the whole by Al Fre- 
mont's performance and a running 
start that catches the interest at 
once. 

Under an assumed name, Ken 
Thornton, wanted for murder, ap- 
pears In the Virginia mountains, 
where he falls in love with Dorothy. 
His life Is threatened for this, and 
he is finally shot, with the villain 
multiplying his troubles, but forced 
to stand up with liim at his mar- 
riage. The loyalty of the mountain 
folk is well brought out when Ken 
is taken back to stand trial for 
murder, but there his innocence is 
established by his sister's confes- 
sion. She shot in self-defense. 

Returning to bis wif<\ he learns 
she has been pestered by Bass, and 
promptly Ken tackles him. Bass' 
own father turning against his son 
when he learns the extent of his 
betrayals. This made an effective 
climax just before the usual final 
clinch, and Mr. Fremont made It 
impressive. Mi.-s Brcamer was her 
usual attractive self and Mr. Russell 
up to his nuirk. In a few brief 
moments Florence Deshon contrib- 
uted a lot. » l.rcd. 






JUDGMENT 

Rlalto Productions, Inc., Is spon- 
sor for this seven-reel dramatic 
spectacle based on Victor Hugo's 
story, "Mary Tudor," shown at a 
pre-release viewing in New York. 
The screen titles do not give any 
intimation of who produced the 
work, but it bears on its face all the 
marks of foreign origin. The star 
is Ellen Rirhtrr. the only plaver 
whose name is disclosed In the 
titles. 

As a dramatic work It has power- 
ful suspense, but Its technical qual- 
ity is full of flaws. The studio set- 
tings are obviously artificial and the 
principal characters are all theatri- 
cal. The make-up of Miss RInhter 
alone would bo enough to kill off 
any real illusion. She wears heavy 
black shadows tinder and around 
the eyes so startling as to suggest 
that she has a narrow mask across 
the upper part of her face. All these 
details injure the realism or the 
pieture story. 

But for Strong dramatic valu s 
the play holds absorbing interest. 

it deals with plot and counter plot 
■n the British court during the reign 
of Mary Tudor, the "Bloody Mary" 
of history. The costume features 
of the display are picturesque, and 
when the action goes into open-air 
settings the effect is convincing, 
Also there are numerous big mob 
scenes to «:i\.* the story spectacular 
background. 
The great virtue of the picture is 

the splendid way in which Its 
smashing climax of suspense is 
craftily built wn toward llif end. 
The last reel and a half will hold 
my audi. -nee breathless, a flue. 
tricky bit of theatrical maneuver- 
ing. Lending up to this big ''punch** 
the story has mmv In t ere ting epi- 
sodes and ini jib nts. and it increases 
iu intensit) as it proceeds, * limbs 
•o its crisp rlimix and cuds ojiicUh 
w ithout padding. 

A handsome Italian adventurer, 
Frablno, an ex-convict, posing as a 

Spanish grandee, wins Queen 
Mary's love and becomes the power 
behind the throne. All his enemies 
he causes to be executed. The 
Queen takes his counsel and disre- 
gards the advice of her ministers 



until the people rebel and schema 
politicians plot the succession £ 
Princess Elizabeth. Tho counsellors 
are helpless until tho Spanish Am! 
bpseador. who has learned of iv* 
blno's amour with a commoner 
Jane, betrothed to one Gilbert. ^ 
carver, takes a hand. The Am- 
bassador reveals the faithleasnS. 
of the adventurer to Mary, and both 
Gilbert and Prabino aip thrown inta 
the Tower and condonlned to death 
While the Queen makes it appear 
that she desires the death of her 
faithless lover, in reality her love l 
still strong and she schemes to fee* 
him*. ~ e * 

Here is where the tense climax 
gets its force. By the connivance 
of Jane she bribes the Tower jailers 
so that when the death warrant is 
signed Gilbert may be led to the 
execution block, his head covered 
in the black hood required by cus- 
tom, and it shall be made to appear 
to the clamorous populace that 
Frabino is being executed, means 
being provided in the meantime for 
the escape of the adventurer. 

By the skillful management of 
scenes the^audience, as well as the 
Queen and the girl, are left in tho 
dark as to which of the two, Fra- 
blno or Gilbert, is led to the block, 
and this uncertainty leaves the 
spectator hanging in suspense until 
thj last minute — as clever a sur- 
prise situation as has been noted 
on the screen in a long time. The 
effect is worked up with alternate 
views of the procession to the scaf- 
fold and of the agitated Queen, the 
public execution scene having well- 
handled mob incidentals. At the 
finale it is disclosed that Jane, in 
her love for Gilbert rather than 
Frablno, has double-crossed the • 
Queen and sent the adventurer te 
his death, saving her real lover. 
English love triumphs over royal 
trickery. Long live the common 
people! Red fire! Major chord 
from the orchestra! 

The film goes out as a territorial 
proposition, the Rialto concern hav- 
ing its own distributing machine in 
9ix centres and selling the others on 
the State rights plan. Hugh. 



TOO MUCH WIFE 

Httflbasd T. Koy Barscs 

Wifs WamU Haw lay 

J** u' l.ei?h W.iyn* 



Itcalart farce featuring Wanda 

Hawley, superintended by Elmer 

Harris and based on a yarn by 
I.orna Moon. There are laughs of 
the hokum sort and a succession of 
incidents amusing in the broad 
sense. It should go better outside 
Xew York, where the Puck and 
Judge brand of humor still keeps 
ftie barber shop crowd in waiting. 

The story is a rathe:* crude treat* 
ment of the marriage question. The 
young wife has a hen-pecked 
father and a bossy mother, and re-5 
solves to do differently. She lets 
her husband do what he pleases, 
but insists on doing it with him. 
Desperate, he takes up business as 
a pleasure, but, missing his com- 
pany, witle descends on the oificc, 
fires the sentimental stenop,rapher 
and goes to work there herself. The 
result is husband nearly goes craiy, 
and has to make an excuse of a 
business call to Chicago to get away 
on a camping trip bis wife wanted 
to go on too. While camping ha 
gets caught in a storm and washed 
up on an island where the Stenog- 
rapher also is marooned. With 
wifie tipped off, the result*- are 
imaginable. All is straightened out 
happily. Ordinary stuff. 

Tho acting is better. Mr. T'.;rnes 
I? - the type to succeed Bryant Wash- 
burn, and Miss Hawley is well 
known and invariably the same, 
sensibly efficient. Minor roles were 
capably handled. J.rcvf. 



BEYOND THE CROSSROADS 

A Tioneer Film Corp. release, 
starring Ora Carcw, featuring Mel- 
bourne MacDowell and W. Lawson 
Butt, directed by Lloyd Carllon. ' 

The feature is in about five reels 
and givjSJ the Impression it had been 
cut from considerably greater foot- 
age, thereby destroying the conti- 
nuity to a material degree. 

The story is not new. but Is of the 
kind that usually intrigues the 

patrons of popular priced cinemas-- 
romantic melodrama^ with oodles of 

suspensive interest. 

Tlio "iero is a modern MOflte 
Cristo. While prospecting in Alaska 

Im- strikes it rirh. Is called east W 
bond his mine, the villain runs away 
With hN wife, she returns home to 
die al his doorstep, and he swears 
10 !»<« avenged. Villain Iris never 
mel him; both change their namea 
and eight yean later the villain u 

eng iged to a sweet young girl, when 
ler<» comes upon his trail. 

HiKh finance, In which the hers 
pretends to be his friend In ord< f 
to break villain Anancl ally — no»n 
bach in which hero narrates t )lS 
story to the girl— the villain :«I>!> ,, -' , "J 
upon the scene. Herd says: "liavw 
Walton, J am .lames Fordham. • 
have told Leila all. You are a p* nnj« 
less beggar, for the corporation j s 
bankrupt/' And then, to the '.-M • 
I Will be waiting f^r you In »'>' 
cabin," and shj follow.- the hero. 

The three principals are ful'J 
competent to hold Interest to tn 
finish. Miss Carew is the girl. Mel- 
bourne MacDowell is the heavy. , n '^ 
LawSOfl Butt Is the long-sufieniH. 
hut finally triumphant hero. «/"'"• 



Friday. January 87, 1922 



PICTURES 



a 



IVESTIGATOR TALKS OF PICTURES 

New York City, Jan. IB. 
Editor Variety: 

In the January (13th) Issue of Variety appears an article, ao scintil- 
Itting in phraseology, so lambent in humor, so plausible in reasoning, and 
go fundamentally fallacious, that It merita a reply. I will not emulate 
▼our correspondent's wit. First and foremost, because I cannot Sec- 
ond, because I have noticed that, although manufacturers of hardware 
md clothing may be impressed by brilliancy, theatrical and motion pic- 
ture magnates find nothing so convincing as a dull and sententious style. 

And I am more than eager to convince you, for as you aptly title 
your article "Film Panic and Fear" prevail all the way from Hi Abrams 
to Loew, Inc. The Paramounts have ceased mounting, the Selznicks 
sell no more, and Goldwyn does nothing that its name would imply. Little 
Motion Pictures, our spoiled darling, Is holding his hands to his tummy 
and bellowing with pain and fear. Is Baby Mo suffering from an old- 
fashioned stomachache, the kind that folks at home used to treat with a 
dose of castor oil, and leave the rest to good old Mother Nature? Perish 
the thought. Our infant phenomenon cannot be suffering, from anything 
ao plebeian. A Hays is on the not-so-far horizen. What though all the 
other boys who have been over-eating around the green apple tree are 
aimilarly smitten. Send for the high-priced surgeon and operate for 
appendicitis. 

The- Los Angeles doctors, snugly, but by no means safely ensconced 
In tbe Alexandria Hotel, have diagnosed the case. "The public wants 
novelty." writes your correspondent. Now, temperamentally I am in- 
clined to question any news about motion pictures originating in the 
centre of the industry, Just as any sane man places small credence on 
national information emanating from Washington, D." C. Still, once in 
a while the truth about the Bolsheviks leaks out from Petrograd, and the 
fact that Los Angeles sponsors a theory does not necessarily make it 
falae. But does your correspondent put his theories to the acid test of 
experience? Has ho asked which was the greater success, "The Cabinet 
of Dr. Caligari" or "Way Down East," "Conrad in Quest of His Youth," 
"Over the Hill." "Barbary Sheep." "The Queen of Sheba." "The Four 
Seasons" or "The Sheik"? Our Western friend says the public "has not 
bad novelty in its motion picture diet since Hector Turnbull was a pup." 
As if the foreign films were not a new variety of bone calculated to tempt 
the Jaded palate of any satiated canine. 

Above all, *.as your Los Angeles correspondent tallied forth to ask Mr. 
Exhibitor what he thought of the situation, or stood, night after night 
in theatre loblies, trying to catdi the comments of departing patrons? It 
ta'-JS no detective to know he did nothing of the sort, for he spills the 
beans when he writes of the First National, "the sub-franchise holders 
still look upon the organization as the greatest movement toward 
economic freedom and co- operative association ever undertaken in the 
business." 

Now I hold no brief for or against First National. I am as neutral 
as Woodrow Wilson admonished us to be at the outset of the World 
War. But no human being who has recently exposed his person on the 
firing lino could come to such a conclusion. Anyone who has shared the 
contents of. his hip-pocket with a sub-franchise holder knows that, right- 
ly or wrongly, the exhibitor feels that Williams et al. have treated him 
badly. 

During the past few months it has been my privilege to Journey about 
this country on behalf of certain interests who were weary of relying 
upon intuition and wanted facts. They were desirous of knowing what 
the fans wanted, instead of what they should want. I have talked inti- 
mately with over three hundred exhibitors, and questioned or overheard 
the comments of several thousand picturegoers, and though my hip- 
pocket may now be empty, all my other pockets are stuffed with statis- 
tics. Out of this mass of puzzling and frequently contradictory infor- 
mation, one fact, and one only, seems perfectly clear: our patrons are 
not essentially novelty seekers. They may appreciate improvements in 
technique and methods of photography, but for the theme they want the 
same old story told in pretty much the same old way. "Poor pap," says 
the high-brow. But the movies, as a sagacious critic recently pointed out, 
are not a fine art but a popular art. There are people so constituted 
that they want all the amusing things In the world, like novels and 
Plays, to be sad, and all the sad things, like dinner parties and life in 
Greenwich Village, and Cubist pictures, to be amusing. With this point 
of view I have fundamentally much in common, and I look forward to 
the day when there will be a chain of repertory theatres stretching across 
the continent, producing, importing and exhibiting motion pictures of a 
more subtle and experimental nature — an organization in which the 
money-making element plays no part, but devoted solely to the develop- 
ment of the fine art of motion pictures. 

We are, however, dealing at present, I take it, with motion pictures 
ts an industry, and not as an art. When I started my investigation, some 
months ago, the novelty virus was in my system also. Indeed, for some 
unknown reason, every investigator of motion pictures goes into action 
with a similar theory. Some timo ago I had occasion to look Into the 
men's clothing industry. Did I start my work with a pre-conceived 
notion that men wero weary of trousers which buttoned In front and 
were only wavering between buttons on the side or behind. Also, at one 
"tage of my career, I was connected with a branch of the furniture 
business. Yet, I never assumed when the sale of beds declined, that the 
public was yearning for a novelty bed with rockers Instead of legs. Ap- 
parently when wo think of the dullest things in the world, like safety 
razors and wives, we become bright; it is only when wo discuss bright 
■ubjects, such as motion pictures, that we become dull. 

There is, however, a perfectly sane explanation for the affection felt 
°y all movie experts for the novelty thesis. We arc all expects as well 
«s experts, by which I mean to say that every lad among us has a little 
st ory of his own up his sleeve. Every one of these is a novelty to his 
Lord and Creator, Just as every baby is a revelation and a mystery 
to its mother. Indeed, I would not s be surprised if most of these embryo 
scenarios are novelties. For though it may seem like a paradox, it is far 
simpler to produce a novelty than to do the old thing once more. If 
a U faces did not have to have two eyes, a mouth and a nose, think of the 
fascinating combinations we could easily create. I believe it was 
Heywood Broun who recently suggested a homely heroine and a cowardly 
* e ro. Granted a public ripe for such a revolution, vistas of ne\. scenarios 
«ot the landscape. 

fi ut a close study of the comparative results of the novelties and 
■taplea distributed by a leading producer, as well as the results of my 
jecent travels, have convinced me that the American public Is as ready 
fc* revolution in art as it is for revolution in government. 

There are no revolts in the history of fairy tales and movies, as Ralph 
B1 ock puts it in the October Century, '"Tell fairy stories for thirty million 
Persons in the United States." 

- Jour correspondent writes of the public as a "tired child," wearied by 
the fame story being told all over again." Yet, surely it is the old and 
minutely-remembered tales which our children lovo best. And as we 
Stow In years, wisdom and loss of Imagination, we cling ever more 
yearningly to the old familiar dreams. We want no subtlety, satire or 
surprises. Taboo thte unhappy ending. Changes, of course, there must 
b * as long as movies and 111ms. develop. Thero will bo progress in 
■tory-teliing, methods~of presentation, acting, setting, handling of masses. 
in many other fields. But when 4ho critics have ceased from ticking 
tn <* reformers form no more, the motion picture Industry will still be 
Wiling its pre-ordained and glorious mission. It will be acting as pur- 
ser of dreams to hosts of middle and working class men and women, 
conventional in their outlook and literal minded in their interpretations, 
Du t thrilled by all that is best in mankind— beauty, courage, generosity, 
•J* It will be gilding grey lives with a gleam of romance, building a 
••aeon light for those who walk in sorrow and darkness, and ere. ting 



.-—? 



MAYOR FIGHTS DEMAND 
FOR FUND ACCOUNTING 



Insists Theatre Charity Dona- 
tion Is Nobody's Business 



MEWS OF THE FILMS 



Ben B, Hampton*! first of his five 
productions, s heduled for release 
through Goldwyn, has been eom- 
pleted. It is entitled '•Wildfire," 

adapted from a novel by Zane Grey. 



Iff, II. Cohen, for nine years man- 
ager of the Paramount exchange in 



Albany, Jan. 25. 
The Appellate Division, Third 
Department, heard arguments yes- 
terday in the appeal of Mayor 

George R. Lunn of Schenectady „ .. , , .,.: . ,._, 

#«««, ♦*,« « Mn «i nM ~# - «...««. Z* Sunshine has been rctitlet. "The 

from the granting of a writ of Re , )ortei ... in plttPO of .. Tnc rrol^r." 

mandamus by Justice Edward C. the working heading. The picture 

Whitmyer directing him to make [g no w two weeks under way at the 

an accounting of a fund In his Fox comedy studios. 

hands contributed by the motion pic- 

ture theatres of Schenectady. While appearing at the Orpheum, 

The motion picture theatres have , thl « ^tyJWJ* lr &*5* Phl, « a , c_ 
iti « n™„* *** „# ««n - ™.. ^icompaiiu-d by Mrs, Wirth and a sis- 



paid a license fee of $60 a year to t 



tor Stella, spent much time at the 



the Mayor for authority to operate William f ox Ht udios visiting. 
on Sundays and this money was 



Denver, has opened an Independent 
film sales office in th.it city, lie is 
in New York at present, purchas- 
ing product. 

A theatre party, supper and dance 
Will bo held Feb. 4 in connection 
with the installation of officers of 
the Motion Picture Salesmen, Inc. 



William Pearson, of Chicago, was 
sentenced to spend from three to 
seven years in the Auburn, N. Y., 
prison for his part in a plot to steal 
picture films and send them abroad. 
The market value of the films stolen 
is put at $1,000,000, though a per 
foot basis places the value at $50.- 
000. Pearson, was sentenced in the 
County Court, Buffalo, N. Y. 



turned over by the Mayor's office 
to the City Treasurer and was 
known as the Child Welfare Fund 
and has been used for charitable 
purposes. 

At the beginning of Mayor Lunn's 
present term a year ago the motion 
picture operators voluntarily began 
the contribution of. 6 per cent of 



Final "shooting" of the anhnial 
: -cones in thc last eight episodes of 
'Shadows of the Jungles" serial in 
3 5 episodes is to ' e done at the 
Warner Broa. studios before Feb. 15, 
when the entire group of wild ani- 
mals being used in tr. i pictures 
must be returned to the Al G. 
Barnes circus. A pair of baby 
leopards born on the Warner lots 



their gross receipts to Mayor Lunn i were photographed last week for 



to be used for charity. 

Edwin E. Becker, a taxpayer, In- 
stituted the proceeding to compel 
Mayor Lunn to account for this 
fund and the manner in which it 
has been used by him and demand- 
ed the right to inspect the account 
ol the fund, which was refused. 

Georgo B. Smith, appearing for 
Mayor Lunn, argued that thc 5 per 
cent contribution was not a license 
fee, that it was not public money 
or the account of it public records. 
Charles G. Fryer represented Becker 
in the controversy. 



the first lime. 



Doris May is preparing for "Gay 
and Devilish," her next feature 
picture. She just finished work in 
"Boy Craxy" at the R.-C. lot under 
the direction of William A. Seiter. 



Censorship will be undertaken by 
the Governor of Hawaii, who states 
much of the juvenile delinquency in 
the Territory can be traced to pic- 
tures suggesting violence and crime. 
Governor Wallace R. Farrington 
suggests that boards of supervisors 
be appointed In the several counties 
to keep close scrutiny on all films 
entering the Territory, with a view 
to eliminating thoso deemed unfit 
to be seen by children. 



Coast Picture News 



Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 
W. W. Hodkinson, president of 
the Hodkinson Film Corporation, is 
at the Ambassador, having arrived 
here last week. He is inspecting 
the organization's distribution of- 
fice and is in search of completed 
films for distributing purposes. 



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Emile Chautard, director for 
Pauline Frederick in the star's early 
screen days, has arrived at the 
R.-C. studios to direct Miss Fred- 
erick in "The Glory of Clementina," 
adapted for the screen by Richard 
Schaye from the novel by William 
J. Locke. "The Woman Breed," 
written for Miss Frederick by Louis 
Stevens, has been purchased and 
will probably be her next picture. 

Mrs. Lillian Trimble Bradley, as- 
sociated with George Broadnurst 
productions in New York, is due at 
the Famous Players-Lasky studios 
for some special work. 



Sessue Hayakawa has completed 
"The Vermilion Pencil" at the R.-C. 
studios. Bessie Love supports the 
Japanese in this production, which 
is directed by Norman Dawn. 



Roy Manker, of the Palmer Co., 
Arthur Statter Is now in charge J leaves this week for New York on 
of the serial and short reel scenario |a trip, 
department at Universal. He is an 



ex-newspaperman and had been 
temporarily engaged at Universal 
City for the preparation of four 
films. 



Christie Comedies have an- 
nounced their 1922 program, which 
will constitute the making of 24 
two-reel comedies, thus doing away 
with any former plans of longer 
films. 



The American Society of Cine- 
matographcrs holds its annual ball 
Saturday night at the Ambassador 
hotel. 



Edward K. Tanaka, producer and 
director, of Japan, leaves shortly 
for New York; He will return to 
the Coast about March 1 prior to 
leaving for his home. 



Last Wednesday was animal day 
at the Fox Sunshine studios in 
Hollywood. A trio of trained seals, 
half a dozen wild lions and several 
other kinds of animals were on thc 
grounds ready for work in two new 
comedies being made by Al St. John 
and Clyde Cook. 



Monte Banks and a company of 
players from the Warner Bros, stu- 
dios are on location a Citalina, 
where the majority of the "shoot- 
ing" will be done for the new Banks 
comedy temporarily titled "Sink- 
ers." Thelma Worth, a cousin of 
Betty Compson, is playing the lead 
for Banks. 



Luplno Lane's first comedy for 



Agnes Ayres starts work on "The 
Ordeal," by W. Somerset Maugham, 
adapted by Beulah Marie Dix, the 
latter part of this week. It will be 
a William D. Taylor production for 
Paramount. 



Th^ shooting is nearly completed 
on Elinor Gtyn's "Beyond the 
Rocks" at the Lasky studios, where 
Gloria Swanson is playing the lead, 

supported by Rudolph Valentino. 



Preparations are being made for 
Thomas Meighan's next picture for 
Paramount. It will probably be 
George Ade's "Our Leading Citi- 
zen," adapted by Waldemar Young. 
At present Meighan Is finishing up 
"The Proxy Daddy," under Alfred 
Green's direction. 



FRENCH PICTURE NOTES 



For the week ended January 14 
there were released at the Paris 
trade shows 35,870 meters of films 
(compared with 21,757 meters the 
previous week, and 33,544 for the 
corresponding week In 1921), pre- 
sented by Tathe Cons rthm, 7.000 
meters; Gaumont, 3,230 meters, 
Phocea, 1,915 meters; Paramount 
1.950 meters; Harry, 2,000 meters: 
Fox, 3,150 meters; Select, 2.U00 
meters; Agence Generale, 2,165 
meters; Petit, 3.600 meters; Union 
Eclair, 2,580 meters; Super Film. 
3,670 meters; van Goitsenhoven 
2,610 meters. 

"Le Crepuscule des Rols." dealing 
with the French Revolution and the 
mystery of the young king Louis 
XVII, is being produced by Bernard 
Deschamps, who has been partic- 
ularly noted for "L'Agonio des 
Aigles." 

Performers before the lamps are 
becoming alarmed at the alleged 
danger to eyesight by the powerful 
lights now used, especially the ef- 
fects of the violet rays emitted 



Means of restricting the ultra-violet 
are suggested, it being assured this 
can be dono by placing a glass 
frame between the light and the ac- 
tors. Plombagnized glass completely 
intercepts the offending rays with- 
out interfering with tho picture 
The Gaumont studio has made such 
a trial with good results. French 
producers, however, object on the 
ground that such a glass screen will 
absorb part of the actinic energy 
of the lamps, and are expensive, also 
that plombagnized glass is not ■■>- 
tainable in France. Other experi- 
ments are being made to ellipse or 
decrease Ultra-violet rays in studios. 

Germaine Dulae has left for 
Roumania to produce a picture with 
a local troupe. Tho scenario is by 
the poetess. Helens Vaca.'esco, 

Maurice Renault, the tenor, is ap- 
pearing In ;i film being produced by 
Henri Roussel. 

Rene Plaisi H tty. back from Lon- 
don, Where In* has supervised for 
pictures, is producing one of his own 
works for Gaumont* 



a bulwark of good cheer and Invaluable recreation against a world made 
dry and dreary by Volsteads. art-artists and articles such as this. , 



(Written to Variety apparently by a layman, but also ftp] arently an 
Investigator, possibly for a financial Institution. The writer asked his 
name withheld without divulging his line of business.) 



Vince Carline is now treasurer and 
acting manager of the Lyric theatre 
at Memphis, Tenn. 



Conway Tearle has been engaged 
to play opposite Norma Talmadge in 
her next release, "Tho Duchess of 
Langeais." Frances Marion has 
transposed the script from tho orig- 
inal Balzac story for screen adap- 
tation while others who will appear 
in the cast are Adolphe Jean 
Menjou, Irving Cummings, Otis 
Harlan, Rosemary Theby, Wedge - 
wood Lowell, Kate Lester and 
Thomas Rickets. The feature will 
be released by First National. 



The Lord's Day Alliance organiza- 
tion of New York State has drawn 
up a measure which has been in- 
troduced by Assemblyman Hauser 
that calls for a repeal of thc Sun- 
day motion picture law. Tho pro- 
visions of the bill also stipulate that 
the owners of property in which 
pictures were exhibited on Sunday 
would be held responsible as well 
as the management of the theatre. 
R. G. Davey, counsel for the Al- 
liance, stated that the organization 
would also oppose legislation de- 
signed to permit football and bas- 
ketball games on Sundays. 



The Realart Picture Corporation 
has sold, its lease in the Winfteld 
Building, 469 Fifth Ave., to the 
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation. The 
space occupied consisted of an entire 
floor. 



The New Coliseum, having a 
seating capacity of 5,175, opened at 
Oklahoma City Jan. 15. The build- 
ing is of reinforced concrete and 
steel, three stories high and 160x250, 
with the stage equalling, in height, 
an eight story building. A heating 
system costing $25,883 has been in- 
stalled which calls for 18,000 feet 
of radiation and under contract 
guarantees to heat the building at 
70 degrees when the thermometor 
registers zero outside. Ropes ag- 
gregating 19,000 feet are required to 
handle the scenery. It Is planned to 
show special pictures, operas, mus- 
ical recitals, stock and automobile 
shows, or any large road attraction, 
in tho houso as the occasion de- 
mands. 



Tho Thelma at Kenbridge, Va., 
has opened under a picture policy. 
The owners are Wilkinson & 
Stephens. 



The New theatre located In 
Weston, W. Va„ has closed and its 
equipment and furnishings sold to 
Guy F. Gregg. The houso was 
owned by tho Workman brothers 
and Dr. G. I. Keeper. 



The Government is using movl.ig 
pictures to Increase the country's 
foreign markets. The* Department 
of Agriculture has had fll. a made 
depicting the -process of Federal 
meat inspection and they have been 
shown in London. It is planned to 
send the films throughout Europe. 



Four members of the New York 
State Senate voted against the con- 
firmation of the Motion Picture 
Commission which comprises Georgo 
H. Cobb, of Watertown; Joseph 
Levenson, of New York, and Mrs. 
Helen M. Howe, of Buffalo. The 
commissioners were eventually con- 
firmed. A charge made that tho 
commission was costly to the .state 
brought out figures showing that 
while expenses have been $95,000 
the receipts totaled $300,000. 



The discharge of operators from 
tho Lafayette, a picture house on 
upper Seventh avenue, New York, 
brought action from tho Moving 
Picture Machine Operators' Local 
306. which obtained an order from 
Supremo Court Justice Hinckley 
directing the owners of the house 
to show cause why the union opera- 
tors were discharged without suffi- 
cient reason. The company lias a 
contract with tho union to employ 
onlv union men until September, 
1922. 



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PICTURES 




Friday, January f?7, 1922 



HELD IN WHOLESALE 
FILM THEFT CHARGE 



Metro Branch Manager Said 

to Have Confessed in 

Portland, Me. 



> 



Po '(land, .Maine, Jan. L.7-. 
Loon Gorman, local manager of 
the Motto Pictures Corporation, was 
arraigned in the Municipal Court 
Jan. 21 in connection with the theft 
of several films from his employers. 
During the taking of the evidence 
a plot of large magnitude was re- 
vealed involving about $5,000. 

Gorman was arrestee; at the 
Strand theatre in South Portland. 

The specific charge against Gor- 
man was the alleged theft of $12,000 
worth of film from tho Metro Pic- 
tures Corporation. Through his at- 
torney, Wilber 0. Eaton, he waived 
the reading a .d hearing of this 
charge and was released on $5,000 
sureties, furnished by William 
O'Brien, of this c\ty, and Charles 
I 'sen, of Old '. 'chard, both the- 
atrical me.i. 

John McLcod of the New York 
offices of tho Metro Pictures Cor- 
poration and Wilrnot C. Hawkins, 
special representative of the Na- 
tional Association of the Motion 
Picture Industry, furnished the de- 
tails of the charges. These two are 
connected with the Film Theft 
Committee of the National associa- 
tion. 

The arrest recently in New York 
city of a party, the recipient of 35 
reels of film, was the first thread 
that led the men to the track that 
finally caused the arrest of Gorman. 
It was found at the time that this 
party was arrested that the films 
he had received were stolen prop- 
erty and had been shipped to him 
by Gorman. During the course of 
an interview with the recipient of 
this shipment it was brought out 
that he had first met Gorman at a 
national convention of Metro Pic- 
tures in New York city. There it 
was claimed that he said he had 
2,000 films in this State that he 
wished to sell, and it developed that 
the 25 received by this party was a 
part of the 2,000. 

Correspondence Begun 

Arrangements were made with 
tho party who had been caught for 
him to continue correspondence 
with Gorman and during this cor- 
respondence Gorman was told that 
a prospective purchaser had been 
secured for tho films. 

Hawkins arrived in this city Jan. 9 
and opened negotiations with the 
accused, who. according to the story 
of Hawkins, took him to 85 Market 
street, the office of Metro Pictures, 
and showed him over 600 reels of 
film which he alleges Gorman told 
him he could buy. Hawkins claims 
he told the respondent that these 
films were the property of Metro 
Pictures, to which Gorman replied 
that they were once, but not now, 
and that he had several more films 
at tho Strand theatre, South Port- 
land, which Hawkins cx;>rersed a 
desire to seo. This was arranged 
to take place yesterday. 

Hawkins then consulted with 
Sheriff King F. Graham and Depu- 
ties Gorow and Skinner wore as- 
signed to the case. Gorman had 
told Hawkins that he was running 
the Strand theatre and that he had 
stored some of the films there. 
Hawkin.; went with Gorman to the 
Strand to examine the films. 

Price Per Reel 

"When they had finished examin- 
ing the films a price of $3 and $5 
per reel had been placed on them 
and the men started to depart. As 
they were about to step outside the 
theatre the officers placed Gorman 
under arrest. The officers later took 
252 reels, of fum from this theatre, 
which were brought to the county 
building. The New York offices of 
the company placed the value of 
$12,000 on the reels recovered. They 
explained that tho combined cost 
of production added to the loss of 
foreign rights would run well into 
six figures. 

Hawkins and McLeol both claim 
that after Gorman was taken to the 
county building he confessed that 
the films were stolen and that he 
had no right to offer any of them 
for sale, or in fact any of the hun- 
dreds of reels that he offered for 
sale at the Market street branch of 
tho Concern. McLeod also claims 
that they have evidence that Gor- 
man secured several films reported 
lost when the company lost a large 
consignment of films on a motor 
truck which went through a bridge 



in moving their oJlces from P.angor 
to Portland some time ago. 

Muxty Hill, .ger the Bos- 

ton Offica of Metro PicMres Cor- 
poration, tame .u re with Hawkins 
and McLcod and was present when 
these two men outlined the above 
t..s»' in court this morning, 



FILM IN 15 HOUSES 

Pittsburgh, Jan. 25. 

"Over the Hill" was shown 
simultaneously in 15 different pic- 
ture houses here last week, all 
owned by Rowland & Clark, who 
also control several other small the- 
atres here, and have a few more 
under construction. 

The firm has a unique record of 
success here. Their publicity has 
been no small factor, its director 
being Samuel J. Sivitz. formrely of 
the Pittsburgh Dispatch. 



SELZNICK "SET" 

Distributor's Layout for Remainder 
of Season 



Ralph Inco will continuo to be a 
factor in the screening of Selznick 
pictures during 1922. He will be 
occupied with the productions star- 
ring Kugene O'Brien and Elaine 
Hammerstein. 

What with photoplays that have 
been produced and those awaiting 
release, and scenarios already de- 
cided upon for future production, 
the Selznick program is practically 
set for tho remainder of the season. 

The Talmadge revivals are fixed, 
as announced; Owen Moore's pre- 
sentations will be considered apart 
from other Selznick productions as 
specials; Conway Tearle's pictures 
are screened; there will be features 
starring Zena Keefe, Martha Mans- 
field and Betty Howe, and so on. 



REVERE'S NEXT FILM 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 

Harry Revler, producers of "The 

Heart of the North and "Life's 

Greatest Question," two five-reel 

feature pictures that were made 

practically In their entirety In San 
Francisco, is back in town ready to 

begin shooting on .. new feature to 
be called "Mothers of Men." Dorothy 
Valerga, who was featured in the 
two films named, Is to be co-starred 
In the new film with Juanita Han- 
sen. Revler's company Includes 
Harry Van Meter, Jack Connolly, 
Lydla Knott, Jean Burr and others. 
The Montague Studio in Page street 
has been leased. 

"Mothers of Men"- is a story of the 
underworld and high society. Many 
prominent San Francisco scenes will 
be "shot," Including the lobby' of 
the Fairmont Hotel and Chinatown. 



NOT TO, OPEN HERE 

Famous Will Keep Long Island 
Studio Closed 



Los AngelcF, J.,u. 2.:. 

Famous Players* corporation will 
not open its Long Island studios 
April 1 as scheduled. The eastern 
lots will remain closed indefinitely. 
This is the announcement of Jesse 
L. Lasky, first vice-president, who 
has just returned from New York. 

It is reported that because of the 
greater increase in production in the 
east the reopening of the Long 
Island stjidios at this time would 
be in direct opposition to the new 
economy schedule of the Famous- 
Lasky company. With work on the. 
Hollywood lots well under way on' 
the 1922 production prog-am and 
local handiness of practically all of 
the company's stars no plans will 
be made at this time for the closed 
units. i 



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UNITED AKTLTtr- OOQPOQATION 

MAQY PICKFO&D/* CUA&UE CHAPLIN • DOUGLAS rAIQDANICT- D.VGfcirriTU 

4MIRAM. ADriAMJT- PftEJNDENT 



Friday, Januaryjg, 1922 



PICTURES 



43 



be able to secure sufficient pictures 
te make things profitable for him 
here is a question. The Auditorium 
is the house where concerts and 
recitals arc usually played here. 



ie of "Chase Me" in Minneapolis 
'ith Executives Dashing to Broadway 

Minneapolis, Jan. 25. 

There seems to be a general shake-up in the picture situation in the 

i Lere at present. The latest dope la that one of tho downtown 
*!Ldeville houses may change its policy and show first run pictures in 
tition witn the other film theatres, also there is a story to the 
2tect that the Swedish Biograph Co., which showed "Sir Arne's Treas- 
•» at tho Metropolitan last week, has arranged to take up tho open 
Urns at that house and also compete with the picture theatres at the 
jLrular picture house scale of prices. 

just now there seemp to be af 
Jj^ of "chase me" on between 
STpicture men who makc.this town 

keir headquarters. There seems to 
L something of a battle brewing 
between Moses Finklestein of Fin- 
kteitcin & Ruben and Joseph S. 
Friedman. Finklestein started for 
New York laat week; a short time 
later the news filtered through that 
certain stories regarding the wel- 
fare of Friedman were current on 
Broadway. That started Friedman 
for New York. Ho has had some 
trouble to get pictures for his house 
in St. Pa' 1 and figured that tales 
being planted about him in New 
York were to a certain measure 
responsible. 

Complete Exodus 
Following the departure for New 
York of Friedman, Louis "Micky" 
Cohen managed to close a lease for 
the Auditorium here and ho also 
started east. Atop of that Ruben 
also headed for the east. 

COhen is going to try to secure a 
number of big independent feature 
pictures for showing and exploita- 
tion at the Auditorium. He has a 
lease on the house frj..i April 13 to 
June 1. Whether or not Cohen will 



AUDIENCE VOTES 



On Whether Features Shall Hold 
Over — Show of Hands 



$5,000,000 FILM THEFT 

Chicago Man Pleads Guilty in Con 
nection with Huge Operations 



Chicago, Jan, 23. 

William Pearson, formerly one of 
the owners of the Washington Light 
Co. here, is reported to have sur- 
rendered to the Buffalo police and 
pleaded guilty to an indictment 
charging him with being implicated 
in a series of crimes committed by 
a . band of motion picture him 
thieves. 

Films valued at more than $3,000.- 
000 are said to have been stolen. 
Some of them were shipped to for- 
eign countries, the gang operating 
from Chicago. 




What 
Pictur 

Just teem 
with thr 
romance — 
Interest; 
the mighty 
dog eras 
through a di 
of human* 
drama of b< 



«ts 



H. O. DAVIS 



presents 



"The SILENT CALL" 

A LAURENCE TRIMBLE-JANE MURFIN PRODUCTION 
Taken from Hal G. Evarts' famous story, 
"The Cross Pull/' in tlic Saturday Evening Post 

Beginning Sunday, January 29 

at the 

CAPITOL 

THEATRE, NEW YORK 

Distributed by Associated ^ 
First National Pictures, Inc. $ 

Released on the 
Open Market 




Chicago, Jan. 25. 
There has been a new booking 
innovation started In tho North- 
west. It is a plan whereby the the- 
atre manager makes it optional 
whether or not a feature picture 
shall have only the original three 
days booked or a full week's run In 
his house. 

The innovation was started by 
the manager of the Blue Mouse 
theatre in Minneapolis. At each 
performance he makes a speech to 
tho audience after the feature has 
been run, asking those in the house 
to declare their opinion of the pic- 
ture by raising their hands. Those 
in favor of retaining the picture for 
an additional three days are first 
asked to vote and then thoso that 
are against the plan are permitted 
to signify their desire. 

At the opening performance of a 
special of one of the big companies 
tho audience at the opening per- 
formance registered 12 in favor of 
keeping the picture, while tho re- 
mainder of the house voted solidly 
against it. 



PARAMOUNT SALES 
SET IN THREE ZONES 



Whole Dept. Reorganized and 
Gen. Mgr. Post Abolished 



66 PER CENT INTEREST 



Usurious Note Declared Void — Pie 
ture Operator Gave It 



SUDDEN DEATH IN L. A. 

Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 

Phyllis Gray, aged 35, formerly in 
vaudeville, died here suddenly Jan. 
21, live days after taking poison. 
She had been in poor health and 
despondent. 

Paul Kramer, aged 24, cameraman 
at the United Studios, wai shot four 
times in the head Monday night on 
the Hollywood streets. The assail- 
ant is uiflcnown. Kramer was look- 
ing for his wife, with whom he had 
had a quarrel earlier in the day. 
There is slight chanCe of his re- 
covery. 

Mrs. Mattio Hannan. mother-in- 
law, is being held in the city jail 
pending investigation of Kramer's 
dying statement accusing her. 



Confirming the publication In 

Variety a fortnight ago of a sweep- 
ing reorganization of Paramount's 
sales department, S. H. Kent, gen- 
eral manager of distribution, this 
week announces the following 
switches in the sales department: 

The post of general sales manager 
is abolished and hereafter there are 
to be three "general division sales 
inaiiiim'is," H. (.». Bul'anro is op- 
pnintcd general division sales man- 
ager of Division No. 1, embracing 
the Boston, Maine, New Haven, New 
York, Albany, Philadelphia, Wash- 
ington and Buffalo exchanges; 
George Weeks, formerly funeral 
manage.- of the Famous -Lasky Film 
Service, Btd., of Canada, becomes 
manager of Division No. 2, taking 
in the offices in Canada Detroit, 
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Mil- 
waukee, Cincinnati and Indianapolis; 
(J. K. Akers, formerly assistant gen- 
eral sales manager, assumes charge 
of Division No. 3, taking in the ex- 
changes at Minneapolis, Des Moines, j 
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Bouis Salt 
Bake City Denver, San Francisco, 
Bos Angeles, Seattle and Portland, 
Ore.; H. K. Elder is assigned as spe- 
cial representative in charge of the 
Indianapolis exchange. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 25. 

A 30-day note upon which Thomas 
W. Doolcy, Syracuse motion picture 
exchange operator, was obliged to 
have agreed to pay interest at the 
rato of 66 per cent was declared 
void becauso of the excessive 
charge by Judge Parson in Munici- 
pal Court here. 

Tho note came up in an action 
brought by Abraham Menter in be- 
half of his son, Hyman, a«ed 19, a 
former employe of Dooley, to re- 
cover the amount of the note and 
$62.07, said to havo been owed to 
young Menter. "While tho note was 
without legal standing. Judge Par- 
son directed a verdict of $41.07 as 
part of the $62.07 claim. The latter 
sum, according to Menter, explained 
small expenditures in Dooley's be- 
half. 

The film exchange man asserted 
that he had paid the note and also 
the $62.07. Menter, it was said, 
sued within 48 hours after ho had 
been discharged by Dooley. 



FOR SUNDAY FILMS 

Watervliet, N. Y., Jan. 25. 

Proprietors of moving picture 
houses in tho city of Watervliet 
made another attempt last week to 
secure permission for shows on Sun- 
day evenings, when Councilman 
Daniel P. Quinn presented a peti- 
tion signed by the owners of the 
Grand, San Souci and Hudson the- 
atres asking for the adoption of a 
Sunday picture ordinance. 

At the next meeting of the City 
Council the matter will be discussed 
and a date for a public hearing will 
be designated. On two previous oc- 
casions requests for permission to 
show Sunday pictures were made 
but they were denied. 



HEPWORTH'S PLAN 

Will Make American Film Produc- 
tions with English Players 



NO H0DKINS0N INJUNCTION 

T. Hayes Hunter's injunction ap- 
plication against the W. W. Ikulkin- 
son Corporation was denied by Jus- 
tice Whitaker last weok. It asked 
to restrain the release of "The Light 
in the Clearing," which Hodkinaon 
has contracted to distribute for the 
Otto Rolan Dial Film Corporation 
of California. 

Claiming $31,000 due him for 
breach of contract in directing this 
tiKht-rcol production, Hunter at- 
tached the Dial company on the 
coast, leaving the film in the valuts 
of the company. 






TESTING AIR 

Washington, Jan 
The air the patrons of the local 
moving picture theatres breath is to 
be tested and analyzed by the Health 
Department of tho District. Chem- 
ists under tho direction of Health 
Ofllcer Dr. William C. Fowler will 
today begin tho inspection of the 
ventilating systems of all the mo- 
tion picture theatres and take sam- 
ples of the air therein. 

These tests were recently made of 
all telephone booths in the District. 



Cecil M. Hepworth, tho English 
film producer, who arrived in New 
York last October, looked about a 
bit, visited the coast, returned here 
and talked with everybody, returned 
last week to his native heath with- 
o t committing himself Li any par- 
ticular. 

He is going to produce pictures In 
America with English players, but 
he isn't boasting about it In ad- 
vance. 



ROWLAND'S PLAN 

Pichard A. Rowland, former pres- 
ident of Metro, who recently re- 
tired, is planning an exhibitor-re- 
leasing organization somewhat along 
the lines on which the Associated 
First National is operating. 

Rowland with a number of others 
is said to havo held a conference in 
Washington last week for tho pur- 
pose of sounding out tho exhibitor 
Held on the new proposition. 



New Long Island House 

The new Ozone Park theatre at 
Ozone Park, Dong Island, is sched- 
uled to be opened Feb. 22. The 
Leader Corp., which also has the 
City Line and National theatres in 
that section, controls tho house, 
which seats 1,800. 

Jesse Weil will manage the house 
in addition to his duties at tho City 
Line and as press representative for 
the circuit. 





Lewis J.Selznick 



"The Star Without a Failure," 
in the biggest comedy special 
since "Twenty-three and a Half 

1 lours Leave;" 



Presents 



ELAINE 
HAMMERSTEIN 



in 



"WHY 
ANNOUNCE 
YOUR 
MARRIAGE? 



By Lewis Allen Browne and Alan Croslancl 



An Alan Crosland Production 




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PICTURES 



Friday, January 27, 1922 



WASHINGTON HEIGHTS' GOTHAM 
WITH 64 LOGES FOR SMOKERS 



ASK CHEAPER LIGHTS 

New York Exhibitor* Say Drop In 
Coal Justifies Lower Electrio Rati 



Whole Exhibitor Situation Affected by Latest Addi- 
tion to Picture Theatres in That Vicinity — 
Shuberts Looking — Battle On for Business 



Washington Heights added an- 
other picture theatre to its fast- 
Slowing list last week when the 
new Gotham, a shor: block away 
from the 137th street and Broadway 
subway station, opened under the 
direction of the Gotham Amusement 
Co. The new theatre seats 2.S96. 
with some 64 loges offering smoking 
accommodations. 

The Gotham Amusement Co. has 
as Its active heads J. Arthur Hirsch 
and J. Rosenthal, who also operate 
the Harlem Grand picture house on 
East 125th street. A silent partner 
reported in the film activities of 
Hirsch & Rosenthal is Governor 
Haskell of Oklahoma, reputed to be 
worth between $60,000,000 and $80,- 
000,000, mainly obtaii.ed in oil booms 
In the west. 

Washington Heights is asking 
what is to become of some of the 
othe- neighborhood houses now that 
the new Gotham is open, and right 
In the very heart of the locality 
long thought secure from the in- 
vasion of further picture house 
building. 

Max J. Kramer, the builder and 
architect, gave Hirsch and his part- 
ner a 21 -year lease at a rental of 
$52,000 annually. 

The Gotham site Is one of the 
most advantageous on the Heights. 
The theatre, hotel and olflce com- 
bination stands upon a solid block, 
running from 138th street on Broad- 
way to 139th street, in what is bet- 
ter known uptown as the Hamilton 
place section. It appears, so the 
story runs, that the Gotham land 
was owned by M. Friedsam. presi- 
dent of B. Altman & Co., who dis- 
posed of it for something like 
$1,250,000, with the Kramer build- 
ing crowd enabled to have a mll- 
llo .-dollar mortgage. 

Kramer Built It 

Kramer not only designed the 
Gotham, which Is about the last 
word ir. modern tfay film architect- 
ure, but started the construction In 
Bvptemb and rushed ' to comple- 
tion for the scheduled opening. 

The Gctham is managed by Leon 
Sehlesingek\ He has installed the 
Gotham Symphony Orchestra, with 
Julius Meyer as conductor. Bessie 
Gerard, soprano, started the initial 
week as featured soloist. 

The opening picture was Para- 
mount'a "Don't Tell Everything," 
which save way Sunday to "Get 
Rich Quick Walllngford." 

The week the Gotham opened, the 
Hamilton, B. S. Moss' house at 145th 
and Broadway, playing Keith 
Vaudeville, dropped its feature film 
and increased its number of acts. 

More than passing significance is 
attached to this new policy of the 
Hamilton. The adjunct of new pic- 
ture theatres and the feeling that 
the Shuberts have their eyes on 
Washington Heights for vaudeville 
is believed to have prompted the 
full-evening vaudeville program at 
the Moss houso. 

Shuberts Look Abouc 

The Shuberts have been looking 
the Heights over at close range and 
a day or so before the Gtoth&m 
ing dropped in on Manager Schles- 
inger and sized the new house up 
thoroughly. The Gotham has no 
stage to speak of the curtain being 
right up on the back wall, although 
It would not require much tim»» and 
money to install a stage big enough 
to accommodate vaudeville. But 
that is not the present Hirsch plan. 
Arthur Hirsch is the same Hirsch 
who met John J. Healey, Tom's 
brother, one night before the latter 
built tho Blue Bird pictuie house 
at 147th-148th streets und Amster- 
dam and on a restaurant menu drew 
up a lease when Healey roughly 
outlined the plans of the new the- 
atre. Both made good, although 
Hirsch not long ago disposed of his 
lease to the Harris interests (no re- 
lation to Sam H.) that operate the 
Hudson, a film houso farther up- 
town. Hirsch realize*, a handsome 
profit and immediately turned his 
attention to the n< w Gotham and 
meanwrTrkj, watchoj the p.-ofits grow 
at the Harlem Grand, looked after 
by his show partner, Rosenthal. 

The Gotham started off l'ke I 
house afire. The nearer! picture 
place is the Grange, small capacity, 



place side, playing the same run of 
pictures as tho Gotham. The Grange 
was originally an open-air theatre 
and was one of the first to be opened 
on the Heights. 

Below the Grange at 133th street 
and Broadway is the Claiemont. a 
picture house controlled by the Wal- 
lingford Amusement Corporation, 
which has its moneyed pilots, the 
Hall Brotl.ers, who are members of 
the family of the millionaire builder 
(Hall) who died and left the boys 
enough wealth to build several the- 
atres. Frederick Bollinger man- 
ages the Claremont, which has a 
roof garden and dancing floor above 
to attract the neighborhood. 

Dollinger Fearless 

Bollinger has no fear that the 
Gotham is going to _ut in on his 
long-established big business. But 
not to be caught napping the main 
card this week is the Mary Pick- 
ford picture "Little Lord Fauntle- 
roy" and what is advertised as an 
act from the Keith and Orpheum 
circuits, Rita Mario and company, 
including Elliott Best, xylophonist. 
The house is also advertising a Po- 
lice Hero Benefit for Jan. 23. 

The Hamilton is in the Gotham 
district. So is William Fox's Wash- 
ington theatre, one of the biggest 
of the Fox houses in point of at- 
tendance. It has an orchestra and 
plays pictures mainly from the in- 
dependent producers. On the same 
avenue, Amsterdam, and two blocks 
away at 147th, in the "Blue Bird," 
playing straight pictures. The 
Bunny theatre opened about 12 
years ago, 147th and Broadway, is 
diagonally across the street from 
the Hamilton. It seats about 1,200. 

At the Gotham the evening scale 
is 35-50. The loges are 50, while 
the orchestra and stadium is 35. 
The mats are 20-35 with children 
admitted for 15c. 

The Claremont scale ranges from 
20-30 cents, with 30 the top even- 
ings. 

At the Washington (Fox's) the 
matinees are 10c. up to 5 p. m., when 
the regular night schedule prevails, 
which changes Saturdays. At nfght 
(week days) the admission ranges 
from 25c. to S5c. with a 40-ceot top 
on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 



The New .York Theatre Owners' 
Chamber of Commerce this week 
started an agitation for a reduc- 
tion in the electric light rates and 
secured pledges of co-operation 
from numerous civic bodies in a 
campaign for cheaper lights and 

power service. It is probable the 
Pubic Service Commission will fix 
a date for a public hearing shortly. 

The theatre men declare one of 
their largest charges is for light 
and power. Coal has dropped, sup- 
plies are lower and the service com- 
pany workers are said to have 
agreed to a reduction in wage scales. 
Economies in all these directions, 
the showmen assert, make a cut in 
the service charges possible while 
still leaving the companies a fair 
profit. William Brandt, president 
of the Chamber, declared that ser- 
vice rates have doubled in many 
instances and no allowance has 
ben made for reduced production 
costs by the utility concerns and 
corporations. 



WESLEY BARBY'S SERVICES 

Warner Bros, have renewed their 
arrangement with Marshall Xeilan 
for the retention of little Wesley 
Barry's services and will star the 
kid screen artist In "From Rags to 
Riches" and "Heroes of the Street." 



BURGLARY INSURANCE 

RATES GO UP 100 P. C. 



Hold-up Men Specializing On 

Theatres — Companies 

Notify Brokers 

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The Insurance companies han- 
dling burglary and hold-up risks on 
Greater New York theatres have in- 
formed the brokers placing those 
policies rates have been increased 
100 per cent. 

The reason is the activities of 
hold-up men specializing on theatre 
robberies. 

Three houses located in Brooklyn 
were recently looted on the same 
night. 






NEW COAST PRODUCER 

Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 

Another addition was made to the 
list of production companies at 
Hollywood last week when execu- 
tive offices were established along 
the picture boulevard by the Roy 
H. Klumb Productions Co. 

The organization has been 
launched by Roy H. Klumb, a well 
known figure on the Rialto, and 
Edward T. Schloetzer. Chicago busi- 
ness man. A group of Chicago 
financiers heretofore not interested 
in the film industry are said to be 
backers of the new company. 



INDORSES PICTURES 

Clergyman Says Children Are l m 
proved by Them 

Moving pictures as an antidote 
for juvenile delinquency were given 
a high indorsement by the R ev 
Harry Seymour Brown, superintend' 
ent of the church extension board* 

"About ten of the 46 missions 
social settlements and institution 
churches under our care have 
adopted motion pictures as an in- 
dispensable part of their service pro- 
gram," he said at a meeting of the 
board, and are finding the results 
little short of wonderful. 

"Police and juvenile court records 
show that territory within four or 
five blocks of these missions have 
less* than half the crime and 
immorality usually prevalent in euch 
districts. 

"Motion pictures play an import- 
ant factor in the first step of win- 
ning boys and girls to a mission. 
They become acquainted, enter the 
clubs and classes and athletic pro- 
grams and finally are won to the 
character building influence of the 
Sunday school." 






CAREWE INCORPORATION 

The Edwin Carewc Pictures Cor- 
poration was incorporated In New 
York last week, after which its pro- 
moters. Carewe, Benny Zeidman, 
B. P. Fineman' and Ray Schrock. 
left for the coast to commence pro- 
duction work. 



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St. Paul. Jan. 25. 

An energetic Finkelstein & Ruben 
press agent started a near riot in 
tho homes of many prominent St. 
Paul people last week while exploit- 
ing the pictuie, "Don't Tell Every- 
thing," and rumor has it damage 
suits will be filed in the District 
Court. 

Things began popping when the 
press agent put 1,000 postal cards 
In the mail. Next day 200 persons 
began telephoning and personally 
calling on W. J. Maries, postal in- 
spector. They all were anxloua to 
know the sender of an anonymous 
letter which had caused some do- 
mestic trouble. 

The press agent had put a stenog- 
rapher to work writing 1.000 post 
cards in long hand which bore the 
following message: "Don't Tell 
Everything. Meet me at Capitol at 
7 p. m. — Jane." They were ad- 
dressed in long hand and mailed 
to the best homes in St. Paul. 

St. Paul has both a Capitol Theatre 
and a State Capitol building. Some 
wives who had been suspicious of 
their husbands got hold of the* card 
and had visions of hubby meeting a 
lady friend in tho rotunda of the 
State building. When husbands 
came home domestic trouble began 
brewing. In one case, according to 
report*; a wife left home. 

The story was suppressed by the 
St. Paul newspapers. Not a line was 
printed about it. In newspaper cir- 
cles it goes on record as the prize 
press agent boner of the Northwest. 



<< A picture of pictures. Such color as 
**-only DeMillo can provide. A Hal- 
lowe'en bathing party that would make a 
Roman orgy look tame. The railroad wreck 
will make the hair stand on end. And a fire 
scene that is real. Also ballroom scenes, cab- 
aret scenes, gowns and gowns. A picture 
rich in contrast A love story, a drama grow- 
ing out of the life of America." 

— New York Tclcgranu 

"Thrills, melodrama and box-office value. 
Will succeed tremendously." 

— New Tor 7c Telegraph, 

"Will be Just as great a success as the other 
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During the early part of the current week First National and Al 
Lichtnum were still dickering for the services of the latter as general 
jalei manager. The majority are still in favor of securing LIcktman 
for their organization, those opposed comprising the executives who feel 
their power might be minimized by such an arrangement. The principal 
opponents are said to be Harry Schwalbe and Robert Liefer. 

X picture will be exploited and released shortly, featuirug a star 
vho recently made a most advantageous contract for producing on his 
own. The picture to be exploited was made with him in the leading role 
gome three or four years ago, but never released and the company 
making it has gone bankrupt. 

From Foston comes word that N. H. CJordon, Xtw Bnglend franchise 
holder of First National, is interested in the new American Realeasing 
Corp., with F. B„ Warren and Walter Greene. 

Around Times square Lewis J. Selznick. William Vox and R. II. 
Cochrane each have adherents who claim their principal was responsible 

lor securing Will Hays to head the new film organization. Others sit 
back and smile and say that before Hays Is in the saddle very long it 
will be found he will not be, very far from the desk of Adolph Znkor. It 
in now stated Hays* salary in $100,000 a year, with an expense allowance 
or $15,000 per annum. 



UP-STAT£FIGHT 

Picture Men in Struggle at Water- 
town, N. Y. 



The head of a pretentious lilin distributing concern is seeking new 
capital to continue its operations. Meanwhile the creditors are being 
referred to the New York representative of the original backer, who tells 
them if they will be patient there will bo a reorganization and that the 
backer, upon examination of the books, may put in another $130,000. 
Meantime the aforesaid "head" is scurrying around to raise a new 
bankroll In other quarters. 

In an effort to recover three pieces of furniture Alleged to have been 
loaned to Mrs. Juanita Cohen, owner of a local millinery establishment, 
Jackie, Saunders, film actress, In private life Mrs. K. D. Horkheimer, 
last week commenced suit in Los Angeles. In the complaint It is shown 
a general, quarrel has existed between the two families for some time. 
Miss, Saunters was named corespondent by Mrs. Cohen last summer 
when the latter sued her husband for separate maintenance. 



It would appear Will II. Hays was "wise" to the picture mob from 
the account in the "World" how, after he had signed his contract, he 
was taken to one of the studios where a flash for a news weekly was to 
be made.' A dummy contract was used and Hays attached his signature. 
After the picture was finished he started to walk a/'ay with the magnates 
that surrounded him when ho suddenly bethougrTt himself of the signa- 
ture, the "•World" said, on a blank contract and he rushed back, tore it 
en* and destroyed it. • 



Minneapolis, Jaiy -•"»• 
Universal has started a price- 
cutting lilm war in the Northwest 
territory. Moses Finkelstein controls 
the Universal output for this terri- 
tory and the new scale of prices for 
the smaller towns in the territory is 
designed to drive out the Selznick, 
punning, Hodkinson and Robertson- 
Cole product. 

The. general idea is thai the ex- 
hibitors will snap up the bargains 
that the Universal is offering and 
in doing so make it necessary for 
them to defer all their playing dates 
on the pictures of other 'companies 
and thus compel the other exchanges 
to huffer. Business at present with 
the exchanges is not any too good 
and the V. move cutting off their 
revenue through deferred dates 
looks as though it might make it 
possible for them to continue, un- 
less (hey also cut and meet the Uni- 
Veraal's price-cutting plan with one 
of their own. 

At present the Universal bargain 
prices maintain only in the town 
with a population of. 3,000 or under. 
In those towns they are offering 
a complete first run program of a 
feature and a comedy comprising 
seven reels to the exhibitors at 
$7.50 a day. All of the Universal 
Jewel Specials are being offered on 
a same basis at $10 a day. Of 
course, this does not idmh that the 
U. 'picture, "Foolish Wive V which 
is also a Jewel Special, is included. 
That picture is only going to play 
such houses as will give up a per- 
centage guaranteeing the picture, 
but tho sentimnet hero does not 
seem to indicate that exhibitors are 
anxious about the picture after the 
notices that it received In New 
York. 



Anita Stewart is on her final picture of the contract .^he holds with 
Louis B. Mayer. The picture is entitled "Hose of the B*SV? and will be 
completed next month. In* the three years Miss Stewart .has been under 
contract with Mayer she has made 14 pictures, although he released 16 
Anita Stewart productions. The first two were made by the Vitagraph 
and taken over by Mayer as part of the settlement of the lawsuit 
Vitagraph started against him over Miss Stewart leaving Vita, No 
announcement of future* plans regarding Miss Stewart has been made 
as yet. It is understood she is to have her own producing organization. 



Watertowa, N. T., Jan. n. 
The merriest little theatrical war 
that was ever wag».d in the North 
Country is now on, with Nathan 
L, Kobbins, of Syracuse and Utica, 
and Charles S-sonske, of Oswego, 
and this city, directing the moves 
in the struggle for local supremacy. 
Robbing is here to personally lead 
the drive into the stronghold of 
the Morton & Sesonske interests, 
the Kobbins purchase of the three 
Papayanokos Brothers' houses here 
recently giving the Syracuse native 
his foothold. The real battle is be- 
tween the Avon, managed by Seson- 
ske, and the remodeled Palace, op- 
erated by Rob bins. 

The former has three acts of 
vaudeville and a feature film as its 
bill, Willi a 2") cent top. The Palace, 
reopened by Robbins, offers five 
acts of vaudeville and a film feature 
for 20 cents. As an indication of the 
quality of the films offered, it might 
be added that the Avon offered 
"Over the Hill" and the Palace "The 
Four Horsemen"' In the first clash 
this week. 

Robbins, with a string of houses 
In Utica and Syracuse, has a mam- 
moth bank roll to use in the fight, 
while Morton & Sesonske can sum- 
mon additional financial help, if 
need be, from Frank Kmpsall, owner 
of the Avon and interested with 
Sesonske in a new theatrical proj- 
ect here, to inaterialize in the spring. 

The big sensation came from the 
Sesonske side of the fence when 
the Avon announced the approach- 
ing* appearance of Eva Tanguay. 
According to the Sesonske an- 
nouncement, Eva will come to the 
three-a-day house for $2,50Q, while 
in her troupe are, it is asserted, 14 
stage hands, a full orchestra, three 
maids, four electricians and 40 
trunks. The s*ame bill, says the 
Avon announcement, Will have other 
acts /as well. 



Week to put the German activities of Famous Players on a more con- 
servative ba>.i«, Realart is now entirely out of business after showing a 
profit on the investment, and so on. 



Representatives from all the film trade papers sat in solemn conclave 
at a private meeting last Saturday to vote on the feasibility of extending 
•further credit for advertising to one of the more recent distributing 
concerns, which Is far behind In its payments for inserts already pub- 
lished. That isn't a marker to what will happen when the producers 
wbone pictures are being released by this concern, seek to collect their 
•hare of the grpss, which at present is being diverted to the maintenance 
of the chain of exchanges that are running at a loss. 



Any number of rumors during the past few weeks regarding the 
future of one of the producing and distributing organizations which has 
been a bottomless pit for money, which its backers have spent trying to 
force the organization "over the top." At present the organization, with 
its studios on the coast and its exchanges throughout the country, rep- 
resents an investment of $5,250,000. A recent examination of the as- 
•ets of the company shewed that were they to liquidate at this time they 
Would be lucky If they realized 15 cents on the dollar, so the backers 
are between the devil and the deep blue. If they go on they must 
tecure at least another $1,000,000. At present the organization out of 
■oae 30. pictures that have been made and distributed have had but one 
which brought a return of its production cost. 

At present the distributing coat is figured at 37 per cent., which rep- 
resents a loss of seven per cent., for while the company gets 35 per 
cent, for distributing, there is an old agreement under which a former 
distributing organization was taken over, and that contract calls for 
tn 8 payment of five per cent, on all business done, which leaves the 
Present organization 30 per cent. Its collections at this time are av- 
eraging around $65,000 weekly on the pictures it has in the market, 
which means a loss of from $7,000 to $10,000 a week. Overtures have 
^cn made to a number of film executives to come into the cone in, 
take it over, handle the distribution outside, or any other feasible plan 
that mi|?ht counterbalance the loss the company is now sustaining. CI 
w on't be surprising if there is an announcement to the effect that »ome- 
thing of this nature has occurred in the near future. 

Bobby Xorth, who has ben associated* with Warner Brothers and Harrj 
J|*Pf In the production of films for Btatoright, is negotiating With his 

Pa.tners to retire from the production end of their enterprises and tale 
jovor tbe Warner Brothers' New York Stat.- Exchange, 

A native of Germany who attended a performance of Eric Yen 
Btroheim's film production, "Foolish Wives." says it i* a filmlzation of 
'"Blind Husbands/' a German novelette, written by Marie Ebner Von 
l' :s<, henbaeh, one of a series of publications known as "Hook G< ms." 
**»t we,k the Universal phoned the lilm trade papers their edver* 
tisint> copy was ready; Uiually the advertising solicitors for th# trade 
Nbttcations } ia ve to "chase up" ITs copy. 



Silas ]••. Beadier, who has been directing lite publlcits foi lh< Arthur S. 
Kane Pictures since the beginning of ib<- company two years ago, has 
Jjaifned. He has not announced bis future feifiHation*. He w**nt with 
Hr niart when thai concern began its career, snd j" ; 'i"i Kche when the 
Jan.. i resigned to form his o'wn company, 

' r '" (losing d>v.n ..i" production at the Pantous l*ia>ers IvngTlwh sty din 
ls one more, move In the n» neral plan i<»r the concentration • f produ* lion 
J-ctivitiofl in j.om Angeles, Originally n separate producing corjwration »»> 
England, financed by British capita!, tic production* of ktf< havi been 
JJad.' by ihe American parent con'.::- hid!* never «•' Pf.nrted after 
^"^deiable m«.ney was spent «" preparation; Rhlph Kobn -•''••! '> ,v 



It Is reported that in the recent agreement arrived at between A. L. 
Erlanger and the Shuberts on the booking of legitimate attractions, the 
i'.rooklyn situation was clarified by having the Shubcrt attractions play 
the Montauk instead of the Majestic next season, the "Syndicate" shows 
to continue at the Teller, thereby eliminating the Majestic, which has 
been playing the Shubert shows. Just what become* of the Majestic, 
controlled by Stair & Nicola*, is not Known. Tbe house must have been 
a profitable one, judging by the fact that it paid the government In the 
neighborhood of $100,000 last year for war tax on tickets. It has been 
playing eight shows In six days each Week and two vaudeville shows 
Sundays. 



Persistent reports have had it that George M. Cohan and Sam 11. 
Harris may resume business relations, just as they did until a year or 
so ago for 17 years without the scratch of a pen between them. It was 
Harris who proposed Cohan for membership In the r*oducing Managers* 
Association and it is not known that either has ever uttered an adverse 
comment^ about the other. These reports have been In circulation ever 
since Cohan withdrew" from the management of "Mary*' and the enter- 
price was taken over by Harris. "Whenever either of the former partners 
is asked about such rumors he replies there is nothing to it, and so do 
others who .should know. . 



FILM THIEVES $35,000 
COUP ON THE CCAST 



Police Say Eastern Gang Is 

Now Operating in 

California 



Here is the expose of just another of the many forme of graft that 
obtain in the picture business; however, this one hits at the exhibiting 
and not the producing end of the business. It is a plan whereby the 
booking manager of a circuit of picture houses outside of New York 
manages to feather his nest to the extent of from $30,000 to $60,000 
annually. There are usually three people in on the cut as the scheme 
is worked at present. It is the general manager of the circuit, one 
of the circuit's outside men and the manager of the local exchange 
from which the feature is booked. The G. M. decides that he wants 
a certain feature; the outside man starts his work on the local ex- 
change manager and tells him that there might be a possibility of a 
fir.<t run for one of his features providing he v ill do' the right thing 
in the mntter of price. It is necessary for him to do the "right thing" 
because of the prestige that a first run In the houses of the circuit will 
give the production in the territory. Finally when a low rental is 
agreed on the local exchange manager wires his home office that he 
deems it advisable that the small price for the iirst run should be 
accepted, fcr if they do not agree to the price they will be forced out 
of the lirst run in the territory. The home oftlces are fully aware 
of the situation to a certain extent and they wire an acceptance and 
then the real manipulation starts. The contracts for the picture are 
sent to the general manager of the circuit with the play dates entered, 
hut with the rental price In blank. Usually there are four contract 
blanks. Three Of these, the one for the producer of the picture, that 
for tli" home ohVe of the distributor and the one for the local exchange, 
carry a rental price of $1» , <>, but the fourths contract, which Is h^ld by 
the general maniger, is filled out with the price of the feature placed 
at $l'50. This is O. K.'d by Hi" C. If; and signed by the theatre. Then 
the outside man collects the rental In a Cheek and When it is cashed 
the exchange gets the $100 agreed on, the local exchange manager $25, 
the same r.mount to the fixer, and the general manager oi the circuit 
ma 1 ' it,. - to take the other hundred. 

In picture circles it Is said that William Pos will clean up over 
$4,000,0H in bookings of "Over the Kill" and "A Connecticut Yankee in 
King Arthur's Court. " Report! are the H HilP picture is $L\. r >00,000 
ahead already. Mo.^t of its showings have been 00 a percentage basis 
with special presentations, in Philadelphia Fox had the Stanton for 
Ifl weeks, playing the "Hill" for fight week*, with four weeks each for 
"Yankee" ami -gui.n of Shaba," the total gross for the three films 
being $_.*i0,«n.u. Tic house K»d bei n set down ns a sort of dead one. 
in three weeks played In' w u ■ i- Bar re end Bcranton "iMr is claimed 

to l,..\ •• :•■ ossi <i $50,000 

ij.i»j.\ Rapt !oW 6 -too '''• other day of .. n denl of Chambersburfc; 

i'a.. a ho bought a doscn iggS «n' at one Io«;. | sto<'e and Mid tliein 

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-i ->\ . i:.:|-t claims the ) • i • > > . i « was one of hts releasee. 



&An Francisco Jan. :.'. 

J?nn Francisco police detectived 
are seeking to get a line on a ring 
of motion picture thieves that have 
been operating extensively along 
the Pacific coast In stolen film 
which has been shipped secretly to 
the Orient for sale. 

Last week two theatres in thej 
Mission district, tire Isis and the 
Courtland, were entered by mem* 
bers of the gang and two fllma 
stolen from each theatre. Yester- 
day Louis Ilyman, head of the All- 
Star Feature Film Exchange, re- 
ported to the police that his office 
had been entered and 33 reelS of 
film valued at more than $35,000 
taken. 

During the pa«t month thefts have 
been reported from cities along the 
entire coast from Seattle to Los 
Angeles and the police of these* 
cities have been conducting an in- 
vestigation. 

It is believed by the detective* 
that the thieves working on this) 
coast are the same men who some 
months ago pilfered theatres and 
exchanges of films in various East- 
ern cities. 



"PEACOCK ALLEr SUIT 

Promotor Asks Accounting from 
Mae Murray's Backers 



The .Metro picture, "Peacock Al- 
ley/; directed by Robert Z. Leonard, 
with Mae Murray starred, is get- 
ting an unusual share of involved 
litigation, the latest development of 
which is a suit for an accounting, 
injunction and receiver, begun by 
Henry L. Gates against Leonard, 
Miss Murray, Herbert B. Cronen- 
weth, ilyman Winlk, Tom K. Davie, 
George Perry aqd the Metro Pic- 
tures Corporation. Gates alleges 
he organized the Globe Productions, 
Inc., and secured Mr. Cronenweth'e 
financial backing to produce four 
pictures starring Miss Murray, in- 
cluding "Peacock Alley," and that 
he was granted a quarter interest in 
the organization to act as general 
manager and take care of ihe pub- 
licity. He charges Perry with or- 
ganizing the Tiffany Productions, 
Inc., and transferring Cronenweth'e 
backing to that corporation, thus 
letting Gates^out altogether. 

Wlnik asjj *Davis are involved by 
virtue of being the foreign distrib- 
utors of the picture and Metro the 
local releasing agent. Gates is con- 
nected with the New York Sunday 
"American" editorial staff. 

He previously began actions 
against Leonard and Miss Murray 
-individually through the Globe Pro- 
ductions, Inc., but these suits were 
discontinued since no such corpora- 
tion is in existence any longer. 

Another angle figured In the "Pea« 
cock Alley" matter when Lewis Al- 
len Browne, playwright, brought 
suit that he has a vaudeville sketch 
out under that title. Metro settled 
by purchasing the rights to the title. 



HAS CRISP $200,000? 



Wifs Say He Has— He Puts Pos- 
sessions at $74,000 



Los Angeles. Jan. 25. 

A request by Mis. Marie Crisp 
that she be allowed $1,000 for costs 
to determine the amount of property 
controlled by her husband, lJonahl 
Crisp, film director and aetor, was 
taken under advisement by the 
court bearing ihe divorce suit be- 
tween the couple. 

Mrs. Crisp contend, d her hus- 
band's wealth was around $200,000 
and practically all commmiit;, prop- 
erty. The husband, wlio is sail to 
be in London working in pietures, 
has reported that he is Worth but 
$74,000 in property ami lhat this ia 
not community ownership, 



LUBITSCH SAILS HOME 

lanst Labitsch, tii«> German di- 
rector, sailed for home en the 
Oeorge "Washington Jan. 17, without 
waiting for the premiere of hi% 
"Wife of Pharoah," Which has been 
renamed 'The Loves of Pharoah." 
The feature* opens at the Criterion 
in a fortnight, Intncdiately follow- 
ing ih»« Rinei eon -Loos product ion, 



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PICTURES 



Friday, January 27, 1922 



THEATRE OWNERS AND 1ST NATL 
REPORTED UNDER INVESTIGATION 



Federal Trade Commission Adds Two More in List 
of Film Indictments — Owners Accused of 
Discrimination — Urban Chats Case Cited 



Washington, T). C, Jan. 25. 

The Federal Trade Commission 
hsiH two additional picture enter- 
prises under Investigation. In addi- 
tion to the Famous Players investi- 
gation, which has been continued 
Since the indictment againt that 
corporation was handed down some 
months ago. 

The two organizations, It Is un- 
derstood, are the Associated First 
Hational and the Motion Picture 
Theatre Owners of America. 



At the First National offices in 
New York it was stated there was 
An understanding there was an in- 
vestigation b<Mng carried on by the 
Federal Trade Commission. 
4 The investigation directed against 
the national organization of picture 
theatre owners Is paid to be based 
t>n thj fact the organization has en- 
tered the distributing field and han- 
flling the Urban Movie Chats, with 
the membership in signing for the 
pictures canceling other news 
weeklies and educational features. 



LOEWS AND MOSS' 
USING FOX FILMS 



First Times for Each Circuit — 
"Toreador" and Tom Mix. 
Pictures Showing 



FEDERAL COURT RULES 
AGAINST OPERATORS 



Sustains State Tribune — 

Picketina Theatres Called 

"Nuisance" 



The B. S. Moss houses, for the 
llrst time since becoming affiliated 
■with the Keith offices, are playing 
Fox features In conjunction with 
Keith vaudeville. 

"The Toreador," a Fox picture, 
*r&s part of the program at B. P. 
Moss* Broadway the last half of 
this weeR, moving i p from the Jef- 
ferson, another Moss house, where 
It played the first half of the week. 

The Loew circuit is playing the 
Tom Mix feature, "Sfry High." an- 
other Fox film, in its vaudeville 
foouses for the first time. » 

The Loew people have played Fox 
pictures in their straight picture 
houses, but this Is the first time 
that th .- have- booked thorn in con- 
junction with their vaudeville bills. 

WALKER JABS CENSORS 

Senator Takes Fling at Lusk, 
Sponsor of Film Commission 

Albany, Jan. 25. 

Senator James J. Walker, Demo- | 
fcratic minority leader In the State 
Senate, took a neat wallop at the 
Film Censorship Commission iu the 
Cpper House on Monday night. 

Senator Clayton K. Lusk, Repub- 
lican majority leader and co-author 
le»f the censorship law, had Informed 
the members of the Senate that they 
tiad been invited to attend an illus- 
trated lecturo in the Assembly 
Chamber on the New York port de- 
velopment. 

Senator Walker was on his feet 
in an instant. . 

•Wait a minute," the Beau Brum- 
fnel of the Upper House, bawled. 
•'Have the pictures been censored. 
It is well to know whether or not 
the law has been complied with." 

*'Yes f the pictures have been cen- 
sored," Senator Lusk replied. 

•'Then they will not be worth 
looking at," Senator Walker retorted 
and sat down. 



Kansas City, Jan. 25. 

The United States Supreme Court, 
in a decision this week in a Kansas 
City case, dealt a blow against 
picketing by organized labor which 
will be of interest to every amuse- 
ment manager in the country. Chief 
Justico Taff announced the dis- 
missal for want of Jurisdiction of 
the application of the Kansas City 
Motion Picture Machine Operators' 
Local No. 170, the International Al- 
liance Theatrical Stage Employes 
and others, to bring before the 
court an appeal from the Missouri 
Supreme Court. 

The appeal was taken from an 
injunction granted by the State 
Court enjoining the picketing of the 
Eastern Picture theatre of this 
city. The State Court in its de- 
cision held that picketing of the 
theatre intiminated patrons, di- 
minished patronage, constituted a 
nuisance and had no substantial re- 
lation to the promotion of the wel- 
fare of union men. The motion pic- 
ture operators in their appeal to the 
United States Supreme Court con- 
tended that the State injunction 
was a violation of the fourteenth 
amendment, in that it deprived them 
of the right of free speech and per- 
sonal liberty. 



EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT 

Frisco Theatres to Try Saturday 
Morning Show for Children 

San Francisco, Jan. 23. 

To provide visual education with- 
out cost to the school children of- 
San Francisco, a plan is being 
formulated here to utilize the mov- 
ing picture theatres on Saturday 
morning*i at which tim^ films of an 
educational nature will he shown. 

The plan is to be tried some time 
in February. It in being directed 
liy Professor Mayer, of the depart- 
ment of visual education. Univer- 
sity of California, who is working in 
conjunction with Managing Director 
Thomas O. Van Osten of the Motion 
Picture Theatre Owners' Association 
of Northern California. 



AGAINST CIVIC FILMS 

San Francisco, Jan. If, 
So strenuously did the Oakland 
picture exhibitors protest against 
the rental of the Civic Auditorium 
Cor the showing of -films that the 
city fathers of Oakland last week 
passed a resolution fixing the rental 
fee of the auditorium at $750 a day 
when pictures wero to bo exhibited. 
The Auditorium theatre is now 
housing the road attractions which 
play the trans-bay city. 

A fee of $200 a d.y is charged for 
the use of the house for legitimate 
attractions, which, until last week. 
Included feature pictures. The new 
prohibitive rental fee means that 
the last films have been shown at 
theatre. 



STARKING SIGRID HOLMQUIST 

Sigrid Holmquist, the Swedish 
Mary Pickford, has been placed 
under contract by George McGuire, 
and Is to become a star in her own 
right as soon as completing her 
present contract with the Small- 
wood organization for whom she la 
appearing in "In Old Kentucky." 

The next production that this or- 
ganization is going to do will be 
a screen version of "The Queen of 
the Moulin Rouge," which Thomas 
Ryley produced some years ago on 
the stage. 



SHOT BY BANDIT 

Cincinnati, Jan. 25. 
Moiris Lee, aged IS, manager of 
the Strand movio theatre, Coving- 
ton, Ky., was shot and killed by a 
bandit in front of Lee's home Sun- 
day night. Lee was sitting in his 
auto, after his mother and sisters 
left the machine. He had $300 in 
the car, the day's receipts. The 
bandit shot through the curtains, 
evidently to frighten Lee, and the 
bullet entered his heart. The mur- 
derer fled without taking the money. 



NEW CITY ORDINANCE 
ALLOWS MORE FILM 



Theatres Hampered in New 

York by Old Law of 5,000 

Feet— Owners' Action 



A city ordinance has been intro- 
duced before the New York Board 
of Aldermen at the behest of the 
Theatre Owners' Chamber of Com- 
merce which will replace the one 
now on the statute books regarding 
the quantity of film picture the- 
atre can have on its premises. At 
the time of the advent of the picture 
store show many years ago a law 
was passed a maximum of 5.000 feet 
of film was only permitted in any 
theatre playing pictures. This 
measure was designed to lessen the 
fire hazard in tire small theatres. 

Recently" the present administra- 
tion in the Fire Prevention Bureau 
dug . the old ordinance • ' began 
to enfor e it, with the result a num- 
ber of exhibitors were found to be 
violating the law. In the old days 
when the law was originally drafted 
the average show ran about three 
reels. At present a complete pro- 
gram, including news weekly, trav- 
elog and scenic, the feature and the 
comedy, comprises from eight to ten 
reels. 

The new measure strikes out the 
old limitation of flvo reels and pro- 
vides for having on hand one com- 
plete show. — 



WHO FEEDS THE FURNACE? 



Court Refuses to Reimburse Theatre 
Men for Coal Bill • 



A novel point of law of interest 
to all theatre lessees who occupy 
property that is part of a major 
structure such as an adjoining office 
building and stores, is involved in 
the suit of the Springer Theatre 
Co., Inc., lessees of a theatre at 77th 
street and Broadway, against Fran- 
cis A. Lowe and Charles II. Lowe, 
the landlords of the premises. The 
question Involved revolves about 
whether the landlord Is supposed to 
heat the theatre when it forms part 
of a building and where the tenant 
dpes not have access to the furnace. 
The theatre is heated by radiators 
from a central furnace as are the 
adjoining stores. 

The Springer people sued for 
$1?000 claimed as expense incurred in 
heating the house and lost out. The 
defendant counter sued for a similar 
amount for rent due and recovered 
judgment for $917.43. The Springer 
Co. has retained Prof. I. Maurice 
Wormser, editor of the "New York 
Law Journal," to prepare a brief on 
appeal from this decision, which de- 
cision will establish a precedent in 
theatrical litigation on that par- 
ticular phase. 



CAN U.JiET OUT? 

"Foolish Wives" Reported to Have 
Cost $1,600,000 



DAY-AND-DATE try, failure 

Buffalo, Jan. 23. 

The Elmwood, booked by the Shea 
Amusement Co., on a day-and-datc 
first -run policy with the Hipp and 
North Tark, will go back to its 
original policy Monday. 

"When the booking deal with Shea 
was first announced, Jan. 1. the ar- 
rangement was to be for three 
months. Scores of protests from 
patrons forced the management 
back to the former two-feature 
second -run policy, after three weeks' 
try-out. 



HAMPTON A HERCULES 

Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 

Through a plan proposed by Ben- 
jamin B. Hami»ton '. t film repre- 
sentatives and Hollywood business 
men last week, a propaganda cam- 
paign to combat scandalous news 
stories about the film colony and 
districts will probably be launched 
here. 

Hampton urges Internal cleaning 
of any flagrant violations of ethics 
and morals within the film area, as 
well as the suppressing of outside 
stories. 



FILM BUSINESS POOR 

Paris, Jan. 25. 

Exhibitor I state the film busi- 
ness at present is in a precarious 
condition, alleged to be mainly due 
to heavy taxation. 

Tho new hall known as the Louxor 
In Paris, opened by the late Henri 
Sllberberg, In November, last, has 
gone into liquidation. On the other 
hand, another film theatre, with a 
capacity of 2.000, is being built at 
Ivry, a suburb of Pari* 



AMERICAN'S JUNGLE PICTURES 

The American Releasing Corp. (F. 
B. Warren and Walter Greene) has 
secured the distribution rights from 
Exceptional Pictures of the new 

Martin Johnson Jungle Pictures. 



"C. B. OE MILLE RETURNING 

Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 
Cecil B. de Mille, director general 
of the Lasky studios. Is expected 
home from abroad early next month 
He is scheduled to leave England 
Jan. 28, arriving in New York Feb. 
3, and comes immediately to the 
coast. Work on * 'Manslaughter" 
will start upon hi? arrival m Holly- 
wood. 



It is pretty reliably reported that 
"Foolish Wives," which Is being 
advertised at the Central as "The 
Million Dollar Picture," actually 
cost $1,600,000. This Is the first time 
a producer has chopped production 
costs in an announcement. The 
reason is said to be that the actual 
cost would have scared off the show- 
men who might be approached with 
a proposition. 

When Universal leased the elec- 
trio sign on the Astor theatre in 
Times Square, and week by week 
gave the figures on •'Wives" up to 
$1,250,000 or thereabouts, the adver- 
tising idea was suddenly blanketed 
and the total was removed long be- 
fore the picture was completed. 

It is figured that "Foolish Wives" 
will have to gross somewhere around 
a million before it can begin to 
charge off its negative cost, and 
Times Square is wondering where 
it will get off. The company ha9 
been extraordinarily successful — 
some envious ones say "lucky"— 
with a number of costly features, 
beginning with one several years 
ago about the Kaiser. The arrival 
of the film at the Central did not 
create much of a stir. * ut the trade 
has no real line on what it really is 
doing. The impression is, however, 
that the scale of $2.20 top is against 
a big popular draw. 

A lot of sightseers Inspect the 
lurid display in the Central lobby, 
but back away from the $2.20 scale. 
Over the price schedule there is an 
impressive sign, "Free List Entirely 
Suspended." which gives the film 
trade a smile. 



TURNBULL'S RETURN 
MAY MEAN POLICY 



Famous Scenario Writer's De- 
parture as Reflex of Fam- 
ous Foreign Scheme 

London, Jan. 25. 
Hector Turnbull, former head of 
production at the Famous Players, 
Los Angeles studios, who has been 
in England for about eight months, 
is sailing for New York on Feb. 8. 
Accompanying him will be his wile 
and her daughter. , 



The return of Hector Turnbull 
from abroad seems a general veri- 
fication that Famous Players is 
about to pass up its English pro- 
ducing plan and that the corpora- 
tion, which was founded abroad, 
will, within a short time, go the 
way that the India producing plan 
did. 

At the time he left Los Angeles 
last July Hector Turnbull had just 
completed the production of a num- 
ber of features, proving that it was 
possible to turn out pictures of first 
run calibre at $50,000. Thia was 
dpQS by combining the Work of tho 
Continuity writer with that of the 
director and having the latter prac- 
tically under the direction of the 
former. 

It was believed that Turnbull 
would be placed In charge of Eng- 
lish production for the organiza- 
tion, but instead he took a com- 
plete rest while abroad and de- 
voted himself to fiction writing. 

At present there are two com- 
panies working abroad for Famous 
Players, one under the direction of 
George Fitzmaurice, and the other 
under John S. Kobertson. Both 
have virtually completed the pro- 
ductions which they were shooting 
in Spain and Italy. When these 
pictures are completed both will 
undoubtedly return to this Country, 
although the filming of "Blood and 
Sand" In Spain, and the making of 
a picture in Egypt were on the 
original schedule fur these di- 
rectors. 



ANOTHER EGYPTIAN STORY 

Famous Players has secured the 
picture rights to another Egyptian 
story, following up the success of 
"The Sheik," It is a novel by Ar- 
thur Weigh a member of the ttafl 
of the London "Daily Mail." with an 
enormous sale in England under the 
title "Brother! of the Desert." and 
published in America under the 
name "Burning Sands." 



The James F. O'Shea's Daughter 

Los Angeles, Jan. 2". 
Mr. and Mrs. James F. O'Shea, at 
their home in Hollywood, have a 
daughter. Mr. O'Shea Is production 
manager for the Allan Holubsr pic- 
tures. 



BAKER IS MENTIONED 
AS HAYS' LIEUTENANT 

Former Universal Manager 
Boomed For Appointment 



Speculation has been rife as to the 
identity of the appointees to be 
made by Will H. Hays to asstst hlrn 
in organizing the new national as- 
sociation of producers and dlstrib* 
utors of which he takes active 
charge March 4. Most interest cen- 
ters on the office of executive sec- 
retary. In that connection, the name 
most prominently and most favor- 
ably mentioned is that of Tarkington 
Baker. Mr. Baker is known through- 
out the industry as a man to whom 
no Strings are tied, as one of the 
squarest men in the business. 

He was for a long period general 
manager of Universal and was also, 
later, general Far Kastern' repre- 
sentative for Famous Players. While 
in India in this capacity, he built a 
big studio for Famous. He knows 
the industry thoroughly and com- 
mands the respect and confidence 
of the exhibitors. He is personally 
acquainted with Mr. Hays and hails 
from the same State, Indiana. 

An effort to see Mr. Baker failed. 
Intimate friends, stated rumors to 
the effect Mr. Baker would be asked 
to take the office were probably un- 
founded. It Is the general consen- 
sus of opinion, however, that Hays 
may select him on his record alone. 
Baker's knowledge of publicity re- 
quirements would make him in* 
valuable. Baker's friends say he 
would be acceptable to all the ele- 
ments concerned and would be able 
to do more than anybody else to 
promote and maintain harmony. 



1ST NATL FRANCHISE SUIT 

Utica, N. Y., Firm Asks $40,000 for 
Loss of Rights 

Utica, N. T., Jan. 23. 

The $10,000 breach of contract suit 
in Supreme Court here, brought by 
the Alhambra Amusement Co., Inc., 
of this city, against the Associated 
First National Pictures, Inc., of New 
York, is on. 

Selection of a jury proceeds Fri- 
day before Justice Louis If. Martin, 
and trial will begin Monday morn- 
ing. Witnesses from Colorado and 
California will come. S. F. Jacobs 
of New York will appear for the de- 
fense, with Miller & Hubhell of 
Utica, while Lewis, Pratt & Fowler 
I of Utica will appear for the plain- 
tiff. 

The suit is. over alleged breach of 
contract after promise to furnish 
exclusive right to all releases. Sep- 
tember 10, 1920, it is alleged, the 
local theatre company bought 22.2 
shares of stock in Associated First 
National Pictures. Inc., for which it 
paid $2,200. Charges of $73 per 
$100,000 exhibition value set by the 
company were to be made fur films. 
The plaintiff alleges the contract 
was repudiated Nov. 3, 1020. The 
franchise was then sold to Wilmor 
& ^\ "incent, Inc. 

It is expected the trial will cover 
at least three da vs. 



"ANGEL FACE" CONTROLLED 

Joseph P. Bickerton, Jr., acting 
as attorney for A. fi. Krlanger, 
George W. Lederer, Harry Powers, 
producers of "Angel Face,*' and Vic* 
tor Herbert, Robert B. and Harry 
B. Smith, authors and composers 
of the musical comedy, has notified 
Vitagraph his clients control the 
title 'Angel Face" and the filniiza* 
tion under the name will bo re- 
garded as an infringement. 

Under the law, a title by itself 
cannot bo copyrighted, but is re- 
garded by the U. S. patent office ns 
a trademark when uaed in connec- 
tion with a production. 



JUNE LA VERE SUES 

Los Angeles. Jan. 2">. 
Suit for divorce was Med here last 
week by Mrs. Clifford S. Ulfelt, 
known in film circles as Jute- La 
Yere, against Clifford Elf elf, head 
of the Metropolitan Films Company 

of this city. Extreme cruelty »* 
charged. 



Mary and Doug Coming East 
Los Angelas, J;»n. 2"«. 
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- 
banks have left for New York on a 
business trip. Their Beverly HUli 
home is for sale, although they have 
made no plans for a lengthened - 
sence. It is reported Mis.-? Pickford 
has been requested to come to N«* 
York to attend the trial of the suit 
brought against her by Mrs. Cofl 
C. Wilkcnning, the agent, for over 
$100,000. 




Friday, January £7, 1928 



MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT-Pages 39 to 47 

PICTURES 






47 



FILM OUTSIDERS RELUCTANT 
ON GUARANTEES TO HAYS 



Mine Producers Said to Have Committed Themselves 
Personally to Pay Postmaster-General $300,000 in 
Three Years — Others Await Association 



pathe and First National, who 
remain apart from the rest of the 
reducing and distributing branch 
t th6 industry in connection with 
the deal for the leadership of Will 
,; Hays, are said to be willing to 
come into the arrangement when 
U>e organization of a formal asso- 
ciation is approved. 

Xb the transaction now stands. 
Hays* salary for the next three years 
tt $100.0)0 a year is pledged by 
pome nine producers and distribu- 
tors individually, and in most cases 
personally. The association will be 
completed later, and this body will 
execute an agreement with the re- 
tiring Postmaster-General, but the 
individual guarantees will underlie 
the association's contract. It was 
this "personar* agreement which 
was signed last week in the Metro- 
politan Life building by Mr. Hays 
and tl.j producers concerned. 

Pathe, First National and a few 
Jker concerns were nut represented 
in these conferences. 

On the day the contract was 
signed (Jan. 18) Mr. Hays was ihe 
guest of honor at a dinner in Del- 
monico's, and subsequently a formal 
atatement was issu»d to the daily 
papers, setting forth in the most 
general and indefinite terms the 
purposes rf the all'an^o. Mr. Hays, 



upon his return to Washington the 
day following (Jan. 19), made a 
parallel declaration having to do 
with his gratification at the com- 
pletion of the arrangement, and 
nothing else. 

The detailed outline of his plans 
which the trade had hoped for was 
not forthcoming, and the whole pro* 
cedure was carried on in the 
familiar gum-shoe manner. Trade 
publication men who had made in- 
quiry previous to the Delmonico 
function had been informed that the 
dinner wit to be merely a private 
gathering of a social nature; that 
no newspapers would be represent- 
ed, and as the meeting would be 
without significance no statement 



enough. No corporation law/er, ex- 
perienced and expert in ways that 
are wily and in statements that are 
vague, could produce an article su- 
perior to this in evasion. Every- 
thing else is of a piece with this. 
What docs it mean?" 

Old Association Remains 

It is further pointed out by the 
independents and by several of the 
old line concerr that are not 
parties to the agreement tilth Mr. 
Hays that the old national associa- 
tion still remains; that it has not 
been dissolved; t'\at William A. 
Brady has not resigned as its head, 
and that, meanwhile, the new or- 
ganization, which Hays heads, has 
not been officially formed. Hays, in 
other words, has not been elected 
president of the national association, 
but is president of an association 
thus far rr.ade up of only eight con- 
cerns, as far as is generally known. 

A careful canvass of the industry 
shows no other concern, independent 
or otherwise, that has received an 
invitation to join the Hays group. 
Tet, as is freely stated in the rank 
and file of producers and distrib- 
utors, the eight aligned with Hays 
presume at times to speak for the 
industry as a whole and, at other 
times, to make it clear that they 
speak for themselves. 

Attention is further drawi to the 
fact that whatever may be the in- 



CENSOR COBB FAVORS 
LEADERSHIP OF HAYS 



M TESS"_F0R MARY 

McCulley Preparing Next Fairbanks 
Story — Allen Dwan Director 



would be given out ■ ^. i tention anu mot ive, the general pub- 

Inatead of which the Thursday ^ . g Joad ^ ^^ ^ Hays P and 



morning daily papers printed a 
statement signed by seven producers 
and one signed by Mr. Hays. Noth- 
ing in these pronouncements shed 
any light o "tjie Hays mystery." 
The salary was not even stated 
definitely, although it does appear 
that it has leen fixed at $100,000 a 
year from March 4 next to March 4. 
19LT.. This would represent the ex- 
act period of Mr. Hays' position in 
the present administration. It is 
understood he will he allowed $15,000 
yearly for expenses. 



INDEPENDENTS DISCUSS HAYS 



the Independent pro- ain't soln' \o be no future" as far as 

they ore concerned. 



Where is 
flucer going to get off when the new 
active combination of eight of the 
major producer-distributors of the 
notion picture get organized under 
the new -association plans that Will 
H. Hays may have? 

That is ons of the questions of 
th« hour in the industry at present. 

It is certain that the independents 
are up in the air at present, but 
unfortunately up to this time they 
bave not found a bell sheep that is 
going to lead them to pasture. None 
of them have come forward with a 
call for a get together on the part 
of producer-distributors that are 
situated similarly to themselves and 
therefore there has been nothing 
done that would throw any re^l 
light on the situation as far as they 
are concerned. 

It might be timely for the inde- 
pendents to get into a meeting and 
after a general discussion see if 
they could not pin down Mr. Hays 
to something that would be tangible 
regarding their future. As a matter 
of fact it might be a good idea, for 
the independents to invite Mr. Hays 
*nd perhaps pin him down to some- 
th'ng in discussion. 

To thoso that study the game 
father more elosely than the average 
■lotion picture producer and dis- 
tributor there seems to be an in- 
dication of the hand /riting on the 
*all as far as the independents are 
concerned. This possibility was out- 
lined in Variety more than four 
*eeks ago, but the independents 
genere' y do not Keem to have taken 
J*® fact that their futures arc in 
Jeopardy, at leaHt as for any con- 
certed action on their part to com- 
t is concerned. True there has 
a spasmodic flare here and 



been 



ln ere. but it has come to nothing. 
In reality the question is one that 
*nou!d nmse everyone that is Inter- 
red in the producing and di.dribut- 
•ng end of pictures at this time, if 
*h y ar ° not uli sned with the group 
*n.> arc responsible 'or the Hays 
Jjov^nt in pictures. They are the 
cnes that are going to be the first to 
Jj»ff«r and then '.he exhibitor is go- 
gj to be the man that will be in 
' ,n e for dictation, too, it t'.e hands 

5 tnop e who will be in control of 
the r„.] ( ] > 

Th independents hi producing 

* n d distributing (even tho' at this 

.me tr «ey have their own troubles 

o contend with) and the exhibitors 

F° l, ld get together in some manner 
■ '"ok to their futures, for if the; 
J 1 to do this it is practically cer- 
ln that within a short time "there 



Parcel Post System 

Seemingly the plan that those be- 
hind the Hays movement have in 
mind is nothing more or less than 
the innovation that was first brought 
to light at the Minneapolis Conven- 
tion of the exhibitors last summer. 
At that time centralised distribution, 
somewhat along the lines of the 
consolidated ticket offices of the 
railroads, with the exhibitors hold- 
ing the reins, was proposed. That 
general idea seems to have been 
taken up by those now aligned with 
Hays at their head, only their will be 
a difference as to who will have con- 
trol of the situation. Suffice to say 
that it won't be the exhibitors, but 
rather the major producers, and the 
chancel are that Mr. Hays will de- 
vise some means whereby his late 
post olfice connection will stand 
him in stead in thi respect. Perhaps 
it will be the utilising of the parcel 
post system for the delivery to ex- 
hibitors of their films. 

At any rate independent p.-oducers 
and distributors are considerably 
perturbed as a result of the Hays 
appointment. Its meaning and in- 
tent they say is about as clear to 
them as mud. As one prominent 
producer put it this week: "Con- 
ceived in secrecy, negotiated in 
secrecy and now continuing in sec- 
recy, the only thing wo know def- 
inately about Hays is t u at a group 
of eight distributor-producers gor 
together and withort as such as a 
by-your-leave elected him to 'head' 
tho motion picture industry. 

"These eight concerns car speak 
for themselves. That's their right. 
But by what right they speak for 
the rest of the industry wo don t 
know and can't imagine. As none 
of us was consulted in the beginning, 
none of us |a now I eing consulted. 
We know nothing at all regarding 
the Hays plans, so often and so 
mysteriously referred to; we know 
nothing of his policies; we kn< v. 
nothing of the proposed scope of the 
embryonic organization be now 
heads; we know nothing of its pur- 
pose or intent. 

"Everything publicly stated thus 
far has been veiled 111 mystery. 
Nothing definite is said. There are 
grandiloquent general references to 
'spiritual, educational and moral de- 
velopment," but nothing specific 
Note etan Presidert Harding's offi- 
cial announcement. It stands un- 
surpassed in the annals of ..ief ex- 
ecutive public utterance as an ex- 
ample of profound nothingness. 'If 
the air;mg»ment,' says President 
Harding, proves to be,' etc. That's 



his group does speak for the in- 
dustry as a whole, carrying the in- 
timation that they speak with 
authority. The daily press enter- 
tains nnd promulgates this idea. 
For example, the Washington 
Times, which, by the way, is gen- 
erally credited with being the 
mouthpiece of the administration, 
refers to Hays as "head and advisor 
of the moving picture industry." 
Collier's Weekly refers to him as 
"official head of the motion picture 
industry." Other papers and pe- 
riodicals almost without exception 
use Ihe same and similar terms. 

Up to Independents 

This puts it up to the independ- 
ents. They ask if they are part of 
the industry. If they are, why have 
they not been invited to Join the 
Hays organization? If they are to 
be excluded from Hays' select 
group, by what right do the eight 
signatories to the Hays agreement 
presume to speak for the industry 
as a whole? 

In short, nothing is clear; noth- 
ing is definite. The independents 
arc alarmed. It is said that they 
have arranged to hold a meeting 
for the purpose of discussing the 
situation from every angle. They 
feel that the failure of tho Ilay^ 
group to consult them or include 
them indicates an organized effort 
on the part of the eight big firms 
concerned to kill off independent 
competition. But the independents 
thus far haven't done anything. 
Action and lots of it is what is 
wanted at this moment. 

Another independent speaking, 
after a brief resume of the situa- 
tion somewhat along the above 
lines, said: "That's the way it looks 
and that's all anyone can say. In 
the absence of any definite state- 
ments we-can only look to appear- 
ances to give us the premises from 
which deductions are to be made. 
The eight big 'old line* concerns 
know that the independents and the 
industry as a whole are in a state 
of confusion and be ilderment over 
the conflicting, but always vague 
and uncertain, announcements, but 
they do nothing and Hays does 
nothing to end the confusion. We've 
got to get together. And the ex- 
hibitor, too, better watch his step. 
If the independents are crowded to 
the wall, the exhibitor can kiss his 
business good-bye." 

Perhaps some of the Independ- 
ents as individuals have tried for 
an expression regarding his pol- 
icies and purposes from Hays. If 
'they did, was any attention paid to 
their messages? The chances are 
that tney have not even received an 
acknowledgment to their letters, let 
alone a reply that would give them 
anything definite t work on. And 
they won't get any reply, at least 
not until Zukor has undoubtedly 
gone over their letters and Inti- 
mated just what should be done in 
their cases. 

Alliance With Democrats 

There is one thing certain that is 
in tie- air at present, and that is 
that out of the present situation 
there is going to grow among the 
Independents an r.saoclation that 
will be linked for common protec- 
tion, and one of the first moves that 
this association will make will be 
to align itself with tho Democratic 
National Committee for the pur- 
poses of combatting the political 
screen power which Mr. Hays is 



New York Republican Says 
* New Director Will Clean 
Up Screen 



WatertOWn, N. Y.. .Tan. 23. 
Appointment of Will U. Hays, 
postmaster-general, as American 
film dictator, is a wise move for tho 
picture industry, New York State 
Censor George II. Cobb declares. 
Mr. Cobb formerly was a Republican 
State Senator and is identified with 
the State party machine. He was 
appointed to the censor job by the 
Republican governor, Nathan L. 
Miller. 

"Hays will do much to purge films 
of their undesirable qualities, and 
moreover is a man of strong execu- 
tive ability," Cobb asserted. 

Reference to Hays was part of a 
statement during which Senator 
Cobb declared Col. Rupert Hughes, 
novelist, playwright, scenario writer 
and soldier, is ii the saloonkeeper 
class when he expresses fear that 
the chairman of the State Censor- 
ship Commission is in danger of 
becoming morally depraved through 
his censorship duties. 

Colonel Hughes had said that if 
some pictures would make good 
folks wicked they needs must have 
the effect upon censoro. 

"Colonel Hughes is in the busi- 
ness himself. Therefore his opinion 
is similar to that of a saloonkeeper 
on the value of prohibition," is 
Chairman Cobb's affirmation. 

"Speaking of differences of opin- 
ion," ho declares, "the State Censor- 
ship Commission received letters 
from members of the clergy asking 
that the Jake Hamon-Clara Smith 
film be shown on the ground that 
the film would convey a moral les- 
ron by sounding a warning to young 
girls. The film was, however, abso- 
lutely disgusting: to us, and was not 
given a permit.** 

The American picture field is 
again in the control of the better 
class of producers, Cobb believes. 

"For a time a flock of producers 
swarmed into the industry and by 
sustaining monetary loaiii took up 
the making of salacious films in an 
effort to recuperate their flattened 
purses,'* the Censorship chief said. 
"Now, however, a better class has 
gained control and the trend of the 
industry is decidedly upward*** 



New Delsncey Theatre Opening 

The recently erected new De- 
lancey, situated between Allen and 
Eldridge streets, lower Kast Side of 
New York, and within several blocks 
of Loew's Delaneey, playing vaude- 
ville, will open Feb. 1 with a picture 
policy. The new theatre will seat 
1,600. 



undoubtedly looked upon by the ad- 
ministration to deliver to the Re- 
publican cause. One independent, 
a staunch Republican at heart and 
at the ballot box ever since he has 
been able Unvote, declared himself 
for such a measure this week, and 
he is a man that is an organizer 
who has had the building up of at 
least four national distributing or- 
ganizations in the film industry in 
the last eight years. 



Los Angeles, Jan. 25. 

"It was shortly after the election 
of .President Harding that I ap- 
proached Mr. Hays in an effort to 
secure his wonderful organizing and 
executive ability for the motion pic- 
ture ^industry,"' Joseph M. Schenck 
said yesterday. 

"My first tentative offer to Mr. 
Hays carried a large salary. I ad- 
vised him to accept the post we 
offered, but Mr. Hays felt then that 
ho could not at that time. He felt 
it his duty to the people who worked 
with h!m to assist the President In 
every way. 

"Following our first conference l 
made an appointment for Mr. Hays 
to meet with Adolph Zukor, who is 
chairman of the Finance Committee 
of the National Association of the 
Motion Picture Industry. We, again, 
urged Mr. Hays to accept. The con- 
ference ended with the suggestion 
by Mr. Hays that we -come to s«e 
him some Rix months later. He felt, 
he indicated to us, that by that time 
his urgent work would bo over and 
ho would be in a better position to 
accept tho post. And now that he 
has accepted I look for big things. 
Mr. Hays is a man of Sterling <iuali- 

ficatjons and of unimpeachable char- 
acter." 



Mary Pickford has notified Hiram 
Abrams in New York that, although 
she has practically decided to refilm 
"Tess of tho Storm Country," the 
will not start work until tho middle 
of February, by which time her 
cameraman, Charles Roshcr, is ex- v 
pected back from Italy, and the suit 
of Cora Wllkenning, scheduled for 
early trial, w.ll likely be disposed of. 

In tho interim Jack Pickford will 
produce "A Tailor Made Man," with 
his sister co-oporating in the direc- 
tion. Anthony Paul Kelly is com- 
pleting the scenario. 

Johnston McCulley, who wrote 
"The Mark of Zorro" is on hand at 
tho coast, preparing another 
scenario for Douglas Fairbanks, 
whose next picture will be directed 
by Allan Dwan. 



LICHTMAN BEFORE 
1ST NATL 30ARD 



No Word Comes Out of Confer- 
ence with Sales Executive 



Tho Executive Committee of tho 
Associated First National has been 
in session for the past w ;ek at the 
Hotel Ambassador, but up to 
Wednesday of this week there 
hasn't been a single leak as to what 
has been taking place in the meet- 
ings. On Monday night, however, 
Al. Lichtman, who is the sales head 
of tho Associated Producers, now 
releasing through tho First Na- 
tional system, was before tho com- 
mittee for the greater part of two 
hours. 

Lichtman's recent return from the 
coast and the matters which were 
negotiated there are said to have 
been under discussion before the 
committee. 

At the First National it was 
stated this week that there was 
nothing to be said regarding the 
meetings that were being held. 



12 PARAMOUNT SPECIALS 

Paramount has listed for booking 
during its tenth anniversary month, 
.starting March 5, r. dozen specials. 

They include William S. Hart i • 
"Travelin* On**; "Forever." the re- 
named "Peter ILbetson" filmlza- 
tion: Wallace Reid in "The World's 
Champion," adapted from tho stage 
comedy, "The Champion"; Gloria 
Swanson in "Her Husband's Trade- 
mark"; Wanda Hawley in the Real- 
art production, "Bobbed Hair"; 
Cecil DeMille's "Fools Paradise"; 
Constance Blnney In "Tho Sleep- 
walker"; Marlon Davies In the Cos- 
mopolitan production, "The Young 
Diana," and the first four of the 
Ufa serial, "The Mistress of the 
World." 

B. P . Schulbtr has arrange! 
with Louis J. Gasnier to make four 
special productions this year at the 
Ambassador Pictures Corp. studio 
in Los Angeles. 

Schulberg returns to the OOOsI on 
Saturday. 



SUIT AGAINST FOX 

New Orleans, Jan. IT.. 
The Infringement suit of Louis 
McCaleb of this city against the 
Fox Film Corporation in which M<-- 
Caleb alleged tho picture concern 
had used his dramatization of "The 
Scarlet setter," when producing it 
In 1915, was heard in "tho United 
States District Court here Tuesday. 
The Fox Company sent a print of 
the film to New Orleans and its at- 
torneys offered to exhibit it in the 
courtroom, but Judge Foster de- 
clined to be a spectator. Judge 
Foster stated he would render a 
decision when attorneys for both 
sides presented briefs of tho ease. 



PRISONERS SEE FAIRBANKS 

Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 25. 
Manager John J. Brcsliu of th€ 
Jefferson theatre made special ar- 
rangements so that the inmates of 
Auburn prison could see "The Three 
Musketeers," the Douglas Fair- 
banks picture which was shown at 
the local theatre all last week. The 
prisoners pleadeu with the manage- 
ment to be allowed to see the pic- 
ture, and Manager Breslin finally 
yielded and obtained permission to 
make the showing in the prison 
chapel. The picture was sho* n 1 1 
the inmates Thursday afternoon at 
5 o'clock. 



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